[1. Open Meeting.]
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GOOD EVENING.TODAY IS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17TH, 2024, AND THE TIME IS 5:01 PM THIS IS THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP OF THE LEANDER
[2. Roll Call.]
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COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL HERRERA.
COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONALD.
MAYOR PRO TEM NICOLE THOMPSON.
PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS SNICK.
[3. Presentation regarding the 183 Corridor Study.]
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ITEM NUMBER THREE IS PRESENTATION REGARDING THE 180 3 CORRIDOR STUDY.
UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
GRIFFIN, DO YOU WANNA INTRODUCE THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT.
LANCE BALLARD WITH KIMLEY HORNE.
MY PLEASURE TO BE WITH Y'ALL AGAIN.
TALKING ABOUT THE 180 3 CORRIDOR STUDY WE'VE BEEN PERFORMING FOR YOU.
IF YOU REMEMBER, UM, IN JULY AND AUGUST, WE WERE WITH YOU DISCUSSING KIND OF SOME PRELIMINARY RESULTS TO GET, UM, AN APPLICATION FOR THE REGIONAL, UM, TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM, UM, FOR SOME CAMPO GRANT FUNDING.
UM, BUT WE HAVE COMPLETED MORE OF THAT ANALYSIS AND HAVE DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND SO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT, HOW WE GOT TO THOSE DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS, AND, UH, SEEK YOUR FEEDBACK, UM, ON THOSE.
SO WE'LL TALK THROUGH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SUMMARY AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
YOU HAVE A LONGER VERSION OF THAT, UM, WITHIN YOUR PACKETS.
I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE SLIDES WITH YOU.
UM, TODAY WE'LL DO AN ABBREVIATED OVERVIEW OF THAT.
TALK THROUGH WHAT OUR FINDINGS WERE IN THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS THAT WE'VE DONE, UM, AND THEN TALK ABOUT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS MOSTLY.
SO WE'VE HELD TWO TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP MEETINGS, UM, WITH A LOT OF STAKEHOLDER AGENCIES IN THE AREA, TECH CAPITAL, METRO, CAMPO, UM, AND OTHERS.
UM, SO WE'VE HELD TWO OF THOSE.
UM, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE COME OUT OF SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
UM, WE HELD A POPUP AT THE OLD TOWN CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL, UM, WHERE WE DID, UM, KINDA ALLOWED PEOPLE TO INVEST THEIR CHIPS ON THE MAP FOR WHAT IMPROVEMENTS THEY WOULD WANNA SEE ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
UM, WE HAD 75 PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
UM, HELD A PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE WITH 25 PARTICIPANTS.
DID UM, TWO VIRTUAL STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS WITH DEVELOPERS.
UM, HAVE HAD ONLINE COMMENTS, UM, 57 ONLINE COMMENTS ALONG THE CORRIDOR THROUGH THAT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PERIOD.
UM, AND SENT OUT 240 LETTERS AND POSTCARDS TO BUSINESS OWNERS, UM, SEEKING THEIR FEEDBACK ALONG THE CORRIDOR AS WELL.
OUR FINDINGS, UM, FROM A LOT OF THOSE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, UM, STAND, UH, PROCESSES AND MEETINGS, UM, AND IN PARTICULAR THE FINDINGS FROM THOSE CHIP INVESTMENTS AT THE, UM, POPUP AT THE OLD TOWN CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL SHOWED THAT ABOUT A THIRD OF THEM ARE ABOUT IMPROVING MOBILITY, RIGHT? TRAFFIC CONGESTION, UM, HELPED ME MOVE ALONG THE CORRIDOR MORE FREELY.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER KEY FINDINGS THAT WE HAD AND MORE CHIEF NEEDS THAT FOLKS CITED WERE PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, IMPROVED CONNECTIONS TO RAIL, UH, AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
AND SO WE PRODUCED A NEEDS ASSESSMENT REPORT THAT HIGHLIGHTED ALL OF THESE FINDINGS.
UM, AND THERE'S KIND OF THREE MAIN AREAS THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT INFORM THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, THAT WE'LL BE PRESENTING TODAY.
UM, THE NEED TO SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.
LIKE I SAID, MANY OF THE, UM, INTEREST AND IN TOTAL ENGAGEMENT FINDINGS THAT WE HAD WERE ABOUT IMPROVED PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE.
IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THE, UM, SLIDES, THERE'S MANY GAPS IN SIDEWALKS ALONG THE CORRIDOR, A LOT OF NEED FOR SIDEWALKS, TRAIL CONNECTIVITY.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN CRASHES, UM, OR A NUMBER OF PEDESTRIAN CRASHES ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
UM, AND THERE'S ALSO A RED LINE TRAIL PROJECT TARGETED ALONG THE RAILROAD CORRIDOR, UM, ALONG THE RED LINE.
MOST OF WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC, AS WE SPOKE TO YOU ABOUT BEFORE THE UH, RTP APPLICATION WAS INTERSECTION CAPACITY IS REALLY WHERE THE CORRIDOR IS KIND OF BEING CHOKED IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC VOLUME IT CAN HANDLE.
UM, AND SO WE ENTERED THOSE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS IN THE APPLICATION AS WELL AS SOME GRADE SEPARATIONS AND PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES, UM, FOR THE RTP.
SO THOSE HAVE ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED.
YOU'LL SEE THEM SHOWING UP IN THE PLAN.
UM, BUT ALONG WITH THAT ARE SOME ACCESS MANAGEMENT NEEDS.
UM, THERE'S A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS ALONG THE CORRIDOR, WHICH WE'LL HIGHLIGHT, UM, THAT HAVE DRIVEWAYS HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE.
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POINTS IN AND OUT, A LOT OF CRA LEFT TURN AND DRIVEWAY RELATED CRASHES IN THOSE AREAS.AND EVEN PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT THE, UM, THE NEED FOR KIND OF SOME DRIVEWAY MANAGEMENT AND TURN LANES.
UH, AND THEN ALSO FINALLY, SAFETY.
UM, SPEED ALONG THE CORRIDOR IS HIGH.
WE ANTICIPATE IN THE FUTURE, UM, AS WE BUILD IT OUT, THAT SPEED POTENTIALLY REDUCING TO A DESIGN SPEED OF MORE LIKE 45 MILES PER HOUR POTENTIALLY.
AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT, UM, HELPING IMPROVE TRAFFIC OPERATIONS AS WELL AS SAFETY TOO.
SO WE LOOKED AT THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, OUR TRAFFIC ANALYSIS, AND WE TOOK ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS WE'VE BEEN TARGETING IN TERMS OF TRANSPORTATION AND PLACEMAKING AND HAVE PACKAGED THEM FOR FEASIBILITY, UH, IMPLEMENTATION AND BEING STRONG FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, UM, CONTENDERS.
SO YOU'LL SEE NINE PROJECTS, UM, THERE THAT WE'RE GONNA HIGHLIGHT AND GO THROUGH.
THEY CAN, UNDERNEATH THOSE NINE PROJECTS ARE 60 DIFFERENT LINE ITEMS OF AS SUB ASPECTS OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT CAN BE PACKAGED IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
WE'VE PACKAGED THEM IN THESE AREAS TO MAKE THEM STRONG CONTENDERS FOR, UH, FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AS WE'LL SEE.
SO THE FIRST THREE ARE KIND OF ROADWAY AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS ALL IN ONE PACKAGE AT THREE DIFFERENT, UM, POINTS ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NORTH END OF THE CORRIDOR NOW.
UM, SO THE PURPOSE IS MAINLY TO DRIVE KIND OF SOME OF THOSE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.
SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT IMPROVING TRAFFIC FLOW, PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, AND CREATING SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY, UM, THROUGH SOME INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AND TAN SIDEWALKS, SOME RAISED MEDIANS AND CURVED AND GUTTER ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
THIS AREA ALSO HAS A PE, POTENTIAL PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AT, UM, METRO, UH, TO CONNECT TO THE TRANSIT STATION, UM, WHICH WE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE RTP ALREADY.
HERITAGE GROVE IS PLANNED TO BE SLIGHTLY REALIGNED TO THE SOUTH.
UM, IT'S GONNA NEED SOME SORT OF INTERSECTION CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENTS IN SAN GA.
AND WE ALSO CITED SOME INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AT SAN GABRIEL.
UM, SO WE ALSO INCLUDE PROJECT NEED AND GRANTS TO TARGET.
SO TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES WILL HELP WITH SOME OF THOSE SIDEWALKS, UM, ALONG THE CORRIDOR AND THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION.
UM, GRANT, UM, COULD FUND THE ENTIRETY OF THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS PACKAGED UP FOR THIS WHOLE LENGTH OF THE CORRIDOR FROM HERO WAY TO THE NORTH.
UM, SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS LOOK LIKE ADDITIONAL TURN LANES AT INTERSECTIONS.
THAT'S GONNA RELIEVE A LOT OF THE CONGESTION, UH, WHICH IS WHERE WE SEE THOSE CHOKE POINTS.
NOW, THE FOUR LANE THROUGH OUR TRAFFIC ANALYSIS, THE FOUR LANES ARE ADEQUATE, UM, IN TERMS OF TWO LANES NORTH AND SOUTH.
IT'S REALLY AT THE INTERSECTIONS WHERE THEY GET BOTTLENECKED.
UM, SO ADDING MORE TURN LANES, IMPROVED, UM, GATES FOR PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS AND TRAIL CONNECTIONS WHEN YOU'RE CROSSING THE RAILROAD.
UM, AND THEN ALSO JUST ENHANCING CROSSWALKS TO MAKE THEM MORE CON, CONSPICUOUS, EASIER TO SEE AND SAFER FOR PEDESTRIAN.
SO PROJECT TWO IS A LOT OF THE SAME, JUST FROM HERO WAY DOWN TO CRYSTAL FALLS.
UM, IT CONSISTS OF A LOT MORE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS IN INTERSECTIONS ALONG THAT PORTION OF THE CORRIDOR.
SO STILL LOOKING TO ENHANCE SAFETY PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALSO IMPROVE DELAY THROUGH INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, ADDING SIDEWALKS, A LOT OF SIDEWALK GAPS THROUGH THIS SECTION.
UM, ADDING TURN LANES AT SOME INTERSECTIONS AND A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED AS WELL IN THE OLD TOWN MASTER PLAN NEAR BROAD STREET, THE SAME, UH, GRANTS FOR THOSE AS WELL.
AND THEN PROJECT THREE, SIMILAR TO PROJECTS ONE AND TWO JUST SOUTH OF CRYSTAL FALLS DOWN TO OSAGE.
UM, INCLUDES INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, SIDEWALKS, MEDIAN, SAME TARGETS.
UM, WE BROKE PROJECT FOUR OUT, UM, DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS SEPARATELY.
UM, BECAUSE OF ITS POTENTIAL TO TARGET A, A SEPARATE GRANT, MANY OF THESE GRANTS YOU CAN LAYER ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.
YOU GET GRANT FUNDING FOR ONE PROJECT FROM MULTIPLE DIFFERENT GRANTS AND DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF IT.
UM, BUT BY SEPARATING THIS OUT, IT WOULD MAKE IT, UM, A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THIS PROMOTING RESILIENT, UM, OPERATION GRANT FROM U-S-D-O-T.
UM, PROJECT FIVE IS A LARGE ONE.
UH, WE LISTENED TO YOUR FEEDBACK AND DISCUSSED MORE AND LOOKED AT WHAT GRADE SEPARATIONS LOOK LIKE AND REMOVING SOME OF THE RAILROAD CROSSINGS, UM, THAT REALLY KIND OF CHOKE THE TRAFFIC THROUGH THE AREA BECAUSE IT GETS DISRUPTED BY THE PRE RAILROAD PREEMPTION.
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THERE ARE SOME GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT, PRIMARILY THE RAILWAY CROSSING ELIMINATION GRANT.UM, SO ONE, THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE, TO GET ENHANCED PEDESTRIAN CROSSING INFRASTRUCTURE AT RAIL GRADE CROSSINGS AT THESE INTERSECTIONS.
SO THAT'S EIGHT ARMS FOR SIDEWALKS AND SHARED USE PADS, SO YOU DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY ON A BIKE THAT FLIES INTO THE PATH OF A TRAIN.
UM, BUT ALSO FOR THESE GRADE SEPARATIONS, UM, WE KIND OF ORDERED THEM IN TERMS OF NEED AND FEASIBILITY.
UM, FOR THIS RAILWAY CROSSINGS ELIMINATION GRANT, THAT'S GONNA BE THE BEST WAY TO TRY TO GET SOME MONEY TO HELP FUND POTENTIAL RATE.
UH, SORRY, GRADE SEPARATIONS AT THESE THREE LOCATIONS? YES.
DO YOU KNOW ABOUT LIKE THE AVERAGE AWARD? OH, I DON'T KNOW.
IS IT USUALLY ENOUGH TO DO IT OR IS IT LIKE A, A COST SHARE? UM, I, IT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE SOME COST SHARE COMPONENT.
I'M SORRY, I DON'T KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW.
COULD PROBABLY FIND THAT ANSWER PRETTY QUICK.
UM, WE DO HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHEN THOSE COME UP AND WHEN TO BEGIN PREPARING TO APPLY FOR THEM, UM, LATER IN THE PRESENTATION.
UM, SO IN TERMS OF NEED, CRYSTAL FALLS PROBABLY HAS THE MOST NEED.
IT IS KIND OF THE ONE WITH THE MOST DELAY, COULD USE THE HELP THE MOST HEAVIEST TRAFFIC EAST AND WEST COMPARED TO THE THREE LOCATIONS WE'VE, UM, PRIORITIZED.
UM, HERO AWAY IS PROBABLY SECOND.
SAN GABRIEL IS PROBABLY THE THIRD IN TERMS OF NEED.
BUT IN TERMS OF FEASIBILITY, SAN GABRIEL HAS THE MOST SPACE TO ACTUALLY BUILD IT OUT, HERO AWAY, SECOND, AND THEN CRYSTAL FALLS IS A LITTLE CONSTRAINED.
UM, HOWEVER, UM, THEY ALL WOULD MAKE STRONG CANDIDATES, UM, FOR THAT GRANT.
UM, SO THERE IS THE RED LINE, UH, TRAIL INITIATIVE.
UM, AND SO IT IS TARGETING RAIL, OR SORRY, A SHARED USE PATH ALL THE WAY ALONG THE RED LINE, INCLUDING THROUGH LEANDER.
UM, THEY ARE LOOKING FOR, PART OF THEIR, UH, REASON THAT THE REDLINE INITIATIVE INITIATIVE EXISTS IS TO FIND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, THINGS LIKE THAT, PARTNER WITH LOCAL AGENCIES TO FIND WAYS TO BUILD THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE DID SEE, UM, A LOT OF NEED AND DESIRE FOR, UM, TRAILS THROUGH THE NETWORK.
AND SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED A FEW GRANTS THAT COULD HELP BUILD THAT.
PROJECT SEVEN IS SOME, UH, NEW PARKS.
SO THERE ARE THREE LOCATIONS ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
WE, WE IDENTIFIED, UM, POTENTIAL POCKET PARKS ALONG THE 180 3, UM, CORRIDOR FOOTPRINT, UM, LOCATIONS WHERE THERE'S KIND OF SOME SLIVERS OF LAND THAT AREN'T VERY DEVELOPABLE BUT COULD FIT THE BILL FOR A POCKET PARK IN A FEW PLACES.
AND WE DID SEE THE NEED FOR MORE ACCESS TO PARKS FROM THE PUBLIC WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
AND THERE'S SOME SPECIFIC GRANTS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE.
UM, AND THOSE CAN LOOK ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF WAYS.
UM, THE ESTIMATED PROJECT COSTS CAN VARY A TON DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO THERE.
UM, SO THUS THE ASTERISK
THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR GATEWAY, UM, TREATMENTS, TRAILHEAD SIGNAGE AT TRAIL CONNECTIONS, DIRECTIONAL AND GUIDEWAY SIGNAGE IN A FEW PLACES.
SO WE CALL THOSE OUT IN THOSE RED PINS AND WE'LL HAVE THIS WRITTEN UP IN THE FINAL REPORT AS WELL.
BUT IT CAN LOOK ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
JUST, HEY, HERE'S THE DIRECTION TO KNOWN AMENITIES ACTIVITY CENTERS, UM, GATEWAY SIGNAGE, AND THEN ALSO JUST SOME ART TREATMENTS.
AND THERE'S, UH, GRANT FUNDING FOR THOSE AS WELL, UM, FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS.
AND THEN PROJECT NINE IS REALLY JUST THE COMBINATION OF ALL OF THEM.
UM, BY COMBINING THEM ALL THAT ALSO MAKES IT A AVAIL ELIGIBLE FOR SOME OTHER LARGER, UM, GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, UM, AS WELL.
NOW THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS THAT GET INCLUDED OR NOT INCLUDED AS A PART OF THAT, BUT IF WE COMBINE IT ALL, WE WANTED TO SHOW WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IF YOU JUST DID THE WHOLE THING.
UM, AND YOU DO SEE IT KIND OF OPENS IT UP FOR A, UM, RAISE GRANT, UH, POTENTIALLY WITH THAT SIZE.
UM, BEFORE I TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ACCESS MANAGEMENT, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PROJECTS OVERALL? ALRIGHT, YES.
I HAVE A QUESTION ON PROJECT FIVE.
SO ON THAT ONE, YOU HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT PROJECTS IN THERE, AND SO MM-HMM,
IS THAT KIND OF YES, ACTUALLY, AND IT'S, IT'S HIGHER THAN THAT.
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NUMBERS THAT WE NEEDED TO ADJUST.UM, IT IS A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO QUANTIFY THE COST OF SOME OF THOSE GRADE SEPARATIONS DEPENDING ON THE LAND NEEDED, UM, FOR THEM.
UM, SO WE'VE TAKEN OUR BEST STAB AT WHAT WE THINK IT REASONABLY COULD LOOK LIKE.
WE DO HAVE A SEPARATE COST FOR JUST THESE ENHANCED TRAIL AND PEG CROSSINGS AND IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER.
I'D HAVE TO LOOK BACK TO SEE WHAT THAT EXACT VALUE IS.
AND SO WHEN WE APPLY FOR THIS, WE PUT IT OUT THERE AND THEN IF THEY COME BACK, THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, WE LIKE THESE FOUR THINGS.
YOU CAN DO THESE FOUR THINGS WITH THE FUNDS.
UM, USUALLY YOU'RE PRESENTING IT AS A GRANT PACKAGE.
WE PACKAGE APPLICATION AND TYPICALLY THEY'RE APPROVING THAT APPLICATION AND ITS ENTIRETY OR NOT.
UM, THE RTP IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WITH CAMPO THAT'S LESS OF A GRANT AND MORE WE'RE TRYING TO GET ON THEIR, UM, TIP AND THEIR TRANSPORTATION FUNDING PLAN.
UM, AND THOSE CAN BE INDIVIDUAL PIECES AND WE PIECE SOME OF THOSE OUT FOR THOSE REASONS.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH, I WAS JUST KIND OF WONDERING ON THE, UH, THE GRADE SEPARATION.
I WAS JUST KINDA WONDERING IF THEY SHOULD BE LIKE THEIR OWN PROJECT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S, YES.
SO THERE IS A WAY THAT YOU COULD SLICE IT AND AND MAYBE THAT'S FEEDBACK FOR US FOR WE CAN DO THIS, WHERE THESE INTERSECTION RAILROAD CROSSINGS REALLY GET LUMPED UNDER THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS INSTEAD.
UM, AND THE GRADE SEPARATIONS ARE THEIR OWN, BUT THAT'S WHERE THESE ENHANCED CROSSINGS ARE MORE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, GRANT AND THE RAILWAY CROSSING ELIMINATION GRANT IS MORE FOR THOSE LARGER GRADE SEPARATION PROJECTS.
UM, WE CAN CLARIFY THAT MORE IN THE, IN THE REPORT.
I THINK WE DON'T MAKE IT CLEAR ENOUGH HERE.
WERE YOU SAYING THAT EACH ONE SHOULD BE ITS OWN PROJECT OR? I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT.
I WAS JUST THINKING THAT THE YEAH, JUST MAKING SURE WHY YOU'RE ON IT.
SO PROJECT SIX FOR THE BIKE PATH.
AND SO WOULD THAT RUN BETWEEN THE ROAD AND THE, AND THE TRAIN, THE, THE RAIL? IS THAT KIND OF WHERE WE'RE THINKING THAT THOSE, THAT WOULD GO, 'CAUSE IT WOULDN'T BE ON THE ROAD, RIGHT? CORRECT.
IT WOULD EITHER BE BETWEEN THE, THE BUFFER BETWEEN, UM, IT MAY BE IN THE RAIL RIGHT OF WAY BETWEEN 180 3 AND THE RAIL, BUT THERE ALSO MAY BE TIMES WHERE IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RAIL BETWEEN THERE AND DEVELOPMENT.
WE DID HEAR FROM SOME OF THE DEVELOPERS THE DESIRE TO, HEY, WE, WE LIKE THIS.
WE WOULD LOVE FOR IT TO BE ON OUR SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS, AND WE'RE WILLING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO HELP FUND THAT AND BUILD IT.
UM, SO THERE WAS A LOT OF GOOD INTEREST IN, IN THAT PROJECT.
AND YOU MAY SEE IT, SOME OF THE FUNDING COMES IN, IN PIECEMEAL FROM DEVELOPMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT PURSUING SOME SORT OF GRANT LIKE THIS FOR THE ENTIRETY OF IT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER TO CONSTRUCT AND OBVIOUSLY MORE USABLE MORE QUICKLY RATHER THAN INDIVIDUAL SEGMENTS.
UM, SO LET'S TALK ACCESS MANAGEMENT.
WE DO SPEAK TO THE NEED FOR ACCESS MANAGEMENT, PARTICULARLY IN THESE FOUR AREAS.
SO THIS MAP NORTH IS TO THE RIGHT OF YOUR PAGE.
UM, AND REALLY JUST THAT WE FOUND IN THESE AREAS HIGHLIGHTED, UM, A LOT OF DRIVEWAY AND LEFT TURN RELATED CRASHES, SOME PEDESTRIAN RELATED CRASHES, UM, AND ALSO JUST LOTS OF UNMITIGATED ACCESS TO US.
180 3 AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT CAN BECOME TRICKY.
THERE'S CHALLENGES AND I SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT HERE, UM, BUT DID WANT TO SPEAK TO KIND OF HOW WE APPROACH IT WITHIN THE PROJECT THAT WE SEE THE NEED.
WE ALSO HAVE HEARD THE DESIRE FOR IT FROM THE PUBLIC.
WE ALSO KNOW IT COMES WITH SOME CHALLENGES.
SO WE'RE NOT DICTATING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, BUT RATHER KIND OF SIDING THE NEED FOR IT AS WE WERE TO APPROACH SOME OF THESE LARGER PROJECTS.
WHAT'S THE FUTURE OF 180 3 LOOK LIKE? HOW DO WE REBUILD THIS AD CURB, GUTTER, MEDIAN, UM, THAT WOULD NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, UM, TO PROVIDE SOME ORDER TO WHERE LEFT TURNS CAN HAPPEN.
UM, REDUCE THE NUMBER OF DRIVEWAYS AND ACCESS POINTS WHILE STILL BEING ABLE TO FIND A WAY TO PROVIDE ACCESS FOR BUSINESSES, UM, STREETS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT DEFINITELY ENHANCES SAFETY AND IMPROVES TRAFFIC FLOW.
UM, IT'S PART OF WHAT WE FOUND TO BE ABLE TO HELP IN THE FUTURE STILL MAKE FOUR LANES WORK ALONG, UM, 180 3 BECAUSE IT PROVIDES A LESS, UH, LESS FRICTION ALONG THE CORRIDOR WITH LESS TURNING MOVEMENTS.
UM, IT ALSO SUPPORTS FUTURE LAND USE ALONG THE
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CORRIDOR.UM, I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED A LOT OF THE NEED WITH, UM, LEFT TURNS AND CRASHES AND, BUT THERE'S SOME CHALLENGES, RIGHT? PEOPLE, I DON'T WANT MY ACCESS TO BE REMOVED.
I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO NOT BE ABLE TO TURN LEFT INTO OR OUT OF MY PROPERTY BUSINESS.
UM, BUT THERE'S STRATEGIES TO, UM, OVERCOME THAT IN THE FUTURE WITH STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, UM, SHOWING THEM WHAT IT CAN LOOK LIKE, SOME SUCCESS STORIES.
UM, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY HELP, UM, SOME OTHERS MAIN STREET IN MANSFIELD, A COUPLE OTHER UP IN THE DFW AREA ALONG PRESTON ROAD AND FRISCO AND BERRY STREET IN FORT FORT WORTH.
OUR TEAMS HAVE HELPED IMPLEMENT SOME ACCESS MANAGEMENT PROJECTS AND PLANS, UM, IN SOME SIMILAR CONTEXTS.
AND THE PROCESS THAT'S USUALLY DONE THAT WE WILL KIND OF RECOMMEND FOR THE NEXT STEPS, UM, IN THIS, IS TO LOCATE IN THOSE AREAS, WHAT ARE THE UNDESIRABLE DRIVEWAYS THAT ARE CAUSING PROBLEMS. EVALUATE IT, LOOK AT VOLUMES, CRASHES, RANK THOSE, AND THEN LOOK AT MITIGATIONS FOR, IF WE WERE TO CLOSE SOME OF THESE, IF WE WERE TO LIMIT SOME OF THESE RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE FREE ACCESS ALONG YOUR WHOLE PROPERTY.
LET'S LOOK AT JUST THIS ONE LOCATION WHERE IT IS BEST, UM, AND THEN MEET WITH PROPERTY OWNERS TO WALK THROUGH THAT.
BUT IT, IT CAN BE A CHALLENGE.
UM, BUT WE DO SEE A STRONG NEED FOR IT ALONG THE CORRIDOR AND, AND PLAN TO SPEAKS TO IT IN THE STUDY RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO LIKE I SAID, OVER 60 INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS ALL, UM, PACKAGED UP THROUGH THOSE EIGHT AND THEN THE NINTH COMBINED, UM, PROJECT LIST, WE THEN STAGE THEM IN SHORT TERM, MIDTERM AND, AND LONG TERM IMPROVEMENTS.
RIGHT? HOW DO WE GO ABOUT DOING THESE? SOME OF THESE CAN MOVE INSIDE A LITTLE BIT.
SOME OF THEM ARE A LITTLE BIT DEPENDENT UPON HOW DOES FUNDING COME THROUGH.
UM, BUT WE'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED TO THE RTP, SOME OF THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, SIDEWALK AND SHARED YOUTH PASS IMPROVEMENTS CAN HAPPEN ROUGHLY ANY TIME, WAY, FINDING IMPROVEMENTS, SIGNAGE, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN, UM, SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
UM, MIDTERMS STARTING TO LOOK AT PLACEMAKING, THE PARKS, SOME OF THE OTHER GATEWAY SIGNAGE, UM, TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS, THE RAILROAD CROSSING ENHANCEMENTS, UM, OR REMOVALS.
GREAT SEPARATIONS, UH, PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.
AND SOME OF THOSE ARE MIDTERM JUST BECAUSE OF SOME OF THOSE ARE LARGER PROJECTS THAT WOULD TAKE, UH, LONGER.
AND THEN THE LARGE SORT OF MEDIAN CONSTRUCTION CURB AND GUTTER IN THE MORE FIVE TO 10 YEAR SORT OF TIMEFRAME.
SO I TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF GRANT, GRANT,
UM, SO WE LAY OUT WHEN THOSE ARE TYPICALLY AVAILABLE AND WHEN THEY'RE TYPICALLY DUE, UM, FOR EACH OF THEIR, UM, AGENCIES THAT OVERSEE THEM.
AND THEN WE LAY OUT THIS MATRIX OF EACH OF THE PROJECTS, UM, WHICH ONES ARE THEY THE STRONGEST CANDIDATES FOR.
UM, SO THAT IT REALLY KIND OF GIVES YOU, HERE'S WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO FOR NEXT STEPS, RIGHT? WE SHOULD REALLY TARGET THESE DIFFERENT GRANTS FOR THESE PROJECTS, PACKAGE THEM UP, APPLY FOR THEM, AND TRY TO GET THE FUNDING THAT WE CAN AND LAYER THEM.
UM, SO WE WANTED TO GET YOU, YOU KNOW, PACKAGED PROJECTS FROM THIS STUDY THAT SAY, HEY, HERE ARE SOME TARGETS.
HERE'S SOME WAYS WE CAN GO AND SECURE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THESE IN THE FUTURE.
AND HERE'S KIND OF THE STAGES THAT WE SHOULD GO THROUGH THAT.
SO HERE, I'LL PAUSE FOR ANY QUESTIONS OVER JUST GENERALLY HOW WE'VE PACKAGED UP THE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO PREVIOUSLY WE MENTIONED THE FUTURE OWNERSHIP OF US 180 3, AND I DO HAVE SOME UPDATES AND ACTUALLY EVEN SOME UPDATES FOR STAFF FROM THIS PAST WEEK.
I'VE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO, TO SHARE SO HOT OFF THE PRESSES.
BUT, UM, AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PROJECT IN CEDAR PARK, UM, TO CONNECT WHAT NOW IS A GAP IN THE FRONTAGE ROADS OF US 180 3 A TOLL, UM, BETWEEN AVERY RANCH AND WHITESTONE 1431.
UM, THAT HASN'T QUITE STARTED YET.
IT WAS SCHEDULED TO START EARLIER THIS YEAR.
UM, IT'S EXPECTED TO START, I THINK FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR.
SO THAT IMPLEMENT, THAT COMPLETION DATE IS PROBABLY PUSHING BACK A LITTLE BIT, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S 2028.
SO IT'S NOT, NOTHING'S HAPPENED ANYTIME SOON, BUT THROUGH OUR TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP MEETINGS, IT DID COME UP, HEY, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT TXDOT WOULD CONSIDER MOVING THE US 180 3 HIGHWAY DESIGNATION OVER TO THE FRONTAGE ROADS AND AWAY FROM 180 3.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? UM, A LITTLE BIT UNCLEAR.
WE DID LOOK UP SOME EXAMPLES OF HOW HAS THIS GONE BEFORE? AND FOR MOST OF THEM, THIS ONE IN CALIFORNIA IN SAN LUIS OB BIPO, ANOTHER ONE IN WASHINGTON STATE,
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A LOT OF THESE WERE LED BY THE MUNICIPALITY SAYING, I WANT TO TAKE THIS.I THINK THERE'S SOME CHALLENGES WITH DOING SO.
AND IT, I THINK LEANDER HAS BEEN INTERESTED IN, IN, UH, UNDERSTANDING WHAT THAT OWNERSHIP WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND IT ISN'T, ISN'T EXACTLY SAYING WE WANT THIS, WE WANT THIS, WE WANT THIS.
RIGHT? THERE'S SOME, SOME CONSIDERATIONS TO BE HAD.
UM, AND SO WE DIDN'T SEE MANY EXAMPLES OF WHERE, UM, THE STATE AGENCY HAD JUST SAID, HERE YOU GO HAVE FUN AND HANDED THINGS OVER.
UM, BUT WE DID LAY OUT A PROCESS OF HOW WOULD WE GO ABOUT THIS? HOW DO WE RECOMMEND YOU MAKING PREPARATIONS? AND ONE IS KIND OF A, A, SORRY, HERE WE GO.
ASSESSING THE NEED AND THE BENEFIT AND STARTING TO COLLABORATE WITH THE DOT.
WE'RE ALREADY, THIS STUDY IS HELPING KIND OF ASSESS THE NEED OF LIKE, THERE'S SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ALONG FOR IT.
THERE'S SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE JUST NEEDED ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
UM, SO STATING THAT AND SHOWING WHAT YOU DON'T HAND US A PROBLEM, PLEASE, RIGHT? UM, BUT THEN COLLABORATING WITH 'EM EARLIER, TALKING ABOUT THE MONEY AND LEGAL STEPS.
HOW WOULD THIS WORK? WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE? UM, AND THE UPDATE THAT I HAVE IS, AND YOU CAN, I WASN'T ABLE TO GET IT IN THIS SLIDE IN TIME 'CAUSE I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT LESS THAN 24 HOURS AGO IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY OF CEDAR PARK AT A SEPTEMBER 5TH COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, IT'S ON THEIR AGENDA AS WELL WHERE TECH STOP INSTEAD WAS TALKING WITH THEM ABOUT THE POTENTIAL DESIRE TO CLARIFY OR DECLARE THE STRETCH OF 180 3 BELL BOULEVARD FROM A RANCH TO 1431 US 180 3 BUSINESS, WHICH WOULD STILL KEEP IT ON THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM.
AND ON THEIR MAP, THEY SHOW US 180 3 NORTH OF 1431 TO CONTINUE TO STAY US 180 3.
ALL THAT IS TO SAY, I THINK IT'S VERY MUCH UP IN THE AIR AS TO WHAT THEY MAY WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN.
I THINK IT'S VERY MUCH UP IN THE AIR AS TO WHAT Y'ALL WANT TO NAVIGATE AND MAKE HAPPEN.
I THINK MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO START HAVING CONVERSATIONS TO FIGURE OUT AND WHAT, WHERE THE CITY STANDS AND WHAT YOUR DESIRES ARE.
UM, AND TO MAYBE DRIVE SOME OF THAT CONVERSATION A LITTLE BIT.
OR AT LEAST LET THEM KNOW IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS.
WE'VE BEEN CAREFUL TO NOT DO THAT AS A PART OF THIS STUDY.
LIKE I SAID, JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A FUTURE THAT MIGHT EXIST AND WE SHOULD FIGURE OUT A PLAN FOR IT.
UM, BUT I WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT UPDATE THAT, UM, WE DON'T HAVE GREAT PRECEDENT FOR WHAT A I FORCED HANDOVER WOULD LOOK LIKE
UM, BUT ALSO IT SEEMS UNCLEAR WHAT THE FUTURE MAY OR MAY BE OR EVEN WHAT TXDOT IS PURSUING.
I THINK THEY'RE STILL FIGURING IT OUT TOO, IN SHORT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? UM, SO NEXT STEPS ARE, AS WE MARCH TOWARDS, UM, A FINAL REPORT ARE TO, YOU KNOW, REVISE ANY OF THESE PROJECTS.
UM, COUNCIL FEEDBACK, I GOT THE ONE NOTE ON PROJECT FIVE.
UM, FINALIZE THE PACKAGING OF THESE.
WE'LL HAVE A FINAL TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP MEETING AND WE'RE MARCHING TOWARDS A DRAFT FINAL REPORT THAT WE WOULD, UM, SEND Y'ALL'S WAY FOR REVIEW.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR Y'ALL TODAY.
HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN MORE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.
QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER? ZU? YES, JUST COMMENT REALLY IF, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE RE DESIGNATION OF 180 3 OR WHATEVER, I THINK JUST WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH WHATEVER'S GONNA GO ONTO TO OUR SOUTH AS WELL TOO WOULD MAKE SENSE.
BUT I DON'T KNOW, WE HAVE NOT REALLY GONE INTO ANY OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND I'M SURE THEY'RE DEEP INTO THEIRS.
SO FROM, I WAS SPEAKING WITH CITY PARK STAFF WHEN I FOUND THIS OUT, AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE CONVERSATION WAS THEY WANT TO HAVE A, THE ABILITY TO KIND OF DO SOME OF WHAT THEY WANT ALONG BE BOULEVARD, BUT THEY TOO HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, WE CAN FOOT ALL OF THIS.
AND I THINK THAT IS POTENTIALLY WHY THEY'VE MOVED TOWARDS THIS BUSINESS DESIGNATION BECAUSE IT KIND OF DOES BOTH.
IT ALLOWS THE CITY MORE, UM, INFLUENCE ALONG THE ROADWAY, BUT ALSO KEEPS IT ON THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM.
UM, SO THAT IT'S STILL OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY TXDOT AND, UM, HAS THAT FUNDING CONNECTION AS WELL.
I GUESS I DID HAVE A QUESTION.
SO, YOU KNOW, LEAVING WHERE IT'S AT, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THE ROAD, RIGHT? THE STATE? YES.
WE TAKE IT IN AND THEN WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING IT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANNA MAKE ENHANCEMENTS TO THE SIDE OF THE ROADS AND DO ALL THIS STUFF AROUND IT.
AND IF WE DON'T TAKE IT OVER, THEN WE'RE KIND OF AT WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO, THE STATE DECIDES THEY WANT TO DO AT ANY TIME RELATED TO THAT ROAD.
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AND, BUT, BUT THEN YOU'RE KIND OF SAYING IF WE BECOME A BUSINESS DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF DRIVING THROUGH THERE, THEN WE HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY ON PROJECTS AND STUFF.BECAUSE IF WE GO IN AND SAY WE WANT TO PUT BIKE PASS AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF, THEY MAY SAY, WELL GO AHEAD AND PUT'EM IN AND THEN SIX MONTHS LATER COME OUT AND SAY WE'RE GONNA WIDEN IT EIGHT FEET OR DO SOMETHING AND TEAR UP EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE.
IS THAT KIND OF THE, UM, I WILL SAY THEY'VE BEEN GOOD PARTNERS DURING THE TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP SESSIONS AND BEEN VERY OPEN TO KIND OF WHERE THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN GOING AND COORDINATING.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL SPEAK TO KIND OF LIKE, YEAH, WE WE'RE, WE WANT, WE'RE OPEN, WE WANNA DO X, Y, Z.
UM, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, A GOOD EXAMPLE IS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HERITAGE GROVE, UM, AND IT'S JUST KIND OF AT A PROBLEMATIC LOCATION RIGHT NOW.
WHAT CAN WE DO THERE? AT SOME POINTS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DO WE NEED TO REMOVE THAT ACCESS AND HAVE ACCESS ANOTHER WAY? AND, AND THEN THEY SPOKE UP AND SAID, WELL, WE DON'T, WE DON'T THINK IT'D BE GREAT TO REMOVE THAT ACCESS FOR SUCH AND SUCH REASON.
AND SO AS THE OWNING AND MAINTAINING AGENCY, THEY DO KIND OF HAVE FINAL AUTHORITY, LIKE YOU HAD SAID, BUT THEY HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN PLAYING HARDBALL, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY, TO KIND OF LAMBAST THROUGH CITY, UM, DESIRES.
I THINK WHEN WE HEARD FROM THEM ABOUT CEDAR PARK POTENTIALLY TAKING IT OVER AND LIKE, OH YEAH, YOU CAN TOO.
I THINK IT WAS JUST KIND OF AN ASSUMPTION THAT LANDER LIKELY WANTS TO DO THE SAME THING.
WE, WE DIDN'T SAY THAT, WE ALSO DIDN'T SAY THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
I DIDN'T WANNA SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, SAID WE'RE NOT SURE THAT THAT'S THE CASE.
WE'RE STILL DOING THE STUDY, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
UM, VERY NON-COMMITTAL I GUESS YOU COULD SAY.
UM, I DO THINK WITH THE BUSINESS DESIGNATION IT WOULD, IT SEEMS TO FIT BETTER IN TERMS OF MODEL.
YOU STILL GET THE SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM.
CITY HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE INFLUENCE AND OVERSIGHT.
UM, AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A BIT OF A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH WITH ANY OF THESE.
UH, I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
I REALLY LIKED THE WAY YOU LISTED OUT ALL OF THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT IS SO COMPREHENSIVE AND FANTASTIC, AND I LOVE THAT.
UM, THE, THE ONLY CRITICISM REALLY I HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ASKED FOR A LOT OF DATA LAST TIME.
AND WE STILL HAVEN'T SEEN THAT.
IT WOULD'VE BEEN HELPFUL TO SEE THE DRAFT OF THE REPORT, TO HAVE THAT BACKGROUND BEFORE WE FIGURE OUT WHAT PROJECTS WE WANNA DO.
'CAUSE HOW DO WE KNOW WHICH ONES WE WANNA DO AND PRIORITIZE.
UM, BUT I REALLY, REALLY DID LIKE ALL OF THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, THE MATRIX THAT YOU DID.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNSEL.
ALL RIGHT, MR. BALLAD, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR US? UH, I WAS GONNA SAY WE DO HAVE MORE BACKUP IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE ANY OF IT KIND OF IN SOME HIDDEN SLIDES I PROVIDED IN THE PACKET, BUT I KIND OF DID MORE OF AN ABRIDGED VERSION THERE IN THE PRESENTATION.
UM, SO TO SPEAK TO KIND OF SOME OF THE NEEDS, PROBABLY THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT PORTIONS ARE PROBABLY THE ONES THAT I THINK ARE MOST INTERESTING.
I'LL TRY TO DO IT A LITTLE QUICKLY.
SO LEMME, SO HERE'S THIS OVER HERE.
SO FOR, LET ME SEE, IT'LL JUST BE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER, BUT HERE'S LOCATIONS WHERE WE GOT SIDEWALK REQUESTS, UM, FROM THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE ONLINE ENGAGEMENT PORTAL.
SO IT'S QUITE A FEW, UM, DIFFERENT CONNECTIONS NOW IN THE REPORT.
IS IT GOING TO, UM, NOT JUST OUTLINE THE LOCATIONS, BUT TELL US LIKE HOW MANY PEOPLE REQUESTED AT DIFFERENT AREAS? YES.
AND THAT'S IN OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT REPORT THAT, UM, WE HAVE ALREADY AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN SIDEWALK CONNECTIVITY.
ALL OF THE PINK LINES ARE GAPS IN SIDEWALKS.
THE GREEN LINES ARE WHERE SIDEWALKS ALREADY EXIST.
UM, LOTS OF GAPS, UH, WHERE THERE'S BEEN DEVELOPMENT, YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN.
UM, BUT LOTS OF GAPS IN SIDEWALKS THROUGH KIND OF THE, UM, OLD TOWN DISTRICT AND THINGS AS WELL.
DOWN NEAR, UM, CRYSTAL FALLS WHERE WE SAW A LOT OF THE DOTS FOR REQUESTS, UH, PEDESTRIAN CRASHES.
WE HAVE ONE AT HERITAGE GROVE, UM, ONE IN THE OLD TOWN AREA CLOSE TO WHERE WE'RE TARGETING, UH, ONE OF THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES.
UM, AND THEN ONE AT OSAGE AT THE VERY SOUTH END OF THE CORRIDOR.
UM, WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT PATH JUSTIFICATION, BUT HERE'S SOME MORE REQUESTS FOR BIKE CONNECTIONS AND WHICH WE OUTLINE AT, LIKE I SAID IN THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT REPORT.
UM, ADDITIONAL TRAIL POTENTIAL CONNECTIONS.
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SPEAK TO INTERSECTION CAPACITY, JUST SHOWING THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS.LOTS OF RED THINGS ARE UGLY, LOTS OF DELAY WITH SOME OF THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS THAT IMPROVES A LOT WITH GRADE SEPARATIONS.
UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF NEED THERE.
AND IN FACT, WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE BENEFIT COSTS TO SOME OF THOSE GRADE SEPARATION PROJECTS FOR THOSE FUNDING APPLICATIONS.
AND THEN FOR ACCESS MANAGEMENT, UM, THESE ARE LOCATIONS, WILL IT SHOW IT TO ME IF IT'S INSIDE? THESE ARE LOCATIONS WHERE THERE'S DRIVEWAY RELATED CRASHES.
SO IT MIRRORS THOSE AREAS THAT WE HIGHLIGHTED WITHIN THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT, UM, DRIVEWAY AREAS.
WE WANT TO TARGET RESTRICTIONS HERE.
THEY ARE KIND OF ZOOMED IN MORE.
WE TALK ABOUT HOW MANY THERE ARE IN THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT REPORT AS WELL.
UM, YOU CAN NOTE SOME THROUGH THE AREA ALONG WHERE THE LOWS AND CHICK-FIL-A AND EVERYTHING IS NEAR CRYSTAL FALLS.
UM, SINCE WE DID THIS REPORT, I THINK THERE'S ALSO BEEN A FATAL CRASH AT, UM, THIS INTERSECTION HERE.
UM, LOTS OF LEFT TURN RELATED CRASHES AS WELL BECAUSE IT'S TWO WAY LEFT TURN LANE.
UM, AND SO WE PUT ALL OF THAT IN THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT REPORT AS WELL TO DRIVE THAT DRIVE HOME, THAT NEED OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING OUT THERE.
AND SO I WAS TRYING TO STRIKE THE BALANCE OF HAVING IT, BUT NOT GIVING Y'ALL AN HOUR, 20 MINUTE PRESENTATION.
I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO SEEING ALL OF THAT IN THE REPORT.
ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, ANYTHING ELSE, MR. BALLARD? ANYTHING ELSE? UH, NOT FROM ME.
WITH THAT THEN WE ARE GOING TO RECESS OUR BRIEFING WORKSHOP.
WE'LL BE BACK AT SIX O'CLOCK FOR THE JOINT DISCUSSION WITH PLANNING AND ZONING.
THE TIME IS 5:38 PM THANK YOU.
COUNCIL BRIEFING WORKSHOP IS BACK IN SESSION.
THE TIME IS 6:03 PM WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, JOINT DISCUSSION
[4. Joint Discussion with the Planning and Zoning Commission regarding the “Option Area” of the Northline Development.]
WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REGARDING THE OPTION AREA OF THE NORTHLINE DEVELOPMENT.UM, SO LAST WEEK'S MEETING WAS INTERESTING AND WE REALIZED AFTER WATCHING IT THAT WE HAVE DROPPED THE BALL SOMEWHERE IN COMMUNICATION ABOUT NORTHLINE.
UM, THERE ARE SOME, SOME MARKET REALITIES THAT WE ARE ALL COMING TO TERMS WITH.
AND SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE I KNOW ALL OF YOU WANNA BE BUSINESS FRIENDLY AND, AND YOU WANNA DO THINGS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF LEANDER.
AND WE WANNA SHOW UNITED FRONT.
WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE A WORKSHOP FOR ALL OF US TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE CHANGES, TALK ABOUT WHAT WE THINK NEEDS TO HAPPEN, AND JUST SORT OF ALL GET ON THE SAME PAGE BECAUSE THERE'S MORE NORTHLINE CHANGES COMING.
UM, SO WE WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IT.
AND SO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GRIFFIN, IS GOING TO LEAD THE WAY.
SO, UM, I'M JUST GONNA TAKE A, A QUICK MINUTE TO, UM, TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE COMING FORWARD WITH THE OPTION AREA FOR NORTHLINE.
SO UP ON THE SCREEN, THIS IS, UH, THE OVERALL NORTHLINE AREA.
ON THE LEFT SIDE IS THEIR 2018 PLAN, AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS THE, THE CURRENT PLAN THEY'RE PROPOSING.
UM, SO THE, THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE, UM, IS A, A RELOCATION OF SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO IF YOU LOOK ON THE, THE LEFT, UM, OH, I DON'T HAVE MY LITTLE ZOOM THING, SORRY, WHERE MY ARROW IS.
UM, THERE WERE FOUR OFFICE BUILDINGS IN A HOTEL PROPOSED IN THIS AREA.
AND, UM, THE CHANGE, UH, FOR THE ZONING FOR THE THE RETAIL PORTION, UM, IS MOVING THE OFFICE BUILDINGS OVER HERE TO THE ST.
AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN THE OPTION AREA IS REMOVING MULTIFAMILY AND TOWNHOUSES AND ADDING COMMERCIAL.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA SEE A, A DECREASE IN THE RESIDENTIAL DENSITY OF THE PROJECT, UH, WHEN THEY ADD THE COMMERCIAL IN THE OPTION AREA.
UM, SO ON THESE, THESE NEXT SLIDES, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT, UM, WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO DATE AND WHAT'S COMING UP.
SO THE NOVAK HOMES, THAT IS THE TOWN HOME HOME PORTION OF THE PROJECT SLATE IS THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, AND ST.
UM, THE OFFICE, THEY HAVE APPROVED PLANS AND THEY'RE JUST, UH, WRAPPING UP THEIR FINANCING AND THEY'RE GONNA START CONSTRUCTION.
UM, THIS IS A, A COOL IMAGE THAT, UM, ALEX HAS SHARED WITH US IN THE PAST.
UM, THE APARTMENTS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE BUILT HERE.
UM, AND IT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT FROM THIS ANGLE.
THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB WITH THE STREETSCAPE.
UM, THEY HAVE TOWNHOUSES THAT WRAP THE APARTMENTS.
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UM, AND THEN THESE ARE THE ESTABLISHED TOWNHOUSES.JOHN'S DEVELOPMENT'S GONNA BE UP HERE WITH SOME OFFICE SPACE BASE.
THIS IS A ZOOMED IN, UM, IMAGE OF THE, UM, APARTMENTS AND SOME OF THE, THE TOWNHOUSES.
SO THESE ARE TOWNHOUSES HERE THAT FRONT ON THE CIRCLE.
AND THEN THESE ARE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE COMING TO NORTHLINE.
SO ENDEAVOR, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL PORTION THAT'S GONNA SERVE AS THAT TRANSITION TO 180 3 A ST.
JOHN'S IS THE, THE MEDICAL OFFICE.
AND THEN RYAN, UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE TO THE WEST OF ST.
JOHN'S WITH MORE MEDICAL OFFICE.
THIS IS THE ENDEAVOR RETAIL AREA WHERE THEY'RE GONNA DO THE COMMERCIAL, AND THEN THIS SHOWS THE, THE OPTION AREA.
SO WITH THIS CHANGE, THEY'RE GOING TO, UM, MAINTAIN THE LOOK OF MAIN STREET AND, UM, KEEP THE CONTINUOUS BUILDING FRONTAGE AND THE MAXIMUM SETBACK.
SO IT'LL STILL HAVE THE SAME LOOK AND FEEL AS BEFORE, BUT YOU WILL HAVE A, A DIFFERENT TYPE OF COMMERCIAL HERE.
I THINK THEY'RE LOOKING AT A, A GROCER.
AND THEN THIS IS AN IMAGE OF THE, UM, PROPOSED SITE PLAN FOR THE, THE ENDEAVOR PROJECT.
AND, UM, I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS A TRANSITION TO SUBURBAN AS YOU GET CLOSER TO 180 3 A, UM, BECAUSE IT IS A MORE, UM, VEHICLE ORIENTED AREA.
AND THIS, UM, OPTION AREA IS GONNA BE ON THE, THE UPCOMING AMENDMENT TO THE PUD AND THEY'RE WORKING TO PROVIDE A TRANSITION BETWEEN NORTHLINE.
SO THEY'RE GONNA PROVIDE PEDESTRIAN, UM, CONNECTIVITY FROM, FROM NORTHLINE TO THE 180 3, UM, DEVELOPMENT AREA.
AND, UM, THIS WILL SUPPORT SOME ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
AND, UM, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, AND, AND MENTIONED THAT A LOT OF THE CONCERN THAT I HEARD IN THE P AND Z MEETING WAS THE SAME CONCERN THAT WE ALL SHARED.
UM, AND SO INITIALLY ALL OF THE CHANGES WERE GOING TO COME UP AT ONCE, AND WE HELD, UM, WE HELD TWO OF THEM BACK BECAUSE OF THE OPTION AREA, BECAUSE WE ALL PANICKED ABOUT IS THIS GONNA BE JUST SOME RETAIL STRIP CENTER? UM, AND JUST A COMPLETE DEPARTURE FROM WHAT NORTHLINE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE.
UM, AND SO I, I WANTED TO SAY THAT I HEARD THAT SAME THING.
AND, AND THIS IS WHERE WE COULD HAVE COMMUNICATED BETTER.
UM, WE'VE BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH ENDEAVOR AND NORTHLINE TO ENSURE THAT IT WON'T BE THAT THEY HAVE TO, AS PART OF THE PUD UPDATE, THEY HAVE TO INCLUDE A PEDESTRIAN PLAN, WHAT DOES THEY CALL IT? PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION PLAN.
AND IT'S GONNA BE LOCKED INTO THE CONDITIONS OF THE P WHEN THAT COMES BACK THROUGH.
UM, BECAUSE THAT WAS A, A BIG CONCERN OF OURS.
UM, WHO HAS QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Y'ALL, YOU'RE NOT IN TROUBLE.
I CAN ADD, I, I CAN ADD, JUST ADD TO THAT A LITTLE BIT TOO, BECAUSE, UM, YEAH, IT'S BEEN A, IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME, SO I'LL JUST PIGGYBACK UP WITH WHAT THE MAYOR JUST SAID.
UM, WE ABSOLUTELY HAD SOME OF THE SAME CONCERNS.
I THINK THAT, THAT OUR BREAKDOWN IS LIKE, UH, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT PNZ ALSO HAS LIKE MAYBE AN UPDATE AND WE HAVE AN UP, UH, OR JUST LIKE WE HAVE UPDATES, HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE PNZ HAS UPDATES AS WELL TOO? UM, AND THEY HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION AND WHATEVER, WHATEVER'S GONNA BE IN FRONT OF THEM.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW THE, AN THE, THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT JUST MAKING SURE THAT WHETHER IT'S ONE OF US CAN MAY, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S ONE OF US, UM, BRIEFS OR MAYBE THERE'S SOME KIND OF UPDATE THAT'S GIVEN TO THEM, UM, THROUGH STAFF.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY IN THAT WAY, ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HANDLING EVERYTHING.
BUT I'M REALLY HAPPY TO WHERE THINGS HAVE GOTTEN TO AND THEY DIDN'T COME, THEY DIDN'T COME HERE EASY.
UM, BUT WHEN YOU SEE IT IN FRONT OF YOU AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE CONTEXT THERE, I CAN UNDERSTAND HOW THAT'D BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AS WELL TOO.
AND, UH, SO PART OF THE THINGS IN THIS OPTION AREA, I THINK THAT HERE, HERE'S, HERE'S WHAT, HERE'S WHY I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT, UM, CERTAIN TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS AND CERTAIN VERY SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENTS, UH, WITHIN OUR, UM, METRO AREA.
AND THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HOPES THAT THERE DEVELOPMENT'S GONNA BE LIKE THAT ONE.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH, UH, THE, THE DEVELOPER THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO DO THAT PROJECT AS WELL TOO.
AND I THINK THAT, UH, THAT WE FINALLY HAVE SOME MOMENTUM GOING HERE THAT IF WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP THIS THING MOVING, UM, THIS THING COULD REALLY TURN INTO SOMETHING SPECIAL.
UM, WHEN WE GOT, UM, THE DEVELOPER, UH, OR EXCUSE DEVELOPER PARTNER IN ENDEAVOR TO SPEAK MORE ABOUT IT, HOW IMPORTANT IT'S FOR THEM TO HAVE, UH, THE ACTUAL PEOPLE IN NORTHLINE PARTICIPATING IN USING THAT COMMERCIAL AND HOW IT HAD TO BE CONNECTED.
UM, THEY NEEDED TO SAY THOSE THINGS FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THEM RATHER THAN, RATHER THAN US JUST TAKING THE, JUST ASSUMING.
UM, BUT I THINK THIS IS OUR, THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY GET THIS THING GOING.
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DON'T, I THINK I HEARD SOMEBODY, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IT WAS SCOTT, IT WAS LIKE, UM, MAYBE IT WAS COMMERCIAL REALITIES OR SOME TYPE OF WHATEVER IT WAS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LEARNING FROM OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM TOO, IS WHAT'S ACTUALLY FEASIBLE AND WHAT'S NOT GONNA BE FEASIBLE.
AND WE'RE HAVING THINGS TO MAKE SURE IF THEY'RE BUILT A CERTAIN WAY AND, UM, IT'S NOT EXACTLY WHAT WE HOPED WOULD BE THERE RIGHT NOW.
AND IT'S NOT POSSIBLE THAT NOBODY WOULD COME IN HERE AND BUILD THAT STUFF.
AND WE'RE PRIMARILY TRYING TO PROTECT THE, THE TOWN SQUARE AREA.
UM, MORE THAN ANYTHING I THINK IS WHAT OUR, OUR BIGGEST CONCERN WERE.
AND I'M, I'M GUESSING THAT WOULD ALSO BE SOME OF THE, OF THE COMMISSION'S BIGGEST CONCERNS AS WELL TOO, IS THAT THAT GATHERING SPACE, THAT CENTRAL AREA, UM, THAT EVERY, THAT, IT'S NOT LOOKING LIKE TWO, THREE DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTS.
SO, UM, I GUESS I JUST WANTED TO ALSO SAY THAT, UM, I'VE BEEN PART OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO US TOO.
UM, I WANNA ECHO SOME OF WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER ZEREK SAID.
UM, I THINK, 'CAUSE THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT I'VE WATCHED YOUR MEETING AND LISTENED TO COMMENTS AND SAID, OH, THEY DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION FROM COUNCIL.
UM, IT, THIS HAPPENED WITH HOME DEPOT.
THERE WERE THINGS IN THE THREE 80 AGREEMENT THAT WE HAD ALREADY APPROVED THAT Y'ALL WERE TOLD ABOUT.
AND SO WHEN YOU'RE UP HERE TALKING ABOUT OUTDOOR STORAGE, WE ALREADY HAD THAT.
RIGHT? AND, UH, AND SO I THINK THIS JUST, WE'VE GOTTEN TO A PLACE WHERE WE NEED SOME KIND OF COMMUNICATION STAFF WISE WHEN COUNCIL HAS STARTED ON SOMETHING.
UM, BECAUSE IT'S NOT FAIR TO YOU IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT BACKGROUND.
UM, AND THEN I THINK TO YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE, THE MARKET REALITIES, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT RETAIL WORLD THAN WE WERE BEFORE.
UM, EVERYBODY IS SHOPPING ONLINE.
RETAILERS ARE CHO ABOUT WHERE THEY GO AND WHAT THEIR FOOTPRINT LOOKS LIKE.
AND IF ENDEAVOR DOESN'T DO THIS, IT GOES BACK TO THE MARKET FOR ANOTHER RETAIL PARTNER, THAT'S GONNA BE THE THIRD ONE.
THAT'S A HARD SELL TO GET SOMEBODY THAT'S QUALITY.
IF THAT RETAIL DOESN'T DEVELOP, THE HOTEL DOESN'T COME.
JOHN'S DOESN'T COME BECAUSE ST.
AND THEN THE APARTMENTS THAT WE SAW AT THE BOTTOM, THEY'RE ONLY AT A 30% OCCUPANCY.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON HOW TO DO SOME MORE SIGNAGE TO JUST DRIVE PEOPLE IN.
BUT THE WHOLE POINT OF THAT HOUSING WAS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO WALK TO ALL OF THESE THINGS, AND SO FAR THEY JUST CAN'T.
AND SO THIS HAS BECOME, I THINK A TOP PRIORITY FOR COUNCIL IS TO GET SOMETHING WORKABLE HAPPENING, UM, ALONG THE FRONTAGE AND IN THE OPTION AREA SO THAT WE CAN GET NORTHLINE UP.
BECAUSE IF WE DELAY THIS TOO LONG, THE REALITY IS THE PROJECT MIGHT DIE.
UM, AND I HAD A COMMENT TOO, MAYOR.
I THINK THAT WHAT, WHAT I WAS SEEING AT THAT MEETING TOO IS THE FRUSTRATION OF THE DEVELOPER WHO IS ASSUMING THAT WE DO KNOW ALL THAT AND WE DON'T WANT TO BE UNFAIR TO THE, TO A DEVELOPER AND TO HOLD THEIR PROJECT UP UNNECESSARILY.
SO HAVING MORE INFORMATION ON THE LARGE, I KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T DO THAT WITH EVERY SINGLE THING THAT COMES BEFORE YOU, BUT ON THESE LARGE PROJECTS, THE UPDATES ARE REAL IMPORTANT FOR US BECAUSE THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ALREADY, WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH Y'ALL AND, AND WE CAN MAKE A BETTER DECISION.
SO CAN WE AGREE ON THAT MORE INFO FROM STAFF BEFORE THE MEETINGS? THANK YOU.
UM, WHAT ELSE? Y'ALL ARE VERY QUIET OVER THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I APPRECIATED ALL YOUR COMMENTS.
I THOUGHT THE MEETING, WHILE, WHILE IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN LIKE A 6 0 7 OH OR WHATEVER, IT, IT, IT WAS A GOOD DISCUSSION AND YOU BROUGHT UP THE HISTORY OF THE PROJECT AND, AND YOU WERE DOING WHAT WAS EXPECTED OF YOU IN THAT POSITION.
AND I THINK THAT IT'S GOOD THAT YOU'RE GATEKEEPERS MM-HMM.
I THINK IT COULD BE BETTER IF YOU GOT PULLED IN EARLIER.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT IS INTERESTING 'CAUSE THIS HAS GONE ON A LONG TIME.
THIS, THIS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND IT'S GONE THROUGH DIFFERENT PHASES OF DISCUSSION IN DIFFERENT COMMITTEES THAT YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY PRIVY TO.
'CAUSE WHEN WENT THROUGH TOURS AND ALL THAT, AND I HAPPEN TO SIT ON TOURS WITH WHEN I WASN'T A COUNCILMAN.
UM, BUT I DO THINK IT'S VERY VALUABLE, UM, DISCUSSIONS RELATED TO THIS.
I ALSO FOUND IT VERY VALUABLE, THE DISCUSSIONS YOU HAD ABOUT THE OTHER PROJECTS IN THAT MEETING AND, UH, THE PHASINGS AND THINGS.
AND IT'S, AND IT'S GOOD THAT YOU GUYS ARE BEING GOOD GATEKEEPERS OF WHAT THE CITY WANTS TO DO AND ALL THAT.
SO I, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, KIND OF COMING DOWN.
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DOWN ON YOU, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T FEEL THAT'S HOW WE ARE.SOMETIMES I FORGET TO SAY LIKE, I APPRECIATE YOU, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ON SHORT NOTICE AND FOR REALLY LOOKING OUT FOR THE INTERESTS OF THE CITY.
YOU JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE INFORMATION.
BUT I THINK WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS KIND OF TALK TO Y'ALL ABOUT WHERE YOU'RE AT, WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE, HOW WE ALL CAN KIND OF WORK THROUGH THIS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD ME SAY THAT EVEN IN OTHER WORKSHOPS, YOU ARE WORKING OFF OF A DIFFERENT SET OF THINGS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT VERSUS US.
OUR, OUR SCOPE IS MUCH NARROWER IN SCOPE THAN, AND OUR DECISIONS ARE A LITTLE BIT NARROWER IN SCOPE AS WELL.
SO I FULLY EXPECTED THAT TONIGHT YOU GUYS WERE GONNA PASS IT AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
RE REGARDLESS, BUT, YOU KNOW, OUR, UM, WHAT IS IT, FIVE YEARS AGO NOW, WHEN I, WHEN I APPLIED FOR, FOR THE ROLE, YOU KNOW, UM, THE, THE FORMER MAYOR SAID, YOUR JOB IS TO CALL BALLS AND STRIKES.
RIGHT? AND THAT'S BASED ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE OTHER GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE.
AND I FELT THAT THAT'S WHAT I WAS ATTEMPTING TO DO LAST THURSDAY NIGHT, IS CALL A BALL OR A STRIKE, RIGHT? BASED ON WHAT WE SEE, BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT I HAD AT THE TIME, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT'S GREAT.
THAT'S NOT A PART OF P AND Z, RIGHT? RIGHT.
I'M THERE FOR ZONING AND, AND, AND TO MAINTAIN, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BOUNDARIES THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I WAS COMING FROM PERSONALLY.
AND I HOPE IT CAME ACROSS AT LEAST THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, ON THAT, UH, I THINK IT LOOKS GREAT, BUT AS I SAID LAST THURSDAY NIGHT, ECONOMIC CONDITIONS CHANGE.
IF IT GETS SOLD OFF AND WE ZONE IT FOR SOMETHING ELSE, IT'S ALREADY ZONED THAT WAY, AND THE NEXT PERSON COMING IN THAT BUYS THAT RETAIL, THEN THEY MIGHT DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH IT.
SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO IN THAT SPACE.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S COMPLETELY VALID AND FAIR, AND I APPRECIATED YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS ON THAT.
UM, AND THEN I GUESS THAT'S WHERE WE ALL WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ARE, IS THE ROLE TO GO BY THE ORIGINAL PLAN AND NOT MAKE AMENDMENTS TO THE LAND USE? OR IS IT TO GO BY, YOU KNOW, WHAT COUNCIL IS BLESSING.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE MADE CHANGES TO THE ACTIVITY ZONES AND THE PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTIAL, UM, WHEN IT WENT TO Y'ALL, YOU WERE GOOD WITH IT.
UM, AND SO WE JUST, WE WERE CONFUSED ON THIS.
IT IS BALLS AND STRIKES AND, AND THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY UNFAIR ABOUT WHAT Y'ALL DO BECAUSE WE HAVE A COMPLETELY, UM, DIFFERENT ARRAY OF THINGS AT OUR DISPOSAL.
WHAT ELSE? ANY, ANYBODY? UM, I'LL JUST, I'M, I'M NOT SURE WHAT I'M GONNA SAY HERE.
I HAD A LOT OF THINGS I WANTED TO SAY.
UH, AND Y'ALL KNOW, I, I LOVE WATCHING THE MEETINGS.
I LEARNED SO MUCH AND, AND Y'ALL HEARD ME SAY, I, I, I'M TALKING TO THE SCREEN WHILE Y'ALL ARE MEETING.
LIKE, ASK THEM THIS, ASK THEM THIS.
AND, AND USUALLY SOMEBODY ASKS THE QUESTION SO I GET THE ANSWER BACK THAT I NEED.
AND I DON'T HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION AND EXTEND THE, THE COUNCIL MEETING BECAUSE Y'ALL ALREADY ASKED THE QUESTION FOR ME NOT KNOWING THAT I'M WATCHING YOU BECAUSE THE MEETING'S ALREADY TAKING PLACE.
SO JUST KNOW THAT THAT'S HAPPENING AFTER THE FACT.
AND Y'ALL ARE VERY FOCUSED ON WHAT SHE'S SAYING, WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOTTA FIT EVERYTHING IN A BOX.
AND WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE LUXURY OF NOT HAVING TO FIT IN THAT BOX.
SO TO ME, I TAKE VALUE IN WHAT Y'ALL SAY TO, AND, AND I KNOW IN A MANNER THAT I PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE THOUGHT OF IT BECAUSE I'M NOT TRYING TO FIT IN THE BOX.
I'M TRYING TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND NOT, AND, AND, UH, DO WHAT MAKES SENSE, NOT NECESSARILY WHAT FITS IN THE BOX BECAUSE THE BOX CHANGES SHAPE.
AND SO I WOULD SAY KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
UM, AND JUST, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS HAS TO BE A, UH, WHERE COUNSEL HAS THE POWER TO DO SOMETHING THAT, THAT PNZ DOESN'T, EVEN THOUGH THAT THAT IS THE CASE, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT, UM, THE SYSTEM WORKS.
UM, AND JUST KNOW Y'ALL, Y'ALL ARE DOING A GREAT JOB AND, AND I APPRECIATE IT.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, I WANTED TO, TO COMMENT ON IS THE, THE SMART CODE, I, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO ASKED THE QUESTION, BUT, OR THE COMMENT, BUT WE ON COUNCIL A FEW YEARS AGO, THIS, I GUESS THERE WAS THREE OF US ON COUNCIL THAT ARE HERE NOW, MADE THAT OPTIONAL.
AND, UH, I THINK THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WANTS TO DO SMART CODE, GREAT, BUT YOU HAVE THE OPTION.
AND TO ME, THAT'S WHEN THINGS STARTED HAPPENING.
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STARTED TALKING.AND, AND I, I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM THE, FROM THE DEVELOPER, UM, IF WE REALLY, IF WE STILL HAD SMART CODE AS NOT OPTIONAL, WOULD WE BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION? WAS THAT YOU, JOHN? IS THAT, YEAH.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT THEY WOULD'VE BROUGHT IT TO US.
NO, WHAT YOU DO IS YOU GET RID OF THE SMART CODE, OR YOU EITHER GET RID OF THE SMART CODE OR, OR YOU DON'T.
IT'S, I WOULD SAY GET RID OF, IIII DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
BECAUSE I, BECAUSE THEN EVERYBODY KNOWS THE RULES THEY'RE PLAYING BY.
THEY HAVE THE THE REASON WE'RE HERE IS BECAUSE THEY HAD TO COME IN UNDER SMART CODE AND NOW THEY'RE ASKING TO PULL THINGS OUTTA SMART CODE.
AND THAT'S WHAT GOT US INTO, INTO BACKWARDS, BACKWARD CHANGING A ZONING, A, A ZONING CASE BEFORE A COMP PLAN AMENDMENT.
IT, IT JUST ADDS TO TWO ADDS MORE STEPS.
IF YOU WANNA HAVE A, IF YOU WANNA HAVE AN OVERLAY, HAVE AN OVERLAY, YEAH.
BUT HAVE ONE, WELL, ONE SET OF RULES EVERYBODY PLAYED BY, WE'RE DOING AN ENTERTAINMENT OVERLAY, RIGHT.
DOING AN OVERLAY FOR LEANDRO CENTRAL.
AND BECAUSE I THINK THE IDEA OF HAVING THE OPTION OF DOING EITHER OR LIKE A, A A A BUFFET MENU, I, I, I JUST DON'T THINK IT, IT, IT'S, I DON'T THINK IT'S GOOD PLANNING IT UP AND IT'S GOOD FOR THE CITY.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GOOD FOR DEVELOPERS.
I THINK IT WAS JUST A, WE WERE ALREADY IN IT, OR, YOU KNOW, THE PROJECT HAS STARTED, SO KNOWING WE HAVE THE OPTION OR THE DEVELOPER HAS THE OPTION, IS IT, IT'S NICE, BUT NO, I AGREE.
I MEAN IT, YOU KNOW, WE THINK IT'S A STUPID CODE, NOT THE SMART CODE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF DUMB WHEN WE MADE IT OPTIONAL.
UM, BUT IT ONLY APPLIED TO LIKE THREE PARCELS OR SOMETHING BY THEN.
AND SO I WAS LIKE, FINE, WHATEVER.
YOU KNOW, IT'S BETTER THAN SAYING, ALL RIGHT, WE'RE KEEPING IT.
UM, I HAD A REALLY GOOD TALK WITH CHUCK MARONE A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
HE'S THE STRONG TOWNS GUY AND HE LOVES SMART CODE.
AND SO I WAS TALKING ABOUT OURS AND UM, AND HE TOLD ME THAT SMART CODE IS SUPPOSED TO BE IDEALISTIC AND YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO MAKE CHANGES.
YOU'RE NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE RIGID AND ADHERING TO THE SMART CODE.
AND IT CHANGED MY OUTLOOK A LOT ON, ON THESE PROJECTS.
UM, IT MADE ME REALIZE THAT IT WASN'T NECESSARILY OUR CODE COMPLETELY, IT WAS MAYBE JUST THE WAY THAT WE APPLIED IT SOMETIMES OR THE WAY IT WAS INTERPRETED, AND MAYBE WE COULD DO A BETTER JOB WITH THAT.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION? AS A BODY I HAVEN'T HEARD, UM, WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE BEST WAY FOR COUNSEL TO HAVE COMMUNICATED THIS INFORMATION, WHICH Y'ALL HAVE PREFERRED TO RECEIVE A CALL, GET A EMAIL THAT YOU GET ONCE A MONTH WITH CRITICAL UPDATES? LIKE, WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY FOR YOU ALL TO RECEIVE THAT UPDATE AND THAT KIND OF INFORMATION? WELL, IF ONE, ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS, UH, ALEA IN ABBREVIATED TALKING POINTS EMAIL, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING, LIKE MAKING THIS BIG CHANGE TO, UH, NORTHLINE, EVERYBODY IN LEANER KNOWS WHAT NORTHLINE IS AND EVERYBODY IN LEANER IS GONNA SAY, YOU'RE THE GUY DEVOTED TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.
I, I WASN'T ON PLANNING ZONING WHEN 11,000 APARTMENTS WE'RE ZONED FOR, AND EVERY NEW APARTMENT BUILDING THAT COMES UP ON THAT OLD ZONING WE'RE BLAMED FOR.
UM, SO WE, WE TAKE THE HEAT ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS AND IT'S A TERRIFYING DECISION TO MAKE A CHANGE TO NORTHLINE SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO SEE.
AND THE MORE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE ABOUT THAT, ESPECIALLY THE BACKSTORY OF WHY YEAH, UH, MAKES THAT DECISION POSSIBLE, UH, IT, BUT IT IS STILL SCARY MAKING THAT CHANGE.
WELL, AND IT'S, IT'S A BIG DEAL.
IT'S THE BIGGEST PROJECT THAT WE HAVE.
UM, IT'S RARE THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALREADY WORKED ON THAT ENDS UP WITH Y'ALL, I THINK MAYBE JUST A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR.
DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT, ROBIN? YEAH.
SO IT WOULDN'T EVEN NEED TO BE ALL THE TIME COMMUNICATION, BUT JUST WHEN THESE THINGS COME UP, UH, CHAIR, LAND TRIP, YOU HAD SOMETHING TOO.
WELL, I THINK PROBABLY THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO GET IT TO US IS TO GO THROUGH ROBIN AND HAVE HER SEND IT OUT TO ALL OF US.
AND ANYTIME THERE'S A, OR JUST A LINK TO A MEETING WHERE SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT ABOUT THAT WAS DISCUSSED.
I MEAN, A LOT OF US WATCH COUNCIL MEETINGS, BUT MAYBE WE DON'T WATCH EVERY SINGLE ITEM EVERY SINGLE TIME.
SO, BUT IT'S SO FUN WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUDGETS.
NO, BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST, WE'LL, WE'LL TUNE IN AND, AND WATCH PARTS OF IT AND, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT MISS SOMETHING.
SO IF THERE'S A LINK WE CAN HAVE, OR IF THERE WAS A WORKSHOP YOU HAD OR, YOU KNOW, SOME KEY, KEY THINGS YOU NEED FOR US TO KNOW, THAT HELPS TO GET US ON THE SAME PAGE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHILE THERE MAY BE DISAGREEMENTS, WE AT LEAST KNOW WHERE, WHAT YOUR VISION IS AND WHERE Y'ALL ARE COMING FROM.
IT'S, UH, I, 'CAUSE I KNOW IT'S FRUSTRATING FOR THESE DEVELOPERS
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IF, IF THEY'RE, THEY FEEL THEY'RE DOING WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO DO AND WHAT Y'ALL HAVE, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSED.AND THEN WE COME IN WITH ALL THESE QUESTIONS,
YOU KNOW, UH, QUESTIONING THE WHOLE THING.
SO, UM, YEAH, JUST ANY ON THE BIG PROJECTS LIKE THAT, WHERE I THINK IT'D BE BEST IF IT WENT THROUGH ROBIN.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE AN OPINION ON THAT? YEAH, I, I, I AGREE.
UM, YEAH, E AN EMAIL WOULD BE PERFECT.
UM, SO CAN I ASK WHAT, WHAT, HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
I'M STILL RECOGNIZING COMMISSIONER CO.
UM, BUT I, I JUST WANTED TO ADD A COUPLE OF THINGS, UH, THAT MAYOR PROMPTED.
UM, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A LITTLE TROUBLED BY THE, THE PHRASE CALLING BALLS AND STRIKES, JUST BECAUSE I ALWAYS PUT A COMM AFTER THAT.
AS WE SEE THEM, I THINK REASONABLE MINDS CAN DIFFER ON EXACTLY WHAT COMPORTS WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WHAT DOESN'T.
UM, I TEND TO LOOK AT THE VERY, THE HIGH LEVEL GOALS AND STRATEGIES AND ACTION ITEMS, UH, AND, AND, AND SEE IF IT COMPORTS WITH THOSE, THE HIGHEST LEVEL SORT OF ASPIRATIONAL BRAND ASPECTS OF LEANDER.
AND I, I'M LOOKING AT GOAL NUMBER TWO HERE, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OUTCOME, HIGH QUALITY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, WELCOMED AND FACILITATED BY THE CITY.
AND SO THAT TO ME IS THE IMPORTANT THING THERE.
WHATEVER MACHINERY NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED, UH, WHETHER IT IT'S IT'S LAND USE, ANY OF THE, THE LITTLE RULES WE FOLLOW, TO ME THAT'S JUST DETAILS.
UM, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY PERSPECTIVE ON IT.
SO, BUT I, I AGREE WITH CATHERINE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE DISCUSSION.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND I, AND I SAID THAT THAT NIGHT, I, I REALLY, I, I ENJOYED THAT MEETING, UH, BECAUSE I THINK EVERYBODY EXPRESSED THEMSELVES WELL.
WE ALL HAD A LOT, LOT TO THINK ABOUT.
UM, AND, AND IN THE END, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT THIS COMMISSION IS THE DIALOGUE THAT Y'ALL LISTEN TO.
AND, AND, AND, AND YOU'VE MENTIONED THAT MAYOR, UM, AND, AND, AND WHEN, ONE OF THE LAST WORKSHOPS, UM, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF, IF NOTHING ELSE, WE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE PROVIDED A LOT OF THAT THAT EVENING, YOU KNOW, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
Y'ALL WERE ABLE TO COME FROM ENTIRELY DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS ON THIS AND JUST TALK IT OUT LIKE GROWNUPS, WHICH IS GREAT AND DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN ON EVERY DAIS.
BUT AS A POLICY NERD, WHEN Y'ALL GET PHILOSOPHICAL UP THERE, I LOVE THAT
I KNOW IT HURTS, BUT I JUST LOVE HEARING THE WAY THAT YOU WORK OUT.
LIKE, UH, LIKE WHEN THE WATER ORDINANCE HAS IMPACTED SOME OF THE PROJECTS, SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS YOU ALL HAVE HAD ABOUT THE WATER ORDINANCE AND TIMING AND WHAT'S BETTER AND, AND NOT, SOME OF THE BEST DISCUSSIONS I'VE EVER HEARD COME OUT OF P AND Z, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PENAL PARKER, YOU HAD SOMETHING? NO, I JUST, I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT WAS MISSING.
I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT WAS NOT COMMUNICATED? I DON'T, I STILL DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
WHAT DID, NOT WE, BUT WHAT WAS NOT COMMUNICATED TO YOU THAT, THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW? I'M, I BELIEVE IT WAS NOT CLEARLY COMMUNICATED THAT WE HAD GIVEN THE CHANGES OUR BLESSING.
I KNOW THAT IT WAS IN OUR WORKSHOP PRIOR.
WELL, AND SINCE THE WORKSHOP WITH THE ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS, I THINK IT MORE IMPORTANTLY THAN THE WHAT WAS THE WHY.
WHY? I, I, I THINK WHAT WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN, THAN, THAN WHAT YOU CHANGED IT WOULD BE WHY YOU CHANGED IT.
BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, AT THE END AND, AND UNLIKE MY GOOD FRIEND ON THE END, I, I, I DO WORRY ABOUT THE DETAIL OF, OF HOW WE GET THERE.
AND YOU WERE TAKING 33% OF THE PROJECT AND PULLING IT OUT, RIGHT? YEAH.
IF THE OPTION COMES OUT, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S A BAD THING, BUT I, I THINK THAT IF, UM, A, A HUGE BENEFIT WOULD'VE BEEN TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD CONSIDER DOING THAT.
BECAUSE, UM, THERE HAS TO BE A GOOD REASON TO DO THAT.
I THINK THAT ANSWER IS TO GET IT DONE ALRIGHT.
I MEAN, AND THAT'S NOT, I DON'T THINK THAT'S BEEN SAID.
UH, 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK WE WANNA SETTLE FOR NO, BUT YOU, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU'RE SAYING WE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE BLESSED PULLING THESE.
JUST THE REASON WHY, WHY, YEAH.
WHY IS IT A BIG WORD? WHY IMPORTANT? MOST WHAT WE SAY IS YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN WHY YOU BETTER.
IT'S, IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT, WHAT HE'S SAYING IS IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR WHEN THEY HAVE A, LIKE A DESCENDING VOTE.
AND I ASKED THAT ON OUR BRIEFING CALLS, THE SAME THING.
HEY, WELL, WHAT WAS THE REASON WHY, WHY THIS PERSON WROTE IT DIFFERENTLY? WHAT WAS THE REASON? SO THAT'S THE SAME THING THAT HE, THAT THAT JOHN'S ASKING RIGHT NOW TOO.
AND I THINK THAT THAT COULD BE CONVEYED ALSO.
UM, I MEAN, THERE'S TIMES I HAVEN'T
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WATCHED YOUR MEETING, AND IF I'M HAVING MY BRIEFING CALL AND I'M, OKAY, OKAY, I DIDN'T GET TO WATCH THIS ONE.WHAT WAS THE REASON? RIGHT? AND, AND WE'RE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE ABOUT THOSE THINGS.
WHEN ONE OF YOU DECIDES TO VOTE A DIFFERENT WAY OR TWO OR THREE OR WHATEVER, I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S NO DIFFERENT.
SO, UM, WHATEVER, WHATEVER YOU NEED FROM US, ROBIN, IN THOSE SITUATIONS, IF IT'S, UM, YOU JUST WANT SOMETHING FROM ME FOR IT, OR IF THERE'S A CERTAIN COUNCIL MEMBER THAT HAS SOMETHING LIKE, JUST LET US KNOW.
I THINK THAT'S EXCELLENT, JOHN.
THE Y IS IMPORTANT AND WE DEFINITELY DID NOT, DID NOT CONVEY THAT.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT Y'ALL NEED FROM US TO FEEL MORE EMPOWERED AND LIKE YOU'RE ON THE SAME PAGE? OKAY.
HOW ARE WE FEELING ABOUT NORTHLINE? I THINK THAT I, I THINK I SAID THIS AT, AT THE MEETING.
I, I DON'T PARTICULARLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ACTUALLY DOING IT.
UM, IT PROBABLY MAKES SOME SENSE TO DO IT GIVEN WHERE WE ARE IN, IN THE WORLD TODAY.
UM, I, I, I THINK WE DID, I I DO THINK THAT, UM, ONE OF THE COMMENTS FROM THE, FROM THE PUBLIC WAS THAT YOU'RE DOING THIS OUTTA ORDER.
AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT.
AND, AND, AND, AND, AND I THINK THOSE DETAILS ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE ONCE YOU DO IT, ONCE, IT BECOMES A LOT EASIER FOR SOMEBODY TO SAY, HEY, BUT YOU DID IT ALREADY.
SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT THOUGH, BECAUSE THAT WAS AN OVERSIGHT AND
YOU KNOW, I DON'T DISAGREE, RIGHT? I DON'T DISAGREE, BUT I THINK PROBABLY WHAT IT WOULD'VE BEEN THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION IS IF WE HAD HAVEN'T COME BACK TO DO THE COMP PLAN AMENDMENT, JUST PULLED THE ZONING THING AND DID 'EM BACK TO BACK ON THAT SAME DAY.
SO, AND THAT'S WHERE WE COME BACK TO THE MARKET REALITY PART IS WE NEED THIS OUT IN THE MARKET RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND ENDEAVOR NEEDS IT TO MOVE NOW, OR THEY MIGHT NOT MOVE.
AND SO THAT, THAT'S WHY WE WERE LIKE, JUST PUSHING, BUT WE DIDN BUT WE DIDN'T TAKE RIGHT.
IT WOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN ONE EXTRA MINUTE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET THE COMP PLAN DONE UNTIL THURSDAY ANYWAY.
SO IT WOULDN'T, IT WOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN ONE EXTRA SECOND TO DO 'EM BOTH ON THE SAME DAY.
SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THOUGH, HOME DEPOT HAS TO COME BACK FOR THE SAME REASON.
UM, BUT HEY, WE'VE LEARNED WE WILL NOT DO THAT AGAIN.
WELL, THESE ARE COMPLICATED THINGS THAT WE'RE LEARNING AS WE GO ALONG.
THESE ARE NOT SIMPLE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE 55 TIMES READY.
WE'RE, I MEAN, WE'RE FIGURING IT OUT AS WE GO ALONG.
I SAY IT ALL THE TIME, LEAN ANDREW'S AN AWKWARD TEENAGER.
THE TOD IS SO WEIRD FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I THINK, I THINK IT WOULD'VE DELAYED THEM TWO MORE WEEKS AT LEAST, BECAUSE THIS WOULDN'T BE THE SECOND READING OF THE ZONING TONIGHT.
IT WOULD BE THE FIRST READING.
AND THEY WERE ALREADY FRUSTRATED WITH I WAS FOR WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
I WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT WAS FOR, FOR THE CHANGE.
UM, AND I DIDN'T WANT THAT EXTRA DELAY, BUT WE CAUGHT THAT.
WE LITERALLY CAUGHT THAT RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING AND CONSULTED, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH, UH, THE ATTORNEY AND MADE SURE IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO.
IF WE HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT, I WOULD'VE, I WOULD'VE MADE A MOTION TO POSTPONE.
BUT WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO TRY TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND MOVE IT ALONG.
AND WE, WE BARELY HAD A QUORUM THAT NIGHT.
AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DO HAVE TO BE ABSENT.
AND HAD, YOU KNOW, HAD YOU GUYS BEEN THERE, I WOULD'VE, YOU MIKE COULD HAVE SWAYED ME TO, YOU KNOW, CHANGE AND DO IT DIFFERENTLY.
BUT THERE WERE FOUR OF US AND WE HAD THE DISCUSSION IN THE PROPER WAY AND, AND DID IT, YOU KNOW, ACCORDING TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WERE ADVISED TO DO.
I'M NOT SAYING I, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY DID ANYTHING UNTOWARD OR INVALID.
I JUST THINK IT WOULD'VE BEEN, UH, IT'S, IT'S LESS THAN, THAN IDEAL.
BUT THAT, THAT COMMENT FROM, FROM, I THINK, UM, WILL, WOULD A A A SIMILAR COMMENT, IT WOULD'VE BEEN MADE NO MATTER HOW WE DID IT THAT NIGHT.
BUT I MEAN, WE HAD SOMEONE THAT WAS VERY MUCH AGAINST OH, THAT PART'S, THAT PART, THAT PART'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
THAT PART'S ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR ANY MEAT ON THE BONE.
WELL JUST, WE'LL JUST LEARN FROM IT AND MOVE ON.
I MEAN, WE, WE GOT PAST IT AND HANDLED IT THE BEST WE COULD.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANT, WE WANT, WE DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN TO ANOTHER DEVELOPER.
WE WANT TO JUST BE INFORMED ENOUGH WHERE EVERYBODY'S COMFORTABLE, UH, MAKING THAT VOTE SO THAT WE CAN MOVE THINGS ALONG.
AND WHETHER WE AGREE OR DISAGREE, WE WANNA BE ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION AND, AND, YOU KNOW, KEEP THINGS MOVING.
I REALLY LIKED THE COMPROMISE THAT YOU MADE, THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PASSING THIS.
UM, BUT IT'S CONTINGENT UPON THE LAND USE.
UM, I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO BECAUSE IT DOES KEEP THE PROJECT MOVING.
IT ALSO KEEPS THE COST DOWN OF RE NOTICING ALL OF THE THINGS.
UM, AND, AND I THINK, I THINK IT WORKED.
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IDEAL, BUT IT WORKS.SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO JUST THINK ON YOUR FEET.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ANYBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT? ANY CONCERNS EITHER SIDE? ANYBODY? WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL SO VERY MUCH.
AND, UM, IF YOU EVER HAVE QUESTIONS OR YOU SEE SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA, YOU'RE LIKE, WHAT THE HECK IS THIS? WHERE DOES THIS COME FROM? Y'ALL CAN CALL US.
Y'ALL HAVE NUMBERS FOR MOST OF US, RIGHT? LIKE, JUST CALL US.
AND IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DID NOT BLESS, WE'LL TELL YOU THAT TOO.
RIGHT? BUT WE'RE HERE FOR YOU.
WE APPRECIATE THE, THE TIME TO VISIT WITH YOU ABOUT THIS.
WITH THAT, WE WILL ADJOURN THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP AT 6:36 PM ALRIGHT,
[5. Open Meeting, Invocation and Scout Troops 258 and 358 will present the Colors and lead the Pledges of Allegiance.]
GOOD EVENING.TODAY IS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20.
AND THE TIME IS 7:02 PM AND THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL.
COUNCIL MEMBER ZEREK WILL BE PROVIDING THE INVOCATION TONIGHT FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR SCOUTING AMERICA TROOPS 2 58 AND 3 58, WHO WILL BE PRESENTING THE COLORS AND LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE.
UH, FOR, FOR, FOR THE CITY OF LEANDER, WE ARE A BLESSED CITY.
WE ARE A CITY, UM, OF JUST A PEOPLE THAT, UM, PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT LOVE ONE ANOTHER, UM, A CITY OF, UH, THAT IS, THAT IS LOOKING TO PROSPER.
LORD, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD MAKE A WAY FOR US THAT BUSINESSES WOULD FLOURISH IN THIS CITY, THAT FAMILIES WOULD FLOURISH IN THIS CITY, THAT WE WOULD BE SAFE IN THIS CITY UNDER YOUR WINGS.
AND WE WOULD BE A PEOPLE THAT UNIFIED TOGETHER TO PUSH, UH, TO PUSH FORWARD FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE ENTIRE CITY OF LEAN, WHERE WE, UH, WE THANK YOU FOR THE FIRST RESPONDERS IN OUR CITY.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUTH THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT THAT ARE GONNA LEAD A WHOLE NOTHER GENERATION, UM, OF PEOPLE THAT WILL SERVE YOU.
AND WE ARE JUST SO LUCKY TO BE YOURS.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR FATHER.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING US CALL YOU FOR, FOR, FOR LETTING OURSELVES BE SONS AND DAUGHTERS.
AND, UH, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BE ON THIS MEETING TONIGHT.
SALUTE THOSE NOT IN UNIFORM, PLEASE PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
COLOGUARD CROSSED THE COLORS COLOGUARD.
POST THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
COLOGUARD, POST THE FLAG OF THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, FLAG, FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY, JUSTICE, ALL.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE TEXAS ALLEGIANCE.
I TWO COLOR GUARD, HONOR, COLOR GUARD, RETURN TO POST.
THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO START THE MEETING TONIGHT.
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, CITY
[6. Roll Call.]
SECRETARY CRABTREE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER CATHERINE BATTALION PARKER.HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL HERRERA.
HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONALD.
HERE, MAYOR PRO TEM NICOLE THOMPSON.
PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS CERNEY.
HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER BECKY ROSS.
CITY COUNCIL IS ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS.
[7. Public comments on items not listed in the agenda.
Public comments on items listed in the agenda will be heard at the time each item is discussed.
[All comments are limited to no more than 3 minutes (6 minutes if translation is needed) per individual.]]
FOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, I WILL CALL ON SPEAKERS PRIOR TO THE DISCUSSION OF THE AGENDA ITEM.
AND DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, INDIVIDUALS THAT SUBMITTED COMMENTS VIA THE WEBSITE WILL ONLY HAVE POSITIONS READ INTO THE RECORD.
ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL AND WILL BE MADE A PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS, IT IS A TIME FOR YOU TO TALK TO COUNSEL, BUT IT IS NOT A TIME THAT WE CAN ENGAGE IN BACK AND FORTH IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
THAT IS A DELIBERATION AND IT HAS TO BE PUBLICLY NOTICED.
WITH THAT, I HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
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GOOD EVENING.PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
MY NAME IS JOSH WHALEY, 2 0 9 SOUTH BRUSHY STREET.
AND, UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE QUICK BACKGROUND, UH, LIVED IN LEANDER, JUST A LESS THAN A MONTH, SHY OF 49 YEARS.
FIRST TIME TO EVER SPEAK HERE.
UM, UH, MY FAMILY HAS HAD A BUSINESS IN TOWN SINCE 1980.
LITERALLY ACROSS THE STREET IN INSURANCE OFFICE.
AND, UM, WE SOLD THAT RECENTLY TO A LOCAL RESTAURANT SO THAT THEY COULD ADD TO DOWNTOWN.
AND WE'VE MOVED JUST SOUTH STREET DOWN TOWARDS, BACKS UP TO LEO CENTER.
AND WE, UH, WE SPENT ABOUT, UM, 14 MONTHS IN PERMITS AND, UM, FINALLY GOT THAT PASSED SO THAT WE COULD START BUILDING.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT EVER SINCE.
UH, HAD ONE OF THE LAST LOTS HERE IN OLD TOWN.
UH, WE'RE DOING A T FOUR SMART CODE, SO WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW THAT'S UTILIZING THAT, UH, THAT OPPORTUNITY SO I CAN WORK AND PLAY AT THE SAME PLACE AND WALK TO DOWNTOWN ONCE WE'RE DONE.
UM, BUT, UH, AND LIKE I SAID, WE, WE WENT THROUGH PERMITS AND THOSE GUYS, I MEAN, AS SLOW AS IT WAS, THEY WERE VERY FRIENDLY AND VERY HELPFUL.
EVERY TIME I CAME IN FRIENDLY FACE, THEY ALWAYS, IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN ANSWER, I'LL GET BACK TO YOU.
SO WE WERE VERY, UH, THANKFUL FOR THAT.
UM, AND THIS IS, AND, AND I, I NEEDED THAT 'CAUSE THIS IS MY FIRST TIME TO EVER BUILD A HOUSE MYSELF.
I GREW UP AS A KID FRAMED CARPENTER, AND ONCE WE FRAMED IT, WE WERE GONE.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED NEXT.
I'M LEARNING WHAT'S HAPPENING NEXT, AND BOY, IT'S A LOT.
UM, BUT WHEN WE PAID FOR OUR PERMITS, UH, AND GOT OUR PERMIT SET, WE GAVE, UH, UH, 9,300, NO, UH, $9,306 IN PERMIT FEES.
UH, 2,820 OF THAT WAS SEWER IMPACT FEES.
AND $4,309 WAS WATER TAP FEES.
AND THEN THERE WAS A FEW OTHER FEES THAT WENT ALONG WITH THE WATER TAP AND INSPECTION.
AND, UM, SO I, I'VE GOT MY PLUMBER OUT THERE, WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING WORKED UP TO, UH, THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE AND WE FIND THAT I'VE GOT A SEWER TAP THAT'S WAITING THERE.
IT'S WHEN Y'ALL REDID THE STREET, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG HAVE Y'ALL HAVE BEEN HERE, BUT WHEN THE STREET WAS REDONE ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, THEY PUT HYDRANTS DOWN THERE, PUT CURBS, MADE IT LOOK REAL PRETTY, AND PUT ALL THE SEWER LINES AND THE METERS IN.
'CAUSE A LOT OF HOUSES DOWN THERE WERE ON SEPTIC.
AND SO, UM, THEY PUT WISE IN, LIKE THEY DID WHEN THEY REDID RIGHT IN FRONT OF HERE AND MY FRONT OF MY OFFICE, NEW NEW SEWER LINES, THEY FAILED TO PUT MY WATER LINE IN.
AND I'M HAVING A HARD TIME WITH WATER.
I'VE BEEN RUNNING WITH, UH, BARRELS WHEN I'VE BEEN POURING FLAT WORK CONCRETE.
UM, FORTUNATELY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS BEEN FRIENDLY WITH ME AND LETTING ME SWIPE A LITTLE BIT OF THEIRS WHEN, UH, WHEN I NEED BE SO I DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL WITH A, A BARREL IN THE BACK OF MY TRUCK.
UH, BUT I'M GETTING MIXED ANSWERS FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, WATER DEPARTMENT AND ENGINEERS.
SAY, YOU'VE GOTTA GO TO THE CITY, MAINE, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, TAP IN, BRING IT TO YOUR PROPERTY LINE, THEN WE'LL PUT A METER, THEN YOU CAN TAP INTO THE BACK.
THEN I GET PUBLIC WORKS THAT SAYS, OH, WE DO THAT ALL THE TIME FOR PEOPLE.
YOU JUST, UH, RIGHT, THE, OUR HEAD PEOPLE HAVE TO REQUEST IT.
AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, HOW DO I GET TO THOSE PEOPLE? HE SAYS, WELL, I'M NOT SURE EITHER.
SO I'M COMING TO YOU GUYS HOPING THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING, UH, UM, THAT YOU'RE OKAY.
I I CAN, I CAN JUST, YOU KNOW, GET PROGRESS BECAUSE I'M STUCK.
I CAN'T GET TO MY NEXT PERMIT WITHOUT WATER.
AND EVERY CON MY PLUMBER WHO DOES DOES INSIDE WORK, HE SAYS, THAT'S NOT MY THING, BUT HERE'S A FEW.
AND NONE OF THEM SAID THEY'D TOUCH IT WITH A 10 FOOT POLE TOUCHING IN D L'S MAIN.
AND FORTUNATELY IT'S ONLY ABOUT TWO FEET INTO THE STREET FROM MY LOT.
I'VE DUG PERSONALLY WITH A SHOVEL TO TRY TO FIND WHERE THINGS ARE TO SEE IF THERE JUST HAPPENS TO BE AN INCH AND A HALF LINE A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN BECAUSE IT'S ONLY A ONE INCH.
AND THEY SAID IF IT'S AN INCH AND A HALF, WE'D EACH GET THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH SHARING THE LINE WITH THE NEIGHBORS.
SO I'M JUST COMING TO Y'ALL TO LET Y'ALL KNOW I'M, I'VE BEEN MONTHS WITHOUT GETTING ANY FURTHER PROGRESS.
I'M, I'VE BEEN DOING AND THAT'S WHY I'M NOT DRESSED APPROPRIATE TODAY.
I LITERALLY LEFT, I WORKED TILL 10 30 LAST NIGHT ON THE HOUSE.
I'VE BEEN RENTING WITH SOLAR LIGHTS 'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE ELECTRIC P CS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THEIR STUFF TOO.
SO, UM, I'M JUST COMING TO Y'ALL JUST MERCY OF Y'ALL SAYING, HEY, IF SOMEBODY KNOWS SOMEBODY IN SOME DEPARTMENT THAT COULD GET THAT TAPPED, I JUST NEED IT TO THE, TO GET A METER.
'CAUSE I'VE GIVEN YOU GUYS SEVEN, $7,000 ROUGHLY AND, UM, FOR, FOR IMPACT SEWER.
AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS LETTING ME, UH, SPEAK TO Y'ALL TONIGHT.
AND UM, I KNOW WE CAN'T INTERACT, BUT, UM, THERE'S PEOPLE OVER IN THE DEPARTMENTS OVER HERE THAT HAVE MY CONTACT INFORMATION IF SOMEBODY, Y'ALL KNOW THAT CAN, WELL YOU'VE GOT IT THERE.
IF Y'ALL CAN GET SOMEBODY TO HELP ME OUT, YES, I WOULD LOVE TO.
'CAUSE WE'RE PAYING FOR IT OUT OF POCKET WITH THE SALE OF MY OFFICE IN OUR HOUSE.
AND I DON'T HAVE, THE CITY GUY TOLD ME IT'D BE ABOUT 12,000 OR MORE FOR ME TO HIRE A GUY TO GO TO Y'ALL'S LINE.
AND EVERY ONE OF 'EM SAYS I'M NOT
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TOUCHING A CITY LINE BECAUSE SOMETHING HAPPENS THAT'S MY BUTT.AND THEN ALL OF MY NEIGHBORS DOWN THE STREET WILL KNOW ME AS THE GUY THAT MESSED UP THEIR WATER FOR A WEEK.
AND I'M SORRY FOR YOUR EXPERIENCE.
UH, MR. PARTON, CAN WE GET A STAFF MEMBER TO REACH OUT TO MR. WHALEY? YES, MA'AM.
MY DAD WANTS CUT DOWN A TREE IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE.
HE SHOUTED TIMBER AND EVERYTHING AND THEN IT LANDED ON A POWER LINE AND IT TOOK OUT EVERYBODY'S POWER.
AND WE WERE THAT GUY THAT TOOK EVERYBODY OUT ON, WE COULDN'T SHOW OUR FACES ON THE STREETS.
UH, THERE'S NOBODY ELSE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO
[8. Staff Reports
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WE DO HAVE A COMMENT ON STAFF REPORTS, UH, CHRISTOPHER CLEVELAND.
MR. CLEVELAND, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
UH, MY NAME'S CHRISTOPHER CLEVELAND.
I LIVE AT 1925 RERA, WHICH IS IN THE MIRABELLA DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND WE ARE FACED WITH ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH IS THE WOODVIEW CONSTRUCTION.
UM, YOU'VE NICELY STATION STATIONED A POLICE OFFICER AT THE CORNER OF WOODVIEW AND NOLAN RYAN.
EVERY MORNING HE SITS IN HIS CAR AND THE STUDENTS WAIT TO CROSS THE STREET UNTIL MY DAUGHTER COMES AND PLAYS CROSSING GUARD.
SHE'S REPORTED THIS TO THE SCHOOL.
SHE'S REPORTED TARDY AT SCHOOL BECAUSE SHE'S THE ONE WHO HAS TO PLAY CAR, UH, CROSSING GUARD.
BUT WHY IS THE GUY SITTING IN HIS CAR? OKAY, THANK YOU.
AND WITH THAT WE HAVE, UH, CIP PROJECT MANAGER BETIS WITH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
UPDATE RIGHTER WAY IN EASTWOOD VIEW DRIVE ROADWAY, CIPT 0.12 PROJECTS.
COUNSEL, MY NAME'S TONY BETIS.
I'M THE CIP PROGRAM MANAGER FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
GOOD EVENING, I'M GLAD TO BE HERE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME ONCE AGAIN.
I'D LOVE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON RIGHT AWAY AND WOODVIEW, EVERYTHING'S LOOKING VERY POSITIVE AND SO I WANNA INCLUDE Y'ALL IN THIS FEELING OF GOOD.
WELL, FIRST OFF, LET'S GO BACK AND SAY, EVERYBODY REMEMBERS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
JUST REMEMBER THAT, THAT HORRIBLE LITTLE TWO LANE, BARELY TWO LANE ROAD.
'CAUSE AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, Y'ALL GONNA SEE A LOT OF CHANGES.
SO RIGHT NOW, WITH REGARDS TO WHERE WE ARE IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS FOR CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS, THIS IS WOODVIEW.
LOOKING BACK TOWARDS 180 3 A, WE'VE COMPLETED THE CONCRETE CURB, GUTTER AND MEDIANS ALONG THE NORTH LANE OF WOODVIEW DRIVE.
AND AS OF TOMORROW MORNING, WE WILL HAVE THAT PAVED WITH TYPE B ASPHALT.
THAT'S THE FIRST LEVEL OF, OF ASPHALT.
AND THEN WE'VE INSTALLED THE STREETLIGHTS AND BASES.
UH, WE'VE COME, WE'VE PLACED CONCRETE FOR THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE ROUNDABOUT.
AND YES, THESE ARE GOING TO THE NIGHT.
AND WE DO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THAT IT DOES CAUSE HEADACHES AND HEARTACHE AND WE'RE VERY SORRY ABOUT THAT.
BUT IT IS OUR GOAL TO GET AS FINISHED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
WE HAVE COM UH, WE'VE REWORKED THE SUBGRADE AT THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE ROUNDABOUT.
IT'S BEEN GRADED AND COMPACTED.
AND AS OF THIS MORNING CONTRACTORS PLACE TYPE B ASPHALT ON ALL THAT, THAT DIRT AREA GETTING READY TO PLACE THE CONCRETE TO COMPLETE OUT THAT THE TOTAL ROUNDABOUT.
NOW WITH GOLD, GOOD THINGS, THERE'S ALSO IMPACTS.
AND SO WE DO MONITOR AND REVIEW THESE.
SO WITH REGARDS TO CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS, AS WE LOOK BACK, STARTING WHEN SCHOOL OPENED ON AUGUST 14TH, WE'VE HAD 17 ACCIDENTS WHICH HAVE OCCURRED, UH, ON THE STREETS IN, IN AND IMMEDIATELY AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
ONLY ONE OF THOSE IS KNOWN TO BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE CONSTRUCTION.
AND THAT WAS ON THE 14TH, VERY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
WE'VE ALSO HAD IMPACTS TO EMS AND FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONSES.
WE'VE HAD 22, OR I'M SORRY, 24 CALLS TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE THE 14TH 12 OF WHICH WERE EMERGENCY CALLS, 12 OF WHICH WERE NON-EMERGENCY CALLS.
SIX OF THOSE CALLS WERE WITHIN THE PEAK HOURS, PEAK HOURS BEING BETWEEN SEVEN AND NINE IN THE MORNING AND BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY TWO 30 TO FIVE IN THE AFTERNOON.
AND TWO OF THOSE CALLS WERE ACTUALLY EMERGENCY CALLS.
NOW, ONE OF THE CALLS HERE I DO HAVE, WELL, WHERE ARE YOU? THERE WE GO.
YOU CAN'T SEE IT OVER HERE, BUT MY APOLOGIES.
THE CALL IN THAT WAS ONLY THREE MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS FROM THE TIME THAT IT WAS DISPATCHED TO THE TIME THEY ARRIVED.
SO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING DID WORK UP PLANS OF HOW THEY WOULD RESPOND IN CASE OF EMERGENCIES DURING CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC MONITORING.
WE DID HAVE A CONCERN AS WE DID OUR DETOUR THROUGH STEWART'S CROSSING ALONG MYRNA BEND.
THERE HAS BEEN SOME CONCERNS BROUGHT UP AND WE, SO WE WENT AHEAD AND WE BROUGHT OUT A RADAR SYSTEM FOR MONITORING SPEED.
WE RAN IT FOR 10 DAYS, STARTING ON THE EVENING OF TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH, RUNNING THROUGH THE MORNING, MORNING OF FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4TH.
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OF 24,108 CARS WERE COUNTED FOR CARS GOING, DRIVING TOWARDS THE METER.WE FOUND THAT 99.6% OF THOSE WERE EITHER AT 30 PER 30 MILES PER HOUR OR LOWER.
SO THEY'RE WITHIN THE SPEED LIMIT.
41 OF THOSE CARS GOING TOWARDS THE METER WERE ABOVE THE LIMIT FOR CARS GOING AWAY FROM THE METER, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY CAN'T SEE THE RADAR.
97.4% OF THOSE WERE AT 30 PER MILES PER HOUR.
BELOW 328 OF THOSE CARS WERE ABOVE SPEED LIMIT.
NOW WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE SPEED LIMIT, THOSE, THERE ARE SOME AVERAGES THERE.
MANY OF THOSE CARS WERE ABOUT 35 3 6 3 7 MILES PER HOUR AS THEY WERE GOING PAST.
THEY'RE SPEEDING, BUT IT'S NOT EXCESSIVE SPEED.
WE DID HAVE 15 CARS, WHICH DID DO WHAT WE CALL EXCESSIVE SPEED.
THAT MEANS THEY WERE GOING AT 56 MILES PER HOUR OR HIGHER.
MOST OF THOSE WERE ACTUALLY GOING AGAINST THE RADAR WHERE THEY DON'T ACTUALLY SEE THE RADAR.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO SHOW Y'ALL EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE TO THIS DAY AND THIS AND THIS.
I'M GONNA SHOW YOU A LITTLE VIDEO IF IT STARTS FOR ME.
TRY TO REMEMBER WHAT THAT LITTLE TWO LANE ROAD LOOKED LIKE AND NOW SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
NOW YOU CAN SEE THE BRAND NEW SIDEWALK ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROAD.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'VE PRETTY MUCH PAVED THE WHOLE ROAD CURB.
WE PUT IN NEW DRIVEWAYS, WE BUILT IN DETENTION PONDS.
WE'RE CONSTRUCTING THE NEW SIDEWALK ON THE EAST SIDE.
YOU CAN SEE A CONCRETE TRUCK RIGHT THERE PLACING CONCRETE.
WE STILL HAVE TO PUT IN IRRIGATION.
WE'VE GOT THE, UH, HAWKS, WHICH WE ARE CROSSING SIGNALS.
UM, WE STILL HAVE TO PUT IN LANDSCAPING.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE STILL HAVE TO CONSTRUCT SIDEWALK FROM HERE.
THAT'S, NO, THOSE ARE TWO OF THE NEW DETENTION PONDS THAT ARE FENCED RIGHT THERE.
AND THEN YOU COME UP, YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE STARTED TO CONSTRUCT OR ARE CONSTRUCTING INTO THE ROUNDABOUT.
AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE ATTACHING TO THE SIDEWALK THERE.
AND THE ROUNDABOUT YOU CAN SEE HERE, IS THREE QUARTERS COMPLETE.
THIS VIDEO WAS TAKEN ON MONDAY.
SO AS OF THIS MORNING, IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT IT, ALL THAT AREA, THAT'S DIRT WOULD NOW BE BLACK WITH ASPHALT.
WE STILL NEED TO REWORK THE NORTH SIDE OF WOODVIEW BUILDING IN SIDEWALKS AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. WE'VE GOT THE LIGHT POLES IN ALL THAT AREA.
THAT NORTH LANE AS OF TOMORROW WILL BE THE FIRST LAYER OF ASPHALT ON THAT ROAD AS WELL.
YOU CAN SEE THE MEDIANS ARE CONSTRUCTED.
AND THEN WE'LL NEED TO FILL THOSE IN AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE NEW DRIVEWAYS THAT WE'VE CONSTRUCTED AS WELL.
AS WELL AS DETENTION AREAS, GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 180 3 A.
CAN I ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU? THANK YOU, MR. BETIS.
COUNSEL, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THANK YOU FOR ADDING THE AERIAL VIDEO 'CAUSE IT REALLY HELPS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING OVER THE WHOLE PROJECT.
AND I DO BELIEVE, I KNOW IT'S A HEADACHE RIGHT NOW, BUT FOR PARENTS AND FOR STUDENTS OVER THERE, BUT ONCE IT'S DONE, THAT'S GONNA JUST BE SO MUCH SAFER FOR OUR KIDS WALKING DOWN THOSE SIDEWALKS.
CAN YOU REITERATE FOR US, UM, WHAT THE ROLE OF THE OFFICERS THAT WE DO HAVE OUT THERE, WHAT THAT IS FOR? I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE WORKSHOPS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE, THE TOWN HALLS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE, BUT WOULD YOU MIND REITERATING YES, MA OF COURSE.
WHAT THEIR ROLE OUT THERE? WE THANK YOU.
WHEN WE FIRST PUT OUT OFFICERS OUT THERE, IT WAS WITH THE INTENT AND THE POSSIBLE CONCERN THAT WE WOULD HAVE SEVERE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. THEY WERE TO STEP IN SHOULD ANY OF THOSE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS OCCUR TO HELP DIRECT TRAFFIC AS THEY OCCURRED.
NOW WITH REGARDS TO NOLAN RANCH, I UNDERSTAND, I DO NOT KNOW WHY THAT OFFICER DID NOT GET OUT OF HIS VEHICLE.
I, EVERY TIME I'VE BEEN THROUGH THERE, I DO SEE HIM OUTTA THEIR VEHICLE ASSISTING.
UM, THERE IS, AND WE WERE HOPING, AND I I HOPE IS NOT A PLAN THAT LSD WAS SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE US A CROSSING GUARD THERE.
UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY WERE NEVER ABLE TO ACTUALLY HIRE CROSSING GUARD.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO SUPPLEMENT WHERE WE CAN, HOW WE CAN.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? I'M SORRY.
ANYBODY ELSE? UM, I'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT.
WHEN IS THAT ROUNDABOUT SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETE? YES, MA'AM.
WE ARE ANTICIPATING HAVING THAT ROUNDABOUT COMPLETE RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS IN DECEMBER.
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UH, IT WILL BE DRIVABLE, UM, ONCE AGAIN RIGHT BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS THAT WE ANTICIPATE GOING BACK TO TWO-WAY TRAFFIC ON RIGHT AWAY.UM, AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T DRIVEN IT MUCH DURING CONSTRUCTION 'CAUSE I'M TRYING NOT TO ADD TO THE ISSUES.
UM, BUT I FORGET HOW LONG OF A ROAD THAT IS.
UNTIL I'M WATCHING IT ON, ON THE DRONE AND LIKE OH YEAH, IT'S STILL GOING.
UM, SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR TEAM AND, UH, WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE RESIDENTS AND FAMILIES ATTENDING THE SCHOOLS THAT, AND STAFF AT THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE BEING VERY PATIENT RIGHT NOW.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THAT, THAT WORK DONE.
AND BEING OUTTA THEIR WAY, HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO A NICE RIBBON CUTTING ACROSS THERE.
THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, WE'RE GOOD.
ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.ITEM NUMBER 20 HAS BEEN PULLED AND WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.
SO COUNSEL, YOU'LL BE CONSIDERING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS NINE THROUGH 19 AS WELL AS 21 THROUGH 24.
THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM, MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION.
AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES IS UNANIMOUSLY.
[20. Approval of management and service agreement by and between City of Leander Texas and Ryan Sanders Sports Services LLC (RS3) for restaurant and bar services to be provided at Crystal Falls Golf Club (CFGC); and authorize the City Manager to execute any and all necessary documents.]
NUMBER 20, APPROVAL OF MANAGEMENT AND SERVICE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN CITY OF LEANDER, TEXAS AND RYAN SANDERS.SPORTS SERVICES LLCR S3 FOR RESTAURANT AND BAR SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED AT CRYSTAL FALLS GOLF CLUB, CFC, SORRY, CFGC.
AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO SPEAK ON THIS TONIGHT.
WE HAVE OUR GOLF COURSE MANAGER, MR. WERNER.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HEAR ALL ABOUT THIS.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, CITY MANAGER.
UH, THANKS FOR HAVING ME UP HERE.
UM, I REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A PRESENTATION PLANNED FOR THIS, BUT I, I UNDERSTAND YOU DID SEE THE PROPOSAL, UH, SOME OF THE ARTISTS RENDERING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING THERE.
UH, I WAS SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
UM, IT'S, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AND OUR, OUR GUESTS ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT AS WELL.
UM, SO I REALLY JUST CAME UP TO FIELD ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN NEXT AND, AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
AS FAR AS TIMELINE GOES, WE'RE THINKING, UH, 60 TO 90 DAYS.
THIS IS FROM, UH, THE JAY KUDLER, THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY.
I'VE BEEN, UH, IN CONTACT WITH HIM TALKING ABOUT THOSE THINGS 60 TO 90 DAYS.
AND THAT'S REALLY BASED ON, UH, TABC ALCOHOL PERMIT, UH, BEING APPROVED AND, AND INSTALLED.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, UH, YOU SAW IN THE, UH, SOME OF THE MENUS OFFERINGS, UH, THE, THE, UH, CORK AND BARREL IS THE THEME THAT THEY'LL BE USING.
AND IT'S BEING IRISH PUB WITH A TEXAS FLARE FOR THE, FOR THE FOOD.
UM, AND, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT, BUT, UH, UH, CAN'T WAIT TO GET IT GOING.
I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
SO CAN, CAN YOU JUST, FIRST OF ALL, I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I ASKED THAT THIS BE PULLED BECAUSE I HAD SO MANY PEOPLE ASKING ME ABOUT IT.
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO NOT HAVE IT ON THE CONSENT SURE.
COURSE BECAUSE I WANNA ADVERTISE IT.
NOT REALLY ADVERTISE, BUT, MM-HMM.
UM, BECAUSE WE ARE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT, AND I KNOW A LOT OF THE, THE GOLFERS ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT.
AND, UM, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S GONNA BE A FOOD, UH, CART.
SO THIS ENHANCES THE EXPERIENCE AT THE GOLF COURSE AS WELL.
UM, SO COULD YOU JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BACKGROUND OF THE RESTAURANT AND, UH, LIKE, THIS IS YOUR, LIKE I'M, I'M A CUSTOMER THAT JUST CAME IN THE GOLF COURSE AND YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME ABOUT THE RESTAURANT.
'CAUSE NOT EVERYBODY'S SEEING WHAT WE SEE.
RS THREE IS A, IS A, UH, PRETTY MAJOR, UM, HOSPITALITY, UH, UH, COMPANY THAT'S WELL ESTABLISHED.
UH, THEY'VE DONE THINGS, UH, NATIONWIDE.
THEY, UM, UH, IF YOU GO TO THE HOCKEY GAMES OVER AT HEB CENTER, THEY, THEY HAVE A CONCESSION THERE.
UH, THEY DO SOME OF THE RESTAURANTS FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN GOLF COURSES.
UM, SO, UH, VERY HIGH END OPERATION.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED THAT, UH, THAT THEY, THAT THEY, UH, PUT PUT IN FOR THE COMPETITION.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT, THAT THEY DO.
UH, MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, F1, LIKE I SAID, NFL, THEY'VE DONE SUPER BOWLS THERE.
THERE'S A, UH, REALLY A, A, A GOOD LONG LINEAGE.
UH, ONE OF THE OWNERS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, UH, IS NOLAN RYAN, UH, WHICH EVERYBODY IN TEXAS KNOWS HIM.
SO, UH, AND, AND REALLY, REALLY LONG LINEAGE IN IN THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY AND, AND WE'RE REAL EXCITED TO BE PARTNER AS WELL.
ANYBODY ELSE? I HAD A QUESTION.
SO THE HOURS OF OPERATIONS ON THE RESTAURANT, IF YOU WANTED TO GO, IS THAT A RESTAURANT? IT'S A BAR OR IT'S PUB? IT'S A PUB.
AND THE, THE HOUR INITIALLY AS, AS, AS IT GETS SET UP, IT'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, OPEN TO CLOSE WITH A GOLF COURSE.
UM, BUT THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT BECOMING A, A, A STAPLE WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, SO THAT'LL, THAT'LL BE DEPENDENT ON, ON HOW WE ROLL OUT SOME, SOME OF THE MARKETING, UH, SOME OF THE FOOD OFFERINGS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEY ALSO DO A, A, A BROAD CATERING MENU.
UH, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO HOST, YOU KNOW, BIRTHDAY PARTIES, WEDDINGS,
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THOSE KIND OF THINGS, YOU KNOW, FACILITIES, UH, THAT THAT'LL, THAT'LL TAKE THAT.BUT THE HOURS INITIALLY WILL BE MATCHED THE GOLF COURSE.
THEN OF COURSE, THEN THEY'LL, THEY'LL FIGURE OUT KIND OF WHAT THE TEMPERATURE IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
UH, I WAS SURPRISED WHEN I SAW THAT IT WAS THEM DOING IT BECAUSE I'M, I'M FAMILIAR WITH RS THREE THROUGH HEB CENTER.
THEY LET NONPROFITS GO AND WORK THAT COUNTER, AND THEN THEY SHARE THE, THE MONEY THAT THEY TAKE IN THAT NIGHT WITH THEM.
UM, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THEY DID FINER DINING OR, OR, YOU KNOW, JUST SIT DOWN PLACES.
I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST CONCESSION STANDS.
UM, BUT I WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY THEIR PROPOSAL AND THE MENUS AND THE PHOTOS AND THEIR PLANS FOR HOW THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE EVERYTHING LOOK.
WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT, LARRY.
[25. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Comprehensive Plan Case CPA-24-0014 to amend the Comprehensive Plan land use category from Leander Central to Activity Center on eight (8) parcels of land approximately 16.0602 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R517094, R031604, R646992, R646986, R646987, R646988, R646989, and R646990; and more commonly known as southwest of the intersection of East San Gabriel Parkway and 183A Toll Road, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.
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TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE CATEGORY FROM LEANDER CENTRAL TO ACTIVITY CENTER ON EIGHT PARCELS OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 16.0602 ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE, AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GRIFFIN.
THIS IS A, A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE NORTHLINE RETAIL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT.
UM, THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED, UM, TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF SAN GABRIEL AND 180 3 A.
UM, THIS REQUEST, UH, WILL SUPPORT THE ZONING CHANGE THAT'S NEXT ON THE AGENDA.
AND IT'S CHANGING THE DESIGNATION FROM LEAN CENTRAL TO ACTIVITY CENTER.
UM, AS THE COUNCIL'S AWARE, UM, THERE WAS A DECISION MADE A COUPLE YEARS AGO, UM, TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO REMOVE PROPERTIES FROM THE TOD.
THE LEANER CENTRAL DISTRICT ONLY ALLOWS TOD, UM, ZONING CATEGORIES.
SO THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO MAKE THIS CHANGE, UM, TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
UM, THIS WAS REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AT THEIR MEETING LAST WEEK, AND, UM, THEY DID, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST, BUT IT DID FAIL BECAUSE IT WAS A TIED VOTE.
UM, THIS MEANS THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD, UM, HAVE TO ADOPT THIS WITH A SUPER MAJORITY VOTE IF YOU CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD THAT WAY.
UM, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THE APPLICANT'S ALSO HERE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU APPLICANT PRESENTATION.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNSEL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA MAKE THIS FAIRLY BRIEF.
YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF THIS ALREADY.
UM, AGAIN, I BELIEVE IT'S HELPFUL TO START WITH THE NORTHLINE HISTORY.
UH, NORTHLINE'S 116 ACRE SITE PLAN DESIGN AT THE TIME OF THE CITY OF LEANDER PUTT APPROVAL IN 2018 INCLUDED A PHASING PLAN, WHICH INCORPORATED SIGNIFICANT INITIAL SURFACE BARKING IN MULTIPLE PHASES.
OVER A 20 PLUS YEAR PERIOD ENDEAVORS RETAIL IS DRIVING THESE CHANGES AND THIS COORDIN AND THIS COORDINATION, AND WE ARE EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS DELIVERING THE IMAGES SHOWN HERE.
THERE HAS BEEN RECENT DISCUSSION ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE VISION OF THE NORTHLINE PROJECT HAS CHANGED.
HERE IS A COMPARISON FROM THE CITY OF LEANDER APPROVAL BACK IN 2018 TO THE MOST RECENT PLAN PRIOR TO THE ENDEAVOR RETAIL CHANGES.
I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE, THAT THE IMPACTS OF THE ENDEAVOR RETAIL AREA AND ENDEAVOR RETAIL OPTION AREA TO THE NORTH LINE MASTER PLAN ARE AS FOLLOWS.
THERE'S THE SAME AMOUNT OF TRADITIONAL OFFICE THAT IS REMAINING ACROSS THE PROJECT AS COMPARED TO THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT IN 2018.
THE FOUR LARGE BUILDINGS THAT ARE SHOWN ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE ALONG THE 180 3 A TOLLWAY HAVE BEEN RELOCATED TO BLOCK B WHILE OTHER AREAS REMAIN SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME.
OUTSIDE OF THE TRADITIONAL OFFICE COMPONENT NOTED ABOVE THE ENDEAVOR RETAIL OPTION AREA REPLACES ONLY RESIDENTIAL, INCLUDING NUMEROUS MULTI-FAMILY PROJECTS, A FEW TOWN HOMES, AND NO OTHER PRODUCT TYPE.
SO THIS IS GENERATING A MORE PUBLIC COMMERCIAL SPACE THAN IN THE PREVIOUS PLAN.
WITH THE CURRENT ENDEAVOR PLAN, THERE IS SUBSTANTIALLY MORE RETAIL THAT IS FAST TRACKED INTO THE PROJECT AND DESIGNED WITH MORE ACCESSIBILITY.
IN ADDITION TO WALKABILITY, THE SAME AMOUNT OF OVERALL COMMERCIAL SQUARE FOOTAGE AS INDICATED LATER IN THIS PRESENTATION, A
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REDUCTION OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS, PARTICULARLY MULTIFAMILY, WHICH IS A COUNCIL PRIORITY, AND THE ORIGINAL DESIGN AROUND TOWN SQUARE REMAINS SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME.SO ANY LARGE TOWN CENTER DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IS GONNA CHANGE AND MORPH OVER TIME.
ANY EXPECTATION THAT NORTHLINE WAS GOING TO BE DEVELOPED EXACTLY THE SAME WAY THAT THE CONCEPTUAL MASTER SITE PLAN SHOWED THE DEVELOPMENT IN 2018 IS NOT BASED IN REALITY AND HOW REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT WORKS.
SO IT'S CRITICAL THAT NORTHLINE WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE CITY LEADERSHIP TO ENSURE ALIGNMENT AS MARKET REALITIES IMPACT THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, WHICH HAS BEEN DONE HERE.
SO AGAIN, NORTHLINE IS STILL MEETING THE COMMERCIAL OBJECTIVES FROM 2018.
I'VE SHOWN THIS SLIDE BEFORE AND I'M JUST GONNA KINDA WHIP THROUGH AGAIN.
THESE SLIDES SHOW THE URBAN THREE TAX BENEFIT ANALYSIS FROM 2018, AND NORTHLINE IS STILL ON TRACK TO ACHIEVE THESE OBJECTIVES.
NORTHLINE HAS THE RIGHT VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS READY TO MAKE MEANINGFUL DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS DURING THIS NEXT REAL ESTATE CYCLE IN ORDER TO BUILD OUT NORTHLINE'S COMMERCIAL COMPONENT IF WE CAN CONTINUE OUR PROGRESS HERE.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
I DO HAVE TWO SPEAKERS WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
MR. WEELL, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
MY NAME IS BRIAN WEELL, LIKE SHE SAID, I LIVE AT 2 65 JOHN WEBSTER STREET.
UH, FOR YOU GUYS THAT ARE NOT FAMILIAR WHERE THAT'S AT, IT IS ONE OF THE TOWN HOMES IN THE NOVAK SECTION.
IT'S RIGHT ON THE CIRCLE OF THE ROUNDABOUT.
AND SO I EMAILED COUNCIL THIS LAST WEEK, BUT I WAS DISAPPOINTED TO SEE THE RESULTS OF THE ZONING MEETING LAST WEEK.
AND SO I WANTED TO COME TO SPEAK WITH YOU GUYS TODAY JUST TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT.
OVERALL, I'M A REAL ESTATE AGENT HERE IN LEANDER AND, UM, HAVE SOLD A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE DREAM OF LEAN OF NORTHLINE.
AND SO I'VE NOW SINCE HELPED THOSE SAME FOLKS MOVE BACK TO CEDAR PARK TO, YOU KNOW, UH, PEOPLE MOVING TO THE GROVE, SIMILAR PROJECTS THAT THEY THOUGHT WAS GONNA COME AT NORTHLINE.
UM, AND SO NOW I'M HERE TO JUST SAY LIKE, I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT.
I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, NOW IS THE TIME, RIGHT? UM, IF, IF IT'S NOT THEM AND WE FAIL OUT AGAIN, RIGHT? WHEN THE HUB PULLED OUT, IT WAS A LOT OF DISAPPOINTMENT FOR A LOT OF FOLKS.
SO IF ENDEAVOR WERE TO SAY, HEY, THIS PLAN IS WHAT I'M PROPOSING.
IF IT'S ACTIONAID, UM, THEY MAY PAY PULL OUT AND, AND NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER FAILED DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT? AND SO WE GOT LEANDER SPRINGS IN OUR HANDS AS A COUNCIL AND AS A CITY.
AND THAT LOOKS BAD ON US, AND I DON'T WANT NORTHLAND TO BE THE NEXT ONE.
UM, 'CAUSE I'VE PROMISED THAT TO A LOT OF CLIENTS.
AND AS A REAL ESTATE AGENT, I WANT TO LIKE MAKE GOOD ON, ON THE CITY OF LEANDER BEING A PLACE THAT WE CAN ALL LIVE.
UM, SO THAT'S, I'M GONNA SAY, UM, AS FAR AS THE CHANGINGS AFFECTING ME, RIGHT? SO I HAVE TWO BOYS AND TWO DOGS.
WE LOVE OBVIOUSLY THE TOWN CENTER.
WE WANTED THAT TO BE MAINTAINED A HUNDRED PERCENT, BUT HAVING MORE PARKING PADS AND A LITTLE BIT EXTRA PARKING LOT, THE FRINGE OF THE PROJECT ISN'T GONNA AFFECT US AT ALL.
'CAUSE THAT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF WHERE ALL THE RE UH, RESIDENTIAL IS RIGHT NOW.
SO WANTED TO JUST POINT THAT OUT.
I GOT A WHOLE OTHER MINUTE, BUT, UM, VOTE YES.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT SUPERSEDE OR WHATEVER THE SPECIAL WORD IS, BUT I ENCOURAGE WHATEVER THAT IS.
Y'ALL DO THAT SO YOU GUYS CAN, UH, PASS IT UNANIMOUSLY.
I'M SORRY, YOUR WRITING IS VERY TINY.
PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
I STAY ON, UH, 2 0 5 JOHN WEBSTER STREET.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE EVER VISITED IT, BUT I'M THE, THE FORMER MODEL HOME THERE, UM, IS WHERE I STAY.
UM, WE RECENTLY JUST MOVED THERE ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
WE'RE RENTING WITH PLANS TO BUY IN A YEAR.
UM, AND ONE OF OUR BIG THINGS FOR WHY WE PLAN ON PURCHASING PURCHASING THE PROPERTY IS, UM, FOR THE, THE WHOLE PLAN THAT YOU GUYS HAVE FOR NORTHLINE.
I HOPE WE GET, YOU KNOW, COMMERCIAL AS FAR AS MORE, UM, RESIDENTIAL AS WELL.
SO I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, IN FAVOR OF GETTING THE BALL ROLLING AND GETTING THOSE THINGS UP AND, AND KEEPING THOSE PROMISES THAT, THAT WERE THERE WHEN I PURCHASED THE HOME.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? COME RIGHT UP, SIR.
PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES, AND THEN WE NEED YOU TO FILL OUT A CARD WITH THE CITY SECRETARY.
I ACTUALLY SIGNED UP FOR ITEM 27, THINKING IT WAS 25, SO I MEANT TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, MY WIFE AND I BOUGHT A TOWN HALL, UH, RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO BRIAN, AND, UH, WE BOUGHT THERE BECAUSE WE LIKED THE IDEA OF THE PLAN OF LEANDER AND THELANDER DOWNTOWN AND HAVING, UH, ACCESS TO RETAIL, RESTAURANTS, WALKING DISTANCE, WALKABILITY
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IS A BIG APPEAL FOR US.SO I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT.
UM, I THINK IT'S A, A FANTASTIC VISION THAT THE BOARD, AND I'M SORRY, THE, THE CITY COUNCIL PREVIOUS AND CURRENT ARE SUPPORTING.
I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL THING.
I THINK WE'RE AT A POINT NOW WHERE WE HAVE THE RIGHT PARTNERS IN PLACE, AND I THINK PARTNERS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO PULL SOMETHING LIKE THIS OFF.
UM, PLANS AND ZONING DON'T BUILD GREAT THINGS.
I THINK PEOPLE THAT PUT THEIR CAPITAL AT RISK, THAT BRING THEIR EXPERTISE, THAT MARKET KNOW HOW THEIR EXPERIENCE, UM, ARE THE, ARE THE ONES THAT MAKE IT HAPPEN CONSISTENT WITH THE VISION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, I THINK WE HAVE THOSE PARTNERS NOW.
I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH ENDEAVOR.
I'VE LOOKED INTO THEM PRETTY CLOSELY AND THEY SEEM TO HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
UM, I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE IT HAPPEN.
VERY QUICKLY, DID YOU STILL WANNA SPEAK ON NUMBER 27 ALSO, OR NO, THESE ARE MY REMARKS.
WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT.
WITH THAT, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE WILL NOW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, CASE CPA DASH 24 DASH ZERO FOUR AS PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED.
COUNSEL MOTION TO APPROVE A SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I JUST WANNA SAY SOMETHING.
I WANNA THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING AND, AND SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS AND EVERYTHING.
I I FIND IT VERY ENCOURAGING THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE AREA AND THEY WANNA ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S VERY VALUABLE TO US AS A COUNCIL TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHERE THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THAT LOCATION ARE.
I GOTTA SAY IT'S A RARE DAY WHEN PEOPLE ARE COMING IN, IN FAVOR OF A ZONING CHANGE NEAR THEM.
USUALLY IT'S, IT'S THE OPPOSITE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[26. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding the approval of a Resolution approving a Resolution by the Board of Directors of the Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority, Inc.; authorizing the issuance of “$39,090,000 Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority, Inc., City of Leander, Texas Contract Revenue Bonds (Brushy Creek Regional Water Treatment and Distribution Project), Series 2024”; establishing the procedures for selling and delivering the bonds and resolving other matters incident and relating to the issuance, payment, security, sale and delivery of such bonds
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IT IS STRESSFUL TO SAY THAT NUMBER OUT LOUD, CITY OF LEANER TEXAS CONTRACT REVENUE BONDS, BRUSHY CREEK REGIONAL WATER TREATMENT AND DISTRIBUTION PROJECT SERIES 2024, ESTABLISHING THE PROCEDURES FOR SELLING AND DELIVERING THE BONDS AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS, INCIDENT AND RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE, PAYMENT, SECURITY, SALE AND DELIVERY OF SUCH BONDS.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE POWERS, GOOD EVENING.
I THINK YOU SAID IT ALL, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND, UM, SINCE I DID MAKE SOME NOTES.
BUT, UH, THE ACTION BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS A RESOLUTION THAT SUPPORTS THE RESOLUTION THAT THE B-C-R-U-A BOARD WILL, UH, TAKE UP NEXT WEEK.
AND AS YOU KNOW, THE B-C-R-U-A IS THE CITY'S CONDUIT FOR FINANCING THE, UH, THE REGIONAL WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
AND IN 2021, THE B-C-R-U-A AND, AND AS THE CITY AS A PARTNER OF THAT WAS APPROVED FOR $119,090,000, UH, WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD LOAN.
AND, UH, THIS IS, THIS WOULD BE THE THIRD TAKE DOWN, THIRD AND FINAL TAKE DOWN OF THOSE FUNDS, WHICH, UH, WILL, UH, ENABLE LEANDER TO FULFILL ITS OBLIGATIONS TO, UH, FINISH THIS, UH, PROJECT THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND ALSO, GREGORY MILLER WITH OUR, OUR BOND COUNCIL IS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE IF YOU HAVE ANY LEGAL QUESTIONS.
UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
THERE'S NOBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHED TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A RESOLUTION APPROVING A RESOLUTION BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BREY CREEK REGIONAL UTILITY AUTHORITY INCORPORATED AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $39,090,000 OF BREY CREEK REGIONAL UTILITY AUTHORITY INCORPORATED, CITY OF LEANDER, TEXAS CONTRACT REVENUE BONDS, BREY CREEK REGIONAL WATER TREATMENT AND DISTRIBUTION PROJECT SERIES 2024 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY.
I ALMOST MADE IT COUNSEL A MOTION TO APPROVE.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
MOVING INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER 27,
[27. Discuss and consider action on the Second Reading of an Ordinance regarding Zoning Case Z-24-0127 to amend the current zoning of Northline Planned Unit Development to adopt the Northline Retail Planned Unit Development with base zoning district of GC-2-A (General Commercial) and Development Agreement Case DA-24-0007 on eight (8) parcels of land approximately 16.0602 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R517094, R031604, R646992, R646986, R646987, R646988, R646989, and R646990; and generally located southwest of the intersection of East San Gabriel Parkway and 183A Toll Road, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.]
DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON THE SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE REGARDING ZONING CASE Z DASH 24 DASH 0 1 27.TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF NORTHLINE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT TO ADOPT THE NORTHLINE RETAIL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT WITH BASE ZONING DISTRICT OF GC TWO, A GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, GA CASE DA DASH 24 DASH 0 0 0 7 ON EIGHT PARCELS OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 16.0602
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ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE AS STATED ON THE POST AGENDA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.UM, THIS IS THE SECOND READING OF THE ZONING CASE.
UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY UPDATES, UH, EXCEPT FOR THE PEDESTRIAN, UM, REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE ADDED SINCE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND I'M GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
YEAH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE 'CAUSE WE NEED TO PAY DOWN THAT WATER DEBT.
AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
YOU'RE GONNA GET IN YOUR STEPS.
UM, JUST FOR, UM, FOR EVERYBODY'S CLARITY, WHAT ARE THE PEDESTRIAN AMENDMENTS? UM, WE HAVE, LET ME PULL IT UP.
SO WE ADDED A SECTION ABOUT SIDEWALKS.
UM, THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE A PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY PLAN AND, UM, THIS PLAN WILL SHOW HOW THE, THE DEVELOPMENT'S GONNA CONNECT FROM NORTHLINE TO THEIR PROJECT.
SO WE KEEP THAT WALKABILITY THAT WAS PROMOTED WITH THE DOD.
ANYTHING FURTHER? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[28. Discuss and consider action on an Ordinance implementing Civil Service for Firefighters and establishing classification and the number of positions in each classification; authorizing the Fire Chief to appoint each Assistant Fire Chief; and providing for related matters.]
ITEM NUMBER 28, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE IMPLEMENTING CIVIL SERVICE FOR FIREFIGHTERS AND ESTABLISHING CLASSIFICATION AND THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS IN EACH CLASSIFICATION.AUTHORIZING THE FIRE CHIEF TO APPOINT EACH ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF AND PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
UH, THIS ITEM IS ANOTHER STEP IN THE PROCESS.
THE CITY HAS UNDERTAKEN SINCE MAY TO IMPLEMENT CIVIL SERVICE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THIS ORDINANCE, UM, ESTABLISHES THE CLASSIFICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AT THEIR LAST MEETING, AS WELL AS THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS FOR EACH CLASSIFICATION.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE MAKE A FORMAL STATEMENT OF, OF IMPLEMENTING CIVIL SERVICE.
UM, AND THE ORDINANCE IN ADDITION TO THAT, IS IT PROVIDES THAT THE FIRE CHIEF IS AUTHORIZED TO APPOINT EACH ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF, UM, WHICH IS IN THE RANK IMMEDIATELY BELOW.
YOU'RE, YOU WERE ABLE TO DO THAT BY ORDINANCE AND ELECT TO DO SO.
SINCE THERE ARE, UM, AT LEAST FOUR CLASSIFICATIONS BELOW THAT OF DEPARTMENT HEAD, I'M HAPPY, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
I HAVE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I'LL SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[29. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to Section 551.074, Personnel, to discuss appointments to the Planning and Zoning Commission and Board of Adjustment, if needed.
Reconvene into open session.]
AND THE TIME IS 7:44 PM ALL RIGHT, WE WILL NOW RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AT 8:17 PM I SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT FIRST.
NO ACTION IS BEING TAKEN AS A RESULT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[30. Discuss and consider action on appointments to the following boards, commissions and committees: Board of Adjustment, Ethics Commission, Historical Preservation Commission, Leander Public Arts and Cultural Commission, Planning and Zoning Commission, Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No.1(TIRZ) Board, Development Authority Board, as well as the Economic Development Committee and Parks & Recreation Advisory Board if needed.]
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 30, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON APPOINTMENTS TO THE FOLLOWING BOARD'S, COMMISSION AND COMMITTEES, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, ETHICS COMMISSION, HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMISSION, LEANDER PUBLIC ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMISSION PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE, TOURS BOARD DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BOARD, AS WELL AS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AND PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD IF NEEDED.YES, DEBORAH IS COMING FORWARD WITH BALLOTS.
AND SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, DEVELOPMENTAL BOARDS WERE NOT NEEDED, SO, OKAY.
REALLY QUICKLY, FOR CONTEXT, WE HAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT APPLY TO VOLUNTEER FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
AND IT USED TO BE WE WOULD STAND UP HERE AND TRY AND GET LIKE PEOPLE'S NAMES OUT AS FAST AS WE COULD TO TRY AND APPOINT THEM.
AND SO NOW WE HAVE A BALLOT SYSTEM, JUST LIKE REGULAR VOTING AND IT'S, IT TAKES A MINUTE, BUT IT MAKES IT MUCH EASIER.
AND SO YOU'RE GONNA SEE HOW WE ALL VOTE.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, APPOINTMENTS HAVE MADE OCTOBER, AND DON'T LAUGH AT ME CHRIS.
CURRENTLY THERE ARE SIX BOARDS WITH, UH, VACANCIES OF EXPIRING TERMS OR UNEXPIRED VACANCIES.
UM, WE HAD 22 POSITIONS PLUS TWO ALTERNATE POSITIONS.
AND WITH 26 APPLICANTS AND 11 OF THOSE APPLICANTS ARE PEOPLE RE SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT.
AND THE FIRST BOARD THAT I WILL BALLOTS, I WILL PASS OUT IS FOR THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
SO YOU MARK IT, PASS IT DOWN TO NORA.
SORRY, SHE'S JUST GIVING ME A HARD TIME BECAUSE I GIVE HER A HARD TIME ABOUT THIS BEING A VERY SPECIAL NIGHT WHERE SHE GETS PICK ALL THE PRETTY PAPER FOR US, MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ORGANIZED.
AND FOR CLARIFICATION, IT STATES ON YOUR BALLOT HOW MANY YOU'RE TO MARK, HOW
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MANY POSITIONS YOU'RE TO MARK.SO DARA ON THIS ONE FOR BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
IT DOESN'T HAVE THE, UH, ALTERNATES IF YOU'LL REFERENCE, UM, THE ONES THAT YOU WISH TO BE THE ALTERNATE.
SO JUST DO LIKE AN A NEXT TO 'EM? YES.
OKAY, THE NEXT BOARD IS ETHICS COMMISSION AND YOU'LL CIRCLE FOUR.
THE NEXT BOARD IS THE HER HISTORICAL PRESERVATION AND YOU'LL SELECT FIVE.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CIRCLE FOUR, PLEASE.
OKAY, NEXT IS THE PUBLIC ARTS AND CULTURE COMMITTEE.
COMMISSIONS CIRCLE SIX, PLEASE.
AND THE LAST BOARD IS, UH, TS AND THE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ONE.
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IS THAT THE LAST ONE? SO WE'LL FIND THIS OUT ON NOVEMBER 5TH, IS THAT, IT'D BE NICE IF WE HAD SOME HOLD MUSIC RIGHT NOW.THERE'S GONNA BE A RUNOFF ON THE ETHICS COMMISSION FOR, AND I PUT LITTLE STAR X BY THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE YOU ARE TO SELECT, SELECT TWO OF THESE PEOPLE.
OF THE THREE THAT'S GOT MARKS BESIDE THEM.
ON THE ETHICS COMMISSION THERE WAS A TIE.
I HAVE A LITTLE STAR OR X NEXT TO THE THREE PEOPLE YOU'LL BE CHOOSING FROM.
AND YOU'LL SELECT TWO OF THE THREE.
TWO OF THE, IS THAT CORRECT? DARA? SELECT TWO STARS.
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ALL RIGHT.SO MS. CRABTREE, ARE YOU GOING TO ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS? YES.
WE'LL TAKE THEM IN ONE MOTION.
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, AND I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE IF I MISPRONOUNCE NAMES IS OD MAHA AND GIL EBNER ARE THE VOTING MEMBERS.
AND ALTERNATES ARE CYNTHIA ROSENTHAL AND JOEL BAKER.
ETHICS COMMISSION IS CARRIE HAMPTON, MELISSA BRADFORD, FULTON, AND STEVE KOWSKI.
HISTORICAL PRESERVATION IS ANNA LAN.
CHRIS TW, ESMERELDA GONZALEZ, JOEL BAKER, AND TRITA FREEBURG LEAN OR PUBLIC ARTS IS ANNA YOLAN.
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BRADFORD, UH, MICHELLE LEE NAROBI.BO BOEM, SAMMY KOWSKI, I'M SORRY, SAMMY PANINO.
AND PLANNING AND ZONING IS JOE MORALES, LAURA LAND TRIP SCOTT KME AND TARA LADAY.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT ALL OF THOSE AS ONE TICKET, SECOND MOTION AS SECOND.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MAYOR, CAN YOU PLEASE CLARIFY WHO MADE THE SECOND FOR ME, PLEASE? UH, DAVID.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[31. Council Member Future Agenda Items [Any deliberation of or decision about the subject of the inquiry shall be limited to a proposal to place the subject on the agenda for a subsequent meeting.]]
COUNCIL MEMBER, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ANY DELIBERATION OF OR DECISION ABOUT THE SUBJECT OF THE INQUIRY SHALL BE LIMITED TO A PROPOSAL TO PLACE THE SUBJECT ON THE AGENDA FOR A SUBSEQUENT MEETING.DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING TONIGHT? SO I DON'T KNOW IF I BROUGHT THIS UP WITH SOMEONE ON STAFF OR SOMEONE ELSE ON THE COUNCIL, BUT I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD LOOK AT OUR PERMITTING FEES FOR NON-PROFITS THAT BUILD IN OUR CITY.
IF THERE'S A WAY TO DIMINISH THOSE FEES, REDUCE THOSE FEES, OR JUST WAIVE THOSE FEES, IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD HAVE AS A WORKSHOP AND DISCUSS.
WE'LL GET THAT ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
[32. Council Member Closing Statements.]
ITEM NUMBER 32, COUNCIL MEMBER CLOSING COMMENTS, PLACE ONE.UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE TODAY WITH YOUR SMILING FACES.
IT'S VERY REFRESHING TO COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THERE'S STILL PEOPLE HERE, SO THANK YOU FOR HANGING OUT WITH US.
I WANT TO THANK ELPAC FOR ART FEST.
I THOUGHT IT WENT VERY WELL, AND IT WAS AN EXCITING EVENT.
I'LL ECHO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER PENTAL PARKER SAID,
UM, THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE, SMILING FACES AND THE PARENTS AS WELL.
UH, HOPEFULLY YOU EARNED THAT BADGE, BUT ALSO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO PUT IN FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
UH, THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME AND SERVING OUR CITY, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU.
I WAS ALSO GONNA DO A SHOUT OUT TO ELPAC.
UM, THE ART FEST WAS FANTASTIC, AND I HAD TO PARK ACTUALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF COLD SPRINGS TO WALK IN, SO IT WAS AMAZING SEEING EVERYBODY THERE.
SO THANKS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.
THANK YOU TO TROOP 2 58 AND 3 58 FOR TONIGHT.
YOU GUYS DID AN AWESOME JOB, AND I THINK OUR FUTURE IS BRIGHT AND, UH, SO I THINK I SOMETIMES BELONG DOWN THERE JOKING AROUND WITH THE KIDS INSTEAD OF BEING UP HERE TOO.
THAT'S WHY I WAS GIVING YOU A HARD TIME.
BUT, UM, WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE AND, UM, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYBODY.
UM, FOR I KNOW TONIGHT THERE WAS A LOT, THERE WAS A LOT OF STUFF TO TALK ABOUT AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN OUR CITY.
IT'S A REALLY, REALLY, REALLY ENCOURAGING TIME TO BE PART OF THIS CITY.
AND SO, UH, THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO'S PUTTING AN EFFORT TO MAKE IT GO FORWARD.
THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE AND, AND TALLER, MAN, Y'ALL STAYED UP LATE FOR US, SO THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR, UM, THE ELPAC COMMISSION PUTTING ON ART FEST.
I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT, BUT I HEARD IT WAS PHENOMENAL.
ALL THE FEEDBACK I HEARD WAS VERY GOOD, SO I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT THEY DO NEXT YEAR, EVEN WITH THAT.
AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT APPLIED TO BE ON THE BORDER COMMISSIONER OR THAT CURRENTLY SERVE.
WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR VOLUNTEER AND HARD WORK.
WE KNOW IT'S A LOT AND WE ARE THANKFUL FOR YOU GUYS DOING IT.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN THAT BIG OF A CROWD FOR ART FEST IN ALL THE YEARS THAT THEY'VE DONE IT.
UM, IT JUST CAME OUTTA NOWHERE.
IT TOOK ME 30 MINUTES TO FIND PARKING AND I ALSO ENDED UP IN COLD SPRINGS.
UM, SO GOOD JOB TO EVERYBODY ON ELPAC FOR PLAYING THAT TOGETHER.
THE RFS SUBCOMMITTEE AND OF COURSE THE PARKS DEPARTMENT THAT ALSO MADE THAT HAPPEN.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO DO A THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR APPLICANTS.
WE KNOW THAT NOT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO GET A SPOT ON THE BOARDS IF YOU, IF YOU FEEL PULLED TO SERVE.
UM, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES WITHOUT BEING ON THE BOARDS.
WE ALWAYS NEED SUBCOMMITTEES BECAUSE ALL OF THESE BOARDS END UP WITH QUORUM ISSUES IF THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE VOLUNTEERING FOR THINGS.
WE WILL PLUG YOU IN WHEREVER YOU WANT TO BE.
UM, I WANTED TO THANK PLANNING AND ZONING THE COMMISSION FOR BEING HERE EARLY TONIGHT ON SHORT NOTICE.
I THINK WE HAD SOME GOOD DISCUSSION AND I WANTED TO THANK THE SCOUTS.
USUALLY WHEN SCOUTS COME IN AND VISIT OUR MEETINGS, THEY STICK AROUND FOR LIKE MAYBE 30 MINUTES.
UM, THEY GET THROUGH LIKE ONE ITEM AND THEN THEY LEAVE.
AND SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I THINK THAT WE'VE HAD A SCOUT GROUP THAT HAS STAYED THE WHOLE TIME.
AND I CAN TELL Y'ALL HAVE BEEN ENGAGED.
YOU'RE SITTING UP CLOSE AND YOU'VE BEEN VERY RESPECTFUL OF OUR WORK.
UH, AS ALWAYS, WE WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU TO SHOP LEANDER, YOUR FIRST STOP FOR ANYTHING YOU WANNA GET, DINNER, GROCERIES,
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WHATEVER SHOULD ALWAYS BE LEANDER.AND IF YOU CAN'T GET IT IN LEANDER, PLEASE PURCHASE ONLINE BECAUSE THE CITY GETS A LITTLE BIT OF SALES TAX FOR THAT.
AND THAT KEEPS ALL OF OUR WONDERFUL PROGRAMS RUNNING THAT WE HEAR ABOUT EVERY MEETING.
UM, TONIGHT, IN KEEPING WITH OUR TRADITION OF SHOPPING LEANDER, WE PICKED UP DINNER FROM PIZZA HUT.
UM, ALSO SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, WE ISSUED A PROCLAMATION FOR TEXAS TEACHER'S DAY.
AND LASTLY, WE HAVE A FEW MORE EVENTS COMING UP THIS OCTOBER.
UM, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19TH IS THE FLOATING PUMPKIN PATCH.
YOU COULD GO TO A REGULAR PUMPKIN PATCH OR YOU COULD GO TO THE FLOATING ONE AT BLEDSO POOL WHERE YOU GET YOUR PUMPKIN OUT OF THE WATER AND IT'S SUPER FUN.
UH, AND THEN THE NEXT WEEKEND, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26TH, WE LIKE SPOOKTACULAR.
AND SO WE'VE GOT TWO OF THEM RUNNING ANIMAL SERVICES IS DOING THEIR ANNUAL PET SPOOKTACULAR, UH, 9:00 AM TO 1:00 PM AT LIFE CHURCH.
THIS IS WHERE WE OFFER LOW COST VACCINES AND FREE MICROCHIPPING FOR YOUR PETS BECAUSE WE WANNA JUST REUNITE YOU WITH YOUR PETS IF THEY GET OUT.
AND THEN FOR THE KIDDOS FROM 5:00 PM TO 8:30 PM AT THE LEANDER ACTIVITY CENTER, WE HAVE OUR TRICKS AND TREATS SPOOKTACULAR, UM, COME OUT FOR A HAUNTINGLY GOOD TIME.
WE'LL HAVE A SPOOKY PHOTO BOOTH, A HAUNTED MAZE COSTUME CONTEST, AND OF COURSE, LOTS OF TRICK OR TREATING.
SO WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL AT THOSE EVENTS.
[33. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to:
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NOBODY'S FAVORITE IS AGENDA ITEM
WE ARE GOING TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND SECTION 1.05, TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING B-C-R-U-A PROJECTS, CONTRACTS AND RELATED FINANCING AND MANAGEMENT OF WATER USAGE.
AND SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 AND 5 5 1 0.072, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND SECTION 1.05, TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR THE LEAN UNDER 2243 WATER MAIN PROJECT, THE TIME IS 8:41 PM
[ Reconvene into open session to take action as deemed appropriate in the City Council's discretion regarding:
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MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO ACTION.
AND NUMBER TWO, ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR THE LEANER 2243 WATER MAIN PROJECT MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO ACTION.
ALL RIGHT, NOW WE GET ONTO THE REAL FAVORITE ITEM 34 COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED AT 9:14 PM.