Mar 20, 2025 City Council Regular Meeting

[1. Open Meeting.]

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GOOD EVENING. TODAY IS THURSDAY, MARCH 20TH, 2025 AND THE TIME IS 6:01 P.M. AND THIS IS THE

[2. Roll Call.]

COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONNELL HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM NICOLE THOMPSON. COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BECKY ROSS HERE. MAYOR CHRISTINE DELLA HERE. QUORUM IS PRESENT. CITY

[3. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to:

1. Section 551.071 Texas Government Code, and Section 1305, Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct to consult with legal counsel regarding Cause No. 20-0217-C425 Daniel Brown, Maria Brown, and ZG Properties, LLC v. City of Leander; and
2. Section 551.071, Texas Government Code, and Section 1.05 Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct to consult with legal counsel regarding acquisition of property for public purpose.
   

[ Reconvene into open session to take action as deemed appropriate in the City Council's discretion regarding:
Reconvene into open session to take action as deemed appropriate in the City Council's discretion regarding:

1. Cause No. 20-0217-C425 Daniel Brown, Maria Brown, and ZG Properties, LLC v. City of Leander; and
2. Acquisition of property for public purpose.
   

[4. Open Meeting, Invocation and Pledges of Allegiance.]

AMEN. PRAISE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. ALL

[5. Roll Call.]

HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM NICOLE THOMPSON. COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS. NICK. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BECKY ROSS. HERE. MAYOR CHRISTINE DE LA. HERE. QUORUM IS PRESENT. CITY COUNCIL IS ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS. ITEM NUMBER SIX IS NON AGENDA ITEM. PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA. I WILL CALL ON SPEAKERS PRIOR TO THE DISCUSSION OF THE AGENDA ITEM AND DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING. INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE 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. WITH THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK THIS

[7. Staff Recognitions

• City Secretary's Office
• Municipal Court
• Parks and Recreation Department

ACKNOWLEDGE ME. OH, IS SHE HERE WITH US? YES. YES. CITY SECRETARY BROWN, PLEASE COME UP.

COME UP. OUR CITY SECRETARIES DON'T TALK A LOT ON THE MICROPHONE. WELCOME, MISS BROWN.

HI. GOOD. SO I WANTED TO SAY I WAS VERY EXCITED. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I RECEIVED A LETTER IN THE MAIL FROM YOUR PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION CALLING OUT HOW MANY HOURS YOU'VE PUT IN. AND I WANTED TO JUST CONGRATULATE YOU. HEAR? HOW MANY HOURS DID YOU PUT IN THIS YEAR? WELL, WE TAKE ABOUT FOUR YEARS FOR OUR RECERTIFICATION. WE HAVE FIVE, BUT WE HAVE TO GO TO SIX

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HAD I KNOWN THAT YOU GOT THE LETTER, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE CONFISCATED IT. OH, ISN'T IT? NO, IT'S A NEAT PROGRAM. I THINK IT HELPS OUR DEPARTMENT A LOT TO KEEP US UPDATED WITH LEGISLATURE INFORMATION AND THEN OTHER DUTIES THAT WE DO IN OUR OFFICE. SO IT'S A GREAT GROUP TO BE A PART OF. AWESOME. AND WE ENJOY WORKING FOR THE CITY OF LEANDER. AND IT'S NICE THAT THEY SUPPORT THAT PROGRAM FOR US AND CONTINUE TO FUND IT SO WE CAN GO TO THE CLASSES AND KEEP LEARNING. IT'S FANTASTIC. AND I GUESS THAT IS PART OF THE REASON WHY YOU ALL WORK SO WELL AND KEEP US IN LINE. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, THE CITY SECRETARIES KEEP US MOVING AND IN LINE, OR ELSE WE WOULD JUST GET STUCK MOST OF THE TIME. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR TIME. WE APPRECIATE YOU. AND THEN FROM THE MUNICIPAL COURT, CANDY GARCIA WAS PROMOTED TO JUVENILE CASE MANAGER AND COURT CLERK. DO WE HAVE SOMEONE PRESENTING THIS? YAY! GOOD EVENING, MISS GARCIA.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WITH US? A LITTLE OVER TEN YEARS. OKAY, NOW, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

AND YOU'RE. I ENJOY BEING HERE. AND YOU'RE EXCITED TO BE PROMOTED. TOTALLY EXCITED.

STOKED ABOUT IT. THAT I'M ABLE TO HELP OUR YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THEIR FAMILIES TO STRIVE TO DO BETTER AND JUST TO BE GOOD. THAT'S FANTASTIC. ABIDING CITIZENS. SO WHEN THEY GET OLDER. I'M SO EXCITED FOR YOU. I'M EXCITED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE YOU. ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT RECENTLY RECEIVED TEXAS RECREATION AND PARKS SOCIETY RECOGNITION OF LONE STAR PROGRAMING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD CLASS THREE. NEON KNIGHTS MOTHER AND SON GLOW DANCE. THAT IS QUITE THE TITLE. AND HERE TO PRESENT IT IS OUR PARKS DIRECTOR, MISS ASHLEY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE OUR AMAZING TEAM. AS MAYOR. AS THE MAYOR SAID, WE RECEIVED A STATE AWARD AT THE TEXAS RECREATION AND PARKS SOCIETY ANNUAL CONFERENCE LAST MONTH. WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT. IT'S FOR OUR MOTHER AND SON DANCE. IT'S FOR THE VERY FIRST YEAR WE HELD IT. THIS PAST YEAR, RECREATION MANAGER RACHEL, THIS WAS HER EVENT TO EXECUTE AND SHE WAS ALSO VERY INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS. HE WAS THE ONE THAT, IF YOU LOOK UP AT THE SCREEN, WAS WEARING THE PINATA SUIT. OH. SO WE'RE WE'RE VERY EXCITED AND HAPPY TO BE HERE AND TO RECOGNIZE OUR TEAM. THEY PUT IN A LOT OF HARD WORK FOR IT AND LISTENED TO THE COMMUNITY. WE'VE BEEN DOING THE DADDY AND DAUGHTER DANCE FOR A WHILE, AND THE COMMUNITY ASKED FOR A MOTHER AND SON DANCE, AND OUR STAFF LISTENED AND EXECUTED, AND WE COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF THEM. SO, YEAH. WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELVES? YOU'RE WELCOME. HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING? MY NAME IS ONEY AUGUSTO AND I AM THE RECREATION SUPERVISOR. EXCELLENT AND GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. MY NAME IS RACHEL ZALEN. I'M THE PARKS AND RECREATION MANAGER, AND I DO WANT TO SAY THIS IS ACTUALLY A VERY SPECIAL EVENT. I WAS EIGHT WEEKS PREGNANT DURING THIS EVENT, AND I HAVE MY BABY RIGHT HERE, SO IT'S SUPER DUPER SPECIAL TO WIN THIS AWARD FOR SURE. AND DEFINITELY CATCH US UP ON THE NEW. WE HAVE A NEW EVENT THIS YEAR, THE SPRING FLING FESTIVAL. IT'S A BRAND NEW EVENT, AND I DEFINITELY WANT TO EXTEND AN INVITATION TO ALL OF Y'ALL. IT'S A AND WE'RE GOING TO BE PROBABLY SUBMITTING THIS FOR THE SAME AWARD FOR THIS YEAR AS WELL AS UNICORN RIDES, SO CAN'T MISS THAT. THAT'S INCREDIBLE. YES. APRIL 5TH APRIL 5TH, 11 TO 3. MASON HOMESTEAD. MASON HOMESTEAD. YES, MA'AM. TO THE PUBLIC. YEAH. EXCELLENT. AND THE PICTURES LOOK FANTASTIC. FROM THIS, I NOTICED. I NOTICED YOUR SON IS THERE, SO YOU MUST HAVE HAD SOME MOTHER SON TIME. WE DID? YES. THIS YEAR HIS GRANDMA'S COMING TO HANG OUT WITH HIM. SO I CAN VERY NICE.

FULLY BE INVOLVED. SO. VERY NICE. WELL, CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MOVING INTO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT STAFF REPORTS. CRYSTAL FALLS GOLF

[8. Staff Reports

• Crystal Falls Golf Course Restaurant Cork & Barrell
• Capital Improvement Program Update: Raider Way and East Woodview Drive Roadway (CIP T.12), Bagdad Road and Collaborative Way (CIP T.71)  and Senior Center (CIP P.6) Projects.
• Library Late Fees
  

OH, THERE HE IS. GOOD EVENING, MR. WERNER. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR COUNCIL. I WAS ASKED TO COME AND CHAT WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT. WE HAD A FINALLY GOT THE MILESTONE WE'VE BEEN WAITING ON FOR ALMOST A YEAR. WE GOT THE CORK AND BARREL OPENED UP YESTERDAY. VERY EXCITING EVENT. VERY COOL. SOME OF YOU WERE ABLE TO ATTEND. THAT'S AWESOME. A LOT OF FOLKS, A GREAT TURNOUT. A LOT OF FOLKS

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REALLY EXCITED THAT IT'S OPEN. MATTER OF FACT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO FIND OUT. I WAS LEAVING HERE TONIGHT TO COME HERE. AND THERE WERE PEOPLE COMING IN THE FRONT DOOR AND THEY'RE NOT GOLFERS. SO THAT'S EXCITING TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY STARTING TO COME AND SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON. SO JUST WANTED TO COME AND SHOW THAT THAT IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. IT LOOKS FANTASTIC. I WISH WE HAD LIKE A BEFORE AND AFTER BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT BUILDING. YEAH, IT'S CRAZY HOW THEY DID EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING THEY DID IS FIRST CLASS, FROM THE FOOD TO THE DECOR TO THE STAFF. IT'S AWESOME. EXCELLENT. SO THE RESTAURANT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? YES, MA'AM. WHAT ARE THE OPERATING HOURS? 730 IN THE MORNING. RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE GOING TO MIRROR WHAT THE GOLF COURSE IS DOING. OBVIOUSLY CHANGES WITH THE SEASONS AND THE SUNLIGHT. 730 TO 730 IN THE MORNING TO 730 IS FIRST CALL SEVEN OR LAST CALL 730 IN THE EVENING. THEY CLOSE UP AT EIGHT.

FANTASTIC. THAT'LL BE A LOT CLOSER TO SEVERAL OF OUR RESIDENTS THAN ANY OTHER RESTAURANTS AROUND THEM RIGHT NOW. AND ARE THEY GOING TO DO ANY SPECIAL EVENTS OR THEY'VE BEEN HOSTING? THEY'VE BEEN DOING OUR GOLF TOURNAMENTS FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS, ACTUALLY, AND CATERING IT OUT OF THE H-E-B CENTER. BUT THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF THAT STUFF FOR US. THEY'RE THEY'RE AVAILABLE FOR SPECIAL EVENTS. WE'RE HELPING THEM TO WORK ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS AS WELL. SO THERE'S A LOT MORE PROGRAMING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEAR FUTURE WITH THAT. FANTASTIC. COUNCIL, ANYTHING. ANYTHING. WELL, THE LIKE THE GOLF TOURNAMENTS THAT THE CHAMBER DOES, THEY'LL STILL ANY TOURNAMENT THAT'S OUT THERE THEY'RE DOING THEY WILL BE THE CATERER. YOU BET. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T GOLF OR SOME THAT YOU DO, SO YOU KNOW, A LOT OF GOLF COURSES YOU'LL GO TO AND YOU GET A HOT DOG AND A HAMBURGER, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THE EVENT. NOW THESE GUYS ARE DOING STEAK SANDWICHES, GRILLED CHICKEN. IT'S JUST ANOTHER LEVEL UP. IT'S AWESOME. IT REALLY IS GOING TO BE A GREAT, GREAT GREAT THING. LOOKS FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AWESOME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE HAVE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM UPDATE OF RAIDER WAY AND EAST WOODVIEW DRIVE. ROADWAY CIP 2.12 WITH PROGRAM MANAGER MANAGER BETTIS.

I CANNOT TALK TODAY. GOOD EVENING, HONORED COUNCIL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME AGAIN. I ALWAYS LOVE BEING UP HERE AND I ALWAYS LOVE TALKING ABOUT THIS RAIDER WAY WE ARE.

I'D LOVE FOR YOU ALL TO GO OUT THERE AND SEE IT. IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING. WE ARE TODAY. AS OF LAST NIGHT, WE ARE BACK TO TWO WAY OPEN. ALWAYS WOULD VIEW RIGHT OF WAY. EVERYTHING. SO VERY EXCITING. WE FINISHED UP LAST NIGHT WITH THE FINAL LAYER OF ASPHALT ACROSS ALL ROADS AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER, WE ACTUALLY STARTED STRIPING TODAY. SO WE'VE GOT THE MIDDLE LANES GOING DOWN. THEY STARTED MARKING OFF THE ROADSIDE PARKING ALONG WITH A LANE LANE ASSIGNMENTS. YOU CAN SEE OVER ON THE LEFT WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING THE SOUTH LANE OF WOODVIEW. AND THAT'S ALL COMPLETED AND READY TO GO. WE WILL HAVE THE STRIPING COMPLETED BEFORE THE STUDENTS RETURN ON TUESDAY. THEY SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE MONDAY, SO HOPEFULLY YOU STILL HAVE SEVERAL DAYS OF SPRING BREAK. YES, MORE DAYS OF SPRING BREAK. I'M GOING TO SAY THAT QUALIFIES AS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, SO GOOD JOB. WELL, WE HAVE ONCE AGAIN, AS YOU HAD STATED BEFORE, IT TAKES A VILLAGE. WE HAVE GREAT TEAM. WE HAVE REALLY GOOD CONTRACTORS AND EVERYBODY'S BEEN WORKING SO WELL TOGETHER. SO WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY HAS DONE FOR US. THANK YOU. THAT BEING SAID, WITH REGARDS TO THINGS, GOOD THINGS AND BAD THINGS, WE DURING THE LAST TWO WEEKS, WE'VE HAD TWO COLLISIONS OUT THERE, 18 TRAFFIC STOPS FOR SCHOOL ZONE, PORTSMOUTH'S TWO AGENCY ASSIST OUR LPD. OF COURSE WE ALWAYS SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THEM. THEY'RE ON TOP OF IT AND THEY'RE OUT THERE HELPING US OUT VERY MUCH. SAME THING WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. THEY'RE OUT THERE MAKING SURE EVERYBODY'S SAFE. THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF EVERYTHING, AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH. WE'VE HAD A FEW CALLS, NOTHING REALLY MAJOR. SO THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD THING. SO ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL. NOT A QUESTION. BUT LIKE I TOLD YOU EARLIER I DROVE WOULD BE YESTERDAY AND IT WAS NICE THAT I CAME IN ONE DIRECTION AND WENT OUT THE SAME WAY AND DIDN'T HAVE TO MAKE THE BIG OLD LOOP. SO I APPRECIATE IT. AND SO I KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE OVER THERE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. AND ONCE AGAIN, TO OUR CITIZENS, THANK YOU FOR ALL THEIR PATIENCE. WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT. ABSOLUTELY. AND THE STAFF WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ALL THIS, I THINK THIS IS REALLY PAID OFF. I'M VERY IMPRESSED. I HOPE EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE HAPPY. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE COUNCIL ON THIS ONE. ALL RIGHT.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE KEEP YOU HERE FOR BAGHDAD ROAD AND COLLABORATIVE WAY CIP 2.71 AND SENIOR CENTER CIP POINT SIX. YES MA'AM. THANK YOU. AND ONCE AGAIN GOOD NEWS TOO. WE'RE COMING UP ON THIS TOMORROW. AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE. OOPS. GOTTA GET THIS. HERE WE GO. RIGHT HERE IS THE NORTH LANE GOING BEYOND COLLABORATIVE. THEY'RE ACTUALLY PLACING THE ASPHALT ON THAT TOMORROW. SO THAT LANE WILL BE FINISHED OUT TOMORROW. THE LIGHTS THAT YOU SEE UP ABOVE THAT ARE CURRENTLY BAGGED WILL ACTUALLY GO INTO FLASH TOMORROW. BEGIN TO NOTIFY OUR CITIZENS

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AND THEN AS OF NEXT WEEK, WE SHOULD BY, AS OF FRIDAY, HAVE THE TURN LANE COMPLETED. THAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING CURB, GUTTERS AND SIDEWALKS. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT WE WILL MEET SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION ON THIS PROJECT BY THE END OF MARCH, AND THAT'S JUST A LITTLE OVER A WEEK AWAY. OKAY. HOW LONG DO YOU ANTICIPATE THE LIGHTS BEING IN FLASH MODE? A LITTLE OVER A WEEK. OKAY. SO BY THE TIME WE ACTUALLY REACH THAT MONDAY, A WEEK FROM THIS COMING MONDAY, WE SHOULD BE BACK INTO FULL USE OF SIGNALIZATION. OKAY. SO YOU'LL HAVE A WEEK OF THE KIDS GOING TO SCHOOL AND BEING USED TO SEEING THAT FLASH. YES, MA'AM. PERFECT. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. AND JUST WANT TO THROW A LITTLE COUPLE LITTLE PHOTOS UP HERE. YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE PUTTING DOWN THE TACK CODE. YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT'S YOU'VE GOT IT DOWN ON THE ON THE LANE GOING NORTHBOUND.

MAKE SURE YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE. THERE'S THE NORTHBOUND LANE AGAIN RIGHT HERE. READY FOR TOMORROW WHEN THEY START PLACING DOWN THE ASPHALT LAYING IT YOU CAN SEE THE TURN LANE HERE WHERE THEY HAVE IT EXCAVATED. GETTING READY TO FINISH IT OUT BY THIS NEXT COMING WEEK. AND WE'RE JUST EXCITED. ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL. NO WE'RE EXCITED ON THIS TOO. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND NOW LEANDER SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY TALKS ABOUT THIS. NO, NO I CAN GO SIT DOWN NOW. I MIGHT AS WELL GO THROUGH IT. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING. WE CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS TO BE COMPLETED AS WELL. BUT AS WE CAN SEE, ACTIVITIES CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW.

AND LET'S READ THEM OFF BECAUSE IT'S BORING TO YOU. I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE THE ROOF IN PLACE. WE'RE DOING CURRENTLY IN THE WATERPROOFING, WHICH MEANS WE'VE WRAPPED THE OUTSIDE. YOU'LL SEE KIND OF AS YOU DRIVE BY, YOU'LL SEE THIS KIND OF GRAY LOOK TO THE WALLS. THAT'S ACTUALLY A WATERPROOFING SYSTEM AROUND THE TYVEK, WHERE THEY'VE GONE THROUGH AND MEASURED THIS WEEK FOR THE WINDOWS. SO THEY'RE GETTING PREPARED TO ORDER THE WINDOWS, BRING THOSE OUT INTERIOR. WE'VE ALREADY DONE A LOT OF THE WALL FRAMING, AND WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN THE SHEATHING. CURRENTLY MECHANICAL, PLUMBING ELECTRICAL IS GOING IN RIGHT NOW I WAS THERE THIS MORNING. THEY ACTUALLY GOT THEIR PANELS AND WHAT WE CALL HOME RUNS CONDUITS. GOING BACK TO THE PANELS, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF THE WATER PIPING IN PLACE, A LOT OF THE COPPER MECHANICAL SYSTEMS WERE IN THERE THIS MORNING. THEY WERE PULLING UP A LOT OF THE HVAC UNITS INTO PLACE UP IN THE CEILING. A LOT OF THE DUCTS IN PLACE. MASONRY IS ANTICIPATED TO START THE LAST WEEK OF MARCH, AND THAT'LL BE INTERESTING WHEN YOU START SEEING THAT COME UP, THAT WILL REALLY START TO MAKE IT POP. OF COURSE, NOT SEEING STEEL STANDING IN PLACE ALSO MAKES IT POP. SO QUICK QUESTION OVER ON THE CORNER AWAY FROM THE BUILDING, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S LIKE A SAMPLE OF THE BUILDING WITH MASONRY ON IT. IS THAT THE MASONRY HOW IT'S GOING TO LOOK? YES, THAT'S CORRECT. AND WE CALL THOSE MOCK UPS. SO WE'LL DO THE MOCK UP FIRST SO WE CAN SEE EXACTLY WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, SEE IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES, ANY CONCERNS, ANY RISKS WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF BEFORE WE ACTUALLY START THAT. SO MOCK UPS ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS.

WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. AND OF COURSE I WANT TO THROW SOME PHOTOS FOR YOU. AS YOU CAN SEE THE GRAY ON THE WALLS, THAT'S A BASICALLY A WATERPROOFING SYSTEM THAT GOES OVER THE VAPOR BARRIER. YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT ELEVATIONS HERE. OF COURSE. THIS IS ONE UP AT THE TOP. WE'RE LOOKING INTO THE COURTYARD COMING IN FROM THE EAST ELEVATION. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE DINING HALLS WINDOW LOOKING IN FROM THE NORTH ELEVATION. AND THAT IS GOING TO BE THE WEST ELEVATION, WHERE YOU HAVE THE PORTE COCHERE AND THE ENTRANCE. ONCE AGAIN, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS BUILDING BUILT. IT'S GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL. IT'S GOING TO BE GORGEOUS. AND YOU CAN SEE THE INTERIOR FRAMING. NOW THAT'S A LOT OF SILVER COLORED MATERIAL IN THERE, BUT YOU CAN SEE UP HIGH. YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'VE GOT CODED LINES GOING THROUGH WITH REGARDS TO EITHER. THOSE ARE ACTUALLY ROOF DRAINS GOING ACROSS. YOU CAN SEE COPPER HERE. THAT'S THE DOMESTIC WATER. YOU CAN SEE FLEX DUCT, HARD DUCT FOR HVAC SYSTEMS. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE I WAS TRYING TO SEE IF I CAN SHOW YOU FIRE SPRINKLERS. BUT THAT'S OKAY. AND THEN THIS HERE IS WHAT WE CALL BLOCKING. THE BLOCKING IS WE'LL PUT IN THE WALL TO HOLD UP THINGS LIKE SHELVES OR HANDRAILS, ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO ATTACH TO THE WALL. SO IT HAS SOMETHING SOLID THAT IT CAN GRAB TO SPRINKLER. OKAY. OH YES, YOU'RE RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SOMETIMES YOU LOSE IT, YOU LOSE IT. THERE'S TREES IN THE FOREST. BUT YES, THEY'RE GOING RIGHT THROUGH THERE. THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL. WHAT IS THE CURRENT WORKING WINDOW FOR WHEN THIS SHOULD BE OPEN TO THE

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THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN LAST STAFF REPORT IS ON LIBRARY LATE FEES WITH LIBRARY DIRECTOR PEGGY PARISH. GOOD EVENING. DIRECTOR PARISH. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO. THERE IT IS. SO IT WAS ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OVER A YEAR AGO. SO JANUARY OF 24, I HAD BROUGHT THE CONCEPT OF GOING FINE FREE WITH THE LIBRARY TO, TO COUNCIL, WHICH YOU ALL APPROVED, WHICH WAS A WONDERFUL THING FOR US, FOR OUR PATRONS, FOR THE COMMUNITY WANTED TO BRING AN UPDATE FROM, YOU KNOW, JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER A YEAR INTO IT, GOING BACK JUST A LITTLE BIT, SOME BACKSTORY FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE KNOWN IT OR HAD REMEMBERED FROM THEN, BUT OVERDUE FINES WERE MEANT TO ENCOURAGE LIBRARY USERS TO RETURN ITEMS ON TIME. AND WE WERE FINDING THAT THAT WASN'T ALWAYS THE CASE, THAT THAT IT SEEMED AS IF MAYBE THOSE OVERDUE FINES ON PATRON ACCOUNTS WERE HINDERING THOSE PEOPLE FROM COMING BACK TO THE LIBRARY. SO WE WANTED TO TRY THIS EXPERIMENT OF WHAT IF WE GO FIND FREE? WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? SO AFTER ABOUT ACTUALLY IMMEDIATELY WE REMOVED OVERDUE FINES GOING FORWARD ON ANY ITEM THAT HAD BEEN RETURNED LATE. WE ALSO REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT AN ITEM WOULD BE DECLARED OVERDUE FROM 45 DAYS IS WHAT IT HAD BEEN TO 30 DAYS, SO THAT IT WOULD JUST MAKE PEOPLE MORE ACCOUNTABLE. STAFF ALSO MADE NEW ITEMS NONRENEWABLE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST TO GET IN THE WAY OF THE POSSIBILITY THAT ADVANTAGE MIGHT BE TAKEN THERE. SO WE ALSO SENT OUT 766 AMNESTY LETTERS TO PEOPLE WHO HAD HAD ITEMS THAT WERE DECLARED LOST, OFFERING REMOVAL OF THE OVERDUE FINES IF THEY BROUGHT BACK THOSE ITEMS AFTER ONE YEAR. SO OUT OF THE 766 LETTERS THAT WERE SENT, ONLY 109 PEOPLE RETURNED OR PAID FOR ALL OF THE LOST ITEMS THAT THEY HAD HAD, WHICH WAS MUCH LOWER THAN I HAD EXPECTED. AND OF THE 657 PEOPLE WHO DID NOT RETURN OR PAY FOR THEIR ITEMS, JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT 37% OF THOSE CHARGES WERE FROM PRE 2020. SO THEY ACTUALLY ARE VERY OLD. THOSE PEOPLE MAY NOT ACTUALLY LIVE IN TOWN ANYMORE. AND I WANTED TO BRING SOME STATISTICS, JUST SOME NUMBERS.

THIS IS WHAT OUR SYSTEM GIVES US, WHAT WE HAVE THAT WE CAN TRACK. SO THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE TRACKED AND TRACKED OVER THE LAST YEAR. THE MIDDLE COLUMN. THERE IS EVERYTHING FROM 2024. AND WE DID A COMPARISON WITH EVERYTHING FROM 2023 AS MUCH AS WE COULD. AND THEN TO DATE 2025, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, OUT OF THOSE NUMBERS, THE PERCENTAGE OF LOST UNPAID TO LOST COSTS ADDED DECREASED FROM 42% IN 2023 TO 25% IN 2024. SO SOME PROGRESS IS BEING MADE. WE ARE SEEING SOME GOOD NUMBERS, RECOVERY OF ITEMS INCREASED FROM 49% IN 2023 TO 71% IN 2024, AND NOW TO DATE IN 2025, 78%. SO WE ARE SEEING SOME GOOD TRENDS. IT WASN'T AS GOOD AS I EXPECTED, BUT IT IS STILL GOOD AND I WANTED TO JUST SHOW A LITTLE BIT MORE HERE. FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, OUR PATRON VISITS AND OUR CIRCULATION IN THE AMOUNT THAT EACH OF THOSE THINGS HAVE INCREASED PRETTY MUCH EXPONENTIALLY THROUGH THE LAST FIVE YEARS. AND THEN I BROUGHT KIRSTEN. SHE IS OUR CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN, AND SHE SEES FIRSTHAND SO MUCH OF HOW THIS HAS IMPACTED OUR FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY. AND I JUST THOUGHT SHE COULD MAYBE TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT. ADJUSTED. SO, YEAH, I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF BEING THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN AT OUR WONDERFUL LIBRARY. SO MY DESK IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CHILDREN'S ROOM, NO WALLS. SO I GET TO SEE WITNESS HERE, OVER HERE, A LOT OF WHAT OUR PATRONS ARE SAYING, WHAT THEY LOVE, WHAT THEY HAVE CRITIQUES ON, SPECIFICALLY WITH OUR FINE FREE POLICY. WE'VE HAD AMAZING FEEDBACK. IT HAS HELPED WITH PROVIDING EQUITABLE ACCESS. SO WITH OUR YOUTH DEPARTMENT, A LOT

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SO IT'S JUST REALLY LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD AMONG ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT FAMILIES AND THEIR BACKGROUNDS. SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TO YOU. THANK YOU. THAT WAS SO JUST SOME TAKEAWAYS FROM THAT IS THAT REMOVING THE LATE FEES HAS EXPANDED ACCESS TO LEANDER'S FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY TO THE CHILDREN IN LEANDER. AND WHILE WE HAD MORE ITEMS DECLARED LOST IN 2024, A GREATER AMOUNT OF THEM WERE RETURNED OR WAIVED. AS OUR DATA SHOWS. THEN IN 2023, IN THE LOSS, COSTS PAID INCREASED SLIGHTLY FROM 2023 TO 2024, AND THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF OVERDUE ITEMS IS ACTUALLY DECREASING. THAT IS NOT MINE. THAT'S OKAY. SORRY. THANK YOU. I THINK THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT BAD AT ALL. I THINK HAVING A 14% RETURN FROM THOSE AMNESTY LETTERS, THAT'S BETTER THAN I WOULD HAVE PREDICTED. AND I THINK I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. YOU REMOVED THE SHAME OF HAVING TO COME IN AND SAY, I HAD THIS OUT, RIGHT, WHICH MAKES IT EASIER TO COME AND BRING THEM IN AND JUST CHECK SOMETHING ELSE OUT. AND ULTIMATELY, THAT'S OUR GOAL, RIGHT, IS TO HAVE BETTER EDUCATED RESIDENTS THAT ARE READING AND ENGAGED AND COMING IN. SO I THINK THIS ISN'T I THINK THIS ISN'T TERRIBLE AT ALL. AND IT LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, IN THE LOST COST WAIVE ITEM RETURNED, THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT JUMP FROM FROM THE YEAR PRIOR. IT THAT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY PROMISING NUMBER THAT DIFFERENCE. SO FROM 15,000 TO 48 IT'S ENORMOUS. IT'S FANTASTIC. AND WE ARE ACTUALLY STILL RECOUPING SOME OF THOSE COSTS THAT PEOPLE HAD HAD OVERDUE FINES THAT WERE ACTUALLY REALLY OLD. SO THEY CAME BACK A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING BACK TO THE LIBRARY TO RENEW THEIR CARDS AFTER A FEW YEARS, AND THEY FIND THAT THEY HAVE THESE CHARGES STILL IN THEIR ACCOUNTS, AND THEY WILL ACTUALLY STILL PAY THEM ON, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THOSE SLIDES THERE, IT SHOWS THAT EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T CHARGE OVERDUE FINES ANYMORE IN 2024, WE STILL TOOK IN $465.39 BEFORE THE FINE FREE. AND THEN WE'RE STILL GETTING CHARGES OR I'M SORRY, PAYMENTS FROM OLD OVERDUE FINES. SO IN 2025, $327 SO FAR HAS BEEN PAID. NOT BAD AT ALL, COUNCIL. SO WHAT WAS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT WAS THAT SOMEONE COULD OWE ON A LATE BOOK? IT WOULD TOP OFF AT $5. OKAY, SO THIS WAS A HINDRANCE FOR PEOPLE RETURNING BOOKS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, MAXED OUT THEIR CARD WITH 35 ITEMS AND KEPT, YOU KNOW, THEM FOR TOO LONG, AND THEY HAD $5 ON EACH ITEM, THEN THAT AMOUNT WAS JUST SO PROHIBITIVE TO COME BACK THAT THEY WOULD JUST NOT COME BACK AND NOT BRING THE BOOKS BACK. SO WHAT DO YOU KNOW WHAT? HOW LIKE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ROUGHLY HOW MANY HAD A LIKE WHAT'S THE HIGHEST? THE HIGHEST FEE, I GUESS. YOU KNOW, JOE SMITH OWED $45 IN LATE FEES OR SUSIE Q OWED. YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT DO YOU HAVE AN AMOUNT. SO THE HIGHEST FEE OF ANY PERSON. DO YOU MEAN LIKE OR. YEAH, LIKE I'M SURE YOU HAVE A, HAD A LIST OF THE BOOKS THAT ARE OUT AND WHO, WHO CHECKED THEM OUT AND WHAT WAS OWED ON THAT FOR THAT PERSON FOR TOTAL, I THINK THAT WE HAD AT LEAST ONE THAT WAS OVER $1,000 ON THEIR ACCOUNT. WELL, AND THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT THINGS AT PLAY. SO IF THEY HAVE THEM OUT PAST 30 DAYS NOW, BUT AT THE TIME THAT WE ENACTED THIS, 45 IS

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BUT IF THEY RETURN IT, THAT'S WHEN IT DROPS DOWN TO THAT $5 MAXIMUM. SO I'M GUESSING ON THAT HIGH AMOUNT THAT WOULD BE BECAUSE THE ITEMS WERE DECLARED LOST. YEAH. SO IF THEY BROUGHT THEM BACK THEY WOULDN'T HAVE PAID $1,000. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN, WELL, EVEN IF YOU WERE COLLECTING BEFORE WE ENACTED THIS, IF THEY BROUGHT THEM BACK, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE CHARGED ON THAT? SO IT WOULD JUST DEPEND ON THE NUMBER OF THOSE ITEMS. IT WAS LIKE USING THAT AS THE EXAMPLE. IF IT WAS SOMEBODY OWED $1,000 IN LATE FEES, AND THEN THEY BROUGHT THE BOOKS BACK BEFORE WE ENACTED THIS, WHAT WOULD WHAT WOULD YOU ACTUALLY CHARGE THEM? SO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE OVER $1,000 CHARGE ON THAT ONE. THOSE WERE THE LOST COSTS. SO THAT WAS THE COST OF THE ITEM. SO I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW HOW MANY ITEMS THAT WAS, BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN $5 PER ITEM. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE OVERDUE, THE MAX OVERDUE FEES. SO THAT'S A LOT OF BOOKS. IT'S A LOT. SO THE SO HOW DID THEY ACTUALLY 35 TIMES FIVE. AND IT'S SOME BOOKS ARE YOU KNOW INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE EACH THAT WE HAVE SPENT. SO YOU KNOW IF THEY HAVE A LOT OF THOSE THEN THEY COULD EASILY GET UP TO OVER $1,000. AND WERE THOSE CHECKED OUT ALL AT ONE TIME? OR DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT THAT WAS LIKE? IT WAS AFTER 30 DAYS. YEAH. SO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE VISIT. MISS PARRISH, CAN YOU PLEASE REPEAT THAT? I'M SORRY. FOR THE RECORD. SORRY. SO THAT WAS. YES. SO THAT WAS PROBABLY FROM ONE VISIT. THEY HAD CHECKED OUT A NUMEROUS AMOUNT OF BOOKS AND THEN JUST NEVER RETURNED THEM. YEAH. AND IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR, FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE MOBILITY ISSUES THAT CAN'T GET IN ALL THE TIME, ESPECIALLY LIKE OUR SENIORS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HOMEBOUND TO GET A WHOLE LOT AT ONCE, OR OUR FAMILIES TO COME AND GET IT ALL AT ONCE. SO JUST ROUGH NUMBERS.

I'M LOOKING AT IF YOU HAVE 15 ITEMS CHECKED OUT, WHICH ISN'T AN UNUSUAL NUMBER AT ALL. IF YOU KEPT ALL OF THOSE YOU KNOW, PAST THEIR DUE DATE LONG ENOUGH AND THEN RETURN THEM AT $5 A PIECE, THAT'S $75 IN FINES. AND I THINK IT WASN'T UNUSUAL ON SOME OF THOSE HIGH ONES TO WAIVE PART OF IT, BECAUSE IT BECOMES SUCH A HIGH FINE FOR THINGS YOU'RE GETTING BACK ANYWAY. AM I OUT OF LINE? THAT WAS PART OF THE AMNESTY. PART OF THINGS WAS IF YOU BRING THESE BACK, YOU KNOW, WE CAN WORK WITH YOU. WE CAN WORK WITH YOU TO GET THIS AMOUNT DOWN. THAT WAS PROHIBITING THEM FROM BEING ABLE TO THEN STILL CHECK OUT ITEMS, EVEN IF THEY BROUGHT EVERYTHING BACK. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT WE REALLY WANT IS THE ITEM. WE JUST WANTED THE ITEMS BACK. YEAH. SO. OKAY.

AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS KIND OF FAST. I KNOW YOU WERE TALKING PERCENTAGES AND I DON'T HAVE THE PERCENTAGES WRITTEN HERE, SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO. AS FAR AS THE COLUMNS. BUT IF THERE WAS A 770, 766 LETTERS AND ONLY 109 RESPONDED, SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S NOT NOT AS MUCH AS YOU EXPECTED? I'M TRYING TO SEE WHAT THAT TRANSLATES TO. WHERE DOES THAT WHAT LINE DOES THAT TRANSLATE TO IN THE YES, THAT. LET'S SEE. SO. IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHICH PART OF THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO 109 PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED A LETTER CAME BACK AND THEY EITHER PAID FOR OR RETURNED OR DID BOTH ON THE ITEMS THAT THEY HAD GOTTEN A LETTER FOR. IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT HAD BEEN ON THAT LETTER. IT COULD HAVE BEEN ONE ITEM. IT COULD HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, 35.

SO THAT IS ALL REFLECTED WITHIN THERE. IT'S NOT PIECED OUT OKAY. GO AHEAD. SORRY. OKAY. ONE OTHER PART OF THE PICTURE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO IS THAT FAMILIES ARE ALLOWED TO GET A LIBRARY CARD FOR THEIR CHILDREN TOO. SO SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE'RE NOT SEEING IS THAT IT COULD BE WHERE FAMILIES HAVE FOUR CHILDREN, THAT EACH HAD ITEMS THAT DIDN'T GET RETURNED, AND THEN THAT CAN ADD UP REALLY, REALLY FAST. YEAH. SO THAT'S NOT ALWAYS REFLECTED BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S JUST A SINGLE PERSON. YEAH. SO IS THERE A QUESTION, IS THERE A LIMIT ON HOW MANY ITEMS THEY CAN CHECK OUT AT ONE TIME? FOR ONE PERSON, 35. AND HOW LONG DO THEY GET? TWO WEEKS A MONTH? IT'S USUALLY THREE WEEKS. TWO WEEKS. IT DEPENDS. AND WE DO HAVE AUTO RENEWALS NOW, SO THEY COULD HAVE A POTENTIAL OF NINE WEEKS. OKAY. AND THEN THEN OVERDUE BEYOND THAT. SO YEAH IT'S A LONG TIME. ALL RIGHT. BUT IF SOMEBODY PUTS A HOLD ON ONE OF THOSE ITEMS IT'LL BE DUE BACK FASTER AND THEY MIGHT NOT REALIZE IT. AND THEN THEY INADVERTENTLY HAVE IT OUT LATE, RIGHT. YEAH. SO ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCIL I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION. SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE LOST ITEMS, ARE THEY MOSTLY YOUNGER KIDS STUFF OR IS IT THE ADULT ITEMS OR LIKE OR THE TEENAGERS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A NICE KIND OF A BREAK THING? IS IT MOSTLY THE KIDS ITEMS END UP BEING KIND OF DECLARED LOST? TYPICALLY, YES. IT'S IT IS BECAUSE THAT'S IT TENDS TO BE THE MOST ITEMS THAT GET CHECKED OUT AT ONE TIME. JUST, YOU KNOW,

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[9. Leander History]

USUALLY IT WAS JUST IN A KNAPSACK. THE WEALTHY PEOPLE HAD A TRUNK. COLONEL MASON AND HIS FAMILY EACH. HIS WIFE HAD A TRUNK. THEY HAD A FAMILY TRUNK. HE HAD A TRUNK. AND THEN HIS EACH OF HIS KIDS HAD A TRUNK. SO THEY EACH HAD THEIR STUFF. THAT WAS EVERYTHING THEY OWNED, WENT INTO THAT BOX. AND THAT WAS CONSIDERED EXTREMELY WEALTHY. SO ONE OF THESE TRUNKS, THERE'S THREE THAT THAT ARE IN EXISTENCE. ONE LIVES OVER HERE, AND THE CITY HALL, THE SECOND IS OVER AT CC MASON ELEMENTARY, AND THE THIRD ONE IS IN MY SHED BECAUSE I CANNOT AFFORD TO GET IT FIXED. THE TWO THAT ARE RESTORED, ONLY THE EXTERIOR HAS BEEN RESTORED, THE INTERIOR HAS NOT. BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS FIVE YEARS. NO, SEVEN YEARS AGO IT COST $2,500 EACH JUST FOR THE EXTERIOR. SO YEAH. AND THEN SO WE TAKE, WE TAKE THE TRUNKS OUT AND, AND JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS TRUNKS, THEY NEED THE OILS FROM OUR HANDS. THEY THE LEATHER AND THE STUFF. SO THEY'RE IN THEIR IN THEIR CASES MOST OF THE TIME. BUT WHEN WE TAKE THEM OUT WE DO TOUCH THEM AND WE DO FEEL THEM BECAUSE THE OILS HELP CONDITION THE LEATHER AND THE, THE, THE FITTINGS ON THERE. SO IT'S GOOD THAT WE TAKE IT OUT. AND I THINK THAT'S MY LAST SLIDE. IT IS. THANK YOU EVERYBODY I HOPE TO

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SO PLEASE IF EVERYBODY COME OUT SPREAD THE WORD THAT WE HAVE MASON HERITAGE DAY, IT'S SATURDAY, MARCH 29TH FROM 10 TO 4. WHAT IS THE COST TO GET INTO THAT? IT IS FREE. FREE? IT IS FREE. BUT IF ANYONE WANTS TO MAKE A DONATION, WE WILL ACCEPT IT. ARE THEY GOING TO DO BUTTER CHURNING THIS YEAR? I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S ALL I HEARD LAST TIME. THE BUTTER WAS APPARENTLY INCREDIBLE. THE OH IT IS INCREDIBLE. YEAH, THE BUTTER CHURNING BECAUSE THEY BRING IN THE REAL MILK OR THE MILK OR REAL CREAM. OH YEAH, I HOPE THEY DO. YEAH. THE BUTTER CHURNING.

THEY DO THE BUTTER CHURNING AND THEY PUT IT ONTO CRACKERS AND. YEAH, YEAH YOU CAN, YOU CAN REALLY. YEAH. IF YOU'RE HUNGRY DON'T GO THERE. COUNCIL. DO I NEED TO BRING OUR OWN CRACKERS.

YEAH. WELL WELL YES. YES YOU DO BRING YOUR OWN. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE. COUNCIL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING Y'ALL. Y'ALL NEXT SATURDAY. SEE YOU

[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]

MOTION. AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. MOVING INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS, ITEM NUMBER 20 WAS POSTPONED TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT

[24. Discuss and consider action on the First Reading of an Ordinance 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.]

A-240015 AND THE ADJACENT RIGHT OF WAY OF NAMELESS ROAD ANNEXATION CASE A-250019 REGARDING THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF 337.292 ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE, AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. GRIFFIN. GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING. STAFF IS REQUESTING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL POSTPONE ACTION ON THIS REQUEST TILL THE APRIL 17TH MEETING. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT AND WE'RE DOING SOME RESEARCH ON SOME OF THE QUESTIONS BY THE COUNCIL AT THE LAST MEETING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND IT'S NOT A THIS IS THIS IS A REGULAR AGENDA, RIGHT? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE IF THAT'S NEEDED. OKAY. A MOTION IN A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? I DID JUST WANT TO MAKE A NOTE. I GOT A CALL THIS LAST WEEK FROM A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE APPLICANT, AND THEY ARE INTERESTED. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HAS STARTED SINCE I TALKED TO THEM, BUT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN TALKING TO STAFF ABOUT ANY OPTIONS FOR CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE SOMETHING WORK. AND SO I THINK THAT SHOULD ALSO PROBABLY BE A PART OF THE CONSIDERATION. BUT YEAH. OKAY. MOTION AND A SECOND ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. SO I GUESS FOR ITEM 21 WE STILL GO THROUGH THE

[21. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case Z-24-0124 to amend the current zoning of Interim SFR-1-B (Single Family Rural) to SFR-2-B (Single Family Rural) on seven (7) parcels of land approximately 337.292 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Travis Central Appraisal District Parcels 353045, 353047, 353048, 353050, 353069, 353070, and 513816; and generally located  west of Nameless Road, approximately 1,050 feet north of Shady Mountain Road, Leander, Travis County, Texas.  

• Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case Z-24-0124 as described above.

WHILE WE WORK THROUGH ISSUES WITH THE ANNEXATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. THERE'S NOBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. WE'LL NOW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ZONING. CASE Z-240124. AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY. COUNCIL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE UNTIL APRIL 17TH. SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN

[22. Discuss and consider action on a Resolution in support of the proposed development and construction of additional phasing improvement projects for Ronald Reagan Boulevard.]

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SO THAT CONSTRUCTION WILL START HERE IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO. AND THEN WE HAVE CURRENTLY UNFUNDED FROM 195 TO 35. THE ADDITION OF TWO LANES. NOW, ALSO ABOUT THE SAME TIME, WILLIAMSON COUNTY WAS TALKING TO TXDOT AND GETTING TURNED DOWN, ASKING, BEGGING FOR MONEY TO EXTEND FM 734 WHEN IT BECAME CLEAR THAT TXDOT HAD SEVERE FISCAL CONSTRAINTS, WAS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP THE COUNTY. THE LEADERSHIP OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY ALSO UNDERSTOOD THAT AT SOME POINT IN TIME, THESE MAJOR ROADWAY CORRIDORS WERE GOING TO BE SO EXPENSIVE THAT WE REALLY NEEDED AN ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR MOBILITY TO HELP WILLIAMSON COUNTY BUILD MAJOR PROJECTS. AND TO THAT END, IT APPROACHED TRAVIS COUNTY AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND GOT THE CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY APPROVED, WHICH IS THE CTMA GENERALLY REFERRED TO. THAT AGENCY IS AN ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR THIS REGION TO BUILD LARGE PROJECTS. WE ARE NOW AT A POINT IN THE HISTORY OF THE RONALD REAGAN CORRIDOR, WHERE WE BELIEVE IT IS TIME TO GO TO THE RMA AND TRANSFER THIS CORRIDOR, REALLY FROM OUR DEVELOPMENT TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT. THE PRICES ARE NOW SO HIGH AND THE NEED FOR THE MAIN LANES IS NOW. AND WILLIAMSON COUNTY REALISTICALLY CANNOT AFFORD TO BE BUILDING MAIN LANES IN A FUTURE. LANES ON THE REAGAN CORRIDOR. LET'S GO BACK TO THE FIRST PROJECT THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE CONSTRUCTED WOULD BE FROM 1431 UP TO 29. IT MAY ONLY BE 2243, BUT THAT WOULD BE DETERMINED BY THE RMA AS TO HOW MUCH THEIR BOND SALES WOULD BE ABLE TO GENERATE INITIALLY. BUT OUR INTENT IS TO TURN THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR OVER TO THEM.

THE PROJECT WOULD HAVE WOULD CONSIST OF TWO MAIN LANES AND TWO FRONTAGE ROADS AS IT EXISTS NOW. THIS SLIDE SIMPLY SHOWS THERE'S LOTS OF GROWTH. THIS COUNCIL KNOWS BETTER THAN ANYONE THAT THERE IS LOTS OF GROWTH GOING ON, AND THE GROWTH IS CONTINUING AS ONCE AGAIN IS SHOWN HERE. THE INITIAL PROJECT ALONE IS ESTIMATED NORTH OF HALF $1 BILLION. THAT'S JUST THE FIRST PHASE. THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE GOING ALL THE WAY TO 35. SO YOU CAN SEE YOU'RE TALKING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO GET TO 35. IT IS UNREALISTIC TO THINK THAT THE COUNTY, WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE CITIES, EVEN WOULD BE ABLE TO BURDEN BURDEN THAT OR BE ABLE TO BEAR THAT LOAD. SO WE BELIEVE IT IS TIME TO PASS THIS CORRIDOR AND GO TO THE RMA AND START

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AND THEN I CAME AND THE NOISE THAT CAME WITH IT. SO WHEN THE RMA REALLY LOOK AT MITIGATING THAT BY GOING UNDERNEATH, I MEAN, DO WE NOT DO WE EVEN KNOW WHAT THEIR PLANS WOULD BE? SO THE ANSWER IS WE HAVE THE COUNTY HAS GONE THROUGH A LOT OF WORK TO DEVELOP A REASONABLE SCHEMATIC THAT ADDRESSES. WE'VE WORKED WITH YOUR STAFF AT THE CITY THROUGH MULTIPLE STAFFS.

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THE RMA WILL TAKE THE PROJECT. THEY WILL NEED TO DO SOME ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES. THEY WILL NEED TO DO SOME PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT. IS THERE A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY? QUITE FRANKLY, NO, BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE TO MITIGATE CONCERNS. RIGHT NOW, WE MAY NOT KNOW. THE ENGINEERS OF THE RMA CERTAINLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE CONCERNS ARE, BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITIZENS TO SEE WHAT THE RMA COMES UP WITH, BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE SOME CHANGES. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR FINAL ANSWER WILL BE. OKAY. THEY MAY DECIDE TO GO DOWN SOME AND OR OR TUNNEL OR DO WHATEVER IT IS THEY CHOOSE TO DO, BUT WE NEED TO LET THEM HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AND START THAT PROCESS. THESE PROJECTS TAKE A VERY LONG TIME, AND AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO HAND IT TO THEM, GET THEM GOING, ALLOW THE CITIZENS OF THIS AREA TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS, LET THE RMA ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS AND MOVE THE PROJECT, WHATEVER. IT COULD BE A DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE IN COST. AND SOMEBODY I MEAN, IT GETS PAID FOR. YES, I'M THAT'S WHERE I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT. THAT SOUNDS GREAT. HOW REALISTIC IS IT THAT THESE THESE CONCERNS WHATEVER EVERY EVERY DOLLAR THAT IS THAT IT COSTS TO BUILD A PROJECT MAKES IT HARDER TO BUILD IT MAKES IT HARDER TO FINANCE. SO IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE GOING TO MAGICALLY HAVE EVERYTHING BE UNDERGROUND AND WE'LL HAVE MASSIVE VENTILATION SYSTEMS. IT'S JUST NOT IT'S NOT REALISTIC BECAUSE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. BUT IF SOMEBODY WANTS THAT INVESTIGATED, SOMEBODY CAN RUN NUMBERS AND SAY, OKAY, THIS FIRST PHASE IS A HALF $1 BILLION. AND THIS IS I'M MAKING UP A NUMBER HERE. HAVE NO IDEA.

BUT IT COULD BE TWICE THAT, YOU KNOW. BUT THOSE ARE IF SOMEONE REALLY WANTS THAT LOOKED AT OKAY, THAT'S WHAT THE RMA CAN THEN DO. THANK YOU. SO MY NEXT QUESTION IS FOR THE CITY MANAGER. WE HAD A RONALD REAGAN CORRIDOR STUDY DONE A FEW YEARS AGO. DO WE REMEMBER WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE FOR THAT AND PREDICTIONS ON TRAFFIC FLOW OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS? THE STUDY WE DID WAS PREPARED IN CONTEMPLATION OF A REAGAN CORRIDOR THAT DID NOT MEET THIS SCHEMATIC, THIS DESIGN, AND WE WERE INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT NEAR TERM, MEDIUM TERM AND LONG TERM MANAGEMENT CRITERIA. SO IT HAD RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SIGNALIZATION FOR INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENTS, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I THINK ULTIMATELY THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE ORDER OF CLOSE TO $70 MILLION OF ULTIMATE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE REQUIRED IN ANTICIPATION OF A ROADWAY, WIDENED ROADWAY SECTION ON ROADWAY SECTION FROM THROUGH THE LEANDER CITY LIMITS. AND THAT STUDY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANYONE ELSE? SO ON THE ON THE STUDY PART. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING TO THEM AND ASKING THEM TO BASICALLY LOOK AT BUILDING 1 OR 2 OF THESE SECTIONS WITH THE HOPE OF GETTING TO 35 AT SOME POINT. ACTUALLY, THE REQUEST IS TO LOOK AT THE CORRIDOR, TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE CORRIDOR, AND TO FINANCE IT AS FAST AS YOU CAN. AND SO THAT WOULD THEY BE LOOKING AT THE WHOLE CORRIDOR ALL THE WAY TO 35? YES, BUT REASONABLY AND INITIALLY THEY WOULD START THE SOUTH AND GO NORTH. OKAY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE A LONG TIME, BUT YOU DEFINITELY NEED SOMETHING GOING NORTH TO 35 BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU'RE JUST GOING TO BE IT'S JUST GOING TO GET MORE AND MORE CONGESTED. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING REALLY GOING ACROSS FROM 183 OVER TO THAT AREA. AND SO HOW ARE IT? ARE THERE ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT CONNECTING THAT IN SOME MANNER.

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WE ARE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH TXDOT ABOUT SOME DIFFERENT PLANNING STUDIES FOR THAT. THERE ARE SOME PLANS RIGHT NOW. I THINK, AS EVERYONE IS AWARE, TO TRY TO GET ON THE GROUND AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN AND IT'S BEGINNING TO FEEL LIKE GEOLOGIC TIME ON THIS PROJECT ON 2243, I'LL TELL YOU, BUT WE ARE. EVERYONE IS WORKING TO TRY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH TXDOT TO GO ALL THE WAY TO 35 AND SEE HOW WE CAN GET THAT IMPROVED ALL THE WAY THERE IS THERE ARE SOME DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE GOING ON WITH TEXAS CROSSTOWN, BECAUSE TEXAS CROSSTOWN HAS A LOT OF RIGHT OF WAY THERE, AND THEY ARE IMPACTED. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF COMPLICATED. SOME DISCUSSIONS IN THE DESIGNS ON THE EAST. BUT NEXT IS 29 OKAY. TXDOT HAS A HAD INITIATED A PLANNING STUDY FOR 29 FROM ESSENTIALLY THE INNER LOOP AT 29 INTERSECTION ALL THE WAY TO THE COUNTY LINE AND REALLY BEYOND. TXDOT HAS RUN INTO SOME FISCAL PROBLEMS AND HAS TERMINATED. ALL OF MY UNDERSTANDING IS MOST OF THE PLANNING CONTRACTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE AS OF A MONTH OR TWO AGO, AND 29 WAS A CASUALTY OF THAT. ALSO, WE ARE HOPEFUL AFTER THE BIENNIUM, AND TXDOT RECEIVES SOME NEW CASH. HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PICK THOSE PLANNING STUDIES UP AGAIN. BUT DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? SO WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS AND WE'RE TRYING TO HELP AND PUSH TXDOT TO THE DEGREE THAT WE CAN, BUT THOSE CORRIDORS EAST WEST CORRIDORS ARE TXDOT CORRIDORS. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO WE'RE TRYING TO HELP, BUT WE DO NOT, AS THE COUNTY HAVE THE FUNDS. I DOUBT IN OUR CITIES REALLY DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO MAKE THOSE BIG PROJECTS HAPPEN.

THANK YOU. I THINK I'M GOOD. OKAY. SO OTHER THAN US, WHO ELSE IS NEEDING TO KIND OF BE ON BOARD WITH. IS IT. WE ARE. WE ARE ASKING CEDAR PARK AND THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN AND GEORGETOWN TO PASS RESOLUTIONS. THOSE ARE THE THREE CITIES. HAVE THEY ALREADY PASSED RESOLUTIONS? THE ANSWER IS I THINK IT'S ALL IN PROGRESS. I HAVEN'T CHECKED MY LAST MEETING SCHEDULE TO SEE WHERE I'M GOING TO SPEAK NEXT, BUT I KNOW IT'S BEING TEED UP FOR CEDAR PARK AND GEORGETOWN.

CEDAR PARK IS NEXT WEEK. YES, I SPOKE TO THEIR MAYOR TODAY. I, I'M EMBARRASSED BECAUSE I SHOULD KNOW, BUT I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH SOME OTHER TOURS. I'M NOT ON THE TOUR. THIS IS. THIS IS FOR ALL OF US. YEAH, YEAH. SO BECAUSE, I MEAN, I'M CONCERNED THAT I, I WANT TO SAY THAT COMMENT WAS FOR THEM. WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE FOR THE MOST PART, OR TO SOME EXTENT THERE. AND I WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR, OUR CITY IS CERTAINLY ON THE SAME PAGE. AND IF THEY ARE, IF CEDAR PARK IS INDEED GOING TO BE POTENTIALLY PUTTING FORTH A RESOLUTION IN THE NEXT WEEK, I DON'T WANT TO BE. I MEAN, I, I WOULD WANT TO SEE WHAT THEY WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT TOO.

AND I WOULD I WOULD MAKE ONE COMMENT, IF I MAY. YEAH. THE COUNTY HAS BEEN WAITING FOR A VERY LONG TIME TO COME TO YOU AND ASK YOU TO DO THIS. AND THE REASON FOR THE DELAY IS REALLY WAITING FOR CEDAR PARK TO GIVE IT THE THUMBS UP. YEAH. SO LET'S SEE IF THEY GIVE THE THUMBS UP.

THEY ARE SO NEXT, NEXT, NEXT WEEK, EVERY EVERY APPEARANCE IS THAT THEY ARE READY TO SAY YES.

THAT'S WHAT MY THING WAS. SO LET'S MAKE SURE THEY'RE GIVING IT THE THUMBS UP. BECAUSE THIS IS I MEAN I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL FOR SIX YEARS AND I HAVEN'T REALLY HAD PART OF ANY OF THIS CONVERSATION. SO FOR US, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO DO THIS. WE GOT TO DO THIS RIGHT NOW. I'M GETTING A CALL FROM, YOU KNOW, FROM COMMISSIONER AND SAYING, WE GOT IT. THIS IS OUR CHANCE.

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WE'RE KIND OF ON THE SAME PAGE. SO LET'S MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS SOLID THERE. AND IF YOU'VE BEEN WORKING FOR A SPECIFICALLY WITH CEDAR PARK TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE INDEED ON BOARD, I PERSONALLY WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ON BOARD WITH. I'VE NEVER BEEN IN ANY. THIS IS ME OUTSIDE. I HAVEN'T BEEN PART OF ANY OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS. SO THAT'S ALL I'LL ADD TO COUNCIL IS LIKE IF THAT'S GOING ON NEXT WEEK. AND THAT'S INDEED WHERE ALL THE WORK HAS GONE INTO, LET'S MAKE SURE OUR STAFF IS ON THE SAME PAGE THERE TOO. AND BEFORE WE'RE JUST SAYING YES TO A RESOLUTION AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE INDEED ON BOARD. AND I WOULD I MEAN, THINK ABOUT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PARTNER UP WITH CEDAR PARK MORE THAN ANY. WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR CHANCES TO WORK TOGETHER. WOULDN'T THIS BE A PERFECT ONE? RIGHT. I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT GEORGETOWN'S, BUT IT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE IF THEY'RE TYING INTO 35 UP THERE TOO, THAT WOULD MAKE PERFECT SENSE AS WELL. SO THAT'S ALL MY I WANT TO ADD TO THAT. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO. I MEAN, PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING'S BEEN SAID. I MEAN, IN GENERAL, I AGREE WITH THAT. IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO HAPPEN. BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING THE MONEY, I GUESS I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION, AND THIS MAY BE A SILLY QUESTION, BUT IF THIS IS AN RMA PICKS IT UP AND IF THEY SPEND WHATEVER THEY SPEND, IS THERE A WAY FOR THEM TO DUMP IT BACK TO THE CITIES? OR ONCE IT'S THEIRS, IT'S THEIRS. ONCE IT'S THEIRS, IT'S THEIRS. AND TO ME, ONCE AGAIN, ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THIS FOR THE CITY IS THAT THEY WILL TAKE OVER THE MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FRONTAGE ROAD AND RELIEVE YOU OF THAT CURRENT MAINTENANCE BURDEN THAT YOU'RE FACING, WHICH IS SUBSTANTIAL. RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHY I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT COULDN'T AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, NO END UP BACK HERE. NO UNEXPECTEDLY. OKAY. I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. SURE. DO WE KNOW WHAT THE TIE IN TO PALMER IS GOING TO LOOK AT WHEN IT GETS TO WHEREVER IT ENDS IN CEDAR PARK. I KNOW CAMPO FUNDED A STUDY LAST YEAR, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER THAT EVER COMING BACK. SO I'M JUST WONDERING, IS IT IS THE COUNTY'S THINKING THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A TOLL ROAD AND THEN IT JUST ENDS STOPS? GOOD. NO, THAT'S VERY GOOD. VERY GOOD QUESTION. SO THAT WAS A TXDOT STUDY THAT GOT STOPPED THAT. THEN CAMPO PICKED UP MONEY TO KIND OF KEEP IT GOING. WE HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH CAMPO AND COORDINATION WITH CAMPO AND THEIR CONSULTANTS. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IT WILL BE A MULTI-LEVEL INTERCHANGE WITH THE TWO THAT WILL TIE INTO EVENTUALLY BECAUSE YOU DON'T BUILD EVERYTHING AT ONE TIME, BUT EVENTUALLY THEY'LL THEY'LL BE RAMPS THAT WILL TIE INTO THE EXPRESS LANES ON 1431, AND IT WILL BE ELEVATED TO GO OVER AND HAVE THE ONE EXPRESS LANE EACH WAY PROCEEDS SOUTH ON SOUTH OF 1431. SO SOUTH OF 1431, TXDOT WOULD MAKE IT LOOK SIMILAR TO WHAT THE RMA WOULD DO UP HERE.

YES, EXCEPT THAT INSTEAD OF TWO EXPRESS LANES, IT'D BE ONE EXPRESS LANE. THAT'S THE CURRENT THOUGHT. OKAY, NO FINAL DECISION HAS BEEN MADE, SO PLEASE DON'T QUOTE ME IF THERE'S GOING TO BE ONE LANE. NO, BUT THAT IS THE THAT'S THAT'S THE THAT'S THE THOUGHT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN. I, I KIND OF LIKE THIS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING. AND LOOKING AT THE HERO PROJECT RIGHT NOW, I KNOW THAT IT'S A PRIORITY TO THE COUNTY. IT'S A PRIORITY TO US, BUT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO GET IT DONE. I THINK IT ALSO, THAT PROJECT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD BE IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, WHAT WOULD BE THE CITY'S LIABILITIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, EXPECTED COSTS AND HOW MUCH INPUT DO WE GET INTO THE PROJECT? I THINK I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT TO SEE WHAT CEDAR PARK WANTS TO DO WITH IT, WHICH IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S POSITIVE, THEY MAYBE JUST WANT TO DO A COUPLE OF EDITS TO THE WORDING, WHICH I THINK MOST OF US HAVE ALSO DISCUSSED WITH STAFF. I THINK IF WE WANT TO GIVE IT TWO WEEKS TO COME BACK TO US, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTED IN, IS JUST KNOWING WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE WITH THIS. MY VERY FIRST QUIBBLE WHEN I READ IT IS JUST IN THE NOW. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE WORD TIMELY ADDED AFTER REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITIES AND BEFORE DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE MY VERY FIRST THOUGHT WAS WHAT IF WE SAY YES, WE AFFIRM AND IT'S A FIRM WE WE'VE NEVER AFFIRMED THIS BEFORE. SO IT SAYS REAFFIRM. BUT WE WOULD JUST BE AFFIRMING. BUT I WOULD BE CONCERNED THAT IF WE GIVE IT A THUMBS UP, THAT THEN WE GET LOCKED INTO SOME KIND OF LONG TERM 30 YEAR, WELL, YOU CAN'T DEVELOP SOMETHING ELSE THERE BECAUSE YOU AFFIRM THIS, AND MA ISN'T READY TO BUILD IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN THEIR BEST INTEREST YET. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GET INTO A

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I DON'T THINK THEY'LL RELEASE ANYTHING REALLY, BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING FORMAL THAT'S COME OUT.

WE'VE JUST BEEN TALKING WITH THEM PRIVATELY. WE KNOW WHO'S DOING THE WORK. OKAY, I'LL TRY TO PRY OUT AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO TRY TO PRY OUT OF THEM WHATEVER THEY WILL GIVE YOU. BUT WE'VE BEHIND THE SCENES STAFF, THE STAFF BEEN TALKING ABOUT WHAT? WHAT IT IS BECAUSE OUR CONCERN IS WE NEED IT TO BE ABLE TO TIE INTO WHATEVER THEY COME UP WITH. RIGHT. AND SO WE HAVE DONE THAT.

BUT I'M NOT SURE. JUST TO LOWER EXPECTATIONS. I'M NOT SURE THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO STAND UP AND SAY, HERE'S THE ANSWER, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A PROCESS THAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH TOO. GOTCHA.

SO ALL RIGHT, CAN I, CAN I JUST SAY THERE'S MY HERE'S MY BIG CONCERN AGAIN, NOT BEING FOR THE FOR WHATEVER TIMES HERE YOU HAVE A COMMERCE HUB AND THEN YOU HAVE LEANDER THAT'S TRYING TO BECOME A COMMERCE HUB. AND YOU HAVE ANOTHER AREA THAT IS QUICKLY BECOMING A COMMERCE HUB. AND I WORRY ABOUT PEOPLE FLYING OVER AND GOING FROM ONE COMMERCE TO ANOTHER AND SUBVERTING WHAT THE EFFORTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PUT FORWARD. SO THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN AS I LEAVE COUNCIL, IS MAKING SURE THAT THAT IS ADDRESSED BETWEEN US AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO'S GOING FORWARD. I DEFINITELY THINK ABOUT THAT, TOO. AND THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT IS THE SAFETY OF THAT CORRIDOR.

AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A GOOD OPTION TO MAKE IT WHERE THERE'S A LOT LESS CROSS TRAFFIC. BUT IT'S THAT'S THE DOWNSIDE IS, YEAH, IT SHOULD BE A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR WHERE WE WANT PEOPLE GOING SLOWLY AND PULLING OVER AND BUYING SOMETHING. BUT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE A LOT MORE EXPERIENCE IN THAN I THAN I CERTAINLY DO. AND MAYBE YOU CAN ADD MAYBE YOU COULD JUST REITERATE TO WHOEVER'S MAKING THOSE DECISIONS WITH US IN CEDAR PARK AND, AND AS WE GO, GO FORWARD AND MAYBE WORK WITH THE, WITH OUR MAY THAT THAT IS THE CITY'S OVERALL BIGGEST CONCERN THERE. I'M SURE THAT'S SOMETHING. AND THAT IS, YOU KNOW, LET ME TELL YOU FROM WILLIAMSON COUNTY'S PERSPECTIVE, WE WANT YOU ALL TO GROW AND PROSPER. I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING ALL OF THIS IS FOR PROSPERITY AND SAFETY AND MOBILITY. AND SO IF NO ONE CAN GET OFF THE ROAD, THAT'S NOT A VERY GOOD DEAL. SO WE WANT THE THROUGH PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH. WE WANT THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GET OFF AND SHOP TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT SAFELY. AND SO THAT'S THE BALANCE. AND. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE TIMES IF YOU ARE AT A INTERSECTION THAT'S MULTI-LEVEL, YOU CANNOT PUT PEOPLE IN ELEVATORS TO HAVE THEM GO VERTICALLY UP AND DOWN.

IT DOES TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF DISTANCE TO HAVE THOSE RAMPS COME DOWN. THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD IDEA. WE COULD START INTEGRATING IF WE COULD. YEAH DO THAT. SO, SO OTHER THAN THAT MAXIMUM ACCESS IS WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS. AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND WE SUPPORT THAT. I THINK SOME OF WHAT GIVES ME SOME COMFORT IF, IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS IS THAT THIS IS TIED TO COMMISSIONER LONG. I THINK IF THIS WAS JUST FROM THE RMA, I'D BE LIKE, NO, WE'LL LOOK AT OUR OWN STUDY. BUT I KNOW THAT WITH COMMISSIONER LONG BEING VERY INVOLVED IN THIS, SHE'S GOING TO LOOK OUT FOR OUR INTERESTS. SHE'S GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE FRONTAGE ROADS THE ENTIRE WAY, AND THAT OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES ARE BEING AS TAKEN CARE OF AS POSSIBLE. SO I THINK THAT THAT GIVES ME SOME WARM FUZZIES ABOUT IT. SO DO WE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? I CAN DO IT IF YOU WANT. DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? NO. MY COMMENT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'D BE CONSTRUCTIVE. GO FOR IT. OKAY, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS TO OUR APRIL 3RD MEETING.

I'LL SECOND AND THEN WE CAN GET SOME MORE OF OUR INFORMATION FROM STAFF WITH OUR OUR OWN REAGAN STUDY AND SEE HOW THINGS MATCH OUT AND SEE WHAT CEDAR PARK DOES. YOU BET. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WAIT, YOU DID HAVE A HAND RAISE, DIDN'T YOU? I DID OKAY, GOOD, I THOUGHT SO, AND THEN WHEN I TURNED AROUND, YOU WERE SO COMFORTABLE HERE. OKAY. DO WE HAVE DO WE KNOW IF ON THAT APRIL 3RD MEETING, WE HAVE A WORKSHOP SPACE AVAILABLE? WE HAVE, I THINK IN APRIL WE WERE LOOKING TO WORKSHOP THE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PLAN SEGMENTS THAT LEANDER IS INVOLVED WITH. SO I CAN'T REMEMBER IF THAT WAS

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[23. Discuss and consider action on the approval of the Brushy Creek Fork Phasing Plan associated with Subdivision Case CP-24-0035 including a waiver request to the residential phasing plan requirements for the residential portion of the development on two (2) parcels of land 43.05 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R031325 and R031601; and generally located 1,000 feet to the east of the intersection of Main Street and Hero Way on the south side of Hero Way, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.]

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE RESIDENTIAL PORTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT ON TWO PARCELS OF LAND 43.05 ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE, AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GRIFFIN. WELCOME BACK. GOOD EVENING. SO THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A PHASING PLAN FOR THE BRUSHY CREEK FORK SUBDIVISION. ON THE LOCATION MAP, YOU CAN SEE THEY HAVE RESIDENTIAL HERE. HERE IN THIS BOTTOM PORTION IS COMMERCIAL. THEIR INITIAL REQUEST INCLUDED DOING ALL OF THE RESIDENTIAL WITHIN ONE PHASE. AND STAFF WAS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST BECAUSE THERE'S A LOGICAL WAY TO PHASE THE PROJECT. WE HAVE DISCUSSED IT WITH THE APPLICANT, AND THEY'VE SINCE AMENDED THEIR REQUEST TO PROPOSE TWO SEPARATE PHASES FOR THE RESIDENTIAL. SO WE'VE REQUESTED AN UPDATED EXHIBIT, AND STAFF IS NOW IN SUPPORT OF THE PHASING PLAN. SO YOU WOULD HAVE PHASE ONE FOR THIS PORTION, TWO FOR THIS PORTION AND THEN THREE FOR THE COMMERCIAL. BUT THE COMMERCIAL COULD GO AT ANY TIME AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT. AND THE APPLICANTS HERE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M ALSO GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. I'M SO HAPPY THAT EVERYBODY'S WORKING TOGETHER. SO STAFF'S HAPPY WITH CURRENTLY THE WAY THIS IS GOING TO BE PHASED. CORRECT. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND.

MOTION. AND SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU.

[25. Discuss and consider action on a Resolution to approve an Application Filing and Authorized Representative Resolution as required by the Texas Water Development Board for the City’s proposed SWIFT Loan Application through the Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority (BCRUA).]

JUST BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF UNKNOWNS RIGHT NOW, LEANDER WOULD BE OBLIGATED FOR 52.4% OF THAT COST ABOUT 72 MILLION. AND WE ARE PROJECTING TO TAKE THIS DOWN IN TWO TRANCHES. SO A MULTIYEAR SCHEDULE, YOU'LL REMEMBER WE USE SWIFT FUNDS FOR ONE C, ONE D, AND THEN PHASE TWO, THE DEEP WATER INTAKE PROJECT. SO I LIKE THIS PHOTO BECAUSE IT KIND OF SHOWS THE PROGRESSION OF THE PLANT. THE LIGHT BLUE IS THE INITIAL BUILD. THIS IS ONE C, ONE D IS ALMOST COMPLETE. AND THEN THIS WOULD BE THE PHASE TWO A. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A2B AND A PHASE THREE UP THERE IN THE ORANGE TO BE DETERMINED AT A LATER DATE. CEDAR PARK IS NOT A PARTICIPANT IN THIS, SO WE'RE SPLITTING IT ALMOST 5050 BETWEEN US AND ROUND ROCK. AND IT WILL ADD ANOTHER ALMOST 12 MILLION GALLONS OF TREATMENT CAPACITY TO LEANDER. IT COMPLEMENTS THE DEEP WATER INTAKE PROJECT. SO IT'S BEING USED TO TREAT THE WATER FROM THE TUNNEL PROJECT. SO I'D BE HAPPY

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SECOND MOTION IN A SECOND. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES

[26. Discuss and consider action on appointing two (2) Councilmembers to a City Council Service Enhancement Committee.]

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IT'S MORE OF A WE SIT IN IN MEETINGS, WE ASK QUESTIONS AND MEET WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE SOMETHING BACK TO THE CITY MANAGER SAYING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS MORE OF THE TONE THAT THAT WE BELIEVE COUNCIL WOULD WANT. AND IF IT'S SMALL THINGS, YOU KNOW, TODD HAS THE THUMBS UP, THUMBS DOWN. IF IT'S SOMETHING BIG THAT COMES BACK TO MAKE SURE THIS IS SOMETHING COUNCIL WANTS. BUT FOR THE MOST PART I THINK WE'RE JUST THINKING OF CUSTOMER SERVICE ISSUES.

ANOTHER ONE THAT'S COME UP SEVERAL TIMES IS WHEN PEOPLE COME AND SIGN UP FOR WATER. WHY AREN'T WE CAPTURING THEM INTO HOW TO GET SIGNED UP FOR EMERGENCY ALERTS? IF THAT'S THE SYSTEM THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE TO TELL THEM ABOUT WATER OUTAGES, RIGHT. ALL OF THESE LITTLE EFFICIENCIES THAT OVER TIME, WHERE EVERY DEPARTMENT IS JUST SCRAMBLING TO STAY AFLOAT AND THEY DON'T NECESSARILY SEE WHERE THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE THINGS SMOOTHER. IT ALSO WOULD LOOK AT HOW WE'RE WELCOMING PEOPLE INTO OUR BUILDINGS. YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO RANT ABOUT THE LITTLE SHELF AREA IN IN CITY HALL IN THE LOBBY, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH WE COULD DO THERE WITH GIVING PEOPLE INFORMATION. AND INSTEAD IT'S KIND OF A STORAGE SPOT, RIGHT? I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER ROSS AND I HAD BOTH DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY THE WELCOME WHEN YOU WALK INTO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, BECAUSE PREVIOUSLY IT WAS ALL GLASS AND THERE'S SO MUCH REFLECTION, YOU'RE NOT REALLY SURE IF ANYBODY'S THERE AND IT'S AWKWARD AND OFF PUTTING, AND I DON'T EXPECT THAT OUR STAFF NOTICES IT BECAUSE THEY'RE THERE EVERY DAY. RIGHT. BUT BUT WHEN WE'RE NOT IN THERE EVERY DAY, IT'S NOTICEABLE. AND NOW TRACY HAS AN ACTUAL DESK WHERE SHE CAN SEE PEOPLE WHEN THEY COME IN. AND IT JUST MAKES IT A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT AND A, HI, HOW CAN WE HELP YOU? AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT COUNCIL HAS WANTED FOR A LONG TIME. AND I THINK EVERYBODY HAS JUST BEEN TOO BUSY TO SEE IT. AND SO I THINK THAT'S A BIG PART OF THIS. DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? SO I KIND OF HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT'S THE COMMITMENT LOOK LIKE ON THIS FREQUENCY? I IMAGINE THE WAY YOU DESCRIBE IT, WE WOULD BE MEETING WITH YOU, THE CITY MANAGER, TYPICALLY, AND MAYBE DISCUSSING WITH YOU IN THE STAFF DIFFERENT THINGS AND KIND OF JUST WALKING THROUGH THINGS. YEAH, I THINK THAT REALLY KIND OF DEPENDS ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND KIND OF HOW THEY WANT TO TACKLE IT. I THINK WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO TACKLE. SO I

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WE KIND OF ARE ALL SPINNING AROUND THE SAME SORT OF IDEA AROUND THE SAME TIME. AND SO IT JUST MORPHED. BUT THIS IS PREDOMINANTLY CITY MANAGER'S IDEA, AND WE WOULD BE DISCUSSING WITH HIM, I THINK THE WAY IT CAME ABOUT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ROSS AND MYSELF WAS WE WERE IN A MEETING WITH WITH SOMEBODY WE WERE CONNECTED TO THROUGH THE CHAMBER. AND I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER ROSS HAS LONGEVITY WITH THE CHAMBER. A LOT OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES GO TO HER WITHOUT CONTACTING THE REST OF US, THE SAME AS LOTS OF PEOPLE JUST HIT THAT MAYOR EMAIL WITHOUT CONTACTING THE REST OF US. SO I THINK WE GET A DISPROPORTIONATE. I THINK THE THREE OF US GET THE BULK OF THE COMPLAINTS WHEN THEY'RE NOT GOING TO EVERYBODY TO THE ALL COUNCIL EMAIL. AND SO THAT WAS HOW WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE TWO OF US JUMPING IN ON THIS. BUT WE WOULDN'T WANT TO KEEP ANYBODY OUT OF THE LOOP. SO WE WOULD BE AS COMMUNICATIVE AS YOU ALL ARE COMFORTABLE WITH.

CITY MANAGER AND I TALKED THIS MORNING ABOUT MAYBE PROVIDING REPORTS ON A REGULAR CADENCE OF OBSERVATIONS AND THINGS THAT THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, BUT WHATEVER MAKES EVERYONE COMFORTABLE. YEAH, I WON'T BE HERE FOR THAT PART THAT THIS WAS I ACTUALLY WROTE DOWN IN MY NOTES, I THINK I TOLD YOU IT WAS LIKE WHAT I SAID, THIS WAS BEFORE I SAID IT'S TOTALLY IT'S

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I'VE ACTUALLY WORKED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ROSS ON IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH DOING SOME SIMILAR THINGS, STUFF THAT WE WERE DEALING WITH BEHIND THE SCENES AND EVEN BEING ABLE TO GET THROUGH, TO GET THROUGH SOME OF THAT STUFF TOO. SO YEAH, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF I THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH. I THINK IT'S GOOD AND IT SHOULD BE POSITIVE AND IT SHOULD NEVER BECOME OVERBEARING OR CUMBERSOME OR TOO, TOO LABORSOME. IT SHOULD JUST BE IT SHOULD BE ALL FRUIT. RIGHT. FRIENDLY AND LIGHT. YEAH. SO YEAH. WELL, AND YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT. I THINK THERE IS A, A STAKEHOLDER ASPECT TO THIS AS WELL, WHERE I DEFINITELY WANT TO ENGAGE WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE THAT KNOWS BOTH SIDES REALLY, REALLY WELL. AND JUST LIKE WE WANT TO ENGAGE WITH SOME OF THE SOME OF THE DEVELOPERS AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE RUN INTO ISSUES, SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD A REALLY SMOOTH PROCESS AND CAN TELL US WHAT WORKED, WHAT WHAT DID YOU THINK WAS THE MAGIC? AND THEN ALSO AT SOME POINT FIGURING OUT HOW TO ENGAGE, MAYBE SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT THAT HAVE DEALT LIKE MORE TIME AT OTHER DEPARTMENTS LIKE PARKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND WE HAVE THAT FANTASTIC NEW SURVEY TOOL THAT MAYBE AT SOME POINT WE CAN UTILIZE TO KIND OF GET TO THE HEART OF HOW SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE HAVING THEIR EVERYDAY INTERACTIONS FOR THINGS. IF WE FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO THAT. BUT YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS. DO YOU GUYS NEED A MOTION? YES. I CAN DO IT. SO I JUST HAVE ONE ONE COMMENT.

AND THAT'S YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE COUNCIL CHANGES AND THIS IS PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL LONG TERM. DO YOU WANT TO SET A MAKE THIS LIKE A COUNCIL COMMITTEE WHERE IT LASTS FOR A YEAR OR TWO YEARS, WHERE THERE'S A TERM INVOLVED, AND THAT WAY IT GIVES OTHER PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN THAT ROLE IF NEEDED. AND IT'S JUST DISCUSSED OR IT'S A GOOD IDEA. I THINK MAYBE THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO BE DEFINED LATER AFTER WE FIGURE IT OUT, BECAUSE I DO HAVE THAT CONCERN ABOUT HAVING IT HANGING OVER STAFF'S HEAD OF WHEN DOES THIS COMMITTEE COME BACK? RIGHT? BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THEM TO FEEL LIKE LIKE WE'RE COMING TO CHECK IN ON THEM. RIGHT. ARE YOU TALKING I THINK YOUR QUESTION WAS ABOUT WHO'S SERVING ON THERE AND WHO'S, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER IT IS. OKAY. JUST LIKE SERVE FOR A YEAR AND THEN REVISIT AND REDO. I MEAN, SHE'S TALKING ABOUT THE APPOINTMENTS. YEAH. GOTCHA. I'M THINKING OF IT MORE AS A SHORT TERM THING. AND WE CAN ALWAYS AND MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AT IT BECAUSE BECAUSE WE ARE THE TALK IS FOR IT TO BE A SHORT TERM THING. OKAY. BUT MAYBE FOR JUST FOR THE SAKE OF. DEFINITION THAT IF WE DO SAY, HEY, WE'LL REEVALUATE THIS AND HOWEVER LONG THREE MONTHS WHATEVER, TO SEE IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH. I DON'T KNOW, WE CAN IF Y'ALL WANT THAT COMFORT, BUT WE DIDN'T DO THAT FOR THE SIP COMMITTEE. THAT WAS A BEGINNING, A MIDDLE AND AN END.

AND WE'RE NO OKAY FOR THESE TWO. IT'S JUST OPEN ENDED UNTIL THE WORK IS DONE. OKAY. YEAH. BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK JUST HAVE THE PARAMETERS THERE BEFORE IT GETS WEIRD. YOU KNOW, LIKE IF SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO DO IT, YOU KNOW WHY? LIKE, WHY ARE YOU YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO NEW PEOPLE UP HERE THAT MIGHT WANT TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND IT WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MAY NOT BE THE RIGHT TIME TO DO IT. YEAH. BUT IF YOU HAVE THAT IN PLACE, WELL, THAT'S. WELL AND I THINK SOME OF IT TOO, SOME OF MY HESITANCY IS I'M NOT SURE ENTIRELY WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. WHAT THE VALUE IS, IS GOING TO BE FOR GOING, GOING NOT TO EXCEED A YEAR. YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT. WE CAN DO THAT. FINE. NOT TO EXCEED A YEAR. AND WE CAN DISCUSS AT THAT TIME. AND IT MIGHT LAST SIX MONTHS BECAUSE I'M THINKING LAST TEN YEARS. I'M THINKING IF IT LASTS MORE THAN A YEAR. YEAH. WE SHOULD PROBABLY TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THAT'S STRUCTURED AND HAVE BECAUSE THIS IS BASICALLY THE PILOT. RIGHT. AND WE'RE GOING TO LEARN FROM I.

WHAT WHAT IS GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL. YEAH. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT. SOUNDS GOOD.

WHICH PART. ALL OF IT. YES 100% BEHIND YOU ALL THE WAY. I WOULD THINK THIS MIGHT ACTUALLY BECOME SOMEWHAT OF A PERMANENT THING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T JUST GO AND FIX SOMETHING, YOU COME BACK AND YOU LOOK AT IT AND YOU CONTINUE TO REVISIT IT AND IMPROVE IT. THE PROCESS, THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE ONCE WE CLEAN UP THESE PROBLEMS ARE NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT WE'LL HAVE TWO YEARS FROM NOW AFTER WE'VE KIND OF MOVED THROUGH THEM. SINCE WE'RE GOING

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[28. Council Member Closing Statements.]

AND I CAN DEFINITELY SAY WE HAVE A VERY, VERY CARING POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT LOVES OUR CITY AND THEY'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE. AND I'M JUST WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT. AND IT'S EXACTLY WHAT I EXPECTED AND MORE SO IT EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS. ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT. Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. HAPPY SPRING. THANK YOU. HAVE A NICE EVENING. GOOD NIGHT. GOOD NIGHT. PLEASE DO THE SAME.

YEAH. THEY'RE SO SHORT AND SWEET. OKAY SO I COME UP HERE A LOT IN CLOSING COMMENTS AND BRAG ON OUR STAFF BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE INCREDIBLE AND WE APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU DO. BUT I DON'T ALWAYS TAKE THE TIME TO BRAG ON COUNCIL. AND SO TONIGHT I WANT TO SAY YOU GUYS ARE PHENOMENAL.

I WAS REMINDED A COUPLE OF TIMES IN, IN THE LAST WEEK OF, OF HOW STRONG OF A COUNCIL WE ARE AND HOW WELL WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER. ONE OF THEM WAS SPEAKING TO A REPRESENTATIVE FOR A DEVELOPMENT EARLIER THIS WEEK, AND THIS PERSON USED TO BE A MAYOR IN ANOTHER CITY. AND, AND THEY THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT US. AND THEY HAD BEEN WATCHING SOME OF OUR MEETINGS AND THEY WERE TELLING ME AND THEY SAID, YEAH, YOU GUYS, YOU'VE THOUGHT OF ALL THESE LIKE, GREAT THINGS IN YOUR DISCUSSION. AND, YOU KNOW, MY COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS HAVE PROBLEMS WITH PEOPLE BEING DIVIDED AND YOU CLEARLY DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THAT. AND I WAS LIKE, WE HAVE BUILT THIS INTENTIONALLY. AND WE'VE GOTTEN REALLY GOOD AT RESPECTING EACH OTHER AND STILL HAVING DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS, BUT GETTING TO THE RIGHT PLACE, I THINK EVERY TIME.

AND THAT IS NOT AN ACCIDENT. AND THAT IS THANKS TO THE DEDICATION OF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU. AND THEN THE OTHER REMINDER OF THAT THAT I HAD WAS THE OTHER DAY. I WAS LISTENING TO THE RADIO, AND THAT SONG DIRTY LAUNDRY CAME ON. I THINK IT WAS. YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THE EAGLES OR OR GLENN FREY WHO IT WAS, BUT I USED TO THINK OF THAT SONG YEARS AGO AND THINK LIKE, YEP, BETWEEN BETWEEN THE MEDIA AND COUNCIL. THAT IS WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO HEAR. THEY WANT ALL THE DIRTY LAUNDRY ON EVERYBODY. AND I HEARD IT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, AND I THOUGHT, I FEEL NOTHING LISTENING TO THIS, AND I'M JUST REALLY PROUD OF ALL OF YOU. AND I AM GOING TO MISS SOME OF YOUR INPUTS WHEN Y'ALL ARE GONE. SO I HOPE YOU WEREN'T STRANGERS, BUT I DON'T BRAG ON YOU ENOUGH. SO I WANTED TO GIVE Y'ALL THAT MOMENT AND THANK YOU. OTHER THAN THAT, I AM GOING TO DO OUR OUR CLOSING THAT WE HAVE EVERY MEETING, WHICH IS WE LOVE IT WHEN YOU SHOP LOCAL, WE LOVE TO SHOP LOCAL BECAUSE WHEN YOU KEEP YOUR MONEY FLOWING THROUGH LEANDER, IT PAYS FOR ALL

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