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THE LEANDER HPC IS CALLED TO ORDER,
[1. Open Meeting.]
AND A QUORUM IS PRESENT.[3. Workshop with the Historic Preservation Committee and representative of the Leander Chamber of Commerce discussing the proposed concept plans for redevelopment of the six (6) acres of the City's property at the Bryson Farmstead (CIP P.47).]
I THREATENED TO BE, BE BRIEF ON THIS.UH, STAFF WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS, UH, WITH BOTH THE COMMITTEE AND COUNSEL AND REALLY DISCUSS HOW DO WE GET IT OFF CENTER, WHAT THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE, WHERE WE'RE AT, WHERE WE'VE BEEN IN THE PROCESS.
TONY BETIS, AND OF COURSE RUSSELL IS HERE AS WELL.
ON THE C I P SIDE, HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH, UM, THE PRESERVATION PLAN, UH, COORDINATING WITH THE OTHER PARTNER AGENCIES, TOLL AUTHORITY, RMA, EVERYONE.
SO I THINK TONY CAN WALK US THROUGH KIND OF THE GENERAL CONCEPTS OF WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE PLAN AND THEN WHAT THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE.
AND, UH, WE WOULD ALSO BE LOOKING AT COMING BACK TO Y'ALL IN THE NEAR FUTURE WITH A, A ZONING MOVING FORWARD ON A, ON A PUT OR ZONING CHANGE TO SUPPORT THAT WITH EVERYONE'S INPUT.
I'M THE C I P PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF LEANDER.
OF COURSE, EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS AND REMEMBERS.
THIS IS BASED UPON OUR 2008 MOU WITH THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION.
UH, CITY OF, UH, I'M SORRY, CITY OF LANDER, OF COURSE.
BUT, UH, WILLIAMSON COUNTY ANDT STOCK TO TAKE THE SIX ACRES, WHICH IS THE BRYSON FARMSTEAD AND TO, UM, TO PRESERVE IT, REPAIR IT, BRING IT BACK UP, AND TO TAKE CARE OF IT AS, AS STEWARDS OF THIS PROPERTY, STOCK PROPERTY.
PART OF THAT AGREEMENT WAS THAT AFTER WE DID REPAIR THE BUILDINGS, BRING THEM UP INTO A POINT OF PRESERVATION IS TO, UM, PROVIDE A, A REPURPOSING PLAN WHERE WE CAN UTILIZE THIS.
AND IT'S, THE SIX ACRES REALLY IS A, A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY AND I'M HOPING THAT THERE'S PEOPLE OUT THERE WITH, WITH PASSION AND IDEAS THAT CAN ACTUALLY WORK WITH US TO MAKE THIS REALLY SOMETHING FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING AND WE HIRED FISHER HECK AS OUR CONSULTANT TO PROVIDE US WITH THE PRESERVATION PLAN AND FURTHER PROVIDE US WITH THE REPURPOSING PLANS.
THE TWO THAT YOU SEE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU, UH, THEY'VE BEEN, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH FISHER HECK, UM, TO TRY TO GET TO THESE PLANS.
UH, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT CONCEPTS HERE.
THEY'RE ROUGHLY FAIRLY SIMILAR.
THE MAIN CONCEPT IS ONE HAS A TURNAROUND DRIVE, UM, AND NOT AS MANY PARKING SPACES.
THE OTHER ONE HAS MORE PARKING SPACES, BUT NO TURNAROUND DRIVE.
YOU'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT A DIFFERENCE OF MAYBE SIX OR SEVEN, UM, PARKING SPACES THAT ARE LOST.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THIS BACK TO BOTH THE HISTORIC COMMISSION AND TO CITY COUNCIL FOR Y'ALL TO REVIEW AND, AND LET US KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS AS TO WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE PREFERENCE FOR.
AND HOW DOES THE CHAMBER FIT INTO THIS? I'M CHASTITY FERNANDO, AND I'M WITH THE CHAMBER.
AND THE CHAMBER FULLY SUPPORTS THIS.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND THIS HISTORICAL COMMISSION AND BRING THIS AND BRING NEW PEOPLE TO THE CITY.
SO WE CAN'T WAIT TO START THIS PROJECT WITH YOU GUYS.
AND CAN I, SO IT'S, I, I'VE SERVED ON THE, UM, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD FOR FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AND THEN NOW AS THE EX OFFICIO ON THE BOARD.
BUT THE, UM, HOW THESE TWO THINGS PLAY TOGETHER IS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS HAD THIS PROPERTY, NOT SURE WHAT TO DO WITH IT, BUT KNOW WE WANT TO, THE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY SIDE, THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSIONS AROUND, UM, PRESERVING THE PROPERTY AND MAKING SURE THAT IT IS REPRESENTED IN THE PROPER WAY AND ON THE CHAMBER SIDE, UM, WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR PROPERTY FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND HAVE BEEN, UM, SAVING FUNDS AND, AND WORKING TOWARDS BEING ABLE TO HAVE A BIGGER SPACE BECAUSE FORTUNATELY, UM, LANDER IS GROWING THE WAY IT'S GROWN.
WE'VE OUTGROWN THE LITTLE BLUE HOUSE AND REALLY A PLACE THAT WE CAN, UM, UM, OPERATE CHAMBER BUSINESS, BUT ALSO HAVE MEMBER, UM, EVENTS AND HAVE SPACE BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY IS LACKING SPACE FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO BE ABLE TO GATHER.
AND SO FELT LIKE, UM, THIS IS A FANTASTIC PLACE TO BRING THE TWO PIECES TOGETHER THAT ALLOWS THE, UM, WOULD ALLOW IF APPROVED THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO DEVELOP THIS LAND IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS CITY TO BRING A REALLY NICE THING AND A PLACE THAT WE CAN, UM, WE CAN GATHER AS A COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, AND IT ALSO, UH, UM, AND
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ALLOWS THE, THE CITY TO WORK IN CONJUNCTION.SO IT'S, FROM A MONEY STANDPOINT, IT WOULD BE THE CHAMBER, UM, PULLING A LOT OF THE FUNDS TOGETHER TO DEVELOP THIS, NOT THE CITY OF LEANDER.
UM, SO IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A, A WIN-WIN SITUATION.
CAN YOU PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION LIKE ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THIS BILL? LIKE NO IDEA THOUGH.
I'M LIKE, WELL, BECAUSE THE, THE SITUATION AT THIS POINT MM-HMM.
THE CHAMBER HAS HAD SOME TENTATIVE PLANS PLAYED WITH OKAY.
BUT THEY'RE EXPENSIVE TO DO AND SO IT'S JUST NOT WORTH THE MONEY.
UM, AND THE CHAMBER'S BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY FOR SEVERAL YEARS TRYING TO GET THIS OFF CENTER.
UM, AND WE'RE NOW TO A POINT WHERE WE WANNA, IT NEEDS TO BE PUSHED OFF CENTER, CUZ AGAIN, IT'S A, UM, IT'S A WIN-WIN.
JUST AS A, FOR INSTANCE, THE CHAMBER HAS NO PLACE TO HAVE, UM, THE, THE MONTHLY LUNCHEONS MM-HMM.
UM, THERE ARE MICRO GROUPS, THERE'S ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT THE CHAMBER DOES THAT WE'RE ALWAYS HAVING TO HAVE SPACE FOR.
AND SO THIS WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO I WANNA RECOGNIZE THE CITY MANAGER.
HE HAD A COMMENT AND THEN WE STILL HAVEN'T QUITE GOTTEN OUR PRESENTATION FROM THE CHAMBER ON THIS.
THIS BECKY, THIS IS A SEGUE INTO WHAT I, YOUR COMMENTS ARE SEGUED INTO WHAT I WAS GONNA MENTION NEXT IS, SO WITH THE CHAMBER NEEDING SPACE, THERE'S REALLY, THERE'S A THREE-LEGGED STOOL REALLY.
SO YOU HAVE THE, YOU'VE GOT THE FARMSTEAD, YOU HAVE THE CHAMBER OPPORTUNITY, AND THEN WE'RE ABOUT TO ENTER INTO A HOTEL MOTEL STUDY AS WELL.
AND WE HAVE THE STATE HOTEL MOTEL LEGISLATION, UH, AND NOT THIS MOST RECENT, BUT THE PRIOR SESSION, SO WOULDN'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY BE, BUT MAYBE SOMEWHERE IN PROXIMITY IF, IF THERE IS A HOTEL CONVENTION CENTER OPPORTUNITY THAT COULD ALSO COMPLIMENT THE FARMSTEAD AND THE FUNCTION OF THE CHAMBER AS THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU AND POSSIBLY BOOKING EVENTS, HAVING MEETING SPACE AND PROXIMITY, UM, ADJACENT OR NEAR AND ALSO ON SITE WITH, IN THE CASE OF THE FARMSTEAD, THAT WOULD REALLY BE, UH, KNOCKING IT OUT OF THE PARK, KILLING LIKE THREE BIRDS WITH ONE STONE.
AND SO WE DO WANT TO KIND OF PUT THAT OUT THERE.
NO, WE HAVE NOT, UH, KICKED THE STUDY OFF.
UH, RANDALL, WE WILL BE SELECTING THAT AT THE SIXTH MEETING ON THE SIXTH.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE EXPECTATION.
SO THAT, AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO DO IS ALSO GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT THE DEMAND IS AND WHAT SIZE OF FACILITY SPACE WOULD BE NEEDED, SO FORTH FOR A CONVENTIONS FACILITY.
AND, AND THE END GOAL WOULD BE TRYING TO HAVE A FACILITY THAT WOULD NOT OVERWHELM, BUT COMPLIMENT AND, AND FLOAT WITH THE FARMSTEAD IF, IF IT WERE TO BE SOMEWHERE NEARBY.
WE DO NOT HAVE A PRESENTATION.
I WAS JUST HERE TO SHOW THAT WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS AND WE DO AGREE WITH IT.
SO WE'LL LEAVE THAT TO BRIDGETTE AND SHE'S BACK.
CAN I MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT? YES.
UM, AND ONE OTHER THING TOO IS THAT WE ALSO, IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, IT'S NOT ONLY THE LAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, BUT IT'S ALSO THE VISITORS CENTER.
UM, AND, AND WE'VE UM, THE VISITORS CENTER ACTUALLY, AND WITH A LITTLE BIT OF HOT FUNDS THAT HAVE, WE HAVE ACQUIRED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HIRE THE CHAMBER HAS HIRED.
SO WE HAVE NOW OFFICIALLY SPLIT NOW WE ACTUALLY, THERE IS AN OFFICIAL LEANDER VISITORS CENTER AND THAT WOULD BE A PART OF THIS TOO, AND A PART OF THE HOMESTEAD PRESERVATION TO BRING PEOPLE IN AND SHOW 'EM THE HISTORY OF LEANDER TOO.
COUNSEL ON HISTORICAL PRESERVATION, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? I HAVE A, JUST A COUPLE OF, JUST SIMPLE QUESTIONS, TONY.
THE, THE EVENT BUILDING, AND I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A SQUARE FOOTAGE, IT'S NOT A FINAL PLAN YET.
UH, AND THE EXHIBIT SPACE, DO WE HAVE AN ANTICIPATED USE OR AN EXPECTED USE THAT THAT WOULD BE, WOULD SERVE OTHER THAN AT THIS POINT IN TIME? NO, THE SKY'S THE LIMIT.
I WOULD IMAGINE, BASED UPON YOUR IMAGINATION, WHATEVER YOU COULD USE, UTILIZE IT FOR.
I WAS JUST WONDERING THE, LIKE THE HISTORICAL ASPECTS OF IT.
IF THE EXHIBIT SPACE, IF THAT'S WHAT WE HAD IN MIND, AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT I KNOW IT'S JUST A, A, YOU KNOW, A PRELIM PRELIMINARY OR PRELIMINARY PLAN RIGHT.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD, UH, OH, IN THE INFORMATION CENTER, WE'RE THINKING THAT WOULD BE THE CHAMBER OFFICE, RIGHT? YES.
IN AGAIN, THAT'S THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY ABOUT THE BUILDING IS IT MUST BE COMPLIMENTARY TO THE HISTORIC VIEWSHED.
I'M SORRY, IT MUST BE COMPLIMENTARY TO THE HISTORIC VIEWSHED.
THE HISTORIC, THE HISTORIC WHAT THE, WHATEVER
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BUILDING WE BUILD OUT THERE HAS TO BE COMPLIMENTARY TO THE HISTORIC SITE, THE EXISTING STRUCTURES.UM, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD, THE, THE TWO OPTIONS YOU HAD, JUST CURIOUS, LOSING SIX TO SEVEN PARKING SPACES, UH, WITH HAVING THE, THE TURNAROUND DRIVE, WHICH I, I KIND OF LIKE, UM, IN A, AN EVENT WHERE THERE'S OVERFLOW PARKING NEEDED, PARKING COULD BE, THIS WOULD BE DESIGNED WITH THAT IN MIND WHERE PEOPLE COULD PARK ON THE SIDE.
IT'S NOT SO SMALL THAT YOU COULDN'T PARK IF NECESSARY.
THERE WAS THE HOPE AND INTENT THAT WHOMEVER CHOOSES TO DEVELOP NEXT TO US, THAT WE COULD DEVELOP SOME SORT OF PARTNERSHIP, BUT THAT'S STILL NOT HERE YET.
AND THAT, THAT'S MY LAST QUESTION.
THE, IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, PART OF THIS PLAN, BUT WE STILL DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FIRM ON THE SURROUNDING AREA THAT KIND OF IS ON HOLD TO DATE.
THERE HAS NOT BEEN PROPOSALS THAT WOULD REALLY COMPLIMENT THE FARMSTEAD SITE.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE WANT TO, AFTER THIS INPUT NEXT STEP WOULD BE MOVING FORWARD ON A PUTT OR THE ZONING AND THEN ALSO WHAT THE OPPORTUNITY WOULD BE HOPEFULLY INDUCING WITH STATE HOTEL MO MOTEL FUNDS, SOMEONE THAT WOULD WANT TO DO SOMETHING COMPLIMENTARY.
SO ALL THE SITE, SO YOU KNOW, REALLY THE CHAMBER FUNCTION, THE VISITOR CENTER FUNCTION, THE, UH, SPACE, ALL OF THE ABOVE.
YOU COULD WORK SOMETHING OUT FINALLY THAT'S NOT, UM, MAYBE CONFLICTING OR OVERWHELMING TO THE FARMSTEAD AND THIS VIEW, THIS, THIS IS WHAT WE LOOKED AT THAT DAY TO.
UM, YES, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS HERE.
SO THE BRYSON HOUSE IS SHOWN UP AT THE TOP OF THE CORNER UP THERE, VERY SMALL.
UM, OR IS IT, OR THE INFORMATION CENTER IS THE BRYSON HOUSE, IS THAT INTENDED TO BE THE, UM, OFFICE, OR IS THAT INTENDED YES.
MA'S THAT, THAT'S THE BRYSON HOUSE RIGHT THERE.
SO THE BRYSON HOUSE, WHAT'S THE INTENDED FOR INFORMATION CENTER? WHAT'S THE INTENTION THERE? I THINK THE CURRENT ANTICIPATION IS IT'S MORE OF A INTERPRETIVE CENTER.
MORE OF A MUSEUM TYPE? YES, MA'AM.
UM, AND THEN THE EXHIBIT SPACE, IS THAT, ARE WE PLANNING ON REMODELING ONE OF THE BARNS OR IS THAT A NEW BUILDING? WELL, WE NEED TO REPAIR THE BARNS FIRST AND FOREMOST, BRING THEM BACK UP TO A STRUCTURAL STANDARD BECAUSE THEY'RE UNSAFE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
UM, I, WITH REGARDS TO THE EXHIBIT SPACE, IT WAS, ONCE AGAIN, WE, THESE ARE JUST ROUGH PROGRAMMING IDEAS.
AND IT'S BASICALLY WE COULD DO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO OR WANT TO DO, MAYBE WANNA HAVE A FLOWER SHOW THERE, OR PERHAPS MAYBE WINE TASTING PARTIES OR OKAY.
SOMETHING, BUT WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE NATURE OF THE BUILDING ITSELF.
SO THE, THE, THE TRACTOR BARN IS, WE'RE JUST KEEPING THE, THE TRACTOR BARN AND THE EXHIBIT SPACE, WE'RE KEEPING THE NATURE OF THE BARNS.
WHAT WE ARE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GOING TO REPAIR THEM, BRING 'EM BACK TO STRUCTURAL STABILITY.
SO THAT THEY'RE SAFE FOR VISITORS.
UM, THE PLANNED VERSION WITH THE SECOND EGRESS, UM, IS THAT DEPENDENT ON A FUTURE ROAD DEVELOPMENT ON THAT SIDE? YES, MA'AM.
IT WOULD'VE TO ALSO BE DEVELOPED DEPENDENT UPON THE DEVELOPERS.
UM, AND IN THE CURRENT TIMELINE, THIS PROPERTY WOULD BE DEVELOPED PROBABLY SOONER THAN WHATEVER'S NEXT TO IT, OR IS THAT JUST UP IN THE AIR AT THIS POINT? I THINK IT WOULD, I THINK IT WOULD ALSO DEPEND ON THE FUNDRAISING ON THE SIDE OF, OF THE CHAMBER AS WELL AS, UH, THE OTHER POTENTIAL AND, AND, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL END USER ADJACENT.
SO I, AND, AND MAYBE IN A PERFECT WORLD TO GET ECONOMIES OF SCALE IF YOU COULD MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER.
UM, BUT BY THE SAME TOKEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF, WE DON'T WANT THE SITE TO REMAIN, YOU KNOW, STATIC SO WE UNDERSTAND AND A, AND KIND OF A LITTLE, LITTLE BIT OF A DISRUPTED ECONOMY.
SOMETIMES THINGS LIKE HOTEL MOTEL, UH, DEVELOPMENT SLOWS A BIT.
SO I THINK WE WOULD AT LEAST WANNA PRESERVE THIS IN THIS PLAN AND HOPE THAT ANY PARTNER WOULD, UH, BE COMING IN TO COMPLIMENT THAT.
JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU ARE SUGGESTING THAT WE MAYBE LOOK AT A HOTEL ON THIS PROPERTY OR IN THE PROPERTY ADJACENT OR BOTH? WE'RE SUGGESTING IF WITH THE NEXUS OF HAVING THE CHAMBER AND THE CVB FUNCTION THERE, SO HEADS AND BEDS AND REALLY THE VISITOR CENTER FUNCTION, THAT OUR FIRST STEP WILL BE THE HOTEL MOTEL STUDY.
YOU KNOW, WE COULD ALWAYS GET PROPOSALS
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POTENTIALLY BEFORE WE ACTUALLY ISSUE AN RFI, BUT IN A PERFECT WORLD, WE'D ISSUE AN RFI IN THE SECOND PHASE THAT WOULD BE SOLICITING, UH, UH, PROPOSALS FROM DEVELOPERS.AND SO IT WOULD BE THE ADJACENT PROPERTY MOST LIKELY TO USE THE HOTEL MOTEL FUNDS FOR OFFICIAL CONVENTION SPACE FOR THAT FACILITY.
BUT JUST LIKE ON THE, THE SECOND DIAGRAM THAT SHOWS THE SHARED ACCESS AND INGRESS, IF YOU HAVE A PARTNER LIKE THAT, IT'S MUCH EASIER COMING IN IF, IF THEY KNOW THAT THIS SITE AND, AND THEIR SITE ARE GONNA INTEGRATE TOGETHER.
AND REALLY THERE WILL ALL, THERE OBVIOUSLY BE SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
SMALLER EVENTS MIGHT EVEN BE ABLE TO BE HOSTED ONSITE AT BRYSON.
AND THEN LARGER EVENTS IN A BALLROOM AND ALSO WEATHER DEPENDENT AND ALL OF THE ABOVE.
MY CONCERN WAS MORE ABOUT TIMING.
LIKE IF, IF YOU WERE SAYING THAT WE WANNA INCLUDE THIS ON THIS PARTIAL OF LAND, HOW WOULD THAT SLOW DOWN MOVING THIS FORWARD? LIKE YOU SAID, GETTING OFF CENTER AND, AND NOT, AND IT, IT SHOULD.
IS ANY OF THIS IN A ATLAS FLOOD PLAIN? I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE, OR TONY, I DON'T THINK ANY OF THIS AT THAT ELEVATION SHOULD BE IN, IN THE FLOOD PLAIN.
NO, IT IS NOT IN THE FLOOD PLAIN.
AND THAT'S MY NON-ENGINEERING ANSWER.
BUT DO YOU, THE UPPER RIGHT, MY APOLOGIES TO THE UPPER RIGHT OF THE DIAGRAM.
EVERYTHING FROM THE FRONT AT THE BARNS GOES DOWNHILL.
SO IT'S UM, HIGH AND WELL ABOVE FLOOD PLAIN.
WOULD THAT HURT THAT HOTEL MOTEL? POSSIBLY, OR WHATEVER'S GONNA BUILD ADJACENT TO IT.
THEY'D HAVE TO CONSIDER THE FLOODPLAIN THERE TO LOOK AT THE PROPERTY IN THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE PROPERTY.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A, A NOLL, IF YOU WILL, A HIGHER HILL SPOT RIGHT HERE.
MY FINGERS ARE SITTING, SO THE PROPERTY, THE ADJACENT PROPERTY ACTUALLY GOES UPHILL FROM US.
WHAT DO Y'ALL NEED FROM US TODAY? WELL, I KNOW, I'D, I'D REALLY LIKE YOUR OPINION AS TO WHAT YOU THINK AND DEAN WOULD, MIGHT BE THE MORE PREFERRED PLAN.
WHICH OF THE TWO DO WE LIKE BETTER? YES MA'AM.
IS THERE A SUBSTANTIAL COST INFERENCE? RIGHT.
THAT, THAT'S WHERE MY, MY COMMENT WAS GONNA BE IS WHAT, WHAT IS OUR, WHAT IS OUR FINANCIAL COMMITMENT AND OUR FINANCIAL CAPABILITY AS A CITY, UM, WITH, WITH A PROJECT LIKE THIS? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE FRONTAGE ACCESS? JUST IN, IN GENERAL, LIKE WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE WE COMMITTING OUR YEAH, OUR FUNDING.
SO TONY, DO YOU WANNA OUTLINE HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH FUNDS REMAINING RIGHT NOW OR THERE IN TERMS OF THE GRANT AND THEN WE'LL, WE'D HAVE TO GET INTO THE PROFORMA.
I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL ARE PROBABLY PREPARED TO DO THAT TODAY ON THE CHAMBER SIDE.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THERE WE GO.
THAT THAT'S, BUT IT WOULD BE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHAMBERS.
PRIMARILY IT WOULD BE THE CHAMBER DEVELOPING MOST OF THEM AND BUILDING THE BUILDINGS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
JUST WANTED TO BE SUPER CLEAR ON THAT.
THEY'D BE BUILDING THE EVENT BARN.
THE, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THE FUNDS FROM, UH, THE RMA AND THE TECH DOT, THE INFORMATION CENTER FUNCTION ITSELF, IF THERE WAS A VISITOR CENTER COMPONENT THAT COULD OPEN UP, WE WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO GET AN OPINION TO COUNSEL TO MAKE SURE HOTEL MOTEL OPPORTUNITIES, UH, JUST OUT OF THE CURRENT FUNDS, NOT THE STATE FUNDS.
AND OF COURSE OFFSITE, THE STATE HOTEL MOTEL FUNDS DEFINITELY WOULD APPLY FOR CONVENTION SPACE.
SO WE DO THINK THAT BRINGING THE CHAMBER IN AND ANY C V B UM, POTENTIAL WOULD ALSO MAYBE OPEN UP A THIRD POT OF MONEY.
CAN I INTRODUCE ROBIN RITH PLEASE?
UM, SO I, I THINK STAFF WOULD BE COMFORTABLE IF WE JUST KNEW YOU WERE OKAY WITH THE CONCEPT.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO PICK ONE.
UM, WE'LL GO DESIGN THE POD THEN THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR LIKE SITE DEVELOPMENT, THAT'S WHEN WE MAKE MORE DECISIONS ABOUT THE COST.
SO I THINK IF Y'ALL ARE HAPPY, I'M HAPPY RIDING THE POD, WE CAN MOVE ON.
AND I PERSONALLY LIKE THE SECOND OPTION WITH THE, THE DRIVEWAY.
IT JUST SEEMS EASIER AND EASIER IS BETTER
I COULD SEE THE UTILITY OF HAVING THE ROUNDABOUT FOR EVENTS.
I'M SUPPORTIVE OF JUST MOVING FORWARD AND SEE, CUZ I KNOW ALL OF THIS IS GONNA CHANGE A LOT IN THE END, SO I PLAN IT DOESN'T MATTER AT THIS POINT, JUST LET'S GO DO IT.
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I I HAVE A FEW AND, AND SOME QUESTIONS TOO FOR, FOR THE CHAMBER BUILDING.WOULD THIS BE ONE BUILDING THAT YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING AT AND HOW MANY SQUARE FEET DO YOU ENVISION YOUR NEEDS, WOULD YOUR NEEDS BE FOR THAT? THOSE ANSWERS WE DO NOT HAVE RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO AT LEAST HOST OUR LUNCH THERE AND EVERYTHING.
SO IT WOULD BE A LARGE BUILDING ENOUGH TO FIT OUR STAFF.
AND THEN OUR LUNCHES ARE ABOUT ALMOST 150 PEOPLE NOW, SO WE NEED THAT SPACE REALLY BADLY.
WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS.
WE JUST WE'RE HOPING THIS WILL SO IT WOULD BE FOR YOUR, YOUR STAFF, OUR OFFICE, HOW MANY PEOPLE? UH, WE ARE NOW UP TO SIX PEOPLE.
PLUS, SO I COULD, I COULD SEE HOW THAT THE EVENT BUILDING COULD SERVE TWO PURPOSES.
DINING SPACE GATHER LARGER GATHERING SPACE, NOT JUST FOR THE CHAMBER, BUT FOR PUBLIC EVENTS.
AND THEN JUST TO CHIME IN ON THE, THE TWO DIFFERENT LAYOUTS, THE CIRCULAR TURNAROUND AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS, UH, STRAIGHT.
IT'S PRETTY MUCH, THESE ARE BOTH DESIGNED TO TAKE, UH, FIRE ACCESS IN, IN INTO MIND.
AND THE ONE WITH THE HAMMERHEAD TYPE TURN ON THE SECOND CONCEPT WOULD, YOU KNOW, YIELD MORE PARKING.
UH, BUT, BUT THEN AGAIN, FIRE ACCESS IS MORE DIFFICULT BUT, BUT DOABLE.
BUT HAVING A, A DEAD END PARKING LOT'S, ALWAYS A CHALLENGE.
SO EACH, EACH SCENARIO HAS, ITS, HAS ITS DRAWBACKS AND HAVING A FUTURE ROADWAY WITH INGRESS, EGRESS WOULD, WOULD BE, WOULD BE GREAT.
AND I, I, I KNOW ON THE, THE INFORMATION CENTER, I, I PRETTY, PRETTY SURE THE GOAL FOR THAT IS TO BRING THAT ORIGINAL PART OF THE PRICING HOME JUST CLOSE AS, UH, IT'S, IT'S ORIGINAL, UH, CONDITION AS POSSIBLE.
AND UH, THAT'S, I THINK THERE, THERE WAS AN ADDITION DONE THAT, UH, WAS PROBABLY TWO AND A HALF TIMES THE SIZE OF, OF THE, THE ORIGINAL BUILDING.
ANYTHING FURTHER? COUNSEL, ANYTHING FURTHER FROM OUR COMMISSION? UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
SO WE'RE SHOWING TRAILS GOING ON DOWN TO THE POND AND THEN THERE'S A STAGE.
UM, IS THE INTENTION TO HAVE SAY FANS AND THAT KIND OF THING DOWN THERE? IS THE INTENTION TO BRING ELECTRIC DOWN THERE FOR THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS? AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I DON'T BELIEVE WE WERE ANTICIPATING ELECTRIC, BUT IT'S OKAY IF WE NEED TO OR TO SAY TO IN THE FUTURE, IT'S POSSIBLE.
SO IT'D BE MORE LIKE A, AN AMPHITHEATER TYPE SITUATION? YES, MA'AM.
UM, IS, IS THE INTENTION TO HAVE THESE TRAILS CONNECT WITH OTHER TRAILS IN THE AREA WITH BRYSON AND THEN BE PART OF THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY TRAIL NETWORK? IS THAT THE INTENTION? IT WOULD BE NICE.
THAT WE WOULD LIKE THAT, BUT WE'D HAVE TO SEE ONCE OF COURSE, ONCE WE GET THERE.
UM, MS. CONRAD, WILL YOU PLEASE CLOSE YOUR MEETING ADJOURNED.
AND WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP.
[4. Open Meeting, Invocation and Pledges of Allegiance.]
GOOD EVENING.TODAY IS THURSDAY, JUNE 15TH, 2023.
AND THE TIME IS 7:01 PM AND THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL.
REVEREND JOANNA FONTAINE CRAWFORD OF LIVE OAK UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH WILL BE PROVIDING THE INVOCATION TONIGHT FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE.
GOOD EVENING, REVEREND, PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER, SACRED SPIRIT, WHICH WE CALL BY MANY NAMES OR NO NAME, BUT WHICH CALLS EACH OF US BELOVED.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE HERE, THE ELECTED LEADERS AND INTERESTED CITIZENS WHO HAVE A VISION OF THE BELOVED COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN CO-CREATE IN OUR LITTLE CORNER OF THE WORLD.
MAY THEIR VISION OF A WORLD WHERE ALL PEOPLE ARE TREATED WITH KINDNESS AND RESPECT, TAKE ROOT AND GROW.
MAY THE SUPREME VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE BE LIFTED UP AS WE CELEBRATE THE RIGHT FOR ALL PEOPLE TO LIVE LIFE WITH THE FREEDOM TO BE THEIR AUTHENTIC SELVES.
AS WE JOYFULLY CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH AND PRIDE MONTH, MAY WE ALSO BE MINDFUL OF THE SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION, THE ASSAULTS ON HUMAN LIVES AND LIBERTY THAT LED TO THE NECESSITY OF THESE OBSERVATIONS.
THEY WERE BORN FROM INJUSTICE, BUT WE HAD THE POWER TO MAKE THINGS BETTER.
MAY WE EMBRACE THAT POWER TO BUILD BELOVED COMMUNITY.
AND MAY THE HEARTS OF ALL OF US BE SOFTENED SO THAT WE MAY BE MORE WELCOMING, MORE INCLUSIVE, AND MAY WE WORK TO PROTECT EACH OTHER'S SAFETY AND DIGNITY AS WE DO OUR OWN WITH GRATITUDE FOR THE PRECIOUS GIFT OF LIVING AND LOVING.
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AMEN OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR ALL UNDER THE TEXAS FLAG ALLEGIANCE TO ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE.
I RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE A FULL HOUSE TONIGHT, SO WE ARE GONNA ASK THAT EVERYBODY TRY AND MOVE THE MEETING ALONG.
NO OUTBURSTS, NO CHEERING, NO BOOING, ALL OF THE THINGS.
[5. Roll Call.]
NUMBER FIVE, CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER CATHERINE BATTALION PARKER HERE, MAYOR PORT TIM, ASK ME MAKI LONGORIA HERE.COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONALD.
HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE THOMPSON.
PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS HERNIA.
HERE, MAYOR CHRISTINE DELA HERE, QUORUM IS PRESENT, THE COUNCIL IS ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS.
MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, NON
[6. Public comments on items not listed in the agenda. Public comments on items listed in the agenda will be heard at the time each item is discussed by Council. [All comments are limited to no more than 3 minutes (6 minutes if translation is needed) per individual.] ]
AGENDA ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENTS.FOR ITEM 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 BE MADE A PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS, WHETHER IT'S ON AN AGENDA ITEM OR OFTEN AN AGENDA ITEM, IT IS THE TIME FOR YOU TO COMMUNICATE WITH COUNSEL.
IT IS NOT A TIME FOR ANY BACK AND FORTH THAT IS DELIBERATION ACCORDING TO THE STATE OF TEXAS.
I HAVE TWO PEOPLE SIGNED UP TONIGHT.
GOOD EVENING, MS. OCHOA, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
MY NAME IS CINDY OCHOA, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND GOOD EVENING.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE TIME YOU'RE ALLOTTING ME TO, UM, GIVE YOU MY PERSONAL, MY PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN WITH OUR LIBRARY.
UM, ARE THERE ANY PLANS IN THE WORKS FOR THE LIBRARY? UM, ARE POSSIBLY ADDING A SECOND STORY? I KNOW THAT MOVING THE LIBRARY WOULD BE AS SERIOUS, UM, EXPENSE, AND SO UTILIZING WHERE IT'S AT WOULD BE THE BEST THING.
AND SO, BUT IT NEEDS MORE SPACE.
THE 2023 POPULATION IS NOW OVER 81,000 AND WE'VE HAD A GROWTH RATE SINCE 2020 OF 33.47%, AND WE'RE GROWING AT AN ANNUAL RATE OF 10.1%.
THE LIBRARY IS REQUIRED TO HAVE ON HAND THE, UM, A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF BOOKS PER CAPITA IN ORDER TO KEEP THEIR, UM, THEIR, UH, SORRY, THEIR GRANT.
UM, WITH OUR CURRENT GROWTH, THE LIBRARY WILL NOT HAVE THE SPACE TO MEET THIS REQUIREMENT.
ADDING MORE BOOKSHELVES MEANS LOSING SPACE FOR PATRONS TO RELAX, READ AND USE THE WIFI.
AN AREA THAT ONCE WAS IN THE LIBRARY THAT WAS USED FOR THAT PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS NOW WITH BOOKSHELVES.
THEY COULD USE MORE COMPUTERS.
UM, AND THE, WHEN I WALKED IN, THERE'S A BOOKSHELF.
AS SOON AS YOU WALK IN STRAIGHT ACROSS IT USED TO BE ABLE TO WALK IN AND HAVE A LITTLE SPACE.
NOW YOUR BOOKSHELF RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LIBRARY, UM, BOOKSHELVES IN SOME AREAS ARE SO CLOSE THAT A WHEELCHAIR IS LIKE SIDE TO SIDE WITH THE BOOKSHELF.
WHEN I'M IN THERE AND I'M CHECKING OUT A BOOK AND I'M STANDING ON AN AISLE, ANOTHER PERSON AND I CANNOT BE BACK TO BACK AND LOOKING FOR A BOOK.
THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH ROOM BETWEEN THE BOOKSHELVES.
IN THE BACK CORNER OF THE LIBRARY, THERE IS A, UM, A SPACE THAT'S DIVIDED INTO VERY TWO SMALL OFFICES ENCLOSED OR ROOMS. AND THEY'RE, UM, THEY HOLD, THEY'RE FOR MEETINGS AND THEY HOLD MAYBE EIGHT TO 10 PEOPLE MAX.
WE REALLY NEED MORE MEETING ROOMS, MORE MEETINGS WOULD HAPPEN.
I THINK IF WE HAD MORE SPACE FOR IT.
UM, THERE IS A SMALL ROOM ABOUT THE SIZE OF A WALK-IN CLOSET NEXT TO THE, UM, CHECKOUT.
THIS IS WHERE BOOKS ARE TAKEN TO BE, BE CHECKED BACK.
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I'M SO SORRY.THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER, UM, THANK YOU MS. OCHOA, OUR LIBRARY.
THE OTHER SPEAKER HAD FOR ITEM SIX, MOVE TO ITEM
[7. Recognitions/Proclamations/Visitors. Leander Public Arts and Culture Commission Juneteenth Planning Committee Certificate of Recognition Juneteenth Proclamation (June 19) Pride Month Proclamation (June) Parks and Recreation Monthly (July)]
SEVEN.SO WE ARE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, REC RECOGNITIONS, PROCLAMATIONS AND VISITORS.
OUR FIRST TWO ARE GONNA BE DONE TOGETHER, LEANDER, PUBLIC ARTS AND CULTURE COMMISSION, JUNETEENTH PLANNING COMMITTEE, CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION ALONG WITH THE JUNETEENTH PROCLAMATION.
WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER ON THIS ONE.
SO JOHN, HANDY BOSMA, YOU'RE OKAY.
HI, I'M JOHN HANDY, BOSMA, UM, DIDN'T REALIZE I WOULD BE SPEAKING SO SOON.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'D JUST LIKE TO GIVE A HEARTFELT THANKS TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE JUNETEENTH.
UH, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG JOURNEY FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IN LEANDER.
UH, OUR FAMILY MOVED HERE IN 2007, UH, WHEN THERE WERE BARELY MORE THAN A HUNDRED BLACK RESIDENTS IN LEANDER.
AND IT WAS WIDELY KNOWN IN THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA AS A NEAR SUN DOWNTOWN.
UH, WE WERE ADVISED BY MANY PEOPLE NOT TO LIVE HERE.
UH, WE MET WITH THE POLICE CHIEF AND OTHERS TO DISCUSS, UM, THE SITUATION AND THEY ASSURED US, AND THEY KIND OF PROVED TO US THAT THEY CARED.
AND I, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY ADMIRE WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN MUCH THE CITY GOVERNMENT HAS DONE OVER THE YEARS TO ENSURE THAT WE, UH, VALIDATE THE RIGHTS OF ALL IN OUR CITY.
NOT JUST THE BLACK RESIDENTS, THE RACIALLY MIXED FAMILIES, AND MANY OTHERS, INCLUDING OTHER CELEBRATIONS THAT ARE PENDING TONIGHT AS WELL.
UM, YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF INCENSE, UH, THAT ARE DIRECTED IN MY FAMILY, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, OUR SIX YEAR OLD DAUGHTER SETTING ONE FOOT ON A NEIGHBOR'S LAWN WHILE PLAYING WITH TWO WHITE BOYS, THEM CALLING 9 1 1 AND THE POLICE HAVING TO COME OUT AND, UH, HOUR ENDING UP HAVING TO SPEND AN HOUR AND A HALF CONSOLING THAT POLICE OFFICER WHO WAS IN TEARS BECAUSE HE DID NOT SIGN UP TO RACIALLY HARASS LITTLE KIDS, RIGHT? THAT KIND OF THING HAS HAPPENED.
BUT OVER THE TIME OUR CITY HAS IMPROVED AND GROWN AND COME TO RECOGNIZE THE RIGHTS OF ALL IN TERMS OF EQUALITY, AND WE THINK THAT'S TRULY REMARKABLE.
UM, THINKING BACK, UH, 47 YEARS AGO WAS MY FIRST JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION.
IT WAS BENEATH THIS STONE MOUNTAIN IN ATLANTA.
I WAS AN INTERN AT THE KING CENTER IN ATLANTA WORKING FOR CORETTA SCOTT KING, THREE CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS WHO FOUGHT FOR SLAVERY UP ON A MOUNTAIN AS WE CELEBRATED, UH, THE END OF SLAVERY.
AND WE CELEBRATED FOR 47 YEARS STRAIGHT, AND 44 OF THOSE YEARS WERE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF LEANDER OR OTHER CITIES.
SO IT IS A TRULY REMARKABLE THING, UH, WHAT YOU DO.
UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT THERE ARE SOME ELEMENTS IN THE CITY, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IN THE MARTIN LUTHER KING, UH, DAY THAT, UH, NAZI AND CLAN GROUPS OF SOME KIND, MAYBE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO KNOWS, UH, PAMPHLET OUR CITY AND TRIED TO DEFILE THAT, UH, GREAT CELEBRATION OF, UH, WHAT A GREAT HERO.
AND, UM, THE CITY HAS RESPONDED.
I THINK WE'VE, IT'S, IT'S REALLY REMARKABLE TO SEE PEOPLE COME TOGETHER, UH, AND TRY TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE THERE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS, LOVE ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
IT WAS NOT LONG AGO THAT PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT FAMILIES LIKE OURS, INTERRACIAL FAMILIES, UH, WERE ABOMINATIONS PERVERSIONS.
AND NOW TODAY YOU HEAR PEOPLE SAY THE THINGS ABOUT OTHER NEIGHBORS, UH, OF OTHER, OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA.
AND WE THINK THAT OVER TIME WE WILL ALL LEARN, UH, TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER AND BECOME THAT BELOVED COMMUNITY THAT WAS IN THE INVOCATION.
THAT'S THE ONLY PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THAT PARTICULAR PROCLAMATION.
AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO YOU.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE'LL FIRST START WITH THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE LEANDER PUBLIC ARTS AND CULTURE COMMISSION SUBCOMMITTEE THAT PLANNED JUNETEENTH, I WILL SAY AS THE COUNCIL LIAISON TO THIS GROUP, THEY HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY.
THEY HAVE SPENT OVER 150 VOLUNTEER HOURS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS PUTTING TOGETHER THIS EVENT AND BRINGING A BIT OF TEXAS HISTORY TO OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN EDUCATE FOLKS ON WHAT IT MEANS TO CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH AND WHY IT'S I IMPORTANT.
AND SO I THINK THAT THEY DESERVE RECOGNITION.
I'M GLAD OUR CITY SAW FIT TO RECOGNIZE THEM FOR ALL THEIR EFFORTS AND THE HARD WORK.
UM, A LOT OF US GO TO WORK EVERY DAY.
WE TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS, WE DO WHAT WE DO IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT IT TAKES, UM, A REALLY HEARTSTRINGS TO BE PULLED FOR YOU TO SPEND ADDITIONAL TIME VOLUNTEERING.
UM, AND, AND SPENDING THAT KIND OF HOURS, 150 HOURS IS A, IS A LOT OF TIME TO SPEND, UM, TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I'M THANKFUL OUR CITY THANKS YOU AND I'LL READ THIS.
THE CITY OF LEANDER APPLAUD YOUR DEDICATION AND OUTSTANDING
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EFFORT IN SUPPORT OF LEANDRO'S JUNETEENTH BLOCK PARTY ON JUNE 17TH, 2023.CONSISTENT WITH THE EVENT'S ABSOLUTE EQUALITY THEME, YOU HAVE EXEMPLIFIED TRUE COMMUNITY, UNITY, SPIRIT, AND A COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY FOR ALL.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS ISSUED IN RECOGNITION THEREOF ON THE 15TH DAY OF JUNE, 2023 IN LEANDRO, TEXAS, SIGNED BY OUR MAYOR.
AND I WOULD ASK THAT KEISHA BRADFORD AND LISA HAYES, THEY ARE THE CHAIRS FOR THAT SUBCOMMITTEE IF THEY WOULD COME FORWARD AND HAVE THEIR WORDS.
AND, AND THEN WE'LL RECOGNIZE YOUR WHOLE, YOUR WHOLE COMMITTEE IF THEY'RE HERE.
UM, UH, WE'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT RECOGNITION BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S A JOURNEY.
UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE OUT TO COME TO OUR, UM, JUNETEENTH EVENT, OUR BLOCK PARTY.
IT WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY FROM FIVE TO 9:00 PM AT ROBIN BLEDSOE PARK.
UM, WE WILL HAVE, UH, OH MY GOODNESS, WE HAVE A QUITE A LINEUP, BUT WE WILL HAVE FOOD TRUCKS, VENDORS.
WE, OUR BLOOD IS GOING TO BE THERE, SO PLEASE COME OUT AND, UM, DONATE BLOOD.
PARKING, WE KNOW IT'S A CHALLENGE, BUT THERE WILL BE A SHUTTLE FROM THE LIBRARY, SO IF THERE'S NO PARKING AT THE TWO PARKING, LOTS OF BLED.
SO, AND ALSO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO UH, BLEDSOE, YOU CAN PARK AT THE LIBRARY AND THERE WILL BE A SHUTTLE TO TAKE YOU BACK AND FORTH TO ROBIN BLEDSOE PARK.
WE WILL ALSO HAVE FREE ACCESS TO THE POOL AND THE SPLASH PAD, AND WE WILL ALSO HAVE PASSPORT ACTIVITIES, AND THAT IS FOR THE KIDS.
THEY CAN GO AROUND TO DIFFERENT VENDORS AND, UH, GET STAMPS FOR, UM, EDUCATIONAL THINGS THAT THEY FIND OUT ALONG THE WAY.
UH, WE WILL ALSO HAVE THE READING OF THE GENERAL ORDER NUMBER THREE BY OUR OWN COUNCILMAN DAVID MCDONALD.
AND THEN WE WILL ALSO HAVE A SPOKEN WORD ARTIST AND WE WILL HAVE THE SOULFUL SOUNDS PARTY BAND, AND THEY WILL COME OUT AND IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT TIME, Y'ALL.
SO, UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY RECOGNIZE OUR ELPAC, UM, COMMISSIONERS, OUR FELLOW ELPAC COMMISSIONERS.
IF YOU ARE HERE, IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND UP AND WAVE.
WE HAVE STEPHANIE AND SAMMY, ANYBODY ELSE? AND THEN, UM, WE COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT OUR OWN PERSONAL VOLUNTEERS THAT HAVE HELPED US, UM, ALONG THE WAY.
WE HAVE OUR, OUR OWN PERSONAL, OH, I SEE TWO RIGHT THERE.
UM, AM I MISSING ANYONE ELSE? OKAY.
I, I WANNA THANK EVERYONE OF Y'ALL BECAUSE IT TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE AND DEDICATION TO PUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS ON.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
BUT Y'ALL COME TO THE EVENT ON SATURDAY IF ANYONE NEEDS SORRY.
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MAJOR GENERAL GORDON GRANGER ARRIVED IN GALVESTON, TEXAS TO ANNOUNCE THE END OF BOTH SLAVERY AND THE CIVIL WAR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION.AND WHEREAS IN 1866, TEXANS BEGAN CELEBRATING JUNE 19TH, ALSO KNOWN AS EMANCIPATION DAY, FREEDOM DAY, AND JUNETEENTH NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY WITH COMMUNITY-CENTRIC EVENTS SUCH AS COOKOUTS, PRAYER, GATHERINGS, READINGS, AND MUSICAL PERFORMANCES.
AND WHEREAS IN 1980, THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF STATE REPRESENTATIVE AL EDWARDS, THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE DESIGNATED EMANCIPATION DAY IN TEXAS AS A STATE HOLIDAY, THE FIRST COMMEMORATION OF EMANCIPATION AFFORDED THE OFFICIAL STATE RECOGNITION.
AND WHEREAS JUNETEENTH IS A FEDERAL HOLIDAY OBSERVED IN APPRECIATION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE AND TO CELEBRATE B BLACK HERITAGE AND ACHIEVEMENT, WHILE ENCOURAGING CONTINUOUS REFLECTION AND RESPECT.
WHEREAS ON SATURDAY, JUNE 17TH, 2023, THE CITY OF LEANDER WILL INVITE COMMUNITY RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE JUNETEENTH BLOCK PARTY AT ROBIN ZEL PARK.
NOW, THEREFORE, I MAYOR CHRISTINE LYLE, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE SATURDAY JUNE 17TH, 2023 AS THE CITY OF LEANDER JUNETEENTH BLOCK PARTY.
AND IF EVERYBODY WILL COME FORWARD, WHO WANTS TO BE IN THAT PICTURE FOR JUNETEENTH? WE'LL TAKE ONE RIGHT UP HERE.
OKAY, UP NEXT IS GOING TO BE THE PRIDE MONTH PROCLAMATION.
AND OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A FULL ROOM HERE TONIGHT.
EACH OF YOU IS GOING TO HEAR THINGS THAT YOU AGREE WITH AND THINGS THAT YOU DISAGREE WITH.
WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP YOUR DECORUM, NO CLAPPING, NO BOOING, NO CHEERING, NO HISSING.
WE'RE GONNA RESPECTFULLY LISTEN TO EACH OTHER UP.
FIRST I HAVE AMANDA CROSSLAND.
GOOD EVENING, MS. CROSSLAND, PLEASE GIVE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
HI, MY NAME'S AMANDA CROSSLAND.
UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME HERE TODAY.
UM, I BROUGHT A COUPLE PICTURES WITH ME.
I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY CAN SEE HIM.
HE WENT TO LIBERTY HILL HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR, HE CAME OUT GAY TO HIS FRIENDS AND HIS FAMILY, HIS CLOSE FRIENDS AND HIS FAMILY.
UM, WE HAD A BEAUTIFUL SUMMER.
HE KEPT THIS INFORMATION VERY CLOSE AND DEAR TO HIM.
UM, HE TURNED INTO THIS HUGE SOCIAL BUTTERFLY AND HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, HE DID EVERYTHING HE COULD TO JUST BE HIMSELF.
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MY SON WAS ALMOST SIX FOOT TALL, 200 PLUS POUNDS TOWERED OVER ME, AND HE WAS MORE MATURE THAN MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM AT CITY COUNCIL YESTERDAY AT LIBERTY HILL.SO I WANNA THANK THE CITY OF LEANDER FOR NOT BOOING ME, FOR MY PRESENCE HERE TODAY AND MY COMMUNITY'S PRESENCE HERE TODAY.
AND I WANNA THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT SAFE FOR MY CHILDREN TO BE HERE SO I CAN SAY MY PEACE.
THIS IS MY SON AARON, WITH THE PICTURE OF MY SON JC.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, HE DOESN'T DRESS LIKE A GAY PERSON.
AND YOU, WHAT'S EVEN CRAZIER IS I'M A 31 YEAR OLD HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE, PRESUMABLY I AM BLONDE, I'M BEAUTIFUL.
I, UH, WORK IN A MALE DOMINATED INDUSTRY AND I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MUCH HATE.
MY SON CAME OUT TO HIS PEERS AT SCHOOL AND 10 DAYS LATER HE TOOK HIS LIFE.
AND YESTERDAY I HAD TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE THAT GAVE THEIR CONDOLENCES TO ME SEVEN MONTHS AGO FOR THE DEATH OF MY SON AND YESTERDAY, WITHOUT KNOWING THEY DAMNED HIM TO HELL.
AND THEN THE VERY SAME BREATH, THEY HUGGED ME IN THE PARKING LOT AND SAID THIS WAS ABOUT BULLYING.
I WANNA EXPLAIN SOMETHING TO LIBERTY HILL CITIZENS THAT MIGHT SEE THIS AS WELL AS ANY OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT MIGHT STAND WITH ME REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU LIVE, IF YOU'RE A GOD-FEARING CHRISTIAN OR IF YOU'RE GAY OR TRANS, YOU'RE SAFE WITH ME AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO HIDE.
AND I'M SO SORRY FOR ALL OF THE TEACHERS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LIBERTY HILL THAT HAVE HAD TO QUIT AND THE STUDENTS THAT HAVE HAD TO TRANSFER OUT OF LIBERTY HILL TO COME TO LEANDER.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, I'M APPRECIATIVE OF LEANDER FOR ACCEPTING MY COMMUNITY.
AND JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS, I'M MARRIED TO A MAN WITH SIX CHILDREN, FIVE LIVING, AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT IF MORE KINDNESS WAS IN THIS WORLD, I WOULD HAVE SIX LIVING CHILDREN.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH ME TODAY.
GOOD EVENING, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME.
UH, THANK Y'ALL CITY COUNCIL OF, UH, LEANDER, UH, AU THE CITY PEOPLE IN LEANDER.
I'M HERE TO TALK CAUSE MY DAUGHTER, KIRA ROSS WAS UH, MURDERED, UH, CUZ SHE WAS GAY.
I HAVE, UH, I HAVE A HUGE FAMILY.
SO I HAVE UH, FIVE BOYS AND THREE GIRLS.
AND UH, I JUST WANNA READ SOMETHING TO EVERYBODY FIRST.
IT'S OUTTA UH, FIRST CORINTHIANS 13.
AND IT'S ABOUT LOVE CUZ I THINK WE ALL NEED TO HAVE LOVE.
IT IS NOT PROUD, IT IS NOT RUDE, IT IS NOT SELF-SEEKING.
IT KEEPS NO RECORDS OF WRONGS.
LOVE DOES NOT DELIGHT IN EVIL, BUT REJOICES WITH TRUTH.
IT ALWAYS PROTECTS, ALWAYS TRUST, ALWAYS HOPES AND PERSEVERES LOVE NEVER FAILS.
SO MY DAUGHTER INTO ALL THE GAY PRIDE PEOPLE, WE ALL THE SAME.
WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENCES, WHETHER IT'S DIFFERENT COLOR, DIFFERENT CREED, DIFFERENT HAIRSTYLE, DIFFERENT LIFESTYLES, DIFFERENT PLACES THAT WE ALL COME FROM.
WE ALL JUST NEED TO GET TOGETHER AND STOP TRYING TO BE THE JUDGE AND THE JUROR OF IT.
WE NEED TO REALLY WAKE UP BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A CHILD THAT'S GAY AND ONE THAT'S NOT GAY, WOULD YOU LOVE THAT CHILD ANY DIFFERENT? I WOULD.
SO HOW CAN WE JUDGE? I WANT TO HURT ANYONE, YOU KNOW, UH, AS HARD AS IT MAY BE, THE KID THAT KILLED MY DAUGHTER, I'M NOT MAD AT HIM.
I'M NOT UPSET BECAUSE I CAN'T JUDGE HIM.
ONLY THING I CAN DO IS PRAY FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY.
AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN ALL COME TOGETHER AND PUT OUR DIFFERENCES TO THE SIDE AND JUST SHOW LOVE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO.
AND IF YOU'RE A TRUE CHRISTIAN, WHETHER YOU'RE A BELIEVER OR NOT, AND YOU KNOW THE WORD, YOU CANNOT HOLD ANYTHING AGAINST ANYONE, BUT TO LOVE AND RESPECT EACH OTHER.
AND IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DISAGREE ON, JUST LOOK THE OTHER WAY.
IT HAS NO SIGNIFICANT VALUE OF THE PERSON THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT FOR WHAT THEY WEAR, WHETHER THEY'RE MALE, FEMALE, TRANSGENDER, GAY, QUEER,
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OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.WE ALL ARE GOD'S PEOPLE AND I PRAY THAT YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL AND BLESSED EVENING AND THAT WE CAN COME TOGETHER AS A FAMILY AND SHOW LOVE.
GOOD EVENING, MS. YOUNG, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
I'VE LIVED IN THE AREA FOR 41 YEARS.
UM, ALL THREE OF MY CHILDREN WENT TO LEANDER HIGH SCHOOL AND ONE STILL GOES THERE.
UM, I'M ALSO CURRENTLY SERVING ON THE LIBERTY HILL CITY COUNCIL.
UM, WE HAD OUR FIRST PRIOR PROCLAMATION EVER LAST NIGHT.
AND WHILE I THOUGHT I SHOULD RESPECTFULLY LISTEN TO MY PUBLIC COMMENTS THERE LAST NIGHT, UM, TONIGHT I'D LIKE TO GIVE MY OWN, UM, SINCE WE'RE SISTER CITIES ESSENTIALLY.
UM, AND SINCE MY CHILDREN AND I ALSO SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN LANDER, UM, AS WELL AS LIBERTY HILL, UM, SORRY, LAST NIGHT I HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THAT THE PRIOR PROCLAMATION DIVIDES US, BUT I DISAGREE.
UM, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE AND ESPECIALLY KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO FEEL ACCEPTED AND APPRECIATED.
THERE'S SOME WHO PREACH HATE AND DAMNATION OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY AND I'M KIND OF SICKENED THAT CHILDREN, INCLUDING MY OWN, WHO CAME TO OUR PRIOR PROCLAMATION HAD TO LISTEN TO SOME OF THAT LAST NIGHT.
BEING A MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY AND BEING A CHRISTIAN ARE NOT EXCLUSIVE.
I GREW UP IN THE WAKE OF THE HORRIFIC MURDER OF, UM, MATTHEW SHEPHERD.
SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER, UM, WHICH SOME OF YOU, UM, LET'S SEE, I'M SORRY,
UM, AND I LIVED IN FEAR THAT SOMEONE MIGHT DO THE SAME TO SOMEONE THAT I CARED FOR.
UH, NO PARENT SHOULD HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN BEING HURT BY SOMEONE JUST FOR BEING THEMSELVES.
I BELIEVE EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE FREEDOM TO DO WHAT THEY WANT AS LONG AS IT DOES NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT SOMEONE ELSE.
I DON'T BELIEVE OUR COUNTRY NEEDS TO REMAIN AS DIVIDED AS IT IS NOW.
WE SIMPLY NEED TO ALLOW EACH OTHER THE SPACE TO BE DIFFERENT AND COEXIST AND TRY TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR EVEN IF THEY DON'T BELIEVE WHAT YOU DO.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS PROCLAMATION TONIGHT.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT I KNOW YOU DO FOR YOUR CITY.
MY NAME IS GERALD PRATER AND I AM HERE TONIGHT AS A CHRISTIAN, A FOLLOWER OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
I'M ALSO AN AMERICAN VETERAN, RETIRED PATRIOT, LOVE THIS COUNTRY AND I LOVE THE FREEDOMS THAT MANY OF US FOUGHT FOR AND WE DO IT ALL AGAIN.
I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY.
I'VE BEEN HERE, I'VE BEEN LIVING HERE FOR ALMOST TWO DECADES AND VERY, VERY ACTIVE MEMBER.
AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK FOR THE REASONS WHY I AND MANY OTHERS THINK THAT THIS IS NOT A GOOD THING.
THIS PROCLAMATION IS NOT A GOOD THING.
AS A CHRISTIAN FIRST, THE LORD TELLS US THAT PRIDE IS NOT A GOOD THING.
PRIDE IS WHAT GOT US INTO THE MESS THAT WE'RE IN TODAY IN THE WORLD.
I THINK THAT AROUND THE COUNTRY PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO WAKE UP AND REALIZE WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON.
THIS IS NO LONGER, THIS IS NOT SO MUCH ABOUT THE L G B T COMMUNITY ANYMORE THAN BLACK LIVES MATTERS IS ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE.
IT'S AN AGENDA TO DIVIDE AND WE'RE BUYING INTO IT, BUT PEOPLE ARE WAKING UP AND I'M HERE TO CALL IT OUT TODAY AND SAY, AS A CITIZEN OF THIS CITY, I DISAGREE.
JUST BECAUSE I DON'T AGREE WITH SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE DOES, DOES NOT MEAN I HATE THEM.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS COMING UP GREEN PENTS I THOUGHT WAS THE UGLIEST CAR ON THE PLANET.
BUT IF YOU OWN THE GREEN PENTO, I DIDN'T LIKE IT.
IT DIDN'T MEAN THAT, IT DIDN'T MEAN THAT I HATED YOU.
I JUST DIDN'T CHOOSE THAT SAME CHOICE THAT YOU CHOSE.
THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON TODAY.
IT'S BEEN MENTIONED ALREADY ABOUT FREEDOMS AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, JUST LOOK THE OTHER WAY.
THIS HAS MORPHED INTO A THING WHERE IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, WE WILL FORCE YOU TO EMBRACE IT.
WE WILL ENFORCE YOUR FAMILY TO EMBRACE IT.
MY SHIRT HERE SAYS, FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.
MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, DIED TO GIVE US THE CHOICES THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
IT'S NO ONE'S POSITION TO PUSH ANYONE'S IDEAS ON ANYBODY ELSE.
HE CALLS US TO LOVE EVERYONE, EVEN THOSE WHO IN WHICH WE DON'T AGREE.
AS A CHRISTIAN, I WOULD NEVER FORCE
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ANYBODY TO EMBRACE WHAT I BELIEVE AND I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOU DO THE SAME.PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME INTO THE MICROPHONE AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
AND TODAY, TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE, ABOUT THE TREATMENT OF L G B T Q YOUTH.
I AM A FREQUENT SPEAKER AT THE L I S D BOARD MEETINGS AND EVERY TIME I GO THERE TO SPEAK, I HAVE TO SIT THROUGH THE HATEFUL MOB OF PEOPLE BASHING L LGBTQ PEOPLE.
IT'S VERY DISHEARTENING TO SEE PEOPLE TRYING TO PERSECUTE OTHERS IN THE NAME OF GOD.
OUR FAMILY VALUES PROTECTING KIDS.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS HATE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE NEED, WE NEED MORE LOVE.
ANYTIME A PARENT TEACHES THEIR THEIR DEMEANS TO LGBTQ PEOPLE, THERE'S A STRONG CHANCE IT WILL LEAD TO BULLYING IN SCHOOLS.
THERE IS A REAL PROBLEM BECAUSE IT FORCES KIDS AND FAMILIES TO CHOOSE WHETHER THEY REPORT IT.
I W I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT WE, THAT THE, THAT MANY OF WHAT OF THE, OF THE, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT MANY PEOPLE, WHAT MANY PEOPLE ARE DOING IS BULLYING BY THE DEFINITION AND WHAT THEY TEACH IN SCHOOLS.
AND I BELIEVE BELIEVE THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE PRIDE.
LIKE I SAID, IT'S REALLY DISHEARTENING AND I AND MY AND MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE PEOPLE WHO LOST A CHILD.
WHO LOST A CHILD OR A RELATIVE OR WHOEVER.
I JUST, I'M SO SORRY THAT THAT HAPPENED.
I WANT, THIS IS WHY WE NEED MORE LOVE.
THIS IS WHY WE, WE NEED LESS HATE.
THIS IS WHY WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE PRIDE.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER.
I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY TONIGHT, UM, BEHIND THE WORD SODOMY.
UH, THE WORD SODOMY COMES FROM A CITY, UH, THAT'S IN THE BIBLE WAS NAMED SODOM.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO READ A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT CITY.
THEN THE MAN ROSE UP FROM THERE AND LOOKED DOWN TOWARDS SODOM AND ABRAHAM WAS WALKING WITH THEM THIS IN THE MOB.
AND THE LORD SAID, SHALL I HIDE FROM ABRAHAM WHAT I'M ABOUT TO DO? SINCE ABRAHAM WILL SURELY BECOME A GREAT AND MIGHTY NATION AND IN HIM ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH WILL BE BLESSED FOR I HAVE CHOSEN HIM IN ORDER THAT HE MAY COMMAND HIS CHILDREN AND HIS HOUSEHOLD AFTER HIM TO KEEP THE WAY OF THE LORD.
CAN WE HEAR NOW SORRY ABOUT THAT.
TO KEEP THE WAY OF THE LORD BY DOING RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE IN ORDER THAT THE LORD MAY BRING UPON ABRAHAM WHAT HE HAS SPOKEN ABOUT HIM.
AND THE LORD SAID, THE OUTCRY OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH IS INDEED GREAT AND THEIR SIN IS EXCEEDINGLY GRAVE.
I WILL GO DOWN NOW AND SEE IF THEY HAVE DONE ENTIRELY ACCORDING TO ITS OUTCRY, WHICH HAS COME TO ME.
THEN THE MEN TURNED AWAY FROM THERE AND WENT TOWARDS SODOM WHERE ABRAHAM WAS STILL STANDING, WHILE ABRAHAM WAS STILL STANDING BEFORE THE LORD.
AND ABRAHAM CAME NEAR AND SAID, WILT THOU INDEED SWEEP AWAY THE RIGHTEOUS WITH THE WICKED.
SUPPOSE THERE ARE 50 RIGHTEOUS WITHIN THE CITY.
WILT THOU INDEED SWEEP IT AWAY AND NOT SPARE THE PLACE FOR THE SAKE OF THE 50 RIGHTEOUS WHO ARE IN IT.
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THOSE OF US WHO KNOW THE HISTORY OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH KNOW THAT GOD REIGNED FIRE DOWN FROM HEAVEN AND DESTROYED THOSE CITIES.THE KING OF SODOM INVITED THE WRATH OF GOD ON HIS CITY BY UPHOLDING, BY BY, BY LIFTING UP SIN AND EXALTING SIN AND CALLING PERVERSE SEXUAL PRACTICES.
YOU ARE INVITING THE WRATH OF GOD ON OUR CITY.
WHATEVER A MAN SOWS THAT SHALL HE ALSO REAP.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE ASKING YOU.
DO YOU CELEBRATE? ARE YOU GONNA START CELEBRATING ALL THE ADULTERERS, UH, THE ADULTEROUS COMMUNITY? ARE YOU GONNA CELEBRATE THE RAPIST COMMUNITY? ARE YOU GONNA START CELEBRATING ALL THE MURDERERS AND CALL THEM A COMMUNITY? ARE YOU GONNA PICK EVERY LITTLE SIN, EVERY BIG SIN AND SAY, WE'RE GONNA CELEBRATE THAT SIN? CUZ THOSE, THAT GROUP OF PEOPLE, THEY'RE A COMMUNITY, IT IS NOT NATURAL FOR A MAN TO INSERT HIS SEXUAL ORGAN INTO THE ANUS OF ANOTHER MAN THAT IS FILTHY.
THAT'S THE FILTHIEST PLACE IN THE HUMAN BODY.
IT'S NOT NATURAL, IT'S PERVERSE.
AND FOR YOU TO CALL PERVERSE NATURAL.
NO, I WROTE SOME NOTES BECAUSE SOMETIMES MY PART GETS IN THE WAY OF MY HEAD.
I'M A SIXTH GENERATION TEXAN MOM OF FIVE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN, CHRIST FOLLOWING BIBLE THUMPING CHRISTIAN AND DEEPLY CONCERNED CITIZEN.
I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE EVERY 45 SECONDS A YOUNG MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY CONSIDER SUICIDE.
EVERY 45 SECONDS Y'ALL, THESE ARE OUR BABIES, OUR FUTURE DOCTORS, LAWYERS, TEACHERS, SCIENTISTS, MINISTERS, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME.
BUT I DO KNOW THIS, WITHOUT A DOUBT, DOUBT THEY CAN'T DO ANY OF IT IF THEY'RE NOT HERE WITH US.
OUR CHILDREN DESERVE TO SURVIVE AND NOT ONLY SURVIVE, BUT THRIVE TO HAVE HEALTHY, FULFILLING PRODUCTIVE LIVES, TO BE AFFORDED THE SAME RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES THAT ALL CITIZENS OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY DESERVE.
AND THIS IS WHY TONIGHT IS SO IMPORTANT TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING A STAND FOR ALL CITIZENS.
THANK YOU FOR USHERING OUR COMMUNITIES FORWARD INTO A BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL FUTURE, A FUTURE WHERE ALL CITIZENS BELONG IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND DESERVE TO FEEL SAFE AND SECURE IN THEIR FREEDOM TO LIVE AND LOVE HOW THEY CHOOSE TO THE QUEER COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY OUR CHILDREN.
YOU ARE LOVED, CHERISHED AND VALUED BY GOD AND BY US.
OUR COMMUNITIES ARE BETTER BECAUSE OF YOUR PRESENCE.
PLEASE FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL THROUGH THE SEA OF HATRED.
WE ARE WITH YOU BESIDE AND BEHIND YOU AND WE WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU.
AND TO MY FELLOW CHRISTIANS, SHAME ON US.
SHAME ON US FOR TAKING SIX GROSSLY MISINTERPRETED VERSES AND USING THEM TO NOT JUST DENY RIGHTS INEQUALITY, BUT TO INFLICT SERIOUS IRREPARABLE HARM TO A LARGE NUMBER OF GOD'S CHILDREN.
ALL THE WHILE IGNORING THE HUNDREDS OF OTHER VERSES ABOUT HOW TO SERVE, LIVE IN HARMONY WITH OTHERS AND LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS AS OURSELVES.
WE ARE GETTING THIS SO WRONG AND WE CAN DO NO, NO, SO MUCH BETTER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR LEADING OUR COMMUNITY SO BEAUTIFULLY.
LISTED ON THE CITY WEBSITE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE PROCLAIMING HOMOSEXUALITY OR EVEN HETEROSEXUALITY.
CITIZENS SEXUAL PREFERENCES SHOULD NOT BE SOMETHING OUR CITY GOVERNMENT IS INVOLVED IN EVER.
FOR CHRISTIANS, I'M A CHRISTIAN.
FOR CHRISTIANS, WE VIEW THIS AS AN ABOMINATION AND A SIN AND A SLAP IN THE FACE.
AND WE REBUKE THIS PROCLAMATION.
PRIDE IS THE ROOT OF MANY OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE ARE ALL FACING TODAY.
IT IS SELF-RESPECT OR IMPROPER AND EXCESSIVE SELF-ESTEEM KNOWN AS CONCEIT OR ARROGANCE.
PRIDE CAN DEFINE, BE DEFINED AS ELEVATING ONE'S
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OPINION AND THOUGHTS ABOVE GOD'S AUTHORITATIVE WORD.IT SHOWS ITS SINFUL FACE IN MANY FORMS AS WE SEE HERE TONIGHT.
AND ONE OF THESE FORMS IS RELYING ON YOUR OWN STRENGTH AND WISDOM TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN ANY GIVEN SITUATION.
WE CAN BE SURE THAT GOD KNOWS WHAT IS BEST BECAUSE HE IS ALL KNOWING AND ALL POWERFUL.
WHEN WE BEGIN TO DO THINGS OUR OWN WAY RATHER THAN HOW GOD WANTS US TO DO THINGS, WE CAN BE SURE THAT WE WILL FAIL.
PRIDE CAN BE THE DOWNFALL OF A PERSON OR A NATION OR A CITY OR A COMMUNITY.
GOD'S WORD TELLS US THAT PRIDE GOES BEFORE DESTRUCTION.
PROVERBS 1618 AND IN ISAIAH WE READ ABOUT HOW SATAN WAS CAST OUT OF HEAVEN BECAUSE OF PRIDE.
SOLOMON SPEAKS OF THE PRIDE OF FOOLS.
AND PROVERBS AND SECOND CHRONICLES DESCRIBES A KING WHO BECAME PROUD AND THAT PRIDE LED TO HIS DESTRUCTION.
PRIDE IS REFUSING TO SEE YOURSELF AS GOD SEES YOU.
ULTIMATELY, PRIDE IS EXTREME LOVE AND FOCUS ON ONE'S SELF.
THAT KIND OF PRIDE THAT STEMS FROM SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS OR CONCEIT IS SIN.
GOD HATES IT BECAUSE IT IS A HINDRANCE TO SEEKING HIM.
PROVERBS 1618 PRIDE GOES BEFORE DESTRUCTION AND A HOTTY SPIRIT BEFORE THE FALL.
WILLIAMSON COUNTY CITIZENS DEFENDING FREEDOM, RENOUNCE ALL PRIDE IN JESUS NAME.
FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO PERSIST IN SIN, REBUKE THEM.
WE THE PEOPLE ARE HERE TODAY TO REBUKE THIS MAYOR'S PRIDE, PROCLAMATION AND ROMANS TELLS US 1 32.
ALTHOUGH THEY KNOW GOD'S RIGHTEOUS DECREE, THAT THOSE WHO DO SUCH THINGS DESERVE DEATH, THEY DESERVE DEATH.
THEY NOT ONLY CONTINUE TO DO THESE VERY THINGS, BUT ALSO APPROVE OF THOSE WHO PRACTICE THEM.
SB 12, SENATE BILL 12, LOOK IT UP YOU, MS. WATSON.
LAST WEEK I FINISHED WATCHING A NEW SERIES CALLED A SMALL LIGHT THAT WAS PUT OUT BY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC IN DISNEY.
IT'S THE STORY OF THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED HIDE THE FAMILY OF ANNE FRANK FROM THE NAZIS DURING WORLD WAR II.
PAST STORIES ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST HAVE LEFT ME WONDERING HOW THE HUMAN SPIRIT CAN BE SO RESILIENT AGAINST SUCH HORRIFIC SUFFERING AND PERSECUTION.
THAT'S STILL AWE-INSPIRING TO ME.
BUT THIS TIME AROUND I FOUND MYSELF WONDERING HOW A PERSON GETS TO SUCH A LEVEL OF HATRED.
A HATRED THAT MAKES THEM JUSTIFY KILLING ANOTHER HUMAN JUST FOR WHO THEY ARE IN THE WAKE OF THE HATE CRIME.
THAT WAS A KI ROSS'S MURDER LAST WEEK IN CEDAR PARK.
I WONDER NOT JUST ABOUT THAT LEVEL OF HATE, BUT HOW TO STOP IT.
THE ANSWER OBVIOUSLY IS LONG AND INVOLVED, BUT I TEND TO THINK IT BEGINS BY RESPONDING TO EARLY SIGNS OF HATRED WITH VISIBLE BELONGING AND INCLUSION.
I'M GRATEFUL TODAY TO WITNESS THE PROCLAMATION OF BELONGING AND INCLUSION FOR LANDERS, L G B T Q I A COMMUNITY.
MANY HOLOCAUST MEMORIALS ARE MARKED WITH A SIMPLE ENGRAVING THAT JUST READS, NEVER AGAIN.
I HOPE TODAY'S PROCLAMATION IS ONE OF MANY PROGRESSIVELY LARGER STEPS FROM THE CITY OF LEANDER TOWARD NEVER AGAIN FOR THE FAMILY OF AKIRA ROSS, FOR THE L G B T Q I A COMMUNITY AND FOR HUMANKIND.
I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY.
ANYWAY, UH, I'M LOUIS KIRK CONNELL, AND, UH, I'M A RETIRED ARMY COMBAT VETERAN, AND, UH, A FORMER FEDERAL INVESTIGATOR.
UH, I WASN'T GONNA SAY THIS, BUT, UM, OVER 70% OF THE CRIMES THAT I INVESTIGATED WERE SEXUAL IN NATURE.
UH, MANY OF THEM INVOLVING CHILDREN.
I, SO IN LIGHT OF THAT, YOU CAN PROBABLY FIGURE OUT WHICH DIRECTION I'M GONNA GO.
UM, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS PRIDE PROCLAMATION.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT I AGREE WITH THE PREMISE BEHIND THE PROCLAMATION, MEANING THAT, UH, I'M A HUNDRED PERCENT BEHIND EVERYBO.
EVERYONE'S RIGHT TO, UH, PERSONAL AUTONOMY AND THE FREEDOM OF LIBERTY TO LIVE OUT A LIFE THAT MAKES THEM HAPPY.
UH, THAT'S WHAT LIVING IN AMERICA IS ALL ABOUT.
THAT'S WHAT I SERVED FOR AND THAT'S WHAT I STILL
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CONTINUE TO REPRESENT.UH, SO WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? UH, THE PROBLEM IS LIES WITH, UH, ABOUT THINGS THAT MAKE US HAPPY, UH, NEED MOST OF THE TIME THEY NEED TO REMAIN PRIVATE.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, UH, WITH THIS PRIDE MOVEMENT, UH, THERE'S BECOME A HYPER SECULARIZATION OF THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN.
AND, UH, I, I'VE SEEN THIS COMING FOR A LONG TIME.
UH, I RETIRED IN 2016, UH, PROBABLY STARTED INVESTIGATING CRIMES LIKE THIS, UH, 2009.
SO THERE'S NO DENYING, UH, WHAT'S HAPPENING.
AND, UH, AS THE PRIDE MOVEMENT GOES, UH, UH, IT BASICALLY, IT'S BECOME THE THING THAT IT OPPOSES.
AND, UH, NO, I MEAN, HONESTLY, NOBODY WANTS TO BULLY PEOPLE.
UH, NOBODY WANTS TO HARASS OR DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANYBODY.
UH, BUT THE FACT IS THAT THE, IF YOU HAVE AN OPPOSING VIEW TO THIS MOVEMENT, THEN AUTOMATICALLY YOU'RE A BIGOT.
YOU KNOW, AND I AM TOTALLY AGAINST THAT.
UH, I HAVE, I HAVE AN UNCLE WHO'S GAY.
UM, I HAVE TWO OF MY BEST FRIENDS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD ARE GAY.
AND, UH, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THEM, BUT THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT PUSHING IT IN MY FACE.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M A CHRISTIAN.
I'M HETEROSEXUAL, UH, AND I'VE WATCHED THESE PRIDE PARADES.
UH, AND MOST OF THE TIME YOU SEE MEN AND WOMEN, MOSTLY MEN, EXPOSING THEMSELVES AND ADVOCATING FOR THEIR OWN PERSONAL SEXUAL ORIENTATION PRACTICES AND THE PRACTICES IN A WAY THAT IS COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE AND DAMAGING TO OUR YOUTH AND COMMUNITIES.
SOMEONE'S SEXUAL PREFERENCE IS NONE OF MY BUSINESS, AND I DON'T BELIEVE IT BELONGS IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE.
THAT'S NOT BEING HATEFUL, THAT'S JUST BEING, UH, A NORMAL CONSERVATIVE POSITION.
AND AT LEAST IT WAS UNTIL RECENTLY.
AND I BELIEVE THAT ADVOCATING FOR SUCH A POSITION IN SUCH AN AGGRESSIVE AND PUBLIC WAY HAS BROUGHT MUCH HARM AND CREATED NEEDLESS DIVISION IN OUR CULTURE AT LARGE, FROM TEENAGE PROMISCUITY TO TRANSGENDER REASSIGNMENT.
HI, MY NAME IS JENNIFER WHITE.
UM, I'M TREASURER OF LEANDER PRIDE AND A STAUNCH ALLY OF THE LGBTQIA PLUS COMMUNITY.
WE'LL START WITH SOME STATISTICS.
ACCORDING TO A 2021 GALLUP POLL, THE PERCENTAGE OF AMERICANS OF ALL AGES IDENTIFYING AS LGBTQ IS 7.1%, WHICH IS DOUBLE THE PERCENTAGE FROM 2012 OF GEN Z.
AMERICANS WHO'VE REACHED ADULTHOOD, ROUGHLY 21% IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ.
THAT IS NEARLY DOUBLED THE PROPORTION OF MILLENNIALS WHO DO SO, AND THE GAP WIDENS EVEN FURTHER WHEN COMPARED WITH OLDER GENERATIONS.
THIS IS NOT BECAUSE IT'S TRENDY TO BE GAY, BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS IN AFFORDING PROTECTIONS TO OUR LGBTQIA PLUS CITIZENS, IT FELT SAFE FOR OUR YOUNGER RAINBOW KINDRED TO LIVE AS THEIR AUTHENTIC SELVES AT EARLIER POINTS IN THEIR LIVES THAN IT HAS FOR OLDER GENERATIONS.
THAT IS, UNTIL RECENTLY THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, TEXAS LAWMAKERS INTRODUCED MORE THAN 30 BILLS TARGETING TEXAS'S LGBTQ POPULATION, PARTICULARLY TRANSGENDER YOUTH.
EVEN IF A MAJORITY OF THE BILLS DID NOT PASS, THEY SERVED THEIR PURPOSE.
THEY STRUCK FEAR IN THE HEARTS OF LGBTQ TEXANS AND PARENTS OF LGBTQ TEXANS THAT THEY MAY BE STRIPPED OF THEIR AGENCY AND AUTONOMY AND THEIR ABILITY TO BE FREE OF HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION.
BECAUSE LGBTQ DISCRIMINATION HAS BEEN OPENLY ENDORSED BY TEXAS LAWMAKERS, IT HAS EMBOLDENED A VERY VOCAL MINORITY OF FOLKS WHO SUBSCRIBE TO CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST IDEALS TO AMPLIFY THEIR INTOLERANCE AND HATRED.
JUST LAST NIGHT IN THE CITY TO OUR NORTH, THEIR PRIDE PROCLAMATION WAS MET WITH BOOZE AND A SLEW OF INTOLERANT CITIZEN COMMONS.
AND JUST TWO WEEKS AGO IN THE CITY TO OUR SOUTH, A QUEER SISTER OF COLOR WAS MURDERED.
THE LAST WORDS SHE HEARD ON THIS EARTH WERE THAT OF HER MURDERER CALLING HER A GAY SLUR.
OUR L G B T Q COMM COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE NOT OKAY.
THEY'RE TERRIFIED, BUT I'M DETERMINED.
I'M DETERMINED TO MAKE LEANDER A PLACE WHERE KIDS CAN GROW UP UNAFRAID TO BE THEMSELVES.
AND WHERE MY LGBTQ FRIENDS AND FAMILY FEEL SAFE, I'M DETERMINED TO KEEP FIGHTING FOR OUR LGBTQIA PLUS CITIZENS SO THEY CAN FEEL AS COMFORTABLE WALKING AROUND OLD TOWN LEANDER, HOLDING HANDS WITH THEIR PARTNER AS A STRAIGHT PERSON WOULD.
I'M DETERMINED TO BE A LOUDER VOICE OF LOVE, ACCEPTANCE, AND CELEBRATION THAN THE VOICES OF INTOLERANCE, HATRED, AND DISCRIMINATION.
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IS AN IMPORTANT GESTURE TO HELP ESTABLISH OUR CITY AS ONE THAT IS INCLUSIVE AND RECOGNIZES THE VALUE OF HUMANITY, THE VALUE AND HUMANITY OF ALL CITIZENS.IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT SHOWS THE CITY WILL NOT CAPITULATE TO THE CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST EXTREMISTS WHO DEMAND CONFORMITY TO THEIR BIGOTED MORAL AGENDA.
I INVITE EVERYONE TO JOIN ME TODAY, EVERY DAY, AND ESPECIALLY FOR OUR EVENT ON JULY 15TH, IN LOUDLY, PROUDLY ADVOCATING FOR AND CELEBRATING ARE LGBTQIA PLUS FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS.
LEANDER WOULDN'T BE THE SAME WITHOUT THEM.
UH, I, I DO WANNA SAY I WAS AT THE EVENT LAST NIGHT AND, UM, CHRISTIANS ACTED IN A BAD WAY AND SO DID SOME OF THE L B GT Q, BUT PEOPLE JUST SHARE THEIR FEELINGS.
SO I JUST WANNA SHARE MY FEELING.
I'M I PASTOR A CHURCH, BEEN DOING THAT FOR 35 YEARS.
UM, DEUTERONOMY SIX FIVE SAYS, YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART, ALL OF YOUR MIND, AND ALL OF YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL OF YOUR MIND AND STRENGTH.
AND, UH, I JUST WANNA SHARE A STORY.
TRUE STORY PASTOR, A FRIEND OF MINE PASTORS A CHURCH, UH, TWO GAY LADIES CAME TO CHURCH AND HE WAS PREACHING ON HOMOSEXUALITY THAT PARTICULAR DAY.
AND, UH, HE WENT UP FRONT AND HE HUGGED BOTH OF 'EM, AND HE SAID, HEY, I JUST WANNA TELL YOU THAT I LOVE YOU.
UH, BOTH OF 'EM CAME THE NEXT WEEK.
THE SECOND WEEK, UH, THE ONE LADY CAME BY HERSELF AND THE OTHER ONE DIDN'T COME.
AND THE NEXT WEEK SHE CAME BY HERSELF AGAIN, AND SHE ACCEPTS JESUS AS HER LORD AND SAVIOR.
AND SHE SAID, I DON'T WANNA LIVE THAT KIND OF LIFESTYLE.
UH, SEVEN YEARS GO BY AND A YOUNG GIRL THAT IS HAVING SOME DIFFICULTIES WONDERING, AM AM I REALLY? AM I, AM I A GIRL? AM AM I A BOY? AND HE SAID, HEY, I GOT SOMEBODY YOU COULD TALK TO.
AND HE LOOKED OVER AND THE LADY THAT HAD BEEN FOLLOWING A GAY LIFESTYLE HAD ACCEPTED THE LORD, HAD LEFT THAT LIFESTYLE.
AND, UH, SHE WAS MARRIED, HAS FIVE KIDS, AND, UH, WAS ABLE TO TALK WITH THEM.
AND I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS AN AMAZING THING.
AND SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT AS A PASTOR, MAN, WE, WE LOVE YOU AND WE JUST WANNA SPEAK THE TRUTH.
AND AS WE SPEAK THE TRUTH, SOME PEOPLE WILL LISTEN AND, AND SOME WON'T.
I JUST ASK THAT IT'S JUST NOT FORCED ON ME OR ON MY KIDS OR ON MY GRANDKIDS, AND THAT'S ALL I ASK.
I'M GONNA SUPPORT LEANDER AND THE THINGS THAT THEY DO, AND I JUST WANTED TO COME AND JUST SPEAK TRUTH TONIGHT THAT GOD LOVES EVERYBODY THAT'S IN THIS ROOM AND THAT WE NEED TO LOVE.
AND BROTHER, YOU WERE RIGHT WHEN HE READ OUT OF THAT SCRIPTURE IN 13.
IT'S IT'S LOVE AND, UM, HATE DOESN'T GET US NOWHERE, BUT LOVE DOES.
I SERVED MY COUNTRY FOR 20 YEARS, AND I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO SERVE GOD TILL I DIE.
AND I'M, I HUGGED THE LADY THAT WAS THERE LAST NIGHT TONIGHT, AND I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, MAN? I, I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST YOU.
I JUST, I JUST WANNA LOVE YOU.
I JUST DON'T WANT ANYTHING PUSHED ON ME, THAT'S ALL.
KU PUT THAT PURDUE OR KU? OH, UH, KU.
PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
I'M A CITIZEN HERE IN LEANDER, AND I JUST WANNA, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU GUYS FOR PUTTING THE PROCLAMATION OUT THERE.
I KNOW THAT IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CON TENSION AND A LOT OF DIVISION IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE ATTACKING EACH OTHER.
AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT OUR CITY HAS STEPPED UP TO START TO MEND THOSE WOUNDS AND RECONNECT OUR COMMUNITY TO EACH OTHER AND HELPING THOSE OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE MARGINALIZED TO FEEL SAFE OR SAFER.
I THINK OUR COMMUNITY HAS A LONG WAY TO GO FOR PEOPLE TO FEEL SAFE.
UM, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON, NOT ONLY HERE, BUT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE UNITED STATES THAT ARE MAKING A LARGE PORTION OF OUR MARGINALIZED INDIVIDUALS FEEL UNSAFE, FEEL SCARED, AND FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE A PLACE IN TEXAS OR LEANDER.
SO I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE YOU MAKING THIS STEP, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE GROWTH THAT OUR CITY CAN HAVE.
UM, I'M A LITTLE DISHEARTENED TO HEAR SOME PEOPLE STEP UP AND PROCLAIM TO BE CHRISTIANS AND SAY STUFF THAT IS VERY HURTFUL AND HARMFUL.
THE STORY THAT I LEARNED GROWING UP IN A SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH THAT STUCK WITH ME THE MOST WAS THAT WHEN JESUS WENT TO THE TEMPLE AND THE TEMPLE LEADERS WERE SO CAUGHT UP IN THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT THEY FORGOT TO FOCUS ON LOVE, HE WAS NOT HAPPY.
THAT WASN'T WHERE HE SPENT HIS TIME.
HE SPENT HIS TIME LOVING AND CARING FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT OTHERS PUSHED OUT AND OTHERED.
SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT ELSE
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WE CAN DO TO BUILD BRIDGES IN OUR COMMUNITY.THANK YOU, STEPHANIE PURDUE, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME.
MY NAME IS STEPHANIE PURDUE, AND I WANNA THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TODAY.
I AM NOT FROM YOUR WONDERFUL CITY.
I ACTUALLY LIVE AN HOUR NORTH AND CONFERENCE COVE, BUT I LIVED IN AUSTIN FOR 22 YEARS.
I CHURCH HERE IN, IN CEDAR PARK, AND I FREQUENT BOTH LEANDER IN CEDAR PARK OFTEN.
UH, I AM AN OUT AND PROUD TRANSGENDER WOMAN.
I HAVE BEEN LIVING MY AUTHENTIC LIFE FOR 32 YEARS, AND I'M PROUD OF THAT.
I'M PROUD OF SEEING THIS CITY TAKING A STEP FORWARD AND SPEAKING FOR A COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN UNDER ASSAULT THIS YEAR.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER SPOKEN TO A CITY COUNCIL, BUT I'VE BEEN AT THIS, I'VE BEEN AT THE STATE HOUSE A LOT OF TIMES, AND A LOT OF TIMES THIS YEAR, UM, IF YOU WERE OUT THE CAPITOL ALL THIS YEAR, YOU MIGHT JUST BE WALKING ON A GIANT T-REX OUTFIT, BUT THE SINUS SAYS L G B TX LOVES YOU.
AND I LITERALLY MEAN THAT TO THOSE ON BOTH SIDES.
I KNOW WE HAVE LOTS OF FEELINGS AND WE CAN ALL DISAGREE TO DISAGREE, KNOW THAT I LOVE, YOU KNOW, THAT I APPRECIATE THIS TO BE TAKING THIS STEP.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS FOR ME PERSONALLY, BECAUSE NEARLY SIX YEARS AGO ON JULY 20TH IN CEDAR PARK, I WAS, I WAS, UM, KIDNAPPED, ASSAULTED, AND DIRTY, KILLED MYSELF.
THANKFULLY, MY ASSAULTERS WERE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
I FEEL SO TERRIBLE FOR THE RECENT LOSS OF, OF MR. FROST AND CEDAR PARK AS WELL.
THAT DEFINITELY BRINGS THOSE FEELINGS BACK UP FOR ME.
BUT THANK YOU FOR TAKING A STAND.
UM, I'VE, UH, I'M A FIRST GENERATION AMERICAN.
I'VE LIVED IN, IN MY BUSINESS CAREER.
I'VE LIVED IN FOUR COUNTRIES, EIGHT STATES, AND PER PERHAPS A DOZEN CITIES BEFORE I CHOSE LEANDER AS MY HOME, AND I'VE BEEN HERE 20 YEARS.
UM, UH, I'M, I'M ALSO A STRAIGHT VIETNAM VETERAN AND PROUD OF THE SERVICE THAT WE'VE DONE.
AND ONE THING IN THE MILITARY, YOU TAKE AN OATH TO DEFEND TO THE DEATH, THE RIGHTS OF EVERY AMERICAN CITIZEN, REGARDLESS OF HOW DIFFERENT THEY MIGHT BE FROM US, RIGHT? I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP THAT IN MIND.
UM, I'M A GRANDFATHER OF THREE, BEEN MARRIED 54 YEARS IN 12 DAYS.
MY, UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO JUST BE HERE AND APPLAUD THE CITY AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR RECOGNIZING JUNETEENTH AND THE PRIDE MONTH THAT WE'RE HAVING HERE TODAY.
IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE TO DO THAT, GIVEN THE OPPOSITION.
WE NEED PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND NOT, IF NOT THE WORLD, FROM MANY DIFFERENT FAITH, MANY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, MANY DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE WORLD THAT GIVES US STRENGTH, THAT DIVERSITY, THAT INCLUSION THAT YOU CITY MEMBERS ARE DOING SHOWS US THAT WE ARE A GREAT CITY AND CAN DO GREAT THINGS TO, TO COME.
UM, SO, UH, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S AS IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THOSE STRENGTHS.
UH, YOU KNOW, DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, REGARDLESS OF YOUR, YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU'RE, WHAT YOUR NATIONAL ORIGIN IS, REGARDLESS OF YOUR RELIGION, REGARDLESS OF YOUR ETHNICITY.
WE ALL HAVE SOMETHING TO CONTRIBUTE.
AND THE FACT THAT WE ARE INCLUDING THE CITY IS CONCLUDING THAT IS A GREAT STRENGTH, I THINK, FOR THE FUTURE.
FROM MY VIEW, WHETHER YOU'LL READ THE OLD TESTAMENT, THE NEW TESTAMENT, THE QURAN, OR THE TEACHING OF BUDDHA, THEY ALL SAY TWO IMPORTANT FACTS.
FIRST IS LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS YOU WOULD LOVE YOURSELF.
JUDGE IS FOR THE HIGHER POWER.
AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP THAT IN MIND, THAT WE TRY TO REFRAIN LOVE ONE ANOTHER, BUT IT'S NOT OUR JOB TO JUDGE THEM.
UM, I'M SORRY, I'M HAVING A HARD TIME READING THE HANDWRITING ON THIS ONE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING LEADERS IN LEANDER WHO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF CELEBRATING PRIDE.
I AM AN ALLY, ALTHOUGH I LIVE IN LAGO VISTA.
I'M PROUD TO SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE LEANDER CEDAR PARK PRIDE COMMITTEE.
I WORK FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS IN AND WITH HEALTH DEPARTMENTS WITH A PRIMARY FOCUS ON H, HIV V AND FTD PREVENTION.
AND I CAN TELL YOU MY LIFE WAS CHANGED BY EACH AND EVERY PERSON I MET.
THEY TAUGHT ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT MYSELF EVERY DAY.
THEY TAUGHT ME HOW TO LOVE UNCONDITIONALLY AND HOW TO BE BRAVE IN THE FACE OF CRITICS AND THOSE WHO WANT TO HURT OTHERS, ALL BECAUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND AND BECAUSE IT'S EASIER TO HATE THAN TO SEEK TO UNDERSTAND.
THEY TAUGHT ME TO RECOGNIZE AND TO USE MY PRIVILEGE TO HELP THE MARGINALIZED THEY TAUGHT ME.
DIVERSITY IS WONDERFUL AND INCLUSION FEELS LIKE A WARM HUG.
THE L G B T Q I A COMMUNITY ARE THE MOST GENEROUS, CARING, CREATIVE, AND
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AUTHENTIC PEOPLE I KNOW.AS WE RECOGNIZE THE RECENT SENSELESS DEATH OF AKIRA ROSS IN CEDAR PARK AND THE ANNIVERSARY THIS WEEK OF THE PULSE NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING THAT TOOK THE LIVES OF 49 PEOPLE WHO JUST WANTED TO DANCE.
WE MUST ALSO RECOGNIZE THE HUNDREDS MORE WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN SHATTERED.
THOSE WHO HAVE LOST LGBTQIA PLUS FAMILY AND FRIENDS, WHETHER IT'S SUICIDE, HIV, MURDER, MASS SHOOTINGS, THOSE WHO THEY LONG, THE FAMILY LEFT BEHIND, LONG TO HEAR THEIR VOICES, THEY YEARN TO GIVE THEM ONE MORE HUG AND TO TELL THEM THAT THEY'RE LOVED ONE MORE TIME.
THIS YEAR HAS BEEN HARD ON SO MANY WHO HAVE FELT PREYED UPON AND CALLED HORRIBLE NAMES.
AND WORSE FAMILY AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS CANNOT PROVIDE NECESSARY CARE FOR CHILDREN WHO MAY NOT FIT SOCIETY'S NORMS. ALL BECAUSE PEOPLE CHOOSE TO OTHER PERSONS AND FAMILIES, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT MAKES US ALL HUMAN, THE ABILITY TO LOVE AND TO BE LOVED IN RETURN.
IF WE DO NOT LOVE, THEN PLEASE ASK YOURSELF, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE? I CHALLENGE EVERYONE TO GO INTO THE WORLD AND DO GREAT THINGS WITH LOVE.
WE ARE ALL WALKING EACH OTHER HOME.
THANK YOU, CELESTE FA, GOOD EVENING.
HI, MY NAME IS CELESTE FAHART.
I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY AS A PROUD RESIDENT OF LEANDER, A CITY I HOLD VERY DEAR TO MY HEART.
HOWEVER, I'M DEEPLY TROUBLED BY THE RECENT DISCUSSIONS SURROUNDING THE PROCLAMATION OF JUNE IS PRIDE.
MONTH IN OUR COMMUNITY IS DISHEARTENING TO WITNESS ATTEMPTS TO PREVENT THE RECOGNITION AND CELEBRATION OF THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY DURING A TIME THAT SHOULD BE MARKED WITH INCLUSIVITY, LOVE, AND ACCEPTANCE.
AS WE GATHER HERE, IT'S CRUCIAL THAT WE REFLECT ON THE VALUES THAT OUR GREAT CITY UPHOLDS.
LEANDER IS A DIVERSE TAPESTRY WOVEN BY THE STORIES, DREAMS, AND EXPERIENCES OF EACH OF ITS RESIDENTS.
IT'S A PLACE WHERE WE COME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER, TO LIFT EACH OTHER UP, TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT OF UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT.
OUR LGBTQ PLUS FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, AND FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE FACED HARDSHIPS THAT MANY OF US CAN ONLY IMAGINE.
THEY'VE BEEN MARGINALIZED, DISCRIMINATED AGAINST, AND DENIED THEIR BASIC RIGHTS AND EVEN KILLED SIMPLY BECAUSE OF WHO THEY ARE AND WHO THEY LOVE.
PRIDE MONTH SERVES AS A POWERFUL REMINDER THAT WE MUST STAND ALONGSIDE THEM AS ALLIES AND ADVOCATES TO ENSURE THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD AND THEIR RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED.
THE TRUE STRENGTH OF OUR COMMUNITY LIES IN ITS DIVERSITY.
IT'S WHAT MAKES US VIBRANT, INNOVATIVE, AND CULTURALLY RICH.
BY EMBRACING OUR LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY AND CELEBRATING THEIR IDENTITIES, WE SEND A RESOUNDING MESSAGE TO THE WORLD.
LEANDER IS A PLACE WHERE LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE, TRIUMPH, OVER HATE AND DISCRIMINATION.
OUR CITY COUNCIL HAS ALWAYS BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SERVING THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WE LOOK TO YOU AS LEADERS AND TO GUIDE US TOWARDS PROGRESS, EQUALITY, AND UNITY.
I IMPLORE YOU TO CONSIDER THE IMPACT OF ALL YOUR DECISIONS ON THE LIVES OF LGBTQ PLUS INDIVIDUALS IN LEANDER.
AND REMEMBER THAT ALL OF OUR ACTIONS HAVE FAR REACHING CONSEQUENCES, NOT JUST WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF OUR CITY AND FOR GENERATIONS TO COME BY PROCLAIMING JUNE IS PRIDE MONTH.
WE'RE NOT ONLY RECOGNIZING THE STRUGGLES FACED BY THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY, BUT WE'RE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND THEIR RESILIENCE.
IT'S A CHANCE FOR US TO FOSTER A SENSE OF BELONGING AND SHOW THAT LEANDER IS A SAFE HAVEN WHERE EVERYONE CAN LIVE, LOVE, AND THRIVE WITHOUT FEAR OR PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION TO THE CHILDREN OF LEANDER.
I SAY THIS, OUR ACTIONS TODAY WILL SHAPE THE FUTURE WE LEAVE FOR YOU.
WE HAVE A DUTY TO BE ROLE MODELS TO TEACH YOU THE VALUES OF LOVE, ACCEPTANCE, AND UNDERSTANDING.
WE MUST SHOW YOU THAT DIVERSITY IS A STRENGTH, AND THAT IN LEANDER YOU ARE EMBRACED FOR WHO YOU ARE, REGARDLESS OF YOUR GENDER IDENTITY OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
I URGE EACH MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL TO LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS, TO ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE AND CONSIDER THE IMPACT THAT ALL OF YOUR DECISIONS HAVE TO OUR CITY AND RESIDENTS.
LET'S COME TOGETHER AND SET AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND US.
DEMONSTRATING THAT LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE CAN OVERCOME ANY OBSTACLE.
LEANDER, LET US STAND UNITED AND SUPPORT THE PRIDE PROCLAMATION.
LET US PAVE THE WAY FOR THE FUTURE.
EQUALITY IS THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
TOGETHER WE CAN CREATE THE LEANDER, WE CAN ALL BE PROUD TO CALL HOME.
MY NAME IS STEPHANIE REYES RAND, AND I'M HERE AS A AN EIGHTH GENERATION TEXAN, A MOTHER, A COMMISSIONER FOR THE LEANDER PUBLIC ARTS AND CULTURE COMMISSION.
AND I'M HERE TO CELEBRATE PRIDE AND RECOGNITION OF THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY HAS MADE
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TO ART AND CULTURE AT THE LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL, AND GLOBAL LEVEL.THE OPPOSITE OF PRIDE IS SHAME.
AND IT SEEMS THAT MANY PEOPLE WOULD RATHER PEOPLE IN THE G B LGBTQ COMMUNITY LIVE IN SHAME OF WHO THEY ARE.
AND I FIND IT IRONIC THAT THOSE COMING UP AND SPEWING THEIR CHRISTIAN VALUES, FORGET CHRISTIAN VALUES HAVE NO PLACE IN OUR GOVERNMENT.
THIS IS A COMMUNITY MADE OF PEOPLE OBSERVING LAWS, AND THOSE LAWS INCLUDE THE RIGHTS TO LIVE HOW YOU WANT.
I'LL ALSO REMIND YOU, EVERY ONE OF YOU THAT YOU ALL REPRESENT THE L G B LGBTQ COMMUNITY.
YOU DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF JUST REPRESENTING WHITE NATIONALISTS OR HETEROSEXUAL PEOPLE.
YOU HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO REPRESENT THE RIGHTS OF ALL PEOPLE IN LEANDER.
AND IF YOU CANNOT STAND WITH THOSE IN THE PROCLAMATION TODAY, THEN YOU HAVE TO QUESTION YOUR ABILITY OF WHETHER YOU'RE SOME SINCERE IN YOUR LEADERSHIP.
IF YOU CANNOT LEAD ALL PEOPLE OF LEANDER.
I FIND IT SAD THAT THOSE COMING UP HERE AND SPEWING HATE IN THE NAME OF GOD, FORGET THAT THE FILTHIEST PARTS OF THEIR BODIES ARE THEIR MOUTHS.
AND THEY HATE THAT THEY'RE SPEWING AND SHAMING PEOPLE.
AND I WONDER IF THEY WOULD HAVE THE INDECENCY AND THE LACK OF COTH TO GO UP TO A GAY PERSON AND SHAME THEM TO THEIR FACES.
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THEY COME UP HERE AND THEY'RE REALLY HAPPY TO PROMOTE THEIR HATRED AND THEIR AGENDA.
FEELING LIKE CELEBRATING PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY IS PUSHING IT IN THEIR FACE, YET THEY COME AND PUSH THEIR AGENDAS IN OUR FACE.
THESE FALSE CHRISTIAN VALUES THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS.
JESUS HUNG OUT WITH THE FREAKS.
JESUS HUNG OUT WITH THE PEOPLE WHO WERE MARGINALIZED.
JESUS DIDN'T EMBRACE THOSE STANDING AT THE FRONT OF THE TEMPLE.
HE STOOD WITH THOSE THAT WERE CAST OUT.
AND SO WHEN THEY COME UP HERE AND USED THE NAME OF JESUS TO PROMOTE HATE AND VICIOUSNESS TOWARDS THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY, WHAT THEY'RE BASICALLY SAYING IS, I HATE YOU TOO.
NOW THEY CAN COME AND ARGUE THAT I DON'T HAVE TO LIKE YOU, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I HATE YOU.
BUT WHEN YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE THEM AS HAVING A RIGHT TO BE PROUD OF WHO THEY ARE, WHAT YOU'RE TELLING THEM IS THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO LIVE IN SHAME.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
NONE OF US SHOULD HIDE OUR HEADS IN SHAME.
NOT THE CHRISTIANS, NOT THE GAYS, NOT THE BLACK AMERICANS IN OUR COMMUNITY, NOT THE MEXICAN AMERICANS.
WE ALL HAVE A RIGHT TO LIVE IN PEACE, AND WE ALL HAVE A RIGHT TO BE CELEBRATED.
AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SAY TO THE MAN WHO INVESTIGATED SEXUAL ABUSE, TRYING TO TIE HIS SEXUAL ABUSE INVESTIGATIONS TO THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY AS A TRAINED CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE EDUCATOR, THE MAJORITY OF SEXUAL ABUSE PREDATORS ARE CISGENDERED, MIDDLE-AGED WHITE MEN.
SO I RESENT THE IMPLICATION THAT BECAUSE YOU ARE GAY, YOU ARE A PREDATOR.
THE PREDATORS ARE NOT THE PEOPLE WE THINK THEY ARE.
THEY'RE THE PEOPLE SITTING NEXT TO YOU.
I'M A BOARD MEMBER OF CEDAR PARK PRIDE AND L G B T Q PERSON AND A MOTHER TO A NON-BINARY BISEXUAL ADULT CHILD AND A COMPASSIONATE HUMAN BEING.
I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THIS PRIDE PROCLAMATION.
WE ARE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
SO MUCH OF OUR LIVES WERE HARASSED, INTIMIDATED, THREATENED, AND ASSAULTED.
HAVING PUBLIC SUPPORT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR EXISTENCE AND THE GOOD THAT WE DO IS APPRECIATED TO THOSE WHO SAY THAT THEY THINK OUR PRIVATE LIVES AND SEXUAL LIVES SHOULD NOT BE FORCED ON THEM.
I WOULD SAY THAT HETEROSEXUALITY IS FORCED ON THE L G B T COMMUNITY EVERY DAY, IN EVERY COMMERCIAL, IN EVERY AD, IN EVERY EXPECTATION.
YOU HAVE HEARD TONIGHT ABOUT AKI ROSS AND HER MURDER.
ON JUNE 2ND, SHE WAS ONLY 24 YEARS OLD WHILE GETTING GAS AT A CIRCLE K IN CEDAR PARK, NOT LATE AT NIGHT ON A REGULAR EVENING WITH HER GIRLFRIEND, HER COMMON LAW WIFE AND A FRIEND.
YOU'VE HEARD THE LAST WORDS SHE HEARD WERE A GAY SLUR.
AND THEN HE SHOT HER THREE TIMES IN THE HEAD, FACE, AND NECK.
A WEEK AGO I MET A KIRA'S FATHER AND ANTHONY, HER GRANDMOTHER, CAROLYN, HER WIFE TANYA, AND HER FRIEND NINA, TANYA, AND NINA WERE WITH AKIRA WHEN SHE WAS KILLED.
FOR THE LAST WEEK, I HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN HELPING THE FAMILY IN TANGIBLE WAYS, WHICH IS MORE THAN I SEE SELF REPRESSED CHRISTIANS DOING HERE TODAY.
ANTHONY IS TRYING TO HOLD IT TOGETHER FOR HIS FAMILY, BUT HE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO WORK.
CAROLYN IS NOW LEFT WITHOUT A CAREGIVER AS A CARA TOOK CARE OF HER.
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NINA IS TRYING TO GET BY.BUT IN THOSE QUIET MOMENTS AT NIGHT ALL ALONE, SHE STRUGGLES.
TANYA IS DEALING WITH THE TRAUMA ON TOP OF HER DEEP, HEARTBREAKING SORROW.
SHE LOST THE LOVE OF HER LIFE AND THE EMOTIONAL AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF HER PARTNER.
YESTERDAY I WENT WITH TANYA TO THE POLICE STATION IN CEDAR PARK TO COMPLETE PAPERWORK FOR ASSISTANCE.
HOPEFULLY SHE WILL GET SOME ASSISTANCE FOR COUNSELING, LOST WAGES AND OTHER EXPENSES.
TANYA HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO RETURN TO WORK OR THE HOME THAT SHE SHARED WITH AKIRA.
THIS MORNING, AGAIN, I SAT WITH TANYA AND NINA AND HELPED THEM SIGN UP TO TRACK THE OFFENDER.
THROUGH THIS LEGAL PROCESS, THEY WROTE INCREDIBLY MOVING STATEMENTS ABOUT HOW LOSING AKIRA IS AFFECTING THEM AND THE FUN AND LOVELY THINGS THEY REMEMBER MOST ABOUT HER.
A KIRA'S FUNERAL IS IN LOUISIANA, BUT WE WILL BE HAVING A MEMORIAL AND A VIGIL FOR HER IN CEDAR PARK TO HONOR HER LIFE.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.
AND TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE AGAINST IT, IF ONLY FOR TODAY, IF ONLY FOR THIS MOMENT, I BEG OF YOU, GIVE US PEACE.
HOW YOU DOING FOLKS? MY NAME'S GARY.
UH, I WASN'T REALLY GONNA COME HERE, UH, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE I'M HERE.
WHAT'S INTERESTING, I'M A THERAPIST.
I'VE BEEN A THERAPIST FOR 20 YEARS.
I'VE ALSO BEEN A CEO, CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRMAN, CHAIRMAN OF ORGANIZATIONS.
I'VE WORKED WITH ALL KINDS OF GAY FOLKS, LOTS OF FRIENDS.
I'M GONNA TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE SAID.
THE GAY COMMUNITY STRUGGLES, WHICH YOU'VE HEARD PEOPLE HAVE DIED, WHICH YOU'VE HEARD OTHER PEOPLE HAVE DIED, WHICH YOU'VE HEARD.
AND WE ALL HEAR THESE STORIES.
OUR HEARTS GO OUT, WE GO OUT, THEY GO AFTER THOSE THINGS.
BUT YOU MUST UNDERSTAND ONE THING.
I'M NOT GONNA JUST STAND HERE AND SAY, DON'T BE PART OF THE GAY PARADE OR ANYTHING THAT I'M NOT GONNA SAY THAT TO YOU.
WHAT I'M GONNA SAY TO YOU IS SOMETHING THAT YOU MUST UNDERSTAND ABOUT WHAT THE GAY COMMUNITY STRUGGLES WITH.
THEY HAVE PROBLEMS AMONGST ONE ANOTHER.
THE PARADE IS NOT THE PROBLEM.
UNDERSTAND THAT AS A THERAPIST WORKING FOR YEARS, DECADES, WITH A GAY COMMUNITY, IT'S A SYMPTOM.
THE PROBLEM ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MANIPULATING THEM.
THEY'RE PAID, THEY'RE AFTER THIS COMMUNITY.
UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE GAY COMMUNITY, UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEHIND IT.
IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEHIND IT, YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO GO ON FOR DECADES THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT THIS COMMUNITY THAT YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TURN BACK.
I HAVE WATCHED, I HAD AN OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO, GO TO SAN FRANCISCO TODAY.
THEY STARTED OFF JUST LIKE THIS.
I GOT A LOT OF GOOD FRIENDS AT GAYS.
I WORKED IN 20 YEARS SANTA BARBARA AREA THERAPIST.
IT'S GONE TO HELL IN A HAND BASKET.
DO NOT MAKE A DECISION UNTIL YOU HAVE FOR THE SAKE OF THE COMMUNITY.
FOR EVERY PERSON OUT HERE, WAKE UP PLEASE.
I MOVED HERE EARTH, MY HUSBAND, TWO YEARS AGO.
UM, AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY AND CITIZENS.
WELL, A MAJORITY OF THE CITIZENS, ALL BUT A HANDFUL HAVE, UH, MADE US FEEL VERY WELCOME, LOVED, AND INCLUDED IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND IN THOSE TWO YEARS, NO HOMOSEXUAL HAS EVER KNOCKED ON MY DOOR TO TELL ME ABOUT THE TEACHINGS IN LIFE OF MARSHA P JOHNSON.
HOWEVER, I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IGNORING MY NO SOLICITING SIGN TODAY.
DESPITE THE OPPOSITION, I FEEL JOY AND GRATITUDE THAT MY TOWN LEANDER IS RECOGNIZING THE STRUGGLES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
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OF MY QUEER COMMUNITY.THIS PROCLAMATION MAKES ME FEEL SEEN, HEARD, AND MOSTLY HOPEFUL.
I KNOW IT IN MY HEART THAT LEANDER IS HEADED FOR A BRIGHTER AND MORE INCLUSIVE FUTURE FOR WHEN WE CAN GENUINELY RESPECT OUR DIFFERENCES AND CELEBRATE WHAT BRINGS US TOGETHER, WHAT MAKES US HUMAN, THAT'S WHEN WE TRULY PROSPER.
MY COMMUNITY IS BEAUTIFUL, CARING, AND LOVING.
YET WE ARE CALLED GROOMERS WITH AN AGENDA TARGETING CHILDREN.
WHILE YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT TWO OF THOSE THINGS, WE DO HAVE AN AGENDA AND WE ARE TARGETING CHILDREN.
WE'RE TARGETING EVERY QUEER CHILD IN THE DARK THAT'S SEARCHING FOR THE HANDLE OF THE PROVERBIAL CLOSET BECAUSE EVERY GAY PERSON IN THIS AUDIENCE TODAY KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE THAT CHILD.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, AND WE'RE HERE TO STAY.
AND YOU CAN BE PART OF THE MOVEMENT OR YOU CAN STEP ASIDE BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
AND THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE JUST WANTED THEIR, UH, POSITION READ INTO THE RECORD.
CATHERINE ENARD IS FOUR, AND MICHELLE HELMERS IS FOUR.
AND WITH THAT, WE MOVE ON TO THE PROCLAMATION COUNCIL MEMBER MATT KEY LONGORIA, CITY OF LEANDER PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS ALL HUMAN BEINGS ARE BORN FREE AND EQUAL IN DIGNITY AND RIGHTS.
AND THERE EXISTS A CERTAIN COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS AND GENDER IDENTITIES IN LEANDER, TEXAS WHO HAVE HAD IMMEASURABLE IMPACT TO THE CULTURAL, CIVIC, AND ECONOMIC SUCCESS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND COUNTRY.
AND WHEREAS LEANDER PRIDE IS A 5 0 1 3 C TAX EXEMPT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH A STATE MISSION OF MAKING LEANDER TEXAS A MORE INCLUSIVE PLACE FOR LGBTQIA PLUS RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND WHEREAS PRIDE MONTH, WHICH IS FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED IN JUNE, IS BOTH A JUVENILE JUBILANT, COMMUNAL CELEBRATION OF VISIBILITY AND A PERSONAL CELEBRATION OF SELF-WORTH IN DIGNITY.
AND NOW, THEREFORE, I CHRISTINE LYLE, MAYOR OF LEANDER, TEXAS DUE HEREBY PROCLAIM SATURDAY JULY 15TH, 2023 TO BE LEANDER PRIDE DAY.
AND I URGE THE PEOPLE OF LEANDER TO COME TOGETHER DESPITE OUR DIFFERENCES SO THAT ALL RESIDENTS FEEL SEEN, HEARD, REPRESENTED, WELCOME AND PROUD TO BELONG TO THE CITY WE KNOW AND LOVE IN WITNESS THEREOF.
I HAVE HERE ON TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE, THE CITY OF LEANDER TO BE AFFIXED ON JUNE 15TH, 2023.
OKAY, WELL, THOSE OF YOU WHO PLANNED THE PRIDE EVENT, PLEASE COME FORWARD WITH THAT.
COUNSEL WILL BE IN RECESS FOR THE NEXT 10 MINUTES.
ALL RIGHT, WE ARE BACK ON THE RECORD AT 8:33 PM UP NEXT IS A PROCLAMATION FOR PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH.
AND, UH, TO READ THAT OUT, WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN IT.
WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY, INCLUDING THE CITY OF LEANDER.
AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION PROMOTES HEALTH AND WELLNESS, IMPROVING THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE WHO ARE, WHO LIVE NEAR PARKS.
AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION ENCOURAGES PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES BY PROVIDING SPACE FOR POPULAR SPORTS, HIKING TRAILS, SWIMMING POOLS,
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AND OTHER ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO PROMOTE ACTIVE LIFESTYLES.AND WHEREAS PARK AND RECREATION PROGRAMMING AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES SUCH AS AFTER SCHOOL AND SUMMER PROGRAMMING, YOUTH SPORTS AND INTER AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ARE CRITICAL TO CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT.
AND WHEREAS OUR PARKS AND NATURAL RECREATION AREAS ENSURE THE ECOLOGICAL BEAUTY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE FOR A PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS TO CONNECT WITH NATURE AND RE AND RECREATE OUTDOORS.
AND WHEREAS THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS DESIGNATED JULY AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH NOW, THEREFORE, I, CHRISTINE LYLE, MAYOR OF LEANDER, TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JULY, 2023 AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH.
MR. CHUMS, YOU WANNA COME TELL US ABOUT YOUR WONDERFUL STAFF? ABSOLUTELY.
WE'VE, UM, WE DO HAVE A WONDERFUL STAFF.
UM, JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK STATISTICS, PARKS AND RECREATION LENDS OVER 154 BILLION EVERY YEAR TO LOCAL ECONOMIC IMPACT OF OUR COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE, ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THERE'S OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS WELL.
AND IT EMPLOYS OVER 1.1 MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS OUR NATION.
MANY OF THOSE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 22, WHO ARE LEARNING VALUABLE LIFE SKILLS.
AND SOME OF THOSE ARE OUT HERE TODAY.
THE STAFF, ALONG WITH OUR LIBRARY STAFF AND THE GOLF STAFF ARE INCREDIBLE.
UM, I JUST CANNOT BRAG ENOUGH ON WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU APPRECIATE OUR CITY MANAGER SUPPORT AND OUR CHIEF OF STAFF SUPPORT.
AND ALONG WITH ALL OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, CUZ THEY DO A, THEY, THEY LEND SO MUCH TO PARKS AND RECREATION EACH AND EVERY DAY.
LAST STATISTIC, UM, OVER 70 PER PARKS AND RECREATION TOUCH OVER 70% OF OUR AMERICAN KIDS EACH AND EVERY DAY.
AND THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE FIGURE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT IT MAKES ON OUR, OUR CHILDREN AND OUR YOUTH.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOU AND I'D LIKE FOR OUR STAFF TO STAND.
THIS IS JUST A SMALL PORTION OF THEM, BUT I APPRECIATE THEM VERY MUCH.
I MEAN, OKAY, FOR THOSE OF YOU KEEPING SCORE AT HOME, IT IS 8 38
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AND WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.GOOD EVENING, DIRECTOR ELLISON.
WE HAVE QUITE A BIT TO UPDATE TONIGHT.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT ALREADY.
UH, SO, UH, I'M GONNA COVER THE, UM, WATER REPORT, KIND OF OUR USAGE, UM, LAKE STORAGE, DROUGHT CONDITION, AND THEN THE CONNECTION GROWTH.
AND THEN BILL'S GONNA GIVE AN UPDATE ON SOME OF HIS WATER CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES, UM, THE RESULTS OF HIS PILOT PROGRAM, SOME OF HIS OUTREACH EFFORTS.
AND THEN I'LL, UH, I'LL CIRCLE BACK WITH SOME ORDINANCE CHANGES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR OUR DROUGHT CONTINGENCY AND, AND, UH, WATER CONSERVATION.
AND THEN DAN WILL WRAP US UP WITH SOME B C R U A UPDATES.
SO, UH, NOT A WHOLE LOT HAS CHANGED WITH THE LAKE.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE HANGING AT THAT 52% BETWEEN THE TWO LAKES, UM, BUCHANAN AND TRAVIS.
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RIGHT AT 52%.UM, DIPPED DOWN A LITTLE BIT IN MARCH AND APRIL.
UH, AND THEN BACK UP AGAIN TO 52%.
UH, HERE AT THE END OF MAY, WHICH YOU'LL NOTICE IS, UM, OOPS, MAYBE UHOH.
MY LITTLE ZOOM THING IS NOT WORKING.
IT HAS THE, IT DOESN'T HAVE THE ZOOM.
UM, IS THE 2022 NUMBER, YOU'LL START TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF DROPPING.
UM, SO IT'S STARTING TO, STARTING TO CATCH UP.
AND, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE TRENDS, UH, THAT L C A PUTS OUT, WE'VE KIND OF HUNG FLAT IN THE LAKES, YOU KNOW, ONE, 1.1 MILLION ACRE FOOT OF STORAGE, UH, FOR THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS OR, OR MORE.
SO, UH, THEY PUT OUT THIS, THIS, UH, PREDICTION.
THEY SHOW THE, THE PAST, AND THEN THEY SHOW THE NEXT, UH, SIX MONTH PREDICTOR, UM, EACH MONTH.
AND I FORGOT MY, UM, SO IF YOU CAN SEE THIS TOP, TOP IS THE WET, YOU KNOW, IF THEY PREDICT IT BEING WET, REALLY WE WOULD ONLY GAIN ABOUT 150,000 ACRE-FEET, WHICH IS NOT, NOT REALLY A LOT.
IT DOESN'T, DOESN'T GO UP VERY FAST.
AND THEN IF WE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CONTINUE ON THIS TREND, WE MIGHT END UP RIGHT ABOUT THE SAME.
AND THEN, UM, DOWN HERE, WE WOULD BE AT ABOUT 800,000 ACRE-FEET, UH, IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS IF WE HAVE THE EXTREME DRY CONDITIONS.
UH, I WANTED TO NOTE KIND OF THESE, THESE STEEPER ONES, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.
AND THAT KIND OF HAS TO DO WITH THE WE WEATHER PATTERNS, UH, THAT THEY'RE PREDICTING.
UH, I WANTED TO UPDATE ON THE DROUGHT.
UH, YOU CAN SEE A YEAR AGO TEXAS WAS, WAS A LOT, LOT DARKER RED.
AND, AND WE'VE IMPROVED IN THAT, THAT RESPECT.
UM, LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET US HERE.
SO WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TRAVIS COUNTY IS RED ABOUT THERE.
UM, SO WE REALLY HAVEN'T CHANGED A WHOLE LOT.
YOU SEE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, THE ORANGE, YELLOW, WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF RED, UM, KIND OF THE SAME HERE.
AND REALLY, WE'RE REALLY IN THAT, UM, STILL IN THAT MODERATE DROUGHT, UM, TO A ABNORMALLY DRY CONDITION WHILE WE, SEEMS LIKE WE HAD A WET MAY, RIGHT? BUT I THINK WE WERE JUST NOT USED TO HAVING RAIN, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE, UM, THE INFLOWS TO THE LAKES, AND THAT'S WHY THE LAKES HAVEN'T RISEN, UH, SO MUCH.
SO LCR A ALSO PUTS THIS OUT EVERY MONTH.
UM, SO THE LIGHTER BLUE ON THE LEFT IS, UM, THE AVERAGE OF ALL THE INFLOWS THAT THEY'VE COLLECTED SINCE 1942.
AND THEN THE DARKER BLUE IS THAT DROUGHT OF RECORD.
AND SO THIS MAGENTA IS, WOULD BE, UM, THIS CURRENT YEAR.
SO EVEN WITH THE RAINS THAT WE HAD, WE WERE STILL 22% OF THE AVERAGE, UM, FOR MAY.
SO, AND WE WERE LIKE 45% OF THE DROUGHT OF RECORDS.
SO WE WERE STILL EVEN, UH, LESS INFLOWS THAN, SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE NOT, NOT SEEING THE LAKES RISE, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE HAD SOME RAIN.
AND I TALKED ABOUT THE CHANGING WEATHER.
UM, I, I'M SURE EVERYBODY'S HEARD, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S ALL OVER THE NEWS.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE EXITING THAT LA NINA, I'M NOT A WEATHER PERSON BY THE WAY.
I'M NOT A, BUT THEY, THEY TALK ABOUT IT QUITE A BIT AT THE L CCRA MEETING.
SO WE'RE EXITING THAT LA NINA PATTERN, WHICH IS THE, THE COOLER PACIFIC.
AND THEN THIS WAS LAST SUMMER WHERE THAT, THAT HOT, THAT H THAT GIANT H IS RIGHT OVER TEXAS.
SO THAT'S WHY WE HAD THAT REALLY, REALLY HOT SUMMER LAST YEAR.
SO THE LA NINA HAS EXITED AND EL NINO'S COMING.
SO THAT BRINGS THOSE COOLER WATERS, UM, IN, AND IT BRINGS THE STORMS FURTHER NORTH.
SO YOU'LL SEE IN THIS ONE IS WHAT THEY'RE PREDICTING WHERE THAT, THAT AGE WILL SIT KIND OF IN THIS SUMMER AREA.
SO, UM, WHAT THEY'RE EXPECTING IS THAT THAT EL NINO PATTERN WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AS WE GET INTO THE FALL MONTHS.
AND SO WE MIGHT SEE SOME MORE, MORE RAINS AS THE FALL COMES.
UM, HOW ARE WE DOING ON USAGE? UM, WE WERE REALLY, REALLY STEADY THROUGH MARCH, APRIL, AND MAY.
UM, YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, OUR LITTLE BITS OF RAIN DOWN HERE IN THIS BLACK LINE, UM, THAT WE HAD THROUGHOUT.
AND THEN UP HERE IN THE TEMPERATURE, WE WERE, YOU KNOW, PRETTY CLOSE TO 80 ON AVERAGE.
UM, FEW PEAKS OF 90 THROUGH, UM, MARCH, APRIL AND MAY.
UH, OUR USAGE, UH, THE BLUE IS OUR SANDY CREEK.
AND THEN, UM, B C R U A SHOWN IN GREEN.
WE'RE STILL WITH THAT KINDA 60 40 SPLIT WHERE WE'RE USING ABOUT 60% B C R UUA WATER, AND 40% SANDY CREEK WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, UM, MARCH IS SHOWN HERE.
AND WE HAD REALLY SIMILAR WEATHER, UM, RAIN TEMPERATURES.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE KIND OF THE AVERAGE.
SO THE STARKER LINE IS THE AVERAGE FOR 2023, AND THEN 2020 TWOS SHOWN ABOVE IT.
SO WE WERE RIGHT AT THAT KIND OF EIGHT AND A HALF, 8.8 AVERAGE DAY FOR MARCH.
UM, YOU CAN SEE A BIG JUMP HERE, UM, WHERE OUR AVERAGE DAY IN APRIL WAS ONLY AT NINE, 9.3.
AND, UH, BUT LAST YEAR WE WERE ALL THE WAY AT 12.8.
SIMILARLY FOR MAY, UM, THERE WAS A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL GAP BETWEEN THE, THE AVERAGES, UH, FOR THE MONTH.
SO OUR USAGE FOR, UH, MAY IS SHOWN IN THIS DARK BLUE LINE
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HERE WAS REALLY SIMILAR TO APRIL.THAT'S SHOWN IN THE, IN THE DASHED GRAY.
SO WE WERE AVER, I'M SORRY, A PEAK OF 11.4 WHERE I SAID, YOU KNOW, LAST MAY, WE WERE ALMOST UP TO 17 ALREADY.
SO, UH, WE DID ABOUT 80,000, OR SORRY, 80 MILLION GALLONS LESS, UH, THIS MAY THAN LAST.
AND I'LL WRAP UP WITH OUR CONNECTION GROWTH, WHICH IS KIND OF THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY, MY SPIEL HERE.
SO AS FAR AS CONNECTION COUNT, AND THEN I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO BILL TO DISCUSS HIS, UH, CONSERVATION EFFORTS.
VERY QUICKLY, I WANNA MAKE SURE, YES, COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? IT'S A LOT TO TAKE IN.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
AND, UH, I'LL JUST, UH, GET STARTED HERE.
UM, BEEN PRETTY BUSY IN THE SPRING, BUT, UM, UM, CAUSE THE FIRST THING I'LL TALK ABOUT HERE IS OUR IRRIGATION ASSESSMENT PILOT PROGRAM.
AND WHAT WE DID HERE WAS WE GOT WITH A INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR, UM, UH, AN IRRIGATOR WHO VISITED A NUMBER OF HOMES, WHO SIGNED UP TO HAVE THEIR IRRIGATIONS UNDERGO AN ASSESSMENT.
UM, WHAT HE DID WAS HE, HE VISITED THE HOMES, LOOKED AT THE SETTINGS THAT WERE IN THEIR CONTROLLERS, LOOKED AT THEIR SYSTEM, HE GOT FLOW MEASUREMENTS ON EACH ZONE AS IT RAN, FIGURED OUT HOW MUCH THEY WERE GONNA USE WHEN THEY RAN THEIR SYSTEM, AND THEN MADE RECOMMENDATIONS ON SETTINGS, ON IMPROVEMENTS, ON REPAIRS THAT THEY MIGHT NEED.
WE ALSO GAVE THEM A, UM, WE ALSO GAVE THEM A C A MONTHLY SCHEDULE, A SUGGESTED MONTHLY SCHEDULE.
UH, WE DEVELOPED A TEMPLATE ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S ABOUT RIGHT FOR THIS AREA.
SO EACH, EACH CUSTOMER GOT THE, THE SCHEDULE TELLING 'EM, YOU KNOW, WHAT TO, WHAT TO RUN IN, IN, UM, YOU KNOW, MARCH, APRIL, MAY, JUNE, ET CETERA.
UM, SO THAT WAS THE EDUCATIONAL PART.
UM, WE DID, UM, GET A LOT OF INFORMATION OUT OF THESE THAT WE, WE GATHERED.
UM, WE FOUND THAT, UM, WE HAD ABOUT, WELL, A GOOD NUMBER OF THEM WERE RUNNING TOO LONG.
WE, OUT OF THESE 92 HOUSES, WE, THE SETTINGS THAT WE GAVE THEM WOULD SAVE A, IF THEY USE THEM, WE'LL SAVE ABOUT 200,000 GALLONS IN THE FIRST MONTH IF THEY USE THOSE SETTINGS.
AND OF COURSE, WE GAVE THEM THOSE MONTHLY SCHEDULES, SO HOPEFULLY THEY'LL STICK TO THOSE AND THERE'LL BE MORE SAVINGS DOWN THE ROAD, UM, THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.
UM, WE ALSO, UH, FOUND THAT ABOUT HALF OF 'EM WERE, UH, SET TO THE WRONG SCHEDULE.
THERE ARE NOT INSIDE THE CITY, CITY WATERING SCHEDULE.
SO THAT KIND OF GOES TO THE NEED TO EDUCATE AND, UH, DO SOME ENFORCEMENT.
UM, WE ALSO GOT A GOOD PICTURE OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE COMMON ISSUES ARE IN IRRIGATION SYSTEMS HERE.
UM, WELL, OF COURSE, SETTING RUNNING TOO LONG WAS A BIG ONE, BUT THE OTHER ONES HAD TO DO WITH OVER SPRAY.
THAT WAS A LEADING, LEADING PROBLEM, JUST HAVING THE SPRAY HEADS DIRECTED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
UM, HAVING A SPRAY HEAD NOZZLE THAT IS A 360 DEGREE NOZZLE, LIKE ALONG A PATIO THAT NEEDED TO BE A 180, THAT KIND OF THING GOING ON, UM, HAD PRESSURE PROBLEMS, EITHER LOW PRESSURE OR HIGH PRESSURE.
UM, EITHER WAY, THE, THAT, THOSE ARE BOTH, UM, WATER WASTING PROBLEMS AND, YOU KNOW, JUST MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS LIKE LOW HEADS, BROKEN NOZZLES AND LEAKS.
UM, AND AS I SAID, WE, WE HAVE, WE STILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR 200,000 GALLONS IN SAVINGS IN THAT FIRST MONTH.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A TWO-THIRDS OF AN ACRE FOOT.
SO I THINK THAT'S PRETTY GOOD FOR, FOR, UH, ALMOST A HUNDRED HOMES.
AND THIS IS JUST A MAP OF, OF THE HOMES WE VISITED.
UM, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WERE ON SCHEDULE, YOU KNOW, THE ONES THAT WERE ON SCHEDULE VERSUS THE ONES WERE NOT ON SCHEDULE.
UM, AND THAT'S JUST KIND OF WHERE THEY WERE LOCATED.
BUT, UM, NOT, NOT A REAL EVEN DISTRIBUTION THERE OR ANYTHING, BUT, UM, YOU GOT 42 THAT WERE IN 49 THAT WERE NOT.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THE RECENT, RECENT MONTHS, WE, UM, WE'VE HOSTED A NUMBER OF IRRIGATION TRAININGS FOR RESIDENTS.
UM, WE DID ONE WITH THE L CCRA IN MARCH, AND THEN WE WORKED WITH THE AGRILIFE EXTENSION.
UM, WE'RE PART OF A GROUP CALLED THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY WATER CONSERVATION TEAM, AND THAT'S A, A, UH, CONSORTIUM OF, UH, ROUND ROCK GEORGETOWN IN OUR CITY AND THE, AND THE EXTENSION.
AND WHAT WE DO IS WE'VE BEEN GIVING, UH, INFORMATION SESSIONS ON A MONTHLY BASIS, UM, IN EACH CITY, KIND OF ROTATING.
WE GAVE ONE LEANDER ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND HAD PRETTY GOOD TURNOUT ACTUALLY.
UM, WE ALSO DID A SUCCESSFUL RAIN BARREL SALE
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AND SOLD 231 BARRELS.WE'LL PROBABLY REPEAT THAT IN THE FALL.
UM, THAT DOESN'T COST US A THING, WE JUST WORK WITH A, A VENDOR ON THAT.
AND, UH, THEY ARRANGE THE SALE.
WE JUST, WE JUST ARRANGE THE PICKUP, HAVE A PICKUP DATE, AND PEOPLE COME OUT TO OUR YARD AND PICK UP, PICK UP THEIR BARRELS.
UM, WE'VE ALSO BEEN USING THE, UH, EPA WATER SENSE PROGRAM TO DO A LOT OF PROMOTION OF, UH, WATER CONSERVATION IN DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT AREAS.
UM, ONE OF THEM, OF COURSE IS IRRIGATION, BUT WE ALSO GET INTO INDOOR USE, OUTDOOR USE AND SWIMMING POOLS.
UM, ON, IN APRIL, UH, WE HAD, IN TERMS OF IRRIGATION, THEY HAD THE, WELL WATERSENSE GIVES US A MONTHLY THEME, AND IN APRIL, THE THEME WAS SPRINKLER SPRUCE UP JULY.
WE'VE GOT, UH, IT'S, UH, SMART WATERING MONTH.
SO WE'LL BE DOING A LOT OF, A LOT OF, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT IRRIGATION AGAIN IN JULY.
UM, WE'VE BEEN ENGAGING WITH A LOT OF RESIDENTS ABOUT CONSERVATION, UM, EITHER THROUGH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CALLING IN, ASKING QUESTIONS, BEEN WORKING WITH CODE COM OR CODE ENFORCEMENT TO HELP HELP OUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD VIOLATIONS.
AND THEY HAVE QUESTIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, CODE, CODE ENFORCEMENT TURNS 'EM OVER TO ME AND I CAN, I CAN WORK WITH THEM SOME MORE IF THEY NEED THAT.
UM, USUALLY WORK WITH, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST ONE PERSON A DAY CALLS IN.
SOMETIMES THOUGH, WHEN WE WERE IN STAGE FOUR, I MEAN, I HAD SOMETHING LIKE 120 CONTACTS FROM VIOLATIONS, AND I WAS WORKING WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT QUITE A LOT ON THAT, KIND OF TAKE SOME OF THE LOAD OFF OF THEM AND KIND OF GET PEOPLE POINTED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
UM, ALSO WORKING WITH PARKS TO, ON THE MAYOR'S MONARCH PLEDGE, UM, WE, WE TOOK ONE STEP TOWARDS THAT, UH, WITH THE, UH, EVENT OUT AT THE PARK WHERE WE DID THE SEATING SO THAT WE CAN, WE CAN USE THAT.
BUT WE'LL BE DOING SOME, SOME, UH, PUBLIC EVENTS RELATED TO THE MONARCH PLEDGE FOR EDUCATION.
ALSO WORKING ON, ON SOME, UH, INITIATIVES WITHIN THE CITY.
UM, I'M WORKING WITH THE STREETS DEPARTMENT TO LOCATE SOME AREAS WHERE WE CAN DO A MOWING DELAY IN THE SPRING.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU GOTTA BE KIND OF CAREFUL BECAUSE IT MIGHT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE WANT TO DELAY MOWING TO HELP THE MONARCH OUT FOR CERTAIN REASONS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THEY'RE COMING THROUGH AND REPRODUCING ON THEM ON, UH, MILKWEED.
UM, SO WE WANNA FIND SOME AREAS THAT WE CAN DELAY THE MOWING ON UNTIL THE END OF JUNE, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE UPSET WITH US.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND, BE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT AND FIND SOME PLACES THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT AWAY FROM PEOPLE TO DO THAT WITH.
UM, WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH HOAS ON OUTREACH ABOUT IRRIGATION, WORKING WITH 'EM, TRY, TRY AND PREVENT PROBLEMS, AND THEN TRYING TO FIX PROBLEMS. UM, AND ALSO DO EDUCATION WITH THEIR RESIDENTS ABOUT BOTH THEIR SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. WE DID HOST A PRESEASON MEETING FOR COMMERCIAL IRRIGATORS.
A LOT OF 'EM WORKING WITH H OR WORKING WITH HOAS.
UM, I'VE GOT, I THINK, BETTER CONTACT, YOU KNOW, THEY KNOW WHO TO, WHO TO CALL AND SOME, SOME BETTER IDEAS ABOUT SOME OF OUR RULES.
UM, JUST ONE, YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT SOUNDS REALLY SIMPLE IS WE WOULD ALWAYS GET PEOPLE, UH, FROM THE HO E IRRIGATORS CALLING AND SAY, I'VE GOT THIS METER NUMBER.
IT'S NOT THE METER NUMBER THEY WERE GIVING YOU.
IT WAS A SERIAL NUMBER THAT MEANT NOTHING.
IT, IT DIDN'T HELP ME GET THEIR PROBLEMS STRAIGHTENED DOWN.
SO I SAID, YOU KNOW, THE METER NUMBER IS ON THIS BRASS PLATE.
I KNOW THAT SOUNDS SIMPLE, BUT IT'S, IT'S REALLY HELPED OUT IN SOME SITUATIONS.
THEY KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE TAKEN OVER IN CONSERVATION, WE'VE TAKEN OVER THE CROSS CONNECTION CONTROL PROGRAM.
THAT'S BASICALLY BACKFLOW PREVENTION.
MANY OF OUR CUSTOMERS HAVE TO HAVE A CHECK FILE DEVICE CALLED A BACKFLOW PREVENTION ASSEMBLY.
THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES THAT THEY, THEY MIGHT HAVE TO USE ONE FOR ONE, ONE SITUATION AND ONE TYPE FOR ANOTHER.
BUT WE HAVE TO TRACK THOSE, UH, UNDER STATE LAW AND PER TCE Q Q RULES.
AND SO WE HAVE A, A COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM TO DO THAT, BUT IT HAS TO BE MONITORED.
WE HAVE TO RESPOND TO VIOLATIONS AND THAT.
SO, UM, SO WE'RE DOING THAT TOO NOW.
SO, AND I THINK WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO GINA.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DO.
SO I LIKE WHAT YOU GUYS DID IN THE BEGINNING WITH THE 92 RESIDENTS AND ALL THE ERRORS AND THINGS THAT YOU FOUND WITH PEOPLE'S SYSTEMS. IS THERE A WAY TO HAVE A LIST OF REPUTABLE COMPANIES, A LIST, NOT JUST LIKE ONE, BUT A LIST, MAYBE THROUGH, DONE THROUGH THE CHAMBER THAT PEOPLE CAN FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WHEN THEY CALL THEM, THEY'RE NOT GONNA GET RIPPED OFF? CUZ SOMETIMES THAT STUFF HAPPENS, BUT SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, SO THEY CAN BE, UH, PROACTIVE ON THEIR OWN TO TAKE CARE OF THESE THINGS.
AND, UM, CUZ A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE DONE THROUGH THE BUILDER, THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THE SAW DOESN'T DIE.
THE TREES ARE GOOD, SO THEY'RE OVERWATERING MM-HMM.
UM, WELL, UM, ONE, ONE ROUTE IS THE T C E Q DOES HAVE, UM, A WAY FOR HOMEOWNERS, UH, TO LOOK UP, UH, LICENSED IRRIGATORS.
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NOW IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE LICENSED, THE LICENSE MEANS THEY'RE PROPERLY TRAINED IN IRRIGATION AND THEY'VE HAD THEIR BACKGROUND CHECKED, UM, FOR CRIMINAL BACKGROUND STUFF.UM, SO THERE IS A WAY FOR HOMEOWNERS TO GO TO THE TCE Q WEBSITE AND TYPE IN LIKE, UM, WELL THE CITY OR THE ZIP CODE, AND IT'LL GIVE THEM A LIST OF EVERYBODY IN THE CITY.
UM, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TALK TO, TALK TO THE BILLING DEPARTMENT ABOUT, UM, REGISTERED CONTRACTORS AND PUTTING TOGETHER A LIST OF WHO'S REGISTERED IN THE CITY.
UM, SO WE COULD, WE COULD, WE COULD LOOK AT THAT.
UM, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, REALLY GETTING INTO SOMEBODY'S REPUTATION, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO ON THAT IF, UM, AND, AND MAYBE TOO IS A, MAYBE IF SOMEBODY HAS A LOT OF COMPLAINTS, WE COULD TAKE 'EM OFF THE LIST, THAT KIND OF THING.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT.
COULD WE PUT A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE TO THE T C E Q? MM-HMM.
ANYTHING ELSE, COUNSEL? THANK YOU MR. TATER.
AND, UH, CONJUNCTION WITH, UH, BILL BEING ON BOARD ALMOST, ALMOST A YEAR NOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME UPDATES AND POSSIBLE ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR CON CONSERVATION ORDINANCE.
UM, SOME OF THE CITIES AROUND US HAVE REMOVED THE NO WATER MONDAYS, AND WE LIKE THAT IDEA.
UM, KINDA LEVEL LOAD GIVES US ONE EXTRA DAY OF WATERING INSTEAD OF TRYING TO CONCENTRATE IT ON SIX DAYS.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE ONE WATERING SCHEDULE RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE IT SPLIT BETWEEN COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL, AND THAT MAKES IT A LITTLE DIFFICULT FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT, I THINK, WHEN THEY'RE OUT ON THE STREETS.
YOU KNOW, IS THIS A COMMERCIAL ADDRESS OR A RESIDENTIAL, WHICH THE WATERING DAY.
SO, YOU KNOW, JUST MAKE, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR ADDRESS ENDS IN A FIVE.
THIS IS YOUR WATERING DAY, NO MATTER IF YOU'RE COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL.
UH, AND THEN WE ARE LOOKING AT REMOVING THE EX EXCEPTION OF DRIP IRRIGATION.
CURRENTLY, IT'S, IT'S AN EXCEPTION TO OUR ORDINANCE.
YOU CAN RUN DRIP IRRIGATION 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING TO REMOVE THAT.
SO IT HAS TO FOLLOW THOSE SAME GUIDELINES.
AND THEN, UH, LASTLY, WE ARE LOOKING TO MODIFY OUR WATERING HOURS, UH, TO DO 7:00 PM TO, UH, MIDNIGHT AND MIDNIGHT TO 7:00 AM AND JUST SHORTENING THEM A LITTLE BIT IN THE MORNINGS TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, UH, FOR RECOVERY AND, AND TO BALANCE THAT SYSTEM AND KIND OF SMOOTH OUT THOSE PEAKS FOR US.
UH, SOME POSSIBLE ADDITIONS WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT, THAT AREA, UM, CITIES HAVE DONE IS A CAR WASH REGISTRATION.
UH, A LOT OF OUR CAR WASHES, UM, RECYCLE AND USE WELL WATER AND FOLKS DON'T KNOW THAT OR UNDERSTAND THAT.
SO IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN TRACK THAT AND, YOU KNOW, MAY MAYBE MAKE THEM PART OF A REGISTRATION PROCESS WHERE WHEN WE DO GO INTO THOSE MORE SEVERE STAGES, UM, THAT GIVES US SOMETHING TO, YOU KNOW, SAY, TO VALIDATE THOSE BUSINESSES AND THAT THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, BEING RESPONSIBLE WITH THEIR WATER.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, POSSIBILITY OF ADDING, UM, ANNUAL AUDITS SIMILAR TO WHAT BILL DID, UM, FOR THESE LARGE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS THAT USE A LOT OF WATER, UM, THAT THEY NEED TO BE CHECKED EXACTLY LIKE THAT.
MAKE SURE IT'S OPERATING PROPERLY ON THE CORRECT SCHEDULE, NOT OVER SPRAYING, NO BROKEN, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING.
AND, UH, LOOK AT, AT MAKING THAT AN ANNUAL REQUIREMENT FOR THOSE LARGER SYSTEMS. SO, AND ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO DAN? I LIKE THE ANNUAL AUDIT.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNSEL? THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL DAN GRIMBEL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND, UH, YES, DEEP WATER INTAKE.
UM, A COUPLE, A COUPLE PHOTOS.
UH, THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS ACTUALLY, UH, THE DRILL MECHANISM THAT'S GOING INTO THE INTAKE, UM, PIPE THAT YOU SEE THERE TO START DRILLING DOWN.
UM, TO CONNECT THE TUNNEL THAT'S GOING HORIZONTALLY.
THIS IS THE PART WHERE IT'S GOING VERTICALLY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE SO THAT THE, THE WATER CAN DRAIN IN THROUGH THE INTAKES.
SO THAT'S, UH, SO THAT'S REALLY COOL.
THE, THE PICTURE'S DECEIVING BECAUSE IT, IT LOOKS SMALL, BUT, UH, WE, WE TOOK A SITE, UH, VISIT TO, UH, KIND OF INSPECT WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND, UM, THAT'S US ON THE BARGE, AND IT WAS, UH, IT WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE, UH, WITHOUT A DOUBT.
UM, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE OVERHEAD.
UM, IF I CAN HOPEFULLY GET THIS RIGHT.
SO, UH, THESE ARE YOUR TWO INTAKES.
UM, THAT'S GONNA WHERE THE WATER, UH, DRAINS INTO THE INTAKES THROUGH THE TUNNEL, AND IT GOES TO THE PUMP STATION, AND THEN THAT'S WHERE THE PUMP STATION TAKES IT OUT FROM VERY LARGE.
SO, UM, WE ALSO TOOK A TOUR AND MANY OF THE ENGINEERS AND PUBLIC WORK STAFF TOOK A TOUR OF, UH, THE FACILITY DATE ON THERE.
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YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS THAT'S THE MAIN SHAFT, THAT'S THE 300 FEET DEEP.AND THEN THIS IS THE SUCTION CHAMBER.
AND SO UP HERE YOU'LL SEE HOLES THAT'LL BE DRILLED AND THE PUMPS WILL COME DOWN THAT 300 FEET AND, UH, CEDAR PARKS PUMPS WILL ACTUALLY HANG OFF OF THE MAIN SHAFT.
THAT WATER WILL COME FROM THE LAKE AND FILL THIS, THIS CHAMBER UP.
AND THEN THE PUMPS WILL TAKE THE WATER FROM THERE AND THEN PUMP IT TO THE THREE PLANTS, WHICH FROM THE RAW WATER STANDPOINT IS OUR PLANT, CEDAR PARKS PLANT AND THE B C R A PLANT.
SO, UM, UH, YES, IT'S, UH, AGAIN, AN IMPRESSIVE PROJECT.
THIS IS, UH, THE BORING, THE BORING MACHINE AND A ROTARY HEAD, UH, INITIALLY CARVING OUT THE INITIAL TUNNELS, UM, FROM THE LAKE AND THEN THE OTHER ONE, UH, TO THE RAW WATER LINE.
AND ONCE IT GETS STARTED, THE, UH, THE BORING MACHINE THOUGH, WHICH HAS BEEN LOWERED ALREADY DOWN, WILL, WILL TAKE OVER AND START, UH, DRILLING THE TUNNELS.
UM, THAT'S LOOKING UP FROM THE BOTTOM.
UM, SO YEAH, IF YOU DON'T LIKE BEING UNDERGROUND, THAT'S NOT A PLACE TO GO.
THIS WAS, UH, UH, THE TRIP TO CANADA WHERE WE, WE DID A VISUAL INSPECTION OF ALL THREE PUMPS AND HOW THEY WORKED AND, AND THE, AND THE, THE, THE PROCESS OF THIS IS, WAS KIND OF THREE, THREE THINGS.
FIRST OF ALL, THEY HAD TO FIGURE OUT IF THE WATER'S GOING TO THAT SUCTION CHAMBER, WHAT'S THE MOVEMENT OF THE WATER AND HOW DO WE SLOW IT DOWN? BECAUSE WHAT YOU DON'T WANT IS, UH, WATER GOING INTO A PUMP, UM, HAPHAZARDLY, YOU WANT PERFECTLY STRAIGHT LAMINER FLOW CIRCLES AND STUFF CAUSE AIR BUBBLES.
AND THAT CAN CAVITATE THE PUMP CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE, UH, IMPELLERS.
UH, THESE ARE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PUMPS.
AND THE LAST THING WE WANT IS THEM TO NOT LAST FOR, YOU KNOW, 30 OR 40 YEARS.
SO YOU DO A LOT OF THESE SMALL SCALES TO SHOW IT.
IN THIS CASE, THIS WAS, UM, ONE OF THE PUMPS WITH THE, THEY DETERMINE IT NEEDED VEINS AND, AND THE PRIOR EXERCISE.
AND WHAT THE FOOD COLORING DOES IS SHOW THAT IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA GO UP IN A STRAIGHT MOTION.
AND, AND WHAT IT'S ALSO SHOWING YOU IS THAT IF IT WAS IN THERE, YOU WOULD SEE, UH, THE FOOD COLOR SWIRLING AROUND CAUSING THOSE.
UM, AND REMEMBER, THIS IS SCALED.
SO IF IT'S, IF IT'S SCALED DOWN, YOU AMPLIFY IT UP.
WHAT SEEMS SMALL THERE IS AMPLIFIED, YOU KNOW, 10 OR 20 TIMES BECOMES SIGNIFICANT IN THE ACTUAL SIZE.
UM, SO, UH, THE TEST WENT WELL.
IT WAS, UH, SUPER INTERESTING.
WE, WE LEARNED SOME THINGS AND, UH, WE ASKED SOME QUESTIONS THAT DO NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, ASSOCIATED WITH MAKING SURE WE'RE DESIGNING 'EM RIGHT.
UM, SO ONTO THE, TO THE PHASE ONE, UM, WE DID DRAIN THE BASIN.
AND, UM, UH, WHILE WE WERE, WHILE WE WERE DOING THAT, UM, THE FLIGHT CHAIN, WHAT WE CALL THE FLIGHT CHAIN, IS THE ACTUAL CHAIN MECHANISM HERE.
AND THEN WE CALL THESE FLIGHTS, UM, I CALL 'EM PADDLES, BUT YOU KNOW, THE TECHNICAL TERM IS, IS A FLIGHT.
UM, THAT'S WHAT MOVES THE WATER TO CAUSE THE, I CALL IT MUD, BUT ALL THE SEDIMENT TO WANT TO STICK TOGETHER AND THEN GET HEAVY AND THEN SINK TO THE BOTTOM.
AND SO THIS MECHANISM HELPS WITH THAT, WHAT WE CALL FLOCKING, WHICH IS THE, UM, CLUMPING OF THE MATERIAL TO SINK TO THE BOTTOM, TO BE, TO BE PUMPED OUT AND REMOVED.
WE DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DETAILS WE'RE GONNA ASK FOR, UH, AN AFTER ACTION REPORT, BUT WHAT HAPPENED, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE IT IN THE NEXT ONES, IS THAT, UM, THE MECHANISM KEPT RUNNING AND IT SKEWED ALL THESE FLIGHTS.
YOU CAN SEE 'EM THAT THEY'RE ANGLED LIKE THIS.
WELL, BECAUSE OF THAT, UM, THAT CAUSED DAMAGE NOT ONLY TO THE CHAIN, BUT TO THE FLIGHTS THEMSELVES AND TO THE BRACKETS THAT'S HOLDING THEM TO THE CHAIN.
AND THEN THE IDLER, WHICH IS AT THE LOWER END HERE.
SO THIS IS THE CHAIN RIGHT HERE THAT, UH, RIGHT HERE THAT BROKE, UM, THAT SNAPPED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE, OF THE MECHANISM.
AND BECAUSE OF THE SKEW, WHAT IT DID, IT WAS, IT TORQUE A BRACKET, AND THIS IS ALL PLASTIC, BY THE WAY.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE CRACK RIGHT THERE.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE BLOWN UP VERSION OF IT.
SO 60 OF THOSE BRACKETS CRACKED.
SO THEY ALL, EVERY ONE OF THEM HAVE TO BE REMOVED, REPLACED, AND, UM, AND, AND PUT BACK IN.
THE OTHER THING THAT OCCURRED, UM, WAS THE FLIGHT, UM, THEMSELVES, WHICH OUR FIBERGLASS GOT DAMAGED.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY, WHERE THEY CRACKED.
AND THERE WAS AT LEAST 12 OF THOSE THAT WERE, THAT WERE DAMAGED AND NEED TO BE REPLACED.
SO, UH, BEFORE I TALK ABOUT THIS, SO WHAT ARE THE ACTIONS THAT ARE OCCURRING WITH THAT? SO, UM, FOUND OUT ALL THE PIECES THAT ARE BROKE.
UM, AND THEN THE, THE SECOND PART IS THAT ROUND ROCK DETERMINED THAT THEY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THESE PIECES BECAUSE THEY HAVE SOMETHING
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THAT'S VERY SIMILAR.UM, THEY HAVE A CONVENTIONAL PLANT LIKE OURS.
THE FLIGHTS ARE SMALLER, SO WE MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO USE THOSE, BUT THE CHAINS IN THE BRACKETS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME SIZE.
THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT THE, UM, THE UH, GEAR IS NOT THE SAME SIZE.
SO, SO THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION BEING FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, WE THOUGHT IT COULD GET DONE IN TWO WEEKS.
IT'S 28, THE BASIN WILL BE DRAINED.
THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT THE FLIGHT SYSTEM, THE FLIGHT MECHANISM BROKE AND, AND THE PIECES THAT ARE GONNA BE LONGER ARE THE CHAIN AND THE BRACKETS ARE GONNA TAKE TWO AND A HALF WEEKS TO, TO, UM, RECEIVE THE FLIGHTS WILL PROBABLY TAKE FOUR WEEKS.
BUT THE, BUT THE SPROCKET WILL TAKE NINE WEEKS, UM, TO RECEIVE.
SO TECHNICALLY THAT BASIN COULD BE DOWN UP TO NINE WEEKS.
THAT, THAT, THAT'S WORST CASE SCENARIO.
BUT AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO FACILITATE USING, UH, CUZ RON ROCK HAS ENOUGH, UM, CHAINS AND BRACKETS AND THEY DO HAVE A SPROCKET THAT POTENTIALLY COULD FIT AND WE COULD MODIFY THE FLIGHTS THAT THEY HAVE TO GO IN THERE.
UM, DO WE KNOW HOW OR WHY THIS HAPPENED AND HOW WE'RE GONNA PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE? OKAY, WHOA.
UM, YES, PROBABLY GET SERIOUS.
UM, SO NO, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY, UM, WHY IT HAPPENED.
THAT'S, UM, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE, THIS PART THEY'RE DOING NOW.
AND THEY'RE GONNA GET A REPORT BOTH FROM THE OPERATION SIDE AND THE TECHNICIAN SIDE.
UM, THERE ARE A COUPLE AUTOMATIC CUTOFFS THAT SHOULD HAVE STOPPED IT FROM MOVING AFTER THE CHAINS HAD BROKE.
UM, THEY DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO, UH, ENGAGE.
SO BECAUSE IT KEPT MOVING, IT, IT DAMAGED ITSELF.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE AUTOMATIC SHUTOFFS FOR PUMPS AND VARIOUS EQUIPMENT.
IT TURNS OFF BEFORE IT ACTUALLY GETS THERE.
UH, THIS SHOULD HAVE, THIS HAD A SIMILAR MECHANISM AND IT, IT DID ENGAGE.
AND THAT'S PART OF THE, THE PART PROCESS.
RON ROCK'S MECHANIC, UM, VISITED A SITE WHEN THEY WERE TRYING TO DETERMINE THE PARTS AND, AND HE INDICATED THAT, UM, UM, THAT IT'S MISALIGNED AND, AND THAT ONE OF THE BEARINGS ON THE SHAFTS, UM, MIGHT BE EITHER IT'S TOO TIGHT OR IT'S, UM, IT COULD BE, UH, FREEZING UP.
AND SO THAT COULD BE SOME ISSUES.
SO NEXT TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY, THEY'RE SETTING A MEETING WITH THE CONTRACTORS WHO INSTALLED IT, THE ENGINEERS WALKER PARTNER, UM, THE PLANT OPERATOR AND THE TECHNICIANS FROM ROUND ROCK.
THEY'RE ALL GONNA MEET AND THEN DETERMINE WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH THE PARTS.
UM, WHAT DO WE NEED TO LOOK AT TO ENSURE THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN? CUZ THERE'S OBVIOUSLY, UM, SOMETHING, A MORE ROOT CAUSE IS CAUSING THIS TO BREAK SINCE IT'S DONE IN A, A COUPLE OF TIMES ON, ON EITHER SIDE.
AND, UM, AND ONCE WE GET THAT BACK FROM THEM, WE'LL SEE.
CUZ SOME OF THE ISSUE IS THAT IT'S STILL UNDER WARRANTY.
SO DO WE WANNA PUT MISMATCHED PARTS ON THERE AND, AND THEN, UM, THE FINGER POINTING STARTS, YOU KNOW, WELL YOU MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THAT, THAT DAMAGE AND SO FORTH.
SO THE NEXT NEXT WEEK THERE'LL BE KIND OF THE PATH FORWARD.
SO, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT PORTION OF, OF THE, OF THE BASIN.
SO BEFORE I START TALKING ABOUT SAID CONSTRUCTION, UM, ANY, ANY KIND OF QUESTIONS ON THAT COUNSEL? THANK YOU.
SO THE CONSTRUCTION IS, UM, IS MOVING ALONG AND UM, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE REASON WHY WE HAD A DRAIN THE BASIN IS BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING THE FOUNDATION AND THE PART THAT YOU SEE HERE IS ACTUALLY, UM, THE, THE, UH, DESIGN SOIL THAT'S PUTTING IN TO SUPPORT THE BASIN AND, AND, AND IT EXCEEDED OUT.
SO WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS REMOVING ALL THIS, UM, INORGANIC SOIL SO WE CAN PUT IN, UM, DESIGN CONSTRUCTED SOIL.
SO THE FIRST PART IS TO REMOVE ALL THE CURRENT CURRENT DIRT, IF YOU WANNA SAY.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BRING IN, UM, AND COMPACT AND TESTS.
AND SO THE, THEY WERE HOPING TO FINISH IN TWO WEEKS, UM, AND WHICH PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAPPEN CUZ MONDAY'S TWO WEEKS, BUT THEY KNEW THEY WERE GONNA BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THAT AND 28 DAYS.
SO THEY'RE PROBABLY ON TRACK TO FINISH WHEN THEY SAID THEY WOULD ON THE OTHER END, WHICH IS THE 30TH OF JUNE, WHICH IS IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
THEY MIGHT FINISH A LITTLE EARLIER.
UM, BUT, UH, WE'LL PROBABLY, UM, GO TO THAT POINT DURING THE NEXT TWO WEEKS WE'LL BE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE OTHER SIDE, WHICH IS HOW THE PIECES, PARTS AND, AND TIMING AND SCHEDULING WILL WILL BE FOR THAT.
NOW WITH ALL THIS SAID, THE LAST PART OF THIS IS, IS THAT OUR, OUR PLAN A WAS TO 28 DAYS AND WE
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MANAGE IT AND RON ROCK PROVIDED US TWO ADDITIONAL MILLION GALLONS, UM, TO HELP US GET THROUGH THE PROCESS.UM, BUT AS THE DAYS GET HOTTER AND, UM, CLOSER TO THE JULY, UM, THE PLAN B WAS TO GO INTO PHASE THREE, WHICH WE, WE MAY HAVE TO DO.
AND, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT NUMBER.
UM, I KNOW IT WAS PUT OUT AROUND 14, BUT WITH THE 2 MILLION AND, AND OTHERS WE, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GO TO 16 TO NOT HAVE TO DO IT.
UM, BUT THE PIECES PARTS ARE GONNA PLAY INTO THAT.
SO, UM, SO A COUPLE FEW MOVING PARTS THERE THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO KEEP TRACK OF, BUT WE ALWAYS HAD INTENTIONS TO GO TO THE NEXT, UM, PHASE.
AND PHASE THREE IS HAND WATERING IF THAT DOES NEED TO OCCUR.
UM, DON'T QUITE KNOW THAT YET.
AND IT'S, AND IT'S BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT WE'RE USING.
SO, UM, FROM A NUMBER STANDPOINT, IF WE HAVE, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE WITH THE 2 MILLION FROM FROM ROUND ROCK, THE SANDY CREEK CAN OPERATE CONSISTENTLY ABOUT 8 MILLION TO EIGHT AND A HALF.
UM, WE BY CONTRACT WE GET 10 AND A HALF FROM THE B CCRA PLUS THE TWO IF ROUND ROCK, UM, CAN SUPPORT THAT.
AND, AND BASED ON PARTS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THEY CAN DO THAT.
UM, THAT'S 12 PLUS THE EIGHT THAT GIVES US TO ABOUT 20.
SO IF WE GO TO AROUND 16 WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE TO SWITCH, THAT'S A 4 MILLION GALLON KIND OF BUFFER, THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE THEN WE NEED THE TIME FOR THE CITIZENS TO START ENGAGING THAT AND THAT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
UM, WE'RE GONNA MONITOR THAT AND MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THIS INFORMATION TO THE, TO THE COUNCIL AND TO THEIR RESIDENCE, YOU KNOW, IN A TIMELY MANNER.
SO, UM, WITH THAT SAID, STAND BY FOR, FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
SO I GOT ONE, HOW LONG AGO DID THEY PLAN THIS CONSTRUCTION AND WHY DID WE WAIT TILL THE SUMMER MONTHS WITH OUR HIGHEST, HIGHEST USAGE? SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A REALLY COMPLICATED QUESTION,
SO, SO CONSTRUCTION IS, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT EXACT.
AND YOU, AND YOU TRY TO DO YOUR BEST.
SO, SO TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY, UM, THE B C R E A TWO YEARS AGO DIDN'T REALLY HAVE URGENCY, UM, TO MOVE FORWARD CUZ THERE WAS SOME, MAYBE SOME, UM, COMMUNICATION THAT WASN'T BROUGHT FORTH IN A MANNER TO SHOW THE IMPORTANCE OF HOW FAST WE NEED THE B CCRA TO BE BUILT.
AND SO, UM, IT ACTUALLY IS MOVING QUITE QUICKLY THAT IT WENT FROM DESIGN TO CONSTRUCTION.
WE'RE AT, WOULD WE WANT IT IN A SUMMER? UM, ABSOLUTELY.
UM, THIS IS WAS THE UPFRONT PART.
UM, AND SO ONCE WE KIND OF GET BY THIS, THERE'S A RISK AND, AND YOU KIND OF HAVE TO GO WITH IT.
UM, SOMETIMES YOU DON'T HAVE CONTROL ON WHEN BIDS GO OUT AND THEN THEY'D HAVE TO SO MUCH TIME AND DESIGN AND EVERYBODY HAS TO REVIEW IT.
AND WE'RE DEALING WITH THREE CITIES THAT ALL HAVE TO APPROVE IT AND, AND THE OC GROUP WITH THE THREE CITIES.
SO, SO THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF REVIEW AND PROCESS THAT HAS TO GO ON AND UM, AND WE DO OUR BEST TO, TO, TO MAKE IT WORK IN, IN TIMES OF THAT'S BETTER, BUT IT SOMETIMES DOES NOT WORK OUT THAT WAY THEN.
SO WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS MITIGATE THE RISK CUZ WE STILL HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, LEANDER ABSOLUTELY NEEDS PHASE ONE D TO BE DONE AND THAT'LL BE TRUE WHEN WE DO THE RAW WATER LINE.
WE'RE TRYING TO PRE-BUY THE PARTS AND INITIATE THAT.
SO IT OCCURS IN THE, IN THE WINTER MONTHS.
AND, UM, BUT WE DON'T HAVE, UM, UM, WITH ALL THE CONSTRUCTION KIND OF GOING ON, SOMETIMES, UH, EVEN THE, THE BIDS DON'T COME IN RIGHT? WE'VE HAD TO RE BID OURS, UH, PARTS ARE DELAYED AND UM, THIS, IT'S JUST A LOT OF MOVING PARTS.
AND SO, UM, YOU PLAN FOR THE BEST OR YOU, UH, HOPE FOR THE BEST AND PLAN FOR THE WORST.
AND SO WE DID, WE DID PLAN FOR THIS AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IT WAS GONNA HAPPEN NOW.
AND, AND SO, UM, SO WE HAD OUR PLAN A AND PLAN B AND, AND UH, WE KNEW WE WE COULD GIVE THE CONTRACTOR JUST THAT MANY DAYS TO GET IT DONE.
AND, AND THEN AS A CITY WHAT WE WOULD DO.
SO, UM, WE WERE READY, UM, TO MITIGATE THE RISK.
SO I'M JUST THINKING IF WE HAVE TO GO TO STAGE THREE, PEOPLE ARE GONNA ASK US WHY DID WE DO THIS IN THIS SUMMER TIME? SO APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION.
I THINK OUR CITY MANAGER HAS A COMMENT.
AND THEN DAN, SINCE YOU'RE ON THE SUBJECT, THE REPAIR OF THE MAIN RAW WATER LINE IN THAT TIMING, WINTERTIME, DID YOU WANT TO JUST ELABORATE ON THAT? YEAH, THAT'S JUST BECAUSE THE PUBLIC DOES NEED TO KNOW YES, THEY'RE FIXING ONE THING AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA FIX THAT, THEN YOU'RE GONNA ROLL TO ANOTHER TIME OF THE YEAR, THEY'RE GONNA BE FIXING SOMETHING ELSE AND THEN THAT SCHEDULE HOPEFULLY WILL STAND.
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BUT SO THE RAW WATER LINE, YES.UM, THEY, THEY'VE ALREADY, UH, PURCHASED THE PIPES AND IT'S GONNA TAKE SEVEN MONTHS TO GET YEAH, RIGHT
AND SO THAT'S GONNA TAKE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF EFFORT.
SO THE THE ISSUE IS, IS THAT, UM, ON BOTH ENDS OF THE PIPE, WE HAVE TO SHUT DOWN THE CURRENT ONE TO CONNECT THE NEW ONE AND THAT'S GONNA TAKE ABOUT 30 DAYS.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO SCHEDULE THAT FOR FEBRUARY, WHICH IS VERY LOW TIME FOR US.
AND SANDY CREEK SHOULD BE ABLE TO FACILITATE PROVIDING THE NECESSARY WATER DURING THAT TIMEFRAME, UM, TO PROVIDE THAT.
EVERYBODY KNOWS, UM, THAT WE NEED TO DO THAT AND EVEN FOR CEDAR PARK, UM, THAT, THAT'S NEEDED FOR THEM AS WELL BECAUSE IF IT WAS DONE IN MOST SUMMER, THEY EVEN NEED WATER FROM THE BCR TICA TO MAINTAIN THEIR KIND OF SAME USAGE SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO DOWN, UM, TO ANOTHER PHASE.
CUZ WE DO TRY TO PREVENT THAT.
UM, WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT, WE'RE GONNA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FIXING SEVERAL VALVES THAT ARE BROKE AND UH, MAKING SOME AIR RELIEF VALVES, UM, UH, PARTICULARLY SAFER CUZ CURRENTLY AN INDIVIDUAL HAS TO GO DOWN INTO THE MANHOLE, IF YOU WANNA SAY, TO OPERATE THE AIR VALVE WHEN IT, UM, UM, LIFTS AND, AND WHEN WATER'S COMING OUT OF IT, THAT'S POTENTIALLY PRETTY DANGEROUS.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA CORRECT THAT, UM, KIND OF IF YOU WANNA SAY SLIGHT FLAW ON THE DESIGN, BUT SO, UM, WE'LL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE REPAIRING THE ROYAL WATER LINE AND SOME OTHER THINGS RELATED TO THE RAW WATER LINE, UM, DURING THAT, DURING THAT SHUTDOWN.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO TO FACILITATE THAT IS THAT THE B C R A IS THROUGH THE BY BOARD IS BUYING ALL THE, ALL THE PIPING RIGHT NOW.
AND THE COUNCIL'S ALREADY PROVED THAT AND THAT'S ALREADY BEING DONE.
SO THAT PROJECT IS MOVING OUT.
WHEN'S THE TOUR
EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO DOWN AND I DON'T BLAME YOU CUZ I WENT DOWN HERE.
I WAS GONNA SAY, IS IT REALLY COOLER THERE THOUGH? NO, IT'S NOT.
SO, BUT WE CAN'T WAIT TILL IT COOLS OFF CUZ IT'LL BE TOO LATE.
SO, UM, REALLY, SO WE, WE, THEY ARE, THEY KNOW THAT THIS IS FORTHCOMING AND WHEN I SAY THEY WALKER PARTNERS AND THE B C R A, BUT MOSTLY WALKER PARTNERS AND THE PROJECT MANAGER AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO, WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH THEM TO FACILITATE UM, GETTING THAT GOING.
UM, CUZ RON ROCK AND AND CEDAR PARK, THEIR FOLKS ARE JEALOUS CUZ OUR FOLKS HAVE ALREADY BEEN DOWN THERE AND PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING AND SO THEY'RE LIKE, WHAT? SO WE HAVE TO GO FIRST.
WE'RE GONNA GET THE COUNCIL HERE FIRST.
WE HAVE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE WE NEED TO GO.
[9. Leander History]
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. ALL RIGHT.ALL RIGHT, ITEM NUMBER NINE, LEANDER HISTORY WITH HISTORICAL PRESERVATION.
UM, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN ABLE TO COME AND SPEAK WITH Y'ALL AND, UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ACTIVITY ON THE HISTORICAL FRONT SINCE, UH, THE LAST TIME I MET WITH Y'ALL.
UM, THE, FOR ME PERSONALLY, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IS, UM, THE MILLER FAMILY.
THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SHOWN HERE.
WE HAVE ONE THAT CAME DOWN FROM DALLAS, TWO THAT CAME FROM MISSISSIPPI AND TWO THAT CAME IN FROM CALIFORNIA.
THE MILLER, WHICH IS THE MILLER COMMUNITY, OR JINX BRANCH, OUR FREEMAN'S COLONY.
UM, NONE OF THEM KNEW EACH OTHER UNTIL ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO.
AND ONE OF THEM IS A ADOPTED DAUGHTER AND SHE STARTED DOING HER GENEALOGY AFTER SHE GOT HER DNA THROUGH, UM, UH, ANCESTRY.COM AND SHE FOUND THE OTHER MILLER RELATIVES AND THEY CAME HERE TO SEE THE MILLER COMMUNITY.
AND THE LITTLE BIT THAT IS LEFT, UM, OVER AT THE MILLER ONE CEMETERY BACK, THE SAME OWNER THAT OWNS THAT RANCH, HE INVITED US OVER THERE.
AND THE CABIN THAT YOU, IT'S NOT A CABIN, IT'S ACTUALLY A HOUSE THAT IS ENA MILLER'S HOME.
SHE WAS BORN IN 1875 AND THIS IS HER HOME WHEN SHE PASSED AWAY IN 1964.
AND I WISH I HAD, I WISH I COULD GIVE YOU MORE PICTURES.
UM, I HAVE MORE PICTURES, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME FOR THAT.
IT WAS BUILT IN THE TWENTIES, UM, VERY TYPICAL FOR THIS AREA.
AND IT IS DOUBLE WALL, DOUBLE WALL CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS IMPORTANT.
THERE WAS AN INSULATION AT THE TIME, BUT DOUBLE WALL CONSTRUCTION MEANT YOU HAD
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THAT MUCH MORE PROTECTION FROM THE NORTH WIND.AND, UH, AS SOMEONE THAT LIVES IN AN OLD HOUSE, BELIEVE ME, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
UM, SHE PASSED AWAY IN 1964 AND HER SISTER PASSED AWAY IN 65 AND THE HOUSE HAS JUST BEEN SITTING THERE LIKE THAT SINCE THEN.
UH, THE, UM, VERY EXCITING NEWS IS THE MILLER FAMILY NOW THAT THEY'VE CONNECTED THE, THESE, THESE INDIVIDUALS, THEY ARE CONNECTING WITH THEIR OTHER RELATIVES HERE AND THEY'RE PLANNING A MILLER FAMILY REUNION NEXT JULY HERE IN AUSTIN, AND THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT.
AND, UH, THEY INVITED ME TO COME OUT AND I SAID, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD CUZ YOU CAN'T KEEP ME FROM COMING IN AND, UH, UH, COMING INTO YOUR PARTY THERE.
UM, WE LEARNED A LOT AND UH, AFTER WE WENT OVER THERE, WE WENT OVER TO THE, UH, WHERE THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN IS THE BAGHDAD CEMETERY AND RHONDA THERE, SHE STARTED LOOKING AROUND AT THE GRAVES AND SHE SAID, UH, WE WENT TO SEE ROBERT MASON'S GRAVE THERE.
AND, UM, SHE SAID, WELL, HERE'S MASON'S AND THEN HERE'S CARUTHERS AND HERE'S UPCHURCH.
AND I'M LIKE, YEAH, YEAH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE HERE.
AND SHE GOES, THOSE ARE ALL IN OUR FAMILY.
AND I SAID, YES, OUR FAMILIES, UH, OUR FAMILIES ARE THE SAME.
THE WAGON TRAINS WERE THE SAME.
SO WE HAVE, WE ALL CAME FROM THE SAME PLACES TOGETHER AT LITTLE DIFFERENT TIMES.
MY FAMILY CAME IN 51 AND HER FAMILY CAME IN 70, BUT UM, THEY'RE ALL CONNECTED AND THEY'RE ALL TOGETHER.
AND THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY NEAT.
AND IT'S REALLY NEAT THAT, UM, THE MILLER FAMILY, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN TOGETHER SINCE THEY ALL MOVED AWAY AND ALL DID THEIR OWN THING.
IT'S, IT'S VERY NEAT THAT THEY'RE COMING TOGETHER AND THEY'RE WANTING TO FIND THEIR OWN HISTORY AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S VERY SPECIAL.
AND WHAT I PLAN TO WORK THAT, CUZ I WANNA FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE MILLER COMMUNITY'S HISTORY TOO.
UH, OTHER THINGS THAT THE COMMISSION HAS BEEN WORKING ON IS ROUND MOUNTAIN SCHOOL.
WE HAVE APPLIED FOR THE HISTORICAL MARKER.
IT, IT WENT IN ON MAY 15TH AND WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR BACK.
IT GOT APPROVAL FROM THE TRAVIS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION AND WE'RE JUST WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION.
UM, ONE ROOM SCHOOLS ARE ON THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION'S LIST TO HAVE HIGH PRIORITY.
SO WE'RE VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE GONNA GET THE HISTORICAL MARKER.
AND THEN AT THE, UM, OLD TOWN FESTIVAL, WE HAD THE LEANDER TIME CAPSULE, THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION.
WE NOW HAVE RECORDING EQUIPMENT AND OUR GOAL IS TO GET RECORDINGS FROM OUR OLDER CITIZENS ABOUT LEANDER AND THEIR EXPERIENCES HERE IN LEANDER.
AND WE'RE NOT JUST LIMITING IT TO OUR OLDER CITIZENS, UM, WE'RE LIMIT, UH, WE'RE GETTING THE STORY FROM EVERYONE BECAUSE EVERYONE'S STORY THAT'S HERE IN LANDER IS IMPORTANT.
AND THAT'S, THIS IS WHERE WE STARTED, WAS AT OLD TOWN FESTIVAL AND WE HAD, UM, ABOUT A DOZEN PEOPLE THAT THAT THEY INTERVIEWED.
AND ONE WAS BOBBY BRYSON, WHO IS OUR, UH, NEXT TO OLDEST CITIZEN.
WELL, HE IS OUR OLDEST CITIZEN.
BOBBY BRYSON'S, 98, HORACE HAMILTON TURNED 99.
AND THEN JOANNE GIDDENS IS THE BABY AT 94.
SO THOSE ARE THE ONLY THREE THAT WE HELD LEFT THAT ARE ABOVE 90.
AND, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING THEIR STORIES.
[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]
ALL RIGHT, MOVING INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA, COUNSEL, YOU BE CONSIDERING CONSENT.THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM, MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND, SECOND MOTION, AND A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY THANK YOU.
[24. Discuss and consider appointment of Council Director and Citizen Director to the Board of Directors of the Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority (BCRUA) with terms expiring June 30, 2023.]
AGENDA.I'M NUMBER 24, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTMENT OF COUNCIL DIRECTOR AND CITIZEN DIRECTOR TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BRUSHY CREEK REGIONAL UTILITY AUTHORITY B C R U A WITH TERMED EXPIRING JUNE 30TH, 2023.
UH, I HAVE MR. SBO DOWN AS A SPEAKER ON THIS, BUT DO WE NEED A SPEAKER ON THIS? OKAY, YOU CAN NO SAVE YOUR STEPS.
UM, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE ON WITH COUNCIL MEMBER THOMPSON AND JASON ANDERSON IN THEIR RESPECTIVE PLACES.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IS YOUR CHANCE TO BACK OUT? NO
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, ALL PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[25. Discuss and consider action on repealing Ordinance No. 20-010-00, which adopted a limited wastewater capacity reservation policy; providing findings of fact; providing a savings, effective date, and open meetings clauses; and providing for related matters.]
ALL RIGHT.ITEM 25, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON REPEALING ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 DASH 0 0 1 DASH ZERO ZERO, WHICH ADOPTED A LIMITED WASTEWATER CAPACITY RESERVATION POLICY PROVIDING FINDINGS EFFECT, PROVIDING A SAVINGS EFFECTIVE DATE AND OPEN MEETINGS CLAUSES, AND PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS.
UM, WE DO HAVE TWO SPEAKERS ON THIS.
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IS, UH, BRUCE NFO.MR. NFO, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
I HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING IN LEANDRO FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS.
MY PROJECTS HAVE DIRECTLY LED TO HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN TAX BASE FOR THE CITY.
I ASSEMBLED THE TRACKS FOR WHAT IS NOW NORTHLINE TRANSIT VILLAGE, AND I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN 14 PERSONAL PROJECT.
TO REFRESH COUNCIL'S MEMORY, I PUT A WASTEWATER LINE IN FROM SAN GABRIEL TO KNACKS CROSSING ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE QUICKTRIP AT MY OWN EXPENSE WITH T'S REIMBURSEMENT.
THE CITY ENGINEER SUGGESTED I OVERSIZED THE LINE TO 12 INCHES TO 0.1 83 FOR THEIR CAPACITY IN EIGHT INCHES.
FROM THERE THROUGH NACS CROSSING AT THE TIME, THE CITY ENGINEER AND COUNCIL AGREED THAT I SHOULD BE PROTECTED ON THESE L LUESS.
I ORIGINALLY RESERVED 200 S AND THEN WHEN I BOUGHT MONARCH WHAT IS CURRENTLY MONARCH, I RESERVED AN ADDITIONAL 100, THUS CAME ORDINANCE TWO OH DASH OH OH DASH OH OH.
I SOLD ONE TRACK TO MONARCH, TWO COMMERCIAL TRACKS TO SWEETWATER, THEN COVID HIT AND I ALLOCATED APPROPRIATE L LUESS FOR THOSE SALES AND REQUESTED L U E TRANSFERS FROM PAIGE AND ROBERT APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AGO.
PAIGE DRAFTED THE DOCUMENTS APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS AGO, AND BOTH BUYER AND SELLER SIGNED AND NOTARIZED THEM APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS AGO.
FOR MONTHS, I AND THE BUYER SWEETWATER REPEATEDLY ASKED MR. POWERS TO TRANSFER THE L LUS AND NOTIFY US OF THE TRANSFER FOR MONTHS HE SAID THAT HE WOULD, BUT AS APRIL 15TH APPROACHED THE EXPIRATION OF THE FIRST 200 L LUS, HE HAD STILL NOT DONE.
SO I REACHED HIM ON THE PHONE THE WEEK OF APRIL 15TH, AND THAT IS WHEN HE INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS NOT HIS JOB TO INFORM US THE TRANSFER WAS COMPLETED.
I ALSO PUT IN CALLS TO DAN GRIMMS BOW THAT WERE NOT RETURNED.
IN MY LAST CONVERSATION WITH MR. POWERS, I ASKED FOR AN EXTENSION TO THE SOON-TO-BE EXPIRING L LUS.
AND IT WAS THEN THAT HE REVEALED TO ME THAT HE WAS NEVER IN FAVOR OF ME RECEIVING THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE AND THAT IT WOULD TAKE COUNCIL TO EXTEND.
THAT IS WHEN I CALLED A FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UPON CONTACTING COUNCIL, I QUICKLY RECEIVED AN EMAIL ON BEHALF OF THE CITY MANAGER NOTIFYING SWEETWATER AND MY MYSELF THAT THOSE 23 L LUESS HAD EXPIRED 30 DAYS AGO.
THE MAYOR TOLD ME THAT PAIGE WOULD BE MY POINT OF CONTACT.
I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING FROM ANYONE AT STAFF UNTIL TWO DAYS AGO.
WHEN I CALLED PAIGE AFTER SEEING THE, THE ORDINANCE TO RESCIND THIS ORDINANCE ON THE AGENDA, I CALLED PAGE TUESDAY FOR CLARIFICATION.
AFTER SEEING ON THE AGENDA TO RESCIND, SHE RECOMMENDED I APPLY WITH THE CURRENT CITY ENGINEER FOR REINSTATEMENT AND EXTENSION OR RISK LOSING THE 12 U L LUS.
I ASKED COUNSEL TO A REQUEST COUNSEL TO REINSTATE THOSE 23 L LUS, COMBINE THEM WITH THE 100.
I STILL HAVE EXTEND THE TIME PERIODS AND TRANSFER THE 30 L LUS, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY AGREED TO, TO SWEETWATER.
THANK YOU MR. NACK FOR, UH, I'M SO SORRY IF I PRONOUNCE THIS INCORRECTLY.
REVANT BUSTI, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, MY NAME IS REVAN BUSTI, UH, DEVELOPER WHO OWNS TWO TRACKS OF LAND AT MONARCH DEVELOPMENT, UH, NEAR HIGHWAY 180 3.
AND, UH, I'M ALSO THE MANAGING MEMBER FOR THE SWEETWATER IN, UH, SWEETWATER INVESTMENTS.
UH, AS BRUCE MENTIONED, LIKE, UH, WE APPLIED FOR THE, UH, L U TRANSFER BEFORE THEY, UH, EXPIRED AND WAITED FOR MONTHS TO TRANSFER TO HAPPEN.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED UP MULTIPLE TIMES AND WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY'RE BEING WORKED UPON.
AND FINALLY, UH, THEY'RE EXPIRED, UH, SINCE WE APPLIED FOR THE TRANSFER ON TIME AND EXPECTED THE TRANSFER TO HAPPEN SUCCESSFULLY, BUT THEY WERE NEVER, UH, WORKED UPON AND NOW THEY'RE EXPIRED.
SO MY HUMBLE REQUEST TO THE CITY COUNCIL IS TO REINSTATE, EXTEND AND TRANSFER THIS L U S IF THEY'RE NOT REINSTATED.
IT'LL BE A VERY BIG SETBACK FOR OUR DEVELOPMENT AS, UH, DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS AS WE PLAN TO BRING MORE COMMERCIAL
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REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT TO THE CITY.ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT MY CASE.
ALL RIGHT, THAT IS ALL WE HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY.
THANK YOU MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE ORDINANCE.
BEFORE YOU WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN FEBRUARY OF 2020, UH, THE DEVELOPER HAD INSTALLED AN EIGHT INCH SEWER LINE FROM ST.
DAVID'S NORTH ALONG 180 3 APPROXIMATELY 2000 2500 FEET AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $285,000 AS PART OF A SEPTEMBER, 2018 TURS REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT.
THAT AGREEMENT, UH, ALSO INCLUDED SOME WATER AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT.
SO THE TOTAL TS REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT WAS $468,000 AND 150 ACCORDING TO THE PAY DOCUMENTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY ENGINEER AT THE TIME.
FOR THE TS REIMBURSEMENT, APPROXIMATELY 2,150 FEET WAS EIGHT INCH, AND ABOUT 300 OR SO WAS THE 12 INCH IN FEBRUARY.
IN THE FEBRUARY, 2020 MEETING, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING, CITY TI UH, STAFF AT THE TIME STATED THAT THE LINE CAPACITY WAS 300 OR SO L LU'S.
UH, I FORGET IF IT WAS 300 OR 310 THAT WAS STATED, AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE WAS NEEDED TO OFFER SOME PROTECTION TO A DEVELOPER WHO INSTALLS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THEN RUNS THE RISK OF OTHER PROPERTIES TAKING CAPACITY BEFORE HE COULD UTILIZE THE LINE.
UH, THE FEE AND THE ORDINANCE TO RESERVE AN L U E IS 5% OF THE IMPACT FEE.
IN APRIL OF 2020, MR. MC NFO REQUESTED FROM THE CITY ENGINEER AND WAS APPROVED FOR A RESERVATION OF 200 L LUS AND THE L U E IS A LIVING UNIT EQUIVALENT EQUAL TO, YOU KNOW, ONE HOUSEHOLD.
AND THEN IN MARCH, 2021, A YEAR LATER, MR. NFO PURCHASED ANOTHER A HUNDRED RESERVED L LUS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WASTEWATER.
ONLY IN OCTOBER OF 2020, MR. NFO ENTERED INTO A REAL ESTATE PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH MONARCH RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPERS TO SELL A PROPERTY TO THE NORTH OF THE TRIANGLE POD IN KN CROSSING POD.
AND SUBSEQUENTLY, IN JUNE OF 2021, THE TWO PARTIES EXECUTED AN ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT OF 177 S OUT OF THE ORIGINAL 200 RESERVED THE MONARCH TRACK AND THE DEVELOPERS HAVE SINCE PLATTED.
AND UNDER THE CURRENT ORDINANCE, A THREE YEAR EXTENSION, UH, RECEIVED A THREE YEAR EXTENSION TO UTILIZE THOSE S.
IN THE SEPTEMBER OCTOBER, 2022 TIMEFRAME, MR. NFORCE SOLD TWO PARCELS ADJACENT TO THE MONARCH TRACK TO SWEETWATER INVESTORS LLC.
AND IN, IN FEBRUARY OF 2023, THE TWO PARTIES EXECUTED AN ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT OF 30 ESS, UM, WHICH CONSTITUTED THE BALANCE OF THE 23 REMAINING FROM THE 200 PLUS SEVEN OF THE SECOND TRANCHE THAT HE PURCHASED OR RESERVED OF, OF THE 100, UH, THOSE PROPERTIES HAVE NOT PLATTED AT THIS TIME.
AND IN APRIL OF 2023, THE THREE YEAR, UH, TIME, UH, UH, IN THE ORDINANCE EXPIRED FOR THOSE 23 L UESS.
WANNA DIGRESS A LITTLE BIT AND, UM, I, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH MUCH OF WHAT MR. NFO SAID OTHER THAN IN MY RECOLLECTION OF THAT CONVERSATION.
UH, THINGS GOT A LITTLE, UM, UH, HEATED AND DISAGREED AND I APOLOGIZED FOR THAT.
BUT IT WAS OVER MY OPINION, MY STATEMENT THAT THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE IUE DO NOT GRANT THE ASSIGNEE ANY ADDITIONAL TIME.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A STATEMENT OF FACT.
IN FACT, ASSIGNING MAKING ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS IS PROHIBITED IN THE ORDINANCE, BUT I'LL GET TO THAT IN IN A MINUTE.
BUT I THINK THAT ESCALATED THE, OR OR DETERIORATED THE CONVERSATION IS THAT THE ASSIGNMENT DID NOT GRANT ANY ADDITIONAL TIME.
SO WHEN THE ASSIGNMENT TO SWEETWATER WAS MADE IN FEBRUARY, THE SWEETWATER INVESTORS HAD UNTIL APRIL TO UTILIZE 23 OF THOSE I UESS.
SO, UH, THERE WAS NO OPTION TO EXTEND IN THE CURRENT CURRENT ORDINANCE.
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BUT WHAT WE AS CITY STAFF HAVE LEARNED OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS IS THAT THIS ORDINANCE WAS BUILT ON UNDOCUMENTED AND AT BEST IMPRECISE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT LINE CAPACITY.I'LL DEFINITELY DEFER TO THE ENGINEERS TO DISCUSS THE ART AND SCIENCE BEHIND CALCULATING LINE CAPACITY, CUZ I KNOW ZERO ON THAT.
BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT THE BEST PROTECTION FOR A LANDOWNER AND DEVELOPER IS TO PLA THEIR PROPERTY AND FOLLOW THE CITY'S SUBDIVISION STANDARDS.
IF THAT IS DONE, THERE SHOULD NOT BE A NEED FOR ANOTHER ORDINANCE TO PROTECT THEIR INVESTMENT.
AS A RESULT, CITY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING REPEAL OF THIS ORDINANCE.
IN OUR OPINION, THIS ORDINANCE DOES NOT HAVE A MEANINGFUL PUBLIC PURPOSE.
WE STAFF TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR A RATHER CLUNKY IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ORDINANCE.
SINCE COUNCIL'S ADOPTION IN FEBRUARY OF 2020, THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS DRAFTED AND IS CODIFIED PROHIBITS ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS.
BUT THIS HAS BEEN ACCOMMODATED BY CITY STAFF TWO TIMES AND FOR THE PROPERTIES OUTSIDE THE LIMITS OF THE ORIGINAL SEWER LINE REGRET.
REGRETTABLY, THAT IS WHAT HA HAS HAPPENED.
BUT IN OUR OPINION, CREATING THIS ORDINANCE HAS CREATED EVEN MORE CONFUSION AND UNNECESSARY WORK, NOT ONLY FOR CITY STAFF, BUT FOR FUTURE DEVELOPERS, UM, AS WELL AS THE THE CURRENT LANDOWNER.
WE'RE HAPPY TO, UH, TAKE COUNCIL'S QUESTIONS.
DID YOU WANNA START THIS OR YOU WANT ME TO START THIS? OKAY.
UM, SO I AGREE THAT THE ORDINANCE IS, IS PROBLEMATIC AND I DON'T KNOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, HOW MANY OF YOU WENT BACK AND WATCHED THE VIDEO OF WHEN COUNCIL PASSED THAT? IT WAS ONE OF THE LAST MEETINGS WE HAD RIGHT BEFORE COVID AND EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN.
UM, AND THE, THE GLARING ISSUE IN THE WAY THAT ORDINANCE WAS WRITTEN WAS THAT YOU COULDN'T TRANSFER IT.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER CANNON BROUGHT UP THE ISSUE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE FACILITATING A SALE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A WAY TO TRANSFER.
AND WE WERE GOING DOWN THE ROAD FIGURING THAT OUT WITH PAGE AND THEN IT JUST GOT APPROVED AS IT WAS.
AND I THINK THAT PROBABLY LED TO CONFUSION FOR STAFF IN IMPLEMENTING IT BECAUSE THE ORDINANCE SAID ONE THING, BUT COUNCIL'S INTENT AT THAT MEETING WAS CERTAINLY ANOTHER.
AND, UM, I THINK STAFF IN, IN GOOD FAITH DID MOVE FORWARD WITH HELPING TO FACILITATE THOSE TRANSFERS.
UM, WHERE WE'RE AT NOW, THOUGH A FEW YEARS DOWN THE ROAD UNDER THE ORDINANCE, THEY SHOULD ALL BE EXPIRING.
BUT I FEEL LIKE THIS IS ONE OF THOSE INSTANCES WHERE WE CAN STILL FACILITATE WHAT COUNCIL INTENDED.
AND, UM, THE CITY ISN'T LOSING ANYTHING.
THE DEVELOPER ISN'T LOSING ANYTHING.
BY MY CALCULATIONS, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE, UM, 30 LUE THAT HAVE BEEN PROMISED TO SWEETWATER.
23 OF THEM HAVE EXPIRED AS OF TWO MONTHS AGO.
UM, AND THEN 93 ARE REMAINING UNDER MR. NAK FOUR'S NAME.
AND SO WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE IS THAT WE GO AHEAD AND EXTEND THE RESERVATION OF THE 30 FOR SWEETWATER, THE ONES THAT HAVE EXPIRED, AND THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO LATER THIS YEAR, UM, AND EXTEND THE 93 REMAINING TO MR. NAK FOR, FOR A PERIOD TO BE DETERMINED BY COUNSEL.
UM, AND THEN RESCIND THE ORDINANCE SO THAT WE NEVER END UP HERE AGAIN.
DID EVERYBODY FOLLOW THAT? I, I DID.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR, WE JUST GOT SOMETHING FOR, UM, SPELLING IT OUT LIKE THAT.
UM, CUZ IT, IT IS RATHER HARD TO FOLLOW AND I HAD INTENDED TO WATCH THAT VIDEO TOO, AND IT JUST DID NOT HAPPEN.
UM, SO I YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING? I'LL, I'LL SAVE MY QUESTIONS IF I HAVE ANY AFTERNOON.
WELL, LET ME, LET ME ON THE FRONT END, TAKE SOME BLAME ON THIS.
LET ME JUST GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
IT WAS BEFORE COVID, SO MAYBE THREE MONTHS-ISH.
AND WHEN IT WAS PROPOSED, UH, AND I MAY HAVE CAUSED SOME CONFUSION WITH LEGAL, BUT WHAT WE WANTED TO AVOID, WHAT I WANTED TO AVOID WAS KIND OF A HORSE TRADING LIKE A BANK.
NOW, I THINK ANOTHER PART OF THE LARGER DISCUSSION, THE PRE ME PART WAS THE SIZING.
UH, AND DAN CAN CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
THERE WAS DISCUSSIONS ABOUT A LARGER SIZED LINE AND THAT IS IN THE MASTER PLAN, AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS ALSO REFERENCED IN THE DISCUSSION.
AND THEN THERE'S THE OTHER PIECE,
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UH, I'LL, I'LL AVOID THE AGGIE JOKE RIGHT NOW, BUT THE CALCULATION AND AT WHAT POINT THAT LINE WOULD REACH CAPACITY.NOW ROBERT REFERENCED THIS, THE BIGGEST PROTECTION AT THE END OF THE DAY ENDS UP BEING ONCE, ONCE YOU GET SPECIAL, AND CORRECT ME ROBIN, IS CONCEPT PLAN OR PLAT.
ONCE YOU GET TO CONCEPT PLAN EFFECTIVELY WHEN THAT'S APPROVED, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THERE'S CAPACITY FOR WATER AND SEWER, YOU WILL SERVE IT.
AND SO EVEN THOUGH THE 2011, WHAT YEAR WAS THE MASTER, UH, WASTEWATER PLAN? 2017 WAS THE ONE THAT WAS, SORRY.
SO THE, THE, THE PRIOR WE WENT BACK, DAN WENT BACK AND FOUND IT.
I KNEW THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS ON, I'VE MENTIONED IT TO A FEW OF Y'ALL, I KNEW 12 WAS SOMEWHERE IN THE DISCUSSION AND THEN MAY BE A LARGER LINE.
TRUTHFULLY, BEST PRACTICE WOULD'VE BEEN IF AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU DO IT, YOU KNOW, BUY ONCE, CRY ONCE, ESPECIALLY IF THERE WASTER REIMBURSEMENT IN THE PERFECT WORLD, THE 15 THAT MET THE MASTER PLAN IS WHAT SHOULD HAVE WENT IN, JUST MY OPINION.
BUT THAT BEING SAID, THE STAFF HAS LOOKED AT IT AND I THINK THERE'S SOME VARIATION IN THERE, BUT NO MATTER HOW IT'S CALCULATED, THERE IS MORE THAN THE ORIGINAL 300 NOT TO REFER TO TEXAS HISTORY, THE ORIGINAL 300 L LUS, UH, WHETHER THAT'S A COUPLE HUNDRED MORE OR A A THOUSAND MORE.
UH, AND DAN CAN GET INTO SOME OF THAT.
I THINK THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER OPERATIONAL PIECES TO THAT.
BUT IF AT ANY POINT THAT LINE DIDN'T HAVE CAPACITY CONCEPT PLAN PLAT ALL THAT DONE, THE CITY WOULD COME IN AND UPGRADE THAT LINE.
AND AT AT LEAST LOOKING AT THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT CYCLE, THE ZONING, EVERYTHING IN THAT CORRIDOR, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE'RE GONNA BE RUNNING OUT OF CAPACITY IMMINENTLY UNLESS THINGS SPED WAY UP AT WHICH TIME WE WOULD THEN HAVE TO BITE THE BULLET AND UPGRADE THAT LINE.
SO, BUT WHERE I MAY HAVE THROWN A WRENCH BEING GREEN NEW TO Y'ALL, WAS TRYING TO ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THE TRANSFERABILITY, WHAT WE DIDN'T WANT WAS, HEY, THIS IS FOR THIS LINE AND THEN NOT THAT IT WOULD BE DONE BY ANY, AND WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE GONNA ENTER THAT MARKET.
WE COULD ADD HALF A DOZEN OF 'EM AND, AND SOMEONE SAYS, HEY, LET ME ON ANOTHER SIDE OF TOWN, LET ME SELL YOU MY L LUS AS A SIDE DEAL.
WE DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND I DO THINK WHEN LEGAL WENT TO TRANSFER EFFECTIVELY TO ALLOW THEM TO ACCESS THAT FOLLOWING THE ORDINANCE, IT EFFECTIVELY CREATED A TRANSFER UNINTENTIONALLY.
SO I WOULD AGREE WITH TRYING TO GRANDFATHER WITH A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND THEN LET THE CURRENT ORDINANCE GO AND THEN STAFF JUST CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANTS ON CONCEPT PLAN PLATTING MOVING FORWARD.
YEAH, I THINK THAT SOUNDS SO BASED ON WHAT WE'RE, WHAT I'M HEARING, WE ARE ABLE TO HONOR MR. NECK FOUR'S REQUEST AND STILL REPEAL THE ORDINANCE.
SO WE DON'T HAVE THIS WHAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN APPROVED TO BEGIN WITH.
I MEAN WE, WE DID IT AND ARE WE UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER? I I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OKAY.
THAT, UH, I DO AND, AND UH, DARREN WITH THE LEGAL IS HERE.
SO IF THE ORDINANCE PRESENTED TONIGHT IS APPROVED
UH, THE THE BUTTON, YOU'RE GOOD TALKING INTELLIGENTLY.
IS THAT WHAT HE'S TELLING YOU? OKAY.
IF THE ORDINANCE IS APPROVED TONIGHT WITH THE SAVINGS CLAUSE, UH, 100 OF THE LUE THAT HAVE BEEN RESERVED ARE STILL RESERVED UNTIL THEY EXPIRE IN MARCH OF 2024.
93 OF THOSE 100, UM, STILL REMAIN WITH MR. NFO AND SEVEN REMAIN WITH, UM, THE ONES THAT SWEET SWEETWATER INVESTMENTS HAS PURCHASED.
SO THAT PIECE STAYS IF YOU ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AS IT'S WRITTEN.
UM, WHAT, WHAT I'M WANNA MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND, WHICH WOULD WOULD NEED TO BE SOME SORT OF AMENDMENT TONIGHT, IS THE THESE 23 THAT BELONG TO SWEETWATER SWEETWATER THAT EXPIRED IN APRIL.
SO, AND AS LONG AS WE HEAR, LET'S GO AHEAD AND, AND
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EXTEND OUT THE EXPIRATION DATE ON ALL OF IT SO WE DON'T END UP HERE IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS BECAUSE WE SEE THINGS ALL THE TIME THAT ARE DELAYED BECAUSE OF COVID OR WHATEVER.LIKE, I THINK IF THIS CAME TO US AS JUST AN APPLICATION OF, YOU KNOW, I WANNA GO PAST NOVEMBER, WHENEVER IT IS THEY EXPIRE, I THINK WE'D PROBABLY BE AMENABLE TO THAT.
SO I THINK IT'S WORTH DOING JUST IN ONE ACTION AND JUST GIVING THEM ALL THE SAME EXPIRATION DATE.
IS THAT POSSIBLE? ANYTHING THAT'S POSSIBLE WITH WHAT THE COUNCIL DOES? I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT AND, AND, AND WHATEVER MOTION YOU, SO I WANNA UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT YOU SAID MR. BELIN ABOUT UPGRADING THE LINE.
SO PICK A NUMBER, HOWEVER MANY LUE EXIST THAT YOU OWN, UM, OR, OR, UM, ARE TRANSFERRED LEGALLY OR YOU KNOW, THEORETICALLY
AND, AND SO LET LET'S SAY, SO THAT THAT SOLVES THAT IF YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF, LIKE THIS IS AVAILABLE, IT'S ONLY AVAILABLE UNDER THE CURRENT LINE, MEANING THE, THE, THE WIDTH OF THE LINE.
SO AT SOME POINT WHEN WE'RE ALL GONE AND DEVELOPMENT IS THROUGH THE ROOF, THAT WOULD FIX ITSELF? YES.
THROUGH THE, THE CITY OF UPGRADING THE LINE.
LET'S SAY, LET'S SAY ALL THOSE PARCELS ARE CONCEPT PLAN PLATTED, BUT DON'T DEVELOP EVERYTHING DEVELOPS AROUND THEM.
SO LET'S COUNTING THE, THE L U SO THEN NEXT THING YOU KNOW, OOPS, WE GOTTA GO UPGRADE THAT LINE MM-HMM.
SO WE ARE UPGRADING THE LINE WHILE IT'S DEVELOPING AT THAT POINT.
WHAT IF IT'S PLATTED AND DOES NOT DEVELOP? THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M REFERRING TO.
SO THAT WOULD BE A PROBLEM FOR US.
WE'RE, IF WE ARE UPGRADING A LINE FOR, UH, PRO, UM, UH, PROPERTY THAT'S BEEN PLATTED, THAT DOES NOT DEVELOP, THAT IS MONEY OUT OF THE CITY'S BUDGETS FOR SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY NEEDED.
AND THAT'S WHERE, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? CORRECT.
AND THAT'S WHERE JUST KIND OF LIKE MOVING FORWARD KIND OF THE, THE BEST PRACTICE DO IT ONCE RIGHT.
INSTEAD OF DO IT TWICE CUZ YOU YOU'RE GONNA TRENCH ANYWAY.
SO ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE TELLING SOMETHING LIKE A TUR, THEY RIGHT.
THE FIRST TIME A REIMBURSEMENT WHERE YOU'RE, YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, REIMBURSEMENT IN THERE.
IF YOU'RE GONNA DO IT, GO AHEAD AND DO THE, THE, THE ULTIMATE LINE IF POSSIBLE UNLESS DAN TELLS ME NOT TO BECAUSE HE'S SMARTER THAN I AM.
SO THE PLATTING MR. POWER SAID THAT THE PLATTING IS THE BEST PROTECTION OF THE PROPERTY, UH, FOR HAVING THE L LUE IS THE ORDINANCE, IS THAT, YES.
UM, SO THE ORDINANCE IS REALLY NOT NECESSARY THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS PASSED IN 2020, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT IS THE COLLECTIVE STAFF OPINION, YES.
AND MR. NECK FOR YOU CAN JUST NOD DOES WHAT, UM, MAYOR SAID, SATISFY YOUR NEEDS? YES.
IF YOU'RE GONNA TALK, YOU HAVE TO COME UP HERE.
YEAH, I WAS WAS JUST GONNA GIVE YOU A NOD, BUT GO AHEAD.
TWO, WE'LL HAVE AT LEAST ONE QUESTION AS FAR AS TIMELINE.
AS LONG AS THE TRANSFERABILITY IS STILL APPLIES WITH THE TRANSFERABILITY FROM MY UNDERSTANDING DID NOT, WAS NEVER POSSIBLE ACCORDING TO THE ORDINANCE, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN AMEND THAT.
BUT THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN, IT WAS NOT MM-HMM.
SO WHEN A PROBLEM COMES UP, YOU COULD JUST CHANGE IT MM-HMM.
AND SO I FEEL LIKE, SO NOW WE'RE CHANGING IT AND I FEEL LIKE THAT TRANSFERABILITY HAS BEEN JUST SORT OF IN LIMBO BECAUSE OF THAT.
SO I THINK WITH THE INTENT OF IT, WE'RE ALL OKAY WITH THE TRANSFER, IT SOUNDS, WELL I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR EVERYONE, BUT YOU CAN PUT STIPULATIONS ON THERE THAT I WON'T TRANSFER IT OUTSIDE OF THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN NEXT CROSSING AND MONARCH BUD.
STIPULATE THAT I HAVE NO INTENTION OF SELLING THOSE L LUS TO ANYONE ELSE.
AND, UH, THE, THE, THE, THE, JUST IT, TO GO BACK, THE LINE THAT WAS PUT IN WAS AS PER THE CITY ENGINEER'S CALCULATION AT THE TIME MM-HMM.
SO AS LONG AS YOU'RE GETTING WHAT YOU NEED AND WE MAKE IT EASIER ON STAFF, NOBODY GETS HURT, I'M HAPPY.
WELL, THERE'S GONNA HAVE TO BE A TIMELINE IF THAT, THAT THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE ON
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THERE.THAT GIVES ENOUGH TIME TO PLAT AND THAT, UM, LIKE IN YOUR CASE, YOU'RE PROBABLY, WELL YOU'RE PROBABLY THE CLOSEST OUT OF THEY THE CLOSEST TO PLATTING.
LIKE WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S COME ON, UH, WHAT KIND OF TIMELINE, ROBIN, I GUESS YOU CAN CONFIRM TOO.
WHAT KIND OF TIMELINE ARE WE LOOKING AT FOR YOU GUYS TO PLAT ON YOUR SWEETWATER DEVELOPMENT? UH, WE STARTED OUR, UH, OUR WORK WITH THE CIVIL ENGINEERS AND IT COULD TAKE, UH, FEW MONTHS, UH, TO HAVE THE, UH, PLATING DONE, BUT, UH, WE STARTED THE PROCESS.
SO THAT'S NOT, THAT'S, AND THAT'S REGARDING THE 23 THAT EXPIRED IF I'M, IF I'M FOLLOWING THIS.
SO 23 THAT EXPIRED AND SEVEN THAT HAVE NOT AND SEVEN THAT HAVE NOT.
SO 30 TOTAL, RIGHT? I MEAN, ALTOGETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 123 L LUS TOTAL BETWEEN THE TWO, RIGHT? DO WE NEED TWO MOTIONS FOR THIS? YEAH, WELL WE NEED TO, WE JUST, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO AGREE UPON LIKE A TIMELINE THAT MAKES SENSE HERE.
AND I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT COLLECTIVELY WITH, WITH STAFF IN ALL RESPECT.
I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE IN THIS POSITION BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT BY STAFF, EVEN THOUGH THOSE STAFF MEMBERS ARE NOT NECESSARILY HERE ANYMORE.
AND I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER THAT LONG MEETING.
IT WAS ONE OF LIKE THE ONES I WANTED TO BANG MY HEAD ON THE, THE DESK BECAUSE IT WAS YOU, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND, UM, AND I REMEMBER WHAT, WHAT MARCY WAS SAYING TO MY LEFT THAT TIME AS WELL TOO.
I THINK SHE JUST GOT SO WORN OUT.
SHE SAID, IF YOU'RE FINE WITH IT, THEN FINE, WHATEVER.
I THINK WAS, BUT THE, BUT THE, BUT THE MAJOR, UM, I, I THINK OUR INTENT WAS, YOU KNOW, TO, TO, UH, I THINK I'VE ALSO LEARNED A COUPLE, LIKE, I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE REIMBURSEMENT, THE THROUGH THE TOURS.
IT WAS, IT WAS PART OF THAT, UM, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT WAS ONLY EIGHT INCH LINE AT SOME POINT AS WELL TOO, RATHER THAN 12 INCH THE WHOLE WAY.
SO I THINK THERE'S, YOU KNOW, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S SEE WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE MIDDLE HERE.
LET'S MAKE, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN DEVELOP YOUR PROPERTY THAT YOU ARE PURCHASING FROM THE DEVELOPER OVER HERE.
LET'S MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE YOU, EVERYTHING ELSE IS GOING SMOOTHLY WITH YOUR STUFF.
LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE COVERED AS A CITY.
WHAT'S THAT TIMELINE LOOK LIKE? SO STAFF, WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK IS A REASONABLE AMOUNT? ROBIN? THOUGHT SHE WAS OFF THE HOOK, BUT SORRY.
AND WHEN DOES, WHEN DO THOSE, THOSE, ARE THOSE EXPIRED NOW OR THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT EXPIRE IN A YEAR? HOW MUCH LONGER? THE 100 REMAINING ESS EXPIRE IN MARCH.
AND, UH, AND, BUT MY, I'M, I'M IN THE PROCESS OF PLATING TWO OF THE THREE TRACKS NOW MM-HMM.
SO IF WE SAID THE END OF NEXT YEAR, AND IF YOU NEEDED AN EXTENSION, YOU JUST COME BEFORE US.
ANYBODY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT OR IS, I MEAN, IT'S NOT A FISCAL YEAR THING, SO IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.
I MEAN, THIS STILL ENABLES US TO GO THROUGH WITH THE ORDINANCE AND, AND I I DON'T THINK THIS TO EVER COME BACK.
I MEAN, IF, SO IS THAT ENOUGH TIME? THERE'S, AND, AND I WOULD LIKE FOR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
I DON'T THINK THAT SHOULD COME BEFORE US TO EX THIS SHOULD HAVE ALL BEEN HANDLED BY STAFF.
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO REPEAL THIS ORDINANCE WITHOUT YOU HAVING TO BE HERE AND TALK ABOUT ANY OF THIS.
THAT THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE THROUGH STAFF AND UM, AND THAT'S IT.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GOT HERE OR WHY, BUT IF STAFF CAN, CAN STAFF, UM, APPROVE AN EXTENSION, ROBIN, I THINK IT WOULD HAVE TO BE WRITTEN THAT WAY.
WHO WOULD, WHO WOULD HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REPEAL? YES.
I MEAN TO, UH, SO REALLY THAT'S ONLY EXTENDING THAT NINE MONTHS.
IS THAT, AM I RIGHT ON THE, AM I TOO FAR OFF ON THAT END OF NEXT YEAR? YEAH.
YEAH, BUT I MEAN, THEY'RE GONNA BE DONE IN HERE IN A FEW MONTHS TOO.
ALL RIGHT, SO I'M SPEAKING FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, UM, THE CURRENT ORDINANCE, IF STAFF WASN'T RECOMMENDING THAT WE REPEAL IT IN THE CURRENT ORDINANCE, WHEN THE RESERVATION EXPIRES, THE APPLICANT COME BACK AND REAPPLIES TO THE ENGINEER WITH THE APPLICATION STANDARDS THAT ARE IN THE ORDINANCE.
ARE YOU SAYING THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN? SO IN THIS, KEVIN, WHAT WE HAVEN'T GOT THERE.
WELL THEN CAN THEY JUST APPLY? HE'S, THEY JUST, THEY JUST EXPIRED.
WHAT'S THAT? 23 ARE JUST EXPIRED.
THE OTHERS, HE'S GOT NINE MONTHS BEFORE IN THE MONARCH SITUATION, THEY PLATTED IN THE ORDINANCE.
IT SAYS WHEN YOU PLAT YOU GET THREE MORE YEARS.
SO I MEAN, THE ORDINANCE IS NOT POORLY DRAFTED.
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IN STAFF'S OPINION IT'S NOT NEEDED.NOW WE UNDERSTAND WHAT, AT LEAST I UNDERSTAND.
I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT WITH THE A HUNDRED, THAT 23 THAT WAS EXPIRED AND, AND, UM, UM, THE, THE MARCH THE 23 AND THE, AND THE, THE THE 100 THAT EXPIRE, YOU KNOW, MARCH OF NEXT YEAR, WHAT I'M HEARING IS COUNSEL WANTS TO, UH, ALLOW THOSE TO, UH, REMAIN INTO EFFECT RESERVED UNTIL THE END OF DECEMBER, 2024.
IF THAT'S WHAT, WHAT I'M HEARING.
UM, THE ONLY OTHER THING WE, I THINK WE WOULD, UH, NEED TO KNOW ON, ON THAT IS, UM, IS, IS THAT IT OR DOES, UM, IS THERE, UH, UH, HOW YOU WANT TO HANDLE THE, THE TRANSFER OF THOSE, UH, 93 THAT HAVE THOSE, UH, 93 THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ASSIGNED YET? YOU WANT TO PUT SOME LIMITATIONS ON THAT? UH, MR. NFO MENTIONED THAT HIS INTENTION WOULD BE TO LIMIT IT TO, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN, CERTAIN PROPERTIES.
I THINK THE, THE DYSFUNCTION OF THIS ORDINANCE WHEN WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL WERE CERTAIN PROPERTIES AND THEN THE ASSIGNMENTS HAPPENED OUTSIDE OF THOSE PROPERTIES.
THAT WAS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL.
WE ALL HAVE SOME BLAME, UH, A LOT OF BLAME TO, TO TAKE ON THAT.
SO, UM, WHAT, WHAT'S THE SIMPLEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE AS WELL THAT, UM, THAT ALLOWS THE, THE SWEET WATER DEVELOPMENT WITH THE 23 L LUS THAT JUST EXPIRED TO PLA IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
AND TO GIVE ON THE REST OF THE 93 THAT ARE LEFT BETWEEN YOUR TWO OR THREE PARCELS THAT, UH, WITHIN THAT DEVELOPMENT, UM, STAYING WITHIN THAT GEOGRAPHICAL, STAYING WITHIN THAT AREA MM-HMM.
WHAT'S THE EASIEST WAY FOR US TO DO THAT? MY, MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THOSE, UM, 123 EXPIRE, UH, THE END OF DECEMBER, 2024.
IF ANY OF THOSE PROPERTIES PLAT UNDER THE ORDINANCE, THEY GET THREE, THREE MORE YEARS FROM THAT, THAT TIME.
UM, IT JUST GOES CLEAN ACROSS THE BOARD.
I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO ALLOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GONNA NEED IT, BUT ALLOW THE TRANSFER AS LONG AS IT STAYS WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARY.
CAN, CAN YOU, I THINK IT WOULD HELP STAFF TO UNDERSTAND GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARY BECAUSE HE SAID, HE SAID SPECIFICALLY TO ONE PIECE OF, WELL, WE HAVE ON THE MAP THAT I OWN IN THE AREA, ALL THE PIECES HE OWN CONTIGUOUS, I MEAN THAT ACROSS THE STREET, BUT YEAH.
IS THAT IN THE NEXT CROSSING PUT AND THE TRIANGLE PUT AND THE MONARCH PUT CAN WITHIN THE PROPERTY NEEDS TO BE LISTED IN THERE.
BE CERTAIN WITH THOSE TWO DIFFERENT MOTIONS CAN ALL BE IN ONE.
SO LET ME TAKE A STAB AT THIS.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REPEAL THE CURRENT ORDINANCE AND TO EXTEND THE 123 L LUE REMAINING, UM, THAT THEY CAN BE ASSIGNED WITHIN NAS CROSSING AND MONARCH, UM, WITH THE, THERE'S A WORD I'M LOOKING FOR.
EXPIRATION DATE OF THESE ESS IS DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.
AND AN AUTOMATIC EXTENSION, IF PLATTED AT THAT TIME, IT'S GOING TO SAY, WELL, THAT PART STAYS THE SAME.
SO I DIDN'T THINK THAT HAD TO BE IN THE MOTION.
I THINK CONFUS, IT'S REITERATION.
WITHIN, WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF NEXT CROSSING AND LINE.
JUST TO, SO I CAN CONFIRM REPEAL, UM, THE EXIST, UH, ORDINANCE 20, I'VE LOST IT UP HERE, BUT IT'S 20 0 1 0 0 0.
AND EXTEND THE 123 EXISTING OR REMAINING L U E AND THEY CAN BE ASSIGNED BETWEEN MAX CROSSING AND THE MON COURT AND THE EXPIRATION DATE, DECEMBER 31ST.
AND DO WE NEED TO ADD SAVINGS CLAUSE LANGUAGE IN BETWEEN THERE ON THE RIGHT AFTER REPEAL
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TO MAKE SURE IT, IT, IT AS IT'S REPEALED, IT STILL KEEPS IT ALIVE FOR THE SAKE OF THIS APPLICANT.SO IS ANYBODY NOT HAPPY WITH THAT? SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT COMING BACK.
MOTION AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
ITEM 26, COUNCIL MEMBER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ANY DELIBERATION OF A DECISION ABOUT THIS SUBJECT OF THE INQUIRY SHALL BE LIMITED TO A PROPOSAL TO PLACE THE SUBJECT ON THE AGENDA FOR A SUBSEQUENT MEETING.
[27. Council Member Closing Statements.]
EXCELLENT.ITEM 27, COUNCIL MEMBER CLOSING COMMENTS.
HAVE A DELIGHTFUL EVENING EVERYONE.
SEE YOU AT THE JUNETEENTH BLOCK PARTY, UH, FIVE TO SEVEN AT ROBIN BLEDSOE PARK.
AND, UH, HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE THERE.
EXCITED TO SEE EVERYBODY AT JUNETEENTH ON THIS WEEKEND.
IT'S ACTUALLY AT ROBIN, BLOOD CELL FROM FIVE TO NINE, SO YOU HAVE A LONGER TIME TO COME AND CELEBRATE IF YOU WANNA COME AND CELEBRATE AND WE'LL SEE YOU THERE.
[28. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to: Section 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 along with consideration and possible action on a Chapter 380 Agreement for Project Orange Build; and Section 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): EDA-23-001; and 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 Section 551.071, Texas Government Code, and Rule 1.05, Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, to consult with legal counsel regarding Construction Contract between Northline Leander Development Company and The City of Leander and DeNucci Constructors - Northline - Phase 1 and related performance and maintenance bonds. Reconvene into open session to take action as deemed appropriate in the City Council's discretion regarding: 1. Project Orange Build;and 2. EDA-23-001; and 3. Acquisition of properties for utility easement and temporary construction easement for the Reclaim Water Project (CIP WW.46); and 4. Construction Contract between Northline Leander Development Company and The City of Leander and DeNucci Constructors - Northline - Phase 1 and related performance and maintenance bonds, including approving an engagement letter with The Chapman Firm. ]
WE ARE GOING TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO STICK WITH ME.ONE SECTION 5 51 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 IS CONDUCTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS ALONG WITH CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A CHAPTER THREE 80 AGREEMENT FOR PROJECT ORANGE BUILD AND TWO SECTION 5 51 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, UH, 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 PROJECTS, E D A DASH 23 DASH 0 0 1 AND NUMBER THREE, SECTION 5 51 0.072 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DELIBERATE THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES LOCATED IN ELIJAH D HARMAN.
SURVEY ABSTRACT SIX FOR THE PURPOSE OF A UTILITY EASEMENT AND TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT FOR THE RECLAIM WATER PROJECT, C I P WW 0.46 AND FOUR, SECTION 5 51 0.071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND RULE 1.05.
TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT BETWEEN NORTHLINE LEANDER DEVELOPMENT COMPANY AND THE CITY OF LEANDER AND UCCI CONTRACTORS, NORTHLINE PHASE ONE AND RELATED AND PERFORMANCE MAINTENANCE BONDS.
WE ARE CONVENING AT 10:02 PM ALL RIGHT, WE ARE RECONVENING BACK INTO OPEN SESSION AT 10:37 PM TO TAKE ACTION AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE IN CITY COUNCIL'S DISCRETION REGARDING NUMBER ONE PROJECT ORANGE.
BILL MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE A CHAPTER THREE 80 AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN HOME DEPOT, U S A INCORPORATED AND THE CITY OF LEANDER AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
NUMBER TWO E D A DASH 23 0 1 MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO ACTION NUMBER THREE, ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES FOR UTILITY EASEMENT AND TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT FOR THE RECLAIMED WATER PROJECT CIP WW DO 46.
MAYOR PROAM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF PARCEL SEVEN AND PARCEL 10 LOCATED IN THE ELIJAH D HARMAN SURVEY, ABSTRACT SIX FOR THE PURPOSE OF A UTILITY EASEMENT AND TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT FOR THE RECLAIMED WATER PROJECT CIP WW 46 SECOND, SECOND MOTION, AND A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AND NUMBER FOUR, CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT BETWEEN NORTHLINE LEANDER DEVELOPMENT COMPANY AND THE CITY OF LEANDER AND UCCI CONTRACTORS, NORTHLINE PHASE ONE AND RELATED PERFORMANCE AND MAINTENANCE BONDS, INCLUDING IMPROVING AN ENGAGEMENT LETTER WITH THE CHAPMAN FIRM MAYOR PRO TEM.
DO YOU HAVE A MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE THE ENGAGEMENT LETTER WITH THE CHAPMAN FIRM AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS? SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
COUNSEL IS ADJOURNED AT 10:39 PM GOODNIGHT.