[1. Open Meeting.]
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TODAY IS THURSDAY, MAY 19TH, 2022.
AND THE TIME IS FIVE 30, 2:00 PM.
AND THIS IS THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP OF LANDER CITY COUNCIL
[2. Roll Call.]
CITY, SECRETARY OF CRABTREE WEEK, PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER KATHERINE BATTALION PARKER HERE.COUNCIL MEMBER
COUNCIL MEMBER, NICOLE THOMPSON COUNCIL MEMBER, CHRIS CERNIK MAYOR PRO TEM, BECKY ROSS HERE.
ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
[3. Strategic Plan Update]
GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE WITH MR. RON COX.IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND I WOULD, UH, ASK DARRA THAT IF IT GETS CLOSE TO MY TIME, TELL ME AND I'LL STOP.
I'LL I'LL DO MY BEST TO MAKE IT THROUGH IN LESS THAN THE TIME ALLOTTED, BUT I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK HERE AND GIVE YOU A FINAL REPORT ON THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE, NOT ONLY BY YOU, BUT BY THE STAFF AND PARTICULARLY THE STAFF SINCE YOU ALL LAST MET.
AND, UM, AND SO AS ALWAYS, I ALWAYS WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I APPRECIATE YOUR STEPPING FORWARD AND WILLINGNESS TO SERVE AND TO, UH, LEAD, UH, BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT, UH, THAT'S WHAT SETTING BEHIND THAT DAY IS ALL ABOUT IT'S LEADERSHIP.
AND I THINK THE STAFF FOR THEIR, UH, KEEPING ME ON TRACK AND FOR THE TIME THAT I HAD TO VISIT WITH THEM AND MEET WITH THEM, THERE ARE MANY MORE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE, IN THE PROCESS THAN JUST THOSE THAT ARE LISTED HERE.
AND, UH, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT HERE AND JUST, AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY DID HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
SO WE STARTED THIS BACK IN JANUARY, UH, JANUARY THE SIXTH.
UH, WE HAD OUR FIRST SESSION ON JANUARY THE 29TH AND OUR SECOND SESSION ON, UH, FEBRUARY THE 18TH, THE FIRST SESSION YOU ALL FOCUSED INTERNALLY ON THE GOVERNANCE MODEL THAT, THAT YOU WANTED TO HAVE.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN SOME DETAIL.
AND THEN IN OUR SECOND SESSION, YOU MET WITH THE STAFF, YOU ALL WORK TOGETHER AND, UH, AND LOOKED OUTWARDLY AT WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE AND THE STRATEGIES AND THE FOCUS AREAS THAT YOU WANTED TO TO FOCUS ON.
I CAME BACK IN MARCH AND MET WITH THE STAFF AND WE DEVELOPED, UH, AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
AND I'LL SHOW YOU THE EXAMPLE OF THAT, AND YOU'LL HAVE COPIES OF THAT AVAILABLE TO YOU.
IT WAS, IT WAS BEING MODIFIED EVEN TODAY, JUST A LITTLE BIT AND ADDED TO, BUT, UM, BUT YOU'LL HAVE COPIES AND BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE PACKAGE, UH, THAT FROM BEGINNING TO END AND IN THAT PACKAGE, YOU'LL SEE A REPORT THAT I WROTE THAT JUST DOCUMENTS EVERYTHING THAT WE DID OVER, OVER THESE THREE OR FOUR SESSIONS.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE SORT OF AN ABBREVIATED STRATEGIC PLAN THAT JUST HIGHLIGHTS VISION, MISSION, UH, THE FOCUS AREAS AND THOSE KEY INITIATIVES, UH, OF EACH OF THE FOCUS AREAS.
AND THEN A SEPARATE DOCUMENT WILL BE THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
AND I'LL SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THAT, UH, TOWARD THE END OF OUR DISCUSSION HERE.
SO TONIGHT THEN, UH, IN MAY HERE IS OUR FINAL REPORT AND, UM, I'M SO GLAD TO BE ABLE TO SEE ALL OF YOU.
I KNOW, UH, AT LEAST ONE OF YOU WON'T BE BACK.
AND SO I'LL, I'LL MISS HIM, UH, AND I'M SURE ALL OF YOU WILL MISS HIM EQUALLY.
UH, AND, UH, AND, AND THEN I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU ARE IN, UH, IN RACES, UH, EVEN TODAY.
SO I WISH ALL OF YOU THE BEST, UH, NO MATTER WHERE YOU END UP.
SO, UH, AS I SAID, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT GOVERNANCE AND VISIONING AND, UH, AND SOME PROJECT DISCUSSIONS, EVEN IN JANUARY, WE TOOK A BREAK, UH, TOWARD THE END OF OUR DISCUSSION AND, AND, UH, AND RICK, UH, BRIEFED YOU ON SEVERAL PROJECTS AND YOU ALL DEVELOPED A PATH PATHWAY FOR SEVERAL OF THOSE.
AND THEN WE CAME BACK IN FEBRUARY FOR OUR, UH, UH, STRATEGIES, GOALS, AND OBJECTIVE.
SO WITH REGARD TO GOVERNANCE, UH, YOU RECALL, WE TALKED ABOUT LEADERSHIP, COMMUNICATION EXPECTATIONS, AND THEN VISIONING AND PLANNING.
AND, UH, ALWAYS, I LIKE TO KIND OF RESET THE TABLE ABOUT WHAT GREAT LEADERS DO.
THEY, THEY'RE KIND WITH THEIR WORDS.
THEY ENCOURAGE, THEY TREAT PEOPLE WITH RESPECT.
THEY LEARN WHAT MOTIVATES IN THE CORRECT WITH GENTLENESS WHEN NEEDED.
THEY TELL PEOPLE THEY APPRECIATE THEM.
THEY GIVE THEM PRAISE WHEN DESERVED, THEY SHARE THE COMMON GOAL.
AND THE COMMON GOAL IS REALLY WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOWARD IN IT.
AS WE'VE MOVED THROUGH THIS PROCESS, A COMMON SET OF STRATEGIES
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AND GOALS THAT ALL, ALL, ALL THE COUNCIL CAN GET BEHIND AND ALL THE STAFF WILL KNOW WHAT THE DIRECTION IS, UH, AND, AND SHOW THEN HOW EVERYONE FITS INTO THAT COMMON GOAL.IT'S ABOUT SERVICING THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S ABOUT SERVICE TO EACH OTHER.
IT'S ABOUT SERVANT LEADERSHIP AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS TOGETHER.
AND I I'LL NEVER, I NEVER SHALL FORGET THE WORDS OF, OF, OF LAUREN WOULD, AS HE WAS GIVEN A DEDICATORY PRAYER FOR THE CITY HALL, A BRAND NEW CITY HALL AND IN, UH, IN FRIENDSWOOD.
AND HE SAID, MAY THE DECISIONS MADE IN THIS CITY HALL BE BATHED IN INTEGRITY, HONESTY, AND TRUTH, AND WHAT HIGHER AND GREATER CALLING CAN YOU HAVE THEN THAN TO DO THAT.
SO WE MOVED OUT OF THAT, KIND OF THAT, THAT HIGH LEVEL DISCUSSION OF LEADERSHIP IN GENERAL, INTO A DISCUSSION WITH YOU ABOUT HOW WILL YOU LEAD AS YOU WORK TOGETHER ON THIS COUNCIL AND HOW WILL YOU LEAD IN THIS COMMUNITY? AND I DON'T, I DON'T INTEND TO READ EVERY BULLETED ITEM AND EVERY LIST HERE, I WOULD GO WAY BEYOND MY 30 MINUTES, BUT, BUT I WANT YOU TO SEE WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU SAID, UH, AS, AS YOU REFLECT ON THESE THINGS.
UH, AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THAT EVEN AFTER THIS DOCUMENT IS, IS, UH, APPROVED, IF YOU WILL, AND SET ASIDE, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT OCCASIONALLY AND GRADE YOURSELVES AGAINST IT.
HOW WELL ARE WE DOING WHEN WE WORK THROUGH THESE THINGS TO LEAD WITH INTEGRITY AND TRUTHFULNESS, WITH CIVILITY, WITH GRACE, UH, BEING SELFLESS THROUGH LISTENING, BEING ACTIVE LISTENERS, UH, BEING HONEST, BEING HUMBLE, GENUINE AND AUTHENTIC B UH, A LOT OF THIS IS TALKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT HOW CAN WE BE OURSELVES AND HOW CAN WE BE TRUE, TRUE TO OURSELVES AND, AND LEAD IN, IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE IN AND, AND YOUR ENVIRONMENT IS NO INDIFFERENT, NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER COUNCIL ENVIRONMENT.
EVERY COUNCIL HAS A, AS WE TALKED ABOUT THERE, UH, EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER HAS THEIR OWN PERSONALITY, THEIR OWN TEMPERAMENT, AND HOW YOU COMBINE THOSE AND HOW YOU WORK TOGETHER MAKES FOR SUCCESS.
HOW WILL WE LEAD? HOW THEN WILL WE COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER AGAIN, THROUGH ACTIVE LISTENING, BUT BY BEING THOUGHTFUL, BY BEING CONSISTENT, BEING AWARE OF OUR NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION PATTERNS, THOSE ARE REALLY INTERESTING WHEN YOU SIT BACK AND LOOK AND THINK ABOUT HOW YOU COMMUNICATE EVEN WITH, BY THE WAY YOU LOOK, MY WIFE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT I'M THINKING BY THE WAY I LOOK SOMETIMES.
AND I, AND I, I JUST CAN'T MASK IT.
AND SHE KNOWS, UH, HOW WE, UH, KNOWING WHEN THE DISENGAGE FROM AN ISSUE AS OPPOSED, AND, AND KNOWING WHEN TO JUST DISAGREE.
UH ONE-ON-ONE BUT NOT IN PUBLIC BEING FLEXIBLE AND PATIENT EMPATHIC, UH, AND ACCESSIBLE, UH, BEING, BEING ABLE TO ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS AND BEING ABLE TO ASK WHY, AND NOT BEING AFRAID TO ASK WHY, BECAUSE THAT'S AN IMPORTANT QUESTION IN, IN, IN EVERY DISCUSSION THAT YOU HAVE, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT IT, AND THEN HAVING THE TOUGH CONVERSATIONS IN THE RIGHT WAY, LEADERSHIP COMMUNICATION, AND THEN EXPECTATIONS, UH, I'M SORRY, YOU ADDED A, YOU ADDED A SEGMENT TO THIS OF HOW DO WE NOT ONLY COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER, BUT HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS, WITH OUR CUSTOMERS, OUR PARTNERS, OUR CITIZENS, THE CITIZENS, UM, BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE SITUATION THAT WE ARE LISTENING AND THAT WE CARE, UH, FINDING THE GOOD IN EVERY SITUATION.
SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO DO IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT, BUT I, I REALLY LIKED THAT PHRASE, FINDING THE GOOD IN A SENSATION, UH, SITUATION BEING CLEAR AND HONEST, UH, NOT ENGAGING IN TOXIC CONVERSATIONS, BEING FACT-BASED, AND NON-EMOTIONAL BE PROFESSIONAL IN EVERYTHING WE DO.
AND THAT'S THAT THERE'S, THAT LIST IS ALWAYS OBVIOUSLY LONGER THAN, THAN WHAT I REPEATED, BUT EACH ONE OF THESE ARE IMPORTANT WAYS THAT YOU COMMUNICATE AND, AND CONVEY THE MESSAGE IN THE PROPER WAY.
AND THEN WE MOVED TO EXPECTATIONS.
WHAT DO WE EXPECT OF EACH OTHER OF EACH OTHER? WE EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO FIND COMMON GROUND ON ISSUES.
WE EXPECT TO PROVIDE GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE.
WE EXPECT TO BE SOLUTION ORIENTED.
WE EXPECT THAT WHEN POLICIES ARE APPROVED, WE REPRESENT THEM AS ONE BODY.
WE EXPECT THAT THE PROCESS, THE FINDING THE CHARTER THAT THE CHAIN OF COMMAND WILL BE FOLLOWING.
WE EXPECT THAT WE WILL RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE
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A REFLECTION AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY OF LEANDER EACH OTHER, AND, UH, AS COUNCIL AND, AND THE REFLECTION OF STAFF AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE LIVE IN A GLASS HOUSE NOW WE'VE LOST SOME OF OUR INDIVIDUALITY HAVEN'T WE BY, BY BEING ELECTED TO THIS POSITION.AND SO WE'RE NO LONGER, WE'RE NO LONGER, WE ARE STILL INDIVIDUALS, BUT WE'RE PERCEIVED NOT AS THE FRIEND THAT WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN AT ONE TIME, BUT, BUT THEN, BUT WE ENDED UP BEING PERCEIVED AS THE COUNCIL MEMBER AND SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL, IF WE'RE NOT CAREFUL.
SO WE, WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE REPRESENTING THE CITY OF LEANDER EVERYWHERE WE GO, AND IN WHATEVER CASE WE DO, AND THEN WE EXPECT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF EACH OTHER.
I ALSO ASK YOU, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT OF YOUR STAFF? AGAIN, FOLLOW THE PROCESSES IN THE CHAIN OF COMMAND, FOLLOW THE POLICIES THAT ARE SET OUT BY COUNSEL TREAT WHAT YOU DO FOR LEANDER AS IF IT'S YOUR OWN COMPANY OR YOUR OWN POSSESSION, UH, SHARE YOUR OPINIONS, TELL THE COUNCIL WHAT YOU THINK, WHAT YOU WOULD DO AND WHY SUPPORT THE OPEN ENVIRONMENT, SUPPORT THE OPEN ENVIRONMENT TO BE ABLE TO ASK AND RECOMMEND.
AND AS LONG AS YOU, AS YOU ALL ARE A ROOF, UM, RECEPTIVE TO THAT, THEY WILL BE, UH, ENCOURAGED TO PROVIDE YOU THE KIND OF INFORMATION YOU NEED, TO BE HONEST.
AND, AND TO, UH, TO GIVE YOU THE MESSAGE IN A TIMELY AND RESPECTFUL MANNER, UH, TO BE TRUSTWORTHY EXPECTATIONS OF STAFF, TO BE CONSISTENT, TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF WHAT'S RIGHT, AND WHAT WENT WRONG AND TO COMMUNICATE, COMMUNICATE, COMMUNICATE.
WE COULD PROBABLY ADD THAT FOUR OR FIVE MORE TIMES ON THE LIST ALWAYS COMMUNICATE.
SO AFTER THAT DISCUSSION, THEN I ASKED YOU, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE CA THE STAFF WOULD EXPECT OF YOU AS A COUNCIL? AND, AND, UH, AND THESE ARE, THESE ARE YOUR WORDS, COUNCIL OUT OF STAY OUT OF OUR WAY AND LET US DO OUR JOB, UM, DO NOT MICROMANAGE THE COUNSEL COUNSEL, DO YOUR HOMEWORK, UH, BE RESPECTFUL OF THE STAFF.
SO JUST AS STAFF SHOULD BE RESPECTFUL OF THE, OF THE COUNCIL, DON'T TRY TO MAKE STAFF CHOOSE SIDES OR, OR IN A SPLIT ISSUE.
AND DON'T PUT STAFF IN A, IN A BAD POSITION, LET THEM KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT IN ADVANCE OF A COUNCIL MEETING.
THE MORE YOU COMMUNICATE WITH THEM, THE, THE MORE INFORMATION YOU ALL WILL HAVE AND BETTER PREPARED YOU TO BE, TO MAKE THE DECISION, UH, BE PROACTIVE, BE DIRECTIVE CORPORATE, BE GIVE DIRECTIVE CORPORATELY, NOT INDIVIDUALLY, UH, PROVIDE THE CLARITY DIRECTION, TOOLS, PEOPLE IN SPACE TO DO THEIR JOB AND GIVE THEM A LEVEL OF COMFORT THAT THEY'RE PART OF THE TEAM AND RECOGNIZE THEIR HUMANITY.
UH, THEY ALL HAVE FAMILIES AND RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE TIME CONSTRAINTS, GOALS, OR GOALS, TIME, TIME, UM, TIME, TIME GOALS, OR GOALS AS WELL.
BUT, BUT THERE'S ALSO THAT DAILY WORK PRODUCT THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
AND SO BE CONSIDERATE OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT, THAT THEY HAVE AND THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO GET THE JOB DONE WELL, AND THEN CLEARLY OUTLINE WHAT THE GOAL IS.
AND TRULY, I BELIEVE THAT THE PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH, THESE, THIS PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH HAS GIVEN CLARITY TO THAT, AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE PRODUCT.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT LEADERSHIP, COMMUNICATION AND EXPECTATIONS AT, AT ALL LEVELS.
UM, YOU SAW THIS, UH, SLIDE HERE EARLIER, BUT THIS SAYS IT ALL IN ONE SLIDE COUNCIL, UH, MAYOR, COUNCIL'S RESPONSIBLE FOR POLICY, UH, GOALS, VISION THAT DIRECTION THAT'S SO IMPORTANT TO, TO GIVE.
AND THE STAFF IS RESPONSIBLE TO GET IT DONE AND, AND TO WORK, UH, THROUGH THOSE GOALS AND ACCOMPLISH THOSE GOALS ON A DAILY BASIS, AND THEN REPORT TO YOU, OBVIOUSLY THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
AND YOU DO THAT THROUGH THE STAFF AND PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER IN THE COUNCIL MANAGER FORM AND IN THIS PROCESS.
AND, AND THERE IS DIRECTIONAL FLOW BACK AND FORTH.
AND THERE HAS TO BE IN ORDER FOR, TO, TO GET CLARITY IN ORDER TO GET DIRECTION.
AND SO, UH, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT PROCESS AND THE WAY IT GOES.
AND I THINK YOU WERE THE FIRST CITY THAT I USED THIS SLIDE ON IT.
IT, IT, UH, IT WAS, UH, GIVEN TO ME BY, BY SCOTT SELLERS.
AND MANY OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW HIM, EXCUSE ME, MR. COX, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT.
ARE YOU SAYING THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF AT ALL? I THINK THAT THE MOWER, YOU CAN DIRECT YOUR CONVERSATIONS, THE CITY MANAGER, THE BETTER THE PROCESS FLOWS.
YOU MAY HAVE A CHARTER THAT ALLOWS FOR A CONCURRENCE AND NOT CONCURRENCE,
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BUT CONVERSATION WITH STAFF, BUT YOU'RE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.UH, JUST LIKE THE BOARD OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WOULD TALK WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THEY MAY HAVE, THEY MAY HAVE A TIMES I'LL GET AWAY FROM THE MIC.
I WONDER, UH, THEY MAY HAVE TIMES WHERE THEY WANT TO, THEY SAY HELLO TO THEY SPEAK WITH, AND THEY TALK WITH, BUT MY, MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT YOU KEEP YOUR DIRECT, YOUR DIRECT, UH, CONVERSATIONS WITH AND THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER.
AND THERE ARE PRACTICAL REASONS FOR THAT.
UH, THERE, UM, YOU REMEMBER MY STORY ABOUT THE MOTOR GRADER OPERATOR, WHO, WHO GAVE, WHO SAID, I'LL BE GLAD TO PUT THAT MOTOR GRADER ANYWHERE.
YOU WANT ME TO PUT IT, BUT I NEED MY SUPERVISOR TO TELL ME WHERE TO PUT THAT.
AND SO IT'S BETTER IN MY OPINION, IF YOU, IF YOU CAN DO THAT AND, AND WORK THROUGH THAT, THERE ARE ALWAYS TIMES WHEN YOU RUN INTO A DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU HAVE A QUESTION AND THE CITY MANAGER'S NOT AVAILABLE.
AND, AND, UH, AND, AND SO, UH, AND THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE CITY MANAGER SAYS, YES, TALK TO SO-AND-SO AND LET'S GET THEM TOGETHER.
UM, UH, BUT IF YOU KEEP THAT FOCUSED, I THINK, UH, THE SYSTEM WORKS LIKE IT SHOULD.
I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION THAT WAS BROUGHT UP.
SO YOU'RE SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT WORK RELATIONS, THOUGH.
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS OUTSIDE OF WORK.
SO IT GETS A LITTLE DICEY THERE, DOESN'T IT? YEAH, IT DOES.
AND, UH, UM, IN MANY, MANY CITIES, THERE ARE PEOPLE ON THE CITY COUNCIL WHO HAVE GROWN UP AND WENT TO SCHOOL WITH PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR THE CITY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE SOCIAL TIME THAT YOU HAVE TOGETHER IS, IS SOCIAL TIME.
BUT WHEN YOU START, YOU START FINDING OUT WHAT'S GOING ON, YOU START MAKING, UH, MAKING DIRECTIVES OR GIVING DIRECTIVES WHEN YOU DON'T REALLY INTEND TO IT.
IT REALLY DOES MUDDY THE WATER.
SO IT GETS A LITTLE DICEY WHEN YOU'RE CLOSE FRIENDS, BUT, BUT IF, AS LONG AS YOU KEEP THIS IN PERSPECTIVE, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THAT RELATIONSHIP IS, AND THAT YOU'RE HONORING THAT RELATIONSHIP, IT SHOULD WORK OUT.
ANYTHING ELSE? SO WE, WE MOVED THEN FROM THAT INTERNAL LOOKING, UH, AT H AT, AT HOW WE FUNCTION TOGETHER, THE GOVERNANCE MODEL INTO LOOKING AT VISION AND PLANNING, AND THERE ARE MANY ELEMENTS TO THE VISION AND PLANNING PROCESS.
AND YOU'LL REMEMBER THIS PYRAMID, WHERE ARE WE? WHERE ARE WE WHERE WE PUT THE OF EVERYTHING AS WHAT IS OUR VISION? WHAT'S THE VISION FOR LEANDER? AND IF, IF WE ARE NOT THERE, THEN WE BUILD IT UP.
AND IF WE'RE NOT CONSISTENT FROM ONE STEP IN THIS PYRAMID, OR ONE LEVEL IN THIS PYRAMID TO ANOTHER, THEN WE HAVE TO RECHECK, ARE WE, ARE WE DOING THINGS CORRECTLY OR DO WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR VISION? WE NEED TO RECHECK THESE THINGS PERIODICALLY.
SO WE SPENT A GOOD BIT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT VISION AND MISSION, AND THEN YOU ALL ARE, YOU ALL HAVE YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND THEN WE MOVED INTO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
THEY BUILD UP ON EACH OTHER AND, AND ALSO IT, IT LENDS PREDICTABILITY AND CONSISTENCY TO THE PROCESS.
IF EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF THE MISSION AND THE VISION.
AND IF EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THEN WHEN IT COMES TIME TO HAVE YOUR ANNUAL BUDGET, YOU SEE THINGS IN THE BUDGET THAT YOU'VE PUT ON THE PLAN, THAT ALL MAKES SENSE TO THE PROCESS AS YOU MOVE THROUGH IT.
AND SO RATHER THAN WORK ON US VISION STATEMENT, WHICH CAN BE BOILED DOWN TO, TO WHAT WE THINK I LIKE FOR YOU TO FOCUS ON WHAT ARE THE ELEMENTS OF THE VISION THAT YOU HAVE FOR, FOR LEANDER.
AND SO YOU HAD A NUMBER OF BULLETS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT A CITY THAT'S A SMALL, IT HAS A SMALL TOWN FEEL.
IT'S NEIGHBORLY, CONNECTED, FRIENDLY.
PEOPLE ARE INVESTED IN THE COMMUNITY.
PEOPLE ADVOCATE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
EVERYTHING IS IN LEANDRA THAT WE NEED JOBS, FOOD, ENTERTAINMENT, AND SAFE COMMUNITY IS OF THE HIGHEST PRIORITY, A CHARMING QUALITY OF LIFE, A VIBRANT CITY THAT'S ALIVE AND GROWING AND THRIVING AND IS ACTIVE.
AND THEN THE COMMUNITY PURPOSEFULLY EMBRACES DIVERSITY, ALL HAVE A SENSE OF BELONGING WITH A VARIETY OF EVENTS, HOUSING CHOICES FOR ALL, AND A PROMOTE AND ALL WHILE PROMOTING A SENSE OF INCLUSION.
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THAT WAS YOUR STATED, OR IS YOUR STATED VISION FOR THIS COMMUNITY.AND SO EVERYTHING BEGINS TO BUILD OFF OF THAT.
SO IF THAT'S WHAT WE LOOK WANT TO LOOK LIKE WHEN WE GROW UP, THEN HOW DO WE GO ABOUT DOING IT? AND THESE WERE THE ELEMENTS OF HOW WE'RE FORWARD THINKING.
WE WANT TO KEEP THE GOOD, THE CITY IN GOOD FINANCIAL STANDING.
AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE, UH, BULLETS AS YOU LOOK DOWN THROUGH THAT LIST OF HOW THOSE WILL BE THE AREAS THAT WE'LL BEGIN TO FOCUS ON.
AND YOU'LL SEE THOSE IN MORE DETAIL.
WE DID GO TO THE EXTENT OF, OF KIND OF WORKING ON A MISSION STATEMENT.
UM, UH, THE MISSION OF THE CITY OF LANDER IS TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ITS RESIDENTS.
SO ALL OF THESE MISSION ELEMENTS SHOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH ENHANCING THAT QUALITY OF LIFE AS WE MOVE THROUGH.
THIS IS UNAPPROVED OBVIOUSLY, BUT WE DID WORK ON THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT.
SO THOSE KEY ELEMENTS THEN FROM, FROM LOOKING AT THOSE KEY VISION ELEMENTS, WE BEGAN TO NARROW DOWN OUR FOCUS A LITTLE BIT.
WE TALKED ABOUT OUR VISION AND THOSE KEY ELEMENTS.
WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.
SO WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON? AND YOU ALL IDENTIFIED, I BELIEVE EIGHT DIFFERENT STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS TO, TO WORK WITHIN, OR THAT WOULD ASSIST IN ACCOMPLISHING THE VISION THAT YOU HAVE, UH, FOR LEANDER SAFETY.
UH, AND THAT WAS MOVED TO NUMBER ONE TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL, UH, IN OUR SECOND SESSION INFRASTRUCTURE, LAND USE, AND ZONING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNICATION, DIVERSITY SENSE OF PLACE AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
SO THOSE EIGHT ITEMS, IF YOU'LL RECALL, WE SPENT A GOOD BIT OF TIME FOCUSING AND IDENTIFYING WHAT THOSE KEY FOCUS AREAS, STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS WOULD BE AS WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
AND YOU CAN SEE UNDER EACH ONE, THERE'S A, THERE'S A SERIES OF BULLETS THAT SORT OF DESCRIBE WHAT WE MEANT BY SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE, LAND USE, AND ZONING.
AND, UH, AND SO AS WE, AS WE CAME TOGETHER THAT SECOND TIME, THAT SECOND DAY, UH, TOGETHER, WE TOOK THOSE STRATEGIC AREAS.
AND THEN, UH, AND I, WOW, I GOT FIVE MINUTES.
SO HERE WE GO, SPEED UP THE PROCESS.
WE TOOK THOSE FIVE STRATEGIC PLANS.
I'M FINE WITH GOING LONGER THAN FIVE MINUTES, BECAUSE SO FAR I KNOW WE'VE PAID QUITE A FEE FOR YOU TO BE HERE.
AND SO FAR ALL THE SLIDES WE'VE SEEN ARE ONES THAT WE'VE SEEN BEFORE.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU HAVE NEW FOR US TOO.
SO THE STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS, WE, WE DIVIDED INTO, UH, DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OR DIFFERENT AREAS.
WE DID THE SWAT ANALYSIS, AND THEN WE PUT ALL OF THOSE SWAT ITEMS INTO THOSE SIX OR EIGHT DIFFERENT AREAS, GROWTH AND PLANNING UNDER, UNDER A SAFETY PROGRAMMING AND SERVICES UNDER, UNDER, UH, UNDER SAFETY AS WELL.
AND EACH OF THESE BECAME INITIATIVE STRATEGIES AND GOALS.
SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT, THAT THE STAFF HAS NOW BEGUN TO FOCUS ON IN TERMS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, UH, STAFFING AND COMMUNICATION UNDERSTAND, UH, SAFETY, SO GROWTH AND PLANNING, PROGRAMMING SERVICES, STAFFING, AND COMMUNICATION, ALL UNDER SAFETY AS A FOCUS AREA.
UH, THEN YOU, THEN YOU HAD COMMUNICATION AS A SEPARATE AND THAT DIVIDED ITSELF INTO MESSAGING AND SERVICES.
SO WHAT SERVICES CAN YOU DO TO BETTER COMMUNICATE WITH, CAN YOU PROVIDE THE BETTER COMMUNICATE FOR EXAMPLE, AND HOW DO YOU MESSAGE THOSE SORTS OF THINGS? UH, AND, UH, AND SO THOSE TO, UH, ESTABLISH SOME INITIATIVES, THOSE INITIATIVES, STRATEGIES, AND GOALS, UH, ALSO PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS UNDER COMMUNICATION.
THESE PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS WERE IDENTIFIED AS COMMUNICATION, PROJECT PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS THAT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED.
THESE WERE IDEAS TO BE IMPLEMENTED INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE SECOND ONE THAT THE SECOND STRATEGIC FOCUS AREA, INFRASTRUCTURE, PROJECT PLANNING, UH, ESTABLISHED, UH, LEADING TOWARDS MINDSET.
SOME OF IT WAS PHILOSOPHY, BUT OTHER THINGS WERE PROJECT AND ACTION ORIENTED, ESTABLISH A TRUE STRATEGIC 10 TO 20 YEAR CIP, FOR EXAMPLE, BECAME VERY SPECIFIC IN TERMS OF WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.
AND YOU ALL IDENTIFIED ALL OF THESE THINGS, INFRASTRUCTURE, PROJECT PLANNING, UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT ESTABLISH, UH, THE FACILITIES MASTER PLAN REVIEW, THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS, UH, PLAN FOR CONDUIT
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FOR FIBER AND INTERNET, INTERNET CONNECTIVITY, THOSE TAKE, UH, THOSE TAKE TIME AND ACTION TO PUT INTO POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AS YOU GO THROUGH AND, UH, AND, AND WORK ON.AND TOWARD EACH OF THESE AREAS YOU TALKED ABOUT THEN LAND USE AND ZONING, UH, UH, AND THAT DIVIDED ITSELF BETWEEN PLANNING, UH, CONTINUOUSLY AND REVIEW AND UPDATE ON, UH, LONG-TERM PLANS, MAINTAIN CONSISTENCY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO AS YOU GET PROJECTS AND MOVE FORWARD WITH PROJECTS, HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO THE, TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? AND THERE, UH, THERE IS, UH, AS I RECALL, THERE'S AN UPDATE, UH, GOING ON AT, MAYBE I MAY HAVE MY CITIES MIXED UP, BUT I BELIEVE THERE'S AN UPDATE AT LEAST PLANNED OR ARE GOING ON IN THE, IN THE NEAR FUTURE STRATEGICALLY FOCUSED ON DESIRED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
AND, AND, AND, AND SO AS WE GO TO THAT NEXT STEP, THE STAFF HAS TALKED ABOUT HOW CAN WE MAKE ACTION? HOW CAN WE IMPLEMENT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, UH, LAND USE, AND ZONING PLANNING, UH, AND THEN, AND THEN, BUT THEN THE NEXT SEGMENT OF THAT WAS ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS, UH, BE PROACTIVE IN BRINGING ORDINANCES TO COUNCIL FOR REVIEW WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN THOSE REVISIONS ARE NEEDED, STABLISH GUIDELINES AND REGULATIONS THAT PROMOTE THE SMALL TOWN FEEL, UH, ESTABLISHED ZEROSCAPING, UH, INCENTIVE IS TO LOOK AT THE ZONING DISTRICTS A LOT TO BE DONE UNDER LAND USE AND ZONING FROM AN ORDINANCE AND, AND REGULATORY PERSPECTIVE.
ALL OF THESE, AGAIN, WERE ITEMS THAT YOU ALL, UH, UH, BROUGHT FORWARD THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE DAY IN THAT PROCESS, UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU TALKED ABOUT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, UM, FINDING WAYS TO IMPROVE OPPORTUNITIES OR REDUCE FRICTION FOR SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, CREATING A PROGRAM, TARGET INFRASTRUCTURE EXPANSION TO ENHANCE AND ATTRACT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE RIGHT PLACES AT THE RIGHT TIME, UH, UH, DEVELOPS SHOP LOCAL PROMOTIONS, A BIG, A VARIETY OF ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN THERE ARE ALSO PROGRAMS AND PLANS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE PUT IN PLACE TO ENHANCE OR IMPROVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, PLANS FOR SPORTS, TOURISM, UTILIZING HOT HOT FUNDS, PROMOTE SPECK SPACES THAT ARE SHOVEL, READY, BE STRATEGIC IN THE USE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND DEVELOP A WORKFORCE PIPELINE, UH, WITH, UH, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND, UH, AND THE, AND THE COLLEGE AND, AND MANUFACTURERS.
AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS.
SO THERE WERE THREE SPECIFIC AREAS OF, OF INITIATIVES IN, UH, IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UNDER DIVERSITY MESSAGING AND PROGRAMMING.
WHAT'S THE MESSAGE AND ENSURE THAT THAT MESSAGE IS WELCOMING AND INCLUSIVE OF ALL GROUPS BE INTENTIONAL AND BE RELATIONAL, MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE.
AND THEN IN PROGRAMMING, ENCOURAGED DIVERSITY AMONG BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IDENTIFY AND ASSIST WITH CITIZEN DRIVEN EVENTS, PARTNER WITH SCHOOLS TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND ENSURE THAT EVENTS THAT YOU HAVE, AND YOU ACTUALLY LISTED, SOME OF THOSE EVENTS ARE, ARE INCLUSIVE.
AND THEN, AND THEN CONDUCT A SURVEY ABOUT WHAT DIVERSITY NEEDS, UH, AND DESIRES.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY OUR MESSAGING AND PROGRAMMING FOR DIVERSITY, A SENSE OF PLACE MESSAGING AND PROGRAMMING, AS WELL AS YOU SEE THESE ITEMS THAT YOU ALL TALKED ABOUT, UH, MAINTAIN THAT SENSE OF IDENTITY.
T HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT IN YOUR MESSAGE, WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE WHERE YOU CREATE TO DO THAT? PRESERVE OUR HISTORY WHILE GIVING AN EYE TOWARD THE FUTURE, IDENTIFYING LEANDER AS CLOSE TO THE BIG CITY AMENITIES WITHOUT BIG CITY PROBLEMS, PROGRAM PROBLEMS, IDENTITY, UH, DEVELOPING PROGRAMMING, THEN DEVELOPING OUR BRAND AS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT, ESTABLISH A BUSINESS INCUBATOR.
UH, AND EVEN TO THE EXTENT OF LOOKING AT ESTABLISHING A MUSEUM, A SENSE OF PLACE MAINTAINING AND, AND, AND ENHANCING THAT SENSE OF PLACE, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR VISION, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN FINALLY, ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, UH, THOSE REVOLVED AROUND STAFFING COMPENSATION, CLASSIFICATION, COMMUNICATION, AND TRAINING, AND LEGAL COMPLIANCE IN TERMS OF PERSONNEL POLICIES.
AND SO, UH, THERE WERE INITIATIVE STRATEGIES AND GOALS DEVELOPED, UH, THROUGH THE COURSE OF THAT DAY.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THREATS, FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN, WHAT, UH, WHAT, UH, WHAT WHAT'S GONNA, W W W THE LACK OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES, UH, LACK OF KNOW-HOW PERHAPS A DESIRE TO, TO COME TO A LACK OF DESIRE TO COMPLETE THOSE TASKS ON HAND.
NOT THAT NOT THAT THOSE THINGS WILL STOP YOU, BUT
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IF YOU, IF YOU ANTICIPATE THOSE IN ADVANCE, THEN YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE IT, YOU KNOW, IT, WHEN YOU SEE IT AND YOU CAN DEAL WITH IT AND HANDLE THOSE THINGS, STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES, AND THREATS.SO FINALLY, UM, THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, AND I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS EXAMPLE, AND IT IS A LITTLE BIT FAR AWAY, UH, VISUALLY I THINK FOR YOU.
BUT, UM, I LOOKED AT, AT THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TODAY, TAKING ALL OF THOSE SUGGESTED ITEMS, INITIATIVES, STRATEGIES, AND GOALS, THEY WERE DIVIDED BETWEEN THOSE EIGHT, UH, KEY FOCUS AREAS, THE FIRST ONE BEING, UH, SAFETY.
AND, UH, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THE INITIAL GOAL UNDER GROWTH AND PLANNING THE INITIAL OBJECTIVE TAKE A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO PUBLIC SAFETY WHEN PLANNING FOR GROWTH, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE ACTION STEPS.
SO THE STAFF LOOKED AT WHAT WAS PROVIDED AND ADDED DEPTH TO EVERYTHING THAT, THAT YOU ALL TOOK A LOOK AT.
SOME OF THOSE LISTS OF THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT EARLIER, WHERE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN OBJECTIVE UNDER A LARGER GOAL, OR THEY MIGHT'VE BEEN AN ACTION ITEM, BUT ALL OF THOSE GOT INCLUDED IN HERE IN ONE PLACE OR ANOTHER.
AND SO THE STAFF HAS NOW ADDED DEPTH TO THAT WITH ACTION STEPS, THEY'VE IDENTIFIED PARTNERS THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO GET, TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT JOB DONE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, AND PARTICULARLY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, UH, OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND THEY IDENTIFIED A TIME TIMELINE WHERE THEY COULD, IN SOME CASES, THEY WEREN'T QUITE FINISHED WITH IT.
YOU SEE THAT THOSE, THAT THOSE LINES ARE, ARE BLANK TO SOME EXTENT, BUT WHERE THEY'RE ALREADY WORKING ON THEM, THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED THOSE AS WELL.
AND THEN WHO'S GOING TO TAKE THE LEAD WHO'S WHO AMONG THE STAFF WILL TAKE THE LEAD ON THAT PARTICULAR VISION ELEMENT.
THERE ARE 24 PAGES OF, OF IMPLEMENTATION PLAN BASED ON THE KEY FOCUS AREAS THAT YOU IDENTIFIED STRATEGIES AND GOALS ON.
AND THE STAFF DEVELOPED ALL OF THAT SINCE YOU ALL LAST MET.
AND SO, UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU ALL TO BE ABLE TO LOOK IN DETAIL, UH, AT THAT PARTICULAR DOCUMENT, AS IT COMES FORWARD TO YOU.
AND, AND I I'VE SUGGESTED, AND I WILL ENCOURAGE YOU TO THAT ONCE TO ADOPT THE ENTIRE PACKAGE, ONCE YOU'VE HAD TIME TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE THING.
AND, UH, AND THEN THAT GIVES THE COUNT, THE STAFF, THE DIRECTION THAT THEY NEED, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO, UH, AS USUAL I TOOK LONGER THAN I SHOULD.
AND THANK YOU, MAYOR FOR GIVING ME A FEW MORE MINUTES.
UM, BUT, UH, THIS FULFILLS THE PROCESS AT LEAST TO THIS POINT, AND THE NEXT STEPS OF THE PROCESS ARE OUR EXECUTION.
HOW DO WE GET THIS JOB DONE? AND, AND THEN, AND, AND YOU KNOW, THAT IT WILL BE, UH, GETTING DONE BY, BY WHEN IT'S REPORTED TO YOU.
SO THE STAFF WILL HAVE, OR DOES HAVE A SPECIFIC REPORTING PROTOCOL THAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED.
THEY'LL GIVE YOU A REPORT ON THIS PERIODICALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S LARGE.
AND SO PUTTING TOGETHER A REPORT ON A MONTHLY BASIS WOULD PROBABLY BE DIFFICULT TO DO AT BEST AND PROHIBITIVE TO, TO SHOW REAL PROGRESS.
BUT I SUGGEST EITHER, UH, UH, AT, AT I SUGGEST A SEMI-ANNUAL RE UH, DETAILED REPORT AND THEN PERIODIC REPORTS, AS YOU NEED TO, I SUGGEST THAT WHEN YOU PUT A POLICY ON THE AGENDA, THAT'S RELATED TO THIS STRATEGIC PLAN THAT YOU IDENTIFIED AS SUCH, SO THAT YOU'LL YOU'LL KNOW THAT IT'S BEING, UH, IMPLEMENTED AND WORKED ON.
SO WITH THAT MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, TO BE HERE AGAIN TONIGHT, AND TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU, Y'ALL Y'ALL CAN REST ASSURED IT'S A JOB WELL DONE.
AND THE, AND THE STAFF HAS TAKEN THAT SERIOUSLY AND HAS PUT A PENCIL TO THE PAPER RUBBER TO THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD, I THINK IS ANOTHER WAY TO PUT IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. COX, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND EFFORT ON THIS LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE.
WE ASKED TO HAVE A SURVEY WITH STAFF THAT WOULD TELL US WHAT THEIR EXPECTATIONS WERE OF US, WHAT THEY NEEDED FROM US.
UM, I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING THAT ON THERE.
JUST THE ONES THAT WE CAME UP WITH WAS THAT NOT, I, YEAH, THAT WAS NOT, IF I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO THAT, I APOLOGIZE.
I, I DON'T RECALL, UH, BEING ASKED TO TAKE A SURVEY OF WHAT THEIR EXPECTATIONS ARE.
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THAT BE DONE, UH, AT THE STAFF LEVEL, UH, BY THE, BY THE CITY MANAGER.
AND THEY CAN REPORT IF YOU WANT ME TO KIND OF
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A FACILITATOR MANAGE THAT WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL.COUNSEL, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? YEAH, I REMEMBER THAT CONVERSATION AS WELL.
SO I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD GET A CHANCE TO VIEW TODAY, BUT WHATEVER THE PROCESS IS TO HAVE IT DONE.
AND I ACTUALLY, I'M THE ONE THAT ASKED YOU TO DO THAT.
SO IT'S, I MEAN, CAUSE I SAID, WHEN, WHEN WE WERE LIKE, LET'S TALK, LET'S HAVE COUNCIL'S IDEA WHAT STAFF IS.
AND I WAS LIKE, WHY DON'T WE JUST GO ASK THEM? SO THAT'S THE KIND OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WENT DOWN.
AND SO, AND THERE WAS THIS WHOLE BACK AND FORTH ABOUT NOT ASKING THEM IN THE MEETING AND PUTTING THEM ON THE SPOT THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WAS DONE LATER ON WHEN THEY HAD THE PRIVACY TO BE ABLE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT IT.
THE OVERLOOK THERE, WHEN I CAME BACK TO VISIT, WE SHOULD'VE DONE IT THEN.
SO I'LL MAKE A POINT TO DO THAT.
AND WHEN DO YOU EXPECT US TO HAVE THE REPORT? YOU SHOULD HAVE IT ANYTIME IT'S IT'S AVAILABLE.
SHE JUST HAPPENS TO HAVE COPIES.
COUNSEL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
I'LL GET WITH YOU ON WHEN WE'RE COMING BACK.
[4. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to: (1) Section 551.072, to deliberate the acquisition of property located in Talbot Chambers Survey Abstract No. 125 for the purpose of a temporary access easement along with a work and construction easement for the San Gabriel Elevated Storage Tank (CIP W.41); and (2) Section 551.071, Texas Government Code, and Rule 1.05, Texas Rules of Professional Conduct, to consult with legal counsel regarding enforcement of the City of Leander Home Rule Charter. Reconvene into open session to take action as deemed appropriate in the City Council's discretion regarding: (1) Temporary access easement along with a work and construction easement for the San Gabriel Elevated Storage Tank (CIP W.41); and (2) Enforcement of the City of Leander Home Rule Charter.]
ARE GOING TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO ONE SECTION 5 51 0.072 TO DELIBERATE THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY LOCATED IN TALBOT CHAMBERS SURVEY ABSTRACT.NUMBER ONE TO FIVE FOR THE PURPOSE OF A TEMPORARY ACCESS EASEMENT, ALONG WITH A WORK AND CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT FOR THE SAN GABRIEL ELEVATED STORAGE TANK CIP W 0.41 AND TWO, SECTION 5 51 0.071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND RULE 1.0 CHANEL CONDUCT TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING ENFORCEMENT OF THE CITY OF LANDER HOME RULE CHARTER.
WE ARE LEAVING FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 6:09 PM.
WE ARE RECONVENING BACK INTO OPEN SESSION TO TAKE ACTION AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE AND THE CITY COUNCIL'S DISCRETION REGARDING ONE TEMPORARY ACCESS EASEMENT, ALONG WITH A WORK AND CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT FOR THE SAN GABRIEL ELEVATOR STORAGE TANK CIP W 0.41 MAYOR PRO TEM.
DO YOU HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT FOR ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY LOCATED IN TALBOT CHAMBER SURVEY ABSTRACT 1 25 FOR THE PURPOSE OF A TIPPERARY ACCESS EASEMENT, ALONG WITH A WORK AND CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT FOR THE ST.
GABRIEL ELEVATED STORAGE TANK AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AND ITEM TWO ENFORCEMENT OF CITY OF LEANDER HOME RULE CHARTER MAYOR PRO TEM.
TO ESTABLISH A SUB-COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL, GREAT RULES REGARDING ENFORCEMENT OF THE CITY CHARTER A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP IS ADJOURNED AT 7 0 2.
AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO OUR REGULAR
[5. Open Meeting, Invocation and Pledges of Allegiance.]
MEETING.AND THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL, PASTOR PAUL WAYNE JUNIOR FROM ROCK CHINESE CHURCH.
WE'LL BE PROVIDING OUR INVOCATION.
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING AND LEANDER POLICE DEPARTMENT COLOR GUARD WILL BE PRESENTING THE COLORS FOLLOWED BY OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT.
UH, I'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON TWO AREAS FOR PRAYER TONIGHT, AND IT WOULD BE SOMETHING ON MY HEART.
WOULD YOU BE STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY AT GRADUATION TIME THIS YEAR, AND ALSO JUST A CALL FOR UNITY.
LET'S PRAY GOD OF PEACE AND PURPOSE.
WE INVITE YOU TO PRESIDE OVER THIS MEETING TONIGHT AS IS EXPECTED.
THERE'LL BE DIFFERENT OPINIONS.
SO WE ASKED FOR UNITY OF SPIRIT AND PURPOSE FOR WHAT IS GOOD FOR LEANDER.
ONE THING WE CAN BE UNIFIED AS WE BEGIN THIS MEETING IS WE WANT TO UPLIFT THE STUDENTS OF LEANDER.
WE REMEMBER STUDENTS FINISHING THEIR CLASSES, EXAMS, MAY THESE STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE IN ALL THAT THEY DO.
WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WHO GRADUATED FROM GRADE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.
THIS TIME OF YEAR, YOU HAVE BLESSED THEM DURING THEIR YEARS IN SCHOOL WITH WISDOM, FRIENDSHIP SKILLS, YOU CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE THEM TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE BECAUSE OF THE EDUCATION AND HARDWORKING TEACHERS IN THE LANDER SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE PRAY SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO MIGHT BE FACING A SPECIAL HARDSHIP RIGHT NOW, HUNGER, FAMILY UNREST, MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS.
GOD, MAY YOU BRING COMFORT TO THEM TONIGHT.
YOU HAVE THESE CIVIC LEADERS GATHERED HERE TONIGHT, WISDOM AND THE WEEKS AND MONTHS AHEAD TO KNOW HOW TO SUPPORT THOSE AT A DISADVANTAGED TODAY SO THAT THESE STUDENTS
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MIGHT RISE AND BE FUTURE LEADERS WITH A HEART ATTUNED TO THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF THOSE AROUND THEM.MAY TONIGHT CITY COUNCIL MEETING BE A MODEL FOR HOW WE CAN SERVE AND RELATE TO ONE ANOTHER FOR THE GOOD OF THE GREATER COMMUNITY IN THE BIBLE.
GOD, YOU HAVE SAID THAT CITIZENS OUGHT TO OBEY THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES.
SINCE YOU ESTABLISHED THOSE VERY THIRTIES TO PROMOTE PEACE ORDER AND JUSTICE.
THEREFORE WE PRAY FOR OUR MAYOR FOR THE VARIOUS LEVELS OF CITY OFFICIALS.
AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THIS ASSEMBLED COUNCIL, MAY YOU GENEROUSLY GIVE TO THEM WISE AND DISCERNING HEARTS TO SKILLFULLY GOVERN THE PEOPLE OF ANDREW.
I AM ASKING YOU TO GRACIOUSLY GRANT THEM WISDOM TO GOVERN EMITS THE DIFFICULT ISSUES OF OUR TIMES THAT THEY CONTINUE TO WORK AS A UNIFIED TEAM.
I PRAY FOR THE AGENDA SET BEFORE THEM TODAY.
GRANT THEM THE ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER IN HARMONY.
EVEN IF THERE'S HONEST DISAGREEMENT, PLEASE CONTINUE TO GIVE EACH INDIVIDUAL HERE TONIGHT.
A KEEN SENSE OF THE WELFARE AND THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE OF LEANDER.
MAY THE CITY OF LEANDER CONTINUE TO PROSPER, MADE CITIZENS CONTINUE TO FLOURISH.
WE ASK THIS IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.
STATES OF AMERICA STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, TEXAS BOUGHT ONE STATE ONE.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
[6. Roll Call.]
NUMBER SIX, CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER KATHERINE BATTALION PARKER CURE.COUNCIL MEMBER, JASON SHAW COUNCIL MEMBER, NICOLE THOMPSON COUNSELING PERSONA MAY REPORT TIM BECKY ROSS HERE.
QUORUM IS PRESENT IN THE CITY.
COUNCIL'S ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS ITEM
[7. Public comments on items not listed in the agenda. Public comments on items listed in the agenda will be heard at the time each item is discussed by Council. [All comments are limited to no more than 3 minutes (6 minutes if translation is needed) per individual.]]
NUMBER SEVEN, NON-AGENDA ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.I WILL CALL AND SPEAKERS PRIOR TO THE DISCUSSION OF THE AGENDA ITEM.
AND DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING INDIVIDUALS THAT SUBMITTED COMMENTS VIA THE WEBSITE WILL ONLY HAVE PHYSICIANS READ INTO THE RECORD.
ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL WILL BE MADE.
PUBLIC COMMENTS IS NOT A TIME FOR BACK AND FORTH CONVERSATION.
JUST A TIME TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE COUNCIL.
I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHED TO SPEAK TONIGHT? GOOD EVENING, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
THIS IS NOT REGARDING ITEM 25 RIGHT NOW.
UM, I'M A LEANDRA RESIDENT AT FOUR OR FIVE PER COMBINE.
UM, DURING THE TIME NOW THAT PROP A HAS PASSED, I WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION TO OUR CITY MANAGER.
UM, NOW THAT WE HAVE PROP A PASSING, WHAT ARE THE ACTION STEPS TAKEN IN ORDER TO, UM, PROMOTE AND USE FULLY USE THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE SO THAT WE GET OUR MONEY'S WORTH ON THAT? WHAT ARE THE ACTION STEPS TAKEN? WE CANNOT HAVE PUB BACK AND FORTH DURING THE COMMENTS.
AND, UM, AS A LEANDRA RESIDENT, WE CAME HERE IN 2020, JANUARY, 2020 AFTER MY HUSBAND HAD LOST HIS VISION.
WE RELOCATED TO THIS AREA BASED ON THE SERVICES THAT WERE AVAILABLE.
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UM, AT THAT TIME LEANDER WAS AFFORDABLE AND WE SAW THE POTENTIAL IN LEANDER.AS SOON AS WE MOVED IN, UH, OUR HOME WAS BUILT IN FINISHED BUILDING IN AUGUST, 2020.
WE IMMEDIATELY SAW THAT THERE WAS ABOUT SIX VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE IN OUR AREA.
THERE'S EVEN A SIGN IN ONE OF THE STREETS THAT THERE IS A VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSON THAT LIVES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT WAS SIX THAT WE MET IN ONE MONTH.
THEN WE MET MORE AND WE REALIZED THAT THIS AREA WAS A MAGNET FOR THOSE WITH DISABILITIES THAT NEEDED THESE SERVICES.
LEANDER CONTINUES TO BE BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE AN EVEN GREATER COMMUNITY WITH VISUALLY WITH VISUAL AND HEARING IMPAIRMENTS.
WHAT I WANTED TO SAY TO THE COUNCIL IS THAT IN THAT TIME THAT WE CAME TO LIVE HERE, WE DID NOT REALIZE WHAT WE WERE GOING TO FACE.
ALL WE SAW WAS THAT THERE WAS A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY THAT EMBRACED US AND THAT WE COULD EMBRACE THAT WE COULD LIVE SOMEWHERE WHERE THERE WAS THIS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
UM, WHEN THIS WAS PUT UP IN THE BOAT, I REALIZED THAT BASICALLY IT WAS ATTACK ON THE VULNERABLE PEOPLE THAT DEPENDED ON THIS, BUT I'M NOT BE VULNERABLE.
AND I KNEW THAT I WAS CAPABLE OF THIS FIGHT.
I KNEW THAT THIS WOULD BE NOTHING FOR ME.
I KNEW ON JANUARY WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT IT WOULD WIN HANDS DOWN BY A LARGE MARGIN, I KNEW, BUT I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF WORK.
AND I KNEW THAT I WAS FACING A HUGE BATTLE.
WAS THERE ANYBODY? OH, AND PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER'S CARD WITH THE CITY SECRETARY FOR THAT.
THANK YOU FOR MARKING THAT ITEM.
DOES SHE NEED ANOTHER ONE FOR THE ITEM? OH, WE'LL JUST MARK IT.
WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS? ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM
[8. Recognitions/Proclamations/Visitors. Oath of Office re-elected Councilmember Place 1 Police Appreciation Week (May 15-21) Military Appreciation Month (May) Motorcycle Safety Week (May)]
EIGHT.FIRST UP IS OUR OATH OF OFFICE FOR REELECTED COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE ONE JUDGE, LAURA BARKER WILL BE PROVIDING THE OATH OF OFFICE TO COUNCIL MEMBER.
KATHERINE PENN ITALIAN PARKER.
IF YOU WANT TO GET ON THIS SIDE.
OH YEAH, THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER.
I GO, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DO THIS.
IF YOU WANNA PUT YOUR HAND ON THE BIBLE AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND FOR ME, I, AND STATE YOUR NAME.
DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF LEANED OR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE? ONE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE.
DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? WELL, I DID NOT EXPECT THAT.
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IT REALLY, I, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, IS RATHER ANTICLIMACTIC SIMPLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE LOTS OF WORK TO DO.I WANT TO THANK LAURA FOR BEING HERE.
UM, SHE, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE FIRST TIME TO SWEAR AT A COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT I JUST APPRECIATE IT IS IT IS.
SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A, A FIRST TIME EXPERIENCE FOR LAURA.
SO LAST TIME I FELT LIKE I'D NEVER BEEN SWORN IN BEFORE, SO I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AND THIS TIME I'VE NEVER BEEN RESOURCED IN, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, BUT JUST HAVING, HAVING, HAVING AN AUDIENCE HERE AND PEOPLE HERE TO WITNESS THE WHOLE PROCESS, I THINK IS IMPORTANT.
I LOVE IT WHEN, WHEN THE ROOM IS FULL AND PEOPLE GET TO SEE HOW, HOW THINGS OPERATE, HOW, HOW WE WORK TOGETHER AND SOMETIMES HOW WE ARGUE WITH EACH OTHER.
UM, BUT, BUT HAVING THE SUPPORT AND THAT, YES, THAT, THAT MEANS A LOT.
UM, BUT I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UM, TODAY IS ACTUALLY MY HUSBAND AND HIS 26TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
HE IS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE AND, UM, MY ENABLER HE'S, HE HAS ENABLED ME TO BE HERE.
UH, WE'VE DONE SOMEWHAT OF A ROLE REVERSAL.
UM, THROUGH A PHASE OF LIFE, WE WERE NOT ALWAYS ABLE TO GIVE TO THE PUBLIC AND, UH, VOLUNTEER A HOME.
HE WAS WORKING AND I WAS HOLDING DOWN THE FORT AT HOME AND, AND WORKING AS WELL.
AND, AND JUST, JUST THROUGH, LIKE I SAID, THE PHASE OF LIFE, HE WAS SOMEWHAT FORCED INTO RETIREMENT AND I GOT INVOLVED AND MORE INVOLVED AND MORE INVOLVED IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE IT HAPPENS.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT I'M TELLING YOU, THIS IS WHERE IT ALL HAPPENS RIGHT HERE, THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
WE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN TALK TO LOVE US, OR HATE US.
WE'RE STILL HERE AND YOU CAN TALK TO US.
I LOVE THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT MY HUSBAND HAS BEEN THROUGH THAT PHASE OF LIFE.
AND NOW CAN HOLD DOWN THE FORT AT HOME WHILE I CAN GO OUT AND VOLUNTEER.
AND, AND THIS IS REALLY SAD, BUT I SCHEDULE MY WORK APPOINTMENTS AROUND MY VOLUNTEER APPOINTMENTS.
I DON'T RECOMMEND IT AT ALL, BUT I'M, I'M HONORED AND HUMBLED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS ANOTHER THREE YEARS.
AND I AM ALSO HUMBLED AND HONORED BY ALL THE PEOPLE THAT, THAT, UH, TOOK THE TIME, SHOWED UP, SPOKE UP, PUT SIGNS IN THEIR YARD, BLOCK, WALKS AND SHOWED UP AT THE POLLS TO VOTE BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
AND SADLY, WE'RE STILL DOING IT.
WE'RE ASKING YOU TO GO VOTE AGAIN.
YOU'RE IN A RUNOFF, THERE'S A RUNOFF FOR THE PRIMARIES, AND THEN THERE'S A RUNOFF FOR THE LOCAL ELECTIONS.
AND THEN IN NOVEMBER, YOU GET TO RUN, GO AND GO AND VOTE AGAIN.
SO IT'S A LOT, IT'S A LOT OF WORK TO ASK ALL OF THE CITIZENS TO DO, BUT JUST TO DO IT, IT'S WORTH IT BECAUSE, UM, I, I WILL SAY MOST OF US DON'T DO THIS FOR OURSELVES.
WE DO IT FOR YOU AND WITHOUT HEARING FROM YOU, IT'S ALL FOR NOT.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
AND, UM, YEAH, HERE'S TO ANOTHER THREE YEARS.
AND I WILL ADD JASON, HIS I'M JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A RUNOFF AND THE GOOD THING IS THAT JASON'S GOING TO BE HERE TOO.
CONGRATULATIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER.
NEXT STEP IS A PROCLAMATION FOR POLICE APPRECIATION WEEK FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER THOMPSON.
AND IN 1962, PRESIDENT KENNEDY PROCLAIMED MAY 15TH AS NATIONAL PEACE OFFICER'S MEMORIAL DAY AND THE CALENDAR WEEK IN WHICH MAY 15TH FALLS AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK.
AND WHEREAS THE MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF LEANDER PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN SAFEGUARDING THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF THE CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ALL CITIZENS KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEMS, DUTIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THAT MEMBERS OF OUR DEPARTMENT RECOGNIZE THEIR DUTY TO SERVE PEOPLE BY SAFEGUARDING LIFE AND PROPERTY, PROTECTING THEM AGAINST VIOLENCE OR DISORDER AND PROTECTING THE INNOCENT AGAINST DECEPTION AND THE WEAK AGAINST OPPRESSION OR INTIMIDATION.
AND WHEREAS OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS GROWN TO BE A MODERN AND SCIENTIFIC LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, WHICH UNCEASINGLY PROVIDES A VITAL PUBLIC SERVICE.
NOW, THEREFORE I, CHRISTINE DELISLE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LEANDER DO RECOGNIZE THE WEEK OF MAY 15TH THROUGH 21ST, 2022 IS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK AND FURTHER EXTEND APPRECIATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR THE VITAL SERVICES THAT THEY PERFORM AND THEIR EXEMPLARY DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY THEY SERVE.
I HAVE HERE ON TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL
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OF THE CITY OF LEANDRA TO BE A FIXED ON MAY 19TH, 2022.UH, I HAD SOMETHING HERE I WAS GOING TO READ, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO READ IT BECAUSE I WANT TO SPEAK FROM THE HEART.
NOW, WHEN I HEARD THE PASTOR AND HIS PRAYER, THE WORD THAT KEPT COMING TO ME WAS BLESSINGS, BLESSINGS, BLESSING, BLESSING ME PERSONALLY, I'M BLESSED.
I HAVE 103 PEOPLE IN MY BUILDING.
THERE'S ONE BACK THERE, 102 OF THEM ARE OUT, BUT THE ONES HERE, AMAZING PEOPLE, GREAT SERVANTS AND HEARTS, CHARACTER, JUST, JUST AMAZING INDIVIDUALS THAT GET UP EVERY SINGLE DAY TO, TO WANT TO COME OUT AND HELP AND HELP PEOPLE AND MAKE THIS A SAFE PLACE FOR EVERYBODY TO BE DEFINITELY BLESSED TO HAVE A COUNCIL LIKE YOU UP HERE THAT ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT OR THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE A CITY MANAGER THAT ALSO IS SUPPORTIVE.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE A COMMUNITY BEHIND US TOO, TO SUPPORT THEIR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITIES THAT, THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
WE DON'T SEE THAT IN THOSE PLACES.
AND THAT'S THAT SUPPORT THERE IS JUST LIKE ROCKET FUEL BECAUSE IT JUST FEEDS YOUR HEART GETS YOU BUILT UP TO WANT TO COME OUT AND DO THIS JOB BECAUSE THERE'S SOME, THERE'S SOME DAYS THAT ARE ROUGH AND THERE'S SOME DAYS THAT AREN'T, BUT IT'S JUST HAVING THE SUPPORT THAT, THAT TRIANGLE OF SUPPORT JUST MAKES IT EASIER TO DO SO ON BEHALF OF OUR DEPARTMENT MYSELF.
THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THAT NATIONAL POLICE WEEK.
UM, IT'S ALSO THE MEMORIAL WEEK AND UNFORTUNATELY, UH, I'D HATE TO NOT, TO NOT BRING IT UP, BUT WE LOST 553 OFFICERS IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
SINCE THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS PROCLAMATION WITH 107 OF THOSE BEING JUST THIS YEAR ALONE.
SO, UH, THERE'S SOMETHING WE TELL EVERY FAMILY MEMBER WHEN AN OFFICER'S LOSS IS THAT THEY WON'T BE FORGOTTEN AND PROCLAMATIONS, LIKE THIS ARE JUST ONE WAY TO SOLIDIFY TO THOSE FAMILIES, THAT THEIR NAMES AND WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY DID ARE NOT FORGOTTEN.
WE'VE GOT TWO MORE TO GO TONIGHT.
NEXT IS MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, SHOP CITY, ATLANTA PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS FOR GENERATION INDIVIDUALS ARE PROBABLY SERVED OUR NATION DURING TIMES OF CONFLICT AND PEACE.
AND WHEREAS OUR BRIEF SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THEIR LOVED ONES HAVE MADE GREAT SACRIFICES TO PROTECT THE FREEDOM WE ENJOY.
AND WE'RE AS THESE SERVICE MEMBERS AND VETERANS ARE TRUE LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND INTEGRAL TO THE SUCCESS ADVANCEMENT AND PROSPERITY OF OUR STATE.
AND WHEREAS DEERE, DURING MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH, WE ARE REMINDED OF THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF THE UNITED STATES.
ARMED FORCES HAVE PLAYED IN THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COUNTRY AND STATE AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS AMERICANS TO SUPPORT AND HONOR THE SELFLESS SERVICE OF OUR MILITARY FAMILIES.
AND WHEREAS THIS MONTH AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR RECOGNIZE OUR SERVICE MEMBERS AND VETERANS.
AND REMEMBER WITH DEEP GRATITUDE, THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN DEFENSE OF OUR FREEDOM.
NOW, THEREFORE I MAYOR CHRISTINE DELAW PROCLAIM MAY, 2022 AS MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH IN THE CITY OF ORLANDO AND WITNESS THEREOF.
I HERE HAVE, AND TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SILVER CITY SILVER CEILING TO BE PICKED ON MAY 19TH, 2022.
NOW YOU CAN GO AS COUNCIL MEMBER SHELL.
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HONOR FOR YOU TO EVER ADD THAT.AND I KNOW YOU SERVED IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN AND I'M A, I'M AN IRAQ WAR VETERAN.
AND THEN THIS MONTH IS A, HAS GOT THERE'S THREE DAYS IN OUR, ON THE NATIONAL CALENDAR THAT HONOR MILITARY SERVICE, MAJOR HOLIDAYS.
WE'VE GOT THE SERVICE BIRTHDAYS AND ALL THAT.
AND WE ALL LAUGH AND JOKE ABOUT THAT.
BUT THIS MONTH ARMED FORCES DAY IS SATURDAY, MAY 21ST.
AND THAT IS TO HONOR, THOSE WHO ARE CURRENTLY SERVING MEMORIAL DAY IS THE LAST MONDAY OF THE MONTH.
AND THAT IS TO HONOR AND REMEMBER THOSE WHO PAY THE ULTIMATE, THE ULTIMATE PRICE, THE PRICE OF LIBERTY AND THE PRICE OF FREEDOM.
UH, AND THAT'S YOU NEVER SAY HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY.
THAT'S, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT IS A LITTLE BIT FRUSTRATING.
EVERYBODY MEANS WELL, BUT MEMORIAL DAY IS A TIME TO PAUSE AND REFLECT AND HONOR.
AND, UH, THE CONGRESSIONAL CHARTER OF THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES PURPOSE NUMBER THREE OF OUR SEVEN PURPOSES IS TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY AND HISTORY OF OUR DEAD AND TO ASSIST THEIR SURVIVING SPOUSES AND ORPHAN.
SO ON THAT DAY, ALL OF US IN THE VETERANS COMMUNITY, WE'LL PAUSE, REFLECT, AND HONOR THOSE WHO PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE AND THE COURSERS VETERAN'S DAY FOR ALL OF US OLD MEN AND WOMEN WHO WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO, TO, UH, UH, GET THROUGH OUR MILITARY CAREER, UH, AND LIVE.
AND, UH, PEOPLE LIKE YOU, JASON, WHO COME BACK AND SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY AND A COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, CONGRATULATIONS, THERE IS NO MORE AMERICAN THING AND TO PUT YOUR NAME ON A BALLOT AND SWEAR IN US.
AND THAT GETS ME EVERY TIME, THE OATH OF OFFICE, WHICH WE TAKE WHEN WE LIST, OR WE GET COMMISSIONED AS AN OFFICER, GOES BACK TO THE TIME OF THE ROMANS.
AND IT'S A SACRED, SACRED TRUST, AN OATH OF OFFICE, WHETHER YOU'RE COMMISSION OR UNLISTED.
SO THE VETERANS COMMUNITY, I HAVE A COUPLE OF ROLES.
UH, MY NAME'S MITCH FULLER, BY THE WAY, I FORGOT TO STOP.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY THAT IN A CITY COUNCIL MEETING, I'VE WORKED FULL TIME.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC AFFAIRS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS.
WE HAVE TO HAVE YOU, AND I'M PROUD FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THREE YEARS TO BE THE COMMANDER OF POST 10 47, UH, HERE IN LEANDER, WE'VE BEEN AT, WE'VE BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR 47 YEARS.
WE STARTED OUT IN CEDAR PARK, UH, WERE CHARTERED IN 1975, MOVED HERE ABOUT 22 YEARS AGO.
AND ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN OUT TO OUR POSTS AND OUR BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY THAT'S OUT THERE.
AND WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON BEING PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND I ALWAYS TELL THE MAYOR, THIS, ALL OF YOU AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, IF YOU NEED ANYTHING FROM US, WE ARE HERE TO BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON SERVING OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE, THAT'S WHAT WE EXIST FOR.
AND IT'S AN HONOR TO SHARE THIS NIGHT WITH CHIEF MINTON AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF LEANDER AND ALL POLICE OFFICERS.
I'M A FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER TO THE CITY, TO THE SOUTH.
UM, I GOT TO REALLY UNDERSTAND ONCE YOU'RE UP THERE ON WHERE Y'ALL SAID, Y'ALL UNDERSTAND A LITTLE MORE CLEARLY THAN THE AVERAGE CITIZEN, WHAT FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE TO DO.
AND THEY ARE OUT ON THE FRONT LINES EVERY DAY, TAKING CARE OF ALL OF US.
SO CHIEF MEN AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU CURRENTLY SERVE IN THE MILITARY OR HAVE PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN THE MILITARY, PLEASE JOIN US UP HERE FOR A PHOTO PLEASE.
AND FINALLY, MOTORCYCLE SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH WITH COUNCIL MEMBER
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Y'ALL ARE FUN.YOU WANT TO COME TO MORE COUNCIL MEETINGS.
THIS IS MUCH MORE LIVELY THAN USUAL, AND I'M LOVING IT.
SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, ALL YOURS.
SO TONIGHT WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FROM THE CITY OF LEANDER, WHEREAS MOTORCYCLE RIDING IS A POPULAR FORM OF RECREATION AND TRANSPORTATION FOR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE AND NATION.
AND WHEREAS MOTORCYCLES ARE COMMON AND ECONOMICAL MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO THE, THAT REDUCES FUEL CONSUMPTION AND ROAD WEAR AND CONTRIBUTES IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY TO THE RELIEF OF TRAFFIC AND PARKING CONGESTION.
AND WHEREAS THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SAFETY ADMINISTRATION AND THE MOTORCYCLE SAFETY FOUNDATION HAVE NAMED MAY AS MOTORCYCLE SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH.
AND WHEREAS DATES AND MOTORCYCLE ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY WILL BE CONDUCTING A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE THE IMPORTANCE OF MOTORCYCLE MOTORIST AWARENESS AND SAFELY SHARING THE ROAD WITH MOTORCYCLES AND REMIND WRITERS TO MAKE THEMSELVES MORE VISIBLE TO OTHERS.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF LEANDER, WHICH IS TO PROMOTE THE SAFETY CAMPAIGN OR THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION IN THEIR EFFORT TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF ALL.
AND WHEREAS ALL HIGHWAY USERS SHOULD UNITE IN THE SAFE SHARING OF ROADWAYS THROUGHOUT LANDER, WILLIAMSON, AND TRAVIS COUNTIES AND TEXAS WITH ALL OTHERS ON THE ROADWAYS.
NOW, THEREFORE I MAYOR CHRISTINE DELISLE CALL UPON CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO OBSERVE THE MONTH OF MAY AS MOTORCYCLE SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH IN WITNESS THEREOF.
I HAVE HERE ON TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE CITY, THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF LEANDER TO BE A FIXED ON MAY, 1920, 22.
SO, UH, PUBLIC SPEAKING IS NOT MY THING.
UM, I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING THAT WE ALL KNOW ALL OF THE BIKERS THAT ARE SITTING OUT HERE KNOW THAT MOTORCYCLE SAFETY IS OUR, OUR RESPONSIBILITY, BUT THE PURPOSE PURPOSE BEHIND MOTORCYCLE AWARENESS MONTH IS TO EDUCATE DRIVERS WHO MAY HAVE NEVER, MAYBE NEVER BEEN ON A MOTORCYCLE, DO NOT KNOW WRITERS.
SO I WANTED TO KIND OF POINT OUT THREE TOPICS THAT ARE PRETTY RECENT OR HAVE, YOU KNOW, BEEN EFFECTED ALL OF US MORE RECENTLY.
UM, THERE ARE MANY TIPS OUT THERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, LITERATURE OUT THERE THAT YOU CAN READ, BUT THESE ARE THE THREE THAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO MENTION TODAY.
UM, NUMBER ONE, IT HAPPENS TO ME EVERY SINGLE TIME I'M ON THE ROAD AND THAT IS A DRIVER GETTING TOO CLOSE TO ME AT A STOPLIGHT.
YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF US HAVE BEEN AT A STOPLIGHT AND YOU'RE TOO CLOSE.
AND THE PERSON BEHIND YOU HITS YOU AND YOU HIT THE NEXT PERSON.
IF THAT HAPPENS TO ME OR ANY ONE OF THESE LADIES OR ANYONE ELSE ON A BIKE, IT'S NOT A FENDER BENDER, YOU COULD TAKE A LIFE.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO GIVE US A LOT OF SPACE WHEN WE'RE ON THAT ROAD.
SECOND THING I'D LIKE TO BRING UP.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE JUST LOST A LOCAL AUSTIN RIDER TO THIS, THIS PAST WEEKEND, THERE WAS A GROUP OF MOTORCYCLISTS.
YOU PROBABLY HAVE ALL SEEN A BIG GROUP OF MOTORCYCLES RIDING DOWN THERE.
FOR SOME REASON, THERE ARE DRIVERS THAT WANT TO SPLIT THAT GROUP UP.
AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY, BUT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
SO IF YOU SEE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, A GROUP OF WRITERS, OBVIOUSLY DON'T SPLIT THAT GROUP UP, BUT SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS.
SO THAT'S 0.2 0.3 IS VERY IMPORTANT.
IT IS WHAT TOOK MY PARTNER IN 2013.
IT IS 30% OF ALL MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS HAPPEN BECAUSE OF THIS.
AND THAT IS WHEN A DRIVER FAILS TO YIELD, TO TAKE A LEFT THING TO REMEMBER IS WE, YOU PROBABLY HAVE ALL HEARD LOOK TWICE, BUT IT'S LOOK ONCE, LOOK TWICE AND THEN LOOK DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE WE'RE SO SMALL.
WE'RE A LOT CLOSER THAN WE APPEAR.
AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO JUDGE OUR DISTANCE.
SO IF YOU SEE A MOTORCYCLE, THAT'S COMING, JUST STOP.
BE PATIENT, JUST WAIT AND LET THAT MOTORCYCLE GO BY.
AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE A LIFE FOR YOU.
DON'T HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT.
SOMETHING ELSE I WANT TO LEAVE WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU HERE IS THAT WHEN AN ACCIDENT HAPPENS IN A LIFE HAS TAKEN OR NOT TAKEN EVEN INJURED, IT'S NOT ONLY THAT MOTORCYCLE, MOTORCYCLE, THIS LIFE THAT'S AFFECTED THEIR FRIENDS AND THEIR FAMILY.
BUT WHOEVER THAT DRIVER IS, THEIR LIVES ARE FOREVER CHANGED.
AND ALL OF THAT CAN BE CHANGED IF WE JUST TAKE THE TIME, SHARE THE ROAD, LOOK TWICE.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU EACH OF YOU IN THIS ROOM IS TO SHARE THE THINGS THAT I'VE SAID TODAY.
ESPECIALLY IF ANY OF YOU HAVE YOUNG DRIVERS ON THE ROAD WHO ARE NOT USED TO BEING ON THE ROAD, IT'S NEW TO THEM.
MAYBE THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT MOTORCYCLE SAFETY.
THAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS MONTH IS TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE AND TO EDUCATE DRIVERS ON THE ROAD.
AND WITH THAT, I THINK I DID IT.
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IF EVER WE DO SOME KIND OF COUNCIL AWARD FOR MOST MEMORABLE PROCLAMATIONS, THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THEM.[9. Leander History]
NEXT ITEM NINE LEANDER HISTORY WITH HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMISSION CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, CAT HOWL.THIS IS WORSE THAN FOLLOWING MY MOTHER BY FAR.
SO SAN JACINTO DAY WAS APRIL 21ST OF LAST OH, WHICH WAS LAST MONTH.
AND I WAS GOING TO GIVE MY SPEECH THEN, BUT, UM, WE HAD DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES.
I DID NOT MAKE IT ONTO THE AGENDA, SO THAT'S OKAY.
UM, SAN JACINTO DAY IS THE DAY THAT WE, UM, WHERE WE HONOR WHERE THE TAXI AND ARMY DEFEATED THE MEXICAN ARMY AT THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO AND TEXAS WON ITS INDEPENDENCE FROM MEXICO.
I I'VE SEEN SOME OF YOU HAVE SEEN THIS SLIDE BEFORE.
THIS IS EMILY WEST MORGAN, AND SHE IS THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS.
AND SHE EITHER, WE DON'T KNOW FOR CERTAIN YES OR NO.
SHE EITHER HAD AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN THE BATTLE OR SHE DID NOT, BUT SHE WAS PART OF FOLKLORE STARTING AS EARLY AS 1853, WHICH IS NOT VERY LONG AFTER 1836.
SO I WILL GO WITH, SHE WAS THERE, THE SAN JACINTO MONUMENT, THE SA I'M HOPING EVERYONE HERE HAS BEEN TO THE SAN JACINTO MONUMENT.
LIKE YOU LEAVE THERE, YOU LEAVE THERE AND IT'S THERE.
UM, I HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE BEEN AT THE SANDRA JACINTO MONUMENT IN 1986 DURING THE TEXAS SESQUICENTENNIAL, WHERE I BELIEVE THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN.
AND, UM, IT, IT IS AN OUTSTANDING PLACE EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR, BUT FOR SPECIAL EVENTS, WHEN THEY DECK IT OUT IN RED, WHITE, AND BLUE, IT IS JUST SPECTACULAR.
UM, IT, IT SET UP AT THAT PICTURE.
IT SET UP FOR A SPEECH AND, UM, IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE TO HAVE A SPEECH.
THE TIE FOR THE SAN JACINTO MONUMENT TO US HERE LOCALLY IN LEANDER IS THAT THE STONE FOR THIS MONUMENT WAS QUARRIED HERE AT THE LEANDER QUARRY, WHICH IS NOW IT'S IN CEDAR PARK NOW, BUT IT IS THE LEANDER QUARRY.
IT'S THERE AT 1431 IN ANDERSON MILL ROAD.
SO EVERY STONE YOU SEE THERE WAS QUARRIED HERE AND IT WENT ON THE
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TRAIN TRACKS.THEY EXTENDED THE TRAIN TRACKS THAT HAD BEEN ORIGINALLY BUILT TO GO TO AUSTIN TO TAKE THE GRANITE FROM GRANITE MOUNTAIN TO AUSTIN.
THEY EXTENDED THAT RAILROAD DOWN TO SAN JACINTO TO GO FROM LEANDER TO SAN JACINTO.
AND THAT'S HOW THE STONE MADE IT FROM HERE TO THERE.
SO, YEAH, Y'ALL DO I BET Y'ALL DIDN'T KNOW THAT PART.
AND IF I CAN GET THIS RIGHT HERE, THIS MAP RIGHT HERE IS CALLED A LAND GRANT MAP AND THE VETERANS FROM THE TEXAS REVOLUTION, THE, THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS.
AND THEN AFTER WE BECAME A STATE OF TEXAS, WE DID NOT HAVE VERY MUCH MONEY, BUT WE HAD A LOT OF LAND AND THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS, AND THEN THE STATE OF TEXAS, THEY PAID THE VETERANS IN LAND RATHER THAN IN MONEY.
AND ONE OF THE PROCESSES FOR THEM TO GIVE THEM LAND IS THEY THROUGH THE LAND GRANT PROCESS AND JUDGE GREENLEE FISK.
THIS IS, UM, THE LAND GRANT, UH, OUR, THE LAND GRANT MAP OF HERE IN LANDER.
UM, WE ARE SITTING RIGHT ABOUT THERE.
THE ELIJAH DE HARMON SURVEY, THE LINE BETWEEN ELIJAH DE HARMON AND CHARLES COCHRAN THAT IS, HE WROTE AWAY.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE RAILROAD.
HE WAS A VETERAN OF SAN JACINTO AND HIS LAND GRANT.
HE RECEIVED ACTUALLY MULTIPLE, BUT ONE OF HIS LAND, HIS LARGEST WAS HERE IN LEANDER.
AND, UM, HE LATER ON LEFT LEANDER AND WENT TO THE BROWN COUNTY.
HE HAS A COUPLE OF DISTINCTIONS IN THAT HE WAS THE FIRST JUDGE OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY.
HE WAS ALSO THE FIRST JUDGE OF BROWN COUNTY.
HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST RESIDENTS OF BASS DROP, WHICH FROM SOME OF MY PREVIOUS SPEECHES, BACKDROP WAS THE FARTHEST OF ANY SETTLEMENTS, UH, IN TEXAS.
SO HE WAS AS FAR WEST AS PEOPLE COULD GO.
AND HE WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL SETTLERS THERE IN BASTROP, ALONG WITH MARTIN WELLS.
AND WHEN GREENLEE FISK, WHEN HE LEFT AND MOVED TO BROWN COUNTY AND ESTABLISHED BROWN COUNTY, MARTIN WELLS SON, MARTIN JONES, WELLS MOVED INTO GREENLEE FISK PROPERTY THERE, UM, JUDGE GREENLEY, FISK.
HE WAS ALSO A TEXAS SUPREME COURT JUDGE.
HE WAS A SURVEYOR, BASICALLY ANY MILITARY OR CIVIL DUTY THAT HE COULD DO.
HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING MEN OF THE EARLY REPUBLIC PERIOD.
AND BEFORE, UH, FOLLOWING BASTROP, HE CAME HERE TO LEANDER AND HE WAS ONE OF OUR VERY FIRST, UM, SETTLERS THAT STARTED OUR FOUNDATION HERE.
UM, HIS HOUSE THAT HE BUILT WAS THE FIRST SCHOOL FOR THE KIDS FROM, UH, BAGHDAD.
SO THEY WOULD WALK FROM BAGHDAD, THAT DASHED LINE ALL THE WAY UP TO HIS PROPERTY THERE, UH, ON THE SOUTH SAN GABRIEL.
[10. Staff Reports Public Works Update]
ITEM 10 STAFF REPORTS PUBLIC WORKS UPDATE WITH PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR ELLISON.THIS ITEM IS TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON OUR HIRING PROCESS FOR OUR CON CONSERVATION PROGRAM COORDINATOR.
UM, SOME OF THE OUTREACH THAT WE'VE DONE AS WELL AS THE WATER USAGE FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, AND THEN DAN IS GOING TO PROVIDE SOME UPDATES ON SOME CIP PROJECTS, AS WELL AS THE VCR BOARD MEETING THAT WAS HELD YESTERDAY.
UH, WE CLOSED THE POSITION FOR THE COORDINATOR ON MAY 6TH, AND WE HAD 956 JOB VIEWS, 25 APPLICATIONS AND FOUR CANDIDATES.
UM, MOVED ON TO THAT INTERVIEW PROCESS.
UH, WE HELD TWO INTERVIEWS TODAY AND WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER TWO NEXT WEEK.
UM, WE'RE HOPING TO OFFER THE JOB NO LATER THAN THE END OF THE MONTH.
UM, BASED ON, ON THESE FOUR INTERVIEWS, SOME OUTREACH UPDATES, UM, MIKE AND HIS TEAM ARE CONTINUING WITH THE SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH.
UM, WE ON THE PUBLIC WORK SIDE HAVE REVIEWED THE IRRIGATION USAGE THAT WE HAD FOR LEANDER.
SO WE HAD THEIR DAYS, UM, COMMERCIAL DAYS ARE TUESDAY, THURSDAY ON SATURDAY.
UM, AND THEN WE RECEIVED FROM THEM KIND OF WHERE THEIR
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ADDRESSES AND EVERYTHING FELL AND THEY WERE VERY EVENLY SPREAD.BUT WHEN WE LOOKED AT USAGE, THEY HAVE A COUPLE HIGHER USAGE OR HIGHER USE USAGE CAMPUSES, UM, THAT FELL ON OUR THURSDAY.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO MOVE A COUPLE OF THOSE TO SATURDAY CAUSE TRADITIONALLY SATURDAYS ARE A LITTLE BIT LIGHTER FOR US.
SO, UM, THE NEXT MEETING OR THE NEXT ITEM NEXT STEP IN THIS PROCESS IS TO GET A FOLLOW-UP MEETING WITH LSD AND GET THEM THAT VARIANCE AND SEE IF THAT WORKS FOR THEIR SCHEDULE.
UM, THE THIRD-PARTY ASSESSMENT OF THE CITY FACILITIES IS, IS IN THE WORKS AS WELL, WHERE WE'VE GOT THE ACCOUNT SET UP FOR THE IRRIGATOR AND, UM, WE'RE SCHEDULING NEXT WEEK FOR HIM TO START THE ASSESSMENT OF THE CITY FACILITIES.
AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT WE'LL, UM, KICKOFF THAT PILOT PROGRAM AS WELL FOR THE CITIZENS, LIKE FOR THE VOLUNTARY, UM, NOT ON HERE IS OUR HOA OUTREACH THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
UM, WE'VE TALKED TO THE BRYSON COMMUNITY, THEY HAVE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF IRRIGATION.
UM, SO WE'VE, INSTEAD OF PLACING ALL THEIR IRRIGATION ON THEIR ONE ADDRESS, WE'VE KIND OF LOCATED IT BY METER AND SPREAD IT OUT OVER, UM, SEVERAL DAYS.
AND THEN, UM, DAN AND I MET THIS MORNING WITH THE OAK CREEK AND ACTUALLY FOUND OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HE'S TRYING TO DO SOME OUTREACH.
THE PRESIDENT IS WITH HIS, UM, CITIZENS AND HIS COMMUNITY, AND HE'S EVEN HAVING SOME STRUGGLES READING HIS BILL AND FINDING HIS USAGE.
SO, UM, WE'RE, OUR PLAN IS TO WORK WITH MAYBE THE UTILITY BILLING TEAM TO SEE IF MAYBE THERE'S SOME WAY WE CAN EASIER MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE UNTIL WE CAN GET OUR AMI SYSTEM SET UP.
UM, WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THE GREATWOOD COMMUNITY TOMORROW.
UM, AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF WORK DOWN THE LINE WITH OTHER, UM, LARGER HOS, UM, THE LAKES.
YOU MIGHT'VE SEEN A LITTLE BIT IN THE NEWS.
UM, ALTHOUGH THIS GRAPH DOESN'T, I MEAN, THEY'RE ABOUT THE SAME AS THEY WERE LAST YEAR.
UM, BUT LCRA IS REPORTING THAT, UM, THEY'VE HAD THE 10TH DRIEST SEPTEMBER TO MARCH.
SO WHILE THE LAKE LEVELS ARE KIND OF HANGING CONSISTENT, UM, IT DOES APPEAR THAT WE'RE HEADED INTO THAT DROUGHT PATTERN.
SO, UM, THE, THE SPLIT BETWEEN THE TWO LAKES, BUT CANON AND TRAVIS, UM, EQUAL TO THAT 74, BUT TRAVIS IS ACTUALLY LOWER THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR.
UM, LCRA IS NOT RELEASING WATER INTO TRAVIS RIGHT NOW DUE TO SOME MAINTENANCE THAT THEY'RE DOING AT INKS LAKE.
SO ONCE THEY START TO DO THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO BOUNCE THEM BACK OUT.
UM, BUT IT'S STILL HOT AND DRY OUT THERE.
SO AS EVIDENT BY OUR WATER USAGE IN APRIL.
SO, UM, WE TOOK A PRETTY DECENT JUMP.
UM, SO THIS RED LINE IS APRIL OF 2021.
AND THEN THIS BLUE LINE IS APRIL OF 2022.
SO WE DID ABOUT 140 MILLION MORE GALLONS OF WATER BETWEEN THE TWO, UM, BETWEEN THE YEAR, YEAR OVER YEAR.
UH, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT LAST YEAR, UM, WE WERE STILL IN MONITORING RESTRICTIONS.
THERE WAS NO OUTDOOR WATERING WHATSOEVER, UM, BECAUSE THE RAW WATER LINE WAS STILL BROKEN.
SO, UM, BETWEEN THAT AND THE COOLER TEMPERATURES, I THINK, AND THEN ONE MORE POINT IS WE OVER HERE, WE TOOK ON, UM, CITY OF GEORGETOWN.
SO THEY, THEY BEGAN TAKING WATER.
UM, APRIL 1ST THEY TOOK ABOUT 35 MILLION GALLONS IN APRIL.
UM, SO THAT ALSO CONTRIBUTED SOMEWHAT TO THIS, UM, TO THIS JOB RIGHT HERE, UM, LOOKING AT THE TEMPERATURE AND BREAKING IT DOWN BY THE PLANTS.
UM, WE DID ACTUALLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE RAIN THIS YEAR, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE TEMPERATURE WAS CONSIDERABLY HOTTER.
UM, THIS APRIL COMPARED TO LAST APRIL, WE HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 85 WHERE APRIL OF 21 WAS ONLY 77 DEGREES.
SO, UM, WE'RE STILL AT ABOUT THAT 60 40 SPLIT BETWEEN THE TWO PLANTS.
THE GREEN IS THE
SO, UM, WE STILL HAVE ABOUT 60% OF THE CITY USING, UH, BCU WATER WITH THE OTHER 40% USING SANDY CREEK, UM, RELATIVE TO THE CAPACITIES OF THE PLANT WE'RE AT ABOUT HALF, UM, SANDY CREEK AVERAGED ABOUT 4.8 MILLION GALLONS A DAY, UM, WITH THE CAPACITY OF THE PLANT BEING AT ABOUT 10.
UM, AND WE AVERAGED ABOUT 8 MILLION A DAY AT BCNA WHERE OUR ALLOTMENT IS 15.
I ALWAYS WANT TO POINT OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, TEMPERATURE WAS STILL HIGH HERE, BUT WE SAW THIS RAIN AND THEN JUST THIS BIG DROP IN USAGE.
SO, UM, AND THEN FINALLY, UH, THIS IS A NEW GRAPH NOW THAT WE HAVE TWO WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS.
UM, THE BLUE DOWN HERE IS OUR, UM, LIBERTY HILL.
THEY KIND OF HUNG IT ABOUT HALF A MILLION GALLONS A DAY, UH, FOR THE WHOLE MONTH OF APRIL.
AND THEN THE ORANGE IS THE GEORGETOWN WATER AND THEY WERE AT ABOUT 1.2 MILLION GALLONS A DAY, UM, COINCIDING WITH THAT RAIN.
UM, THEY STOPPED TAKING WATER TOWARDS THE END OF APRIL AND ONLY JUST THIS WEEK STARTED TAKING WATER AGAIN.
SO THEY'RE ONLY REALLY TAKING IT WHEN THEY NEED IT WHEN IT'S HOT
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AND DRY.UM, AND MY LAST SLIDE IS OUR CONNECTIONS.
UM, WE, I THINK DAN KIND OF GAVE A PREVIEW OF THIS, BUT WE, WE HAD A 15% GROWTH FROM APRIL OF LAST YEAR TO APRIL OF THIS YEAR, SIMILAR TO 2020, WHERE PREVIOUSLY WE WERE RIGHT AROUND THAT 10%.
SO WE SAW AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 3,500, ALMOST 3,600 CONNECTIONS, UM, BETWEEN THE TWO, TWO YEARS.
AND DAN IS GOING TO GIVE SOME UPDATES ON, UM, CIP PROJECTS AND THE VCR.
MAYOR COUNCIL DUNCANSVILLE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE CITY OF LANDER.
AND, UM, BEFORE I START, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO PASS ON, UM, THIS IS, MIGHT BE SOME GOOD NEWS.
UM, BUT THE COUNTY WAS LOOKING TO PROVIDE THE CITY ABOUT $2 MILLION FOR ONE OF OUR WATER PROJECTS.
AND WE SUBMITTED THE RECLAIM, UM, WATER PROJECT, UH, TO THE COUNTY.
AND SO ON TUESDAY AT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, THEY'RE GOING TO PRESENT THAT AND GINA AND I ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE THERE.
WELL, PROBABLY BE, WILL BE THERE IN SUPPORT.
IT'S NOT ANY SPEAKING PARTS, BUT, UM, TO SHOW THAT YUP, SEND THE MONEY OUR WAY WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY THAT'S GOING TO BE GOOD NEWS.
UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, THIS GRAPH, THIS WAS ANOTHER WAY TO, UH, TRY TO PROVIDE THE DATA TO THE, THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, AND A WAY TO KIND OF SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING TO PROGRESS OVER THE NEXT, SAY FIVE YEARS.
AND, UM, TWO THINGS TO NOTE HERE.
UM, ONE IS THE AMOUNT OF COSTS THAT'S GOING INTO THE SYSTEM.
AND, UM, THE SECOND IS THE TIME PERIOD THAT IT'S GOING TO BE DONE IN.
UM, THAT'S A, THAT'S A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TO, UH, FACILITATE, UH, BRINGING ALL THOSE PROJECTS ONLINE ONCE THEY COME ONLINE.
UM, WHEN WE GET TO THE FINAL PHASE PHASE TWO, A AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, AND WE HAVE ALL THE TANKS IN PLACE AND, UM, ALL THE WATER LINES THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO BE BUILT PLUS THE, UH, TREATMENT CAPACITY OF THE DEEP WATER INTAKE OR, UH, THE, UH, PHASE TWO LEANDER, UH, TREATMENT CAPACITY AND DISTRIBUTION CAPACITY WILL BE OUTSTANDING.
SO, UM, WHEN WE FINALLY GET TO THIS 28 TIMEFRAME, UM, WE ESSENTIALLY, UH, ARE AHEAD OF OUR PLAN, UM, AND MANY OF THE AREAS, BUT, UH, WE'LL BE, UH, SEVERAL MILLION GALLONS ABOVE, UM, WHERE WE, WHAT WE NEED TO BE.
AND WE'LL HAVE, HAVE YOU WANT TO SAY BREATHING ROOM FOR CONTINUOUS GROWTH, ET CETERA.
AND AS THE BCRA GETS BUILT OUT, IT IT'LL JUST MAKE LEANDER EVEN, UM, THAT MUCH MORE VIBRANT AS FAR AS, UH, TREATMENT AND DISTRIBUTION CAPACITY GOES.
UM, THIS WAS THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS PROVIDED, UH, BY, UH, THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE BCRF.
AND SHE PROVIDED THIS YESTERDAY TO THE, UH, BCRA BOARD BOARD MEMBERS.
AND, UM, THE REQUEST WAS TO TRY TO SHOW, UH, THE DIFFERENT CITIES USAGE AND, UH, AND IT KIND OF A SIMPLER FORMAT.
SO THIS IS ROUND ROCK AND, UM, THE RED LINE SHOWS THEIR ALLOCATION.
UM, THEY GET ABOUT, UH, FOR THEIR CONTRACT, UH, ABOUT 8.5 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY USE AND THEN SOME OF THEIR PEAK, PEAK TIMES, UH, OR PEAK HOUR USE.
UM, AND THEN THIS, THE CEDAR PARK YOU MIGHT, IF YOU'RE THINKING THEY DON'T USE VERY MUCH, THEN YOU'RE THINKING, RIGHT.
UM, AND THIS IS US AND, UM, I DID SPEAK THE BCRA AND PROVIDED THEM, UM, AN UPDATE.
AND, UM, I DID REFLECT ON, UH, A REMINDER TO THE, TO THE BOARD WHEN THEY SAW THIS, BECAUSE IT MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE SCARY AND THEN THE NEXT ONE YOU'LL THINK, WELL, IT'S NOT SCARY AT ALL, BUT THE BCRA THE REGIONAL PLAN IS LEE ANDERS PLANT.
THAT'S OUR PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.
THAT'S GOING TO BE THE WATER THAT WE GET UNTIL 20, 40, 20 50.
AND SO, UH, LIKE I TOLD THE BOARD AND, AND I MENTIONED HERE, WE'RE GONNA USE ALL THE WATER.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO USE ALL THE WATER THAT GETS BUILT MAX.
AND THEN THE NEXT ONE AFTER THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S OUR PLAN, UH, RON ROCK HAS A 50 MILLION GALLON PER DAY PLANT HUGE AND CEDAR PARK HAS A 26 MILLION GALLON PER DAY PLANT, WHICH IS ALSO FAIRLY LARGE.
SO THIS PLAN ISN'T REALLY, UM, THEIR PRIMARY, BUT IT IS OURS TO INCLUDE BEING PART OF OUR, UH, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN THAT WE SUBMITTED TO THE STATE.
SO BOTH OUR PLANT AND THAT PLANT ARE COMBINED INTO
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A SINGLE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN, UM, SHOWING THAT WE NEED BOTH PLANS TO OPERATE FULLY, UM, FOR THAT TYPE OF OPERATION.SO WHEN, WHEN, UH, WHEN PEOPLE SAY, WELL, WE'RE, WE'RE CLOSE TO OUR CONTRACT AMOUNT, THAT MIGHT BE TRUE, BUT WHAT WE'RE NOT CLOSE TO IS IF YOU SEE ALL THREE CITIES IS THAT RON ROCK AND CEDAR PARK ARE DOWN HERE, AND YES, WE'RE RIGHT HERE, BUT THE COMBINED CITIES IS THAT BLUE LINE.
THIS IS THE TOTAL CAPACITY OF THE PLANT.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, THE CAPACITY TO PLAN, IT'S ONLY AROUND 37%.
SO W WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT THERE'S SOME INCIDENT ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS THAT COULD BE ACHIEVED.
AND, UM, WHEN I FIRST CAME ON BOARD, I KIND OF PRESENTED THOSE WITHOUT KNOWING THE POLITICAL DECISIONS THAT MAY BE MADE OR NOT MADE.
SO THAT'S A LOT OF CAPACITY FOR A PLANT.
AND, UM, THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR, UH, THE USE BETWEEN THAT DISTANCE AND THAT DISTANCE, BECAUSE THAT'S A LARGE AMOUNT.
SO AGAIN, UM, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT EASY AND I'M LEARNING, YOU KNOW, PARTNERS AND ALL THAT, BUT THERE ARE WAYS TO FACILITATE, UM, WORKING OUT THROUGH EITHER ENGINEERING OR CONTRACTUAL TERMS TO FACILITATE, UM, MAKING THAT PLANT FULLY USEFUL, UM, TO EVERYBODY, IF I KIND OF WANT TO SAY THAT WITHOUT OVERSTEPPING MY BOUNDS, BEING THE NEW PERSON HERE IN THIS AREA.
SO THAT WAS A, THAT WAS THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS, UH, PROVIDED, UH, UM, TO THE LITTLE DCRA IS RELATED TO THE USES OF THE THREE CITIES AND THEN THE PLANT AS A WHOLE, AND THE CAPACITY WHERE IT'S AT CURRENTLY.
AND THEN, UM, SO I'M STANDING BY FOR ANY QUESTIONS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GREENSVILLE.
UM, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE THAT YOU JUST WERE ON? WHY IS IT LEANDER IS JUST SO MUCH USING SO MUCH WATER THAN CEDAR PARK OR ROUND ROCK BECAUSE THEY DON'T NEED THE WATER.
THEIR PLANTS HAVE THE CAPACITY, BECAUSE REMEMBER THEY HAVE A 26 MILLION GALLON PLANT CEDAR PARK, AND RON ROCK HAS A 15 MILLION IS WHAT WE'RE USING FROM THE BRC WAY, RIGHT? THIS IS OUR, OUR, WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL OUR PRIMARY PLAN.
NOW WE'RE NOT EXPANDING, WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE THREE TIMES THE SANDY CREEK, UM, BUT LEANDER AND SMARTLY, AND RIGHTLY SO DECIDED, WELL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO EXPAND SANDY CREEK.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF ENGINEERING REASONS WHY THAT WAS A GOOD CHOICE FOOTPRINT WISE SPACE WISE, UM, NOT BEING PART OF THE BARGE, WHICH HAS LIMITATIONS, UH, BEING PART OF THIS PROGRAM, THE
UM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE MOST WATER RECEIVED FROM THAT PLAN.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, REMEMBER THE THREE CITIES ARE ONLY 15 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY PER CD PARK BECAUSE THEY ONLY NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WHAT THEIR PLANT CAN PROVIDE.
AND THEN RON IS GOING TO GET 40 MILLION AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET 50 MILLION.
AND SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'LL HAVE 62 MILLION GALLONS.
THAT'S GOING TO BE PROVIDED TO THE CITY.
AND OF COURSE THE MAJORITY OF THAT WATER IS GOING TO COME FROM THE REGIONAL PLANT.
UM, SO IN THE LAST UPDATE, YOU SAID THAT WHEN YOU APPROACHED THE OTHER CITIES ASKING ABOUT, UM, GETTING SOME OF THEIR OVERAGE, IT WAS SHUT DOWN, BUT YOU JUST INSINUATED THAT THOSE TALKS HAVE BEGUN.
AGAIN, I'M NOT, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT AT MY LEVEL, BECAUSE MY LEVEL, UM, THE CONVERSATIONS ARE BASED ON HIGHER LEVELS.
SO THE CONVERSATIONS, UM, FOR THIS, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE CONTRACTING WOULD PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE AT THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY COUNCIL AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE BCRA LEVEL, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT, WHICH IS IMPORTANT, AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT HERE IS THE PEAKING FACTOR.
IF WE'VE GOT A PEAKING FACTOR AT 1.2, AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT AT THE OLC, BUT THE AGREEMENT THAT WAS JUST A CHANGE TO CONTRACT AGREEMENT, NUMBER SIX, OR AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX, UH, THE PEAKING FACTOR IS ONE-TO-ONE, UM, BECAUSE, UH, THE OTHER PLANTS HAD CONCERNS, WHETHER THE PEAKING FACTOR WOULD BE CONCERNED.
UM, IF ALL THE PLANTS WERE TAKING ALL THE WATER ALL AT ONCE AND, AND YEAH, BUT RIGHT NOW, UM, FROM MY STANDPOINT, THE PEAKING FACTOR, WOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE BECAUSE THE THEORY, THE OTHER CITIES, TECHNICALLY RIGHT NOW, DON'T, DON'T NEED THAT WATER AND TO INCLUDE, UH, I'M GONNA PROBABLY GET IN TROUBLE FROM MY OSI MEMBERS THAT ARE LISTENING TO THIS, IF THEY'RE ONLINE.
BUT IF YOU LOOK UP THEIR WATER PROJECTIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT OUT TO USE THAT, BUT, BUT IN A FAIRNESS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PAYING FOR THEIR PLANT, THEY BOUGHT THAT WATER.
THEY MAY HAVE THINGS THAT COME UP IN A FUTURE ECONOMIC OR OTHER THINGS.
UH, THERE COULD BE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, UM, THAT FACILITATE FOR THEM TO ENSURE THAT EXTRA CAPACITY THAT'S A LOT OF EXTRA CAPACITY,
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BUT, UM, AND I GET IT.SO, YOU KNOW, THINKING OUT OF THE BOX, WE COULD PUT TRIGGER POINTS, YOU KNOW, IF THE PLANK IS 50% REEVALUATE, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL SHARING OF WATER CAPACITY OR, OR OTHER THINGS, I MEAN, THERE'S LOTS OF WAYS YOU CAN REEVALUATE THIS.
UM, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT IT'S KIND OF AT MY LEVEL.
UM, I WORK WITH THE INDIVIDUAL THAT'S AT THAT LEVEL AND THEY'RE GREAT.
AND, UM, AND, AND I THINK WE'VE COME UP WITH A LOT OF SOLUTIONS AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD FOR MAJOR PROJECTS.
UM, THE DEEP WATER, UH, UH, INTAKE, UH, PHASE PHASE ONE D UH, THE RAW WATER LINE.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT, UM, PHASE TWO AA SOON.
SO THAT'S ALL, THAT'S A LOT OF, UM, UM, ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION AND EFFORT GOING ON.
SO TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE THOUGH, WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY HAVING THAT DISCUSSION, OR I WAS GOING TO SAY BASED ON OUR, OUR MEETING YESTERDAY, HE MENTIONED THE PEAKING FACTOR.
THAT INFORMATION HAS ALREADY BEEN BROUGHT TO THE OPERATING BOARD IN THE PAST, AND IT WAS NOT APPROVED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
THEY ARE BRINGING IT UP AGAIN TO SEE IF THEY ARE INTERESTED IN MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
UM, JUST TO BE CLEAR, IT DID NOT SEEM LIKE THE OTHER CITIES FELT LIKE THAT WAS THE WAY THAT WE NEEDED TO GO AT THE TIME, BUT IT IS BEING BROUGHT FORTH TO THE OPERATING BOARD NEXT WEEK OR THE WEEK AFTER I THINK IT'S, UM, I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DAY.
UM, WE SELECTED A DATE THAT KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THAT BY ITSELF.
THEY MENTIONED YESTERDAY THAT IT WOULD BE BROUGHT UP AGAIN AND THEY WILL DISCUSS IT AGAIN AND CONSIDER IT AGAIN.
SOMEBODY IS HAVING THAT DISCUSSION WOULD BE THE POINT PERSON FOR THAT.
WELL, ACTUALLY FOR MYSELF, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S THAT IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY OF LAND OR TO HAVE THAT, UH, CUSHION.
CAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 15.2 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
AND IF WE HAVE A PEAKING FACTOR AT ONE THAT TAKES IT FOR THAT SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TO 18, UM, AND THEN IT MAKES THE INSTANTANEOUS, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT INSTANTANEOUS DEMAND, BECAUSE THE PLAN ISN'T DESIGNED THAT WAY.
AND SO, UM, THE RATE WOULD GO FROM 10 MILLION GALLONS PER MINUTE TO 12 MILLION GALLONS PER MINUTE.
WELL, UH, THAT, UH, THAT 2 MILLION IS AS, UH, FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WHEN EVERYBODY TURNS THE SPRINKLERS ON AT THE SAME TIME.
AND YOU HEARD THE DIRECTOR SAYING, WELL, WE'RE TALKING TO EVERYBODY TO TRY TO LEVEL LOAD THAT IF EVERYBODY'S WATERING ON THURSDAY, WE'RE GOING TO SPREAD THEM OUT TO OTHER DAYS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO BRING ALL THE DEMAND ALL THE DAYS LOWER AND MORE LEVEL.
BUT WHEN THAT MAN DOES GO UP, UM, EVEN ON THAT GIVEN DAY, UM, IT, IT DRAWS TOO FAST FROM THE, AND SO WE EXCEED OUR 10,000 GALLON PER MINUTE, UM, LIMIT, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, NOT HARD TO DO WHEN YOU HAVE PEAKING FACTOR OF ONE, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY NOTHING.
IT'S THE SAME AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE ALLOCATED FOR YOUR CONTRACT AMOUNT.
SO WHAT WE DON'T HAVE IN PLACE, BUT ARE ON THERE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE, UM, STORAGE TANKS PUT IN.
AND SO I USE THIS ANALOGY AND IT MIGHT SOUND CORNY, BUT, UM, I TRIED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO PUT IT IN LAYMAN'S TERMS. AND SO BACK IN THE DAY WHEN WATER SYSTEMS WEREN'T AS PROBABLY FANCY AS THEY ARE TODAY, WITH THE PRESSURES AS HIGH AS THEY ARE, WHEN YOU USED TO FLUSH YOUR TOILET AND YOU'RE IN A SHOWER, YOU'D GET SCALDED.
AND YOU GOT SCOLDED BECAUSE THE WATER WAS THAT EVERYBODY TURNED INTO SHOWERS OR TURNING THAT SPRINKLERS ON.
AND THAT THREE, THREE GALLONS OR FOUR OR FIVE GALLONS IN THE TANK TOOK ALL THE WATER AWAY FROM THE COLD WATER SYSTEM.
CAUSE IT'S ALWAYS A DIRECT LINE FROM THE MAIN LINE, RIGHT? SO WHAT HAPPENS IN THE SHOWER? IT'S A MIXING VALVE WHERE THEY, THE HOT WATER SIDE HAS A WATER HEATER AND IT'S A STORAGE TANK.
AND SO WHAT'S RUNNING STEADY STATE, BUT THE WATER SIDE, THE COLD WATER SIDE, ISN'T, IT JUST HAD A PEAK AND IT CAUSED THE SYSTEM PRESSURE TO GO DOWN AND LESS WATER TO GO TO THE SHOWER, BUT SHE GETS SCOLDED.
WE WANT TO GET TO THE HOT WATER SIDE.
SO WE WANT TO GET THE TANKS BUILT.
SO WE HAVE THAT STEADY STATE FLOW.
SO WHEN WE DO HAVE A HIGH DEMAND, THE TANK ACCOUNTS FOR IT, THE WATER PLANT CONTINUES TO GIVE STEADY WATER.
AND THEN WHEN EVERYBODY TURNS THE SPRINKLERS OFF THE TANK FILLS BACK UP AND THEN THE NUMBER OF PUMPS THAT NEED TO RUN SAY IT'S FIVE GOES TO TWO OR MAYBE ONE TO KEEP THAT STEADY STATE GOING.
UM, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE STILL IN THE COLD WATER SIDE.
SO WHEN EVERYBODY TURNS HER SPRINKLERS ON OR USES A LARGE AMOUNT OF WATER, UH, WE HAVE THAT INSTANTANEOUS PEAK DEMAND AND OUR INSTANTANEOUS FLOW, UM, JUMPS UP.
AND YOU SAW THAT EVEN WITH THE OTHER CITIES, UM, OURS IS IN THE, YOU KNOW, IT JUMPS INTO THE 14 RANGE.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, UH, PICO OR FOR RON WALK, UM, YOU LOOK THERE AND YOU CAN SEE THEIR NORMAL USAGE AND THAT THEIR PEAK HOUR WENT UP TO 43%.
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UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DRAWN, THEY'RE DRAWN HEAVILY ON THE PLANT FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT'S BEING DRAWN IN.AND I DON'T KNOW THE REASON, UM, IT COULD BE FOR VARIOUS THINGS, BUT, UM, AGAIN, UM, YOU COULD SEE THAT THEY HAD SOME LARGE DEMANDS DURING THAT PEAKING, UM, PEAKING TIMES.
NOW YOU CAN SEE CEDAR PARK BASICALLY HAD NOTHING.
UM, THEY DIDN'T, THEY, THEY HAVE A PRETTY MUCH, THEY TAKE THE SAME AMOUNT OF WATER, PRETTY MUCH ALL, ALL THE TIME.
SO, AND THIS WILL, THIS PEAKING OUR USE WHEN WE GET THE STORAGE TANKS BUILT THAT TERMINUS PUMP STATION AND THE RONALD REAGAN PUMP STATION WILL, WILL BE MUCH LESS AND IN IT'LL JUST BE A CONSTANT USE.
SO INSTEAD OF SEEING A PEAKING FACTOR OF ON THE HIGH END OVER THERE, RIGHT HERE WITH THE TANKS, YOU'LL SEE, YOU'LL JUST SEE, OKAY, A STEADY STATE OF 10 OR, OR EIGHT, WHATEVER, WHATEVER DEMAND IS.
AND OF COURSE, SUMMER AND WINTER AND THE WINTER, YOU'LL SEE, YOU KNOW, A MUCH LOWER USE THAN YOU WOULD IN A SUMMER COUNSEL.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? I KNOW THAT WAS A HOKEY ANALOGY, BUT I TRY TO.
[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]
ALL RIGHT.MOVING ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA COUNCIL, BE CONSIDERING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 11 THROUGH 19 COUNCIL.
THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM, MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY MOVING INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.
[20. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case 22-Z-013 to amend the current zoning of Interim SFR-1-B (Single-Family Rural) to adopt the 805 S. Bagdad Minor PUD (Planned Unit Development) with the base zoning district of GC-2-A (General Commercial) on one (1) parcel of land approximately 2.26 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R035153; and legally described as Lots 2 & 3, Block B of the Falcon Oaks Sec 1 Subdivision, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case 22-Z-013 as described above.]
ITEM 20 CONDUCT, A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ZONING CASE 22 Z 0 1 3 TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF INTERIM SFR.ONE B SINGLE-FAMILY RURAL TO ADOPT THE 8 0 5 SOUTH BAGHDAD MINOR PUD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT WITH THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT OF GC TO A GENERAL COMMERCIAL ON ONE PARCEL OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 2.26 ACRES PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE, AS STATED ON THE PROPOSED AGENDA, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR 8 0 5 SOUTH BAGHDAD, UH, MINOR PUD.
UM, THIS IS THE, THE PROPERTY ON BAGHDAD WHERE THEY HAVE THE, UM, THE OLDER, UH, VINNY STORAGE AND OUTDOOR STORAGE.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE ZONING CHANGE IN ORDER TO ADD MORE STRUCTURED STORAGE.
AND, UM, THEY'VE WORKED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THEY STARTED WITH THE REQUEST TO HAVE A GENERAL COMMERCIAL BASED DISTRICT, AND THEY WORKED WITH THE COMMISSION TO REDUCE THAT TO LOCAL COMMERCIAL.
SINCE THEY'RE SO CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL, AND THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH, UM, TO THE COMMUNITY, THE COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL DURING THE MAY 12TH MEETING, AND I'LL BE AVAILABLE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS AND APPLICANTS HERE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS NEIL NICK I'M WITH THE DRAENOR GROUP.
I'M HERE TO PRESENT ON THIS CASE.
UH, I DO WANT ROBIN DID A GREAT JOB, JUST KEEPING IT SHORT AND SWEET.
AND I WANT TO GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL JUST TO ADD SOME COLOR TO, UH, TO WHAT WE'RE DOING OUT HERE.
SO, UH, CURRENT ZONING IS SFR ONE B.
WE WANT TO DO A MINOR PUD WITH THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT OF
UM, THE REASON THAT IT'S A MINOR PUD IS THAT LOCAL COMMERCIAL DOESN'T ALLOW FOR SELF STORAGE.
SO WE WANT TO ADD THAT AS AN ALLOWABLE USE, THIS IS AN EXISTING ARROW AERIAL THE SITE, AND YOU CAN SEE, AS ROBIN MENTIONED, THE VAST AMOUNT OF VEHICULAR STORAGE.
SO OUR INTENT IS TO REMOVE ALL OF THAT AND REPLACE IT WITH, UH, INDOOR STORAGE.
SO THIS IS OUR LATEST CONCEPT PLAN.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAD PRESENTED AT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
UM, ORIGINALLY WE HAD TALKED ABOUT RETAINING TWO OF THE EXISTING BUILDINGS AND, AND THEN ADDING THIS NEW BUILDING WE'VE SINCE LOOKED AT THIS OPTION, UM, ONE TO, TO GAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE AND TWO TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN ACCESS, UH, OUR MAIN DRIVE AT WHERE OFFICES OFF OF SOUTH BACK.
THEN WE DO PLAN TO RETAIN BOTH ACCESS POINTS THAT WE DO HAVE NOW ONE ON SOUTH BAGHDAD AND ONE ON FALCON OAKS WITH SOUTH BAGHDAD, BAGHDAD BEING THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE AND FALCON OAKS BEING THE SECONDARY.
SO HERE'S THAT SAME ARIEL OVERLAID WITH THAT SAME, UM, BUILDING PLAN THAT WE HAVE.
SO EVEN THOUGH RIGHT NOW, THIS THE REQUIRED SETBACK IS 20 FEET JUST LOGISTICALLY
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TO MAKE THE PROJECT WORK FROM THE PROPERTY LINE TO THE WEST, WE'LL HAVE A SIX FOOT MASONRY WALL, A 10 FOOT POE, A TWENTY-FIVE FOOT FIRE LANE, AND THEN A 10 FOOT LOADING ZONE.SO IN REALITY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 40 AND 45 FEET BEFORE THE BUILDING REALLY STARTS.
ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF ELSIE IS ALSO LIMITING THE HOURS OF OPERATION.
UH, SO LC REQUIRES 5:00 AM TO 10:00 PM.
SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, 5:00 AM TO 11:00 PM, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
OUR HOURS OF OPERATION WILL ACTUALLY BE 9:30 AM TO FIVE 30, AND THOSE ARE OFFICE HOURS AND THEN 8:00 AM TO 8:00 PM FOR THE GATE HOURS.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO COMPLY WITH THOSE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THE COMMISSION MEETING WAS WHAT THE ELEVATIONS WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO PRESENT THIS AT THAT MEETING, BUT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT AND WE TRIED TO GIVE THE BEST REPRESENTATION OF THE FACADE AND THE BUILDING ITSELF.
ONE THING THAT WE KNOW THAT WE CAN COMMIT TO IS THE 35 FOOT HEIGHT REQUIREMENT.
SO SFR, SO THE EXISTING ZONING, THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT IS 35 FEET.
ELSIE WOULD ALSO REQUIRE THAT 35 FEET.
WE CAN COMFORTABLY SAY THAT WILL FIT WITHIN THAT.
WITH THIS PLAN, THE HEIGHT WOULD BE 34 AND A HALF FEET.
IT COULD BE LOWER IF THE AC UNITS AND THE PARAPET WALL WERE LOCATED ON THE GROUND SOMEWHERE.
SO THERE IS THAT POSSIBILITY, BUT WE KNOW THAT WE CAN MEET THAT REQUIREMENT.
WHEN WE CONSIDERED THE HEIGHT, WE REALLY WANTED TO CONSIDER THE NEIGHBORS THEMSELVES.
ROBIN POINTING OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DID A GOOD JOB REACHING OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, IT, IT WAS, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO PUT OURSELVES IN THEIR SHOES AND KNOW WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT, WHAT THIS IS ACTUALLY SHOWING IS IT'S A GOOGLE VIEW.
UM, AND IT'S LOOKING EAST AT THE PROPERTY ITSELF.
SO IF YOU'RE A RESIDENT AND YOU KNOW HOW TO DRONE AND LIFTED THAT DRONE UP, AND YOU WERE MAYBE THREE OR FOUR LOTS BACK, THIS IS WHAT YOU WOULD SEE.
UM, THE ONE THING THAT I REALLY LIKE ABOUT THIS IS IT SHOWS WHAT NATURAL VEGETATION IS ALREADY THERE.
SO WE REACHED OUT TO THE NEIGHBOR AND IF YOU SEE THAT LITTLE GUY RIGHT THERE, HE'S REALLY EXCITED.
SO I PUT THREE LITTLE ARROWS THERE.
WE GOT PERMISSION FROM THIS, FROM THIS NEIGHBOR TO COME ONTO THEIR PROPERTY.
AND I WAS ABLE TO TAKE A COUPLE OF VIEWS.
AND YOU CAN SEE, EVEN FROM THESE PICTURES, HOW DENSE THE TREES ARE AND HOW TALL THE TREES ARE.
I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THAT VISUAL IMPACT WOULD BE.
AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THERE'S VERY, VERY LITTLE THAT CAN BE SEEN THROUGH THERE.
THIS IS AN EXISTING EXAMPLE OF A PRODUCT THAT THIS DEVELOPER HAS DONE IN KYLE TEXAS.
THE REASON I LIKE THIS, THIS PICTURE IS IT REALLY SHOWS THE QUALITY OF THE PRODUCT.
THE LIGHTING'S ALL TURNED DOWN.
UM, THIS WAS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PRODUCT THAT'S THAT'S IN THIS CITY RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN A LOT OF VEHICULAR STORAGE WAS REMOVED.
A NEW BUILDING WAS PLACED, HAD TO UPGRADE.
FIRE LANES HAD UPGRADE SECURITY HAD UPGRADE EVERYTHING.
THIS IS THAT SAME BUILDING, BUT IN A DIFFERENT VIEW, THE REASON I LIKE THIS PICTURE IS BECAUSE IT SHOWS THE, HOW THE EXISTING STORAGE IS IN THE REAR.
THE NEW STORAGE IS IN THE FRONT, AND IT ALSO SHOWS THE INTEGRATION WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE MULTIFAMILY, MAYBE A PARK BACK THERE, BUT IT SHOWS HOW IT ALL WORKS TOGETHER.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THE LETTERS THAT THE CITY SENT OUT, WE OURSELVES SENT OUT ONE INITIAL LETTER.
UM, IT INCLUDED SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE ZONING AND THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH, IT, IT DIDN'T INCLUDE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SITE PLAN.
BY THE TIME WE GOT TO COMMISSION, THEY HAD ASKED US TO REACH OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AGAIN, WHICH WE DID, AND WE WERE ARMED WITH A WHOLE LOT MORE INFORMATION.
SO IN THAT LETTER, WE, WE WERE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE ACCESS POINTS.
WE WERE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE BUILDING HEIGHTS, THE REPLACEMENT OF THE VEHICULAR STORAGE, THE MASONRY FACADE, UPDATING THE FENCING AND HOURS OF OPERATION AT THE INITIAL P AND Z.
WE HAD ONE RESIDENT WHO SPOKE IN REGARD TO THE TREES ON THE SITE, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO PULL UP THE AERIAL AGAIN,
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BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE NO TREES ON THE SITE.IT IS STORAGE AND VEHICLE STORAGE AT THE SECOND P AND Z.
WE HAD ONE RESIDENT WHO WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE BUILDING HEIGHT, THE LIGHTING AND ACCESS ON FALCON OAKS.
UH, I WASN'T ABLE TO GET THEIR INFORMATION OR FOLLOW UP WITH THEM, BUT WE HAVE FOLLOWED UP WITH ABOUT A DOZEN OR SO INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS.
UM, AND I CAN COMFORTABLY SAY THAT OUR BUILDING HEIGHT MAXIMUM WILL BE 34 AND A HALF FEET, WHICH WILL MEET THAT 35 MINIMUM, OR EXCUSE ME, 35 MAXIMUM WE'LL COMPLY WITH THE DARK SKY REGULATIONS IN REGARD TO LIGHTING.
UM, AND THIS WILL BE NOTIFY THE CORRIDOR.
IT WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A SERVICE, BUT IT WILL GENERATE THAT TAX SPACE.
IT'LL BE A BUFFER AND IT REMOVES AN EYESORE AND IT MAKES SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY THAT SUBMITTED A CARD TO SPEAK, BUT I DO HAVE SEVERAL THAT SUBMITTED THEIR POSITIONS TO BE READ INTO THE RECORD.
SO THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE ARE ALL FOR THIS REQUEST.
ZACHARY WATTS, SANTINI PICK CAISO.
UH, SIERRA JOHNSON, KATIE STEVENS, WENDY RIDGEWAY, FRANCESCA BOWERS, ELIZABETH GAGE, JOY, AND AN SALT CAN IT'S SALT AND ALEXANDER DO DO G KICK.
UM, I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR THIS ITEM.
WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS? ALL RIGHT.
WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE 22 0 1 3 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY COUNCIL.
I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION FOR MS. GRIFFIN, EVERYTHING MAKES SENSE AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORS.
THAT'S LIKE MAKES IT A LOT EASIER TO DO OUR JOB UP HERE.
UM, THE ONLY THING THAT I, THAT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT DIDN'T CATCH US OFF GUARD WAS I DON'T EVEN THINK WE'RE VOTING ON THAT PORTION OF IT TONIGHT, BUT CONCEPT PLAN WISE, WHERE IT'S A DIFFERENT, MAYBE DIFFERENT SIZE BUILDING THAT WAS THERE BEFORE IT CAME BEFORE P AND Z, IS THAT AT ALL CONCERNED FOR STAFF? OKAY, COOL.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND AND A SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[21. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Comprehensive Plan Amendment Case 22-CPA-002 to amend the Transportation Master Plan to reclassify Live Oak Road from a Residential Collector to Residential Street generally located west of Live Oak Road and the future extension of Lakeline Boulevard, Leander, Williamson and Travis Counties, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Comprehensive Plan Amendment Case 22-CPA-002 as described above.]
ITEM 21, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT CASE 22, CPA 0 0 2, JIM AND THE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN TO RECLASSIFY LIVE OAK ROAD FROM A RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR TO A RESIDENTIAL STREET, GENERALLY LOCATED WEST OF LIVE OAK ROAD AND THE FUTURE EXTENSION OF LAKELINE BOULEVARD, LEANDER WILLIAMSON, AND TRAVIS COUNTY'S, TEXAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO OUR TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
UM, THE CITY COUNCIL REVIEWED A CONCEPT PLAN, UM, FOR THIS PROJECT.
IT'S THE AREA THAT IS, IS RED RIGHT HERE.
UM, THEY'RE PROPOSING SINGLE FAMILY, RURAL LOTS, WHICH ARE ACREAGE LOTS.
AND DURING THE REVIEW OF THE PRELIMINARY PLAT, UM, THEY RECOGNIZE THERE'S A COLLECTOR ROADWAY THAT IS GOING TO DIVIDE THEIR TRACT AND HEAD TO THE NORTH.
UM, THEY HAD HOMES FRONTING ON A COLLECTOR AND OUR ORDINANCE DOES NOT ALLOW FOR RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAYS ON TO COLLECTOR CLASS ROADWAYS.
UM, THEY HAVE MET WITH THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND HAVE DISCUSSED MAKING THIS A LOCAL STREET INSTEAD OF A COLLECTOR STREET TO ALLOW THOSE, UM, HOMES TO FRONT ON IT.
SO THIS, THIS CHANGE WOULDN'T WOULD CHANGE THE ENTIRE STRETCH.
SO ALL THE WAY FROM THE LAKELAND EXTENSION TO THE EDGE OF THE ETJ, UH, THIS REQUEST WAS REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL ON APRIL 28TH.
AND I'LL BE AVAILABLE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY WHO SUBMITTED A CAR 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 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT CASE 22.
CPA'S 0, 0, 2 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY COUNSEL AND JUST CLARIFYING.
CAUSE I THINK ROSS AND NOBODY'S HERE, BUT JUST SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ANYBODY FROM ENGINEERING THAT THEY ALL, SO WE NOW PICK POINT P AND Z HAS.
WELL, WE TALKED ABOUT, I'M JUST CONFIRMING IN PUBLIC.
THAT'S ALL THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE BUY-IN FROM OUR CITY STAFF, AS FAR AS THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT THAT LOOKED OVER THIS AS WELL.
IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY DID AGREE.
I JUST WANT THAT TO BE SAID, SO IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE'RE WILLY NILLY, CORRECT.
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I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE HERE THAT SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.[22. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case 22-Z-008 to amend the current zoning of Interim SFS-2-B (Single-Family Suburban) to GC-3-C (General Commercial) on one (1) parcel of land approximately 2.3 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R032240; and more commonly known as 50 High Gabriel East, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case 22-Z-008 as described above.]
THANK YOU.ITEM 22 CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ZONING CASE 22 0 0 8.
TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF INTERIM SFS TO BE SINGLE-FAMILY SUBURBAN TO GC THREE C GENERAL COMMERCIAL ON ONE PARCEL OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 2.3 ACRES PLUS OR MINUS AND SIZE AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
HE THINKS THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 50 HIGH GABRIEL STREET.
UM, THIS REQUEST STARTED OUT AS A REQUEST FOR GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING.
UM, DURING THE REVIEW WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THEY HAD CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, GENERAL COMMERCIAL USES ADJACENT TO THE BRYSON NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE COTTAGES AT SAN GABRIEL NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, THEY WORKED WITH THE APPLICANT TO CHANGE THE ZONING TO A MINOR PUD.
UM, IT STILL HAS A GENERAL COMMERCIAL BASED ZONING DISTRICT, BUT THEY ADDED, UH, RESTRICTIONS, UM, FOR USES THAT PEOPLE WOULDN'T WOULD NOT LIKE TO LIVE NEXT TO.
UM, THEY DID REVIEW THIS AT, UH, THE APRIL 28TH MEETING AND THE MAY 12TH MEETING, AND THEY DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
NOBODY HAS SUBMITTED CARDS TO SPEAK ON THIS.
WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISH TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE ACT REGARDING ZONING CASE 22 0 0 8 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION, THE SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, JUST DO YOU NEED THEM? DO YOU NEED IT WITH THE, WITH THE RESTRICTED USES OR IS THAT ALREADY, UM, IT IT'S, I WOULD SAY WITH THE PLANES AND COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATION.
ANYTHING ELSE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES, UNANIMOUSLY ITEM 23
[23. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case 22-Z-010 to amend the current zoning of Interim SFR-1-B (Single-Family Rural) to HC-4-D (Heavy Commercial) on one (1) parcel of land approximately 7 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R620745; and approximately twelve hundred (1,200') feet south of the intersection of CR 269 and Hero Way on the south side of Hero Way, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case 22-Z-010 as described above.]
CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ZONING CASE 22 0 1 0 TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF INTERIM SFR.ONE V SINGLE FAMILY, RURAL TO HC 4D, HEAVY COMMERCIAL ON ONE PARCEL OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY SEVEN ACRES PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE, AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GRIFFIN, FAR AS YOURS.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A ZONING REQUEST OFF OF, UM, HIRO WAY.
UM, THE CON THE COUNCIL DID RECEIVE A REQUEST, UM, FOR THE ADJACENT PROPERTY TO THE WEST.
UM, AND NOW HE'S REQUESTING TO INCORPORATE THIS SECTION INTO HIS DEVELOPMENT.
SO HE'S ASKING FOR A SIMILAR ZONING DISTRICT.
IT IS, UM, SUPPORTED BY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL DURING THEIR MEETING ON APRIL 28TH.
AND I'LL BE AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANTS ALSO HERE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT, PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE 22 0 1 0 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY COUNCIL.
IT'S JUST, EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THE ACCESS IS NOT COMING OFF OF HERE AWAY.
IT'S COMING FROM THEIR OTHER, THEIR OTHER PROPERTY.
SO, UM, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE HERE.
SECOND, UM, MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[24. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Subdivision Case 22-CP-002 to adopt the Crystal Mesa 2 Concept Plan on three (3) parcels of land approximately 10.33 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Travis Central Appraisal District Parcels 354047, 354048, 354050; generally located at the southwest of CR 290 and High Lonesome, Leander, Travis County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Subdivision Case 22-CP-002 as described above. ]
ITEM 24, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING SUBDIVISION CASE 22, CP 0 0 2 TO ADOPT THE CRYSTAL MESA TWO CONCEPT PLAN ON THREE PARCELS OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 10.3, THREE ACRES PLUS OR MINUS AND SIZE AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA.GETTING IN YOUR STEPS TONIGHT.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BELLMAN SERVICES, GRIFFIN.
THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CRYSTAL MESA TO CONCEPT PLAN.
UM, THE CITY COUNCIL DID REVIEW ZONING REQUEST FOR THIS PROPERTY IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
UM, THIS WAS REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AT THE MAY 12TH MEETING, AND THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANTS ALSO HERE, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, THANK YOU.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
NOBODY HAS SUBMITTED A CARD TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISH TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
WE'LL NOW MOVE INTO ACTION REGARDING SUBDIVISION CASE 22, CPS 0 0 2 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE.
I JUST HAD A ONE QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT, BUT I'LL SECOND.
WERE YOU ORIGINALLY GOING FROM MORE THAN NINE LOTS HERE OR WAS IT, THIS IS ALWAYS ABOUT NINE MONTHS.
WAS THE NIGHT YOU GOT TO GO TO THE MICS.
WE, UH, WE MIGHT HAVE HAD, WE POSSIBLY WERE GOING TO HAVE EIGHT AT THE BEGINNING, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET NINE.
SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY MOVING INTO OUR REGULAR
[25. Discuss and consider action on a Resolution supporting proposed projects for fiscal year 2022 in accordance with the interlocal agreement between Capital Metro and the City of Leander, and providing for related matters.]
AGENDA.ACTION ON A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING PROPOSED PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN CAP METRO AND THE CITY OF LANDER AND PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS.
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ONE.SO RACHEL, MULTIPLE YEAR, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK GOOD EVENING, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES, SORRY ABOUT EARLIER.
UM, MY NAME IS RACHEL IN MY YARD AND I AM ON FOUR, FIVE BECOME BY THE COURT.
UM, SIMPLY ONE OF THE THINGS JUST REALLY QUICKLY DURING THE CAMPAIGN, UM, IT WAS REALLY EASY AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE, UM, THE BENEFITS OF HAVING KENT METRO.
NOW, I KNOW WHAT THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT THERE'S THOSE FUNDS.
WHEN I MET WITH PEOPLE TO CHECK SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION, UM, I GOT TO TALK TO HIM AND HE SAID, I ASKED HIM WHEN WE WERE RIGHT BY THE RAIL.
I TOLD HIM WHAT WAS GOING ON IN YOU THAT IT WAS FUNDED BY SALES TAX.
AND HE SAID, TELL THE ANDER TO HOLD ON.
AND NOW WITH ALL OF THIS, THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE GETTING, I HOPE THAT THERE IS COMMUNITY INPUT TO HAVE THOSE, THESE PROJECTS FROM THE, THAT YOU'RE GONNA USE FOR THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT, SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY'RE SO TINY IN CERTAIN AREAS.
AND CONSIDERING THAT MY HUSBAND IS VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND CONSIDERING WHAT I TOLD YOU ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY, IT'S THAT IT'S, THERE'S SOME, A LOT OF PRESSING PROJECTS THAT ARE NEEDED.
AND THEN I SEE THE INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT AND THERE'S QUESTIONS I HAVE ABOUT THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ON THERE.
SO I WOULD LIKE FOR THERE TO BE COMMUNITY INPUT INTO THE SPENDING OF THOSE FUNDS AND CONSIDERING ALL THAT HAPPENED WITH THE CAMPAIGN AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO THE PEOPLE.
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE INPUT INTO IT.
UM, I BELIEVE THIS IS BEING PRESENTED TONIGHT BY CITY MANAGER, BEVERLEY.
I, THE WEATHER CHANGES AFFECTED ME A BIT, BUT, UM, SO THIS IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN, UM, TRYING TO ACHIEVE FOR ACTUALLY ABOUT TWO YEARS PLUS NOW, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO DO SO WITH, UH, PRO TIM AND, UH, KEPT METRO BOARD MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE BECKY ROS'S, UH, ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN DOING SO.
AND WHAT THAT IS, IS A SERIES OF, UH, EFFECTIVELY ACCESSING, UH, SOME OF THE REGIONAL FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH CAP METRO WITHIN THEIR SYSTEM.
AND ALSO, UH, SOME OF THE NET, UM, ABOVE AND BEYOND OUR CONTRIBUTION.
UH, SO ALL TOLD IT'S ABOUT $10 MILLION, UH, JUST SOUTH OF THAT, OF AVAILABLE DOLLARS.
IT'S 9.4 MILLION, AS YOU SEE 9.338, AND WHAT WE DID, AND WE WERE WORKING WITH CAP METRO STAFF THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS IS TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THE LOW HANGING FRUIT ITEMS TO ENHANCE MOBILITY AND ACCESS REALLY IN THE CORE HERE WITHIN THE CITY, THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE WITHIN THE BUILD CENTRAL TEXAS PROGRAM AND THE TRANSIT SUPPORTED INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS OF CAP METRO.
UH, THE FIRST ITEM I WANTED TO POINT OUT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS PAUSED PREVIOUSLY ON MOVING FORWARD, BUT THIS IS NOW A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND AGAIN, I THINK THE THING TO THINK ABOUT IS HIGH CAPACITY TRANSIT IN PARTICULAR IS ONLY SUCCESSFUL WHERE THERE'S A NEXUS BETWEEN LAND USE DENSITY AND ACCESS.
SO IF YOU REALLY LOOK AT OUR CURRENT RIDERSHIP LEVELS, IT'S OPERATING ENTIRELY AS A REALLY AS A, A, UH, A BUS INTERCEPT TYPE FACILITY AT NOT VERY ROBUST RIDERSHIP LEVELS.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS IS WHEN YOU GO TO A HIGH CAPACITY TRANSIT, UH, USE SUCH AS RAIL, YOU USUALLY HAVE HIGH DENSITY AND BI-DIRECTIONAL TO RENT DEMAND, UH, TO THAT RAIL STATION.
SO KIND OF RUNNING THROUGH THESE, THERE'S A SERIES OF ITEMS AND SERIES OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP IMPROVE THAT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS COUNCIL'S ALREADY DOING IS SPENDING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY THROUGH THE TERRORS AND THE NORTH LINE.
SO THAT'S ONE BIG PIECE IS BUILDING THAT DENSITY THERE.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 27 MILLION OF TOUR'S FUNDS.
THAT'S ALREADY ALLOCATED TOWARDS THAT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST PROJECT, FIRST BULLET, THE OLD TOWN MASTER PLAN IS GOING TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE PEDESTRIAN, UH, TRANSIT ACCESS AND OTHER ACCESS WITHIN WHAT WE CALL OLD TOWN.
SO IMAGINE THE TYPE OF IMPROVEMENTS WE HAVE HERE RIGHT IN FRONT OF CITY HALL, BUT THROUGHOUT OLD TOWN.
SO THAT IS, THAT'S WHAT THAT MASTER PLAN IS GOING TO
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LOOK AT IN TERMS OF 180 3, 1 OF THE CHALLENGES.AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S ALSO THAT WHEN LEANDRA DECIDED THAT BOTH TRANSIT AND RAIL WOULD BE A GREAT THING FOR, FOR ACCESS FOR MOBILITY, BUT ALSO FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PART OF THAT IS MAKING SURE YOUR OLD TOWN, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT IS.
SO RIGHT NOW OUR FRONT DOOR KIND OF LOOKS LIKE OUR BACK DOOR.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE LACK OF ADEQUATE PEDESTRIAN AND TRANSIT ACCESS UP AND DOWN US 180 3.
SO THE CORRIDOR STUDY, THE SECOND ITEM IS GOING TO LOOK FROM 180 3 A TO THE NORTH ALL THE WAY DOWN TO OSAGE RIGHT NOW, YOU KIND OF CAN'T GET THERE FROM HERE.
UH, ADA ACCESS IS EFFECTIVELY IMPOSSIBLE FROM LEANDER STATION BACK TO SAY CITY HALL.
SO THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE, AND THAT WILL BE THE TYPE OF THINGS, THE PEDESTRIAN TRANSIT ACCESS AT GRADE CROSSINGS, ADA RAMPS, UH, ISLANDS, UH, PEDESTRIAN ISLANDS IN 180 3, UH, PEDESTRIAN SCALE LIGHTING, ALL OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH ALSO OUR FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THEN JUMPED DOWN TO THE BCT, UH, TRANSIT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT CATEGORY, THE NEXT SET OF BULLETS, SOUTH STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
AS WE KNOW HOW CAP METRO HAS DEFINED THE ELIGIBILITY WITHIN THIS CATEGORY, THEY'VE, THEY'VE ALLOWED US TO LOOK AT THE PICKUP ZONES.
AND SO WITHIN THIS, WITHIN THE PICKUP ZONES, WE DO HAVE SOME STREETS THAT ARE TRAVERSED BY THOSE COMING TO CITY HALL, OLD TOWN, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT ARE NOT IN GREAT SHAPE.
AND THEY'RE ALSO USED ON A DAILY BASIS BY THE PICKUP SERVICE.
SO WE HAVE FROM THE CIP BOTH SOUTH AND WEST STREET DRIVE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S A LITTLE OVER HALF OF ALL THE FUNDS WITHIN THIS FIRST ROUND OF FUNDING.
UH, THE 9.2 THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, AND I BELIEVE WE WILL ABSORB THE WHOLE 9.3.
ONCE YOU GET TO A FINAL DESIGN AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, AND THEN DOWNTOWN FIRE IMPROVEMENTS, THE NECESSITY OF HITTING THE DOWNTOWN FIRE IMPROVEMENTS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ACTUALLY CAN BUILD THE DENSITY AND DO SOME OF THE OTHER PEDESTRIAN TRANSIT ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE OLD TOWN AREA.
AND THAT'S REALLY GOING TO BE A SERIES OF WATER LINE IMPROVEMENTS, MAKING SURE THAT THE FIRE FLOWS ARE THERE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
IT'S KIND OF HARD TO LET'S, LET'S JUST SAY THIS, YOU DEVELOP THE OLD TOWN MASTER PLAN, BUT IF YOU DON'T DO THE FIRE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, ON THE FRONT END AND YOU PUT SIDEWALKS IN, YOU'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO DO THEM LATER, AS IT DENSIFIES WITH NEW BUSINESSES.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY, RIGHT? TURN, THIS IS A GENERAL MOBILITY ITEM.
THIS IS ALSO LOW-HANGING FRUIT.
THIS IS WHEN YOU'RE GOING EASTBOUND ON SAN GABRIEL AND YOU ARE GOING TO TURN SOUTHBOUND AND DON'T HAVE A DEDICATED RIGHT TURN LANE TO DO SO.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT THAT IS A, THE ENGINEERING'S LOOKED AT THAT WITHIN THE CIP AS WELL.
AND LAST THING I'LL KIND OF MENTION IS THAT THIS SECOND CATEGORY OF ITEMS, PARTICULARLY THE ROAD RELATED ITEMS, THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO A PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN RUN BY HOUSTON METRO WITH ITS SUBURBAN, UH, MEMBER CITIES WHERE GENERAL MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS, PARTICULARLY IN STREETS THAT ARE USED BY TRANSIT OR IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF MAJOR, UM, INTERMODAL STATIONS OR PARKING RIDES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT TYPE OF MOBILITY FUNDING.
AND, UH, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME FOLLOW-UP MEETINGS ONCE THIS IS APPROVED WITH, UH, BOTH YOURSELF AND WITH, UH, CAP METRO STAFF.
AND, UH, DAN, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD GIVEN MY VOICE TONIGHT? OKAY, THANK YOU, COUNSEL.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, UM, I KNOW THAT WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TONIGHT IS ON A TIMELINE FOR ON A TIGHT TIMELINE TO SUBMIT THIS INFORMATION, TO CAP METRO, BECAUSE THE DEADLINE IS WHAT THE 31ST OF MAY, RIGHT.
TO SUBMIT THESE PROJECTS, BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR WITH THE PUBLIC, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO GOING FORWARD.
AND I KNOW I DISCUSSED THAT WITH YOU EARLIER.
UM, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO AS A CITY TO DO OUR PARTS? SINCE THE VOTE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO IMPROVE AWARENESS OF THE SERVICE THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY, WHICH MAY IMPROVE RIDERSHIP.
UM, SO WE'RE BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THE MONEY THAT WE'RE SENDING OUT TO CAP METRO, THAT WE HAVE IMPROVED RIDERSHIP, UM, WITH IMPROVED AWARENESS.
SO I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THAT, BUT CAN YOU CLARIFY SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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ARE GOING TO DO TO HELP IMPROVE THAT? WELL, MIKE AND I CAN CAN KIND OF TAG TEAM ON THIS PART, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE APPROACHING ABOUT ALMOST $12 MILLION IN SALES TAX THAT THEY'RE COLLECTING NOW.UM, WE WOULD PREFER NOT TO TAP REALLY OUR GENERAL FUND IN DOING THAT, BUT WE DO WANT TO COORDINATE CLOSER WITH THEM AND ALSO TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL EXPANSION OF THE PICKUP SERVICE ZONES.
AND I KNOW WE, WE SPOKE ABOUT THAT, MAKING SURE WE'VE GROWN SO FAST THAT SOME OF OUR DENSITY IS PROBABLY NOT ON THEIR MAP AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT.
SO WHEN A NEW APARTMENT COMPLEX OPENS WHEN A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, IS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF BUILD-OUT OCCURS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS KIND OF BUILDING OUT.
AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S A LOT EASIER TO SERVE SOME OF THE STUFF, PROBABLY THE NEWEST STUFF TO OUR EAST.
AND SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS IN OUR UPCOMING MEETINGS IN TERMS OF MARKETING.
MIKE, DID YOU WANT TO, I MEAN, I, I BELIEVE OUR, OUR WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH CAP METRO STAFF IS PROBABLY AS GOOD AS IT'S BEEN IN YEARS.
SO, UM, AM I GOING TO BE CHIEF OF STAFF, UH, BARON COUNSEL LEADING UP TO ELECTION DAY? YOU KNOW, OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH CAPITAL METRO KIND OF FOCUSED ON THE INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT, UM, ON SOME OF THE FINER POINTS OF HOW WE NEGOTIATE AROUND, UM, ALL THE THINGS INVOLVING ELECTION NOW THAT WE'RE PAST THE ELECTION OR INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT STANDS, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE SETTING UP SOME STANDING MEETINGS.
AND INITIALLY THOSE WILL FOCUS ON WHAT YOU SEE HERE, THIS PROPOSAL, THESE PROJECTS, HOW THAT WORKS WITHIN, UM, CAPITOL METRO'S BCT GUIDELINES AFTER WE GET PAST THAT.
AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN, YOU KNOW, TWO OR THREE, MAYBE STANDING MEETINGS JUST TO GET THAT PROCESS GOING.
UM, WE'LL START TAKING A LOOK AT, UM, CAPITOL METRO'S EXISTING SERVICE PLAN IN LEANDER AND HOW WE CAN OPTIMIZE THAT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CAPITAL METRO STAFF.
UM, THAT COULD BE SOMETHING ON A LARGER SCALE ABOUT EXPANDING THE SERVICE ZONE, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT POINTS ARE EXPANDED.
UM, IT, IT MAY BE A STRETCH TO TRY AND COVER THE WHOLE CITY RIGHT AWAY.
BUT, UM, AS FAR AS WHAT STRATEGIC POINTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, WE WOULD TARGET, THAT WOULD BE A CONVERSATION BETWEEN OUR STAFF AND CAPITAL METRO STAFF.
SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF DISCUSSIONS AND NOT JUST THE PICKUP, BUT EVEN, UM, RECEIVING REGULAR REPORTS, UH, IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE CAN FIND ON THEIR WEBSITE, GETTING REGULAR DATA, UM, AND DISCUSSING THAT DATA AND ANALYZING THAT DATA FROM CAPITOL METRO, I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO, UM, TALK WITH THEIR STAFF ABOUT.
AND, AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS WOULD BE PART OF OUR REGULAR DISCUSSIONS.
UM, WHEN THE, UH, THIRD-PARTY ANALYSIS WAS DONE, UH, BY TGC, WE HAD ASKED THEM TO ALSO LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER, WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER DEMAND CENTERS AND WITH TRANSIT, YOU LOSE CHOICE RIDERS CHOICE, MEANING THEY'RE CHOOSING TO RIDE.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO RIDE NOW WHEN IT GETS TO $5 GAS, A LOT MORE PEOPLE CHOOSE.
UM, BUT WE ALSO THEY'RE COMPETING WITH THE TOLL ROAD.
THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS, BUT WHEN YOU GET TO A THREE SEAT RIDE, IT'S PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT WITH CHOICE RIDERS VERSUS TRANSIT DEPENDENT TO MAINTAIN THAT RIDERSHIP.
BUT NOW WITH THE NEWS THAT FOR EXAMPLE, APPLE IS GOING TO BE BACK IN THE OFFICE.
I THINK THIS WILL BE A GOOD TIME TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT, UH, THEY HAD LOOKED AT, I THINK THE DOMAIN APPLE CAMPUS.
AND SO WE CAN PROBABLY WORK WITH OUR HR DEPARTMENTS AND START TRYING TO LOOK AT ZIP CODE DATA.
AND IF, EVEN IF THEY RAN IT ON A PILOT BASIS, UH, DIRECT EXPRESS BUS, BECAUSE SINCE THEY ARE RUNNING EXPRESS SERVICE, UM, COULD YOU, COULD YOU BUMP THE RIDERSHIP AUTOMATICALLY BY 50 PEOPLE? IF, IF YOU HAVE THE RIDERSHIP RIGHT HERE GOING DIRECTLY TO ONE OF THOSE MAJOR EMPLOYERS.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT I DO THINK GOING THROUGH THIS EXERCISE HAS BEEN FRUITFUL, NOT ONLY THE ILA RESULTS, BUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAXIMIZE RIDERSHIP.
AND THEN FROM THERE BE ABLE TO PROMOTE IT WITH THOSE EMPLOYERS AS WELL.
WELL, AND SPEAKING A LITTLE BIT TO THE, UM, THE MARKETING SIDE OF IT IS THERE WERE SOME VERY PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS, UM, DURING THIS WHOLE PROCESS OF WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAXIMIZE THAT.
AND SO NOW THAT THE ELECTION'S OVER THOSE CONVERSATIONS, AREN'T GOING TO CONTINUE BECAUSE TO, TO, UM, RICK'S POINT, UM, IT, THERE IS AN OBLIGATION ON CAP METRO'S POINT TO BE ABLE TO ADVERTISE AND, UM, AND PICK UP THAT MARKETING PIECE THAT WE CAN BASICALLY TAG ONTO.
AND SO, UM, THERE, THOSE CONVERSATIONS WILL NOW START IN EARNEST TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT IS TO BE ABLE TO MAXIMIZE IT, BECAUSE IT IS IN BOTH ORGANIZATIONS BEST INTEREST TO MAXIMIZE RIDERSHIP.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER THOMPSON FOR BRINGING THIS UP, BECAUSE I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA ASK THE EXACT SAME QUESTION.
WHAT ARE WE DOING AS A CITY TO MARKET THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT CABINETRY TURTLES THERE AND BUILD THAT AWARENESS AND BUILD THAT RIDERSHIP.
SO I'M HAPPY TO HEAR, I JUST THINK, YEAH, IF WE CAN TAG ONTO THEIR
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ITEMS, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL.UH, AND I'LL GIVE YOU ONE GOOD EXAMPLE.
JUST LAST, ACTUALLY ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, I'M A NONPROFIT ON CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY REACHED OUT TO US, UM, NOT REALLY KNOWING WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE ELECTION, BUT JUST COINCIDENTALLY REACHED OUT TO US AND ASKED, UM, IF THEY COULD RECEIVE SOME MATERIALS FOR THE LEANER PICKUP SERVICE, BECAUSE A LOT OF THEIR CLIENTS, UH, UTILIZE THAT SERVICE.
AND IF THEY DON'T, THEY'D LIKE TO, AND THEY'D LIKE TO PROMOTE THAT ON OUR BEHALF.
UM, I DID MENTION ABOUT THE ELECTION THAT IF IT, UH, WHEN A CERTAIN WAY THAT WE MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT SERVICE AVAILABLE, BUT NOW THAT WE ARE PAST THAT, UM, I'M IN THE PROCESS OF REACHING OUT TO THEM AND GETTING THEM SOME OF CAT METRO'S MATERIALS.
SO, UM, I EXPECT THERE TO BE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, OTHER FOLKS WHO NOW THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF THE ELECTION OUTCOME, THEY MAY BE MORE INTERESTED TO ENGAGE.
SO WE WILL DEFINITELY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF THOSE CONTACTS AND PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THAT ENGAGEMENT.
AND I DID WANT TO ADDRESS, UM, SOME OF THE PUBLIC CONCERN MAYBE ABOUT WHERE THIS, THIS PROPOSAL, THESE PROPOSED PROJECTS KIND OF COME FROM.
UM, AND THESE HAVE BEEN MONTHS LONG DISCUSSIONS WITH CAPITAL METRO ABOUT HOW TO GET THIS ILA OFF THE GROUND.
AND, AND EVEN THOUGH THE MAY 31 DEADLINE IS, IS WRITTEN INTO THE ANALYTICAL AGREEMENT.
IT'S SOMETHING THIS YEAR THAT WE EXTENDED, JUST BECAUSE OF THE ELECTION, KNOWING THAT THE ELECTION OUTCOME WOULD, WOULD SORT OF DRIVE SOME OF THIS.
UM, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS, UH, SORT OF SET IN STONE NEXT YEAR, I THINK IT'S, IT'S THE, DEADLINE'S MOVED BACK A LITTLE BIT TO MARCH TO GIVE US A LITTLE MORE TIME TO DO BUDGET PLANNING AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS EARLIER ON BEFORE WE GET TO THAT SUMMER PERIOD, BUT THE OLD TIME MASTER PLAN, THE 180 3 CORRIDOR, UH, WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT OF, UH, AND WE'RE ALREADY ENGAGING OLD TOWN MASTER PLAN COMMITTEE, WHICH IS ON LATER THIS AGENDA, UM, THE COMPONENTS THAT SUPPORT SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS, I KNOW AMONG OUR PUBLIC ABOUT PEDESTRIAN ACCESS, SOME OF THE FEATURES OR AMENITIES THAT THEY MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THAT WILL BE PART OF THAT ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
SO I THINK IF SOMEONE'S LOOKING TO PARTICIPATE OR LOOKING TO RECEIVE INFORMATION, THOSE ARE IN PARTICULAR, THE 180 3 CORRIDOR STUDY, AND THEN THE OLD TIME MASTER PLAN, THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST, UH, FOLLOW, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING AND PROVIDE US WITH MAYBE SOME INTEREST IN INPUT.
UM, MR. BEVERLY NEMA, YOU MENTIONED ABOVE AND BEYOND OUR CONTRIBUTIONS.
SO ARE YOU REFERRING TO FEDERAL FUNDS, FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION? YES.
NOW LET ME, LET ME JUST SAY THIS.
EVEN WITHIN BEING MEMBERS OF CAP METRO.
SO WE DIDN'T SUBMIT THIS LAST GO ROUND, CAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW FOR, UH, APPROPRIATE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS WITH, UH, CONGRESSMAN CARTER'S OFFICE, BUT LET'S TAKE THE OLD TOWN MASTER PLAN AND THE 180 3 QUARTER STUDY, UM, BOTH OF THOSE REPRESENT AN OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY FEDERALLY ELIGIBLE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WOULD ENHANCE PEDESTRIAN AND ADA ACCESS TO A LANDER STATION OR TO, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE FUTURE, UH, FIXED ROUTE SERVICES, UH, OR EVEN LIKE A LUNCHTIME SHUTTLE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT LET'S JUST USE LEANDER STATION CAUSE WE KNOW THAT'S A FIXED ASSET RIGHT NOW.
AND SO BY GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE CAN IDENTIFY PROBABLY MILLIONS OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, IMAGINE SIDEWALKS ON 180 3, A IMAGINE A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE ACROSS THE CREEK THERE AND, AND PEDESTRIAN SCALE LIGHTING AND THE CAPABILITY OF BEING ABLE TO TRAVERSE FROM HERE BY FOOT SAFELY BACK TO LEANDER STATION.
UH, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WOULD BE FEDERALLY ELIGIBLE.
SO THIS IN MANY WAYS, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT ROUND COULD BE, UM, LET'S SAY IT'S A MILLION OR 2 MILLION THAT COULD BE LEVERAGED AGAINST, YOU KNOW, 80% FUNDS.
IT COULD BE 2 MILLION THAT WE USE TO MATCH, UH, 8 MILLION OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT LEVERAGE OPPORTUNITY.
AND ACTUALLY THAT FEDERAL, UH, GRANT FUNDING SUPPORT FROM CAPITAL METRO IS CALLED OUT ON PAGE THREE IN THE AGREEMENT.
SO IT IS WRITTEN THERE IT'S SOMETHING WE, WE CERTAINLY ARE INTERESTED IN, IN CONTINUING IN CONVERSATION WITH THEM AND WHATEVER WE HAVE, WHATEVER WE AGREE ON TONIGHT STILL HAS TO BE SUBMITTED TO, UM, KENT METRO FOR APPROVAL.
SO THE PROJECTS, IF COUNCIL SUPPORTS THE PROJECTS LISTED, WE WILL, UH, PUT TOGETHER SOME ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THEM, ON SOME MATERIALS AND THEN SEND THAT TO CAPITAL METRO AND THEN MAYBE START SOME INITIAL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHETHER THEY ALL FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT THEIR STAFF WOULD NEED TO PROCESS THAT.
SO, AND EACH YEAR, UH, ASSUMING THAT THAT THE RATES DON'T GO UP AND WE STILL HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE, UM, WE, WE WILL GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS EACH YEAR AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE MUCH OF A CHOICE ON.
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OF THE TYPE OF PROJECTS THAT WE CAN, UH, SUBMIT, AND THEY STILL HAVE TO APPROVE SPENDING US, SPENDING THE MONEY THAT WE OVER SPENT IN MY, IS THAT CORRECT? UH, YEAH.SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE BCT CATEGORIES, THE MOBILITY, MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS AND TRANSIT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, THERE ARE CRITERIA, UH, WITH THOSE, UM, THAT IS WHY WE CHOSE THE PROJECTS WE DID.
UM, THERE IS SOME FLEXIBILITY AND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS FIRST ITERATION OF GETTING THE PROJECTS LINED UP, GETTING CAPITAL METRO'S REVIEW, GETTING THE CITY'S REVIEW, UH, WE'LL KIND OF FIGURE OUT, UH, THE PARAMETERS OF THIS AND SOLIDIFY THAT AS WE'VE MOVED FORWARD.
WELL, AND JUST TO ADD ONTO THAT A LITTLE BIT, ONCE WE'VE SUBMITTED THE PROJECTS, AND IF WE GET DOWN THE ROAD WITH SAY A PARTICULAR PROJECT AND DECIDE THAT IT'S NOT VIABLE, OR WE NEED TO GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION OR SOMETHING, WE CAN MAKE A REQUEST ABOUT PROJECTS.
SO WE'RE NOT WALKING AWAY FROM THE MONEY.
WE WILL SUBMIT PROJECTS EVERY YEAR AND USE UP EVERY DIME OF IT, BUT WE HAVE THE ABILITY AND SOME FLEXIBILITY TO CHANGE THINGS OUT.
SO WE WERE, WE SHOULDN'T EVER LOSE OUT ON ANY FUNDS.
WE HAVE PLENTY, AND I DO WANT TO REMIND COUNCIL, THERE'S A, THERE'S AN EXHIBIT ITEM AT THE END OF THE ARBITRARY AGREEMENT, THAT SORT OF ESTIMATES WHAT THE POTENTIAL COSTS OF SERVICE OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS AND THE POTENTIAL SALES TAX REVENUE ABOVE THAT COST OF SERVICE MIGHT BE, AGAIN, THOSE ARE VERY CONSERVATIVE PROJECTIONS, BUT THAT GIVES US AND CAPITAL METRO A CHANCE TO KIND OF FORECAST AND PROJECT JUST AS WE DO WITH OUR CAPITAL PLANNING, UM, POTENTIAL PROJECTS THAT WE COULD BE BRINGING FORWARD THAT WE CURRENTLY AREN'T BRINGING FORWARD TODAY.
WHEN DID YOU SAY THAT IS, UH, THAT WOULD BE THE EXHIBIT ITEM IN THE ILI DOCUMENT.
ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR MOTIONS? MOTION TO APPROVE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[26. Discuss and consider action on appointments to the Old Town Master Plan Advisory Committee.]
ITEM 26, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON APPOINTMENTS TO THE OLD TOWN MASTER PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.I DO HAVE A SPEAKER ON THIS, SORRY.
AND SO, UH, WE'LL TAKE OUR SPEAKER JAMES LARSON EVENING.
MR. LARSON, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS YOU'LL THREE MINUTES.
MY ADDRESS IS 2 6 1 6 PINE BRANCH ROAD AND LEANDER.
UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AGENDA.
ITEM PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THIS VERY, YOU KNOW, THE HEART OF, OF THE ANDREW HERE, THAT OLD TOWN.
SO, UH, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT OPPORTUNITY AND JUST REFERENCING SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WERE, UH, ALLUDED TO EARLIER AS IT RELATES TO OLD TOWN AND THE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS.
UM, I KNOW, UH, SO MANY OF, YOU KNOW, I SOMETIMES DRIVE AROUND ON A LITTLE SCOOTER.
UM, WELL, UH, THERE WAS ONE TIME I TOOK THE, UM, METRO PICKUP OVER HERE AND IT DROPPED ME OFF AND I WAS HERE REALLY LATE FOR THAT LATE COUNCIL MEETING TILL LIKE TWO IN THE MORNING.
UM, AND I DIDN'T HAVE A WAY TO GET BACK OVER TO THE PARKING.
SO I, SO I WALKED, SO I HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF, OF WALKING FROM HERE, UH, YOU KNOW, BACK TO THE PARK AND RIDE AND YEAH, THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME, SOME NEEDS THERE WITH, WITH SIDEWALKS.
UM, AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT THIS COMMITTEE WILL CONSIDER ALL SOURCES OF REVENUE, ESPECIALLY FEDERAL FUNDING.
I WAS JUST LOOKING TODAY AND I NOTICED THERE WAS SOMETHING, UM, THAT WAS RECENTLY POSTED.
UM, THIS WAS FOR, UH, THERE'S OVER A BILLION DOLLARS THAT WILL BE GOING OUT FOR SAFE STREETS AND ROADS DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM.
AND I THINK SOMEONE WAS SPEAKING HERE ABOUT SPEAKING WITH THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION AND HOW THERE WAS GRANT MONEY COMING INTO THE PIPELINE.
OF COURSE, THAT'S FOR ALL THE UNITED STATES.
UM, I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN FIND A WAY AND THAT THIS MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE CAN FIND A WAY TO, UH, YOU KNOW, ALSO WORKING WITH CAP METRO, UH, EXPLORE THIS, THIS FEDERAL FUNDING AND AS WAS MENTIONED BY THE CITY MANAGER, NO, LEVERAGE IT, UM, IT KIND OF VERY SYNERGISTIC.
WE HAVE SOURCES OF FUNDING, VARIOUS DIFFERENT LEVELS, AND I'M VERY HOPEFUL THAT ALL OF IT CAN BE USED TO, UM, GET THE, THE SIDEWALKS AND THE ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEED HERE IN LEANDER.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
UM, SO WE HAVE TAKEN APPLICATIONS FROM, UM, REPRESENTATIVES FROM OLD TOWN, AS WELL AS, UM, A COUPLE OF OUR COMMITTEES.
UM, THIS IS A MAP THAT SHOWS THE SPREAD OF WHERE THE DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS ARE OR TENANTS THAT WANT TO PARTICIPATE.
AND, UM, I'M AVAILABLE IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNSEL, HOW DO WE WANT TO DO THIS? SO WE HAVE 15 OPENINGS AND FIVE ALTERNATIVES, RIGHT.
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WE DON'T HAVE 20 TOTAL.SO I THINK WE HAVE 15 TAKING EVERYBODY THAT SIGNED UP, LIKE ON THAT, THAT LIST THAT YOU RECEIVED AND JUST HAVING TWOS THREE AS ALTERNATE, I FEEL LIKE WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE ALTERNATIVES AT THIS POINT.
SO WE REALLY DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE.
DO YOU REALLY HAVE TO NAME EVERYBODY IN THE MOTION OR DO WE JUST SAY WE'RE ACCEPTING THE WHOLE LIST? WELL, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT BEFORE THEM GETTING CLARIFICATION.
BEFORE, BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE HAD ONE THAT WAS OUT OF STATE THAT MENTIONED, UM, INCORPORATING ZOOM CALLS, IS THAT FEASIBLE TO, SO I SPOKE WITH THE CONSULTANT AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD DO THEIR BEST TO ACCOMMODATE IT.
IT MIGHT NOT BE THE SMOOTHEST, BUT WE CAN TRY IT.
THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THANK YOU.
AND I THINK IT, UM, WE DIDN'T GET A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THAT SIDE, SO I THINK IT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE HIM AS LONG AS IT'S MANAGEABLE.
I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO INCLUDE THAT AND THEN HAVE NO PARTICIPATION.
ANGEL MAXWELL, ANYA SCHAFFER, BRIDGET BRENT CECILIA.
FORTNEY DANNY PEROT, PARROT PEROT PARROT.
I WILL DAVIES WILLIAM SHEA, BILL SHEA.
JAMES OLIVER, STEVE HAINES CAT.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY? NOPE.
AGAINST PASSES SIX TO ONE ITEM 27,
[27. Discuss and consider action on the Second 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.]
DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON THE SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE REGARDING SPECIAL USE CASE 22THIS IS THE SECOND READING OF THE REQUEST FOR THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IT'S ON REGULAR AGENDA BECAUSE YOUR VOTE WAS NOT UNANIMOUS LAST TIME.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED.
[28. Discuss and consider action on approval of award of contract by BCRUA for Phase 2 Raw Water Delivery System Construction Contract to Thalle/SAK Joint Venture in the amount of $224,786,835.00 for a total base proposal of $215,499,610.00; additive alternatives amount of $1,430,225.00; and alternative proposal amount of $7,857,000.00; and authorize the BCRUA Board President to execute the contract on behalf of City of Leander.]
AND CONSIDER ACTION ON APPROVAL OF AWARD OF CONTRACT BY BCRF FOR PHASE TWO RAW WATER DELIVERY SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR SALE SLASH S A K JOINT VENTURE IN THE AMOUNT OF $224,786,835 FOR A TOTAL BASE PROPOSAL PROPOSAL OF $215,499,610 ADDITIVE ALTERNATIVES AMOUNT OF 1,430,200 AND TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS AND ALTERNATIVE PROPOSAL AMOUNT OF $7,857,000 AND AUTHORIZE THEUM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, DAN GRIMSBY, EXECUTIVE TRUCK DRIVER INSTRUCTOR.
UM, REALLY AT THIS POINT, UH, THE STANDING BY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS, UH, I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED THE DEEP WATER INTAKE AND, UH, COUNCIL WAS PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THE NEEDS FOR MOVING THAT PROJECT FORWARD.
SO COUNCIL, UM, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'VE GOT THE QUESTION, THE ANSWER DOWN AT THE BOTTOM.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PORTION WAS LISTED HERE AND IT'S AT THE BOTTOM.
THAT'S THE 96,321 IS LEANDRA'S PORTION, CORRECT? IT'S THE 42.85%.
YES, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SOUNDS SECOND MACHINE A SECOND.
IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[29. Discuss and consider a Resolution calling for a Public Hearing on the Assumptions and Capital Improvements Plan relating to possible adoption of Roadway Impact Fees for the July 7, 2022 Council meeting.]
ITEM 29, DISCUSSING CONSIDER A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ASSUMPTIONS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN RELATING TO POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF ROADWAY, IMPACT FEES FOR THE JULY 7TH, 2022 COUNCIL[02:30:01]
MEETING CITY MANAGER BERLIN.OH, UM, I HAVE THE, UH, CONSULTANT ONBOARD KIMBERLY HORN TO, UH, UH, TALK ABOUT IT IF NEEDED AND ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS.
SO, UM, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, HI, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL AND MAYOR.
UM, TONIGHT'S ITEM IS A, UH, A, UH, FORMALITY THAT'S REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, UH, TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING TO THEN CONSIDER, UH, A FUTURE PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT IMPACT FEES.
UH, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH IS PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAS MADE THEIR RECOMMENDATION.
UH, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY ON A POTENTIAL ORDINANCE TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL, WHICH WOULD BE SCHEDULED FOR JULY 7TH BASED ON TONIGHT'S RESOLUTION.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL BEFORE JULY 7TH TO DO A BRIEFING ON WHAT'S BEEN RECOMMENDED AND MAYBE SOME FEEDBACK TIME BEFORE THAT HAPPENS TO GIVE YOU ALL TIME TO CONSIDER HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
SO I KNOW THAT THESE ARE THE RECOMMENDED FEES FOR THE DIFFERENT SERVICE AREAS, BUT WE ARE ABLE TO CHANGE.
CAUSE THIS SAYS THAT COUNCIL MAY ADOPT A FEE AT A LOWER RATE THAN THE MAXIMUM.
WE'RE ABLE TO CHANGE THAT MAXIMUM TODAY, RIGHT.
TO RAISE IT HIGHER IN OUR MOTION.
SO THE, THOSE ARE THE MAXIMUM RATES, UH, AS FOUND IN THE STUDY, THAT'S THE HIGHEST THAT CAN BE CHARGED BASED ON THE TEN-YEAR GROWTH PROJECTIONS AND THE TEN-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN.
THAT'S IN THE STUDY THAT GOES WITH IT.
AND YOU CAN SEND ANYTHING UP TO THAT AS A MAXIMUM, BUT IT HAS TO BE EQUAL TO THAT OR A LOW.
SO YOU GUYS CHOSE THIS MAXIMUM AND IT COMPLIES WITH SOMETHING IN THE LAW.
IT WASN'T THE GROUP THAT WROTE P AND Z THAT WAS LOOKING AT THIS.
YEAH, THAT'S THE LEGAL MAXIMUM BASED ON THE, UM, PROPOSED GROWTH THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO SERVE THAT GROWTH IN EACH OF THOSE FIVE AREAS.
SO, AND THEN LEGALLY, THIS LAW STATES IN CHAPTER 3 95, YOU CAN'T EXCEED THAT.
THEY HAVE A RECOMMENDATION THAT IS LOWER THAN THAT FOR Y'ALL TO CONSIDER, AND THEN Y'ALL CAN AMEND THAT.
HOWEVER YOU'D LIKE, BUT IF WE WERE TO ACCEPT THE MAXIMUMS, WE COULD THEN LATER WAVE PARTS OR ALL OF IT FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT TO INCENTIVIZE.
UM, SO LET ME BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
SO THE STATE LAW DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO WAIVE FEES.
THERE HAS TO BE MONEY TO MAKE THAT UP FROM OTHER SOURCES.
UM, WHEN IT'S DONE, THAT'S A SPECIFIC REQUIREMENT OF THAT.
UH, BUT YOU CAN SET THE FEES AS LOW AS YOU WANT IN THE, IN THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE ITSELF, YOU CAN COME BACK AND CHANGE THEM TO LOWER THE FEES, BUT YOU CAN SET DIFFERENT RATES FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF LAND USES, DIFFERENT TYPES OF USES.
YOU CAN SET IT AS LOW AS ZERO.
SOME PLACES SET CERTAIN THINGS ZERO TO INCENTIVIZE IT.
SO IF WE WANTED TO DO, UM, AND INCENTIVIZE COMMERCIAL GROWTH ON A CORRIDOR, WE WOULD DO THAT IN THE ORDINANCE WHEN WE SET THIS.
AND ARE WE ABLE TO AMEND THAT ORDINANCE AT ANY TIME OR ONLY ANYTIME? YEAH.
SO THOSE NUMBERS THAT ARE PROPOSED FOR THE, THE NEWSPAPER POSTING, WHICH IS REQUIRED, THAT'S VALID FOR UP TO FIVE YEARS, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO RESTUDY AT THAT TIME.
SO LOOK AT THE NEW MAXIMUMS, BUT YOU CAN CHANGE THAT ON LIKE COUNCIL MEETING, THE COUNCIL MEETING, YOU COULD CHANGE THE ORDINANCE AS NEEDED.
A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION.
AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[30. Council Member Closing Statements.]
COUNCIL MEMBER, CLOSING COMMENTS PLEASE.SO CAT HELL TALKED ABOUT SAN JACINTO DAY.
AND I WISH MY SISTER COULD STAND UP AND TELL THE STORY, BUT WE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN ANCESTOR THAT SPIED ON SANTA ANA.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF, UH, INTERESTING TO HEAR THAT AT ON TODAY.
UM, BUT, UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS AGAIN FOR, FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ANOTHER THREE YEARS WITH THIS FINE GROUP OF PEOPLE HERE AND, UH, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY.
SINCE IT'S THE LAST CITY COUNCIL FROM MAY, I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH FOR THOSE FOLKS IN LEANDER AND JEWISH HERITAGE MONTH.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE VALUABLE RESOURCES THAT THE PEOPLE MAKE FOR THAT, FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
FOR CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE GRADUATES OUT THERE.
WE HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, AND SOME COLLEGE KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND TO YOUR FAMILIES STOLE MY THUNDER.
UM, SO AS ALWAYS, WE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO SHOP LOCAL, KEEPING YOUR TAX DOLLARS HERE, UM, HELPS OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, KEEPS PEOPLE EMPLOYED AND KEEPS MORE BUSINESSES COMING HERE.
IT ALSO REDUCES THE RELIANCE ON YOUR PROPERTY TAXES.
SO IN AN EFFORT FOR US TO SHOP LOCAL, WE HAVE IN PURCHASING ALL OF OUR DINNERS FROM LOCAL RESTAURANTS AND RETAILERS TONIGHT, WE SWITCHED IT UP A LITTLE BIT AND GOT DINNER FROM RANDALL'S, WHICH IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES FOR A QUICK, OH MY GOSH.
I FORGOT TO FEED MY FAMILY DINNER.
UM, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO RANDALL'S AND REMEMBER TO SHOP LOCAL.
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OUT CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR LEANDER GRADUATES.WE'VE GOT MULTIPLE HIGH SCHOOLS IN TOWN.
THERE ARE TONS OF YOU, UM, AND HUGE HUGS AND LOVE TO ALL OF YOUR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS WHO ARE HAVING A ROUGH TIME RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY WITH A GRADUATE, WE NEED HUGS.
UH, AND THEN, UM, FINALLY I SIT UP HERE ALL THE TIME AND I PROMOTE PARKS PROGRAMS AND, UM, AND, AND ALWAYS SAY, YOU KNOW, GO OUT TO THIS EVENT OR THAT EVENT.
THANKS SO MUCH TO PARKS FOR WHAT THEY DO ON, ON A SMALL STAFF.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY EVENTS THAT I CAN THINK OF BETWEEN NOW AND OUR NEXT MEETING, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, Y'ALL THE PARKS DEPARTMENT NEEDS LOVE.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN A PART OF A PROGRAM, IF YOUR KID WAS IN LITTLE LEAGUE, IF YOU SHOW UP TO THE SENIOR EVENTS, CALL UP WHOEVER YOUR COORDINATOR WAS AND JUST GIVE THEM SOME LOVE AND A SHOUT OUT AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY'RE APPRECIATED.
UM, WE APPRECIATE THEM AND WE HOPE THAT YOU DO TOO.
COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED AT 9:00 PM ON THE DOT.