[1. Open Meeting.]
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WELCOME TO TODAY'S BRIEFING WORKSHOP.TODAY IS MONDAY, OCTOBER 10TH, 2022, AND THE TIME IS NOW 5:31 PM AND THIS IS OUR BRIEFING WORKSHOP FOR THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL.
[2. Roll Call.]
SECRETARY CRABTREE.WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER CATHERINE BATTALION.
COUNCIL MEMBER ESM, MATTHEW LONGORIA.
COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONALD.
PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS ICK.
[3. Meet and Greet with Board and Commission applicants.]
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.WELCOME YOU ALL TO OUR MEET AND GREET WITH THE BOARD AND COMMISSION APPLICANTS.
UM, COUNCIL, WE'RE GONNA LEAVE THE DIAS AND WE'RE GONNA MINGLE WITH YOU GUYS AND TALK TO YOU GUYS AND WE'LL TAKE OUR TIME WITH THAT OVER THE NEXT WHAT? HOUR AND 40, 15 MINUTES OR SO.
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BIT OF RIGHT NOW.SO WANT TO, IT WAS REBECCA IN SESSION FOR OUR BRIEFING WORKSHOP.
THE TIME IS 6 45 AND THAT ADJOURNS OUR BRIEFING WORKSHOP.
[4. Open Meeting, Invocation and Pledges of Allegiance.]
TODAY IS MONDAY, OCTOBER 10TH, 2022.THE TIME IS 7:02 PM AND THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL.
VIDEN GAR IS PROVIDING OUR INVOCATION TONIGHT.
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE.
HELLO? YEAH, I'M JUST GONNA READ, UM, ALO FROM SANSKRIT.
UM, AND EVERYBODY CAN CHAT WITH ME HOME.
[5. Roll Call.]
ITEM FIVE.WILL YOU CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER CATHERINE BATTALION.
COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONALD.
PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS NEY.
[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.]]
RIGHT.ITEM SIX, NON AGENDA ITEM, UH, 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, THE WEBSITE WILL ONLY HAVE THEIR POSITIONS READ INTO THE RECORD.
ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL AND WILL BE MADE A PART OF THAT OFFICIAL RECORD.
WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER TONIGHT.
DO I PRESS ANYTHING? YOUR NAME? OKAY.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE TO THANK YOU GUYS.
UM, I LIVED, I'VE LIVED IN LEANDER FOUR YEARS AND EVERY TIME, UM, I GO OUT TO A FESTIVAL OR AN EVENT, I MEET MORE PEOPLE, I GET TO SEE MORE PEOPLE AND, UM, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU.
THIS IS THE SECOND CITY MEETING I'VE EVER ATTENDED SINCE I'VE MOVED HERE, AND IT'S THE SECOND RECOGNITION OF A SIGNIFICANT CULTURAL EVENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE FIRST ONE WAS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH RECOGNITION LAST MONTH.
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THIS MONTH, I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING THE, UM, EVENT OF DWAI, UM, THAT SUPPORTS PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.LIKE WE ARE, UM, ONE THAT YOU DO THIS THANKLESS JOB, CUZ I'M SURE YOU GET PLENTY OF EARFUL FROM PEOPLE ALL THE TIME.
BUT I COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT CULTURE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, I THINK WHEN EVERYBODY CAN SHARE PIECES OF EACH OTHER, UM, WE ALL GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND WE CAN ALL CELEBRATE WHAT I THINK IS MAKING LEANDER FANTASTIC.
AND THAT IS THAT WE RESPECT AND, AND ACCEPT THE DIVERSITY, AND WE RESPECT AND ACCEPT EACH OTHER AS NEIGHBORS AND AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND NOT AS PARTS OF POLITICAL PARTIES.
AND IT'S THINGS LIKE THIS THAT MAKE ME, UM, REALLY THANKFUL THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE ONLY HAD ONE PERSON SIGNED UP.
ARE THERE, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WANTED TO COME UP AND MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT SOMETHING NOT ON THE AGENDA? ALL RIGHT.
YOU CAN COME ON UP AND THE CITY SECRETARY WILL GIVE YOU A COMMENT CARD TO FILL OUT AFTERWARDS.
GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
MY NAME IS P I LIVE IN LEANDER, UM, AT CHARLES OF SHADY OAK ON BEHALF OF INDIAN COMMUNITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF DALI.
UH, DIVALI SYMBOLIZES THE LIGHTS OF FESTIVAL AND DIVALI IS ONE OF THE IMPORTANT AND POPULAR INDIAN FESTIVAL, AND IT SYMBOLIZES VICTORY OF LIGHT OVER EVIL.
OVER, UH, WITH THREE OF LIGHTS OVER, SORRY.
DARKNESS AND A GOOD OVER EVIL AND KNOWLEDGE OVER IGNORANCE.
AND SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE, UH, IMPORTANCE OF THIS.
AND THANK YOU ALL AND I WISH YOU ALL ADVANCE.
ALL RIGHT, NOW WE HAVE OUR PROCLAMATION FOR THE DEVALI PROCLAMATION.
OH, WE HAVE ONE MORE THAT'S COMING.
JUST TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY OVER HERE.
I AM A RESIDENT OF AUSTIN FOR THE LAST 37 YEARS, AND THERE WAS NO CEDAR PARK, NO LEANDER AT THAT TIME, AND HAD A MEETING IN CEDAR PARK IN A SMALL PLACE.
AND WE WERE WONDERING, WHAT IS THIS GOING ON IN A JUNGLE? WE ARE SITTING AND THEY WANT TO DEVELOP CEDAR PARK.
NOW LOOK, WE ARE HERE IN LEANDER.
HOW MUCH GROWTH HAS COME AND ESPECIALLY THE INDIAN COMMUNITY IS LOT GETTING HOUSES AND INHABITANTS IN LEANDER, REALLY.
I AM A, A BASIC MASTER'S IN CHEMISTRY OF MY TIME.
UH, WAS A PROFESSOR IN A COLLEGE AND HAD A DEGREE FROM RUTGERS UNIVERSITY ALSO.
SO THIS IS MY EDUCATION AND I REALLY RESPECT ER, ALL OF YOU PEOPLE WHO HAVE INVITED AND COGNIZE THAT THIS IS A FUNCTION LIKE CHRISTMAS.
YOU KNOW, THE VALLEY IS EQUAL LEVEL.
IF WE EVER HAPPEN TO BE IN INDIA, THE WHOLE INDIA IS LIGHTED UP, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE INDIA.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR INVITING.
HE HAS ALREADY GIVEN WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE VALUE, YOU KNOW, SO I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVITING US AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, JUST HOW THE LADY HERE MENTIONED AND THE GUY HERE MENTIONED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF DALI.
IT'S SO MUCH OF DIVERSITY IN INDIA.
IF YOU LOOK AT IT, WE HAVE SO MANY STATES, SO MANY LANGUAGES, DIFFERENT KINDS OF FOODS.
BUT THE ONLY THING THAT BRINGS THE ANTERIOR INDIA TOGETHER IS DALI.
AND I AM SO FORTUNATE AND WE ARE ALL SO FORTUNATE THAT YOU ARE, WE ARE HAVING PROCLAMATION FOR DALI HERE.
UM, I LIVE IN TRUVISO ON BEHALF OF THE ANTERIOR TRUVIO COMMUNITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR CELEBRATING THIS OCCASION.
AND, UH, THANK YOU AND LET US, UH, BE HAPPY TO BE HERE.
THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE VALLEY.
THIS WILL BRING RECOGNIZATION FOR OUR KIDS ALSO.
THEY WILL BE HAPPILY CELEBRATING
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IN FUTURE THAT THIS IS A, A RECOGNIZED FESTIVAL OF INDIANS.AND THIS WILL CREATE AWARENESS AMONG ALL THE CHILDREN'S THAT MAKES ME VERY HAPPY.
THANK YOU FOR, HAVE A WONDERFUL HAPPY VALLEY.
I'M GONNA HAVE YOU COME BACK UP TO GET A CARD FROM OUR CITY SECRETARY.
WE LIVE IN HAZELWOOD, UH, AND HAZELWOOD AND COLD SPRINGS INDIAN COMMUNITIES HAVING DEVALI FUNCTION ON OCTOBER 29TH.
SO I'M TAKING THE LIBERTY OF INVITING YOU ALL NOW, HAZELWOOD AND COLD SPRINGS, UH, THE ASSOCIATION, JUST LET US KNOW AND YOU'RE ALL INVITED.
WE'LL HAVE CULTURAL PROGRAM AND WE'LL HAVE LUNCH AND WE'LL FUND OVER THERE.
WE NEED YOU TO FILL OUT A CARD TO GET YOU ONE
[7. Recognitions/Proclamations/Visitors. Diwali Proclamation (October 24)]
NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER MADDIE LONGORIA TO READ OUR PROCLAMATION FOR DALI CITY OF LEANER PROCLAMATION.WHEREAS THE HINDU AMERICAN FOUNDATION AND OVER 1 BILLION CELEBRANTS WORLDWIDE REVERENTLY OBSERVE HINDU HERITAGE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 2022.
AND THE FESTIVAL OF DALI, THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHT SYMBOLIZING THE VICTORY OF DHARMA AND GOOD OVER EVIL.
AND WHEREAS DALI IS ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED FESTIVALS OF GREAT SIGNIFICANCE OF HINDUS, SIKHS, JANES, AND B BUDDHIST.
AND WHEREAS DALI FALLS ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 24TH THIS YEAR IN ACCORDANCE WITH A LUNAR CALENDAR AND BRINGS TOGETHER FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COMMUNITIES HERE IN THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE GLOBE IN GOODWILL, PEACE AND SHARED SENSE OF RENEWAL.
AND WHEREAS DEVALI IS A TIME FOR DMA, WHICH IS CHARITABLE GIVING, FORGIVE ME IF I'M MISPRONOUNCING ANYTHING.
AND A CELEBRATION THAT UNITES PEOPLE FROM EVERY NOOK AND CORNER OF THE COUNTRY, IRRESPECTIVE OF RELIGION AND CAST.
AND WHEREAS DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 2022, THE HINDU COMMUNITY ACROSS LEANDER AND OUR GREAT NATION WILL COLLECTIVELY CELEBRATE THEIR HERITAGE AND FESTIVALS.
HINDU HERITAGE MONTH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO FOCUS ON HINDU CULTURE AND ITS SPIRITUAL TRADITIONS ROOTED IN INDIA.
AND WHEREAS THE SHARED INDIAN FESTIVAL OF DEVALI AND HINDU HERITAGE MONTH SIGNIFIES A SPECIAL TIME OF PEACE AND SERENITY TO EMBRACE ONE ANOTHER WITH JOY AND LAUGHTER.
THE FESTIVAL IS CELEBRATED WITH AN ERA OF FRIENDLINESS AND HOLDS AN AURA OF PURITY.
NOW, THEREFORE, I AM MAYOR CHRISTINE DELLY DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE RELIGIOUS AND HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF DALI, THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS AND DALI'S, MESSAGE OF TOLERANCE, COMPASSION, AND THE VICTORY OF GOOD OVER EVIL, KNOWLEDGE OVER IGNORANCE AND SACRIFICE.
OVERRID IN WITNESS THEREOF, I HEAR, HEAR, HEAR, SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF LANDER TO BE AFFIX ON OCTOBER 10TH, 2022.
UM, I HAPPEN TO LIVE IN MASON HEALTH LEANDER, WHERE OUR MAYOR, UH, STATE ALSO LIVES.
AND I WASN'T EVEN SURE, UH, WHEN I WAS DISCUSSING THIS, UH, THIS PARTICULAR EVENT WITH THE MAYOR.
THIS CAME OUT TO BE HUGE, HUGE TURNAROUND, AND I'M REALLY, YOU KNOW, HONORED AND HUMBLED TO, UH, TO BE HERE TODAY.
I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT A LOT OF THINGS, WHICH MY FELLOW, UH, PARTICIPANTS HAVE ALREADY SAID, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY THE FESTIVAL OF DEVALI HAS SO MANY SIGNIFICANCES LIGHT WINNING OVER DARKNESS.
A SMALL LIGHT IS, UH, BRIGHT ENOUGH TO KILL THE DARKNESS, EMPTY, UH, DARKNESS IN THE ROOM, AND CAN BE A BEACON FOR EVERYONE TO FOLLOW.
UM, IT'S TRULY ABOUT AWARENESS OF ONE'S HEALTH AND, UH, WEALTH, UH, ON THE VALLEY, ONE OF THE COMMON PRACTICES WE USUALLY REMOVE THE JUNK, UH, FROM OUR HOUSES, WHICH IS TRULY SYMBOLIC OF, UH, GETTING RID OF THOUGHTS AND THINGS WHICH ARE REALLY PULLING US DOWN, UH, MENTALLY, UH, THIS IS A FESTIVAL OF SELF DEVELOPMENT, UH, AND WINNING OVER CHALLENGES.
THIS IS A CELEBRATION TO REMIND US NOT TO GET SUSCEPTIBLE, UH, AROUND THE VARIOUS NEGATIVE THOUGHTS, WHICH ARE REALLY, REALLY, UH, WORKING UPON US AND PULLING US DOWN.
HAVING SAID THAT, I'M TRULY HUMBLED AND HONORED, UH, TO BE PART OF THIS PROCLAMATION, UM, AND THE CITY OF LEANDER ACKNOWLEDGING THE, UH, SIGNIFICANCE OF HINDU HERITAGE AND, AND THE MESSAGE OF THE VALLEY.
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ALL THE PEOPLE, UH, OF INDIAN ORIGIN LIVING IN LEANDER, I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU, OUR MAYOR AND ALL THE LEADERSHIP TEAM OF CITY OF LEANDER.IF YOU ARE HERE IN SUPPORT OF DEVAL THE PROCLAMATION, PLEASE COME UP AND JOIN US FOR A PHOTO.
WE CAN SPREAD OUT THIS WAY TOO.
OH, YES, WE CAN SPREAD OUT THIS WAY.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'RE GONNA DO ONE, WHICH ARE, YEAH.
OKAY, NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM EIGHT, WHICH IS OUR STAFF REPORTS.
[8. Staff Reports Public Works Update Development Hub Update]
OUR PUBLIC WORKS, UPS STATE WILL BE BY DIRECTOR ELLISON.UH, DAN GRIMS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, MAYOR COUNCIL.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT, UH, ESSENTIALLY THE UPDATE OF THE, UH, OF THE REPAIR FOR THE, UH, RAW WATER LINE FOR THE B C R U A.
AND SO, UH, REALLY THIS IS GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, SOME THANK YOUS GOING OUT.
UH, SO SEVERAL FOLKS HERE AND, UM, WE'RE GONNA START WITH, WITH OUR, WITH THE DEPARTMENTS.
I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE PIO.
I THINK EVERYBODY READ THAT THEY WERE PUTTING OUT INFORMATION CONSTANTLY.
UM, SOME REALLY GOOD, UM, I'D SAY, UH, GRAPHICS TELLING THE CITY, HEY, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING GOOD OR WE'RE NOT DOING GOOD.
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SO I LOVE THE GREEN, YELLOW RED CONCEPT, UM, FOR PUBLIC WORKS.UM, I DO HAVE SOME STATISTICS THAT I READ OUT.
UM, ONE I DID FORGET, UM, KIND OF FELL UNDER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WAS GIS UP THERE.
UM, BUT I WILL MENTION THEM, UH, FOR, FOR PUBLIC WORKS, UM, THEY CONDUCTED 350 LOCKOUTS OF COMMERCIAL IRRIGATION METERS, AND THAT ALSO INCLUDED 75 BOLT CONSTRUCTION METERS OR FIRE HYDRANTS.
NINE CREWS PERFORM NIGHTLY INSPECTIONS AND SHIFTS FROM EIGHT A 8:00 PM TO 6:00 AM I'M LOOKING FOR FOLKS, UM, USING IRRIGATION SYSTEMS THAT SHOULD NOT BE.
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY COORDINATED, AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THIS WITH GEORGETOWN AND LIBERTY HILL ON EITHER TRANSFERRING OR REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT BOTH THOSE CITIES WERE USING.
AND FOR US, THEY KEPT UP WITH TCEQ.
UM, SO THAT TCEQ KNEW WHAT WE WERE DOING AND IF WE WERE GONNA GET ANY WORSE, UM, THAN WE WERE.
THE STREET CREWS PLACED 150, UH, YARD SIGNS AND NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE, UH, CITY, UM, BEFORE THE REPAIR BEGAN.
AND THEY ALSO RENTED THE, UH, 12 MESSAGE BOARDS THAT WERE LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITH, UM, I THOUGHT WERE REALLY GOOD.
UM, CEDAR PARK DID THE SAME THING WITH THEIR, WITH THEIR ROAD SIGNS, UTILITY BUILDING, UM, FIELD STAFF, PATROLLED NEIGHBORHOODS BETWEEN 5:00 AM AND 7:00 AM FOR NON-COMPLIANCE.
AND THEN, UM, LET CODE ENFORCEMENT KNOW, AND THEN THEY PLAY DOOR HANGERS, UH, ON FRONT DOORS TO IDENTIFY ADDRESSES.
AS A REMINDER THAT WE WERE IN PHASE FOUR, UM, THE OFFICE STAFF, UH, UH, FIELDED VARIOUS CALLS WITH QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS RELATED TO PHASE FOUR CONSERVATION PLAN.
UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT CREATED A, WHAT THEY CALLED A WATER CONSERVATION TASK FORCE, PROBABLY SHOULD KEEP THAT HANDY AND UTILIZED A REMOTE APPLICATION FROM ARC GIS ENTERPRISE, UM, TO DOCUMENT EACH VIOLATION ON IDENTIFIED DURING A SURVEY PATROLS.
AND THEY SHOWED SOME OF THE GRAPHICS, UM, WITH THAT, IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY GOOD SHOW THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THEY WERE PATROLLING, UH, SYSTEMATICALLY PATROLLED NEIGHBORHOODS, SURVEYING EACH NEIGHBORHOOD THREE TO FOUR TIMES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD.
AND THEN REVISITING, UM, UM, A PERIOD OF TIME THEREAFTER IDENTIFIED APPROXIMATELY 1100 VIOLATIONS AND PROVIDED NOTICES IN EDUCATION.
I WOULD SAY THE EDUCATION WAS MORE IMPORTANT OF CURRENT PHASING REQUIREMENTS WITH SEVEN PERSONNEL SURVEYING APPROXIMATELY 78,000 LOCATIONS OVER THE 32 DAYS.
UM, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UH, COORDINATED WITH LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE TO INCLUDE TRAVIS COUNTY, WILLIAMS COUNTY, LEANDER INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THE EEMS, THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATORS REPRESENTING LIBERTY HILLS, CEDAR PARK, GEORGETOWN, AND RON ROCK.
UH, WE HAD QUITE THE LARGE MEETING, UM, WITH MANY OF THOSE FOLKS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST PATH FORWARD AND, UH, POTENTIAL, UM, CIRCUMSTANCES THAT COULD, UM, HAVE I BEEN CAUSED, IF CONDITIONS HAD GOT WORSE.
THEY ALSO, UH, COLLABORATED WITH GIS AND, UH, CITY CI, UH, PIO OFFICE, UH, TO CREATE UPDATED MAPS, UM, FOR THE REGIONAL NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.
UM, THIS IS A, UM, I THINK A PARTICULARLY GOOD ONE COLLABORATED WITH H HEB, HEADQUARTERS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO INFORMAL, BUT POTENTIAL WATER LOSS.
AND OUR TWO, UM, LOCAL HEB STORES, UM, TOOK THEMSELVES OFF OUR WATER SYSTEMS AND PROVIDED THEIR OWN WATER.
SO THEY, THEY ENSURED THAT THEY COULD KEEP THE STORE RUNNING, AND PARTICULARLY WITH ICE AND OTHER THINGS THAT THEY NEEDED FOR I'M SURE, UM, FROZEN GOODS OR WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE.
UM, THEY ALSO INFORMED LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS IN ADVANCE OF THE REPAIR OF THE POTENTIAL, BUT UNLIKE THE POTENTIAL ON LOSS OF WATER AND PRESSURE THAT INCLUDED ASSISTED LIVING AND DIALYSIS CENTERS, UM, TO NAME A FEW.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF OUR, OUR, THIS, OUR DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE CITY, UM, OUT THERE TAKING, UM, MULTIPLE ACTIONS, UM, MULTIPLE WAYS ACROSS THE CITY, UM, TRYING TO, UH, EDUCATE AND INFORM THE CITIZENS.
AND, UH, THEY KEEP US WHERE WE WERE, UM, WHICH TURNED IT OUT TO BE GOOD.
THE OTHER ONES ARE, UM, THE CITY OF LIBERTY HILL.
UM, THEY REDUCED THEIR USAGE BY ABOUT A THIRD TO UH, A HALF, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO ABOUT A LITTLE, A LITTLE LESS THAN A HALF A MILLION GALLONS A DAY FOR THEM.
UM, GEORGETOWN NOT ONLY SECURED THEIR WATER, UM, THAT THEY WERE CONTRACTED TO USE, UH, THEY TOOK ON TWO OTHER DEVELOPMENTS.
UM, AND THAT TOOK ABOUT, UM, 0.75 OR JUST UNDER A MILLION GALLONS A DAY OF WATER, UM, OFF OF OUR SYSTEM SO WE COULD BETTER MANAGE OUR SYSTEM.
UH, LEANDER ISD, UH, FOLLOWED SUIT.
THEY BASICALLY SECURED, UM, MUCH LIKE THE CITY DID ALL WATERING, UM, DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME, WHICH WAS HUGE.
AND THEN THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, UM, WE'RE RIGHT BEHIND THEM, UM, FACILITATING, UH,
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REDUCING WATER, UM, FROM THE BCR TEAM.UM, THE B C A GENERAL MANAGER AND STAFF WERE THERE.
UM, WE HAD SOME, UM, ISSUES WITH, UH, GETTING THE VALVES OPENED AFTER WE SECURED THEM.
UM, THAT TOOK A PERIOD OF TIME.
AND, UM, THEN THEY HAD TO GET THE ACTUAL PLANT STARTED UP, WHICH THEY STARTED UP IN, UM, JUST ABOUT RECORD TIME, UH, COORDINATED WITH US TO BE ABLE TO USE THE ELEVATED STORAGE TANK, WHICH IS NORMAL OPERATIONS, BUT ALSO KEPT THE, UH, THE CLEAR, WELL, THE 4 MILLION GALLON TANK FULL COMPLETELY IN CASE WE NEEDED SOME ADDITIONAL WATER.
WE DID NOT NEED THAT WATER, WHICH HELPED FACILITATE START THE PLANT UP, UM, MORE QUICKLY.
UH, SO THAT WAS, UM, GOOD ALL THE WAY AROUND, UH, CEDAR PARK, UM, WAS PART OF THAT, UH, FIX THE VALVES.
THEY HAD CREWS OUT THERE FOR LIKE 30 HOURS, AND I'M TRYING TO HELP, UM, UM, MOVE THE VALVES FORWARD.
UM, RON ROCK, UM, AND ALL OF US PARTICIPATED IN THE CROSS ASSOCIATION.
RON ROCK ALSO, UH, DID NOT TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL WATER FOR AN ADDITIONAL WEEK, UM, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THIS WEEK WHERE, LET ME THINK WHEN IT'S ALREADY BEEN ANOTHER WEEK.
UM, AND SO THAT CEDAR PARK AND LEANDER COULD HAVE ADDITIONAL WATER, UM, IN CASE WE NEEDED IT.
UM, AND YOU WALKER PARTNERS WAS THE, UH, THE, THE, IF YOU WANNA SAY THE RING LEADER.
THEY KEPT IT ALL COORDINATED, UM, BETWEEN THE, UM, THE CITIES AND THE, THE CONSTRUCTION CREWS OUT THERE.
AND YOU COULD SEE THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY HAD TO, UM, HELP RETAIN, UM, DALE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, UM, WAS PART OF GETTING ALL THE EQUIPMENT, UM, IN SHORT ORDER FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
UM, PRETTY, PRETTY, UM, GREAT FEAT IN A, IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TO INCLUDE, UM, CONSTRUCTING THAT, UH, LANDING AREA AND OR TAKEOFF AREA FOR THE BARGE HERE, GET THE, GET THE CRANE ON THERE.
AND THEN LASTLY, GLOBAL, UH, MARINE WERE THE ONES THAT PROVIDED ALL THE DIVERS AND DID ALL THE WORK UNDERWATER, UM, WHICH WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
YOU SAW THE PICTURES OF HOW LARGE THAT PIECES OF EQUIPMENT WAS, OR THE PIPES WAS THAT THEY HAD TO MOVE AROUND DOWN IN THERE.
AND I HATE TO SAY WATER MAKES THINGS BUOYANT, BUT NOT THAT.
AND THEN LASTLY, UM, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY IS, UM, A BIG TEXAS, THANKS TO THE ANTI RES AND BUSINESSES CONSERVING WATER DURING THIS TIME.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT FROM THE START TO THE END, THEY KEPT IT BELOW THE 9 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY, WHICH I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN TO THIS GROUP IN THE PUBLIC HOW IMPORTANT THAT WAS AND HOW BADLY AND HOW FAST IT COULD HAVE WENT DOWNHILL TO A BOIL WATER NOTICE OR ACTUALLY LOST OF PRESSURE THROUGH THE, SOME PARTS OF THE CITY.
UM, THIS WAS MON MONUMENTAL FOR MAKING IT HAPPEN.
AND THIS IS A GRAPH THAT JUST KIND OF ILLUSTRATES HOW WELL IT DID, AND IT'S GOT THE SECOND PART.
SO PHASE FOUR, WHEN THE REPAIR ACTUALLY BEGAN, AND THEN WHEN THE REPAIR WAS COMPLETED.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WHEN WE STARTED INTO PHASE FOUR, FOLKS TOOK IT SERIOUSLY AND STARTED RAMPING DOWN, AND THEY STAYED IN THAT AREA THERE UNTIL WE COULD GET RAMPED UP.
AND, UH, WHEN WE STARTED SEEING THIS RIGHT HERE, UM, AH, WAS GONNA BE HONEST, UH, UH, CITY STAFF WHO HAD BIG KIND OF SMILES, THEY WERE STILL A LITTLE RELUCTANT, BUT THEY WERE SUPER HAPPY THAT, UM, THAT WAS THE AREA THAT WE COULD MANAGE THE, THE WATER SYSTEM IN.
AND SO, UM, WHAT'S, WHAT'S REMAINING, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF, UM, DRILLING.
UM, THEY'RE REQUIRED, UM, FOR THE, FOR THE PEER PLACEMENT, AND THAT'S GONNA CREATE A SUPPORT MECHANISM TO HOLD THE PIPE IN PLACE, UM, PERMANENTLY, UM, UNTIL WE ACTUALLY, UH, MAKE THE REAL PERMANENT REPAIR OF THE WHOLE 1500 LINEAR FEET OF, OF PIPELINE.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE WORKING ON AN ADDITIONAL INSPECTION WHILE WE HAVE THIS CREW ON, AND ESPECIALLY THIS EQUIPMENT, UM, THEY'RE TRYING TO GET AN INSPECTION OF THAT 1500 LINEAR FEET TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY POTENTIAL, UH, UH, POINTS OF FAILURE THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD TAKE CARE OF RIGHT NOW IF THEY, IF THEY'RE EVEN CLOSE.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE, UM, IT'S WELL UNDER DESIGN, BUT THE REPLACEMENT OF THAT 1500 LINEAR FEET WILL OCCUR IN THE WINTER OF 2023.
AND THEN THAT WILL BE THEN, UM, THE LAST, WE HOPEFULLY HEAR ABOUT THE RAW WATER LINE UNTIL WHAT'S TAKEN OFFLINE.
AND PHASE TWO, THE DEEP WATER INTAKE, UM, TAKES OVER.
SO WITH THAT, THAT'S KIND OF THE UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE.
AND A BIG THANKS TO A LOT OF FOLKS WHO, UH, MADE THAT REPAIR, UM, GO RELATIVELY SMOOTHLY CONSIDERING THE OBSTACLES THAT HAD TO BE OVERCOME.
WELL, THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
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UM, Y'ALL WORKED REALLY HARD AND TO THE PIO TEAM FOR COMMUNICATING.WE HAD SUCH AMAZING COMMUNICATION THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AND OF COURSE, OUR CITIZENS STEPPED UP AND DID ABOVE AND BEYOND, UM, WHAT ANY OF US REALLY THOUGHT COULD HAPPEN.
BUT I ALSO WANNA THANK OUR MAYOR AND HER ABSENCE, UM, FOR HER CLEAR COMMUNICATION AND HER STANCE ON THIS, THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL IN DIRECTING OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU, DAN, AND THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? NOPE.
NOW WE HAVE A DEVELOPMENT HUB UPDATE FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GRIFFIN.
HOW ARE YOU? GOOD, GOOD, GOOD EVENING.
UM, SO I AM GIVING AN UPDATE ON THE DEVELOPMENT HUB, UM, SINCE LAST TIME WE HAD STARTED THE PARTIAL LAUNCH WHERE WE WERE DOING THE PLANNING APPLICATIONS.
I STILL HAVE A JOB, SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
UM, THE DEVELOPERS SEEM, UM, PRETTY HAPPY AND THEY'RE PICKING IT UP QUICKLY, SO I WAS, I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, OUR FINAL LAUNCH HAPPENING OCTOBER 25TH.
AND, UM, THERE'S A TYPO ON MY SLIDE, UH, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SHUT FROM OCTOBER 19TH TO THE 24TH WHILE I DO THE DATA CONVERSION.
UM, WE'VE SENT A NOTICE OUT TO EVERYBODY AND PUT IT ON THE WEBSITE, AND, UM, HOPEFULLY THEY'LL TAKE A NICE BREAK, AND THEN THE 25TH WILL BE PERFECT.
[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE MOVING ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA AND ITEMS 32 AND 33 HAVE BEEN PULLED FROM THE AGENDA, AND WE'LL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY AS COUNCIL MEMBER AND MAGGIE LONGORIA WILL BE RECUSING HERSELF FROM THESE TWO ITEMS. COUNCIL, YOU'LL BE CONSIDERING CONSENT.AGENDA ITEMS NINE THROUGH 31 AND 34.
ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE IN A SECOND.
ITEM 32, WE'LL WAIT FOR OUR COUNCIL MEMBER, MAGGIE LONGORIA TO LEAVE, THEN WE'LL GO.
[32. Authorize the purchase of computer workstations from Dell Marketing LP utilizing DIR Contract #DIR-TSO-3763 to replace existing desktop computers which have reached end of useful life status in the total amount of $184,980.00; and authorize the City Manager to execute any and all necessary documents.]
ALL RIGHT.ITEM 32, AUTHORIZED THE PURCHASE OF COMPUTER WORK STATIONS FROM DALE MARKETING LP, UTILIZING DIR CONTRACT DRR DASH TSO 37 63 TO REPLACE EXISTING DESKTOP COMPUTERS, WHICH HAVE REACHED THE END OF THEIR USEFUL LIFE STATUS IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $184,980.
AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.
ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.
[33. Authorize the purchase of six (6) computer servers from Dell Marketing LP utilizing DIR contract #DIR-TSO-3763 in the total amount of $70,973.40; and authorize the City Manager to execute any and all necessary documents.]
ITEM 33, AUTHORIZED THE PURCHASE OF SIX COMPUTER SERVERS FROM DALE MARKETING LP, UTILIZING THE DIR CONTRACT DIR TSO 3 7 63, AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF 70,973 AND 40 CENTS.AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.
SECOND, LET ME HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, THE MOTION CARRIES.
AND THEN I GUESS WE CAN LET, UH, ASAY BACK IN.
I THINK CHANGE IT TO THE THOUGHT.
MAYBE YOU WENT ALL THE WAY OUTSIDE.
[35. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case 22-Z-022 to amend the current zoning of SFR-3-B (Single-Family Rural) to adopt the Moon Valley PUD (Planned Unit Development) with a base zoning district of LC-5-D (Local Commercial) on two (2) parcels of land approximately 8.78 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R319362 and R031223; and more commonly known as 15841 Ronald W. Reagan Boulevard, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case 22-Z-022 as described above.]
RIGHT.WE ARE MOVING ON TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
ON ITEM NUMBER 35, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ZONING CASE 22 Z DASH 22 TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING FOR S FFR THREE B SINGLE FAMILY RULE TO ADOPT THE MOON VALLEY P U D WITH A BASE ZONING DISTRICT OF LC DASH FIVE DASH D LOCAL COMMERCIAL ON TWO PARTIALS OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 8.78 ACRES IN SIZE, AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, SCRIPTED GOOD EVENINGS.
THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE MOON VALLEY PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THIS REQUEST INCLUDES CHANGING THE ZONING FROM A SINGLE FAMILY RURAL DISTRICT TO A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THIS PROPERTY WAS PREVIOUSLY THE GRASS PATCH BEFORE THE ANNEXATION.
UM, AFTER IT WAS ANNEX, THEY DID SELL A PROPERTY TO A CHURCH AND, UM, THAT HELPED THEM LOSE THEIR NONCONFORMING RIGHTS.
SO NOW THERE'S A NEW NURSERY THAT WANTS TO OPEN UP, SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON A ZONING OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, THE OTHER ISSUE THAT, OR I GUESS IT'S NOT AN ISSUE, THE OTHER CHANGE IS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADJACENT HAS DEVELOPED.
SO SINCE THE TIME IT WAS IN THE ETJ, AND NOW WE HAVE RESIDENTS NEXT DOOR.
UM, SO THEIR REQUEST INCLUDES, UM, LIMITING
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THE PROPERTY TO STRICTLY A NURSERY.UM, THIS WAS REVIEWED BY THE PLAN AND ZONING COMMISSION DURING THE SEPTEMBER 22ND MEETING.
THEY REQUESTED SOME RED LINE CHANGES TO THE NOTES, UM, IN YOUR PACKET, IT, IT SHOULD BE SHOWN WHAT WAS CHANGED, BUT BASICALLY THEY MADE IT VERY SPECIFIC THAT ONLY A RETAIL PLANT NURSERY WAS ALLOWED.
AND, UM, THERE WAS ALSO A LIMITATION ADDED THAT STATED ALL OUTDOOR STORAGE IS LIMITED TO JUST RETAIL PLANT NURSERY MATERIAL.
SO IT DIDN'T BECOME SOMETHING THAT, UM, WASN'T DESIRABLE NEXT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND I'M AVAILABLE WITH THERE.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN, AND WE'LL CALL ON SPEAKERS WITH SUBMITTED CARD AND READ ANY POSITIONS RECEIVED, UM, THAT WE HAVE.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? NO SPEAKERS.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
SECOND, JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION.
YEAH, WE DIDN'T GET AS MUCH TIME TOGETHER.
SO
DO WE HAVE ANY CONCERNS FROM A STAFF LEVEL AS FAR AS THE USE HERE AND IT FLOWING WITH EVERYTHING ELSE ON THE, ON THAT CORRIDOR? SO THEY, UM, THEY'RE ADDING A MACY WALL TO SCREEN FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE, UM, THAT SCARED ME.
THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE, THE SETBACKS REQUIRED FOR OUTDOOR STORAGE.
UM, SO IT, IT MADE SENSE HERE.
WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE IN A SECOND.
[36. Conduct a Public Hearing the 50 High Gabriel East Addition Annexation Case 22-A-007 regarding the voluntary annexation of 1.594 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R474021; and generally addressed as 50 High Gabriel East, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding 50 High Gabriel East Addition Annexation Case 22-A-007 as described above.]
AND NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 36.CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 50 HIGH GABRIEL EAST EDITION ANNEXATION CASE 22 DASH A SEVEN REGARDING THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF 1.594 ACRES IN SIZE AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GRIFFIN.
THIS IS, UM, A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE HIGH GABRIEL EAST EDITION, UM, ANNEXATION.
THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST IS IN THE CITY LIMITS, AND, UM, THEY RECENTLY GOT THEIR ZONING FOR COMMERCIAL.
THIS IS THE REMAINDER OF THE TRACK, SO THEY'RE COMING IN, UM, AT THE NEXT MEETING WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE COMMERCIAL ZONING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REQUEST.
SO THIS DOES NOT, UM, APPROVE ZONING OR ANNEXATION RIGHT NOW.
IT'S JUST THE FIRST STEP IN THE PROCESS.
I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP? OKAY, IT'S NOW CLOSED.
COUNCIL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A SECOND.
ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE IN A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.
[37. Discuss and consider action regarding Subdivision Case 21-PP-012 to approve the Garlock Preliminary Plat on one (1) parcel of land approximately 44.662 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R021708; generally located south of Gabriels Horn Road and west of Donetto Drive, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. ]
WE'RE MOVING ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.ITEM 37 IS DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING SUBDIVISION CASE 21 PPE DASH 12 TO APPROVE THE GARLIC PRELIMINARY PLAT ON ONE PARTIAL OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 4 4 44 0.662 ACRES IN SIZE AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GRIFFIN.
SO THIS IS, UM, THE GARLOCK GARLOCK PRELIMINARY PLAT.
UM, TYPICALLY THE COUNCIL DOESN'T SEE PRELIMINARY PLATS, BUT IN THE SITUATION THEY'RE REQUESTING TO REMOVE A HERITAGE TREE.
UM, THIS WAS REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION AND THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST SEPTEMBER 8TH.
UM, THE HERITAGE TREE IS LOCATED RIGHT HERE.
UM, THE DEVELOPER DID DO A REALLY GOOD JOB, UH, LOCATING A LOT OF TREES IN OPEN SPACE AREAS, SO STAFF FELT CONFIDENT THEY DID THEIR BEST TO SAVE THE TREES.
AND I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY IT MEANS A LOT ON THIS ONE CUZ THIS ISN'T, YEAH, USUALLY SOMEONE WE DON'T SEE.
SO STAFF APPROVAL IS PRETTY CRUCIAL HERE, SO THANK YOU.
AND DID ANYBODY ALREADY SECOND THAT? I'LL SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE IN THE SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? UN OPPOSED.
ITEM 39, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCEPTANCE OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2023.
UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
OH, DID I SKIP 38? I'M SORRY, Y'ALL, I WAS WONDERING.
I WAS LIKE, SHE STANDING UP THERE.
[38. Discuss and consider action on Subdivision Case 22-PP-007 regarding the Wildspring Subdivision Preliminary Plat on one (1) parcel of land approximately 111.57 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District parcel R032112; generally located northwest of the intersection of CR 177 and CR 175, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.]
ON SUBDIVISION CASE 22 PP DASH 0 0 7 REGARDING THE WALL SPRING SUBDIVISION.PRELIMINARY PLAT ON ONE PARTIAL OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 111.57 ACRES IN SIZE AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
UM, SO THIS IS ANOTHER REQUEST THAT'S A, A PRELIMINARY PLAT, AND YOU GUYS ARE REVIEWING IT BECAUSE THEY'RE REQUESTING TO REMOVE HERITAGE TREES.
AND THIS IS ALSO A SIMILAR SITUATION WHERE THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB, UM, SAVING TREES IN OPEN SPACE AREAS.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THEM KIND OF ALONG THIS PART, LIKE THE PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY.
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UM, THE COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL AND SO DOES STAFF.I JUST APPRECIATE THE, THE AMOUNT ON HERE THAT SHOWS THE FEE FOR REMOVING THE TREES.
THAT'S, THAT KIND OF PUTS A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE ON IT, SO THANK YOU.
YEAH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AND THEN OPPOSE.
[39. Discuss and consider acceptance of the Fiscal Year 2023 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) list of projects approved for funding in the Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Budget.]
RIGHT.ITEM 39, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCEPTANCE OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM LIST OF PROJECTS APPROVED FOR FUNDING AND FISCAL YEAR 2023.
NO, HE, HE'S THE ONE THAT HAD PRESENTED FOR ME ON THERE, BUT WE'RE GONNA LET, OKAY.
WE'RE GONNA LET HIM RUN WITH IT.
COUNSEL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US UP HERE TODAY.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.
UH, WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT TO O TO YOU, UH, THE FY 23 BOOKLET OF PROPOSED PROJECTS FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
UM, TONIGHT WE HOPEFULLY HAD A CHANCE THAT YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE, THE BOOKLET THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU.
IT'S IN THE LITTLE BINDER IF YOU HAVEN'T JUST PRE CURSORY LOOKS FOR NOW.
IT'S PRETTY GOOD TO START WITH.
UM, WHAT I'M GONNA DO HERE TONIGHT IS WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND, AND AT LEAST EXPLAIN, UM, THE FORMAT OF THE BOOKLET AND ITS EXPECTATIONS.
SO THE BOOKLET, THE CIP P BOOKLET IS BROKEN DOWN IN CERTAIN SECTIONS.
OF COURSE, WE START WITH THE INTRODUCTION AND WITH AGAINST THE INTRODUCTION, WE'LL HAVE OF COURSE THE, THE VERBAL DESCRIPTIONS, DISCUSSIONS AS WELL AS A MAP SHOWING WHERE THESE PROJECTS ARE, THE PROPOSED PROJECTS AND A SERIES OF TABLES SHOWING THOSE PROPOSED PROJECTS THROUGH ESTIMATED PROPOSED COSTS AND ANY KIND OF FUNDING.
WE ALSO BREAK DOWN INTO, UH, SIX CATEGORIES OF PROJECTS.
AND THESE PROJECTS, THESE SIX CATEGORIES ARE THE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION, TRANSPORTATION, STORM WATER AND DRAINAGE, WASTE WATER SYSTEMS, PORTABLE WATER.
AND THE FOLLOW UP ON THE LAST, UM, SEGMENT OF THIS IS WE HAVE THOSE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR THREE TO FIVE YEARS PLUS OUT.
AND WE CALL THOSE LONG RANGE FUNDING NEEDS.
WE HAVE THOSE IN HERE, MOST SPECIFICALLY FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.
SO INTRODUCING THIS TO YOU, WE APPRECIATE THAT.
UH, FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT AWARE, UH, THE CITY OF LEANDER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM HAS BEEN DEVELOPED TO IDENTIFY CAPITAL NEEDS FOR THE CITY.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AT A FIVE YEAR PERIOD OF TIME EACH TIME.
AND THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO PLAN, PRIORITIZE, AND COORDINATE THOSE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, WHICH HELP THE CITY WORK TOWARDS MEETING CURRENT NEEDS AND FUTURE NEEDS, AS WELL AS THOSE THAT GO INTO THE FUTURE.
UM, MOST OF THESE ARE BASED UPON THE 2020 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS WELL AS RELATED VARIOUS MASTER PLANS.
NOW THOSE CAN BE FOUND, LEMME SEE IF I CAN DO IT.
THERE WE GO, RIGHT THERE AT THAT ON OUR WEBSITE.
UM, WHAT WE HAVE WHEN WE'RE BUILDING THE C I P PROGRAM BOOK IS WE HAVE THOSE ITEMS, THOSE PROJECTS THAT WE DETERMINE FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS WELL AS THE MASTER PLANS.
WE PULL THOSE OUT AS WELL AS THE INDIVIDUAL, UH, DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS HAVE THEIR NEEDS THAT THEY IDENTIFY AND PRIORIES AS WELL.
WE COMPILE THESE INTO MY, UM, A LARGER LIST WHICH WE REVIEW, PRIORITIZE BASED UPON NEED, HOW THEY FIT WITHIN THE BUDGET, AND HOW THEY BENEFIT THE CITY.
AND SO EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECT OUT THERE, SOMETIMES THEY JUST DON'T MEET THOSE NEEDS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT WE DON'T RECOGNIZE 'EM, WE JUST DON'T PRIORITIZE 'EM AT THIS POINT.
SO WITH REGARDS TO WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE AS THE ADOPTED ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET, THE C I P FITS AND MATCHES WITHIN THAT FIRST YEAR OF THE FY 23 SECTION OF THE ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET.
BUT THEN WE PROJECT OUTWARD ANOTHER ADDITIONAL FOUR YEARS FOR A TOTAL OF FIVE YEARS.
SO I'VE BEEN ASKED THIS MANY TIMES, WHAT IS A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT? I KNOW THAT CONFUSES A LOT OF PEOPLE.
SIMPLY STATED, A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT IS A MAJOR NON-ROUTINE EXPENDITURE, WHICH HAS A LIFELONG EXPECTANCY
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AND RESULTS IN THE CREATION OR IMPROVEMENT OF A CITY ASSET.NOW THAT CAN, UM, I'LL SAY, OOPS, THAT CAN BE ANYTHING FROM NEW CONSTRUCTION STREETS, IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING BUILDINGS, PARKS, LAND PURCHASES, FACILITIES, MAJOR EQUIPMENT, WATER WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, DRY INFRASTRUCTURE, MULTIPLE THINGS.
BUT ANYTHING IS BASED UPON THOSE COSTS OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT CAN IN INCLUDE THAT IS NECESSARY TO FULFILL AND BRING THAT ASSET INTO SERVICE.
AND AS WE LOOK AT THIS, WE, WE, IN THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT FIELD, LIKE TO CALL THIS THE CONE OF UNCERTAINTY.
AND SO WE START HERE AT THE BOTTOM, WHICH IS THE MOST DEFINITIVE, THAT'S OUR ANNUAL CAPITAL BUDGET, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN ADOPTED.
SO WE FIT THAT FY 23 PROJECTS WITHIN TO MEET THAT BUDGET.
AS WE GO INTO FY 24, THE NEXT SECOND YEAR, IT'S NOT QUITE AS CERTAIN, BUT WE STILL KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO READ, REACH, AND ACHIEVE.
SO WE HAVE AN A GENERAL IDEA OF WHAT WE NEED TO GET TO WHEN WE START GETTING THREE TO FIVE OR PLUS YEARS OUT.
IT'S REALLY UNCERTAIN, BUT WE HAVE THIS IN HERE FOR PLANNING PURPOSES SO WE CAN LOOK DOWN THE ROAD AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S COMING.
THIS IS BASED UPON THE, UH, ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET.
UH, AND OF COURSE THIS IS BROKEN DOWN UPON THE SIX CATEGORIES WHERE YOU HAVE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES, PARKS AND RECREATION, STORM WATER, TRANSPORTATION, WASTE WATER, AND PORTABLE WATER.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR LARGEST PARTITION IN THIS IS OF COURSE WATER, PORTABLE WATER.
NOW AS WE LOOK OVER HERE, WE HAVE FY 22.
THESE ARE THE FUNDS THAT WERE BUDGETED FY 22 AND PRIOR FOR THESE PROJECTS, FY 23 IS WHERE WE'RE LOOKING NOW AS A, AS, UH, ALREADY, UM, APPROVED.
AND FY 24 IS WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING COMING UP THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
WITHIN ALSO INTRODUCTION, WE HAVE THIS MAP SHOWING THE PROPOSED PROJECTS UNDERNEATH THIS BOOKLET.
NOW THE ICONS IN FUCHSIA, THOSE ARE MUNICIPAL PROJECTS, UH, MUNICIPAL FACILITIES.
THE GREEN ICONS ARE THE PARKS AND RECREATION.
THE RED ICONS ARE GONNA BE ROADWAY TRANSPORTATION.
THE BLUE ICONS ARE WATER, PORTABLE WATER.
UH, THE BROWN ICONS ARE WASTEWATER.
WITHIN THE INTRODUCTION YOU'LL ALSO SEE A SERIES OF TABLES WHICH SHOW THIS SHORT RANGE, THE FY 2324 PROJECTS OF WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY PROPOSING.
UH, THEIR PRIOR COST, THEIR CURRENT ESTIMATED COSTS FOR FY 23.
AND WHAT WE THINK FOR THE COSTS ARE GONNA BE IN F Y 24.
AS PART OF THIS EXAMPLE, WE'RE SHOWING TRANSPORTATION UP HERE, ALL THE TEAM MEMBERS AND THEY'RE PRETTY EXTENSIVE AND THEY SHOW THAT THEY'RE A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT OUR CITY'S GROWTH IS.
IF YOU LOOK DOWN THE NEXT BIT IS STORM WATER.
THIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY STORM WATER PROJECTS, IT'S JUST THAT MOST OF OUR STORM WATER AND DRAINAGE ARE EITHER INCLUDED IN DEVELOPMENT OR AS PART OF THESE ROADWAY SYSTEMS. AND SO WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SEPARATE IDENTIFIED PROJECTS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
FOR STORM WATER, AS AN EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU GET INTO THE SIX CATEGORIES, YOU'LL HAVE, EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECT WILL HAVE TWO SHEETS, BOTH POSING AND FACING EACH OTHER.
THE FIRST SHEET WILL BE A MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION AND EXTENT OF THE PROJECT, AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE.
SO IT'S GONNA SHOW US WHERE AND WHERE THAT PROJECT'S GOING ON AND WHAT EXTENT OF IMPACT.
ON THE ADDITIONAL PAGE, THE PAGE OPPOSING, YOU'LL HAVE THE PROJECT, WHICH SHOWS A PROJECT DESCRIPTION AS WELL AS NEEDS AND BENEFITS, GENERAL TIMELINES, LOCATION, UH, WHAT IT WAS BUDGETED PREVIOUSLY, WHAT IT'S BUDGET FOR THIS FY AND WHAT IT'S BUDGETED FOR OR ESTIMATED FOR FOLLOWING YEARS.
IT ALSO SHOWS WHERE WE ANTICIPATE THESE FUNDS COMING FROM.
BEYOND THIS SECTION, BEYOND THE SIX CATEGORIES, WE HAVE ALSO LOOKING FORWARD THREE YEARS, FIVE YEARS PLUS OUT.
WE DO HAVE LONG RANGE FUNDING NEEDS.
WE PUT THESE IN HERE FOR YOUR BENEFIT AS WELL AS OURS.
SO WE CAN START LOOKING FORWARD AND PLANNING WHAT DO WE NEED TO AND HOW ARE WE GONNA GET THERE? AS AN EXAMPLE, YOU'LL SEE TABLES MUCH LIKE THIS AND LIKE THAT CONE, WE SHOW THE CONE OF UNCERTAINTY.
WHEN YOU START LOOKING THREE TO FIVE YEARS OUT, IT'S FAIRLY UNCERTAIN.
AND SO WHERE YOU SEE UP HERE, MUNICIPAL, LONG RANGE PARKS AND RECREATION LONG RANGE, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THERE'S NOT PROJECTS IDENTIFIED.
IT JUST MEANS THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME WE'RE UNCERTAIN OF ANYTHING THAT'S NEEDS TO BE WITHIN THIS RANGE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
BUT COMING DOWN YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE DISTINCTLY CAN AND KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME ROAD PROJECTS IDENTIFIED THAT WE NEED TO START WORKING TOWARDS IN THE FUTURE.
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DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT IN TIME? I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.UM, I NOTICED THAT THAT'S ON THE LONG LONG RANGE PLANNING AND THERE IS A PROJECT, I GUESS WHERE, UH, BAGHDAD AND COLLABORATIVE WAY ARE GONNA BE EXPANDED.
LOOKS LIKE AN FYI 25 IS WHEN IT STARTS SOMEWHERE ALONG THAT WAY.
IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE WORKS OR ON YOUR RADAR ABOUT, UM, SAN GABRIEL AND BAGHDAD AT THAT CORNER? I KNOW I'VE BEEN GETTING EMAILS OF PEOPLE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY IN THAT AREA.
BAGDAD OR NO, SAN GABRIEL AND BAGHDAD, THE LIGHT BEFORE.
I THOUGHT WE HAD ALREADY UPDATED THAT, THAT LIGHT.
I WAS, WE, WE HAD A PROJECT LAST YEAR WE WHERE WE ADDED IN ADDITIONAL LIGHTS TO THAT OKAY.
SO I DON'T KNOW, PERHAPS WE CAN DO A LITTLE RESEARCH AND SEE IF WE CAN FIND OUT ABOUT THAT.
AND I CAN SEND YOU SOME OTHER INFORM IF YOU INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
I, I THOUGHT ON THAT ONE, I THOUGHT THAT Y'ALL HAD, UH, JUST RECENTLY, UH, AWARDED A DESIGN ON INTERSECTION AT, WAS THAT, WAS THAT A COLLABORATIVE ACTUALLY THOUGH? COLLABORATIVE.
SO WE'VE HAD INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS ALSO ABOUT EXTENDING, AND I HAVE MENTIONED THIS TO, TO BRUCE OVER AT L A S D AS WELL.
POTENTIALLY EXTENDING THE, UH, SCHOOL ZONE ON BAGHDAD BECAUSE PART OF THE PROBLEM I THINK IS THAT RURAL CROSS SECTION AND THE THE SITE LINE OF SITE AND THE SPEED.
SO DAN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA SPEAK TO ANYTHING ELSE IN THE INTERIM.
WELL, AT THAT INTERSECTION WE HAVE PUT ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE, UM, DRIVERS UNDERSTAND, UM, THE RIGHT TURN AND SO FORTH.
AND WHEN WE, UM, WE ALSO, UH, UM, STRIPED IT IN A, IN A, IN A MANNER SO THAT PEOPLE FULLY UNDERSTAND GOING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION, THE FULL RIGHT TURN.
SO YOU'LL SEE LIKE A DOTTED WHITE.
THEY CALL LIKE A CATCH STRIPE IF YOU WANNA SAY, GOING THROUGH THEIR, SO, UH, WE HAVE TAKEN SOME ADDITIONAL STEPS AND THE CITY MANAGER IS CORRECT.
WE DO HAVE, UM, THAT UNDER DESIGN FOR A TRAFFIC SIGNAL THERE A COLLABORATIVE WAY, RIGHT? YES MA'AM.
BUT, UM, AT THE LIGHT BEFORE AT SAN GABRIEL, THAT'S THE BACKSIDE OF THE SCHOOL.
CORRECT? UM, THAT'S WHERE I'VE BEEN GETTING EMAILS ABOUT, SO THAT'S WHY I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THAT WAS ON THE RADAR, UM, ABOUT THAT INTERSECTION.
WAS WAS THAT POSSIBLY ABOUT ADDING, UH, DEDICATED RIGHT TURN OR LEFT TURN LANES MM-HMM.
YEAH, WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT, WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT ONE FOR SURE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNSEL? I MEAN, JUST, I MEAN, FORGIVE ME ON THIS ONE FOR DAN AND FOR ANYBODY ELSE TOO.
THIS IS GONNA BE MORE, SO ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT'S IN HERE, UM, PAGE, UM, I'M, I'M JUST LOOKING, HOW ABOUT PAGE SEVEN? UM, I DON'T REMEMBER US AS A COUNCIL FULLY MAKING THE DECISION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ONE OF THE PARKS PROJECTS ON HERE, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS IN OUR, IT WAS IN OUR, UM, BUDGET FOR THIS NEXT YEAR.
UM, THE 1.8 MILLION FOR THE REC CENTER.
THAT WE'RE ALLOCATING THERE TOO.
AND I KNOW MARK'S NOT HERE AND I KNOW RICK IS HERE.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING AND DOING, WE WE'RE TAKING ON A LOT OF DEBT RIGHT NOW AND THERE'S THESE WATER PROJECTS THAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT I THINK.
WELL IF WE HAVE A MUNICIPAL PROJECT THAT'S GONNA BE COMING UP AT SOME POINT, POTENTIALLY THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT AS WELL TOO.
AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ONES.
I DON'T REMEMBER US BEING ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND WANTING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
SO WITH THE SENIOR CENTER WE DID.
SO WE WERE BACKING OFF A LITTLE BIT ON THE, UH, BECAUSE WE COULDN'T GET THE BIDS CORRECT ON UH, THE OLD TOWN PARK.
BUT AS FAR AS THE REC CENTER, CAN SOMEBODY RE REMIND ME WHAT OUR PLAN IS RIGHT NOW WITH THE REC CENTER AND WHEN WE DECIDED TO, TO PUSH ALL THE WAY FORWARD THERE? ABSOLUTELY.
AND I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK OUT TERM FOR MARK TILLMANS.
UM, I WOULD, I WOULD NORMALLY ASK, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, MAYBE THIS IS MORE SO ROBERT WITH REGARD TO BONDS OR ORAIN ONE OF THE TWO.
JUST SOMEBODY REMIND ME AT LEAST PROBABLY BEST CUZ THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS OUR DEBT.
SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE CONCERN HERE.
WE, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE SOMETHING, BUT YES.
AT WHAT COST? SO THE, THE 1.8 MILLION WAS, UM, UM, ALREADY TAKEN DOWN IN 2018.
SO IT'S SITTING IN THE, IN THE BANK, UH, THE REMAINING, UM, $16.2 MILLION IS YET TO BE SOLD AND THAT WOULD BE A, A COUNCIL DECISION.
UM, AS FAR AS ANY, UH, CONTRACTS SHOULD BEGIN SPENDING THAT MONEY, THAT WOULD ALSO MOST LIKELY HAVE TO COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL, UH, TO EITHER ENGAGE A, A DESIGN FIRM OR IF, UH, THE CITY WAS
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TO, UM, WANT TO COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL TO SECURE A SITE THAT WOULD ALSO HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL.I JUST SAW THAT BIG NUMBER RIGHT AFTER THIS ONE AND I'M GOING, WHOA, WHOA.
DID WE, DID WE FULLY COMMIT TO TO, TO THAT KIND OF MONEY JUDGE JUST YET? I DON'T REMEMBER THAT CONVERSATION.
SO, SO IT IS IN THE BUDGET MM-HMM.
BUT THE NEXT STEP IN A COMMITMENT IS A, IS A CONTRACT AND THAT WOULD NEED TO COME BACK FROM, FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, BUT THE, UH, THAT 1.8 MILLION AS I MENTIONED IS, IS MONEY'S ALREADY, ALREADY I UNDERSTAND.
AND, AND I KNOW YOU'RE SEEING THE NEXT NUMBER THAT'S FY 24.
I JUST WANT, LIKE WHAT ARE WE SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR? LIKE ARE WE GOING, ARE WE GOING, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT GOING PAST THE PAST THE POINT OF NO RETURN LIKE WE'VE DONE ON OTHER THINGS AND YEAH, NO, YOU'RE, I WOULD SAY YOU'RE A LONG WAYS FROM THAT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE PROJECTS WHERE WE'RE, AS YOU SAID, IT'S STILL BEING DISCUSSED AND HOW WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, UM, LIKE ROBERT SAID, UM, WE STILL HAVE THE MONEY THERE.
SO IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING THAT YEAR, THEN IT JUST GETS PUSHED OVER TO THE NEXT YEAR AND OKAY.
AND SO ESSENTIALLY THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT HAS KIND OF BEEN MOVED TO THE NEXT YEAR.
AND THAT FOLLOWING AMOUNT IS THE AMOUNT THAT WOULD BE IF THE DECISION IS MADE ON THE REC CENTER.
YOU KNOW, PERMANENT ONE, I GUESS.
WOULD IT BE BENEFICIAL IF WE MOVE THIS LARGER NUMBER THAT'S UNDER FY 24 TO LIKE FY 25 OR 26? I JUST WANNA HAVE IT BE ON THE RECORD.
I WANNA BE ON THE RECORD OF SAYING I'M CONCERNED WITH, WITH, YOU KNOW, SPENDING THAT KIND OF MONEY ON, ON SOMETHING RIGHT NOW WITH ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING FOR.
SO I JUST MORE SO WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS IT SOMEHOW.
AND IF WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A PROJECT AT SOME POINT, I WOULD WANT TO PRETTY DETAILED, I DON'T WANT TO JUST GET INTO SOMETHING CUZ THERE, BECAUSE WE PASSED, BECAUSE THE, BECAUSE THERE WERE, THERE WERE BOND FUNDS AVAILABLE, SO WE GOTTA GO SPEND ALL THE MONEY BECAUSE IT'S AVAILABLE THERE.
REGARDLESS OF THAT, IT'S TAKEN ON MORE DEBT THAN WE NEED TO IF IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
I JUST SHARE THAT SAME CONCERN WITH ALL THE NEEDS OF THE CITY.
UH, EVERY TIME I GO VISIT FOR THE, UH, STAFF MEETINGS, FOR COUNCIL AGENDA AND OUR LITTLE BUILDING OVER HERE, I JUST FEEL LIKE WE HAVE OTHER NEEDS FOR THE CITY RIGHT NOW THAT TELL YOU P OVER SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
SO I JUST WANNA PUT THAT ON THE RECORD AS WELL.
DO YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION? ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT YOU WANT TO PULL IT FROM THIS? NO.
AND IF WE NEED TO, WE CAN MM-HMM.
AND MY MAIN CONCERN IS THAT EVERY YEAR WE WILL GO THROUGH AND WE WILL REVISE THIS.
IF IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE, WE CAN ALWAYS PULL IT IN THE FUTURE.
OR WE CAN ALWAYS ADD IT NEXT YEAR.
I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE FINE, WE'RE FINE WITH IT AS LONG AS WE HAVE AN EYE ON IT AND KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT.
BUT I THINK THERE'S BOND MONEY, RIGHT? THAT HAS TO BE, IT HAS TO BE IN THE BUDGET, RIGHT.
BECAUSE EVENTUALLY WE HAVE TO USE THE BOND MONEY.
SO UNLESS WE'RE GONNA DECIDE THE BOND BY WAY RIGHT.
UNLESS WE'RE GONNA DECIDE TO USE IT FOR SOMETHING ELSE, ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I WOULD RATHER GO BACK TO THE CITIZENS AGAIN AND ASK THEM IS THAT, ARE YOU SURE THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GONNA SPEND THIS MONEY VERSUS THIS OTHER MAJOR NEEDS THAT WE NEED AS WELL, CONSIDERING WE JUST HAVING TO TAKE ON MORE MONEY BECAUSE OF SOME OF OUR WATER PROJECTS AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
I WOULD WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, BUT YES, I HEAR YOU GO.
I BELIEVE MARK INCLUDED THAT ALSO IN PART WITH THE ECONOMY SLOWING A BIT, THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, REBIDDING ITEMS. SO THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY, ONE OR TWO THINGS THAT HE'S NOTICED THAT IF IT WERE THERE WE COULD MAYBE FIT IT WITHIN THE LARGER BUDGET THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED.
SO THAT WOULD, THAT ACTUALLY WAS HIS THOUGHT.
SO I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR HIM TILL WE HAVE A ADDITIONAL PRESENTATION ON THAT.
ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM.
YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION? YEAH.
SO I'LL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, THE ACCEPT TO ACCEPT IT.
UM, CONSIDERING WE ALSO HAD THAT CON CONVERSATION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT.
[40. Discuss and consider action on a Resolution nominating a qualified individual as a representative member of the Board of Directors of the Travis Central Appraisal District.]
ALL RIGHT.ITEM 40, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A RESOLUTION NOMINATING AND QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL AS A REPRESENTATIVE MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE POWERS THINK YOU MAY.
UH, TONIGHT'S, UM, ITEM IS OPTIONAL ON, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT, UH, LEANER, AS YOU KNOW, ARE IS IN TWO COUNTIES.
AND, UH, SO WE HAVE TWO APPRAISAL DISTRICTS THAT, UH, APPRAISED PROPERTIES WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE, UH, JURISDICTION.
THE, UM, REPRESENTATIVE, UH, IN THE, UM, TRAVIS COUNTY OR TRAVIS CENTRAL
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P DISTRICT BOARD FOR THE WESTERN COUNTY.UH, THAT TERM ENDS AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
SO, UH, THERE'S A CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FROM THE, UH, TAXING JURISDICTIONS.
AND AS I MENTIONED TONIGHT IS OPTIONAL.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A NAME, YOU DON'T, YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO TAKE ANY ACTION.
UM, THERE IS TIME IF YOU, BETWEEN NOW AND, AND THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, IF YOU DECIDE THAT, UH, YOU, YOU DO HAVE A NAME THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO SUBMIT, THERE'S TIME TO PUT THAT ON THE OCTOBER 20TH, UM, MEETING.
ONCE THE THE JURISDICTIONS SUBMIT NOMINATIONS, THEN, UM, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU WITH THE OFFICIAL BALLOT FOR THE, FOR THE CITY TO, TO VOTE ON.
UH, LAST THING TO SAY, AS FAR AS QUALIFICATIONS, A, UH, AN NOMINEE MUST BE A RESIDENT OF TRAVIS COUNTY AND HAVE RESIDED IN, IN, UH, UH, THE DISTRICT FOR AT LEAST, UH, TWO YEARS.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY DISCUSSION OR NAMES AND OR DIRECTION TO BRING IT BACK ON THE PREMISE.
HAVE WE HAD ANY ISSUES WITH TOM BEING A SEND, IT LOOKS LIKE HE WANTS TO CONTINUE.
I, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY ISSUES WITH HIM OR ANY OF THE OTHER CURRENT BOARDS.
SO DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSON TO NOMINATE OR SOMEONE ELSE? WELL, THIS IS A, I MEAN, WOULD HAPPEN TO BE ONE OF US.
WELL THEN I, I THINK IT'S WORTHY OF DISCUSSION, SO MAYBE BRING IT BACK FOR NEXT, NEXT TIME ON THE 20TH.
FOR THE, JUST AT LEAST TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO WHAT'S THERE TO DISCUSS.
LIKE, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT, I'M JUST NOT, I DIDN'T MEAN THAT IN ANY OTHER WAY EXCEPT FOR, UNLESS WE HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE THAT WE'RE GONNA NOMINATE.
UNLESS WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE WE'RE GONNA NOMINATE MM-HMM.
YEAH, AT LEAST JUST TO PUT IT ON THERE.
AND THEN WE MAY DECIDE THAT WE, WE CAN ALWAYS WAIT TILL WE'RE POSTING THE AGENDA AND IF SOMEBODY HAS A NOMINATION THEY CAN BRING FORWARD, THEN WE'LL PUT IT ON THE NEXT AGENDA.
AND IF WE DON'T HEAR FROM ME BY WITH THE NOMINATION, THEN WE'LL JUST LEAVE IT OFF THE AGENDA.
AND GO WITH THE LIST THEY PROVIDE US TO VOTE FROM.
SO WE HAVE NO MOTION AND I HAVE NO ACTION.
COUNCIL IS GOING TO RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THE CITY COUNCIL NOW RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 0.071 CONSULTATION WITH ITEM 41 AND 42 ON THE POSTED AGENDA.
[41. Discuss and consider action on a petition submitted by the Leander Law Enforcement Association pursuant to Texas Local Government Code Section 142.053 requesting recognition as sole and exclusive bargaining agent for police officers excluding the head of the department and exempt employees.]
ALL RIGHT, WE ARE BACK IN SESSION AT 8:31 PM ITEM 41, DISCUSSING CONSIDER ACTION ON A PETITION SUBMITTED BY THE LEEDER LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATION PURSUANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 1 42 0.053, REQUESTING RECOGNITION AS SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE BARGAINING AGENT FOR POLICE OFFICERS, EXCLUDING THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT AND EXEMPT EMPLOYEES, THE UNDER LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVE CARLOS GONZALEZ.GOOD EVENING, CORPORAL GONZALEZ.
THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO, TIM COUNCIL, UM, I'VE GOT A TWO WEEK OLD AT HOME.
I'VE TRIED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF NIGHTS TO TRY TO MEMORIZE THIS, BUT I'M CAPTAIN OF THE TEAM.
SO I'M SORRY FOR READING OFF OF THIS, BUT THIS IS TOO IMPORTANT TO MESS UP.
THE LEAN LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATION CURRENTLY REPRESENTS 55 SWORN NON-EXEMPT PERSONNEL, WHICH IS 95% OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SWORN NON-EXEMPT PERSONNEL THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR MEMBERSHIP.
WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL CIVILIAN STAFF AND HONORARY COMMAND STAFF MEMBERS AS A WHOLE.
WE LOOK, UH, AT THE IN LOOK OUT FOR THE ENTIRETY OF OUR DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR THE ORGANIZATION SO WE CAN BEST HELP SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
I'M CARLOS GONZALEZ, PRESIDENT OF THE LEAN LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATION.
I'VE BEEN WITH THE ATLANTA POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR NINE AND A HALF YEARS, BUT I SHOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY.
10 YEARS AGO, I MOVED TO AUSTIN FROM MIAMI AND STARTED WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR BACK HOME.
I TRIED FOR SEVERAL YEARS TO GET INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THAT WAS DURING 2008 AND SHORTLY AFTER, SO THAT WAS NOT THE TIME TO START A CAREER.
I KIND OF LET MY, SORRY, LET MY DREAMS OF BECOMING A POLICE OFFICER SLIP AWAY, KIND OF WENT THE CAREER ROUTE AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS IT.
ENDED UP TRANSFERRING TO BARTON CREEK AND STARTED WORKING WITH APD AGAIN.
I GOT THE BUG AND I REACHED OUT TO A RECRUITER.
AT THE TIME, APD WAS ONLY HIRING COLLEGE, MILITARY, OR PREVIOUS LAW, LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE, NONE
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OF WHICH I HAD.SO THE RECRUITER SUGGESTED THAT I COULD GET HIRED WHEREVER, DO MY TWO OR THREE YEARS, AND THEN LATERAL OVER.
SO THAT'S WHAT I SET OUT TO DO.
I STILL DID MY DUE DILIGENCE AND LOOKED INTO SEVERAL OF THE BEST POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN THE AREA, AND I APPLIED AT LEANDER.
UM, LEANDER GAVE ME MY FIRST SHOT, AND AFTER MEETING WITH CHIEF MITTEN, I WAS SOLD.
I LOVED HIS PHILOSOPHY AND THE NEWLY LAID OUT ROADMAP.
THAT WAS THE FIRST 1, 5, 10 YEAR PLAN, AND THAT SOUNDED VERY EXCITING.
I REMEMBER READING ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT WERE IN OUR FUTURE, AND I WANTED TO BE A PART OF IT.
THERE WAS A TRUE SENSE OF FAMILY AROUND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH STILL HOLDS TRUE ALL THESE YEARS LATER.
WHEN I WAS FIRST ON PATROL CHIEF MITTEN ALWAYS STOPPED BY THE BREAK ROOM AND HAD OFF, UH, LUNCH WITH OFFICERS, WHOEVER WERE ON DUTY.
AND THEN AFTER A WHILE, WE STARTED PLAYING WORDS WITH FRIENDS, WHICH WAS VERY POPULAR AT THE TIME.
I REMEMBER BRAGGING IN MY LAW ENFORCEMENT FRIENDS BACK HOME THAT I GOT TO EAT LUNCH WITH MY CHIEF AND PLAY WORDS WITH FRIENDS.
THEY ALL WORKED FOR HUGE AGENCIES, AND THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD BE TERRIFIED IF THEIR CHIEF KNEW WHAT THEIR NAMES WERE.
AND I WAS LIKE, THAT SOUNDS TERRIBLE.
UH, DURING MY FIRST FEW YEARS, I MET AND WORKED WITH SEVERAL TENURED APD OFFICERS AND ALL THEY COULD TALK ABOUT WHICH, HOW MUCH LONGER THEY HAD LEFT UNTIL THEY COULD RETIRE.
I DIDN'T WANT TO GO WORK SOMEWHERE WHERE I WAS GONNA BE COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS UNTIL I COULD LEAVE.
I WAS IN LOVE WITH THE CITY, I WAS IN LOVE WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
I SAW CHIEF MITTEN'S VISION FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND KNEW I WAS GONNA BE PART OF SOMETHING GREAT.
I SLAMMED THE DOOR ON THE IDEA OF, UH, GOING TO APD AND FOREVER DEDICATED MYSELF TO THE CITY OF LAND.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE TODAY.
I WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE FOUNDATION THAT CHIEF MITTON HAS SET CONTINUES TO THRIVE LONG AFTER WE'RE ALL GONE.
I WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND FOR OUR CITY, DESPITE WHAT MANY OTHERS MAY SAY, ASKING FOR MEET AND FUR IS NOT OUR ATTEMPT TO SET UP A MULTI-CLASS SOCIETY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT IS TO ENSURE THAT ALL WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR AND ALL THAT WE'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE FUTURE CANNOT BE SO EASILY UNDONE.
HAVING BEEN CONFER WILL HELP US BECOME MORE COMPETITIVE AND OUR RECRUITING OF RETENTION EFFORTS.
CURRENTLY, WE HAVE 17 SWORN OFFICER VACANCIES TO FILL.
OUR PATROL DIVISION IS RUNNING ON FUMES AND DOING MORE WITH LESS THESE DAYS.
THIS IS DISSERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND PUTS AN UNNECESSARY BURDEN ON OUR STAFF.
BUT MO MOSTLY IT COMPROMISES OUR OFFICER'S SAFETY AND THAT I WILL NOT STAND FOR.
WE ARE NOT ONLY, WE'RE NOT THE ONLY DEPARTMENT IN THE AREA CURRENTLY FACING STAFFING ISSUES, BUT SIMILAR SIZE DEPARTMENTS ALL HAVE, ALL OF WHICH HAVE GREATER OR EQUAL PAY THAN US ALSO HAVE CIVIL SERVICE AND OR MEAN AND CONFER.
WE'RE ASKING TO HELP ENSURE THAT WE REMAIN AS COMPETITIVE AS POSSIBLE TO FILL ALL THESE POSITIONS WITH THE BEST POSSIBLE CANDIDATES AND TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T CREATE ANY OPENINGS ALONG THE WAY.
YOUR APPROVAL TONIGHT WILL LET OUR OFFICERS KNOW THAT HELP IS ON THE WAY.
I HAVE REPRESENTATIVES HERE FROM TMPA THAT CAN TALK ABOUT IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO LAW ENFORCEMENT ASPECT OF MEET AND CONFER.
UH, WE DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHED TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL.
SO, YOU KNOW, I CAME FROM A PLACE WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAD COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND WORKING IN A CITY THAT HAD THAT, UM, A, IT WAS REALLY GOOD FOR US, BUT B ONE THING I NOTICED, WE DID NOT HAVE A LOT OF ANIMOSITY FROM OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE WAS WILLING TO DO OUR JOB
SO THEY WEREN'T, UH, THEY WEREN'T UPSET THAT WE GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THEY DID BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTOOD THE DANGERS THAT WE TOOK.
UM, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY STAYS COMPETITIVE WITH THE SURROUNDING CITIES SO WE CAN RETAIN AND ATTRACT PEOPLE TO COME HERE.
WE JUST, UH, MENTIONED THE VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE, AND ONE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO HAVE THE SAME BENEFITS OTHER CITIES AROUND US HAVE.
WHEN PEOPLE ARE SHOPPING AROUND FOR A A JOB, THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE WALKING INTO.
THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT PROTECTIONS THEY HAVE, HOW DOES THE CITY SUPPORT THEM.
AND, UH, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A REALLY GOOD FIRST STEP.
UH, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING INTO THE TWO THOUSANDS, IF YOU WILL, BECAUSE SO MANY AGENCIES HAVE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED THIS YEARS BEFORE, EVEN DURING MY TIME AND I RETIRED IN 2017, THERE'S NOT A MORE SCRUTINIZED PROFESSION IN THE WORLD.
YOU CAN GO TO JAIL FOR DOING YOUR JOB.
YOU CAN LOSE YOUR LIFE FOR DOING YOUR JOB.
SO I JUST WANNA BE UP HERE AND LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT I SUPPORT THIS AND, UH, I HOPE THAT WE CAN MOVE IT FORWARD.
IS THAT A MOTION? I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE HAS COMMENTS,
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND, AND, AND THIS IS JUST A MORE OF A CONFIRMATION, UM, WHERE, WHERE DOES THE, THE CHIEF, NOT CHIEF MITTEN, BUT THAT POSITION, WHERE DOES THAT PUT THE, THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT IN, IN THIS SITUATION? I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU CAN ANSWER.
THAT'S NOT TO BE YOUR COUNSELOR OR WHOEVER CAN ANSWER THAT.
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YES.SO TYPICALLY THE MEET CONFER IS ONLY FOR ESSENTIALLY NOT THE CHIEF AND NONE OF THE EXEMPT EMPLOYEES, WHICH WOULD BE KIND OF BASICALLY SALARY.
SO COMMAND STAFF LEVEL AND DOWN, I THINK YOU SHOULD PROBABLY ASKING HOW DOES IT AFFECT HIS ABILITY TO SUPERVISE AND DISCIPLINE AND OTHER THINGS? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? PRETTY MUCH, YES.
JUST DOES IT TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM THAT? YEAH, I JUST DON'T WANNA THERE TO BE A DISCONNECT BECAUSE, AND AGAIN, NOT WE ALL LOVE CHIEF MINTON MM-HMM.
UM, TO ADDRESS YOUR, YOUR QUESTION, UM, IT TAKES NOTHING AWAY FROM THE EXECUTIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT.
HE STILL RETAINS ALL OF HIS MANAGEMENT RIGHTS, AND TYPICALLY WITH THE MEET AND CONFER PROCESS, UH, THE CHIEF WILL SIT ON THE CITY'S SIDE.
UM, WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO MEETING, MEETING AND CONFERRING, UM, THEY LOSE NO MANAGEMENT RIGHTS.
THEY RETAIN ALL OF THE RIGHTS, AND IT ACTUALLY CAN ENHANCE, IN MY EXPERIENCE, CAN ENHANCE COMMUNICATION WITH THE LINE STAFF AND THE EXECUTIVE TEAM AND BRIDGE THAT GAP BETWEEN THE, THE LINE STAFF AND EXECUTIVE TEAM AND THE CITY COUNCIL AS WELL.
BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE A, A CLEAR LINE OF COMMUNICATION.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? IT DOES.
ASSISTANT CHIEF, YOU AGREE? YEAH.
AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION, KEEP SAYING YOURSELF,
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD IS, AS FAR AS THE, THE CITY AROUND US, ARE WE THE ONLY CITY THAT DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE MEAT AND CONFER AS FAR AS GEORGETOWN? UM, ROUND ROCK, FLICKERVILLE, CEDAR PARK? YEAH.
ALL THE SIMILAR SIZE AND ABOVE, EXCEPT FOR FLICKERVILLE.
THEY, THEY'RE IN THE SAME SITUATION AS US CURRENTLY.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, GEORGETOWN, CEDAR PARK, ROUND ROCK, I'LL HAVE SOME KIND OF VARIATION OF CIVIL SERVICE AND OR MAIN CONFER.
JUST TRYING TO GET THE BIG PICTURE,
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? PASSE IS UNANIMOUSLY.
[42. Discuss and consider action on a petition submitted by the Leander Professional Fire Fighters Association, Local 4298 pursuant to Texas Local Government Code Section 142.153 requesting recognition as sole and exclusive bargaining agent for fire fighters excluding the head of the department and exempt employees.]
ITEM 42, DISCUSS A CONSIDER ACTION PETITION SUBMITTED BY THE LEAH PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, LOCAL 42 98, PURSUANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 1 42 1 53, REQUESTING RECOGNITION AS SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE BARGAINY.AGENT FOR FIREFIGHTERS EXCLUDED THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT AND EXEMPT EMPLOYEES LAND PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, LOCAL 42 98 REPRESENTATIVE KEPT AT BRAD MOORE.
THANK YOU FOR HEARING US OUT THIS EVENING.
UM, LIKE YOU SAID, I'M BRAD MOORE.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF LOCAL 42 98.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
THE MEMBERS OF LOCAL 42 98 APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.
WE ASK THAT YOU APPROVE OUR PETITION FOR MEET AND CONFER THIS EVENING.
WE KNOW YOU HAVE THREE OPTIONS.
ONE, YOU CAN ACT BY VOTING ON IT TO APPROVE IT.
TWO, YOU CAN PULL THE DEPARTMENT.
UH, I DO HOPE YOU GUYS SEE WE HAVE ROCK MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT WITH US ASSOCIATION NON ASSOCIATION MEMBERS.
ALSO, THE PETITION WE HANDED IN WAS A HUNDRED PERCENT SIGNED BY NON ASSOCIATION AND ASSOCIATION MEMBERS.
UH, THE THIRD IS YOU CAN SEND IT TO THE VOTERS.
ALL WE ASK IS THAT YOU APPROVE, MEET AND CONFER FOR US THIS EVENING, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER 'EM FOR YOU.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHED TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, I GUESS I'LL SPEAK AGAIN.
SO WORKING IN THAT PROFESSION FOR AS LONG AS I DID, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING SIDE BY SIDE ON DIFFERENT INCIDENTS WITH THE FIREFIGHTERS, AND THEY MAKE A LOT OF THE SAME SACRIFICES.
MATTER OF FACT, THEY ACTUALLY GET TO SPEND THE NIGHT AT WORK.
I GUESS THEY JUST DON'T WANNA GO HOME.
AND THEN, SO THEY SPEND HOURS ON END AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES AND, UH, I JUST DON'T SEE HOW I CAN RECOMMEND IT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT WITHOUT RECOMMEND IT FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS.
SO I'D RECOMMEND THAT WE, UH, PASS THE MEETING CONFIRMER FOR SECOND OF FIREFIGHTERS.
THAT WAS, I THINK I HEARD A MOTION AND A SECOND IN THERE.
UM, AND I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS GREAT BOTH OF THESE ITEMS FOR, FOR THE CITY AND FOR ALL Y'ALL.
UM, WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU GUYS DO.
UM, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND, COUNSEL.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASS UNANIMOUSLY.
[43. Discuss and consider scheduling board and commission interviews.]
BACK OVER.SO ITEM 43, DISCUSSING CONSIDER SCHEDULING BOARD AND COMMISSION INTERVIEWS.
UH, THIS IS THE DISCUSSION ITEM FOR ME PERSONALLY.
I THINK WE HAD A GREAT EVENING TONIGHT GETTING TO MEET EVERYBODY THAT WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT OUT TONIGHT.
I'M NOT SURE THAT WE NEED TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL MEETING TIME, BUT NO, I WOULD LIKE TO
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COMMENT THOUGH, LIKE THIS.THAT WAS SO MUCH BETTER THAN ACTUALLY SITTING UP HERE AND HAVING SOMEBODY COME UP TO THE PODIUM YES.
FOR A MINUTE OR TWO MINUTES, AND THEM BEING SUPER NERVOUS AND US JUST ASKING THE SAME QUESTION OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO GET TO KNOW SOMEBODY'S PERSONALITY.
SO I MUCH PREFER THAT OVER WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
IF, IF THAT, IF YOU NEED THAT FEEDBACK FOR ANYBODY ELSE.
I GOT TO, UM, ACTUALLY TALK TO PEOPLE AND ASK QUESTIONS AND FIGURE OUT WHY.
SO I'M ALL FOR SKIPPING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS.
YEAH, I, I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT.
I WASN'T SURE HOW THAT WOULD GO.
AND SINCE IT WAS A FIRST FOR US, WHAT TO EXPECT, BUT IT, IT REALLY WENT WELL.
UM, I THINK THE, IT'S REALLY EASY TO GET CAUGHT UP IN A CONVERSATION AND NOT GET TO EVERYBODY.
SO I THINK I MISSED A COUPLE OF PEOPLE.
I WILL SAY THAT'S MY ONLY, ONLY DOWNSIDE IS THAT I DON'T THINK I GOT TO EVERYONE.
I WAS LIKE, I I MADE IT AROUND TO A LOT.
I, I TALK A LOT, BUT I LISTEN A LOT.
ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
I THINK IT WAS REALLY BENEFICIAL.
AND I THINK THE ONLY ISSUE IS IF PEOPLE COULDN'T MAKE IT IN PERSON, THEN MAYBE WE COULD TALK TO THEM THROUGH EMAIL.
BUT, UM, I THINK IT'S A GOOD WAY TO TALK TO PEOPLE.
AND WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE SEND EMAILS SAYING THAT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO BE HERE TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
SO, UM, I GUESS WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON THAT ONE.
[44. Receive an update and consider action on topics discussed at the 2022 Texas Municipal League Annual Conference and Exhibition held October 5-7 in San Antonio.]
44.UH, RECEIVE AN UPDATE AND CONSIDER ACTION ON TOPICS DISCUSSED AT THE 2022 TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION HELD OCTOBER 5TH THROUGH SEVENTH IN SAN ANTONIO.
UM, THIS IS FOR ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ACTUALLY ATTENDED.
IF YOU COULD SHARE WHAT YOUR KEY LEARNING WAS OR WHAT WAS SOMETHING IMPORTANT THAT YOU TOOK AWAY? UM, WE'LL START WITH PLACE ONE THAT WAS A FEW DAYS AGO,
UM, YOU KNOW, I, WHAT, WHAT I TAKE AWAY FROM THAT IS THAT WITHOUT ALL THE, THE DETAILS IS, UM, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TIME.
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TIME TO REALLY DO A DEEP DIVE INTO THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO.
UM, IT, IT'S MORE OF A JUST SCRATCHING THE SURFACE AND IT, I LEAVE WANTING MORE.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S KIND OF DISAPPOINTING IN THAT RESPECT WHERE I LEAVE FEELING LIKE I REALLY WANTED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE SUBJECT WAS.
UM, BUT I WILL SAY THE, THE FINAL DAY, I THINK LEFT ME VERY POSITIVE AND FEELING REALLY GOOD ABOUT, UM, THE POSSIBILITIES THAT WE COULD BRING TO LEANDER.
AND, UM, MR. NEW AND I WERE AT THE, AT THE LUNCH OR BRUNCH, IT WAS ACTUALLY BRUNCH.
UM, AND WE WERE THE ONLY TWO THERE.
AND, AND I SAY THAT WAS PROBABLY THE BEST, IT WAS THE BEST, UM, SPEAKER THAT I EXPERIENCED WAS THERE.
OH, WERE YOU THERE? DID YOU NOT LOVE THAT? MM-HMM.
SO, UM, WE, WE'VE KIND OF DECIDED THAT WE'RE GONNA WORK ON A PROJECT TOGETHER.
IS THAT RIGHT, MR. NEW? ARE WE GONNA DO THAT? SO MAYBE THAT WOULD BE A FUTURE ITEM THAT, THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA WORK ON SOME THINGS TO, TO PRESENT TO COUNCIL OR MAYBE, UM, COMMITTEES.
I GOT A, I GOT A HEAD NOD ON THAT.
PLACE TO, YEAH, I, I WAS ALSO IN THAT SESSION AROUND CITY ATTACHMENT, AND I KNOW THE CHAMBER HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB ABOUT MAKING PEOPLE FEEL BELONGED OR BELONGING HERE AND WELCOMED IN LEANDER.
AND I FEEL LIKE AS A CITY, WE COULD DO MORE TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL ATTACHED TO THE CITY, BUT I, I REALLY THINK IT'S ONE THING THAT I TOOK AWAY IS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CITY OF LEANDER, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVEN'T TALKED TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT THIS, BUT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SUBMIT PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING THAT ARE COMPELLING BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN THIS CITY ARE COMPELLING AND COULD WIN AWARDS.
SO I LIKE TO GO THERE AND SEE ALL THE OTHER CITIES WHO ARE WINNING AWARDS, AND I LIKE FOR US TO PUT LEANDER IN THAT CATEGORY AND TALK ABOUT OUR COMPELLING THINGS FOR OUR CITY.
I WAS ALSO THERE AT TML, AND I LIKE TML BECAUSE ALL OF THE SESSIONS GIVE YOU A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF DIFFERENT TOPICS, SO THEN YOU CAN GO BACK WHEN YOU GET BACK TO YOUR CITY AND DO THE RESEARCH TO FIGURE OUT HOW THAT APPLIES TO YOUR CITY SPECIFICALLY.
SO I'D LOVE THE LAST SESSION ABOUT, UM, ATTACHMENT AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS BE MORE ATTACHED TO OUR CITY AND MORE CONNECTED TO OUR CITY.
AND A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH WHAT WE DID TONIGHT WITH THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND THEM BEING, UM, READY TO VOLUNTEER AND SPEND THEIR TIME THAT WAY.
BUT I ALSO WAS INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT OTHER FAST GROWING CITIES ARE DOING, UM, TO HELP WITH INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO WE HAD SOME GREAT SESSIONS ON THAT.
AND ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR CLOSE CITIES, TAYLOR,
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UM, DID A NICE PRESENTATION ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING, UM, TO ATTRACT BUSINESS TO THEIR AREA.SO THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION AS WELL.
SO THAT'S WHAT I ENJOYED ABOUT TML.
AND I'M SURE IF OUR MAYOR WAS HERE, SHE WOULD SHARE WHAT, WHAT SHE TOOK FROM THAT, BUT SHE IS NOT HERE AT THIS TIME.
SO THAT'S ALL WE HAVE, AND WE'LL MOVE ON
[45. 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.]]
TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM.UM, ITEM 45 IS COUNCIL MEMBER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT THEY WANT TO LIST RIGHT NOW TO BE PLACED? NOT AT THIS TIME.
[46. Council Member Closing Statements.]
SO WE ARE GONNA HEAD TO CLOSING COMMENTS BEFORE WE DO OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.SO OUR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CLOSING COMMENTS THIS TONIGHT.
WE'RE GONNA START IN A DIFFERENT ROUTE.
WE'RE GONNA START WITH PLAY SIX.
BUT, UH, JUST THANK, THANK YOU FOR NO, THAT'S GOOD.
RIGHT? NO, I JUST, UH, THIS, THIS IS A, IT'S JUST A REALLY IMPORTANT TIME FOR OUR CITY.
WE'RE GROWING, WE'RE GROWING FAST.
UM, THE TYPES OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE, THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE HERE, THE MATURITY OF, UH, OF, UH, OF OUR STAFF AND THE FURTHER STAFF MEMBERS THAT WE NEED TO, TO HAVE TO HAVE A COMPLETE STAFF.
SO I JUST APPRECIATE EVERYBODY, UH, COMING TOGETHER.
I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S WILLINGNESS TO, TO BRING UNITY TO THIS CITY, AND IT'S JUST GONNA BE REALLY NEEDED AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW, UH, FOR THE NEXT 5, 10, 15 YEARS.
SO, UM, JUST, I'M PROUD TO BE A PART OF THIS CITY.
PLACE THREE, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE CITY STAFF FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU FOLKS DID AND YOUR STAFF DID, AND MAKING SURE THAT, UM, WE DID NOT EXCEED OUR 90 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY MM-HMM.
UH, SOMETIMES NOT ALL ENCOUNTERS ARE PLEASANT, AND I THOUGHT THEY HANDLED THEMSELVES REALLY, REALLY WELL.
AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT SOMEBODY REACTED THAT WAY, BUT WE UNDERSTAND IT.
UM, YOU MAKE A LOT OF INVESTMENTS INTO YOUR HOMES AND, UH, YOUR LANDSCAPING AND STUFF.
SO IT WAS A SACRIFICE, BUT REALLY PROUD OF OUR CITIZENS AND REALLY PROUD OF THE CITY STAFF FOR EVERYTHING THAT, UH, THEY ACCOMPLISHED DURING THAT TIME.
PLEASE DO FORGOT TO MENTION THANK YOU TO CITY STAFF FOR JOINING US AT TML.
I THINK IT WAS VERY BENEFICIAL FOR CITY STAFF TO BE THERE.
SO GLAD WE GOT TO GO TO LUNCH WITH YOU GUYS.
AND JUST A REMINDER THAT THE RESIDENTIAL FALL CLEANUP IS SATURDAY.
SO IF YOU'RE A RESIDENT OF LEANER, YOU CAN SHOW YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE AND DROP OFF CERTAIN THINGS.
THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS YOU CANNOT DROP OFF.
SO GO TO THE CITY WEBSITE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
WELL, I'VE SAID MORE THAN ONCE THAT, UH, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS MY SINGLE MOST FAVORITE THING THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR.
AND, UM, WHEN WE SCHEDULED OUR TIME TO GO TO TML, I DID NOT REALIZE THAT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT WAS THE NIGHT THAT WE WOULD BE LEAVING.
SO NOT WANTING TO NOT PARTICIPATE, I DID A RIDICULOUS THING.
AND THAT I'M SO GLAD THAT I DID.
I WENT TO NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND I CAME HOME AND I PACKED AND I DROVE TO SAN ANTONIO, AND I GOT THERE ABOUT 1245 IN THE MORNING.
AND I HAVE TO SAY, THAT WAS THE BEST DRIVE TO SAN ANTONIO I'VE EVER HAD
I LEARNED WAS, WAS THERE EARLIER.
UM, BUT WITH THAT, I, I WANNA THANK THE, THE NEIGHBOR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT, UH, PARTICIPATED.
AND, UH, OF COURSE ALL THE POLICE OFFICERS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT, THAT PARTICIPATE AND MAKE IT FUN AND ENGAGING AND, UH, UH, HELPING US TO, TO, TO GO ALL OVER TOWN.
I, I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH, BUT REALLY, IT, IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOODS COMING TOGETHER.
AND IT'S SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO GET TOGETHER, UH, MEET EACH OTHER AND, UM, LEARN, LEARN WHO YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE, AND IT, IT'S JUST SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND I, I'M JUST LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
WE SHOULD DO THIS ONCE A MONTH, REALLY.
UH, ANYWAY, SO THANK, THANK Y'ALL FOR CONTINUING TO DO THAT AND THANK YOU.
WELL, I GUESS I'M THE LAST ONE, UH, TO SUPPORT OUR CITY'S INITIATIVE TO SHOP AND BUY LOCAL HEB PROVIDED OUR DINNER TONIGHT.
AND I THINK HEB, THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN A VERY GOOD PARTNER TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TONIGHT.
[47. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to: (1) Section 551.072, Texas Government Code, to deliberate the acquisition of one (1) or more real properties located in E.D. Harmon Survey, Abstract No. 6, Williamson County, Texas, for the purpose of a utility easement with temporary construction easement for FM 2243 wastewater project (CIP WW.43); and (2) 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; and (3) Section 551.072, Texas Government Code to deliberate the acquisition of real property and approve a Letter of Intent for acquisition of real property for public facilities. Reconvene into open session to take action as deemed appropriate in the City Council's discretion regarding: (1) acquisition of one (1) or more real properties for FM 2243 wastewater project (CIP WW.43); and (2) Project Fulcrum; and (3) acquisition of real property and approve a Letter of Intent for acquisition of real property for public facilities.]
ITEM 44 AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT, IS THAT 8 45? I CAN'T READ THAT FROM HERE.8 53 PURSUANT TO ONE SECTION 5 5, 1 0.072 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DELIBERATE THE ACQUISITION OF ONE OR MORE REAL PROPERTIES LOCATED AT ED HARMON.
SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER SIX, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF UTILITY EASEMENT WITH TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT FOR FM 2243, WASTEWATER PROJECT C I P WW DOT
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43 AND TWO, SECTION 5 51, DO EIGHT SEVEN 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 PROJECTS, PROJECT FULCRUM AND SECTION THREE, I'M SORRY, AND THREE SECTION 5 51 0 7 2 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DELIBERATE THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY AND APPROVE A LETTER OF INTENT FOR ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES.CITY COUNCIL IS RECONVENED INTO OPEN SESSION AT 9:45 PM TO TAKE ACTION AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE IN THE CITY COUNCIL'S DISCRETION REGARDING ONE ACQUISITION OF ONE OR MORE REAL PROPERTIES FOR A FM 2243 WASTEWATER PROJECT, C I P WW DOT 43.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROSS, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE THE ACQUISITION OF ONE OR MORE PROPERTIES? AND ED HARMON SURVEY ABSTRACT SIX TO GRANNY UTILITY EASEMENT WITH TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT FOR C I P PROJECT WW 0.43, AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR PRO TIM TO EXECUTE PURCHASE CONTRACTS AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? NONE OPPOSED.
UM, NUMBER TWO, PROJECT FULCRUM.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROSS, YOU HAVE A MOTION, NO ACTION.
AND NUMBER THREE, ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY TO APPROVE A LETTER OF INTENT FOR ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROSS, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY TO NEGOTIATE THE LOI WITH NORTHLINE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION? ONE SECOND.
ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? NONE OPPOSED.
ALL RIGHT, THE MOTION CARRIES AND WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 9 46.