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[1. Open Meeting.]
GOOD EVENING.TODAY IS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5TH, 2024, AND THE TIME IS 6:02 PM AND THIS IS THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP OF THE LEANDER CITY
[2. Roll Call.]
COUNCIL, CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE.WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER CATHERINE BATTALION.
COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL HERRERA.
COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONALD.
HERE, MAYOR PRO TEM NICOLE THOMPSON.
PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS HER HERE.
CITY COUNCIL IS ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS OR
[3. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to:
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WE WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO NUMBER ONE, SECTION 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 LEANER 2243 WATER MAIN PROJECT, CIPW 18.
AND NUMBER TWO, SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND SECTION 1 3 0 5.
TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING CAUSE NUMBER 20 DASH TWO SEVEN DASH C 4 25, DANIEL BROWN, MARIA BROWN, AND ZG PROPERTIES LLC VERSUS THE CITY OF LEANDER.
AND NUMBER THREE, SECTIONS 5 51 AND 5 51 0.087.
TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND SECTION 1.05.
TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO DELIBERATE PROPOSED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES FOR ONE OR MORE BUSINESS PROSPECTS THAT THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY SEEKS TO HAVE, LOCATE, STAY, OR EXPAND IN OR NEAR THE TERRITORY OF THE CITY.
REGARDING PROJECT EDA DASH TWO FOUR DASH THREE, THE TIME IS 6:03 PM ALL RIGHT, WE
[ 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 NUMBER TWO, CAUSE NUMBER 20 DASH 0 2 7 DASH C TWO, SORRY, C 4 25, DANIEL BROWN, MARIA BROWN, AND ZG PROPERTIES LLC VERSUS CITY OF LEANDRO MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO.
AND NUMBER THREE, PROJECT EDA DASH 24 DASH 0 0 3.
MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO ACTION.
[4. Open Meeting, Invocation and Pledges of Allegiance.]
THAT, WE'LL ADJOURN THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP AND WE'LL OPEN UP OUR REGULAR MEETING.TODAY IS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5TH, 2024.
THE TIME IS 7:06 PM AND THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL.
PASTOR CONNOR O'HERN WITH NORTHWAY BIBLE CHURCH WILL BE PROVIDING THE INVOCATION THIS EVENING FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE.
FATHER, WE JUST THANK YOU, UM, FOR YOUR KINDNESS OVER OUR CITY AND WE ASK, UH, THAT WE WOULD, UM, COME BEFORE YOU IN THIS TIME, UH, WITH ALL WISDOM FROM YOU, WE ASK THAT THE CITY WOULD PROSPER THROUGH THE CONVERSATION AND THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE, UH, TONIGHT.
AND, UH, WE PRAY THAT, UH, YOUR WILL WOULD CONTINUE TO BE DONE, UH, IN THIS PLACE.
THANK YOU FOR THESE CIVIL SERVANTS AND UM, AND THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE PLACED HERE.
UM, JUST FOR THIS TIME, JUST FOR THIS PLACE AND YOUR NAME.
TO FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THROUGH REPUBLIC STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVIS LIBERTY JUSTICE HALL ON TEXAS.
[5. Roll Call.]
AM NUMBER FIVE, CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE.WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLE COUNCIL MEMBER CATHERINE BATTALION PARKER.
HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL HERRERA.
HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONALD HERE, MAYOR PROM.
PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS ERNE.
CITY COUNCIL IS ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS.
[6. Public comments on items not listed in the agenda.
Public comments on items listed in the agenda will be heard at the time each item is discussed.
[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 COUNSEL 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 RESPOND TO YOU.
PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES RIGHT THERE.
I HAVE WRITTEN AN EMAIL TO YOU THIS MORNING AND I WOULD LIKE YOU GUYS TO VISIT MY FACILITY, SEE THE WORK I DO.
AND UH, WHEN I EMBARKED ON THIS JOURNEY, I JUST HAD A PASSION.
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I DID WHAT I COULD DO TO MY BEST AND I TURNED FROM A PHYSICIAN TO A CONSTRUCTION PERSON AND IT WAS A CHALLENGING JOURNEY, BUT I HAVE NO REGRETS ABOUT IT.I JUST NEED YOU TO VISIT MY FACILITIES, SEE WHAT I DO, AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO RESOLVE MY ISSUES AND COME UP WITH WHATEVER THE CITY COUNCIL MAKES A DECISION.
PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES, CERTAINLY GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS TOMMY TUCKER, I'M WITH JOHNSON DEVELOPMENT, AND MY ADDRESS IS 47 0 2 COLORADO CROSSING, AUSTIN, TEXAS 7 8 7 3 1.
AND I'M HERE TODAY TO JUST LET YOU KNOW, AS THE DEVELOPER OF THE BRYON COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE DONE, WE HAVE COMPLETED ALL DEVELOPMENT, ALL OF OUR LANDSCAPING CONSTRUCTION.
WE'VE GOT TWO HOMES LEFT TO SELL.
AND, UH, IT'S BEEN, UM, IT'S BEEN A GREAT RIDE.
AND ONE THE REASON WHY I WANTED TO COME HERE IS TO TELL YOU THAT, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO THANK YOU FOR THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF LEAN.
UM, THIS REALLY STARTED ABOUT 11 YEARS AGO WITH US WORKING WITH ROBIN ON OUR POT AGREEMENT, WHICH ALLOWED US TO DO SOME UNIQUE ARCHITECTURE IN BRYSON, INCLUDING TEXAS FARMHOUSE AND CRAFTSMEN.
OUR TOURS AGREEMENT, WHICH WAS A KIND OF A GIVE AND TAKE WITH US BUILDING SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT LINES ALONG SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY, WHICH OPENED UP DEVELOPMENT IN THAT CORRIDOR, INCLUDING THE NORTH LINE DEVELOPMENT.
AND, UM, I'M HAPPY TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, WE CALL, WE HAVE OVER 5,000 PEOPLE WHO CALL, UM, BRYSON A HOME.
AND WE'VE PUT OVER $650 MILLION OF VALUE ON THE GROUND, ON THE TAXPAYER'S ROLES.
SO WITH THAT SAID, JUST AS A TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION OF THE CITY, WE'VE GOT A LITTLE PLAQUE FOR YOU.
IT'S GOT THE BRYSON ENTRY MONUMENT, A NOTE OF THANKS.
AND WE JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.
IT WAS A GREAT RUN AND WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT WORKING WITH EVERYONE INCLUDING, UH, THE MAYOR FIELDER AND, UH, HE WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF US EARLY ON.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANKS FOR WORKING WITH US.
UH, THERE'S NOBODY ELSE SIGNED UP FOR NON-AG AGENDA ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, MOVING
[7. Staff Reports
[Immediately following the introduction of Mr. Revell the City Council will take a brief recess for a reception.] ]
UH, FIRST UP IS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM UPDATE RAIDER WAY AND EASTWOOD VIEW DRIVE.
AND WE HAVE CIP PROGRAM MANAGER.
COUNSEL, I'M GONNA APOLOGIZE RIGHT OFF THE BAT 'CAUSE CEDAR'S GETTING THE BEST OF ME.
SO GOOD EVENING, AS WE ALL LIKE TO SEE IN OUR FAVORITE LITTLE THING TO DISCUSS RIGHT AWAY.
WE'RE GETTING SO CLOSE, SO CLOSE.
SO AS WE'RE LOOKING, I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME THINGS TO TALK ABOUT AND JUST SHOW YOU REAL QUICK.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE'VE COMPLETED ABOUT 95% OF ALL SIDEWALKS.
WE'VE COMPLETED THE CONCRETE AND THE, AND THE ASPHALTS ARE AT THE ROUNDABOUT AND MEDIANS.
WE'VE COMPLETED THE FENCE AROUND THE DETENTION PONDS.
WE'VE COMPLETED ALL STREET LIGHTS, CURRENTLY INSTALLING IRRIGATION FOR LANDSCAPING.
WE'RE ABOUT THREE QUARTERS DONE THERE.
UH, WE DO HAVE AN INTENT TO REPAVE THE RIGHT TURN LANE ON 180 3.
THAT'S THAT DECELERATION LANE.
AND WE'RE DOING THAT TONIGHT WHERE YOU ALSO HAVE THE INTENT TO REPAVE THE INTERSECTION RIGHT THERE OF RIGHT AWAY AND CRYSTAL FALLS.
AND WE'RE DOING THAT TONIGHT AS WELL.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE TO COME BACK AND INSTALL TREES.
SODDING LANDSCAPING, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN AT Y'ALL'S REQUEST LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TOO MANY IMPACTS.
WITHIN THE LAST MONTH OF NOVEMBER, WE HAD 13 ACCIDENTS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT AND AROUND THE RAIDER WAY CONSTRUCTION AREA.
NEIGHBORHOOD THREE WERE NOT INVESTIGATED.
ONE IS KNOWN TO BE ATTRIBUTED TO CONSTRUCTION DETOUR, WHICH WAS A DRIVER ERROR.
APPARENTLY SOMEBODY TRIED TO SQUEEZE BETWEEN CARS.
UH, WITH REGARDS TO EMS AND FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONSES, WE HAD FIVE EMERGENCY CALLS, UH, ON A GENERAL AVERAGE OF ABOUT FOUR MINUTE 42 SECONDS.
TWO OF THOSE EMERGENCY CALLS WERE, UH, FALSE ALARM.
WE HAD ONE NON-EMERGENCY CALL AT EIGHT MINUTES, 39 SECONDS.
AND DURING THE TIME OF PEAK HOURS, WE HAD HAD ONE EMERGENCY CALL.
YOU CAN SEE IT HIGHLIGHTED DOWN THERE.
AND I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU WHAT I'LL SHOW IS THE FLY THROUGH ON THE DRONE AND I CAN GET TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE'RE DOING.
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO REPAIR THAT.
YOU CAN SEE ALL THE SIDEWALKS DONE.
YOU CAN SEE THE FENCING AROUND THE PONDS COMPLETED.
ALL THE STREETLIGHTS ARE IN PLACE.
WE HAVE HAWKS FOR IF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THERE'S A, A MIDBLOCK, UH, PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS.
WE'VE GOT, WE'VE INSTALLED A LOT OF, UH, APPROACHES ON THE, OR APRONS AS WE CALL 'EM ON THE DRIVEWAYS CONCRETE.
WE'VE GOT THE TWO LARGE DETENTION PONDS COMPLETELY FENCED.
AND IS THIS THE AREA WE ANTICIPATE OPENING FIRST? THIS IS, AND I APOLOGIZE, I DID THAT START FOR A SECOND.
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GET RESTARTED HERE IN A SECOND.YES, IT IS THE INTENT AND GOAL THAT WE HAVE RIGHTER WAY BACK TO TWO WAY BY DECEMBER 20TH.
SCHOOL ENDS, UH, HALF DAY AND IT TAKES, UH, OUR CONTRACTOR ABOUT TWO TO THREE HOURS TO REMOVE AND, AND RELOCATE ALL THE, UM, BARRICADES.
AND SO THEY'RE GONNA NEED THAT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
AND BY RUSH HOUR WE SHOULD BE BACK TO TWO WAY FOR EVERYBODY.
THANK LEMME GET US BACK GOING AGAIN.
I WAS HOPING TO SHOW Y'ALL SO YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN DONE, INCLUDING THE ROUNDABOUT ROUNDABOUTS LOOKING REALLY NICE.
THE ONLY THING WE'RE MISSING ON THE ROUNDABOUT IS THE LANDSCAPING AND THE GRAVEL.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO STOP PLAYING IT, BUT HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY FEEDBACK FROM ANY OF THE PARENTS OR STUDENTS OR TEACHERS? I KNOW WE'RE TRACKING ACCIDENTS AND ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT HAVE WE STILL BEEN GETTING YES MA'AM.
WE'RE CONSTANTLY MONITORING THAT AND WE DO RECEIVE FEEDBACK AND, AND CONCERNS OF COURSE.
BUT AS I SAY, WE'RE ALMOST THERE.
AND COMING UP HERE, YOU CAN SEE THE ROUNDABOUT.
WE'VE GOT THE MEDIANS WHERE IT'S GOT STAMPED CONCRETE MEDIANS IN THE MIDDLE, THEN THE MIDDLE OF COURSE WE STILL NEED TO PUT IN OUR LANDSCAPING AND GRAVEL RIGHT OVER IN THE, AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER, YOU CAN SEE WE STILL NEED TO PUT IN SOME SIDEWALK RIGHT IN THERE.
AND THEY ANTICIPATE DOING THAT BY DURING THE CHRISTMAS BREAK.
SO RIGHT AFTER THE CHRISTMAS BREAK, WHEN THE KIDS COME BACK, SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE UP AND DOWN RIGHT AWAY.
BUT WOULD VIEW IS STILL GONNA BE CLOSED, RIGHT? YES MA'AM.
UNTIL BY SPRING BREAK WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO OPEN IT UP TO TWO WAY AS WELL.
SO WHAT IS IT THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE ALONG HERE ON WOODVIEW? DON'T STOP IT.
NO, NOT, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE
WE'VE GOTTA COME BACK IN AND RECONSTRUCT THE, THE INTERSECTION TO THAT WE STILL HAVE TO FINISH PUTTING IN, YOU CAN SEE SOME SIDEWALKS STILL NEED TO BE CONSTRUCTED RIGHT IN HERE.
UH, THOSE ACTUALLY WERE, A LOT OF THOSE HAVE ALREADY BEEN CONSTRUCTED.
THIS, THIS IS FROM NOVEMBER 21ST, SO THAT'S TWO WEEKS AGO.
THEY'VE ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTED A LOT OF THAT.
BUT WE STILL NEED TO COME IN AND FINISH DOING OUR IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. STILL NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COME IN AND WHEN WE DO IS WE GOTTA PUT IN SOD, WE GOTTA PUT IN GRASSY, WE'VE GOTTA PUT IN, UH, LANDSCAPING.
GOTTA HAVE SOME TREES WE NEED TO PUT IN.
SO AS WE'RE COMING IN, THERE'S STILL AREAS WHERE WE STILL NEED TO PARK TRUCKS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO BE ABLE TO PULL ALL THOSE HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND ALL THAT MATERIAL OFF AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
HOPEFULLY Y'ALL GET A CHANCE TO DRIVE THROUGH IT.
NOT WHEN ALL THE PARENTS ARE THERE, I PROMISE.
AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WE CAN ASK COUNSEL? THANK YOU.
NOW WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THANK YOU BAGHDAD ROAD AND COLLABORATIVE WAY CIPT 0.71, UH, WITH CIP PROJECT MANAGER ALTRO.
UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE.
UM, SO QUICK, JUST A UPDATE ON THE PROJECT.
WE STARTED AT THE END OF OCTOBER.
UH, PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT WAS TO CREATE A DEDICATED LEFT TURN LANE FROM SOUTHBOUND BAGHDAD ONTO COLLABORATIVE WAY AND ALSO A TRUE RIGHT TURN LANE FROM NORTHBOUND BAGHDAD ONTO COLLABORATIVE LANE, AS WELL AS INSTALL TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALKS.
AND SO TO HELP, UH, INCREASE THE SAFETY AROUND THE INTERSECTION FOR BOTH PEDESTRIANS AND TRAFFIC.
SO OUR CURRENT TIMELINE RIGHT NOW, UH, WE STARTED AT THE END OF OCTOBER.
UH, WE INSTALLED TRAFFIC CONTROLS, UH, UH, UH, CREATED THE SIDEWALK BYPASS, UH, FROM NORTHBOUND BAGHDAD TO COLLABORATIVE WAY.
UH, IT'S, IT'S AN UNIMPROVED, UH, DETOUR, BUT IT GIVES, UH, PEDESTRIANS AWAY AND BIKE RIDERS TO GET, UM, FROM BAGHDAD SIDEWALK OVER TO THE COLLABORATIVE SIDEWALK.
IT'S, UH, SO, AND THEN WE ACTUALLY MANAGED TO FINISH DRILLING OUR, OUR FOUNDATION PEERS ON, UM, WES LAST WEDNESDAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING.
AND BETWEEN THIS MONTH AND NEXT MONTH, WE'RE, UH, GONNA
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WIDEN THE EAST SIDE OF BA BAGHDAD AND DO ALL, UH, THE FOUNDATION ROAD WORK ON THAT SIDE AS WELL AS WE'RE ANTICIPATING, UH, TOWARDS THE END OF DECEMBER TO RECEIVE THE, THE POLES AND MASKED ARMS FOR THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS.WE ALREADY DO HAVE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL EQUIPMENT ON HAND.
SO THE BIG THING WE'RE WAITING FOR IS JUST THE STRUCTURE TO PUT IT UP IN THE AIR.
AND THEN ONCE WE RECEIVE THOSE, THOSE WILL GO UP IN JANUARY AND WE'LL FINISH, UH, ALL THE WIRING, THE ELECTRICAL WORK TO THAT AND ALSO, UH, MOVE SOME STORM SEWERS THAT WE HAVE TO RELOCATE AND WE'LL PUT THE PAVEMENT MARKINGS DOWN AND COMPLETE THE JOB TO CLEAN UP THE ROAD AND TURN THE SIGNALS ON.
SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT BY MID-FEBRUARY.
UH, THESE ARE SOME PICTURES OF THE, UH, EROSION CONTROLS WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE AROUND THE AREA.
THE, UH, THE TEMPORARY, UM, PATHWAY FOR PEDESTRIAN WALK, UH, ON BY GLEN HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, THIS IS KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT.
UH, PHASE ONE DECEMBER, WE WIDEN A SMALL STRIP ON THE WEST SIDE OF BAGHDAD AND WE'RE, SO WE CAN CREATE TWO, UH, CONTINUED TWO-WAY TRAFFIC, UH, WHILE WE'RE WORKING ON THE EAST SIDE.
AND SO WE'RE STARTING PHASE TWO NOW.
UH, HERE'S SOME PICTURES OF THAT WORK GOING ON.
WE'VE HAD SUPPORT FROM, UH, UH, TER PD, UH, HELPING US DO THAT.
AND THEY'VE MONITORED NO ACCIDENTS DURING, UH, OUR TIME SO FAR SINCE THE PROJECT STARTED.
AND WE'VE HAD EIGHT, UH, TRAFFIC PULLOVERS, FOUR CITATIONS FOR, UH, WARNINGS AND THE CONTINUATION OF PHASE TWO, CREATING THE RIGHT TURN LANE.
AND THEN IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY, WE WILL GET THE POLES UP, GET EVERYTHING WIRED AND PROGRAMMED AND TURNED ON QUESTIONS.
WE ARE EXCITED TO GET THESE DONE.
AND UP NEXT WE HAVE AN INTRODUCTION OF EDWIN REVELLE, APPOINTED ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
PARDON? YOU WANNA TAKE THIS ONE? YES, PLEASE.
NO
IT'S GONNA TAKE MORE THAN THREE MINUTES.
IF YOU READ THE RESUME OF VISTA REVELLE, IT'S INCREDIBLE.
SO THIS IS A FANTASTIC DAY FOR THE CITY OF LEANDER.
UM, MS. DAVIS, OUR HR DIRECTOR, UM, ACTUALLY WHEN WE STARTED THIS, UH, RECRUITMENT PROCESS, WE TALKED ABOUT THE DREAM CANDIDATE AND WE BUILT A JOB DESCRIPTION AND WE BUILT A RECRUITMENT PROCESS THAT WAS VERY RIGOROUS.
IT INCLUDED PRELIMINARY INTERVIEWS, SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRES, AND SOME PEER REVIEW INTERVIEW PROCESSES TO GO THROUGH.
AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE FOUND WHAT I THINK I WOULD'VE COINED AS THE PERFECT CANDIDATE FOR THIS POSITION, WHICH IS MR. EDWIN RUBLE.
SO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY, UH, WITH MS. REVELLA.
HE COMES TO US ABOUT 25 YEARS, WHICH IS NEARLY A QUARTER CENTURY YES, CORRECT, ABSOLUTELY.
SO HE COMES TO US WITH A HUGE ARRAY THAT COMES FROM FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT, FROM ENGINEERING, FROM BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF CAPITAL PROJECT CONSTRUCTION BEING COMPLETED FROM SMALL TO LARGE, UH, OVERSEEING ENGINEERING OPERATIONS, PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, OPERATIONS, BUDGETING, CAPITAL PLANNING, JUST PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT WE WANT IN OUR SWISS ARMY KNIFE.
SO I'M VERY HAPPY, I'M THANKFUL FOR THE COUNCIL FOR SUPPORTING AND CREATING THIS POSITION, AND WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE EDWIN JOIN US AND BECOME PART OF OUR TEAM.
PARTON, IT'S MOST CERTAINLY AN, AN HONOR TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE CITY OF LEANDER.
UM, AS TODD MENTIONED, I'VE HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
MY DAD INSTILLED IN ME THE VALUE OF SERVICE.
HE WAS A PASTOR AND HE PASSED A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK.
UM, BUT HE REALLY INSTILLED, INSTILLED IN US THE VALUE OF SERVICE.
UM, AS I LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITY HERE WITH THE CITY OF LEANDER, I'M EXCITED.
UH, I'M EXCITED TO, TO GET TO WORK AND I'M SURE THERE'S PLENTY OF WORK TO DO.
UM, WE'VE GOT A, A GREAT TEAM OF FOLKS.
I GOT A CHANCE TO MEET, UM, ROBIN AND ALSO GREG, AND
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ALSO GINA AND SEVERAL OTHER FOLKS.BUT THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT I'M MAINLY BE WORKING WITH.
AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S, WHAT'S TO COME.
I I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO SAY I'M GRATEFUL THAT MY FAMILY, UM, IS HERE ON TONIGHT.
MY WIFE AND TONY, UM, MY COUSINS THAT ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE CITY OF LEANDER AS WELL.
THEN ALSO MY, MY, MY, UM, COLLEAGUE AT THE, UM, CITY OF KILLEEN, UM, JEFF REYNOLDS AND HIS WIFE, UM, HE SERVES AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
TRYING TO SEE, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE.
I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR, FOR THEM TO BE HERE AS WELL.
I WANNA MAKE A QUOTE FROM MOTHER THERESA.
SHE SAYS THAT YOU CAN DO THINGS THAT I CANNOT AND I CAN DO THINGS THAT YOU CANNOT, TOGETHER WE CAN DO GREAT THINGS.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT SHARED RESPONSIBILITY, THAT SHARED OPPORTUNITY.
WHETHER IT'S BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY, THE CITY OF THE, THE COMMUNITY OF LEANDER, OR WHETHER IT'S BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS OR WHETHER IT'S BETWEEN CITY MANAGEMENT AND CITY GOVERNANCE.
I'M LOOKING FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO GREAT THINGS TOGETHER.
DO Y'ALL WANNA GO DOWN THE LINE? WE'LL START WITH PLACE ONE,
WELL, UM, I WELCOME, WELCOME TO LEANDER.
AND WE HOPE YOU'LL FIND IT, UH, PLEASING AND VERY HAPPY.
AND, AND I HAVE TO SAY, I AM, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT YOUR COUSINS BACK THERE.
I WAS WONDERING WHY ARE THEY HERE NOW? I GET, I'M SO HAPPY.
SO THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR SHOWING UP TO SUPPORT THE COUSIN
I WANNA THANK YOU FOR JOINING THE TEAM AND UH, I'M EXCITED THAT YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE.
'CAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS YES.
SO I'M USE A DIFFERENT WORD, OPPORTUNITIES.
WE HAVE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES HERE IN OUR CITY AND REALLY, UH, APPRECIATE YOU WILLING TO COME ON AND TAKE THOSE ON WITH THE TEAM.
I THINK WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD, UH, TEAM HERE WITH THE STAFF AND, UH, THE CITY MANAGER THAT, UH, WE HIRED BACK IN APRIL.
I THINK IT ALL SAYS A LOT ABOUT SOMEONE WHEN YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR FRIENDS SHOW UP TO SUPPORT YOU.
SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
HAPPY THAT OUR STAFF IS COMING TOGETHER AND THAT, UM, WE'RE GETTING THESE POSITIONS FILLED TO HELP US RUN MORE EFFICIENTLY AS A CITY AND TO GET A LOT MORE THINGS DONE, ESPECIALLY AS WE THINK ABOUT OUR GOALS AND OUR PLANS FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
I'M VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE.
UM, ABSOLUTELY TRUST EVERYTHING THAT, UH, THAT TODD SAID ABOUT, ABOUT YOU AS WELL TOO.
AND I DID JOKE WHEN I HEARD THAT YOUR FAMILY WAS IN TOWN HERE TOO, I SAID, OH, HE'S GOTTA DO A GOOD JOB NOW.
SO WE KNOW THAT YOU WOULD EITHER WAY.
UM, BUT, BUT ABSOLUTELY THAT IT DOES HELP AND HAVE A LITTLE EXTRA SKIN IN THE GAME TOO.
SO, UH, SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THE DREAM TEAM HERE SINCE I CAME ON COUNCIL, AND IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AND I AM VERY, VERY EXCITED THAT YOU'VE JOINED THE TEAM AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE THAT A COLLEAGUE HAS COME TO SUPPORT YOU AND THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT YOU AND, AND HOW WELL RESPECTED YOU ARE AMONG YOUR COLLEAGUES.
UM, WE ARE SO EXCITED THAT YOU'RE HERE AND THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF GREAT THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO,
UM, WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A BRIEF RECESS FOR A RECEPTION.
YOU ALL ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US.
THERE'S SNACKS AND GOODIES OUT IN THE VESTIBULE AND WE'LL RECONVENE IN ABOUT FIVE-ISH MINUTES.
TIME IS 7:28 PM WE ARE BACK AT 7:40 PM ONTO
[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]
OUR CONSENT AGENDA.COUNSEL, YOU'LL BE CONSIDERING CONSENT.
AGENDA ITEMS EIGHT THROUGH 24.
THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM, MOTION TO APPROVE, SECOND MOTION.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY
[25. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding the High Gabriel Township Annexation Case A-24-0011 for the voluntary annexation of 12.75 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R362129 and R032227; and generally located south of High Gabriel East, approximately 1,100 feet east of US 183, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.
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ITEM 25, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE HIGH GABRIEL TOWNSHIP ANNEXATION CASE, A DASH 24 DASH 0 0 1 1 FOR THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF 12.75 ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GRIFFIN.
THIS IS, UH, A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE HIGH GABRIEL TOWNSHIP, UH, VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION REQUEST.
UM, THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED TO THE NORTH OF THE BRYSON SUBDIVISION AND UM, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO ANNEX IT INTO THE CITY LIMITS IN THEIR PROPOSING
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TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES.THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM DOES NOT, UM, FINALIZE THE ANNEXATION OR APPROVE THE, THE ZONING REQUEST.
UM, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE APPLICANT'S ALSO HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
THERE'S NOBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHED TO SPEAK? COME ON UP, SIR.
AND AFTER YOU SPEAK, WE'LL NEED YOU TO FILL OUT A CARD WITH THE CITY SECRETARY.
PLEASE, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
I OWN THE 10 ACRES TO THE TOP RIGHT CORNER OF THAT PROPERTY RIGHT THERE.
THE BOTTOM HALF OF THAT PROPERTY, UH, FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD FROM THE CITY FOR LITERALLY 15 YEARS IS IT CAN'T BE DEVELOPED BECAUSE IT'S NOT WIDE ENOUGH EASEMENT BETWEEN THE HOUSES BEHIND US AND OUR PROPERTY LINE.
SO THE ONLY STRETCH IS 155 FOOT.
I WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT ON IT SO THERE'S NO ROOM FOR IT.
NOW, DOWN THE OTHER SIDE, WE GOT A MAJOR CREEK THAT CHARGES INTO THE EDWARDS AQUIFER ZONE AND THEN A DRY CREEK THAT RUNS ON MY PROPERTY THAT THERE'S JUST, UH, YEAH, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH EASEMENT THERE.
SO FOR THEM TO COME BACK AND YEAH, SAY THEY WANT TO BUILD ON THE PROPERTY, FOR ONE, WE'D LIKE TO KNOW WHO GAVE THEM THE VARIANCE TO POTENTIALLY GO AHEAD AND BUILD ACROSS THE BACK OF US 'CAUSE IT'S TOO NARROW.
AND THEN FOR TWO, THEY KEEP COMING BACK AND SAYING THEY WANT TO DUMP UP CHURCH STREET IN THE RIVA RIDGE.
RIVA RIDGE IS A PRIVATE ROAD AND THERE HASN'T BEEN A TRAFFIC STUDY DONE AND THE ROAD'S DAMAGED AND THERE'S, YEAH, THERE'S NO ROOM FOR 30 MORE HOMES GOING IN THERE.
SO IT'S KIND OF PART OF, NO, WE DON'T AGREE WITH IT.
NONE OF THE NEIGHBORS AGREE WITH IT AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
WE'LL NOW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ANNEXATION CASE A DASH 24 DASH 0 0 1 AS PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED.
SO, SO THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ZONING CASE.
THIS IS JUST FOR THE, THIS IS JUST FOR THE, UM, ANNEXATION.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[26. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case Z-24-0118 to amend the current zoning of Interim SFR-1-B (Single-Family Rural) to adopt the High Gabriel Township PUD (Planned Unit Development) with the base zoning district of SFS-2-B (Single-Family Suburban) on two (2) parcels of land approximately 12.75 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R362129 and R032227; and generally located south of High Gabriel East, approximately 1,100 feet east of US 183, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.
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TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF INTERIM S FFR DASH ONE B, SINGLE FAMILY RURAL TO ADOPT THE HIGH GABRIEL TOWNSHIP P PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT WITH THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT OF SFS TWO B, SINGLE FAMILY SUBURBAN ON TWO PARCELS OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 12.75 ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GRIFFIN.
SO THIS IS THE, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE HIGH GABRIEL TOWNSHIP, UH, PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AGAIN, THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED TO THE NORTH OF THE BRYSON DEVELOPMENT.
UM, PART OF THE REQUEST IS TO ESTABLISH A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT THAT DOES GIVE RELIEF FROM SOME OF THE, UM, LOT SIZES, UM, FOR A SINGLE FAMILY SUBURBAN.
THEY'RE PROPOSING TO REDUCE THE DEPTH OF THE LOTS TO 105 FEET DEEP.
UM, AND THEY'LL STILL MAINTAIN THE 70 FOOT WIDTH.
UM, THEY ARE, LET'S SEE IF I HAVE THE NUMBER IN HERE.
UM, THEIR ACCESS WILL COME FROM HI GABRIEL EAST AND FROM THE BRYSON SUBDIVISION.
WE'RE NOT PROPOSING TO ANNEX THE RIVA RIDGE, UH, ROADWAY INTO THE CITY LIMITS.
UM, THIS REQUEST WAS REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
UM, THEY HEARD THE ZONING CASE ON NOVEMBER 14TH.
UM, DURING THE MEETING, THEY FOUND THAT THERE WAS, UM, A ISSUE WITH THE OUTREACH.
UH, THE APPLICANT DIDN'T CONNECT WITH THE HOA THAT'S LOCATED IN THE ETJ.
UM, SO THE COMMISSION DID PROPOSE TO DELAY THE ACTIONS TO GIVE THEM TIME TO WORK WITH THEM.
THERE WERE SOME REQUESTS FOR MODIFICATIONS.
UM, AND THE APPLICANT DID REQUEST NOT TO MAKE THOSE MODIFICATIONS.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID APPROVE THE REQUEST DURING THE NOVEMBER 26TH MEETING.
UM, AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE APPLICANT'S ALSO HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
UH, I DO HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKERS FOR THIS ONE.
UM, FIRST UP IS FAITH JOHNSON.
PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
I LIVE ON 7 2 7 RIVA RIDGE ROAD.
UH, I AM IN THE PROPERTY THAT IS IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH OF THE NORTHERN EDGE, ON EDGE ON THAT RIVA RIDGE.
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OUR PROPERTY, UH, YOU KNOW, IN 2021.BOUGHT THAT LAND IN 20 27, 20 17.
UH, THERE ARE GONNA BE NUMEROUS, UH, COMMENTS FROM OTHER FOLKS ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I WILL, I'M GONNA FOCUS PRIMARILY ON THE CONDITIONS OF THE ROAD OF RIVA RIDGE.
THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS WANTING TO CONNECT THEIR DEVELOPMENT INTO RIVA RIDGE.
UH, AND THEY ARE STATING THAT IT IS BECAUSE OF REQUIREMENTS FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES AND ACCESS.
NOW THIS ROAD IS VERY DETERIORATED AND TO, THERE ARE SOME SPOTS WHERE IT'S BARELY EVEN A SINGLE LANE ROAD.
THERE ARE NUMEROUS POTHOLES, THERE ARE ERODING SHOULDERS ON THE ROAD.
IT CANNOT WITHSTAND ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC THAT IS GOING TO COME FROM A DEVELOPMENT SUCH AS THIS, INCLUDING NOT ONLY THE VEHICLES AND THE FOLKS LIVING THERE, BUT ALSO THE SERVICE VEHICLES THAT ARE GOING TO BE DRAWN TO SUCH A NEIGHBORHOOD FOR TRADESMEN DELIVERY VEHICLES, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
UH, IN FACT THAT JUST WITHIN THIS YEAR THERE HAVE BEEN TWO ACCIDENTS ON THAT ROAD, RIGHT AT THAT CONNECTING POINT WHERE THEY'RE PROPOSING TO HAVE THE CONNECTION.
ONE OF THEM RESULTED IN A CAR FLIPPING OVER ONTO MY PROPERTY AND CAUSING SOME DAMAGE.
ANOTHER ONE WAS A HEAD-ON COLLISION.
NOW, LUCKILY, PEOPLE WERE NOT GRAVELY INJURED.
THEY WERE ABLE TO GO HOME TO THE FAMILIES, BUT IT IS STILL A VERY DANGEROUS ROAD THAT CANNOT WITHSTAND ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC.
UH, SO AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT PART OF THE CITY.
AND SO THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN IT.
HOWEVER, IT IS NEGLIGENT TO INCREASE TRAFFIC TO IT AS A RESULT OF ANNEXATION OF THE SUBDIVISION.
SO MY SUGGESTED REQUEST OR SUGGESTED RESOLUTION IS TO ENSURE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, PUTS A CRASH GATE ON THAT ACCESS POINT SO THAT ONLY EMERGENCY SERVICES VEHICLES CAN USE THAT ROAD TO ACCESS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, THAT WAY THEY'RE DECREASING ANY FURTHER TRAFFIC FROM THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ONTO THAT ROAD OR FROM ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL VEHICLES THAT WOULD BE SERVICING THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
THESE CRASH GATES WOULD BE IN A COMPLIANCE, AT LEAST TO MY UNDERSTANDING, IT WOULD BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH WILLIAMSON COUNTY REG REGULATIONS FOR SUBDIVISIONS.
SO AGAIN, I AM PART OF AN ETJ.
UM, I JUST WANT TO SORT OF PARK IT BACK TO MR. REVELLE'S EARLIER COMMENTS OF A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT PART OF THE CITY, I AM STILL PART OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION ON THESE CONCERNS AND YOUR FEEDBACK.
UH, CHAD MARGAN, I HAVE YOU AGAIN.
DO YOU, YOU WANNA COME TALK AGAIN? ALL JUST ONE LAST TIME.
YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES HERE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ACTUALLY COMING HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I'VE BROUGHT THIS UP AND I'VE CAME AND TALKED TO YOU GUYS BEFORE ABOUT THIS ISSUE WHERE, GOOD THING TOMMY TUCKER GOT OUTTA HERE BECAUSE HE'S THE ONE THAT CAME TO US WHEN THEY STARTED DEVELOPING BRYSON HOMES.
AND THEY DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO REPAIR THE ROAD.
WE, I'VE PAID FOR THAT ROAD BACK WHEN I BOUGHT THE PROPERTY.
AND THAT ROAD IS SO DETERIORATED WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
AND I WAS TOLD BY LEANN OR THAT THEY WERE GONNA FIX THE ROAD.
TOMMY'S PULLED OUT NO ROAD FIXED.
AND THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP HERE AND TELLING HER WHAT KIND OF CONDITION THAT ROAD'S IN.
IT COST ME 20 GRAND FOR THAT ROAD WHEN I PUT IT IN, IN 2006.
AND TO HAVE THAT ROAD REPAIRED NOW WOULD COST ME OVER $200,000.
AND YET THE BRIDGE IS DETERIORATING AND EVERYONE'S WALKED AWAY FROM IT AND LEFT ME WITH A PROBLEM.
I PAID FOR IT WHEN HE ENTERED, CAME IN TOMMY OR WHATEVER.
BRYSON GOT RICH OFF OF IT AND LEFT ME WITH THE BILL OF REPAIR.
PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
I LIVE AT 7 2 7 REVA RIDGE DRIVE AND I OPPOSE THE REQUESTED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
I HAVE SUBMITTED WRITTEN COMMENTS AND I WISH THOSE COMMENTS TO BE WHAT'S ENTERED INTO THE RECORD.
IT DID INCLUDE PHOTOS OF THE ACCIDENTS THAT WAS JUST DESCRIBED, UH, BUT DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS, I'M JUST GONNA LIMIT THIS TO THE ISSUE OF PUBLIC NOTICE.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM KIRKMAN ENGINEERING HAVE NOT ACTED IN GOOD FAITH WITH EXISTING NEIGHBORS SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS.
WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE HIGH GABRIEL ESTATES PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION.
WE BROUGHT UP THE EXISTENCE OF OUR PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION TO THE REPRESENTATIVES AT THE APRIL MEETING THAT THEY HELD EARLIER THIS YEAR.
NO ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO CONTACT OUR POA COUNSEL CONFIRMED AT THE NOVEMBER 14TH
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P AND Z MEETING THAT OUR POA WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE MAILING LIST PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.INFORMING US IS NOT THE SAME THING AS INFORMING OUR POA.
THEY DID NOT CONTACT THE POA AT ANY TIME, EVEN THOUGH DURING THIS THEIR OWN MAP EXHIBITS THAT THEY HAVE SUBMITTED.
NOTE POA SECTIONS DELINEATED ON THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
IT SAYS HI GABRIEL EAST ON THOSE ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
SO I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS A POA FURTHER, THE REQUIRED SIGNAGE WAS NOT POSTED PROPERLY IN NOVEMBER.
THIS WAS ALSO CONFIRMED BY THE CITY.
THE LACK OF PROPER PUBLIC NOTICE WAS SO GLARINGLY OBVIOUS THAT THE PNZ COMMISSION VOTED TO DELAY ACTION UNTIL NOVEMBER 26TH TO ALLOW MORE TIME FOR PUBLIC OUTREACH.
IT WAS ONLY THEN THAT THE APPLICANT ACTUALLY CONTACTED RPOA WITH LESS THAN TWO WEEKS UNTIL THE NEXT P AND Z MEETING.
SO OUR POA COULD NOT MEET WITH THE APPLICANT.
AND OUR POA ONLY MEETS ON THE SECOND MONDAY OF THE MONTH, WHICH IS NEXT WEEK.
THAT IS THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY OUR POA WILL HAVE TO MEET TO DISCUSS THIS MATTER.
THE APPLICANT HAS HAD SEVEN MONTHS TO CONTACT OUR POA, BUT THE POA IS GIVEN LESS THAN THREE WEEKS TO OF NOTICE BEFORE TONIGHT, DURING, AND AGAIN DURING THE HOLIDAYS.
THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE ETJ DO NOT GET A VOTE ON WHO SITS ON THIS COUNCIL.
WE DO NOT HAVE A VOICE IN WHAT HAPPENS IN THE CITY OF LEANDER, BUT THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE IMPACT US GREATLY.
THE ONLY VOICE THAT WE HAVE IS THE PUBLIC COMMENT PROCESS.
LET OUR POA MEET DELAY ACTION ON THIS ITEM UNTIL THE HIGH GABRIEL ESTATES PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION HAS TIME TO MEET ON THIS AND SUBMIT COMMENTS.
PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN.
AS YOU KIND OF FIGURED OUT, WE'RE, WE'RE VERY CLOSE AND DEAR TO THIS PROJECT.
I, I KIND OF WANNA TALK ABOUT WHAT CHET HAD TALKED ABOUT, ABOUT THE WATER THAT WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH ALREADY.
SO HE'S NOT JOKING THAT THERE IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT CREEK THAT FEEDS DIRECTLY INTO THE SOUTH SAN GABRIEL RIVER ON THAT PROPERTY THAT THEY'RE CONSIDERING FOR DEVELOPMENT TODAY.
WITH NO CONSTRUCTION, NO, UH, CHANGES TO IT.
A VERY MODERATE RAIN, YOU KNOW, SUCH AS WE HAD THIS WEEK WOULD FLOOD ALMOST OVER THE TOP OF THE ROAD AS IT EXISTS TODAY.
IF WE BUILD ANYTHING ON THAT 15 ACRES, IT'S GONNA REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF COVER.
IT'LL HAVE IMPERMEABLE SURFACES AND WE'LL GET A LOT MORE RUNOFF.
SO WHATEVER THEY'RE GONNA DO IS GONNA IMPACT EVERY SINGLE PERSON FROM THAT PROPERTY LINE UP TO THE RIVER.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE DID HAVE WITH THE HIGH GABRIEL ESTATES PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION.
THEY, THEY TOOK A LOOK AT THAT AND, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE IT'S SOMETHING LIKE 78 RESIDENTS ARE IMPACTED IN THE COURSE OF THAT CREEK RUNNING FROM THAT PROPERTY LINE ALL THE WAY TO THE RIVER THAT IS PART OF THAT, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION.
SO IT'S NOT JUST THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE GONNA BE IMPACTED ON THIS, NOT JUST THE PEOPLE ON RIVA OR THE PEOPLE IN BRYSON.
IT'S EVERYONE THAT'S GONNA BE NORTH OF THERE IN THAT DISCHARGE ZONE.
I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISH TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE'LL NOW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE Z DASH 24 DASH 18 AS PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED.
COUNSEL, OH, AND I HAVE TO GIVE THE DISCLAIMER, WE DO HAVE ONLINE COMMENTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED.
THAT'LL BE A PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD AND HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO US.
UM, I'LL, I'LL START OFF UNLESS YOU GUYS WANT TO GO RIGHT AHEAD.
SO, UM, COUPLE THINGS I WANT TO CLARIFY.
UM, WE SAID IN THE, IN THE INTRODUCTION THAT WE'RE NOT, THAT'S NOTHING TO DO WITH, UH, WITH ANNEXING THE ROAD IN.
I KNOW THAT THE ZONING PROCESS IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN LATER IN THE PROCESS WHERE YOU WOULD LOOK AT ANY KIND OF TRAFFIC ANALYSIS AND ANY KIND OF CONNECTIONS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS ANYWAYS.
THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
EVEN THOUGH ZONING GIVES SOMEBODY A RIGHT TO BUILD, BUT IT DOES NOT DETERMINE WHERE THEY'RE COMING IN, WHERE THEY'RE COMING OUT NECESSARILY YET.
THEY'RE SAYING PEOPLE THAT HAVE SPOKEN HAVE SAID THAT THE DEVELOPER, AND I DON'T KNOW THIS HAS SAID THAT THEY WANT TO CONNECT TO RIVA RIDGE AND WE'RE SAYING THAT, UH, OR WHAT WE WERE JUST TOLD WAS THAT THERE'S NO PLAN TO ANNEX THAT IN.
CAN THEY STILL A, CAN THEY STILL ACCESS RIVA RIDGE WITHOUT IT BEING ANNEXED IN, I WOULD THINK AT THE DEVELOPMENT STAGE MM-HMM
WE WOULDN'T WANNA SEE THAT AS A MAIN POINT OF ACCESS SINCE IT'S IN SUCH POOR CONDITION, UM, WITHOUT MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ROAD.
UM, BUT THE DEVELOPERS HERE TOO, IF YOU WANNA ASK HIM IF THAT IS THEIR INTAKE.
YEAH, THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY GOOD IDEA.
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CLARIFY THAT TOO.IS THAT FAIR ENOUGH? THAT WAS ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE MAIN CONCERNS.
AND I CERTAINLY I COULD UNDERSTAND THAT I LIVE IN ANOTHER PART OF TOWN WHERE THERE'S A BIG DEVELOPMENT THAT CAME IN AND THERE'S A LITTLE COUNTY ROAD THAT'S SHARED IN THE, IT GOES THROUGH THE CITY, THEN THROUGH TRAVERSE COUNTY, THEN THROUGH WILLIAMS WILLIAMSON COUNTY, THEN BACK TO THE CITY ALL ON ONE ROAD.
THAT'S LITTLE SINGLE ROAD AND THERE'S A LOT OF ACCESS BACK AND FORTH, SO.
I CERTAINLY HAVE LEAST UNDERSTAND.
NO, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
UH, I'M WITH KIRKMAN ENGINEERING.
UM, WE ARE THE CIVIL ENGINEER WORKING ON THIS WITH THE OWNER.
PARMA, UH, IS IS THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, WE HAVE NOT DONE A FINAL DESIGN.
SO YOU KNOW, ROBIN IS CORRECT.
WE HAVE STARTED TO LOOK AT MULTIPLE OPTIONS.
UH, WE'RE PROPOSING A FAIRLY SMALL RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY HERE.
IT IS OUR PREFERENCE AND WE'VE WORKED WITH THE TRANSPORTATION STAFF TO ACTUALLY USE HI GABRIEL EAST AS THE PRIMARY ENTRY.
WE DO HAVE A CONNECTION TO BRYSON, WHICH IS STUBBED TO US.
THAT STAFF INDICATED THAT WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CONNECT TO AND KIND OF CONNECT UTILITIES, SOME UTILITIES THROUGH THERE.
SO THERE'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY THERE.
UH, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO LOOK AT NOT CONNECTING TO RIVER RIDGE, IF THAT'S AN OPTION.
WE WANNA WORK WITH STAFF AND SEE WE, WE WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF THAT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, I'M, I'M THE ENGINEER.
I'M NOT, I'M NOT THE DEVELOPER, WHICH IS SOMETIMES I GET BLAMED TO BE A DEVELOPER.
BUT, UM, SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE OPEN TO.
UH, IT, WE'VE LOOKED AT SEVERAL OPTIONS, BOTH EITHER CONNECTING TO RIVERRIDGE OR NOT MM-HMM
UM, AND SO WE'RE, IF THIS DOES GO FORWARD THROUGH THE DESIGN STAGE, WE, WE WILL WORK WITH THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT AND UM, YOU KNOW, I, I UNDERSTAND THE CONDITION OF RIVER RIDGE.
UH, BUT WE'VE ALREADY SECURED A T STOP PERMIT FOR A PERMANENT CONNECTION WHERE HI GABRIEL CONNECTS TO THE SERVICE ROAD AND THAT WILL BE THE PRIMARY ENTRY FOR THIS.
'CAUSE A LOT OF TIMES MY EXPERIENCE IN MY, MY SHORT FIVE YEARS HERE HAS BEEN SOMETIMES THERE'S SOME KIND OF BREAK IN COMMUNICATION AND THERE'S AN ASSUMPTION THAT MAY NOT BE TRUE.
UM, IF THAT'S A, BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THAT IN COMING FROM THE DEVELOPMENT WORLD.
I DON'T SEE THAT AS A, AS A PRIMARY DESIRE TO CONNECT THERE TOO.
I WOULD ASK OUR STAFF IF IT'S OUR REQUIREMENT THAT, THAT WE'RE, THAT WE, IF WE ARE TRYING TO, UM, THAT WE ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGING A CONNECTION TO RIVERRIDGE OR NOT.
HOW ABOUT THAT, RATHER THAN ANY OTHER WORDS BESIDES STRONGLY ENCOURAGING.
SO WE, WE DID TALK TO, UM, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
UM, FIRE INDICATED WITH THE NUMBER OF UNITS, THEY WOULDN'T NECESSARILY REQUIRE THAT CONNECTION, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAVE THE HIGH GABRIEL EAST, BUT WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT A PLA OKAY.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO THINGS, THINGS COULD CHANGE, BUT THERE ARE CURES TO THAT.
AND IF WE EVER WANTED TO, TO SPEAK ABOUT, I MEAN YOU HAVE A LOT TO DISCUSS IN THE IN IN AS WELL TOO, BUT AS FAR AS THIS IS A PUD AND YOU CAN WRITE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS INTO THE PUD.
ARE WE ALLOWED TO SPEAK TO ANY PART OF THAT AS FAR AS CONNECTIONS? UM, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SEE SOMETHING, UM, FIRST.
JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE.
IT'S VERY EASY, LIKE BETWEEN THE FIRST AND THE SECOND READING TYPE OF THING.
WE COULD, WE COULD LOOK AT IT THROUGH THAT LENS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S A THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING IS I THINK THAT THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS REALLY, HEY, I LIVE ON RIVA RIDGE.
YOU CAN, I, I'M SEEING SHAKING HEADS, SO THAT WORKS.
'CAUSE WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT, BUT AT LEAST I'M SEEING THAT AT LEAST THIS IS TRACKING.
UM, I LIVE ON RIVA RIDGE, I'M CONCERNED WITH THESE THINGS AND MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT THAT'S GONNA IMPACT MY EVERYDAY GOING THERE TOO.
AND THAT'S THE TRAFFIC PORTION.
THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST PORTION.
THE OTHER PORTION THERE WAS, UH, AS FAR AS RUNOFF OR ANY KIND OF ANYTHING THERE TOO.
NOW IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE ANY EXTRA, YOU'D BE PROBABLY DETAINING THE WATER TO, TO, IS THAT, HOW DOES THAT WORK? THAT'S CORRECT.
UM, AND SO FROM THE ENGINEERING STANDPOINT AND, AND A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, WE ARE ALSO THE CIVIL ENGINEER FOR THE PROPERTY.
YOU'RE THE PERFECT GUY TO ANSWER THIS
WELL, I, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
UM, BUT THE PROPERTY BETWEEN THIS AND ONE OF THE PROPERTIES THAT, THAT GOES ALL THE WAY ALONG HIGH GABRIEL TO THE SERVICE ROAD 2 180 3 MM-HMM
UM, BOTH OF THOSE PROPERTIES WIND DEVELOPED HAVE TO PROVIDE DETENTION AND SEDIMENTATION PONDS TO HOLD BACK THE WATER.
NOT ONLY, UM, THE RATE OF WATER, BUT THE, UM, HOW FAST IT FLOWS.
SO YES, WE'RE REQUIRED, YOUR CODE, UH, REQUIRES THAT THE DESIGN ENGINEER, UH, FOLLOWS THOSE RULES.
SO WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT, UH, THAT CREEK AT ALL.
IS THERE A CHANCE IT COULD POSITIVELY IMPACT THAT AREA? BECAUSE YOU'RE DE THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
WE, WE ACTUALLY SEE REDUCTION IN FLOWS IN CERTAIN STORM EVENTS WHEN WE PROVIDE THAT DETENTION AND SEDIMENTATION.
THE LAST, THE LAST LITTLE PIECE, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THERE.
THERE WAS LIKE THREE MAIN PIECES.
THE OTHER ONE WAS NOTICE, UH, THE, THE OTHER ONE WAS NOTICE THAT CAME UP.
AND SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A REQUIREMENT THAT, THAT A DEVELOPER HAS TO REACH OUT TO THE WHOLE HOA, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A PART OF OUR DEAL TOO, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THERE WAS, THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A CERTAIN DISTANCE THAT, UH, A DEVELOPER IS SUPPOSED TO DO.
SO WAS, FIRST OFF, I WANTED TO PUBLICLY FIND OUT WAS THAT MET THAT, THAT, SO IN, IN THE CODE, UM, WE HAVE, WE HAVE TWO, TWO PIECES.
SO THE STATE STATUTE HAS REQUIREMENTS.
THAT'S WHEN WE MAIL LETTERS WITHIN 200 FEET OKAY.
AND THEN WE HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH PROVISION MM-HMM
SO THAT REQUIRES YOU NOTIFY EVERYONE WITHIN 500 FEET MM-HMM
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NOW, WHEN YOU READ THE, THE CODE, UM, IT HAS THAT REQUIREMENT, BUT IT ALSO DOESN'T HAVE A PENALTY IF YOU DON'T DO IT.AND I, AND I DO WANT TO THANK PNZ FOR AT LEAST WITH AS MUCH CONFUSION THAT WAS THERE FOR AT LEAST POSTPONING THOSE THINGS.
THEN THEY CAME BACK AND THEN THEY DID MAKE THEIR RULING BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED.
AND SO, UM, I'M HOPING AT LEAST JUST SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS AT LEAST CLARIFY THINGS AND I WANNA GIVE EVERYBODY ELSE A CHANCE TO SAY SOMETHING.
BUT I THINK THOSE WERE LIKE THE THREE MAIN POINTS THAT I COULD PICK UP FROM WHAT EVERYBODY'S SAYING.
AND, UH, I THINK WE MAY HAVE A BIT LITTLE BIT BETTER UNDERSTANDING RIGHT NOW.
I'M SURE IF WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO.
BUT ALSO THE, THE, I I ALSO WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE TOO, WHAT I HEARD WAS, YOU KNOW, THAT THE SOMEBODY'S BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS WERE PUT INTO SOMETHING TOO.
SO JUST IN GENERAL, UM, IF YOU'RE, IF WE'RE NOT GONNA BE TOUCHING ANYTHING ON RIVA RIDGE, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING THERE, BUT IF THERE WAS ANY KIND OF CONSIDERATION THERE, I JUST WANNA PUBLICLY SAY THAT I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WERE DOING OUR JOB IN HOLDING, UH, DEVELOPERS ACCOUNTABLE TO, TO MAKING SURE THAT THINGS WERE AT THE VERY LEAST PUT BACK THE WAY THAT THEY WERE, UM, IF NOT EVEN, UH, IMPROVED.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AS WELL TOO.
THAT, THAT, THAT AT LEAST YOU'RE HEARD, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO STAY FROM HERE TOO, IS THAT EVERYBODY YOU'RE HEARD, WHETHER YOU'RE CITIZENS OR NOT CITIZENS OF LEAN, NOBODY UP HERE IS UP FOR ANYTHING ELSE EXCEPT FOR TO TRY TO DO THE RIGHT THING IN EVERY SITUATION.
BUT PART OF THAT IS ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS TO CLARIFY THINGS.
SO MAYBE SOME OF THE FEAR COMES DOWN A LITTLE BIT TOO FROM WHAT'S ACTUALLY GONNA HAPPEN THERE.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO NOTHING TONIGHT IF NO MATTER WHICH DECIDE, WAIT, WE GO ON THIS THING.
WE'RE JUST, THIS IS A ZONING CASE, NOT A, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE AND EXACT ACCESS CASE.
AND WHAT WE, WHAT WE'VE DONE ALSO TOO IS WE PUT THINGS IN PLACE BECAUSE, UM, UH, WE HAVE OUR OWN RESTRICTIONS AND WE WERE TRYING TO SLOW DOWN DEVELOPMENT FOR, FOR OUR CITY'S RESOURCES AND FOR OUR WATER AND, AND ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE PURPOSES.
AND WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR ACTUALLY MEETS THE, THE, THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT.
OTHERWISE, WE WOULD PROBABLY JUST BE SAYING NO ANYWAYS, UH, IN THIS CASE.
BUT THIS IS A VERY LOW DENSE PROJECT.
IF ANYTHING WAS GONNA GO THERE ONE DAY, THIS IS A, AND JUST LIKE IF YOU WANTED TO DEVELOP YOUR PROPERTY AND WANTED TO ANNEX INTO THE CITY, WE WOULD PROBABLY BE GIVING YOU THE SAME TYPE OF ATTENTION AND COURTESY, UM, AS WE'RE GIVING TO A PROPERTY OWNER IN THIS CASE TOO.
AS LONG AS IT COMPLIED WITH EVERYTHING ELSE AROUND AND DIDN'T NEGATIVELY IMPACT ITS NEIGHBORS TOO.
SO YOU BROUGHT, UH, THE, THE SPEAKER BROUGHT UP, UM, THE VARIANCE OR THE BE ABLE TO PUT HOUSES ON THE ONE PART.
AND I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD ADDRESS, HOW DOES THAT FIT AND DOES IT FIT? I, I BELIEVE IN THE DOCUMENTS IT DOES.
SO, UM, AS PART OF THE PUD REQUEST, THEY REQUESTED TO REDUCE THE DEPTH OF THE LOTS TO 105 FEET SO THEY CAN BUILD LOTS ALONG THAT, THAT STRIP.
BUT OVERALL SQUARE FOOTAGE IS STILL HAVE TO YES.
SO THEY'RE KEEPING THE, THE SAME MINIMUM AREAS AND THE SAME WIDTH.
SO IT'S, IT WOULD ACCOMMODATE THE SAME NUMBER OF UNITS, IT JUST HASN'T ADJUSTED DEPTH.
SO A VARIANCE HASN'T BEEN GRANTED, BUT THE PUD WOULD ALLOW IT.
I, THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT TODAY.
I THINK THERE WAS LIKE THAT, THERE WAS AN INSTANCE THAT IT, BECAUSE WE GOT HERE, MAYBE THERE WAS CONFUSION ON WHETHER WE'VE ACTUALLY SAID YES AND ALLOWED THEM TO BLESS THIS PROJECT, WHICH WE HAVE NOT.
THIS IS THE, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT HAS TO GO IN.
THIS IS THE VERY BEGINNING OF THAT SAYING, YES, YOU CAN COME INTO THE CITY AND YES, THIS BASE ZONING IS WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH NOW.
THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED WITH OUR STAFF AND, UM, THAT'S WHY THOSE THINGS ARE IN PLACE.
MS. GRIFFIN, WHILE YOU'RE HERE, SORRY.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE NOTIFICATION AND HOAS.
UM, I KNOW THAT AS A CITY WE HAVE, UH, CONTACTS AT ALL OF THE HOAS WITHIN OUR CITY BOUNDARIES.
DO WE HAVE THAT FOR AREAS LIKE THE ETJ DO? IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO KNOW IN THE FUTURE IF THERE'RE BEING SURE.
UM, SO WE HAVE A, A NEW, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER AND SHE'S THE ONE THAT KEEPS UP WITH THE LIST.
SO WE COULD ALWAYS LOOK AT EXPANDING IT.
UM, IT'S HARDER WHEN IT'S A LARGE LOT DEVELOPMENT.
YOU DON'T ANTICIPATE AN HOA NECESSARILY, BUT WE CAN WORK WITH HER AND SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO.
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE EVEN HAD THAT TO START WITH AS A STARTING POINT.
YEAH, I THINK THAT CAN MAYBE EXPLAIN SOME OF THAT.
UM, I WOULD NOT HAVE THOUGHT OUT THERE THAT THERE WAS ONE, UM, JUST BECAUSE I WOULD THINK, OH, IT'S, IT'S VERY RURAL.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED THERE.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE ROADS.
I WAS AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING WHEN THIS FIRST CAME UP AND I, I PULLED IT UP ON MY MAPS AND, AND I SHARED A LOT OF THE SAME CONCERNS.
AND I LOOKED AT RIVA RIDGE DRIVE AND, UH, AND MR. MARRIGAN WHEN YOU STARTED SPEAKING, I REMEMBER CLEARLY NOW WHEN, WHEN YOU WERE WORKING WITH SOME OF OUR, OUR STAFF TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
AND I REMEMBER DRIVING THAT ROAD.
UM, AND I DEFINITELY SHARE, UH, THE CONCERNS.
AND SO THEN I GOOGLE MAP ZOOMED DOWN TO HI GABRIEL EAST AND IT DIDN'T LOOK MUCH BETTER
SO, UM, I, I WANTED TO FIND OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT PROCESS.
UM, THE DEVELOPER SAID THAT YOU ARE WORKING WITH TEXT DOT ON HI GABRIEL.
HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO THE WHERE HIGH GABRIEL WILL
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CONNECT TO THE SERVICE ROAD THAT IS, UH, GOVERNED BY TDOT, THAT'S TDOT RIGHT OF AWAY.SO TO CONNECT, TO GET AN APPROVED CONNECTION, WE HAVE TO GET A T DOT PERMIT.
SO EVERYTHING WITHIN TDOT RIGHT OF WAY.
AND THEN PROBABLY ABOUT 40 FEET ISH OUTSIDE OF THAT SERVICE ROAD IS, IS T JURISDICTION.
SO WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND, AND DONE A DECELERATION LANE FOR SAFETY PURPOSES AND THEN A DRIVE TO TURN INTO WHAT WILL BE A PAVED HI GABRIEL IN THE FUTURE.
UM, SO BECAUSE THE JURISDICTIONS ARE SEPARATE, WE WANTED TO SECURE THE T STOP PERMIT FOR THAT FRONT PROPERTY THAT I HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT I'M ALSO REPRESENTING THAT OWNERSHIP GROUP, UM, TO SECURE THE T STOP PERMIT IN PERPETUITY SO THAT IT CAN'T BE REMOVED FROM A, IF SOMEONE DEVELOPS THAT PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY NORTH, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, OUR PERMIT IS NOW ON RECORD, SO IT, IT, IT HAS TO BE LOGGED AND, AND COUNTED FOR.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE A DECELERATION LANE OFF THE SERVICE ROAD TO SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN AND THEN A CONCRETE APRON TO TURN, TURN INTO.
THEN THE CITY PIECE WOULD BE A, A PAVED ROAD DESIGNED TO GO WHERE THE GRAVEL ROAD IS NOW.
SO IT'S, IT'S, I WOULD SAY IT'S IN ITS WORSE SHAPE OR AS ROUGH SHAPE AS RIVER RIDGE MAY BE WORSE IN SOME AREAS.
SO, UH, THE PLAN IS THE, THE OWNERS OF THESE PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO HI GABRIEL EAST, HAVE STARTED CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SHARING THE COST TO ACTUALLY PAVE THAT AND MAKE IT A MUCH SAFER ROAD KNOWING THAT IT'S, IT COULD BE THE MAIN ENTRY TO THIS DEVELOPMENT AND THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT UP FRONT THAT I TALKED ABOUT AND WHATEVER GOES IN NORTH.
SO KIND OF A SHARED, SHARED PAVED ROAD.
SO DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? SOMEWHAT? YES.
AND MS. GRIFFIN, I HAVE SOME FOLLOW UP.
SO WITH THAT BEING OFF FROM 180 3 A, WHAT WOULD BE THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE ROAD TO GET TO IT FOR? HI GABRIEL, DO WE HAVE TO HAVE IT PAVED THE WHOLE WAY? OKAY.
SO HE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT? YES.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE OF THAT.
AND THEN, UM, ARE WE ABLE TO MANDATE THE CRASH GATE TO REVA BRIDGE? SO THAT'S WHAT I WANNA TALK TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ABOUT BEFORE WE PUT SOMETHING IN ZONING.
WORST CASE SCENARIO, IF WE COULDN'T AND THE DEVELOPER PUT IN, UH, AN ACCESS POINT THERE, HOW DO WE GET THE ROAD WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE? SO I THINK IF THEY ARE PROVIDING ACCESS THERE, THAT'D BE PART OF THEIR TRAFFIC STUDY.
AND WE PROBABLY REQUIRE SOME KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS TO IT.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S ON COUNTY LAND, WE CAN REQUIRE THAT.
AND THEN I BELIEVE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE RUNOFF, UM, THAT COULD BE, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE CREATED, ALL OF THAT IS GOVERNED BY TCEQ.
AND THEY'LL COME IN AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ALL OKAY.
AND NOT RUNNING INTO THE WATERWAY.
SO TCEQ REVIEWS AND THE CITY, WE DO A DRAINAGE REVIEW AS WELL.
UM, I THINK THAT IS EVERYTHING THAT I HAD.
ANYTHING ELSE COUNSEL? I FEEL MUCH BETTER THAN THE FIRST TIME I SAW THIS
YEAH, NO, I, AND I THINK, UH, HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY DOES, UH, EVERYBODY THAT'S INVOLVED HERE TOO.
SO THE PRIOR, THE, I GUESS IF THERE WAS A BEST CASE SCENARIO, UH, FOR US S AS FAR AS WHEN, WHEN, DEPENDING ON HOW THIS GOES, IS LIKE IF THERE DOES NOT HAVE TO BE A CONNECTION TO RE RIDGE, THEN THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE THE, THE, MAYBE THE, THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY OR THE NUMBER ONE, UM, OPTION IF THAT WAS A POSSIBILITY.
AND IF THERE WAS AN OPTION THAT THERE HAS TO BE FOR EMERGENCY SERVICE PURPOSES.
THEN SECONDLY WOULD BE, HEY, IS THERE A CHANCE TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY ONLY ACCESS, WHETHER THAT'S CRASH GATE OR WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, AND THEN YEAH, THEN THE OTHER, THE, THE, THE OTHER ACCESS POINT, I GUESS WE, THAT WOULD BE ADDRESSED BY TIA TOO.
BUT IF IT'S, IF WE FIND OUT THAT THIS THING IS JUST FINE WITHOUT ANY ACCESS POINTS, THEN I FEEL LIKE THIS IS, UM, THEN WE'RE, WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH THIS BIG YEAH.
SO TEXAS IS A, A PRO DEVELOPMENT STATE AND SO WE HAVE TO ALLOW THINGS TO BE DEVELOPED AND IT'S OUR JOB TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT IT FITS AS BEST AS POSSIBLE.
AND I THINK THAT THIS ACTUALLY DOES FIT AS BEST AS POSSIBLE.
THERE'S NOT, UM, THERE'S NOT ANYTHING BETTER I THINK THAT YOU COULD DO OTHER THAN LARGE LOCKED OUT THERE.
I DON'T, I DON'T WANT US TO GET TOO FAR IN THE WEEDS ON THE CRASH SKATING STUFF, BUT JUST LOOKING AT THAT DEVELOPMENT AND THE FAR NORTHERN END, IF THOSE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO REVA RIDGE AND WE HAD A WILDFIRE.
UM, THAT'S A BIG CONCERN FOR ME, THAT PEOPLE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET OUT FROM THE NORTH END OF GETTING DOWN THE HIGH SAN GABRIEL.
THEY MIGHT GET TRAPPED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I JUST DON'T WANT US TO GET SO TRAPPED INTO THE WEEDS OF THAT CRASH GATE THAT WE'RE ONLY HAVING ONE EXCESS POINT TO WHERE WE GET PEOPLE TRAPPED IF SOME DISASTER HAPPENED.
WE'LL GET CLARIFICATION ON THAT BEFORE SECOND READING.
ANYTHING ELSE, COUNSEL, DO WE NEED ANY TYPE OF VERBIAGE AS
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FAR AS IF WE'RE MAKING A MOTION ONE WAY OR ANOTHER TO DIRECT STAFF IN ANYWHERE, OR IS IT PRETTY CLEAR? UH, I, I THINK IT'D BE GOOD TO DIRECT STAFF.SO FOR US TO WORK WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO CONFIRM IF THEY NEED, UH, ACCESS AND IF THEY COULD DO A CRASH GATE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE AND STAFF WILL WORK WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO GET CLARIFICATION ON WHETHER OR NOT A CRASH GATE CAN BE PUT AT THE RIVA RIDGE AREA.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[27. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding the Simpson Tract Annexation Case A-24-0017 for the voluntary annexation of 28.12 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R338811; and generally located southeast of the intersection of Mineral Drive and CR 175, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
SO THIS IS, UM, A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION REQUEST FOR THE SIMPSON TRACT.
UM, THIS IS LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OF THE TRAILS AT SHADY OAK SUBDIVISION.
UM, THIS PROPERTY IS SUBJECT TO AN ANNEXATION DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, UM, AND THAT THAT AGREEMENT STATES THAT ONCE THEY'RE READY TO REDEVELOP THE REQUEST TO ANNEX INTO THE CITY.
UM, THE NEXT CASE ON THE AGENDA IS THERE ZONING REQUESTS, AND THEY ARE REQUESTING RESIDENTIAL ZONING ACTION ON THIS CASE.
DOES NOT, UM, ANNEX IT INTO THE CITY, AND IT ALSO DOESN'T APPROVE THE ZONING.
WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING, AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE APPLICANT'S ALSO HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THERE'S NOBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHED TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL NOW DISCUSS, CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ANNEXATION CASE A DASH 24 DASH ZERO SEVEN AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY.
I'LL SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES IS UNANIMOUSLY.
[28. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case Z-24-0149 to amend the current zoning of Interim SFR-1-B (Single-Family Rural) to SFS-2-A (Single-Family Suburban) on one (1) parcel of land approximately 28.12 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R338811; and generally located southeast of the intersection of Mineral Drive and CR 175, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.
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TWO, A SINGLE FAMILY SUBURBAN ON ONE PARCEL OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 28.12 ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
THIS IS, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT GOES WITH THE ANNEXATION CASE YOU JUST REVIEWED FOR THE SIMPSON TRACT.
UM, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO CHANGE THE ZONING TO THE SFS TWO A, WHICH IS SINGLE FAMILY SUBURBAN, AND, UM, LIMITS THE LOT SIZE OF 70 FEET.
SO THEY ARE CONSISTENT WITH OUR WATER RESOLUTION.
UM, THIS REQUEST WAS REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DURING THE APRIL 14TH MEETING, AND THEY UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE APPLICANT'S ALSO PRESENT FOR QUESTIONS.
THERE'S NOBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL NOW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE Z DASH 24 DASH 0 1 49 AS PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED, COUNSEL.
SO IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[29. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case Z-23-0103 to amend the current zoning of TOD/PUD-CD (Transit Oriented Development/ Planned Unit Development – Conventional Development Sector) to adopt the Skotz Minor PUD (Planned Unit Development) with the base zoning district of GC-2-A (General Commercial) on one (1) parcel of land approximately 4.03 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R031255; and more commonly known as 9800 RM 2243, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
MS. GRIFFIN, YOU ARE GETTING YOUR STEPS IN
UM, SO THIS IS A, A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE, UM, SCOTT'S PUD ZONING REQUEST.
IT'S LOCATED TO THE NORTHWEST OF, UM, THE INTERSECTION OF 180 3 A AND 2243.
IT'S ACTUALLY ACROSS FROM, UM, LAND SPRINGS.
UM, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO ESTABLISH A BASE ZONING DISTRICT FOR THIS PROPERTY OF GC TWO A, WHICH IS A GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT THAT ALLOWS FOR COMMERCIAL USES.
UM, THE STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST.
IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID REVIEW THIS REQUEST DURING THE NOVEMBER 14TH MEETING, AND THEY UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
AND, UM, I'M GLAD TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE APPLICANT'S ALSO HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THERE'S NOBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL NOW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE Z DASH 23 DASH ZERO THREE AS PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED.
COUNSEL ALSO PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I'LL SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I'M HAPPY TO SEE THIS REZONED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[30. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case Z-24-0148 to amend the current zoning of Interim SFR-1-B (Single-Family Rural) to SFS-2-B (Single-Family Suburban) on one (1) parcel of land approximately 15.416 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R031560; and generally located north of the intersection of CR 177 and Valley View Drive, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.
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ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA.EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEB DEVELOPMENT SERVICES GRIFFIN, YOU KNOW THE DRILL.
SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE LONE STAR LANDING ZONING CASE.
UM, THE COUNCIL DID APPROVE THE ZONING OF THE, UM, SOUTHERN PART OF THE, I'M SORRY, THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE PROPERTY RIGHT HERE.
UM, SO THEY'RE ASKING TO REZONE THIS TO SFS, WHICH IS ALSO 70 FOOT WIDE LOTS.
UM, THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE WATER RESOLUTION AS WELL AS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID REVIEW THE REQUEST DURING THE NOVEMBER 14TH MEETING AND UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE APPLICANT DOES HAVE A PRESENTATION TODAY.
OH, WHERE'S OUR APPLICANT? I HERE.
UH, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL, UM, MR. CITY MANAGER.
I REPRESENT THE DEVELOPER FOR LONE STAR LANDING.
IF YOU'LL, UH, RECALL THE ONLY THING I WANNA GO THROUGH THIS, UH, VERY QUICKLY, I PROMISED MS. CRABTREE I WOULD HAVE IT DONE WITHIN AN HOUR, SO WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN'T DO.
SO, UH, AS WE DISCUSS, THIS IS THE SECOND PART.
UM, THE TOTAL PROJECT IS 37 ACRES.
THIS IS THE CR 1 77 EAST OF THE LAR TACTICAL PROPERTY THAT WE HAD SEEN IN THE PAST.
PHASE ONE CAME TO YOU BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 22.
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT'S BEEN THAT LONG? AND YOU ASKED US TO PHASE THAT INTO TWO PHASES.
SO THE FIRST PHASE WAS TWO YEARS AGO, AND IT WAS APPROVED, UH, BY YOU IN DECEMBER OF 22.
UM, ZONING FOR PHASE ONE WAS 21.6 ACRES.
THIS IS THE SECOND PART OF THAT, COMPLETING THE 50, UH, FOR 57 LOTS FOR THE ADDITIONAL FI 15.416 ACRES.
UM, PHASE THREE WILL COME BACK IN THE FUTURE AFTER, UH, CRYSTAL FALLS ROADWAY ALIGNMENT'S DONE FUNDING CIP, ALL THAT FOR A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.
UM, THE CURRENT ZONING IS SFR ONE B, THE WE'RE REQUESTING TO MATCH THE LOWER PORTION AT SFS TWO B.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A ZONING CASE, BUT WE DID WANT TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE WERE, WE WERE FOLLOWING ALL THE RULES THAT YOU'D PUT INTO PLACE.
SO AS THIS IS DESIGNATED AS A NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL IN THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, WHICH FITS AS, UH, MS. GRIFFIN, UM, UH, AGREED AND, AND SAID, AND THEN THE PROPERTY SOUTH OF CRYSTAL FALLS AGAIN IN THE ORANGE PORTION WILL COME BACK AT A FUTURE TIME.
UM, THE DEVELOPER, IF YOU RECALL, CHANGED THE OVERALL PLANS OF THIS TO MEET WITH THE COUNCIL INITIATIVE AND ASK FOR THE LOW DENSITY AND FOR THE PHASING.
UM, THERE'S ACTUALLY BEEN, NO CONSTRUCTION HAS STARTED ON THIS PROJECT YET, AND BEFORE CONSTRUCTION WOULD START, WE'D HAVE TO PULL THE, UH, ALL THE UTILITIES, WHICH HASN'T, HASN'T STARTED EITHER.
SO FOR YOUR COMFORT, A LITTLE BIT OF THAT IS, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE WHILE.
UM, BEFORE CONSTRUCTION COULD START ON THIS, WE'RE PROBABLY TO GET UTILITIES.
I MEAN, IT COULD BE ANOTHER COUPLE OF YEARS EASY BEFORE IT GETS UP TO THIS SPOT.
UM, IT DOES COMPLY WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
IT DOES COMPLY WITH THE RULES THAT YOU ASKED FOR AND PUT INTO PLACE FOR THE DENSITY REQUIREMENTS.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TOUCHED ON THAT AND, AND YOU KNEW, UH, THAT WE WERE, UM, COMPLYING WITH ALL THE RULES THAT HAD COME IN.
AND DID I MEET YOUR TIMELINE, MS. CRABTREE? OKAY, GREAT.
AND, UH, WE'LL BE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
WE DID RECEIVE SEVERAL ONLINE COMMENTS.
THEY'LL BE ADDED TO THE OFFICIAL RECORD.
ON TOP OF THAT, WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK HERE IN PERSON.
SO FIRST UP, WE HAVE, I THINK IT'S MARYLEE BANDAS TI.
GOOD EVENING, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
GOOD EVENING, MARY BANDAS, TI 1 0 7 VALLEY VIEW DRIVE.
SO TONIGHT, I REALLY HOPE WE TRULY LISTEN TO YOUR RESIDENT CONCERNS AND RECALL THE LEANDER VISION AND MISSION AND STRATEGY FOCUS AREA THAT YOU PLEDGE TO UPHOLD PRINCIPLES, WHICH YOU KNOW, WE CALL OUT TO PRIORITIZE SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIVES AT THEIR CORE.
ACCORDING TO YOUR GUARDIAN DOCUMENTS, THE CITY LEANDER IS COMMITTED TO ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS WHILE FOSTERING THOUGHTFUL, SUSTAINABLE GROWTH.
LEANDER ENVISION A CITY THAT EMBODIES A WARMTH AND CHARM OF A SMALL TOWN.
YOUR STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS EMPHASIZE MAINTAINING A SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING SAFE TRAFFIC, PROVIDING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SUPPORTS AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE, THOUGHTFUL MANAGING, DEVELOPING TO BALANCE PROGRESS WITH PRESERVATION, AND REEVALUATING AND REVISITING SONY DECISIONS TO ACCOUNT THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS AND MARKET NEEDS.
SONY DECISIONS NEEDS TO BE RECONSIDERED HERE DUE TO THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY.
GRANDFATHERING APPROVAL FOR THIS PHASE SIMPLY BECAUSE IT MIRRORS PHASE, PHASE ONE, IGNORES CRITICAL ENVIRONMENT AND SAFETY CHANGES.
CR 1 77 AND RONALD RIGGER INTERSECTION IS NOW THE SOLE ENTRY AND EXIT OF OVER 40 RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES AFTER THE BRIDGE CLOSURE, WHICH WAS THE CORRECT DECISION DUE TO THE TRAFFIC SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT ISSUES THERE EVEN BEFORE ALL THE NEW NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE OTHER SIDE.
TWO SIGNIFICANT HIGHER TRAFFIC PATTERNS IN RONALD RIGG.
AND PLUS A NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
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COMING IN FRONT OF THE 1 77 INTERSECTION.MOST CITIES PROHIBIT HAVING MORE THAN 40 RESIDENT IN A SINGLE EXIT ROAD DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS.
YET THESE PLANS IGNORE SOCIAL STANDARDS.
NOT SURE WE CAN ADD MORE HOUSES TO ONE EXIT ROAD WITH THIS DENSITY.
WE CAN ALSO IGNORE THAT CR 1 77 IS NOT ONLY A TWOFOLD LANE ROAD CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC WILL BLOCK THE ONLY INTERSECTION DISRUPTING AND ENDEARING THE COMMUNITY.
THE CITY CURRENT FOCUS ON HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT SACRIFICE, THOUGHTFUL GROWTH, SAFETY, AND ENVIRONMENT STEWARDSHIP.
CHANGING BACK TO RULER, ALL FAMILY, SINGLE FAMILY OR STATE ZONING SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS A SAFER OR MORE SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE FOR ANY HOUSING ACCESS IN CR 1 77, WHICH IS A SINGLE EXIT ROAD.
AGAIN, PLEASE INHERIT YOUR OWN COMMITMENT TO REEVALUATING SONY DECISIONS IN LIGHT OF CHANGING CONDITIONS.
WITH THIS IS THE CASE, LEANDER GROWTH, MOST BALANCED INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT AND COMMUNITY NEEDS, EMPHASIZING SAFETY OVER DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPER PRESSURES, RESIDENTS DESERVE ZONING DECISIONS THAT UPHOLD THE CITY MISSION AND VALUES DECISIONS ROOTED IN THOUGHTFUL, SUSTAINABLE, AND RESPONSIBLE GROWTH THAN PRIORITIZE AND PRIORITIZE THE WELLBEING OF THE COMMUNITY.
PLEASE SHOW THAT YOU CARE ABOUT BROHI CREEK AND ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS.
IT IS OKAY TO PRESERVE SOME ROWS THAT REALLY LOOKS LIKE DELIA AND THEIR LOGO IN THE CITY.
PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AN ADDRESS.
MY NAME IS, MY NAME'S JOSH RUMAN.
I LIVE AT 1 0 7 VALLEY VIEW DRIVE EAST.
UM, JUST LIKE THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER, MY WIFE, I'M VERY CONCERNED REGARDING THE SAFETY AND, AND, UH, INCONVENIENCE ISSUES THAT WILL ARISE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES THAT TIE TO THIS.
UM, CR 1 77, THE ASSOCIATED INTER INTERSECTION WITH RONALD REAGAN, UH, CAN'T HANDLE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC.
IF YOU TRY TO GET UNDER THAT ROAD AFTER SEVEN 30 IN THE MORNING OR, OR ANYTIME BETWEEN FOUR OR FIVE.
IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A TREACHEROUS, UH, CROSSING.
UH, I'VE WITNESSED MANY TIMES WHEN THERE'S NEAR ACCIDENTS, UH, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE, PEOPLE HAVE THE COURTESY TO ACTUALLY NOT BLOCK THE INTERSECTION WHEN THEY'RE WE'RE BACKED UP TO THE OTHER ROADS.
UM, I'M ALSO CONCERNED HOW WE GOTTA THIS POINT.
UM, WE JUST HEARD ANOTHER CASE WHERE THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS WAS NOT FOLLOWED.
THE INITIAL REZONING ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION HERE, WHICH THIS IS TIED TO THE ASSOCIATED RESIDENCE, WHICH WITH WHICH ARE WITHIN THE DISTANCE OF THE PRESCRIBED NOTIFICATION.
WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT CONSULTED ON THIS.
WE ONLY KNEW ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THE SIGNS THAT WERE PUT UP, WE BROUGHT THIS UP PREVIOUSLY.
IT WAS, IT WAS WASHED OVER, IT WAS TALKED ABOUT EARLIER TODAY.
THERE'S NO CONTROL POINT THAT IS IN EXISTENCE THAT PEOPLE DO NOT FOLLOW THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS.
AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THEN IN THE NEXT TIME, WE'RE TOLD IT'S JUST A ZONING PROCESS AND WE'RE GONNA ALL APPROVE IT.
SO IT, IT FEELS LIKE WE BUILT THIS STRUCTURE ON A HOUSE OF CARDS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY ACCOUNTABILITY ON THAT ONE.
UM, I AGREE WITH THE OTHER COMMENTS AROUND THE MISSION STATEMENT.
THE FOCUS, THE, THE VALUE STATEMENTS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS NOT UPHOLDING IT.
WHAT I'D REALLY STRONGLY LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER IS AT LEAST DO SOME KIND OF TRAFFIC STUDY BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH THIS.
UH, THAT AREA IS GONNA BE SEVERELY IMPACTED.
WE WE TRIPLE OR QUADRUPLE, UH, VEHICLE TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA.
THE OTHER THING IS, UH, WE STRONGLY WOULD CONSIDER THAT THERE BE SOME KIND OF PROVISION MADE FOR CONSTRUCTION ACCESS.
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE EVENTUALLY AN EXTENSION FOR CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY.
YOU MUST ALREADY HAVE ALL THOSE EASEMENTS SECURED PER THE LONG TERM PLAN.
WHY CAN'T WE CONSIDER HAVING CONSTRUCTION ACCESS THROUGH THAT AREA? WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR SOME CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO ENSURE WE DON'T HAVE FURTHER DETERIORATION IN QUALITY OF LIFE WITH ALL THE TRAFFIC THAT'S COMING IN THE AREA.
UM, I, I GUESS I WOULD SUM UP IN SAYING IN, IN THE, IN THE LAST ZONING MEETING THAT OCCURRED, THE OPEN ONE, NOT THE, NOT THE OTHER ONE, UH, THAT, THAT WE HAD HEARD A MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR ABOUT, WE HAVE TO RECONSIDER, THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
YOU, YOU MADE A, A, A STATEMENT AROUND THE, THE NORTHLINE DEVELOPMENT, HOW WE TO CONSIDER THINGS ARE CHANGING.
I THINK WE HAVE TO CONSIDER CHANGING SOME OF THESE, THESE, THESE ASSESSMENTS AROUND.
I KNOW WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF, I THINK WE'RE GROWING A LOT FASTER THAN THAT.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF RISK ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
SO I JUST ASK YOU TO RECONSIDER ONE, THE PROCESS WASN'T FOLLOWED INITIALLY AND WE'RE BUILDING OFF OF THAT.
AND THEN TWO, THIS IS A SEVERE SAFETY ISSUE FOR THIS AREA, LIKE THE OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE OTHER ROAD.
UM, I HAVE A CARD HERE FOR SOMEBODY, BUT THEY DIDN'T FILL OUT THEIR NAME.
IT'S 1 0 1 VALLEY VIEW RIGHT UP.
PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
ALEXANDER LOGON, UM, UH, 1 0 1 VALLEY VIEW DRIVE.
I AM 200 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY.
BOTH MY NEIGHBOR AND I SINCE 2022, WE STILL HAVEN'T BEEN CONTACTED.
WE'VE SAID IT EVERY SINGLE TIME WE COME HERE.
THIS LAST TIME I GOT A LETTER FROM, WELL, I GOT AN ENVELOPE FROM LEANDER WITHOUT EVEN THE PAPERWORK IN IT, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS REALLY NICE.
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YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS GOTTA WAIT TILL CRYSTAL FALLS IS DONE BEFORE YOU CAN DO THIS.I'M HERE TO RAISE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE TRANSPARENCY AND FAIRNESS OF THE ZONING PROCESS.
AFTER ATTENDING MANY OF THESE SESSIONS, IT'S CLEAR THE PROCESS FEELS INCONSISTENT AND MANIPULATED.
OKAY, I TOLD YOU ALREADY, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY NOTICE.
DURING PHASE ONE ZONING APPROVALS WERE DISMISSED AS INCONSEQUENTIAL.
WE WERE TOLD THIS IS JUST A ZONING APPROVAL, IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING.
YET IN LATER MEETINGS, THE SAME APPROVALS WERE TREATED AS BINDING WITH RESPONSES LIKE THEY ARE APPROVED FOR THAT ZONING.
DISMISSING SAFETY, INFRASTRUCTURE AND DENSITY CONCERNS.
THE CONTRADICTORY MESSAGING UNDERMINES PUBLIC TRUST AND TURNS A PROCESS INTO A SCRIPTED GAME.
MANY RESIDENTS, INCLUDING THOSE DIRECTLY IMPACTED, WERE NOT PROPERLY NOTIFIED.
CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE ALSO CHANGED SINCE THE INITIAL APPROVAL.
THIS, THE COUNT, THE BRIDGE CLOSURE, WHICH WAS NECESSARY FOR SAFETY, HAS LEFT THE COMMUNITY WITH ONE NARROW ROAD.
WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THIS.
UM, ONE THING IS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T EVEN CONSIDER OPENING THAT AGAIN.
IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL NOT HAVING, UH, DRAG RACING AT 3:00 AM EVERY SINGLE NIGHT, WHICH WAS GOING ON BEFORE A ONE LANE ROAD TWISTING OVER A BRIDGE.
WE, UH, THE FENTANYL AND DRUGS AND DRUGS WHO'VE BEEN DROPPED OFF THE MATTRESSES, SOFAS AND TELEVISIONS, UM, THAT WERE DUMPED THERE EVERY NIGHT.
OKAY? AND FINALLY, STOP APPROVING ZONING CHANGES UNTIL THERE'S A CLEAR INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN TO SUPPORT THEM.
LET'S ENSURE LEANDRO REMAINS A SAFE, CHARMING COMMUNITY, NOT A CITY OVERRUN BY DEVELOPMENTS THAT STRAIN OUR ROADS AND ENDANGER RESIDENTS.
ALSO, MOST OF MY NEIGHBORS, WHERE ARE WE GONNA GET THIS WATER? HALF MY NEIGHBORS ARE STILL ON.
MY NEW NEIGHBORS WHO JUST BUILT THEIR HOME, THEY HAD TO DRILL A WELL.
MY NEIGHBORS, THEIR WELLS GO DRY EVERY SUMMER.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION IS WHERE IS THIS WATER SUPPOSED TO BE COMING FROM FOR ALL THESE HOUSES? THIS IS A RURAL AREA.
THE SMALLEST LOT IS THREE ACRES.
AND YOU'RE ORIGINALLY, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING IN TOWN HOMES THERE.
SO HOW IS THIS CONFORMING AT ALL TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS AREA? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
OH, UH, MS. LONG MUON, CAN YOU PLEASE, UH, FILL OUT YOUR NAME AND GIVE IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THERE'S NOBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISH TO SPEAK? ALRIGHT.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
WE'LL NOW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE Z DASH 24 DASH 0 1 48 AS PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED.
COUNSEL, DON'T ALL TALK AT ONCE JUST TO SEEING IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO TALK FIRST THIS TIME.
SO I WAS HERE DURING THE LAST, THE LAST TIME THAT WE HAD THE, UH, ON THE LAST PHASE THAT WHEN WE WERE ZONED IN.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER NOTICES WOULD BE ABLE TO, WOULD, WOULD'VE BEEN REQUIRED BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.
IT'S HARD, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING TOO, BUT IT'S LIKE SOME THINGS YOU'RE SAYING WERE CORRECT AND SOME THINGS YOU'RE SAYING WERE NOT CORRECT IN THERE TOO.
SO IT'S LIKE, I WANT TO, I WANT TO AT LEAST ANSWER WHAT'S I I DO THINK WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE SAFE AND, AND THAT EVERYBODY IS, IS, UM, THAT WE ARE DEVELOPING THIS PROPERTY AND THAT THERE'S PROPER INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE.
UM, I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING WAS WAS DONE WRONG AS FAR AS THE, THE, THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS BEFORE TOO.
UM, I WAS PART OF THAT ONE BEFORE AS WELL.
AND SINCE THEN, I DON'T THINK THERE WOULD BE ANY, THERE WOULD BE ANY, UM, NOTIFICATIONS THAT WOULD'VE BEEN NECESSARY BETWEEN NOW AND THAT, AND EXCEPT FOR THIS, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
AND SO, UM, SO I, I, SO I JUST, I, I GUESS I JUST WANT TO, WELL, I WANNA, I WANNA SPEAK FOR STAFF TOO.
WE ACTUALLY, WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE CHECKS AND BALANCES AS FAR AS HOW THOSE THINGS GO OUT TOO.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA SAY THAT PUBLICLY TOO.
UM, I DO WANNA KNOW THE CRYSTAL FALLS TIMELINE THOUGH, AND I DO WANNA KNOW HOW THAT, HOW THAT DOES TIE INTO MAYBE THE TIMELINE THAT IT LOOKS LIKE WITH THE, I KNOW NOTHING'S BEEN DONE THERE.
UM, THERE'S SIGN THIS, THE CRYSTAL FALLS GOES RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THIS PROPERTY, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE.
DO YOU WANT US TO AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WELL, I'M JUST OVERALL JUST, I GUESS OVERALL JUST, JUST SAYING THAT, SAYING ALL THESE THINGS OUT THERE AND THEN YOU GUYS COULD ANSWER MAYBE YOUR TEAM AND THEN ALSO STAFF CAN HELP.
UM, BUT THERE A TRAFFIC STUDY WOULD BE NECESSARY BEFORE, UM, BEFORE ACTUALLY GOING UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF THE PROPERTY TOO.
I WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT CRYSTAL FALLS
I KIND OF JUST THREW OUT ON THE, I DON'T KNOW THE ORDER EXACTLY OF WHEN THE TRAFFIC STUDY DOES COME IN, BUT, UM, WE ARE FINALIZING OUR ILA WITH THE COUNTY.
UM, ACTUALLY I THINK I JUST GOT IT BACK FROM IRENE.
CAN YOU PLEASE MAKE SURE TO SPEAK IN PLAIN
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LANGUAGE? YES.SO THE, UM, CRYSTAL FALLS EXTENSION OR THIS PORTION THAT WILL RUN THROUGH THE LAND WILL, UM, WE ARE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY.
WE, IT WAS PART OF THEIR BOND PROGRAM, UH, 2023 BONDS.
SO THEY ARE COST PARTICIPATING, I THINK IT'S SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TOWARDS THE DESIGN AND RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION, UM, FOR THIS PORTION.
SO ONCE WE GET OUR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, THE ILA EXECUTED, UM, WE CAN, WE, THE CITY CAN START, UM, DESIGNING, NO, SORRY, HIRING A CONSULTANT FOR THE DESIGN AND THEN RIDE OF WAY ACQUISITION.
SO I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT TIMELINE WOULD TAKE PROBABLY A COUPLE YEARS, UM, UH, PROBABLY A YEAR AND A HALF FOR DESIGN, UM, AND THEN RIDE OF WAY ACQUISITION AFTER THAT.
DOES THIS, DOES THIS HAVING THIS PROPERTY, UM, ZONED AND, OR LIKE, I GUESS THE DEVELOPMENT PRO PROCESS STARTED AT SOME POINT HERE TOO? DOES THAT HELP US GET TO THAT ANY QUICKER? I, I DON'T THINK SO.
I BELIEVE THEY DEDICATED, UM, KIND OF THAT NORTHERN KIND WHERE IT SPLITS THE TWO PHASES.
I BELIEVE THAT THEY'VE, UM, RESERVED RIGHT AWAY FOR, UM, CRYSTAL FALLS IN THAT AREA.
YOU HAD ANOTHER ONE ABOUT TIA, DIDN'T YOU? WELL, JUST, YEAH, AS FAR AS THE, AS AS FAR AS THE TIA REGARDING THIS PIECE, THIS PARTICULAR PIECE THAT WOULD COME UP LATER AS WELL.
TRAFFIC ANALYSIS, THAT'S SO WHEN THEY GO THROUGH THE, UM, THE PLATING PROCESS, YEAH.
AND WE LOOK AT THE STUDY AND IT DETERMINES IF THEY HAVE TO DO A FULL BLOWN, UM, ANALYSIS THAT WOULD WARRANT IMPROVEMENTS.
BUT THERE IS A STEP IN THERE WHERE WE EVALUATE THE TRAFFIC.
AND JUST LIKE THE LAST ONE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, THERE WILL BE REQUIREMENTS TO BRING THE ROAD UP TO A STANDARD.
I DON'T WANNA SOUND STUPID, BUT I'LL JUST ASK THE QUESTION ANYWAYS.
IS THERE, ARE THERE TWO ACCESS POINTS REQUIRED FOR THIS ONE AS WELL? WHAT THE AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GONNA BE THERE? SO WHEN THE, WHEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EVALUATES THEM, THEY LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF UNITS AND THAT'S WHAT TRIGGERS THE NUMBER OF ACCESS POINTS.
AND I THINK THE CUTOFF'S NORMALLY 30.
UM, AND I FEEL LIKE IF, UM, THEY DON'T HAVE THE ACCESS, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN THE HOMES, UM, IT MIGHT BE MORE NUANCED THAN THAT, BUT THEY, THEY DO LOOK AT, UM, THE NUMBER OF UNITS TO JUDGE HOW MANY ACCESS POINTS.
SO THIS ONE MIGHT BE KIND OF CHALLENGING, RIGHT? BECAUSE THE, THERE'S ONLY 1 77 'CAUSE CRYSTAL FALLS IS NOT BUILT.
I MEAN, 'CAUSE I AGREE WITH THE NEIGHBORS RIGHT NOW, SOMETHING, SOME DISASTER HAPPENED, YOU CAN'T EVEN GET THOSE PEOPLE OUT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET ONTO RONALD REAGAN.
SO HOW IS THIS GONNA BE IMPACTED BY THE RONALD REAGAN EXPANSION? SO THE EXPANSION FOR RONALD REAGAN IS IN JUST SCHEMATIC PHASE RIGHT NOW WITH THE COUNTY.
SO THERE'S NO, UM, THERE'S NO TIMELINE ON THAT AT ALL.
I MEAN, IT WOULD BE, I THINK IT'S PLANNED TO BE WIDENED, UM, RIGHT WHERE 1 77 HITS, BUT, UM, THOSE PLANS ARE, ARE STILL JUST SCHEMATIC PHASE.
BUT, SO WITH THAT, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SURE THEY'RE GONNA DO THAT.
WE'RE GONNA DO OUR THING, THEY'RE GONNA DO THIS.
IS THAT JUST PUSH ALL THIS BACK FURTHER AND FURTHER OR IS IT ALL GONNA BE A PUSH? WHAT A TRAFFIC PUSH, WHAT DEVELOPMENT OF THE ROADS AROUND THERE, DEVELOPMENT OF THE SEWAGE, THE WATER, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF? NO, WE'RE NOT, I MEAN, WE'RE NOT POSTPONING ANYTHING, UM, IN OUR AREA TO KIND OF WAITING ON THE RONALD REAGAN.
WE'RE, WE'RE JUST, WE'RE MOVING AHEAD WITH CRYSTAL FALLS AND, AND, UM, AND THINGS IN THAT AREA.
I'M SORRY, I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.
NO, THAT'S, THAT'S MY QUESTION.
I WAS JUST KIND OF WONDERING LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, NO, WE GO TO APPROVE THIS LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE THIS, THEN IT'S GONNA BE LONGER BECAUSE THIS, THIS, EVERYTHING KIND OF CAN STACKING UP BECAUSE THAT WHOLE AREA IS BASICALLY GONNA GET CORRECT BLOWN UP BY ALL.
WE HAVE OUR, UM, OUR PUMP STATION, OUR RONALD REAGAN PUMP STATION, UM, THAT IS PLANNED FOR THE INTERSECTION OF CRYSTAL FALLS AND RONALD REAGAN, UM, KIND OF ALL THOSE PLANS ARE MOVING FORWARD FOR, FOR WATER AND SEWER IN THAT AREA.
SO WHAT DID, WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER MCDONALD WAS TALKING ABOUT SECOND ACCESS POINT.
I THINK THAT'S A MAJOR POINT HERE TOO.
SO THERE'S NOT A CHANCE THAT A BUILDER'S GONNA GO PUT SPRINKLER SYSTEMS AND BUILD THEM THROUGH ALL THE HOMES.
LIKE I, I JUST HAVEN'T SEEN IT DONE EXCEPT FOR MULTI-LEVEL, YOU KNOW, APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND COMMERCIAL PIECES AND STUFF LIKE THAT TOO.
SO A SEC, SECOND ACCESS POINT, IF THAT'S A REQUIREMENT FROM IT, IT SAYS, UH, IF I READ RIGHT IN HERE, IT SAID FOR THIS PHASE 57 LOTS APPROXIMATELY RIGHT? IS ABOUT WHAT WOULD FIT IN THERE.
SO THAT'S GONNA, I MEAN THAT THEY'RE GONNA NEED THE SECOND ACCESS POINT, LIKE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THAT.
UM, 'CAUSE THERE'S NOT A CHANCE THAT A, A DEVELOPER THAT'S, THAT'S A PRETTY EXPENSIVE DEAL HERE AND I'VE NEVER SEEN IT DONE.
AND, AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST THE ZONING PORTION,
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SIR, IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE.YEAH, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST THE ZONING PORTION.
WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THE, TO THE ROADWAY OR THE, UH, TIA STUDIES OR THE PLATING.
ACTUALLY ON THE SECOND HALF, THE PLANNING ON THE FIRST HALF HAS BEEN COMPLETED, BUT NOT ON THE SECOND.
I THINK WHEN WE SAY IT'S JUST A ZONING, WHAT WE MEAN, AND MAYBE WE SHOULD BE MORE CLEAR, IS THE ZONING IS WHAT GIVES THE GREEN LIGHT TO GO FORWARD AND DO THE TRAFFIC STUDIES AND FIGURE OUT THE ACCESS POINTS.
AND THAT CAN'T HAPPEN BEFORE WE HAVE A ZONING ON IT.
UM, SO THIS IS KIND OF JUST THE FIRST STEP.
AND IT IS, AND IT'S ALSO, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO RE, I THINK I BROUGHT THIS UP LAST TIME TOO ON THE FIRST PIECE, WHICH, WHICH WAS THERE WAS, THEY WERE ASKING FOR TOWN HOMES AND THEY WERE ASKING FOR A MUCH MORE DENSE PROJECT.
AND THIS COUNCIL OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS HAS HAD TO MAKE INTENTIONAL EFFORTS TO SLOW DOWN DEVELOPMENT IN GENERAL BECAUSE OF OUR ROADS AND OUR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO ONE OF THE EXCEPTIONS, THEY'RE HAVING TO BUILD LOTS THERE AT LEAST 70 FEET WIDE INSTEAD OF TOWN HOMES BECAUSE OF A RE RESOLUTION WE PUT IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE WE WERE CONTROLLING GROWTH.
SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, UH, ON, ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY, WHAT THEY'RE ASKING TO DO IS LIKE THE, THE MINIMUM AS FAR AS LIKE THE DENSITY THAT WOULD BE AS FAR AS THIS AREA.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING AS, AS A COUNCIL, IS THE ZONING FOR THE MINIMUM RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PROPERTY, RATHER THAN WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN ASKED FOR IF MAYBE WE DIDN'T HAVE A WATER RESOLUTION OR IF CRYSTAL FALLS WAS ALREADY IN TO TELL THE TRUTH.
I DON'T REALLY KNOW IF THAT WOULD CAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD CHANGE IT AT ALL, BUT, UM, I THINK THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT TO BRING UP AGAIN TOO.
YEAH, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
IT GOES BACK TO WHAT WE SAID ABOUT THE LAST ONE, THAT TEXAS IS A PRO DEVELOPMENT STATE.
WHAT IS THE BEST USE THAT WE CAN ALLOW BUILT THERE? AND, UM, AS I RECALL, AS WELL AS, AS THEM BEING AMENABLE TO NOT BE TOWNHOUSES.
I BELIEVE THIS WAS ALSO ONE OF THE FIRST DEVELOPMENTS THAT WAS AGREEABLE TO PHASING.
IT WAS LIKE A IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE RESOLUTION OR RED ROUND.
UM, SO I, I FEEL LIKE WE KNEW THAT THIS WAS COMING.
ANYTHING ELSE, COUNSEL? ALL RIGHT.
I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[31. Discuss and consider action on the approval of the Springs at M Ranch Phasing Plan associated with Subdivision Case CP-22-0019 on thirteen (13) parcels of land approximately 153 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R031286, R031279, R031280, R555247, R031298, R555246, R031297, R462377, R031347, R555235, R031351, R031398, and R473651; generally located at the southwest intersection of Hero Way West and Ronald W. Reagan Boulevard, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.]
MOVING INTO ITEM NUMBER 31 ON OUR REGULAR AGENDA.DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON THE APPROVAL OF THE SPRINGS AT M RANCH PHASING PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH SUBDIVISION CASE CP DASH 22 DASH 0 0 1 9 ON 13 PARCELS OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 153 ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
SO, UM, THIS IS, UH, A REQUEST FOR A PHASING PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH THE SPRINGS AT M RANCH PROJECT.
UM, ON THE, THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THIS LIGHT ORANGE COLOR.
THIS IS WHERE THE TOWNHOUSE SONY IS LOCATED, AND THEN THIS IS THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL AREA.
UM, AS A PART OF OUR UTILITY PHASING, WE DO REQUIRE THAT APPLICANTS PROPOSE, UM, A PHASING PLAN WHEN THEY HAVE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
IN THIS CASE, THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE TOWN HOMES TO BE ONE PHASE.
UM, AND STAFF SUPPORTS THEIR REQUEST TO ONLY HAVE ONE PHASE BECAUSE IT'S A MORE EFFICIENT DEVELOPMENT DESIGN WHEN YOU DEVELOP TOWNHOUSES.
UM, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
AND THE APPLICANT'S ALSO HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
AND THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING.
AND SO COUNSEL, IT'S ALL YOURS.
SO IF WE DIDN'T PHASE IT, COULD THEY STILL BUILD 'EM AT THE SAME TIME IN TWO PHASE? HOW WOULD THAT WORK? SAY THAT AGAIN.
SO IF YOU SPLIT IT INTO TWO PHASES, RIGHT? MM-HMM
COULD THEY STILL, COULD THEY DO 'EM AT THE SAME TIME OR THEY HAVE TO BE PHASED? SO THIS, THIS ITEM IS, UM, THEM PROPOSING NOT TO DO PHASING.
SO THEY COULD DO PHASING IF THEY WANTED TO.
YOU COULD ASK 'EM TO DO PHASING IF YOU WANTED THEM TO.
WHAT HE'S SAYING IS THEY, THEY CAN'T, WELL, THEY CAN'T DO, THEY CAN'T PHASE IT.
THEY CAN'T, SO THEY CAN'T GO AND DO TWO PHASES AND TRY TO BUILD 'EM AT THE SAME TIME.
THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY PHASE 'EM.
CURRENTLY, RIGHT? NOW, IF THEY WERE TO BUILD THIS, IF YOU APPROVE THIS REQUEST, THEY DON'T HAVE TO PHASE 'EM.
BUT IF WE DIDN'T, SO YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION TO PHASE OR NOT PHASE.
SO PART OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES THAT EITHER, UM, THEY DO PHASING OR THEY DON'T.
THIS IS THAT STEP WHERE I'LL DECIDE.
IF YOU WANNA 'EM TO DO PHASING, WE TELL 'EM TO DO PHASING.
BUT THEY CAN'T DO SIMULTANEOUS PHASING EVEN THOUGH IT'S PHASE THIS ANYWAYS.
HE'S SAYING AS IS, IF THIS DIDN'T COME UP, WE THEY WOULD HAVE TO PHASE THIS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T MOVE FORWARD TO FAIL.
BECAUSE THIS IS THEIR PHASING PLAN.
SO NOT ING IS A DENIAL OF THE PROJECT.
I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD BE, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DO THAT.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO? YEAH, I'LL TALK TO YOU AFTERWARDS.
ANYTHING ELSE, COUNSEL? SO TO, TO MAYBE BEAT THE DEAD HORSE
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THAT'S WHAT I MEANT.SO, UM, IF YOU SUPPORT THIS REQUEST, THERE'S NOT, BUT IF YOU WANNA SEE PHASING, THEN THERE WOULD BE A TIMING BETWEEN THE PHASES THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED.
THERE'S ANY, NOBODY ELSE HAS ANYTHING.
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? NO, IT JUST CAME, IT JUST CAME UP ON OUR CALL THAT THERE WAS LIKE, THERE, THERE WAS, THERE WAS OVERALL A CONCERN, YOU KNOW, THAT IF YOU, IF WE DON'T, IF YOU MAKE AN EXCEPTION THAT IS THAT A NORMAL THING THAT WE'RE DOING OR NOT? AND SO I JUST KNOW THAT THIS IS PART OF AN OVERALL GENERAL AREA THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US TOO.
SO I WOULD JUST WANT TO LIKE SAY PUBLICLY THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE AN EXCEPTION IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE IT'S BEST THING FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY THAT EVERYBODY INVOLVED WITH, EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S GOING ON HERE, UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS IS US TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD IN A, IN A GREAT WAY, IN SOME TYPE OF PARTNERSHIP TO GET SOMETHING ACCOMPLISHED IN THIS GENERAL REGION.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY THAT FROM YOU.
WELL, AND I THINK WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE A COUPLE OF TIMES NOW.
UM, I THINK WE DID IT OVER OFF HERNANDO SIDE, NOT ON THIS MANY UNITS.
BUT FOR THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT, THIS IS A COUPLE HUNDRED, UH, YOU KNOW, MULTI-FAMILY OR TOWN HOME UNITS, NOT, UM, NOT 38 OR 42 RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
CYPRESS MEADOW, THOUGH, THAT ONE DID HAVE MORE.
THERE'S, WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE TOO.
WE JUST WANT, I JUST WANTED TO, AGAIN, THAT, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY ON PURPOSE MM-HMM
AND I JUST WANNA SAY LIKE, WE'RE LIKE, WE ARE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS HERE AND WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND I THINK TOO THAT, THAT THIS, THE CONCERN IS THAT THIS SETS A PRECEDENT AND I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD, THIS IS AN EXCEPTION.
IT'S, IT DOES NOT MEAN LIKE A CASE LAW.
WELL, WE DID IT HERE, SO WE SHOULD DO IT EVERYWHERE.
THAT'S, I DON'T, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS NOT PERCEIVED IN THIS CASE.
UM, I, I BELIEVE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS, IS MAKE THIS THE LEAST, UM, INTERRUPTIVE AND DUE TO EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON AROUND IT, I THINK EVERYBODY WILL BE HAPPIER.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE EXCEPTIONS WHERE IT, WHERE IT MAKES SENSE.
IT'S ALSO THE, UM, DEVELOPMENT, UH, PATTERN.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT ATTACHED YEAH.
UM, SO IT GETS A LITTLE CLUNKY WHEN YOU TRY TO, TO PHASE.
YOU, I HAD ISSUES WITH THIS, LIKE, CONVINCE ME AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE, THE DISCUSSION PROCESS, IT, IT DOES MAKE SENSE.
SO I, I APPRECIATE THE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE, IT'S KINDA LIKE FOR EVERY, FOR EVERY SI SITUATION WE'VE EVER HEARD WHAT WE'RE LIKE, MAYBE WE ARE, UH, COUNCIL OR STAFF OR IN GENERAL BECAUSE OF OUR GROWTH, THAT IT'S BEEN TOUGH TO DO DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS OUR SHOWING LIKE, LOOK, WE'RE TRYING TO BE REASONABLE HERE.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE SAYING YES ON THIS ONE TOO.
SO YOU WANNA GO AHEAD, I'LL JUST MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
SECOND, WE ARE REASONABLE COUNSEL.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES, THAT'S WHAT I'M, YEAH.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[32. Discuss and consider action on Tree Removal Case TRP-24-0035 regarding removal of one (1) Heritage Tree and twelve (12) Significant Trees associated with the Chitalpa Commercial Site Development Project (SD-24-0203) generally located southwest of the intersection of S. Chitalpa Street and Barrel Cactus Drive, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.]
NUMBER 32, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON THE APPROVAL OF THE SPRING.NO, WE JUST, NO, WE DID NOT DO THAT.
THAT IS, THAT IS NOT WHAT I HAVE.
PLEASE HOLD, DISCUSS, AND CONSIDER ACTION ON TREE REMOVAL CASE TRP DASH 24 DASH 0 0 3 5 REGARDING REMOVAL OF ONE HERITAGE TREE AND 12 SIGNIFICANT TREES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PULPA COMMERCIAL SITE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH ALPA STREET AND BARREL CACTUS DRIVE, LEANDER WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS.
SO, UM, THIS IS, UH, A TRUE REMOVAL REQUEST.
UM, THIS PROJECT INCLUDED, UM, TWO HERITAGE TREES THAT NEED TO BE REMOVED.
ONE OF THEM IS, UM, CONSIDERED DEAD, SO, UM, THEY DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE CONSENT FROM THE CITY, BUT FOR TRANSPARENCY IT'S BEING REMOVED.
UM, THE COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING THE REMOVAL OF ONE HERITAGE TREE.
UM, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID, UM, HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE ACTION ON THE SIGNIFICANT TREES.
UM, THE APPLICANT DID WORK WITH, UM, THE CITY ON THEIR, UM, PERMIT AND PROPOSAL, AND WE SUPPORT THEIR REQUEST AND THE COMMISSION DID TAKE ACTION ON THE 26TH AND UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
I'M GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT'S ALSO PRESENT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
UH, COUNSEL, IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE AGENDA OUT OF ORDER AND CONSIDER ITEMS 33, 34 AND 35 FOLLOWING ITEM 30, 36 OR 39 DARA.
SO YOU'RE GONNA SKIP ITEM ITEM 39.
OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO HOLD 33, 34
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AND 35.AND THEN AFTER 39, GO BACK TO THOSE.
ARE WE ALL AMENABLE TO THAT SIX? YES.
[36. Discuss and consider action on a Second Amendment of the Northline PUD Development and Reimbursement Agreement.]
36, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A SECOND AMENDMENT OF THE NORTHLINE PUD DEVELOPMENT AND REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT.CITY ATTORNEY SIGNS, THIS IS YOURS.
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UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE'RE ON THE NORTHLINE AGENDA ITEM.
UH, THIS ITEM IS THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE TS REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY, THE TS BOARD, THELANDER DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, NORTHLINE, AND THE CITY HAS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPER TO PROVIDE FOR REIMBURSEMENTS FOR FROM THE TS FUNDS FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.
THERE'S BEEN A, THERE'S AN AMENDMENT AGREEMENT THAT WAS ENTERED IN 2018.
THERE'S BEEN A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THAT AGREEMENT.
THIS IS A SECOND AMENDMENT THAT IS PROPOSED FOR ACTION.
THE, UH, EXECUTIVE SUMMARY DESCRIBES IN DETAIL THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT, THE FIRST AMENDMENT, UM, AND I'LL GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT WHAT THE SECOND AMENDMENT PROPOSES TO DO.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, THE TS BOARD AND THE LEANDER DE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY HAVE CONSIDERED THIS AGREEMENT AND HAVE APPROVED IT.
THIS AGREEMENT, UH, PROPOSES TO REDUCE THE MAXIMUM REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNT THAT WOULD BE, UH, PAID TO THE DEVELOPER UNDER THE TURS, UH, REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT BY ABOUT $500,000, UH, TO, TO REDUCE THAT AMOUNT TO 26 MILLION.
UM, AND, AND CHANGE, LEMME PULL THAT DOCUMENT UP, HERE WE GO.
TO REDUCE THAT AMOUNT TO 26 MILLION 6 61 4 28 AND 18 CENTS, 4 24 AND 18 CENTS.
UM, AND THAT'S CUMULATIVE OF ANY PAYMENTS MADE FOR RE UM, REIMBURSEMENT FOR IMPACT AND PERMIT FEES.
THE AGREEMENT IN ADDITION, EXTENDS SOME DEADLINES FOR PERFORMANCE OF THE PHASES OF THE AGREEMENT.
UH, THE FIRST PHASE OF CERTIFICATES OF, OF, UH, OCCUPANCY ARE PROPOSED TO BE EXTENDED FOR AN 18 UP TO 18 MONTH PERIOD, UP TO AUGUST 27TH, 2026 FROM FEBRUARY 27TH, 2025.
UH, THE, THE LATER PHASES OF BUILDING PERMITS ARE PROPOSED TO BE EXTENDED FOR IN A PERIOD OF, UH, FOUR AND A HALF YEARS, OR THREE AND A HALF YEARS OF IF A HOTEL PROJECT.
DAVID'S BREAK GROUND, UH, THAT SAME EXTENSION IS GRANTED FOR THE CERTIFICATES OF, OF OCCUPANCY.
THE DEVELOPER ALSO PROPOSES, THOUGH, IN THAT SECOND PHASE TO INCREASE THE DELIVERABLES FOR THE COMMERCIAL SQUARE FOOTAGE TO INCREASE THAT FROM 200,000 SQUARE FEET TO 300,000 SQUARE FEET.
AND IN THEN THE FINAL STAGES OF THE PROJECT THOUGH, THERE'S AN EXTENSION OF PROPOSED EXTENSION, UM, FOR OF THE DEADLINES TO COMPLETE TO, FOR, TO, UM, OBTAIN SITE APPLICATIONS, SUBMIT SITE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS, AND OBTAIN COS FOR, UM, FOR ABOUT TWO, TWO AND A HALF YEARS IS WHAT THE EXTENSION IS PROPOSED.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, COUNSEL.
WHAT WAS IT? YOU NEED A MOTION OR? OH, SURE.
NO, I SAID I'M, I'M THOUGHT YOU WERE, I WAS CLEAR ON IT FROM BEFORE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[37. Discuss and consider action on the annual appointment of the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) No. 1 Board Chair for a term from January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025.]
ITEM 37, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON THE ANNUAL APPOINTMENT OF THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE TURS NUMBER ONE BOARD CHAIR FOR A TERM FROM JANUARY 1ST, 2025 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.IT IS TYPICALLY THE MAYOR, WHICH I GUESS THAT'S ME.
SO I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT MYSELF.
I'LL SECOND THANK YOU MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THANK YOU.
[38. Discuss and consider acceptance of the Library Strategic Plan for 2025-2030 with recommendations, developed with assistance from the non-profit group, Partners Library Action Network (PLAN).]
ITEM 38, DISCUSS AND CONSIDERATE ACCEPTANCE OF THE LIBRARY'S STRATEGIC PLAN FOR 2025 TO 2030 WITH RECOMMENDATIONS DEVELOPED WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE NONPROFIT GROUP PARTNERS LIBRARY ACTION NETWORK, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS PLAN LIBRARY DIRECTOR PARRISH AND DANA WILLIAMS WITH PLAN.WELCOME AND INTRODUCE THIS TO US.
UM, SO THE LIBRARY WAS VERY MUCH DUE FOR A NEW MASTER PLAN, SO I ENLISTED
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THE HELP OF PARTNERS LIBRARY ACTION NETWORK, WHICH IS A NONPROFIT THAT HELPS LIBRARIES WITH THINGS LIKE THIS.SO, UM, DANA WILLIAMS CAPONE, WHO IS WITH ME TONIGHT, UM, CRAFTED A WONDERFUL PLAN THAT WE HOPE YOU WILL APPROVE.
UM, I'M GOING TO LET HER TAKE THE LEAD BECAUSE, UM, SHE DID A LOT OF THIS WORK TO, UM, CRAFT THIS PLAN.
WELL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF LEANDER PUBLIC LIBRARY STRATEGIC PLAN 2025.
SO MY NAME IS DANA WILLIAMS AND I AM THE ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PLAN, AND IT IS A MEMBERSHIP SUPPORT ORGANIZATION.
WE WORK WITH LIBRARIES ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.
ONE OF MY MAJOR ROLES AT PLAN IS AS A CONSULTANT TO LIBRARIES ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS.
AND I BRING ABOUT 30 YEARS OF PUBLIC LIBRARY EXPERIENCE AND LEADERSHIP TO MY PROJECTS.
SO THIS EVENING I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE LIBRARY STRATEGIC PLAN.
I'LL REVIEW THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED FROM STAFF INTERVIEWS, COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS, AND A COMMUNITY-WIDE SURVEY THAT WAS CONDUCTED.
I WILL THEN MOVE INTO PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF MY FINDINGS AND LASTLY, GIVE YOU A LIST OF MY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LEANDER PUBLIC LIBRARY.
AND THOSE ARE TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
I'M ALSO HERE TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS, AS IS OF COURSE, PEGGY, TO HELP ME OUT IF THERE'S THINGS THAT I AM NOT AS AWARE OF AS SHE IS WITH, UM, BEING ON THE GROUND AND IN THE LIBRARY ON A DAILY BASIS.
SO BEFORE I DIVE INTO STATISTICS AND COMPARISONS, I WANTED TO STATE THAT YOUR COMMUNITY HAS VERY DEEP APPRECIATION OF YOUR LIBRARY AND WANTS MORE.
YOUR LIBRARY DIRECTOR HAS A HIGH LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM WITH A DEDICATION TO IMPROVING LIBRARY SERVICES.
AND I VISITED THE LIBRARY MULTIPLE TIMES DURING MY PROJECT.
UH, I IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THAT YOU HAVE A VERY ATTRACTIVE BUILDING.
YOUR EXTERIOR EMPHASIZES PUBLIC ART AND OUTDOOR SPACES, AND IT IS A BUSY AND DIVERSE PLACE WITH LOTS OF FAMILIES, CHILDREN, AND RETIREES USING IT.
I ALSO IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THAT YOUR COMMUNITY IS DEFINITELY GROWING AND CHANGING.
SO THE FOCUS OF MY CONSULTING WORK WHEN I DEVELOP STRATEGIC PLANS FOR LIBRARIES IS TO GATHER FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AS THE LIBRARY IS A COMMUNITY RESOURCE WHICH IS EVER CHANGING AND IT NEEDS TO ADAPT TO MEET COMMUNITY NEEDS.
I GATHER THIS FEEDBACK THROUGH IN-DEPTH, UM, INTERVIEWS WITH LIBRARY STAFF.
I MEET WITH CITY STAFF AND OTHER LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY, FOLLOWED BY OPEN INVITATION CONVERSATIONS WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND LASTLY, THROUGH COMMUNITY WIDE SURVEYS.
DURING THIS PHASE OF MY WORK, I ALSO ASK QUESTIONS NOT ONLY ABOUT THE LIBRARY, BUT ALSO ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.
AND THIS HELPS ME DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS OF HOW THE LIBRARY CAN BEST SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
AS SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE, WE HAD 12 LIBRARY STAFF INTERVIEWS.
WE HAD 12 ATTENDEES AT LEADERSHIP MEETINGS.
WE HAD 12 COMMUNITY CONVERSATION PARTICIPANTS AND 242 COMMUNITY WIDE SURVEYS THAT WERE SUBMITTED.
ALL OF THIS TOOK PLACE IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
SO LOOKING AT THOSE COMMUNITY WIDE SURVEYS, 83% OF THE PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED HAD A LEANDER LIBRARY CARD.
66% STATED THAT THEY BORROWED MATERIALS FROM LEANDER PUBLIC LIBRARY.
43% ATTENDED PROGRAMS AT THE LIBRARY.
48% SAID THEY USED THE CEDAR PARK LIBRARY BECAUSE THEY HAVE LARGER KIDS' SPACES, MORE BOOKS, AND AN AMENITIES LIKE THE CAFE AND MEETING ROOMS. AND OF COURSE, CEDAR PARK JUST OPENED THEIR BRAND NEW BUILDING ON NOVEMBER 1ST.
SO OVERALL, THE SURVEY CONVER, UH, THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS, THE SURVEY AND THE STAFF INTERVIEWS SUPPORTED AND REPEATED THE DESIRE FOR A LARGER LIBRARY BUILDING, MORE ROOM FOR BOOKS, MORE INVITING AND SPACIOUS CHILDREN'S SPACE SPACES, AND THEY WANTED DEDICATED MEETING AND STUDY SPACES.
SO IN ADDITION TO GATHERING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, WE CHOSE SEVEN PEER LIBRARIES TO COMPARE TO LEANDER PUBLIC LIBRARY.
AND THE LIBRARY'S CHOSEN WERE PFLUGERVILLE, NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, WHICH IS ABOUT 20 MINUTES NORTHEAST OF FORT WORTH, KYLE PUBLIC LIBRARY, CEDAR PARK, GEORGETOWN FLOWER MOUND, WHICH IS ABOUT 40 MINUTES NORTHWEST OF DALLAS AND ROUND ROCK.
NOW THESE LIBRARIES WERE CHOSEN BECAUSE THEY ARE IN OR VERY NEAR LARGE METROPOLITAN AREAS WITH EXPANSIVE GROWTH.
WE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY HAD SIMILAR LEGAL SERVICE AREAS.
THIS IS A TERM LEGAL SERVICE AREAS THAT IS USED BY THE TEXAS STATE
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LIBRARY TO DETERMINE THE POPULATION SERVED.IT MAY BE THAT THE ACTUAL POPULATION OF THE COMMUNITY IS REPORTED IN THEIR ANNUAL REPORT TO THE STATE LIBRARY.
OR IF A LIBRARY SERVES A COUNTY OR SCHOOL DISTRICT, IT MAY VARY FROM THE POPULATION, BUT IN LEANER IT IS THE POPULATION OF LEANER.
YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE THAT I USE PER CAPITA NUMBERS.
I I USE THAT TERM QUITE OFTEN THROUGHOUT THE REPORT, PER CAPITA IS AN AVERAGE DETERMINED BY DIVIDING STATISTICS COLLECTED BY THE LIBRARY, BY THE LEGAL SERVICE AREA OR POPULATION.
SO AS AN EXAMPLE ON THIS SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE THE ANNUAL LIBRARY VISITS PER CAPITA.
THAT IS IN THE, THE FAR RIGHT COLUMN.
AND, UH, IN 2023, LEANDER PUBLIC LIBRARY HAD 122,460 PEOPLE WALK THROUGH THE DOORS OF THE LIBRARY WHEN DIVIDED BY 74,375, THAT POPULATION THAT YEAR, THIS EQUALS A PER CAPITA USE OF 1.65.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING WHEN I'M, I'M, UM, SAYING PER CAPITA ON SOME OF THESE STATISTICS I'M SHARING WITH YOU.
SO IDEALLY WHAT WE WANT TO SEE WITH LEANDER IS THAT PER CAPITA NUMBER INCREASES, SIGNIFYING THAT MORE PEOPLE ARE USING THE LIBRARY AND BENEFITING FROM ITS SERVICES.
NOW, NEXT I WANTED TO JUST SHOW YOU HOW LEANDER COMPARES IN BUDGET FACILITIES, SERVICES AND STAFFING TO THE PEER LIBRARIES THAT WE'VE PULLED.
SO ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SERVICES SERVICE REQUESTS REPEATED ON THE COMMUNITY SURVEY WAS THE NEED FOR MORE BOOKS AND MORE COPIES OF POPULAR TITLES.
LEANDER NUMBER OF MATERIALS, I'M SORRY.
HERE LEMME GO TO THE NEXT, OOPS, LEMME GO BACK.
SO LEANDRO'S NUMBER OF MATERIALS, WHICH INCLUDES BOTH PHYSICAL ITEMS AND DIGITAL MATERIALS WHEN DIVIDED BY THE POPULATION IS IN LAST PLACE AMONG THEIR PEER LIBRARIES.
AND GOING HAND IN HAND WITH THAT IS THAT SINCE THERE'S ONLY $2 AND 5 CENTS PER CAPITA IS SPENT ON LIBRARY MATERIALS AND RESIDENTS ARE NOT FINDING THE MATERIALS THEY WANT OR HAVE WAIT LONG WAIT TIMES IS WHAT THEY'RE SAYING THAT WE'RE WAITING SO LONG FOR THE BRAND NEW MATERIAL.
THE BRAND NEW BOOK, UM, THAT THE TOTAL CIRCULATION OR USE OF MATERIALS PER CAPITA IS 4.45 CHECKOUTS AND IT'S SECOND TO LAST AMONG THEIR PEER LIBRARIES IN SALARIES AND WAGES.
THE LIBRARY BUDGET IS APPROXIMATELY $535,000 ANNUALLY, AND THIS EQUALS ABOUT $7 AND 19 CENTS SPENT PER CAPITA ON STAFFING THE LIBRARY.
SO WHEN COMPARED TO PURE LIBRARIES, LEANER FALLS INTO LAST PLACE BELOW THE STATE AVERAGE OF $12 AND 8 CENTS.
I'M SORRY, THESE WERE OUT OF ORDER, BUT THE MATERIAL EXPENDITURE PER CAPITA IS THIS ONE.
AND THEN IN TWENTY TWENTY THREE, A HUNDRED FIFTY $2,000 WAS SPENT ON LIBRARY MATERIALS.
SO THIS AVERAGE IS OUT TO $2 AND 5 CENTS PER CAPITA ON LIBRARY MATERIALS AND LEANERS IN SECOND TO LAST PLACE ON DOLLARS ALLOCATED AND PURCHASING NEW MATERIALS FOR THE LIBRARY.
SO WHEN YOU'RE COMPARING THE DOLLARS SPENT ON TOTAL OPERATING COSTS, THE SALARY AND WAGES AND THE LIBRARY MATERIALS LANDERS IS FALLING IN LAST OR SECOND TO LAST PLACE WITH PEER LIBRARIES IN ALL THREE OF THOSE CATEGORIES.
SO AS I STATED EARLIER, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD REPEATED IN ALL OF OUR, UM, CONTACTS WITH THE COMMUNITY WAS A DESIRE FOR A LARGER LIBRARY BUILDING WITH A LARGER CHILDREN'S SPACE, DEDICATED MEETING ROOMS AND MORE PRIVATE STUDY ROOMS. THE CURRENT LIBRARY WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 2006 AND IT IT IS AT 18,000 SQUARE FEET.
SO AT THE CURRENT POPULATION, LEAN IS IN LAST PLACE WITH 0.24 SQUARE FEET PER CAPITA AS COMPARED TO THE PEER LIBRARIES.
SO ONE OF THE OTHER BIG SERVICE REQUESTS WAS THE NEED FOR MORE BOOKS AND MORE COPIES OF POPULAR TITLES.
LEANDER NUMBER OF MATERIALS, WHICH INCLUDES BOTH PHYSICAL ITEMS AND DIGITAL MATERIALS WHEN DIVIDED BY THE POPULATION TO CREATE AN ITEMS PER CAPITA AMOUNT IS IN LAST PLACE AMONG PURE LIBRARIES AT 1.37 ITEMS AVAILABLE PER CAPITA.
AND THEN GOING HAND IN HAND WITH THAT IS THAT SINCE $2 AND 5 CENTS PER CAPITA IS SPENT ON LIBRARY MATERIALS AND RESIDENTS ARE NOT FINDING THE ITEMS THAT EITHER THEY WANT OR THEY'RE WAITING SO LONG TO RECEIVE THOSE ITEMS, THIS CREATES THAT
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DOMINO EFFECT.NEW MATERIALS ARE NOT AVAILABLE, RESIDENTS ARE NOT FINDING THE ITEMS THEY WANT AT THE LIBRARY.
AND THEN YOUR TOTAL CIRCULATION OR USE OF MATERIALS DECREASES.
SO PER CAPITA LIBRARY, UH, LEANDER PUBLIC LIBRARY IS AT 4.45 AND SECOND TO LAST AMONG PEER LIBRARIES AS FAR AS THEIR CIRCULATION IS WHAT WE CALL IT IN LIBRARY SPEAK OR THE NUMBER OF TIMES I ITEMS ARE CHECKED OUT FROM THE LIBRARY.
MOVING ON TO STAFF, CURRENTLY LEANER IS SECOND TO LAST IN THE NUMBER OF FULL-TIME LIBRARY STAFF AS COMPARED TO PEER LIBRARIES.
NOW THIS ONE IS NOT A PER CAPITA COMPARISON, BUT RATHER THE FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT OF STAFF THAT CURRENTLY HELP RUN YOUR LIBRARY.
SO IN ORDER TO PROVIDE MORE SERVICES, LARGER LIBRARY SPACES, THERE'S GOING TO BE THAT NEED THEN TO INCREASE YOUR STAFFING AND A RECOGNITION AND PROMOTION OF THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR AS A CITY DEPARTMENT HEAD, WHICH IS LEADING AND IMPORTANT AND VERY NECESSARY DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY.
AND IT'S A SERVICE THAT IS VERY SUPPORTED AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATED BY YOUR COMMUNITY.
AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS, PLEASE ASK
SINCE YOU INVITED, UM, MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER MCDONALD, UH, HAD TO LEAVE FOR, UM, ANOTHER APPOINTMENT, BUT UH, HE HAD CONCERNS THAT HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS SURE ABOUT, UM, THE LIBRARY BECOMING ITS OWN DEPARTMENT.
UM, CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT? IS THAT STANDARD IN OTHER CITIES FOR THE LIBRARY TO BE THE DIRECTOR AND ON PAR WITH PARKS OR YES, IT IS.
AND AT A CERTAIN LEVEL DEFINITELY IT IS.
AND YOU FIND IT AT ALL POPULATION LEVELS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS.
IT DOES VARY SOME IN SMALLER COMMUNITIES, BUT AS YOUR COMMUNITIES GET LARGER, USUALLY THAT DEPARTMENT HEAD IS, IS A DEPARTMENT HEAD, THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR IS A DEPARTMENT HEAD.
UM, AND ALL OF THE PEER CITIES THAT YOU REFERENCED, ARE THEY ALL SET UP THE SAME WAY? YES.
AND I HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE TO SAY ABOUT THAT, UM, HERE LATER ON.
BASICALLY, UH, WHEN THE LIBRARY'S ESTABLISHED AS ITS OWN CITY DEPARTMENT, THAT LIBRARY DIRECTOR HAS THE SAME RESPONSIBILITIES AND RANK AS THE OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS, AND THEY USUALLY REPORT EITHER TO A CITY MANAGER OR AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, DEPENDING ON HOW THE CITY IS, IS, IS SET UP.
SO WITH IT BEING UNDER THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT, YOU'VE GOT SOME DIFFERENT GOALS AND PLANS THAT ARE KIND OF COMPETING THERE, WHERE THE LIBRARY HAS CERTAIN STRATEGIC GOALS AND PLANS THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN A RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
UM, SO THEY SHOULD WORK CLOSE IN PARTNERSHIP.
I I TRULY BELIEVE THAT PARKS AND LIBRARIES SHOULD WORK VERY CLOSE WITH EACH OTHER, BUT, UM, THERE CAN BE SOME COMPETITION THAT OCCURS BETWEEN BUDGETING MONIES THAT ARE, ARE PLACED TOWARDS THOSE TWO DEPARTMENTS.
AND THEY, I REALLY FEEL THAT THEY SHOULD BE ON EQUAL FOOTING AS FAR AS THEIR RANK IN ORDER TO SUCCESSFULLY ACHIEVE THEIR MISSION AND THEIR GOALS.
I DID WANNA SHARE ONE OF THE COMMENTS.
THERE'S MANY COMMENTS IN THE DOCUMENT THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE EITHER ON THE LIBRARY'S WEBSITE OR FROM THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR, AND I THINK THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF THAT AS WELL TO REVIEW.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS STATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS JUST THIS LOVE OF THE LIBRARY.
AS THE COMMUNITY EXPANDS, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COMMUNITY HAS GROWN VERY QUICKLY, BUT THAT THEY ALSO BRING THESE NEWCOMERS IN, THEY HELP WELCOME THEM INTO THE COMMUNITY.
SO THE LIBRARY NEEDS TO GROW TO KEEP PACE WITH THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES, IS WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, BUT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IT HAS HAPPENED QUICKLY.
SO THE COMMUNITY DOES UNDERSTAND THIS GROWTH.
SO GOING INTO MY FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS, I DID STATE ABOUT THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR AND HAVE DETAILED THAT TO SOME DEGREE.
SECONDLY, REALLY NEEDING TO LOOK AT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF YOUR, YOUR BUILDING.
MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO INCREASE THAT TO BETWEEN 0.6 AND 0.8 SQUARE FEET PER CAPITA USING POPULATION ESTIMATES FOR FIVE TO 10 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE.
THE RECOMMENDED SQUARE FOOTAGE COMES FROM BOTH THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION AND THE TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION STANDARDS AND IS DETAILED IN THE FINAL REPORT ALSO TO HIRE AN ARCHITECT TO DETERMINE SIZE, LOCATION, AND COST COMPARISONS TO MEET THE SQUARE FOOTAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR A POPULATION OF APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED THOUSAND, WHICH WAS GIVEN TO ME FOR, UH, FROM THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OFFICE.
THIS WOULD BE POPULATION FOR 2028.
THIS AS, UM, A CITYWIDE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS COMPLETED BY, IN 2021 BY BROWN REYNOLDS WATFORD ARCHITECT.
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REPORT, THEY DID HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THE LIBRARY AT THAT TIME.I THINK THAT REPORT NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED.
AGAIN, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION YOUR CURRENT POPULATION PROJECTIONS AND ALSO LOOKING AT THE DISTANCE THAT YOUR RESIDENTS HAVE TO TRAVEL TO VISIT THE LIBRARY.
UM, I DID HEAR SOME COMMENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS ABOUT PEOPLE WHO LIVED NEAR THE RONALD REAGAN AREA SAYING THAT IT WAS QUITE A FAR DISTANCE FOR THEM TO GET TO THE LIBRARY.
SO LOOKING AT THOSE DISTANCES, PEOPLE ARE DRIVING OR HAVING TO TRAVEL.
UM, ALSO A RECOMMENDATION TO INCREASE STAFFING LEVELS TO BETWEEN 20 AND 27 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STAFF FROM THE CURRENT 11.13 FTE.
THAT WOULD BE A MULTI-YEAR PLAN.
AND SO THAT YOU HAD SOMETHING IN PLACE ONCE YOU EITHER HAVE DECIDED TO EXPAND A BUILDING OR ADD AN ADDITIONAL BUILDING OR ADDITIONAL SERVICE POINTS SO THAT YOU ARE MOVING INTO THAT, UH, 20 TO 27 LEVEL FOR STAFFING.
INCREASE THE LIBRARY'S MATERIALS BUDGET TO $3 PER CAPITA WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF THIS PLAN.
I THINK THAT WOULD, UM, ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS WE'RE HEARING ABOUT NOT FINDING THE MATERIALS THEY WANT, NOT HAVING ENOUGH COPIES OF POPULAR TITLES THAT'LL GET YOU AT LEAST MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.
AND SO, UH, ALSO ALONG WITH THAT, DEVELOPING A PLAN TO INCREMENTALLY INCREASE THIS BUDGET LINE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND INCREASE THE NUMBER OF LIBRARY ITEMS FROM ITS CURRENT NUMBER OF ABOUT 101,000.
IT'S A TOTAL NUMBER OF ITEMS HOUSED IN THE LIBRARY.
AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THOSE THAT ARE DIGITAL AS WELL TO 200 TO 280,000.
NOW THAT IS GOING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PHYSICAL ITEMS, WHICH WILL REQUIRE MORE SHELVING, WHICH WILL REQUIRE MORE SPACE.
SO ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SQUARE FOOTAGE, BUILDING SIZE, AND ALSO MAKING DETERMINATIONS, WHICH YOUR LIBRARY DIRECTOR CAN DO AS FAR AS HOW MANY OF THOSE ITEMS NEED TO BE PHYSICAL IN NATURE AND DIGITAL ACCESS THROUGH YOUR WEBSITE.
ALRIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOUR LIBRARY.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANYTHING FURTHER.
RE SO, UM, IN LOOKING AT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, SO YOU, I THINK YOU SAID 18,000 IS THE CURRENT LIBRARY? YES.
AND IN ORDER TO KIND OF HIT THE SPACE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE PROBABLY NEED TO GO INCREASE IT BY, I THINK 27,000 SQUARE FEET.
IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT? MAYBE A LITTLE MORE.
I THINK TO GET YOU UP TO THE 80, YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY DOUBLE IT.
SO CEDAR PARK HAD JUST OPENED THEIR NEW BUILDING.
AND ROUND ROCK IS RIGHT AROUND 60 TO 65,000.
SO YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOU CAN KIND OF TELL WHAT THEY'RE FALLING IN BETWEEN, BUT IF YOU FOLLOW THE ACTUAL STANDARDS, YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT.
SO, SO BASICALLY WE'RE TALKING ANOTHER LIBRARY TWICE THE SIZE OR BIGGER IN ORDER IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE ONLY ONE LIBRARY.
IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE ONLY ONE.
SO THEN WAS THERE GIVEN ANY THOUGHT TO MAKING THE CURRENT LIBRARY A BRANCH AND BUILDING A BIG ANOTHER LIBRARY IN ANOTHER PART OF THE CITY? AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION WAS, IS ON THE 18,000 SQUARE FEET, DID THAT INCLUDE THE OFFICE SPACE AND ALL THE MEETING SPACE? OR IS THAT JUST THE BOOK COLLECTION PART? IT'S THE ENTIRETY.
AND IT INCLUDES ALSO YOUR ANNEX INCLUDES THE ANNEX.
THE ENTIRETY OF THAT BUILDING.
SO THE ACTUAL PART WITH THE BOOK COLLECTION IS PROBABLY, WHAT, SIX, SEVEN, 8,000 FEET RIGHT NOW? IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT? YEAH.
SO, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I WAS, YOU KNOW, I GO TO THE LIBRARY ALL THE TIME.
I GO SIT IN THE QUIET ROOMS OR THE QUIET BINS.
AND SO I DO, AND IT'S VERY HIGHLY USED.
THE, THE LIBRARY IS VERY HIGHLY USED.
AND SO I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO AND EVERYTHING.
AND I AGREE THAT WE NEED TO EMPHASIZE IT A LITTLE MORE AND WE PROBABLY NEED TO SPREAD IT ALL OVER THE CITY.
AND I, I LIKE WHAT WE'VE SEEN HERE IN THIS, AND I, SO I JUST, I THINK IT NEEDS SOME TWEAKING AND SOME DIFFERENT THINGS.
BUT I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
AND IF YOU LOOK BACK AT THE BROWN REYNOLDS, WATFORD, UM, COMPREHENSIVE FACILITY PLAN, THE LIBRARY RECOMMENDATIONS, THEY GAVE FOUR DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THE LAST TWO OF THOSE WERE DOING SOME THINGS TO ADD SOME SQUARE FOOTAGE AT THE CURRENT LIBRARY AND ALSO DO A SECOND BUILDING, ANOTHER LIBRARY.
BUT THERE'S, THERE'S QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE IF YOU WORKED AND TALKED WITH AN ARCHITECT ABOUT THAT FURTHER.
YOU SAID IT NEEDED SOME TWEAKING.
DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS AS FAR AS, WELL, IT NEEDS MORE MEETING ROOMS. UM, AND THAT, I THINK, I THINK OVERALL, UH, LIKE I THINK WHEN THERE'S A BAD INTERNET DAY OUT THERE, PEOPLE, EVERYBODY GOES TO THE LIBRARY.
IT'S A PLACE TO GET AIR CONDITIONING AND ALL THAT.
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COULD BE EXPANDED.I THINK THAT, LIKE, I THINK WHEN IN THE EMAIL I ASKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHICH, WHAT THINGS WILL WE EMPHASIZE? AND ONE OF THE, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES AND ALL THAT, AND USING THEM MORE FOR THE CHILDREN COLLECTION AND GETTING MORE OF THAT, MAYBE BEING OPEN MORE, UM, HAVING MORE HOURS AND, AND JUST KIND OF EXPANDING THE USAGE.
SO I THINK THE BIG THING IS, IS THAT THE, THE SPACE THERE IS SHARED BY A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
I THINK THE COMPETITION FOR, UH, THE, THE FUNDING WITH PARKS IS, IS A LEGITIMATE THING.
AND IT THEN IT KIND OF BEGS THE QUESTION, SHOULD THERE BE OTHER THINGS UNDER THE LIBRARY OR THINGS LIKE THAT, OR IN THE STRUCTURE.
BUT I, I, I DO LIKE WHAT I'VE HEARD AND, AND THINGS, I THINK IT SHOULD BE A PRIORITY AS WE GO INTO OUR, OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
ANYBODY ELSE? I JUST, I GUESS, UM, THANK YOU.
YEAH, THAT WAS, THAT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS A LOT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS.
AND SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR, FOR PUTTING ALL THOSE THINGS TOGETHER.
I JUST WANTED TO LIKE VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR, UH, ESPECIALLY AS I HAVE A NEW CITY MANAGER THAT'S BEEN WITH US FOR A WHILE NOW TOO, THAT, UM, WORKING TOGETHER WITH CITY MANAGER TO, TO, UH, IMPLEMENT WHATEVER PARTS OF THE PLAN SEEM DOABLE FOR OUR CITY AS WELL TOO.
UM, AND SO, UM, I'M ALL FOR ANY OF THESE THINGS THAT MAKE SENSE, BUT CERTAINLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M PUTTING EVERYTHING IN THE HANDS OF OUR CITY MANAGER TO KIND OF, UH, UH, DELEGATE INTO AND MAKE IMPORTANT DECISIONS FOR US.
UM, I THINK THAT THESE ARE IMPORTANT THINGS, ESPECIALLY FOR, FOR OUR YOUTH.
AND, UM, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING AND IMPLEMENTING ANY, ANY CHANGES THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE.
UM, THEY MAKE SENSE AND, UH, THINGS THAT ARE ATTAINABLE FOR US AS WELL.
I'M JUST GLAD TO SEE THE COMPARISON BETWEEN ALL THE CITIES THAT ARE AROUND US AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS EASY TO SAY, YEAH, WE WANT THIS, WE WANT THAT.
BUT THE FACT THAT YOU TALK TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT THAT WE CAN ALSO COMPARE CITIES OF RELATIVELY SAME SIZE AND POPULATION, WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
UM, AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIND A WAY NOT TO BE IN LAST PLACE.
A WAY TO REALLY BE GIVING OUR RESIDENTS WHAT THEY WANT AND WHAT THEY NEED, UM, AS FAR AS LIBRARY SERVICES.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK ON THAT.
ANYBODY ELSE? I LOVE ALL THIS INFORMATION.
I THINK IT WAS GREAT AND I THINK IT'S NEEDED INFORMATION.
UM, FOR ME IT WAS SORT OF VALIDATION BECAUSE I THINK THIS PLAYS A LOT INTO A LOT OF THE FACILITIES ISSUES THAT WE HAVE.
AND I, UM, AND I DO WANNA MAKE SURE AS WE MOVE FORWARD THAT WE CAN, IF WE CAN THINK CREATIVELY TO BUILD SOME OF THESE THINGS IN, UM, IN DIFFERENT WAYS RIGHT? AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
BECAUSE I THINK AS A CITY WE HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR BUILDINGS AND OUR FACILITIES VERY HOLISTICALLY BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE PIECEMEALED SOME THINGS.
AND SO, AND IT HAS PUT US IN A ROUGH SPOT AS FAR AS GROWTH WITH THIS CITY.
SO AS FAR NEW EXECUTIVE TEAM GETS A PLAN TOGETHER THAT THEY CAN PULL THIS DATA IN, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE.
ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT, THEN I'LL GO.
UM, SO FIRST I WANNA START WITH SOME OF THE SURVEY DATA.
AND THANK YOU FOR PULLING ALL OF THIS TOGETHER.
I KNOW THIS IS, UM, I INCREDIBLE EFFORT.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE SURVEY DATA POINTS REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME.
62% OF RESPONDENTS WERE VERY SATISFIED WITH CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND 26% WERE SOMEWHAT SATISFIED.
AND THAT SAYS SO MUCH ABOUT THE CALIBER OF STAFF THAT WE HAVE.
AND, UM, I THINK IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT, UM, THE JOB SATISFACTION, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE.
BACK WHEN WE WERE OUTSOURCED, THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT REAL SATISFIED.
AND IT SHOWS SOMETIMES, RIGHT? UM, SO I THINK YOU'RE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB THAT YOUR TEAM CAN GET SUCH HIGH MARKS IN CUSTOMER SERVICE.
UM, I THINK THAT THIS IS VERY DATA HEAVY, BUT IT'S SOLUTION THIN.
UM, THERE'S REALLY NOT A WHOLE LOT THAT WE DIDN'T ALREADY KNOW.
WE KNOW WE NEED A LARGER LIBRARY.
WE'VE NEEDED ONE SINCE THE DAY IT WAS BUILT.
IT WAS NEVER BIG ENOUGH FOR WHAT WE HAVE.
UM, WE KNOW THAT WE NEED MORE STAFF AND MORE PROGRAMMING, BUT WHAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A ROADMAP LIKE WE SEE IN SOME OF OUR OTHER MASTER PLANS.
SO WHAT ARE SOME CREATIVE THINGS THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE THAT WE CAN REPLICATE? WHAT WERE, WHAT ARE THE PROGRAMS THAT WE COULD OFFER THAT MATCH, UM, WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE ARE DOING AND WHAT OUR PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR, UM, OF, DON'T KNOW WHERE WE GO WITH THIS OTHER THAN LOOK FOR MORE SPACE FOR A LIBRARY, WHICH I THINK HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FOR YEARS AND JUST HASN'T COME TO FRUITION.
UM, I ALSO HAD A CONCERN WITH THE IDEA OF A BRANCH LIBRARY.
I LOVE BRANCH LIBRARIES, BUT EVERYWHERE I'VE EVER LIVED WITH A BRANCH LIBRARY, UM, THE CITY IS ALWAYS TRYING TO SHUT IT DOWN OR CUT BACK SERVICES
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BECAUSE IT'S JUST THE BRANCH AND WE HAVE THE MAIN LIBRARY AND BUDGET IS NEEDED ELSEWHERE.ARE THERE, OTHER THAN LIKE PLANO, WHICH IS FANTASTIC,
ARE THERE ANY SUBURBS? UM, BECAUSE I CAN'T THINK OF ANY, AND I LOVE THE IDEA BECAUSE OUR CITY IS SO BIG, BUT I DON'T WANT TO START GOING DOWN A PATH THAT'S NOT FEASIBLE.
UM, AND SO I WORRY ABOUT THAT.
I LOVE THE BOOKMOBILE IDEA, BUT AGAIN, HAVING, UM, A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE WITH IT.
AND YOU MENTIONED THAT THE PATH OR THE THE WAY FORWARD IS NOT DETAILED ON THIS REPORT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS REALLY KEY HERE IS YOU HAVE A DEPARTMENT HEAD OF THE LIBRARY WHO WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY MANAGER TO DEVELOP THAT ROADMAP AND THOSE EXACT PIECES THAT MOVE YOU FORWARD.
YOU HAVE THAT PROFESSIONAL WHO CAN THEN PULL FROM THIS KNOWLEDGE TO SUPPORT THIS IS WHY WE'RE MOVING FORWARD IN THIS WAY.
SO, SO THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T GET INTO THE WEEDS, OR I DID NOT, UM, BECAUSE THAT IS AN AREA WHERE I FEEL LIKE THAT, THAT YOUR LIBRARY DIRECTOR AND YOUR CITY MANAGEMENT TEAM THEN WORK ON THAT TO DEVELOP THOSE AND LAY THOSE OUT AND THEN PRODUCE THOSE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SEE AND COMMENT ON.
UM, THE IDEA TO OFFER A FREE LIBRARY CARD TO ALL WITH A LEANDER ADDRESS AND NOT JUST THE TAXPAYERS THAT ARE PAYING FOR OUR LIBRARY.
WHAT WAS THE THINKING BEHIND THAT AND HOW DO WE FUND IT? OR YOU WANT ME TO, I MEAN, THAT WAS SOME FINDINGS THAT SOME STAFF HAD MENTIONED TO ME IN OUR INTERVIEWS, AND PEGGY HAS MORE KNOWLEDGE OF THAT THAN I WOULD.
SO THAT WAS JUST A RESPONSE TO, UM, THE QUESTIONING THE INTERVIEWS, THE WHAT WOULD, UM, THE ULTIMATE THING BE IF WE COULD HAVE WHATEVER WE WANTED.
SO THAT MAY HAVE BEEN A RESPONSE FROM A STAFF PERSON OR FROM A COMMUNITY MEMBER.
UM, AS WE WENT THROUGH ALL OF THE PROCESSES OF QUESTIONING, INTERVIEWING, UM, YES, THAT HAS BEEN A REQUEST.
UM, MANY, IT WOULD BE EASIER MANY TIMES, YEAH.
UM, WE UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR THINGS TO BE IN PLACE AS THEY ARE.
UM, BUT WE WOULD CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR SOLUTIONS TO HELP THOSE GRAY AREAS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHERE THEY HAVE NO LIBRARY.
UM, BUT THEY HAVE A LEANER ADDRESS, BUT THEY, THEY AREN'T SERVICED, YOU KNOW, BY A LIBRARY.
YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT IS IN THE, UM, STAFF AND NOT IN THE FULL REPORT.
SORRY, DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF.
UM, BUT OF COURSE THAT IS SOMETHING WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DO.
UM, BUT FUNDING IS A BIG PART OF THAT.
UM, ONE OF OUR RESPONSES IS ALWAYS THAT OUR NON-RESIDENT FEE IS THE ONE OF THE LOWEST IN THE AREA.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL PROBABLY CHANGE AS WE GO FORWARD A LITTLE BIT, BUT AT LEAST WE CAN OFFER THAT AT THIS POINT.
SO, UM, I KNOW HOUSTON HAS A PARTNERSHIP WITH HEB WHERE HEB IS GIVING A FREE LIBRARY CARD TO THE HOUSTON LIBRARY TO ANYBODY WHO LIVES IN TEXAS.
UM, IS THAT EVER ANYTHING THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR SMALLER LIBRARIES LIKE OURS THAT COULD HELP WITH THAT? UM, I WOULD WONDER HOW LONG THAT WOULD CONTINUE.
UM, IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ESTABLISHED, IT WOULD NEED TO CONTINUE TO BE OFFERED.
UM, SO IT, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PURSUE.
AND OUR HEB UM, HEBS IN THE AREA HAVE BEEN VERY GENEROUS WITH OUR LIBRARY.
UM, BUT I WOULD, THAT MODEL WOULD NEED TO BE CONTINUOUS AND PERPETUITY.
I WOULDN'T, IT WOULDN'T BE SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD JUST GO FOR A YEAR AND THEN YEAH.
UM, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE IN HERE, SHORT OF GETTING A NEW BUILDING, UM, SOME IDEAS ABOUT HOW WE COULD OPTIMIZE HOURS, HOW WE CAN MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT, UM, WHAT WE SHOULD BE WORKING TOWARD IN THAT INTERIM UNTIL THERE IS A NEW BUILDING.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S MISSING FROM THE PLAN.
UM, ALSO ON THE, THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT YOU SPOKE TO, I KNOW THAT YOU TALKED TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, YOU TALKED TO DEPARTMENT HEADS.
UM, DID Y'ALL SIT DOWN WITH HILL COUNTRY COMMUNITY MINISTRIES AT ALL? NO.
UM, I THOUGHT THAT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL.
UM, HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN CEDAR PARK WHERE THEY'RE COMING IN ON LIKE, SET HOURS AND HELPING WITH THE COMMUNITY? AND WHEN I WAS LOOKING THROUGH LIKE HOW YOU'RE ASKING THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, COMMERCE, WHAT ARE THE NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY? LIKE THEY UNDERSTAND THE BUSINESS NEEDS, BUT HILL COUNTRY COMMUNITY MINISTRIES IS IN OTHER LIBRARIES, UNDERSTANDING THE PEOPLE NEEDS.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THE LIBRARY IS THAT GATHERING PLACE THAT PEOPLE COME TO WHEN THEY NEED HELP.
UM, AND I, I THINK I WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE HAD THEIR INPUT AS WELL.
UM, I THINK THIS IS REALLY GOOD, BUT I REALLY WANNA SEE A LITTLE
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MORE, UM, A LITTLE MORE ABOUT WHERE WE GO.I MEAN, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO ADD HERE.
THERE WAS A WHOLE, TO BEGIN TO BE COMPLETELY FRANK, THIS IS ONE OF OUR LONGER AGENDAS AND ONE OF OUR BIGGER PACKETS AS WELL TOO.
I KNOW SOME, SOME OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY YOU MAYOR, HAVE HAD YOU, I KNOW YOU'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AT THE LIBRARY.
AND I FIGURED YOU'D BE THE MOST PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS ONE TOO.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GONNA, IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHERE, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ENGINEERING STUFF AND TALKING ABOUT BUILDER STUFF, LIKE I'M GONNA DEFER TO THE ENGINEER ON THIS ONE.
AND I'M GONNA SAY THE SAME THING HERE TOO, THAT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED OR SOMETHING THAT WE NEED AS A CITY, AND, AND IT COULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT, IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE, THEN SURE.
I'M HAPPY TO STAND BEHIND THAT.
AND IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT JUST BY GIVING THAT KIND OF TYPE OF ADVICE THAT PEGGY AND TODD CAN, CAN WORK ON TOGETHER TO FIGURE THOSE THINGS OUT, I'M FINE WITH THAT TOO.
SO, UM, JUST IN GENERAL AND COULD EITHER WAY, MY CONCERN IS THAT YOU PUT ALL OF THIS TIME AND EFFORT INTO IT, AND I DON'T WANT IT TO JUST GO ON THE SHELF.
I WANNA HAVE THINGS THAT WE CAN WORK ON THAT WE, WE HAVE GOALS OTHER THAN FIND A NEW BUILDING AND HIRE MORE STAFF.
UM, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M COMING FROM ON IT.
DO YOU THINK WE COULD COME BACK WITH SOME OF THOSE? UM, I THINK SO.
I, UM, WILLING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON IT SO THAT, UM, WE CAN TRY TO CRAFT SOMETHING THAT'S MORE STEP BY STEP TO, UM, YOU KNOW, GET TO THE END RESULT OR EVEN JUST THINGS THAT WOULD WORK SHORT TERM WHILE WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THE NEW BUILDING.
BECAUSE I THINK WE DO NEED A NEW BUILDING.
WE NEED A BUILDING WITH ADEQUATE PARKING AND A GOOD LAYOUT.
RIGHT? BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE ABANDON IMPROVING THE BUILDING THAT WE HAVE NOW.
AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT.
COUNSEL, WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK? I, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
ONE I GUESS THOUGHT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, SO WHAT KIND OF LAYOUT WOULD WE LIKE TO COME BACK WITH? YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S KIND OF LIKE THESE, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD DO RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE IT BROKEN DOWN BY CATEGORIES MM-HMM
THEN, AND THERE COULD BE SOMETHING MORE OF LIKE A STAGING.
THIS IS HOW WE GET TO WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE.
BECAUSE TO BE HONEST, IF WE'RE GONNA GET A NEW LIBRARY AND ALL THAT, WE'RE TALKING PROBABLY FIVE YEARS PROBABLY THE WAY THIS WORKS.
YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA COME UP WITH THE MONEY, WE GOTTA DO A PLAN, WE GOTTA DO ALL THIS AND, AND THINGS, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO GROW AND WE'RE GONNA BE THERE.
AND HOW CAN WE USE THAT SPACE? I THINK THERE WERE SOME GOOD THINGS BROUGHT OUT IN THE SURVEYS RELATED TO SHARED USAGE OR NON-SHARED USAGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND MAYBE THERE'S SOME OTHER AREAS THAT CAN BE USED IN THE CITY IN ORDER TO EXPAND, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THERE'S, AND, AND UNDERUSED MAYBE FACILITIES.
I, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT'S OUT THERE FOR THAT, BUT MM-HMM
WE, THERE, THERE IS A NEED FOR THIS.
AND I KIND OF THINK MAYBE THAT WOULD HELP YOU WITH THAT, WITH WHERE YOU'RE AT, BECAUSE REALLY WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS A, IS A BIG GOAL.
THE BIG GOAL IS A NEW BUILDING AND, UH, WE KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO BUILD A NEW BUILDING IN THIS CITY.
WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION AND CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE, THE SMALLER ITEMS. I WILL SAY THAT, UH, THAT I, I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE DOING TOO BECAUSE I THINK SHE'S, SHE AND ALL OF US ARE WANTING TO SEE SOMETHING DONE MM-HMM
AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE'VE HAVE, WE'VE HAD REPORTS SOMETIMES THAT GO AND IT'S VERY EASY TO JUST KINDA SAY, REPORT'S DONE.
NOW EVERYBODY MOVE ON WITH THE REST OF IT.
BUT IF THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE REPORT MAYBE THAT SAID SPECIFICALLY THAT SPOKE TO IT, AT LEAST THAT'S RECORDED IN THERE.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THE ACTUAL REPORT THAT'S SITTING THERE.
GIVE US SOMETHING THAT WE, WE CAN WORK TOWARDS INSTEAD OF PUTTING IT AWAY AND SAYING, WELL SOMEDAY WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO DO A BUILDING, WE'LL WORK ON ALL THESE THINGS.
UM, WE NEED SOMETHING ELSE, SOMETHING SMALLER TOO.
UM, SO DO I NEED A VOTE FOR NO ACTION? I DON'T THINK SO, CORRECT.
[39. Discuss and consider award of Solicitation CIPS24-009 to Core & Main LP for the implementation of an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) System, (CIP W.42) in the amount of $9,073,403.00; and authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary contracts and documents.]
ITEM 39, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AWARD OF SOLICITATION CIPS 24 DASH 0 0 9 TO COURT AND MAIN LP FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE, A MI SYSTEM CIPW 42 IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,073,403.AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY CONTRACTS AND DOCUMENTS.
THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR HAVING US UP HERE.
UH, THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT POINT.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
UM, MAKE SURE I CAN GET TO IT.
OH, NO,
TONY DOES HAVE AN AERIAL VIDEO.
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WE DO.SO LET'S START WITH WHAT WE KNOW ANYWAYS, THIS IS WITH REGARDS TO OUR A MI SYSTEM, AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL HAVING US UP HERE.
UH, WHAT I'D LIKE TO TRY TO REACH YOU BACK TO IS KIND OF DO A QUICK OVERVIEW.
THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO REALLY EXPLORE OR UNDERSTAND OR LEARN ABOUT THE A MI AS WELL AS OUR VIEWERS AT HOME, WHAT IS THAT? AND WHAT WE START WITH RIGHT HERE TONIGHT IS THAT HERE IS OUR CITY.
LEANDER HAS BEEN FOR A WHILE, GROWING AND GROWING.
AND THERE'S SOME PARTS OF IT ARE AN OLDER CITY AND MANY OF THOSE ARE, A LOT OF OUR WATER METERS ARE VERY OLD.
AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? A LOT OF OUR WATER METERS ARE WEARING OUT.
THEY DON'T SHOW US WHAT WE NEED TO SEE.
THEY DON'T PROVIDE US A TRUE ESTIMATION OF WATER BEING USED OR PROVIDE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW FOR US TO CONTROL AND, AND BE CONSERVATIVE WITH OUR OWN RESOURCES SUCH AS WATER.
AND SO THE CITY NEEDS TO REACH OUT AND WE NEED TO REPLACE THESE, UH, WATER METERS.
BUT AS WE'RE DOING SO, UM, WE'RE GOING FORWARD AND WE'RE TRYING TO SAY, WELL, LET'S GO WITH THE BETTER WATER METERS THAT ARE MORE UP TO DATE, BETTER TECHNOLOGY.
CURRENTLY WE USE IN OUR NEWER WATER METERS, WE USE SOMETHING CALLED A-M-R-A-M-R IS A METER READER.
UH, BASICALLY IT'S RADIO BASED.
AND WE BASICALLY HAVE OUR, OUR METER READERS DRIVE BY DOWN THE STREETS AND THEY GET THESE READINGS AS THEY GO ALONG AND THEY PICK UP THE MEETING.
THE READERS NOW, THEY EVIDENTLY HAVE A LOT OF THE OLDER METERS WHERE THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO GET OUTTA THEIR TRUCKS, GO OVER, ACTUALLY OPEN UP THE BOX AND LOOK AT IT AND, AND TRY TO GET A, A PHYSICAL BEATING READING OFF OF THAT.
WELL, AS WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD TO GO WITH WHAT WAS A-M-I-A-M-I SYSTEM ACTUALLY USES SOMETHING THAT USES A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION WHERE IT GOES STRAIGHT FROM THE, THE END USER, WHOEVER HAS THE WATER METER STRAIGHT OVER TO A WIRELESS ANTENNA, AND THEN BACK TO OUR FACILITIES WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE PEOPLE DRIVE AROUND WITHOUT HAVING TO LOOK.
WHAT THAT DOES FOR US IS, GIVES US SEVERAL THINGS.
ONE, IT GIVES US MORE INFORMATION SOONER, FASTER.
IT ACTUALLY GIVES US A, A, A BETTER READING SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE MORE REAL TIME RESPONSE TO WHAT'S GOING ON.
IT ALSO HAS THIS ABILITY FOR US, IF WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE A LEAK, WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE LEAKS AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO CONTROL THAT BEFORE IT GETS OUT OF HAND.
AND I HAD SOME REALLY BEAUTIFUL SLIDES.
SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE TONIGHT IS WE WENT THROUGH FIRST AN RFI PROCESS WHERE WE HIRED A CONSULTANT.
OUR CONSULTANT IS HERE TONIGHT.
WE ALSO HAVE THE PROPOSED CLIENTS HERE AS WELL, UH, UM, BIDDERS HERE AS WELL.
UH, SO WE'LL HAVE THOSE WHO CAN ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS.
WE WENT FIRST THROUGH AN RFI PROCESS WHERE WE DEVELOPED THE RFI AND WE SAT DOWN, WE WENT THROUGH, WAS IT 9, 10, 11 INDIVIDUALS THAT WE WENT THROUGH.
UH, WE DEVELOPED THE, THE, UH, BIDDABLE DOCUMENTS AND WE WENT THROUGH AN RFP.
AND WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE RFP, WE DEVELOPED AND, AND GATHERED, UH, I THINK WE HAD FOUR TOTAL THAT RESPONDED.
UH, WE WENT THROUGH A VERY INTENSIVE PROCESS OF, UH, REVIEWING AND QUALIFYING THESE INDIVIDUALS.
AND WE PICKED THE TOP FOUR, OR I'M SORRY, MY APOLOGIES, THE TOP TWO.
AND WE WENT THROUGH THE TOP TWO.
AND WE, WE WENT THROUGH AND WE DID, UM, WE, WE, WE TALKED TO 'EM, WE ACTUALLY DID NEGOTIATIONS WITH 'EM, AND THEN WE, WE SCORED 'EM BASED UPON A VALUE SYSTEM, VALUE SYSTEM THAT SAYS, OKAY, FIRST OFF, AND ONCE AGAIN, I HAD BEAUTIFUL SLIDES THAT SHOWED YOU WHAT ALL THESE WERE THE SCORING LEVELS HERE, BUT THERE'S A WAY TO GET A TECHNICAL SCORING.
AND THEN WITH THE TECHNICAL SCORING AS WELL AS THEIR COST, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.
AND WE TAKE THAT AND WE, WE GET A RATIO OF THAT.
AND SO WE LOOKED AT WHO'S THE BEST VALUE FOR THE CITY.
AND AFTER OUR PROCESS, WE CAME DOWN, WE DETERMINE THROUGH OUR, OUR PROCESS THAT, UH, CORAN MAINE WOULD BE THE BEST VALUE.
AND WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO PROPOSE REVIEWING AND APPROVING, UM, CONSIDERING THE APPROVAL OF A AGREEMENT WITH CORAN MAINE FOR, WAS IT $9,073,034? OKAY.
I DON'T HAVE THAT MEMORIZED, BUT CLOSE.
BUT, UH, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
I THINK WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
SO I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I JUST HAD A COUPLE, COUPLE QUESTIONS.
SO WILL THIS ACTUALLY PAY FOR ITSELF? THAT'S A BIG QUESTION THAT ALWAYS COMES UP.
AND THE QUESTION IS, COMES OUT.
HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHAT IS IT PAYING FOR, FOR BY ITSELF? WELL, THE WATER YOU SAVE, CORRECT.
THE PERSONNEL FROM GOING AROUND AND CHECKING THINGS.
AND THEN EVEN THE CITIZENS, IF THEIR PIPES BREAK AND YOU SAY, HEY, YOU'RE CAN TURN IT OFF.
LIKE ALL THE RUNNING TOILETS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN DANGER OF BEING NOTICED.
GREG, I, I THINK THERE IS A, A LEVEL OF EARNING THAT WE GET FROM IT.
DOES IT 100% PAY FOR ITSELF? I, I DON'T KNOW, SIR.
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I REALLY CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION.I DO THINK WE DO GAIN SOMETHING BACK THAT HELPS US OUT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[33. Discuss and provide direction to staff regarding the proposed Comprehensive Plan Update Request for Proposal (RFP).]
ITEM 33.DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF REGARDING THE PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.
RFP, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
UM, SO, UH, THIS ITEM IS, UH, TO GIVE THE COUNCIL AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE, UM, PROPOSED OUTLINE FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.
UM, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR, OUR UPDATE.
OUR PROPOSAL IS TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE PAIRED WITH A TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN UPDATE.
UM, LAST TIME WE DID THIS, UH, THEY BOTH RAN PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER AND DIDN'T COORDINATE VERY WELL.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME MORE COLLABORATION.
UM, ONCE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS, UH, COMPLETED, THE GOAL IS TO MOVE INTO A CODE UPDATE TO IMPLEMENT THE NEW STANDARDS FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, SO WHAT I PROVIDED IN THE SUMMARY IS OUR TYPICAL ELEMENTS THAT, UM, WE REQUEST AND, UH, OUR GOALS.
SO I'M OPEN IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY INPUT OR IDEAS OR ANYTHING, ANYTHING YOU WANT US TO ADD AS PART OF THAT RFP COUNSEL.
NO, I'M JUST, I'M HAPPY THAT IT'S ALL HAPPENING TOGETHER.
YEAH, WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT IT DURING THE MEETING.
THE, UM, TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK INCLUDING THAT IS PHENOMENAL.
THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG PART OF, UH, LAND USE, MAKING SURE THE RIGHT LAND USE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO ANYBODY ELSE? I WILL SAY I WAS VERY EXCITED TO SEE THE ELEMENTS TO BE DEVELOPED FOR THE FIRST TIME.
HOUSING AND HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
WE HAVE NEVER TALKED ABOUT ANY OF THAT.
UM, I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS ON THE AREA OF CONSULTANT SERVICES, AND I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY HAVE TO BE ADDED AS BULLET POINTS, BUT JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'M HOPING THAT STAFF KEEPS IN MIND AS AS THEY GO THROUGH THIS AND, AND READ THROUGH THE SUBMISSIONS.
UM, IN THE 2017, UM, NOT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, CHARTER AMENDMENTS, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP MM-HMM
FROM, UH, FROM PAST COUNCIL MEMBERS TO US WAS, UH, WE WANT THESE PLANS TO BE REALISTIC BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY COME IN AND THEY JUST, THEY, THEY SAY TO RESIDENTS, DO YOU WANT DISNEYLAND? OF COURSE YOU WANT DISNEYLAND.
AND THEN WE'RE MARRIED TO HAVING TO BUILD DISNEYLAND.
UM, AND SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GET THAT INTO THE PLAN, BUT, UM, I THINK WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT.
UM, I THINK WE INCLUDED THAT IN THE, THAT'S IN OUR CHARTER.
IT'S IN OUR CHARTER, BUT ITT DIDN'T REALLY HAPPEN LAST TIME.
IT WAS, WE DIDN'T NAIL THE WORDING THE WAY IT WAS INTENDED.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE DO THAT EXACTLY.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IT GOES IN HERE, BUT JUST TO KEEP IN MIND AS BEST WE CAN KEEP IT REALISTIC.
UM, AND THEN I THINK IT WAS THE, THE, WE ADDED THE, WHOEVER'S DOING THE WORK MAKES THESE PRESENTATIONS OF PIE IN THE SKY WITHOUT ANY REALISTIC, UM, EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT IT COSTS.
IT WAS A COST FACTOR INVOLVED.
SO THE CHARTER INCLUDED, WE PUT IT IN OUR SCOPE.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN NEEDS TO PROVIDE FOR FINANCING OF ALL ELEMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW.
WE KIND OF TOOK THAT FROM THE CHARTER, UM, WITH THE LAST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
LIKE THEY, THEY SAID, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE FINANCE EVERYTHING.
SO I THINK THEY DIDN'T TAKE IT TO THE RIGHT LEVEL, BUT WE ARE VERY AWARE OF THAT PART OF THE CHARTER, SO THANK YOU.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING, THIS WAS ALSO A PROBLEM ON THE LAST ONE, THE OUTREACH TO DIFFICULT POPULATIONS TO FIND.
UM, I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE, UM, INTERVIEWING THE LAST TIME WITH THE COMPANY THAT WE ENDED UP HIRING AND THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, WE SEND OUT A POSTCARD FOR PEOPLE TO DO AN ONLINE SURVEY.
AND WE WERE LIKE, WELL, WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN ONLINE SURVEY? THEY, WE SEND YOU ANOTHER POSTCARD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IT WAS LIKE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER OPTION FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T DO YOUR FIRST OPTION BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE HAVE NEEDS AS WELL.
AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE THESE WHOLE SEGMENTS THAT WE NEVER HEAR FROM.
UM, AND SO I AM HOPEFUL THAT WE FIND PLACES THAT ARE MINDFUL ABOUT HOW TO DO THAT.
THAT'S ALL I HAD, BUT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HOUSING AND HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
ANYBODY ELSE? ANYTHING? HEB HAVE IT AT HEB
WHAT? HALF 'EM AT HEB FOR? THEY COLLECT.
OH, PEOPLE GO THROUGH THE LINE.
JUST THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT A BAD IDEA ACTUALLY.
YOU KNOW, SOME, OUR CITY MANAGER GOES TO HEB AND
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HE END CAP AND ASK EVERYBODY IF THEY WANNA PARTICIPATE IN THE SURVEY.IT'S OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED
I WAS GONNA SAY ON THE OR MIKE COULD DO IT.
WE, WE TEAM WE'LL TEAM UP MICHAEL'S.
I WANNA RECOGNIZE OUR CITY MANAGER.
I WAS GONNA SAY, SOME OF THE STRATEGY WE, WE CAN DEPLOY IN THE PLANNING EFFORT, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE, IS A MARKET ASSESSMENT.
WHAT ARE, YOU KNOW, A CONSULTANTS WORK AND WHAT DO THEY SHOW US AS THE REALLY VIABLE MARKETS FOR THE CITY? AND SO, AND THEN SCALE AND SCOPE OF THAT.
AND SO THERE'S TECHNIQUES LIKE THAT THAT WE CAN DEPLOY IN THE PLANNING PROCESS THAT GIVES US THE BASIS MOVING FORWARD.
SO WE CAN DO THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WITH THE, WITH THE EFFORT.
YEAH, I ALSO LIKE THAT, UH, SOMEWHERE IN HERE.
UM, IT'S ASKED FOR, YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER CITIES WHERE YOU'VE DONE THIS AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE QUALITY OF WORK.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[34. Discuss and provide direction to staff regarding updates to the Subdivision Ordinance regarding the payment option for Roadway Adequacy Standards; and to provide for related matters, Williamson and Travis Counties, Texas.]
THANK YOU.DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF REGARDING UPDATES TO THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE REGARDING THE PAYMENT OPTION FOR ROADWAY ADEQUACY STANDARDS AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.
WILLIAMSON AND TRAVIS COUNTIES, TEXAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GRIFFIN.
UM, SO THE, THE CITY ADOPTED A ROADWAY IMPACT FEE ORDINANCE IN 2022 AND FOLLOW THE ADOPTION WITH AN UPDATE TO OUR ROADWAY ADEQUACY STANDARDS ORDINANCE IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
UM, THESE ORDINANCES HAVE TWO DIFFERENT PURPOSES.
UM, THE ROADWAY ADEQUACY STANDARDS ORDINANCE IS USED TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE AN ADEQUATE NETWORK OF ROADS THAT SUPPORT NEW DEVELOPMENT AND THAT THE DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTES, UH, WHAT IS ROUGHLY PROPORTIONATE TO THESE ROADWAYS AS SPECIFIED IN OUR MASTER PLAN.
SO WHEN WE ARE REVIEWING A SITE DEVELOPMENT OR A SUBDIVISION REQUEST, WE LOOK AT, UM, THE ROADS ON OUR MASTER PLAN.
WE LOOK AT HOW, HOW THEY'VE BEEN BUILT, UM, IF THEY NEED DEDICATION OR IMPROVEMENT.
UM, THE OTHER PIECE IS THE ROADWAY IMPACT FEE ORDINANCE.
SO THIS ORDINANCE IS USED TO ENSURE THAT NEW DEVELOPMENTS ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE OVERALL, UM, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR THE CITY.
WE DID A STUDY, UM, THAT TOOK MAJOR PROJECTS THAT COULD BE FUNDED BY THE, UM, THE RIF AND OUR COLLECTION STARTED IN 2024.
SO, UM, WE'RE EXPERIENCING SOME, UM, FRUSTRATION FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY BECAUSE, UM, WE, WE NEED TO MAKE AN UPDATE TO THE FEES TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS EQUITABLE TO EVERYONE.
SO IF YOU'RE ON A ROAD THAT, UH, HAS A CURB AND GUTTER AND THE PLAN CALLS FOR IT TO BE WIDER, UM, IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHY THEY HAVE TO PAY TOWARDS IT.
'CAUSE THE ROAD CURRENTLY FUNCTIONS.
SO THIS ITEM IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE, THE COUNCIL TO, UM, DISCUSS THEIR FEELINGS ABOUT, UH, THOSE ORDINANCES.
WE DO HAVE A WORKSHOP THAT'S BEEN SCHEDULED, UM, TO DISCUSS UPDATES TO THE ORDINANCE AS WELL AS TO THE R.
UM, WITH THE, THE R WE DID ESTABLISH, UM, THE, THE RATES.
THERE WAS A REDUCTION FOR COMMERCIAL.
THEY ONLY PAID 10% OF THE RATES AND RESIDENTIAL PAYS 50% OF THE RATE.
SO PART OF THAT DISCUSSION IS GONNA BE, UM, IS OUR RATE WHAT IT SHOULD BE, AND THEN ARE WE ASSESSING IT CORRECTLY? SO THAT SECOND MEETING IN JANUARY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT TALK, BUT THIS IS KIND OF A CHANCE FOR Y'ALL TO TELL US IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO PREPARE THE CONSULTANT TO TALK ABOUT.
AND THEN THE, THE NEXT ITEM IS ACTUALLY A TEMPORARY ORDINANCE TO, TO PAUSE THOSE PAYMENTS.
SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT NEXT AS WELL.
UM, I WILL JUMP IN HERE REALLY QUICK AND BECAUSE I WILL OWN UP THAT I WAS WRONG.
UM, THE TALK ABOUT DOING THIS STARTED IN 2021 WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT, UM, SOMEBODY WHO WANTED TO DO TOWN HOMES OVER, UM, BEHIND THE LOWS.
AND, UM, AND THE THOUGHT YOU REMEMBER THAT? YEAH.
AND THE THOUGHT OF ALL THOSE TOWN HOMES AND ALL OF THOSE LOTS, THAT POPULATION THAT WAS GOING TO COME OUT AND THE ROADS ARE NOT ADEQUATE FOR IT.
AND, UM, I'M SURE MY FELLOW FORMER CALIFORNIANS WILL, REMEM WILL, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZE THAT'S SOMETHING CALIFORNIA DOES A LOT WHERE THEY HAVE THESE NARROW LITTLE ROADS INTO JUST STACKED, UM, TOWNHOUSES AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I DIDN'T WANT US TO BE THAT COMMUNITY.
AND SO, UM, I STARTED ASKING OUR CAPACITY MANAGER, THERE MUST BE SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS BECAUSE THE, THE FEES THAT WE HAD WERE NOT ADEQUATE FOR THAT.
AND, UM, AND SO THAT WAS WHAT STARTED THIS.
UM, AND THE WAY I REMEMBER IT, WHEN IT CAME TO US FINALLY AFTER THE CONSULTANTS AND EVERYTHING, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT FOR RESIDENTIAL AND I COULD SWEAR WE
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DIDN'T WANT IT APPLIED TO COMMERCIAL.UM, I REMEMBER WE DISCUSSED THAT ABOUT EITHER NOT HAVING IT APPLIED OR WAIVING IT OR HAVING A DIFFERENT AMOUNT.
UM, AND IT HAS SPUN OUT OF HAND AND THIS WAS NOT, UM, OUR ORIGINAL, UM, IDEA.
AND SO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO RIGHT SIZE THAT FEE WHERE THE ROADS ARE ADEQUATE, BUT WE'RE NOT BEING RIDICULOUS ABOUT, UM, WHAT WE'RE CHARGING AND WE'RE ENCOURAGING COMMERCIAL, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOTTA DO.
I GAVE MY FEEDBACK ON, ON, ON MY CALL ALSO TOO, WHICH IS JUST WHY WE'RE DOING THIS.
UM, I'M, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE THAT ROBIN, YOU AND STAFF ARE BRINGING IT UP, LIKE MM-HMM.
HEY, IT'S NOT EVEN EASY ON OUR STAFF.
THAT'S SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S REALLY HARD ON EVERYBODY.
SO THIS IS THE PERFECT REASON WHY WE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF COME BACK TO COME, COME BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND, AND MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING SOMETHING.
I JUST ASK THAT IT'S LIKE SIM LIKE I'VE BEEN, I THINK I'VE JUST KEEP SAYING THIS SIMPLE WAS BETTER.
LIKE THE, THE MOST SIMPLE THING TO UNDERSTAND.
SO IT'S LIKE, I THINK, I FEEL LIKE THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY WOULD BE BETTER WITH A HIGHER FEE THAT'S SIMPLE TO UNDERSTAND AND KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GETTING INTO RATHER THAN, UH, SOMETHING THAT REALLY IS HARD TO, TO FIGURE OUT TOO.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE MY BIGGEST PART THERE, IS THAT, UM, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IT MORE AT THE WORKSHOP, BUT JUST OVERALL SIMPLE IS BETTER, UM, FOR ALL OF US IN THIS CASE.
ONE FEE, SIMPLE, TRANSPARENT, AND FAIR.
SO IN THE ORDINANCE WE HAVE IS APPEAL PROCESS.
SO IF THEY DON'T LIKE WHAT WE GAVE THEM BACK, THEN THEY'RE GONNA, THEY CAN APPEAL TO CITY COUNCIL.
AND I THINK THIS IS JUST GIVE DIRECTION, CORRECT? NO ACTION.
[35. Discuss and consider action on an Ordinance providing for the Executive Director of Development Services Director or Designee to grant exceptions to and authorize refund of payment of roadway adequacy fees in lieu of constructing improvements to adjacent thoroughfares; providing an appeal process; providing an effective date, severability and open meetings clause; and providing for related matters.]
ITEM 35, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OR DESIGNEE TO GRANT EXCEPTIONS TO AN AUTHORIZED REFUND OF PAYMENT OF ROADWAY ADEQUACY FEES IN LIEU OF CONSTRUCTING IMPROVEMENTS TO ADJACENT THOROUGH AFFAIRS, PROVIDING AN APPEAL PROCESS, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, SEVERABILITY AND OPEN MEETINGS CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR RELATED ITEMS. WE HAVE A SPEAKER OR WHO HAS BEEN WAITING ALL NIGHT VERY PATIENTLY.SO COUNSEL, IT IS MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE TO YOU ONE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE THAT I'VE EVER DISAGREED WITH ON THE DAAS.
JEFF SEILER, DO YOU WANT ME TO TALK ABOUT IT AFTER, AFTER PLEASE.
YES, MR. SEILER, WELCOME BACK TO COUNSEL.
PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
UH, JEFF SEILER, 6 0 4 BBR IN LIBERTY HILL, TEXAS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER.
AND MY FAVORITE PERSON, MISS CRABTREE.
YEAH, JUST WANNA COMMENT ON THIS REAL QUICK BECAUSE, UH, AS SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN TRYING TO OPEN UP A BUSINESS, UH, HERE IN LEAN FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS NOW, IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS ON COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, WE THINK EVERYBODY'S A, A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR DEVELOPER WITH UNLIMITED POCKET BOOKS.
SOMETIMES IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, A FAMILY TRYING TO, TO GET SOMETHING GOING, YOU KNOW THAT.
AND, UH, SO ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP, UH, REDUCE THE, UH, SMALL BUSINESS FEES TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE ALL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW HERE IN LAND, THERE'S ALWAYS APPRECIATE IT.
SOMETHING I DIDN'T REALLY THINK ABOUT ENOUGH WHEN I WAS ON COUNCIL AND I KNOW COUNCIL BEFORE US.
AND, AND NOW THAT Y'ALL ARE ON THE DAIS, UH, IT, IT'S SOMETHING THAT ALWAYS THAT, UH, YOU WANNA KEEP IN MIND.
UM, HAPPY TO SHARE MORE THOUGHTS ON THIS.
PROBABLY NOT IN A PUBLIC FORUM, BUT, UH, IF Y'ALL, ANY OF Y'ALL WANT TO EVER REACH OUT, HAPPY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
AND SO WHO'S PRESENTING IT? IS IT MS. SES OR MS. GRIFFIN? OKAY, COME ON UP, MS. GRIFFIN.
UM, SO TH THIS ITEM IS, UH, AN ORDINANCE THAT, UM, WILL ALLOW, UM, ME TO GRANT EXCEPTIONS AS WELL AS AUTHORIZED REFUNDS ON PAYMENTS.
WE RECEIVED JANUARY, OR YOUR DESIGNEE, OR MY DESIGNEE, RIGHT? UH, I PICKED DARA
UM, WE ARE, WE'RE STILL, WE'RE WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE PAYMENT PIECE.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE LOOK AT ROADS LIKE, UM, HERO WAY, IT'S A BUILT FUNCTIONING ROADWAY.
BUT WHEN A DEVELOPER COMES IN, IT'S MISSING SO MANY FEET AND THEY'RE HAVING TO PAY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
AND IT, IT'S HARD FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY SEE A, A ROAD THAT THAT WORKS.
SO THAT WOULD KIND OF BE OUR, OUR CRITERIA THAT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY THE FEE.
UM, AND THERE IS A, AN APPEAL PROCESS IN THE ORDINANCE, SO IF WE DISAGREE, THEY CAN APPEAL TO YOU GUYS.
MOTION TO APPROVE A SECOND, SECOND MOTION.
WE DID NOT THINK OF THIS SIX MONTHS AGO.
UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
ITEM 40, COUNCIL MEMBER, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. WE WON'T DELIBERATE IT.
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EVERYONE'S FAVORITE ITEM 41.COUNCIL MEMBER CLOSING COMMENTS PLEASE.
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OUR FAVORITE TIMES OF THE YEAR.IT IS TIME FOR THE OLD TOWN CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY.
AND ALL THOSE RUMORS OF RAIN LIES ALL LIES.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE RAINY, GONNA BE COLD, BUT UH, IT'S GONNA BE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER AND LOTS OF GOOD PEOPLE.
SO COMING OUT, SUPPORT THE VENDORS AND SEE THE PARADE, WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO BE AT ONE O'CLOCK BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO RAIN.
WELL, I ALSO WANT TO, UH, SAY, COME OUT IN EARLY AND WATCH, UH, CATHERINE RUN
WELL, KIND OF STOLE MY THUNDER TOO.
UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE LOTS OF ACTIVITIES THAT ARE COMING UP, BUT, UM, YOU'VE GOT THE, UM, RUN, WE'VE GOT A PARADE AND, UM, AND ALSO THE TREE LIGHTING THAT NIGHT.
SO I HOPE TO SEE THE COMMUNITY THERE.
SHE NEVER SAYS ANYTHING, SO I'M JUST GONNA SAY GOODNIGHT.
I WOULD JUST SAY WE, UM, SINCE Y'ALL COVERED OUR CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL, UM, WE HAVE MLK COMING UP IN JANUARY AND WE, THEY'RE STILL LOOKING FOR VENDORS AND FOLKS, UM, TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, GO TO THE CITY WEBSITE AND FILL OUT A FORM.
UM, AND I WANNA START WITH SAYING THANK YOU TO COUNCIL AND STAFF AND EVERYBODY THAT HAS WAITED.
THIS HAS BEEN A LONG NIGHT WITH NO BREAKS.
UM, BUT THANK YOU'ALL FOR POWERING THROUGH, UM, TO OUR NEW EMPLOYEES.
I PROMISE OUR MEETINGS DO NOT USUALLY GO THIS LONG WITHOUT A BREAK.
AND, AND TO THAT END, I WANNA WELCOME EDWIN AND KENT AND, UM, I'M, I'M SURE WE'RE ALL VERY EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO GET DONE IN THIS NEXT YEAR.
AND IT'S GREAT TO HAVE A FULL TEAM ON BOARD.
UM, I ALSO WANNA PLUG CHRISTMAS FEST.
IT IS MY FAVORITE THING ALL YEAR.
UH, AND, AND I HATE FESTIVALS, I'LL BE HONEST.
BUT THE CHRISTMAS FEST IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THE TREE LIGHTING AND THE VENDORS AND IT'S MAGIC.
RAIN OR SHINE, STUFF'S GOING ON ALL DAY.
AND LASTLY, UH, WE HAVE ALWAYS MADE A COMMITMENT HERE AT LEANDER CITY COUNCIL TO KEEP OUR DOLLARS LOCAL.
SO TONIGHT WE PICKED UP DINNER AT BLUE CORN HARVEST.
SO AS YOU'RE IN THIS SEASON OF GIVING AND SHOPPING, PLEASE REMEMBER TO PICK LEANDER FIRST WHEN YOU'RE DINING OUT, SHOPPING, ALL THE THINGS.
UM, BECAUSE EVERY DOLLAR YOU SPEND HERE, IT CIRCULATES AROUND OUR COMMUNITY.
IT KEEPS PEOPLE EMPLOYED, IT HELPS GET MORE BUSINESSES HERE.
IT PAYS FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO.
WITH THAT COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED AT 9:48 PM HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.