* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [1. Open Meeting.] [00:00:05] GOOD EVENING. TODAY IS THURSDAY, MAY 16TH, 2024. AND THE TIME IS 5:31 PM AND THIS IS THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL, CITY [2. Roll Call.] SECRETARY CRABTREE. WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLE COUNCIL MEMBER CATHERINE BATTALION PARKER. HERE. MAYOR PROAM IS BEING GUI AND GLORIA HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONALD HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE THOMPSON. PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS SNICK. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BECKY ROSS. HERE. MAYOR CHRISTINE HERE. ITEM [3. Update on intersection improvements at Collaborative Way and Bagdad Road (CIP T.71), CR175 and Journey Parkway (CIP T.75), and San Gabriel Parkway Eastbound at U.S Highway 183 right-turn lane (CIP T.20).] NUMBER THREE IS UPDATE ON INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AT COLLABORATIVE WAY AND BAGHDAD ROAD. CIPT 0.71. COUNTY ROAD 1 75. AND JOURNEY PARKWAY, CIPT 0.75. AND SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY, EASTBOUND AT US HIGHWAY 180 3. RIGHT TURN LANE, CIPT 0.20. WE HAVE SOMEBODY PRESENTING THIS? YES, SIR. I'LL MAKE A COUPLE QUICK REMARKS AND WE'LL BRING EMILY UP TO PRESENT. SO AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING, WE HAD THESE ITEMS ON AND COUNCIL HAD REQUESTED THAT WE, UH, PULL THOSE OFF THE AGENDA AND TO WORKSHOP THOSE THIS EVENING. SO THESE PROJECTS ARE BID. UM, THEY'RE DESIGNED, THEY WERE BID, THEY'RE READY FOR, UM, CONSTRUCTION UNDER A PRETTY QUICK TIMELINE. SHOULD COUNCIL DECIDE THAT YOU WANT TO GO, UM, YOU DO HAVE AN OPTION IN TERMS OF HOW THESE WERE BID. UM, THEY WERE BID AS INDIVIDUAL ALTERNATIVES. SO YOU COULD BID ALL OF THEM OR APPROVE ALL OF THEM, NONE OF THEM OR ANY ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT YOU SEE FIT TONIGHT OR AT SOME POINT INTO THE FUTURE. UM, SO IN OUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT, UH, WE ARE WANT TO WALK YOU THROUGH EACH ONE OF THE PROJECTS, GIVE YOU A PROJECT SUMMARY, UM, AND AN IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, HOW IT WORKS, WHAT IT'S INTENDED AND DESIGNED TO DO, UM, AND THEN HOW IT'S FUNDED. UH, WE'LL ALSO KIND OF WALK THROUGH, UM, HOW IT'S, UM, WORKING AND WHAT ARE THE OPERATIONAL OPTIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT AND TO CONTEMPLATE FOR THOSE PROJECTS. AND THEN A DISCUSSION OF WHY ARE THESE COMING UP NOW AND THEN WHAT WOULD BE NEXT. UM, WE DO SEE THIS AS THE FIRST OF A LONGER, UH, LINE OF DISCUSSION IN IN STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR THE COUNCIL. SO THIS IS THE FIRST PIECE AND I KNOW AS WE GET INTO THE FUTURE, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THINGS FROM A, A BROADER PERSPECTIVE. SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO, TO EMILY TO GET US GOING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. EMILY TRUMAN, CITY ENGINEER. I'M GONNA WALK THROUGH A BRIEF SUMMARY, UH, THE EACH OF THE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS UP FOR CONSIDERATION AT TONIGHT'S COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEETING. AFTER EACH SUM, AFTER EACH PROJECT SUMMARY, I WILL P PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS. THE FIRST PROJECT IS THE DEDICATION OF SOUTHBOUND RIGHT TURN LANE AT EASTBOUND ST. GABRIEL PARKWAY AT US 180 3. THIS PROJECT WAS BID FOR 306 70 $8,000 AND CAN BE COMPLETED IN THREE TO SIX MONTHS. THE FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT WILL COME FROM CAP METRO. UH, THE DESIGN BEGAN IN 2018 AND WAS UPDATED IN 2022. THIS IS A SLIDE THAT WE HAVE FOR EACH OF THE PROPOSED PROJECTS TO SHOW HOW THE PROJECT IS SITUATED IN RELATION TO DESTINATIONS LIKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, NORTHLINE, A CC CAMPUS, ST. DAVID'S. IT ALSO SHOWS THE ROADS AND THE TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY PLAN WITH THE SOLID LINES BEING EXISTING AND THE PROPOSED LINES BEING PROPOSED ON THIS MAP. THE HOUSE AND TRUCK ICONS ARE NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE BEING PRO THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF BEING CONSTRUCTED AND NOT CURRENTLY ONLINE. YOU CAN SEE THE PROXIMITY OF THE CAP METRO STATION RIGHT THERE TO THE INTERSECTION, HENCE THE CAP METRO FUNDING. ALL OF THESE EXISTING AND PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT. THIS IS A AERIAL VIEW OF THE CURRENT ROAD AND A PROPOSED AND A PLAN VIEW OF THE PROPOSED INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CURRENT INTERSECTION, UH, HAS A DEDICATED LEFT TURN LANE AND THEN HAS A COMBINATION RIGHT TURN AND THROUGH LANE, OH, I'M SORRY, THIS ONE RIGHT HERE. SO RIGHT NOW IT HAS A DEDICATED LEFT TURN AND THEN A COMBINATION RIGHT AND THROUGH LANE. SO THE NEW PROPOSED SECTION WILL HAVE A 450 FOOT PROPOSED TURN LANE, UH, RIGHT TURN LANE. IT'LL ALSO HAVE ANOTHER, UH, RIGHT TURN LANE THROUGH LANE, SO YOU CAN HAVE DUAL RIGHTS THERE. AND THEN A DEDICATED LEFT TURN LANE. THIS WILL ALLOW, UH, THE LIGHT TO CLEAR THE QUEUING UP IN HALF THE TIME AND FREE UP TRAFFIC THAT'S GOING STRAIGHT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROJECT? I THINK WE'RE [00:05:01] EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE. OKAY. THE NEXT PROJECT IS THE SIGNAL AND INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AT BAGHDAD AND COLLABORATIVE WAY. NOW I SAY SIGNAL AND INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS 'CAUSE THERE ARE GOING TO BE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SIGNAL. IN ADDITION TO, YOU KNOW, PUTTING IN THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL, UH, THE PROJECT WAS BID FOR $1.4 MILLION AND WILL UTILIZE TRANSPORTATION CO BONDS. IT CAN BE COMPLETED IN THREE TO SIX MONTHS. TIMING ON THIS ONE IS IMPORTANT. IF AWARDED, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET CONSTRUCTION WELL UNDERWAY BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS IN THE FALL. THE SIGNAL WARRANT STUDY WAS DONE IN 2021 AND THE PROJECT WAS DESIGNED FROM 2022 TO 2023, AND IT INCLUDED SOME TIME THAT WE NEEDED TO GET RIGHT AWAY. DEDICATION, THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PROPOSED SITE IN RE IN REGARDS TO KEY AREA SITES, YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE SEVERAL SCHOOL CAMPUSES THAT UTILIZE THIS INTERSECTION TO INCLUDE A HIGH SCHOOL, AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, A MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND A BUS BARN. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS, TWO OF WHICH HAVE ITEMS TONIGHT ON THE AGENDA THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE AREA. AND THOSE ARE THESE, WE HAVE SEVERAL HERE. SULLIVAN IS ONE THAT'S, UH, UH, ON THE AGENDA. LEANDER SPRINGS, UH, HILLTOP, AND THEN GREATWOOD SOUTH, WHICH I THINK IS CALLED WOODLANDS. NOW, THIS IS AN AERIAL OF THE CURRENT ROAD AND A PLAN SHEET THAT SHOWS THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS. THIS PROJECT IS MORE THAN INSTALLING A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. THE ROAD WILL BE EXPANDED TO ADD A DEDICATED LEFT TURN LANE, WHICH YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, UM, ON THE SOUTHBOUND BAGHDAD ROAD, AND WILL ENHANCE, ENHANCE THE NORTHBOUND TURN RIGHT TURN LANE AT THE INTERSECTION. THIS WILL ALLOW NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND THROUGH TRAFFIC TO PASS THROUGH THE INTERSECTION WITHOUT GETTING HELD UP BY VEHICLES TURNING. THIS PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES SIGNING STRIPING AND LANE DELINEATORS TO HELP KEEP TRAFFIC FLOWING. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROJECT? OKAY, AS FAR AS THAT ONE GOES? NO. I WAS GONNA ASK IF YOU HAD ONE. YEAH, JUST IS, IF, IF THERE, IF THERE WAS, IS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION IF THERE WERE, IF, DO THE, DO THE PROJECTS GO TOGETHER, LIKE THE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AND THE SIGNAL RIGHT? IS THERE AND THOSE ARE GO TOGETHER. THERE'S NOT ONE, IT'S NOT ONE OR THE OTHER. IT'S BOTH TOGETHER. CORRECT. IT WAS BID TOGETHER. BID TOGETHER. OKAY. LIKE THE, THE PROPOSED PLAN THAT YOU SEE HERE IS ALL PART OF THE 1.4, UH, MILLION DOLLAR CONSTRUCTION. OKAY. OKAY. GOT IT. AND THAT EASES MY MIND CONSIDERABLY ON THIS. UM, I THINK THE, THE IMPROVEMENTS, THE WIDENING WILL HELP TREMENDOUSLY WITH THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, SORRY, I LOST MY PLACE. UH, THE FINAL PROJECT IS A SIGNAL AT COUNTY ROAD 1 75 AND JOURNEY PARKWAY. THIS PROJECT WAS BID FOR 460,000 AND WILL UTILIZE GENERAL FUND RESERVES. IT WILL BE COMPLETED IN THREE TO SIX MONTHS BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL SCHOOLS ON JOURNEY PARKWAY. WE ARE HOPING TO GET THIS AWARDED AND WELL UNDERWAY BEFORE SCHOOL RETURNS IN THE FALL. THE SIGNAL WARRANT WAS COMPLETED IN 2022 AND THE PROJECT WAS DESIGNED FROM 2022 TO 2024. HERE IS AN AERIAL OF THE INTERSECTION IN RELATION TO OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST. THE LOW WATER CROSSING THAT WAS CLOSED IS HERE. SO THEREFORE, UH, TRAFFIC NOW IS USING JOURNEY PARKWAY AS WELL AS UP NORTH. UM, AND THEN THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL SCHOOLS BOTH PROPOSED, PROPOSED IN EXISTING SUBDIVISIONS ON COUNTY ROAD 1 75 AND JOURNEY PARKWAY THAT WILL UTILIZE THIS INTERSECTION DAILY. HERE'S THE PROPOSED AND CURRENT CONDITION. IT'S GOING TO BE REPLACING A FOUR-WAY STOP INTO A SIGNAL AND EACH ONE OF THE LEGS WILL HAVE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS AS WELL. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROJECT? SO MINE ARE JUST MORE IN GENERAL FOR ALL TRANSPORTATION ISSUES BECAUSE THEN THESE ARE MANY FOR OUR CITY . SO IT'S LIKE, WHERE DO YOU START? UH, SO JUST HAVE SOME GENERAL QUESTIONS. SO JUST AS A COUNCIL MEMBER ABLE TO ANSWER, UH, CITIZENS' QUESTIONS WHENEVER THEY ASK. SO HOW DO WE AS A CITY ACTUALLY PRIORITIZE OUR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS, LIKE THESE THREE INTERSECTIONS? HOW ARE THEY PRIORITIZED ABOVE OTHER NEEDS AROUND THE CITY AND HOW'S THAT DECISION MADE? UM, WELL, I'M GONNA JUST GO BY WHAT I'VE HEARD BECAUSE I WASN'T HERE WHEN THESE PROJECTS WERE ACTUALLY STARTED. UM, BUT AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THEY WERE NEEDS THAT [00:10:01] WERE IDENTIFIED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THE CITIZENS AT THESE LOCATIONS. UH, WARRANT STUDY WAS COMPLETED. AND ONCE YOU DO A WARRANT STUDY AND IT SHOWS THAT THERE'S AN, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE IS A NEED OR AN ISSUE THERE, THEN, THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT PRIORITIZING IT. UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT IS WHAT I KNOW. AND, UH, AS FAR AS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN ALL THESE USUALLY STARTED BETWEEN 2018 AND 2021, THESE WERE HIGH GROWTH AREAS THAT HAD A LOT OF ISSUES. YOU KNOW, UM, AS YOU'LL SEE LATER IN THE PRESENTATION, THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS THAT COME INTO PLAY ON, ON HOW WE ADDRESS TRANSPORTATION NEEDS. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S, WHAT'S RELEVANT TODAY WHEN WE START DESIGN AND, AND WHEN WE COMPLETE DESIGN TWO YEARS FROM NOW MAY NOT BE AS RELATIVE, YOU KNOW, RELEVANT OR AS, AS HOT OF A A BUTTON AS IT IS NOW. RIGHT. SO, YOU KNOW, THESE PROJECTS, THEY TWO TO FOUR YEARS A LOT OF TIMES BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, WARRANT STUDIES AND DESIGN AND, AND RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION AND THEN ACTUALLY BIDDING THEM BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY BECOME, YOU KNOW, REAL PROJECTS. I THINK THAT ANSWERS PART OF MY QUESTION, BUT DO THE CORRIDOR STUDIES, ARE THEY USED FOR ANYTHING? AND DO THEY HELP IN OUR PRIORITIZATION OF THESE, UH, PROJECTS? UM, LIKE THE RONALD REAGAN AND I THINK WE HAVE 1 0 4, 180 3 GOING ON, GOING ON RIGHT NOW. YEAH, THEY ARE. YOU KNOW, WE DID THE CORRIDOR STUDY FOR RONALD REAGAN. WE DID, UH, THE COSTS FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY RECOMMEND FOR RONALD REAGAN, AND IT WAS $15 MILLION. SO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T HAVE $15 MILLION TO SPEND ON RONALD REAGAN. SO I THINK WE TRY TO PRIORITIZE SOME OF THE LOWER HANGING FRUIT, LIKE THIS SAN GABRIEL RIGHT TURN LANE WHERE WE'RE GONNA GET CAP METRO FUNDING OR, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY FOR WHATEVER REASON HAVE ALREADY BEEN DESIGNED AND ARE ARE SHOVEL READY. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THOSE GET PRIORITIZED BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY AND TIME DESIGNING IT. SO IT JUST, THAT ALL KIND OF COMES INTO PLAY AS WELL. OKAY. AND I'M SORRY 'CAUSE I, I KNOW I'VE ALREADY BOMBARDED YOU GUYS WITH A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND I HAVE MORE UHHUH, UM, ARE, THERE'S NINE WARRANTS THAT CAN BE MET. AND BASICALLY FOR PEOPLE THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT A WARRANT IS, THERE'S NINE CONDITIONS OF AN INTERSECTION THAT CAN BE MET. DO ANY OF THOSE CARRY MORE WEIGHT THAN ANY OTHERS? LIKE, OH, THIS ONE WAS MET AND IT'S LET'S, BECAUSE OF THIS, WE NEED TO MAKE THIS INTERSECTION A PRIORITY, NOT ACCORDING TO THE M-U-T-C-D. I MEAN THERE'S REALLY NO, UM, GUIDANCE IN THERE THAT SAYS THIS WEIGHS HEAVIER THAN THIS ONE. UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS, YOU, YOU GAVE ME A PERFECT LEAD INTO THIS SLIDE. UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WE USE THESE NINE, UH, FACTORS, THIS WARRANT STUDY, UM, SORRY, I'M GOING BACK TO MY, I WROTE ALL THESE NOTES DOWN AND, UH, UM, OKAY. SO WE USE THIS TO JUSTIFY SIGNALS AND FOR EACH INTERSECTION WE DO A WARRANT STUDY AND WE HAVE NINE DIFFERENT CONDITIONS. UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT MEETING THIS WARRANT STUDY DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THE SIGNAL IS REQUIRED, RIGHT? IT'S JUST AN AID TO HELP US DETERMINE IF A SIGNAL ISN'T, IT WOULD BE WARRANTED. UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE OTHER CONDITIONS THE CITY HAVE TO CONSIDER AS FAR AS LIKE FUTURE PLANS, PROXIMITY TO OTHER INTERSECTIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT YOU ALL, YOU HAVE TO FACTOR IN. YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T, YOU DON'T LOOK AT 'EM IN SILOS. UM, SO, AND, AND THEN JUST TO KIND OF WRAP UP WITH THE, YOUR ORIGINAL QUESTION, IT, THERE REALLY IS NO GUIDANCE IN M-U-T-C-D. IT'S REALLY UP TO THE CITY IF THEY DECIDE THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE WEIGHS HEAVIER THAN THE OTHER. OKAY. OKAY. CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? SURE. UM, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE FOR THE ONE, UM, A COLLABORATIVE WAY? SURE. I GUESS THIS ONE, UM, THE SLIDE BEFORE IT. THIS ONE? YEAH. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, I THINK I FOLLOW YOU THAT THESE DOTTED, I GUESS THEY'RE GREEN OR YELLOW. I CAN'T REALLY TELL. YELLOW. YELLOW, THANK YOU. . IT LOOKS GREEN TO ME. UM, THESE ARE PROPOSED CHANGES THAT WILL HAPPEN LATER. RIGHT? YOU SEE HOW THE ROAD LINES MM-HMM. ? YEAH. OKAY. SO THE, THE YELLOW INDICATE, UM, COLLECTOR ROADS, RIGHT? AND THE GREEN INDICATE ARTERIALS. GOTCHA. SO THE GREENER THE GREEN ROADS ARE. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. AND THEN THE PURPLE IS ALSO AN ARTERIAL. I THINK THAT'S, YEAH, THERE'S A MAJOR AND MINOR ARTERIAL. GOTCHA. SO THE PURPLE IS LAKELINE. AND SO YEAH, GO AHEAD. AND I WAS JUST GONNA ASK, WITH THAT LIGHT FADED GREEN, THAT'S GONNA END UP COLLECTING TO, UH, CONNECTING TO A COLLABORATIVE WAY YELLOW. SORRY. YEP. UM, WHEN IS THAT PROPOSED? 'CAUSE THAT'S NOT A PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. RIGHT? [00:15:01] RIGHT. I JUST WANNA CLARIFY THAT THAT'S NOT A PART OF THE CHANGES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT THAT IS NOT PART OF THE CHANGES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. IT INVOLVES, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT'S IN THE DASHED AREA. MM-HMM. , IT FALLS RIDE OF WAY ACQUISITION. OKAY. UM, A LOT OF TIMES WE WAIT TO SEE WHAT DEVELOPS THERE. MM-HMM. AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE OUR TRANSPORTATION PLAN WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING. UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANYBODY APPROACH US YET WITH THAT. GOTCHA. UM, BUT I WILL SAY THAT THIS GREEN HERE MM-HMM. BAGHDAD, THIS SECTION OF BAGHDAD WAS IN THE COUNTY BOND PROJECT. RIGHT. AND PART OF THAT, I THINK WHAT WE'LL TRY TO DO IS PIGGYBACK ONTO THAT AND HOPEFULLY DO THIS INTERSECTION AS PART OF THAT COUNTY. WHAT'S, WHAT WE'RE HOPING IS THAT WE CAN STRAIGHTEN OUT THIS INTERSECTION BY THESE RIGHT OF, BY THIS RIGHT AWAY. OKAY. UH, AS PART OF THE COUNTY BOND PROJECT. AND DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED TIME ON THERE? I KNOW IT'S NOT SET IN STONE, BUT NO, I MEAN, WE'RE WAITING FOR THE ILA. YEAH. AND ONCE WE GET THE ILA, WE, UH, IT WILL BE A CITY DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED PROJECT WITH COUNTY FUNDS. SO WE ARE GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, CREATING OUR OWN DESTINY AT THAT POINT. OKAY. SO WE CAN MOVE AS FAST AS WE NEED TO. THANK YOU PAUL. WE'RE ON THIS INTERSECTION. CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION? SO, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THE RESIDENT CONCERN WAS WHERE TWO 80 FEEDS INTO THIS AND THE BACKING UP. SO IS THE THOUGHT FROM STAFF THAT WITH HAVING THE DEDICATED TWO RIGHT TURNS AND THE THROUGHWAY, THAT THAT'S GOING TO HELP ALLEVIATE THE BACKING UP SO THAT PEOPLE CAN TURN LEFT FROM TWO 80 ONTO BACK DOWN? YES. IT, IT WILL HELP. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU LOOK AT IT AND THEN YOU'VE GOT ONE, OH, I'M TURNING, OKAY. I'M TRYING TO GET MY BUTTON STRAIGHT. SO RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE ONE LANE HERE. OKAY. SO IF SOMEBODY'S QUEUED UP HERE, HE STOPS EVERYBODY WHO'S GOING THERE. AND THAT WILL BACK UP INTO COUNTY ROAD TWO 80. UM, SO YOU'VE, IF YOU'VE CREATED THIS, THIS DEDICATED LEFT TURN BAY, YOU KNOW, THESE CARS CAN MOVE THROUGH IN ADDITION, AND, AND GINA'S GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS, WE CAN TIME THIS SIGNAL IN SUCH A WAY TO ALLOW BREAKS IN THE THROUGH TRAFFIC TO HELP THESE PEOPLE ON COUNTY ROAD TWO 80 GET IN AND OUT. UM, I WILL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, THE, THE TRAFFIC, AND I'VE BEEN OUT THERE SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE PAST WEEK AND A HALF JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IN PREPARE, IN PREPARATION FOR THIS PRESENTATION, A LOT OF THIS TRAFFIC IS EXACERBATED BY THE TRUCKS THAT ARE GOING IN AND OUT RIGHT NOW AS PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION. AND IT'S A HEAVY TRUCK, UH, RIGHT NOW. AND SO WHEN YOU GET ONE TRUCK RIGHT HERE TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT, YOU KNOW, IT JUST BACKS EVERYBODY UP. SO MY THOUGHT IS ONCE THE BIG CONSTRUCTION GETS DONE ON THOSE, YOU KNOW, SUBDIVISIONS, SOME OF THIS BACKUP WILL BE ALLEVIATED WITH THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, ONE MORE QUESTION, QUESTION. EMILY UHHUH , AND I APOLOGIZE TO THE FOLKS IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM THAT MIGHT GET MAD AT ME FOR ASKING THIS QUESTION. SO AS YOU'RE APPROACHING COMING SOUTHBOUND, AS YOU GET TO THAT INTERSECTION WITH TWO 80, IS THERE GONNA BE ANY SIGNAGE FOR VEHICLES TO DO NOT BLOCK INTERSECTION? WHAT WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT AND THERE IS A LOT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW IN THE PLAN, UM, OH WAIT, LEMME GO BACK. UH, NO. THERE, RIGHT NOW IN THE PLAN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S STUFF, UH, YOU KNOW, NOT SHOWING THE, THE STRIPING AND, AND THINGS HERE TO DELINEATE SPACING. UH, WE'VE ALSO, GINA AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOME SIGNAGE, DON'T BLOCK THE BOX KIND OF THINGS THAT, THAT WE CAN, UM, ALSO PUT IN THERE TO HELP PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, PRESERVE THAT AREA. AND THEN EMILY, CAN YOU ALSO KIND OF COVER THE DESIGN BEING READY FOR THE FULL INTERCHANGE WITH THE REALIGNMENT OF TWO 80? WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, IT, IT, ONCE THAT ALIGNMENT GETS, YOU KNOW, SHIFTED OVER HERE, THEN IT'S JUST A MATTER OF ADDING SIGNAL ARMS AND, AND CREATING THAT FOURTH LEG. UH, EVERYTHING ELSE IS IN PLACE FOR THAT. OKAY. WELL LET ME FAST FORWARD. SO WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ONE. THIS RIGHT HERE SHOWS THE TWO WARRANTS THAT WERE DONE FOR THE TWO SIGNALS THAT ARE PROPOSED TONIGHT. UM, THIS OUTCOME SHOWS BOTH LOCATIONS MET SEVERAL OF THE WARRANTS IN 2021 AND 2022. SINCE 2021. BAGHDAD AND COLLABORATIVE WAY HAS HAD 13 ACCIDENTS. EIGHT OF THEM WOULD'VE BEEN AVOIDED IF THIS TRAFFIC LIGHT WAS THERE. THEY WERE PEOPLE MAKING LEFTS GOING SOUTHBOUND ON ONE BAGHDAD AND GETTING T-BONED. OKAY. COUNTY ROAD 1 75 AND JOURNEY PARKWAY HAVE HAD 12 ACCIDENTS SINCE 2012. AND SIX OF THEM HAVE INVOLVED NOT PROPERLY OBEYING THE STOP SIGNS, EITHER RUNNING THE STOP SIGNS OR NOT KNOWING WHOSE TURN IT WAS, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. UM, SO BOTH OF THOSE, UH, [00:20:01] WOULD QUALIFY FOR CRASH EXPERIENCE. NOW, UM, THIS FINAL SLIDE THAT I HAVE, IT SHOWS THE SIGNALS THAT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED SINCE 2022. TWO OF THEM WERE CITY FUNDED AND THE OTHER THREE WERE DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPER FUNDED. AND THEN HERE IS JUST SOME OF THE FACTORS THAT WE USE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION FOR ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS. YOU KNOW, NEW DEVELOPMENTS, TRAFFIC FLOW CHANGES, FUTURE LAND USE, CHANGES, FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH IS A BIG ONE. AND THEN, UM, ALSO, YOU KNOW, ALSO WITHOUT THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY BOND PROJECT AND, AND THEIR PARTICIPATION. AND I WILL LET GINA TAKE IT OVER FROM HERE. OH, ACTUALLY WE MIGHT STILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS IF YOU DON'T MIND. OKAY. I'LL SIT RIGHT HERE. UM, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE, THE SLIDE THAT YOU WERE, THANK YOU. UM, NOPE. THE OTHER ONE. THAT ONE. UM, I JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT THAT WAS. OKAY. SO COUNTY ROAD 1 75 AT JENNY PARKWAY. UM, THIS WAS ONE OF, THIS ONE CONFUSED ME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS COUNSEL WE GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS. UM, AND FREQUENTLY IT'S ABOUT INTERSECTIONS AND TRAFFIC. AND IN SIX YEARS OF BEING HERE, I'VE NEVER ONCE HAD A COMPLAINT ABOUT THAT INTERSECTION. AND SO I WAS CURIOUS HOW THAT ONE APPEARED. SO FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, WE GET A LOT OF, UH, SORRY. YEAH. UH, I'LL GO BACK TO THE AERIAL. UM, LET'S SEE. WE GET A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT THIS AND ABOUT HOW YES. TRAFFIC WORKS HERE. CORRECT IT THAT I HAVE HAD COMPLAINTS ABOUT. RIGHT. ESPECIALLY BEFORE WE HAD THE PEDESTRIAN BEACON. AND IT WOULD NOT WARRANT A SIGNAL BECAUSE YOU DO NOT, YOU ONLY HAVE A VERY SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT HERE. MM-HMM. . SO IT WOULD NOT WARRANT A SIGNAL. WE FEEL LIKE IF WE PUT THIS SIGNAL HERE AND WE PLATOON THE TRAFFIC THAT COMES FROM 1 75, THAT WILL HELP THIS AREA. SO IT'S AN INDIRECT HELP TO THAT AREA. AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE BEEN KIND OF LED LIKE THOUGHT, THE THOUGHT PROCESS IS ON WHY THAT ONE WAS. UM, I ACTUALLY LIVE RIGHT THERE AND I DRIVE IT EVERY DAY AND I'M SEEN ACCIDENTS DAILY. YEAH. AND I THINK PEOPLE FORGET ABOUT IT 'CAUSE IT IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF LEANDER. SO MAYBE THAT'S WHY WHEN I CAME HERE, LIKE IN OCTOBER OF, WHAT WAS IT, 21 OR WHATEVER THAT WAS, EVERYBODY WAS CLAMORING ABOUT THAT. AND WE WERE GETTING A LOT OF COMPLAINTS. NOT SO MUCH ABOUT THE SIGNAL, BUT JUST THAT TRAFFIC AND WHAT WERE WE GONNA DO WITH JOURNEY PARKWAY AND ALL THESE THINGS. WHEN WE TOLD THEM WE WERE PUTTING THIS SIGNAL IN THAT IT WAS PART OF THIS PROJECT THAT WE WERE BIDDING, A LOT OF PEOPLE CALMED DOWN. SAME WITH BAGHDAD AND COLLABORATIVE. WE HAD A LOT OF COMPLAINTS. YES. AND THEN WHEN WE SAID WE'RE PUTTING A SIGNAL IN, THEY'RE LIKE, OKAY, GOOD. AND SO IT CALMED DOWN. SO I, YEAH. THE BAGHDAD AND COLLABORATIVE ONE, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE HAD A HUNDRED COMPLAINTS EVERY AUGUST SINCE SCHOOL OPENED. YEAH. UM, THAT ONE JUST SURPRISED ME. SO WHAT EXACTLY IS HAPPENING ON JOURNEY PARKWAY THAT THE LIGHT WOULD ALLEVIATE? IS IT, IS IT THAT PEOPLE COMING OUT AND GOING TO YEAH. THE COUNTY ROAD ARE LEFT TURNING AND BACKING IT UP? SO WHAT IS HAPPENING IS PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE INTO THIS LITTLE POCKET AND IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY WAY OUT. IT'S A ONE WAY IN UHHUH OR TWO WAY IN, YOU KNOW, TWO WAY OUT SORT OF THING. BUT EVERYBODY PRETTY MUCH COMES HERE AND QUEUES UP AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO TURN LEFT. AND THIS IS JUST A CONSTANT FLOW OF TRAFFIC. I'VE BEEN OUT THERE IN THE MORNING AND THERE'S AGAIN NO BREAKS, YOU KNOW? YEAH. AND IT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'RE HAVING WITH BAGHDAD. THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO BREAKS. SO BY PUTTING THAT SIGNAL THERE, YOU KNOW, YOU WILL AT LEAST HELP CREATE SOME BREAKS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GET OUT OF THIS AREA OR GET OUT OF THAT SUBDIVISION. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT HELPS. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT MATTERS NOW SINCE THAT, BUT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT, UM, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF LARGE DEVELOPMENTS COMING TO THE NORTH AND I WAS WONDERING WOULDN'T THE, UH, TIAS FOR THAT, UM, TRIGGER DEVELOPER FUNDING FOR THE LIGHT? IT'S A LITTLE OUTSIDE THE, UH, THE PROJECT INFLUENCE WHEN YOU DO A TIA. OKAY. UH, BUT I ALSO KNOW A LOT OF THESE TIAS DID TIEA FEE IN LIEU OF WHICH I'VE GOTTEN RID OF BECAUSE FOR A LONG TIME WE WERE LETTING PEOPLE PAY MONEY INSTEAD OF PAYING TIA FEES. YEAH. AND, UH, AND THAT, AND I THINK WILD SPRINGS MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE OF 'EM THAT PAID FEE IN LIEU OF. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT WAS ALL I HAD ON THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE KIND OF TOUCHED ON SOME OF THESE, UM, ALREADY WITH Y'ALL'S QUESTIONS, BUT, UM, WITH ALL THIS GROWTH AND TRAFFIC FLOW, WE'VE DONE A, A NUMBER OF STUDIES, UH, ONE OF THEM BEING THE SIGNAL TIMING CORRIDOR, UM, FOR ALL OF OUR [00:25:01] MAJOR CORRIDORS. SO, UH, WE DID PHASE ONE LAST YEAR THAT LOOKED AT, UM, THEY SHOW OVER HERE ALL OF THESE SIGNALS. SO ALL BAGHDAD, UH, CRYSTAL FALLS, RONALD REAGAN HERO AWAY, UM, BASICALLY 17 SIGNALS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE, UM, THE WHOLE CITY. SO THEY TIMED THEM WITH NEW MORNING, MIDDAY, EVENING, UM, SCHOOL TIMES, UM, THAT KIND OF THING. SO PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS JUST ONE KIND OF ONE TIMING SET FOR EACH SIGNAL. UM, AND THEN THIS HAS MADE IT AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT MORE CUSTOMIZABLE TO THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS. UM, THE REAGAN CORRIDOR STUDY ESTIMATED THAT THEY, UH, I'M SORRY, NOT THE, SO THE TIMING STUDY ESTIMATED THAT THEY, UH, SAVED AN AVERAGE OF 9%, UM, FOR TRAVEL TIMES IN THOSE PEAK AM AND PM TRAVEL TIMES. SO, UM, THESE, EVERY TIME WE GET A NEW SIGNAL ONLINE AS WELL, WE, WE WORK WITH THE CONSULTANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE TIMINGS ARE APPROPRIATE AND INCORPORATED INTO THE WHOLE CORRIDOR. SO AS SIGNALS COME ONLINE, UM, THEY'RE ADJUSTED AS WELL. I'M SORRY, I FORGOT TO MENTION, UH, PHASE TWO OF OUR SIGNAL TIMING IS THE 180 3 CORRIDOR. SO THEY'VE, UM, JUST ABOUT WRAPPED THAT UP. SO THEY'RE KIND OF TWEAKING THOSE TIMINGS. OBVIOUSLY IT'S A LITTLE TRICKY WITH THE TRAIN. UM, SO WE SHOULD HAVE A REPORT ON THAT ONE PRETTY SOON AS WELL. AND TIME OUT, SINCE YOU SAID IT'S TRICKY TO TIME THOSE WITH THE TRAIN. YES. CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENS? BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S ONE OF OUR BIGGEST COMPLAINTS ABOUT LIGHTS. I GET IT . SO, UM, THE TRAIN AT, AT THE TRAIN STATION IN LEANDER, WHEN THEY LEAVE, THEY HAVE TO MANUALLY PUSH A BUTTON, UM, TO SEND THE TRAIN INTO PREEMPTION. SO THAT TELLS THE SIGNAL AHEAD, HEY, THE TRAIN'S COMING. YOU KNOW, DO YOUR THING. ARMS ARE COMING DOWN AND GO INTO YOUR PREEMPTION TIMING, WHICH IS ALL THE RED, RIGHT? SO AS SOON AS THAT HAPPENS, SOMETIMES THE TRAINS DON'T LEAVE EITHER FOR WHATEVER REASON. UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WELL, IF THE SIGNAL DOES NOT SEE THAT TRAIN PASS WITHIN, I THINK IT'S 480 SECONDS, IT KIND OF FREAK FREAKS OUT, RIGHT? IT SAYS, I'M SUPPOSED TO SEE A TRAIN. I DIDN'T SEE A TRAIN. THE SAFEST THING TO DO IS TO GO INTO FLASH. SO, BECAUSE THERE COULD BE A TRAIN COMING, AND SO UNTIL THAT TRAIN PASSES, THAT SIGNAL WON'T GO OUT OF FLASH. LIKE WE CAN'T EVEN CHANGE IT. , OH GOSH. JUST BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY WITH THE TRAIN. SO WE'RE WORKING A LOT WITH CAP METRO. UM, WE UNDERSTAND MAYBE THERE'S SOME UPGRADES AND STUFF. SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THAT AND WORK WITH THAT. AND WE'VE MADE A LOT OF ADJUSTMENTS THERE. WE GOT NEW SIGNAL HEADS, THERE'S MASK ARMS THERE NOW INSTEAD OF THE SPAN WIRE. SO WE HAVE BETTER CAMERAS AND CONNECTIVITY TO THAT SIGNAL, SO WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT IT'S STILL JUST, IT'S JUST SO CLOSE TO THAT TRAIN STATION THAT THERE'S REALLY, THERE'S NOT A TIME FOR THE TRAIN TO, YOU KNOW, HIT THE PREEMPTION LITTLE TRIGGER ON THE TRACK. SO IT HAS TO BE A BUTTON AT THIS POINT. SO. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A HOT BUTTON FOR US FOR SURE. . UM, LET'S SEE. UH, WE KIND OF TOUCHED ON THIS ONE AS WELL. THE REAGAN, UH, CORRIDOR STUDY THAT, UH, ENGINEERING HAS WRAPPED UP WITH THEIR CONSULTANT, LOOKED AT THE 14 INTERSECTIONS ALONG REAGAN. UM, EMILY MENTIONED THAT THEY HAVE JUST, UH, FINALIZED THE COST, UM, ESTIMATES FOR THIS. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN START TO INCORPORATE INTO OUR CIP. SO, UM, THIS IS KIND OF MORE SHORT TERM. UM, THIS ADJUSTMENTS, YOU KNOW, ADDING RIGHT TURN LANES, POTENTIALLY ADDING SIGNALS, UH, LEFT TURN LANES, DUAL LEFTS, U-TURNS. UM, AND I SAY IT'S SHORT TERM BECAUSE THE ULTIMATE FOR THE COUNTY IS, IS THAT GREAT SEPARATION, RIGHT? SO THEY'RE GONNA MAKE IT A FULL FREEWAY AND THEY'RE COMPLETED WITH THEIR SCHEMATIC DESIGN NOW. SO THEY'RE GONNA START WORKING ON RIGHT OF WAY AND MOVING THIS PROJECT FORWARD. UM, ON SOME TIMELINE, YOU KNOW, IT STILL COULD BE 10 PLUS YEARS. SO IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE GONNA LOOK TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THESE SUGGESTED CHANGES. I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE, UM, THE SAN GABRIEL DOWN HERE. REAGAN AND SAN GABRIEL HAS NOTHING. AND THAT WAS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WITH THE CONSULTANT, UM, THAT THAT WOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN A SIGNAL. SO THEY TOOK THAT INTO THEIR ANALYSIS WITH THAT, THAT INTERSECTION. UM, THE COUNTY HAS ALSO, UH, WRAPPED UP THEIR BOND, UH, PROGRAM FOR 2023. SO WE MENTIONED CRYSTAL FALLS, UM, I'M SORRY, WE MENTIONED BAGHDAD EARLIER. UH, SO THESE WILL BE, UM, KICKING OFF VERY SHORTLY. THREE OF 'EM DIRECTLY IMPACT, UM, THE TWO SIGNALS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TONIGHT. SO THE CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY, UM, AND 1 75 IS OVER HERE. SO OUR 1 75 AND JOURNEY SIGNAL IS RIGHT DOWN THERE. UM, SO THAT WILL BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THESE TWO PROJECTS. AND THEN THE, UM, THE BAGHDAD PROJECT IS THIS ONE, UM, PRETTY CLOSE TO THE COLLABORATIVE AND BAGHDAD INTERSECTION. SO THIS IS A ZOOM IN OF THE BAGHDAD. UM, SO THE COUNTY CURRENTLY HAS THIS PROJECT GOING ON. THAT'S THE NORTHERN PART. SO IT GOES FROM LEANDER CITY LIMITS UP INTO LIBERTY HILL, MAKING IT THREE LANES. UM, OUR NEW PROJECT WILL TAKE, UM, SO THEIR THREE LANE SECTION IS UP HERE, AND IT'LL MAKE THIS ALL THREE LANE AS WELL. AND THEN, UM, CONNECT HERE TO OUR THREE TO FOUR LANE SECTION THAT'S ALREADY IN TOWN. [00:30:02] UM, AND AS EMILY MENTIONED, WE WILL TRY TO INCORPORATE THAT, UH, RECONNECTION OF COUNTY ROAD TWO 80. AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TWO 80 RIGHT NOW. UM, THE LAST STUDY I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT IS OUR TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN. SO IF YOU REMEMBER, WE DID THIS BACK IN 2021, UH, AND THEY LOOKED CITYWIDE AT OUR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS OVER $300 MILLION AND THEY PRIORITIZED THEM. SO YOU CAN SEE COUNTY ROAD TWO 80 IS, IS KIND OF FAR DOWN THE LIST. 'CAUSE IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A, IT'S A RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR. IT'S NOT VERY LARGE RIGHT NOW. UM, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THIS AT ABOUT $15 MILLION. UM, SO AS WE MENTIONED, WE CAN LOOK TO INCORPORATE JUST THIS SMALL SECTION RIGHT HERE INTO THAT NORTH BAGHDAD PROJECT WITH THE COUNTY, AND THEN LEAVE THIS LATER SECTION OR THIS, UH, KIND OF WESTERN SECTION, UH, FOR LATER ON WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY MORE OF A NEED, UH, IN THE FUTURE. AND I THINK WITH THAT, TODD'S GONNA WRAP US UP IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS. SORRY, I WENT THROUGH THAT KIND OF COUNSEL. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, MR. CITY MANAGER. WELL, SO, UH, AS WE LOOK AT OUR NEXT STEPS, SO SHORT TERM, SO WE'VE GOT A CONSIDERATION FOR OUR, UH, FUNDING FOR THESE THREE PROJECTS. UM, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING TOGETHER OUR NEXT BUDGET, WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE, UH, CAP PROJECTS FOR, UH, 2025. SO 20 24, 20 25. UM, AND WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE BEGIN TO WORK THROUGH OUR, I GUESS NEXT WORKSHOP COMING UP IN JULY, ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE PLANNING OR PROGRAMMING ON THE STAFF SIDE OF THAT WAS TO TRY TO INIT, INITIATE SOME DISCUSSION CONVERSATIONS ON HOW WE WANT TO BEGIN TO IDENTIFY AND PRIORITIZE OUR PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD. AND ONE OF THE CRITICAL THINGS THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT IS THE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ON THE LONGER TERM. SO AS WE BEGIN LOOKING OUT SEVERAL YEARS PROJECTS, REALLY PREP TIME, TWO, THREE YEARS, WHEN WE LOOK AT DESIGN, UH, WE LOOK AT WARRANT STUDIES, TECHNICAL STUDIES, WE LOOK AT RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITIONS, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE CRITICAL. GETTING OUR ENGINEERING COST ESTIMATES AND THEN FIGURING OUT HOW TO FINANCE THOSE. ARE THEY GONNA BE BOND FINANCED OR ARE WE GONNA TRY TO COME UP WITH CASH, OR DO WE HAVE DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTIONS THAT ARE GONNA GO INTO SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS? THERE'S BEEN SOME, UH, RECENT, UM, UH, CHANGE AT IN STATE LEGISLATURE, WHICH GOES BACK TO EXACTION PROCESSES, DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES, RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATIONS AND, AND CASH TOWARDS, UH, DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS PROJECTS. SO ALL THOSE THINGS ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO PULL TOGETHER. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT AND TALKING TO SOME OF OUR STAFF ABOUT IS A, UH, TRANSPORTATION TASK FORCE WHERE WE WOULD ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING OUR PROJECTS, COMING UP WITH A MATRIX, UH, PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO SCORE THEM AND BEGIN TO EVALUATE THOSE. THAT PROCESS WOULD INCLUDE COMING TO COUNCIL THROUGH A PROCESS TO HAVE YOU GUYS CONFIRM THESE ARE THE, THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT WE WANT TO EVALUATE OR PROJECTS AGAINST. HERE'S HOW WE WANT TO WEIGHT THOSE VARIOUS ITEMS. THEY COULD BE THINGS LIKE, UH, IS IT A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE? IS IT A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE? IS IT AN EQUITY ISSUE? YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ARE THINGS WE CAN IDENTIFY, PROVIDE WEIGHTED SCORES AND EVALUATE THAT, ROLL THOSE UP INTO A CFP. SO AS WE LOOK MULTIPLE YEARS, FIVE YEARS AND BEYOND, UH, WE CAN BEGIN TO PULL THAT TOGETHER. ANOTHER IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS TOO IS THE ABILITY OF THE CITY TO ACCESS CAPITAL, ACCESS CASH THROUGH BOND FINANCINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, UM, WE HAVE SOME ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT THAT ARE LOOKING AT SOME, SOME BOND ISSUES. UH, SOME OF THEM ARE, ARE PRIVATE TAX SUPPORTED. UM, AND, UH, THOSE ARE STRUCTURED IN A WAY THAT KEEP YOUR CURRENT, UH, INS TAX RATE PORTION LEVEL. UH, WE'RE BEGINNING TO LOOK AT MODELS AND SCENARIOS FOR HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL CAPACITY YOU MAY BE ABLE TO, TO HAVE, HOW MUCH ACCESS TO CASH WOULD YOU HAVE IF YOU TRY TO STAY AT THE SAME TAX, UH, RATE AT THE SAME LEVEL. UM, SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THOSE PROCESSES AND ALL THAT KINDA GETS ROLLED UP INTO THAT LONGER TERM DISCUSSION THAT WE ALLUDED TO A LITTLE BIT EARLIER WITH REGARD TO PROGRAMMING, PRIORITIZING, AND EXECUTING IN A STRATEGIC WAY. THAT SOUNDS GREAT. THANK YOU. UM, I SEE THAT MOST OF OUR TRAFFIC TEAM IS HERE, AND I'M WONDERING, DO THEY, WHEN WE'RE FIGURING OUT, UM, CURRENTLY WHEN WE'RE FIGURING OUT WHICH INTERSECTIONS NEED IMPROVEMENTS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE INVOLVED IN, LIKE IDENTIFYING ISSUES OR IS IT MORE OF COMPLAINTS AND LOOKING AT DATA THAT THAT'S PART OF IT? YOU KNOW, UM, TYPICALLY WITH THESE TYPES OF, OF PROGRAMS, WE WILL GO THROUGH FROM A TECHNICAL SIDE AND IDENTIFY, UM, FROM A A TECHNICAL PERSPECTIVE, WHAT SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED, WHERE AND WHEN [00:35:01] TO ACHIEVE A MAXIMUM TYPE OF BENEFIT. UM, THEN YOU BEGIN TO LAYER IN PUBLIC INPUT IF WE'RE GETTING COMPLAINTS. AND PART OF THAT TECHNICAL ANALYSIS REALLY IS LOOKING AT THAT WARRANT STUDY AND ARE THERE SAFETY ISSUES, HEALTH AND SAFETY KIND OF ISSUES. UM, BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE READINESS PIECE. SO YOU MAY HAVE A PROJECT THAT SCORES YOUR HIGHEST, BUT IT MAY BE FIVE OR 10 YEARS TO GET THERE, OR IT MAY BE BEYOND THE FINANCIAL CAPABILITY TO ADDRESS AT THIS TIME WITH THE ABILITIES YOU HAVE ON HAND. SO WE WOULD THEN BEGIN TO MOVE PROJECTS AROUND. UM, ULTIMATELY THAT PROGRAM GETS VETTED THROUGH A PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROCESS. SO OUR, THE CITY CHARTER RIGHT NOW HAS A CIP PROCESS THAT REQUIRES THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THEN TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL. SO THERE'S A MECHANISM ALREADY TO BE ABLE TO EVALUATE THE BROADER PROGRAM. UM, SO YOU HAVE A FIVE YEAR LOOKOUT, UM, OR MORE AT SOME POINT IF WE CAN DEVELOP THAT. AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE A ONE TO TWO YEAR EXECUTION PIECE WHERE WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GONNA DROP INTO A BUDGET AND GET FUNDED AND BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. SO WE'LL HAVE TO SYNTHESIZE THROUGH ALL THAT, UH, EFFORT. AND THEN FINALLY IT COMES TO COUNSEL WITH A PRETTY POLISHED PIECE AND THEN, THEN AGAIN, ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS THAT COUNSEL CAN BEGIN TO DELIBERATE. OKAY, WE, WE WANT TO MAKE THESE ADJUSTMENTS OR WE WANT TO KIND OF GO AHEAD AND AUTHORIZE THESE PARTICULAR PROJECTS. THANK YOU COUNSEL. DID ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, WELL THEN WITH THAT, I GUESS WE ARE STAFFED. DID Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? NO. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT THEN WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP. THE TIME IS 6:07 PM PLEASE BE HERE AT SEVEN O'CLOCK FOR OUR REGULAR MEETING. [4. Open Meeting, Invocation, Presentation of the Colors by Leander High School JROTC and Pledges of Allegiance.] GOOD EVENING. TODAY IS THURSDAY, MAY 16TH, 2024. AND THE TIME IS 7:01 PM AND THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL. VICTORIA CHUR WITH THE BAHAI COMMUNITY WILL BE PROVIDING THE INVOCATION, FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE LEANDER HIGH SCHOOL J-R-O-T-C, TO PRESENT THE COLORS AND LEAD THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE. OH, THOU KIND LORD, THIS GATHERING IS TURNING TO THEE. THESE HEARTS ARE RADIANT WITH THY LOVE. THESE MINDS AND SPIRITS ARE EXHILARATED BY THE MESSAGE OF THY GLAD TIDINGS. OH GOD, LET THIS AMERICAN DEMOCRACY BECOME GLORIOUS IN SPIRITUAL DEGREES, EVEN AS IT HAS ASPIRED TO MATERIAL DEGREES AND RENDER THIS JUST GOVERNMENT VICTORIOUS. CONFIRM THIS REVERED NATION TO APPRAISE THE UP. RAISE THE STANDARD OF THE ONENESS OF HUMANITY TO PROMULGATE THE MOST GREAT PEACE TO BECOME THEREBY MOST GLORIOUS AND PRAISEWORTHY AMONG ALL THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD. OH GOD, THIS AMERICAN NATION IS WORTHY OF TH FAVORS AND IS DESERVING OF THY MERCY. MAKE IT PRECIOUS AND NEAR TO THEE THROUGH THY BOUNTY AND BESTOW. AH, AMEN. WHAT COLOR BALL GUARD PARK, POST COLOR GUARD HOLD RESET ARMS THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR, TEXAS FLAG, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AN INDIVISIBLE ORDER. ARMS POP [00:40:03] COLOR, GUARD POP ORDER COLOR, COLOR GUARD. THANK YOU. THIS IS WHY THEY WIN ALL THOSE AWARDS. GREAT JOB GUYS. THANK YOU. ITEM [5. Roll Call.] NUMBER FIVE, CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLE COUNCIL MEMBER CATHERINE BATTALION PARKER. HERE, MAYOR PRO TE ES MAKI LONGORIA. HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONALD HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE THOMPSON. PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS O HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER BECKY ROSS. HERE, MAYOR CHRISTINE AL HERE. QUORUM IS PRESENT AND CITY COUNCIL'S ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS. [6. Oath of Office Mayor, Councilmember Place 2 and Councilmember Place 4 [Immediately following the oaths of office there will be a brief reception]] I'M NUMBER SIX, IS THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR THE VARIOUS PLACES THAT JUST FINISHED ELECTIONS. UM, WE'RE GONNA START WITH ME, WHICH MAKES IT REALLY WEIRD TO INTRODUCE IT. SO, UM, I WILL BE TAKING THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR THIS NEXT TERM. AND SWEARING ME IN TONIGHT IS OUR VERY OWN CITY SECRETARY, DARA K CRAB, CHERRY CRABTREE, WHO WE APPRECIATE SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. FIX THAT. ARE YOU READY? REPEAT. I, CHRISTINE DELAL, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM I, I, CHRISTINE DELLY DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, OF THE CITY OF LEANDER MAYOR, THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE OFFICE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, OF THE CITY OF LEANDRE, MAYOR OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE. SO HELP ME, GOD AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE. SO HELP ME, GOD, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, I DO NOT HAVE ANY LONG-WINDED COMMENTS TONIGHT. Y'ALL HAVE HEARD ME TALK PLENTY. UM, SO , JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY AND IT'S GOING TO BE A FANTASTIC THREE YEARS. SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO, UM, RECOGNITION OF THE SERVICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER FOR PLACE TWO. UM, WE'RE GONNA RECOGNIZE OUR CURRENT MAYOR PRO TEM AS BEING MATT Q LONGORIA, WHO'S BEEN SERVING IN PLACE TWO FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. UM, TYPICALLY WHAT WE DO IS WE GO DOWN THE LINE AND, UH, AND WE SAY OUR FELLOW FAREWELLS ONE BY ONE. SO WHY DON'T WE START DOWN HERE WITH YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ROSS AND I NEVER GET TO START FIRST. THIS IS KIND OF NICE, ESME, IT'S BEEN GREAT GETTING TO KNOW YOU OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA DO GREAT THINGS WITH YOUR NON-PROFIT AND, UM, AND EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH. SO IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE AND I WISH YOU THE BEST. YEAH, I DO WANNA SAY THANK YOU. I'M GLAD THAT WE JUST HAD OUR MOMENT AS WELL TOO. UM, BUT JUST PUBLICLY TO JUST SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF THINGS AND WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES. WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THOUGHTS AND, UH, I, I BELIEVE THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN INTENTIONAL ABOUT, UM, PUTTING SOME OF THOSE THOUGHTS ASIDE AND FINDING A WAY TO WORK TOGETHER, UH, TO MOVE EVERYTHING FORWARD. AND ESME HAS BEEN A VERY BIG PART OF THAT. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU PUBLICLY AS WELL TOO, TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS IN MAKING SURE THAT, UM, UH, THAT WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER AND RESPECT ONE OF ANOTHER WHEN WE'RE SPEAKING. SO, UM, I'M GONNA MISS YOU AND WE'LL SEE A WHOLE BUNCH OF YOU AS WELL TOO. BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. YES. I WASN'T EXPECTING TO GO THIS SOON EITHER, BUT THAT'S OKAY. YOU CHANGED IT UP. I'LL WORK WITH IT. I WANNA SAY, ESME, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO LEANDER IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND ESPECIALLY TO THIS COUNCIL WITH YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS. UM, I KNOW YOU ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY I'M A INTROVERT AND I'M QUIET, BUT YOU'RE A THINKER AND I APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTFUL ANALYSIS OF THINGS, UM, TO HELP US SEE THINGS FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE THAT WE MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE SEE IT. FOR ME PERSONALLY, I'M THANKFUL BECAUSE PUBLIC SERVICE CAN BE HARD SOMETIMES. UM, PEOPLE ARE NOT ALWAYS HAPPY WITH YOU AND WITH THE DECISIONS YOU MAKE. AND THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN MADE EASIER FOR ME BECAUSE I HAD SOMEBODY TO WALK THAT PATH WITH ME THAT STARTED AT THE SAME TIME, EXPERIENCED SOME OF THE SAME THINGS I EXPERIENCED. SO I'M VERY SAD TO SEE YOU GO, AND I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA DO GREAT THINGS AND I DO WISH YOU ALL THE BEST, BUT I AM VERY THANKFUL FOR THE TIME WE'VE HAD TOGETHER. SO [00:45:01] THANK YOU. SO ESME, WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF TIME EARLIER AS WELL, UM, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY NOT EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW MUCH THIS IS A SACRIFICE. WE DON'T GET PAID, WE DO THIS PART-TIME. UH, SO I'LL JUST EVEN SAY THANK YOU TO YOUR FAMILY. I SEE YOUR HUSBAND OUT THERE AND THANK YOU TO THE SACRIFICE THAT YOU ALLOWED TO MAKE TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY. IT'S VOLUNTEER. IT REQUIRES A LOT OF TIME ON OUR PART TO LOOK AT THE AGENDA AND DO ALL THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO. AND HE DIDN'T VERY WELL FOR THREE YEARS. I'VE ONLY GOTTA SERVE WITH YOU TWO. UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I JUST FELT LIKE WE'VE WORKED WELL TOGETHER UP HERE AND, UH, I'M SAD TO SEE YOU GO, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA DO GREAT. AND, UH, AS MY WIFE SAID EARLIER, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY WELCOMING TO OTHER PEOPLE AS THEY COME IN. AND SO, UH, JUST DON'T LOSE THAT. SO, UH, ABOUT YOURSELF AND, UM, BEST OF LUCK TO YOU. YES, IT'S BEEN, UM, A JOY TO GET TO, TO KNOW YOU AND YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY SWEET. AND THAT IS, UH, AT ALL TIMES, EVEN WHEN IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. AS I'VE SAID, SOMETIMES IT'S VERY CHALLENGING WITH THE, UH, THE DECISIONS WE HAVE TO MAKE, BUT YOU'VE ALWAYS HANDLED IT WITH GRACE AND WITH A SMILE ON YOUR FACE, AND I'VE ALWAYS APPRECIATED THAT. DO YOU WANNA FIND THAT YEARBOOK? UM, DO YOU HAVE IT? , ? IF I COULD PICK OUT YOUR PICTURE, . YEAH, YOU CAN FIND IT. YES, I I COULD DO THAT. UM, . BUT ANYWAY, I I, I APPRECIATE THAT AND YOU HAVE A CALMING, CALMING NATURE ABOUT YOU SO THAT IT HELPS TO HAVE YOU OVER HERE. AND DON'T MESS IT UP, MIKE , BE CALM. BUT I, I'VE ALWAYS APPRECIATED THAT ABOUT YOU. AND, AND DON'T LOSE THAT SMILE AND DON'T LOSE YOUR JOY. AND I WISH YOU CONTINUED JOY AND HAPPINESS IN, IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, AND I'M SURE WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN. YES, THANK YOU. MY TURN. UM, ESME, WHEN YOU WERE FIRST RUNNING, I REMEMBER WHEN I SAW YOUR NAME ON THE BALLOT AND I WAS LIKE, WHO, WHO IS THAT? RIGHT? BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES, UM, WHEN WE'RE RUNNING, YOU KNOW, SOME OF US RUN IN THE SAME CIRCLE, SO, SO I KNEW BECKY REALLY WELL AND WE WERE RUNNING AT THE SAME TIME, AND I WAS JUST KINDA LIKE, WHO'S ESME? I ASKED AROUND AND, AND YOU WEREN'T IN MY CIRCLE. AND I WAS LIKE, WHEN YOU WON, I WAS LIKE, OH, PLEASE LET HER BE SANE. AND, UH, . AND YOU ARE VERY SANE. AND I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU WON THREE YEARS AGO BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR AND A JOY TO WORK WITH YOU. AND, UH, YOU ARE QUIET ON THE DAAS, BUT YOU'RE ALSO VERY STRONG AND VERY RESILIENT. AND, UM, I HAVE NEEDED THAT AT A LOT OF TIMES BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS THAT I'M JUST DOWN, THIS GETS TO YOU SOMETIMES, UM, IT CAN BE HEAVY. AND, UM, AND I'LL JUST BE QUESTIONING THINGS AND, AND YOU ARE SO, YOU'RE LIKE THE QUIET STRENGTH THAT I'VE ALWAYS HAD HERE. AND, UM, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE AND, UM, AND I HAVE APPRECIATED ALL THAT YOU HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS DAIS. AND I CAN SAY YOU ABSOLUTELY MADE LEANDER A BETTER PLACE AND IT'S BEEN SUCH AN HONOR, AND I'M GONNA MISS YOU LIKE CRAZY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE SOME, SOME GIFTS FOR YOU. SO WE HAVE A PLAQUE SINCE YOU ARE OUR MAYOR, PRO TEM, THE OUTGOING ME PRO TEM RECEIVES A PLAQUE IN APPRECIATION OF YOUR SERVICE. AND THEN YOU ALSO RECEIVE YOUR, YOUR PLAQUE FROM COUNSEL FOR YOUR TIME HERE WITH US. UM, SO I'M GONNA PASS THESE OFF TO YOU, AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING YOU CAN. YEAH, A COUPLE. WELL, THANK YOU EVERYONE. I'M JUST, I'M NOT GONNA CRY, BUT YOUR WORDS DID GET TO ME. SO I'VE HAD THE MOST AMAZING THREE YEARS UP HERE AND I LOVE THE IMPACT THAT I'VE HAD. UM, MANY TIMES PEOPLE DON'T GET TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF THEM UNTIL AFTER THEY DIE, BUT ON ELECTION NIGHT I GOT TO HEAR A BUNCH OF, I LOVE VIEWS AND PEOPLE MADE IT REALLY AWKWARD, . BUT, UM, BUT I LOVE YOU GUYS. UH, I WANNA THANK MY SUPPORTERS AND THOSE WHO VOTED FOR ME. UM, I'VE MADE LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPS, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, AND I WOULD'VE NEVER MET YOU GUYS IF I HADN'T RUN. SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR KNOWING YOU GUYS, AND NOT JUST KNOWING YOU, BUT BECOMING TRUE FRIENDS. I WANNA THANK MY HUSBAND FOR ALWAYS BEING SUPPORTIVE. IT DOES TAKE A SUPPORTIVE FAMILY TO BE UP HERE FOR 10 HOURS PLUS A MONTH. THAT'S NOT INCLUDING EVENTS AND OTHER THINGS. SO THERE'S A LOT TO IT. I WANNA THANK MY CHILDREN AND, UH, THEY WANTED TO TELL PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE HAPPY THAT THEIR MOM GETS TO SPEND THURSDAYS WITH THEM. . SO I ONLY DID THIS, I ONLY RAN FOR OFFICE FOR THEM. AND I THINK THEY GET TO SEE NOW MY IMPACT AND, UH, NOW THAT THEY'RE GETTING OLDER, IT'S BEEN THREE YEARS. I WANNA THANK MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS. YOUR SUPPORT MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME. I WANNA CONGRATULATE MR. HERRERA AND HIS WIFE DIANE. AND WE, WE TALKED EARLIER, BUT, UH, I KNOW [00:50:01] DIANE'S GONNA SUPPORT YOU BEING UP HERE 'CAUSE IT TRULY IS A LABOR OF LOVE. AND, UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNCIL MEMBER THOMPSON AND TO MAYOR CHRISTINE. AND I TRULY WANNA WISH THIS COUNCIL WELL. I MEAN, AS A CITIZEN AND LEANDER, I THINK WE ALL HEAR, EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM WANTS THIS COUNCIL TO PERFORM WELL, AND I, EVERYONE JUST WANTS THE BEST FOR THIS CITY AND THE BEST FOR THIS COUNCIL. SO MAKE US PROUD. THANK Y'ALL. ALL RIGHT. AND MOVING INTO PLACE TWO, WE HAVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT HERRERA, WHO IS READY TO TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE WITH JUDGE EDNA SOUT. SHE HAS, WE HAVE, OH, WE HAVE HAND. EVERYBODY'S YOUR RIGHT HAND. OKAY. AND IF YOU'LL REPEAT AFTER ME, AND THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR OF ADMINISTERING THE OATH TO YOU. TRY THAT, THAT ON. OKAY. OKAY. IF YOU'LL REPEAT AFTER ME. SAY, I'M MICHAEL HERRERA. I'M MICHAEL HERRERA. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR DO, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. TH I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES, WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE CITY OF LEANDER. COUNCILMAN, PLACE TWO OF THE CITY OF LEANDER CITY COUNCILMAN PLACE TWO. YES. OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND I WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS, THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. OF THE UNITED STATES. AND OF THIS STATE. AND OF THIS STATE. SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. WELCOME TO THE DAIS. THANK YOU. YEAH, PRESS THE BUTTON. THANK YOU. , WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO SAY? WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITIZENS OF LEANDER FOR EVERYONE WHO VOTED. UM, AND I WANNA THANK THAT, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO VOTED FOR ME. UM, I LEARNED A LOT, UM, IN WALKING THE CITY AND KNOCKING ON DOORS ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT NEEDS IN THE CITY AND THE DEC AND, AND JUST THE DIFFERENCE OF EVERYTHING. AND SO I WOULD SAY AT THE BEGINNING, I HAD ONE VIEW OF THE CITY, BUT NOW I HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW AND I'M GONNA USE THAT TO INFORM MY DECISIONS AND EVERYTHING. AND, UH, AND, AND I AGREE WITH ESMI IS, YOU KNOW, CIVILITY IS WHAT WE NEED TO HAVE IN DELIBERATIONS. AND SO YOU WON'T SEE ME BE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. SO THANKS AGAIN AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, FUTURE COUNCIL MEETINGS. [00:55:03] ALL RIGHT. AND OUR LAST OATH OF OFFICE TONIGHT IS FOR COUNCIL MEMBER THOMPSON. COUNCIL MEMBER. WHO DO YOU HAVE SWEARING YOU IN? I HAVE A STATE REPRESENTATIVE, CHERYL COLE, WHO IS GONNA SIGN ME IN, SIGN ME IN, SWEAR ME IN. OH MY GOSH. , I'M THINKING ABOUT PROJECT GRAD. WE GOT GRADUATES, WE GOT ALL KINDS OF STUFF SIGNING PEOPLE IN. WE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND FOR TAKING THE TIME OUTTA YOUR VERY BUSY SCHEDULE, UM, TO DO THIS. THANK YOU. HAPPY TO DO IT. WE GOTTA GET THIS WHOLE GANG UP HERE. . Y'ALL ARE A LITTLE PROUD, HUH? OH, YOU CAN. OH WOW. IT'S GOT ALL THE GUYS IN THE FAMILY. YOU READY? YES MA'AM. REPEAT AFTER ME? YES. I'M NICOLE THOMPSON. I'M NICOLE THOMPSON. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE. THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE CITY OF, OF LEANDER COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE FOUR, THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE CITY OF LEANDER COUNCIL MEMBER, PLACE FOUR OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THIS STATE. SO HELP ME, GOD AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE. SO HELP ME GOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. CERTIFICATE IS UNDER THERE. YES. YOU WANT ME? YAY. OH, YOU MADE. OKAY, . AND ONE MORE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST SAY THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING OUT, FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT, BUT ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. I HAVE LEARNED A LOT, UM, SINCE RUNNING THE FIRST TIME. UM, IT DIDN'T CHANGE THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT YOU HAVE TO DO, UM, BUT PEOPLE'S PERSPECTIVES HAVE CHANGED AND, AND GROWN AND THE NEEDS OF THE CITY HAVE CHANGED AND HAVE GROWN. SO I'M EXCITED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO JUST CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE CITY THAT I LIVE IN AND THAT I LOVE AND THAT I'VE RAISED MY CHILDREN IN, THAT I'VE OPENED A BUSINESS IN. I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND BE A PART OF THE POSITIVE CHANGE THAT HAPPENS HERE. SO THANK Y'ALL. ALL RIGHT. AND WITH THAT COUNCIL WILL NOW TAKE A 10 MINUTE BRIEF RECESS FOR A RECEPTION IN THE CHAMBER LOBBY OUT THERE. THERE'S USUALLY SOME CUPCAKES, SO FEEL FREE TO MINGLE. THE TIME IS 7:23 PM PLEASE BE BACK AT 7 35. ALL RIGHT, WE WILL NOW RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AT 7:40 PM [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.]] AND WE'RE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH IS NON AGENDA ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENTS. FOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, I WILL CALL ON SPEAKERS PRIOR TO THE DISCUSSION OF THE AGENDA ITEM AND DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, INDIVIDUALS THAT SUBMITTED COMMENTS VIA THE WEBSITE WILL ONLY HAVE POSITIONS READ INTO THE RECORD. ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH THE COUNSEL AND WILL BE MADE A PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT PUBLIC COMMENTS TIME IS A TIME FOR YOU TO USE YOUR THREE MINUTES TO TALK TO COUNSEL, COUNSEL, BUT WE CANNOT HAVE A BACK AND FORTH DIALOGUE WITH YOU BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE DELIBERATION. SO WITH THAT, I HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP. MS. BERNARDI. GOOD EVENING. MS. BERNARDI, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. HELLO EVERYONE. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. UM, MY NAME IS KATHLEEN BERNARDI. I LIVE AT 1412 VALENTI LANE IN LEANDER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER. CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR CHRISTINE AND PLACE FOR NICOLE. I'M SO HAPPY YOU'LL BE SERVING ANOTHER THREE YEARS. BECKY, IT'S PITY ONLY 4,300 RESIDENTS OUT OF [01:00:01] 80,000, VOTED ON MAY 4TH. I'M CONFIDENT THE JUNE 15TH ELECTION WILL BRING A WIN TO YOUR CORNER. I'M A TRUE SUPPORTER OF YOURS, ESMERALDA. OH, SHE'S GONE RIGHT NOW. I'M SORRY. ONLY FOUR VOTES SEPARATED YOU FROM MIKE. THIS SHOWS HOW EVERY VOTE COUNTS. WELCOME MIKE TO THE CITY COUNCIL. WE HAVE SPOKEN MANY TIMES SINCE THE CHRISTMAS PARADE, AND YOU KNOW HOW I STAND ON MANY SUBJECTS. I FEEL YOU WILL DO A GREAT JOB. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE SPOKEN A NUMBER OF TIMES ON THE SENIOR CENTER PROJECT. I CAN TELL YOU HOW THRILLED I AM THAT AFTER EIGHT YEARS THAT THE BOND PASSED AND SIX YEARS OF BEING ON THE ACTIVE ADULT ADVISORY BOARD, IT BECAME A REALITY. THANK YOU DAVID, FOR MAKING THAT ANNOUNCEMENT. THE BID THAT BEGAN IN FEBRUARY, 2024 WAS LONG OVERDUE. GOING OVER MY NOTES LAST NIGHT, THE MEMBERS OF THE ACTIVE ADULT PROGRAM HAD BEEN TOLD SINCE 2020 THAT THE BID WAS IN PROGRESS MONTH AFTER MONTH, WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE WOULD BE SHOVELS IN THE GROUND SOON. THE TIMELINE GAVE ME A HEADACHE. YOU ALL KNOW THAT MY DEDICATION IS TO THE ACTIVE ADULTS OF THE PROGRAM. THEY COME TO ME FOR ANSWERS AS OF MAY 2ND. THEY WERE ABLE TO WATCH ONLINE, IF NOT IN PERSON, THAT THE FUNDING OPTION WAS APPROVED. NOW WE WAIT TO HEAR THE CELEBRATION TO ATTEND THE SHOVELS IN THE GROUND, WHICH MAY COME SOONER THAN WE EXPECTED. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU, MS. BERNARDI. OH, WE DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHED TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA? ALL RIGHT, MOVING [8. Recognitions/Proclamations/Visitors.Certificate of Recognition Leander High School JROTCJuneteenth Proclamation] ALONG. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS RECOGNITIONS, PROCLAMATIONS AND VISITORS. UM, EARLIER TONIGHT, UH, WE DID ANNOUNCE A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR THE LEANDER HIGH SCHOOL, J-R-O-T-C. UM, THEY WERE THE ONES WHO PRESENTED THE COLORS THIS EVENING AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THEM AND THEY ARE OFF TO AN AWARD SHOW. UM, WE HAVE ANOTHER AWARD TONIGHT WE HAVE A JUNETEENTH PROCLAMATION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER THOMPSON. ALRIGHT, AND THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF LEANDER FOR RECOGNIZING JUNETEENTH. UM, IT IS TEXAS HISTORY. IT'S US HISTORY, AND I'M HAPPY THAT OUR CITY RECOGNIZES IT. WHEREAS ON JUNE 19TH, 1865, MAJOR GENERAL GORDON GRANGER ARRIVED IN GALVESTON, TEXAS TO ANNOUNCE THE END OF BOTH THE CIVIL WAR AND SLAVERY IN ACCORDANCE WITH PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION. AND WHEREAS IN 1866, TEXANS BRING BEGAN CELEBRATING JUNE 19TH, ALSO KNOWN AS EMANCIPATION DAY, FREEDOM DAY, AND JUNETEENTH NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY WITH COMMUNITY-CENTRIC EVENTS SUCH AS COOKOUTS, PRAYER GATHERINGS, READINGS, AND MUSICAL PERFORMANCES. AND WHEREAS IN 1980 THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF STATE REPRESENTATIVE AL EDWARDS, THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE DESIGNATED EMANCIPATION DAY IN TEXAS AS A STATE HOLIDAY, THE FIRST COMMEMORATION OF EMANCIPATION ACCORDED OFFICIAL STATE RECOGNITION. AND WHEREAS JUNETEENTH IS A FEDERAL HOLIDAY OBSERVED IN APPRECIATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCES AND TO CELEBRATE BLACK HERITAGE AND ACHIEVEMENT, WHILE ENCOURAGING CONTINUOUS REFLECTION AND RESPECT FOR ALL CULTURES. AND WHEREAS ON SATURDAY, JUNE 15TH, 2024, THE CITY OF LEANDER HOSTS THE JUNETEENTH BLOCK PARTY AT BLEDSO PARK THIS YEAR WITH THE THEME OF LEGACY, FREEDOM AND CELEBRATION. NOW, THEREFORE, I MAYOR CHRISTINE DELLY DO HERE WHERE HEREBY, SORRY, RECOGNIZE SATURDAY JUNE 15TH, 2024 AS THE CITY OF LEANDER JUNETEENTH BLOCK PARTY AND WITNESS THEREOF I HAVE HERE ON TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF LEANDER TO BE AFFIXED ON MAY 16TH, 2024, THE DETAILS. BUT I CAN ASK SOMEBODY, UM, IF WE COULD, UM, THIS EVENT IS HOUSED IN THE LEANDER PUBLIC ARTS AND CULTURE, UH, GROUP THAT MEETS, THEY HANDLE ALL KINDS OF PUBLIC ART FOR OUR CITY AND SOME CULTURAL EVENTS. SO I WOULD ASK THAT ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OR COMMISSIONERS WOULD COME UP AND SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EVENT AND WHAT PEOPLE CAN EXPECT FOR JUNETEENTH. SO WHO OF OUR COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE HERE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT? ALL RIGHT. WE REHEARSE THIS. WE HAVE LISA HAYNES. WE HAVE KEISHA BRADFORD, AND THEY'RE GONNA COME UP AND THEY ARE ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR JUNETEENTH. UH, AND SO THEY HAVE A LOT MORE DETAILS THAN I DO ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT. UM, JUNETEENTH UH, BLOCK PARTY WILL TAKE PLACE ON JUNE 15TH, 2024, [01:05:01] THIS YEAR AT FROM FIVE TWO 9:00 PM AT BLEDSO PARK, ROBIN BLEDSO PARK. UM, WE WILL HAVE, UH, ENTERTAINMENT. WE'LL HAVE A BAND, THE SAME BAND THAT WAS THERE LAST YEAR THAT REALLY GOT THE PLACE MOVING. WE HAD A GREAT TIME, SO WE SECURED THEM LAST YEAR. SOUL TRAIN LINE, UH, WE HAVE SOUL TRAIN LINE. WE ARE ACTUALLY HAVING A PERSON COME IN AND SHE IS GOING TO TEACH US A COUPLE OF LINE DANCES, UH, TO EVERYONE THAT'S THERE. UM, WE'RE ALSO HAVING, UM, A LIVE ARTIST THAT WILL PAINT, UM, SOMETHING ON THE STAGE, LIKE WHILE THE EVENT IS GOING ON. UM, AND YOU KNOW WHAT, GO AHEAD, , BECAUSE I GET HER, HER BULLET POINTS GO. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA RAFFLE THAT, UM, PAINTING OFF TO, UM, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE. SO, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, A KID ZONE. WE'RE GONNA HAVE FACE PAINTING, WE'LL HAVE VENDORS, FOOD TRUCKS. WE'LL HAVE A BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT ALSO. YES. UM, AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THE POOL WILL BE OPEN. SO BRING YOUR SWIMSUIT. YES. YES. THE POOL IS FREE AND AVAILABLE DURING THE JUNETEENTH BLOCK PARTY. SO A GOOD WAY TO COOL OFF 'CAUSE IT WILL BE HOT. HOT. AND THE BLOCK PARTY IS ALSO FREE TO ATTEND, RIGHT? YES. BLOCK PARTY IS FREE TO ATTEND AND IT'S FREE FOR EVERYONE. SO PLEASE COME OUT AND ENJOY. 'CAUSE LAST YEAR WAS GREAT. THAT'S LOTS FUN. SO WE EXPECT ANOTHER GREAT EVENT THIS YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WILL EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN JUNETEENTH? COME UP FOR OUR PHOTO, PLEASE. NO, YOU, I'LL GET YOU. I KNOW. NO, WE'RE GOOD. FIX IT. I GOT IT. . [9. Staff ReportsCapital Metropolitan Transportation Authority update on Leander Pickup service] ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE, STAFF REPORTS. WE HAVE A CAPITAL METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY UPDATE ON LEANDER PICKUP SERVICE. AND TO INTRODUCE THAT IS CHIEF OF STAFF NEW. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. MAYOR MIKE, NEW CHIEF OF STAFF. UM, IF YOU'LL RECALL AT OUR LAST MEETING, DR. LEROY ALLOY WITH CAP METRO CAME AND SHARED SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS, UM, TEASING THE COUNCIL AND, UH, LEANDER COMMUNITY ABOUT SOME PLANS THAT CAP METRO IS MAY MAKING TO EXPAND LEAN UNDER PICKUP SERVICE. SO TONIGHT WE HAVE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER ANDY S KOWSKI TO SHARE MORE INFORMATION. THANK YOU. YOU WELCOME, WELCOME. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. OH, IS THIS ONE? YEAH. UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR DE DELLY. UM, CONS AND CITY MANAGER PARTNER. UM, THANK YOU FOR THE TIME THIS EVENING. AS, UM, KA METRO PRESENTS OUR FIFTH PRO PROPOSED EXPANSION TO LEANDER PICKUP ZONE [01:10:01] THROUGH AN AMENDMENT TO KA METRO'S 2024 AUGUST SERVICE CHANGE. MY NAME IS ANDY S KOWSKI, I'M THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATOR OFFICER. UH, MY CAT METRO JOINING ME FROM KA METRO THIS EVENING IS, UM, KA METRO'S GOVERNOR AFFAIRS DIRECTORS CELSO BAEZ, AND GOVERNOR AFFAIRS COORDINATOR STEVEN DARD, AND ALSO MR. ART JACKSON. HE'S OUR VICE PRESIDENT OF DEMAND RESPONSE AND INNOVATIVE MOBILITY. HE ACTUALLY, UM, OVERSEES THE PICKUP SERVICE FOR CAT METRO. UM, CURRENTLY OUR SERVICES AND I NEED TO MOVE THAT AHEAD, SO APOLOGIZE. OKAY. AND HERE WE GO. CURRENTLY, OUR PICKUP, UM, ZONE IS, UH, WAS LAUNCHED BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2019. HOURS OF OPERATION ON MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, SIX A TO 7:00 PM AND ON SATURDAY FROM 10 TO SIX. AND PRESENTLY WE HAVE 10 VEHICLES THAT ARE, UM, PROVIDING THE SERVICE AT THIS LOCATION. IT'S ON DEMAND. IT'S LOCALIZED NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSIT WITH AN APP. UM, THE APP VERY MUCH ACTS LIKE, UM, AN UBER APP WHERE YOU CAN GET REAL, REAL TIME INFORMATION BACK ON WHEN YOU RIDE. CAN COME FULLY ACCESSIBLE. SHARED RIDE DOLLAR FOR 25 A TRIP, AND IT'S FREE TO KIDS ON THE NIGHT ON UNDER 18. IT'S, IT'S A RIGHT SIZE TRANSIT OPTION FOR SMALLER ZONES, UM, INCREASES, UM, ACCESS MOBILITY AND EXTENDS THE CATME SERVICE NETWORK. TYING BACK TO OUR RAIL LINE, UM, RIDERSHIP TRENDS, UM, SO FAR THE SERVICE HERE IN LAND HAS DONE VERY WELL. IT'S ONE OF OUR TOP PERFORMERS. UM, AS YOU SEE A YEAR OVER YEAR, WE GET ANYWHERE FROM THE 92 TO 152% INCREASE IN, IN RIDERSHIP. 788% INCREASE FROM 2020 TO 2023. AND IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT OUR CUSTOMER RATING IS FOUR, ALMOST 4.9 OUTTA FIVE. SO THE CUSTOMERS REALLY DO ENJOY THE SERVICE RIDERSHIP, UM, FOR THE MARCH WAS, UM, A LITTLE BIT OVER 5,008, 700. IF YOU LOOK AT A HEAT MAP, GET AN IDEA OF WHERE PE WHAT, WHAT TRIPS ARE BEING MADE WITHIN A PICKUP, UM, ZONE. YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT DESTINATIONS, YOU WOULD EXPECT LEANDER, HEB, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEANDER STATION, UM, SOME OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES, KOHL'S. IT DOES PROVIDE A SERVICE FOR, UM, BOTH GETTING TO SCHOOL, GETTING SHOPPING, GETTING AND TYING BACK TO, UM, KE METRO'S OTHER SERVICES, FUTURE SERVICE PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS. WE GO THROUGH A SERVICE CHANGE PROCESS PROBABLY THREE TIMES A YEAR AT CAT METRO IN WHICH WE REALLY LOOK AT ALL OF OUR SERVICES AND HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT CHANGES WE WANNA MAKE OVER TIME. UM, IT'S AN EVOLVED PROCESS. UM, THE SLIDE IS IN YOUR PACKAGE FOR, AND IF YOU READ THROUGH, YOU GET AN, A GOOD FIELD OF DIFFERENT STEPS THAT WE FOLLOWED THROUGH TO DO THAT. NOW WE LOOK AT HOW DO WE GO ABOUT LOOKING AT WHAT WE ARE PRESENTING HERE IS ACTUALLY AN EXPANSION TO THE EXISTING ZONE. THE FIFTH ONE WE'VE DONE SO FAR, AND THIS KIND OF, THIS SLIDE GOES THROUGH THE PROCESS WE FOLLOWED TO DO THAT. UM, WE LOOKED AT 10 AREAS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THE EXISTING ZONE. UM, IT WAS ABOUT SIX SQUARE MILES OF, OF, OF, OF REVIEW AREA. UM, WE LOOKED AT TRIP DEMAND, WE LOOKED AT, UM, WHAT RESOURCES WE PRESENTLY HAVE BECAUSE WE WANTED TO DO THIS RESOURCE NEUTRAL. AND, UM, WE ALSO ACCEPT, UM, LOOKED AT THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AREA. UM, THIS PROVIDES THIS MAP YOU NEED TO REMEMBER. IT KIND OF PROVIDES A PATHWAY FORWARD AS WE EVEN LOOK AT EXPANDING THE ZONE FURTHER. UM, NOW WE COME TO OUR RECOMMENDATION, KIND OF SETTLED ON A A A 0.64 SQUARE MILE ADDITIONAL COVERAGE AREA IN A, IN A LOWER, UH, SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE OF THE ZONE. IT ADDS A NUMBER OF REALLY GOOD KEY DESTINATIONS, AN EMERGENCY CENTER, A RANDALL'S APARTMENTS. UM, AND LIKE I SAID, THIS IS A FIFTH EXPANSION SINCE, UM, WE STARTED BACK IN DECEMBER 19. AND THERE'S ONE OTHER POINT I WANTED TO MAKE ALSO. IT'S, IT INCLUDES THE INCLUSION OF AN EMERGENCY CENTER THAT ALLOWS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. THAT'S SOMETHING WE DIDN'T HAVE IN OUR PICKUP ZONE BEFORE. AND WITH RECOMMENDATIONS AND NEXT STEPS, I'M GONNA BRING UP MR. STEVEN TO BRING US HOME. I'LL COME BACK UP FOR QUESTIONS. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR DELAL. GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. UH, GOOD EVENING, CITY MANAGER PARTNER. UM, MY NAME IS STEVEN DELLER AND I AM THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS LOCAL AND REGIONAL COORDINATOR FOR CAP METRO. UM, LET ME START BY SAYING THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE THIS EVENING AND PRESENT THE FIFTH UPDATE OF THE LEAN PICKUP ZONE WITH Y'ALL TONIGHT. UM, AS, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM, OOPS, FROM THAT SLIDE. OOPS. OH GOSH. . AND YOUR TIME IS UP, SIR. IS IT TOUCH OR IS IT TAF? WELL, THAT WAS FAST. OKAY. . OKAY. THERE WE GO. YEAH. YEAH. WE'LL JUST STICK TO THE KEYBOARD. UM, AS Y'ALL CAN SEE, THERE ARE ON, ON FROM THE SLIDE. THERE ARE SEVERAL MOVING PIECES, UH, BETWEEN NOW AND OUR AUGUST SERVICE CHANGE, UM, THAT NEED TO TAKE PLACE. SO LET ME HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE NEXT STEPS, UH, THAT WE ARE TAKING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. UM, FOLLOWING THIS EVENING'S UPDATE, OUR TEAM IS CONTINUING TO FORMALIZE [01:15:01] THE PROPOSAL MATERIALS, UH, TO INITIATE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH, WHICH I WILL GO OVER IN THE NEXT SLIDE, WHICH I'VE JUST GOTTA PREVIEW TO. UH, WE MUST SUBMIT PUBLIC HEARING MATERIALS BY MAY 21ST, UH, AS PART OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE ALREADY APPROVED AUGUST, 2024 SERVICE CHANGE. WE WILL CONTINUE ONGOING PICKUP, LEANDER SERVICE, PROMOTION AND MARKETING THROUGH THE SUMMER IN JUNE. CAP METRO WILL HOST THE PUBLIC HEARING DESIGNATED FOR THIS EXPANSION AT THE JUNE 12TH CAP METRO BOARD COMMITTEE MEETING, FOLLOWED BY BOARD ACTION AT THE REGULAR SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING SET FOR JUNE 24TH. ONCE APPROVED BY THE BOARD, PICK UP LEANDER INITIAL SERVICE EXPANSION WILL BE EFFECTIVE SUNDAY, AUGUST 18TH AND ACTIVE THE FOLLOWING DAY, MONDAY, AUGUST 19TH. OUR GOAL FOR THE REMAINDER OF 2024, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS TO REVIEW SERVICE STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR PICKUP SERVICE, ENGAGE LEANDER STAKEHOLDERS THROUGH CAP METRO LONG RANGE TRANSIT PLAN 2035, AND HOST A PICKUP PLANNING WORKSHOP WITH THE CITY OF LEANDER. THE FOLLOWING IS OUR STRATEGIC APPROACH TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH CONSISTING OF STRATEG STRATEGICALLY PLACED SIGNAGE, FLYERS, AND NOTICES THROUGHOUT THE CURRENT LEANDER PICKUP SERVICE ZONE SERVICE CHANGE UPDATES PRESENTED ON OUR CAP METRO WEBSITE, MAILED POSTCARDS FOLLOWING THE CAP METRO BOARD APPROVAL. PROPOSED PROPOSED BOARD APPROVAL AS MENTIONED ON THE JUNE 24TH TO INFORM CUSTOMERS OF THE ACTIVE EXPANSION ALERTS PROVIDED VIA CAP METRO MOBILE APP IN ADVANCE OF THE JUNE 12TH PUBLIC HEARING AND THE JUNE 24TH CAP METRO BOARD MEETING MARKETING THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT SUCH AS CONNECTING WITH LEANDER CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF LEANDER STAFF, AND LEANDER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND VISITOR CENTER, AS WELL AS LEANDER ISDA KEY OUTREACH OPPORTUNITY THAT WE ARE IN PROCESS OF COORDINATING IS THE PARTICIPATION OF LEANDER OLD TOWN FEST ON JUNE 1ST, UH, TO PROVIDE BACKGROUND AND FURTHER INFORMATION TO FESTIVAL GOERS. UM, AND WE JUST LEARNED TONIGHT OF THE JUNETEENTH, UH, OPPORTUNITY. SO I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH SOMEBODY TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT EFFORT AS WELL. . OKAY. FANTASTIC, MIKE. THANK YOU. UM, AS MENTIONED, A PUBLIC HEARING IS SET FOR JUNE 12TH, AND OF COURSE, A HEARING NOTICE WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. UM, AND OF COURSE, OPERATOR COMMUNICATION FOR THEIR AWARENESS OF THE EXPANDED ZONE. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT ONE ITEM NOT MENTIONED ON THE SLIDE DECK, UM, IN AN EFFORT TO PUT FORTH BY OUR MARKETING TEAM TO UTILIZE CUSTOMER CONTACT INFORMATION AND PROVIDE A SINGLE NOTIFICATION EMAIL PRIOR TO THE JUNE 12TH PUBLIC HEARING. AND ANOTHER FOLLOWING THE AUGUST SERVICE CHANGE FOR AWARENESS. I JUST MENTIONED THE CAP METRO TRANSIT PLAN 2035. UH, WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM BECAUSE AS CAP METRO EMBARKS ON ITS TRANSIT PLAN 2035, THIS IS AN EFFORT THAT THE AGENCY MAKES EVERY FIVE YEARS TO DIVE INTO THE OVERALL TRANSIT EFFORTS OF THE REGION AND ESSENTIALLY CREATE A PLAYBOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING FIVE YEARS OF REGIONAL SERVICE. THE SLIDE, AS YOU CAN SEE, DESCRIBES THE TRANSIT PLAN A LITTLE BIT MORE, ELO ELOQUENTLY. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, STATES A TRANSIT PLAN STUDY OUTLINES STRATEGIC IMPROVEMENTS TO A REGION'S TRANSIT NETWORK AIMING TO ENHANCE CONNECTIVITY EFFICIENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL USERS. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THE TRANSIT PLAN 2035 COLLECTIVELY BETWEEN CAP METRO'S PLANNING AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS DEPARTMENTS, WE WANT TO INTENTIONALLY ENGAGE AND WORK TOGETHER TO UNDERSTAND, TO CONTINUE TO UNDERSTAND THE LEAN UNDER SERVICE NEEDS. SIMILARLY TO THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT LAST YEAR ON AUGUST 17TH, 2023, CAP METRO, CEO AND PRESIDENT AND, UH, DOTTIE WATKINS, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS VICE PRESIDENT, LEROY ALLWAY, AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS DIRECTOR, SELSO BAEZ, COMMITTED TO MOST OF THIS COUNCIL. CONGRATULATIONS SIR. UH, THAT WE AIM TO COLLECTIVELY WORK WITH THE CITY OF LEANDER TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO YOUR TRANSIT NEEDS. AND TODAY WE ARE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO POTENTIALLY DELIVER ON THAT COMMITMENT THAT WE SAID ON AUGUST 17TH, 2023. SO FURTHER, WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS CONVERSATION. WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU, UM, AND CONTINUE THIS MOMENTUM AS WE WORK THROUGH OUR TRANSIT PLAN FOR 2035. UM, AND FOLKS, UH, IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER. BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS TIME AND THIS OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN Y'ALL THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. QUESTIONS I HAVE A QUESTION ON, I MEAN, AS YOU KNOW, WE, WE APPRECIATE THE LOCAL SERVICE THAT KEEPS PEOPLE IN LEANDER THAT'S [01:20:01] VERY IMPORTANT TO THOSE OF US THAT APPRECIATE THAT . UM, WHAT IS THE CRITERIA? WHAT ARE THE, THE, THE PARAMETERS, I GUESS, FOR HELPING TO EXPAND THAT SERVICE? AND ARE, IS THERE A LONG TERM? I MEAN, I SEE YOU HAVE UNTIL, YOU KNOW, CONNECTIONS IN 2025, BUT AS FAR AS JUST THAT SERVICE IS CONCERNED, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU SEE NEEDS TO HAPPEN? OR WHAT DO WE, WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US TO ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE THAT GROWTH FOR THE LOCAL SERVICE AND ONE OF THE SLIDES? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES, IT DOES. YES, IT DOES. AND ONE OF THE SLIDES I MENTIONED AS KIND OF THE ROADMAP FOR EXPANSION OF THE ZONE YEAH. PICKUP IS VERY UNIQUE IN THAT IT'S, IT'S GOTTA BE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT SIZE MM-HMM. SENSITIVE IN ORDER TO BE EFFECTIVE IN US TO PROVIDE REALLY GOOD SERVICE. MM-HMM. , IT NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT TIGHT. AND I THINK THAT ONCE, UM, THAT ONE AREA THERE, IT G IT, IT GRABS A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT, UM, OH, BACK ONE . I MEAN THAT, THAT'LL INCREASES, UM, ZONE BY SIX SQUARE MILES. YES. S AND AND UP TO 25,000, UM, RESIDENTS SERVE. MM-HMM. , ONE OF THE ISSUES WE PRESENTLY HAVE, AND IT'S AN ISSUE WITH THE INDUSTRY, IS ACTUALLY GETTING VEHICLES, VEHICLES ARE VERY HARD TO GET, ESPECIALLY SIZED VEHICLE. AND SO, UM, THAT IS ONE OF THE CONSTRAINTS AT THIS POINT. AND THIS IS WHY WE KEPT THIS INITIAL INCREASE IN SERVICE, UM, RESOURCE NEUTRAL. MM-HMM. . UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND WE HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATIONS THROUGH THE TRANSIT PLAN AND EVERYTHING, I THINK YOU'LL SEE US MOVE THROUGH THIS ROADMAP AND AS WE GET SOME VEHICLE AVAILABILITY, ACTUALLY TRY TO GROW THAT SERVICE WITHIN THAT, THAT SIZE. OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW IT'S REALLY VEHICLES NOT NEED. I, I THINK IT'S, I I WOULD SAY WE HAVE SOME RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS IN THIS AND A LOT OF IT'S DRIVEN I VEHICLE, AND IF I RECALL, WE, YOU STARTED WITH TWO, TWO VEHICLES, RIGHT? IN 2019? I, DECEMBER I THINK. YES. TWO OR THREE. YEAH. AND YOU SAID THERE'S 10 NOW? THERE'S 10 NOW, YES. AND YOU HAVE HOW MANY DRIVERS? OH, WE HAVE DRIVERS THAT SERVE ALL DIFFERENT MARKETS AND STUFF, BUT NO, I MEAN, FOR, FOR LEANDER FOR THOSE 10, OH, IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT 17 OR 18 DRIVERS ATTACHED TO THAT. OKAY. WORK IN DIFFERENT TIMES. WELL THAT'S, THAT IS A GOOD, THAT'S A GOOD, UM, MEASURING STICK. OKAY. TO KNOW THAT WE STARTED WITH THE TWO DRIVERS. I REMEMBER TWO VEHICLES ARE ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE DRIVERS. NOW WE'RE AT, NOW WE'RE AT 10 AND ABOUT 15 TO 17 DRIVERS. OKAY. WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. YES, WE ARE. I LIKE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, . I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I AM HAPPY TO HEAR THE SERVICE IS EXPANDING. I KNOW IT'S A CONCENTRATED AREA, BUT I'VE HAD QUITE A FEW COMMENTS, UM, OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS ABOUT EXPANDING SERVICE. AND THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD TO THAT IS HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET TO A POINT WHERE WE HAVE SOME KEY DROP OFFS WHERE STUDENTS ARE, WE HAVE LOTS OF STUDENTS IN LEANDER THAT ARE TRYING TO MOVE AROUND IN DIFFERENT PLACES AND WORK IN THE SUMMER AND DIFFERENT INTERNSHIPS, AND IT'S A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO GET A HOLD OF TRANSPORTATION. I GET WE HAVE THIS KEY AREA FOR THE REASONS YOU SHARED, BUT HOPEFULLY AT SOME POINT WE'LL BE ABLE TO EXPAND THAT TO KEY DROP OFFS FOR A LOT OF THOSE STUDENTS SO THAT THEY CAN WORK AND, AND, UM, CONTRIBUTE. JUST ACTUALLY JUST DON'T ACTUALLY BOUNDARIES TO THE FACT THAT IT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL. MM-HMM. . SO YEAH, WE EXPECT IT CAN, WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT, THERE'S LIKE, UM, IT'S ACROSS 180 3 A. SO THERE'S SOME OTHER PLACES WHERE A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING DROPPED OFF FOR PRACTICES OR THEY WORK AT SOME OF THESE OTHER GYMS AND LOCATIONS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. BUT YES, THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THAT ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL. AND, UM, THAT'S THE INPUT WE WE NEED AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO SIT AND AND GOTCHA. WORK THROUGH IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. SURE. SO ON THE SLIDE, IT SAID YOU HAD A 60, WHAT, 68.2% ON TIME ARRIVAL? YES. AND SO DO YOU GUYS FORESEE THAT DROPPING WITH THE EXPANDED AREA WITH NO ADDED VEHICLES? ACTUALLY, WE'RE KIND OF TAKING A LOOK AT HOW WE MEASURE ON TIME. WE MEASURE ON ON AT 15 MINUTES, MEANING 15 MINUTES FROM WHEN YOU ASKED FOR THE RIDE. AND THAT WAS SOMETHING WE CAME UP WITH. THIS IS A NEW TYPE OF SERVICE. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE EVER VENTURED IN BEFORE. WHAT'S AMAZING IS THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE, WHEN YOU GO GO ON THE APP AND SAY, I WANNA PICK UP AND WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE IN 22 MINUTES, OUR ON TIME TO OUR ESTIMATED PICKUP IS LIKE 90 SOMETHING PERCENT. AND SO WE ARE MEETING THE CUSTOMER'S EXPECTATIONS. 'CAUSE THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A 4.9 OUTTA FIVE CUSTOMER RATING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU TELL THEM WHEN YOU'RE GONNA GET THERE THE SAME WAY UBER DOES. AND WE, WE, WE HIT THAT THE 15 MINUTES IS, IS JUST PROVED VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO HIT. AND THAT'S PART OF OUR PROCESS. NOW WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT HOW DO WE REALLY MEASURE THIS AND WHAT'S THE EFFECTIVE WAY AND WHAT'S REALLY A MEASURE OF WHAT THE CUSTOMER WANTS INSTEAD OF SOMETHING WE CAME UP WITH A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS. SO IS IT JUST THE PICKUP TIME OR IS IT ALSO THE DELIVERY TIME? IT'S A PICK. IT'S, WE RARELY DRIVE OFF PICKUP TIME. OKAY. IT'S KIND OF HARD TO GAUGE DROP OFF TIME, BUT PICKUP TIME IS REALLY WHAT THE CUSTOMER EXPECTS. I WANNA WALK OUTTA MY HOUSE IF IT'S THERE AND BE ABLE TO GET IT RIGHT. I APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE. AND I KNOW THAT THIS EXPANDED ZONE HAS BEEN A LOT OF, UM, A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN INVOLVED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN KEEP IT, UH, RESOURCE NEUTRAL AND MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS AND ALSO, UM, MEET, BE ABLE TO MEET THE EXPECTATIONS WITH METRO TOO. SO, AND, AND IT'S FUN TO WATCH. UM, [01:25:02] THE, THE WAY THINGS ARE LOOKED AT HAS, IS CHANGING TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND, WHETHER IT'S THIS PICKUP TIME OR HOW WE DO THINGS AND, AND MEASURE IT ON THE CAP METRO SIDE. I THINK THE CREATIVITY THERE IS GONNA MAKE CAP METRO EVEN BETTER. SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK Y'ALL DID AND I'M GLAD Y'ALL ARE HERE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE, UM, PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 12TH. UM, WHERE DO I GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT? WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC MICROPHONE. MICROPHONE. MICROPHONE. KIDDING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER. PARDON? SELF ADVISOR DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS CAP METRO. WE WILL SOON, IN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS, PUBLISH A WEBPAGE WHERE THERE WILL BE ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ALL OF OUR OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AS WELL AS THE FLYERS THAT WE'RE GONNA POST DIGITALLY, UH, AS WELL AS OUR SOCIAL MEDIA. OKAY. SO IF I GO TO YOUR WEBSITE, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND IT IN TWO DAYS BY GOING WHERE? 'CAUSE I ONLY, I BOOKMARK WHERE THE BOARD MEETINGS ARE. WE WILL GET YOU THE URL. OKAY. ONCE WE PUBLISH THE WEBSITE. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I WANNA BE A PUBLIC. YOU WANTED TO GET HERE FIRST. UPDATE THE COUNCIL AND THEN THANK YOU SO MUCH. OF COURSE. UM, AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT, UH, HUGE THANK YOU. THIS IS FANTASTIC. I KNOW THAT, UM, THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THESE ZONES BEFORE. UH, AND I THINK THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT SO MANY PEOPLE. AND, AND YES, THERE'S MORE TO GO, BUT THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT SO MANY PEOPLE. AND, AND IT TIES IN THAT MOBILITY FOR THE KIDS AT LEANDER HIGH SCHOOL. IT GETS PEOPLE TO THEIR SHOPPING OVER AT, UM, LINE IN CRYSTAL FALLS. IT CONNECTS THEM TO THE HEALTH SERVICES AND THE DIALYSIS, DIALYSIS. LIKE, THERE'S JUST SO MUCH IN THIS EXPANSION, IT'S SO SUBSTANTIAL WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE ON IT. AND, UM, I'M VERY EXCITED FOR THIS. UM, IT'S, IT'S GREAT. AND I'M SO HAPPY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL. THANK YOU. [ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION] ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. IT'S CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 10 THROUGH 26. WE DID HAVE A SLIGHT CHANGE TO ITEM 16. UM, THIS IS THE CONCRETE PORES. SO DUE TO GOOD WEATHER THAT WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING, THE NUMBER OF CONCRETE PORES WILL BE ONLY ONE. AND THAT START TIME OF THE PORE WILL BE 3:00 AM INSTEAD OF 1:00 AM THE EXPECTED DATE OF THE PORE WILL BE DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE. AND WITH THAT, THIS IS A COUNCIL ITEM. MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION. AND A SECOND. DO WE NEED TO HAVE IT WITH THE AMENDMENT? YES, PLEASE. OKAY. DO WE WANT TO, UH, MOVE TO APPROVE WITH THE AMENDMENT? THANK YOU. SECOND. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. UH, ITEM NUMBER 27 WAS PULLED BY THE APPLICANT. [28. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case Z-24-0113 to amend the current zoning of TOD/PUD-CD  (Transit Oriented Development/ Planned Unit Development – Conventional Development Sector) to adopt the Historic Bryson Farmstead PUD (Planned Unit Development) with the base zoning of LC-2-A (Local Commercial) on two (2) parcels of land approximately 6 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R032212 and R500771; and generally located northeast of the intersection of 183A Toll Road and East San Gabriel Parkway, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case Z-24-0113 as described above.] ITEM NUMBER 28, UM, HAS CREATED, UM, SOME CONCERN AND LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS DECIDED TO PULL THIS ITEM, BUT IT WAS ALREADY PUBLICLY NOTICED. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND READ IT OUT. WE'RE GONNA SKIP THE PRESENTATION AND JUST GO STRAIGHT INTO THE SPEAKERS. AND THEN COUNSEL, WE CAN DISCUSS, UM, WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS WE ARE, WE ARE ANTICIPATING THE CHAMBER TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH STAFF TO MAKE SOME CHANGES, UM, TO THE PUD APPLICATION TO COME BACK TO US. AND SO AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE WILL HAVE THE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WANNA SEE WHEN IT COMES BACK. SO I'M GONNA READ IT OUT. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ZONING CASE Z DASH 24 DASH 0 1 1 3 TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF TD SLASH PD DASH CD TRANSIT, SORRY, TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, CONVENTIONAL DEVELOPMENT SECTOR TO ADOPT THE HISTORIC BRYSON FARMSTEAD PUD PLANNED UNIT WITH THE BASE ZONING OF LC TWO, A LOCAL COMMERCIAL ON TWO PARCELS OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY SIX ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE. MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY WILLIAMSON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT PARCELS R 0 3 2 2 1 2, AND R 5 0 0 7 7 1. AND GENERALLY LOCATED NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF 180 3 A TOLL ROAD AND EAST SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY, LEANDER WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS. UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO MS. CRABTREE, DO I ANNOUNCE THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING? OH, NO, IT'S, I ANNOUNCE THAT IT'S OPEN. OKAY. SO, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. WE DO HAVE A FEW PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. UM, THE FIRST ONE IS LAURA MARQUEZ. GOOD EVENING. MS. MARQUEZ, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. [01:30:01] YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. LAURA MARQUEZ, 7 2 4 MALLOW ROAD. SO FIRST, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS. I HAVE EMAILED YOU ALL MY FULL COMMENTS TO A FEW TIMES, UM, BUT WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW POINTS TONIGHT. I LOVE THE IDEA OF FARMER'S MARKETS ADDITIONAL PARKLAND AND RESTORING THE BRYSON HOMESTEAD, BUT THE PROPERTY SEEMS BETTER SUITED FOR OTHER USES AND THE CHAMBER MAY HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR THEIR PLANS ON LAND THAT'S NOT SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTS. I APPRECIATED ALL THE VERBAL REASSURANCES ABOUT THE INTENDED USES OF THE PROPERTY, BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE GAP BETWEEN THE INTENDED AND ALLOWED USES IN THE CURRENT PUD. SPECIFICALLY, THE CURRENT PUD INCLUDES AN OPEN AIR EVENT CENTER, INTENDED TO BE RENTED OUT FOR WEDDINGS AND OTHER EVENTS AS A WAY TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE CHAMBER. I'M EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING NOISE AT COMMERCIAL NOISE LIMITS OR HIGHER AT MY PROPERTY LINE FROM DJS AND OTHER WEDDING ENTERTAINMENT MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK. WHEN THIS IS RENTED OUT AS THE P AND Z NOTED, THE CHAMBER WILL BE INCENTIVIZED TO RENT IT OUT FREQUENTLY TO GENERATE IN REVENUE. FURTHER, THERE ARE NO SPECIFICATIONS IN THIS PUD REGARDING THE SIZE AND FREQUENCY OF EVENTS, INCLUDING OUTDOOR CONCERTS. THERE'S ALSO NO LIMITATIONS ON PAID CONCERTS, WHICH WOULD ALSO BE INCENTIVIZED AS A REVENUE SOURCE. SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS, UM, WHICH EXTEND NOISE LIMITS AND HOURS BEYOND COMMERCIAL LIMITS ARE ALSO NOT LIMITED. RELOCATING THE, THE STAGE WITHIN THE PROPERTY ONLY ALLOWS HIGHER VOLUME AT THE SOURCE BEFORE REACHING NOISE LIMITS AT THE SURROUNDING RESIDENCES. IT ALSO MOVES THE STAGE CLOSER TO THE AVA AVEN RIDGE APARTMENTS. PARKING LIMITATIONS WILL ALSO NOT BE A DETERRENT. THE PUD MENTIONS A GRAVEL OVERFLOW LOT AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AROUND THIS PROPERTY WILL ALSO SUPPLY PARKING. THERE'S ALSO A ROAD PLAN TO ENTER AND EXIT THIS PROPERTY FROM PLEASANT HILL ROAD AND DIRECTLY CONNECT TO BRYSON NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS VIA BLACK HAW. BLACK HAW. THIS ROAD ALLOWS DIRECT ACCESS TO BRYSON STREETS AND WOULD ALLOW FOR OVERFLOW PARKING TO BACK UP INTO LOCAL BRYSON STREETS. IF THE IN CITY INSIST ON THIS PROJECT FOR THIS PROPERTY, WE ASK THAT THEY APPLY THEIR DETAILED ATTENTION TO THIS PUD AS THEY WOULD A PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT REGARDING INTENDED VERSUS ALLOWED USES. PLEASE REQUIRE LIMITS FOR SIZE AND FREQUENCY OF EVENTS LIMITS ON THE FREQUENCY OF SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS REQUIRED TO ENCLOSED, ENCLOSED EVENT CENTER AND REQUIRING ADEQUATE SCREENING. A LACK OF ATTENTION TO DETAILS MAY RESULT IN THE CITY HAVING TO RETROACTIVELY ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. YOU ONLY HAVE TO LOOK AT MULTIPLE EXAMPLES OF SURROUNDING MUNICIPALITIES WHO ARE CURRENTLY HAVING TO POTENTIALLY CLOSE OR RELOCATE OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATERS RESTAURANTS WITHOUT OUTDOOR MUSIC AND OTHER SIMILAR VENUES AFTER THEY BECOME A NOISE NUISANCE. RESIDENTS DESERVE TRANSPARENCY IN WRITING ABOUT WHAT WILL ACTUALLY BE ALLOWED AT THIS PROPERTY REGARDLESS OF INTENTION. AND WE ASK THIS COUNCIL TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER PROTECTIONS FOR RESIDENTS. THIS WILL FACILITATE TRUST AND A POSITIVE, STRONG RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NEIGHBORS AND THE CITY MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, ALSO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE HERE. UH, I'M SO SORRY. ESH TU OKAY. RAKESH GALI. OKAY. JOSHUA RAYLEY. GOOD EVENING. MR. RAYLEY. PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. UH, JOSHUA RALEY, 7 24 ELLO ROAD, UH, LEAN TEXAS. I WANNA THANK THE MAYOR AND THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER FOR MAKING THIS OPEN PROCESS AND FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND GOVERNMENT. UM, IT'S, IT'S, UH, I WANNA EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE THERE, TRULY. UM, WE LIVE PRETTY CLOSE TO THE BRYSON HOMESTEAD. UM, YOU KNOW, MY, MY PARENTS DO NOT, RIGHT? MY PARENTS LIVE WAY OUT. UH, THEY'VE PROBABLY GOT 10 ACRES. UH, WHEN YOU'RE ON THEIR BACK PORCH, YOU DON'T HEAR ANYTHING EXCEPT THE BIRDS AND THE TREES, RIGHT? I, I, I DON'T LIVE THERE. I DON'T LIVE OUT BY THEM. I CHOOSE TO LIVE IN LEANDER AND THE SUBURBS. AND I'M REALISTIC ABOUT THE, THE COMMERCIAL VERSUS RESIDENTIAL, YOU KNOW, NOISE IMPACTS THERE. UM, THE, UH, THERE'S BEEN SOME TALK LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WE COULD DO FOR THE BRYSON RESIDENTS, UH, IN THE PROTECTIONS HERE. UH, IN THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO KEEP, UH, NOISE LEVELS LIKE AT UNREALISTICALLY LOW LEVELS. OUR CONCERNS, YOU KNOW, IN THE NOISE ORDINANCE, YOU'VE GOT RESIDENTIAL, YOU'VE GOT COMMERCIAL, IT'S A LITTLE LOUDER. YOU'VE GOT SPECIAL EVENT, WHICH IS LOUDER AND LATER HOURS. UM, MY BIGGEST CONCERNS IS UNDER THE PUD UH, THE CHAMBER'S PLANS, THEY DON'T HAVE LIMITS ON SPECIAL EVENTS, RIGHT? THEY'RE UNLIMITED. UM, UH, THEY DON'T HAVE AN ENCLOSED VENUE SPACE. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THIS, UH, THE THINGS THAT THEY WANNA DO ARE GONNA BE OUTDOORS. UM, AND THEY DO HAVE IN WRITING IN THE POD AS ALLOWED USES OUTDOOR CONCERTS. SO, UH, THOSE THINGS UNDER THE ALLOWED USES, I THINK THEIR INTENTIONS ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE. AND, AND I APPRECIATE WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO. I THINK THEY'RE GONNA BE, UH, THERE'S SOME GREAT ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT, BUT BALANCING [01:35:01] THAT, UH, RESPONSIBLY WITH THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS, WE WE'RE ASKING FOR MORE CLARITY IN THERE ABOUT HOW IT FITS WITHIN THE NOISE ORDINANCE AND WHAT LIMITS ARE GONNA BE IN PLACE. AND AGAIN, ESPECIALLY ON THE SPECIAL EVENTS. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE ASKING FOR, UH, IS, YOU KNOW, MEASUREMENT WILL BE ENFORCED AND TAKEN AT THE, AT THE SOURCE, AT THE, THE CURRENT PROPERTY LINES. IF THEY ANNEX MORE PROPERTY INTO THE CHAMBER'S PLANS, IT WON'T MOVE IT, UH, FOR CLOSER TO US. UM, AND THAT SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS, AGAIN, SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THE NOISE ORDINANCE, NOT JUST SPECIAL FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT SPECIAL EVENTS AND OUR NOISE LIMITS WILL BE LIMITED, RIGHT? AND THERE'LL BE A STATED LIMIT. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO ASK FOR IN THESE PLANS, BECAUSE THE CHAMBER DOES HAVE AN INCENTIVE TO HOLD A LOT OF EVENTS AND, YOU KNOW, USE IT FOR FUNDRAISING AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO HELP BUILD OUT THEIR PLANS. BUT, UM, BUT THAT'S GONNA CREATE A CONFLICT OF, OF INTEREST BETWEEN THEIR GOALS AND PROTECTING THE RESIDENTIAL, UH, AREA NEARBY. AND THERE'S A LOT OF HOMES IN THIS AREA. SO, UM, WE LIKE A LOT OF THINGS IN THE PROJECT, BUT, UH, WE'RE ASKING FOR MORE IMPROVEMENTS THERE IN THE P TO MAKE THINGS CLEARER, UH, TO WHAT THE RESIDENTS GONNA BE DEALING WITH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SANDEEP BALA. ALL RIGHT. DON LAMI. OKAY. THERE'S NOBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? OKAY, WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, AND WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IT, BUT NOT CONSIDER ANY ACTION SINCE IT'S BEEN PULLED. UM, SO COUNSEL, I WANTED TO GIVE Y'ALL A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON HOW WE GOT HERE BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL EMAILS FROM THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE CONFUSING BECAUSE THEY DON'T, UM, THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH MISINFORMATION OR THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED. AND, UM, I KNOW WE WERE GETTING EMAILS BEFORE WE SAW THE PROJECT AT ALL. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER PROJECT, THE ONE THAT KEEPS GETTING PULLED FROM THE AGENDA THAT WAS RIGHT BEFORE THIS, THAT IS A DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT, PIONEER FARMSTEAD, WHICH IS A VERY SIMILAR NAME, AND IT GOES LIKE A HORSESHOE AROUND THIS PROPERTY. AND, UM, AND THERE'S BEEN SOME CONFUSION, UM, I KNOW ON MY PART WITH WHICH ONE WE'RE LOOKING AT, WHAT'S BEING TALKED ABOUT. UM, AND SO, UM, I'M SURE MANY OF YOU WATCHED PLANNING AND ZONING, UM, AND, AND SAW THE CONCERNS THERE. UM, THE CITY MANAGER AND I WENT OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD LAST NIGHT TO, WITHOUT A PRESENTATION, JUST TO, UM, CONVEY WHAT, WHAT IS IN IT, WHAT IS NOT IN IT, AND LISTEN AND, AND WORK ON WHATEVER KIND OF SOLUTIONS THERE COULD BE. AND, UM, AND THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS THAT CAME UP THAT, UM, THAT I THINK Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE, UM, SOME HEARTBURN ABOUT AS WELL. AND, AND SO THE WAY THAT WE GOT HERE, IT WAS SORT OF THIS UNFUNNY COMEDY OF ERRORS, WHICH IS WHAT CREATED A SITUATION WHERE THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF WHAT'S GOING OUT TO THE PUBLIC. UM, SO INITIALLY, UM, STAFF HAD A MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT ALONG WITH THAT HORSESHOE DEVELOPMENT THAT GOES AROUND IT. UM, AND, AND THAT WAS THE FIRST CONTACT. UM, AND I, I BELIEVE THINGS WERE VERY, UM, CONCEPTUAL AT THAT LEVEL. I DON'T THINK THE FULL PUT WAS, WAS THERE. I'M NOT POSITIVE HONESTLY. UM, BUT THEY'VE SUBSEQUENTLY HAD TWO MORE MEETINGS, UM, WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THINGS HAVE CHANGED AFTER INPUT AT THESE MEETINGS. AND THEN, UM, AT SOME POINT SOMEBODY SENT AN EMAIL AND, UM, THE CHAMBER PRESIDENT WHO'S VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN THIS WAS, UM, IN SURGERY AND SOMEBODY ELSE REPLIED TO THE EMAIL AND IT HAD INCORRECT INFORMATION. AND THAT STARTED SOME OF THE, WELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? YOU'RE SAYING THIS, BUT WHAT I'M READING IN DOCUMENTS IS THAT, UM, AND, AND IT JUST HAS BEEN SORT OF CHAOS LIKE THAT. AND THIS WAS ALSO DURING THE EXACT SAME TIME THAT WE WERE SWITCHING OVER CITY MANAGERS, WHICH HAS BEEN CHAOTIC FOR ALL OF US. UM, AND SO IN LOOKING AT IT, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S BEEN, UM, JUST SOME ERRORS IN COMMUNICATION AND UM, AND THE PUD IS MAYBE NOT AS DETAILED AS WE WOULD TYPICALLY EXPECT. I THINK IT WAS, UM, VERY EASY TO WRITE THE PUD WITHOUT DETAIL BECAUSE WE HAD THE WORKSHOP WHERE WE SAW THE TWO DIFFERENT MAPS AND WE SAID, WE WANT THE DRIVEWAY IN THE SPOT. AND, UM, AND, AND IT JUST SEEMED LIKE IT WOULD BE FAIRLY EASY TO PUT THIS IN A PARK. AND, UM, AND I THINK WE NEED MORE SPECIFICITY AS TO WHAT IS GOING TO GO IN THE PARK. SO SOME OF THE PROBLEMS, UM, WELL, AND SOME OF THE, THE, THE COMMUNICATION ISSUES ARE THINGS THAT ARE IN OUR OWN PACKET. WE'VE GOT BOTH OF THOSE MAPS IN OUR PACKET, WHICH HAS HAD A CONFUSION BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE ONE THAT WE DID NOT APPROVE, IT'S GOT A LITTLE YELLOW DASH [01:40:01] LINE WITH AN ARROW ON THE END THAT SAYS IT'S A POTENTIAL FUTURE ROAD. AND THAT ROAD WAS SHOWN IN SOME OF THE CONCEPT MAPS. IT GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH. SO THEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WONDERS, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU GONNA BE ROUTING TRAFFIC THROUGH US? UM, WE NEVER APPROVE THAT. WE DUNNO WHY IT'S STILL ATTACHED IN THERE AND IT'S ADDING CONFUSION. UM, ANOTHER THING THAT'S IN THERE IS AN FAQ THAT, UH, RELATES TO AN EARLIER VERSION. AND SO THAT'S ADDED CONFUSION. SO, BUT LOOKING AT, UM, THE PUT ITSELF, IT DOESN'T TALK ABOUT THAT ROAD, WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT A FEW THINGS LIKE A STAGE, RIGHT? AND THE STAGE WHEN TALKING TO THE CHAMBER PRESIDENT, THE CHAMBER DIDN'T ASK FOR A STAGE, PARKS ASKED FOR IT BECAUSE THIS IS IN A PARK. AND SO THE CHAMBER, UH, THE PRESIDENT TOLD ME THEY DON'T HAVE PLANS FOR THE STAGE, THEY DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING FOR THE STAGE. HE'S FINE WITH REMOVING IT. AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE WERE GETTING A LOT OF THOSE EMAILS ABOUT IT BEING, UH, A CONCERT VENUE. 'CAUSE THAT WORDING WAS INCLUDED IN IT ORIGINALLY AND HAVING THAT OUTDOOR STAGE, BUT THE CHAMBER WASN'T REALLY WANTING TO DO THAT. THE PUD ALSO TALKS ABOUT, UM, THE TRAILS THAT ARE ON THERE. WELL, THOSE ARE OUR TRAILS. THAT'S OUR PARK. AND SO TO ME, I FEEL LIKE IT DOESN'T BELONG IN THE CHAMBER'S. PUD THE ONLY THING THAT BELONGS IN THEIR PUD IS THEIR ACTUAL USE. UM, THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHO TAKES CARE OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF IT, WHAT BELONGS TO PARKS, WHAT BELONGS TO THE CHAMBER, WHAT'S EVERYBODY'S RESPONSIBILITY, WHICH IS NOT A LAND USE THING, BUT IT MUDDIES THE WATER WHEN RESIDENTS ARE ASKING AND WE DON'T KNOW AND THE CHAMBER DOESN'T KNOW. UM, AND THEN LASTLY, I THINK ONE OF THE OTHER BIG CONCERNS IS IN THE POD, IT REFERS TO A STRUCTURE. UM, THE CHAMBER IS STILL FUNDRAISING FOR THIS. THEY HAVEN'T HAD FULL ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS YET. AND SO THE THINKING WAS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BUILD IT MODULARLY. SO EITHER OFFICES AND THEN THEY BUILD ONTO IT, OR AN OPEN AIR PAVILION, UM, THAT THEY WOULD BE RENTING OUT FOR WEDDINGS, UM, WITH THE HOURS THAT ARE IN THE P. AND UM, AND I THINK THOSE, THOSE ARE VERY DIFFERENT USES AND THOSE ARE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE SAW THOSE TWO MAPS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. WE WERE ALL TALKING ABOUT AN ENCLOSED BUILDING. AND SO FOR ALL OF THAT, UM, THE, THE CHAMBER BOARD IS IN AGREEMENT WITH WHERE I'VE BEEN AT ON THIS, UM, THAT IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE MADE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR. WE NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR THE BUILDING. DOES IT HAVE WALLS? DOES IT NOT HAVE WALLS? UM, THE PARK STUFF SHOULD BE REMOVED, IN MY OPINION. UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT WHEN IT COMES BACK, ALSO GO ON AN AGENDA WITH THE CONTRACT FOR HOW THE CHAMBER AND THE CITY ARE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER SO THAT THE CONTRACT, UM, CAN HELP WITH ALL OF THOSE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS. UM, I'M REALLY NOT COMFORTABLE WITH PASSING IT IN ITS CURRENT FORM BESIDES SOME OF THE ERRORS OR THE, THE ISSUES IN IT, THE CURRENT FORM. ALSO, IF WE'RE SAYING THE TRAILS AND THE STAGE AREA ARE PART OF THE CHAMBER'S, PUD, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GO TO DO A CONTRACT WITH THEM LATER ON? WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS IT TO MAINTAIN THAT TRAIL IF IT'S IN THEIR PUD AND IT'S ON OUR LAND? I FEEL LIKE IT MUDDIES THE WATERS. SO THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT ANY ISSUES THAT WE SAW, THINGS WE LIKED, THINGS WE DIDN'T LIKE, WHAT WE WANNA SEE AS THE CHAMBER AND STAFF WORK TOGETHER WITH SOME OF THESE CONCERNS THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE RESIDENTS, UM, TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT IS WORKABLE. THAT WAS A LOT OF TALKING. I'M SORRY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING? I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD BECAUSE THAT'S THOSE I I, I WAS JUST TALKING BEFORE TO CITY MANAGER. JUST CLARITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT. SO AS LONG AS IT'S CLEAR EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE, IT COULD BE, IT, IT, EVEN IF IT'S A TOUGH CONVERSATION OR WHATEVER, AT LEAST EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE. SO, UM, I DON'T WANNA MICROMANAGE IT, I JUST WANT IT TO BE AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE. SO THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? I THINK YOU LAID IT OUT VERY CLEARLY OF, OF THE CHALLENGES THAT ARE WITH APPROVING IT THE WAY IT IS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT BE VERY CLEAR SO THERE'S NO CONFUSION OF WHO'S DOING WHAT AND WHEN, AND EXACTLY WHAT THE CHAMBER IS ASKING FOR AND WHAT THEY WANT TO, TO SEE ON THIS PROPERTY. YES. AND ONLY WHAT THE CHAMBER WANTS, RIGHT. IN THEIR OWN PUT. RIGHT. AND THAT'S THE POINT I WAS GONNA MAKE. 'CAUSE A LOT OF THIS HAS GOTTEN, UM, BECAUSE IT IS CITY LAND AND SO IT'S BEEN TRIED TO MIX A LOT OF THINGS UP AND THAT THE CHAMBER HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT OR A PROJECT TO PUT A BUILDING SOMEWHERE FOR 5, 6, 7, 8 YEARS NOW. AND SO THEY'RE THE, THE CHAMBER'S READY TO MOVE FORWARD. AND SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO GET STAFF AND OUR IDEAS TOGETHER IF YOU'VE GOT ANYTHING SPECIFIC. MM-HMM, . UM, BECAUSE THE, THE CHAMBER'S GONNA MAKE A DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS OR FIND ANOTHER PROPERTY. SO YES, AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TOO. WE DON'T WANT [01:45:01] TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE THIS HELD UP FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS. AND THAT'S ALSO WHERE SOME OF THIS TONIGHT WITH THEM PULLING IT WITH THEM, PULLING IT, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THERE, IT WAS DENIED AT PLANNING AND ZONING, IF WE WERE TO DENY THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING FOR SIX MONTHS, BUT BY NOT HAVING AN ACTION, UM, WE'RE ALREADY SETTING UP THE MEETING TO, TO WORK ON, ON, ON ALL OF THIS SO THAT THEY CAN KEEP MOVING ON IT AND IT DOESN'T STALL. DOES EVERYBODY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED AS FAR AS TO, TO COME TOGETHER ON THAT? IT, I'M NOT PART OF THOSE MEETINGS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD ADD ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE OF ANY VALUE TO, I DON'T THINK, 'CAUSE THIS IS PRETTY RECENT. I DON'T THINK STAFF HAS WHAT THEY NEED, BUT, UM, THE CITY MANAGER AND I, YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT IT? YEAH. UH, WE ALREADY HAVE A REQUEST FROM THE CHAMBER TO SIT DOWN, UH, IN A FIRST MEETING. SO WE, WE NEED TO OPEN SOME DIALOGUE AND KIND OF NAIL DOWN WHAT THEIR CONCEPT IS AND WHAT THEY NEED AND WE CAN BEGIN TO KIND OF REBUILD FROM THERE. WELL, AND IT'S NOT ONLY THE, UM, WHAT THEIR CONCEPT IS, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT THE PARAMETERS, UM, THAT THE CITY WANTS. 'CAUSE THIS IS CITY PROPERTY, RIGHT? AND SO WHAT THE CITY WANTS SO THAT THE CHAMBER CAN MAKE THE BEST DECISION FOR THEM, BECAUSE IN THE END, I THINK, UM, WITH WHATEVER PROJECT ENDS UP ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY, IT'S, IT HAS TO BE GOOD FOR THE CITY. THE CHAMBER NEEDS IT TO BE GOOD FOR THEM, AND IT NEEDS TO BE GOOD FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE HERE, RIGHT? AND WE HAVE TO TAKE ALL OF THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. AND, UM, AND THIS WHOLE THING STARTED OUT WITH THE CITY ASKING THE CHAMBER TO BUILD SOMETHING THERE. SO, UM, WITH THAT IN LIGHT, THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO MOVE THIS CONVERSATION FORWARD. AND I THINK HAVING, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH US ON THE DIOCESE AND STAFF LETTING YOU KNOW, LET'S GET EVERYTHING OUT THERE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A REALLY GOOD MEETING AND, UM, FIGURE OUT HOW TO MOVE FORWARD. YEAH, IT SHOULD BE GOOD. WE ABSOLUTELY DO NEED PLACES TO GATHER. SO THIS CAN BE A GREAT PROJECT. IT'S JUST GOTTA HAVE THAT CLARITY. UM, AND I WANNA SAY TOO, YOU KNOW, I THINK PERHAPS WHY WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF SPEAKERS TONIGHT IS BECAUSE THE WORD DID GET OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD EARLIER TODAY. WE MADE SURE TO COMMUNICATE THAT, UM, THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO BE TAKING AN ACTION TONIGHT. SO I JUST WANNA CLARIFY TO THE PEOPLE WHO, WHO HAD IDEAS AND CONCERNS, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AS WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT UPDATING THIS, UM, GO AHEAD AND EMAIL US AND, AND LET US KNOW WHAT WHAT YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT, WHAT YOU WANNA MAKE SURE IS COVERED. BECAUSE, UM, WE HEARD SOME, UH, WE HEARD A FEW VERY GOOD THOUGHT PROVOKING COMMENTS LAST NIGHT. UM, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT EVERYBODY IS HEARD. MAYOR, WILL YOU PLEASE STATE THAT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT SUBMITTED COMMENTS AND POSITIONS, UH, VIA THE WEBSITE, THEY'RE GONNA BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD. THANK YOU. INDIVIDUALS THAT SUBMITTED THEIR COMMENTS AND OPINIONS AND POSITIONS, UH, VIA THE WEBSITE WILL BE, UH, INCLUDED IN THE PUBLIC RECORD. I BELIEVE THERE WERE OVER A HUNDRED. YES, OVER A HUNDRED OF THEM. , UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ZEREK, I THINK I SAW YOU ABOUT TWO. DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT OR A QUESTION? UH, JU I JUST, UH, IN GENERAL THOUGH, I I AM ABSOLUTELY IN FAVOR OF MAKING SURE WE'RE MAKING BEST USE OF THAT. YEAH. ESPECIALLY THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND ON THE PROPERTY. I ABSOLUTELY WANNA DO THAT. I, I WANT TO CLARIFY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S CRYSTAL CLEAR. MM-HMM. . UM, AND NOBODY EVER LIKES ANYTHING GOING NEXT TO WHEREVER THEY LIVE ANYWAYS. AND NO MATTER WHAT IT'S GONNA BE, I THINK IT SHOULD BE DONE RIGHT? AND IT SHOULD BE CLEARLY COMMUNICATED. AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT PROPERTY EVEN LENDS ITSELF TO BE SOMETHING OF A MAJOR, UM, OF, OF MAJOR GET TOGETHERS BECAUSE OF ITS ITS SIZE ANYWAYS. BUT STILL IT SHOULD BE CLEARLY COMMUNICATED AND I I UNDERSTAND WHAT'S, WHAT'S WHAT THE, WHAT THE CITIZENS AND WHAT THE NEIGHBORS ARE ASKING FOR. MM-HMM. . UM, BUT I JUST WANNA BE ON THE RECORD ALSO SAYING THAT I DON'T, I I DO THINK WE SHOULD BE USING THIS PROPERTY AND WE DO SHOULD, WE SHOULD BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT IT. LET'S JUST MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR. SOUNDS GOOD. UM, AND COUNCIL MEMBER HERRERA, DID I SEE YOU ABOUT TO MAKE A COMMENT? OH, SHE WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING. YEAH, I, I JUST WANT, LIKE, WHAT, UM, BECKY HAD MENTIONED IS THAT THE CITY APPROACHED THE CHAMBER ABOUT THIS TO BEGIN WITH. AND WHILE IT'S A GOOD IDEA THAT YOU CAN KILL TWO BIRDS WITH, WITH ONE STONE, SO TO SPEAK, UM, IT, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE EVERYTHING BROUGHT BACK. EVERYTHING YOU SAID WAS VERY HELPFUL AND, UM, AND I ACTUALLY TALKED TO BRIDGET EARLIER TO KIND OF GET THAT PERSPECTIVE AND IT, AND IT MADE, MADE PERFECT SENSE TO, UM, REALLY NOT, NOT SCRATCH IT, BUT START OVER AND PRESENT IT TO US. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO BE MAKING THE DECISIONS OR, OR MAKING THE RECOMMENDATIONS RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE I THINK THEY HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION, UH, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED, LIKE THE, THE STREETS, I MEAN, TO ME THAT'S, THAT IT'S A CITY STREET. SO THE CITY WOULD TAKE CARE OF THAT. IT SHOULDN'T BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CHAMBER. THE CHAMBER DOESN'T TAKE CARE OF STREETS. SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF A, THAT'S NOT IN THEIR PURVIEW OF CHAMBER, DOES NOT TAKE CARE OF STREETS. UM, AND, AND THE TRAILS. THAT'S JUST NOT WHAT THEY DO. THAT SHOULD BE THE CITY. UM, SO WITH THAT SAID, THERE IS THE HISTORICAL ASPECT OF IT THAT NEEDS TO [01:50:01] BE PROPERLY MAINTAINED AND RESPECTED. AND, UM, THAT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS USED AND RESPECTED. AND, UM, I, I DON'T WANNA LOSE SIGHT OF THAT. I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THAT PROPERTY. SO WITH, I MEAN, WE'RE TRYING TO COMBINE A LOT INTO ONE AREA, AND THAT THAT'S A LOT OF PIECES OF A PUZZLE THAT YOU'VE GOTTA FIT PROPERLY. UH, IT'S NOT EASY. IT'S NOT EASY. AND, UH, I HAVE RESPECTED ALL THE COMMENTS AND, AND IT, IT'S HARD TO PUT IT ALL INTO, TO, TO WRAP YOUR BRAIN AROUND EVERYTHING ALL AT THE SAME TIME, UH, WHEN YOU CAN'T SEE A CLEAR VISION OF IT. SO I THINK WE, NONE OF US HAVE A CLEAR VISION OF WHAT THIS IS. UH, SO I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF POSTPONING AND NOT REALLY TRYING TO DESIGN ANYTHING FROM HERE. LET THE PROFESSIONALS DO IT AND THEN PRESENT IT BACK TO US. IT'S NOT DESIGNING, IT'S MORE OF JUST, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IF YOU HAVE A CONCERN THAT YOU WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S ADDRESSED, YEAH. THIS IS YOUR TIME. WELL THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S WHY I DON'T WANNA GET TOO DETAILED. IT'S JUST LIKE THE, THE CITY STREETS OR CITY STREETS, THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, BUT WHERE DOES IT GO? THAT'S NOT WHAT WE DO , RIGHT? SO WHAT I HEARD IN TALK TALKING WAS I HEARD TWO CONCERNS. ONE IS THE NOISE, THE SECOND ONE IS TRAFFIC BEING DUMPED DIRECTLY INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO I THINK WHEN THEY GO BACK, WHEN THEY GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT, THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS THEY NEED TO ADDRESS. HOWEVER THEY ADDRESS IT. HOWEVER, THE STRUCTURE OF THE, THE, WHAT THEY DO ON THE PROPERTY AND ALL THAT, WHAT FITS IT AND ALL THAT, I THINK THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS THEY SHOULD COME BACK AND ADDRESS. AND IF THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS AND, AND MEET WHAT WE NEED, THEN IT LOOKS LIKE IT SHOULD GO FORWARD. SO, THANK YOU. ONE OTHER THING I, AND I HOPE I CAN SAY IT HERE. THE, THE OTHER, UM, DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD GET KEEPS GETTING PULLED. IT'S A SHAME THAT THAT IS HAPPENING BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT IS PROBABLY HAPPENING BECAUSE THEY'RE WAITING FOR THIS TO FINISH. IS IT NOT? AND, AND IT'S OKAY. WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT, BUT I, I JUST, I WOULD HATE TO SEE SOME ONE PROJECT HELD UP BECAUSE OF SOMETHING ELSE. WELL, AND REALISTICALLY I THINK THERE'S A, A REVERSE EFFECT THAT THIS PROJECT, IT NEEDS SOME THINGS FROM THAT PROJECT BECAUSE THERE'S NO STREET ACCESS TO THIS PROJECT. AND SO, UM, SO, SO THIS DOES NEED TO HAPPEN FIRST. UM, IT'S NOT, SO IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN FIRST, BUT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE HAVE A PUD THAT HAS STREET ACCESS, SO EITHER WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT RIGHT OF WAY OR THEY'RE DEVELOPING AND IT COMES IN WITH THEIRS. MM-HMM. SOMETHING, SOMETHING THAT IS ABOVE OUR PAY GRADE. YEAH, THERE'S STILL HOLES TO FILL. YEAH. YEAH, THERE'S STILL THOSE, THOSE DETAILS OUT THERE. OKAY. UM, I DO WANNA THANK THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THEIR PATIENTS AND, AND CLEARLY ADVOCATING. AND I WANTED TO THANK THE CHAMBER AND OUR STAFF ESPECIALLY. UM, I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE PUT IN A TON OF TIME BOTH WORKING ON THIS AND MEETING WITH THE PUBLIC, ANSWERING EMAILS, AND I'M SORRY THAT IT'S NOT DONE, BUT, UM, I HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE THAT WHEN IT IS DONE, IT'S GOING TO BE FANTASTIC AND, UM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO STAVE OFF FUTURE COMPLAINTS. SO I THINK IT'LL BE GOOD. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. DID ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. [29. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Special Use Case Z-24-0107 to adopt a Special Use Permit to allow for the operation of a Mobile Food Establishment Park on one (1) parcel of land approximately 0.18 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R036077; and more commonly known as 203 North Brushy Street, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.  Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case Z-24-0107 as described above.] WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 29. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING SPECIAL USE CASE Z DASH 24 DASH 0 1 0 7. TO ADOPT A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR THE OPERATION OF A MOBILE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT, PARK ON ONE PARCEL OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 0.18 ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE. MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY WILLIAMSON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT AS PARCEL R 0 3 6 0 7 7 AND MORE CALMLY KNOWN AS 2 0 3 NORTH BRUSHY STREET, LEANDER, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GRIFFIN, GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE NIGHT OWL SPECIAL USE PERMIT. UM, THIS PROPERTY IS, UH, RIGHT NEXT DOOR AND IS CURRENTLY OPERATED AS A BAR AND THEY WANT TO ADD, UM, A FOOD TRUCK TO THE PROPERTY AND THEY WANT IT TO MAKE IT A PERMANENT LOCATION. UM, SO THE PURPOSE IN THIS REQUEST IS TO GIVE THEM THE ABILITY TO LEAVE A FOOD TRUCK AND POTENTIALLY ADD A SECOND ONE. ONE OF THE ISSUES THEY HAVE WITH OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE IS THEY'RE TOO CLOSE TO EXISTING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. SO THE ORDINANCE SAYS TO HAVE A PERMANENT FOOD TRUCK OR A TEMPORARY FOOD TRUCK, YOU HAVE TO BE 150 FEET AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL. SO TODAY, UM, THIS PROPERTY IS, UH, SLATED TO BE, UH, WHISKEY, TANGO, FOX TROT. THEY HAVEN'T STARTED CONSTRUCTION, SO IT'S NOT REALLY OCCUPIED. WE WEREN'T AS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT ONE. UM, THIS ONE RIGHT HERE IS OCCUPIED. UM, THEY DID GET PUBLIC NOTICE. WE DIDN'T RECEIVE, UM, ANY FEEDBACK. UH, THIS WAS REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UH, APRIL 25TH, AND THEY DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST AND I'M GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. I SAW THE APPLICANT EARLIER, I THINK HE'S HERE FOR QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. THERE'S NOBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? [01:55:02] ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. WE'LL NOW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE Z DASH 24 DASH 0 1 0 7 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY. COUNSEL, I NO QUESTIONS ON MY A MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. [30. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case Z-24-0112 to amend the current zoning of Interim SFR-1-B (Single-Family Rural) to adopt the Hero Ranch Minor PUD (Planned Unit Development) with the base zoning of GC-3-C (General Commercial) on four (4) parcels of land approximately 14.5 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R031758, R098017, R473771, and R098019; and generally located approximately 475 feet to the west of the intersection of Hero Way and Ronald W. Reagan Boulevard on the northside of Hero Way, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.    Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case Z-24-0112 as described above.] ITEM NUMBER 30, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ZONING CASE Z DASH 24 DASH 0 1 12. TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF INTERIM S FFR DASH ONE DASH B SINGLE FAMILY RULE TO ADOPT THE HERO RANCH MINOR PUD, PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT WITH A BASE ZONING OF GC DASH THREE C. GENERAL COMMERCIAL ON FOUR PARCELS OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 14.5 ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY WILLIAMSON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT AS PARCELS. R 0 3 1 7 5 8 R 0 9 8 0 1 7 R 4 7 3 7 7 1 AND R 0 9 8 0 1 9. AND GENERALLY LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 475 FEET TO THE WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF HERO WAY AND RONALD W. REAGAN BOULEVARD ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HERO WAY. LEANDER WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. GRIFFIN, WELCOME BACK. GOOD EVENING. SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE HERO RANCH MINOR PUD. UM, THIS PROJECT, UH, STARTED AS A GC THREE C REQUESTS ON THE ENTIRE PROPERTY. UM, DURING THE REVIEW WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THEY EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT GENERAL COMMERCIAL LOCATED ON THE BACK PORTION. THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, BARS AND NIGHTCLUBS AS WELL AS BUILDING HEIGHT. UM, SO WE WORKED WITH THE APPLICANT TO COME UP WITH A, A MINOR PUD THAT RESTRICTED THOSE TWO THINGS. UM, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL AT THEIR, UM, MEETING ON MAY 9TH. AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. APPLICANT IS HERE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS TOO. THANK THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. THERE'S NOBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM. IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. WE'LL NOW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE Z DASH 24 DASH ZERO HUNDRED 12 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY. COUNSEL? NOPE. I ASKED A QUESTION OF THE AFTER CHRIS FOR IT. YOU, YOU LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO THIS? I DO. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A PRETTY GOOD TOUCH WHEN YOU GUYS COME UP. GREG HERMAN 1 0 7, PITCH STONE CODE. GEORGETOWN. THANK YOU SIR. SO JUST FOR ZONE A, WHERE WOULD THE ACCESS POINTS BE TO THAT PROPERTY? IS THAT GONNA BE ON HERO WAY? ACTUALLY, THERE'LL BE TWO POINTS. IT'LL BE ACTUALLY MORE THAN THAT. IT'LL BE HERO WAY, IT'LL BE AIRPORT BOULEVARD OR DRIVE. IT WILL ALSO BE REAGAN. WE OWN THE PROPERTY THAT IS IN THE RED GOING TOWARDS REAGAN. THIS WILL BE AN OVERALL MULTI-USE DEVELOPMENT. IT'LL INCLUDE ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND FEET OF RETAIL AND ABOUT 60,000 FEET OF OFFICE, FLEX OFFICE AND PERSONAL USE. SO GETTING THERE OFF OF AIRPORT, UM, WHERE, WHERE'S THAT GONNA MAKE ENTRY AT? BECAUSE AS CHRIS MENTIONED, I LIVE IN THAT AREA AND SO AIRPORT DEAD ENDS THAT PROPERTY RIGHT NOW. AND MY MAIN CONCERN IS WITH TRAFFIC TRAVELING ON AIRPORT, THEN WINDING OAK TRYING TO EXIT THE WAY IT WILL BE SET UP. WE ACTUALLY OWN THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, UH, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF AIRPORT DRIVE. MM-HMM. THAT WILL BE ZONED IN THE FUTURE. IT'S RURAL, UH, RESIDENTIAL NOW, WHICH YOU CAN'T EVEN REALLY DEVELOP AT THAT POINT. BUT THE CHANCES ARE AIRPORT DRIVE WILL BE TAKEN DOWN AND CONNECTED STRAIGHT DOWN TO REAGAN. SO THERE WILL BE AN EXIT, EXIT POINT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE PROJECT. REAGAN ALSO DOWN TO HERO, SO ALL OF THE TRAFFIC LEAVING PALMERO AT THAT POINT CAN TRAVEL THROUGH THE PROJECT. OKAY. IT'LL BE COMPLETE CROSS AXIS EASEMENTS THROUGH THE WHOLE PLACE. OKAY. AND I'M JUST CURIOUS, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER TO THE PUT, BUT WHEN DO YOU GUYS ANTICIPATE THIS PROJECT BEING COMPLETE IS AT LEAST THE, A PORTION, AT LEAST WHAT? THE BOTTOM PORTION THAT'S, UH, RIGHT ALONG HERE AWAY. THAT'S KIND OF PUT, UH, THE LETTER A THERE, THAT PORTION I WOULD, WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE RETAIL, WHICH WILL BE ON REAGAN. IT'LL MOVE DOWN HEADING SOUTH ON REAGAN. PHASE ONE IS ABOUT TO START. OKAY. PHASE TWO WILL FOLLOW IMMEDIATELY, THEN THE RETAIL WILL WRAP ON HERO AND THE MINUTE IT WRAPS WILL BRING ACCESS IN. ARE WE THINKING 2026 WHEN HEROES? I THINK WE'LL HAVE ACCESS OUT TO AT LEAST TWO POINTS ON, UH, PARER WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF. OKAY. ALRIGHT. AND THEN THE FIRST GROUP OF OFFICE BUILDINGS WILL GIVE US, UM, ACCESS OUT TO HERO. OKAY. I, I I THINK THERE'LL BE A LOT OF WAYS FOR TRAFFIC TO EXIT OUT. OKAY. THANK [02:00:01] YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. OVERALL, THAT'S WHAT'S NEEDED IN THAT AREA ANYWAYS. RIGHT. SO I APPRECIATE YOU WORKING WITH EVERYBODY, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF THE, WITH THE MINOR PET ON SOME OF THE STUFF TOWARDS THE PARCEL B HERE. SO, UM, DID ONE MORE QUESTION, GREG. SO YOU GUYS DID A LITTLE PRESENTATION FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD YES. BACK IN DECEMBER, I BELIEVE. UH, HAS ANYTHING CHANGED SINCE THEN? NO. OKAY. THE, THE ONLY DELAY IN THE PROJECT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH TDOT ON WHAT'S BEING ACQUIRED FOR REAGAN AS WELL AS HERO. OKAY. AND WE'RE AT THE POINT WE KNOW WHAT'S BEING TAKEN SO WE CAN NOW PLAN AND WE HAVE PLANNED, BECAUSE OF RETAIL, YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHERE YOUR FRONT DOOR STARTS FOR THE PARKING. SO WE KNOW THAT PHASE ONE IS BEING ADJUSTED FOR WHAT IS BEING TAKEN FROM IT. UM, IT'LL BE INTO THE CITY PROBABLY WITHIN A COUPLE WEEKS. OKAY. SO THINGS WILL START TO MOVE FORWARD. WELL, OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU QUESTION BEFORE, WERE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? NO, I'M GONNA, I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION. OKAY. I WASN'T SURE IF THAT WAS LIKE, YOU HAD SOMETHING WAS GONNA NO, NO, NO. I WAS YOU GOT THE ITCHY HAND. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING. YOU, THAT'S WHY I WAS SAYING YOU SHOULD MAKE IT. YEAH. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND MOTION. AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. [31. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding authorizing the issuance of Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2024A, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $10,000,000.00, for the purposes of paying contractual obligations of the City to be incurred for (1) City-wide road, street, and traffic signalization improvements, and the acquisition of rights-of-way and easements therefor, including but not limited to San Gabriel Parkway; and (2) the payment of professional services and costs of issuance related thereto. Discuss and consider action regarding an ordinance authorizing the issuance of Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2024A; authorizing the sale thereof; and enacting provisions incident and related to the issuance of said certificates (road, street and traffic signalization improvements).] ITEM NUMBER 31, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION SERIES 2024 A IN AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPLE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $10 MILLION FOR THE PURPOSES OF PAYING CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS OF THE CITY TO BE INCURRED FOR ONE CITYWIDE ROAD STREET AND TRAFFIC SIGNALIZATION IMPROVEMENTS AND THE ACQUISITION OF RIGHTS OF WAY AND EASEMENTS, THEREFORE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY. AND TWO, THE PAYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND COSTS OF ISSUANCE RELATED THERETO. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE POWERS. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. UM, BEFORE I ASK OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR CHRIS ALLEN WITH RBC CAPITAL MARKETS TO, TO COME UP, UM, AND GIVE A PRESENTATION. CHRIS IS GONNA GIVE ONE PRESENTATION THAT COVERS THE NEXT, THIS ITEM AND THE NEXT TWO. UM, BUT JUST AS, UM, UM, UH, BACKGROUND IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, COUNCIL GAVE US THE, UH, STAFF, THE AUTHORIZATION TO, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ITEM AS WELL AS THE NEXT TWO. UH, STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WHEN A, UH, CITY, UH, DESIRES TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, COS AS WE CALL 'EM, UH, THAT A PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED OR PUBLIC NOTICE AND A PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED. SO, UH, YOU GAVE US THE AUTHORIZATION IN FEBRUARY TO PROCEED, UM, CHRIS AND HIS TEAM AND THE UNDERWRITERS, AND ALSO I WANT TO, UH, MENTION GREGORY MILLER BOND COUNSEL, UH, WITH BIGGER STAFF. HEATH AND DELGADO IS HERE. UH, THE WHOLE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING SINCE THEN TO, UH, BRING THESE THREE, UM, FINANCING, UH, ISSUES, UH, TO MARKET. AND, UM, AGAIN, CHRIS WILL GIVE ONE PRESENTATION, UH, THAT COVERS ALL THREE. AND THEN, UH, YOU CAN, UH, PROCEED WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS, UM, YOU MAY HAVE. BUT CHRIS, SOUNDS GREAT. THANK YOU. YEAH, JUST GO FORWARD. , WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, CITY MANAGER PARTON. UH, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME'S CHRIS ALLEN. I'M WITH RBC CAPITAL MARKETS. WE SERVE AS FINANCIAL ADVISOR AS MR. POWER SAID. UM, I HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION, UH, OUTLINING SOME OF THE DEAL PARTICULARS AND, AND STATISTICS FOR THE, UH, FINANCINGS THAT WE BROUGHT TO MARKET TODAY. FIRST, UH, WE'LL START WITH, UH, CREDIT RATINGS. UH, AS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WHEN WE, WE, UH, WORK TOWARDS THE FINANCING, WE HAVE TO, UM, VISIT WITH THE CREDIT RATING AGENCIES. UH, YOU MAINTAIN A CREDIT RATING. UM, WE WENT TO THOSE, UH, BOTH MOODY'S AND S AND P. UH, BOTH OF THOSE, UH, CREDIT RATING FOLKS GAVE US, UH, FIRMER RATINGS OF AA ONE AND AA, WHICH IS A VERY HIGH RATING. UM, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT SOME OF THE, UM, COMMENTS. A COUPLE. THERE ARE, UH, GROWING TAX BASE FAVORABLY LOCATED TO AUSTIN, UH, ABOVE AVERAGE PROPERTY WEALTH AND RESIDENT INCOME. BUT WHAT I'D REALLY LIKE TO, TO TO POINT OUT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU REALLY HAVE DIRECT CONTROL OF IS THAT YOU, YOU, THEY NOTE THERE THAT YOU HAVE STRONG FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND RO ROBUST, UH, RESERVES, GOOD FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICIES AND PRACTICES SUPPORTING CONSISTENTLY BETTER THAN BUDGET RESULTS. THAT'S A, UM, A TESTAMENT TO YOU, UH, AS MANAGING THE CITY AND MR. POWERS HERE, HIS GOOD FINANCIAL ADVICE AND DIRECTION. UM, AS MR. POWERS POINTED OUT, UH, THE TEAM MEMBERS THAT WERE INVOLVED, BOND COUNCIL, AGAIN, GREGORY MILLER'S HERE, UH, WITH BICKERSTAFF, [02:05:01] HE, DELGADO ACOSTA, UH, THE SENIOR MANAGER WAS FHN FINANCIAL MARKET MARKETS. UM, CO-MANAGER WAS RAYMOND JAMES. THESE ARE THE, THE BANKS THAT GO OUT AND MARKET YOUR BOND AND RECEIVE BIDS. UH, AND THEN THEIR COUNSEL, ORIC, HARRINGTON SUTCLIFFE AND ORIC HARRINGTON AND SUTCLIFFE TRIPPING OVER MY WORDS TODAY. SORRY. UM, JUST TO PUT THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE, UM, THE SLIDE HERE SHOWS, UH, THE MARKET RATES. UM, THE BIG GRAPH THERE IS THE MMD. THIS IS AN INDEX THAT WE USE AS A PROXY OR THE INDUSTRY USES AS A PROXY TO PRICE MUNICIPAL BONDS. YOU'LL SEE THERE THAT THE CHART THERE IS, IS A 14 YEAR LOOK. UM, AND THEN I'VE HIGHLIGHTED THE LAST YEAR FROM MAY TO MAY, WE'VE HAD QUITE A BIT OF VOLATILITY OVER THE LAST YEAR, UM, BEGINNING WITH THE END, OR EXCUSE ME, AT THE END OF THE LAST QUARTER, YOU KNOW, WITH THE FED HIKES, INTEREST RATES BEGAN TO, TO CREEP UP, UM, THE THOUGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR THAT THERE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, FIVE TO SIX FED, FED CUTS, UH, OR RATE REDUCTIONS. AND SO YOU SEE THE, THE MARKET MOVING DOWN THROUGH FEBRUARY AND MARCH. BUT THOSE DIDN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE, UH, INFLATION HAS BEEN A LOT STICKIER THAN MOST OF US WOULD LIKE. UM, SO, UH, RATES BEGIN COMING UP AS THE FED CAME AND KEPT RATES STABLE TO, TO MAINTAIN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE RATE STRUCTURE TO WARD OFF INFLATION, UM, TO TODAY. UM, OR, OR THIS AFTER CLOSING OF LAST WEEK, IT WAS 3 86. IT CAME DOWN OVER THE LAST, UM, LAST WEEK OR, OR 3 77 CURRENTLY. UM, THIS IS, UM, UH, A PICTURE OF THE SUPPLY. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF SUPPLY IN THE MARKET. YOU'LL SEE THE BOTTOM GRAPH THERE. UM, THAT'S YEAR OVER YEAR. UM, THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, MARCH AND APRIL, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF SUPPLY COMING TO MARKET. AND THAT'S DUE TO, YOU SAW HOW THE RATES WERE GOING DOWN, PEOPLE WERE GETTING IN THE MARKET TO TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LOWER RATES. UM, THAT'S KIND OF BACKED UP. UM, YOU'LL SEE APRIL AND MAY HAVE BEEN, UH, HEAVY MONTHS. UM, WE HAD A, A HEAVY HEAVY WEEK LAST WEEK OF 12.8 BILLION. AND THEN WE EXPECT TO END THIS WEEK WITH ANOTHER 12.8 BILLION. AND THEN LOOKING FORWARD, THEY'RE LOOKING AT ANOTHER DOUBLE DIGIT NEXT WEEK. UM, THIS IS A, A LIST OF SOME OF THE COMPARABLES THAT WERE OUT THERE, SOME OF YOUR PEERS THAT WE WERE PRICING WITH AND AGAINST. UM, ALL, ALL THESE ARE AA RATED CREDITS. I HAVE, UM, A COUPLE IN THERE. THERE'S A COLUMBIA BRAZORIA ISD, WHICH IS LOWER RATED, BUT BY VIRTUE OF THE, UH, PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND, THEY GET A AAA RATING. AND ONE NOTE I'D LIKE TO ADD THERE IS THAT WE ACTUALLY PRICED ON TOP OF THAT AAA RATE OR THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT. SECONDLY, CORPUS CHRISTI WAS ALSO OUT IN THE MARKET TODAY. UH, WE ACTUALLY PRICED THROUGH THEM, SO CONGRATULATIONS THERE. UM, AND THEN FINALLY, TO KIND OF SUMMARIZE THE DEAL PARTICULARS, YOU'LL SEE THIS IS THE SERIES A, THE ROAD BONDS, UH, ROAD CERTIFICATES. UM, IT'S, UH, $10 MILLION. WE GOT A, A TRUE INTEREST COST OF 3.77%. THAT'S THE ACTUAL INTEREST COST THAT YOU'LL BE PAYING ON THE, THE LOAN. YOU'LL ALSO SEE ON THE, THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THE AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE, UH, WORKING WITH STAFF ROBERT AND HIS TEAM. WE DE WE STRUCTURED IT SUCH THAT WE'D HAVE TO MOVE SOME OF THE PRINCIPLE UP FRONT FOR FUTURE CAPACITY FOR FUTURE NEEDS IN THE FUTURE IN ORDER TO MAIN, YOU KNOW, TO MANAGE THE TAX RATE PROPERLY AND GIVE YOU CAPACITY FOR THE FUTURE NEEDS. UM, SERIES 24 B FOR WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS. WE DID LEVEL DEBT SERVICE THERE. WE HAD A-A-T-I-C OF 3.84%. AND ONE THING I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT HERE BY DOING, WENT THE WRONG WAY BY ADDING MORE PRINCIPLE IN THE FRONT, YOU'RE ABLE TO SAVE ABOUT $2 MILLION OVER THE LIFE OF THE LOAN DOING IT THIS WAY. AND THEN FINALLY, UH, MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO DO A REFUNDING OF YOUR SERIES, UH, 2015 CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION, AND YOU'RE ABLE TO, UM, S UH, ACHIEVE A PRESENT VALUE SAVINGS OF 9% OR $1.4 MILLION OVER THE LIFE OF THAT. SO, CONGRATULATIONS THERE. UM, WITH THAT, I'D CERTAINLY RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF ALL THREE OF THESE. AND IF I'VE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, I, I'LL CERTAINLY DO THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, WITH THAT, WE'LL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. THERE'S NOBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL NOW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF COMBINATION TAX [02:10:01] AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION SERIES 2024 A AUTHORIZING THE SALE THEREOF AND ENACTING PROVISIONS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE OF SAID CERTIFICATES, ROAD STREET AND TRAFFIC SIGNALIZATION IMPROVEMENTS. COUNSEL, MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I HAVE SOME WAY TO GO. ROBERT , UH, MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. DID I SEE YOUR HAND UP? YES. OKAY. YES. [32. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding authorizing the issuance of Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2024B, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $23,500,000.00 for the purposes of paying contractual obligations of the City to be incurred for (1) City-wide water and wastewater utility system improvements, and the acquisition of rights-of-way and easements therefor, including but not limited to construction of an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) system, and Bagdad Terminus Pump Station, Ground Storage Tank and waterline; and (2) the payment of professional services and costs of issuance related thereto.   Discuss and consider action regarding an ordinance authorizing the issuance of Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2024B; authorizing the sale thereof; and enacting provisions incident and related to the issuance of said Certificates (water and wastewater utility system improvements).] PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM 32, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION SERIES 2024 B IN AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPLE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $23,500,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS OF THE CITY TO BE INCURRED FOR ONE CITYWIDE WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITY SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS AND THE ACQUISITION OF RIGHTS OF WAY AND EASEMENTS. THEREFORE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CONSTRUCTION OF AN ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE, A MI SYSTEM AND BAGHDAD, TERMINUS PUMP STATION, GROUND STORAGE TANK AND WATER WATERLINE. AND TWO, THE PAYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND COSTS OF ISSUANCE RELATED THERETO. UM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE POWERS. DID YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING ON THIS OR WE'RE JUST CONTINUING ON. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. THERE IS NOBODY HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. WE'LL NOW DISCUSS A CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION SERIES 2024 B AUTHORIZING THE SALE THEREOF AND ENACTING PROVISIONS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE OF SAID CERTIFICATES, WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITY SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS. COUNSEL, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. SO ON THE, ON THESE BONDS, ARE THEY CALLABLE OR PARTIAL CALLABLE? CALLABLE. THEY HAVE A 10 YEAR, UH, CALL FEATURE, WHICH MEANS IN 10 YEARS OR AFTER WE CAN, UH, REFINANCE, WHICH IS WHAT ENABLED US TO DO THAT WITH THE, UH, 2015 ISSUE. OKAY. AND ARE THEY COMPLETELY CALLABLE OR JUST PARTIAL? UH, COMPLETELY. OKAY. YES. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND MOTION. A SECOND. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. [33. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding authorizing the issuance of General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2024, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $16,335,000.00 for the purposes of paying contractual obligations of the City to be incurred for 1) refunding certain obligations of the City for debt service savings; and (2) the payment of professional services and costs of issuance related thereto.   Discuss and consider action regarding an ordinance authorizing the issuance of General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2024; authorizing the refunding of certain outstanding obligations; levying a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax on all taxable property within the City to pay the interest on said bonds and to create a sinking fund for the redemption thereof and the assessment and collection of such taxes; authorizing the delivery of an escrow deposit agreement; authorizing the sale thereof; and enacting provisions incident and related to the issuance of said bonds.] THANK YOU. ITEM 33, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BONDS SERIES 2024 IN AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPLE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $16,335,000 FOR THE PURPOSES OF PAYING CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS OF THE CITY TO BE INCURRED FOR ONE, REFUNDING CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS OF THE CITY FOR DEBT SERVICE SAVINGS. AND TWO, THE PAYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND COSTS OF ISSUANCE RELATED THERETO. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE POWERS. DO YOU MIND TELLING US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS? THIS ONE'S VERY EXCITING, . SURE. UH, THE ORIGINAL ISSUE THAT IS BEING, UH, REFINANCED OR REFUNDED, UH, DATES BACK FROM 2015. IT WAS A $24 MILLION, UM, UH, CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, UH, FOR VARIOUS, UH, ROAD PROJECTS, I BELIEVE, UH, FIRE STATION IMPROVEMENTS, PARK IMPROVEMENTS, UM, BUT IT HAD A, UH, UH, A CALL FEATURE 10 YEAR CALL, WHICH MEANS THAT THE, THE, UH, UH, CITY CAN, UH, PAY OFF THOSE MATURITIES EARLY. AND TYPICALLY, UM, OR WHAT OFTEN HAPPENS IS YOU REFINANCE TO ACHIEVE SAVINGS. UH, EVERYONE IS FAMILIAR WITH REFINANCING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LOWER INTEREST RATES. UM, SO, UM, WE'RE TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. UH, CHRIS MENTIONED THE NET PRESENT VALUE OF THE SAVINGS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS IS 1,000,004. UH, I LIKE TO THINK OF THE TOTAL DEBT SAVINGS JUST ON, 'CAUSE IT'S A BIGGER NUMBER. IT'S ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS JUST ON, ON, ON THE, THE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS OF THIS ISSUANCE VERSUS, UH, WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ON THE BOOKS. AND, UH, SO IT WILL SAVE THE, UH, CITY A LITTLE UNDER $300,000 A YEAR IN DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. WE'LL NOW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BONDS SERIES 2024, AUTHORIZING THE REFUNDING OF CERTAIN OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS, LEVYING A CONTINUING DIRECT ANNUAL AD VALOREM TAX ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY TO PAY THE INTEREST ON SAID BONDS AND TO CREATE A SINKING FUND FOR THE REDEMPTION THEREOF AND THE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF SUCH TAXES AUTHORIZING THE DELIVERY OF AN ESCROW DEPOSIT AGREEMENT, AUTHORIZING THE SALE THEREOF, AND ENACTING PROVISIONS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE OF SAID BONDS. COUNSEL, [02:15:01] MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY, I JUST HAVE A COMMENT. I LOVE WHEN YOU DO THIS AND, UH, I LOVE THAT YOU ARE PROACTIVE IN FINDING WAYS TO, TO SAVE TAXPAYER MONEY. AND WE ARE SO VERY LUCKY. AND SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO OUR BOND COUNCIL AS WELL. UM, THIS IS, THIS IS GREAT AND WE APPRECIATE YOU. UM, MOTION A SECOND. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES [34. Discuss and consider action on Solicitation CIPS24-007 to award EAR Telecommunications, LLC dba EARTC for Construction Services for Intersection Improvements; Option A: Collaborative Way and Bagdad Road (CIP T.71) in the amount of $1,462,600.15, Option B: CR175 and Journey Parkway (CIP T.75) in the amount of $460,901.05, and Option C: San Gabriel Parkway Eastbound at U.S. Highway 183 Right-Turn Lane (CIP T.20) in the amount of $378,294.11 for a total contract amount of $2,301,795.31; and authorize the City Manager to execute any and all necessary documents; and delegate authority to the City Manager to sign any change orders of less than $50,000 and in a cumulative amount not to exceed twenty-five (25%) percent of the original contract amount.] UNANIMOUSLY MOVING INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER 34, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON SOLICITATION CIPS 24 DASH 0 0 7 TO AWARD EAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS LLC, DOING BUSINESS AS E-A-R-T-C FOR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, OPTION A COLLABORATIVE WAY, AND BAGHDAD ROAD CIPT 0.71 IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,462,600 AND 15 CENTS. OPTION BCR 1 75 AND JOURNEY PARKWAY, CIPT 0.75 IN THE AMOUNT OF $460,901 AND 5 CENTS. AND OPTION C SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY, EASTBOUND AT US HIGHWAY 180 3, RIGHT TURN LANE, CIPT 0.20 IN THE AMOUNT OF $378,294 AND 11 CENTS FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $2,301,795 AND 31 CENTS. AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AND DELEGATE AUTHORITY TO THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN ANY CHANGE ORDERS OF LESS THAN $50,000 AND IN A CUMULATIVE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 25% OF THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT. CIP PROGRAM MANAGER BETIS IS HERE TO TELL US ABOUT IT. WELCOME. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. HONORED COUNCIL, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US UP HERE. UH, I AM TONY BETIS. I'M THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF LEANDER. AND I AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TEAM ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU. SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. BECAUSE WE HAD A WORKSHOP ON THIS, UH, AGENDA ITEM EARLIER TONIGHT. YES, SIR. AND A LOT OF QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED. THANK YOU, EMILY, FOR OTHER, UH, RESEARCH THAT YOU DID. BUT THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION THAT HAPPENED AFTERWARD AND THERE WAS SOME SERIOUS CONCERNS, UM, FROM SOME INDIVIDUALS ABOUT PEOPLE TRYING TO TAKE A LEFT TURN AND GO NORTHBOUND ONTO BAGHDAD FROM COUNTY ROAD TWO 80 WITH THE LIMITED SIGHT DISTANCE, WITH THE TRAFFIC BACKING UP AS THEY'RE GETTING STOPPED BY THE LIGHT GOING SOUTHBOUND. AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY HAD SOME REPORTS, THE VEHICLES ACTUALLY RUNNING OFF THE, THE SHOULDER OF THE ROADWAY BECAUSE VEHICLES ARE PULLING OUT. SO THEY TRY TO AVOID THE CRASHES. WHAT HAS BEEN DONE TO LOOK AT THAT AND ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE LIGHT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE CREATING MORE OF A HASSLE, UM, OR MORE OF A DANGER TO THE PEOPLE TRYING TO EXIT THAT COMMUNITY AS THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE THAT NORTHBOUND TURN WITH THE LIMITED SIGHT DISTANCE? YES, SIR. I UNDERSTAND. UH, WE ARE AWARE OF THAT. WE ARE TRYING TO GET THERE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. EVIDENTLY WE DO ANTICIPATE TRYING TO PUT THE MARKINGS THAT SAY YOU CANNOT BLOCK THE INTERSECTION. OF COURSE, UM, WE DO KNOW THAT IT IS A PROBLEM WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS WITH WILLIAMSON COUNTY ON THE NEGOTIATIONS OF THE ILA FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS TO, UH, BAGHDAD ROAD, WHICH WE DO WANNA NEGOTIATE REALIGNMENT TWO 80, WHICH WE WILL, WE DO KNOW THAT THAT WILL CORRECT THAT PROBLEM. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME FOR US TO GET THERE. UH, AS I SAY, WE'RE TRYING TO NEGOTIATE THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME. WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE DO HAVE THIS, UM, TRAFFIC SIGNAL IN PLACE. WE HAVE HAD MORE THAN 13 ACCIDENTS. WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE LIVES AND SAFETY OF CHILDREN FOR THE SCHOOL. UH, WE KNOW IT'S AN INCONVENIENCE. UM, SO AS WE GO THROUGH, THERE ARE ASPECTS THAT WE TRY TO WORK WITH, WE TRY TO GET TO. SO WE TRY TO PUT THE MARKINGS IN PLACE. WE TRY TO DO THE EDUCATION, WE TRY TO PUT THE SIGNAGE AND OF COURSE WE TRY TO WORK ON ALTERNATIVE PROJECTS TO CORRECT THIS IN THE FUTURE. AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M TOO PERSONALLY ATTACHED TO THIS AGENDA ITEM BECAUSE I TOO LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO EXIT AT TIMES. AND I FEEL CAPTIVATED IN MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD 'CAUSE I CAN'T ESCAPE, UH, DUE TO THE, UH, ROADWAYS THAT GET CONGESTED TRYING TO EXIT. AND SO WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. AND SO I'M KIND OF CONSIDERED CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THESE PEOPLE THAT LIVE OFF OF COUNTY ROAD TWO 80 AND THEM NOT BEING ABLE TO, 'CAUSE THEY ONLY HAVE ONE WAY OUT. AND THEN THAT IS THIS ROADWAY. AND YOU KNOW WHAT, IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY OR WILDFIRE OR, OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE. UM, AND IT'S JUST A HUGE CONCERN FOR ME. AND SO I WANT TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY, BUT I ALSO HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THEN WHAT'S BEST FOR THOSE RESIDENTS THERE. BECAUSE IS IT GONNA BE A SAFETY HAZARD? YES SIR. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. WE ALSO KNOW RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO CONTROL TO ACTUALLY STOP TRAFFIC COMING FROM THE NORTH EDDIE SOUTHBOUND OR NORTHBOUND FOR THAT MATTER. ANYBODY HAS TO CROSS OUT ACROSS THAT TRAFFIC IS IS BASICALLY DOING IT AT THEIR RISK. AND IT'S TOUGH SPECIFICALLY WITH ALL THE [02:20:01] CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC WE HAVE. UM, SO I DIDN'T ASK THIS EARLIER, BUT IS THERE A WAY TO PUT A NO RIGHT TURN ON RED FOR PEOPLE COMING OFF OF COLLABORATIVE WAY, TURNING ONTO BAGHDAD TO GO NORTHBOUND SO PEOPLE EXITING COUNTY ROAD TWO 80 CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A CLEAR PATH TO TURN WITH NOT HAVING TRAFFIC COMING? YOU MEAN IT'S, I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT SAFE. IT'S VERY GOOD TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS. ABSOLUTELY. NO, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOOD QUESTIONS. I I I THINK IT'S, IT'S A DANGEROUS SITUATION NOW. I DON'T THINK THE SIGNAL IS GONNA MAKE IT ANY WORSE. I THINK IT COULD IMPROVE IT, LIKE I WAS TALKING ABOUT, THERE'S A WAY YOU CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, CONTROL THE, UH, SIGNAL TO CREATE THAT GAP, YOU KNOW, TO HELP PEOPLE MAKE THOSE LEFT TURNS, YOU KNOW. BUT AS FAR AS THE NO RIGHT ON RED, I, I THINK THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A THING THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY DO. YEAH. IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT, UM, WHEN THE SIGNAL'S IMPLEMENTED AND WE CAN HAVE THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S A, IT'S NEEDED. IT'S DEFINITELY POSSIBLE. UM, BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT CREATING NOW TRAFFIC ON COLLABORATIVE. RIGHT. 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT LETTING PEOPLE TURN. RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO JUST SOMETHING AND, AND I JUST WANNA JUMP IN FOR A SECOND BECAUSE THAT KIND OF GOES TO SOMETHING THAT I WAS THINKING IS, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THERE NOW IS NOT WORKING. UM, THIS IMPROVES THE SITUATION, IT MAKES IT SAFER. AND MAYBE IF IT, BECAUSE IT IS A LITTLE BIT WRENCHING OF LIKE, OKAY, WHAT IF, WHAT IF, BUT WORST CASE SCENARIO, IF WE PUT IN THE LIGHT AND IT IS CREATING THAT DISTURBANCE, WE CAN CHANGE THE TIMING ON THE LIGHT, CHANGE THAT BREAK. WE CAN GO IN AND ADD THINGS LIKE NO RIGHT TURN. AND, UM, I BELIEVE, UH, CITY MANAGER, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WE COULD CHANGE THIS AT SOME POINT IF NECESSARY TO ONLY BE ACTIVE DURING SCHOOL HOURS RIGHT. AND TO BE FLASHING YELLOW OTHERWISE, I MEAN IT CAN, YEAH, IT CAN ANYTHING CAN BE DONE. YEAH. OKAY. UM, IT WOULD JUST, AGAIN, HAVE TO BE EVALUATED, MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE. BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE MAIN CONCERN IS HOW UNSAFE IT IS WHEN ALL OF THAT SCHOOL TRAFFIC IS COMING IN. SO IF IT HAS AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE THAT BACKS UP, WE CAN PIVOT AND IMPROVE THAT AND STILL HAVE THAT BENEFIT FOR THE SCHOOL TRAFFIC. AND WE CAN LOOK AT THE, AT THE TIMINGS ALSO, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS INTERNALLY OF, OF CLEARING THAT SOUTHBOUND, RIGHT. LET PEOPLE GO SOUTHBOUND, HOLD THAT NORTHBOUND SO THAT THE SOUTH GOES AND GIVES THOSE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY, LIKE WE SAID, TO CREATE, CREATE THOSE CAPS. SORRY ABOUT THAT. YOU'RE REALLY EXCITED. I WAS REALLY HANDSY. SORRY, . THANK YOU. SO IT DOES SOUND LIKE AN IMPROVEMENT AND I, I WANT TO, I I, I MIGHT'VE MISSED SOMETHING 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DAVID , BUT THE, UM, IN, IN A CASE OF AN EMERGENCY, I THINK ANYBODY TRYING TO GET OUTTA THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD TURN ANY WAY THAT THEY CAN. THEY WOULDN'T SIT THERE AND TURN LEFT, WAIT TO TURN LEFT. THEY WOULD TURN RIGHT AND GET OUT OF THERE. UM, HAVING LIVED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT FEELS LIKE THAT, IT'S LIKE YEAH, JUST GET OUTTA THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND GO SOMEWHERE. UM, BUT DOES THAT ANSWER, 'CAUSE I'M TRYING TO VISUALIZE IT MYSELF, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING NO RIGHT TURN. THAT WOULD ONLY HELP IF THERE, THAT, THAT STOPS THE TRAFFIC GOING ONE DIRECTION, NOT THE OTHER DIRECTION, BUT IN EMERGENCY IT DOESN'T MATTER. BUT YOU'RE SAYING IN, IN GENERAL ALL THE TIME TO, TO BE ABLE TO TURN LEFT BECAUSE THAT, JUST LOOKING AT THAT STREET, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE AN ODD LEFT TURN ANYWAY. YEAH. IT'S SIDE DISTANCE AND OTHER ISSUES. YES. SO I'M, I MEAN, I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE TURNING LEFT ON THAT ROAD. I MEAN THAT, I JUST TURNED RIGHT TO TURN RIGHT TO TURN RIGHT TO TURN RIGHT, TO GET TO THE RED LIGHT TO TURN LEFT. SO HERE'S HOW CRYSTAL, SO HERE'S HOW, HOW IT WENT DOWN EARLIER. THERE'S THREE PEOPLE THAT WERE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR THIS AND THEY WERE VERY RIGHT. YES, THEY WERE. AND SO HERE WERE THEY, THEY WERE HERE AND WE HAD A, WE HAD A VERY QUICK CONVERSATION, OKAY. WHICH IS, WE ARE IN A NO-WIN SITUATION ON AT THIS SITU, UH, WHERE WE'RE AT ON THIS ANYWAYS. YEAH. THERE'S NO WAY IT MAKES IT ANY WORSE SAFETY WISE, LET'S SAY. BUT CONVENIENCE WISE GETTING OUT. AND SO THEY WERE EVEN SAYING, WELL, YEAH, WE, WE UNDERSTAND, I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO BE BACK AND WE SHOULD HAVE A COMMITMENT AS A COUNCIL AND AS A CITY THAT WE WILL DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT PART OF THAT COUNTY PROJECT WE ARE LOOKING AT CONNECTING, UM, GETTING THE RIGHT OF WAY AND CONNECT. THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S GONNA FIX THIS SITUATION. THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THAT'S THE TWO 80 YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND THEY UNDER AND THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT PERFECTLY. SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE NOT HERE SPEAKING RIGHT NOW. MM-HMM. . AND THEY CHECKED OFF THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY, WE'RE JUST AGAINST IT BECAUSE THEY REALIZE LIKE, HEY, THIS, AFTER HEARING EVERYTHING ELSE MM-HMM. THE WAY, THE WAY THAT IT WAS EXPLAINED, THEY UNDERSTAND WE HAVE OTHER PROBLEMS BESIDES JUST THEM TURNING LEFT THERE TOO. YEAH. AND SO I BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM THAT ENTIRE COMMUNITY THAT SAYS, HEY, THIS IS OUR PROBLEM. MAYBE NOT THE WHOLE TWO 80 AND THE, AND CAN YOU SPEAK TO US BEFORE? RIGHT. BUT THE PART OF THE INTERSECTION IS SUPER IMPORTANT AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE READY FOR THAT. AND, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT FIXES THAT AREA ULTIMATELY ANYWAYS TOO. SO, UM, THAT'S MY, MY ONLY COMMENT THERE IS WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A CHOICE. WE REALLY NEED TO MOVE SOMETHING FORWARD, ESPECIALLY WITH THE TIMING, WITH HAVING THIS SUMMER AND, AND NEEDING TO, WE DON'T WANT ANOTHER, UM, I WON'T SAY THE OTHER NAME RIGHT, BUT, BUT , [02:25:01] BUT WE DON'T WANT ANY AS, AS MUCH AS WE CAN AVOID THAT AS POSSIBLE, THIS IS VERY INTENTIONAL. BUT IF WE CAN BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE RIGHT THING ENDS UP HAPPENING MM-HMM, LONG TERM WISE, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA COST SOME, COST US SOME MONEY, UM, TO, TO DO THOSE THINGS. WE UNDERSTAND IT, BUT THAT'S, IT'S NECESSARY. MM-HMM. , THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S GONNA FIX THAT SITUATION THERE. AND THOSE COMMENTS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, THOSE ARE THE COMMENTS CAME TO, THOSE WERE THE THREE PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE, BUT THEY CAME TO SPEAK BEFORE. YES. YES. OKAY. SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE, UH, THE THREE PEOPLE THAT WANTED THEIR POSITION READ INTO THE RECORD. UM, ALL THREE ARE AGAINST, AND IT IS SHERRY BO MAYBE, UM, JOHN TRAVER AND JASON LITTLETON ORIGINALLY, THEY WERE ALL GONNA SPEAK MM-HMM. . BUT DAVID HAD SPOKE WITH THEM. YEAH. AND THEN I SPOKE WITH 'EM AFTER YOUR SAME PEOPLE THAT, THAT WERE HERE AND YOU SPOKE WITH 'EM AS WELL TOO. MM-HMM. . AND AFTERWARDS THEY SAID, OKAY, WE HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. WE UNDERSTAND MM-HMM. BUT WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA BE BACK. YEAH. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS GETS DONE CORRECTLY. AND SO AS IF WE CAN ALL JUST UNDERSTAND THAT LIKE, WE'RE DOING WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND LET'S TRY TO BE PROACTIVE ABOUT THE NEXT PART OF IT, WHICH THANK YOU FOR ALREADY ALREADY HAVING THAT PLAN. MM-HMM. . RIGHT. SO THAT'S IT. THAT YOU, I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION. SO DID YOU GUYS LOOK AT ALL ON A LEFT TURN THERE, IS THERE ENOUGH SPACE THERE TO PUT A CENTER LANE FOR A SHORT DISTANCE SO THAT THEY COULD MAKE A LEFT TURN AND NOT PULL INTO THE FULL LANE ON TWO 80 OR ONTO, UH, BAGHDAD? BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LEFT HAND TURN, RIGHT? SO JUST TURNING LEFT HAND FROM TWO 80. YEAH. YES, SIR. WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME, UH, SPACE AT THIS POINT IN TIME. OKAY. I DIDN'T, HERE'S THE ISSUE. TWO 80 IS GONNA BE IRRELEVANT AT THAT POINT. NOT TOO LONG FROM NOW. THAT'S, THAT'S THE ISSUE. BUT THAT'S WHAT, TWO YEARS FROM NOW, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK OUT NOW, STILL, WE CAN'T JUST, WE CAN'T JUST DO THAT FOR YEAH. YEAH. I DO THINK IT'S GOING TO DO MORE GOOD OR MORE OF A GREATER GOOD FOR MORE PEOPLE HAVING THIS LIGHT THERE THAN, THAN NEGATIVELY IMPACTING OTHERS. UM, SO IF THERE'S NORMAL DISCUSSION, I MEAN, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL THREE. I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ALL THREE. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. [35. Discuss and consider action on an Ordinance amending Article 13.09 Water Conservation and Drought Contingency Plan to enact amendments to make the plan consistent with the Lower Colorado River Authority's (LCRA) Drought Contingency Plan; providing for enforcement of the plan; establishing administrative and criminal penalties; providing for appeal of administrative penalties to a hearing officer; providing a severability, savings, effective date, and open meetings clauses; and providing for related matters.] ITEM NUMBER 35, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE 13.09, WATER CONSERVATION AND DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN TO ENACT AMENDMENTS TO MAKE THE PLAN CONSISTENT WITH THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY LRAS DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN, PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THE PLAN, ESTABLISHING ADMINISTRATIVE AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES, PROVIDING FOR APPEAL OF ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES TO A HEARING OFFICER, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY SAVINGS EFFECTIVE DATE AND OPEN MEETINGS CLAUSES, AND PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR ELLISON. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. WE'RE GETTING THERE, RIGHT? ALMOST THERE. YES. UM, AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS ITEM IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON AMENDING OUR WATER CONSERVATION ORDINANCE. UM, ON MARCH 26TH. THE LCRA UPDATED THEIR DCP AND AS A FIRM WATER CUSTOMER, WE ARE NOW REQUIRED TO UPDATE OURS TO MATCH THEIRS TO BE AS EQUALLY RESTRICTIVE OR MORE, UM, OUR, OUR PLAN GENERALLY ALIGNED WITH LCR. UM, AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, KNOW PHASE TWO IS OUR BASE PHASE, I'M SORRY, TWO TIMES A WEEK IS OUR BASE PHASE, AND THEN WE GO TO ONE, THEN WE GO TO HAND WATERING AND THEN NO WATERING. SO, UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO CHANGE A LOT THERE, BUT WE DID HAVE TO CHANGE, UM, WE HAD TO ADD SOME TRIGGER LEVELS. SO, UM, I HAVE SOME SLIDES HERE COMING UP, BUT THERE PHASE TWO CAN NOW BE INITIATED IF THE INFLOWS INTO THE LAKES ARE WITHIN THAT 25, 20 FIFTH PERCENTILE OF THE PREVIOUS INFLOWS, UM, COMPARED TO HISTORICAL. SO WE'VE, I'LL SHOW YOU THE GRAPH HERE SHORTLY, BUT YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW THAT THE WATER'S JUST NOT GETTING TO THE LAKE RIGHT NOW. SO THEY'RE LEARNING, UM, THAT MAYBE NOT THOSE STORAGE LEVELS ARE, UM, A TRIGGER AT THIS PHASE. YOU KNOW, MOVING TO A MORE RESTRICTIVE PHASE SOONER, UM, WILL HELP KIND OF PRESERVE THAT WATER, UM, IN THE LAKES. AND THEN PHASE THREE CAN NOW BE TRIGGERED, UM, WHEN THE LAKE, THE COMBINED STORAGE OF BUCKHEAD AND TRAVIS HIT 750,000 ACRE FEET. AND THEN, UM, PHASE FOUR WOULD BE TRIGGERED WITH THAT 600,000 ACRE FEET COMBINED STORAGE. UM, IN THIS ORDINANCE UPDATE, WE ALSO ADDED, UM, SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT DURING OUR LAST PHASE FOUR EFFORT. UM, UH, COUNCIL PUT OUT THAT RESOLUTION, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE SHUT OFF THE BULK METERS WHEN WE ENTER PHASE FOUR. UM, WE DO NOT ACCEPT OR, OR, UM, PERMITS OR ISSUE NEW PERMITS FOR, UH, IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. AND, UH, SIMILARLY WE STOP APPLICATIONS FOR SWIMMING POOL PERMITS. AND THEN, UM, IN WORKING WITH LEGAL AND CODE ENFORCEMENT, THEY HAVE MADE KIND OF SOME LANGUAGE CHANGES IN THERE TO INCLUDE RECKLESSLY AS A CULPABLE [02:30:01] MENTAL STATE FOR THE ORDINANCE VIOLATION. AND AS YOU SAID IN THE SUMMARY, UM, THE APPEALS WILL NOW BE HEARD BY THE COURT JUDGE INSTEAD OF THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE. A COUPLE OTHER, UM, CHANGES REQUESTED BY LEGAL, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION AS THEY WENT THROUGH SOME OF THESE APPEALS AND EVERYTHING WITH THE LAST PHASE FOUR, UM, HAS TO DO WITH WHERE THE, WHERE WE POST, UM, THE FIRST OFFENSE, UM, AND SECOND OFFENSE. AND THEN AGAIN, THAT, UH, RECKLESSLY OR INTENTIONALLY, THIS IS THE GRAPH I'VE SHOWED IN THE PAST. IT, UM, KIND OF SHOWS THE HISTORIC INFLOWS INTO THE LAKE SHOWN IN PURPLE. SO 21 THROUGH 24. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WERE WE HERE AND SAY LESS THAN A MILLION ACRE FEET, AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT THESE INFLOWS AND HOW LOW THEY WERE, THEY WOULD'VE MOVED TO THAT PHASE, PHASE TWO, ONCE A WEEK, WATERING, UM, SOONER SAVING, YOU KNOW, WATER. UM, THEY REALLY HAVEN'T GOT MUCH. I MEAN, SOME OF THESE YOU CAN'T EVEN, I CAN'T EVEN SEE. UM, AND THEN NOW WE DO HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE APRIL, UM, OUT YET, BUT WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT SOME DECENT AMOUNTS OF RAIN, UH, HERE LATELY, SO THAT'S GOOD. UM, THIS IS THE DROUGHT OF RECORD COMPARED TO OUR CURRENT DROUGHT. SO THIS IS KIND OF SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, CONTINUOUSLY LEARNING, RIGHT? SO IN THE DROUGHT OF RECORD, WHICH IS SHOWN IN BLUE, YOU SEE THESE BIG DROPS. SO THAT WAS WHEN THEY WERE RELEASING WATER TO THE RICE FARMERS, RIGHT? AND THEN THEY GOT, THEY KIND OF ADJUSTED THEIR PLAN AND NOW IF THEY HIT CERTAIN TRIGGER LEVELS, THEY DON'T MAKE THOSE RELEASES. SIMILARLY WITH THE GREEN HERE, WHICH IS OUR CURRENT DROUGHT, UM, THESE STEEP DROPS, YOU KNOW, COULD HAVE BEEN POTENTIALLY PREVENTED HAD WE INSTITUTED THAT PHASE TWO OR ONCE A WEEK WATERING SOONER HAD WE SEEN, YOU KNOW, LOOKED AT THE INFLOWS, SEEN THE LOWER LEVELS COMING IN. UM, AND THEN INSTITUTED SAME THING HERE. THESE KIND OF, THESE STEEP DROPS IN THE SUMMER. UM, LOOKING AT THE LAKES, THIS WAS AS OF MAY 1ST, I'M EXCITED TO SAY THAT THEY'VE IMPROVED . SO LET ME GET MY, ACTUALLY MOST CURRENT NUMBERS HERE. SO, UM, AS OF MAY 1ST WE WERE AT 42% STORAGE OF THE COMBINED LAKES OF BUCHANAN AND TRAVIS, THAT'S GONE UP TO 50%. SO THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD CHANGE. UM, THAT 846,000 ACRE FEET IS NOW ALMOST A MILLION. IT'S 998, UH, THOUSAND ACRE FEET. UM, I SAY UNFORTUNATELY, BUT REALLY THE BULK OF IT HAS HIT, UM, INTO BUCHANAN AND NOT TRAVIS BUCHANAN'S RISEN ABOUT NINE FEET, UM, WHERE TRAVIS HAS ONLY GONE UP ABOUT TWO FEET. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TAKE IT. ABSOLUTELY. BUT, UM, A LOT OF THAT MAKEUP FROM THAT 42 TO 50% WAS IN, IN LAKE BUCHANAN. SORRY, I HAVE A REALLY QUICK QUESTION. SURE. 'CAUSE WE TALK ABOUT BUCHANAN AND TRAVIS. MM-HMM. A LOT. MM-HMM. . BUT IT'S USUALLY TRAVIS. HOW DOES BUCHANAN PLAY INTO OUR WATER SUPPLY? SO THEY RELEASE, SO THEY OPERATE THEM TOGETHER. MM-HMM. . SO THEY'LL RELEASE WATER FROM BUCHANAN INTO TRAVIS. OKAY. UM, THAT'S JUST HOW THEY MANAGE THE TWO LAKE SUPPLIES. UM, BUCHANAN'S TRADITIONALLY HIGHER AND JUST MORE OF A MANAGED LEVEL LAKE. UM, SO THEY DON'T, I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW LIKE WHAT TRIGGERS THEM TO RELEASE WATER. OKAY. THAT WAS KIND OF WHERE IT WAS GOING. DON'T KNOW, I COULD, LIKE, I KNOW IT RELEASES, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW IT FACTORS INTO OUR SUPPLY. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW, UM, KIND HOW THAT WORKS EITHER. LIKE WHAT, WHAT WHAT IS THEIR TRIGGER? BUT WHEN IT'S UP, IT'S GOOD FOR US. RIGHT? IT IS GOOD FOR US. 'CAUSE THERE'S WATER AVAILABLE TO RELEASE TO US, SO. OKAY. UM, THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, IT'S, YEAH, I, I I CAN FIND OUT FOR YOU THOUGH, . AWESOME. THANKS. SURE. UM, I ALSO ADDED TO THIS GRAPH, UM, THESE, UH, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT 'EM BEFORE, KIND OF THESE TRIGGER LEVELS FOR OUR BARGES. SO WE WERE AT SIX 30, NOW WE'RE AT 6 30, 2 0.6. UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THOSE TRIGGER LEVELS AT 6 23, UM, FOR B-C-R-U-A AND THEN SIX 18 FOR SANDY CREEK. UM, LOOKING AT THE COMBINED STORAGE OF THE LAKES, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS A MAP AS, OR SORRY, A GRAPH AS OF MAY 1ST. SO, UM, THE, THE JUNE 1ST MAP WILL LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT. WE'LL SEE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BUMP HERE, BUT IF YOU FOLLOW THAT, UM, RED LINE THAT WOULD HAVE THEM HITTING THOSE NEW TRIGGER LEVELS OF 750,000 ACRE FEET OR 600,000 ACRE FEET KIND OF IN THAT, WELL, 750 IN MID-JUNE, AND THEN POSSIBLY, UM, SEPTEMBER FOR THAT 600,000 ACRE FEET. SO IF WE CONTINUED ON THIS DRY TREND, WHICH WE HAVEN'T, WE'VE HAD RAIN, SO IT'S BEEN GOOD. UM, WE COULD SEE, UM, THAT 600,000 AS EARLY AS SEPTEMBER. AND THEN LASTLY, LOOKING AT, UH, THE LAKE TRAVIS LEVELS AGAIN, HAVE GONE UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UM, LOOKING AT THAT SIX 20 LEVEL, WHICH IS REALLY OUR KIND OF THRESHOLD FOR, UM, OUR BARGES, IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED AS EARLY AS JULY. AGAIN, I EXPECT THAT TO GO UP A LITTLE BIT, UM, GIVEN THE RECENT RAINS. BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR AND PLANNING FOR. THEY HAVE NOT YET, UM, LAUNCHED THE [02:35:01] DROUGHT BARGE. THEY CAN'T DO THAT UNTIL IT IS ACTUALLY SIX 30.0. SO, UM, THEY'RE CONTINUING TO WORK ON IT, UM, AT THEIR MARINA, BUT THEY ACTUALLY HAVEN'T PHYSICALLY PUT IT LIKE DOWN THE LAKE, SO, OR UP THE LAKE, I GUESS. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, AGAIN, SORRY, THIS IS AN ORDINANCE UPDATE AND KIND OF A DROUGHT UPDATE AS WELL. BUT, UM, THIS WAS VERY HELPFUL. IF THERE'S ANYTHING ON THE ORDINANCE OR, OR ANYTHING, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION AND, AND I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT I I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY IT FOR MYSELF. SURE. UM, WHEN WE UPDATE THESE ORDINANCES, I MEAN, IT IS, IT'S PERMANENT UNTIL IT ISN'T. CORRECT. SO IF THIS IS NOT A TEMPORARY CORRECT. LIKE WHEN WE DO A PHASE TWO TO PHASE THREE OR PHASE FOUR, THIS IS OUR PERMANENT, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE ORDINANCE GOING FORWARD. CORRECT. WE MAKE ANOTHER UPDATE UNTIL WE MAKE ANOTHER CHANGE. MM-HMM, . SO I THINK THERE'S A HISTORY IN THE PACKET HERE. THERE IS, OKAY. THERE IS PAGES. I JUST NEEDED TO SAY IT OUT LOUD TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M, I'M UNDERSTANDING IT. AND THEN SO THAT, THAT KIND OF CLARIFIES WHAT I THOUGHT MIGHT BE A QUESTION ON, UM, IT'S PAGE 10 OF THE, THE ORDINANCE. UM, IT MENTIONS MARCH 1ST AND JULY 1ST. SO THAT'S OF EVERY YEAR. NOT THIS YEAR, IT'S OF EVERY YEAR. CORRECT. THAT WILL BE CORRECT. A NORMAL ROUTINE GOING FORWARD. SO, UM, YOU SEE THOSE DATES ON THERE? SO THOSE ARE THE DATES THAT LCRA EVALUATES THEIR STORAGE. AND SO IF MARCH 1ST, SO THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE. THAT'S NOT NEW. OKAY. THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE. OKAY. IT'S JUST NEW AND IT'S RED LINE HERE, SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS NEW. ON WHICH PAGE ARE YOU LOOKING AT? IT'S NUMBER, UH, PAGE 10 OF THE ORDINANCE. PAGE 15 OF THE, THE RED. YEAH. SO I THOUGHT MAYBE THAT WAS NEW AND I DIDN'T LOOK AT THE, THE ORIGINAL ONE. YES. THOSE ARE JUST THEIR TRIGGER LEVELS. SO, BUT THAT'S THEIR LANGUAGE AND THEIR ORDINANCE. BUT THEY'VE ALWAYS LOOKED AT, UM, MARCH 1ST AND, AND, UM, JULY 1ST AS, UM, WHEN THEY LOOK AT THEIR COMBINED STORAGE, IF THEY RELEASE WATER TO THE RICE FARMERS. MM-HMM. . UM, BUT THEN THEY'VE ALSO NOW INCLUDED THAT AS FAR AS THE, UM, LOOKING AT THAT WITH THE INFLOWS. YEAH. SO I THINK IT'S, IT JUST, IT ALSO NEEDS TO BE SAID OUT LOUD LIKE THIS, WHEN WE ADOPT THIS, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR PHASE FOUR CORRECT. LIKE WE'VE DONE BEFORE BECAUSE OF AN ISSUE THAT WAS DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL. THIS IS BEYOND OUR CONTROL TOO. THIS IS, THIS IS BEYOND OUR CONTROL. THIS IS A REQUIREMENT FROM THE LCA. CORRECT. THAT WE DO THIS. SO I, I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EVERY, EVERY FIRM WATER CUSTOMER OF L CCRA HAS TO UPDATE THEIR DCP. THANK YOU. UH, AND COUNSEL IN FRONT OF YOU ON THE DAAS, YOU HAVE THIS PAPER THAT HAS HIGHLIGHTING ON IT. THESE ARE ADDITIONAL CHANGES THAT NOT IN OUR PACKET. UM, SO THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL WORDING FOR Y'ALL TO TAKE IN. AND THEN WHEN SOMEBODY MAKES A MOTION, IT'S GOT TO INCLUDE THE, UH, ADDITIONAL CHANGES AS PRESENTED. I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT WITH THE ADDITIONAL CHANGES AS PRESENTED. I'LL SECOND. MOTION IS SECOND. DOES ANYBODY NEED MORE TIME READING THAT? OKAY. YES, MA'AM. UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANK [36. Discuss and consider action on moving the June 6, 2024 regular council meeting.] YOU. ITEM NUMBER 36, DISCUSS THE CERA ACTION ON MOVING THE JUNE 6TH, 2024 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. SORRY TO THROW THIS INTO A COUNCIL MEETING. UM, IT SORT OF CAME UP OVER THE WEEKEND, SO WE HAD LIKE ONE DAY TO FIGURE THIS OUT. UM, I WILL BE OUT OF TOWN DURING THE MAY 6TH MEETING. IT IS GRADUATION SEASON. SORRY, JUNE. I KEEP DOING THAT. THANK YOU. UM, I'LL BE OUTTA TOWN DURING THE JUNE 6TH MEETING, UM, BECAUSE IT IS GRADUATION SEASON, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MCDONALD WILL ALSO BE OUT OF TOWN FOR GRADUATION SEASON. AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER THOMPSON, I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I THINK YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING FABULOUS. GRADUATION ALSO. GRADUATION. OKAY. GOTCHA. SO WE ARE ALL OUT OF TOWN, SO THAT LEAVES US WITH FOUR, WHICH IS WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE QUORUM. AND SO I WANTED TO PUT THIS ON HERE JUST IN CASE ANYBODY ELSE WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE IT OR IF ANYBODY WAS UNCOMFORTABLE LEAVING US WITH THE BARE MINIMUM IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS AND WE NEEDED TO MOVE IT. IS ANYBODY ELSE NOT MOVING IT? NO, I'M GOOD TO, FOR, FOR RESPECTIVE STAFF TOO, TO KEEP MOVING THE, THE MEETING FORWARD. AS LONG AS WE HAVE QUORUM, WHICH WE SHOULD. YES. AND IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT'S GONNA BE, I MEAN, PLEASE USE YOUR BEST JUDGMENT STAFF. IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU REALLY BELIEVE JUST NEEDS TO BE IN FRONT OF ALL OF US FOR ANY REASON, WE CAN, WE CAN DO THAT. AND IF WE WEREN'T COMFORTABLE, WE'D POSTPONED SOMETHING, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD, WE'RE, WE'RE CAPABLE OF DOING IT. THANK YOU. IF YOU GUYS ARE GOOD. YEAH. THE SAME THING. I'M GONNA MISS A MEETING IN JULY AND I FIGURED YOU GUYS ARE GOOD TO GO. YEAH. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROSS, YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY. AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HERRERA, YOU'RE GOOD? YES, I'M GOOD. ALL RIGHT. AND PLACE ONE. I'M GOOD. I'M SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER. MEMBER ONE COUNCIL. YES. FORMALLY KNOWN AS CATHERINE. IF WE HAVE TO TAKE ANY ACTION, CAN WE MAKE SURE MIKE HAS TO RUN THE MEETING OR NO? YEAH. SO, AND, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M WONDERING IS DARA, DO WE FIGURE OUT, SINCE WE HAVE NO PRO TEM, DO WE FIGURE OUT NOW WHO'S RUNNING THAT MEETING? OR DO THEY FIGURE IT OUT? WE'RE FINE. YOU CAN, YOU CAN JUST WITH THAT, OR, OR YOU CAN APPOINT SOMEBODY IF YOU WANNA DO THAT. I [02:40:01] DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS FIGHTING TO RUN THE MEETING. , I THINK DARA SHOULD RUN THE MEETING. UH, ANY OF YOU IS CAPABLE. SO THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN HERE, NO OFFENSE, NEW COUNCIL MEMBER , BUT, UH, YEAH, ANY OF Y'ALL ARE, ARE CAPABLE. SO WHATEVER YOU GUYS WANNA DO IS FINE. SO WE WILL KEEP THAT JUNE 6TH MEETING. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO WITH THAT, [37. 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.]] WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 37, COUNCIL MEMBER. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ANY DELIBERATION OF OR DECISION ABOUT THE SUBJECT OF THE INQUIRY SHALL REMAIN LIMITED TO A PROPOSAL TO PLACE THE SUBJECT ON AN AGENDA FOR A SUBSEQUENT MEETING. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING? I HAVE ONE THING I THINK, AND I'LL ASK, UH, MS. GRIFFIN, UM, THE ELECTRIC POLES, THE EMAIL, DO WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT AS A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM? OR IS IT ALREADY ON YOUR LIST TO BRING THAT FORTH? YES. YES. OKAY. SO WE DON'T NEED TO ADD THAT IT'S ALREADY GONNA HAPPEN. YES. OKAY. THEY AHEAD. NO, THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD. I JUST DON'T, IT, IT STAYS IN MY BRAIN UNTIL I KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND I NEED TO GET IT OUT SO THAT, THAT MAKES IT ON YOU. SO THANK YOU . ANYBODY ELSE? [38. Council Member Closing Statements.] ALL RIGHT. I'M 38. COUNCIL MEMBER. CLOSING COMMENTS. PLACE ONE. UM, YES. SO I THINK WE MAY HAVE ALL RECEIVED THE EMAIL, BUT I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, MAY AS, UH, A LS AWARENESS MONTH. AND LET'S SEE, A REMINDER THAT SATURDAY MAY 5TH IS THE CELEBRATION OF MEMORIAL DAY, EVEN THOUGH MEMORIAL DAY IS MONDAY, BUT ON SATURDAY, MEMORIAL DAY EVENT WILL BE AT THE BAGHDAD CEMETERY, AS IT ALWAYS IS, UH, FOR THE PLACEMENT OF THE FLAGS ON THE GRAVES. AND THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL EVENT. IF, UM, IF Y'ALL ARE ABLE TO GO, AND I THINK IT'S AT 10 O'CLOCK, 25TH, I SAID 25TH. 25TH. DID I SAY FIFTH? WELL, THAT'S CINCO DE MAYO. THAT'S WAY AGO. MAY 5TH. MAY 25TH. MAY 25TH. MAYO CINCO. YES. THANK, YES, THANK YOU. SEE, I FORGOT. UM, BOY, THAT WAS MORE DIFFICULT. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. UH, ANYWAY, IT'S DEFINITELY AN EVENT WORTH YOUR, YOUR TIME. UH, BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE, UM, OUR NEWLY ELECTED, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER AND, UH, MAYOR AND, UM, AND, UH, NICOLE THOMPSON. AND JUST WELCOME Y'ALL BACK AND THANK, WELCOME YOU BACK AND WELCOME TO YOU AND CONGRATULATE CHRIS BECAUSE FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY, WE WERE SWORN IN THE FIRST TIME. SO IT ENDS UP BEING A SWEARING IN DAY. SO WE'VE SURVIVED FIVE YEARS TOGETHER. THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO CHIEF BILLY OSTERHAUS BECAUSE HE WAS INTRODUCED TO US THAT SAME NIGHT, AND THAT WAS A VERY SPECIAL NIGHT. SO WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR STICKING OUT WITH US FOR, FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TONIGHT. THANK YOU. GOODNIGHT. VERY NICE PLACE. TWO, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF AND THE CITY MANAGER FOR, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO ME TODAY AND SHARING THINGS AND, AND GOING THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS OF ONBOARDING AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT HOW THE CITY RUNS AND WHERE EVERYTHING IS. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU DRIVE PAST PLACES, THERE'S LITTLE FENCES THERE AND YOU'RE LIKE, WHAT GOES ON IN THERE AND THINGS. AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE CITY. UM, I DO WANT TO SAY MEMORIAL DAY IS A SPECIAL PLACE, SPECIAL TIME, AND THAT WE SHOULD ALL REMEMBER THOSE THAT DIED IN WARS FOR THIS COUNTRY. AND, UH, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO, TO ATTENDING THE THE THING UP BACK BACKED YOU. YOU WON'T BE THERE. OH, I WON'T. NO. OH YEAH. SORRY. I WISH I'LL BE, I'LL BE THERE IN SPIRIT. ALRIGHT, PLEASE DO. SO I'D LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNCILMAN BUR HERRERA OH, AND WELCOME. AND ALSO CONGRATULATE MAJOR LAU ON HER REELECTION AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, THOMPSON ON HER REELECTION. AND IT'LL BE A GREAT THREE YEAR, OR I HAVE ANOTHER YEAR , SO SHOULD BE ANOTHER GOOD YEAR, UH, SERVING WITH YOU FOLKS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PLAY SIX. WELL, BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING, WE HAVE OLD TOWN STREET FESTIVAL THAT WILL COME UP ON JUNE 1ST IN OLD TOWN. SO IT IS GONNA BE A REALLY FUN TIME AND HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE. THANK YOU. NICE PLACE BACK. SO WELCOME AND WELCOME BACK. AND ALSO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE GRADUATES OUT THERE. I KNOW THAT THAT'S, THAT'S GETTING READY TO HAPPEN AT MULTIPLE PLACES. SOMETIMES IT, UH, FOR SOME PEOPLE IT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED. SO, UM, WELCOME TO SUMMER AND, UH, YEAH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO THIS NEXT YEAR. WE'RE GONNA DO GREAT THINGS AND WE'LL, WE'RE GONNA KEEP TRYING TO SERVE YOU, HONOR HONORABLY AND THANKS FOR TRUSTING US. GOODNIGHT . WELCOME TO COUNCIL MEMBER HERRERA. I HOPE, I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA DO GREAT THINGS UP HERE, BUT WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU FELT WELCOME. [02:45:01] AND ALSO I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE GRADUATES. UM, AND 'CAUSE I HAVE ONE, GET MY LAST ONE ON OUT THE HOUSE. HAPPY ABOUT THAT. , DO YOU WANT SOME MORE? I COULD GIVE YOU SOME MORE. NO MA'AM. I HAVE DONE, NO, I HAVE RAISED THREE HAPPILY AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT THE NEXT STAGE OF LIFE LOOKS LIKE FOR MY HUSBAND AND MYSELF. UM, BUT HAPPY FOR ALL THE GRADUATES IN OUR CITY AND WISH THEM ALL WELL AS THEY START THIS NEXT CHAPTER. IT'S GONNA BE EXCITING. UM, WE HAVE A FIFTH GRADE GRADUATION TOMORROW, AND IT IS OUR LAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF ALL TIME, SO THAT'S GONNA BE GREAT. TAKE THE WINS WHILE YOU, I KNOW. NO MORE. UM, BUT, UH, JUST WANTED TO SAY, UH, AS ALWAYS, WE LOVE TO SHOP LOCAL. WE LOVE WHEN YOU SHOP LOCAL. AND SO TONIGHT WE PICKED UP DINNER FROM BLUE CORN HARVEST, AND IT'S FANTASTIC AS ALWAYS. AND WE HOPE THAT WHEN YOU ARE OUT AND ABOUT AND YOU'RE DOING YOUR SHOPPING AND YOU'RE DINING OUT, YOU THINK OF LEANDER FIRST BECAUSE SHOPPING HERE AND DINING HERE KEEPS YOUR MONEY ROLLING THROUGH OUR OWN LITTLE ECONOMY. AND IT KEEPS US STRONG AND IT KEEPS OUR RESTAURANTS IN BUSINESS, IT KEEPS OUR SHOPS IN BUSINESS AND IT HELPS TO FUND ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT HERE EVERY SINGLE MEETING. UM, SO PLEASE SHOP LEANDER FIRST. UM, WE ISSUED SEVERAL PROCLAMATIONS OVER THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS. UH, A LS AWARENESS MONTH, AIR QUALITY AWARENESS MONTH, OLDER AMERICANS MONTH AND WILDFIRE AWARENESS MONTH. UM, AND LASTLY, I JUST WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME TO COUNCIL MEMBER HERRERA. UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING, UM, HOW YOU GROW AS A COUNCIL MEMBER AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE GONNA BRING. AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO MY SEATMATE HERE, NICOLE THOMPSON. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING THE NEXT THREE YEARS SITTING NEXT TO YOU. SO, AND WITH THAT, COUNCIL'S ADJOURNED AT 9:28 PM GOODNIGHT, EVERYBODY. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.