[ Reconvene into open session to take action as deemed appropriate in the City Council's discretion regarding:
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ALL RIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AT 6:27 PM TO TAKE ACTION AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE IN THE CITY COUNCIL'S DISCRETION REGARDING NUMBER ONE CAUSE, NUMBER 20 DASH 0 2 7 DASH C 4 25, DANIEL BROWN, MARIA BROWN, AND ZG PROPERTIES LLC VERSUS CITY OF LEANDER MAYOR PROM.
ACTION NUMBER TWO, FINAL ORDER ISSUED IN THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.
PETITION BY OUTSIDE CITY RATE PAYERS APPEALING THE WATER RATES ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY OF LEANDRO, TEXAS MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO.
AND NUMBER THREE, ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE.
MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO ACTION.
WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP AT 6:28 PM PLEASE BE BACK FOR THE REGULAR MEETING AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.
[4. Open Meeting, Invocation and Pledges of Allegiance.]
GOOD EVENING.TODAY IS THURSDAY, MARCH 6TH, 2025, AND THE TIME IS 7:00 PM AND THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL VICTORIA CHAD.
WE'LL BE PROVIDING OUR INVOCATION TONIGHT FROM THE BAHAI COMMUNITY OF LEANDER.
UM, PRIOR TO THE INVOCATION, WE WILL BE HAVING A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN HONOR OF JASON ANDERSON, ONE OF OUR FAVORITE VOLUNTEERS EVER.
UM, FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE, THE GREAT ASSURANCE.
SAVE SERVICE TO THE WORLD OF HUMANITY.
OH GOD, MAKE THIS ASSEMBLAGE RADIANT.
CONFER THE BOUNTIES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
ENDOW THEM WITH A POWER FROM HEAVEN.
BLESS THEM WITH HEAVENLY MINDS.
INCREASE THEIR SINCERITY SO THAT WITH ALL HUMILITY AND CONTRITION, THEY MAY TURN TO THY KINGDOM AND BE OCCUPIED WITH SERVICE TO THE WORLD OF HUMANITY.
MAY EACH ONE BECOME A RADIANT CANDLE.
MAY EACH ONE BECOME A BRILLIANT STAR.
MAY EACH ONE BECOME BEAUTIFUL IN COLOR AND T OF FRAGRANCE IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
CONSIDER NOT OUR SHORTCOMINGS.
SHELTER US UNDER THY PROTECTION.
WE ARE NEEDY THOU AT MOST GENEROUS OH GOD, AND THOUS WITH THY PROVIDENCE.
THOU ART THE POWERFUL THOU ART THE GIVER.
THOU ART THE BENEFICENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER JUSTICE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER ONE.
[5. Roll Call.]
SECRETARY CRABTREE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER CATHERINE BATTALION PARKER.COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL HERRERA.
HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONALD.
PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS ER.
CITY COUNCIL IS ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS.
[6. Public comments on items not listed in the agenda.
Public comments on items listed in the agenda will be heard at the time each item is discussed.
[All comments are limited to no more than 3 minutes (6 minutes if translation is needed) per individual.]]
FOR ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED ON THE AGENDA, I WILL CALL ON SPEAKERS PRIOR TO THE DISCUSSION OF THE AGENDA ITEM AND DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, INDIVIDUALS THAT SUBMITTED COMMENTS VIA THE WEBSITE WILL ONLY HAVE POSITIONS READ INTO THE RECORD.
ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH THE COUNSEL AND WILL BE MADE A PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD.
I HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY.
MS. BERNARDI, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
I LIVE AT 1412 VALENTI LANE HERE IN LEANDER.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER.
I LIVE IN THE LAKES OF MASON HILLS.
I TRY TO AVOID LEAVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD
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FROM SUNNY TO LAKELINE DRIVE AS THE CURVE FROM PLANO.AND LAKELINE IS A DEFINITE BLIND SPOT.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD'S FACEBOOK PAGE IS STILL POSTING THAT CARS ARE NOT SLOWING DOWN ON LAKELINE OR ADHERING TO THE CROSSWALK.
LIGHTS A POST THREE DAYS AGO STATES ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION.
THIS WEEK, MY KID AND I BASICALLY GOT RUN DOWN BY DRIVERS WHO DIDN'T SLOW DOWN EVEN ONE MILE WITH THE LIGHTS AND WARNING, FLASH WARNING FLASHING ANOTHER POST READ.
WE JUST JUST DROVE TO TEST IT OUT.
MY WIFE TURNED ON THE LIGHTS, AND WHILE STANDING IN THE CROSSWALK AT NIGHT, A CAR BLEW THROUGH THIS INTERSECTION ON THE OTHER SIDE AS SHE IS IN THE STREET ALREADY CROSSING.
I, FOR MYSELF, FEEL A FOUR-WAY STOP SIGN AT PLANO AND LAKE LANG WOULD BE HELPFUL WITH THE SPEEDING AND THE BLIND SPOT SITUATION.
ON ANOTHER NOTE, I, ALONG WITH OTHER ACTIVE ADULTS, WOULD LIKE TO GET AN UPDATE ON THE SENIOR CENTER FROM MR. BETAS.
WE CAN SEE IT IS GOING UP, BUT WE HAVE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE OUTGROWN IT BEFORE MOVING IN.
WE HAVE CLASSES AT THE LAC THAT HAVE 50 OR MORE PARTICIPATING.
AN EMAIL I RECEIVED FROM MR. CUMMINS IN OCTOBER OF 2023 STATED THE GAME ROOM HAD 650 SQUARE FOOT WOULD HOLD 20 PEOPLE COMFORTABLY.
THE ACTIVITIES ROOM A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET WILL HOLD 40 PEOPLE COMFORTABLY.
MULTIPURPOSE ROOM FOR DANCING, SPECIAL EVENTS, LARGE EXERCISE CLASSES, MOVIES, LUNCHES, AND SPECIAL MEALS, ET CETERA.
1,750 SQUARE FOOT WOULD HOLD 100 COMFORTABLY FITNESS ROOM FOR CARDIO AND WEIGHT MACHINE, 600 SQUARE FOOT UP TO 12, COMFORTABLY TOTAL OF 12,000 SQUARE FEET FOR THE ENTIRE FACILITY.
THIS IS BEFORE HE AND MEALS ON WHEELS STARTED NEGOTIATING.
WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THE KITCHEN WILL NOT BE ACCESSIBLE TO US.
I FEEL A NUMBER OF US WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IF THINGS WERE CLEARED UP AND WE WEREN'T GUESSING.
THERE'S NOBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
WAS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHED TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT.
[7. Recognitions/Proclamations/Visitors.
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SO TONIGHT WE HAVE SOME GUESTS FROM ROUSE HIGH SCHOOL TO RECEIVE A THEATER IN SCHOOLS MONTH PROCLAMATION.
SO IF Y'ALL WANNA COME UP, I'M GONNA START READING THIS AND Y'ALL CAN JUST COME RIGHT UP HERE.
WHEREAS THEATER EDUCATION ENHANCES STUDENTS' CREATIVE THINKING, CRITICAL ANALYSIS AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS, PROVIDING A FOUNDATION FOR LIFELONG LEARNING, LEARNING AND PERSONAL GROWTH.
AND WHEREAS SCHOOL THEATER PROGRAMS OFFER STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE AND APPRECIATE DIVERSE CULTURES, HISTORIES AND PERSPECTIVES FOSTERING EMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING.
AND WHEREAS PARTICIPATION IN THEATER PRODUCTION CULTIVATES TEAMWORK, DISCIPLINE, AND PROBLEM SOLVING ABILITIES ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS IN ALL AREAS OF LIFE.
AND WHEREAS SCHOOL THEATER PROGRAMS CONTRIBUTE TO A VIBRANT AND DYNAMIC SCHOOL CULTURE, ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND SHARE THEIR UNIQUE VOICES WITH THE COMMUNITY.
NOW, THEREFORE, I MAYOR CHRISTINE DELAL DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE MARCH, 2025 AS THEATER IN OUR SCHOOL'S MONTH IN LEANDER, AND CALL UPON ALL RESIDENTS TO CELEBRATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THEATER EDUCATION BY PARTICIPATING IN AND ATTENDING SCHOOL THEATER, EVENTS, ACTIVITIES, AND PERFORMANCES.
A WITNESS THEREOF I HAVE HERE TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF LEANDER TO BE AFFIXED ON MARCH 6TH, 2025.
DO Y'ALL WANNA TELL US ABOUT WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU'RE UP TO? YES.
WE ARE FROM ROUSE HIGH SCHOOL THESPIAN HONOR TROOP 7 6 7 9.
AND WE ARE SO EXCITED AND HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY TO RECEIVE THE PROCLAMATION OF MARCH AS THEATER IN OUR SCHOOL'S MONTH HERE IN LEANDER.
EACH SCHOOL YEAR, ROUSE HIGH SCHOOL PUTS UP FOUR MAIN STAGE SHOWS AND 10 BLACK BOX PRODUCTIONS.
WE COMPETE IN STATE AND NATIONAL COMPETITIONS SUCH AS UIL THEATRICAL DESIGN, UIL ONE, ACT PLAY, AND INTER INTERNATIONAL THESPIAN SOCIETY COMPETITIONS.
ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO BE PART OF THE HELLER AWARDS FOR YOUNG ARTISTS, A TONY STYLE AWARD SHOW FOR HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL THEATER SHOWS IN THE GREATER AUSTIN AREA.
CURRENTLY AT ROUSE HIGH SCHOOL, WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER ROMEO AND JULIET TO COMPETE IN THE UIL ONE PLAY COMPETITION.
STUDENTS IN LEANDER AND ALL OVER THE COUNTRY PUT IMMENSE TIME AND EFFORT INTO OUR CRAFT.
ALL THE WHILE WE ARE MAINTAINING OUR GRADES, BUILDING FRIENDSHIPS, APPLYING TO COLLEGES, AND JUGGLING THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF OUR PERSONAL LIVES.
AND RECOGNIZING MARCH AS THEATER IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH VALIDATES THE TIRELESS WORK THAT THEATER STUDENTS AND FACULTY MEMBERS DO EVERY DAY.
WE DON'T GO HOME AFTER A SEVEN HOUR SCHOOL DAY.
WE SPEND OUR EVENINGS IN REHEARSAL FOR THREE TO
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FOUR HOURS EACH NIGHT.THIS PROCLAMATION MEANS THAT OUR HARD WORK IS SEEN AND RECOGNIZED.
IT MEANS THAT OUR THEATER COMMUNITIES AND FAMILIES IN OUR SCHOOLS, THE FRIENDSHIPS WE'VE CULTIVATED, THE WONDERFUL, THE WONDERFUL STORIES WE TELL AND THE ART WE CREATE ARE CELEBRATED TO RECEIVE.
THIS PROCLAMATION IS NOT JUST ANOTHER TITLE TO ATTACH TO A MONTH.
THIS IS A CITYWIDE RECOGNITION OF AN ART THAT WE LIVE FOR.
WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE WORK ETHIC AND CHARACTER OF THEATER STUDENTS AND FACULTY HERE IN LEANDER, AND FOR CELEBRATING THE STORIES LAUGHTER AND LOVE WE STRIVE TO BRING TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WE WANNA SAY A SPECIAL THANKS TO ROUSE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL VINCENT HAWKINS, OUR DEDICATED THESPIANS, ALL OF OUR SUPPORTERS AND THE TALENTED HARDWORKING DIRECTORS AT ROUSE WHO KEEP THIS DEPARTMENT RUNNING.
CHERYL PAINTER AND CHARLES MCCLAIN.
ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THEATER STUDENTS HERE IN LEANDER.
THANK YOU FOR YOU TELL THEM THEY'RE GONNA STAY FOR THEIR ENTIRE, JUST KIDDING
[8. Staff Reports
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FIRST STEP, WE HAVE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM UPDATE RAIDER WAY IN EAST WOODVIEW DRIVE ROAD, ROADWAY, CIPT 0.12.
AND WITH OUR CIP PROGRAM MANAGER, BETIS.
GOOD EVENING, MR. BETIS AND EVENING HONOR COUNCIL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US UP HERE.
ALWAYS TO, TO GET US ON THROUGH OUR PROJECTS RIGHT AWAY IS GET 'EM CLOSER, INCH BY INCH DAY BY DAY.
AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD NEWS, IS WE HAVE TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED THE FINAL ASPHALT AND STRIPING FOR MARCH 17TH, 18TH, 19TH, AND 20TH.
SO THEN WE'LL HAVE, IT IS THE INTENT IF MOTHER NATURE ALLOWS, AND WE'LL HAVE THIS DONE BEFORE THE END OF SPRING BREAK.
WE STILL HAVE TO COME BACK IN AFTERWARDS AND PUT IN LANDSCAPING.
SO THAT'LL TAKE US THROUGH APRIL AND MARCH, OR I'M SORRY, APRIL AND MAY.
AND THAT'LL BE PRETTY NON-DISRUPTIVE FOR LIKE NON DISRUPTIVE FOR LIKE SCHOOL DROP OFFS AND STUFF.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS I DO POINT OUT IS THAT WE ARE DOING THIS IN THE EVENINGS, AND PART OF THE REASONS WE'RE DOING THIS IN THE EVENINGS IS THAT WE HAVE CERTAIN INTERSECTIONS THAT WE REALLY ARE GONNA BE BLOCKING.
AND IT'S BETTER TO DO THAT IN THE EVENING THAN IN, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY.
GENERALLY SPEAKING, THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER.
WE HAD TWO CLINICS IN THE ROSS PARKING LOT.
UM, WE ACTUALLY WAS GOTTA GO BACK ON THAT.
THIS IS THE ONE THING I'VE ALWAYS BEEN WORRIED ABOUT IS THAT IF YOU'LL SEE IT SAYS THAT, UM, WE ACTUALLY HAD RACING, SOMEBODY WAS CALLING IN THAT SOMEBODY WAS DRAG RACING DOWN THE ROAD.
YEAH, WELL IF YOU GOT A LONG STRAIGHTAWAY LIKE THAT, ABSOLUTELY.
SO THE OFFICERS WERE CALLED IN.
THEY DID GET THERE, BUT THEY DID NOT FIND ANY PERPETRATORS.
UH, WE HAD THREE ACCIDENTS, TWO, WHICH ARE NOT ACCIDENTS, BUT EMS CALL-INS.
TWO OF THESE WERE ACTUALLY IN ONE IN THE SCHOOLS, ONE IN WILEY, ONE IN ROES, AND THE OTHER ONE WAS JUST A FALSE
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ALARM.ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL? I JUST WANNA SAY I DROVE IT THE OTHER DAY AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
YOU, AS YOU SAID BEFORE, TAKES A VILLAGE.
AND NOW AN UPDATE ON BAGHDAD ROAD AND COLLABORATIVE WAY CIPT 0.71 WITH CIP PROJECT MANAGER ALABASTRO.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UM, AT CITY MANAGER, TODD
UM, SO WE ARE, UH, MOVING FORWARD WITH COLLABORATIVE, UH, AND BAGHDAD, UH, CONCENTRATING ON THE, OOPS.
UH, WE'VE BEEN CONCENTRATING THIS WEEK ON THE RIGHT TURN LANE, GETTING THAT DEMOLISHED AND, UH, PREPPED AND READY.
UH, WE, WE HAVE GOTTEN THE CURB INSTALLED ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF, UH, ON THE EAST SIDE OF BAGHDAD.
AND WE'VE STARTED INSTALLING OUR, UH, STORM INLET COLLECTION.
AND THEN HERE'S THE DEMOLITION OF THE SIDEWALK, AND THEN THE GETTING READY TO PREP FOR THE FULL DESTRUCTION OF THE, FOR THE RIGHT TURN LANE.
AND THE STUDENTS ARE USING THE TEMPORARY, UH, CRO UH, WALKWAY THAT WE'VE CREATED FOR THEM.
AND I'M SORRY, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY WE'RE DEMOLISHING THOSE AREAS? UH, THIS PART HERE, UHHUH
SO TH THIS IS WHERE WE'RE PUTTING IN THE, THE NEW DEDICATED RIGHT TURN LANE.
ONTO, AND THEN A SIDEWALK NEXT TO IT.
YEAH, T THERE WILL BE A NEW SIDEWALK, UH, ESSENTIALLY ALMOST WHERE THIS IS THEY AT RIGHT NOW.
AND SO OUR GOAL, SORRY, I MISSED ONE THING.
WE DID HAVE, UM, ONE INCIDENT, UH, WHERE A DRIVER FAILED TO YIELD TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC TURNING ONTO, UH, BAGHDAD FROM COLLABORATIVE, WHICH, UH, DID RESULT IN AN INJURY COLLISION.
UH, IT HAPPENED OUTSIDE OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORK TIME, BUT IT HAPPENED DURING, UH, LATE AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR.
UM, BUT OUR GOAL IS TO, UH, WE'RE STILL PUSHING TO GET THIS RESURFACED, UH, OVER SPRING BREAK AND COMPLETE THE PROJECT BY THE END OF MARCH.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS? UH, WHEN DO YOU THINK THE LIGHT WILL BE ACTIVE? SO THE LIGHT SHOULD BE ACTIVE TOWARDS THE END OF MARCH.
UM, ONCE WE GET IT PAVED, THEN WE WILL START PUTTING IT INTO A, UH, I FORGET THE TERM, LIKE THE FLASHING YELLOW? YEAH.
WE'LL PUT IT INTO FLASHING AND PREPARE EVERYONE TO ACTIVATE THE SIGNAL.
BUT WE DO HAVE POWER OUT THERE.
THE, THE LIGHTS ARE OPERATIONAL OUT AT THE INTERSECTION.
[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]
MOVE INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.ITEM NUMBER 10 HAS BEEN POLLED AND WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.
SO COUNSEL WILL BE CONSIDERING CONSENT.
AGENDA ITEMS NINE AND THEN 11 THROUGH 22.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[10. Approval of an Ordinance establishing Generative Artificial Intelligence and Acceptable Use Policy for the City of Leander; providing for effective date, severability, and open meetings; and providing for all related matters.]
10, APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY FOR THE CITY OF LEANDER, PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE SEVERABILITY AND OPEN MEETINGS AND PROVIDING FOR ALL RELATED MATTERS.DO YOU WANT US TO START WITH QUESTIONS OR DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION? I DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION.
I WAS GONNA KIND OF JUST RUN THROUGH THE POLICY AS WE WROTE IT REAL QUICK AND SEE IF Y'ALL WANNA GO FROM THERE ON QUESTIONS.
UH, I'M STUART SMITH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF IT AND THE INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER FOR THE CITY.
AND TODAY, UH, PRO I'M BRINGING YOU A PROPOSED POLICY FOR USE OF GENERATIVE AI BY CITY EMPLOYEES.
UM, THE OVERARCHING GOALS OF THIS PROPOSED POLICY ARE ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, AWARENESS, AND INNOVATION.
UH, GENERATIVE AI, AS WE'VE SEEN IN RECENT TIMES, DOES REALLY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO BE A VERY POWERFUL FORCE MULTIPLIER, UH, INCLUDING HERE AT THE CITY WHERE WE DESPERATELY NEED IT.
BUT LIKE ANY OTHER IT SYSTEM WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL AND RECOGNIZE THE RISKS THAT GO IN THERE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A, UM, A COORDINATED APPROACH AND TO THE HANDLE THE RISK AS WELL AS IMPLEMENTING THE, THE, UH, BENEFITS IT CAN BRING.
UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A TECHNOLOGY RE UH, ACQUISITION PROCESS.
WHENEVER DEPARTMENTS NEED TO BUY TECHNOLOGY, THEY, YOU KNOW, WRITE A, YOU KNOW, THEY GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, OBVIOUSLY, AND THEN THEY BRING IT TO IT.
I DO A REVIEW, OR PAUL DOES A REVIEW.
WE MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT STORING
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SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS AND RUSSIAN SERVERS.WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, DOING THINGS WITH DATA THAT WE SHOULDN'T OR WE DON'T WANT TO.
AND THAT COULD BRING LIABILITY TO THE CITY.
WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DUPLICATING EFFORT.
YOU KNOW, SOMEONE'S NOT TRYING TO BUY A CLOUD SERVICE THAT, HEY, WE ALREADY, WE IN IT ALREADY HAVE.
UM, THAT PROCESS IS PRETTY STATIC.
UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A SET NUMBER OR A, A RISK THAT WE RUN INTO OFTEN, YOU KNOW, HEY, WE WANT TO USE A CLOUD SERVICE.
OKAY, WHAT KIND OF DATA ARE WE GONNA PUT INTO IT? IF IT'S SENSITIVE DATA, HEY, THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE A LOT MORE REVIEW AND PROTECTIONS.
THEN IF WE'RE PUTTING UP DATA THAT'S, YOU KNOW, GONNA BE PUT ON THE WEBSITE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UM, THAT PROCESS IS MUCH MORE OF IT AND KIND OF A REGULATORY PERSPECTIVE WHERE WE, UH, YOU KNOW, PAUL AND I WILL SIT THERE AND GO THROUGH, LOOK AT THE RISK, MATCH IT, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE.
AND THEN IT GOES TO THE CITY MANAGER IF A DEPARTMENT WANTS TO WORK THROUGH IT.
BUT, UM, AI IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ANIMAL.
UM, THERE ISN'T A STATIC RISK WHERE I CAN JUST LOOK AT IT AND GO, YEAH, THAT'S GOOD, BAD, OR MATCHES WHAT WE'RE DOING OR, OR WHAT WE'RE DOING CURRENTLY.
SO WHAT THIS POLICY IS ATTEMPTING TO DO IS, IS SPREAD THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT AND HAVE A, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF LATITUDE THAT GOES TO THE DEPARTMENTS FOR LOWER RISK ITEMS. UM, AND I THINK A LOT OF INK GETS SPILLED IN THIS POLICY, KIND OF ADDRESSING THE LOWER RISK THINGS LIKE, UM, HEY, HELP ME WITH THIS EMAIL THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY CONFIDENTIAL DATA AND IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY CITIZEN INFORMATION.
UM, PROVIDING GUIDELINES FOR THE DEPARTMENTS WITHOUT HAVING TO COME TO IT LIKE THEY WOULD THROUGH OUR ACQUISITION PROCESS TO USE THE, UH, USE THE, UH, THOSE ITEMS. UM, IF IT'S ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THOSE GUIDELINES IN THE LAST PAGE, AND IT'S REAL SHORT, BUT IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THOSE GUIDELINES, THEN THERE NEEDS TO BE A REVIEW PROCESS.
WE NEED TO APPROACH, UM, GENERATIVE AI THAT IS HAVING ACCESS TO CONFIDENTIAL DATA OR IS IN A MORE RISKY SITUATION WHERE I DON'T NEED TO BE GOING, YOU KNOW, SAYING, YES, THIS IS APPROVED OR NOT APPROVED, THAT REALLY NEEDS THE CITY MANAGER'S INPUT.
SO THE WAY WE STRUCTURE THIS IS FOR YOUR, UH, CONSIDERATION IS THAT A DEPARTMENT SAYS, HEY, WE WANT TO USE SOMETHING WITH GENERATIVE AI CAPABILITIES.
UM, IT REQUIRES INPUT FROM ME ON THE INFORMATION SECURITY SIDE, SO I CAN WRITE UP SOMETHING FOR THE CITY MANAGER AND FOR REVIEW OF, HEY, THIS IS THE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, UH, RISKS.
I SEE IT GOES TO DARA, UH, CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE FOR REVIEW ON OPEN RECORDS, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT HEY, LIKE THE FINAL PRODUCT, WE HAVE A PLAN FOR MAKING SURE THAT GOES TO SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PULL IF WE NEED TO FOR LEGAL REASONS OR FOR OPEN RECORDS.
ALL, ALL OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, IF WE'RE DEALING WITH HUMAN RESOURCES INFORMATION, OBVIOUSLY WANT HUMAN RESOURCES, UH, TO PROVIDE INPUT ON THAT.
IF IT'S GOING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, LEGAL NEEDS TO BE PROVIDING INPUT ON SOME OF THESE.
AND THEN IT ALL GOES TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR A REVIEW AND A DECISION.
SO THIS IS A, UH, THIS IS KIND OF TAKING OFF SOME OF THE MORE RESTRICTIVE ASPECTS OF LIKE HOW WE USUALLY DO TECHNOLOGY PROCUREMENT TO SET IT UP WHERE THE CITY MANAGER IS THE ONE MAKING A DECISION WITH INPUT FROM DEPARTMENTS.
BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, IF I LOOK AT IT AND I SAY, WELL, THIS DOESN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE TO ME AND IT'S KIND OF A RISK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT JUST KIND OF STOPS IN THE IT DEPARTMENT AND HAS TO BE RESTARTED BY OTHER DISCUSSIONS.
SO WE APPROACH THAT, BUT WE ALSO WANT ACCOUNTABILITY.
UM, EVEN THE LOW RISK ITEMS. SO LIKE IN LOW RISK, UH, USE THAT IT KIND OF DELEGATES DOWN TO THE DEPARTMENTS.
UM, YOU STILL SUPERVISORS, DEPARTMENT HEADS NEED TO BE INVOLVED, KNOW WHAT THEIR FOLKS ARE USING AI FOR, UM, AND HAVE A REVIEW PROCESS.
SO WE DON'T HAVE, UM, WE DON'T HAVE A SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE GO OUT AND ACQUIRE A PRODUCT OR START USING IT, AND NO ONE KNOWS THEY'RE USING IT UNTIL, YOU KNOW, IT SHOWS UP ON THE NEWS THAT OUR DATA WAS IN SOME LEAK AND WE HAD NO IDEA IT WAS EVEN OUT THERE.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS, IS, UH, IN THIS POLICY IS GET IT WHERE DEPARTMENTS CAN USE IT FOR CERTAIN LOW RISK THINGS, BUT MAKING SURE THE CITY MANAGERS, UH, DOING THE APPROVAL OF ANYTHING THAT'S GONNA BE MORE SENSITIVE.
AND EVERY PART OF THE POLICY IS WAIVABLE BY THE CITY MANAGER.
SO THE CITY MANAGER GETS A REVIEW, EVEN IF IT HAS SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS, IS DOING ALL THIS OTHER STUFF.
THE CITY MANAGER'S MAKING THAT DECISION.
THE, THE POLICY DOESN'T BIND THE CITY MANAGER ON MAKING A DECISION ON THOSE, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND, AND WE ARE, WE'VE ALREADY FOLLOWED THIS PROCESS.
UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, IS DEMOING A AI SOFTWARE AND WE BASICALLY FOLLOWED THE SAME PROCESS.
I WAS INVOLVED, WORKED WITH STAKEHOLDERS IN PD, REVIEWED IT.
I WENT AND TALKED WITH THE VENDOR, GOT SOME DOCUMENTATION TO MAKE SURE WE WERE PROTECTED, THAT WE KNEW THAT THE DATA THAT WAS THERE WAS GONNA BE IN A SECURE LOCATION, UH, GOT THAT ON FILE AND I SAID, YEP.
AND IT MOVED ON UP AND THE CITY MANAGER EVENTUALLY
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APPROVED THAT AND THEY WENT ON TO DO THEIR DEMO AND ARE CURRENTLY DOING IT.SO WE WANT TO JUST KIND OF MOVE THIS OUT OF THE IT POLICY AND KIND OF A, A, A STATIC APPROVAL PROCESS THAT KIND OF ENDS WITH IT IN MOST CIR CIRCUMSTANCES AND TURN THAT INTO THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE, UH, HAVE THE ABILITY TO BRING IN STUFF WHERE IT MAKES SENSE FOR LOWER RISK ITEMS AND THEN MAKE IT WHERE THE CITY MANAGER IS REVIEWING HIGHER RISK ITEMS THAT FALL OUTSIDE OF THE NORM.
AND THAT'S KIND OF MY, MY LITTLE SPIEL ON IT.
SO I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS.
AND I THINK THERE WERE A FEW OF US THAT HAD QUESTIONS.
SO I'M GONNA START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HERRERA.
SO, SO ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS, SO WHEN IT COMES TO AI, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE USING IT IN WHAT I WOULD SAY THE WILD, RIGHT? THEY JUST KIND OF LOG ON, THEY GO TO THE WEBSITE, THEY DUMP THEIR STUFF IN THERE, THEY GET AN ANSWER, THEY CUT AND PASTE IT, THEY BRING IT BACK.
AND WHEN THEY DO THAT ON THE FREE ONES, PRETTY MUCH THAT'S, THEY'RE, THEY'RE USING THAT FOR THEIR ALGORITHMS, THEY'RE USING IT, THAT THE, THE AI COMPANIES ARE USING THAT FOR THAT, AND THEY'RE COLLECTING THE INFORMATION AND THEY'RE DOING ALL THIS.
AND SO HOW DO, SO, SO ONE SUGGESTION OR ONE THING WOULD BE IS DO WE RECOMMEND AND PURCHASE A PRESCRIPTION TO ONE WHERE WE OWN THE A, THE AI AND THEREFORE WE CONTROL WHAT HAPPENS WITHIN IT? AND SO, AND THEN IT DOESN'T LEAK OUT BECAUSE THAT, THAT'S ONE CONCERN, YOU KNOW? 'CAUSE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS, IS PEOPLE ARE GONNA DUMP STUFF IN THERE AND ALL THAT AND IT'S GONNA, UH, AND, AND 'CAUSE THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO GET A NICE EMAIL OUT, THEY WANNA CHANGE THE TONE IN IT, OR THEY HAVE A PIECE OF CODE THAT DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT.
IT COULD HAVE AN ENGINEERING DOCUMENT THEY'RE GONNA DUMP IN THERE AND FIX IT UP AND IT LOOKS STRUCTURALLY SOUND AND IT'S GOOD TO GO.
SO, SO, SO THOSE ARE THE, SOME OTHER ASPECTS IS HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT CRUTCHING ON IT? AND IT'S A VALID THING WHERE IT LOOKS RIGHT, BUT IT'S NOT.
AND, AND SO I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF SEWAGE, BUT THE HUMAN NATURE IS, IS THAT WE'RE GONNA GO OUT AND GET WHAT WE CAN.
WE WANNA PROTECT OUR JOBS, WE WANNA PROTECT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND ALL THAT.
AND, AND SO I HAVE IN THE PLAN, I, HOW ARE YOU GUYS GONNA ADDRESS OR HOW DO YOU ADDRESS ACQUIRING THE TECHNOLOGY AND BASICALLY DROPPING IT IN IT INSTEAD OF IT JUST LET THEM GO RUNNING AROUND KIND OF THING? YES, SIR.
SO, UM, ONE THING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH.
IF IT'S A FREE PRODUCT, THEN YOU'RE PAYING WITH YOUR DATA, YOU'RE PAYING WITH YOUR PRIVACY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THE POLICY IS VERY CLEAR ON IS THAT WE CAN'T, YOU CAN'T PUT ANY DATA IN IT.
UH, WE, WE GO THROUGH, UNLESS, UH, FROM THE POLICY USERS SHALL NOT INPUT CONFIDENTIAL OR PROPRIETARY INFORMATION IN A GENERATIVE AI SYSTEMS, AND IT GOES THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS.
BASICALLY ANYTHING THAT WE WOULDN'T RELEASE UNDER AN OPEN RECORDS CAN'T GO IN UNDER WHAT THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER.
SO THAT IS A BIT OF A, UH, THERE IS A, A GOOD THING THERE.
THERE ARE PRODUCTS LIKE COPILOT, UM, THAT WE COULD PAY AND BASICALLY DIRECT ALL THE DEPARTMENTS TO, UM, RIGHT NOW.
AND, AND, AND I'M HAPPY TO TALK FURTHER ABOUT THAT, ABOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR THAT.
BUT FOR LOW RISK ITEMS, UH, IF YOU'RE PUTTING IN STUFF WITH NO INFORMATION AS FAR AS, UM, NAMES OR LOCATIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, LIKE AN EMAIL THAT YOU'RE KIND OF PRETTYING UP A LITTLE BIT, UM, THAT'S A LOWER RISK ITEM.
IF IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, IT'S NOT ABOUT A PRIVATE TOPIC, BUT IF SOMEONE WERE TO TAKE SOMETHING LIKE YOU WERE GONNA WRITE AN EMAIL TO A CITIZEN ABOUT A SPECIFIC ENGINEERING PROJECT, WELL, I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE PROPRIETARY OR CONFIDENTIAL AND WOULDN'T BE APPROPRIATE TO PUT INTO CHAT GPT.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IF SOMEONE SAID, HEY, I NEED, I WANT SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN HELP ME WITH PLAN REVIEWS, I WANNA HELP SOMETHING TO HELP ME WITH MY ENGINEERING STUFF, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD'VE TO BE ACQUIRED.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD GO THROUGH THAT REVIEW PROCESS THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, WHERE I'M GONNA PROVIDE INPUT, WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE IT DOES THAT JOB, AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE IT'S PRICED WHERE WE'RE GETTING THOSE.
YOU KNOW, LIKE IF IT'S DEALING WITH CONFIDENTIAL DATA, MY PREFERENCE IS I'M GONNA RECOMMEND THE CITY MANAGER THAT JUST NEED TO BE ON US SERVERS, OR IT NEEDS TO BE IN US DATA CENTERS THROUGH AZURE, UH, YOU KNOW, ON A, A CLOUD LIKE, UH, THE GOVCLOUD THAT WE USE, UM, WE DON'T WANT TO JUST BUY A RANDOM PRODUCT THAT IS USING WHATEVER THEY FEEL LIKE.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF, WE, WE WANTED TO GIVE, WE DON'T WANT TO, WE DON'T HAVE A SYSTEM RIGHT NOW WHERE WE BOUGHT LIKE CO-PILOT OR CHAT GPT FOR THE, FOR THE WHOLE CITY.
BUT IF WE DID GO DOWN THAT ROUTE, SAY, HEY, WE'RE GONNA ROUTE EVERYTHING THROUGH COPILOT.
WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA PAY MICROSOFT AND DO IT, THEN ABSOLUTELY WE WOULD WANNA MODIFY THE, THE, UH, POLICY TO REQUIRE THAT.
COULD YOU JUST EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, A GENERATIVE AI AND JUST A REALLY SMART PROGRAM THAT ANSWERS ALL YOUR QUESTIONS? SURE.
AND YOU KNOW, GENERATIVE AI HAS THE ABILITY, IT TAKES ALL OF THIS INFORMATION AND EVERYTHING AND IS ABLE TO PROCESS IT AND, YOU KNOW, TURN
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IT INTO, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKE THINGS OUT WHICH, YOU KNOW, AREN'T NECESSARILY THERE.IT'S NOT LIKE A, IT'S NOT LIKE AN ENCYCLOPEDIA.
UM, AND SO IT'S INVENTING THINGS OR IT'S MAKING UP THINGS.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REAL CONCERNS IN THE GENERATIVE AI SPACE WHEN YOU START USING IT.
AND THERE'S SOME, UH, SOME ATTORNEYS UP OUT EAST THAT FOUND OUT, UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN THEY ASKED IT TO WRITE A LEGAL BRIEF FOR THEM, THEY MADE CASES UP.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF JUST BECAUSE IT KIND OF TOOK THE INFORMATION AND PUT IT TOGETHER, UH, IN THE SMARTS IT HAD, UH, AND THE ATTORNEYS ENDED UP IN BIG TROUBLE WITH THE JUDGE.
UM, THAT'S ONE OF OUR CONCERNS.
THIS POLICY APPLIES TO GENERATIVE AI.
SO INVENTING THINGS OR HAVING A CREATIVITY TO IT, UH, 'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE REAL RISK IS FOR US ON EMPLOYEES USING IT.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY BUILT IN WHERE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COMES OUT THERE IS THIS POLICY IS VERY CLEAR.
SO IF YOU ASK IT TO PUT TOGETHER SOMETHING AND YOU PUT IT OUT THERE AND THAT INFORMATION'S INCORRECT, THEN IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE.
AND IT ALSO, THE, SINCE THE SUPERVISORS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE LOOP WITH THAT, THEN THAT'S NOT JUST THE EMPLOYEE, BUT ALSO THE SUPERVISORS, UH, ARE GONNA BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR USING IT IN A MANNER THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE.
PRO 10 MY QUESTION AND WE, SORRY.
OH, WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF GET SOME CLARITY ABOUT IT EARLIER, BUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO ENSURE THAT THE POLICY IS BEING USED AS INTENDED? HOW ARE WE MONITORING THAT? HOW ARE WE GOING TO MANAGE THAT? BUT THEN MY FOLLOW UP TO THAT IS WHEN WE DO MANAGE THAT PROCESS, UM, I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST, I'M A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT, IT SEEMS VERY MANUAL RIGHT NOW AND HOW ARE WE AUTOMATING IT SO THAT WHEN YOU'RE OUT OF TOWN, WHEN YOU'RE OFF, IF YOU DECIDE TO MOVE ON, IS THIS PROCESS AUTOMATED? SO WHOEVER COMES IN BEHIND YOU CAN STEP RIGHT IN AND THERE'S NO LAG OR NO GAP IN US MONITORING WHAT'S HAPPENING AND BEING ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROCESS IS BEING USED AS INTENDED BY EVERYONE.
I, I, I DON'T, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING DEEP INTO KIND OF WHAT OUR DEFENSES ARE AND, AND HOW WE, UM, DO ALL THE MONITORING.
UM, THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE CAN DISCUSS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION OR IF, UM, OR, UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, UM, A WE DO, THE CITY HAS, UM, THE, THE FIREWALL LOGS AND ALL THAT, UM, ARE FED INTO A SYSTEM.
I HAVE A BACKUP, UM, WHO MONITORS THAT SYSTEM.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, UH, I'M TRYING TO HOW TO WITHOUT, WE, WE DO HAVE A SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER THAT MONITORS OUR NETWORKS, UM, THAT IS CONTRACTED.
UH, I DON'T REALLY WANT TO GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL IN PUBLIC, BUT YES, WE, WE HAVE THAT.
I HAVE, I HAVE BACKUPS FOR ALL THE, UM, FOR ALL THE STUFF I HANDLE FOR THE CITY.
UM, AND WE DO HAVE A PROFESSIONAL SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER THAT MA MONITORS OUR SYSTEMS. OKAY.
FIRST OF ALL, I APPRECIATE Y'S DEPARTMENT 'CAUSE Y'ALL ARE THE ONES WHO KEEP EVERYBODY'S INFORMATION SAFE,
SO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS DO AND EVEN, UM, GOING FORWARD AND PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
SO OBVIOUSLY AI IS A REALLY GOOD TOOL THAT CAN BE UTILIZED FOR SOME GOOD THINGS, BUT IT, WITHIN ANY GOOD TOOL, IT COULD ALSO BE ABUSE.
SO YOU MENTIONED A COUPLE OF THEM THAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH AND THAT'S CHAT, BT AND COPILOT.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW MANY OTHERS ARE AVAILABLE.
DO WE RESTRICT THE USE OF CERTAIN ONES? ARE THEY ONLY PERMITTED TO USE CERTAIN PROGRAMS? YES SIR.
UM, OBVIOUSLY GETTING THE POLICY IN PLACE WILL, UM, SOME OF THAT IS, I'VE MADE, LIKE THE GOVERNOR HAS ISSUED A PROCLAMATION BANNING, UH, CERTAIN ONES THAT ARE, UM, HE, HE HAS DETERMINED ARE A THREAT TO NATIONAL, TO THE STATE SECURITY.
UM, UH, I BELIEVE ONE IS DEEP SEEK AND A COUPLE OF OTHERS.
UM, AN ORDINANCE THAT COUNCIL HAS PASSED, UH, IN KEEPING WITH STATE LAW, UH, ALLOWS US TO BAN THOSE ADMINISTRATIVELY.
SO WHEN THE PRO GOVERNOR IS ISSUES A PROCLAMATION, WE'RE REQUIRED TO BAN IT AS WELL, BUT IT'S JUST A AUTOMATIC PROCESS.
SO YES, WE, WE DO RESTRICT WHICH SYSTEMS PEOPLE CAN GET INTO ON THE AI SIDE.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? OKAY, I HAVE THOUGHTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, FOR, FOR PULLING THIS TOGETHER.
THERE'S A LOT THAT I REALLY LIKE ABOUT IT AND A LOT THAT I THINK MAYBE COULD USE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, REVISION.
UM, I THINK HAVING A POLICY WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO.
UM, AND I THINK THAT, UM, IT'S VERY, UH, FORWARD THINKING OF YOU TO COME UP WITH THIS.
UM, A COUPLE OF THE ISSUES I HAVE, UM, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING UP HERE ABOUT AI IN GENERAL, BUT
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THIS LOOKS LIKE IT IS WRITTEN SPECIFICALLY FOR LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS ONLY, CORRECT? YES MA'AM.AND I THINK THAT'S A GENERAL CONFUSION THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE.
AND I THINK THE READING OF THIS, UM, I WAS REALLY EXCITED FOR IT, BUT WHEN I READ THROUGH IT, MY READ OF IT FELT VERY MUCH LIKE USING AI IS DISCOURAGED.
UM, AND I, I THINK OF IT LIKE THIS, IF I INVITE YOU INTO MY HOUSE AND I SAY DON'T SIT ON THE BLUE CHAIRS, IT'S VERY NEGATIVE AND IT FEELS WEIRD.
BUT IF I SAY YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT ON THE COUCH, IT'S MORE INVITING.
AND I THINK THAT WITH OUR STAFF LEVELS AND FUNDING LEVELS WHAT THEY ARE, WE SHOULD BE EMBRACING QUALITY AI TOOLS AND ENCOURAGING OUR PEOPLE TO USE THESE.
UM, I THINK THAT, UM, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE DEFINITION ON ON THE, ON WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, IF IT'S ALL GENERATIVE AI OR IF IT'S LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS, IT ALSO LISTEN HERE VIDEO, WHICH I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT FITS IN.
UM, I THINK POINTING OUT WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS WOULD BE HELPFUL, UM, UNDER THIS WRITING, IT DOESN'T, UH, AUTOMATICALLY ALLOW ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS.
UM, SO STRICTLY FOLLOWING THE WRITING, ANYTIME WE HAVE A STAFF MEMBER THAT'S USING GRAMMARLY OR THE AUTO COMPLETE IN SENDING AN EMAIL FROM THEIR PHONE THAT WOULD BE USING A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL, THEY WOULD HAVE TO RUN THAT PAST A SUPERVISOR FIRST AND THEN GET APPROVAL OF IT AFTER AND PUT A DISCLOSURE.
AND I THINK THAT, UM, THAT'S PROBABLY TOO MUCH.
AND I THINK IT'S ONEROUS ON OUR SUPERVISORS AND OUR STAFF TO HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH THAT.
I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY HAVE SOME KIND OF TIERED APPROACH WHERE CERTAIN, CERTAIN THINGS WE JUST AGREE IS FINE BECAUSE I THINK IF WE ARE, ARE HOLDING OURSELVES TO THIS AS THE POLICY, UM, I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE STAFF THAT ARE USING IT AND JUST NOT TELLING PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE USING IT.
UM, I THINK WE NEED TO BE INVITING ON IT.
UM, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS WE CAN UTILIZE TO GET A GOOD, UM, SOME GOOD EDITS ON IT.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS THINKING IS, UM, THE WEBSITE RESPONSIBLE.AI, ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THAT? NO, MA'AM.
IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS, UM, ALL ABOUT THE ETHICS OF AI.
IT HELPS TO WRITE POLICIES, YOU, YOU INPUT TO THE AI, WHAT YOU NEED,
AND THEY HELP TO CREATE ETHICAL POLICIES.
UM, AND THEY'RE WELL RESPECTED.
UM, I ALSO THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL IF WE DID MAYBE A MASS EMAIL TO STAFF AND SAY, WHO'S USING THIS? HOW ARE YOU USING IT? WE WANT YOUR INPUT ON THIS POLICY.
AND I THINK, UM, I THINK ALL OF OUR STAFF, EVERYBODY BELONGS TO THE DIFFERENT AFFILIATE ASSOCIATIONS AND I GUARANTEE YOU EVERY AFFILIATE ASSOCIATION IS TALKING ABOUT AI RIGHT NOW AND GENERATIVE SPECIFICALLY.
AND THERE'S ALL THIS SOFTWARE THAT'S COMING ON BECAUSE IT'S CONSTANTLY EVOLVING.
AND THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT UP HERE WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
I'M SURE YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT ALL OF 'EM, BUT MAYBE HR KNOWS ABOUT THEM OR MAYBE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES KNOWS ABOUT 'EM.
AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER AS WE'RE CRAFTING POLICY.
UM, I THINK ALSO THERE'S THE ABILITY TO HAVE A BROAD POLICY THAT THEN GUIDES OUR STAFF TO, UM, MORE PROCEDURES BECAUSE PROCEDURES CAN BE CHANGED MUCH EASIER THAN JUST COMING HERE.
UM, AND I THINK THAT WITH THE, THE STATE OF, OF AI AND HOW FAST IT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED INTO EVERYTHING THAT WE USE, I THINK GOING WITH UM, A BROADER POLICY AND A LIGHTER, UH, A MORE DEFINED PROCEDURE, UM, WILL ALLOW YOU THE LATITUDE TO PIVOT AS NEEDED.
AND I THINK MAYBE EVEN HAVING A WHITE LIST OF, UM, AI THAT WE FIND ACCEPTABLE.
UM, I MEAN WE HAVE THE LIST FROM THE STATE THAT SAYS DON'T DO THESE, BUT UM, WITH ALL THE INTEGRATIONS THAT ARE COMING OUT, MAYBE JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, CHAT GPT IS GOOD AND WHATEVER THIS RANDOM THING IS IS BAD.
UM, BUT I JUST THINK THERE'S A WHOLE LOT THAT WE CAN DO WITH IT THAT WOULD ENCOURAGE INNOVATION.
I FEEL LIKE EVERY TIME YOU COME TO US, I ALWAYS HAVE THINGS AND IT'S ONLY WHEN YOU'RE HERE, I'M SORRY.
UH, YOU REALLY HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD POINTS, UM, ON THE TECHIE SIDE, SO THANK YOU.
BUT UM, I ACTUALLY THINK GOING BACK TO THE PROCURING IT, THE I AS IT, I THINK THAT MIGHT, TO ME IN MY ORGANIZATION THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY WE HANDLE IT IS BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T WANT THEM GOING OUT AND USING THINGS WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
BUT GIVING THEM ACCESS TO THINGS THAT YOU CAN USE US, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT IS OUT THERE AND GUYS DO USE IT TO WRITE CODE, THEY DO USE IT TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS AND ALL THAT AND, AND
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IT MAKES SENSE TO KIND OF SAY, HEY, YOU CAN USE THIS AND PLAY IN THIS AREA AND IF IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH, TELL US WHERE TO GO AND ALL THAT.NOW I KNOW THERE'S A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AND EVERYTHING, BUT IT DOES ALLOW YOU TO MONITOR IT AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND EVERYTHING AND STUFF.
AND SO I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE, ENCOURAGE MAYBE LOOKING AT THAT A LITTLE HARDER.
SO DO YOU MIND COMING BACK TO US LATER? OH, LY WITH THE ABSOLUTELY AWESOME POLICY.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A GOOD START.
SO COUNSEL, WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON ITEM 10,
[23. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding the Bagdad Retail Center Annexation Case A-24-0014 and the adjacent ROW of Bagdad Road and CR 281 Annexation Case A-25-0018 regarding the voluntary annexation of 4.586 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R023980 and the adjacent Bagdad Road and CR 281 ROW; and generally located northwest of the intersection of N. Bagdad Road and CR 281, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.
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ITEM NUMBER 23, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE BAGHDAD RETAIL CENTER ANNEXATION CASE, A DASH 24 DASH 0 0 1 4 AND THE ADJACENT RIGHT OF WAY OF BAGHDAD ROAD AND COUNTY ROAD 2 81 ANNEXATION CASE, A DASH 25 DASH 0 0 8 REGARDING THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF 4.586 ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GRIFFIN.
UM, THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE BAGHDAD RETAIL VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION.
UM, THE COUNCIL HAS PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED THIS, UM, ANNEXATION, UM, THE FIRST TIME WE DID NOT INCLUDE THE ANNEXATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WAY FOR BAGHDAD AS WELL AS THIS COUNTY ROAD.
UM, THIS, UH, DOESN'T HAVE A, A ZONING ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
THERE IS A, AN APPROVED PLAN FOR A GAS STATION THAT WAS PART OF, UM, LIBERTY HILLS ETJ.
UM, THEY WANTED TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE CITY'S WATER.
IT'S ONE OF OUR REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU ANNEX INTO THE CITY LIMITS TO USE THE WATER.
UM, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UM, AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
THERE IS NOBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHED TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT.
WE WILL NOW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ANNEXATION CASE A DASH 24 DASH ZERO FOUR AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY.
THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE ANNEXATION CASES BY THE WAY, CORRECT? DAR? YES.
SO ONCE THE ONE'S, THE PREP AND ONE'S THE RIGHT OF WAY, SHOULD I ANNOUNCE BOTH OF THEM NOW OR AFTER? YES.
SO VOTE ON THIS ONE AND THEN ANNOUNCE THE SECOND ONE? YES.
CAN I ASK A REALLY QUICK QUESTION? EVEN I DIDN'T ASK IT PRIOR, SO IT'S, THEY'RE GONNA BE ANN EXTENT TO THIS, TO TO OUR CITY? CORRECT.
JUST WITH THE, WITH THE, I I WASN'T AWARE OF THE, OF LI OF LIBERTY HILLS CT J SO THEY WERE RELEASED FROM LIBERTY HILLS.
C TJ MAKING, IT'S INTO OUR CITY MAKING.
UM, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, WE WANNA DO THESE SEPARATELY, YOU SAID? YEAH, WE HAVE TO DO 'EM SEPARATELY.
SO THIS IS A DASH 24 DASH 0 1 4.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT ONE.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WE'LL NOW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ANNEXATION CASE A DASH 25 DASH 0 0 1 8 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[24. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding the Oakwood Hills Annexation Case A-24-0015 and the adjacent ROW of Nameless Road Annexation Case A-25-0019 regarding the voluntary annexation of 337.292 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Travis Central Appraisal District as Parcels 353045, 353047, 353048, 353050, 353069, 353070, and 513816; and the portion of the abutting right-of-way known as Nameless Road and generally located west of Nameless Road, approximately 1,050 feet north of Shady Mountain Road, Leander, Travis County, Texas.
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
UM, SO THIS IS, UH, A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE OAKWOOD HILLS, UM, ANNEXATION CASE.
UM, THIS PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 340 ACRES IN SIZE AND THEY'RE PROPOSING LARGE LOT DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THEY DO HAVE A ZONING CASE THAT IS PAIRED WITH THE ANNEXATION.
THAT WILL BE ON THE, THE NEXT, UH, COUNCIL AGENDA.
UM, THIS ONE WE DID HAVE A, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, UM, THAT CAME UP FROM THE COUNCIL ABOUT, UH, ROADS.
UM, SO WE PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE EXHIBIT TO SHOW, UM, WHICH, WHICH ROADS WOULD BE MAINTAINED BY WHO.
UM, THIS, THIS AREA HERE WOULD BECOME THE CITY'S MAINTENANCE.
AND THEN THIS PIECE UP HERE WOULD REMAIN AS, UH, TRAVIS COUNTY.
UM, THE TREVISO SUBDIVISIONS LOCATED DOWN HERE.
AND THIS PINK CIRCLE SHOWS, UH, THE WATER.
UM, THIS PROJECT WAS PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL, UM, AS A REQUEST FOR A MUD.
UM, THE COUNCIL WAS NOT SUPPORTIVE OF DOING THE MUD, SO THEY DID SEEK OTHER OPTIONS, UH, THROUGH EXTENDING OUR WATER.
UM, AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE APPLICANT'S ALSO HERE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHED TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL NOW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ANNEXATION CASE A DASH 24 DASH ZERO 15 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY.
SO THIS, WE'RE NOT APPROVING THE ZONING, JUST THE ANNEXATION
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PORTION OF IT.SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, THAT'S IN QUESTIONS FIRST.
LET'S, UH, I'LL SECOND GET A SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND DISCUSSION.
SO WHAT, HOW, HOW LONG IS THAT PORTION ON NAMELESS THAT WE'D BE TAKEN IN? I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE THAT, BUT I CAN MEASURE IT ON MY MAP IF YOU HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS.
UM, THIS, THIS PROPERTY HERE IS SUBJECT TO A ANNEXATION DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
SO WHEN THEY COME TO DEVELOP, IT'S GOING TO BE ANNEXED.
AND I KNOW WHENEVER I WAS ON THE CALL WITH YOU ON A TUESDAY AFTERNOON ASKING QUESTIONS, UM, THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT, UH, CCN AND SO THEY'RE ENTITLED TO OUR WATER, BUT ARE THERE, SO CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THAT? AND THEN ARE THERE OTHER OPTIONS? SO, UM, THE, A PORTION OF THEIR PROPERTY, I BELIEVE IT'S, IT'S RIGHT HERE, IS IN THE CITY OF LEANERS, CCN.
SO THAT MEANS THAT, UM, THEY, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO SERVE THEM FOR WATER.
SO IT'S ONLY A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY.
AND YOUR OTHER QUESTION WAS OTHER OPTIONS? MM-HMM
LIKE THE, IF LIKE IF YOU DON'T, OTHER THAN ANNEXATION, IF YOU DON'T, UM, ANNEX THE PROPERTY, UM, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE TRAVIS COUNTY REGULATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO SEPTIC AND WELL, OH, IT'S 900 FEET.
IF THE NAME WAS, I THOUGHT YOU WERE SAYING 900.
SO I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT LOCATION RESPONSE TIMES.
UM, ESPECIALLY FROM THE PD, NOT SO MUCH FROM FIRE.
'CAUSE I KNOW THEY HAVE A FIREHOUSE OUT THERE IN TREVISO AND JUST SPREADING OUR RESOURCES SO THIN, UM, WE'RE TAKING ON MORE RESPONSIBILITY AND I LIVE IN AN AREA WHERE SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE IS, UH, SOMEWHAT NEGLECTED JUST 'CAUSE WE'RE JUST GROWING SO FAST.
AND SO I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THAT PERSONALLY.
UH, I AM GOING TO ECHO THOSE CONCERNS.
UM, I WAS SURPRISED WHEN I SAW THIS AND THEN I REALIZED HOW WE GOT HERE THROUGH THE POLICY.
BUT REALISTICALLY, WE ARE ON THE LINE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT WE ANNEX IT FOR THEIR WATER SERVICE.
IF WE ANNEX IT THOUGH, WE ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE FULL CITY SERVICES, INCLUDING POLICE AND FIRE.
AND BESIDES THE RESPONSE TIME OF POLICE, WHEN WE LOOK AT FIRE, IF IT TAKES LONGER TO GET OUT THERE BECAUSE IT'S NOT EVEN TOUCHING THE CITY, THAT CAN AFFECT OUR ISO RATING.
UM, THAT HAS REAL WORLD IMPLICATIONS FOR US AND OUR TAXPAYERS.
AND I, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE POLICY THAT WE CREATED ABOUT, UM, ANNEXING IN TO GET WATER.
AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD ALSO NOT ENCOURAGE NON-CONTIGUOUS DEVELOPMENT.
WHAT WOULD, UH, WHAT WOULD COUNCIL BE THE, WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST, WHEN YOU SAY GO BACK AND LOOK, WHAT WOULD BE AN ALTERNATE WAY TO, UM, TALK ABOUT THIS ITEM, ESPECIALLY TOO, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE HERE LONGER MM-HMM
THAN MY PERSONAL, MY TIME HERE TOO.
AND I'D RATHER, UM, I'D RATHER SOMEBODY ELSE TAKE THE LEAD ON WHERE THIS, WHERE THIS ONE GOES.
SO WE PASSED THAT ORDINANCE TWO YEARS AGO IN RESPONSE TO LEGISLATURE THAT SAID, IF YOU WANT WATER FROM US, YOU HAVE TO BE ANNEXED IN.
BUT WE WERE DOING THAT IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM DIS ANNEXING OUT.
AND SO THIS IS SORT OF THE INVERSE OF THAT MM-HMM
AND, UM, AND SO I THINK GOING BACK TO THAT POLICY, THAT ORDINANCE SPECIFICALLY AND REVISING IT OR PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER, OH, WE HAVE OUR ATTORNEY PAGE.
THE, THE ORDINANCE ALSO AUTHORIZES THE APPLICANT TO, IF ANNEXATION IS NOT KIND OF ON THE TABLE FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, THEY CAN ALSO COME AND TALK TO THE COUNSEL ABOUT GETTING SERVICE THROUGH AN AGREEMENT SO THAT THE PROVIDES ANOTHER OPTION FOR CONSIDERING PROVIDING SERVICE.
UH, THE PROPERTY IS ONLY LOCATED PARTIALLY WITHIN THE CITY'S WATER.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE, YOU KNOW, THAT STATUTORY OBLIGATION COMES INTO PLAY.
AND THE CITY'S POLICIES RELATED TO ANNEXATION VERSUS AN AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE SERVICE.
BUT THERE'S, UM, A ANOTHER PORTION OF THE PROPERTY NOT IN THE CITY'S CCN.
AND SO THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THIS RED AREA.
THE BOTTOM, THIS, THIS IS THE PART I GOING TO EARLIER THIS CIRCLE RIGHT UP HERE, THAT'S WHERE THE CCN IS.
SO THIS BOTTOM PORTION ISN'T, IS NOT CCN.
SO YEAH, SO, SO OUT OUTSIDE OF THE CCN, THAT'S CITY'S DISCRETION TO PROVIDE SERVICE OR NOT.
SO, SO IF WE ANNEX 'EM, THEN THEY'RE PART OF THE CITY AND THEN WE'RE REQUIRED FOR EVERYTHING, RIGHT? THEY ARE PROVIDED, UH, YES.
AND THE CITY SERVICES ARE PROVIDED PURSUANT TO THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE PLAN THAT
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IS ATTACHED TO THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU ENTER INTO WITH THEM.SO IT'S THAT MUNICIPAL SERVICE PLAN AND CITY ORDINANCE THAT GOVERNS SERVICE.
I JUST LIKE TO TAKE OUR TIME ON THIS AND EXPLORE SOME OTHER OPTIONS AND MAYBE MEET WITH THE, UH, THE APPLICANT TO JUST SEE IF THERE'S ANOTHER WAY OTHER THAN ANNEXATION.
WHAT'S THE BEST WAY FORWARD WITH, UM, SO I KNOW THAT WITH, WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL, IT DOESN'T APPROVE THE ZONING AND, OR IT SAYS, OR THE ANNEXATION IN OUR, IN OUR, UM, SO ACTION ON THIS ITEM DOES NOT APPROVE ANNEXATION OR ZONING RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO YOU'VE COMPLETED THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I BELIEVE YOU CAN TABLE ACTION ON THE READING OF THE ORDINANCE OKAY.
BUT YOU, BECAUSE YOU HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR WE NEED TO COMPLETE, WE NEED TO WITHDRAW THE SECOND WE NEED TO WITHDRAW.
I'LL WITHDRAW MY MOTION FIRST.
THE FIRST, WHOEVER MADE THE MOTION GOES SECOND.
WHOEVER MADE YOUR SECOND NEEDS TO WITHDRAW FIRST ALL SO I CAN WITHDRAW YOU.
ARE YOU WITHDRAWING THE MOTION? YES.
SO YOU'D HAVE TO WITHDRAW FIRST IS WHAT THEY'RE SAYING? I WITHDRAW AND I'LL WITHDRAW MY MOTION.
AND ARE YOU GUYS WANTING US TO TRY TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING? YES, SIR.
WHERE THEY ALREADY HAVE THEIR ZONING.
WHY DON'T YOU GUYS TAKE THE LEAD CASE SCHEDULED? PROBABLY NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME THAN THAT.
CAN WE SAY THE FIRST MEETING IN APRIL, UM, HOW LONG CAN WE GO? SO RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING POSTED FOR THEIR ZONING CASE AND THAT'S ON THE, THE NEXT AGENDA.
UM, I GUESS THEY COULD DO APRIL.
IT JUST MEANS IT SETS EVERYTHING BACK.
IF FOR SOME REASON WE DID MOVE FORWARD, IS IT SET THAT WE COULD GET DONE BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING ON THE 20TH? I MEAN, WE COULD TRY TO HAVE FEEDBACK BY THE NEXT MEETING AND THEN MAYBE BE JUDGE IT THERE.
'CAUSE YOU COULD STILL TABLE IT AGAIN.
IS IT WORTHWHILE TO, WHILE EVERYBODY'S IN THE ROOM TO HAVE ANY PART OF THAT CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW, OR YOU GUYS WANNA HAVE IT LATER WHILE YOU HAVE AN APPLICANT HERE? WE COULD, UH, MEET WITH THE APPLICANT NEXT WEEK AND HAVE UPDATES PREPARED FOR THE NEXT MEETING FOR DISCUSSION AND MAKE SURE THE APPLICANT'S THERE FOR THAT DISCUSSION AS WELL.
WELL, AND MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST SAY, WELL WE'RE, OUR THOUGHTS ARE FOR THAT, RIGHT? LIKE, I HAVE NO INTEREST IN ANNEXING THIS PROPERTY IN MM-HMM
I'M GOOD WITH GIVING THEM WATER IF THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED, ESPECIALLY WITH A PORTION THAT WE'RE REQUIRED.
BUT I'M IN AGREEMENT JUST BASED OFF LOCATION AND NOTHING REALLY ELSE IS OUT THERE AND 900 FEET OF A ROADWAY AND YOU HAVE OTHER TWO OTHER ENTITIES MAINTAINING THE OTHER PORTIONS.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR BENEFIT IS.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE? IS THERE ANYBODY IN DISAGREEMENT WITH THAT? OKAY.
SO MAYBE WE CAN TABLE FOR NOW, BUT MAYBE THE DISCUSSION NEEDS TO BE HOW DO WE GET YOU THE SERVICE YOU NEED? UM, WITHOUT DOING THE FULL EVERYTHING SHABAM.
SO DO WE NEED A MOTION TO TABLE? NEED TO DO MOTION TABLE SPECIFIC DATE? SO IF YOU'RE BEING TABLED TO THE APRIL 3RD MEETING OR MARCH, I THINK SHE'S LET'S, UH, TABLE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE TO MARCH 20TH.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, DO WE NEED TO DO THAT AGAIN FOR ANNEXATION CASE A DASH 25? YES.
SO WE'LL NOW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ANNEXATION CASE A DASH 25 DASH NINE AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE TO MARCH 20TH.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[25. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding the Oak Grove Estates Annexation Case A-24-0016 and the adjacent ROW of CR 175 Annexation Case A-25-0020 regarding the voluntary annexation of 20.536 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R392186, and the portion of the abutting right-of-way known as CR 175; and generally located east of CR 175, approximately 250 feet north of Carthage Street, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GRIFFIN, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE OAK GROVE ESTATES.
UM, ANNEXATION, UH, THE COUNCIL DID, UH, RECENTLY, UH, HOST A DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED REVIEW FOR THIS PROPERTY AND REVIEW THE COMP PLAN AND ZONING CHANGE.
THEY ARE PROPOSING, UM, LARGE SLOT RESIDENTIAL.
UM, THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ANNEXATION OF BOTH THE PROPERTY AND THE RIGHT OF WAY ACTION DOESN'T APPROVE, UM, THE ANNEXATION OR THE ZONING.
UM, IF YOU DO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, THAT'LL BE ON THE NEXT AGENDA AND I'M GLAD TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
AND THE APPLICANT'S ALSO HERE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
THERE'S NOBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL NOW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ANNEXATION CASE A DASH 24 DASH 16 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY.
COUNSEL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I'LL SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
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PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.AND NOW WE'LL DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ANNEXATION CASE, A DASH 25 DASH 20 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY.
COUNSEL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[26. Discuss and consider action on directing staff on the implementation a city-wide community survey for the City of Leander.]
MOVING ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.UH, ITEM 26, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON DIRECTING STAFF ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A CITYWIDE COMMUNITY SURVEY FOR THE CITY OF LEANDER ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER.
SO, WE'LL WE'RE GONNA DO THIS ONE MORE TIME,
UM, AND SO I PROVIDED TO YOU ALL, UM, JUST SOME EDITS BASED ON WHAT WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME.
UM, AND I TRIED REALLY HARD TO TRIM DOWN WHAT WE COULD, UM, AND EVEN HAD FEEDBACK FROM OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY THINK, UM, A GOOD BULK OF THE QUESTIONS REALLY CAN GIVE US A GOOD BASELINE FOR THEM.
UM, AND SO I KIND OF JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH, UM, AND JUST THIS IS JUST A TEMPLATE.
UM, AND SO THIS FIRST PART, UM, THERE WAS QUESTION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BEING 18 YEARS OLD AND TAKING THE SURVEY, YOU KNOW, FOR THE, THE SAMPLE HOUSEHOLDS.
UM, THAT IS JUST, UM, SOMETHING THAT POCO DO TO HELP DIVERSIFY THEIR RESPONSES.
UM, AND SO, BUT REALLY ANYBODY IN THE HOUSEHOLD COULD TAKE THE, THE SURVEY.
SO I'M STRIKING THAT AND JUST LET EVERYBODY IN THE HOUSEHOLD TAKE IT.
UM, AND THERE'S NOT INDIVIDUAL CODES THAT GO FOR EACH, UH, POSTCARD OR MAILER TO EACH HOUSEHOLD.
UM, AND SO THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT IF THERE'S SPECIFIC DISTRICTS OR AREAS WE WANT TO TRACK.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE.
UM, IF WE WANT TO LOOK AT SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THAT'S COOL.
UM, BUT THAT'S A, THAT'S A OPPORTUNITY THERE.
UM, UM, ON THE SECOND PAGE I STRIKED, YOU KNOW, BEACHES AND LAKE WAYS.
JUST, YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT APPLICABLE TO US.
AND THEN JUST THE CONTACT AT THE X, Y, Z, JUST WE'LL PUT CITY OF LEANDER ON THERE, SNOW REMOVAL,
UM, AND THEN JUST, UH, QUESTION 11.
UM, 'CAUSE THERE'S ALREADY A SECTION, UM, SECTION 10 KIND OF ADDRESSES THAT.
AND THEN OVER HERE I JUST SAW SHOP ONLINE.
IT, IT JUST SEEMED LIKE A RANDOM QUESTION ON THERE AND WE ALREADY HAVE THAT INFORMATION THAT WE CAN GET AND WE KIND OF KNOW THE BULK OF, YOU KNOW, OUR SALES TAX.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL JUST ADD, UH, ONE OPEN-ENDED QUESTION AT THE END.
WHY DID YOU MOVE TO LEANDER AND WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE IF YOU COULD? SO, LOVE IT.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS? SO, ON TWO, YOU, YOU JUST MENTIONED SOMETHING THAT I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL IF, IF IT'S MAILED OUT WITH A CODE WHERE IT, I GUESS THAT CODE WOULD BE ENTERED.
SO THE RESPONDENT IS TELLING US WHAT, WHERE THEY LIVE, THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN WHICH THEY LIVE.
SO, UM, THE WAY POCO, UM, WOULD TRACK IT, SO WE WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH A LIST OF AREAS MM-HMM
UM, THAT WOULD BE A PART OF THAT CODE.
AND SO WE WOULD HAVE TO IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS, SPECIFIC REGIONS, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
AND THEN THEY WOULD, UM, ALL THOSE ADDRESSES ON THERE, THEY WOULD GIVE THEM THAT SPECIFIC CODE FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO TRACK THAT.
SO I THINK EITHER THAT OR, OR SOME OPEN-ENDED QUESTION, WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD ARE YOU IN, OR WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD DO YOU LIVE IN? OR WHAT AREAS HAVE YOU LIVED AT? SOMETHING TO INDICATE, BECAUSE I, I MEAN I UNDERSTAND OVERALL IS THE MM-HMM
AND NUMBER TWO, BECAUSE YOU'RE ASKING THEM TO LOOK AT THE OVERALL PART OF LEANDER.
AND YET WHEN YOU SAY THE ECONOMIC HEALTH, THAT'S, THAT CAN BE THEIR PERCEPTION OF THE ECONOMIC HEALTH, BUT, UH, QUALITY OF TRANSPORTATION AND SO ON.
BUT THE DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF, OF LEANDER RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL AREAS, YOU'RE SAYING ALL OF LEANDER AND I CAN'T TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, IN SOME AREAS OF LEANDER, LIKE, OH WOW, THAT'S THERE.
SO I WOULD BE ANSWERING BASED ON MY CIRCLE OF WHERE I DRIVE MM-HMM
AND SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, WHERE DAVID LIVES, HE IS GONNA BE, HIS, HIS QUESTIONS ARE GONNA BE, HE'S GONNA HAVE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERCEPTION BASED ON THAT AREA.
SOMEBODY THAT GETS ON THE TOLLWAY AND GOES DOWNTOWN, THEY DON'T GO ANYWHERE ELSE.
SO IF WE HAD SOME SORT OF A, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD MEASURE IT, BUT DO WE JUST ASK THE QUESTION OR USE THOSE CODES AND IS THERE A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE CODES? I, UM, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE'S NO COST ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE CODES.
UM, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD WANT TO EXPLORE IN THE FUTURE.
I THINK FOR THE, FOR OUR FIRST SURVEY LIKE THIS, SINCE WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, WE WANT ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT OPINIONS.
BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA GIVE US A MORE, I FEEL LIKE BALANCE.
OH, I WANT THEM, I THE OPINIONS.
AND THEN WE COULD REALLY DRILL DOWN AND REALLY IDENTIFY, OKAY, WHAT AREAS OF THE CITY ARE WE
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GONNA CONSIDER THIS, YOU KNOW? MM-HMMREGION ONE, REGION TWO, OR, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, BUT IT'S LIKE, OH YES, I LOVE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS TOTALLY JACKED UP.
IT'S COMPLETELY MA YOU KNOW, THAT, HOW, HOW DOES ONE ANSWER A QUESTION LIKE THAT WHEN SOME, SOME AREAS OR WHAT WERE THEY THINKING WHEN THEY BUILT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD? MM-HMM
AND OTHERS ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
SO I, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GET AN OBJECTIVE ANSWER.
AND WE ONLY HAVE, UM, ONE, I GUESS I'M TRYING TO ANSWER OPEN ENDED QUESTION MYSELF AND LOOKING AT IT LIKE, I DON'T KNOW HOW I WOULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
AND I THINK THE ABILITY TO USE ONE OFF SURVEYS, SO IF WE HAVE LIKE A CONSTRUCTION ISSUE THAT'S GOING ON SOMETHING SPECIFIC TO A NEIGHBORHOOD MM-HMM
THAT'S WHEN WE COULD REALLY HONE IN AND FOCUS AND BE LIKE, HEY, YOU'RE RESIDENTS OF THIS AREA, THIS IS GONNA AFFECT YOU.
HOW, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THESE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON THERE? YEAH.
UM, AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK JUST FOR OUR FIRST ROUND OF THE SURVEY, JUST GET EVERYTHING COMPLETED AND THEN WE COULD REALLY DIAL IN MM-HMM
AND FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE THESE, WHERE DO THESE AREAS YOU WANT TO DIVE INTO.
EVERYTHING IS, I MEAN, YOU'VE REALLY NARROWED IT DOWN.
AND I, I IT IS A GREAT PLACE TO START, SO THANK YOU.
I THINK YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THAT ISSUE OF, I ONLY KNOW MY AREA, MY CIRCLE ON A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS.
UM, LAND IS SO VAST AND WE SEE IT EVERY DAY WHEN WE TALK TO RESIDENTS THAT JUST DON'T KNOW ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS.
UM, SO I MEAN, IT'S VALID, BUT WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? IT'S FOR EVERY QUESTION THAT CHICKEN PLACE, WELL, I, I JUST WANNA SAY, BUT IF YOU HAVE THE TAGS, LIKE IF YOU'RE GONNA BASICALLY DO NEIGHBORHOOD, KIND OF NEIGHBORHOOD OUT WITH THE TAGS, THAT IS A NICE THING.
YOU CAN DRILL BACK OUT, YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE THEN YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IF THERE'S GROUPINGS AROUND IT.
BUT I THINK OVERALL WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET IS THE OVERALL SENTIMENT ABOUT HOW PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT THE CITY.
AND SO THERE'S A GENERAL FEELING WHAT THAT GENERAL FEELING IS, AND THEN WE WANNA TRY TO MOVE THAT NUMBER BETTER.
AWAY FROM THE BAD ONES, FOCUS, MOVE IT UP AND STUFF.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S GOOD, BUT THEN IF YOU CAN DRILL IN LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, OVER HERE IN THIS PART OF TOWN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT HAPPY.
I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.
IS THAT 'CAUSE YES, THE OVERALL VIEW, BUT IT DOES MAKE SENSE TO ME IF THERE WERE SOME, WHETHER IT'S TO CATHERINE'S POINT A QUESTION OR THE CODE THAT EVEN, NOT NECESSARILY EVEN NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT MAYBE QUADRANTS OF THE CITY MM-HMM
BECAUSE HOW DO WE KNOW WHERE TO DRILL DOWN IF WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S COMING FROM MM-HMM
AND SO THAT'S, SO THAT, I GUESS THAT'S WHERE I THINK THE BEING ABLE TO DIFFERENT DIFFERENTIATE A LITTLE BIT, MAYBE IN A BROAD TERMS MM-HMM
I DON'T, I DIDN'T EVEN SAID THAT TO THE CITY MANAGER THE OTHER DAY.
I'M LIKE, I'VE GOTTA PUT IT ON MY CALENDAR ONCE A MONTH TO GO DO FIGURE H THROUGH THE CITY SO THAT I CAN SEE EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING BECAUSE MY WORLD IS, UM, SOUTHWEST LEANDER MM-HMM
AND SO I DON'T GET TO NORTHEAST LEAN AS MUCH AS I NEED TO MM-HMM
AND SO HOW DO WE DO THAT? 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING OVER THERE.
AND I THINK I JUST HAVE AN IDEA ON ONE OF THE SURVEYS I'VE DONE BEFORE, UM, FOR A FAST, FOR A PAST COMMUNITY SURVEY, UM, WE LOOKED AT THE MAIN, THE MAIN, YOU KNOW, ROADS IN THE CITY AND WE DIVIDED BY THAT WAY.
SO IF YOU LIVE IN THE NORTHEAST SECTION, WE MADE IT CLEAR LIKE YOU LIVE ON THIS STREET BETWEEN HERE, UM, AND SHOW THAT.
AND THEN THERE MIGHT BE A WAY I THINK WE CAN DO THAT.
UM, AND WE JUST ASK A QUESTION.
UH, PLEASE SELECT WHAT AREA, THE CITY YOU LIVE IN NORTH, IT'S, UH, THIS, THIS ANYWHERE ABOVE THIS ROAD, ANYWHERE EAST OR WEST OF THAT ROAD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? IS IT POSSIBLE? WELL, I WOULD JUST, I WOULD SAY THIS TO ROBIN JUST AS A SUGGESTION FOR Y'ALL IS WE HAVE GRIDED THE CITY INTO TO FOR MAYBE IT, IT GOES ALONG WITH THOSE THINGS SO THAT WHENEVER THE IN INFORMATION'S COMING IN, IT GOES ALONG WITH LIKE HOW FEES ARE BEING ASSESSED IN SER IN SERVICE AREAS.
ANYTHING ELSE, COUNSEL? UM, I THINK IT'S GREAT.
I ONLY HAD THREE LITTLE SPOTS ON HERE.
UM, ON QUESTION NUMBER FOUR, UM, PLEASE RATE HOW SAFE OR UNSAFE YOU FEEL IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD DURING THE DAY.
THERE'S NOT IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD DURING THE NIGHT, SO DO WE WANNA JUST CHANGE IT TO HOW SAFE DO YOU FEEL IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? YEAH, JUST CROSS THAT UP.
AND THEN, UM, THE ONE UNDERNEATH IN OUR DOWNTOWN SLASH COMMERCIAL AREA DURING THE DAY, I FEEL LIKE THAT READS AS JUST DOWNTOWN AND WE DON'T HAVE A DOWNTOWN.
AND I, I FEEL LIKE I WAS GOING BACK AND FORTH, SO THAT COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO THINK, OH, WE DON'T HAVE A DOWNTOWN.
FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW AREAS OF THE CITY OR THEY FEEL DON'T CONFUSED.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANNA KEEP THAT QUESTION RIGHT.
UM, SO DO WE WANNA JUST PULL THAT OR REWORD IT? WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? PULL IT.
UNLESS, UNLESS YOUR QUESTION IS OLD TOWN AND YOU'RE TRYING TO GET A WE COULD CHANGE IT TO OLD TOWN.
THAT MIGHT BE, AND THEN IF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT OLD TOWN, JUST LEAVE COMMERCIAL AREAS AND NOT PUT DOWNTOWN.
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AREAS.WHAT DO YOU GUYS WANT COMMERCIAL AREAS OR OLD TOWN? OLD TOWN.
WOULD SHE, I MEAN, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
I'M NOT, I'M FINE WITH EITHER AS WELL.
NOBODY'S GONNA BE HAPPY WITH IT.
SO THEY KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SPECIFIC AREA.
SO THAT WOULD, OR I CAN SPLIT THEM UP INTO TWO QUESTIONS.
CO OLD TOWN, JUST DO THAT COMMERCIAL AND THEN COMMERCIAL AREAS.
JUST SPLIT IN TWO, TWO QUESTIONS.
UM, AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER ONE THAT I SAW WAS ON PAGE THREE.
IT'S QUESTION NINE, WAY DOWN THAT LONG LIST.
IT'S UM, PLEASE RATE THE QUALITY OF EACH OF THE SERVICES.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? AND I JUST, UH, WANNA BE CLEAR ABOUT THE, UM, THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION QUESTIONS.
IS THAT SOMETHING WE WANT TO INCLUDE WITH THE SURVEY BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE FROM LIKE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES? YEAH, IF WE CAN DO THAT, THAT'D BE GREAT.
UM, LAURA, DO I NEED A MOTION ON THIS OR ARE WE JUST GIVING DIRECTION? NO.
DO YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED FROM US? I DO.
SO, UM, FROM THIS I'LL WORK WITH POCO TO PUT TOGETHER THAT KIND OF ONLINE DRAFT AND THEN Y'ALL CAN BE MY GUINEA PIGS AND I'LL SEND OUT THE LINK AND THEN JUST, WE'LL DOUBLE CHECK IT THAT WAY, UM, SO THAT WAY WE CAN GET THINGS ROLLING AND GOING AND COMMUNICATION STARTED, BEEN WORKING ON SOME MARKETING STUFF TO, TO GET PREPARED.
WHEN YOU SEND THAT LINK, TELL US HOW LONG IT TOOK YOU SO WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME TO SET ASIDE.
[27. Discuss and consider action on moving the June 19, 2025 and July 3, 2025 regular meeting to different nights due to conflict with Juneteenth holiday and the City of Leander July 4 celebration.]
ITEM NUMBER 27, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON MOVING THE JUNE 19TH, 2025 AND JULY 3RD, 2025.REGULAR MEETINGS TO DIFFERENT NIGHTS DUE TO CONFLICT WITH JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY AND THE CITY OF LEANDER 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION.
DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THIS OR WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT IT? I THINK I HAVE TO SAY NO ON THAT.
I'M GONNA ALSO, YOU WE'RE SKIP FIRE I THOUGHT SHOULD BE MEETING ON JULY 4TH.
CAN YOU TWO PLEASE WITHDRAW YOUR MOTION? PLEASE WITHDRAW YOUR MOTIONS DOWN.
YOU CAN THROW IT OUT ONCE WE VOTE ON IT.
THE DATES WE'RE PROPOSING TO MOVE IS THE JUNE 19TH DATE TO THE TUESDAY, JUNE 17TH AND THE JULY 3RD DAY TO TUESDAY, JULY 1ST.
THAT KEEPS THEM WITHIN THE SAME WEEK.
ANYBODY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT? ALL RIGHT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I'LL SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND.
OPPOSED? OH, MOTION PASSES SIX TO ONE.
UM, IN THE FUTURE I THOUGHT YOU HAD, I JOKED ABOUT DOING IT AND I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING TO YOU AND I SAID THE SAME THING IN THE FUTURE.
I WOULD LOVE IT IF WE DID AN ANNUAL CALENDAR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND JUST KIND OF LOOKED FOR THESE CONFLICTS AND LIKE TIMES WHEN WE KNOW COUNCIL'S GONNA BE AT TML AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND JUST KIND OF, I ASSUME THAT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AS WELL.
UM, AND MAKE IT EASIER FOR EVERYBODY'S VACATION PLANS AND, AND BOOKING THE INVOCATIONS THAT NOW HAVE TO BE CHANGED.
ITEM 28, 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? NOPE.
[29. Council Member Closing Statements.]
INTO ITEM 29.COUNCIL MEMBER CLOSING COMMENTS.
PLEASE DO HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
AND JUST KNOW CATHERINE AND I WERE JUST JOKING,
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY TODAY, UM, WE HAD A GREAT AWARD CEREMONY FOR THE WILCO CHAMBERS AND I WAS A FINALIST FOR THEIR WOMEN IN WILCO AWARD.
AND I JUST WANNA THANK ALL THESE LOVELY LADIES UP HERE THAT CAME OUT TO CELEBRATE AND ALL OF
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YOU ON OUR STAFF THAT CAME OUT.IT WAS A ROOM FULL OF MAYBE 500 OR SO FOLKS, UM, CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S MONTH, WHICH IS THIS MONTH, THE MONTH OF MARCH.
AND SO I'M SO THANKFUL FOR OUR STAFF AND ALL THE HARD WORK THAT Y'ALL PUT IN.
AND THANK Y'ALL FOR TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR BUSY DAY TO COME AND CELEBRATE WITH US TODAY.
BEAUTIFULLY SAID, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING A FINALIST.
UM, AS ALWAYS, WE WANT YOU TO DO ALL OF YOUR SHOPPING AND LEANDER JUST LIKE WE DO.
AND SO TONIGHT WE PICKED UP DINNER FROM RANDALL'S.
THOSE SANDWICHES WERE AMAZING.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE RANDALL'S SANDWICHES IN YOUR LIFE, YOU'RE MISSING OUT.
UM, JUST REMEMBER, WHENEVER YOU ARE OUT SHOPPING, CHOOSE LEANDER FIRST.
AND IF YOU CAN'T PICK FROM LEANDER, ORDER SOMETHING ONLINE BECAUSE ALL OF THE SALES TAX THAT COMES TO THE CITY HELPS PAY FOR ALL OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS, INCLUDING OUR 4TH OF JULY FESTIVAL THAT APPARENTLY CATHERINE DOESN'T WANNA GO TO 'CAUSE SHE WANTS TO HAVE A MEETING.
UM, ALSO, UM, OUTSIDE OF COUNCIL, WE DID ISSUE A PROCLAMATION TO LONGTIME VOLUNTEER JASON ANDERSON, WHO WE GAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO TONIGHT.
YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT ALL OF COUNSEL AND OUR STAFF ARE WEARING THESE PURPLE RIBBONS.
UM, AND THANK YOU TO COUNCIL, UH, CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE.
UM, THE PURPLE RIBBONS ARE FOR STOMACH CANCER AWARENESS, AND, UH, SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE BEING HEALTHY AND GETTING CHECKED AND BRING UP TO YOUR DOCTOR IF SOMETHING IS WRONG.
JASON WAS AMAZING AND WE'RE ALL MISSING OUT WITH THAT.
COUNCIL'S ADJOURNED AT 8:11 PM.