Aug 17, 2023 City Council Regular Meeting

TODAY IS AUGUST 17TH, 2023, AND THE TIME IS 7:10 PM AND THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE

[4. Open Meeting, Invocation and Pledges of Allegiance.]

LEANER CITY COUNCIL.

COUNCIL MEMBER ZURICH WILL BE PROVIDING THE INVOCATION TONIGHT FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION.

PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE.

FATHER, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR THIS AWESOME CITY OF LEANER TEXAS, AND WE JUST DECLARE THAT JESUS IS LORD OF THIS CITY.

UH, WE THANK YOU LORD FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE.

WE THANK YOU LORD, UH, FOR GIVING US THE AWESOME RESPONSIBILITY OF HAVING TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS, UH, WHICH EVEN WILL BE AROUND THERE, AROUND THERE TONIGHT.

SO, GOD, I JUST ASK YOU TO, UH, TO GUIDE OUR THOUGHTS, UH, TO BRING THIS CITY TOGETHER, UM, TO HELP US LORD, TO BE, WE ARE THE NORTH GATE OF THE AUSTIN METRO AREA, LORD.

SO WE JUST DECLARE THAT JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL GO FORWARD TONIGHT AND EVERY DAY FORWARD.

WE THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE THANK YOU THAT YOU LET US CALL YOU, UH, FATHER AND THAT YOU CALL US SONS AND DAUGHTERS.

AND SO WE JUST GIVE YOU ALL THE GLORY, ALL THE HONOR AND ALL THE PRAISE TODAY IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.

AMEN.

P ALLEGIANCE TO THE FILE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TWO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE AN INDIVISIBLE.

THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

MAYOR PORT TIM ESMI, MKI LONGORIA.

COUNCIL MEMBER ITEM NUMBER FIVE, CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE.

WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER CATHERINE BATTALION PARKER.

HERE,

[5. Roll Call.]

HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONALD.

HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE THOMPSON.

PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS SNICK.

HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER BECKY ROSS.

HERE, MAYOR CHRISTINE AL HERE.

QUORUM IS PRESENT AND THE CITY COUNCIL IS ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS.

ITEM NUMBER SIX IS NON AGENDA ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENTS.

FOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, I WILL CALL ON SPEAKERS PRIOR TO THE DISCUSSION

[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.]]

OF THE AGENDA ITEM AND DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, INDIVIDUALS THAT SUBMITTED COMMENTS VIA THE WEBSITE WILL ONLY HAVE POSITIONS READ INTO THE RECORD.

ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL AND WILL BE MADE A PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ANYTIME YOU ARE MAKING A PUBLIC COMMENT TO COUNSEL, IT IS YOUR TIME TO SPEAK TO US AND WE CANNOT SPEAK BACK.

THAT IS CONSIDERED DELIBERATION.

UH, EACH ONE OF YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

FIRST UP, I HAVE JARED FIELDS WELCOME MR. FIELDS, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

GOOD TO BE HERE.

GOOD TO BE BACK.

JARED FIELDS PUBLIC AFFAIRS REPRESENTATIVE FOR NCE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE.

UM, I'M HERE TONIGHT JUST TO SHARE THAT IT IS P'S 85TH ANNIVERSARY AND, UH, IT'S THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE ELECTRIFICATION OF THE HILL COUNTRY.

WE WERE JUST CHATTING ABOUT, UH, WE WERE OFFICIALLY INCORPORATED IN MAY OF 1938.

SEPTEMBER OF 1938.

WE RECEIVED A $1.3 MILLION LOAN FROM THE RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION, AND WE BUILT OUR FIRST 1800 MILES OF LINE, UH, IN BERTRAM.

UH, TODAY, THAT NUMBER, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF, UH, MILES

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OF LINE IS 24,500.

UH, OVER THE PAST 85 YEARS, WE'VE GROWN TO BECOME THE LARGEST ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE IN THE US AND WE SERVE MORE THAN A MILLION CENTRAL TEXANS IN, UH, SOME OF THE FASTEST GROWING COUNTIES IN THE US LIKE HERE IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, WE HAVE OVER 32,000 METERS IN LEANDER.

IT'S OUR SECOND LARGEST, UH, CITY THAT WE SERVE.

AND IN THE COUNTY, WE HAVE OVER 121,000 METERS.

UH, WE SERVE ALL OR PARTS OF 24 COUNTIES, AND WE HAVE 45 FRANCHISE CITIES.

AND, UH, OVERALL WE WILL CROSS 400,000 METERS SOMETIME, UM, IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS TO CELEBRATE, WE'RE PLANNING VARIOUS EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES AND, UH, WE'LL HAVE BIRTHDAY PARTIES AND, UM, WE'LL BE, UH, DOING OUTREACH, UH, ASKING MEMBERS TO SHARE HISTORICAL ITEMS, PHOTOS AND STORIES, UH, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THEM IN OUR CO-OP ARCHIVES.

UM, ALSO PART OF BEING A COOPERATIVE IS, UH, ONE OF OUR CORE PRINCIPLES, CONCERN FOR COMMUNITY, FOCUSES ON MEMBER NEEDS, AND, UM, THAT'S BECAUSE WE ARE, UM, WE WORK FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

UH, IN 2006, WE LAUNCHED OUR POWER OF CHANGE PROGRAM THAT HAS PROVIDED OVER $575,000 IN COMMUNITY GRANTS.

UH, ONE OF THOSE GRANTS THIS YEAR WENT TO FERAL LIFE, UH, GUARDS HERE IN LEANDER.

AND, UH, THEY RECEIVED $5,000 TO, UM, FUND, VIDEO AND WIFI ENABLED MONITORING STATIONS.

UH, ALSO SINCE LAUNCHING OUR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 23 YEARS AGO, WE HAVE GIVEN OVER $1.4 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS AND ADULTS.

UH, THIS YEAR WE GAVE TWO ADULT AND FOUR HIGH SCHOOL, UH, STUDENTS SCHOLARSHIPS FROM LEANDER.

AND, UH, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF, UM, OF THEM AND, UH, AND EVERYONE ELSE.

IN CLOSING, WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THESE 85 YEARS AND, UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING YOU WITH MANY MORE.

YEAH, IT WAS UNDER THREE MINUTES.

THAT WAS GOOD.

RIGHT UNDER, UH, THANK YOU MR. FIELDS AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

P E C .

ALL RIGHT, BILL TURNER.

MR. TURNER, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

WILL YOU HAVE TURNER? 600? MISS FLOWER REPRESENTING, UH, OAK CREEK, H O A.

SO I'M NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT DRAINAGE TONIGHT.

UH, BUT A LITTLE MORE SERIOUS.

AND DID YOU GET THE, UH, MAP? DID WE PUT THE MAP UP THERE? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE GOT IT OR NOT.

YEAH, WE GOT IT'S IN FRONT OF.

YOU GOT, OKAY.

SO THE, UM, THE SUBJECT NOT IS PUBLIC ACCESS TO GREENBELTS DURING EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS.

UM, AND, UM, I WANTED TO USE MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD AS AN EXAMPLE.

SO I HAVE PUT THIS, UM, OVERHEAD, UH, AREA PHOTOGRAPH TOGETHER TO SHOW YOU, UH, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

SO THE, UM, IN THIS CASE, IN OUR GREEN BELT, AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF THE CITY BELT.

I'LL TALK ABOUT MINE.

WE'VE GOT A, UM, A DISC GOLF COURSE THAT'S RECENTLY BEEN PUT IN BY PARKS AND REC, AND IT'S A NICE COURSE, GOT NO REAL PROBLEM WITH THE COURSE ITSELF, BUT IF YOU'LL NOTICE, IT'S HARD TO TELL FROM THIS, THIS, UH, PICTURE.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, PRAIRIE GRASS AROUND IN HERE, AND IT BUTTS UP AGAINST A LOT OF VERY, UH, CLOSELY SPACED, UH, STRUCTURES.

SO AS IT TURNS OUT, FRI UH, SUNDAY WHEN WE HAD THE, UH, EXTREME WEATHER CONDITION WITH HEAVY WINDS AND ALL SURE ENOUGH, THERE'S SOMEBODY OUT IN THE, UH, IN THE PRAIRIE GRASS LOOKING FOR HIS FRISBEE WITH THE CIGARETTE IN HIS HAND.

SO THAT WAS REALLY WHAT CAUSED ME TO COME TO SEE TODAY.

AND IT, IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT IT'S A, A BIGGER, UH, A BIGGER THREAT THAN JUST OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT JUST, JUST GETTING A CIGARETTE IN THE, IN THE, UH, GRASS WOULD ULTIMATELY GO QUICKLY TO THE, TO THE TREES.

FROM THERE, IT'S GOING THROUGH THE HOUSES, AND THEY'RE SO CLOSELY SPACED, THERE'S JUST NO TELLING WHAT KIND OF CALAMITY THAT MIGHT CREATE.

AND I DOUBT IF WE'RE THE ONLY ONES IN THE AREA THAT HAVE THAT PROBLEM.

UM, SO, UM, I WOULD SAY THAT THIS GUY IS NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE, THE GOLFERS.

BUT, UM, THE, UM, HE DOES REPRESENT A DANGER.

AND IN THE WORDS OF RON WHITE, THE FAMOUS PHILOSOPHER FROM PANHANDLE, YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID .

AND SO YOU CAN MANAGE IT.

IT'D BE EASY ENOUGH TO ADD THAT, UH, NO SMOKING OR FIRE DANGER, UM, UH, VERBIAGE.

YOU CAN MANAGE IT.

AND SO THE WAY TO DO THAT, I WOULD RECOMMEND AT LEAST TO START WITH, IS SIGNAGE IN THIS, UM, THIS GOLF COURSE.

THERE'S, UM, SIGNAGE OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, LOOK OUT FOR FRISBEES.

THERE'S NOTHING THERE THAT SAYS, DON'T SMOKE, OR YOU COULD CAUSE A CALAMITY.

SO IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE FIRE MARSHAL MIGHT WANNA JUMP ON AND LOOK AT.

YOU KNOW, IT'D BE EASY ENOUGH, THE, THE, ACTUALLY THE SIGNAGES THERE,

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UM, SO THAT'S IT BASICALLY A VERY, UH, I ACTUALLY MADE MY TIME A HUNDRED LESS THAN 180 SECONDS.

THAT'S GREAT.

WELL, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU EVENING.

EVENING.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING.

NICELY DONE.

ALL RIGHT, JAMES DEAN, GOOD EVENING, MR. DEAN, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

UM, I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER AND STAFF.

UM, YOU ALL DO, OOPS, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

YOU ALL DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB AND INCREDIBLE CIR CIRCUMSTANCES.

UM, I'M PARTICULARLY DELIGHTED TO SEE THE MAYOR GETTING THINGS DONE ON THINGS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN DONE FOR QUITE A MANY YEARS.

UH, THE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, THE ACTIVITY CENTER, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, AND BUILDING AND LEADING A COALITION OF PEOPLE TO VOTE AND MOVE AND GET THESE THINGS DONE, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

UM, LEANER IS CHANGING.

CHANGE ISN'T ALWAYS EASY.

UM, IT'S MORE DIFFICULT FOR SOME THAN IT IS FOR OTHERS.

AND WE WANT TO BUILD COALITIONS LIKE THE MAYOR AND LIKE THE MAJORITY OF COUNCIL ARE DOING, UM, SO THAT WE BRING THE COMMUNITY WITH US SO THAT THE CITIZENS AND HOMEOWNERS AND TAXPAYERS AND FAMILIES HERE, UM, KNOW THAT THEY ARE WELCOME, KNOW THAT THEY ARE INCLUDED AND BELONG.

AND WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING IN THAT REGARD.

UM, I APPLAUD YOU.

I THANK YOU.

I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF LONG HOURS.

I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK, AND I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES YOU DON'T GET MUCH IN THE WAY OF THANKS.

BUT WE DO APPRECIATE IT, AND WE DO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

HAVE A GREAT MEETING.

THANK YOU, MR. DEAN.

EVERYBODY'S ON TIME TONIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, JOHN.

HANDY BOSMA.

MR. BOSMA, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

UH, JOHN HANDY BOSMA.

DO I PRESS IT? UH, NOPE.

IT GOES ON AUTOMATIC.

THERE YOU GO.

OKAY, GOOD.

THAT, NONE OF THAT IS POLITICAL IN ANY WAY, NOR CAN THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE BE POLITICAL.

UH, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS A CONTINUING THEME.

I'VE COME EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE TO TALK ABOUT WITH THE BOARD, AND THAT'S THE IDEA THAT PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, AND PROTECTION OF ALL THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES THAT MAKE UP THIS GREAT CITY OF LEANDER, UH, IS A NONPOLITICAL ISSUE AND SHOULD BE SEEN AS NONPOLITICAL.

UH, SOME OF US WERE VERY DISAPPOINTED WHEN WE HEARD, UH, IN THE RECENT CITY COUNCIL RETREAT, SOME COMMENTS THAT SEEMED TO SUGGEST THAT, UM, JUNETEENTH OR PRIDE IN PARTICULAR WERE POLITICAL IN NATURE AND NOT NON-POLITICAL.

AND I JUST WISH TO POINT OUT SOME REASONS WHY THAT IS NOT THE CASE AND WHY THAT IS SO UPSETTING TO SO, SO MANY PEOPLE.

PART OF IT IS THAT THE KIND OF BIGOTRY, UH, AND HATE AND VIOLENCE THAT HAS BEEN INFLICTED ON BLACK PEOPLE IN THE NAME OF SLAVERY AND JIM CROW WAS ALSO INFLICTED ON L G B T Q PEOPLE ON MANY OF THE SAME EXCUSES.

THINGS LIKE THEY'RE DEPRAVED, THEY'RE HYPERSEXUAL, THEY'RE INFERIOR, THEIR GOD DISAPPROVES, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

SO WHILE THE DIFFERENT HISTORICAL CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE THERE, THE COMMONALITY IS THE HATRED THAT LED TO THE NEED FOR THESE COMMUNITIES TO PROCLAIM THEIR PRIDE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

AND THAT DECLARATION IS NOT AT ALL POLITICAL.

IT'S BESEECHING EVERYONE ACROSS THE ENTIRE POLITICAL SPECTRUM TO RECOGNIZE THE BASIC HUMANITY OF GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN ATTACKED AND OPPRESSED AND KILLED AND TERRORIZED, AND ARE AGAIN, TODAY IN LEANDER AND IN TEXAS AND ACROSS THE NATION, TARGETED FOR ELIMINATION.

AND WE SAW THAT IN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT WAS SAID TO BE POLITICAL WHEN 25 PEOPLE CAME.

ONE WAS THE FATHER OF A YOUNG WOMAN WHO WAS KILLED IN A NEIGHBORING TOWN.

SHE'S BLACK AND L G B T Q, AND HER FATHER HAD NOT YET LAID HER TO REST, AND THERE WERE 24 OTHER PEOPLE THERE AS WELL WHO WERE SPEAKING.

AND HE SPOKE ELOQUENTLY AMONG THE MOST ELOQUENT SPEECHES I HAVE EVER HEARD OF, LOVE AND FORGIVENESS FOR THE MAN WHO MURDERED HIS DAUGHTER.

AND 24 OTHER PEOPLE SPOKE IN SUPPORT OF THAT KIND OF RECOGNITION.

AND FOR MANY OF US AS CHRISTIANS, WE SPOKE OF THAT, OR OUR CHILDREN SPOKE OF THAT, AND WE HEARD BACK FROM SOME OF THE SPEAKERS, AND I DO APPRECIATE YOU SPEAKING ABOUT OUT AGAINST THEM, THAT THAT WOMAN OR THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORTED HER AND HER FAMILY DESERVED WHAT CAME TO THEM OR DESERVED DEATH.

THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

SO NONE OF

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AND SO WE NEED TO CLOSELY EXAMINE EVERYTHING THE CITY DOES, SO WE ENSURE THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU, MR. BOSMA.

I AM NUMBER SEVEN AS STAFF REPORTS.

UH, FIRST UP WE HAVE THE CAPITAL METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION

[7. Staff Report Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority update Public Works update]

AUTHORITY UPDATE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS CAP METRO.

MR. NEW, YOU WANNA LEAD US INTO THAT ONE? YES, MAYOR, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

GOOD EVENING, MIKE, NEW CHIEF OF STAFF.

UM, WE'RE BRINGING THIS REPORT TO YOU TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON CAP METRO SERVICES IN LEAN ON RIDERSHIP, BUT ALSO ON A LOT OF THINGS THAT OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS NOW WE'RE IN YEAR TWO IN A LOCAL AGREEMENT THAT THAT LEAN STAFF AND CAP METRO STAFF HAVE WORKED CLOSELY ON AND, AND ALL FOR THE BENEFIT OF MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, WE DO HAVE A, A GREAT TEAM THAT I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO TONIGHT AS WELL, AND THEY'RE HERE TO PRESENT ON THIS TOPIC.

UH, GOVERNOR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COORDINATOR, STEVEN DARD, GOVERNOR AFFAIRS DIRECTOR, CELSO BAEZ, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS VICE PRESIDENT, DR.

LEROY ALLAY AND PRESIDENT AND C E O DOTTIE WATKINS, AND I WILL HAND IT OFF TO CAP METRO.

MY NAME IS DOTTIE WATKINS, AND IT'S MY PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT AND C E O OF CAP METRO.

IT'S BEEN A MINUTE SINCE I'VE BEEN UP TO THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL.

AND SO, UM, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR THE INVITATION AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TODAY, UM, TO UPDATE YOU ON WHAT ALL IS GOING ON WITH CAP METRO.

UM, I, UH, WAS LAST HERE BEFORE BEING APPOINTED AS PRESIDENT, C E O.

SO, UM, I LOVE BEING ABLE TO COME AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU AND WANT TO BE YOUR PARTNERS.

AND, UM, I'M VERY EXCITED, UM, TO BE ABLE TO RETURN THE FAVOR THAT MAYOR LYLE HAS GIVEN US ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS WHERE SHE HAS COME TO OUR BOARD MEETINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BOARD IS INFORMED ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN LEANER.

AND SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO, TO RETURN THAT FAVOR A BIT TODAY.

UM, LET'S SEE IF I CAN FIGURE OUT HOW THE THING WORKS.

EXCELLENT.

UM, I ADORE COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, CERNIK, DID I SAY YOUR NAME WRONG? EXCELLENT.

AND YOU'RE IN VACATION, HOW YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW LEANER IS KIND OF THE NORTH GATEWAY TO THE AUSTIN REGION, AND THAT IS HOW WE SEE IT.

WE LOOK AT TRANSPORTATION AS A REGIONAL ISSUE.

UM, PEOPLE DON'T CARE ABOUT JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES WHEN THEY'RE SITTING IN TRAFFIC, AND WE KNOW THAT.

AND SO WE, UH, LOOK TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ENTIRE SYSTEM WORKS AS A NETWORK.

AND, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT, UM, IN A BIT FROM MY STAFF IS, IS OUR EFFORTS TO REVISIT THE NETWORK AND SOMETHING THAT WE DO ON A CYCLICAL BASIS.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO COME UP HERE, UM, AND JUST TALK SPECIFICALLY TO YOU GUYS ABOUT WHAT WE, WHAT WE DO IN LAND, WHAT WE DO IN AND AROUND THE REGION, UM, AND HOW THAT MIGHT IMPACT, UM, THE WORK THAT YOU DO AS A COUNCIL.

UM, I ALSO WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE MANY INVITATIONS AND PARTICIPATIONS THAT, UM, YOU AS THE COUNCIL AND OTHER IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONS UP HERE IN LEANDER HAVE DONE IN HELPING US GET THE WORD OUT, UM, AND AND REALLY CELEBRATE, UM, TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY IN THIS REGION.

UM, STARTING WITH THE, UM, EARLY 2022 CELEBRATION OF A LITTLE PIECE OF DOUBLE TRACK THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE LIKE, YEAH, YEAH, WHATEVER THAT WAS.

BUT IT'S IMPORTANT , IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HELPS US PROVIDE MORE, UM, RELIABLE SERVICE TO, UM, THE FOLKS UP HERE IN LEANDER ON OUR SERVICES.

BUT THEN ALL OF THE OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS, UM, THE PARTICIPATION YOU SEE THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF, UM, CAMACHO ELEMENTARY IN OUR KIDS' ART ON THE BUS PROGRAM THAT WE DO EACH SPRING IN HONOR OF EARTH DAY, UM, WHERE THE KIDS WORK WITH, UM, CREATIVE ACTION, UM, THROUGH A, A NUMBER OF MONTHS TO CREATE UNIQUE ART.

AND THEN, UM, THEIR ARTWORK IS SELECTED TO BE FOCUSED ON ONE OF OUR BUSES.

UM, WE ACTUALLY WRAPPED ONE OF OUR PICKUP VEHICLES, UM, WITH THE CAMACHO ART BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LEANDER I S D STUDENTS' ART WAS ABLE TO COME SERVICE LEANDER AND THAT THEIR COMMUNITY WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE IT.

UM, WE, UH, HAVE, WERE PLEASED TO COME JOIN YOU IN YOUR, UM, JUNETEENTH PARADE AND A NUMBER OF OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS YOU'VE HAD UP HERE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INVITATION TO GIVE YOU UPDATES TODAY.

WE HOPE YOU FIND THIS INFORMATIONAL.

WE HOPE YOU SEE THIS AS THE BEGINNING OF A CONVERSATION, UM, AND NOT JUST, UH, A REPORT OUT, BUT WE'VE GOT A TON OF GREAT TECHNICAL INFORMATION TO PROVIDE TO YOU.

SO I'LL HAND IT OVER TO, UH, THE EXPERTS TO DO THAT PART FOR ME.

BUT WE WANTED TO HIT A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS FOR YOU BASED ON SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM CITY STAFF AND FROM SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

UM, AGAIN FOR THE RECORD, DR.

LEROY ALLWAY, VICE PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AT CAP METRO.

AND I PROMISE, WHILE I'M A DOCTOR, I'M NOT GOING TO LECTURE AD NAUSEUM TONIGHT, LIKE A COLLEGE PROFESSOR.

WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THIS FAIRLY QUICKLY,

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SO WE'RE GONNA DIVE RIGHT IN.

JUST AS A REMINDER FOR EVERYONE, THE SALES TAX THAT CAP METRO COLLECTS AS A 1 CENTS SALES TAX VOTERS APPROVED THAT IN 1985.

AND THAT 1 CENT IS THE SAME FOR LEANDER AND THE SIX OTHER MEMBER CITIES THAT MAKE UP THE CAP METRO SERVICE AREA.

IT MIRRORS THE SALES TAX THAT YOU COLLECT AS A MUNICIPALITY.

WHAT WE'RE SHOWING ON THE SCREEN ARE THE CALENDAR YEAR COLLECTIONS OF SALES TAX ACCORDING TO THE COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.

AND WE WANTED JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AS A REMINDER FOR EVERYONE.

LEANDER REENTERED OUR BUILD CENTRAL TEXAS PROGRAM IN 2022.

AND WE WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT FUND IS, HOW IT'S CALCULATED, AND THE USES THAT THAT FUND HAS HAD, AS WELL AS GOING INTO SOME OF OUR RIDERSHIP STATISTICS OVER THE NEXT FEW MINUTES.

AND OF COURSE, TECHNOLOGY IS WONDERFUL WHEN IT WORKS AND TERRIFYING WHEN IT DOESN'T.

I ALWAYS BRING GREMLINS.

I THOUGHT I'D LEFT THEM IN AUSTIN TONIGHT, UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK THEY FOLLOWED ME.

SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RIDERSHIP FOR A MOMENT.

UM, WE MAY HAVE TO JUMP BACK AND TALK ABOUT B C T, I'M SORRY, BUILD CENTRAL TEXAS JUST A COUPLE MINUTES AFTER THIS.

WE'RE NOT UNIQUE IN SEEING RIDERSHIP HAVING CHALLENGES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

IT'S REPLICATED HERE.

BUT WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS RIDERSHIP IS RECOVERING AT A VERY RAPID PACE.

WHAT WE'RE SHOWING ON THE SCREEN IS THE COMBINED RIDERSHIP FROM OUR PICKUP SERVICE, METRO ACCESS, THE EXPRESS ROUTE, AND METRO RAIL WITHIN THE CITY OF LEANDER.

NOW, YOU'LL SEE EACH YEAR WE HAVE PIP, UH, PEAKS AND VALLEYS IN OUR RIDERSHIP DATA THAT IS SEASONAL IN NATURE.

I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE WAITING IN, I BELIEVE WE'RE AT OVER 40 DAYS OF A HUNDRED PLUS DEGREE HEAT MAY DISCOURAGE YOU TO WAIT LONG FOR A TRIP WHEN SCHOOL'S OUT AS WELL.

WE ALSO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A DIP, BUT WE ARE SEEING, AGAIN, HIGHER RIDERSHIP THAN WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, AND WE DO APPRECIATE THAT.

WE'LL DIVE IN TO PICK UP MY APOLOGIES, UH, WHATEVER THE TECHNICAL GLITCH IS ON OUR BUILD CENTRAL TEXAS NUMBER.

LET ME PAUSE FOR A MOMENT AND JUST ADDRESS THAT BEFORE WE GO FURTHER INTO PICKUP.

'CAUSE I KNOW THAT IS OF COURSE OF IMPORTANT AND INTEREST.

THE PROGRAM THAT YOU ALL ENTERED INTO IN APRIL OF 2022, ESTABLISHED A FRAMEWORK ON HOW WE RETURN FUNDING TO YOU.

THAT IS THE DELTA BETWEEN THE SALES TAX COLLECTED AND THE VALUE OF THE SERVICE THAT'S BEING PROVIDED.

SO FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, FOR FISCAL YEAR 23, THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 SALES TAX THAT WAS COLLECTED WITHIN THE CITY OF LEANDER FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT WAS APPROXIMATELY $10.8 MILLION.

AGAIN, THAT'S THAT 1 CENT SALES TAX.

AND FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BASIS, IT MIRRORS WHAT YOU'VE HAD IN YOUR FISCAL YEAR.

THAT 10.8 MILLION WAS THEN SET AGAINST THE TOTAL COST OF SERVICE PROPORTIONALLY ALLOCATED WITHIN LEANDER, INCLUDING HOURS OF SERVICE FOR RAIL PICKUP ACCESS AND THE EXPRESS SERVICE THAT WE OPERATE, AS WELL AS VAN POOLS COMING OUT OF LEANDER AND HAD A TOTAL COST OF SERVICE OF $9.3 MILLION BASED ON THE PER HOUR COST FROM FY 2022 THAT LEFT A REMAINING BALANCE OF 1.5 MILLION, WHICH WAS RETURNED BACK TO THE CITY THROUGH THE BUILD CENTRAL TEXAS PROGRAM.

NOW, THE DATA THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND I APOLOGIZE THAT THIS ISN'T ON THE SCREEN AT THE MOMENT, WE DO LOOK A YEAR IN ARREARS.

PERFECT.

I'M GLAD EVERYONE HAS A HARD COPY OF THE PRESENTATION.

UH, WE DO LOOK A YEAR IN ARREARS, SO WE DO FINISH FISCAL YEAR 23.

WE'LL CALCULATE THAT COST OF SERVICE AND THEN ESTABLISH WHAT THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 ALLOCATION FOR BUILD CENTRAL TEXAS IS.

IN ADDITION TO THE BUILD CENTRAL TEXAS PROGRAM, WE ALSO HAD IN THIS IS PERFECT, WE CAN STAY RIGHT THERE.

UH, IN ADDITION TO THE BUILD CENTRAL TEXAS PROGRAM IN FISCAL YEAR 2022, THE CAP METRO BOARD OF DIRECTORS ALSO AUTHORIZED A $10 MILLION ALLOCATION TO GO TO OUR SUBURBAN MEMBER COMMUNITIES TO ASSIST WITH INFRASTRUCTURE.

AS OUR LARGEST MEMBER CITY OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

LEANDER RECEIVED $7.4 MILLION FROM THAT FUND.

SO WHAT WE'RE SHOWING UP ON THE SCREEN TODAY REFLECTS THE PROJECTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH BOTH THE BUILD CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE INFRA TRANSIT SUPPORTED INFRASTRUCTURE FUND IN FISCAL YEAR 22, REPRESENTING $9.3 MILLION IN FUNDING THAT WE RETURNED BACK TO THE CITY OF LEANDER TO HELP WITH PROJECTS THAT ARE TRANSIT AND TRANSPORTATION SUPPORTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

YOU FINISHED FFY 2020 TWO'S ALLOCATION WITH A LITTLE REMAINING BALANCE.

UH, YOU SUBMITTED $9.2 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT FY 23, WE DO CARRY THAT FORWARD.

WE APPLY THE 1.5 MILLION

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IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WAS GENERATED BEYOND THE COST OF SERVICE TO REBATE BACK TO YOU FOR YOUR, UH, USE.

WHEN WE COMBINE THAT WITH REMAINING ALLOCATION FROM 2020 TWOS BUILD CENTRAL TEXAS, AS WELL AS THE TRANSIT SUPPORTED INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDED THIS YEAR, 1.618 MILLION IN AVAILABLE FUNDING AND 1.6 MILLION OF THAT HAS BEEN ALLOCATED TO SUPPORT EXPANSION AND WORK ON HERO WAY.

SO AGAIN, WE ARE PROVIDING SERVICE AND RETURNING FUNDS BACK TO THE COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THAT TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT CONTINUES TO GROW.

WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF A MULTIMODAL SYSTEM ACROSS THE REGION, AS MS. WATKINS MENTIONED, BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY IS ESSENTIAL IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ECONOMIC AND ACTUAL MOBILITY.

SO THIS IS TRULY A PARTNERSHIP.

WE ARE VERY PLEASED OF BEING ABLE TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF STRUCTURE.

I CAN SAY COMING FROM BEING A NEW TRANSPLANT TO THE AUSTIN AREA, THE PRIOR AGENCY THAT I WORKED AT, I DID NOT HAVE THIS PROGRAM IN PLACE FOR SUBURBAN CITIES, AND I WISH I WOULD HAVE.

UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO MORE DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU OVER THE COMING MONTHS AND YEARS OF HOW WE CAN ENHANCE THIS PROGRAM AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN BRING ADDITIONAL SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

I'M GONNA TRY THIS AGAIN.

HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET TO THE PICKUP SLIDE.

I, I APPRECIATE THAT, MIKE.

AGAIN, THOSE GREMLINS JUST TEND TO STAY WITH ME.

SO OUTSIDE OF THE BILL CENTRAL TEXAS FUND, TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT OUR PICKUP SERVICE, WE OFFER 10 PICKUP ZONES ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS.

I CAN SAY THE LEANDER ZONE IS ONE OF OUR HIGHER PERFORMING ZONES AND ONE OF FIVE ZONES OUT OF THE 10 THAT HAS SATURDAY SERVICE AVAILABLE TO IT.

IT'S THE SAME COST AS USING OUR LOCAL BUS SERVICE.

WE HONOR THE SAME DISCOUNT PROGRAMS AND IT PROVIDES AN UBER OR LYFT TYPE EXPERIENCE AT A PUBLIC TRANSIT PRICE.

SO THERE'S NO SURGE PRICING, THERE'S NO TIME OF DAY DIFFERENTIAL WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BOOK.

NOW WHAT WE DO HAVE AVAILABLE, JUST AS A LITTLE MORE BACKGROUND FOR YOU, IS A 4.9 SQUARE MILE ZONE.

AND WE KNOW THERE IS ABSOLUTELY APPETITE AND INTEREST IN FINDING WAYS TO EXPAND THIS ZONE.

I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT LET YOU KNOW.

WE ARE ABSOLUTELY AWARE OF THAT.

AND THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED BY MY COLLEAGUE AND A LITTLE BIT LATER ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT STEPS IN THAT PROCESS CAN LOOK LIKE.

WHILE WE'VE GOT THIS DATA UP ON THE SCREEN, 5,000 RIDES COVERED IN JULY OF 2023, WHEN WE LOOK AT CUSTOMERS PER HOUR, THAT'S A NATIONAL METRIC THAT TRANSIT USES TO LOOK AT HOW MANY CUSTOMERS YOU PROVIDE TRIPS TO PER REVENUE HOUR OF SERVICE.

SO 4.9 IS STILL A, A FAIRLY IMPRESSIVE NUMBER FOR THE TYPE OF SERVICE WE'RE LOOKING AT.

OUR AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME IS 12 MINUTES FROM THE TIME SOMEONE REQUESTS A TRIP TO A VEHICLE BEING AT THEIR LOCATION.

OUR SERVICE PROMISES A 15 MINUTE FREQUENCY.

SO WE'RE DOING A LITTLE BIT BETTER ON THAT.

NOW.

YOU WILL SEE ON OUR ON-TIME PERFORMANCE, IT'S 75.3%.

I DON'T THINK IT'S A SURPRISE TO ANYONE ON COUNCIL OR IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT.

THERE IS A LOT OF GROWTH IN CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING IN AND AROUND LEANDER, UH, HAVING DRIVEN DOWN RONALD REAGAN YESTERDAY COMING DOWN, HERO AWAY TODAY.

GROWTH IS INEVITABLE.

IT'S HERE.

AND SO WE DO GET TRAPPED IN TRAFFIC JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER VEHICLE, BUT WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN HELP IMPROVE THAT PERFORMANCE.

BUT ONCE THAT I DON'T HAVE ON THE SCREEN THAT I DID WANNA LEAVE WITH YOU, WHEN WE, UH, TALK ABOUT THE PICKUP ZONES IS WE DO ALLOW CUSTOMERS AND WE ASK, ACTUALLY ASK CUSTOMERS TO RATE THEIR TRIP.

AND FOR THOSE WHO ALSO MAY LIKE THIS TYPE OF ADDITIONAL DATA, WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE TOP SIX LOCATIONS THAT PICKUP TRIPS HAVE GONE TO FROM AUGUST 1ST, 2022 THROUGH JULY 31ST, 2023.

SO FIRST, H E B I DON'T THINK THAT'S A SURPRISE TO ANYONE IN TEXAS.

SECOND LEANDER MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THIRD, THE LEANDER STATION, WHICH ALLOWS ACCESS TO ROUTE 9 85 AS WELL AS INTO THE RED LINE.

FOURTH, KOHLS FIFTH, THE MERIT LEGACY APARTMENTS AND SIXTH ROBIN BLASKO PARK.

AGAIN, WE'VE GOT ADDITIONAL DATA WE'RE GLAD TO PROVIDE IN FUTURE BRIEFINGS, UH, FOR MAYOR, COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF AS WELL.

AND IN THE SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY, WE ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE INFORMATION I SHARED WITH YOU ON THE HIGHER LEVEL NUMBERS IS AVAILABLE ON THE CAP METRO WEBSITE.

WE OPERATE A PUBLIC DASHBOARD.

YOU CAN FIND THE DETAILS ABOUT EACH ROUTE THAT WE OPERATE OUR RAIL SERVICE AND EVERY PICKUP ZONE AND SEE HOW YOU'RE COMPARING ACROSS THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.

YOU'LL HAVE THE ABILITY TO BREAK THAT DOWN BY TIME OF DAY, EITHER WEEKDAY OR WEEKEND AND BY MONTH.

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BRIEFLY JUMPING INTO RAIL, OF COURSE, WE WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT WE DO OPERATE RAIL SERVICE SIX DAYS A WEEK.

WE DO NOT RUN OUR SERVICE ON SUNDAY.

WE PROVIDE, UH, 30 MINUTE HEADWAYS, 30 MINUTE FREQUENCY IN THE MORNING.

BUT YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE WEEKDAYS WE DO HAVE A WINDOW FROM ABOUT 9:00 AM TO ABOUT 2:30 PM WHERE WE DO NOT RUN SERVICE.

SO, AS MS. WATKINS MENTIONED, WHEN WE CELEBRATED OUR DOUBLE TRACKING OUT HERE IN LEANDER EARLIER THIS YEAR, THAT BUILT SOME RESILIENCY INTO OUR SYSTEM.

WHAT THAT ALSO WILL ALLOW US TO DO AS WE LOOK AT THAT LONG-TERM HORIZON FOR THE RED LINE, IS IT ENABLES US TO START ON THE PATHWAY AS WE BUILD ADDITIONAL SEGMENTS OF DOUBLE TRACKING WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO LOOK AT INCREASING FREQUENCY WITH THE GOAL IN MIND OF PROVIDING ALL DAY SERVICE FROM LEANDER INTO DOWNTOWN AT A 30 MINUTE FREQUENCY.

I DON'T, NONE OF US CAN GIVE YOU A TIMELINE TODAY OF WHEN THAT EXACTLY WILL HAPPEN.

PLEASE KNOW THAT IS THE ULTIMATE VISION.

WE ARE WORKING TOWARD THAT.

BUT THE DOUBLE TRACKING THAT WAS DONE IN EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT WE CELEBRATED, BUILT SOME RESILIENCY INTO OUR SYSTEM THAT WE DID NOT HAVE BEFORE.

THE SCHEDULE THAT WE HAVE TODAY IS THE SCHEDULE THAT WE WILL HAVE FOR THE NEAR FUTURE, BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING AT SOME POINT IN THE NEAR TERM, ABLE TO CELEBRATE MORE SERVICE COMING INTO AND OUT OF LEANDER.

AND THEN BEFORE I HAND IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S COMING AHEAD OF US OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, JUST WANTED TO ALSO MENTION BRIEFLY THAT YOU WILL SEE THROUGHOUT THE DAY, THROUGHOUT THE WEEKENDS, DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS AND CREWS WORKING ON THE CAP METRO REDLINE RAIL.

LOOKING AT EVERYTHING FROM HOW WE'RE RUNNING TRAIN OPERATIONS TO HOW WE'RE RESPONDING TO THE CLIMATE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING.

UM, WE'RE NOT IMMUNE FROM THE HEAT.

THE TRAIN TRACKS THEMSELVES ARE NOT IMMUNE FROM THAT HEAT.

AND SO WE ARE VERY CAUTIOUS IN WATCHING TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE ANY, IT'S A NEW TERM ACTUALLY THAT CAME INTO OUR VOCABULARY, AT LEAST MY VOCABULARY VERY RECENTLY, THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS SUN KINKS.

WE HAVE A GREAT BLOG UP ON OUR WAYPOINT BLOG, UM, FROM THE AGENCY GOING INTO DEPTH ABOUT ONE WE RECENTLY ENCOUNTERED.

BUT WHAT IN EFFECT THIS IS, IS WHEN WE'VE GOTTEN THE RAILS SO HEATED THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A WARP.

SO WE HAVE CREWS CONSTANTLY MONITORING THAT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN FIX THAT.

'CAUSE WE WANNA PROVIDE THE SAFEST POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENT FOR NOT ONLY OUR PASSENGER RAIL, BUT ALSO THE FREIGHT RAIL THAT USES OUR SYSTEM.

WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TAKE A STEP AWAY FROM THE MICROPHONE FOR A FEW MINUTES AND ASK MY COLLEAGUE TO COME UP AND WALK THROUGH MORE OF THE OPERATIONAL SIDE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

UH, SORRY, I WAS GONNA SAY, IF I CAN ASK YOU A QUESTION ABSOLUTELY.

BEFORE YOU STEP DOWN, CAN YOU, YOU GO BACK TO THE RIDERSHIP GRAPH THAT YOU HAD.

I JUST WANT IT TO BE CLEAR ON THIS GRAPH.

UM, AND I KNOW IT'S CUMULATIVE.

SO IT'S JANUARY, 2021 THROUGH JUNE OF 2023.

BUT ON THAT BLUE LINE AT THE TOP, UM, THAT IS FOR 2023, THAT'S 10,000 RIDERS.

YES.

HOW DID WE GET TO THAT NUMBER? DO Y'ALL JUST CALCULATE HOW MANY FARES ARE PURCHASED AT THE TIME ACROSS ALL CHANNELS? SO OUR VEHICLES DO HAVE AUTOMATED PERSONNEL COUNTERS ON THEM.

UM, SO WE DO RECEIVE A RAW COUNT OF THOSE NUMBERS.

WE DO GO THROUGH AN AUDIT PROCESS TO VALIDATE THAT DATA.

LOOKING AT COMPARING IN THAT TRIANGULATION WITH FARES COLLECTED RECORDINGS FROM OUR OPERATORS.

UH, THE CASE OF PICKUP, IT'S LOOKING AT HOW MANY TRIPS WERE BOOKED THROUGH THE APP, THROUGH THE OTHER SYSTEMS. THE METHODOLOGY THAT WE USE FOR THIS CALCULATION ALSO TRACKS ALONG WITH WHAT'S REQUIRED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE NATIONAL TRANSIT DATABASE TO HELP ALLOW ANYONE TO DO A COMPARISON OF SIMILAR STATISTICS ACROSS INDUSTRIES AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THIS INFO.

I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE ALL OF THIS.

WE'VE BEEN WANTING THIS INFORMATION FOR A WHILE, SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THIS.

THAT SAME, THAT SAME GRAPH, THAT'S ALL FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION THAT YOU PROVIDE.

CORRECT? UH, THE ONLY NUMBER THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THIS GRAPH ARE VAN POOL.

UH, 'CAUSE WE DON'T DIRECTLY OPERATE THE VAN POOL WITH A OPERATOR IN THAT SEAT.

AND WOULD IT BE SAFE TO SAY THAT THE, THE PICKUP SERVICE HAS THE MOST AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC? IT IS BY A LONG SHOT.

IT'S, WE'RE GLAD TO PROVIDE THE EXACT BREAKDOWN AND WE'LL GET THAT TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR YOU.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT.

WE'LL GET THAT TO YOU.

AND I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION AND, AND IT MAY BE THAT YOU'RE ANSWERING THAT, BUT, UM, I'LL ASK IT ANYWAY.

UM, REGARDING THE, THE PICKUP SERVICE.

AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY EXPANDING, YOU SAID, DO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY OR DO YOU KEEP UP WITH THE, THE REQUEST FOR SERVICE EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T SERVICE THAT AREA? DO YOU HAVE A CERTAIN, CERTAIN AREAS THAT ARE, YOU'RE GETTING A, A HIGH DEMAND FOR IT? WE DO, WE DO KEEP TRACK OF THOSE REQUESTS.

UM, I DON'T WANNA STEAL MY COLLEAGUE THUNDER WHO'S GOING TO WALK THROUGH WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THE NEXT, FOR FORESEEABLE FUTURE ON HOW WE DEVELOP OUR FIVE AND 10 YEAR SERVICE PLAN.

AND THE ROLE THAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL WILL HELP PLAY IN THAT.

AND HE CAN ANSWER THAT.

I JUST DIDN'T WANNA MISS THE WINDOW ABSOLUTELY.

TO ASK THAT.

ABSOLUTELY.

NO, WE DO KEEP TRACK OF ALL CUSTOMER

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CALLS THAT COME IN.

REQUESTS THAT COME IN THAT GETS, IS ONE OF THE DATA POINTS THAT GETS FED INTO OUR OVERALL CALCULATIONS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER.

UM, FOR THE RECORD, I'M SELSO BIAS WITH THE CAB METRO GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TEAM.

UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU TODAY.

I'LL SHARE BRIEFLY IN THE NEXT THREE SLIDES, INCLUDING THIS ONE.

UH, AN OVERVIEW OF OUR SCOPE, UH, OF, OF PLANNING EFFORTS AS A TRANSIT AGENCY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHERE WE INVITE THE COLLECTIVE VOICE OF THE CITY, CITY OF LEANDER COMMUNITY, AND THE COLLECTIVE VOICE OF THE CITY OF LEANDER COUNCIL.

UH, TO WEIGH IN ON CAT METRO'S SHORT AND LONG-TERM PLANNING GOALS, UH, WHICH WILL KICK OFF LARGE UNDERTAKINGS, UH, HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

WE'LL START WITH THE SERVICE GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS, WHICH WERE RECENTLY ADOPTED BY OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UH, JUST THIS JUNE.

UH, THESE UPDATES ARE IMPORTANT SO THAT WE REFLECT THE GROWTH AND CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN OUR REGION SINCE 2015.

AND TO PREPARE FOR UPCOMING MAJOR INITIATIVES LIKE OUR SERVICE PLANNING EFFORTS AND TO DOUBLE DOWN ON OUR BREAD AND BUTTER.

BEFORE UPDATING THESE SERVICE GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS, WE RESEARCHED INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICES TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT OTHER SIMILAR AGENCIES WERE DOING, UH, AND IDENTIFY HOW WE COMPARE.

WE EXAMINED AREAS, UH, ILLUSTRATED ON, ON THIS SCREEN HERE, UH, AROUND ON-TIME PERFORMANCE OVERCROWDING AND LOAD MAXIMUMS, ACCESSIBILITY, TRAVEL TIME, RELIABILITY, VEHICLE FREQUENCY, PRODUCTIVITY.

UH, IN TERMS OF GUIDELINES, WE LOOKED AT TRANSIT AND LAND USE AND HOW CONNECTED ALL THOSE THINGS ARE.

UH, FAST SERVICE IS BETTER THAN SLOW SERVICE, OF COURSE.

UH, MAKE IT EASY TO REMEMBER USING THE APP, MAKING IT INTUITIVE, THAT USER EXPERIENCE.

WE LOOKED AT ALL THESE THINGS FOR OUR SERVICE GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS TO INFORM OUR TRI-ANNUAL SERVICE CHANGES, WHICH I'LL GET INTO NEXT.

UPDATING OUR SERVICE GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS REALLY HELPED FORMALIZE OUR EVALUATION OF OUR SERVICE CHANGES, WHICH YOU SEE DEPICTED HERE ALONG WITH A CHRONOLOGICAL OUTLOOK ON THE COMPREHENSIVENESS OF OUR SERVICE REVIEW CYCLES.

UH, SERVICE CHANGES ALLOW US THE OPPORTUNITY TO MODIFY EXISTING ROUTE ALIGNMENTS, SCHEDULES, UH, BUS STOPS AND FACILITIES AMENITIES TO IMPROVE OVERALL SERVICE FOR THE CUSTOMER.

SERVICE CHANGES OCCURRED TRI ANUALLY TO COINCIDE WITH LOCAL SCHOOL CALENDARS.

TYPICALLY, MAJOR CHANGES ARE IMPLEMENTED IN AUGUST, UH, AND MINOR CHANGES ARE IMPLEMENTED IN JANUARY AND IN JUNE.

MOVING ALONG, UH, TO SERVICE PLANNING CAP METRO IS IS ABOUT TO START.

ITS NEXT FIVE TO 10 TRANSIT, UH, FIVE TO 10 YEAR TRANSIT PLAN.

UH, OUR RECENT, OUR RECENT PREVIOUS FIVE TO 10 YEAR TRANSIT PLAN CONNECTIONS 20 20 20 25 IS WHAT WE CALLED IT YIELDED OUR MOST RECENT TRANSIT SYSTEM REDESIGN CAP REMAP THAT INCREASED IN THE FREQUENCY AND RELIABILITY OF OUR SERVICES AND RESULTED IN A MONTH OVER MONTH, YEAR OVER YEAR INCREASE IN RIDERSHIP FROM JUNE, 2018, UH, UNTIL MARCH, 2020.

THE UPCOMING SERVICE PLANNING EFFORT WILL CULMINATE IN A DETAILED IMPLEMENTATION AND VISION PLAN TO COORDINATE AND IMPLEMENT ALL CURRENT AND FUTURE CAP METRO SERVICES IN A WAY THAT ALIGNS WITH COMMUNITY NEEDS.

TODAY.

WE WILL IDENTIFY HOW PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING IN THE CENTRAL TEXAS REGION, UH, AND EVALUATE THE ENTIRE SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY WHERE SERVICES ARE MEETING OUR CUSTOMER'S NEEDS.

UH, AND WHERE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT DURING THIS PROCESS.

UH, CAP METRO WILL MEANINGFULLY ENGAGE, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND OUR PARTNERS IN THE REGION, AND PRIORITIZE A PUBLIC PARTICIPATORY PROCESS TO ENSURE WE CAPTURE AS MUCH REPRESENTATIVE FEEDBACK AS WE CAN, UH, TO, TO INFORM OUR BOARD SO THEY MAKE THE MOST INFORMED DECISIONS.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE THIS BODY COMES IN, UH, WHERE WE INVITE YOU TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION SO WE CAN HEAR YOUR COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY'S FEEDBACK AND YOUR FEEDBACK DIRECTLY.

WE'RE HAPPY TO SCHEDULE INDIVIDUAL BRIEFINGS AND READ YOU IN ON THE ENTIRE EFFORT.

UH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

UH, AND SO WITH THAT, I WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES HERE.

I'LL YIELD THE FLOOR.

I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

IF WE HAVE RESIDENTS THAT ARE HOPING TO HAVE SERVICE IN THEIR AREA, WHAT'S THE BEST WAY FOR THEM TO GET THAT MESSAGE TO YOU? WHERE SHOULD WE DIRECT THEM? UH, FOLKS CAN CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE AND WE HAVE AN ONLINE SORT OF FEEDBACK CALL OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE.

WE RECORD THOSE.

UH, ALSO YOU COULD SEND THEM TO THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TEAM, UH, EITHER BY WAY OF EITHER OF THE COUNCIL OFFICES.

WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE THAT FEEDBACK AND RECORD IT.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

GOOD EVENING, DIRECTOR ELLISON.

I THINK WE'RE GOOD.

Y'ALL COVERED A LOT OF BASES.

OUR NEXT STAFF REPORT IS A PUBLIC WORKS UPDATE WITH PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR ELLISON.

KIND OF A ANOTHER REVIEW OF OUR ORDINANCE UPDATES THAT ARE COMING UP.

UH, TONIGHT WE HAVE SOME UPDATES FROM, UH, ON THE L S R A AND THEIR, UH, ENACTMENT OF THEIR DROP STAGE TWO.

UM,

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AND THEN, UM, SOME OF OUR ENFORCEMENT, UM, AND MESSAGING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS.

UM, IN RESPONSE TO THE DROUGHT, L C R A ENTERED STAGE TWO OF THEIR RESPONSE PLAN, WHICH WAS TRIGGERED BY THE LAKE BUCHANAN AND TRAVIS FALLING BELOW THAT 900,000 ACRE FEET.

UM, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE AT 46% CAPACITY, WHICH IS THE LOWEST SINCE 2013.

UH, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR LEANDER IS THIS WOULD, IN OUR DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN, ENACT PHASE TWO, WHICH WE'RE ALREADY IN.

SO WE ALREADY, UM, MEET THAT CRITERIA, UM, BY OUR ONCE A WEEK WATERING, K X N PUT THIS MAP OUT EARLIER THIS WEEK, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

UM, IT SHOWS KIND OF WHAT OUR WHOLE REGION IS DOING, NOT JUST LAND, UM, BUT IT SHOWS, UH, OUR ONCE A WEEK.

BUT ALSO AUSTIN, UH, CEDAR PARK, LIBERTY HILL AND PFLUGERVILLE ARE ALL IN ONCE A WEEK WATERING.

UH, YOU NOTICE KIND OF OUT TO THE EAST, THERE ARE A FEW CITIES THAT ARE STILL IN TWICE A WEEK, QTO BEING ONE AND ROUND ROCK ALSO.

AND THEN, UM, LAGO VISTA AND MAYNARD ARE IN NO OUTDOOR WATERING.

SO THIS IS AN INTERACTIVE MAP.

IT'S, IT'S PRETTY NEAT.

YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND ENTER YOUR CITY AND FIND OUT WHAT YOUR RESTRICTIONS ARE OR, OR AREN'T AS THE CASE MAY BE.

UH, WE DISCUSSED AT THE RETREAT SOME OF THE ORDINANCE UPDATES THAT WE'LL BE MAKING.

UM, I'VE GONE THROUGH AND REDLINED MOST OF IT.

UM, SO STAFF'S CONTINUING TO REVIEW, BUT AS A REMINDER, WE'RE REMOVING THE NO WATERING MONDAYS TO SPREAD OUT ALL OF THE, UM, THE DIFFERENT ADDRESSES OVER SEVEN DAYS INSTEAD OF SIX.

UH, WE'RE REMOVING THAT SPLIT BETWEEN RES RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

UH, REMOVING THE EXEMPTION FOR DRIP OR SO SOAKER HOSES.

UM, AND THEN WE'RE ADJUSTING THOSE WATERING HOURS.

UM, WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED THE ANNUAL AUDIT FOR THE LARGE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, AND THEN NOT INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE.

UM, BILL AND HOPEFULLY HIS TEAM SOON, HE HAS, HOPEFULLY HE HAS A TEAM.

UM, BUT BILL'S GONNA BE WORKING ON THAT CAR WASH REGISTRATION PROGRAM, UM, UPCOMING IN THE BUDGET.

WE HAVE INCLUDED SOME EXTRA SUPPORT FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT, UM, FOR THE SUMMER OF 24 TO HAVE SOME PART-TIME, UH, FOLKS GO OUT AND, UM, DO THOSE PATROLS AND GATHER THE INFORMATION FOR THEM SO THAT THEY'RE NOT SO STRETCHED THIN.

UM, AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE ADDITIONAL MAILERS, EDUCATION AND, UH, THE IRRIGATION INSPECTIONS, WHICH WERE REALLY POPULAR THIS LAST YEAR.

SO, ENFORCEMENT THIS YEAR, UM, THEY HAVE PRIMARILY TARGETED MONDAYS BECAUSE THAT'S AN EASY ONE.

'CAUSE IT'S NO WATERING MONDAYS FOR US RIGHT NOW.

UM, AND THEY'VE HANDED OUT 424, UH, VIOLATION NOTICES.

ONLY ONE OF THOSE HAS BEEN A SECOND WARNING.

UM, SO IT'S BEEN A LOT OF FIRST WARNINGS.

UM, AND THEY'RE PRIMARILY SINGLE FAMILY.

UM, THEY HAVE DONE THIS THROUGH PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE, UM, PRIMARILY IN THOSE PHASE TWO, UH, TIMES, WHICH WE'RE MOSTLY IN.

BUT WE, YOU REMEMBER WE WENT FOR A WEEK IN PHASE THREE.

SO, UM, THOSE ARE BROKEN DOWN THERE AT THE BOTTOM.

AND THEN THE, THE, UH, MAP THERE SHOWS KIND OF THE AREAS THAT THEY'VE, THEY'VE TARGETED, WHICH IS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY.

UM, WHAT ARE WE DOING THE REST OF THE SUMMER? SO, UM, OUR, OUR PLAN IS TO EXPAND OUR PRESENCE THIS SUMMER, UM, IN PREPARATION FOR NEXT SUMMER, WHICH IS GONNA BE EVEN HARDER FOR US AS FAR AS, UM, WATER SUPPLY AND, YOU KNOW, IF THE DROUGHT PERSISTS, THAT KIND OF THING.

SO BEFORE WE CAN GET THAT, UM, STAFF ONLINE, THE, THE PART-TIME STAFF, UM, PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITY BILLING IS GONNA SUPPORT CODE ENFORCEMENT.

AND WE'LL GO OUT DURING THOSE KIND OF 3:00 AM TO 7:00 AM HOURS, UM, AND DRIVE THE STREETS, NOTE DOWN ADDRESSES, GO BACK THE NEXT DAY.

AND, UH, WE'VE COME UP WITH THIS FLYER THAT'S, YOU KNOW, NOT QUITE A VIOLATION, BUT IT'S JUST A, A FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT WE'RE IN ONCE A WEEK WATERING.

UM, SO WE'LL PUT THESE DOOR TAGS OUT, UM, DURING THE DAY, DAYTIME HOURS, NOT NIGHT, UM, IN ORDER TO KIND OF GET PEOPLE USED TO US BEING ON THE STREETS.

UM, THAT, SORRY, I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT THERE FOR A SECOND.

UM, SO, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, TY AND LINDY HAVE BEEN REALLY, REALLY BUSY AND, AND BILL HAS BEEN PROVIDING THEM LOTS OF GOOD INFORMATION, UH, TO PUT OUT.

UM, L C R A ALSO HAS KIND OF PRE-MADE THINGS THAT WE CAN, UM, POST AS WELL.

AND THEN, UH, LINDY'S DONE A GOOD, UM, OUTREACH TO THE HOAS, UM, WITH, WITH HER MESSAGING AND, AND, UH, INFORMATION ON OUR CONSERVATION EFFORTS.

AS A REMINDER, THIS IS OUR, UH, CURRENT, UM, MAILER THAT WE'VE SENT OUT A FEW TIMES A YEAR.

UM, IT GIVES, YOU KNOW, ALL THREE, OR SORRY, FOUR PHASES IN, UH, THE WATERING DAYS.

SO THIS IS KIND OF OUR, OUR BASE MAILER THAT WE SEND OUT.

UM, OF COURSE WE'LL NEED TO BE UPDATED ONCE WE MAKE THESE ORDINANCE CHANGES.

AND THAT LOOKS DIFFERENT THAN THE, UM,

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THE ONE WE MAILED OUT WHEN WE WERE IN THAT, UM, NO WATERING, AND IT WAS A PLANNED OUTAGE.

SO WHERE WE IDENTIFY WHICH PHASE WE'RE IN, UM, THE PREVIOUS ONE KIND OF GIVES YOU, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY, THEY CAN CHANGE FROM, FROM WEEK TO WEEK OR MONTH TO MONTH.

SO IT GIVES AN OVERVIEW OF ALL OF THEM.

UM, AND THEN THIS IS A MORE TARGETED, UM, TARGETED DOOR TAG AND, AND REMINDER.

AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

AND THEN DAN'S GONNA JUMP INTO SOME, SOME, UH, P E C AND IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL DAN GREENSVILLE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS, UM, THIS PAST FRIDAY WE HAD A NICE DRILL FROM A SQUIRREL OR SET ANIMAL ON A POWER OUTAGE.

AND, UH, SO WE WERE QUICKLY EVALUATING HOW WE WOULD TAKE ACTION AND ACCORDINGLY WITH THE OTHER CITIES AND P E C, WHICH LET'S HERE TONIGHT.

AND SO, SO WHAT HAPPENED FRIDAY WAS, UM, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE IS, UM, WHERE AN ANIMAL GOT CAUGHT IN, UH, IN THE RISER AND, UH, CAUSED THE, UH, FUSE TO, TO OPEN.

WELL, SO EVERYBODY'S ASKING, UM, JUST SO YOU KNOW, WHAT LOST POWER, UM, CEDAR PARK'S ENTIRE WATER PLANT LOST POWER, THEIR BARGE, OUR BARGE, AND THEN IN HALF THE BARGE OF THE B C R U A.

SO, UM, ESSENTIALLY NO WATER OTHER THAN THE B C R A WHO COULD PROVIDE WATER AND ONLY COULD PROVIDE THREE PUMPS WORTH.

BECAUSE THE BARGE THAT LOST POWER HAD THE FOUR PUMPS.

SO THE ONE THAT KEPT POWER ONLY HAD THREE PUMPS.

THEY COULD HAVE PROVIDED PROBABLY BE PRETTY CLOSE TO 20 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.

UM, SO, UM, SO WE WOULD'VE HAD TO TRY TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

AND THAT'S IN THE PROCESS OF WHAT WE WERE DOING.

SO WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED? WELL, THE FUSE POPPED OPEN AND, AND YOU GOTTA THINK OF YOUR HOUSE.

YOUR HOUSE DOESN'T HAVE DUAL FEED OR AN AUTOMATIC TRANSFER SWITCH, BUT IF YOU HAD A FAULT IN YOUR HOUSE, UM, YOUR MAIN BREAKER POPS OPEN AS TO NOT CAUSE ANY MORE ISSUES.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED HERE.

UM, THE, THE FUSE BROKE OPEN.

SO YOU SAY, WELL, WHY DIDN'T THE AUTOMATIC TRANSFER SWITCH HAPPENED? IT DIDN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE THE FAULT WAS DOWNSTREAM, NOT UPSTREAM, MEANING THAT, UM, A POWER POLE DIDN'T GET HIT BY A CAR AND CAUSE THAT FEEDER.

SO, SO IN THIS CASE, OUR BARGE AND THE POWER AND, UH, THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT FOR CEDAR PARKER PROVIDED BY THESE TWO FEEDERS, UM, COMING IN EACH DIRECTION BY DIFFERENT SUBSTATIONS.

WHERE THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT THE FAULT WAS, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE LINES COME IN HERE AND HERE THE MAIN FEEDER HERE, WHICH IS, UM, AIRE.

COMING BACK ARE AROUND 12 MILLION.

AND THEN THE OTHER ONE I GO BY, THEIR NAMES BL 3 3 0.

AND, UM, THAT ONE IS, UH, 50 W 50 I THINK.

SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS THE FAULT WAS DOWNSTREAM, SO YOU DON'T WANT THE SWITCH OVER TO ANOTHER FEE BECAUSE YOU JUST CAUSE THAT FAULT TO CAUSE OTHER FAULTS.

AND SO FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES WE WERE DOWN, BUT ALSO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF WE WERE GONNA NEED TO GO INTO STAGE FOUR.

UM, WE DO HAVE TIME AND P C'S, UM, PRETTY JOHNNY ON THE SPOT.

AND USUALLY IT'S, WE HOPE SOMETHING SIMPLE LIKE A, A, UM, A FUSE OR SOMETHING IN THAT MANNER THAT CAN BE REPLACED OR WE SET PRETTY QUICKLY.

IN THIS CASE IT WAS, UM, FOR US, DEPENDING ON A TIME OF DAY, WE HAVE ABOUT ONE AND A HALF TO TWO HOURS OF STORAGE TIME.

SO WE HAVE ABOUT, DEPENDING ON A TIME OF DAY, WE HAVE A LITTLE TIME.

AND THEN, UH, CEDAR PARK, 'CAUSE OF THE FIRE, UM, HAD SET THEMSELVES SO ALL THEIR TANKS WERE FULL.

THEY COULD HAVE PROBABLY GONE FOR, UM, MAYBE EVEN AN HOUR OR TWO PAST THAT TWO HOUR MARK.

BUT P E C KIND OF USES THE TWO HOUR MARK TO SAY, OKAY, WE, WE BETTER GET ROLLING.

WE HAVE TO GIVE OURSELVES A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.

SO WE HAVE TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT, PROBABLY WITHIN THAT HOUR, UH, WE GONNA START TAKING IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PUT IN WATER RESTRICTIONS SO THAT WE CAN STRETCH OUT THAT STORAGE AMOUNT OF TIME, UH, FOR TWO REASONS.

ONE, TO HELP THE RESIDENTS AND THEY GIVE P E C TIME TO, TO LOCATE AND ISOLATE THE ISSUE.

SO ANYWAY, THAT WAS OUR, OUR FRIDAY, LISA WASN'T AT FIVE, AT FIVE O'CLOCK ON FRIDAY, WHICH NORMALLY WHEN IT HAPPENS, 8:00 AM ON FRIDAY IS WHEN THIS ONE HAPPENS.

SO WE ALL HAD COFFEE AND WE WERE GOOD .

UM, THE, THE CLEARWELL IS, UH, REAL QUICK ON THAT ONE IS, UM, YOU CAN SEE, UH, WE HAD FUNDED IT AND WE'RE UNDER DESIGN, BUT SOME INITIAL COSTS

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AND, UM, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.

UM, WE WERE INITIALLY THINKING IT WAS GONNA BE AROUND SIX OR SEVEN WITH THE DESIGN AND THE CONSTRUCTION, UM, BUT CONSTRUCTION IS GOING UP.

AND SO, UM, SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THIS ONE IS STILL MOVING FORWARD.

WE'RE GONNA GET THE DESIGN DONE AND THEN KIND OF COME BACK AND SEE WHAT THE COSTS ARE.

IF THE COSTS ARE 12 MILLION, THEN UM, MOST LIKELY DAN GRIMS WOULD RECOMMEND, UM, TO THE CITY MANAGER AND THEN TO YOU ALL THAT, WE'RE NOT GONNA GO FORWARD WITH 12 MILLION.

THAT'S, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A LOT TO TAKE ON.

THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT THIS WAS GONNA BE BUILT IN PHASE TWO A AND WE'RE PARTNERS WITH RON ROCK TO FACILITATE GETTING PHASE TWO A, WHICH IS CURRENTLY, WE STARTED A DESIGN, SO IT CAN BE COMPLETED.

SOME OF THE ADVANTAGES, WHAT WE WANTED TO GET AT FIRST WAS TO HELP US WITH OUR POTENTIAL PEAKING FACTOR AND, AND ALLOW MORE CAPACITY AT THE PLANT, WHICH WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.

THE OPERATORS WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

UM, SO THAT'S WHERE WE BROUGHT IT EARLY, BUT IF WE BUILD IT WITH THE ACTUAL PHASE TWO, WHICH IS GONNA BE PROBABLY CLOSE TO 50 MILLION, WELL THEN THAT KIND OF JUST FALLS INTO THAT PROJECT AND YOU GET ECONOMY OF SCALE, YOU COULD PROBABLY GET A BETTER PRICE ON IT.

SO IT WAS ONE THING WHEN IT WAS REASONABLE.

THAT'S ANOTHER THING.

WHEN, WHEN IT'S BY ITSELF, IT'S NOT AS REASONABLE.

SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA SEE WHERE THAT GOES.

TAKE THE NEXT STEPS.

AND SO THE LAST ONE IS, UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH GEORGETOWN AND, UM, THE CONNECTION IS LOCATED, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ALONG 29 AND KAUFMAN, UM, RIGHT AT THAT CORNER.

WHOOPS.

SO, UM, SO RIGHT NOW WE SET A PARAMETER TO TRY TO, UM, THEY, THEY NEED WATER AT A CONSTANT MODE SO THEY CAN BETTER, UM, PREPARE.

SO WE SAID BETWEEN 9:00 AM AND 9:00 PM THAT'S THE OPPOSITE OF WHEN WE NEED IT AT OUR PEAK TIME, WHICH IS AT NIGHT WHEN EVERYBODY'S, UM, WATERING THEIR GRASS AND, AND USING IT FOR, UM, POOLS AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF.

SO, UM, SO WE SET THAT TIME UP AND THEY COULD TAKE THEIR, UM, MAXIMUM AMOUNT, WHICH IS, UH, 2083 GALLONS PER MINUTE.

IF THEY TAKE THAT EVERY HOUR FOR THE 12 HOURS, THAT WOULD PROVIDE 'EM ABOUT 1.5 MILLION GALLONS, UM, PER DAY, WHICH, WHICH IS GOOD.

IT'S, IT'S NOT THE THREE, BUT, UM, CERTAINLY CLOSER.

AND WE MAY BE ABLE TO ADJUST THAT DEPENDING ON HOW IT GOES.

RIGHT NOW THEY DID THE TAPS, UM, TO TAP UNDER THEIR LINE WITH THE VALVES SO THEY CAN HOOK THE PUMP TO IT AND, AND THE PUMP WILL RIDE THIS AFTERNOON.

AND, UM, SO WE'LL BE OUT THERE TOMORROW MORNING TO, UM, TRY TO START IT UP AND GET IT GOING AND OUR STAFF WILL BE OUT THERE, UM, WITH GEORGETOWN TO ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING'S WORKING RIGHT.

AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA GET PROPER SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN THE TWO SYSTEMS, UM, WITH THE PUMP.

SO THAT'S THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE, UM, IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW.

AND THAT'S IT, STANDING BY FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, COUNSEL.

TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, LEAN UNDER HISTORY WITH CAT.

THAT WAS A VERY SOBER UPDATE.

ALL RIGHT, MOVE ON

[8. Leander History]

HOW GOOD EVENING MS. HOWELL.

I WANNA GO BACK TO BEING BEHIND MOM.

THAT WAS NOT VERY , NOT GOOD.

OH, BY THE WAY, PROFESSIONALLY, WHAT WE CALL THOSE LITTLE ANIMALS THAT GET INTO FUSES AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, WE LITERALLY CALL THEM CRISPY CRITTERS, .

WE DO, THERE ARE LOTS OF CRISPY CRITTERS OUT THERE.

COMMUNITY CENTER, AS THE CHURCHES.

TONIGHT I'M SPEAKING ABOUT, UM, LEANDER ONE ROOM SCHOOLS.

UH, WE HAVE SCHOOLS STARTING RIGHT NOW, AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME VERY, VERY EXCITING NEWS THAT WE HAVE NOW BEEN APPROVED FOR A HISTORICAL MARKER FOR ROUND MOUNTAIN SCHOOL, WHICH THIS IS ROUND MOUNTAIN SCHOOL.

AND, UH, THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING, THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S CURRENTLY THERE.

IT WAS COMPLETED IN 1939, SO THAT'S SHORTLY AFTER IT WAS BUILT.

UM, AND NOTICE IT HAS A NICE ROCK CHIMNEY, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS BUILDING BURNED DOWN .

THIS IS NAMELESS SCHOOL, IT'S ANOTHER ONE OF OUR ONE ROOM SCHOOLS THAT'S IN NOW THE LEANDER I S D.

AND NOTICE THAT THERE'S TWO DOORS.

UM, WHEN, WHEN COMMUNITIES FIRST STARTED HAVING SCHOOLS, WE HAVE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF ONE ROOM SCHOOLS ALL OVER TEXAS.

UM, THEY'RE IN THE SOUTH, BASICALLY THE UNITED STATES.

AS WE GREW AND EXPANDED, WE HAD SMALL COMMUNITIES AND THE COMMUNITIES.

ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT THEY WOULD BUILD WOULD BE A, A NEW SCHOOL BUILDING.

AND THAT BUILDING SERVED AS THE SCHOOL, AS THE

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AND I KNOW, UM, IF Y'ALL REMEMBER OUR SCHOOL IN BAGHDAD, IT WOULD, IT HAD FOUR CHURCHES THAT CAME AND MET THERE.

SO ONE WEEK EVERYONE WAS METHODIST.

NEXT THEY WERE PRESBYTERIAN, NEXT THEY WERE CHURCH OF CHRIST.

AND, AND LASTLY, THEY WERE BAPTIST, AND THEN THEY WOULD ROTATE.

SO THEY WERE, THEY WERE ALL FOUR DENOMINATIONS.

EVERYONE CAME TOGETHER BECAUSE IT, IT, IT WAS THE CENTER OF ACTIVITY FOR NAMELESS DOWN NAMELESS ROAD, NAMELESS SCHOOL WAS THAT.

AND, UM, NAMELESS SCHOOL, IT BEGAN IN 1888.

AND THE REASON FOR THE TWO DOORS IS BECAUSE THE GIRLS WENT IN ONE DOOR AND THE BOYS WENT IN THE OTHER DOOR AND THEY SAT ON, UM, IN DIFFERENT SIDES.

AND ONE OF THE PUNISHMENTS, WE'VE ALL HEARD OF THE DUNS CAP AND THE WRAPPING WITH THE, THE KNUCKLES AND ALL THAT.

ONE OF THE PUNISHMENTS WAS GENERALLY FOR THE BOYS TO HAVE TO GO SIT WITH THE GIRLS .

AND I GUESS THAT'S WHERE COOTIES CAME FROM.

OKAY, UH, TWO MORE OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WERE HERE IN LEANDER PLEASANT HILL SCHOOL OVER THERE, UM, JUST TO THE EAST OF TOWN.

AND NOTICE HOW IT, IT UP AT THE RIGHT HAND CORNER, HOW IT LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO THE SCHOOLS FROM NAMELESS AND ROUND MOUNTAIN WOOD SCHOOL.

UH, THEY, THEY WERE VERY, VERY TYPICAL.

THEY HAD, UM, FOR THE MOST PART, THEY HAD WINDOWS ON THREE SIDES.

THEY WERE MADE OUTTA WOOD.

THEY HAD TWO DOORS.

UM, MOST OF THEM, NONE OF THEM, WELL ACTUALLY NONE OF THEM UNTIL LATER, HAD INDOOR PLUMBING.

SO THERE WERE USUALLY, IF IT WAS A BIGGER SCHOOL, THERE WERE TWO OUTHOUSES.

IF NOT THERE WAS ONE, UH, ROUND MOUNTAIN DURING THE DEPRESSION ROUND MOUNTAIN WAS VERY SPECIAL BECAUSE IT GOT, UM, PLUMBING.

SO IT HAD WATER FOUNTAIN THAT WENT FROM THE, THEY PIPED IT FROM THE WELL OVER TO THE BUILDING SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO GO TO THE WELL AND DRAW THEIR OWN WATER.

UH, WHITE WHITESTONE SCHOOL, WHITESTONE WAS NAMED FOR, IT WAS MADE OUT OF WHITESTONE FROM THE LEANDER QUARRY, AND IT WAS DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF 1431 AND 180 3 ABOUT WHERE? UM, WELL, IT'S LATITIA NOW.

UH, THAT RIGHT, RIGHT ABOUT THERE.

UM, WHITESTONE, IT WAS REALLY NICE AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S GOT NICE PANELING THERE.

SO IN 1945, THAT'S THE PIVOTAL YEAR, THAT'S WHEN THE LEGISLATURE DECIDED THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN, UM, ADMINISTERED BY THE COUNTIES AND OVERSEEN BY THE COUNTY, UH, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, IT ALLOWED THEM TO HAVE THEIR OWN TAXING ENTITY AND CREATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

SO THERE YOU GO.

1945 HAS BEEN DOWNHILL SINCE TAXES UP.

SO, UM, THAT'S WHEN THESE SCHOOLS CONSOLIDATED WITH LEANDER I S D WHO LEANDER, THIS IS OUR SCHOOL THAT, UH, SCHOOL BUILDING THAT, UM, RIGHT THERE ON THE CORNER WHERE OUR ADMIN BUILDING IS NOW, THIS IS WHAT WAS THERE PREVIOUSLY.

IT WAS BUILT IN 1893.

AND THIS BUILDING IS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE BUILDING THAT WAS BUILT IN 1870 IN BAGHDAD.

AND I AM HIGHLY SUSPICIOUS THAT WHAT THEY DID IS THEY TOOK THE ROCKS, TOOK THE BUILDING APART, AND JUST MOVED IT OVER HERE.

THAT'S WHAT THEY DID WITH THE METHODIST CHURCH.

AND WE KNOW THAT FOR CERTAIN, WE KNOW HOW THEY DID IT.

UH, THEY NEVER MENTIONED THAT THEY DID THAT WITH THIS BUILDING, BUT I'M ALMOST POSITIVE 'CAUSE THERE'S NO FOUNDATION OR ANYTHING IN BAGHDAD.

EVERYTHING JUST MOVED OVER HERE.

SO, UM, I'M ALMOST POSITIVE THAT THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.

THIS IS THE BUILDING THAT BURNED DOWN IN 1939 AND THEY BUILT WHAT WE HAVE NOW AS A W P A PROJECT.

AND SO OUR ADMIN BUILDING NOW WAS COMPLETED IN 1941.

UM, SO SCHOOLS THAT CAME OUT THAT, THAT WERE IN OUR AREA, THAT THEN BECAME PART OF LEANDER I S D, THAT COX SPRING SCHOOL, WHICH IS OVER, UM, BETWEEN JONESTOWN AND LAGA VISTA, CYPRESS CREEK SCHOOL, DOWN IN THE CREEK DOWN THERE.

JINX BRANCH OR MILLER SCHOOL, WHICH ACTUALLY THAT WENT TO LIBERTY HILL, NAMELESS SCHOOL DOWN NAMELESS ROAD, PRESENT HILL OVER HERE, WHITESTONE, UH, DOWN IN CEDAR PARK.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE ACTUALLY WAS VALENTI AND IT WAS DOWN AT VALENTI.

AND I HAVE A COOL, COOL STORY ABOUT THAT, BUT I DON'T HAVE TIME.

UM, AND THEN SOME OF THE TEACHERS THAT WERE PART OF THESE ONE, ONE ROOM SCHOOLS THAT WE NOW HAVE SCHOOLS NAMED AFTER THEM, WERE MRS. GIDDENS, MRS. FABIAN AND MRS. NAUMAN.

SO THAT'S MY TIME.

OH, OH, PLEASE HOLD ON.

KEEP GOING.

OH, OKAY.

SO I HAVE, UM, SO WE HAVE THE HISTORICAL MARKER.

UH, NAMELESS SCHOOL IS GONNA HAVE ITS ANNUAL FUNDRAISER ON OCTOBER 21ST

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FROM 12 TO FOUR.

IT'S A BARBECUE AND THEY HAVE A CHUCK WAGON COMING THIS YEAR.

UM, SORRY, CAN YOU GIVE US THAT DATE AGAIN? OCTOBER 21ST FROM NOON TO FOUR, UM, NAMELESS SCHOOL.

IT IS SO ORIGINAL.

I MEAN, IT STILL HAS ITS ORIGINAL FLAG, ITS ORIGINAL CHALKBOARD, THE ORIGINAL SINK, EVERYTHING.

IT IS SO ORIGINAL THAT THE BOB BULLOCK MUSEUM IS BORROWING A LOT OF ITS STUFF AND HAS AN EXHIBIT ON ONE ROOM SCHOOLS DOWN AT THE BOB BULLOCK RIGHT NOW.

SO YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE WHAT, WHAT'S FROM NAMELESS THERE IN THERE.

IT, IT, IT'S LIKE WALKING IN INTO LIKE A TIME CAPSULE.

IT, IT REALLY IS NEAT.

AND THEN THE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMISSION, WE HAVE A DISPLAY OVER AT THE LEANDER LIBRARY ON ONE ROOM SCHOOLS.

SO, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION RIGHT QUICK? YES, MA'AM.

LOOKING AT THAT PICTURE RIGHT THERE, IT LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO THE BANK ACROSS THE STREET, THE ONE THAT'S ON 180 3.

UM OH, OH YEAH.

I MEAN IT'S THE SAME KIND OF SETUP.

SO IT USED TO BE CALLED COMPASS.

SO WHERE COMPASS IT USED TO BECOME MM-HMM.

SO THIS IS THE STORY WITH THAT.

UM, THE PEOPLE THAT BUILT THAT BUILDING BUILT A, UM, WELL IT WAS THE MASON MERCANTILE, WHICH WAS WHERE LAIA, I MEAN, UM, WHAT IS IT NOW? IT'S MOONEY'S BURGERS WHERE MOONEY'S BURGER IS, IS WAS THAT BUILDING.

AND THEN THEY TOOK THE ROCK FROM THAT BUILDING AND BUILT WHAT'S NOW P N C BANK.

GOTCHA.

AND THEN IF YOU NOTICE THAT SMALLER BUILDING IN THE BACK MM-HMM.

, IT LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO THE BUILDING THAT'S RIGHT DOWN THERE.

THAT IS THE A T X, UM, FURNITURE OR, UH, WHATEVER IT THEY CALL IT NOW, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE ANO ANOTHER BEER BEER PLACE.

SO THAT, THERE YOU GO.

I DON'T SUPPOSE YOU KNOW OF A MAP THAT SHOWS WHERE ALL OF THESE WERE AND ARE.

DO YOU? I CAN DRAW IT FOR YOU.

YEAH, THAT'D BE FANTASTIC.

WELL, UM, UH, NAMELESS AND ROUND MOUNTAIN ARE STILL THERE.

COX SCHOOL HAS BEEN MOVED.

UM, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE VALENTI IS, BUT I'M WORKING ON FINDING THAT ONE OUT.

SO IF WE FIND IT, IT'LL BE YOU.

'CAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT STUFF.

YEAH, I'LL WORK ON THAT.

I'M WORKING ON THAT.

OH, BY THE WAY, LEAN OR I S D WHEN THEY CONSOLIDATED WHEN IT WAS ALL THAT WAS ALL DONE IS THE, UM, LAR 11TH LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE.

OH, NICE.

THAT INCLUDES, I MEAN, THAT MEANS THAT IT'S UP THERE WITH DALLAS AND HOUSTON.

UH, THAT'S AMAZING.

YOU KNOW, THE HOUSTON AND THE SAN ANTONIOS AND AUSTIN'S LEANDER UP THERE WITH THE BIG MUNICIPALITIES, SO, FANTASTIC.

ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING

[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]

UH, NUMBER 23 HAS BEEN POLLED AND WILL BE, UH, CONSIDERED LATER UNDER OUR REGULAR AGENDA.

SO COUNSEL, YOU'LL BE CONSIDERING ITEMS NINE THROUGH 22, AS WELL AS 24 AND 25 IS AN ACTION ITEM.

MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION, AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

MOVING INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.

ITEM

[26. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding of Ordinance Case OR-23-0009 reauthorizing building permit and inspection, and related fees set forth in Section A3.004, Appendix A, Leander Code of Ordinances; and to provide for related matters; Williamson and Travis Counties, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Ordinance Case OR-23-0009 as described above.]

NUMBER 26, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ZONING CASE Z 23 DASH 0 71 TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF P U D T O D S TWO PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT STATION SECTOR TO ADOPT THE HOME DEPOT, PUD, PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT WITH THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT OF GC THREE, A GENERAL COMMERCIAL ON ONE PARCEL OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 15.27 ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE, AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GRIFFIN.

THIS IS, UH, A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE, UM, HOME DEPOT P LOCATED AT THE OR TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF 180 3, A TOLL ROAD AND HERO WAY.

UM, THIS REQUEST INCLUDES DESIGNATING THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT OF GC THREE A TO SUPPORT A, UM, A HOME DEPOT, AS WELL AS, UM, THE ACCESSORY USES LIKE THE, THE GARDEN CENTER AND OUTDOOR STORAGE.

UM, THIS REQUEST WAS REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DURING THEIR MEETING ON JULY 27TH.

THEY DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST.

THERE WAS ONE COMMISSIONER THAT OPPOSED, UM, BECAUSE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT CALLS FOR, UM, THE T O D STANDARDS.

UM, THERE WAS A ORDINANCE THAT WAS PASSED BY THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT PROJECTS REMOVING THEMSELVES FROM THE T O D.

SO IT'S JUST KIND OF COMPLICATED.

UM, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE APPLICANT'S ALSO HERE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

SQUARE FEET AND THEN ABOUT 36,000 SQUARE FEET FOR A GARDEN CENTER.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS JONATHAN SOBE AND I'M WITH KIMLEY HORN AND WE'RE PART OF THE PROJECT TEAM WITH HOME DEPOT.

UM, TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE, THE PLAN HERE, UM, WE HAVE A STORE THAT'LL BE 108,000

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THERE WILL BE AN OUT PARCEL TOWARDS THE NORTH OF THE SITE THAT WILL, UM, BE AVAILABLE FOR A COMMERCIAL USER AS WELL.

UM, YOU DID HEAR ABOUT PROJECT ORANGE, WHICH WAS THE CHAPTER THREE 80 AGREEMENT THAT YOU APPROVED ON JUNE THE 15TH.

AND THEN THERE, UM, WILL ALSO BE A MASONRY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WILL BE IN LINE WITH THIS, THAT Y'ALL WILL HEAR, AND IT WILL REQUIRE ABOUT 90% OR WILL REQUIRE 90% OF THE EXTERNAL MATERIALS TO BE, UM, MA MASONRY MATERIAL.

UM, THE PUD THE REASON FOR THE P IS 'CAUSE WE WANT TO ENSURE THE, THE SUCCESS OF THE STORE AND ENSURING THAT WE CAN HAVE THE FULL LEGAL USE OF THE HOME DEPOT PROGRAM, INCLUDING SOME OF THE SEASONAL DISPLAY THAT YOU'LL TYPICALLY SEE AT A HOME DEPOT.

UM, THE LOCATION OF THE SITE WE'RE AT 180 3 AND HERO WAY TO 180 3 WE'RE RIGHT BY THE A C C CAMPUS.

AND THEN ACROSS THE HIGHWAY FROM, UH, ROGER BEASLEY THERE.

HERE'S THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.

WE ARE IN THAT, UH, LEANDER CENTRAL.

UM, IT DOES CONTEMPLATE FOR MORE OF A HIGHER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL USE, BUT THE, THE PLAN DOES ASK THAT LEANER CENTRAL HAVE A MINIMUM OF A 60% NON-RESIDENTIAL USE, LIKE A COMMERCIAL USE AS WELL.

UM, AND TOWARDS THE NORTH THERE, THERE'S, UH, THE, THE NORTH LINE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING ONLINE, AND THEN WE'RE RIGHT NEXT TO A C C.

AND, UM, ALSO THE FUTURE PLANS FOR HERO WAY WILL, UH, EXTEND, UM, PAST 180 3 TO THE EASTERN SIDE OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY.

AND THAT'LL BE MORE OF AN AN EXPRESSWAY.

SO IT'LL CERTAINLY BE A, A TRAFFIC DRIVER TO THIS AREA, WHICH REALLY KIND OF LENDS ITSELF MORE TOWARD TO A COMMERCIAL USE, BE BEING, YOU KNOW, RIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY, RIGHT ON THE SERVICE ROAD, AND THEN HAVING THAT FUTURE EXPRESSWAY THROUGH TOWN.

THE EXISTING ZONING IS THE, UH, SS TWO STATION SECTOR, AND WE ARE REQUESTING THAT PUD, UM, TO ALLOW FOR THAT THE HOME DEPOT USE, UM, FOR THE THINGS LIKE THE SEASONAL DISPLAY AND THEN AS WELL AS, UM, MAKING A FEW MODIFICATIONS TO THE SIGN, UM, TO, TO COMPLY WITH, UM, HOME DEPOT'S EXISTING SIGN REQUIREMENTS.

AND, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF A CONCEPT LAYOUT HERE.

WE WILL BE TAKING ACCESS OF COURSE ON 180 3 AND THEN SOME ACCESS POINTS ON, UM, HERO WAY THAT RIDGE MA ROAD IS CONTEMPLATED IN THE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN.

IT'S PROPOSED AS A COLLECTOR.

SO AS THE DEVELOPMENT COMES ONLINE, WE'LL BE REQUIRED TO, UH, PARTNER WITH A C C ON BUILDING THAT OUT.

AND AS MENTIONED EARLIER THAT, THAT OUR OUT PARCEL IS UP THERE TOWARDS THE NORTH.

AND THEN, UM, QUICKTRIP IS DOWN THERE ON OUR, OUR SOUTHWEST.

AND WE WILL, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A EXISTING, UM, JOINT USE ACCESS EASEMENT THERE, SO WE'LL BE SHARING ACCESS ON HERO WAY.

UM, P PROVISIONS, WE DO PROHIBIT, UH, A FEW USES LIKE, UH, VEHICLE EQUIPMENT SALES, UH, VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT SALES.

AND THEN, UM, WE ALLOW ALL OTHER USES THAT WE DON'T PROHIBIT AS WELL AS ENSURING THAT WE HAVE THAT OUTDOOR DISPLAY, UM, SECURED.

AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

ALL RIGHT.

THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHED TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT.

THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

WE'LL NOW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE Z 23 DASH 0 0 71 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY.

COUNSEL, I THINK WE GO AHEAD.

OH, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE, WHY WE DID THIS A FEW YEARS AGO WAS TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY, SO IF SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO MAKE THE MOTION OR ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY, YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THE SAME THING.

I MEAN, THERE WE GOT ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY CONCERN.

SO MOTION TO APPROVE.

I'LL SECOND MOTION A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ORDINANCE CASE OR DASH TWO THREE DASH 0 0 0 9 REAUTHORIZING BUILDING PERMIT AND INSPECTION AND RELATED FEES SET FORTH IN SECTION A 3.004 APPENDIX, A LEANDER CODE OF ORDINANCES, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.

ITEM NUMBER 27,

[27. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case Z-23-0071 to amend the current zoning of PUD/TOD-S2 (Planned Unit Development/Transit Oriented Development – Station Sector) to adopt the Home Depot PUD (Planned Unit Development) with the base zoning district of GC-3-A (General Commercial) on one (1) parcel of land approximately 15.27 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R505807; and generally located 750 feet northwest of the intersection of 183A Toll Road and Hero Way, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case Z-23-0071 as described above.]

WILLIAMSON AND TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GRIFFIN, WELCOME BACK.

SO THIS IS A, A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE REAUTHORIZATION OF THE BUILDING PERMIT INSPECTION FEES.

UM, THERE WAS A, A HOUSE BILL THAT WAS ADOPTED THAT REQUIRES THAT CITY CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO REAUTHORIZE THEIR FEES EVERY 10 YEARS.

UM, SO WE ARE TAKING THAT STEP TODAY, AND WE'RE GONNA PUT THIS ON A CYCLE EVERY YEAR TO REVIEW THEM AND RE AUTHORIZE THEM.

THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THESE FEES AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

AND GOING OVER IT EVERY YEAR.

THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

NOBODY HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHED TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT.

PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

WE'LL NOW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ORDINANCE CASE OR DASH 23 DASH NINE AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY.

COUNSEL, MR. YEAH, I'LL SECOND.

JUST REITERATING THAT ROBIN BEAT ME TO IT.

THERE WERE NO CHANGES.

WE'RE JUST ESTABLISHING THIS PRACTICE AND,

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SECOND MOTION AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IS IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

TAKE ITEMS 23 AND 28 TOGETHER.

UM, WE ARE GONNA

[23. Approval of Ordinance Case OR-23-0010 regarding an Ordinance amending Section 13.02.007, Article 13.02, Water and Sewer Service, to provide for terms and conditions of providing water and wastewater service to properties removed from the City’s Extraterritorial Jurisdiction; providing a severability clause, providing a savings, effective date and open meetings clauses; and providing for related matters; Williamson and Travis Counties, Texas.]

[28. Discuss and consider action on an Ordinance establishing Industrial Districts within the City’s Extraterritorial Jurisdiction pursuant to Section 42.044, Texas Local Government Code; making findings of fact; and providing for related matters.]

SO ITEM 23, APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE CASE OR DASH 23 DASH ZERO ZERO REGARDING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 13.0 2.0 13 WATER AND SEWER SERVICE TO PROVIDE FOR TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PROVIDING WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICE TO PROPERTIES REMOVED FROM THE CITY'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS EFFECTIVE DATE AND OPEN MEETINGS CLAUSES, AND PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS, WILLIAMSON AND TRAVIS COUNTIES, TEXAS, AS WELL AS ITEM 28 DISCUSSING CONSIDER ACTION ON ORDINANCE, ESTABLISHING INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS WITHIN THE CITY'S EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION PURSUANT TO SECTION 42.044 TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS.

WE DO HAVE TWO PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR ITEM 28.

THE FIRST UP IS JAMES GIDDENS.

GOOD EVENING, MR. GIDDENS.

PLEASE, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

UH, MY NAME'S JAMES GIDDENS.

UM, MY FAMILY OWNED IS OWNS THE SIX J RANCH, UH, WHICH IS LOCATED ON HERO WAY WEST.

UH, IT'S PROB THIS PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY IN THE E T J.

UM, I WAS SURPRISED, UH, TO LEARN THAT THE PROPERTY IS, UH, UH, INCLUDED TO BE, UH, IS PROPOSED TO BE IN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

UH, THE AGENDA ITEM STATES THE PURPOSE OF THESE PROPOSED DISTRICTS IS TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC GROWTH.

UM, I THINK, UH, UH, THE LANDOWNER SHOULD BE INVOLVED, UH, PRIOR TO ANY DISTRICT BEING PLACED ON A PROPERTY.

UH, PRIOR TO THE AGENDA BEING POSTED, NO ONE FROM THE CITY CONTACTED US AS OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY.

UH, NO ONE SOLICITED OUR OPINION.

WE WERE NOT INVITED TO ANY MEETINGS ABOUT THIS PROPOSED INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

UM, I'VE DONE DEVELOPMENT FOR MANY YEARS, DIFFERENT ITEMS. I FIND IT VERY UNUSUAL FOR A CITY TO OVERLAY A DISTRICT TO A PRIVATE PROPERTY WITHOUT THE OWNER REQUESTING IT.

UH, I'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE, UM, ESPECIALLY WITHOUT ANY NOTICE FROM THE CITY.

UM, WE DON'T WANT OUR PROPERTY INCLUDED IN AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

UH, DOING SO WE BELIEVE WOULD BE A VIOLATION OF OUR PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS.

UH, I THINK THE CITY SHOULD RESPECT PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS, UH, AS A STATE INTENDS.

UH, AND, UH, I HOPE THE CITY WILL RECONSIDER THIS DISTRICT.

THANK YOU, JODY GIDDENS.

GEORGETOWN WATER AND WASTEWATER LINE COMPLETELY DOWN THE EAST SIDE OF THIS PROPERTY.

MR. GIS.

PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

JODY GIDDENS.

14 2 0 1 HERO WAY WEST LEANER, TEXAS.

HE MIGHT THINK.

I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THE SIX J RANCH.

I JUST WORK ON THE RASCAL.

MY BROTHER DOES A GOOD JOB OF, UH, EXPRESSING OUR VIEWS.

I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE EAST SIDE.

I HAVE S REAL ESTATE.

I HAVE A, UH, SECTION OF LAND DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM GARY PARK.

UH, IT'S BEEN OWNED BY THE SAME FAMILY FOR OVER THREE GENERATIONS.

I REPRESENT ANITA MARTINEZ, EA VALDEZ, AND IRENE TORRES.

THEIR GRANDFATHER LIVED ON IT, THEIR PARENTS LIVED ON IT.

THEY WERE RAISED ON IT.

THEY WENT TO SCHOOL WITH ME, NOT IN THE ONE HOUSE SCHOOL, BUT WE WENT TO SCHOOL.

UH, THEY HAD NO NOTICE, NO RECOLLECTION, NO NOTIFICATION AT ALL.

WE HAVE SETTLED ON, IT WAS TOTAL OF 90 ACRES.

WE HAVE SETTLED ON 18 ACRES WITH THE COUNTY OF WILLIAMSON FOR FUTURE TOW ROAD, CONNECTING 180 3 A IN THE SOUTHWEST BYPASS.

THAT IS DONE.

WE HAVE A SEVERAL OFFERS, BUT WE'RE LOOKING MORE AT A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.

WE HAVE NO WAY OF, UH, SECURING UTILITIES THAT WE'RE AWARE OF.

UH, WE HAVE A

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I HAVE PO PHOTOS OF.

IT IS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM A GEORGETOWN WATER TOWER.

THEY HAVE, THEIR ADDRESS IS FM 2243, GEORGETOWN, TEXAS.

UH, THEY WERE NOT, UH, ORIGINALLY THEY DID NOT WANT TO BE IN LEANDER, E T J.

THEY HAVE NO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

THEY'RE JUST LONGTIME ORIGINAL PROPERTY OWNERS.

THERE'S A PRECEDENT SET NEXT DOOR TO THE EAST OF THE PROPERTY CALLED PARKSIDE PENINSULA, UH, SOUTH.

UH, IT WAS RELEASED BY THE CITY OF LEANDER TO GEORGETOWN, AND THEY SERVICE IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU, MR. GIDDENS.

WITH

[32. Convene back into Executive Session, if needed, pursuant to: (1) Section 551.071, Texas Government Code, Section 1.05, Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, and Section 551.072, Texas Government Code, to deliberate with legal counsel regarding an addendum to 380 Agreement between City of Leander and Leander Springs, LLC; and (2) Section 551.071, Texas Government Code, Section 1.05, Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, and Section 551.072, Texas Government Code, to deliberate with legal counsel regarding the acquisition of real properties for public purposes. Reconvene into open session to take action as deemed appropriate in the City Council's discretion regarding: (1) Addendum to 380 Agreement between City of Leander and Leander Springs, LLC; and (2) Acquisition of real properties for public purposes.]

THAT, COUNSEL IS GOING TO RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 1.05, TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO DELIBERATE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS 23 AND 28 ON THE POSTED AGENDA.

THE TIME IS 8:24 PM ALL RIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO, UH, COME BACK TO REGULAR SESSION AT 9:24 PM UM, BACK TO ITEM 23.

APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE CASE OR DASH TWO THREE DASH 0 0 1 0 REGARDING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 13.0 2.07, ARTICLE 13.02, WATER AND SEWER SERVICE TO PROVIDE FOR TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PROVIDING WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICE TO PROPERTIES REMOVED FROM THE CITY'S EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS EFFECTIVE DATE AND OPEN MEETINGS CLAUSES, AND PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS, WILLIAMSON AND TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A SECOND.

MOTION IS SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

UH, ITEM 28, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS WITH WITHIN THE CITY'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.

PURSUANT TO SECTION 42.044, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS WILL HAVE NO ACTION.

ITEM

[29. Discuss the proposed Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Budget and proposed tax rate.]

29, DISCUSS THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2024 ANNUAL BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE POWERS YOU ARE KEEPING THESE PEOPLE HERE NOW, .

SO, AND JUST TO, TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE, UH, TAX RATES THAT ARE IN, IN, UM, THE PROPOSED RATE THAT YOU SET ON AUGUST 3RD IS THE 43.23 CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET WAS BASED ON A SLIGHTLY LESS, UH, LESSER RATE OF 41.7282.

I'M GONNA JUMP TO THE END AND WORK, WORK BACKWARDS.

THAT'S AN EXCELLENT PLACE TO START.

HUH? CAN I GIVE YOU A LARGER RAISE? YEAH, YEAH.

THIS IS THE LAST TIME THE STAFF WILL GIVE ME A OVATION.

BUT ANYWAY, SO, UM, TO KIND OF SET THE STAGE FOR THE TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION, JUST AS A REMINDER, UH, THERE'S NO ACTION TO TAKE, UH, FOR THE COUNCIL TONIGHT.

CERTAINLY WE TAKE ANY, UH, DIRECTION YOU, UH, WISH US TO TAKE REGARDING, UH, THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

BUT AT THE NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 7TH, THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING ON BOTH THE BUDGET AND A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FIRST READING OF THE PROPOSED TAX RATE, TAX RATE.

THEN, UM, IN ORDER TO MEET THE THE STATE TIMELINES, WE NEED TO HAVE Y'ALL COME BACK ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, AT LEAST FIVE OF YOU, UM, AT FIVE 30 FOR THE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF THE TAX RATE.

SO FOR, FOR TONIGHT, THE, UM, UH, YOU'VE EACH RECEIVED AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF THE, UH, PROPOSED, UH, BUDGET, ALL 310 PAGES.

SO TONIGHT WE WANTED TO, TO MAKE SURE YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY IN, UH, UH, TO, UM, ASK QUESTIONS, DISCUSS YOUR PRIORITIES AMONGST YOURSELF OR WITH THE CITY STAFF, BUT ALSO THE, BASED ON THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE COUNCIL ON YOUR MEETING AUGUST 3RD, UH, WHERE YOU VOTED TO PROPOSE A MAXIMUM TAX RATE OF THE CURRENT RATE, WHICH IS 43.23 CENTS.

UM, UH, THAT'S A DIFFERENCE OF OVER ONE AND A HALF CENTS BETWEEN WHAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET IS BASED ON.

UH, SO THAT CERTAINLY IS SOMETHING, UM, FOR, UH, Y'ALL TO, UH, DISCUSS THIS EVENING IF YOU, IF YOU WISH.

UM, UM,

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UM, AND JUST AS REFRESHER THE SLIDE THAT YOU SAW AT THE LAST MEETING, UH, THE IMPACT ON AN AVERAGE, UH, PROPERTY, OF COURSE WE ALL KNOW ABOUT AVERAGES, BUT IT'S WHAT WE HAVE.

AND THE, THIS TABLE SHOWS YOU THE, UM, IMPACT OF A, OF A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IN, IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN LEANDER OR VERSUS TRAVIS COUNTY, UH, BETWEEN THE TWO DIFFERENT, UH, TAX RATES THAT ARE OUT THERE.

OF COURSE, JUST TO REITERATE, THIS IS A VERY LARGE BUDGET, THAT'S WHY IT'S 300 AND SOMETHING PAGES, BUT IT IS OVER $317 MILLION IS THE GENERAL FUND IS $67.5 MILLION.

BUT, UM, IT'S PRETTY MUCH FLAT AS YOU CAN TELL BETWEEN, UH, THE GENERAL FUND 23 BUDGET VERSUS THE PROPOSED BUDGET IN 24.

UH, AGAIN, WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING TO ADD, UM, POSITIONS THIS YEAR.

THEY'RE ONLY, UH, ONE FULL-TIME POSITION AND THEN A COUPLE OF PART-TIMES CONVERTED TO A FULL-TIME POSITION.

AND THEN WE'VE, UM, SHOWN YOU WHAT ARE SOME OF THE NEW ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT ARE NOT IN THE, IN THE BASE BUDGET, BUT THESE ARE FUNDED IN THE, IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

SO WE ARE HAPPY TO, UH, ANSWER QUESTIONS.

GO BACK.

YES.

DO I GET MORE TIME? YES.

ANXIOUSLY AWAITING QUESTIONS.

ALRIGHT.

SO, I, I DON'T MEAN TO BE OVERLY BRIEF, BUT I KNOW IT'S, UH, LATE AND STAFF IS HERE.

THANK YOU, COUNSEL.

MEMBER, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ANY DELIBERATION OF OR DECISION ABOUT THE SUBJECT OF THE INQUIRY SHALL BE LIMITED TO A PROPOSAL TO PLACE THE SUBJECT ON THE AGENDA FOR A SUBSEQUENT MEETING.

I HAD MOST OF MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED BEFORE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE STILL TRENDING ON THE SAME, ON THE PROPOSED YES.

UH, THE PROPOSED RATE.

SO I KNOW WE'RE NOT TAKING ACTION ON THAT TONIGHT, BUT JUST WANTED TO VOICE MY OPINION THERE.

NO, I'M GOOD WITH IT TOO.

BLESS YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE? WE LOVE IT.

[30. Council Member Future Agenda Items [Any deliberation of or decision about the subject of the inquiry shall be limited to a proposal to place the subject on the agenda for a subsequent meeting.]]

ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING? ALL RIGHT.

ITEM 31, COUNCIL

[31. Council Member Closing Statements.]

MEMBER CLOSING COMMENTS.

PLACE ONE.

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TONIGHT.

JUST HAVE A GOOD, A GOOD EVENING.

STAY COOL PLACE TO, SO LEANDER, I S D STARTED SCHOOL YESTERDAY, AND I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYONE TO DRIVE SAFELY IN THE SCHOOL ZONES AND THANK YOU TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT MORE CALLS GENERATED.

EXCUSE MY VOICE.

UM, THERE'S A LOT MORE CALLS GENERATED WHEN SCHOOL'S STARTING, SO I, I FEEL LIKE IT'S GONE PRETTY SMOOTHLY.

I KNOW THERE'S LATE BUSES, LOTS OF TRAFFIC, BUT IF EVERYONE CAN JUST SLOW DOWN, THAT'D BE GREAT.

AND WELCOME BACK TO THE TEACHERS AND STAFF AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU WHAT YOU DO.

PLAY THREE GOODNIGHT.

I HAVEN'T BEEN SHARING MUCH, BUT, UH, TODAY I WAS, UH, TODAY WAS AN EXTREMELY HEAVY DAY, I THINK FOR ALL OUR, WHETHER IT'S STAFF, WHETHER IT'S AT HOME, WHETHER IT'S GOING, PUTTING KIDS IN SCHOOL.

MY DAY AT WORK WAS AMAZING AS WELL, AND AMAZING.

I MEAN, IT WAS VERY CHALLENGING.

AND SO, BUT I WAS WOKE.

I WAS WOKEN UP THIS MORNING.

AND, UH, AND WHAT KEPT ON RUNNING IN THROUGH MY MIND WAS, UH, IT WAS, AND IT KEPT PLAYING, PLAYING, PLAYING UNTIL I WOULD GO IN THE CLOSET AND JUST PRAY A LITTLE BIT.

BUT IT WAS, UH, TODAY IS THE DAY THAT THE LORD HAS MADE REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT.

AND THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON FOR ALL OF US.

THERE'S HEAVY STUFF, THERE'S HEAVY CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE HERE.

THERE'S TOUGH DECISIONS THAT GOTTA BE MADE.

AND, UM, I, WE JUST, I I ENCOURAGE YOU TO, TO REJOICE IN THE DAY THAT, THAT THE LORD GIVES YOU AND BE GLAD IN IT AND FIND A WAY TO FIND JOY IN EVERY SITUATION.

SO THAT'S MY ONLY THING FOR TODAY.

OR WANT TO BE, THEY HAVE A LOT OF FUN.

PLACE FOR GOOD NIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, SO IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP ALL OF OUR DOLLARS LOCAL TONIGHT, COUNCIL PICKED UP DINNER FROM PANDA EXPRESS.

PLEASE REMEMBER WHEN YOU ARE OUT AND ABOUT SHOPPING THIS WEEKEND, GRABBING DINNER, WHATEVER.

KEEP YOUR MONEY IN LEANDER, ABOUT 75% OF WHAT YOU SPEND STAYS IN YOUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND KEEPS US CHUGGING ALONG.

UM, ALSO SEVERAL UPCOMING EVENTS.

IF YOU ARE AN ACTIVE ADULT

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UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE OFF OF THEIR, UM, WINERY AND, AND BEER TOUR, AND NOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOING TO SEE, UH, AUGUST 27TH, THE SOUND OF MUSIC AT GEORGETOWN PALACE THEATER, SEPTEMBER 1ST RIVER RANCH, COUNTRY PARK IN LIBERTY HILL, UH, SEPTEMBER 15TH, THE MUSEUM OF ICE CREAM IN AUSTIN.

SO THEY ARE RUNNING ALL OVER THE PLACE, HAVING LOTS OF FUN.

IF YOU WANNA JOIN THEM, YOU CAN GO TO LEANDER TX.GOV/I THINK IT'S A A P, BUT YOU CAN ALSO GO TO FUN SLASH FUN AND YOU CAN REGISTER FOR EVENTS THERE.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME EVENTS COMING UP FOR EVERYBODY, UM, THAT DON'T REQUIRE ANY REGISTRATION.

SO THROUGH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH, 10:00 AM IT'S THE LAST DAY FOR THE BLOOD SOAP POOL OF THE SEASON.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO DOGS.

IT'S THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER.

BRING OUT YOUR PUP AND LET THEM SWIM AROUND IN THE POOL AND ENJOY IT BEFORE WE CLOSE IT DOWN.

AND THEN THE FOLLOWING MONTH, THE FIRST WEEKEND IN OCTOBER, BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL AT THE MASON HOMESTEAD, RIGHT NEXT TO THE LIBRARY.

THAT'S FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6TH AND SATURDAY OCTOBER 7TH FROM SIX TO 9:30 PM AND THE FIRST TIME, I THINK IN THREE YEARS THAT IT'S NOT ON MY BIRTHDAY.

SO , THAT'LL BE A GOOD TIME FOR EVERYBODY IF YOU CAN MAKE IT OUT THERE.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, UM, WE HAVE SO MUCH STAFF THAT IS HERE TONIGHT.

WE GET A LOT OF CREDIT UP HERE THAT WE DON'T DESERVE.

AND SO SINCE YOU ALL ARE HERE AT CLOSING, AND THIS DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN, I JUST WANNA TAKE A MOMENT ON BEHALF OF ALL OF COUNSEL TO SAY THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO AND KEEPING EVERYTHING RUNNING.

AND WE UNDERSTAND WE PUT A LOT OF CONSTRAINTS ON YOU, AND WE ARE A PAIN TO YOU SOMETIMES, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU EVERY SINGLE DAY.