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READY? YES.[1. Open Meeting.]
TODAY IS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2022.AND THIS IS THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP OF LEANDER CITY COUNCIL CITY, SECRETARY CRAB DREW YOU PLEASE CALL ROLAND
[2. Roll Call.]
COUNCIL MEMBER CATHERINE BATTALION PARKER HERE.COUNCIL MEMBER ESME, MATH LONGORIA HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONALD HERE.
MAYOR PORT, TIM NICOLE THOMPSON, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER, CHRIS ICK HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER, BECKY ROSS HERE.
[3. Receive special events permit update.]
SPECIAL EVENT'S PERMIT UPDATE FROM PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR.TOMINS GOOD EVENING, MR. TOMINS.
UM, ACTUALLY, UH, A COUPLE OTHERS ARE GONNA BE DOING MOST OF THE PRESENTATION, BUT I DO WANT TO INTRODUCE HIM TONIGHT.
UH, LEAH ANDERSON IS GONNA BE FIRST UP TO BAT AND THEN KELSEY HYDEN WILL BE SECOND.
UH, BUT I WANNA SHARE THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORKSHOP FORMAT.
UM, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT WAY OF US TO INTRODUCE SOME THINGS AND HAVE GOOD DIALOGUE AND OPEN COMMUNICATION BACK AND FORTH.
I KNOW EVEN TODAY THERE'S BEEN SOME ADDITIONAL DIALOGUE BETWEEN US AND, AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY STAFF.
SO THIS IS GONNA BE A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, TO LEARN AND HAVE DIALOGUE BACK AND FORTH.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU AND I APPRECIATE THEM BECAUSE THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH AND PUT A LOT OF TIME INTO THIS.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL LET LEAH COME ON UP AND SHARE WITH YOU FROM THE BEGINNING.
UM, OKAY, SO WE'RE JUST GONNA RUN THROUGH THE, UM, NEW SPECIAL EVENT POLICY AND PROCEDURES DOCUMENT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
AND THEN KELSEY IS GOING TO GO OVER THE ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UM, SO FIRST OFF WE WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT, UM, AND DESCRIBE THE TYPES OF PERMITS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN THE CITY.
SO CURRENTLY, UM, WE HAVE THE CITY OF LEANDER SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT.
SO THIS IS SUBMITTED AS AN ONLINE FORM THROUGH THE FIRE ADMINISTRATION.
UM, THIS KIND OF PERMIT IS SUBMITTED IF THERE IS AN ATTENDANCE OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE, UH, THERE REQUIRES BLOCKING OF ANY RIDE OF WAY.
UM, IF THERE ARE, IF THEY'RE GONNA BE VENDORS AT THE EVENT, THE OTHER TYPE OF PERMIT THAT PEOPLE CAN APPLY FOR IS THE SPECIAL EVENT IN THE PARK PERMIT.
SO THIS IS SUBMITTED TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ITSELF.
UM, THIS IS DONE IF THERE IS MORE THAN A HUNDRED PEOPLE, BUT LESS THAN A THOUSAND.
UM, AND THEN ALSO IF IT OCCURS IN THE PARK AND THEN ALSO IF THERE INVOLVES ANY SORT OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCE EVENT PLAY, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, UH, THE BIG DIFFERENTIATOR BETWEEN THESE TWO, UH, PERMIT TYPES IS WHETHER OR NOT THE ATTENDANCE IS OVER A THOUSAND OR WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A BLOCKING OF ANY STREET.
SO IF SOMEONE WERE TO WANT TO DO SOMETHING IN THE PARK AND IT HAD EITHER ONE OF THOSE THINGS, IT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY TRIGGER THEM TO GET SENT OVER TO THE MAIN CITY PERMIT.
WE THEN WOULDN'T BE THE ONLY ONES HANDLING IT.
WE WOULD STILL SEE IT COMING THROUGH THERE, BUT WE WOULDN'T BE THE ONES DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.
SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING IS TO MAINTAIN THE TWO CURRENT PERMITS, SO TO KEEP THOSE, BUT TO CREATE ADDITIONAL RESERVATION SUPPLEMENT, PERMITS FOR THE PUBLIC TO UTILIZE.
SO THESE WOULD INCLUDE INFLATABLE AMUSEMENT, UH, PERMITS ALCOHOL IN THE PARK, OVERSIZED GRILL OR MOBILE FOOD VENDOR, UH, WALKER RACE OR NON-FOOD VENDOR.
SO THE LIST OF ADDITIONAL PERMITS IS BASED ON INQUIRIES TO THE DEPARTMENT.
SO IF PEOPLE HAVE COME FORWARD WANTING TO DO A SPECIAL EVENT AND JUST QUESTIONS THAT THEY'VE ASKED, UM, OR WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER PARKS DEPARTMENTS, AND THEN ONES THAT WE ALREADY INFORMALLY HAVE IN USE.
SO IT'S JUST FORMALIZING THAT PROCESS.
SO THIS YEAR WE'VE MADE, UM, AN EFFORT WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO KIND OF PAUSE AND ENSURE THAT WE'VE, UM, THAT EVERYTHING WE OFFER IS FOCUSES ON TWO MAIN THINGS, QUALITY AND CONSISTENCY, UM, MANY TIMES IN GROWING CITIES AND EVEN IN THE PAST THREE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, UM, WE'RE SO FOCUSED ON WHAT'S NEXT OR, OR WHAT'S THE NEXT BIGGEST AND GREATEST THING THAT WE CAN DO THAT WE DON'T REALLY STOP AND ENSURE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING HAS THAT HIGH QUALITY AND THAT IT'S CONSISTENT ACROSS THE BOARD.
UM, SO THIS, THESE CHANGES ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, ALIGN WITH THOSE TWO THINGS OF KEEPING EVERYTHING, KEEPING THE HIGH QUALITY AND FOR KEEPING EVERYTHING CONSISTENT.
SO AGAIN, WHY MAKE THESE CHANGES? UM, SO TO UPDATE THE ORDINANCE AND POLICY POLICY PROCEDURES, TO REFLECT THE GROWTH OF THE CITY OF LEANDER, UM, UPDATE THE SPECIAL EVENT IN THE PARK INFORMATION AND APPLICATION, THE APPLICATION NEEDS A MAJOR FACELIFT.
SO THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO DO IT.
UM, THESE UPDATES WILL HELP WITH PUBLIC EDUCATION BY PROVIDING A MORE, UM, MORE DESCRIPTION AND EXPLANATION TO
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THINGS TO WHERE WE'RE NOT JUST TELLING PEOPLE, UM, WHAT THE ANSWER IS.WE'RE GONNA GIVING THEM AN EXPLANATION OF THINGS.
UH, THIS ALSO STREAMLINES THE PROCESS TO MAKE SPECIAL EVENT RESERVATIONS EASIER FOR PUBLIC AND STAFF.
SO AGAIN, CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE BOARD.
SO THIS IS GONNA START LOOKING INTO THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT THAT WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A, UH, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR A SPECIAL EVENT IN THE PARK.
SO THE TITLES LISTED HERE ARE HEADERS OUTLINED IN THE NEW SPECIAL EVENT IN THE PARK POLICIES AND PROCEDURES DOCUMENT.
UM, AS A STAFF, WE ALREADY DO THESE THINGS, BUT WE WANNA HAVE THEM IN BLACK AND WHITE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY WITH CONSISTENCY AND ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS.
UH, THIS ALSO IS GONNA HELP FUTURE PARKS EMPLOYEES WITH GUIDELINE OF WHAT THE PROCESSES ARE IN THE EVENT THAT A STAFF MEMBER MOVES ON OR LEAVES FOR WHATEVER REASON.
UM, SO THE ITEMS IN, IN THE DOCUMENT THAT AGAIN, ARE THINGS THAT WE CURRENTLY DO, UM, HOW TO OBTAIN AND SUBMIT AN APPLICATION.
THE PROCESS FOR APPEALS, TRAFFIC CONTROL, INQUIRIES, AMPLIFIED NOISE IN THEIR REGULATIONS, INSURANCE ON EVENTS, THEMSELVES, AND ATTRACTIONS.
THAT MAY BE PART OF AN EVENT REQUIREMENTS FOR SITE PLANS AND RACE COURSE MAPS, UH, LEVEL AND INVOLVEMENT OF CITY SERVICES, SECURITY REQUIREMENTS, CLEANUP REQUIREMENTS, AND SPECIAL RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR SPECIAL EVENTS IN THE PARK.
SO AGAIN, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE THINGS THAT WE ALREADY DO.
THEY WOULD JUST BE IN BLACK AND WHITE.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE, UM, THEY'RE SEPARATE FROM THE PREVIOUS SLIDE BECAUSE THEY ARE EITHER NEW OR THEY'RE AMENDED FROM HOW THEY'VE PREVIOUSLY BEEN HANDLED.
SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS IS APPLICATION TIMEFRAME, UH, THE LANGUAGE AND TIMELINES FROM EXISTING SPECIAL EVENT ORDINANCE.
SO THAT'S THE MAIN ONE THROUGH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WOULD BE ADOPTED INTO OURS TO WHERE IT'S CONSISTENT BETWEEN THE TWO, UM, FEES AGAIN, SAME THING TO WHERE THEY'RE CONSISTENT BETWEEN THE TWO DIFFERENT, UM, POLICIES CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL AND DISAPPROVAL, UH, DEFINES THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE USED INTERNALLY WHEN DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN EVENT OR PROGRAM.
UH, SO THIS WOULD BE IS THE, OR WHAT'S THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF THE EVENT TO THE COMMUNITY? UH, WILL THE EVENT UNREASONABLY INTERRUPT THE PUBLIC'S EXPERIENCE AT THE PARK? UH, DOES THE PROPOSED LOCATION WORK FOR THAT TYPE OF EVENT AND HAVE PERMIT REQUIREMENTS BEEN MET? UH, THE NEXT THING IS ALCOHOL.
UM, SO THIS LISTS THE REGULATIONS FOR ALCOHOL AT PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPECIAL EVENTS.
UH, WHEN DO YOU NEED A PERMIT? WHAT TYPE OF PERMITS NEEDED? ALL OF THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, VERY SPECIFIC TO WHAT TYPE OF EVENT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO.
SO CONTINUED ON, UM, THE SALE OF FOOD.
THIS EXPLAINS, AGAIN, JUST WRITING THIS ALL OUT OF WHO DO YOU NEED TO CONTACT AND, AND WHAT KIND OF TIMEFRAME DO YOU NEED TO CONTACT THEM? UH, INFLATABLES.
THIS ONE IS A HUGE ONE THAT WE GET LATELY.
EVERYONE WANTS TO HAVE AN INFLATABLE AT THEIR EVENT.
SO INCLUDING US, WE LIKE INFLATABLES.
UM, SO, UH, THIS DESCRIBES THE PERMIT PROCESS AND REGULATIONS FOR INFLATABLE ATTRACTIONS AND WHERE THEY'RE ALLOWED.
SO THIS IS GONNA BE IMPORTANT TO WHERE, UM, IF YOU WANNA HAVE A, AN INFLATABLE AT DIVINE LAKE PARK, WHERE CAN YOU DO THAT? WHERE'S THE ACTUAL SPACE WHERE YOU CAN DO THAT.
UM, AND THEN PETTING ZOOS AGAIN, THIS ONE'S STARTING TO KIND OF COME UP A LITTLE BIT MORE OF WHERE PEOPLE CAN HAVE PETTING ZOOS AND WHAT ARE THE REGULATIONS ON THAT PREVIOUSLY, THERE HASN'T REALLY BEEN MUCH INFORMATION JUST READILY AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE.
UM, BUT THIS IS GONNA GIVE THEM THE, UM, RIGHT DIRECTION AND JUST TELL THEM EXACTLY WHERE YOU NEED TO GO CONTINUING AGAIN.
UM, THIS IS EVENT IMPACT MANAGEMENT.
SO THIS IS A WHOLE SECTION THAT, UM, IS REALLY WHERE WE AS PARKS AND RECREATION PROFESSIONALS CAN HELP EDUCATE, UM, AND WORK WITH THE PUBLIC TO HELP THEM MAKE THE BEST CHOICES ON THEIR EVENT APPLICATIONS.
SO QUESTIONS HERE MIGHT INCLUDE, HAS THERE BEEN A SIMILAR EVENT RECENTLY? ARE YOU COPYING AND PASTING SOMETHING THAT JUST HAPPENED LAST WEEK? MAYBE YOU SHOULD DO IT IN A COUPLE WEEKS OR IN A COUPLE MONTHS.
UM, IS THIS LOCATION BEST SUITED? DOES DIVINE LAKE PARK MAKE SENSE TO BRING 3000 PEOPLE OUT TO, UH, MAYBE NOT, CUZ THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PARKING THERE, YOU KNOW, THOSE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE DEAL WITH ON A DAILY BASIS THAT WE CAN USE AND HELP EDUCATE THE PEOPLE, UM, RESTROOMS, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT EVERY EVENT NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE PLENTY OF, UM, BUT IT JUST GIVES THEM THE REGULATIONS OF YOU CAN DROP 'EM OFF 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE, BUT YOU BETTER ALSO PICK 'EM UP BUT 24 HOURS.
UM, AND THEN REALLY GIVES A NUMBER ON THAT TO WHERE IF YOU'RE EXPECTING 600 PEOPLE, YOU NEED TO HAVE X AMOUNT OF BATHROOMS PER THOSE PEOPLE.
SO TO GIVE YOU PROPER RATIOS, UM, AND THEN ADDING AN EVENT TO THE PARKS ROSTER.
SO THIS QUESTION HAS COME UP INCREASINGLY AGAIN WITHIN THE LAST THREE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, UM, AS WE GROW
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AND GROW AND WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE SOMETHING LINED OUT THAT PROVIDES INFORMATION TO ENTITIES THAT ARE INTERESTING IN US ADOPTING THEIR EVENTS AND MAKING THEM A PART OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION ROSTER.UM, SO ALL IN ALL WE'VE FOUND THAT PEOPLE REALLY JUST WANT INFORMATION UP FRONT AND THEY'RE TRYING, OR WHENEVER THEY'RE TRYING TO BOOK A SPECIAL EVENT, HAVING ALL OF THIS IN ONE DOCUMENT WILL ALLOW THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO WORK BETTER WITH THE PUBLIC, BY SHARING OUR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE AS WELL AS LAYING OUT, UM, LAYING EVERYTHING OUT IN THE OPEN FOR EVERYONE.
UH, SO THEY DON'T HAVE ANY SURPRISES ALONG THE WAY AND THAT THE PATH TO A SPECIAL EVENT IS AS SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE.
SO, UM, NOW KELSEY IS GONNA, WHOOPS, BLESS YOU.
SO I'M GONNA LET KELSEY HAVE THE FLOOR.
UM, SO ALONG WITH THOSE CHANGES AND POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT LEAH JUST PRESENTED TO YOU ALL, UM, WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE EXISTING SPECIAL EVENT ORDINANCE, UM, WHEN REVIEWING THE ORDINANCE, WE DIDN'T NEED TO MODIFY MANY PROVISIONS, BUT, UM, WE WILL PRESENT YOU WITH A RED LINE OF THE ORDINANCE AND YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF RED LINE BECAUSE WE DID HAVE TO DO A LOT OF CLEANUP.
UM, WE REORGANIZED TO IMPROVE THE READABILITY AND THE FLOW OF THE EXISTING ORDINANCE.
AND THEN DUE TO THE REORGANIZATION, THE ORDINANCE NUMBERS WERE CHANGED A LITTLE AND WE ALSO UPDATED THE VERBIAGE TO REFLECT CONSISTENCY THROUGHOUT THE POLICY AND PROCEDURES DOCUMENTS.
SO AGAIN, LIKE LEAH SAID, CONSISTENCY THROUGHOUT, UM, THE, AT THE CITY COUNCIL RETREAT THIS SUMMER, WE DID RECEIVE DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL TO RESEARCH A POLICY, UH, REGARDING POLITICAL ENTITIES AND AFFILIATION WITH THE, WITH THE CITY HOSTED SPECIAL EVENTS.
UH, WE DID PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSED LANGUAGE FOR WHAT THIS POLICY MIGHT LOOK LIKE BASED ON THE DIRECTION THAT WE RECEIVED AT THE RETREAT.
UM, WE ALSO HAD CONCERNS AT THE RETREAT IN REGARDS TO LIMITING PARTICIPATION FROM THOSE ENTITIES POLITICAL ENTITIES.
AND THIS MORNING WE DID RECEIVE DIRECTION FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEYS.
AND I DO WANNA ASK PAIGE IF SHE'LL SPEAK IN REGARD TO, UM, DIRECTION AND WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT LIMIT AT OUR SPECIAL EVENTS.
UH, SO WITH RESPECT TO REGULATING POLITICAL PARTICIPATION P POLITICAL SPEECH.
SO THOSE ARE THE ISSUES THAT ARE INVOLVED WHEN YOU REGULATE, UM, PEOPLE WHO MAY WANNA RENT A, SO THERE'S KIND OF TWO, TWO STRUCTURES THAT YOU COULD LOOK AT.
ONE IS, UM, AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WANTS TO RENT HAVE AN EVENT AT THE PARK THAT IS, UM, OF A, A POLITICAL NATURE.
UM, AND SO SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO RENT THE PARK FOR AN EVENT, THAT'S ONE, UH, ONE SCENARIO.
THE OTHER IS IF AN INDIVIDUAL WANTS TO APPLY FOR A BOOTH AT A CITY SPONSORED EVENT AND CAN THE CITY, HOW DOES THE CITY KIND OF MANAGE ANY POLITICAL, UH, ENGAGEMENT IN THOSE SITUATIONS WITH RESPECT TO, UM, ANYTIME YOU REGULATE SPEECH, THERE NEEDS TO BE, THE REGULATIONS NEED TO BE CONTENT NEUTRAL.
SO WHEN WE GET INTO SPECIFICALLY, UM, STATING FOR EXAMPLE, FOR JUST RENTING THE PARK OR REQUESTING A BOOTH, IF WE SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDE, START TO EXCLUDE PARTIES BASED ON POLITICAL SPEECH, THAT GETS, THAT GETS INTO A SLIPPERY SLOPE OF WHETHER WE ARE, UM, GETTING INTO AN AREA FREE SPEECH THAT YOU CANNOT LAWFULLY REGULATE.
AND SO, UM, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT REGULATING SIGNS THAT MAY BE POSTED IN THE PARK RELATED TO, TO VARIOUS EVENTS, YOU CANNOT, UM, LOOK AT THE CONTENT OF A SIGN AND THEN REGULATE IT BASED ON THE CONTENT OF A SIGN.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOMEONE WERE WANTING TO POST SIGNS AS A SPONSOR, UM, HAVING SOME KIND OF REVIEW OF THE, THE CONTENT OF THE, THE SIGNAGE, UH, BEFORE IT IS POSTED THAT THAT HITS TOO HARD, RUNS, RUNS TOO HARD INTO FREE SPEECH LIMITATIONS.
YOU THAT'S A PRIOR RESTRAINTS.
YOU CANNOT, YOU CANNOT DO THAT.
WE SURVEYED OTHER CITIES KIND OF IN THE AREA, UH, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, SOME CITIES AS YOU'RE AWARE, MORE, UM, LIBERAL IN THEIR, UH, APPLICATION OF THE LAWS AND OTHERS ARE MORE CONSERVATIVE, EVEN THE MORE LIBERAL LIBERAL KIND OF STAY AWAY FROM TRYING TO REGULATE, UH, POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN EVENTS.
UM, I BELIEVE, AND WE, UH, REACHED OUT TO, AND IF, TO A FEW RESOURCES AND IT'S REALLY BASED ON THE
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RISK ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.IT'S JUST HARD TO REGULATE THAT IN A WAY THAT GETS YOU'RE YOU'RE COMPLETELY, UM, AVOID ANY KIND OF CONTROVERSY OR LITIGATION, SO THAT THAT'S, IT'S KIND OF A HIGH DANGER AREA.
SO WITH RESPECT TO THE SIGNAGE, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, WITH RESPECT TO THE, UH, RENTING A, A BOOTH, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN HAVE REGULATIONS THAT ARE CONTENT NEUTRAL.
SO YOU, YOU CAN HAVE, THERE'S A LIMITED NUMBER OF BOOTHS.
HERE'S THE, HERE'S THE, UM, APPLICATION PROCESS.
IF YOU DON'T MEET THOSE DEADLINES, THEN YOU DON'T GET A BOOTH.
YOU DON'T GET TO COME AT THE LAST MINUTE AND, UM, HAVE A HAVE YOUR APPLICATION GRANTED WHEN YOU HAVE NOT MET THOSE DEADLINES, AS, AS AN EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF SPACES, THEN THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, WHAT'S GONNA CONTROL, UM, YOU HANDING OUT PERMITS.
IF SOMEONE WANTS TO COME INTO THE PARK, WHILE SOMEBODY, WHILE THE CITY IS, HAS AN OFFICIAL CITY EVENT AND WANTS TO JUST PUT UP THEIR OWN BOOTH WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS, THEN YOU CAN PROHIBIT THAT AS WELL.
UH, IF PEOPLE WANT TO WALK THROUGH THE, UH, EVENT WITH T-SHIRTS, UM, YOU KNOW, BUTTONS, LITERATURE TO HAND OUT, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO, TO PROHIBIT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN PROHIBIT LITTERING.
PEOPLE CAN SAY, NO, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT THAT INFORMATION.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'LL BE THE, THE LIMITATION THERE.
UM, IF YOU HAVE SPONSORS THAT ARE PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR, UH, WANT TO POST A SIGN RELATED TO THEIR SPONSORSHIP WILL, WILL BE LIMITED ON REGULATING THE SPEECH RELATED TO THAT.
SO, UH, THOSE ARE KIND OF THE, SOME OF THE RED FLAGS.
IF THERE ARE ANY PARTICULAR CONCERNS OF COUNCIL RELATED TO, TO SOME OF THIS, UH, YOU WOULD LIKE SOME MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION.
WE CAN GO BACK AND DO A LITTLE BIT OF WORK TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY TO, UM, ADDRESS THE SPECIFIC CONCERN WITHOUT RUNNING INTO TOO MANY LEGAL ISSUES TO MAKE SURE I'M ON CUZ I'M NOT SURE I'M ON THE RIGHT PAGE.
SO I GUESS THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POLITICAL AFFILIATION IN MY HEAD IS LIKE IF SOMEBODY, A SOMEBODY RUNNING FOR OFFICE WANTS TO RENT THE PART TO HAVE A FUNDRAISING EVENT, FINE, NOT A PROBLEM.
WE HAVE THE LIBERTY FEST AND A POLITICAL PARTY WANTS TO BUY A SPONSORSHIP FOR THAT EVENT FOR THAT'S ONE CATEGORY FOR ME.
AND THEN A POLITICAL GROUP WANTS TO BE A VENDOR RENT A BOOTH.
TO ME, THAT'S A DIFFERENT THING.
AND WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT WE SHOULDN'T, WE JUST LET IT HAPPEN, CUZ IN MY MIND, IF I COULD LIMIT IT SOME WAY, I'D SAY RENT THE PARK ALL DAY LONG AND YOU CAN BUY A VENDOR BOOTH.
ANYBODY CAN DO THAT, BUT WE DON'T WANT POLITICAL PARTY CANDIDATES OR UM, REGIONAL AREA POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS TO BE ABLE TO SPONSOR A CITY EVENT.
THAT'S WHERE I KIND OF GET ICKY ABOUT IT.
SO I GUESS, SO CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT DIRECTLY? SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE UH, YOUR CONCERN WOULD BE SPONSORING AND THEN HAVING SOME ADVERTISEMENT RELATED TO THAT.
WELL, BECAUSE IF YOU SPONSOR IT RIGHT, IF YOU'RE GENERALLY, IF YOU'RE A SPONSOR, THEN YOUR NAME GETS, OR YOUR ORGANIZATION GETS PUT ON WHETHER IT'S THE WEBSITE OR THE T-SHIRT OR THE FLYER OR, OR WHATEVER.
AND THAT'S WHERE I, I DON'T WANT THIS, THE BECAUSE AND IF ONE ORGANIZATION DOES IT AND ANOTHER ORGANIZATION DOES IT BECAUSE OF THE CHOICES THEY'VE MADE, DOES IT LOOK TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING ONE POLITICAL PARTY OVER ANOTHER AND I, AND IF IT DOESN'T BREAK THE RULES, MY PERSONAL OPINION WOULD BE TO, FOR THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO SAY, WE DO NOT ALLOW POLITICAL AFFILIATION CANDIDATES OR POLITICAL PARTIES TO SPONSOR CITY EVENTS DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T RUN A BOOTH AND HAND OUT YOUR FLYERS AND WEIRD T-SHIRTS IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T HAVE A FUNDRAISER AT THE PARK.
IT JUST MEANS THAT ANYTHING THAT THE CITY IS PUTTING ON, YOU CAN'T BUY A SPONSORSHIP.
WE FOCUS PRIMARILY ON THE, UM, THE WRENCHING, THE BOOTH AND THE, SOME OF THE SIGNAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS TAKE, TAKE THAT AWAY AND SEE THE CONCERN WOULD BE THAT THAT WOULD, THERE WOULD STILL BE SOME CHALLENGE THERE, BUT I'D LIKE TO DO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE, A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO THAT TO SEE IF THERE'S, AGAIN, THE FOCUS WAS MORE ON THE, THE BOOTH AND THE RENTING OF THE PARK.
SO I'D LIKE TO GET A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO THAT, TO SEE IF WE CAN, MAYBE
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I WAS GONNA SAY AT THE RETREAT, I WAS THE ONE THAT MADE THIS COMMENT ABOUT THE SPECIAL EVENTS AND WHAT IS REQUIRED AND WHAT IS NOT REQUIRED.AND MY MAIN CONCERN WAS ABOUT CONSISTENCY.
WHETHER WE DO IT OR NOT, IT'S NEITHER HERE OR THERE FOR ME.
IS IT CONSISTENT? WE'RE NOT TELLING ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE, THEY CAN DO SOMETHING AND THEN ALLOWING ANOTHER GROUP OF PEOPLE TO DO WHAT WE JUST TOLD ANOTHER GROUP THAT THEY COULDN'T DO.
AND THAT WAS MY CONCERN WAS SOME OF THE INCONSISTENCY AND WITH IT BEING IN WRITING AND BEING CLEAR, I THINK THAT ALLEVIATES THAT ISSUE.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT'S, IT'S STILL NOT FULLY CLEAR.
SO I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA TAKE IT BACK AND YES, WORK ON IT AND MAKE SURE WE FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO OR WHAT WE EXPECT SPONSORS TO, TO DO AND WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT, WHETHER THEY CAN RENT A BOOTH.
I THINK, I MEAN, I DON'T REMEMBER ANY OF US HAVING AN ISSUE.
LIKE IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO RENT THE PARK FOR THE DAY, THAT'S THEIR PRIVATE EVENT, THEY'RE RENTING THE PARK.
I THINK IT WAS REALLY RELATED TO CITY EVENTS WHERE WE ARE SPONSORING THAT EVENT.
AND ARE WE GONNA ALLOW POLITICAL CANDIDATES AND POLITICAL GROUPS, WHETHER IT'S A PACK OR A PARTY OR WHATEVER, SET UP SHOP AND HABITAT, OR BE A VENDOR OR WHATEVER THE CASE IS.
I JUST WOULD LIKE, UM, THE INFORMATION ABOUT IT TO BE CONSISTENTLY APPLIED TO ALL THE GROUPS THAT COME AND REQUEST TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY KIND OF CITY EVENT.
SO THAT'S MORE WHERE I WAS COMING FROM WHEN I REQUESTED THAT AT RETREAT.
BECAUSE WASN'T, I APPRECIATE THAT CLEAR.
AND I THINK WHAT WAS TOLD TO US WAS THAT THE PREVIOUS WAY WAS CANDIDATES WERE NOT ALLOWED, BUT, UM, BUT LIKE PACKS AND PARTIES WERE, WHICH IS, SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD BE INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT YOU'VE TOLD US HERE.
LIKE WE NEED TO OPEN IT TO ALL.
IT SHOULD BE AGAIN, YOUR SAFE SPACE IN REGULATING ANY TYPE OF, OF THIS IS IT'S CONTENT NEUTRAL AND IT'S APPLIED CONSISTENTLY.
IT'S APPLIED THE SAME TO EVERYBODY.
THAT'S A SAFE SPACE TO BE WHEN IT COMES TO THE LAW.
UM, AND SO WE CAN GET CLARITY ON THAT POINT AND ON THE POINT OF THE SPONSORSHIP AS WELL.
AND THEN I HAD ONE QUESTION, YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN WEAR A T-SHIRT OR WHATEVER.
UM, I HAD BROUGHT UP A RETREAT, SOMEBODY WEARING A POLITICAL T-SHIRT IN A VIP CITY AREA THAT WASN'T PUBLIC ACCESS IS WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PEOPLE WEARING A CAMPAIGN T-SHIRT IS THAT IN THE GENERAL ADMISSION AREA OR IS THAT IN THESE MORE RESTRICTED AREAS? BECAUSE GOING TO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER ROSS SAID, IT CAN LOOK LIKE AN ENDORSEMENT.
IS THIS, ARE YOU SPEAKING OF, UM, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WEARING THEM? OR I WOULD BE OPPOSED HONESTLY TO EITHER, BECAUSE I THINK IT LOOKS LIKE A, A, AN ENDORSEMENT EITHER WAY.
IF THE GENERAL PUBLIC CAN'T GET INTO THIS AREA, IT'S LIKE, IF WE WERE ON STAGE, RIGHT, IF NOT EVERYBODY CAN BE UP THERE, WHY WOULD ONE OF US BE IN A CAMPAIGN CHURCH? AND THE RESTRICTED AREA WOULD BE, UH, AN EXAMPLE, WHAT WOULD AN EXAMPLE OF THAT BE? SO THE EXAMPLE THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT WAS AT LIBERTY FEST, WE HAD A SORT OF VIP AREA FOR COUNCIL AND STAFF.
AND TOWARDS THE END OF THE NIGHT, THERE WAS SOMEBODY IN A CAMPAIGN SHIRT IN THERE.
AND I'M SURE IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE JUST HANGING OUT WITH FRIENDS AND PROBABLY NOT EVEN THINKING ABOUT IT, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME, I FEEL LIKE AN OUTSIDER LOOKING AT THAT THINKS LIKE, OH, THIS IS THE ENDORSEMENT.
THIS IS WHAT THE CITY SUPPORTS THE SAME WAY.
IF A PARTY WERE TO, UH, SPONSOR AN EVENT WOULD LOOK, I UNDERSTAND, UM, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IT'LL BE DIFFICULT TO IT.
THE BETTER RULE IS THIS, THIS AREA IS DESIGNATED FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE THERE.
SO THAT'S A, IF YOU START EXCLUDING SOMEBODY BASED ON WHAT THEY'RE WEARING, WHAT IT SAYS THAT'S GONNA BE, THAT WILL BE DIFFICULT.
UM, THERE'S SOME LIMITED ABILITY TO REGULATE, UM, POLITICAL SPEECH OF EMPLOYEES, BUT THAT'S VERY LIMITED AND IT'S COVERED BY THE PERSONNEL POLICY.
ALREADY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THAT WOULD BE KIND OF A GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT AMONGST EVERYBODY.
SO TO BE FAIR, IF THE SHIRT WAS CONTROVERSIAL, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WITH VULGARITY OR ANYTHING, I'D FEEL THE SAME WAY.
LIKE WHY IS THIS IN THE BI HERE? YEAH.
SO IT'S JUST A PERCEPTION ISSUE.
SO CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT ITEMS C POLITICAL, THE WAY IT'S PHRASED? IS THAT JUST THE LEGAL JARGON, CUZ IT MAKES IT SOUND LIKE THERE'S SOME OTHER CONDITION IN WHICH THE RESTRICTION DOESN'T APPLY THE WAY IT READS TO ME OR IS THAT JUST THE WAY IT HAS TO READ FOR LEGAL? AND THIS IS RIGHT HERE WHEN IT SAYS AT ALL SPECIAL EVENTS WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY.
SO THERE'S A WAY FOR IT TO APPLY OUTSIDE OF
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THAT.I GUESS THAT'S WHY I WAS TRYING TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD.
I THINK THAT THAT'S INTENDED TO SAY, AND, AND AGAIN, SO WE WE'VE HAD A DRAFT KIND OF GOING BACK AND FORTH.
WE'VE BEEN REVIEWING HOW FAR WE CAN KIND OF GO WITH SOME OF THESE THINGS.
SO WE WE'LL HAVE SOME EDITS TO THESE.
UM, BUT THIS, AS I UNDERSTAND THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD THIS WAS THAT THIS MEANT CITY EVENTS, SPECIAL EVENTS SPONSORED BY THE CITY.
IF I'M UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS COUNCIL? NO, THAT'S OKAY.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH PAIGE AND HER TEAM AND TAKE ALL OF THE FEEDBACK.
UM, AND LIKE MARK SAID, IT'S A DIALOGUE.
SO WE'RE REALLY CONTINUING TO WORK ON THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING IT RIGHT AND CONSISTENT MOVING FORWARD.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT LEAH MENTIONED WAS THAT WE DEVELOPED A PROCESS TO DEFINE PREREQ, PREREQUISITES, CONSIDERATIONS, AND TIMING FOR AN OUTSIDE GROUP, INTERESTED IN THE CITY, ADOPTING THEIR SPECIAL EVENT.
WE CAME UP WITH THREE, UM, DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT PREREQUISITES CONSIDERATIONS AND THEN TIMING.
UH, TWO OF THOSE ARE, UM, ADOPTED EVENTS WILL BE SOLELY ORGANIZED AND PLANNED BY THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND GROUPS LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF LEANDER MUST BE A CHARTERED TAXABLE ENTITY OR A 5 0 1 C THREE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION.
PREREQUISITES THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT.
UM, THE EVENT MUST HAVE BEEN OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC FOR TWO PREVIOUS YEARS.
SO SHOWING DEMAND, SHOWING THE COMMUNITY INTEREST IN THAT EVENT, SPECIAL EVENT, ORGANIZERS PROVIDE DETAILED WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION OF EVENT, BUDGET STAFF AND VOLUNTEER NEEDS AS WELL AS PLANNING PROCESSES AND SPONSORSHIPS.
THERE ALSO, UH, WOULD BE A PRESENTATION OF THE EVENT TO THE LAND OR PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR AND ADVISORY BOARD CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT WOULD BE, WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS OF THE EVENT? WHAT ARE THE POSITIVE IMPACTS? WHAT ARE THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS? WHAT ARE THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS OF THE EVENT? WHAT ARE THE STAFFING REQUIREMENTS? DOES THE EVENT FIT INTO THE DEPARTMENT'S MISSION AND VISION STATEMENT AND WHAT IPL IMPLICATIONS WILL THIS EVENT HAVE ON CURRENT SPECIAL MOMENTUM PROGRAMS? WE'D ALSO LOOK AT TIMING.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE JUST ARE ABOUT TO FINISH THE BUDGET PREPARATIONS FOR THIS NEXT BUDGET YEAR.
SO WE DO WORK OFF OF THAT BUDGET.
UM, SO IT'LL BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO US THAT NEWLY ADOPTED SPECIAL EVENTS WILL NOT BE ADDED DURING A CURRENT BUDGET YEAR.
UM, BUT IF ADOPTED THE NEW, THE NEW EVENT WOULD START THAT FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR.
AND AS MARK MENTIONED, THIS IS A DIALOGUE.
SO WE'D LIKE TO, UM, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE OR HAVE, UM, DIALOGUE BACK AND FORTH.
IF YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
UM, ON THE, THE CITY PART EVENT ADOPTION, IT SAYS ACCEPTED EVENTS WILL BE SOLELY ORGANIZED AND PLANNED BY THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT.
WE RECENTLY APPROVED, UM, TAKING ON AN EVENT THAT'S BEEN DONE FOR YEARS BY A LOCAL BOY SCOUT TROOP.
DOES THIS IMPACT THEM? CUZ AT THE TIME WE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'LL WORK WITH YOU, BUT NOT TAKE IT OVER.
UH, I WOULD NOT THINK THAT IT WOULD IMPACT THAT EVENT.
DID WE PREVIOUSLY HAVE, UM, AN EVENT ADOPTION POLICY? WE DID NOT.
AND THEN TO CREATE THIS POLICY, WHAT WAS THE PROCESS? DID WE LOOK AT WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING? WE DID.
MA'AM UM, WE LOOKED ACROSS THE NATION AS WELL AS REGIONALLY HERE IN TEXAS.
UM, AND WHAT WE FOUND A LOT OF IS A LOT OF OTHER CITIES HAD PRACTICES, BUT NOTHING WRITTEN.
SO, UM, THAT, THAT WAS QUITE CHALLENGING, BUT WE LIKE TO BE LEADERS AND WE'RE GONNA BE ONE OF THE FIRST, UM, TO ACTUALLY PUT IT IN WRITING.
BUT WE HAVE BEEN APPROACHED BY A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UM, NOT NECESSARILY ORGANIZATIONS, BUT INDIVIDUALS WHO MIGHT HAVE A GOOD IDEA.
THAT'S NOT GONNA BE IMPACTED BY THIS.
AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE, UM, AT OUR LAST YEAR'S FAMILY CAMP OUT, WE DID A STAR GAZING PARTY AS A PART OF THE CAMP OUT ANYWHERE WE CAN ADOPT IDEAS.
I GET ASKED ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW, CAN WE DO THIS EVENT? CAN WE DO THAT EVENT? I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MANY REQUESTS Y'ALL GET.
I THINK HAVING SOMETHING TO POINT PEOPLE TO IS BRILLIANT.
WELL, AND I, I COMPLETELY AGREE.
I THINK THE MISSION AND VISION SHOULD BE THAT THE FIRST QUESTION THAT'S ASKED, I MEAN, NOT THAT THESE ARE IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER MM-HMM
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EVALUATED AND REVAMPED? ABSOLUTELY.AND I'M SURE LEAH'S BEAMING BEHIND ME BECAUSE WE HAVE, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A COST ANALYSIS WORKSHEET FOR ALL OF OUR EVENTS.
UM, BUT ALL THOSE COST ANALYSIS WORKSHEETS HAVE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ON THEM.
CAUSE THE GOAL IS NOT ALWAYS TO MAKE MONEY, BUT WE DO WANNA BREAK EVEN OR, UM, MAKING SURE THAT EACH EVENT HAS ITS OWN IDENTITY.
AND SO WE ARE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS EVENT BY EVENT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT STILL FITS THE NEEDS OF LEANDER.
AND THEN IF IT DOESN'T, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE OR DOES IT DISSOLVE? NO, I THINK THAT'S PERFECT.
YES MA'AM ARE YOU ABLE TO SPEAK QUICKLY ON HOW MANY EVENTS, PARKS AND REC HAS EACH YEAR? YES.
UM, I THINK THE LAST COUNT I HAD WAS 24, 26, 26 EVENTS.
AND THAT'S JUST EVENTS CUZ WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF PROGRAMMING AS WELL.
AND SOME OF THOSE EVENTS ARE VERY BIG, LIKE LIBERTY FEST AND SOME ARE SMALLER.
HEY, DO YOU HAVE ANY EVENTS COMING UP THIS MONTH? WE HAVE A LOT OF EVENTS COMING UP.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE ONE NEXT WEEKEND.
WELL SATURDAY WE HAVE ARTS FEST.
UM, WITH THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION, IT'S GONNA BE GREAT.
WE HAVE A FAMILY CAMP OUT AT DIVINE LAKE.
I THINK WE HAVE 48 FAMILIES SIGNED UP FOR THAT.
UM, AND THEN AFTER THAT WE'LL HAVE THE HAUNTED TRAIL AT DIVINE LAKE FOR HALLOWEEN.
WELL THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW HARD AND YOU'VE WORKED AND HOW MUCH TIME YOU PUT INTO MAKING A POLICY THAT ONE WORKS FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT THAT IS CONSISTENT.
SO EVERYBODY, LIKE YOU SAID, LEAH, EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THE RULES ARE FRONT SO THEY CAN ABIDE BY THEM.
I KNOW WE THROW A LOT AT Y'ALL, BUT WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND UH, I HEAR FROM MY FRIENDS IN CEDAR PARK ALL THE TIME THAT LEANDER HAS IT GOING ON WITH EVENTS IN OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT.
THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH WITH THAT.
WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP AT 6:32 PM.
PLEASE BE BACK AT OH, OH SORRY.
DID YOU HAVE ANY CLOSING COMMENTS? MR TELLS, OH, THEY'RE HARD TO FOLLOW.
NO, I WAS GONNA SAY SOME OF THE EVENTS, BUT SHE DID REALLY WELL.
SO AS ALWAYS SO NO THANK YOU TO THEM AND, AND PAIGE AND Y'ALL TOO.
WE'RE GONNA ADJOURN THE BRIEF, UH, ADJOURN, THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP AT 6:33 PM.
PLEASE BE BACK IN YOUR SEATS AT SEVEN O'CLOCK FOR OUR MEETING, TIME IS 7:02 PM.
[4. Open Meeting, Invocation and Pledges of Allegiance.]
THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL.IN HONOR OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, JIMMY SANCHEZ WILL BE PROVIDING OUR INVOCATION IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE.
COME ON UP, JIMMY, GET RIGHT HERE.
MADAM MAYOR, CITY, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ALL OF YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO KICK OFF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.
I LIVE IN LEANDER AND I'M MONITOR TO OFFER TONIGHT'S IN VACATION.
WE COME TO YOU TONIGHT ASKING FOR GUIDANCE, WISDOM SUPPORT.
AS WE MEET IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR COMMUNITY, HELP US ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL DISCUSSIONS THAT HELP PULL US TOGETHER TODAY, TOMORROW.
AND IN THE FUTURE, WE PRAY THAT ALL VOICES ARE HEARD AND THAT WE REMAIN DEDICATED TO INCLUSIVITY EQUALITY FOR ALL CITIZENS.
MAY THIS CONTINUE TO BE A SAFE PLACE IN A PLACE WHERE ALL ETHNICITIES CAN EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS, OPINIONS, AND THEIR CELEBRATIONS TOO.
DO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INVISIBLE LIBERTY JUSTICE HONOR THE FLAG BY PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO ONE STATE ONE AND INVISIBLE.
[5. Roll Call.]
SECRETARY CRABTREE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER CATHERINE BATTALION PARKER HERE.COUNCIL MEMBER SME, MACKEY LONGORIA HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONALD HERE.
MAYOR PROAM NICOLE THOMPSON PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER, CHRIS ICK HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER, BECKY ROSS HERE, MAYOR CHRISTINE DELK HERE.
QUORUM IS PRESENT IN THE CITY.
COUNCIL'S ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS ITEM
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NUMBER SIX, NON[6. Public comments on items not listed in the agenda. Public comments on items listed in the agenda will be heard at the time each item is discussed by Council. [All comments are limited to no more than 3 minutes (6 minutes if translation is needed) per individual.]]
AGENDA ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.I WILL CALL ON SPEAKERS PRIOR TO THE DISCUSSION OF THE AGENDA ITEM.
AND DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING INDIVIDUALS THAT SUBMITTED COMMENTS VIA THE WEBSITE WILL ONLY HAVE POSITIONS READ INTO THE RECORD.
ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL AND WILL BE MADE A PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS IS NOT A TIME FOR BACK AND FORTH DIALOGUE.
ONLY A TIME FOR YOU TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL.
I HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
GOOD EVENING, MS. MOORE, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
HI, MY NAME IS ELIZABETH MOORE AND MY ADDRESS IS 1 37 WEST WIND DAMIR LEANDER, TEXAS.
I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO HOLD THE CITY WORKERS AND THEMSELVES ACCOUNTABLE FOR BETTER PROTECTING BRUSHY CREEK AT MINIMUM, THE PROCEDURES OF THE WASTEWATER PLANT AND THOSE RELATED TO PUBLIC NOTIFICATION NEED TO BE CHANGED.
MY SENSE FROM WATCHING THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING IS THAT COUNCIL AND CITY STAFFER TEND TO MERELY FOLLOW EXISTING PROCEDURES IN REACTION TO THE AFFLUENT EVENT LAST MONTH, AND TO MEET OR SOMEWHAT EXCEED TCE, EQS, PATHETICALLY, MINIMAL REQUIREMENTS, US NEWS AND WORLD REPORTS RANKS TEXAS.
NUMBER 40 IN THE NATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS FOR A REASON.
INSTEAD LET'S ALL BE GALVANIZED TO DO EVERYTHING NECESSARY, TO ENSURE SAFETY AND HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT.
I LIVE ON BRUSHY CREEK AND SPEND TIME THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY, BUT IT HAS CHANGED BECAUSE OF THE TREATMENT PLANT AND THE UNCHECKED DEVELOPMENT ALONG ITS LENGTH.
THE MASSIVE FISH KILL LAST MONTH WAS A WAKE UP CALL THAT I HOPE YOU'LL HEAR, BUT PROBABLY NOT BECAUSE THE TOPIC'S NOT EVEN ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
UM, UM, NEW AND PUBLIC WORKS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR CROWDER HAVE BEEN RESPONSIVE AND RESPECTFUL WITH ME AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT THE ROAD TO ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER IS PAID WITH GOOD INTENTIONS AND NICE PEOPLE.
IF THE BEST SYSTEMS AREN'T IN PLACE AND OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, AREN'T STRINGENT AND CONTINUAL, ACCORDING TO MR CROWDER, THERE'S NO WAY THEY COULD TELL ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE AFFLUENT UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE.
HE SAID, HE'S DOING MORE TESTING NOW AND WILL BE MORE PROACTIVE AND LESS REACTIVE.
WHY WEREN'T THEY MORE PROACTIVE BEFORE? WHAT ELSE COULD THEY BE DO DOING NOW TO PREVENT FUTURE PROBLEMS? AND ARE THERE REALLY ONLY A COUPLE TESTS THEY CAN DO TO DETERMINE WATER QUALITY? AS HE SAYS, SEEMS UNLIKELY.
MAYBE POLITICAL WILL AND FUNDING COULD CHANGE THAT.
THEN THERE'S A NOTIFICATION PROCESS, WHICH MR. NEW AGREE, AGREES NEEDS TO CHANGE ONLY LEANER CITIZENS WHOSE WELL WATER WAS HALF A MILE DOWNSTREAM WERE DIRECTLY NOTIFIED.
THE CITY ALSO NEEDS TO PROACTIVELY REASSURE ITS CITIZENS.
ITS JOB IS TO ENSURE SAFETY AND TO BE SEEN DOING THAT.
THE FEW DRY UPDATES ON THE WEBSITE SAY NOTHING ABOUT CHANGE IS TO PROTECT THE CREEK THOUGH.
SUPPOSEDLY THERE ARE SOME PI CAN DO BETTER.
MY LIFE IS BUSY LIKE YOURS AND POTENTIAL CONFLICT MAKES MY STOMACH HURT.
I DON'T WANNA BE HERE TONIGHT.
I DON'T WANNA LEARN ABOUT TSS AND HOW WATER FOAM CAN BE NATURAL OR A SIGN OF POLLUTION, BUT I WANT TO PROTECT THE CREEK.
I LOVE AND I DON'T WANNA EVER AGAIN, SPEND AN HOUR PICKING UP HUNDREDS OF DEAD FISH TO MINIMIZE THEIR STINK.
AS I DID ON AUGUST 13TH, THERE WERE PLENTY MORE LEFT, BUT I WAS TOO HEARTSICK TO CONTINUE.
PLEASE RAISE STANDARDS, CONTINUE TO FOLLOW UP AND IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS WITH TAXPAYERS AND LOOK AT THE PHOTOS.
YOU ALL HAVE TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING TO BEAUTIFUL BRUSHY CREEK.
I LEARNED TONIGHT THAT YOU ARE UNPAID VOLUNTEERS AND I HOPE THAT CHANGES SO THAT YOU CAN DEVOTE MORE TIME TO OVERSIGHT.
I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ANYTHING.
WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHED TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT.
[7. Leander History]
SEVEN, LEANDER HISTORY WITH HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE, VICE CHAIR, HOWELL.UM, TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO GO AND DO A TIMELINE OF LEANDER.
UM, I'VE ACTUALLY HAD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT GROUPS ASK ME TO DO THIS AGAIN.
IT'S BEEN THREE YEARS SINCE I'VE DONE A GENERAL TIMELINE AND IT'S BEEN POINTED OUT TO ME.
WE'VE HAD 20 TO 30,000 PEOPLE MOVE HERE IN THAT TIME.
SO YEAH, IT'S TIME TO DO IT AGAIN.
THIS IS TOMLINSON FORT DECEMBER OF 1835, BUT PRIOR TO DECEMBER OF 1835, UM, THE LEANDER AREA, THERE WAS NO DEVELOPMENT PASSED.
BASS DROP, NOTHING PA FURTHER WEST OR NORTH OF BASS DROP.
UM, AND THE TOMLINSON GROUP OF THE CAPTAIN TOMLINSON'S GROUP OF THE TEXAS RANGERS WERE, THEY WERE CHARGED WITH STARTING A FORT.
THEY BUILT THE FORT RIGHT DOWN HERE ON BLOCK HOUSE.
SO IT BECAME KNOWN AS BLOCK HOUSE.
AND THAT WAS THE FIRST DEVELOPMENT.
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WAY, STARTING DECEMBER OF 1835 WAS ALSO THE TEXAS REVOLUTION.SO THEY LEFT AND AFTER THEY LEFT, THE COMANCHE CAME IN AND BURNED IT DOWN.
THE BLOCKS WERE ACTUALLY WOOD BLOCKS, NOT, NOT, UM, STONED AS WE THINK OF IT TODAY.
UH, THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT THING THAT HAPPENED IN OUR AREA WAS THE BATTLE OF ST GABRIEL'S MAY OF 1839.
THE MARKER FOR THIS HAS BEEN MOVED SEVERAL TIMES.
THIS IS A CENTENNIAL MARKER, WHICH WAS PUT UP IN A, IN 1936 DURING TEXAS'S CENTENNIAL YEAR.
AND THIS WAS WHEN MANUEL FLORES CAME UP FROM MEXICO AND HE WAS HEADED TO MEET WITH THE CHEROKEE IN LAMB PAAS.
HE WAS GIVEN ORDERS, MONEY, UM, AMMUNITION, SUPPLIES, ALL OF THAT.
HE WAS GONNA SUPPLY THE COMANCHE TO ATTACK THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT AND JAMES O. RICE INTERCEPTED THEM.
THE REASON WHY JAMES O. RICE IS BECAUSE JAMES O. RICE HAD ALREADY BUILT HIS LOG CABIN IN WHAT IS NOW ON BAGHDAD ROAD, ABOUT WHERE THE LIBRARY IS.
THIS THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT EVENT HERE WAS THE WEBSTER MASSACRE IN JUNE OF 1839.
THAT WAS WHEN, UM, MR. WEBSTER DECIDED TO COME THROUGH THIS AREA HERE AND GO UP TO WHAT IS NOW, BURN IT TO LAY HIS, UH, STAKE HIS CLAIM AND GET HIS LAND GRANT.
THE COMANCHE DID NOT AGREE WITH THIS.
AND THEY INTERCEPTED HIM ABOUT THE NORTH SAN GABRIEL AND HE MADE IT ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE SOUTH SAN GABRIEL AND THEY CIRCLED THEIR WAGONS AND THEY, UH, THERE WAS A MASSACRE AND THE PEOPLE HERE, THE, THIS, THIS IS HOW SIGNIFICANT THE EVENT WAS.
THE ACTUAL MASSACRE WAS UP BY THE SOUTH SAN GABRIEL.
THE VICTIMS ARE BURIED AT DAVIS CEMETERY RIGHT OFF OF, UM, 2243, RIGHT BY THE BRUSHY CREEK.
THAT'S HOW FAR THEY WERE SCATTERED.
THI THIS MAP WAS FROM 1841 AND YOU CAN SEE IF I CAN DO THE ARROW.
THIS ROAD RIGHT HERE COMING OUTTA AUSTIN.
IT ACTUALLY EXTENDS DOWN AND IT GOES DOWN TO BASS DROP.
THIS IS WHAT WE KNOW AS BAGHDAD ROAD.
IT, IT WASN'T NAMED IN 1841, YET IT WASN'T NAMED UNTIL 1849 WHEN IT BECAME KNOWN AS MILITARY ROAD.
NOW THIS IS ONE OF THE OLDEST ROADS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND, UH, WE STILL USE IT ALL DAY EVERY DAY.
UM, THE ROUTE WAS TO GO FROM JAMES O RICE'S CABIN ON DOWN TO BASS DROP AND IT LATER EXTENDED UP TO BURN.
AND THAT WAS HOW THE MILITARY WENT TO FORT KROGAN IN BURN IT.
AND THAT'S HOW IT GOT ITS NAME THEN.
EARLY BAGHDAD PIONEERS, UH, BAGHDAD WAS FIRST SETTLED IN 1851 AND SEVERAL DIFFERENT GROUPS CAME HERE, CHARLES BABCOCK.
HE CAME FROM, UH, CHICAGO, THOMAS STON.
HE CAME FROM TENNESSEE AND THEN COLONEL CC MASON LED THE WAGON TRAIN FROM CHARLOTTE, THE CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA AREA, RIGHT THERE.
THEY ALL CAME AND SETTLED IN BA IN BAGHDAD IN 1851.
OUR COUNTY IS NAMED FOR ROBERT WILLIAMSON.
HE'S ALSO KNOWN AS THREE LEGGED, WILLIE AND I LIST SOME OF HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS THERE AND WHY HE WAS CHOSEN TO REPRESENT OUR COUNTY, THE TOWN OF BAGHDAD, CHARLES BABCOCK HAD IT SURVEYED IN 1854.
AND WHEN THOMAS HUDDLE HUDDLESTON BACK THEN TO BE ESTABLISHED A COMMUNITY, YOU ESTABLISHED A POST OFFICE AND YOU SENT OFF TO THE NATIONAL, UH, TO THE NATIONAL POST OFFICE IN WASHINGTON, DC.
AND YOU PICKED A NAME FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, THOMAS LESTON.
HE, UH, THEY TALKED ABOUT NAMING IT AFTER THE CITIZENS HERE, ONE OF THEM AND HE PUNTED, I THINK IT WAS A GOOD CALL IN, UH, AND HE NAMED IT AFTER BAGHDAD, THE TOWN THAT HE WAS BORN IN IN TENNESSEE, IF IRONICALLY THERE'S TWO BAGHDAD, TENNESSEE, WE DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE IT WAS AND THEY DON'T EXIST ANYMORE, BUT OUR BAGHDAD DOES.
UM, OH, AND THEN THE MASONIC LODGE IN SCHOOL WAS BUILT IN 1870, WHICH WAS THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT EVENT.
UH, THE PICTURE HERE IS THE HE'S HOUSE ON THE LEFT.
AND ON THE RIGHT WAS THE POST OFFICE IN HANT STORE.
AND WE STILL USE THAT BUILDING FOR OUR HEAD START PROGRAM TOWN OF LEANDER.
WE WERE STARTED JUNE 18TH, 1882, THE, UM, SALE OF OUR, OF THE LAND RIGHT HERE, WHERE WE ARE.
IT WENT ON SALE THAT DAY AND THEY STARTED OFF WITH A BIG BARBECUE.
AND EACH LOT WAS A HUNDRED DOLLARS CASH.
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EAT BITTY THE, NOT THE BLOCK, BUT EACH LITTLE THING THAT LOOKS ALMOST LIKE A DRIVEWAY.SO IN ORDER TO BUILD ANYTHING, YOU HAD TO BUY MULTIPLE LOTS.
THAT'S HOW YOU MAKE MORE MONEY.
OH, WELL THIS WAS, UH, THIS WAS MY FINAL SLIDE.
UH, THE FIRST LEANDER SCHOOL WAS BUILT IN 1870, OVER IN BAGHDAD, THEY MOVED IT.
THEY DIDN'T MOVE THE SCHOOL UNTIL 1893, EVEN THOUGH THE, EVEN THOUGH THE TOWN WAS BUILT IN 1882, IT TOOK THAT 11 YEARS TO BUILD UP ENOUGH PEOPLE HERE TO MOVE THE SCHOOL.
AND THE ORIGINAL SCHOOL WAS BUILT IN 1893 ON THE CORNER WHERE THE SCHOOL IS NOW, THE SCHOOL THAT WE HAVE NOW, WHICH IS THE ADMIN BUILDING ON THAT CORNER IN, UH, 1939.
IT BURNED DOWN FROM AN ELECTRICAL FIRE, WHICH IS VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE P C DID NOT COME HERE UNTIL EIGHT, UH, 1939.
SO WE HAD ELECTRICITY HERE AND I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE IT CAME FROM.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT WE, THE CITY OF LEANDER HAD ELECTRICITY BEFORE EVERYONE ELSE DID.
UM, THE NEW SCHOOL WAS COMPLETED IN TIME FOR GRADUATION MAY OF 1941.
AND I KNOW THAT BECAUSE MY GRANDMOTHER WAS THE VALEDICTORIAN AND SHE WAS SO PROUD TO GIVE HER SPEECH ON THE STAGE.
[8. Recognitions/Proclamations/Visitors. Hispanic Heritage Month Proclamation (September 15 - October 15) World Teacher's Day Proclamation (October 5) National Planning Month (October)]
PROCLAMATIONS AND VISITORS.UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, MATT KI LONGORIA HAS A PROCLAMATION FOR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.
WHEREAS NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH IS CELEBRATED IN THE UNITED STATES FROM SEPTEMBER 15TH, WHICH IS TODAY TO OCTOBER 15TH.
AND WHEREAS THE OBSERVANCE WAS INTRODUCED IN 1968 AS HISPANIC HERITAGE WEEK UNDER PRESIDENT JACKSON AND WAS EXPANDED BY PRESIDENT REAGAN IN 1988 TO COVER A 30 DAY PERIOD.
AND WHEREAS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTHS CELEBRATES THE HISTORY, TRADITIONS, CULTURE OF THE HISPANIC AND LATINO RESIDENTS AND LEANDER.
AND WHEREAS WE RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE MANY, THAT WAYS THAT HISPANICS HAVE ENRICHED THE FABRIC OF OUR SOCIETY WHILE ALSO RE REDEDICATED OURSELVES TO ADDRESS SELECT OF EQUAL ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY THAT MAY THEY MAY STILL FACE.
AND WHEREAS LAND IS PROUD TO HONOR THE HISTORY AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF HISPANICS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THROUGHOUT OUR STATE AND OUR NATION.
NOW, THEREFORE I MAYOR CHRISTINE DELLY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 15TH TO OCTOBER 15TH AS NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH IN THE CITY OF LEANDER IN WITNESS THEREOF.
I HAVE HERE ON SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF LEANDER TO BE AFFIXED ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2022.
Y'ALL WANNA COME UP FOR A PICTURE.
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YES YOU ARE.AND NOW PROTE THOMPSON HAS PROCLAMATION FOR WORLD TEACHER'S DAY, WHEREAS LEAN ANDER'S FUTURE STRENGTH DEPENDS ON PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION TO ALL STUDENTS.
AND WHEREAS TEACHER QUALITY MATTERS MORE TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT THAN ANY OTHER STUDENT RELATED FACTOR.
AND WHEREAS TEACHERS SPEND COUNTLESS HOURS PREPARING LESSON PLANS AND SUPPORTING STUDENTS.
AND WHEREAS LEANDER ISD TEACHERS HAVE DEMONSTRATED GREAT RESILIENCE, ADAPTABILITY AND CREATIVITY DURING THE COVID 19 CRISIS.
AND WHEREAS OUR COMMUNITY RECOGNIZES AND SUPPORTS ITS TEACHERS IN EDUCATING THE STUDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY.
NOW, THEREFORE I MAYOR CHRISTINE DELLY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 5TH, 2022 AS WORLD TEACHERS DAY IN THE CITY OF LEANDER AND ENCOURAGE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO EXPRESS THEIR APPRECIATION TO OUR TEACHERS BY DISPLAYING A LIGHT BLUE RIBBON OUTSIDE OF THEIR HOME OR BUSINESS AS A SYMBOL OF SUPPORT FOR OUR LEANDER ISD EDUCATORS, A WITNESS THEREOF I HAVE HERE ON TWO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SI OF THE CITY OF LEANDER TO BE AFFIXED HERE ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2022.
AND WE HAVE SOME TEACHERS WITH US FROM DANIELSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, COME ON UP.
AND I HELD ONTO THE LAST ONE BECAUSE IT'S FOR ONE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE.
THIS ONE IS FOR NATIONAL PLANNING MONTH.
WHEREAS CHANGE IS CONSTANT AND AFFECTS ALL CITIES, TOWN, SUBURBS, COUNTIES, BOROUGHS, TOWNSHIPS, RURAL AREAS, AND OTHER PLACES.
AND WHEREAS COMMUNITY PLANNING AND PLANS CAN HELP MANAGE THIS CHANGE IN A WAY THAT PROVIDES BETTER CHOICES FOR HOW PEOPLE WORK AND LIVE.
AND WHEREAS COMMUNITY PLANNING PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL RESIDENTS TO BE MEANINGFULLY INVOLVED IN MAKING CHOICES THAT DETERMINE THE FUTURE OF THEIR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS THE FULL BENEFITS OF PLANNING REQUIRES PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND CITIZENS WHO UNDERSTAND SUPPORT AND DEMAND EXCELLENCE IN PLANNING AND PLAN IMPLEMENTATION.
AND WHEREAS THE MONTH OF OCTOBER IS DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ITS TERRITORIES.
NOW, THEREFORE I MAYOR CHRISTINE LYLE DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER AS NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH IN THE CITY OF LEANDER.
AND WE'RE GONNA PRESENT THIS TONIGHT WITH APPRECIATION TO OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, ROBIN, WHO IS AMAZING.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT YOU DO IT.
AND WE APPRECIATE THE TEAM WHO'S EVER GROWING.
YOU'RE GONNA GET THE SPOTLIGHT WITHOUT HAVING TO TALK.
I'VE ONLY STARTED IN HOLD ON MY PLANNING COMMISSIONERS HERE.
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ALL RIGHT.[9. Staff Reports Public Works update]
REPORTS PUBLIC WORKS UPDATE WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR ELLISON.GOOD EVENING, MS. ELLISON, NOT TOO BUSY A WEEK.
UM, WE WANNA EXTEND OUR APPRECIATION.
UM, WE, WE HAVE A PRETTY, PRETTY HEFTY UPDATE TONIGHT.
UM, THAT'S NOT JUST ME, BUT DAN, UM, CHIEF OF STAFF AND OUR FIRE.
MARSHAL'S GONNA JUMP INTO TO KIND OF DETAIL SOME OF OUR EFFORTS.
UM, I'LL START WITH AN UPDATE ON OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, UM, AND OUR RETURN TO COMPLIANCE AND THEN KIND OF DO THE WATER REPORT.
AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO SOME OF THE PHASE FOUR, UM, EFFORTS AND KIND OF THE EFFECTS THAT WE'VE SEEN.
AND THEN DAN WILL FINISH WITH THE B C R U A REPAIR UPDATE.
SO AS OF YESTERDAY WE RECEIVED OUR RESULTS THAT, UM, LET ME STEP BACK SEPTEMBER 7TH, WE RECEIVED RESULTS THAT, UM, WE WERE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL TEST RESULTS.
THEY WANTED TO SEE THE NEXT WEEK'S RESULTS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE RELIABLY MEETING THOSE GOALS.
AND, UH, SO WE RECEIVED THOSE RESULTS YESTERDAY AND, UH, AGAIN, ALL, UM, ALL COMPLIANT.
SO THEY GAVE US THE GO AHEAD TO RE REMOVE ALL THE CREEK SIGNAGE.
AND THEN ALL THE WELL OWNERS WERE NOTIFIED TODAY AS WELL.
NOT MUCH OF AN UPDATE WITH THE LAKES.
UM, THEY'RE KIND OF HOLDING STEADY RIGHT AT THAT 56% MARK.
UM, I OCTO, I'M SORRY, AUGUST, UH, FIRST THEY WERE AT 58%, SO THEY'VE ACTUALLY GONE DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT IN THE MONTH.
UM, BUT WHEN I LAST REPORTED TO YOU, THEY WERE ALSO AT 56%.
OUR USAGE IN AUGUST IS, IS, UH, INTERESTING.
SO WE WERE KIND OF HOVERING AROUND HERE THAT 18 KIND OF AVERAGING ABOUT 18 MILLION, RIGHT AROUND WHERE WE WERE WITH IN JULY.
YOU CAN SEE JULY'S IN THAT GRAY.
UM, AND THEN THE RAINS CAME AND WE DROPPED MORE IN THIS 12 MGD PER DAY RANGE, WHICH IS MORE LIKE AUGUST OF LAST YEAR.
SO, UM, WE DID ABOUT A HUNDRED MILLION GALLONS MORE IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR.
UM, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, WE ALSO SAW OUR PEAK FOR THE YEAR AT 20.4, 6 MILLION OR 20 AND A HALF MILLION, UM, ON THE 3RD OF AUGUST, WHICH IS A WEDNESDAY, ALWAYS WEDNESDAYS.
UM, THIS GRAPH, I ALWAYS SHOW THAT SHOWS THE SPLIT BETWEEN SANDY CREEK HERE IN BLUE AND THEN, UH, B C R U A WATER IN, UH, IN GREEN THERE.
SO IT'S, IT'S STILL THAT 60 40 SPLIT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, WE, WE KIND OF, OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN SEE THAT BIG DROP OFF.
SO WE WENT FROM SAY THAT 20 AND A HALF MILLION DOWN TO ABOUT 10 MILLION.
SO HALF, UH, REDUCTION WHEN, WHEN WE GOT THE RAIN, UH, LAST YEAR, AUGUST WAS STILL A LITTLE BIT WETTER AND A LITTLE BIT COOLER.
SO THAT'S WHY WE, WE SAW THAT HEAVIER USAGE STILL.
WE HAD A HUNDRED MILLION GALLONS MORE, OUR CONNECTION GROWTH IS A LITTLE LESS THAN WE'VE, WE'VE SHOWN THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
SO WE'RE RIGHT AT THAT 12%, WE ADDED 3000 CONNECTIONS FROM AUGUST OF LAST YEAR.
UM, BUT IF YOU REMEMBER THE PREVIOUS REPORTS WE WERE RIGHT.
UM, KIND OF NOT 14 TO 16% GROWTH RANGE.
SO, UM, LITTLE BIT, LITTLE BIT OF A DOWNTURN THERE.
AND THEN SOME OF OUR EFFORTS, UM, THAT PUBLIC WORKS HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN, UH, AND THEN CHIEF DAVIS IS GONNA DETAIL, UM, WHAT HIS TEAM HAS DONE AS FAR AS, UM, ENFORCEMENT AS WELL.
BUT, UM, OUR GUYS, UH, AT PUBLIC WORKS HAVE BEEN SECURING THE COMMERCIAL IRRIGATION.
THEY'VE COMPLETED 185, UM, LOCATIONS, AND WE STILL HAVE ABOUT 170 REMAINING.
SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO SECURE THOSE, UM, IN PREPARATION FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY.
UH, WE REACHED OUT TO L A S D THEY'VE, UM, COMMUNICATED THAT THEY'VE TURNED OFF ALL OF THEIR IRRIGATION AT THE CAMPUSES AS WELL.
UM, OUR GUYS HAVE BEEN THIS WEEK, UH, ESPECIALLY HAVE BEEN, UM, PERFORMING NIGHTLY ROUTES.
WE HAVE ABOUT THREE TRUCKS THAT RUN FROM 8:00 PM TO MIDNIGHT, AND THEN ANOTHER SIX COME IN AT 2:00 AM TO 6:00 AM AND JUST KIND OF, I MEAN, GENERALLY JUST POLICING AND, AND NOTING DOWN LOCATIONS AND, AND THEN SHUTTING OFF THAT COMMERCIAL IRRIGATION, UH, STARTING NEXT WEEK.
WE'LL, UM, SECURE THE BULK METERS FOR THE BULK WATER CELLS, UM, AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE.
SO WE'LL GET THOSE, THOSE LOCKED DOWN AND THEN, UM, SURE.
YOU'VE SEEN THE MESSAGE BOARDS AT 12 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO, AND I THINK, UH, MIKE HAS A SLIDE ON THAT LATER.
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UH, WE'VE ALSO REACHED OUT TO TCQ JUST GIVING THEM A HEADS UP, KEEPING THEM IN THE LOOP THAT THIS IS, THIS IS COMING.SO, UM, AND JUST OUR ACTIONS AND, AND THE CURRENT STATUS.
SO OUR WATER USE, UM, WE, OH, THAT ARROW IS A LITTLE BIT OFF, BUT, UM, WE, UH, WE DID PHASE FOUR STARTING SEPTEMBER 8TH.
SO WE WERE RIGHT AROUND THAT 12 MILLION, UM, IN THE DAYS BEFORE THAT.
AND SO THIS ONE DROPPED OFF CLOSER TO 10 AND THEN WE'VE SEEN A PRETTY STEADY DECLINE SINCE THEN.
UM, AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO THAT.
THAT'S A LITTLE OFF TOO, BUT, UH, TO THAT 9 MILLION, UH, RANGE, AND WE DID HIT THAT ON MONDAY.
WE WERE RIGHT AT NINE AND WE ARE, WE'VE BEEN SUB NINE SINCE THEN LAST COUPLE DAYS.
SO, SO WE'RE DEFINITELY SEEING THE, YOU KNOW, FRUITS OF OUR LABOR.
AND THEN, UH, CHIEF DAVIS IS GONNA COME UP AND, AND DETAIL SOME OF THE EFFORTS THAT HIS TEAM HAS BEEN MAKING AS FAR AS, AS CONSERVATION.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, GOOD EVENING.
UH, JOSHUA DAVIS FIRE MARSHAL ASSISTANT CHIEF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO, UM, AT THE BEGINNING OF, IT WAS ABOUT AUGUST 28TH CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THE, UH, FIRE MARSHALS OFFICE, UH, CAME UP WITH A PLAN TO DO VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT PUBLIC WORKS IS DOING.
AND, UH, ABOUT 2:00 AM, WE WOULD GO OUT AND PATROL PRETTY, I THINK WE HIT 23 NEIGHBORHOODS FROM THE WEST TO THE EAST, UH, UP UNTIL ABOUT 6:00 PM THE FIRST WEEK, UH, THAT WE WENT OUT AUGUST 20, 29TH THROUGH THE SECOND, WE WENT INTO 11:00 PM.
WE SAW A LOT MORE OF THE PEAKS HAPPENING AT THE EARLY AM HOURS.
SO THIS, UH, WHEN WE MOVED TO PHASE FOUR, WE STARTED FOCUSING OUR ATTENTION AT THE 2:00 AM AND THEN MOVING FORWARD.
SO, UM, THOSE OVERNIGHT, AND THEN WHAT WE WOULD DO DURING THE DAY IS GO AND TRY TO MAKE CONTACT.
UH, OUR FOCUS WAS EDUCATION, UM, IDENTIFYING IT AND THEN KIND OF INFORMING THEM OF WHERE WE WERE AT THIS POINT.
WE HAVE NOT, UH, GONE THROUGH ANY ENFORCEMENT, UH, THROUGH, WITH PUNITIVE DAMAGES OR ANYTHING.
SO WE'VE REALLY BEEN FOCUSING ON TRYING TO GET THE AWARENESS OUT AND GETTING PEOPLE ABOUT 95% OF THE FOLKS WE MADE CONTACT WITH HAVE BEEN VERY, UH, APPRECIATIVE AND, AND, UH, AND BEEN COMPLYING AS SOON AS, UH, SOON AS THEY WERE MADE AWARE.
UM, AND, UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, UH, SOME SECOND OFFENSES AND THAT'S WHERE WE START MOVING THROUGH THE REST OF THE PROCESS THAT WE IDENTIFIED STARTING, UH, THE 12TH, UH, THAT, THAT STARTED TO SHOW UP.
DID COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR, UH, CHIEF DAVIS ABOUT SOME OF THE ENFORCEMENT? I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE, HE, UM, DIDN'T MENTION, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND MENTION IS WE ARE ENGAGING OTHER STAFF AS WE GET CLOSER TO THIS REPAIR DATE AND THROUGH THIS REPAIR SCHEDULE, UM, WE WILL BE, UH, ENLISTING OUR, SOME OF OUR UTILITY BILLING STAFF, SOME OF OUR PUBLIC WORK STAFF TO ASSIST CODE ENFORCEMENT WITH SOME OF WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING, JUST SO WE CAN HIT MORE NEIGHBORHOODS AND HAVE A WIDER NET CAST AROUND THE COMMUNITY TO, TO OBSERVE ANY VIOLATIONS IF WE COME ACROSS THEM AND THEN PROVIDE SOME EDUCATION.
UM, SO I WANNA START WITH THIS ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE, UH, COORDINATED INTERNALLY WITH, UM, WITH RAYMOND MAHEA OR FIRE DEPARTMENT, SOME OTHER STAFF WAS OUR EMERGENCY MESSAGING, AND THIS WAS THE INITIAL, UH, MESSAGE WE UTILIZED THROUGH OUR NOTIFICATION SYSTEM TO LET FOLKS KNOW THAT WE HAVE INITIATED PHASE FOUR, UM, FOR ANYONE THAT WAS SIGNED UP ON WARREN CENTRAL, TEXAS, UM, ON SEPTEMBER BY SEPTEMBER 8TH, AND THEN WE'RE EXISTING WITHIN SOME OLD, UH, CODE RED DATA, WHICH IS A PREVIOUS DATABASE FROM WARREN CENTRAL.
EVERYONE WITHIN THAT GROUP WAS NOTIFIED, UM, ABOUT PHASE FOUR AND PROVIDED LINKS TO OUR WEBSITE.
UM, ONE OF THE OTHER FIRST THINGS WE DID WAS WE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS ACTUALLY COORDINATED SOME, UH, DIGITAL MESSAGE BOARDS.
WE HAD FOUR OF THEM IN PLACE AND THEY WENT OUT AND, UH, PROCURED ABOUT EIGHT OTHERS FOR, UH, ABOUT 30 DAYS AND SCATTERED THEM AROUND THE CITY AT, AT STRATEGIC POINTS WHERE WE'VE, UH, PLACED THESE SIGNS BEFORE FOR OTHER REASONS.
AND WE KNOW THAT, UM, THOSE AREAS ARE GOOD, UH, GOOD TARGETS FOR CAPTURING A LOT OF VEHICLE TRAFFIC AND, AND NOTICE AREAS.
THEY WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE REPAIR PERIOD.
UM, AND ESSENTIALLY YOU CAN'T REALLY TELL FROM THERE CUZ THAT'S A PICTURE FROM ANOTHER EVENT, BUT UM, THEY SIMPLY SAY, UM, OUTDOOR WATERING PROHIBITED OR NO OUTDOOR WATERING AND THEN, UM, DETAILS@LEANORTX.GOV.
ONE OF OUR MAIN EFFORTS HAS BEEN TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR WEBSITE, UM, IS FRONT AND CENTER AS A SOURCE FOR INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT AND ON OUR HOMEPAGE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE SORT OF A PLASTERING OF, OF THIS INFORMATION.
WE'LL MAINTAIN THE ALERT MESSAGE, WHICH YOU SEE AT THE TOP THERE, UM, ON THE WEBSITE HOMEPAGE THAT WILL STAY THERE THROUGHOUT THE DURATION
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OF PHASE FOUR AND THE REPAIR PERIOD WE'LL HAVE A, A BETTER IMAGE THERE THAT WILL REMAIN THE FIRST BANNER IMAGE THAT FOLKS SEE IF THEY GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND THEN WE'LL KEEP THIS MESSAGE.WE'LL PROBABLY BUMP THAT UP TOMORROW TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT REMAINS AT THE TOP OF OUR NEWS FEED.
AGAIN, WE, WE ARE SENDING FOLKS DIRECTLY TO THE INFORMATION PAGE, WHICH IS LEAN TEXT.GOV/WATER.
THAT IS PART OF OUR, UM, EMERGENCY MESSAGING.
IT'S PART OF A LOT OF OUR MARKETING COLLATERAL MATERIALS.
UM, BUT IF SOMEONE GOES TO OUR HOMEPAGE, UM, LOOKING FOR THAT INFORMATION, THEY REALLY CAN'T MISS IT.
UM, WHAT WE'VE ALSO DONE IS WE'VE STARTED ESTABLISHING A, A DAILY SORT OF, UH, UH, GRAPHIC THAT REPRESENTS, UM, OUR TOTAL WATER USAGE FROM THE PREVIOUS DAY.
UM, AND WE'VE SORT OF COLOR CODED THAT TOO, TO LET FOLKS KNOW WHETHER WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB OR WHETHER WE STILL HAVE SOME WORK TO DO NOW.
UM, WE GOT OUR NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT LATER TODAY, SO WE'LL HAVE, UH, AN UPDATED NUMBER.
WE MIGHT DO TWO SLIDES TOMORROW, ONCE WE GET TOMORROW'S NUMBERS.
AND I THINK WE WERE AT 8.8, UH, MILLION GALLONS AS OF YESTERDAY.
SO, UH, I THINK HOPEFULLY TOMORROW'S NUMBER IS LOOK EVEN BETTER.
SO THAT'S WHY WE SAW A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPTICK.
UH, AND THEN AS PART OF THE INITIAL MESSAGING, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO AND TIES DOING A GREAT JOB AS OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER OF KEEPING, UH, TRADITIONAL BROADCAST MEDIA PRINT MEDIA INFORMED OF ALL OF OUR UPDATES.
UM, AND WE HAVEN'T SHIED AWAY FROM MANY INTERVIEW TIMES AND THE MAYOR'S BEEN, BEEN REALLY GOOD ABOUT, UH, MAKING SURE AND COMMITTING TO THOSE INTERVIEW REQUESTS SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO GET OUR MESSAGE OUT.
SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'RE DOING AS SORT OF SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL WE CAN, WHEN WE CAN, UH, ADDRESS IT IS, UH, RESPONDING TO SOME OF THESE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, WHAT WE STARTED WITH.
UM, AND WE'LL PROBABLY CONTINUE THIS WITH CERTAIN TOPICS, UM, THAT ARE, I GUESS, TANGENTIALLY RELATED TO OUR, TO OUR ISSUE.
UM, THINGS LIKE RECLAIMED WATER, THEY'RE SEEING, UH, WATERING AT THE GOLF COURSE OR WONDERING, WELL, WHY ARE WE DOING THAT? AND WHAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT? WHY IS THAT A DIFFERENT THING? HYDRANT FLUSHING IS ANOTHER ONE.
WE HAVEN'T POSTED ANYTHING ON THAT YET, BUT WE WILL.
IT'S THE GRAPHICS READY TO GO? WE JUST NEED TO PUT SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TOGETHER WITH THAT.
AND THEN JUST TODAY WE'VE INCLUDED AN FAQ PAGE.
WE'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS ON THERE.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO ADD TO THAT.
AS WE GET MORE RESPONSES AND QUESTIONS FROM FOLKS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BY EMAIL PHONE CALLS AND WE ARE GETTING REGULAR PHONE CALLS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
UH, PEOPLE WONDERING ABOUT THIS DETAIL, WONDERING IS THIS ALLOWED, IS THAT ALLOWED, WE'LL CONTINUE TO GET THAT THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD.
UM, AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT DAN'S GONNA TOUCH ON A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THIS REPORT, WE WILL ADD THAT CONTENT TO THE WEBSITE AS WELL.
AND, AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY GONNA ADD TO, UH, SOME OF THE WEIGHT OF OUR, OF OUR MESSAGING AND WHY THIS IS SUCH A BIG, UH, UNDERTAKING, UM, AND A BIG PROJECT FOR US, THINGS COMING UP.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL BE DOING, UM, LEADING UP TO THE REPAIR DATE ON WEDNESDAY THAT A LOT OF THIS STUFF WE'LL REALLY HIT NEXT WEEK.
WE HAVE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ENTRANCE SIGNS.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SOME OF THESE IN CEDAR PARK, THESE ORANGE SIGNS THAT ARE COR STRATEGICALLY PLACED AT DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD ENTRANCES.
WE WILL HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR IN PLACE.
WE, I PEELED OFF THAT ORDER TODAY.
WE SHOULD GET THESE IN OUR HANDS TOMORROW, AND THEN WE'LL BE, BE PLACING THOSE MONDAY AND TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK AGAIN AT NEIGHBORHOOD ENTRANCE AREAS TO JUST TO REMIND PEOPLE OF, OF OUR CURRENT CONDITIONS.
WE HAVE THIS, UH, NO OUTDOOR WATERING, UM, DOOR TAG, WHICH YOU DO HAVE A COPY OF AT THE DI UH, THESE WILL BE PLACED, UM, FOR ANY OBSERVATIONS WE MAKE IN ASSISTING CODE ENFORCEMENT.
UM, WE WILL UTILIZE THESE DOOR TAGS AS REMINDERS FOR FOLKS.
AND TYPICALLY THESE ARE THE, THESE GO ALONG WITH OUR COURTESY REMINDERS FOR FIRST TIME VIOLATIONS.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE, UM, LOOKING AT, UM, SOME OF OUR TOP USERS AND BEING PROACTIVE ABOUT REACHING OUT TO THEM WITH INFORMATION LIKE THIS, UH, AS A COURTESY, NOT SAYING THEY'RE THEY'RE VIOLATING, BUT JUST TELLING THEM, UM, WE DO HAVE PHASE FOUR CONSERVATION MEASURES, GO TO OUR WEBSITE, FIND OUT MORE INFO AND SORT OF DRIVING THAT, SOME OF THAT CONVERSATION, UM, BEFORE WE GET TO A VIOLATION NOTICE.
AND THEN, UH, THIS RIGHT HERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THAT IS A SELF MAILER, UM, THAT WILL HIT MAILBOXES MONDAY OR TUESDAY.
UH, THE LATEST ON TUESDAY SHOULD HIT ALL MAILBOXES, BUT THAT IS IN PRODUCTION NOW.
AND THAT WILL BE JUST ANOTHER REMINDER FOR FOLKS THAT IT'S GONNA HIT EVERY WATER CUSTOMER, EVERY RESIDENTIAL WATER CUSTOMER, PROBABLY ABOUT 20,000, UH, ACCOUNTS, I THINK IS PART OF OUR MAILING LIST AT THIS POINT.
AND THAT'S, UH, JUST IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS WHERE WE'RE KIND OF HITTING THEM AT THE STREET AT THE ROAD ONLINE, THIS WILL HIT THEIR MAILBOX.
UM, AND WE DID THE LAST UPDATE OR THE LAST GUIDE REMINDER AS A SELF MAIL.
WE DID THAT IN APRIL AND THAT COVERED ALL OF OUR PHASES.
THAT'S WHEN WE, UM, WE'RE JUST SENDING THAT SPRING REMINDER TO THEM, LETTING THEM KNOW AS THE SEASON CHANGES AND THEY START WATERING MORE.
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OF COINCIDES THE DESIGN OF THIS COINCIDES WITH WHAT WE'VE PROVIDED TO, UH, MAILBOXES EARLIER.IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON WHAT WE'RE DOING TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC QUICK QUESTION ON THE ENTRANCE SIGNS? I'M GUESSING THOSE ARE KIND OF LIKE THE CAMPAIGN SIGNS THAT WE SEE, LIKE THAT SORT OF BANDIT SIGN.
UM, I HAVEN'T SEEN THE CEDAR PARK ONES YET.
UM, I HAD A RESIDENT REACH OUT EARLIER THIS WEEK ASKING IF WE WOULD HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO PUT IN THEIR YARDS AS A REMINDER TO NEIGHBORS.
UM, WE DO HAVE PROBABLY MORE, UM, THAN WHAT WE WOULD NEED FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ENTRANCES IF WE WERE SPREADING THAT OUT.
SO WE'VE GOT A FEW MORE, WE DON'T HAVE A VERY LARGE SUPPLY.
UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD DISCUSS.
SO, UM, YES, MA'AM ONE, I'M SORRY.
I HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT, AND THIS ISN'T SO MUCH THE MESSAGING, BUT THE WHAT IF, AND WE MAY NOT BE PREPARED TO ANSWER THIS RIGHT NOW, BUT I, I THINK MOST PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE READING THE WHY BEHIND THIS MM-HMM
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT DOWN TO THAT LEVEL IN THE EVENT THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN BY THE DATE THE REPAIRS ARE SUPPOSED TO, TO BEGIN.
DO WE HAVE A PLAN AFTER THAT? LIKE, LET'S JUST SAY IT'S, IT'S THE 21ST OF WHAT IS, SO YOUR QUESTION IS WHAT IS OUR EMERGENCY PLAN? YES.
IF THERE IS SYSTEM FAILURE, IF, CAUSE WE WE'RE GETTING THERE.
AND, BUT WHAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AND IT COMES BACK UP AND WE'RE NOT THERE, ARE WE JUST GONNA NOT ALLOW WATER OR WE GONNA CUT PEOPLE'S WATER OFF? I MEAN, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, HORRIBLE THOUGHT, BUT IS IT JUST A SITUATION WHERE WE MIGHT RUN OUTTA WATER TO DRINK BECAUSE THE LAWNS ARE WET
WE, WE, WE HAVE, WE ARE, WE HAVE HIT OUR TARGET ALREADY.
WE'RE ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN MAYBE WHAT WE THOUGHT, UM, COULD, COULD HAPPEN.
SO WE WE'VE GOT A VERY COMPLIANT PUBLIC AT THIS POINT.
WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN, WHICH IS THE EMERGENCY PLAN IN THE EVENT THAT WE DO HAVE SYSTEM FAILURE.
WE DO LOSE PRESSURE BECAUSE DEMAND EXCEEDS CAPACITY.
WE ARE WORKING ON A CONTINGENT EMERGENCY PLAN.
I DO WANNA LET, UH, CHIEF WOR HOUSING KIND OF TALK ABOUT THAT.
WE DO HAVE, UM, ALL OF THE INVOLVED DEPARTMENTS, PARKS, PUBLIC WORKS, FIRE POLICE.
I MEAN, EVERYONE IN THIS CITY THAT HAS OUR ROLE IN THIS IS PARTICIPATING IN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD DO IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, WHERE WE LOSE WATER, UH, SUPPLY.
AND I'LL LET CHIEF WEST HASN'T COME TALK ABOUT THOSE OPERATIONS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO IN THE EVENT THAT WE EXCEED THAT 9 MILLION OR THE EXCEED, THE PLANT'S CAPACITY, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE AN ENTIRE SYSTEM FAILURE.
UH, ONCE WE DROP BELOW 20 PSI IN THE SYSTEM, WE DO HAVE A PRE-PLANNED OR A PRE-LOADED MESSAGE TO GO OUT, TO ENTER INTO A BOIL WATER NOTICE.
IF YOU'RE ABLE TO STILL GET WATER OUTTA YOUR FAUCETS, THEN YOU WOULD JUST BOIL THAT IT'S STILL SAFE TO DRINK.
THEN, UM, WE DO HAVE DISTRIBUTION SITES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, OR THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED TO BE ABLE TO SET UP, TO DO BULK DISTRIBUTION.
UH, THAT WOULD BE YOU FILLING A CONTAINER AND THEN STILL BOILING THAT WE DO HAVE SOME, UH, BOTTLED WATER DISTRIBUTION, BUT THAT'S FOR OUR MEDICALLY FRAGILE POPULATION THAT WILL BE, UH, CONTACTING.
AS SOON AS WE GO INTO A SYSTEM FAILURE, WE MAKING CONTACT WITH THE MEDICALLY FRAGILE POPULATION THAT WE HAVE MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THEIR NEEDS ARE TAKEN CARE OF.
SO, SO REALLY THE SIMPLE WAY TO AVOID ALL OF THAT IS TO COMPLY WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE ASKING RIGHT NOW.
SO WE HAVE WATER TO DRINK AND SHOWER AND COOK AND DO ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE THE BASIC NEEDS OF LIFE, NOT LAWNS.
MA'AM MAYBE I MISSED IT, BUT I, I LIKE ALL THE OUTREACH ONLINE IN PERSON THE MESSAGE BOARDS, BUT HOA, ARE WE TALKING TO THE HOAS? SO WE HAVE CONTACTED, CONTACTED OUR COMMUNITY MANAGERS AT H HOA WE'VE WE'VE EMAILED THEM AND WE ARE GETTING SOME RESPONSES BACK FROM THEM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE DO WITH OUR, OUR COMMON LANDSCAPES? AND WE HAVE IRRIGATION METERS.
AND WHAT IF, WHAT THAT, AND IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS ARE, THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY'RE ASKING.
SO WE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR HOA GROUPS.
UM, SOME OF THEM ARE LESS ENGAGED THAN OTHERS.
UM, THEY'RE SIMPLY NOT RESPONDING TO SOME OF OUR, OUR MESSAGES, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE JUST PUSHING ALONG OUR, OUR MESSAGE AS PART OF THEIR NEWSLETTERS AS PART OF THEIR REGULAR UPDATES, OR THEY'RE SIMPLY SHARING OVER AND OVER.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING.
ONE OF THE CONCERNS I'VE HEARD ABOUT HOAS IS PEOPLE SAYING THAT, UH,
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THE HOA IS GONNA COME DOWN ON THEM IF THEY DON'T KEEP THEIR YARD GREEN AND WATERED.UM, IS THAT WHERE YOU WERE GOING WITH THAT COUNCIL MEMBER? YEAH, I WAS JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE IF, IF WE'RE BROADCASTING OR EMAILING THE HOAS AND THEY'RE NOT RESPONDING, CAN WE GO TALK TO THEM LIKE WE'VE DONE FOR THE OTHER WATER CONSERVATION METHODS? CUZ MY CONCERN IS JUST, THEY MAY NOT BE TELLING THEIR FOLKS AND PEOPLE MAY DISMISS THOSE SIGNS.
THEY MAY THINK IT'S NOT APPLICABLE TO THEM.
UM, WE CAN, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO KNOW.
I THINK, UM, WHICH ONES AREN'T GETTING OUR MESSAGES AND, AND ACTUALLY PASSING THOSE ALONG.
I THINK WE HAVE A SENSE OF, UM, SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY MANAGERS THAT WE CAN SORT OF TARGET TO, TO REINFORCE THE MESSAGING.
I THINK WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK AT DOING THAT.
WE'LL SEND ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD REMINDER.
WE'RE ALSO UTILIZING NEXT DOOR A LOT MORE FREQUENTLY THAN WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST.
I THINK THAT'S, WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF MILEAGE OUT OF THAT AS AN EXTENSION OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGING.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY USING THE COMMUNITY MANAGERS AS A VEHICLE, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING ON NEXT DOOR IS ACTUALLY HELPING COMMUNICATE THAT MESSAGE.
SO, UH, WE DO SEE AN IMPROVEMENT AND I THINK WE CAN, UM, MAYBE MAKE A SECOND EFFORT OR DOUBLE DOWN WITH SOME OF THOSE COMMUNITY MANAGERS.
BUT I THINK TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, WE HAVE BEEN, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT TO US SAYING THEIR HOA IS GONNA FIND THEM IF THEY CANNOT HAVE A GREEN LAWN OR THERE ARE THERE ARTIFICIAL OPTIONS THAT HOA MAY INHIBIT.
SO WHAT, WHAT WE CAN DO IS I THINK, AND, AND I'M GONNA LOOK OVER AT OUR CITY ATTORNEY, BUT AS A FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION, WE CAN INCLUDE THAT, UM, ON OUR FAQ PAGE AND, AND GIVE RESIDENTS SOME INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THEY DEAL WITH THAT.
I'M ASSUMING, AND THIS IS A LEGAL QUESTION.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER IT, BUT I'M ASSUMING THAT OUR ORDINANCE OVERRIDES ANY HOA ENFORCEMENT, RIGHT.
UM, PAGES YOU WANTED TO SPEAK TO THAT? YEAH.
WE'D, WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT.
COUNCIL COULD BE INFORMED OF THAT LATER.
AND THERE'S, THERE'S SOME GRAY THERE TOO THAT, THAT WE CAN KIND OF WALK THROUGH.
UM, IF THERE'S SOME CONFUSION IN THE LANGUAGE, WE CAN SPEAK TO THAT AS, AS A FOLLOW UP.
YOU'VE BEEN CALLED TO THE LECTERN TURN.
UM, I'M GONNA BRING UP THE REAR HERE AND UM, TALK ABOUT THE B C R U A AND WHERE WE'RE GOING.
WE HAVE A, A FILM, THE FIRST SHOW YOU IT'S THE, UH, UNDERWATER PIPELINE INSPECTION.
WE, WE MAY SHOW THE FIRST PART OF IT AND THEN, UH, END IT MAYBE SOONER THAN LATER.
WE CAN DEFINITELY HEAR IT ON THE RADIO.
YOU SOME GIVE ME SOME MOBILES.
SO RIGHT THERE, IT'S ABOUT 11 O'CLOCK RIGHT OFF THE DRIVE.
HOW BURIED IS THAT PIPE? OH, VERY.
LIKE, IS IT SITTING ON BOTTOM? IT'S EXPOSED? UH, PROBABLY SIX INCHES OLD BOTTOM.
SO IT'S GOT SIX INCHES CLEARANCE ON BOTTOM BOTTOM.
ROGER, THAT, ANY IDEA ON THE DEPTH OF THE SILK DEPTH, UH, MAYBE ITS ALSO ABOUT SIX INCHES, SIX INCHES BEFORE YOU FEEL HEART PACK.
THAT IS THIS THE ORIGINAL LEAK BACK IS ORIGINAL.
AND SO WHERE'S IT LEAKING FROM ON THERE? THIS IS MAY THAT THREE O'CLOCK UH, ORIGINAL THREE.
O'CLOCK BROUGHT YOU THAT THE STRONGEST LEAK.
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LEAK AT THREE.SO NO GAP AT 12 O'CLOCK GAP AT 12 O'CLOCK AS TRAVEL DOWN, YOU START TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF A GAP PROBABLYS UP TO, I CAN TELL YOU, I GOTTA TAKE PROBABLY A QUARTER INCH.
UH, CLOSER TO THE THREE O'CLOCK.
UH, AT THE THREE O'CLOCK IS WHERE YOU HAD THE BIG GAP.
NOW YOUR YOU'RE NOT SOLID OBVIOUSLY IS YOUR, YOUR TAKE.
AND THEN WELL, SO, SO MUCH FOR THAT
SO TIME OUT, ARE WE ABLE TO CONTINUE IT FOR NOT STREAMING? I THINK WE CAN JUST GO TO THE, IF WE CAN GET THE, UH, JUST THE POWERPOINT ON.
SO THE VIDEO IS ACTUALLY, THEY WERE UNDERWATER FOR ALMOST AN HOUR AND UH, YOU, YOU WERE SEEING, THAT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT TWO MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS OR THEREABOUTS, BUT SO I MEAN THEY INSPECTED THE WHOLE LINE, BUT ABOUT ALMOST AN HOUR, THEY WERE UNDER UNDERWATER THERE.
SO YOU COULD, YOU COULD SEE THE, YOU COULD CERTAINLY SEE THE MAGNITUDE OF JUST DOING THE INSPECTION, UM, OF, OF THAT, OF THAT WATER LINE AND UM, TRYING TO DETERMINE BEFORE THEY GO DOWN THERE WHERE THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO REPLACE REPAIR EXACT LOCATIONS SURROUNDING AREA THAT WAS VERY DRAMATIC BY THE WAY
AND THEN YOU ENDED WITH THE POWER FLICKERS.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE DEFINITELY TRYING TO KEEP EVERYBODY ABSOLUTELY PAYING ATTENTION.
THIS IS WHY THEY CALL IT THE DAN SHOW.
SO, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL WAIT, MAYBE JUST A MINUTE FOR THE BIG SCREEN.
SO WHILE WE'RE WAITING, I KNOW YOU CAN SEE THE SMALL SCREENS UP THERE.
UM, AGAIN, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A REMINDER THAT THE, UH, SHUTDOWNS GONNA START THE 21ST, WHICH IS ON WEDNESDAY NEXT WEDNESDAY.
AND, AND WE DID TALK ABOUT THE, UM, REPAIR COSTS.
IT'S IT'S AT ABOUT ONE, 1.6 MILLION AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE, UM, IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, UM, WHY THAT COST IS WHAT IT IS NOT ONLY IS THE AT 39 FEET DEEP, LIKE YOU SAID, OR 40 FEET DEEP.
UM, BUT TO GET THE EQUIPMENT OUT THERE IN ITSELF IS A TASK IN THE, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE.
UM, THE SHUTDOWN RIGHT NOW IS, UM, STILL HOLDING AT, UH, 10 TO 14 DAYS, WHICH IS, WHICH IS GOOD.
AND THEN, UM, YOU'LL SEE HERE.
UM, IF WE GET THE BIG SCREEN UP, UM, IS GONNA MOVE IT FORWARD.
YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE THE, UM, THE PARTS ARE ALL ON HAND, WHICH IS GOOD.
AND THEN THE, UH, THE BARGE IS ACTUALLY BEING ASSEMBLED, UM, WHICH IS IMPRESSIVE AND THE CRANE'S ON SITE.
AND THEN THEY'RE ACTUALLY STARTING TO PREP WORK ACTUALLY AT THAT LOCATION, UM, TO BE READY, UH, TO FACILITATE DOING THE WORK.
AND SO AS THE, UH, UM, MIKE SAID EARLY CHIEF OF STAFF THAT WERE AT EIGHT POINT, UM, 8 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY, BUT WEDNESDAY IS NORMALLY OUR LARGEST USE USE DAY.
UM, THAT'S WHEN WE USUALLY HAVE THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF WATER USAGE, UH, NORMALLY WEDNESDAY IS WHEN WE WOULD HIT THE 20 MARK, WHICH IS THE MOST WE'VE EVER USED SO FAR IN THE CITY.
AND SO, UM, WE LOOK AT GOING AT 8.8 ON A WEDNESDAY AS, AS A REALLY PRETTY DARN GOOD.
SO, SO THIS IS THE I'M LOOKING OUT FROM, UH, BASICALLY, UM, THE CEDAR PARK WATER PLANT OR WHERE THE, WHERE THE PUMP STATION IS GONNA GO TO THE LOCATION.
AND I CAN'T, I DON'T HAVE A SCREEN WITH THE ER YEAH, I GOT THIS.
NO, BUT YOU CAN POINT USE THAT POINTER EASIER.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS THE SITE RIGHT HERE FOR THE, WHERE THEY'RE BUILDING A BARGE AND IT LOOKS REALLY TEENY RIGHT HERE.
THERE'S THE CRANE AND THERE'S THE, THE BARGE PART RIGHT HERE.
AND THIS IS THE SITE THAT THEY'RE BUILDING THE LAUNCH, THE BARGE.
SO THESE ARE THE PIECES OF PARTS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, THE PUPPET WORKS DIRECTOR IN THIS CASE, GINA WAS, UH, WAS STANDING THERE.
SO YOU HAVE SCALE IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU STAND AND YOU JUST TAKE A PICTURE OF A PIPE, EIGHT INCHES OR, OR 30.
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THE, HOW LARGE MR. SPO AND MR. SPO, SIR.SORRY, CAN YOU TALK INTO THE MICROPHONE PLEASE? THANK YOU.
SO, SO YOU COULD SEE THAT I JUST DO IT HERE.
SO YOU COULD SEE THIS IS THE, THE, UM, DOUBLE JOINT AND YOU COULD SEE HOW LARGE THAT IS.
AND THEN THESE ARE THE PIPES THAT ARE ABOUT 20 FEET, LONG, 36 ON DIAMETER, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY WEIGH 3,500 POUNDS.
AND SO, UM, SO, SO YES, LARGE, AND, AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE REPLACING AT LEAST ON ONE OF THOSE, AND THIS IS THE OTHER PIECE THAT'S GONNA GO THERE.
AND THAT'S, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT'S PROBABLY IN THE THREE TO 5,000 POUNDS.
AND SO THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET LIFTED, GET MOVED, GET OUT OVER THE WATER AND THEN LOWERED AND THEN REPLACE DOWN, UM, IN THAT AREA.
SO, UM, A PRETTY MASSIVE REPAIR, UM, WHAT'S BEING HELD.
THERE IS ONE OF THE TYPE OF GASKETS THAT'S USED, UM, FOR LIKE THE SEAL.
AND THEN THE OTHER BOX IS SHOWING ALL THE, UM, GASKETS FOR LIKE THE FLANGE AREA AND THEN ALL THE NUTS AND BOLTS THAT ARE GONNA BE NEEDED FOR THEIR REPLACEMENT.
UM, BUT WHEN YOU'RE KIND OF TALKING TO GASKET, ESPECIALLY AT THE FLANGE, UM, THAT'S YOU HEAR IT, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE.
UM, RIGHT THERE, OF COURSE IT'S ALL FOLDED UP, BUT IT, IT FITS AROUND THE, UM, THE FACE OF THE, EITHER THE, THE, THE FLANGE ITSELF OR IN THIS CASE, THIS ONE I HEAR FITS ON THE INSIDE.
AND WHEN YOU TIGHTEN IT DOWN, IT, IT SEALS ALL THE WAY AROUND THE PIPE, UM, FROM AN INSIDE STAND.
SO I THINK HORIZONTAL, THIS ONE'S MORE OF A HORIZONTAL ONE GO.
AND THEN THIS ONE RIGHT HERE IS THE, THE VERTICAL ONE.
IT WOULD LITERALLY GO ON THE FACE OF WHATEVER, IF IT'S A VALVE OR A PIPE OR A JOINT VERTICALLY, THIS IS THE, UH, THIS IS THE BARGE.
AND, UM, THESE ARE THE PARTS THAT'S GONNA, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY GET IT ON THERE, HOLD IT IN PLACE.
THEY SINK KIND OF LIKE A, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE OUT ON A, ON A FISHING BOAT AND YOU DROP THE ROD IN AND TO HOLD YOU IN PLACE, BY PUTTING AN ANCHOR, THAT'S GONNA BE THAT.
AND THAT'S THE CRANE, UM, RIGHT THERE.
AND THEN THIS IS THE BARGE AND THERE'S SIX PIECES.
UM, AND THEY HAVE TO CONNECT ALL THESE, ALL THESE, UH, COMPONENTS.
UM, THE CENTER ONES ARE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA, I, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE SEPARATE BARGE IS THEY'RE GONNA CARRY PARTS FOR BACK AND FORTH AS THEY NEED IT.
UM, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE HOW, HOW LARGE THEY ARE AND IN THAT CRANE IS GONNA BE PLACED ON TOP OF THE BARGES AND IN THOSE BARGES ARE GONNA BE, UM, ESCORTED OUT TO THE LAKE.
UH, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THEY HAVE A, UH, A TUGBOAT COMING IN, THAT'LL BE LAUNCHED TO MOVE THE BARGE AROUND.
AND SO, UH, WHOOPS, SO THAT WAS, UM, REAL QUICK.
AND, AND THE REASON WE'RE SHOWING YOU THIS IS WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME COMMENTS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHY ISN'T THIS FIXED ALREADY? UM, THIS IS, THIS IS WHY IT'S NOT FIXED QUITE YET.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
AND, AND SO ALL THOSE, UM, COMPONENTS ARE NEEDED TO, UM, GET OUT THERE AND THEN OF COURSE DO IT SAFELY.
SO, UM, UM, KIND OF STANDING BY FOR ANY QUESTIONS AS RELATED TO THAT COUNSEL COUNCIL, I THINK THAT WAS VERY THOROUGH AND YOU COVERED IT.
UM, YEAH, IT WAS GOOD TEAM BACK HERE.
UH, TEAM DID Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT? WE'RE GOOD.
[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]
RIGHT.MOVING ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA COUNSEL, YOU'LL BE CONSIDERING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 10 THROUGH 31, EXCEPT FOR ITEM 26, WHICH WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.
MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE ONE SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES, UNANIMOUSLY
[26. Reject the bid received for project 21-CIP-005 for the construction services for San Gabriel East Elevated Storage Tank (CIP W.41) located at the San Gabriel East Pump Station.]
ITEM 26, REJECT THE BID RECEIVED FOR PROJECT 21 CIP P 0 0 5 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR SAN GABRIEL EAST ELEVATED STORAGE TANK C I P W 41 LOCATED AT THE SAN GABRIEL EAST PUMP STATION.WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
UH, BENJI TALLY, MR. TALLY, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
MY NAME'S BENJI TALLY ADDRESS IS 1 6 65 HARMON ROAD FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE, YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
I REPRESENT LANDMARK STRUCTURES, THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER ON THIS ANN GABRIEL ELEVATED TANK PROJECT, AS INDICATED IN MY COMMUNICATION EARLIER WITH COUNSEL TODAY, MY REQUEST IS TO POSTPONE, TO LAY ACTION ON REJECTING THE BID THAT WAS RECEIVED FOR THAT PROJECT UNTIL OUR, UH, VALUE ENGINEERING OPTIONS CAN BE PRESENTED TO REVIEWED AND EVALUATED BY THE ENGINEER OF RECORD AND, UH, CITY STAFF.
THESE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE COULD ELIMINATE, UH, MOST, IF
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NOT ALL OF THE $2 MILLION BUDGET SHORTFALL FOR THAT PROJECT AND ALLOW IT TO PROCEED IN A TIMELY MANNER.WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THIS PROCESS ON HUNDREDS OF PROJECTS ACROSS TEXAS AND THROUGHOUT THE NATION.
IN FACT, DOZENS OF PROJECTS OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS, WOULDN'T HAVE SIMPLY NOT HAVE STARTED, HAD THE, NOT BEEN FOR THE SWIFT AND UPFRONT ACTION OF MUNICIPAL STAFF TO ENGAGE CONTRACTORS IN THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY TO KEEP THE PROJECTS ON, ON, ON SCHEDULE.
WE'RE NOT COMPLETELY SURE WHAT THE CITY'S CONCERN IS ABOUT PROCEEDING WITH THE PROJECT, AS IT IS COMMONPLACE FOR MUNICIPALITIES TO PROCEED IN THIS MANNER.
HOWEVER, LANDMARK IS WILLING TO OFFER OUR SERVICES FOR YOUR CHARGE TO THE CITY TO PROVIDE ANY INSIGHT INTO LEGAL JUSTIFICATION.
WITH RESPECT TO THIS PROCESS, LANDMARK BECAME AWARE OF THE BUDGET FORT SHORTFALL EARLY IN THE BID PROCESS AND ADVISED THE ENGINEER OF RECORD AND CITY STAFF OF THE SITUATION.
FOLLOWING OUR NOTIFICATION, WE WERE DIRECTED TO SUBMIT A BID, EVEN IF IT WAS GOING TO BE OVER THE BUDGET, AS THE BID WAS NEEDED TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT, LANDMARK CONTINUED AND PRESENTED OUR BUDGET IN GOOD FAITH.
HOWEVER, AFTER SUBMITTING OUR BID AND HAVING OUR NUMBER EXPOSED TO THE MARKETPLACE, WE HAVE IN INFORMED OF THE CITY'S DECISION NOW TO REJECT THE BID AND REBID THE PROJECT IN THE FUTURE.
AFTER DISCUSSIONS WITH OTHER CONTRACTORS WHO CHOSE NOT TO BID THE PROJECT THE DAY IT WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED, THIS ACTION WILL IMPART SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL HARM TO LANDMARK AS WELL AS CREATE A COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGE TO US AS WE WOULD BE IN A FUTURE REBI ENVIRONMENT ALSO WAS INDICATED IN MY COMMUNICATION EARLIER TODAY, THE LIKELIHOOD OF LOWER COST IN REBIDDING, THE JOB IS LOW.
YOU'RE ALMOST GUARANTEED FOR ADDITIONAL COST AND A REBI ENVIRONMENT WITH THE CURRENT INFLATIONARY IMPACTS.
WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE EXAMPLES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHERE THIS HAS HAPPENED OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS.
AGAIN, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST DELAYING ACTION ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM UNTIL ALL POSSIBLE OPTIONS CAN BE EXPLORED AND FULLY VETTED.
I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHED TO SPEAK ALL RIGHT.
UM, WE CAN'T HAVE BACK AND FORTH, BUT WE CAN'T HAVE STATEMENTS OF FACT.
SO, UM, MS. SIGNS, I UNDERSTAND YOU WANNA COME UP AND GIVE US SOME GUIDANCE.
I WAS TOLD YOU WERE GOING TO SPEAK TO MR. TALLY'S CONCERNS.
UH, WE REVIEWED, REVIEWED THE ISSUE THAT WAS RAISED BEFORE THE MEETING.
UM, IT'S WITHIN THE COUNCIL'S DISCRETION TO REJECT ANY AND ALL BIDS.
THAT IS, UM, IT'S A COMMON PRACTICE FOR WHEN BIDS ARE OVER, UH, THE BUDGET, UH, FOR THE COUNCIL TO DO SO.
AND YOUR DOCUMENTS GAVE NOTICE THAT THE COUNCIL COULD DO SO, UH, WITH RESPECT TO NEGOTIATING THE, A CHANGE IN THE PRICE BEFORE THE CONTRACT IS AWARDED, THAT'S NOT, UM, CONSISTENT WITH THE, THE PROCEDURE THAT WAS USED TO BID THIS.
THE CONTRACT WOULD HAVE TO BE AWARD AND THEN ANY CHANGES, UM, GIVEN AFFECTED BY CHANGE ORDER AFTER THAT CONTRACT IS APPROVED.
I DON'T NEED TO, NO, I JUST, I MEAN, BUT THE, THE, I GUESS THE, THE GENTLEMAN SPEAKER, WELL, JUST, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY, HOW TO ADDRESS YET, BUT JUST THE GENTLEMAN WHO JUST SPOKE SAID, THIS IS COMMON, UM, FOR US, FOR, FOR MUNICIPALITIES TO CONSIDER THIS AND TO DO IT A DIFFERENT WAY THAN WE WERE TOLD, UM, MIGHT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, IT IS IN OUR PROCEDURES, THAT, THAT IF THIS IS WHY, WHY WOULD WE, WHY WOULD WE APPROVE SOMETHING AND THEN GO TO STRAIGHT TO A CHANGE ORDER? UM, SO I, I DON'T KNOW.
AND I GUESS IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL OPINION, GIVING US, WE DON'T HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE IN THIS.
SO, NO, NO, I WOULD, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT COMMON AT LEAST FOR MY 35 YEARS THAT YOU DO VALUE ENGINEERING, UM, AFTER YOU AWARD IT, BECAUSE WHAT YOU AWARD IT AND YOU SIGNED IT, THEN THE $9 MILLION THAT THEY BID ON IS THEIRS.
AND WHETHER THEY NEGOTIATE A, AN, A VALUED ENGINEERING AMOUNT OR NOT IS THEN BASED ON OUR AGREEMENT OF NEGOTIATION, WHATEVER THAT VALUED ENGINEERING IS, CUZ THIS WAS A, UH, IN THIS CASE, THIS WAS A, UH, A, UH, BASICALLY A SEAL BID AND, AND SPECIFICALLY, UH, BY THE, BY THE RULES AND I HAVE 'EM IN FRONT OF ME.
UM, AS SOON AS I FIND 'EM HERE, UM, INVITATION BID.
AND SO, UM, IT'S, THIS IS A STATEWIDE PROCUREMENT, UM, UH, MANUAL AND IT'S A TEXAS PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACT MANAGEMENT GUIDE VERSION 2.1, WHICH REFERENCES ALL THE CODES, UM, FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES, UM, THAT THEY STAYED IN HERE IS THAT WHEN YOU DO AN IN INVITATION FOR BIDS, YOU CAN, CAN DETERMINE BEST VALUE PRICE AND WHETHER THE, THE GOODS AND SERVICES MEET THE SPECIFICATIONS
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AND ARE THE PRINCIPLE CONSIDERATION.AND, AND THERE'S A FOOTNOTE THAT REFERENCES TEXAS CODE 2150 5.07, UM, B WHICH, UM, BASICALLY STATES THAT IT'S ABOUT, UM, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST.
AND THERE'S A SLEW OF THINGS THAT SAYS WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE, OF THIS BASICALLY AD MUNICIPALITY OR THE STATE, IT COULD BE PRICE, IT COULD BE ECONOMIC SITUATION.
UH, I DIDN'T MEMORIZE 'EM, BUT THERE'S REASONS WHY THE DISADVANTAGE IS, UM, THE ADVANTAGE ALSO IS, IS THAT THE WARD PROCESS IS SIMPLER.
WE OPEN UP THE BID AND THEN, AND THEN WE EVALUATE IT BASED ON THE INFORMATION SUCH AS THE ENGINEER OF RECORDS, UH, COST ESTIMATE, UM, THAT HE ESTABLISHED AND SO FORTH.
THE, THE DISADVANTAGE IS THAT THE SPECIFICATIONS ARE DIFFICULT TO DEVELOP AND THAT CAN BE, BUT I, I THINK OURS WERE CLEAR.
UM, IT DOES NOT ENCOURAGE INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS, UM, BECAUSE THE SEALED, AND SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS WHAT WE'RE GETTING NOW, THE VALUED ENGINEER COULD COME AFTER THE AWARD.
AND THAT HAPPENED WITH THE BCR, WITH THE RAW WATER LINE, WHICH DIDN'T PRODUCE GOOD RESULTS AS WE WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY.
BUT THAT WAS A VALUED ENGINEERING THAT THEY CHANGED THE DESIGN AND THEY SAVED MONEY, UM, AND TIME WHAT THEY WISH THEY THOUGHT THAT WAS THE TYPE OF VALUE ENGINEERING I'VE DONE SEVERAL, ONCE A PROJECT'S AWARDED, WE COME BACK, UM, AND, AND LOOK AT, UM, VALUE ENGINEERING, UM, UM, POTENTIALLY TO LOWER THE COST, SOMETIMES DEVELOPERS WHEN THEY DO THAT, THEY CAN ALSO GAIN ADVANTAGE BY GETTING A GOOD PRICE ON THAT VALUED ENGINEERING AND, AND POTENTIALLY MAKING, UM, MORE PROFIT.
UM, AND NOT THAT THAT'S GOOD OR BAD FOR US, IT'S ABOUT GETTING A PRODUCT.
UM, AND IF THE VALUE ENGINEERING WORKS TO THAT ADVANTAGE, AND IT'S A, WIN-WIN WHERE, UM, THEY'RE, THEY CAN BUILD IT BETTER, FASTER, CHEAPER, AND THEN WE'RE SAVING MONEY IN THE LONG RUN AND GREAT, BUT YOU DON'T DO THAT AFTER THE BID.
UM, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A BID THAT'S THAT'S OUTTA RANGE.
UM, THE LAST ONE IS IT SAYS NEGOTIATIONS ARE NOT ALLOWED FOR THAT SPECIFIC TYPE OF BIDDING AND A COUPLE PLACES THAT ACTUALLY STATES THAT.
AND, UM, BUT INDY ACTUAL INSTRUCTIONS, WHICH I DO HAVE, AND I'LL READ THAT SPECIFIC ONE.
IT IS TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, UM, RULE 20 POINT, UM, 2 0 6 D AND IT SAYS NEGOTIATED A CONTRACTS, INCLUDING PRICE IS PERMITTED FOR, UM, PURCHASING BY MEANS OF COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSALS.
YOU CAN NEGOTIATE, UM, UNDER AN EMERGENCY PURCHASED BY MEANS OF REQUEST FOR OUR OFFERS.
UM, INSIGNIFICANT TIME TO SLIP A BID UNDER AN EMERGENCY.
BUT THE LAST ONE IS FOR US PROPOSED PURCHASES IN HIS CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION HAS BEEN ADVERTISED, BUT THE STATE AGENCY RECEIVED ONLY ONE ACCEPTABLE BID ACCEPTABLE.
AND NO ACCEPTABLE BIDS PROVIDED HOWEVER, SUCH NEGOTIATIONS.
THEY MAY NOT RESULT IN MATERIAL CHANGE TO THE ADVERTISED SPECIFICATIONS.
MATERIAL CHANGES MEANS WHAT WE'RE GONNA USE, HOW WE'RE GONNA DO IT, WHERE IS IT GONNA BE BUILT? AND CUZ ONCE YOU CHANGE THAT AND YOU DO VALUED ENGINEERING, LIKE THE GENTLEMAN SAID, THEN YOU'VE CHANGED WHAT THE PROJECT CAN BE.
THEN OTHER BIDDERS MIGHT'VE SAID, WELL, LOOK, IF WE'RE DOING THAT, I COULD DO IT CHEAPER, FASTER, QUICKER, AND I WOULD'VE BID.
AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU CAN'T CHANGE IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE FAIR TO EVERYBODY.
NOW WHAT THE QUESTION COULD HAVE BEEN DURING THE QUESTIONING PHASE IS THEY COULD HAVE ASKED THE QUESTION, CAN WE DO THIS, THE SUBSTITUTE IN FOR WHAT YOU WANT? AND WE WOULD'VE ANSWERED BACK MAYBE YES OR NO ON HOW THAT WORKED.
BUT THAT QUESTION WOULD'VE BEEN GONE OUT TO EVERYBODY AND WE USUALLY GO THROUGH THROUGH CIV CAST TO DO THAT.
AND SO THEN EVERYBODY GETS THE ANSWER TO THAT SPECIFIC QUESTION, CUZ ALL THE QUESTIONS GO TO EVERYBODY, ALL THE BIDDERS AND THEN ALL THE ANSWERS GO TO EVERYBODY.
SO WE HAVE A SENSE OF FAIR PLAY.
SO, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THAT.
NOW I DO HAVE OFF THE CIV CAST.
UH, WE DID DO SOME RESEARCH, UM, THAT THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL BIDS FOR, FOR TANKS OF THIS SIZE AND, AND THAT COMPANY LANDMARK, UM, WERE BIDS ON THEM.
SO THIS LAST ONE WAS, UH, DONE.
UM, UH, THE 2ND OF JUNE, 2022, THESE ALL THESE REPORTS ARE SIP CAST.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY CAN GET 'EM AND THERE WAS TWO BITTERS, UM, LANDMARK AND CADWELL IS FOR A MILLION GALLON TANK AND THE BID CAME IN AT 5.1 MILLION.
FOR ONE, OURS IS 1.2, 5,000,001 IN A QUARTER THAT WAS A MILLION.
THIS PAST WEEK TO THE BIDS, THERE WAS THREE, UH, PHOENIX WAS AT 4.6.
CADWELL WAS AT FIVE AND LANDMARK STRUCTURES WAS AT
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5.1.UM, THE AVERAGE BID WAS 4.9 AND THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE WAS 4.6.
I HAVE SEVERAL OTHERS ON THIS LIST.
UM, PROBABLY FIVE OR SIX THAT HAVE BEEN DONE OVER THE PAST YEAR AND, AND EVERY ONE OF 'EM AND MULTIPLE SAME KIND OF COMPANIES IT'S UH, IN THIS CASE IT'S, UH, PHOENIX AND LANDMARK AND THERE'S ONE OTHER ONE.
UM, AND I'LL JUST SAY THIS ONE, UM, THIS ONE WAS DONE ON 82 AND IT WAS FOR A, UM, LET ME FIND A NUMBER 1 MILLION GALLON.
AND A BID ESTIMATE WAS AT 5.1 AND IT CAME IN AT 4.5.
NOW OURS IS ONE AND A QUARTER AND THESE ARE ALL THE SAME KIND OF TANKS.
UM, MORE OR LESS THERE'S DIFFERENT HEIGHTS.
AND OUR ESTIMATE, IT WAS, UM, RECORD OF ENGINEER WAS AROUND, UH, 5.6 MILLION AND THIS BECAME IN AT 9 MILLION.
SO, UM, I READ, I READ THROUGH AND COMMENTED AND I CAN SPEAK TO EVERY ONE OF THOSE COMMENTS THAT THEY HAD ON THE LETTER, IF YOU WANT AND ADDRESSED AFTER REVIEW, EVERY ONE OF THEM, I SAW THE, THE ENGINEER RECORD AND IT LOOKS LIKE IN STAFF IS ALSO VERY ME, UH, IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE REJECT THE BID AND POSITIVE.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ONE THING THAT WAS, THAT WAS IN THE EMAIL AND IT'S IN HIS RECORD HERE.
SO ONE OF THE OTHER BIDDERS, WHICH WAS CADWELL SENT A LETTER TO US, WHICH I HAVE, AND I READ AND THEY ADDED QUESTION ABOUT HOW THEIR EQUIPMENT IS USED.
AND IN THE LETTER IN THE EMAIL THAT WAS ADDRESSED TO COUNCIL IN HERE, IT SAYS, UM, FROM THE ENGINEER OF RECORD, IT SAYS OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO REBID THE PROJECT AND HOPEFULLY GET MORE THAN ONE BID.
YOU, YOU WANT COMPETITIVENESS.
WE ONLY GOT ONE BID THAT'S ONE PRICE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO TALK MORE WITH CADWELL ABOUT THEIR RECENT COMMENT AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY THINGS.
NOW I TALK TO MY STAFF AND THE ENGINEER RECORD AND NEITHER ONE OF 'EM MADE ANY PHONE CALLS OR CONVERSATIONS AFTER THE BID WAS OPEN.
THAT REFERENCE IS A REFERENCE TO THE LETTER.
THAT CODE WELL SENT THE DAY BEFORE THE BID ASKING ABOUT THEIR EQUIPMENT BECAUSE THEY DO FOUR FOOT LIFTS AND CONCRETE VICE.
WHAT WE HAD IN THERE IS SIX FOOT LIFTS.
AND THE IDEA WAS THAT THE ENGINEER RECORD, AFTER READING THAT LETTER SAID, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE MAYBE NEED TO THINK ABOUT.
BUT HE SAID THAT AFTER HE SAID, I RECOMMEND REJECTING THIS BID AND I HAVE ON, ON FRONT OF ME AND I CAN GUESS AND GO THROUGH THOSE, UM, HIS REASONING, UM, FOR REJECTING THE BID, THE ENGINEER OF RECORD.
NOW I DON'T THINK I NEED TO GO THAT FAR AT THIS POINT, BUT THIS, THIS, THE ONE THING I WANT TO EMPHASIZE HERE IS THAT WE LOOK VERY HARD TO BE FAIR AND, AND, AND CONSCIENTIOUS TO ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE.
AND I WILL STAND HERE IN MY 22 YEARS IN A NAVY CAREER IN MY SO FAR 10 YEARS IN OTHER SERVICES WILL STAND HERE AND TELL YOU WE'RE NOT BACK IN THE BACK ROOM, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO WE WANT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY REASON TO PICK ONE PERSON OVER ANOTHER OTHER THAN THEY, THEY SUBMITTED A GOOD BID AND OUR WHOLE TEAM IS THAT WAY.
SO I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT TO THE COUNCIL AND TO THE PUBLIC THAT WE, WE MAKE GREAT EFFORTS TO DO THAT NOW, ARE WE PERFECT? NO, SOMETIMES WE DO MAKE MISTAKES, BUT IT'S NOT OUT OF, UH, UH, A MALICE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND WE TAKE OUR TIME WITH DOING THIS.
THANK YOU, MR. GBO COUNSEL, ANYTHING FURTHER? I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOROUGHNESS ON THAT.
AND WITH THAT, I WOULDN'T MAKE A MOTION TO, AM I APPROVING REJECTING THE BID? SO I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE REJECTING THE BID.
DID I HEAR A SECOND? SOMEONE? YEAH, A SECOND.
UM, MS. SIGNS, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER YOU WANTED TO SAY? I WAS JUST, I WAS JUST MAKING MYSELF AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAD ANY, THANK YOU.
MOTION IS SECOND COUNSELORS THERE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[32. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case 22-Z-002 to amend the current zoning of Interim Single-Family Rural to adopt the Creeks Edge PUD (Planned Unit Development) with the base zoning district of SFT-2-A (Single-Family Townhouse) and LO-2-A (Local Office) on one parcel of land approximately 9.977 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R332409; and more commonly known as 14751 Ronald W. Reagan Boulevard, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case 22-Z-002 as described above.]
ITEM 32 PUBLIC HEARINGS CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ZONING CASE 22 Z TWO, TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF INTERIM SINGLE FAMILY, RURAL TO ADOPT THE CREEK'S EDGE, P U D PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT WITH THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT OF SFT TWO, A SINGLE FAMILY TOWNHOUSE AND L O TWO, A LOCAL OFFICE, AND ONE PARCEL OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 9.977 ACRES PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA EXECUTOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.UM, THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CREEK'S EDGE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THEY'RE REQUESTING A POD THAT INCLUDES, UH, LOCAL OFFICE AT THE FRONT.
IT'S THIS, THIS PINK AREA HERE.
AND THEN THE REMAINDER WOULD BE ZONED FOR A TOWNHOUSE, UM, TO THE, THE NORTH.
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LEANER JUNCTION APARTMENT COMPLEX.AND THEN, UM, TO THE SOUTH, WE HAVE, THEY JUST CHANGED THE NAME IT'S LINUX HILL DEVELOPMENT.
SO THEY'RE KIND OF FILLING IN THE, THE GAP BETWEEN THE TWO.
UM, THIS PUT INCLUDES SEVERAL, UH, WAIVERS TO THE ORDINANCE.
UM, ONE OF 'EM THAT'S IMPORTANT IS THE, UM, CHANGE TO REPUBLIC TRAILS BOULEVARD.
SO THAT ROAD, UM, IS MEANT TO CONNECT THROUGH, UM, WE REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH.
SO IT'S LOGICAL TO REMOVE IT, UM, ON THIS PROPERTY BECAUSE THERE'S NOWHERE FOR IT TO GO.
UM, THIS REQUEST WAS REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DURING THEIR MEETING ON AUGUST 25TH AND THEY DID UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
UM, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THEN THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.
I DON'T REALLY THINK, I NEED TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN, WE CAN BRING IT OUT, BUT IS IT IN HERE? IS THAT IT RIGHT THERE? PDF.
AND THIS, UH, YOUR BIG BUTTON MOVE YOU FORWARD, THE BOTTOM MOVES BACK AND THEN THAT'S THE, THE HIGHLIGHT.
MAYOR, MAYOR PROTE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS RICHARD MATHIAS AND I REPRESENT THE OWNER AND DEVELOPER OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT.
BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, I'M GONNA MAKE MY COMMENTS VERY BRIEF AND BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, BUT I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF POINTS.
UM, THIS IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN FOR THE CREEKS EDGE PUDS PUT AS, AS THE STAFF INDICATED THERE'S, UM, HIGH DENSITY, APARTMENT COMPLEX, JOINING THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH.
WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE RONALD REAGAN BOULEVARD.
UM, UH, ALONG THE, UM, ALONG THE, THE EAST, UM, LENNOX HILL TOWN, HOME DEVELOPMENT BEING PROPOSED, UH, ALONG THE SOUTH.
UH, THIS IS A, UM, 10 ACRE SITE.
UM, THE, UM, NEARLY FOUR ACRES OF THE SITE IS WITHIN THE MUC.
THEY, THE TWO COLORED AREAS ARE THE MUC.
IT'S 10 ACRES IS CLOSE TO FOUR ACRES IN THE MUC, THE REMAINING SIX ACRES BEHIND IT.
THIS LAND USE PLAN IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE, THE, UM, MUC AREA, 60% OF THAT SITE, THE YELLOW AREA RIGHT THERE, THAT IS THE PROPOSED LOCAL OFFICE USE.
THE RED AREA IS THE, IS A PART OF THE TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENT.
IT'LL BE ENJOINED WITH THIS AREA.
SO YOU HAVE TWO USES HERE, UM, LOCAL OFFICE AND THE TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENT.
AGAIN, THOSE LAND USES ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THIS LAND USE IS A GOOD TRANSITION BETWEEN THE HIGHER DENSITY DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTH, THE FREE, THE, THE MAJOR ARTERIAL ROADWAY TO THE EAST, AND THEN THE, UM, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE WEST.
UM, THE POD WILL ALLOW CONDOMINIUM A PROJECT WITH PRIVATE STREETS AND AN ORGANIZED HOA FOR CONSISTENT MAINTENANCE OF ALL THE BUILDINGS AND OPEN SPACE.
THE PROJECT IS SUPERIOR TO THE STANDARD ZONING BY PROVIDING INCREASED MASON RECONSTRUCTION, NAME A FEW THINGS AND INCREASE IN LANDSCAPING ALONG THE HIGHWAY BY 150%, A LIMIT OF THREE UNITS PER BUILDING, RATHER THAN THE ALLOWABLE EIGHT, UM, MINIMUM UNIT SIZES OF 1000 SQUARE FEET VERSUS 700 SQUARE FEET.
THAT'S PERMITTED IN THE CODE, A MAXIMUM OF 72 UNITS IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BLOCKHOUSE CREEK GREEN BELT TO INCLUDE A PUBLIC PEDESTRIAN TRAIL THAT WE WILL DEVELOP WITHIN OUR BOUNDARIES, DECORATIVE METAL FENCING ALONG THE ENHANCED GREEN BELT AREA, FULLY ENCLOSED TWO CAR ATTACHED GARAGES AND TYPE A ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS.
THIS JUST DEMONSTRATES THAT THESE LAND USES ARE CONSISTENT IN THE MULTI-USE CORRIDOR.
JUST AGAIN, A DEFINITION, UM, WHICH YOU ALREADY KNOW.
AND THEN THESE ARE SOME OF THE, UM, THE, UM, ENHANCEMENTS, IF YOU WILL,
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FROM STANDARD ZONING THAT THE PUT IS OFFERING, THERE'S A FEW MORE THAT I'VE MENTIONED THAT AREN'T SHOWING IN THIS LIST, JUST A CONCEPTUAL RENDERING TO GIVE YOU A SENSE AND FEEL.UM, WE ALSO WILL WORK WITH THE CITY STAFF TO EMPLOY AS MUCH ZERO SCAPE LANDSCAPING, AS THEY WILL ALLOW TO HELP MINIMIZE WATER CONSUMPTION IN THE PROJECT.
UM, IN, IN SUMMARY, THIS APPLICATION, THIS IS A SISTER PROJECT, BY THE WAY, IN CEDAR PARK, UH, TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF, UH, ANOTHER PROJECT THAT THEY CURRENTLY ARE, HAVE UNDERWAY.
SO IN SUMMARY, THIS APPLICATION COMPLIES WITH THE COMPOSITE ZONING ORDINANCE AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, YOUR FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.
BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN I'LL CALL ON SPEAKERS WHO SUBMITTED CARDS.
HOWEVER, NOBODY HAS SUBMITTED CARDS ON THIS ONE.
WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHED TO SPEAK ALL RIGHT, PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
THEN NOW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE 22 Z 0 0 2 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY COUNSEL.
I JUST REMEMBER WHEN, WHEN THIS PROJECT FIRST GOT, I GUESS, UH, THEY DID A PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETING WITH, UH, WITH US, OR JUST KIND OF PRESENTED SOME STUFF.
IT WAS ALL TOWN HOMES AT ONE POINT, AND IT'S AN EXTREMELY TOUGH PIECE TO, TO KIND OF PUT TOGETHER.
SO, UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON EVERYTHING.
THEY'VE, THEY'VE DONE EVERYTHING THAT STAFF'S ASKED THEM AND IT'S FULLY COMPLIANT ON EVERYTHING ON A, JUST, JUST TO SAY IT AGAIN ON AN EXTREMELY TOUGH, UM, PIECE OF PROPERTY.
SO, UM, SINCE ALL THOSE THINGS ARE BEING MET AND WE CONFIRMED WITH STAFF ALSO THAT ALL PHASING MET, UM, MEASURES ARE BEING MET.
AND THAT MEANS, UM, OVER 30 UNITS, PLUS THE COMMERCIAL COMING UP FRONT TOO.
SO WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? DO YOU NEED QUESTION ROBIN? DO THEY NEED TO INCLUDE THE LABOR OF THE ROAD? GOOD CALL.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[33. Conduct a Public Hearing on the 675 Kauffman Loop Annexation Case 22-A-001 regarding the voluntary annexation of 25.025 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R328207 and R555049; and commonly addressed as 675 Kauffman Loop, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding 675 Kauffman Loop Annexation Case 22-A-001 as described above.]
ITEM 33, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 6 75 KAUFMAN LOOP ANNEXATION CASE 22 A 0 0 1 REGARDING THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF 25.025 ACRES PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE, AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.SO THIS IS, UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE KAUFMAN LOOP ANNEXATION REQUEST.
UM, THIS IS, UH, JUST THE PUBLIC HEARING AND IT'S TIED TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS THE ZONING CASE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM DOES NOT APPROVE THE ZONING.
THERE'S GONNA BE ANOTHER READING OF THE ANNEXATION I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
NOBODY HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT, PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
WE WILL NOW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ANNEXATION CASE 22, A ZERO ONE IS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY.
COUNSEL, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL IS IN FAVOR.
THINK YOU PUT YOUR HEAD DOWN FAST.
ONE B SINGLE FAMILY, RURAL TO ADOPT THE 6 75 COFFMAN LOOP P U D PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT WITH THE BASE ZONING DISTRICTS OF SFT TWO, A SINGLE FAMILY TOWNHOUSE AND GC TWO, A GENERAL COMMERCIAL ON TWO PARCELS OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 24.91 ACRES PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE AS SAVED ON THE POSTED AGENDA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
SO THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ZONING REQUEST FOR THE COFFMAN LOOP POD.
UM, THIS PROJECT'S PROPOSING GENERAL COMMERCIAL ALONG 29 AND THE REMAINDER OF THE TRACK WOULD BE SINGLE FAMILY TOWNHOUSES.
THERE'S A POCKET OF COMMERCIAL IN THE CENTER OF THE PROJECT.
UM, THIS ONE I WANTED TO SHOW Y'ALL OUR, OUR NEW MAP MADE BY OUR PLANNING ANALYST THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF.
UM, THIS IS THE CENTER, UM, FROM OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND WHAT HE'S DONE IS HE'S TAKEN, UM, THE MAKEUP OF THE CENTER TO SHOW WHAT'S INTERIM WHAT'S DEVELOPED, OR WHAT'S PLANNED TO BE DEVELOPED TO GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT'S LEFT IN THE CENTER.
SO, UM, THE GREEN AREA IS RESIDENTIAL.
UM, IT'S ALREADY DESIGNATED THAT WAY AND PLANNED THAT WAY.
AND WE INCLUDED THIS PROJECT IN THAT, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA FOR THE, THE NUMBERS, UM, THE ORANGE IS COMMERCIAL AND THEN THE YELLOW IS INTERIM ZONING.
SO THAT HAS INTERIM SINGLE FAMILY RULE, WHICH IS THE ZONING DISTRICT THAT, UM, WAS ASSIGNED WHEN IT WAS ANNEXED.
UM, SO THIS PROJECT, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK YOU CAN READ IT, UM, UP THERE, BUT IT IS, UH, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LIMITS THE CENTER TO 30% RESIDENTIAL.
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RESIDENTIAL.UM, BUT THAT THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION DID REVIEW THE REQUEST DURING THE AUGUST 25TH, UH, MEETING AND THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
UM, THE APPLICANT'S HERE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND I'M ALSO AVAILABLE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THANK YOU.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
NOBODY HAS SUBMITTED CARDS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISH TO SPEAK?
[34. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case 22-Z-005 to amend the current zoning of Interim SFR-1-B (Single-Family Rural) to adopt the 675 Kauffman Loop PUD (Planning Unit Development) with the base zoning districts of SFT-2-A (Single-Family Townhouse) and GC-2-A (General Commercial) on two (2) parcels of land approximately 24.91 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R328207 and R555049; and more commonly known as 675 Kauffman Loop, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case 22-Z-005 as described above.]
ALL RIGHT, PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.WE'LL NOW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE 22 Z 0 0 5 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY COUNSEL.
I MEAN, THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO, JUST TO CLARIFY, THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO TAKE SOME AREAS THAT WE KIND OF SAID COULD BE RESIDENTIAL AND IT'S GONNA BE COMMERCIAL.
THEY'RE PHASING THIS, UH, THIS DEVELOPMENT TO MAKE SURE THE COMMERCIAL COMES IN.
UH, IT'LL BE WITHIN THE FIRST PHASE, RIGHT? MM-HMM
AND THIS FITS COMPLETELY WITHIN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND UNDERNEATH OUR CAPS, CORRECT OUR RESIDENTIAL.
OKAY, WELL THEN I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
SECOND MOTION A SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[35. Discuss and consider action on an agreement with Liberty Hill Independent School District regarding the timing of construction for Elementary School #6 generally located off of the future extension of Stamp Iron Avenue, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R544612; and commonly addressed as 2100 Stamp Iron Avenue, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.]
ITEM 35 DISCUSSING CONSIDER ACTION ON AN AGREEMENT WITH LIBERTY HILL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT REGARDING THE TIMING OF CONSTRUCTION FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.NUMBER SIX, GENERALLY LOCATED OFF OF THE FUTURE EXTENSION OF STAMP AND AVENUE MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY WILLIAMSON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT AS PARCEL R 5, 4, 4, 612, AND COMMONLY ADDRESSED AS 2100 STAMP IRON AVENUE, LEANDER WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
SO THIS IS, UM, AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LEANDER AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AT LIBERTY HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UM, THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE BAR W RANCH WEST SUBDIVISION.
IT'S, UM, A UNIQUE SUBDIVISION WHERE IT'S LOCATED IN OUR E T J, BUT THEY'RE SUBJECT TO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT BRINGS IN THE CITY'S REGULATIONS.
IT'S ALSO PART OF A MUD AND USES CITY WATER AND WASTEWATER.
UM, SO WE STARTED ON THIS PROJECT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN NOVEMBER, UM, AND KIND OF GAVE THEM A PATH FORWARD AND DIRECTIONS TO FOLLOW.
UM, I BELIEVE THERE WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING AND THEY STARTED WITHOUT PERMITS.
UM, AND THEY'RE VERY EAGER TO OPEN THEIR SCHOOL IN AUGUST OF NEXT YEAR.
SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT IS TO GIVE THEM A PATH FORWARD WHILE STILL MEETING THE INTENT OF OUR ORDINANCES.
UM, IN THIS AREA PER THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
UM, A BUILDING PERMIT IS ONLY A PLUMBING PERMIT IN ELEVATIONS, SO IT'S NOT, UM, AS EXTENSIVE AS A NORMAL BUILDING PERMIT.
SO WE'RE ASKING THAT THEY GET THAT PERMIT ISSUED BEFORE THEY CONTINUE TO GO VERTICAL WITH THE SCHOOL.
AND WE'VE ALSO ASKED THAT THEY SUBMIT THEIR SITE PLAN, LET US GET THROUGH A REVIEW OF IT BEFORE THEY START ANY WORK ON THE SITE.
UM, THE STAFF'S CONCERN IS WE DON'T WANT THEM TO START BUILDING A SITE CUZ YOU CAN'T JUST MOVE A PARKING LOT AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE DOING ALL THE WORK IN THE RIGHT PLACES.
UM, WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY, UM, ARE IN AGREEMENT, BUT I THINK THEY'RE HERE AND THEY CAN SPEAK TO THAT.
AND, UM, I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
AND SO IS PAIGE SINCE SHE DID MOST OF THE HARD WORK.
BEFORE WE GET TO THE SPEAKER, SINCE THIS ISN'T A, A PUBLIC HEARING, WE CAN ASK REAL QUICK.
UM, IF, IF WE APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, HOW SOON CAN THEY START CONSTRUCTION BACK UP? SO, UM, I EMAILED THE ARCHITECT TODAY TO SEE WHERE HE WAS AT ON SUBMITTING THE BUILDING PERMIT.
THEY HAD SUBMITTED IT, BUT IT DIDN'T MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMITTAL.
SO WE'D ASKED THEM TO MAKE CHANGES.
SO AS SOON AS THEY GET THAT IN AND WE CAN COMPLETE THE REVIEW, THAT WOULD BE WHEN THEY COULD START CONTINUING GOING VERTICAL.
UH, WE DO HAVE THREE PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FIRST UP IS STEVEN SNELL.
GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT NELL.
PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
NAME, ADDRESS, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
SO STEVE SNELL, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, UH, LIVE AT, UH, 2 0 5 HIGHLAND OAKS ACTUALLY IN LEANDER, TEXAS.
SO, UM, JUST ONE THING BEFORE I GET STARTED, UH, ROBIN MENTIONED THAT HAVE TO GET THE BUILDING PERMIT BEFORE WE CAN GO VERTICAL.
I THINK THE AGREEMENT SAYS PLUMBING PERMIT BEFORE WE CAN GO OVER.
UM, AND, BUT WE CAN CONTINUE CON OR WE CAN START CONSTRUCTION AS SOON AS THIS AGREEMENT WOULD BE APPROVED BY BY COUNCIL.
SO, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT, YOU HAVE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN, UH, LIBERTY HILL ISD AND THE CITY.
I WANT TO THANK, UH, ROBIN AND PAIGE.
THEY WERE BOTH VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THIS AGREEMENT.
UM, GETTING US BACK ON TRACK, UM, AS YOU GUYS MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, LIBERTY HILL GREW BY 24.8% LAST YEAR AS OVER 1600 NEW STUDENTS THIS YEAR, WE HAVE OVER A THOUSAND, UH, NEW STUDENTS, LOTS OF 'EM ARE GOING IN THE BAR W NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY NEED A SCHOOL TO ATTEND, RIGHT.
AND JUST LIKE LEONARD ISD, WE'RE BUSTING AT THE SEAM.
SO, UM, KEEPING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ON TIME IS CRITICAL,
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UM, AS IS FOLLOWING ALL CITY ORDINANCES, UM, AND, AND GETTING THE PERMITS AS CRITICAL AS WELL WITH ME TONIGHT, I HAVE SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS AND I HAVE MY CONSTRUCTION TEAM AS A SIGN OF OUR COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF LEANDER AND ROBIN AND HER TEAM AND, UH, FOLLOW ALL THE NECESSARY SUBMITTALS.UM, AND THIS, THIS AGREEMENT WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE CONSTRUCTION WITH THE HOPE TO STAY ON TRACK AND OPEN THAT SCHOOL IN AUGUST WHILE THE CITY REVIEWS THOSE PLANS.
BUT WE'RE COMMITTED TO MAKING IT RIGHT WITH THE CITY.
UM, WE'VE ENJOYED GETTING TO KNOW ROBIN AND HER STAFF AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO A GOOD RELATIONSHIP GOING FORWARD.
PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
UH, MY NAME IS MEGAN PARSONS AND I LIVE AT 1 0 9 HOWARD LANE IN LIBERTY HILL.
UH, AND I FIRST WANNA ECHO WHAT MR. SNELL SAID, AND I WANNA THANK Y'ALL FOR GETTING THIS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE CITY OF LEANDER AND LIBERTY HILL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS.
AND, UM, I BELIEVED BE BEFORE I WAS JUST REALIZED.
SO I, I FELT LIKE WE'VE SUBMITTED EVERYTHING THAT HAD BEEN REQUESTED, BUT I THINK SOMETIMES THE REQUESTS HAVE CHANGED AND THERE'S, THERE'S JUST BEEN A LOT OF THINGS ON BOTH SIDES.
AND, AND BASICALLY WHAT I WANNA SAY TONIGHT IS SHORT AND SIMPLE.
I BELIEVE, UM, THAT WE WANT TO GET YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED AND, UH, PLEASE VOTE YES TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE WHAT IS NEEDED TO US SO THAT WE CAN GET THE SCHOOL FINISHED FOR OUR, OUR KIDS WITHOUT ANY MORE DELAYS OUR KIDS AND OUR COMMUNITY DESERVE IT.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PRE UH, ATTENTION TO THIS AND, UH, YOUR CONSIDERATION TO THAT.
PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
HEY, KENDALL CARTER, 1 0 5, ANGELA DRIVE, LIBERTY HILL, UH, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER.
UH, I'LL ALSO BE BRIEF AND JUST AS A SIGN OF SUPPORT TO MR. SNELL, OUR CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT, UH, ROBIN AND HER TEAM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE WANTING TO DO EVERYTHING CORRECTLY.
UH, AND ALSO WE WANT TO DO IT FOR THE KIDS, RIGHT? THAT'S THE WHOLE REASON ANY OF US ARE HERE, UM, FROM, FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND PART OF THE REASON THAT I SIGNED UP WAS, HEY, I ASK MYSELF EVERY DAY THAT I GO TO THE, UH, COUNCIL MEETINGS.
I SAY, WHAT CAN WE DO? AND IS IT THE RIGHT DECISION FOR THE KIDS? AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT IS TO SHOW SUPPORT AND ASK FOR THE APPROVAL SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND, UH, GET THAT SCHOOL BUILT FOR THE KIDS.
THANK YOU, MR. CARTER, I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHED TO SPEAK? COME ON UP, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
AND AFTER YOU'RE SPEAKING, IF YOU COULD FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD WITH THE CITY SECRETARY, PLEASE.
I LIVE AT 1 0 5 DAKS DRIVE IN LIBERTY HILL.
I'M A FORMER EDUCATOR NOW SERVING ON THE BOARD.
UM, IT'S, I'VE OPENED NEW SCHOOLS.
UH, GROWTH IS A CHALLENGE WITHIN ITSELF.
AS YOU GUYS LOVE YOUR KIDS HERE IN LEANDER, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO OPEN NEW SCHOOL.
IT'S A CHALLENGE, BUT IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
IT GIVES OUR KIDS EXTRA OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN AND BE INVOLVED IN NEW PROGRAMS, BUT WE REALLY, REALLY NEED TO GET THIS SCHOOL OPEN ON TIME.
IF WE HAVE TO PUT THE KIDS IN OTHER SCHOOLS AND THEN MOVE THEM, IT'S JUST THE, THE BEST CASE SCENARIO WOULD BE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET OUR KIDS IN THAT BAR SCHOOL AND TO GET IT OPEN ON TIME.
AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE TO WORK WITH US, AND WE WANNA CONTINUE TO HAVE A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU AS WELL.
PLEASE PULL OUT A SPEAKER CARD WITH THE CITY SECRETARY.
WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT.
UH, COUNCIL MOTION TO APPROVE.
JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY REAL QUICK IN THE AGREEMENT.
IT DOES SAY THEY HAVE TO GET THAT, UM, PLUMBING PERMIT BEFORE THEY CONTINUE WITH THE VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION.
BUT TO RECEIVE THE PLUMBING, THEY HAVE TO RECEIVE THE PERMIT.
WE ISSUE THE PERMIT ISSUE, THE PERMIT ISSUE, THE PERMIT.
IS THERE ONCE THEY GET IT, IS THERE LIKE AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF TIME THEY WOULD TAKE, WE'RE GONNA DO OUR BEST TO DO THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, QUICKLY AS, OKAY.
I JUST HAD A QUESTION AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER IT, OR IF SOMEBODY FROM ADMINISTRATION WOULD BE BETTER TO ANSWER IT.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO HOW WE GOT HERE? JUST FOR CLARITY FOR EVERYONE? HOW DID IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE A BUILDING WAS STARTED TO BE BUILT WITHOUT PROPER PERMITS.
THAT'S SO I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND FROM LIBERTY HILLS PERSPECTIVE, CUZ IT SOUNDED LIKE SOMEBODY MADE THE COMMENT OF THERE WAS BACK AND FORTH OR CONFUSION.
AND SO I WOULD WANT TO CLEARLY UNDERSTAND WHERE, WHERE YOU'RE SAYING SO I CAN START, MAYBE HILL CAN FINISH, CAN WRAP UP.
IN NOVEMBER OF 2021, WE MET WITH,
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UH, THEIR PROJECT ENGINEER AND UM, THIS PROPERTY IS SURROUNDED BY BAR W AND IT'S A DR.UM, SO I SUGGESTED THAT THEY INCORPORATE THEIR LOT INTO THEIR PRELIMINARY PLAT, CUZ THAT WOULD BE FASTER THAN DOING YOUR OWN PULMONARY PLOT.
UM, SO THEN WE MET WITH THEM AGAIN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND WE STILL HADN'T RECEIVED ANY APPLICATIONS AND WE KIND OF HAD THE SAME CONVERSATION AGAIN.
UM, AND THEN THEY STARTED CONSTRUCTION ON THE SCHOOL.
SO WE ISSUED THE STOP RECORDER.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE ISSUE WAS ON THAT PRODUCT AND LET THEM SPEAK TO THAT.
BUT AFTER WE, UM, GOT INTO IT, I RECEIVED THE BAR W 10 11 PLANS AND I FOUND THAT THEY WERE DOING ALL THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THAT MEANS IT CHANGED THEM FROM A PRELIMINARY PLA TO A SHORT FORM AND THAT'S A SHORTER PROCESS.
SO I SENT 'EM DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO PROCEED WITH THAT STEP.
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED? I THINK HE WAS COMING UP.
SO I THINK MY PROJECT MANAGER DID MEET MICROPHONE.
UM, OUR PROJECT MANAGER DID MEET WITH ROBIN IN NOVEMBER OF 21.
GOT A GAME PLAN TO GO FORWARD.
AND UH, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS LIKE SHE SAID, IT'S A COMPLICATED SITE.
HORTON FOR A LONG TIME TO EVEN GET THE SCHOOL SITE ENDED UP PURCHASING IT FROM THE LANDOWNER.
UM, OUTSIDE OF THE, WHAT WE THOUGHT THE DR.
WE ALSO THOUGHT WE WERE AN END USER BASED ON THE, UH, LEANDER AGREEMENT, WHICH IS INCORRECT.
ROBIN, ROBIN HAS, BY THE WAY, HAS BEEN VERY OPEN AND HONEST AND STRAIGHTFORWARD IN THE PROCESS.
I MIGHT NOT HAVE, UH, LIKED THE ANSWERS SOMETIMES, BUT, UM, SHE'S BEEN VERY CLEAR WITH ME, BUT I REALLY DIDN'T GET INVOLVED INTO THE PROCESS TILL MID JULY.
SO, UM, WE WERE BEING TOLD OUR, OUR CONTRACTORS ARE ARCHITECTS THAT WE WERE GOOD TO PROCEED BASED ON, UM, THIS ROUTE.
AND THEN, UM, I BELIEVE ROBIN GOT IN CONTACT WITH THEM IN JUNE.
I LOOKED THROUGH THE EMAILS AGAIN TODAY.
UM, LONG STORY SHORT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GIVEN A PATH AGAIN.
UM, OUR PROJECT MANAGER INTERPRETED IT THAT WE COULD STILL CONTINUE WHILE WE WORKED THROUGH THOSE PROCESSES.
AND THEN THAT'S WHEN THE WORK ORDER CAME.
I CALLED ROBIN THAT'S WHEN I CONNECTED WITH ROBIN THE FIRST TIME AND SHE HAD A CLEAR PATH.
AND SO WE WORKED THROUGH THAT AND THEN WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HER TEAM, UM, AND RICK SINCE THEN TO FIGURE OUT A WAY, UM, THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN.
AND, UM, IT WASN'T UNTIL PRETTY RECENTLY WHERE I FOUND THE CITY ORDINANCE THAT SAID WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO, WE STILL NEED PERMISSION.
SO WE HAD TO WITHDRAW A LOT OF THE THINGS WE HAD ALREADY PRIOR SUBMITTED, UM, AND GET BACK TO THE, THE THREE THINGS THAT ROBIN SAYS WE CAN SUBMIT, THEY CAN BE REVIEWED SIMULTANEOUSLY.
IT WILL SPEED UP THE PROCESS AND WE CAN CONTINUE CONSTRUCTION WHILE THEY'RE REVIEWING THOSE THINGS.
WE JUST CAN'T GO VERTICAL UNTIL WE GET THE PLUMBING PERMIT.
BUT THEY'RE ALSO WORKING WITH US TO, UM, REVIEW OUR THIRD PARTY INSPECTIONS, WHICH WE'VE DONE.
AND THERE WAS ALSO SOME CONFUSION ON WHICH, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD JURISDICTION BECAUSE ACTUALLY THE SCHOOL SIDE IS IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, ESD NUMBER FOUR AND THAT'S LIBERTY HILL AND, AND, UH, FIRE CHIEF DICKENS.
UM, SO, BUT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, YOU KNOW, SHE'S LIKE, NO, IT'S REALLY, IT GOES UNDER THE CITY FOR THE BILL FOR THE PERMIT.
SO THEN YOU HAD SOME, SOME CONFLICT BETWEEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS AS WELL, BUT, UM, WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE NOW AND WORKING TOGETHER.
AND I THINK THE TWO FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING TOGETHER.
SO THAT'S WHY WE ASK JUST IF WE CAN GET THE AGREEMENT IN PLACE, WE CAN, WE CAN BE A BETTER PARTNER FOR THE CITY DELIVER OR CITY OF LEANER.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE IF, IF WE STARTED WORK WITHOUT THE PROPER PERMITS BEFORE, AND WE'RE USING THE SAME CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, I WANTED TO BE SURE THAT THERE'S NOT GONNA BE FURTHER CONFUSION GOING FORWARD AND THAT WE CAN REALLY TRUST THAT WORK WILL NOT START UNTIL THAT PERMIT IS RECEIVED AND IT'S APPROVED AND EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT THE KIDS AND ABOUT THEIR SAFETY.
AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THE SITE IS SAFE.
MM-HMM
AND SO IT'S NOT ABOUT HOLDING UP, WANTING YOU GUYS TO HAVE TO PAY MORE MONEY, TRYING TO KEEP KIDS FROM GOING TO SCHOOL.
IT'S NOTHING LIKE THAT, BUT WE HAVE A OBLIGATION AND RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP THOSE KIDS SAFE TOO, WHICH IS PART OF ALL THIS PROCESS.
SO I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR THAT THERE'S NOT GONNA BE CONFUSION LATER WHERE WORK IS DONE AND THERE'S NOT A PROPER PROGRAM.
AND LIKE I SAID, THE CITY STAFF HAS BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE AND WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.
SO JUST GET CLARITY ON EXACTLY WHAT AND HOW THEY WANT SUBMITTED.
UM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR, FOR ROBIN, UM, REGARDING THE
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CONSTRUCTION THERE FOR, FOR BAR W IS THAT, WHERE ARE THEY IN, IN THE CONSTRUCTION? ARE, IS THAT NOT GONNA BE A CONSTRUCTION SITE FOR A LONG TIME? IT, IT PROBABLY WILL BE, UM, THEY'VE SUBMITTED THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR STAMP IRON MM-HMMSO WE'VE JUST STARTED THE REVIEW AND THAT INCLUDES THAT ROADWAY AS WELL AS A SECTION OF A NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO IT PROBABLY WON'T BE DONE AT THE SAME TIME AS THE SCHOOL.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE AGREEMENT IS WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE'RE WORKING ON A PATH, UH, FOR WHEN THE SCHOOL OPENS THAT THEY'LL HAVE A, A SAFE WAY IN AND OUT, CUZ THEY'RE GONNA BE DROPPING KIDS OFF IN A CONSTRUCTION SITE.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK MAKES SENSE TO DO CLOSER.
UM, CUZ THEN WE'LL KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT IN BOTH PROJECTS.
AND IF, IF THIS WERE, IF WE DENIED THIS OR DELAYED IT, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS? CUZ IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE DOESN'T SOUND LIKE WE'RE WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.
SO IF THAT'S MY INTERPRETATION, IF YOU DENY IT, UM, THAT MEANS THEY'D HAVE TO FINISH THEIR PLA SITE DEVELOPMENT BEFORE THEY CAN CONTINUE TO GO VERTICAL MM-HMM
THAT MEANS THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO OPEN AUGUST OF NEXT YEAR.
UM, THAT'S JUST WHAT I'VE HEARD.
YOU MIGHT CONFIRM IT WITH THE LIBERTY HILL GROUP MM-HMM
UM, SO WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP? THEY JUST, THEY DON'T HAVE TO RESUBMIT SOMETHING.
THEY JUST HAVE TO COMPLETE, WELL, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE SHORT FORM PLAT APPLICATION.
WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE SITE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION AND WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE BUILDING, SO WE NEED TO GET THOSE THREE IN REVIEW.
UM, WHEN WE HAD MET WITH STEVE AND HIS TEAM AND THEN SEPARATELY, UH, A SECOND TIME, I THINK IN THE LAST WEEK OR LAST WEEK AND A HALF, WHEN WE DECIDED TO COME FORWARD, THIS AGREEMENT, WHAT WE SAID WAS WE'LL WE'LL PUT TOGETHER WHAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY LEGALLY WAIVE WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE LIFE SAFETY PIECE BECAUSE OF THE KIDS.
AND SO I THINK THAT, YES, JOSH, I KNOW JOSH IS, IS JOSH STILL HERE? OH, SORRY.
UM, THAT, THAT, THAT PIECE, INCLUDING INGRESS AND EGRESS AND ACCESS TO THE SITE, EVEN IF EVERYTHING WENT VERTICAL AND IS BUILT A HUNDRED PERCENT CORRECT, AND ALL INSPECTIONS ARE GREAT THAT ACCESS IN AND OUT OF THE SITE OR THE PLAN FOR SPRINKLING IT OR COMBINATION THEREOF IS A PIECE THAT IF YOU GOT ALL THE WAY TO THAT POINT, THE CEO COULD STILL BE AN ISSUE, CORRECT.
JOSH, WHEN YOU GET TO THAT POINT, THAT WILL BE THE FINAL ONE OF THE FINAL CO ISSUES.
SO WE DID WANT TO DO AS MUCH AS WE COULD GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE YOU HAVE A SLAB OUT THERE THAT ALSO DOESN'T MEAN WE FIGURED OUT THE FLOOD, PLAIN, THE PLAT, THE, ALL OF THE ABOVE, WE'RE WORKING WITH WHAT WE HAVE.
YOU KNOW, MY COMMITMENT TO STEVE IS WE WOULD DO EVERYTHING WE CAN LEGALLY TO MOVE IT FORWARD, WHICH IS WHY WE'VE HAD PAGE ON THIS AND DOWN TO THE 11TH HOUR, GETTING THIS DONE.
UM, OUR HOPE IS THAT IT CAN PROCEED IN A SAFE MANNER.
UM, BUT WE DO NEED THE BUILDING PERMIT.
YOU NEED THE PLUMBING PERMIT TO GO VERTICAL.
AND AGAIN, WE WANT IT TO PROCEED, BUT IN THE RIGHT WAY, AND IT ISN'T NECESSARILY ALL EVERYTHING IN THE SAME ORDER.
SOME THINGS ARE GONNA BE CONCURRENT NOW BECAUSE OF WHERE WE ARE.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M CRYSTAL CLEAR ON THIS BECAUSE, UM, I APPRECIATE THE FACT OF TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER AND I THINK WE ALL LOVE KIDS.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S REALLY THE TOPIC OF THE CONVERSATION HERE, WHAT I WANT TO MAKE.
BECAUSE THIS SCHOOL WILL BE IN THE CITY OF LEANDER AND OUR JOB AS COUNCIL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT LEFT, THAT THERE'S NOT A BUILDING.
THAT'S NOT, THAT'S GOT MAJOR PROBLEMS LATER.
AND SO WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, DO YOU FEEL THAT WE ARE DOING THE BEST BY THE CITY, THAT WE'RE MAKING SOME ACCOMMODATIONS TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD, BUT THAT THIS, BUT WE'RE NOT SHORT CHANGING OURSELVES IN THE MIX? I, I FEEL LIKE IT'S, IT'S IT'S OKAY.
UM, WITH, UH, L A L I S D UM, WE ALSO ACCEPT THIRD PARTY INSPECTION REPORT, SO THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL.
AND I THINK THEY'RE USING SOMEONE THAT'S QUALIFIED THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH BEFORE.
SO I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THAT PART OF IT.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? YEAH.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT, UM, I'M, I'M ALL FOR, IF WE CAN RUN THINGS CONCOR CONCURRENTLY AND KEEP THEIR ON TRACK, CUZ I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU OUT HAVE A SCHOOL IN AUGUST TWO.
UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF THERE'S HOOPS THAT NEED TO BE JUMPED THROUGH BECAUSE THERE WAS CONFUSION ON THE ISD PART, THEN THERE WAS CONFUSION ON THE ISD PART THAT
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THEY'VE GOTTA SORT OUT AND MAYBE TO BE ABLE TO DO IT BETTER NEXT TIME.UM, BUT I WOULD JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT MAKING TOO MANY ACCOMMODATIONS AND THAT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH WHERE WE ARE BECAUSE I'M I'M DEPENDING ON YOUR EXPERT OPINION ON HOW I VOTE ON THIS.
SO I, I WILL SAY IN OUR, OUR NORMAL PROCESS, UM, THOSE THREE STEPS ARE ALLOWED TO RUN CONCURRENTLY.
IT'S UM, THE CONSTRUCTION AT THE SAME TIME AS WE'RE REVIEWING.
UM, AND RIGHT NOW THEY, THEY HAVE THE FOUNDATION AT A LOCATION THAT MEETS OUR SETBACKS.
UM, SO WE FELT COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
UM, THE CONCERN ABOUT THE LAYOUT OF THE, THE SITE AND THE PARKING IS GONNA BE ADDRESSED WITH THAT SITE PLAN REVIEW.
SO WE'RE ASKING THEY FINISHED THAT FIRST REVIEW SO WE CAN CHECK THE SET BACKS AND THE DRAINAGE AND THE DETENTION.
UM, RIGHT NOW I THINK WE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT.
IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF EXTRA WORK FOR US TO, TO STAY ON TOP OF, BUT I THINK WE CAN DO IT CITY MANAGER OF BEVERLY.
I JUST, I JUST WANNA SAY, YOU KNOW, THE ROAD TO, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT WAS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS, OF COURSE.
OF COURSE, IF WE END UP AT THE END OF THIS ROAD AND SOMETHING ISN'T RIGHT AND WE CAN'T CO IT, I KNOW WE COULD GET A, WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN'S SPEECH AT THE 11TH HOUR? AND THE CITY LOOKS LIKE THE BAD GUY, SO LET'S JUST REMEMBER THIS RECORDING THIS GOING IN.
WE'RE TRYING TO HELP GIVEN THE SITUATION.
BUT IF WE GET DOWN THIS, PLAY THIS BACK AND SAY, OKAY, WE DID EVERYTHING WE COULD, BUT THIS IS EXACTLY WHY THESE THINGS HAVE TO USUALLY RUN A, A TYPICAL AND WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT SETTING A PRECEDENT THAT WE WANT ANYTHING TO RUN THIS WAY.
THAT'S WHY WE PUT THIS AGREEMENT ON THE TABLE.
OTHERWISE WE WOULD'VE BROUGHT IT TO Y'ALL.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'D JUST SAY IS THERE, IS THAT UNDERSTOOD TOO CITY MANAGER'S COMMENTS AS WELL TOO, THAT WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THE DISTRICT.
YEAH, THAT BEING SAID THAT I'LL SECOND MOTION IS SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OPPOSED PASSES SIX TO ONE.
UM, AND MR. SNELL, IF YOU WANNA STICK AROUND, WE'LL SIGN THAT BETWEEN ITEMS 39 AND 40.
[36. Discuss and consider action on an Ordinance amending Chapter 13, Article 13.09, Water Conservation and Drought Contingency Plan, Section 13.09.014, to enact a more severe administrative penalty schedule for violation of the water conservation and drought contingency regulations during water conservation Phase 4; providing for severability clause; providing savings, effective date and open meeting clauses; and for related matters.]
RIGHT.ITEM 36, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 13, ARTICLE 13.09, WATER CONSERVATION AND DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN SECTION 13.0 9.014 TO ENACT A MORE SEVERE ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY SCHEDULE FOR VIOLATION OF THE WATER CONSERVATION AND DROUGHT CONTINGENCY REGULATIONS DURING WATER CONSERVATION, PHASE FOUR, PROVIDING FOR SEVER ABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING SAVINGS, EFFECTIVE DATE AND OPEN MEETING CLAUSES.
AND FOR RELATED MATTERS, CHIEF OF STAFF NEW, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
WE DO HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AFTER YOU'RE DONE THOUGH.
UH, YES, MA'AM UH, MIKE NEW CHIEF OF STAFF.
WE ARE BRINGING THIS, UH, ORDINANCE AMENDMENT TO TONIGHT.
UM, AND WE HAD BEEN PREPARING THIS, UH, IN THE VERY BEGINNING, THE EARLY STAGES OF CONSIDERING PHASE FOUR AND IMPLEMENTING PHASE FOUR, UM, KNOWING THAT ACHIEVING THE COMPLIANCE, WHICH WHERE WE ARE TODAY IS ACTUALLY IN COMPLIANCE.
WE'RE, WE'RE ACHIEVING OUR GOAL OF 9 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY OR LESS.
SO WE'RE A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF WHERE WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT BE TODAY.
UM, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE AS AN AMENDMENT TO, UM, SHIFT THE, THE PENALTIES FROM, UM, PARTICULARLY ON THE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER SIDE FROM, UH, FOURTH AND SUBSEQUENT AND MOVING THAT, UH, THOUSAND DOLLARS PENALTY UP TO SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT, AND THAT'S IN THE INTEREST OF, UM, THE, THE REALLY TIGHT TIMEFRAME THAT WE HAVE WITH THIS REPAIR AND SOME OF THE CRITICAL, UH, NATURE OF NEEDING TO MAINTAIN THAT COMPLIANCE.
UM, WHAT WE HAVE DONE UP TO THIS POINT, I THINK YOU HEARD FROM CHIEF DAVIS EARLIER ABOUT OUR ENFORCEMENT IS THAT WE HAVE NOT, UM, ENACTED ANY OF THOSE, UH, FINANCIAL PENALTIES ON ANY CUSTOMERS UP TO THIS POINT.
UH, WE WERE AWARE THAT THIS WAS PART OF SOMETHING WE WERE PLANNING TO PRESENT TO COUNCIL.
I THINK THAT WAS PART OF THAT, UH, GOAL.
IF COUNCIL, UH, CHOOSES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AMENDMENT, WE WILL PUT EVERYONE BACK AT ZERO.
UH, IN FACT, ALL THE CUSTOMERS THAT, UH, WE'VE ISSUED, UH, CUR OR COURTESY VIOLATIONS TO ONES EVEN THAT WE'VE ISSUED SECOND VIOLATIONS TO ARE VIOLATION NOTICES TO THOSE WILL GO BACK TO COURTESY BECAUSE OF THIS, THIS CHANGE.
SO EVERYONE WILL START AT SQUARE ONE WE'LL NOTIFY CUSTOMERS WILL EDUCATE CUSTOMERS OF THE CHANGE.
HOPEFULLY THIS WILL HELP ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN, UH, CONTINUED COMPLIANCE, ENCOURAGE ADDITIONAL COMPLIANCE FROM CUSTOMERS WHO MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE DO.
ONE OF THE THINGS I DID WANT TO MENTION TO COUNCIL IS KIND OF A, UM, YOU KNOW, BACK OF THE NAPKIN, UH, NUMBERS, UM, THAT, THAT WE WERE KIND OF LOOKING AT.
SO A LOT OF OUR TIER ONE CUSTOMERS, MAJORITY OF OUR CUSTOMERS ARE TIER ONE, THAT'S UP TO 15,000 GALLONS A MONTH, 70% OF OUR CUSTOMERS FALL IN THAT RANGE.
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10,000 GALLONS PER MONTH SAY, AND, AND I KIND OF FALL IN THAT CATEGORY RIGHT NOW.UH, 10,000 GALLONS PER MONTH IS A, IS A WATER BILL OF ANYWHERE BETWEEN A HUNDRED, UH, 130 AND $150.
IF IT'S BETWEEN 10 AND 15,000 GALLONS A MONTH, WE DO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS THAT USE MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND GALLONS A MONTH.
ON AVERAGE IN THE SUMMERTIME, THAT AVERAGE BILL IS AROUND $750.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PENALTIES FOR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS AT SECOND OFFENSE, 50, UM, THIRD OFFENSE, UH, 104TH OFFENSE FOURTH AND SUBSEQUENT 200, IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T, UH, IT'S NOT PROPORTIONATE TO WHAT THOSE TYPICAL BILLS ARE.
AND IF WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS, UH, ISSUES WITH THE CUSTOMERS THAT AREN'T IMPACTED BY THOSE CHAIRED RATES THAT AREN'T IMPACTED BY OTHER MEANS, THIS MAY GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STAFF TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES FOR SOME OF THOSE SEVERE CIRCUMSTANCES.
THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE APPLY IT, UH, AS QUICKLY AND AS, AS, AS HARSHLY AS WE CAN, IT DOES MEAN THAT IT GIVES US TOOLS IF WE NEED TO USE THEM TO HELP ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE THROUGH THIS REPAIR PERIOD.
AND I DID WANNA BRING ONE, ADD, MENTION ONE ADDITIONAL CHANGE.
AND THIS IS ON THE VERSION THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
IT'S NOT IN OUR AGENDA PACKET ONLINE, IT'S IN THE BLUE TEXT, UM, AS FAR AS THE AMENDMENT OF RECONNECTION FEE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID STRIKE FROM THE PREVIOUS ORDINANCE THAT IS IN THE BLUE TEXT HERE, UM, THERE WAS A RECONNECTION FEE SORT OF ALMOST AS A, AS AN EMERGENCY PENALTY, A RECONNECTION FEE THAT WOULD BE APPLIED, UH, OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO RECONNECT AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
WE DID STRIKE THAT IF WE WERE GOING TO MAKE THE CHANGE AND MOVE UP TO SECOND OFFENSE, $1,000 PENALTY, IT DIDN'T SEEM FAIR TO ALSO APPLY A RECONNECTION FEE OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO IT DOES GO TO OUR NORMAL FEE SCHEDULE FOR RECONNECTIONS.
UM, AND THAT WAS A CHANGE THAT WAS NOT IN THE ORIGINAL PACKET.
YES, MA'AM UH, COUNSEL, PLEASE HOLD YOUR QUESTIONS UNTIL AFTER THE SPEAKER.
UH, JOE COOS, SORRY, IF I SAID THAT WRONG, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
MY NAME IS, UH, JOE KOONS LIVE AT 24 20 GREATWOOD TRAIL.
UH, I WOULD URGE THE COUNCIL TO RECONSIDER, UH, WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
UH, IT'S A, THEY'RE CONSIDERING A PERMANENT ORDINANCE CHANGE FOR A TEMPORARY PROBLEM, UH, RIGHT.
CUZ WE'RE JUST, JUST GONNA ASSUME THAT THE ORDINANCE WILL CONTINUE, BUT THE WHOLE BACKGROUND FOR THIS ORDINANCE IS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE NOW, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING WE'RE MORE THAN MEETING OUR GOAL OF 9 MILLION GALLONS A DAY, ESPECIALLY ON A WEDNESDAY.
I KNOW THAT WAS BRIEFED EARLIER.
WEDNESDAY ARE THE HEAVIEST DAYS AND WE'RE WE'RE FAR BELOW THE 9 MILLION, UH, FURTHER.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL WAS AWARE OF THE ISSUES AT THE ELEVATED STORAGE TANK ON COUNTY ROAD TWO 80.
UM, SO THAT YOU, THE CITY'S BEEN FLUSHING THAT TANK ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS, EVEN THROUGH THE SUMMER.
UH, AND THAT'S WITH PEOPLE IRRIGATING THESE MASSIVE AMOUNTS.
SO WHEN WE GO TO ZERO IRRIGATION, THE CITY'S GONNA BE FORCED TO FLUSH EVEN MORE OF THAT WATER, WHICH MEANS YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET PAID FOR IT.
UH, SO I WOULD URGE THEM TO ENGAGE WITH STAFF AND FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION.
UH, I KNOW THAT COMMUNITY BACK THERE WOULD MORE THAN HAPPY TO USE THE WATER AND HAVE YOU GUYS GET PAID FOR IT INSTEAD OF JUST DUMPING IT IN A DITCH BEHIND ALL THOSE HOMES, CUZ THAT'S, THAT IS WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING AND CONTINUE HAPPY.
WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHED TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, MR. NEW, DO YOU WANNA ADDRESS THE FLUSHING DAN DAN CAN OR MR. GRIM.
YEAH, I KNOW YOU ALLUDED TO THIS EARLIER THAT WE HAVE THAT GRAPHIC COMING AND THE, AND, AND DAN CAN SPEAK MAYBE TO SOME OF THE, THE PROCEDURE, BUT WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH, UM, OTHER RESIDENTS OF THAT AREA AND WE WE'D BE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH SOME SIMILAR INFORMATION TO PROVIDE TO YOU ABOUT OUR PROCESS FOR FLUSHING IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
IT IS BECAUSE IT IS UNIQUE, UM, BECAUSE OF THE ELEVATION IT'S PROXIMITY TO THE ELEVATED STORAGE TANK.
UM, WE DO HAVE A, A DIFFERENT PROCESS AND WE'VE IMPLEMENTED SOME ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES THAT, THAT IF COUNCIL WISHES, DAN CAN SPEAK TO THAT, I THINK, UM, HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY, UH, LESSENED THE NUMBER OF FLUSHING THAT WE'VE HAD TO CONDUCT AND IT HAS BEEN NECESSARY TO DO SO TO MAINTAIN OUR, OUR RESIDUALS IN THAT, IN THAT TANK.
YEAH, SO THAT PRESSURE PLANE IS, UM, KIND OF THE HIGHEST PRESSURE PLANE.
AND THEN WE ALSO SERVE, UM, LIBERTY HILL TO THE NORTH ALONG OUR 16 INCH LINE.
AND WE HAVE, UM, HAD, UH, HELP WHEN WE PUT THE 24 INCH CUZ WE TOOK A LOT OF THAT PRESSURE PLANE AND, AND MOVED IT TO ANOTHER PRESSURE PLANE.
IF YOU WANNA SAY, UH, THE DILEMMA WITH THAT, THAT'S A TANK THAT JUST GOES IN AND OUT.
SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID DO, UM, AND, AND WE'VE HAD THIS SITUATION, OTHER, THE WATER GETS STED IN, IN THERE IF IT'S NOT MOVING.
AND SO IF YOU'RE JUST MOVING THE TOP LAYER OF IT, IS THIS GOING UP AND DOWN THAT WATER GETS STAGNATED AND THEN THE RESIDUALS IN THERE AND WHEN, I MEAN RESIDUALS THE DISINFECT TO KEEP
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THE WATER SAFE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO BOIL.THEN THE MINIMUM LEVEL IS 0.5 MILLI MILLILITERS PER, UM, GALLON.
I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT AMOUNT IT'S 0.5 THAT I DO KNOW.
AND SO, UM, WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THAT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SYSTEM.
WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID DO IS WE PUT A MIXER IN THAT TANK, SO WE ARE TRYING, AND IT HAS REDUCED, UM, KEEPING THE WATER, UM, MOVING.
SO IT DOESN'T GET, UM, STARTS BREAKING DOWN AND THEN THE CLEARING RESIDUALS GET TOO LOW.
SO WHILE WE HAVE TO FLUSH IN THAT AREA MORE THAN WE DO THE REST OF THE CITY IS BECAUSE OF THAT.
UM, AND WE'RE, WE'RE FLUSHING IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN, UM, THE RESIDUALS IN THAT TANK AND IN THAT SYSTEM AND GO ON TO LIBERTY HILL, UM, BECAUSE TO GO TO LIBERTY HILL IS IT'S A BIT OF A DISTANCE.
NOW THE WASTEFUL WATER PART IS THERE IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THAT.
AND, UM, I'LL USE THIS AS AN EXAMPLE, A CORPUS, WE DID HAVE THAT ISSUE AND WE HAD RESIDUAL LEVELS AND WE WERE FLUSHING 50 MILLION GALLONS A MONTH, WHICH IS A TON, RIGHT.
AND THEN WE GOT IT DOWN TO THREE, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID THERE AND WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT HERE IS TRYING TO PUT THE FLUSHING ON PEOPLE'S YARDS.
AND WE CALLED IT THE YARD PROGRAM WHERE PEOPLE WOULD SIGN UP.
AND IF WE WERE FLUSHING IN CERTAIN AREAS, UM, WE WOULD TRY TO REDIRECT IT MOSTLY TO THE PARKS IF WE COULD.
UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT, BUT WE HAVE TAKEN MEASURES TO TRY TO REDUCE THAT FLUSHING IN THAT AREA TO INCLUDE A MIXER IN A TANK.
I HAVE A QUESTION I THINK FOR MR. NEW.
UM, SO REGARDING THE, THE ORDINANCE, I MEAN, THIS IS REALLY JUST, IT'S JUST FOR PHASE FOUR.
IT'S JUST WHEN WE ARE IN PHASE FOUR, WE'RE IMPLEMENTING, UM, THE, UM, THE VI THE LIST OF THE VIOLATIONS AND THE, THE, UM, THE FEES, THE CORRECT, THE, THE TABLE OF PENALTIES AND THE EXISTING ORDINANCE APPLIED TO THE, ALL OF THE PHASES AT THIS POINT, MM-HMM,
SO THIS WOULDN'T REALLY CHANGE MUCH OF ANYTHING, EXCEPT WHEN WE'RE IN PHASE FOUR, WHICH WE HOPE WE NEVER AGAIN, BUT WE'RE READY IF WE HAVE TO BE.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE, THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE SOLVING WITH THIS, THAT IS THE INTENT OF THIS CHANGE.
AND, AND I'LL, AND I'LL SPEAK MAYBE A LITTLE AND CHIEF DAVIS KIND OF MENTIONED THIS.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE, WE DO ALLOW FOR IS SORT OF A, A, A WAITING PERIOD TO ALLOW FOR COMPLIANCE MM-HMM
BUT ANYTIME WE'RE IN A PHASE FOUR, WE'RE NEVER IN A, A NICE EXTENDED TIMEFRAME WHERE WE, WHERE WE HAVE SOME PREDICTABILITY.
UM, AND SO IT DIDN'T REALLY MATCH WITH THE INTENT OF, OF THE OTHER PENALTIES, WHERE WE COULD ALLOW FOR TIME TO COMPLY AFTER THE SECOND OFFENSE, TIME TO COMPLY AFTER THE THIRD OFFENSE, TIME TO COMPLY AFTER THE FOURTH OFFENSE, BECAUSE OF THE, THE IMMEDIACY OF THIS.
IT, IT MADE SENSE TO KIND OF BRING THAT TO THE SECOND, PUT A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON THOSE COURTESY WARNINGS TO MAKE SURE THE, UH, THE HOMEOWNER OR THE PROPERTY OWNER KNOWS THE EXTENT OF THE VIOLATION, THE NATURE OF OUR CONDITION, AND THEN ALLOW THAT PROCESS TO WORK RIGHT.
SO IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN AN HOA VIOLATION THAT YOU LEFT YOUR TRASH CAN OUT A LITTLE DIFFERENT A DAY OVER.
MM-HMM
SO, SO IT IS, UH, MIL MILLIGRAMS PER LITER.
I WANNA SAY GALLON BECAUSE METRIC AND BACK AND FORTH, BUT I CAN'T STEP AWAY WITHOUT HAVING THE, THE CORRECT, YOU KNOW, ANSWER TO Y'ALL AND THE PUBLIC.
SO I APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION ON WHY YOU GUYS LOOKED AT A THOUSAND DOLLARS, FINE FOR RESIDENTIAL, BUT LOOKING AT OUR OLD OR ORDINANCE, THERE IS DIFFERENT FEE FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL AND, AND THIS ONE THEY'RE THE SAME.
IS THERE A REASON WHY THEY'RE THE SAME? IS IT, WE WANT IT TO BE A DETRIMENT, RIGHT? UH, DETERRENT FOR BUSINESSES TO COMPLY.
SO SHOULD THAT BE A GREATER AMOUNT? WHY IS, WHY IS IT THE SAME? LET ME, UM, LET ME HAVE A PAGE COME UP.
IT WAS SOMETHING WE KIND OF LOOKED AT ABOUT HOW, WHAT, WHAT IS, WHAT IS AN AMOUNT THAT'S APPROPRIATE THAT FALLS WITHIN SOME OF THE OTHER PARAMETERS OF OUR ORDINANCE? IF THE QUESTION IS, CAN WE GO HIGHER ON THE BUSINESS? THERE'S A MAXIMUM SET BY STATE LAW THAT YOU CAN CHARGE FOR CIVIL PENALTY, AND THAT'S A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO THIS IS THE HIGHEST YOU COULD SET UNDER STATE LAW.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS GOING INTO EFFECT FOR A TEMPORARY PROBLEM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE CREATED THE PHASES, WE KNEW PHASE FOUR WAS EXCLUSIVELY EMERGENCY.
AND I THINK, UM, AT THE TIME, IN THEORY, LOOKING AT IT, THE, THE SCHEDULE OF PENALTIES SEEMED GOOD.
AND NOW THAT WE ARE INTO THE PLACE WHERE IT HAS TO BE IN PRACTICE, I THINK MR. NEW, WHAT YOU SAID IS ABSOLUTELY VALID.
UM, WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS, IS MOST OF OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE
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COME TOGETHER AND, AND UNDERSTAND THIS IS A TEMPORARY SITUATION.BUT WE SEE THAT SMALL PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO FEEL LIKE THEIR YARD IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE WELFARE OF THEIR NEIGHBORS.
UM, AND SO IF GOING TO THE MAXIMUM FINE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IN THE CITY HAS CLEAN, SAFE, DRINKING WATER IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
UM, I'M, I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
AND I THINK THAT THIS DOES FIT WITH THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN.
ANYTHING ELSE? COUNSEL, MOTION TO APPROVE ONE SECOND.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[37. Discuss and consider action on an Ordinance establishing procedures for economic incentive applications and regulating lobbying for economic incentives.]
YOU.ITEM 37, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES FOR ECONOMIC INCENTIVE APPLICATIONS AND REGULATING LOBBYING FOR ECONOMIC INCENTIVES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, GOODMAN.
UH, THIS WOULD ESTABLISH A, A MORE FORMABLE PROCEDURE.
SO WHEN ANYONE IS APPLYING FOR INCENTIVES, WE REALLY WANT TO DIRECT THEM TOWARDS STAFF AND NOT HAVE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS GOING.
UH, SO THE WAY THAT THIS WOULD FUNCTION WOULD BE FROM THE MOMENT THAT A COMPANY BRINGS UP THE TOPIC OF INCENTIVES, UH, THAT WOULD KIND OF START THE CLOCK.
SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE CALLED THE NO NOTICE OR THE NOTICE PERIOD, UM, OR NO CONTACT PERIOD, SORRY.
AND WHEN THE DISCUSSIONS CONCLUDE WITH STAFF, UH, IT WOULD BE OKAY FOR THEM TO APPROACH CITY COUNCIL AT THAT POINT, OR IF AN AGREEMENT WAS, UH, PROVIDED THAT WOULD KIND OF STOP THE CLOCK ON THAT.
SO AT THAT POINT, THEY CAN COMMUNICATE AGAIN.
UH, BUT WE FELT DURING THE INCENTIVE NEGOTIATION PHASE, WHILE THOSE ARE GOING ON, IT'D BE BEST TO HAVE THOSE GOING DIRECTLY TO STAFF, PRIMARILY THE CITY MANAGER AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, UM, AND COUNCIL, FOR THOSE OF Y'ALL THAT WEREN'T HERE.
WHEN WE WERE DOING THE COVID GRANTS, THIS WAS A PRACTICE THAT WE USED, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE APPLYING FOR THOSE WERE NOT ABLE TO REACH OUT TO US UNTIL WE WERE DONE WITH THE, THE GRANTING.
SO NOBODY COULD TRY AND SWAY ANYBODY.
UM, YEAH, AND REALLY WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FORMALIZE THE PROCESS.
SO THAT WAY IT'S DONE IN A WAY THAT PROTECTS THE TAXPAYERS AND KIND OF KEEPS YOU ALL FROM HAVING TO BE INVOLVED IN EVERY SINGLE DISCUSSION WHILE THOSE ARE GOING ON.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ONE SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASS IS UNANIMOUSLY.
[38. Council Member Future Agenda Items [Any deliberation of or decision about the subject of the inquiry shall be limited to a proposal to place the subject on the agenda for a subsequent meeting.]]
ALL RIGHT.ITEM 38 COUNCIL MEMBER, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, ANY DELIBERATION OF, OR DECISION ABOUT THE SUBJECT OF THE INQUIRY SHALL BE LIMITED TO A PROPOSAL TO PLACE THE SUBJECT ON THE AGENDA FOR A SUBSEQUENT MEETING COUNCIL.
THIS IS SORT OF A COPY OF OUR NEIGHBORS IN CEDAR PARK.
WHEN THEY DO THEIR CLOSING COMMENTS AT EVERY MEETING, THEY ALLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BRING UP IDEAS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, TYPICALLY FROM SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT OF CONVERSATION EARLIER IN THE NIGHT, UM, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ZICK, AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS AT THE LAST MEETING AND THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO START HAVING ON OUR AGENDA ITEMS OR ON OUR AGENDAS.
WAS THERE ANYTHING ANYBODY WANTED TO ADD TO A FUTURE AGENDA? ALL RIGHT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ANY ACTION, CORRECT? MS. CRABTREE.
[39. Council Member Closing Statements.]
THEN ITEM 39 COUNCIL MEMBER CLOSING COMMENTS, PLACE ONE.SO SATURDAY, THE 17TH IS CONSTITUTION DAY WAS ALSO KNOWN AS CITIZENSHIP DAY AT ONE TIME.
UM, SO JUST A ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THAT ALSO ON SATURDAY IS AT LAKEWOOD PARK.
UH, THE ARTS FEST, WHICH STARTS AT NOON.
AND I BELIEVE GOES TILL, I THINK IT GOES TILL 5, 5 30, BUT THERE IS A RIBBON CUTTING AT ONE, ONE O'CLOCK.
SO I URGE Y'ALL TO GO OUT AND ATTEND THAT OUR, UM, CHAMBER GOLF TOURNAMENT IS ON MONDAY.
I THINK THERE'S STILL SOME, SOME TEAMS AVAILABLE.
SO JUST GET WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
ALSO, IF YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED UP YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, DON'T FORGET TO DO SO.
AND THIS IS WHERE I'M GONNA ASK FOR CLARIFICATION.
UM, CARLOS, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO TELL ME, IS IT THE 16TH OR THE 29TH? I HAVE, THERE'S MIXED NUMBERS ON THE WEBSITE I WAS TRYING FOR TODAY.
AND THEN IF YOU HAVEN'T REGISTERED AND YOU STILL WANT TO JUST CONTACT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, RIGHT.
BECAUSE IT SAYS THE 29TH ON ONE OF THEM.
UM, AND THAT IS, UH, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4TH, JUST FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT, THAT DON'T KNOW KNOW, AND THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST FUN EVENTS I LOVE THE OUTREACH THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES FOR THAT.
UM, AND JUST A REMINDER FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WATCH THE MEETINGS AT HOME.
UH, OUR, OUR REGULAR MEETING IS, UM, FIRST, TH FIRST AND THIRD THURSDAYS, BUT OUR FIRST MEETING FOR OCTOBER HAS BEEN MOVED TO MONDAY THE 10TH.
SO THIS IS JUST A REMINDER TO, UH, ACCOMMODATE OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WILL BE OUT OF TOWN.
SO SEE, Y'ALL BACK AGAIN ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 10TH, GOODNIGHT PLACE TWO, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT PLACE THREE.
SO JUST TWO THINGS FIRST AND FOREMOST, THROUGH THE CITIZENS WATCHING IF THEY ARE, DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE I ACTUALLY WATCH, BUT, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING IN COMPLIANCE
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AND GETTING IN OUR WATER USES DOWN TO OUR REASONABLE LEVELS.SO WE GONNA MEET THE, UH, REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP, UH, ON THE 21ST AND JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME TO DO, CONTINUE TO DO SO.
AND ALSO, I KNOW THIS PERSON WILL NEVER, EVER WATCH THE MEETING, BUT I WANNA SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY 23 YEAR OLD SON.
WE, I GET TO CELEBRATE, BUT HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JACOB, ALL HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PLACE SIX, HAVE A GOOD EVENING PLACE FIVE.
ALSO JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE IT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCDONALD FOR SAYING THAT, BUT THANK YOU TO OUR CITIZENS.
THIS IS NOT AN EASY TIME, UH, TO BAND TOGETHER, BUT IT SHOULD BE.
AND I'M JUST REALLY PROUD OF THE CITY FOR BEING ABLE TO DO THIS.
THANK YOU TO CITY STAFF, FOR PUT, FOR PUTTING US IN A POSITION TO DO THIS AND BEING PROACTIVE.
AND, UM, WE GOT JUST A LITTLE BIT WHILE LONGER AND WE'LL GET THIS THING ALL FIGURED OUT.
I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD AND LONG HOURS.
AND IT'S BEEN A STRESSFUL TIME.
SO I'M VERY THANKFUL AND APPRECIATIVE OF EVERYTHING I'VE DONE TO HELP US GET IN COMPLIANCE AND COMMUNICATE TO THE PUBLIC AND VERY THANKFUL TO THE PUBLIC FOR COMPLYING.
UM, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONTINUE THAT, UM, GOING FORWARD.
AS ALWAYS IN AN EFFORT TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESS DINNER BEFORE COUNCIL MEETINGS IS PURCHASED AT A LOCAL LEAN RESTAURANT.
AND SO TONIGHT DINNER WAS PROVIDED BY BROOKLYN HEIGHTS.
UM, REMEMBER WHEN YOU ARE GOING OUT AND DOING YOUR SHOPPING AND GOING TO RESTAURANTS, STAY IN LEANDER, KEEP YOUR MONEY LOCAL.
IT GOES A LOT FARTHER THAT WAY.
UM, I ALSO JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, THESE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS HAVE BEEN EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT FOR OUR STAFF AND OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES WITH THE WATER RESTRICTIONS.
AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD A LOT OF SHOCK OVER IT.
UM, BUT WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS WHAT WE KNOW LEANDER IS ALL ABOUT.
OUR PEOPLE CREATE THE BEST COMMUNITY.
AND OVERALL WHAT WE SEE IS EVERYBODY COMING TOGETHER AND LOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER AND LOWERING THEIR WATERING.
I WOULD LOVE TO WATER MY LAWN TOO, BUT I AM ABSOLUTELY HUMBLED, UM, BY THE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT THAT EVERYBODY HAS HAD.
Y'ALL WILL SEE THESE SIGNS GOING UP REALLY SOON.
AND, UM, JUST, JUST, UH, LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER.
[40. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to: (1) Section 551.072, Texas Government Code, to deliberate the acquisition of property located in A. Carr Survey, Abstract No. 122, Williamson County, Texas, for the purpose of a wastewater easement with temporary construction easement for Ronald Reagan tank and booster pump (CIP W.46); and (2) Section 551.072, Texas Government Code to deliberate the acquisition of real property for public facilities; and (3) Section 551.087, Texas Government Code to deliberate proposed economic development incentives for one or more business prospects that the governmental body seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of the governmental body and with which the governmental body is conducting economic development negotiations related to the following project(s): Project Fulcrum Reconvene into open session to take action as deemed appropriate in the City Council's discretion regarding: (1) Ronald Reagan tank and booster pump (CIP W.46); and (2) Acquisition of real property for public facilities; and (3) Project Fulcrum.]
UH, WE ARE GOING TO NOW CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR ONE SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.072 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DELIBERATE THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY LOCATED IN A CAR SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 1 22 WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF A WASTEWATER EASEMENT WITH TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT FOR RONALD REAGAN TANK AND BOOSTER PUMP CIP P PROJECT W FOUR SIX AND TWO SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.072 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DELIBERATE THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES AND THREE SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.087 TO DELIBERATE THE PROPOSED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES FOR ONE OR MORE BUSINESS PROSPECTS THAT THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY SEEKS TO HAVE LOCATE STAY OR EXPAND IN OR NEAR THE TERRITORY OF THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY AND WITH WHICH THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY IS CONDUCTING DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS, PROJECT FULCRUM.AND WE ARE CONVENING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 9:07 PM.
ALL RIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AT 10:08 PM TO TAKE ACTION AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE IN THE CITY COUNCIL'S DISCRETION REGARDING ONE RONALD REAGAN TANK AND BOOSTER PUMP C I P PROJECT W 46, MAYOR PRO 10.
TO APPROVE A CONTRACT FOR THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY, LOCATED AT A CAR SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 1 22 WILLIAMSON COUNTY FOR IN FEE SIMPLE AND RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE PURPOSE OF WASTEWATER EASEMENT WITH TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT FOR RONALD REAGAN TANK AND BOOSTER PUMP AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION MOTION TO APPROVE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PASSE UNANIMOUSLY.
MARI PROTIME DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO ACTION.
NUMBER THREE, PROJECT FULCRUM MAYOR PRO TE DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO ACTION.
WITH THAT, COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED AT 10:09 PM.