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GOOD 
          [1. Open Meeting.]
EVENING. 
          TODAY IS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7TH, 2023, AND THE TIME IS 6:00 PM AND THIS IS THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL, 
          [2. Roll Call.]
CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE. 
          WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER CATHERINE BATTALION PARKER. 
          HERE, MAYOR PRO TE SINE MACKEY LONGORIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONALD HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE THOMPSON. 
          PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS CERNEY. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BECKY ROSS. 
          HERE, MAYOR CHRISTINE DELAL HERE. 
          WE'RE GONNA MOVE 
          [3. Parks and Recreation Department fee and policy amendments.]
ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FEE AND POLICY AMENDMENTS WITH PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR, MR. CUMMINS. 
          GOOD EVENING, DIRECTOR CUMMINS. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          APPRECIATE YOU HAVING ME. 
          GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. 
          WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. 
          AND, UH, SHARING WITH YOU SOME OF THE RESEARCH THAT STAFF HAS BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, UH, RELATED TO FEES AND, UM, POLICY REVISION. 
          AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE SHARING THAT WITH YOU THIS EVENING. 
          BUT PRIOR, IF YOU'LL INDULGE ME JUST FOR A MINUTE OR TWO, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE SOME STAFF AS WELL. 
          WE DO NOT HAVE, UH, ONI AZO, HE WOULD'VE BEEN SITTING RIGHT HERE. 
          ONI IS OUR RECREATION SUPERVISOR. 
          SOME OF YOU HAVE MET ONI. 
          HE'S AN INCREDIBLE YOUNG MAN. 
          HE ISS BEEN ON ON BOARD FOR ABOUT SEVEN, EIGHT WEEKS, UM, AT MOSTLY AT THE LAC AND DOING ALL THE PROGRAMMING THERE. 
          UM, HE COMES TO US FROM CEDAR PARK, HAS 11 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE THERE. 
          UH, VERY ENERGETIC, VERY PEOPLE FRIENDLY. 
          UM, JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH, UH, POSITIVE ACCOLADES ABOUT ONI AND WHAT HE'S GONNA ACCOMPLISH WHILE HE IS HERE. 
          SO HE IS TAKING A FINALS TEST TONIGHT. 
          HE'S COMPLETING HIS DEGREE. 
          SO HE ASKED ME, HE SAID, I'LL TAKE A, I'LL TAKE AN F ON THE TEST IF YOU REALLY NEED ME THERE. 
          AND I SAID, NO, NO, NO, NO, WE DON'T WANT THAT. 
          SO HE, HE, HE'S OPTED OUT FOR TONIGHT. 
          SO, BUT I DO WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR FOUR DAY OLD EMPLOYEE, EXCUSE ME, FOUR DAY ON THE JOB EMPLOYEE. 
          SORRY, RACHEL. 
          RACHEL ZALEN. 
          SHE'S OUR PARKS AND RECREATION MANAGER. 
          WELCOME. 
          UM, SHE CAME TO US FROM THE CITY OF LAKEWAY AND SHE LIVES IN CEDAR PARK. 
          I FORGOT TO MENTION ONI IS FROM CEDAR PARK, BUT HE LIVES IN LEANDER. 
          SO, UH, AND HE'S LAND ISD GRADUATE AS WELL FROM LEANDER HIGH SCHOOL. 
          RACHEL, YOU, ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE, COME UP AND SHARE ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND AND JUMPING RIGHT IN, IN THE HOT SEAT, WELCOME. 
          MIGHT AS WELL. 
          WELL, I'M SO, SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS POSITION. 
          AND SO I'VE BEEN IN PARKS AND RECREATION MANAGEMENT FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS NOW. 
          UM, I'VE BEEN WITH CITY OF LAKEWAY AS A MANAGER FOR FIVE YEARS. 
          I SPECIALIZE IN POOLS OVER THERE. 
          BEFORE THAT, I WAS WITH THE CITY OF MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA FOR 11 YEARS. 
          YES. 
          BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL PLACE. 
          THAT'S WHY I WAS THERE FOR SO LONG. 
          . 
          IT TOOK A, IT TOOK A LOT TO, TO GET ME OVER HERE, BUT, UM, BUT YEAH, UH, I WILL, I'M SO LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU AND, UM, I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THE COUNCIL IS AND, UH, TO GET THINGS DONE, AND I DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING ALL THAT WITH Y'ALL. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELCOME. 
          SHE ALSO IS, IS EXTREMELY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND AND TALENTED INDIVIDUAL, AND WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE HER. 
          UM, ADDITIONALLY TONIGHT YOU'RE GONNA HEAR FROM, UH, LARRY WERNER, OUR GOLF COURSE GENERAL MANAGER. 
          YOU KNOW, LARRY, UM, INCREDIBLE. 
          HIS HIS DEGREES ARE IN GOLF COURSE, UH, BUSINESS MANAGEMENT. 
          AND I'M, I'M LIKE, GOSH, I WISH I'D KNOWN THAT WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE. 
          BUT HOW COOL IS THAT? PLUS HE'S A FORMER VETERAN AND, UH, SO WE APPRECIATE HIS SERVICE AND HIS DEDICATION TO THE GOLF COURSE. 
          HIS NUMBER ONE GOAL IS TO MAKE CRYSTAL FALLS MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE, THE NUMBER ONE MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE IN THE STATE AND EVEN BEYOND. 
          SO HOW COOL IS THAT? AND THEN, YOU KNOW, PEGGY PARISH TOO, OUR, OUR DIRECTOR OF LIBRARIES, UM, SHE IS AN INCREDIBLE TALENT. 
          SHE'S BEEN WITH US FOUR YEARS, UM, PUT TOGETHER AND ASSEMBLED AN INCREDIBLE STAFF AS LARRY HAS. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE ALL OF THEM DENIED. 
          AND SO, FIRST UP WITH THIS IS MS. PARISH AND SHE'S GONNA BE COMING UP AND SHARING WITH YOU ABOUT LIBRARY POLICIES. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          HI. 
          UM, SO THE FIRST, DO I ADVANCE IT MYSELF? OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          JUST TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO THE FIRST THING THAT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT FOR THE LIBRARY, UM, AND THIS IS A RESPONSIVE MIND TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, SO MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS, UM, AROUND THE AUSTIN AREA, THE LIBRARIES ARE FINE FREE. 
          UM, SO I GET ASKED QUITE OFTEN, WHY ARE WE NOT FINE FREE? SO I DID PROMISE TO MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT I WOULD TALK ABOUT THIS WITH CITY COUNCIL AT SOME POINT. 
          SO THAT'S TONIGHT. 
          SO, UM, I PUT TOGETHER SOME FACTS, UM, VERY BASIC, BUT ALSO ACROSS THE BOARD FOR WHAT WE DEAL WITH, UM, WITHIN THE LIBRARY. 
          SO THE OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE CHARGE CURRENTLY FOR FINES AND FEES. 
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UM, RIGHT NOW WE CHARGE 10 CENTS PER DAY FOR AN ITEM THAT IS OVERDUE. 
          UM, MAXIMUM FINE FOR THAT IS $5 PER ITEM. 
          UM, THAT'S NOT INCLUDING WHEN SOMEONE LOSES OR DAMAGES A MATERIAL. 
          THAT IS THE COST OF THE ITEM PLUS $6 PROCESSING. 
          AND THAT IS 90 DAYS AFTER THE FINAL DUE DATE. 
          UM, LET'S SEE, A LOST OR DAMAGED DVD OR PLAYAWAY CASE IS $6. 
          MISSING TAGS AND WHATNOT, A DOLLAR PER ITEM. 
          UM, THE, THE OVERDUE FINES REALLY ARE MEANT TO ENCOURAGE LIBRARY USERS TO BRING THINGS BACK SO THAT ALL LIBRARY USERS CAN USE WHAT WE HAVE. 
          IT DOES NOT REALLY WORK THAT WELL. 
          UM, SO AS WE GO ON HERE, LEMME SEE. 
          WE HAVE WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY, UM, WITHIN OUR BOOKS, OVERDUE ITEMS ON OUR BOOKS. 
          WE HAVE 67,000 A HUNDRED, $132 IN CHANGE. 
          AND THAT IS UNCOLLECTED PROCESSING CHARGES $27,534. 
          REPLACEMENT COSTS $80,185. 
          SO A TOTAL 1 74 852 AND CHANGE. 
          SO THIS IS ALL OF OUR FINES THAT DATE BACK. 
          AS FAR AS OUR CURRENT RECORDS ALLOW, UM, 115,644 OF THAT, OR 66% IS OVER THREE YEARS OLD. 
          SO IT'S VERY UNLIKELY THAT WE WOULD COLLECT THAT MONEY. 
          UM, A LIBRARY ACCOUNT IS BLOCKED WHEN A PATRON HAS $10 OR MORE OF CHARGES ON THEIR ACCOUNT. 
          THE LIBRARY CURRENTLY HAS 996 OVERDUE ITEMS. 3,112 LIBRARY ACCOUNTS ARE CURRENTLY BLOCKED DUE TO A BALANCE OF OVER $10. 
          AND THOSE PATRONS ARE UNABLE TO USE THEIR LIBRARY CARDS. 
          AND THEN THE QUESTION, WHY, WHY WOULD WE DO THIS? UM, WHY WOULD WE ELIMINATE THESE FINES? LIBRARIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE ELIMINATED FINES. 
          SO WE'RE, IF WE WOULD DO THIS, WE'D BE FOLLOWING A TREND. 
          UM, AND IT'S DUE DILIGENCE TO OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY WANT US TO FOLLOW THE TREND. 
          UM, SO AFTER REMOVING FINES, MANY LIBRARIES ARE FINDING THAT PATRONS COME BACK. 
          THEY RETURN THEIR ITEMS THAT THEY HAVE HAD, THAT THEY'VE BEEN HOLDING ONTO BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANNA PAY THOSE OVERDUE FINES. 
          UM, AND THE STAFF AT THESE LIBRARIES DO REPORT THAT THE CONVERSATIONS ARE CHANGING, THAT PEOPLE ARE GRATEFUL. 
          AND I CAN TELL YOU FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE THAT IF WE WERE TO DO THIS, WE WOULD HAVE MANY, MANY HAPPY PEOPLE IN LEANDER. 
          STUDIES DO FIND THAT FI FIND THAT FINDS, DO NOT ENCOURAGE PATRONS TO RETURN MATERIALS, FINDS DISCOURAGED, USE OF THE LIBRARY AND TEND TO FALL IN THE MOST VULNERABLE. 
          AND THE PROCESSING TIME WITH THESE FINES TAKES A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OUR STAFF ENERGY. 
          THE LOSS OF REVENUE. 
          UM, THE LIBRARY DID COLLECT $16,824 IN FINES AND FEES IN FISCAL YEAR 22, 11,078 OF THAT WAS OVERDUE FINES. 
          THAT IS 1.6% OF LI THE LIBRARY'S FISCAL YEAR 22 BUDGET. 
          IF WE WERE TO DO THIS, THERE IS A PHASED APPROACH THAT COULD BE TAKEN. 
          THIS IS WHAT MANY LIBRARIES HAVE DONE. 
          UM, THERE COULD BE AN AMNESTY PERIOD FOLLOWING PATRON, ALLOWING PATRONS TO RETURN ITEMS AND ELIMINATE ACCRUED LATE FEES ON THE RETURNED ITEMS. REMOVE CURRENT AND ELIMINATE FUTURE FINES IN ANY YOUTH CARD, OR REMOVE ALL FINES AND MAINTAIN FEES FOR ANY LOST OR DAMAGED ITEMS. AREA LIBRARIES THAT ARE ALSO FINE FREE ARE CEDAR PARK, GEORGETOWN, LIBERTY HILL, AND AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY. 
          UM, OTHER AREAS THAT ARE FARTHER AWAY. 
          ABILENE, HOUSTON, FORT WORTH, FRISCO, SAN MARCOS, NEW BRAUNFELS AND SAN ANTONIO ARE ALL FINE. 
          FREE. 
          IS IT OKAY TO TALK ABOUT IT AT THIS PART? YEP. 
          BECAUSE THAT WAS THE END OF THAT PART. 
          . 
          UM, I'M GONNA JUMP IN AND START. 
          I'M EXCITED TO HEAR THIS COME UP BECAUSE I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A CONVERSATION FOR MORE THAN SIX OR SEVEN YEARS AT LEAST. 
          AND WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT IT, I WAS LIKE, THAT'S RIDICULOUS. 
          NOBODY'S ALREADY GONNA RETURN ANYTHING. 
          BUT IT'S INTERESTING, LIKE ALL THE DATA, AS MORE AND MORE LIBRARIES ADOPT THIS, UM, IT'S VERY COUNTERINTUITIVE. 
          YOU REMOVE THE FINES AND YOU GET MORE PATRONS AND MORE RETURNED ITEMS INSTEAD OF, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S LIKE A THINKING OF, WELL, IT'S ALREADY LATE SO I'M JUST GONNA HOLD ONTO IT 'CAUSE I'M ALREADY PAYING FOR IT. 
          NOW I DON'T WANNA SHOW MY FACE IN THE LIBRARY OR WHAT IT IS, BUT IT'S, IT'S BEEN SO POSITIVE THAT NOW WE'RE SORT OF AT THE POINT WHERE I FEEL LIKE WE ARE BEHIND BECAUSE WE'RE NOT 
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FINE FREE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, SO IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE THAT ALL LIKE LAID OUT IN HOW SMALL A PART OF THE, THE BUDGET THAT ACTUALLY IS AND, AND HOW MANY ACCOUNTS IT AFFECTS. 
          IT'S, THIS IS A GREAT CONVERSATION AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT THIS UP, BUT IT'S ACROSS THE BOARD, UM, THOSE LIBRARIES THAT I CONTACTED TO ASK, UM, HOW'S IT GOING? THOSE WHO HAVE GONE FINE FREE, THEY REALLY JUST REPORT POSITIVE INTERACTIONS WITH THEIR PATRONS, UM, ARE REALLY HAPPY PUBLIC. 
          AND AS FAR AS NUMBERS, IT REALLY ISN'T MAKING THAT MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE. 
          UM, THEY ARE GETTING THOSE MATERIALS BACK THAT PEOPLE HAD BEEN HOLDING ONTO, WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART. 
          SO THEY'RE GETTING, THEY'RE GETTING THEIR, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT'S THE LIBRARY IS THERE TO DO. 
          THEY'RE GETTING THOSE MATERIALS BACK AND THEY'RE GETTING THE PEOPLE BACK. 
          SO, I, YOUR QUESTION. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE THE BENEFIT OF DOING A PHASED APPROACH? 'CAUSE IT SEEMS TO ME IF YOU'RE GONNA DO IT, YOU JUST DO IT. 
          JUST DO IT. 
          RIGHT. 
          I MEAN, I DO APPRECIATE IF SOMEBODY DAMAGES SOMETHING THAT, THAT THERE IS A CONSEQUENCE FOR THAT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , BECAUSE I'M TOTALLY GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT THE RESPONSIBILITY TO DO THINGS, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A STRUGGLE FOR ME. 
          'CAUSE I THINK THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES TO ACTIONS. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, UM, FINES ARE HAVING TO REPLACE WHAT YOU DAMAGED. 
          BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF A PHASED APPROACH? IT COULD JUST BE A SOFT SELL BASICALLY TO THE COMMUNITY THAT, UM, LET'S SAY WE DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE ELIMINATING ALL FINES. 
          UM, IT WOULD BE SIMPLER TO JUST DO THAT, JUST TO ELIMINATE ALL. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THERE AREN'T THAT MANY LIBRARIES THAT I KNOW OF OR THAT I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THAT DID THE PHASED APPROACH, BUT SOME DID. 
          UM, IS THERE ARE SOME THAT DECIDED NOT TO ELIMINATE ALL FINES, BUT JUST THE YOUTH FINES, UM, THEY FELT THAT ESPECIALLY ON THE MOST VULNERABLE PARTS OF THE POPULATION THAT WOULD INCLUDE CHILDREN, THAT THEY WANTED THOSE PEOPLE TO COME BACK. 
          SO THERE ARE STILL THE, THE FEES FOR THE LOST OR DAMAGED IN, IN THESE OTHER PLACES TOO. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          IT'S JUST THE LATE STUFF THAT IS WAIVED. 
          JUST THE LATE FEES. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, SO THAT'S, THERE REALLY IS STILL A RESPONSIBILITY PLACED ON THE PATRON WHEN THEY BORROW OUR MATERIALS. 
          OKAY. 
          NO, THAT WORKS FOR ME. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? THAT WAS GONNA BE MY QUESTION. 
          WHAT WOULD WE DO WITH THE 80,000 REPLACEMENT COSTS THAT'S THERE? SO THAT WOULD REMAIN ON THE BOOKS, BASICALLY. 
          IT WOULD, AND GOING FORWARD, IF YOU LOSE IT, YOU'RE STILL PAYING FOR IT. 
          BUT IF YOU'RE JUST LATE RETURNING IT, AND HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WON'T LOSE IT, THEY'LL BRING IT BACK SOONER. 
          AND HOPEFULLY WE COULD RECOUP MORE OF THAT MONEY. 
          I THINK A LOT OF THOSE NUMBERS ARE THERE BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST WALKED AWAY. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, AND IF THIS, WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION FOR A COUPLE YEARS, UM, WITH THE FINANCE OFFICE, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT ALL OF THAT? MM-HMM. 
           THAT'S SITTING THERE. 
          UM, IS THERE A WAY TO CALCULATE, OR MAYBE YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE FOLKS THAT USE THE LIBRARY THAT HAVE FINES THIS REPRESENTS? YES. 
          LET ME JUST PULL THAT UP. 
          AS FAR AS CURRENTLY OR AS OF SEPTEMBER MM-HMM. 
           OF THIS YEAR, IT WAS THE 3,112 LIBRARY ACCOUNTS THAT ARE CURRENT LIBRARY ACCOUNTS THAT ARE BLOCKED. 
          SO THOSE ARE THOSE THAT HAVE THE FINES. 
          AND HOW MANY ACCOUNTS DO WE HAVE TOTAL? I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THAT? HOW MANY ACCOUNTS DO WE HAVE TOTAL? WE HAVE MORE THAN 37,000. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          MM-HMM, . 
          UM, SO IF THERE WAS A, LIKE A ONETIME NO PENALTY, PLEASE BRING THE BOOKS BACK. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , DO YOU THINK THAT THAT WOULD HAVE ANY, UM, BENEFIT WHATSOEVER? I, I THINK IT WOULD HAVE A SMALL BENEFIT. 
          I DON'T THINK IT WOULD HAVE THE RESULT WE WOULD WANT. 
          UM, BECAUSE OF THE TIME IT TAKES FOR PEOPLE TO HEAR ABOUT THINGS. 
          AS MUCH AS WE PUT INFORMATION OUT THERE, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL NEW WEBSITE. 
          UM, WE HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA AND WE HAVE WORD OF MOUTH. 
          WE HAVE EVERYTHING THAT WE USE CURRENTLY TO ADVERTISE. 
          THERE WOULD STILL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WOULDN'T KNOW. 
          SO WHAT IS THE RESULT THAT WE WANT? WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE HAPPY. 
          I THINK THAT'S . 
          WELL, WE WANT THEM TO KEEP COMING BACK. 
          WELL, WE WANT THEM COMING BACK. 
          WE WANT TO, UM, AND USING BOOKS FOR FREE AND NOT RETURNING THEM. 
          I I'M, OH NO, IF YOU DON'T RETURN IT, YOU HAVE TO PAY. 
          IT'S JUST YOU DON'T GET FINED IF YOU'RE A DAY OR TWO OR A WEEK LATE. 
          IS THERE A DAY THEY STILL HAVE TO RETURN THEM? IS THERE AMOUNT OF DAYS WHERE IT BECOMES 90 DAYS? CURRENTLY? 90. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT A, A THOUGHT THAT I'VE HAD AND SOMETHING TO CONSIDER IS IF WE DO THIS, IF WE ELIMINATE LATE 
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FEES, THEN WE REDUCE THAT 60 TO 30 DAYS PAST THEIR FINAL DUE DATE. 
          SO ONE THING THAT YOU SAID REALLY KIND OF STUCK OUT IS YOU MADE A REFERENCE TO, I THINK YOU SAID YOUTH OR THE YOUNGER PEOPLE NOT HAVING A FINE. 
          I I, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          I MEAN, THIS IS A SIMPLE FINE. 
          IT'S NOT EXPENSIVE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND IF WE'RE NOT TEACHING YOUTH RESPONSIBILITY AT THAT AGE, IF THEY CAN'T RETURN A SIMPLE LIBRARY BOOK, HOW DO WE EXPECT THEM TO FUNCTION IN SOCIETY WHEN THEIR ACTUAL RULES? BECAUSE IF THE POLICE PULL THEM OVER FOR SPEEDING, ARE THEY NOT SUPPOSED TO GET A FINE, THEY DIDN'T GET A FINE FOR RETURN, NOT FOR RETURNING THEIR, THEIR BOOK LATE. 
          WELL THEN THERE ARE NO RULES AND WE DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW THEM. 
          THAT'S THE MESSAGE IT SENDS TO ME, WHICH I KNOW THAT IS NOT REAL LIFE, BUT MAYBE I'M JUST BEING TOO STRICT ON THAT. 
          I JUST, I, IT JUST, YOU KNOW, I, DATA IS DATA AND IF THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS, IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME. 
          BUT I CAN'T ARGUE WITH THE DATA. 
          THAT'S, AND THAT IS A COMMON THOUGHT. 
          . 
          THERE ARE MANY, MANY PEOPLE THAT FEEL THE SAME WAY. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, THE CONCESSION WE WOULD MAKE WITH THIS IS THAT IT'S JUST THE LATE FEES. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, IF, ESPECIALLY IF WE, WE REDUCE THAT, UM, THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT SOMETHING CAN BE OVERDUE BEFORE THEY'RE JUST CHARGED FOR THE ITEM, UM, REDUCING IT FROM 90 TO 60 TO 30 MAYBE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          THEN THEY'RE JUST MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS. 
          THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE TO PAY FOR THAT ITEM AND THEY STILL HAVE THAT PENALTY, YOU KNOW, FOR NOT BRINGING SOMETHING IN. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          AND WE MAY RECOUP MORE MONEY DOING IT THAT WAY. 
          THAT ONE THAT'S POSSIBLY, SO I'M REALLY FOR THE NO FEE, NO FINE FEES FOR EVERYONE, NOT JUST CHILDREN, BUT YEAH. 
          LOWERING THAT DATE RIGHT. 
          FROM 90 DAYS TO LIKE 60 OR 30. 
          BECAUSE AT THAT POINT THEY MAY JUST WANT THE BOOK. 
          I MEAN, THEY MM-HMM. 
          , WE WANNA ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO BACK TO THE LIBRARY. 
          SO YEAH, I AGREE. 
          WE WANT PEOPLE TO USE THE LIBRARY. 
          WE WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY AREN'T THE ONLY ONES THAT USE IT. 
          SO IS THERE A PARTICULAR NUMBER THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR? IF WE HAVE 37,000 ACCOUNTS, ARE WE LOOKING TO INCREASE THAT TO 40? LIKE WHAT IS THE CAPACITY OF THE LIBRARY? WHAT, WHAT IS THE GOAL WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO OR OVER CAPACITY? I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF LEE ENDER POPULATION HAS A LIBRARY CARD. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'RE NOT THERE. 
          MM-HMM. 
           OBVIOUSLY 37,000 IS, YOU KNOW, NOT EVEN HALF OF 90,000. 
          UM, IF WE COULD GET TO AT LEAST HALF OR, YOU KNOW, 75% OF OUR POPULATION, THAT WOULD BE AMAZING. 
          AND IT WOULD BE ACTUALLY REALLY A WONDERFUL THING COMPARED TO, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS IN OTHER CITIES. 
          GOTCHA. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND ABOUT ELIMINATING THE FEES FOR CHILDREN JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CHILDREN'S ABILITY TO GET TO THE LIBRARY. 
          THEY ARE DEPENDING ON PARENTS TO DRIVE THEM THERE OR GET THEM THERE TO TURN IT IN AND THEY, THAT MAY BE OUT OF THEIR CONTROL. 
          SO THEM GETTING FINES. 
          I, I UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD GET RID OF THE FINES FOR THE KIDS, BUT I'M FOR THE KIDS AREN'T, AREN'T PAYING PAYING THE FINES EITHER THOUGH. 
          NO, THEY AREN'T. 
          USUALLY THEIR PARENTS ARE, BUT, MM-HMM. 
           THAT SHOULD BE MOTIVATION FOR THE PARENTS TO GET THE KIDS THERE. 
          NOT, NOT ALWAYS WORKING THAT WAY. 
          . 
          YEAH. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SORRY. 
          I GOT US VERY SIDETRACKED ON THAT. 
          THAT WAS A GOOD CONVERSATION THOUGH. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, NEXT PART IS JUST REVIEWING SOME OF OUR POLICIES. 
          SO IN AUGUST OF 2019, I BELIEVE THAT IS WHEN ALL OF THE POLICIES WERE CONSOLIDATED IN, OR I'M TAKEN FROM A CONSOLIDATED PORTION AND TURNED INTO MANY DIFFERENT POLICIES. 
          UM, SO THIS YEAR I'VE REVIEWED ALL OF THOSE POLICIES AND THERE WERE SOME THAT NEEDED SOME UPDATING AND THAT'S SIMPLY ALL OF THAT. 
          THIS IS, SO WE'RE UPDATING AND CLARIFYING SOME LANGUAGE. 
          UM, SO I CAN GO THROUGH EACH ONE HERE. 
          UM, OUR DISPLAYS, EXHIBITS, BALTIMORE'S POLICY, UM, SIMPLY ADDING THE CHANGE WITH, UM, LEAN PUBLIC ARTS AND CULTURE COMMISSION, UM, AND ADDING THE WORD PERIODICALLY INTERNET USE. 
          THERE'S SOME LANGUAGE THAT NEEDED TO BE CHANGED. 
          UM, MANY OF THESE CHANGES WITH ALL OF THESE POLICIES THAT'RE LOOKING AT ARE SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE CHANGEOVER FROM THE LIBRARY BEING MANAGED BY LIBRARY SYSTEMS AND SERVICES TO THE CITY. 
          SO THERE WERE MANY THINGS THAT HAD TO CHANGE. 
          UM, WE CHANGED OUR, OUR, OUR LIBRARY SYSTEM, OUR ILS. 
          UM, SO THERE WERE CHANGES THAT ABSOLUTELY HAD TO BE MADE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T TRANSFER OVER FROM THE OLD ONE TO THE NEW ONE. 
          UM, AND THEN THERE WERE SOME CHANGES WITHIN THE CITY, INCLUDING, UM, THE IT DEPARTMENT. 
          SO THIS LANGUAGE HERE WAS ADDED BY OUR IT DEPARTMENT. 
          THEY WANTED, UM, SORRY, IN THE RED ON THE LEFT CHANGED TO WHAT IS ON THE RIGHT. 
          AND THAT'S SIMPLY, 
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UM, CHANGES IN FIREWALLS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN OTHER, UM, ISSUES, JUST OUR INTERNET USE LIMITED TO THREE 90 MINUTE SESSIONS PER DAY. 
          THAT IS JUST NO LONGER NECESSARY. 
          SO SIMPLY REMOVE THAT. 
          UM, THERE WE GO. 
          UM, THE ANNEX MEETING ROOM POLICY. 
          THERE WERE A COUPLE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE. 
          UM, AS I'VE BEEN RENTING OUT THE ANNEX MEETING ROOM, PEOPLE GET CONFUSED BY THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL, UM, WITH THE RENTAL BLOCK BEING TWO HOURS. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO JUST HAVE IT BE AVAILABLE BY HOUR, WHICH IT ESSENTIALLY IS NOW, BUT THE LANGUAGE GETS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING 'CAUSE WE HAVE IT SET AT A RENTAL BLOCK. 
          SO, UM, OH, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
           ON THE LEFT. 
          THE RED CHANGED TO WHAT'S BLUE ON THE RIGHT AND I HAVE TO GO BACK. 
          UM, AND THEN, OH, DANG IT. 
          OKAY. 
          JUST TO CHANGE, UM, THAT OUR PUBLIC CANNOT RESERVE THE ANNEX MEETING ROOM ONLINE. 
          UM, IT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE TO DO THAT AT THIS POINT. 
          WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN APPLICATION PROCESS SO THEY CAN DO THAT THROUGH EMAIL. 
          SO THAT'S THE FIRST TWO. 
          JUST CHANGING ONLINE, UM, TO THROUGH EMAIL, OUR LIBRARY CARD POLICIES. 
          THERE WERE A FEW THINGS THAT I WANTED TO CHANGE. 
          UM, AND THIS FIRST ONE ACTUALLY IS AN IT EDITION. 
          THEY, THEY DIDN'T WANT, UM, THE LANGUAGE IN RED AND WANTED IT REMOVED CARDS FOR CHILDREN. 
          UM, THE ORIGINAL POLICY STATED AGE 16 TO 17. 
          UM, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST CHANGE CARDS FOR CHILDREN BIRTH TO AGE 17. 
          AND THEN, UM, WE NO LONGER USE COMPUTER CARDS. 
          IT ISN'T NECESSARY ANYMORE. 
          UM, WE HAVE, WITH NEW SOFTWARE IN OUR NEW SYSTEMS, WE HAVE, UM, GUEST PASSES AND THEN THE LANGUAGE, JUST YOUR LIBRARY CARD IS REQUIRED TO CHECK OUT ITEMS. JUST REMOVE THAT AND SIMPLY MOVE IT AS, UM, A FIRST BULLET POINT IN THE NEXT PART OF THE POLICY. 
          WE, BECAUSE WE HAVE AUTO RENEWALS NOW, WHICH WE DIDN'T, WHEN THIS POLICY WAS PUT IN PLACE, UM, THEY STILL GET A CHECKOUT RECEIPT. 
          THERE IS A DATE ON IT. 
          HOWEVER, THEY DO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE TWO AUTO RENEWALS THAT THEY CAN HAVE AS LONG AS THERE ARE NO HOLDS ON ITEMS. SO JUST SIMPLY HAVE, UM, THAT PART REMOVED DATE ON THE CHECKOUT RECEIPT. 
          AND THEN WHEN WE CHANGED OVER SYSTEMS, THERE WERE A LOT OF OTHER PARTS THAT HAD TO CHANGE. 
          SO, UM, AT THE BOTTOM THERE ON THE LEFT, THE RED CHANGED TO WHAT IS ON THE RIGHT. 
          JUST SIMPLY UP TO 35 ITEMS CAN BE CHECKED OUT IN ANY COMBINATION PER CARD. 
          INCLUDING THE PLAYAWAYS. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S UNLIKELY THAT IT WOULD HAPPEN. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S VERY UNLIKELY SOMEONE'S GOING TO TAKE 35 DVDS OUT AT ONE TIME. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT IT'S MUCH SIMPLER FOR STAFF AND THEN IT, IT ALLOWS OUR PATRONS TO HAVE JUST, UH, IT A FREER EXPERIENCE IN THE LIBRARY. 
          SO THAT'S FAIR. 
          IT'S VERY, VERY UNLIKELY THEY WOULD TAKE 35 OF ANY ONE ITEM EXCEPT MAYBE BOOKS IS THERE. 
          WHILE, WHILE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT, IS THERE ANY DATA THAT SHOWS ANYTHING WITH THE PLACES THAT GOT RID OF THE FEES THAT PEOPLE ARE MORE, LET'S JUST SAY LIBERAL WITH, THEY'LL TAKE MORE 'CAUSE THERE'S NO CONSEQUENCE THERE. 
          I HAVEN'T THAT OR IS THAT PRETTY, IS THAT NOT, THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE. 
          I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING. 
          OKAY. 
          WITH THE PEOPLE THAT I'VE SPOKEN WITH, THE OTHER LIBRARY DIRECTORS AND THEN THE RESEARCH, YOU KNOW WHAT I READ. 
          NO ONE HAS MENTIONED THAT THAT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN OUR CHECKOUT PERIODS HAD TO CHANGE WHEN WE SWITCHED OVER SYSTEMS. SO WE, I WOULD SIMPLY LIKE THAT LANGUAGE TO CHANGE FROM WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR CURRENT POLICY TO WHAT WE HAD TO CHANGE TO. 
          SO ALL ITEMS EXCEPT FOR NEW ITEMS, UH, 21 DAYS, TWO RENEWALS, NEW ITEMS, 21 DAYS FOR A CHECKOUT WITH NO RENEWALS. 
          AND THEN SIMPLY CHANGING SOME MORE LANGUAGE. 
          UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE AUTO RENEWALS. 
          SO THAT'S CHANGING WHAT'S ON THE LEFT INTO WHAT IS ON THE RIGHT THERE. 
          UM, OVERDUE FINES, IF WE WERE TO KEEP THEM IN PLACE, UM, 10 CENTS PER ITEM ACROSS THE BOARD IS WHAT HAD TO BE CHANGED WITH OUR NEW SYSTEM. 
          UM, SO THAT IS LANGUAGE THAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED. 
          THEN OF COURSE, OUR LIBRARY CATALOG IS NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE. 
          IT'S NOT POLARIS, WHICH IS WHAT IS ON THE RED ON THE BOTTOM. 
          IT IS NOW WHAT IS ON THE BLUE ON THE RIGHT. 
          AND THEN WITH THE CHANGE NOW THAT WE, UM, HAVE THE GUEST PASSES, NO ONE HAS TO USE THEIR LIBRARY 
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CARD TO PRINT. 
          THEY MAY COME IN AND USE THE LIBRARY. 
          THEY CAN USE A GUEST PASS TO USE A COMPUTER AND USE THAT TO PRINT. 
          IT'S JUST UPDATED SOFTWARE AND SYS UM, PROCEDURES. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER PART THERE, THE LAST ONE IS JUST, THERE WAS SOME LANGUAGE THAT WAS INCORRECT IN THE OLD POLICY. 
          SO SIMPLY CORRECTING IT, UM, LIBRARY MATERIAL SELECTION POLICY, SOME CHANGES. 
          WE NO LONGER HAVE MUSIC CDS AT ALL. 
          SO SIMPLY REMOVE THAT FROM THE LANGUAGE. 
          WE NO LONGER HAVE THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION. 
          SO SIMPLY REMOVING THAT FROM THE LANGUAGE. 
          AND THEN I, IN THE OLD POLICY, SOMETHING WAS MENTIONED ABOUT A PARGO BOARD AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. 
          UM, SO SIMPLY REMOVING THAT, UM, AND THEN UPDATING SOME LANGUAGE ABOUT, UM, HOW SOMEONE CAN SUGGEST AN ITEM. 
          UM, JUST MAKING IT A LITTLE BIT SIMPLER AND CLARIFYING. 
          AND IN THE OLD POLICY, THE PREVIOUS DIRECTOR'S NAME IS STILL THERE. 
          SO SIMPLY CHANGING THAT TO LIBRARY DIRECTOR FOR THAT. 
          AND, UM, THE LIBRARY PRESENTER AGREEMENT, THE LIBRARY SUMMER READING CARDS, UM, ARE NOT NECESSARY ANY LONGER. 
          THAT WAS ALSO PART OF THE OLD PROCEDURES. 
          SO IN ORDER FOR SOMEONE TO PARTICIPATE IN SUMMER READING IN THE PAST, THEY HAD TO HAVE A, A LEANDER LIBRARY CARD. 
          AND THAT JUST SIMPLY ISN'T NECESSARY ANY LONGER. 
          UM, AND IT ISN'T SOMETHING THAT IS PRACTICED AND WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE THAT POLICY. 
          UM, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP. 
          IT'S SOMETHING THAT I DISCOVERED AFTER MOVING TO TEXAS, LEARNING ABOUT TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. 
          UM, WE WOULD ACTUALLY BE IN VIOLATION IF WE CHARGED, UM, FEES FOR OUR PROGRAMS. SO, AND THAT IS RELATED TO OUR ACCREDITATION WITH THE STATE LIBRARY. 
          SO WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO, UM, CHARGE FEES. 
          IT'S THE TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TITLE 13 PART ONE, CHAPTER ONE, SUB CHAPTER C RULE 1.72. 
          AND THIS IN OUR PROGRAMMING POLICY IS SIMPLY CHANGING BECAUSE WE ADDED A, A PUBLIC SERVICES LIBRARIAN AS PART OF THE CHANGES IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. 
          AND AT STAFF, UM, REQUEST, WE WOULD LIKE TO NOT HAVE OUR STUDY ROOMS RESERVABLE ANY LONGER. 
          UM, IT'S MUCH SIMPLER BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE TWO STUDY ROOMS AND THEY ARE IN A LOT OF DEMAND TO HAVE THEM JUST FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. 
          SO THAT IS WHAT ALL OF THIS LANGUAGE IS RELATED TO. 
          UM, AND IT ALSO SIMPLY IS CLARIFYING, IS IT FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME? OR IS IT ONE HOUR? IS IT JUST IT'S ONE HOUR. 
          ONE HOUR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND AS WE'VE TESTED THAT, IT'S WORKED PRETTY WELL. 
          IF WE HAD 10 STUDY ROOMS, IT WOULD BE FINE TO HAVE ONE OR TWO THAT COULD BE RESERVED. 
          QUICK QUESTION. 
          I KNOW, UM, LOTS OF SMALL GROUPS WILL HAVE LIKE A MEETING THERE AND THEY'RE RESERVING LIKE IN THE EVENING FOR LIKE A PTA OR, OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, LIKE 12 OR LESS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          HOW, HOW DO YOU ANTICIPATE THIS CHANGE IMPACTING THAT? DO YOU HAVE A PLAN OF HOW YOU'RE GONNA DIRECT THEM TO? WE TELL THEM THAT AS LONG AS THEIR TOTAL OF NUMBER OF PEOPLE IS 12 OR LESS, THEY COULD JUST TAKE THEIR CHANCES AND SEE IF IT'S AVAILABLE. 
          OR THEY CAN RENT THE MEETING ROOM. 
          OH, THE FULL ROOM. 
          OKAY. 
          MM-HMM, . 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN MORE LANGUAGE HERE, JUST SIMPLY TO REMOVE IT ALL AS IT'S, UM, JUST NO LONGER NECESSARY IF WE REMOVE THAT RESERVATION PART. 
          COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, THOUGHTS? I DON'T LOVE THE REMOVAL OF THE RESERVATION OF THE STUDY ROOMS, BUT I LOVE EVERYTHING ELSE AND I TRUST YOU . 
          SO, UM, AND, AND Y'ALL UNDERSTAND IT BETTER THAN I DO AND IT'LL BE MORE OF A, MORE OF YOUR, YOUR ISSUE TO HANDLE. 
          SO IF YOU THINK YOU CAN DO IT AND IT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO GO, I BELIEVE IN THAT. 
          I THINK THAT IN THE FUTURE, UM, HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE MORE STUDY ROOMS AND THAT IS WHEN WE CAN ADD ONE OR TWO AS RESERVABLE, I THINK. 
          AND HAVING THAT AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC FOR FREE WOULD BE WONDERFUL. 
          AT THIS TIME. 
          WE DO HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S AVAILABLE, UM, IF THEY WANT TO PAY FOR IT. 
          YEAH, THAT'S FAIR. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I THINK IF WE WERE TO BUILD THE LIBRARY NOW, A BUNCH OF THOSE ROOMS WOULD BE THE NEW NORM AND, YOU KNOW MM-HMM. 
           THE AGE THAT WE'RE IN WHERE THERE'S SO MUCH MORE REMOTE WORK AND, AND ALL OF THAT. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD DO. 
          SO NEXT LIBRARY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JUST YES. 
          LITTLE FUN 
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TOO. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MR. TURNER. 
          I WANNA DISCUSS, UH, SOME PROPOSED FEES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OUT THE GOLF COURSE. 
          TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO DISCUSS THE, ON THE FIRST SLIDE AND THEN, UH, WE'LL KIND OF BLOW THROUGH 'EM RELATIVELY QUICKLY 'CAUSE IT'S JUST A BUNCH OF NUMBERS. 
          AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, JUST STOP ME AND, AND WE'LL STOP AND CHAT ABOUT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE. 
          UM, THE CURRENTS ON THE LEFT, UH, THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ON THE RIGHT, THE POINTING, UH, THINGS THAT WE GOTTA LOOK AT RIGHT NOW IS THE, THE PUBLIC GREEN FEES WHERE WE ARE, UH, ABOUT 40%, UH, UNDER MARKET RIGHT NOW. 
          SO, UH, OBVIOUSLY AN EXCEPTIONAL VALUE FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING SOME TIME TO CATCH UP TO WHERE WE OUGHT TO BE. 
          UM, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO, UH, PROPOSE SOME FEE INCREASES, UH, TO THE PUBLIC RATES. 
          UM, THAT WILL PUT US WITHIN ABOUT, UH, 26% OF WHERE WE NEED TO BE, WHICH IS, WHICH IS GOOD, I THINK FOR WHERE WE ARE, UH, CONDITION WISE, UH, WE'RE NOT TOUCHING THE RESIDENT RATES THOUGH, UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME OF THE MEMBER RATES. 
          AND THERE'S A MODEST INCREASE INCLUDED THERE. 
          UM, ABOUT 10%, UH, ON THE MEMBERSHIP DUES. 
          UH, WE'VE ADDED SOME, UH, UH, ABOUT A 14% INCREASE ON THE, THE STUDENT ATHLETE FEES, UH, FOR THE FACILITY FEES FOR THEM TO COME IN AND USE THE FACILITY FOR THEIR PRACTICES AND THEIR TOURNAMENTS. 
          UM, AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, MAKING SOME STANDARDIZATION ON, ON THE TOURNAMENTS, UH, FEES. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE SOME, UH, NEW PROPOSED FEES FOR, UH, NONGO RELATED EVENTS. 
          UH, AND THEN, UH, SOME NEW AND UPDATED ANNUAL GOLF FEES FOR THE, UH, CART. 
          WE HAVE CART TRAIL FEES, SO, UH, A LOT, A LOT OF FEES IS WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO. 
          AND THEN SOME THINGS WE'VE ADDED JUST SO THAT THEY'RE PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD. 
          AND SO THE FIRST ONE, TALK ABOUT SOME NON-RESIDENT FEES. 
          THIS IS ANYBODY, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, COMES FROM OUTSIDE OF LEANDER THAT DOESN'T HAVE, DOESN'T PARTICIPATE IN OUR MEMBER PROGRAM OR DOESN'T PARTICIPATE IN OUR, UH, OUR, UH, LEAN OR RESIDENT PROGRAM. 
          THESE ARE, THESE ARE DAILY FEES. 
          UM, SO YOU LOOK ACROSS THE BOARD THERE, YOU GOT MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, FRIDAYS AND HOLIDAYS AND THINGS GO UP. 
          UM, YOU LOOK WHERE THE PERCENTAGES ARE FOR THE MOST PART. 
          I I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE STILL WELL WITHIN WHERE WE NEED TO BE. 
          UH, WE JUST, WE JUST NEED TO PUSH, PUSH THE RATES A LITTLE BIT IN SOME AREAS. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE DOING A PRETTY, PRETTY HEALTHY BUMP ON THE MORNINGS. 
          ON THE WEEKENDS. 
          UH, WE'RE ONE OF THE LOWEST IN THE AREA RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, SOME OF THE OTHER GOLF COURSES THAT YOU GET, UH, GET TO ARE 95, A HUNDRED, 125 ON, ON A SATURDAY MORNING. 
          UH, WE'RE, AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY AT 60 BUCKS. 
          SO PART OF THAT IS, AND, AND THAT INCLUDES MUNICIPAL COURSES AS WELL. 
          SOME OF THOSE FOLKS ARE UP IN 80 AND 95 ON, ON MONDAYS OR ON SUNDAYS OR SATURDAYS, FRIDAY, SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS, EXCUSE ME. 
          UH, SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO WHERE WE OUGHT TO BE, UH, WITHOUT TOO MUCH STICKER SHOCK. 
          UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING ANOTHER INCREMENTAL BUMP. 
          GOLF MEMBERSHIPS. 
          I'M ASKING FOR, UH, ABOUT 10% INCREASE. 
          UH, IN, IN WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. 
          WE HAVE, UH, THE ADDITION OF TWO NEW, UH, UH, MEMBERSHIP TYPES, UH, FOR, UH, COUPLES, THE SENIOR AND I REGULAR, UH, BOTH ON WEEKDAY AND SEVEN DAY. 
          WE HAD SOME, UH, FOLKS ASK US ABOUT, UH, COUPLES RATES BECAUSE THEY HAVE, IF YOU DO TWO SINGLE RATES, IT'S, YOU KNOW, DOUBLE. 
          SO, UH, WE, WHAT WE DID HERE WAS WE ESSENTIALLY PUT TWO SINGLE RATES, TWO SINGLE RATES TOGETHER AND, UH, DISCOUNT IT BY ABOUT 20%. 
          UH, AND THAT GETS, UH, THAT GETS THE, THE COUPLES LIVE IN THE SAME HOUSEHOLD OUT ON THE GOLF COURSE, GIVES 'EM A LITTLE BIT BETTER DEAL. 
          UH, AND AS YOU KNOW, THE, THE MEMBERSHIP PROGRAMS FOR US ARE NCY PROGRAM MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. 
          UH, THE, THIS IS NOT A MONEY MAKER FOR US. 
          WE, WE DO CAP THE, THE, THE LIMITS, UH, ON THE, WE HAVE A 50, UH, 50 MEMBER LIMIT, 50 50 MEMBERSHIP LIMIT. 
          UH, WE DO THAT SO THAT WE DON'T BLOCK UP THE GOLF COURSE WITH A BUNCH OF MEMBERS AND THEN ISOLATE THE LEANER RESIDENTS. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE CONTROL IT THE WAY THAT WE DO HIGH SCHOOL FEES. 
          AS I SAID, WE, UH, ALL YEAR, ALL SCHOOL YEAR, WE, WE HOST THREE LISD, UH, ALL THREE LISD HIGH SCHOOLS. 
          UH, WE ALSO IN THE SPRINGTIME DO, UH, A COUPLE OF THE PRIVATE, UH, SCHOOLS LOCALLY FROM, UH, CEDAR PARK. 
          UM, SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE MOVED FROM 175 A SEMESTER PER, PER PER KID, PER SEMESTER UP TO 200. 
          UH, THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S A REASONABLE INCREASE BASED ON, UH, THE AMOUNT OF TIME THEY'RE ON THE COURSE. 
          THEY'RE ON THE COURSE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, UH, IN THE AFTERNOONS FOR A COUPLE HOURS TO GET RANGE TIME AND EVERYTHING. 
          SO REALLY GOOD DEAL. 
          UM, WE ALSO, UH, WORKED WITH THE, UH, WITH THE DISTRICT ACTUALLY REQUESTED LAST YEAR IF WE COULD, IF WE COULD, UH, PROVIDE LOCKERS FOR UP TO 60, UH, 60 OF THE PLAYERS. 
          AND OUR, OUR LOCKER ROOM ONLY HAD 12 LOCKERS. 
          UM, IT WAS REALLY COST PROHIBITIVE FOR US TO DO THAT. 
          SO WE DECIDED AS WE, UH, WOULD START A BAG STORAGE PROGRAM. 
          SO WE PUT IN SOME, SOME EQUIPMENT CAGES DOWN, UH, DOWN IN THE, IN THE, ON THE BASEMENT LEVEL OF, OF THE GOLF COURSE. 
          UH, EACH, EACH ONE WILL HOLD APPROXIMATELY 25 GOLF BAGS. 
          UH, AND THE DISTRICT, UH, WILL PAY A THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR ACCESS TO THOSE. 
          UH, THE COACHES HAVE ACCESS, AND THEN OUR STAFF HAS ACCESS, UH, TOURNAMENT FEES. 
          UM, THESE, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, KIND OF BUMPING THESE. 
          AND, AND THE BIGGEST THING WE WANNA DO HERE IS, IS WE WANT REALLY WANT TO GET TO, UH, GET, GET TO SOME STANDARDIZATION 
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AND EQUITY. 
          UM, A LOT OF TIMES WHAT HAPPENS AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS A, A BUSINESS AND RETAIL ENVIRONMENT, AND A LOT OF TIMES YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE COMPETITION, SO YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO BE A LITTLE BIT FLEXIBLE. 
          UH, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE A RATE THAT YOU'LL CHARGE ONE ENTITY AND THEN YOU'LL CHARGE SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR SOMEBODY ELSE. 
          IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS IS. 
          SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THOSE LEGACY CUSTOMERS. 
          WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS HERE. 
          UH, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF LEGACY CUSTOMERS THAT MAY BE USED TO PAYING 40 BUCKS ON A SUNDAY, AND WE'RE ANOTHER ONE'S PAYING 50 BUCKS. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, PART OF THAT IS JUST THE NATURE OF THE BEAST. 
          BUT WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A STANDARDIZED, UH, UH, FEE PLATFORM TO WORK FROM. 
          WHEN WE HAVE THAT, AND, AND AGAIN, WITH A, A PHASED IN APPROACH IN THIS IS, IS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANNA STICKER SHOCK ANYBODY. 
          YOU KNOW, AT THE SAME TIME, WE DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW, LEANER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, YOU KNOW, PLAYING IN NORTH AUSTIN INSTEAD OF PLAYING HERE. 
          SO WE, WE WANT THEM PLAYING HERE. 
          SO WE, WE, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M ASKING TO RESERVE, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHTS TO CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE THESE THINGS AS WE NEED TO. 
          UH, BUT THAT THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE. 
          UM, WE, I'LL TELL YOU, WE TOURNAMENTS ARE VERY, VERY POPULAR HERE. 
          UM, WE HAVE, UH, ALREADY BOOKED OUT FOR, UH, 2024. 
          WE'VE ALREADY, IF WE, EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE UP BOOKED RIGHT NOW, WE'VE BEAT BUDGET ALREADY. 
          SO, AND WE'RE NOT EVEN OUT OF THE FIRST QUARTER YET. 
          SO, UH, SO WE'RE JUST GONNA STANDARDIZE THOSE RATES AND, AND WORK WITH THAT SPECIAL EVENT FEES. 
          IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANNA MOVE INTO. 
          UH, AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT, UH, THAT ONE OF THE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR A GOLF COURSE FACILITY IS DO THINGS THAT ARE NONGO RELATED. 
          SO YOU DO BIRTHDAY PARTIES, YOU DO, UH, GRADUATION PARTIES, BAR MITZVAH IS WEDDINGS, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU CAN DO, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SPACE THAT YOU HAVE. 
          SO WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT REALLY POSITIONED REAL WELL FACILITIES WISE FOR A LOT OF THIS STUFF. 
          SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS KIND OF A STARTING OFF POINT. 
          UH, WE HAVE AN AREA LIKE THE CART BARN, AND WE CAN, WE RENT THAT OUT. 
          UM, WE DO, YOU CAN DO, UH, YOU KNOW, BANQUETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN THERE. 
          YOU HAVE DRESS IT UP A LITTLE BIT. 
          UM, WE HAVE A LAWN OUT, OUT THE BACK OF THE, UH, OF THE, UH, CLUBHOUSE THAT'S, IT'S A LITTLE CATTY CORNER, BUT IF, IF YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT SPOT AND YOU LOOK OVER THE FALLS, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO GET MARRIED. 
          WE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO GO OUT THERE LEVEL THAT PUT IN SOME SPRINKLER SO WE CAN CONTROL HOW THINGS GROW THERE. 
          MAYBE PUT UP AN ARBOR, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING. 
          BEAUTIFUL PLACE. 
          I MEAN, IT'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF THE PICTURES THAT Y'ALL SEE ON OUR WEBSITE CAME FROM THAT ANGLE. 
          SO REALLY COOL PLACE. 
          AND ON THE REAR DECK, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, PARTIES, THINGS LIKE THAT, EVEN AT A DRIVING RANGE TEE, WE CAN GO OUT THERE AND DO SOME THINGS OUT THAT, 'CAUSE THAT THE BRAND NEW DRIVING RANGE TEE'S A BEAUTIFUL SURFACE OUT THERE, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MOST PART ON A KNOT TO INTERFERE BASIS WITH THE GOLF BUSINESS. 
          BUT IT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY. 
          YOU CAN PUT A LOT OF FOLKS OUT THERE. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA START VENTURING INTO THAT AREA AS A NEW BRANCH FOR ADDITIONAL REVENUE FOR THE GOLF COURSE. 
          QUICK QUESTION. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          SORRY. 
          UM, ON THE, THE, SORRY, OOPS, ON THE SLIDE YOU JUST HAD, THERE WERE, UM, RUN BACKWARDS. 
          YOU HAD THE EVENT LAWN AND THE CART BARN. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANY SORT OF BALLPARK FIGURE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE THOSE COULD ACCOMMODATE? WE, WE DO. 
          WE LOOK AT ABOUT, ON THE, ON THE DECK, WE HAVE A HUNDRED PEOPLE ON THE, ON THE LAWN OR ON, I'M SORRY, ON THE LAWN. 
          WE COULD PROBABLY DO TWO 50 OKAY. 
          AROUND THAT, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S TWO 50 TO 300. 
          UM, BUT THEN WE END UP ON A DECK THAT WE'D ONLY DO ABOUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE ON. 
          YEAH. 
          SO ANOTHER OPTION IS THAT THERE'S OTHER AREAS THAT WE COULD PUT UP A TENT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, MAKE SURE A, UH, A TEMPORARY TENT THAT WOULD HOUSE, YOU KNOW, 250, 300 PEOPLE. 
          I'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST. 
          IT WORKS OUT REAL, REAL WELL. 
          IF THE WEATHER'S GOOD NOW, OBVIOUSLY EVENTUALLY WE WOULD WANNA DO SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, MORE SUBSTANTIAL. 
          BUT, UM, YEAH, THE, THE VENT LINE WILL CARRY QUITE A BIT. 
          AND YOU CAN DO PROBABLY ABOUT 150, 140 IN, IN THE CART BARN. 
          WE'VE HAD HAD THAT JUST STRAIGHT SEATING OR TABLES. 
          YOU TABLES, OKAY. 
          YOU, YOU CAN DO LONG TABLES, YOU CAN DO, UH, 72 INCH ROUND TABLES. 
          SO THESE ARE LEGIT EVENTS. 
          YEAH, THESE ARE LEGIT. 
          SHE'S GOOD. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          NO, IT'S GOOD STUFF. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. 
          WE'VE DONE IT ALREADY IN THE CART BARN WITH, WITH THE LARGER, UM, GOLF TOURNAMENTS. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, BUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO NOW IS, IS LIKE TO DRESS IT UP A LITTLE BIT. 
          SO WE'LL, WE'LL BUDGET FOR THAT, BUT I, I THINK THE OPPORTUNITY IS REALLY, REALLY UNIQUE FOR SOMETHING TO, TO MOVE FORWARD IN THIS, IN THIS AREA. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM. 
           SPONSORSHIP FEES. 
          ANOTHER, THIS IS ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS A, UH, AN ADDITIONAL REVENUE STREAM FOR THE GOLF COURSE. 
          UM, TYPICALLY WHEN YOU DO A, UH, UH, YOU DO A GOLF TOURNAMENT, FOLKS COME IN, THEY PUT IN, UH, THEIR SPONSORS THAT HELP SPONSOR THE GOLF TOURNAMENT WILL COME OUT AND PUT SIGNS UP ALL OF THE GOLF COURSE, THEY DO THEIR ADVERTISING, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          WE HAVE KIND OF A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY HERE. 
          WE HAVE A GPS SYSTEM ON THE GOLF CARTS THAT WE CAN PUT ADVERTISING ON IT, AND WE CAN TELL IT WHEN TO TURN ON AND TELL IT WHEN TO TURN OFF. 
          SO WE CAN GO THROUGH THAT. 
          WE HAVE CARDHOLDERS IN THE, IN THE GOLF CARTS THAT UNDERSTAND SOME OF YOU HAD BAD EXPERIENCE WITH OUR CARTS LATELY. 
          I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. 
          WE'RE GETTING THAT FIXED. 
          UM, THERE'S CARDHOLDERS IN THE FRONT. 
          THOSE ARE FACING OUT. 
          THERE'S A CERTAIN A DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THAT. 
          WE HAVE 90 GOLF CARTS. 
          THE PRICING IS OUT THERE, UH, GPS DISPLAYS. 
          UM, YOU SAY YOU PULL UP TO THE FIRST GREEN THAT COMES ON, YOU KNOW, BOB'S HAMBURGERS, AND THEN YOU GET TO READ THAT ALL THE WAY TO THE NEXT TEE BOX, AND THEN IT GOES OFF, AND THEN IT GOES BACK TO THE GPS SYSTEM. 
          SO A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES THERE WITH A LOT OF CARTS. 
          UM, WE ALSO HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT, UH, CLUB TOURNAMENT HOLE SPONSORS AND THEN, UH, TOURNAMENT 
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TITLE SPONSORS. 
          UM, THE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY THERE IS TO IS TO GET, YOU KNOW, LARGER BUSINESSES TO COME IN AT SOME OF OUR LARGER TOURNAMENTS LIKE THE HILL COUNTRY AMATEUR, WE'RE NOW DOING A, UH, HILL COUNTRY JUNIOR AMATEUR, AND, AND NOW A, UH, WE DID OUR INAUGURAL CRYSTAL CUP, UH, THIS LAST YEAR. 
          UM, THESE ARE, THESE ARE BIG EVENTS THAT FOLKS COME OUT. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING A HUNDRED, 125 PEOPLE PLAYING IN IT, PLUS A FEW, YOU KNOW, BYSTANDERS AND, AND FOLKS THAT WANNA WATCH. 
          UH, SO WE'RE GONNA PUSH OUT SOME ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES INTO THE COMMUNITY AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE APPROACH US ABOUT IT. 
          SO WE, WE FIGURE WE BETTER GET, GET, GET IT ON THE, ON THE SLATE AND CART AND TRAIL FEES IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. 
          UH, WE HAD TWO, UH, TWO AREAS THAT WE WOULD DO THE CART FEES. 
          ESSENTIALLY YOU'RE BUYING, YOU'RE BUYING A CART FOR A YEAR TO USE, NOT A PARTICULAR CART, BUT YOU'RE PAYING RENTAL FEES IN ADVANCE. 
          UH, AND IT GOES, THIS GOES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ANNUAL MEMBERSHIPS. 
          UM, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MEMBERSHIP IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM. 
          UH, WHAT WE DID HERE IS WE LOOKED AT, WE WANTED TO DO SOME EQUITY, UH, AND, AND LOOKED AT HOW MANY, HOW MANY ROUNDS IT TOOK TO GET TO BREAK EVEN. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF, IT'S IN YOUR BRIEFING PACKET. 
          UM, THE, UH, SO WE, WE SPELLED IT OUT. 
          WE, WE HAD THE FOLKS WERE PAYING THE SAME FOR A SEVEN DAY MEMBERSHIP VERSUS A, A, A WEEKDAY MEMBERSHIP WAS ONLY FOUR DAYS A WEEK. 
          SO WE SPLIT THAT UP AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE EQUITABLE. 
          UM, AND YOU ALSO HAVE THE DIFFERENT RATES THERE FOR COUPLES AND, AND FAMILY RATES. 
          UM, SO WE THINK THAT, UH, THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT, THAT FOLKS WILL BE, UM, BE REALLY, YOU KNOW, I, I LEFT HERE FROM OUR MEMBERSHIP, MEMBERSHIP APPRECIATION DINNER. 
          SO, UH, AND I WAS TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THINGS WE WERE THINKING ABOUT, AND THEY WERE ALL VERY FAVORABLE, YOU KNOW, FAVORABLE ATTITUDES ABOUT IT. 
          THE SEVEN DAY MEMBERS IS ABOUT 65 ROUNDS A YEAR TO, TO BREAK EVEN ON THAT. 
          AND IT'S ABOUT 55 ROUNDS FOR THE, THE WEEKDAY MEMBERS. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S INCREDIBLE VALUE FOR THEM. 
          SEE, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? JUST A QUICK QUESTION. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          WHEN YOU MENTIONED HIGH SCHOOLS, WE DID SUPPORT THE THREE LEANDER HIGH SCHOOLS. 
          YES. 
          YOU SO LE THE REST OF LEANDER ISDS NEVER ASKED TO. 
          WE, WE ONLY HAVE, YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE THE, BECAUSE THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS DON'T PARTICIPATE IN GOLF HERE, APPARENTLY. 
          AND IF THEY DO, THEY HAVEN'T COME TO US, BUT, SO WE DO THE THREE LEANDER HIGH SCHOOLS, AND THEN WE DO A COUPLE OF HIGH SCHOOLS, UM, TWO PRIVATE HIGH SCHOOLS OVER OUTTA CEDAR PARK. 
          THEY HAVE FIVE OR SIX KIDS, BUT THAT'S IT. 
          THE, YEAH, THE OTHER, UM, I'M GUESSING NOT MIDDLE SCHOOLS AREN'T DOING A LOT OF GOLF HERE, SO WE HAVE THE OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS ARE USING A DIFFERENT GOLF COURSE. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, THAT WAS MY QUESTION TOO. 
          OKAY, THANKS. 
          I'VE GOT, UNLESS, SORRY, SORRY. 
          THE SENIOR RATE, WHAT AGE IS THAT? 60? 60? YES MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU TO MY QUESTION IS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER IT OR NOT, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SPECIAL EVENT FEES, AND SINCE EVERYTHING'S NEW MM-HMM, , DOES THAT BRING ANY OTHER TYPE OF LIABILITY ONTO THE CITY? SINCE IT'S NOT, THE FACILITY'S NOT BEING USED FOR ITS INTENDED PURPOSES AND IT'S BEING USED FOR SOMETHING ELSE? ANYTHING THAT WE DO, UH, ALL OF THESE WILL BE CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS THAT WE'LL GO THROUGH CITY LEGAL. 
          SO IF WE RUN INTO ANY STUMBLE STUMBLING BLOCKS THERE, MY ASSUMPTION IS WE'LL BE TOLD ABOUT THAT. 
          UH, A LOT OF THESE THINGS LIKE THE CART BARN, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, NOT BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS DONE, IT'S THE RIGHT ANSWER, BUT THAT'S, IT'S BEEN USED FOR THAT IN THE PAST. 
          UH, OBVIOUSLY THE BACK DECK IS MADE FOR WHAT, WHAT IT'S USED FOR. 
          UH, BUT YEAH, WE'LL CLEAR EVERYTHING THROUGH LEGAL, MAKE SURE LIABILITIES ARE COVERED. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THIS IS GOOD. 
          THANKS SO MUCH, FOLKS. 
          ALL RIGHT, MR. TIMMINS. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          WE'VE GOT A FEW MINUTES LEFT. 
          SO, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL GO THROUGH FAIRLY, FAIRLY QUICKLY, UH, BUT CERTAINLY WANT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AND, AND SEE. 
          SO THESE ARE ALL NEW FEES. 
          WE ALREADY HAVE RENTAL FEES FOR ALL OF OUR PAVILIONS AND EVERYTHING ELSE AT LAKEWOOD PARK. 
          AND IT'S REALLY CONTAINED TO, TO LAKEWOOD PARK BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A NUMBER, I SHOULDN'T SAY A NUMBER, A FEW, UH, REQUESTS FOR CERTAIN AREAS TO BE, TO BE RENTED. 
          AND WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE, UNIQUE OUTDOOR COMMUNITY PARK THAT HAS SOMETHING REALLY FOR EVERYONE THERE. 
          AND SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE FLEXIBLE, BUT YET, UM, UNDERSTANDING THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RENT SOME CERTAIN AREAS FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF EVENTS. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, YOU, YOU KNOW WHAT THE AMENITIES ARE THERE. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'VE HOSTED LIBERTY FEST THERE AND WE PLAN TO GO BACK AT SOME POINT. 
          UM, UH, WE ALSO KNOW THAT LAKEWOOD PARK IS A PUBLIC OUTDOOR PARK, AND THAT'S FIRST AND FOREMOST BECAUSE IT IS KEY THAT IS PUBLIC FOR US, UM, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LOVE TO USE THAT PARK ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          UM, SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS ARE REQUIRED, UH, FOR NO LESS THAN 90 DAYS FOR LARGE PARK AREAS. 
          UM, AND WE, YOU KNOW, ALSO THAT OUR PARKING IS VERY LIMITED ON SITE, UM, AS WELL. 
          THE FIRST ONE AND REALLY IS THE FIRST, IS THE FOREMOST, UM, IS THE GREAT LAWN. 
          WE'VE HAD SOME REQUESTS, WE STILL HAVE SOME PENDING REQUESTS THAT WE NEED TO GET BACK WITH ON SOME ORGANIZATIONS AND 
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GROUPS THAT ARE IN, IN THE, IN THE STATE. 
          UM, AND SO WE BEGAN TO ANALYZE AND RESEARCH HOW THIS LOOKS. 
          THE GREAT LAWN MAY BE IDEAL FOR LARGE SIZE FESTIVALS, CONCERTS, MOVIES, CORPORATE PICNICS, AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. 
          RENTAL WOULD COME WITH THE OVERLOOKED PICNIC AREA, TEXAS SAGE PAVILION, THE FISHING PIER, THE CIRCULAR WALKWAY, EVERYTHING THAT'S SORT OF RELATED TO THE GREAT LAWN AREA. 
          UH, IT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE PARKING LOT, SEA, AND AN ONSITE FACILITY MANAGER. 
          UH, ALL THE OTHER PARKING AREAS WILL STILL BE OPEN DURING THE EVENT. 
          UM, BUT SOME OF THOSE PROHIBITIVE EVENTS, YOU CAN SEE IT WOULD BE CIRCUSES AND RODEOS. 
          IT'S JUST NOT REALLY CONDUCIVE TO THAT TYPE OF AREA. 
          NOW IF WE CAN, UH, EVENTUALLY LOCATE SOME ADDITIONAL LAND MAYBE TO THE WEST, WE CAN PUT IN ANOTHER FIVE OR 700 SPOTS OF PARKING. 
          WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THOSE, THOSE THINGS EVENTUALLY. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE, I PUT 150 SPACES, THAT'S IT. 
          IT MAY BE CLOSER TO 180. 
          AND WHEN YOU SQUEEZE EVERYTHING IN ON SOME OF THE SIDE PARCEL OF THE ROADS, WE CAN GET CLOSE TO 200, BUT COMFORTABLY TO 150. 
          UM, THE GREAT LAWN RENTAL IS, IS A RENTAL FOR PER DAY. 
          NOW. 
          THERE IS A SETUP DAY AND A TEAR DOWN DAY IF NEEDED OR CONSIDERED SEPARATE FROM THE EVENTS. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THE RESIDENT RATE, A NON-RESIDENT RATE AND A COMMERCIAL RATE. 
          A COMMERCIAL RATE IS A TICKETED OR CHARGED TYPE OF EVENT. 
          SO, UH, THAT'S WHY IT'S A LITTLE BIT, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR, UH, A COMMERCIAL RATE ON THAT. 
          YOU HAVE SECURITY DEPOSITS. 
          AND AGAIN, AS MR UH, WERNER SAID ABOUT HIS GOLF COURSE, ALL OF THESE WOULD BE UNDER CONTRACT. 
          UM, I JUST HEARD TODAY THAT HUDU HAD AN ISSUE WITH THEIR, THEIR, THEIR AMPHITHEATER AND HAD A GROUP THAT WAS, UH, WHOLE FESTIVAL FOR THIS WEEKEND. 
          IT WAS CANCELED TODAY, TWO DAYS BEFORE. 
          SO, UH, THAT'S WHY YOU COLLECT DEPOSITS, THAT'S WHY YOU COLLECT ALL THOSE THINGS AND YOU HAVE EVERYTHING IN WRITING, YOU'RE PROTECTING YOURSELF. 
          SO CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT THAT? YES, MA'AM. 
          WHERE WOULD A NONPROFIT FALL UNDER THE COMMERCIAL RATE, IF I KNOW YOU SAID THE COMMERCIAL RATE, IF THEY'RE CHARGING MM-HMM, . 
          BUT IF IT'S A NONPROFIT AND THEY AREN'T CHARGING, ARE THEY STILL COMMERCIAL? THEY'RE THEY'RE CONSIDERED RESIDENT. 
          THEY'RE CONSIDERED RESIDENT, YEP. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, WE'LL CONSIDER THEM A NONPROFIT AS A RESIDENT RATE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MOST, MOST DO IN ALL THE RESEARCH THAT WE DID, THE, THE NONPROFIT WAS CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE RESIDENT RATE, WHETHER IT WAS SPECIFIED OR NOT, SO, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          UM, I DO WANT TO JUST POINT OUT BRIEFLY, I, I KNOW WE'RE SHORT ON TIME, BUT I WANNA POINT OUT SOMETHING BECAUSE WE JUST EXPERIENCED AN REALLY INCREDIBLE EVENT. 
          IT WAS SORT OF A, A PUTTING A TOE IN THE WATER, SO TO SPEAK, AND TRYING TO, TO WORK WITH A GROUP. 
          SO MOST OF YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAD A, A VERY SUCCESSFUL DALI FESTIVAL ON NOVEMBER 4TH. 
          UM, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF REALLY COOL MOVING PARTS. 
          AND I MEAN THAT IN A, IN MOST SINCERE WAY BECAUSE THE ORGANIZERS WERE INCREDIBLE TO WORK WITH. 
          UM, WE HAD GREAT, UH, UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT WHAT THE GOALS WERE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. 
          THEY WERE LOOKING AT ABOUT A THOUSAND PEOPLE TO BEGIN WITH, AND THEY END UP WITH BETWEEN FIVE AND 6,000 PEOPLE. 
          THEY'RE EXPECTING 8,000 NEXT YEAR. 
          ROUND ROCK HAS CONSISTENTLY HAD ABOUT 9,000. 
          SO THEY'RE, THEY ARE ANTICIPATING COMING BACK NEXT YEAR. 
          UM, UH, SO THEY WERE LOOKING AT SOLICITING SPONSORSHIPS AND DONATIONS. 
          THEY COVERED ALL THEIR COSTS. 
          UH, WE PROVIDED A LOT OF GUIDANCE AND TO, TO HELP WITH THAT, UH, PARTNERSHIP IN THE FUTURE. 
          UM, AND THERE WAS LOTS OF THOSE EXPENSES THAT THEY RECOVERED. 
          BUT OUR EXPENSES TOO, WE HAD 11 PERSONNEL ON SITE THAT DAY AT VARIOUS PARTS OF THE DAY. 
          UH, EIGHT PARK STAFF AND THREE POLICE STAFF. 
          UH, THE CITY SPENT, WE SPENT ABOUT $5,400 IN OUR COST. 
          THE HOST REIMBURSED EVERY PENNY OF THAT. 
          SO WE DID AT OVERTIME RATES TOO. 
          SO NOT AT JUST REGULAR HOURLY RATES, BUT AT OVERTIME RATES. 
          SO IT REALLY WORKED OUT WELL. 
          THEY WERE HAPPY, WE WERE HAPPY AND I THINK EVERYBODY WALKED AWAY. 
          I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT THE EVENT, BUT IT WAS A REALLY NICE EVENT TO GET US STARTED INTO THIS AREA. 
          WE KNOW SOME OF THE THINGS, THERE ARE STILL SOME SHORTCOMINGS. 
          PARKING IS ALWAYS GONNA BE AN ISSUE UNLESS WE DO SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN HOPEFULLY GET RIGHT AWAY, FINISHED AND WE CAN DO A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK WITH THE, THE SCHOOLS AND THOSE IN, IN THE NEAR TERM. 
          BUT PARKING IS, THERE WAS A FEW OTHER THINGS WITH TRASH PICKUP, BUT YOU KNOW, OVERALL IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND IT WAS A VERY ENJOYABLE EVENT FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT, UH, THAT ATTENDED. 
          SO I WANTED TO JUST PUT THAT AS A GOOD PLUG AND HOPEFULLY, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S SORT OF THE BASIS THAT WE'LL CONTINUE WORKING FROM. 
          WE ALSO LOOKED AT OUR SKATE PARK. 
          UM, WE'VE, UH, NOT HAD ANYONE ASK FOR THE SKATE PARK PREVIOUSLY THOUGH, WE CONTRACTED WITH SEVERAL CHURCHES, RADIO STATIONS, AND THEY CAME OUT AND CONDUCTED EVENTS FOR SKATERS ON THE SKATE PARK. 
          SO THIS IS ONE REASON WHY WE'VE, UH, ADDED OUR, OUR SKATE PARK AND, AND THE RENTAL FEES AS WELL. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF RENT. 
          I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH EACH LINE, BUT CERTAINLY IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BETWEEN NOW AND A COUPLE WEEKS WHEN WE BRING THIS BACK FOR AN ACTION ITEM, WE'LL BE GLAD TO ENTERTAIN. 
          ANY QUESTIONS, ANY THOUGHTS, ANY IDEAS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE WITH ANY OF THESE FEES? UH, 
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SO WE HAVE A TWO HOUR TIME BLOCK AND A FOUR HOUR, AND THEN AN EIGHT HOUR TIME BLOCK AS WELL. 
          SO IT'S BASICALLY THE ENTIRE DAY, UH, WITH THE EIGHT HOUR SPLASH PARK. 
          UM, AGAIN, WE'VE NOT HAD ANYBODY ASK US FOR SPLASH PARK, BUT IF YOU'RE WILLING, AND YOU WE'RE LOOKING AT THE WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY EVENINGS TYPICALLY ARE MORE OF OUR, UH, LOWER, UH, ATTENDED TIME, IF YOU WANNA SAY. 
          IT'S NOT MUCH, BUT IT IS A LITTLE BIT LOWER. 
          BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT DOING SOME TYPE OF LARGE FAMILY GATHERING, UH, BIRTHDAY PARTY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR YOUR CHILD, YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO RENT IT ON WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHTS AT, AT, AT THE FEES THAT WE'VE PROPOSED. 
          UH, AGAIN, WITH BASKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL, UM, UH, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER, NOT HERE, BUT WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF THREE ON THREE TOURNAMENTS IN THE, IN THE PAST, UH, OR TRAININGS AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. 
          AND THIS GIVES US THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO THOSE GROUPS AND DO THOSE, THOSE TYPE OF, OF RENTALS FOR THE COURT AT LAKEWOOD. 
          AND THE VOLLEYBALL TRAIL RENTAL FEES, WE, WE HAVE HAD, AGAIN, ANOTHER TEST WAS WE WORKED AND PARTNERED WITH THE HILL COUNTRY COMMUNITY MINISTRIES ON A SMALL RUN THAT THEY HAD. 
          BUT THE NICE THING IS, WE WERE TALKING YESTERDAY WITH ANOTHER GROUP ABOUT A RUN WITHIN, UH, LAKEWOOD PARK. 
          AND I, I THINK YOU AND I HAVE DONE A RUN IN LAKEWOOD PARK. 
          IT'S SOLELY CONTAINED WITHIN THE PARK. 
          YOU CAN DO A 5K AND NEVER HAVE TO CROSS THE STREET. 
          IT'S SO, ONE, YOU'RE NOT EXPANDING POLICE OFFICERS OR THOSE TYPE OF PERSONNEL TO HELP CLOSE STREETS AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. 
          UM, BUT YOU'RE ABLE TO CONTAIN IT ALL WITHIN THE PARK. 
          AND WE CAN EVEN DO LARGER TYPE OF RUNS AS WELL. 
          SO THIS IS, THIS WILL HELP WITH THAT, THAT AS WELL. 
          AND THEN DOLL PARK, WE DO HAVE, UH, AT LEAST ONE PERSON WHO HAS COME IN AND LOOKING AT, UH, DOING A DOG SHOW, DOG TRAINING, UM, UH, AT OUR, AT OUR DOG PARK. 
          AND SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO BASE THAT ON. 
          AND SO THIS WILL GIVE US GUIDANCE AS WELL FOR, FOR THAT. 
          AND PARKING LOT FEES. 
          WELL, , BECAUSE YOU MAY WANT A, IF YOU HAVE A DOG PARK EVENT, YOU MAY WANNA SAY, HEY, I NEED A, I NEED PARKING LOT B. 
          AND WE, WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THAT TO THEM BECAUSE THERE'S ABOUT 50 OR 60 SPOTS THERE AND WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THAT. 
          SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE THERE. 
          WATERCRAFT AGAIN, UM, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A GROUP OR A COMPANY OR SOMEBODY TO COME IN AND DO SOME BAT PADDLING BASICS. 
          LEARN TO KAYAK, SUB STAND UP PADDLE BARS IS STU IS SUB, UH, OR KAYAKING, FISHING DEMONSTRATIONS AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. 
          SO WE WANNA BE ABLE TO OFFER THAT. 
          SO, UM, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, MR. THOMAS. 
          YES. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          UM, SO GOING BACK TO THE EXAMPLE OF THE DIWALI, YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE SITES. 
          OH. 
          UM, IN THIS SCENARIO, WITH THESE FEES, I CAN SEE THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE GREAT LAWN AND THE PARKING. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          BUT THEY'RE EFFECTIVELY CLOSING THE WHOLE PARK. 
          ARE YOU GONNA BE PLANNING ON CHARGING THEM FOR EVERY SINGLE THING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, OR JUST THOSE TWO USES? NO, IF, IF TECHNICALLY I GUESS SOMEBODY COULD COME IN AND RENT ALL THE FACILITIES ONE TIME, IF THAT'S, YEAH. 
          IT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE ENCOURAGING. 
          RIGHT. 
          YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S A PUBLIC PARK, WE DON'T WANNA, WE DON'T WANNA CLOSE A SPLASH PAD JUST, JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE ONLY GONNA BE USING THE GREAT LAWN, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO WE'LL WORK WITH THAT GROUP AND ORGANIZATION. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S WHY WE DON'T HAVE FEES FOR THE ENCLOSING IN THE ENTIRE PARK. 
          OKAY. 
          OR RENTING THE ENTIRE PARK. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WE LOOKED AT IT, WE STUDIED IT, ANALYZED IT. 
          WE EVEN HAD FEES APPLIED, BUT WE FELT LIKE IT'S STILL A PUBLIC PARK. 
          WE DON'T WANT TO, WE WANT TO, DON'T WANNA GO DOWN THAT ROAD BECAUSE THEN IT TALKS YOU, YOU, YOU HAVE FENCING AND HOW DO YOU KEEP PEOPLE IN AND OUT? RIGHT. 
          HOW DO YOU KEEP NEIGHBORS OUT? THERE'S SO MANY ENTRY POINTS. 
          IT'S, IT'S TOUGH. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          AND THEN I, I PROVIDED A LOT OF OTHER BACKUP DOCUMENTATION ON OTHER COMMUNITIES. 
          THEIR FEES ARE, WERE VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH THOSE FEES THAT THEY CHARGE. 
          SO, UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT? THIS IS VERY GOOD COUNSEL. 
          I THINK WE'RE GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THIS IS VERY THOUGHTFUL. 
          YEAH. 
          THANKS FOR PUTTING ALL THE, THE DATA TOGETHER. 
          MAKE IT EASIER ON US AND TO GIVE US TIME TO LOOK IT OVER TOO. 
          YEAH, THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL. 
          I KNOW WE USUALLY ASK FOR IT AT SOME POINT ANYWAYS, SO THANK YOU. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. 
          YOU, DO YOU NEED ANYTHING ELSE FROM US? NOPE. 
          WE'LL SEE YOU IN A COUPLE WEEKS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP. 
          THE TIME IS 6 54. 
          PLEASE BE BACK AT SEVEN. 
          UH, WE'LL SAY 7 0 5 FOR THE GOOD EVENING. 
          TODAY IS 
          [4. Open Meeting, Invocation and Pledges of Allegiance.]
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7TH, 2023. 
          AND THE TIME IS 7:07 PM AND THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL. 
          PASTOR SHANE O'BRIEN OF ROCK POINT CHURCH WILL BE PROVIDING THE INVOCATION THIS EVENING FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION. 
          PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE. 
          PASTOR, FATHER, THANK YOU FOR A GREAT CITY. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR GREAT LEADERS IN OUR CITY. 
          AND 
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GOD, I, I'M GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF A GOOD COMMUNITY WITH GOOD PEOPLE LIKE THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT. 
          AND FATHER, THAT, UH, IS THE ONE COMMONALITY WE HAVE, IS WE ALL LOVE OUR TOWN. 
          AND FATHER, I, I THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          AND SO, GOD, WOULD YOU JUST GUIDE ALL THE CONVERSATION, ALL THE DECISIONS, UH, GIVE OUR COUNSEL WISDOM AND HELP THEM TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE BEST FOR ALL PEOPLE TO THE VERY BEST OF THEIR ABILITY. 
          AND WE ASK IT IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 
          DECISIONS TO APPLY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
          AND TWO, THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. 
          I ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, PASTOR. 
          IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. 
          ITEM NUMBER FIVE, 
          [5. Roll Call.]
CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE WILLE, PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER CATHERINE BATTALION PARKER. 
          HERE, MAYOR PROTE MACKIE LONGORIA. 
          HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONALD. 
          HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE THOMPSON. 
          PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER CERNEY. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BECKY ROSS. 
          HERE, MAYOR CHRISTINE TAH. 
          HERE QUORUM IS PRESENT COUNCIL'S ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS. 
          MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, 
          [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.]
]
NON AGENDA ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          FOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, I WILL CALL ON SPEAKERS PRIOR TO THE DISCUSSION OF THE AGENDA ITEM AND DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, INDIVIDUALS THAT SUBMITTED COMMENTS VIA THE WEBSITE WILL ONLY HAVE POSITIONS READ INTO THE RECORD. 
          ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL AND WILL BE MADE A PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT PUBLIC COMMENTS IS A TIME FOR YOU TO SPEAK TO COUNSEL, BUT WE CANNOT HAVE BACK AND FORTH SPEAKING WITH YOU. 
          UM, AND SO WITH THAT, I HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP, MS. KAT HOWELL. 
          GOOD EVENING, MS. HOWELL. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          UH, I WILL BE VERY, VERY BRIEF THIS EVENING. 
          I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT NEXT SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16TH IS REESE ACROSS AMERICA DAY AT BAGHDAD CEMETERY, WHERE WE WILL BE PLACING WREATHS ON VETERANS GRAVES. 
          THIS YEAR WE ARE PLACING REESE AT BAGHDAD MILLER TWO CEMETERY, DAVIS CEMETERY, NEW HOPE CEMETERY, AND NAMELESS CEMETERY. 
          THE, UH, CEREMONY STARTS AT NOON. 
          UM, HOPEFULLY PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT. 
          AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SEMI GOOD WEATHER. 
          UH, HOPEFULLY THE REESE DID ARRIVE TODAY, SO WE HAVE THEM ON HAND, WHICH IS EXCELLENT. 
          AND, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY THERE. 
          AND IF I HAVEN'T CONTACTED YOU AND YOU, I'VE CONTACTED YOU IN THE PAST ABOUT DOING SOMETHING THERE, PLEASE GET WITH ME. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UH, THERE'S NOBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA. 
          WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTED TO SPEAK TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, 
          [7. Recognitions/Proclamations/Visitors.Rouse High School Band Certificate of RecognitionLeander Citizen University Graduating Class]
RECOGNITIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS AND VISITORS. 
          DO WE HAVE ANOTHER SLIDE? SO WE HAVE A TRADITION HERE, . 
          WE HAVE A LITTLE TRADITION HERE THAT WHEN IT'S SOMEBODY'S BIRTHDAY, WE CALL UP OUR FAVORITE BIRTHDAY SINGERS, MR. GRIMS BOW AND MR. NEW . 
          AND THEY COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND WE SAY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE SPECIAL BIRTHDAY PERSON. 
          AND THEN MR. NEW AND MR. GRIMS BOW LEAD US IN, IN SINGING, SORRY TO PUT YOU ALL ON THE SPOT. 
          AND WE HAVE CHOIR. 
          DANNY IS THE PROFESSIONAL, AND WE HAVE, YES. 
          SO Y'ALL ARE PARTICIPATION. 
          YES. 
          I'M SAYING, GOTTA COVER MY VOICE. 
          Y'ALL ARE WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED TO JOIN US AS WE SAYING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER, ISAAC TURNER, WHO SIGNED UP WITH US AT THE WRONG TIME IF YOU DID NOT WANT THIS , AND HE HAS HIS LITTLE BADGE. 
          YOU GUYS READY? HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. 
          HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. 
          HAPPY BIRTHDAY. 
          HAPPY TO YOU. 
          THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. 
          MADAM MAYOR, IF I OH MADAM MAYOR, IF I MIGHT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          I, I WANT IT TO BE NOTED THAT I'M WEARING THIS BADGE AS PENANCE FOR AN ERROR THAT I HAVE MADE EARLIER. 
          THERE'S THIS WEEK AND IT SAYS IT'S MY BIRTHDAY. 
          NOW I'M GONNA TAKE IT OFF. 
          BUT FOR THE RECORD, I DID WEAR IT. 
          , WHAT DID YOU MESS UP? HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. 
          ALL RIGHT, SO OUR OTHER RECOGNITIONS. 
          FIRST UP, WE HAVE THE ROUSE HIGH SCHOOL BAND AND OUR MAYOR PRO TEM ESMI MACKEY LONGORIA WILL BE PRESENTING, I'M HAPPY TO PRE PRESENT THIS CERTIFICATE OF COMMENDATION. 
          LET IT BE KNOWN THAT ROUSE HIGH SCHOOL BAND IS RECOGNIZED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF 
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LEANER TEXAS FOR THE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT OF WINNING THE FIRST BANDS OF AMERICA REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN SCHOOL HISTORY. 
          AND FOR EARNING STATE RUNNER UP AT THE UIL STATE FIVE A MARCHING BAND CHAMPIONSHIPS. 
          WE APPLAUD ALL STUDENTS, PARENTS, VOLUNTEERS, BAND DIRECTOR RYAN JOHNSTONE, AND ASSISTANT DIRECTORS, KAITLYN WOLF, ANNA BUSH, JAMES SPARLING, ANTHONY GON, THIS CERTIFICATE IS ISSUED IN RECOGNITION THEREOF ON THIS DAY, DECEMBER 7TH, 2023. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE IN A SECOND. 
          THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING US. 
          UH, AS, AS IT AS IT SAYS THERE, WE HAD A REALLY HISTORIC SEASON. 
          I'M ACCOMPANIED BY SOME, SOME OF OUR LEADERS, SO I'M GONNA INTRODUCE THEM TO YOU. 
          THEY'RE GONNA JUST WAVE WHENEVER I SAY THEIR NAME. 
          EMERSON SCOTT IS A DRUM MAJOR AND A JUNIOR. 
          SOPHIE SUMMERS, UH, ALSO DRUM MAJOR AND JUNIOR ASH BEARD DRUM MAJOR AND JUNIOR. 
          ABRAHAM LEE, DRUM MAJOR'S A SOPHOMORE. 
          CHAD JOHNSON IS ONE OF OUR DRILL INSTRUCTORS AND WAS ALSO A SOLOIST. 
          IF YOU SAW OUR SHOW THIS YEAR, HE WAS THE SAXOPHONE SOLOIST IN THE SHOW. 
          AND CHARLOTTE CHEN, ALSO A DRILL INSTRUCTOR. 
          UH, WE DID HAVE AN AMAZING SEASON, AND SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WERE A PART OF THE PROCLAMATION HERE, UH, COMMENDATION. 
          AND JUST TO KINDA REITERATE THAT, UH, BOA AUSTIN CHAMPIONSHIP, THE FIRST ONE IN SCHOOL HISTORY. 
          UM, TEXAS MARCHING CLASSIC. 
          WE WERE FIRST IN FIVE A AND SECOND OVERALL, WE'RE ALSO THE AREA H CHAMPIONS THIS YEAR. 
          UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, THE SILVER MEDALISTS. 
          UH, BOA SAN ANTONIO SUPER REGIONAL. 
          WE WERE THE THREE A CHAMPIONS AND WE CAME OUT SIX OVERALL. 
          AND WHAT IS PROBABLY ARGUABLY THE HARDEST, UM, BAND CONTEST IN THE COUNTRY. 
          UM, SO MOST OF, UH, MOST OF THE TIME AT THAT CONTEST, YOU'RE MAINLY, YOUR, YOUR MAIN COMPETITION IS SIX EIGHT SCHOOLS. 
          SO WE WERE REALLY EXCITED, UM, TO HAVE A GREAT SEASON. 
          OBVIOUSLY. 
          UM, NONE OF THAT WOULD HAPPEN WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF MANY PARENTS AND VOLUNTEERS. 
          UM, WE HAVE SO MANY WONDERFUL SPONSORS HERE IN THE CITY OF LANDER. 
          SO WE WISH, WISH TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND OF COURSE, OUR INCREDIBLE STUDENTS. 
          ONE OF THE AWESOME THINGS ABOUT MARCHING BAND IS FROM THE START OF THE CLOCK TO THE END OF THE SHOW, THE STUDENTS ARE IN CHARGE AND THEY DO IT. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY, REALLY AWESOME. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF OUR STUDENTS AND ALL THAT THEY ACCOMPLISHED THIS YEAR, UH, THROUGH THEIR TEAMWORK AND DILIGENCE. 
          UM, WE'RE, WE'RE PROUD TO BE FROM THE CITY OF LEANDER AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THIS RECOGNITION AND YOUR SUPPORT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          AND WE ARE ALSO CELEBRATING TONIGHT A PROJECT THAT, UM, THAT HAS BEEN A, A FEW YEARS IN THE MAKING. 
          UM, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, UH, CHIEF OF STAFF KNEW MENTIONED THAT HE WOULD LOVE TO DO A CITIZENS UNIVERSITY. 
          AND THEN OUR WONDERFUL PIO TEAM CAME ON AND SAID WE WOULD LOVE TO DO A CITIZENS UNIVERSITY. 
          AND NOW WE HAVE HAD OUR FIRST GRADUATING CLASS FROM CITIZENS UNIVERSITY. 
          SO BEFORE WE GET TO, UM, OUR CERTIFICATES FOR THEM, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER MATTHEWS, LINDY MATTHEWS. 
          TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CLASS. 
          YES, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UM, WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO GRADUATE OUR INAUGURAL, UH, CITIZEN UNIVERSITY CLASS. 
          UM, IT'S, UM, BEEN A LONG TIME IN THE MAKING AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE COMPLETED THIS. 
          THIS PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO LEARN ABOUT CITY GOVERNMENT AND THROUGH, THROUGH A FIRSTHAND 
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EXPERIENCE AND GAIN EXPOSURE TO A WIDE RANGE OF CITY SERVICES, FUNCTIONS, ACTIVITIES, AND ISSUES. 
          THEY GOT TO HEAR FROM MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS. 
          THEY, INCLUDING CITY ADMINISTRATION, MUNICIPAL COURT AND FINANCE, PARK AND RECREATION, LEANDER, PUBLIC LIBRARY PLANNING AND ZONING, ENGINEERING AND CAPITAL PROJECTS, FIRE DEPARTMENT AND CODE ENFORCEMENT, PUBLIC WORKS, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ANIMAL SERVICES AND ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND I DID WANNA SAY, AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF CITY STAFF WHO REALLY WORKED HARD TO PUT TOGETHER SOME GREAT PROGRAMS FOR OUR CITIZENS. 
          AND I WANNA TELL OUR CITIZENS THAT I TRULY APPRECIATE ALL OF THEIR FEEDBACK AND ALL OF THEIR THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS THAT THEY ASKED THROUGHOUT THIS PROGRAM SO THAT THEY COULD GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT. 
          UM, WE HAD 16 CITIZENS COMPLETE THE PROGRAM. 
          THEY WERE NOT ALL ABLE TO ATTEND TONIGHT, BUT I DID WANNA ASK THOSE WHO ARE ABLE TO ATTEND TO COME UP HERE AND KIND OF GATHER OVER HERE TO MY LEFT. 
          THANK YOU, . 
          OKAY, NOW I'M JUST GONNA CALL YOUR NAME AND YOU'LL JUST GO ACROSS OVER HERE. 
          AND MIKE HAS YOUR CERTIFICATES, SO I'M GONNA START. 
          HMM. 
          YES. 
          CONGRATULATIONS EVERYBODY. 
          THANK Y'ALL FOR ATTENDING  ENDING. 
          SO FIRST WE HAVE LESLIE BACON. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , RACHEL BENICKY, WHO WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND. 
          JOSEPH ESPOSITO, WHO'S ALSO UNABLE TO ATTEND. 
          CELESTE FARNER. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          BETTY HILL. 
          JAMES LARSSON, WHO WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND. 
          JAMES LENTZ. 
          ASHISH MUNDRA, WHO WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND ADRIAN MORENO, WHO WAS ALSO UNABLE TO ATTEND, I'M SORRY. 
          UH, KOI NELSON, CARL NORMAN, ERICA REVY, TEAGAN RIGHTER, MIKEL ROY, DANIELLE ROMERO VASQUEZ, AND PAMELA WEBB. 
          AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU AGAIN AND CONGRATULATIONS AND A HUGE THANK YOU TO YOU, LINDY, FOR PULLING ALL OF THIS TOGETHER AND BEING HERE, ALL OF THESE EVENINGS TO DO THIS. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          WELCOME. 
          I ENJOYED IT. 
          . 
          OKAY, I FOR A PHOTO. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          THANK YOU 
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MAYOR. 
          AND COUNCIL, BEFORE WE MOVE TO CONSENT, I JUST, ONE LAST TIME, I DO WANT TO CALL OUT LINDY FOR PUTTING ALL THIS TOGETHER. 
          THIS IS THE FIRST ONE WE WERE KIND OF GETTING OUR LEGS, UH, FOR THE ACTIVITY FOR THE CLASS. 
          WE'RE GONNA BUILD ON THIS, WE'RE GONNA EVOLVE IT. 
          LINDY'S GONNA BE LEADING THAT CHARGE AND, UM, THE PIO TEAM'S HERE TO SUPPORT HER. 
          BUT, UM, ALL OF OUR DIRECTORS STEPPED IN. 
          NO ONE HESITATED TO PARTICIPATE. 
          AND I JUST WANNA GIVE STAFF A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, IT'S TIME FOR THE WORK PORTION. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT 
          [ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]
AGENDA. 
          UH, ITEM 20 HAS BEEN PULLED FROM THE AGENDA AND WILL BE BROUGHT ON DECEMBER 21ST. 
          AND ITEM 25 HAS BEEN PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. 
          UM, ITEMS 24 AND 26 HAVE SCRIVENER'S ERRORS. 
          UM, AND THE EXPIRATION DATE OF BOTH IS DECEMBER 31ST, 2028, AND NOT 2029. 
          SO YOU'LL NOW BE VOTING ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS EIGHT THROUGH 19, 21 THROUGH 24 AND 26. 
          THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. 
          MOTION TO SECOND MAYOR. 
          UH, THERE WILL BE NEED TO BE AS AMENDED SINCE WE HAVE THE TWO DATE CORRECTIONS. 
          MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL RIGHT, MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          THEN WE WILL DO 
          [25. Approval of an Agreement between the City of Leander and the Leander Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center for the exclusive purpose of promoting tourism and the convention and hotel industry as permitted by Chapter 351, Texas Tax Code.]
ITEM 25 SEPARATELY APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LEANDER AND THE LEANDER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND VISITOR CENTER FOR THE EXCLUSIVE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING TOURISM AND THE CONVENTION AND HOTEL INDUSTRY AS PERMITTED BY CHAPTER 3 51 OF THE TEXAS TAX CODE. 
          UM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE POWERS. 
          DID YOU HAVE COMMENTS? OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          MY COMMENTS ARE SIMPLY THE, THE CHANGES THAT ARE BEFORE YOU ARE, UH, SIMPLY TO, UM, MAKE IT EASIER TO, TO ADMINISTER THE, UH, TAX, UH, CALCULATION REBATE TO THE CHAMBER EACH EACH YEAR. 
          WHEN WE NEGOTIATED THE AGREEMENT AT, IN, UH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THE INTENT WAS THE AGREEMENT WITH THE CHAMBER IS 75% OF THE TAXES RECEIVED BY THE CITY HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES, OR THE LESSER OF THE TAXES MINUS ANY CITY EXPENSES. 
          BUT THE WAY THE AGREEMENT WAS WORDED, OR ORIGINALLY IT WAS BY QUARTER EVERY, YOU KNOW, EVERY THREE MONTHS. 
          BUT AS WE PAY, UH, EXPENSES, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TIMING IS NOT ALWAYS, UM, SET IN STONE. 
          SO IT CAUSES CONFUSION AND IT CAN CAUSE, UM, UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES IF YOU LOOK AT IT, UH, JUST IN A QUARTER. 
          SO WHAT THE CHANGE BEFORE YOU CAPTURES IS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE WHOLE FISCAL YEAR, AND SO THINGS WILL, WILL WASH OUT, UH, UM, UH, BETTER. 
          AND I THINK IT, IT'S MORE TO THE INTENT OF THE ORIGINAL NEGOTIATION. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNSEL. 
          I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          I'LL SECOND WITH THE CHANGES, RIGHT, DARA? UH, OKAY. 
          CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU MOVING INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA, ITEM 27, DISCUSS 
          [27. Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case Z-22-0024 to amend the current zoning of PUD/TOD (Planned Unit Development, Transit Oriented Development District) with the OS (Open Space Sector), CD (Conventional Development Sector), S1 (General Sector), and S2 (Station Sector) to adopt the House Tract Mixed Use PUD (Planned Unit Development) with the SFT-2-A (Single-Family Townhouse), CH-2-A (Cottage Housing), and LC-2-B (Local Commercial) base zoning districts; and Development Agreement Case DA-22-0030 House Tract on two (2) parcels of land approximately 43.07 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R031601 and R031325; and generally located 1,000 feet to the east of the intersection of Main Street and Hero Way on the south side of Hero Way, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.]
AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE Z DASH 22 DASH 0 0 24. 
          TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF PUD SLASH TD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WITH THE OSS OPEN SPACE SECTOR CD, CONVENTIONAL DEVELOPMENT SECTOR, SI GENERAL SECTOR AND S TWO STATION SECTOR. 
          TO ADOPT THE HOUSE TRACKED MIXED USE, PUD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT WITH THE SFT TWO, A SINGLE FAMILY TOWNHOUSE, CH TWO A COTTAGE HOUSING AND LC TWO B, LOCAL COMMERCIAL BASED ZONING DISTRICTS AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT CASE DA DASH 22 DASH 0 0 3 0 HOUSE TRACKED, UH, ON TWO PARCELS OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 43.07 ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA. 
          EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GRIFFIN. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          THIS IS THE SECOND READING 
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OF AN ORDINANCE FOR THE HOUSE TRACK PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, IN YOUR PACKET, WE PROVIDED A RED LINE OF THE PUD ADDRESSING THE CHANGES REQUESTED BY COUNCIL AND THERE'S ALSO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, UM, IN YOUR PACKET THAT SHOWS THE ADDED LANGUAGE REGARDING REQUESTING METERS. 
          UM, THIS WAS REVIEWED AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING AND SINCE THE VOTE WAS NOT UNANIMOUS, IT'S ON YOUR REGULAR AGENDA AND I'M GLAD TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND APPLICANT'S ALSO HERE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNSEL. 
          NOPE. 
          I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE RED LINES SECOND MOTION AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AND OPPOSED PASSES? SIX TO ONE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ITEM 28, 
          [28. Discuss and consider action on an Ordinance to close a portion of street right-of-way commonly known as County Road 177 (CR 177), providing for gates, signs, and widening of the shoulder of the right-of-way; providing for severability, effective date and open meetings clauses; and providing for related matters.]
DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON ORDINANCE TO CLOSE A PORTION OF STREET RIGHT OF WAY, COMMONLY KNOWN AS COUNTY ROAD 1 77, PROVIDING FOR GATES SIGNS AND WIDENING OF THE SHOULDER OF RIGHT OF WAY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY EFFECTIVE DATE AND OPEN MEETINGS CLAUSES, AND PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR ELLISON. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          WHAT'S THAT? COMMENTS FIRST, UM, YOU CAN GIVE THE PRESENTATION AND THEN, UM, PULL THE COMMENTS. 
          THAT WORKS. 
          THIS ITEM IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON CLOSING THE LOW WATER CROSSING AT COUNTY ROAD 1 77. 
          UM, SEVERAL OF THESE SLIDES YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE, SO KIND OF TRUNCATED THEM A LITTLE BIT TO, TO MAKE 'EM EASIER TO READ AND, AND TO GET THROUGH. 
          SO, UM, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE COLLECTED TRAFFIC DATA FROM OCTOBER 15TH TO OCTOBER 19TH, WHICH WAS A SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. 
          WE HAD, UM, COLLECTORS AT TWO LOCATIONS, ONE NEAR THE LOW WATER CROSSING, WHICH IS SHOWN BY THE STAR, AND THEN THE COLLECTOR WAS THERE, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF RONALD REAGAN AND, UM, 1 77. 
          SO THIS ALLOWED US TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH OF THE TRAFFIC WAS CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC, UM, AS WELL AS GET AN IDEA OF THE AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC, UM, ALONG 1 77. 
          UM, IN THIS PHOTO, I'VE INCLUDED THE TWO PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS. 
          UM, WILD SPRINGS IS UP HERE AND THEIR TIA INDICATED, UM, A LITTLE OVER 3000 DAILY TRIPS. 
          WE ESTIMATED, UH, ABOUT 25% OR 770 OF THOSE WOULD USE, UM, 1 77 SHOULD THE LOW WATER CROSSING STAY OPEN. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS LONE STAR, WHICH IS SHOWN HERE, UM, THAT THEIR TIA INDICATED 800 TRIPS. 
          I SUMMARIZED THE TRAFFIC, HOPEFULLY A LITTLE EASIER TO READ THAN LAST TIME. 
          UM, SO CURRENTLY, UM, THERE'S ABOUT 21, A LITTLE OVER 2100, UM, VEHICLES THAT TRAVEL ON 1 77, UM, ANY GIVEN DAY. 
          UH, WE ESTIMATE THAT, NOT ESTIMATE, BUT WE DETERMINED THAT 1800 OF THEM WERE CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC. 
          SO SHOULD THE LOW WATER CROSSING BE CLOSED, UM, YOU WOULD ONLY BE LEFT WITH THIS LOCAL TRAFFIC HERE AT 346. 
          WE ESTIMATED WITH THOSE TIAS THAT WITH THOSE DEVELOPMENTS AND NO CLOSURE, UM, THE CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC WOULD THEN INCREASE TO A LITTLE OVER 2,500 A DT, AND THEN, UH, THAT LOCAL TRAFFIC WOULD BE 746. 
          SO WITH THOSE TWO DEVELOPMENTS, OF COURSE, THE WILD SPRINGS DEVELOPMENT IS ON THE, THE EASTERN PORTION, SO IT WOULD JUST BE THE LONE STAR THAT WOULD CONTRIBUTE, UM, TO THIS DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO WITH THE CLOSURE, YOU WOULD SEE 1,146. 
          WE LOOKED AT THE PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC AS WELL. 
          SO CURRENTLY, UM, WEEKDAY TRAFFIC SHOWS A PEAK OF 173 VEHICLES. 
          SO THAT'S IN ONE HOUR, 173 CROSS THROUGH THE INTERSECTION OF 1 77 IN RONALD REAGAN. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, IF IT WAS CLOSED, THAT WOULD REDUCE SIGNIFICANTLY. 
          SO, UM, YOU WOULD ONLY SEE 19 CARS IN AN HOUR. 
          UM, THE SUNDAY TRAFFIC SHOWS A PEAK HOUR OF 134. 
          THAT ONE WOULD OF COURSE INCREASE SHOULD WE CLOSE THE CROSSING BECAUSE THEN EVERYBODY HAS TO GO, UM, WEST. 
          SO WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT TO BE 184. 
          UM, SHOULD IT REMAIN OPEN WITH THE TWO DEVELOPMENTS, UM, YOUR PEAK HOUR WOULD INCREASE TO 242. 
          IF IT WERE CLOSED, THEY'D BE, UM, PEAK HOUR WOULD BE DOWN TO ABOUT 65 VEHICLES. 
          UM, I WANTED TO RECALL THAT WE, UM, WE COLLECTED, WHEN WE COLLECTED THE TRAFFIC, UM, DURING THOSE TRAFFIC COUNTS, THEY PICKED UP THAT 153 VEHICLES IN THOSE FIVE DAYS, UM, WERE OVERSIZED VEHICLES, SO THEY SHOULDN'T BE TRAVELING A 1 77, BUT THEY ARE. 
          UM, AND THEN THE PHOTO BELOW, SO IT'S ABOUT 30 TRUCKS A DAY ARE GOING DOWN THERE THAT, THAT AREN'T REALLY ALLOWED TO. 
          THIS IS A, UM, THE PICTURE OF HOW IF IT WERE TO BE APPROVED TONIGHT, HOW WE WOULD CLOSE IT. 
          WE WOULD, UM, REPLACE ALL THE KNOW THROUGH TRUCK SIGNAGE WITH THE NO OUTLET SIGNAGE STARTING HERE AT RONALD REAGAN. 
          AND THEN, UM, AT VALLEY VIEW, WE WOULD PERMANENTLY MOUNT THIS SIGN HERE TO THE ROAD 
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AND THEN SO THAT LOCAL TRAFFIC CAN GET AROUND IT, WE WOULD UPDATE, YOU KNOW, THIS WOULDN'T SAY LOW WATER, YOU KNOW, WATER OVER ROAD. 
          IT WOULD SAY, UM, LOCAL TRAFFIC ONLY. 
          AND THEN AT THE BRIDGE WE WOULD CLOSE THE GATES. 
          WE WOULD PUT PLACE SOME BARRICADES BEHIND THE GATES ON BOTH SIDES. 
          AND THEN SIMILARLY, UM, THE SAME SIGNAGE ON THE EASTERN PART OVER BY 1 75, THE, UM, GATE JUST TO THE WEST OF 1 77 WE'RE PROPOSING, UM, TO RELOCATE THAT GATE. 
          YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PICTURE HERE, IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO THE DRIVEWAY. 
          UM, AND THERE'S BEEN SOME ISSUES WITH CARS TURNING AROUND AND IT'S PRETTY NARROW HERE, SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER EAST. 
          YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM TO TURN AROUND AND WE CAN MAKE IT EASIER TO WIDEN. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA KIND OF BACK THAT GATE AWAY. 
          AND THEN AS A REMINDER, THE, UM, THE ROUTE THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE, UM, SHOULD THE CROSSING CLOSE WOULD THEN BE JOURNEY PARKWAY, WHICH IS ABOUT A THREE TO FOUR MINUTE ADDITION TO THE DRIVE RATHER THAN USING 1 77. 
          BUT IT PROVIDES, UM, A MUCH WIDER SAFER, UM, CROSS-SECTION, THE NARROW ROAD THAT IS 1 77. 
          AT THE LAST MEETING, COUNSEL EXPRESSED, UH, INTEREST IN THE CLOSURE OF THE MEDIAN AT RONALD REAGAN AND 1 77. 
          SO WE'VE KINDA DETAILED HOW THAT WOULD LOOK. 
          UM, WE WOULD NEED TO CLOSE OFF THIS, UM, TURN BAY HERE. 
          SO WE WOULD PROPOSE TO HATCH THAT WE WOULD ALSO HATCH HERE. 
          AND THEN, UM, IT'S A LITTLE BIT ZOOMED IN PORTION. 
          AND THEN, UM, INCLUDE DELINEATORS ACROSS, UM, ACROSS RONALD REAGAN ON THAT SOUTHBOUND SITE. 
          DID, SORRY, DID YOU DETERMINE WHAT SORT OF DELINEATORS WOULD WORK? SO WE LOOKED INTO A COUPLE DIFFERENT TYPES. 
          UM, NOT, I CAN'T QUITE, I DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS ON THOSE, BUT WE DO HAVE, WE DO HAVE IT, UM, PLANNED. 
          I JUST, I, SORRY, I, I PUT THAT TO MIKE RILEY  TO LOOK INTO. 
          UM, BUT THEY WOULD BE THE LITTLE, THEY WOULD BE THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES THAN WHAT, LIKE THE BIKE LANE ONES AND STUFF. 
          OKAY. 
          SO YOU COULDN'T JUST ROLL OVER THEM. 
          CORRECT. 
          YEAH, THEY WOULDN'T, THE MOPAC STYLE ONES. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          THE HIGHER, UM, LITTLE BIT MORE ROBUST DELINEATORS. 
          I DON'T REALLY HAVE A PICTURE OR ANYTHING. 
          LIKE THE ONES THAT ARE MORE LIKE A WALL? NO, NO, NO. 
          THEY'RE STILL DELINEATORS. 
          OH, THE ONES THAT SEPARATE THE PALE LANE? CORRECT. 
          GOTCHA. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SORRY. 
          YEAH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE MORE ROBUST THAN THE ONES THAT WE TYPICALLY USE, AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY LIKE BOLTED, UM, TO THE GROUND, SO THEY'LL, THEY'LL BE A LOT MORE STURDY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO, UM, SHOULD THIS BE APPROVED TONIGHT? WE WOULD, UH, PROPOSE TO DO IT IN PHASES AND, UM, FIRST CONCENTRATE ON THE LOW WATER CROSSING. 
          SO WE WOULD CLOSE THAT AS SOON AS WE COULD KINDA GETTING READY FOR THAT WINTER WEATHER. 
          UM, THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THAT, FOR THE SIGNAGE AND BARRICADES IS ABOUT $1,250. 
          AND THEN IF THE MEDIA ENCLOSURE IS INCLUDED, UM, WE WOULD PROPOSE TO DO THAT SECOND. 
          UM, THE COST FOR THAT FOR SIGNS STRIPING IN THE DELINEATORS IS ABOUT 11,300. 
          UM, IT'S CURRENTLY INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE TONIGHT, BUT SHOULD YOU CL THEY CHOOSE TO EXCLUDE IT, UM, YOU CAN DO THAT AS WELL. 
          AND ON THE POINT THAT SAYS, POSSIBLY RECONSIDER AFTER OBSERVING TRAFFIC FLOWS, MM-HMM. 
           ARE, YOU'RE SAYING RECONSIDER EVEN DOING PHASE TWO AT ALL, CORRECT. 
          OR, OKAY. 
          SO WE COULD, UM, YOU KNOW, WE COULD CLOSE THE LOW WATER CROSSING, YOU KNOW, SEE HOW TRAFFIC OPERATES. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          MM-HMM, , UM, REALLY, AS I MENTIONED, THE THE TRAFFIC'S GONNA REDUCE CONSIDERABLY. 
          I MEAN, YOU'RE ONLY GONNA SEE 300 CARS THERE A DAY, UM, EXCEPT FOR WEEKENDS, OF COURSE, DURING THE CHURCH TRAFFIC. 
          UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC GOES FROM, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE PEAK HOUR, BUT IT'S, IT'S CONSIDERABLY, UM, LESS SO WE COULD SEE KIND OF HOW THINGS OPERATE AND GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND, AND THEN LOOK TO DO THAT AT A LATER DATE AND BRING IT BACK, UM, OR, OR DO NOTHING AT ALL. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN AS A REM REMINDER, WE HAND DELIVERED A SECOND NOTICE, UM, TO THE RESIDENTS, UM, SHOWN BY THE DOTS UP THERE, UM, AFTER THE NOVEMBER 16TH MEETING. 
          SO, UM, THAT WAS RIGHT BEFORE, BEFORE THANKSGIVING, AND THEN WE WORKED WITH, YOU KNOW, ALL THE OTHER STAKEHOLDERS IN THE ANALYSIS OF THIS CLOSURE. 
          I WAS JUST GONNA ASK YOU IF YOU DECIDE TO COME BACK AND CHECK HOW THE TRAFFIC PATTERN IS GOING, MM-HMM, , WOULD THAT PROCESS BE THE SAME AS WHAT WE JUST DID TO STUDY THE TRAFFIC? OR LIKE, WHAT, WHEN WOULD THAT BE IMPLEMENTED? HOW WOULD, YOU KNOW? SO WE WOULD, WE COULD COLLECT TRAFFIC COUNTS AGAIN. 
          MM-HMM. 
           AND SEE WHAT THAT PEAK HOUR LOOKS LIKE. 
          UM, WE COULD ALSO HAVE STAFF OBSERVE OKAY. 
          UM, THE TRAFFIC AND SEE KINDA HOW THAT LOOKS, ESPECIALLY MORNING TIMES DURING THOSE PEAK TIMES. 
          'CAUSE IT'S REALLY, I THINK ABOUT SEVEN, 7:00 AM WAS THE PEAK HOUR FOR THE WEEKDAY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I THINK MAYBE 5:00 PM WAS THE, THE, THE EVENING PEAK, SO WE COULD SEND STAFF TO OBSERVE AS WELL. 
          THE ENGINEERING STAFF IS REALLY GOOD ABOUT THAT, SO. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO SPEAK AND THANK YOU FOR 
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STUDYING THE GROUNDWORK OF, SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT . 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          UM, SO I'LL CALL EVERYBODY THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AND THEN, UM, WE CAN GO BACK TO TALKING WITH MS. ELLISON ABOUT ANYTHING THAT COMES UP FROM THAT. 
          SO, UH, FIRST UP IS RG THOMAS. 
          MR. THOMAS, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          UH, MY NAME IS RG THOMAS. 
          I LIVE AT FOUR EIGHT OH COUNTY ROAD 1 77. 
          YOU JUST SAW A PICTURE OF MY DRIVEWAY AND GATE. 
          UM, I OPPOSED THE CLOSING OF THE BRIDGE AND COUNTY ROAD 1 77 WHEN IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE CITY WAS GOING TO CLOSE THE BRIDGE. 
          MY WIFE AND I SAT DOWN AND LOOKED AT ALL OF OUR TRAVELS FROM INTO OUR HOUSE. 
          APPROXIMATELY 60% OF OUR TRAVELS ARE EAST, UH, ACROSS THE BRIDGE TO ROUND ROCK, GEORGETOWN AND I 35. 
          APPROXIMATELY 30% OF OUR TRIPS ARE SOUTH ON RONALD REAGAN TO HEB, WALMART, UH, HOME DEPOT AND AREAS IN CEDAR PARK IN NORTH AUSTIN. 
          UH, IN THESE CASES, IF WE'RE TRAVELING DURING HIGH TRAFFIC TIME, WE ALWAYS GO TO THE LIGHT ON JOURNEY PARKWAY. 
          UH, FINALLY, ABOUT 10% OF OUR TRIPS ARE REQUIRED THAT WE GO NORTH ON RONALD REAGAN. 
          AGAIN, IF THERE'S LIKELY TO BE HEAVY TRAFFIC, UH, WE GO TO THE LIGHT AT JOURNEY PARKWAY. 
          UH, WE DETERMINE OUR ROUTES FOR ALL OF OUR TRAVELS ON A COMBINATION OF OUR PERSONAL SAFETY AND CONVENIENCE. 
          IF THE CITY CLOSES THE BRIDGE, ALL OF OUR TRIPS WERE REQUIRED GOING TO RONALD REAGAN AND TRYING TO GET ON RONALD REAGAN, EVEN DURING OFF-PEAK TRAFFIC TIMES CAN BE VERY PROBLEMATIC. 
          AND THE TRAFFIC COUNTS THAT YOU'VE SEEN DON'T SHOW THE PROBLEMS WITH GETTING ON RONALD REAGAN AT ANY TIME DURING THE DAY, AND PARTICULARLY AT PEAK TIMES. 
          I THINK THE COUNCIL HAS TWO CHOICES TO CONSIDER CONCERNING THE CLOSURE OF THE BRIDGE, AND NEITHER OF THEM ARE GOOD. 
          ONE OPTION IS TO ALLOW THROUGH TRAFFIC AND ALLOW EVERYONE TO MAKE THEIR OWN PERSONAL CHOICES CONCERNING THEIR TRAVEL, SAFETY AND CONVENIENCE. 
          THIS OPTION ALSO ALLOWS FOR TWO ACCESS POINTS FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO THE ENTIRE AREA. 
          THE SECOND OPTION IS TO DENY THROUGH TRAFFIC AND ALSO DENY EVERYONE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE A ROUTE EITHER ACROSS THE BRIDGE OR TO RONALD REAGAN AS IT SUITS THEIR SAFETY CONCERNS AND THEIR CONVENIENCE. 
          UNDER THIS OPTION, EVERYONE MUST GO TO RONALD REAGAN AT ALL TIMES TO BEGIN THEIR TRIPS, WHICH IS WHAT I STATED BEFORE CAN BE VERY PROBLEMATIC. 
          THIS OPTION ALSO LIMITS EMERGENCY VEHICLES, UH, AND SERVICE TO ONLY ONE ACCESS POINT. 
          UH, THEY SHOWED A PICTURE UP THERE ABOUT, UH, A TRUCK BEING HIGH CENTERED, AND THAT'S HAPPENED ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS. 
          THESE ARE DRIVERS WHO OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE A CLUE ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 
          I'M ALSO AWARE, UH, NOT AWARE OF ANY TWO VEHICULAR ACCIDENTS ON OR NEAR THE BRIDGE. 
          AND OF COURSE, THE ISSUES ABOUT WATER OVER THE BRIDGE DURING STORM CONDITIONS AND SO FORTH HAVE BEEN, UH, ADDRESSED. 
          I'M ALSO AWARE, HOWEVER, OF SEVERAL ACCIDENTS INVOLVING A DITCH, WHICH WAS BROUGHT UP SOME TIME AGO. 
          SEVERAL OF THESE ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED OVER A CULVERT WHERE THE ROAD NARROWS TO ONE LANE WITHOUT NOTICE, AND WHERE THE CITY HADN'T PERFORMED THE NECESSARY REPAIRS, EVEN THOUGH THE CITY HAS BEEN NOTIFIED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. 
          NOW, I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ROAD HAS HEAVY TRAFFIC, ALTHOUGH I HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED THAT PROBLEM. 
          BUT IF THE CITY CLOSES ALL ROADS WHERE FOLKS MR. DON'T KNOW HOW TO DRIVE OR WHERE THERE IS HEAVY TRAFFIC, OR WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN ACCIDENTS, THERE WON'T BE MANY OPEN ROADS IN LEANDER. 
          THANK YOU, MR. THOMAS. 
          AND I DON'T, DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW, UH, THIS COUNTY ROAD WAS PICKED OUT FOR SPECIAL CONSIDERATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALEXANDRA LINGUS. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. 
          YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          UM, ROBINSON, UH, VALLEY VIEW DRIVE 1 0 1 VALLEYVIEW DRIVE. 
          SO MY PROPERTY IS THE OPPOSITE OF HIS. 
          UM, IT LOOKS LIKE WHERE THEY'RE GOING, WHERE WIDEN IT OR SOMETHING. 
          UM, I, WE ARE ABSOLUTELY FOR THE CLOSURE. 
          UM, WE KNOW THAT WITH ALL OF THESE NEW HOMES COMING IN, WHETHER YOU'RE GOING FROM PARKSIDE OR ANY OF THESE OTHER PLACES, WITH ALL THESE OTHER, OTHER HOUSES COMING IN, THE TRAFFIC WOULD BE SO UNBEARABLE THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO LEAVE OUR STREET. 
          AND AS IT IS NOW, THERE ARE MANY TIMES WHEN IT IS QUITE DIFFICULT TO GET OUT OF OUR STREET. 
          AND THAT IS THE ONLY EXIT. 
          WE ALL LOVE THE BRIDGE THAT'S ACTUALLY RIGHT AT THE END OF MY PROPERTY. 
          UM, IT'S BEAUTIFUL. 
          UM, AND IT'S SO CONVENIENT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE KIDS AT PARKSIDE AND STYLES AS I'VE HAD. 
          BUT 
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WITH ALL THESE EXTRA HOMES COMING IN, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO GET OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          IT WOULD BE A SERIOUS EMERGENCY. 
          YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          UM, NOW WE WERE A BIT SHOCKED WHEN WE HEARD ABOUT THE CLOSING OF THE LEFT LANE, WHICH ONCE WE HAVE A REDUCTION IN ALL THIS, TRAFFIC SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM. 
          I MAKE THAT SEVERAL TIMES A DAY, AND SURE, WHEN THERE'S TONS OF CARS BACKED UP, IT IS, TAKES A VERY LONG TIME. 
          BUT WITHOUT ALL THAT EXTRA TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE PEOPLE THERE WILL STOP FOR US TO TURN LEFT BECAUSE THEY'RE SO BACKED UP AT THE CRYSTAL FALLS LIGHT THAT THEY, THEY'RE TEXANS COME ON, WE STOP FOR EACH OTHER AND THEY LET US THROUGH. 
          AND TRYING TO TURN RIGHT AND GET INTO THE LEFT LANE IS IMPOSSIBLE. 
          MY DAUGHTER GOES TO ROUSE HIGH SCHOOL ON CRYSTAL FALLS. 
          IF WE WANNA GET HER THERE IN THE MORNING, WE HAVE TO TURN RIGHT AND GO ALL THE WAY AROUND A U-TURN NEAR SARITA VALLEY TO TRY TO EVEN GET ONTO CRYSTAL FALLS. 
          SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T REALLY HELP. 
          NOW, IF WE DID HAVE A RIGHT TURN LANE, THAT COULD HELP AS WELL. 
          BUT AS I SAID, IF WE CLOSE IT, THEN WE DON'T HAVE THAT ISSUE, UM, GETTING OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          BUT THE OTHER THING, UM, IS I JUST, I WAS GONNA SAY I'LL GET BACK. 
          UM OH, OH, YEAH. 
          AND WITH THE CHURCH, I MEAN, IT'S SUNDAY TRAFFIC, THAT'S, IT'S NOT AN ISSUE FOR THEM. 
          I UNDERSTAND THEY WANT PEOPLE GOING PAST THEIR BUSINESS. 
          MAKES SENSE. 
          UM, BUT IT'S NOT AN ISSUE THAT AFFECTS THEM LIKE IT DOES THE REST OF US WHO ACTUALLY LIVE THERE. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANNA SEE, IT'S SAD TO SEE IT CLOSED DOWN, BUT OH YES. 
          I ALMOST HAD THREE HEAD-ON COLLISIONS, UM, IN ONE WEEK SPAN. 
          IT WAS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, AND I TRY NOT TO TAKE IT AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE, BUT SURE. 
          AND PEOPLE COMING SO FAST AROUND THE, THE TURN. 
          SO THANK YOU BEN BEATTY. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. 
          YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          SURE. 
          MY NAME'S BENJAMIN BEATTY. 
          I'M FOR VALLEY VIEW CIRCLE. 
          UM, SO I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THE, UH, THE BRIDGE CLOSURE. 
          UH, I THINK IT'S A BRILLIANT IDEA, ESPECIALLY WITH ADDITIONAL WILDWOOD. 
          I BELIEVE THAT THERE WOULD BE TOO MUCH TRAFFIC THAT THAT ROAD WAS NOT DESIGNED FOR, BRIDGE WAS NOT DESIGNED FOR. 
          I THINK EVENTUALLY THAT BRIDGE WOULD CRACK, UM, AS IT ALREADY, IT'S ALREADY CRACKING. 
          UM, NOW I'M, UH, KIND OF HESITATE TO SAY THAT, BUT I'M, I'M CURRENT LAW ENFORCEMENT IN AUSTIN, BUT IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN MY CAREER THAT I'VE HAD AN EIGHT FIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT JOB, WHICH IS KIND OF RARE. 
          SO, UM, FIRST TIME I'M COMING THROUGH ON REAL TRAFFIC, UH, BEFORE MY HOURS WERE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, IT DIDN'T MATTER. 
          BUT, UM, I BELIEVE THAT COMING HOME AT FIVE O'CLOCK, SO I'D BE ABOUT FIVE 30. 
          UM, I'VE WORKED ABOUT ONE, ONE ACCIDENT EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS AT, UH, 1 77. 
          AND, UH, AND REAGAN, THE REASON IS BECAUSE THE, THAT'D BE SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC IS TURNING ONTO 1 77 FROM, FROM RONALD REAGAN. 
          UM, THE TRAFFIC IS BACKED UP AT CRYSTAL FALLS LIGHT WITH LANE ONE, LANE TWO. 
          LANE ONE IS BEING THE INSIDE LANE CLOSEST TO THE MEDIAN LANE, TWO BEING THE OUTSIDE ONE TOWARDS 1 77. 
          SO THE TRAFFIC BACKS UP TRUCK PEOPLE TRY TO CUT THROUGH AS PEOPLE, LET 'EM IN THROUGH LANE ONE, BUT THEY CAN'T SEE LANE TWO. 
          UM, AND THAT'S WHERE YOUR ACCIDENTS ARE HAPPENING. 
          THEY'RE ALL THE SAME. 
          UM, I THINK, UH, TWO DAYS AGO I HAD A, A ROUSE HIGH SCHOOL KID DOING THAT EXACT SAME THING. 
          AND, UH, HE WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF MY SON'S FRIENDS. 
          UM, BUT, UH, IN HIS, HIS TRUCK WAS TOTALED. 
          UH, IT, IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. 
          I DON'T SEE HOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH, AND, AND I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT, GUYS, I, I WANNA DO SOMETHING. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR, FOR DOING SOMETHING HERE. 
          UH, IT NEEDS TO BE, SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA HELP ANY OF THOSE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, AND I'M STILL UNSURE ABOUT HOW THE, UH, THE CROSS OVER THE, IN THE MEDIAN, UM, IS STILL GONNA WORK. 
          I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE HAVE OUR ESD, UM, WHICH IS ON CRYSTAL FALLS AND THEY CAN GET TO US PRETTY QUICK. 
          UM, BUT IF WE'RE HEADING TO THE HOSPITAL 
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FROM, FROM OUR PLACE, UH, THAT'S NOT THE WAY WE GO. 
          WE DON'T TAKE 180 3. 
          WE ACTUALLY GO DOWN, UH, FROM OUR PLACE TO NEW HOPE, UH, AND CUT OVER AS QUICKEST WAY TO GET THERE. 
          SO THAT'S A LEFT TURN. 
          I'M NOT OPPOSED TO, THIS GUY'S DOING A GREAT JOB. 
          THANK YOU FOR DOING IT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          JESSICA STEVENS, GOOD EVENING. 
          PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. 
          YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          MY NAME IS JESSICA STEVENS. 
          UM, I'M ACTUALLY BENJAMIN BEATTY'S WIFE. 
          I LIVE AT FOUR VALLEY VIEW CIRCLE. 
          UM, AND HE, AND I'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION OF OUR DIFFERENCES OF OPINIONS OF SOME OF THESE THINGS WHEN WE GET HOME, BUT THAT'S OKAY. 
          . 
          UM, SO I AM, I'M FOR THE CLOSURE, UH, TEMPORARILY. 
          I THINK THAT THERE ARE INFRASTRUCTURE PURPOSES THAT CAN BE, UM, BROUGHT UP TO STANDARD, UM, FOR FORETHOUGHT INTO THE FUTURE OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY CRYSTAL FALLS IS NOT GOING TO BE BUILT THROUGH. 
          I FEEL LIKE THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL IS READY TO DO QUITE YET. 
          UM, I ACTUALLY HAD ANIR UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCE, UM, ON TUESDAY ON 2243 WHERE I WAS RUN OFF THE ROAD BY AN 18 WHEELER, UH, THAT WAS HEADED TO A CONSTRUCTION SITE, UH, THINKING THAT ALL LANES WERE THREE LANES. 
          AND INSTEAD OF TURNING INTO THE CENTER LANE, REALIZED THAT THERE WERE ONLY TWO LANES WITH A VEHICLE COMING WESTBOUND AND EASTBOUND. 
          THE REASON I CHOSE 2243, IT WAS BECAUSE I FELT IT WAS SAFER THAN TAKING 1 77 OUTTA THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          CLEARLY THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. 
          SO WE HAVE SOME SERIOUS ISSUES OF JUST PEOPLE GETTING IN AND OUTTA THE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND I'M GLAD THAT BEN BROUGHT UP THE ISSUE OF JUST EMERGENCY ACCESS AND GETTING TO THE HOSPITAL. 
          UH, BECAUSE PHASE TWO, ALTHOUGH JUST CURRENTLY PROPOSED AND NOT ACTUALLY APPROVED, MAKES IT REALLY HARD FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO GET FROM THE PARKSIDE AREA ACROSS 1 77 SHOULD THEY NEED TO, TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN TO GET TO CEDAR PARK. 
          THAT'S A HUGE CONCERN FOR ME HAVING BEEN A PERSON IN ONE OF THOSE EMERGENCY VEHICLES RECENTLY. 
          WOW. 
          THAT'S A PERSONAL ITEM FOR MYSELF. 
          YEAH. 
          AND SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME. 
          UM, I COME FROM A LEGAL MANAGEMENT BACKGROUND AND I'VE WORKED IN REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT FOR ABOUT 13 YEARS. 
          I'VE WORKED FOR TREK, T-A-L-C-B. 
          I WORKED FOR INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS AND DOMESTIC PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS DOING REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. 
          UM, I RECENTLY SAT DOWN WITH THE, UM, CITY PLANNER OF TAYLOR, TEXAS AND THE MAYOR OF MARBLE FALLS TO SEE WHAT IT WAS THAT THEY WERE DOING WITH THE GROWTH THAT THEY HAD. 
          AND WE HAD REALLY WELL-ROUNDED CONVERSATIONS AT A CENTRAL TABLE JUST DOWN AND HAVING LUNCH. 
          AND I MET WITH THE SELLERS OF THE PROPERTY. 
          I MET WITH THE POTENTIAL COMPANIES THAT WERE COMING IN TO BUY THAT PROPERTY. 
          AND I MET WITH THE CITY PLANNERS THAT WERE ENGAGED IN TRYING TO PLAN OUT WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE FOR THEIR COMMUNITY. 
          AND WHEN THEY ASKED HOW FAR I HAD COME FOR THOSE MEETINGS TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE THOSE LUNCHES AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, I TOLD THEM WHERE I LIVED. 
          AND IT USUALLY ENDED UP WITH A PAUSE OF SILENCE AND SOMETIMES AN APOLOGY. 
          AND IT'S NOT A KNOCK TO YOU, IT REALLY ISN'T. 
          BUT THERE ARE SOME SERIOUS CONSIDERATIONS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN WHENEVER WE'RE THINKING THROUGH HOW THESE COMMUNITIES INTERACT WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING THE DECISIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JAMES PITTMAN, GOOD EVENING. 
          PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. 
          YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          SURE. 
          UH, JAMES PITTMAN, ONE 15 VALLEY VIEW DRIVE. 
          UM, SO, YOU KNOW, DATA CAN TELL DIFFERENT STORIES. 
          WHEN I LOOK AT THE DATA UP THERE, WHAT IT TELLS ME IS THERE WASN'T A LOT OF FORETHOUGHT WHEN THE DEVELOPMENTS WERE APPROVED AS FAR AS HOW IT WOULD AFFECT TRAFFIC AND HOW IT WOULD AFFECT THOSE OF US THAT WERE LIVING THERE IN TERMS OF THE, THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC COMING ON OR THROUGH 1 77 UNDER RONALD REAGAN. 
          SO I'M NOT NECESSARILY OPPOSED TO CLOSING THE BRIDGE. 
          I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THINGS ARE GONNA GET WORSE IF WE DON'T, BUT , I MEAN, IT KIND OF PUTS THOSE OF US THAT ARE LIVING THERE NOW IN A BAD SITUATION BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET OUT. 
          LIKE TONIGHT WHEN I WAS COMING HERE, IF I HAD WANTED TO, UH, TURN RIGHT OFF OF, UH, ONTO RONALD REAGAN, GET OVER, DO A U-TURN TO GO SOUTH, I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IT. 
          IF I'D WANTED TO GO 
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ACROSS, I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IT, UM, BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC WAS BACKED UP TOO FAR. 
          IT'S, IT'S A MESS, RIGHT? IT'S, AND IT'S JUST GOTTEN WORSE. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE A GOOD SOLUTION FOR IT. 
          UM, IT'S NOT MY EXPERTISE. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING AT THE PROBLEM, BUT, UH, I GUESS THE BIGGEST CONSIDERATION THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I MEAN TO BE STRAIGHTFORWARD, THE FIRST CLOSING THE BRIDGE, I'M KIND OF AMBIVALENT TOWARDS GETTING RID OF THE LEFT TURN. 
          THERE'S GOTTA BE A BETTER SOLUTION. 
          SO THAT'S THANKS. 
          THANK YOU LENA. 
          F SIMON. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          PLEASE GIVE YOUR, YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. 
          YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          UM, LENA SIMON, I RESIDE AT 1 0 2 VALLEY VIEW DRIVE EAST. 
          I AM FOR THE BRIDGE CLOSING. 
          THERE IS NO WAY COUNTY ROAD 1 77 OR BREY CREEK BRIDGE CAN SUPPORT CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC. 
          THE INFRASTRUCTURE SHOULD BE IN PLACE FOR SAFETY REASONS. 
          THERE ARE BICYCLISTS, UTVS, ATVS, AND CHILDREN AND ADULTS WALKING ON THIS ROAD. 
          I'M OUTSIDE ABOUT FIVE HOURS A DAY. 
          I HAVE WITNESSED LARGE DUMP TRUCKS TRAVELING DOWN 1 77, SORRY, SPEEDS. 
          40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. 
          IF ANYONE DOES THE SPEED LIMIT OF 30, YOU HAVE CARS, TAILGATING OR PASSING ON AN UNTRIED ROAD. 
          I'VE SEEN SPORTS CARS WHO THINK THAT COUNTY ROAD 1 77 THANK YOU, IS A RACETRACK. 
          HOW, UM, SEE, TAKE, TAKE IT FROM THE VEHICLE. 
          SO THERE'S A PHOTO, THE ONE THAT WAS PRESENTED EARLIER OF THE VEHICLE THAT WAS OFTEN IN THE SEMI BEHIND THAT VEHICLE WAS AN 18 WHEEL AT TRACTOR TRAILER HAULING FIVE COMMERCIAL SIZED CONCRETE PIPES. 
          THE MAX WEIGHT FOR THAT BRIDGE IS 22,000 POUNDS OR 11 TONS. 
          AN EMPTY WEIGHT OF AN 18 WHEELER IS 35,000 POUNDS, WHICH IS 17 AND A HALF TONS. 
          HAVE PERSONALLY SEEN LOADED GRAVEL TRUCKS WITH AN AVERAGE RATE WEIGHT OF 80,000 POUNDS OR 40 TONS HEADING WEST ON COUNTY ROAD 1 77. 
          THAT'S 29 TONS OVER THE LIMIT, SORRY. 
          AND APPEARS THOSE WHO OPPOSE OR FOR PERSONAL REASONS NOT TO PREVENT A SERIOUS COLLISION COLLAPSE OF THE BRIDGE OR A DEATH. 
          LET'S NOT FORGET THE CHILD'S LIFE THAT WAS IN SERIOUS DANGER DURING A FLOOD. 
          WITH THE ADDITION OF THESE SUBDIVISIONS, WILDWOOD LONE STAR LANDING IN CANON ONE 40 ON COUNTY ROAD 1 77 SAMBAS, THE CITY SHOULD COMPLETE THE EXTENSION OF CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY PER THE CITY OF LEANDER COMPREHENSION PLANT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          KATHY HEINZ. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. 
          YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          YES. 
          HELLO, KATHY HINES, 1 0 8 VALLEY VIEW DRIVE, EAST IN VALLEY VIEW ESTATES. 
          UM, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO COUNSEL TONIGHT ABOUT, UH, THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO COUNTY ROAD 1 7 7. 
          AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, 90% OF MY TRAVEL IS TO THE WEST, 10% IS TO THE EAST ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, 50% TO THE EAST, 50 TO THE WEST. 
          I CHOOSE NOT TO GO TO THE EAST NOW BECAUSE IT IS TOO DANGEROUS. 
          THE PUSH FOR THE CLOSER CLOSURE OF THE LOW WATER CROSSING, FIRST AND FOREMOST IS ABOUT SAFETY. 
          THOSE HERE TONIGHT OPPOSED TO THE CLOSING, ARE NOT HERE FOR THE SAKE OF SAFETY. 
          THEY ARE HERE FOR THE SAKE OF CONVENIENCE. 
          WE'RE ALL AWARE OF THE ISSUES WITH A LOW WATER CROSSING, THE UNSAFE BRIDGE CONDITIONS, THE BLIND CURVES, THE SEGMENTS OF TRAVEL THAT ARE ONLY ONE LANE, AND THE TRAVEL ELEVATION. 
          THE, THE, THE ELEVATION CHANGES WHICH BLOCK THE VISIBILITY TO SEE ONCOMING TRAFFIC. 
          NOW ADD TO THAT HIGH VOLUMES OF TRAFFIC AND HIGH RATES OF SPEED FROM THE CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC. 
          AND WHAT YOU END UP IS WITH A RECIPE FOR DISASTER. 
          SO YES, I'M IN FULL AGREEMENT WITH CLOSING THE LOW WATER CROSSING. 
          HOWEVER, THE CITY'S PROPOSED ACTION TO TAKE AWAY THE ABILITY OF THE RESIDENTS ON COUNTY ROAD 1 7 7 FROM MAKING A LEFT-HAND TURN SEEMS PUNITIVE AT BEST CLOSING. 
          OUR ABILITY TO TURN LEFT ACTUALLY CREATES MORE OF A HAZARD, THEN WE'RE EITHER FORCED TO CROSS TWO LANES OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC TO GET OVER TO THE TURN LANE AT CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY AND MAKE A U-TURN, 
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WHICH SO MANY CARS MAKE U-TURNS THERE NOW. 
          AND, AND Y'ALL ARE AWARE OF THE INCREASED TRAFFIC THERE BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE INCREASED THE LANE, UH, TO TWO LANES ABLE TO MAKE THE LEFT HAND TURN AND HEAD NORTH. 
          SO I KNOW WE'RE ALL AWARE OF THAT TRAFFIC AND I COMMEND YOU FOR OPENING UP THAT ADDITIONAL LANE. 
          BUT THE PRUDENT AND REASONABLE THING TO DO FOR THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY IS TO CLOSE THE LOW WATER CROSSING. 
          THEN, AS MS. ELLISON SAID, FURTHER DOWN THE LINE, IF WE STILL HAVE AN ISSUE WITH TURNING LEFT ONTO CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY, THEN BY ALL MEANS REVISIT THAT. 
          AND I KNOW WE AS A COMMUNITY WOULD SUPPORT THAT BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO BE SAFE. 
          SO, UH, I SAY CLOSE THE LOW WATER CROSSING NOW AND LET'S REVISIT THAT LEFT HAND TURNING ABILITY AT A LATER DATE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU SHANE O'BRIEN. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. 
          YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M SHANE O'BRIEN. 
          I'M THE PASTOR OF ROCK POINT CHURCH AT, UH, 1 0 7 0 COUNTY ROAD 1 77. 
          UM, I, I BELIEVE, UM, I'LL JUST STATE A FEW THINGS I STATED LAST TIME I WAS HERE. 
          UM, I'M TRYING NOT TO GO TOO FAR INTO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SAID, BUT, UH, WE BELIEVE THAT SHUTTING DOWN THE LOW WATER CROSSING AT THIS POINT, UM, COULD CAUSE UH, AN ISSUE OF SAFETY. 
          AND THAT IS OUR CONCERN. 
          UH, OUR CONCERN IS NOT DRIVE BY TRAFFIC. 
          WE'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT THAT AT ALL. 
          UM, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DRAW MORE, UM, PEOPLE BY, BECAUSE WE HAVE A GREAT LOCATION FOR PEOPLE TO DRIVE BY. 
          IT'S NOT OUR INTENT. 
          WE HAVE PLENTY OF TRAFFIC. 
          WE'RE NOT TRYING TO, UM, KEEP THIS OPEN FOR THAT REASON AT ALL. 
          IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR US BECAUSE WE FEEL A PART OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND MOVING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS PROBABLY ONE OF THE TWO UNIQUE PEOPLE IN THIS, OUR, AT, AT LEAST ENTITIES IN THIS COMMUNITY, UM, WE FEEL LIKE THAT WE OWE A RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR NEIGHBORS. 
          AND SO IT'S FROM THAT HEART OF FILLING A RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR NEIGHBORS. 
          WE DON'T WANT TO BE THE ONES THAT BLOCK OUR NEIGHBORS. 
          IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN, GOD FORBID, ON A WEEKEND AND WE HAVE TO EVACUATE AND THEN WE HAVE A PROBLEM. 
          BECAUSE NOW WE'RE NOT ONLY TRYING TO GET A CONGREGATION OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE THERE OUT, BUT WE ALSO ARE BLOCKING OUR NEIGHBORS. 
          AND SO IT REALLY COMES FROM THAT HEART FOR US. 
          UM, IS IS WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM. 
          IT'S A SOBERING THOUGHT TO ME AS A PASTOR, AS SOMEONE WHO'S SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE, UM, IT'S MY HEART AND I WANNA MAKE SURE I'VE DONE EVERYTHING I CAN. 
          IT'S LITERALLY WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT. 
          UH, IT IS TO, UH, SPEAK THAT AS WELL. 
          UM, SO WE THINK, UH, WE WANT TO GO ON RECORD THAT WE BELIEVE CLOSING THE LOW WATER CROSSING IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. 
          WE THINK IT SHOULD BE CLOSED. 
          WE THINK IT'S A TIMING ISSUE, IS WHAT THIS IS. 
          WE'RE NOT SAYING NO, DON'T CLOSE IT. 
          WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR THE RIGHT TIMING ON THIS. 
          WE'RE EXCITED THAT THE CRYSTAL FALLS, UM, UH, PROPOSITION WAS, UH, THE MONEY WAS IN THAT PROPOSITION TO GO THROUGH. 
          THAT'S AN EXCITING THING. 
          WE'D LOVE TO SEE THAT MOVE FASTER THAN SLOWER FOR SURE HAPPEN SOONER THAN LATER. 
          UM, SO I'M JUST REPRESENTING OUR CHURCH, UH, AGREEING THAT WE THINK THAT IT IS A DANGEROUS PLACE DOWN THERE. 
          AND, UH, WE DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE EXITS. 
          AND THERE IS A CONVENIENCE, UH, AS WAS MENTIONED AS, AS THAT AS WELL. 
          WE'LL AT LEAST BE HONEST ABOUT THAT. 
          I NOTICED ON THE STATS TONIGHT THAT THE, UH, THE WEEKDAYS, UH, WERE WENT ONE WAY AND THE WEEKENDS WENT THE OTHER WAY, WHICH I JUST THINK PROVES MY POINT. 
          UM, UH, WE FEEL THERE ARE FOUR ALTERNATIVES. 
          UM, I'VE MENTIONED THEM BEFORE. 
          UM, IDEALLY CRYSTAL FALLS, UH, LEAVE THE LOW WATER CROSSING OPEN FOR NOW. 
          BARE MINIMUM, MAYBE PROVIDE THE RIGHT HAND TURN LANE. 
          I KNOW MAYBE THAT CAN'T HAPPEN. 
          AND ONE NEW IDEA IS CONSIDER A TEMPORARY LIGHT THERE THAT COORDINATES WITH THE OTHER LIGHT. 
          AND IF YOU WANT AN EXAMPLE OF THAT COUNTY ROAD TWO 14 IN LIBERTY HILL WHERE IT CROSSES 29 BEFORE 1869 WORKS EXACTLY THAT WAY AND ALL THE WRECKS WENT AWAY. 
          THAT'S OUR OTHER CAMPUS AT THAT LOCATION. 
          AND ALL THE WRECKS, ALL THE WRECKS DISAPPEARED AFTER THAT. 
          THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 
          APPRECIATE WHAT Y'ALL DO. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          CHARLES GRIFFIN. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. 
          YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          MY NAME IS CHARLES GRIFFIN. 
          MY ADDRESS IS 16 VALLEY VIEW CIRCLE. 
          I'VE LIVED THERE FOR 35 YEARS. 
          UH, I ALWAYS LOVED THE LOW WATER CROSSING BECAUSE IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE I WAS LIVING WAY OUT IN THE COUNTRY. 
          I THINK THAT'S CHANGED A BIT SINCE I MOVED IN THERE. 
          AND I RECOGNIZE NOW THAT WITH ALL THE THROUGH TRAFFIC, UM, IT'S BECOME, UH, A NUISANCE TO GET OUT OF THE 
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NEIGHBORHOOD IN EITHER DIRECTION. 
          UH, AND SO I'M IN FAVOR OF CLOSING THE LOW WATER CROSSING. 
          HOWEVER, I AM ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO BLOCKING A LEFT HAND TURN ON RONALD REAGAN TONIGHT COMING HERE BECAUSE I HAD TO COME AT RUSH. 
          UH, THERE WAS NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN INTO THE RIGHT LANE AND GO STRAIGHT NORTH THROUGH THE LIGHT BECAUSE IT WOULD'VE BEEN VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE OR CERTAINLY DANGEROUS TO TRY TO MAKE THAT TURN OVER TO UH, UH, CRYSTAL FALLS. 
          THERE WAS NO PLACE TO MAKE A U-TURN UNTIL IT GOT TO 2243 AND THAT WAS HAZARDOUS AT BEST. 
          SO YOU WERE PUTTING ALL OF US IN DANGER EVERY DAY IF YOU BLOCK THAT LEFT HAND TURN LANE. 
          UM, I APPRECIATE, UH, WHAT THE PASTOR SAID, BUT TRUTHFULLY, SUNDAYS ARE, ARE NOT THE PROBLEM. 
          THE CHURCH IS NOT THE PROBLEM. 
          IT'S THE CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC. 
          AND IF WE BLOCK THAT OFF, I THINK ALL OF THE PROBLEMS WILL GO AWAY. 
          OBVIOUSLY THE LONG-TERM SOLUTION IS TO ALIGN CRYSTAL FALLS IN 1 77 AND THAT SHOULD BE DONE BEFORE DEVELOPMENT IS ALLOWED TO OCCUR ON THAT ROAD. 
          AND THAT'S MY OPINION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANN POPE, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. 
          YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          HI, I'M ANNE POPE AND I'M AT 3 49 COUNTY ROAD 1 77. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD MY VOICE TO THOSE WHO ARE IN FAVOR OF CLOSING THE BRIDGE. 
          UM, WE WILL NOT HAVE ACCESS TO RONALD REAGAN ONCE THE BRIDGE IS CLOSED, BUT GIVEN THE TRAFFIC LOAD AND THE DANGEROUS DRIVING THAT IS ON THERE THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED IN RECENT YEARS, I THINK THAT'S STILL THE PREFERABLE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE FACING. 
          MY ONLY OTHER SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT THERE WOULD BE NO LOITERING POSTED AT WHERE THE BRIDGE CURRENTLY IS IF THE BRIDGE IS CLOSED BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY HAD ISSUES WITH PEOPLE CONSIDERING IT, THEIR PERSONAL PARTY ZONE. 
          SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING ELSE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU DAVID. 
          POPE, GOOD EVENING. 
          PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. 
          YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU. 
          MY NAME'S DAVID POPE. 
          UH, I LIVE AT 3 4 9 COUNTY ROAD 1 7 7. 
          UM, WE LIVE JUST EAST OF THE BRIDGE, MY WIFE SAID, AND I CROSS THE RIDGE MOST DAYS TO AND FROM WORK. 
          UM, IT'D BE AN INCONVENIENCE IF THAT LOW WATER CROSSING IS CLOSED. 
          BUT GIVEN THE CURRENT AND FUTURE VOLUMES OF TRAFFIC, I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT DECISION TO MAKE. 
          UM, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION HAVING THIS MEETING AND TWO OTHERS BEFORE TO HEAR COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND TO UNDERSTAND ALL THE DIFFERENT COMPETING CONCERNS. 
          UM, BUT I BELIEVE THE PROPOSAL TO CLOSE THE BRIDGE, UH, IS THE RIGHT ONE TO DO. 
          UM, EVEN WITH THE EXISTING TRAFFIC, AS PEOPLE HAVE SAID, UH, IT'S HAZARDOUS, UH, ADDING MORE AND MORE TRAFFIC TO IT WILL MAKE IT ONLY WORSE. 
          UM, THE TRAFFIC STUDY CERTAINLY SEEMS TO INDICATE THE MAJORITY OF THAT TRAFFIC IS CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC, WHICH WOULD BE ELIMINATED BY CLOSING THE BRIDGE. 
          UH, AND WHILE I APPRECIATE THE CONCERNS MY NEIGHBORS WEST OF THE BRIDGE, UH, THAT THE CLOSURE WOULD REMOVE THEIR ALTERNATIVE, UH, TO USING 1 75 IF CUTTHROAT TRAFFIC'S ELIMINATED, I THINK THAT SOLVES MUCH OF THEIR PROBLEM. 
          AND FOR CLARITY, I AM IN, IN FAVOR OF CLOSING THE BRIDGE, BUT NOT IN FAVOR OF PHASE TWO TO LIMIT THE LEFT TURNING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU RICK KANE. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. 
          YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, GOOD EVENING. 
          UH, MY NAME'S RICK KANE. 
          UH, MY WIFE AND I OWN PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 0 9 VALLEY VIEW DRIVE EAST OFF OF COUNTY ROAD 1 7 7. 
          UH, I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR CLOSING THE WATER CROSSING, UH, SECTIONS TWO AND THREE, UM, AS WELL AS MY CONCERN AND OPINION AGAINST RESTRICTING LEFT TURNS ONTO SOUTHBOUND RONALD REAGAN FROM COUNTY ROAD 1 77, SECTIONS FOUR AND FIVE. 
          UH, AS WE'VE ALL DISCUSSED IN PAST CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, UH, THE LOW WATER CROSSING IS UNSAFE AND SUPPORTS UNSAFE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS ALL ALONG COUNTY ROAD 1 77. 
          IT'S MY OPINION THAT THE LOW WATER CROSSING SHOULD BE PERMANENTLY CLOSED AS DESCRIBED IN SECTIONS TWO AND THREE AT THE SAME TIME. 
          THE ADDITIONAL, UH, EDIT ADDING SECTIONS, UH, FOUR AND FIVE ARE, IN MY OPINION, ENTIRELY UNNECESSARY AND WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT UNDUE STRESS FOR THE RESIDENTS ALONG COUNTY ROAD 1 77. 
          CLOSING LOW WATER CROSSING WILL ELIMINATE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE TRAFFIC AS WE SAW IN THE DATA. 
          UM, AND TO ME IS THE ONLY NECESSARY CHANGE IN ORDER TO FIX THIS ISSUE. 
          UH, ADDING THE ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY REMOVAL, NO LEFT TURN IS NOT THE ANSWER. 
          UM, AND IT WILL DO NOTHING BUT ADD TRAFFIC TO THE ALREADY CONGESTED RONALD REAGAN, NORTH TO CRYSTAL FALLS, UH, WEST LEFT TURN LANE, AS RESIDENTS WILL HAVE TO USE THAT TO MAKE A U-TURN ASSUMING THEY CAN EVEN ACCESS IT. 
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UM, PLEASE IMPLEMENT THIS IN PHASES AS DESCRIBED, UH, WHERE WE CLOSE A LITTLE WATER CROSSING FIRST SECTIONS TWO AND THREE AND SEE HOW IT GOES. 
          UH, THAT CHANGE AND THAT CHANGE ALONE. 
          WE'LL REMOVE THE MA MAJORITY OF TRAFFIC, UH, ON THE ROAD AND ELIMINATE ANY NEED, UH, TO UNNECESSARILY RESTRICT LEFT HAND TURNS ON. 
          RONALD REAGAN SOUTHBOUND, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THAT'S THE LAST PERSON I HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS THAT DIDN'T? OKAY. 
          SO BEFORE WE JUMP INTO COUNSEL QUESTIONS, I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR INPUT. 
          I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT THIS IS NOT AN EASY DECISION BECAUSE THERE'S NO WIN ALL THE WAY AROUND. 
          UM, AND SO I KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING NONE OF OF US ARE TAKING LIGHTLY. 
          UM, I WILL GO AHEAD AND OWN THAT, THAT LEFT TURN LANE THING, UM, WHEN Y'ALL WERE HERE BEFORE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD IS THE TRAFFIC BACKS UP REALLY BADLY THERE. 
          AND SO WHEN YOU WERE HERE, WE SAID, HEY, STAFF, CAN YOU GO TAKE A LOOK AT PUTTING IN, UH, A RIGHT TURN LANE? AND OUR STAFF WENT OUT THERE AND THEY LOOKED AND THERE WASN'T A POSSIBILITY FOR RIGHT TURN LANE. 
          AND THAT WAS WHERE THE IDEA OF, WELL, MAYBE WE JUST MAKE EVERYTHING A RIGHT TURN CAME FROM BECAUSE WE THOUGHT IF IT'S A RIGHT TURN, THEN IT'S CONTINUOUS FLOW. 
          SO I WANT Y'ALL TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE, UM, I, I HEARD ONE PERSON SAY THEY THOUGHT IT WAS PUNITIVE. 
          IT WAS TOTALLY THE OPPOSITE. 
          UM, WE'VE GOTTEN A FEW EMAILS ABOUT IT AND, AND PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WELL, WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS NOW? YOU DIDN'T TALK TO US ABOUT THIS BEFORE. 
          IT WAS ALL VERY GOOD INTENTION. 
          UM, BUT I DEFINITELY HEAR YOU. 
          IT, ALL OF THIS, NO MATTER WHAT WE DO, IS GONNA DISRUPT YOUR WAY OF LIFE AND YOUR, YOUR TRANSPORTATION. 
          AND SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE AND I APOLOGIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO, TO TALK ABOUT ALL THESE OPTIONS. 
          UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE BEFORE WE START DISCUSSING. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO COUNSEL, QUESTIONS, THOUGHTS, ALL THATAM BEFORE YOU GO ANY FURTHER, YOU HAD THREE, UH, POSITIONS SUBMITTED ONLINE. 
          IF YOU'LL PLEASE READ THEM INTO THE RECORD. 
          THEY'RE POSITIONS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          YES. 
          UH, THREE PEOPLE SUBMITTED THEIR, UM, POSITIONS THROUGH OUR WEBSITE. 
          THEY DID NOT WISH TO SPEAK. 
          UM, THE FIRST ONE, ACTUALLY, I THINK THIS ONE MAY HAVE SPOKEN. 
          RICHARD KANE, UM, PUT IN FOUR. 
          AND THEN MARILEE, BRANDIS FRANTI AND JOSHUA M. FREEMAN, UM, BOTH PUT IN AGAINST AND WANTED THOSE READ INTO THE RECORD. 
          THANK YOU MS. CRABTREE. 
          ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, I'M SURE WE ALL HAVE LOTS OF THOUGHTS. 
          DO WE WANNA GO DOWN THE LINE? SURE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE'LL START WITH PLACE ONE I THINK JUST, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, 'CAUSE I, I HAVE, I DON'T HAVE THE CURRENT LANGUAGE IN THERE. 
          I THINK IT WAS EMAILED TO US. 
          AND, AND, AND IT'S FINE. 
          I'M USING THE OLD VERSION UNTIL I MAKE MYSELF LEARN THE NEW VERSION. 
          'CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO, UM, . 
          BUT CAN YOU JUST CONFIRM WE ARE ONLY VOTING ON THE CLOSURE TONIGHT, NOT THE PHASE ONE FOR THE LEFT OR PHASE TWO FOR THE LEFT TURN. 
          SO PHASE TWO IS CURRENTLY IN THE ORDINANCE AS WELL. 
          IT'S SECTIONS FOUR AND FIVE. 
          OKAY. 
          OF THE ORDINANCE. 
          SO IF YOU WERE TO VOTE SO WE COULD APPROVE WITHOUT THAT, YOU COULD ELIMINATE THOSE TWO? CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND REALLY, I THINK THAT WAS THE I MEAN, I HAVE LOTS OF COMMENTS, BUT IT WOULD JUST BE WHAT Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY SAID. 
          I MEAN, IT'S, IT, THIS IS NOT EASY. 
          THERE'S NO, IT'S A NO WIN. 
          AND IT, NOBODY LIKES TO HAVE THEIR, WHERE THEY LIVE CHANGED. 
          AND IT'S, I, I'VE HAD THAT SITUATION TOO. 
          IT'S DIFFICULT. 
          UM, BUT IT'S ALL FOR THE RIGHT REASONS I THINK. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU PUT INTO THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JUST A QUES COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          SO PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT REPAIRS AND THAT'S A COUNTY ROAD, RIGHT? SO IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT. 
          WE ARE. 
          SO WE PORTIONED UP TO THE BRIDGE AND JUST, YOU ALMOST CAN, THANKS FOR REMINDING ME. 
          WE ARE SURE. 
          I MEAN, IT'S CALLED COUNTY ROAD, BUT UM, UP UNTIL THE LOW, MAYBE THIS IS A BETTER, WE'LL GO BACK. 
          THE ONE WITH THE, SO WHAT REPAIRS HAVE BEEN DONE ON THE BRIDGE? WE'VE PART, WE'VE, WE'VE DONE, ACTUALLY ONE OF MY PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS, I SHOWED, UM, PICTURES. 
          SO WE'VE GONE IN AND REPAIRED THE CONCRETE. 
          UM, I MEAN MULTIPLE TIMES. 
          IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY FAILED. 
          AND S SWALLOWED, UM, IT WAS ONE OF THE INSTANCES THE CONCRETE WAS CURING AND SOMEONE CUT THE LOCKS ON THE GATE. 
          IT'S OH YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. 
          SO, UM, BUT, AND WE HAVE SIGNS FOR THE SIZE OF TRUCKS, CORRECT. 
          BUT PEOPLE ARE NOT LISTENING TO THAT AND THEY'RE STILL GROWING AND IT'S CAUSING MORE DAMAGE. 
          SO EVERY ONE OF THESE, SO A SIGN, THESE SIGNS ARE ALL, UM, MAYBE NOT THIS ONE. 
          UM, AND THEN THESE THREE ARE, HERE ARE ALL NO THROUGH TRUCK SIGNS ON, AND THEY POINT TO COUNTY ROAD 1 77. 
          SO, AND THEN JUST THE, THE SIGNS THAT COULD WE MAKE THEM BIGGER AROUND LIKE, YOU NEED TO HAVE A TRUCK THAT'S, WE SUPPORT THIS MANY TONS. 
          UM, I THINK, 'CAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE I, THERE'S, THERE'S A, HERE'S THE PROBLEM, HERE'S THE PROBLEM WITH A M TRUCK. 
          YOU CAN'T TURN IT 
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AROUND. 
          ONCE THEY'VE COMMITTED AND G-P-S-G-I-S OR WHATEVER HE SAYS, GO DOWN THAT ROAD, IT'S THE FASTEST ROUTE. 
          THEY'RE DONE, THEY'RE COMMITTED. 
          AND MANY TIMES THAT HAPPENS. 
          AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH THE SINGLE LANE. 
          THERE'S, THERE'S NOWHERE FOR THEM TO, SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO KEEP GOING. 
          AND AT THAT POINT, FIND ME, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? PULL ME OVER AND FIND ME. 
          SO YOU HAVE TO THINK IN THE EYES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DELIVERING STUFF, ESPECIALLY ON A TIMEFRAME THEY SEE THAT SIGN. 
          WE COULD MAKE IT A BULLETIN BOARD. 
          AND THAT'S NOT GONNA STOP THEM. 
          IF THEY, IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION THEY'RE GOING AND THEY CAN'T TURN AROUND. 
          THERE'S, THERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE SIGNS, UM, RIGHT THERE. 
          SO YOU KNOW, IT HAS THE WEIGHT, BUT THE SIGNS ON THE ROAD. 
          RIGHT. 
          IT'S NOT BEFORE YOU GET ON. 
          SO BOTH OF 'EM. 
          SO THERE'S, THERE'S SEVERAL. 
          SO THERE'S TWO. 
          OOPS THE OTHER WAY. 
          SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          SO THERE'S SOME ON REAGAN, THERE'S TWO ON REAGAN. 
          SO THIS ONE RIGHT HERE SAYS NO THROUGH TRUCKS ON COUNTY ROAD 1 77, SAME THING NORTHBOUND. 
          AND THEN SAME THING. 
          OH, ON THIS SIDE? YEP. 
          IS THAT ONE AS WELL? NO OUTLET IS ALSO A NO. 
          THROUGH TRUCKS. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO 22,000 POUNDS. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO THIS ONE IS, WELL I WASN'T SURE IF THAT ONE WAS, UM, THAT WAY. 
          SO, AND I LIVE AROUND HERE TOO, SO MY GPS TRIES TO TELL ME TO GO THROUGH THERE, BUT I TOLD MY CARD, NO, I DON'T GO THROUGH THERE . 
          UM, BUT IS THERE ANY WAY IF WE DO CLOSE THE ROAD, THAT IT WILL BE UPDATED? IT WILL BE UPDATED WITH CAP COGS MAPS IN? CORRECT. 
          SO I'M IN FAVOR OF CLOSING, BUT GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M IN CLOSE YOUR CLOSING, BUT I DO HEAR THE COMMENTS ABOUT PHASE TWO AND I THINK I'M NOT REALLY SUPPORTING THAT ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE STAY. 
          SO I REMEMBER WHEN LEANER WAS A REALLY SMALL TOWN AND I APPRECIATE THESE NICE LITTLE TWO LANE ROADS AND THE ONE LANE BRIDGES AND MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE STILL IN A SMALL COMMUNITY. 
          BUT UNFORTUNATELY WITH OUR GROWTH, WE'RE JUST NOT THERE AT THAT AT THIS MOMENT. 
          AND UNFORTUNATELY ALSO OUR GROWTH HAS EXCEEDED OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          UM, I WAS TELLING MY WIFE THE OTHER DAY, WE WERE DRIVING DOWN HERO WAY AND YOU GOT THE OPEN PASTURES ON BOTH SIDES OF THEIR OWN, THE COWS AND STUFF. 
          I'M LIKE, MAN, LONG TIME AGO THESE FOLKS WERE AROUND THE COUNTRY AND , NOW THEY'RE ALMOST IN THE HEART OF LEANDER. 
          UH, SO, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW WE'RE JUST EXPERIENCING OUR GROWING PAINS. 
          UM, AND SO JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. 
          I ALSO AM, UM, IN FAVOR OF THIS CLOSURE, BUT I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF SHUTTING DOWN THE LEFT TURN LANE AT THIS POINT. 
          JUST LET'S EVALUATE, SEE WHAT THE IMPACT IS ON THE CLOSURE. 
          UM, BUT ADDITIONALLY WHAT I'LL DO RIGHT DOWN HERE, OH, SOME OTHER THINGS I'D LIKE TO SEE WHEN WE CLOSE THIS ROADWAY. 
          OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE SIGN SIGNAGE ALREADY THERE, TRUCK'S ALREADY VIOLATING THAT THEY'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION. 
          UM, CAN WE ALSO PUT SOME TYPE OF PORTABLE D MESS OUT THERE, FLASHING LIGHTS LIKE . 
          SO WE, WE PLAN PRIOR TO THE CLOSURE TO PUT OUT MESSAGE BOARDS AT LEAST TO START ALERTING THAT THIS IS COMING. 
          UM, I DON'T THINK THEY COULD SEE THE FORCE FOR THE TREES, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING WITH THE SIGNAGE. 
          SO, UH, MAYBE WE NEED SOME FLASHING LIGHTS OR SOMETHING TO REALLY GET THEIR ATTENTION. 
          UH, I KNOW IT'S NOT AN EASY THING. 
          AND THE LAST THING I WANNA DO IS INCONVENIENCE SERVICE AND IT'S ANY MORE THAN WHAT WE MAY BE DOING WITH THAT CLOSURE. 
          SO AGAIN, NOT FOR CLOSING THAT LEFT TURN LANE YET ON RONALD REAGAN, PLEASE FORWARD. 
          CAN YOU GO BACK, UM, WHEN YOU WERE, I HEARD SOMEBODY MENTION CRYSTAL FALLS AND WE NEED TO GET THAT EXPANDED RIGHT AWAY, BUT THAT'S IN A PLAN, UM, WITH THE COUNTY, CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          TO EXPAND OUT FOR YEARS DOWN THE LINE. 
          YES. 
          SO THAT'S NOT, THAT WAS, YEAH. 
          THAT WAS APPROVED WITH THE BOND FOR DESIGN RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITION. 
          SO THAT'LL START IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. 
          IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. 
          BUT THAT'S A LONG TERM AND THAT'S JUST DESIGN AND RIGHT OF FORCE. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO WE HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED FUNDING FOR THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION YET. 
          DAN? YES, GO AHEAD. 
          I'D LIKE TO COMMENT ON THAT TOO. 
          UM, EVEN IF WE BUILT THAT ROAD MM-HMM,  AND A COUPLE PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT EVACUATION, IT'S AROUND 1 77. 
          THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THAT. 
          MM-HMM. 
           YOU'RE STILL HAVING TO GO AROUND BECAUSE THE LITTLE WATER BRIDGES CROSSED. 
          SO EVEN IF WE BUILT CRYSTAL FALLS, IT DOESN'T SOLVE THAT PARTICULAR PROBLEM WITH YOU STILL GOTTA, IT MIGHT BE A A BIT SHORTER. 
          SO A SET OF TWO AND A HALF MINUTES GOING DOWN, UM, JOURNEY, YOU, YOU MIGHT SAVE ANOTHER MINUTE GOING DOWN CRYSTAL FALLS WHENEVER THAT GETS BUILT. 
          UM, BUT IT DOESN'T ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM THAT THE LOW WATER BRIDGE IS, IS CLOSED AND YOU STILL HAVE TO GO AROUND AND YOU STILL HAVE TO GO TO RONALD REAGAN, WHICH WE'LL HAVE TO DISCUSS TO GET TO. 
          RIGHT. 
          CRYSTAL FALLS OUR JOURNEY TO MAKE THAT SAME PATH. 
          SO I DO WANNA PUT THAT OUT THAT IT'S, IT IS NEEDED AND IT'S GONNA BE A THOROUGH WAY, UM, BUT IT DOESN'T SOLVE SOME OF THE POTENTIAL ISSUES OF EVACUATION OR OTHER CONCERNS THAT RESIDENTS BROUGHT UP HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, AND I SAID IT BEFORE LAST 
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TIME, I'VE USED COUNTY ROAD 1 77 A LOT, UM, PICKING UP KIDS AT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS BETWEEN ROUSE AND BACK OVER AT STYLES. 
          AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A LITTLE TRICKY DRIVING OVER THERE, BUT WHEN WE HAVE SCHOOL BUSES FLOATING AWAY AND, YOU KNOW, BIG TRUCKS, THESE LARGE TRUCKS NOT FOLLOWING THE RULES THAT THEY NEED TO, THE SAFEST THING SEEMS TO BE TO CLOSE IT. 
          UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR THE SECOND PHASE US DO ANOTHER TRAFFIC STUDY. 
          SURE. 
          UM, MAYBE 60, 90 DAYS. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TIMEFRAME IS AFTER THE LOW WATER BRIDGE IS CLOSED SO THAT WE CAN KNOW. 
          'CAUSE WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT A POTENTIAL RIGHT LANE, ADDING A RIGHT TURN LANE, THAT THAT MIGHT ALLEVIATE MORE OF THE TRAFFIC. 
          BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A TRAFFIC STUDY BEFORE WE COMMIT TO CLOSING OFF THAT LEFT TURN. 
          YEAH, THE RIGHT LANE GETS TRICKY THERE JUST BECAUSE OF WE WOULD HAVE TO ACQUIRE RIGHT OF WAY AND THERE'S A SLOW WHOLE NOTHER PROCESS SO IT WOULD BE EXPENSIVE AS WELL. 
          SO, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU . 
          I DON'T HAVE A TON MORE TO, TO ADD. 
          I THINK EVERYTHING'S BEEN SAID. 
          I JUST THINK THAT THE, THAT THE PROCESS IN WHICH THIS IS GOING IS THE RIGHT WAY. 
          UM, BY NOT MAKING A RASH DECISION, BY GATHERING DATA, BY GATHERING FEEDBACK AND LETTING PEOPLE HAVE MULTIPLE CHANCES TO COME AND SPEAK WITH US IS GOOD. 
          EVERYBODY'S RIGHT. 
          RIGHT. 
          THAT IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, EVEN SHANE AND, AND THE PASTOR, I MEAN HE'S, HE'S RIGHT FOR HIS CONGREGATION. 
          IT'S HIS JOB TO THINK ABOUT THOSE THINGS. 
          HE'S RIGHT FOR HAVING THAT OPINION. 
          WE'RE RIGHT TO HAVE THIS OPINION AS HOMEOWNERS OVER HERE TOO. 
          AND WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE, THE, TO THE BEST OF EVERYBODY INVOLVED, RIGHT? AND SO NEVER, NEVER AN EASY PLACE TO BE, BUT THIS IS IT, IT IS GONNA BE A SIMPLE DECISION. 
          AND I THINK TAKING THE PHASED APPROACH AND NOT GOING FORWARD WITH FOUR AND FIVE IS GONNA BE THE, THE BEST THING FOR US RIGHT NOW. 
          AND THEN, UH, IF WE HAVE ISSUES THEN WE, WE ADDRESS THEM THE SAME WAY WE DID RIGHT NOW. 
          AND IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY, THEN THERE'S NO NEED TO, TO, UM, OVERREACH IN THAT, IN THAT SITUATION. 
          SO, UM, I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY. 
          I PLAY SIX TOWARD BEING LAST. 
          I REALLY, AGAIN, ALL MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'VE SAID MOST EVERYTHING, BUT I DID WANNA MENTION THAT, UM, AS CITIES DEVELOP, WE DEPEND ON DEVELOPERS TO HELP PAY FOR ROADS. 
          SO UNFORTUNATELY THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE OPEN COFFERS TO JUST BUILD ALL THE ROADS BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT'S GONNA BE. 
          SO WE, WE ARE DEPENDENT ON, ON WAITING ON THAT. 
          SO IT DOES SEEM BACKWARDS, BUT THAT'S JUST THE WAY THE SYSTEM WORKS UNFORTUNATELY. 
          SO WE, WE DO KNOW THAT THOSE DEVELOPMENTS ARE COMING IN, BUT WE DO KNOW THE ROADS ARE INADEQUATE TOO. 
          BUT WE, YOU, YOU JUST HAVE TO DO IT IN THAT ORDER. 
          SO I AGREE THAT WE NEED TO CLOSE AND I AGREE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE LEFT HAND TURN WAS AN IDEA FLOATED THAT WE THOUGHT WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT. 
          UM, BUT IT OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T MAKE SENSE RIGHT NOW. 
          SO LET'S DO THE FIRST PART AND THEN WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO NEXT. 
          SO EASY ENOUGH. 
          SO GO AHEAD. 
          OH NO, GO AHEAD. 
          OH, ARE YOU ABOUT TO MAKE A I WAS GONNA MAKE A MOTION. 
          OH, WELL LET ME, LET ME JUST ADD, I THINK, UH, I THINK WE'RE ALL PRETTY MUCH ON THE SAME PAGE. 
          UM, WHICH IS, IS FANTASTIC. 
          'CAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE HAVE THESE, THESE VERY HOTLY DEBATED THINGS, IT'S LIKE HALF OF US ARE ONE WAY, HALF OF US ARE THE OTHER. 
          AND I THINK, UM, THE, THE CONVERSATIONS THROUGH THESE MEETINGS, I'M SORRY TO BRING Y'ALL OUT ALL THE TIME, BUT I THINK THESE CONVERSATIONS HAVE REALLY CREATED THE BEST POSSIBLE SOLUTION. 
          AND UM, I JUST WANNA SAY GOING INTO THIS MEETING TONIGHT, THERE IS ANOTHER CAR OFF THE BRIDGE THAT WE HEARD ABOUT. 
          I WAS GONNA SAY I HEARD ABOUT THAT TOO. 
          YEAH. 
          TONIGHT. 
          SO, UM, SO I THINK MAYBE THEY WERE TRYING TO GET RIGHT, RIGHT? IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE OKAY SO, BUT THEIR CAR MIGHT NOT BE ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, BUT UH, BUT I THINK, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S UNFORTUNATE WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T STOP THE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THE, THE PEOPLE THAT OWN THE PROPERTY HAVE A RIGHT TO DEVELOP AND IT'S A REGULATORY TAKING IF WE DON'T ALLOW IT. 
          AND IT'S THIS WEIRD BACKWARD, LIKE EVERYTHING IN GOVERNMENT WHERE YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT TO HAVE THE ROADS. 
          'CAUSE WE DON'T PAY FOR ALL THESE ROADS. 
          THEY'RE EXPENSIVE. 
          UM, SO YEAH, WITH THAT, IF YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION, I THINK WE'RE ALL PRETTY MUCH ON THE SAME PAGE. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND AGAIN, SO SOMEONE MENTIONED, I THINK IT WAS YOU IN THE JACKET, UM, THAT YOU'RE WORKING A CRASH THERE ALMOST EVERY OTHER WEEK OR SO. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE ARE BLUE FORMS AND PEOPLE JUST EXCHANGING INFORMATION OR IF THEY'RE TOW TRUCKS. 
          BUT IF WE CAN GET THAT DATA BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE HAD IT, UM, THAT'S GONNA HELP US AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO REEVALUATE. 
          MM-HMM, . 
          AND, AND I WOULD LIKE, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE 'CAUSE I THINK WE SHOULD JUST REMOVE THE WHOLE PHASE TWO LEFT TURN THING ALTOGETHER. 
          UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE SHOULD MONITOR THIS AFTER THE CHANGE AND KIND OF SEE HOW IT GOES ONCE PEOPLE GET USED TO IT AND HOW THAT TRAFFIC FLOWS. 
          UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO, IF WE HAVE TO MODIFY IN THE FUTURE, I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT EVEN MORE OPTIONS BESIDES THE LEFT HAND TURN LANE. 
          UM, BUT ALSO, UM, HAVING THE LIGHT. 
          I WANNA GO LOOK AT THAT INTERSECTION. 
          WELL, THE TWO INTERSECTIONS THAT, THAT THE PASTOR MENTIONED. 
          UM, AND, AND ALSO EVEN JUST UM, STRIPING THAT SAYS DO NOT BLOCK INTERSECTION, JUST WHATEVER OPTIONS 
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ARE OUT THERE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , WE SHOULD HAVE ALL OF THEM ON THE TABLE. 
          I THINK IF WE GO TO CONSIDER ANY CHANGES IN THAT INTERSECTION. 
          'CAUSE IT IS TRICKY. 
          SO, OH, I'M SORRY. 
          NO, GO AHEAD. 
          I JUST HAD ONE COMMENT WHEN I SAID GOOD LUCK. 
          WHAT I MEANT WAS GETTING GPS, WHOEVER YOU HAVE TO CONTACT TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE YEARS LATER AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. 
          NOT A ROAD CLOSURE, BUT THERE IS NO ACCESS, YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH THERE AND UM, IT'S STILL PEOPLE ARE DIRECTED THROUGH THERE. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO THAT. 
          IF YOU FIGURE IT OUT, WILL YOU PLEASE LET ME KNOW SO WE CAN GET THAT ACCOMPLISHED ON THE OTHER END. 
          SO I, I WILL JUST SAY BE PREPARED FOR TRAFFIC TO BE DIRECTED THAT THROUGH THERE STILL FOR A WHILE. 
          SO THAT WAS WHAT I MEANT BY WOULD GOOD LUCK. 
          THOSE BLINKING LIGHTS THAT SAY NEW TRAFFIC PATTERN, RIGHT? YEAH. 
          KIND OF THING. 
          YEAH. 
          CORRECT. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CLOSING OF THE LOW WATER CROSSING, BUT TO REMOVE THE SECTIONS WHERE AND FIVE WE ARE ELIMINATE FOUR AND FIVE. 
          ELIMINATING THE LEFT HAND TURN. 
          I SECOND MOTION SECOND. 
          IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DRIVE SAFE AND DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT TO US. 
          WE ARE ALL BUILDING THIS PLANE TOGETHER WHILE WE'RE FLYING IT, SO REACH OUT TO US WITH WHATEVER YOUR OBSERVATIONS ARE. 
          IF IT'S NOT WORKING, WE'RE HAPPY TO HEAR YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, ITEM 29, 
          [29. Council Member Future Agenda Items  [Any deliberation of or decision about the subject of the inquiry shall be limited to a proposal to place the subject on the agenda for a subsequent meeting.]]
COUNCIL 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 AN AGENDA FOR A SUBSEQUENT MEETING. 
          DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING? I THINK WE SHOULD PUT A ROAD CLOSURE ON THE AGENDA. 
          JUST EVERY, EVERY WEEK IT BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER. 
          EXACTLY. 
          JUST YEAH, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF CONVERSATION. 
          NO, I'M KIDDING. 
          THANK YOU . 
          NONE. 
          I HAVE NONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, WITH THAT WE WILL GO TO EVERYONE'S FAVORITE ITEM 30. 
          COUNCIL 
          [30. Council Member Closing Statements.]
MEMBER CLOSING COMMENTS. 
          PLACE ONE. 
          UH, I JUST WANTED TO UH, SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT CAME OUT TO THE CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL AND DID THE RUN OR PARTICIPATED IN SOME WAY OR JUST CAME OUT TO ENJOY AND THANK STAFF. 
          UH, OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT ESPECIALLY DID A LOT OF WORK ON THAT AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER. 
          IT IS SO MUCH FUN. 
          AND I DID GET THE NUMBERS, UM, LOOKS LIKE WE HAD ABOUT 31,000 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE, SO THAT IS PRETTY AMAZING THINKING. 
          I MEAN, CONSIDERING THAT THE CITY WASN'T THAT BIG WHEN WE MOVED HERE, BUT WE HAD 31,000 PEOPLE AT THE PARADE, SO THANK YOU . 
          HAVE A GOOD NIGHT PLEASE TOO. 
          I THINK CAT HAL MENTIONED RES ACROSS AMERICA SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16TH AT NOON. 
          UH, I FORGET IF IT'S GONNA BE AT BAGHDAD CEMETERY. 
          SO AT BAGHDAD. 
          BAGHDAD. 
          AND THEN JUST WANNA SAY HAPPY HANUKKAH TO THOSE WHO CELEBRATE GOODNIGHT. 
          PLACE THREE. 
          WELL PLACE ONE AND PLACE TWO STOLE MY THUNDER. 
          SO GOODNIGHT. 
          , PLACE SIX. 
          GOODNIGHT. 
          PLACE FIVE. 
          I WAS SO SAD TO MISS MY FIRST EVER CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL AND IT WAS LIKE, THAT'S MY FAMILY'S FAVORITE THING. 
          BUT WE WERE, AND KATHY MIGHT BE THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS THIS, UM, WE WERE IN SAN ANTONIO CELEBRATING MY, OUR FAMILY. 
          WE HAD, UH, MY DAUGHTER HAD A GYMNASTICS COMPETITION AND SHE DID VERY WELL. 
          AND UH, AND THEN ALSO TOO, WE HAD, UH, THEIR FAVORITE ARTIST FOR ALL OF OUR KIDS JUST HAPPENED TO BE PLAYING AT THE SAME, IN THE SAME CITY IN SAN ANTONIO THAT NIGHT. 
          AND I'D BOUGHTEN TICKETS IN IN FEBRUARY AND IT HAPPENED TO BE THE SAME DAY. 
          SO I NEED TO, I SHOULD USE THIS COUNCIL POSITION TO MAYBE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE SAY WHEN THE CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL'S AT , IT'S ALWAYS FIRST SATURDAY IN DECEMBER. 
          VERY, VERY SAD TO, SAD TO MISS IT. 
          AND UH, JUST THANK YOU TO STAFF AND EVERYBODY WHO PUTS THOSE THINGS ON. 
          'CAUSE I JUST KNOW IT'S JUST A, A REALLY AWESOME TIME FOR, FOR US, FOR OUR FAMILIES, FOR EVERYBODY ELSE. 
          AND UM, WE JUST APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ON YOUR CALENDAR, YOUR COORDINATED, UH, PAJAMAS WERE MISSED, RIGHT? YES. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT WAS MISSED ON STAGE, BUT GOODNIGHT. 
          SHORT AND SWEET. 
          YES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, DINNER TONIGHT WAS FROM MARCO'S PIZZA. 
          WE ALWAYS SHOP LOCAL HERE IN LEANDER. 
          WHEN YOU KEEP YOUR, YOUR MONEY FLOWING LOCALLY, IT STAYS IN YOUR ECONOMY. 
          IT FUNDS PEOPLE THAT WORK IN YOUR CITY, IT FUNDS THE BUSINESSES AND IT JUST SAYS THANK YOU TO THE BUSINESSES THAT CHOOSE TO BE HERE IN LEANDER SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GIVE OUR MONEY TO CEDAR PARK. 
          UM, SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU DURING DECEMBER TO REMEMBER YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, WHETHER THEY ARE, UH, INDEPENDENTLY OWNED OR A FRANCHISE OR A BIG CORPORATION LIKE HEB. 
          JUST KEEP THAT MONEY IN LEANDER WHENEVER YOU CAN PLEASE. 
          UM, AND THEN I FEEL LIKE THERE ARE SO MANY, BLESS YOU, SO MANY HUGE THANK YOUS TONIGHT TO STAFF. 
          [02:15:01]
YOU ALL ARE INCREDIBLE AND YOU DON'T GET ENOUGH RECOGNITION. 
          UM, I WAS JUST LOOKING THROUGH MY CALENDAR AND THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON LATELY THAT ARE GOING ON THIS MONTH AND WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL. 
          SO A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF YOU WHO HELP WITH CITIZEN UNIVERSITY BECAUSE IT WASN'T JUST THE PIOS OFFICE, EVEN THOUGH YOU GUYS DID A LOT. 
          UM, BUT ALSO ALL OF YOU WHO CAME UP WITH LIKE A CURRICULUM TO, TO GO OVER WITH THESE, THESE RESIDENTS THAT CAME IN AND VISITED YOUR DEPARTMENTS AND YOU SHOWED THEM ALL OF THE TREMENDOUS WORK THAT YOU DO AND SHOW THEM AROUND YOUR BUILDINGS AND, UH, YOU GAVE YOUR OWN TIME. 
          AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF THAT. 
          WE KEEP VERY BUSY. 
          AND SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING UP YOUR EVENINGS AND YOUR TIME AND PUTTING ALL THAT TOGETHER. 
          UM, I THINK IT'S, IT'S MADE A GREAT DIFFERENCE AND IT'S REALLY A BIG PART OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, SPEAKING OF COMMUNITY, THE CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL AND PARADE, THAT WAS THE BEST PARADE SINCE COVID. 
          LIKE WE ARE BACK. 
          I LOVED IT SO MUCH. 
          UM, WE HAD SOME INTERESTING MOMENTS BUT , BUT UM, IT WAS SO GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY COMING TOGETHER AND WE HAD, UM, THE GLEN HIGH SCHOOL DANCE TEAM WAS OUT. 
          WE HAD, UH, ANOTHER DANCE SCHOOL THAT DID THE NUTCRACKER. 
          WE HAD BAGDAD ELEMENTARY WITH THEIR, THEIR UM, BELLY FOLKLORICO. 
          UM, AND IT WAS SO NICE TO SEE ALL OF THE KIDS BACK OUT AND TOGETHER. 
          AND THAT COMMUNITY I THINK IS WHAT MAKES LEANDER WHAT IT IS. 
          PEOPLE TALK ABOUT OUR GROWTH, BUT THEY ALSO TALK ABOUT THAT SMALL TOWN FEEL AND I THINK IT WAS JUST SO ON DISPLAY AND UM, IT IS MY FAVORITE THING ALL YEAR LONG. 
          AND THIS WAS JUST THE HIGH POINT. 
          UM, AND SUPER SHOUT OUT TO OUR ACTIVE ADULTS FOR THEIR HONORABLE MENTION. 
          THAT WAS A GREAT FLOAT. 
          I LOVED THE USE OF MUSIC, I LOVED THE, UH, THE SHOUT OUT TO CLASSIC TOYS WAS WONDERFUL. 
          NOT A SINGLE BRAT STALL IN SIGHT. 
          IT WAS WONDERFUL. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO WITH THE COMMUNITY, WE HAD A BLOOD DRIVE. 
          WE WERE CHOSEN BY KVU AND WE ARE A BLOOD TO HOST THE SEASON OF CARING BLOOD DRIVE AT OUR ACTIVITY CENTER. 
          UM, AND IT WAS GREAT, UM, THAT OUR STAFF WAS ABLE TO COORDINATE THAT AND REALLY DISRUPT EVERYTHING FOR A DAY AND LET PEOPLE COME IN AND GIVE BLOOD. 
          AND I KNOW A LOT OF OUR STAFF SIGNED UP AND DONATED BLOOD AS WELL. 
          SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO PULLED THAT OFF. 
          UM, AND FINALLY, UM, THANK YOU TO, UH, PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR ALL OF THEIR VARIOUS EVENTS BESIDES THE CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL THIS SATURDAY. 
          I KNOW THEY ARE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND WITH THEIR PANCAKES AND PJ'S. 
          I THINK IT'S PANCAKES WITH SANTA AT EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING ON A SATURDAY. 
          UM, AND JUST A WEEK AFTER THE CHRISTMAS FEST TOO. 
          AND IT'S, UH, INCREDIBLE. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A SIGNUP FOR THAT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          OKAY, GOT A FEW SPOTS, FEW SPOTS LEFT. 
          LEANDER TX.GOV. 
          GO TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT PAGE AND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND THAT SIGN UP. 
          UM, IT'S TREMENDOUS EVERY YEAR, BUT Y'ALL ARE BUSY WITH YOUR LIVES AND WORK AND HOLIDAYS AND YOU'RE STILL FINDING TIME TO MAKE THE RESIDENT EXPERIENCE TOP NOTCH. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME RANT AND RAMBLE. 
          UM, MOVE 
          [31. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to:Section 551.071, Texas Government Code, and Section 1.05, Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct to consult with legal counsel regarding Public Utilities Commission Docket No. 53063, petition by outside city ratepayers appealing the water rates established by the City of Leander, Texas; andSection 551.071 and 551.087, Texas Government Code, Section 1.05, Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, 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 an Addendum to 380 Agreement related to the St. David's project and Leander Springs; andSection 551.071, Texas Government Code, Section 1.05, Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, to deliberate with legal counsel regarding Davis House; andSection 551.074, Texas Government Code, to discuss or deliberate the appointment, employment and duties of a public officer or employee: City Manager search; andSection 551.074, Texas Government Code, to discuss assignments and duties of a public officer or employee: Interim City Manager.
Reconvene into open session to take action as deemed appropriate in the City Council's discretion regarding:
1. Public Utilities Commission Docket No. 53063, petition by outside city ratepayers; and
2. St. David's and Leander Springs projects, including approving an Addendum to the 380 Agreement for said project; and
3. Davis House; and
4. City Manager Search; and
5. Duties of Interim City Manager.]
ON TO ITEM 31. 
          WE ARE GOING TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO NUMBER ONE, SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND SECTION 1.05, TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 
          DOCKET NUMBER 5 3 0 6 3 PETITION BY OUTSIDE CITY RATE PAYERS APPEALING THE WATER RATES ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY OF LEANDER, TEXAS. 
          AND TWO SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 AND 5 5 1 0.087 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 1.05, TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO DELIBERATE PROPOSED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES FOR ONE OR MORE BUSINESS PROSPECTS THAT THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY SEEKS TO HAVE, LOCATE, STAY OR EXPAND IN OR NEAR THE TERRITORY OF THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY AND IS CONDUCTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS ALONG WITH CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON AN ADDENDUM TO THREE 80 AGREEMENT RELATED TO THE ST. 
          DAVID'S PROJECT AND LEANDER SPRINGS. 
          NUMBER THREE, SECTION 5 51 0.071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 1.05, TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO DELIBERATE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING DAVIS HOUSE. 
          AND NUMBER FOUR, SECTION 5 51 0.074 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT AND DUTIES OF A PUBLIC OFFICER, EMPLOYEE, CITY MANAGER SEARCH. 
          AND NUMBER FIVE, SECTION 5 5 1 0.074 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS ASSIGNMENTS AND DUTIES OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE. 
          INTERIM CITY MANAGER. 
          IS THERE ANY SECTION OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE I HAVE NOT CITED? I DON'T THINK SO. 
          WITH THAT, WE ARE GONNA CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 8:32 PM LET'S GO. 
          ALL RIGHT, WE ARE GONNA RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AT 9:32 PM UM, 'CAUSE WE COMPLETED EXECUTIVE SESSION, UM, ON NUMBER ONE, PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, DOCKET 5 3 0 6 3 PETITION BY OUTSIDE CITY RATE PAYERS, MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO. 
          ACTION NUMBER TWO, ST. 
          DAVID'S AND LEANDER SPRINGS PROJECTS INCLUDING APPROVING AN ADDENDUM TO THE THREE 80 AGREEMENT FOR SAID PROJECT MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          DO YOU HAVE A MOTION REGARDING ST. 
          DAVID'S? 
          [02:20:01]
NO. 
          ACTION MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION REGARDING LEANDER SPRINGS? NO ACTION ON NUMBER THREE. 
          DAVIS HOUSE MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO ACTION ON NUMBER FOUR, CITY MANAGER, SEARCH MAYOR PER TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO. 
          ACTION. 
          NUMBER FIVE, DUTIES OF INTERIM CITY MANAGER MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO ACTION. 
          AND WITH THAT ITEM 32 COUNCIL'S ADJOURNED AT 9:32 PM GO HOME.
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