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TODAY IS THURSDAY, JANUARY 16TH, 2025,
[1. Open Meeting.]
AND THE TIME IS 6:00 PM AND THIS IS THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP OF LEANDRA CITY COUNCIL, DEPUTY[2. Roll Call.]
CITY SECRETARY PEMBRO.WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLE COUNCIL MEMBER BATTALION PARKER.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERRERA, HER, UH, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER MCDONALD HERE.
CITY COUNCIL IS ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS.
[3. Discussion regarding updates to the Roadway Impact Study and Roadway Adequacy Payment (RAP) requirements.]
DISCUSSION REGARDING UPDATES TO THE ROADWAY IMPACT STUDY AND ROADWAY ADEQUACY PAYMENT WRAP REQUIREMENTS WITH CITY ENGINEER.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, EMILY TRUMAN, CITY ENGINEER.
I'M HERE WITH BEN PLA
AND, UM, TALK ABOUT ANY UPDATES YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED IN.
SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO EVALUATE THE CURRENT ORDINANCES THAT ARE USED TO DETERMINE THE FAIR SHARE OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO ADDRESSING TRANSPORTATION DEMANDS AND NEEDS ACROSS THE CITY.
ACCORDING TO OUR TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN, IN DONE IN 2021, WE HAVE OVER $320 MILLION WORTH OF IDENTIFIED TRANSPORTATION NEEDS WE'RE GONNA NEED IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
SO I'M GONNA GO THROUGH OUR CURRENT MECHANISMS OF WHAT WE USE, UH, TO, TO WORK WITH DEVELOPMENTS ON GETTING, UH, FAIR PARTICIPATION, UM, AND, UH, COLLECTION OF TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS AND POSSIBLY FEES.
UH, THE BEST WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT, UH, FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE IS THE FIRST ORDINANCE, UH, OR THE FIRST THING WE'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY IS THE ROADWAY IMPACT FEES.
AND THAT'S KIND OF YOUR SYSTEMWIDE UH, FEES, UH, SIMILAR TO WATER, WATER AND WASTEWATER FEES.
THESE ARE, UH, FEES THAT DEVELOPMENTS CONTRIBUTE THAT THEN WILL BE USED FOR SYSTEM-WIDE IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, THESE ADDRESS, UH, CITYWIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT NEEDS, UM, IT, THE, THE NEEDS WERE IDENTIFIED IN OUR IMPACT FEE STUDY THAT WAS COMPLETED IN 2022.
UH, AND, AND IT CAME UP WITH A MAXIMUM ASSESSED FEE FOR FIVE DIFFERENT SERVICE AREAS BASED ON THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS IN EACH OF THOSE SERVICE AREAS.
AND WHAT THAT EQUATES TO IS, YOU KNOW, YOU PUT IT IN THIS FORMULA WITH THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU'RE DOING, AND IT SPITS OUT WHAT YOUR ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
AND THOSE ARE THE MAXIMUM ASSESSED FEES.
UM, THEN COUNCIL HAS, UH, CREATED A COLLECTION RATE OF BEING 50% OF THE MAXIMUM ASSESSED FEE RESIDENTIAL AND 10% FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL.
AND WE'VE BEEN COLLECTING THAT FOR ABOUT A YEAR, SINCE JANUARY, 2024.
SO THAT'S YOUR SYSTEM, YOUR IMPACT TO THE SYSTEM.
THE NEXT, UH, ORDINANCE THAT WE USE IS ROADWAY ADEQUACY STANDARDS, AND THAT IS IN A SUBDIVISION.
SO THINK ABOUT, WE'RE KIND OF GOING MORE TO LIKE AROUND YOUR SURROUNDING AREA.
THE, THE PUB, UH, THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, AND THE STREETS THAT ARE CLOSER TO WHERE YOUR DEVELOPMENT IS, UM, THAT ADDRESSES INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL, UH, ARE INTERNAL AND ADJACENT PUBLIC ROADS.
UM, IT REQUIRES THE DEDICATION AND CONSTRUCTION.
CURRENTLY, IT REQUIRES THE DEDICATION AND CONSTRUCTION, UH, TO EXPAND OR BUILD THESE ROADS TO THE DESIGNS IN THE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN.
AND THAT IS AN ULTIMATE SECTION THAT'S IN THE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN.
IT ALLOWS THE CITY ENGINEER TO ACCEPT PAYMENT IN LIEU OF CONSTRUCTION BASED ON CURRENT CONSTRUCTION OR CURRENT COSTS TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT ROADS.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A BIG DEVELOPMENT THAT'S ADJACENT, THAT'S ADJACENT TO A ROAD, IT MAKES SENSE FOR THEM TO BUILD THAT EXTRA LANE.
IF IT'S LIKE A MCDONALD'S IN THE MIDDLE OF A BLOCK, IT DOESN'T, THERE'S NOT A MEANINGFUL PROJECT FOR THEM TO EXPAND THAT LANE.
SO THOSE ARE INSTANCES WHERE WE WOULD TAKE A PAYMENT IN LIEU OF CONSTRUCTION.
AND THOSE ARE, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN CALLING THE WRAP, THE ROADWAY ADEQUACY PAYMENT.
THE FINAL MECHANISM THAT WE USE IS MORE, NOW WE'RE TALKING SITE SPECIFIC, UH,
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TRANSPORTATION NEEDS, AND THAT'S YOUR TRAFFIC STUDY AND YOUR TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.THIS ADDRESSES SITE SPECIFIC TRANSPORTATION NEEDS ACCORDING TO THE TRAFFIC PROJECTED FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT.
TYPICAL PROJECTS THAT COME OUT OF A TIA OR A TRAFFIC STUDY ARE DECELERATION LANES, SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS, SIGNAL ADDING SIGNALS.
IT RARELY DEALS WITH CAPACITY OF ROADS.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN TO DEAL WITH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ROAD WIDTH AND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ROAD.
UM, AND THEN ALSO SOMETHING TO NOTE, A LOT OF TIMES IN TIAS, THEY WILL ONLY SHOW PART PARTICIPANT UNLESS IT'S A, UH, LIKE A DECELERATION LANE FOR A DRIVEWAY INTO A DEVELOPMENT.
IT WILL ONLY SHOW PARTIAL PARTICIPATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY.
SO A LOT, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS, THIS DEVELOPMENT NEED, YOU NEED TO PUT A SIGNAL AT THIS, AT AT THESE, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
UH, BUT THE DEVELOPMENT'S ONLY 57% RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.
SO THEN STAFF HAS TO FIGURE OUT, WELL, WHERE ARE WE GONNA GET THAT OTHER 43%? BECAUSE WE KNOW THE SIGNAL IS GONNA NEED TO BE PUT IN THE DAY THE DEVELOPMENT OPENS.
UM, SO THAT'S, AND THEN CURRENTLY AT, YOU KNOW, COLLECTION RATES THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY GETTING FROM ROADWAY ADEQUACY PAYMENTS AND ROADWAY IMPACT FEES, WE'RE NOT COLLECTING ENOUGH TO, TO SUPPLEMENT THOSE PROJECTS RIGHT NOW.
SO WE CAN'T, WE DON'T HAVE A WAY REALLY TO PARTICIPATE IN THINGS LIKE SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS AND STUFF AT THIS TIME.
UM, AT THE DECEMBER 5TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING, COUNCIL AUTHORIZED A TEMPORARY ORDINANCE FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO ADMINISTRATIVELY GRANT EXCEPTIONS TO THE ROADWAY ADEQUACY PAYMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENTS ALONG ROADS THAT MEET OR EXCEED MINIMUM STANDARDS.
UM, SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND WE'VE PROVIDED THAT EXCEPTION, UM, TO SEVERAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE ALONG ROADS THAT AREN'T, THAT, THAT EXCEED MINIMUM STANDARDS, WHICH A MINIMUM STANDARD IS A, A LOCAL TWO LANE ROAD.
SO IF THEY'RE WITH CURB AND GUTTER.
SO IF THERE ARE ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT, THEN WE'RE ALLOWING THE EXCEPTION, UM, CITY COUNCIL ALSO.
CAN YOU, OH, I WAS JUST GONNA ASK IF YOU COULD SHARE AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THOSE, IF LIKE A ONE THAT THEY'VE, THAT THAT THE EXCEPTION WAS APPROVED, YOU SAID? UM, YEAH.
UH, BECAUSE THAT'S ON HERO AWAY, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND SO IT'S A CURBED AND GUTTERED DEVELOPED ROAD.
NOW IN THE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN, IT SHOWS IT BEING, UH, YOU KNOW, A, A WIDER ROAD, LIKE A SIX LANE, UM, AS A ULTIMATE DEVELOPMENT.
BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S CURRENTLY, YOU KNOW, FOUR LANES, BUT IT'S CURBED AND GUTTERED AND IT'S FUNCTIONING.
SO, UH, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT, UH, REQUIRING THE ROADWAY ADEQUACY PAYMENT ON THAT ONE.
UM, SO AT THAT MEETING ALSO, COUNSEL EXPRESSED THE NEED FOR DEVELOPMENTS TO BE, OR FOR THE TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENTS TO BE TRANSPARENT, EQUITABLE, AND CLEAR.
SO WE HAVE, UM, COME UP WITH SOME SUGGESTIONS BASED ON THE COUNCIL'S RECOMMEND OUR REQUEST.
UM, AND THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER FOR THOSE SUGGESTIONS.
UH, ELIMINATE THE CONSTRUCTION AND OR PAYMENT REQUIRED FOR ROADWAY ADEQUACY STANDARDS TO EXPAND EXISTING PUBLIC ROADS THAT ARE CURRENT, THAT CURRENTLY EXCEED MINIMUM CITY STANDARDS, UH, REQUIRE CONSTRUCTION AND OR PAYMENT FOR ROADS THAT DON'T MEET CITY STANDARDS.
SO LIKE A COUNTY ROAD TWO 80 SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE THE DEVELOPMENTS THERE, WE WOULD WANT THEM TO BRING IT UP TO CITY STANDARDS AS OPPOSED TO, UH, BEING EXEMPT, UH, REQUIRE THE RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION ACCORDING TO THE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN, WHICH THAT WOULD BE THE ULTIMATE WIDTH.
WE WOULD STILL WANT THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE ULTIMATE WIDTH, EVEN IF WE DON'T, UM, HAVE THEM CONSTRUCT OR PAY FOR THE ULTIMATE CONSTRUCTION.
UM, THEN ALSO NO LONGER ALLOWED THE, THE RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR ROADWAY IMPACT FEE OFFSETS, AND THIS IS KIND OF GOES HAND IN HAND, I MEAN, AS IT AS IT CURRENTLY IS, WE'RE GIVING, UM, OUR, WE HAVE COLLECTION RATE OF ONLY 10% FOR, UH, NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
UH, WHAT WE WOULD SAY IS IF THE COLLECTION RATE STAYS BELOW MAXIMUM ASSESSED FEE, WE WOULD THEN SAY THAT THE, THE
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DIFFERENCE IN THE COLLECTION RATE AND THE, UH, AND THE MAXIMUM ASSESSED FEE IS THE CITY'S, YOU KNOW, CONTRIBUTION TO THE RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION AND THAT THEY WOULDN'T GET AN OFFSET IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY GETTING A 90% CUT HAIRCUT, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF OUR DISCOUNT, UM, ALSO INCREASE THE COLLECTION RATE FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY IMPACT FEES.UM, YOU KNOW, BEN WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING AS FAR AS THEIR COLLECTION RATE AND HOW LEANDER COMPARES AND TO CONSIDER MAYBE DOING THAT SINCE WE'RE NO LONG, IF, IF WE NO LONGER TAKE THE RIGHT OF WAY ADE OR THE ROADWAY ADEQUACY PAYMENT.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT BEN CAN ELABORATE MORE ON.
UM, AUTOMATE THE RIGHT OF, UH, THE ROADWAY IMPACT FEE CALCULATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT HUB AS OPPOSED TO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE CUSTOMER FILL OUT THE WORKSHEET AND THEY KIND OF GET BOGGED DOWN IN WHAT SERVICE AREA THEY ARE, WHAT THEIR ITE CLASSIFICATION IS.
AND, AND SO WE'RE THINKING MAYBE IF WE CAN AUTOMATE IT IN THE DEVELOPMENT HUB AND IT SPIT OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOUR FEE IS AS OPPOSED TO THEM HAVING TO CALCULATE IT AND GO BACK AND FORTH, THAT, THAT MIGHT HELP WITH THE TRANSPARENCY.
UM, THEN ALSO DO NOT CHANGE ANY OF THE EXISTING TIA OR TRAFFIC STUDY REQUIREMENTS.
UM, AND THEN THIS IS JUST A LITTLE SNAPSHOT OF THESE ARE OUR DIFFERENT SERVICE AREAS.
UM, THIS SHOWS THE MAXIMUM ASSESSED VIEW PER SERVICE AREA.
IT ALSO SHOWS WHAT WE'VE COLLECTED TO DATE, UM, OR AS OF DECEMBER.
AND THEN IT SHOWS THE, YOU KNOW, THE NEED IN EACH AREA.
SO THOSE ARE THE DIFFERENT NUMBERS.
SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE COSTS ARE, WHAT WE'RE COLLECTING DATE.
AND THEN I WILL LET BEN COVER THESE SLIDES.
I'M SORRY, I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION.
SO ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT WE KEEP BOTH, BOTH THE RIFF AND THE WRAP? NO.
AND JUST CHANGING IT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GETTING RID OF THE WRAP FULLY ELIMINATING THE WRAP.
UH, EXCEPT YES, EXCEPT FOR, I MEAN, THERE MIGHT BE, I MEAN, I WOULDN'T SAY FULLY ELIMINATE THE WRAP BECAUSE I'M SURE THERE IS LIKE A, A, A SITUATION SOMEWHERE WHERE, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY, IT, IT WOULD BE CALLED FOR AS FAR AS, AND I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT WITH SUBSTANDARD ROADS.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING IS LIKE, IS IT, IS IT THAT WE'RE REWRITING THE ORDINANCE TO SAY ONLY FOR SUBSTANDARD ROADS OR IS THAT SOMETHING WHERE IT COMES UP AND WE SAY, WELL, WE'LL WAIVE IT? LIKE, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING HOW IT WOULD BE APPLIED.
I THINK, AND THIS IS JUST ME SPITBALLING, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE, WE NEED TO WALK THROUGH IT, YOU KNOW, AFTER WE GET DIRECTION ON, UH, WHETHER OR NOT THE COUNCIL IS AMENABLE TO IT.
BUT I THINK WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE WOULD FOCUS ON THE SUBSTANDARD ROADS.
AND ONLY, BUT I WOULDN'T ELIMINATE THE PAYMENT TOTALLY.
JUST IN CASE, LIKE YOU HAD TWO DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE ON A SUBSTANDARD ROAD AND ONE GUY WANTS TO DO IT, AND SO YOU WANNA GET PAYMENT FROM THE OTHER GUY SO YOU CAN GIVE IT TO THAT GUY SO THAT HE CAN IMPROVE THE SUBSTANDARD ROAD.
BUT WE WOULDN'T REQUIRE IT FOR ANYTHING THAT MET MINIMUM STANDARDS.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, THE ROAD WE COLLECT FEES ON THAT'S SIMILAR TO TWO 80 IS SUBSTANDARD, BUT THEN LIKE HERO AWAY IS TECHNICALLY NOT MEETING THE REQUIREMENT.
WE WOULDN'T COLLECT IT ON HERO WAY.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M WONDERING IS THE APPLICATION AND HOW WE'RE FAIR AND EQUITABLE IN THAT, IN CONSIDERING WHAT IS AND IS NOT SUBSTANDARD.
UM, AND SO I GUESS JUST MY CONCERN IS THAT DIFFERENT PEOPLE WOULD SEE IT DIFFERENT WAYS.
WE'LL HAVE TO OUTLINE IT IN THE ORDINANCE AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S LEGAL TO DO IT THAT WAY.
SO FAR IT'S ANYTHING, EVERYTHING THAT WOULD BE EXCEEDING MINIMUM STANDARDS WOULD BE MORE THAN LOCAL TWO LANE ROAD WITH CURBS AND GUTTERS.
OLD COUNTY ROADS, YOU DON'T WANT PEOPLE, I'M SORRY, WE NEED TO HAVE IT ON THE RECORD.
I, I, IT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING IS IT'S REALLY ABOUT OLD COUNTY ROADS.
YOU DON'T WANT A WHOLE DEVELOPMENT WITH JUST AN 18 FOOT ROADWAY COMING INTO IT FOR A SUBDIVISION.
YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A FIRE LANE AND, AND ALL OF THAT, RIGHT? YEAH.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THAT PART? WE'RE GOOD THERE.
UM, YEAH, SO THE FIRST THING WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT CHANGING COLLECTION RATES AS PEOPLE WANNA SEE WHAT THEIR NEIGHBORS ARE DOING.
SO THAT'S WHAT THESE SLIDES ARE DOING HERE.
UM, AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A MOVING TARGET BECAUSE THESE CHANGE ALL THE TIME.
YOU KNOW, NEW STUDIES COME OUT BASICALLY EVERY YEAR.
YOU'RE REQUIRED TO DO IT EVERY FIVE YEARS.
THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT IT'S LOOKING LIKE TODAY.
AND THEN A FEW OF THEM, LIKE HUDA IS ABOUT TO HAVE THEIR UPDATE PUBLISHED.
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THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT LIKE HOW THEY'RE GONNA CHANGE THEIR RATES A LITTLE BIT HERE.UM, SO THERE'S SEVERAL OF THESE FEES.
SO THIS IS BASICALLY HOW IT'S GONNA APPLY TO DIFFERENT LAND USES.
THIS IS ASSUMING, YOU KNOW, ONE BASE UNIT, RIGHT? SO LIKE ONE SINGLE FAMILY HOME OR A THOUSAND, UM, SQUARE FEET OF, UH, INDUSTRIAL HERE.
UM, SO THE, THE, THE FAR LEFT IS OUR, OUR CURRENT YES.
COLLECTION RATES AND OUR CURRENT MAXIMUM ASSESSED FEES, UM, IN COMPARISON TO THE OTHER, UH, CITIES.
SO WE HAVE A FEW OF THESE SLIDES, YOU KNOW, AND WE CAN GO BACK AND FORTH.
I'M SURE WE WILL ON ON ALL OF THEM.
BUT YEAH, THE, THE MAX RATE, YOU CAN SEE HOW THE MAX RATES, YOU KNOW, WHAT COULD BE CHARGED, UH, VERSUS WHAT IS THE COLLECTION RATE, IS THE, THE DARKER SHADE THERE ON EVERYONE.
AND YOU CAN SEE EVERYONE IS CHARGING BELOW THE MAXIMUM AT THE, AT THE MOMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CITIES THAT DO CHARGE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE MAXIMUM.
THOSE ARE GENERALLY THE CITIES WHERE THEY'VE HAD RIF FOR A LONGER AMOUNT OF TIME.
ALL OF THESE CITIES, INCLUDING LEANDER, UM, ARE EITHER IN THEIR FIRST OR SECOND UPDATE AT THE MOMENT.
I THINK ROUND ROCK MIGHT ACTUALLY BE, MIGHT BE IN THEIR THIRD, BUT, UM, YEAH.
SO THIS ONE IS GENERAL LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
THIS NEXT ONE IS GENERAL OFFICE.
SO THESE ARE THE ONES WHERE WE'RE CHARGING 10% OF THE COLLECTION RATE HERE.
UM, I THINK COMMERCIAL IS INTERESTING TO EVERYONE GO OUT SHOPPING CENTER HERE.
AND THEN PROBABLY THE OTHER MOST INTERESTING ONE IS A SINGLE FAMILY WHERE LAND'S CURRENTLY CHARGING 50% OF THE MAXIMUM.
SO THIS IS FLIPPED FROM OUR INTENTION BECAUSE OUR INTENTION HAS BEEN WE WANT TO INCENTIVIZE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
WE WANT, WE WANT BUSINESSES THAT ARE GOING TO GENERATE REVENUE.
AND IT'S A LOT OF THESE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS THAT REALLY MESS UP TRAFFIC.
AND SO WHENEVER WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT UP HERE, IT'S BEEN, WE WANT THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS TO REALLY PAY IN AND MAKE ALL OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, THIS, THIS HURTS A LITTLE BIT TO SEE THAT IT'S THE HOUSING ONE THAT WE'RE LIKE, AH, IT'S FINE.
AND THEN EVERYBODY ELSE, WE'RE CHARGING HIGHER THAN OUR NEIGHBORS, I THINK.
I THINK THAT IS WHAT Y'ALL ARE ACCOMPLISHING.
YOU'RE CHARGING 50% OF THE MAXIMUM FOR, UM, RESIDENTIAL THAN 10%, BUT COMPARED TO OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES, OH YES.
CITIES WE'RE WAY LOWER VERSUS EVERY OTHER ONE WHERE WE'RE HIGHER.
LIKE THAT'S THE REVERSE IS WHAT I MEAN IS WE WANNA BE LOWER THAN OUR NEIGHBORS ON COMMERCIAL BECAUSE WE WANT EVERYTHING TO COME HERE INSTEAD OF THERE.
I THINK WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING THAT PART THEN.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE ACCOMPLISHING BEING HIGHER FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY.
AND, AND YOU CAN SEE, RIGHT, YOUR, YOUR STUDY IS OLDER THAN SAY ROUND ROCK.
SO ROUND ROCK'S MAXIMUM FEES ARE HIGHER.
UM, SO YOUR, YOUR OPTIONS TO BE HIGHER THAN YOUR NEIGHBOR AREN'T NECESSARILY THERE UNDER THE CURRENT STUDY.
I DO KNOW WHEN I WATCHED THE HU UM, PRESENTATION, WHICH WAS DONE I THINK IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, THEY WERE TRYING TO HAVE THEIR RESIDENTIAL AROUND $5,000 A UNIT IS WHAT THEY WERE GOING FOR.
ANOTHER THING WE KIND OF SEE HERE IS YOUR SERVICE THERE IS VARY A LOT AND I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S JUST EAST AND WEST OF 180 3 AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S KIND OF THE POCKET SERVICE AREA.
E IS A RELATIVELY SMALL SERVICE AREA AND IT'S ALL, THERE'S A TON OF DEVELOPABLE LAND THERE, SO IT'S JUST GONNA BE LOWER 'CAUSE THERE'S MORE ROOM FOR DEVELOPMENT, SO THERE'S MORE PEOPLE PAYING INTO IT.
SO THEIR FEET WOULD NATURALLY BE LOWER.
UM, WE DO HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE THAT BASICALLY SHOWS A COMPARISON ALL IN ONE TABLE.
UM, WE CAN FLIP TO ANY OF THE, THE ONES WE WANT TO LOOK AT.
I THINK WE DON'T HAVE THE PERCENTAGE ONE RIGHT AFTER THIS.
YEAH, WE DON'T, JUST THIS ONE.
SO THE RANGES HERE ARE DUE TO THE DIFFERENT SERVICE AREAS.
COUNSEL, THOUGHTS AROUND WHAT, SO WE'RE THE CHEAPEST ON THE WAY AROUND, RIGHT? ANYBODY WANNA MAKE COMMENTS ON THE RECORD? I HAVE A QUESTION.
SO GOING BACK TO STAFF SUGGESTIONS FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION AND WE'RE LOOKING AT INCREASING THE COLLECTION RATE OF THE ROADWAY IMPACT FEES, WHEN WOULD THOSE FEES HAVE TO BE PAID? IS THAT PRIOR TO GETTING A PERMIT FEE TO BILL OR IS THAT PRIOR TO CO OR WHAT? PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF THE BUILDING PERMIT.
UM, THAT'S WHEN THEY GET PAID IS
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WHEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY PULLING YOUR BUILDING PERMIT.A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL GIVE THEM ESTIMATES FOR A DEVELOPMENT DURING THE SITE DEVELOPMENT AND THE FINAL OR MORE THE SITE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
SO THEY HAVE AN IDEA AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, UM, IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT ARE PART OF THE ROADWAY IMPACT FEE.
THEN WE START A, UH, OFFSET PROCESS TO HELP WITH THAT BECAUSE THERE IS THAT, THAT PROCESS.
IF, IF THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE ROADWAY IMPACT FEE, IF THEY'RE DOING SOME SORT OF OFFSITE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S RIGHT AWAY, UM, AND IT'S IN THE ROADWAY IMPACT FEE, UH, STUDY, THEY CAN APPLY FOR AN OFFSET SO THAT WHEN THEY COME IN FOR THEIR BUILDING PERMIT, THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY THOSE ROADWAY IMPACT FEES AT THAT TIME.
AND ONE MORE QUESTION 'CAUSE I JUST WANNA HAVE A REALLY GOOD UNDERSTANDING.
SO LET'S JUST SAY, UM, SOMEONE WANTS TO BUILD ON A ROADWAY THAT IS CURRENTLY BEEN DESIGNED AND LIKE YOUR ROADWAY WHEN YOU GET EAST OF 180 3 80 MM-HMM
THAT'S GONNA BE COMPLETELY CHANGED, REVAMPED MULTIPLE LANES.
HOW WOULD THAT IMPACT THE DEV, UH, A DEVELOPMENT GOING IN OVER THERE, KNOWING HOW THIS IS? I I BELIEVE IT'S ALREADY PAID FOR THROUGH, UM, A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.
RIGHT? THOSE AREN'T INCLUDED IN THE, UM, IN THE STUDY.
UM, WELL I THINK I'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT HERE AWAY.
WE MIGHT HAVE INCLUDED OUR PARTICIPATION IN THE STUDY AND IF WE DID INCLUDE OUR PARTICIPATION IN THE STUDY, THEN IT WOULD BE PART OF THE ROADWAY IMPACT FEE.
UM, BUT A LOT OF STUFF THAT YOU NEED YOUR MIC.
UM, I THOUGHT I WAS CLOSE ENOUGH.
UM, SO WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO LOOK IF THERE IT WAS IN THE STUDY, IF IT WASN'T IN THE STUDY AND IT IS BEING PAID FOR BY ANOTHER, UM, LIKE TDOT OR, OR THE COUNTY WITH NO, UH, CITY PARTICIPATION, THEN THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO, UM, DEDICATE THAT RIGHT AWAY WOULD BE PROBABLY THE EXTENT OF THEIR PARTICIPATION.
SO, SO HOW WOULD IT WORK? SO, YOU KNOW, I BILL A PLA A, A SUBDIVISION DOWN THE STREET, I APPROVE THE ROAD UP TO THE STANDARD OR I PAY THE FEE OR WHATEVER, AND THEN ANOTHER SUBDIVISION COMES IN NEXT DOOR TO ME, GONNA USE THE SAME ROAD AND NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWICE THE TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD.
IT NEEDS TO, THE ROAD NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED, EVERYTHING.
HOW DOES THAT PLAY OUT IN THIS SCENARIO WITH THIS? WELL, I MEAN THAT THE TRAFFIC IMPACT OF, OF THE SUBDIVISION, I MEAN IT DEPENDS ON HOW BIG THE SUBDIVISION IS, BUT IN REALITY IF THE, THE ROAD WAS DESIGNED TO LOCAL STANDARDS, IT USUALLY TAKES A LOT OF A LOT OF VEHICLES TO PARTIC, YOU KNOW, TO CAUSE AN EXPANSION OF A ROAD.
I MEAN, YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL, UM, SUBDIVISION.
BUT I LIKEN IT TO, UM, EXTENSION OF UTILITIES.
YOU KNOW, WE REQUIRE, UH, DEVELOPMENTS TO EXTEND UTILITIES ACROSS THEIR FRONTAGE.
UM, THAT MEANS IF YOU, YOU KNOW, HAVE A DEVELOPMENT AND YOU HAVE TO EXTEND A 12 INCH WATER LINE AND IT GOES TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, THEN THAT GUY PICKS UP THAT 12 INCH WATER LINE AND EXTENDS IT ACROSS HIS PROPERTY.
AND THAT'S THE WAY WE, UM, GET IMPROVEMENTS, YOU KNOW, DONE IN THE CITY.
BOTH WATER WASTEWATER AND, AND TRANSPORTATION.
'CAUSE I WAS KIND OF THINKING, YOU KNOW, WHERE COLLABORATIVE WAY IS WHERE WE'RE PUTTING IN THE LIGHT RIGHT BACK THERE, THERE'S LIKE A WHOLE SUBDIVISION THAT'S GONNA COME ONLINE.
THERE'S ANOTHER, THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO SUBDIVISIONS BACK THERE PLUS THE EXISTING HOMES THAT ARE THERE AND EVERYTHING.
AND YOU HAVE THAT LITTLE DINKY ROAD THERE AND IT'S LIKE WHOEVER, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT COUNTY ROAD TWO 80 OR SO? THAT'S THE EXACT SITUATION THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS.
SO THAT'S, IT'S, SO I'M JUST KIND OF WONDERING IF I'M THE GUY, 'CAUSE THERE'S MORE SPACE BACK THERE TO BUILD MORE HOUSES MM-HMM
WHEN I COME IN, DO I GET THE FREE RIDE UP UNTIL YOUR DEVELOPMENT, BUT THEN ACROSS YOUR DEVELOPMENT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY FOR, FOR THAT IMPROVEMENT.
SO IT'S, YOU'RE KIND OF PIGGYBACKING ON TO WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING.
AND THEN WE KIND OF BROUGHT UP THE THING ABOUT THE USAGE ON THE MAIN, LIKE A MAIN THOROUGHFARE AND LIKE A DECELERATION LANE.
SO FOR INSTANCE, I THINK WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT NORTHLINE WITH THE ROAD THERE ON 180 3 ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING A DECELERATION LANE THERE.
SO WOULD THE DEVELOPER PICK UP THE COST ON THAT FOR THIS PART? IS THAT COME INTO THAT OR IS THAT A, IF IT WAS SPECIFIED IN THEIR TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT THEY NEEDED IT, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO PUT IT, PUT THAT IN.
IF IT'S SOLELY FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT, THEN IT'S PROBABLY THEIR SOLE RESPONSIBILITY.
BUT IF IT'S A DECELERATION LANE ON AN ALREADY ESTABLISHED, UH, PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY MORE, MORE TIMES THAN NOT, THEY'LL SAY WE'RE ONLY FIF, YOU KNOW, 15% RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS DECELERATION LANE.
AND THEN YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A NEGOTIATION
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WITH THEM ON, YOU KNOW, HOW YOU GET THAT DECELERATION LANE BUILT.ANYBODY ELSE? NO, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK SO.
I JUST LIKE IN SUMMARY, I GUESS JUST TO CLEAR UP WHAT THE SUGGESTIONS ARE WITH THE, WHAT YOUR SUGGESTIONS ARE.
THE BIGGEST THING AS FAR AS WHAT, FOR INSTEAD OF THE WRAP TO BE ABLE TO, UM, TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF THE COLLECTION RATE.
SO INCREASE THE COLLECTION RATE ON THE RESIDENTIAL AND MAYBE ON THE COMMERCIAL, THAT'S GONNA BE THE BIGGEST WAY TO INCREASE THE FUNDS THAT ARE COMING INTO THE CITY.
AND THEN ANOTHER, UH, I ALSO SEE ON HERE NO LONGER THE NO LONGER ALLOW THE RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION TO KIND OF GET NEGOTIATED IN THERE TOO.
IS A WAY TO STOP THE BLEEDING A LITTLE BIT THERE TOO.
AND I MEAN, IF YOU GUYS WENT TO MAXIMUM ASSESSED FEE RIGHT? I WOULD SAY YEAH, WE NEED TO OFFSET RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION.
BUT IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, WE'RE NOT GONNA GO TO MAXIMUM ASSESS FEE.
SO THERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, ABILITY TO USE WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DISCOUNTING THE RATE AS AS, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR CONTRIBUTION AND NOT, AND NOT OFFSET THE RIF FURTHER FOR IT.
MOST EVERYTHING ELSE IS JUST SIMPLIFYING TO MAKE THIS ALL BETTER AND THEN THERE'S THE AMOUNT THAT'S GONNA GO UP MM-HMM
AND THAT'S GONNA BE OUR KIND OF LIKE NEGOTIATION OR DETERMINATION OF HOW MUCH THAT'S GONNA GO UP.
AND WE HAVE DATA NOW TO SHOW WHERE WE'RE AT IN COMPARISON TO MOST OF OUR PEERS ANYWAYS.
AND JUST TO THE, THE, UM, THE ROADWAY IMPACT FEE STUDY WAS DONE IN 2022 MM-HMM
SO IT'S DUE TO BE DONE AGAIN IN 2027 MM-HMM
UH, IT COULD BE DONE SOONER IF WE FELT LIKE WE WANTED TO REASSESS, YOU KNOW, THE FEES AND SEE, UH, BECAUSE I THINK THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF INFLATION IN THE LAST THREE YEARS BASED ON THAT.
I THINK WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE BUT TO LOOK AT IT.
AND SO I THINK WE'RE NOT CAPTURING SOME OF THAT.
UM, SO THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY DO IS, IS LOOK AT UPDATING THAT, UM, ROADWAY IMPACT FEE STUDY AS WELL AND GETTING A LITTLE MORE REALISTIC, UH, MAXIMUM ASSESSED FEES.
WE JUST DID ROUND ROCKS IN 2023, APPROVED IN 2024 AND YEAH, THEIR MAX VIEWS DOUBLED.
UM, 'CAUSE THEY CAUGHT THAT EXTRA YEAR OF INFLATION ACTUALLY REALLY EXTRA TWO YEARS FROM THE, THE DATA WE WERE USING.
UM, I, I LIKE THE SUGGESTIONS.
UM, BUT I'M GONNA BE SUPER HONEST.
YOU COULD PUT ALMOST ANYTHING ON HERE AS LONG AS IT SOUNDS GOOD 'CAUSE I HAVE DEVELOPED A ROAD NEVER.
UM, SO WHAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE, UH, WHAT I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US IS, UM, SOME EXAMPLES ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT BETWEEN OUR CURRENT WAY OF DOING THINGS AND IF WE ADOPT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ACTUAL, UM, PROJECTS THAT WE'VE SEEN.
SO LIKE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HT O WHAT WOULD THE FEES LOOK LIKE UNDER THIS SCENARIO? BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE APPROVED THE FEES THAT WERE OUT OF WHACK, WE THOUGHT THE SAME THING.
LIKE, WELL THIS SOUNDS LIKE IT MAKES SENSE AND, AND WE SEE WHERE WE'RE AT AND LET'S GO.
AND WE HAD GOOD INTENTIONS AND IT DIDN'T QUITE TURN OUT.
SO I THINK HAVING THOSE EXAMPLES WOULD REALLY HELP US, UM, IN, IN MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT COLLECTION RATE WE WOULD USE TO COME UP WITH THE, THE POST SCENARIO.
LIKE, 'CAUSE I THINK THE COLLECTION RATE HAS TO BE FIGURED OUT FOR US TO TELL YOU THE BEFORE AND AFTER, LIKE WHAT WE DO NOW VERSUS WHAT WE WOULD DO UNDER THE SUGGESTIONS.
SO HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT FIGURING OUT THE COLLECTION RATE? WELL, THAT USUALLY IS DIRECTED BY, SO MAYBE LIKE IF YOU WERE GIVING AN EXAMPLE AND YOU WERE SAYING, HEY, INSTEAD OF 50% WE'RE GONNA GO TO 75 AND I'M JUST CUTTING THE DIFFERENCE, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? OKAY.
BASED ON LIKE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD EXAMPLE OR IF YOU'RE GONNA SUGGEST THIS OR THIS.
MAYBE IT'S THIS, HERE'S THE EXAMPLE.
IF YOU WENT TO 65 AND HERE'S THE EXAMPLE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH HARDER THAT IS TO DO DOUBLE WORK OR IF IT'S AN EASY CALCULATION 'CAUSE YOU ALREADY HAVE THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF YOU MM-HMM
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT WE WANT IS AN EASY CALCULATION FOR OUR CUSTOMERS THAT ARE COMING IN.
UM, SO, AND, AND I THINK THIS IS WHERE WE DEPEND ON YOUR EXPERTISE BECAUSE YOU ALL SIT DOWN WITH THE PEOPLE DEVELOPING EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW WHERE THE PAIN POINTS ARE.
WE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW THAT MAYBE YOU DO
SO JUST SORT OF SEEING THE SCENARIOS THAT YOU'RE THINKING, BECAUSE I'M GUESSING YOU ALREADY HAVE SOME IDEAS OF, WELL, THIS AMOUNT WOULD DEFINITELY BE TOO LOW AND THIS AMOUNT WOULD DEFINITELY BE TOO HIGH.
SO JUST THROW OUT SOME IDEAS FOR HYPOTHETICALS THAT WE CAN SEE.
PROBABLY JUST SHOW THE MAX ACCESSIBLE FEE AS ONE WHAT WE'RE CHARGING NOW AND THEN PICK UP SPOT OR TWO IN THE MIDDLE.
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YEAH.AND THEN JUST GRAB A COUPLE OF DEVELOPMENTS WHERE THE CURRENT SYSTEM DIDN'T WORK.
UM, MAYBE GRAB A COUPLE WHERE IT DID WORK SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THOSE AREN'T THEN LOPSIDED.
UM, JUST SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THIS IS WHAT WE WERE INTENDING.
I FEEL LIKE SHOWING SOMETHING LIKE TWO 80, RIGHT? TWO 80 IS LIKE THE, THE, I FEEL LIKE IT'S THE MOST OBVIOUS ONE THAT I'VE SEEN AROUND.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE ASKING FOR LIKE WHAT WOULD THAT HAVE LOOKED LIKE IF WE WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO, WHAT WOULD WE DO THIS OR WHAT IS OUR SHORTFALL NOW AT LEAST? YEAH.
AND WHAT ARE WE GONNA HAVE TO PICK UP AS A CITY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT STUFF IN PLACE.
SO WE DON'T RUN INTO THAT AGAIN IN ONE OF OUR, YOU KNOW, IN, WHAT WAS IT, IN, IN THAT SAME QUAD, IN THE SAME SECTION ONE.
UM, AND THEN ALSO, AND I THINK IT'S B AND D OR THE OTHER TWO THAT ARE KIND OF STILL HAVE A CHANCE TO GROW MM-HMM
AND WE JUST DON'T WANNA RUN INTO THAT AGAIN TOO.
SO MAYBE IT'S A LIKE, HEY, WE'RE IN THIS SITUATION 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT STUFF IN PLACE AND HERE'S WHY WE HAVE TO DO IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
UM, AND THEN I THINK ALSO GETTING DOWN SOME OF THE SPECIFICS ON HOW WE DETERMINE THE, UM, MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR ROADS SO THAT IT'S, IT'S VERY CLEAR AND IT DOESN'T JUST DEPEND ON WHO IS APPROVING WHETHER SOMEBODY DECIDES IT'S SUBSTANDARD OR NOT.
UM, I THINK WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE PEOPLE DEVELOPING HERE FEEL LIKE IT'S A FAIR PROCESS.
COUNSEL, ANYTHING ELSE? DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING, MR. CITY MANAGER? YES.
AND I WAS GONNA SAY TOO, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS TO THINK ABOUT IS HOW YOU'RE GONNA PROGRAM THESE DOLLARS.
SO IF WE'RE GONNA USE THESE FOR DEBT SERVICE, WHICH MEANS WE'RE GONNA GO OUT ISSUE BONDS AND ADVANCE FUND AND TRY TO GET AHEAD OF SOME OF THESE STREET INFRASTRUCTURE PIECES OR DO INFILL, THERE COULD BE LIMITATIONS WITH REGARD TO HOW HIGH WE CAN SET THE FEE BASED ON THAT AS WELL.
SO THAT'LL BE A GOVERNING FACTOR TOO, IN TERMS OF WHEN AND HOW WE DEPLOY THOSE DOLLARS.
DID Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR US? UM, SO JUST SO I'M CLEAR, IS THIS A, LIKE ANOTHER WORKSHOP WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY DOING? I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE A WORKSHOP OR IF IT WOULD BE JUST A REGULAR AGENDA ITEM.
I GUESS THAT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH YOU HAVE TO PRESENT.
UM, BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
I DON'T THINK A WHOLE WORKSHOP WOULD BE NECESSARY FOR THAT.
WE'RE YOU'RE SUGGESTING WE, WE, WE MAKE SOME CHANGES TO GET HELP.
WE HAVE SOME DIRECTION AS FAR AS LIKE, YOU KNOW, A RANGE OF WHERE THINGS NEED TO BE AND MAYBE JUST BRING US BACK SOMETHING ON A REGULAR AGENDA THAT SAYS, HEY, THIS IS OUR SUGGESTIONS, HERE'S WHAT IT IS.
IT WOULDN'T TAKE AN HOUR, IT MIGHT TAKE 15 MINUTES.
TO GO OVER SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST, LIKE WE ALWAYS DO THAT.
WE TALK TO OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS OUT THERE AND YOU KNOW, JUST SAY THIS AND I KNOW EVERYBODY'S GONNA SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, TAKE YOUR TIME AND, AND, UH, AND MAKE IT LESS
BUT IF ANYBODY WATCHES THIS PRESENTATION AND THEY UNDERSTAND WHERE OUR CITY IS AT, UH, WHERE WE DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY TO, TO DO SOME OF THOSE THINGS TOO.
SO WE NEED TO HAVE SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS VERY QUICKLY AND, AND THEY NEED TO BE FAIR FOR THIS CITY TOO.
I THINK LOOKING AT ALL THAT WE'VE COVERED TONIGHT, IT'S ONLY BEEN 30 MINUTES, SO UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING MUCH BIGGER.
I THINK REGULAR AGENDA IS PROBABLY GONNA BE FINE.
WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP AT 6:33 PM PLEASE BE BACK AT SEVEN O'CLOCK FOR THE REGULAR MEETING.
TODAY IS THURSDAY, JANUARY 16TH, 2025.
[4. Open Meeting, Invocation and Pledges of Allegiance.]
AND THE TIME IS 7:04 PM AND THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL VICTORIA CHAD, HURRY WITH BAHAI COMMUNITY OF LEANDER.WE'LL BE PROVIDING THE INVOCATION THIS EVENING FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION.
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE.
OH, THOU KIND LORD, THIS GATHERING IS TURNING TO THEE.
THESE HEARTS ARE RADIANT WITH THY LOVE.
THESE MINDS AND SPIRITS ARE EXHILARATED BY THE MESSAGE OF THY CLAD TIDINGS.
OH GOD, LET THIS AMERICAN DEMOCRACY BECOME GLORIOUS IN SPIRITUAL DEGREES, EVEN AS IT HAS ASPIRED TO MATERIAL DEGREES AND RENDER THIS JUST GOVERNMENT VICTORIOUS.
CONFIRM THIS REVERED NATION TO UP RAISE THE STANDARD OF THE ONENESS OF HUMANITY TO PROMULGATE THE MOST GREAT PEACE TO BECOME THEREBY MOST GLORIOUS AND PRAISE WORTHY AMONG ALL THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD.
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IS WORTHY OF THY FAVORS AND IS DESERVING OF THY MERCY.MAKE IT PRECIOUS AND NEAR TO TH THROUGH THY BOUNTY AND BESTOW AM AMEN.
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE, TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC OF WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD WITH, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS.
ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
[5. Roll Call.]
ALL RIGHT.CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER CATHERINE BATTALION PARKER.
COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL HERRERA.
COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONALD.
PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS CERNE.
THE 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.]]
PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS THAT ARE POSTED ON THE AGENDA, I WILL CALL ON SPEAKERS PRIOR TO THE DISCUSSION OF THE AGENDA ITEM AND DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, INDIVIDUALS THAT SUBMITTED COMMENTS VIA THE WEBSITE WILL ONLY HAVE POSITIONS READ INTO THE RECORD.
ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL AND WILL BE MADE A PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT PUBLIC COMMENTS IS YOUR TIME TO SPEAK TO COUNSEL.
IT IS NOT A TIME THAT WE CAN HAVE A BACK AND FORTH DIALOGUE TO TALK TO YOU.
UM, THAT IS CONSIDERED DELIBERATION BY THE STATE OF TEXAS AND IT'S NOT POSTED ON AGENDA.
UM, WITH THAT, WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE SIGNED UP.
MR. EVANS, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
MY NAME'S RON EVANS, 1 33 CHADWICK DRIVE IN GEORGETOWN, TEXAS.
I'M THE DEVELOPER OF THE POINT ONE 83 PROJECT, WHICH SITS JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE NEW HOSPITAL SITE ON 180 3 A OUR MIXED USE MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND ABOUT A FOURTH OF THAT'S UNDER DEVELOPMENT CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW FOR A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL OFFICE PARK.
SO
AND, UH, TEXAS ORTHOPEDICS, OUR FIRST AND ANCHOR TENANT OUT THERE SIGNED THEIR CONTRACT TO BE THE, THE, THE STAR OF THAT, OF THAT PROJECT ABOUT, UH, TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO.
SO IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD FOR US.
UH, WE HAVE THREE TYPES OF, UH, PERMITS THAT WE NEED TO CLOSE OUT.
OUR BUILDING PERMITS, OUR SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMITS IN OUR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS PERMIT.
OUR PICP, THAT PICP IS THE ONLY ONE THAT COMES BEFORE COUNCIL.
SO WE ARE REALLY, EVERYBODY'S READY TO MOVE IN AND THOSE OTHER PERMITS ARE ALMOST DONE.
WHAT WE'RE ASKING NOW IS THAT THERE'S SOME KIND OF A SHORTENED METHODOLOGY FOR GETTING THAT FROM THE DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DEVELOPMENT IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL PRIOR TO WHAT NOW MIGHT BE A FEBRUARY 20TH, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IF THE FEBRUARY 6TH COUNCIL MEETING IS NOT OCCURRING.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ACCURATE, BUT THAT'S WHAT I HEARD.
THAT WOULD BE A HUGE DELAY FOR THESE, UH, FOR THESE MEDICAL USERS.
UM, IT'S A VETERINARY GROUP, IT'S A DENTIST.
BY THE WAY, NONE OF THESE ARE RELOCATIONS WITHIN LEANDER.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE NEW DOCTOR GROUPS IS COMING FROM OUTSIDE.
THIS IS, THEY'VE NEVER BEEN IN LEANDER BEFORE.
SO IT'S A GREAT ARRIVAL TO THE CITY OF SOME OF THESE, UH, REALLY PROMINENT NAMES IN TEXAS.
WE HAVE SOME OF THEIR, UM, REPRESENTATIVES HERE AS WELL.
SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR SOME ASSISTANCE, SOMEONE TO CHAMPION THIS CAUSE, GET THAT PICP PLAN ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING SO THEY CAN BEGIN MOVING THEIR PEOPLE AND SEEING PATIENTS AS SOON AS THEY CAN.
SO, ADAM, MY LIGHT'S STILL GREEN, I FEEL REALLY ACCOMPLISHED.
UH, NEXT UP IS TANNER SLOAN, I THINK.
PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR.
ADDRESS 28 0 1 LIVE OAK STREET, ROUND ROCK 7 8 6 8 1.
I'M THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR TEXAS ORTHOPEDICS SPORTS AND REHABILITATION ASSOCIATES, DIVISION OF ORTHO LONE STAR.
WE ARE THE LARGEST INDEPENDENT ORTHOPEDIC PRACTICE IN THE GREATER AUSTIN AREA AS OF TEXAS ORTHOPEDICS AND THIRD LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY FOR ORTHO LONE STAR.
WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE HIGH QUALITY SPECIALIZED CARE THAT WE PROVIDE OUR PATIENTS FOR ORTHOPEDIC, MUSCULOSKELETAL, AND RHEUMATOLOGICAL NEEDS.
WE ARE EXCITED TO BRING THIS CARE TO THE CITY OF, OF LEANDER AND ITS RESIDENTS.
UH, AS WE NEAR THE COMPLETION OF OUR NEW BUILDING THAT OUR COLLEAGUE RON HAS OUTLINED FOR YOU.
UH, HOWEVER, WE'VE, WE'VE FACED UNFORTUNATE DELAYS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
AS HE'S ALSO STATED, UH, THIS HAS AMOUNTED TO OVER A YEAR IN TOTAL AND HAS FORCED US TO VACATE OUR PREVIOUS LOCATION SOUTH OF LEANDER FOR OVER THREE MONTHS AGO.
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TO PROVIDE THIS HIGH QUALITY SPECIALIZED CARE TO MORE THAN 3000 PATIENTS ON A MONTHLY BASIS FOR LEANDER.AND THIS IS FOR ITS CHILDREN AND UP TO ITS SENIORS.
AND THIS IS FOR TREATMENT OF SPRAINS, JOINT PAINS, FRACTURES, SURGERIES, BUT MOST NOTABLY, THOSE ARE REQUIRING CRITICAL RHEUMATOLOGICAL DRUGS BY WAY OF INFUSION.
WE'RE NO STRANGER TO COMPLYING WITH HIGH LEVELS OF REGULATION IN THE MEDICAL INDUSTRY AND WE RESPECT THE PROCESSES THAT THE CITY HAS LAID OUT.
WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF ENSURING PROPER FOUNDATION IS LAID BEFORE GROWTH CAN TAKE PLACE, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HERE AS BUSINESS OWNERS TO HELP OFFSET THE BURDEN OF TAXES TO THE RESIDENTS BY, BY COMMERCIAL GROWTH.
WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE'VE COMPLETED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PICP AND WE HAVE PROVIDED THAT DOCUMENTATION.
AND AS SUCH, WE ARE ASKING FOR EXPEDITED APPROVAL SO THAT WE CAN WORK TO OBTAIN OUR CO AND CLOSE THE GAP TO TREATING THOSE PATIENTS.
IF THIS NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS, UH, THREE TO FIVE WEEKS AWAY, THAT COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE IN ONE MONTH'S WORTH OF TREATMENT FOR THE PATIENTS.
SO IN SUMMARY, WE APPRECIATE ANY ASSISTANCE THAT YOU CAN AFFORD US WITH THAT, SO WE CAN CLOSE THE GAP OF CARE FOR THE ORTHOPEDIC NEEDS IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
I'M SORRY I'M HAVING A HARD TIME READING THE HANDWRITING.
UH, WELL, PARKER, COMING UP, YOU CAN TELL US YOUR LAST NAME.
PLEASE GIVE YOUR FIRST LAST NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
UH, MY NAME IS PARKER ABT MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANKS FOR LETTING ME TALK.
UH, I'M ONE OF THE PHYSICIANS AT TEXAS ORTHOPEDICS.
I'VE BEEN THERE FOR, UH, ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
I'M ON THE BOARD OF OUR PHYSICIAN COMMITTEE AND REALLY JUST CAME TODAY TO EVERY, THE GUYS THAT HAVE BOTH SPOKEN BEFORE ME HAVE KIND OF OUTLINED WHAT THE PROCESS HAS BEEN BEEN LIKE FOR THE GROUP AND WORKING WITH THE CITY AND TRYING TO CONTINUE TO BRING THE CARE TO THE PATIENTS BOTH IN LEANDER AND THE CEDAR PARK AREA.
UM, I I, I SEE PATIENTS TWICE A WEEK NOW IN LOCATIONS THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE HERE AND, UH, EVERY, EVERY DAY IT'S MULTIPLE PATIENTS A DAY.
IT'S SAYING, UH, PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME DRIVE BACK DOWN HERE.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE NEVER ENVISIONED, UH, WHEN WE SIGNED FOR THAT, UH, PIECE OF LAND OVER TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO.
UH, AND CERTAINLY NEVER SOMETHING WHERE WE FELT LIKE, OH MAN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO ABANDON OUR CLINIC THAT'S CLOSE TO THEM AND STILL HAVE AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF TIME AS FAR AS WHEN WE CAN GET BACK TO MAKE OUR CARE CONVENIENT FOR THEM.
AND SO THIS IS JUST OUR PLEA TO, TO HELP US IN ANY WAY YOU CAN TO EXPEDITE THIS PROCESS SO WE CAN BRING BACK CARE TO THE PATIENTS BACK HERE, UH, IN LEANDER.
UM, FOR THE THREE OF YOU GENTLEMEN, I BELIEVE OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER IS READY TO, UH, SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH Y'ALL ABOUT THE ISSUES.
UM, SO Y'ALL WILL MEET, UM, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA? MRS. BERNARDI, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
HI, I'M KATHY MENARDI AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT TEXAS ORTHOPEDICS WAS GONNA BE HERE THIS MORNING OR AFTERNOON, EXCUSE ME, EVENING.
KOVAL, MY, UH, RA DOCTOR, AND HE SAID THAT HE WAS HOPING THAT THE CLINIC WOULD BE OPENED IN MARCH, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OPEN IN NOVEMBER.
SO IT'S A LOT CLOSER FOR ME TO COME HERE TO ORLANDO.
I MEAN, ORLANDO
SO I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT IF THESE THREE GUYS WOULD BE ABLE TO GET THEIR OFFICES OPEN IN LEANDER.
THANK YOU MRS. BERNARDI, PLEASE FILL OUT ONE OF THE FORMS WITH THE CITY SECRETARY.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK ALL SCENE? NONE.
[7. Recognitions/Proclamations/Visitors.
]
WE HAVE A, UH, PROCLAMATION FOR OUR MLK MARCH END CELEBRATION.
HEY, THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND WE ARE EXCITED.
THIS IS OUR FOURTH ANNUAL MLK CELEBRATION, UH, FOR THE CITY OF LEANDER.
AND WE ARE INVITING ALL OF YOU TO COME OUT, UM, ON MONDAY.
WE KNOW IT'S GONNA BE COLD, POTENTIALLY.
UM, AND SO THE EVENT HAS BEEN MOVED FROM OLD TOWN PARK HERE OVER TO THE LEANDER ACTIVITY CENTER, AND THAT'S INDOORS FOR MOST OF IT.
WE WILL STILL HAVE AN ABBREVIATED MARCH, AND I'M SO THANKFUL TO OUR PARKS AND REC TEAM AND TO FIRE AND PD AND PUBLIC WORKS FOR COMING UP AND, AND REALLY SUPPORTING AN ALTERNATIVE WAY THAT WE CAN STILL DO THIS EVENT ON MONDAY AND SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITIES.
WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT HAVE WRITTEN ESSAYS ABOUT MLK THAT WILL BE AWARDED, UM, THEIR AWARDS FOR DOING THAT.
AND, UM, WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE VOLUNTEERING AT THIS EVENT.
WE WANT THEM TO STILL BE ABLE TO GET THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS AND WE STILL WANNA RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE LEGACY OF REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING ON MONDAY.
SO WE HOPE Y'ALL COME OUT TO THAT.
IT STARTS AT 10 AND THEN ALL YOUR OTHER EVENTS WILL BE INSIDE DIRECTLY AFTER THE MARCH AT 10.
BUT I'M GONNA READ OUR PROCLAMATION AND AFTER I READ IT, WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE WITH THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF THAT PICTURE FOR MLK AS WE DO EACH YEAR.
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THE PROCLAMATION SAYS, WHERE IS DURING THE REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR'S LEADERSHIP OF THE MODERN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT? FROM 1955 TO 1968, BLACK AMERICANS ACHIEVED MORE GENUINE PROGRESS TOWARDS RACIAL EQUALITY IN AMERICA THAN THE PREVIOUS 350 YEARS HAVE PRODUCED.AND REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING IS WIDELY REGARDED AS AMERICA'S PREEMINENT ADVOCATE OF NONVIOLENCE AND ONE OF THE GREATEST NONVIOLENT LEADERS IN THE WORLD.
AND WHEREAS ON AUGUST 28TH, 1963, JUST A CENTURY, AFTER THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, THE REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
LED MORE THAN 200,000 AMERICANS IN A MARCH ON WASHINGTON IN PURSUIT OF JOBS AND FREEDOM FOR ALL PEOPLE STANDING ON THE STEPS OF THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL, HE CALLED ON AMERICANS TO SIT DOWN TOGETHER AT THE TABLE OF BROTHERHOOD AND TO MEET OUR PROMISE OF LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS FOR ALL.
AND WHEREAS TODAY, PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS CONTINUE THAT MARCH, RAISING THEIR VOICES TO CONFRONT ABUSES OF POWER, CHALLENGE, HATE AND DISCRIMINATION, PROTECT THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND ACCESS TO QUALITY JOBS, HEALTHCARE, HOUSING, AND EDUCATION.
ON THIS DAY, WE REFLECT ON THE LEGACY OF A MAN WHO ISSUED A CALL TO THE CONSCIENCE OF OUR NATION AND OF OUR WORLD.
AND WHEREAS LEGISLATION PASSED IN 1983, MAKING MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
DAY, UM, A FEDERAL HOLIDAY WITH THE FIRST NATIONAL OBSERVANCE IN 1986, WHERE RECOGNITION OF DR.
KING'S LEGACY IS CELEBRATED WITH MARCHES, PARADES, AND SPEECHES BY CIVIL RIGHTS AND POLITICAL LEADERS.
NOW THEREFORE, I MAYOR CHRISTINE DELILAH OF THE CITY OF LEANER TEXAS, DO BY HERE, I'M SORRY, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM ON MONDAY, JANUARY 20TH, 2025, THE CITY OF LEANER WILL HONOR AND CELEBRATE THE REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
DURING THE CITY'S MLK DAY MARCH AND CELEBRATION IN LEANDER.
THE 2025 THEME IS MARCHING TOWARDS A BETTER TOMORROW AND WITNESS THEREOF, I ADHERE UNTO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF LEANDER TO BE AFFIXED ON JANUARY 16TH, 2025.
WELL, WE WILL HAVE MISS KEISHA COME UP.
DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANY WORDS YOU WANNA SHARE? YOU DON'T HAVE HAVE TO IF YOU DON'T WANT.
THEY HAVE BEEN HELPING TO PLAN AND PUT THIS EVENT ON.
SO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS AND ALL THOSE OTHERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP.
HEY, I'M COMING IN THERE, BUT I'M GOING BEHIND THE I'M GOING BEHIND.
JUST MAKE SURE I CAN SEE EVERYBODY SEE ME.
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GIRLS.[8. Leander History]
IS LEANDER HISTORY WITH HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSIONER KAT HOWELL WITH THE GOOD HAIR.UH, EVERY SIX WEEKS I BECOME A NATURAL BLONDE AGAIN.
AND, UM, SHE STRAIGHTENS IT FOR ME.
SO,
UH, FIRST A LITTLE HOUSEKEEPING, UM, REESE ACROSS AMERICA, WE HAVE THE REESE ARE ALL COLLECTED AND THEY'RE BY THE DUMPSTER.
AND TANYA IS, UH, SHE HAD A LITTLE CONFUSION AND SHE THOUGHT IT WAS TODAY THAT SHE NEEDED TO PICK IT ALL UP, BUT SHE IS PICKING IT ALL UP TOMORROW.
SO WE'RE ALL DONE FOR 2024 AND I WON'T BOTHER Y'ALL FOR ABOUT FOUR MORE MONTHS FOR 2025
UM, ALSO ANOTHER LITTLE THING, UM, I HAVE BEEN, I'M BEING INUNDATED BY CALLS FOR DONATING BLOOD.
IT'S BEEN SINCE 2020 THAT I ORGANIZED A, UM, BLOOD DRIVE HERE IN LEANDER.
I DON'T HAVE TIME TO ORGANIZE ANOTHER BLOOD DRIVE.
SO IF THERE'S ANYONE OUT THERE THAT CAN ORGANIZE A BLOOD DRIVE YES MA'AM, THEY'LL BE AT MLK AND THEY WERE LAST YEAR ALSO.
WE ARE BLOOD, I BELIEVE IT IS.
UH, WE ARE BLESSED HERE THAT WE HAVE, WE ARE COVERED BOTH BY WE ARE BLOOD AND THE SCOTT AND WHITE.
UM, AND FOR THE MOST PART, THOSE TWO ENTITIES, THEY KEEP US COVERED SO WE DON'T HAVE TO PULL BLOOD FROM THE RED CROSS.
SO, UH, THAT BLOOD CAN GO TO PLACES SUCH AS LA WHERE THEY REALLY, REALLY NEED IT.
UM, THIS EVENING I'M JUST GONNA, UH, I HAVE, WE REALLY HAVE A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE MOVING IN HERE, SO I'M GONNA BACK UP JUST A LITTLE BIT AND GET REAL BASIC ABOUT SOME OF OUR BASIC LEANDER HISTORY.
FOR MOST OF, OH, WELL, HOPEFULLY FOR MOST OF YOU, THIS IS KIND OF A, A REMINDER OTHERWISE FOR EVERYONE NEW, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF NEW STUFF.
THIS RIGHT HERE IS A DRAWING OF THE LEANDER DEPOT, WHICH WAS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM HERE, JUST STRAIGHT OUT THIS DOOR.
UM, RIGHT WHERE THE DOUBLE TRACKS ARE RIGHT THERE AT 180 3, THE DOUBLE TRACKS ARE STILL THERE.
THOSE SIDETRACKS ARE WHAT PULLED UP NEXT TO THAT DEPOT RIGHT THERE.
AND, UM, CAPITAL METRO USES THE SIDETRACKS STILL FOR THEIR MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT FOR THE TRAINS.
AND THEN LEANDER BAGHDAD STARTED IN 1854 WAS THE, WHEN THEY PLOTTED IT ALL OUT, WE GOT A POST OFFICE.
WE ORIGINALLY HAD FOUR CHURCHES, AND I HAVE MENTIONED THIS AGAIN, BUT IT'S ALWAYS FUNNY TO HEAR, UH, OUR FIRST FOUR CHURCHES WERE THE BAPTIST CHURCH, WHICH IS NOW NEW HOPE, NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH.
THEY MOVED FROM BAGHDAD TO, TO WHAT'S NOW CEDAR PARK AND, AND BECAME NEW HOPE.
AND THEN WE HAD CHURCH OF CHRIST, WHICH, UM, THEY ACTUALLY WERE DOWN CLOSER TO CYPRESS CREEK.
UM, BUT THEY CONSIDERED THEMSELVES HERE.
AND THEN THE METHODIST CHURCH, WHICH WHICH IS THE ONE ON THE LEFT THAT WAS BUILT OVER IN BAGHDAD.
AND THEY ROLLED THAT CHURCH OVER FROM BAGHDAD, ONE MILE EAST.
THE OTHER CHURCH IS THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH RIGHT ACROSS THE ROAD THERE.
AND NOTICE WE HAVE A OLD DRAWING HERE WITH THE STEEPLE.
WE WERE, UH, ORIGINALLY HERE IN 1851.
PART OF THAT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
IT HAS BEEN IN CON UH, CONTINUAL OPERATION SINCE 1857.
CAN YOU REMIND US WHAT YEAR THAT WAS? THAT THE STEEPLE WENT UP? 2010 OR 11? SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE.
COMPARED TO THE AGE OF THE CHURCH.
NO PRESBYTERIANS AND PARTICULARLY LEANDER PRESBYTERIAN HAS BEEN VERY TIGHT WITH THEIR MONEY AND THAT WAS EXTRAVAGANCE.
SO, BUT WE NEEDED A STEEPLE, UM, LEANDER SPORTS.
LEANDER HAS HAD, UH, VERY GOOD SPORTS TEAMS HERE, AND PARTICULARLY OUR BASEBALL.
AND, UM, IT HAS NOT BEEN THAT LONG SINCE OUR LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM WENT ALL THE WAY UP TO NATIONAL LEVEL, I BELIEVE, WASN'T IT 2022? SOMEWHERE IN THERE.
YEAH, THEY WENT, THEY WENT VERY FAR IN, IN, UH, UH, IN, UH, 1959.
OUR BASEBALL TEAM WAS ONE OUT AWAY FROM GOING TO THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES.
UM, THAT'S THE PRECURSOR TO THAT.
AND, UM, I USED TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE BASEBALL GLOVES LIKE THAT.
I PLAYED WITH IT AS A CHILD AND I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW, HOW NICE IT WOULD BE TO HAVE IT AT THIS AGE.
UM, THAT'S THE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM FROM HERE IN LEANDRO SCHOOL IN 26, AND THEN THE VOLLEYBALL
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IN 35.NOTICE HOW IN 26 THE, THEY WERE, THE, THE GIRLS WERE WEARING SKIRTS, SPLIT SKIRTS, AND THEY WENT BELOW THE KNEES BY 35, THEY WERE ACTUALLY WEARING SHORTS AND THEY WERE ABOVE THE KNEES.
THAT'S HOW FASHION CHANGED ABOVE THE KNEES.
HERE'S A COUPLE MORE PICTURES.
UH, MR. BRYSON THERE MIGHT RECOGNIZE A COUPLE OF THOSE.
UM, THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT, IT'S IN THE 1950S NOTICE THEY HAVE PLASTIC HELMETS.
PLASTIC WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WAS USED UNTIL AFTER WORLD WAR II.
THE PLASTIC WAS, UM, INVENTED.
PLASTIC HELMS WAS INVENTED FOR, UM, FIGHTER PILOTS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THAT COMES FROM.
AND THAT'S A PICTURE FROM 1948 LEANDER VERSUS LIBERTY HILL.
I THINK THAT'S HERE IN LEANDER.
IT LOOKS LIKE WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE BEFORE, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, UH, LIBERTY HILL LOOKED LIKE AT THE TIME.
AND THE PICTURE CA UH, COMES FROM LIBERTY HILL.
BUT YOU NOTICE THEY'RE, THEY'RE WEARING THE LEATHER HELMETS AT THAT POINT AND NOTICE THEY'RE ALL WEARING BOOTS.
AND NOTICE THERE ARE A LOT OF ROCKS IN THAT FIELD.
UH, THE OLD TIMERS TELL ME THAT BOTH LIBERTY HILL AND LEANDER HAD TERRIBLE FIELDS AND BURN.
IT HAD WORSE BECAUSE IT HAD STICKERS IN IT.
UM, ONE OF THE PIVOTAL THINGS, ESPECIALLY IN OLD TOWN, THAT'S THE LEANDER FOOTBALL.
WERE YOU SECOND ONE FROM THE, DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT YEAR THAT WAS? HUH? DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT YEAR? UH, I GRADUATED IN 48.
I'LL TALK WITH YOU LATER AND GET THE EXACT DATE.
UH, OUR GAS EXPLOSION WAS IN, UH, DECEMBER OF 84.
UH, THE RUBBLE THERE JUST TO THE LEFT OF IT WAS THE POLICE STATION.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT, THAT, UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH POLICE COVERAGE OR FIRE OR EMS OR ANY OF THAT, UH, BECAUSE IT WAS IN TERRIBLE SHAPE.
UH, THE BUILDING OVER, UH, TO THE RIGHT, THE BURNT ORANGE, THAT IS THE OLD POST OFFICE AND THAT'S PART OF MAGGIE MAYS.
NOW, UH, WE HAVE WATER PROBLEMS NOW, 1974.
THAT'S ALL THE WATER WE HAD RIGHT THERE.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE SHOWED Y'ALL THAT BEFORE, BUT THAT'S OUR WATER TOWER.
AND IT WAS RIGHT, RIGHT OVER HERE.
AND, UM, AFTER THEY TOOK IT DOWN, WHEN WE GOT A BETTER WATER SYSTEM, THEY TOOK THIS, THIS WATER TOWER DOWN AND IT MOVED OVER THERE ACROSS FROM, UM, GLEN HIGH SCHOOL ACROSS THE ROAD THERE.
UH, WHERE WAS THIS LOCATED WHEN IT WAS UP? BOBBY, WHERE WAS THAT TOWER EXACTLY.
OH, HEARING AIDS IS NOT WORKING.
HE IS OUR OLDEST LIVING CITIZEN.
WHERE WAS THE WATER TOWER? OH, WATER TOWER.
IT WAS, IT'S RIGHT OVER THERE.
THAT, WHERE WAS I? WAS IT, WAS IT RIGHT THERE WHERE THE PARK IS? WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT ONE LATER.
UM, THE, THE LAST PICTURE HERE IS, OH, EXCUSE ME.
THE LAST PICTURE ON THIS SLIDE IS WHEN THE TRAIN DERAILED IN 1974.
THAT IS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE GAS STATION RIGHT OVER HERE.
AND THEN HERE ARE OUR CIVIC SERVICES.
THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS OUR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT FROM THE 1970S AND THEY COVERED THE TERRITORIES.
UM, LIBERTY HILL, JONESTOWN, LAG VISTA, AUSTIN, UH, FAR NORTH AUSTIN JOLLYVILLE ALL THE WAY OVER TO GEORGETOWN.
UH, GEORGETOWN WAS THE CLOSEST FIRE PAID FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AUSTIN WAS THE SECOND CLOSEST.
EVERYWHERE ELSE WAS VOLUNTEER AND FOR THE MOST PART IT WAS LEANDER.
UM, SO LANDER FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH VERY GOOD FIRE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
AND THE LAST PICTURE THERE IS, THAT WAS OUR MAIL COM, UH, OUR MAIL SERVICE.
AND THAT IS THE MOTORIZED BIKE THAT, UM, UH, ROSCOE, HE, OH, I CAN'T REMEMBER HIS LAST NAME.
UM, ANYWAY, THAT IS THE BIKE THAT HE DELIVERED THE MAIL WITH
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FOR THE RURAL ROUTES.EVERYONE ELSE THAT LIVED IN TOWN WENT TO THE POST OFFICE THAT THE BURN ORANGE ONE, THEY WENT TO THE POPE OFFICE TO GET THEIR MAIL, HONEY.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYONE AND I APOLOGIZE FOR GOING OVER AND UM, WE WILL FIGURE OUT THE MYSTERY LATER.
OF WHERE EXACTLY WHERE THE WATER TOWER WAS.
[9. Staff Reports
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WE HAVE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM UPDATE ON RAIDER WAY AND EASTWOOD VIEW DRIVE, ROADWAY, CIPT 0.12 AND BAGHDAD ROAD AND COLLABORATIVE WAY CIPT 0.71.
PROJECTS WITH CIP PROGRAM MANAGER.
GOOD EVENING HONOR COUNSEL, THIS IS EXCITING 'CAUSE WE'RE GETTING SO INCREDIBLY CLOSE AS YOU CAN SEE THAT ROAD'S OPENED AND HITS OUR OPEN RIGHT AWAYS OPEN TO TWO WAYS ALONG WITH THE CENTER TURN LANE.
LITERALLY, WE'RE JUST MONTHS AWAY FROM GETTING THIS ONE COMPLETED.
SO, SO FAR SINCE THE LAST TIME WE MET RIGHTAWAY IS NOW TWO WAY.
WE HAVE TEMPORARY STRIPING DOWN, UH, THE NOLAN RANCH INTERSECTION HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
IRRIGATION RIGHT NOW IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE STILL WAITING TO, TO FINISH UP, AND WE'RE ABOUT 75% COMPLETE ON THE IRRIGATION.
UH, AND WE STILL HAVE SCHEDULED RIGHT NOW, THE, THE ASPHALT THAT YOU SEE THERE IS ACTUALLY A FIRST COURSE OF ASPHALT.
WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK AND TOP IT OUT WITH AN INCH AND A HALF AND MORE TEST ASPHALT AND THEN DO FINAL, FINAL, UH, STRIPING ON THAT.
SO FAR, THE LAST TWO WEEKS SINCE ALL OF JANUARY, WITH REGARDS TO ANY UPON A POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONSE, WE'VE ONLY HAD ONE COLLISION ON RIGHT AWAY.
AND THAT WAS DUE TO A VEHICLE LEAVING A PARKING LOT WITH A FAILURE TO YIELD.
AND THEN WE'VE HAD NO EMERGENCY CALLS WITHIN THAT AREA.
AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS, THE LAST SEVERAL TIMES I'VE BEEN HERE, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SHOW YOU THESE WONDERFUL DRONE VIDEOS, WHICH ARE GREAT.
THIS TIME I'M GONNA SHOW YOU SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE, DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
AND SO AS WE'RE GOING, WHAT I WANNA SHOW YOU IS THE DRIVE THROUGH THIS HAS TAKEN AT 9 0 5 IN THE MORNING.
AND THE REASON I SAY THIS IS IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE THE PEAK HOURS FOR TRAFFIC FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL IS EIGHT 30 PEAK HOURS, OR PEAK TRAFFIC, I SHOULD SAY, FOR AT MIDDLE SCHOOL IS AT NINE O'CLOCK.
AND WE JUST WANNA SHOW YOU WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.
THIS IS COMING UP 180 3 A ON THE ACCESS ROAD TO WOODVIEW GOING TOO FAST.
OH, THIS IS A SCHOOL ZONE, SIR.
AND I PROMISE WE DID SLOW DOWN TO 20.
BUT THE WONDERFUL THING, THINGS TO SEE, OF COURSE THE ROAD, WHICH IS LOOKING GREAT, PHENOMENAL.
BUT WHAT I WANT YOU TO SEE IS THERE ARE NO CARS STACKED UP AT NINE O'CLOCK AT PEAK HOUR FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THAT IS PROBABLY A FUNCTION OF, NOW THE OTHER WAY IS TWO WAY, RIGHT? THAT IS YEAH.
THAT WAS A VERY BIG PART OF THAT
AND AS AGAIN, ONCE AGAIN, AS WE'VE BEEN SHOWING THE ASPHALT, WE ARE, OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE THESE ROADS ASPHALT COMPLETED AND FINAL STRIPED BY THE END OF SPRING BREAK.
AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, JUST FOR FUN, I DON'T HAVE A GOPRO, SO I HAD TO DUCT TAPE MY PHONE TO THE WINDSHIELD.
OH, WE APPRECIATE YOUR DEDICATION.
AND THEN ONCE AGAIN, HERE WE ARE, JUST A LITTLE PAST 9 0 5, AND YOU CAN SEE THE TRAFFIC OR LACK THEREOF.
AND IF WE'RE LIKE THIS FOR THE REST OF THE SEMESTER, I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE DOING WELL.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THE CONSTRUCTION ON THIS, IT FELT LIKE THIS TIME WAS GONNA BE SO FAR AWAY.
AND IT'S, IT'S FANTASTIC TO SEE IT ALMOST COMPLETE.
IT'S GORGEOUS AND WONDERFUL, AND
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I'M SO HAPPY WE ARE.AND WE TRULY HOPE THAT THE CITIZENS ENJOY THIS.
WE KNOW THAT HE CAUSED THEM GREAT CONSTERNATION AND GREAT FRUSTRATION CON CONSTRUCTION ON ROADS ALWAYS DOES.
AND FOR THAT, WE GRAVELY AND GREATLY APOLOGIZE, BUT HOPEFULLY WE NOW HAVE THIS GREAT BIG, BEAUTIFUL ROAD ABSOLUTELY.
THAT EVERYBODY WILL BE ABLE TO ENJOY.
AND HERE WE ARE, JUST A LITTLE PAST 9 0 5 AND BEAUTIFUL TRAFFIC.
SO ARE WE STILL ON TRACK TO BE PRETTY MUCH OUT OF THERE BY SPRING BREAK? IT IS THE GOAL.
THERE WILL BE LITTLE PUNCH LIST ITEMS STILL OCCURRING, LIKE LANDSCAPING THINGS, LITTLE LANDSCAPING ITEMS, BECAUSE EVIDENTLY I DON'T WANNA PLANT TREES WHEN THERE'S STILL FREEZES GOING ON.
UH, WE WANNA WAIT TILL IT WARMS UP A LITTLE BIT TO GET SOME OF THE, WE CAN START PUTTING SOD DOWN.
BUT TREES, I, I REALLY HATE PUTTING TREES IN UNTIL IT WARMS UP A BIT.
ANYWAYS, NOW THE WONDERFUL PART.
ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS WONDERFUL.
UM, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU AND THE WHOLE TEAM THAT HAS HAS PUT ALL THIS TOGETHER AND HAS CONTINUALLY COMMUNICATED WITH US AND THE COMMUNITY.
UM, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT HOW Y'ALL HAVE HANDLED THIS.
UM, AND JUST A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE PARENTS AND STUDENTS AND STAFF THAT ARE, UM, STICKING WITH US AND HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS FOR THE LAST WHAT, YEAR AND A HALF NOW? YEAR AND A HALF.
SO, UM, I'M GLAD WE'LL BE ABLE TO RELEASE IT BACK TO THEM SOON.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AS COOL AS THAT
UM, IT'S, UH, WE'RE STILL TARGETING, UM, WRAPPING UP IN FEBRUARY, UH, GETTING EVERYTHING DONE.
WE STILL WORKING ON IMPROVING THE SUBGRADE ON THE ROAD ON THE, UH, EAST SIDE, ON THE NORTHERN PART OF BAGHDAD.
UH, AND THEN WE'RE HEADING TOWARDS THE SOUTHERN PART AND STARTING TO CREATE THE RIGHT TURN LANE.
UH, SO HERE ARE SOME IMAGES OF THE, SO THIS IS SOME OF THE, THE SUBGRADE WORK THAT'S BEEN GOING ON.
WE'VE BEEN GOING DOWN, UH, 14 PLUS INCHES TO, UH, STABILIZE THE, THE GROUND THERE.
AND THE REALLY NEAT PART, UM, THE, THIS WEEK, THE POLES, THE TRAFFIC, UH, POLES HAVE BEEN GOING UP AS WELL AS THE MAED ARMS. SO THEY ARE HERE, THEY'RE UP, THEY'RE READY.
THE, UH, SIGNALS HAVE BEEN BAGGED TO HELP AVOID CONFUSION IF THEY'RE ACTIVE OR NOT.
UH, SO HOPEFULLY EVERYONE PAYS ATTENTION TO THAT.
UH, WE HAVE HAD SOME ISSUES, UH, MISSED THAT.
UM, SO WE HAVE HAD ZERO COLLISIONS, UM, SINCE THE, THE LAST MEETING, BUT WE HAVE HAD 26 NEW TRAFFIC STOPS SINCE THEN AS WELL.
UM, WITH 12 CITATIONS AND WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF OUR LEANDER PD, UH, THEY HAVE HELPED CALM DOWN THE TRAFFIC THERE, UH, IMMENSELY.
BUT WE STILL NEED HELP FROM OUR CITIZENS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
DO WE KNOW LIKE WHAT THE MAJORITY OF THOSE TRAFFIC STOPS ARE? UH, SPEEDING.
BECAUSE WE'RE DRIVING DOWN THAT ROAD FAST.
WELL, ESPECIALLY, I THINK IT GOES FROM LIKE 45 TO 30 DURING THE, DURING WHEN YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WORK WORK ZONE, CORRECT.
AND THEN YOU'RE COMING BACK OUTTA THAT.
SO I THINK I'VE SEEN PEOPLE JUST BLOW BY 50 OR SIX, PROBABLY 60.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I'M GONNA SAY SOME OF THE SAME THINGS.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE TEAM AND ALL THE COMMUNICATION AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE PARENTS AND STUDENTS AND STAFF THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THIS.
AND, UM, I DON'T THINK WE'VE RECEIVED ANY COMPLAINTS, UM, ABOUT IT.
YEAH, THERE WAS ONE LITTLE HICCUP THE VERY FIRST DAY AND IT WAS MINOR AND WE GOT IT RESOLVED AND, UM, IT'S BEEN FANTASTIC AND THIS HAS BEEN SO LONG ANTICIPATED, SO THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH.
IT'S EXCITING TO SEE IT COMING TO FRUITION.
UP NEXT WE HAVE A WATER UPDATE WITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS ELLISON.
MS. ELLISON, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT ON? WATER? I DON'T EVEN HAVE A POWERPOINT BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT? YOU DON'T NEED IT DONE.
UM, SO, UH, WE STARTED, UM, WE BCRA AND THEIR CONTRACTORS STARTED, UM, DRAINING THE LINE ON MONDAY.
BY MONDAY EVENING, THE LINE WAS DRAINED AND THE CONTRACTOR WAS ABLE TO START THEIR WORK A DAY EARLY.
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THEY STARTED ON TUESDAY, UM, AS ANTICIPATED IT TOOK 'EM ABOUT A DAY AND A HALF, UH, TO DO THE WORK.SO WE STARTED REFILLING THE LINE YESTERDAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
AND AS OF SIX 30 THIS MORNING, WE MADE THE TRANSFER OVER, UH, RECEIVING B-C-R-U-A WATER AGAIN.
SO WE'VE MONITORED, YOU KNOW, OUR SYSTEM TANK LEVELS AND EVERYTHING ALL DAY TODAY.
WE'LL DO THAT THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND WE ANTICIPATE, UM, RESCINDING THAT PHASE FOUR TOMORROW AND GOING BACK TO PHASE TWO ONCE A WEEK WATERING.
AND PHASE TWO WAS WHERE WE WERE BEFORE THIS, CORRECT? CORRECT, YES.
SO, ALL RIGHT, SO I'M GONNA SAY THE SAME THINGS.
THANK YOU TO YOU AND THE TEAM.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE COMMUNICATION THROUGH THIS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES AND EVERYBODY WHO HAS BEEN AWESOME IN JUST TURNING OFF THOSE SPRINKLERS, UM, THROUGH THE WINTER.
[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]
MOVE INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.THERE'S A SCRIVENER'S ERROR ON ITEM 16.
IT IS TO READ ACCEPTANCE OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS FOR TRIVIO PHASE FOUR, SECTION SIX A AND SIX B RECLAIMED WATER IRRIGATION, UH, STRIKING THE WORDS TO INCLUDE IRRIGATION.
UM, SO WE'LL BE CONSIDERING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 10 THROUGH 19.
UM,
STRIKING THE WORDS TO INCLUDE LANDSCAPING.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE STRIKING THE WORDS TO INCLUDE LANDSCAPING.
SO WE'LL BE CONSIDERING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 10 THROUGH 19.
UM, THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM, BUT WE NEED TO INCLUDE THE CORRECTION ON ITEM 16.
SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE, UH, WORDING CORRECTION TO ITEM 16 SECOND MOTION A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PASS IS UNANIMOUSLY.
[20. Discuss and consider action on the adoption of the 183 Corridor Study and an action plan for implementation; Leander, Williamson and Travis Counties, Texas.]
OUR REGULAR AGENDA, ITEM 20, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON THE ADOPTION OF THE 180 3 CORRIDOR STUDY AND AN ACTION PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION.LEANER WILLIAMSON AND TRAVIS COUNTIES, TEXAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GRIFFIN, GOOD EVENING.
UM, I'M EXCITED TO HAVE KIMLEY HORNE HERE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION ON OUR US UH, 180 3 CORRIDOR STUDY.
MY NAME'S RYAN GRAVES, AND THIS IS LANCE BALLARD WITH KIMLEY HORNE.
SO DURING OUR PRESENTATION TODAY, WE'LL GIVE A BRIEF PROJECT OVERVIEW, GIVE SOME UPDATES ON THE PROJECT TO DATE UPDATES FROM OUR LAST PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL.
AND THEN, UH, A FINAL COMMENT.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE QUICK NOTE THAT APPROVAL OF THIS STUDY DOES NOT NECESSARILY OBLIGATE THE CITY TO IMPLEMENT ANY OF THE PROJECTS IN ANY WAY.
WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT NOTE.
IT'S NOT AN OFFICIAL ADOPTION BY ANY MEANS.
IT'S JUST A STUDY WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CITY.
UH, TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THE PROJECT, THE MAIN PROJECT GOAL WAS TO ESTABLISH A UNIFIED VISION FOR MULTIMODAL MOBILITY TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
THE RESULTING PREFERRED CONCEPTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS SHOULD AID LAND USE POLICY DECISIONS TO MEET MARKET AND CITIZEN DEMAND FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND POSITION THE CITY FOR FUNDING TO COMPLETE SHORT, MEDIUM, AND LONG TERM INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
TO SUPPORT THIS GOAL, WE IDENTIFIED EIGHT DIFFERENT OBJECTIVES.
THESE OBJECTIVES INCLUDED THINGS LIKE HARMONIZING, LAND USE AND MOBILITY, POSITIONING THE CITY WELL FOR DESIRED DEVELOPMENT TYPES, IMPROVING SAFETY, MOBILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY ALONG THE CORRIDOR, BUILDING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, SENSITIVE TO MARKET DEMANDS AND OPPORTUNITIES, RECOMMENDING POLICIES SUPPORTIVE OF PROPER ACCESS AND MOBILITY ALONG THE CORRIDOR, ENGAGING THE PUBLIC EFFECTIVELY AND IN A WAY THAT IS COMPLIANT WITH FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS AND INCLUDING AND INFORMING REGIONAL PARTNERS ALSO IDENTIFYING PROJECTS AND IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE FEASIBLE AND IMPLEMENTABLE AND SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT.
SO IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROJECT, UM, WE DID A LOT OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
AND SO JUST GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THAT ENGAGEMENT.
WE HELD TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP MEETINGS WHERE WE GOT WITH OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS.
WE ALSO DID A POPUP EVENT AT THE OLD TOWN CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL WHERE WE ENGAGED WITH THE PUBLIC DIRECTLY THROUGH A COUPLE EXERCISES.
WE ALSO DID A US 180 3 BLOCK BLOCK WHERE WE KNOCKED ON THE DOORS OF BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS, LIKE WE ALSO HOSTED A PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE WHERE DEVELOPERS OR THE PUBLIC COULD COME AND COMMENT ON OUR CONCEPTS.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAD VIRTUAL STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS WITH DEVELOPERS SO THAT WE COULD GET WITH DEVELOPERS ONE-ON-ONE AND SEE WHAT THEIR NEEDS WERE.
AND THEN WE ALSO HOSTED A FEW ONLINE SURVEYS AND MAPS.
AND OUT OF ALL OF THIS ENGAGEMENT, WE HAD OVER 500 INTERACTIONS.
THE REGIONAL STAKEHOLDERS THAT MAKE UP OUR TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP INCLUDE THE CITY OF LEAN STAFF CITY, CITY OF CEDAR PARK, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, CAMPO,
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TXDOT, CAP METRO, AND CTRA.AND WE HOSTED THREE OF THOSE MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
AND THEN WE ALSO, UM, DID AN EXTENSIVE EXISTING CONDITIONS ANALYSIS, UM, THAT PARTNERED WITH OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
AND THROUGH THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT, WE IDENTIFIED THESE THREE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PLAN THAT INCLUDES, UM, SUPPORTING ALTERNATIVE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.
UM, WE IDENTIFIED THAT SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS ALONG THE CORRIDOR REPRESENT BOTTLENECKS FOR TRAFFIC.
AND THEN WE ALSO IDENTIFIED SOME KEY SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE CORRIDOR TO MINIMIZE CHALLENGING TRAFFIC OPERATIONS.
SO IN THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL PRESENTATIONS WE PRESENTED IN JULY AND AUGUST, UH, THESE PRESENTATIONS WERE TO SUPPORT THE CAMPO RTP PROJECT, UH, APPLICATION.
SO OUT OF THOSE PRESENTATIONS, WE IDENTIFIED A SUBSET OF THE OVERALL PROJECT LIST, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT ALL OF THOSE WERE ACCEPTED BY CAMPO TO THEIR CONSTRAINED PROJECT LIST.
AND THEN IN OCTOBER, WE CAME BACK AND PROPOSED THE OVERALL PROJECT LIST AND THEN SHOW OUR IDENTIFIED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THEN I'LL HAND IT OVER TO LANCE.
SO SINCE WE SPOKE LAST IN OCTOBER, WE HELD OUR FINAL TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP MEETING.
UH, WE APPRECIATED THE POSITIVE FEEDBACK, UM, FROM THE PROJECT LIST AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU IN OCTOBER.
SIMILAR CONSENSUS AND POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP, UM, FOR ALL THE, UM, PROJECTS THAT WE CONSOLIDATED, UM, AND THE PLAN.
UM, SO SINCE THEN WE'VE ALSO SUBMITTED THE FINAL REPORTS.
UM, WE DID TWEAK SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO ALIGN AND JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE'S A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE THAT IS FORTHCOMING AND WE SHOULD ALIGN, UM, POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS WITH THOSE.
UM, SO YOU'VE SEEN THIS CONSOLIDATED PROJECT LIST BEFORE.
VERY QUICK SUMMARY PROJECTS, ONE, TWO, AND THREE CONSIST OF ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, UM, ALONG THE WHOLE CORRIDOR, BROKEN UP INTO THREE DIFFERENT SEGMENTS.
UM, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE COST THERE IS INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS TO KIND OF FREE UP BOTTLENECKS, UM, AT A LOT OF THOSE CROSS STREETS PROVIDE SIDEWALKS AS WELL.
UM, PROJECTS ONE AND TWO INCLUDE, UM, PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES, ONE NEAR LEANER STATION, AND ONE, UM, AT BROAD STREET, UM, TO CONNECT OLD TOWN ACROSS TO THE OTHER SIDE OF 180 3.
UM, PROJECT FOUR, WE PULLED OUT SOME OF THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS SEPARATELY BECAUSE ALL OF THESE ARE PACKAGED TO BE, UM, COMPETITIVE WITH, UH, FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, AND SO YOU ALSO SEE PROJECT FIVE ENHANCING RAILROAD CROSSINGS.
THAT INCLUDES PEDESTRIAN RAILROAD CROSSING ENHANCEMENTS, UM, BUT ALSO LARGE GRADE SEPARATION PROJECTS AT THREE LOCATIONS.
SAN GABRIEL, UM, HERO WAY AND CRYSTAL FALLS.
UM, THE SHARED USE PATH ALIGNS WITH THE RED LINE TRAIL PROJECT, NEW, A FEW NEW PARKS ALONG THE SMALL PARKS ALONG THE CORRIDOR, SOME PLACEMAKING EFFORTS, WHICH INCLUDE SOME GATEWAY SIGNAGE, UM, GUIDE SIGNAGE TO AMENITIES.
UM, AND THEN PROJECT NINE IS EVERYTHING COMBINED ALL INTO ONE PROJECT BECAUSE THAT'S ADVANTAGEOUS FOR SOME LARGER GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.
WE OUTLINED AND DETAILED WHAT GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THERE ARE, WHAT THEY TARGET WHEN THEY COME OUT, AND THEN WE COMBINED ALL OF THOSE INTO A MATRIX TO SAY, HERE'S WHERE YOU REALLY NEED TO, UH, SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATIONS FOR EACH OF THESE DIFFERENT COMPILED PROJECTS FOR EACH OF THESE, UM, GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AND RATED THEM ON A LIKELIHOOD OF COMPETITIVENESS, UM, AND TRYING TO TARGET THE ONES THAT HAVE HIGH AND MEDIUM HIGH, UM, COMPETITIVENESS.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE ADDED IN THE FINAL REPORT SINCE WE SPOKE LAST IS THE SUGGESTED IMPLEMENTATION TOOLBOX.
UM, SO YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE PROJECTS, THAT'S GREAT.
WE'VE GOT SOME FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
HOW SHOULD WE GO ABOUT ACTUALLY APPLYING FOR ALL THESE? SO WE PROVIDED SUGGESTED, UM, WINDOWS TO TARGET APPLICATIONS, UM, IN KIND OF A PROGRESSIVE ORDER AND, UH, IMPLEMENTATION TOOLKIT, TOOLKITS SURROUNDING THAT TABLE LAYING OUT WHAT ARE JUST SOME LOGICAL WAYS TO GO AND PURSUE FUNDING FOR THESE, UM, POTENTIAL PROJECTS.
UM, IN THE APPENDIX, FIRST APPENDIX IN THE WHOLE REPORT THAT YOU WILL FIND IS THE DETAILED PROJECT LIST.
I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE ONE BY ONE, BUT ALL OF THOSE LARGER PROJECTS BROKEN UP IN THESE SUB COMPONENTS SO THAT IF ANOTHER PROJECT IS COMING THROUGH THROUGH A DEVELOPMENT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, CITY STAFF ALREADY HAS ALL THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO SAY, WE SHOULD DO THE X, Y, Z PARTS OF THESE PROJECTS AND IMPROVEMENTS AS THEY CAN ADVANTAGEOUSLY, UM, MOVING FORWARD.
SO WE PROVIDED THOSE, UM, IN THERE.
AGAIN, UM, THIS STUDY DOESN'T OBLIGATE THE CITY TO PURSUE THESE PROJECTS, DOESN'T OBLIGATE YOU TO PROGRAM THEM IN INTO THE CIP.
WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS PROVIDE, UM, SOME A, A PATH FORWARD FOR CITY STAFF TO SAY, HERE ARE THE TARGETED PROJECTS BASED ON THE NEEDS THAT WE SAW THAT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, OUR ANALYSIS FROM A TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PERSPECTIVE, UM, AND PROVIDE
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A LOGICAL NEXT STEPS WITH SOME WELL PACKAGED PROJECTS TO HOPEFULLY GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE CITY TO MOVE FORWARD TOWARDS A, UM, A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR THE 180 3 CORRIDOR.UM, SO WITH THAT, WE WELCOME ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
WHEN YOU SAY THAT ALL OF THESE WERE ACCEPTED BY I THINK CAMPO SURE.
WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY MEAN FOR US? SURE.
DO YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THAT? YEAH, SO FOR THE CAMPO, UM, RTP APPLICATION, WE KIND OF FOCUSED ON JUST THE INTERSECTION PROJECT PROJECTS TO REALLY FOCUS ON THE CONGESTION OF THE CORRIDOR.
AND SO THOSE PROJECTS WERE BASICALLY WHAT CAMPO DOES IS THEY LOOK AT HOW MUCH FUNDING IS IN, UH, EVERY LOCALITY THAT'S SUBMITTING PROJECTS, AND THEN THEY DETERMINE WHERE THE FISCAL CONSTRAINT IS.
THE 180 3 PROJECTS WERE PRIORITIZED AND SAID, OKAY, THIS PROJECT SHOULD MEET THE FISCAL CONSTRAINTS AND IT CAN BE APPLICABLE, UM, TO OTHER FUNDS.
SO IT JUST KIND OF GIVES YOU AN UPPER ADVANTAGE WHENEVER YOU'RE GOING AFTER FUNDING, UM, OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE IT'LL ALIGN WITH THEIR OVERALL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
I BELIEVE THE PRO SUB-PROJECTS THAT WERE ON THAT LIST, UM, WERE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, SO TURN LANES, THINGS LIKE THAT, AS WELL AS THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES AND THE THREE GRADE SEPARATIONS.
SO YOU ALSO MENTIONED, UH, ONE OF YOUR PRESENTATIONS, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS JULY OR OCTOBER, THAT THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL WHERE SEVERAL YEARS DOWN THE ROAD TEXT THAT ACTUALLY TURNS THIS INTO OVER TO THE ROADWAY.
WOULD THAT IMPACT FUNDING FOR ANY OF THESE PROJECTS BASED OFF THE ROADWAY DESIGNATION? UM, I AM NOT SURE IF IT WERE NOT TO BE ON THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM, IT MIGHT LIMIT THE NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT IT WOULD HAVE OUR LATEST INDICATIONS FROM RIGHT BEFORE THE LAST TIME I SPOKE IN OCTOBER, UM, WE HAD JUST FOUND OUT FROM THE CITY OF CEDAR PARK THAT TEXDOT NO LONGER PLANNED TO MOVE THE DESIGNATION OF 180 3 OVER IN CEDAR PARK, BUT RATHER DESIGNATE 180 3, UM, BELLE BOULEVARD PORTION AS 180 3 BUSINESS, WHICH WOULD KEEP IT ON THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM, BUT GIVES THE CITY A BIT MORE LEVERAGE BECAUSE A, THIS IS A BUSINESS ROUTE.
IT'S NOT MEANT TO CARRY ALL OF THE TRAFFIC IN THE WORLD.
AND WHAT CEDAR PARK SHOWED US AS A PART OF THE TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP IS THAT THERE, THERE WERE NO PLANS FROM TXDOT TO CHANGE THE CURRENT DESIGNATION HERE.
NOW, MIGHT THEY CHANGE THEIR MIND IN THE FUTURE? WE DON'T KNOW.
WE JUST WANT TO MAKE COUNCIL AWARE OF, HEY, THESE FRONTAGE ROADS ARE GONNA BE CONNECTED.
THERE IS A POSSIBLE FUTURE WHERE THEY MIGHT WANT TO DESIGNATE THIS ROADWAY AS 180 3 BUSINESS, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE A MORE APPROPRIATE, UM, UH, DESIGNATION ONCE THAT HAPPENS, OR LEAVE IT AS IT IS AS THE HIGHWAY 180 3 TODAY.
I JUST WANNA ON THE CAMPO THING THAT WHEN THEY GOT ACCEPTED ON THE LIST, THAT JUST MEANS THEY ACCEPTED IT AS A POSSIBLE THINGS THAT THEY COULD PICK FROM DOWN THE ROAD.
AND IF ANYTHING MAKES THOSE ASPECTS OF THESE PROJECTS EVEN MORE, UM, ATTRACTIVE TO OTHER GRANTS BECAUSE THEY ALIGN WITH REGIONAL PRIORITIES.
SO WHEN KIND OF READING THROUGH THE YEAH, THE SURVEY OF EVERYTHING, THE, THE IN HERE WAS THE FACT THAT THE ROAD IS BASICALLY AT CAPACITY PRETTY MUCH, AND THAT ADDING MORE LANES OR DEALING, YOU KNOW, ISN'T GONNA HELP, IT ISN'T GONNA CREATE, CREATE MORE CAPACITY AND THAT THE WAY TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THIS THINGS TO GET MORE CAPACITY THROUGH IT IS DEALING WITH, UH, LEFT TURN LANES, CONSTRICTING ACCESS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
COULD YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THAT? SURE.
WE ANALYZED, UM, A SIX LANE SCENARIO AND THEN A, A FOUR LANE SCENARIO WITH SOME ACCESS MANAGEMENT TOOLS AS WELL.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT KIND OF A MORE GRANULAR LEVEL MODEL OF WHAT DOES THE DELAY LOOK LIKE IF WE JUST DO TURN LANE IMPROVEMENTS AT SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS AS WELL.
AND WHAT WE FOUND WAS THE BOTTLENECKS AND THE MAJOR DELAYS WERE REALLY AT MAJOR CROSSING STREETS, PARTICULARLY CRYSTAL FALLS, UM, ALSO HERO WAY SAN GABRIEL'S GROWING TO BECOME THAT, UM, BOTTLENECK AS WELL.
UM, AND SO WITH SOME TURN LANE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG CRYSTAL FALLS, YOU CAN CHANGE THE WAY THAT THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL OPERATES SO THAT RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, ALL THE WESTBOUND TRAFFIC GOES AT ONE TIME, FOLLOWED BY ALL THE EASTBOUND TRAFFIC OR VICE VERSA, ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU CAN MAKE THEM OPERATE CONCURRENTLY.
YOU HAVE MORE TURN LANES, YOU HAVE MORE CAPACITY FROM THAT LOCATION.
AND THAT FREES UP A LOT OF, UH, SPACE, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY.
DOES IT ALSO INCREASE SAFETY? UM, POTENTIALLY, UM, JUST HAVING INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE NOT AS FULLY SATURATED, UH, KIND OF INDIRECTLY PEOPLE BEHAVE A BIT BETTER AT THE INTERSECTIONS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT I COULD SPEAK TO ADDING A ADDITIONAL CAPACITY ON TURN LANES NECESSARILY VASTLY IMPROVING SAFETY.
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UM, BUT THE TARGETED GRADE SEPARATIONS WOULD, UM, SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE DELAY AND SAFETY BECAUSE YOU'RE TAKING A LOT OF THOSE CONFLICT POINTS AWAY THAT LEAD TO CRASHES AT TIMES.ANYTHING ELSE? SO WHAT IS TP DASH MM SURE.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.
I FORGET WHAT THE MM MS STANDS FOR.
IT'S IN THE IS THAT A STATE THING OR A FEDERAL THING OR? THAT IS A FEDERAL DOT.
WE DON'T HAVE, IT'S WHAT'S THERE ON THE ONE 'CAUSE IT ACTUALLY, IT, THEY, THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS THEY CAN COVER.
IT'S THE THIRD ONE FROM THE FOURTH ONE FROM THE BOTTOM.
ANYTHING ON THIS SIDE? UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATED, UM, ALL OF THIS THAT YOU PULLED TOGETHER AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THE CALLOUTS ABOUT HOW FREQUENTLY OUR INTERSECTION CONGESTION IS RELATED TO RAIL AND THE INABILITY TO, TO REALLY DO MORE TO GET PEOPLE THROUGH THERE WHEN THERE'S TRAINS COMING AND GOING.
UM, I THINK WHAT WASN'T STATED IS SINCE WE ARE THE END OF THE LINE, I THINK WE GET IT TWICE AS MUCH AS ANY OTHER PLACE BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE TRAIN THAT COMES THIS WAY AND THEN IT STOPS AND PICKS UP PEOPLE AND IMMEDIATELY GOES BACK.
AND SO YOU CAN SIT AT SOME OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS AND SEE IT GOING BOTH WAYS IN RUSH HOUR.
UM, AND SO I APPRECIATED THE, THE SEVERAL CALL OUTS THAT SHOWED WHAT A PROBLEM THAT IS FOR US.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME OF THOSE FEDERAL AND STATE DOLLARS IN THE FUTURE TO RAISE THOSE AND KEEP OUR PEOPLE MOVING.
UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT, THAT ABILITY TO ASK FOR THAT BEFORE.
UM, WITH THAT COUNSEL, I AM GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE, UM, THE REPORT.
ALRIGHT, MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ACCEPTANCE.
IS THERE ANYTHING FURTHER? DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? NO.
ALL, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[21. Discuss and consider action on an Ordinance amending Article 9.05.004 of the Code of Ethics, creating a new section related to elected and appointed officials campaigning while acting in their official capacity; amending Section 9.05.009 related to Financial Disclosure; and providing for a severability, savings, effective date and open meeting clauses; and related matters.]
21, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE 9.0 5.004 OF THE CODE OF ETHICS, CREATING A NEW SECTION RELATED TO ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS CAMPAIGNING WHILE ACTING IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITY.AMENDING SECTION 9 0 5 0 0 9 RELATED TO FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE AND PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY SAVINGS EFFECTIVE DATE AND OPEN MEETINGS CLAUSE AND RELATED MATTERS ETHICS.
LEGAL COUNSEL, JOSH BROCKMAN WEBER.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, CITY MANAGER.
UH, I'M SORRY THAT I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT ON THE NIGHT THAT YOU GUYS APPOINTED US.
I HAD A CONFLICT, BUT I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE APPOINTED, UH, INDEPENDENT ETHICS COUNCIL.
UM, WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING, UM, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON BOARD THE FIRST WEEK IN DECEMBER.
UM, PRIOR TO THAT MEETING, WE WENT THROUGH THE ETHICS ORDINANCE TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY, UM, SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL.
WE DIDN'T FIND ANY, UM, WHEN I MET WITH, UM, THE COMMISSIONERS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE TYPICALLY START WITH ASKING IF ANYONE HAD ANY, YOU KNOW, ISSUES ABOUT CHANGES TO THE PROCESS, THE INVESTIGATION, UM, ANY OF THOSE PROCEDURES.
UM, THEN WE JUST ASKED IF THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT FUNDAMENTAL FAIRNESS IN THE PROCESS, IF ANYONE HAD ANY SUGGESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
UM, I DIDN'T GET ANY FEEDBACK ON THAT.
AND THEN THE NEXT THING I ASK IS, WELL, YOU KNOW, IS THERE SOME PROBLEM THAT WE NEED TO FIX? UM, AND I DID GET SOME FEEDBACK, UM, ON, UM, ADDITIONAL STANDARDS OF CONDUCT FOR PRESENT PUBLIC SERVANTS.
AND SO, UM, I GUESS THE ISSUE THAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD WAS, UM, A SITUATION WHERE, UM, AN ELECTED OR APPOINTED OFFICIAL IS, UM, OUT AT A, UM, AT A CITY EVENT.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S THIS ISSUE OF WEARING TWO HATS AND MAYBE THEY ARE, UM, THEY'RE THERE AS, YOU KNOW, WEARING ONE HAT, BUT THEY'RE ALSO POTENTIALLY CAMPAIGNING OR INVOLVED IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY.
AND SO, UM, THAT WAS AN ISSUE, UM, THAT, UM, THE COMMISSIONERS, UM, WANTED TO RECOMMEND A CHANGE TO THE ORDINANCE.
AND SO, UM, I PUT TOGETHER SOME, YOU KNOW, SUGGESTED LANGUAGE BASED ON, UM, THEIR RECOMMENDATION.
AND I THINK CITY STAFF HAD A CHANCE TO ALSO, UM, REVIEW AND, AND REVISE THAT AS WELL.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING IN THAT NEW SECTION B, UM, OF SECTION 9.05004.
UM, AND THOSE ARE JUST ADDITIONAL STANDARDS OF CONDUCT, UM, THAT SPECIFICALLY APPLY TO APPOINTED, UM, OR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
UM, DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT OR COMMENTS OR, UM, WELL, COUNSEL, DID ANYBODY WANNA START THIS? NO, I THINK IT GOT CLEARED UP THOUGH IN THE EMAIL THAT WE GOT WITH THE RE WITH
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THE REVISION.SOUNDS LIKE SOMEBODY HAD A, SOMEBODY HAD A, UH, A QUESTION THERE.
SO IT, IT READS PRETTY CLEAR NOW OR CLEARER.
IT, IT'S, WE SHOULD PROBABLY READ THE REVISION IN SINCE THAT'S NOT ON THE, UM, ON THE AGENDA.
DO YOU WANT ME TO READ IT OR DO YOU WANT TO READ? DO YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND DO THAT? UH, IF YOU HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU, OTHERWISE.
IT SAYS ANY, UH, B ANY ELECTED OR APPOINTED OFFICIAL IS PROHIBITED FROM ENGAGING IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY WHILE ACTING IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITY.
OFFICIAL CAPACITY WHEN USED IN THIS SECTION MEANS PERFORMING AN ACTIVITY OR ATTENDING AN EVENT, INCLUDING BOTH EVENTS PAID FOR BY THE CITY AND THOSE THAT ARE FREE TO ATTEND IN ONE'S ROLE AS A PUBLIC SERVANT.
I, UM, REQUESTED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THAT ONE.
WHEN WE GOT THIS INFORMATION, IT NEEDED TO BE CLEAR WHAT, WHAT PROMPTED THIS AND WHAT BROUGHT THIS UP.
UM, BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE WHERE THERE WAS A PUBLIC GRIEVANCE ABOUT IT, WHERE THERE WAS SOME SURVEY THAT WENT OUT AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE PEOPLE THAT HAVE FOUND THIS A ISSUE OR WHERE THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH, AT THE TIME I UNDERSTOOD AN ELECTED OFFICIAL FOR THE CITY, WHICH IS NOT THE CASE EITHER.
AND SO FOR ME, IT SEEMED OVERREACHING, IT SEEMED PROHIBITIVE FOR, I COULDN'T FIND A REAL REASON WHY, UM, WHY WE WOULD BE EXTENDING THINGS LIKE THIS.
AND ESPECIALLY WHEN I LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE STATE LEVEL AND WHAT'S REQUIRED OF OUR STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS, THIS SEEMS TO BE AN EXCESS OF THAT.
SO WHY ARE WE BEING MORE PROHIBITIVE AT THE CITY LEVEL, ESPECIALLY FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND VOLUNTEERS? 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE ARE, WE ARE UNPAID VOLUNTEERS UP HERE THAN WE ARE FOR OTHER ELECTED POSITIONS THAT ARE WITHIN OUR COUNTY AND WITHIN OUR STATE.
SO I DID ASK AND STAFF WAS ABLE TO SEND SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, GUIDANCE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.
I THINK ONE OF THE EXAMPLES WAS CITY OF AUSTIN, UM, AND THEN SOME OTHER THINGS WITH THE STATE.
AND, AND NONE OF THEM FROM WHAT I READ, MATCHED WHAT THE, WHAT OUR ETHICS COMMISSION IS RECOMMENDING.
SO I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND BETTER HOW DID WE DETERMINE THAT THIS WAS THE LANGUAGE? HOW DOES THIS RESOLVE LIKE A OVERARCHING PROBLEM THAT WE'RE HAVING? BECAUSE FROM WHEN I LOOK AT IT, IT LOOKS LIKE OVERREACH TO ME.
IT LOOKS LIKE AN INFRINGEMENT ON YOUR ABILITY TO PROMOTE YOURSELF AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.
AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S TALKING ABOUT CAMPAIGNING, BUT IF I'M AT AN EVENT AND I HAPPEN TO BE ON THE BALLOT, WHO IS DETERMINING WHAT IS CAMPAIGNING IN THAT MOMENT? UM, AND WHO IS DETERMINING, I HAVE SOME MORE ON THAT WHEN YEAH, THERE WILL BE MORE ON THAT TOO.
SO THAT WAS MY CONCERN WHEN I READ IT, WHY IT SOUNDED LIKE A OVERREACH TO ME.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE GREAT POINTS.
AND I DO NOT RECALL THE SPECIFIC, UM, YOU KNOW, IMPETUS FOR WHY THAT, JUST WHY THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AS A POTENTIAL PROBLEM TO, UM, TO FIX.
UM, AND IT IS A, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IN MY VIEW, YOUR, YOU KNOW, ETHICS ORDINANCE IS REALLY A, IT'S BOTH A POLICY DOCUMENT, RIGHT? IT'S A STATEMENT OF INTENT AND EXPECTATIONS FROM, YOU KNOW, ABOUT ELECTED OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES AND APPOINTED, UM, OFFICIALS.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW THAT THE PARTICULAR LANGUAGE WAS, I SORT OF GET, YOU KNOW, DIRECTION FROM
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, AND IT IS, IT'S A TRICKY AREA, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU'RE, UH, AN ELECTED OFFICIAL AND YOU HAVE CERTAIN FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS ALSO MM-HMM
AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO INFRINGE ON THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, ETHICS POLICIES WOULDN'T INFRINGE OR WOULD NEVER TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER STATE OR FEDERAL LAW OBVIOUSLY.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE WHATEVER DIRECTION YOU WANT TO GIVE BACK TO, YOU KNOW, TO ME AND TO, TO THE ETHICS COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, WE'LL CERTAINLY, UM, TAKE THAT DIRECTION AND, AND, AND DO WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS WANT.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, MY CONCERN WAS ABOUT B NOT ABOUT 9.05009, THE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE PORTION.
UM, BUT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT B UM, AND, AND THE WAY IT ORIGINALLY READ, UM, IN THERE.
SO, SO I HEAR YOU SAYING MAYBE YOU WOULD LIKE A, MAYBE A BETTER STATEMENT ABOUT INTENT AND WHAT IS THIS PARAGRAPH? EITHER INTENT OR MORE, MORE TIME TO REVIEW, BECAUSE THE LAST UPDATE THAT I GOT WAS THIS
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AFTERNOON.SO TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW AND COMPARE WHAT ARE OUR PEER MUNICIPALITIES DOING AND WHY DO WE FEEL, OR WHY IS OUR ETHICS COMMISSION FEEL WE NEED TO BE EVEN MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, EVEN THE STATE.
SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF.
AND, AND EVERY, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE MATTERS OF POLICIES, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND SO EVERY CITY, YOU KNOW, ETHICS ORDINANCES ARE FAIRLY SIMILAR, BUT THEN THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY DIVERGE ON DIFFERENT POLICY CHOICES AND, AND, UM, THOSE ARE BIG QUESTIONS FOR YOU GUYS.
UM, I'VE ALWAYS FELT THAT OUR ETHICS ORDINANCE IS THIN.
UM, I THINK IT COULD USE A, A BIG OVERHAUL.
IT REALLY MOSTLY TALKS ABOUT FINANCIAL THINGS, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, I LIKE THE IDEA OF US BEING HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD.
UM, YOU KNOW, ON THE PART WHERE WE'RE ADDING MORE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO DO THE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A BETTER FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE BECAUSE I HATE OUR DISCLOSURE.
IT'S SO VAGUE EVERY YEAR TRYING TO FILL IT OUT.
LIKE I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE.
THAT BEING SAID, I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT THE LEGALITY OF THIS BECAUSE, AND, AND I'LL PUT IT ON THE RECORD, I DESPISE WHEN PEOPLE ARE CAMPAIGNING AT EVENTS, WHETHER THEY ARE ALREADY IN AN OFFICE OR NOT, I THINK IT'S TACKY.
I THINK IT'S TERRIBLE, BUT IT IS AN EXPRESSION OF YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT? AND I'M NOT SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SUPPRESS THAT, UM, LEGALLY.
UM, AND SO I HAVE SOME, SOME CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER IT'S ALLOWABLE UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE UNEVEN APPLICATION BECAUSE IT WOULD ONLY APPLY TO PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY IN OFFICE OR APPOINTED SOMEWHERE.
BUT IT WOULDN'T APPLY TO SOMEBODY WHO IS JUST RUNNING.
AND I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S LEGAL EITHER, THAT I THINK THAT WOULD BE SUPPRESSION.
UM, THERE'S ALSO NOT A CLEAR DEFINITION OF WHAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE CAMPAIGNING.
I THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE KNOW ARE OBVIOUS.
IF YOU'RE WEARING YOUR CAMPAIGN T-SHIRT AND YOU'RE HANDING OUT LEAFLETS, THAT'S CLEARLY CAMPAIGNING.
BUT WHAT IF PEOPLE ARE APPROACHING YOU AND ASKING YOU QUESTIONS, UM, BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT YOU'RE RERUNNING? IS THAT THEN CONSIDERED A CAMPAIGNING? IN ALL OF THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN IN LEANDER, THE VAST MAJORITY OF ETHICS CHARGES THAT HAVE BEEN FILED HAVE BEEN DISMISSED BECAUSE THEY'RE USED AS A POLITICAL TOOL.
UM, AND I THINK THAT THE VAGUENESS INVITES MORE OF THAT, UM, WITHOUT THAT DEFINITION, MAKING IT EXTREMELY CLEAR.
UM, ANYTHING CAN BE CONSIDERED CAMPAIGNING.
WHAT IF YOUR CAMPAIGN IS USING A PHOTO OF YOU THAT WAS TAKEN AT A CITY EVENT? IS THAT THEN CONSIDERED A PART OF THIS? UM, THESE ARE THINGS THAT I JUST THINK NEED TO BE, UM, SPELLED OUT AND IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S THE WILD WEST AND WE CAN JUST DO ANYTHING WE WANT.
WE DO HAVE, UM, LEGAL RULES ABOUT NOT USING CITY RESOURCES FOR CAMPAIGNING AND HAVING THAT CLEAR DELINEATION.
UM, BUT I WORRY ABOUT THE CATFISHING TO TRY AND GET ONE OVER ON YOUR OPPONENT.
RIGHT? OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND I JUST THINK IF WE'RE GONNA GO DOWN THIS ROAD, WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S LEGAL.
TO THAT POINT TOO, I'VE ALWAYS HATED THIS PART IN SECTION TWO A ABOUT EMPLOYEES.
UM, I UNDERSTAND EMPLOYEES CANNOT SOLICIT OR RECEIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO CAMPAIGNS, BUT I'M NOT SURE OF THE LEGALITY WHERE WE SAY THEY CAN'T TAKE PART IN THE MANAGEMENT AFFAIRS OR POLITICAL CAMPAIGN OF ANY CITY CANDIDATE.
I THINK THAT IS ALSO PROTECTED FIRST AMENDMENT.
AND SO MAYBE ONE OF Y'ALL CAN CLARIFY THAT FOR ME.
UM, BUT THAT'S MY HEARTBURN ON IT, IS THAT IT'S JUST, IT'S VAGUE AND I'M NOT SURE IT'S LEGAL AND I DON'T WANNA BE THAT CITY.
NO, I MEAN THESE ARE, THESE ARE ALL GREAT QUESTIONS TO ASK AND YOU KNOW, Y'ALL NEED TO BE CLEAR.
I MEAN, JUST CLEARLY THE WEAPONIZATION OF UM MM-HMM
AN ETHICS ORDINANCE IS A, IS A BIG CONCERN.
UM, YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT YOU'RE, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE HISTORY OF HOW IT'S BEEN USED IN THE PAST
BUT I HEAR YOU SAYING THAT YOU DON'T FEEL THAT THEY'RE ENOUGH AND SO, OR THAT, I MEAN, IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER MORE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO ADDRESS.
BUT, UM, WELL LET'S WALK DOWN THE PATH OF A SCENARIO.
SOMEBODY GETS A COMPLAINT FILED ON THEM THAT, UM, THEY WERE CAMPAIGNING AND THIS PERSON GOES TO AN ETHICS HEARING AND MAYBE, MAYBE THE ETHICS BOARD FINDS THEM GUILTY, RIGHT? BECAUSE MAYBE THEY SAY, YEP, THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S CAMPAIGNING TO US, UM, BECAUSE YOU'RE ANSWERING QUESTIONS, THEN THAT PERSON CAN THEN TURN AROUND AND SUE US BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD THEIR RIGHTS SUPPRESSED AND IT'S A FIRST AMENDMENT VIOLATION AND THEN WE'RE DEFENDING OURSELF AGAINST A LAWSUIT.
THAT COULD BE A VALID SCENARIO.
SO I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT AND I LOVE THE INTENT, BUT PROTECTING
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THE CITY IS MY CONCERN.AND SO IF WE'RE GONNA DO THIS, WE NEED TO CHECK ALL THE BOXES AND MAKE SURE THAT IT IS FULLY LEGAL AND SPELLED OUT.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD LOVE IT IF WE, WE TOOK A LOOK AT OTHER CITIES' ETHICS ORDINANCES AND BEEFED UP OURS.
UM, 'CAUSE OURS, I DON'T THINK IT'S HAD A SIGNIFICANT REVISION EVER, MAYBE
UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF WE EVER WANT TO DO THAT.
WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK? WELL, I WANNA SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THIS WHOLE SITUATION.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, THIS WAS BROUGHT BEFORE US BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING HAPPENED WHERE SOMEBODY WAS AT AN EVENT AND WAS CAMPAIGNING, CLEARLY CAMPAIGNING.
AND IT WASN'T JUST AT THAT EVENT, IT WAS ALSO AT ANOTHER EVENT AND THEY WERE ELECT PUT ON A BOARD.
AND WE NEED TO EITHER HAVE EXAMPLES SO PEOPLE THAT ARE ON BOARDS DON'T DO THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
OR WE KNOW WHERE WE FALL AND WHERE WE ARE OUTTA LINE OR IN LINE.
I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'RE ALL ELECTED.
WE ALL HAVE TO RUN FOR OFFICE.
WE ALL WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE GUIDELINES ARE AND WHERE WE CAN AND CANNOT DO THINGS.
AND WE DON'T WANNA, OUR GOAL IS NOT TO GO ALL OVER THE PLACE AND BE SNEAKY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE NEED TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE IT, IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE FOR SOMEBODY TO BE STANDING IN A TENT WEARING STUFF, HANDING OUT STUFF INSIDE A CITY TENT WHEN THEY'RE THERE REPRESENTING THAT EVENT.
AND I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IN SOME MANNER GOING FORWARD.
NOW I SAW IT AND I DID NOT ADDRESS IT.
I JUST WALKED AWAY AND IGNORED IT.
AND SO I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS TO DO OR NOT TO DO.
AND SO I THINK THAT WE WANNA BE WHERE WE'RE CLEAR WITH OUR PEOPLE AND OURSELVES ON WHERE WE STAND AND WHERE WE FALL.
SO I JUST, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE EITHER DEFINE WHAT'S APPROPRIATE OR NOT.
MAYBE IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IN THE ETHICS PART, BUT SOME EXAMPLES THAT WE GIVE TO PEOPLE IN ORDER TO LOOK AT THAT.
WELL, AND MAYBE SOME OF THIS COULD BE RESOLVED JUST WITH SOME INTERNAL POLICY.
WHERE MAYBE WE SAY IF, BECAUSE WE KNOW WHO'S RUNNING FOR OFFICE AND IF YOU'RE ALREADY IN A POSITION WHERE YOU'RE GONNA BE GOING TO EVENTS, MAYBE WE JUST COME UP WITH SOME GUIDANCE OF THIS IS WHAT WE LIKE TO SEE FROM YOU.
AND IF YOU'RE, IF YOU WANNA HAND OUT LITERATURE, THAT'S FINE, BUT YOU CAN'T WEAR YOUR CITY SHIRT AND GO UP AND TALK ON THE MICROPHONE.
LIKE, MAYBE WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT BALANCE IS OUTSIDE OF AN ETHICS ORDINANCE THAT CAN BE ABUSED.
Y'ALL PRETTY MUCH JUST SAID IT.
I MEAN, I, I THINK THIS CAN BE HANDLED AT A POLICY LEVEL WHERE, UM, WE, 'CAUSE I THINK IT, YOU CAN MAKE VERY CLEAR OUTLINES TO MIKE'S POINT OF SAYING, IF YOU'RE AT A CITY EVENT NOW IF YOU WANT TO ALSO CAMPAIGN AT THAT EVENT, THEN YOU GO TO YOUR TRUCK, YOUR CHANGE OF CLOTHES AND YOU DON'T WALK BACK INTO TENT AGAIN.
I THINK THAT'S PART OF ALL OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
WHEN PEOPLE ARE JOINING THOSE, WE ALREADY HAVE GUIDELINES THAT, AND I, THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY VIOLATED ANYTHING.
THEY DIDN'T VIOLATE ANYTHING 'CAUSE THERE WAS NO RULE TO IT.
'CAUSE THERE WASN'T RULE AT THE TIME.
SO THERE, THERE WASN'T A RULE TO VIOLATE IT.
IT DIDN'T FEEL GOOD, IT DIDN'T LOOK GOOD, IT WASN'T ADVISABLE BY SOME PEOPLE, BUT THERE WAS NO RULE THAT WAS ACTUALLY BROKEN, UM, BECAUSE THAT RULE DIDN'T EXIST.
SO I FEEL LIKE IT'S A CONVERSATION FOR OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
UM, IF WE HAVE THOSE PEOPLE, WHICH ROLE ARE YOU GONNA SERVE IF YOU'RE VOLUNTEERING FOR THAT PARTICULAR EVENT LIKE WE DO WITH SOME OF THE OTHER BEHAVIOR AND CODE OF CONDUCT.
SO HOW ABOUT, OH, SORRY, GO AHEAD.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT THIS COULD BE REALLY SIMPLE, UH, AS FAR AS OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR COUNCIL, OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TO HANDLE IT THAT WAY, I THINK WOULD BE, WOULD BE, UM, WOULD, WOULD ACCOMPLISH THE GOAL THAT IS, THAT IS THAT YOU'RE, THAT THE ETHICS COMMISSION IS BRINGING UP THAT WOULD UH, THAT SHOULD, UM, THAT SHOULD BRING, UH, CLARITY AND A SET EXPECTATIONS FOR, FOR THAT NOT TO HAPPEN AND MAYBE WOULDN'T BE AN OVERREACHING THING LIKE YOU'RE MENTIONING AS WELL TOO.
SO, SO HOW ABOUT THIS, UM, DARA DO YOU MIND SENDING AN EMAIL TO US TOMORROW OR MONDAY? UM, JUST SORT OF ASKING WHAT ALL OF OUR THOUGHTS ARE COLLECTIVELY FOR WHAT GUIDELINES WE THINK WOULD WORK AND THEN WE CAN JUST TAKE ALL OF THOSE AND PUT IT IN A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO CRAFT THAT POLICY FROM EVERYBODY'S INPUT.
WOULD THAT WORK THAT WE CAN PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER FOR YOU? WE DO HAVE A REVIEW OF RULES AND PROCEDURE FOR OUR WORKSHOP AT THE END OF THE MONTH SO WE CAN INCLUDE THIS IN IT.
BUT IF Y'ALL CAN SUBMIT THAT IN ADVANCE SO WE HAVE IT CAMPAIGN SEASON COMING ALONG EXACTLY.
SO, AND I THINK THAT'LL PROBABLY
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BE GREAT FOR SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING FOR REELECTION.YOU CAN THINK THROUGH HOW THIS IMPACTS YOU
SO, AND THOSE OF US THAT HAVE BEEN THERE AND HOW WE'VE HAD TO WALK THE LINE SOMETIMES YES.
TO STRIKE THAT WE CAN CONSIDERING BUT REMOVING THIS WHOLE SECTION, ADDITIONAL PEOPLE FOR THE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE SURE.
AND THEN WE CAN RESCHEDULE SOME ANOTHER MEETING TO THE FUTURE.
UM, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES IN THE DISCLOSURE.
BUT FOR THE PERIOD OF TIME NOW, THE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE TO BE UNDERSTOOD, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
UM, COUNSEL, WHAT IS YOUR TEMPERATURE ON DOING LIKE AN ETHICS ORDINANCE REVISION, TOP TO BOTTOM, MAYBE EVEN A REWRITE? IS THAT SOMETHING WE WOULD PUT ON THE AGENDA MAYBE FOR A RETREAT IN AUGUST OR, YEAH, THAT WOULD BE A LONG TERM.
I'M THINKING MAYBE EVEN A SUBCOMMITTEE IF IT'S JUST A FEW.
OR ARE WE, ARE WE RELYING ON OUR, OUR ETHICS COMMISSION TO GIVE TO, TO GIVE US FEEDBACK THERE FOR, FOR THAT THING? I MEAN, BUT WE ASK THEM EVERY YEAR FOR FEEDBACK AND THEY ALWAYS SAY WE HAVE NOTHING UNTIL THIS YEAR BECAUSE THEY HAD A COMPLAINT.
AND SO THAT'S MY CONCERN IS MAYBE WE NEED TO GIVE THEM A LIST OF THINGS WE WANT TO CONSIDER.
BECAUSE THEY ALSO DON'T HAVE, UM, THE, THE INSIGHT THAT WE HAVE BEING UP HERE AND KNOWING THE THINGS THAT WE COME IN CONTACT WITH.
THEY ONLY KNOW WHAT COMES TO THEM AND WHAT'S IN THE ORDINANCE.
SO MAYBE, MAYBE WE SHOULD TAKE THE STEP OF, OF SAYING WE SEE THESE THINGS AS ISSUES.
SO I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UM, THE, THE SECTION 9.05009 FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE CHANGES AND STRIKING THE, UM, TWO B CHANGES, SECOND MOTION AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[22. Council Member Future Agenda Items [Any deliberation of or decision about the subject of the inquiry shall be limited to a proposal to place the subject on the agenda for a subsequent meeting.]]
ITEM 22, COUNCIL MEMBER, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ANY DELIBERATION OF OR DECISION ABOUT THE SUBJECT OF THE INQUIRY SHALL BE LIMITED TO A PROPOSAL TO PLACE THE SUBJECT ON THE AGENDA FOR A SUBSEQUENT MEETING.DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING? ALL RIGHT.
[23. Council Member Closing Statements.]
MEMBER CLOSING COMMENTS.UM, I WANTED TO THANK PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, I HAD A PIPE BREAK ON MY PROPERTY AND I CALLED MY PLUMBER AND IT TURNED OUT IT WAS THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY, THANK GOODNESS, BECAUSE IT WAS SEWAGE.
AND UH, AND I'M LIKE, ANYWAYS, AND THEY CAME OUT THERE AND THAT WAS THE DAY IT WAS GETTING COLD AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT FREEZING AND THEY WERE OUT THERE WORKING AND THEY PUMPED ALL THE STUFF OUT.
THEY COVERED UP THE SPOT AND EVERYTHING.
AND I WENT OUT THERE AND TALKED TO THEM FOR A, YOU KNOW, I HUNG OUT WITH THEM FOR A FEW MINUTES AND WENT BACK IN MY WARM HOUSE AND THEY WORKED ALL THROUGH IT AND THEY WERE WORKING VERY HARD AND I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE, UH, THE TURNAROUND AND THE CUSTOMER SERVICE PART OF IT AND, AND JUST THE WHOLE WORK AND EVERYTHING.
SO I WANNA APPLAUD PUBLIC WORKS FOR THAT WORK.
I WANNA JUMP IN ON YOUR COMMENT REAL QUICK 'CAUSE I SEE THIS SORT OF THING POSTED SOMETIMES ON SOCIAL MEDIA WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, EMAIL THE CITY BECAUSE UH, I'M SURE MS. ELLISON WOULD LOVE TO PASS THAT ON TO THE GUYS 'CAUSE YEAH, THAT THEIR JOB IS NOT GLAMOROUS AND THEY ARE READY HOLIDAYS, MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, WHATEVER, TO JUST GO AND DEAL WITH YOUR SEWAGE.
SHORT AND SWEET PLAY SIX SWEET DREAMS, PLAYS FIVE, SAME PRO TIP.
WOW, I'M THE LONGWINDED ONCE A NIGHT.
LIKE WHAT IS THIS ABOUT? I JUST WANT TO SAY I AM, IT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND I KNOW WE ALREADY WENT THROUGH THANKSGIVING AND HOLIDAY, BUT I WANNA SAY I'M SO THANKFUL TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU UP HERE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT Y'ALL PUT IN AND FOR OUR CITY STAFF, UM, I'M THANKFUL FOR YOU GUYS.
I KNOW YOU WORK HARD TO MAKE SURE OUR RESIDENTS GET WHAT THEY NEED AND THAT OUR CITY RUNS EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY.
SO THANK Y'ALL FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
DID YOU WANNA PLUG ANYTHING? WELL, I PLUGGED IT EARLIER, BUT I WILL GIVE A REMINDER AGAIN.
JOIN US MONDAY AT 10:00 AM FOR MLK AT THE LEANDER ACTIVITY CENTER, WHICH IS OVER OFF OF BAGHDAD.
WE'LL HAVE A SHORTENED ROUTE FOR THE MARCH, BUT WE'LL STILL DO THE MARCH.
WEAR YOUR HAND WARMERS, YOUR JACKETS, YOUR SOCKS, ALL THE THINGS, BUT THEN YOU'LL GET TO COME WARM UP INSIDE WITH OUR VENDORS AND ALL OF OUR STAGE, UH, PERFORMERS AND ACTIVITIES WE HAVE PLANNED.
UM, AS ALWAYS, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO ALL OF YOUR SHOPPING AND DINING THAT YOU CAN DO RIGHT HERE IN LEANDER TONIGHT.
WE PICKED UP DINNER FROM HEB BECAUSE HEB IS A GREAT PLACE TO PICK UP DINNER.
IT'S SUPER CONVENIENT, IT'S AWESOME.
WE LOVE YOU HEB, SO MANY CITIES WANT JUST ONE OF YOU AND YOU'LL HAVE INVESTED IN US TWICE.
SO THANK YOU HEB, UM, WHEN YOU ARE OUT AND ABOUT DOING YOUR SHOPPING, PICK LEANER FIRST 'CAUSE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF AWESOME STUFF THAT, UH, CEDAR PARK DOESN'T HAVE.
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SO, UM, THAT IS IT OTHER THAN JUST THANK YOU EVERYBODY.WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND YOUR DILIGENCE AND THERE'S SO MANY THINGS TO DO AND WE'RE GETTING THROUGH ALL OF THEM.
[24. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to:
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WE'RE GONNA CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO NUMBER ONE, RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING CAUSE NUMBER 22 DASH 0 180 3 DASH C 4 25.
GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY AT AL VERSUS CITY OF LEANDER, TEXAS, AND TWO SECTION 5 51 0.072 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND SECTION 1.05 TE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR THE LEANDER 2243 WATER MAIN PROJECT CIPW 0.18.
THE TIME IS 8:21 PM WE ARE GOING
[ Reconvene into open session to take action as deemed appropriate in the City Council's discretion regarding:
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GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY AT AL VERSUS CITY OF LEANDER, TEXAS MAYOR PER TEM.
DO YOU HAVE A MOTION APPROVED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND MUTUAL RELEASE BETWEEN GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATE, GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK AND OF THE CITY OF LEANDER CAUSE NUMBER 22 DASH 0 83 DASH C 4 25 AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
AND NUMBER TWO, ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR THE LEAN 2243 WATER MAIN PROJECT, CIPW 0.18.
MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO ACTION WITH THAT.
ITEM 25 COUNSEL'S ADJOURNED AT 8:39 PM GOODNIGHT.