[1. Open Meeting.]
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TODAY IS THURSDAY, APRIL 6TH, 2023, AND THE TIME IS 6:02 PM AND THIS IS THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL,
[2. Roll Call.]
CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE.WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER KATHERINE BATTALION PARKER.
COUNCIL MEMBER ESP MEM LANGOR.
COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONALD.
PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS HERK.
[3. Receive presentation of fiscal year 2023 road rehabilitation program and funding options.]
WE'LL NOW RECEIVE A PRESENTATION OF FISCAL YEAR 2023 ROAD REHABILITATION PROGRAM AND FUNDING OPTIONS.GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, UM, GINA AND I WANT TO TAKE, UH, NO MORE THAN 10, 12 MINUTES OF YOUR, UH, TIME THIS EVENING TO PRESENT A, A, UH, A, AN IDEA FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT BEFORE THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING ON APRIL 20TH, UM, WHEN, UH, PUBLIC WORKS WILL BRING THE BIDS BACK FOR THE ANNUAL STREET REHABILITATION, UH, PROGRAM.
UM, MY PORTION OF OF THIS IS, UH, PRESENTATION IS TO TALK ABOUT, UH, MONEY.
AND THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO PRESENT THIS IDEA TO YOU SO YOU CAN, UH, UM, HAVE SOME TIME BEFORE THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
BUT AS YOU WELL KNOW, IN UH, JUNE OF 2021, THE CITY, UH, ENTERED INTO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE AGREEMENT AGREEMENT WITH KING CHAN, UH, CUTLERY TO CONSTRUCT A MAJOR FACILITY ON HERITAGE GROVE ROAD IN DECEMBER OF THAT YEAR.
THIS, THE CITY ENTERED INTO A DESIGN, UM, UH, CONTRACT WITH KSA ENGINEERS TO DESIGN THE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD BE NEEDED FOR THAT, FOR THAT, UH, FACILITY.
IN MARCH OF 2022, THE CITY APPROVED THE NOTICE TO ISSUE BONDS FOR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS, UH, A PORTION OF WHICH WAS TO FUND THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE HERITAGE ROAD, UH, ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS.
IN MAY OF THAT YEAR, THE CITY ISSUED THAT DEBT, UH, WHICH, UH, THOSE PRO, UH, PROCEEDS WERE $20.6 MILLION.
AND THOSE FUNDS, WE, WE HAVE, HOWEVER, AFTER THAT TIME, THE, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, PROJECT FELL APART AS WE KNOW.
AND SO WHAT WE WANT TO, UH, PITCH TO THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER IS THAT GIVEN OUR CURRENT GENERAL FUND, UH, BUDGET SITUATION ESTIMATES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR, WHAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING IS THAT WE, UH, WITH YOUR APPROVAL USE THE MONEY THAT WAS BUDGETED AND BORROWED FOR THE HERITAGE GROVE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AND USE THAT FOR THE, UH, UH, 2023 ROAD REHABILITATION PROGRAM THAT, UH, GINA IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT DOING.
THAT WOULD SAVE THE GENERAL FUND, UH, APPROXIMATELY $2.2 MILLION.
SO THAT GOES A LONG WAY TOWARDS US MEETING, UM, THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR FOR, BECAUSE OF OUR REVENUE SHORTFALL.
I'M GONNA LET GINA TAKE THE REST OF IT TO DISCUSS THE, THE ROAD REHAB PROGRAM.
UH, AS ROBERT MENTIONED, UM, WE OPENED OUR ROAD REHAB, OR IT'S OUR ANNUAL, UM, BUDGET AND ANNUAL, UH, SET OF ROADWAYS WE DO, UH, EVERY YEAR TO USUALLY MELL AN OVERLAY AND WHATNOT.
UH, WE OPENED THOSE, UH, MARCH 20TH OF THIS YEAR, AND, UM, THE BASE PLUS ALTERNATES CAME IN AT ABOUT 1.98 MILLION.
AND THEN WHEN WE GET BEGAN TO DISCUSSING, UM, THIS OPTION OF USING THE BOND FUNDS, UM, WE ALSO WENT AND TOOK A LOOK AT HERITAGE GROVE ROAD TO SEE IF THERE WAS SOMETHING WE COULD DO IN THE MEANTIME THAT WASN'T THAT FULL RECONSTRUCTION FOR THE 3.2, UM, BECAUSE IT IS IN PRETTY POOR CONDITION.
SO, UM, WE TOOK A COUPLE SITE VISITS, ONE, ONE BY OURSELVES AND THEN ONE WITH THE PROPOSED CONTRACTOR THAT WILL DO THE ROADWAY WORK FOR THE REHABILITATION PROJECT.
AND IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE, UM, IT'S OBVIOUSLY IN POOR CONDITION, BUT A LOT OF THE, THE DISTRESS HAPPENS ON THE EDGES OF THE PAVEMENT AND IT'S ALSO ONLY ABOUT HALF AN INCH THICK.
SO, UM, WHAT WE CAME UP WITH AS A SOLUTION IS TO, UM, DO WHAT THEY CALL AN EDGE MILL.
WE CAN'T MILL THE WHOLE ROAD, UM, BECAUSE THEN YOU'D BE LEFT WITH NOTHING.
BUT IF WE DO AN EDGE MILL ON EACH SIDE, UM, ABOUT THREE INCHES, UM, AND THEN REPLACE THAT WITH THREE INCHES OF HOT MIX, THAT GETS SORT OF A LOT OF THE, THE REALLY, REALLY BAD AREAS.
AND THEN WE WOULD ALSO DO A FULL RECONSTRUCTION, UM, ON EACH END.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HERE AT OAK GROVE AND THEN IT, THIS KIND OF HATCH SU SECTION RIGHT HERE AT 180 3,
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UM, WHERE THAT WOULD BE SIX INCHES.AND THEN WE WOULD OVERLAY THE ENTIRE SECTION WITH TWO.
SO SOME SECTIONS WOULD HAVE LIKE EIGHT INCHES AND, AND SOME WOULD HAVE TWO.
AND ANYWAY, IT WOULD, BUT IT WOULD CREATE LIKE A VERY SMOOTH, UM, UNIFORM SURFACE.
SO WITH THE CONTRACTOR'S PRICING THAT HE GAVE US FOR THE ROAD REHAB PROJECT, HE GAVE US A QUOTE OF ABOUT $438,000 TO DO THAT WORK.
SO ALONG WITH THE 1.98 THAT BRINGS THAT COST TO $2.458 MILLION, AND AS ROBERT MENTIONED, THAT UM, GETS THE GENERAL FUND SAVINGS AT THAT 2.237 AND OPTION TWO, UM, WHEN WE STRUCTURED OUR, UM, BIDS THIS YEAR FOR THE ROAD REHAB, KNOWING, UM, THE BUDGET SITUATION, WE GAVE US A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY AND WE ONLY PUT, UM, THIS NORTHERN PART OF LAKELINE IN, IN THE BASE BID.
AND THEN, UM, AND THEN WE STRUCTURED IT, IT WITH ALTERNATE DOING THE SOUTHERN PART OF LAKELINE AND THEN UNION AND I FORGOT THE OTHER ONE, I'M SORRY.
OH, UH, HORIZON PARK, UM, AS, AS ALTERNATES.
SO, UM, THE OPTION ONE WOULD FUND ALL OF THESE, UM, IN CONJUNCTION WITH HERITAGE GROVE, BUT OPTION TWO WE WOULD RECOMMEND DOING ALL OF LAKELINE, UM, THE FOUR-LANE SECTION OF LAKELINE, NOT ALL THE WAY TO THE TWO-LANE, BUT UM, SO WE WOULD REHABILITATE THAT ENTIRE SECTION AND THEN, UM, THAT WOULD STILL GIVE US SOME SAVINGS ABOUT 700,000 IN THE GENERAL FUND.
UM, AND THEN WE WOULD JUST DEFER THESE OTHER TWO ROADWAYS, UM, TO NEXT YEAR.
AND WE'RE ALL AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
SO WHAT WOULD IT, IS THERE STILL A FUTURE PLAN TO EXPAND HERITAGE GROWTH AND WHEN WOULD THAT TAKE PLACE? I DON'T KNOW WHAT TIMING ON THAT, BUT THERE IS, I MEAN, IT'S IN THE MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND RICK IS, SO WE HIT ADVANCE THE, UH, TO THE DESIGN PHASE AND ALSO INCLUSION OF THE BOND FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION.
IT WAS A BUT FOUR SITUATION WITH KING CHAN COMING MM-HMM.
THAT'S WHAT LED TO THEIR OVERALL DECISION NOT TO COME AT THIS TIME OR EVEN TO, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY TO SELL THE PROPERTY, WHICH I, WHICH IS ALSO ON THE MARKET.
THE, I THINK THAT OUR, WE HAVE WHAT REMAINING ON THE, UH, DESIGN SIDE CA IS IT ANOTHER IT'S AT WHAT, 80% DESIGN? IT'S PRETTY, IS THAT RIGHT? CLOSE? SO I THINK THEY'VE SPENT ABOUT A HUNDRED AND, UH, ABOUT HALF 124 OF THE 324.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND COMPLETE THE DESIGN THOUGH, CORRECT? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S FAIR.
SO WE WOULD HAVE THE DESIGN COMPLETE AND I THINK THAT THE TIME TO MAKE THAT DECISION WOULD BE WHEN WE HAVE, UH, A SURROGATE OR SURROGATES ON THOSE PROPERTIES ON THAT CORRIDOR.
THAT'D BE THE TIME TO LOOK AT THE, SO IF YOU'RE GETTING ANOTHER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR, $80 MILLION END USER, AND I THINK THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, RANDALL'S HERE AS WELL, UH, THAT WOULD BE THE TIME YOU WOULD GO AHEAD AND DO IT.
UH, IN THE MEANTIME YOU'D HAVE A BETTER CROSS SECTION MM-HMM.
AND IT'D BE, IT WOULD BE A A SMOOTHER SURFACE.
YOU'RE GONNA SHORE UP THE EDGES IN THE DESIGN.
THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF THE PROBLEM AREAS IS THAT EDGES, WE DIDN'T WANT TO JUST OVERLAY THAT BECAUSE YOU'LL JUST END UP WITH FAILURES AGAIN.
SO, SO IT, IT IS ADDRESSING THE, THE NEAR TERM MAINTENANCE AND YOU DO HAVE RESIDENTIAL, UH, IN THAT CORRIDOR AS WELL.
SO THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD, I'M SURE LIKE TO SEE THAT ON THE INTERIM.
AND HOW WOULD IT AFFECT THE DEVELOPMENT OF 500 HERITAGE GROVE? WOULD THAT BE COMMERCIAL THAT WE APPROVED THE, WHICH ONE? 500 HERITAGE GROVE ARE, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE KING CHAN PROPERTY? NO, UH OH.
ADJACENT TO IT FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD, CLOSER BACKS UP TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF ALL OF THOSE PROPERTIES ARE STILL IN, UH, IN PLAY FOR COMMERCIAL.
SO THAT WOULD NOT NEGATIVELY, NEGATIVELY AFFECT THEM.
ANY OF THOSE SITES ARE STILL GONNA TAKE, UM, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF THAT SITE WOULD, AS FOR EXAMPLE, WAS READY TOMORROW, YOU'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT PROBABLY 24 MONTHS EVEN IF THEY HAD A PLAN SET, UH, FOR OPENING.
SO WE WOULD HAVE TIME TO, TO ADDRESS THAT.
SO WHAT YOU HAVE GOING ON, CAN YOU GO BACK TO, UM, THE INTERSECTION AT 180 3? OH, THIS ONE? YEAH.
SO ALL IT IS REALLY IS A REPAVING OF THAT AREA, NOT A WIDENING IT BE WHITE.
GINA, DO YOU HAVE THE ULTIMATE, DO YOU HAVE THE, UH, MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE IN THIS PRESENTATION, THE ACTUAL DESIGN THAT WAS PROPOSED AND IT'S A THREE LANE WITH A CUL-DE-SAC AT THAT END, AND THEN THERE'S A NEW ROAD THAT COMES THROUGH THAT CONNECTS TO 180 3 THAT'S
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FURTHER TO THE SOUTH.CAN WE GET TO THE PLANT TO FOLDER THE COUNCIL FOLDER LOWER YESTERDAY? THAT SHOULD BE THE ONE SO I CAN, YEAH, SO, SO WHAT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS, IS THE, THE ROAD, THIS IS THE WEST SIDE THAT YOU'RE SEEING, AND IT WOULD BE THREE LANES.
AND THE TENT WAS TO, IF, IF YOU WERE BUILDING LARGE COMPLEXES AND HAD MULTIPLE TRUCKS GOING, THAT ROLLED IN WOULD BE DESIGNED FOR 18 WHEELERS AND SO FORTH.
AND SO ANYBODY COMING FROM THIS DIRECTION GOING OUT THAT WAY, AND THEN THE DEVELOPERS ON THIS SIDE WOULD HAVE THE NICE WORLD GOING THIS WAY.
UM, SOME SMALLER ONES COULD GO BACK OUT THAT WAY.
AND THEN THE INTENT WAS ON THIS ONE, THE CITY WAS GONNA IMPROVE THIS ROAD RIGHT HERE, AND THEN THE KNIFE FACTORY WAS GOING TO IMPROVE THIS ROAD.
AND SO ALL THE TRUCKS WERE TRAFFIC THAT WOULD'VE BEEN GENERATED UP HERE OR HERE WOULD TRAVEL ON THIS ROAD AND THEN OUT THIS WAY.
AND THEN THE DEVELOPERS WERE GONNA, THEY WERE WORKING ON BUILDING THAT SECTION OF THE ROAD.
AND REMEMBER THIS WOULD'VE BEEN A CUL-DE-SAC FOR OUR, FOR OUR DESIGN, FOR THE, UH, MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH IS ALSO SHOULD BE THIS ONE.
UM, WE HAVE DIAGRAMS OF THE ACTUAL, IS IT THIS ONE? UM, THAT'S NOT THAT ONE.
I, I SAVED IT IN THERE AS WELL.
SO IF YOU CAN FIND THE MASTER PLAN.
SO THE, THE MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN HAS THOSE THREE ROADS CONFIGURED, THERE IT IS.
SO THE MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN, AS YOU CAN SEE, HAD THIS ROAD, UM, ENDING RIGHT HERE, GETTING RID OF THIS INTERSECTION BECAUSE THAT'S A, THAT'S A TERRIBLE LOCATION BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE RAILROAD TRACK, UM, YOU HAVE THE, THE CEMENT CONCRETE PLANT RIGHT ACROSS THAT HAS INTERSECTION.
IT'S A BLIND CURVE COMING HERE.
AND THAT WAS THE WHOLE REASON FOR MOVING THE ROAD INTERSECTION DOWN TO A LOWER AREA.
AND SO IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, AGAIN, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS CONFIGURATION.
AND SO THAT ENTIRE PLAN WENT UP AND SMOKED WHEN THE CONTRACT, THE THREE 80 AGREEMENT WITH THE KNIFE FACTORY WENT OUT.
SO NOW WE'RE HERE WITH THE IDEA OF WE'LL JUST KIND OF FIX THE ROAD UP.
NO ONE WANTS TO DO THE OTHER TWO ROADS AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY, WE DID A CERTIFICATE OBLIGATION, DOES IT EVEN DO HERITAGE GROVE? AND SO, UM, SO NOW THE POINT IS WE'LL GO FIX SOME OTHER THINGS.
AND, AND THE THING I'D ADD IS, SO FROM THE TIME WE DID THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT, SO ONE, YOU'RE LOSING THESE ADDITIONAL CONNECTIONS THAT KING SHA WAS GONNA PARTICIPATE IN, PLUS LIKELIHOOD BY THE TIME YOU WOULD GO TO DES GO TO BID THIS, I'M SURE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE CHEAPER.
SO WE CAN DO SOMETHING MEANINGFUL STILL.
NOW IT WILL ADD SOME CURB APPEAL.
WE DO HAVE PROSPECTS ON A COUPLE OF THOSE SITES RIGHT NOW.
UM, OF COURSE ONCE THEY WOULD PAY THEIR IMPACT FEES, UM, OR THEIR, EXCUSE ME, ROADWAY ADEQUACY FEES, THEY BECOME IMPACT FEES AFTER JANUARY 24.
AND SO THE TIMING ON THAT, WHEN THEY WOULD DEVELOP THEIR SITES WOULD BE WHEN WE WOULD CROSS THAT BRIDGE, NO PUN INTENDED, ON UH, THE ULTIMATE CROSS SECTION.
AND WE WOULD HAVE A, A DESIGN IN HAND, WHICH WOULD ALSO HELP.
THEY'D KNOW WHAT THEIR, THEY'RE GETTING AT THAT POINT, WHAT THEY WOULD, WHAT THE ULTIMATE WOULD BE FOR THEIR USES.
SO WE'RE GOING FORWARD WITH THE ACTUAL PLAN, LIKE THE ACTUAL DRAWINGS THAT PLAN'S GONNA BE IN PLACE AND IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SHOWING US RIGHT THERE.
IS THAT CORRECT DOWN? I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE DOWN THE ROAD, RIGHT? WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SET OF PLANS FOR EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
THEY'LL BE COMPLETELY IN THE, IN THE, IN THE INTERIM.
CUZ SINCE WE DON'T HAVE PARTNERS TO PARTICIPATE IN WHAT, WHAT THEY WERE GONNA CHIP IN WITH, UM, WE'RE GOING TO GO PUT A $438,000 BANDAID ESSENTIALLY ON A SITUATION THAT COULD BE, I GUESS IF YOU, IF WE HAD A COUPLE,
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AND I KNOW THIS IS PUTTING TOO MUCH, BUT IF WE HAD A COUPLE PROSPECTS THAT WERE COMING BY SOON, YOU'RE SAYING THE SOONEST THAT THAT WOULD BE, WOULD BE 24 MONTHS? THAT THAT'S WHAT THAT IF WE HAD SOMEBODY THAT HAD EVEN A, A, A STRONG PLAN SET TODAY.BUT IT WOULD, YOU KNOW, IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS TO GET, GET EVERYTHING LINED UP, I'M JUST, I'M STILL LOOKING AT THE 4 38 NUMBER GOING, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, AND I, I DON'T DRIVE ON THAT ROAD OFTEN, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DOING SOMETHING AND SPENDING $438,000 ON SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT VERY QUICKLY IS GOING TO BE, UM, VOID OR NOT.
WELL, RIGHT NOW IT SHOULDN'T BE GETTING, UNLESS OF COURSE WE ALL KNOW THAT THE GPS ON EVERY, THAT'S PRETTY BAD ON EVERY CONCRETE TRUCK.
UH, TAKES YOU THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, CUZ WE ALL GET THE EMAILS AND THE CALLS EVERY TIME THAT HAPPENS.
UH, BUT THE EXISTING CONDITIONS ARE PRETTY BAD.
THEY, THEY COULD BE, I MEAN, TRUTHFULLY YOU GO MUCH MORE, IT'S, YOU'RE GONNA START SEEING DIRT.
BUT IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR A LONG TIME AND I THINK IT'S ONLY GETTING WORSE BECAUSE IT STILL IS TRUCK HEAVY BACK THERE.
THERE'S JUST A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON THAT ROAD.
UM, THAT WHOLE PORTION, THAT CURVE THOUGH.
THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA BE BACKED OUT OF THE PLAN WHEN THERE'S A NEW ROAD.
REALLY PRETTY BLUE BUCKET THOUGH.
THANK YOU FOR THE, FOR THE BEAUTY.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT LAKELINE.
UM, I KNOW THAT WE USE THE, THE COOL TRUCKS WITH THE LASERS TO ASSESS EVERYTHING AND MAKE OUR PLANS.
SO I HATE TO SECOND GUESS, BUT LAKELINE IS MY BACKYARD AND I'M ON IT 11 TIMES A DAY.
AND SO I'M SURPRISED TO SEE THE PRIORITY BEING THE NORTHERN PART THAT'S LIKE MM-HMM.
VERSUS THE SOUTHERN PART THAT'S MORE, IT SEEMS MORE DEGRADED.
UM, IT'S ACTUALLY KIND OF, WELL YOU'RE RIGHT.
UM, THE NORTHERN PART IS NEWER, UM, BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF, UH, CRACKING AND WE'VE DONE SOME CRACK CEILING IN THERE.
UM, SO WE'RE JUST, UM, I ACTUALLY HAVE A KIND OF A BACKUP HERE.
UM, NOT AVOID ONE, BUT YOU, YOU KIND OF WANNA TARGET, SORRY IT'S KIND OF TINY.
UM, YOU KIND OF WANNA TARGET YOUR REPAIRS KIND OF IN THIS UPPER, YOU KNOW, 70 ISH ZONE AND START TO GET THEM BEFORE YOU DO GET THOSE REALLY BIG BLOCK AND ALLIGATOR CRACKING AND YOU HAVE TO DO THOSE FULL DEPTH REPAIRS.
SO, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO TARGET THAT BEFORE THOSE CRACKS TURN INTO, UM, BIGGER, BIGGER AREAS THAT NEED TO BE FULL DEBT PREPARED.
BECAUSE THAT'S LIKE A FIVE TIMES THE COST WHERE AN OVERLAY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN MILL IT AND OVERLAY IT, BUT IF YOU HAVE TO DO THOSE FULL DEPTH REPAIRS, THAT'S FIVE, THAT'S LIKE $75 A A SQUARE YARD.
SO THIS IS LIKE AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION KIND OF THING.
SO HAVE WE RECEIVED A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE LAKEMONT AREA? THIS IS STRICTLY, THIS IS STRICTLY BASED ON OUR CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND OUR RECOMMENDATION.
SO IT WAS IN THEIR FIVE YEAR PLAN, UM, THAT THEY GAVE US AS A RECOMMENDATION IN THE, YOU KNOW, FIRST CUZ WE, WE UPDATE THIS EVERY FIVE YEARS.
SO IT WAS IN THAT, IN THAT FIVE.
I ACTUALLY WAS A LITTLE SOONER.
WE DELAYED IT A FEW YEARS CUZ IT REALLY WAS NOT THAT BAD.
BUT IT IS GONNA START TO TO DEGREE.
COUNSEL, WHAT OPTION ARE YOU ALL LEANING TOWARD? WELL, WE'RE NOT VOTING, WE'RE JUST DISCUSSING, UH, IF, IF I CAN RELIEVE SOME OF THAT, THAT PRESSURE.
WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY ASKING FOR A DIRECTION THIS EVENING.
WE WANTED TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE IT IS, UM, UH, A LARGE ONE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER.
SO WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO, UH, THINK ABOUT IT, UH, BEFORE WE BRING THE BIDS BACK ON, UH, THE 20TH.
SO, UH, WE'RE FINE WITH, WITH NO ACTION.
WE JUST WANTED TO, UH, BRIEF YOU AND LET YOU DIGEST IT.
LAST QUICK QUESTION BEFORE YOU DO THAT THOUGH, UM, IF WE WERE TO GO WITH, UM, WITH OPTION ONE IN A CASE LIKE THIS, HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE US TO GET BACK ON TRACK IF WE DID HAVE PROSPECTS THAT WERE WANTING TO MOVE FORWARD ON, ON THE REST OF THE PROPERTY AND WE AND WE USED THE FUNDS SOMEWHERE ELSE? WE, WELL, THE OTHER THING IF, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IF WE HAD SOMETHING THAT WAS IMMINENT, I THINK WE COULD, WE COULD ALSO PIVOT THAT.
THAT'D BE A DIFFERENT, A DIFFERENT ANIMAL.
IF WE HAD SOMETHING WHERE IT DIDN'T REALLY LOOK LIKE IT MADE SENSE TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD ON WITH THAT, THAT TOUCH.
UH, THE, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE ON FINISHING THE, UM, THE DESIGN, THE ULTIMATE DESIGN, WE, WE COULD MOVE QUICK SO THAT IF, CERTAINLY IF WE HAVE A, A BIG PROSPECT THAT SAYS, HEY, WE WANT, WE WANT TO DO THIS ULTIMATE CROSS SECTION, WE CAN REVISIT THAT SITUATION.
NOW, OBVIOUSLY FROM THE FUNDING STANDPOINT,
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WE'D ALSO HAVE TO HAVE SOME COMMITMENT ON THAT.THAT WOULD TO GET US OVER THE HUMP.
SOME SKIN IN THE GAME IF WE'RE MAKING PLANS.
SO THIS, AND OF COURSE IF ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS WANTED TO JUMP IN AND DO THAT, THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT ANIMAL TOO.
I'LL PUT THAT OUT THERE PUBLICLY.
ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CLARIFICATIONS?
[4. Meet and Greet with Board and Commission applicants.]
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR, MEET AND GREET WITH THE BOARD AND COMMISSION APPLICANTS.PLEASE BE BACK IN YOUR SEATS AT SIX 50.
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ALL RIGHT.WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP AT 6 54.
PLEASE BE IN YOUR SEATS AROUND SEVEN-ISH WHEN WE GET STARTED WITH THE REAL MEETING.
[5. Open Meeting, Invocation and Pledges of Allegiance.]
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IS THIS YOURS? UH, I BELIEVE THAT LOOKS YOURS.TODAY IS THURSDAY, APRIL 6TH, 2023.
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AND THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LE CITY COUNCIL, PASTOR BETINA BUTTON OF VICTORIA'S LIVING CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES.WE'LL BE PROVIDING OUR INVOCATION TONIGHT FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION.
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE TESTER.
FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS AND BY THE PROUD OF YOUR HOLY SPIRIT, WE COME TO YOU THIS EVENING TO SAY THANK YOU.
WE THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE GOD AND YOU, GOD ALL BY YOURSELF.
WE THANK YOU LORD GOD, THAT YOU ARE PROTECTOR OUR PROVIDER, OUR WAYMAKER GOD, WE THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE TRUSTWORTHY AND YOU'RE FAITHFUL.
WE THANK YOU LORD GOD, THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS CONSISTENT, FATHER.
AND WE GIVE YOU THE GLORY, LORD GOD.
TODAY WE LIFT UP THE CITY OF LEANDER, LORD GOD, WE LIFT UP EVERY OFFICIAL IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
WE LIFT UP THE MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL, EVERY DECISION MAKER IN JESUS.
WE LIFT UP EVERY BUSINESS WE LIFT UP.
OH GOD, EVERY SITUATION THAT IS BEING BROUGHT BEFORE YOU TODAY, OH GOD, IN JESUS SAYING, WE ASK RIGHT NOW, UH, THAT YOUR GRACE AND WISDOM WOULD ABOUND.
LORD GOD, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD, UH, GIVE THESE LEADERS WISDOM TO LEAD YOUR PEOPLE.
WELL WE ASK RIGHT NOW THAT THERE WILL BE A PROTECTION AHEAD OF PROTECTION AROUND LEANDER AND THE SURROUNDING CITY'S FATHER, WE THANK YOU FATHER FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN LEANDER FOR THE GROWTH AND THE BUSINESS GROWTH.
WE THANK YOU LORD GOD THAT SCHOOLS ARE PROTECTED.
WE THANK YOU LORD GOD, THAT BUSINESSES ARE PROTECTED.
AND FATHER, WE DECLARE THAT LEANDER BELONGS TO YOU FOR THE WORD DECLARES.
THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S THE FULLNESS THERE OF AND THEY THAT DWELL THEIR EM.
AND WE THANK YOU, FATHER, WE BELONG TO YOU, THAT THIS STATE BELONGS TO YOU.
AND WE TRUST YOU IN ALL THINGS, EVEN IN DIFFICULT TIMES.
WE TRUST YOU FATHER, WE LIFT UP, UH, OUR FIREMEN.
WE LIFT UP OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, WE LIFT UP THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE LIFT UP, OH GOD, EVERY DEPARTMENT IN JESUS NAME.
AND AND FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD SIMPLY BE GOD IN EVERY SITUATION.
FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD PROTECT THE ROSE GOD IN JESUS NAME.
AND FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE EXPANSION.
WE THANK YOU FOR NEW HOMES AND NEW BUSINESSES THAT WILL SPROUT FORTH IN 2023 AND BEYOND.
AND WE ASK RIGHT NOW THAT YOU WILL COME INTO THIS MEETING TONIGHT AND THAT YOUR WILL WOULD BE DONE IN JESUS NAME.
[6. Roll Call.]
CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER KATHERINE BATTALION PARKER.COUNCIL MEMBER ESME, MATTHEW GOIA.
COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONALD HERE, MAYOR PROM.
PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS SURING.
COUNCIL MEMBER BECKY BRA HERE, MAYOR CHRISTINE DELK.
HERE FIRM IS PRESENT IN THE CITY COUNCIL, IS ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS.
[7. Public comments on items not listed in the agenda. Public comments on items listed in the agenda will be heard at the time each item is discussed by Council. [All comments are limited to no more than 3 minutes (6 minutes if translation is needed) per individual.] ]
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, NON 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 COUNSEL AND WILL BE MADE A PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT PUBLIC COMMENTS IS A TIME FOR YOU TO ADDRESS COUNSEL.
IT IS NOT A TIME FOR BACK AND FORTH CONVERSATION, UM, THAT IS COUNTED AS DELIBERATION BY THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO I HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
MRS. KATHLEEN BERNARDI, PLEASE COME UP, GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
UM, I'M KATHLEEN BERNARDI, 1412 VALENTI LANE, HERE IN LEANDER.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
TONIGHT I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT ON APRIL 9TH THE LEANDER ACTIVITY CENTER WILL BE CELEBRATING THEIR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY, PLUS IT WILL BE EASTER SUNDAY.
THE ACTIVE ADULTS HAVE ENJOYED HAVING THE CENTER FOR MANY ACTIVITIES THIS YEAR, COFFEE THREE TIMES A YEAR, CHERRY YOGA, TWICE A WEEK, SHINE DANCE, A ZUMBA LIKE EXERCISE.
MANY KINDS OF GAMES HAVE BEEN PLAYED POTLUCKS, CRAFTING ART, NUMBER OF THOSE NATIONAL DAYS.
SARAH, OUR ACTIVE ADULT COORDINATOR, HAS ADDED MANY NEW ACTIVITIES AND TRIPS FOR US.
SOMETIMES IT IS DIFFICULT TO CHOOSE A FAVORITE ACTIVITY.
THIS PAST WEEKEND WE WENT TO LENO'S CHUCK WAGON COOKOFF.
IF YOU FOLLOW ME, YOU'LL SEE THE PICTURES.
IT WAS SO COOL TO SEE THE CHUCK WAGONS AND THE COOKS THAT ARE DEDICATED TO THEIR CRAFT ELAS.
WE ARE IN A DILEMMA FOR THE SUMMER PARKS AND REC HAS A NUMBER OF CHILDREN'S CAMPS OCCUPYING THE CENTER THIS SUMMER.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT CAMPS ARE THE MONEY MAKER FOR THE DEPARTMENT, BUT THAT PUTS US AS TO WHERE WE WILL DO OUR CHAIR YOGA AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.
THE GROUP OF MEMBERS HAS GREATLY IMPROVED IN THE
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LAST MONTH WITH BALANCE, FLEXIBILITY, AND CAMARADERIE.OUR OPTIONS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AS MOSTLY OUTSIDE VENUES.
SOME OF US ARE OKAY WITH A LITTLE HEAT, 10 30 TO 1130 IN THE MORNING, BUT OTHERS MAY DROP OUT.
OUR TEACHER IS AN ACTUAL YOGA TEACHER AND PRACTICES AT A STUDIO.
THIS SHOULD TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT A SENIOR CENTER IS NEEDED.
MR. TEMIN SPOKE TO THE ACTIVE ADULT BOARD IN JANUARY WITH NEWS THAT A REBID OF THE PROJECT WOULD HOPEFULLY BE IN LATE SPRING OR EARLY SUMMER OF 2023.
IF THAT PROJECT GOES TO BED ON JUNE 1ST, SUB SUBMITTAL PERIOD, REVIEW, ANALYSIS, PRESENTATION AND THE AWARD APPROVED BY YOU, IT IS POSSIBLE EARTH COULD BE MOVING IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR.
CONSTRUCTION WOULD TAKE 12 TO 15 MONTHS.
WITH THIS BEING SAID, WE WOULD NOT HAVE A SENIOR CENTER UNTIL 2025 THIS SUMMER.
AND 2024 PLUS 2025 SENIORS WOULD AGAIN BE WITHOUT A PLACE TO HAVE ACTIVITIES.
YES, I AM A BIT FRUSTRATED AT BEING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TOTEM POLE.
OTHERS THAT ARE FRUSTRATED ABOUT BEING MOVED AROUND ARE THE PICKLEBALL LOVERS.
LAST WEEK AT THE LEANDER PLANNING MEETING FOR SAN GABRIEL PARK, THE ANTICIPATED OPENING FOR THE FIRST PHASE WOULD BE MID 2025.
10 MILLION HAS BEEN DEDICATED TOWARD THIS FIRST PHASE.
REMIND ME AGAIN, THE SENIOR CENTER BOND WAS APPROVED WHEN 2016.
AND C O V AFFECTED TWO YEARS, BUT SAN GABRIEL IS MOVING QUICKLY.
IF ANYONE IS WATCHING OR ANYONE IN CITY COUNCIL CAN FIND US ANOTHER BAND-AID FIX FOR THE SUMMER.
I KNOW 300 MEMBERS THAT WILL BE VERY HAPPY.
THIS IS MY OWN OPINION AND I REPRESENT AND VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE ACT OF ADULTS.
I DID NOT HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHED TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT.
[8. Recognitions/Proclamations/Visitors. Child Abuse Prevention & Awareness Month (April) Education & Sharing Day (April 2, 2023) National Public Safety Telecommunications Week (April 9-15)]
INTO OUR PROCLAMATIONS.UH, COUNSEL DID ISSUE A PROCLAMATION FOR EDUCATION AND SHARING DATE ON APRIL 2ND.
WE ARE NOT DOING A PUBLIC EVENT FOR THAT HERE.
UM, OUR FIRST PROCLAMATION TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND AWARENESS MONTH.
AND I'M GONNA READ THIS ONE OUT.
WHEREAS DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL, 2023, THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER WILL OBSERVE NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH TO RAISE AWARENESS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT AND CREATE STRONG COMMUNITIES TO SUPPORT THESE STRENGTHENING AND HEALING OF THE ABUSE CHILDREN AND THEIR NON-OFFENDING FAMILY MEMBERS.
AND WHEREAS EACH YEAR, HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN ARE CONFIRMED VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT AND ITS PREVENTION IS A COMMUNITY-WIDE RESPONSIBILITY.
AND WHEREAS THE GO BLUE COMMITTEE, WHICH INCLUDES MEMBERS OF B A C A, CASA OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, CEDAR PARK POLICE DEPARTMENT, GEORGETOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT, ROUND ROCK POLICE DEPARTMENT, ROUND ROCK, ISD POLICE DEPARTMENT, LEANDER POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE GEORGETOWN PROJECT, WILLIAMSON COUNTY SHERIFFS JUVENILE SERVICES, STARRY WILLIAMSON COUNTY CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER SERVES HUNDREDS OF ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN AS WELL AS THEIR NON-OFFENDING FAMILY MEMBERS EACH YEAR.
AND WHEREAS IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE AND WE MUST NURTURE AND PROTECT THEM AND PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY CAN GROW AND PROSPER.
NOW THEREFORE, I CHRISTINE DELLY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LEANDER DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL, 2023 AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND AWARENESS MONTH IN LEANDER AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE THIS MONTH BY DEDICATING OURSELVES TO THE TASK OF IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL CHILDREN AND FAMILIES BY RECOGNIZING AND HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE GO BLUE COMMITTEE FOR ITS OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO PROTECT THE UNPROTECTED, SEEK JUSTICE AGAINST CHILD MALTREATMENT, AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO BE VIGILANT IN RECOGNIZING AND REPORTING CHILD ABUSE IN LEANDER, TEXAS AND WITNESSED THEREOF.
I HAVE HERE TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF LEANDER TO BE AFFIXED ON APRIL 6TH, 2023.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP TO SPEAK ON WHAT THEY DO? I'M LOOKING AT YOU, CARRIE
BUT, UM, I MEAN I THINK WE WERE READY TO DO A PICTURE, BUT I'M HAPPY TO SEE A FEW THINGS
UM, YEAH, I MEAN WE'RE, WE'RE THRILLED RIGHT, TO SERVE LEANDER AND WE HAVE GREAT SUPPORT.
UM, AND THE LANDER POLICE DEPARTMENT IS A GREAT PARTNER OF OURS.
SO YEAH, I MEAN WE DO A LOT, UM, AT THE ADVOCACY CENTER, BUT WE DON'T DO THAT WITHOUT A, A TON OF PARTNERS AND WITHOUT CITY SUPPORT, UM, WITHOUT SUPPORT FROM THE COUNTY.
WE ARE VERY PROUD TO DO WHAT WE DO AND UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE A WHOLE LOT OF CHILDREN THAT NEED OUR HELP AND A LOT THAT THAT HA THAT DON'T EVEN MAKE IT TO OUR DOOR.
SO AS A COMMUNITY, WE HAVE A LOT TO DO TO GET CHILDREN TO FEEL SAFE, UM, TO UNDERSTAND THEY'RE HEARD, UM, AND THEN TO START
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THAT HEALING PROCESS.AND THAT'S HOW WE BECOME A BETTER COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU TO, TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
ALL Y'ALL CAN COME UP FOR A PHOTO.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCDONALD IS GOING TO READ OUT PROCLAMATION ON NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK.
SO IT SAYS, WHEREAS NINTH APRIL THROUGH APRIL 15TH IS DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK.
AND WHEREAS EMERGENCIES CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME IN THE PROMPT RESPONSE OF POLICE OFFICERS AND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL IS CRITICAL TO THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND THE PRES PRESERVATION OF PROPERTY.
AND WHEREAS THE FIRST AND MOST CRITICAL CONTACT OUR CITIZENS HAVE FOR THESE SERVICES IS THE LANDER POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATIONS CENTER, AND THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC AND THE RESPONDENT EMERGENCY PERSONNEL IS DEPENDENT UPON THE QUALITY AND ACCURACY OF INFORMATION OBTAINED AND DIS DISPUTE DISTRIBUTED.
AND WHEREAS TELECOMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS PROVIDE A VITAL LINK FOR POLICE OFFICERS BY MONITORING THEIR ACTIVITIES BY RADIO, PROVIDING THEM WITH CRITICAL INFORMATION AND HAVING CONTRIBUTED SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS, THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE.
AND WHEREAS EACH TELECOM COMMISSION, TELECOM COMMISSION, TELECOM CAN
WHEREAS EACH TELECOMMUNICATIONS OFFICER HAS EXHIBITED COMPASSION, UNDERSTANDING, AND PROFESSIONALISM DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR JOB IN THE PAST YEAR.
NOW, THEREFORE, I'M MAYOR CHRISTINA DELAW CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE WEEK OF APRIL 9TH THROUGH APRIL 15TH, 2023 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK AND WITNESS THEREOF.
I HAVE HERE UNTO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SI OF CITY OF LANDER TO BE AFFIXED APRIL 6TH, 2023.
MAYOR CHRISTINE DELK, CAN I JUST ADD SOMETHING REAL QUICK,
EVEN THOUGH I GOT TONGUE TIED, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THIS BETTER CUZ IT'S UH, JUST SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE, I KNOW THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PROFESSIONS THAT SOMETIMES IS BEHIND THE SCENES AND THEY JUST DON'T REALLY GET THE RECOGNITION THAT THEY DESERVE.
BUT THAT IS THE VOICE THAT WE LIKE TO HEAR
AND, UH, YOU GUYS ARE JUST AMAZING.
PLUS YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL THE STRESS AND
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JUST MAINTAIN YOUR COMPOSURE.SO IT'S ALWAYS NICE HAVING THAT NICE CALM VOICE ON THE OTHER END.
YEAH, I, I LEARNED LONG AGO TO KEEP MY COMPS PEOPLE HAPPY WHEN I WAS ON THE ROAD CUZ UH, MY VOICE COULD CAUSE THEIR REACTION A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I NEEDED TO DO.
BUT I WANNA THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR, FOR PUTTING THIS APPROXIMATION TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT AN AMAZING TEAM OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE WORKING OVER THERE AND, YOU KNOW, OUR TELECOMMUNICATORS THEY'RE, THEY'RE SPECIAL PEOPLE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT IS A TOUGH JOB TO DO.
I MEAN, IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT LAW ENFORCEMENT OR WHAT POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE, WE'RE, WE'RE 24 HOURS, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, HOLIDAYS OR ANNIVERSARIES OR WEEKENDS, OR KIDS' BIRTHDAYS ARE SOMETIMES SPENT IN WHAT I CALL THE BOX AND WHERE THEY'RE AT NOW, JUST IN THAT COM CENTER.
AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TELECOMMUNICATORS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE KIND OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS OR FIRST RESPONDERS BECAUSE THEY'RE THE FIRST ONES THAT GET THE CALL BEFORE THE OFFICERS CAN TYPICALLY GET IT.
AND, AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE THE FIRST VOICE SOMEONE HEARS FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY.
AND WHEN SOMEONE COMES, AND SOMETIMES, AND IT GIVES ME CHILLS, I THINK THEY'RE THE LAST VOICE SOMETIMES THAT SOMEBODY HEARS BEFORE SOMETHING HAPPENS TO THEM OR IN AN ACCIDENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, TO COME IN AND DO THIS JOB EVERY SINGLE DAY AND JUST TO, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY IS DIFFERENT.
SOME DAYS ARE, I'M SURE BORING AND SOME DAYS I'M KNOCK ON WOOD CUZ I HATE, THAT'S A BAD WORD TO SAY IN OUR BUSINESS.
AND SOME DAYS ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, YOUR HAIR'S ON FIRE AND THERE'S A HUNDRED THINGS KIND OF GOING ON.
AND ONE THING UNIQUE ABOUT OUR CENTER, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, IS NOT ONLY DO THEY, ARE THEY, THEY'RE ALSO DOING CALL TAKING DISPATCHING AND NINE ONE ONE OPERATING AT THE SAME TIME.
UH, AND THAT'S, AT ONE POINT THAT COULD BE OVERWHELMING CUZ YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE PEOPLE KIND OF CALLING AT ONCE.
BUT JUST ON BEHALF OF THE CHIEF OF THE DEPARTMENT, THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR SUPPORT, UH, CONTINUED SUPPORT EVERY YEAR AND AS THE CHIEF AS WELL.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
WE'VE, WE'VE GOT SOME AMAZING PEOPLE WITH US RIGHT NOW.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE, WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT 'EM BECAUSE IT, IT, IT TAKES A TEAM, BUT YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THESE ARE THE VOICES THAT OFFICERS HEAR WHEN THEY'RE IN GOING THROUGH SITUATIONS AND THESE ARE THE SAME VOICES THAT CALM 'EM DOWN SO THEY CAN GET THROUGH THOSE PARTICULAR SITUATIONS TOO.
SO WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL, THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE.
[9. Staff Report Parks and Recreation Update]
THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH.MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE, STAFF UPDATE.
WE HAVE A PARKS AND RECREATION UPDATE WITH PARKS AND RECREATION MANAGER ANDERSON, OH AND MR. TEMS, PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR.
GOOD EVENING, MR. TEMS. GOOD EVENING MAYOR.
COUNSEL, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US A FEW MINUTES TO TALK THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A STELLAR STAFF.
I KNOW CHIEF JUST TALKED ABOUT HOW AWESOME HIS STAFF WAS.
WELL, WE HAVE A STELLAR STAFF AS WELL, AND I JUST HAVE TO BRAG ON HIM QUITE OFTEN.
BUT A PERSON SOME OF YOU MAY NOT HAVE MET, UH, IS GREG ULMER.
GREG IS OUR NEW ASSISTANT GREG DIRECTOR, SIX WEEKS, SEVEN WEEKS ON THE JOB.
BUT GREG, UH, HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB COMING IN.
AND, UM, SO EVERYBODY GET TO KNOW GREG A LITTLE BIT BETTER HOPEFULLY OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AND MONTHS.
UM, BUT AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE STELLAR STAFF AND TWO ARE HERE THIS EVENING TO PROVIDE, UH, PERTINENT INFORMATION ABOUT THE L A C WE JUST HEARD FROM MS. BON BERNARDI.
UH, IT IS A CHALLENGE AND, UH, BUT IT'S A, IT'S A, A GOOD
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CHALLENGE IN IN SOME WAYS BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF NEEDS THAT ARE OUT THERE.SO I, I KNOW THAT, UH, THESE TWO PRESENTERS WILL DO AN EXCELLENT JOB AND THEY'RE GONNA DISCUSS ABOUT A COUPLE OF EVENTS AS WELL.
SO AALIYAH ANDERSON AND MARY MARYELLE GUNTHER ARE HERE.
LIKE, WE COULDN'T DO THE WORK THAT WE DO WITHOUT THESE, THESE TWO, TWO LADIES.
AND I KNOW THEY'RE EXTREMELY BUSY.
UH, AND, AND LEAH ACTUALLY HAS A PRETTY SPECIAL EVENT OF HER OWN COMING UP IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
SO IF YOU WANNA KNOW MORE INFORMATION, PULL HER ASIDE AND ASK HER ABOUT IT.
SO, UH, YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW, BUT, UH, I HAD TO GET THAT IN THERE.
SO WITH THAT, I'M, I'M GONNA LET THOSE TWO COME UP AND, AND SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING.
ALL RIGHT, NOW THAT I'M ALL RED FACE, I THINK THE TERM IS BLUSHING.
UM, YEAH, SO, UH, IN TWO WEEKS I WAS PUSHING FOR THIS, UH, PRESENTATION TO HAPPEN TODAY BECAUSE IN TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY I WILL BE GETTING MARRIED, SO I WILL NOT BE HERE.
SO, UM, BUT FOR THIS, UH, WHAT WE'RE REALLY HERE FOR, UM, IS TO JUST PRESENT TO YOU GUYS ABOUT, UM, THE L A C AND, UM, WE'VE BEEN OPEN, OUR DOORS HAVE BEEN OPEN FOR 362 DAYS SO FAR.
SO WE OPENED THE GRAND OPENING WAS APRIL 9TH OF LAST YEAR.
UM, AND THEN AFTER THIS WE'VE GOT TO UPDATES OR TENTATIVE PLANS THAT WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT TO, UM, COUNCIL ON JUNETEENTH AND LIBERTY FEST.
SO, AND MARYELLE IS GOING TO TAKE HER HER FIRST TRY OF, UM, FIRST OF MANY TO PRESENT TO COUNCIL AND SHE WILL BE UP HERE FOR JUNETEENTH.
SO, ALRIGHT, SO FIRST FOR THE L E C.
UM, OUR MISSION FOR THE L E C WAS TO CREATE A PLACE, UH, TO SERVE AS A TEMPORARY ACTIVITY SPACE TO HELP FULFILL THE OVERALL PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT MISSION BY PROVIDING A MULTITUDE OF CONCURRENT, UH, MULTI-GENERATIONAL PROGRAMS, CLASSES, AND EVENTS TO THE LAND OR COMMUNITY.
SO THIS WILL HELP FULFILL OUR PARKS AND REC COMMISSION AS A WHOLE.
UM, REALLY HERE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT THE L E C TO BE A TEMPORARY SOLUTION, UH, TO KIND OF HOLD US OVER UNTIL THE RECREATION CENTER IS BUILT OR SENIOR CENTER OR BOTH.
UM, AND PRIOR TO THE L A C, UH, OUR INDOOR SPACE WAS SEVERELY LACKING.
UH, WE JUST HAD SPACE AT THE MASON HOMESTEAD AND THE LEANDER LIBRARY ANNEX, OR WE COULD USE THE PARK PARKLAND, UH, FOR IF THERE WAS WE BAD WEATHER, LIKE WE CURRENTLY HERE OUTSIDE, UH, MANY OF OUR ACTIVITIES, PROGRAMS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THEY, THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE CANCELED OR WE'D HAVE TO POSTPONE THEM AND POSTPONING CREATES A WHOLE NOTHER HOST OF ISSUES.
CAN OUR VENDORS STILL MAKE IT? CAN OUR PARTICIPANTS STILL MAKE IT, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT? UM, OR WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO HOLD IT OUTSIDE AND IT WOULD BE A LESS THAN IDEAL ENVIRONMENT IF YOU WERE AT LIBERTY FEST TWO YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
UM, ALSO WE COULD NOT HAVE ANY SORT OF COMPETING PROGRAMS. SO DUE TO THE LIMITED OUTDOOR THAT SAYS OUTDOOR SPACE, THAT'S INDOOR SPACE, UM, WE COULD NOT HAVE MORE THAN MAYBE ONE PROGRAM AT A TIME.
SO IN REALITY THOUGH, THIS USUALLY LEFT US WITH THE HOMESTEAD, THE MASON HOMESTEAD, UH, BECAUSE OUR LIBRARY IS SO AMAZING AND THEY ALSO USED THE ANNEX.
SO WE WERE COMPETING WITH THAT SPACE WITH THEM.
SO THIS PICTURE HERE, THESE NEXT THREE, NEXT THREE PICTURES SHOWS US WHAT WE WERE DOING PRIOR TO THE L A C.
SO THIS PICTURE SPEAKS TO MY FIRST POINT OF LIMITED INDOOR SPACE.
THIS IS A COOKING CLASS THAT WE WERE HOSTING AT THE MASON HOMESTEAD WITH THE ACTIVE ADULTS.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE GOT SOME PEOPLE PEERING IN THROUGH THE DOORS.
YOU COULD MAYBE HOLD ABOUT 10 PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM.
UM, QUESTIONABLE POWER FOR RUNNING COOKING CLASSES.
WE'D OFTEN, YOU KNOW, FLIP SOME BREAKERS AND IT WAS, WE DID WHAT WE HAD TO DO AND WE PUT ON SOME GREAT PROGRAMS, BUT IT'S NOT IDEAL.
ALSO, THIS IS A PICTURE FROM THE LIBERTY FEST THAT I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT.
SO I'M NOT SAYING THAT LIBERTY FEST IS ONE OF THOSE EVENTS THAT WE COULD HAVE MOVED TO THE L A C THAT'S NOT SUPER FEASIBLE.
UM, BUT THIS WAS TOO GOOD OF A PICTURE TO PASS UP TO SHOW THE DEDICATION THAT WE AS CITY EMPLOYEES HAVE TO OUR OWN EVENTS AND PROGRAMS. UM, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE'S RAIN AT AN EVENT.
UH, BECAUSE AGAIN, PREVIOUSLY WE WOULD'VE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD ANY PICTURES TO SHOW WHAT HAPPENS BECAUSE IT WOULD'VE HAD BEEN CANCELED.
THIS NEXT PICTURE IS ONE THAT I TOOK, UH, FROM A LEGO CAMP THAT I WAS HELPING OUT WITH.
LEGOS ARE NOT MY FAVORITE THING.
LEGOS AT THE HOMESTEAD ARE DEFINITELY NOT MY FAVORITE THING.
SO WE HAD ALL THESE KIDS CRAMMED INTO ONE LITTLE ROOM AT THE HOMESTEAD AND TRYING TO GET THEM TO BE RESPECTFUL OF A HISTORICAL HOME AND KNOW THAT THEY CAN'T TOUCH EVERYTHING AND PULL ON EVERYTHING AND MESS WITH EVERYTHING.
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I MEAN, AGAIN, WE MADE IT WORK NOT IDEAL, BUT NOW WITH THE L AAC, UH, WE'VE GOT THE INDOOR SPACE.SO L AAC OFFERS AN ADDITIONAL 14,000 SQUARE FOOT OF SPACE THAT WE HAVE.
THE LONE STAR HALL, THE LIMESTONE LOBBY, RANGER ROOM AND MONARCH ROOM AND THE BUILDING ALSO PROVIDED ROOM TO OUR GROWING STAFF.
WHENEVER I FIRST STARTED HERE THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO, UH, WE WERE JUST A PROGRAMMING STAFF OF THREE PEOPLE.
UH, NOW WE ARE UP TO SIX AT THE L A C AND THAT HAS BEEN AMAZING TO SPREAD LIKE THAT AND WE'VE GOT OUR WORKSPACES AND WE CAN REALLY MAKE THINGS HAPPEN THERE.
UM, BEFORE WE HAD, IF YOU EVER WALKED INTO MY OFFICE AT THE PARKS ADMIN, I APOLOGIZE THERE WAS SO MUCH STUFF IN THERE CUZ WE WERE ALL ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.
UM, AND THEN ALSO WITH THE L E C, WE'VE GOT WEATHER PLANS, WE'VE GOT CONTINGENCIES THAT WE CAN MAKE.
SO, UH, DUE TO UNFAVORABLE WEATHER WE CAN KIND OF PIVOT SOME THINGS AND COME INSIDE.
UH, ALSO WE'VE GOT COMPETING PROGRAMS THAT WE CAN NOW HAVE MORE THAN ONE THING GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME.
CURRENTLY WE ARE PROUD TO BE ABLE TO HOST FIVE ACTIVITIES COMFORTABLY AT THE SAME TIME.
UH, SO TWO IN THE LONE STAR HALL, ONE IN RANGER, ONE IN MONARCH, AND THEN ONE IN THE LOBBY.
AND THEN OUR RECORD IS ACTUALLY NINE PROGRAMS IN A SINGLE EIGHT TO FIVE DAY.
SO THAT DAY WAS A LOT, IT WAS A LOT GOING ON, BUT WE WERE SO PROUD OF OURSELVES AND OUR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
SO THESE PICTURES JUST GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF KIND OF WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW WITH THE L A C.
THIS SHOWS THE USE OF OUR INDOOR SPACE.
THIS IS IN THE LONE STAR HALL, THE ACTIVE ADULT CHAIR YOGA IS VERY POPULAR AND WE AVERAGE ABOUT 25 TO 30 PEOPLE EACH WEEK AT THIS CLASS.
THIS PICTURE IS FROM THE VETERANS DAY CEREMONY WHERE WE MOVED, UH, THE FULL CEREMONY.
SO THE BAND PERFORMANCE WAS THERE, HONOR WALL NAME REVEAL WAS THERE.
UM, AND IT WAS ALL IN THE LONE STAR HALL.
WE EVEN WERE ABLE TO GO OUT QUICKLY BEFORE IT RAINED AND TOOK INDIVIDUAL PICTURES AT EVERY SINGLE PERSON'S NAME SO THAT WHEN WE WERE HAVING THE CEREMONY, EACH NAME WAS STILL ABLE TO BE DISPLAYED ON OUR, ON OUR BOARD THERE, WHICH IS A BIG PART OF THE CEREMONY ITSELF.
THESE ARE SOME FUN CAMP PICTURES FROM LAST YEAR.
UM, WE HAVE ALL OF THESE THINGS CAN POSSIBLY HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME.
USUALLY IT'S ABOUT FOUR OF THESE FIVE CAMPS GOING ON.
WE'VE GOT CAMP CURIOSITY ON THE LEFT THERE.
THIS IS, UH, THIS WAS UNICORN WEEK.
THEY MADE LOTS OF REALLY GOOD UNICORN SNACKS THAT WEEK.
AGAIN, THEY MAKE LOTS OF GOOD SNACKS, SOMETIMES THEY SHARE.
UM, AND THEN THIS IS, UH, AMAZING ATHLETES.
SO GETTING KIDS EXPOSED TO ALL DIFFERENT SPORTS, WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH ALL OF THESE PEOPLE.
SO WITH THE L E C, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, THIS WAS AN KIND OF AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OF THE L E C UM, OR POSITIVE THING ABOUT THE L E C IS THAT WE'VE KIND OF TURNED INTO THE CITY'S GENERAL MEETING HUB AND IT HAS BEEN FANTASTIC.
UM, WE LOVE BEING ABLE TO OFFER THIS TO THE COMMUNITY OR TO OUR CITY, UM, AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
SO ALL OF THESE DEPARTMENTS LISTED HERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH IN THE LAST YEAR.
UH, SO SOME OF THEM ARE INTERNAL, OTHER ONES WE'VE PARTNERED WITH.
SO THE CHAMBER, WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM ON THEIR, UH, SUMMIT PROGRAM, THE GREEN THUMBS UP PROGRAM AND CLASSES HAVE WORKED WITH US, UH, LPAC PARKS BOARD, ACTIVE ADULT ADVISORY BOARD, ALL MEET AT THE L A C.
AND THEN WE ACTUALLY WERE SUPER EXCITED THAT WE GOT TO BRING IN, UH, TRAPS, WHICH IS THE TEXAS RECREATION AND PARK SOCIETY.
AND WE'VE GOTTEN TO BRING THEM, UH, INTO LEANDER TO VISIT OUR FACILITY AND VISIT OUR PARKS.
UH, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THIS SPACE, IT'S NEVER BEEN ANYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO OFFER PREVIOUSLY.
SO DIFFERENT CITIES WITHIN OUR CENTRAL REGION WERE ABLE TO COME AND TRAVEL HERE FOR THE DAY AND ENJOY.
AND THEN WE GOT TO KIND OF GO VISIT OTHER, OTHER PARKS IN THE AREA.
SO THAT WAS REALLY EXCITING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THAT.
HERE'S A PROGRAMMING, SHORT PROGRAMMING SUMMARY OF THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE.
UM, AS OF ABOUT, OH NOPE, SKIPPING AHEAD.
UM, SO WE'VE PLANNED TO HAVE SWEETHEART DANCE PANCAKES AND PJS AND MOVIE NIGHT ALL AT THE L A C.
THESE ARE ALL, UM, SOME OF THESE THINGS HAVE KIND OF PIVOTED LIKE THE VETERANS DAY AND TRICKS AND TRICKS AND TREATS.
UM, VETERANS DAY WAS MADE THE DECISION WHAT A DAY BEFORE AND THEN TRICKS AND TREATS I THINK WAS MADE PROBABLY IN ABOUT THE SAME TIMEFRAME.
UM, REALLY MARYELLE TOOK THE LEAD ON THAT AND DECORATED THE ENTIRE FACILITY AND IT WAS SO SPOOKY AND IT WAS VERY FUN.
SO IT WAS, IT WAS AWESOME TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF MAKE THOSE CONTINGENCIES CUZ THOSE ARE THE FUN COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT WE LIKE TO BE ABLE TO OFFER.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE GOTTEN TO EXPAND OUR ACTIVE ADULT
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PROGRAMS. SO, UH, THIS PAST YEAR WE'VE HAD 686 ACTIVE ADULT PROGRAMS PLANNED AND WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT NUMBER.I BELIEVE THE NUMBER PREVIOUSLY WAS ABOUT 300.
SO, UM, WE'VE MORE THAN DOUBLED WHAT WE WERE PREVIOUSLY ABLE TO OFFER.
UH, OUR MEMBERSHIPS WERE ALSO INSTITUTED FOR THIS PROGRAM AND JANUARY OF 2023.
SO OUR FIRST YEAR GOAL WAS TO TRY AND GET 300 ACTIVE MEMBERS.
UH, WHENEVER I WROTE THIS WE HAD 2 98 AND I WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
HOWEVER, OF COURSE I'VE GOTTA CHECK IT BEFORE WE GET HERE.
AND NOW WE HAVE OFFICIALLY 303 ACTIVE MEMBERS.
SO OUR GOAL HAS BEEN MET FOR THIS YEAR.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND THAT ALSO GENERATES SOME MEMBERSHIP FOR, UM, OR GENERATES SOME REVENUE FOR THE PROGRAM.
SO THEY'RE ABLE TO DO BIGGER AND BETTER AND MORE EXCITING PROGRAMS. WE'RE ABLE TO BRING IN MORE PROFESSIONAL INSTRUCTORS.
WE ARE ALL GREAT AT PARKS AND RECREATION AND WE CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS, BUT IT IS ALSO NICE TO HAVE PROFESSIONAL INSTRUCTORS COME IN FOR PEOPLE FOR OUR PROGRAMMING SUMMARY.
THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF SUMMER CAMPS OFFERED.
SO PREVIOUS TO THE L A C, WE WERE ABLE TO OFFER CAMPS TO 116 KIDS IN 2021.
UM, I BELIEVE THIS MAXED OUT OUR PROGRAM AT THAT TIME.
UH, WANNA SAY THAT WE HAD VERY SIGNIFICANT WAIT LISTS FOR ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS. UM, AND THAT GENERATED A REVENUE OF 17,000 JUST OVER $17,000 LAST YEAR.
WE WERE A, WE WERE ABLE TO BRING IN 442 KIDS THROUGH OUR SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM IN THE SPAN OF ABOUT TWO MONTHS.
SO WE WERE THRILLED WITH THAT NUMBER.
UM, AND OF COURSE THE REVENUE GENERATED THERE KIND OF DEPICTS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THINGS CONCURRENTLY AND BRING IN A LOT OF PEOPLE.
UM, SO FAR THIS YEAR WE'VE GOT ABOUT 170 THAT HAVE REGISTERED FOR OUR PROGRAMS AND WE ARE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT NUMBER.
UM, IT'S RIGHT ON TRACK FOR WHERE WE AIM TO BE.
UM, PROGRAMMING AND CLASSES THAT ARE OFFERED.
HERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING ALSO NOT ON THIS LIST IS FIT FOR BABY BAR MUSIC CLASSES, ADULT AND FAMILY PAINT NIGHTS AND DAY OFF DAY CAMPS FOR WHENEVER L I S D IS OUT OF SCHOOL.
WE OFFER THAT SERVICE TO TO PARENTS.
UH, THIS LIST IS ALWAYS CHANGING AS WELL.
WE ARE CONTINUALLY SEARCHING OUT NEW PROGRAMS TO OFFER, UH, SOME OF THESE THAT, SOME OF THESE THAT WE'RE TALKING TO INCLUDE TUTORING SERVICES FOR KIDS AND ADULTS AND THEN ALSO UH, VETERANS HEALTH AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO GIVE THEM TIME AT THE L A C.
SO OUR FIRST YEAR HAS BEEN A WHIRLWIND OF DISCOVERY AND FIRST AND OF COURSE LEARNING CURVES.
UM, SO WE ARE ALWAYS LEARNING.
WE ARE, WE THINK WE'VE GOT A GREAT PLAN AND THEN WE PUT IT INTO PLACE AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T WORK OUT THAT GREAT.
UH, JUST LIKE LEGO CAMP, WE LEARNED THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE CONTAINED.
IT CANNOT SHARE SPACE IN THE, UM, IN THE LONE STAR HALL.
WE'RE STILL FINDING LEGOS IN THE LONE STAR HALL FROM LAST SUMMER.
UH, COOKING CAMP NEEDS TO BE CLOSER TO THE KITCHEN CAMP.
CURIOSITY NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO SET UP SINCE THEY ARE FULL DAY LONG CAMPS, UH, SOCCER CAMPS SHOULD BE IN PLACES WHERE WE HAVE CAGES OVER THE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM.
NOTHING HAPPENED BUT THERE WAS A COUPLE CLOSE CALLS SO WE HAD TO BE VERY MINDFUL OF THAT.
SOCCER BALLS CAN ACTUALLY GO A LOT HIGHER THAN I THOUGHT THEY COULD.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE MAKING THE MOST OF OUR UNUSABLE SPACE.
SO OUR BACK HALLWAY WAS KIND OF JUST A WEIRD AREA UP IN THE BACK CORNER.
THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY EXIT THERE, IT'S STILL THERE.
UM, BUT WE'VE KIND OF CREATED THIS INTO A STORAGE AREA FOR OUR INSTRUCTORS.
SO WE'VE GOT SHELVING THAT'S PUT IN THERE.
NOW OUR INSTRUCTORS CAN KEEP ALL OF THEIR STUFF AND THAT DESIGNATED AREA WITHOUT KIND OF MIXING IT WITH ALL OF THE L A C STUFF CUZ WE WERE FINDING THAT WE WERE ACCIDENTALLY TAKING SOME OF THEIRS AND THEY WERE ACCIDENTALLY TAKING SOME OF OURS AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, GOT A LITTLE MESSY.
UM, LET'S SEE, THE FRONT ENTRANCE IS NOW A CHECK-IN AND CHECKOUT STATION.
SO THIS REALLY HELPS WITH SUMMER CAMPS AS WELL.
CAUSE WE ARE CHECKING IDS WHENEVER PEOPLE BRING IN AND DROP OFF KITS.
ALSO TRANSFORMING SPACES TO FIT OUR GROWING NEEDS.
UH, IF YOU CAME INTO THE L A C BEFORE WE HAD OPENED, OR WHENEVER WE HAD FIRST MOVED OVER THERE, IT DOES NOT LOOK THE SAME IN OUR OFFICE AREA AS IT DID MAYBE EVEN WHAT, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.
AND JUST TODAY I WENT THROUGH AND SAID, ALL RIGHT GUYS, LISTEN, HERE'S MY IDEA FOR THIS SPACE.
AND EVERYONE KIND OF RAN AWAY FROM ME, BUT IT'S OKAY.
UM, SO OUR SEATING AREA IN THE LOBBY, UM, WE'VE CHANGED THAT TO MAKE THAT MORE WELCOMING TO PEOPLE.
UH, WE'VE OPENED UP OUR KITCHEN TO SERVE AS PROGRAMMING SPACE AND WE'VE SPLIT THE FRONT OFFICES INTO A RECEPTION AND NOW AQUATICS COORDINATOR OFFICE AREA.
AND THEN OUR CONFERENCE AREA IS NOW MIXED IN WITH, UM, SUPPLY STORAGE.
SO WE'VE MADE THE BEST, THE MADE, MADE A MESS.
WE'VE MADE THE BEST OF ALL OF OUR SPACE AND REALLY TRYING TO UTILIZE EVERY SQUARE INCH OF THIS PLACE.
SO HERE'S OUR FINANCIAL BREAKDOWN.
THAT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
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OUR EXPENSES, UH, THIS IS JUST FOR OUR FACILITY RENTAL AND THE FEES THAT WE HAVE TO PAY TO OUR LANDLORDS EVERY YEAR OR EVERY MONTH, THEY COME OUT TO $278,000 AND 200 OR 278.AND THEN OUR REVENUES FROM PROGRAM REVENUE.
WE'VE GOT 23,000 JUST OVER THAT SUMMER CAMP REVENUE WAS JUST OVER 85.
EVENT REVENUE IS 23 AND THEN ACTIVE ADULT MEMBERSHIPS IS JUST OVER $7,000.
SO OUR TOTAL FOR REVENUES COMES OUT TO 97,508, WHICH FOR SOME REASON DID NOT COME OUT ON THIS SLIDE.
UM, BUT THAT CREATES A 35% COST RECOVERY FOR US.
SO BASED ON LEANDER PARKINSON'S SERVICES, UM, CATEGORIES AND FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY MODELS, THIS PROGRAM'S OFFERED AT THE L E C OF FALL MOSTLY INTO THE MERIT SERVICE CATEGORY, WHICH AIMS FOR A 35% COST RECOVERY.
SO WE ARE HAPPY WITH THIS NUMBER.
UM, OF COURSE WE EXPECT AND AIM FOR REVENUES AND COST RECOVERY TO INCREASE IN OUR SECOND YEAR.
NOW THAT WE'VE KIND OF DONE A YEAR OF IT, WE'RE LEARNING EVERYTHING AND WE CAN REALLY GROW AND EXPAND.
UM, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
UM, AND WE'RE ADDING THAT INTO OUR BUDGET PREPARATIONS FOR THIS COMING YEAR.
SO, UH, WITH THAT SAID, UM, THAT IS KIND OF THE WRAP UP OF WHAT WE'VE DONE AT THE A C AS KATHY SAID, WE ARE COMING UP ON OUR, ON OUR ONE YEAR ON UH, APRIL 9TH.
AND SO ON THE 10TH THAT NEXT DAY WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING AN OPEN HOUSE AT THE A C SO, UM, APRIL 10TH FROM FOUR TO 6:00 PM WE'LL HAVE TOURS.
IT'LL JUST BE OPEN FOR ANYONE TO COME IN THERE.
WE'LL HAVE SOME TOURS, SOME LIGHT REFRESHMENTS, CAKE AND COOKIES CUZ IT'S A BIRTHDAY.
YOU CAN'T GO TO BIRTHDAY WITHOUT CAKE AND COOKIES.
SO, UH, I'D BE LOOKING FOR THAT.
WE'RE GONNA BE PUSHING THAT OUT TO EVERYONE SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE COME OUT AND LOOK.
BUT UM, DID Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE L A C IN THE FIRST YEAR? COMMENTS? I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, HOW MANY YEARS DO WE HAVE THIS LEASE FOR? UM, IT IS FOR THREE AND THEN I BELIEVE THERE'S A RENEWAL FOR TWO YEARS.
OKAY, SO WE'RE GOOD FOR THREE YEARS REGARDLESS.
YOU SAID THAT FACILITY RENTAL THAT'S NOT MONTHLY CUZ I THINK YOU SAID MONTHLY.
THAT IS AN ANNUAL COST THERE
I'M HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT ALL THE PROGRAMS AND I'M FAMILIAR WITH MOST OF THEM, BUT IT'S HAPPY, I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT WE'RE EXPANDING TO MEETINGS THAT CAN BE CONDUCTED OVER THERE CUZ WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING SPACE, SO ABSOLUTELY.
THAT'S REALLY A BONUS, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
YES, IT'S BEEN FANTASTIC AND EVEN LAST MINUTE, OTHER DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REACH OUT AND SAY, HEY, THIS WAS BOOKED, CAN WE PLEASE COME OUT THERE AND WE'LL LOOK AT OUR SCHEDULE AND UH, IF WE NEED TO KIND OF MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE I BELIEVE, JUST ABOUT EVERYONE.
AND LEE, I JUST, I APPRECIATE THE CREATIVENESS THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE.
UM, WHEN THIS SPACE BECAME AVAILABLE THAT PARKS AND REC JUMPED ON IT AND, UM, HAVE MADE IT'S, IT'S A GREAT TRANSITION SPACE AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO IT BEING TEMPORARY AND FOR Y'ALL TO HAVE PERMANENT SPACE, BUT I THINK THIS IS GREAT IN THE MEANTIME.
SO THANK YOU AND, AND THE ENTIRE TEAM FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE.
YEAH, THIS HAS BEEN REMARKABLE.
AND UH, YEAH, I WAS PRETTY EXCITED FOR VETERANS DAY WHEN I GOT THE MESSAGE LIKE, SHOW UP AT THE THE A C CUZ I, I WASN'T EVEN THINKING ABOUT IT.
I WAS LIKE, OH, WE'RE GONNA CANCEL.
IT'S TOTALLY RAINING, SO NO WORRIES.
WHERE CAN PEOPLE GO TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR PROGRAMMING? UH, THEY CAN GO TO LEANDER TX.GOV/FUN AND THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO OUR REGISTRATION SOFTWARE OR TO OUR WEBSITE, LEANDER TX.GOV/PARKS.
SO SORRY, DOES THERE ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? GOOD? OKAY.
SO OUR NEXT THING IS, UH, TO GO OVER THE TENTATIVE PLAN FOR JUNETEENTH.
AND I'M GOING TO BRING MARIELLE UP HERE AND SHE IS OUR SPECIAL EVENT COORDINATOR.
THIS IS THE TENTATIVE PLAN THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH THE LTAC SUBCOMMITTEE ON.
WE HAVE PLANNED JUNETEENTH BLOCK PARTY FOR SATURDAY JUNE 17TH FROM FIVE TO 9:00 PM AT ROBIN BLEDSO PARK.
THIS IS THE SITE MAP FOR JUNETEENTH BLOCK PARTY PERFORMANCES WILL BE IN THE AMPHITHEATER, FOOD CRAFT, AND BUSINESS VENDORS WILL BE ALONG THE TURF FIELD.
THIS WILL LEAVE PLENTY OF SPACE FOR THE FUN ZONE.
THE SPLASH PAD AND POOL WILL BE OPEN WITH FREE ADMISSION.
PARKING WILL BE IN BOTH LOTS AS WELL AS THE OPEN FIELD.
ADDITIONAL PARKING WILL BE AT THE LIBRARY
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WITH A SHUTTLE TRANSPORTING BACK AND FORTH AFTER LOOKING AT DIFFERENT POTENTIAL LOCATIONS.WE CHOSE ROBIN BLEDSO PARK BECAUSE IT PROVIDES A BLOCK PARTY ATMOSPHERE.
WATER AMENITIES SUCH AS THE SPLASH PAD AND POOL, A BASKETBALL COURT, AS WELL AS A PLAYGROUND.
IT HASTE AN ESTABLISHED STAGE AREA WITH SHADE AS WELL AS SHADE STRUCTURES NEARBY.
THERE'S ALSO THREE INDOOR BATHROOM LOCATIONS, AS WELL AS A CONCESSION BUILDING THAT WE CAN USE AS A STAGING AREA FOR EVENTS.
THE MAIN PERFORMANCE IS BY SOULFUL SOUNDS PARTY BAND.
WE ARE ALSO CONSIDERING BRINGING IN SMALLER PERFORMANCES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE EVENT.
WE ARE EXCITED FOR THIS EVENT AND WE WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS.
SO I KNOW LAST YEAR THAT I ASSUME THE FUN ZONE IS GONNA BE KIND OF INFLATABLES OR YES.
AND ROCKWALL AND A FEW OTHER FACE PAINTING AND A ARTIST.
WILL THERE BE A COST TO THE PUBLIC FOR THAT? CUZ I KNOW LAST YEAR THERE WASN'T, BUT AT OTHER EVENTS IN LEANDER, THERE HAS BEEN A COST.
YES, THERE WAS A COST LAST YEAR, AND THERE WILL BE THIS YEAR.
LIBERTY FEST 2023 TENTATIVE PLAN.
UH, SO FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE HELD THE, AS THIS EVENT AT LAKEWOOD PARK.
WHILE IT'S A GREAT PARK, IT HAS LOGISTICALLY GIVEN US OUR FAIR SHARE OF CHALLENGES.
UH, THIS YEAR WE WERE GIVEN AN EXTRA HURDLE WHEN WE LEARNED OF THE CONSTRUCTION ON RIGHT WAY, UH, WHICH TAKE KIND OF TAKES OUT OUR ENTIRE PARKING PLAN FOR THIS EVENT OR WHAT WE'VE UTILIZED.
SO THIS IS, WELL, AS SOME OF THESE OTHER ITEMS THAT I'M ABOUT TO GO INTO, UH, HAVE FORCED US TO TAKE A, TAKE A STEP BACK AND REALLY LOOK AT HOW WE CAN OVERCOME THIS NEW CHALLENGE AS WELL AS POTENTIALLY MAKING THE EVENT MORE INCLUSIVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, WITH ALL THAT SAID, AND WITH WEEKS OF, WHOOP, JUST KIDDING.
SORRY, I GET AHEAD OF MYSELF SOMETIMES.
SO THESE ARE THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAD FOR LAKEWOOD PARK.
SO, UM, THE LAST THREE ARE ONES THAT WE'VE KIND OF JUST ALWAYS, ALWAYS FACED AT, UH, LAKEWOOD PARK.
SO CRYSTAL FALLS CLOSURE, UH, THAT IS, THAT'S ROUGH.
THAT'S A ONE OF OUR FEW EAST WEST, UM, THOROUGHFARES THROUGH THE CITY.
UM, SO TO CONTINUALLY CLOSE THIS IS A CHALLENGE, UH, FIREWORKS VISIBILITY TO COMMUNITY.
WE HAD ANTICIPATED THAT FIREWORKS AT THIS LOCATION WOULD PROVIDE THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.
STILL PRETTY GOOD ACCESS TO SEE THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY.
HOWEVER, WITH HOW, WHAT THE SITE PLAN LOOKS LIKE AT LIBERTY OR AT LAKEWOOD PARK, UM, OUR RADIUS REQUIRED BY THE FIREWORKS COMPANY KIND OF MADE US, HAD TO CHOOSE SOME SMALLER MORTARS FOR THE FIREWORKS, SO THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO GO UP AS HIGH AS PREVIOUS YEARS.
SO ONES THAT WERE AT ACC CAMPUS, WE HAD TO CHOOSE SMALLER MORTARS IN ORDER TO FIT THEM IN THE PARK BECAUSE THERE WAS A LIMITED SPACE OF WHERE THEY COULD GO.
UM, THE CLOSURE OF STREETS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, THIS IS, UM, A CONSTANT KIND OF BACK AND FORTH WITH THE HOAS IN THAT AREA AND THE CITIZENS OF THAT AREA.
SO AGAIN, WITH THE RAIDER WAY CONSTRUCTION AND LIMITED ALTERNATE PARKING, BUS ACCESSIBLE LOCATIONS, UM, THIS KIND OF REALLY HAD TO, AGAIN, TAKE A STEP BACK AND SEE WHAT CAN WE DO WITH THIS EVENT.
UH, WITH ALL THAT SAID, AND WITH WEEKS OF DELIBERATION.
SO AS SOON AS WE HEARD IT, I THINK WE WERE IN A CONFERENCE AND WE GOT A CALL ABOUT IT, AND I WAS HEADED TO MY NEXT SESSION, AND I DECIDED I NEEDED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND NOT GO TO THAT SESSION BECAUSE THAT WAS PRETTY, UH, IT WAS BIG NEWS, UM, THAT I WASN'T QUITE EXPECTING.
SO, UH, WITH WEEKS OF DELIBERATION, WE WORKED WITH ALL PARTIES.
SO, UM, POLICE, FIRE, PUBLIC WORKS, UM, OUR PRODUCTION COMPANY, OUR FIREWORKS COMPANY, EVERYONE THAT HAS A HAND IN THIS, UH, WE CREATED A NEW LOOK TO LANDERS INDEPENDENCE DAY FESTIVAL.
SO WE ARE TENTATIVE, WE ARE LOOKING TO DO THIS, UH, FESTIVAL LIBERTY FEST ON JULY 3RD FROM SIX TO 10:00 PM AND AT DIVINE LAKE PARK.
I PLAN TO HAVE SOME BROWN BAGS, BUT I FORGOT.
BUT, UM, THIS INFORMATION, I KNOW IT'S, IT'S A LOT.
AND SO WE HAVE LOTS OF REASONS WHY, UM, BUT WHY A NEW DATE AND TIME SPECIFICALLY.
UH, WE LOOKED AT THE HISTORICAL DATA.
SO BASED OFF OF OUR OWN RESEARCH, LOTS OF FEEDBACK, SURVEYS THAT WE DID, COMMUNITY
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FEEDBACK, WE KNEW WE HAD TO MAKE A CHANGE TO THE FESTIVAL TO REENGAGE THE COMMUNITY.UM, ATTENDEES CAN ALSO ENJOY WITHOUT FEELING RUSHED.
SO MOST PEOPLE HAVE JULY 4TH OFF.
UM, SO THEY WON'T BE IN SUCH A RUSH TO GET HOME, GET KIDS TO BED, AND HAVE TO GO TO WORK AT 8:00 AM AFTER BEING OUT WATCHING AN AMAZING FIREWORKS SHOW.
SO, PREVIOUSLY, WE'VE ALWAYS SEEN THE FIREWORKS END, AND IT IS A MAD DASH TO GET HOME BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY HAVE TO WORK, THEY'VE GOT TO GET OUTTA THERE.
UM, BUT MOVING THE EVENT ON THE THIRD, WE THINK THAT PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO KIND OF RELAX AND JUST REALLY HANG OUT AND REALLY ENJOY THE EVENT.
SO WE'VE WORKING, WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR PRODUCTION COMPANY ABOUT MAYBE ALTERING HOW WE'RE DOING THE MUSIC, HOW WE'RE DOING THOSE THINGS TO WHERE WE CAN GET PEOPLE TO KIND OF HANG OUT AND, AND ENJOY A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, SO DECREASE COMPETITION FROM SURROUNDING CITIES.
CEDAR PARK, ROUND ROCK AND GEORGETOWN ARE ALL IN JULY 4TH, WHICH IS WHEN WE WERE DOING IT.
LIBERTY HILL IS THE ONLY ONE IN OUR AREA THAT DOES A JULY 3RD CELEBRATION.
SO, AND THEIRS IS AT A DIFFERENT SCALE THAN OURS, SO WE WEREN'T SUPER CONCERNED WITH THAT ONE.
UM, ALSO THE INCREASED MORALE WITHIN CITY STAFF, OH, SORRY, DRASTICALLY INCREASED, DECREASED OVERTIME COST FOR CITY STAFF, UM, BECAUSE THE EVENT WOULD NOT BE ON THE ACTUAL HOLIDAY ANYMORE.
THAT WOULD NOT BE AUTOMATIC OVERTIME FOR PEOPLE WORKING, WHICH MAKES OUR BUDGET GO THROUGH THE ROOF, UM, JUST FOR OVERTIME OF, OF HOW MUCH IT WAS TO PUT ON THIS EVENT.
UM, AND THEN THE INCREASED MORALE WITHIN THE CITY STAFF.
AS PARKS AND REC PEOPLE, WE KIND OF UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, HOLIDAYS DON'T REALLY EXIST FOR US.
THAT'S WHENEVER WE'RE PUTTING ON FUN THINGS FOR PEOPLE.
BUT IT WOULD BE NICE AND IT, IT WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME THAT I'VE EVER NOT WORKED ON JULY 4TH.
SO, UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR, FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CITY, UM, TO BE ABLE TO LET, LET PEOPLE HAVE THAT TIME WITH THEIR FAMILY AND INCREASE MORALE, UH, INCREASED AVAILABILITY OF VENDORS AS WELL.
SO PEOPLE, UH, VENDORS WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK MORE THAN ONE MAJOR FESTIVAL.
THEY COULD COME TO OURS, AND THEN THEY CAN GO TO ONE OF THE OTHER CITIES THAT WERE LISTED.
SO WHY THE NEW LOCATION? SO AGAIN, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY SAID, UH, WITH RAIDER WAY THAT REALLY STOPPED EVERYTHING.
UM, BUT THIS LOCATION AT DIVINE LAKE WOULD PROVIDE INCREASED COMMUNITY INCLUSIVITY.
SO THE LANDSCAPE OUT IN THE DIVINE LAKE AREA IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THAT.
UH, LAKEWOOD PARK, IT'S MUCH MORE FLAT, SO YOU WOULD HAVE MORE VISIBILITY AROUND.
UM, WE'D HAVE, WE'D BE ABLE TO OFFER A SINGULAR BUS PICKUP LOCATION, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE WERE LOOKING AT DOING THE PAST YEAR AT LAKEWOOD.
BUT WE WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HAVING ONE SINGULAR BUS PICKUP AND DROP OFF LOCATION, UM, AS WELL AS A ONE-WAY BUS ROUTE TO WHERE, THIS WAY WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO CLOSE ANY STREETS, SO NO STREETS WOULD HAVE TO BE CLOSED FOR THIS BUS ROUTE.
AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THOSE IN JUST A SECOND.
UM, THE LARGER RADIUS OF WHERE WE COULD PUT THE FIREWORKS MEANS THAT WE CAN AMP UP OUR FIRE POWER AGAIN.
WE CAN START DOING THOSE LARGER MORTARS TO WHERE WE REALLY WILL GET UP INTO THE SKY AND HAVE AN AMAZING SHOW.
UM, RIGHTWAY CONSTRUCTION DEPLETED THE PARKING PLAN, LIKE I HAD SAID.
UM, AND THEN THERE WAS JUST NOT REALLY SUFFICIENT PARKING OPTIONS EAST OF LAKEWOOD PARK TO ALLOW FOR A SMOOTH BUS ROUTE AND TO AVOID CLOSURE OF CRYSTAL FALLS.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, WE, WHEN WORKING WITH THE POLICE IN THE TRAFFIC DIVISION, IS THAT THEY REALLY WANTED US TO FIND SOMETHING THAT WAS ON THE EAST SIDE OF LAKEWOOD TO GET PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO COME IN AND OUT WITHOUT HAVING TO CLOSE CRYSTAL FALLS.
AND THERE'S REALLY NOT AN EASY, EASILY ACCESSIBLE PLACE FOR BUSES TO GET TO AND FROM.
SO, UM, THEN PREVIOUSLY LAKEWOOD PARK AND SPLASH PAD CLOSED FOR THE ENTIRE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
WE HAD TO CLOSE FOR SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE AND SEVERAL DAYS AFTERWARDS TO SET UP AND TEAR DOWN AND MAKE SURE THAT THE PARK IS SAFE AND USABLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SO LAKEWOOD PARK WOULD NOW BE AVAILABLE, UH, JULY 4TH, AND THAT ENTIRE WEEK, REALLY.
SO THIS IS THE TENTATIVE SITE PLAN.
UM, THIS IS DIVINE LAKE, AND THIS IS WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE LAKE OF DIVINE LAKE.
SO IN THIS PICTURE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DRY.
UH, SO HERE, DOWN HERE, THIS IS THE PARKING OF DIVINE, AND THEN HERE WE HAVE WATERFALL, UH, WATERFALL DRIVE, AND THEN BAGHDAD TO JUST GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE WE ARE.
UH, SO THE BUS WOULD STOP AND DROP AND PICK UP RIGHT HERE.
THEY WOULD NOT GO INTO THE PARK JUST FOR SMOOTH DROP OFF.
UM, AND THEN WE'D HAVE OUR VENDORS ALONG THIS FENCE LINE KID ZONE.
WE'D HAVE OUR STAGE OVER HERE, AND THEN WE'D HAVE OUR VIP KIND OF PULLED BACK A LITTLE BIT RATHER THAN RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE STAGE.
UH, WE KINDA LEARNED THAT MAYBE OUR VIPS, THEY LIKE TO NETWORK AND THEY WANNA TALK, AND YOU, YOU CAN'T REALLY DO THAT WHENEVER THE MUSIC IS BLARING IN YOUR EARS.
SO WE'VE DECIDED TO PULL THAT BACK A LITTLE BIT.
BUT THIS WOULD BE OUR SITE PLAN.
AND THEN AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE THE FIREWORKS WOULD LAUNCH FROM WAY OUT HERE.
THIS RA UH, CIRCLE IS OUR 500 FOOT RADIUS, WHICH IS REQUIRED
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FROM THE, UM, PYROTECHNIC COMPANY AS WELL AS OUR FIRE MARSHALS.SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE GOT LOTS OF SPACE RIGHT HERE IN BETWEEN, UH, THE FIREWORK LAUNCH SITE AND THE EVENT SITE.
UH, AT LAKEWOOD PARK, WE HAD ABOUT 50 TO A HUNDRED FEET CLEARANCE BUFFER, MAYBE IF FIREWORKS PUT IT EXACTLY WHERE WE TOLD 'EM TO.
SO IT WAS REALLY CLOSE, REALLY CLOSE ON THAT RADIUS.
BUT THIS ONE OFFERS UP A LOT MORE, UM, OPTIONS FOR US.
SO MORE ABOUT THE LAUNCH SITE.
IT'S CURRENTLY OWNED BY GUILLEN HOMES PROPERTY.
UM, SO THIS AREA IS INCLUDED IN THE FUTURE EXPANSION OF DIVINE LAKE PARK.
SO THIS WOULD POTENTIALLY BE FUTURE PARKLAND.
UM, SITE HAS BEEN APPROVED BY, WE'VE DONE SIDEWALKS WITH OUR PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF, AS WELL AS PYRO TECHNICO, WHO'S OUR FIREWORKS COMPANY, AS WELL AS THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE.
AND EVERYONE WE WALKED OUT THERE YESTERDAY IN, IN THE MUD AND GUNK, AND WE FOUND A REALLY NICE SPOT WHERE WE CAN SHOOT OFF SOME REALLY GREAT FIREWORKS.
SO, AGAIN, WITH THIS LOCATION, AS I PREVIOUSLY SAID, WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE SOME VIEWING LOCATIONS SET UP.
SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO OFFER PREVIOUSLY, BUT WE WOULD HAVE DESIGNATED VIEWING LOCATIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO ALL OF THESE PLACES, BENBROOK RANCH PARK, L I S D, NORTH TRANSPORTATION LOT, DANIELSON MIDDLE SCHOOL AND PLAIN ELEMENTARY WOULD BE ESTABLISHED AS VIEWING LOCATIONS JUST TO SEE THE FIREWORKS.
UM, THAT IS WHEN A LOT OF OUR PEOPLE HAD TYPICALLY COME INTO THE FESTIVAL IS JUST THAT, LIKE EIGHT 30 TO NINE 30 TIMEFRAME.
SO THIS GIVES THEM A PLACE WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THE BUS IF YOU DON'T WANT TO.
IF YOU WANT TO COME FOR THE FESTIVAL, COME ON, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU.
BUT IF YOU'RE TRYING TO WRANGLE ALL YOUR KIDS AND YOU'RE JUST WANTING TO SEE SOME FIREWORKS, THESE ARE SOME GREAT SPOTS TO BE.
UH, WE WOULD ALSO, THIS WOULD PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL 990 PARKING SPOTS, UH, WHICH ESTIMATES AROUND, UM, JUST SHY OF 4,000 EXTRA PEOPLE ATTENDING THE EVENT.
SO WE WOULD HAVE CITY OF LEANDER STAFF OR REPRESENTATIVES AT EACH OF THE DESIGNATED VIEWING LOCATIONS JUST TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS SAFE AND EVERYTHING IS GOING SMOOTHLY.
IF THERE WAS ANY PROBLEMS, THEY WOULD HAVE SOMEONE THAT THEY COULD COME TALK TO.
UM, AND THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE VAST AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT CAN NOW VIEW FROM, UH, FROM THEIR HOMES.
SO THIS IS THE, UM, THE BUS ROUTE.
SO PART OF IT, ANYWAYS, THIS IS THE GLEN HIGH SCHOOL BUS ROUTE WHERE WE WOULD PARK PEOPLE.
SO GLEN OFFERS JUST OVER 1100 PARKING SPOTS WHERE WE COULD HAVE ALL OF OUR BUSES GO ONE AREA.
AGAIN, IT'S GONNA BE A ONE WAY ROUTE.
SO THEY WOULD PICK UP HERE AT GLEN AND COME OUT AND DOWN, THIS IS ST.
AND THEN AT THIS LIGHT, THEY WOULD GO SOUTH TO BAGHDAD AND THEN TURN IN ON WATERFALL.
SO AT EACH ONE OF THESE LOCATIONS WHERE THERE'S A STAR HERE, WE WOULD HAVE A CITY OF LEANDER, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY PERSON TO KIND OF HELP OUT.
IF THESE GET BACKED UP, THEN WE CAN KIND OF ADJUST THOSE LIGHTS AND TRY AND GET PEOPLE IN AND OUT QUICKER, QUICKER.
UM, BUT WE AGAIN, WOULD NOT BE CLOSING ANY ROADS.
AND THEN CAT METRO WOULD BE PROVIDING 100% OF OUR TRANSPORTATION THIS YEAR.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, THEY WERE ABLE TO COME THROUGH FOR US, AND WE ARE SUPER EXCITED TO JUST USE CAT METRO.
SO WE WON'T BE RENTING ANY CHARTER BUS, CHARTER BUSES.
UM, THOSE BUSES ARE, THE CAT METRO ONES ARE ALL HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE.
THEY ARE ALL STROLLER FRIENDLY, AND THEY CAN ALL FIT MORE PEOPLE THAN A RENTED CHARTER BUS.
SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THOSE.
SO THIS SHOWS WHERE PEOPLE WOULD GO ONCE THEY TURN IN OFF OF WATERFALL AND THEY WOULD COME IN HERE, THIS IS BAGHDAD ELEMENTARY.
THEY WOULD COME IN HERE, THIS IS THE ENTRANCE INTO THE PARK, AND WE WOULD HAVE THIS.
THE ONLY THING THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT, UM, DOING NO PARKING IS THIS LITTLE AREA RIGHT HERE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF WATERFALL, JUST TO WHERE WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT ENOUGH ROOM FOR THE BUSES TO LOAD AND UNLOAD SAFELY.
AND THEN THE LINE FOR, UM, OR THE QUEUE FOR THE PEOPLE GETTING ONTO THE BUS WOULD JUST SAFELY GO DOWN, UM, INTO THE PARK ROAD.
JUST MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE IS, YOU KNOW, ORDERLY AND, AND ABLE TO STAY SAFE WHILE THEY'RE WAITING FOR THE BUS.
SO FOR OUR ENTERTAINMENT THIS YEAR, WE DO HAVE MADISON ROGERS, UM, AND DEPARTURE ATX BOOK.
SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO BRING THEM OUT.
UH, MADISON IS A CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTRY SINGER SONGWRITER.
UM, AND SHE'S REALLY OUT OF THE DRIPPING SPRINGS AREA.
SO I'VE SEEN HER PERFORM SEVERAL TIMES AND SHE'S REALLY, SHE'S REALLY GOOD.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE DEPARTURE ATX, WHO IS A POPULAR COVER BAND IN THE AREA AND PERFORMS EIGHTIES AND JOURNEY, JOURNEY SONGS, JOURNEY COVERS.
SO, SO WE ALL AT PARKS ARE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT THIS YEAR PROVIDES FOR US TO TURN THIS CHALLENGE INTO A TRIGGER THAT MOVES THIS EVENT INTO A NEW DIRECTION.
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UH, WE WELCOME ANY FEEDBACK YOU MAY HAVE OR QUESTIONS ABOUT LIBERTY FEST, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE THOUGHT THAT'S GONE INTO IT.
UM, I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT PARKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE WOULD NOT BE PUTTING ANYTHING TOGETHER AS FAR AS THE, UM, PARKING PLAN, BUT PEOPLE WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED JUST LIKE ANY OTHER DAY TO PARK IN FRONT OF, UH, PEOPLE'S DRIVEWAYS, TO BLOCK DRIVEWAYS, TO BLOCK ENTRANCES AND EXITS.
UM, ANYWHERE YOU NORMALLY CAN'T PARK.
YOU STILL CAN'T PARK THERE FOR THAT DAY.
BUT WE WOULD HAVE SOME ROVING OFFICERS THAT WOULD BE DRIVING AROUND AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S CLEAR AND OPEN.
AND THEN MY ONLY OTHER CONCERN WITH PARKING IS DO WE THINK ANYBODY WILL BE LIKE, RUNNING ACROSS HERE WAY FROM THE SOUTH? LIKE FROM WESTWOOD? FROM WHICH DIRECTION? UH, RUNNING NORTH FROM, OH, FROM HERE? YEAH.
IT'S BELOW THE SOUTHERNMOST BLUE LINE ON THE, THAT MAP.
SORRY, HERE IS DOWN IN THIS LADLE.
THIS LITTLE, UM, STAR IS THE OFFICER THAT WE WOULD HAVE THERE HELPING
YOU DIDN'T SEE THAT? I, I, I, I DIDN'T SEE THAT IT WAS AN OFFICER.
I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A SPECIAL POINT.
I'M SURE, I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE LOOKED AT THIS TOO, BUT IS, UM, IS WATERFALL WIDE ENOUGH THAT IF THERE ARE PEOPLE PARKING THERE, YOU IT IS.
ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE DOING, SORRY.
THE ONE WAY DIRECTION, IF WE WERE HAVING BUSES GO BOTH WAYS, THEN THAT'S WHERE WE'VE GOTTEN INTO TROUBLE PREVIOUSLY.
WELL, THERE'LL BE AN OFFICER, AND MAYBE I JUST MISSED IT ON THE DIAGRAM AT BAGHDAD TOO, AT THE CORNER OF, AT WATERFALL BAGHDAD, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, AS OF TODAY, THERE'S STILL PEOPLE CROSSING THE STREET RIGHT THERE WITH TRAFFIC COMING BOTH WAYS.
SO AT THIS LOCATION RIGHT HERE, BASICALLY AT YOUR RED, THE RED VIEW MM-HMM.
UH, THAT RUNNING ACROSS CURRENTLY, NOT AT THIS PLAN, BUT THAT IS ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING THAT, OKAY.
I THINK THIS MIGHT BE A BETTER LOCATION.
UM, AND I LIKE THE, THE SHORTENED HOURS.
I THINK WE'LL GET MORE BANG FOR OUR BUCK.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNSEL? THIS IS WONDERFUL.
I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION, AND IT'S NOT EXACTLY REGARDING THIS, BUT IS THE GOLF COURSE OPEN ON THE FOURTH STILL? SO I LOVE THIS.
THAT MEANS I, WE CAN DO THIS AND WE CAN PLAY GOLF.
WE WERE JUST THINKING ABOUT YOU IN YOUR GOLF.
EVERYBODY RIGHT? IT'S HOT AND NOBODY'S THERE.
I CAN TELL YOU HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT IT AT ALL.
I JUST PUT IT TOGETHER ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AGO.
[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]
ALL RIGHT.WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, ITEM 25 IS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY DUE TO A SCRIVENER'S ERROR IN THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES.
THE AGENDA REFLECTS THREE VEHICLES BEING PURCHASED WHEN IT IS ACTUALLY FOUR.
THE PRICE AMOUNT REFLECTED ON THE POSTED AGENDA IS CORRECT.
SO COUNSEL, YOU'LL BE CONSIDERING CONSENT.
AGENDA ITEMS 10 THROUGH 24 AND 26 THROUGH 28.
THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM MOTION, TEMPORARY SECOND MOTION, AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[25. Award of Solicitation S22-036B to Grapevine Dodge Chrysler Jeep, Grapevine, Texas, for the purchase of three (3) fleet vehicles in the amount of $166,695.00; and authorize the City Manager to execute any and all necessary documents.]
I'M NUMBER 25, AWARD OF SOLICITATION S 22 DASH 0 3 6 B TO GRAPEVINE, DODGE, CHRYSLER, JEEP, GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, FOR THE PURCHASE OF FOUR FLEET VEHICLES IN THE AMOUNT OF $166,695.AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.
COUNSEL, MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY ON OUR
[29. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case Z-22-0052 to amend the current zoning of PUD/TOD-CD (Planned Unit Development/Transit Oriented Development – Conventional Development Sector) to adopt the 183A Plaza Minor PUD (Planned Unit Development) with a base zoning district of GC-3-A (General Commercial) on one (1) parcel of land approximately 9.61 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District parcel R461862; and generally located approximately 700 feet southeast of the intersection of 183A Toll Road and Aven Way, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case Z-22-0052 as described above.]
PUBLIC HEARINGS.CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ZONING CASE Z 20 2052 TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF P U D T O D C D PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, CONVENTIONAL DEVELOPMENT SECTOR TO ADOPT THE 180 3 A PLAZA MINOR P U D PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT WITH A BASE ZONING DISTRICT OF GC THREE, A GENERAL COMMERCIAL ON ONE PARCEL OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 9.61 ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE, AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GRIFFIN.
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IS, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE 180 3 A PLAZA MINOR PUT, UM, THIS REQUEST IS CHANGING THE ZONING FROM THE CONVENTIONAL DEVELOPMENT SECTOR TO A MINOR PUT WITH THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL BASED ZONING DISTRICT.UM, THIS REQUEST WAS REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DURING THEIR MEETING ON MARCH 9TH, AND THEY UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
AND, UM, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
NOBODY HAS SUBMITTED CARDS TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL NOW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE Z 20 2052 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[30. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Subdivision Case CP-22-0013 to adopt the LC Hero Way Concept Plan on two (2) parcels of land approximately 21.86 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R031600 & R457677; generally located to the northwest of the intersection of Hero Way and Main Street, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Subdivision Case CP-22-0013 as described above.]
ITEM NUMBER 30, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING SUBDIVISION CASE CP 2,213 TO ADOPT THE LC HERO WAY CONCEPT PLAN ON TWO PARCELS OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 21.86 ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE, AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA.EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
UM, SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE LC HERE AWAY.
UM, THE CITY COUNCIL DID APPROVE THIS REQUEST IN DECEMBER OF 2021.
UM, SINCE THAT TIME, THE APPLICANT HAS REVISED THEIR PROPOSAL.
UM, THEY HAVE REMOVED A COUPLE OF THE WAIVERS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED, INCLUDING THE CHANGES TO SETBACK REQUIREMENTS AND, UM, PARKING LIMITATIONS.
UM, THIS REQUEST WILL MAKE CHANGES TO THE ROAD NETWORKS.
UM, ONE SIGNIFICANT THING THAT THEY HAVE DONE IS, UM, THE MAIN STREET THROUGH THE CENTER RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS, UH, EAST STREET THAT'LL REMAIN A PUBLIC STREET, BUT THEY'RE PROPOSING PRIVATE STREETS, UM, FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, THE IDEA, IDEA IS THESE STREETS WILL NOT BE GATED, UM, BUT THEY WILL BE MAINTAINED BY THE, UM, PROPERTY OWNER'S ASSOCIATION.
AND THIS WAY THEY COULD USE MAYBE AN ALTERNATIVE MATERIAL THAT WE WOULDN'T NORMALLY WANT TO MAINTAIN AND OWN AS A CITY, BUT WOULD STILL FUNCTION.
UM, SO THAT'S ONE OPTION THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT.
UM, THIS WAS REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DURING THEIR MARCH 23RD MEETING, AND THEY DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
AND I'LL BE AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, AND THE APPLICANT WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, I WANT TO THANK ROBIN AND HER STAFF FOR ASSISTING US THROUGH THIS AMENDMENT PROCESS.
UM, I WON'T TAKE UP MUCH OF YOUR TIME.
I THINK THAT ROBIN DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF SUMMARIZING THIS.
BUT IN SHORT, UH, WE PREVIOUSLY HAD FOUR WARRANT REQUESTS, AND WE'VE REMOVED THREE OF THEM.
WE DID ADD IN, UH, TWO ADDITIONAL ONES, UH, ONE BEING THE INTERIOR DRIVES BE TREATED AS PRIVATE STREETS.
AS ROBIN MENTIONED, THIS CAME ABOUT, UH, FROM A DISCUSSION ON OUR TEAM THROUGH THE PLATTING PROCESS ABOUT USING A STREET PAVER TYPE, UH, PRODUCT, UH, WHICH, AS THEY MENTIONED, WOULD NEED TO BE A PRIVATE STREET.
UM, THE APPROVAL OF THIS AMENDMENT TONIGHT DOES NOT NECESSARILY, I MEAN THAT IT IS APPROVED THAT WE CAN USE THE PAVER.
IT JUST ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION WITH STAFF AS WE ARE ALSO MOVING THROUGH THE PLATTING PROCESS.
UM, THE OTHER WARRANT OR REQUEST HAS TO DO WITH A, UM, PRIVATE FRONTAGE BUILDOUT ALLOWING FOR A STRUCTURE OVER A STOOP NO GREATER THAN SEVEN FEET.
UM, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS CONCEPT PLAN THAT ROBIN SHOWED, UH, BETTER MEETS THE INTENT OF THE SMART CODE BY, UM, INCLUDING THE CIVIC SPACE ALONG THE THOROUGHFARES.
AND, UM, RELOCATING THE MIXED USE BLOCK THERE ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER WHERE WE SEE THAT POINT, UH, ADJACENT TO THE OPEN SPACE IN THE TRAIL BEING THE, UM, MOST PUBLICLY ACTIVATED AND ENGAGED SPACE WITHIN OUR DEVELOPMENT.
SO, UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.
UH, WE CAN'T DO QUESTIONS UNTIL THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OVER.
UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN AND NOBODY HAS SUBMITTED CARDS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
WE'LL NOW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING SUBDIVISION CASE CP 20 2013 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY.
UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE DOES.
UM, MS. GRIFFIN, WHY WOULD WE NOT WANT THE PAVERS FOR MAINTENANCE? IS IT JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE IT IN VOLUME THROUGHOUT THE CITY, OR IT'S NOT MORE DIFFICULT? YEAH.
AND, UM, THEY HAVEN'T DECIDED WHAT THEY WANNA PROPOSE.
UM, THEIR DISCUSSION ABOUT HAVING A FILTRATION SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH IT, AND THE CITY WOULDN'T WANT THAT RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAINTAINING IT.
WHAT KIND OF FILTRATION SYSTEM? THAT'S BEYOND MY, SORRY.
UM, WOULD THEY BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE ANY SORT OF BOND FOR THE MAINTENANCE? SH BECAUSE I WOULD ASSUME ROAD MAINTENANCE IS EXPENSIVE AND A POA IN 10 YEARS MIGHT NOT HAVE THAT MONEY.
SO WE HAVE REQUIREMENTS IN PLACE WITH OUR FINAL PLATTING PROCESS.
WHEN YOU HAVE PRIVATE STREETS, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A PROPERTY OWNER'S
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ASSOCIATION AND SHOW US THE DOCUMENTS AND HOW, UM, IT'S FUNDED.SO THEY'RE GONNA DEMONSTRATE TO US HOW IT'S GONNA WORK.
THIS IS JUST LIKE ALL OF GRAND MESA.
THEY'RE IN A SIMILAR SITUATION AND THEY HAVE AN ASSOCIATION.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO, UM, AN ELEMENT OF THE COVENANT THAT, UM, ALLOWS THE CITY TO RECOUP COSTS IF WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THINGS.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS IN PLACE TO HELP.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION ON IT IS, THESE AREN'T GOING TO BE GATED.
AND SO HOW DOES THAT WORK? AND THIS MIGHT NOT BE A YOU QUESTION.
UM, HOW DOES THAT WORK FOR POLICING? ARE WE ABLE TO TOW VEHICLES THAT ARE A PROBLEM FROM THERE, OR? SO THEY HAVE A, UH, PUBLIC UTILITY AND SAFETY EASEMENT THAT'S PLACED ON THE, THE RIGHTS OF WAY.
UM, THEY WILL HAVE ON STREET PARKING, I BELIEVE, AS PART OF THE STREET SECTION, BUT I'D HAVE TO DEFER TO POLICE IF THEY HAD ANYTHING ADDED.
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD FUNCTION AS A REGULAR PUBLIC ROAD AND THEY WOULD JUST HAVE THIS, UM, MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT.
THAT MAKES ME FEEL MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE.
AND ALSO NO ISSUES WITH THE IN AND OUT BECAUSE OF A GATE TOO FOR C MM-HMM.
COUNSEL, ANYTHING ELSE? GOOD MOTION TO APPROVE? YEAH, I'LL MAKE YOU NEED TO MAKE A MOTION WITH PROBABLY WITH THE REFERENCE WARRANTS HERE.
WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, WARRANTS AS LISTED.
AND DID I HEAR THERE WAS GONNA BE ANOTHER QUESTION, OR WERE YOU JUST TALKING ABOUT THE REFERENCE WARRANTS? THERE WAS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[31. Discuss the dissolution of the Leander Library Foundation.]
ALL RIGHT.ITEM 31, DISCUSS AN, UH, DISCUSS THE DISILLUSION OF THE LEANDER LIBRARY FOUNDATION.
UM, I WANT TO SAY A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT THIS REALLY QUICKLY.
I LISTEN TO THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION MEETINGS AND, UM, THIS HAS COME UP AND THERE ARE A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.
AND I KNOW THIS IS THE FIRST TIME COUNCIL IS HEARING ABOUT THE DISSOLUTION OF THE, THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION.
UM, AND SO I DID ASK THE FOUNDATION TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE DISCUSSED, CUZ IT'S NOT AN ACTION ITEM TODAY, WE CAN BRING IT BACK TO THE NEXT MEETING OR FURTHER OUT.
BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE DISCUSS THIS, WE ALL LEAVE HERE TODAY ON THE SAME PAGE.
UM, AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN GET LOST IN TRANSLATION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, AND SO I BELIEVE PARKS AND REC IS GOING TO BE INTRODUCING THE SIDE.
THAT'S WHAT I HAVE ON MY SCRIPT, SORRY.
AND, AND OF COURSE, OUR, OUR EXCELLENT, UM, DIRECTOR OF LIBRARY SERVICES, PEGGY PARISH IS WITH US TOO.
AND I THINK SHE'S GONNA COME UP AND, AND SAY A FEW WORDS AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE SEVERAL OF OUR PART BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, THIS IS ALWAYS A, UM, WHEN YOU'RE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT MORPHING AND CHANGING BECAUSE OF GROWTH AND, UM, SERVICES AND PROVIDING BETTER SERVICES TO THE CITIZENS AND RAISING FUNDS.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS A, A MIXTURE OF HOW YOU, UH, APPROACH THINGS, UM, IN, IN TRYING TO DO IT IN A BETTER, MORE EFFICIENT WAY.
AND I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE STRUGGLED OVER THE, THE, THE LAST FEW YEARS TO ALWAYS FIND CONSISTENT, UH, FOUNDATION MEMBERS.
SO, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, THE, THE FOUNDATION BEGAN LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO, UH, ACCOMPLISH A MISSION OF RAISING FUNDS FOR LIBRARIES, UH, AND BE MORE, UM, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY EXCLUSIVE OF IN, IN, OR INCLUSIVE, IF YOU WILL, OF MORE PEOPLE TO BE, UH, A PART OF, UM, THEIR, UH, GROUP, IF YOU WILL, AND ABILITY TO RAISE MORE FUNDS.
SO, UM, UH, THE FOUNDATION BEGAN EXPLORING ALONG WITH, UH, UH, ERIC LASHLEY, WHO WAS, UM, UM, UH, PART OF THE, UM, AND SORRY, I, I DON'T REMEMBER LEE, UH, THE TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, UH, WHO'S GONE ON TO BE IN, IN CALIFORNIA, AND THEN ALSO OUR CITY ATTORNEY.
SO I'M GLAD YOU'RE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION.
I'M GONNA LET IT, I KNOW SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS MAY WANT TO, TO SPEAK, UM, AS WELL AND, UH, AND MOVE FORWARD IN, IN THAT REGARD.
SO, UM, MS. PARISH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND SHARE A FEW WORDS AS WELL AS THE LIAISON TO THE GROUP? UM, SO I'M PEGGY PARRISH, LIBRARY DIRECTOR.
UM, SO THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL SUPPORT FOR THE LIBRARY.
UM, THEY'VE JUST BEEN LIMITED, SO, UM, THEY'VE STRUGGLED TO GET SEATS FILLED.
UM, SO IT'S JUST BEEN AN ISSUE LONG GOING.
SO THEY ARE JUST LOOKING AT BECOMING, HOPEFULLY A FRIENDS GROUP, UM, A FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, JUST A MORE ROBUST GROUP THAT COULD HAVE MORE MEMBERS.
UM, NOT LIMITED TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HAVE APPOINTED
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BY CITY COUNCIL.SO, UM, THAT'S REALLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND I, I SUPPORT IT.
I, I WILL DO WHAT I CAN, YOU KNOW, TO HELP THEM.
UM, AS LIBRARY DIRECTOR, I'VE BEEN A LITTLE MORE INVOLVED THAN I WOULD BE AS A FRIENDS, SORT OF, UM, FRIEND OF THE FRIENDS GROUP AS I WOULD BE AS THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR.
SO IT'D BE MORE IN MY OWN TIME, UM, LITTLE BIT AS LIBRARY DIRECTOR, BUT I'M READY TO HELP SUPPORT.
UM, I THINK GARY WAS GONNA COME UP AND TALK.
GARY IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE FOUNDATION.
UM, AND THANK LET YOU TAKE IT AWAY.
UH, AND, UH, TO THE COUNCIL, APPRECIATE Y'ALL, UH, HAVING US, UH, STEP FORWARD AND, AND, UH, ADD A FEW POINTS.
UH, WANT TO THANK MARK AND, UH, PEGGY FOR ALL THEIR SUPPORT OF THE BOARD.
UM, AS, AS, AS WE AS BEEN STATED, IT, UH, WE'RE AT A POINT NOW WHERE IT HAS BEEN NOT EASY, UH, TO, UH, KEEP, UH, A BOARD, UH, IN A LARGE ENOUGH SIZE.
AND I THINK, UH, MOVING TO THE, UH, FRIENDS OF LIBRARY PROCESS IS GONNA BE A GOOD THING, UH, FOR US.
UM, WE HAD STARTED THE CONVERSATION IN, UH, IN LAST YEAR, UH, NOT REALIZING, UH, I WOULD THINK THE SCOPE OF WHAT IT WAS GONNA TAKE.
SO, UH, OUR REQUEST IS THAT WE JUST, UH, HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, MORE TIME.
UH, HOWEVER, UH, AS PART OF THAT, WE, UH, HAVE ALREADY REACHED OUT TO, SO ERIC LASHLEY, WHO WAS THE REFERENCE PERSON TO US, UM, HE, UH, HE HAS MOVED TO CALIFORNIA TO START, UH, A NEW PROJECT.
AND WE HAVE ALREADY CONTACTED THE, THE NEW INTERIM, UH, DIRECTOR THAT HAS COME BEHIND HIM.
I'VE ALREADY, UH, TOUCHED BASE WITH HER THIS WEEK, AND SHE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME ONGOING SUPPORT, INSIGHTS, BUT ALSO A CHECKLIST THAT WILL CAUSE THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO CREATE, WE, WHICH WILL TAKE TIME.
UH, ANYWAY, WE'RE MOVING ON THAT WE WILL MOVE TO A, UH, PROBABLY A TWICE A MONTH, UH, MEETING CADENCE JUST TO REALLY HELP US TO START WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THE, UH, THE DYNAMICS THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED TO, UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, CURRENTLY ABOUT FOUR, UH, ATTORNEYS THAT'S GONNA, WE'RE GONNA NEED SOME HELP ON CREATING BYLAWS AND, AND MAY ANY OTHER, UH, KIND OF ADVICE THAT WE WOULD NEED.
UH, SO WE, WE WANT TO, UH, STILL BE THE, THE BOARD TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT FRAMEWORK, BUT WE ARE, UM, NOW REALLY WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE NOW, WE ARE IN A PROCESS OF MOVING THIS ALONG.
UH, BUT I WOULD, UH, PREFER THAT WE, WE HAVE SOME MORE TIME, UH, BUT WE ARE GONNA APPLY OUR DUE DILIGENCE, UM, JOINED WITH, UH, BY JASON AND, UH, JUAN.
UH, WE HAVE ONE OTHER BOARD MEMBER WHO WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT THIS EVENING.
UH, WE ARE, UH, A BOARD OF FOUR.
SO, UH, WE REALLY FEEL LIKE THAT, UH, THIS WILL ALLOW US TO, TO HAVE MORE FOLKS JOIN, UH, A FRIENDS.
AND IT WILL PROBABLY, IT WILL BE MUCH MORE PRODUCTIVE, UH, FOR THE LIBRARY.
OUR WHOLE BOTTOM LINE GOAL FROM A BOARD TO THE FRIENDS IS TO SUPPORT THE LIBRARY.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT'S BEEN ALL THIS TIME.
UM, A STRONG LIBRARY IS, IS GONNA BE, UH, HAS ALWAYS BEEN A REAL FOUNDATION OF LEANDER AS I'VE HAD THE LUXURY OF BEING ABLE TO SEE IT FROM, UH, FROM BEING BUILT AND, UH, TO WHERE IT'S AT NOW.
ALTHOUGH IT IS A TIGHT SPACE, UH, FOR PEGGY AND THE TEAM, BUT, UH, THEY HAVE REALLY DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN SERVING THE COMMUNITY.
UH, SO ANYWAY, THAT, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
UH, HOPEFULLY THAT GIVES Y'ALL A LITTLE BIT OF INSIGHT ON, UH, ON WHAT WE'RE DOING.
HOW LONG DO YOU ANTICIPATE YOU NEED FOR THAT TRANSITION? UM, I, I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE, NEEDS TO BE MORE THAN, THAN 90 DAYS.
I KNOW THERE WAS A, A MOTION THAT WAS THERE.
UM, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT GONNA JUST KIND OF LIKE, OH, OKAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY WE'LL GET THERE.
WE, BUT I, I DON'T WANT US TO MAKE, UH, MY, MY MY HOPE IS NOT TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE RUSHED, BUT THEY'RE WELL THOUGHT OUT.
WE MAKE A GREAT TRANSITION FROM THE BOARD THEN TO A FRIENDS GROUP, BECAUSE WE WANT, WE WANT TO REALLY CREATE THAT FRIENDS GROUP THAT'S GONNA REALLY START GROWING.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE INSTANTANEOUS, RIGHT.
BUT IT, BUT IT WILL BE, UH, SHOULD HOPEFULLY GAIN SOME TRACTION THROUGHOUT THE BALANCE OF 2023.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE'RE TALKING OCTOBER, 2023, WE WANNA MAKE THIS TRANSITION, UH, SOONER.
UH, BUT MORE THAN 90 DAYS IS OUR, IS OUR REQUEST.
UM, DID THE OTHER MEMBERS WANNA SPEAK OR ARE YOU JUST HERE FOR QUESTIONS OR? WE'RE GOOD FOR NOW.
UM, I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK THEY, THEY MIGHT BE MORE FOR STAFF RIGHT NOW.
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UM, SO WHAT I HEARD IN THE MEETING AND WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM STAFF PREPARING FOR THIS, UM, WEREN'T ALWAYS IN SYNC.AND SO I WANTED TO CLARIFY SOME THINGS.
SO WHAT I HEARD IN THE MEETING WAS, AND I COULDN'T TELL WHOSE VOICE IT WAS, IF IT WAS THE ATTORNEY OR MR. LASHLEY, UM, WAS SAYING THAT YOU HAD TO CREATE A 5 0 1 3, UH,
THERE, THERE ARE DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO CREATE, BUT WHAT I HEARD IS THAT THERE'S ALREADY ONE ESTABLISHED AND THAT WE WOULD JUST BE BREAKING THE CITY'S TIE WITH IT.
SO Y'ALL WOULD BE FREE TO DO WHAT YOU WANT.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHO HAS THE INFORMATION ON THAT.
I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT THAT WAS LIKE, WE'D HAVE TO GO BRAND NEW, LIKE A TOTAL PREVIOUS, THAT'S WHAT I WANNA KNOW TOO.
BECAUSE THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO THE TIMELINE.
UM, THEY, THERE'S CURRENTLY A, A CORPORATE ENTITY THAT'S SET UP THAT, THAT THEY'RE OPERATING UNDER THAT, THAT THE DOCUMENTS INDICATE THAT THE CITY HAS A LOT OF CONTROL MM-HMM.
AND SO THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY WE BRING IT TO THE COUNCIL TO TAKE SOME ACTION AT SOME POINT TO AUTHORIZE DISSOLUTION OF THAT ENTITY.
SO IT IS DISILLUSION OF THE ENTIRE ENTITY, NOT JUST OUR PORTION OF IT HANDING IT OVER TO THEM? NO, IT, I MEAN, IT'S A, IT'S A LEGAL ENTITY.
AND SO THERE'S NOT A, A WAY TO TAKE YOUR PART OUT OF IT.
AND THEN TRANSFER IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S A, A, A DISSOLUTION AND A, A RECREATION OKAY.
UM, SOME OF THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ENGAGING LEGAL COUNSEL, SEPARATE LEGAL COUNSEL TO WORK THROUGH THAT, CUZ THEY'RE A SEPARATE LEGAL ENTITY FROM THE CITY.
AND, UM, AND WE'VE GIVEN THEM A LIST NOW OF YES.
WE, AND THAT WAS, WE, I APOLOGIZE.
WE HAD NOT, SO WE MADE SURE THEY GOT THAT INFORMATION.
THAT WAS THIS WEEK, RIGHT? THAT WAS TODAY.
SO, UM, IF AS THEY'RE EXPLORING WITH THEIR LEGAL COUNSEL, THAT'S KIND OF A SPECIALIZED AREA.
IF, IF THEY, IF THAT ATTORNEY SEES AN EASIER WAY TO PROCEED.
UM, OUR MAIN POINT IN, UM, HAVING IT COME TO COUNSEL WAS THAT SINCE THE COUNSEL HAD INVOLVEMENT IN THE ENTITY TO BEGIN WITH AN APPOINTMENT OF THE BOARD, UM, WE THOUGHT IT APPROPRIATE FOR COUNSEL TO BE AWARE THAT THIS WAS GOING TO CHANGE TO SOMETHING ELSE AND TO AUTHORIZE THAT TO HAPPEN, TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
AND SO OUR, OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE PATH FORWARD, WE WOULD BE DISSOLUTION IN THE RECREATION OF A NEW ENTITY.
I IF AS THEY'RE EXPLORING WITH THEIR SEPARATE LEGAL COUNSEL WHO KIND OF DOES THAT ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS, IF YOU, IF THERE'S A, AN EASIER WAY, THEN OBVIOUSLY THAT CAN BE DONE AND THEN THE COUNCIL CAN AUTHORIZE THAT.
BUT, BUT FROM OUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE PROCESS IS, IT WOULD BE AUTHORIZED TO SOLUTION, THEY WOULD DISSOLVE AND THEN CREATE THEIR OWN NEW SEPARATE LEGAL ENTITY.
UM, WELL, WOULD THOSE HAVE TO BE IN REVERSE? THEY CREATE AN ENTITY AND THEN WE DISSOLVE THIS AND IT SHOWS IN THE BYLAWS OR THE ORIGIN DOCUMENTS.
THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT ONES HERE, UM, THAT WE, UPON DISILLUSION, WE TRANSFER THE FUNDS TO A DIFFERENT 5 0 1.
SO I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD HAVE TO BE IN PLACE FIRST.
THERE, THERE'S A WINDING UP, THERE'S A WINDING UP PROCESS THAT THEY ENGAGE IN.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY CAN DISSOLVE AND THEN STILL CONTINUE TO WIND, WIND UP THE AFFAIRS AND, UH, HAVE THEIR ENTITY EITHER CREATED BEFORE AT THE SAME TIME OR AFTER AS THEY'RE WINDING UP THOSE AFFAIRS.
MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL IS THAT THE, THE FUNDS THAT THEY HAVE ARE NOT CITY FUNDS.
THEY'RE THEIR OWN CORPORATE ENTITY FUNDS.
AND SO IF IT WERE CITY FUNDS THAT THEY WERE HOLDING, THEN THAT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT PROCESS.
THERE WOULD BE MORE HANDS-ON, A MORE HANDS-ON PROCESS THERE.
FOR THE CITY THAT WOULD NEED TO TO HAPPEN.
BUT SINCE IT'S THEIR'S THEIR OWN SEPARATE FUNDS, THEN THE COUNCIL, HAVING BLESSED THEM, DISOLVE DISSOLVING AND MOVING ON FROM THIS ENTITY IS WHAT WHAT IS RECOMMENDED.
UM, AND IF THEY, AND IF THEY WANNA TAKE, TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO KIND OF EXPLORE THAT, OUR CONCERN WAS THAT, UH, WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO HAVE A NEW ENTITY CREATED, THEN WE WOULD MOVE AND DISSOLVE TO THAT.
UH, SO THAT'S THE WAY I WAS READING IT DEVELOPMENT THERE.
HEY, YOU COULD JUST LIKE DISSOLVE AND RIGHT.
AND THEN FIND YOUR OWN WAY TO A NEW INTERVIEW.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A CONCERN ON OUR PART.
AND WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THE RIGHT PROCESS, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO HONOR THE, THE CITIES RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, HAVING SPONSORED US AND, AND BEING A
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PART OF THE BOARD.SO, SO US BEING A PART OF THE, OF THE CITY, THE CITY, UH, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING US TO BE A BOARD, UH, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO IT THE RIGHT WAY AND THEN WE CREATE A FRIENDS AND THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THAT'S OUR WHOLE, UH, THING THAT WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE.
AND I, I, SO THAT'LL BE SOMETHING YOU ASK THE ATTORNEYS? YES, MA'AM.
I, THAT'S WHY I THINK WE KIND OF, OUR UNDERSTANDING AT THIS POINT IS WE CREATE A NEW ENTITY AND THEN WE YEAH.
WE THEN DISSOLVE THE BOARD AND THEN WE MOVE ON.
UH, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, IT'S DONE RIGHT.
UM, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR OBVIOUS LEGAL REASONS, WE HAVE FUNDS THAT WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW YEAH.
MAKE SURE WE CAN, WE CAN ACCESS.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE LIKE, AND WE DON'T WANNA GET YOU AUDITED.
WE, WE PREFER, UH, PREFER TO MOVE YES.
AND, AND I FOUND THE REFERENCES IN THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION ARTICLE NINE UPON THE DISILLUSION OF THE CORPORATION.
AND AFTER ALL LIABILITIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE CORPORATION HAVE BEEN PAID, SATISFIED, AND DISCHARGED, THE REMAINING ASSETS SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED TO ONE OR MORE ORGANIZATIONS IN LEER, TEXAS, WHICH ARE DESCRIBED IN SECTION 5 0 1
SO I THINK, UM, FOR ME, I WOULD HAVE HEARTBURN JUST TRANSFERRING THE FUNDS WITHOUT THAT BEING SUBSTANTIALLY IN PLACE.
UM, ANOTHER QUESTION IS, UM, WELL, I GUESS THE FUNDS WOULD FOLLOW THAT.
AND THEN THERE SEEMED TO BE, IT SOUNDED LIKE SOME CONFUSION OVER THE BOOKSTORE.
I'M HEARING THAT THE BOOKSTORE WOULD GO TO THE LIBRARY AND STAFF, BUT IN YOUR MEETING THERE WAS DISCUSSION OF THE BOOKSTORE REMAINING WITH THE FRIENDS.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE OF WHO HAS THE BOOKSTORE THAT WE WERE, WE, WE FOUND OUT THAT IT WOULD REVERT BACK TO THE LIBRARY.
TO THE LIBRARY, AND IT WOULD NOT BE UNDER OUR UMBRELLA.
UM, THAT'S, UM, I KNOW SOME FRIENDS GROUPS, UH, SO I'M LEARNING MORE AND MORE, YOU KNOW, THEY DO HAVE A BOOKSTORE, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S A, A, A BIG POINT OF THIS TRANSITION.
UH, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT AT THE, AT THIS POINT.
AND THAT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT WE GOT FROM, UH, FROM MARK AND PEGGY.
WILL SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS GO TO YOUR OWNERSHIP OR WOULD THEY REMAIN WITH THE CITY? UH, WE WOULD PROBABLY CREATE A SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT FOR THE FRIENDS.
I THINK RIGHT NOW THE, THE BOARD DOESN'T HAVE MUCH OF A SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE.
AND THEN DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF THE NEXT STEPS THAT YOU NEED TO FOLLOW? I'LL, I'LL HAVE THAT BY NEXT WEEK.
COUNSEL, I'VE HOGGED UP ALL THE TIME.
DO Y'ALL HAVE QUESTIONS? WELL, I, I KIND OF HAD QUESTIONS AND YOU, YOU PROBABLY JUST ANSWERED THEM, BUT I'M TRYING TO WRAP MY BRAIN AROUND IT MYSELF.
AND I, I'M GONNA ASK THIS, NOT SUGGESTING THAT I, I THINK THIS SHOULD BE DONE.
I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND SURE.
UM, FIRST, WHO, WHERE DID THE 90 DAYS COME FROM? WHOSE IDEA WAS THAT? WAS IT JUST A, WELL, WE WERE TO GIVE YOU A DEADLINE IN THE LAST MEETING, UH, WE WERE, UH, ADVISED THAT WE HAD TO COME UP WITH A MOTION, WITH A TIMELINE.
SO THAT WAS JUST TO GIVE YOU A DEADLINE, RIGHT, YES.
AND THEN, SO THAT'S WHY WE, WE THEN THAT WAS, UH, QUITE FRANKLY, IT REALLY RAISED OUR AWARENESS THAT WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME.
AND, UM, SO THAT, THAT'S WHERE THE, THE DISCUSSION, UH, CAME WHERE, OKAY.
WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? UM, SO THAT, THAT WAS WHERE THE 90 DAYS CAME FROM.
WELL, WELL, OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS 90 DAYS, BUT THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION FOR A SHORTER TIMEFRAME OF 60.
BUT EVEN 90 DAYS, I THINK IS, UH, IS GONNA BE TIGHT.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE NOT, WE'RE GONNA BE, WE'RE GONNA BE MOVING OKAY.
AS DILIGENTLY AS WE CAN, UM, TO, TO MAKE THIS, THIS TRANSITION COMPLETE.
AND WHERE, FOLLOWING UP ON THAT REALLY QUICK, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF HEARTBURN WITH THERE BEING ANY DAYS ASSOCIATED WHEN THEY HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO AN ATTORNEY YET ABOUT HOW LONG THIS IS GONNA TAKE.
WELL, THAT, YES, BUT, SO LET ME ASK WHERE THE MONEY LIVES.
WHERE DOES THE MONEY LIVE? RIGHT NOW? WE, WE HAVE AN ACCOUNT THAT'S, UH, SO YOU ALREADY HAVE ACCESS TO IT? YES, MA'AM.
IT'S, IT'S THE FOUNDATION? NO, THAT ALL THE, ALL THE FUNDS THAT WERE IN A CITY ACCOUNT WERE USED IN 2022.
SO WE NO LONGER HAVE, SO YOU'RE NOT WAITING FOR US, THE CITY TO CUT YOU A CHECK TO MA TO MA'AM CONTINUE WITH THAT? NO, WE, WE, WE JUST WANTED TO HAVE THE BEST WAY TO MOVE OUR FUNDS.
AS AN FROM ONE ENTITY TO THE NEXT ENTITY.
SO THE FOUNDATION RIGHT NOW, UM, IS NOT A 5 0 1
SO YOU'VE ALREADY STARTED THE PROCESS? NO, NO, WE'VE NOT.
WE HAVE AN EXISTING, IT'S A 5 0 1 OWNED BY THE CITY.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE PART THAT WAS A LITTLE CONFUSING.
SO DISSOLVING 1 5 0 1
THAT'S IS MY BEST UNDERSTANDING THAT WAS THE MISSING TODAY
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OR TONIGHT.SO WHAT WOULD, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN, AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE PART, I'M NOT SUGGESTING THIS NO.
IF WE DECIDED, AND WE CAN'T DECIDE IT TODAY, BUT WHAT IF WE DECIDED TODAY, OKAY, YES, LET'S DO THIS, AND THAT WAY YOU CAN GET IT DONE SOONER.
WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE IN US CUTTING THE TIES SOONER RATHER THAN LATER? AND I UNDERSTAND THE LATER GIVING YOU TIME TO DO IT, BUT HOW DOES THAT AFFECT YOU? AND, AND AGAIN, I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
WOULD THAT NOT GIVE YOU MORE ABILITY TO WORK ON YOUR OWN? OKAY.
SO WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD BE THE MOST IMMEDIATE IMPACT IS WE COULD NOT MEET, UH, OUR, OUR, OUR CONCERN IS THAT WE, WE FOLLOWED THE OPEN, OPEN MEETINGS PROCESS MM-HMM.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS.
OKAY, ARE WE GONNA RETAIN THIS, THIS PARTICULAR ATTORNEY TO GIVE US ADVICE? OR WHAT STEPS DO WE NEED TO MAKE? WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO CUT CHECKS, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, OUT OF OUR FUNDS TO PAY FOR ALL THE STEPS OF THE PROCESS.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU, WE WOULD, WE WOULD HAVE THE CURRENT BANK ACCOUNT, IF YOU WALK INTO A BANK AND, UH, HEY, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A FRIENDS CLUB HERE MM-HMM.
SO I SAW THE, SAW A NOTE THAT YES, WE COULD JUST MAKE THIS HAPPEN, BUT THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE'RE ASKING.
WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO DO THE DUE DILIGENCE, MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THIS THE RIGHT FOR, FOR THE CITY MM-HMM.
AND THEN, AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE, AGAIN, WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE, FOR THE STANDING AND THE SUPPORT THAT WE'VE HAD FROM THE CITY, UH, SINCE THE BOARD WAS FOUNDED, AND WHO IS, WHO PAYS FOR THE ATTORNEY, UH, WE'LL PAY FOR ALL OF OUR FUNDS.
THAT, THAT, THAT'S ALL, THAT'S ALL GONNA BE PART OF OUR PROCESS.
SO IF, IF, UM, LIKE WE, AGAIN, NOT VOTING ON IT TONIGHT.
BUT THE, UH, IF YOU GET THE 90 DAYS AND THEN SEE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME, I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE EXTENDED.
I, I THINK THAT WE WOULD BE, UM, GIVING AN INDICATION OF HOW OUR PROCESS IS MOVING.
UH, I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S FAIR.
UH, YOU KNOW, FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP, UH, ONGOING DYNAMIC.
WE'LL, WE'LL CLEARLY BE TALKING WITH MARK AND PEGGY.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, A SENSE OF, UH, OF, UH, OF URGENCY, MAYBE NOT THE RIGHT WORD, BUT A SENSE OF TIMING OKAY.
BECAUSE I, I THINK WE ALL WANNA MAKE IT AS EASY AS OH YEAH.
I MEAN, THERE'S, WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND, YOU KNOW, WANNA MAKE SURE WE STILL HAVE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARIAN
WE WANT, WE WANT TO CREATE A FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY.
I'M EXCITED FOR THE FRIENDS GROUP.
I'LL BE YOUR FIRST MEMBER, I PROMISE.
UM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AFTER YOU MEET WITH AN ATTORNEY IS JUST SORT OF A TIMELINE TO US AND TO STAFF OF THE STEPS THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE AND YOUR GOAL DATES FOR, OR ESTIMATED DATES FOR GETTING THEM COMPLETED.
UM, WHAT YOUR ATTORNEY THINKS IT'LL TAKE FOR THE APPROVAL TO GET A 5 0 1 OR TO START ACTING AS ONE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN START ACTING AS ONE BEFORE YOU HAVE THE FULL APPROVAL OR THAT, I DON'T KNOW.
UM, I'M NOT KNOWLEDGEABLE ENOUGH OF THAT, SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT SORT OF ROADMAP OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BECAUSE IT COULD BE LESS THAN 90, IT COULD BE MORE THAN 90, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE ALL JUST SORT OF SPITBALLING.
YOU KNOW, I DO HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION.
UM, AND THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE FOR, PROBABLY FOR PAIGE, UM, IN, IN THE EVENT THAT THIS IS COMPLETED, UH, AND THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR BYLAWS YET.
BUT AS FAR AS, UH, SAY CITY STAFF OR A COUNCIL MEMBER OR SOMEONE SERVING ON ANOTHER, UH, COMMITTEE, WOULD THERE BE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THEM SERVING ON THE BOARD FOR THEIR LIBRARY? THERE, THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY RESTRICTION BECAUSE THERE'LL BE TWO VERY SEPARATE ENTITIES.
UM, BUT I MEAN, SINCE THEY'RE THE, THE BENEFICIARY WOULD BE THE LIBRARY.
AND SINCE, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST WANT TO, I JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE I THINK IF THERE WOULD BE RESTRICTIONS AT, WE'D WANNA LOOK AT THE FINAL, HOW THEY FINALLY HAVE IT SET UP.
BUT IN GENERAL, IT BEING A SEPARATE ENTITY, A SEPARATE NONPROFIT LEGAL ENTITY, THERE, THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY CONFLICT OKAY.
BUT WE WOULD HAVE THE, THE RULES WE ALREADY HAVE FOR RECUSALS.
I'M NOT VOLUNTEERING TO BE ON THE BOARD.
JUST FOR THE RECORD,
ANY REASON WHY YOU WOULDN'T, WHY WE WOULDN'T SEE THAT THERE? THIS WOULD BE A, A POSITIVE THING.
AND WHY, WHY? IS THERE ANY REASON FOR US TO HURRY THIS UP WHEN WE'RE BEING
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ASKED TO, TO NO.I, I, I THINK WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT TIMEFRAMES, I THINK VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT THE MAYOR IS.
IS THERE A TIMELINE? UM, AND RATHER, YOU KNOW, KEEP, KEEP, LET'S, LET'S MOVE FORWARD AND, AND MOVE TOWARDS A FRIENDS GROUP AND WE CAN ALL, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVE A GREAT LIBRARY AND A FRIENDS GROUP AND KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
DO YOU SEE ANYTHING, MR. NEW I PUT YOU IN? WELL, NO.
UH, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, MIKE, NEW CHIEF OF STAFF, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN PART OF THE DISCUSSIONS OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW MONTHS, UM, IN COMMUNICATING WITH PARKS AND LIBRARY STAFF AND, AND, AND PAIGE AND, AND HER STAFF IS JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, WE'VE BEEN SORT OF MOVING SOLELY TOWARDS THIS DISSOLUTION PROCESS FOR A WHILE AND BEEN DISCUSSING THE PROCESS FOR A WHILE.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO OBSTACLES TO THE FUNDS THAT ARE WITHIN THE FIVE ONE
THESE ARE WITHIN THE 5 0 1
WE DON'T WANT THERE TO BE A, UM, AN OBSTACLE FROM THOSE FUNDS TO BE USED IMMEDIATELY WHEN THEY'RE NEEDED.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE TO, TO MEET AND NOT CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS.
I THINK THE TIMELINE REQUEST IS, IS GOOD.
I THINK WHEN I THINK WE'LL HAVE SOME ANSWERS.
EITHER STAFF OR THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS OR BOTH WILL HAVE ANSWERS FOR YOU THAT MAY ADDRESS SOME OF THAT AND PUT US ON A, A PATH TO UNDERSTANDING WHAT A MORE PRECISE TIMELINE LOOKS LIKE.
SO MY NEXT MEETING, WE'RE CROSSING OUR FINGERS FROM THAT.
SO WE'LL GET AN UPDATE IN THE FUTURE ON THIS.
AND WHEN'S YOUR NEXT MEETING? UH, HERE WILL BE 21.
AND YOU THINK YOU GUYS, IT'S UH, TUESDAY.
I'M SORRY I DIDN'T WRITE IT DOWN AND OKAY.
THAT'LL BE OUR, THEY'LL BE OUR FIRST, FIRST MEETING, UH, CUZ WE NEED TO SET, UH, AN AGENDA.
AND, UH, THEN PROBABLY RIGHT AFTER THAT, PROBABLY THE NEXT WEEK WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE ANOTHER MEETING.
SO WE ARE, UH, BUT WE'VE GOTTA GET FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO COME AND, AND HELP.
I, I UNDERSTAND THE, THE REQUEST OF YEAH.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT.
CAN WE START MOVING IT FORWARD? SO, WHICH IS WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
ANYTHING TO ADD? THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE LIBRARY.
I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION FOR PAIGE.
UH, JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION ABOUT OPEN MEETINGS.
WHEN THEY ARE MEETING AS OUR LIBRARY FOUNDATION, IT'S AN OPEN MEETING, BUT IF THEY ARE MEETING TO ESTABLISH THEIR BYLAWS AS A FRIENDS OF, DOES THAT HAVE TO BE DONE AT A LIBRARY FOUNDATION MEETING, OR ARE THEY FREE TO KIND OF JUST EMAIL EACH OTHER AND, AND WORK ON THAT? MEET WITH THE ATTORNEY AS A GROUP? SO, YEAH.
SO IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE ACTING, IF THEY'RE ACTING AS THE NEW, WORKING ON IT, ACTING AS THE NEW ENTITY, I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT OF OVERLAP FOR A LITTLE BIT YEAH.
AS THEY GET THAT PROCESS FIGURED OUT.
AND SO THEY'RE GONNA GO THROUGH SOME DISSOLUTION RELATED MEETINGS.
UM, AT SOME POINT WHEN THEY GET THE NEW ENTITY SET UP, OR THEY'RE ACTING OUTSIDE OF THE MM-HMM.
THEIR ROLE AS THE FOUNDATION OF SETTING UP THE NEW ENTITY, THEN THAT IS, THAT'S NOT AN OPEN MEETING BECAUSE WE WON'T OVERSEE THEIR BYLAWS SO THEY CAN MEET AND TALK ABOUT THAT ANY WAY THEY WANT.
AND SO THEY, THEY, THEY'RE JUST, I THINK, GETTING THE PROCESS IN PLACE AND THERE, THERE'D BE A WAY TO IDENTIFY WHEN, WHEN THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
WILL THAT HELP Y'ALL A LITTLE BIT WITH PUTTING TOGETHER THOSE MEETINGS? UH, YES.
IT'LL, YEAH, WE'LL HAVE, RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE RIGHT.
YOU HAVE TO CALL A MEETING EVERY TIME AND NOTICE IT.
UM, DO WE THINK WE CAN GET THROUGH THE NEXT TWO PRETTY QUICKLY, OR DO WE NEED A BREAK? I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG PRESENTATIONS ARE FOR 32 AND 33? I DON'T KNOW.
ARE 32 AND 33 PRETTY QUICK, OR IS THERE MICS? I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH PRESENTATION THERE IS.
JUST, THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION.
SO LET'S TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK.
PLEASE BE BACK AT 8 41 SIGNAL.
ALL RIGHT, WE ARE BACK ON THE RECORD AT 8:47 PM ITEM
[32. Discuss and consider action on a Resolution supporting the City of Leander’s request to U.S. Representative John Carter to receive Community Project Funding assistance for Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Technology & Equipment projects.]
NUMBER 32, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE CITY OF LEANDER REQUEST TO US REPRESENTATIVE JOHN CARTER TO RECEIVE COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITY-ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES, COPS TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT PROJECTS.THAT WAS A LOT RIGHT THERE TO SAY.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE A TONGUE TWISTER THERE.
SO, UH, I'VE GOT SOME NOTES HERE.
I'M JUST GONNA KIND OF READ FROM, AND THEN I'VE GOT SOME TALKING POINTS JUST SO WE CAN KIND OF TALK ABOUT A FEW OF THESE.
SO, AS I STATED, THIS IS A RESOLUTION FOR SEEKING SUPPORT TO RECEIVE FUNDS ASSISTANCE FROM THIS PARTICULAR GRANT.
UH, WE WERE CALLED BY CONGRESSMAN CARTER'S OFFICE, AND WE WERE KIND OF, IT WAS KIND OF A LAST
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MINUTE DEAL, BUT THEY WERE LIKE, HEY, WE, WE'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME FUNDING FROM THIS PARTICULAR COPS GRANT.UH, CAN YOU THROW SOME WISHLIST ITEMS OF SOME THINGS THAT YOU THINK YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IN THE TECHNOLOGY FIELD? IT CAN'T BE VEHICLES, PEOPLE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE KIND OF PUT TOGETHER SOME, I MET WITH MY GROUP, MY TEAM, AND WE KIND OF PUT TOGETHER A COUPLE OF THINGS.
SOME THINGS WE'VE ASKED FOR IN BUDGET, BUT ONE OF 'EM IS A DISPATCH RADIO CONSOLE FOR COMMUNICATIONS AT OUR 9 1 1 CENTER.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A, UH, A FOUR STATION COM CENTER, BUT WE ONLY HAVE THREE RADIOS.
WE HAD THE FOURTH ONE BUILT WHEN WE REMODELED THERE JUST FOR FUTURE EXPANSION AND GROWTH.
SO, UM, SO WE THOUGHT THAT'D BE A GOOD ONE TO PUT IN THERE JUST SO WE, IF WE GET A FOURTH RADIO, AND THEN WE CAN, UH, HAVE THAT CAPABILITY FOR A FUTURE EXPANSION.
UH, THE SECOND ONE WAS A FORENSIC WORKSTATION.
SO RIGHT NOW FOR IN COMMUNICATION OR IN, UH, OUR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS, THEY HAVE A, UH, A WORKSTATION THAT, THAT HANDLES ALL OF THE, UH, FORENSIC EVIDENCE WHEN IT COMES TO ANY KIND OF ELECTRONICAL PHONES, UH, IPADS, TABLETS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT TAKES A PRETTY POWERFUL COMPUTER TO DO THAT.
AND WE'VE HAD THAT COMPUTER FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
IT'S KIND OF COMING TO THE END OF LIFE.
SO WE THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE ANOTHER GREAT THING TO KIND OF PUT IN THERE TO SEE IF WE COULD GET THIS PARTICULAR COMPUTER, UH, FUNDED BY THE, UH, THE FEDS.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS CALLED FLOCK SAFETY AL PR CAMERAS, WHICH ARE AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER CAMERAS.
UM, I'VE GOT SOME THINGS I WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT CAUSE THERE'S A LITTLE MORE DETAIL IN IN IN THAT PARTICULAR THING, UH, THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.
BUT I WANTED TO SEE IF Y'ALL HAD ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR.
IT'S JUST FOR THE RADIOS OR FOR THE WOR WORKSTATION COMPUTERS.
THOSE ARE PRETTY SIMPLE TO TALK ABOUT.
SO, UM, I KIND OF BROKE THIS DOWN INTO THREE, THREE PARTS.
AND OF COURSE, IF YOU'VE GOT MORE QUESTIONS, UM, UH, DEFINITELY WE WILL BE HERE TO ANSWER IT.
BUT I JUST WANNA KIND OF REMIND YOU THAT THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TONIGHT AND A RESOLUTION IS JUST ARE WE O ARE YOU OKAY WITH US PURSUING GOING FORWARD WITH THIS GRANT TO SEE IF WE CAN EVEN GET THE FUNDING? WE MAY NOT EVEN GET THE FUNDING FOR IT AT ALL ANYWAYS, BUT THIS IS JUST KIND OF THAT STARTING POINT.
UM, UH, I'D LIKE TO SAY TOO IS IN, ONCE YOU KIND OF HEAR THIS, IS THAT, UM, ONCE THAT, IF WE ARE GIVEN THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE FUNDS AND WE'D LIKE TO COME BACK WITH COUNSEL, SIT DOWN, DO SOME WORKSHOPS OR DO A WORKSHOP, TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S KIND OF COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM IS.
AND THAT WAY ALL THE ANSWERS AND YOU MAY HAVE THAT ARE MORE IN DEPTH IN DETAIL.
WE CAN HAVE POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THIS ISN'T YOU APPROVING US TO, TO MOVE FORWARD TO DO IT.
THIS IS JUST PROVING TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THE, TRY TO GET THE FUNDING FOR IT.
SO, UM, THE THREE POINTS THAT I WANNA TALK ABOUT ARE WHAT ARE FLOCK CAMERAS, UH, WHO HAS ACCESS TO THE DATA THAT'S, THAT'S CAPTURED BY A FLOCK CAMERA, AND HOW LONG IS THIS DATA, UH, STORED? SO WHAT ARE FLOCK CAMERAS? FLOCK CAMERAS ARE A TYPE OF LPR LICENSE PLATE READER, UH, CAMERA THAT IS DESIGNATED SPECIFICALLY FOR MONITORING AND RECORDING ACTIVITIES ON PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS.
SO THESE PARTICULAR CAMERAS, WE TRIED SOME OF THESE OUT A LONG TIME AGO.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY AFFIXED TO, TO SQUAD CARS AND THEY WERE JUST KIND OF DRIVEN AROUND AND THEY WOULD TAKE PICTURES OF LICENSE PLATES AND IF, AND IT WOULD RUN THAT LICENSE PLATE AND THAT LICENSE PLATE HAD A A WANTED HIT ON IT, LIKE A STOLEN VEHICLE, THEN IT WOULD NOTIFY THAT OFFICER AND THEN WE COULD PULL IT OVER AND OR HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO PULL IT OVER EASILY AND, AND BE ABLE TO CAPTURE THAT PARTICULAR, UH, VEHICLE.
THESE ARE ACTUALLY FIXED CAMERAS THAT ARE FIXED TO POLES.
SOMETIMES THEY'RE FIXED TO TECH STOP POLES, SOMETIMES THEY'RE FIXED TO CITY POLES THROUGH, THROUGH CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY.
DEPENDS ON HOW MANY CAMERAS YOU, YOU DECIDE TO PURCHASE.
UM, SO I KNOW I DIDN'T HAVE THIS IN THE PRESENTATION.
THIS IS JUST KIND OF A GOOGLE MAP AND THESE RED DOTS REPRESENT IF WE HAD 20 CAMERAS, WHERE ARE SOME PLACES THAT WE WOULD PUT THESE PARTICULAR, UH, CAMERAS, UH, IN THE CITY? SOME OF THESE AREAS ARE CLOSE TO PARKS OR IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT WOULD BE AT OUR NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST ENTRY POINTS OF OUR CITY.
UM, IT'S ALSO BE CLOSER TO, UH, INTERSECTIONS.
IT MAY BE BY OUR PARKS, OUR SCHOOLS, UM, A LOT OF OUR MAJOR INTERSECTIONS AND ROADWAYS.
AND THEN IF YOU SEE THIS LITTLE ANOMALY UP HERE, THIS IS H E B NORTH, RIGHT? IT'S WAY OUT THERE BY ITSELF.
WELL, THESE LITTLE BLUE DOTS, WILLIAMSON COUNTY HAS SOME FLOCK CAMERAS OUT THERE NOW.
AND, UH, RONALD REAGAN, THEY'RE KIND OF IN SOME DIFFERENT AREAS.
AND THEN CEDAR PARKS PUTTING SOME IN DOWN HERE, JUST SOUTH OF OUR CITY, UM, AS WELL.
SO THESE CAMERAS UP HERE, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE PICTURES OF THESE LICENSE PLATES IN THESE PARTICULAR AREAS.
AND I'LL EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT THAT MEANS AS WELL.
UM, BUT THIS IS JUST KIND OF AN IDEA OF WHERE WE PLACE THEM ON POLES AND INTERSECTIONS WITHIN THE CITY.
UM, WHAT I WANTED TO KIND OF EXPLAIN OF WHAT THESE CAMERAS ARE NOT, THEY'RE NOT RECORDABLE, THEY'RE NOT A FULL VIDEO RECORDING CAMERA, SO THEN THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE RUNNING LIKE A CAMCORDER WOULD.
I MAY HAVE JUST DATED MYSELF THERE.
UM, A CAMERA, UH, THAT'S THIS RUNNING VIDEO, THE WHOLE THING, THE WHOLE TIME.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LOG INTO THE COMPUTER AND JUST SEE WHO'S DRIVING THROUGH THERE BECAUSE WE'RE INTERESTED.
IT DOESN'T PROVIDE THAT AS WELL.
THEY'RE, THESE ARE NOT TRAFFIC CAMERAS, SO THEY'RE NOT CATCHING SPEEDERS.
WE CAN'T TELL HOW FAST SOMEONE'S GOING.
AND IF SOMEONE RUNS A RED LIGHT, UM, IT'S NOT, WE'RE NOT GONNA, IT'S NOT A RED LIGHT CAMERA EITHER, SO WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO WRITE CITATIONS OR ANYTHING OFF THIS KIND OF THING.
UH, MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT DOESN'T HAVE FACIAL RECOGNITION CUZ WE CAN'T ENTER ANY KIND OF DATA INTO THESE, UM, INTO THE SERVER AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A PERSON THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS, OR A PERSON THAT'S THAT THIS PERSON WHOSE FACE LOOKS LIKE THIS.
IT'S NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
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EXAMPLE WOULD BE LIKE THE TOLL ROAD.IF YOU'VE EVER GOTTEN A BILL FROM THE TOLL ROAD, YOU'LL JUST SEE A PICTURE OF YOUR FRONT IN THE BACK OF THE LICENSE PLATE.
THEY JUST TAKE PICTURES OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
UM, UNLIKE AN, UH, LICENSE PLATE READER SYSTEM, WHICH KIND OF JUST OF JUST CAN TAKE A PICTURE OF JUST THE LICENSE PLATE AND IT KEEPS THAT INFORMATION, THESE CAMERAS ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ADVANCED.
SO THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, DOCUMENT, UM, THE MAKE OF A VEHICLE, THE MODEL, THE COLOR, UH, IT WOULD TIMESTAMP 'EM AS WELL.
UM, A TYPE OF PLATE, IF IT'S A STANDARD PLATE OR IF IT'S A A PAPER PLATE AND ANY DAMAGE OR ALTERATIONS, BROKEN TAILLIGHTS, AFTERMARKET WHEELS, UH, IT CAN BE EVEN A BUMPER STICKER OR SOMETHING ON THAT PARTICULAR VEHICLE.
AND BASICALLY THIS INFORMATION CAN BE USED BY OUR DEPARTMENT TO INVESTIGATE CRIMES, TRACK DOWN SUSPECTS, AND IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY.
SO HOW TO KIND OF EXPLAIN ALL THAT IS, I I I, I WAS THINKING OF A WAY TO, WHAT'S A GOOD WAY TO EXPLAIN THAT KIND OF MAKES SENSE FOR, FOR ANYBODY TO, THAT WOULD WANNA KNOW WHAT A FLOCK CAMERA IS.
AND I WROTE DOWN FUZZY PICTURES AND PORCH PIRATES SOUNDS LIKE A, A BOOK AT THE LIBRARY, RIGHT? THAT WOULD BE KIND OF FUN TO READ.
BUT WHAT I TALK ABOUT THAT IS WHEN, WHEN WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, WHAT PORCH PIRATES ARE, RIGHT? THAT DRIVES PEOPLE CRAZY.
IT DRIVES ME CRAZY WHEN WE'VE HAD PEOPLE COME IN TOWN AND THEY'RE JUST STEALING PACKAGES OFF OF, UH, OF PORCHES.
WELL, WHAT WE NORMALLY GET IS SOMEBODY WHO CALLS OR FRUSTRATED AND THEY SAY, HEY, I GOT IT ON MY RING CAMERA.
AND THEY GIVE US A PICTURE AND IT'S LIKE A SILVER NISSAN, AND THAT'S ALL WE'VE GOT.
THERE'S NO LICENSE PLATE ON IT.
AND THEN WE TRY TO, WE, WE HAVE SOME DETECTIVES THAT GO OUT THERE AND TRY TO TALK TO SOME PEOPLE.
THEY'LL LOOK AT EVERY COUPLE OTHER RING CAMERAS AND WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET THE CAR TURNED, BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE CAMERAS NOWADAYS.
AND, AND IF YOU SAW RECENTLY AS WELL, UM, IN THE NEWS AND WE POSTED IT ON FACEBOOK, OF THESE THREE PEOPLE THAT CAME TO AT AND T, OF COURSE MORE FUZZY PICTURES, BUT THEY LEFT IN A VEHICLE.
THEY SHOWED UP IN A VEHICLE, BUT WE DIDN'T, THE, THE ONLY, UM, INFORMATION WE HAD A VEHICLE WAS COLOR AND MAKE AND MODEL.
UM, SO IF THAT VEHICLE WOULD'VE BEEN TRAVELING ON, UH, 180 3 THROUGH ONE OF THE FLOCK SITES, WHICH I DON'T, CEDAR PARK DOESN'T HAVE THEIR SET UP YET, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET SOMETHING OFF OF THAT.
SOME VEHICLES, UH, SUNSET, UH, SUNSET VALLEY, UH, THE CHIEF THERE DID AN INTERVIEW AS WELL.
WITHIN THE FIRST MONTH THEY HAD 40 STOLEN VEHICLES THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO RECOVER BECAUSE IT WAS BETWEEN AUSTIN.
THEY GET 'EM FROM SAN ANTONIO THAT KIND OF COME INTO THEIR AREA.
SO THERE'S THIS KIND OF A A, A LOT OF INFORMATION EVEN FOR TO SEARCH.
UM, UH, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A, LIKE I SAID, A SILVER TOYOTA WITH A DALLAS COWBOY STICKER ON THE BACK, YOU CAN INPUT THIS DATA AND IT'LL JUST LET YOU FOR A CERTAIN TIME.
IT CAN GIVE YOU THAT, TELL YOU ALL THE VEHICLES THAT WOULD MATCH THAT DESCRIPTION DURING THAT POINT.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THE POWER OF THAT IS.
BUT I'M GONNA EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE AFTER THAT, UM, ON, ON HOW THAT, THAT DATA IS, UH, HOW THAT DATA IS STORED AND, AND USED.
UM, SO DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON JUST WHAT THE CAMERAS ARE AND WE'LL GO INTO ACCESS TO HOW, WHO ACCESSES THE DATA AND HOW LONG THE DATA IS STORED? I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, BUT I, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA GO INTO SOMETHING.
YEAH, I CAN GO THROUGH IT ALL AND WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS LATER.
I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO GET TOO FAR AHEAD.
BUT DO YOU WANT ME TO ANS ASK THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CAMERAS? OR IT DOESN'T MATTER.
I DON'T WANNA INTERRUPT YOUR, OH, WELL YOU WANT ME TO JUST ROLL THROUGH AND THEN WE'LL JUST, SURE.
SO WHO HAS ACCESS TO THE DATA? SO ALL THE DATA THAT'S UPLOADED.
SO WHEN THE, WHEN THE CAMERA HAS INFORMATION GOING TO IT, IT'LL UPLOAD IT TO THE, THE CLOUD, UM, A PARTICULAR CLOUD THROUGH, THROUGH FLOCK SAFETY.
THE DATA IS OWNED BY, BY OUR DEPARTMENT.
UM, ONLY AUTHORIZED USERS CAN ACCESS THIS SYSTEM AND EVERY SEARCH REQUIRES A SEARCH REASON.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, WE CAN SHARE THAT ACCESS WITH OTHER AGENCIES, LIKE WE COULD SHARE IT.
LIKE RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ABLE TO GET ONTO THE SYSTEM.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO SEE WILLIAMSON COUNTY, ROUND ROCK, PFLUGERVILLE AND CEDAR PARK WHEN THEY GET THEIRS UP.
WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO REALLY BE ON THERE CUZ WE DON'T HAVE AN ACCOUNT, BUT, BUT THEY'RE LETTING US TEST IT TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF, THAT'S WHO CAN HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
BUT IT ALSO, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A REASON.
SO YOU CAN'T GO IN THERE JUST SEARCHING FOR FUN OR JUST LOOKING FOR SOMETHING.
YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY PUT IN A CASE NUMBER OR CALL FOR SERVICE NUMBER OR SOMETHING THAT RELATES TO THAT PARTICULAR SEARCH.
UM, UH, THAT SEARCH IS ALSO, UH, IT'S COLLECTED AND IT'S PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DURING AN AUDIT.
SO, UM, KIND OF AN EXAMPLE, AND AGAIN, I'M SORRY, IT'S ON PAPER.
THIS IS THE ROUND ROCK POLICE DEPARTMENT'S TRANSPARENCY PORTAL.
SO YOU CAN JUST GOOGLE THIS IN A TRANSPARENCY PORTAL AND IT BASICALLY WILL GIVE YOU A BUNCH OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROHIBITED USES OF THESE CAMERAS.
SO IT'S LIKE, WHO, HOW, HOW ARE THEY NOT SUPPOSED TO BE USED? UH, THE NUMBER OF SEARCHES IN THE LAST 30 DAYS, HOT LISTS OR CARS THAT WERE HIT THAT WERE EITHER STOLEN, MISSING PERSONS, AMBER ALERT VEHICLES THAT WERE FOUND WITH PEOPLE.
UM, THEY'VE HAD THIR, UH, THEY HAD 487 IN THE LAST 30 DAYS.
AND THEN THE USES WITH WHICH AGENCIES ARE ACTUALLY SHARING YOUR DATA.
SO IT'S KIND OF A, A LONG LIST OF INFORMATION THAT'S, THAT I THINK'S GREAT FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES.
SO ANYBODY CAN LOOK AND SEE EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON OR WHAT, WHAT ARE WE SEARCHING? CAUSE I THINK IN 30, IN THE LAST 30 DAYS, I'M SORRY, THE PRINT'S SO SMALL, THEY DID 362 SEARCHES, UH, LIKE PHYSICAL, UH, SEARCHES ON THEIR SYSTEM.
SO, UM, SO YOU'RE ABLE TO AUDIT, DEFINITELY AUDIT THAT THERE'S NO UNAUTHORIZED USERS.
UH, EVEN THE FLOCK SAFETY EMPLOYEES, THEY DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO OUR PICTURES AT ALL.
SO THEY CAN'T GO ON THERE AND JUST LOOK AT AND SEE WHAT LEANDER IS DOING.
UM, THE DATA COLLECTED IS NEVER SHARED OR SOLD TO A THIRD PARTY VENDOR AT ALL.
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STEWART ABOUT THIS, CAUSE THIS PROBABLY MEANS MORE TO HIM THAN ME, BUT ALL THE DATA IS ENCRYPTED USING AES 2 56 ENCRYPTION, WHICH I'M ASSUMING IS PROBABLY GOOD.AND, UH, AND IT'S ON A SECURE KIND OF CLOUD SERVER.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHO WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THAT PARTICULAR DATA.
NOW THE LAST POINT WOULD BE, UH, HOW LONG IS THIS DATA STORED? SO BY DEFAULT, ALL DATA IS AUTOMATICALLY DELETED EVERY 30 DAYS ON A ROLLING BASIS.
MEANING IF YOU WANTED TO FIND FOOTAGE FROM 31 DAYS AGO, YOU CAN'T BECAUSE IT'S BEING PERMANENT DELETED.
NOW, TEXAS DOES REQUIRE, CAN'T ALLOW YOU TO HAVE A LONGER RETENTION PERIOD, BUT A LOT OF THAT'S, THAT WAS SOMETHING WE COULD TALK ABOUT DEFINITELY IN WORKSHOPS.
I THINK MOST DEPARTMENTS ARE GOING TO THE 30 DAY, UH, RULE JUST SO THEY, CUZ IT'S NOT GONNA BE, IF IT'S JUST INFORMATION THAT'S KIND OF COMING AND IT'S NOT BEING SEARCHED, THEN IT SHOULD JUST GO AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT WAY YOU'RE NOT JUST HAVING A, A FULL STORAGE OF THIS STUFF OR FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
SO, UM, AS FAR AS THAT, LIKE I SAID, UM, BEFORE, IS THAT I THINK, UH, THE AGENCIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY USING IT, I KIND OF MENTIONED WERE ROUND ROCK, CEDAR PARK, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, PFLUGERVILLE, AND AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, I WOULD DEFINITELY RECOMMEND IF THIS IS SOMETHING WE WERE GONNA DO AND LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE, LET'S JUST HAVE A WORKSHOP SIT DOWN SO ALL THE COUNCIL CAN SEE EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS.
I GAVE YOU KIND OF THE 30,000 FOOT, UH, PERSPECTIVE OF IT.
BUT, UH, I THINK IT'D BE GOOD TO JUST SIT DOWN AND JUST HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY CONSTITUENTS THAT HAVE QUESTIONS, OF COURSE THEY CAN ALWAYS CALL ME AS WELL.
BUT, UM, HOPEFULLY THAT WOULD ANSWER THE QUESTIONS YOU MAY GET FROM PEOPLE FROM THIS PARTICULAR SYSTEM.
AND ALSO THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE, AND IF YOU KNOW ME AT ALL, IS I BELIEVE IN POLICY BECAUSE I BELIEVE POLICIES PROVIDE, UH, GUARDRAILS TO KEEP YOU IN TO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO BECAUSE WE WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THESE THINGS ARE GONNA BE USED AND WE WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR ON HOW THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE USED.
UH, WE WENT THROUGH THIS A A WHILE BACK WHEN, UM, WE FIRST IMPLEMENTED THE USE OF DRONES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
WHEN THAT KIND OF TECHNOLOGY CAME UP, EVERYBODY WAS A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT 'EM BECAUSE THERE WASN'T POLICIES.
SOMETIMES THE TECHNOLOGY'S FASTER THAN THE POLICIES THAT COME THROUGH.
SO, UM, WITH, WITH A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS AND, AND EXAMPLES TO GO ON LOOKING FOR BEST PRACTICES, AND THERE'S A LOT OF AGENCIES THAT ARE, HAVE BEEN UTILIZING THESE OR, OR ARE UTILIZING THESE RIGHT NOW, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE MOST SOLID POLICIES BECAUSE YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE THOSE GUARDRAILS SO PEOPLE CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE KNOWING THAT THESE AREN'T GONNA BE ABUSED.
UH, BECAUSE ANY, ANY TECHNOLOGY CAN BE ABUSED.
I MEAN, I'M, I'M NOT IGNORANT TO KNOW THAT.
AND IT'S OUR JOB TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT.
SO, UM, THAT'S KIND OF LIKE A OVERLAY OF THAT.
BUT I, I'LL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY ON THAT, ON SOME OF THOSE, IF YOU HAVE ANY.
UM, AND, UH, IF, IF NOT THEN, AND IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT LATER AND HAVE ALAR LONGER PRESENTATION, THAT'S OKAY TOO.
IT JUST IS JUST SOMETHING WHERE WE'RE LOOKING TO TRY TO GO TRY TO GRAB THIS MONEY BECAUSE IT'S, LIKE I SAID, IT WAS A KIND OF A LAST MINUTE, UH, UH, PUT TOGETHER, UH, THAT WE HAD TO GET TO THEIR OFFICE.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL, I'LL BE QUIET.
SO SEE IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
SEE, YOU THINK THERE ARE QUESTIONS, LOTS OF QUESTIONS.
SO LET'S ACTUALLY GO DOWN THE LINE IF YOU DON'T MIND THIS ONE.
OH, SO AS FAR AS THIS BEING FEDERAL FUNDING, I'M, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S ALL FEDERAL FUNDING IF IT'S COMING.
I'M ASSUMING SO, CUZ I, UH, CONGRESSMAN CARTER'S OFFICE WAS TALKING THAT THEY WERE GONNA BE PART OF A, A COMMITTEE THAT WAS LOOKING TO GET THESE FUNDS AND, UH, DO YOU KNOW, OR THERE'S STRINGS ATTACHED TO THAT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING.
AND THEN WE, WE SPOKE WITH AUGUST THAT THERE WAS NO, THERE WAS NO MATCH.
SO THAT'S JUST MONEY THAT'S IT'S GIVEN NOW.
SO THIS, THIS FALLS UNDER THE COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING CATEGORY OF CONGRESS.
IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, WE MADE A SIMILAR APPLICATION, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER MM-HMM.
UM, WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO ACTUALLY, UM, RETRIEVE THAT FUNDING THIS YEAR.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH, UH, WITH THE ADVOCACY CENTER AND WITH THOSE REPRESENTATIVES.
BUT, UM, THERE'S NO MATCHING FUND REQUIREMENT.
IT SIMPLY HAS TO MEET THE CRITERIA OF, OF THE GRANT AND MEET THE, THE SPECIFICS.
SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS CONSIDERED IN, IN DISCUSSION AS FAR AS A PROPOSAL TO CONGRESSMAN CARTER'S OFFICE WAS, UH, UH, UP ARMORED VEHICLE, UH, ANY VEHICLE WHATSOEVER IS REALLY NOT, UH, MEETING THE CRITERIA.
SO THAT, THAT KIND OF HAD TO BE ELIMINATED FROM DISCUSSION.
SO IT, IT HAD TO RELATE TO TECHNOLOGY THAT SUPPORTED COMMUNITY POLICING EFFORTS.
SO THESE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE DISPATCH THE COMMUNICATION TOOLS AND THEN THE, THE CAMERAS CERTAINLY MET THAT CRITERIA AND WE DID VET THAT THROUGH CARTER'S OFFICE.
THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY REQUIREMENT.
NOW, UM, CHIEF, YOU MENTIONED THERE WERE 20 CAMERAS.
IS THAT, WHAT IS THAT WHAT CAN BE PURCHASED WITH 50,000? SO THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT.
THE, THE, THE PRICE IS ACTUALLY GONNA GO UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS, AND THIS SOUNDS ALMOST LIKE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE FEDERAL, YOU TALK ABOUT FEDS AND MONEY, IT'S DIFFERENT, BUT, UM, THE 50, THEY'RE AROUND $3,000 A CAMERA RIGHT NOW.
YOU DON'T BUY IT RIGHT NOW MM-HMM.
BUT, UH, WE WERE ALSO TOLD THAT THAT EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ASKING FOR A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT, THAT IF THEY WEREN'T GONNA HOLD US TO THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT, IF IT GOES UP A LITTLE BIT MORE.
BUT THEY DO, THEY DO RUN, UM, ROUGHLY ABOUT $3,000 A, A CAMERA.
SO NOW WHETHER WE GET ALL THAT FUNDING OR
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NOT, WHETHER WE CAN FUND 20 CAMERAS, 10 CAMERAS, UH, THAT WOULD BE, THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO COVER ALL THOSE.AND I'M ASSUMING YOU HAVE, WELL, THIS WOULD BE LATER YOU WOULD DETERMINE LOCATIONS, BUT YES.
UM, DOES THAT COVER, THAT DOESN'T COVER INSTALLATION, BUT IT, I'M GUESSING THESE ARE WIFI.
SO THE, SO THE CAMP THAT'S INSTALLATION'S PART OF THE COST OF THE CAMERA, THE INSTALLATION IS SEPARATE.
SO I KNOW THERE'S A COST FOR TEXT DOT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE IF YOU LOOK AT PUTTING ON A TEXTILE, UH, POLE MM-HMM.
SO EVERY EFFORT WE WOULD TRY TO MAKE IS TO PUT 'EM ON PLACES WHERE WE WERE HAVING TO, OH, SORRY, CHIEF AND I'LL JUMP IN.
UH, TO ADD TO THAT, THE, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THE FUNDS, UM, ARE APPROPRIATED THE, THE AMOUNT THAT WE'VE, UH, REQUESTED THROUGH THE APP APPLICATION, $236,000, UM, YES, THEY, THEY, THEY CAN SHIFT, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AS, AS THAT, AS MORE OF A CAP.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THE COST OF THE CAMERAS GO UP, IF THE COST OF INSULATION, UH, IS BEYOND SOME OF WHAT WE'RE ESTIMATING AT THIS POINT, WE'LL END UP PURCHASING LESS CAMERAS.
UM, WE'LL STILL BRING BACK A POLICY TO COUNCIL ON HOW THOSE INTEND TO BE USED, WHAT THE PROCESS IS FOR INSTALLING THEM WHEN WE PLAN TO ACTIVATE THEM.
UM, BUT ESSENTIALLY THINK OF THE AMOUNT THAT'S BEING REQUESTED AS A CAP.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION WAS REALLY JUST, DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCEPT OF WHAT A SU A SUCCESS RATE ON THESE ARE? BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES YOU, YOU DESCRIBED A SITUATION, BUT YOU'VE GOT A, A SILVER HONDA DOESN'T REALLY HELP.
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THEY'VE GOT THEIR, ON THEIR POWERPOINT, THEY'VE GOT ALL THEIR STATISTICAL NUMBERS AND, AND THEIR, THEIR SUCCESS RATES.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE SAYING THAT 70% OF ALL CRIMES, UH, ARE HAPPENED WITH PEOPLE WITH MOTOR VEHICLES MM-HMM.
AND, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN I, WHEN I TRIED TO LOOK AT, EVEN LIKE I WAS TALKING, WE'RE NOT TALKING, I WATCHED THE, THE PARTICULAR VIDEO WITH THE, UH, THE CHIEF FROM, UH, SUNSET VALLEY.
I MEAN, JUST THE, THE SUCCESS THAT THEY'RE HAVING JUST WITH STOLEN CARS.
I MEAN, I LOOK AT ROUND ROCK, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY THESE ARE, ARE, YOU KNOW, RECOVERED STOLEN VEHICLES.
UM, BUT UH, YOU KNOW, HAVING ALMOST 500 HITS ON STOLEN VEHICLES OR MISSING PERSONS OR MM-HMM.
UM, UH, BUT EVERYTHING THAT I'VE READ AND RESEARCH, I MEAN THEY, I DON'T HAVE A PERCENTAGE FOR YOU, BUT THEY'RE, THAT'S OKAY.
THEY SEEM TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR IMPLEMENTATION.
SO WE HAD AN INCIDENT OVER M L K AROUND WHITE SUPREMACY, AND I KNOW THAT'S AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION, BUT, SO I, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU CAN COMMENT, BUT WOULD THESE CAMERAS HAVE HELPED IDENTIFY THAT VEHICLE CUZ THERE WAS A VEHICLE INVOLVED IN THIS? YES.
SO, UH, IF, IF A, IF A VEHICLE, AND THIS WILL KIND OF ANSWER THAT QUESTION, IF A VEHICLE, SO THAT VEHICLE HAS TO ACTUALLY PASS THROUGH THAT PARTICULAR AREA WHERE THERE WOULD BE A CAMERA.
SO I WOULD SAY THE PROBABILITY WOULD'VE BEEN HIGH BECAUSE IF THAT VEHICLE WOULD'VE GONE THROUGH, CUZ THAT WAS LIKE A KIA SOMETHING I THINK A SOLE OR A LITTLE BOX CAR.
UM, BUT YES, IF THAT WOULD'VE GONE THROUGH ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET A PHOTOGRAPH, UH, OF THE PHOTO OF THE LICENSE PLATE, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A, AN EASY, UH, EASY ONE TO GO LOOK FOR, ESPECIALLY AT THAT TIME OF NIGHT.
WHAT ABOUT AT KOHL'S? BECAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE HAD KIND OF SOME ROBBERIES THERE AND I I I JUST SAW YOU GUYS UPDATE THAT MOST OF THE INCIDENTS LATELY ARE UNLOCKED CARS.
SO THAT PROBABLY WON'T HELP THIS SITUATION, BUT LIKE WHAT ABOUT LIKE A KOHL'S, I MEAN SCANNING THE LICENSE PLATES THERE? SO LIKE THE, SO WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SCAN 'EM IN THE PARKING LOT OF KOHL'S CUZ WE'RE, THEY WOULDN'T BE AFFIXED TO A VEHICLE.
SO A VEHICLE HAS TO PASS THROUGH THAT PARTICULAR INTERSECTION.
UH, BUT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ON THE UNLOCKED, THOSE COULD HELP AS WELL BECAUSE EVEN IF WE'RE ABLE TO SEE A SUSPECT VEHICLE, CUZ WE ALWAYS GET THESE VIDEOS AND IT'S JUST MAYBE A CAR PASSING BY OR, OR THEY JUST SAW SOME KIDS WALKING IN A CAR IN THE DISTANCE.
BUT IF ONE OF THOSE VEHICLES HAD PASSED THROUGH, LIKE EVEN DURING THAT TIME, WE COULD SEE WHAT VEHICLES MATCHING THAT DESCRIPTION PASSED IN THAT LOCATION DURING THAT TIME WE'D BE ABLE TO SEE PLATES AND THEN START TO IDENTIFY WHO SOME OF THESE PEOPLE MAY.
SO THIS WILL HELP A LOT MORE THAN A RING CAMERA, LIKE YOU'RE SAYING.
YES, THEY'RE FUZZY AND THEY'RE NOT ACCURATE.
SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT CAMERAS UP MY OWN HOUSE AND I THOUGHT BOUGHT REALLY GOOD ONES AND IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE FUZZY AND YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU CATCHES SOMEONE TURNING AROUND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND, AND UH, THESE ARE JUST HIGHER UP, MUCH HIGHER QUALITY.
UM, AND HIGHER RESOLUTION CAMERAS, LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE LIKE THE TOLL ROAD FOR SOME REASON.
SOME PEOPLE THINK IF THEY GO FASTER THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA GET THEIR PICTURE ON THERE OR IF THEY DRIVE SLOWER, BUT THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO GET YOUR PICTURE.
SO PLACE ONE ACTUALLY ASK PART OF MY QUESTION.
SO I WAS JUST KIND OF CURIOUS MM-HMM.
SO I THINK YOU ALREADY ANSWERED THAT AND I JUST WANNA, YOU KNOW, A FEW COMMENTS.
UH, I SEE THIS AS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY TO A CITIZEN OF NO ONE TAKING A PICTURE OF THEIR LICENSE PLATE OR THEIR VEHICLE OUT IN PUBLIC.
SO I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE DOING ANYTHING THAT'S, UH, GONNA INFRINGE ON PEOPLE'S RIGHTS.
AND IT'S ALSO ONE OF THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT, IT'S JUST ANOTHER, THE TOOL
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AND TOOL BELT TOOL BELT RIGHT HERE.IT'S NOT, NOT LIKE WE'RE USING THIS AS A TARGET.
WE'RE JUST HA HA IT'S AS A RESOURCE AS NEEDED FOR AN INVESTIGATION.
JUST SOMETHING ELSE AS, AS A RESOURCE AND A TOOL.
I WAS JUST GONNA ASK, WHAT ARE SOME CONCERNS OR COMPLAINTS OR ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED ABOUT THESE THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF IN SOME OF OUR SURROUNDING CITIES OR, SURE.
SO I MEAN I THINK ONE THING IS, I I SOME OF THE THINGS I WOULD SAY I'VE HEARD OR, OR DOES THIS CAUSE OFFICERS TO ENGAGE MORE IN, INTO, UH, PURSUITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I KNOW, I KNOW SOMETIMES WHEN, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, I'M ALWAYS CURIOUS WHEN I HEAR ABOUT A PURSUIT EVEN CAUSE I LIVE IN ROUND ROCK, YOU KNOW, UM, I'M, I'M ALWAYS ASKING THE CHIEF, WAS THAT A FLOCK THING? WAS THAT A FLOCK THING? SOMETIMES THEY ARE, SOMETIMES THEY AREN'T BECAUSE THEY GET IN, I THINK, UH, THERE WAS AN INCIDENT THEY HAD WHERE UH, AN INDIVIDUAL WAS DRIVING IN A STOLEN VEHICLE AND A FLOCK HIT AND I THINK DPS GOT IN A CHASE WITH 'EM AND THEY KIND OF GOT THROUGH TOWN.
SO I KNOW THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS, CAUSE I DO, ANYTIME I LOOK AT RESEARCH, I TRY TO LOOK AT BOTH SIDES MM-HMM.
SO I THINK ONE OF THE OTHER CONCERNS, UH, AND I THINK A LOT OF IT WAS JUST, UH, MISINFORMATION WAS ABOUT THE, UH, FACIAL RECOGNITION THAT'S, THAT IT CAN TARGET SPECIFIC PEOPLE AND WHICH THIS DOESN'T HAVE THAT, UH, CAPABILITY.
UM, AND THAT, UH, THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS THAT, UM, THEY WERE INTENTIONALLY BEING PUT IN HIGH CRIME AREAS TO TRY TO CATCH PEOPLE IN.
UM, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANY OTHER COMMUNITY, BUT THAT'S, WE DON'T PER SE HAVE ANY OF THOSE AREAS, BUT OUR, OUR GOAL IS JUST TO PUT 'EM ON THE INTERSECTIONS OF JUST SOME OF THE MAJOR, UH, UH, PARTS OF TOWN WHERE WE GET MOST TRAFFIC.
BUT, UM, THOSE ARE THE ONLY REALLY CONCERNS.
AND THEN I THINK THE OTHER WAS JUST THE, THE AND AND STEWS HERE TO KIND OF TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, IF YOU HAVE THAT QUESTION WAS HOW IS THE DATA PROTECTED? YOU KNOW, IS THAT GONNA JUST BE OUT WHERE ANYBODY CAN GET TO IT? AND THEN WHAT'S COLLECTED AND HOW LONG IS IT, IS IT KEPT? BECAUSE THERE'S SOME, THERE'S ALWAYS RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, LIKE EVEN, UH, A C L U HAS SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AND HAS A WHOLE ARTICLE ABOUT FLOCK.
SO THEY'VE GOT WHAT THEY CALL GOOD, BETTER, BEST, UM, KIND OR, UH, WORST BE, UH, AND THEN THEY'VE GOT THEIR, UH, GOOD DECENT I GUESS AND THEN LIKE GOOD TYPES POLICIES OKAY.
THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT AS WELL.
SO I THINK THOSE ARE JUST, THOSE ARE THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE WOULD HAVE AS A GROUP TO SAY, OKAY, HOW, HOW DOES THIS NEED TO LOOK OKAY.
UH, TO KIND OF MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S COMFORTABLE WITH IT.
BECAUSE I THINK WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT DATA, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE WORRIED.
AND I THINK, UH, TO YOUR, TO YOUR POINT, YOU KNOW, UM, THESE THINGS ARE USED AT LIKE, THEY'VE DRIVEN THROUGH HEB PARKING LOTS JUST TO SEE WHO, WHO'S SHOPPING THERE TO KNOW MM-HMM.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY AS FAR AS WHAT'S IN THE PUBLIC, I MEAN YOUR, YOUR LICENSE PLATE'S OUT THERE NOW IN THE PUBLIC.
BUT I THINK PEOPLE JUST GET WORRIED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LIKE TRACKING THEM AND MONITORING THEIR EVERYDAY USE IF THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO GO TO A FUNCTION THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE TRACKED.
SO, UM, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO KNOW HOW TO DO THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE, BUT I, I DON'T, I DUNNO HOW YOU EVEN DO THAT ON THIS PARTICULAR SYSTEM, BUT I THINK THOSE ARE SOME OF THE CONCERNS.
I THINK WE DECIDED THAT ANYBODY WITH TIKTOK ON THEIR PHONE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THIS, RIGHT? OH GOSH, TIKTOK YES.
NO, MY MINE'S JUST IS IS THE MAIN REASON FOR, FOR KIND OF GETTING US INFORMATION AND GETTING US COMFORTABLE WITH THIS.
IS IT MORE OF THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS LIKE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT? OR IS THERE, OR IS ANY OF THAT ABOUT REOCCURRING COSTS AND LIKE OPERATING COSTS AFTERWARDS? NOT PARTICULARLY.
I THINK IT'S MORE JUST, YOU KNOW, E EVERY DEPARTMENT THAT'S GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS, YOU KNOW, SAT WITH THEIR GOVERNING BODY AND TALKED ABOUT IT.
I MEAN, AUSTIN CEDAR PARK JUST, UH, PROVED THEIRS IN DECEMBER, SO THEY'RE IN THE PURCHASING PHASE.
AND I THINK IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE TOUCHY SUBJECTS, YOU KNOW, I'M ABOUT JUSTICE AND FINDING THE, THE RIGHT AND CRIME AND CATCHING PEOPLE AND, AND TO, TO, UH, COUNCILMAN'S POINT, IT'S LIKE ANOTHER TOOL JUST LIKE DRONES.
I THINK SOMETIMES TECHNOLOGY CAN BE INTIMIDATING AND WE GET WORRIED ABOUT MORE ABOUT THE MISUSE.
I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE THE THINGS CAN BE MISUSED.
BUT I THINK IT'S MORE JUST THE, THE, THE COMFORT LEVEL FOR YOU GUYS TO UNDERSTAND.
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE IT, THEY'RE GONNA CALL US AND THEN WE'RE GONNA SAY, WELL IT'S IN PLACE AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND THEY'RE GONNA KNOW THEY, THEY MAY COME TO YOU NEXT.
AND CUZ EVEN EVEN SOME OF THE DOC, THE UH, LITERATURE I READ, IT'S LIKE IF PEOPLE ARE AGAINST IT, THEY WANT 'EM TO GO TO THEIR COUNCIL MEETINGS AND VOICE THEIR OPINION, WHICH THEY SHOULD IF THAT'S HOW THEY FEEL.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE FIRST STOP IS THEY'LL COME TO THE, THE POLITICAL GROUP AND DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, CUZ Y'ALL ARE THE, Y'ALL ARE THE, THE LEADERS OF THE CITY AND MAKE THOSE DECISIONS ON WHETHER OR NOT SOME OF THOSE THINGS GO FORWARD.
PLAY SIX PERKS ARE GOING LAST.
IS THAT ALL MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED?
SO THESE ARE ENTIRELY REACTIVE, RIGHT? YOU MENTIONED AMBER ALERTS.
WE COULDN'T PROACTIVELY SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN AMBER ALERT IN A CITY NEARBY.
SO WHEN YOU KNOW THE LICENSE PLATE NUMBER THAT'S BEING SEARCHED FOR COMES INTO TOWN, IT ALERTS PD.
SO IF THERE'S A, UH, AN AMBER ALERT SILVER ALERT THAT HAPPENED IN ANOTHER COMMUNITY, NOT EVEN NEAR US AND, AND THE, UH, THEY GO THROUGH ONE OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS, IF THEY CAME THROUGH THAT VEHICLE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, IT WOULD NOTIFY US IMMEDIATELY AND OH, AND LET THE OFFICERS SO IT
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CAN'T BE CROSSED.HEY THIS IS, THIS IS THIS JUST WENT THROUGH THIS INTERSECTION LIKE SECONDS AGO.
I IMAGINE SOMEBODY HAVING TO SIT THERE AND LIKE SEARCH EVERY COUPLE HOURS.
NOW THAT'S THE SEARCHING WOULD JUST COME IF THERE'S A CRIME, IF WE HAD SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED IN THE EVENING, THE MORNING SHIFT COMES ON, IT'S SOMETHING THEY COULD GO SEARCH THROUGH TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY, ANY VEHICLES LIKE THAT THAT MATCHED THOSE DESCRIPTIONS.
COUNSEL, ANYTHING ELSE? I THINK WE NEED A MOTION ON THIS ONE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, SUBMITTAL OF THE GRANT FOR FUNDING AND I'LL SECOND THAT SECOND MOTION A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
I APPRECIATE, THANK YOU UNANIM.
[33. Discuss and consider action on an agreement to terminate an Interlocal Agreement by and between the Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority and City of Leander regarding water treatment plant superintendent and operator services.]
ITEM 33, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON AN AGREEMENT TO TERMINATE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE BRUSHY CREEK REGIONAL UTILITY AUTHORITY IN CITY OF LEANDER REGARDING WATER TREATMENT PLANT SUPERINTENDENT AND OPERATOR SERVICES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE, GRIMS BBO.UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNSEL.
UH, DAN GREENSVILLE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE LEE LAND.
UH, YES, THIS IS A TERMINATION AGREEMENT, UM, THAT'S BEEN ALREADY APPROVED BY THE B C A R BOARD AND UM, THE COUNCIL WAS UH, UH, ESSENTIALLY, UM, ALLOW AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT TO FINALIZE THE RESOLUTION TO, UH, EXECUTE THE TERMINATION AGREEMENT.
WHAT THIS IS GONNA DO IS ALLOW BETTER COMMAND AND CONTROL OF THE STAFF.
SO IT'S GONNA MOVE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE OPERATORS AND ADDITIONAL THREE MORE STAFF THAT WE'RE GONNA BE HIRING, WHICH IS TWO MECHANICS AND A IT PERSON TO FOLLOW UNDER THE GENERAL MANAGER WHO FALLS UNDER RON ROCK.
SO THEN THEY'LL BE ALL TOGETHER.
SO THERE WON'T BE ANY CONFUSION ON, ON, AGAIN THAT, THAT COMMAND AND CONTROL, WHICH IS IMPORTANT.
AND SO, UH, AS THE PLAN EXPANDS, THE OC COMMITTEE THOUGHT THIS WAS, UH, A GOOD WAY TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH THE STAFF, ESPECIALLY CUZ IT'S EXPANDING.
SO WITH THAT, STANDING BY FOR ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL, MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION TO SECOND ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
ITEM 34, 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, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING FOR FUTURE MEETING? BEAUTIFUL
[35. Council Member Closing Statements.]
ITEM 35, COUNCIL MEMBER CLOSING COMMENTS.AND GOODNIGHT PLACE THREE, TELECOMMUNICATIONS,
AND, UM, ENJOYED THE DAY OFF TOMORROW'S STAFF AND EVERYBODY TRAVELS SAFELY.
GOT A HAPPY EASTER AND A HAPPY PASSOVER.
SO I'LL DO A HAPPY RESURRECTION DAY.
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AND I OF COURSE HAVE MANY TONIGHT.
SO FIRST OF ALL, IN AN ATTEMPT TO ALWAYS KEEP OUR TAX DOLLARS, LOCAL COUNCIL ALWAYS PICKS UP DINNER AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT HERE IN LEANDER.
TONIGHT WE HAD DINNER FROM GOLDEN CHICK.
UM, WHEN YOU ARE OUT AND ABOUT THIS WEEKEND, PLEASE MAKE ALL OF YOUR SHOPPING DECISIONS IN LEANDER WHENEVER YOU CAN.
I KNOW I HAVE A PERSONAL RESOLUTION IN MY HOUSE.
IF I CAN'T BUY IT IN LEANDER, I AM DOING EVERYTHING I CAN TO BUY IT ON THE INTERNET AND GET SOME INTERNET SALES TAX.
UM, SO REMEMBER THAT, UM, I WANTED TO GIVE A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CITY MANAGER PUBLIC WORKS AND ALL OF OUR STAFF BRUSH CLEANUP IS DONE.
IT CAME IN ON TIME UNDER BUDGET.
I KNOW THAT WAS A HUGE UNDERTAKING.
UM, AND THEN ALSO THANK YOU TO STAFF EVERYBODY WHO WORKED APRIL 1ST FOR OUR RESIDENTIAL SPRING CLEANUP, SPONSORED BY ALCOHOL AND DISPOSAL AND THE, UH, APRIL 2ND, UH, BENBROOK EXTRAVAGANZA.
SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY ON THOSE.
IF YOU MISSED IT EARLIER TODAY, THE LEANDER ACTIVITY CENTER IS HAVING A BIRTHDAY PARTY ON MONDAY THE 10TH.
ALSO ON MONDAY, KIDS HAVE THE DAY OFF OF SCHOOL SO YOU CAN MAKE IT TO THE BIRTHDAY PARTY.
AND ALSO AT 10 O'CLOCK WE SAW THE GIRL SCOUTS IN HERE AT I THINK OUR LAST MEETING OR THE MEETING BEFORE, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT WILDFLOWER PLANTING.
THAT IS GOING TO BE MONDAY, THIS COMING MONDAY THE 10TH AT 10:00 AM AT BLEDSO PARK.
THE PUBLIC IS ALL INVITED AND ATTENDEES WILL GET A FREE LITTLE PACKAGE OF WILDFLOWER SEATS.
UM, BILL TEETER, OUR WATER CONSERVATIONIST HAS UPCOMING GREEN THUMB TALKS AT THE LEANDER ACTIVITY CENTER.
I THINK IT'S WEDNESDAY, IT'S APRIL 12TH AT NOON.
AND IT'S LAWNS IT'S COMPLICATED.
UM, AND IT IS IF YOU'RE BATTLING WEEDS LIKE WE ARE AT MY HOUSE, IT'S VERY COMPLICATED.
YOU HEARD EARLIER TONIGHT FROM THE FABULOUS MS. BERNARDI ABOUT ALL OF THE CLASSES THAT THEY DO AT THE ACTIVITY CENTER.
THEY ALSO DO A BUNCH OF TRIPS.
UH, AND SO UPCOMING TRIPS INCLUDE GOING TO THE ROUND ROCK EXPRESS, HAPPY HOUR AT THE CROSSOVER, UM, THE AUSTIN FARM
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SANCTUARY AND BERRY SPRINGS PARK AND PRESERVE.SO A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY.
AND WITH THAT, I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS A WONDERFUL LONG HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
SO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[36. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to: 1. 551.087, Texas Government Code Deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property and deliberate proposed economic development incentives for one or more business prospects that the governmental body seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of the governmental body is conducting economic development negotiations related to the following project(s): Project Orange Build and 2. Section 551.071, Texas Government Code, Section 1.05, Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, and Section 551.072, Texas Government Code, to deliberate with legal counsel regarding the Lease Agreement between City of Leander and Ride or Die, LLC; and 3. Section 551.072, Texas Government Code, to deliberate the acquisition of properties located in Elijah D. Harmon Survey Abstract 6 for the purpose of a utility easement and temporary construction easement for the Reclaim Water Project (CIP WW.46); and 4. Section 551.072, Texas Government Code, to deliberate the 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. Project Orange Build;and 2. Lease Agreement between City of Leander and Ride or Die, LLC; and 3. Acquisition of properties for utility easement and temporary construction easement for the Reclaim Water Project (CIP WW.46); and 4. Public facilities.]
CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO NUMBER 1 5 5 1 0.087 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY AND 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 IS CONDUCTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS.PROJECT ORANGE BUILD, UM, NUMBER TWO, SECTION 5 51 0.071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 1.05, TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND SECTION 5 51 0.072 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DELIBERATE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING THE LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LEANDER AND RYDER DIE LLC.
AND NUMBER THREE, SECTION 5 51 0.072 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DELIBERATE THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES LOCATED IN ELIJAH DE HARMON.
SURVEY ABSTRACT SIX FOR THE PURPOSE OF A UTILITY EASEMENT AND TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT FOR THE RECLAIMED WATER PROJECT, C I P WW 0.46 AND NUMBER FOUR, SECTION 5 51 0.072 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DELIBERATE THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES.
WE ARE FEEDING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT NINE 19.
ALL RIGHT, WE ARE GONNA RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AT 10 30 EXACTLY TO TAKE ACTION AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY IN THE CITY COUNCIL'S DISCRETION REGARDING NUMBER ONE PROJECT ORANGE BUILD MAYOR PRO TE, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO ACTION NUMBER TWO, LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF LEANDER AND RYDER DIE LLC.
MAYOR PROTEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO.
ACTION NUMBER THREE, ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES FOR UTILITY EASEMENT AND TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT FOR THE RECLAIMED WATER PROJECT C I P WW 0.46.
MAYOR PERIM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS FOR PARTIAL TWO AND PARTIAL THREE LOCATED IN ELIJAH D HARMON? SURVEY ABSTRACT SIX FOR THE PURPOSE OF A UTILITY EASEMENT AND TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT FOR THE RECLAIMED WATER PROJECT C I P WW 46 AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
AND NUMBER FOUR, PUBLIC FACILITIES MAYOR PER TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO ACTION.
ITEM 37, COUNSEL IS ADJOURNED AT 10:30 PM GOODNIGHT EVERYONE.