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YEARS.[1. Open Meeting.]
GOOD EVENING.TODAY IS THURSDAY, MAY 4TH, 2023, AND THE TIME IS 6:00 PM AND THIS IS A BRIEFING WORKSHOP OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL.
UM, CITY COUNCIL DOES HAVE A QUORA, SO
[2. Roll Call.]
VICE CHAIR HUDDLE ST.JAMES, CAN YOU PLEASE CONFIRM THAT YOUR COMMITTEE HAS WORKED YOU ORGANIZ? YES.
UH, YES, I CAN CONFIRM THAT WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
[3. Joint workshop with Parks and Recreation Advisory Board to discuss the San Gabriel Athletic Complex Master Plan.]
TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SAN GABRIEL ATHLETIC COMPLEX MASTER PLAN.PHIL HAMMOND FROM BUCK HILL, HE'S GOT SEVERAL OTHER STAFF.
I'LL LET HIM INTRODUCE THOSE TO YOU AND THEN WE'LL BEGIN.
SO I'M JUST GONNA TURN THIS ON REAL QUICK.
I'M PHILLIP HAMMOND WITH PARK HILL.
I'M A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT WORKING ON THIS PROJECT.
I'M HERE WITH MY COWORKERS, TREY SWAN.
HE'S OUR DESIGN INTERN AND MY, SHE'S OUR LANDSCAPE DESIGNER AND DREW HARDEN OUR VICE PRESIDENT.
SO WE'LL BE PRESENTING TONIGHT ON THE ST.
GABRIEL RIVER PARK, UM, LATER MUNICIPAL ATHLETIC COMPLEX.
SO THIS IS A PRETTY HOT BUTTON TOPIC RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE WORKING ON IT.
WE'VE ALREADY SO FAR, UM, COME TO Y'ALL AS WELL AS THE CITY STAFF, PARKS, PARKS BOARD TWICE, AND AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC INPUT WORKSHOP TONIGHT, OUR GOAL IS TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR REPORT ON WHERE WE AT ARE ON THE DESIGN, AND THEN SINGLE IT DOWN TO A SINGLE CONCEPT AND TALK ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES AND PRIORITIES THAT COME WITH THAT SINGLE CONCEPT.
UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE'LL PRESENT TO YOU WHERE WE'VE COME SO FAR, UM, DESCRIBING THE BASIS FOR OUR DESIGN BASED OFF OF PUBLIC INPUT.
THEN WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE MASTER PLAN CONCEPTS AND DISCUSS THE PUBLIC'S RESPONSE AS WELL AS THE PARKS BOARD'S RESPONSE TO THOSE CONCEPTS.
AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE'LL DISCUSS THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION AND THE PRIORITIES THAT COME WITH THAT AS WELL.
WE WOULD LIKE Y'ALL'S FEEDBACK, AND THIS IS PURELY TO GET Y'ALL'S FIRST TASTE ON HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE PARK AND THE DESIGN.
AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS AND DISCUSS WITH Y'ALL THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE MADE.
SO, STARTING OFF, I'LL LET ANN MY DESCRIBE OUR SURVEY AND THE RESULTS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM IT.
UM, SO IN BACK IN FEBRUARY, WE PUT OUT A PUBLIC SURVEY TO GET CITIZENS TO GIVE US THEIR FEEDBACK ABOUT, UH, WHAT THEY WANT US TO PR PRIORITIZE IN THIS PARK.
SO WE HAD THEM RANK PRIORITIES.
THIS IS PRIORITIES AFTER SPORTS BECAUSE, UH, WE ALL KNOW THAT THE SPORTS WILL BE THE TOP PRIORITY IN THIS PARK, BUT WE WANTED TO ALSO GET PEOPLE'S FEEDBACK ABOUT WHAT ELSE THEY WANT TO FOCUS ON BESIDES THE SPORTS.
SO, UM, AFTER SPORTS, PEOPLE WERE REALLY INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW, FACILITIES LIKE RESTROOMS, TRAILS, ACCESS TO NATURE, AND COMMUNITY PLAYGROUNDS.
UM, WE ALSO DID SOME FREE RESPONSE QUESTIONS, AND THEY AFFIRMED THE RA, UH, RANKING EXERCISE THAT WE DID WITH OUR, UH, SURVEYS.
SO, UM, PRETTY MUCH SIMILAR, UH, REQUESTS FOR SPORTS FIELDS AND TRAILS, UM, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.
AND, UM, THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF INTEREST IN DISC GOLF AND PICKLEBALL AS WELL.
UH, WE ALSO, UH, WANT TO INCLUDE CONSIDERATIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED ACCOMMODATIONS, UH, VIA THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.
SO, UM, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF RESPONDENTS WHO, UH, EXPRESSED A NEED FOR THESE TYPES OF ACCOMMODATIONS.
SO WE WILL BE, UM, PRIORITIZING NON-VERBAL ASSISTANCE, UM, ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT THE PARK, AND ALSO ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THOSE WITH AUTISM AND RAMPS.
UM, WE THINK THAT AS DESIGNERS, UH, UNIVERSAL DESIGN IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US, AND WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY AND WAYFINDING.
AND, UM, WE ALSO, UH, LOOKED INTO THE AGE RANGE OF RESPONDENTS AND, UM, WE HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF AGES FOR THE POTENTIAL USERS.
UH, MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED WERE, UH, RE LEANDER, RE RESIDENTS, BUT WE DO HAVE, UM, A FEW, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WERE RESPONDING OUTSIDE OF LEANDER CITY LIMITS.
SO THIS JUST INDICATES THAT THE PARK HAS POTENTIAL USERS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, IN LEANDER AND ALSO OUTSIDE OF IT.
UM, WE ALSO DETERMINED THAT, UH, MOST OF THE RESPONDENTS ARE GOING TO BE COMING HERE WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
AND, UM, WE ALSO LOOKED AT WHICH PARKS PEOPLE VISITED THE MOST IN THE AREA.
SO LAKEWOOD PARK, BRUSHY CREEK SPORTS PARK, AND, UH, ROBIN BLEDSO PARK WERE THE TOP THREE, UM, OH, SORRY,
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UH, TOP THREE PARKS THAT OUR SURVEY RESPONDENTS, UM, VISITED THROUGHOUT THE MONTH.SO WE HOPE THAT THIS PARK CAN HELP FILL IN THE PROGRAMMING GAPS THAT THOSE PARKS DON'T MEET.
UM, YEAH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS PARK CAN FILL IN THOSE PROGRAM PROGRAMMING GAPS, UM, AND THERE'S DEFINITELY A NEED FOR THIS PARK AS EVIDENCED BY THE OVERWHELMING RE RESPONSE.
WE GOT OVER 2000, UH, 34 RESPONSES.
AND LASTLY, WE ALSO ASKED PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN ORGANIZED SPORTS.
UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE INTERESTED IN OBVIOUSLY, UH, SOFTBALL, THE FIELD SPORTS, AND, UM, QUITE A BIG NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN SWIMMING AS WELL.
AND WE WANNA NOTE THAT THE C'S FOCUS IS ON SOFTBALL AND FOOT SPORTS FOR THIS PROJECT.
UM, BUT OTHER NEEDS SUCH AS SWIMMING WILL BE MET BY OTHER FUTURE PROJECTS, UM, ONGOING IN LEANDER.
SO, UH, WE WILL INCLUDE MULTIPURPOSE COURTS AND ALSO FOCUS ON, UH, MULTIPURPOSE SPORTS FIELDS AS WELL.
SO THAT WILL ADDRESS THE RISING INTEREST IN PICKLEBALL AND TENNIS, AS WELL AS SOCCER AND CRICKET EXAM.
AND I'M GONNA GET Y'ALL'S HELP REAL QUICK TO PASS THESE OUT.
SO I REALIZE THAT SOME OF Y'ALL DON'T HAVE THE ELECTRONIC VERSION, SO WE'LL HAND OUT THESE PAPER VERSIONS AS WELL.
SO JUST TO TOUCH BASE REAL QUICK AND WAS ABLE TO HELP SET THIS UP, IT WAS A TWO WEEK SURVEY, UM, IN WHICH WE RECEIVED 2034 RESULTS, UM, THAT IS A RECORD FOR OUR PERSONAL ENGAGEMENT AND ALSO A REALLY GREAT JOB, TY MEGAN OVER THERE.
UH, HE WAS ABLE TO HELP DISTRIBUTE THAT.
SO IN THESE HANDOUTS THAT Y'ALL ARE RECEIVING, UM, YOU HAVE THE WHOLE PRESENTATION, AND THIS WILL HELP YOU LOOK AT THE CONCEPTS A LITTLE BIT BETTER AS WELL.
SO I THINK IT'S ON THE, POTENTIALLY ON THE THIRD PAGE.
SO THESE ARE THE TWO CONCEPTS WITH A LITTLE BIT REVISION.
AFTER TALKING TO THE CITY STAFF, UM, WE ACTUALLY PRESENTED EARLIER CONCEPTS TO BOTH THE PUBLIC AT THE PUBLIC INPUT WORKSHOP AND THE PARKS BOARD.
UM, WE'VE ACTUALLY REVISED THE ENTRY AFTER SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT SAFETY AND ACCESS.
UM, THIS IS RELATED TO CT RMA RUNNING 180 3 A ON THE SIDE, THE WEST SIDE OF THIS PROJECT.
WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT OUR MAIN ENTRY ALLOWED A D CELL LANE AND AS WELL AS EMERGENCY ACCESS.
UM, CURRENTLY THIS PARK RUNS, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF A RISK OF ONLY HAVING ONE ACCESS POINT.
WE'RE IN THE WORKS OF COMMUNICATING WITH, UH, ADJACENT DEVELOPER ON THE NORTH SIDE TO TALK ABOUT DOING A POTENTIAL ACCESS TO THEIR PROPERTY AS WELL, TO ENGAGE IN TWO POINTS OF ACCESS, AS WELL AS IN ENABLING EMERGENCY ACCESS SHOULD ANYTHING HAPPEN ON SITE.
UM, ANOTHER ITEM THAT WE CHANGED REAL SMALL, YOU MIGHT NOT EVEN NOTICE IT, UM, BUT WE SWITCHED OUT THE PICKLEBALL COURTS, WHICH IS, IF YOU NOTICE ON THE SURVEY, A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF RESPONDENTS SAID THAT THEY WERE INVOLVED IN PICKLEBALL.
WELL, AS A GREATER PERCENTAGE SAID THEY'RE INVOLVED IN TENNIS.
UM, THE GREAT NEWS IS THAT THEY'RE BOTH RACKET SPORTS AND CAN USE THE SAME KIND OF SLAB.
UM, SO THIS IS A MULTI-PURPOSE DESIGN, WHICH ENABLES THREE PICKLEBALL AND THREE TENNIS COURTS.
SO, TAKING A LOOK AT THIS, UM, CONCEPT, CONCEPT A FOCUSES PRETTY SIMILARLY TO CONCEPT B ON THE WEST SIDE, ALLOWING A NATURE CENTER IN THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT, A PASSIVE LAWN SPACE IN SPORT COURTS IN THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT, AND THEN OF COURSE, CONNECTION TO THE SOUTH FORKS AND GABRIEL TRAIL, UM, THROUGH CT RMAS, THE SMALL, UH, KIND OF SPAGHETTI NOODLE RIGHT HERE THAT RUNS WEST AND UNDERNEATH THE HIGHWAY, THAT WILL BE CONNECTED AS WELL IN THIS CONCEPT.
UM, ONE ITEM THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO ADDRESS WAS THE WAYFINDING TO NATURAL AND HISTORICAL, UM, MARKERS IN THE REGION.
SO THE DINOSAUR TRACKS, AS Y'ALL MAY KNOW, IS ABOUT ONE MILE WEST OF THIS SITE, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS LOCATED IN THE DESIGN ON THE TRAIL.
THIS MASTER PLAN DIFFERS FROM CONCEPT B IN THAT IT PROPOSES THE SIX SOFTBALL FIELDS IN THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT, AS WELL AS A PASSIVE GREEN SPACE IN THE NORTH QUADRANT AS WELL.
UM, AND PUTS A MULTIPURPOSE POD, WHICH IS FIVE ACRES, INCLUDING TWO SOCCER FIELDS AND ONE CRICKET FIELD.
THIS WOULD ENABLE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT FOOT SPORTS TO PLAY IN THIS AREA, AND OF COURSE, ENABLE A TOURNAMENT FOR DIFFERENT LEAGUES OF SOCCER.
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THE ONE KEY TAKEAWAY FROM THIS IS THAT IT'S A SMALLER, LESS PROGRAMMED, UM, DESIGN THAN CONCEPT B AND ENABLING MORE IN BETWEEN SPACE OR SOFT SPACES, AS WE CALL THEM.LOOKING AT CONCEPT B, THIS IS THE MAXIMIZATION CONCEPT.
UM, IT TAKES THE MOST ADVANTAGE OF OUR 76 ACRES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LANDER AND THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SAN GABRIEL RIVER.
UM, THE GOAL OF THIS CONCEPT WAS TO EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY MEET THE NEEDS OF THE C I P BY PROVIDING THE MOST FOOT SPORTS POSSIBLE, AS WELL AS CLEVERLY PLACING THE SIX SOFTBALL FIELDS IN A WAY THAT WOULD ALLOW MODULARITY AND, UM, SENSITIVITY TO THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE SITE.
SO MOST OF THE SITE IS SLOPED TOWARD THE RIVER, AND THAT MEANS A HUGE IMPACT IF YOU'RE PUTTING IN A LARGE FIVE ACRE SPORTS FIELD, UM, TO THE TOPOGRAPHY.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WERE WORKING WITH THE TOPOGRAPHY IN THIS ONE.
UM, THESE FIVE ACRE FIELDS ARE UP ON A HIGHER AREA AND ALLOW FOR GREATER FLAT SPACE TO PUT IT SIMPLY, WHEREAS THE DIAMONDS WILL HAVE TO SLOPE AWAY FROM THEIR PITCH.
UM, MEANING THAT YOU NEED TO WORK WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A TOPOGRAPHY TO ENABLE THAT TO WORK.
UM, SO THIS CONCEPT PERSONALLY AS A DESIGNER IS THE BETTER CONCEPT BECAUSE YOU'RE MAXIMIZING THE SITE AS WELL AS WORKING WITH THE NATURAL SITE AS WELL.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, ONE THING TO NOTE IS THAT THIS CONCEPT ALSO INCLUDES OVER A HUNDRED MORE SPACES FOR PARKING.
THIS IS GREAT FOR ACCESSIBILITY, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
UM, WE'VE HEARD A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK ABOUT LAKEWOOD PARK BEING A WONDERFUL PARK, A GREAT PARK FOR EVENTS.
IF YOU COULD DO IT OVER AGAIN, THE MAIN THING THAT WOULD CHANGE IS ACCESSIBILITY, UM, MAKING SURE THERE'S MORE PARKING, MAKING SURE THERE'S MULTIPLE WAYS IN AND OUT.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING THAT AS WELL ON THIS SITE.
UM, SO MORE PARKING, AND AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT THE ACCESS POINTS.
UM, ONE OTHER THING TO NOTE IS THAT WE DID WANNA MAXIMIZE THIS CONCEPT.
MAKE, YOU KNOW, CONCEPT A IS THE BREAD AND BUTTER.
CONCEPT B IS THE WHOLE SANDWICH.
UM, SO YOU GOT THE COMMUNITY PLAYGROUND AS WELL.
THIS WOULD SERVE THE REGION, UM, NORTH LEAN AS WELL AS OUTSIDE OF LANDER IF NECESSARY.
BUT A COMMUNITY PLAYGROUND IS A GREAT FEATURE TO HAVE.
AND WHILE YOU'RE DEVELOPING THE NORTH SIDE, MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE BUILDING AHEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLDS THAT WOULD START TO COME AND USE THIS PARK.
SO THESE ARE THE, THE REFINED VERSIONS OF THE CONCEPTS THAT WE PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC, UM, AT THE PUBLIC INPUT WORKSHOP ON MARCH 30TH, AND THEN AS WELL AS THE PARKS BOARD ON, UM, APRIL 11TH.
SO AT THE PUBLIC INPUT WORKSHOP, WE HAD CLOSE TO 70 ATTENDANCE, UM, JUST A ROUND NUMBER.
AND THEN WE HAD 43 WRITTEN RESPONSES.
SO THIS WAS ESSENTIALLY TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT TO THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME AND VOICE THEIR, UM, INPUT PRIORITIES AND CONCERNS AS WELL AS GIVE AN ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE RESPONDENTS THAT WE GAVE OR WE RECEIVED IN THE SURVEY ELECTRONICALLY.
UM, THIS IS ALSO A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT CONCEPT A AND CONCEPT B, WHICH THEY HADN'T SEEN SO FAR IN THESE RESPONSES.
UM, MOST THE MA MAJORITY, UM, REALLY LIKED CONCEPT B, WHEREAS A FEW PEOPLE LESS LIKED CONCEPT A.
YOU CAN SEE IT'S PRETTY CLOSELY DIVIDED.
SOME OF THEIR REQUESTS WERE TO ADD MORE PICKLEBALL, UM, A POOL, WHICH AGAIN, WE WILL REITERATE IS NOT AN OPTION ON THIS SITE CURRENTLY.
UM, PARKING, WHICH WE MENTIONED IS A HIGH PRIORITY WITH MOBILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY PLAYGROUNDS.
SO GOING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY PLAYGROUND ON CONCEPT B, HIGH PRIORITY TENNIS COURTS, UM, DISC GOLF NATURAL TRAILS, WHICH WAS SOMETHING WE AS DESIGNERS REALLY WANTED TO INTEGRATE AS WELL.
A LOT OF NATURAL FEATURES PROVIDING ACCESS TO THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN THE MASTER PLANTS.
UM, AND THEN THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THE PARK WOULD BE USED AND THE INTERACTION WITH THE WATER AND THE ST.
GABRIEL RIVER AND ADJACENCY TO NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, WE'VE PLACED MOST OF THE PROGRAMMING IN A WAY THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO IN CONSTRUCTION DESIGN WORK AROUND THESE ISSUES.
UM, MAINLY NOISE POLLUTION, SAFETY, ACCESS TO OTHER PEOPLE'S PROPERTIES IN ALL PARKS THAT WE DO.
WE THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS AND, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COVERED AND THAT THERE'S A LOT OF BUFFER AND SAFETY INVOLVED.
UM, AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THERE WERE PRIORITIES PLACED AROUND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A HISTORICAL SITE AND PEOPLE HAVE USED IT WELL BEFORE IT WAS A PARK.
UM, SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE RESPECT THAT IN CONTAINING THE USE IN A WAY THAT IS FAVORABLE.
SO ULTIMATELY, UM, IN OUR PARKS BOARD MEETING ON APRIL 11TH, WE DISCUSSED THESE, UM, FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC INPUT WORKSHOP AND THE SURVEY AND CONCEPT B WAS MOTION TO BE THE MOST FAVORABLE AND ACCEPTED,
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UM, BY THE PARKS BOARD.SO WE PROCEEDED WITH PLANNING OUT AROUND CONCEPT B, UM, ADDRESSING THE PRIORITIES AND THE COST TO CONSTRUCT.
SO OVER THE LAST MONTH, WE'VE BEEN PRICING OUT THE INDIVIDUAL COST TO CONSTRUCT THIS PARK AND ANALYZING THE FE FEASIBILITY OF IT SINCE IT IS THE MORE MASTER PLANNED PROGRAMMED PARK.
SO TAKING A LOOK AT Y'ALL'S BUDGET FOR THIS PROJECT BASE, ONE WAS TO INCLUDE ROUGHLY 10 MILLION TO MEET THAT.
UM, FIRST YOU WOULD NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU INSTALL THE BASELINE UTILITIES ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS TO THE SITE AND BASELINE PREP WORK TO PREPARE THE FIELDS.
UM, THIS WOULD INVOLVE ESSENTIALLY CLEARING AND GRUBBING, REMOVING, YOU KNOW, DANGEROUS PLANTS, UM, TREES THAT WOULD BE IN THE WAY OF FUTURE CONSTRUCTION AND GRADING OUT THE SITE TO BE FEASIBLE FOR SPORTS FIELDS.
UM, SO LOOKING AT THIS, IT WOULD COST ROUGHLY AROUND 8.348 MILLION OR, YEAH, SO THIS IS JUST TO GET ACCESS TO THE SITE, PROVIDE PARKING INFRASTRUCTURE AND UTILITIES TO ADD ON THE AMENITIES, WHICH WERE PRIORITY IN THE CIP P.
UM, WE PRICED IT IN A WAY THAT WAS FAVORABLE TO THE 10 MILLION BUDGET.
UM, BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO BE REALISTIC IN Y'ALL'S PRIORITIES AND GET SOME FEEDBACK.
IN THIS CURRENT PROPOSAL, WE'RE PRICING FOR ONLY FOUR SOFTBALL FIELDS, BUT THESE ARE FULL SYNTHETIC FIELDS, UM, WHICH TEND TO GO UP IN COST.
WE'VE EVALUATED OTHER OPTIONS, WHICH I'LL LIST OUT FOR Y'ALL AS WELL, BASED ON THAT.
UM, SOME BARE BONES PARK ENTRY SIGNAGE, PARK FURNITURE, LANDSCAPING, WHICH AS DESIGNERS WE PRIORITIZE, UM, BUT ALSO IS ONLY THE BARE BONES IN THIS SITUATION.
SO, UM, WE WANNA MAKE IT BEAUTIFUL, BUT SOMETIMES THAT'S NOT ALWAYS AN OPTION, BUT WE DO WANNA MAKE IT ECOLOGICALLY SAFE, MAKING SURE THERE'S NOT EROSION OR FLOODING, UM, BECAUSE IT'S JUST DIRT AFTER CONSTRUCTION.
SO THIS IS THE BARE MINIMUM OF THAT LANDSCAPING.
THEN TO BE SAFE IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, THERE'S ALWAYS CONTINGENCY FOR UNKNOWNS.
UM, THIS IS A RAW SITE RAW TO SAY THAT IT HASN'T BEEN DEVELOPED ON IN A WHILE.
AND SO THERE'S ALWAYS OPPORTUNITIES FOR RUNNING INTO TOUGH SOILS, TOUGH TOPOGRAPHY, DRAINAGE, UM, ARCHEOLOGICAL FINES, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY COVERED IN OUR, UM, DUE DILIGENCE.
WE'VE SENT OUT AN ARCHEOLOGICAL TEAM TO LOOK FOR ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE OF CONCERN.
BUT EVEN STILL, WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE DIGGING FOR PROJECTS, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COVERING THOSE EXTRA COSTS.
UM, AND THEN THE SUBTOTAL FOR THIS WOULD BE AROUND 16.9 MILLION TO FULLY DEVELOP A PHASE ONE FOR THE SITE, WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU IN JUST A MINUTE.
UM, LIKE I MENTIONED, THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO LOWER THE COST OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL ITEMS, BUT THERE'S ALSO CONSIDERATIONS THAT COME WITH THAT.
THE FOUR SOFTBALL FIELDS THAT WE SHOW THE PRICE FOR HERE ARE FULL SYNTHETIC, KIND OF THE, THE ROLLS ROYCE OF THE SOFTBALL FIELD.
THEY HAVE, UH, SHADE STRUCTURE WITH STEPS AND BENCHES THAT YOU CAN SIT AND WATCH THE GAMES, THEY'RE FULL SYNTHETIC, THEY'RE GRADED OUT.
UM, THEY HAVE MU MUSCO LIGHTING, WHICH IS A HIGH QUALITY L E D SPORTS LIGHT.
UM, BUT TO REMOVE SOME OF THOSE THINGS, YOU CAN LOWER COST.
SO TO REMOVE STRUCTURED SEATING, YOU COULD BRING THIS TOTAL PRICE DOWN BY 1.5 MILLION.
UM, ALSO TO REMOVE, UM, MUSCOW LIGHTING AND MAKE IT A DAY USE ONLY PART FOR MEETING BUDGET, UM, YOU COULD LOWER IT BY ANOTHER ABOUT 1.5 MILLION AS WELL.
SO SHAVING OFF A FEW MILLION DOLLARS COULD HELP MEET THE BUDGET.
AND THESE ARE JUST PRELIMINARY COSTS.
THIS IS CALLED AN OPINION OF PROBABLE COSTS.
UM, WE'RE JUST PRICING IT OUT AT THE UPPER LEVEL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING INTO SOMETHING THAT WE COULDN'T MANAGE IN THE FUTURE.
UM, SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, AND WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED CONSIDERATIONS FOR FUTURE ESCALATION.
UM, SO TONIGHT WE WANTED TO TALK WITH Y'ALL ABOUT PRIORITIES AND WHAT Y'ALL KIND OF INITIALLY FEEL ABOUT THIS PRICING AND ABOUT THE PHASE ONE DIAGRAM.
SO AS I MENTIONED IN PHASE ONE, THE PRIORITY GOALS WOULD BE TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE SITE THROUGH THE PARK ROAD, PROVIDE THE MINIMUM PARKING TO USE THE SITE, WHICH WOULD BE ROUGHLY AROUND 335 PARKING SPOTS TO ABOUT 400 PARKING SPOTS, DEPENDING ON HOW HEAVILY USED THE SOFTBALL FIELDS WOULD BE.
THEN IN THIS CONCEPT, WE'VE SHOWN FOUR SOFTBALL FIELDS.
EACH ONE IS A LITTLE OVER 1.5 MILLION.
UM, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS THE HIGHEST QUALITY THAT WE'VE PRICED OUT FOR.
UM, WE CAN LOWER THAT BY REMOVING CERTAIN FEATURES.
SO THIS IS OVER THE 10 MILLION BUDGET, BUT IT IS WHAT PHASE ONE WOULD IDEALLY LOOK LIKE
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IN THIS SITUATION.UM, THE GOAL WOULD OF COURSE BE TO BUILD OUT THE SITE AND THEN APPROACH IT FROM THERE.
SO I OPEN THE FLOOR TO Y'ALL'S FEEDBACK AND INFORMATION.
CAN I ASK ONE QUICK QUESTION ON THAT ONE QUICK QUESTION? JUST YES, SIR.
JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PART, CUZ I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST PRIORITIES IS GONNA BE FOR US TO CHOOSE AN A OR B JUST TO MAKE SURE TO GET FINALLY, YOU WANT COUNSEL TO DECIDE THAT? ABSOLUTELY.
IS THERE MU WOULD THERE BE MUCH DIFFERENCE? I DON'T BELIEVE THERE WOULD BE.
WOULD THERE BE MUCH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YEAH, FOR THE INITIAL NO SIR.
NO BE, IT'S, IT'S MOSTLY THE INFRASTRUCTURE, ESPECIALLY THE BRIDGE AND THE THINGS THAT ARE GONNA BE NECESSARY THAT'S NOT GOING AWAY NO MATTER WHAT.
ACTUALLY, UM, I WILL CAVEAT WITH THAT.
ONE THING I DIDN'T MENTION IS THAT IN THE ACCESS CONVERSATIONS, UM, THIS IS THE, THE PRIORITY OF GETTING ACROSS THE RAVINE.
IF THERE WERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE NORTHERN DEVELOPER TO GET ACCESS FROM THE NORTHERN TRACK, NORTHERN SITE, UM, THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY REMOVE THE NEED FOR THE BRIDGE, WHICH COULD LOWER IT FOR 2 MILLION.
UM, BUT AS YOU WERE SAYING, BETWEEN CONCEPT A AND CONCEPT B FOR NOW, FOR RIGHT.
CAN I THROW SOMETHING OUT ON THAT? WE DID HAVE DISCUSSIONS ON THAT WITH THE, UH, DEVELOPER NOW IN THAT CASE THAT WE'RE WANTING TO BUILD APARTMENTS.
SO THERE WERE ALSO, WHICH IS OUTSIDE OF OUR CORRECT, BUT THAT'S ALSO GONNA BE MORE USERS ABUTTING THE PARK POTENTIALLY IMMEDIATELY BUTTING THE PARK.
AND I BELIEVE THEY WERE ALSO GONNA TRY TO TAP, UH, WHAT EFFECTIVELY WOULD BE SOME OF THE WATER WE WERE ALREADY SELLING TO GEORGETOWN.
SO FROM A WATER, SINCE IT'S REALLY OUR WATER, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ON OUR WATER AND IMPACT, IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IT, I'LL JUST TELL YOU ON MY RECOMMENDATION, WE STEPPED AWAY FROM IT.
WE SAID, YOU KNOW, IT, IT MIGHT APPEAR TO BE THE CHEAPER ROUTE, BUT IT MIGHT HAVE OTHER UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO PROLIFERATE MORE HIGH WATER USING WATER CONNECTIONS SUCH AS, UH, WEATHER INSIDE THE FOOTPRINT OUT THAT WE ARE ON THE HOOK FOR ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, ABOUT WHY THERE'S ON THE ONE ACCESS POINT ALSO TO 180 3? YES.
SO THIS IS RELATED TO, UM, DISTANCES ON THE SITE.
THERE'S APPROXIMATELY A, YOU KNOW, A 10 TO 20 FOOT DROP FROM THE BRIDGE OKAY.
SO TO ADD A DRIVEWAY WOULD REQUIRE A LOT OF UP, UP SCALING AND, AND BUILDING UP.
I HAVE A, I CAN'T TELL THAT LITTLE PART JUST BETWEEN THE TWO ENTRANCES WHERE IT'S KIND OF LIKE A, LIKE AN ARCH.
I CAN'T TELL IF THE ROAD AROUND THAT IS PHASE ONE OR FUTURE PHASES RIGHT THERE.
THE ROAD THAT RUNS AROUND IT IS PHASE ONE.
WE'VE INCLUDED IN THE PRICE ALL OF THAT SWOOP.
AND THAT COULD BE REDUCED TO BRING IT DOWN.
THAT BE MY NEXT QUESTION? YEAH.
WHAT'S THE REASON FOR HAVING IT? I, I THINK WE WOULD NEED TO KNOW THAT, UH, MAINLY FOR RIGHT NOW IT'S CIRCULATION TO MAKE SURE THAT INGRESS AND EGRESS ARE SEPARATED TO REDUCE TRAFFIC CONFLICTS.
SO COULD THAT BE CONSIDERED SAFETY? IT COULD BE CONSIDERED SAFETY, YEAH.
IT WOULD ESSENTIALLY JUST HELP WITH SPEED OF GETTING IN AND GETTING OUT DURING A TOURNAMENT.
WELL THERE'S NOT GONNA BE NO TOURNAMENTS.
WELL, I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH THAT HELPS GETTING PEOPLE IN AND OUT.
YOU'RE JUST YEAH, I MEAN, TO REMOVE IT WOULD MARGINALLY HAVE AN EFFECT.
UM, WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT LOWERING THE PRICE THAT WAY AS WELL.
YEAH, I MEAN YOU'RE STILL PUTTING THEM THROUGH THE SAME EXIT, SO I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT HELPS.
UM, THE SIGNAGE ALSO, IT'S ONLY 25,000, BUT I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU GO TO PARKS IN AUSTIN ALL THE TIME THAT ARE OLDER AND JUST HAVE TINY LITTLE SIGNS AND YOU HAVE TO FIND IT.
I FEEL LIKE THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT COULD BE, IF WE NEED TO CUT, WE CAN, IF WE HAD IT MM-HMM.
JUST SAY YOU START SMALL AND YOU BUILD.
IS THERE ANY CONCERN WITH THE REDUCTION IN STREAM SITE MANAGEMENT ZONES BETWEEN PHASE WITH BETWEEN PLAN A AND PLAN B? IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE A LOT SMALLER IN PLAN B.
SO IN TERMS OF CONCERNS, ARE YOU REFERRING TO WATER MANAGEMENT AND FLOODING? UH, MORE JUST EROSION CONTROL.
BECAUSE IT, I KNOW THAT AREA'S GOT A PRETTY STEEP TOPOGRAPHY MM-HMM.
UM, SO IT, I MEAN THERE, IF YOU LOOK BETWEEN A AND B, UM, PARTICULARLY ON THE SOUTHERN END, THEY, IT REALLY REDUCES WITH THAT ADDITION OF THAT LATER, UM, SOFTBALL FIELD.
ARE YOU TALKING JUST ABOUT RIGHT DOWN THERE? YEAH.
SO AT THE MOMENT, UM, THE CONCERN IS, IS NOTED, UM, SINCE IT'S
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A MASTER PLAN SCALE AT THE MOMENT, I WOULD SAY THAT WE WOULD OF COURSE SCALE BACK THE FIELD FARTHER AWAY FROM ANY EROSION SITES THAT ARE POTENTIAL.UM, BUT THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD GAIN ADVANTAGES OF AN A IS THAT THERE'S MORE IN BETWEEN SPACE TO LOOK OUT FOR THOSE ITEMS. OKAY.
I THOUGHT, UM, ONE OF THE GOALS IN HAVING THE SIX SOFTBALL FIELDS WAS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE TOURNAMENTS.
SO IN THE PHASE ONE WE ONLY HAVE FOUR.
SO YOU REALLY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS, IS THAT RIGHT? OR YOU COULD, YOU CAN, BUT IT, IT, IT MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT.
UM, AND UH, EXAMPLE, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, WE'RE BEING CONSIDERED NOW FOR A BASEBALL TOURNAMENT.
UH, WE'RE HAVING A PARTNER WITH CEDAR PARK FOR THE APPLICATION TO DO THAT, UH, FOR 127 TEAMS. SO IT MAKES IT A LITTLE DIFFICULT.
ANOTHER COMMUNITY WE'RE, UH, GOING AGAINST THE SOUTH OF HERE, NOT AUSTIN, BUT ANOTHER COMMUNITY, UM, THEY HAVE 11 FIELDS ON SITE.
SO IT MAKES IT A WHOLE LOT EASIER TO ACCOMMODATE 127 TEAMS COMING IN.
SO THAT'S A TREMENDOUS ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
SO YES, IF WE COULD, IF THERE'S A WAY TO GET SIX FIELDS, IT WOULD BE MUCH MORE IDEAL.
SO IS 127 TEAMS PRETTY TYPICAL? IT IS AB ABSOLUTELY ANYWHERE FROM A HUNDRED TO 150 TEAMS IS PRETTY TYPICAL.
ESPECIALLY FOR A THREE DAY WEEKEND TOURNAMENT.
BUT AT LEAST WITH THIS, INSTEAD OF PARTNERING WITH CEDAR PARK, WE, WE JUST HAVE TWO LOCATIONS ON THE APPLICATION.
I'M, I'M SORRY, AT LEAST WITH THIS, WE WOULD JUST HAVE OUR OWN TWO LOCATIONS ON THE APPLICATION INSTEAD.
UM, IF IT'S TOURNAMENT USE THOUGH, I WONDER IF THERE'S ANY POSSIBILITY TO OPEN UP HOT FUNDS TO PAY FOR TWO MORE FIELDS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR CURRENT SITUATION ON HOT FUNDS IS.
WELL, I THINK YOU'RE, I THINK IF WE WERE DOING THINGS TO PROMOTE SPORTS TOURISM AND WE HAD ENOUGH HOTEL ROOMS, THAT WOULD BE, I THINK THAT THAT'S GONNA BE, I DON'T KNOW.
WE'D ALSO HAVE TO LOOK, ARE WE MAKING SURE, AND THIS IS A QUESTION Y'ALL CAN ANSWER FOR ALL OF THOSE FIELDS, TOURNAMENT QUALITY, UH, SPECS, AND THEN ALL OF THOSE THINGS, WE MIGHT HAVE TO GET AN OPINION OF COUNCIL.
UM, MAYBE IF THERE WAS ONE THAT WAS MORE PROMINENT, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT I WOULD THINK PART OF THE SLIPPAGE IN IT WOULD BE IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH HOTEL ROOMS, THEN HOW ARE WE ACTUALLY, BUT IF IN TERMS OF PROMOTING ONCE WE WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, A REASONABLE NUMBER THAT'S DIFFERENT WHERE WE COULD ACTUALLY LAND THE TOURNAMENTS BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY IT'S HEADS AND BEDS.
AND IF WE CAN'T, WOULD IT NOT BE A CHICKEN EGG BETO BY BRINGING IN THE TOURNAMENTS, WE'D BRING IN MORE PEOPLE IN THE HOTELS AND CREATE MORE DEMAND FOR MORE HOTELS? I WOULD, YES.
I, THERE'S ONE CITY I WAS AT THAT HAD THAT, SO WHEN THEY WOULD HOST, THE PROBLEM WAS THEY ACTUALLY TRACKED THEIR, THEY TRACKED THEIR HOTEL RECEIPTS FOR CERTAIN EVENTS AND SOMETIMES, DEPENDING ON WHAT IT WAS, ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO THE FREE TO THE FREEWAY.
AND THEY, THAT WAS THEIR INTENT WITH SOME OF THEIR FACILITIES.
THEY JUST, THEY WERE CAPTURING, UM, I THINK SOME OF THE NEIGHBORING CITIES WERE ACTUALLY FOR A PERIOD CAPTURING A LOT OF THE HOTEL STAYS BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY HAD MORE IN THAT CORRIDOR.
SO IT'S SOMETHING FOR US TO THINK ABOUT.
UM, THE OTHER THING, AND I'D HAVE TO, WE'D HAVE TO ZOOM OUT, BUT DO WE, I'D EVEN THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO THINK ABOUT WITH, UH, WORKING WITH PLANNING WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES THAT WE LOOK AT OPTIMUM HOTEL SITES IN PROXIMITY TO THIS SITE.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE CERTAIN TYPES OF PRODUCTS THEY KINDA LEND, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S ONE THAT HAS A, LET ME JUST, I KNOW CRACKER BARRELS MAY BE GOING AWAY, BUT IF IT HAS A CERTAIN TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, RESTAURANT IN FRONT, KIND OF A MID-RANGE, UH, YEAH, BUT WE'RE ALREADY, LIKE MOST OF THE, MOST OF THE COMMERCIAL LAND OVER THERE AND WHERE THE TAX TOWERS GO, DON'T GO BACK TO OUR CITY OVER THIS SITE ANYWAYS.
IF WE'RE PULLING THEM DOWN SOUTH TOWARDS NORTHLINE, IT WILL, HERE WE ARE.
I JUST DON'T THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A VERY REALISTIC CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THE PROBABILITY OF THIS PARK BECOMING A MAJOR PLACE FOR MAJOR TOURNAMENTS IS.
I JUST, I FEEL LIKE WE HAD A CHANCE AT THAT.
WE SHOT OUR, WE SHOT OUR SHOT OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
THAT'S, UM, THIS, THIS IS, THIS IS A, THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THIS PARK AND THE, AND THE, AND THE, THE STYLE OF THIS PARK WOULD'VE BEEN AWESOME.
IT'S LIKE A LAKEWOOD TYPE OF PARK.
BUT WE NEED, WE NEED FIELDS AND WE NEED 'EM YESTERDAY AND THE DAY BEFORE.
AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR.
UM, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS THIS, I I I JUST, I JUST WANT US TO HAVE A VERY, AND I'M, THIS IS COMING FROM SOMEBODY WHO ATHLETICS WAS HIS WHOLE LIFE.
UM, I WANNA HAVE A VERY REAL CONVERSATION OF WHAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO THIS, WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR
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AND WHAT WE REALLY SEE THIS BECOMING.THIS IS AN AMAZING BEAUTIFUL PARK FOR, TO SERVE OUR CITIZENS FOR SURE.
AND I THINK THAT'S OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY HERE.
AND I THINK THAT THE, THAT THERE ARE SOME, WE HAVE SOME, WE HAVE SOME POTENTIAL ISSUES ON TRYING TO PUT EXTRA MONEY INTO THIS THING BECAUSE WE THINK IT'S GONNA BE THIS HUGE MONEY GENERATOR WHEN I'M NOT SURE THAT IT'S GONNA BECOME THAT.
AND THAT'S JUST ME BEING BRUTALLY HONEST.
WHY WOULD IT NOT? WE HAVE FOUR FIELDS THERE.
WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY ABOUT THE BASEBALL FIELD? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SIX TOTAL, EVEN SIX FIELDS.
I MEAN, THE MAJOR TOURNAMENTS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EIGHT.
HOW MANY, HOW MANY IS LIKE, WE'VE SEEN A LOT THAT HAVE SIX FIELDS THAT ARE REALLY NICE GENERATORS FROM 120.
WE'LL SAY 80 TO 125 TEAMS. RIGHT.
UH, SIX FIELDS ACCOMMODATE THOSE.
SO NO CHOICE VERY NICELY BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE PARKING TO, TO, TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE SOMETHING LIKE THAT TOO.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? UM, YEAH, I WAS LOOKING AT THIS DIAGRAM.
BUT I'M, I'M THINKING THAT THIS IS NOT THE FINAL, CAUSE WE'RE TALKING 16, ALMOST 17 MILLION FOR FOUR BALL FIELDS AND A PARKING LOT.
BUT ON THIS CONCEPT B IT HAS SIX, IS THAT RIGHT? YES.
SO THE PRICE THAT'S LISTED ON THERE IS PHASE ONE ONLY.
BUT THIS SAYS CONCEPT B PHASE, UM, PHASE ONE.
AND THEN THIS SAYS CONCEPT B, BUT DOES IT SAY PHASE, BUT IT, WELL, IT, THIS ONE DOES NOT HAVE THE PHASING CORRECT.
SO ON THIS CONCEPT B INCLUDES SIX BALL FIELDS, BUT THE PHASE ONE IS JUST FOUR.
IS THAT RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.
SO WE'RE, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ALMOST 17 MILLION FOR FOUR BALL FIELDS AT A PARKING LOT.
DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT THE FULL BUILDOUT WILL BE? NO.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BEFORE ADDRESSING THE ENTIRE SITE.
UM, THE ENTIRE SITE COULD COST UPWARDS OF 40 MILLION, UM, WITH TODAY'S PRICES.
SO, AND AGAIN, THAT'S AN OPINION OF PROBABLE COSTS THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, DOWN TO THE REBAR.
UM, SO IT COULD VARY, BUT WE INCLUDE CONTINGENCY AND ESCALATION INTO THAT PRICE TO WATCH OUT FOR THAT VARIATION.
UM, WITH, TO MARK'S POINT THAT SIX BALL FIELDS WOULD BE TOURNAMENT READY, IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY TO BRING IN SIX JUST WITH PHASE ONE, UM, GETTING A LITTLE BIT EXTRA ROUGHLY, YOU KNOW, FOUR TO $5 MILLION MORE TO ADD ON TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH PARKING, ENOUGH UTILITIES, UM, THE EXTRA TWO FIELDS AND THE HIGHEST QUALITY.
AGAIN, I'LL REITERATE THAT THESE ARE PRICED TO THE MAX, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT OVER PROMISING.
UM, SO HAVE YOU DONE ANY VALUE ENGINEERING ON IT? WE'VE PLAYED AROUND WITH THE PRICES, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE DELIVERING THE CORRECT, YOU KNOW, MAX PRICE IS THE IDEA BEHIND THE SYNTHETIC TURF THAT LIKE, THAT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT DIFFERENTIATES US FROM SOMEBODY ELSE BECAUSE MOST OF THE OTHER FIELDS ARE GRASS.
THAT'S, THAT'S ANOTHER NICE AMENITY.
UM, WE'VE LOOKED AT, UH, A COUPLE OF SCENARIOS FOR THE BALL FIELDS IN INCLUDING BEING ALL SYNTHETIC.
UM, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, IF YOU, YOU'LL SEE, AND, AND I'VE MENTIONED THIS, UH, A COUPLE TIMES TO OTHER OTHER FOLKS IS TWO, TWO FRIDAY NIGHTS AGO WE HAD THE, THE RAIN THAT CAME IN ABOUT TWO AND A HALF INCHES, UH, ABOUT 4, 4 30 IN THE AFTERNOON AT BLOOD.
SO THE, UH, SIX 15 GAMES WERE GOING ON FOR SOCCER THAT NIGHT.
THEY JUST KEPT RIGHT ON GOING.
THAT'S WHAT YOU REALLY LOOK FOR WHEN YOU'RE HOSTING A HUNDRED, 125 TEAMS TO COME IN.
YOU WANT THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
WE, WE NEED, WE NEED TO HAVE AN ABILITY TO COVER 'EM WITH A TARP SO WE CAN QUICKLY REMOVE THOSE THAT WATER AND CONTINUE PLAYING.
DOES THAT ALSO CHANGE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS THAT YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO RUN IRRIGATION OUT TO ALL OF 'EM, CORRECT.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT IF IT'S GONNA BE FULLY SYNTHETIC.
HAS THERE BEEN ANY THOUGHT TO HEAT MITIGATION ON THESE FIELDS? LIKE THIS WEEKEND THERE'S A SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT, UH, UH, OVER HERE AND IT'S GONNA BE 90 DEGREES AND THERE'S A 1230 GAME, WHICH MEANS SYNTHETIC TURF WOULD BE AT LEAST OF 130 DEGREES.
UM, WHICH WILL MELT SHOES? YEAH.
SO YEAH, DEFINITELY A CONCERN.
UM, AND TERMS OF THE PLACEMENT OF THE FIELDS AND THE TYPES OF FIELDS, THERE'S DIFFERENT PRODUCTS OUT THERE.
UM, I KNOW PERSONALLY MYSELF AS A HIGH SCHOOLER, I PLAYED ON ASTROTURF A COUPLE TIMES.
UM, THERE'S BEEN SOME ADVANCEMENTS IN THE TECHNOLOGY.
I CAN'T PROMISE THAT THERE WON'T BE A HOT DAY MM-HMM.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS WAYS WE CAN LOOK INTO DIFFERENT PRODUCTS AND HOW THEY HAVE HEAT SPECIFIC TEMPERATURES.
WELL, AND I KNEW THAT Y'ALL HAD TALKED ABOUT DOING SYNTHETIC TO REDUCE THE NEED FOR IRRIGATION, BUT THAT'S LIKE PROBABLY, I MEAN, I'M, I'VE DONE INSTALLS ON
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THESE GUYS BEFORE.YEAH, THERE'S GREAT STUFF, BUT IT'S STILL, I MEAN, PENN STATE SAID LAST YEAR THAT IT'S A RANGE OF 140 TO 160 DEGREES ON THE FULL SUNDAY.
SO, AND THAT, THAT'S A BIT OF A CONCERN FOR ME.
AND WE CAN, AND WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK, UM, THE FIELD TURF IS WHO DID OUR BLOOD.
SO THEY'RE THE WORLD'S LEADER AND IN SYNTHETIC TURF.
AND, UM, THEY HAD JUST COME OUT IN 2018 WITH A COOL BEAD AND, AND ESSENTIALLY REDUCES THAT HEAT ABOUT 30 TO 40 DEGREES.
SO IT'S, IT, WE WOULD CERTAINLY LOOK AT TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND THAT PRICE HAS COME DOWN SUBSTANTIALLY SINCE THEY DEVELOPED IT AND, UH, INITIATED IN 2018.
UM, AND THEN I'LL REITERATE THAT THERE'S SOME GAINS AND LOSSES WITH DOING FULL SYNTHETIC.
IT'S, IT COULD BE CONSIDERED A HIGHER QUALITY PLAY SURFACE, UM, BECAUSE IT NEVER VARIES.
IT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE WHAT YOU EXPECT IT TO BE.
THERE'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU SWITCH TO NATURAL TURF, IT'S CHEAPER ON INSTALL, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF RISK AND REWARD WITH THAT.
UM, IF YOU GO THROUGH A DROUGHT SEASON, YOU'RE GONNA BE PLAYING ON DUST.
UM, WE TALKED WITH MARK EARLIER THIS WEEK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE THERE'S A FREEZE AND A DROUGHT, AND THEN YOU'RE FACING SCORCHING SUMMER HEAT.
YOU DON'T WANNA LOSE A WHOLE FIELD OF NATURAL GRASS AND THEN HAVE TO REINSTALL IT AGAIN WHEN IT'S SEASONED AROUND AND THEN RUN THE RISK OF FRESH NEW, SO, UM, WEARING OUT OR NEW SEED WEARING OUT BECAUSE YOU JUST PLANTED IT BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT.
IT'S LIKE BUYING A A HIGHER QUALITY, UM, COSTS A LOT ON INSTALL, BUT YOU AREN'T DEALING WITH DROUGHT, YOU AREN'T DEALING WITH SEASONALITY AND YOU DEFINITELY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WATERING IT.
SO HOW MANY YEARS TILL YOU GOTTA REPLACE IT? UM, IT'S DIFFERENT FOR DIFFERENT PRODUCTS.
OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
STMA SAYS EVERY EIGHT TO 10 YEARS.
SO 10 MAX FIELD TUR TURF TOLD US WE COULD PROBABLY LOOK AT 10, UM, 10 TO 12 YEARS ON BLOOD.
SO, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BANKING ON.
IT'S HOLDING UP REALLY, REALLY WELL AND, YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT OF, UH, USE IT GETS.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, GUYS? JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND TWO, TWO DIFFERENT AREAS.
SO THINK I TOUCHED ON, YOU GUYS ARE PRESENTING TO US.
PLEASE SPEAK TOWARDS THE MICROPHONE.
YEAH, I'LL STAND WHERE YOU FOR.
SO IT'S, IF I, OF COURSE, I ALWAYS COMMUNICATE WITH A PEN, SO I'M GONNA TRY THIS VERBALLY AS MUCH AS I CAN.
BUT FIRST IT'S JUST ABOUT, I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LAYOUT.
THE, THE RESTROOM TO THE SOUTH, UM, WEST OF THE MULTIPURPOSE FIELD.
AND WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A FUTURE MAINTENANCE, MAINTENANCE BILLING.
A THOUGHT, A THOUGHT I HAD IN LOOKING AT THIS PLAN WAS TO TAKE THAT RESTROOM AND RUN IT, UH, PERPENDICULAR TO THAT FIELD TO KIND OF SERVE TWO REASONS, TO OPEN THAT SPACE A LITTLE BIT MORE, MAYBE PROVIDE SOME MORE PARKING AND ALSO SERVE TO SCREEN THE MAINTENANCE YARD AT THE SAME TIME.
AND I THINK IT PUTS IT ON, ON A NICE SPINE THAT RUNS NORTH AND SOUTH BETWEEN THOSE BALL FIELDS ON UP TO THE MULTIPURPOSE FIELD.
AND, AND ANOTHER THOUGHT IN THE CIRCULATION TOO WOULD BE TO ROTATE THOSE DRY VIS 90 DEGREES SO THAT TRAFFIC CAN MOVE UP AND DOWN TO THE MULTIPURPOSE FIELDS IN THE BALL FIELDS A LITTLE MORE FREELY, RATHER THAN HAVING TO WALK IN BETWEEN CARS.
AND I, I THINK THAT ORIENTATION TOO MIGHT HELP PROVIDE SOME SPACE, SOME BAYS BETWEEN THE PARKING BAYS, WHERE YOU CAN HAVE SOME VEGETATED STRIPS WHICH COULD ACTUALLY CAPTURE AND TREAT SOME OF THE RUNOFF FROM THE PARKING UPSTREAM INSTEAD OF HAVING IT RIGHT RACE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE SOUTH END OF THE PARKING LOT, UH, BEFORE YOU GET TO THE SAN GABRIEL.
YOU COULD PICK SOME OF THAT RUNOFF AND SLOW IT A LITTLE BIT AND HOPE, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE COULD TREAT THAT, UH, AS AN INFILTRATION BASIN.
AND I, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE FOCUS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US REALLY THINK ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, REDUCING THE RUNOFF INTO THE SAN GABRIEL TO CLEAN THAT WATER, ESPECIALLY FOR THE, ALL THE PARKING SURFACES.
AND, AND I THINK BY DOING THAT, YOU PROVIDE A REALLY, A REALLY GOOD HOSPITABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR, FOR THE TREES AS WELL.
CUZ NOW YOU'RE CAPTURING SOME OF THAT RUNOFF, YOU'RE PROVIDING MORE SOIL FOR THOSE TREES TO, TO UH, TO THRIVE, UH, YOU KNOW, MORE LONG TERM.
THAT'S REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK AND YEAH, I REMEMBER YOU BRINGING THAT AT THE PARKS BOARD.
UM, WE DEFINITELY WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION PUTTING LEDS INTO THE PARK AND UM, I LIKE YOUR IDEA OF THE RAIN GARDENS AND FILTER STRIPS GOING THROUGH FOR CATCHING SEDIMENTS AND ALSO HELPS WITH COOLING HEAT ISLAND IN EFFECT.
JAMES, WILL YOU PLEASE ADJOURN THE PARKS AND REC ADVISORY BOARD? YEAH.
CAN I ASK ONE, ONE COMMENT? MAY I HONOR? THANKS CARLOS HERE.
UM, I'M NOT SURE THAT THE CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING TONIGHT IS, IS ABOUT FOUR BASEBALL FIELDS VERSUS SIX BASEBALL FIELDS.
WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT MONEY HERE TODAY.
AND, AND I WONDER IN THE SAME WAY THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET AND SHOULD WE DO FOUR AN HOUR, SIX LATER OR, OR WHATEVER, UM, ARE WE PUTTING AS MUCH EMPHASIS ON THE FUNDRAISING SIDE OF THIS A, A CONVERSATION WHICH I BETCHA HAS BEEN HAD AT SOME POINT, BUT THIS IS GONNA BE REALLY CLOSE TO LIBERTY HILL.
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THAT MAYBE LIBERTY HILL MIGHT PICK UP THE TAB FOR PART OF THIS IN EXCHANGE FOR SOMETHING, OR THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES? ASK THEM.I DON'T KNOW THE LEGALITIES OF THAT.
YEAH, ASK THEM CALL AND ASK THEM IF THEY'LL PICK UP THE TAB.
THIS IS REALLY, I MEAN, I'M JUST, I'M JUST JOE CITIZEN HERE, BUT SHOULDN'T, COULDN'T THE CITY GO TO THE, THE, YOUR, YOUR COUNTERPART RICK AND SAY, HEY, WE GOT THIS THING.
YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE USING A WHOLE LOT OF THAT, RIGHT? WE'RE PAYING FOR IT.
LIBERTY HILLS ARE GONNA GET TO USE IT A WHOLE LOT.
MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE NEGOTIATED HERE.
THERE'RE ABOUT HALF OF OUR CAPITAL METRO RIDERSHIP TOO, SOME DAYS.
SO
UM, THIS WOULD'VE BEEN PROBABLY YEARS AGO CONVERSATION IF THEY WERE GONNA DO IT, WOULD BE MY GUESS.
BUT I'M, THAT'D BE STAFF'S SIDE OF THE TABLE.
UM, BUT A LOT OF THE, A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK THEY'RE GETTING THAT WITH LEANDER ADDRESSES ARE STILL PEOPLE THAT OUTSIDE OUR CITY LIMITS.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK IS COMING FROM TOO.
SO WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL BOND APPROVED? THE TOTAL, THE, NO, IT WASN'T 16 MILLION.
11 8 95 AND THEN WE HAVE GOOD, OKAY.
SO ABOUT 12 MILLION, BUT WE'VE, WE'VE ALREADY CONTRACTED PART OF THAT OUT, SO, BUT WE CAN GET YOU THOSE FIGURES, THE EXACT FIGURES IF YOU'D LIKE.
AND HOW LONG DO WE HAVE ON THAT 10? HE'S, I GUESS TO THE LEC HE CAN TELL YOU WHEN THEY, IT'S, IT'S IN HIS, HE'S GOT AN ALARM IN HIS HEAD.
I, I COULDN'T HEAR THE QUESTION.
I'M JUST, WHAT'S THE TIMEFRAME ON THAT 10? IS IT 10 YEARS TO SUSPENDED? IS THAT RIGHT? OUR, OUR CHARTER, UH, PROVIDES, UH, 10 YEARS FROM THE ELECTION TO ISSUANCE OF THE DEBT.
SO THAT WOULD BE 2026 WOULD BE THE 10-YEAR TO ISSUES THE DEBT.
AND CARLOS, I WAS NOT, I I'M, I'M JUST SAYING THAT THAT'S NOT A, THAT SOUNDS VERY REASONABLE.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, ME, I JUST KIND OF, I'M JUST OUT WITH THAT'S VERY LOGICAL.
THAT'S VERY, UM, UH, IT'S, THAT'S LIKE YOUR MIND BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE A GOOD CARING PERSON.
WELL, THIS IS A GREAT THING TO DO AS YOUR PARTNER, BUT IT, IT'S, THAT WOULD BE LIKE US SAYING, WELL, HERE, WE'RE USING SOME OF CEDAR PARK'S STUFF HERE.
LET, LET'S JUST GIVE YOU SOME MONEY FOR IT.
NO, IT THERE, IT JUST, I DON'T SEE IT HAPPENING.
THAT'S JUST ME CALLING IT THE WAY I SEE IT.
BUT THE, THE SUGGESTION IS VERY NOBLE, SO DON'T, DON'T TAKE GOTCHA.
I'M NOT HURT AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE DISCUSSION, BUT, UH, STAFF IS GONNA KILL ME IF WE DON'T MOVE ON.
SO WILL YOU PLEASE SEE YOU VIC? UH, OKAY.
UH, HERE BY ADJOURNED 6 45, THE FIRST WORKSHOP.
[4. Development Services Dashboard Tutorial.]
NUMBER FOUR, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DASHBOARD TUTORIAL WITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.GRIFFIN, THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR COMING.
I FEEL LIKE IT'S AN INTERVIEW.
IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN ON RIGHT THERE.
UM, SO IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, WE LAUNCHED THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, DASHBOARD.
UM, THIS DASHBOARD ALLOWS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ELECTED OFFICIALS AND MY MOM, UM, TO CHECK IN ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY OF LEANDER.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL VISITED IT YET, BUT IT'S, UM, INTERACTIVE.
IT GIVES A QUICK, UM, OVERVIEW OF EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY AND, UH, WE'VE ALREADY EXPERIENCED A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH IT.
UM, WHEN IT COMES TO OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS, PEOPLE CAN NOW ZOOM INTO THEIR PROPERTY AND THEY CAN CLICK ON IT AND GET INFORMATION ABOUT THE CASE.
UM, IT'LL GIVE YOU THE, LET'S SEE, CASE NUMBER YOU CAN SEE UP HERE IN THE CORNER.
SO WHEN YOU GO AND CLICK ON DIFFERENT PROPERTIES, IT'LL GIVE YOU THE CASE NUMBER.
WHAT'S HAPPENING, IS IT IN REVIEW? HAS IT BEEN SCHEDULED FOR A HEARING? UM, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.
AND WE HAVE DIFFERENT CARDS THAT YOU CAN GO THROUGH AND THEY'RE GROUPED BY THE CASE TYPES.
UM, I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE CUSTOMERS
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AND THEY ARE, UM, REQUESTING DIFFERENT INFORMATION AND WE'RE UPDATING IT RIGHT NOW.SO WE'RE WORKING TO SEPARATE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE DASHBOARD.
RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE EVERYTHING ON ONE MAP.
SO YOU HAVE THE MULTI-FAMILY CASES, SO IT'S ALL APPROVED, BUILT UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND PLANNED.
WE'RE GONNA SEPARATE THAT AND PUT IT ON A DIFFERENT MAP CUZ IT'S CONFUSING PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, BUT IT JUST OFFERS A LOT OF INFORMATION AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL WAS AWARE OF IT AND SEE IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY FEEDBACK OR RECOMMENDATIONS EVENTUALLY.
UM, IT'S GOING TO LINK TO THE LASER FISH PLATFORM.
UM, SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO CLICK ON A PROPERTY AND ACCESS APPROVED PLANS.
UM, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY ABOUT A YEAR OUT, BUT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT CUZ THAT'LL CUT DOWN A LOT OF OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS AND QUESTIONS ABOUT PROJECTS.
NOT BEING TO DIG THROUGH ALL THE AGENDAS MM-HMM.
HAS EVERYBODY TRIED IT? THIS IS LIVE NOW SINCE FEBRUARY.
WE LAUNCHED IT ON MY BIRTHDAY AND I MEAN, WE CAN JUST, WE'RE WE'RE ABOUT YEAH, I WAS REALLY EXCITED.
I WAS LIKE, THIS IS THE BEST DAY.
IT'S PROBABLY JUST THIS BUILDING CAUSE I'M TRYING TO HIT SO IF SLOW IT JUST POPPED UP.
CAN YOU TELL HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HITTING IT? SORRY.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE THAT STATISTIC.
I COULD FIND OUT IF IT'S TRACKED.
I'M ASSUMING WE COULD FIGURE THAT OUT.
UM, I HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF PHONE CALLS FROM CUSTOMERS AND, UM, WE'VE BEEN LEADING PEOPLE DOWN THAT PATH WHEN THEY HAVE QUESTIONS AND THAT WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK.
SO SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE USING IT.
IS IT LINKED ON THE WEBSITE? YES, MA'AM.
YEAH, SO I SEE NOW, UM, YOU HAVE TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT.
SO THE AVERAGE, I MEAN IF YOU DON'T MM-HMM.
WHY, WHY IS IT, ARE YOU GOING TO THE DASHBOARD OR THE DEVELOPMENT HUB? I HAVE NO IDEA.
JUST LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO THE DEVELOPMENT HUB RIGHT NOW? YES.
SO IF THAT'S NOT WHERE YOU WANNA GO.
UM, IF YOU GO TO THE PLANNING PAGE, THERE IS A TAB THAT SAYS CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS AND THEN THERE'S A LINK TO THE MAP.
I CAN SEND YOU A LINK AFTER THIS TOO WHILE RES SEND IT.
BECAUSE IT'S TOO SLOW, I DON'T WANNA WASTE.
[5. Discuss current and potential short-term rental regulations in the city.]
AND THEN DISCUSS CURRENT AND POTENTIAL SHORT-TERM RENTAL REGULATIONS IN THE CITY.SO AFTER, UM, THE RETREATS, UH, STAFF TOOK A HARD LOOK AT SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
WE LOOKED AT OTHER COMMUNITIES TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING.
UM, WE THOUGHT WE'D PROVIDE SOME DETAILS TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
UM, WE FEEL LIKE, UH, SHORT-TERM RENTAL IS A STRUCTURE THAT'S RENTED FOR A PERIOD OF LESS THAN 30 CONSECUTIVE DAYS.
UM, WE WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT.
UM, IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THINGS LIKE A BED AND BREAKFAST, A HOTEL OR A SPECIAL EVENT, UH, VENUE.
WE DID SOME, SOME RESEARCH AND, UM, WE FOUND THAT, UH, THE AUSTIN AREA IS A HOTSPOT.
IT HAS THE HIGHEST OCCUPANCY RATE IN TEXAS, WHICH WAS KIND OF INTERESTING.
UM, THE PEAK TIME IS MADE OF JULY AND UM, THE COST IS BETWEEN 1 59 TO TWO 17 FOR DIFFERENT ROOMS. UM, WE LOOKED AT THE FORECAST FOR THE UNITED STATES AND IT'S INCREASING.
AND THEY'RE SAYING THAT AUSTIN IS THE FASTEST GROWING MARKET AND WE WOULD FALL WITHIN THAT MARKET.
UM, WE DID FIND THAT SHORT TERM RENTALS EXIST IN THE CITY OF LEANDER.
UM, THEY SHOULD BE PAYING THE, THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX.
UM, WE WERE APPROACHED BY A COMPANY THAT RESEARCHES SHORT TERM RENTALS AND THEY FOUND, UM, LAST YEAR IN FEBRUARY, THEY WERE 50.
UM, THEY, THEY SAID THAT WE HAD A PEAK SEASON IN FEBRUARY.
WANTED TO KNOW IF WE HAD A VALENTINE'S DAY EVENT OR SOMETHING.
WE DIDN'T, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS INTERESTING.
UM, BUT I IMAGINE THAT'S INCREASING OVER TIME.
I DID GO ONLINE AND DID THE FREE STATISTICS.
UM, THIS IS NOT A VERY GOOD REPRESENTATION BECAUSE I DIDN'T PAY FOR IT.
UM, BUT IT IS SHOWING AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER.
THESE, THESE, THESE LITTLE IMAGES ARE FROM THE MONTH OF APRIL.
SO WHAT WE DID IS WE KIND OF THOUGHT ABOUT, UM, WHY WOULD WE WANT TO REGULATE SHORT TERM RENTAL.
UM, WE FELT LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT TO PRESERVE THE QUALITY OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE WANNA MINIMIZE NUISANCES, EDUCATE PEOPLE COMING TO OUR CITY, SUPPORT TOURISM, COLLECT THE TAX, AND THEN ADVOCATE FOR THE CITIZEN'S INTEREST.
SO WE FELT LIKE THERE WERE THREE DIFFERENT REGULATION OPTIONS.
THERE'S LOW, WHICH IS DON'T DO ANYTHING, KIND OF DO WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY.
UM, MODERATE, WHICH IS UPDATING OUR ORDINANCES, CREATING A PROCESS AND START COLLECTING THE TAXES.
AND THEN HIGH WOULD BE TO DO A SIGNIFICANT UPDATE TO THE ORDINANCE.
DO SITE INSPECTIONS CHANGE OUR ORDINANCE TO ADD A LOT OF CRITERIA.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE GO MODERATE WITH OUR APPROACH.
UM, WE'RE PROPOSING THAT, UH, WE ALLOW SHORT-TERM RENTALS AND ALL DISTRICTS BY RIGHT.
EXCEPT FOR RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
AND WE'RE SAYING FOR RESIDENTIAL, IF YOU HAVE A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, WE WOULD ALLOW IT BY RIGHT.
THE PRO THOUGHT PROCESS IS THE HOMEOWNER WILL CARE FOR THE PROPERTY.
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RENTING OUT SOMEONE FOR THE WEEKEND AND THEY'LL STILL TAKE PRIDE IN MAINTAINING THE YARD AND RESPECTING THEIR NEIGHBORS.AND THEN IF SOMEONE WANTS TO OPERATE IT AS A BUSINESS, WE COULD DO A SPECIAL USE PERMIT WHERE THERE'S NOTICE TO THE NEIGHBORS, THE COUNCIL CAN WEIGH IN.
SO IF IT DOES BECOME A, AN INSTANCE WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, UN UNAPPEALING ACTIVITY OR PARTIES, YOU COULD PULL THEIR PERMIT.
SO IT'S DOCUMENTED THAT WAY AND EVERYBODY'S ON NOTICE.
WOULD THERE ALSO BE A FEE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PERMIT IF IT'S AS, AS A BUSINESS? CORRECT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE WE'RE GONNA LOOK INTO IS THE PERMITTING PROCESS.
UM, WHEN IT COMES TO SINGLE FAMILY AND YOU HAVE A HOME TE SET EXEMPTION, WE IMAGINE IT WOULD BE AN OVER-THE-COUNTER PERMIT.
LIKE IT'S A PRETTY QUICK YEAH.
PERMIT, BUT WHEN IT'S RAN AS A BUSINESS, IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
UM, STAFF IS ALSO TALKING ABOUT ESTABLISHING AN ENTERTAINMENT OVERLAY.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS FOR MULTIPLE REASONS.
IT WOULD BE FOR CASES LIKE, UM, NORTHLINE, WHERE YOU IMAGINE HAVING MORE OUTDOOR ACTIVITY AND, UH, PERFORMANCES.
SO IT WOULD HAVE DIFFERENT NOISE ORDINANCES, LIGHT ORDINANCES.
AND WE ALSO FELT LIKE IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO ALLOW SHORT-TERM RENTALS REGARDLESS OF THE, THE DISTRICT JUST BASED ON THAT AREA.
AND WE LOOK AT THE CITY AND THINK ABOUT, UM, WHAT OTHER AREAS IT WOULD APPLY TO.
SO LIKE LEANDER SPRINGS, THAT TAKES OFF OLD TOWN.
SO THERE'S A COUPLE SPOTS WE SAW TODAY.
SO AS MORE ACTIVITY OCCURS, WE'LL REEVALUATE THAT.
UM, WE WERE ALSO TALKING ABOUT CREATING A, A BROCHURE THAT, UH, YOU COULD PROVIDE TO THE VISITORS AND KEEP IN THE PLACES WHERE YOU'RE RENTING SO THEY'RE AWARE LIKE, HEY, YOU NEED TO RESPECT THE NEIGHBORS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO BE MINDFUL.
AND, UM, OUR NEXT STEP, UM, IF WE CHOOSE TO GO FORWARD WITH THE MODERATE, IS TO, UM, WORK ON AMENDMENTS TO THE ORDINANCE, FIND A COMPANY THAT, UM, WILL FIND ALL THE SHORT TERM RENTALS AND HELP US COLLECT THAT TAX.
AND I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
QUICK QUESTION ON THE INFORMATIONAL BROCHURE.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO LIST IN THEIR PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN SPEND THEIR MONEY? ABSOLUTELY.
I KNOW IN SAN ANTONIO THEY HAVE KIND OF TYPE ONE AND TYPE TWO HOUSING FOR SHORT TERM RENTALS.
SO IF SOMEBODY'S LIVING THERE BUT THEY'RE RENTING IT, THEY'RE A TYPE ONE.
IF THEY'RE NOT LIVING THERE, THAT'S A TYPE TWO MM-HMM.
WOULD WE LOOK AT THAT? OR WE WOULD KIND OF BE DEPENDENT ON THE THIRD PARTY? IF, IF THAT'S THE PATH THE COUNCIL WANTS TO TAKE.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE PROPOSING, UM, IF YOU HAVE A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, YOU COULD DO IT BY, RIGHT.
AND IF YOU DON'T, YOU WOULD HAVE TO GET A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
BUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING Y'ALL WANNA SLICK INTO, WE CAN.
I DON'T, I, I MEAN I DEFINITELY WANT TO COLLECT THE HOT FUNDS AND I AGREE WITH THE MODERATE SIDE OF IT.
I JUST, I DON'T, CAUSE I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO GO UNDERGROUND WITH IT.
IF WE GET TOO STRINGENT MM-HMM
SO WHATEVER WE DO, I AGREE WITH THE MODERATE CUZ REALLY IT'S JUST COLLECTING, NOT GETTING THE HOT TIME, UM, BUT ALSO BEING ABLE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THINGS.
AND I THINK WITH WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING, THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE FOR ME.
UM, BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO KEEP A PULSE ON IT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR THE CITY WITHOUT OVERBURDENING THOSE PROPER REASONERS.
AND THIS WOULD BE KIND OF A, AN ANNUAL PERMIT TO DO SHORT TERM RENTAL.
SO IT WOULDN'T BE EVERY TIME YOU'RE RENTING THE UNIT CUZ I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE STAFF TO KEEP UP WITH THAT.
ANYTHING FURTHER? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP AT 6 54.
PLEASE BE BACK AT SEVEN O'CLOCK FOR OUR REGULAR MEETING.
[6. Open Meeting, Invocation, presenting of Colors by Leander Police Department Honor Guard and Pledges of Allegiance.]
TODAY IS THURSDAY, MAY 4TH, 2023.
AND THE TIME IS 7:02 PM AND THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL.
PASTOR BRIAN LIGHTY OF, OH MY GOSH.
WE'LL BE PROVIDING OUR INVOCATION FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION.
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING AND THE LEANDER POLICE HONOR GUARD WILL PRESENT THE COLORS AND LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE.
PLEASE COME UP PASTOR LIGHTSEY.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE FACT WE LIVE IN A FREE SOCIETY WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO GATHER LIKE THIS AND MAKE DECISIONS FOR OUR OWN COMMUNITY.
AND LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS CITY COUNCIL, UH, FOR ALL THE TIME AND ENERGY THEY PUT INTO SERVING THEIR CITY.
AND FATHER, WE, WE THANK YOU FOR LEANDER.
WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GROWTH AND PROSPERITY AND SO, LORD, AS WE CONSIDER THE, UH, THE, UH, MEETING TONIGHT, WE SET THE AGENDA BEFORE YOU.
AND WE JUST PRAY, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE THE DISCUSSION.
WE PRAY FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL THAT YOU WOULD HELP THEM SEE THE NEEDS, GIVE THEM WISDOM TO MAKE DECISIONS.
WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO WILL BE PARTICIPATING, THOSE WHO'LL BE ATTENDING.
WE PRAY FOR A SPIRIT OF CIVILITY AND A RESPECT.
WE PRAY THAT EVERY, EVERY ACTION THAT'S TAKEN, WE PRAY TONIGHT, UH, WOULD, WOULD BENEFIT LEANDER, UH, TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE AS WELL, AND HONOR YOU IN CHRIST
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AND WE PRAY.DO ONE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR I'M TEXAS.
FLAG A PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH PASTOR, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR POLICE.
[7. Roll Call.]
NUMBER SEVEN, SECRET CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER KATHERINE BATTALION PARKER.HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER SME MACIA.
HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONALD.
PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS ZICK.
HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER BECKY ROSS.
HERE QUORUM IS PRESENT THE CITY COUNCIL'S ELIGIBILITY BUSINESS.
[8. Public comments on items not listed in the agenda. Public comments on items listed in the agenda will be heard at the time each item is discussed by Council. [All comments are limited to no more than 3 minutes (6 minutes if translation is needed) per individual.] ]
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, 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 COUNCIL AND WILL BE MADE A PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT PUBLIC COMMENTS IS A TIME FOR YOU TO COMMUNICATE WITH US, BUT WE CANNOT HAVE BACK AND FORTH CONVERSATION.
I HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TODAY, JASMINE WOLF.
MY NAME IS JASMINE WOLF AND I'M A 15 YEAR OLD LEANDER RESIDENT.
IN 1999, TEXAS BECAME THE FIRST STATE TO PASS A SAFE HAVEN LAW, ALSO KNOWN AS THE BABY MOSES LAW.
THIS LAW ALLOWS INFANTS, 60 DAYS OR OLD, YOUNGER, TO BE GIVEN UP TO AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDER WITHOUT PROSECUTION FOR ABANDONMENT OR NEGLECT.
THE CHILD IS GIVEN MEDICAL ATTENTION AND TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY THE STATE.
HOWEVER, INFANT ABANDONMENTS CONTINUE TO TE TO CONTINUE IN TEXAS IN MARCH, 2022, CBS'S INVESTIGATIVE TEAM FOUND THAT INFANT ABANDONMENTS IN TEXAS SINCE 2018 HAVE BEEN ALMOST DOUBLING EACH YEAR, LEADING TO AN ALL-TIME HIGH LAST YEAR WITH 22 ILLEGAL INFANT ABANDONMENTS IN TEXAS ALONE.
THE TRUTH IS THAT THE PUBLIC IS NOT WELL EDUCATED ABOUT OUR SAFE HAVEN LAW.
MANY WOMEN ARE SCARED THAT THEY'LL BE PROSECUTED, SO HAVE SUCCUMBEDED TO ABANDONING THEIR INFANTS.
THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, SENATOR HUGS, FILED SE SENATE BILL SEVEN 80.
THIS AMENDS OUR SAFE HAVEN LAW BY ADDING A NEWBORN SAFETY DEVICE AS A WAY FOR A CHILD TO BE GIVEN UP.
IT HAS ALREADY PASSED THE SENATE 30 TO ZERO AND THE HOUSE HEALTH SERVICES COMMITTEE EIGHT TO ONE WITH NO AMENDMENTS.
IT IS CURRENTLY AWAITING ITS SECOND READING IN THE HOUSE.
A NEWBORN SAFETY DEVICE OR BABY BOX LEGALLY ALLOWS A YOUNG ILL-EQUIPPED OR IN CRISIS MOTHER TO SAFELY AND ANONYMOUSLY SURRENDER HER UNWANTED NEWBORN AS A LAST RESORT.
THE BOX IS INSTALLED IN THE WALL OF EMERGENCY CARE PROVIDER LIKE A FIRE STATION OR A HOSPITAL.
SAFE HAVEN BABY BOXES ARE HIGH QUALITY DEVICES THAT CONTAIN MULTIPLE SILENT ALARMS THAT DISPATCH 9 1 1 1 AND ALERT FIRST RESPONDERS TO THE BABY BOX AS IT IS OPENED AND THE BABY'S PLACED INSIDE.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS A POLITICALLY NEUTRAL ISSUE.
IT IS NOT PRO-LIFE AND IT IS NOT PRO-ABORTION.
IT IS NOT LEANING TO THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT.
THIS IS A MATTER OF ABANDONMENT.
ABANDONMENT OF A CHILD THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN BORN.
BABY BOXES SERVE OUR COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING A SAFE ALTERNATIVE TO THE GRUESOMENESS OF ABANDONMENT.
WHEN A MOTHER DOESN'T FEEL CONFIDENT IN RAISING HER CHILD IS YOUNG ILL-EQUIPPED OR IS COARSED OR PRESSURED INTO GETTING RID OF HER CHILD.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO SAFE HAVEN BABY BOXES IN TEXAS, AND THE NEAREST ONES ARE IN ARKANSAS, MEANT NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA, AND INDIANA.
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EVERY STATE THAT HAS INSTALLED BABY BOXES HAS SEEN INFANT ABANDONMENT RATES DROP.PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO VIEW THE INFORMATION I'VE PROVIDED YOU.
THE CITY SECRETARY HAS COPIES FOR EACH ONE OF YOU, UM, WHICH INCLUDE AN EXAMPLE OF A CITY ORDINANCE, A COPY OF SENATE BILL SEVEN 80, AND THE SAFE HAVEN BABY BOX FINANCIAL INFORMATION.
IT IS MY PRAYER THAT YOU'LL CONSIDER PASSING THIS ORDINANCE SO THAT LEANDER CAN BE THE FIRST CITY IN TEXAS TO PAVE THE WAY FOR BABY BOXES ACROSS OUR STATE.
I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT, WE'RE
[9. Recognitions/Proclamations/Visitors. Band of Hills 25th Anniversary Older Americans Month (May) National Day of Prayer (May 4) Falun Dafa Day (May 13) National Police Week (May 14-20)]
GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR PROCLAMATIONS.UH, COUNSEL DID ISSUE A PROCLAMATION FOR OLDER AMERICANS MONTH.
UH, THERE'S NO PRESENTATION OF THAT TONIGHT, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE ONES WITH PRESENTATIONS.
FIRST UP IS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK, MAY 14TH, THE 20TH, AND DAVID MCDONALD IS GONNA READ THAT ONE.
APPRECIATE EVERYONE BEING HERE TONIGHT.
AND THIS IS, UH, JUST KIND OF A SOMBER TIME AS WELL BECAUSE THIS IS WHEN WE REMEMBER THOSE WHO ACTUALLY MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND GET THEIR NAME ON A WALL IN WASHINGTON DC AS WELL AS AT THE CAPITOL.
IF YOU NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND A MEMORIAL, THE CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL DOWN AT THE CAPITOL ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO DOWN THERE SOMETIME AND NO WAY OF SUPPORT AND JUST SHOW THEM AND, UH, HONORED TO, UH, READ THIS TONIGHT.
SO, IF YOU'RE CURRENTLY A POLICE OFFICER, HAVE SERVED AS A POLICE OFFICER IN THE PAST, IF YOU WOULD STAND JUST WHILE READ THIS CITY LAND PROCLAMATION WHERE WHEREAS THE CONGRESS AND PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAVE DESIGNATED MEN MONDAY, MAY 15TH AS NATIONAL POLICE OFFICER MEMORIAL DAY AND THE WEEK OF MAY 14TH THROUGH MAY 20TH IS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK 2023.
AND WHEREAS MEMBERS OF THELANDER POLICE DEPARTMENT PLAY IN A CENTRAL ROW IN SAFEGUARDING THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND WHEREAS OUR POLICE OFFICERS RECOGNIZE THEIR DUTIES TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY BY SAFEGUARDING LIFE PROPERTY AND BY PROTECTING THEM FROM DISORDER, THE INNOCENT FROM DECEPTION AND THE WEEK AGAINST OPPRESSION.
NOW, THEREFORE, I'M MAYOR CHRISTINE DELAU CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO OBSERVE THE WEEK OF MAY 14TH THROUGH MAY 20TH, 22, 23 AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK, A MONDAY MAY 15TH IS NATIONAL POLICE OFFICER MEMORIAL DAY IN HONOR OF THOSE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND SERVICE THEIR TO THEIR COMMUNITY.
THAT WITNESS THERE, I'VE HERE ON TO SET MY HAND IN CAUSE BY SI OF THE CITY OF LANDRO TO BE AFFIXED ON MAY 14TH, 2023.
PROBABLY GONNA DRIVE THESE GUYS NUTS, BUT IF I CAN HAVE Y'ALL COME UP HERE WITH ME, ALL THESE UNIFORMED OFFICERS AS WELL, UH, THANK YOU FOR READING THAT.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR READING THAT.
I KNOW THAT'S DEFINITELY NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR HEART.
UH, YOU KNOW, SINCE THE READING OF THIS PROCLAMATION LAST YEAR, OVER 150 OFFICERS HAVE BEEN KILLED OR DIED IN A LINE OF DUTY AND JUST 34 OF THOSE WERE SINCE JANUARY.
AND YOU KNOW, THOSE FAMILIES, EVERY ONE OF 'EM, THERE'S A PROMISE MADE TO THEM THAT THEIR LOVED ONES WON'T BE FORGOTTEN.
RIGHT? WELL, THIS PROCLAMATION, IT HELPS SOLIDIFY THAT ON TODAY AND TODAY'S DATE IN THE CITY OF LEANER, THAT THEIR LOVED ONES ARE GONE, BUT THEY'RE NOT FORGOTTEN AND THEY'RE REMEMBERED.
UH, I'M, I'M PROUD OF, OF WHAT I DO.
I'M ALSO PROUD OF ALL THOSE THAT ARE BEHIND ME RIGHT NOW BECAUSE YESTERDAY WE HAD A, A VERY, UH, UNIQUE INCIDENT THAT DOESN'T NORMALLY HAPPEN IN THE CITY OF LANDER.
AND I SAW A BAND OF PEOPLE JUST KIND OF GET TOGETHER AND JUST EVEN THESE PEOPLE WERE ARMED.
THERE WAS A GUN INVOLVED, THERE WAS PURSUITS AND CHASES, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE GOING INTO FIELDS AND LOOKING TO TRY TO FIND PEOPLE TO KEEP OTHER, FIND THESE INDIVIDUALS SO WE CAN KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
AND THERE AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S FEAR INVOLVED AND THERE'S, AND BUT THERE'S COURAGE AS WELL BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT YOU'VE GOT TO DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO TO, TO KEEP THIS PLACE SAFE.
I'M APPRECIATIVE THAT WE SERVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS LAW ENFORCEMENT CUZ WE KNOW THAT'S NOT WHAT WE SEE IN OTHER PLACES.
AND WE HAVE A COUNCIL THAT SUPPORTS LAW ENFORCEMENT AS WELL, AND THE CITY MANAGEMENT AND CITY GOVERNMENT.
SO IT MAKES OUR JOB EASIER TO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE THAT ARE OUT THERE DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
HAVE YOU GUYS RIGHT THERE BEHIND US AS WELL? SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THANK YOU FOR READING THIS PROCLAMATION AND WE, WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.
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I GOT HEELS ON.UP NEXT, UH, WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ASME MACIA, WE HAVE FALLEN DFA DAY CITY OF LEANDER PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS FOLLOWING DFA, ALSO KNOWN AS FOLLOW GANG, I HOPE I'M SAYING THIS RIGHT, IS AN ANCIENT CHINESE MEDITATION PRACTICE BASED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF TRUTHFULNESS, COMPASSION, AND FORBEARANCE.
IT WAS FIRST INTRODUCED TO THE PUBLIC IN 1992 IN SAN CHINA BY MR. LEE ZI.
AND WHEREAS THE SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE IS NOW PRACTICED IN OVER A HUNDRED COUNTRIES AND REGIONS WORLDWIDE, AND THERE ARE MORE THAN A HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE WHO INVEST THEMSELVES FULLY TO BRING PHYSICAL HEALTH, JOY AND PEACE OF MIND TO MILLIONS OF OTHERS AROUND THE GLOBE.
AND WHEREAS FALU DFA WAS INTRODUCED TO THE STATE OF TEXAS IN 1994.
SINCE THEN, MORE THAN 14 PRACTICE SITES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED IN TEXAS OFFERING CLASSES AND EXERCISE AT NO COST TO THE PARTICIPANTS.
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AND WHEREAS FALU DFA MEMBERS TRANSCEND CULTURAL AND RACIAL BOUNDARIES AND CONTI CONTRIBUTE TO A HEALTHIER AND MORE HARMONIOUS SOCIETY, THEY HAVE DEDICATED THEMSELVES TO ADVOCATING FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES AND CONTINUE TO PROMOTE COMMITMENT, LEADERSHIP, AND INTEGRITY IN THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE.
AND WHEREAS EACH YEAR ON MAY 13TH, A MEMBER MEMBERS OF FOLLOWING DFA AND THEIR SUPPORTERS AROUND THE WORLD CELEBRATE WORLD FOLLOW DFA DAY GIVING SPECIAL THANKS TO MR. LEE HONG Z IN CELEBRATION OF THIS DAY.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CHRISTINE DELLY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LEANDER DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 13TH, 2023 AS FALU DFA DAY IN THE CITY OF LEANDER IN TESTIMONY WHERE AWARE OF, I HAVE HERE ON TO AFFIX MY SIGNATURE THIS FOURTH DAY OF MAY, 2023.
WELCOME, IF YOU'D LIKE, YOU COULD TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR ORGANIZATION.
UM, SO, UM, FARLAND DFA IS A ASIAN, UM, MEDITATION PRACTICE.
THE PRINCIPLE IS TRUTHFULNESS, COMPASSION, AND, UM, FORBEARANCE.
AND SO BECAUSE OF THE, UH, LIKE SUPER, UH, BENEFITS TO THE HEALTH AND MIND AND BODY, AND THERE'S A, A KIND OF, UM, POPULARITY LIKE VERY QUICKLY IN THE NINETIES.
AND, UH, BY 1998 THERE WAS OVER HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE LIKE IN CHINA, LIKE PRACTICED THAT.
UH, SO I WAS ALSO ONE OF THEM.
I WAS BEEN UP IN, YOU KNOW, I WAS BORN IN CHINA AND LIVING THEIR, UH, MY YOUNGER LIFE.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, UH, STARTING 1999, THE, UH, COMMUNIST PART, UH, GARMENT STARTED CRACKING DOWN THE, UH, THE PRACTICE JUST BECAUSE OF WE HAVE DIFFERENT BELIEF THAN WHAT THE, UM, THE COMMONS DOES.
AND ALSO HAVE, UM, LOT OF PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, PRACTICE THAT THEY THOUGHT IT WAS AN EASY TARGET TO CRACK DOWN.
SO MILLIONS OF, UH, PEOPLE JUST BECAUSE OF THE PRACTICE, THE MEDITATION PRACTICE BEING JAILED, AND THEN MANY LOST THEIR LIVES.
AND THEN I ESCAPED TO CHINA TO MOVE TO US, UH, UNITED STATES, SO I CAN PRACTICE MY BELIEF FREELY.
WHY DON'T Y'ALL COME UP FOR A PHOTO? YEAH.
AND THEN YEAH, MY, MY MOTHER AND SISTER HAS BEEN JAILED AND, UH, SENT TO CONCENTRATION CAMP.
SO I'M, I'M, BUT THEY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UM, SO WE GOT THEM TO COME TO AMERICA TOO.
I'VE BEEN LIVING IN LEANDER SINCE 20 2006, SO IT'S BEEN, I LIVE IN CRYSTAL FALLS AREA FOR THE LAST, LIKE 17 OR EIGHT 17 YEARS.
SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT I'M, I'M ABLE TO PRACTICE MY, UH, FREELY AND THEN, YOU KNOW, HELP OTHERS.
AND MANY PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN THIS, UH, MEDITATION PRACTICE.
SO WE, WE HAVE PRACTICE SITES LIKE THROUGHOUT,
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UH, THE, UH, AREA.THEY'RE FREE OF CHARGE ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAYS.
OUR NEXT ONE IS FOR NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KATHERINE PENTAL PARKER.
SO TO RECOGNIZE OUR NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.
UH, WHEREAS THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF OUR STATE AND NATION, AMERICANS HAVE TURNED TO PRAY FOR GUIDANCE AND COMFORT AND TO GIVE THANKS FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS WE ENJOY.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM WAS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND SOME OF THE FIRST TEXAS SETTLEMENTS.
THE FIRST CONGRESS, FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS IN THE UNITED STATES PROCLAIMED A NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER IN 1775.
AND THE DAY AFTER JOHN ADAMS MOVED INTO THE NEW WHITE HOUSE ON NOVEMBER 2ND, 1880, I'M SORRY, 1800, UH, HE ASKED GOD TO BLESS THE HOUSE AND ALL WHO INHABIT IT NOW AND IN THE FUTURE, AMERICANS BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF PRAYER.
TEXANS BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF GOD TO ANSWER PRAYER.
AND WHEREAS THE 2 20 23 THEME FOR THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, AN ESTABLISHED DAY OF PRAYER IS PRAY FERVENTLY IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND AVAIL MUCH BASED UPON THE VERSES IN JAMES FIVE 16, THE EFFECTIVE FERVENT PRAYER OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN AVAILS MUCH.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CHRISTINE DELAL MAYOR, THE CITY, CITY OF LEANDER, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THURSDAY, MAY 4TH, 2023, A DAY OF PRAYER IN LEANDER IN THE CITY OF LEANDER AND IN COM, COMMEMORATION OF THIS EVENT URGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN TOGETHER IN THEIR HOMES, PLACES OF WORSHIP AND PLACES OF WORK TO, UM, PRAY FOR THE, THE UNITY OF THE HEARTS OF ALL MANKIND AND TO CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR OUR CITY, OUR STATE, AND OUR NATION.
IN TESTIMONY WE'RE OF, I HEAR I HAVE HERE ON TWO AFFIXED MY SIGNATURE THIS FOURTH DAY OF MAY, 2023.
CHRISTINE DEL MAYOR, UM, DID, DID SOMEONE WANNA COME SPEAK? THE, THE AND THE ST DID YOU, DID YOU KIND OF WERE INVOLVED.
DO YOU WANNA COME AND SPEAK FOR A LITTLE BIT? DID ANYBODY ELSE WANNA HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? COME ON, EVERYONE IS UP THE EARLY I KNOW.
WE'RE, WE'VE ALL BEEN UP FOR THE, THE EARLY DATE AT SIX O'CLOCK OR SIX 30.
I JUST WANNA SAY IT'S AN HONOR TO BE THE COORDINATOR FOR NATIONAL LABOR PRAYER THIS YEAR IN LEANDER.
WE HAD A GREAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE OVER AT THE LEANDER POLICE DEPARTMENT, THANKS TO YOUR CHIEF WHO ALLOWED US TO USE THE FACILITY.
AND WE WERE OUT FRONT THERE AND HAD A GREAT TIME OF PRAYER AND PRAISE.
AND I JUST THINK ALL OF YOU THERE MAKE GOOD MORNING WAS ONE AT NOON AND PARK ONE IN AT GEORGE GEORGETOWN IN AUSTIN, AND ALL AROUND THE NATION.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER ABOUT IS FOR THOSE PEOPLE TO CALL GOD TO, TO SAVE OUR NATION, TO KEEP IT SAFE AND FREE, TO KEEP THE LIBERTIES WE HAVE SO THAT OUR CHILDREN, OUR GRANDCHILDREN, AND OUR GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN AND BEYOND CAN ALL ENJOY THE WONDERFUL BLESSINGS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY.
AS THEY SAY THE PRICE OF, OF FREEDOM IS VILLAGES SAY THE WORD, THE VIGI, AND IT'S SO TRUE.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR CONTINUING TO PRAY WHEREVER YOU ARE ALL THE TIME.
ANYBODY ELSE NATIONAL THIS MORNING, JOIN US.
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ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GET OUR STEPS IN WITH ONE MORE.IT IS THE BAND OF THE HILLS' 25TH ANNIVERSARY AND READING THAT PROCLAMATION IS COUNCIL MEMBER BECKY ROSS.
WHEREAS THE BAND OF THE HILLS IS A NON-PROFIT VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION OF TALENTED MUSICIANS FROM LEANDER AND SURROUNDING CITIES WHO CONTINUE TO SERVE COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING A CULTURAL AND MUSICAL EXPERIENCE FOR CENTRAL TEXANS.
AND WHEREAS THE BAND OF THE HILLS IS SELF-SUPPORTING THROUGH MEMBER DUES AND COMMUNITY DONATIONS AND SPONSORSHIPS, AND WHEREAS THE BAND IS CELEBRATING ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2023 AND HAS GROWN ITS MEMBERSHIP FROM 37 THE FIRST YEAR TO OVER A HUNDRED MUSEUM MUSICIANS RAGING IN AGES FROM 13 TO 87.
AND WHEREAS THE BAND OF THE HILLS WILL BE, WILL BE PERFORMING ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT AT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT VISTA RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL ON SUNDAY, MAY 21ST AT 3:00 PM NOW.
THEREFORE, I MAYOR CHRISTINE DELLY, CONGRATULATE AND CELEBRATE THE BAND OF THE HILLS FOR ITS 25TH, 25 YEARS OF COMMITMENT TO CENTRAL TEXAS.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING AND LISTENING TO THESE DEVOTED MUSICIANS FOR MANY YEARS TO COME IN.
WITNESS SARAH, I HERE UNTIL SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF LEANDER TO BE AFFIXED ON MAY 4TH, 2023.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BAND OF THE HILLS AND YOUR UPCOMING CONCERT? WELL, OUR UPCOMING CONCERT IS MAY 21ST.
I HOPE THAT, THAT EVERYONE CAN COME AND LISTEN.
WE WANT TO FILL THAT PLACE UP.
WHERE IS IT AT VISTA RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM? THREE O'CLOCK MAY THE 21ST.
WE HAVE HAVE A LOT OF FUN PERFORMING FOR THE COMMUNITY.
YOU READY FOR A PICTURE? SURE.
OKAY, I'LL TAKE, ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, WE CAN NOW REMAIN SEATED.
[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]
UH, MOVING INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.ITEM NUMBER 17 HAS BEEN PULLED AND WILL BE CONSIDERED ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
YOU'LL BE CONSIDERING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 10 THROUGH 16 AND 18 THROUGH 21.
THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM, MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND, SECOND MOTION, AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY MOVING INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.
[22. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case Z-22-0045 to amend the current zoning of GC-3-C (General Commercial) to adopt the Leander Collective Minor PUD (Planned Unit Development) with the base zoning district of GC-3-A (General Commercial) on one (1) parcel of land approximately 2.97 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R606834 and R606835; and commonly known as 133 and 156 Collective Way, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case Z-22-0045 as described above.]
NUMBER 22, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ZONING CASE Z 22 0 45 TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF GC 30 C.GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO ADOPT THE LEANDER COLLECTIVE MINOR P U D PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT WITH THE BAY ZONING DISTRICT OF GC THREE, A GENERAL COMMERCIAL ON ONE PARCEL OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 2.97 ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GRIFFIN.
UM, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE LEANDER COLLECTIVE MINOR PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED OFF OF 180 3 TO THE SOUTH OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UM, THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED FOR GENERAL COMMERCIAL USES.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE CHANGE TO, UM, THE MINOR POD TO ALLOW FOR A MINI STORAGE USE ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, THAT USE IS NOT CURRENTLY ALLOWED, UM, BY THE ORDINANCE.
THEY'RE REQUESTING IT TO BE SET BACK FROM 180 3, UM, TOWARDS THE WEST, SO IT'LL BE RIGHT IN, IN THIS AREA.
UM, THEY'RE PROPOSING THE BUILDING TO BE, UM, HIGH STANDARDS WITH, UH, MASONRY.
UH, THIS REQUEST WAS, UH, REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DURING THE APRIL 13TH MEETING WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE BUILDING HEIGHT IS LIMITED TO 65 FEET AND THE DEVELOPER WAS AGREEABLE TO THAT HEIGHT DURING THE MEETING AND, UM, AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
AND I'M SORRY, IS THE DEVELOPER GIVING A PRESENTATION OR JUST HERE FOR QUESTIONS? THREE QUESTIONS.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON IT? SEEING NONE, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
WE'LL NOW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE
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Z 20 2045 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY.SO IF WE WEREN'T TO APPROVE THIS, THEY WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO JUST PUT GENERAL COMMERCIAL THERE AND THAT'S ALL RIGHT? CORRECT.
YEAH, THE ONLY CHANGE IS ADDING MINI STORAGE.
ANY REASON WHY WE WOULDN'T? I I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.
I MEAN, UNDER, UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, UM, A MOTION TO APPROVE.
YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE TO DO IT WITH THE, UH, WITH THE CONDITION.
WITH WITH THE CONDITIONS, YES.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
I'LL SAY I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BENEFIT IS TO THE CITY, WHY WE WOULD APPROVE THIS, BUT THAT'S ALL.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OPPOSED PASSES.
THIS ITEM WAS POSTPONED BY THE APPLICANT.
ITEM 24 WAS WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT.
[25. Discuss and consider action on ratifying the City Manager's appointment of Edna Staudt as Municipal Court Associate Judge No. 3 and administer oath of office.]
OUR REGULAR AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER 25, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON RATIFYING THE CITY MANAGER'S APPOINTMENT OF EDNA STOU AS MUNICIPAL COURT ASSOCIATE JUDGE NUMBER THREE AND A MR. THE OATH OF OFFICE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE POWERS.THANK YOU, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
IT IS, UM, MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE, UH, THE CITY MANAGER'S APPOINTMENT OF MS, UH, EDNA STOUT AS THE, UH, LAND OR MUNICIPAL COURT.
UH, THIRD ASSOCIATE JUDGE, UH, JUDGE STOUT, UH, RECENTLY COMPLETED, UH, 28 YEARS AS THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PRECINCT TWO.
AND, UH, SH UH, SHE IS A, UM, MANY YEAR, UH, RESIDENT OF LEANER.
SO WE ARE EXCITED THAT, UH, TO HAVE HER, UH, JOIN THE MUNICIPAL COURT, UH, TEAM AND, UH, HER COMMITMENT TO, UH, LEANER AND, UH, UH, ALL THAT THAT ENTAILS AT THE MUNICIPAL COURT.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MS. BARBARA SHANNON TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT JUDGE STOUT, BUT BEFORE THE, THE OATH IS ADMINISTERED.
UM, I'VE KNOWN, UH, JUDGE STOUT FOR 25 YEARS OF HER 28 YEARS OF SERVICE AS A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PRECINCT TWO IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY.
UM, WE RECONNECTED 25 YEARS AGO AND ACTUALLY FOUND OUT THAT WE WERE IN THE SAME FOURTH GRADE CLASS TOGETHER AT ROSEDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
UM, I'VE KNOWN HER, LIKE I SAY, FOR ALL THESE YEARS, AND SHE'S BEEN A WOMAN OF INTEGRITY.
I KNOW THAT ALL OF Y'ALL KNOW HER, AND SHE WOULD BE A REAL ASSET, UH, WITH OUR COURT.
SHE, WE HANDLE THE MUNICIPAL COURTS HANDLE CLASS C MISDEMEANORS, AND THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JUSTICE COURTS HANDLES IS CLASS C MISDEMEANORS.
SO SHE HAS VAST KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE AT HOW TO HANDLE THOSE, AND SHE HAS GOOD BENCH EXPERIENCE, AND SHE WOULD REALLY BE AN ASSET TO US.
WE TALKED ON OUR CALL EARLIER THIS WEEK ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THE PROCESSES MOVING FORWARD.
CAN Y'ALL SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AS WE MOVE FORWARD? UM, OUR CITY IS GROWING AND WE'RE REALLY, WE'RE GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER, AND SOME OF THE POSITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO COME OPEN.
AND AS WE'VE DONE WITH, UM, LPAC AND AS WE'VE DONE WITH BOARD AND COMMISSIONERS, AND NOW WITH STAFF LIAISONS, JUST MAKING IT CLEAR WHAT OUR PROCESS IS WHEN WE OPEN UP OUR POOL FOR DIFFERENT POSITIONS THAT ARE OPEN.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, THAT PROCESS? I CERTAINLY CAN'T, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M THE BEST ONE TO TALK ABOUT IT OR WHOEVER.
UH, BUT, UH, CERTAINLY I JUST, JUST TO BE CLEAR THAT THIS IS, UH, THE ADDITION OF A THIRD ASSOCIATE JUDGE, AND WITH THE VACANCY OF OUR PRESIDING JUDGE, UM, NOT ONLY DOES, UH, JUDGE STOUT'S EXPERIENCE BRING, UM, A A WEALTH OF ASSET TO THE, TO THE MUNICIPAL COURT, BUT WE DESPERATELY NEED THE ADDITIONAL, UH, UH, MANPOWER TO FILL THE DOCKETS IN AND THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S, YOU KNOW, 24 7 NEEDS.
BUT, UM, I THINK THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY
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ATTORNEY ARE, ARE MORE, UM, UH, UM, FIRST IN, UH, THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE, YOU KNOW, A LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AND, UH, BUT CERTAINLY THE COUNSEL AND THE CITY MANAGER CAN DISCUSS THAT PROCESS.UH, WE ARE, WE ARE HOPING TO, UH, UM, HAVE, UM, JUDGE OUT SWORN IN THIS EVENING SO THAT, UH, WE CAN, UH, USE HER FOR THE, THE, THE DOCKETS AND THE UH, UH, UM, ITEMS THAT COME BEFORE THE COURT, UH, THIS, THIS, THIS SUMMER.
BUT, UH, WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED A PROCESS YET, BUT I'LL LEAVE IT TO THE CITY MANAGER.
AND, UM, AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE'RE ADDING A THIRD POSITION BECAUSE WE WE'RE SHORTHANDED RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? YES, THE, AND WE HAVE A LOT ON THE DOCKET COMING UP AS OF, UH, UM, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
THE, THE PRESIDING JUDGE POSITION IS, IS VACANT.
SO THE, THE, THE TWO ASSOCIATE JUDGES, AND THESE ARE PART-TIME POSITIONS, UM, AND, UM, THEY, THE OTHER TWO THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ARE FULL-TIME, UH, WITH OTHER JOBS THEY, AND SO IT'S NOT LIKE THEY HAVE, UH, AN ABUNDANCE OF EXTRA HOURS THAT THEY COULD FILL IN FOR THE PRESIDING JUDGE'S, UM, UH, HOURS THAT, UH, THAT THEY PUT IN EACH MONTH.
I KNOW Y'ALL HAD SOME QUESTIONS, UM, ON THE CALLS THIS WEEK.
ONE REASON FOR THE RECOMMENDATION OF JUDGE STOUT IS HER BENCH EXPERIENCE AND HER ABILITY TO COME IN COLD AND, UH, HELP WITH THE LOAD.
UH, Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE HAD SOME OF THE DATA IN TERMS OF SEEING THE INCREASE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT BEEN DRAMATIC, BUT IT'S BEEN STEADY INCREASE WITH OUR POPULATION GROWTH.
UH, IN TERMS OF THE CHARTER, UH, NO, WE DON'T HAVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT, UH, THEY BE A, AN ATTORNEY MEMBER OF THE BAR.
HOWEVER, UH, SAME THING WITH, UH, MANY OF THE J THE JP OFFICES AS WELL IN, IN MANY CITIES.
UH, ALSO IN TERMS OF THE, HIS HISTORY, THE CITY HAS NOT TYPICALLY GONE THROUGH A, UH, TRADITIONAL HR SEARCH, NOT REQUIRED TO BY STATE LAW.
MOST OTHER CITIES THAT I HAVE WORKED WITH OR WORKED FOR HAVE FOLLOWED A SIMILAR PROCESS.
THERE'S KIND OF A, TYPICALLY IN ANY GIVEN REGION, THERE'S A LIMITED NUMBER OF ACTIVE JUDGES, MUNICIPAL AND JP I'VE ACTUALLY WORKED AT ONE CITY WHERE OUR MUNICIPAL JUDGE WAS ALSO THE JP, UH, FOR THAT, FOR THAT AREA.
UH, I KNOW MOVING FORWARD WE'RE LOOKING AT, AT SOME OF THE OTHER KIND OF MODERNIZATION THINGS, MAYBE ADDING ANOTHER HALF DAY, THEN EVENTUALLY ANOTHER FULL COURT DAY.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE APPROACHING A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE OTHER ISSUE OF, YOU KNOW, A COURT OF RECORD IF THAT IS, IF, IF WE WANNA CROSS THAT BRIDGE AS WELL.
SO IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER OTHER ITEMS, BRING THEM BACK TO Y'ALL.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE, UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE, THE SITTING JUDGE, THE PRIMARY POSITION, UH, WHICH HAS BEEN VACATED, UH, RIGHT NOW WE'LL BE ACTING WITH THREE ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
AND I'M NOT SURE IF PAIGE BEING MORE LOYALLY THAN I'M THE ONE DECIDED NOT TO GO TO LAW SCHOOL.
AND SO YOU GET THE TAG AND YOU'RE, IT, WELL, YOU DID A, A GOOD JOB.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT, WHAT MORE I CAN ADD.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER.
NO, I THINK THEY, THEY ANSWERED IT ALL.
I'LL MOVE TO RATIFY THE CITY MANAGER'S SELECTION FOR A SECOND.
COUNSEL, WE HAD A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COUNCIL MEMBER MC.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
I'M JUST GONNA SAY I APPRECIATE THE HONOR OF BEING APPOINTED AN ASSOCIATE JUDGE AND TO BE ABLE TO HELP LEAN OUT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR VOTE OF CONFIDENCE.
I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH EACH POINT OF YOU.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, I HAVE BEEN A JUDGE FOR 20 YEARS, THE PEACE COUNTY, AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE RETIRED IN IN DECEMBER YEAR.
BUT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HAS THEIR IDEA
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OF WHAT RETIREMENT IS LIKE.AND FOR ME IT MEANT RETIRING FROM A COURT THAT WAS EXTREMELY BUSY WITH NOT JUST CLASSY MISDEMEANORS, BUT A DEBT COURT, A SMALL CLAIMS COURT, A JUSTICE COURT, SMALL AGE, A EVICTIONS COURT, PEOPLE CAN'T HEAR ME, AN EVICTIONS COURT AND, UH, JUVENILE COURT AND DEATH INQUEST AS A CORONER.
AND MOST PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA THE AMOUNT OF, OF STUFF THAT IS IN TODAY'S WORLD.
SO TO ME, RETIRED IS, IS REALLY A RETIREMENT FROM THAT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, MY, IN MY LIFE, RETIREMENT MEANS TO BE RETIRED.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY ALL THE THINGS I'M GONNA DO WITH MY RETIRED BODY HERE, BUT I EXPECT IT TO BE BUSY AND ACTIVE.
UH, CUZ I DIDN'T RETIRE FROM LIFE.
I RETIRED FROM ONE POSITION ONLY TO WORK FORWARD, WHATEVER GOD HAS ME TO DO.
AND HE'S MOVED UPON ME TO HELP OUT LEANDER WITH AN ASSOCIATE POSITION.
AFTER ALL, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 35 YEARS AND I'D BE GLAD TO LEND WHAT I HAVE TO THE CITY OF MUNICIPALITY, WHICH I LOVE SO MUCH.
I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN A TOWN, A LITTLE JUST SOUTH OF HERE CALLED AUSTIN, BUT I'VE BEEN IN LEANDER FOR 35 YEARS AND I'M GLAD TO BE HOME HERE.
DO YOU WANNA HOLD THE VITAL FOUR? OH, OKAY.
WHAT DOING? YOU'RE THE CHIEF
I DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM? I SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CITY OF LEANDER MUNICIPAL COURT ASSOCIATE JUDGE NUMBER THREE, CITY OF LEANDER THAT WAS GOOD OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, PRESERVE THE, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE LAWS OF UNITED STATES END OF THIS STATE.
SO HELP ME, GOD, WELCOME ABOARD.
[26. Discuss and consider action authorizing BCRUA General Manager to purchase approximately fourteen hundred (1,400 LF) linear feet of thirty-six (36)- inch ductile-iron pipe from Smith Pump Company, Inc. in the amount of $2,226,974.50 of which Leander's financial obligation will be $1,039,328.99.]
ALL RIGHT.DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION AUTHORIZING B C R U, A GENERAL MANAGER TO PURCHASE APPROXIMATELY 1400 LINEAR FEET OF 36 INCH DUCTILE IRON PIPE FROM SMITH PUMP COMPANY, INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,226,974 AND 50 CENTS OF WHICH LEAN'S FINANCIAL OBLIGATION WILL BE $1,039,328 AND 99 CENTS.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE, GRIMS BO.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, DAN GREENSVILLE, UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, REALLY STANDING BY FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE RAW WATER LINE NUMEROUS TIMES.
UM, SO AT THIS POINT, THIS IS THE FINAL PERMANENT REPAIR OF THAT LINE, AND WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE IT FORWARD.
DO YOU WANNA MAKE
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[27. Discuss and consider a Resolution finding public convenience and necessity and authorizing the use of eminent domain to condemn, if necessary, a 9,858 square foot reclaimed waterline easement and a 16,451 square foot temporary construction easement (both as described in Exhibit “x1”) from that 23.402 acre tract conveyed by Warranty Deed to House-Cross and Associates and recorded as Document Number 2022071653 of the official public records of Williamson County, Texas, for the public use and purpose of construction of a reclaimed water line.]
ITEM NUMBER 27, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A RESOLUTION FINDING PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY IN AUTHORIZING THE USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO CONDEMN IF NECESSARY, A 9,858 SQUARE FOOT RECLAIMED WATERLINE EASEMENT AND A 16,451 SQUARE FOOT TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT, BOTH AS DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT X ONE FROM THAT 23.402 ACRE TRACKED, CONVEYED BY WARRANTY DEED TO HOUSE CROSS AND ASSOCIATES, AND RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 2 0 2 2 0 7 1 16 53 OF THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS FOR THE PUBLIC USE AND PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTION OF A RECLAIMED WATER LINE.UH, COUNSEL, WE'RE GOING TO RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 0.071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 1.05, TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO DELIBERATE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING THIS ITEM.
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ALL RIGHT, WE ARE RECONVENING BACK INTO OPEN SESSION AT 7:59 PM THERE IS NO ACTION ON ITEM 27.[28. Council Member Future Agenda Items [Any deliberation of or decision about the subject of the inquiry shall be limited to a proposal to place the subject on the agenda for a subsequent meeting.]]
TO ITEM 28, 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.NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM? ALL RIGHT, WELL, I DO.
UM, WE
UM, WE HAVE TALKED INFORMALLY OVER THE YEARS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF HIRING, UM, A GRANT WRITING SERVICE, AND WE'VE NEVER ACTUALLY GONE THROUGH WITH IT.
THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN THE DISCUSSION OF, UM, YOU KNOW, COMPETING INTERESTS, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU MISS A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE SHOTS YOU DON'T TAKE.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM, A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HIRING A GRANT WRITING SERVICE SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT MAYBE SOME MORE FUNDING FOR THINGS LIKE WE SAW TONIGHT IN OUR, UH, WORKSHOP.
THAT IS ALL I DO HAVE ONE THING.
CAN WE, UM, ADD THE UPDATE ABOUT THE, UM, SCHOOL ZONE OVER BY RALPH, UM, AND LAKEWOOD PARK? WE TALKED ABOUT IT A FEW MONTHS AGO AND, UM, THERE WAS GONNA BE A, OH, OKAY, WELL, WE CAN'T DISCUSS IT.
DO WE HAVE A DATE? YEAH, WE CAN'T.
ITEM NUMBER 29, COUNCIL MEMBER CLOSING COMMENTS.
UM, WELL, IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY.
UH, AND I THINK ANY, ANY DAY THAT WE START OFF WITH, UH, SO MUCH PRAYER AND SO MANY GOOD WORDS IS A VERY SPECIAL DAY AND I, I JUST HOPE IT CONTINUES.
I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT HAS NOT BEEN SAID TODAY TO ME, NOR HAVE I SAID IT TO ANYONE ELSE, IS MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU.
PLACE TWO, JUST WANNA SAY IT'S ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH, ALONG WITH OLDER AMERICANS.
IT WAS A GREAT, UH, SPENDING TIME WITH EVERYBODY AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THIS MORNING FOR A NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.
WE GOT TO BE AT THE, UM, THE GOVERNOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST ON MONDAY TOO.
SO IT'S JUST A REALLY COOL WEEK.
AND, UH, WE GOT A COUPLE THINGS GOING ON, CULMINATION OF LIKE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL SEASON AND SUMMER'S COMING UP FOR THE KIDS.
SO PARENTS GET READY AS THOSE KIDS ARE GONNA BE HOME.
WE'RE ACTUALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
WE'RE GONNA GO TRY TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH OUR FAMILY, BUT, UM, SUMMERTIME IS ALMOST HERE AND SO, UM, CELEBRATE WISELY.
PERTON, I WAS LOOKING FOR CHIEF MITTEN.
MAY THE FOURTH BE WITCHY WHEN YOU SAID THAT.
SO I WAS, I WAS LOOKING FOR HIM TO COME UP AND SAY SOMETHING, BUT HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
AS YOU HEARD, KITE FESTIVAL IS THIS SATURDAY FROM 11 TO FOUR AT DIVINE LAKE PARK.
OUR ACTIVE ADULTS ARE STILL BEING SUPER ACTIVE.
THEY ARE HAVING THIS MONTH MAJA ON MONDAYS LINE DANCING ON THURSDAYS AND TUESDAY, MAY 9TH FROM FOUR TO FIVE.
AT THE MASON HOMESTEAD IS NATIONAL MUSCATO DAY, SO THEY HAVE ALL THE FUN.
REGISTRATION FOR SUMMER CAMPS IS NOW OPEN.
WE'VE GOT KINDER DANCE, COOKING CAMPS, SPORTS CAMPS, VARIOUS STEAM CAMPS, ALL OF THAT INFORMATION, REGISTRATION FOR EVERYTHING, INCLUDING MUSCATO DAY, IS AVAILABLE@LEEUNDERTX.GOV SLASH FUN.
AND THAT IS IT FROM ME TONIGHT.
ALSO, WE ARE ALWAYS ASKING YOU TO SHOP LOCAL, KEEP YOUR MONEY IN THE LEANDER ECONOMY.
IT HELPS KEEP JOBS HERE, KEEP YOUR TAXES FLOWING, SERVICES FOR YOU TO PAY FOR ALL OF THE WONDERFUL PARKS PROGRAMMING WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
SO TONIGHT, COUNCIL PICKED UP DINNER FROM SKY ASIAN FUSION.
WE ASK THAT WHEN YOU ARE OUT AND ABOUT YOU GO TO RESTAURANTS LIKE SKY, ASIAN FUSION, AND OTHER LOCATIONS IN LEANDER AND SPEND YOUR MONEY HERE.
[30. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to Section 551.071, Texas Government Code, Section 1.05, Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, to deliberate with legal counsel regarding the legal impact of bills affecting cities filed during the 88th Legislative Session. Reconvene into open session to take action as deemed appropriate in the City Council's discretion regarding bills affecting cities filed during the 88th Legislative Session. ]
WITH THAT ITEM 30, WE ARE GOING TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 1.05, TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO, TO THAT, TO DELIBERATE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING THE LEGAL IMPACT OF BILLS AFFECTING CITIES FILED DURING, DURING THE 88TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION.THE TIME IS 8:03 PM ALL RIGHT, WE ARE RECONVENING BACK INTO OPEN SESSION AT 8:49 PM TO TAKE ACTION AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE IN THE CITY COUNCIL'S DISCRETION REGARDING BILLS AFFECTING CITY'S FILE DURING THE 88TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO ACTION WITH THAT COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED AT 8:49 PM GOODNIGHT.