Mar 17, 2022 City Council Regular Meeting

SECRETARY CRABTREE, WE PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER, KATHERINE BATTALION PARKER HERE.

TODAY IS THURSDAY, MARCH 17TH, AND THE TIME IS 6:00 PM.

THIS IS THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP OF THE LANDER CITY COUNCIL CITY.

[2. Roll Call.]

COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER, JASON SHAW COUNCIL MEMBER, NICOLE THOMPSON PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER, CHRIS SONIC MAYOR PRETEND THAT YOU ROSS MAYOR CHRISTINE DELLA HERE,

[3. Receive an update on the facilities plan and future possible location of City Hall.]

ITEM THREE, RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON THE FACILITY'S PLAN AND FUTURE POSSIBLE LOCATION OF CITY HALL, CITY MANAGER OF EVERLYN.

THIS IS YOURS.

WHICH IS A LITTLE CONFUSING, THE SMALL CAMPUS IS ACTUALLY LARGER IN SIZE AND THE LARGE CAMPUS, IT'S 114,000 SQUARE FEET WITH 338 EMPLOYEES.

WE'VE A CAMERAS.

CAMERON IS GONNA COME UP AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF TAG TEAM ON THIS.

WE'VE WENT THROUGH THE BRW STUDY AND WE'VE PULLED THE RESPECT OF PIECES THAT LOOK AT THE CAMPUS OPTION AND LOOK AT THE NORTH LINE OPTION.

I THINK, AS YOU SEE, WHEN WE GO THROUGH HERE, THERE'S SOME DECISION POINTS THAT ARE A LITTLE SUBJECTIVE TOO.

SO SOME OF THOSE ARE ALSO GOING TO WHERE THERE ARE KIND OF THINGS EVENING OUT, CAUSE IT'S ALL EXPENSIVE.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT BETWEEN AN UNADJUSTED REAL-WORLD NUMBERS NOW, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN ROUGHLY 300,000,003 AND 25 MILLION.

SO THERE'S, THERE HAS TO BE SOME OTHER AND THAT'S FOR ALL YOUR FACILITIES.

IF YOU DRILL DOWN INTO CITY HALL PROPER, YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT AT LEAST 60 MILLION AND REAL WORLD, IF YOU ISOLATE THAT OUT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO WALK THROUGH THE DIFFERENT PIECES THAT BRW IS IDENTIFIED AND THEN GO TO NEXT STEPS.

BUT WE'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT THIS IS WHERE WE WILL NEED YOUR INPUT BEFORE WE'RE DONE IS REALLY WHAT YOU WANT YOUR CITY HALL TO BE.

DO YOU WANT IT TO BE KIND OF A SUBURBAN EMPHASIS? DO YOU WANT IT TO GO MAYBE SOMEWHERE WHERE YOU'VE ALREADY PUT A LOT OF DECISIONS AND THOUGHT AND CENTER OF, OF THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT THOSE TYPE OF BUILDINGS KIND OF STAND FOR AND IN THAT REGARD.

SO IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD, CAMERON, AND AS WE NEED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT INTRODUCTION.

SO JUST AT A PRESENTATION OUTLINE, UH, IT LOOKS AT THE EXISTING FACILITIES AND DOCUMENTED NEEDS A SPACE REQUIREMENTS OF A CITY HALL FACILITY AND THE MIXTURE OF CITY FUNCTIONS THAT WOULD GO INSIDE THAT CITY HALL FACILITY.

AND THERE'S REALLY THREE DIFFERENT LOCATION OPTIONS.

IT'S A NORTHLAND LOCATION OPTION FOR A CITY HALL, A SMALL CAMPUS AND A LARGE CAMPUS.

AND WE'LL DEFINE THOSE A LITTLE BIT.

UM, AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT AN ANALYSIS OF THOSE OPTIONS, KIND OF THE PROS AND CONS, AND THEN RECOMMENDED NEXT STEPS TO KIND OF HONE IN ON WHAT WOULD COME NEXT.

UH, BR W BEGAN THEIR STUDY IN MAY, 2021 COMPLETED IN NOVEMBER, 2021.

THEY MET WITH THE STAFF MEMBERS, TALKED ABOUT OUR PROGRAMMING NEEDS, UH, EQUIPMENT AND STAFFING NEEDS.

THEY EXAMINE THE EXISTING CITY FACILITIES.

SO PRIMARILY WHEN IT RELATES TO CITY HALL, PEPPER AND MUNICIPAL HALL AND CITY HALL ACROSS THE STREET, AND THEY LOOKED AT PROJECTING OUR FUTURE NEEDS.

SO NOT JUST WHAT WE NEED TODAY, WHAT WE WILL NEED UPON BUILD-OUT.

SO SOMEWHERE AROUND 250,000 RESIDENTS IS WHAT THEY BASE THAT ON.

UM, SO HIT CITY HALL TODAY WAS BUILT IN 1985.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OLDER THAN ME.

UH, IT ORIGINALLY HAS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AS WELL AS OTHER CITY HALL ON PEP RICE AND FUNCTIONS.

SO EVERYTHING WAS ALL IN THAT ONE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET.

OUR CURRENT POPULATION IS 87,000.

SO YOU'VE SEEN, UH, WE'VE GROWN ABOUT 83,000 RESIDENTS SINCE IT WAS CONSTRUCTED.

UM, KEY FINDINGS, CITY HALL, AND PAT BRYSON ARE ALREADY AT, OR EXCEEDING DESIGN CAPACITY THRESHOLDS.

PARKING'S BECOME AN ISSUE.

YOU MIGHT'VE SEEN THAT TODAY WITH SO MANY EVENTS GOING ON AROUND DOWNTOWN.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO FIND A PARKING SPOT AND WE'RE HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH CONFERENCE ROOMS, STORAGE AND TRAINING ROOM SPACE.

WE'RE HAVING TO CONVERT SOME OF THOSE SPACES HAVE TO SEE OFFICE SPACE JUST TO KIND OF HAVE HER IN FOR PEOPLE.

UH, SO THE SPACE REQUIREMENTS FOR A FUTURE CITY HOME, UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME DEFINITIONS OF WHAT THESE ARE, THE NORTHLINE LOCATIONS, LOOKING AT 4.2, FOUR ACRES, IT'S BLOCKED P WITHIN NORTH LINE.

UH, THIS OPTION, IF IT WAS SELECTED, WOULD INCLUDE SOME NEW FACILITIES FOR THE OTHER FACILITIES, UM, KIND OF THE UMBRELLA OF CITY, UH, THE CITY DEPARTMENTS AND THEN SOME REDEVELOPMENT OF EXISTING FACILITIES.

SO THERE'LL BE SOME KIND OF MIXING AND MATCHING OF WHERE THINGS GO.

A LARGE CAMPUS WOULD BE ALL NEW FACILITIES IN ONE NEW LOCATION, UH, BETWEEN 82 TO 100 ACRES AND A SMALL CAMPUS WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THAT.

IT WOULD HAVE CITY HALL, PD, FIRE, AND PARKS ON ONE CAMPUS, WHICH WOULD BE SMALLER BETWEEN 27 TO 35 ACRES AND A SCATTERING OF OTHER CITY FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ACTUAL CITY HALL ITSELF, TWO OF THE OPTIONS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME.

ONE IS DIFFERENT.

WE'RE LOOKING AT THE TWO WITH NORTHLAND AND THE LARGE CAMPUS, OUR 98,200 SQUARE FEET WITH A 276 EMPLOYEES AT BUILD-OUT.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS AT ABOUT 250,000 RESIDENTS IS WHAT WE WOULD HAVE AT THAT TIME.

THE SMALL CAMPUS,

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THE MAIN DIFFERENCES THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WOULD BE IN THE CITY HALL, AND IT WOULD BE SEPARATE IN THE OTHER OPTIONS.

AND THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, KIND OF INTERNAL SPACE, HALLWAYS, STAIRWAYS, AND CONFERENCE SPACE.

SO TO KIND OF HONE IN ON THE NORTH LINE OPTION, AS I MENTIONED, IT'S IN BLOCKED P, WHICH IS ABOUT 4.2 ACRES.

IF THIS WAS SELECTED, THAT WOULD, UH, WE WOULD NEED ABOUT 63 TO 75 MORE ACRES FOR OTHER CITY FACILITIES.

AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THESE OPTIONS.

YOU'LL SEE THOSE COMPARED TO EACH OTHER BLOCK P ALLOWS FOR SEVERAL DIFFERENT LAYOUTS OF A CITY HALL.

IT COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM THREE STORIES TO FOUR STORIES WOULD MOST LIKELY W WELL WOULD INCLUDE A PARKING GARAGE.

AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT IN A MINUTE.

UH, AND THERE'S EVEN AN OPTION FOR ADDITIONAL CITY FACILITIES THERE.

SO THIS IS A ZOOMED IN VERSION OF IT.

AND THEN YOU'LL SEE, THIS IS JUST ONE OPTION WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS ONE WOULD BE A THREE-STORY CITY HALL FACILITY, PARKING GARAGE IN THE MIDDLE, AND YOU HAVE EXTRA SPACE.

SO IT SHOWS TOWNHOMES AT THE BOTTOM THAT RED BLOCK, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY.

AND THE DEVELOPERS OF NORTHLAND HAVE BEEN VERY FLEXIBLE WITH US IN CONVERSATIONS, CAMERON, THIS IS, THIS IS, SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE LITTLE DECISION POINT, THINGS THAT AS WE KIND OF TALKED THROUGH THIS WITH ALL OF THE NEEDS, I KNOW WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH ALEX ABOUT THIS.

PROBABLY HAVING MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR THE ENTIRE BLOCK ITSELF WOULD BE USEFUL BECAUSE AS YOU GO TO THAT NEXT PHASE AND DRILL DOWN AND YOU START LOOKING AT YOUR ON-RAMPS, YOU KNOW, INTO A GARAGE, UM, IT, IT WORKS OUT DIFFERENT.

HAVING A LITTLE EXTRA DEFINITELY HELPS.

THERE ARE TOWNHOME SHOWN TO THE SOUTH.

AND I THINK BEFORE WE'RE DONE, THE OTHER PIECE WE NEED TO PROBABLY TALK ABOUT IS LET'S NOT FORGET.

WE ALSO HAVE THE HOTEL MOTEL LEGISLATION IN THIS LAST SESSION THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL.

AND IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE REASONS, UH, TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION WITH CAMERON UP HERE AS WELL, IS THAT WE, WE WOULD HAVE TO OWN THE FACILITY FOR 10 YEARS.

CORRECT? SO THE LAND UNDERNEATH THE FUTURE HOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTER WOULD HAVE TO BE CITY PROPERTY FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS.

THERE'S WAYS OF DOING THAT OTHER THAN JUST OWNING IT.

WE COULD DO, UM, LIKE A LEASE BACK WHERE AFTER 10 YEARS OF IT REVERT BACK TO THE OWNER, UH, BUT IT IS A CLEAN WAY TO HAVE IT ON THAT SAME SITE OR SOMEWHERE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO IT.

SO THAT, THAT THERE'S ONE EXAMPLE RIGHT THERE THAT HAVING MAYBE HALF THE BLOCK AVAILABLE AND DOING JOINT PARKING, WHERE YOU GET SOME ECONOMIES OF SCALE AND ALSO BRING TO BEAR OTHER FUNDS OTHER THAN JUST, UH, BOND FUNDS OR GENERAL FUNDS TO THE, TO THE PROJECT.

YEP, THAT'S RIGHT.

SO THE NORTH LINE OPTION FOR CITY HALL WOULD ALLOW US TO PURSUE A HYBRID APPROACH.

SO AS I MENTIONED, A FEW NEW FACILITIES AND NEW LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THEN REPURPOSING AND RENOVATING EXISTING FACILITIES.

SO THERE'LL BE A BIT OF SHUFFLING BETWEEN THE AREAS.

THE NEW FACILITIES AT A MINIMUM WOULD INCLUDE A NEW POLICE DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS.

THE RENOVATED AND REPURPOSED OPTIONS WOULD INCLUDE A PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY TO STAY AT THE CURRENT LOCATION, RENE RENOVATE, AND EXPAND POTENTIALLY SLIGHTLY INTO THE VACANT PROPERTY PARKS AND RECREATION ADMINISTRATION TO RELOCATE TO THIS BUILDING THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PAT BRYSON MUNICIPAL HALL, UH, THE LIBRARY COULD BE RENOVATED AT THE EXISTING SITE IN THE FUTURE.

IF THERE IS A NEED FOR A SECOND LIBRARY THAT LUCKY SHOULDN'T BE DETERMINED IN A FIRE ADMIN AND FIRE STATION, NUMBER THREE WOULD REMAIN IN THEIR CURRENT SITE.

THEIR FOOTPRINT COULD EXPAND TO INCLUDE A POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE MAINTENANCE AND LOGISTICS, FIRE TRAINING, AND EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER.

SO TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT, UM, A NORTH LINE OPTION WOULD LOOK LIKE, THIS IS B CAVE.

YOU SEE, THERE'S THE ROUNDABOUTS, THERE'S THE HIGH DENSITY.

UH, BUT YOU KIND OF SEE THE CENTRAL LOCATION OF THEIR CITY HALL, WHICH IS IN HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

AND THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE.

I, WE HAVE SOME RENDERINGS THAT WERE PROVIDED, UM, FURTHER ON PRESENTATION, UH, BUT THIS IS SUGAR LAND CITY HALL.

IT'S AN, A DENSE ENVIRONMENT WITH OFFICE SPACE, UM, APARTMENTS, RETAIL RESTAURANTS, THOSE TYPES OF USES MIXED IN AND INTEGRATED.

AND IN TERMS OF SCALE, THERE'S ONLY ABOUT A HUNDRED APARTMENTS ACTUALLY WITHIN THAT, I THEN I COUNT ALL CONDOMINIUMS NOW.

SO THEY WERE ORIGINALLY APARTMENTS AND THEY WERE CONVERTED AND THEY WERE CONVERTED TO CONDUCT.

SO THE LARGE ACREAGE CAMPUS WOULD BE BETWEEN 82 TO 100 ACRES.

UH, AS I MENTIONED, ALL NEW CITY FACILITIES WILL BE LOCATED ON THIS SITE.

UH, THEY'RE LISTED THERE.

AND TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THIS COULD LOOK LIKE, AGAIN, IT'S ONE LARGE SITE, UH, EVERYTHING WOULD BE INTEGRATED TOGETHER INTO ONE AREA, UH, FOR A SMALL CAMPUS OPTION.

YOU WOULD NEED BETWEEN 27 TO 35 ACRES.

THIS WOULD PRIMARILY INCLUDE THREE AREAS WITH COMMON SPACE OF A CITY HALL, A POLICE STATION, AND A CENTRAL FIRE AND ADMINISTRATION BUILDING THE OFFSITE ACREAGE NEEDED FOR THE OTHER FACILITIES WOULD BE BETWEEN

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54 TO 64 ACRES.

SO THOSE OFFSITE FACILITIES WOULD INCLUDE A LIBRARY, PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING, BUILDING PUBLIC WORKS AND THE SENIOR CENTER.

AND THIS IS A DIAGRAM THAT BASICALLY EXPLAINS HOW THOSE FUNCTIONS WOULD BE LOCATED.

YOU'LL SEE THE THREE IN THE MIDDLE ALTOGETHER.

THE OTHER ONES ARE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

SO I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION TO LOOK AT.

WE WANT TO ANALYZE THAT HERE'S A KIND OF AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET VERSION OF THE DIFFERENT COSTS WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.

YOU'LL SEE THE CITY HALL SIZE SQUARE FEET.

THE FIRST TWO OPTIONS ARE THE SAME.

SO WE'LL SEE SOME SIMILARITIES THERE.

UH, THE SMALL CAMPUS IS LARGER JUST BECAUSE IT HAS THAT PARKS DEPARTMENT INSIDE OF IT.

THE BUILDING COST WAS CALCULATED AT 600 TO 650 SQUARE FEET, SORRY, 600 TO $600 PER SQUARE FOOT.

UH, YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION SOFT COSTS LIKE ARCHITECTURES AND OUR ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERING AT 10 TO 12% FURNITURE FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT IS ESTIMATED ABOUT 30 TO $50 PER SQUARE FOOT.

A ACQUISITION COSTS FOR THE LAND.

THE NORTHLAND OPTION, UH, WOULD BE DONATED POTENTIALLY.

SO THAT'S LISTED AT $0.

UM, THE LARGE CAMPUS, THE SMALL CAMPUS IS FIVE TO SEVEN ACRES FOR THE CITY HALL ITSELF.

SO THAT'S, UH, BETWEEN 2.63 TO $4.2 MILLION FOR EACH OF THOSE.

AND THE ESTIMATED COST RANGE, YOU'LL SEE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM.

SO THE NORTHLAND LOCATION POTENTIALLY CONSIDERING ALL THOSE COSTS TOGETHER COULD BE BETWEEN 79 TO $90 MILLION, THE LARGE CAMPUS, JUST FOR THE CITY HALL.

IT COULD BE BETWEEN 74.8 TO 8 86 0.2 MILLION AND THE SMALL CAMPUS.

AGAIN, JUST THE CITY HALL FACILITY COULD BE BETWEEN 87 TO A $100 MILLION.

UH, SO WHEN LOOKING AT NORTHLINE, WE WANTED TO KIND OF HONE IN ON THIS AS A PREFERRED OPTION.

WE'VE BEEN THE CITY'S ENVISION.

NORTHLAND IS THE NEW DOWNTOWN AREA OF LANDER, A NEW CITY HALL FACILITY, BUT CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS TOWARDS THAT VISION, UH, HAS THE POTENTIAL TO LOCATE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY AT THE HOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTER.

AS RICK MENTIONED, WE HAD THAT STATE HOTEL LEGISLATION, WHICH CAPTURES A HUNDRED PERCENT OF, UH, HOTEL TAXES, SALES TAXES, AND MIXED BEVERAGE TAXES GENERATED A HOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTER, AND THAT CAN GO INTO INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO IF THERE'S A ROAD THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY, THAT CAN BE USED AND CAPTURED TO HELP OFFSET THOSE DEVELOPMENT COSTS, NORTHLINE PROVIDES A CENTRAL LOCATION FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS FOR LAND AROUND THE COMMUNITY, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF AVAILABLE LAND IN LARGE SIZE IN THE CENTRAL QUARTER.

A LOT OF IT'S ON THE LEFT SIDE, THE WEST SIDE OR THE EAST SIDE.

SO IF YOU WANT A CENTRAL LOCATION, THIS IS A PRIMARY SPOT FOR IT, AND THIS LOCATION WOULD BE DONATED TO THE CITY.

SO THAT'S THE ONLY OPTION THAT MAY NOT REQUIRE LAND TO BE PURCHASED FOR CITY HOME.

ADDITIONALLY NORTHLINE DOES HAVE THE OPTION OF THAT EXTRA FACILITY THAT WE SHOWED THERE'S FLEXIBILITY ON BLOCK P IF WE GO MORE VERTICAL, THERE MIGHT BE MORE LAND TO HAVE ANOTHER FACILITY THERE, A POTENTIAL CONS THE LOCATION WOULD REQUIRE STRUCTURED PARKING.

SO WHEN THAT CHART THAT I SHOWED THAT COST IS BETWEEN EIGHT TO $9 MILLION.

THAT IS OFFSET IN PART BY THE LAND DONATION.

SO YOU'RE NOT BUYING LAND.

UM, AND YOU HAVE, UM, THAT KIND OF COST TO OFFSET THAT COST FOR THE PARKING.

UH, WE ESTIMATED ABOUT 315 PARKING SPOTS BETWEEN 28,000 TO $30,000 EACH.

UM, SO THAT'S WHY STRUCTURED PARKING IS EXPENSIVE.

UM, SURFACE PARKING IS ABOUT 5,000 PER SPACE IS WHAT WE WERE ESTIMATING AT AND POTENTIAL FOR NEARBY RESIDENTIAL UNITS.

UH, WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT FLEXIBILITY, ALEX AND THE NORTHLAND TEAM HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO TALK TO YOU THROUGH, WITH THIS.

IF THERE IS A NEED FOR A CITY FACILITY, THEY'VE INDICATED TO US THAT THEY ARE OPEN TO CONVERSATIONS ABOUT REMOVING THOSE UNITS AND HAVING FLEXIBILITY TO DESIGN THAT LOT RECOMMENDED NEXT STEPS.

SO WE'D LIKE TO CONFIRM THE DIRECTION ON THE CITY HALL LOCATION.

AFTER THAT'S DONE THE ARCHITECTURE FIRM COULD CREATE RENDERINGS OF A POSSIBLE CITY HALL FACILITY AND FLOOR PLANS.

THAT'LL GIVE YOU A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT IT WOULD ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE AND HOW THINGS WOULD BE LAID OUT.

UM, REALLY ONCE YOU HAVE THAT DECISION ON THE PROPERTY, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT DRIVES THAT THEY CAN ALSO CREATE THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN, UH, WHICH REALLY HELPS US ESTIMATE THOSE COSTS.

SO THAT WILL GIVE US THE KIND OF FIRM DATA WE NEED FOR THE ARCHITECTS TO GO IN AND GIVE US A REALLY GOOD ESTIMATE.

I THINK THE ESTIMATE WE HAVE, IT'S AN EDUCATED, REALLY GOOD ESTIMATE, BUT THEY'RE REALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET IN CLOSER ON THAT ONCE THEY DO THAT STEP, I WE'LL COME BACK AFTER WE KNOW THOSE FROM COSTS AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT FINANCING OPTIONS AND THEN HAVE A FINAL DESIGN DEVELOPMENT BIDDING OF THE PROJECT IN ADMINISTRATING THE CONSTRUCTION DURING THE PROJECT.

UM, ONE OTHER THING WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS THE OTHER STEPS THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW TO MEET THE GROWING NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

THE SENIOR CENTERS IS TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE EXISTING MUNICIPAL DRIVE SITE.

BUILDING INSPECTIONS IS GOING TO EXPAND INTO THE EMS BUILDINGS AROUND THE CITY HALL COMPLEX, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION IS LEASING SPACE FOR EXPANDED PROGRAMMING ACTIVITIES.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ANNEXING SPACE IN THE FIRE STATION.

NUMBER FIVE

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FOR ADDITIONAL SPACE AND STAFF IS EXPLORING OFFSET DOCUMENT STORAGE.

I MENTIONED THAT WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF ISSUES WITH STORAGE SPACE RIGHT NOW.

SO I THINK IT'S A LOT CHEAPER FOR US TO STORE THAT OFFSITE THAN BUILDING A NEW BUILDING, JUST FOR STORAGE AND CONFERENCE ROOMS ARE BEING REPURPOSED FOR OFFICE SPACE TO MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF EMPLOYEES WE CAN HAVE.

SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THOSE NEXT STEPS MENTIONED RENDERINGS AND FLOOR PLANS.

IF WE WERE DIRECTED TO DO THAT, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'D EXPECT TO SEE.

THIS IS THE MOUNTAIN VALLEY, BELLEVUE CITY HALL COMPLEX.

OBVIOUSLY OURS WOULD LOOK DIFFERENT THAN THIS, BUT THIS IS THE TYPE OF INFORMATION YOU WOULD RECEIVE IF YOUR DIRECTOR TO ESTIMATE OF THAT WAY.

AND THEN WE COULD LOOK AT THINGS LIKE FLOOR PLANS OF HOW WE WOULD BE KIND OF ORIENTING THE FLOOR PLAN AND WHO WOULD GO WHERE IN THE BUILDING.

SO THIS, WHEN YOU GET TO THOSE TYPE OF STEPS, AND YOU'RE NOT ONLY LOOKING AT THE BUILDING, BUT YOU START LOOKING AT THE PARKING PIECES AND ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF, AND KEEP IN MIND, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE GENERAL PUBLIC THERE.

SO THE SIZE OF THOSE, UH, TRAVEL LANES WITHIN THE PARKING GARAGE, ON THE RAMPS, THE SIZE OF THE SPACES, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF F150 AND THINGS LIKE THAT OUT THERE.

SO THERE'S, THERE'S ALL THOSE THINGS TO FACTOR IN BECAUSE YOU'D HAVE THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMING TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.

SO IT NEEDS TO BE REALLY THOUGHT THROUGH FOR THAT TYPE OF FACILITY, IF WE CONSTRICT OURSELVES TOO MUCH.

AND LET'S SAY TO JUST HALF THE SITE OR SAY, WE'RE GOING TO WRAP TWO OR THREE SIDES WITH RESIDENTIAL GOING IN.

THAT MAY MEAN MORE CAPITAL COSTS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO FURTHER VERTICAL.

I THINK THERE COULD BE SOME SAVINGS IF WE'RE AT THREE STORIES INSTEAD OF FOUR OR FIVE.

AND THEN THE OTHER CAVEAT I WANTED TO MENTION IS THESE ARE KIND OF PROJECTIONS BASED ON THE ULTIMATE BUILD-OUT OF THE CITY.

THERE'S THE POTENTIAL TO BUILD THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE, BUT NOT FINISH OUT THE INTERIOR FOR A FEW FLOORS.

SO MAYBE THERE'S AN EXTRA FLOOR ON TOP.

THAT'S NOT FINISHED OUT TILL LATER, WHICH WOULD SAVE MONEY AND TOLD ME.

AND, AND, AND THAT COULD ALSO BE AN INCUBATOR FOR, FOR ATTRACTING, I SAY, INCUBATOR.

IT COULD BE ONE OPTION FOR BRINGING IN PRIMARY JOBS.

UH, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE VERY LIMITED OFFICE SPACE WITHIN LEANDER.

TRUTHFULLY, THERE WOULD, THIS WOULD BE PROBABLY THE FIRST OF THIS CALIBER.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

MAY I ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS? UM, AND IS THERE, I GUESS THE POSSIBILITY IF WE DID GO TO NORTH LAWN TO BE ABLE TO FINISH THAT SPACE, BUT ALSO RENT IT OUT, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? LEASE IT OUT.

AND THEN ON THE EMPLOYEE BUILD OUT, THIS IS WHAT WE FEEL LIKE IS, ARE OUR EMPLOYEE NUMBERS AT MAX.

NOW, IF, IF WE WERE TO STAY IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD OF 250,000, THEY TOOK ALL THE PEER CITIES AND THE LIST IS IN THE, IS ON THE, THE GREAT BIG REPORT.

UM, DO I THINK WE ALWAYS DO THINGS A LITTLE BIT LATER, AND THIS IS SOMETHING ACTUALLY GREG AND BILLY AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, JUST THIS WEEK AT OUR MEETING.

DO WE THINK THAT THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE WIGGLE ROOM HERE AND THERE, YOU KNOW, YES.

UH, THE LAND OR WAY HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO DO IT WITH A LITTLE BIT LESS AND BE MORE EFFECTIVE.

IF YOU LOOK AT US ONE FOR ONE RIGHT NOW AGAINST THE OTHER CITIES THAT BEING SAID, WE REALLY WANTED TO LOOK AT THIS AND NOT UNDERBUILT IT.

AND ASSUME ONCE LEANDER GOES INTO REAL HIGH GEAR, LONG-TERM THAT IF WE BECOME A FRESCO, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT 225,000 PEOPLE UP THERE, THEN YOU WOULD WANT TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF CITY HALL IN PLACE, NOT FOR US AT THAT POINT, BUT FOR THOSE THAT WOULD FOLLOW US WELL, AND I'M ALL FOR LEAN AND EFFICIENT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THOUGH THAT WE DON'T HAVE, UM, EMPLOYEES WORKING IN CLOSETS ANY LONGER.

YES I AM.

AND WHERE WE ARE STACKING.

UH, WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT CONFERENCE ROOMS THAT HAVE NOW BEEN TURNED INTO OFFICES.

WE HAVE OFFICES THAT WERE SINGLE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOW TWO OR THREE.

AND I THINK WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT OUR MAXIMUM COULD BE.

THE EMS BUILDING IS GOING TO GIVE US SOME BREATHING ROOM AND ON THAT WE WOULD MOVE INSPECTIONS OUT OF THIS BUILDING BACK TO THE EMS BUILDING RIGHT NOW.

I APPRECIATE THE CREATIVITY AND WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE'RE BUILDING THIS OUT, THAT WE'RE NOT THAT WE'RE USING DOLLARS EFFICIENTLY, BUT WE'RE BUILDING TO THE FUTURE AND NOT BUILDING TO RIGHT NOW.

AND THAT'S WHY I WAS JUST ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION ON THE EMPLOYEE NUMBERS AND THE BUILDING NUMBERS, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE, THAT THAT WAS ALL CONSIDERED, THIS, THIS WOULD BE, THIS WOULD GIVE YOU ENOUGH ROOM.

LONG-TERM A HUNDRED THOUSAND.

IT'S BRW OR ANOTHER FIRM IS TO LOOKING AT THE FEASIBILITY OF SOME OF THOSE SITES.

WELL, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS SO, EXCUSE MY VOICE.

SORRY.

I HAVE FROM CRITIS.

SO I'D HAVE, DO NOT HAVE COVID, BUT, UM, SO FOR THE LARGE CAMPUS OR THE SMALL CAMPUS, DO WE EVEN HAVE ANY LAND THAT IS PROPOSED? LIKE, DO WE HAVE, IS IT A PIPE DREAM OR IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET WE'VE LOOKED AT IT? UM, THE NEXT STEP WITH WHETHER

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SO THERE'S SOME ISSUES LIKE FLOODPLAIN AND DIFFERENT THINGS WE'D HAVE TO CONSIDER.

THERE ARE SITES.

UM, THE HARD PART IS THE CENTRAL LOCATION FOR CITY HALL, I WOULD THINK, RIGHT.

I THINK WE'RE LIMITED.

THERE ARE A FEW OTHER OPTIONS DEPENDING ON CERTAIN CONDITIONS, BUT I THINK NORTHLAND IS ONE OF THE MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED AREAS.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE CAMPUS OPTIONS FOR JUST TO THROW THAT OUT THERE, BECAUSE WE HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT IT.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE CAPITAL METRO SITE, THAT WOULD BE ONE, THE MAINTENANCE SITE, THE 30 ACRES AFTER YOU LOOK AT THAT, YOU'RE PRETTY QUICKLY LOOKING FURTHER TO THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE, OF THE CITY LIMITS OR WAY FAR, FAR TO THE NORTH.

WE'VE TALKED TO SOME OF THOSE OTHER DEVELOPERS THAT MIGHT BE OPEN TO IT, BUT THOSE ALSO MIGHT BE BETTER, UH, COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES IN TERMS OF REVENUE GENERATORS, OR YOU GET FAR TO THE WEST.

AND THEN YOU WOULD ACTUALLY BE LOOKING AT WORKING WITH PROPERTY OWNERS THAT MAY WANT TO BE ANNEXED AS WELL.

SO, AND, AND, AND YOU'LL BE DRAGGED.

THE OTHER THING YOU'LL BE DOING IS DRAGGING UTILITIES OUT TO THOSE SITES WHERE THEY MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE.

AND SO THOSE COST FACTORS, YOU BRING THOSE IN, YOU HAVE THE CONNECTIONS CLOSER WITH NORTHLINE FOR THE OTHER BUILDINGS, THOUGH, WE MAY STILL NEED TO LOOK AT, LET'S SAY PD.

WE MAY STILL NEED TO LOOK AT THE CAP METRO SITE AND SOME OTHERS TO SATISFY ALL THE NEEDS, BUT IN TERMS OF CITY HALL, IF THAT'S THE FIRST PIECE YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME OTHER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

THEY'RE LIKELY TO BE MAYBE EVEN GREATER THAN SOME OF YOUR PARKING COSTS.

AND THAT'S WHY I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE THE CITY HALL LOCATION, WHILE I DRIVE THE DIRECTION, WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH ALL THE OTHER FACILITIES.

SO ONCE WE KNOW THAT WE CAN REALLY START STRATEGIZING ABOUT WHETHER WE NEED THE LARGE ACREAGE OR SMALLER ACREAGE ON SOME OF THEM, I GOT A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS.

SO ON YOUR NORTH LINE OPTIONS, I DON'T SAY THE SENIOR CENTER MENTIONED, BUT YOU, YOU HAVE IT ON YOUR NEXT STEPS, RIGHT? IT'S LIKE D DOES, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, DO THE NEXT STEPS APPLY TO ALL THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS, THE SAME NEXT STEP.

IT STILL BE A MUNICIPAL DRIVE.

SO IF YOU DECIDED ON THE SMALL CAMPUS WITH THE LARGE CAMPUS, EVEN THE LARGE CAMPUS, EVERYTHING'S IN ONE SPOT AND THE SMALL CAMPUS THINGS ARE SCATTERED A LITTLE BIT THROUGHOUT, BUT THE NORTH LINE, UM, THE SENIOR CENTER THAT WOULD BE A MUNICIPAL.

SO THAT ONE ONLY APPLIES TO NORTH LANE.

UM, I STILL BELIEVE THE SMALL CAMPUS WOULD INCLUDE THAT TOO, WHILE YOU'RE ON THAT ONE.

CAN I PIGGYBACK OFF THAT ONE QUESTION? JUST A COUPLE MORE.

THIS IS JUST BECAUSE IT HAS TO DO WITH THE SENIOR CENTER AND THE LOCATION.

WAS IT NOT, WAS IT DETERMINED THAT IT COULD NOT GO, THAT WE COULD NOT BUILD A LIBRARY AS PART OF THE CITY HALL AND IF IT WAS A NORTH LINE? UM, SO WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WITH BRW.

I THINK HAVING ALL THOSE USES WITHIN WOULD JUST BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT, BUT WE CAN EXPLORE THAT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CITY COUNCIL WANTED TO LOOK AT, WHAT IT'S, SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT, AND THEN SOMETHING THAT CAME UP AGAIN AT OUR LAST, UM, AT OUR LAST DEAL.

SO I WOULD JUST WANT TO KNOW IF THAT'S NOT AN OPTION, THEN WE KNOW CLEARLY WHAT HAS TO BE DONE.

NOW WE CAN LOOK AT A LIBRARY OPTION ON THE, ON THE GROUND LEVEL.

THAT IS WHAT FRESCO HAS CORRECT.

I THOUGHT I THOUGHT WE WERE LOOKING AT, AND THAT CAN BE ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE LOOK AT IN THE, AND THE DEEPER DIVE THERE ARE, THERE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT, SAY A SENIOR CENTER FUNCTION, THINGS LIKE THAT IN THIS FACILITY BECAUSE OF THE PARKING.

THANKS.

SO I THINK LITTLE IDEA WAS THAT THEN THEY WOULD OPEN UP THE CURRENT LIBRARY SPOT TO A PERFECT LOCATION FOR THE SENIOR CENTER AND USE THE FUNDS TO MAKE THAT A REALLY AWESOME SENIOR CENTER IN THE BEST LOCATION.

RIGHT.

THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY WE WERE WANTING TO GET INFORMATION ON THAT.

AND SO, SO IF YOU'D LIKE US TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT, ON THAT NEXT STEP, IN TERMS OF FEASIBILITY, WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND HAVE THAT IN THE, IN THEIR REQUIREMENTS TO HAVE THAT ANALYZED AS WELL.

HAVE NOT YET BEEN, UH, TO DATE THERE HASN'T BEEN TERSE FUNDS SPENT IN THAT AREA.

SORRY.

THAT'S I JUST WANT TO PIGGYBACK OFF, I JUST HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION AROUND BLOCK P SURE.

WHAT IS A BUILD-OUT OF THAT? BECAUSE LAST TIME I WENT TO NORTH LION, THAT WAS JUST SO WHEN, WHEN, WHEN IS IT BUILD-OUT FOR THIS BLOCK P AND THE ROADS THAT GO TO IT.

RIGHT.

SO I THINK WHAT WE'VE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT IS WE WOULD BE THE, KIND OF THE DRIVING FORCE OF WHEN THAT GETS DEVELOPED.

SO THEY'VE BEEN, UH, HOLDING THAT OFF FOR US RIGHT NOW UNTIL THE DECISION IS MADE.

SO WE'VE HAD SOME THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO, I WOULD SAY, UM, AND WE WOULD BE THE DRIVING FORCE TO GET THOSE ROADS BUILT AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO SHARE IN THOSE COSTS.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'D HAVE TO STILL WORK OUT WITH THE DEVELOPER.

THE FIRST ONE THAT WAS GOING TO SAY THAT THERE ARE HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY, BY THE WAY.

UM, I WAS GOING SAY THAT, THAT THERE ARE OPTIONS IN TERMS OF WORKING WITH, UH, WITH ALEX AND THE END-USERS ON THOSE OTHER BLOCK FACES.

SO THE CITY IS NOT PAYING FOR ALL OF THE COSTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE ROADS.

OBVIOUSLY, IF, IF THAT BLOCK COULD BE CO-DEVELOPED FOR A, UM, HOTEL CONVENTION CENTER AS WELL, AGAIN, WE COULD BRING THOSE FUNDS TO BEAR.

THERE

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SO WE, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THOSE PIECES ARE PROPORTIONATELY SHARED, UH, BASED ON OUR IMPACT AND OUR PRESENCE THERE.

SO IF THAT IS THE DIRECTION THAT CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE US TO EXPLORE, WE CAN TAKE THOSE NEXT STEPS AND BRING BACK FROM NUMBERS ABOUT WHAT THAT WOULD COST.

WELL, I THINK PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH, WITH SOME OF THE OTHER OPTIONS IS WE'RE WHERE WE WERE BEFORE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT SURE IF LARGE CAMPUS IS AN OPTION BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HEARD YET ABOUT WHAT THE LAND OPTIONS WOULD BE.

IT'S VERY VAGUE.

UM, AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT BRINGING SPECIFIC ONES.

THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS WHAT DO WE WANT TO TIP OUR HAT? AND THEN IT'S ON THE OPEN, YOUR RIGHT.

I WOULD SAY THAT 80 TO A HUNDRED ACRES.

THAT'S HARD.

I THINK THAT'D BE REALLY HARD.

I THINK THE SMALL CAMPUS MAKES SENSE.

I WOULD BE HESITANT TO REALLY SAY I A HUNDRED PERCENT THINK THAT WE COULD DO THE 80 TO A HUNDRED ACRES.

I THINK THAT'S, THAT'D BE TOUGH UNLESS WE GO FAR ON THE WEST SIDE AND MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN OUT THERE ON, UM, YOUR ASSUMPTIONS FOR, FOR COSTS FOR CITY HALL BUILDINGS.

I FORGET WHAT PAGE THAT WAS.

UM, THERE, THANK YOU.

HOW MANY STORIES TALL ARE YOU TALKING? UH, SO THIS WOULD BE, UH, WITH THE SQUARE FEET POTENTIALLY.

I KNOW WE SAW DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

THIS I BELIEVE IS THREE STORIES.

EACH ONE OF THOSE THREE.

SO I'M GOING TO FLIP IT TO THERE JUST TO CONFIRM, I BELIEVE THAT THE NORTH LINE IS THREE TO FOUR, BUT THE OTHER CAMPUS OPTIONS MAY BE TWO.

THEY MAY BE TOO.

I THINK YOU DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE THE OPTION OF HAVING HORIZONTAL.

I EXPECT THAT COST GOES UP EXPONENTIALLY.

IF WE GO ABOVE THREE, BECAUSE THEN WE'RE STEEL FRAME.

YOU'RE GOING TO DO STEAL EITHER WAY WITH THIS.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO STEEL BECAUSE YOU'RE ALSO, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO ELEVATORS.

IT WON'T BECAUSE OF ADA, YOUR FIRE CODE, UH, BILLY'S HERE.

AND SO UNLIKE A RESIDENTIAL, UH, UNLIKE A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WHERE THEY CAN DO A STICK-BUILT, UH, THREE STORY, GARDEN APARTMENTS THAT ARE THREE STORIES.

WHEN YOU GO TO A COMMERCIAL GRADE BUILDING LIKE THIS, WHERE THE WHOLE THING'S GOING TO BE SPRINKLERED, AND YOU'VE GOT ALL THIS ADA PIECES, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE STEEL.

EXACTLY.

AND I MISSPOKE BEFORE I JUST TOLD YOU THE WRONG INFORMATION BEFORE IN THE STUDY, IT CALLS IT OUT FOR A TWO STORY BUILDING.

I DO THINK AFTER LOOKING AT THINGS THAT COULD GO TO A THREE-STORY THOUGH.

SO ONCE WE HONE IN ON THAT, WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION.

WHERE'S THAT TO, UH, IN THE STUDY, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NORTH LINE, OH, AT NORTH, THE NORTH LINE STUDY FOR OPTION TO BE CITY HALL AT NORTH LINE, WE ONLY LOOKED AT TWO STORIES IN NORTHLAND.

UH, THAT'S WHAT THE STUDY CALLS FOR AND THEY, BUT THEY HAD A THREE-STORY GARAGE FROM WHAT I REMEMBER.

AND ONE OF THE RENDERINGS, UH, THAT WAS FROM A DIFFERENT PART OF BRW THAT WAS WORKING WITH NORTHLAND TO KIND OF GIVE US DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

WILL YOU SAY IT AGAIN? THE DIFFERENCE IN THE LARGE AND THE SMALL, WHY IS THE SMALLER ONE IT'S CONFUSING.

SO THERE'S TWO SITES.

BRILLIANT.

IT'S BASICALLY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WOULD BE IN THAT LARGER, UH, SORRY, JUST, UH, IN A SMALL OPTION.

IT'S ACTUALLY A BIGGER BUILDING.

SO A SMALL CAMPUS, BIGGER BUILDING, AND IT WOULD INCLUDE THE PARKS DEPARTMENTS AND LARGER INTERIOR SPACE OF HALLWAYS, UM, STAIRWAYS AND THEN LIKE CIRCULATION AND MEETING SPACE.

SO JUST HAVE THAT EXTRA DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THERE'S, I BELIEVE 64 EMPLOYEES FOR THAT ONE.

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ENVISIONING AT BOTH BUILD OUT WOULD REQUIRE MORE SPACE.

SO IT GOES FOR, IS HIGHER.

I KNOW IT SOUNDS COUNTERINTUITIVE BECAUSE IT'S CALLED SMALL CAMPUS, BUT THE BESTEST REFERS TO ACREAGE NEEDED.

SO IT'S, IT'S NOT REFERRING TO SQUARE FOOT.

NO, IT'S JUST REFERRING TO THE ACREAGE NEEDED FOR THE, YEAH.

SO FOR, UM, SO FOR THIS ONE, IT'S, UM, NOW 27 TO 35 ACRES, I BELIEVE.

AND THEN THIS IS ABOUT 80 TO 100 ACRES.

WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US TODAY? UH, IF YOU COULD PROVIDE DIRECTION ON YOUR PREFERENCE, THEN WE CAN TAKE THOSE NEXT STEPS TO BRING BACK SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE COST OF GETTING THOSE RENDERINGS AND FLOOR PLANS.

AND THAT WOULD REALLY GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION.

I THINK YOU NEED TO FEEL COMFORTABLE TAKING ADDITIONAL STEPS AFTER KNOWING THE COSTS.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE, THE NORTH LINE PLAN IS OBVIOUSLY, AND AN EASY ONE THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT.

UM, BUT I THINK FOR, YOU KNOW, IF COUNCIL WANTS TO LOOK AT SMALL CAMPUS, I THINK WE NEED AN IDEA OF WHERE THOSE LOCATIONS ARE, BECAUSE IF THEY'RE ALL JUST RIGHT ON THE OUTSKIRTS, MAYBE THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE FEASIBILITY OF.

I THINK WE COULD BRING THIS BACK TO YOU, UM, AT A LATER MEETING AND KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT, AT LEAST GENERALLY THESE ONES EXIST AND THERE'S NO FLOOD POINT ISSUES AND THEY'RE POSSIBLE IS THAT POSSIBLE TO DO TO OUR EXECUTIVE SESSIONS? BECAUSE IT WOULD BE ABOUT, I NEVER BE A REAL ESTATE DISCUSSION.

SO WE HAVE AN ATTORNEY.

WHAT WOULD THAT BE? AN EXECUTIVE

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SESSION ITEM? UM, YES.

YES, IT WOULD.

IT WOULD, IT COULD VERY MUCH BE A REAL ESTATE FALL ON YOUR REAL ESTATE EXCEPTION.

UM, YOUR CHOICE OF MEETING IN APRIL AND, UH, LET'S HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS WHERE POTENTIALLY THESE FACILITIES COULD BE LOCATED AND THEN WE CAN DECIDE FROM THERE DOES THAT THAT'S RIGHT.

AND WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN PREPARE THE GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR WHAT WE WOULD DO WITH THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FIRM.

AND SO THAT COULD BE, IT COULD BE THAT YOU LOOK AT BOTH IN TANDEM UP TO A POINT, SO THEN Y'ALL CAN HAVE AN EVEN FURTHER DECISION POINT AND THEN MOVE FORWARD ON ONE OF THOSE TWO.

SO YEAH, W WE'LL DO THAT.

AND I GUESS ONE LAST THING IS LIKE, IF, IF THE NORTHLAND NUMBERS ARE BUILT ON A TWO-STORY AND IF WE'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING THAT LIBRARY ON THE FIRST FLOOR, I THINK I'D WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A, UH, A BETTER GUESSTIMATE I'LL CALL THEM AND LET THEM JUST ASK, WE'LL GET A BALLPARK FIGURE AT LEAST.

I THINK REGARDLESS IF WE'RE GOING IN NORTHLINE WE SHOULD BE AT LEAST THREE STORIES.

I'D BE FINE WITH HIGHER THAN THAT TOO.

ESPECIALLY IF WE COULD LEASE OUT SOME SPACE TO BE ABLE TO OFFSET SOME COSTS.

AND I KIND OF WONDER IF BASED ON SOME PRIOR DISCUSSIONS, IF WE COULDN'T BRING IN, UM, SOME FEDERAL DOLLARS ON THAT PARKING GARAGE TO HELP OFFSET, DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS IN MAY.

UM, EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE THIS IS TOO.

I WAS GOING TO SAY MAY IS GOING TO DRIVE THAT POTENTIALITY AND THE TYPE OF SERVICE WE WOULD HAVE.

AND I DO THINK AFTER WE GET PAST THIS ITEM, WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY ALSO SHIFT OVER TO PARKS BEFORE WE'RE DONE ON THE REST OF THE FACILITIES, BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME OTHER UPDATES AND, AND GREATER DETAIL THAT, THAT MARK'S BEEN WORKING ON.

THANK YOU NOW TO SOME REALLY GOOD STUFF.

CITY HALL IS GRAY, BUT PARKS ARE IN MY OPINION BETTER.

SO THANK YOU.

ONE OF YOUR, UH, ONE OF THE GOALS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT IS PERSPECTIVE PUBLIC PARKLAND SITES.

AND I WANT TO WALK YOU THROUGH A FEW SLIDES THAT WE HAVE IN RELATION TO PROSPECTIVE PARKLAND SITES, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD AS A CITY.

UM, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD.

SO AS WE BEGAN LOOKING AT A NUMEROUS AMOUNT OF LAND WITHIN OUR CITY, UM, LOTS OF TRACKS, LOTS OF PERSPECTIVE PROPERTIES.

UM, WE ACTUALLY LOOKED WELL OVER 40, MAYBE EVEN CLOSER TO 50 SITES, BUT WE HONED IN ON 25 SITES THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED FOR FUTURE PUBLIC PARK PROPERTY.

UM, WE HAVE NOT LISTING THOSE AS WE, AS EVEN CAMERON MENTIONED A MINUTE AGO, UH, WITH, UH, PERSPECTIVE LANDOWNERS AND SO FORTH.

WE DON'T WANT TO JUST IDENTIFY THEIR SPECIFIC PERSPECTIVE TRACKS.

UM, BUT WE HAVE ABOUT 25 THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT PRETTY INTENTLY.

SOME PROPERTIES MAY BE CONSIDERED FOR OTHER USES, EVEN AS WE SPEAK.

UM, WHEN WE WERE MENTIONING JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO, ABOUT 40, 45, MAYBE CLOSER TO 50, SOME OF THOSE, EVEN AS WE WERE WORKING WITH PLANNING AND WORKING WITH, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SOME WERE EVEN OFF THE TABLE AS WE KEPT MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE THEY WOULD, UH, APPLICATIONS WOULD COME IN OR WINTER SO THAT THEY'RE GETTING READY TO SUMMIT AND SO FORTH LIKE THAT.

SO THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THOSE WERE REDUCED.

UM, SO EVEN AT THIS POINT, SOME OF THOSE 25 COULD BE OFF THE TABLE RARELY, FAIRLY QUICKLY.

UM, PROPERTY'S IDEAL TO DO ARE SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES ARE DEAL TO ACRE SIZE CITY LOCATION SLASH GROWTH, PROXIMITY TO ROADWAYS, UH, ACCESS, EGRESS, INGRESS, UH, TOPOGRAPHIC CONSIDERATIONS, BUT THERE'S A WHOLE LIST OF MAYBE SOME OF YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, I'VE GOT A WHOLE LIST ON, ON, UH, FACTORS THAT GO INTO IDENTIFYING A PARKLAND.

SO AS WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD, WE WOULD TAKE THAT LIST.

IT'S ABOUT A THREE PAGE LIST AND REALLY NARROW DOWN INTO JUST A FEW OF WHAT MY MIGHT REALLY WORK.

UH, SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES MAY INCLUDE FUTURE TRAILS, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTOOD A TRAIL DOCUMENT WILL BE NEED TO COMPLETE IN THE FUTURE.

THESE ARE JUST BASED ON PARKLAND.

UH, AS THESE PROPERTIES ARE REVIEWED FURTHER EVALUATION AND ANALYSIS WILL BE REQUIRED TO FULLY DETERMINE WHICH ONES ARE MOST DESIRABLE.

SO WHY INVEST IN PARKLAND? UM, I THINK IT'S, UH, PART OF THAT IS NEED, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS, BUT NEED IS ONE OF THOSE.

THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS 9.9 ACRES OF PARKLAND PER THOUSAND RESIDENTS IN TEXAS THAT JUMPS TO 12.4 ACRES

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PER THOUSAND.

THAT'S BASED ON NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION STATISTICS IN THE 2019 LAND OR PARKS AND RECREATION, PUBLIC SPACES AND RECREATION COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LISTED OUR ACRES TO RESIDENT RATIO AT 4.8.

OH, SO DEMAND BASED UPON LACK OF SPECIFIC FACILITIES, A MAJOR CONSIDERATION.

UM, YOU MAY, YOU MAY KNOW, I'VE MENTIONED AT OUR OPENING CEREMONIES FOR BASEBALL.

WE FOR THE FIRST TIME HAD TO TURN AWAY YOUTH THIS YEAR TO PLAY BASEBALL.

AND THAT'S A SAD SITUATION, UH, FROM MY STANDPOINT, A KNIFE IN THE HEART, AS I MENTIONED THEN.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SPECIFIC FACILITIES THAT WERE LACKING.

UM, WE HAVE, HONESTLY, WE HAVE A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS THAT ARE PRIVATE.

WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE LESS THAN 10 ACRES OF NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS AS A CITY, PUBLIC PARKS, BUT WE HAVE OVER A THOUSAND ACRES OR RIGHT AT A THOUSAND ACRES THOUSAND AND 24 ACRES, SOME NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, BUT THEY'RE PRIVATE AND THEY'RE IN EACH HOA OR SUBDIVISION.

AND SO THE BALANCE THERE, WHILE WE CAN SIT THERE AND SAY, WE HAVE A THOUSAND ACRES, OR WE COULD SAY, WE HAVE A THOUSAND ACRES, THOSE ACRES ARE ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT A QUARTER ACRE, HALF ACRE, NO MORE THAN ABOUT THREE ACRES.

THEY'RE NOT CONDUCIVE TO THE THINGS THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE COMING INTO THIS COMMUNITY, THEY'RE DESIRING MULTI-PURPOSE FIELDS, SPORTS FIELDS, LARGE EVENTS, SPACES, AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

WE DON'T HAVE THE COMP OR THE ABILITY TO ACCOMMODATE ANY OF THOSE, UM, UH, UH, ITEMS OR PARKS AND OTHER IS ECONOMIC VALUE SPENDING AT LOCAL AND REGIONAL PARKS EXCEEDED 140 BILLION AND GENERATED NEARLY A HUNDRED, UH, NEARLY 1 MILLION JOBS.

AND THAT'S LOCAL AND REGIONAL.

THAT'S NOT EVEN STATE OR NATIONAL PARKS.

THAT'S ON THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL LEVEL PARKS IMPROVE THE LOCAL TAX BASE AND INCREASE PROPERTY VALUES.

THAT'S A FOREGONE CONCLUSION.

THESE DAYS, QUALITY PARKS ARE ONE OF THE TOP THREE REASONS THAT BUSINESSES LOCATE OR RELOCATE TO COMMUNITY.

AND THAT CAME FROM A STUDY FROM EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS.

THE CDC STATES THAT PROVIDING PARKS AND PLAY AND PLACES TO BE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE RESULTS ON A 25% INCREASE IN RESIDENTS WHO EXERCISE REGULARLY.

AND THEN OF COURSE THE SOCIAL IMPORTANCE PARKS ARE A TANGIBLE REFLECTION OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN A COMMUNITY.

THE TRUST REPUBLIC LAND SHOWS THAT OVER THE PAST DECADE, THAT VOTER APPROVAL FOR BOND MEASURES TO ACQUIRE PARKS EXCEEDS 75% ACCESS TO PARKS HAVE BEEN STRONGLY LINKED TO LOWER LEVELS OF CRIME AND VANDALISM.

AND REALLY THIS LIST COULD GO ON AND ON AND ON THERE'S MANY REASONS TO INVEST IN, IN PARKLAND.

UM, BUT ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS IS OUR GROWTH.

WE ARE, AS I MENTIONED JUST A SECOND AGO, WE, UH, ARE SEEING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF GROWTH IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SPECIFIC FACILITIES, UH, THAT, UH, ENCOURAGE THAT THESE FOLKS ARE EXPECTING OR NEEDING OR HAVE SEEN IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY'VE COME FROM.

AND THEN THIS JUST BACKS UP WHAT I JUST SHARED ABOUT THE, UM, UH, THE STATISTICS FROM, UH, FROM NRPA.

I JUST WANT YOU TO SHOW THAT, UH, THAT IT WAS THERE.

HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE SOME, SOME REALLY NICE NEWS ALSO THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH YOU.

WE HAVE SOME PERSPECTIVE, PUBLIC PARKLAND SITES THAT ARE COMING ON BOARD, UH, DEVINE LAKE, UH, THAT DEVELOPMENT.

WE ALREADY HAVE 82.3 ACRES THAT WERE DONATED, THAT WAS DONATED TO THAT SITE.

DEVINE LAKE IS A 65 ACRE SITE ORIGINALLY, AND WE'RE JUST ADDED ANOTHER 82.3 ACRES.

IT WAS DONATED IN 2021.

AND THEN THE HAWKS LANDING IS GOING TO BE DONATING ANOTHER 65 7 ACRES.

AND WE'RE EXPECTING THAT PROBABLY LATER THIS YEAR, EARLY NEXT YEAR, UM, WITH THAT, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'LL GIVE US A CLOSE TO ABOUT 180, ALMOST 200 ACRES.

HOWEVER, A LOT OF THAT IS LIKE A LOT OF THAT IS SOME DRAINAGE AREAS.

IT'S NOT CONDUCIVE TO BALL FIELDS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT ARE OF HIGH IMPORTANCE.

UH, BUT IT DOES PROVIDE FOR TRAILS AND PICNICKING AND OPEN SPACE AND GREEN SPACE AND FOR FAMILIES TO GET OUT AND ENJOY NATURE.

TONS OF BIRDS, A VARIETY OF BIRDS ARE AT DEVINE LAKE.

SO THIS IS OUR REALLY CRITICAL ADDITION TO OUR PARK SYSTEM.

THE RYZEN LAKE, SORRY, MR. TOLMAN'S QUICK QUESTION IS ALL OF THAT CONTIGUOUS AND ATTACHED TO THIS.

YEP.

AND I'LL SHOW YOU THAT I SHOULD'VE MOVED ON.

THIS WAS THE, THIS IS HOW IT WILL LOOK.

YOU CAN SEE DOWN IN THIS AREA, THAT'S THE ORIGINAL AREA OF DIVINE LAKE APPEARS THE DIVINE LAKE DEVELOPMENT, THIS DEVELOPMENT UP HERE, THAT'S DONATED THE 80, 82 ACRES.

AND THIS IS THE HOPS LANDING IN THIS AREA IN THE MIDDLE.

THAT'LL DONATE THE ADDITIONAL 65.8 0.7 ACRES.

SO THAT BECOMES ALL.

AND THEN OF COURSE, AND I COULD PROBABLY, WELL, THIS IS THE LAKE, RIGHT IN, RIGHT IN HERE, UP IN THIS AREA AND THEN GOING BACK HORIZON LAKE, AND I WANT TO MOVE FORWARD TO THAT.

THAT'S ALSO AN 82.7 ACRE DEVELOPMENT.

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THIS IS, UM, WCID DAM.

NUMBER TWO, WE HAVE THREE OF COURSE, ONE, TWO AND THREE DIVINE LAKE, UH, RYZEN LAKE AND LAKEWOOD PARK.

UM, AND SO THIS IS NUMBER TWO, AND THIS IS ALSO GOING TO BE A PARK WILL BE DEVELOPED IN THIS SOUTHERN HALF.

AND HERE THE DEVELOPERS ARE DEVELOPING AS PART OF THE PARKLAND DEDICATION, THE PARK FOR US, THEY ARE PUTTING IN THE DOLLARS TO DO THAT.

IT WILL BE A PAVILION PLAYGROUND, PARKING AREA, FISHING PIER, AND AN ACCESS FOR KAYAK CANOE LAUNCH ON THE LAKE AND IN THAT GENERAL AREA.

AND, UH, QUITE A FEW TRAILS, THE TRAILS WILL ACTUALLY BE ALL THROUGH THIS WHOLE AREA UP IN HERE AND DOWN INTO THIS AREA.

WE'LL CONNECT IN EVENTUALLY OVER ON THIS SIDE AND WE'LL CONNECT ON THIS SIDE, UH, AS WELL FOR MASON CREEK.

LET ME GO BACK.

AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS, UH, OF COURSE TOWN SQUARE.

WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT NORTH LINE.

UH, THE TOWN SQUARE DEVELOPMENT IS A LITTLE, UH, IT'S NOT A LITTLE, BUT IT'S A 1.3 ACRE, UH, SITE THAT WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NORTH LINE DEVELOPMENT.

UH, WE'RE EXPECTING THAT DONATION SOMETIME IN 2023.

AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER SIDE IN THE NORTHWEST LEANDER AREA.

IT'S ABOUT 15 ACRES, A VERY NICE SITE THAT THE DEVELOPERS ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDING TO THE CITY.

UM, AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER SIDE ON THE SOUTHWEST FAR SOUTHWEST SIDE OF LEANDER.

IT'S ANOTHER 58 ACRES.

AND ACTUALLY, UM, AND LOOKING AT THAT THIS WEEK, IT COULD INCREASE OVER A HUNDRED ACRES, UM, ON THAT, THAT TRACK AS WELL.

SO JUST WITH THESE ALONE, WITHOUT THAT ADDITIONAL IS ANOTHER 300, 300 ACRES THAT WE'LL BE ADDING TO OUR, OUR PARK SYSTEM.

AND LET ME MOVE AHEAD HERE WITH THAT ADDED, WHAT DOES THAT TAKE OUR RATIO TO, BUT THAT'S REALLY, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU, YOU ASKING THAT.

SO, UH, RIGHT NOW WE, WE STAND IS STILL AT ABOUT THAT 4.8 ACRES.

UM, WE HAVE ABOUT 380 ACRES IN OUR PARK SYSTEM RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'LL, THAT'LL GIVE US ABOUT SIX 80, BUT BASED ON, SO WE WENT FROM 9.99 NATIONAL AVERAGE TO, UH, THE, UM, WHAT WOULD SAY 12.5, UH, 12.4 OF THE TEXAS AVERAGE.

I THINK I WENT WITH 11.15, WHICH GIVES US JUST SLIGHTLY UNDER A THOUSAND ACRES THAT WE NEED.

SO WE'RE STILL ABOUT 300 ACRES SHORT FOR THE POPULATION RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS 86,000 PLUS, RIGHT AROUND 86,000, UH, FOLKS.

THAT'S THE, UH, UH, A LITTLE BIT BROADER VIEW OF THE RISE LAKE DEVELOPMENT.

YOU CAN SEE THE TRAILS AND THE PARK ON, ON THAT FAR SIDE, RIGHT IN, RIGHT IN THERE LANDS, UH, PLAYSCAPE PAVILION TRAILS ALL THROUGHOUT IN THAT AREA.

AND THEN OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK, UH, I MAY HAVE, UM, SHARED WITH YOU ALSO, WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO SUBMITTING A REVISION TO OUR PARKLAND DEDICATION.

UH, SOME OF THAT I'VE JUST ALREADY SHARED WITH YOU, SO YOU WILL BE SEEING THAT, UH, MY GOAL IS I WANT TO SUBMIT THAT TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, TAKE IT TO OUR PART BOARD ON HOPEFULLY APRIL 12TH AND THEN GET IT TO YOU SOMETIME IN MAY I HAVE A QUESTION I WANT TO COME BACK TO THAT.

UM, SO THE, THE PROPERTY THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING DONATED AT DIVINE LAKE AND HAWKS LANDING, WAS THAT PROPERTY ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO BE DEVELOPED? NO, NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.

I DON'T, MAYBE THAT MAY BE A ROBIN QUESTION.

I DON'T THINK IT'S ABLE TO BE DEVELOPED.

IT'S NOT ABLE TO, I THINK IT'S MORE THAN A FLOODPLAIN OR CRITICAL ZONE IN THAT AREA.

SO IT'S JUST PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND INSTEAD OF DEVELOPING THEY'RE DONATING.

AND THEN THE, UM, YOU ARE YOU KIND OF SEGWAYED INTO WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT PARKLAND DEDICATION? ARE YOU LOOKING AT JUST HAVING A FEE IN LIEU OF THE PARKLAND DEDICATION TO ELIMINATE THIS REQUIREMENT THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST? SO WE CAN HAVE ACCESS TO MORE PROPERTIES AS OPPOSED TO MAKING THEM USE PARKS THAT THEY'RE, DON'T USE OUR BUILD PARKS THAT THEY DON'T USE.

IS THAT WHAT WE'RE LEANING TOWARD? I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT ON.

YOU'RE ON TARGET.

WE ALREADY HAVE THAT.

I MENTIONED A MINUTE AGO, WE HAVE ABOUT A THOUSAND ACRES OF NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS.

WE DON'T NEED HIM NEIGHBOR MORE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS IN OUR COMMUNITY, RIGHT? WE NEED COMMUNITY PARKS AND REGIONAL PARKS, COMMUNITY PARKS ARE THOSE REALLY FROM ABOUT 10 TO 75 ACRES AND REGIONAL PARKS ARE THOSE 76 AND ABOVE TO MEET OUR NEED.

NOT ONLY FOR NOW, BUT THE NEXT 10, 15, 20 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, WE DON'T HAVE THOSE.

OUR FOCUS NEEDS TO BE ON DEVELOPING, WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPERS TO DEVELOP COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL PARKS.

THERE WE GO.

THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO HEAR.

AND LOU THAT IF WE ALLOW THEM TO JUST PAY THE FEE, INSTEAD OF DEVELOPING A PARK, THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

JUST EMAILS HAVE ANYTHING THERE.

I JUST HAVE ONE MORE THING AFTER I JUST HAVE A CONCERN WITH THE FEET

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EVEN IF IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, THEN WE'RE STILL IN THE POSITION WHERE WE CAN'T GET LAND, BECAUSE LAND COSTS ARE SO EXPENSIVE.

WELL, WHEN IT COMES TO YOU, YOU'LL, YOU'LL, YOU'LL EXACTLY SEE WE'VE ADDRESSED THAT EXACT CONCERN.

WHAT ABOUT THE, WHAT ABOUT THE CONCERN THAT A DEVELOPER OR A BUILDER THEY NEED TO HAVE THAT AMENITY IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE ABLE TO SELL THEIR HOUSE, SELL THEIR HOUSES? I BELIEVE THAT'S TRUE.

I'LL SHARE WITH THEM.

THAT'S A PRETTY, BUT AT THIS POINT IT'LL BE BASICALLY ON THEM.

IF THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO DO ON THEM, HOW, WHAT DO YOU MEAN ON THEM? HOW THEY'LL WE MAY NOT REQUIRE IT.

I'M SAYING MAY WE MAY, WE MAY, THERE MAY BE AN OPTION THERE FOR US TO LOOK AT IT, BUT IT WILL BE ON THEM TO MOST LIKELY DO ON THEIR OWN.

I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND, AND I DON'T WANT TO JUMP THE GUN BECAUSE I WANT TO REALLY GET THIS TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY FOR HER TO BE ABLE TO START DIGESTING AND REALLY WORKING THROUGH, BECAUSE THERE'S SOME IT'S IT'S I WILL SHARE.

IT'S A VERY AGGRESSIVE, BUT IT'S NOT OUT OF LINE WITH SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT WE'VE BEEN RESEARCHING AND WORKING WITH.

SO IT'S REALLY CLOSE, BUT I WANT HER TO DIGEST IT BEFORE I REALLY GET IT TO Y'ALL Y'ALL WILL HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK WE CAN ANSWER EVERY ONE OF THESE QUESTIONS.

JUST REAL QUICK.

SO AS SOON AS THIS IS WHAT HE'S SAYING IS FLEXIBILITY, RIGHT? THERE'S NO NEED TO FORCE SOMEBODY TO DO A GARBAGE PART, THEN NOBODY'S GOING TO USE, BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN A WAY OF LOOKING AT IT.

AND ALSO THERE ARE SOME POCKET, THESE, SOME OF THESE POCKET PARTS THAT MAY BE ABLE TO BE USED FOR CITY STUFF, SOME OF THE LARGER ONES.

SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK INTO THAT, BUT WHATEVER POLICY Y'ALL DESIGNED, JUST MAKE IT FLEXIBLE.

DON'T HANDCUFF THE CITY OR DON'T HANDCUFF DEVELOPERS, BUT BE FLEXIBLE IN THESE POLICIES WHERE YOU DON'T FORCE SOMEBODY TO DO A QUARTER ACRE PARK.

AND THEN THEY COME IN HERE AND TALK ABOUT IT AS A DOG PARK.

THE BIGGER PARKS IS WHERE THE CITY NEEDS TO GO.

THANK YOU FOR MARK, MARK.

I GUESS THE OTHER THING, UH, THE LARGE COUNTY PARK THAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED TO OUR NORTH, THE REGIONAL PARK RIVER RANCH, AND I GUESS WHAT POSSIBILITIES WOULD BE LOOKING FORWARD OUT INTO THE FUTURE, HOW WE CAN WORK WITH THEM EVEN ON LARGER FACILITIES OR CONNECTING TO THEM.

YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD QUESTION TO MR. FISCHBECK THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY DIRECTOR, BUT EVERYTHING THAT THE MEETINGS AND CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD, THEY WANT IT TO BE MORE OF A STATE PARK.

IT'S A HORSE HORSEBACK RIDING IT'S CAMPING.

IT'S, IT'S MORE, UM, YEAH, OUTDOOR TYPE PARK RATHER THAN A SPORTS COMPLEX PARK.

UH THEY'VE THEY SEE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL AS BEING THAT SOUTH THAT, UH, THAT SPORTS ATHLETIC COMPLEX, RATHER THAN RIVER RANCH UP THE, UP THE ROAD MARK.

BUT IT WOULD, IT WOULD CERTAINLY HELP IN THAT REGARD FOR ADDITIONAL OUTDOOR SPACE, JUST OPEN OUTDOOR SPACE REAL QUICK WITH THE, WITH THE SPORTS.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE KIDS, ESPECIALLY THE GIRLS SAW BOND.

ARE YOU EXPLORING P THREES, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS? I MEAN, THEY, WE HAVE, WE EXPLORED AND CONTINUE TO EXPLORE.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE THAT'S MY, THE REST OF THE TIME.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

MR. TIMMONS, YOU MENTIONED KIND OF, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL, BUT HAVE WE SURVEYED CITIZENS TO SEE WHAT OTHER INTERESTS PEOPLE MAY WANT FOR THESE PARKS? BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE EMAILED ABOUT CRICKET.

AND SO THAT'S PART OF THE MULTI-PURPOSE WHEN I MENTIONED MULTI-PURPOSE FACILITIES, FIELDS OF NUMBER OF YES, CRICKET IS WEEKLY.

WE REALLY DO.

IT'S NOT WEEKLY MONTHLY THAT WE GET AN EMAIL OR CALL ABOUT CRICKET.

UM, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE SOCCER COMMUNITY DOESN'T NEED MORE AS WELL, OR THE FLAG FOOTBALL COMMUNITY OR THE TOUCH FOOTBALL COMMUNITY.

SO WE LUMP ALL THOSE INTO SORT OF A MULTIPURPOSE TYPE FIELDS AS OPPOSED TO ACTUALLY, UH, A BALL FIELD.

SO WE HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THE NEEDS ARE FOR THE COMMUNITY WE DO.

AND WE'RE GOING TO EVEN GET EVEN MORE WHEN SAN GABRIEL GOES INTO OUR MASTER PLANNING PHASE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

DO YOU NEED ANYTHING FROM US? I DON'T KNOW.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

ARE WE GOOD TO RECESS UNTIL SEVEN? I THINK THAT COVERS IT FOR NOW.

THEN IN THAT CASE, WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP AT SIX 50, PLEASE BE BACK AT SEVEN O'CLOCK FOR OUR REGULAR MEETING.

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

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TODAY IS MARCH 17TH, 2022.

AND THE TIME IS 7:01 PM.

AND THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LANDER CITY COUNCIL, REVEREND JOANNA FROM TANG CRAWFORD FROM LIVE OAK UNIT, CARRIE IN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH.

WE'LL BE PROVIDING OUR INVOCATION TONIGHT, FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

AND JUST BEFORE WE START THE INVOCATION, I WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS PAST WEEK WE LOST A LONGTIME RESIDENT, KURT CORLEY, CURTIS SERVED ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FROM 1987 TO 1989 ON THE CITY COUNCIL FROM AUGUST, 1997 TO MAY OF 2001.

AND HE ALSO HELPED ESTABLISH A LOT OF LANDERS BEGINNINGS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES.

SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO HONOR CURTIS AND FOLLOWING THE MOMENT OF SILENCE WILL BE OUR IMPLICATION.

AMEN.

AND BEFORE I BEGAN THE INVOCATION, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOMETHING ABOUT CURTIS CORRELATED THAT I'VE FOUND.

THIS IS AN ARTICLE FROM THE AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN FROM JULY OF 1987.

IT WAS TALKING ABOUT THE BRAND NEW LEANDER LIBRARY THAT HE AND HIS WIFE BLANCHE SPEARHEADED AND IN IT, UH, FIRST OF ALL, CURTIS, UH, THEY TALK ABOUT HOW HE BUILT SHELVES FOR THE LIBRARY, WITH HIS OWN TWO HANDS.

AND HE'S QUOTED AS SAYING, THIS I'M JUST A VEHICLE, WHATEVER FOLKS NEED I'M HERE.

SO WOULD YOU NOW PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER, SPIRIT OF LIFE, GOD OF DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDINGS, WHICH WE CALL BY MANY NAMES OR NO NAME, BUT WHO CALLS EACH OF US BELOVED.

WE LIFT UP THIS PRAYER, THANK YOU FOR THE LIFE OF CURTIS CORLEY AND HIS LOVE FOR LEANDER THAT HE TURNED INTO SERVICE, MAY HIS WIFE BLANCHE AND HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS FEEL PEACE DURING THEIR TIME OF MOURNING.

AND MAY THEY BE SUSTAINED BY THEIR MEMORIES OF HIM? MAY WE TO BE VEHICLES FOR THE NEEDS OF THIS COMMUNITY? WHEN WE HEAR A CALL TO MAKE THINGS BETTER IN OUR LITTLE CORNER OF THE WORLD, MAY WE RESPOND WITH HERE? AM I SEND ME MAY THESE LEADERS BEFORE US CONTINUE TO BE GIFTED WITH WISDOM AND CLARITY AND VISION FOR WHAT IS POSSIBLE, MAY EACH DECISION BE MADE BY SEEING THE FULL DIVERSITY OF OUR TOWNS, PEOPLE WITH THEIR DIFFERING NEEDS AND WITH CONSIDERATION FOR HOW THE DECISIONS WILL AFFECT THEIR LIVES.

MAY EACH OF US LISTEN FOR THE STILL SMALL VOICE WITHIN THAT CALLS US TO CONTRIBUTE IN DIFFERENT WAYS TO THE BUILDING OF THE BELOVED COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THE CALL TO TREAT ONE ANOTHER WITH DIGNITY, RESPECT, AND KINDNESS, AND THE NAME OF ALL THAT IS SACRED AND TRUE.

WE SAY AMEN.

AND BLESS IT.

BE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR, THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, REVEREND.

THAT WAS LOVELY.

[5. Roll Call.]

CITY.

SECRETARY CRABTREE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER CAT FROM THE TAG AND PARKER HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ASKED ME MATH GIGGLE AND GLORIA HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER, JASON SHAW, COUNCIL MEMBER, NICOLE THOMPSON, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER, CHRIS SURNAME HERE.

MAYOR PRETEND BECKY ROSS HERE.

MAYOR CHRISTINE

[6. Public comments on items not listed in the agenda. Public comments on items listed in the agenda will be heard at the time each item is discussed by Council. [All comments are limited to no more than 3 minutes (6 minutes if translation is needed) per individual.] ]

DULLA HERE AND MOVE ON TO ITEM.

NUMBER SIX, NON OH, SORRY.

IN QUORUM IS PRESENT.

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

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

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THE RECORD.

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

NOTE THAT DURING CITIZEN COMMENTS, THERE IS NO BACK AND FORTH DISCUSSION FROM THE DIOCESE, BUT YOUR COMMENTS ARE NOTED.

AND WHEN APPROPRIATE THEY WILL BE FORWARDED TO STAFF.

I HAVE TWO PEOPLE SIGNED UP.

THE FIRST IS KATHY BERNARDI.

GOOD EVENING, MS. BERNARDI, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

HI, UM, HELLO, MAYOR CHRISTINE AND CANCEL KATHY BERNARDI AGAIN.

14, 12, VALENTI LANDER.

I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR RENTING THE SPACE AT 11,880 HERE AWAY AS A TEMPORARY SENIOR CENTER, AN ACTIVITY CENTER FOR THE KIDS AS ONE OF THE 305 FACEBOOK MEMBERS FOR THE ACTIVE ADULTS.

I AM EXTREMELY GRATEFUL.

WHOEVER PUT THE BUG IN YOUR EAR THAT THE HILL COUNTRY BIBLE CHURCH WAS MOVING TO A BRAND NEW LOCATION AND THEIR SPACE WAS BECOMING AVAILABLE.

I APPRECIATE YOU.

THE ACTIVE ADULTS WILL NOW HAVE A SET PLACE FOR OUR FITNESS CLASSES, ART COOKING, GET SOCIAL AND SOCIAL GATHERINGS.

NO WHETHER CANDY TOURISTS NOW THREE YEARS WILL PASS IN A BLINK OF AN EYE.

SO I AM HOPING A SENIOR CENTER WILL BE IN THE WORKS ARE BUILT NOW, WHO WILL IT BE NAMED AFTER MAYBE THE SENIORS CAN HAVE SOME INPUT FOR A PROMINENT PERSON IN LEANDER HISTORY.

I WILL BE OUT OF TOWN FOR THE RIBBON CUTTING, BUT I WILL DEFINITELY BE THERE IN SPIRIT.

THANKS AGAIN FOR MYSELF AND ALL THE OTHER ACTIVE ADULTS.

HAPPY ST.

PATRICK'S DAY.

AND LET'S HAVE A GREEN BEER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. BERNARDI, JOHN HANDY.

BASMA.

GOOD EVENING, MR. BOSSMAN, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

I'D RATHER NOT GIVE MY ADDRESS FOR REASONS YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THAT'S OKAY.

THAT'S FINE.

THANK YOU, JOHN HANDY, BOSSMAN.

UH, WE MOVED TO LEANDER IN 2007, 15 YEARS AGO.

ONE OF THE REASONS WE MOVED HERE IS BECAUSE OF THE AWESOME POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE.

UH, LEANDER HAD A BAD REPUTATION FOR CERTAIN KINDS OF RESIDENTS.

UH, MANY BLACK PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THE METRO AREA WERE KIND OF TOLD, DON'T GO TO LEANDER.

IT'S LESS THAN 1% BLACK.

THERE ARE PROBLEMS YOU COULD BE AT RISK AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

WE CHOSE NOT TO BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE OF THE AWESOME PEOPLE WE MET FROM LANDER WHO WERE SUPER WELCOMING TO OUR FAMILY.

AND WE ALSO LEARNED THAT THE LANDER POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 2007, THAT YEAR WE MOVED HERE ACTUALLY REPORTED HATE CRIMES.

UH, RACE-BASED HATE CRIMES TO THE STATE WHEN WE WERE VERY, VERY IMPRESSED BY THAT AND IMPRESSED AS A WHOLE BY THE LANDER POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO HAS DONE EVER SINCE WE MOVED HERE AND INCREDIBLE JOB PROTECTING OUR FAMILY WHEN WE HAVE NEEDED PROTECTION FROM A SMALL NUMBER OF, I'M JUST GOT TO SAY IT RACIST PEOPLE IN LEANDER.

UM, AND THIS IS A CONTINUING ISSUE.

IT'S NOT A LARGE ISSUE BECAUSE THE VAST MAJORITY OF LEANDER RESIDENTS CONCERNED ABOUT LIBERAL ARE SUPER WELCOMING.

THEY'RE OUTGOING.

THEY, THEY LOVE TO INVOLVE PEOPLE.

THEY LOVE TO INVOLVE PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS.

IT'S AN AMAZING PLACE WITH AMAZING SCHOOLS AND SO ON.

BUT, UH, IN RECENT YEARS BECAUSE OF THE POLARIZATION IN SOCIETY, THERE'S BEEN QUITE A BIT OF A PROBLEM FROM THIS SMALL GROUP OF VOCAL PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, BLACK PEOPLE, RACIALLY, MIXED FAMILIES, KIDS WHO ARE BIRACIAL ARE SOMEHOW A THREAT TO THEM AND SHOULDN'T PARTICIPATE IN POLITICS.

I MEAN THAT QUITE LITERALLY, BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN TARGETED THREATS BY NAME WITH PHOTOGRAPHS AGAINST LANDER RESIDENTS OR MADE BY LEANDER RESIDENTS AGAINST PEOPLE IN OTHER NEARBY TOWNS, EARLY ANDREW ITSELF.

UM, AND IT'S NOT REALLY THE CITY COUNCIL'S JOB DIRECTLY TO DEAL WITH THIS, BUT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO RAISE THIS ISSUE WITH SOME OF YOU PRIVATELY FOR GOING ON TWO YEARS NOW.

UH, THE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO DO ITS JOB, TO BE ABLE TO DO ITS JOB.

IT NEEDS THE SENSE OF THIS CITY COUNCIL, THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO AFTER.

AND THEN WE CAN RAISE IT WITH THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY MAKE THE DECISION, WHICH IS FOR EXAMPLE, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

SO, UH, I'VE CONTACTED SOME OF YOU AND SAID, THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO.

I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S TRUE AT ALL.

I THINK THERE'S PLENTY THAT YOU COULD DO.

FOR EXAMPLE, JUST, YOU KNOW, HAVE A SESSION WHERE THE POLICE CHIEF WHO'S AWESOME TALKS ABOUT THIS OR THE CITY ATTORNEY EXPLAINS THE BRANDENBURG TEST.

AND WE CAN GIVE EXAMPLES TO SHOW HOW THE BRANDENBURG TEST WHICH HAS TO DO WITH EMINENCE.

DOESN'T APPLY TO SOME OF THESE THREATS BECAUSE THEY'RE TARGETED BY THE EVENT WITH PHOTOS, WITH NAMES OF PEOPLE AND SO ON.

AND SO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S FAILURE TO DEAL WITH THIS IS A PROBLEM FOR THE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THEIR JOBS.

UM, THIS CAME UP RECENTLY FOR ME BECAUSE MY 14 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WHO IS BIRACIAL ONE OR TO SPEAK AT THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETING, WHICH IS HELD AT LEANDER AND WE HAD TO SPEND ABOUT TWO MONTHS TAKING CARE OF CITY CONCERNS THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE TO SAY, WE'RE VERY RESPONSIVE TO THAT AND EXPRESS YOUR THANK YOU, EXPRESS YOUR, YOUR SINCERE WISHES AND OTHERS WERE NOT AT ALL HELPFUL.

THIS ISN'T ABOUT IMMUNIZED, IMMUNIZING, THE CITY AGAINST LIABILITY.

IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE EVERYBODY CAN PARTICIPATE AND POLITICS.

ALL RIGHT, MOVE ON TO PROCLAMATIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAN, I DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO

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WISH TO SPEAK?

[7. Recognitions/Proclamations/Visitors. Williamson Burnet Counties Meals on Wheels 50th Anniversary]

WE HAVE ONE FOR WILLIAMSON BURNETT COUNTIES MEALS ON WHEELS, 50TH ANNIVERSARY, AND IT'LL BE READ BY PROTON ROSS.

WHEREAS 50 YEARS AGO ON MARCH 22ND, 1972, PRESIDENT NIXON SIGNED INTO LAW.

A MEASURE THAT AMENDED THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 1965 TO INCLUDE A NATIONAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS 60 YEARS AND OLDER.

AND WHEREAS THIS MARCH MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAMS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE JOINING TOGETHER FOR THE MARCH FOR MEALS, AWARENESS CAMPAIGN, TO CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF SUCCESS AND GARNERED THE SUPPORT NEEDED TO ENSURE THESE CRITICAL PROGRAMS CAN CONTINUE TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY AND MALNUTRITION COMBAT SOCIAL ISOLATION ENABLE INDEPENDENCE AND IMPROVE HEALTH FOR YEARS TO COME.

AND WHERE AS MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAMS, BOTH CONGREGATE AND HOME DELIVERED IN LEANDER HAVE SERVED OUR COMMUNITY ADMIRABLY FOR 58 YEARS.

AND WE'RE ASKED MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAMS AND LEANDER DESERVE RECOGNITION FOR THE HEROIC CONTRIBUTIONS AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES.

THEY HAVE PROVIDED AMID THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES, OUR STATE AND OUR NATION LONG AFTER IT IS OVER.

AND NOW THEREFORE WE, THE CITY OF LEANDER DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH, 2022 IS A MONTH CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT NUTRITION PROGRAM AND OUR EVERY COMMUNITY MEMBER TO TAKE THIS MONTH TO HONOR OUR MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAMS, THE SENIORS THEY SERVE AND THE VOLUNTEERS WHO CARE FOR THEM, OUR RECOGNITION OF AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE NATIONAL CELEBRATION CAN ENRICH OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND HELP COMBAT SENIOR HUNGER AND ISOLATION IN AMERICA AND TESTIMONY WHERE OF I MIRROR CHRISTINE DELISLE HAVE HERE AND TO A FIXED MY SIGNATURE THE 17TH DAY OF MARCH, 2022 SO THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM ROSS, THAT WAS A MOUTHFUL.

I'LL TELL YOU, UM, THAT WAS A VERY LONG PROCLAMATION.

SO I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR YOU READING THAT AND, UH, YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, JUST DO HAPPY TO BE HERE, UH, AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT TIME FOR US DURING MARCH.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT YOU GIVE US AND JUST THE SUPPORT IN GENERAL.

UM, WE DO HAVE OUR CENTER OUT IN BAGHDAD.

AND SO FOR THOSE THAT DO NOT KNOW, WE DO HAVE THE MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM.

THE KITCHEN IS ON BAGHDAD ROAD.

SO, UM, FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO VOLUNTEER, UM, I KNOW THAT OUR MANAGER, OUR PROGRAM MANAGERS HERE, UH, WE'VE BEEN MORE THAN HAPPY TO GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE AS A, AS A VOLUNTEER AND YOU DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO FIVE DAYS A WEEK, OR YOU LITERALLY CAN DO ONCE A MONTH.

UM, SO IF YOU GOT TIME AND YOU'VE GOT, UM, A GOOD HEART, UH, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DO NEED OUR HELP.

AND SO DELIVERING THE MEAL, I WILL TELL YOU, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN PRETTY ADVENTUROUS.

IT'S A LOT OF FUN, UH, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S GOOD FOR YOUR HEART AND IT'S GOOD FOR THE HEART OF THE PERSON THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY SERVING.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN.

UM, THE OTHER THING I DO WANT TO MENTION, UH, NOT RELATED TO THIS

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PROGRAM, BUT IN ADDITION TO OUR PROGRAM, WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF UTILITY ASSISTANCE MONEY.

SO IF YOU KNOW ANYONE THAT IS IN A TOUGH PLACE, THEY CAN'T PAY THE UTILITY BILLS.

IN ADDITION TO THE MEALS ON WHEELS, WE ALSO SERVE THEM BY, BY GIVING OUT UTILITY ASSISTANCE.

SO WE WOULD, WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU COULD JUST OF SEND THEM OUR WAY AND WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP THEM WITH THAT.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO.

WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL.

[8. Board Report Exploring Leander History]

ITEM NUMBER NINE, EXPLORING LEANDRA HISTORY WITH THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

COMMITTEE'S VICE-CHAIR HOW LONG DID HE GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

MARCH IS ALSO A WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S MONTH AND INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY WAS MARCH 8TH.

WOW.

ALL RIGHT, RICH.

UM, I'M GOING TO, SORRY.

LINDEN'S PAPA 12, 17, 20 21, HER LEGACY.

SO FOCUS, UM, TONIGHT I'M STARTING WITH THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS.

THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS WAS A REAL WOMAN.

AND, UM, SHE HAS BEEN IN, IN LEGEND AND ACTUALLY THE SONG WAS WRITTEN ABOUT HER AS EARLY AS 1850.

UM, SHE WAS THE WOMAN THAT DISTRACTED SANTA ANA AND ENABLED THE TAXI AND TROOPS TO DEFEAT THE MEXICAN ARMY ON APRIL IN APRIL OF 1836.

NEXT I HAVE THE CHILI QUEEN TO SAN ANTONIO AND I THROW THESE LADIES UP HERE BECAUSE, UM, THEY ARE WHERE WE GET THE TEXMEX FOOD AND WE GET OUR STREET STREET VENDORS.

WHO'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A MILLENNIA, BUT IN SAN ANTONIO, THE, THE LADIES DOWN THERE AND THE CHILI QUEENS, THEY BROUGHT US A STREET TACOS AND THEY BRING US OUR TEXMEX FOOD.

AND THIS IS WHERE IT COMES FROM.

AND IT'S ALMOST WHAT WE CALL TEXMEX.

TEXMEX IS ALMOST, UM, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO AREAS.

AND, UH, IRONICALLY HERE, WELL, NOT IRONICALLY, BUT, UH, THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT THAT'S FROM THE 1880S, THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT IS FROM THE 1920S.

AND IF YOU NOTICE THOSE BENCHES, THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE SAME BENCHES.

THE NEXT LADY HERE I HAVE UP HERE IS MAUL FERGUSON.

SHE WAS THE FIRST, UH, FEMALE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS.

SHE WAS ALSO THE SECOND FEMALE GOVERNOR IN THE UNITED STATES.

SHE WAS, UM, ELECTED THE SAME DAY AS THE FIRST FEMALE GOVERNOR IN WYOMING, ALTHOUGH SHE WAS INAUGURATED TWO WEEKS AFTER THE WYOMING GOVERNOR.

SO SHE'S THE SECOND, UM, MAUL FERGUSON.

SHE WAS THE FIRST, UM, GOVERNOR, HER AND HER HUSBAND.

HE WAS PAUL FERGUSON.

HE WAS, UM, IMPEACHED AND SHE RAN FOR HIS SPY, UH, HIS SPOT.

AND SHE WANTED, UM, HER AND HER HUSBAND WERE FIRST POLITICIANS TO USE RADIO R FOR MEDIA AND TO BECOME ELECTED.

AND I SEE PEOPLE ARE LAUGHING.

YES, IF ENGLISH WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR JESUS CHRIST, IT OUGHT TO BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE CHILDREN IN TEXAS.

UM, SHE HAS BEEN CREDITED WITH SAYING THAT, BUT THAT THAT SAYING HAD ACTUALLY BEEN AROUND SINCE 1881.

UH, SHE IS WHO DISMANTLED.

SHE HATED LAW ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE THE TEXAS RANGERS THEY'RE THE ONES THAT, UM, FOUND HER, HER, UM, WHAT PROVED HER HUSBAND WAS DOING IMPEACHABLE THINGS.

AND, UM, SHE HATED THEM.

SO WHEN SHE BECAME GOVERNOR, SHE JUST MANTLED THEM ON HER FIRST TERM.

BUT ON HER SECOND TERM, THE LEGISLATURE HAD FIGURED OUT THAT'S WHEN BONNIE AND CLYDE CAME ABOUT.

WE HAD ALL THE BOOTLEGGERS, WE HAD OUR, UM, WITHOUT THE TEXAS RANGERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE STATE, UM, IT, IT BECAME A VERY DANGEROUS PLACE.

SO THE LEGISLATURE CREATED THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SHE SIGNED THE BILL CREATING THAT.

AND THE FEW TEXAS RANGERS THAT WERE LEFT WERE FOLDED INTO THE DPS CLARA DRISCOLL CLARA DRISCOLL WAS KNOWN AS THE SAVIOR OF THE ALAMO, UM, HER AND THE NEXT LADY THAT I HAVE TO SPEAK, UH, SPEAK ABOUT, UH, DANA DAISY VALA BETWEEN THOSE TWO LADIES, THEY SAVED ABOUT 75% OF TEXAS HISTORY.

UH, CLARA DRISCOLL WAS, UM, EXTREMELY WEALTHY.

SHE TOOK A, UM, A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY FROM HER FATHER AND SHE GREW IT INTO HER OWN MILLIONS.

SHE WAS ALSO, UM, VERY FAMOUS FOR BEING, UM, THE FIRST FEMALE CHAIRPERSON OF THE NATIONAL

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DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE.

UM, SHE DID, SHE CREATED, UM, LAGUNA GLORIA FOR US TEXAS FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUB.

SHE ALSO CREATED DRISCOLL, UM, THE DRISCOLL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN CORPUS CHRISTI.

SHE WROTE FOUR BOOKS IN ONE PLAY THAT WAS, UM, ON BROADWAY FOR MANY MONTHS.

AND I HAVE A SECOND SLIDE FOR HER.

AND I WANT TO READ THIS TO TELL YOU THE EXTENT OF HER, OF HER LEGACY AND IT, I, THIS IS VERY RECENT.

THANK YOU FOR ESTABLISHING THE DRISCOLL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.

I KNOW YOU EMBRACE EVERY CHILD IN HEAVEN.

FIND MY GRANDSON, LANDON, HE'LL GIVE YOU BIG HUGS.

SHE PASSED AWAY, UM, 80 YEARS AGO.

AND HER LEGACY IS STILL THAT CURRENT.

THE NEXT LADY HERE IS THE DEAN OF DAYS, THE VALA AND EDINA DAYS OF ALLAH.

SHE IS THE ONE THAT SAID THAT SHE BELIEVED THAT THE LONG BARRACK NEXT TO THE, THE, THE SHRINE AT THE ALAMO WAS WHERE MOST OF THE BATTLES OCCURRED.

AND SHE WAS CORRECT.

UM, AND A LOT OF THE HISTORY THAT WE HAVE, SHE IS THE ONE THAT WENT AROUND AND INTERVIEWED THE VETERANS, UM, INTERVIEWED THE, THE ORIGINAL SETTLERS.

SHE'S THE ONE THAT COLLECTED THE REAL HISTORY OF OUR STATE.

AND SHE'S THE ONE THAT GAVE US THE SIX FLAGS OF TEXAS LADY BIRD JOHNSON, OMA TOM'S GONE AWAY.

UM, HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION ACT.

SHE WAS A LOVELY LADY.

AND, UM, BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST DECIDED TO JUNK THIS PLACE.

SHE DECIDED NOT TO.

AND NOW WE HAVE THAT AND THE NATIONAL WALLFLOWER CENTER HERE IN AUSTIN, LIZ CARPENTER, LOVELY LADY, I, UM, HER AND MY MOM WERE FRIENDS AND, UM, SHE WAS PRESS SECRETARY FOR LBJ AND THEN LADY BIRD JOHNSON AND MY PERSONAL HERO, DR.

BARBARA CARLENE JORDAN.

SHE WAS JUST AN AMAZING LADY.

AND, UM, OF THE TOP 10 SPEECHES EVER IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, TWO OF THEM BELONGED TO MARTIN LUTHER KING THREE, BELONG TO BARBARA JORDAN.

AND THERE'S MY MOTHER AND WE'LL MOVE ON.

IT'S OKAY.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO SHOW MY MOTHER.

THIS IS HER, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MY MOTHER DID, THERE'S THREE LADIES THAT HAVE THE SAME HONOR, CLARA DRISCOLL, EDINA DAYS OF ALLAH IN MY MOTHER.

UM, SHE WAS VERY GOOD FRIENDS WITH PHIL COLLINS AND THAT IS HER TAKING HIM ON A TOUR, A PRIVATE TOUR OF THE ALAMO.

AND LATER THAT DAY, SHE CONVINCED HIM TO DONATE ALL OF HIS ALAMO MATERIAL TO THE STATE OF TEXAS.

SO WITHOUT THAT TOO, OR THAT PARTICULAR DAY, HE HAD DECIDED NOT TO DO THAT.

AND SHE CONVINCED HIM TO GO AHEAD AND DO IT.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR HISTORY BACK AND I GET TO PAT BRYSON, NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW THIS, BUT WHERE YOU ARE IN THE PAT BRYSON HALL, PAT BRYSON IS THE REASON WHY WE HAVE WATER HERE IN LEANDER.

SHE ALMOST SINGLE-HANDEDLY GOT US WATER.

UM, THE, THE DAY THAT SHE WAS GETTING PREPARED TO GO TO THE BRAZOS RIVER AUTHORITY, WATER WORKSHOP FOR MUNICIPALITIES LEANDER RAN OUT OF WATER.

SHE WAS TAKING A SHOWER.

SHE HAD SHAMPOO IN HER HAIR AND ALL OF THE WATER, IT WENT, IT WENT DRY.

WE WERE ON A WELL AT THAT TIME.

SO SHE WENT TO THIS WORKSHOP AND THEY ASKED HER, WHAT IS YOUR THREE-YEAR PLAN? WHAT IS YOUR FIVE-YEAR PLAN? WHAT IS YOUR 10 YEAR PLAN? SHE SAID, I HAD NO PLAN.

I NEEDED WATER YESTERDAY.

HOW DO I GET IT TODAY? AND THEY TOLD HER ANNEX INTO TRAVIS COUNTY AND GET WATER OUT OF LIKE LAKE TRAVIS.

SO SHE DID, SHE HAD TO CHANGE STATE LAWS.

SHE HAD TO CHANGE FEDERAL LAWS.

SHE HAD TO GET, SHE HAD TO GET EVERYTHING.

SHE MOVED MOUNTAINS SO THAT TODAY WE CAN ALL DRINK WATER.

AND THAT'S WHY WE NAMED THIS PLACE AFTER HER.

AND IT WAS VERY WELL DESERVED.

SO THOSE ARE OUR LADIES, MY LADIES OF HISTORY FOR TODAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS HELL.

[9. Staff Reports Capital Improvement Program updates]

VERY INSPIRING WOMEN.

ITEM 10 STAFF REPORTS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, PROGRAM UPDATES.

YOU HAVE CITY ENGINEER, BLACK HEADER.

GOOD EVENING EVENING.

AND THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, SO PLEASE, JOHN.

I'M JUST HERE TO INTRODUCE OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM MANAGER OR HEY D S AND TONY BETTIS OR PROJECT MANAGER.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE PRESENTATION.

THEY KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT I DO.

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GOOD EVENING, GENTLEMEN.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO, FOR ME TO 4 MILLION JEWS MYSELF, I'VE MET QUITE A FEW OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, PROBABLY INFORMALLY, BUT THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR INTRODUCE MYSELF FORMALLY NOW, RIGHT? POOR ADS LIKE ROSS MENTIONED, UM, BEEN WITH CERTAIN FOR THE CITY FOR ABOUT FIVE MONTHS NOW.

UM, CHALLENGING, UH, OPPORTUNITY HERE, THE CITY WITH THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, UH, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT TO GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE PROGRAM ENTAILS.

AND THEN TONY WILL GO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO CERTAIN PRODUCTS WE HAVE HERE THAT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT.

UM, AS YOU MAY, WELL, ALL BE AWARE THAT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS, UH, YEAH, THERE WE GO.

WE MOVE FORWARD.

IT'S A, IT'S A PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED TO IDENTIFY THE CAPITAL NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

UM, THE CITY IS EXPERIENCING AS OF TODAY A SIGNIFICANT GROWTH AND THE NEED FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.

PLANNING IS CRITICAL.

UM, THE PROGRAM ITSELF HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO PLAN, PRIORITIZE AND COORDINATE CAPITAL AND PROVEN PROJECTS.

UH, THESE, THESE PROJECTS, UM, I'M SORRY, PETTIT MOMENT HERE.

I'M READING THROUGH MY NOSE UP.

THESE PROBLEMS ARE, ARE TYPICALLY A MAJOR, UH, NON-ROUTINE EXPENDITURES FOR THE CITY, UH, FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION OF STREETS, UH, IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHATNOT.

UM, TYPICALLY THEY'RE LARGER MONETARY VALUE.

THEY HAVE LIFELONG EXPECTANCY AND, AND WOULD COMMONLY RESULT IN THE CREATION OF A CITY ASSET, UH, COST OF THESE PRODUCTS ALSO INCLUDED THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THESE PROJECTS AS WELL.

UH, CURRENTLY FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE WERE ACTUALLY WORKING ON 38, CURRENTLY ACTIVE PROJECTS, UH, 43 ACTUALLY CURRENTLY ACTIVE PROJECTS OF THOSE 43, 5 OF BANK COMPLETED.

38 REMAIN ACTIVE.

WE HAVE AS THE SLIDE SHOWS NINE IN PLANNING, 32 IN DESIGN THREE IN BID CONSTRUCT, UH, BIDDING OR THE PROCUREMENT PHASE BIDDING AND CONTRACTING.

AND FOR IN CONSTRUCTION OF THOSE 22 AND DESIGN, IT WILL BE CRITICAL FOR OUR, OUR PLANNED, UH, BUDGETS FOR THE FOLLOWING YEARS TO BRING THOSE INTO THE FOLD AND BEGIN CONSTRUCTION WITH THOSE.

UM, YOU'LL SEE, ON THE GRAPHIC THERE THAT WE HAVE, UH, OUR INVERTED FUNNEL, IF YOU AIN'T, UH, WHERE THE FIRST YEAR IS BASICALLY THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE CITY AND THEN SUBSEQUENT YEARS.

SO YEAR TWO IS OUR PROGRAM PLANNING AND, UH, CONSEQUENTLY WE'LL HAVE A PLAN, UH, PLAN FUNDING FOR PROJECTS.

THEY EXCEED THREE YEAR PROGRAM.

UM, I'LL LEAVE TONY WITH FEW FOLKS.

TONY HAS A LOT MORE INFORMATION ON THE BACKGROUND OF THESE UP A CITY PROJECT.

SO HE'LL, HE'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE RELATING TO THOSE OUTSET HERE IN THE BACK END.

MY NAME IS TONY BETTIS.

I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE CIP PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF LANDER.

MOVING WATER, NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD.

AND GOOD EVENING ON OUR COUNCIL.

UH, I WANT TO GO OVER A FEW QUICK PROJECTS WE HAVE HERE NOW.

EVIDENTLY THIS IS NOT ALL THE PROJECTS WE HAVE.

WE HAVE QUITE A HANDFUL.

WE'D LIKE TO SHOW SOME SAMPLES HERE THAT GIVE US A GOOD IDEA OF WHERE WE ARE NOW.

THE FIRST ONE WE HAVE FIRST AND FOREMOST, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, AND THAT'S KAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WATER IS SO VERY IMPORTANT TO US.

SO THANK YOU TO YOUR MOM.

THANK YOU TO PAT BRYSON.

UM, ANYTHING YOU DO YOURS, BUT WITH REGARDS TO, UH, DEBBIE 41, SAN GABRIEL ELEVATED STORAGE TANK, WE HAVE CONSTRUCTED ALREADY THE SAN GABRIEL EAST PUMP STATION, WHICH IS ALL THE PROPOSED SAN GABRIEL, UH, ROADWAY.

THAT'S GOING TO RONALD REAGAN AND THIS WILL ACCOMPANY THAT BE ON THE SAME SITE.

IT WILL BE 1.2, 5 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER, AND IT WILL HELP US FULFILL OUR NORTH NORTHWEST AND THEN OUR EAST TO WEST WATER DISTRIBUTION, WHICH IS SO VERY IMPORTANT TO US.

UM, WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, THE ESTIMATED COST, AS YOU CAN SEE IS 4.6 MILLION.

WE'RE IN DESIGN RIGHT NOW ABOUT 95%.

WE ARE ANTICIPATING RECEIVING THE FINAL DESIGNS OR FINAL ROUND OF DESIGNS NEXT WEEK.

SO WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND GET THIS MOVING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

UM, W 74 TERMINUS HIGH ZONE PUMP STATION AND GROUND STORAGE TANK.

THIS IS ACTUALLY IN THE LOCATION FOR ALL OF, YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT, UH, GROUND STORAGE TANK IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL ON BAGHDAD ROAD.

THAT TANK IS CURRENTLY 750,000 GALLONS.

THIS PROJECT WE'LL REMOVE THAT TANK AND REPLACE IT WITH A 1.5 MILLION GALLON TANK.

WE'LL ALSO INCREASE THE WATER CAPACITY, MOVING NORTHWARD, UH, WITH A 24 INCH WATER LINE, WHICH WILL CONNECT AT, UH, AT, UM, UM, CRYSTAL FALLS, MY APOLOGIES, AND ALSO PUSH A, A LOWER PLAIN WATER, UM, 16 INCH LINE UP TO THE CRYSTAL FALLS, WATER PARK, UM, SORRY, NOT WATER PARK.

UM, OUR WATER PUMP STATION UP THERE ON CHRISTOPHER PHONES.

THIS ONCE AGAIN HELPS US ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

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THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE 24 INCH WATER LINE THAT WE HAD RECENTLY COMPLETED ALONG THE SAN GABRIEL FROM PLEASANT HILL OVER TO, UM, WELL INTO RONALD RAY AND ACROSS OVER TO RONALD REAGAN.

UM, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.

THIS HAS BEEN BRINGING THE WATER FROM EAST TO WEST, HELPING US PROVIDE THAT WATER THAT WAS SO DESPERATELY NEEDED OVER IN THE NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE TOWN.

THESE ARE WITH ARTS OF WASTEWATER HERE IN OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT WATER FOR 2243.

THE SLUDGE PROCESSING IMPROVEMENT HELPS WITH US.

SLUDGE IS KIND OF NASTY.

TALK ABOUT, THINK ABOUT, BUT IF WE PROCESS THE SLUDGE INSIDE OUR SYSTEM, IT HELPS US BE ABLE TO PROCESS MORE WASTEWATER THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

IT'S ALLOWS US TO GET THE WASTEWATER FROM TREVISO AND FROM ALL OUR NEW DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS. UM, SO THE SLUDGE PROCESSING, WHAT DID BASICALLY DOES IS IT HELPS US PROCESS SLEDGE, REMOVING WATER FROM THAT SLEDGE BEING ABLE TO REMOVE US HELPS US SAVE COSTS FOR SHIPPING AND POWER.

WITH REGARDS TO THE SLUDGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AERATION IS VERY IMPORTANT.

WHAT IT DOES IS IT HELPS MOTIVATE ALL THE MICROORGANISMS TO BREAK DOWN THAT SLEDGE, ALLOWING US TO TAKE MORE SLEDGE, FASTER, MORE SLUDGE PER DAY, BEING ABLE TO HELP US PROCESS WHERE WASTEWATER PER DAY, AND THAT'S OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT ON 2343 TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.

UH, WE HAVE A T 12 RIGHT AWAY WOULD RE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS.

THIS ONE WAS VOTED IN, IN 2016 UNDER THE BOND PROGRAM.

WE, UM, HAVE HAD A FEW HURDLES GETTING THE, TRYING TO GET THERE.

WE HAD, UH, UH, APPROACHED IT AT ABOUT 95% DRAWINGS IN 2019 WHEN WE WERE REQUIRED BY FEMA AND THE FEDERAL FLOOD PLAIN ADMINISTRATION TO CHANGE TO WHAT THEY CALL ATLAS 14 CHAPTER 11, WHICH IS THE GUIDELINES CONTROLLING HOW WE HAVE TO PROVIDE FOR FLOOD WATERS.

UH, WE HAD TO DROP BACK, BASICALLY REDESIGN THE ROADWAY SYSTEM, WHICH ALSO REQUIRED US TO GO OUT AND OBTAIN ADDITIONAL RIGHT AWAY AND PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT ACCESS.

WE'RE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE AFTER THE REDESIGN, WHERE YES, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW, 80% OF THE COMPLETE REDESIGN, WE ANTICIPATE HAVING THE DESIGN READY BY THIS AUTUMN GOING INTO CONSTRUCTION BY WINTER 2023, WHICH OF YOU IS COMING WINTER AND BEING COMPLETED IN AUTUMN OF 2024.

HERITAGE GROVE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS IS A NICE LITTLE ROAD JUST NORTH OF, OF OUR OLD TOWN AREA.

THIS WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS FOR HOPEFULLY A FUTURE COMMERCIAL GROWTH IN THE NORTH SECTOR AREA.

UH, IT'S ABOUT 3,200 LINEAR FEET.

IT HAS AN ESTIMATED COST OF 3.2 MILLION.

IT WILL BE A, A NON-RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR, WHICH MEANS IT'S ABOUT THREE LANES, ONE MIDDLE TURN LANE.

IT WILL HAVE ALL THE AMENITIES OF CURB GUTTER, UM, WATER WASTEWATER WHILE I'M SORRY, NOT WHAT DO I SORT OF STORM WATER AND SIDEWALKS.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE CURRENT RIGHT AWAY LOOKING SOUTH TOWARDS CRYSTAL FALLS.

IT'S A VERY NARROW ROAD.

IT'S A FALLING APART AND WE'RE TRYING SO DESPERATELY TO GET THERE.

AND I'M SORRY, CAN YOU EXPLAIN AGAIN WHY CONSTRUCTION WOULDN'T BE ESTIMATED TO START UNTIL WINTER OF NEXT YEAR? WELL, BASICALLY SPEAKING THAT 95% DRAWINGS THAT WE HAD IN 2019, THAT HADN'T MESSED THAT UP.

SYSTEMS FOR DRY UTILITIES, POWER, GAS, UM, REVVING, PUT IN A CIRCLE AT THE INTERSECTION OF WOOD VIEW AND RIGHT AWAY RIGHT AWAY BECOMES ITSELF, BECOMES A TWO LANE PLUS MEDIUMS AND TURN LANES ON THAT ROAD.

SO THEY LITERALLY HAVE TO GO BACK THROUGH AND, UM, THE ORIGINAL DESIGN AS WE CURRENTLY QUICKLY RESPONDED WOULD REQUIRE US TO PUT MASSIVE TANKS UNDER THE ROAD TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE QUANTITY OF WATER TO CONTROL THE FLOOD.

THIS WOULD HAVE RAISED THE COST PROBABLY OVER A MILLION AND PROBABLY IT WOULD HAVE ADDED A YEAR WORTH OF, UM, TIME TO IT.

THANK GOODNESS.

THIS PAST AUTUMN V L I S D STOOD UP AND THEY ARE PROVIDING US ADDITIONAL LAND TO PROVIDE A DETENTION POETS, WHICH GETS US, ALLOWS US TO REDUCE THAT AND NOT PUT THE TANKS IN, BUT WE'RE STILL HAVING TO REDESIGN THE ROAD SYSTEM AND TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THIS, SAVE THE MONEY MONEY, UH, THE CITY MONEY AND TIME.

SO YES, IT'S SADLY IT'S, IT'S HAVING TO FORCE US TO REVISIT.

THAT'S JUST FEELS LIKE A REALLY LONG TIME TO BE IN DESIGN, LIKE EVEN ON REDESIGN UNDERSTAND, OKAY, IT'S A LOT OF WORK.

IT'S OVER 800 PAGES OF SHEETS.

OH MY GOSH.

IT'S A VERY COMPLEX, UH, ROAD PROJECT.

I MEAN, WE WERE WIDENING BASICALLY ONE AND A HALF LANE ROAD TO FOUR LANES.

UH, WE'RE PUTTING IN ALL THE AMENITIES, CURB, GUTTER, STORM SEWER, WE'RE MOVING IN THREE WATER LINES.

WE'RE HAVING TO PUT IN, UH, A, UH, ADDITIONAL, UM,

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SO IT'S A VERY COMPLEX ROAD SYSTEM, AS YOU CAN TELL ABOUT THE COST, IF YOU LOOK AT THE COST FOR RIGHT AWAY, WHICH IS 4,600 LINEAR FEET, IT'S 9.9 MILLION.

WE LOOK AT HERITAGE GROVE, WHICH IS 3,200 LINEAR FEET.

IT'S 3.2 MILLION, RIGHT.

SO RIGHT AWAY, IS THAT ABOUT 2200 LINEAR OR 200, $200 PER LINEAR FOOT VERSUS HERITAGE GROVE, WHICH IS ABOUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS A LINEAR FOOT.

UH, CONSTRUCTION STARTED MAY, 2019.

YES, MA'AM.

AND THEN WE GET TO OUR MUNICIPAL PROJECTS, FIRE STATIONS, WHICH ARE FREE IN OUR TOWN WHERE I THINK WE'RE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.

OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SEEM TO BE VERY PROUD OF THEIR FIRE STATIONS, WHICH HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO BE COMPLIMENTARY TO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, AS WELL AS PROVIDING OF COURSE, THE FANTASTIC SERVICE THAT OUR WONDERFUL FIRE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES, RIGHT? HEROES, ONE AT ALL.

UH, WE JUST COMPLETED THE LAND OF FIRE STATION.

NUMBER FIVE, OUR FIREFIGHTERS MOVED IN, I BELIEVE ON DECEMBER 22ND.

UH, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THE NEXT PICTURE.

WE'LL SHOW YOU A FACTUAL FIRE DEPARTMENT.

UM, WE HAD AN ESTIMATED COST INITIALLY AT 5.2 MILLION.

WE CAME IN AT COST TO DATE AT 4.9 MILLION.

UH, WE ARE IN CLOSE OUT.

THAT MEANS JUST MEANS WE'RE JUST FINISHING UP ALL OF THE FINAL PAYMENTS.

WE COMPLETED IN DECEMBER, 2021.

WE NOW HAVE FAR STATION NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS A REBID.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, WE HAD TO REBID THIS ONE BECAUSE THE FIRST BID, THE, THE COST BECAME TOO GREAT DUE TO, UH, ESCALATION OF INFLATION IN BOTH OUR BITTERS DROPPED OUT.

SO IT FORCED US TO, INTO A REBID.

THIS IS FOR US, UM, ADDING IN DORMITORIES ONTO FAR STATION NUMBER TWO FOR THE EMS, AS WELL AS ADDING IN ANOTHER BAY FOR THE, UM, AMBULANCE TO BE AT THE SYSTEM SITE RIGHT NOW, THE ESTIMATED COST IS 2.2 MILLION.

AND TODAY WE SPEND 170,000 ON DESIGN.

WE HAVE GONE BACK INTO BED.

BIDS ARE DUE, UH, I BELIEVE APRIL 20TH.

AND SO WE'RE CROSSING OUR FINGERS.

IF WE GET THIS DONE ON THE FIRE STATION, NUMBER FIVE, I SEE THAT YOUR ESTIMATED COST IS A BIT HIGHER THAN YOUR COST TO DATE.

DO YOU ANTICIPATE MORE COSTS ONCE LIKE TO COMPLETE IT ALL THE WAY FROM CLOSEOUT OR ARE WE UNDER BUDGET? WE'RE UNDER BUDGET.

FABULOUS JOB.

THEN YOU CAN DEFINITELY FIGHT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THEY DID A GREAT JOB ON THAT ONE.

AND THIS IS FIRE STATION, NUMBER FIVE, FANTASTIC BUILDING.

IT REALLY COMPLIMENTS THE TREVISO AREA VERY WELL AND WE'VE HAD NOTHING BUT GREAT THINGS TO HEAR FROM THE TREVISO, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS SO FAR.

Y I APOLOGIZE, WATCH YOUR STEP THERE.

AND THAT'S WHY TONY GETS TO TALK ABOUT PROJECTS.

HE, HE CAN ELABORATE A LOT BETTER THAN I CAN.

UH, WHAT DO WE HAVE FOR NEXT STEPS FOR THE CIP PROGRAM? WE'LL, UH, WE'RE GOING TO UPDATE OUR BUDGETS FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

UM, AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO START PREPARING OUR BUDGETS FOR NEXT YEAR.

YEAH, 20, 23, I BELIEVE IN APRIL.

NOW WE BEGIN OUR INTERNAL WORKSHOPS.

YOU START ASSEMBLING THE, UH, THE DOCUMENT, THE CIP DOCUMENT THAT EVERYONE SEES DURING THE YEAR, THE BOOK, THE INFAMOUS OR FAMOUS BOOK, UM, WE'LL ALSO BE DISCUSSING AND PRIORITIZING WHAT THESE BID TERM OR SO ACCURATELY SHORT-TERM PROJECT WOULD BE FOR 20 23, 20 24.

AND THEN WE'LL START IDENTIFYING THOSE PROJECTS THAT YOU BEYOND THAT THREE YEAR PERIOD THAT MAKE THEM LONG-TERM AND START WORKING ON THOSE AS WELL.

UM, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT.

UM, UNLESS THERE'S A QUESTION FROM THE COUNCIL, THE CITY MANAGER HAS SOMETHING TO SAY.

THE ONLY THING I'D LIKE TO ADD IS I KNOW WHEN I ARRIVED, WE WERE DOING THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE SMALL TOWN APPROACH, WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE A FULL-TIME DEDICATED CIP MANAGER, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE SPECIFIC, UH, I GUESS LONG-TERM DEDICATED PROJECT MANAGERS AND WHAT, WHAT JORGE AND TONY ARE PUTTING TOGETHER IS SO WE CAN DO THE BIG BOY THING MOVING FORWARD.

AS WE GET CLOSER TO 100,000, 150, 200,000.

UM, THAT WAY WHEN WE GO TO BUILD THE, I KNOW BILLY JUST WENT THROUGH THIS ON A FIRE STATION AS A PROJECT MANAGER.

AND THEN I KNOW MARK WENT THROUGH IT AS A PROJECT MANAGER FOR, UH, LAKEWOOD PARK.

I DON'T KNOW IF GREG WANTS TO BUILD A, UH, POLICE STATION AS A PROJECT MANAGER.

SO I THINK THE NEXT STEP IN THE BUDGET WE WOULD ALSO BE LOOKING AT WOULD BE, UH, HOW MANY PROJECTS ARE YOU MANAGING RIGHT NOW, TONY, THE 30TH PROJECTS.

SO TO ADD PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, HE'S GOT ONE PROJECT IN THERE WITH, AND I KNOW HE IS WORKING WITH THE ENGINEERING CREW AND EVERYTHING, BUT THERE'S 800 SHEETS ON ONE PROJECT TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE.

SO THANK YOU ALL

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FOR THE FOUNDATIONS.

Y'ALL ARE LAYING RIGHT NOW FOR THE FUTURE OF THE CITY AND ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS.

ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? FABULOUS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

ITEM 17 HAS BEEN PULLED FROM CONSENT AND WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.

ITEM 19 HAS BEEN PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WILL BE BROUGHT BACK ON A FUTURE AGENDA CITY COUNCIL.

NOW CONSIDER CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 10 THROUGH 16, 18 AND 20 COUNCIL.

THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM, MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES

[17. Approval of amendment to Task Order KFA-56 with K Friese & Associates, Inc., for professional services for design of an additional, redundant treatment module at the Sandy Creek Water Treatment Plant (SCWTP), CIP Project W.69, in the amount of $491,483.00; and authorize the City Manager to execute any and all necessary documents. ]

UNANIMOUSLY, UM, ITEM NUMBER 17.

ME READ THAT ONE IN APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT TO TASK ORDER.

KFA FIVE SIX WITH AND ASSOCIATES INCORPORATED FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR DESIGN OF AN ADDITIONAL REDUNDANT TREATMENT MODULE AT THE SANDY CREEK WATER TREATMENT PLANT CIP PROJECT W SIX NINE IN THE AMOUNT OF $491,483 AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

COUNCILMEMBER QUINTILLION PARKER, YOU PULLED THIS ITEM.

DID YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? NO, I JUST FELT LIKE I'M JUST BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE SUBJECT AND THE FUNDING.

I JUST THOUGHT IT WARRANTED AT LEAST A DISCUSSION FOR CLARITY FOR EVERYONE.

ITEM 21 CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN RELATING TO POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF ROADWAY, IMPACT FEES, CITY ENGINEER, BLACK HEADER.

UH, THIS ITEM IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON AN AMENDMENT TO A T A CURRENT TASK ORDER WITH K FREEZE AND ASSOCIATES IT'S TASK ORDER 56.

UM, THAT TASK ORDER IS FOR THE SLUDGE PROCESSING IMPROVEMENTS AT SANDY CREEK PLANT, UM, INCLUDED IN THAT TA THE ORIGINAL TASK ORDER WAS THEIR PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF THIS REDUNDANT TRAIN AND THE FEASIBILITY OF IT.

SO WE WERE RECEIVED THEIR REPORT, UM, IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR AND THEY GAVE US, UM, OPTIONS ON HOW BEST TO ACCOMMODATE THE REDUNDANT TRAIN THAT WORKS WITH THE CURRENT SITE, AS WELL AS THE FUTURE SLED PROCESSING.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE PLANT HAS SIX TREATMENT UNITS, TWO MGD EACH, BUT THEY HAVE, UM, SOME EFFICIENCY IS LOST WHEN THEY DO FILTER BACK WASHES, UM, AND CLARIFIER CLARIFIER RINSES, UM, ABOUT EIGHT TO 12%.

SO THE SEVENTH MODULE WILL GIVE US, ALLOW US TO HAVE ALL SIX TRAINS GOING AT ONE TIME.

AND REALLY WITH THE SLUDGE PROCESSING, GET THE PLANT UP TO THE FULL 12 MGD, AS WELL AS GIVE US SOME, UH, REDUNDANCY WITH REPAIRS, MAINTENANCE, THAT KIND OF THING.

UM, THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MOTION TO APPROVE A SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THANK YOU.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY

[21. Conduct a Public Hearing on the Land Use Assumptions and Capital Improvements Plan relating to possible adoption of Roadway Impact Fees.]

WELCOME BACK.

JAKE IS BECOMING A REGULAR FIXTURE HERE IN CITY COUNCIL.

HE HAS BEEN AT THE PAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING AS WELL AS THE PAST PNZ MEETING.

AND THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING TO GO OVER THE BASIC ASSUMPTIONS THAT HAVE GONE INTO THE ROADWAY IMPACT FEES STUDY THUS FAR.

UH, ONCE WE GET DONE, THEN THE ACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.

WE'LL COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL AND DIRECTION ON HOW WE PROCEED FROM THIS POINT.

SO HE'S GOING TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND I'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AFTERWARD, IF NECESSARY.

UH, IT ALSO INCLUDES, UH, IN THE BACKUP MATERIALS, UM, THE CONVERSION RATES, UH, FOR, FOR ROADWAY IMPACT FEES FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS ON THE SERVICE UNITS AND WATER AND WASTEWATER.

UM, THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT.

I KNOW I'M GOING TO BE A BROKEN RECORD COMING UP HERE, BUT, UM, THIS IS PART OF THE STATE LAW PROCESS.

SO TONIGHT, UM, WE'RE HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT GO INTO THE ROADWAY, IMPACT FEES STUDY.

UM, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID A VOTE TO APPROVE THEM AND, UH, VOTED ON THAT BACK AT THEIR LAST MEETING.

UH, SO WE'RE BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO Y'ALL NOW, WHICH IS PART OF THE PROCESS.

UM, WHERE ARE WE AT IN THIS PROCESS? YOU MAY BE ASKING, UM, WE'RE AT THIS POINT, ONCE WE GET PAST THE ASSUMPTIONS PHASE, UH, WE CAN ACTUALLY MOVE INTO TALKING ABOUT FEES AND COLLECTION RATES AND OTHER POLICY TYPES OF DECISIONS THAT WOULD COME FROM THIS.

AND WE ARE MEETING WITH THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION REGULARLY AS THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THIS.

UM, SO WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO MEET WITH THEM ON ABOUT A MONTHLY BASIS FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

AND THEN THE HOPE IS TO BRING THIS BACK, UH, SOMETIME IN MAY IN JUNE, UH, IT'S A COUNCIL FOR ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN A POTENTIAL ORDINANCE, IF IT IS DESIRED TO BE, UH, ADOPTED SO QUICK OVERVIEW.

UM, THERE'S SEVERAL COMPONENTS TO THE STUDY, HOW THE THINGS THAT ARE COVERED IN TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING ARE THE ASTERISKS NEXT TO THEM, UH, WHICH IS THE SERVICE AREAS, UH, FOR OUR FEES CAN BE COLLECTED AND SPENT.

UM, IT'S INCLUDES THE GROWTH PROJECTIONS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS, WHICH ARE THE LANES ASSUMPTIONS.

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THAT'S A METER SIZE AND TRANSPORTATION IT'S BY EACH TYPE OF LAND USE BECAUSE IT'S MORE COMPLICATED.

UM, AND THEN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN INCLUDES ALL THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE NEEDED IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS, UH, IN THE FUTURE AT ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING, WE'LL ACTUALLY BRING BACK THE MAXIMUM FEES, UH, AS WELL AS POTENTIAL, UH, ORDINANCE POLICY FOR CONSIDERATION.

AND ONE THING I DO WANT TO NOTE WHEN WE DO COME BACK LATER ON WITH A POTENTIAL ORDINANCE, UH, THAT IS ALWAYS ADJUSTABLE, UH, IN THE FUTURE.

SO THERE'S DESIRE SEEMS THAT THERE'S NOT A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH THE COUNCIL CAN LOOK BACK AT THAT.

UM, THE SERVICE AREAS, WE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT THIS AT A JOINT COUNCIL AND P AND Z MEETING BACK IN OCTOBER.

UM, WHEN WE WENT BACK TO THE P AND Z GROUP, UH, THERE WAS A DESIRE TO LOOK AT ACTUALLY SEPARATING OUT AN AREA.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE HAD IN OCTOBER.

UM, THE THING THAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT ROADWAY IMPACT FEES IS THAT THEY'RE LIMITED TO A SIX MILE TRIP LENGTH, UH, IN THE CITY.

SO WE HAD TO BREAK UP THE CITY INTO AREAS AND WATER AND WASTEWATER.

IT CAN ACTUALLY EXTEND INTO THE ETJ FOR YOUR CCN COVERAGE AREAS.

UM, AND IN THIS CASE, WHAT'S IN RED TEXT, IS THAT ROADWAY IMPACT FEES IF THEY WERE ADOPTED, WOULD ONLY APPLY IN YOUR CITY LIMITS.

SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE SOMETHING ELSE IN PLACE THAN YOUR ETJ IF YOU WERE TO ADOPT THEM.

UM, THE AREA THAT I MENTIONED A SECOND AGO IS IN THE CENTER KIND OF, OF TOWN, UH, BETWEEN 1 93, 180 3, A, UH, AND HIRO WAY.

UH, THERE WAS A NEW AREA THAT WAS BROKEN OUT, UH, MAINLY BECAUSE IT HAD A DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTIC OF KIND OF LAND USE WITH, UH, THE NORTH LINE AND SOME OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE GOING IN THERE THAT ARE VERY HIGH DENSITY.

AND SO, UH, TO KIND OF NORMALIZE WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING THE MAXIMUM FEES TO COME OUT OF THE STUDY, UH, OF THE LANDING ASSUMPTIONS IN CIP OR APPROVED, UM, THAT THEY WOULD KIND OF HELP A LITTLE BIT ON THE POLICY SIDE IN TERMS OF THE, THE MAXIMUM FEES BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE UNIFORM OUTSIDE OF THAT AREA.

UH, JUST AS A REMINDER, UH, CIP IN THIS INSTANCE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS JUST PRESENTED, UH, IN, UH, SPECIFICALLY, UH, ROADWAY PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO INCREASE AUTOMOBILE CAPACITY.

SO YOU CAN INCLUDE THINGS LIKE STANDALONE SIDEWALK, PROJECTS, OR TRAILS OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

THAT'S NOT PART OF WHAT'S ALLOWABLE UNDER THE LAW.

UH, IT DOES INCLUDE COSTS FOR RIGHT OF WAY AND WHAT I CALL THE SOFT COSTS.

SO SURVEY ENGINEERING FEES, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP ON THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, UH, WHICH CAN ALSO BE CREDITED IF DEVELOPMENT WERE TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT COULD GET CREDITS FOR THIS STUFF, UM, THINGS THAT CANNOT BE INCLUDED AS STAFF TIME TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM.

THAT'S NOT ALLOWABLE BY LAW.

UH, IT'S ALSO NOT ALLOWED TO BE USED ON MAINTENANCE PROJECTS.

SO IT HAS TO BE ONLY ON CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR SERVING NEW, UH, GROWTH IN DEMAND ON YOUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.

UH, SO I'LL DO A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE CONTENTS.

THAT'S MUCH BRIEFER THAN THE BACKUP APOLOGIES FOR THE LENGTH OF THAT.

IT'S, IT'S VERY DETAILED.

UM, BUT IN SHORT, UH, THIS IS A TABLE OF WHAT'S EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.

THIS IS BASED ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AS WELL AS THE WATER AND WASTEWATER STUDY THAT WAS RECENTLY DONE IN LEANDER.

UH, BUT BASICALLY WHAT IS PROJECTED IS JUST UNDER 30,000 RESIDENTIAL UNITS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS, WHICH IS A SUBSTANTIAL, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S MORE THAN DOUBLING, UH, APPROXIMATELY THE SIZE OF THE CITY, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH OTHER STUDIES.

UH, AND THEN WE DID BREAK THAT OUT INTO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, AND MULTI-FAMILY THERE'S MOST OF THESE UNITS IN THE MULTI-FAMILY ARE ALREADY, UH, IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OR HAVE PLOTS OF PERIOD, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THIS DOES INCLUDE THOSE AND CONSIDER THEM, UH, BUT THAT'S ABOUT, UH, THREE COMPLEXES PER YEAR ON AVERAGE, WHICH IS, UM, ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BASED ON BUILDING PERMIT HISTORY.

UH, THIS IS A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THAT.

SO IF YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THINGS ARE, UH, YOU WILL SEE THAT IN THAT REALLY TINY AREA.

AND HE, UH, THIS WAS PART OF THE REASON FOR BREAKING IT OUT IS THAT, UM, ALMOST 5,000 DWELLING UNITS IN TWO AND A HALF MILLION SQUARE FEET OF RESIDENTIAL, UH, IS ALMOST AS BIG AS A, B AND C AROUND IT IN TERMS OF THE DENSITY AND THE AMOUNT OF STUFF HAPPENING.

SO THAT'S PART OF WHY IT WAS BROKEN OUT.

UH, THERE'S A BUNCH OF DETAILED COSTING SHEETS IN THE STUDY IN THE BACK.

I WON'T GO INTO ALL THE DETAIL ON THAT.

ONE THING I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THOUGH, IS THAT IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE COST OF THINGS LIKE UPSIZING OR RELOCATION OF NEW UTILITIES, KIND OF LIKE THE PROJECT THAT WAS JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT WAS REALLY EXPENSIVE, UH, OVER AT RAIDER WAY.

AND WOODWAY, IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THOSE COSTS BECAUSE THOSE HAVE TO COME FROM THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER.

SO THIS IS SPECIFICALLY JUST THE ROADWAY COSTS THEMSELVES AND LANE ACQUISITION ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

THIS IS A LOT OF NUMBERS I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO, TO, TO, UM, NECESSARILY, UH, GO THROUGH ALL OF IT.

BUT BASICALLY WHAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AS PART OF THE PROCESS OF THE CIP DEVELOPMENT IS WE ARE LOOKING AT THE COST ATTRIBUTABLE TO THAT GROWTH THAT WAS ON THE OTHER CHART.

AND SO WE GO THROUGH QUITE A FEW STEPS ON THAT.

AND A COUPLE OF THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT HERE IS THE COST TO MEET EXISTING NEEDS AND USAGE.

SO THAT IS THE, UM, FOLKS THAT ARE ON THE ROADS TODAY.

IF YOU HAVE A TWO LANE ROAD AND IT'S BEING WIDENED, THE FOUR LANES, WE CAN'T CHARGE THE NEW GROWTH FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE ROAD.

SO WE'RE ACTUALLY CUTTING OUT COSTS FOR THAT.

UM, WE'RE ALSO, UH, LOOKING AT THE, UH, HOW MUCH OF THE ROADWAYS ARE ACTUALLY NEEDED, UH, IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS.

SO WE CAP, WE CAP IT BACK ON THAT.

SO THERE'S EXCESS CAPACITY, WE'RE NOT CHARGING FOR THAT.

UH, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO, UM,

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GETTING CREDITS FOR PREVIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS FROM DEVELOPMENT THAT ARE IN, IN THE CITY'S COFFERS TO PAY FOR THINGS.

SO WE'RE DISCOUNTING THAT OUT AS WELL AS PART OF THIS PROCESS.

UH, AND SO WITH THAT, TRYING TO BE BRIEF, UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS PER THE LAW, UH, WHERE THE RESOLUTION TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE THESE, UH, BUT I'M OPEN TONIGHT FOR QUESTIONS AND OBVIOUSLY THE HOLDING THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND WITH THAT, I'M FINISHED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

UM, I WILL CALL ON ANYBODY WHO SUBMITTED CARDS, BUT NOBODY SUBMITTED ANY CARDS ON THIS ONE.

UM, IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT.

PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

DID, DID I HEAR YOU SAY THAT YOU'RE THE PROJECTION, A PROJECTION FOR THE RESIDENTIAL TO DOUBLE OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS? CORRECT.

AND THAT IS BASED ON RECENT YEARS GROWTH.

UH, IT'S REASON TO USE GROWTH, BUT IT'S REALLY BASED ON THE PROJECTIONS FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AS WELL AS THE WATER AND WASTEWATER STUDIES IN TERMS OF UTILITIES.

THEY ALSO WENT THROUGH A DETAILED ANALYSIS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS, AND WE TRIED TO ALIGN WHERE THEIR PROJECTIONS OKAY.

AND THAT'S TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION WHERE WE ARE NOW VERSUS THE PROJECTIONS FROM THE 2020, CORRECT.

AND ARE YOU WORKING WITH HBA AND SOME OF THESE NUMBERS AND, YEAH, SO, SO WE ACTUALLY DID HAVE A STAKEHOLDER MEETING IN THESE CHAMBERS LAST WEEK.

WE DID HAVE THE LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE FROM, FROM HBA WAS PRESENT AT THAT MEETING AS WELL AS ROUGHLY 20 TO 30 DEVELOPERS WITHIN THE AREA.

SO WE ARE TRYING TO ACTIVELY REACH OUT AND TALK TO THEM AND GET THEM ENGAGED EARLY AND OFTEN IN THIS PROCESS.

MOVING ON TO OUR ACTION PUBLIC HEARINGS, ITEM 22 CONDUCT, A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING SUBDIVISION CASE 21, CPA 0 1 3 TO ADOPT THE MASON TRACT CONCEPT PLAN ON ONE PARCEL OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 111.17 ACRES PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY WILLIAMSON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT IS PARCEL R 0 3 2 1 1 2, GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF COUNTY ROAD, 1 75 AND COUNTY ROAD, 1 77, LEANDRA WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF VELVET SERVICES.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNSEL? ALRIGHT.

UM, MS. CRABTREE, THIS IS NO ACTION.

SO DO WE JUST MOVE ON? OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[22. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Subdivision Case 21-CP-013 to adopt the Mason Tract Concept Plan on one parcel of land approximately 111.17 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R032112; generally located at the northwest corner of CR 175 and CR 177, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Subdivision Case 21-CP-013 as described above. ]

GRIFFIN GOOD EVENING.

UM, SO THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE MASON TRACT CONCEPT PLAN.

UM, THE COUNCIL DID REVIEW THIS, UH, ZONING REQUEST IN OCTOBER OF 2021.

UM, AND THIS REQUEST WAS ALSO REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION LAST WEEK.

UM, THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST APPLICATION WHERE THEY'RE APPLYING PHASING.

THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH THAT REQUIREMENT.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL DURING THEIR MEETING.

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

THERE'S NO APPLICANT PRESENTATION.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, JUST QUESTIONS.

PASSES, UNANIMOUSLY ITEM 23 CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING SUBDIVISION CASE 21 T O D C P 0 0 4.

THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

NOBODY HAS SUBMITTED CARS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

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

WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO ACTION REGARDING SUBDIVISION CASE 21, CPA 0 1, 3 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR

[23. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Subdivision Case 21-TOD-CP-004 to adopt the Leander Springs Concept Plan and Subdivision Case 21-TOD-PP-006 to approve the Leander Springs Preliminary Plat on two parcels of land approximately 77.939 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R403524 and R05159; generally located to the southwest of the intersection of RM 2243 and 183A Toll Road, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Subdivision Case 21-TOD-CP-004 and 21-TOD-PP-006 as described above. ]

TO ADOPT THE LANDER SPRINGS CONCEPT PLAN AND SUBDIVISION CASE 21 T O D P P.

ZEROS ARE SIX TO APPROVE THE LANDER SPRINGS PRELIMINARY PLAT ON TWO PARCELS OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 77.939 ACRES PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE.

MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY WILLIAMSON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT PARCELS ARE 4 0 3 5 2 4 AND OUR 0 5 1 5 9, GENERALLY LOCATED TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF RM 2243 AND 180 3, A TOLL ROAD, LANDER WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

GRIFFIN, WELCOME BACK.

UM, SO THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE LANDER SPRINGS CONCEPT PLAN AND PRELIMINARY PLAT.

UM, THIS ZONING CASE WAS APPROVED IN FEBRUARY OF 2021.

SO THIS WILL BE THE FIRST AND SECOND STEPS OF THE SUBDIVISION PROCESS.

THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THEIR PHASING PLAN.

THAT WAS PART OF THE ZONING.

UM, THIS WAS REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DINNER DURING THEIR MEETING ON MARCH 10TH.

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

YEAH, I HAVE A MOTION, BUT I CAN, CAN YOU JUST GO OVER THE, I KNOW THIS WAS COVERED BEFORE, BUT FOR ANYBODY THAT'S WATCHING JUST THE PHASING FOR THE 1600 JUST QUICKLY JUST CONFIRM.

THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

NOBODY HAS SUBMITTED A CARD TO SPEAK.

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

PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE ACTION REGARDING SUBDIVISION CASE 21 T O D C P 0 0 4 AND SUBDIVISION CASE 21 T O D P P 0 0 6 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY COUNSEL.

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SO, UM, WITH THE FIRST PHASE, THEY'RE LIMITED TO 400 MULTI-FAMILY UNITS.

UM, DURING THE SECOND PHASE, THEY CAN HAVE 250 MULTIFAMILY UNITS.

AND THEN BY THE THIRD PHASE, UM, THEY CAN HAVE ANOTHER 250 WITH A MAXIMUM OF 1200 UP TO THAT PHASE.

THEN AFTER 10 YEARS AS PART OF THE FOURTH PHASE, THAT'S WHEN THEY CAN GET THE LAST 400 UNITS.

AND THAT'S ALL AFTER THE LAGOON.

THAT'S CORRECT.

THE LAGOON IS STEP ONE.

SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

PASSAGING ANIMACY DO YOU HAVE TIME FOR, DO YOU WANT ME TO DO IT?

[25. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Comprehensive Plan Case 22-CPA-001 to amend the Comprehensive Plan land use category from Employment Center to Activity Center; and consider action regarding Zoning Case 21-Z-044 to amend the current zoning of Interim SFS-2-B (Single-Family Suburban) and Interim SFR-1-B (Single-Family Rural) to SFT-2-B (Single-Family Townhouse) and GC-2-B (General Commercial) on five parcels of land approximately 56.785 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R031298, R031398, R473651, R473652, and R031397; and generally located west of Ronald W. Reagan Boulevard and north of RM 2243, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Comprehensive Plan Case 21-CPA-006 as described above. Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case 21-Z-044 as described above.]

UH, IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS COUNSEL, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 25 CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CASE 22 CPA 0 0 1.

TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE CATEGORY FROM EMPLOYMENT CENTER TO ACTIVITY CENTER AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE 21 0 4 4 TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF INTERIM SFS TO BE SINGLE FAMILY SUBURBAN AND INTERIM SFR, ONE B SINGLE FAMILY, RURAL TO SFT TO BE SINGLE FAMILY TOWNHOUSE, AND TO BE GENERAL COMMERCIAL ON FIVE PARCELS OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 56.785 ACRES PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY WILLIAMSON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT AS PARCELS ARE 0 3 1 2 9 8 0 3 1 3 9 8 ARE 4 7 3 6 5.

ONE ARE 4 7 3 6 5 2 AND OUR 0 3 1 3 9 7 AND GENERALLY LOCATED WEST OF RONALD W. REAGAN BOULEVARD AND NORTH OF RM 2243, LEANDER WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GRIFFIN, GOOD EVENING.

SO THIS IS THE, UM, PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ZONING CASE LOCATED TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF HERO WAY AND RONALD REAGAN BOULEVARD.

UM, THIS REQUEST INCLUDES BOTH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS WELL AS THE ZONING CHANGE.

UM, AND THE C THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT IS FOCUSED ON THIS CORNER DOWN HERE.

THIS IS EMPLOYMENT CENTERS THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING TO CHANGE THAT TO ACTIVITY CENTER, TO SUPPORT THE TOWNHOUSE TOWNHOME USES.

AND THEN THEY'RE PROPOSING TO REZONE THIS TOP PIECE UP HERE TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL, AND THEN THE REMAINDER OF THE TRACT THEY'RE PROPOSING FOR TOWNHOUSES.

UM, THIS WAS REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DURING THEIR MEETING LAST WEEK.

AND THE COMMISSION DID VOTE TO APPROVE THE REQUESTS WITH A SIX TO ONE VOTE.

UM, STAFF DID HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE REQUEST.

UM, WE DID A REVIEW OF THE TOWNHOUSE PRODUCT WITHIN THE CITY OF LEANDER, AND WE FOUND THAT ON AVERAGE, THEY'RE RANGING FROM ABOUT 12 ACRES IN SIZE AND INCLUDE 30 TO 90 UNITS, UM, IN A PROJECT.

AND THIS ONE IS ABOUT 34 ACRES IN SIZE AND WOULD HAVE ABOUT 350 UNITS.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIGGER THAN WHAT WE'RE USED TO SEEING.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE LOCATION OF THE TOWNHOUSES ADJACENT TO THE COLLECTOR.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, UM, 250 UNITS THAT LINE, A COLLECTOR ROADWAY, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE TYPICALLY DISCOURAGE.

AND THEN OUR OTHER CONCERN WAS THE SEGREGATION OF THE LAND USES.

SO RIGHT NOW YOU'RE GOING TO ADD TOWNHOMES ALONG A COLLECTOR THAT ARE ADJACENT TO AN ACTIVITY CENTER IN BETWEEN AN EMPLOYMENT CENTER.

SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHEN YOU GET THE EMPLOYMENT CENTER DEVELOPMENT, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE ADDED SETBACKS AND ADDED SCREENING, CAUSE THERE'LL BE ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL.

UM, AND THAT'S IT FOR MY PIECE.

I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AFTER THE HEARING AND THE APPLICANTS HERE FOR PRESENTATION.

WITH THAT, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

NOBODY HAS SUBMITTED CARS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISH TO SPEAK? OKAY, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

UH, MY NAME IS JAMES LARSON.

MY ADDRESS IS CURRENTLY 8 40 0 HILARY ROSE DRIVE.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE POINT, UM, REGARDING, YOU KNOW, HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING.

UM, IT, IT SEEMS IN THIS CITY IN PARTICULAR, THERE DOES SEEM TO BE SOME IMMEDIATE, YOU KNOW, OBJECTION FROM SOME, WHENEVER WE DISCUSS APARTMENTS OR HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING, I, I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE COMMENT THAT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO, UM, CONSIDER EVERYTHING CLOSELY, CONSIDER OUR NEEDS.

I KNOW I HAVE KIDS RIGHT NOW.

THEY'RE YOUNG.

EVENTUALLY THEY'RE GOING TO NEED A PLACE TO LIVE UP AN APARTMENT, YOU KNOW, UNLESS THEY LIVE AT HOME, ET CETERA, YOU KNOW? UM, BUT WE'VE GOT TO THINK LONG TERM, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW WE ALL ENJOY LIVING IN OUR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

I'M BUILDING ONE RIGHT NOW, UM, UP IN YOUR BRICK AREA, I'M EXCITED TO MOVE INTO THAT.

IT'S A NICE LARGE HOME, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, FORTUNATELY I CAN AFFORD THAT, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO IT'S JUST NOT ME THAT TO BE MINDFUL OF, UM, WHEN WE'RE DISCUSSING THESE, THESE ZONING REQUESTING SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, MR. LARSON, PLEASE FILL OUT A COMMENT CARD AND GIVE IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY.

WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK?

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PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE ACTION REGARDING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CASE 21, CPA 0, 0 6 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE A SECOND.

THAT'S FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHERE THEY DO THEM SEPARATELY.

JUST THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR IT.

WE HAVE TO DO ONE AT A TIME.

WHAT'S THAT? WITH THE, DOING ONE AT A TIME? YEP.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SEAN MADE THE MOTION.

OPPOSED PASSES FIVE TO TWO.

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

ALL, UH, ANY DISCUSSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

OPPOSED PASSES SIX TO ONE.

[24. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Subdivision Case 21-CP-015 to adopt the Gateway 29 Concept Plan on nine parcels of land approximately 31.92 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R319215, R403523, R418530, R464196, R534763 - R534766, and R620027; generally located at the southwest corner of SH 29 and Ronald W. Reagan Boulevard, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Subdivision Case 21-CP-015 as described above. ]

WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE BACK TO ITEM NUMBER 24 CONDUCTED.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING SUBDIVISION CASE 21, CPA 0 1 5 TO ADOPT THE GATEWAY 29 CONCEPT PLAN ON NINE PARCELS OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 31.92 ACRES PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE.

MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY WILLIAMSON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT AS PARCELS ARE 3 1 9 2 1 5 ARE 4 0 3 5 2 3 ARE 4 1 8 5 3 0 4 6 4 1 9 6 ARE 5 3, 4 7 6 3 ARE 5 3, 4 7 6 6.

AND OUR 6 2 0 0 2 7.

GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF 29 AND RONALD REAGAN BOULEVARD, LAND OR WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

GRIFFIN.

THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE GATEWAY 29 CONCEPT PLAN.

UM, THE ZONING REQUEST FOR THIS PROPERTY WAS APPROVED IN JULY OF 2021.

UM, THIS CONCEPT PLAN IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PHASING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT ZONING.

UM, THE PROPOSAL INCLUDES 17.69 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL AND 14.23 ACRES OF MULTI-FAMILY.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REVIEWED THE REQUEST, UH, DURING THE MARCH 10TH MEETING AND UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.

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

ITEM 26, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON NAMING A PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT LEASED FACILITY AS THE LANDER ACTIVITY CENTER PARKS DIRECTOR TIMMINS.

NOBODY HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS.

IS THERE ANY, UH, ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

ALL RIGHT, THERE ARE NONE.

SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE ACTION REGARDING SUBDIVISION CASE 21, CPS 0 1 5 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES, UNANIMOUSLY

[26. Discuss and consider action on naming a Parks and Recreation Department leased facility as the Leander Activity Center.]

ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL.

UM, BEFORE WE GET STARTED ON THE NAMING PROCESS, WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF BACKGROUND, UM, AND TO TOUCH ON WHAT MARK MENTIONED EARLIER, THE DEMAND FOR PARKS AND RECREATION, PROGRAMMING OPPORTUNITIES, AS WELL AS THE ACTIVE ADULT PROGRAMS LED US TO THIS OPPORTUNITY TODAY.

UM, THE DEMAND IS SIMPLY OUTPACING OUR EXISTING CAPABILITIES.

WE'RE CURRENTLY USING THE MASON HOMESTEAD AND THE PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNEX TO HOST EVENTS AND PROGRAMS. AND YOU CAN SEE SOME NUMBERS HERE.

THE CURRENT ACTIVE ADULT MEMBERSHIP, THE NUMBER 52 WAS IN 2019, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY AT 231 MEMBERS.

AND THEN SUMMER CAMP PARTICIPANTS.

LAST SUMMER, WE MAX OUT WITH 116 PARTICIPANTS IN OUR SUMMER CAMPS.

UM, WITH THIS NEW FACILITY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO HOST 1700 KIDS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.

AND THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE, BUT ANOTHER EXAMPLE WOULD BE OUR PANCAKES AND PJ'S EVENT.

UM, JUST TO KIND OF BRING IT INTO PERSPECTIVE.

LAST YEAR, WE SOLD OUT WITH A HUNDRED PEOPLE IN EACH SEATING.

WE HAD INCLEMENT WEATHER.

AND SO WE HAD TO USE, UTILIZE THE LIBRARY FOR PEOPLE TO SIT AND EAT PANCAKES, WHICH IS NOT CONDUCIVE.

UM, BUT OVERALL, WE WILL BE BETTER EQUIPPED TO SERVE OUR MISSION WITH THIS NEW FACILITY.

THIS SPACE IS CAPITAL OFFICE PARK, SUITE 600.

UH, MOST RECENTLY HOUSED THE HILL COUNTRY BIBLE CHURCH.

IT IS 14,400 SQUARE FEET FEATURES AN OFFICE SUITE WITH FIVE OFFICES, A CONFERENCE SPACE, AND THOSE FIVE STAFF MEMBERS MOVING OVER WOULD BE THE PARKS AND RECREATION MANAGER, OUR RECREATION SUPERVISOR, OUR ACTIVE ADULT PROGRAM, SUPERVISOR, OUR ATHLETIC COORDINATOR AND OUR SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR.

THE SPACE ALSO HAS TWO LARGE MULTIPURPOSE ROOMS, A LARGE HALL FOR EVENTS, A KITCHENETTE AND PLENTY OF STORAGE AND THE CONTRACT.

UM, OUR, SORRY, I WANTED TO TOUCH BASE

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ON PARKING.

THERE'S 55 PARKING SPACES DEDICATED TO THIS SPACE WITH AN ADDITIONAL 86 FOR OVERFLOW, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO ACCOMMODATE VERY LARGE EVENTS.

UH, THE LEASE CONTRACT WILL BE FOR THREE YEARS, SUBJECT TO OUR ANNUAL BUDGET APPROPRIATION WITH AN OPTION TO RENEW FOR TWO YEARS.

IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THE BUILDING WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR PRIVATE RENTALS.

SO IT WILL JUST HOUSE CITY HOSTED EVENTS.

AND IT DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE AUDIO AND VISUAL CAPABILITIES.

SO WE ALL KNEW, UH, HILL COUNTRY, BIBLE CHURCH HAD A GREAT PRODUCTION VALUE, BUT THEY TOOK ALL OF THAT WITH THEM.

SO WE WILL NOT HAVE THAT, BUT WE WILL AND ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON, UM, COSTS FOR THIS TO BRING TO YOU IN THIS NEXT BUDGET YEAR IN CASE WE DO WANT TO GO THAT ROUTE.

UM, ALL RIGHT.

SO HERE WE GET TO THE NAME LEANDER ACTIVITY CENTER.

THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD WAS PRESENTED WITH NAMING OPTIONS AT THEIR MEETING ON TUESDAY, MARCH 8TH, THE BOARD SELECTED THE NAME LEANDER ACTIVITY CENTER.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT A FEW KEY POINTS THAT WHAT GOT THEM THERE.

UM, THE NAMES SHOULD BE GENERAL IN NATURE AND COVER THE VARIETY OF PROGRAMS THAT WILL BE OFFERED WITHIN THE FACILITY.

UH, THE NAME SHOULD ALSO BE EASILY IDENTIFIABLE AS A CITY RUN FACILITY.

THE NAME WILL BE TEMPORARY AND IT SHOULD NOT BE INSINUATED THAT IT WILL TRANSFER TO ANY FUTURE FACILITIES SUCH AS THE SENIOR CENTER OR THE FUTURE RECREATION CENTER.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE BUILDING IS A YOUTH ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS SUCH AS SUMMER CAMPS.

CURRENTLY WE HAVE 29 SUMMER CAMP SESSIONS SCHEDULED, UH, LEGO CAMP, KENDRA DANCE CAMP, AND CAMP CURIOSITY.

WE ALREADY HAVE, UH, 30 KIDS REGISTERED.

WE JUST RELEASED THAT ON FRIDAY AND THAT'S WITHOUT ANY PROMOTION OR MARKETING.

UM, AND WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON PROGRAMMING, ADDITIONAL CAMPS AS WE SPEAK, BUT THEY ARE ALL UP ONLINE.

SO ANYBODY INTERESTED COULD GO TO LEANDER, TX.GOV FORWARD SLASH FUN TO SIGN UP.

IN ADDITION, OUR ACTIVE ADULT PROGRAM, WE'LL BE MOVING OVER BEGINNING MONDAY, APRIL 11TH.

MOST ALL OF OUR ACTIVE ADULT PROGRAMS WILL GO INTO THE NEW FACILITY.

I SAY MOST BECAUSE WE DO UTILIZE THE PARK SYSTEM TO HOST A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS, UM, WHEN THERE'S NICE WEATHER AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

SOME OTHER CONTRACT INSTRUCTORS AND PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH.

UH, HERE'S JUST A FEW, BUT, UM, WE'RE FOCUSING ON QUALITY PROGRAMS. AND AS WE MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, UH, UTILIZING CONTRACTORS TO COME IN AND TEACH THESE PROGRAMS. SO YOU'LL SEE THINGS LIKE AMAZING ATHLETES, STICKY FINGERS, COOKING, SOCCER, SHOTS, ZOOMBA, AND HIGH FITNESS, SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE AND TEEN PROGRAMMING.

WE WILL ALSO BE ADDING TEEN PROGRAMMING AND TO THE FACILITY.

UM, BUT WE WANT TO START WITH A FOCUS GROUP BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE TEENS WILL BE ABLE TO TELL US WHAT THEY WANT IN THE FACILITY.

SO WE ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR TEENS AGES 13 TO 17, WHO ARE INTERESTED IN SHARING IDEAS AND INPUTS, UH, FOR THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO SEE IN THE BUILDING.

LEAH ANDERSON IS OUR PARKS AND RECREATION MANAGER AND HER INFORMATION IS UP THERE.

WE WILL ALSO BE REACHING OUT TO, UH, LEANDER ISD TO THE SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS HOMESCHOOL GROUPS TO SEEK PARTICIPANTS THAT WANT TO JOIN AND GIVE US SOME INPUT.

AND WHAT'S NEXT.

UM, SO HERE'S A BRIEF TIMELINE.

CURRENTLY THIS WEEK, OUR PARK OPERATIONS TEAM HAS BEEN IN THE BUILDING PAINTING, UM, AND GETTING IT READY FOR US TO MOVE IN.

STAFF WILL START MOVING IN ON MARCH 21ST.

THAT'S MONDAY.

UH, WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR CUSTODIAL CONTRACT TO COME IN AND HELP US DO A DEEP CLEANING OF THE FACILITY AS WELL AS OUR IT DEPARTMENT COMING IN AND HELPING US SECURE THE NETWORK.

MARCH 28TH THROUGH APRIL 8TH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO CONTRACT INSTRUCTORS WILL BE PREPARING FUTURE BUDGET NEEDS SUCH AS THE AUDIO VISUAL THAT I MENTIONED.

I'M WORKING ON BUILDING SIGNAGE AND THEN FINALIZING THAT TEEN FOCUS GROUP AND DETAILS FOR OUR GRAND OPENING.

APRIL 9TH IS THE GRAND OPENING AND OPEN HOUSE.

APRIL 11TH PROGRAMS WILL COMMENCE IN THE FACILITY.

AND THEN JUNE SIX IS THE START OF ALL OF OUR SUMMER CAMPS.

THE GRAND OPENING AND OPEN HOUSE WILL BE APRIL 9TH FROM ONE TO FOUR.

WE'RE GOING TO DO A RIBBON CUTTING.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE, SO ANYBODY CAN COME AND TOUR THE FACILITY AND CHECK IT OUT.

WE'LL ALSO HAVE ALL OF OUR INSTRUCTORS ONSITE DOING DEMONSTRATIONS.

SO 20 TO 30 MINUTE DEMONSTRATIONS OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'LL BE OFFERING.

AND THEN THEY'LL ALSO HAVE LIKE VENDORS SET UP SO THAT YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS OR ASK ABOUT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY HAVE AND A FULL SCHEDULE BECOMING SOON ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

I DO HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

I KNOW MR. THOMAS WALKS FROM THE OFFICE NOW OVER HERE WHEN HE NEEDS TO, OR ARE YOU GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT? YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKAY.

WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN? AND I, THIS IS NOT RELATIVE TO THE NAMING.

I THINK HE WOULD ENJOY THOSE EXTRA STEPS WORRIED ABOUT YOU.

UM, BUT NO, SERIOUSLY.

CAN, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE WHERE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE MEMBERSHIPS?

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I JUST, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.

YEAH, YOU, YEAH.

YOU JUST HAD, IT WAS THE VERY FIRST PAGE MEMBERSHIP.

SO WHAT IS, WHAT IS A MEMBERSHIP? THE ACTIVE ADULT MEMBERSHIP.

UH, CURRENTLY WHAT WE ARE DOING IS WE'RE HAVING ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY SIGN UP FOR 55 AND OLDER SIGN UP FOR A MEMBERSHIP.

UM, ALL OF OUR ACTIVE ADULT PROGRAMS ARE FREE WITH THE FREE MEMBERSHIP.

IT HELPS US TRACK WHO'S PARTICIPATING IN THOSE PROGRAMS AND HELPS THEM REGISTER IN OUR SYSTEM.

SO THEY DON'T JUST SHOW UP THE DAY OF, UM, THESE ARE JUST REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS, NOT, NOT NECESSARILY A PAID MEMBERSHIP, CORRECT.

NOT A PAID MEMBERSHIP.

I DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS A FACE.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS NO CHARGE FOR THAT.

ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK MEMBERSHIP IS A LITTLE MISLEADING, BUT THERE IS NO COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT AT THIS TIME.

SO ARE THEY ACTIVE MEMBERS OR DID THEY JUST SIGN UP AND NEVER SHOW UP? THEY ARE ACTIVE, ACTIVE ADULT MEMBERS.

YES MA'AM YES.

WE HAVE A FEW THAT ARE MORE ACTIVE THAT COME TO MOST EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.

AND THEN A FEW THAT COME IN ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH ON PROGRAMS. OKAY.

AND THE SUMMER CAMPS WILL HAVE FEES.

YES MA'AM.

THEY WILL HAVE A VARIETY OF CAMPS FROM ALL DAY CAMPS TO HALF DAY CAMPS.

SO THE FEES VARY BASED ON HOW LONG THEY ARE.

THANK YOU FOR ALL.

THIS IS SO EXCITING AND THANKS FOR ALL THE GOOD WORK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE.

SO YOU NEED ACTION ON THIS FOR APPROVING THE NAME.

OH, QUESTION OUTSTANDING.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE NICK.

DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? I THOUGHT, OH, DID YOU SAY EARLIER? OKAY.

I ACTUALLY DO HAVE ONE THAT 1780 OF THE KIDDOS THAT YOU THINK Y'ALL WILL BE ABLE TO CULMINATE THIS SUMMER ARE Y'ALL ANTICIPATING MAXING THAT OUT.

ABSOLUTELY.

I FIGURED, I MEAN, I REMEMBER THE DAYS OF LOOKING FOR SUMMER CAMPS, SO I JUST THINK THIS IS FABULOUS FROM A PARENT OF FORMER LITTLES.

THIS IS GREAT.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND CAN WE SEE THE, UH, THE TIMES FOR THE OPEN HOUSE AGAIN? IT WAS ONE TO FOUR, YES.

ONE TO FOUR.

UM, SO ONE O'CLOCK WE'LL DO THE RIBBON CUTTING.

AND THEN AFTER THAT WE'LL HAVE OPEN HOUSE, THE REST OF THEM, THE DAY I'M TOLD FOR THAT IS THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD? MOTION TO APPROVE A SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

Y'ALL HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB.

MOVING ON TO ITEM 27, RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE TRANSIT SERVICE OPTIONS.

[27. Receive an update on possible alternative transit service options.]

UH, WE DO HAVE TWO CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THEM UP.

FIRST IS A LINE OF BOZEK.

I'M SO SORRY IF I PUT YOU THAT, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

MY NAME IS AMINA BOZIC AND I'D LIKE TO LIKE THE GENTLEMEN EARLIER DECLINED TO GIVE MY ADDRESS FOR SAFETY AND PRIVACY PURPOSES.

UM, SO I DO LIVE IN THE ANDREW, BUT I'M OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS.

SO I WILL NOT BE AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE IN THE SPECIAL ELECTION IN MAY.

SO I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE DATA AND THE GOODMAN ANALYSIS, UH, THAT THE GOODMAN ANALYSIS BASED ITS FINDINGS UPON AN ASSERT THAT THE ANALYSIS WAS REMISSED TO NOT HAVE BEEN AT BASED UPON PRE PANDEMIC RIDERSHIP NUMBERS, AND THAT IT DID NOT FACTOR IN PROJECT CONNECT.

IT WOULD BE PREFERABLE TO HAVE HAD AN ANALYSIS CONDUCTED, WHICH ADDRESSES THESE ITEMS AND COULD HAVE BETTER HELPED CONSTITUENTS TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS, DECIDING WHAT IS BEST FOR THE FUTURE OF LANDER.

THE ALTERNATIVES PROPOSED ARE RUSHED AND FAILED TO ADDRESS THE IMMEDIATE VIABLE OPTIONS THAT WILL BE NECESSARY FOR PEOPLE THAT DEPEND ON THE TRAIN AND THEIR DAY-TO-DAY LIVES.

YESTERDAY.

SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION CAME DOWN AND STATED THAT WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED.

AND IF THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION BELIEVES IN PROJECT CONNECT, I BELIEVE THAT LEANDER SHOULD TOO.

NEXT IS JAMES LARSON.

GOOD EVENING, MR. LARSON, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

UM, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO FIND ALTERNATIVES.

MY NAME IS JAMES LARSON.

MY ADDRESS IS CURRENTLY 8 40 0.

HILLGROVE STRIVE IN LEANDER, TEXAS.

UM, I'VE SPOKEN, UM, THIS SUBJECT BEFORE IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR IN JANUARY EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND I KNOW IT'S A DIFFICULT SUBJECT FOR ALL OF US.

UM, IT'S ONE, THAT'S DEFINITELY BEEN A SOURCE OF, OF CONTENTION EVEN, AND A LOT OF DEBATE AND CONTROVERSY, ET CETERA, HERE IN THE CITY.

AND HOPEFULLY IT CAN BE ONE THAT BRINGS US ALL TOGETHER.

UM, AS LEANDRA WRITES THAT WE CAN BE UNIFIED IN OUR APPROACH TO A CIVIL DIALOGUE ON THIS SUBJECT.

UM, I WANTED TO SAY THAT I WISH YOU THE VERY BEST IN THE COURSE OF THIS DISCUSSION.

I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOME SORT OF ALTERNATIVE IN PLACE TO FALL BACK ON IN THE EVENT THAT, UM, THE VOTE ON PROPOSITION, UM, A, UM, YOU KNOW, IT ENDS UP BEING NO.

UM, UM, AND I'M, I'M SPEAKING TO MY PERSONAL CAPACITY AS A, AS A CITIZEN, UM, ON THIS,

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I WISH THAT WE'D STARTED LOOKING A LOT LONGER OR A LOT EARLIER THAN THIS.

I'M REALLY, REALLY SAD THAT WE'RE IN THIS SITUATION THAT WE ARE.

UM, AND, UM, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONSIDER THAT, YOU KNOW, THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES THAT YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, I CERTAINLY HOPE IT DOESN'T COME TO THAT, BUT I, I WISH YOU THE VERY BEST AND IN THE SITUATION THAT, THAT, UH, YOU'RE DEALT WITH THERE, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A FEW THINGS FROM, UM, FROM CAP METRO FROM THEIR REPORT.

UM, THEY INDICATED, UM, SOME THINGS THAT WERE INTERESTING, THEY SAID THAT SERVICE PROPOSALS MAY NOT BE VIABLE OPTIONS IMMEDIATELY UPON WITHDRAWAL.

AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

I HOPE THAT'LL BE ADDRESSED.

AND, UM, I'M ALSO CONCERNED, UM, THAT THIS ALTERNATIVE TRANSIT SERVICE AT LEAST AS DESCRIBED IN THE GOODMAN REPORT, UM, I I'M, I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF OPTIONS THAT ARE NOT EXPLORED.

UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PARKING FACILITY.

UH, THERE'S JUST SO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS HERE.

IT'S THIS REALLY MAKES IT HARD, ESPECIALLY THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT REALLY GONNA HAVE ANSWERS ON ALL THESE PRICES, ALL THE COSTS, ET CETERA.

AND IT'S ALL LATER IN APRIL, IT'S JUST, IT'S REALLY KIND OF DISCOURAGING.

UM, BUT I'M, I'M HOPEFUL THAT IN LIGHT OF THAT CONTEXT, THAT YOU CAN DO YOUR VERY BEST AND COME UP WITH THE VERY BEST ALTERNATIVE, BECAUSE WE NEED SOMETHING IN PLACE IN THE EVENT THAT HAPPENS.

THANK YOU, MR. LARSON.

I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE SIDE AND WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHED TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, SO YOU MANAGE YOUR BEVERLY AND THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

IN TERMS OF ACCESS TO THOSE FACILITIES.

MA'AM WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS A REALLY WHAT THE, WHAT THE NEAR TERM, THE MID RANGE AND LONG-TERM OPTIONS WOULD BE.

AND LET ME SEE IF I CAN BE THIS HIGH-TECH AND OKAY.

OOPS, NOT THAT HIGH-TECH OKAY.

SO FIRST, UM, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON, UH, OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH CAPITAL METRO IN TERMS OF CONTINUATION OF SERVICE.

WE'LL LOOK AT THE TIMELINES ON WHAT WE WOULD CALL AN INTERIM SERVICE.

SO THE DAY AFTER THE ELECTION, IF THE PUBLIC CHOSE TO EXIT CAPITAL METRO, WHAT WE'RE CALLING TSHIRT SHORT TERM WOULD BE THROUGH THE PAYOFF OF THE NET FINANCIAL OBLIGATION.

NOW KEEP IN MIND THE PAYOFF OF THE NET FINANCIAL OBLIGATION RIGHT NOW IS AS IT IS, AS IT STANDS THROUGH, UH, DECEMBER 31ST, I BELIEVE IS ABOUT $42 MILLION.

AND THEN LONG-TERM, THAT WOULD BE BEYOND THAT THE NFL PAYOFF.

AND WHAT THAT DOES MEAN IS THE 1 CENT WOULD BE GOING BACK TO CAPITOL METRO UNTIL THAT NET FINANCIAL OBLIGATION IS PAID.

UH, THE THIRD BULLET, AND I CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FUNDING SOURCES AND WHAT'S ELIGIBLE WITHIN A LARGE URBAN AREA VERSUS A SMALLER URBAN AREA.

THERE IS A DIFFERENTIAL ON YOUR FEDERAL FUNDS AND THEN WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE.

SO IF THE CITY DOES STAY WITHIN CAPITAL METRO, AND I DID WANT TO, I DID WANT TO TOUCH ON THIS BECAUSE PRO TIM ROSS HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK AS OUR CAP METRO BOARD MEMBER.

AND WE HAVE AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT IN PLACE WITH THE FINAL DETAILS BEING CINCHED UP, BUT THERE WOULD BE FUNDS FROM BOTH THE CAPITAL METRO, UH, BILL CENTRAL TEXAS PROGRAM AND THE TRANSIT SUPPORTED INFRASTRUCTURE FUND.

SO LOOKING AT THAT IN TERMS OF, AND WE DO HAVE, AS YOU PROBABLY SAW FROM RCIP, IT WOULDN'T BE HARD FOR US TO COME UP WITH THINGS WITHIN OUR CIP THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE.

SO WE'D BE LOOKING AT AN FYI 20 TO ABOUT $2 MILLION FROM BCT AND THEN ABOUT SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION.

SO, UH, THE ONE THING TO REMEMBER IS IF, IF THE CITY DOES, IF THE CITIZENS ELECT TO STAY IN THAT WE HAVE A BETTER AGREEMENT THAN BEFORE, UH, WITHOUT THE NEXUS BETWEEN LAND USE AND THE CONNECTIVITY WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND WORK TO TRANSIT, YOU REALLY CAN'T REALIZE THE RIDERSHIP.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT BECKY, UM, AND A WHOLE LOT OF HOURS THAT SHE GETS PAID TOP DOLLAR FOR.

UH, DID.

SO THANK YOU.

NOW, IF THE CITIZENS CHOOSE NOT TO CONTINUE AS A MEMBER, AS MEMBERS OF CAPITOL METRO, WE'VE ASKED THE DIRECT QUESTION, WILL THEY CONSIDER A NEXT DAY SERVICE OPTION CONTRACT AT THIS TIME? THEY WON'T CONSIDER IT UNTIL WE GET PAST THE ELECTION UNTIL THE ELECTION HAS CANVASSED WE'LL POINT OUT THAT WE DO HAVE NON-MEMBER CITIES THAT HAVE EXITED PRIMARILY THAT DO HAVE CONTRACTS EITHER WITH CAP METRO OR THROUGH THE PROGRAM WITH CARTS, WHICH CAP METRO PASSES THROUGH FDA FUNDS THROUGH, UM,

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IT'S A VERY SIMILAR ANSWER.

THEY WON'T PROVIDE, UM, ACCESS AND THE LEGAL DOCUMENTS TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS UNTIL WE'RE PAST THE ELECTION.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, WHAT INTERIM FACILITIES WE WOULD HAVE AS OPTIONS, UH, BOTH FOR, UM, COMMUTER OPTIONS.

AND THEN ALSO, UH, WHERE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE, LET'S SAY, PICK UP VEHICLES, COME IN AND STAGE THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE DO HAVE PROPERTY FOR SOME OF THAT PIECE.

SO IF LEANDER DOES NOT CONTINUE AS A MEMBER CITY, AND THIS IS THE NET FINANCIAL OBLIGATION PIECE, YOU MENTIONED ALREADY IT'S ABOUT $42 MILLION AS OF DECEMBER 31ST.

NOW THAT NUMBER IS LIKELY TO GO UP BY THE TIME WE GET TO MAY 7TH, AT LEAST THAT WOULD BE OUR ANTICIPATED IN TERMS OF THE TRANSIT OPTIONS.

WE'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH SEVERAL PROVIDERS, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROVIDERS, OR THOSE THAT ACTUALLY ARE PUBLIC AND EVEN CONTRACT WITH PRIVATE PROVIDERS OUT OF THOSE EIGHT WEEKS.

WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH, WE HAVE FOUR THAT HAVE SHOWED STRONGER INTEREST IN PROVIDING SERVICE, UH, INCLUDING POTENTIAL NEXT DAY SERVICE.

SO THE INTERIM SERVICE THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE EASIEST IN TERMS OF PROVIDING THE VEHICLE TYPE.

THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES WOULD BE THE PICKUP SERVICE IN TERMS OF A NEXT DAY SERVICE.

SO WE HAVE A SOLICITATION THAT WE'RE STARTING TO DEVELOP.

WE COULD HAVE IT AS SOON AS, UM, APRIL BEFORE Y'ALL TO HAVE THAT IN PLACE.

IN THE EVENT OF VOTERS ELECT TO EXIT CAPITOL METRO.

NOW YOU MOVE TO THE SHORT TERM.

WE WOULD OBVIOUSLY LOOK AT SOLICITING BIDS FOR, FROM PROVIDERS FOR A LONGER TERM PERIOD.

NOW, KEEP IN MIND, BOTH THE INTERIM AND THE SHORT TERM, THOSE FUNDS ON THE LOCAL SIDE WOULD NEED TO COME FROM GENERAL FUND.

NOW, THE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SHORT TERM PIECE, THERE MAY BE SOME POTENTIAL FOR ACCESSING FEDERAL FUNDS, BUT THAT WOULD ALSO BE GOING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, UH, LET'S SAY, NEW SERVICE OPTIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT IN TERMS OF EXISTING SERVICES, THOSE USUALLY DON'T ATTRACT NEW GRANT FUNDS.

SO I WOULD, I WOULD GO AHEAD AND PLAN ON IT COMING FROM GENERAL FUND, PRIMARILY AT THIS TIME ON THE SHORT TERM, UNTIL THE NFO IS COMPLETE ON THE INTERIM SERVICE AND THE SHORT TERM, WE WILL ALSO BE LOOKING AT OPTIONS FOR COMMUTER SERVICE, WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE BASED ON THE CURRENT DEMAND, WHAT THE, WHAT THE, UH, VEHICLE SIZE WOULD NEED TO BE.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE'D ALSO BE LOOKING AT ACCESSING WHERE WE WOULD DROP OFF FOLKS WITHIN THE CAPITAL METRO SYSTEM.

NOW THE LONG-TERM PIECE UNDER THE LONGTERM, WE WOULD, AT THAT POINT THAT'S AFTER THE NFO.

SO WE WOULD HAVE THE 1 CENT COMING BACK INTO THE BUDGET.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING TO THINK ABOUT.

SO WE'LL BE SEEKING AT THE NEXT NEXT MONTH.

WE'LL BE SEEKING YOUR INPUT ON MOVING FORWARD ON A INTERIM SOLICITATION THAT WOULD LIKELY COME FROM A GENERAL FUND BUDGET AMENDMENT.

I THINK A GOOD BALLPARK PLACEHOLDERS, PROBABLY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS THROUGH THE END OF END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, BUT THAT'S THE CALENDAR YEAR.

SO I WOULD KIND OF BUDGET IT THAT FOR THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR AND PLAN ON THAT, LIVING INTO THE NEXT BUDGET IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT THE SHORT TERM, OBVIOUSLY, UH, WE WOULD REENTER THE SOLICITATION PROCESS, CAUSE YOU'RE NOT IN THE, UH, MORE IMMEDIATE URGENCY, I GUESS, TO HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE THAT WAY YOU CAN DO A LITTLE BIT MORE PLANNING ACROSS THAT INTERIM PERIOD IN TERMS OF THE LONG-TERM THAT'S WHERE THE AGREEMENT WITH POTENTIALLY IT COULD BE CONTRACT FOR SERVICE WITH CAP METRO.

IT COULD BE, UH, WORKING WITH THE OFFICE OF MOBILITY MANAGEMENT WITH, WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN CARTS AND CAP METRO.

THAT'S HOW THE PFLUGERVILLE SERVICES CONTRACTED.

ANOTHER OPTION WOULD BE ESTABLISHING THE CITY AS AN FTA GRANTEE AND WORKING WITH CAPITAL METRO FOR A PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF FTA 53 7 O FUNDS, 53 0 7 FUNDS.

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NOW, ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO DRAW A DISTINCTION ON WE'RE PART OF THE LARGE URBAN AREA.

SO IF WE WERE IN A SMALL URBAN AREA, THOSE BETWEEN 50,200, WE'D BE ABLE TO USE A PORTION OF THOSE FUNDS FOR OPERATIONS.

WE WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO USE THOSE FUNDS FOR EFFECTIVELY FOR SERVICE UNDER A CAPITAL COST OF CONTRACTING MODEL.

SO THAT'S TYPICALLY WHEN YOU BRING IN A PRIVATE SECTOR CONTRACTOR AND IT'LL COVER ROUGHLY UP TO 50%, DEPENDING IF IT'S A PARTIAL TURNKEY OR FULL TURNKEY SERVICE.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO SEVERAL PRIVATE AND PUBLIC ENTITIES AND WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT THE OPTIONS WOULD BE, UH, ON AN INTERIM PARKING RIDE LOCATION OPTION.

UM, WE'RE FINALIZING THE, THE SCOPE AND WE'RE, UH, WE WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT BA SIX MONTHS PERIOD THROUGH THE, ROUGHLY THROUGH THE ACTUALLY BEEN SEVEN MONTHS THROUGH THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.

AND SO WE'LL BE COMING BACK, UM, TO Y'ALL NEXT MONTH WITH THAT.

AND SO THE, THE GOAL IS TO HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE THE NEXT DAY.

NOW GRANTED, AND WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION DOWN ON DETAILS.

UH, IT WOULD TAKE A LITTLE WHILE TO GET AN APP IN PLACE, BUT ONE OF THE PROVIDERS THAT WE, WE DID SPEAK TO CURRENTLY PROVIDES AN APP TO CAP METRO.

SO EVEN THOUGH THEY CAN'T TURN IT ON NEXT DAY, THERE ARE OPTIONS TO GO FROM, LET'S SAY A ONE 800 NUMBER FOR THE PICKUP SERVICE IN THE TRANSITION PERIOD TO A MORE PERMANENT APP.

SO OBVIOUSLY THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE, THE RAIL SERVICE WITHIN THE OPTIONS WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, AT LEAST ON THE INTERIM AND THE SHORT TERM.

I THINK THAT CONTRACTING FOR RAIL SERVICE WOULD BE SOMETHING YOU'D LOOK AT LONG-TERM IF THE DEMAND IS THERE.

IF YOU KNOW, NORTH LINE IS BUILT OUT ALSO WITH PARTNERS SUCH AS CEDAR PARK OR LIBERTY HILL, IF THERE WAS SOME COSTS, UM, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, IF BOTH OF THOSE WERE ALSO INVOLVED.

SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN.

UH, ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE JUST IN GENERAL, BUT KIND OF TO WRAP IT UP.

IT'S, WE'D REALLY BE LOOKING AT PICKUP SERVICE AND LIMITED COMMUTER SERVICE BASED ON OUR DEMAND.

AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE, UH, THE SECOND PHASE OF IT, WE COULD LOOK AT MAYBE EVEN TRYING TO SERVE SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS, SUCH AS GETTING TO THE DOMAIN, GETTING TO, UM, APPLE CAMPUS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

IF THAT DEMAND IS THERE AS WELL.

SO I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

GO AHEAD.

UM, ON THE PICKUP SERVICE THAT YOU'RE IN, IN DISCUSSIONS, I KNOW RIGHT NOW WE HAVE LIMITED, LIMITED AREAS.

ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE CITY OR JUST A SMALLER AREA? I THINK FOR THE INTERIM SERVICE, THE GOAL WOULD BE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY THAT HAS THAT SERVICE NOW STILL HAS IT.

I THINK WE WOULD LOOK IN THE SHORT TERM SERVICE, WHAT WE COULD DO TO EXPAND IT.

AND IF IT'S, IT MAY BE COST-EFFECTIVE TO ADD, LET'S SAY A VEHICLE TO THE MIX AND THEN EXPAND THE, THE SERVICE AREA.

AND I THINK THEY STILL THROUGH CARTS MAY HAVE SOME LEVEL OF, I BELIEVE, PARATRANSIT SERVICE STILL WITH THEIR CARD FOR CAPITAL METRO.

AND THE OTHER CITIES THAT I KNOW WE'VE DISCUSSED CEDAR PARK IN THE PAST, UM, LET'S SEE THE CITIES THAT WERE LISTED.

CAN YOU REMIND US APPROXIMATELY? I KNOW WE'VE DONE THE RESEARCH ON YEAH.

THE OTHER CITIES THAT DO CONTRACT FOR SERVICE THROUGH CAP METRO, UM, LIKE ROUND ROCK, FOR EXAMPLE.

I MEAN, THEY'RE THERE, I KNOW THEY, THEY HAVE JUST THE BUS SERVICE, BUT DO YOU KNOW, DO YOU RECALL WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY PAY APPROXIMATELY? I THINK THE LAST TIME WE LOOKED IT UP, IT WAS CLOSE TO, IT WAS IN THE HALF MILLION.

I KNOW IT WAS, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT TOTAL, BUT I THINK THAT THEIR OUTLAY WAS LESS THAN HALF A MILLION.

IT HAD GRANT, IT DID HAVE FTA FUNDS EMBEDDED IN THAT CONTRACT.

SO THAT'S WHY IT, THEIR OUTLAY WAS, WAS LESS.

THE OTHER ONE IS THAT AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, GEORGETOWN IS NOW GOING TO CUT THEIR, THEIR SERVICE.

I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S THE OUTPUT, THE INPUT WE ACTUALLY HAD AT ONE OF OUR LAST MEETINGS, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MIKE NEW CHIEF OF STAFF.

UM, AND THAT WAS WHAT THE CARDS ACTUALLY W WE DID.

UH, WE DID SUBMIT A INFORMATION REQUEST FROM, TO CAPITAL METRO REGARDING EXISTING CONTRACTS WITH NON-MEMBER CITIES.

UM, GEORGETOWN WAS AMONG THOSE ROUND ROCK HADOW PFLUGERVILLE, AND THEY ALL HAVE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT SERVICE TYPE.

UM, I BELIEVE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, GEORGETOWN DID, UM, HAVE FIXED ROUTE BUS SERVICE.

THEY'VE VERY RECENTLY ENDED THAT SERVICE.

UM,

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IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE DEMAND RESPONSE RATHER THAN PARATRANSIT IN THEIR CASE, TOO.

UNLESS I WANT TO GET THE TERMS RIGHT.

A DEMAND RESPONSE PROBABLY IS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR.

AND LET ME, LET ME EXPLAIN THAT PIECE.

SO EVEN THOUGH WE PROBABLY HAVE PERSONS THAT WOULD BE PARA-TRANSIT ELIGIBLE CAPITAL METRO DOESN'T ACTUALLY OFFER PARATRANSIT SERVICES HERE IN LEANDER.

WE DON'T HAVE A FIXED ROUTE BUS, LOCAL SERVICE.

WHAT WE HAVE IS THE PICKUP ITSELF, WHICH IS A DEMAND RESPONSE, FLEX TYPE SERVICE.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE COMMUTER BUS AND COMMUTER RAIL, COMMUTER BUS, AND COMMUTER RAIL ARE EXEMPT FROM THE COMPLIMENTARY ADA PARATRANSIT SERVICE WITHIN THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE OF THAT ROUTE OR THAT STOP.

SO RECOGNIZING THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT SERVICE, I THINK THAT WE DO HAVE SOME FOLKS THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY QUALIFY THAT, OR THAT MAY EVEN BE ON THE PICKUP SERVICE, BUT THERE IS A DISTINCTION.

AND SO WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ALREADY BEING PROVIDED.

IF THE VOTE IS TO EXIT IN TERMS OF THAT PIECE, IF AT SOME POINT WE HAD A FIXED ROUTE LOCAL SERVICE, LET'S SAY WITH A PULL OR STOP, YOU KNOW, EVERY HALF MILE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEN YOU WOULD NEED TO RUN THE COMPLIMENTARY ADA PARATRANSIT SERVICE AROUND THAT LINE.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE COULD PROVIDE IT.

IT'S JUST NOT A REQUIREMENT UNDER YOU.

W YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE CORRECT.

YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO, AND THE CURRENT PICKUP SERVICE CAN HANDLE SOME OF THAT TYPE OF TRIP LOAD THAT YOU MIGHT GET ANYWAY.

SO WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE SERVICE THAT ROUND ROCK HAS.

DID I GET THAT MR. CHIEF OF STAFF? WE DO.

I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN FRONT OF ME.

UM, BUT, BUT I CAN PROVIDE COUNSEL THE SUMMARY, UM, POSSIBLY, UH, IN THE NEXT DAY.

GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE OTHER CITIES AND THE DIFFERENT SERVICE LEVELS.

I DO KNOW PFLUGERVILLE IS, IS CURRENTLY OPERATING A PILOT, UM, PICKUP SERVICE OF ITS OWN CONTRACTING WITH CAP METRO, TO DO THAT.

AND THEN ROUND ROCK, I BELIEVE HAS SOME LEVEL OF COMMUTER BUS POSSIBLY POSSIBLY PICK UP, MAYBE NOT, BUT, BUT I'LL, I'LL GIVE COUNCIL A BETTER BREAKDOWN.

I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.

AND DID YOU KNOW, RON ROCK ALSO HAS THAT GARAGE IN THE DOWNTOWN AND THAT WAS BUILT WITH, UH, FTA FUNDS AS WELL, TO KEEP THAT IN MIND, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION AND A COMMENT.

SO MY COMMENT IS IT'S DISAPPOINTING THAT CAP METRO WON'T LET US USE THE LEANDER STATION AND I GET IT.

THEY OWN THAT LAND.

BUT MY QUESTION THAT'S KIND OF FOLLOWED UP TO MY COMMENT IS BEFORE WE HAD PEOPLE WHO HAD ALTERNATIVES TO SAY, HEY, LET'S DROP PEOPLE OFF AT THE LAKE LANE STATION.

CAN WE CHECK TO SEE IF THAT'S GOING TO BE A POSSIBILITY? BECAUSE BASED ON THIS, I'M GOING TO SAY IT'S NO, I MEAN, SO CAN WE CHECK WITH KEVIN? YEAH.

WELL, THAT IS ONE OF THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL BE RUNNING THE TRAPS ON AS WELL, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE, YEAH.

YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? RIGHT.

IF THEY'RE NOT LETTING US DROP OFF HERE AND WE HAVE A REPLACEMENT SERVICE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO DROP OFF OF THERE? CORRECT.

YOU GUYS WE'LL FOLLOW UP.

MA'AM ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, COUNCIL, UH, CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE.

I HAVE THIS DOWN AS, UH, AN ACTION ITEM.

NO WORRIES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. RIVERLAND

[29. Council Member Closing Statements.]

COUNCIL.

THE ONLY THING LEFT IS OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE OUR CLOSING COMMENTS OUT OF ORDER BEFORE WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SOUND GOOD.

SO ITEM 29 COUNCIL MEMBER CLOSING COMMENTS, PLACE ONE.

UM, WELL, I'LL KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET.

UH, STARTING WITH WISHING EVERYONE A HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY.

AND I SEE NOT EVERYONE WORE GREEN, BUT I DO WANT TO MENTION SOMETHING THE NEXT DOOR APP IT'S GREEN.

KNOW, I, I REALLY DON'T MEET A STRANGER.

SO WE'LL GO WITH THAT.

SO THE NEXT DOOR APP IS ONE OF THOSE W W WE GET A LOT OF NEGATIVITY.

WE SEE IT.

ANY ANYBODY THAT'S ON IT? IT'S IT'S, IT GETS KIND OF CRAZY SOMETIMES.

AND YET THERE'S, THERE'S ALSO SOME REALLY GOOD STORIES.

UH, PEOPLE HELPING EACH OTHER, A LOT OF GOOD THINGS, IF YOU JUST FIND IT.

AND THERE WAS ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT, UH, MADE ME PRETTY HAPPY A FEW YEARS AGO.

I, I MET SOMEONE IN LINE AT NATURAL GROCER AND, UM, WE HAD A MOMENT, UH, WE CONNECTED OVER A COMMONALITY AND WE KIND OF DISCUSSED A FEW THINGS AND MOST PEOPLE

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I I'LL TALK TO STRANGERS IN THE LINE BECAUSE THEN THEY'RE NOT STRANGERS ANYMORE.

UM, BUT WE HAD A MOMENT AND, UH, I SEEN HIM ON, ON NEXT DOOR A FEW TIMES AND, UH, REALLY DIDN'T KNOW HIM, BUT I KNEW HIS WIFE HAD SOME, SOME CHALLENGES OR HEALTH CHALLENGES.

AND, UH, I NOTICED THAT HE IS, UM, HIS NAME IS DAVID MONEY AND HE IS BUYING A TANK OF GAS FOR A FAMILY IN NEED ONE, ONE TANK EVERY WEEK.

UM, HE IS CHOOSING THAT, UH, THAT THE FAMILY, AND I THINK HE'S ALREADY DONE THE FIRST, MAYBE THE SECOND.

I THINK IT'S JUST ONE.

UM, BUT I'M GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH HIM AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE, UH, HE TOUCHED A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY.

AND I JUST THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED BECAUSE WE DON'T GET IT ENOUGH.

WE DON'T, WE DON'T SEE THE POSITIVE STORIES AND THIS IS ONE THAT'S VERY POSITIVE.

SO I EXPECT TO HEAR SOMETHING, SOMETHING ELSE ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE.

SO THANK YOU, DAVID.

THANK YOU, PLEASE DO.

SO MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE CORLEY FAMILY.

WE'RE THINKING ABOUT YOU DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME AND IN HONOR OF WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.

I JUST WANT TO THANK AND JUST DO A SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE WOMEN IN LEANDER FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.

SO THANK YOU VERY NICE.

UH, PRETEND HAVE A GAME AND EVERYONE PLAYS FIVE.

I'LL BE ST.

PATRICK'S DAY.

SOUNDS LIKE THINGS ARE PRETTY LOUD ACROSS THE STREET FOR MOST OF OUR MEETING.

AND, UM, AND ALSO JUST WANT TO, UM, HONOR THE LIFE OF CURTIS AND, UH, JUST GIVE OUR LOVE FROM A CITY TO OWES THEM QUITE A LOT JUST TO THE ENTIRE CORLEY FAMILY.

UM, EXTREMELY SPECIAL GROUP THAT I AM DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE THREE YEARS AGO, AND, UM, QUITE REMARKABLE WHAT THEY'VE DONE FOR THE CITY.

SO WE JUST WANT TO HONOR THEM TODAY.

PLEASE HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

UM, WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER SECTION 5, 5 1 0 7 1 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND SECTION 1.05, TEXAS

AND AN EFFORT TO KEEP OUR DOLLARS.

LOCAL DINNER HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY A LOCAL RESTAURANT FOR ALMOST LAST YEAR.

SO TONIGHT WE ARE SAYING THANK YOU TO BLUE CORN HARVEST.

REMEMBER WHEN YOU ARE OUT AND ABOUT AND PICKING OUT WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO GO CHOOSE LEANDER FIRST, KEEP YOUR MONEY IN OUR ECONOMY.

UM, ALSO WANT TO, UM, MAKE YOU ALL AWARE OF SOME EVENTS COMING UP BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING.

UH, APRIL 2ND.

IT SOUNDS WEIRD TO SAY APRIL ALREADY, BUT APRIL 2ND IS RESIDENTIAL SPRING CLEANUP.

SO, UM, CHECK OUT LEANDER, TX.ORG FOR INFORMATION ON THAT.

UM, IT'S ALWAYS FABULOUS TO GET ALL THOSE THINGS OUT OF YOUR HOUSE TO START OUT FRESH.

AND THEN I WANT TO GIVE A HUGE, AMAZING SHOUT OUT TO OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT.

TWO OF OUR TOP PEOPLE ARE HERE WITH US TONIGHT.

UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW Y'ALL ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT WE LOVE YOU.

AND YOU'RE AN INSPIRATION.

UM, WE JUST SAW A HUGE PRESENTATION ABOUT THE NEW REC FACILITY THAT'S, UH, COMING ON LIGHTNING FAST.

WE JUST HAD THE LITTLE LEAGUE AND SOFTBALL KICKOFF, WHICH LASTED TWO DAYS BECAUSE WE'RE TAKING CARE OF SO MANY KIDS AND THEY JUST LAUNCHED AN E-SPORTS LEAGUE, WHICH I NEED A LITTLE HANDHOLDING FROM MY KIDS, HOW THIS WORKS.

LIKE THEY HAD TO EXPLAIN IT TO ME A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT I'M GETTING IT.

AND IT'S JUST AMAZING HOW YOU ALL ARE JUST CONTINUING TO EXPAND AND BRING IN NEW AND INTERESTING AND DIVERSE THINGS.

UM, COMING UP FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE MASON DAYS, FRIDAY, APRIL 1ST IS ADULT NIGHT, STARTING AT SIX 30 AT THE MASON HOMESTEAD.

SATURDAY IS FOR ALL AGES, APRIL 2ND, STARTING AT 10:00 AM.

WE ALSO HAVE, AS YOU HEARD EARLIER, THE GRAND OPENING AND OPEN HOUSE OF THE NEW REC FACILITY ON HERO WAY FROM ONE TO 4:00 PM ON APRIL 9TH, AND THEN THE VERY NEXT DAY, ELLIE CRAZY EASTER EXTRAVAGANZA AT BENBROOKE PARK AT NOON, APRIL 10TH, ALL AGES.

AREN'T INVITED TO THAT AS WELL.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

UM, AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO, UM, SEND SOME LOVE TO THE CORLEY FAMILY, LOVE PRAYERS AND SUPPORT.

CURTIS AND BLANCHE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AMAZING.

AND WE OWE A LOT OF OUR SUCCESS UP HERE TO THE FOUNDATIONS THAT THEY BUILT FOR US.

UM, THE CORLIES, IF YOU ALL DON'T KNOW, ALWAYS SAW A PROBLEM IN THE CITY AND JUST JUMPED IN AND FIXED IT.

SO IF WE NEEDED A FIRETRUCK, THEY JUST STARTED SELLING, YOU KNOW, PASTRIES OR WHATEVER, TO COME UP WITH THE FUNDS FOR A FIRETRUCK.

IF WE NEEDED A BUILDING, THEY HELPED SECURE A BUILDING.

YOU KNOW, THEY CREATED THE LIBRARY AND, UM, THEY WERE REALLY, UM, A SOLID ROCK FOR ALL OF US.

SO IN THE SPIRIT OF THE CORRELATES, I WOULD LIKE TO CHALLENGE EVERYBODY.

THAT'S WATCHING TO FIND SOMETHING THAT YOU WISH WAS BETTER IN THE CITY AND GO TO IT, MAKE IT BETTER.

LET'S MAKE THIS CITY, THE PLACE THAT WE WANT TO BE, AND JUST HONOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE MADE IT, WHAT IT IS ALREADY.

[28. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to: (1) Section 551.071, Texas Government Code, and Section 1.05 Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct to consult with legal counsel regarding Lakewood Park project; and (2) Section 551.074, Texas Government Code, to discuss or deliberate the evaluation of a public officer or employee: City Manager. Reconvene into open session and take any action as deemed appropriate in the City Council's discretion regarding: (1) Lakewood Park project; and (2) City Manager.]

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DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING LIQUID PARK PROJECT AND TO SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.074 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS HER DELIBERATE, THE EVALUATION OF A PUBLIC OFFICER EMPLOYEE CITY MANAGER.

WE ARE CONVENED INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 8:41 PM.

ALL RIGHT, WE ARE NOW RECONVENED INTO OPEN SESSION AT 9:42 PM TO TAKE ACTION AS DETERMINED, APPROPRIATE REGARDING NUMBER ONE, LIQUID PARK PROJECT MAYOR PRO TEM.

DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO ACTION.

AND NUMBER TO CITY MANAGER, MAYOR.

PRETEND.

DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO ACTION.