[1. Open Meeting.]
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TODAY IS THURSDAY, JANUARY 18TH, 2024, AND THE TIME IS 5:32 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 PER ASBY M LONGORIA.
HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONALD.
COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE THOMPSON.
[3. Receive a presentation regarding the proposed Oakwood Hills MUD (Municipal Utility District) generally located 4,000 feet to the north of the future intersection of Travisso Parkway and Nameless Road, on the west side of Nameless Road, including TCAD Parcels 353045, 353047,353048, 353050, 353069, 353070, and 513816; Leander, Travis County.]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, RECEIVE A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE PROPOSED OAKWOOD HILLS MUD MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT.GENERALLY LOCATED 4,000 FEET TO THE NORTH OF THE FUTURE INTERSECTION OF TREVISO PARKWAY AND NAMELESS ROAD ON THE WEST SIDE OF NAMELESS ROAD, INCLUDING TCAD PARCELS, 3 5 3 0 4 5 3 5 3 0 4 7 3 5, 3 0 4 8 3 5 3 0 5 0 3 5 3 0 6 9 3 5 3 0 7 OH AND 5 1 3 8 1 6.
LEANDER, TRAVIS COUNTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GRIFFIN.
UM, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DEVELOPER TO GIVE A QUICK PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT A PROPOSED, UM, MUD.
I'M VICE PRESIDENT OF LAND FOR, UH, ASHTON GRAY DEVELOPMENT.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THIS PRESENTATION WITH YOU ON OAKWOOD HILLS.
THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY DEMAND FOR WATER OR SEWER BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA DO AN ONSITE WATER PLANT AND WE HAVE ONE TO 2.8 ACRE LOTS.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE DOING SEPTIC ON EACH LOT, SO THERE'LL BE NO NEED FOR SEWER.
THIS THIS TRACT IS, UH, ONE OF THE PRETTIEST I'VE SEEN IN MY 40 YEARS IS ROLLING HILLS, IS ALMOST A MILE OF CREEK BED SURROUNDED BY BEAUTIFUL, UH, BEAUTIFUL HARDWOOD TREES, TALL ONES.
WE'RE GONNA PUT A TRAIL IN THERE AND IT'S GONNA BE AN AMENITY.
IF YOU LOOK AT THIS LAND PLAN, EVERYTHING THAT'S IN GREEN IS UNDEVELOPABLE.
IT'S IN THE FLOOD PLAIN, SO IT'S GOING TO BE AN AMENITY.
THERE'S AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF, OF AMENITY SPACE ON THIS TRACK.
THE HOME VALUES ARE GONNA BE ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS AND UP WE ADJACENTS A SO SUBDIVISION WILL REQUIRE, WILL REQUEST A, I MEAN, IT WILL PROVIDE A CUSTOMER BASE FOR THE NUTRA VISO RETAIL COMPLEX.
THESE PICTURES DON'T REALLY DO IT, UH, JUSTICE BECAUSE THEY'RE TWO DIMENSIONAL, BUT IT'S REALLY A PRETTY TRACK OUT THERE.
AND THE, AND THE CREEK FRONTAGE IS GONNA BE A, A GREAT PLACE THAT WE CAN CLEAN UP UNDERBRUSH AND PUT A TRAIL DOWN, AND THAT'S GONNA BE AN INCREDIBLE AMENITY FOR THIS PROJECT.
IF YOU NOTICE ON THE SECOND PICTURE OF THE TOP, THERE ARE FLAT AREAS THAT ARE ALSO IN THE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOODPLAIN.
I, I CAN'T DEVELOP IN THERE ANYHOW.
SO THERE'S ABILITY FOR FIELDS, UH, PICNIC, PICNIC PAVILIONS.
THERE'S ALL, THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM THERE.
YOU COULD BIG ENOUGH FOR A SOCCER FIELD FOR SURE.
UM, AND THAT IS PART OF WHAT WE THINK WOULD BE THE AMENITY PACKAGE.
WHEN WE GO TO THE NEXT PICTURE, THESE ARE THE TYPE OF HOMES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO PUT OUT THERE.
THESE PARTICULAR HOMES ARE ONE STORY, BUT OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THE BUYERS ARE GONNA WANT TWO STORIES, UH, WHICH IS TYPICAL ON, ON LARGE LOTS.
WE'RE PROPOSING AN IN-CITY MUD FOR THE PURPOSES OF BUILDING A HIGH QUALITY WATER DRAINAGE PARK, BRIDGE AND ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.
WE'LL HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL BRIDGE OVER THIS CREEK.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE THREE TO $4 MILLION.
THE MUD WILL MAINTAIN THE DETENTION AND THE PARK FACILITIES.
WE'LL HAVE A STRONG HOA TO WORK WITH THE MUD.
UH, WE HAVE A WATER WELL STUDY SHOWING THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DRILL WELLS.
WE'RE, WE'RE VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF PARK SPACE.
WE, WE THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE ABOUT 7,000 FEET OF TRAILS.
NOT EVERYBODY CAN USE A SWIMMING POOL OR A PLAYGROUND, BUT EVERYBODY LOVES THE TRAILS AND THEY LOVE IT TO BE MEANDERING THROUGH LARGE TREES.
UH, AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THESE WOULD BE FLOODPLAIN APPROPRIATE AMENITIES BECAUSE IN THE A HUNDRED YEAR, THEY COULD BE UNDER A FOOT OR TWO OF WATER.
UH, BUT THERE IS BIG ENOUGH AREAS THERE FOR FIELDS, SOFTBALL FIELDS.
WHY DO WE ANNEX? WELL, WE, WE BOTH, UH, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PROJECTS ON BUILDING ONE SOUTH OF GREATWOOD, UH, ONE ACRE SUBDIVISION.
UH, THE, WE, WE, LIKE, WE ENJOY WORKING WITH THE CITY.
TRAVIS COUNTY HAS A, A REGULATION THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THREE ACRE LOTS FOR WELLS.
WELL, THAT'S NOT EVER HEARD OF BEFORE.
THE ENGINEERS OR THE ATTORNEYS HAVE NEVER HEARD OF IT.
I KNOW THAT IF YOU PUT, UH, A WELL ON A
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LOT, IT HAS TO BE FIVE ACRES.WELL, WE HAVE A MARKET STUDY BECAUSE WE'RE CREATING, ATTEMPTING TO CREATE A MUD, AND THE DEMAND IS FOR ONE TO TWO ACRE LOTS.
SO IT MAKES IT MUCH MORE FEASIBLE TO BUILD THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE ONE TO TWO ACRE LOTS.
UH, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL HAVE A CITY TAX, WE'LL HAVE A CITY TAX, AND OUR MUD TAX WILL BE LOWER THAN SURROUNDING MUDS COUNTY MUDS BECAUSE WE CAN'T, IT'S A DOUBLE TAX AND WE HAVE TO KEEP IT AT A LOWER RATE.
UH, AT YOUR PRESENT TAX RATE BUILDING, WE THINK IT BUILD OUT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE OVER $200 MILLION IN AV AND AT YOUR RATE, THAT'S ALMOST $900,000 A YEAR IN TAX INCOME.
UH, OBVIOUSLY IN THE CITY LIMITS, ALL OF YOUR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS WILL APPLY WITH ALL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
CONSTRUCTED TWO CITY STANDARDS AT NO COST TO THE CITY, BUT THE CITY WILL REVIEW AND APPROVE THE PLANS.
ONCE AGAIN, THIS PROJECT WILL NOT UTILIZE ANY OF THE CITY'S EX EXISTING WATER AND SEWER.
AND THAT'S THE END OF THE PRESENTATION IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
YOU WANNA START? I MEAN, I'LL HAVE, I'LL HAVE PLENTY.
SO SOME QUESTIONS MAY BE FOR YOU, SOME QUESTIONS MAY BE FOR STAFF AS FAR AS, OR IS THAT NOT ALLOWED RIGHT NOW, TOO? WE CAN TRY.
UM, AND IT MAY BE MORE SO FOR DAN THAN YOU IN THIS CASE TOO.
UM, IS IS THE, IS THE ISSUE WITH, UM, WITH THE TRAVIS COUNTY, UM, ORDINANCE THAT SAYS IT'S GOTTA BE THREE ACRES.
IS THE REASON IT'S NOT SMALLER TO YOUR, IN YOUR OPINION, IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE WERE MORE DENSE, MORE DENSE PROJECT, UH, THREE HOMES VERSUS ONE IF YOU'RE DOING ACRE LOTS WOULD PULL MORE WATER FROM WHATEVER THE AQUIFER IS.
IS THAT THE REASON THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THAT REQUIREMENT? OR IS THERE ANY KNOWN REASON? NOBODY'S EVER HEARD OF IT.
IT'S AN OLDER REQUIREMENT THAT THEY'RE JUST NOW ENFORCING.
UH, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY IT'S ONE TO TWO ACRE MINIMUMS FOR, FOR UH, RIGHT.
WELL, ACTUALLY WE, AS YOU KNOW, INVISO, WE DRILL WELLS FOR PRODUCTION HOMES, 80 FOOT LOTS, 70 FOOT LOTS.
BUT THESE ARE ONE TO 2.8 ACRE LOTS.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY WOULD'VE DONE IT.
WE HAVE A WELL STUDY, WE'LL HAVE TO DO A, UH, TEST.
WELL, IT'LL HAVE TO PROVE OUT.
UH, AND WE THINK WE CAN DO OUR OWN WELL SYSTEM.
IT'S ONLY 173 CONNECTIONS PRODUCING ALL OF THAT APPRAISED VALUE OVER 200 MILLION.
I THINK, I THINK WHAT, WHAT THIS COUNCIL'S PROBABLY GONNA BE MOST CONCERNED WITH IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF US.
AND, AND WHETHER THAT'S A, WHETHER THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR US TO PUT ON, UH, TO, TO TAKE ON AS THE CITY.
AND MY, MY QUESTION FOR THE CITY IS GONNA BASICALLY BE, IF FOR SOME REASON THE WELLS DIDN'T WORK AT SOME POINT, AND WE NOW HAVE, UM, A PROPERTY THAT IT'S ANNEXED IN, SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE PART OF THE CITY EVEN THOUGH, AND, AND THEY HAVE A MUD.
ARE WE GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY, AT, AT ANY POINT IF THE WELLS DIDN'T PERFORM, UH, FOR GETTING THOSE CITIZENS WATER? BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE A HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THREE, A HUNDRED SEVENTY THREE, IS THAT RIGHT? WELL, AT ONE POINT, UH, STAFF HAD DISCUSSED CONNECTING TO THE TREVISO LINE.
I BELIEVE TREVISO IS BUILDING A NEW ROAD INTO NOLA NAMELESS ROAD.
WHICH MAKES THAT RUN ONLY ABOUT A THOUSAND FEET.
AND WITH THE MUD, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND QUITE HONESTLY, IT'S, IT'S WHATEVER THE CITY WANTS, WE CAN GO EITHER WAY.
OUR ISSUE WOULDN'T BE NECESSARILY EVEN THAT PART IS, IT'S MORE SO IF WE, IF THAT DEMAND WAS PUT ON THE CITY, UH, IN CERTAIN TIMELINES AND WE COULDN'T TAKE ON, WE'RE WE, WE, THIS COUNCIL IN THE LAST YEAR HAS HAD TO GO FORTH WITH, UM, RESOLUTIONS REGARDING WATER, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LET ALL OF OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS OUT THERE THAT ARE DOING DEVELOPMENT AROUND THAT, HEY, THIS IS, THIS IS A SITUATION FOR US RIGHT NOW.
AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT, I, I'M, I'M SURE I'M SPEAKING FOR EVERYBODY HERE, THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF, IF WE WERE DOING THIS, WE WERE DOING IT RESPONSIBLY AND THERE WAS NO WAY THAT WE COULD BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE SERVICE.
UM, IF SOMETHING DIDN'T GO WELL WITH THE WELL STUDY AND THE, AND THE WELLS THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE, WE COULD STRUCTURE THAT AGREEMENT, UH, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE MUD.
WE WOULD BE ACQUIRING ANY EASEMENTS TO BUILD THE, THE WATER LINE TO CONNECT US TO YOUR SER TO YOUR, UH, SERVICE.
IT'D BE A MATTER OF WHETHER YOU HAVE THE WATER SERVICE TO SERVICE.
BUT WE BELIEVE WE CAN DRILL WELLS AND WE'VE DONE A PRETTY GOOD WELL STUDY.
NOW, OBVIOUSLY IT HAS TO BE TRUE TO, BUT YOU'RE SAYING IF WE CAN'T DO INTERNALS, Y'ALL ARE NOT INTERESTED.
OR EVEN IF YOU'RE IN A SITUATION AND THERE'S, AND, AND YOU'VE DONE YOUR OWN WELLS AND IT'S FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD AND WHATEVER, HOWEVER FAR YOU'VE DRILLED DOWN AND, AND, AND THIS GENTLEMAN HAS A PE YEAH.
I DIDN'T, I NEVER GOT ONE, SO.
THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING QUESTIONS.
WE'RE, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE BASICALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE COVERING OUR BOOTIES AS A CITY AND
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WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S AN ITEM, I'LL HAVE A SIMILAR ISSUE, BUT COMPLETELY UNRELATED AND NOT TO DO WITH WATER ON A SEPARATE ITEM TONIGHT.AND IT'S BASICALLY THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT COULD HAPPEN LATER ON.
ARE WE SETTING OURSELF UP FOR UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES LATER ON? IS MY, MY CONCERN.
WELL, WE'D HAVE TO HAVE A D WE'D HAVE TO HAVE A DA MM-HMM.
AND ALL OF THOSE CONCERNS WOULD HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED IN THAT DA BEFORE WE'D BE EXECUTED.
BUT DID YOU EVER YEAH, MY NAME'S LUKE CARAWAY WITH, UH, VIEWPOINT ENGINEERING.
UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I, JUST TO KIND OF BRING UP A FEW OTHER OPTIONS THAT WE'RE EXPLORING CURRENTLY.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, AQUA TEXAS SUPPLIES, UH, A NEARBY SUBDIVISION.
UM, AND SO WE'RE EXPLORING A POTENTIAL WATER AGREEMENT WITH THEM.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO EXPLORING A WATER AGREEMENT WITH JONESTOWN AS WELL.
SO WE DO HAVE A, WE DO HAVE SEVERAL OTHER OPTIONS FOR WATER ON THIS PROJECT.
UM, JONESTOWN IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON EXPANDING THEIR WATER TREATMENT PLANT, UM, THAT WOULD ALLOW, UH, POTENTIALLY ALLOW US TO TAKE SOME OF THAT CAPACITY AS WELL.
SO WE DO UNDERSTAND THE CITY'S CONCERNS AND THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
I WISH I COULD GIVE, UH, A HUNDRED PERCENT WE'RE THERE, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON IT.
SO CAN I JUMP IN THERE AND THEN COME BACK TO YOU? YEAH.
WHAT IS THE SUBDIVISION THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO? OH MAN, I'VE SAID IT SO MANY TIMES.
UM, SO WHILE, WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT, LET ME, LEMME LOOK REAL QUICK.
JUST SO YOU KNOW, MR. GRIMS BOW WAS NODDING HIS HEAD THAT YES, WE WOULD HAVE TO STEP IN AND SUPPLY WATER, UH, IF THOSE WELLS NO LONGER WORKED.
BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION AND THEN DAN, COME BACK TO WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SAY.
UM, YOU TALKING ABOUT THE, THE, UH, TRAVIS COUNTY, HAVE YOU APPLIED TO TRAVIS COUNTY AND WERE TURNED DOWN BECAUSE OF THE, THE SIZE OF THE LOTS? OR, OR DID YOU REQUEST A WAIVER? NO, WE REACHED OUT TO, UH, WE, WE ENGAGED WITH STAFF VERY EARLY ON IN THE PROJECT AND, AND THEY MADE IT CLEAR THAT THAT WAS GONNA BE ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS.
AND I THINK THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, IS WHEN YOU START DOING A, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU START WORKING THROUGH A MARKET STUDY, IT, IT JUST REALLY MAKES IT CLEAR THAT THERE IS REALLY NOT A DEMAND FOR THREE ACRE LOTS FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH TRAVIS COUNTY IS VERY CUMBERSOME AND YOU HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH A PRELIMINARY PLAT BEFORE YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO, TO GET A VARIANCE MM-HMM.
AND SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO, WE DIDN'T WANNA WASTE THAT TIME, BUT, BUT, YOU KNOW, VERY QUALIFIED STAFF MADE IT CLEAR FROM THE VERY BEGINNING THAT THAT WAS GONNA BE A NEW REQUIREMENT THAT WAS GONNA BE ENFORCED AND IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO GET A VARIANCE FROM THAT.
SO DID YOU HAVE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD? AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO DAD AND HAVE HIM TALK ABOUT WHAT HE WAS GONNA SAY.
HE'S STILL LOOKING FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
GO AHEAD AND I, I'LL FIND, OKAY.
UM, YES, AS SOON AS, UH, FIRST OF ALL, DAN GREENVILLE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE CITY OF LEAN MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, YES.
IF THEIR ANNEX IN THEN THE WELLS FAIL, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO ADDRESS WHETHER THE WELLS GOT CONTAMINATED OR THE AQUIFER WENT DRY OR, UM, ANY, ANY OTHER PARTICULAR REASON.
SO ONCE, ONCE THEY TURN OVER THAT WATER PLANT FACILITY, THEN IT'S THE CITY'S OKAY.
AND TRIVIO IS A MUD, CORRECT? SAY AGAIN? TRIVIO IS A MUD, CORRECT? UM, YES.
SO HOW WOULD THEY, HOW WOULD THEM TYING INTO A DIFFERENT MUD, HOW DOES THAT WORK? UH, I, FIRST OF, I HEARD THESE OTHER OPTIONS THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND THEY WOULD BUILD IT FROM TREVISO TO THEIR PLANT.
IT'S ABOUT, WE'VE DISCUSSED IT, IT'S ABOUT A MILE, A LITTLE OVER A MILE IN LENGTH.
UM, SO THAT, THAT'S JUST CONTINUATION OF THE CITY'S, UM, WATER SYSTEM.
'CAUSE I MEAN, AND, AND I'LL JUST SAY, I DON'T THINK ANY OF US SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE, AND, AND PROBABLY YOU EITHER, UM, I DON'T THINK ANY OF US HAVE EVER APPROVED A MUD.
I MEAN, IT WAS JUST, WE CAME INTO THIS MUD'S BAD, MUD'S BAD, DON'T TALK ABOUT MUDS.
SO HERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MUDS.
SO I, I WILL, YOU KNOW, BUT THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING QUESTIONS IS BECAUSE I PURPOSELY DID NOT DIVE INTO THAT TO LEARN EVERYTHING ABOUT MUDS.
SO NOW WE NEED TO, UH, SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL ANS ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW THE LEAST ABOUT.
SO WE ARE GONNA NEED SOME GUIDE.
OUR, I'M GONNA NEED SOME GUIDANCE.
I'LL SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.
I KNOW EVERYBODY'S TIRED HEARING ABOUT INFLATION, BUT OUR DEVELOPMENT COSTS HAVE GONE UP ABOUT 40% YEAH.
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC.
AND WITHOUT A MUD, WE JUST CAN'T BUILD THESE KIND OF, THIS KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND WE JUST NEED TO KNOW HOW THAT'S GONNA AFFECT THE CITY AND, AND THE BIG PICTURE OF THINGS LONG TERM.
WELL, SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM.
HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THE CITY? HERE HERE'S OUR MUD THEORETICAL MUD ATTORNEY.
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NEIGHBORHOOD, I'M SORRY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD.SO HOW DOES THE MUD WORK IS WHAT SHE WAS AT.
I'M WITH ALLEN BOONE HUMPHREYS ROBINSON.
UM, SO YOUR, YOUR QUESTION WITH RESPECT TO THE, THE MUD AND THE CITY.
SO A, A LOT OF CITIES HAVE CONCERNS, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT'S AN ETJ MUD BECAUSE THE CITY IS NOT GETTING ANY TAX REVENUE.
SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A ETJ MUD AND AN IN-CITY MUD, OBVIOUSLY THE CITY IS STILL GETTING THE, THE FULL TAX VALUE THAT IT WOULD ON THE PROPERTY, WHETHER THERE IS A MUD OR NOT.
SO BEING A, IN-CITY MUD, THE DISTRICT WOULD CONSTRUCT ALL OF THE FACILITIES, CONVEY THE FACILITIES, THE WATER.
IN THIS CASE THERE'S NO SEWER, SO WATER FACILITIES TO THE CITY.
AND THEN THE DISTRICT WOULD CONTINUE TO OWN, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE DETENTION FACILITIES, THE DRAINAGE FACILITIES, THE PARK FACILITIES, AND NOT CONVEY THAT TO THE CITY.
SO REALLY WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO IS THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED OF A CITY IS BEING PAID FOR BY THE DEVELOPER AND THEN TURNED OVER TO THE CITY FOR LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE.
AND THE HOMEOWNER GETS A HIGHER TAX TO, TO PAY FOR THAT.
IS THAT HOW THAT'S TRANSFERRED? SO, SO THE HOME, THE HOMEOWNERS YES.
WOULD, WOULD PAY A MUD TAX AND A CITY TAX AS WELL.
SO IF, SO JUST TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, IF THE PROPERTY WAS IN THE ETJ AND NOT IN THE CITY, THEN THE, THE TAX RATE WOULD PROBABLY START OUT SOMEWHERE AROUND A DOLLAR 20.
SO THE, THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY RULES ARE THAT A DISTRICT TAX RATE IN, IN TRAVIS COUNTY, WILLIAMSON COUNTY SURROUNDING AREAS, THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE'S A DOLLAR 20.
AND SO TYPICALLY DEVELOPMENTS START OFF AROUND THAT, THAT TAX RATE.
WHEN, WHEN THE PROPERTY'S ALSO IN THE CITY, THEN IT'S A DOLLAR 20 LESS THE EXISTING CITY TAX RATE.
AND SO HERE WE WOULD HAVE A MUCH LOWER DISTRICT TAX RATE BECAUSE OF ON TOP OF THE CITY TAX RATE AS WELL.
SO
I JUST WANT TO ADD SOMETHING ON THE TIMING OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS, THE, THIS DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, IS GONNA BE CUSTOM HOMES, IT'S GONNA BE HIGHER END HOMES, PROBABLY GONNA BUILD THEM AT PROBABLY MAYBE 30 HOMES PER YEAR.
SO BY THE TIME IT GETS TO 173 LOTS, YOU'RE PROBABLY A BUILD OUT OF 173 LOTS.
YOU'RE PROBABLY GETTING INTO 20, 29, 20 30 BY THE TIME IT REALLY GETS THERE.
AND 26, 27, YOU'RE REALLY AT MAYBE 30 TO 50 LOTS.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE KIND OF PUT THAT, THE TIMING OF THAT BUILD OUT INTO CONTEXT.
THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION CHANGING.
UM, I WANNA JUMP IN FOR A MINUTE.
UM, IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND, UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF OF THOUGHTS ON THIS.
UM, I APPRECIATE THAT YOUR COSTS HAVE GONE UP, BUT SO HAVE OURS AND SITTING ON THIS SIDE OF THE DAAS, WHAT I SEE WHEN I SEE WHAT YOU BRING IN WITH, UM, PROPERTY TAX PER YEAR IS NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT OUR COSTS ARE PER YEAR.
WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN ALL OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY IN THERE.
SO THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN A FIRE PRESENCE, WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN POLICE, WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE ROADS IF ANYTHING HAPPENS WITH THEM.
AND WE WILL HAVE TO MAINTAIN THAT WATER SYSTEM IF ANYTHING HAPPENS WITH IT.
IF IT IS WELLS, UM, THEN THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S AS SIMPLE AS JUST CONNECTING UP TO OUR EXISTING SYSTEM BECAUSE OUR SYSTEM COMES FROM LAKE TRAVIS AND YOU CAN'T JUST PUT ONE WATER TYPE WITH ANOTHER WATER TYPE.
UM, THAT'S GOING TO BE COSTLY.
IT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE LIABILITY FOR US.
UM, ESPECIALLY IF WE ARE NOT CONSTRUCTING THE FACILITIES TO START.
UM, IT JUST IS A WHOLE LOT OF LIABILITY.
AND FROM WHERE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, UM, SINCE 2018, WE HAVE SAID NO TO PIDS.
IT IS CONFUSING FOR OUR CONSUMERS.
UM, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY HAVE ALL OF THESE TAXING ENTITIES.
UM, AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S HEARTBREAKING FOR A LOT OF US EVERY YEAR WHEN THE, THE PID PEOPLE COME IN AND, AND TELL US THEIR STORIES OF NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY THEY HAVE THESE EXTRA ASSESSMENTS AND WE LOOK LIKE THE BAD GUYS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
SO I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL ARE TRYING TO DO, BUT THIS JUST SEEMS LIKE A VERY HIGH LIABILITY.
AND JUST ONE MORE THING TO THIS, UM, WE HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD HERE IN TOWN CALLED FALCON OAKS.
IT USED TO BE THE DONUT HOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY THAT WAS NOT ANNEXED IN.
AND, UM, WE ANNEXED IT SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND IT'S BEGUN HAVING PROBLEMS BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THEY HAD THEIR SHARED SYSTEMS TOGETHER.
IT ALL STARTED TO FAIL AND WHEN IT FAILS ON ONE PROPERTY, IT'S AFFECTING THE PROPERTIES AROUND IT.
AND WE JUST COMPLETED A HUGE CHANGE TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
REPLACING THE SEWER LINE, WELL, CREATING SEWER LINES AND, AND UPGRADING THE WATER LINES AND REDOING THE ROADS, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE CONTROL OVER IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
SO SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT AS LONG AS YOU ARE A MUD, I WILL NOT IN GOOD CONSCIOUS VOTE FOR IT.
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COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY, IF I MAY, ONE, ONE THING, UH, WITH, WITH RESPECT TO THE CONSTRUCTION, SO BEING IN CITY, THEN EVERYTHING WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED TO CITY STANDARDS AND THEN SUBJECT TO CITY INSPECTION AS WELL.WOULD WE BE RUNNING THE PLANT? I'M SORRY? WOULD WE BE RUNNING YOUR PLANT Y YES.
HOWEVER, HERE, THERE ALSO WE HAVE, WE DO HAVE THE OPTION OF CONNECTING TO THE TSO WATERLINE AS WELL.
WE WERE JUST UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT, THAT THE CITY DIDN'T WANT TO UTILIZE EXISTING WATER RESOURCES.
SO WE'RE, THE BEAUTY OF IT IS WE'RE, WE'RE OPEN EITHER WAY.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOLUTION.
WOULD YOU STILL BE IN MUD WORKS? WOULD YOU STILL BE A MUD? I'M SORRY? WOULD YOU STILL BE A MUD? YES.
THEN THAT'S NOT START ME, I'M SORRY.
YOU WOULD BE A MUD WITH A DRASTICALLY REDUCED TAX RATE IF YOU HAVE A, IF YOU HAVE A PROJECT A MILE AWAY THAT'S IN THE COUNTY, THAT DOLLAR 20 IS THE SAME RATE AS OURS GONNA BE BECAUSE WE 'CAUSE YOUR CITY TAX IS WHAT, 50, 60 OR UNDERNEATH 50? NO.
SO WE WOULD, WE WOULD HAVE TO BE BELOW THE ONE 20.
THEY WOULD NEVER BE PAYING ANY MORE TAXES.
ZERK, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? NO.
A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE ISSUES.
WE CAN'T EVEN, WE HAVE A VERY ABSENT DEVELOPER AND SO FOR SOME OF THE REASONS THAT SHE MENTIONED AND JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE EXPERIENCED AS A RESIDENT, IT WOULD BE HARD FOR ME TO BE CONVINCED TO APPROVE A MODE FOR OUR CITY TO PUT THAT ON OUR RESIDENCE.
PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA MOVE IN THERE.
DID ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER? NO.
UM, I GUESS THE AT JUST TO FURTHER, UM, ANSWER LIKE AS FAR AS FROM, FROM STAFF, MAYBE FROM DAN IS, IS, IS THERE, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S GONNA BE THE TEMPERATURE FROM THE OVERALL COUNCIL ANYWAYS.
I'M JUST TRYING TO DO MY DUE DILIGENCE AND MAKE SURE I GET EVERY QUESTION ANSWERED OR, UH, MAKE SURE I DO EVERY, UH, ASK ANYTHING THAT, UH, TO BENEFIT THE CHANCES HERE.
BUT, UM, IS IT ANY BETTER IF THEY WEREN'T ON THE WELL SYSTEM? THEY WERE ON OUR WATER SYSTEM? SO, GOOD QUESTION.
AND UM, HERE, HERE'S A COUPLE THINGS.
UH, ONE THING AT THE ANNEX, UM, THEY HAVE TO BE ON OUR WATER SYSTEM.
OKAY? SO THEY HAVE TO BUY WATER FROM THE CITY.
SO THE OTHER WATER SYSTEM THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT WOULD BE A NO-GO.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT THE CITY DOESN'T WANT ANOTHER WATER PLANT, RIGHT? UM, NO COST TO BUILD IT, BUT COST TO RUN IT, MAINTAIN IT, DRIVE OUT TO IT, CHEMICALS, INSPECTIONS, TESTING, DEALING WITH THE TCEQ.
IT WOULD BE BETTER IF THEY JUST CONNECTED TO OUR WATERLINE STAFF STAFFING.
SO STAFFING, WHAT I'M HEARING IS LIKE, UH, SO THE VIABILITY OF US BEING ABLE TO TAKE THIS ON AND HAVE LET'S SAY STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AS FAR AS US BEING ABLE TO HANDLE THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE DEAL WOULD BE, UH, IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR IT TO NOT BE YOUR OWN SYSTEM.
IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR IT TO BE ON THAT WOULD BE THE RECOMMENDATION ON OURS.
AND THEN, AND THEN COULD WE EVEN I I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ON THE, THE, UH, HOW MANY PER YEAR AND WHAT THAT ACTUALLY DOES AND WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS.
UM, SO I'M, I'M THINKING AS WE'RE GOING TO, I'M NOT YEAH, BUT THE, THE, THE, THE WATER IT FROM OUR SYSTEM WOULD, WOULD BE, WOULD BE FINE, BUT RIGHT.
WHETHER OR NOT THE DEVELOPMENT GOES FORWARD OR NOT.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WATER AND PROBABLY NOT WASTEWATER.
JUST LIKE WE HAVE IN, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE PART OF RESO, GRAND MESA, ALL THAT GRAND MESA HAS SEPTIC.
IT'S A HAS TO BE AN ACRE ACRE OR MORE.
AND IF THEY WERE IN THE CITY, IT'S ALL GONNA COME DOWN TO WHAT YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT, I THINK.
UM, BUT, AND IF THEY'RE IN THE CITY, WOULD THEY ALSO, I'D HAVE TO, UH, FOLLOW OUR LANDSCAPE GUIDELINES AS WELL TOO, RIGHT? EITHER ANDERSON CITY FIRE FLOW LANDSCAPING OFF.
WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS SOMETIMES YOU HAVE ACRE LOTS, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, LESS DENSITY FOR THE HOUSE USE.
BUT WE SEE SOME OF OUR BIGGEST CUSTOMERS, UM, THAT ARE, THAT ARE GOING OVER LIMITS OF WHAT THE CITY, UH, CAN MAYBE TOLERATE, UM, PER, PER HOUSEHOLD BECAUSE OF SOME OF THESE EXTRAVAGANT LANDSCAPING PACKAGES AND STUFF THAT NEED A LOT OF WATER TO STAY ALIVE.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THAT QUESTION.
AND THEN THE ONLY PLAY HERE FOR YOU GUYS IS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ONLY REASON THAT YOU WOULD POSSIBLY WANNA BE PART OF THE CITY IS BECAUSE IT GETS YOU, YOU KNOW, THREE TIMES THE CAPABILITY OF MAYBE BUILDING IF YOU, AND IF YOU, IF YOU WERE NOT TO FOLLOW THE THREE, THE THREE ACRE MINIMUMS FOR, FOR TRAVIS COUNTY.
AND, AND FOR WITH RESPECT TO THE WATER.
SO AGAIN, WE, WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION OF IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY MM-HMM.
BUT IF, IF THE CITY WOULD PREFER CONNECTING TO TREVISO AND EXTENDING AND OVERSIZING THOSE WATER LINES, THEN THAT'S, WE'RE TOTALLY OPEN TO THAT AS WELL.
UM, I'M NOT SAYING WHETHER YEAH OR NO ON THAT ONE ANYWAYS.
BUT I'M JUST, I BRING IT UP BECAUSE IF IT SEEMS LIKE WE WOULD POSSIBLY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SOMETHING LATER
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ON, WOULDN'T WE RATHER HAVE A SAY IN HOW IT, IN HOW IT'S GOING AND, AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE, UM, THAT WAS DONE ON THE FRONT.I WOULD SAY IF, IF THAT IS AN OPTION, THEN CONTINUE WORKING WITH STAFF AND, BUT, BUT THEY'RE SAYING THAT I THINK WHAT WE'RE HEARING FOR A MAJORITY OF COUNCIL PROBABLY IS NOT AS A MUD NON-STARTER WITH A MUD.
AND THAT'S, I'M THE BRIDGE, NOT AS A MUD, BUT IS IT REALLY THE BRIDGE THAT'S CAUGHT THAT, THAT'S THE BIGGEST CONCERN THERE.
I'M SORRY, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU WITHOUT OF WATER.
HAVE YOU SAID IT'S 15 MILLION IN DEVELOPMENT COSTS IS WHAT HE MENTIONED? MM.
THAT, THAT, THAT'S JUST HARD COST.
THAT'S NOT AREA TESTING AND INSPECTIONS.
THAT WAS FOR WATERLINE, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? NO, FOR THE, I'M SORRY.
YEAH, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
YOU HAVE TO COME TO THE MICROPHONE PLEASE.
UM, SO YEAH, I'M THE PRINCIPAL ON THE PROJECT, SO I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
UM, SO I THINK IT'S TWICE THE NUMBER OF LOTS.
SO WE HAD 80 LOTS OR SO IF IT WAS THREE ACRE AND IT'S ABOUT A HUNDRED.
I WAS JUST GOING OFF OF IT PER ACRE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SUBMITTED INTO TRAVIS COUNTY NOW.
SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE MOVING FULL STEAM AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS DONE AS IS.
AND UH, YOU KNOW, I'D BEEN WORKING WITH ROBIN AND THE TEAM ON, UH, ON ANOTHER, BETWEEN US, WE HAVE A FEW DEVELOPMENTS IN LEANNE ALREADY.
SO WE JUST HAVE FAMILIARITY WITH THE STAFF AND YEAH.
SO WE JUST THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, A GOOD WAY TO TIE IN SINCE WE'RE SO CLOSE TO THE CITY AND IT MAKES SENSE.
BUT, UH, AT THE MOMENT WE'RE TRYING TO PROCEED DOWN THE ONE AND TWO ACRE LOT CONCEPT, EVEN WITH TRAVIS COUNTY.
UM, IT DOES REQUIRE SOME VARIANCES.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE CONVERSATIONS.
IT'S JUST THE BIGGEST REASON IS JUST A, THE CERTAINTY OF AND, AND FAMILIARITY WITH THE PEOPLE.
AND WE JUST THOUGHT IF WE CAN DO THAT, IT SHAVES OFF ABOUT SIX TO NINE MONTHS FOR US.
YOU KNOW, TIME IS MONEY AND UH, AND WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY.
I COULD SEE HOW THAT WOULD BE.
THERE'S, THERE'S A MONETARY VALUE THERE TOO, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.
AS FAR AS LIKE THE GAP IN, IN WHERE MAYBE OUR SERVICES CURRENTLY GO TO RIGHT NOW TOO, AND THE MA MAJOR CONNECTION POINT IS TRIVIO PARKWAY THAT GOES ON.
AND WHERE THAT ACTUALLY COMES OUT THOUGH, AND, UM, JUST 'CAUSE I DROVE TO, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S CLOSER TO 1431 THAN IT IS OVER HERE TO LAKELINE BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS.
SO THAT'S LIKE OUR, OUR, OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD COME INTO LIKE OUR, UM, EMERGENCY SERVICES, BUT LIKE GETTING PEOPLE OUT THERE TO ACTUALLY HELP.
DAVID, YOU'D PROBABLY BE BETTER AT ANSWERING THAT THAN, YEAH.
ANYBODY ELSE HERE FOR US, THE RESIDENT, I ALSO JUST WANTED TO MENTION ONE MORE THING.
IS THAT THE RESIDENTS COMING IN ARE VERY, UH, IT'S MOSTLY, UH, IT'S A DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW.
AND, UH, WE BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BE A MASSIVE VALUE ADD TO, TO THE BASE OF THE POPULATION OF LEANER.
I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF PROMINENT PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY, A LOT OF PEOPLE DOING SERVICE TO, YOU KNOW, THE TEMPLES AROUND HERE AND THINGS OF THAT SORT.
IT'S JUST A PORTION OF, UH, YOU KNOW, 20, 25% OF OUR COMMUNITY IS REALLY, UH, AN EXTREMELY DIVERSE GROUP.
SO, AND I THINK WE APPRECIATE THAT.
AND IT'S NOT ANYTHING AGAINST, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COMING IN OR ANYTHING.
IT'S, IT'S WHERE WE SIT AS A CITY AND OUR LIABILITIES.
SO A HANDFUL OF YEARS AGO BEFORE THE STATE LEGISLATURE OUTLAWED, UH, INVOLUNTARY ANNEXATION, THE CITY MADE A BIG PUSH TO ANNEX AREAS JUST OUTSIDE TO SORT OF PROTECT THE VALUES AND WHAT GETS, GETS BUILT EVERYWHERE.
AND WHAT THAT RESULTED IN IS WE NOW HAVE 40 SQUARE MILES AND WE HAVE TO STAFF POLICE TO GET TO EVERY CORNER IT TAKES FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER.
IT TAKES, WHAT, 30 MINUTES? IT TAKES A HOT MINUTE.
THAT'S A LOT OF FIRE STATIONS.
AND SO WHENEVER WE'RE LOOKING AT EXPANDING PAST OUR CURRENT BOUNDARIES, THAT HAS TO BE ON OUR MINDS.
AND BECAUSE THE FURTHER OUT YOU GET, THE MORE OF THOSE SERVICES YOU HAVE TO HAVE, THE MORE OF THOSE PEOPLE YOU HAVE TO HAVE, THE MORE OF THOSE BUILDINGS.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE, THE MORE FIRE TRUCKS.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH A FIRETRUCK COSTS
AND SO, UM, I, IT TAKES SOMETHING BEING VERY, VERY SAFE FOR ME TO, TO CONSIDER.
AND WITH THE MUD ASPECT, THAT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY JUST NOT THERE.
BUT I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFULNESS.
UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND I APPRECIATE THE, THE COMMENTS ABOUT WORKING WITH OUR STAFF.
UM, BUT I THINK IF YOU WANNA BE IN THE CITY, WE'VE GOT SOME WORK TO DO TO GET THERE.
COUNSEL, ANYTHING FURTHER? NO, I'LL JUST SAY, I, I, THE THOUGHT OF HAVING THE, THE ONE ONE ACRE LOTS IS VERY APPEALING TO ME.
SO, I MEAN, IF THERE'S A WAY TO MAKE IT WORK AND IT'S A BENEFIT FOR EVERYONE, UM, I, I, I THINK IT'S GOOD, BUT THE MUD IS NOT, IT'S, IT'S VERY MUDDY IN OUR
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A GOOD THING.UM, SO JUST, I, I WOULD SAY, LIKE I SAID, JUST CONTINUE WORKING WITH STAFF IF IT'S SOMETHING YOU WANNA PURSUE.
UH, BECAUSE IF, IF I HEARD YOU SAY THIS CORRECTLY, YOU PREFER WORKING WITH THE CITY OF LEANDER THAN TRAVIS COUNTY.
DID I HEAR THAT CORRECTLY? YOU EASIER TO WORK WITH, BUT NO, I, I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE SAID OUT LOUD
I THINK THAT THAT HAS VALUE RIGHT THERE.
DON'T, YEAH, NO, THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT,
AND, AND CAN I ASK, WITH, WITH RESPECT TO THE MUD, IS IT THE TAX RATE? IS THERE SOMETHING SPECIFIC THAT'S, IT'S EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT.
EVERYTHING BEING EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT.
WE'VE, I MEAN, I COULD SAY, I COULD REITERATE EVERYTHING WE'VE JUST TALKED ABOUT, BUT WE'VE JUST TOLD ALL OUR CONCERNS WITH MUDS.
I THINK OVER OVERALL THE, THE CONCERN WITH THE MUD THAT WE, WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS WHEN SOMETIMES WHEN A, WHEN A MUD GETS APPROVED OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL LIMITS, SO YOU'RE JUMPING OTHER PROPERTIES OR WHATEVER IT IS, UM, THERE COULD BE A STRAIN ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE ONE WAY.
WHETHER IT'S, WHETHER IT'S THE ROADS, WHETHER IT'S THE WATER, WHETHER IT'S THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR THE FIRE OR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, WE'VE SEEN THAT THERE'S UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES WITH DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF LIKE MAYBE A NATURAL PROGRESSION.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE, THAT'S ONE OF THE ISSUES THERE.
AND THE OTHER ONE IS JUST MAYBE THE, YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM PEOPLE COMING IN HERE AND NOT UNDERSTANDING, AH, MUD'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
AND ESPECIALLY EVEN HOW THEY'RE DISCLOSED AND WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IN THIS CITY.
THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD.
BUT I THINK THAT, UM, GROWING AS FAST AS WE DID, AND I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR FIVE YEARS, I THINK IS WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT IS.
SO A LOT OF THESE THINGS ARE PRIOR TO MY TIME BEING HERE, I WORK IN A, IN A, IN A BUSINESS WHERE WE'RE BUILDING HOMES AND WE UNDERSTAND CERTAINLY THE APPEAL OF SOME OF THESE THINGS.
AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU GET THE MUD APPROVED AND YOU CAN DO THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S THERE, IT'S A MORE APPEALING PLACE FOR THAT PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU'RE GETTING, ESSENTIALLY NOT HAVING TO COME OUT OF POCKET ON.
AND IT MAKES YOUR, AND IT MAKES YOUR PERFORMANCE WORK, YOU KNOW, IN, IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT.
UM, WE'VE SEEN AS A CITY THAT IT'S GOT US INTO MORE TROUBLE THAN IT HAS HELPED US, UM, EVEN ON MAYBE THE PROPERTY VALUES THERE.
AND I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, MAYOR, IS THAT, UM, IN A SITUATION WHERE MAYBE, UM, PRIOR AND CITIES DIDN'T GO DO LAND GRABS TO TRY TO BRING THINGS INTO THEIR ETJ SO MUCH, THIS MAY NOT EVEN BEEN A PROPERTY THAT WOULD'VE BEEN IN OUR ETJ AT AT ONE POINT TOO.
SO I THINK WE'RE JUST, UH, WE'RE LEERY ABOUT, UNLESS WE HAD, YOU KNOW, ALL OF STAFF SAYING THIS IS A GOOD DEAL.
WE GOT, WE WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
AND THIS IS WHY IT'S GONNA BE REALLY HARD FOR US TO PRETEND WE'RE THE EXPERTS UP HERE AND SAY THAT WE KNOW BETTER THAN THEM IN THESE SITUATIONS.
SO THAT'S THE DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD IN MY SHORT TIME ON THE, ON THIS COUNCIL, IS THAT WE'VE HAD MORE ISSUES WITH, WITH, UH, MUDS AND MAYBE LIKE THE, THE, THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS OF, OF SOME OF THE MUDS AND, AND PULLING US A LITTLE BIT THINNER THAN WE, THAN WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH.
THAT'S REALLY, I THINK I, HOPEFULLY THAT'S ANSWERING A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
I'M GIVING YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN ANSWER.
IT IT DOES, IT PROVIDES CONTEXT.
I, I'M, I'M TRYING TO GIVE YOU THAT.
AND IT, FROM WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE, IT, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE MUD, IT MAY BE THE GEOGRAPHIC AND THE RESOURCES.
THERE'S, THERE'S, YEAH, NO, IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY THE MUD.
CAN I ASK QUESTION? I'M SORRY.
BUT IT IS ALSO THE GEOGRAPHIC, ESPECIALLY FOR RYAN.
SO LET'S SAY WE DON'T HAVE A MUD AND LET'S SAY WE WE'RE ABLE TO SAY AGREE THAT OKAY, THIS, THIS IS BESIDES VALUE TO LEANDER.
DOES THAT TAKE AWAY ALL THE LIABILITY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR COUNCIL, ABOUT MAINTAINING THE WATER PLANT OR ANY OF THE FACILITIES? DOES THAT CHANGE ANYTHING? NO.
SO I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND FROM A LIABILITY, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I'M AT WHERE I'M AT TOO.
SO THAT THERE'S A DIFFERENT, IF IT'S JUST LIKE A MYSTIQUE OF A MUD, IT'S ONE THING.
IT'S JUST, THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.
BECAUSE I MEAN, SO IF WE DON'T DO A MUD, YOU STILL HAVE THE LIABILITY OF EVERYTHING YOU'VE DISCUSSED SO FAR.
THE ANNEX, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WOULD BE THAT THE MUD WOULD ACTUALLY MAINTAIN THE PARKS AND THE DETENTION FACILITIES.
AND SO THE CITY WOULDN'T HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN THOSE FACILITIES.
WELL, YOU WOULD HAVE AN HOA IN THEORY THAT WOULD MAINTAIN YOUR PARKS.
UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO ADD WITH, WITH THE MUD THAT, THAT ADDS ANOTHER LAYER IS THAT IT IS A QUASI-GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY, RIGHT? IT IS, IT IS ANOTHER LAYER TO YOUR RESIDENCE.
IT IS CONFUSING FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHEN THERE'S A DIFFERENT TAX RATE DEPENDING ON WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD YOU'RE IN, BECAUSE DIFFERENT ONES HAVE THESE ADDITIONAL ENTITIES AND IT BECOMES A LEGAL ISSUE IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG.
TO YOUR POINT, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, POLICE ONE, UM, IT'S ILLEGAL
IT'S, IT'S A LEGAL ISSUE OF, UM, WHO HAS JURISDICTION OVER WHAT.
IT'S JUST ONE MORE LAYER IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG.
IF YOU DIDN'T WANNA DO A MUD, I WOULD DEFINITELY GIVE IT MORE CONSIDERATION.
BUT I WOULD WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE OTHER LIABILITIES ARE AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, WHAT THIS DOES FOR OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE POLICE AND FIRE YEAH.
BUT IF IT WAS STRAIGHT DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS, JUST SO WE'RE ALL TRYING
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TO GET MORE CLARITY HERE.AND, AND YOU KNOW, IF WE WENT WITH TRAVIS COUNTY, THE WHOLE WHATEVER TAX RATE THAT WE CHARGE, WE GET TO KEEP.
SO WHEN WE COME IN HERE, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS, THIS IS REALLY KIND OF A PARTNERSHIP OF SORTS.
'CAUSE WE'RE GIVING AWAY A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF WHATEVER THAT COMES, BUT WE RECOGNIZE THE BENEFITS IN DOING THAT.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY WE EVEN START THIS CONVERSATION FOR STARTERS.
SO I JUST WANT US TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE CLEAR FROM OUR SIDE AS TO WE'RE NOT DOING THIS MONTH TO TRY TO GET RICH ON THIS DEVELOPMENT.
I'LL, I'LL BE COMPLETELY HONEST HERE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROFORMA REIMBURSEMENT NOWADAYS, WE'RE MOSTLY IN THE RED BEFORE WE EVEN GET SOME SORT OF REIMBURSEMENTS.
THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE AREA COMBINED WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE TRAILS, THE EXPENSIVE BRIDGES TO AND FORTH.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTA RESPECT THE RULES OF THE FLOOD PLAIN.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
THE FIRE MARSHAL HAS THE REQUIREMENT.
UM, SO REALLY THIS IS, THIS IS TO TURN MODESTLY GREEN TO THE 20% MARK.
UM, AND CHRIS, AND I'M SURE YOU APPRECIATE SUCH THINGS.
SO IT'S, WE'RE NOT COMING HERE TO TRY TO DO THIS MARK, TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, AND THIS, THIS ENDS UP BEING SORT OF A PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU PEOPLE.
SO WE HAVE TO REALLY KIND OF, I JUST WANT THAT TO BE THANK YOU.
DID Y'ALL NEED ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND GOOD LUCK.
[4. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to Section 551.074, Texas Government Code, to discuss or deliberate the appointment, employment and duties of a public officer or employee: City Manager Search.
Reconvene into open session to take any action as deemed appropriate in the City Council's discretion regarding City Manager Search.]
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
WE'LL RECONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5, 1 0.074 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, AND DUTIES OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE CITY MANAGER.
THE TIME IS 6:09 PM ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING.
WE ARE GOING TO RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AT 7:01 PM WE DID NOT COMPLETE OUR DELIBERATIONS, SO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION HAS RECESSED.
UM, WE WILL RECONVENE BACK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THE END OF THE MEETING TO COMPLETE DELIBERATIONS.
SO WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP.
WE'RE GOING TO START OUR REGULAR MEETING, JUST A FEW MINUTES BEHIND, UH, TO ACCOUNT FOR SOME BREAK TIME.
[5. Open Meeting, Invocation and Pledges of Allegiance.]
GOOD EVENING.TODAY IS THURSDAY, JANUARY 18TH, 2024, AND THE TIME IS 7:09 PM AND THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL.
COUNCIL MEMBER ZEREK WILL BE PROVIDING THE INVOCATION TONIGHT FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION.
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE.
FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, UH, A HUMBLE CITY, UH, THAT IS JUST IN NEED OF YOUR CONSTANT GUIDANCE.
AND SO WE JUST, UH, WE JUST DECLARE THAT JESUS IS LORD OF LEANDER, TEXAS, AND, UH, AND WE DESIRE, UH, FATHER TO, UH, TO JUST REPRESENT YOUR FAMILY WELL.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR FATHER.
THANK YOU FOR CALLING US SONS AND DAUGHTERS.
UH, WE HAVE A SPECIAL REQUEST TONIGHT, AND THAT'S, UH, YOU ARE WITH, UH, THE FAMILY OF JOE BOB ELLISON.
HE IS SUCH AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE CITY, AND HE HAS DONE SUCH A TREMENDOUS JOB COMING UP HERE AND DOING WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO RIGHT NOW, AND JUST GLORIFY YOU IN FRONT OF A CITY.
AND HE HAS SPOKEN SO MUCH LIFE INTO OUR CITY.
SO WE JUST SPEAK LIFE BACK INTO HIS FAMILY RIGHT NOW, UM, AS A CITY WITH HIS LOSS.
AND SO, UM, THANK YOU, LAURA, FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING HERE.
UH, WOULD YOU BE, UH, WITH US AND GUIDE US AND, AND BRING WISE COUNSEL TO US AS WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS TO MOVE THE CITY FORWARD AND BLESS EVERY FAMILY IN THE CITY.
LORD, WE ARE JUST SO GRATEFUL TO BE YOURS.
SO, UH, WE PRAY ALL OF THIS IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.
TO APPLY UNITED STATES AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH STANDS ON NATION AMERICA, LIBERTY, JUSTICE, HONOR OF TEXAS.
[6. Roll Call.]
RIGHT, CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER CATHERINE BATTALION PARKER.HERE, MAYOR PRO, TIM ESBY, MC LONGORIA.
HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONALD HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE THOMPSON.
HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER BECKY ROSS.
CITY COUNCIL IS ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS.
[7. Public comments on items not listed in the agenda.
Public comments on items listed in the agenda will be heard at the time each item is discussed.
[All comments are limited to no more than 3 minutes (6 minutes if translation is needed) per individual.]]
FOR ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED ON THE AGENDA, I WILL CALL ON SPEAKERS PRIOR TO THE DISCUSSION OF THE AGENDA ITEM AND DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, INDIVIDUALS THAT SUBMITTED COMMENTS VIA THE WEBSITE WILL ONLY HAVE POSITIONS READ INTO THE RECORD.
ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL AND BE MADE A PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD.
WE DO HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TONIGHT.
GOOD EVENING, MS. BRIGHT, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE.
MY ADDRESS IS 29 12 AGAVE LOOP ROUND ROCK, TEXAS.
NO, I'M NOT A CITIZEN OF LEANDER, BUT I LOVE LEANDER.
AS I SAID, MY NAME IS ISSA BRIGHT AND I BRING YOUR GREETINGS FROM LADDERS FOR LEADERS ORGANIZATION, UM, WHICH IS AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
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ORGANIZATION AND I'M HERE TONIGHT JUST TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT AND TO GET MORE PARTICIPATION FROM LEANDER STUDENTS IN LEANDER BUSINESSES.I'M LADDERS FOR LEADERS IS A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION.
OUR MAIN PROGRAM IS A PAID SIX WEEK INTERNSHIP FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ARE 16 TO 18 YEARS OLD, WHERE THEY ARE MATCHED WITH A COMPANY THAT ALIGNS WITH ANY OF THEIR CAREER INTERESTS.
SO WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO WORK IN CONSTRUCTION, WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO WORK WITH OPTOMETRISTS, WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO WORK IN BUSINESS.
IT'S, IT SPANS THE SPECTRUM AND SO ALL STUDENTS ARE WELCOME.
UM, THE, THE OTHER PROGRAM THAT I WANNA PROMOTE IS WHAT WE CALL LADDERS FOR LEADERS UNIVERSITY.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE TRAIN OUR STUDENTS TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE WORKFORCE.
THAT TRAINING INCLUDES RESUME WRITING, LINKEDIN ACCOUNT COMMUNICATIONS, UH, FINANCIAL LITERACY AND BUSINESS PROFESSIONALISM.
AND SO THOSE PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO START ON FEBRUARY 1ST.
OUR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, LIKE I MENTIONED, IS PAID, IT'S SIX WEEKS.
WE OPENED OUR APPLICATIONS ON JANUARY 10TH AND WE CLOSED THEM ON MARCH 3RD.
SO MY MAIN REASON FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT IS THAT OUR PROGRAM IS OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY.
AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 15% PARTICIPATION FROM LEANDER STUDENTS.
AND I REALLY, REALLY WANT TO INCREASE THAT.
SO I'M JUST HERE TO BRING AWARENESS TO THE PROGRAM, UM, FOR OUR STUDENTS AND ALSO FOR YOUR BUSINESSES.
SO WE CAN ONLY HAVE AS MANY INTERNSHIPS AS WE HAVE COMPANIES.
SO IF YOU KNOW OF ANY SMALL BUSINESSES THAT MIGHT BE WILLING TO WORK WITH STUDENTS IN THE SUMMER, DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO US.
UM, ONE OF YOUR COUNCIL WOMEN IS, IS A BOARD MEMBER OF OURS, IS MAY.
I'M DEFINITELY THANKFUL FOR HER SERVICE.
UM, AND SO LADDERS FOR LEADERS.ORG, YOU CAN LOOK US UP, UM, AND WE WILL CONNECT THEM, WE'LL MEET WITH THEM AND EXPLAIN THE PROGRAM TO THEM, UM, AND SEE IF WE'RE A GOOD FIT FOR THEM.
BECAUSE OUR INTERNSHIPS ARE PAID, WE HAVE TO RAISE FUNDS SO THAT WE CAN PAY THE STUDENTS.
SO WE HAVE A 5K ON JANUARY 27TH THAT I INVITE YOU ALL OUT TO, TO HELP US RAISE AS MUCH MONEY AS POSSIBLE TO PAY AS MANY KIDS AS POSSIBLE.
I HAVE FLYERS HERE THAT I'M GONNA LEAVE.
I HAVE TO STEP OUT, BUT I'LL LEAVE THEM FOR ANYBODY THAT'S INTERESTED.
UM, DEFINITELY REACH OUT AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HELP THE STUDENTS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP FOR ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA, WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHED TO SPEAK? ALL
[8. Recognitions/Proclamations/Visitors.
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ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS RECOGNITIONS AND WE HAVE A FEW VERY SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS TONIGHT.
UH, SO FIRST UP, CHIEF MITTEN, IF YOU'LL PLEASE COME UP.
CHIEF MITTEN HAS A RECOGNITION FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT CITIZEN AWARD OF EMERITUS SERVICE TO BLAKE COOLMAN AND BRENT SKIDMORE.
YES, GUYS, WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU A STORY, UM, ABOUT THE ACTS OF BRAVELY AND COURAGE THAT THESE GENTLEMEN DID THIS PAST OCTOBER.
ON OCTOBER 21ST, 2023, THELANDER OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE AT THE JACK BROWN CLEANERS OVER NEAR OUR HEB HERE IN LEANDER.
UPON THE ARRIVAL, OFFICERS HAD LEARNED THAT A FEMALE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT THIS LOCATION WHEN A MALE SUBJECT ENTERED THE BUSINESS, STARTED AN ARGUMENT AND BEGAN ASSAULTING THE EMPLOYEE BRUTALLY HEARING THE COMMOTION AND CRIES FOR HELP FROM THE BIKE SHOP THAT WAS JUST NEXT DOOR.
THESE TWO COURAGEOUS INDIVIDUALS, BRENT AND BLAKE, WHO ARE WITH US TODAY, CAME TO THE AID OF THIS INDIVIDUAL.
UPON ENTERING THE JACK BROWN CLEANERS, THEY FOUND THE MALE SUBJECT ON TOP OF THE FEMALE EMPLOYEE ACTIVELY ASSAULTING HER.
BRENT TOOK QUICK ACTION BY TACKLING THE MALE SUBJECT AND RESTRAINING HIM UNTIL THE POLICE ARRIVED.
BLAKE TOOK CARE OF THE FEMALE VICTIM WHO HAD RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT INJURIES DURING THIS ASSAULT.
LEANDER OFFICERS SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED THIS MALE SUBJECT AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY JAIL.
I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE STORE 'CAUSE I WENT THERE TO GET MY PICK UP, MY CLOTHES THAT WERE DRY CLEANED.
AND, AND I'VE KNOWN THE LADIES THAT HAVE WORKED THERE FOR A LONG TIME AND THEY TOLD ME ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
NOW, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ASSAULTS THAT OCCUR, OCCUR IN THE CITY, BUT, UH, WHEN SHE TOLD ME ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, AND I HAD A CHIEF FLETCHER LOOK INTO THIS, I WAS JUST ASTONISHED AND JUST SO IMPRESSED WITH THESE TWO GENTLEMEN RIGHT HERE BECAUSE THEY WERE MEN OF ACTION.
THEY TOOK ACTION WHEN THEY SAW SOMETHING OR HEARD SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED.
WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
'CAUSE I THINK YOU SAID YOU WENT INTO THIS, UH, OUTER BODY EXPERIENCE MODE OF JUST LIKE, I'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING.
AND WE NOT THAT THIS IS, THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS IN LEANDER.
WE DON'T HAVE THESE THINGS THAT NORMALLY HAPPEN, BUT TO HAVE THESE GENTLEMEN STEP UP AND TO DO WHAT THEY DID TO, TO BE ABSENT OF THE FEAR, BUT HAVE IT, AND, AND THE COURAGE TO GO FORWARD AND TO, AND TO TAKE CARE OF THIS, IS JUST, UH, WOULD JUST REALLY WARM MY HEART BECAUSE THIS, NOT ONLY DID THEY HELP A CITIZEN OF OUR CITY, BUT A HUMAN BEING THAT NEEDED SOMEBODY RIGHT THEN, RIGHT THERE AT THAT EXACT MOMENT.
AND THESE GENTLEMEN WERE THERE.
SO, UH, I WANTED TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THEM, WHICH YOU SAID THEIR NAME.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS EVEN WANNA TALK 'CAUSE I'M NOT EVEN A BIG TALKER AS WELL.
BUT, UH, UH, FOR THEIR ACTIONS, WE WANTED TO GIVE THEM, WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE, THAT I KNOW OF IS GIVEN A CITIZEN A MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD.
'CAUSE THEY DID WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO WHEN WE GO IN.
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THEY DIDN'T HAVE A VEST, THEY DIDN'T HAVE A GUN, AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE RADIO.THEY WENT, BUT THEY WENT IN AND TOOK CARE OF BUSINESS, IF YOU WILL.
SO, GENTLEMEN, ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT, I'M, I'M, I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOU AND THANK YOU FOR BEING WHAT SHE NEEDED THAT NIGHT, THAT, AND TAKING CARE OF HER AND MAKING SURE THAT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE IF YOU GUYS WEREN'T THERE.
DID YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? Y WANNA SAY ANYTHING? YOU'RE GOOD? YES.
YEAH, I'M GONNA START WITH YOU.
SO THIS IS GONNA GO OVER YOUR HEAD LIKE AN OLYMPIC GOAL.
SO ALL WE'RE GONNA GO OVER YOUR HAT.
DID Y'ALL WANNA SAY ANYTHING? OH, IT'S OKAY IF YOU DON'T TOO.
WE WERE IN A VERY, WE WERE VERY ONE UP GUYS.
I, WE WERE, UM, JUST HAPPENED TO BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME, UM, DURING
SO, UH, I'M GLAD WE WERE THERE.
I'M GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO HELP.
UM, AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY, BUT, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU GUYS FOR NOTICING AND GOING FROM THERE.
IT TAKES A VERY SPECIAL PERSON TO BE ABLE TO RUN INTO DANGER AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING THAT BRAVERY AND JUST HELPING.
DID I JUST LEARN YOU'RE THE BUSINESS OWNER NEXT DOOR TOO? YES, SIR.
MAN, BLESS OUR BUSINESS OWNER AND, AND THAT BUSINESS OWNER IN OUR CITY DID SOMETHING LIKE THAT TOO.
SO I HOPE THAT YOU'RE JUST REWARDED BEYOND MEASURE.
AND, UH, I KNOW THAT SOMEBODY PROBABLY LIKE YOU HAVE THAT, THAT LADY THAT WAS NEXT DOOR PROBABLY, UM, HAS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE IN YOUR HEART.
BUT I HOPE THAT YOU ARE REWARDED.
UM, I COULD TELL THAT YOU DON'T MAYBE WANT ALL THE RECOGNITION AND WANT ALL THOSE THINGS, BUT JUST I BLESS YOU.
COME OVER HERE AND, ALL RIGHT, CHIEF WOOSTER HAUSEN, IT'S YOUR TURN.
UH, WE NOW HAVE A FIRE DEPARTMENT LIFESAVING CERTIFICATE TO HAROLD PIAT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THIS TIME TO RECOGNIZE SOME INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR ACTIONS.
IT SEEMS LIKE TONIGHT'S THEME IS ACTION AND, UH, INTENTIONAL ACTION, UH, THAT RESULTS IN GOOD WORKS.
SO, UH, OFTENTIMES WHEN PEOPLE THINK OF FIRST RESPONDERS, THEY THINK OF FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS AND PARAMEDICS.
AND THEY OVERLOOK THE OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS, SUCH AS THE COMMUNICATION OPERATORS AT THE 9 1 1 CENTER, AND THEN ALSO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE ACTUALLY AT THE EMERGENCY SCENE.
UH, TONIGHT WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY AND WE'RE, WE'RE HONORED TO BE JOINED BY, UH, SEVERAL PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT.
UH, JANET, WHO WAS THE ELECTION JUDGE THERE THAT NIGHT, AND MEMBERS OF HER STAFF AS WELL AS MARK HAROLD, PAULA, AND THEN THE INDIVIDUAL WHO, UH, WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST.
LOGAN, WHO IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT AS WELL.
UM, I'D LIKE TO BRING UP LOGAN TO ALLOW HIM TO SAY ANYTHING HE WOULD LIKE TO SAY, AND THEN HE'LL HELP, UH, DISTRIBUTE
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THE, UH, THE CERTIFICATES AFTER I READ THOSE.GOOD EVENING, AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
UM, I STAND HERE AS A TESTAMENT TO THE INVALUABLE WORK DONE BY OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND FIRST RESPONDERS.
AND AS THE CHIEF MENTIONED, ALTHOUGH ALSO THE FIRST RESPONDERS THAT WE FIND IN THE COMMUNITY ITSELF.
BUT FOR THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND MY GOOD FRIENDS IN MY TEAM AT THE POLLING STATION, THE LIKES OF HAROLD, MARK, JANET, AND PAULA, AND THE REST OF MY WONDERFUL TEAM, I WOULDN'T BE STANDING HERE TODAY.
UM, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ARE THE 1% OF THE COMMUNITY THAT SERVE THE 99% OF THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEY ARE NOT GIVEN THE DUE RECOGNITION.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ARE NOT DESIGNATED AS ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
AND IF I WAS STANDING HERE TODAY IN FRONT OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE, I WOULD BESIEGE YOU TO PLEASE DO THAT, DESIGNATE THEM AS ESSENTIAL SERVICES SO THAT THEY CAN RECEIVE FUNDING.
BECAUSE, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT ESSENTIAL SERVICES, BECAUSE OF THAT CATEGORY, THEY DO NOT RECEIVE FUNDING.
UM, SO ON BEHALF OF MY WIFE AND MY, OUR ONLY SON AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AND MY FAMILY AT LARGE BACK IN SOUTH AFRICA, I HAVE SEVEN OTHER SIBLINGS.
I THANK MY FRIENDS ON THE TEAM THAT I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED AND YOUR CREW THAT SAVED MY LIFE AND GAVE ME A NEW LEASE ON LIFE.
YEAH, JUST STAY HERE IF WE CAN GET, UH, MARK, HAROLD AND PAULA TO JOIN US UP HERE.
SO, UH, THIS EVENING I'VE GOT THE HONOR OF PRESENTING THEM WITH A CHIEF'S CHALLENGE COIN.
AND THE CHALLENGE COIN IS INTENDED TO CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE THEM TO TAKE INTENTIONAL ACTIONS SUCH AS THE ONE THEY DID ON OCTOBER THE 30TH.
WE ALSO HAVE A CERTIFICATE TO ISSUE TO EACH OF THEM.
IT READS ON OCTOBER 30TH, 2023, THE QUICK THINKING AND SELFLESS ACTIONS OF MARK, HAROLD, AND PAULA AT THE LANDER LIBRARY PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN SAVING A LIFE THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE ALERTED TO, TO AN ELECTION WORKER WHO WENT UNCONSCIOUS.
THEY ALL WENT INTO ACTION WITH HAROLD STARTING CPR PAULA CALLING 9 1 1.
AND MARK OBTAINING THE, UH, AND APPLYING THE A ED IN THE CPR CHAIN OF SURVIVAL.
THESE MEMBERS FULFILLED THE FIRST THREE OF FOUR ACTIONS OF EARLY ACCESS TO 9 1 1 EARLY CPR AND EARLY DEFIBRILLATION, ALLOWING FIRE AND EMS TO FOCUS ON PROVIDING EARLY ADVANCED CARE.
THEIR ACTIONS ON THIS DAY SERVE AS AN EXAMPLE OF SERVICE TO EXCELLENCE AND ARE RECOGNIZED AS THE PRIMARY REASON THE ELECTION WORKER NOT ONLY RECEIVED PROMPT MEDICAL ATTENTION, BUT ALSO SURVIVED A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION.
DID ANY OF YOU WISH TO SPEAK AT ALL? YEAH.
UM, SO EARLIER THIS YEAR OR LAST YEAR, UM, I ALL, ALL OF A SUDDEN JUST HAD THIS DRIVING URGE TO RE-UP MY CERTIFICATION FOR CPR.
AS THE YEAR PROGRESSED, THAT VOICE IN MY HEAD JUST GOT STRONGER AND STRONGER AND STRONGER.
AND IF YOU'RE, IF YOU HAVE ANY FAITH, I BELIEVE IT WAS A GOD THING.
I COMPLETED MY CPR RE-CERTIFICATION 12 DAYS BEFORE THE EVENT.
I'M ON A MISSION NOW TO GET EVERYBODY CPAR CERTIFIED.
LOGAN WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY, HE WOULDN'T BE HERE.
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SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT EVERYBODY GETS CERTIFIED.DO YOU HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS OF WHERE WE SHOULD GO TO DO THAT? I, I DON'T.
UM, WE, WE ACTUALLY MOVED OUT OF LEANDER.
SORRY,
WE'RE, WE'RE IN, UH, UH, GEORGETOWN NOW, AND WE, WE HAD THE CERTIFICATION DONE THERE, SO, BUT, UH, UM, IT WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT THING.
AND HAVING THOSE AEDS, UH, THAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO HAVE 'EM IN EVERYWHERE.
SO, CHIEF, DO YOU THINK ON, UH, THE FIRE, SOCIAL MEDIA, WE COULD SHARE WITH PEOPLE HOW THEY CAN GET, UM, SOME CPR AND A ED TRAINING? YEAH.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T RECOMMEND ANYONE.
UH, PROVIDER, BUT, UH, MAYBE HOW PEOPLE CAN FIND 'EM IN THE AREA.
YEAH, I BET WE CAN, UH, PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE LIKE THAT.
WE'LL GET OUR, WITH OUR PIO AND GET SOMETHING OUT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT OF US HAVE BEEN THROUGH THAT TRAINING BEFORE AND YOU THINK YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO USE IT.
AND THIS IS, UM, SUCH AN AMAZING EXAMPLE.
I'M SO GLAD Y'ALL WERE TRAINED.
EVEN IF YOU LEFT US FOR GEORGETOWN
SO THANK YOU ALL YOU WHO BROKE A FEW OF MY RIBS,
IF IT'S WORTH DOING, IT'S WORTH DOING.
UH, LOGAN IS MY THIRD AND I'M THREE.
SO THE MOST HELPLESS FEELING YOU CAN HAVE IS HAVE SOMEONE IN DISTRESS AND NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO.
YOU JUST STAND THERE, WATCH SOMEBODY DIE.
SO DON'T, DON'T TAKE THIS LIGHTLY.
AND, AND I, I'VE TRAINED FOR THIS MOST OF MY LIFE AND I'M JUST GLAD I WAS THERE.
DID YOU ONLY SAY A FEW WORDS? WELL, JUST THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION.
I JUST WANNA SAY THAT OUR CITY HAS SOME AMAZING PEOPLE.
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UH, WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON THE SCHEDULED REPAIR OF THE BRUSHY CREEK REGIONAL UTILITY AUTHORITY, B-C-R-U-A, RAW WATERLINE AND TEMPORARY SHUTDOWN OF THE B-C-R-U-A WATER TREATMENT PLANT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE, GRIMS BOW.
THIS IS GONNA BE UPLIFTING TOO, RIGHT?
I MIGHT NEED HELP HERE FROM SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE.
UM, UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL.
DAN GRIMBEL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, YES, WE'RE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE RAW WATER LINE NOW SINCE I THINK MY FIRST DAY ON BOARD A COUPLE YEARS BACK.
AND, AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE GONNA STOP TALKING ABOUT IT AFTER THIS REPAIR.
SO, UM, ONWARD, UM, JUST A QUICK REVIEW OF WHEN THE WATERLINE FIRST BROKE.
UM, AND THEN, UH, UH, BROKE AGAIN, AND THEN BROKE A SECOND TIME.
AND, AND WE MADE VARIOUS REPAIRS ON THAT WATERLINE.
NOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ACTUALLY MAKING THE FINAL PERMANENT REPAIR.
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YOU'VE SEEN THIS STRONG BEFORE.UM, THIS IS THE BARGE, UM, WHERE, WHERE THE, THE WATER COMES FROM TO THE HEADER.
AND OUR WATER LINE GOES ALONG.
THE BLUE SECTION IS, UH, THE LINE THAT WE'RE REPAIRING.
AS YOU RECALL, IT WAS, UH, UH, BALL SOLID, BALL SOLID.
AND SO, UM, THE FOUNDATION OR THE SUPPORTS REALLY WEREN'T THERE TO SUPPORT THAT KIND OF MECHANISM.
THIS IS IT FROM AN OVERHEAD VIEW.
UM, YOU CAN SEE IT GOES FROM THE RAW WATER BARGE FOR, UH, BCRA AND THEN GOES UP THROUGH THE, UH, 70 INCH LINE.
UM, AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE TYING IN THE, UH, TRANSMISSION LINE IS GONNA BE CONNECTING THERE AND HOPEFULLY IN A COUPLE YEARS, AND WE WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE BARGE ANYMORE.
THIS IS THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE, UH, DESIGN AND BID AND, UM, UM, STARTING TO ENSURE THAT IT, UM, IS REPAIRED.
SO I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT HERE TO DISCUSS THIS LINE ITEM RIGHT HERE, WHICH IS THE SHUTDOWN.
UH, BECAUSE WE'RE REPLACING THE PIPELINE, WE HAVE TO RECONNECT IT ON, UH, BOTH ENDS.
AS, AS YOU SAW, IT'S 1400 FEET.
SO THE BCRA PLANT WILL HAVE TO BE SHUT DOWN FOR ABOUT, UM, 30 DAYS.
AND MUCH LIKE WE, UH, SHUT DOWN WHAT WE DID BEFORE, WE NEED ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF OR TWO WEEKS TO GET THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS THIS TIME TO GET TO GET READY.
AND THEN IT'LL BE SHUT DOWN FOR 30 DAYS, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE PLANT START UP.
SO THE SHUTDOWN REALLY WON'T BEGIN MID-FEBRUARY.
UM, THAT'S WHEN THE, UH, INITIAL, UM, GIVE THE HEADS UP TO THE CITIZENS WILL PROBABLY START IN THAT TIMEFRAME.
THE SHUTDOWN WILL ACTUALLY START AROUND THE 28TH OF FEBRUARY, AND THEN LAST, UH, THE END OF MARCH.
AND THEN THERE COULD BE A COUPLE DAYS OF, OF, UH, FLEXIBILITY IN THERE BASED ON WHAT'S GOING ON, AS YOU WELL KNOW, THIS IS A LARGE PIPE AND, UM, IT'S UNDERWATER 40, 50 FEET DEEP.
AND I HAVE A COUPLE PHOTOS OF THAT.
AND SO, UH, IT'S, UH, IT'S NOT A, YOU KNOW, HIRE A PLUMBER AND GO OUT AND FIX IT.
THIS IS PRETTY, PRETTY COMPLICATED AND A, AND A COMPLEX AREA.
DURING THE SHUTDOWN, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO, UH, TAKE ADVANTAGE AND MAKE, UH, SEVERAL RE OTHER REPAIRS, UH, AND NOT REPAIRS, BUT, UH, UH, UH, DESIGN CHANGES, I GUESS.
NOT DESIGN CHANGES, BUT, UM, WORK ON OTHER PROJECTS.
SO ONE OF 'EM IS THE, UH, FOR THE TRANSMISSION LINE, WE NEED TO INSTALL A 78 INCH, UH, BUTTERFLY VALVE.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA DO THAT DURING THE SHUTDOWN, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT LATER.
WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE WORKING ON THE, UH, CONTROL, UH, VALVES THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
AND WE'RE GONNA DO SOME, UH, SCADA AND OTHER WORK DURING THE SHUTDOWN THAT'LL MAKE IT EASIER, UH, TO FACILITATE COMPLETING WHILE THE PLANT SHUT DOWN FOR 30 DAYS.
AND ALSO, THE PLANT ITSELF IS GETTING READY TO DO, UM, A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MAINTENANCE DURING THAT 30 DAYS, WHICH WILL, UM, HOPEFULLY HELP THE PLANT RUN, UM, BETTER AND LONGER AS WE GO ALONG AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT 30 DAY SHUTDOWN.
ANYTIME YOU SHUT DOWN SOMETHING LIKE A PLANT LIKE THIS COMPLETELY, UH, YOU DO EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO TRY TO FACILITATE DOING MAINTENANCE WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHUT IT DOWN AGAIN.
AND IT MAKES IT EASIER, ESPECIALLY FOR ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, YOU CAN SHUT DOWN THE WHOLE SYSTEM AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.
SO THIS IS, UH, THE COMPLEXITY.
THIS IS THE BARGE THAT'S ACTUALLY DRILLING.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE INSTALLING, UM, SIMILAR TO THE ONE WE MADE, GOALPOSTS, IF YOU WANNA SAY, UH, TWO, UH, W FLANGES GOING DOWN, AND THEN ONE ACROSS LIKE A FIELD FIELD GOAL.
AND THE PIPE'S GONNA LAY ON THAT.
SO VERY STURDY, AND THEY'RE HAVING TO DRILL DOWN, UM, IN THE LAKE BED TO INSTALL THOSE, UM, DEVICES.
THIS IS THE STAGING OF THE PIPING THAT'S GOING IN THERE.
UH, SOME OF IT'S ALREADY STD IN THE BARGE.
SOME OF IT'S STAGED ON LAND TO FACILITATE, UM, GOING IN WHEN THEY'RE READY TO INSTALL IT, WHICH THEY SHOULD BE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THIS IS A MOCKUP, UM, BASICALLY A PRACTICE RUN ON ENSURING THEY KNOW HOW IT'S GONNA GO TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE IT DOES GO TOGETHER THE WAY THEY THINK IT'S GONNA GO.
UM, BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE UNDERWATER, IT, IT GETS MORE COMPLICATED, AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE SIZE OF IT, UM, AND, AND STUCK THE IRON.
SO IT'S ALSO PRETTY DARN HEAVY.
SO, REAL QUICK, THE, UH, WATER USAGE.
UM, THE GREEN IS THE B-C-R-U-A, AND OF COURSE THE BLUE IS A SANDY CREEK.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS, UH, THE AMOUNT RAIN WE RECEIVED DURING THAT PERIOD.
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GALLONS THAT WHEN WE SHUT DOWN FOR THE, ESSENTIALLY SIX DAYS, WE'RE GONNA BE IN PHASE FOUR.UM, AND I, I SHOULD HAVE STATED THAT SIX WEEKS.
SIX WEEKS, NOT SIX DAYS, RIGHT? SAY AGAIN? YOU SAID SIX DAYS.
IF I SAID SIX DAYS, THAT'S THE COUGH DROP GETTING IN THE WAY.
AND, UM, AND WE'LL BE IN, UH, PHASE FOUR, MEANING THAT WE DON'T WANT TO GO ABOVE THE 9 MILLION GALLONS, UM, OF THE SANDY CREEK PLANT.
SO WHAT THIS GRAPH IS SHOWING IS THAT THE SANDY CREEK PLANT NOW IS GONNA HAVE TO COVER, UM, BOTH PLANTS.
NORMALLY WE RUN 60, 40, 60, 40%.
SO THIS GRAPH IS SHOWING YOU WHY WE HAVE TO ESSENTIALLY GO INTO STAGE FOUR.
THE FIRST THREE BARS ARE FEBRUARY OF 21, 22, 23, THEN MARCH, SAME THING.
AND YOU CAN SEE IN, UH, UM, FEBRUARY WE WOULD'VE PROBABLY BEEN CLOSE.
UM, COULD HAVE STAYED IN STAGE THREE POSSIBLY.
BUT AS SOON AS WE GET INTO THE MARCH AREA, UM, WE HAVE PEAKS AND AVERAGES.
THE, THE GRAYS, THE PEAK FOR THE A GIVEN DAY.
THAT'S THE AVERAGE, AND THAT'S THE MINIMUM.
WE'RE TOO CLOSE TO TAKE A CHANCE OF NON INSURING OR BELOW THE NINE, 9 MILLION.
AND, AND IF, IF WE, UH, OVERUSE THE SYSTEM, WE COULD GO INTO A BOILED WATER NOT TO CITYWIDE, AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANNA DO THAT.
SO MOST LIKE THE LAST SHUTDOWN, WE STAY BELOW THE NINE, HOPEFULLY BELOW THE EIGHTH.
AND, UM, AND, AND WE'LL BE FINE DURING THE REPAIR.
SO WHY IS THE CITY, WHY IS THE SANDY CREEK LIMITED? UM, IT'S DESIGNED FOR 12, UM, BUT IT'S LIMITED TO NINE.
WELL, YOU CAN SEE OVER A PERIOD OF TIME IT WAS EXPANDED, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WASN'T EXPANDED WAS THE LAGOONS, WHICH IS A PART OF THE, UH, UM, WHAT I CALL THE SLUDGE DISPOSAL PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
WE, WE CLEAN THE FILTERS OUT BY SENDING ALL THE MUD THAT'S COLLECTED FROM THE TREATED WATER TO THE LAGOONS.
IT SETTLES DOWN AS SOON AS IT SETTLES, AND IT GETS FULL ENOUGH.
THEN WE GO IN AND WE DREDGE IT OUT AND WE HAUL IT AWAY.
UM, THAT'S PRETTY ANTIQUATED, UH, WAY TO DO IT.
NOW WE HAVE BELT PRESSES OR SCREW PRESSES THAT PRESS ALL THE WATER OUT.
AND SO INSTEAD OF HAULING AWAY WATER, WHICH IS NORMALLY WHAT WE DO, WE COULD BE 70, 80, UH, TRUCKS, MAYBE MORE.
UM, ONCE A WEEK, WE HAUL AWAY ONE TRUCK WORTH OF ESSENTIALLY DIRT, UH, BECAUSE WE PRESS ALL THE WATER OUT AND IT'S VERY EFFICIENT.
SO, UM, WHY IT'S LIMITED IS AS THE LAGOONS FILL, UM, THEY'RE UNDERSIZED FOR THE 12.
AND, UM, THE MORE WE FLUSH TO IT, THE MORE IT GETS IN THERE.
AND THEN IT TAKES LONGER TO SETTLE.
AND THEN IF THE WATER THAT'S IN THERE HAS TO BE PUSHED BACK TO THE FRONT OF THE PLANT AND IT HAS DIRT IN IT, AND IT'S A VICIOUS CYCLE, AND THEN WE HAVE TO TAKE LONGER TO, TO SHUT DOWN ONE OF THE TRAINS TO CLEAN THE FILTER.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO A BELT PRESS.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE HAVE SIX TRAINS, AND I'VE EXPLAINED THIS BEFORE.
AND, UM, ONE OF THE TRAINS, UH, YOU CAN SEE HERE IS THE NEW, NEW ONE THAT WE'RE GONNA PUT IN.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE SYSTEM FOR THE BELT PRESS.
UM, AS IN THIS AREA RIGHT HERE, IF WE SHUT DOWN ONE OF THE TRAINS TO CLEAN THE FILTERS, THAT'S 2 MILLION GALLONS THAT SHUTS DOWN, AND THEN YOU'RE DOWN TO 10.
UM, AND THEN BASED ON THE OTHER FILTERS COULD BE LESS, BUT IF WE HAVE A REDUNDANT TRAIN, WE CAN KEEP ALL SIX RUNNING WHILE WE'RE SHUTTING DOWN ONE AND CLEANING THE FILTERS FOR EACH ONE, OR MAINTENANCE OR WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE.
RIGHT NOW, UH, THE PROJECT, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, IT'S THE 21 MILLION.
UM, IT'S UNDER CONTRACT, ACTUALLY.
WE'RE HAVING THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING ON MONDAY, UM, TO START, TO START THAT PROJECT AND, UH, START, AS I SAY, TURN DIRT.
UM, I LOVE SEEING DIRT GET TURNED ON PROJECTS.
AND, UM, THAT TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF DOING BECAUSE, UM, WE HAD TO GET SEVERAL PERMITS, UM, ONE THROUGH, UH, LCRA AND ONE THROUGH THE COUNTY.
AND, UH, SO THE, THE PRE-CON TOMORROW WILL BE WITH THE COUNTY, THE CITY, THE ENGINEER OF RECORD AND LCRA.
SO WE'LL GET ALL THOSE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM AND SAYING, GOOD TO GO.
AND WE'RE GONNA START BUILDING.
UM, IT, IT WILL, IT SHOULD BE DONE.
AND I'M GONNA SAY SHOULD, BUT I'M GONNA SAY WILL BE DONE THE SPRING OF 25 BEFORE THE SUMMER OF 25.
MY, MY, ONE OF MY FAVORITE PROJECTS FOR THE CITY RIGHT HERE.
SO THE, UH, QUESTION WAS ASKED ABOUT DURING THAT TIME, IF WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE
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ELECTRICAL LOAD, UM, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO, TO HELP FACILITATE, UM, PLANT NOT SHUTTING DOWN, WHICH WOULD BE BAD.SO JUST THIS YEAR, UH, I SHOULD SAY THIS YEAR, JUST LAST YEAR IN APRIL OR IN THE NEW YEAR, WE, UH, UPGRADED THE AUTOMATIC TRANSFER SWITCH.
AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS, UH, JEAN AND I WENT OUT DURING THAT TIMEFRAME, APRIL, MAY, AND, AND LOOKED AT THE NEW AUTOMATIC TRANSFER SWITCH THAT WAS INSTALLED, UM, FOR THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
UH, SO WE HAVE THE LATEST AND GREATEST, UM, TECHNOLOGY TO HELP PREVENT THAT.
AND NOW WHAT IT DOES, IT TRANSFER SWITCHES, IT AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFERS FROM ONE SUBSTATION TO ANOTHER.
SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE IS THAT HERE'S THE NEW SYSTEM.
IF FOR SOME REASON IT DID FAIL, WE DO HAVE A BYPASS THAT CAN GO AROUND.
AND THEN YOU HAVE TWO FEEDERS.
ONE IS THE RED, UM, WHICH IS THE, UH, NL 20 PEC CAUSE.
AND THE OTHER ONE IS THE SW FIVE ZERO.
AND, AND YOU MIGHT KNOW 'EM BY NAME.
UM, THE S THE WS FIVE ZEROS FROM, UM, WHITESTONE SUBSTATION.
AND THE NL 20 IS FROM AIMLESS SUBSTATION.
AIMLESS SUBSTATION IS THE PRIMARY.
AND IF THERE'S EVER AN ISSUE WITH THAT ONE, THEN IT SWITCHES OVER TO THE SECONDARY, WHICH IS WHITESTONE.
UM, SO NOW WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA NOTIFY PEOPLE, AND I'M GONNA LET MIKE TALK ABOUT THAT.
'CAUSE I MADE IT THROUGH WITHOUT COUGHING DURING THAT WHOLE PRESENTATION.
BUT I WILL ANSWER QUESTIONS REAL QUICK BEFORE I GO.
NO, JUDGE, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THIS HAS ACTUALLY BEEN PLANNED.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE NEEDED TO DO FOR A WHILE.
THIS ISN'T A LINE JUST BROKE YESTERDAY, AND NOW WE'RE GOING INTO SOMETHING.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY INTENTIONAL, AND IT'S, UH, AND IT IS ON PURPOSE AND IT IS NECESSARY SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THOSE PROBLEMS. SO, SO, UH, LET ME FOLLOW UP ON THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, BECAUSE YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
WE HAVE BEEN, UH, THE, THE LINE IS A PROBLEM.
IT'S BEEN REPAIRED NOW THREE TIMES, ESSENTIALLY.
AND, UM, WE'RE BUILDING PHASE 1D AND IF WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO USE PHASE 1D, THE REST OF THE LINE'S FINE, BUT THE SECTION IS BAD.
AND IF WE BRING PHASE 1D ON, UM, IT COULD CERTAINLY OVER PRESSURIZE IT AND JUST CAUSE OTHER PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT THE LINE.
AGAIN, I MENTIONED THAT WHEN WE FINISH PHASE TWO, WHICH IS THE DEEP WATER INTAKE, WE WON'T NEED THE BARGE ANY LONGER OR THAT LINE, BUT THAT'S NOW TILL 2027.
AND SO PHASE 1D WILL COME ONLINE ALSO FOR THE SUMMER OF 25, WHICH WILL HELP OUR WATER SITUATION ALONG WITH SANDY CREEK.
IN ORDER TO GET THE FULL POTENTIAL OF PHASE 1D, WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT LINE, UM, REPAIRED AND REPAIRED, UM, CORRECTLY.
AND SO IT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR, I WOULD SAY THE LAST COUPLE YEARS TO FACILITATE, UM, GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY, WHICH I CALL THE PERMANENT REPAIR.
SO THAT PERMANENT REPAIR IS STILL FOR A TEMPORARY PIPE, RIGHT? CORRECT.
WE'VE GOT THE BROKEN PIPE, THAT WAS A BAD PROBLEM, AND WE REPAIRED AND REPAIRED AND REPAIRED, AND THIS IS THE REPLACEMENT FOR THE BAD PIPE.
THAT'S GONNA BE BETTER, BUT IT'S STILL A TEMPORARY UNTIL WE GET DEEP WATER INTAKE.
I THINK THAT'S WHERE I, I WANNA MAKE SURE I'M SAYING IT RIGHT.
AND THAT'S THE SIMPLE VERSION.
YOU GOT THE BAD ONE, IT'S BEEN FIXED, IT'S STILL BAD.
WE HAVE A BETTER ONE THAT'S STILL TEMPORARY, BUT WILL GET US THROUGH UNTIL WE HAVE OUR DEEP WATER INTAKE, AND THEN THEY BOTH CAN GO AWAY OR SIT THERE AND RUST AWAY OR WHATEVER, RIGHT? UM, KIND OF, YES.
AND, AND THAT'S WHY, UM, IT, IT WAS A HARD DECISION.
MM-HMM,
WE TRIED TO DO A LESS EXPENSIVE PIPE, BUT WHEN WE DID THE ANALYSIS AND, AND YOU HAD THE PRESSOR SURGEONS IN THERE, THE PIPE JUST DIDN'T MAINTAIN MM-HMM,
SO INSTEAD OF GETTING THE 5 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY THAT WE CAN GET FROM THAT PHASE 1D, WE WOULD'VE BEEN PROBABLY LIMITED TO TWO, TWO AND A HALF.
NOW, WOULD IT BEEN WORTH THIS COST SAVINGS? PROBABLY, BUT IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE, AGAIN, THE PRESSIVE SURGERIES JUST WOULD NOT SUPPORT IT.
SO WE'RE PUTTING IN BACK IN THE ORIGINAL DUCTILE IRON, SO WE CAN NOW TAKE A FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE PHASE 1D.
UM, YES, IT'S TEMPORARY, BUT IT WAS ALWAYS DESIGNED THAT WAY BECAUSE WE WERE BUILDING A PLANT IN PHASES.
PHASE ONE A AND B GOT BUILT, AND PHASE ONE C, WHICH WAS FOR THE BARGE.
AND THEN, UM, PHASE 1D, UM, WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BUILT WITH THE DEEP WATER INTAKE, BUT THEY DETERMINED THE BARGE COULD SUPPORT IT.
UM, AND WE, WE DID TESTS TO SUPPORT THAT.
UM, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, UH, PHASE TWO AT THE END OF THE DAY WILL THEN REMOVE THE BARGES.
I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS, LIKE, LIKE HE SAID, IT'S PART OF THE PLAN, IT'S
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PART OF THE PROCESS.AND IN A PROJECT THIS LARGE, IT IS NECESSARY.
SO IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING KNOWING IT'S GONNA BE TEMPORARY.
IT'S A NECESSARY PART TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B.
AND I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE Y'ALL TOO, FOR THE FORESIGHT OF TAKING, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF HAVING THE, THE PLANT DOWN AND DOING THE MAINTENANCE ON THAT.
SO THE ORIGINAL DESIGN HAD THE BARGE IN A TEMPORARY LINE, AND THEY KNEW THAT 'CAUSE YOU WEREN'T GONNA GO OUT AND, AND, UH, INITIALLY SPEND ALL THE MONEY FOR THE DEEP WATER INTAKE WHEN YOUR, YOUR PLANT WAS ONLY MAKING 17 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
AND 106 OF IT'S GOING TO THE PCRA.
I THINK MR. NEW WAS ABOUT TO TELL US ABOUT THE, UM, COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC, BUT I THINK BOTH OF YOU JUST ILLUSTRATED HOW PRECISE OUR COMMUNICATION NEEDS TO BE BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A COMPLICATED ISSUE, AND I THINK EVERYBODY JUST HEARS REPAIRS AND, WELL, IT, IT'S STILL BAD.
AGAIN, THE LAST ONES DIDN'T WORK.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL IN HOW WE COMMUNICATE EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
I KNOW WE CAUGHT A LITTLE BIT OF NEGATIVE FEEDBACK LAST SUMMER WHEN WE TOOK SOME THINGS DOWN IN JUNE.
SO I THINK THIS IS A MUCH BETTER TIMING FOR SOME OF OUR WATER ISSUES.
WELL, I KNOW THE PI WILL TALK ABOUT IT, BUT ONE THING WE NEED TO PUT OUT TO THE RESIDENTS IS, UH, DON'T PLANT IN MARCH.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S GONNA BE THE NO PLANNING IN MARCH.
SO DON'T STALK YOUR NURSERIES IN MARCH EITHER,
EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MIKE, NEW CHIEF OF STAFF.
UM, SO THE SLIDES YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, WERE PREPARED FOR THE AGENDA.
LATE LAST WEEK, UM, EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON, OUR STAFF TEAM GOT TOGETHER BECAUSE WE DID HEAR LATE YESTERDAY FROM THE CONTRACTOR THAT'S GONNA BE CONDUCTING THE REPAIR.
THEY'RE LINING UP THE RESOURCES AND THEIR LABOR TO TARGET FEBRUARY 28TH AS THE START DATE FOR REPAIR.
SO WHAT WE DID THIS AFTERNOON WAS KIND OF WALK BACK THAT TIMELINE.
WHAT, WHEN DO WE NEED TO START? WHAT'S THE TARGET DATE TO START PHASE FOUR TRANSITION, TO GET OUR USAGE DOWN TO THE LEVEL THAT WE NEED, WHICH IS REALLY NO MORE THAN 9 MILLION GALLONS, BUT WE NEED THAT TREND.
WE NEED THAT CONSISTENT USAGE SO THAT THAT BEHAVIOR CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH OF THIS REPAIR.
AGAIN, SPECIFIC DATES, UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT FEBRUARY 28TH AS A POTENTIAL START DATE FOR THE REPAIR.
THERE MAY BE A DAY PRIOR WE'RE, WELL PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT 28 START DATE.
THE PLANT WOULD ACTUALLY SHUT DOWN AND STOP PROVIDING WATER TO US SO THAT OUR, IF WE CAN MAINTAIN 9 MILLION GALLONS THE DAY PRIOR, THE DAY BEFORE, THE DAY BEFORE, THE DAY BEFORE, WE'LL, WE'LL BE IN A GOOD PATTERN TO CONTINUE THAT USAGE THROUGHOUT.
WE DO UNDERSTAND THE RISK FACTORS.
SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS PHASE FOUR INITIATION IS FEBRUARY 12TH.
FEBRUARY 12TH, THAT'S A MONDAY.
WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN TWO WEEKS.
IT WILL TAKE A FEW DAYS FOR PEOPLE TO SEE THE DIFFERENT, UH, MESSAGING.
AND, AND WE'RE GONNA WALK THROUGH THAT HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.
BUT OUR STRATEGY THERE, THERE ARE GONNA BE SOME DIFFERENCES, BUT OUR STRATEGY WAS SUCCESSFUL IN SEPTEMBER OF 22.
WE'RE GONNA DO A LOT OF THOSE SAME THINGS.
WE'RE GONNA HIT A LOT OF THOSE SAME COMMUNICATION CHANNELS.
ONE THING DAN MENTIONED, I KNOW IT'S ON YOUR MIND, AND I'VE HEARD FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT THIS SPRING PLANTING, SPRING SEASON.
UM, THESE COMPANIES, LIKE OUR NURSERIES, LOWE'S, HEBS, THEY ARE GEARING UP, WHICH THEY DO EVERY YEAR TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND BUY PLANTS AND WATER, BECAUSE THIS REPAIR WILL COVER PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE MONTH OF MARCH AND A DAY OR TWO ON EITHER END OF THAT.
UM, THAT'S GONNA REALLY IMPACT THAT BEHAVIOR.
AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR CUSTOMERS ARE, AND, AND LOWE'S CUSTOMERS, HEBS, ALL THE NURSERY CUSTOMERS ARE WELL AWARE OF WHERE WE ARE SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE THAT IN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN THEY START LOOKING TO DO THINGS WITH THEIR LANDSCAPES.
SO LET ME WALK THROUGH HERE JUST A LITTLE BIT.
UM, WE'RE ENGAGING A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS.
WE'VE ALREADY TOUCHED, UH, MANY OF THESE STAKEHOLDERS WITH SOME VERY, UH, BROAD INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE INTENDING TO DO WITH THIS BCRA REPAIR.
WE WILL, FOLLOWING THIS PRESENTATION STARTING TOMORROW, WE'RE GONNA BE HITTING THEM WITH SOME VERY SPECIFIC DATES, LIKE FEBRUARY 28TH, LIKE FEBRUARY 12, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN PREPARE SUCCESSFULLY TO ADJUST TO THOSE TRANSITIONS.
OUR HOAS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THEY HAVE IRRIGATION METERS.
THEY ARE ONE OF THE FIRST GROUPS THAT WE TARGET IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS, BECAUSE THOSE METERS CAN BE CONTROLLED, CAN BE TURNED OFF, AND
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WE CAN ENSURE THAT THOSE ARE NOT CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEMANDS ON OUR SYSTEM.SO WE KNOW WHO THOSE CUSTOMERS ARE, WE KNOW WHERE THOSE METERS ARE.
WE'VE TARGETED THEM BEFORE IT WILL BE, UH, STRATEGIC FOR US TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE NOT PUTTING DEMANDS ON OUR SYSTEM.
DURING OUR PHASE FOUR TRANSITION CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS, ONE OF THE THINGS WE PLAN TO DO ON FEBRUARY ONE AT YOUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IS TO PREPARE RESOLUTION FOR COUNSEL TO APPROVE.
THAT INCLUDES HOW OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, HOW OUR UTILITY BILLING FOLKS, THROUGH OUR PERMITTING AND OUR APPLICATION PROCESS CAN SUPPORT THIS TRANSITION.
WE WOULD PAUSE APPLICATIONS, WE WOULD PAUSE ISSUANCE OF, OF WATER METERS.
WE WOULD, UH, IDENTIFY AND, AND PROBABLY RESTRICT COMPLETELY BULK METER, UM, UM, RENTALS AND USAGE.
SO SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING THAT FORWARD TO COUNCIL AND IDENTIFY THOSE VERY SPECIFIC ACTIONS THAT WE'LL TAKE FOR PHASE FOUR.
THAT WILL BE A RESOLUTION THAT WE PLAN TO BRING TO YOU ON FEBRUARY ONE, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS.
I'LL TOUCH ON A LOT OF THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION HERE IN A MINUTE.
BUT AGAIN, BRINGING TO YOUR ATTENTION, UM, OUR WATER CONSERVATION COORDINATOR, BILL TEETER, HAS ALREADY MADE CONTACT WITH LOWE'S AND HEB.
UM, WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN PLACE SIGNAGE TO THAT EFFECT NOTIFYING IN SUPPORT, UH, OF OUR CUSTOMERS.
AND THEY'RE BUYING OPTIONS THAT WE ARE IN PHASE FOUR DURING THAT TIMEFRAME.
SO IF THEY ALLOW US, WE'LL HAVE SOME SIGNAGE AVAILABLE ONSITE IN THOSE AREAS, UM, TO HELP INFORM CUSTOMERS ABOUT OUR CURRENT CONDITIONS.
WE ALSO HAVE A LIST OF LOCAL NURSERIES IN ADDITION TO THOSE TWO, UH, INCLUDING ONE I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS KNOW CLOSE TO OUR BORDER IN CEDAR PARK THAT WE'LL REACH OUT TO AS WELL, TO NOTIFY THEM SIMILARLY OF WHAT OUR CONDITIONS ARE SO THAT THEY CAN START PLANNING THEIR INVENTORIES ACCORDINGLY.
UM, OUR WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS, UH, I KNOW DAN'S ALREADY SENT SOME INITIAL MESSAGING TO LIBERTY HILL AND GEORGETOWN AND JONESTOWN, UM, NOTIFYING THEM OF, OF WHERE WE'RE HEADED WITH THIS PIECE, AREA REPAIR.
UM, WE DO EXPECT THEM TO BE MINDFUL OF OUR CONDITIONS.
WE KNOW, UM, GEORGETOWN MAY NOT BE TAKING WATER AT THIS TIME.
IT IS NOT TYPICALLY A SEASON WHERE THEY TAKE A LOT OF WATER FROM US.
UM, BUT WE KNOW LIBERTY HILL DOES, UH, RECEIVE WATER FROM US ON A DAILY BASIS.
SO WE WOULD BE ASKING THEM ALSO TO, UH, INCREASE THEIR, UH, WATER CONSERVATION CONDITIONS, UH, IN LIKE WITH THE CITY OF LEANDER, UH, LOCAL MEDIA AS WELL.
WE KNOW, UH, THERE'S ALWAYS MEDIA INTEREST WHEN WE, UM, WHEN WE INCREASE OUR, OUR RESTRICTIONS, WHEN WE GO TO FURTHER PHASES OF WATER CONSERVATION.
SO WE ARE ENGAGING, UH, LOCAL MEDIA AND REGIONAL MEDIA, AND WE'LL PREPARE, UH, MORE FORMAL STATEMENTS TO THAT EFFECT WITH THESE DATES KIND OF NOW IDENTIFIED, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN SHARE THAT MESSAGE AS WELL.
AND WE DO KNOW IT HITS A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY, UM, ESPECIALLY COMMUNITY IMPACT.
IF WE CAN GET IN THERE, PRINT EDITION WILL BE, WILL BE GOLDEN.
BUT, UM, ALL OF THOSE ARE GONNA BE UTILIZED ALONG WITH OUR TYPICAL CHANNELS, WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND I'LL KIND OF WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE THINGS WE DID IN SEPTEMBER 22 THAT WE FOUND WERE SUCCESSFUL AND THAT WE'LL DO, UH, THIS TIME AROUND, STARTING AROUND FEBRUARY 12TH, WE DID DIGITAL ROAD SIGNS.
UM, YOU CAN'T, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO READ THAT MESSAGING, BUT IT, IT BASICALLY TELLS FOLKS, UM, THAT WE WILL BE IN PHASE FOUR, NO OUTDOOR WATERING.
UM, IF THERE'S ENOUGH ROOM, WE'LL PROBABLY PROVIDE A LINK TO OUR WEBSITE.
BUT, UH, LAST TIME WE DID THIS, WE HAD HIM AT PRETTY MUCH EVERY MAJOR CORRIDOR GATEWAY INTO OUR CITY LIMITS.
UM, AND WE'LL LEAVE THAT UP FOR THE DURATION, PROBABLY PRIOR TO PHASE FOUR.
AND THEN FOR THE DURATION, UM, OF OUR PHASE FOUR UNTIL WE ARE PASSED THIS REPAIR PERIOD, AND THEN ARE BACK INTO PHASE TWO.
IN FACT, I THINK THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS, UM, WE LEFT IT UP FOR ABOUT A WEEK AFTER WE TRANSITIONED SO THAT PEOPLE WERE NOTIFIED THAT WE'RE NO LONGER IN PHASE FOUR.
UM, ALL OF OUR ONLINE MESSAGING, OUR WEBSITE, UM, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, WE'LL, WE'LL TRY TO BRING THESE BACK.
WE'VE FOUND, WE'VE GOTTEN VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK FOR THIS TYPE OF MESSAGING, SHOWING PEOPLE WHAT OUR GOAL IS, WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY, AND HOW THEY CAN GET THERE, UM, ALONG THE WAY, PROVIDING TIPS, DOING THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY, EVERY SINGLE DAY.
WE MIGHT, WE'LL PROBABLY START NEXT WEEK WITH THAT, UM, SO THAT PEOPLE ARE CONSTANTLY REMINDED OF WHAT OUR GOAL IS AND WHERE WE NEED THEM TO BE.
UM, WE WILL, AND WE KIND OF POINTED OUT HERE FROM OUR, OUR LAST WEBSITE.
WE HAVE A DIFFERENT WEBSITE NOW, BUT WE'LL TAKE THE SAME APPROACH.
WE WILL, WE'LL REALLY PEPPER OUR HOMEPAGE WITH, UM, ALERTS, BANNERS, AND INFORMATION NOTIFYING PEOPLE OF OUR PHASE FOUR CONDITIONS.
AND EVEN STARTING NEXT WEEK OF, OF OUR APPROACH TO THE PCA REPAIR AND PHASE FOUR, ALONG WITH FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, OTHER GRAPHICS, OTHER THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND.
UM, WE WILL, WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THIS MESSAGING TOO.
THE, THE OTHER ASPECTS OF HOW WE'RE MANAGING OUR SYSTEM AND THINGS THAT PEOPLE MIGHT SEE.
THINGS THAT CAME UP DURING THAT SEPTEMBER 22 PERIOD.
PEOPLE ARE SAYING, WATER BEING SPRAYED ALL OVER THE GOLF COURSE.
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ISOLATED FROM OUR POTABLE WATER SYSTEM.IT'S NOT A THREAT TO OUR POTABLE WATER DEMAND.
SO THOSE SIGN, WE INTEND TO PLACE THOSE SIGNS OUT AT THE GOLF COURSE YET AGAIN, WE'LL PROVIDE REMINDERS ABOUT THAT IF PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS.
AND THEN HYDRANT FLUSHING, THERE IS STILL HYDRANT FLUSHING THAT'S REQUIRED, AND GINA CAN SPEAK TO THAT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
WE WILL MINIMIZE THAT AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, BUT IT IS PART OF HOW WE MANAGE OUR SYSTEM.
UH, WE OFTEN GET QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT WHEN SOMEONE DRIVES BY AND SEES THE HYDRANT JUST BLOWING WATER OUT.
UM, FOR, FOR THIS TRANSITION, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE HISTORY OF THE BCR PIPELINE, WHY IT'S BEING REPAIRED YET AGAIN.
UH, AND AND TO YOUR POINT, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, SAYING THIS, THIS IS A PLANNED EFFORT.
AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, THE FIRST QUESTION WE'LL GET, AND WE'RE GONNA GET IT FROM MEDIA.
WHY DIDN'T WE DO THIS SOONER? WHY NOT FEBRUARY? WHY NOT JANUARY? THE SUPPLY CHAIN, WHERE WE ARE IN OUR CONDITIONS, HOW WE LINED EVERYTHING UP.
WE'RE DOING IT AS SOON AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE EVEN, AND DAN CAN CORRECT ME, WE EVEN, I THINK A YEAR AHEAD, UH, PURCHASED THE PIPELINE EQUIPMENT RESOURCES JUST TO MAKE SURE IT, IT COULD COME IN IN A TIMELY MANNER.
SO WE HAVE SCHEDULED IT AS SOON AS WE POSSIBLY COULD.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT IT'S HAVING TO STRADDLE A MARCH TIMEFRAME RATHER THAN A FEBRUARY TIMEFRAME.
'CAUSE IT DOES CHANGE HOW WE APPROACH IT.
THESE, UM, ARE SPECIFIC TO PHASE FOUR.
WE HAD, UM, OUR, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SIGNS, OUR BANDIT SIGNS, WE CAPTURED, UH, SAY 90% OF THE ONES THAT WE USE.
THESE WILL BE STRATEGICALLY PLACED AT EACH NEIGHBORHOOD GATEWAY ENTRANCE.
UM, WE FOUND THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
PEOPLE DID CALL ASKING ABOUT THOSE WHEN THEY SAW THOSE SIGNS DRIVING IN AND OUT.
WE DO HAVE SPECIFIC DOOR HANGERS.
UM, WHEN WE DO OBSERVE, UH, VIOLATIONS AND THE ENFORCEMENT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER IF WE'RE DOING THOSE VISUAL OBSERVATIONS.
IF THEY'RE WATERING AT ALL, THEY'RE IN VIOLATION.
SO WE DO HAVE A COURTESY WARNING THAT IS PART OF PHASE FOUR CODE ENFORCEMENT.
UM, AND WE DO HAVE A WATER MAILER.
UH, WE, WE'LL HAVE TO UPDATE IT BECAUSE WE DO INCLUDE SPECIFIC DATES FOR THIS.
WE DO HAVE A WATER MAILER THAT WE WILL SEND OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY.
UM, THAT FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY.
IT SHOULD HIT ALL RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER MAILBOXES AND JUST TO EXPLAIN WHAT PHASE FOUR IS, WHY WE'RE IN THIS CONDITION, AND TO GIVE THEM INSTRUCTIONS ON EXACTLY HOW THEY CAN, UH, SUPPORT KEEPING OUR WATER DEMANDS LOW DURING THAT TIME.
UM, COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE QUESTION ON THE, WHEN WE, WHEN WE WERE DOING THE, THE DAILY UPDATES WHERE IT WAS LIKE 9.5 MILLION GALLONS A DAY, THAT WAS VERY EFFECTIVE.
UM, AND, AND I FLASHED ON THIS WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IT.
DID WE NOT HAVE A DAY THAT WE, WE ACTUALLY HAD SIX, 6 MILLION GALLONS A DAY? WASN'T THAT THE LOWEST? I I THINK WE DID EITHER SIX.
SO I, I WANNA SAY 5.9, BUT WE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IN OTHER WORDS, EVERYBODY CAME TOGETHER.
WE DID THIS IN DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT WEATHER, UH, CIRCUMSTANCES AND IN UNPLANNED SITUATION.
WE, WE CAN, WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN DO THIS.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT THIS CAN BE ACHIEVED.
ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, AND WE DISCUSSED THIS THIS AFTERNOON, SLIGHT DIFFERENCES, RIGHT? UM, WE'RE CLIMBING INTO A WARM SEASON.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS, THERE'S A LOT OF BEHAVIORS THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE BEHAVIORS THAT WE ANTICIPATED IN SEPTEMBER OF 22.
WE DO HAVE O OVER 3000 NEW ACCOUNTS.
SO THERE ARE NEW DEMANDS ON OUR SYSTEM.
SO OUR, OUR LOW AVERAGE IS HIGHER THAN IT WAS IN SEPTEMBER OF 22, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE TO BE MORE STRATEGIC AND MORE PRECISE.
I THINK WE'RE, WE'VE GOT A LEG UP ON THAT, EVEN WITH THOSE OBSTACLES BECAUSE WE, WE FOUND WHAT WORKED AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE DOING THAT.
AND THEN SOME, RIGHT? WE'RE GONNA ADD SOME, SOME ASPECTS TO IT IN CONTACTING, REACHING OUT TO THE LOCAL NURSERIES, MAYBE HAVING ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE OPPORTUNITIES AT THOSE LOCATIONS WHERE WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE DRAWN TO, IF THEY'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO ANYTHING ELSE, THOSE ARE NEW OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'LL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
DO WE KNOW WHAT CEDAR PARK IS DOING? UH, AS FAR AS THIS REPAIR ARE? YES.
I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S ALL, IT'S B-C-R-U-A.
BUT, BUT ARE, ARE THEY GOING THROUGH, THEY'RE THE, NO, IT'S THEIR CEDAR PARK AND ROUND ROCK.
THERE'D BE THEIR ACTIONS FOR THIS REPAIR.
SO A AGAIN, UM, CEDAR PARKS PLANTS 26 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
SO, UM, THEY PROBABLY WILL NOT, WON'T, ANY ISSUES WON'T AFFECT, AND THEN ROUND ROCK HAS A 50 MILLION GALLON PER DAY PLANT.
BECAUSE THAT'S OUR PRIMARY, IT'S THEIR SECONDARY, SO IT SHOULD NOT AFFECT THEM.
I I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS CLEAR.
IF YOU KNOW, THE, THOSE COMMENTS COME IN, WELL, WHY IS CEDAR PARK NOT DOING IT? AND WE ARE.
AND THAT'S WHY CEDAR PARK IS ONLY GETTING, AT THE END OF THE DAY, 15 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY FROM THE BCRA
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WHERE OUR END GAME IS 50 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.UH, BECAUSE THE BCA IS GONNA BE OUR PRIMARY PLANT.
AND WHERE SANDY CREEK WILL BE THE SECONDARY ONE.
DOES RAIN IMPACT THE, DID THE WORK, THAT'S THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO ASK IS THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT SCENARIO THAN THE WEATHER THAT WE HAD IN, IN SEPTEMBER OF A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
IS THERE ANY WEATHER CONDITION THAT WOULD SLOW DOWN PROGRESS? UM, IF IT WAS SUPER WINDY.
UM, 'CAUSE REMEMBER THEY'RE OUT ON BARGES.
UM, AND THEN, OR LIGHTNING POSSIBLY MIGHT BE AN ISSUE, BUT THE GOOD OLD FASHIONED SOAKER IS ALL GOOD FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PIECE OF THIS.
I WOULD SAY THE GUYS, THE GUYS THAT ARE UNDERWATER WON'T CARE.
THEY DON'T, THEY'RE ALREADY WET
YEAH, WELL THEY'RE IN DRY SUITS, SO THEY'RE PROBABLY VERY DRY.
SO WE JUST PRAY FOR RAIN DURING THIS MONTH FOR OUR YARDS.
JUST A GOOD OLD FASHIONED HIGH.
JUST THIS NICE, EASY, YOU KNOW, PORCH RAIN, JUST, JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST SIMPLE RAIN
YOU GET A LITTLE RAIN AND THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT'S USED IS DROPS, DROPS OF THREE OR 4 MILLION GALLONS.
WELL, AND FOR YARDS AND FOR ALL THE THINGS.
AND JUST I GUESS TO RE REITERATE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WERE SAID EARLIER, UM, DOING THE MAINTENANCE AND SCHEDULING SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE.
PCRI REALLY APPRECIATE THE THOUGHT THAT'S BEING PUT IN THAT TO CRAM AS MUCH AS WE CAN DURING THAT DOWNTIME SO THAT WE PREVENT OTHER PROBLEMS DOWN THE ROAD.
UH, YEAH, IT'S ALL ABOUT TAKING ADVANTAGE.
AND AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT, UM, LETTING THE RESIDENTS KNOW THE SAME AS WE HAD TO DO.
AND, UM, CEDAR PARK HAD TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR.
UM, THEY HAD SOME MAINTENANCE AND OR, UH, UM, WORK THAT THEY WERE GONNA DO ON THE PLANT.
NOW IT'S GONNA EITHER BE MOVED UP TO FEBRUARY OR, UM, PUSHED BACK TO APRIL OR MAY.
AND THE SANDY CREEK WATER TREATMENT PLANT, UM, HAS A, A COUPLE OF THOSE THAT WE'RE MOVING.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT TO RESIDENTS BUSINESSES FOR THE SAME THING AND JUST PLAN FOR IT.
IF YOU, IF YOU'RE GONNA BUY SOD, DON'T BUY IT AT THE END, END OF FEBRUARY, YOU KNOW, BUY IT IN THE END OF MARCH FOR APRIL KIND OF THING.
UM, THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT.
AND WE, WE, THE SCHOOLS KNOW BOTH, UM, LIBERTY, LIBERTY HILL, AND LEANDER.
AND, UH, WE LET THE WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS KNOW.
AND, UM, AND TODAY WE'VE LET OTHER FOLKS KNOW.
WE JUST KIND OF GIVE THEM THE WARNING ORDER, AS WE SAY IN THE MILITARY, HERE'S YOUR WARNING ORDER.
NOW MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW.
SO MOST OF THE FOLKS HAVE THE WARNING ORDER.
THIS IS KIND OF THE WARNING ORDER TO THE PUBLIC NOW, YOU KNOW, PLAN AHEAD.
SO I WAS GONNA ASK A SIMILAR QUESTION ABOUT RAIN, BUT ARE THERE ANY OTHER THREATS TO THE SCHEDULE? 'CAUSE I MEAN, SIX WEEKS, DO WE ANTICIPATE ANY OTHER ISSUES THAT COULD COME UP? 'CAUSE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT JUST THE TIMING OF THE PIECES NEEDED.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE DRILLING AND, UH, INSTALLING THE, UH, THE GOALPOSTS I WANNA SAY, OR THE, THE FOUNDATION.
IF SOMETHING OCCURS THERE, IF THE SOMETHING BREAKS DOWN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CRANE THAT LOWER THE, THE STICKS IN THE PIPE, UM, THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM.
I MEAN, YEAH, THERE'S A, THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT COULD OCCUR.
UM, BUT SO FAR, UM, THINGS ARE GOING THE WAY WE PLANNED.
'CAUSE UM, I THINK THAT WAS MENTIONED BEFORE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, UM, BACK IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR.
AND BEFORE ORDERING THE PARTS, GETTING THE DESIGN DONE, THE B-C-R-E-A ORDER, THE PIPE AHEAD OF TIME, UM, TRYING TO BACK IT UP INTO FEBRUARY OR JANUARY AS MUCH AS WE COULD.
THE DILEMMA IS WE ONLY GET ONE SHOT, OTHERWISE WE HAVE TO WAIT AN ENTIRE, UM, THROUGH THE SUMMER UNTIL NEXT WINTER.
AND, AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANNA DO THAT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR MR. GREENSVILLE? OKAY.
I HAD, UH, THANK YOU MR. GREENSVILLE.
UM, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF, UH, COMMENTS FOR MR. NEW.
UM, SO I, I LOVE ALL OF THE COMMUNICATION THAT YOU'RE PLANNING.
I WAS JUST HOPING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MESSAGING.
UM, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE IMPERATIVE THAT WE EXPLAIN TO OUR RESIDENTS WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME AND MAKING IT CRYSTAL CLEAR, AND IS THIS THE LAST TIME THEY CAN EXPECT TO SHUT DOWN UNLESS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING CATASTROPHIC HAPPENS IF IT'S NOT THE LAST TIME, AND WE'RE SURE THERE'S PROBABLY GONNA BE ANOTHER TIME AS MORE PIECES COME ON, WHEN CAN THEY EXPECT THAT? IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULD JUST EXPECT EVERY YEAR? IS THIS SOMETHING THEY SHOULDN'T EXPECT FOR A FEW MORE YEARS? THAT KIND OF THING.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT, UM, JUST THE CLARITY AND BEING ABLE TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING.
I THINK THAT'S GONNA GO A LONG WAY.
AND, AND IN A LOT OF WAYS, THESE, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T
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LIKE HAVING THESE EXTEND OVER SUCH A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, THE FACT THAT IT'S PLANNED MAKES IT A LOT EASIER TO COMMUNICATE.IT'S WHEN IT'S, WHEN WE HAVE PIPELINE FAILURES UNPLANNED AND THEY HAPPEN JUST LIKE THAT, AND WE'VE GOTTA TRANSITION IMMEDIATELY INTO A DIFFERENT PHASE, RIGHT.
THAT NOW PUTS OUR SYSTEM IN VERY, VERY CRITICAL CONDITIONS.
AND I KNOW A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE ANY NUMBER OF YEARS KNOW HOW TO HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT WITH US, UH, WHAT THOSE FAILURES ARE LIKE.
SO YES, EXPLAINING THAT DIFFERENCE IS SOMETHING THAT WON'T JUST BE PART OF OUR FAQ.
IT'LL BE PART OF OUR DAILY THANK YOU COMMUNICATION WITH CITIZENS.
UM, AND I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT, UM, ABOUT, AND, AND GINA CAN CORRECT ME, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE ABOUT IN THIS RANGE RIGHT NOW.
UM, YOU KNOW, UPS AND DOWNS ON DIFFERENT DAYS.
IN FACT, ONE OF THE DAYS OVER THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS WE DID HIT OVER 11.
UM, BUT BEING HERE, UM, MANY OF OUR DAYS HAVE BEEN IN THIS RANGE, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF ON THE VERGE EVEN WITH THE, THE COLD SNAP, THE COLD WEATHER THAT WE'VE HAD, WE'VE STILL BEEN ON THAT NINE TO 10 MILLION YEAH.
SO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S ALREADY A, A NATURAL REDUCTION IN USAGE.
BUT WHAT WE'RE STRATEGICALLY PLANNING FOR IS WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE THERE'S MORE CONNECTIONS ON OUR SYSTEM, THAT A LOT OF THAT INCREASE IS ESSENTIAL USAGE.
AND THERE'S A LOT THAT CAN'T BE TAKEN OUT OF OUR SYSTEM THAT WILL BE CONTINUOUSLY USED EVERY DAY.
SO WE'VE GOTTA BE MORE PRECISE.
WE'VE GOTTA BE MORE THOUGHTFUL AND STRATEGIC ABOUT HOW WE'RE COMMUNICATING TO GET THOSE REDUCTIONS.
UM, TO THAT END, I WAS, UM, THINKING ABOUT HOW THIS SORT OF TIES IN WITH SOMETHING THAT I NOTICED EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP TO STAFF AT SOME POINT, UM, WITH THE FREEZE EARLIER.
UM, WHAT I NOTICED IS IT BECOMES VERY OBVIOUS WHO HAS NOT TURNED OFF THEIR SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I DROVE MY KIDS TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNINGS, TWO MORNINGS IN A ROW BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY PROPERTIES WHERE PEOPLE HAD WATERED, UM, OVERNIGHT TO THE POINT THAT THE ENTIRE SIDEWALK WAS ICED OVER.
AND I EVEN, UM, REACHED OUT TO, TO THE CITY MANAGER AT ONE POINT BECAUSE THERE WERE, UH, ROUNDABOUTS WHERE THE ROAD WAS ICED OVER BECAUSE THE MEDIANS HAVE BEEN WATERED.
UM, I THINK IT MIGHT BE A GOOD ANGLE TO START PUSHING WHILE WE'RE STILL IN THIS TIME WHERE WE'RE GONNA GET FREEZES, BE PUSHING OUT THAT MESSAGING CONSTANTLY OF TURN OFF THOSE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, AND THEN WE CAN TRANSITION THAT INTO KEEP THEM OFF.
BUT IF WE CAN GET MORE OF THEM TURNED OFF NOW, THAT'S LESS THAT WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IN A MONTH.
AND WE'VE, UM, OUR MANY IN OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAVE HANDLED PHONE CALLS JUST OVER THE LAST WEEK, FOLKS CALLING IN BECAUSE OF BROKEN PIPES, TRYING TO ASSESS WHETHER IT'S ON THEIR END OR ON OUR END.
UM, NEARLY ALL OF IT WAS, WAS ON THE CUSTOMER'S END, BUT WE DID HELP FACILITATE COMMUNICATING, UH, STEPS THAT THEY COULD TAKE TO GET THOSE THINGS REPAIRED WITH OUR HOAS IN PARTICULAR.
AND, AND ONE OF THE ONES YOU MENTIONED WAS AN HOA, UM, WE DID MAKE CONTACT WITH THE COMMUNITY MANAGER AND THEY WERE VERY RESPONSIVE TO THE INFORMATION WE WERE SHARING AND SAID, WELL, WE, WE THOUGHT IT WAS OFF, IT WASN'T.
AND THAT COMMUNICATION, THAT, THAT SORT OF GAP IN COMMUNICATION BETWEEN HA REPRESENTATIVES AND THE FOLKS THAT THEY HIRED TO HELP, RIGHT.
MAINTAIN THEIR LANDSCAPES IS AN IMPORTANT ONE.
AND WE'RE BUILDING OUR, OUR CONTACT LIST WITH EVERY CONTACT WE MAKE WITH THESE HOAS TO IDENTIFY, WELL, WHO'S, WHO'S YOUR PROFESSIONAL, WHO'S SERVICING YOU, WE'LL REACH OUT TO THEM AS WELL, AND WE'LL MAKE CONTACT, MAKE SURE THEY KNOW WHAT OUR RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE AND, AND THAT THEY'RE MAINTAINING THINGS IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR RULES.
SO, UM, THAT IS ONE OF THE STEPS WE'RE WE'RE TAKING.
WE ARE, UH, I WILL LET COUNSEL KNOW AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, VERY END OF THIS MONTH, JANUARY 31ST, WE HAVE, UM, SOLICITED HOA REPRESENTATIVES, DEVELOPERS, AND IRRIGATION PROFESSIONALS TO PARTICIPATE IN A WATER CONSERVATION FORUM.
WE'LL BE PROVIDING VERY SPECIFIC INFORMATION TO THEM ABOUT OUR NEW ORDINANCES, BUT IN PARTICULAR ABOUT PHASE FOUR, THAT WASN'T SOMETHING WE HAD INITIALLY PLANNED UNTIL WE KNEW WHAT THOSE DATES WERE.
IT'S PART OF OUR, UH, COMMUNICATION IN THAT FORM.
NOW, WE WILL CREATE MATERIALS THAT WILL OUTLIVE THAT FORM.
AT LEAST WE KNOW EVERYONE WON'T PARTICIPATE IN PERSON, BUT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ENGAGE ONE-ON-ONE EYE TO EYE WITH THE FOLKS THAT, UM, TYPICALLY DON'T KNOW OR FOLLOW OUR RULES ON A REGULAR BASIS.
IT GIVES US FACE TIME WITH THOSE PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS AND THEY, THEY WILL BE ONES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE STRATEGIC WITH TARGETING.
DID ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING FOR MR. NEW? ALRIGHT.
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ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.YOU ARE REVIEWING ITEMS NINE THROUGH 17.
THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM, MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION.
AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, MAYOR, TO CLARIFY, IT'S ITEMS 10.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY THANK YOU.
[18. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Subdivision Case CP-23-0022 to adopt the 183A RE Investments Concept Plan and Preliminary Plat on one (1) parcel of land approximately 9.614 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R461862; generally located 700 feet southeast of the intersection of 183A Toll Road and Aven Way, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.
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A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING SUBDIVISION CASE CP DASH TWO THREE DASH 0 0 2 2 TO ADOPT THE 180 3 A RE INVESTMENTS CONCEPT PLAN AND PRELIMINARY PLAT ON ONE PARCEL OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 9.614 ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE, AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA.EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GRIFFIN.
THIS IS, UH, A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE 180 3 A RE INVESTMENTS PROJECT.
UM, THIS IS THE FIRST AND SECOND STEP OF THE SUBDIVISION PROCESS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PLATTING STEP.
UM, THEY HAVE MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, SO THAT DOES MEAN THAT THE COUNCIL'S REQUIRED TO APPROVE THE REQUEST.
UM, THIS IS A, A COMMERCIAL PROJECT, SO WE'RE KIND OF EXCITED TO SEE IT MOVE FORWARD.
I'M GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND I'M GUESSING THERE'S NO DEVELOPER PRESENTATION.
IS THERE A DEVELOPER HERE WITH A PRESENTATION? ALL RIGHT.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
NOBODY HAS SUBMITTED ANY CARDS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHED TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL NOW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING SUBDIVISION CASE CP DASH 23 DASH 0 22 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[19. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Subdivision Case CP-23-0025 to adopt the Villas at Speaking Rock Concept Plan and Preliminary Plat on one (1) parcel of land approximately 10.756 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Travis Central Appraisal District Parcel 513825; generally located to the southwest of the intersection of Osage Drive and Painted Sky Bend more commonly known as 1601 Speaking Rock, Leander, Travis County, Texas.
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
SO THIS IS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING, UM, FOR A CONCEPT PLAN AND PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR THE VILLAS AT SPEAKING ROCK.
UM, THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL PROJECT THAT INCLUDES SINGLE 16 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS.
UM, THE COUNCIL DID REVIEW THIS ZONING REQUEST LAST SUMMER AND IT WAS APPROVED.
UM, THIS IS ANOTHER CASE WHERE IT'S THE SUBDIVISION PROCESS, AND SINCE THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING VARIANCES, THE COUNCIL IS REQUIRED TO APPROVE IT.
UM, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
NOBODY HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? WE'RE GOOD? YEAH.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
WE'LL NOW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING SUBDIVISION CASE CP DASH 23 DASH 25 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY.
SECOND, SECOND MOTION AS SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[20. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider action regarding Zoning Case Z-23-0093 to amend the current zoning of LC-2-B (Local Commercial) to adopt the Bagdad Plaza Market Minor PUD (Planned Unit Development) with the base zoning district of LC-2-A (Local Commercial) on one (1) parcel of land approximately 2.81 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R594078; and legally described as Lot 1, Block A of the Bagdad Plaza LLC Subdivision, Leander Williamson County, Texas.
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TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF LC TWO B, LOCAL COMMERCIAL TO ADOPT THE BAGHDAD PLAZA MARKET.
MINOR POD PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT WITH THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT OF LC.
TWO, A LOCAL COMMERCIAL ON ONE PARCEL OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 2.81 ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GRIFFIN.
SO THIS IS A, A ZONING CASE FOR A MINOR PUT FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT BAGHDAD AND DEXTER DRIVE.
UM, CURRENTLY THE PROPERTY IS ZONED LOCAL COMMERCIAL.
LOCAL COMMERCIAL, DOES NOT ALLOW FOR GAS STATIONS AND CAR WASHES.
SO THIS REQUEST IS TO, UM, CREATE A MINOR P THAT ADDS THE USE OF, UM, GAS STATION.
THEY ARE NOT REQUESTING WAIVERS FROM ANY OF THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL, SO IT STILL HAS TO BE 200 FEET FROM THE, THE BACK PROPERTY LINE.
UM, THAT WOULD BE THIS PROPERTY LINE RIGHT HERE.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO KEEP THE PUMPS 200 FEET AWAY.
UM, THIS WAS REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND THEY DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
UM, SINCE THAT RECOMMENDATION, WE DID GET POSTCARDS, UM, IN RESPONSE FROM SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS IN OPPOSITION THAT WERE HANDED OUT TO THE COUNCIL.
UM, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE APPLICANT'S ALSO HERE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.
MY NAME IS GARY JONES WITH ELY ENGINEERING, UM, WITH THE OWN REPRESENTING THE OWNER FOR THIS ZONING.
SO WE'VE, UH, UH, I, WE'VE, UM, BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF FOR QUITE A WHILE ON THIS ZONING CASE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE ROBIN, UH, WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THE JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE MINUTIA OF, OF DOING A POD, POD ORDINANCE.
UH, IT'S REALLY PR PRETTY SIMPLE.
WE, UH, WE WERE WANTING TO PUT THE SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE TO, UM, MAKE, MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, THAT WE PROTECT THE, THE, UH, RESIDENTIAL BEHIND IT.
UM, THIS THIS'LL BE, YOU KNOW, MORE OR LESS IN THE CORNER OF, OF, UH, OF THE BAGHDAD ROAD, KIND OF IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE, OF THE, OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, HAS TO, TO MEET THE 200 FOOT, UH, SEPARATION.
THERE'LL BE BUILDINGS BEHIND IT NOW BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL AND ANY FUEL PUMPS THAT THEY DO DO.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS ON A MAJOR ARTERIAL, I GUESS, UH, BAGHDAD ROAD IS, IS ON THE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN.
THERE'LL BE A SIX LANE ROAD SOMEDAY.
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YOU KNOW, THE LOCAL COMMERCIAL, I KNOW WE PROBABLY HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC, WHICH WE ALWAYS DO WITH DEVELOPMENT.UM, BUT THE, THE LOCAL COMMERCIAL IS ENTITLED TO DO COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ANYWAY, SO, UM, I, I KNOW THOSE CONCERNS COME UP THERE.
THERE WILL BE A DRIVEWAY ON BAGHDAD ROAD, UM, THAT'LL PROVIDE ACCESS TO BAGHDAD.
SO I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE IF, UH, IF YOU NEED, NEED IT FROM THE APPLICANT.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
THERE IS NOBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHED TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
WE'LL NOW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE Z DASH 23 DASH 0 0 9 3 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY.
SO, UM, I'M THE ONE WHO ASKED TO SEE IF ANYBODY, I WAS HAVING A HARD, SO I, I USED TO LIVE CLOSE TO HERE.
I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PARK, AND I USED TO LIVE UP THE WAY, AND I REMEMBER TWO DIFFERENT PROPERTIES WHERE WHENEVER THERE WAS A TALK ABOUT A GAS STATION GOING IN IN FRONT OF A COMMUNITY, YOU HAD EVERYBODY UP IN ARMS. SO I, MY FIRST QUESTION TO THE STAFF WAS LIKE, HAVE ANY NEIGHBORS REACHED OUT? BECAUSE THIS IS NORMALLY SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY REACHES OUT ABOUT.
AND I GUESS SINCE THEN, SINCE THAT P AND C MEETING, THERE'S BEEN A FEW, AND I THINK THAT THERE'S ALSO QUITE A FEW RENTALS MORE THAN LIKELY, IF I UNDERSTAND THAT COMMUNITY RIGHT.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THE COMMUNICATION WAS DONE BETWEEN, I KNOW YOU, UH, YOUR, YOUR TEAM PROBABLY DID A GREAT JOB OF COMMUNICATING WITH WHOEVER YOU NEEDED TO, BUT AS FAR AS THEM COMMUNICATING TO WHOEVER OWNS THE PROPERTY, I'M NOT REALLY SURE THERE, UM, I HAVE, UM, ONE PRAISE AND A COUPLE CONCERNS.
UM, PRAISE WOULD BE, UM, THEY, THERE'S ACTUALLY SOME MANDATED COMMERCIAL, UH, THAT WOULD GO ALONG WITH THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS GREAT.
UM, AND WE WANT THE PROJECT, WE, WE WANT THIS PROPERTY TO BE DEVELOPED.
UM, MY CONCERNS WOULD BE THE SAME THING THAT'S LISTED FROM STAFF TOO, IS THE PROXIMITY FROM THE GAS STATIONS TO THE HOMES.
UM, AND THEN, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS CAME UP AT PNZ, I DIDN'T GET TO WATCH THE WHOLE THING, BUT THERE WAS, UM, I, I HAVE A, A LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WITH ONE OF THE DEVELOPMENTS AND POTENTIAL WATER THAT THE, THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES ABOUT PUTTING A GAS STATION DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM OUR CITY PARK.
I SEE THAT AS BEING ACTUALLY A KIND OF A PROBLEM FOR, UM, POTENTIALLY FOR US.
UM, AND THE CITY HAVING TO COME IN LATER AND MAYBE PUT IN SOME KIND OF CROSSING SITUATION BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA NATURALLY ATTRACT EVERYBODY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THERE TOO.
JUST UNDERSTANDING THAT AREA AND THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT COME THERE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS BROUGHT UP, IF IT WAS ANSWERED.
THAT'LL BE MY QUESTION TO YOU IS HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONSIDERATION FOR, UM, WELL, I, I KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS ARE ASKING, SO I DON'T THINK YOU CAN REALLY ANSWER THAT ONE.
I'M TALKING LIKE OUT LOUD AND, AND JUST TALKING MY THOUGHTS OUT LOUD, BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
I'M CONCERNED THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE ON THE HOOK FOR SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE, UM, THAT'S GONNA CAUSE A PROBLEM LATER ON.
AND I JUST WANTED TO VOICE THAT OPINION RIGHT NOW.
SO, AND I MAY HAVE MISSED THIS, BUT HOW MANY PUMPS ARE ANTICIPATED? I, I DON'T KNOW EXACT, I MEAN, JUST THE CONCEPTS I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONLY, THERE'S ONLY ROOM FOR, FOR MAYBE FIVE OR SIX, UM, BECAUSE OF THE LIMITATION WITH THE, THE 200 FOOT REALLY PUSHES IT TO THE FRONT, RIGHT? AND RIGHT BESIDE THE, UM, THE CITY'S PUMP STATION RIGHT THERE.
SO THOSE WOULD BE CLOSEST TO BAGHDAD ROAD AND LIKE THAT HISTORIC OR THE HOUSE THAT'S TO THE NORTH OF THE PROPERTY? WELL, THERE'S A, THERE'S A PUMP STATION BETWEEN RIGHT THIS SIDE AND THERE YOU GO.
THAT OTHER, YES, THAT, AND YOU DID MENTION IT, BUT I MEAN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ROBIN, YOU KNOW, WE, THIS IS NOT JUST A GAS STATION, THIS IS MM-HMM,
SO THEY WANT A MINIMUM 10,000 SQUARE FOOT FOR THE, FOR THE MARKET.
AND SO IS IS THERE MANDATORY THAT THERE'S A GAS STATION TO HAVE A BUSINESS LIKE THAT BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE AREA? UH, THAT'S WOULD BE MY, YEAH.
I'M NOT THE ECONOMICS GUY, RIGHT? YEAH.
LIKE, WE CERTAINLY WANT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND AGAIN, THERE'S ONLY THREE, IF NOBODY EVEN REACHED OUT, IF NOBODY COMMENTED TO US AT ALL, AND THE NEIGHBORS ARE FINE WITH IT AND EVERYBODY ELSE IS FINE WITH IT, IT'S NOT MY JOB TO CAST MY FEARS UPON, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER, ANOTHER AREA.
BUT THERE ACTUALLY ARE PEOPLE NOW THAT ARE SAYING YES.
MM-HMM,
AND, UM, I REMEMBER THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY.
I JUST DON'T THINK AS MANY PEOPLE IN THAT COMMUNITY ACTUALLY REALLY KNOW THAT THAT'S POSSIBLE.
NOT YOUR, AGAIN, NOT YOUR RIGHT, NOT YOUR TENANT'S FAULT.
IT'S IT, YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S JUST A, I MEAN, THE, THE, THE PROPERTY IS 2.6 ACRES.
SO EVEN IF YOU, EVEN IF YOU PUT 10,000 SQUARE FOOT ON THE FRONTAGE AND ON THE FRONTAGE WITH, WITH THE GAS PONDS BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, EITHER BETWEEN OR BESIDE
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THE, UM, UH, THE BUILDING BETWEEN BAGHDAD, THERE'S STILL ROOM TO PUT ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS BEHIND IT THAT COULD SCREEN THE RESIDENTIAL EVEN MORE.AND THE, THE, UM, SO IS THE, IS THE PROPERTY OWNER, I MEAN, ARE THEY, I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THIS IS A PROPER QUESTION TO ASK ROBIN.
SO JUST, OR PAIGE JUST TELL ME LIKE THIS IF I DON'T, BUT IS, IS THE APPLICANT, ARE THEY GONNA BE LIKE THE OWNER AND UM, UH, LIKE FACILITATOR, ARE THEY GONNA OPERATE OWNER OPERATOR OF THE ACTUAL GAS STATION? ARE THEY THE MARKET WITH, WITH THE FUEL PUMPS? YES.
AND THEN THERE'LL, THERE'LL BE ADDITIONAL LEASE SPACE FOR, THEY'RE, THEY'RE WANTING TO DO SOME RETAIL THERE IN ADDITION TO THE, TO THE MARKET.
SO, SO I'M, I'M JUST GONNA SAY THIS BECAUSE I'M, I'M HAVING A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING THE, THE CONCEPT THERE.
AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE QUITE OFTEN SOMETHING'S GONNA BE BUILT AND THEN IT'LL BE LEASED, SO THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA GO THERE.
SO IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SAY, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA GO THERE AND THE GAS STATION IS, IS PART OF IT.
UM, AND, AND I THINK WHAT CHRIS IS SAYING, AND KIND OF WHERE I'M, I'M FEELING IT'S LIKE, I, LIKE GAS STATIONS.
I, I USE THEM EVERY TIME THE TANK GETS ALMOST EMPTY.
SO IT'S, IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF MY LIFE.
UM, THERE ARE SUFFICIENT GAS, I SAY SUFFICIENT.
THERE'S, THERE ARE SEVERAL GAS STATIONS, UH, AND I'M ONE OF THOSE THAT IF I'M DRIVING, I WANT IT TO BE ON THE RIGHT.
SO THEY NEED TO BE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD IF I'M TRAVELING.
SO, SO IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING.
HOWEVER, UH, AND, AND INITIALLY IT, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY RESPONSES.
NONE, NO CONCERNS WHATSOEVER FROM, FROM NEIGHBORS UNTIL I, I THINK THE EMAILS CAME TODAY.
UM, SO THAT, THAT SAYS, WELL, IF THEY'RE CONCERNED, THEN WE NEED TO BE CONCERNED.
OR AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, LISTEN TO THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN THAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA SAY THEY'RE NOT VALID CONCERNS.
BUT WE, WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETIMES WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A CHOICE AND IT, IT MAKES SENSE TO GO THERE.
SO I THINK THE COMMERCIAL PART OF IT IS, IS KIND OF A NO BRAINER.
THE, IT'S THE GAS STATION THAT IS THE HICCUP AND, AND IS IT ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO MOVE THIS FORWARD WITH THE GAS STATION? THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WE'RE DOING THE PUT, THE PUT AMENDMENT AND THE PUT ZONING.
OTHERWISE YOU COULD DO WHATEVER.
I MEAN, IT'S ALREADY, I MEAN, IT'S ALREADY ZONED IS LOCAL COMMERCIAL.
AND SO THAT'S THE, THE, THE, THE CURRENT BUYERS FOR THE PROPERTY, THAT'S THE ONLY, IF, IF THEY CAN'T GET THE PUMPS, THEN YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA WALK.
I MEAN, IT DOESN'T MEAN IT WON'T DEVELOP, BUT YEAH, THAT'S, THEY'VE STATED IT'S THAT IMPORTANT TO THEM.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING COMPLETELY CLEAR.
THAT, THAT, THAT IS PART OF THE PROJECT AND IT'S, YES MA'AM, IT IS THE PROJECT.
WELL, AND THAT, AND, AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN SO SENSITIVE TO THE RESIDENTIAL AND PUSHING IT UP IN THE CORNER.
AND I MEAN THE, THE 200 FOOT LIMITATION, I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TRACK AND CAN YOU SHOW US ON THE SLIDE WHERE, AND, AND I KNOW IT'S, IT DOESN'T SHOW WHERE THE GA GAS STATION IS, BUT KIND OF GIVE US A, A LITTLE CONCEPT.
SO THE, THE, THE PUMPS WILL HAVE TO BE UP IN E EITHER ON THE, THIS SIDE HERE OKAY.
IS THE ONLY PLACE IT FITS WITH THE 200 FOOT SETBACK.
SO LITERALLY AS FAR AWAY AS POSSIBLE ON THAT LOT FROM ABSOLUTELY.
THE HOME THAT'S, I MEAN, I WOULDN'T ASK, I MEAN, ROBIN WOULDN'T HAVE LET ME GET THIS FAR.
I MEAN, IT'S, THE PUMP STATION IS RIGHT BESIDE IT, SO, MM-HMM.
SO WHAT ABOUT THE LIGHT POLLUTION? 'CAUSE EVEN IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE'S A CAME IN STORE PROBABLY A QUARTER MILE FROM OUR RIGHT NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT A LOT OF US STILL GET A LOT OF THAT LIGHT POLLUTION BECAUSE THEY LEAVE THE LIGHTS ON OVERNIGHT.
WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO ADDRESS THAT? OR WHAT ARE YOU GUYS? SO THEY, I MEAN, WE GOT THE, WE, WE HAVE TO TURN A PHOTOMETRIC IN WITH ALL, WITH ALL OF OUR DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE A, HAS A ZERO CANDLELIGHT AT THE PROPERTY LINES.
I MEAN, YOU STILL SEE IT, BUT IT'S THE, AND I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT THE ELECTRICAL ENGINEER.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY MEASURE CANDLE LIGHTS, BUT I MEAN, IT DOES, THAT IS PART OF THE SITE PLAN PROCESS TO, TO HAVE ZERO CANDLE LIGHTS AT THE PROPERTY LINE.
AND ESPECIALLY WITH RESIDENTIAL.
I, I KNOW THAT'S GONNA BE PRETTY SENSITIVE.
SO, AND THE LONGER WE SIT HERE AND TALK ABOUT THIS, THE MORE AND MORE I JUST PICTURE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC CROSSING BAGHDAD, WHICH IS A VERY, UH, DANGEROUS ROADWAY TO TRY TO CROSS WITHOUT SOME TYPE OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE IN PLACE.
SO THAT'S A, THAT'S JUST A MAJOR CONCERN FOR ME AS WELL.
WELL, IT'S, I MEAN, BAGHDAD IS A, IS AN ARTERIAL MM-HMM.
SO IT'S, UH, IT, IT'S, UM, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, SCHEDULED SOMEDAY TO BE A SIX LANE ARTERIAL.
SO THAT, THAT'S GONNA BE PRETTY HARD FOR PEDESTRIANS TO CROSS.
SO IN THE INTERIM, UM, I KNOW WE, THIS, THIS QUESTION CAME UP DURING OUR STAFF MEETING YESTERDAY ABOUT,
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ABOUT THIS, UH, AND I DIDN'T KNOW THE NAME.A BEACON, IS THAT RIGHT? SO IN, AT LEANDER HIGH SCHOOL, THERE IS A, A CROSSOVER ART, CROSSOVER, A, UM, CROSSING WHERE YOU CAN PUSH THE BUTTON AND CROSS, BUT IT'S NOT A RED LIGHT.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT DOES NOT, IT ONLY, IT'S ONLY A RED LIGHT IF SOMEBODY'S TRYING TO CROSS.
SO, I MEAN, I THINK WE ALL SEE, IF, IF I WERE AT THAT PARK, THERE'S NOTHING ELSE TO WALK TO, I'D BE WALKING ACROSS THE STREET, I'D BE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET ACROSS THAT STREET AND GO GET A CUP OF COFFEE OR SOMETHING.
UM, AND, AND I, I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THAT IS UNIQUE.
BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS IN THAT SITUATION, THE SCHOOL WAS PAYING FOR THAT.
AND I DON'T CAN CAN THAT BE INCORPORATED IN THIS PROJECT? IS THAT SOMETHING, AND AGAIN, BEFORE IT'S, I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT OVER HERE, IT THINK WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SEE LONG TERM.
'CAUSE IT WOULDN'T BE IMMEDIATELY, BUT EVENTUALLY PEOPLE WANNA GO.
I I MEAN, EVEN DOWN LIKE A MUNICIPAL, I MEAN, MUNICIPAL AT BAGHDAD, YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE SIDEWALK COMING OUT THERE AND, AND, AND THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS THAT COME BACK AND FORTH.
UH, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THEY'RE CROSSING BAGHDAD THERE, THERE'S NO COFFEE SHOP OVER THERE,
BUT THERE'S GOING TO, THERE'S GOING TO BE, WELL, AND IT'S AN UNDEVELOPED CORNER THAT YEAH.
UNTIL THAT GETS DEVELOPED, THERE'S NO, I'M DOING SIX PROJECTS UP AND DOWN THE BAGHDAD IN VARIOUS STAGES.
SO WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS, COUNSEL? OKAY.
I THINK ROBIN OR SOMEBODY HAS SOMETHING TO SAY.
SO THE, UM, PEDESTRIAN BEACON CAN BE A REALLY BIG EXPENSE FOR THE DEVELOPER.
UM, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE WARRANTED, UM, BY TRAFFIC STUDIES AND ENGINEERING NEEDS TO CALL FOR IT.
UM, PAIGE SAID THAT YOU COULD PUT IT AS A, A CONDITION ON THE PUD AS WARRANTED, BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY.
UM, SO IF IT DOES BECOME WARRANTED, THE CITY WOULD HAVE SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR PAYING FOR PART OF IT.
ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY, MAKING SURE IT'S FAIR.
SO WOULD THIS BE, UH, SOMETHING THAT WOULD TRIGGER LIKE A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS? BECAUSE I WOULD ASSUME THAT THE TRAFFIC IMPACT WOULD BE DIFFERENT ON A GAS STATION THAN LIKE, LIKE THE SHOPS THAT ARE ACROSS THE STREET FROM IT.
UM, SO WE HAVE A, A NEW SCREENING WORKSHEET THAT, UM, WAS APPROVED AT OUR LAST MEETING.
UM, I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, SO I'M, I HAVE A HARD TIME GUESSING IF IT WOULD TRIGGER A TIA, BUT WE COULD DEFINITELY GET THE INFORMATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF DAN WOULD KNOW, IF HE SAYS, I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN THE, THE, THE TRAFFIC ACCOUNTS FOR, UM, FOR, FOR FUEL PUMPS OR IT'S, IT'S GONNA TRIGGER A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.
BUT ESPECIALLY WITH THE, WITH THE AMOUNT OF, OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, THE RETAIL, THE MARKET, AND I MEAN, THERE'S PROBABLY BE SOME MEDICAL USES, I DON'T KNOW, BUT OKAY.
IT'S, YEAH, YOU'RE GONNA GET THERE.
SO THAT COULD, UH, CREATE A CONDITION WHERE THE LIGHT COMES IN WITH IT ANYWAY.
SO, UM, I'VE, I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS ON THIS.
I DON'T THINK IT'S ACTUALLY A TERRIBLE IDEA.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE AT THAT PARK, IT'S, UH, THE SNACK BAR IS MOST OF, OF THE TIME NOT OPEN.
UM, AND IF YOU'RE OUT THERE, IT'S, THERE'S NOTHING REALLY AROUND YOU.
UM, THERE'S NOTHING IN A VERY GOOD WALKABLE DISTANCE.
SO I COULD SEE IT ACTUALLY AS BEING AN AMENITY TO PEOPLE THAT ARE VISITING THE PARK TO BE ABLE TO GO ACROSS THE STREET AND GET A GATORADE IF THAT CROSSWALK IS SAFE.
AND THERE, I THINK IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE FREQUENTED QUITE A BIT.
UM, AND I, I HONESTLY DIDN'T THINK THIS WAS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF, OF OUTREACH.
WE, I THINK 95 PEOPLE IS, IS AND INVITED TO ZOOM MEETINGS AND, AND JUST INVITED THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY TO, FOR FEEDBACK.
WAS THERE ANY PARTICIPATION? THERE WAS THREE PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP AT THERE.
ACTUALLY THREE PEOPLE SIGNED UP AND TWO PEOPLE SHOWED UP FOR THE ZOOM MEETING.
SO WHAT DO YOU GUYS WANNA DO? SOME OF Y'ALL ARE VERY QUIET.
I MEAN, WHEN I FIRST READ THIS, I, I WAS NOT REAL EXCITED ABOUT A GAS STATION.
AND THEN I, BUT I, I READ THROUGH IT.
I WENT AND WATCHED PNZ AND THE PLACEMENT OF THE PUMPS AND THE, THE THOUGHTFULNESS OF IT.
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I, ALTHOUGH STILL NOT SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT, IF SOME OF THE OTHER, THE COMMERCIAL THAT COMES IN AND IT'S, AND IT'S GOT ALL THE, THE RIGHT THINGS AND BEING A PUD ROBIN'S GONNA MAKE SURE IT'S GOT ALL THE RIGHT THINGS.I KIND OF BECAME OKAY WITH IT.
SO WHAT WAS THE LANGUAGE THAT WE WOULD NEED TO PUT IN THE, I DON'T KNOW, PROPORTIONATE OR WHATEVER CITY PAYING THEIR COST FOR A CROSSING? BECAUSE I MEAN, I 35 IS NOT INTENDED TO BE CROSSED BY PEDESTRIANS, BUT THEY DO IT ALL THE TIME AND THEY GET KILLED DOING IT.
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DO IT WHETHER IT'S INTENDED OR NOT.
SO I'D LIKE TO JUST HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT INCLUDED.
IS THAT SOMETHING MAYBE, UM, WE COULD ADJUST WITH THE SECOND READING SO I CAN MEET WITH EMILY AND MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COST WOULD BE AND 'CAUSE IT, IT PUTS SOME PRESSURE ON THE CITY TO PAY FOR HALF OF A BEACON.
IS THAT FAIR TO WELL, THE OTHER, THE ALTERNATIVE TO THAT IS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ON THE HOOK TO PAY FOR 100% OF THAT, OF COURSE, LATER ON, OF COURSE.
AND SO, YEAH, I'D RATHER, YOU KNOW, TO GIVE A CHANCE NOT TO SAY WE AND NOT TO BE CHAMPION, UH, UM, UH, I PROMISE YOU THAT.
I'M JUST TRYING TO DO THE RESPONSIBLE THING HERE IN THIS SITUATION FOR THE PEOPLE THAT I DON'T THINK ARE REALLY, UH, PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON UNTIL THERE'S A PROBLEM LATER ON.
AND, UM, AND I'M ALL ABOUT AS FAST AS WE CAN DEVELOP MORE COMMERCIAL SPACE IN THIS CITY, LET'S, LET'S ROCK AND ROLL AS LONG AS WE'RE DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY.
AND I KNOW THAT EVEN STAFF SAID, YES, WE SUPPORT THIS, BUT WE DO HAVE A CONCERN WITH THE, WITH THE, THE NO, THEY, THEY DIDN'T, THEY SAID THE, THE, IN OUR NOTES, IT SAID WITH THE PROXIMITY TO THE HOUSES, SO THE PUMPS WITH THE PROXIMITY TO THE HOUSES.
WELL, THERE WAS SOME TRAFFIC CONCERNS IN IN THE, WHAT, WHAT WAS EMAILED TO US.
JUST SOME MENTION OF THE, OF TRAFFIC.
I MEAN, THAT'S, IT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
WOULD IT BE REASONABLE TO MOVE IT TO THE NEXT MEETING? IT'S ON FOR THE NEXT MEETING FOR A SECOND READING, SO, UM, WE CAN GET SOME BETTER NOTES TOGETHER AND PUT A AMENDMENT AND WORK WITH THE APPLICANT AND PRESENT SOMETHING.
I HAVE ONE MORE THING THAT I WANNA ADD TO IT REAL QUICK.
UM, I WAS HOPING TO SPEAK TO THE APPLICANT SINCE WE'RE TYING ABOUT MAKING A CHANGE.
BEFORE THE SECOND MEETING, I WAS HOPING TO RAISE THIS ISSUE THAT'S, UM, BEEN WEIGHING ON ME SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM A RESIDENT WHO WAS CONCERNED THAT THERE IS A VAPE SHOP OPENING UP ACROSS THE STREET FROM LEANDER HIGH SCHOOL.
AND, UM, THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.
THIS BEING A PUD, WOULD YOU BE AMENABLE TO INCLUDING IN THE LANGUAGE THAT, IN THAT RETAIL YOU'RE OPENING NO VAPE SHOPS, NO SMOKE SHOPS, SINCE YOU'RE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PARK? I WOULD, I DON'T KNOW IF THE OWNERS WOULD, I I WOULD HAVE TO, I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK WITH THEM.
IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD ALSO ADDRESS IN SECOND? OKAY.
I, I'D BE GLAD TO PRESENT IT TO HIM.
I WOULD LOVE TO, TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND, UM, HAVE OUR ATTORNEY LOOK INTO HOW TO DO THAT.
WELL, 'CAUSE THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT IS, THAT'S PART OF A CONVENIENCE STORE TOO.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SEPARATE THING.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW ALL THAT WELL, YEAH.
AND, AND THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE CONVENIENCE STORE HAS.
I MEAN, IT'S FUNNY YOU SAY THAT.
I, I MEAN I, THE, I ACTUALLY ON THE COMMERCIAL AND, AND YOU ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT CONCEPT PLANS, WHAT FITS AND WHAT DOESN'T.
HOW DOES THIS WORK? I LOVE THE IDEA OF, OF HAVING ON THE HARD CORNER, MAYBE A DUTCH BROTHERS OR SOMETHING.
SOME KIND OF FOOTPRINT LIKE THAT, THAT'S, THAT FITS IN THE SMALL CORNER.
I HAD TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF COMMERCIAL BUILDING THAT THEY WANTED TO DO, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS COOL.
HAVEN'T HAD MY EVENING COFFEE.
SO SHOULD WE, I GUESS WE WOULD, DARA, WOULD WE MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL WITH THE AMENDMENTS TO, UH, LOOK AT THE PEDESTRIAN BEACON AND, UM, EXCLUDING SMOKE SHOPS AND VAPE SHOPS? IS THAT HOW WE PHRASE THAT? YEP.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, ALL THOSE AGAINST PASSES, FIVE TO ONE.
UM, AND WITH THAT, WE WILL SEE YOU IN TWO MORE WEEKS.
[21. Discuss and consider action on a Memorandum of Understanding by and between the City of Leander and Hill Country Hyzers Disc Golf Club for activities hosted at Benbrook Ranch Park and Disc Golf Course for a term of five (5) years; and authorize the Interim City Manager to execute any and all necessary documents.
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MOVING INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.
ITEM NUMBER 21, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF LEANDER AND HILL COUNTRY.
HE'S DISC GOLF CLUB FOR ACTIVITIES HOSTED AT BENBROOK RANCH PARK AND DISC GOLF COURSE FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS.
AND AUTHORIZE THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.
ASSISTANT PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR ULMER, WELCOME.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, MR. TURNER.
UH, APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
UH, IN REGARDS TO THIS AGENDA ITEM, I WANTED TO, UH, QUICKLY INTRODUCE ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE TEAM HERE THAT'LL COME UP AND DO A PRESENTATION HERE SHORTLY.
UH, MR. ALEXANDER IRWIN IS WITH US WITH
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HIS TEAM HERE TONIGHT.UM, HE'LL BE DOING A PRESENTATION, UM, BUT REALLY WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON TONIGHT IS FURTHERING THE CAUSE OF, UM, BEN BROOK RANCH PARK, AS WELL AS OUR DISC GOLF COURSE THAT'S OUT THERE.
UM, WE'VE HAD GREAT SUCCESS SINCE ITS IMPLEMENTATION BACK IN 2008.
UM, NOW THAT WE'RE 2024, WE'VE DONE SOME UPGRADES, WHICH, UH, AGAIN, MR. IRWIN WILL HIGHLIGHT IN HIS PRESENTATION.
UM, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH THIS NONPROFIT TO, UH, CONTINUE THAT MOMENTUM.
SO AT THIS TIME, WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. IRWIN TO, UH, MAKE HIS PRESENTATION, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
I, LIKE GREG SAID, I'M ALEXANDER IRWIN.
UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU GUYS.
UM, I HAVE A FEW PROPS UP HERE TONIGHT JUST TO KIND OF ILLUSTRATE, UM, WHAT WE DO.
UM, SO FIRST OF ALL, UM, SOME OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS ARE HERE TONIGHT.
UM, WE BECAME A 5 0 1 C3 IN 2021, AND WE WERE FORMED TO TAKE CARE OF BENBROOK RANCH PARK.
KEEP TALKING, LET ME, LEMME GET THIS.
UM, SO I GUESS THE FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU ALL, HAVE YOU ALL BEEN TO BENBROOK RANCH PARK BEFORE? UM, IT IS UP NORTH, A PALSY AND BAGHDAD.
UM, IT WAS KIND OF A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH, WE LIKE TO SAY.
UM, IT WAS A DISC GOLF COURSE SINCE 2008, BUT IT WAS VERY MUCH, UM, NOT UP TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL.
UM, AND SO OUR CLUB WAS FOUNDED, UM, DURING COVID TO BASICALLY JUST TAKE CARE OF IT, GET OUT, GET SOME FRESH AIR, MAKE SOME FRIENDS.
UM, AND IT'S BEEN A HUGE SUCCESS STORY.
UM, SO WE HAVE INCREASED THE, UH, THE PLAY COUNT AT THAT PARK BY THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF ROUNDS.
UM, THERE'S AN APP THAT WE USE CALLED U DISC, AND BASICALLY EVERY DISC GOLFER USES THAT APP, UM, AND WE ARE ABLE TO MEASURE.
SO IT'S REALLY NEAT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT DATA.
UM, SO BASICALLY WHEN THE PARK WAS FOUNDED, A HUNDRED ROUNDS PER YEAR WERE PLAYED, AND NOW WE SEE OVER 13,000 ROUNDS.
UM, SO THIS NEW REDESIGN THAT WE, UM, BASICALLY BROUGHT A ROUTE THROUGH OURSELVES AND THROUGH MINT DISCS, WHICH IS A, A LOCAL AUSTIN MANUFACTURER, THEY HELPED SPONSOR OUR CLUB.
WE WERE ABLE TO RAISE OVER $13,000 IN ORDER TO REINVEST INTO BEN BROOK.
UM, SO AS GREG TALKED ABOUT, WE HAVE ENTERED INTO A FIVE YEAR PARTNERSHIP, UM, WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, AND WE PLAN TO BE JUST GREAT STEWARDS OF THIS PARK TO CONTINUE TO REINVEST.
UM, WE NOW HAVE CONCRETE TEA PADS, WE HAVE NEW BASKETS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO HOST, UM, AN INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT IN NOVEMBER.
UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU ALL AS JUST KIND OF A TOKEN OF, OF WHAT'S TO COME.
SO THIS IS A DISC FROM THE NATIONAL AMATEUR DISC GOLF TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP THAT WAS IN AUSTIN IN NOVEMBER.
THERE WERE OVER 900 PLAYERS THAT CAME TO THE AREA, UM, FROM EUROPE, FROM CANADA, FROM ALL OVER 29 DIFFERENT STATES.
UM, PEOPLE PLAYED AT BENBROOK.
UM, SO WE WERE ONE OF EIGHT COURSES THAT HOSTED PLAYERS.
UM, SO REALLY I THINK THE MAIN POINT OF, OF MY DISCUSSION IS JUST TO, TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT DISC GOLF HAS DONE AND WHAT IT CAN DO IN THE FUTURE.
UM, WE DO PLAN ON, UH, INSTALLING A NEW COURSE IN THE SAN GABRIEL PARK.
WE SPOKE ABOUT THAT, UM, IN THE PAST.
UM, AND THAT'S, THAT PARK IS GOING TO BE COMING ON IN, UH, 2025, I BELIEVE.
UM, SO I'LL, I'LL SKIP THROUGH.
WE'VE ALREADY COVERED A LOT OF THESE THINGS, UM, AND I'LL KEEP IT PRETTY SHORT.
SO WE HOST ABOUT 12 EVENTS A MONTH.
UM, THE MAIN POINT OF OUR ORGANIZATION IS TO IMPROVE COURSES, BRING PEOPLE TO DISC GOLF, AND THEN DONATE TO, TO LOCAL CHARITIES.
UM, SO YOU GUYS MIGHT WONDER WHAT, WHAT IS DISC GOLF? UM, SO AS YOU'LL SEE IN THIS MAP, UM, THIS IS BENBROOK.
YOU'LL START AT THIS BLUE OR RED DOT, DEPENDING ON YOUR SKILL LEVEL.
YOU'LL THROW YOUR DISC SEVERAL TIMES UNTIL YOU GET IN THE BASKET.
UM, AND BASICALLY IT'S LIKE GOLF.
YOU WANT TO TAKE AS MANY, UH, SORRY, TAKE AS FEW STROKES AS POSSIBLE.
UM, AND SOME PEOPLE MIGHT THINK IT'S FRISBEE GOLF, THEY CALL IT FRO.
SO THIS IS A FRISBEE, IT'S HUGE.
UM, AND I JUST BROUGHT THOSE TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THE DIFFERENCE.
SOME PEOPLE MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND.
A LOT OF TIMES WE GET WALKERS THAT COME THROUGH THE PARK.
SO JUST EDUCATING WALKERS, UM, HEY, THIS IS AN ACTIVE COURSE.
JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SAFER CONDITIONS.
AND WE'VE INSTALLED SEVERAL SIGNS THROUGHOUT THE PARK AS WELL.
UM, ONE REALLY BIG THING I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS WHY DISC GOLF IS SO GREAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU CAN PLAY DISC GOLF FOR FREE.
YOU CAN PICK UP EQUIPMENT FOR LESS THAN $20.
UM, AND ALSO IT'S VERY QUICK AND IT'S
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CASUAL.IT'S NOT REALLY, YOU KNOW, SUPER STUFFY.
IT'S A VERY, VERY EASY SPORT TO GET INTO.
UM, THIS SHOWS REALLY THE EXPONENTIAL GROWTH THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE SPORT.
THIS IS THE NUMBER OF COURSES FROM THE TWO THOUSANDS AND THEN INTO 2020.
AND THEN OVER HERE IS THE NUMBER OF ROUNDS PLAYED.
UM, YOU'LL SEE A FEW MILLION, UM, IN 20 18, 20 19, AND THEN OVER 17 MILLION.
AND THAT IS ROUNDS JUST SCORED ON UDI ITSELF.
UM, A FEW REASONS WHY WE SHOULD SUPPORT DISC GOLF.
UM, AT BENBROOK, WE ACTUALLY HAD SOME TROUBLES WITH, UM, VANDALISM, SOME GRAFFITI, SOME, UM, DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.
THE PARKING LOT ONLY HELD ABOUT 12 CARS.
AND SINCE WE'VE EXPANDED THAT, WE HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AT THE COURSE, MUCH LESS VANDALISM.
UM, I HAVEN'T HAD TO CALL GREG ABOUT ANY VANDALISM IN THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE AT THE PARK RIGHT NOW.
UM, I REALLY WOULD LOVE TO SHOW YOU ALL THE BEFORE AND AFTER OF THE PARKING LOT.
UM, I DIDN'T BRING THAT TONIGHT, BUT I'LL SEND YOU ALL A, AN EMAIL LATER TO FOLLOW UP.
UM, AND ANOTHER GREAT THING ABOUT THE PARK IS YOU CAN PRESERVE THE NATURAL BEAUTY AND THERE ARE NO CHEMICALS USED.
SO WATERING RESTRICTIONS, THERE IS NO IRRIGATION.
IT IS JUST WHATEVER GOD PROVIDES US THROUGH RAIN.
UM, SO REALLY THE ONLY THING THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO TAKE CARE OF THE COURSE IS TO MOW IT ON A, ABOUT A MONTHLY BASIS.
UM, THESE ARE SOME OF THE, THE DESIGN ELEMENTS, AND I'M, I'M GONNA KIND OF IN THIS, YOU KNOW, SPIRIT OF TIME, FAST FORWARD THROUGH THESE, BUT I'M SURE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEM IN YOUR, UM, EMAIL.
SO RIGHT HERE, THIS SHOWS THE NUMBER OF COURSES THAT ARE IN CENTRAL TEXAS.
YOU'LL SEE ROUNDROCK AND AUSTIN HAVE A LOT OF COURSES.
BENBROOK IS THE ONLY COURSE IN LEANDER.
SO IT HAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PLAY.
AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, GEORGETOWN AND LEANDER ARE THE FASTEST GROWING CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND SO THIS AREA IS REALLY IN NEED OF ANOTHER DISC GOLF COURSE, WHICH IS WHY IT'S REALLY EXCITING THAT THE SAN GABRIEL PARK WILL HOST, UM, ANOTHER DISC GOLF COURSE AS WELL.
I'M A, I'M A BIG DATA NERD, SO A LOT MORE DATA HERE AS WELL.
UM, NOW I WANT TO TO HIGHLIGHT THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS FOR YOU ALL AND WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY.
LIKE I MENTIONED, UM, AT THIS TOURNAMENT WHEN WE HAD 900 PLAYERS IN THE AREA, UM, 468 PLAYERS PLAYED AT BENBROOK IN FOUR DAYS.
SO THAT'S PEOPLE EATING LUNCH, PEOPLE STAYING IN HOTELS, PEOPLE YOU KNOW, SHOPPING, DOING THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S A GREAT ECONOMIC IMPACT.
UM, WE HAVE THE HEART OF TEXAS TOUR, WHICH IS EXPANDING IN 2024.
THAT IS WHAT MINT DISC'S HOSTS.
AND WE ALSO HAVE THE DISC GOLF PRO TOUR, THAT IS THE PGA TOUR OF DISC GOLF, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN AUSTIN BACK TO BACK WEEKENDS IN MARCH.
AND SO WE ARE ACTUALLY HOSTING THE US WOMEN'S DISC GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP AT BENBROOK IN MARCH.
SO IF YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOME OF THE TOP CALIBER ATHLETES, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME OVER TO BENBROOK AND CHECK THAT OUT.
UM, WE WILL BE, LIKE I SAID, THE, IT'LL BE THE 21ST TO THE 24TH OF MARCH.
UH, OUR CLUB WILL ACTUALLY BE VOLUNTEERING AND HOSTING PEOPLE OUT THERE.
UM, SO DEFINITELY COME CHECK THAT OUT.
UM, AND THEN JUST A COUPLE MORE SLIDES, I PROMISE.
UH, THIS IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST, UM, BRAGGING POINTS YOU'LL SEE HERE.
UM, IN 2019, THERE WERE ONLY 134 PEOPLE THAT PLAYED THE COURSE THE ENTIRE YEAR.
IT'LL INCREASE A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEN WHEN OUR CLUB TOOK OVER, IT JUMPED TO 2047 ROUNDS AND THEN OVER 2,600 ROUNDS.
SO THAT IS A 19.66 TIMES INCREASE.
MOST OTHER COURSES WERE, YOU KNOW, TWO TO THREE TIMES INCREASE.
SOME OF THE HIGHER PERFORMANCE WERE NINE, BUT BENBROOK SAW THE GREATEST INCREASE BY FAR OF ANY COURSE.
UM, A LOT OF THAT CREDIT GOES TO GREG AND MARK AND THEIR TEAM, UM, JUST BEING ABLE TO, TO BE WILLING TO WORK ON THE COURSE WITH US.
SO, UM, WHAT WE DO IS WE PARTNER WITH THEM ONCE A MONTH AND WE HOST WORK DAYS, AND WE'LL GO OUT THERE AND ACTUALLY JUST GET OUR HANDS DIRTY, TRIMMING BRUSH, GETTING THINGS DONE.
UM, AND SO AFTER WE DID ALL THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO REDESIGN THE COURSE TO MAKE IT MORE ACCEPTABLE TO HOST TOURNAMENTS.
UM, AND THE REASONS WHY IT WAS RE REPURPOSED, UM, THERE WERE SEVERAL CONCERNS FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND ALSO PLAYER SAFETY.
THE COURSE WAS DESIGNED AT A TIME 14 YEARS AGO WHERE, UM, EXCUSE ME, 16 YEARS AGO WHERE THE DISCS DIDN'T TRAVEL AS FAR, AND, UM, PEOPLE WEREN'T REALLY PLAYING IT.
SO IT WASN'T THAT BIG OF A DEAL.
BUT NOW WHEN WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PLAYING IT, IT BECAME MORE OF A, A SAFETY HAZARD.
SO WE ACTUALLY REROUTED THE COURSE AWAY FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY.
WE ROUTED IT SO IT DIDN'T CROSS WALKING PATHS, AND IT IS NOW A MUCH SAFER COURSE AND ALSO ABLE TO HOST, UM, LARGER TOURNAMENTS.
UM, AND LIKE I MENTIONED, WE WERE ABLE TO RAISE 12 OVER $12,000.
UM, WE WERE ABLE TO PRESERVE SIX ACRES OF NATIVE HABITAT,
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AND WE ACTUALLY, UM, LEANDER WAS ABLE TO ADD SIX CREEK CROSSINGS SO THAT PEOPLE COULD CROSS THESE, YOU KNOW, WATERSHEDS SAFELY INSTEAD OF JUST THROWING DOWN PALLETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.UM, SO THIS IS BASICALLY HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, TO, TO BRING TO LEANDER.
UM, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF BRINGING TO THE TABLE.
UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF HOURS, UM, THAT WE HAVE VOLUNTEERED, UM, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE, UH, BEEN ABLE TO VOLUNTEER, IT'S OVER $39,000 IN MONETARY VALUE OF TIME, UM, MONEY AND, UH, AND EFFORT SPENT.
UM, AND THEN THIS IS MY, MY FINAL SLIDE.
UM, THIS REALLY JUST HIGHLIGHTS MORE, WHOOPS, MORE OF THE, UM, I'LL GET YOU BACK.
SO THIS HIGHLIGHTS, UM, THE NEW LAYOUT OVER HERE, HOW MANY ROUNDS WERE PLAYED, AND THEN THE FOUR MONTHS, SORRY, THE FIVE MONTHS PRIOR TO THE NEW LAYOUT, HOW MANY ROUNDS WERE PLAYED.
SO THE HIGHEST AMOUNT WAS 345, WHEREAS WHEN THE NEW COURSE WAS OPEN IN THE VERY FIRST MONTH, OVER 748 ROUNDS WERE PLAYED.
SO JUST GONNA LEAVE YOU GUYS WITH TWO STATISTICS.
UM, IN 10 YEARS, THE BENBROOK 1.0 LAYOUT SAW 7,200 ROUNDS, PLAYED IN FIVE MONTHS.
THE NEW COURSE HAS SEEN 3068 ROUNDS PLAYED.
SO JUST A TREMENDOUS ACCOLADE TO GREG AND HIS TEAM FOR BEING ABLE TO GET THE COURSE TO ITS POTENTIAL.
LIKE I SAID, IT'S A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH, IT'S INCREDIBLY EXCITING JUST TO SEE THE PARKING LOT FILLED WHEN IN THE PAST YOU DRIVE BY AND THERE'S, THERE'S ONE CAR THERE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO A PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU ALL FOR, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST FIVE YEARS.
UM, BUT JUST PLAN ON BRINGING MORE AND MORE TO THE COURSE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEW SAN GABRIEL PARK AS WELL.
UM, SO COME OUT ON MARCH 21ST AND, AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE, SOME OF THE BEST WOMEN IN THE NATION AS THEY COMPETE IN LEANDER.
ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS HAD? CAN I HAVE A QUESTION? SURE.
IS THAT HBA DAVID? IS IT, WHAT? IS IT HBA DAVID? NO.
I HAD TO ASK, IT WOULD BOTHER ME.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THOSE.
I HAD NEVER HEARD OF DISC GOLF UNTIL WITHIN THE LAST 10 YEARS.
I, I HEARD OF IT AND SOMEONE WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN IT AND THEY SAID IT WAS A FRISBEE, RIGHT? THAT MAKES NO SENSE.
I KNEW OF WHAT THAT NET LOOKING THING IS.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT'S CALLED.
WHAT IS THAT CALLED? WE CALL IT A BASKET.
WE HAVE 'EM BEHIND OUR CHURCH.
AND NOW I KNOW, I KNOW SO MUCH MORE ABOUT DISC GOLF THAN I EVER HAD.
AND, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE PROPS AND IT KIND OF MAKES ME WANNA TRY IT.
YOU CAN GO, PROBABLY WOULDN'T HURT MY SHOULDERS AS BAD NOW,
AND, UM, SO WE'RE ACTUALLY HOSTING A CLINIC, UM, AT BEN BROOK, UM, ON JANUARY 27TH.
UM, AND I WILL, UM, TALK TO GREG AND HAVE THAT POSTED HOPEFULLY ON THE SOCIALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO WE'RE JUST REALLY TRYING TO GET THE COMMUNITY MORE INVOLVED.
UM, I THINK THE HOMEOWNERS REALLY LIKE IT BECAUSE IT IS A DETERRENT TO CRIME AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND IT'S JUST, IT'S NICE TO SEE THE PARKS BEING USED.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE DETAILS.
UM, SO I JUST WANNA SAY THAT WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK AND DEDICATION THAT Y'ALL HAVE PUT INTO THE, THE COURSE.
UM, AND I LOVE SEEING THE, THE TEAMWORK BETWEEN OUR STAFF AND, AND THE HEISS.
UM, AND I LOVE SEEING THAT IT'S, IT'S GETTING UTILIZED BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
I USED TO LIVE RIGHT OVER THERE AND PEOPLE WHO LIVED THERE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT.
UM, SO THIS IS JUST FANTASTIC THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT SO MUCH LIFE BACK TO THAT.
SO WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEMO OF UNDERSTANDING SECOND MOTION.
SECOND, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
GLENN, IT'S GOOD TO MEET YOU,
WE HAVE A COLLEAGUE NAMED DAVID GLENN, AND IT'S SPELLED THE SAME WAY.
SO WE ALL KIND OF DID A DOUBLE TAKE UP HERE SPELLING AT ALL.
YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE IN THE ROOM TONIGHT, SO THERE YOU GO.
[22. Discuss and consider action on a two (2)- year appointment to the Central Texas Clean Air Coalition of the Capital Area Council of Governments.]
UM, ALL RIGHT, ITEM NUMBER 22, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A TWO YEAR APPOINTMENT TO THE CENTRAL TEXAS CLEAN AIR COALITION OF THE CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, ALSO KNOWN AS CAP COG.UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MATT KI LONGORIA IS OUR, UM, REGULAR CAP COG, UH, MEMBER.
AND THIS GROUP MEETS DIRECTLY AFTER THEIR MEETINGS.
AND SO SHE HAS BEEN SERVING IN THE ROLE IT EXPIRED.
UM, HER TERM EXPIRED FOR JUST CLEAN AIR COALITION LAST MONTH.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT HER SINCE SHE'S EXPRESSED INTEREST
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INTO THAT ROLE.IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
AND THANK YOU FOR WILLING TO SERVE
[23. 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.]]
ITEM 23, 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? ALL
[24. Council Member Closing Statements.]
RIGHT.MOVING INTO EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE ITEM 24, COUNCIL MEMBER CLOSING COMMENTS.
I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO DISAPPOINT CHRIS TRAGICALLY, BUT I'M JUST GONNA SAY GOODNIGHT.
I'M NOT GONNA TELL ANY STORIES OR ANYTHING.
I THINK MOST PEOPLE WERE BUMMED THAT WE HAD TO POSTPONE THE MLK MARCH AND CELEBRATION LAST MONDAY DUE TO THE EXTREME COLD WEATHER.
SO THAT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO JANUARY 27TH, JUST KIND OF THE DATE THEY JUST MENTIONED FOR THAT DISC GOLF.
BUT, UH, JANUARY 27TH, 10 TO TWO.
UM, I HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE OUT THERE.
I'M UNABLE TO MAKE IT, BUT I HOPE YOU THE COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER FOR THE MLK MARCH AND CELEBRATION.
I JUST WANNA THANK OUR FIRE CHIEF AND POLICE CHIEF FOR RECOGNIZING OUR CITIZENS TONIGHT.
MAKES YOU REALLY PROUD TO BE, UH, A PART OF SUCH A GREAT COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE WILLING TO STEP IN AND DO THE RIGHT THING WHEN THAT'S NEEDED.
SO I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THIS GREAT COMMUNITY AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR RECOGNIZING THOSE FOLKS FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT TONIGHT WE HAD THREE REALLY BIG WATER PROJECTS ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
WE APPROVED, UM, A RECLAIMED WATER PROJECT AND ALSO A, UM, UH, ELEVATED TANK AND THEN ALSO MADE THE PLANS FOR B-C-R-U-A AND ALL OF THE PLANNING THAT'S GONE INTO THAT.
THOSE ARE HUGE STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND THANKFUL FOR THEM.
SO IN RECOGNITION FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE CELEBRATED TONIGHT WITH, UH, WITH, UH, HONORING THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE, UH, BEEN FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE COMMUNITY, I WAS JUST LOOKING UP, UH, BOTH OF, UH, TWO PIECES OF INFORMATION.
ONE ON THE SECOND ONE AS FAR AS WHERE TO DO CPR CLASSES AND EVERYTHING.
THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT'S VERY INVOLVED WITH OUR, UM, THAT YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SAY, BUT, UM, BUT WAS VERY INVOLVED WITH OUR CHAMBER.
AND SO, UH, QUEEN OF HEARTS CPR.COM IS A REALLY GOOD PLACE THAT YOU CAN GO, UM, UH, AWESOME INSTRUCTOR AND UH, I THINK A VALUABLE RESOURCE.
AND THEN I JUST AM SUPER IMPRESSED BY THE GENTLEMAN THAT THAT CAME TO THE SERVICE OF THE WOMAN AND THE CLEANERS.
AND SO, UM, I WENT AHEAD AND LOOKED UP THEIR WEBSITE.
AND SO DRIFTED CYCLES, UM, IS RIGHT NEXT TO HEB RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AT 6 51 NORTH US HIGHWAY 180 180 3, SUITE ONE 70.
AND THEIR, UH, WEBSITE IS WWW.DRIFTEDCYCLES.COM.
UH, THIS IS PRETTY AWESOME SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESS HERE.
IF I, IF I, I MEAN, I CAN'T, I WON'T STOP TALKING ABOUT THEM AND I DON'T, MY KIDS ARE GONNA NEED BIKES.
THAT'S WHERE I'M GONNA GO BUY MY BIKES NOW BECAUSE I MEAN THAT IS, THAT IS LIKE THE EPITOME OF OUR CITY RIGHT THERE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, THEY MAY NEVER EVEN SEE THIS, BUT I WANT ANYBODY WHO DOES LOOK AT THESE THINGS TO KNOW, GO BUY YOUR BIKES THERE.
SO, AND WE NEED MORE MEN LIKE THEM.
UM, YEAH, WE ARE INCREDIBLY BLESSED.
UM, IT'S, IT'S HUMBLING I THINK FOR US TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE JUST HAVE THE BEST RESIDENTS, THE BEST STAFF, AND WE ARE CONTINUALLY PROUD AND IN AWE OF EVERYTHING THAT, THAT OUR COMMUNITY DOES.
UM, IN KEEPING WITH OUR COMMITMENT TO SHOP LOCAL TONIGHT, WE PICKED UP DINNER FROM RANDALL'S, UM, BECAUSE YOU CAN ALWAYS GRAB SOMETHING AT RANDALL'S, EVEN DURING THE FREEZE WHEN HEB WAS OUT OF EVERYTHING, RANDALL'S WAS FULLY STOCKED, THEY EVEN HAD WATER.
UM, SO JUST REMEMBER WHEN YOU ARE OUT AND ABOUT THIS WEEKEND, DOING YOUR SHOPPING SHOP LEANDER FIRST BEFORE YOU GO ANYWHERE ELSE.
KEEPING YOUR MONEY ROLLING AROUND OUR ECONOMY KEEPS PEOPLE EMPLOYED AND IT KEEPS PAYING FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
UM, JUST TO ECHO WHAT PRO TEM MENTIONED, THE MLK EVENT HAS BEEN MOVED TO SATURDAY, JANUARY 27TH, 10:00 AM TO TWO RIGHT HERE IN OLD TOWN.
ALL THE DETAILS REMAIN THE SAME FROM THE, THE PREVIOUS SCHEDULE.
AND THEN ON THE HEELS OF THAT, I JUST WANT TO UM, REALLY COMMEND OUR STAFF FOR EVERYTHING THAT WENT ON THIS WEEKEND.
WE HAD THIS HUGE EVENT PLANNED AND BARRICADES OUT THERE AND READY TO GO AND THIS PIVOT AT THE LAST MINUTE WITH THE FREEZE THAT CAME IN.
AND UM, I WAS REALLY AMAZED AT HOW ALL OF OUR STAFF WAS ABLE TO, UM, COME TOGETHER AND JUST PIVOT PLANS AND NOT ONLY MANAGE THE ASPECTS OF THE FREEZE AND THE EMERGENCY THAT CAME WITH THAT, BUT ALSO BE THINKING ABOUT
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HOW WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE THE EVENT IF IT CAN'T GO ON AND IF IT'S POSTPONED HOW WE'RE HANDLING THE LOGISTICS OF ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT, THAT ARE AROUND LIKE THE BARRICADES.AND, UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER AND ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, UM, THAT THAT ASSISTED IN ALL THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT THIS WEEKEND.
AND, UM, IT IS JUST AN HONOR TO WORK WITH Y'ALL.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR GIVING UP SO MUCH OF YOUR WEEKEND TO, TO GET OUT MESSAGING AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS SAFE.
SO YOU'RE JUST VERY APPRECIATED.
I HATE TO BREAK YOUR PROTOCOL, BUT I CERTAINLY WANT TO ECHO THAT.
AND HAVING HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIRSTHAND WITNESS WHAT YOUR STAFF DID TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY, THEY DID AN ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING JOB AND THEY EVEN DEBRIEFED JUST TO MAKE SURE WE CAN DO SOME THINGS BETTER.
SO I CERTAINLY COMMEND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THIS ROOM THAT REPRESENT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE INVOLVED WITH THAT AND, AND, UH, THEY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB.
MADAM MAYOR, I APPRECIATE YOUR AVAILABILITY THROUGH ALL THE CALLS AND JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, I KEPT COMMUNICATION WITH YOU COUNSEL, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME CONTINUOUSLY SEND YOU MESS MESSAGES AND VARIOUS, UH, UPDATES.
SO I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT EVERYONE DID TO GET US ALL THROUGH THIS WEATHER EVENT.
THANK YOU FOR THE LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNICATION AND COUNSEL.
LET'S ALSO BREAK PROTOCOL AND GIVE OUR STAFF A WONDERFUL ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
[25. Convene back into Executive Session pursuant to:
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SO SECTION 5 5, 1 0.074, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT AND DUTIES OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE CITY MANAGER.
SEARCH NUMBER TWO, SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND RULE 1.05.
TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT BETWEEN NORTHLINE, LEANDER DEVELOPMENT COMPANY AND THE CITY OF LEANDER AND DINUCCI CONTRACTORS, NORTHLINE PHASE ONE AND RELATED PERFORMANCE AND MAINTENANCE BONDS.
AND NUMBER THREE, 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 LAKEWOOD PARK PROJECT.
AND NUMBER FOUR, SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 1.05, TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING LEANDER SPRINGS.
PROJECT NUMBER SIX, SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DELIBERATE THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY LOCATED IN DUNKLEY SUBDIVISION FOR A PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT RELATING TO RAIDER WAY SLASH EAST WOODVIEW DRIVE PROJECT CIPT 0.12 AND NUMBER SIX, SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DELIBERATE THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY LOCATED IN ELIJAH D HARMAN.
SURVEY ABSTRACT SIX FOR A PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT RELATING TO RAIDER WAY SLASH EASTWOOD VIEW DRIVE PROJECT CIPT 0.12 AND NUMBER SEVEN, SECTION 5 5 1 0.074 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS INTERIM CITY MANAGER ASSIGNMENTS AND DUTIES.
ALL RIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO RECONVENE BACK INTO OPEN SESSION AT 10:57 PM TO TAKE ACTION AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE IN CITY COUNCIL'S DISCRETION REGARDING NUMBER ONE, CITY MANAGER SEARCH MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO.
ACTION NUMBER TWO, NORTHLINE PAVERS, MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO.
ACTION NUMBER THREE, LAKEWOOD PARK PROJECT MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO.
ACTION NUMBER FOUR, LEANDER SPRINGS PROJECT MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO ACTION NUMBER FIVE, ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY IN DUNKLEY SUBDIVISION OR A PUBLIC UTIL FOR A PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT RELATING TO RAIDER WAY SLASH EASTWOOD VIEW DRIVE PROJECT CIPT 0.12.
MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY LOCATED IN DUNKLEY SUBDIVISION FOR A PUBLIC EASEMENT RELATING TO THE RAIDER WAY EAST WOODVIEW DRIVE PROJECT CIPT 0.12 AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION SECOND, MOTION IS SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
I'M NUMBER SIX, ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY IN ELIJAH D HARMAN SURVEY ABSTRACT SIX FOR A PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT RELATING TO RAIDER WAY SLASH EASTWOOD VIEW DRIVE PROJECT CIPT 0.12.
MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY LOCATED IN ELIJAH D HARMON? SURVEY ABSTRACT SIX FOR A PUBLIC EASEMENT RELATING TO THE RAIDER WAY EASTWOOD VIEW DRIVE PROJECT CIPT 12 AS DISCUSSED IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES IS UNANIMOUSLY.
ASSIGNMENT AND DUTIES MAYOR PRO TEM.
DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO ACTION WITH THAT ITEM NUMBER 26, COUNSEL'S ADJOURNED AT 10:58 PM GOODNIGHT.