[1. Open Meeting.]
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TODAY IS THURSDAY, MAY 5TH, 2022.
AND THIS IS THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL CITY.
[2. Roll Call.]
CRABTREE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER KATHERINE BATTALION PARKER HERE.COUNCIL MEMBER ASKED ME MAP THE LAND GOREA HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER, JASON SHAW COUNCIL MEMBER, NICOLE THOMPSON COUNCIL MEMBER, CHRIS ORNATE MAYOR PRO TEM, BECKY ROSS, MAYO, CHRISTINE TO LA HERE.
WE'RE NOW GOING TO CONVENE INTO
[3. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to: (1) Section 551.071, Texas Government Code, and Rule 1.05, Texas Rules of Professional Conduct, to consult with legal counsel regarding vacating Memorandum of Understanding with TxDOT pertaining to traffic signal acquisition; and (2) Section 551.072, to deliberate the acquisition of property located in L.B. Johnson Survey, Abstract 350 for the purpose of a Special Warranty Deed and drainage easement for the San Gabriel Parkway Project (CIP T.11); and (3) Section 551.072 and 551.087, Texas Government Code, Deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property and deliberate proposed economic development incentives for one (1) or more business prospects that the governmental body seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of the governmental body and with which the governmental body is conducting development negotiations. Reconvene into open session to take action as deemed appropriate in the City Council's discretion regarding: (1) Memorandum of Understanding with TxDOT pertaining to traffic signal acquisition; and (2) Special Warranty Deed and drainage easement for the San Gabriel Parkway Project (CIP T.11); and (3) One or more business prospects.]
EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO ONE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND RULE 1.05 TEXAS RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING VACATING MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH TXDOT PERTAINING TO TRAFFIC SIGNAL ACQUISITIONS AND TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 TO DELIBERATE THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY LOCATED IN LB JOHNSON SURVEY ABSTRACT THREE 50 FOR THE PURPOSE OF A SPECIAL WARRANTY, DEED AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT FOR THE SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY PROJECT CIP T.ONE, ONE AND THREE, SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 AND 5 5 1 0.087 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY AND DELIBERATE PROPOSED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES FOR ONE OR MORE BUSINESS PROSPECTS AT THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY SEEKS TO HAVE LOCATE STAY OR EXPAND IN OR NEAR THE TERRITORY OF THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY AND WITH WHICH THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY IS CONDUCTING DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS.WE ARE CONVENING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 6:01 PM.
[4. Open Meeting, Invocation and Pledges of Allegiance.]
TODAY IS MAY 5TH, 2022, AND THE TIME IS 7:00 PM.AND THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL.
THE BEARS OF CUB SCOUT PACK ONE 70.
WE'LL BE PRESENTING THE COLORS FOLLOWED BY PASTOR RYAN HART OF OPEN CATHEDRAL, PROVIDING THE INVOCATION.
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE CUB SCOUTS.
FLOOR'S YOURS BELGARD IS HE WORKING WELL? GOGURT, ATTENTION AUDIENCE, PLEASE RISE SCOUTS AND LOOP THOSE UNIFORM.
PLEASE PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART BELGARD FOR MARCH, HUH? UH, PLEASE JOIN ME.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE BLOCK 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.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE.
COLOGUARD POST THE FLAG OF THE KNIGHTS BOGER POST TO PLUG AT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
GO GROW AND POST BUG OF THE GRID.
STATE OF THE FLAG AUDIENCE, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR OUR INVOCATION GREAT JOB KIDS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FOLLOW THAT, BUT FOLLOWING THAT WAS PERFECT.
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO TRULY FOLLOW THAT.
I'M THE LEAD MINISTER OF OPEN CATHEDRAL, A RAINBOW UNICORN CHURCH THAT IS LED BY DIVERSE RACES AND CULTURES BY WOMEN.
AND BY QUEER PEOPLE LIKE ME, THIS INVOCATION IS GOING TO BE WEIRD BECAUSE TODAY OUR CITY IS HONORING THREE THINGS THAT DON'T
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OFTEN SEEM TO GO TOGETHER.PRAYER, GAY PRIDE AND THE POLICE.
THAT'S A WEIRDLY PERSONAL COMBINATION TO MYSELF.
SO LET'S DIVE IN WITH HOLY WEIRDNESS, FATHER, GOD, MOTHER OF US, ALL TRANS SPIRIT OF FORMATION.
WHAT DOES IT DO? WHAT DOES IT MATTER TO PRAY FOR CHRISTIANS LIKE ME? JESUS HAS NOT TO PRAY IN PUBLIC.
PRAYER IS WEIRD AND YET PRAYER IS WORTH IT.
IT SEEMS TO CONNECT US TO OURSELVES, TO EACH OTHER, TO OUR HIGHER POWER.
WHAT IS THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH? TELLING US IN PRAYER PRIDE, IT'S WEIRD TO HAVE TO HAVE PRIDE.
THE VERY FIRST PRIDE STARTED OUT AS A RIOT OF TRANS WOMEN AND QUEER PEOPLE, MARCHING THROUGH POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE HARASSING THEM.
STILL THAT IN LANDER PRIDE STARTED AS A WAY, A GAY LED CHURCH.
THAT'S WEIRD SOUGHT TO PROTECT CHILDREN, TRANSPHOBIA AND HOMOPHOBIA KILLED CHILDREN.
AND WE ARE ALL, WE ALL WANT OUR CHILDREN TO BE SAFE.
GOD LEANDER PRIDE CONTINUES WITH THE COMMUNITY WIDE GROUP OF PEOPLE GETTING TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE WHO THEY ARE LED BY SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM.
MAY WE EACH CONSIDER HOW WE ARE DIFFERENT AND IN NEED OF CELEBRATING OUR UNIQUENESS, EVEN IF IT UPSETS OTHER PEOPLE AND THE POLICE WITH A GREAT DEAL OF RESPECT, IT'S WEIRD TO BE A POLICE OFFICER.
IT'S WEIRD TO RISK YOUR LIFE AND WELLBEING TO SERVE PEOPLE.
YOU DON'T KNOW, POLICE OFFICERS.
SOME OF WHOM PROBABLY DISAGREED WITH MY ACTIONS THAT FIRSTLY, INTERPRIDE SURROUNDED MY FAMILY WITH THEIR BODIES AND RAN US INTO A BUILDING THROUGH METAL DETECTORS TO KEEP US SAFE.
THAT'S WEIRD AND I'M IMMEASURABLY GRATEFUL TO THEM FOR IT.
WHILE LOTS OF US HAVE OPINIONS, GREAT POLICE OFFICERS PUT JUSTICE AND PEACEKEEPING PROTECTIONS OF RIGHTS AND SAFETY INTO ACTION.
HOW CAN EACH OF US HONOR THEIR EXAMPLES BY PROTECTING EACH OTHER? REGARDLESS OF OUR OPINIONS, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE ALL WEIRD.
PERHAPS OUR WEIRDNESS IS A BLESSING, PERHAPS THE WEIRD COMBINATION OF THOSE THREE THINGS, PRAYER GAZE, AND THE POLICE SHOWS US THAT WE AREN'T SO DIFFERENT TOGETHER.
OUR WEIRDNESS, OUR DIFFERENCES, OUR UNIQUENESS ARE MADE.
HOLY MADE A BLESSING, A BLESSING MADE REAL AND THE WAYS WE SERVE EACH OTHER IN OUR DIFFERENCES.
WEIRD INVISIBLE SPIRIT OF CONNECTION FOR OUR WEIRDNESS AND FOR EACH OTHER.
THANK YOU, PASTOR CITY, SECRETARY
[5. Roll Call.]
CRABTREE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER KATHERINE BATTALION PARKER HERE.COUNCIL MEMBER ASKED ME MAGGIE LAND.
COUNCIL MEMBER, JASON SHAW COUNCIL MEMBER, NICOLE THOMPSON, COUNCIL MEMBER, CHRIS ARNETT, MAYOR PRO TEM, BECKY ROSS HERE, MAYOR CHRISTINE DE LA HERE.
QUORUM IS PRESENT IN THE CITY COUNCILS ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS.
I DON'T NUMBER SIX, LEANDER HISTORY.
UM, CAT HOWELL UNFORTUNATELY CANNOT MAKE IT TONIGHT.
SO WE ARE GOING TO SKIP OVER THAT ITEM.
[7. Staff Report Public Works]
IS STAFF REPORT WATER UPDATE WITH PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR ELLISON, GOOD EVENING, DIRECTOR ELLISON.UM, THIS ITEM IS TO GIVE A COUPLE OF UPDATES ON OUR WATER CONSERVATION, UM, PROGRAM COORDINATOR AND THE HIRING PROCESS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH.
AND THEN ALSO SOME OF OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS, UM, THUS FAR IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH REGARD TO CONSERVATION.
SO, UM, AS YOU REMEMBER, ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, APRIL 22ND, WE POSTED THE POSITION, UM, FOR THE WATER CONSERVATION COORDINATOR, THIS PERSON, ALTHOUGH IT LISTS ENERGY, NATURAL RESOURCES, BUT PRIMARILY WE'LL BE, UM, FOCUSED ON EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH, UM, FOR WATER USAGE AND, UM, CONSERVATION.
SO IN, EVEN SINCE WE CREATED THIS SLIDE, UM, WE'VE HAD ALMOST 800 JOB VIEWS.
UH, WE RECEIVED 22 APPLICATIONS, ACTUALLY NOT 21.
AND, UM, AFTER REVIEW WE FOUND NINE, UH, CANDIDATES THAT WE BELIEVE ARE QUALIFIED AND OF THOSE NINE WE BEGAN KIND OF PAIRED THEM DOWN TO FOUR, I'M SORRY, FIVE NOW
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FIVE CANDIDATES THAT WE WILL START SCHEDULING INTERVIEWS FOR NEXT WEEK AND ALSO THE JOB CLOSES TOMORROW.SO, UM, MIGHT STILL SEE A COUPLE MORE.
UH, SOME OF OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS, IF YOU REMEMBER LAST MARCH, WE UPDATED OUR CONSERVATION, OUR, OUR DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN.
UM, WE REMAIN IN THE PHASE TWO, WHICH IS ONCE A WEEK WATERING.
UM, WHEN WE UPDATED THE PLAN, MIKE AND HIS TEAM, THE PIO OFFICE SENT OUT A FLYER TO ALL THE RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, BRINGING THEM UP TO SPEED OF OUR NEW PHASES AND, AND, AND OUR NEW PLAN.
SO HE'S AGAIN, UH, WORKED TO MAIL THOSE OUT AND THEY'LL GO OUT NEXT WEEK TO ABOUT 26,000, UH, OF OUR CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS.
AND, UM, THEY'VE ALSO DONE SOME OUTREACH WITH THE HOA COMMUNITY MANAGERS, ABOUT 35 OF THEM.
UH, WE'VE ALREADY HAD SOME FEEDBACK AND REQUEST.
WE'RE ACTUALLY MEETING WITH ONE TOMORROW TO LOOK AT THEIR IRRIGATION SYSTEM AND, AND KIND OF HOW OFTEN THEY'RE WATERING IN THE DAYS.
SO WE PLAN TO, YOU KNOW, IF THEY DON'T REACH OUT TO US TO REACH OUT TO THOSE TOP 10 USERS, UM, HOA, COMMERCIAL, AND PHYSICALLY MEET WITH THEM, NOT JUST THROUGH EMAIL OR PHONE CALL, IT'S ACTUALLY MEET THEM ONSITE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, UM, WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN DOING THAT.
UM, MIKE'S OFFICE HAS ALSO, UM, DONE THE FACEBOOK, TWITTER, ALL THE SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH.
UM, THEY'VE UPDATED OUR WEBSITE AND IT'S ALSO NOT ONLY ON OUR HOMEPAGE, BUT THE PUBLIC WORKS PAGE AND THE UTILITY PAGE.
UM, SO I MENTIONED AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE MET WITH LSD AND WE'VE SINCE RECEIVED THEIR KIND OF WHERE THEIR FACILITIES FALL IN OUR NEW WATERING SCHEDULE AND ALMOST ALL OF THEM FALL ON TUESDAY AND THURSDAY JUST BASED ON THEIR ADDRESSES.
SO WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO WORK WITH THEM IN THE COMING WEEKS TO SEE HOW WE CAN SPREAD THOSE OUT TO DIFFERENT DAYS OF THE WEEK, ESPECIALLY THURSDAY, CAUSE THAT'S TYPICALLY OUR, UM, OUR HIGH USAGE DAYS.
SO, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM.
AND THE NEXT TWO KIND OF GO TOGETHER.
UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO DO THAT PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE IRRIGATION ASSESSMENTS FOR THE COMMUNITY IN THAT KIND OF BROUGHT UP THAT, UM, WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO ALSO AUDIT THE CITY, MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ACCOUNTABLE AS WELL AND WHERE WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE NEED TO DO TO WATER WISELY.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING THAT AS WELL WITH THAT THIRD-PARTY ASSESSOR TO NOT ONLY LOOK AT, UM, THE RESIDENTIAL USERS, BUT ALSO, UM, CITY FACILITIES.
AND LASTLY, EVEN JUST TODAY, WE MET WITH, UH, THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, THE CONSERVATION FOLKS FROM THEM.
THEY HAVE A REALLY AWESOME TEAM.
THEY'RE DOING, THEY HAVE A VERY LARGE TEAM ACTUALLY IN WHAT MORE, THEY HAVE EIGHT PEOPLE DOING OUTREACH AND THEY HIRE INTERNS IN THE SUMMER.
SO WE LEARNED A LOT OF, KIND OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
UM, AND SO ONCE WE GET OUR PERSON ON BOARD, WE'D LIKE TO MEET WITH THEM AGAIN, ROUND ROCK, OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD THIS IN PLACE FOR A LITTLE WHILE LONGER.
SO, UM, THEY ALSO MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE GROUPS THAT MEET, YOU KNOW, FOR WILLIAMSON COUNTY FOR, UM, FOR, YOU KNOW, REGIONAL, UH, CONSERVATION FOLKS.
SO WE'D LIKE TO GET THEM INVOLVED WITH OUR NEW PERSON.
AND I THINK THAT IS ALL I HAVE NOW, AGAIN, I'LL UPDATE IN ANOTHER COUPLE OF WEEKS AND LET YOU KNOW HOW EVERYTHING HAS PROGRESSED SINCE THEN AND WITH INTERVIEWS AND EVERYTHING, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANKS SO MUCH.
I THINK GROUP AS PROACTIVE AS WE CAN BE.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT THE UPDATE AND THE CHANGES.
ITEM NINE, NON AGENDA ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[8. 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.]
AGENDA ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.I WILL CALL ON SPEAKERS PRIOR TO THE DISCUSSION OF THE AGENDA ITEM AND DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING INDIVIDUALS THAT SUBMITTED COMMENTS VIA THE WEBSITE WILL ONLY HAVE POSITIONS READ INTO THE RECORD.
ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL AND WILL BE MADE A PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD.
I DO HAVE TWO PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR NON-AGENDA ITEM COMMENTS.
THE FIRST ONE IS JAMES LARSON.
GOOD EVENING, MR. LARSON, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
I'M CURRENTLY IN BETWEEN ADDRESSES OF 8 4 0 HEROES DRIVE AND 2 6 1 6 PINE BRANCH ROAD.
UM, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF HEIGHTENED AND IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION LEANDER.
I COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT WITH A MESSAGE OF UNITY.
WE STAND FOR DIFFERENT ISSUES, BUT WHAT DEFINES OUR WONDERFUL COMMUNITY IN LEANDER IS THE CARE AND CONCERN WE HAVE FOR EACH OTHER, AS NEIGHBORS AND ABOVE ALL AS AMERICANS, NO MATTER WHAT SIDE OF PROPOSITION
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EIGHT WE'RE ON, WE CAN ALL HOPEFULLY AGREE UPON ONE THING WE ALL CARE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF LEANDER TO ME AND THE COUNTLESS VOLUNTEERS OF OUR GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION OF KEEPING UNDER CONNECTED FOR US.THAT FUTURE IS INTRINSICALLY CONNECTED WITH THE REST OF THE AUSTIN REGION VIA CAP.
METRO, LET'S NOT WAKE UP THE MORNING OF AFTER SATURDAY'S ELECTION DAY TO FACE A FUTURE WHERE OUR COMMUNITY SENIORS ARE STRANDED OR WHEN MEMBERS OF DISABLED COMMUNITY ARE LEFT BEHIND WITHOUT THEIR FREEDOM AND MOBILITY, WHERE STUDENTS CAN NOT EMPLOY AN ON-DEMAND PICKUP TRIP MADE BY A MOBILE APP WITH THEIR PARENTS TO SHOP OR DINE AND LEANDER OR PARENTS CAN NO LONGER RIDE ON THE TRAIN DIRECTLY TO AUSTIN FOR WORK OR TO TAKE THEIR FAMILY FOR, UH, FOR FUN OUTING.
WE CANNOT LET OUR SENIORS DOWN.
WE CANNOT LEAVE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES STRANDED.
WE CANNOT LET PARENTS AND THEIR KIDS, UH, BE WITHOUT SAFE, RELIABLE, AND AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES THAT THEY HAVE GROWN TO DEPEND UPON FOR THE PAST 37 YEARS.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE CANNOT UNDO THE WILL OF LEANDER VOTERS WHO HAVE REAFFIRMED THEIR SUPPORT OF BEING INTRINSICALLY CONNECTED WITH THE REST OF THE AUSTIN REGION VIA CAPITAL METRO.
I BELIEVE THE ONLY WAY TO GUARANTEE ALL OF THIS IS TO VOTE YES, ON PROPOSITION A, WHEN WE ALL WAKE UP ON SUNDAY MORNING, LET US REAFFIRM BOTH OUR RESOLVE AND OUR COMMITMENT IN WORDS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THROUGH OUR ACTIONS ON ALL SIDES OF THIS ISSUE TO TRULY WORK TOGETHER, TO IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION AND MAKE SURE NO ONE IN THE ANDREWS LEFT BEHIND.
UP NEXT TO XENOPHOBIA, JOSEPH, GETTING YOUR NAME AS JOSEPH.
PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
MADAM MAYOR COUNCIL I'M ZENOBIA JOSEPH.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS AND THANK MR. LARSON.
ACTUALLY, HE HAD AN OPINION PIECE IN OUR AUSTIN CHRONICLE TODAY, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO EXPLAIN THE KNOW PART OF WHY VOTERS MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER VOTING AGAINST, UH, KEEPING CAPITAL METRO.
I KNOW, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LONGORIA SAID THAT SHE RAN TO BRING TRANSPARENCY TO LEANDER.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, UM, SPECIFICALLY TITLE SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE, COLOR NATIONAL, BUT IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT JEOPARDIZES YOUR FEDERAL FUNDING.
AND SO I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT ON JUNE 28TH, 2021, I THANK THE REPUBLICAN SENATORS FOR KILLING HB 3 8 9, 3.
THAT WAS THE DOWNTOWN TUNNEL WHEEL, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN 99 YEARS FROM REPUBLIC SQUARE TO BAR SQUARE IN FRONT OF THE AUSTIN CONVENTION CENTER BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT CAPITAL METRO SYSTEM IS DISCRIMINATORY AND VIOLATES TITLE SIX, AND IT WOULD JEOPARDIZE THE STATE'S FUNDING.
AND SO I KNOW YOU HAVE A $500,000 FEDERAL REQUEST FOR A COMMUNITY PROJECT, AND IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE USING FEDERAL FUNDS OR IF YOU'RE NOT USING FEDERAL FUNDS, YOUR FUNDING IS STILL IN JEOPARDY, EVEN FOR PICKUP SERVICE OR SOME OTHER SERVICE.
I DID PROVIDE YOU WITH A COPY OF YOUR OWN TITLE SIX UPDATE.
IT WAS 2013 AND I'M HERE REALLY BECAUSE I ASKED THE MAYOR PRO TEM ON THE 25TH OF APRIL TO UPDATE THE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FOR THE MAY 7TH, 2022 ELECTION TO ACTUALLY SPECIFY WITHDRAWAL ELECTION BECAUSE THAT'S, WHAT'S IN TRANSPORTATION CODE, UH, CHAPTER FOUR OR FIVE ONE, AND THAT WASN'T DONE.
AND SO I PUT ON THE BACKSIDE, SOME INFORMATION FOR YOU TO SEE THAT IT'S BIASED INFORMATION THAT THE VOTERS WERE GIVEN.
IT DOES SPECIFY THE AMOUNT THAT IT COSTS FOR CAPITOL METRO TO OPERATE THE SERVICE, BUT IT DOESN'T SPECIFY THE $428 THAT IT COSTS ROUND TRIP PER PERSON PER DAY.
IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY SPECIFY THAT IN 2019, THE CAPITAL METRO HAD A WORK SESSION AND IT WAS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT $9,009 MILLION FOR YOUR RAIL AND LEANDRA PAID $5 MILLION.
AND SO ONCE YOU CALCULATE THAT, IT WAS ABOUT $4.2 MILLION IN DEFICIT.
AND THAT DEFICIT CONTINUED UNTIL YOU FINALLY GOT TO THE $9.8 MILLION NOW.
AND SO $460 THOUSAND DOLLARS TIMES THREE FOR THE PICKUP SERVICE, THAT'S ABOUT $1.4 MILLION.
SO IN YOUR BUDGET, YOU SHOULD HAVE MONEY ALLOCATED FOR WHATEVER ALTERNATIVE SERVICE YOU'RE GOING TO OFFER IF VOTERS VOTE.
AND SO THE MATH DOESN'T ADD UP.
I ASKED CAPITOL METRO, HOW THEY CALCULATED IT.
AND SO IT'S A LITTLE DISCONCERTING FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO GET $7 MILLION OR $9 MILLION
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WHEN THE SYSTEM COSTS 9 MILLION.SO ESSENTIALLY YOU'RE GETTING FREE SERVICE.
IT COMES AT THE EXPENSE OF THOSE OF US WHO LIVE IN NORTHEAST AUSTIN, NEAR SAMSUNG, SAMSUNG TO APPLE, JULY 27TH, 2022, THAT SERVICE WAS ELIMINATED.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT A FACE TO WHY IT'S NOT FREE SERVICE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GLADLY ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME.
AND JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE WHO WERE KIND TO ME WHEN I CAME THE LAST TIME AND THERE'S MS. SPONSLER SPAWN SELLER.
SHE ACTUALLY GAVE ME A RIDE TO, TO LAKELINE BECAUSE THERE IS NO TRANSPORTATION AFTER 7:00 PM.
SO I JUST WANT IT TO SAY THAT THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE IN MR. SHAW.
I DON'T SEE HIM, BUT HE SAID THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE IN LEANDRA.
AND I JUST REALLY WANTED TO SAY THAT ON THE RECORD.
THAT'S IT FOR NON-AGENDA ITEM PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM NINE, RECOGNITIONS,
[9. Recognitions/Proclamations/Visitors. National Day of Prayer (May 5) Leander Pride Day (May 14) National Police Week Proclamation (May 15-21)]
PROCLAMATIONS AND VISITORS.GOOD EVENING, MR. PARSON, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
UH, MY NAME IS RICHARD PARSON AND THANK YOU.
FIRST OF ALL, FOR LETTING ME SPEAK SINCE I'M NOT FAMILIAR, I'M FROM ROUND ROCK AND THEN REPRESENTING ROUND ROCK PRIDE.
I JUST WANTED TO COME AND SHOW MY SUPPORT FOR ROUND ROCK PRIDE AND FOR THE CITY OF LEANDER FOR RECOGNIZING THE ORGANIZATION AND TO CONGRATULATE OLEANDER PRIDE FOR, UH, JOINING WITH OTHER PRIDES AROUND CENTRAL TEXAS.
AS WE WORKED TOGETHER TO KEEP UP THIS WONDERFUL QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE HAVE AND CONTRIBUTE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITIES, WHICH WE LOVE SO MUCH.
THANK YOU, MR. PARSONS, JENNIFER WHITE, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
I LIVE AT 24 0 1, LOST MY TRAIL, LEANDER, TEXAS 7 8 6 4 1 I'M CO TREASURER OF LEANDER PRIDE AND A STAUNCH ALLY OF THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY.
I'D LIKE TO SHARE MY WHY, WHY I'M AN ALLY.
WHY I GOT INVOLVED IN LANDER PRIDE AND WHY THIS ORGANIZATION IS SO IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
GROWING UP IN WEST TEXAS AND A TINY TOWN OUTSIDE OF A SMALL TOWN, THERE WASN'T MUCH ROOM FOR ANYONE TO DO ANYTHING BUT CONFORM TO A VERY NARROW SET OF SOCIAL NORMS TO BE DIFFERENT.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE, MUST HAVE FELT LIKE A DEATH SENTENCE SO MUCH SO THAT I CAN'T EVEN USE ONE FINGER ON ONE HAND TO COUNT THE NUMBER OF QUEER FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
BACK THEN FAST FORWARD 20 YEARS, AND I HAVE TO USE ALMOST TWO FULL HANDS TO COUNT.
HOW MANY OF MY PEERS HAVE SINCE COME OUT.
THAT COUNT INCLUDES ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS.
SINCE FIFTH GRADE SOMEONE I CALL MY SISTER AND MY KIDS CALL THEIR AUNT.
IT BREAKS MY HEART THAT SHE, AND SO MANY LIKE HER HAD TO HIDE HER TRUE SELF, JUST TO BLEND IN JUST TO SURVIVE, JUST TO HANG ON LONG ENOUGH TO FIND A PLACE WHERE SHE COULD LIVE AUTHENTICALLY AND FIND PEACE FOR HERSELF.
HISTORICALLY, LANDER HAS NOT BEEN A PLACE WHERE SOMEONE WITHIN THE QUEER COMMUNITY COULD FIND PEACE OR LIVE AUTHENTICALLY IN 2019, WHEN MUCH OF THE COUNTRY HAD MADE BIG STRIDES TO BEING OPEN AND ACCEPTING OF THEIR LGBTQ FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, PEOPLE OF LEANDER DOUBLED DOWN AND PROTESTED A DRAG QUEEN STORY TIME EVENT AT OUR LIBRARY.
SO INTENSELY THAT THE LIBRARY CANCELED THE EVENT, A LOCAL CHURCH THEN GRACIOUSLY HOSTED STORYTIME WHILE ANTI LGBTQ PROTESTERS STOOD OUTSIDE OF THE EVENT TO INTIMIDATE AND HARASS THE ATTENDEES THAT CLOSED MINDEDNESS IN 2019 FELT REMINISCENT OF MY TINY WEST TEXAS HOMETOWN.
I KNEW THOSE ATTITUDES WERE NOT ONES I WANTED TO RAISE MY CHILDREN AROUND.
I TRIED TO CONVINCE MY HUSBAND, WE SHOULD MOVE SOMEWHERE MORE AND ACCEPTING.
LUCKILY HE WAS UNCONVINCED AND WE DIDN'T MOVE THOUGH.
IT WOULDN'T BE UNTIL 2020 THAT I FOUND IDEAL A GROUP PROMOTING INCLUSION, DIVERSITY AND EQUITY FOR ALL LEANDER, AND FINALLY FOUND MY PEOPLE HERE IN LEANDER.
WHEN THE LEADERSHIP OF IDEAL PUT OUT A CALL FOR HELP PLANNING A PRIDE CELEBRATION, I WAS ALL IN AND MORE DETERMINED THAN EVER TO BE A LOUDER VOICE OF LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE THAN THAT, OF THE HATRED AND BIGOTRY STILL BEING SPREAD AROUND THE CITY.
I'M DETERMINED TO MAKE LEANDER A PLACE WHERE KIDS CAN GROW UP ON AFRAID TO BE THEMSELVES.
I WANT THEM TO KNOW THEY'RE LOVED, ACCEPTED, AND VALUED FOR BEING EXACTLY WHO THEY ARE.
I WANT ANY ONE OF THEM TO FEEL JUST AS COMFORTABLE WALKING AROUND OLD TOWN LEANDER AS A STRAIGHT PERSON, WOULD I CHALLENGE ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN A QUIET ALLY TO JOIN ME TODAY EVERY DAY AND ESPECIALLY ON MAY 14TH AND LOUDLY PROUDLY ADVOCATING FOR AND CELEBRATING OUR LGBTQ PLUS FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS LEANDER WOULDN'T BE THE SAME WITHOUT THEM.
THANK YOU, MS. WHITE, DIDN'T DENISE ROGERS GETTING NAMED MS. ROGERS, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
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IS DENISE ROGERS.MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE HER? AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF TAYLOR PRIDE.
MY ADDRESS IS 1711 LEXINGTON TAYLOR, TEXAS.
WE JUST WANTED TO COME IN THE CITY OF LEANDER FOR THE PROPOSED PROCLAMATION OF LEANDER PRIDE DAY ON MAY 14TH.
SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHEN OUR MAYOR PROCLAIMED PRIDE DAY IN THE CITY OF TAYLOR, UM, CURRENT AND PREVIOUS LGBTQ RESIDENTS HAD NEVER FELT MORE PROUD, MORE WELCOME AND MORE SEEN IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE TRUE DEFINITION OF COMMUNITY IS A FEELING OF FELLOWSHIP WITH OTHERS WHO SHARE COMMON INTERESTS AND COMMON GOALS.
AND WHILE I DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE WITH MANY DIFFERENT INTERESTS, MAKEUP, THE CITY OF LEANDER, THE COMMON GOAL THAT BONDS, ALL OF YOU IS THE NEED FOR BELONGING.
YOU'LL THE TREE ACHIEVE TRUE COMMUNITY.
WHEN EVERY CITIZEN FEELS LIKE THEY BELONG, DESPITE THEIR RACE, THEIR RELIGION, THEIR ECONOMIC CLASS, GENDER IDENTITY, OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION, SUPPORTING LEANDER PRIDE, AND THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY WILL ONLY BENEFIT THE CITY AS A WHOLE AND HELP YOU MOVE FORWARD AS A PROGRESSIVE AND INCLUSIVE CITY.
AND IT PUTS YOU ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY.
THE CITY OF TAYLOR HAS SEEN MANY GAINS BY EMBRACING THE MOVEMENT AND DOING ALL THINGS THROUGH THE LENS OF LOVE, ACCEPTANCE AND INCLUSION FOR ALL FROM TAYLOR PRIDE TO THE LAND OR PRIDE GROUP, WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON HOSTING YOUR FIRST PRIDE EVENT, AND WE COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR BRAVERY AND WILLINGNESS TO BE BOLD.
AND WE'RE SO VERY PROUD OF YOU.
AND LAST STEP WE HAVE JAMES DEAN.
GOOD EVENING, MR. DEAN, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
I LIVE AT 25 13 COSTA DEL SOL AND THE ANDREW TEXAS.
UH, I'M HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF MY PARTNER, FRED SMITH AND MYSELF.
HE'S IN HOUSTON AT MD ANDERSON, GETTING A TREATMENT FOR STAGE FOUR CANCER.
UM, WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER NOW FOR 13 YEARS.
I'VE BEEN COMING TO TEXAS FOR 13 YEARS.
UH, WE'VE LIVED HERE IN LANDER FOR THREE.
UM, PART OF WHAT SHAKES ME TO MY CORE IS WHAT HAPPENS WITH LGBTQ PLUS KIDS AND TEENS.
THEY ARE SUBJECTED TO VIOLENCE, UH, NOW IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND WE KNOW OF AT LEAST TWO CASES IN LEANDER, UM, A TRANS FAMILY WAS INVESTIGATED FOR CHILD ABUSE.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST KINDA CRAZY.
UM, SO RECOGNIZING LEANDER PRIDE AND RECOGNIZING PEOPLE LIKE KATE AND SARAH AND JENNIFER AND KELLY AND THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE IS VERY IMPORTANT SO THAT WE CAN SHOW KIDS AND TEENS AND THOSE FAMILIES, THE BETTER DAYS WILL COME.
OUR FAMILIES AREN'T ANY DIFFERENT THAN YOURS.
UH, I HAVE A 93 YEAR OLD MOTHER-IN-LAW WHO HAS RESPIRATORY FAILURE.
I JUST SPENT TWO WEEKS TAKING CARE OF HER AND TAKING CARE OF FRED AND ALSO TAKING CARE OF MY 71 YEAR OLD SISTER-IN-LAW WHO HAS PARKINSON'S IT'S JUST LIFE WE'RE LGBTQ PLUS PEOPLE.
AND WE HAVE FAMILIES JUST LIKE YOU.
AND I THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING LANDER PRIDE.
OUR FIRST PROCLAMATION IS FOR NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, WHICH IS TODAY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER PENN TELIUM PARKER.
AND THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THIS THIS MORNING.
YOU DID A GREAT JOB VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING.
UM, SO THE CITY OF LANDER PROCLAMATION THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF OUR STATE AND NATION AMERICANS HAVE TURNED TO PRAYER TO PRAY FOR GUIDANCE AND COMFORT AND TO THINK, AND TO GIVE THANKS FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS WE ENJOY RELIGIOUS FREEDOM WAS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND SOME OF THE FIRST TEXAS SETTLEMENTS.
THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES PROCLAIMED A NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER IN 1775.
AND THE DAY AFTER JOHN ADAMS MOVED INTO THE NEW WHITE HOUSE ON NOVEMBER 2ND, 1800, HE ASKED GOD TO BLESS THE HOUSE AND ALL WHO INHABIT INHABITED NOW.
AND IN THE FUTURE, AMERICANS BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF PRAYER.
TEXANS, BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF PRAYER, UH, IN THE POWER OF GOD TO ANSWER PRAYER.
THE 2022 THEME OF THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER AND YEARLY DAVID PRAYER IS EXALT THE LORD WHO ESTABLISHED US BASED UPON THE WORDS AND COLOSSIANS TWO, SIX OR SEVEN, WHICH SAYS, THEREFORE, AS YOU HAVE RECEIVED CHRIST JESUS, THE LORD WALK IN HIM HAVING BEEN FIRMLY ROOTED, AND NOW BEING BUILT UP IN HIM AND ESTABLISHED IN YOUR FAITH JUST
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AS YOU WERE INSTRUCTED AND OVERFLOWING WITH GRATITUDE.THEREFORE I, CHRISTINE DELISLE, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LEANDER, TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THURSDAY, MAY 5TH, 2022, A DAY OF PRAYER IN LEANDER IN THE CITY OF LEANDER AND CON AND COMMEMORATION OF THIS EVENT URGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN TOGETHER IN THEIR HOMES, PLACES OF WORSHIP WORK, AND PLACES OF WORSHIP TO PRAY FOR THE UNITY OF THE HEARTS OF ALL MANKIND, AND TO CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR OUR CITY, OUR STATE, AND OUR NATION AND TESTIMONY WHERE I'LL HAVE I HAVE HERE AND TO FIX MY SIGNATURE THIS FIFTH DAY OF MAY, 2022 YES.
AND WE'LL RECOGNIZE EDNA STOUT FOR RECEIVING THIS PROCLAMATION.
THANK YOU FOR BEING AS COORDINATOR FOR THE NATIONAL DAY OF, FOR THE LAST 27 YEARS.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO PRAYED FOR OUR NATION, THAT WE MAY CONTINUE TO HAVE LIBERTY AND FREEDOM IN OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRIES.
THANK YOU FOR PRAYING THANK YOU.
AND NOW WE HAVE THE PROCLAMATION FOR LEANDER PRIDE DAY, MAY 14TH WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, MATT KEELEN GLORIA, THANK YOU MAYOR.
WHEREAS ALL HUMAN BEINGS ARE BORN FREE AND EQUAL IN DIGNITY AND RIGHTS.
AND THERE EXISTS A CERTAIN COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE, OF DIFFERENT SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS AND GENDER IDENTITIES IN LEANDER, TEXAS, WHO HAVE HAD IMMEASURABLE IMPACT TO THE CULTURAL CIVIC AND ECONOMIC SUCCESS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND COUNTRY.
AND WHEREAS LANDER PRIDE IS A 5 0 1 C TAX EXEMPT NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH A STATED VISION OF MAKING LAND OR TEXAS, A MORE INCLUSIVE PLACE FOR LGBTQ PLUS RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND WHEREAS PRIDE MONTH, WHICH IS FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED IN JUNE IS BOTH A JUBILANT COMMUNAL CELEBRATION OF VISIBILITY AND A PERSONAL CELEBRATION OF SELF WORTH AND DIGNITY.
AND WHEREAS THE RAINBOW TO REMEMBER EVENT HOSTED BY LANDOR PRIDE ON MAY 14TH, 2022 WILL INCLUDE A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES WITH AN INTENT TO ESTABLISH A MORE INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY PLACE.
NOW, THEREFORE I, CHRISTINE DELISLE, MAYOR OF LEANDER, TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SATURDAY, MAY 14TH, 2022 TO BE LEANDER PRIDE DAY.
AND I URGE THE PEOPLE OF LEANDER TO COME TOGETHER DESPITE OUR DIFFERENCES SO THAT ALL RESIDENTS FEEL SEEN, HEARD, REPRESENTED, AND PROUD TO BELONG TO THE CITY.
WE KNOW AND LOVE IT WENT IN AS THEREOF.
I HAVE HURON TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF LANDER TO BE A FIXED ON MAY 5TH, 2022
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ALL RIGHT.AND THEN WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE ONE MORE PROCLAMATION TONIGHT FOR POLICE APPRECIATION WEEK, WHICH IS MAY 15TH TO 21ST.
WE'VE MOVED THAT TO ME, 19TH MEETING WHEN THE POLICE COLOR GUARD CAN BE PRESENT TO DO A GROWN-UP VERSION OF WHAT WE SAW THE CUB SCOUTS DO A LITTLE WHILE AGO.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE ARE NOT DOING THE PROCLAMATION, I DO WANT TO HONOR OUR TWO OFFICERS THAT ARE PROVIDING PROTECTION TO EVERYBODY IN THE BACK WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL AND HOPE YOU COME BACK OUT FOR THE, THE PROCLAMATION IN TWO WEEKS.
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TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.COUNCIL WILL BE CONSIDERING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 10 THROUGH 17 COUNCIL.
THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM, MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSAGE UNANIMOUSLY, THANK YOU.
[18. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding authorizing the issuance of Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2022A, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $22,500,000.00, for the purpose of paying contractual obligations of the City to be incurred for The construction of city-wide road, street and traffic signalization improvements, and the acquisition of rights-of-way and easements therefor, including but not limited to Hero Way East and The payment of professional services and costs of issuance related thereto. Discuss and consider action on an Ordinance authorizing the issuance of Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2022A; Authorizing the sale thereof; and enacting provisions incident and related to the issuance of said certificates, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $22,500,000.00, for the purpose of paying contractual obligations of the City to be incurred as described above.]
INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.18 CONDUCT, A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS SERIES 2022 A IN AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPLE AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $22,500,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS OF THE CITY TO BE INCURRED FOR ONE, THE CONSTRUCTION OF CITYWIDE ROAD STREET AND TRAFFIC SIGNALIZATION IMPROVEMENTS AND THE ACQUISITION OF RIGHTS OF WAY AND EASEMENTS THEREAFTER, THEREFORE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO HERO WEIGHT EAST AND TO THE PAYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND COSTS OF ISSUANCE RELATED THERE TO EXECUTIVE FINANCE DIRECTOR POWER'S FLOOR IS YOURS.
THANK YOU, MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
UH, I THINK THE COLOR GUARD THIS EVENING SET A HIGH BAR.
SO I'M GOING TO NOT SAY TOO MUCH AND LET OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR, CHRIS ALLEN WITH RBC CAPITAL DO MOST OF THE PRESENTATION, BUT I DID WANT TO REFRESH, REFRESH EVERYONE'S MEMORY ON HOW WE GOT HERE.
WE CAME TO YOU IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, UH, AND RECEIVE YOUR AUTHORIZATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, UH, PUBLICATION AND NOTICE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT TO CONSIDER ISSUING DEBT, UH, FOR SEVERAL NEEDED PROJECTS FOR THE CITY OF LANDER, UH, I'M GOING TO COVER BOTH OF THE, THIS ITEM AND THEN THE NEXT ONE, AS WELL AS, UH, MR. ALLEN WE'LL WE'LL DO THE SAME, BUT, UM, THE PROJECTS IN THE FIRST SERIES OF DEBT ARE RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.
THE RE-UP ON THE, ON THE SCREEN, THE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, THIS DEBT IS SUPPORTED BY THE PROPERTY TAX RATE DEDICATED TO DEBT SERVICE.
THE LION'S SHARE OF THIS ISSUANCE GOES TO THE CITY SHARE OF THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY PROJECT, THE HERO WAY EAST ROADWAY EXPANSION.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM AFTER THIS CURRENT PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE THE, UH, THE DEBT ISSUANCE FOR THE UTILITY PROJECTS AND, UM, SEVERAL, UH, LARGE PROJECTS, THE REGIONAL WASTEWATER PLANT EAST PLANT EXPANSION, UH, IN ROUND ROCK, UH, TWO PROJECTS AT SANDY CREEK WATER TREATMENT PLANT, AS WELL AS A PROJECT FOR THE, UM, THE INITIAL RECLAIMED WATER EFFLUENT REUSE, UH, PROJECT.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO LET, UM, MR. ALLEN EXPLAIN THE RESULTS OF THE, UH, BOND SALE THIS MORNING, GO OVER THE RATES, UH, AND, UH, THE MARKET AND BE WELL BETWEEN HIM AND MYSELF.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS NOW OR AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL CITY MANAGER FOR THE RECORD.
AGAIN, MY NAME IS CHRIS ALLEN.
I'M WITH RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, WE'RE FINANCIAL ADVISOR TO THE CITY.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE SOME GOOD NEWS.
UM, YOU'LL SEE THERE ON THE, THE, UH, THE SCREEN, UH, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE AS TO WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF RIGHT ENVIRONMENT AND THE MARKET THAT WE, WE ENTERED INTO, UM, OVER THE LAST, UH, I WOULD SAY TWO OR THREE MONTHS, WE'VE SEEN RATES BEGIN TO TRICKLE UP.
UM, AND THE MARKET'S BEEN VERY VOLATILE DUE TO, YOU KNOW, THE GLOBAL, UH, ISSUES WITH THE WAR
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ON UKRAINE AND, UM, THE INFLATIONARY FEARS.SO AS YOU SAW YESTERDAY, THE FED CHAIRMAN RAISED SHORT-TERM RATES, YOU KNOW, AT 50 BASIS POINTS THAT IN TURN, UH, SPARKED A SLIGHT RALLY YESTERDAY.
AND WE KIND OF WERE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT THIS MORNING.
SO, UM, YOU'LL SEE THERE, THERE'S A GRAPH AND IT'S THE TRIPLE AMD, WHICH IS THE MUNICIPAL MARKET DATA, WHICH IS AN INDEX THAT WE USE IN MUNICIPAL INDUSTRY TO, TO PRICE, UM, MUNICIPAL BONDS OFF OF, UM, YOU'LL SEE THERE, UM, THAT GRAPH IS A GRAPH OF WHAT THAT RATE'S BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS AND THE, THE, THE, UM, DOTTED BOX THERE IS KIND OF WHAT'S HAPPENED BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, JANUARY OF 21 TO TODAY.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT RATES HAVE BEEN TRENDING UPWARD.
ALL THAT BEING SAID, WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL DAY IN THE MARKET TODAY.
UM, WE WENT OUT THIS MORNING, UH, NINE O'CLOCK AND GOT EXCEPTIONAL, UH, FEEDBACK FROM INVESTORS.
AND WE HAD A GREAT DEAL OF DEMAND AND DESPITE INTEREST RATES MOVING UP, WE WERE ABLE TO, WE WENT OUT WITH A SCALE WE'RE ABLE TO LOWER THAT SCALE BY TWO TO FOUR BASIS POINTS ALONG THE YIELD CURVE TO, TO BRING YOU A LOW, A LOWER INTEREST RATE.
UM, NEXT PAGE, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHO THE PLAYERS ARE.
UH, BICKERSTAFF UH, HE GOT A COSTA IS YOUR BOND ATTORNEY, UH, GREGORY, GREGORY MILLER'S IN THE, IN THE AUDIENCE HERE WITH ANY, UH, LEGAL QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, UH, THE SENIOR MANAGING UNDERWRITER WAS, UH, RAYMOND JAMES, UH, AND THEN WE HAD A CO MANAGING UNDERWRITER, FHN FINANCIAL THEY'RE THE ONES THAT GO OUT AND, UM, COMMUNICATE WITH THE INVESTORS AND SELL THE BONDS.
ONE THING THAT I REALLY WANT TO POINT YOUR ATTENTION TO AND CONGRATULATE YOU ON IS AS A MATTER OF COURSE, WHEN WE, WE GO OUT FOR A DEBT ISSUANCE ON YOUR BEHALF, WE MEET WITH THE CREDIT AGENCIES, THE RATING AGENCIES VERY MUCH LIKE IF YOU WERE TO GO TO BORROW, YOU KNOW, DEBT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THE BETTER, THE CREDIT RATING, THE BETTER INTEREST RATE YOU GET.
WELL, MOODY'S UPGRADED THE CITY'S RATING TO AA.
ONE FROM AA TO, UM, THAT'S ONE NOTCH BELOW THE AAA RATING, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST RATING.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE CITED IN THAT REPORT WERE RAPIDLY GROWING TAX BASE, STRONG RESERVE, LOW LEVELS, WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO BE MAINTAINED STRONG LIQUIDITY AND STRONG FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.
AND THAT IS A REFLECTION OF YOU AS COUNCIL, UM, UH, DEVELOPING FINANCIAL POLICIES, AND THEN HEARING, UM, TO YOUR STAFF, YOUR MANAGER, UM, AND HELPING YOU WITH BUDGETING AND MAKING THE HARD DECISIONS TO KEEP YOUR FINANCIAL, UM, MANAGEMENT, YOU KNOW, TIGHT NEXT PAGE IS, AS ROBERT MENTIONED, WE ISSUED THIS IN TWO SERIES A SERIES, A WAS THE, THE, UH, OBLIGATIONS THAT WERE GOING TO BE THAT ARE GOING TO BE, UM, UH, PAID FROM TAXES.
SO YOU'LL SEE THERE, WE ACTUALLY SHORTENED THAT WE ISSUED THAT IN, UH, IN 16 YEARS IN ORDER TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE, THE LOWER INTEREST COST ON THE SHORTER BASIS THAT, UH, ALL IN, UH, TSC, UH, WAS 3.279.
UM, AND YOU'LL SEE, WE ISSUED THESE, THESE OBLIGATIONS THAT ARE PREMIUM.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO ISSUE LESS AND GARNER THE PROJECT FUND OF 20,500,000 NEXT, UM, SLIDE THERE SHOWS THE 22 B'S, WHICH IS UTILITY OBLIGATIONS, WHICH WILL BE PAID FROM ONE OR TWO OR RATES, UH, THAT WAS ISSUED AS 20 YEAR NOTES.
AND THE OVERALL, UH, TWO TRUE INTEREST COSTS, WHICH ARE THE OVERALL BORROWING COST IS 3.7%.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD CERTAINLY RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AT THIS TIME.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THE RATING UPGRADE.
UM, WE CAN DO QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY WHO HAS SUBMITTED A CARD TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS? ALL RIGHT, PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF COMBINATION CACS AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS SERIES 2022, A AUTHORIZING THE SALE THEREOF AND ENACTING PROVISIONS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE OF SAID CERTIFICATES IN AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPLE AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $22,500,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS OF THE CITY TO BE INCURRED AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY.
UM, HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE WE WERE AAA AND HOW DO WE GET BACK THERE? WE, WE, WE'VE NEVER BEEN AAA.
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I THOUGHT WE WERE LIKE 10 YEARS AGO.NO, NO, WE WE'VE STEADILY IN, UM, WITHIN PRISON.
I THOUGHT ONE WAY AT SOME POINT WHILE I WAS SITTING BACK THERE ON THE BACK ROW.
SO FOR ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T LIKE DEBT, I DON'T LIKE MY DEBT MYSELF TOO, FOR ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T HAVE DEBT, WE HAVE THESE PROJECTS THAT HAVE TO HAVE TO HAVE TO HAVE TO COME FORWARD.
UM, WHAT ARE THE WAY DO WE PAY FOR THEM? WELL, UM, THE FIRST THING YOU HAVE TO DO IS WAIT A VERY LONG TIME, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE SAVING YOUR PENNIES AND YOUR DOLLARS FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT BEING FACETIOUS, NOT, UH, THE PROJECT, UM, PROBABLY WOULDN'T GET DONE.
UM, NOW THAT SAID, WE, WE DO TRY TO DO, UM, UH, SMALLER PROJECTS WITH CASH SO THAT WE'RE, WE'RE NOT BORROWING FOR EVERYTHING, BUT THESE ASSETS WILL, UM, UH, LAST, THE CITY 20 PLUS YEARS, YOU KNOW, UH, AT A MINIMUM, YOU KNOW, AND SO THEY'RE LONG-TERM ASSETS AND, UM, JUST LIKE BUYING A HOME YOU'VE UM, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE CASH IN YOUR POCKET, YOU HAVE TO BORROW AND WE DON'T HAVE THE CASH.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IN SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AND HEARING THAT, THAT OUR RATING WENT UP.
SO THANK YOU, MR. PARIS FACTORS IN THAT, BUT THANK YOU, ITEM
[19. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding authorizing the issuance of Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2022B, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $34,500,000.00, for the purpose of paying contractual obligations of the City to be incurred for The construction, acquisition and installation of additions, improvements and extensions to the City's waterworks and sewer system, including but not limited to the City’s participation in the Brushy Creek Regional Wastewater System East Plant expansion and The payment of professional services and costs of issuance related thereto. Discuss and consider action on an Ordinance authorizing the issuance of Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2022B; authorizing the sale thereof; and enacting provisions incident and related to the issuance of said certificates, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $34,500,000.00, for the purpose of paying contractual obligations of the City to be incurred as described above.]
19, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS SERIES 2022 B AND AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPLE AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED 34 MILLION, $500,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS OF THE CITY TO BE INCURRED FOR ONE, THE CONSTRUCTION ACQUISITION AND INSTILL INSTALLATION OF ADDITIONS IMPROVEMENTS AND EXTENSIONS TO THE CITY'S WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE BRUSHY CREEK, REGIONAL WASTEWATER SYSTEM, EAST PLANT EXPANSION, AND TO THE PAYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND COSTS OF ISSUANCE RELATED THERE TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE POWERS.I THINK YOU'RE BACK UP ON THIS ONE, GETTING YOUR STEPS IN YOUR TONIGHT'S ROBIN, UM, CAN ACHIEVE THAT STANDARD.
UM, NOPE, NO FURTHER COMMENTS.
OTHER THAN TO, UM, REITERATE THAT THIS PARTICULAR SERIES OF DEBT IS SUPPORTED BY THE UTILITY FUND, WHICH IS WATER AND SEWER RIGHTS.
AND, UM, WE'VE BEEN PLANNING ON THIS IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN AND THE RIGHT STUDY THAT WAS, UM, RECEIVED LAST YEAR.
SO, UH, WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE ISSUING THIS DEBT TO CAUSE A RATE INCREASE.
SO WE'RE PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
I DID NOT HAVE ANYBODY WHO SUBMITTED A CARD TO SPEAK.
WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
WE'LL NOW MOVE INTO THE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS SERIES 2020 TO BE AUTHORIZING THE SALE THEREOF AND ENACTING PROVISIONS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE OF SAID CERTIFICATES IN AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPLE AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $34,500,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS OF THE CITY TO BE INCURRED AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY COUNSEL OKAY.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[20. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider action regarding Zoning Case 22-Z-006 to amend the current zoning of SFU/MH-2-B (Single-Family Urban/Manufactured Home) to LC-2-C (Local Commercial) on one (1) parcel of land approximately 0.487 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R035493; and addressed at 607 Crystal Falls Parkway, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case 22-Z-006 as described above.]
ITEM NUMBER 20, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE 22 0 0 6.TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF SFU, M H TO BE SINGLE FAMILY, URBAN MANUFACTURED HOME TO LC TO SEE LOCAL COMMERCIAL ON ONE PARCEL OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 0.48, SEVEN ACRES PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE, AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6 0 7 CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY.
UM, THIS IS PROBABLY THE LAST PIECE OF PROPERTY ON THAT STRETCH OF CRYSTAL FALLS WITH SINGLE FAMILY ZONING.
UM, THE REST OF THE PROPERTY AROUND IT IS ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL.
IT'S KIND OF AN INTERESTING AREA WHERE IT WAS MANUFACTURED HOMES.
AND THEN AS WE'VE DEVELOPED, PEOPLE HAVE ZONE THEIR PROPERTIES FOR COMMERCIAL AND REDEVELOPED, AND NOW IT'S THEIR TURN.
UM, THIS PRO PROJECT WAS REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DURING THE APRIL 14TH MEETING.
AND THE COMMISSION DID A UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE.
THERE'S NO APPLICANT PRESENTATION.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
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I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY WHO SUBMITTED CARDS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHED TO SPEAK ALL RIGHT, PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE 22 0 0 6 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY COUNSEL.
I THINK WE SHOULD TO APPROVE SECOND.
I MEAN, I HAVE JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION THOUGH.
THIS IS A NO BRAINER, BUT THIS IS THEIR LOCAL LOCAL COMMERCIAL.
WAS IT A SPECIFIC USE OF IS GOING HERE THEN EVERYTHING ELSE HAS GENERALLY COMMERCIAL AROUND THEM.
SO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOESN'T SUPPORT IT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
MOVING ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA
[21. Discuss and consider action on the First Reading of an Ordinance regarding Special Use Case 22-SU-001 to allow for the temporary residential use of a travel trailer or recreational vehicle for use by an ill, convalescent or otherwise disabled friend or relative needing care from the occupant of the primary residence, or a friend or relative providing necessary care for an ill, convalescent or otherwise disabled occupant; on one parcel of land approximately 0.3856 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R036092; and more commonly known as 107 Bagdad Street, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.]
ITEM 21, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE REGARDING SPECIAL USE CASE 22 S U 0 0 1 TO ALLOW FOR THE TEMPORARY RESIDENTIAL USE OF A TRAVEL TRAILER OR RECREATIONAL VEHICLE FOR USE BY AN ILL CONVALESCENT OR OTHERWISE DISABLED FRIEND OR RELATIVE NEEDING CARE FROM THE OCCUPANT OF THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE OR A FRIEND OR RELATIVE PROVIDING NECESSARY CARE FOR AN ILL CONVALESCENT OR OTHERWISE DISABLED OCCUPANT ON ONE PARCEL OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 0.3 8, 5, 6 ACRES PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE, AS STATED ON THE POST-IT POST-IT AGENDA.WE DO HAVE A FEW PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ONE, SO I'M GOING TO CALL THEM AND THEN WE'LL HOP INTO, DO YOU WANT ME TO EXPLAIN WHAT STAFF'S DONE SINCE THE LAST MEETING? HE'LL GIVE US SOME HOMEWORK.
UM, SO, UH, DURING THE LAST MEETING, SEVERAL QUESTIONS CAME UP AND WE HAVE CONFIRMED, UM, THEY'RE MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ORDINANCE WITH REGARDS TO, UM, OCCUPANT, UH, OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, THEY'VE ALSO WORKED WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT TO RESOLVE THE CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES.
THERE'S ONE LAST TRAILER LEFT, BUT, UM, IT'S RAINING AND THE TRUCK GOT STUCK IN THE MUD.
SO SHE'S WORKING TO RESOLVE THAT, BUT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
UP FIRST IS A NET SPAWN SELLER OH, YOU'RE RIGHT.
A NET SPAWN SELLER IS FOR CHAD MAXWELL IS FOUR AND ANGEL MAXWELL IS FOR THERE'S NOT ANYBODY ELSE THAT SIGNED UP WITH THEIR POSITION.
WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WAS JUST BIG ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT.
SO THEN THAT'S OURS COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, MOTIONS? ALL THE THINGS I'D SAY IF THE, UM, THE REQUIREMENTS ARE SATISFIED AND CODE ENFORCEMENT IS CLEARED UP AND I DROVE BY TODAY, IT LOOKS VERY GOOD.
UM, I'LL JUST MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IF NOBODY HAS ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY SECOND MOTION.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, OPPOSED THREE TO TWO.
[22. Discuss and consider action on Tree Removal Case 21-TRP-002 regarding removal of Significant and Heritage Trees associated with The Square at Crystal Falls Site Development generally located on the southeast of the intersection of Crystal Falls Parkway and S. Bagdad Road, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.]
ITEM 22, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON TREE REMOVAL CASE 21, TRP 0 0 2 REGARDING REMOVAL OF SIGNIFICANT AND HERITAGE TREES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SQUARE AT CRYSTAL FALLS SITE DEVELOPMENT GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY AND SOUTH BAGHDAD ROAD, LANDER WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GRIFFIN.UM, SO I CAME UP HERE AND I JUST REALIZED THE APPLICANT IS THE ONE WHO NEEDS TO MAKE THE, THE PRESENTATION, UM, ON THEIR UPDATE FROM LAST TIME.
SO Y'ALL HEARD ME LAST TIME ABOUT WHAT'S BEING REQUESTED.
UM, AND THEY HAVE A PRESENTATION.
I'M STEVE JAMISON WITH JAMESON CIVIL ENGINEERING.
I'M THE CIVIL, IS IT ON THIS PROJECT? I'M ALON BENELLI.
I'M DEVELOPING THE CRYSTAL FARMS SQUARE AT CHRIS FALLS.
I JUST EXPLAINED THAT THIS IS THE WRONG SLIDE.
OH, I DON'T KNOW NO, THIS IS SO BASICALLY I JUST WANTED HIM TO START, BUT I CAN, I CAN START.
SO, UM, LET'S MAKE SURE YOU'RE SPEAKING INTO THE MICROPHONE FOR THE RECORD.
SO THIS IS A PROJECT I HAVE, UH, I HAVE BROUGHT TO THE ANDREW ON CRYSTAL FALLS, NON CRYSTAL FALLS ON RONALD REAGAN AND A COLD SPRINGS MARKETPLACE.
AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S A HIGH END PROJECT.
UM, AND THE SAME I'M TRYING TO DO FOR THIS PARCEL WE HAVE ON BAGHDAD.
AND AFTER YEAR AND A HAPPY WE'RE ABLE TO PUT A NICE SHOPPING CENTER THERE.
IT WOULD BE HIGH CALIBER LIKE THIS IN FACT, BETTER THAN THIS.
SO STEVE AND EVERYBODY ELSE HAS BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR A YEAR AND A HALF.
THE PERSON BEFORE ME WHO HAD THIS LAND, HE WAS PROPOSING A FLEX, UH, EVEN WITH FLEX PROPOSAL, HE WASN'T ABLE TO GO THROUGH WITH IT BECAUSE OF SO MANY CHALLENGES.
IT HAS EASEMENTS ON IT, WHICH I HAD TO GET RID OF.
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UH, YOU KNOW, ELECTRICAL, UH, GOING THROUGH IT, WHICH I HAD TO GET RID OF.AND THERE WERE QUITE A FEW TREES WE SAVED, BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF TREES STILL IN QUESTION WITHOUT WHICH, UM, MY FOOTPRINT GOES WAY LOWER.
AND THE FEASIBILITY, THE FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY IS, IS NOT THERE FOR ME.
WE CAME HERE TO REQUEST YOU ALL TO SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR US.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE RENDERING OF THE PROBLEM.
HOW DO WE DO YOU KNOW HOW TO CHANGE IT? SO THAT'S THE PROCESS.
I FORGET WHO MADE THE RE WE CAN TALK, IT'S NOT PUBLIC HEARING, RIGHT.
SO WHO MADE THE REQUEST LAST TIME THAT THEY CAME BACK AND SHOWED US THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO WORK IT OUT? I DID.
SO THIS WAS A CONCERN THAT CAME UP AT Z AS WELL.
SO THAT'S THE PROJECT I'M BRINGING TO ON BAGHDAD.
SO OVERALL ON PAPER, THERE WERE FIVE HERITAGE TREES.
ONE WAS DEEMED TO BE NOT HERITAGE BASED ON THE INNER CODE AT FORT LOW 48 INCHES.
SO IT WAS SEPARATED OUT, UH, THERE'S FOUR REMAINING HERE IT'S TREES.
UH, TWO OF WHICH ARE IMPACTED BY THE FOOTPRINT OF THE, UH, PROPOSED STRUCTURE.
UH, TWO OF WHICH ARE NOT THE TWO THAT IMPACTED ARE NOT GOING TO BE, ARE NOT IN GOOD CONDITION.
THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF CAVITIES DEFECTS THEY'D BEEN ON CAP.
UM, SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO, IF WE COULD SHOW THE, THE, THE, THE OTHER PLAN OR THE PLAN SET.
SO THESE ARE, YEAH, SO THOSE ARE THE TREES IN QUESTION HAD DEFECTS ON THE CAVITIES, MULTIPLE CAVITIES THAT EXTEND WELL INTO THE TRUNK.
UM, AND THERE WERE, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO HAVE THOSE REMOVED AND PRESERVE, UH, THERE'S TWO OTHER GOOD ONES.
SO TWO 10 IS ON THE VERY FAR PLAN NORTH.
THAT ONE IS, HAS MULTIPLE DEFECTS.
AND THEN THE TWO ON THE OTHER SIDE ALSO EXTENDED MULTIPLE CAVITIES.
UH, IF YOU LOOK PLAN, RIGHT, THERE'S ALL, THERE ARE TWO REMAINING HERE, THE, TO BE PRESERVED, UH, THAT BASED ON THAT FOOTPRINT THAT ARE TRYING TO BUILD, YOU KNOW, GIVE, GIVE, GIVE MORE SPACE OVER THERE.
I WOULD ALSO PROPOSE TO PUT A TREE CHARACTER PLAN IN PLACE TO HELP LIMIT THE PICS AND, UH, THE IMPACTS OF CONSTRUCTION AND HELP, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BABY THOSE TREES THROUGH THE PROJECT.
SO ON THIS ONE, UH, I THINK THE QUESTION WAS 2 25 POINTER, THE ONE ON THE PLAN, RIGHT? AND THE PROBLEM WITH THAT ONE IS IT'S, IT IS RIGHT SMACK IN THE MIDDLE GETTING HERE.
AND SO IT INTERFERES WITH THE CIRCULATION THROUGH THE PROJECT FOR THIS BUILDING.
AND SO THAT'S, THIS WAS KIND OF OUR BEST CASE SCENARIO TO, UH, TO KEEP THE BIG TREES ON THE OUTSIDE.
AND I WAS ALSO, WE WERE PROPOSING TO INCLUDE THIS IN OUR AMENITIES, AS FAR AS THE RENT DOWN TO THE, TO THE TREES FOR A PICNIC TABLES.
AND IF I BET TWO TENS IS HERITAGE STILL IS 2 25, BUT TWO 12 WAS THE ONE THAT YOU VERIFIED ON SITE.
THERE WAS NOT, DID NOT MEET CODE DEFINITION.
I THINK IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST EGREGIOUS LOOKING ONES WHERE IT'S LIKE, IT'S A PARKING LOT MOSTLY.
IS THAT THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE? YEAH, WE'RE ALL THROUGH.
I MEAN, ALL THREE OF THEM JUST IT'S BEEN ON CAT LOT.
IT WAS OVERGROWN WHEN WE WENT OUT THERE THAT THEY'VE GOT MULTIPLE STORM BREAKS, PREVIOUS FAILURES ON THEIR CAVITIES EXTENDING LENGTH OF TRUNK.
UM, AND JUST, THEY'RE JUST NOT THE BEST PRESENTATION CANDIDATES TO THEY'RE ALREADY STRESSED AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT REALLY WORTH THE DESIGNER.
ISN'T THERE USUALLY A MECHANISM ON THESE TREE SURVEYS TO MARK DOWN THE ONES THAT ARE DAMAGED AND UNHEALTHY.
SO WE'LL ACCEPT, UM, A REPORT FROM AN ARBORIST SAYING IF THE TREE'S IN BAD CONDITION AND WE DON'T REQUIRE MITIGATION FOR THAT.
AND ARE YOU THE ARBORIST? YES, MA'AM.
YOU DO HAVE A REPORT THAT SAYS THAT.
DO WE HAVE THAT REPORT? UH, COREY HAS IT, YES.
I THINK, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THAT REPORT.
THEY UPLOADED THE PHOTOS OF IT THAT CAME FROM REPORT.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THESE CAME FROM SOME OF YOUR STREET TO 10 30 INCH LIBO WITH THE CAVITY THAT GOES WELL INTO IT.
UH, HERE'S THE TREE TWO 12 THAT WAS SUBMITTED AS A 30 INCH SLIDE BOAT.
BUT AS YOU SEE THE STRUCTURE OF IT AND KIND OF WHERE IT FORKS FOR LATER CODE, AND THEY JUST DIDN'T MEET REQUIREMENTS.
SO THAT WAS ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE 20 INCH.
UM, IT WAS UNDER HERITAGE REQUIRED OR MEASUREMENTS.
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IS THE TREE 2 25, UH, THAT SITS RIGHT IN THE DEAD CENTER OF THE FOOTPRINT THAT HE WAS EXTRACTING.AND IT JUST HAS MULTIPLE DEFECTS ON IT.
SO IF WE APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, Y'ALL ARE GONNA SEND US THAT REPORT TOMORROW, MAKE A MOTION, THAT CONDITION, AND IT'S DUE MS. GRIFFIN, YOU HAVE SOMETHING.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, IF WE HAVE THE REPORT, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH A APPROVAL BY THE COMMITTEE OR THE COUNCIL.
SO IF YOU ARE APPROVING TWO OF THEM AND ONE'S ALREADY DEAD THAT'S SO I WAS JUST GOING TO KNOW WHAT THE GROUP IS OR BBI OR HOW THAT WOULD GOT IT.
SO, SO WE WOULD NOT REQUIRE THIS, IF IT WAS CONSIDERED DEAD OR DYING POOR CONDITIONS, SOMETIMES THERE ARE THINGS YOU CAN DO TO SAVE THE TREE.
ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, DO YOU DO IF WE MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT MOVING FORWARD ON THE PROJECT IS THE BEST THING FOR THE CITY.
UM, DO YOU NEED TO HEAR FROM US THAT IT'S CONTINGENT UPON THEM SUBMITTING SOME FORMAL REPORT FROM THE ARBORIST OR IS THAT OKAY? OKAY.
AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION.
SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY ON THIS ONE.
NO, THERE'S NOBODY ELSE SIGNED UP FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT ON ANYTHING
[23. Discuss and consider action on the creation of an Old Town Master Plan Advisory Committee.]
ITEM 23, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON THE CREATION OF AN OLD TOWN MASTER PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GRIFFIN.SO THIS ITEM IS, UH, TO HAVE THE COUNCIL ADOPT THE MAKEUP OF OUR OLD TOWN MASTER PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, WE'VE WORKED WITH THE CONSULTANT TO COME UP WITH A LIST OF REPRESENTATIVES WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON THE COMMITTEE.
UM, WE WERE LOOKING TO HAVE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN OLD TOWN OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES, A MEMBER OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, A PARKS BOARD MEMBER, PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION MEMBER, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER, AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE MEMBER.
IF THE COUNCIL AGREES TO THIS MAKEUP, WE WILL START COLLECTING APPLICATIONS.
AND AT THE NEXT MEETING WE'LL MAKE FOR YOUR MEMBERSHIP.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE I'LL SECOND, IS THAT ALL YOU NEED FROM US EMOTION AND A SECOND MORE DIRECTION WHO IT WAS TONIGHT? NO.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GET EXPLANATIONS AND YOU'LL GET TO APPOINT SOMEONE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[24. Discuss and consider action on submitting a water contract application to Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) for the Second Amendment to the water contract for municipal uses between LCRA and City of Leander; with request to increase the Maximum Annual Quantity (MAQ) to thirty-four thousand (34,000) acre feet; and authorize the City Manager to sign any and all necessary documents.]
DISCUSSING CONSIDER ACTION ON SUBMITTING A WATER CONTRACT APPLICATION TO LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY LCRA FOR THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE WATER CONTRACT FOR MUNICIPAL USES BETWEEN LCRA AND CITY OF LEANDER WITH REQUEST TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM ANNUAL QUANTITY AND MAY QUEUE TO 34,000 ACRE FEET AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, DAN GRANTVILLE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE CITY OF LEANDER AND, UM, UH, MARY, YOU SUMMARIZED IT PERFECTLY.
UM, WE ARE SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION TO THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY FOR AN ADDITIONAL 10,000 ACRE FEET, UM, UH, FOR THE FUTURE GROWTH OF, UH, OF LEANDER.
AND IF THERE WAS ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON THAT, UM, STANDING BY TO ADDRESS THOSE MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[25. Discuss and consider action on a Resolution of the City of Leander, Texas, supporting a comprehensive plan for the management of water system treatment capacity and demand, and providing for related matters.]
I'M 25 DISCUSSING CONSIDER ACTION ON A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF LEANDER, TEXAS SUPPORTING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF WATER SYSTEM TREATMENT CAPACITY AND DEMAND AND PROVIDING FOR RELATED MEN MATTERS, CITY MANAGER, BEVERLY, AND I THINK, I THINK DAN IS, HAS GOT A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE SUMMARY.WHAT THIS, WHAT THIS DOES DO IS IT GOES BACK TO A MEMORANDUM I SENT TO COUNSEL BACK IN OCTOBER OF 21, AND IT PROVIDES AN UPDATE ON EVERYTHING FROM, YOU KNOW, OUR, THE TIERED RATE IMPLEMENTATION.
THAT'S NOW IN EFFECT THE, UH, CONSERVATION, UH, COORDINATOR POSITION, SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
SO I'LL LET DAN, SINCE HE IS ACTUALLY FRESH OFF OF A SERIES OF OTHER WATER MEETINGS SLIGHTLY, UH, WITHOUT FURTHER TO ALL RIGHT, AGAIN, UH, GAVE ME MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, DAN GRANTVILLE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND TODAY WE TALK ABOUT THE REST OF THE LAW.
UM, HOWEVER, A RESOLUTION, UM, THAT IF SUPPORTED BY THE, UH, COUNCIL, UM, WITH, UH, PROVIDE RECOMMENDATION PRESENTED IN THE CITY MANAGER'S MEMO DATED OCTOBER, 2021 AND THE ADDENDUM, UM, WHICH IS DATED APRIL, 2022, ADDRESSING SHORT AND LONG-TERM ACTIONS TO MANAGE THEIR WATER SYSTEM,
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UM, THROUGHOUT THIS SUMMER OF 2022, AND WHICH, WHICH BE USED TO TAKE BACK TO THE PCR UA, UM, AS PART OF OUR MANAGEMENT PLAN.SO, SO LAST WEEK WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, SEVERAL, SEVERAL THINGS FOR A LONG PERIOD TIME.
AND AS A REMINDER, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THESE FOUR ITEMS, WHICH IS ITEM 25, THE COMMUNICATION TO YOUR RATES, A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC, UM, LAST WEEK THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, MAXIMUM DAY PROJECTIONS AND, AND, UH, POPULATION PROJECTION.
SO, SO DID SOME HOMEWORK AND GOT SOME DATA ON THAT.
AND THEN, UM, ABOUT OUR CONSERVATION, UM, POSSIBLE PHASE EXCALATION, IF, IF THAT OCCURS.
SO AS A REMINDER, LAST WEEK, WE DID DISCUSS, UM, UH, CURRENT DEVELOPMENT AND TREATMENT OF CAPACITIES ON CIP PROJECTS, UH, BCRA EXPANSION, UM, PARTNER RELATIONSHIPS, UH, CONSERVATION EFFORTS, WHICH WAS DESCRIBED EARLIER.
UM, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE CONSTANT, HAVING A PRION, UH, LANDSCAPING RE LIKE, UH, REGULATION CHANGES AND MUDS AND PITS.
SO TODAY LET'S TALK ABOUT, UM, KIND OF THE DENIM PART OF THE MEMO, UM, AS FAR AS THIS PART GOES, SO, UM, FOR COMMUNICATIONS, UM, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE FOLLOWING, UM, FOUR ACTIONS AND I'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON THE BCRA AND OPTIMIZING THE CITY OF LEANDRA IS WATER SYSTEMS. UM, THE TWO STAFF ARE WORKING, UM, TO HELP BALANCE THE TWO PLANTS AND PROVIDE WATER THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UM, TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T HIT A PEAK HOUR, UM, THAT IT WOULD EXCEED OUR CAPACITY.
NOW I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, AND THE PEAKING FACTOR IS AN ISSUE WHEN YOU'RE BUILDING WATER AND WASTEWATER PLANTS.
AND IF YOU CAN FACTOR, THINK OF IT AS, AS A SAFETY FACTOR, THAT'S A MULTIPLIER THAT YOU ADD, UM, TO THE PLANT IN ORDER TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT PEAK HOUR.
THIS IS ACTUALLY FROM THE ORIGINAL DESIGN BACK IN 2008.
SO WE HAVE A FILL, UM, JULY, 2008, THE BRUSHY CREEK REGIONAL WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
AND IT WAS THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN REPORT, WHICH IS THE ACTUAL REPORT.
SO IN SECTION 8.3, AND IT SAYS MODELING PEAKING FACTOR.
UM, INITIALLY THE HYDRAULIC EVALUATION PERFORMED BY LAN, UH, CONSULTANT.
AT THE TIME YOU LET A PEAKING FACTOR OF 1.63 TO PROVIDE TOTAL PEAK FLOW HOUR TO ALL CUSTOMERS AT THE SAME TIME, THAT 1.6 WOULD BE WHATEVER YOUR CAPACITY IS AT THAT TIME.
YOU MULTIPLY IT BY THE 1.6 AND THEN THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF CAPACITY YOU HAVE FOR PEAKING HOUR.
AND THAT WOULD HAVE TAKEN CARE OF ALL THREE CITIES IN A WORST CASE SCENARIO.
SO THAT I'LL READ ON USING THIS PEAKING FACTOR, THE RESULT PEAK HOUR FLOW RATE, WHICH IS THINGS THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT NOT EXCEEDING FROM THE PLANT WOULD BE EQUAL TO A PEAK HOUR DEMAND OF 172.5 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
SO THE PLANT WAS WHEN IT'S ENDS, IT'LL BE RATED AT 106 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY TIMES AT 1.6, WOULD IT GIVEN YOU 172 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY FOR A RATE FOR THAT SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, SAY AN HOUR? WHAT IF WE HAD TAKEN THAT TO WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE, W OUR CURRENT CAPACITY IS 15 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
AND IF THAT WAS A 1.6, WE'D HAVE A RATE OF 24 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY, OR A RATE OF 20,000 GALLONS PER MINUTE.
THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT'S YOUR INSTANTANEOUS KIND OF FLOW THAT, THAT YOU'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE RIGHT NOW WE'RE LIMITED TO 10,000, WHICH IS HALF OF THAT, RIGHT? SO GO ON JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE HISTORY.
THE PEAKING FACTOR 1 6 1 6 3 WAS BASED ON A PICKING FACTOR THAT WAS OBTAINED THROUGH CURVES FROM THE EXISTING ROUND ROCK DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
UPON FURTHER REVIEW AND COORDINATION WITH CUSTOMER CITIES TO PROVIDE VARIOUS AMOUNTS OF STORAGE INTERNAL TO THEIR OWN SYSTEMS, LAN DETERMINED THAT THE PEAKING FACTOR COULD BE REDUCED TO A FACTOR OF 1.15, WHICH IS WHAT'S.
IS IT MUCH RIGHT NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHANGE IN, UM, THE SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT, ESSENTIALLY, THE PEAKING FACTOR IS ONE.
AND CURRENTLY WE HAVE A RATE OF 15 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
TIMES ONE IS 15 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
AND IF YOU CAN CONVERT THAT INTO GALLONS PER MINUTE, THAT'S 10,000 GALLONS PER MINUTE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO BRING UP AND WE HAVE BEFORE, AND THE REPORT IS IN WITH THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION, IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR A PEAKING FACTOR OF AT LEAST
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1.1, UM, WHICH THE REPORT INDICATES, UH, COULD BE ACHIEVED.NOW, WHAT HAPPENED HERE IS BECAUSE THEY SAID, WELL, WE CAN REDUCE THE PEAKING FACTOR AT ONE POINT PHONE BASED ON THE MODEL OF SENSITIVITY TO THE VARIOUS POINTS.
THE PEAK IN FACTOR ASSUME CUSTOMER STORAGE REQUIREMENTS WERE PHASE THREE WERE DETERMINED AND SHOWN BELOW WHICH, WHICH IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK FOR LEANDER, IT'S 2 MILLION GALLONS AND 5 MILLION GALLONS.
THAT'S THE TWO POINTS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, TERMINUS PUMP STATION WITH THE GROUND STORAGE TANK, UH, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ABOUT 2 MILLION.
AND THEN THE RONALD REAGAN PUMP STATION, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT, WHICH IS THE 5 MILLION, 2.5 INITIALLY, THEN AN ADDITIONAL 2.5.
BUT IF YOU SEE THE TABLE AND WHEN IT WAS DETERMINED, THAT WAS PHASE THREE, WHICH IS THE LAST PHASE OF THE PROJECT.
AND SO WE WERE LIKE, WELL, WE NEED TO MOVE EVERYTHING FORWARD.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE WORKING ON DETERMINING A PUMP STATION NOW, CURRENTLY IN DESIGN.
AND NEXT YEAR THAT RONALD REAGAN WILL BE DESIGNED.
SO THAT PEAKING FACTOR WAS REALLY SUPER IMPORTANT FOR THAT HOUR.
AND, AND THEY MADE A DETERMINATION, BASICALLY NOT TO HAVE ONE, AND WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE ONE, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE THAT TALKED ABOUT, UM, CAUSE IF WE HAD THAT PEAKING FACTOR, WE WOULD HAVE, UM, FOR US, WE WOULD HAVE A RATE AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT RATE A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT THE RATE WOULD BE, INSTEAD OF 15, WOULD BE 18.7 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
AND INSTEAD OF HAVING A RATE OF 10,000 POINT OR 10,500 GALLONS PER MINUTE, IT WOULD BE 12,600 GALLONS PER MINUTE.
SO, SO THAT'S A DISCUSSION THAT WE NEED TO GO TALK TO.
UH, WELL, SORRY, I HIT THE TALKING ABOUT CONTINUOUS OPTIMIZATION AND WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN MOVE THAT FORWARD.
NOW, THE REST OF THEM, UH, UH, YOU CAN SEE ARE MEETINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO, UH, UM, SET UP AND WE CONTINUE TO SPEAK.
AND I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE, UH, BCR UA OPERATION COMMITTEE AT LENGTH.
AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS ABOUT, UM, PEAKING FACTOR AND WHAT LEANDRA IS DOING.
AND SO I THINK THE COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN ACTUALLY VERY WELL RECEIVED AND TAKEN, UM, BACK AND FORTH.
AND I THINK THE MEMO, UM, OF STATES THAT, SO BEFORE I MOVE ON, I KNOW THAT THAT THAT'S A LITTLE, THAT PEAKING FACTOR.
IT'S A LITTLE TRICKY, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND AGAIN, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY IT'S FIVE YEARS AND I CAN SHOW YOU THE GRAPHIC.
CAUSE I HAVE IT, LOTS OF DOCUMENTATION IN CASE I NEED IT, THAT WHEN WE HIT PHASE TWO, A WE COULD HAVE ALL THE GROWTH THAT WE HAVE GOING ON, RIGHT.
IF PHASE TWO A WAS TODAY, WE COULD HAVE EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
AND WE'D BE, WE WOULD BE GREAT.
WE COULD CONTINUE ON BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THE LINE LOOKS BECAUSE ONCE WE GET PHASE TWO-WAY, WE ACTUALLY THEN ARE ABOVE THE LINE BY SEVERAL MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
THE DILEMMA IS, IS GETTING TO THAT PHASE TWO A, UM, AND TH AND THAT'S THE HARD PART.
ONCE YOU GET THERE, LEANDER IS LOOKING, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE WHOLE PLAN WE'RE LOOKING REALLY GOOD.
SO WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT TIER RATES.
UM, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, AS A GROUP, WE'RE HOPING IT MAKES, MAKES A DIFFERENCE AND IT'S PRELIMINARY BECAUSE WE JUST STARTED IN JANUARY.
UM, BUT THE TAKE HERE IS, IS THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT APRIL, THE NUMBER KIND OF CONNECTIONS WE HAVE.
AND EVEN THOUGH WE'VE ONLY HAD HALF THE BILLING BASED ON THE ESTIMATES, YOU CAN SEE THAT PERCENTAGE WISE AND PEOPLE USE WISE, IT'S, IT'S MAKING AN EFFECT.
I MEAN, ALREADY MAKING AN EFFECT.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S JUST GONNA CONTINUE, UM, TO, UH, BE A USEFUL TOOL TO HELP MANAGE, UM, WATER, UM, NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE.
AND, AND WE TALKED EARLIER THAT WE HAD MET WITH GEORGETOWN, UM, WATER CONSERVATION COORDINATOR OR MANAGER, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT IT, AND IT WAS A GOOD TO TALK ABOUT IS LOOKING AT THESE TOOLS AND, AND LETTING PEOPLE KNOW HOW LONG, EVEN THOUGH WE DO HAVE A WATER SOURCE AND THEY'RE BUILDING A BRAND NEW WATER PLANT, HOW LONG CAN THAT REALLY GO? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE COULD GO AND USE ALL THE WATER WE WANT, BUT REALISTICALLY WATER IS BECOMING KIND OF A, SOMEWHAT OF A SCARCITY AND WE REALLY NEED TO STRETCH THAT OUT.
AND SO, AGAIN, ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO THAT INSTEAD OF MAYBE LAST INTO 2040, WHY NOT SEE IF WE CAN GET IT TO 2050, AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND SO FORTH.
AND IT SAVES A LOT OF MONEY ON PEOPLE AND TAXES AND SO FORTH BY JUST NOT USING AS MUCH WATER AS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE THINK WE SHOULD BE.
SO, UM, SO THIS IS WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO BRING
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BACK SOME, I GUESS, UNDERSTANDING ON, ON THIS PART.AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF SLIDES, SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE SEVEN 50 AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT PERCENT GROWTH AND WHAT THAT MEANS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS IMPORTANT.
AND, AND I'LL BE THE FIRST TO SAY IT.
I PROBABLY DIDN'T COMMUNICATE IT AS WELL AS I SHOULD AT THE LAST TIME.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A SECOND CRACK AT IT.
SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE GENERAL BACKGROUND OF, UM, WATER DEMAND PROJECTIONS.
AND, AND BEFORE I GO ON, UM, IT'S IN THE NEXT SLIDE, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AS YOU READ THIS, THAT I TOOK OUT OF THE, UH, UH, TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, UM, THAT THE 20, 22 STATE, THE TEXAS STATE WATER PLAN.
AND, AND IN SECTION 4.4, THEY HAVE, WHAT'S CALLED UNCERTAINTY OF POPULATION AND WATER DEMANDS.
AND SO I WANT TO SKIP TO THAT, TO THAT SLIDE REAL QUICK.
SO, SO RIGHT FROM THE GET GO, YOU CAN SEE HERE'S THE STATE'S KIND OF ACTUAL USAGE.
HERE'S WHAT THEY THOUGHT IN 2017 AND NOW HERE'S WHAT THEY THINK NOW.
SO THEY CHANGED IT QUITE A BIT.
AND THE REASON IS THE SAME THING, AS I SAID, LAST TIME IS, UH, PEOPLE WERE USING LESS, UH, TECHNOLOGY IS GETTING BETTER.
AMI SYSTEMS ARE BEING INSTALLED.
UH, PEOPLE WERE USING LOW FLOW, UM, WATER, ET CETERA, AND THE TEXAS WATER, UM, STATE PLAN COUNTS ON THAT.
SO, HOWEVER YOU CAN, YOU CAN KIND OF READ THE FOUR BULLETS, UM, BUT I'LL READ THE FULL VERBIAGE FROM THE, FROM THE ACTUAL PLAN THAT I THINK WILL BE HELPFUL.
SO RIGHT FROM THE GET GO, THE POPULATION OF WATER DEMAND AND PROJECTIONS USED TO DEVELOP THE REGIONAL AND STATE WATER PLANS ARE REEVALUATED EVERY FIVE YEARS.
NOW, WE ALMOST DO IT IN, ESPECIALLY IN THE CONDITION WHERE, AND I WOULD ALMOST DO IT MONTHLY.
AND THEN WE HAVE DEVELOPERS PROVIDE IT, UM, REEVALUATE EVERY FIVE YEARS THE CYCLE, BECAUSE THEY WERE PRODUCTS OF MANY COMPLEX AND DYNAMIC REAL-WORLD FORCES AND DATA DRIVEN CALCULATIONS.
MANY OF THE UNDERLYING FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE WATER USE ARE DIFFICULT TO ACCURATELY PREDICT, ESPECIALLY AT THE MICRO LEVEL, WHICH IS US AND OVER A LONG, A LONG RESULTING IN INHERIT UNCERTAINTY OF WATER DEMAND PROJECTIONS.
THE UNCERTAINTY OF THESE TYPES OF PROJECTIONS TEND TO DECLINE AS YOU INCREASE THE GEOGRAPHIC EXTENT OF AGGREGATING MORE ENTITIES.
WHEREAS UNCERTAINTY INCREASES AS YOU FOCUS MORE LOCALLY ON SMALLER NUMBERS AGAIN, WHICH IS US.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO ADD THE STATE HAS A WHOLE TEAM OF, OF PEOPLE WHO JUST STUDY POPULATION ON AND, AND THEY STILL GET IT WRONG.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE THIS IN HERE.
FOR EXAMPLE, A WIDE RANGE OF FACTORS KINDA INFLUENCE LONG RANGE OUTLOOK OF A MUNICIPAL AND NON MUNICIPAL WATER DEMANDS THROUGH 2070, WHICH IS WHAT THE PLANT GOES THROUGH.
POPULATION GROWTH AND DISTRIBUTION DEPENDS ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL FACTORS, INCLUDING INDIVIDUAL PREFERENCES, MUNICIPAL WATER DEMANDS DEPENDS ON POPULATION GROWTH, WHICH I WILL TALK ABOUT AND DISTRIBUTION ON HOW MUCH WATER RESIDENTS ARE USING PER CAPITA WATER USE DEPENDS ON INDIVIDUAL PREFERENCE, WHAT THEY THINK THEY NEED, CULTURE AND HABITS, THE WEATHER, WHICH TODAY WAS GREAT TON OF RAIN, LOCAL CONSERVATION ORDINANCES, AND THE ADOPTION OF MORE WATER EFFICIENT APPLIANCES, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
THIS IS REALLY THE HEART OF THIS.
THIS IS PART RATHER THAN ATTEMPTING TO PREDICT THE COMPLEX ARRAY OF FUTURE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND TRYING TO TRANSLATE THOSE OFTEN CONTRADICTORY FACTORS INTO WATER DEMAND PROJECTIONS, THE DELVE ELEMENT WATER, UH, THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD GROUNDS HAS PROTECTIONS, AND THE REPORT REPORTED DATA OF HIS STATISTICAL ANNUAL WATER USE.
I MEANS I USE HISTORICAL DATA TO TRY TO PREDICT WHAT THE FUTURE IS AND THEY KEEP IT SIMPLE AND THEY BASICALLY GO ON AND SAY, WE STRIVE TO HERE TO RELATIVELY STRAIGHTFORWARD METHODOLOGIES.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
SO, SO, SO WHEN WE'RE COMING UP WITH A PROJECTION, WE NORMALLY DON'T DO IT DAY TO DAY OR MONTH TO MONTH.
IT'S NORMALLY DONE KIND OF FOR A YEAR, JUST MUCH LIKE THE STATE, THE STATE PLAN DOES.
AND THEN YOU PROJECTED OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS AND THEY'RE GOING TO 20, 20, 70.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE KIND OF HOW THE CALCULATIONS WORK FOR THE MAX DAY.
AND THEN WE'RE USING SEVEN 50.
AND I HAVE A SLIDE TO SHOW YOU THE HISTORICAL DATA THAT HOW WE GOT THAT.
SO THE LAST LINE IS IMPORTANT.
THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, SINCE JANUARY, WE'VE HAD THAT MANY CONNECTIONS.
IF YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY FOUR, IF YOU CONTINUED ON THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS AND FOUR MONTHS OF THE YEAR, WE WOULD HAVE A TOTAL OF, UH, THAT MANY CONNECTIONS OUT OF THAT GROWTH RATE.
WE ALSO HAVE THE WATER CONNECTION THAT SHOWS FROM, UM, AND YOU'LL SEE IT NEXT WEEK FROM APRIL TO APRIL.
AND IT SHOWS LIKE A 15% INCREASE.
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OKAY.UM, SO, SO IMPORTANT POPULATIONS IMPORTANT, AND YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRAINING AND AN ADULT AND THE DILEMMA.
AND I, AND I BROUGHT IT WITH ME IS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO, TO ACTUALLY MY PROP, AS ROBERT WOULD SAY, AND I'M GOING TO HAND IT TO THE MAYOR AND MARY, YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
WELL, THAT'S A REPORT ROBIN PUTS OUT, WHICH IS JUST INCREDIBLE.
IT'S 10 PAGES OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN REVIEW, 10 PAGES OF DEVELOPMENTS, THEN LINE TOP TO BOTTOM.
AND SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING TO CHANGE POPULATION OR ANYTHING ELSE, THAT'S A HUGE SHIP.
AND RIGHT NOW IT'S FULL OF VACATIONERS, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S THE VACATION IS RIGHT THERE.
AND SO WE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF THEM AND UNLOAD THEM OFF THE SHIP AND THEN TURN THE SHIP AROUND.
AND, AND THE STOP THAT IS IS, IS DIFFICULT.
AND SO THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH PROJECTION.
SO I KNOW IT WAS MENTIONED LAST TIME THAT WE CHANGED 10%, 12 TO 10, THE CONCERN ISN'T SO MUCH THAT IT WENT FROM 12 TO 10, OR IT'S GOING FROM 12 TO 14, WHICH IS WORSE.
IT'S THE IDEAL THAT IT'S ACTUALLY 12, THAT THE PERCENT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 10 AND 12 AND 12 AND 14 IS INSIGNIFICANT AS THE IDEAL THAT IT'S BEEN 12 FOR SEVEN YEARS.
AND IT STILL CONTINUED TO BE THAT FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
THAT'S THE SHIFT THAT WE NEED TO TURN AROUND.
SO, SO AGAIN, DID MY HOMEWORK OUT OF THE OTHER COMP PLAN AND I HAVE IT HERE.
AND THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND THEN STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AND FOR POPULATION.
SO THE COMP PLAN LOOKED AT WHERE WE WERE TODAY.
AND THEN HE SAID, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT 2%, 5% AND SEVEN AND A HALF PERCENT, WHICH WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, WHICH WERE WELL ABOVE.
THAT'S THEIR HIGHEST VALUE THAT THEY CHOSE.
SO FOR 2030 THEY INDICATED 133,000 PEOPLE.
THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD INDICATES A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE.
AND WE, THE STAFF, UM, LOOKED AT THAT AND I THOUGHT, I WROTE THAT DOWN AND I DID 176,000 PEOPLE.
SO YOU HAVE THE COMP PLAN AND YOU HAVE THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, AND YOU KIND OF HAVE OUR BEST GUESS BASED ON WHERE WE SEE HISTORICAL POPULATION GOING AND GROWTH AND SO FORTH.
IF YOU LOOK OUT AT 2040, THE COMP PLAN FOR THE WORST CASE SCENARIO HAS 2 75.
THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD IS ONLY GROWING UP 4%.
AND I HAVE THAT DOCUMENTATION WITH ME SHOWING THAT I KNOW IT SHOWS 120,000, 126,000 AND STAFF.
NOW IN HERE, THEY HAVE A BUILD OUT OF 225,000 CLOSER TO 2050.
MY POINT HERE WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT REPORTS AND I COULD HAVE FOUND SEVERAL IS THAT THAT PROJECTION IS A WILD SWING.
AND IF YOU BROUGHT BACK THE COMP PLAN PEOPLE, AND THEY SAW THAT WE WERE STILL DOING 12% CAUSE OH, 6% HERE, THEY WOULD PROBABLY SAY LIKE, HOLY SMOKES, NEVER, NEVER SAW THAT IN MY COMMON.
SO THE IMPORTANT THING HERE IS THAT IT, THE PROJECTIONS ARE ALL OVER AND WE'RE DOING THE VERY BEST WE CAN TO PROVIDE THE MOST ACCURATE.
SO WITH THAT SAID, HERE IS THE SEVEN 50 THAT WAS ASKED ABOUT WHERE, WHERE DID WE GET THAT? WELL, HERE'S A HISTORICAL DATA, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THESE ARE THE AMOUNTS THAT WERE ACTUALLY USED.
AND THEN UP TO THE HERE, WHICH LAST YEAR WAS, YOU COULD SEE THE ASTERICK.
IT WAS, UH, WE HAD RESTRICTIONS BECAUSE OF THE OTHER WATER LINE THAT BROKE THAT WINTER, THAT WASN'T FIXED TILL MAY.
AND THEN, UH, WE HAD A COOL SUMMER RELATIVELY SPEAKING, AND A PRETTY WET ONE.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, WHAT WE TOOK WAS ACTUAL DATA, AND THAT'S WHERE THE SEVEN 50 CAME FROM THAT WE'RE USING.
SO, SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE ACTUAL DATA.
UM, OUR, OUR MAXIMUM DAYS ALSO INCREASED BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE WHOLESALE, WHICH IS IMPORTANT.
AND SO THE TWO THAT WE HAVE, AND THAT YEAR TO DATE, THESE ARE WHAT THEY'RE USING.
I TALKED ABOUT CAPACITY AND RATE AND, UM, WITH OURS AND THE, AND THE PEAKING FACTOR, AND YOU CAN KINDA, OH, I DID BRING IT WITH ME.
THERE IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE NEXT WEEK ABOUT WATER CONNECTIONS.
UM, SO, SO PER THE CONTRACT, AND THIS IS WHY THEY NEEDED IN THE SUMMER, WHY THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT AMOUNT, THEY ALMOST HAVE A PEAKING FACTOR.
AND I COULD, I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE FIGURED IT OUT.
UM, FOR THE, FOR THE AMERICAN COUNCIL, GEORGETOWN HAS
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A CONTRACT FOR AN AMOUNT OF 1200 ACRE FEET A YEAR, AND THAT'S 1 MILLION GALLONS, MORE OR LESS THAT THEY COULD USE A DAY, BUT THEY HAVE A RATE OF 2083 GALLONS PER MINUTE, WHICH WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, RIGHT? THAT'S THAT HOURLY PEAK.THAT'S A THREE, IF YOU CONVERT THAT THAT'S 3 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY, AND NOW THEY'RE GOING TO USE THAT.
THEY'RE GOING TO USE THAT 3 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY OVER THE SUMMER.
NOW THEY CAN'T USE IT THE ENTIRE YEAR BECAUSE THEY WOULD EXCEED THEIR ACTUAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF THE 1200 ACRES.
THEY USE A MILLION GALLONS A DAY, EVERY DAY FOR A YEAR.
THEY DON'T NEED A MILLION GALLONS.
UM, AND I'M, I'M, UH, FOR, FOR GEORGETOWN IS WHAT I'M SAYING.
IF I SAID LIBERTY HILL I'M AT GEORGETOWN.
I DID SAY GEORGIA LIBERTY HILL IS VERY SIMILAR.
THEY HAVE A 600 ACRE FOOT PER YEAR CONTRACT AMOUNT.
THAT'S ALMOST GETTING OVER A YEAR OR A HALF, A MILLION GALLONS PER DAY, BUT THEY HAVE A RATE OF 930 GALLONS PER MINUTE.
AND THAT COMES OUT TO BE 1.3 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
AND YOU CAN SEE THEY'VE REACHED AT THAT HIGH END 1.2, UM, BECAUSE JUST LIKE WE WANT FROM THE BCRA THAT MAXIMUM AMOUNT TO TRY TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE COVERING OUR DEMAND FOR THAT HOUR, THAT'S THE, WHERE PEOPLE USE IT THE MOST, THEY'RE GOING TO GO RIGHT TO THE LIMIT.
AND SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CAPACITY.
AND IF YOU WANT TO SAY THE RATE AND THAT RATE USUALLY INCLUDES SOME KIND OF PEAKING FACTOR, UM, USUALLY AT A PLANT.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS YOU CAN TRACK IT.
AND WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, UH, OUR CONSULTANT WAS USING THIS NUMBER RIGHT HERE, WHICH IS OUT OF THE TCEQ, UM, MANUAL, WHICH I DO HAVE, UM, RIGHT HERE.
AND IT STATES, UM, EXACTLY WHAT IT STATES THE TWO 90, READ IT FORWARD AND BACKWARDS.
IT HAS A LOT OF STUFF THAT YOU NEED TO FOLLOW.
THE PROBLEM I HAD WITH THIS IS THAT MUCH, LIKE I SAID, BEFORE, IT EXAGGERATES THE NUMBERS, UM, IMMENSELY IT, I SHOWED YOU WHAT WE HISTORICALLY USE.
AND SO WHEN WE WERE SHOWING TO TRY TO GET US TO THE FIVE YEAR, THE DELTAS WERE HUGE.
SO I SAID, WELL, WE NEED TO USE ACTUAL NUMBERS.
UH, AND JUST LIKE THE COUNCIL HERE WANTED US TO DO.
AS SOON AS THAT GOT ON BOARD, WE WENT TO ACTUAL NUMBERS.
HE COULD TELL YOU EXACTLY THAT, THAT EXACT CONVERSATION.
SO THE SEVEN 50 REFLECTS WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON SO THAT WE CAN MAKE REAL DECISIONS ABOUT HOW TO REALLY CUT BACK AND THEN SEE THE ACTUAL RESULTS OF THAT.
OTHERWISE KIND OF LIKE THE POPULATION, WHICH WE DID OUR BEST.
IF WE USE THE VERY WORSE OR SOMETHING, THAT'S LESS LIKE THE COMP PLAN.
WE'RE NOT SEEING GOOD DATA, OR WE'RE SEEING, UH, A SPACE OR A GAP THAT'S UNUSEFUL TO US.
WE CAN'T SEE IF IT'S REALLY THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE MAKING ARE REALLY MAKING AN EFFECT ON WHAT WE ACTUALLY ARE USING.
ARE WE DESIGNING TO THAT? WELL, YES WE ARE.
AND WE PUT IN INFRASTRUCTURE TO DO THAT.
AND WHEN THE BCRA GETS THE PHASE TWO, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LOTS OF WATER AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE PUMP STATIONS, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE ELEVATED STORAGE THAT WE NEED FOR CONNECTION.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE GROUNDWATER STORIES THAT WE NEED PER CONNECTION AND THERE'S AMOUNTS FOR EACH OF THOSE AREAS IN THE SYSTEM.
UM, SO, SO AGAIN, DIFFERENT WAYS TO LOOK AT IT AND THAT'S HOW THEY WERE INITIALLY LOOKING AT IT, BUT IT WASN'T WHAT WAS REALLY GOING ON.
SO WHEN DO WE GET OUT OF THAT CONTRACT WITH GEORGETOWN AND LIBERTY HILL? CAN YOU REMIND US? YES.
LIBERTY HILL IS A 40 YEAR CONTRACT THAT WE ARE THEIR WATER SUPPLY.
THAT IS THERE IS THEY, THEY HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 600 ACRE FEET THAT THEY BUY FROM LCRA THAT THEY WOULD WANT SOMEBODY TO WHEEL FOR THEM AND TREAT FOR THEM.
AND, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT WHERE WE, AND, UH, JEAN AND I MET WITH THEM AND WE HAD TO SAY, NOPE, WE CAN'T DO IT.
AND, UM, YEAH, THAT WAS THIS HARDY, BUT THAT'S THEIR WATER SOURCE IS US.
I MEAN, UH, CITIES, WHOLESALE WATER TO OTHER CITIES, THE CORPUS CHRISTI WHOLESALES TO NUMEROUS CITIES AND INDUSTRY.
UM, GEORGETOWN ON YOUR HAND IS SHORT-LIVED THAT'S SEVEN YEARS STARTING THIS YEAR FOR SEVEN YEARS.
NOW, I DID MENTION THE LAST TIME THAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO A GROUNDBREAKING.
I FOUND OUT TODAY DO OUR MEETING WITH THE WATER CONSERVATION PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE HAVING THEIR GROUNDBREAKING FOR THEIR WATER PLANT NEXT WEEK.
WELL, IF THEY GET THEIR WATER PLANT BILL AND SAY THREE OR FOUR YEARS, WHAT'S YOUR REALLY HOPING, WELL, THEY DON'T, THEY WON'T NEED THAT CONTRACT ANYMORE.
THEY NEED TO CONTRACT THE SAME REASON WE NEED TO ARE PEAKING FACTOR IN EVERY BIT OF WATER IS BECAUSE DURING THE SUMMER THEY'RE
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RIGHT AT THEIR LIMIT AND THEY HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT PEAK HOUR AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ENOUGH WATER.THAT'S WHY THEY'RE BUYING THREE.
THERE, THEY HAVE A RATE, I SHOULD SAY, A RATE OF 3 MILLION GOWNS.
AND THEY HAD THE SAME THING WITH RON ROCK OUT AMOUNT OF, UH, 4 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY FOR A TOTAL OF 7 MILLION.
AND THE REASON I'M ASKING ABOUT GEORGETOWN IS BECAUSE I KNOW THEY RECENTLY HAD SOME CONSERVATION ISSUES AND THEN THEY THINK THE CITY OF LEANDER.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT MEANS WE'RE DONE WITH THEM, BUT OBVIOUSLY NOT SEVEN YEARS.
MAYBE SHORTER, BUT THAT'S SEVEN YEARS OLD, BUT HE'S AT THE MOMENT.
UM, WE, WE DID SPEAK WITH THEM ABOUT TRYING TO CUT THAT BACK, ET CETERA, BUT, UM, AND I'M SURE WE'LL, WE'LL SPEAK WITH THEM AGAIN ABOUT THAT, BUT, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA NEED ALL THE, ALL THE WATER THEY'RE ALREADY REACHED OVER TO, UM, FOR, FOR THEIR RATE.
AND I MEAN, WE'RE ONLY IN APRIL.
SO, UH, CONSERVATION PHASE ESCALATION.
SO HERE'S THE FLYER WE SENT OUT, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD.
AND OF COURSE WE'RE IN PHASE TWO, UM, AND, UM, HAVE BEEN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, WHICH NECESSARILY, I DON'T THINK, I THINK IT WAS GREAT.
UH, I'M NOT SURE, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE WHOLE GEORGETOWN RELAX YOUR LAWN, WHICH WE GOT SOME GOOD INFORMATION ABOUT TODAY ON, SO THE LAST SLIDE HERE IS TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT TRIGGERS, AND THAT WAS ASKED, WHAT TRIGGERS FOR US TO GO INTO THE NEXT PAGE, WHICH WOULD BE PHASE THREE.
AND THAT'S THE JUST HAND WATER.
AND YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, THE, THE NUMBERS, UM, UH, AND, AND THE PERCENTAGES THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT.
AND IF WE LOOK AT THE 90%, WHICH IS PHASE TWO, THESE WOULD, THESE WOULD BE THE NUMBERS.
WHEN WE START SEEING THAT WE'RE USING THE TOP END OF OUR TWO WATER PLANTS, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, HITTING THAT 90% WE GO THERE.
UM, AND IF YOU'RE THINKING TO YOURSELVES, WELL, WE'RE NOT THERE YET.
WELL, THAT'S TRUE, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO BE PRUDENT ABOUT GETTING PEOPLE TO START RETHINKING HOW MUCH WATER.
AND IT HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL OF A SUDDEN GO THROUGH A DROUGHT THAT JUST OCCURRED.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU REALIZE YOU CAN'T WATER.
AND THEN WHEN YOU COME BACK, YOU'RE LIKE, HMM, I REALLY DON'T NEED THE WATER THAT MUCH.
I CAN HAVE MY GRASS LITTLE BROWN THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.
AND PEOPLE DO CHANGE YOUR MIND.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON, BUT YOU COULD SEE THAT THE ESCALATION DISCUSSION WILL START IF WE START GETTING TO THOSE NUMBERS, BECAUSE WHAT WE KIND OF DON'T WANT TO DO IS REALLY GET THE, THAT NUMBER THE 95%.
AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO GET TO PHASE FOUR, WHICH IS ALL STOPPED.
UM, AGAIN, I'VE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TAKING A LOT OF GOOD STEPS AND, AND I, AND I, AND I CAN'T SAY THIS STRONG ENOUGH THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF NUMBERS AND PROJECTIONS, DID YOU SEE WHERE THEY CAN, EVEN AT THE STATE LEVEL, THEY, THEY VARY.
AND THEN OF COURSE THEY PUT IN THE WHOLE SECTION OF HOW COMPLICATED IT IS, AND IT IS, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE, CITIES ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO BUILD, BECAUSE THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE THAT IN THEIR PLAN.
WE WENT TO THE WATER CONSERVATION AND EURO, SEVERAL CITIES, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PLAN.
NOW, COULD THAT PLAN HAPPEN FASTER? WELL, YES, BUT WE HAVE A PLAN.
THE PLAN IS TO FINISH BUILDING THE B C R U A AND IN FIVE YEARS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE WATER.
AND I, I HAVE THE GRAPH AND I EVEN HAVE THE ONE THAT WE HAD AT THE MEETING.
AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND SHOW IT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S THAT IMPORTANT TO, TO REALLY EMPHASIZE THE WHOLE IDEA OF YEAH, FIVE YEARS, WE'RE GOING TO BE TRICKY, BUT, AND I'LL SHOW IT THE OTHER WAY.
BUT IF WE HAD DID ALL THE WORST AND, AND HAD THE GROWTH AND EVERYTHING THAT WHEN WE GET TO HERE FROM THE BCR STANDPOINT, WE'RE WAY ABOVE THE LINE.
AND OF COURSE, IF WE DO ALL THIS STUFF TO GET THAT OUTLINE, WE'RE GOING TO BE LIKE GEORGETOWN SAYING, WELL, WE JUST EXPANDED THIS NOW IN ADDITIONAL 10 YEARS OR FIVE YEARS, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO BUILD ANYTHING, WHICH IS GOING TO BE VERY COSTLY.
IT'S COSTLY NOW 10 OR 15 YEARS TRYING TO GET GROUND WATER OR ANYTHING ELSE IS GOING TO BE REALLY COSTLY.
SO I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT OUR GOAL IS TO GET TO 20, 27 AND TO GET THE DEEP WATER INTAKE BILL AND TO GET THE PHASE TWO, A BILL, ONCE WE GET THERE, THEN WE ARE FOLLOWING OUR PLAN.
AND THEN THE NEXT ONE FOLLOWS THIS PHASE THREE, AS THE CITY GROWS, WE ACTUALLY HAVE, THAT'S THE PLAN.
I JUST DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO FORGET THAT LEANDER HAD THE PLAN IN PLACE AND IT'S, AND IT'S MOVING FORWARD NOW, IS IT MOVING US FORWARD AS FAST AS IT CAN? ABSOLUTELY.
THAT, THAT TIMEFRAME IS THE TIMEFRAME.
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HOPEFULLY THIS, THIS, THIS WAS HELPFUL.SO I TRY TO KEEP IT, KEEP IT SHORT, BUT I'M BRINGING IN SOME, UH, HOPEFULLY SOME, SOME GOOD INFORMATION THAT KIND OF EXPLAINS WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO SEND BASED ON THIS RESOLUTION, WE'RE GOING TO SEND THIS INFORMATION AND ANY ASSOCIATED MEMOS, UH, TO THE BCR UA AND, AND OUR CITY PARTNERS AND, AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO IT WILL BE ON, ON THE WEBSITE AND EVERYBODY CAN START READING IT AND DIGEST IT AND GIVING SUGGESTIONS.
AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ALL THAT ON BOARD.
THANK YOU, MR. MR. GRINSPOON COUNSEL QUESTIONS.
UM, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
UM, UH, SO I WAS CURIOUS ON YOUR SLIDE THAT YOU SHOWED THE WATER USAGE OVER SEVERAL YEARS, SHOWED 2016 AS BEING THE HIGHEST, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD ABOUT HALF THE AMOUNT OF CONNECTIONS AS WE HAVE NOW, UM, I DON'T REMEMBER 2016 BEING EXCEEDINGLY DRY OR HOT OR HAVING ANY BIG ISSUES.
DO WE KNOW WHY THAT USAGE WAS THE HIGHEST OUT OF THE LAST SIX YEARS? UM, NO, I I'D HAVE TO, I GUESS DO SOME REASSURANCE.
I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE THAT, THAT DETAILED HISTORY OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WERE NEW AND, AND MAYBE THEY WERE PUTTING IN NEW STUFF AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY RESTRICTIONS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL, SEVERAL, SEVERAL, SEVERAL PEOPLE USING, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED THOUSAND GALLONS A MONTH AND, YOU KNOW, SO YEAH.
EVEN WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE ANY RESTRICTIONS, PEOPLE HAVE A TENDENCY, I WOULD ASSUME THAT WOULD TIME UP.
WELL, WHEN, WHEN THE MOST BUILDERS STARTED GOING TO TURF GRASS AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS ROUGHLY AROUND RIGHT THEN I WONDER, YEAH, THAT WAS ALSO INVOLUNTARY.
WE DID HAVE, I THINK ROBIN LOOKED AT THAT AT ONE POINT AND I THOUGHT 15 WAS BASICALLY THE YEAR.
IT'S DEFINITELY THAT, THAT THE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS BECAME ALMOST AN AUTOMATIC.
SO THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW, BECAUSE MY CONCERN LOOKING AT THAT IS IF WE COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHY THERE WAS THAT MUCH USAGE, IF WE HAD ANOTHER YEAR WHERE PEOPLE HAVE THAT SAME AMOUNT OF USAGE AND WE'VE GOT TWICE THE AMOUNT OF CONNECTIONS, THEN WE'RE IN TROUBLE.
SO IF THAT'S JUST IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, I'M FEELING PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THAT PART.
UM, THE SEPARATELY PEOPLE KEEP PUTTING IRRIGATION SYSTEMS ON THEM, BUT WE'RE PUTTING IN THE CONSERVATION MEASURES OF NOT WATERING WITH THE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS ALL THE TIME.
SO WE CAN MANIPULATE THAT A LITTLE BIT TO GET IT BACK WHERE IT SHOULD BE.
UM, ON GEORGETOWN, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE CONTRACT WITH THEM FOR 3 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.
ARE WE ASKING THEM TO PUT CONSERVATION MEASURES OUT TILL THAT THEIR WHOLE CITY, LIKE, I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE CONSERVATION PEOPLE, BUT LOOKING AROUND THROUGH THEIR WEBSITE, THEY'RE NOT CURRENTLY IN ANY SORT WATER CONSERVATION PHASING, UH, I'D HAVE TO, UM, TAKE THAT AS A LOOKUP.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT PHASE THEY'RE IN OR JUST THAT THEIR EMERGENCY, THEY DID SOMETHING, THAT'S IT DIRECTOR.
ALISON IS, I DO THINK GEORGETOWN IS IN TWICE A WEEK WATERING CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS THEIR KIND OF, I THINK THAT'S THEIR STANDARDS AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THEY START TO SPRING.
AND THEN THEY PULL THAT TRIGGER.
UM, MY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR LIVES THERE AND HE'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST ABOUT SUMMERTIME.
THEY, THEY GO TO ONCE A WEEK WATERING USUALLY, OKAY.
MAYBE NOT EVERY SUMMER, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY DO HAVE MEASURES IN PLACE.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF OUTREACH TO WHERE, UM, WHEN WE GET OUR AMI SYSTEM, WE CAN START DOING THOSE THINGS WHERE THEY SAY EVERY, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF EVERY WEEK, HEY, LAST WEEK WE WERE AT 50% OF OUR CAPACITY AND THEY BLAST THAT OUT AND, YOU KNOW, BUT WE HAD A PEAK DAY OF 70%, SO, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO REMIND PEOPLE TO CONSERVE.
SO, UM, THEY DO HAVE SOME OF THOSE TRIGGERS IN PLACE.
I, I DO BELIEVE THEY'RE AT TWICE A WEEK WATERING.
UM, AND THEN FOR THE PROJECTIONS, I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE BACKGROUND OF HOW DIFFERENT PLACES ARE DOING PROJECTIONS.
I'M STILL NOT COMFORTABLE WITH US DROPPING DOWN TO 10, ESPECIALLY AFTER SEEING THAT WE ARE YEAR TO DATE AT 14.
UM, I WOULD LIKE FOR COUNCIL TO KEEP GETTING THAT UPDATE OF HOW WE'RE LOOKING YEAR TO DATE, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABSOLUTELY ON TRACK.
UM, AND, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE WATER CONNECTIONS, BUT ALSO ONE CONNECTION IS NOT ONE BILL OR IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, ONE USER, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'VE GOT LIKE THE MULTI TENANT BUILDINGS, UM, YOU COULD HAVE ONE CONNECTION FOR MULTIPLE USERS.
SO I DON'T LIKE THAT AS THE BAROMETER, BUT I VERY MUCH LIKED SEEING THE, UM, THE NUMBER OF PERMITS COMPARED TO WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING.
THERE WAS A GOOD PRESENTATION AND I APPRECIATE WHAT'S IN THE PACKET.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNSEL, ANYTHING FURTHER? WE'RE GOOD WITH THE RESOLUTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
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ALL THOSE IN FAVOR HAZARD UNANIMOUSLY.THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. GINSBURG.
[26. Discuss and consider action on road closures for Liberty Fest 2022 to be held at Lakewood Park on July 4, 2022.]
DISCUSSING CONSIDER ACTION ON ROAD CLOSURES FOR LIBERTY FEST, 2022 TO BE HELD AT LAKEWOOD PARK ON JULY 4TH, 2022.AND WE HAVE A SPECIAL VISITOR, MS. LEAH.
UM, SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER LIBERTY FEST AND DO OUR LITTLE PRESENTATION OR ANNUAL PRESENTATION ABOUT IT.
AND THEN OF COURSE WE WILL GO INTO THE ROAD CLOSURES AS WELL, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT FUN CAUSE WE'RE PARKS.
SO OF COURSE LIBERTY FESTIVAL WILL BE ON JULY 4TH OF THIS YEAR, WHICH IS A MONDAY.
SO FIRST THINGS FIRST, UM, WE WANTED TO DO OUR PRESENTATION OF OUR ENTERTAINMENT LINEUP.
SO THIS YEAR OPENING FOR US, WE, UM, HAVE SWAYED AND THEY WERE OUR OPENERS LAST YEAR.
SO YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THEM IF YOU WERE THERE LAST YEAR, THEY DO THEIR COVER BAND AND THEY DO, UM, ACDC JOURNEY, LMF, FAO, PIT BULL, ALL SORTS OF GENRES ALL OVER THE PLACE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF FUN, UM, AND HITS FROM THE SEVENTIES TO TODAY.
AND THIS IS A PICTURE OF THEM.
AND THEN NEXT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE DYSFUNCTION JUNCTION.
UM, SO THEIR MUSIC FOCUSES ON CHART TOPPERS FROM R AND B SOUL FUNK, MOTOWN, UM, AND THEIR REGULAR PERFORMERS AT LOCAL FESTIVALS AND SURROUNDING CITIES.
UM, THEY WERE JUST AT POPPY FESTIVAL AND THEY ARE VERY POPULAR IN THIS AREA.
AND NEXT WE HAVE, UM, A NEW GROUP.
UM, IT'S A FEMALE COUNTRY DUO FROM NASHVILLE.
UM, THEY ARE INFLUENCED BY THE CHICKS AND, UH, RASCAL FLATS IN SUGARLAND.
WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE A FEMALE GROUP.
AND THEN OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, MAIN PERFORMER IS GOING TO BE KYLE PARK.
UM, HE'S A TEXAS COUNTRY ARTISTS WITH SIX ALBUMS AND SEVERAL HITS, UM, ON, UH, TEXAS RADIO CHARTS.
UM, HE HAS ACTUALLY A LOCAL TO LEANDER AND ATTENDED LANDER HIGH SCHOOL.
CAN WE INTRODUCE HIM LIKE THAT? LIKE LAND OR HIGH SCHOOL ALUM COP BAR? ABSOLUTELY.
SO THIS IS OUR EVENT SCHEDULE, UM, STARTING AT TWO O'CLOCK, OUR OFF-SITE PARKING WILL OPEN.
UM, OUR BUSES WILL BEGIN LOADING ABOUT 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE PARK OPENING AND THE PARK WILL OPEN FOR THE EVENT AT THREE O'CLOCK.
A SUEDE WILL TAKE THE STAGE AT THREE 30, THEN FOLLOWED BY DISFUNCTION JUNCTION AT FIVE O'CLOCK TIGERLILY.
KYLE PARK WILL COME ON AT EIGHT 30 AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR WONDERFUL FIREWORKS SHOW AT NINE 30.
UM, FOLLOWING THE FIREWORKS SHOW, WE WILL HAVE CAL PARK COME BACK OUT ONTO THE STAGE.
UH, WE DO THIS, WE DID THIS, I BELIEVE STARTING LAST YEAR WHERE WE HAD THE FINAL PERFORMER COME BACK OUT AND DO ANOTHER 30 MINUTES OF OUR PERFORMANCE.
UM, THIS REALLY JUST AIDS IN THE EXIT OF THE EVENT, KIND OF KEEPING THINGS A LITTLE BIT SMOOTHER.
SOME PEOPLE JUST COME FOR THE FIREWORKS AND THAT'S GREAT.
UM, BUT SOME PEOPLE WOULD ALSO STAY AND FINISH WATCHING THE SHOW.
SO IT KIND OF HELPS PEOPLE STAGGER LEAVING THE EVENT.
SO, ALL RIGHT, THIS IS OUR SITE PLAN.
UH, IT LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR.
UH, WE WILL HAVE THE THREE WALK-IN ENTRANCES, SO ONE AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE PARK ONE, UH, ARTESIAN SPRINGS AND HARVEST KNOLL.
OUR TEACHING SPRINGS IN HARVEST, NO CACTUS MOUNTAIN AND THEN GRAND LAKE PARKWAY BEHIND THE COLD SPRINGS POOL AND PARK.
SO THAT'S BUT HOW DO I DO THIS? OH, IT'S THE CIRCLE.
SO HERE'S THE FIRST WALK-IN ENTRANCE.
AND THEN THIS IS THE THIRD ONE OVER HERE.
AND THEN THE KIDS ZONE, THIS IS A DIFFERENCE FROM THIS FROM LAST YEAR, THE KIDS ZONE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE IN THE GREAT LAWN.
SO LAST YEAR IT WAS, UM, THROUGHOUT THIS AREA UP HERE WHERE THE SPLASH PAD AND THE PLAYGROUND IS, WE DECIDED TO BRING THAT DOWN THIS YEAR TO WHERE FAMILIES ARE, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE INCLUDED.
IT WAS KIND OF HARD TO HAVE THAT SEPARATION.
THE IDEA OF IT LAST YEAR WAS THAT EVERYONE WOULD BE SPRAWLING THROUGHOUT THE PARK, BUT WE KIND OF LIKED THE IDEA OF BRINGING A RIVER, BRINGING EVERYTHING BACK TOGETHER.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, LET'S SEE.
UM, ANOTHER CHANGE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING FROM NOW FROM LAST YEAR WAS WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN THIS 500 FOOT RADIUS HERE AROUND THE FIREWORKS.
LAST YEAR, WE PUSHED THIS RADIUS OUT, UM, RIGHT BEFORE THE FIREWORKS BEGAN,
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UM, TURNS OUT IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO GET PEOPLE TO NOT GO WHERE YOU HAVE, LET THEM GO PREVIOUSLY.SO IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET PEOPLE TO KIND OF PUSH BACK THAT 500 FOOT RADIUS THAT WE NEED THEM TO BE FOR SHOOTING OFF THE FIREWORKS.
UM, NOTHING HAPPENED EVERYTHING'S OKAY, BUT IT WAS JUST HARD TO KEEP PEOPLE BACK.
UM, AND THEN WE WILL ALSO MAKE THE STAGE AND THE BACK, UM, THE STAGE AND THE BACKSTAGE AREA, A LITTLE BIT MORE SECURE.
UH, WE HAD SOME, UH, JUST SOME MINOR STUFF WITH SOME PEOPLE WALKING AROUND BACK THERE THAT MAYBE SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN BACK THERE WITH ALL OF THE BAND EQUIPMENT AND EVERYTHING.
SO WE'LL LOCK THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE AND THAT'S JUST TO HELP OUT WITH THE BANDS AND SECURITY.
THE KID ZONE, MY MEMORY OF THE GREAT LAWN LAST YEAR WAS VERY MUDDY.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY IMPROVEMENTS IN CASE THAT COMES UP AGAIN THIS YEAR? UM, THERE IS A LOT OF GRASS ACTUALLY ESTABLISHED ON THE GREAT LAWN RIGHT NOW, SO THAT WILL DEFINITELY HELP.
UM, AND WE ARE ALSO JUST GOING TO PRAY A LOT FOR SUNSHINE AND NO, NO ONE SAYS THE R WORD AROUND HERE BECAUSE WE NEED ONE.
OR I DID SEE THAT, THAT ONE, SHE WAS AWAY LAST YEAR BECAUSE IT WAS JUST A LOSS.
I WAS, I WAS GOING TO ASK, IS THERE A CONTINGENCY, UH, RAIN OR SHINE OR EXTREME DROUGHT AND THEN NO FIREWORKS.
JUST CURIOUS, JUST CAUSE PEOPLE ASK.
AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE ARE PLANNING FOR GOOD WEATHER, GOOD WEATHER, AND THEN IT IS GOING TO BE AMAZING.
UM, I, WE'RE STILL HAVING OUR PLANNING MEETINGS WITH, UM, FIRE PD, UM, PUBLIC WORKS AND EVERYONE, SO WE'LL MAKE THE BEST DECISION ON THAT SHINE OR SHINE.
JUST REALLY TRYING TO CONVINCE EVERYONE THAT WE DON'T SAY THE R A I N WAS THE 10 PLANNING MEETINGS.
WE DON'T SAY THAT EVERY OTHER DAY, BECAUSE YOU JUST SAW THAT LAST REPORT.
WE DO NOT SAY IT ANYWHERE TOWARDS THE END OF JUNE EARLY JULY.
WOULD THERE BE A TICKETS LIKE LAST TIME? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO GO OVER THAT? SORRY.
UM, A NEW AND EXCITING THING THAT WE WERE DOING THIS YEAR.
SO LAST YEAR WE USE FOUR SEPARATE LOTS FOR PARKING, UM, AND THAT WAS AT TWO SEPARATE LOCATIONS.
SO IT MADE THE BUSING SITUATION INTERESTING.
UH, IT WORKED AND IT WAS FANTASTIC.
HOWEVER, WE'VE COME UP WITH AN AMAZING PLAN, LIKE WE'D ALWAYS DO.
UM, SO WE ARE GOING TO BE UTILIZING THE HEB CENTER.
UM, AND SO THIS PROVIDES 2,600 SPOTS, UM, OF PARKING, WHICH AVERAGING FOUR PEOPLE PER CAR THAT IS 10,400 PEOPLE THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE JUST IN THIS ONE SINGLE LOT.
UM, IT ALSO HAS A VERY CONVENIENT BUS PICKUP AND DROP OFF AREA.
SO WE CAN HAVE OUR BUSES GOING RIGHT IN AND OUT OF THERE, NO PUBLIC INTERACTION WITH THAT.
UM, AND WE WILL BE DOING BAG CHECKS BEFORE THEY GET ONTO THE BUS TO THAT.
WHENEVER THEY COME TO THE EVENT, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SAYING, OH NO, YOU CAN'T BRING THAT IN.
YOU'RE DOING THAT BEFORE YOU EVEN GET ON THE BUS.
SO, UM, AND LIKE WE KIND OF JUST SAID, THERE'S NO PREREGISTRATION FOR ANYTHING.
YOU COME HERE AND THEN YOU COME INTO OUR EVENT.
YOU IMAGINE THIS IS LESS PEOPLE WALKING ACROSS, GOING BACK AND FORTH TO TRY TO WALK TO THE LOTS, TO SEND SAFER.
MUCH SAFER BECAUSE THERE'LL BE BIT, THERE'LL BE GETTING PICKED UP RIGHT THERE IN THE, UM, IN LAKEWOOD PARK.
AND THEN THERE'LL BE DROPPED OFF RIGHT HERE IN THIS CIRCLE.
AND THEN BEING ABLE TO WALK, TAKE THE SIDEWALKS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THEIR VEHICLES.
SO THAT BEING SAID, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING IN PLACE? AND I'M SORRY, I'M GETTING AHEAD OF YOU, UM, TO BLOCK OFF ACCESS TO THE LOTS THAT WERE USED LAST YEAR.
SO WE DON'T HAVE EVEN MORE PEOPLE WALKING ACROSS BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE I COULD JUST PARK CLOSER AND WALK ACROSS.
UM, BUT YEAH, SO WE, WE DO HAVE THAT PLAN.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, UH, WE ARE GOING TO BE USING 10 BUSES FROM TWO 30 TO THE END OF THE EVENT.
UM, AND THEN ADDING AN ADDITIONAL 10 BUSES FROM 8:00 PM TO THE END OF THE EVENT.
AND THAT IS JUST TO GET, OR 10 ADDITIONAL BUSES.
SO 20 TOTAL BUSES WILL BE RUNNING AT THE END OF THE EVENT EVENT JUST TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THERE QUICKER.
UM, AND WE'LL HAVE IT KIND OF LINED OUT TO WHERE THERE WILL BE AN ACTUAL LINE WHERE PEOPLE WILL GO THROUGH.
UM, IT'S ONE OF THOSE LEARNING THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WAS GOING TO WORK LAST YEAR, BUT IT IS IN THE PLAN FOR THIS YEAR.
SO HERE IS THE BUS ROUTE, SO THEY WILL PICK UP AT THE HEB CENTER, UH, RIGHT HERE, THE STAR, AND THEN TURN RIGHT ONTO 180 3
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ACCESS ROAD.THIS RIGHT TURN WILL BE ASSISTED FROM PD.
UH, THEY WILL THEN TAKE THE U-TURN UNDER THE TOLL ROAD, 180 3, A AT NEW HOPE AND THEN ENTER THE TOLL ROAD SO THAT THEY CAN SKIP, UM, THIS RIGHT HERE, THESE LIGHTS ON EITHER SIDE.
SO THEY'LL JUST TAKE THE TOLL ROAD EXIT AT CRYSTAL FALLS, RIGHT? TURN ON CRYSTAL FALLS THE RIGHT WAY AND, UM, EVENT TRAFFIC ONLY.
AND THEN RIGHT ON OUR TEACHING SPRINGS AND DOWN INTO LIKE WOOD PARK.
AND THEN THEY WILL JUST TAKE THAT SAME WAY ALL THE WAY BACK.
AND WHO ARE WE CONTRACTING WITH FOR THIS BUS SERVICE? ARE WE CONTRACTING FOR BUSES? IT WAS TWO DIFFERENT COMPANIES.
DID YOU ASK WHO THEY WERE? I KNOW I JUST WANT IT.
IS IT A SCHOOL BUS? SOMEBODY IS GOING TO ASK.
SO OUR ROAD CLOSURES, UM, THEY ARE EFFECTIVE FROM TWO 30 TO MIDNIGHT ON JULY 4TH.
UM, THE OUTSIDE RIGHT LANE OF EASTBOUND CRYSTAL FALLS BETWEEN 180 3, A TOLL ROAD AND FRONTAGE AND GRAND LAKE PARKWAY.
I HAVE PICTURES FOR WHERE THESE ARE, CAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF WORDS.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO ARE ASKING TO CLOSE DOWN, UH, THE OUTSIDE RIGHT LANES ALONG 180 3 TOLL ROAD FRONTAGE AT THE AGB CENTER.
UH, ANOTHER CLOSURE THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS NOT TECHNICALLY A CLOSURE, BUT IT'S JUST A NO PARKING RESTRICTION, UM, FOR THE ENTIRE DAY OF JULY 4TH, ALONG ARTESIAN SPRINGS CROSSING.
AND THAT'S JUST WHERE WE CAN GET THE BUSES IN AND OUT SAFELY SO HERE IS THE CLOSURE ON CRYSTAL FALLS.
SO IT IS JUST GOING TO BE THAT OUTSIDE EASTBOUND LANE.
UM, SO THE RIGHT-HAND LANE THAT WE WERE ASKING TO CLOSE DOWN, IT'LL JUST BE WITH SOFT BARRICADES, SUCH AS CONES, SO THAT IF SOMEONE ACCIDENTALLY GETS STUCK IN THAT LANE, ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS JUST CONTINUE DRIVING FORWARD.
JUST DON'T TURN INTO OUR TEACHING SPRINGS AND THEY'LL BE GOOD TO GO.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OFFICERS STATIONED AT CRYSTAL FALLS IN RAIDER, AS WELL AS CRYSTAL BALLERS ON ARTESIAN SPRINGS TO ASSIST WITH THAT CLOSURE AND JUST KIND OF HELP PEOPLE.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE MESSAGE BOARDS ALL OVER, UM, THAT AREA TELLING PEOPLE THAT THAT LANE IS FOR THEN TRAFFIC DIFFERENCES LAST YEAR, THEN WE SHUT THE WHOLE THING DOWN.
WE DID YES, EAST AND WESTBOUND.
AND FOR RESIDENTS THAT LIVE LIVE THERE THEY'LL HAVE ACCESS IN AND OUT.
THE ONLY THING THAT WE WOULD BE ASKING RESIDENTS IS JUST PLEASE DON'T PARK ON ROTATION SPRINGS.
SO IF YOU NEED TO PARK ANYWHERE ELSE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT SOMEBODY TRIES TO GET IN TO GET HOME.
I MEAN, WITH THAT, IF YOU'RE NOT POCKET ON A TEACHING, CAUSE EVERY TIME I'VE GONE THROUGH OUR TEACHING SPRINGS, IT'S IT IS YES.
AND LAST YEAR, UH, WE ASKED THE SAME THING OF THOSE RESIDENTS AND BY SOME MIRACLE I WAS SO HAPPY WHEN I DROVE THROUGH IT WAS COMPLETELY EMPTY.
UM, BUT YES, THERE IS ACTUALLY I FORGET THE NAME OF IT.
UM, I THINK IT'S NATURAL SPRINGS.
THERE'S ANOTHER ROAD JUST PARALLEL TO OUR TEACHING SPRINGS.
SO IT'S JUST A WIDE OPEN AREA WHERE I BELIEVE MOST OF THOSE CARS MOVE THEMSELVES.
SO THEN THIS IS THE HEB CENTER, UM, ROAD CLOSURE HERE.
SO IT'S JUST THE, UM, IT WOULD JUST BE OFFICERS WITH THE LIGHTED PATROL UNITS.
UM, THEY'D BE ON SITE TO ASSIST WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL AND AID AND WARNING THAT THE RIGHT LANE IS BEING CLOSED.
THIS IS JUST TO HELP THOSE BUSES GET OVER ALL THE WAY INTO THE LEFT SIDE, TO WHERE THEY CAN DO THE U-TURN AT NEW HOPE.
UM, AND THEN HERE IS THAT OUR TEACHING SPRINGS, A NO PARKING AREA, THIS WOULD BE, LIKE I SAID, THE ENTIRE DAY OF JULY 4TH RESIDENTS WILL RECEIVE INFORMATION BEGINNING IN JUNE.
SO THIS WILL GO THROUGH THEIR HOA IS WE'LL REACH OUT, UM, WORK WITH THE PIO OFFICE ON GETTING THAT OUT TO THE HOS TO THEIR DIFFERENT FACEBOOK GROUPS.
UM, WE'LL ALSO DO THE CAR FLYERS.
WE PUT THEM IN ALL THE FLYERS THAT WE SAW.
I THINK WE DID SIX DIFFERENT TIMES LAST YEAR THAT EVERY CAR ON ARTESIAN SPRINGS GOT A LITTLE HALF SHEET OF PAPER THAT SAID, PLEASE DON'T PARK HERE.
UH, AND THEN WE'LL DO MAILBOX FLYERS DOOR FLYERS, A-FRAMES ALONG THE ROADSIDE.
THEY WILL KNOW THAT WE NEED THEM TO NOT PARK THERE.
SO THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION, LIKE I SAID, WE WERE GOING TO DO THE 500 FOOT FIREWORK RADIUS.
UM, AND JUST MAINTAIN THAT THE ENTIRE TIME.
UH, WE HAVE WORKED WITH OUR PARKS MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT WHO I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE THEM A LITTLE SHOUT OUT.
THEY ARE ALREADY STARTING THE CONCRETE WORK TO ADD THOSE STAIRS OUT THERE.
UM, IT WAS JUST KIND OF AN IDEA THAT CAME ABOUT AND THEY WALKED OUT THERE AND THE NEXT DAY WE WENT TO GO, JUST TALK ABOUT THE PLANNING AND FORMS WERE ALREADY BEING PLACED ON THE GROUND.
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SHOUT OUT TO OUR PARKS GUYS.UM, SO WE'LL HAVE STAIRS AT HE WEST SIDE, GREAT LAWN, AND THEN ALSO A LARGE SET OF STAIRS RIGHT IN THE CENTER.
UH, THIS YEAR WE ARE NOT ALLOWING COOLERS INTO THE EVENT.
SO, UH, WE WILL HAVE, WE'LL ALLOW PEOPLE TO BRING IN TWO WATER BOTTLES, TWO SEALED WATER BOTTLES, AND THEN AN EMPTY REFILLABLE CUP.
UM, WE WILL HAVE WATER STATIONS AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE THERE IS THAT, I'M SORRY.
IS THAT PER PERSON OR PER FAMILY? PER PERSON.
UM, AND THEN LANDER PD OFFICERS WILL BE STATIONED AT THE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS AND AT THE HEB CENTER.
UM, WE'LL BE ALSO BRINGING IN CONTRACTED SECURITY TO HELP OUT AT THOSE WALK-IN ENTRANCES AND AT THE HEB CENTER.
UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH CT RMA AND THE CITY OF CEDAR PARK TO ALLOW, UM, AND HELP WITH SIGNAL CONTROLS AND TOLL ACCESS, JUST TO KIND OF KEEP EVERYTHING MOVING.
WE DON'T WANT THINGS TO BOTTLENECK, SO JUST TO KEEP STUFF GOING SMOOTHLY, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO UTILIZE MESSAGE BOARDS TO HELP DIRECT TRAFFIC AND ADDITIONAL LIGHT TOWERS WILL BE UTILIZED THROUGHOUT THE EVENT SITE.
SO AT THE PARKING AND BUS PICKUP LOCATIONS, AND THEN ALSO ALONG ARTESIAN SPRINGS.
SO CHANGES FROM LAST YEAR, I'M FROM LIBERTY FEST, 21, UH, SINGULAR PARKING LOCATION.
WE REALLY THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO HELP OUT WITH PEOPLE NOT GETTING ON THE WRONG BUS AND THEN JUST GETTING LOST IN THE MIX UP ALSO WITH LOADING AND UNLOADING WILL BE SO SIMPLE.
UM, MINIMAL IMPACT TO NOT EVENT TRAFFIC AND NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO GO ACROSS CRYSTAL FALLS VERY EASILY.
THERE IS NO PREREGISTRATION FOR ANYTHING, UM, DESIGNATED RIDESHARE DROP-OFF, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH DIFFERENT RIDESHARE, UM, BUSINESSES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MARK OFF THE, UM, CACTUS MOUND ENTRANCE.
THAT THAT WILL BE THE RIDESHARE DROP-OFF.
AND THEN WE'VE UPGRADED SOME OF OUR FENCING THROUGHOUT THE SITE, OR WE WILL BE USING UPGRADED FENCING.
SO JUST TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THE USE OF ORANGE FENCE, I JUST DON'T THINK IT LOOKS VERY GOOD AT EVENTS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND MAKE IT LOOK A LITTLE BIT NICER, AGAIN, SHOUT OUT TO OUR PARKS GUYS, BECAUSE THEY ARE ABLE TO PUT UP A TEMPORARY SPLIT RAIL FENCING, WHICH LOOKS REALLY NICE OUT OF IT.
THAT'S SO MUCH BETTER THAN ORANGE FENCE AND ZIP TIES.
UM, AND THEN ALL ASPECTS OF THE EVENT, AREN'T GOING TO BE ON THE GREAT LAWN.
SO IT'S ALL GOING TO BE PUT THERE TOGETHER.
AND ADDITIONAL BUS WAS SCHEDULED.
WE'LL HELP WITH THE EASY IN AND OUT AT THE EVENT, NEXT STEPS.
SO HERE'S WHAT WE ARE STILL CONTINUING TO WORK ON.
UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND PYROTECHNICAL, WHO IS OUR FIREWORKS, UH, COMPANY, UH, TO FINALIZE PERMITS AND SHOW STRUCTURE, UM, EVENT PERMIT AND SAFETY PLAN.
THAT'S JUST WITH ALL OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE WITH EVERYTHING, UM, WE'RE GATHERING SPONSORSHIPS AND VENDORS, UH, COMMUNITY EDUCATION REGARDING DAY OF LOGISTICS, PARK CLOSURES AND ROAD CLOSURES.
AND THEN ALSO EVENT PROMOTION, JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE.
THAT LIBERTY FEST IS HERE, AND THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT.
AND EVERYTHING IS UP ON OUR WEBSITE.
AND WE HOPE THAT ALL OF YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO JOIN US THIS YEAR.
NO, I'M JUST ASSUMING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE VENDORS LIKE FOOD VENDORS, FOOD TRUCKS.
THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS WAS, BUT ABSOLUTELY.
SO THAT THE PARKING LOT OR, OH NO.
UH, SO VENDORS ARE DOWN HERE ON THIS, ON THE BOTTOM PART HERE.
SO YEAH, THERE'LL BE NICE AND CLOSE TO EVERYTHING AND THERE'LL BE ALONG THAT, UM, PAVED PATHWAY.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE JUST LAST YEAR WE HAD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT BAR LOCATIONS AND THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT.
UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE JUST ONE GIANT BAR ALONG WITH ALL OF OUR SPONSORS RIGHT IN THE CENTER, SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF IT ALL.
AND FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO BE VENDORS OR SPONSORS, THAT INFORMATION IS ALSO LIVE ON THE WEBSITE.
THAT'S, THAT'S ACTUALLY LIKE BOOTH VENDORS IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
UM, ON HERE WHERE IT SAYS VENDORS.
THAT WOULD BE FOOD AND CRAFT AND ANY VENDORS WE CAN GET TRUCKS THERE.
LIKE KETTLE CORN OR LIKE MUNCHIES.
I THINK WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED ABOUT 10 APPLICATIONS.
UM, WE OBVIOUSLY ARE WANTING MUCH MORE THAN THAT, BUT UH, WE RELEASED THE WEBSITE ON MONDAY AND WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED THAT AMOUNT BACK.
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ALL YOUR WORD CLOSURES.ALL SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE ROAD CLOSURES.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
I AM 27 IS CONVENE BACK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
HOWEVER THAT IS MEMBER SHAW'S ITEM.
AND I AM INFORMED THAT HE WANTS TO MOVE THAT TO THE NEXT MEETING SINCE HE IS NOT HERE TONIGHT.
SO WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM
[28. Council Member Closing Statements.]
28.COUNCIL MEMBER, CLOSING COMMENTS, PLEASE.
ONE LET'S SAY HAVE A GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY.
TO JUST WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE TEACHERS IT'S TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE TEACHERS AT LEANDER ISD AND I NEED TO ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING FOR MY KIDS' TEACHERS.
SO JUST AS A REMINDER TO MYSELF, SO HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.
PRO TEM HAVE A GOOD NIGHT PLAYS FIVE SATURDAY IS ELECTION DAY IN OUR CITY.
SO, UM, SEVEN O'CLOCK TO SEVEN O'CLOCK AT ANY OF YOUR POLLING LOCATIONS.
AND EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY THAN THAT IS THE DAY FOLLOWING IS MOTHER'S DAY.
MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE MOTHERS UP HERE, ALL THE MOTHERS IN THE AUDIENCE, ALL THE MOTHERS ONLINE AND DEFINITELY, UM, TO, TO MY MOTHER AND TO MY WIFE.
UM, THE TWO BEST MOMS THAT I KNOW.
AND IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP OUR DOLLARS LOCAL, EVERY TIME WE HAVE DINNER TOGETHER BEFORE COUNCIL, WE ARE MAKING SURE TO PATRONIZE A LEANDER BUSINESS TO KEEP OUR ECONOMY STRONG.
TONIGHT, WE HAD DINNER FROM WALKS AT TO YOU, HEADS UP CRAB, RANGOONS ARE AMAZING.
UM, SO WHEN YOU ARE OUT AND ABOUT DOING YOUR SHOPPING AND ENTERTAINMENT IN LI IN ANYWHERE, MAKE SURE YOU'RE COMING INTO LEANDRA, KEEPING YOUR MONEY HERE AND KEEPING OUR ECONOMY ROLLING.
UM, TWO THINGS TO GO OVER TONIGHT BEFORE WE LEAVE JUST A REMINDER TO EVERYBODY THAT JUST SAW THE WHOLE WATER PRESENTATION.
WE HAVE THIS HANDY-DANDY CHART OF LANDER CONSERVATION PHASES.
WE ARE CURRENTLY IN PHASE TWO.
UM, WE REALLY WANT TO STAY OUT OF PHASE THREE.
SO PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
I THINK WE'VE BEEN PUTTING IT OUT ON SOCIAL AGAIN, AS WE GET INTO THE, THE WARMER SEASONS, WHICH BY THE WAY, IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY HOT THIS WEEKEND.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD TIME TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORY ON THAT AND NOT OVER-WATER ANYTHING.
UM, LET'S KEEP THE RESTRICTIONS DOWN.
AND THEN LASTLY, UM, EVEN THOUGH WE JUST HAD THIS GREAT PRESENTATION FROM PARKS, WE HAVE ANOTHER EVENT FROM PARKS THIS SATURDAY 11 O'CLOCK DIVINE LAKE PARK IS TIGHT FAST, AND IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN, YOU SHOULD TOTALLY GO.
UM, AND IT'S MUCH BETTER THAN GOING DOWN TO ZILKER IN MY OPINION.
SO SEE ALL OUT AT DIVINE LAKE THIS WEEKEND AND WITH THAT COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED AT 9:01 PM.