Feb 17, 2022 City Council Regular Meeting

TODAY IS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH, 2022.

AND THE TIME IS 6:00 PM.

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

[2. Roll Call.]

WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THEM COUNCIL MEMBER, KATHERINE BATTALION PARKER HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ASKED ME MATT GIGGLE AND GLORIA HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER, JASON SHAW COUNCIL MEMBER, NICOLE THOMPSON PRESENT COUNCILMAN CHRIS CERNIK MAYOR PERTAIN VICKI ROSS MAYOR CHRISTINE DE LA.

HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO

[3. Discussion regarding dedicated sales tax proposition options.]

ITEM THREE DISCUSSION REGARDING DEDICATED SALES TAX PROPOSITION OPTIONS AND WELCOME TO CITY ATTORNEY SIGNS.

ANY BALLOT LANGUAGE CAN'T ADVOCATE FOR, OR AGAINST, UH, THE FEET OF A MEASURE, UM, IT MUST BE FACTUAL AND IT MUST BE ACCURATE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, WE ARE BACKING BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO PROVIDE YOU SOME INFORMATION REGARDING THE SALES TAX PROPOSITIONS THAT YOU ARE CONSIDERING FOR THE MAY 7TH, 2022 BALLOT.

UM, WE HAVE COME BACK TO YOU WITH TWO BROAD TOPICS.

ONE ARE ONE IS A BALLOT LANGUAGE FOR THE GENERAL REVENUE SALES TAX PROPOSITION, A DISCUSSION AROUND THAT ITEM.

AND THEN THE SECOND ITEM THAT WE ARE PROVIDING YOU INFORMATION ABOUT TONIGHT RELATES TO A FOUR B SALES TAX OPTION IN THE EVENT.

COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO RECONSIDER HAVING THAT ON THE BALLOT AS WELL.

UH, SO, SO THE FIRST SLIDE HERE SHOWS YOU THE ORIGINAL SALES TAX, UH, PROPOSITION FOR GENERAL REVENUE SALES TAX.

THIS IS THE, UH, SALES TAX PROPOSITION FOR THE FOUR B GENERAL FOR THE FOUR B SALES TAX.

THAT IS FOR YOU FOR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.

YOU'LL NOTE THAT WE HAVE THE PERCENTAGES BLANK BECAUSE IF THE CITY COUNCIL DECIDES TO CALL AN ELECTION ON BOTH OF THOSE PROPOSITIONS, WE'LL ALSO NEED DIRECTION ON WHAT THE PERCENTAGE SHOULD BE.

SO JUST TO, TO KIND OF TAKE A STEP BACK AND REMIND YOU, UH, LOCAL TAXING JURISDICTIONS ARE CAPPED AT, UM, ADOPTING A COMBINED SALES TAX RATE OF 2%.

RIGHT NOW YOU ARE AT YOUR MAXIMUM, WITHIN THE CITY OF LEANDER DUE TO THE 1% GENERAL REVENUE SALES TAX YOU CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE.

PLUS THE CAPITAL METRO, 1% SALES TAX, WHAT YOU HAVE ON THE BALLOT, WHICH THE ELECTION YOU'VE ALREADY CALLED IS THE CONTINUATION OF CAP METRO AND THE CITY OF LEANDER.

UM, IF THAT, IF A MAJORITY OF THE VOTERS VOTE NO ON THAT PROPOSITION, THEN THE SALES TAX WITHIN CITY OF LEANDER WILL DROP TO 1% AND THERE WILL BE ANOTHER 1% AVAILABLE.

AND THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE CONSIDERING TONIGHT IS, UH, WHETHER YOU WISH TO CALL AN ELECTION FOR THE VOTERS TO CONSIDER ADOPTING OTHER SALES TAXES, TO USE THAT 1% INCREMENT THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE.

SO, SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT BALLOT LANGUAGE, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CONSIDERED WHEN WE PROPOSED THE BALLOT LANGUAGE TO YOU, IS THAT THERE'S CERTAIN LEGAL PARAMETERS FOR PROPOSING BALLOT LANGUAGE.

AND I'LL NOTE, THERE'S KIND OF TWO COMPONENTS TO BALLOT LANGUAGE.

ONE IS A PROPOSITION HEADING, AND THE OTHER IS THE ACTUAL BALLOT LANGUAGE ITSELF.

IF WE LOOK BACK AT THE PRIOR AT THE PRIOR, UM, BALLOT LANGUAGE, AS AN EXAMPLE, THE, THE BALLOT LANGUAGE RIGHT HERE, THIS IS THE HEADING THE CITY OF LEANDER PROPOSITION C THE TYPE OF SALES TAX, THIS CONDITIONAL LANGUAGE, THAT'S THE HEADING HERE IS THE BALLOT LANGUAGE ITSELF THAT PUTS THE MEASURE BEFORE THE VOTERS AND ASK THEM TO VOTE.

YES OR NO.

UM, SO WHEN WE ARE PROPOSING BALLOT LANGUAGE TO YOU, WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT THE LEGAL PARAMETERS ARE FOR ESTABLISHING BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS. THE LEGAL PARAMETERS INCLUDE, UH, THE STATEMENT HAS THE PROPOSITION HAS TO BE PRINTED IN THE FORM OF A SINGLE STATEMENT.

WE HAVE TO ADHERE TO ANY BALLOT LANGUAGE SET OUT IN STATUTE.

THE REST OF THESE ARE FROM CASE LAW.

SO IF IT SOUNDS A BIT ARCANE IT'S BECAUSE IT CAME FROM, UH, THE COURTS.

AND SO WHAT THEY TELL US WHAT THE COURTS TELL US IS THAT THE BALLOT LANGUAGE MUST SUBSTANTIALLY SUBMIT THE QUESTION WITH SUCH A CERTAINTY THAT THE VOTERS ARE NOT MISLED.

SO BASICALLY IT CAN'T BE MISLEADING LANGUAGE.

THE PROPOSITION DESCRIPTION CANNOT AFFIRMATIVELY MISREPRESENT OR ADMIT LANGUAGE INTENDED TO CONVEY THE MEASURES CHIEF CHARACTER OR PURPOSE.

SO IT BASICALLY, THIS IS LANGUAGE THAT SAYS DON'T BY OMISSION OR ADDITION OF, UH, EXTRANEOUS LANGUAGE, MISLEAD THE VOTERS ON WHAT, WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED, WHAT THE BALLOT PROPOSITION IS IN FRONT OF THEM.

UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SOME DISCRETION, THE HEADING THAT PROPOSITION, CAN'T BE POLITICAL ADVERTISING, AS YOU RECALL, THAT'S A WRITTEN STATEMENT, UH, USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS TO, UM, UH, PROVIDE A WRITTEN STATEMENT THAT, UM, ADVOCATES FOR, OR AGAINST A MEASURE.

SO WE CAN'T, SINCE WE'RE PAYING CITIES, PAYING FOR AN ELECTION,

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SOME OTHER CONSIDERATIONS FOR BALLOT PROPOSITION LANGUAGE IS THAT EACH, UM, NEW DEDICATION OF THE CITY'S SALES TAX ON THIS ELECTION ON THIS BALLOT HAS TO BE A SEPARATE PROPOSITION.

SO THE QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER IF YOU ELECT TO HAVE BOTH A GENERAL REVENUE SALES TAX AND A FOUR B SALES TAX, THOSE CANNOT BE ONE COMBINED BALLOT PROPOSITION.

THOSE HAVE TO BE TWO SEPARATE BALLOT PROPOSITIONS.

AND THAT'S WHY YOU SAW IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF SETS OF SLIDES THAT, UH, THE PROP B IS THE GENERAL REVENUE SALES TAX PROP C IS THE, UM, FOUR B SALES TAX.

UH, WHEN YOU CALLED THE CHARTER ELECTION, WE, UM, WHAT WE DID WITH THE CHARTER ELECTION WAS, UH, WE WERE, WE THOUGHT HER MARCHING DIRECTIONS WERE AT THE TIME WERE THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE ONE SALES TAX.

UM, AND SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE FOR YOU TONIGHT IS IF YOU DECIDE YOU WANT TO HAVE THE FOUR B SALES TAX AS WELL, YOU HAVE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA TO RE LETTER THE CHARTER AMENDMENT PROPOSITIONS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE CHARTER AMENDMENT PROPOSITIONS, I THINK ARE SEE-THROUGH OH, YOU HAVE 14 OF THEM.

SO IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THE METRO'S PROP, A GENERAL REVENUE IS PROP B FOUR B SALES TAXES, PROP C, AS OPPOSED TO PUTTING THE FOUR B AT THE VERY END OF THE BALLOT.

WE'VE PR WE'VE GOT ACTION FOR YOU TO READ NUMBER THOSE CHARTER AMENDMENTS, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO.

SO AGAIN, WE'VE COVERED THE LEGAL RISK, UH, RELATED TO HOW THE PROPOSITION LANGUAGE IS PRINTED ON THE BALLOT.

SO THERE'S LEGAL RISKS, DEPENDING ON HOW FAR AWAY FROM THE STATUTE YOU GO.

ANOTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT, UH, VOTER FATIGUE IS A THING TO CONSIDER IT AS A REAL THING.

UH, AND THEN VOTER, UM, UNDERSTANDING OF ALL THE PROPOSITIONS IS IMPORTANT.

AND SO VOTERS OFTEN COMPLAIN ABOUT LENGTH AND COMPLEXITY OF BALLOT ITEMS. THAT MAY BE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO CONSIDER WHEN YOU'RE CONSIDERING THESE ADDITIONAL SALES TAX PROPOSITIONS THAT MAY BE OUT HAS 14 PROPOSITIONS, INCLUDING THE SALES TAX.

SO WHAT I AM PROVIDING TO YOU ON THESE SLIDES ARE EXAMPLES OF OTHER OF BALLOT LANGUAGE FROM OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE CALLED SALES TAX ELECTIONS ON THIS SLIDE.

WHAT WE SEE HERE IS THAT THE BALLOT LANGUAGE FOR THE INCREASE IN THE GENERAL REVENUE SALES TAX, WHICH IS WHAT THIS WOULD BE, IT'S A, IT'S A CHANGE FROM A 1% TO A 2%.

THE STATE LAW TELLS US WHAT BALLOT LANGUAGE TO USE.

AND THAT IS THE ADOPTION OF ITS SALES AND USE TAX IN THE CITY OF LEANDRA AT THE RATE OF, AND YOU PUT YOUR PERCENTAGE IN THERE THAT, UH, WE DO HAVE THAT LANGUAGE THAT'S PROPOSED FOR YOU.

AND, AND WHAT I THINK IS UP FOR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT AS THE HEADING.

UM, AND THEN WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE FROM AN OF CITY OF USE OF THAT LANGUAGE.

SO THE OTHER THING THAT YOU MAY, IF PEOPLE GO AND KIND OF COMPARE WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING, ANOTHER TYPE OF BALLOT LANGUAGE THAT YOU MIGHT SEE AS A COMBINATION BALLOT LANGUAGE AS COMP COMBINATION PROPOSITIONS, IT USED TO NOT BE THE CASE, BUT YOU CAN DO IT.

NOW.

THE CITIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO COMBINE BALLOT PROPOSITIONS SO THAT THE CITY CAN COMBINE THE QUESTION ABOUT LOWERING ONE CITY SALES TAX AND INCREASING, OR ADOPTING ANOTHER CITY SALES TAX OR MULTIPLE ITERATIONS OF THAT.

THE REASON TO DO THAT AND BE ABLE TO COMBINE IT IS THAT YOU DON'T RISK VOTERS SAYING WE'LL LOWER THIS ONE, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO INCREASE THIS THE SALES TAX.

AND THEN YOU LOSE THAT INCREMENT.

THE STATE LAW ALLOWS YOU TO DO A COMBINATION BALLOT ONLY FOR CITY, ONLY FOR CITY SALES TAX.

AND SO THAT IS WHY IN THIS PARTICULAR ELECTION, YOU SEE THAT THE CAP METRO PROP IS SEPARATE FROM THE OTHER SALES TAX PROP, BECAUSE CAP METRO IS NOT A CITY SALES TAX.

AND THAT'S WHY THOSE HAVE TO BE SEPARATE.

THOSE ARE TWO INDEPENDENT VOTES.

SO THE VOTERS CONSIDER THOSE TWO THINGS INDEPENDENTLY, AND IT IS A FACT OF, OF THE ELECTION IN THE STATE LAW THAT THE VOTERS COULD CHOOSE TO, UM, CHOOSE AGAINST CONTINUING TO COUNT METRO THAT 1 CENT PERCENT BECOMES AVAILABLE AND THEN THEY COULD CHOOSE TO NOT ADOPT AN ADDITIONAL SALES TAX.

AND THAT'S THE VOTERS RIGHT TO DO SO.

UM, AND SO HERE, THESE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF A COMBINED BALLOT WHAT'S ATTRACTIVE ABOUT THESE COMBINED BALANCE.

I THINK IF, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT IT FROM A CLARITY STANDPOINT IS, OKAY, IT'S

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REALLY CLEAR.

WE'RE GONNA SWAP THESE, UM, SALES TAXES OUT.

THE SALES TAX WILL NOT CHANGE.

BASICALLY.

YOU'RE ABLE TO TELL THE VOTERS, THE SALES TAX WILL NOT CHANGE BECAUSE WE HAVE A COMBINED BALLOT.

UH, AND THAT'S THE BENEFIT OF A COMBINED THE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE HERE IS WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE THAT.

UM, UH, WE DON'T HAVE THAT CIRCUMSTANCE HERE BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE ELECTIONS AND WHAT THE STATE LAW REQUIRES.

SO WHEN WE CONSIDER ALTERNATE BALLOT LANGUAGE, THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS I WANT YOU TO NOTE, WHICH WAS IN THOSE PRIOR.

SO THIS ONE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU'LL NOTE THAT THEY SIMPLY TITLE IT PROPOSITION A, UM, SAME FOR THESE OTHER TWO, UH, PROPOSITIONS.

WE DON'T HAVE A HEADING ON EITHER OF THOSE.

SO YOU'LL NOTE THAT THE CITIES ARE KEEPING THIS BALLOT LANGUAGE FAIRLY SIMPLE.

UM, THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE THE MORE YOU ADD TO A HEADING, THE MORE RISK THERE IS OF AN ARGUMENT OF, WELL, YOU MISLED, OR YOU DIDN'T PROVIDE ENOUGH INFORMATION, OR YOU PROVIDED TOO LITTLE INFORMATION.

SO THAT'S A KIND OF A RISK FACTOR THAT PEOPLE ARE WEIGHING WHEN THEY DO PREPARE THEIR BALLOT LANGUAGE.

THE OTHER THING I WANT TO NOTE IS THAT THE CONCEPT OF A REALLOCATION FROM A CAP, METRO SALES TAX TO A DIFFERENT SALES TAX, THAT, THAT CONCEPT OF A REALLOCATION THAT MIGHT REFLECT WHAT, HOW, HOW SOME PEOPLE THINK OF IT THAT MAY REFLECT PERSON'S INTENT IN VOTING THAT WE WOULD LIKE FOR THE VOTERS TO CONSIDER DOING AWAY WITH, WITH THIS SALES TAX AND REPLACING IT WITH THIS SALES TAX.

THAT MAY BE WHAT, UM, THEN IN AN INTENT, AND I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE INTENT OF ALL COUNCIL, OBVIOUSLY, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THIS THAT REPRESENTS A WAY SOMEONE MAY LOOK AT IT AND SOMEONE, SOMEONE MAY WANT THE, UM, AND WHEN THEY'RE VOTING MAY CONSIDER IT THAT WAY.

HOWEVER, IN REALITY, AGAIN, THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE VOTES.

AND SO THAT MEANS THAT IT'S NOT TRULY A REALLOCATION BECAUSE THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE AND INDEPENDENT VOTES.

SO I JUST NOTE THAT IN RELATION TO SOME OF THE BALLOT LANGUAGE THAT WE'RE KIND OF BEEN LOOKING AT, AND CONSIDERING THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT OF IN, UM, IN CONSIDERING THE BALLOT LANGUAGE AND PUTTING IN FRONT OF YOU.

I I'M, I AM GLAD, AND I ENJOY THAT.

YOU'VE GOT INVOLVED CITIZENS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WANT TO REVIEW THIS AND THINK THROUGH IT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THINKING OF EVERY, UM, WAY TO MAKE THIS CLEAR TO THE VOTERS.

AND SO WHAT I WOULD OFFER TO YOU IS THAT THERE ARE OTHER MEANS OF DOING SO, WHICH IS THAT THE CITIES CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO GIVE CONTEXT TO EACH OF THE BALLOT ITEMS, BACKGROUND, AND PURPOSE.

YOU'VE GOT OTHER WAYS OF DOING THAT WITH THE CITY WEBSITE, MAILER, SOCIAL MEDIA, IN PERSON INFORMATION, RESPONDING TO PEOPLE'S QUESTIONS, OBVIOUSLY WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF NOT ENGAGING IN POLITICAL ADVERTISING, KEEPING IT ACCURATE AND KEEPING IT, UM, UH, WITHOUT ADVOCACY.

SO THAT IS KIND OF WHERE I WOULD STOP ON THE ISSUE OF THE BALLOT LANGUAGE AND WHAT WE SHOULD INCLUDE IN THE BALLOT.

AND I WOULD TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND SEE IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DISCUSS AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE THE NEXT PART OF THIS IS TO PROVIDE YOU INFORMATION ABOUT THE GENERAL REVENUE SALES TAX AND THE TYPE FOUR B SALES TAX.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK, JUST TO BE CLEAR, VOTERS COULD, IF A MAJORITY OF VOTES THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO OPT OUT OF CAP METRO, UM, THEY STILL COULD NOT ALLOCATE THE 1% TO GO SOMEWHERE.

AND THEN AT THAT POINT, THAT 1% THAT WE HAVE BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO CAP METRO WOULD GO WHERE JUST BACK TO THE CONTROLLER OR WHAT IT DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE.

IT'S JUST NOT COLLECTED.

GOT IT.

AND AS A REMINDER, THAT 1% CAP METRO SALES TAX, IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE COLLECTED INTO THAT NET FINANCIAL OBLIGATION IS PAID OFF.

AND THEN IF THE VOTERS APPROVE A 1% OR SOME COMBINATION THAT WOULD GO INTO EFFECT AFTER THAT IS PAID OFF.

I'M SORRY.

CAN YOU CLARIFY? IT WOULDN'T BE COLLECTED OR IT WOULDN'T BE DISTRIBUTED WELL, IF THEY'RE THE 1% WOULD, THAT IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO CAP, METRO WOULD CONTINUE TO BE COLLECTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING DOWN THAT NET FINANCIAL OBLIGATION.

RIGHT? SO IT IS PAID OFF, BUT EVEN IF AT THE POINT THAT WE'VE PAID IT OFF, LIKE RETAILERS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO COLLECT THE SAME AMOUNT OF SALES TAX AND REMIT IT TO THE CONTROLLER.

WE JUST WON'T BE RECEIVING IT.

CORRECT.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO GET A BREAK ON THEIR SALES TAX.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOWER, NO, I DON'T KNOW.

THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD GET A BREAK ON THE SALES TAX BECAUSE IT DOESN'T EXIST UNLESS WE'VE ADOPTED IT.

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THAT IS CORRECT.

UNLESS THERE WAS ANOTHER SALES TAX THAT WAS ADOPTED THAT REPLACED IT.

SO IT WOULD NOT BE COLLECTED.

IT DOESN'T EXIST UNLESS WE ADOPTED.

I'M PROBABLY MISUNDERSTOOD THE QUESTION.

SO I APOLOGIZE ACTUALLY.

UM, THERE'S A FEW OF US THAT HAVE WORKED AT CITIES THAT AT ONE TIME OR THE OTHER DID NOT HAVE THE, UH, FOUR B ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SALES TAX.

UH, I CAN THINK OF ONE THAT WAS AT EIGHT WHERE ALL THE PEER CITIES AROUND IT WERE AT EIGHT AND A QUARTER.

SO IT, THEY WERE, THEY WENT UP TO A CERTAIN LEGISLATIVE AMOUNT AND IT NEVER PASSED THE OTHER.

SO YES, THAT WOULD BE A RISK POTENTIALLY OF NOT GETTING COLLECTED AT ALL.

DO WE HAVE THE HISTORY PRIOR TO, UM, CAP METRO BEING IN EXISTENCE WHEN THAT WAS VOTED IN 1985? UH, WAS THE CITY COLLECTING THE 2% OR WAS IT NOT COLLECTING AND YEAH, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE GOT ANYBODY.

THAT'D BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT.

OH, JUST ONE QUESTION.

SO IF WE DECIDE TO DO A HYBRID SOLUTION TONIGHT, WHERE WE GO BACK AND SAY, WE'RE GOING TO DO THE GENERAL REVENUE AND THE TYPE B, THEY WOULD STILL BE TWO SEPARATE LINE ITEMS ON THE BALLOT, CORRECT? YEAH.

IT'S CONFUSING.

WHY ARE WE GOING TO, I THINK WE NEED TO ABSOLUTELY STICK WITH WHAT WE WERE SAYING, WHICH IS ONE, ONE OR THE INTERNET.

SO WE DISCUSSED THAT BEFORE, AND I, I WANT TO UNDERSTAND AGAIN, THAT WE CAN HAVE IN THE DESCRIPTION SOMEWHERE OR THE EXPLANATION, NOT NECESSARILY THE BALLOT LANGUAGE, BUT THE EXPLANATION OF THE, THE BALLOT ITEM, THAT THERE ARE THE POSSIBILITIES OF WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH THAT, THAT WOULD INCLUDE CREATING A, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND WHERE THAT EXPLANATION WOULD LIVE, WOULD BE IN YOUR VOTER INFORMATION.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I SAID.

EXPLANATION OF THE ITEM, CORRECT? THE BALLOT.

SO IF I WALK UP AND I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M IN THE BOOK VOTING BOOTH AND I'VE GOT MY BALLOT PULLED UP, IT WON'T BE THERE, BUT IT WOULD BE ON CITY WEBSITE AND A MAILER.

AND THAT I RECEIVE, UM, A HANDOUT THAT I COULD COME PICK UP AT CITY HALL.

THAT'S WHERE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION WOULD, WOULD BE OKAY.

CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS IF WE DO THAT MR. NEW, UM, ONE THING I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE VERY CAREFUL DO IS, UM, NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS THAT COUNCIL HASN'T REFLECTED BY ACTION OR BY INTENT.

SO, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE'LL REVIEW, IF, AND THIS IS KIND OF WHAT THIS DISCUSSION IS FOR TO THIS WORKSHOP SETTING IS I DO WANT TO START RECEIVING SOME ADDITIONAL INPUT FROM COUNCIL ABOUT SOME OF THE CONTEXTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE VOTER INFORMATION.

I THINK IF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT THERE IS AN INTENT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUNDING OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES TO BE INCLUDED, IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL SALES TAX REVENUE, I THINK WE CAN GENERATE SOME LANGUAGE THAT WOULD PASS PAGES, MUSTARD, AND I THINK WOULD, WOULD PROVIDE GOOD OBJECTIVE INFORMATION TO THE VOTERS.

UM, AND THERE'S, THERE'S CERTAIN WAYS FOR US TO DO THAT.

I THINK WE'LL BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT HOW THAT'S REFLECTED.

TRIED TO BE BRIEF JUST FOR, UH, FOR VISUAL PURPOSES HERE, BUT, UM, WE'VE GOT MORE ROOM TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL CONTEXT TO THIS.

SO WE CAN SAY, COULD IT INCLUDE NOT LIMITED TO, WELL, LIKE, EVEN ON THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE THAT YOU GAVE US, IT SAID IT WAS THE CITY OF, UH, VILLAGE OF VALENTA AND THEY ADDED A COUPLE VERY SPECIFIC THINGS WHICH WAS REVENUE FOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF MUNICIPAL STREETS.

LET ME, LET ME CLARIFY THAT ONE.

I PROVIDED YOU WITH THE LIST OF ALTERNATIVE BALLOT LANGUAGE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER.

ONE WAS THE ORIGINAL, AND THEN YOU HAVE TWO ALTERNATIVES.

UM, I WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU CONTEXT FOR VOLUNTEER, HAD A PROPOSITION THAT ACCOMPANIED THEIR CAP METRO PROPOSITION, BUT IT WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR STREET SALES TAX.

AND SO THEY WERE LIMITED TO THAT.

AND THAT'S THE, THE BALLOT LANGUAGE THAT IS SET BY STATE LAW.

SO IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO DO A STREET MAINTENANCE SALES TAX, YOU COULD, UM, IT'S LIMITED TO STREETS EXISTING ON THE DATE.

YOU CAN'T BUILD NEW STREETS WITH IT.

SO THAT'S JUST, THAT WAS AN FYI.

SO YOU COULD SEE HOW KIND OF BARE BONES THEIR BALLOT LANGUAGE WAS AS WELL.

UM, BUT WE'RE JUST KIND OF RESTRICTED.

SO THE COUNCIL MEMBER, IF YOU'LL LOOK AT SLIDE 10, UM, AND IT'S UP HERE ON THE SCREEN, AND AGAIN, I

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SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING HERE IS A VERY, UH, QUICK, VERY QUICK A REVIEW OF SOME OF THE BASICS OF WHAT THE PROPOSITION MEANS AND WHAT PURPOSE IT WAS.

SO, UM, CERTAINLY UNDER HOW TAX REVENUE COULD BE USED, UH, WE WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IF IT'S COUNSEL'S INTENT TO DO SO.

SURE.

UM, THAT SPEAKS MORE TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, IN A WAY THAT WE CAN OBJECTIVELY DO.

SO CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? SO, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE ALREADY VOTED, JUST CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, UM, TO DO GENERAL REVENUE SALES TAX, IF CAPITAL METRO WERE TO BE VOTED DOWN AND WE WERE TO EXIT, RIGHT, THAT'S THE VOTE THAT WE ALREADY HAD SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME.

SO WE DECIDED TO TAKE THAT ADDITIONAL 1% SHOULD CAPITAL METRO BE, UM, EXITED BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF VOTERS DECIDE THAT THAT 1% WE ASKED FOR BALLOT LANGUAGE FOR IT TO GO TO THE GENERAL REVENUE FUND, CORRECT.

UH, UNDER ITEM 33 ON THE REGULAR AGENDA TONIGHT, THAT WOULD BE THE CONSIDERATION IS THAT 1%, THE CONDITIONAL 1% WOULD GO TO GENERAL REVENUE SALES TAX WOULD BE ALLOCATED IF VOTERS CHOOSE.

RIGHT? SO SOME PEOPLE'S CONCERN MAY BE THAT ALL OF THESE THINGS LISTED ON PAGE 10 IS VERY, UM, BROAD.

AND IT'S NOT VERY SPECIFIC SINCE WE'RE GETTING OUT OF TRANSPORTATION, HOW ARE WE GOING TO REPLACE THAT? SO WOULD ANOTHER OPTION BE FOR US TO HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT SAYS THAT THAT'S HOW WE'LL USE THAT 1% SPECIFICALLY, HALF OF IT WOULD GO TO TRANSPORTATION AND THE OTHER HALF WOULD BE USED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S WITHIN THE GENERAL REVENUE BOX AND SOMETHING WILL, UH, ONE THING WE'LL PROBABLY KIND OF DO A LEGAL REVIEW ON PRIOR TO GETTING SOME OFFICIAL VOTER GUIDE INFORMATION OUT IS DISCUSSED AND GOOD.

THIS GOES BACK TO THE INTENT OF COUNCIL.

UM, SINCE THIS, UH, GENERAL REVENUE SALES TAX WOULD, COULD BE USED, UH, VERY BROADLY.

AND IT'S UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF GENERAL FUND USES, I MEAN, TRANSIT OPERATIONS, TRANSIT SERVICE COULD FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY AS WELL.

AND IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE HIGHLIGHT IN THE VOTER INFORMATION GUIDE.

I GUESS MY QUESTION IS HOW DO WE MAKE IT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE, UM, TRANSCENDENT FOR THE NEXT COUNCIL SO THAT IT'S NOT JUST THIS COUNCIL DECIDES WE WANT TO FOCUS ON TRANSPORTATION.

THE NEXT COUNCIL DECIDES THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING ELSE.

CAN YOU WRITE AN ORDINANCE THAT SAYS THAT? OR YOU CANNOT, THAT'S MY QUESTION.

SURE.

ALL THAT PAPERWORK, UH, YOU COULD CREATE PLANNING DOCUMENTS AND THE COUNCIL COULD START IN PLANNING EFFORTS ABOUT HOW THE FUNDING WOULD BE USED.

YOU CAN ADOPT AN ORDINANCE, BUT EVERY COUNCIL HAS THE ABILITY TO CHANGE IT THROUGH BUDGET, THROUGH CHANGING THOSE PLANS, THEN THEY COULD REPEAL AN ORDINANCE.

AND SO, YEAH, I WAS JUST WONDERING, IT MIGHT MAKE THE PUBLIC FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE THAT WE ARE, THE INTENTIONS ARE THERE TO DO WHAT WE SAID WE WANTED TO DO, WHICH IF WE'RE TAKING AWAY FROM TRANSPORTATION, IF, IF CAPITAL METRO WERE TO BE VOTED FOR US TO EXIT, IF WE'RE TAKING AWAY MONEY, THAT'S BEING USED FOR TRANSPORTATION, HOW ARE WE GOING TO REPLACE THAT FOR TRANSPORTATION IN THE FUTURE? IT MIGHT JUST GIVE PEOPLE A LITTLE MORE PEACE ABOUT IT.

UM, WHEREAS FOR B MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE RESTRICTIVE WHERE WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO USE IT THAT WAY.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M WONDERING THE DIFFERENCE.

WE COULD ALSO THE RESOLUTION, RIGHT.

JUST SORT OF TO CONVEY OUR INTENT.

THAT GENERAL FUND CHANGES BASED ON THE BUDGET THAT'S ADOPTED TOWARD WHATEVER IS NEEDED.

AND I THINK LIKE A PLANNING TOOL IS A GOOD KIND OF A GOOD GROUNDWORK TO START, START THAT.

AND THE DOCUMENT, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL'S GOT THE ABILITY TO CHANGE DOCUMENTS IN THE FUTURE.

YOU CAN'T FIND A FUTURE COUNCIL, RIGHT.

BUT THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE THE VOTERS ARE EXPRESSING THEIR INTENT THROUGH WHO THEY PUT INTO OFFICE AND THEY ARE EXPECTING THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A CHANGE THAT HAPPENS AS THE VOTERS SPEAK BASICALLY.

SO I THINK I SHARE THE CONCERNS OF ALL OF THE INTENTIONS AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DID DISCUSS DURING THE GENERAL FUND WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE COULD CREATE OUR OWN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND, UM, THE CONVERSATIONS BEING THAT WE CAN STILL OFFER TRANSPORTATION, UM, AS THE CITY NEEDS THE TRANSPORTATION.

SO I THINK THAT THERE'S NO REASON WHY IN THE DESCRIPTION OF NOT NECESSARILY THE BALLOT LANGUAGE, BUT IN THE EXPLANATION THAT CAN'T ALL BE BROKEN DOWN INTO WHAT IT CAN BE USED FOR.

NOT SAYING THAT IT HAS TO BE USED FOR ANYTHING BECAUSE IT'S GENERAL FUND AND

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SO THE ONLY THING I'D ADD IS ALSO JUST CONCEPTUALLY IS ONCE YOU WOULD EXIT WITH THE DEDICATED SALES TAX FOR TRANSIT, THEN WOULD UNDERTAKE SAY A $3 MILLION, TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR ANNUAL PROGRAM AT TRANSIT.

THAT'S GOING TO COME OUT OF GENERAL FUND.

SO JUST REMEMBER THAT IF YOU LET'S SAY, YOU'RE NOT PUTTING IN NOT HAVING 9.8 MILLION, GO TO CAP METRO, YOU'RE GOING TO TURN AROUND AND HAVE MAYBE 3 MILLION GOING INTO TRANSIT ANYWAY.

SO I WOULD JUST ADD, AND THE COST NEVER GOES DOWN.

I CAN TELL YOU IT TYPICALLY DOESN'T UNLESS YOU PEEL BACK SERVICES.

SO I KEEP THAT IN MIND, WHATEVER CATEGORIES.

SO IF YOU GET CONSTRICTED TOO FAR, YOU MIGHT BE DIPPING ACTUALLY DEEPER IN YOUR GENERAL FUND.

IF YOU WERE TO GO INTO SAY FOR, YOU KNOW, 25% CATEGORIES AND THEN SAY, OOPS, WE'RE ACTUALLY DIGGING DEEPER IN THE GENERAL FUND NOW.

SO JUST THINK ABOUT THAT TOO.

AND JUST THE INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN PUT OUT HERE IS, IS GENERAL.

AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE THAT IS A FACT THAT CAN BE USED FOR THOSE PURPOSES.

AND, AND STAFF WOULD, UH, IF COUNCIL IS, HAS GOT, HAS GOT SOME INDICATION, YOU MOTION AND VOTE ON SOME INDICATION OF PLANNING FOR DIFFERENT USES OF THE FUNDS, UH, THEN THAT, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE PROVIDED BECAUSE AT THAT POINT IT'S FACTUAL AND IT'S BEEN REFLECTED OF WHAT THE MAJORITY OF COUNCIL WANTS BECAUSE OUTSIDE OF COUNCIL DIRECTION, IT HAS TO BE GENERAL.

IF THE SALES TAX PROPOSITION FAILS, IS THERE A WAITING PERIOD BEFORE WE CAN PUT IT ON ANOTHER BALLOT? I BELIEVE IT'S ONE YEAR YOU BELIEVE IT IS, OR YOUR SHIRT IS I CAN BELIEVE TWO YEARS, BUT WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IF THE DEBT WAS PAID WITHIN TWO TO THREE YEARS, THAT WE STILL HAD TIME TO HAVE IT ON AN A, ON A, AN ELECTION AT A LATER, UM, I'M GOING TO FIND THE ANSWER AND TELL YOU, SORRY.

NO, THAT'S WHAT, NO, THAT'S YOU THINK YOU SHOULD KNOW THE ANSWER, YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE CORRECT INFORMATION.

UM, THE REST OF THIS, I THINK, WELL, MIKE HAS TOUCHED ON THE GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPERTY.

THE LAST COUPLE OF SLIDES HERE, JUST TOUCH ON THE, WHAT THE REVENUE FROM THE PROPERTY CAN BE USED FOR HOW LONG IT'S EFFECTIVE, WHICH IT GOES INTO ITS EFFECTIVE UNTIL REPEALED BY, UM, FIND ELECTION PROP C, WHICH WE HAVE BLANKS HERE, BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON WHAT DIRECTION COUNCIL MAY WANT TO GO.

UM, BUT THIS, I THINK, AS YOU ARE AWARE AND HAS BEEN DISCUSSED BEFORE THAT, UM, THOSE TWO PROPS WOULD BE SEPARATE.

SO THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY OF A GENERAL REVENUE PASSES AND, UH, AN A TYPE B DOES NOT AND VICE VERSA.

UM, IN THE CASE OF A TYPE B, YOU DO ESTABLISH THE CORPORATION TO ADMINISTER THE FUNDS AND THEY HAVE A BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

THE COUNCIL APPOINTS THAT BOARD, UM, AND CAN REMOVE THE BOARD AND THE EXPENDITURES THAT ARE AUTHORIZED BY TYBEE HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AS WELL.

UH, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR WHAT TYPE B FUNDS CAN BE SPENT ON, UM, ARE THERE'S, THERE'S A BROAD RANGE OF USES, BUT THERE'S STILL, THAT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE RESTRICTED.

THAT'S GONNA BE MORE RESTRICTED THAN THE, UH, GENERAL REVENUE FUNDS, BUT THERE ARE ABILITY TO THERE ISN'T THE ABILITY TO UNDERTAKE SOME PROJECTS FOR QUALITY OF LIFE AND PARKS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, AND THEN MOST, BUT THERE ARE ALSO THE REQUIREMENT THAT IT BE TIED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION OF BUSINESSES AND HAVING CERTAIN JOBS, UM, LAND WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

AND IT STAYS IN EFFECT UNTIL IT'S REPEALED.

I BELIEVE THAT'S THE END OF THAT.

SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

AND IN THE MEANTIME, I WILL LOOK UP THAT INFORMATION.

UH, FOR ME THAT WOULD BE THE BETTER OPTION, BUT AS I THINK WE'RE CREATING, WE'RE CREATING A BIGGER MUDDY MESS BECAUSE THE BALLOT IS ALREADY SO LONG.

YEAH, SURE.

COUNSEL, ANYTHING FURTHER? I THINK WE MIGHT BE GOOD AND WANT TO SEEK INPUT ON ONE MORE THING.

I AM GETTING, UM, THE VIBE FROM COUNCIL THAT THERE MAY BE AN INTEREST IN STAFF PREPARING A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD TOUCH ON COUNCIL'S INTENT.

UM, IF FUTURE CELL SAC RIVER SALES TAX REVENUE WAS MADE AVAILABLE FOR POTENTIALLY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES AND HOW THAT MIGHT BE CONSTRUCTED AS WELL AS, UM, POTENTIAL TRANSIT SERVICES AND OPERATIONS AS A, AS A FOCUS.

SO WE COULD PREPARE SOMETHING.

AND I THINK COUNCIL COULD PUT THEIR HANDS ON HIM, POINT TO THAT SPEAKS TO THE INTENT OF THE GROUP.

UM, AND STAFF COULD KIND OF WORK ON THAT AND MAYBE SHARE THAT WITH COUNCIL, FOR CONSIDERATION.

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AND THEN IF WE START GIVING UP THE DOLLARS, UM, FOR, AND WE STILL HAVE THE NET FINANCIAL OBLIGATION POTENTIALLY THAT WE'VE GOT TO PAY, THAT'S GOING TO BE A FEW YEARS.

UM, I'M STILL BEHIND THE GENERAL REVENUE, BUT I LIKE THE RESOLUTION IDEA TO CONVEY WHAT THE INTENT OF THOSE DOLLARS TO BE USED FOR.

AND I THINK WE'LL TRY TO TIME IT SO THAT IF THERE IS A RESOLUTION THAT COUNCILS SUPPORTS THAT WE CAN INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF VOTER INFORMATION, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S, AS SIMPLY AS WE CAN MAKE THE BALLOT, IT'S CLEAR AND SIMPLE, THE BETTER OFF WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE.

SO MIKE AND I KNOW THIS SOUNDS SIMPLE TO US, AND YET THE AVERAGE PERSON IS NOT GOING TO KNOW WHAT EXACTLY THE GENERAL FUND GOES TO.

SO JUST AS SIMPLE DESCRIPTION OF THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH INCLUDES WHAT IT COULD BE USED FOR.

I MEAN, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT COMPLICATED.

I MEAN, WE, WE KNOW WHAT THE GENERAL FUND IS, BUT I THINK THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE THE BEST OPTION.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT FUNDS YOUR FIRST RESPONDERS, YOUR ROADS, YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE, AND JUST BROADLY CATEGORIZED.

LIKE THIS IS WHAT RUNS THE CITY.

AND WITHOUT SAYING GENERAL FUND UNDER HOW TAX REVENUE COULD BE USED, I KIND OF TOOK A FIRST STAB AT IT JUST FOR VISUAL PURPOSES.

WE CAN CERTAINLY EXPAND ON THAT IN THE FORM OF RESOLUTION AND A VOTER GUIDE.

I THINK THAT COULD BE THE WAY TO GO.

WE HAD PLANNED THAT IF THE COUNCIL WAS INTERESTED IN CONSIDERING OTHER BALLOT LANGUAGE, THAT, UM, WE GET DIRECTION DURING THIS TIME SO THAT WE CAN MODIFY THE ORDINANCE IF NEEDED AND HAVE IT READY FOR YOUR ACTION.

WHEN IS THE DEADLINE TO GET IT? IS IT FEBRUARY 3RD OR TOMORROW'S THE DEADLINE TO CALL THE ELECTION? SO YOU HAVE THREE ITEMS ON YOUR AGENDA, SORRY THAT YOU HAVE THREE ITEMS ON YOUR AGENDA.

I'M STILL THINKING IT'S SHOULD BE JANUARY.

IT'S FLOWN BY.

UM, SO YOU HAVE THE, THE ELECTION, AN ORDINANCE CALLING THE ELECTION FOR THE GENERAL REVENUE SALES TAX.

YOU HAVE A SEPARATE ORDINANCE CALLING THE FOUR B SALES TAX, AND YOU HAVE AN ORDINANCE RENUMBERING RE LETTERING, THE CHARTER PROPS.

SO DEPENDING ON WHAT COUNCIL, IF COUNCIL WERE TO DECIDE, WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE ELECTION ON GENERAL REVENUE SALES TAX ONLY PUT THE FULL 1% THERE.

THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE UP THE OTHER TWO ITEMS. UM, WE JUST PASS ON THOSE.

UH, IF YOU DECIDE YOU WANT TO SPLIT THOSE, WE WOULD NEED SOME DIRECTION ON WHAT THAT PERCENTAGE SHOULD BE ALLOCATED BETWEEN GENERAL REVENUE AND FOUR B, SO THAT WE CAN PLUG THAT INTO THE ORDINANCE AND HAVE A FINAL DOCUMENT FOR YOU TO ADOPT TONIGHT SINCE TOMORROW IS THE DEADLINE TO CALL THE ELECTIONS.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

SO SHALL WE RECESS? YEAH, I DON'T NEED ANYTHING ELSE.

I MEAN, UM, YOU CAN'T TAKE THE EVENTS THAT WE KIND OF KNOW.

SO WHEN THE LUNCHEON IS ORDERED HERE, WE HAVE AN ACTUAL BOX.

SO IF YOU'RE WORKING AT 1%, WHAT'S A, WE KNOW WHAT I PERSONALLY DON'T HAVE ANY INTENTION OF CHANGING MY PREVIOUS VOTE FOR GENERAL FUND, UM, START DOWN THERE AND MOVE ALONG PRETENSE.

AND THAT'S WHAT I SAID A SECOND AGO.

I THINK THAT'S WHERE A MAJORITY OF COUNCIL IS GOING TO GO.

SO WE SHOULD ALL BE UNIFIED THAT I THINK SO.

CONTINUE WITH WHAT WE ALREADY DID.

I'M AGAINST HAVING TO, BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE COULD MAYBE HAVE A SOLUTION.

IT'S JUST GOING TO CONFUSE THE VOTERS TO HAVE TO, SO YEAH.

THAT'S WHY WAS DANCE? SO I THINK WE STILL HAVE THE CONSENSUS OF GENERAL FUND WITH THE PROPER DESCRIPTION THAT LISTS OUR INTENT THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED NUMEROUS TIMES, THAT THE PUBLIC IS NOT HEARING.

SO THAT NEEDS TO BE IN WRITING.

THAT'S MY ONLY, ONLY REQUEST ALL OF THE ABOVE.

IS THERE, IS THERE A DESIRE OF COUNCIL TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE HEADING, TO CHANGE THE, PROVIDE MORE EXPLANATION ON THE, IT WOULD REALLY HAVING THE DESCRIPTION.

RIGHT NOW IS A CITY OF LEANDER.

THE HEADING THE DESCRIPTION.

SO THE HEADING

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PUT IT BACK ON THEIR PROPERTY, PROP B GENERAL REVENUE SALES TAX, AND THEN IT'S CONDITIONAL UPON A MAJORITY VOTE.

NO ON PROP A.

SO THAT'S ONE VERSION OF IT.

UM, THERE'S, THERE'S ALTERNATIVE TO PROVIDES FOR GENERAL CITY OF LEANDER PROPOSITION, BE GENERAL REVENUE SALES AND USE TAX TO CHANGE THE SALES TAX RATE FROM WHICH WOULD BE 1% TO 2% CONTINGENT UPON A MAJORITY, NO VOTE ON PROPOSITION A THAT PROVIDES A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPLANATION IS ANOTHER OPTION.

THAT'S IN THE DOCUMENT IN FRONT OF YOU, THE SINGLE SHEET, THE SINGLE SHEET.

SO ALTERNATIVE ONE, THAT'S ON A SINGLE SHEET.

THAT IS A POSSIBILITY, I THINK THE REALLOCATION LANGUAGE IS GOING TO BE, THAT'S JUST, DOESN'T, IT'S NOT REALLY A REALLOCATION BECAUSE OF THE STATUTE HAVING THOSE AS TWO SEPARATE, WHERE CAN YOU INCLUDE THIS DOES NOT RESULT IN AN, IN A TAX INCREASE OR A SALES TAX INCREASE.

WELL, IT WOULD, THAT'S A DESCRIPTION.

IT DEPENDS.

I MEAN, SO THE, THE, THE CAP METRO TAXES WOULD GO AWAY AND THEN IF THE NEW SALES TAX IS NOT ADOPTED, THEN THAT RATE WOULD BE OF I'M SAYING THIS, IT DOES NOT INCREASE THE SALES TAX.

PEOPLE ARE STILL PAYING A SALES TAX.

IT DOESN'T, IT CHANGES WHERE IT GOES, BUT THEY'RE STILL PAYING A SALES TAX.

SO IT WOULD NOT CHANGE WHAT THEY'RE PAYING TODAY.

THAT, THAT IS KIND OF AN IF THEN STATEMENT.

UM, MY CONCERN ABOUT THAT IS THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A COMBINED PROPOSITION, THEN THAT'S A TRUE STATEMENT OF THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A CHANGE IN TAX BECAUSE IT ALL HAPPENS AT THE SAME TIME.

BUT SINCE THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE VOTES, THOSE ARE TWO INDEPENDENT VOTES.

AND SO THE VOTERS GET TO DECIDE, DO I WANT TO CONDUCT? OKAY.

SO THAT WOULD BE THEN A VOTE.

YES, DOES NOT CHANGE A VOTE.

NO.

WOULD IT WOULD DECREASE IT, BUT IT DOES NOT INCREASE.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE ARE PUTTING ON THIS BALLOT THAT INCREASES THE TAX, THAT EIGHT OF THE SALES TAX THAT ANY INDIVIDUAL PAY AT ANY GIVEN TIME, WHEREVER THEY ARE, UNLESS THEY'RE IN THE ETJ.

THERE'S NOTHING ON THIS BALLOT THAT INCREASES ANY BIT OF THE SALES TAX.

HOW DO WE SAY THAT I'D RECOMMEND THEM, I'D RECOMMEND THE VOTER INFORMATION ADDRESS, THAT TYPE OF ISSUE.

BUT ON THAT ALTERNATIVE, IT DOES SAY THIS IS NOT A, THAT TAX INCREASE.

WE CAN'T HAVE THAT THOUGH.

I THINK THAT, THAT THE, THE, IF THE VOTERS DECIDE THEY DID NOT WANT AN ADDITIONAL SALES TAX AND THAT WOULD HAVE, THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE TAXES.

WE AT THE TIME THAT THOSE CAP METRO BALLOT, IF THAT IS A, WE'RE NOT GOING TO CONTINUE WITH CAP METRO, THEN THAT'S GOING TO RESULT IN THERE BEING A 7.2, 5% SALES TAX AFTER THAT NET FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS PAID OFF.

SO, YOU KNOW, IN EFFECT, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE DEFAULT UNTIL THERE'S ANOTHER TAX ADOPTED.

I JUST THINK THERE'S THERE'S ROOM TO KIND OF QUIBBLE OVER WHAT EXACTLY THAT MEANS TO THE EXTENT WHERE IF WE PUT IT IN A BALLOT LANGUAGE, IT'S GOING TO CAUSE SOME CONFUSION.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S A WAY TO EASILY EXPLAIN THAT.

I THINK IF YOU WERE DOING, YOU COULD COMBINE THOSE TWO PROPS, CAP, METRO, THE SALES TAX, AND SAY THEY BOTH HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME SIMULTANEOUSLY.

THEN YOU COULD SAY, THERE'S NO NET INCREASE IN TAX, BUT BECAUSE THOSE ARE TWO INDEPENDENT DECISIONS, THEN I WOULD WANT TO, I'D BE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT.

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK SHE SUGGESTED THAT IN THE VOTER GUIDE THAT THAT'S WHERE ALL THE INFORMATION GOES? I THINK THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE'VE SAID ALL ALONG.

WELL, I THINK THAT WORKS.

SO IN OUR EFFORT TO GET CLEAR, IT SEEMS LIKE THE ALTERNATIVES ARE NOT AS CLEAR.

SO WE SHOULD PROBABLY USE THE ORIGINAL THAT WAS HERE COMPARED TO THESE ALTERNATIVES, BECAUSE THAT WOULD, I MEAN, IT'S DEFINITELY MORE PRINT AND MORE INFORMATION TO READ THROUGH TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND AND GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON.

I W I WOULD SUGGEST EITHER THE ORIGINAL ALTERNATIVE TO KIM WOULD, WOULD SPELL IT OUT AS FAR AS WHAT'S CHANGING, AS FAR AS THAT PR THAT SALES TAX RATE, IT WOULD TELL THE VOTER YOU'RE CHANGING THAT SALES TAX RATE FROM 1% TO 2%, YOU WOULD TELL THEM THAT.

UM, JUST, AND THAT'S A NUMBER ISSUE.

THAT'S JUST, YOU'RE CHANGING THE NUMBER, RIGHT? AS FAR AS WHAT DOES THIS MEAN ON THE OVERALL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING ABOVE 2%.

WE'RE NOT GOING ABOVE THE 2% COMBINED SALES TAX RATE.

SO IF YOU KNOW, THE CAP METRO BALLOT PROP IS TO NOT CONTINUE AND THAT SALES TAX IS ADOPTED, IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD JUST BE,

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IT WOULD STAY THE SAME.

I WOULD JUST GIVEN ALL THE DISCUSSION.

IT MAY BE EASIER TO STAY WITH THE, THE FIRST, UM, YEAH, I ACTUALLY REALLY LIKED THIS LAST ONE THAT WAS USED BY THE VILLAGE OF VALENTI, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THE FIRST ONE, BUT SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT IN THE WORDING, THE ADOPTION OF A LOCAL SALES AND USE TAX IN THE VILLAGE OF VALENTI AT THE RATE OF 1% TO PROVIDE REVENUE FOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF MUNICIPAL STREETS.

WHAT IF WE JUST CHANGE THAT LAST LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, THE SPECIFICITY OF WHERE IT'S GOING TO SAY GENERAL FUND, WE HAVE TO USE THOSE.

WE HAVE TO USE THE BALLOT LANGUAGE SET OUT IN THE STATUTE.

SO HOW DID VALENTI DO THIS? BECAUSE THEY ADOPTED A SALES, THEY ADOPTED A SALES TAX FOR RE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF MUNICIPAL STREETS.

THERE'S A SPECIFIC DEDICATED TAX FOR THAT PURPOSE AND THE BALLOT, THE STATUTE SAYS, HERE'S THE LANGUAGE YOU USE FOR THAT.

AND THEN THE REASON WHY, YEAH, SO HERE HERE'S THE, JUST TO RECAP HERE, THAT'S, THIS IS WHAT STATE LAW TELLS US TO USE, RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE USING THAT LANGUAGE IN OUR BALLOT PROP.

I THINK I LIKED THAT BETTER THAN ALTERNATIVE TOO, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE CHANGING THE SALES AND USE TAX RATE FROM 1% TO 2%, I THINK THEN IT BECOMES A BIGGER VOTER EDUCATION ISSUE BECAUSE WHEN THEY GO IN AND READ THAT THEY THINK THAT IT'S INCREASING THEIR CURRENT TAX.

AND THEN JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE THE NUMBER THAT IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CALL THE FOUR B THE NUMBER THAT GOES IN THE BLANK IS 2%.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE THE TOTAL.

THAT'LL BE THE TOTAL UPON ADOPTION.

WE HAVE TO PUT THE TOTAL NOW.

I HOPE I HAVEN'T MADE IT MORE CONFUSING.

NO, I NEED TO, IT NEEDS TO STAY SIMPLE.

I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW IT TURNED.

EVERYONE.

ONE WAS EVEN PUT IN THERE IF WE CAN'T, IF WE CAN'T USE IT.

CAUSE THAT WAS, THAT'S LIKE, HEY, THAT EXPLAINS EVERYTHING.

THIS IS PERFECTLY CLEAR, BUT WE CAN'T USE IT.

SO WHY WAS IT PUT IN HERE? BECAUSE WE WERE EVALUATED, THIS KIND OF HAPPENED VERY QUICKLY, AS FAR AS THE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE UNDERSTOOD THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL WAS INTERESTED IN.

AND SO WE NEEDED TO EVALUATE IT.

BUT, UM, AFTER EVALUATION, IT DOESN'T WORK.

CORRECT? CORRECT.

THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.

YOU DID LOOK AT THIS AGAIN, ONLY FOR A STAND BACK.

NO, THAT'S, I MEAN, YOU KNOW WHERE WE STARTED, BUT THAT THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE AT ALL.

WE WANT YOU ALL TO BE COMFORTABLE.

WE HAD CONSIDERED ALL THESE ITEMS WHEN WE PROPOSED IT.

AND SO THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER KIND OF OPTION CONSIDERED PROPOSED.

AND SO WE WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME TO REALLY LOOK AT IT AND UNDERSTAND WHETHER THAT WOULD WORK OR NOT GIVE IT ITS DUE CONSIDERATION AND APPRECIATE INPUT FROM EVERYBODY WHO PROVIDED IT.

WE APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.

SO WE CAN'T CHANGE THE WORDING, BUT YOU SAID THERE'S SOME WIGGLE ROOM ON THE HEADING? YES.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE HEADING? UH, I'VE MY THOUGHTS WERE TO KEEP IT AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE.

ANYTHING FURTHER COUNSEL? ALL RIGHT.

NOW, DO WE RECESS? ALL RIGHT.

WITH THAT, WE ARE IN RECESS AT 6:43 PM.

WE'RE GOING TO START AT 7:00 PM.

SHARP WITH OUR MEETING.

ALRIGHT.

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

TODAY IS FEBRUARY 17TH, 2022.

AND THE TIME IS 7:02 PM.

AND THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL, REVEREND WENDELL HOLMES OF NEW BIRTH COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH.

WE'LL BE PROVIDING THE INVOCATION.

FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION.

PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, URBAN HOMES.

GOOD EVENING TO ALL, LET US PRAY.

DEAR FATHER, GOD, WE THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SERVE THIS COMMUNITY, WE ASK, OH GOD, THAT YOU WOULD GIVE US WISDOM IN MATTERS OF GOVERNING THAT YOU WOULD GIVE US GOOD FELLOWSHIP.

AND THAT FOR WE PRAY FOR THE MINDS AND HEARTS OF ALL OF THOSE THAT ARE IN 13, THAT WE MAY LEAD A QUIET AND PEACEABLE LIFE IN ALL GODLINESS AND HONESTY FOR THIS IS GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD.

AND MAN IN JESUS NAME, WE DO PRAY.

AMEN.

FIVE CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER KATHERINE BATTALION PARKER HERE.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE PUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE AND LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS ONE GOD AND

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INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

ITEM NUMBER

[5. Roll Call.]

COUNCIL MEMBER ASKED ME MACKEY LONGORIA HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER, JASON SHAW, COUNCIL MEMBER, NICOLE THOMPSON, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER, CHRIS CERNER MAYOR PART TIM BECKY BRAS HERE, MAYOR CHRISTINE DELLA HERE.

QUORUM IS PRESENT AND THE CITY COUNCIL IS ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER SIX, NON-AGENDA ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.

I WILL CALL ON SPEAKERS PRIOR TO THE DISCUSSION OF THE AGENDA ITEM.

AND DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING INDIVIDUALS THAT SUBMITTED COMMENTS VIA THE WEBSITE WILL ONLY HAVE POSITIONS READ INTO THE RECORD.

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

WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP THIS EVENING.

WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WANTED TO SPEAK ON SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ON THIS AGENDA? ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON ITEM SEVEN RECOGNITION

[7. Recognitions/Proclamations/Visitors. Recognition of MLK event Planning Committee]

OF MLK EVENT PLANNING COMMITTEE, COUNCIL MEMBER THOMPSON.

UM, WE WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF THOSE THAT WORKED ON THE MLK, UH, INAUGURAL PLANNING COMMITTEE.

THEY WORKED VERY, VERY HARD WITH, UH, INVOLUNTARY MANY, MANY HOURS IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

THEY REALLY ONLY HAD ABOUT SEVEN WEEKS FROM THE THOUGHT TO COMPLETION OF THE EVENT.

IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT AND IT'S ONLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT THESE PEOPLE ON THIS COMMITTEE WORKED SO HARD.

THEY USE THEIR CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE.

THEY USE, UM, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY WORK WITH.

THEY USED PEOPLE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND OTHER COMMUNITIES, UM, TO HELP THIS EVENT COME TO LIGHT.

AND I'M SO THANKFUL FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT THEY PUT IN AND JUST WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THEIR VOLUNTEER EFFORTS AND THE POSITIVE IMPACT THAT IT HAD ON THE CITY.

UM, ALL THE MEDIA THAT WE HAD ABOUT THIS EVENT WAS POSITIVE FOR OUR CITY.

UM, IT WAS POSITIVE FOR BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO HONOR, UM, THE REVEREND DR.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

AND HIS LEGACY ON THAT DAY.

AND SO I'M JUST THANKFUL AND APPRECIATIVE TO EACH ONE OF YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DID TO STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DID TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN TO OUR MAYOR AND OUR COUNCIL FOR BEING THERE AND BEING SUPPORTIVE, UM, AND TO THE COMMUNITY FOR COMING OUT.

IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A SUCCESSFUL EVENT IF NOBODY SHOWED UP AND SAID, WHAT'S ALL A HUNDRED PEOPLE OR SO COMING OUT TO PARTICIPATE, UH, IT, IT SHOWED THAT THERE'S AN APPETITE FOR UNITY IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE NEED TO KEEP WORKING AT IT.

SO I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR EACH ONE OF YOU.

AND WE WANTED TO TAKE THIS TIME JUST TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR VOLUNTEER EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LEANDER.

SO THANK YOU AND TO GIVE A LITTLE MORE BACKGROUND, I APOLOGIZE.

I WAS TOLD TO DO THAT.

I'M SORRY.

THIS GROUP CAME TOGETHER THERE.

DIFFERENT MEMBERS IN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, ALL RESIDENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF LEANDER.

UM, SOME HAVE KIDS IN THE DISTRICT, SOME DON'T, BUT ALL HAVE LIVED HERE AND WERE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING.

WE HAD EDUCATORS, BUSINESS OWNERS, UM, NURSES.

WE HAD ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE IN THIS GROUP THAT WERE INTERESTED IN, UM, PUTTING THIS EVENT ON.

SO I'M THANKFUL FOR THEM.

WE HAD A COMMITTEE OF 17 AND I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 13 OR 14 THAT WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT OUT TONIGHT TO BE RECOGNIZED.

SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THAT.

AND, UM, MAYOR, CHRISTINA'S GONNA READ YOUR COMMENDATION AND THEN WE'LL CALL YOUR NAME UP AND THEN WE'LL GET A PICTURE.

AND I JUST WANTED TO ALSO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU, COUNCIL WOMAN, FOR YOUR VISION AND YOUR PLANNING AND BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, UM, FROM START TO FINISH, THIS WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL TO WATCH AND I'M SO HONORED TO SERVE WITH YOU.

YOUR COMMENDATIONS REED, LEANDER CITY COUNCIL APPLAUDS YOUR DEDICATION AND OUTSTANDING EFFORT IN SUPPORT OF LANDERS FIRST EVER MLK DAY PARADE AND STREET FESTIVAL ON JANUARY 17TH, 2022, CONSISTENT WITH THE EVENTS BRIGHT AND BOLD THEME HONORING THE REVEREND DR.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

MLK PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE EXEMPLIFIED TRUE COMMUNITY UNITY AND SPIRIT.

THIS CERTIFICATE IS ISSUED IN RECOGNITION THEREOF ON THE 17TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2022 IN LEANDER, TEXAS.

THANK YOU ALL.

SO WHEN WE CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU WOULD COME TO THE FRONT AND MR. NEW IS GOING TO HAND YOU YOUR CERTIFICATE AND THEN WE'LL GET A GROUP PICTURE AT THE END.

ALRIGHT.

UM, LUCY SANCHEZ.

SHAY TOWER KESHA BRADFORD.

OH, SORRY.

I'M GOING TO GIVE IT TO YOU.

ERIC BRADFORD CAR ONE THOMPSON ARTURO, LONELY.

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IT'S COREY HERE TONIGHT.

I DON'T THINK COREY MADE IT.

STEVE WINTERS, KRISTY WINTERS.

ANDRE ROGERS.

WHEN HOLMES, DENISE TAYLOR, BETHANY BELL.

LISA HAINES.

SOMEBODY MIGHT NEED TO HELP HER THOUGH.

CAUSE SHE'S ON CRUTCHES.

AND CAN WE HAVE OUR TWO STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES COME UP? Y'ALL CAN GET AN, A PITCHER TONIGHT.

NUMBER EIGHT, LEANDER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE VISITORS REPORT WITH OUR CHAMBER PRESIDENT, BRIDGET BRANT GOODIES.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM

[8. Leander Chamber of Commerce Visitors Report]

EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME AGAIN.

UH, I'LL PASS THOSE OUT IN JUST A SECOND.

SO THANK YOU, MIKE, FOR THE HELP.

OH, GREAT.

WELL JUST PRESS THIS FORWARD.

RIGHT? BIG BUTTON FORWARD.

YEP.

I CAN HANDLE THIS.

I CAN DO THIS.

WE HAVE SLIDES GOT THIS.

YES, I AM WEARING CABBIE TONIGHT IF CASE YOU'RE ALL WONDERING ABOUT MY CUTE JACKET.

IT IS KV OFF THE RECORD.

I MEAN, IT IS WHAT IT IS.

UH, I KNOW, RIGHT? UH, THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT.

UM, I AM HERE TONIGHT TO DO THE, UH, YEARLY VISITOR CENTER REPORT.

UM, I WILL JUST BRIEFLY COMMENT ON THE CHAMBER DID GO THROUGH THEIR AUDIT.

UH, WE DID HAVE FLYING COLORS.

WE GOT OUR AUDIT BACK, WHICH IS WONDERFUL.

SO THAT IS CLEAR.

THAT IS THE ONLY UPDATE THAT I'LL PROVIDE TONIGHT FOR THE CHAMBER.

THE REST OF THE, UH, MY VERY SHORT MINUTES, WE'LL FOCUS ON THE VISITOR CENTER AND THE FUNDS THAT GO ALONG WITH IT.

UM,

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I HAVE A COUPLE OF SLIDES TO SHARE WITH YOU.

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS SLIDE IS JUST THAT TOURISM IS BACK, WHICH IS WONDERFUL.

UM, ACROSS THE STATE, YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE TOURISM INCREASE JUST LIKE WE ARE HERE IN LEANDER.

UM, WE'VE HAD INCREDIBLE SUCCESS WITH OUR HOTEL THIS YEAR.

UM, FOR ANYBODY WATCHING, IF YOU OWN HOTELS, WE SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE ONE OR TWO MORE, VERY LIKELY.

UM, WE'VE SEEN SELL-OUT, UH, WEEKENDS VERY REGULARLY AT THE HOTEL, NOT JUST ON BIG EVENTS, BUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO WE'VE HAD A REALLY GREAT YEAR FOR THE HOTEL.

UM, AS YOU'LL SEE IN OUR BUDGET, UH, THERE IS THE 2021 BUDGET, THE 2021 ACTUAL AND OUR PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET.

THOSE ARE ALSO IN YOUR PACKETS COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT ANY OF THOSE THINGS IN MORE DETAIL, YOU'LL SEE THAT IN OUR ANNUAL REPORT.

UM, THE SIGNIFICANT THING HERE TO SEE IS THAT REALLY WE ARE VERY UNDERSPENT FOR OUR 2021 ACTUAL BUDGET, UM, WHICH IS A WONDERFUL GIFT.

IRONICALLY, IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET ANY OF OUR PROJECTS COMPLETED.

IT'S BECAUSE OUR HOTEL WAS SO SUCCESSFUL THIS YEAR, WE WAY UNDER BUDGETED LAST YEAR.

SO IF YOU PULL THIS REPORT FROM LAST YEAR, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE WERE EXPECTING ABOUT BETWEEN 50 AND $60,000.

AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S SUBSTANTIALLY MORE.

UM, MOST OF THOSE FUNDS WILL BE SET.

THE TOURISM COMMITTEES MET.

MOST OF THOSE FUNDS WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR LARGER SCALE PROJECTS.

SO WE VERY QUICKLY FOUND THAT THINGS LIKE SIGNAGE, UM, HISTORICAL RESTORATION, WHERE THERE'S SMALLER BUDGET LINE ITEMS IN ORDER TO REALLY MAKE AN IMPACT ON SOME OF THOSE LINE ITEMS, YOU REALLY NEED SUBSTANTIALLY MORE FUNDS THAN WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO ALLOCATE IN ONE GIVEN YEAR.

UM, SO YOU'LL SEE US STARTING TO CONSERVE THOSE FUNDS TO DO BIGGER PROJECTS, WHICH I KNOW WE'VE TALKED TO SOME OF YOU ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS MIGHT BE LIKE.

AND SO, UH, AS THOSE FUNDS ACCUMULATE IN THAT BUDGET, WHEN ONCE THOSE FUNDS ACCUMULATE TO THE AMOUNT NEEDED, WE'LL BE ABLE TO START SEEING BIGGER, BETTER PROJECTS, REALLY DESIGNED TO DRIVE BIGGER THINGS RATHER THAN JUST BASICALLY SPENDING THAT MONEY FOR THE SAKE OF SPENDING IT.

SO WE HAVE NO INTENTION OF DOING THAT.

SO, UM, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THOSE, UH, PROJECTS AND THOSE FUNDS WILL JUST CONTINUE TO BUILD UNTIL WE'RE ABLE TO REALLY EXECUTE LARGE SCALE PROJECTS WITH THOSE FUNDS.

UM, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME RESULTS TO SHOW YOU FOR THIS YEAR'S WORK.

I'LL PASS THESE OUT WHILE MIKE, WE LAUNCHED OUR VERY FIRST VIDEO OUR VIDEO HAS LAUNCHED THAT VIDEO IS HOSTED HERE ON YOUTUBE, BUT IT'S NOT MARKETED ON YOUTUBE.

IT'S BEING MARKETED THROUGH ALL OF THE STATE TRAVEL AGENTS THROUGH ALL OF THE STATE FUNDING TO OUR TAXES.

WE END UP MAX.

I CAN'T THINK OF IT, BUT IT'S BEING MARKETED THROUGH OPPORTUNITIES THAT PEOPLE WOULD ACTUALLY BE LOOKING AT COMING TO LANDER.

UM, THIS IS THE FIRST, UM, HAVE TO TALK OVER IT BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME.

SORRY.

IT IS WHAT IT IS, BUT Y'ALL CAN WATCH ANYTIME NEW ONES.

UM, IT IS, UH, THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF THREE VIDEOS THAT WE WILL BE LAUNCHING AS A PART OF THIS PROJECT, DANIEL, UM, IT'S OBVIOUSLY FOCUSED ON ALL PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE EVERYBODY IN OUR VIDEOS ARE LOCAL, UM, LOCAL RESIDENTS AND, UM, OUR THEME FOR ALL OF OUR VIDEOS IS AUTHENTICALLY TEXAS.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE THE NEXT VIDEO COMING OUT IS WAITING FOR THE OLD TOWN STREET FESTIVAL.

UM, IT, WE ALREADY GOT THE FILM FROM THE CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL, SO IT WILL BE FOCUSED ON FESTIVALS.

AND IN THE SPRING WE WILL LAUNCH AN OUTDOOR VIDEO, INVITING PEOPLE TO COME TO THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY PARK, UH, OUR NEW LAKEWOOD PARK, UM, ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO IN LEANDER, OUR GOLF COURSE, ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO IN LEANDER OUTDOORS.

SO, UM, LOOK AT THE CABOOSE.

SO GREAT.

ANYWAY, UH, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE COLLATERAL.

AND HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE GOOD COLLATERAL LIKE THAT.

THIS, UH, THIS IS, THESE ARE RESULTS FROM OUR TOUR, TEXAS.

WE ONLY TO OUR TEXAS, UM, AT THE END OF NOVEMBER IN THAT TIME PERIOD FROM NOVEMBER 1ST THROUGH 1231, AND YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER IT DIDN'T ACTUALLY LAUNCH AT THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER.

SO IT LAUNCHED IN LATE NOVEMBER, WE HAD 672 PEOPLE ENGAGE WITH US ABOUT LEANDER AND SPECIFICALLY COMING TO LEANDER.

UM, I'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS REPORT EVERY YEAR FOR YOU.

AND AT ANY TIME, IF YOU HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, WE ARE, UM, EXTENDING OUR REACH FOR THAT.

OBVIOUSLY EXTENDING IT THROUGH OUR FESTIVALS AND OTHER EVENTS THAT WE HAVE, NOT JUST OUR OWN.

SO YOU'LL SEE US MARKETING 4TH OF JULY, YOU'LL SEE US MARKETING THE PUMPKIN FEST, YOU'LL SEE US MARKETING ALL OF THE THINGS THAT COME TO LEANDER THROUGH THIS SITE AS

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WELL.

BUT THESE RESULTS ARE PRETTY INCREDIBLE FOR A MONTH.

SO, UH, REALLY EXCITING, BUT WITHOUT ALL OF THE BROCHURE, IT'S THE FIRST BROCHURE WE'VE EVER HAD INVITING PEOPLE TO VISIT LEANDER.

AND IF I SAY SO MYSELF, IT TURNED OUT PRETTY AMAZING.

UH, BUT YOU CAN'T DO THESE THINGS UNTIL YOU HAVE THOSE THINGS.

SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO BUILD ON ALL OF THOSE COLLATERAL PIECES THAT WE NEED TO REALLY MARKET LEANDER.

UH, OUR BLOG ALSO STORY HERE IS THE CONSISTENCY THAT YOU'RE SEEING ACROSS THE BOARD IN OUR VIEWS OF, SO WE'VE HAD A PERSON NOW ON BOARD WRITING BLOGS, I'LL GO AHEAD, UH, WRITING BLOGS FOR US ALL YEAR.

UM, AND YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENCE WE'VE HAD SPIKES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS PRIOR, BUT WE'VE NEVER SEEN CONSISTENCY IN ANY OF THOSE THINGS BECAUSE WHILE WE DIDN'T HAVE PEOPLE DOING IT, UM, AND THEN YOU'RE FOR, THESE ARE JUST SOME OF OUR TOP BLOG POSTS THAT WE WROTE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

ASH, ACTUALLY, ASHLEY WROTE.

SO LET ME, NOT EVEN ASHLEY WROTE EVERY ONE OF THESE BLOGS, UM, BUT YOU'LL SEE THEM HIGHLIGHTING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS CAUSE PEOPLE SAY, WELL, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WHEN I GO TO LEANDER? THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU GO TO LINKEDIN LANDER.

AND SO REALLY FOCUSING ON HIGHLIGHTING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO IN LEANDER WHEN YOU DO COME TO VISIT, WHETHER IT BE FOR A WEEKEND OR A LONG STAY, OR WHETHER IT BE BECAUSE YOU'VE DECIDED NOW TO MOVE HERE.

SO, UM, REALLY SEEING REALLY GOOD SUCCESS ACROSS THE BOARD IN ALL OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING FOR 2022, YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO JUST SEE MORE OF ALL OF IT.

WE ARE, UM, HIRING IN JUNE, UH, FULL TIME TOURISM MANAGER.

UH, SHE WILL BE DEDICATED 100% TO TOURISM.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOMEBODY FOCUSED ON THAT ASPECT OF OUR CITY.

UM, AND SO YOU'LL CONTINUE TO SEE ALL OF THOSE GRASSROOTS THINGS JUST REALLY GROW BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY THERE RATHER THAN FIVE OR 10 HOURS A WEEK 40, SO IT'LL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

SO, UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT REFLECTED IN THE 2022 BUDGET.

AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL.

I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT'S AWESOME, THE VIDEO AND JUST THE USE OF ALL THE PEOPLE.

THOSE ARE ALL LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS, EVEN THE PEOPLE IN THE CROWD, THOSE ARE BUSINESS OWNERS THAT GOT TO GET TOGETHER AND THEY'RE NETWORKING AND IT'S JUST A GREAT WAY TO PULL THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

SO WELL DONE.

IT'S A WHOLE LOT OF FUN SEEING THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR YEARS ACTUALLY COME TO FRUITION AND TURN ON EVEN BETTER THAN WHAT WE SAT AROUND A TABLE AND TALKED ABOUT.

SO SUPER EXCITING.

YEAH, IT'S A VILLAGE PEOPLE, GOSH, I DON'T DO THIS.

AND IT'S JUST LIKE YOUR PROJECT, NICOLE.

IT'S WITH JUST A LOT OF HELP.

AND WHEN YOU'RE ABLE TO PULL ALL OF THOSE WONDERFUL PEOPLE TOGETHER, YOU CAN DO REALLY GREAT THINGS.

AND SO IT IS IT'S THE, ON THE BACKS OF A LOT OF PEOPLE SITTING UP HERE AND EVEN IN THIS AUDIENCE, UM, JUST REALLY PULLING TOGETHER TO MAKE OUR CITY EVEN BETTER.

IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AMAZING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR ENTHUSIASM AND ENERGY AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU BRING TO CITIES AND THIS.

WONDERFUL.

I APPRECIATE EVERY ONE OF YOU AND YOUR SUPPORT, UH, AND ALL THE CITY STAFF THAT HELPS US DO SO.

THANK YOU GUYS.

APPRECIATE IT.

AND THANK YOU IF I MISSED IT FOR YOUR HELP WITH HIM.

ALSO FOR SUPPORTING FOR, SO THANK YOU.

MAKING SURE YOU'VE BEEN MORE.

ITEM NINE, EXPLORING LEANDER HISTORY WITH OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE.

IS THERE AN UPCOMING EVENT WHERE PEOPLE COULD GO AND ENGAGE WITH BUSINESS OWNERS WILL SEE THERE IS.

SO THE LIVING LEANDER COMMUNITY EXPO AND CAREER FAIR IS ON MARCH THE FOURTH FROM FOUR TO EIGHT.

IT IS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT LEANDER, FIND A JOB, OR FIND PEOPLE IF YOU NEED PEOPLE TO COME WORK FOR YOU.

SO, UH, EXPO IS TURNING OUT INCREDIBLY WELL.

WE'VE GOT A TON OF GREAT, UH, BOOTH.

WE ALSO HAVE, IF YOUR KIDS ARE INTERESTED IN STEM, WE HAVE THE LANDER ROBOTICS TEAM COMING TO DEMO.

WE ALSO HAVE KEPLER STEM SCHOOL COMING TO DEMO AND WE HAVE BOUNCE HOUSES.

SO IT'LL BE FUN FOR KIDS AND ADULTS OF ALL AGES.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, CHRISTINE.

[9. Board Report Exploring Leander History]

VICE CHAIR, MS. HOWELL HAD LEFT.

I, UH, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

I ACTUALLY LOST MY VOICE COMPLETELY.

I KNOW FOR ME LOST IT.

YOU MADE IT HAPPENS.

IT HAPPENS.

UM, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE THIS EVENING.

UH, I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST START OFF AND SAY, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN THOMPSON FOR PUTTING ON THE MLK EVENT.

UH, SOMETHING THAT I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE KNOWS THAT WE DID GET SOME NATIONAL ATTENTION FROM THAT.

AND, UM, ALSO FROM THAT SAME EVENT, WE, UH, THE, UM, SOME FAMILY MEMBERS FROM BILL PICKETT'S FAMILY

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WERE PRESENT AND WE HAVE ANOTHER CONNECTION THERE AND WE'RE DOING MORE RESEARCH ON BILL PICKETT'S FAMILY.

AND NEXT YEAR, WE WILL HAVE SOME BLACK COWBOYS IN THERE.

ERNEST AND EDWARD THIS EVENING TOLD ME THEY'LL DO IT.

SO THERE, THEY GUARANTEED ME AGAIN.

SO I'LL HOLD THEM TO IT.

UH, OKAY.

SO THIS IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND, UM, WE HAVE, UH, THE MILLER COMMUNITY, JINX BRANCH COMMUNITY RIGHT UP THE STREET, UM, RIGHT UP ON BAGHDAD ROAD.

IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT, THERE'S A LITTLE CEMETERY ON THE, UM, WEST SIDE OF THE ROAD.

LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE ROAD AS YOU'RE HEADED TO LIBERTY HILL.

AND JUST NORTH OF THAT IS THE LIBERTY CHAPEL AME CHURCH.

THAT'S, WHAT'S LEFT OF THE, UM, FREEMAN'S COLONY THERE.

UM, THERE'S ACTUALLY A PROFESSOR AND THIS WHOLE SLIDE, THIS WHOLE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING, UM, IS FROM HER, HER, HER RESEARCH.

AND SHE GOT HER PHD AT UT AND NOW SHE HAS MOVED ON TO A AND M SHE, YOU KNOW, IT HAPPENS, CAN'T HELP IT, BUT THESE ARE SLIDES THAT FROM HER RESEARCH QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO, THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE IS THE BLACK SLAVE PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION IN 1840.

OUR AREA WHERE WE ARE, WE DON'T HAVE THE POINTER HERE.

UM, IS ONE OF THOSE PLACES NOW GO BACK WHERE ONE OF THE ASTERISKS, IS IT THE, IS THAT THE LASER OFF? OKAY, SO RIGHT THERE IS OUR AREA.

THAT'S WILLIAMSON COUNTY AT THE TIME IT WAS CALLED MYLAM DISTRICT.

THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AND IT'S AN ASTERISK DOWN THERE AND IT SAYS NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE.

IF Y'ALL REMEMBER, WE WERE NOT, THE TEXAS BECAME A REPUBLIC IN 1836.

SO THIS CENSUS IS FROM THE REPUBLIC ERA IN 1839.

WE STILL HAD THE LAST BATTLE OF THE TEXAS REVOLUTION RIGHT UP THE STREET.

IT WAS THE BATTLE OF THE GABRIELS, WHICH I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT BEFORE, RIGHT UP, UH, BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH SAN GABRIEL ABOUT, UH, WE'RE 180 3 IS THAT WAS 1839 WEBSTER MASSACRE WAS 1839 THERE, THIS WAS COMANCHE TERRITORY.

WE LITERALLY HAD NO PEOPLE HERE.

SO THERE'S NO PEOPLE OF ANY KIND, OTHER THAN NATIVE, UH, AND ACTUALLY JUST COMANCHE, UH, FURTHER DOWN THERE ARE ASTERISKS THERE WHERE THERE'S NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE THERE.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE THAT IS SAN ANTONIO AND SOUTH THE VALLEY ALL IN THERE.

AND THAT WAS STILL PART OF, THEY STILL HAD THE WHAT'S CALLED THE CASTE SYSTEM IN THE CASTE TO SOME UNDER SPAIN.

SPAIN DID NOT ALLOW SLAVERY, UH, UNDER MEXICO.

IT WAS VERY LIMITED AND VERY FROWNED UPON, BUT THEY HAD THE CASTE SYSTEM IN THE CASTE SYSTEM.

UH, IT BROKE PEOPLE DOWN BY THEIR HERITAGE.

IT WAS BASED ON COLOR.

IT WAS, UH, MAINLY WITH THE NATIVE, UH, NATIVE PEOPLES.

SO THERE IS NO BECAUSE OF THE CASTE SYSTEM.

SO WE MOVE ON TO 1870.

WELL, NO, I CAN'T GET IT ONE MORE.

YOU CAN SEE WILLIAMSON COUNTY, OUR POPULATION, OUR BLACK POPULATION WAS STILL VERY, VERY LIMITED.

UM, SO THE REASON WHY I'M BRINGING ALL THIS UP IS BECAUSE THE EXPERIENCE HERE IN CENTRAL TEXAS WAS NOT THE EXPERIENCE THAT THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE AND AROUND THE COAST.

TO SETTLE AND TO HA START THEIR NEW LIVES.

SO IN 1870, WE HAD A WAGON TRAIN OF FORMER SLAVES COME TO OUR AREA FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER.

AND THEY WERE, THEY WERE COMING HERE TO GET AWAY FROM THE KKK DURING RECONSTRUCTION.

THEY WERE LITERALLY RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES TO COME HERE AND THEY CHOSE HERE BECAUSE WE HAD, DANG IT, SORRY, CAN'T LET ME HAVE THIS.

UM, THEY CAME HERE BECAUSE THIS WAS A SAFE PLACE TO COME.

AND WE ALREADY HAD THE PICKETT FAMILY AND THE MILLER FAMILY WERE HERE AND THE MASONS WERE HERE AND THEY SOLD THEM LAND AND THEY SETTLED HERE AND IT BECAME THE MILLER COMMUNITY.

WHAT I HAVE NOW LEARNED IS THAT THE TEXAS FREEDOM COLONIES, ALMOST ALL OF THEM WERE BASED UPON, AROUND WHERE THERE WAS ALREADY, UH, PLANTATIONS ALREADY AROUND SETTLEMENTS ALREADY AROUND THERE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ABOUT TWO OR THREE IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND WE HAVE ONE, OUR MILLER COMMUNITY IS ONE OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT IS WHERE PEOPLE INTENTIONALLY CAME HERE

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AND WE KNOW THIS BECAUSE OF THE TEXAS FRIEDMAN COLONIES PROJECT.

AND IF YOU NOTICE, WE DO HAVE IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, THERE WERE SIX AND ACCORDING TO THEIR WEBSITE, AND I'VE ACTUALLY GOTTEN WITH DR.

ANDREW ROBERTS TO CORRECT THAT THERE'S THREE OF THEM THAT THEY'RE DUPLICATING THE, UM, MILLER COMMUNITY.

SO THERE'S ACTUALLY ONLY 4, 3, 3, NO FOUR IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY.

AND WE HAVE ONE.

UM, WE HAVE, WE STILL HAVE OUR AME CHURCH.

WE STILL HAVE BOTH CEMETERIES HERE AND WE ARE LEARNING MORE AND MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY THERE ALL THE TIME.

AND FORTUNATELY, WE HAVE THIS PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO LINK UP WITH THEM AND WE CAN SHARE INFORMATION AND WE GET TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR OWN COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS.

HELL.

IT WAS WONDERFUL.

ALL RIGHT, WELL NOW WE'LL MOVE

[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]

ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR ITEMS 10 THROUGH 22 COUNCIL.

THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER, PENN TELIUM PARKER, AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER THOMPSON.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU ON TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.

ITEM

[23. Conduct the first Public Hearing on the City of Leander’s Juvenile Curfew Ordinance, Article 8.02, Division 2 of the Leander Code of Ordinances to determine the need to continue the Ordinance.]

NUMBER 23 CONDUCT THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CITY OF LEANDRA'S JUVENILE CURFEW ORDINANCE, ARTICLE 8.02 DIVISION TWO OF THE LAND OR CODE ORDINANCES TO DETERMINE THE NEED TO CONTINUE THE ORDINANCE, PLEASE.

CHIEF MITTEN.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL BRIDGE IS GOING TO BE A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW CAUSE I FEEL LIKE I'M GOING TO BRING ALL THIS DOWN.

SO, UH, I WANT TO GO AND READ THIS BECAUSE THIS IS THE LEGAL EAST PART.

SO AS IT SAYS, AS PROTECTS US LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, THE CITY IS REQUIRED BEFORE THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE DATE OF ADOPTION OF A JUVENILE CURFEW ORDINANCE TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE NEED TO CONTINUE MODIFY OR ABOLISH THE ORDINANCE.

OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE WAS LAST ADOPTED FEBRUARY OF 2019, AND IS SET TO EXPIRE IN MARCH OF 2022 IN YOUR PACKET.

UM, I INCLUDED, I'M ASSUMING THIS PUBLIC HAD ACCESS TO THIS.

I HOPE WAS THE COMPARABLE CITIES, WHICH KIND OF SHOWS YOU, WHICH CITIES HAVE CURFEWS.

IT LOOKED PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THEM DO IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY.

SOME OF THEM DO HAVE DAYTIME CURFEWS, WHICH I LISTED.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE ONES WITHOUT DAYTIME CURFEWS ARE ALSO LISTED THERE.

UM, THERE IS A FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, UH, FORM THAT WAS IN THERE THAT WE DO HAVE ONLINE BECAUSE THESE ARE, UH, WE WANTED TO BREAK THAT ORDINANCE DOWN TO ITS SIMPLEST FORM SO PEOPLE COULD UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT IT DOES AND WHAT ITS INTENT IS.

AND THEN LASTLY, UH, THERE'S A CITATION INFO AND DISPOSITION.

THAT'S SOMETHING NEW THAT I PUT IN THERE BECAUSE I THINK THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS WE USUALLY GET THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S WHAT TIME OF DAY, HOW OLD ARE THE VIOLATORS? WHAT HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, PER YEAR AND THE, AND THE TOTAL CONTACTS AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, LISTED IN THERE.

SO, UM, I DON'T GET TO DO TOO MANY OF THESE.

SO I'M ASSUMING I'M OBVIOUSLY HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE WITH, OR THE COMMUNITY WE HAVE.

I KNOW THIS IS A NO VOTE THIS THIS TIME AND THE VOTE WILL BE ON THE NEXT ONE.

SO I'LL JUST STAND BACK AND SEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, UNLESS YOU HAVE SOME FOR ME FIRST.

OH, UH, WE ARE IN A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY WHO'S SUBMITTED A CARD TO SPEAK ON THIS.

WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WANTED TO SPEAK ON IT? ALL RIGHT.

SO THEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

WELL NOW, UM, CONSIDER QUESTIONS, I GUESS THIS IS NO ACTION.

SO COUNSEL, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? I HAVE ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON THIS.

THIS IS WHAT WE DISCUSSED BEFORE YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED ANYTHING.

I CAN CHANGE.

IT'S IT'S THE SAME ORDINANCE SINCE YOU'VE HAD, SINCE I BELIEVE 1998 WHEN IT STARTED.

ITEM 24 CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING SUBDIVISION CASE 21, CPS 0 1 7 TO ADOPT THE GREENLIGHT VILLAGE CONCEPT PLAN ON TWO PARCELS OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 14.02 ACRES PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE.

JUST EVERY THREE YEARS.

WE'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

ANYTHING ELSE? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

CHIEF PUBLIC HEARING WITH ACTION

[24. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Subdivision Case 21-CP-017 to adopt the Greenlight Village Concept Plan on two (2) parcels of land approximately 14.02 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District R031386, R031387; generally located on the south side of Hero Way West east of N. Bagdad Road and west of Broade Way, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Subdivision Case 21-CP-017 as described above. ]

MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY WILLIAMSON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT ARE 0 3 1 8 6 R 0 3 1 3 8 7.

UM, GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF HERO WAY WEST EAST OF NORTH BAGHDAD ROAD AND WEST OF BROADWAY LEANDER WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

GRIFFIN, GOOD EVENING.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE GREENLIGHT VILLAGE CONCEPT PLAN LOCATED ON HERE AWAY.

UM, THE CITY COUNCIL DID REVIEW A ZONING REQUEST FOR THIS PROPERTY IN JUNE OF 2021.

UM, THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE SUBDIVISION PROCESS AND, UM, THEY ARE PROPOSING THEIR CONCEPT PLAN.

THAT INCLUDES 8.44 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL ALONG HERO WAY AND, UM, 50 SINGLE FAMILY TOWNHOME UNITS ON THE REMAINDER OF THE TRACT.

THIS DOES COMPLY WITH THE CONDITION ON THE ZONING TO LIMIT THE DENSITY OF THE UNITS AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UM, DID REVIEW THE REQUEST AND

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AND, UM, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE APPLICANTS ALSO HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY WHO SUBMITTED A CARD TO SPEAK ON THE SIDE AND WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? EXCELLENT PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE ACTION REGARDING SUBDIVISION CASE 21, CP 0 1 7 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY COUNSEL, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SECOND MOTION A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

25 CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ZONING CASE 21 0 2 6 TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF SFU, M H TO BE SINGLE FAMILY URBAN MANUFACTURED HOME TO CREATE THESE SKY HEIGHTS PUD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, BUT THE BASE ZONING OF SF T TO BE SINGLE FAMILY TOWNHOUSE ON ONE PARCEL OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 2.6 ACRES PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY WILLIAMSON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT PARCEL R 0 3 6 4 3 8.

ITEM

[25. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case 21-Z-026 to amend the current zoning of SFU/MH-2-B (Single-Family Urban/Manufactured Home) to create the Sky Heights PUD (Planned Unit Development) with a base zoning of SFT-2-B (Single-Family Townhouse) on one (1) parcel of land approximately 2.68 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R036438; legally described as Lot 3, Blk A, Leander Heights Section 2; and more commonly known as 415 Lion Drive, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case 21-Z-026 as described above. ]

LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT THREE BLOCK, A LANDER HEIGHTS SECTION TWO AND MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS 4 1 5 LION DRIVE LEANDER WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS.

WELCOME BACK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

GRIFFIN, THANK YOU.

UM, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED SKY HEIGHTS PUD.

UM, THIS PART INCLUDES THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT OF SINGLE FAMILY TOWNHOUSE.

UM, THEY'RE REQUESTING A PUD BECAUSE THEY WANT TO DO MULTIPLE UNITS ON ONE LOT.

SO IT'S A CONDOMINIUM REGIME.

THEY HAVE REQUESTED A MAXIMUM UNIT COUNT OF 36 UNITS.

UM, THIS PROJECT WAS REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DURING THEIR MEETING ON JANUARY 27TH AND THEY UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL STAFF IS REQUESTING THAT THE APPLICANT AMEND THEIR POD NOTES TO INCLUDE AN ADDED RESTRICTION FOR LANDSCAPING, UM, TO STATE THAT ALL LANDSCAPE LOTS WILL BE NO MORE THAN 50% TURF GRASS.

AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE APPLICANT'S ALSO AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT.

THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW.

WELL, I GUESS I HAD TO OPEN IT BEFORE I ASKED THAT DIDN'T I, SORRY, PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN.

NOBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

WE'LL NOW MOVE INTO THE ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE 21 0 2 6 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY COUNCIL.

UM, FOR THE APPLICANT.

WELL, COME ON UP.

I GOT JUST A QUESTION OR TWO.

UM, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

YOU TOO.

SO, UM, LOOKED AT SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE APPROVED IN THE SAME AREA.

UM, THIS IS DEFINITELY, I HAD TO GO BACK AND LOOK TWICE AT THIS ONE TOO, RIGHT.

UM, TO BE FAIR AND WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.

AND THEN ALSO WHAT, WHAT, UH, TO BE FAIR TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, WHAT'S, WHAT'S, WHAT'S AN UNDERSTOOD THERE.

WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST REASON FOR, AND ON MOST OF OUR, THOSE LIKE MULTI-FAMILY AND COTTAGE HOUSING WE HAVE ABOUT EIGHT UNITS PER ACRE, UM, IS, IS KIND OF THE MAXIMUM, UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE.

WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST REASON ON YOUR PROPERTY? WHY YOU'RE ASKING FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT.

NO REASON IN PARTICULAR, WE'RE NOT EXACTLY MARRIED TO THE DENSITY COUNT.

IT'S JUST WHAT LAID OUT CORRECTLY.

AND SO, I MEAN, IT WAS CONTIGUOUS, WE'VE GOT 20 UNITS ON THE, I GUESS IT WOULD BE TO THE EAST OF US AND 30 SOMETHING TO THE WEST.

WE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE APARTMENTS WERE APPROPRIATE, WHICH IS WHAT'S TO THE EAST.

WE FELT LIKE WE SHOULD BE MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT'S TO THE WEST BECAUSE IT WAS NEWER.

AND SO WE JUST WENT WITH ESSENTIALLY COPIED WHAT THEY HAD DONE TO ACCOMPLISH THE CONTINUITY OF THE AREAS THAT DEVELOPS.

DOES YOUR PROJECT WORK TO EIGHT UNITS PER ACRE? NO.

I MEAN, WE NEVER EVEN REALLY LOOKED AT IT.

WE JUST TOOK THE, LIKE I SAID, THE STUFF TO THE WEST AND FIGURED WE DIDN'T WANT THE DENSITY TO THE EAST RIGHT.

WITH THE DENSITY THAT, AND THAT WAS, WAS THAT ROBIN, IS THAT CONSISTENT WITH WHAT? BECAUSE I WASN'T HERE WHEN THAT ONE GOT APPROVED THAT RIGHT TO THE WEST, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN IT, SAT THERE WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

AND THERE'S A NEWTON COMPANY NAME ON IT, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN THINGS START YET.

SO NOBODY'S PULLED PERMITS, RIGHT.

PERMITS ON TWO BUILDINGS.

I HAVEN'T BEEN OVER THERE IN THE FRONT BUILDING.

I GUESS THEY'VE GOT ABOUT, SO THEY'RE GOING TO START OKAY.

THAT THEY'D PULLED PERMITS ON, THEY'RE DOING 34 34 AND IT'S ABOUT THE SAME ACREAGE.

SO I'D ALSO WENT BACK TO ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS ALSO, UM, THAT WAS ALSO APPROVED BY US IN 2019 DOWN THE STREET.

I THINK IT WAS CALLED, UM, CASTELLO, COSTELLO, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND THEY WERE GOING FROM SOMETHING, THEY WENT TO COTTAGE HOUSING AND IT WAS ALSO 12 UNITS PER ACRE.

SO WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR 30, 36 MAXIMUM, BUT HE'D HAVE IT PLOTTED HERE AS APPROXIMATELY 32, BUT HE HAD TO CORRECT? YEAH.

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I MEAN, I'M HAPPY TO LIMIT IT AT THAT.

IT'S JUST THE 36 MAXIMUM.

I THINK WE DID BEFORE WE PLANTED IT.

I THINK THAT THE, IF, IF I'M GOING TO BE GOOD WITH IT, IT'S GOTTA BE AT THE 32 IN YOUR PUTIN NOTES TO SAY NO MORE THAN 32, BECAUSE IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THAT ONE AND THE ONE DOWN THE STREET.

UM, SO THAT'S MY BIGGEST, MY BIGGEST TAKEAWAY PLUS ALSO I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH, WAS IT, WAS IT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OR PNCS RECOMMENDATION WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION ON THE LANDSCAPING TO GO WITH THAT AS WELL? ROBIN AND I HAD A CONVERSATION A LITTLE EARLIER, SO COUNCILMEMBER PENTIUM PARKER.

DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S, THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE, WHERE MY HEAD IS.

SURE.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH STAFF STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND THAT THE PUTIN NOTES REFLECT, UM, NO, A MAXIMUM OF 32 UNITS RATHER THAN 36.

ITEM 26 CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ZONING CASE 21 0 3 7, TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF LC TO BE LOCAL COMMERCIAL AND SFU M H TO BE SINGLE FAMILY, URBAN MANUFACTURED HOME TO GCC GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND LC TO A LOCAL COMMERCIAL ON TWO PARCELS OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 1.56, SIX ACRES PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

WAS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH US ON THAT

[26. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case 21-Z-037 to amend the current zoning of LC-2-B (Local Commercial) and SFU/MH-2-B (Single-Family Urban/Manufactured Home) to GC-3-C (General Commercial) and LC-2-A (Local Commercial) on two (2) parcels of land approximately 1.5660 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R035565 and R035563; and addressed as 1007 and 1009 Los Vista Drive, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case 21-Z-037 as described above. ]

MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY LAMPS AND CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT PARCELS ARE 0 3 5 5 6 5 AND ARE 0 3 5 5 6, 3, AND ADDRESSED AS 1007 AND 1009 LAS VISTA DRIVE WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

GRIFFIN, GOOD EVENING.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF BAGHDAD ROAD AND LOS VISTA.

UM, CURRENTLY THE PROPERTY ON THE HARD CORNER ZONE FOR GENERAL COMMERCIAL, AND THEN IT TRANSITIONS TO LOCAL COMMERCIAL AND SINGLE FAMILY URBAN MANUFACTURED HOME.

UM, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A GAS STATION AT THIS LOCATION AND, UM, THE GAS STATION HOURS OF OPERATION DON'T WORK IN THE LOCAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.

SO THEY COULD HAVE PLACED THE CONVENIENCE STORE THERE, BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO CLOSE EARLIER THAN A TYPICAL GAS STATION.

SO THEY'RE ASKING TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF THAT PARCEL TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL, TO SUPPORT THE USE.

UM, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID REVIEW THIS REQUEST DURING THE JANUARY 27TH MEETING AND THEY UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.

UM, THE COUNCIL, WE HAD THAT, THAT ISSUE WHERE THE MEETING WAS CANCELED AND WE HAD A ITEM ON THE AGENDA, CHANGED THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED THIS REQUEST.

SINCE THAT WAS DELAYED, WE'RE GOING TO ASK THE COUNCIL TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND DELAY ACTION ON THE REQUEST UNTIL THE MARCH 3RD MEETING.

SO YOU CAN HEAR THEM AT THE SAME TIME, SO YOU COULD CONSIDER IT IF YOU WANTED TO.

AND I'M AVAILABLE 30 QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY WHO SUBMITTED A CARD TO SPEAK.

WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT, PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE 21 0 3 7 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY COUNSEL, DON'T MAKE A MOTION TO DELAY TILL MARCH 3RD, SECOND MOTION, AND A SECOND TO DELAY TO MARCH 3RD.

UH, ARE WE GOOD DORA WITH THAT WORDING? WE'RE GOOD.

UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM 27 CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOL ANNEXATION CASE 21 8 0 0 9 REGARDING THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF 20.077 BAKERS PLUS OR MINUS INCISE.

[27. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding the Harmony Public School Annexation Case 21-A-009 regarding the voluntary annexation of 20.077 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R031590, R031591, R031592, R031594, and R031595; and commonly known as 3250 Hero Way, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding the Harmony Public School Annexation Case 21-A-009 as described above.]

MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY WILLIAMSON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT AS PARCELS ARE 0 3 1 5 9 0 ARE 0 3 1 5 9 1 R 0 3 1 5 9 2 R 0 3 1 5 9 4 AND ARE 0 3 1 5 9 5 AND COMMONLY KNOWN AS 3, 2 5 0 HERO WAY.

LANDER WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

CORRECT.

OKAY, GOOD EVENING.

THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION REQUEST.

UM, THIS PROPERTY WAS SUBJECT TO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WHERE ANNEXATION WAS DELAYED UNTIL THE ULTIMATE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY.

THIS ITEM WOULD BE THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE AND DOESN'T ACTUALLY ANNEX THE PROPERTY UNTIL THE NEXT READING OF THE ORDINANCE THAT WOULD OCCUR IN MARCH.

THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE ZONING THAT GOES WITH THIS REQUEST.

I'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

ITEM 28, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ZONING CASE 21 0 4 0 TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF INTERIM SFR.

I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY WHO IS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK MOVING ALONG? THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

WE'LL NOW MOVE INTO THE ACTION REGARDING ANNEXATION CASE 21 8 0 0 9 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES, UNANIMOUSLY

[28. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case 21-Z-040 to amend the current zoning of Interim SFR-1-B (Single-Family Rural) to LO-2-B (Local Office) on eight (8) parcels of land approximately 27.99 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R031590, R031591, R031592, R031594, R031595, R508113, R508114, and R508115; and addressed as 3250 Hero Way, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case 21-Z-040 as described above. ]

ONE B SINGLE FAMILY, RURAL TWO L O TO BE LOCAL OFFICE ON EIGHT PARCELS OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 27.99 ACRES PLUS OR MINUS AND SIZE MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY WILLIAMSON CENTRAL APPRAISAL

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DISTRICT AS PARCEL R 0 3 1 5 9 0 ARE 0 3 1 5 9 1 R 0 3 1 5 9 2 ARE 0 3 1 5 9 4 ARE 0 3 1 5 9 5 ARE 5 0 8 1 1 3 ARE 5 0 8 1 1 4 AND OUR 5 0 8 1 1 5 AND ADDRESSED AS 3, 2 5 0 HERO WAY.

LEANDER WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

GRIFFIN, WELCOME BACK AGAIN.

UM, THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ZONING CASE LOCATED AT 3, 2 5 0 HERO WAY.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF THE PROPERTY TO LOCAL OFFICE.

UM, THE PURPOSE IN THE REQUEST IS TO ALLOW FOR THE HARMONY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL.

UM, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID REVIEW THIS REQUEST DURING THE JANUARY 27TH MEETING AND THEY UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.

I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.

PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

NOBODY HAS SUBMITTED A CARD TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? EXCELLENT.

PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

WE'LL NOW MOVE INTO THE ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE 21 0 4 0 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE A SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM 29 CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ZONING CASE 21 Z 0 4 1 TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF INTERIM SFR.

[29. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case 21-Z-041 to amend the current zoning of Interim SFR-1-B (Single-Family Rural) to GC-3-C (General Commercial) on two (2) parcels of land approximately 22.039 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R031358 and R602142; and addressed as 8622 183A Toll Road, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case 21-Z-041 as described above.]

ONE B SINGLE-FAMILY RURAL TO GC THREE C GENERAL COMMERCIAL ON TWO PARCELS OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 22.09 ACRES PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE.

MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY WILLIAMSON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT AS PARCELS ARE 0 3 1 3 5 8 AND ARE 6 0 2 1 4 2.

AND ADDRESS AS 8 6 2 2 180 3, A TOLL ROAD, LANDER WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GRIFFIN VIDEO.

AND THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 8 6 2 2 180 3, A TOLL ROAD.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO CHANGE THE ZONING TO GC THREE C GENERAL COMMERCIAL.

UM, THIS ZONING DISTRICT WOULD ALLOW FOR A MIXTURE OF COMMERCIAL USES THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST DURING THE JANUARY 27TH MEETING.

UM, THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION AND I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.

GOOD EVENING, MR. VEGGIE KIO CAN EVEN THERE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

GOOD TO SEE YOU THIS EVENING, PETER RADICCHIO UM, BE VERY BRIEF.

FIRST COMMENT IS YES, THIS IS ACTUALLY STRAIGHT ZONING BEFORE YOU FOR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING.

UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROPERTY FOR CLOSE TO A YEAR NOW AND QUITE FRANKLY, ONE OF THE BIG, UH, GOALS OF THAT WAS TO SEE IF WE COULD COME UP WITH A VISION THAT WORKS IN A STRAIGHT ZONING.

SO PLEASE SPRING BEFORE YOU A STRAIGHT ZONING CASE TONIGHT.

ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS WHY I WANTED TO STAND UP, IF ANYBODY'S DRIVEN BY THIS PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LARGE STOCK TANK ON IT, PERPETUALLY WET, EVEN IN THE DRY TIMES.

THERE'S ALWAYS WATER IN THAT, IN THAT TANK.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, LARGE, THERE WE GO, LARGE EXISTING TREES JUST TO THE NORTH OF IT.

AND OUR PLANS AND DESIGN WORK TO DATE ARE PRESERVING BOTH THAT FEATURE AS WELL AS A TREE.

THOSE TREES LOOKING AT SOME VERY EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES WITH RESTAURANTS, RETAIL OFFICE, TO REALLY KIND OF SHOWCASE THAT SPACE AND THE LAND USE.

SO WHILE WE'RE BEFORE YOU WERE JUST STRAIGHT ZONING, THERE WAS A LOT OF THOUGHT GOING INTO THE DESIGN, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION ON THE AVAILABLE QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NOBODY HAS SUBMITTED ANY CARDS.

IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE 21 0 4, 1 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE THE SECOND MOTION.

AND THE SECOND, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM 30 CONDUCT, A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ZONING CASE 21 0 4 3 TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF INTERIM SFR.

DO MORE OF THOSE

[30. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case 21-Z-043 to amend the current zoning of Interim SFR-1-B (Single-Family Rural) to GC-2-B (General Commercial) on five (5) parcels of land approximately 33.911 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R555235, R555246, R031297, R555247, R031279; and addressed as 2957, 3345, 3549, & 3919 Hero Way, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case 21-Z-043 as described above.]

ONE B SINGLE FAMILY RULE TO GC TO BE GENERAL COMMERCIAL ON FIVE PARCELS OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 33.911 ACRES PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY WILLIAMSON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

AS PARCELS.

HANG WITH ME.

HERE ARE 5 5 5 2 3 5 ARE 5 5 5 2 4 6 R 0 3 1 2 9 7 ARE 5 5 5 2 4 7 R 0 3 1 2 7 9 AND ADDRESSED AS 2 9 5 7 3 3 4 5 3 5 4 9 AND 3 9 1 9.

HERO WAY LEANDER WILLIAMSON COUNTY, UH, IN TEXAS, OBVIOUSLY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

GRIFFIN.

WE MADE IT THROUGH.

ALONG HERE, WAY TO THE WEST OF RONALD REAGAN.

UM, THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED

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UM, THIS REQUEST WAS PREVIOUSLY HEARD BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

UM, IN OCTOBER, THE COUNCIL CHOSE TO REMOVE THIS PORTION OF THE PROPERTY OUT OF THE ZONING CASE.

AND NOW THE APPLICANT'S RETURNED TO ASK FOR IT TO BE REZONED TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL.

THIS WAS REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DURING THEIR JANUARY 27TH MEETING, AND THEY DID UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

UM, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE APPLICANT'S ALSO HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY WHO SUBMITTED A CARD TO SPEAK.

WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHED TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

WE'LL NOW MOVE INTO THE ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE 21 0 4 3 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE A SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM 31, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ZONING CASE 21 0 4 5 TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF INTERIM SFR.

[31. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case 21-Z-045 to amend the current zoning of Interim SFR-1-B (Single-Family Rural) to HC-4-D (Heavy Commercial) on three (3) parcels of land approximately 12.819 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R555216, R319481 and R031282; and addressed as 2871 Hero Way, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case 21-Z-045 as described above.]

ONE B SINGLE FAMILY, RURAL TO HC 4D, HEAVY COMMERCIAL ON THREE PARCELS OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 12.8 HUNDRED 900 ACRES PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE.

MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY WILLIAMSON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT AS PARCELS ARE 5 5 5 2 1 6 ARE 3 1 9 4 8 1 AND R 0 3 1 2 8 2.

AND ADDRESS AS 2 8 7 1 HERE AWAY LEANDER WILLIAMSON, KENNY, TEXAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

GRIFFIN, I THINK THIS IS THE LAST TIME YOU'RE UP HERE.

THAT'S THE LAST ONE.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

UM, SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 8 7 1 HERE AWAY THE APPLICANTS REQUESTING TO CHANGE THE ZONING FROM INTERIM SFR, ONE B TWO H C FOUR D, WHICH IS A HEAVY COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

UM, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID REVIEW THIS REQUEST DURING THE JANUARY 27TH MEETING AND THEY UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.

AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE APPLICANTS ALSO HERE, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.

I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHED TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES AND THEN WE'LL NEED YOU TO FILL OUT A SPEAKER'S COMMENT CARD AND GIVE IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY, PLEASE.

I'M KATE MCDONALD.

I WORK, I LIVE IN PALMETTO RIDGE, WHICH IS VERY CLOSE TO WHERE HERE OUR WAY, AND WE EXPERIENCED A LOT OF TRAFFIC FAVORITE WORD, AND ALL I WANT TO SAY IS THAT IT'D BE GREAT IF WE UNDERSTOOD AS NEIGHBORS, WHAT EXACTLY THE IMPACT WOULD BE.

THESE ZONING CHANGES INSTEAD OF JUST AN ORANGE CARD.

AND SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT WE CAN GET FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE'RE ALREADY ARE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THAT AS A COMMUNITY.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

I'LL FOLLOW UP.

WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHED TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT.

THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE 2 1 0 4 5 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE IT HAS GOT IT.

THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM NUMBER 32, RECEIVE PRESENTATION AND ACCEPT THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021 FROM EXTERNAL AUDITOR.

[32. Receive presentation and accept the Annual Financial Report for fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, from external auditor, Pattillo Brown and Hill, LLP. ]

PATILLO BROWN AND HILL LLP.

AND WE'RE GOING TO WELCOME UP ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR LEVY.

WELCOME.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU TONIGHT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL.

WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR ANNUAL AUDIT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 31ST, 2021.

I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF WORK PUT INTO IT.

UM, IT TOUCHES THE ENTIRE CITY.

UM, WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH PATELLA BROWN AND HILL FOR THEIR AUDITING SERVICES AND AUDIT PARTNER PAULO ALLOWS ONSITE TONIGHT TO GIVE A SHORT PRESENTATION.

UM, I'LL ALSO BE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE.

HAS DEFINITELY HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD THERE AND, UM, THE PROCESS DOES REACH OUT TO VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

THANK YOU, JODY.

UM, AS JODY MENTIONED, MY NAME IS PAUL LAO WITH PATILLO BROWN HILL AND I'M HERE THIS EVENING JUST TO PROVIDE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION, UM, ABOUT, UM, HOW THE AUDIT PROCESS, UH, GOES AS WELL AS THE ART RESULTS.

AND IT CAN KIND OF TOUCH ON SOME OF THE FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS AS WELL.

UH, SO THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS AND, UM, DISCUSSION, UH, FEEL FREE TO STOP ME AT ANY POINT IN TIME.

AND, UM, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS AS WELL.

AND IS JODY MENTIONED, SHOULD WE HAPPY, UM, TO ASSIST WITH THAT TOO? UM, AS FAR AS THE AUDIT PROCESS IS CONCERNED, UM, YOU KNOW, JODY

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UM, FOR SURE WE DON'T JUST NECESSARILY DISCUSS AND TALK ABOUT THINGS, UM, WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

UM, BUT ALSO TOO, JUST WITH THE OTHER, UM, DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN ORDER TO, UM, GAIN SOME UNDERSTANDING OF, SO WE CAN GO AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH OUR PRELIMINARY PHASES OF THE AUDIT, UH, WHICH DO HAPPEN IN, UM, JULY OF EVERY YEAR.

IS THERE APPROXIMATE TIMEFRAME AND THEN THAT, THAT PRELIMINARY PHASE OF THE AUDIT, UM, DOES GET CONDUCTED.

AND DURING THAT PRELIMINARY PHASE, AS I MENTIONED, WE, UM, DO YOU TALK TO VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO GAIN SOME INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE, UH, JUST ABOUT THEM, SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE MIGHT'VE GONE ON, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UM, OR, UM, JUST WHAT IS HAPPENING, UM, AT THE CITY THIS PARTICULAR YEAR.

SO WE CAN GET SOME UNDERSTANDING OF KIND OF WHERE WE NEED TO FOCUS ON, UH, DURING OUR FINAL PHASE OF THE AUDIT AS WELL.

UM, AS I MENTIONED, UH, THE, THE FINAL PHASE, THAT PARTICULAR TIMEFRAME WHEN THAT HAPPENS IS APPROXIMATELY IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER FOR ABOUT, UM, THREE OR FOUR WEEKS OR SO, WE HAVE OUR AUDIT TEAM, UM, WORKING ON THAT FINAL PHASE OF THE AUDIT, WHICH INCLUDES, UM, AFTER WE HAVE GAINED ALL THAT INFORMATION DURING THE PRELIMINARY PHASES, WE FOCUS ON CERTAIN AUDIT AREAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH HOW THAT INFORMATION IS PRESENTED IN THE REPORT THAT YOU HAVE HERE TODAY.

UM, AND DURING THAT PHASE, UH, WE ARE, UH, LOOKING AT MATERIAL BALANCES, UM, OF THE CITY, SUCH AS LONG-TERM DEBT, UM, YOUR, YOUR BONDS, THE CASH BALANCES THAT THE CITY HAS AS WELL.

AND, UM, GETTING COMFORTABLE WITH THOSE AMOUNTS THROUGH DISCUSSIONS, UM, JUST TO THE CITY, BUT ALSO TO OUTSIDE ENTITIES THAT HAS THAT THEY HAVE THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.

UM, AND THIS EVENING JUST THE AUDIT RESULTS, UM, THAT WE HAVE.

I'M SURE THIS IS, UH, THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ARE VERY ANXIOUS TO HEAR ABOUT.

UM, AGAIN, THIS PARTICULAR YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION ON THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, UH, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST OPINION THAT CAN BE RENDERED AS KNOWN AS A CLEAN OPINION TO MOST INDIVIDUALS AS WELL.

SO CONGRATULATIONS, UM, TO THE CITY FOR GETTING THAT HIGH RATING AGAIN THIS YEAR, UM, ANOTHER, UH, REPORT THAT WE DO ISSUE AS A PART OF THIS AUDIT, WE HAVE TO, WE FOLLOW, UM, TWO SETS OF AUDITING STANDARDS AND ANOTHER SET OF AUDITING STANDARDS.

THE GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS REQUIRE US TO COMMUNICATE TO YOU IF WE COME ACROSS, UM, SOME PROCESSES THAT WE FEEL LIKE, UH, OR WERE THAT AREN'T WORKING QUITE THE WAY, THAT THEY SHOULD BE IN A WORTHY TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, UM, THIS EVENING.

AND I'M HAPPY TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE TYPES OF ITEMS TO DISCUSS WITH YOU TODAY.

SO THAT'S GREAT.

UM, ANOTHER, UH, CLEAN REPORT THAT WE'VE ISSUED TO THIS EVENING, AND YOU MIGHT'VE REMEMBERED LAST YEAR, WE DID ISSUE WHAT WE REFERRED TO AS A SINGLE AUDIT REPORT.

UM, A SINGLE AUDIT REPORT GETS KICKED OFF WHENEVER AN ENTITY EXPENDS, MORE THAN $750,000 OF FEDERAL AWARDS.

AND THE CITY DID NOT DO THAT THIS PARTICULAR YEAR, BUT WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT HAPPENING, UM, IN THE NEXT YEAR AND PROBABLY THE FOLLOWING YEAR AS WELL.

LAST YEAR, WE DID HAVE TO ISSUE THAT REPORT.

UM, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, AND THE CITY DID RECEIVE SOME FUNDING RELATED TO COVID-19 AND SPIT THOSE FUNDS.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE A GOOD OPINION THERE AND, UM, HAS RECEIVED MORE FUNDING FROM, UM, COVID-19 FUNDING, BUT THOSE FUNDS WERE NOT EXPENDED THIS PARTICULAR FISCAL YEAR.

THEY WILL BE EXPENDED IN FUTURE YEARS AS EACH OF YOU, UM, ARE PROBABLY AWARE OF IT'S MORE THAN $2 MILLION.

AND SO WE DO ANTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO DO THIS AGAIN, UM, ALSO WANTED TO JUST TOUCH ON SOME OF THE FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS THAT ARE WITHIN THE REPORTS THAT EACH OF YOU HAVE AS WELL.

UM, A LOT OF THESE ARE, UM, PRIMARILY THE RESULTING OF THE PANDEMIC AND ALSO TO JUST A LOT OF THE GROWTH THAT THE CITY HAS EXPERIENCED OVER THE YEAR AND IN THE YEARS BEFORE AS WELL.

UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S MAKE MENTION OF THE TOTAL REVENUES OF A CITY THAT'S $230 MILLION, THAT'S TOTAL REVENUES, INCLUDING ALL OF YOUR WATER AND SEWER FUNDS, YOUR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS.

I MEAN, ALL, UH, ALL INCLUSIVE AMOUNT THERE.

AND YOU CAN SEE THERE, THE PRIMARY DRIVERS OF THE INCREASE, UH, OF THIS REVENUE AS WELL.

UM, THE TOTAL REVENUES, UM, DID EXCEED, UM, EXPENSES, BUT A LOT OF THIS WAS PRIMARILY RELATED TO DEVELOPERS COMING IN AND ACTUALLY BUILDING SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE

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FOR THE CITY.

SO WATER AND SEWER LINES, UM, AS WELL AS ROADS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AND ONCE THOSE DEVELOPERS ARE, UM, HAVE COMPLETED THAT THOSE PROJECTS, THOSE ITEMS ARE, UH, THEN SO TO SPEAK DONATED TO THE CITY, BUT AT 10, BUT OBVIOUSLY THOUGH THE CITY DOES HAVE TO MAINTAIN THAT, THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THAT WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL COST TO THE CITY, ESPECIALLY DOWN THE ROAD.

UH, ONE OF THE INDICATORS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO LOOK AT IS, UM, ON ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE FOR THE GENERAL FUND OF THE CITY.

AND WHEN YOU DO THAT FOR THIS PARTICULAR CITY, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS APPROXIMATELY, UM, SIX MONTHS OF UNASSIGNED GENERAL FUND BALANCE WHEN YOU'RE COMPARING TO GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

SO THAT'S OFTEN, OFTEN YOU LOOKED AT, UM, AS AN INDICATION OF THE FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THE GENERAL FUND AS WELL.

AND I WOULD SAY THAT THIS WOULD BE IN A GOOD STANDINGS FOR THE CITY OF LEANDER, AND ALSO TOO, I HAVE SOME, SOME CHARTS AND GRAPHS JUST TO KIND OF JUST AN INDICATOR OF THE GROWTH OF THE REVENUES AND DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE CITY, AS WELL, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM 2017, COMPARED TO 2021, YOU CAN SEE THE STEADY INCREASE OF, OF TOTAL REVENUE.

AND, UM, THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY DO THE GROWTH THAT THE CITY HAS HAD, UH, THROUGHOUT THIS TIME.

AND CORRESPONDINGLY, YOU CAN SEE IT AN INCREASE IN EXPENSES BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WITH INCREASING GROWTH, UH, INCREASE IN SERVICES THAT THE CITY HAS TO PROVIDE AS WELL.

AND, UM, OBVIOUSLY TO JUST OWN THAT POSITION, UM, FROM THE STATE FOR THE CITY HAS BEEN AN INCREASING STEADILY AS WELL.

AND A LOT OF THIS, UM, W WE HAVE HERE IN THESE CHARTS AND GRAPHS, A LOT OF THAT, YOU CAN FIND, UH, MORE INFORMATION IN THE REPORT THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE REPORT.

THERE'S, UM, TABLES, UM, CALL, WE REFER TO THIS AS THE STATISTICAL SECTION OF THE REPORT.

THERE'S SOME LIKE TABLE ONE THROUGH, UM, EIGHT OR NINE THAT HAS A LOT OF TREND INFORMATION IN THERE.

SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE CITY WAS APPROXIMATELY SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS AGO COMPARED TO WHAT IT IS TODAY.

BUT, UM, BUT DEFINITELY, UH, WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL FOR GIVING OUR FIRM AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH EVERYONE HERE AT THE CITY, JODY AND HER TEAM HAD DO A FANTASTIC JOB AND, AND THEY'RE A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH AS WELL.

SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, WE ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS I CAN PROMISE YOU AND, AND, UM, ASK AND, AND LOOK FOR A LOT OF SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION TO JUST TO GET COMFORTABLE, UM, WITH EVERYTHING.

BUT I MEAN, YOU HAVE A GREAT GROUP AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY, BUT IF ANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE AS WELL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE THE REPORT AND, UM, JUST HUGE.

THANK YOU TO OUR FINANCE TEAM.

Y'ALL ARE AMAZING AND KEEP US GOING AND WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL.

UM, AND THIS IS A GREAT REPORT.

I'M PROUD OF YOU GUYS.

UM, COUNCIL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ALL OF THE ABOVE.

THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM.

UH, SO ANYBODY HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT.

33, DISCUSSING CONSIDER ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LEANDER, TEXAS ORDERING A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON MAY 7TH, 2022 ON A TO INCREASE THE CITY'S GENERAL REVENUE SALES AND USE TAX RATE TO PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 3, 2, 1 OF THE TEXAS TAX CODE CONDITIONED ON A MAJORITY OF QUALIFIED VOTERS VOTING NO ON PROPOSITION A, WHICH IS THE MEASURE ON THE QUESTION OF THE CONTINUATION OF THE CAPITOL METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY IN THE CITY OF LEANDER, PROVIDING FOR PROPOSITION LANGUAGE, PROVIDING FOR ELECTION PROCEDURES, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, PROVIDING AN OPEN MEETINGS CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS.

MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

ITEM

[33. Discuss and consider action on an Ordinance of the City of Leander, Texas, ordering a Special Election to be held on May 7, 2022, on a proposition to increase the City’s General Revenue Sales and Use Tax Rate pursuant to Chapter 321 of the Texas Tax Code, conditioned on a majority of qualified voters voting “No” on Proposition “A”, which is the measure on the question of the continuation of the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority in the City of Leander; providing for proposition language; providing for election procedures; providing for an effective date; providing an open meetings clause; and providing for related matters. Discutir y considerar la acción sobre una Ordenanza de la Ciudad de Leander, Texas, que ordena que se celebre una Elección Especial el 7 de mayo de 2022, sobre una propuesta para aumentar la Tasa del Impuesto sobre las Ventas y el Uso de Ingresos Generales de la Ciudad de conformidad con el Capítulo 321 del Impuesto de Texas Código, condicionado a que una mayoría de votantes calificados voten “No” a la Proposición “A”, que es la medida sobre la cuestión de la continuación de la Autoridad de Transporte Metropolitano de la Capital en la Ciudad de Leander; proporcionar lenguaje de proposiciones; proporcionar procedimientos electorales; proporcionar una fecha de vigencia; proporcionar una cláusula de reuniones abiertas; y proveer para asuntos relacionados. ]

CITY ATTORNEY SIGNS, WELCOME MIRIN COUNSEL, PURSUANT TO YOUR DISCUSSION IN THE WORKSHOP.

UH, THIS ORDINANCE IS IN FRONT OF YOU FOR CONSIDERATION OF CALLING AN ELECTION ON A PROPOSITION SALES TAX PROPOSITION FOR GENERAL REVENUE, UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF A 2% SALES TAX.

AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM TO ANSWER A QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED IN THE PRIOR SESSION ABOUT WHETHER, HOW OFTEN CAN A CITY HOLD THE SALES TAX ELECTION.

AND THE ANSWER IS, IS ONCE A YEAR, ONCE A YEAR, COUNSEL MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND

[01:45:02]

MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED FROM US BEFORE WE VOTE? OKAY.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SO I GUESS IT DOESN'T MATTER IF WE'RE BUDDING ON THIS ONE AND THEN IT GETS APPROVED, THEN THE NEXT TWO ITEMS WE'RE NOT EVEN DISCUSSING, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

YOU WOULD JUST TAKE NEW ACTION OR PASS ON THOSE ITEMS. I'M STILL READING THEM, RIGHT.

I WOULD READ THEM AND THEN KNOW WHAT YOUR ACTIONS.

ALRIGHT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, OPPOSED PASSES SIX TO ONE.

ITEM 34, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LEANDER, TEXAS ORDERING A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON MAY 7TH, 2022 ON A PROPOSITION TO ADOPT A TYPE B ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SALES AND USE TAX CONDITIONED ON A MAJORITY OF QUALIFIED VOTERS VOTING NO ON PROPOSITION A, WHICH IS THE MEASURE ON THE QUESTION OF THE CONTINUATION OF THE CAPITOL METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND THE CITY OF LEANDER PROVIDING FOR PROPOSITION LANGUAGE, PROVIDING FOR ELECTION PROCEDURES, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, PROVIDING AN OPEN MEETINGS CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS.

[34. Discuss and consider action on an Ordinance of the City of Leander, Texas, ordering a Special Election to be held on May 7, 2022, on a proposition to adopt a Type B Economic Development Sales and Use Tax, conditioned on a majority of qualified voters voting “No” on Proposition “A”, which is the measure on the question of the continuation of the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority in the City of Leander; providing for proposition language; providing for election procedures; providing for an effective date; providing an open meetings clause; and providing for related matters. Discutir y considerar la acción sobre una Ordenanza de la Ciudad de Leander, Texas, que ordena que se celebre una Elección Especial el 7 de mayo de 2022, sobre una propuesta para adoptar un Impuesto sobre Ventas y Uso de Desarrollo Económico Tipo B, condicionado a una mayoría de votantes calificados votando “No” a la Proposición “A”, que es la medida sobre la cuestión de la continuación de la Autoridad de Transporte Metropolitano de la Capital en la Ciudad de Leander; proporcionar lenguaje de proposiciones; proporcionar procedimientos electorales; proporcionar una fecha de vigencia; proporcionar una cláusula de reuniones abiertas; y proveer para asuntos relacionados.]

DO I CALL YOU UP AT ALL? OR JUST SAY NO ACTION.

SORRY.

IT SAID, I THINK IT WOULD BE A NO ACTION ITEM.

I, I SAW THERE WAS A, I DON'T KNOW IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO VOTE ON IT, SO YEAH.

WELL, IT'S BEEN READ OUT.

SO COUNSEL, SOMEBODY MAKE A MOTION FOR SOME PROMOTION THAT WE DON'T VOTE FOR.

NO ACTION.

WE NEED THEM.

WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR NO AFRICAN RIGHT.

SECOND.

IS THAT BIG? A CLEAN, NO ACTION.

WHO WAS THE SECOND? ALL RIGHT.

MOTION AND A SECOND FOR NO ACTION.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.

ALL THOSE FAVOR OF NO ACTION.

I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE THEM HOME.

I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY YOUR RELEASE IN THIS PROCESS OF TAKING ACTION ON.

NO ACTION IS BIZARRE.

IT'S CLEAN FOR THE MINUTES.

AND I'M 35 DISCUSSING CONSIDER ACTION ON ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LEANDER, TEXAS AMENDING AND RESTATING ORDINANCE NUMBER 22 0 1 3 0 0.

PASS THE SIX TO ONE.

[35. Discuss and consider action on an Ordinance of the City of Leander, Texas, amending and restating Ordinance Number 22-013-00 ordering a Special Election to be held on the adoption of amendments to the City Charter; providing for election procedures; providing for an effective date; providing an open meetings clause; and providing for related matters. Discutir y considerar la acción sobre una Ordenanza de la Ciudad de Leander, Texas, que modifica y reafirma la Ordenanza Número 22-013-00 que ordena que se celebre una Elección Especial sobre la adopción de enmiendas a la Carta Constitutiva de la Ciudad; proporcionar procedimientos electorales; proporcionar una fecha de vigencia; proporcionar una cláusula de reuniones abiertas; y proveer para asuntos relacionados.]

ORDERING A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY CHARTER, PROVIDING FOR ELECTION PROCEDURES, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, PROVIDING AN OPEN MEETINGS CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS.

NO ACTION IS NEEDED ON, ON THIS ITEM AS WELL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO I GUESS I MAKE A MOTION FOR NO ACTION.

SECOND MOTION.

SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TO, I THINK THAT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY

[36. Council Member Closing Statements.]

ITEM 36, COUNCIL MEMBER, CLOSING COMMENTS, PLACE ONE.

I'VE GOT NOTHING.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE.

GOODBYE PLACE TOO.

I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MLK PLANNING COMMITTEE AND TO COUNCIL MEMBER THOMPSON, I THINK IN SEVEN WEEKS, WHAT YOU GUYS DID WAS AMAZING.

SO CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, AND THANKS FOR CAT.

UM, HOW FOR LEANDER HISTORY AND I LIKED THE FOCUS ON BLACK HISTORY DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH.