Apr 03, 2025 City Council Regular Meeting

[1. Open Meeting.]

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APRIL 3RD, 2025. THE TIME IS NOW 6:00. AND THIS IS THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP OF THE LEANDER CITY

[2. Roll Call.]

COUNCIL MEMBER BECKY ROSS HERE. MAYOR CHRISTINE DELLA. ALL RIGHT. QUORUM IS PRESENT, AND

[3. Meet and Greet with Board and Commission applicants.]

THINK. I YES. I'M THE. AND I KNOW. BUT OKAY. I DIDN'T GET A. YES. THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD.

YES. PART OF THE PROBLEM. IS I DON'T REMEMBER. EVERY TIME. I. THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

HELP. YES. I THINK I.

ALL RIGHT. IS THAT. RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. SO. YOU'RE HAPPY TO TAKE. THAT?

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DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE. BEEN FIGHTING. I'M SORRY. OH, NO. OH, NO NO, NO. MY HUSBAND.

OKAY. YEAH. I HEARD THAT.

I JUST I FEEL LIKE. YEAH. IT'S GOING TO BE OUR. I WONDER HOW MUCH MONEY FOR THE FAMILY. SO I.

FEEL LIKE I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT. I KNOW I WAS LIKE, YEAH, BUT, LIKE, HE WAS GIVING US THE RUNDOWN. WELL, I WAS GOING TO SAY I CAN'T. YEAH. SO. OKAY, SO. I.

I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW THAT WAS BEFORE SHE CAME. UP. I DON'T KNOW. I THINK I HAVE. TO GO BACK. OKAY. PERFECT. YEAH. YEAH, THAT IS. YEAH. AM I. SO? YEAH. I DON'T KNOW. OH, YEAH. YEAH. I DO. I THINK YOU'RE GOOD. YEAH. I'M SORRY. COME ON. YEAH.

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BUT THEN. I. AND THEN THE ONE THING IS THAT. THAT. I. I THINK THAT I WANT TO.

TRY TO REMEMBER TO.

MAKE SENSE. LIKE I KNOW. LIKE. THERE ARE. THERE THERE. A LOT OF. QUESTIONS THAT. I.

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KNOW THAT. THEY. THEY ALSO QUALIFY FOR. THIS ONE. YEAH, I GET THAT. I JUST RECENTLY NOT THAT I WANT TO. YEAH. THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS. AND ONE OF. THE.

I THINK I SAID I THINK I KNOW, I KNOW, YEAH. YEAH. YEAH, I KNOW THAT THIS. IS.

SOMETHING THAT I. HAVE LIKE. ALL THE TIME OR ALL THE TIME. AND I KNOW THAT. I LIKE THAT I. HAVE THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS. GOOD TO. KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW. YOU. CAN.

SAY THAT. THAT. YOU. KNOW THAT THAT. THAT THAT, THAT. THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT. THAT, THAT, THAT. THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT. THAT I. LIKE THAT THAT. THAT I'LL GET THAT

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THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU GET THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU. GET WHAT YOU HAVE THAT. OVER AND OVER THAT. LA LA LA LA. THE OTHER THING THAT. THAT, THAT. THAT, THAT. THAT, THAT. THAT, THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT SO MUCH THAT. THAT, THAT WAS BASED ON THE. THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT. LA LA LA LA LA LA LA MY MIND THAT THAT. THAT I, THAT I, LIKE THAT THAT THAT THAT. LIKE THAT. BUT I ALSO. LIKE. I. LIKE. THAT. THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW THAT. THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT. THAT THE REASON THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT THEY, THAT THEY LIKE THAT, THAT, THAT. THAT. THAT THE ONE THAT. THAT, THAT, THAT. THAT. THAT THEY ARE.

THAT, THAT, THAT THEY ALL. THEY. THEY. ALL THEY THINK THAT. THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT.

THAT THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT. THAT, THAT. THAT. THAT, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT. THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT. THAT, THAT WOULD BE. THAT, THAT, THAT.

THAT, THAT, THAT. THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT. THAT THAT. THAT, THAT, THAT THAT

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YEAH. EVERYTHING. SO THAT. YEAH THAT THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT THAT THAT. THAT'S.

SOMETHING THAT. THAT ONE MOMENT YOU CAN. SAY THAT. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE. YOU KNOW. THAT. ALL.

RIGHT. AND ALSO ASKING PERMISSION. YES ALSO. SO MUCH SO DEFINITELY I NEED TO. WORK WITH.

YEAH. WE, I WORK WITH I THINK ABOUT SIX YEARS AND A HALF. I THINK. BUT AFTER THAT, BEFORE THAT, MY BACKGROUND. IS. ACTUALLY A. DIFFERENT COMPANY. AND SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO. ANY COMPANY PROPERTY TO. A DIFFERENT. HOME. COMPANY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED IN MY LIFE. OVER THAT PERIOD. YEAH, YEAH. SO IT'S INTERESTING I EXIST. THIS INCIDENT. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU TO MATCH THE ORIGIN OF NOT JUST THE. CULTURE, BUT THE. THE. COME. I KNOW I JUST SAW THE. YOU KNOW, AND WHAT I'M GOING TO DO NOW THAT YOU SAID IT ALL. GOOD. HOW'S IT GOING ALL OVER. YEAH. THAT'S GREAT. HELLO. I'M ODD MAN OUT. HERE ON THIS. ANY EVIDENCE AS TO WHAT? HOW A WORKING OUT THERE.

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FOR NO REASON AT ALL. AND THIS IS WHERE IMAGINE IF YOU IMAGINE. THAT. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ALL THE. LETTERS EVERY SINGLE. MORNING AND THAT THAT'S THE. THAT'S A VERY LIKE A VERY COMPLEX. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THE CONSTRUCTION. AND THAT'S NOT LIKE THAT. AT LEAST IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. LIKE. NOT THE GUYS THAT ARE THAT ARE KIND OF SENSITIVE TO THE. YEAH. YOU KNOW, LIKE GOING THROUGH LIKE ALL THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS I CAN ASK YOU LIKE A VERY SIMPLE QUESTION ABOUT. THAT. IT TAKES 1015.

QUESTIONS. WHAT HAPPENED. SO MAYBE YOU ARE MAYBE YOU ARE. AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT AND SO. YOU. WANTED TO DO SOMETHING THAT. THAT THEY. WOULD. YOU KNOW ALL OF THIS. AND SO JUST ALL SIDES OF IT. AND YOU TURN THAT. YEAH. SO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO WHAT I'M DOING ON THIS. YOU KNOW I'M PRETTY. YES YES YES. NOW THERE. YEAH. I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS. YEAH. EXACTLY. THAT'S AWESOME. IS THERE ANYTHING OUT THERE THAT. I. CAN. DO? YOU KNOW THAT? LIKE YOU. JUST THAT YOU'RE

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SOMETHING THAT. IS A VERY.

THAT'S WHAT I USED TO SAY. GEOMETRY. AND THIS INFORMATION THAT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMPANY IS LIKE, THEY'RE REALLY LIKE THROUGH YOU. ON THE TRAIL RIGHT AHEAD AND EVERYTHING. AND SO EVERYTHING IS PERFECT. AND SAYING THE SAME THING ALL THE WAY. YOU KNOW, AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO. LIKE. I. REALLY LIKE, LIKE. THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT ON THE OTHER.

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YEAH, YEAH. AND THAT'S. AND THAT'S THE. SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW. HOW WOULD YOU WANT TO ON THE OTHER.

ON THE OTHER HAND. LIKE.

LIKE. YOU.

AND I.

I DON'T GET IT LIKE ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE HERE FOR ME. SO I. AND LIKE.

SOMEBODY. LIKE. SO. THAT'S GOING TO BE CONNECTED. TO. ME. AND THEN. I. BUT YOU.

KNOW MOST. SO. SO LIKE ALL THE ALL HOLD ON. RADIO HAS 1100 NUMBER ONE. SO THAT'S A BIG DEAL. BUT THAT'S ALL THAT THAT FOR THEIR AREA.

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I'M NOT TRYING TO 29 SECONDS HERE AND THERE BUT. THE ONLY THING I. KNOW THAT THERE IS.

LIKE. I WASN'T SURE. LIKE FIVE. DAYS. I DON'T KNOW. YEAH. I THINK.

THAT. YEAH. OH. HELLO. EVERYONE. OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. BUT I'M. SAYING THAT THAT, THAT.

THAT. THAT THAT. THAT. THAT THAT. THAT I HONESTLY. THAT'S THE WAY THAT. I LIKE TO. THINK.

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HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. FOR. YOU. RIGHT NOW. ALL RIGHT. IS THIS. COUNCIL WE'RE GOING TO WRAP UP IN THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES. SO IF YOU CAN MAKE YOUR WAY BACK TO THE DAIS. I HAD TO. SAY THANK I JUST THINK I HAVE. I SAW PEOPLE ON THE GROUND. AM I MORE IMPORTANT.

LIKE. I LIKE. BECAUSE. WELL YEAH. SO. I. JUST.

THERE'S ANOTHER THERE. THERE WAS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. PERFECT.

YEAH. SO.

I. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS 654. WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN OUR BRIEFING WORKSHOP. WE'LL BE

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

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THANK YOU FOR BEING LOVING, FORGIVING, PATIENT WITH US. THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING US.

NOW, GOD, WE LIFT UP THIS CITY AND THIS COMMUNITY. LORD GOD, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD PROTECT AND PROVIDE. FATHER, IN JESUS NAME. WE LIFT UP THE RESIDENTS OF LEANDER AND ALL THE SURROUNDING AREAS, AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR BLESSINGS AND YOUR FAVOR AND THAT YOUR HAND WOULD BE UPON THIS REGION. WE LIFT UP EVERY FAMILY, EVERY HOUSEHOLD, EVERY MARRIAGE, EVERY SINGLE PERSON, EVERY ADULT AND EVERY CHILD. LORD GOD, AND WE DECLARE SAFETY AND WE DECLARE PROTECTION IN JESUS NAME. GOD, WE LIFT UP EVERY SCHOOL. WE LIFT UP EVERY CHILD, EVERY TEACHER, EVERY ADMINISTRATOR, EVERY COUNSELOR, LORD GOD IN JESUS NAME. AND WE THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT COMMUNITY AND FOR THIS GREAT CITY AND FOR THIS GREAT REGION. WE LIFT UP EVERY BUSINESS, LORD GOD, EVERY SHOP, EVERY STORE, EVERY RESTAURANT, EVERY FOOD TRUCK, LORD GOD. AND WE ASK RIGHT NOW THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE THEIR BUSINESS AND CLIENTELE IN JESUS NAME. WE LIFT UP EVEN THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND THE POLICE OFFICERS. AND LORD GOD, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM WISDOM AND GIVE THEM GRACE AND GIVE THEM PROTECTION IN EVERY AREA OF THEIR LIFE. LORD GOD, WE ASK FOR NEW VENTURES AND NEW PROPERTIES AND NEW PARTNERSHIPS. WE THANK YOU THAT YOU DO A NEW THING AND IT SHALL SPRING FORTH IN 2025. LORD GOD, LET THIS CONTINUE BE A BOOMING ECONOMY OF THE OF LEANDER, LORD GOD. AND NO MATTER HOW BIG THIS AREA GETS, IT WILL STILL HAVE A SMALL TOWN FEEL WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS THEIR NAME, LORD GOD. AND THERE IS PROTECTION AND THERE IS A COMMUNITY SENSE OF UNITY. AND WE LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER IN JESUS NAME. NOW, GOD, WE LIFT UP THIS CITY COUNCIL. LORD GOD, WE LIFT UP THIS MEETING. FATHER, WE LIFT UP EVERY DISTRICT, EVERY LEADER. LORD GOD, WE LIFT UP THE MAYOR, THE MAYOR PRO TEM, AND WE ASK RIGHT NOW THAT YOU WOULD COME IN HERE TONIGHT. LORD GOD, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD BLESS EVERY CITY EMPLOYEE, LORD GOD, AND EVERY PERSON HERE TONIGHT. AND EVEN IN DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS, WE ASK FOR YOUR PEACE. WE ASK FOR YOUR UNITY, AND WE ASK FOR YOUR WISDOM. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN. SEE 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. AS REGIONS OF TEXAS, ONE STATE FOR THE GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE. AGAIN, THANK YOU, PASTOR. THANK YOU. YES I KNOW

[5. Roll Call.]

COUNCIL MEMBER BECKY ROSS HERE. MAYOR CHRISTINE DALLAS. ALL RIGHT. A QUORUM IS PRESENT AND

[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.]]

I LIVE IN LEANDER AT 1925. CABRERA I GOT A COUPLE TOPICS TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT. FIRST OF WHICH IS RIGHT AWAY I BRING THE QUESTIONS FROM THE CHILDREN. WHERE IS THE BIKE LANE? THE PROTECTED BIKE LANE? WE ALL THAT WAS ALL TOLD TO ALL THE ALL THE STUDENTS THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AND EXPECT IT NOW IT'S KIND OF TURNED INTO THERE'S A BUNCH OF PARKING SPACES. CAN THEY CAN THE STUDENTS PARK THERE RATHER THAN PAY THE SCHOOL'S FOR PARKING SPACES? SO A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME ANSWERS AND DISTRIBUTE THAT TO THE STUDENTS AT THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS. BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IS THE GROWTH OF LEANDER. IT'S BEEN, AS MANY OF YOU HAVE SAID, EXCEPTIONAL. BEEN UNCONTROLLED. OUR NEIGHBORS ARE TRYING TO FIND WATER. PROBABLY ALL HEARD ABOUT THE 89 MILLION GALLONS A DAY PROJECT FOR GEORGETOWN. THAT'S GOING TO BE MEETING SEVERAL LEGAL CHALLENGES FROM THE OTHER TOWNS IN THE AREA. YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T WATER OUR YARDS PRETTY MUCH IN LEANDER. WHAT IS THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD? I KNOW YOU HAVE GREAT PLANS FOR QUARTER MILLION PEOPLE HERE. DOES THAT STACK UP WITH ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS? OR IS THIS AREA GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT ALL THE PLANS THAT YOU HAVE? WE'VE KIND OF PAINTED

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YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. CERTAINLY. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MIKE SANDERS. I LIVE IN WESTVIEW MEADOWS. HERE AROUND THE CORNER FROM THE FROM CITY HALL. AND I JUST WANT TO. I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS TONIGHT. I'D LIKE TO START OFF SAYING THAT THE. WE HAVE AN ELECTION COMING UP. EARLY VOTING BEGINS ON APRIL THE 22ND AND ELECTION DAY IS MAY THE 3RD. AND EARLY VOTING BEGINS THREE WEEKS FROM NOW. AND I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT I SUPPORT DAVID MCDONALD, WHO IS RUNNING FOR PLACE THREE. AND HE'S CLEARLY THE BEST CANDIDATE FOR PLACE THREE IN THIS ELECTION. AND I'D JUST LIKE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR DAVID AND ASK THE CITIZENS OF LEANDER TO VOTE FOR HIM. THEN I'D LIKE TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT A COUPLE OF ROADS AROUND AROUND LEANDER. I UNDERSTAND THAT TO SPEAK ON THE RONALD REAGAN TOLLWAY, YOU HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THAT AGENDA ITEM. SO I'LL SPEAK TO THAT LATER. BUT I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO ABOUT A COUPLE OF ROADS. ONE IS RADER WAY. IN FRONT OF ROUSE HIGH SCHOOL AND WILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT WAS DONE THERE, BUT BASICALLY, THE CITY OF LEANDER TOOK A TWO LANE ROAD AND TURNED IT INTO A TWO LANE ROAD WITH A MIDDLE TURN LANE. THAT'S USELESS. BECAUSE EVERYBODY COMING IN TO THOSE THOSE TWO SCHOOLS IS TURNING RIGHT OFF OF CRYSTAL FALLS. THEY'RE ALL TURNING RIGHT. SO THE MIDDLE TURN LANE DOES NOTHING. AND THEN THE NEED THERE ON RADER WAY WAS TO HAVE TWO LANES IN EACH DIRECTION. THAT WOULD HAVE RELIEVED THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON RIGHT AWAY. BUT AFTER SPENDING I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WAS SPENT ON THAT ROAD. NO PROBLEM WAS SOLVED. IT WAS A COMPLETE WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY. SAME THING ON THE ON THE ROAD. WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE ROAD THAT GOES FROM RIGHT AWAY OVER TO 183 A ALL THAT MONEY THAT WAS SPENT REDOING SPENT REDOING THAT ROAD. AND THEY TURNED A TWO LANE ROAD INTO A TWO LANE ROAD. WHY WHY MAKE SUCH DECISIONS? IT'S JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. AND I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE ON THE CITY COUNCIL TO WHEN YOU HAVE DECISIONS LIKE THIS THAT AFFECT ROADWAYS, PLEASE GO DRIVE ON THOSE ROADWAYS. GO DRIVE AND SEE FOR YOURSELF WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE DURING RUSH HOUR. IF ANYBODY WOULD HAVE DRIVEN FROM THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD HAVE DRIVEN ALONG RIGHT AWAY DURING DURING RUSH HOUR, YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN THAT WE NEEDED MORE THAN ONE LANE GOING EACH DIRECTION. ANOTHER ROAD THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED HERE IN LEANDER IS SAN GABRIEL. RIGHT. GOING WEST OF 183. THAT'S IF YOU'VE DRIVEN ON THAT ROAD IN THE MORNING. IT'S A HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE DRIVE. AND I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO DRIVE THAT ROAD IN THE MORNING. YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET TO WORK AND SEE WHAT THAT DRIVE IS LIKE. AND IF YOU DO THAT, IF YOU IF YOU MAKE YOURSELF DRIVE THERE SEVERAL DAYS IN A ROW, YOU'LL SEE THE AREA, THE AREA OF OUR CITY THAT NEEDS HELP. AND I HOPE THAT YOU FOLKS WOULD HELP THE AREAS THAT THAT NEED HELP AND NOT WASTE A LOT OF MONEY ON AREAS THAT DON'T NEED HELP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANITA. AND I APOLOGIZE IF I DIDN'T GET YOUR LAST NAME CORRECT. HI, MY NAME IS ANITA. VERY CLOSE. I LIVE IN MARBELLA, 708 PALMOS DRIVE. WE ARE IN THE MARBELLA COMMUNITY NORTH OF ROSS HIGH SCHOOL. I LIVE IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD AS CHRISTOPHER. WE ARE, OF COURSE, VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE CITY FOR ALLOCATING THE FUNDS FOR THIS IMPROVEMENT, WHICH WAS ABOUT 15.6 MILLION. AND IT WAS MUCH APPRECIATED. WE DO APPRECIATE THAT YOU GUYS DID DECIDE TO ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS TO US. WE WERE HAPPY ABOUT THE COMPLETION OF RIGHT OF WAY EXPANSION BETWEEN CRYSTAL FALLS AND PARKWAY, AND WOULD VIEW UNTIL THE FINAL STRIPING WENT IN. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS SOME COMPLAINTS MADE ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF A HAZARD, WHERE THE BIKE LANE AND THE RIGHT TURN LANE ONTO CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY WAS MERGING, PROBABLY LARGELY IN PART BECAUSE MOST CYCLISTS AND DRIVERS DO NOT KNOW THE STANDARD RIGHT OF WAY PROCEDURES OF SUCH A MERGER. HOWEVER, THEY HAVE NOW REMOVED THE BIKE LANES ALTOGETHER AND PUT IN PARALLEL PARKING. OUR CONCERN IS THAT THERE WAS NO COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS OR SCHOOLS ABOUT THIS DEVIATION FROM THE DESIGN STANDARD. WHICH IS LAID OUT IN THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN MASTER PLAN. AND WE LOST A BIKE LANE AND GAINED PARALLEL PARKING, WHICH IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN ANYONE TRY TO PARALLEL PARK IN TEXAS, IT'S NOT THE GREATEST.

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[7. Proclamations/Visitors.

• Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Month Proclamation (April) 

AND WHEREAS THE GO BLUE COMMITTEE, WHICH INCLUDES BACA CASA OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, CEDAR PARK POLICE DEPARTMENT, GEORGETOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT, ROUND ROCK POLICE DEPARTMENT, ROUND ROCK ISD POLICE DEPARTMENT, LEANDER POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE GEORGETOWN PROJECT, WILLIAMSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S JUVENILE SERVICES STAFF, AND THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER SERVES HUNDREDS OF ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN, AS WELL AS THEIR NON-OFFENDING FAMILY MEMBERS EACH YEAR. AND WHEREAS IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE AND WE MUST NURTURE AND PROTECT THEM AND PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY CAN GROW AND PROSPER. NOW, THEREFORE, I, CHRISTINE DELISLE, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LEANDER, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 2025 AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND AWARENESS MONTH IN LEANDER AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE THIS MONTH BY DEDICATING THEMSELVES TO THE TASK OF IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, AND HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE GO BLUE COMMITTEE FOR ITS OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO PROTECT THE UNPROTECTED, SEEK JUSTICE AGAINST CHILD MALTREATMENT, AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO BE VIGILANT IN RECOGNIZING AND REPORTING CHILD ABUSE IN LEANDER, TEXAS. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF LEANDER TO BE AFFIXED ON APRIL 3RD, 2025. THANK YOU.

OKAY. YES. HI, I'M CAROLINE, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF LEANDER FOR, YOU KNOW, PROCLAIMING THIS MONTH APRIL CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH. WE KNOW THAT OVER 90% OF THE TIME, CHILDREN ARE ABUSED BY SOMEONE THAT THEY KNOW, LOVE AND TRUST. AND THAT'S JUST A REALITY. AND SO WE ARE JUST LOOKING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO BE A SAFE COMMUNITY FOR KIDS WHO ARE IN THESE UNSAFE SITUATIONS. SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THIS PROCLAMATION. I WOULD JUST URGE EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM, EVERYONE IN THE CITY, JUST TO THINK ABOUT THE WAYS THAT YOU CAN HONOR KIDS THAT ARE IMPACTED BY ABUSE THIS MONTH. IT CAN LOOK A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS, AND I FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES KNOWING OUR PLACE. WHEN IT COMES TO AN ISSUE THAT FEELS SO LARGE AND HARD TO TACKLE CAN BE KIND OF HARD. BUT JUST TAKING ONE STEP THIS MONTH TO ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN IN WHATEVER WAY MAKES SENSE FOR YOU, WHETHER THAT'S VOLUNTEERING, TAKING TIME TO ATTEND AN EDUCATION SESSION, WE WOULD JUST REALLY ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED TO DO THAT. AND THANK YOU. WE'VE GOT THE PINWHEELS, WHICH ARE THE NATIONAL SYMBOL FOR CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION. SO WE LOVE TO GET A PICTURE WITH YOU GUYS AND THE PINWHEELS. IF ANYONE'S EVER INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE DO AND HOW YOU CAN PARTNER WITH US TO SUPPORT KIDS, WE'D LOVE TO CONNECT WITH YOU.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? WERE YOU GOING TO ADD SOMETHING? YES.

PLEASE COME UP. ABSOLUTELY. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER JUST FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO. UNFORTUNATELY, EVEN THOUGH WE LOVE WORKING WITH THEM, UNFORTUNATELY WE WORK WITH THEM TOO OFTEN. THAT MEANS SOMETHING BAD HAS HAPPENED. I'M SURE MOST

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YES. I'M NOT AN EXPERT. ON THIS. WOULD YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE. LUNCH? OKAY. WELL. THANK YOU. YES.

READY? AND ONE MORE. TIME. SORRY. OKAY. SORRY, GUYS.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS FOR NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS WEEK, AND IT WILL BE READ BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONNELL. GOOD EVENING. SO WHEREAS APRIL 6TH THROUGH APRIL 12TH IS DESIGNATED NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS WEEK. AND WHEREAS CRIME AND THE THREAT OF VIOLENCE HAVE PROFOUND AND DEVASTATING EFFECTS ON INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES IN AMERICA. AND WHEREAS OVER 24 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES ARE TOUCHED BY CRIME EACH YEAR, RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND SPIRITUAL EFFECTS ON COUNTLESS INNOCENT VICTIMS. AND WHEREAS THERE ARE OVER 10,000 COMMUNITY AND SYSTEM BASED VICTIM SERVICE PROGRAMS ACROSS OUR NATION THAT PROVIDE A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO VICTIMS OF CRIME. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF LEANDER IS JOINING THE VICTIM SERVICES PROGRAM, CRIMINAL JUSTICE OFFICIALS AND CONCERNED CITIZENS THROUGH WILLIAMSON COUNTY TO OBSERVE NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS WEEK. NOW, THEREFORE, IT BE RESOLVED. I AM ERIC. CHRISTINE. I'LL CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE WEEK OF APRIL 6TH THROUGH 12TH, 2025 AS NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS WEEK. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF LEANDER TO BE AFFIXED ON APRIL 3RD, 2025. THANK YOU. WELL, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRAG ON OUR VICTIM SERVICES PEOPLE. THIS OUR PROGRAM ACTUALLY STARTED TEN YEARS AGO WITH. WITH MYRNA, ACTUALLY. SO THIS ACTUALLY CAME OUT AS A CITY COUNCIL INITIATIVE. IT WAS SOMETHING THEY WANTED, SOMETHING WE DEFINITELY NEEDED. AND BACK THEN WHEN OFFICERS WOULD GO UP TO, I GUESS WHENEVER THEY WOULD GO TO A DEATH CALL OR ANY KIND OF TRAGIC CALL, THEY WERE THE ONES THAT WERE HAVING TO TRY TO CONSOLE THE, THE, THE FAMILIES AND TO REALLY TRY TO MEET THEIR NEEDS THE BEST THEY CAN. UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE SO MUCH TO DO ON A SCENE THAT WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT CAPABILITY. A LOT OF THE TIME, AND THEY REALLY DON'T GET THE SERVICE THEY NEED. SO WE PUSHED FOR GOT A GRANT FOR OUR VICTIM SERVICES UNIT. OUR FIRST ONE. AND THROUGH THE GRANT WE HIRED MYRNA, WHICH I'LL BE THE FIRST ONE TO SAY I STOLE HER FROM CEDAR PARK. AND SHE'S BEEN FANTASTIC. SO. BUT SHE'S BEEN WITH US FOR TEN YEARS, AND SHE'S REALLY BUILT A GREAT PROGRAM. SHE'S SHE'S BROUGHT ON SOME GREAT VOLUNTEERS. AND A LOT OF THIS IS BECAUSE OF YOUR SUPPORT. IN FACT, LAST YEAR WE BROUGHT ON ANOTHER FULL TIME MEMBER TO HELP HER BECAUSE WE WERE GETTING BIGGER. WE'RE GETTING BUSIER AND WE COULD PROVIDE MORE SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO HAVE THIS PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE IT TO OUR CITIZENS. AND THANK YOU FOR JUST THE GREAT JOB YOU DO AND THE HEART THAT YOU YOU REALLY SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY. I KNOW WHAT YOU DO MATTERS. I KNOW WHAT YOU DO IS VERY IMPORTANT, AND I WILL HONESTLY SAY THAT THE COMMUNITY IS BETTER BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU DO. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I THANK LIEUTENANT MUELLER. DO YOU HAVE SOME COMMENTS OR NOT? OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. I JUST I WANTED TO BE SURE THAT MUCH.

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OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

[8. Staff Recognitions

• Library
• Staff New Hires and Promotions

I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING TO CELEBRATE OUR LIBRARY. THE LEANDER PUBLIC LIBRARY WAS HONORED FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME WITH THE 2024 ACHIEVEMENT OF LIBRARY EXCELLENCE AWARD FROM THE HTML DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS AN AFFILIATE OF HTML TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE. IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD, THE LIBRARY HAS TO EXPRESS EXCELLENCE IN TEN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES BY PROVIDING SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED AND SPECIAL POPULATIONS. MARKETING AND INNOVATIVE WAYS. PURSUING COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS. OFFERING ENHANCED SERVICES THROUGH UNIQUE OR EXPANDED PROGRAMING.

PROVIDING LITERACY SUPPORT. PROVIDING FOR DIGITAL INCLUSION. SUPPORTING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. PROMOTING CULTURAL, TOPICAL AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMING. COMPREHENSIVE STAFF TRAINING AND OFFERING OTHER UNIQUE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. OUT OF 542 PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN TEXAS, ONLY 102 WERE AWARDED THIS AWARD, AND SO LEANDER PUBLIC LIBRARY IS IN THE TOP 19% OF LIBRARIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND SO WE'RE VERY PROUD TO HAVE SUCH A DEDICATED AND PROFESSIONAL LIBRARY TEAM. AND I WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU JOIN US IN CELEBRATING THEM TONIGHT. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE DO WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE THAT WANTED A PHOTO FOR THAT ONE? WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. AWESOME. AND NOW WE'LL ALSO MOVE TO OUR STAFF. NEW HIRES AND PROMOTIONS. IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD, I'LL CALL YOUR NAME. IF YOU WOULD COME TO THE FRONT AND BE RECOGNIZED. AND ONCE WE CALL ALL OF THE NAMES, THEN WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE. SO I'M NOT SURE WHO ALL IS HERE, BUT WE'LL GO THROUGH OUR PROMOTIONS FIRST. SO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. MAYOR. LEE VAN LEUVEN, PLANNER. WE HAVE ZACH WHITLOCK, ENGINEER THE GOLF COURSE. MICHAEL DE LA CRUZ, GREENSKEEPER. NUMBER ONE, PARKS AND REC. AARON GARCIA, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, UTILITY BILLING TONY WILSON, CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE TWO. WE HAVE MUNICIPAL COURTS. CANDY GARCIA, JUVENILE CASE MANAGER, FIRE DEPARTMENT. CHRIS GARDNER, BATTALION CHIEF WILLIAM DOUGLAS, LIEUTENANT SPENCER BROWN, DRIVER, PUMP OPERATOR.

AND THEN IN POLICE, WE HAVE ANDREW MCFARLAND, CORPORAL JEDDA SLATER, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS OPERATOR THREE. AND THEN AS WE MOVE TO OUR NEW HIRES IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE RICK MUNOZ, CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS ROESNER URBAN FIELDS, ASSISTANT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR FOR POLICE. WE HAVE GRAHAM CARTER, POLICE OFFICER JOHN ROW, POLICE DETECTIVE LILY NICHOLS, VICTIM SERVICES ADVOCATE VICKI MENDOZA, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS OPERATOR. THREE AMY KRUEGER, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS OPERATOR ONE. IN FINANCE, WE HAVE YADIRA SANCHEZ ORTIZ, ACCOUNTING MANAGER, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. WE HAVE SYDNEY HANSEN, ASSISTANT PLANNER, DELLA MILLESON, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TECHNICIAN.

MAGGIE GARCIA, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TECHNICIAN, HUMAN RESOURCES. WE HAVE DANNY

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JACOB MARTINEZ, UTILITY MAINTENANCE ONE. JEFF BURRIS, PUMP AND MOTOR MECHANIC. AND SAM STROUT, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, EVAC TRUCK. SO WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL THESE FOLKS. IN TOTAL, WE HAD 27 NEW HIRES, TWO REHIRES AND 11 PROMOTIONS. SO WE WANT TO GIVE THEM A HAND. SO WE SAY WELCOME TO THE CITY AND CONGRATULATIONS. NOW WE'LL MOVE TO OUR STAFF REPORTS, WHICH IS

[9. Staff Reports

• Capital Improvement Program Update: Raider Way and East Woodview Drive Roadway (CIP T.12) and Bagdad Road and Collaborative Way (CIP T.71)
•  Federal Legislative Priorities and Community Project Funding Requests Update

IT'S CIP T .12. WE'LL WELCOME UP OUR CIP PROGRAM MANAGER. BETTIS, HOW ARE YOU? ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US UP HERE. WE GREATLY APPRECIATE. THANK YOU. AND NOW WE REACH THE POINT WHERE I'VE BEEN WAITING TO GET TO FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS, ACTUALLY, ALMOST FOUR YEARS. SO I'M HAPPY TO SHOW YOU WE'RE GOING TO START WITH I WANT TO KIND OF STEP BACK IN TIME AND SHOW YOU WHAT YOU DID. WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO YEARS AGO, SO IF EVERYBODY REMEMBERS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE BACK THEN. OH, THERE WE GO. THERE WE GO. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY REMEMBERS THIS. WE BARELY HAD TWO LANES. OFTENTIMES THERE'S BARELY A LANE AND A HALF. I THINK NEXT TIME YOU GOT TO ADD A LITTLE MUSIC. OH, YEAH. NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. YEAH, YEAH. GOOD IDEA. I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. DIDN'T WANT MAKE IT TOO LARGE OF A FILE. AND HERE WE ARE IN WOODVIEW COMING UP TO 183 A. JUST WANTED TO BRING A LITTLE REMINDER BACK TO EVERYBODY. AND NOW HERE WE ARE ALMOST TWO YEARS LATER, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE DO HAVE. AND WE DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THIS IS DURING THE DROP OFF PERIOD FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. AT THEIR PEAK TIME DROP OFF AM IN THE AM. THAT'S CORRECT. YES, MA'AM. WHEN I EMPHASIZE OVER ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WE HAVE AN EIGHT FOOT WIDE SHARED PATH USE WHICH DOES ALLOW FOR BOTH WALKING AND BICYCLES. AND AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR CITIZENS WHO'VE BEEN VERY PATIENT WITH US, GREATLY APPRECIATE THEIR PATIENCE.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU SAID. THE SHARED PATH ON THE SIDEWALKS.

YOU SAID, THAT'S FOR BIKES AND WALKING. THAT'S CORRECT. IF IT'S WIDE ENOUGH, THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY. ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE PICTURE IS AN EIGHT FOOT WIDE PATH THAT IS DESIGNED FOR BOTH WALKING AND BICYCLES. BICYCLES. THANK YOU. LET ME TELL YOU WHAT THAT'S GOING. DOES THAT IS THAT WHAT MAKES IT PROTECTED? YES, MA'AM. ON A BIKE LANE ON A STREET WOULD BE VERY DANGEROUS.

YES, MA'AM. SO WE'RE BACK BEHIND THE CURB AND BEHIND THE GRASSY AREA. GREAT. YES, MA'AM. SO WE'RE COMING UP ON MONDAY THROUGH WITH OUR NEW RIGHT TURN LANE. HAPPY TO GET TO THIS POINT. YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? CAN YOU REMIND US WHEN THAT PROJECT STARTED? THE ORIGINAL START. THE ORIGINAL START. OH MY GOODNESS. WE'RE TALKING GOING BACK TO 2017 2017 OKAY. IT'S JULY 2017 WHEN CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THAT. OKAY. AND WE'VE WE'VE GOTTEN HERE IN 25. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THEY GIVE YOU BAD BREATH AND A BIG HEAVY SIGH. BUT YES, WE ARE HERE. WE GOT HERE.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DO I'VE GOT ONE QUESTION. YES SIR. SO I ACTUALLY DROVE THAT ROADWAY THE OTHER DAY. AND AS YOU GET CLOSE TO THE NORTH NORTHERN AND DRIVEWAY FOR RALPH'S HIGH SCHOOL. YES, SIR. A LITTLE BIT SOUTH OF THERE IS THERE'S ON EACH SIDE OF THE STREET. THERE'S SOME CUTOUTS AND YES, A LITTLE PATH OR NOT. PATH. IT LOOKS LIKE PADDING, SOMETHING SLIP RESISTANT, BUT NO CROSSWALK OR ANYTHING THERE. THAT'S CORRECT. THOSE ARE ACTUALLY

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO THE NEXT PROJECT IS OUR BAGHDAD ROAD AND COLLABORATIVE WAY CIP 2.71. AND WE'LL TALK WITH PROJECT MANAGER ALABASTER. HOW ARE YOU. GOOD. GOOD EVENING MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER, MR. BARTON. I DON'T HAVE ANY COOL VIDEO LIKE TONY DID, BUT I AM TAKING US BACK TO WHERE WE WERE WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THE PROJECT. THAT WAS BEFORE WE DID START ANY IMPROVEMENTS. SO WE ARE ALMOST COMPLETE WITH THAT PROJECT. WE'RE GOING TO FINISH UP THIS MONTH. WE HAVE TO FINISH UP THE SIDEWALKS, REVEGETATION AND CLEANING UP THE AREA. AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE LEFT TO COMPLETE HERE. SO WE DID HAVE A FEW INCIDENTS SINCE THE LAST MEETING FOR TRAFFIC STOPS, ONE CITATION FOR SPEEDING, ONE WARNING FOR SPEEDING, TWO CITATIONS FOR DISREGARDING OFFICIAL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES. AND WE ALSO DID HAVE ONE COLLISION. HERE ARE SOME PROJECTS. PROJECT PROGRESS PHOTOS FROM THE PROJECT. AND I WANT TO COMMEND THE FIELD STAFF, THE CONSTRUCTION CREW, FOR GOING ALL IN AND TRYING TO GET THIS PROJECT COMPLETED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. WITH THE DELAYS. WE GOT IN RAIN LAST WEEK AND THEY MONITORED THE WEATHER INCOMING AND WITH THE SLIGHT CHANCES OF RAIN THAT WE WERE GETTING, THEY KEPT PUSHING OUT, TRYING TO GET AS MUCH DONE AS THEY COULD. AS OF YESTERDAY, THERE WAS STILL OVERLAYING BAGHDAD, PUTTING UP SOME SIGNS. HERE'S SHOWING KIND OF WHERE THEY WERE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND LAST NIGHT THEY ACTIVATED THE SIGNAL. SO THEY ARE IT'S FULLY OPERATIONAL NOW.

I DROVE IT THIS MORNING. IT'S EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE WORKING PRETTY WELL TRYING TO GET THROUGH THERE. WE DO LIKE I SAID, WE STILL HAVE A FEW THINGS TO FINISH UP AROUND THERE, BUT SO THERE'S STILL CONSTRUCTION WORK GOING ON. SO PEOPLE PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. BUT SIGNAL IS ACTIVE. ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE FOLKS OUT THERE TO MONITOR WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH TRAFFIC? YES. DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY OUT THERE TO DO THAT? IT'S PROBABLY JUST GOING TO BE THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS WHILE WE FINISH THE SIDEWALKS AND FINISH THE REVEGETATION. OKAY. AWESOME. THANK YOU. I KNOW WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS, THERE WAS SOME CONCERN ABOUT TRAFFIC BEING SO BACKED UP ON BAGHDAD. IT MIGHT AFFECT PEOPLE COMING OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE COUNTY ROAD 280 IS. HAVE WE SEEN ANY OF THAT? NOT? I DIDN'T SEE ANY THIS MORNING WHEN I DROVE, BUT IT WAS RIGHT AFTER THE HIGH SCHOOL STARTED. IT KIND OF IN BETWEEN BEFORE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL HIT THEIR PEAK. BUT I, I WAS ABLE TO GET OUT FROM HARRINGTON ONTO SOUTHBOUND BAGHDAD FAIRLY EASILY, AND I DIDN'T REALLY SEE ANY MAJOR BACKUPS OCCURRING. BUT TIME WILL TELL AS PEOPLE GET USED TO HAVING THE SIGNAL THERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD TO KIND OF STAY AWAY FROM THIS INTERSECTION FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH. AND NEXT WE'LL HAVE A FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE UPDATE BY KENT. SORRY. YES.

GOOD. THAT'S CLOSE OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL, MR. CITY MANAGER. SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK RECAP OF OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, IN EARLY MARCH, MAYOR PRO TEM MAYOR DELISLE AND COUNCIL MEMBER HERRERA AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, DC. AND THAT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET OUR CITY OUT THERE, REALLY HEAR STORIES FROM OTHER CITIES, AND REALLY LEARN ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL RIGHT NOW. AND ALSO, WHAT ARE THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES THAT ARE KIND OF CIRCLING AROUND THE COUNTRY. AND SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU ALL AN UPDATE WITH THAT. IS JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES. SO THESE ARE

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AND THIS PROJECT, WE IDENTIFIED $9 MILLION TO CONSTRUCT IT. AND THAT COMPRISES OF A FULLY CONSTRUCTED FOUR LANE DIVIDED ROADWAY, ARTERIAL ROADWAY. AND SO THAT KIND OF JUST HELPS SHOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW AT PHASE TWO AND KIND OF LINKING THAT TOGETHER SO WE CAN HAVE THAT THROUGH ACROSS RONALD REAGAN. AND THINGS WERE MOVING PRETTY FAST. AND SO I HAD WE REALLY HAD TO GET EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND PULL TOGETHER TO BE SUBMITTED IN TIME. YOU KNOW, TO ME IT'S ABOUT THE MOMENTUM. AND SO BY HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CONGRESSMEN AND CONTINUING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ON THE IN THEIR, I'LL SAY IN THEIR SPOTLIGHT ABOUT ALL THINGS COMING TO LEANDER, I JUST MET WITH SENATOR CORNYN'S DISTRICT STAFF TODAY AND TALKED TO THEM ABOUT OUR PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, SO THEY'RE AWARE OF IT AND KNOW WHAT'S COMING TO LAND. SO I THINK THERE'S SOME EXCITEMENT RIGHT NOW, AND I'M CONTINUING TO SPEAK UP FOR US AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL. AND IF THERE ARE ANY SUGGESTIONS OR QUESTIONS, Y'ALL HAVE, NO. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU FOR GETTING THAT DONE VERY QUICKLY, BECAUSE I KNOW IT WAS LIKE WE WERE THERE WEDNESDAY. IT'S DUE TOMORROW. AND SO YOU HAD TO RUN BACK AND GET THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT IF WE'RE I MEAN, WE HAVE A NICE ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE HERE TODAY.

WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THAT. SO I'M GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXCITEMENT AND ENTHUSIASM FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I MEAN, IT'S LIKE IT'S NOT EVEN WORK TO YOU. AND I MEAN, IT'S REALLY LIKE, WELL, I MEAN, IT IS WORK. YOU'RE WORKING YOUR TAIL OFF, BUT IT'S LIKE YOU'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT IT. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, WE HAVEN'T HAD THIS, THIS IS NEW. I MEAN, WE HAVE A RELATIVELY NEW CITY MANAGER AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER. AND WE HAVE NOT ALWAYS HAD THAT. WE HAVE NOT HAD THE ABILITY TO GO AND MEET WITH OUR LEGISLATORS. IT WAS LIKE WE'RE DOING IT ON OUR OWN AND REALLY DIDN'T HAVE THE TIME OR THE KNOW HOW TO DO WHAT YOU'RE DOING. SO THIS IS HUGE FOR OUR CITY, AND I THINK OUR CITIZENS NEED TO KNOW THAT, THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S ADVOCATING FOR OUR CITY, NOT SOMEBODY ELSE'S CITY ON WHAT'S GOOD FOR THEM. BUT IT'S WHAT GOOD WHAT IS GOOD FOR US AND LETTING THEM KNOW. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND MOSTLY WHAT YOU HAVE CONTROL OVER THAT ENTHUSIASM. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND DON'T EVER LOSE IT. DON'T EVER LOSE THAT ENTHUSIASM. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO SECOND THAT. YOU KNOW I APPRECIATE IT.

YOU KNOW, WE WENT TO DC AND YOU LINED UP ALL THE MEETINGS AND EVERYTHING AND YOU CAME BACK TO THE STATE AND YOU'RE OUT TO STATE CAPITOL EVERY DAY AND YOU'RE PUSHING FOR THINGS. AND IT'S BEEN GREAT BECAUSE LIKE, LIKE CATHERINE WAS SAYING IS WE HAVEN'T HAD A PRESENCE. WE HAVEN'T FOUGHT FOR THE CITY ON THE COUNTY OR THE STATE LEVEL. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO START DOING MORE OF, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE IN THAT POSITION HELPING US DO THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU KEN. THANK YOU. ALL

[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]

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[17. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case Z-24-0154 to amend the current zoning of TOD/PUD-CD  (Transit Oriented Development/ Planned Unit Development – Conventional Development Sector) to adopt the McCall Capital Minor Planned Unit Development with the base zoning of GC-3-C (General Commercial) on one (1) parcel of land 4.06 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District parcel R032207; and is generally located east of 183A Toll Road, approximately 270 feet south of Bulbine Drive, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. 

• Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case Z-24-0154 as described above.

THEY ARE REQUESTING THE GC THREE C GENERAL COMMERCIAL. THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR A VARIETY OF RETAIL SERVICE TYPE USES. THE REQUEST WAS REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DURING THE FEBRUARY 27TH MEETING, AND THE COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST. AND STAFF IS ALSO RECOMMENDING APPROVAL, AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. NOT A PRESENTATION HERE FOR QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, BUT IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL MOVE TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. IF NOT, IT'S ACTION ITEM. THIS IS THE LAST EASY CONVERSATION OF THE NIGHT. THANK YOU. APPROVE. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. NOW WE'LL MOVE TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. AND

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

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. EVERYONE OUT THERE. HELLO. SO WE HAVE A LITTLE PRESENTATION. SO WE'LL KIND OF WALK THROUGH. THERE'S KIND OF A LOT OF MOVING PARTS WITH THAT RESOLUTION THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING TONIGHT. PART OF IT REALLY IS LOOKING AT WHETHER THIS IS THE NEXT STEP THAT IS APPROPRIATE TO TAKE WITH REGARD TO THE REAGAN CORRIDOR. SO RONALD REAGAN HAS BEEN UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR SCHEMATIC REVIEW FOR PROBABLY THE LAST FEW YEARS. AND IT REALLY IS PROMULGATED BY A BOND ELECTION THAT THE VOTERS PASSED FOR WILLIAMSON COUNTY THROUGH A SERIES OF VARIOUS COUNTY WIDE TRANSPORTATION ROAD PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE THAT VOTERS HAD APPROVED OVER A SERIES OF YEARS IN DIFFERENT PROPOSALS. SO WITH THE INCEPTION OF THIS, THE 2020 BOND PROGRAM, THERE WERE FUNDS THAT WERE ALLOCATED TOWARDS THE PLANNING AND DESIGN FOR RONALD REAGAN. SO THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS REALLY HERE TO DO ONE PRIMARY THING. YOU'VE HAD A REQUEST FROM THE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION, WHICH WOULD BE A STATEMENT OF SUPPORT BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO SUPPORT A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE ROADWAY SEGMENT AS A TOLL ROAD AS AN OPTION. SO THAT'S REALLY WHY WE'RE HERE. THAT'S THE REQUEST THAT'S THERE. AND THE OBJECTIVE WOULD BE TO MOVE THAT REQUEST FORWARD TO THE RMA FOR CONSIDERATION. SOME OF THE KEY COMPONENTS OF THE RESOLUTION THAT ARE SPECIFIED. ONE IS THAT WE ARE REALLY ONLY SPECIFYING SUPPORT FOR THE FEASIBILITY STUDY, ONLY IT WOULDN'T BE REQUESTING OR WOULDN'T BE A STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR CONSTRUCTION OR ANY OTHER COMPONENTS OF THAT. IT'S REALLY THERE TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL DATA BACK TO THE CITY SO THAT YOU CAN

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BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES A RISK ASSESSMENT. WHAT HAPPENS IF TRAFFIC SLOWS DOWN? WHAT HAPPENS IF CERTAIN THINGS HAPPEN AND THERE'S AN IMPLICATION TO THE RATES OR AN IMPLICATION TO THE FISCAL FEASIBILITY FOR THIS PROJECT. AND I KNOW YOU CAN'T READ THAT LITTLE SHEET, BUT THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE, SHOWS YOU WHAT KIND OF A TYPICAL OUTLINE FOR A TNR STUDY IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE OUT THERE IN THE WORLD. THE RONALD REAGAN CORRIDOR PLAN INCLUDES THESE PRIMARY COMPONENTS. AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT 30 MILE STRETCH THAT TAKES YOU ALL THE WAY UP FROM 2431 FROM NORTH AUSTIN UP TO I-35 THROUGH SEVEN SEGMENTS, OF WHICH THE LEANDER PORTION IS SEGMENT A, SEGMENT A IS A $532 MILLION PROJECT AS CONTEMPLATED BASED ON PRELIMINARY CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATES. AND AGAIN, THAT INCLUDES FOR PRIMARY TOLL ROAD LANES THAT ARE IN THE MIDDLE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S TWO TWO LANE SERVICE ROADS TO EITHER SIDE OF THAT ROADWAY SECTION, AND IT DOES ANTICIPATE CERTAIN GRADE LEVEL CROSSINGS EITHER ABOVE OR BELOW. FOR EXAMPLE, OVERPASS OVER 29 GOING UNDER COFFMAN LOOP. AND THEN THERE'S VARIOUS GRADE SEPARATION CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE SEGMENT FROM 29 ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 1431 THROUGH CEDAR PARK. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, AND A REQUEST THAT WE HAD, WAS REALLY TO KIND OF PULL TOGETHER KIND OF ACCIDENT DATA. IF YOU REALLY COMPARE REAGAN TO 183 A, HOW ARE THOSE REALLY COMPARING? AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS AND YOU KIND OF LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENED REALLY OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS TO 11 YEARS ON THOSE SEGMENTS, YOU'LL SEE REALLY IT'S KIND OF EERILY SIMILAR IN TERMS OF THE ACCIDENT TRENDS AND DATA. AND THE NUMBERS ARE ALMOST IDENTICAL WHEN YOU LOOK AT BOTH ROADWAY SEGMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO LOOK AT HERE IS THE FATALITY INCIDENTS THAT ARE THERE. AND YOU SEE REALLY FIVE WITHIN THAT TIME PERIOD FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE ROADWAY SEGMENTS. YOU KNOW, PART OF THAT ISSUE REALLY IS WE'VE GOT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING AT OUR KEY CORNERS. WE'VE GOT SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS WHERE A LOT OF ADDITIONAL CONFLICTS AND TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS ARE OCCURRING. SO YES, WE DO HAVE GROWTH IN POPULATION, BUT THE GROWTH BUT THE ACCIDENT LEVELS ARE REALLY OUTPACING THE RATE OF POPULATION GROWTH THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY. SO WE HAVE MORE THINGS HERE. THERE'S MORE MOVEMENTS, THERE'S MORE SIGNALIZATION 183 A THROUGH THE CITY PRETTY MUCH HAS BEEN OPERATING AS REALLY VERY COMPARABLE RIGHT NOW TO, TO THE RONALD REAGAN CORRIDOR. WHEN YOU CONTEMPLATE WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD THE MAIN LANES OPEN YET. SO THOSE WILL BE OPEN WITH HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE. AGAIN, JUST DID I GO THE WRONG WAY. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT SEGMENT OH I'M SORRY. THAT WAS SEGMENT . SORRY. LET ME GO BACK. AGAIN. GOING BACK TO SEGMENT A NO WE'RE

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YOU'LL SEE THAT THIS DESIGN CONTEMPLATES THAT THOSE POWER POLES DON'T HAVE TO BE RELOCATED, THAT THEY'RE REALLY LOCATED STILL DOWN THE CENTER OF THAT RIGHT OF WAY. IN ADDITION, YOU'LL SEE THE RED LINES, WHICH REALLY ALSO DEMARK PEDESTRIAN MULTI-USE PATHS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ROADWAY AS WELL. THIS JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA IN TERMS OF, AGAIN, WHERE WE BEGIN TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE GRADE SEPARATIONS THAT ARE THERE. SO THE MAP ON THE LEFT SHOWS OUR HALF OF HIGHWAY 29 AND REAGAN. THE OTHER HALF IS IN UNINCORPORATED COUNTY, WHICH IS ACTUALLY IN THE LIBERTY HILL ETJ, NOT THE CITY. SO WHICH IS WHY OUR MAP SHOWS ONLY HALF OF IT IN COLOR FOR US. AND THEN THE OTHER SHOWS SAN GABRIEL AS AN EXAMPLE, WHERE WE HAVE THE SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY THAT'S THERE. WE HAVE A AN ELEVATED BRIDGE CROSSING OVER SAN GABRIEL THERE, AND THEN THERE'S ACCESS ROADS THAT YOU EXIT FURTHER UP OR BELOW, AND THEN YOU ACCESS THE ROADWAY SECTION FROM THERE. SO WE DON'T HAVE THE LARGE RAMPS AND THE TURN LANES AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS AT THESE INTERSECTIONS. THE DESIGN IS REALLY BEEN CONTEMPLATED TO STAY ROUGHLY WITHIN THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY LIMITS THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE. SO NOW THE QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE CTMA ACTUALLY IN IN WHAT DO THEY DO. SO THE KEY TERM IS ACTUALLY AN INDEPENDENT LEGISLATIVE BODY THAT HAS BEEN ENABLED BY THE STATE ACCORDING TO THE TRANSPORTATION CODE. AND KATRINA WAS SPECIFICALLY CREATED IN 2002. AND REALLY THEIR PURPOSE IS TO CONCEPTUALIZE, DEVELOP AND DELIVER CERTAIN TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS THAT REALLY HELP TO ADDRESS REGIONALIZED TRANSPORTATION NEEDS THROUGH OUR AREA. IT DOES COVER THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND TRAVIS COUNTY. WE'VE GOT A SEVEN MEMBER BOARD. THE CHAIRMAN IS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR. AND THEN YOU HAVE THREE MEMBERS APPOINTED BY BOTH TRAVIS AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES. SO IF CTMA WERE TO CONDUCT THE TNR, THE FEASIBILITY STUDY, IT WOULD NOT BE A COST TO THE CITY OF LEANDER. THE PROCESS TO BEGIN, IT IS REALLY A REQUEST BY WILLIAMSON COUNTY TO CONDUCT THE STUDY. THE CTMA REALLY ISN'T ASKING FOR CITY RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT. IT REALLY WOULD COME AS A REQUEST FROM THE COUNTY THAT THAT BE CONSIDERED. IF THAT REQUEST CAME IN, THE SEVEN MEMBER BOARD WOULD THEN REVIEW AND CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD AUTHORIZE THE STUDY TO BE CONDUCTED. SO PRESUME THAT THAT GETS AUTHORIZED. THERE WOULD BE A FINAL REPORT THAT WOULD COME FORWARD. THAT FINAL REPORT ULTIMATELY IS FIRST REVIEWED BY THE BOARD THAT WILL REVIEW, CONSIDER AND ADOPT OR ACCEPT THE RESULTS OF THAT STUDY. IN TALKING WITH THE DIRECTOR FOR ME TODAY, HE DID AFFIRM FOR ME THAT THEY WOULD TAKE THE RESULTS OF THAT STUDY AND THEY WOULD SHARE THAT BACK WITH THE AFFECTED CITIES. SO IN OUR CASE, CEDAR PARK AND LEANDER WOULD BOTH BE PROVIDED INFORMATION AND THEIR RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS FROM THAT STUDY THAT WOULD ALLOW ANYBODY TO MAKE DECISIONS ON THAT DATA DRIVEN BASIS BEFORE ANY NEXT STEPS ARE TAKEN. SO THE MAYOR HAS CERTAIN SPECIFIC ROLES, AS WE HAD IDENTIFIED. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS WHETHER OR NOT OR WHAT BASIS DOES THE CITY'S POSITION ON A PROJECT LIKE THIS ON A TOLL ROAD HAVE WITH REGARD TO CONSTRUCTING THAT PROJECT THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY? THE I GUESS THE DOWN AND DIRTY ANSWER TO THAT IS C TERM IS A LEGISLATIVE BODY THAT HAS AN INDEPENDENT BOARD THAT CAN MAKE ITS OWN DECISIONS, SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE APPROVAL FROM AN

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WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE NEED, YOU KNOW, TO REALLY LOOK AT OUR PLANS VERSUS THEIR PLANS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF WHETHER IT'S A TOLL, WHETHER IT'S WITH REGARD TO OTHER LOCAL KIND OF PROJECTS. WE HAVE CONCERNS WITH REGARD TO HOW THIS PROJECT FEEDS AND HOW IT IMPACTS TRAFFIC AND CAPACITY. AT 29, CEDAR PARK HAS A CONCERN WITH REGARD TO HOW IT DOES THE SAME THING AT 1431. AND SO THERE'S MORE CONVERSATIONS AND THERE'S A DEEPER DIVE THAT'S REALLY REQUIRED AS WE REALLY THINK ABOUT THIS AND WE THINK ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO, AND WE'RE TO A POINT OF REALLY NEEDING TO BEGIN TO IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE ACTION SECTIONS NEED TO BE AND HOW THAT BEGINS TO ROLL INTO OUR FISCAL PLANNING, TO OUR CAPITAL PLANNING SIDE. SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR ANY QUESTIONS. WE WILL HAVE COMMISSIONER LONG COME UP AND DO HER PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE'LL DO OUR COMMENTS, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES. I DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION. I KNOW WHEN MY THE I TOLD COUNCIL MEMBER MCDONALD THE A-TEAM WAS HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. AND BOB DAY, WHO KIND OF GAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU ALL. I'M REALLY HERE JUST TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT TOD KIND OF LAID OUT THE PROJECT. THIS CORRIDOR IS A PART OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY'S GREATER OVERALL TRANSPORTATION PLAN, AND IT'S INTERESTING. RONALD REAGAN, WHEN I TOOK OFFICE, RONALD REAGAN DIDN'T EXIST NORTH OF LEANDER ROAD. AND SO IN A VERY SHORT TIME, THAT 31 MILE CORRIDOR FROM 1431 ALL THE WAY TO GERALD HAS BEEN BEEN COMPLETED BY THE COUNTY. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK OF ALL THE BUSINESSES AND THE HOMES THAT NOW EXIST THERE THAT WOULDN'T HAVE HAD PEOPLE LONG BEFORE ME NOT HAD A LONG TERM VISION OF WHAT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY LOOK LIKE. I'D LOVE TO TAKE CREDIT FOR IT, BUT IT WASN'T ME. IT WAS FOLKS BEFORE ME WHO SAID, NO, WE NEED ALTERNATIVES IN OUR COUNTY. AND IF I KNOW SEVERAL OF YOU LIVE ALONG THAT CORRIDOR AND DEAL WITH IT EVERY DAY, BUT IT IS GETTING LOVED TO DEATH. AND SO THE CITY AND THE COUNTY HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT. BUT LEANDER IS ONE PIECE OF THAT 31 MILES.

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IT'S NOT THE FINAL DESIGN BY ANY MEANS, BUT THIS JUST GETS FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD AND IT GIVES YOU MORE OPTIONS TO LOOK AT AS YOU LOOK AT ALL OF YOUR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND AS WE PARTNER TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'VE PARTNERED TOGETHER WITH YOU ON MANY PROJECTS AND SOME RIGHT NOW, BAGHDAD ROAD, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON GETTING THE AGREEMENT DONE FOR BAGHDAD ROAD, ALSO FOR 175. SO THE COUNTY HAS BEEN A GOOD PARTNER WITH THE CITY FOR DECADES IN HELPING IMPROVE THE TRANSPORTATION IN THE CITY. AND I THINK THIS IS JUST ONE MORE STEP TO GET THAT TRAFFIC OFF THE ROAD. THE TWO. AND JUST TO REEMPHASIZE, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME BAD INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN OUT THERE, THOSE TWO ACCESS ROADS OR FRONTAGE ROADS, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO REFER TO THEM, THOSE WOULD ALWAYS BE NON-TOLLED. AND IN FACT, IN TEXAS WE CANNOT CONVERT NON-TOLLED LANES INTO TOLL LANES BY STATUTE. SO THAT WOULD NOT OCCUR. THOSE THOSE LANES WOULD BE THERE. AND I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A STOP WITH A QUICK ANECDOTE ON 183 A IF YOU LIVED IN LEANDER BEFORE 183 A WAS OPEN, YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT TOOK TO GET DOWN.

183 THROUGH THROUGH LEANDER AND THROUGH CEDAR PARK. EVEN TODAY, 18 YEARS LATER, IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO PAY THE TOLL ON 183 A, THAT COMMUTE IS STILL BETTER THAN IT WAS 18 YEARS AGO BEFORE THE TOLL ROAD. AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TOLLS, WE WOULD ALL LOVE IT TO NOT HAVE TO BE TOLD. BUT THAT'S THE REALITY OF HOW TO FUND A PROJECT LIKE THIS. THE CTMA IS A PARTNER THAT WE HAVE IN THIS REGION THAT CAN BUILD PROJECTS OF THIS SIZE. CURRENTLY, 183 IS THEIR ONLY PROJECT IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, ALTHOUGH WE ARE A PARTNER WITH TRAVIS COUNTY FOR PROJECTS HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED IN TRAVIS COUNTY, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WILLIAMSON COUNTY GETS IN LINE. NEXT. THEY'VE GOT BASTROP COUNTY KNOCKING AT THEIR DOOR TO EXPAND 290 FURTHER TO THE EAST. THEY HAVE THE STATUTORY AUTHORITY TO GO INTO COUNTIES THAT AREN'T EVEN A PART OF THE CTMA. I'D LOVE FOR US TO GET IN LINE FIRST, BECAUSE IT'S WILLIAMSON COUNTY'S TURN AND LEANDER'S TURN TO GET THEM TO DO SOME WORK IN OUR IN OUR CITY AND IN OUR COUNTY. I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE OR I'LL BE AROUND FOR. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP OUR COMMENTS AND THEN AFTERWARDS WE'LL LIKELY HAVE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. AND I'LL JUST ASK IF EVERYBODY WOULD BE PATIENT. I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 13 OR 14 SPEAKERS THAT ARE GOING TO COME UP AND THEY CAN GET THREE MINUTES APIECE. SO IF YOU WOULD WHEN YOU COME UP, JUST SAY YOUR ADDRESS AND WE'LL GET RIGHT TO IT. SO THE FIRST PERSON IS COMMISSIONER JAMES OLIVER AND HE IS FOR THE ITEM. COME ON UP. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HOW ARE YOU? ALL RIGHT. GOOD. THANK YOU.

MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING, JAMES OLIVER. I'M AT 1004 PURPLE MOORE PASS HERE IN LEANDER. BEEN A CITIZEN OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR 12 YEARS AND SEEN A LOT OF GROWTH UP AND DOWN.

RONALD REAGAN I DID WANT TO READ A QUICK STATEMENT THAT I'VE GOT A FEW COMMENTS THAT I DO WANT TO SHARE REGARDING THIS ITEM, AS I AGREE WITH MUCH OF WHAT THE RONALD REAGAN CORRIDOR PLANNING RECOMMENDS FOR IMPROVEMENTS, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL OUT A FEW ITEMS TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE COUNCIL, AND CERTAINLY BY THE STUDY THAT I DO ANTICIPATE WILL GET PASSED TONIGHT. PLANNING FOR SEGMENT A FROM 1431 TO 29 WAS COMPLETED BY ENGINEERS IN THE SUMMER OF 23, AND THE SCHEMATIC OF ALL SEGMENTS CAN BE FOUND ON WILCO EX-GOV. THE FACT SHEET DOES STATE, AS FUNDING BECOMES

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AND QUITE FRANKLY, TOLL ROADS AND EXPRESSWAYS CAN WORK IN HARMONY WITH SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS IF DONE CORRECTLY. I DO LOOK AT THE DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY, FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH INTERSECTS NOTHING BUT NEIGHBORHOODS. THESE ARE ALL THINGS, IF DONE CORRECTLY, CAN WORK TO OUR BENEFIT AND ALL, AND ARE ALL THINGS I HOPE THIS STUDY WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND IMPACT TO THE SURROUNDING AREA.

ADDING ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT ROADWAY TO LEANDER COULD GREATLY BENEFIT OUR CITY FINANCIALLY.

AND SO I DO THINK THIS IS A PROJECT WORTH LOOKING INTO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE MIKE SANDERS, WHO IS AGAINST ITEM 18 IF YOU COME FORWARD. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. AND JUST STATE YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MIKE SANDERS. I LIVE HERE IN WESTVIEW MEADOWS, RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM THE CITY HALL, AND I'M IN OPPOSITION TO CONVERTING RONALD REAGAN BOULEVARD INTO A TOLLWAY.

AND I'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW REASONS WHY. WHEN I LISTENED TO EACH OF YOU SPEAKING AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, I WATCHED THE VIDEO. IT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR MORE THAN ONE OF YOU SAY THAT. YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS UNTIL IT APPEARED ON THE AGENDA FOR YOUR MEETING, SO YOU WERE, IN ESSENCE, BEING ASKED TO MAKE AN IMPULSIVE DECISION ABOUT SOMETHING YOU YOU DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT. SO WILLIAMSON COUNTY APPARENTLY HAS BEEN PLANNING THIS FOR A YEAR OR MORE, BUT THEY HAVEN'T TAKEN THE TIME TO COME TO YOU. THEY HAVEN'T TAKEN THE TIME TO ASK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT, AND THEY CERTAINLY HAVEN'T TAKEN THE TIME TO ASK THE CITIZENS OF LEANDER FOR OUR INPUT. AND I THINK THAT BEFORE YOU MAKE ANY DECISION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS KIND OF A PROJECT THAT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT THE LIVES OF A LARGE OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, THAT YOU WOULD FIRST INVITE INPUT FROM THOSE PEOPLE THAT YOU WOULD FIRST, BEFORE YOU MAKE SUCH A DECISION THAT YOU WOULD ASK PEOPLE, YOU WOULD HOLD SOME PUBLIC HEARINGS OR PUT IT OUT TO A VOTE, OR IN SOME WAY GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEIR THOUGHTS. I ALSO LEARNED AT THE LAST MEETING THAT CYNTHIA LONG, COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER LONG, ALTHOUGH SHE WAS INTIMATELY ACQUAINTED WITH THIS, SHE DIDN'T BOTHER TO COME TO YOU FOLKS UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE. AND THEN WHEN SHE DID, SHE, YOU KNOW, SHE SHE TRIED TO CONVINCE YOU FOLKS TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS, BUT SHE HAS NEVER COME TO THE CITIZENS THAT LIVE HERE IN LEANDER AND ASKED FOR OUR OPINIONS. IN OTHER WORDS, SHE DOESN'T CARE. SHE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT OUR OPINIONS. THEY DON'T MATTER IN THE LEAST. SHE WANTS TO PUSH FORWARD WHAT SHE WANTS, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE CITIZENS OF LEANDER WANT. AND I THINK THAT'S I THINK THAT'S HORRIBLE.

IT'S THIS IS THE ONLY MAIN ARTERY THROUGH LEANDER, THROUGH THE EAST SIDE OF LEANDER, THAT CURRENTLY GOES HIGH SPEED WITHOUT A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS. IF THEY BUILD ALL THESE BRIDGES AND ALL PUT IN THESE TOLLWAYS, THEY'RE GOING TO COMPLETELY BLOCK THE EAST WEST TRAFFIC GOING ACROSS THAT ROAD, EXCEPT IN A FEW MINOR PLACES WHERE THEY PUT BRIDGES, RIGHT, OR UNDERPASSES OR OVERPASSES, THEY'RE GOING TO REALLY IMPACT ALL THE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE

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HELLO. JUSTIN FISHER, 2200 AIRPORT AT PALMER RIDGE. THANK YOU FOR TAKING GIVING ME THE TIME AND THANK YOU FOR SERVING. SO I AM A CEO OF TEXAS BUSINESS. I EMPLOY LOTS OF TEXAS EMPLOYEES. I'M A NATIVE CENTRAL TEXAN, GREW UP IN ROUND ROCK AND LEANDER. AND I WANT YOU GUYS TO CONSIDER SOME THINGS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TEXAS TOLL ROADS. DO YOU KNOW TEXAS HAS THE MOST TOLL ROADS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY? WE ACTUALLY HAVE MORE WOLVES THAN MANY COUNTRIES COMBINED. TOLL ROADS DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT MEDIUM TO LOW INCOME DRIVERS. THE MOST. YOU KNOW, TO GET TO MY HOUSE, TO THE AIRPORT ON A PREEXISTING 183 THAT WAS MADE INTO A TOLL ROAD, IS ABOUT $22 ROUND TRIP. MY YOUNG ADULTS, CHILDREN THAT ARE WORKING IN MY HOUSE, IT COSTS THEM MORE TO DO THAT TRIP THAN TO GET ONE HOURS OF WAIT, RIGHT? SO IT IS IMPACTING THEM. LEANDER. THE TOLL ROAD DESIGNS ON MOST EXISTING ROADWAYS HAVE ACTUALLY CAUSED UNNECESSARY SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. I USED TO LIVE IN AVERY AND THAT EXIT FROM AVERY RANCH OFF OF 183 A IS ENTIRELY DANGEROUS BECAUSE YOU'RE COMING OFF AND YOU'RE YOU'RE CONTENDING WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO GET FREE ACCESS TO 183, THE ORIGINAL 183. IT IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS, AND I'VE SEEN FATALITIES THERE. FINALLY, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION IS ABOUT A STUDY.

SO WHO ARE WE TRUSTING TO DO THE STUDY, GIVE YOU GUYS SOME INFORMATION. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE ORIGINAL CREATION OF SH. 130. THERE WAS A PROMISE THAT LARGER TRUCKS WOULD HAVE A REDUCED FEE IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE TRAFFIC ON I-35. NEVER HAPPENED. THERE IS A ALMOST HALF $1 BILLION BOND. THIS FEDERAL BOND THAT WAS FORGIVEN BY THE BUILDERS, THE FOR THE BUILDERS OF THE SH 130 BUT COMMISSIONER RICK WILLIAMSON UNDER OATH AND ON MARCH 1ST, 2007 SAID IF THERE'S EVER A DEFAULT ON THIS LOAN, THIS TAXPAYER FUNDED LOAN, THAT WE WILL RETAIN, THE ROAD NEVER HAPPENED. IT WAS SOLD TO A PRIVATE COMPANY THEY HAVE CONTROL OF IT FOR TILL 2020, 62 AND THEY CAN RAISE THEIR RATES AND THERE IS NO PAYBACK TO THE TAXPAYERS. IN FACT, THERE'S ANOTHER $260 MILLION DEBT FACILITY ADDED TO THAT ROAD. HMA HAS HAD NUMEROUS INVESTIGATIONS AND COMPLAINTS OVER POOR BUSINESS PRACTICES, OVER BILLING CHARGES, NOT REGISTERING VEHICLES WHEN THEY CHANGE WITH TXDOT, SOME OF THEIR CREDIT DEBT POLICIES HAVE BEEN CLASSIFIED AS PREDATORY. THE NOW DEFUNCT TEXAS TECH WAS COMPLETELY INCOMPETENT. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'VE EVER HAD TO DEAL WITH THEM. NEVER STOPPED. WENT TO NTR, BUT ULTIMATELY THEY WOULD PUT YOU IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TOLL COMPANY AND THEIR TAX TOLL TAGS. AND GOOD LUCK IF YOU GET GET OFF OF

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CHARLIE COLLIER AGAINST ITEM 18. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU. CHARLIE COLLIER AT 2416 CARTER DRIVE. LEANDER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS. I LIVE IN LEANDER, AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT ON THIS TOPIC, WHICH DIRECTLY AFFECTS ME, MY FAMILY, MY ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THE PROPOSAL TO ALLOW HMA TO TURN RONALD REAGAN INTO A TOLL ROAD. RONALD REAGAN'S THE MAIN ARTERY IN AND OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY. FOR MANY OF US, IT'S NOT JUST A ROAD, IT'S A LIFELINE THAT RELY ON EVERY DAY TO GO TO WORK, SCHOOL, DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS, SEE OUR LOVED ONES, TURN TO THIS VITAL ROUTE INTO A TOLL WOULD CREATE A UNNECESSARY FINANCIAL FINANCIAL STRAIN ON THE RESIDENTS AND MANY WHO ALREADY ARE DEALING WITH THE RISING COST OF LIVING. PERSONALLY, I FELT THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF TOLL ROADS WHEN I USED TO. I OPENED UP AN OFFICE IN CEDAR PARK IN 2020, AND I WOULD TAKE 180 3 A.M. EVERY DAY TO WORK TO AND FROM. AND BEFORE I KNEW IT, END UP COSTING ME ABOUT $90 A WEEK. THAT'S OVER $350 A MONTH. THAT'S JUST TO AND FROM WORK. AFTER A FEW MONTHS, I HAD TO STOP. IT SIMPLY BECAME A WASTE OF MONEY. THAT'S WHEN I ACTUALLY STARTED USING RONALD REAGAN INSTEAD TO GO DOWN TO CEDAR PARK. IT ADDED ABOUT 7 TO 10 MINUTES TO THE DRIVE, BUT AT LEAST I HAD THE OPTION. AN OPTION THAT DIDN'T PUNISH ME FINANCIALLY FOR GOING TO AND FROM WORK. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THAT OPTION DISAPPEARS? IF RONALD REAGAN BECOMES TOLD PEOPLE LIKE ME AND THERE'S THOUSANDS OF US WILL BE FORCED TO EITHER PAY UP OR USE SMALLER ROADS, INCREASING CONGESTION AND EXTENDING THE COMMUTE FOR EVERYONE. I, I KNOW THE COMMISSIONER MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE KEEPING THE ROADS. WELL, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE IT FROM A FOUR LANE RIGHT NOW TO REALLY TWO LANE FOR PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT TO PAY, YOU KNOW, ONE, ONE ROAD ON EACH SIDE. THAT'S IT. SO I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SHE WAS MENTIONING HOW THE ONE 183 A WENT IN THE CONGESTION ON THE ORIGINAL 183 LESSON. GREAT. YOU KNOW THAT SCENARIO I THINK WERE WORKED FOR THAT. BUT WITH HAVING 183 A AND THEN RONALD REAGAN AS A TOLL, ARE TWO MAIN ARTERIES. THE ONLY OPTION WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IS REALLY TO PAY A TOLL, UNLESS WE REALLY WANT TO SIT IN MASSIVE TRAFFIC. SO I'M AGAINST THE DEVELOPMENT. I'M NOT AGAINST THE DEVELOPMENT OR SMART TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS. I AGREE WITH A LOT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WAS MADE IN THE STUDY. BACK IN. I THINK IT WAS 2023 TO HELP REDUCE CONGESTION ALONG RONALD REAGAN, BUT WITH I JUST LEARNING TONIGHT THAT ONCE YOU GUYS OPEN UP THIS PANDORA'S BOX, YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO CLOSE IT WITH HAVING THE CTA, CTA, HAVING THE ABILITY TO NOT ASK FOR YOUR PERMISSION IF YOU GUYS SAY NO, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. I JUST LEARNED THAT TONIGHT, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY DAMN SCARY. YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT VOTED YOU INTO OFFICE COMPLETELY NOT AGREEING WITH THIS. AND YOUR HANDS ARE TIRED ONCE WE ONCE WE OPEN THE PANDORA'S BOX. SO PLEASE VOTE NO THANK YOU ON THE TODAY AND JOHN SMITH ALSO AGAINST ITEM 18. HELLO. PLEASE STATE YOUR YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. ALL RIGHT I'M GOING TO GIVE IT TO YOU. THANKS. JOHN SMITH I CAN PROVE IT. AND I LIVE AT 2316 LA MIRADA STREET RIGHT OFF PALMER RIDGE. AND I'M GREATLY OPPOSED TO THIS RESOLUTION. I'VE NEVER SEEN A TOLL THAT I LIKED. IT'S FOREVER.

YOU PAY FOR IT FOREVER. IT NEVER GETS REDUCED WHEN IT GETS PAID OFF AND YOU'RE STUCK WITH IT.

NOW, FROM A PERSONAL STANDPOINT, ALL THAT NOISE IS GOING TO BE RIGHT BY OUR HOUSES THAT LIVE OVER ON PALMER RIDGE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT MASSIVE DISTURBANCE FOR OUR OUR PEOPLE, OUR CITIZENS THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO TO OUR PROPERTY VALUE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR HOUSES ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY THE PRICE, BUT IT COULD BE BAD. SO I DON'T I'M OPPOSED TO IT. AND I TELL YOU, THE OTHER THING THAT REALLY GETS UNDER MY SKIN IS THE FACT THAT THEY CAN JUST GO DO THIS WITHOUT ME VOTING FOR IT. WE'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THAT IN THIS COUNTRY, AND I THINK IT'S TIME WE STOP DOING THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. ANTHONY ZANON

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JARED COWAN. AGAINST ITEM 18. OKAY. AND THEN ANITA BACK. AND I'M NOT SURE YOUR POSITION IS NOT MARKED ON HERE. HI I'M ANITA 708 PALMOS DRIVE. MY POSITION IS UNDECIDED BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED AS TO IF THE STUDY AUTOMATICALLY MEANS THAT THE CTC, THE CTR MADE, IT DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY MEAN THAT THE CTR MAY IS GOING TO HAVE CONTROL OF THE RONALD REAGAN CORRIDOR. WE HAVE A $320 MILLION BUDGET CURRENTLY FOR LEANDER'S IMPROVEMENT TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE FUNDS FOR $83.5 MILLION FOR THAT CORRIDOR.

I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT IS GOING TO BE THE CASE. WE ARE LOOKING AT 15.6 MILLION JUST FOR RIGHT OF WAY. AND THAT WAS A TINY LITTLE PROJECT IN COMPARISON TO THIS. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A TON OF MONEY THAT I KNOW THAT RESIDENTS ARE REALLY CONCERNED, BUT THE TAXPAYERS ARE. SOMEONE IS GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. AND IF IT'S TRUE THAT THIS ITEM IS GOING TO DO THIS STUDY AT NO COST TO THE CITY, WE SHOULD USE IT AS A RESOURCE FOR THE CITY. HOWEVER, I ASK THAT SHOULD WE YOU GUYS MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS STUDY THAT THE COUNCIL CONSIDERS SAFEGUARDS TO ENSURE THAT THIS STUDY REMAINS OBJECTIVE, TRANSPARENT AND TRULY IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, AND NOT JUST AS A SELF-SERVING TO THE AGENCY CONDUCTING IT. KTMA AS A TOLLING AUTHORITY HAS A FINANCIAL INCENTIVE IN THE OUTCOME OF THIS STUDY. THEREFORE, TO AVOID ANY PERCEIVED OR ACTUAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST, I ASK THAT THE COUNCIL TO REQUIRE THAT THE STUDY BE SUBJECT TO INDEPENDENT PEER REVIEW AND AFFILIATED ENGINEERING FIRM OR AN ACADEMIC BODY SHOULD VALIDATE THE TRAFFIC MODELS, FINANCIAL ASSUMPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS TO ENSURE ACCURACY AND NEUTRALITY. AS THEY SAID, THEY WILL SHARE THE STUDY WITH THE CITY SO WE

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. WE HAVE TWO OTHER POSITIONS THAT DID NOT WISH TO SPEAK THAT WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD. NINA. THINK, NINA THIGPEN. THANK YOU, THANK YOU IS AGAINST ITEM 18. AND THEN CARRIE BOULTER IS ALSO AGAINST ITEM 18. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISH TO SPEAK THAT DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO DO A CARD? HERE'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY. IF YOU WANT TO. WE CAN GET YOU A CARD AND YOU CAN HAVE THREE MINUTES. IF NOT, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND WE'LL MOVE TO DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL, WITH OUR CITY MANAGER AND WITH COMMISSIONER LONG COUNCIL. DO YOU WANT TO START? GO AHEAD. WELL, I MEAN I DON'T CARE WHO STARTS. OH YEAH I'LL TRY NOT START. SO I THINK. SO IN PREPARATION FOR THIS I'M ONLY GOING TO BE HERE FOR ANOTHER 45 DAYS OR I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY DAYS WE HAVE LEFT HERE. SIX WEEKS OR SO LEFT. SHE HAS COUNTED AFTERWARDS. AND AFTERWARDS, YOU KNOW, THE WHATEVER DECISION IS MADE IS GOING TO GREATLY IMPACT WHOEVER ELSE IS UP HERE FOR PROBABLY THE NEXT 20 OR 30 YEARS, I WOULD SAY. AND WHOEVER ELSE LIVES IN THE CITY FOR THE NEXT 20 OR 30 YEARS. SO WHAT I DID WAS I ACTUALLY ASKED TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING FOR THIS SEAT IN THE NEXT ELECTION WHAT THEIR PERSONAL OPINIONS WERE, AND I WANTED TO TAKE THOSE INTO ACCOUNT WHEN I WAS GIVING SOME TYPE OF FEEDBACK, MY PERSONAL FEEDBACK. WELL, LET ME TELL YOU THERE, THE FEEDBACK OF BOTH OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING FOR THIS SEAT. AND I THINK THIS MIGHT BE VERY WEIRD, BUT IT JUST MAKES SENSE TO ME IN MY MIND, WHICH IS BEING OPEN AND TRANSPARENT AND GIVING EVERYBODY A VOICE AND TRY TO TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS. SO BOTH PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE SITTING IN THIS SEAT ARE, ARE OPPOSED FOR, FOR MAYBE SOME OF THE SAME REASONS THAT I'VE HEARD FROM SOME OF YOU GUYS TALKING ABOUT. ONE IS JUST WHY OPEN WHY, WHY OPEN THIS UP NOW? WHY NOT JUST SHUT THE SHUT THIS THING DOWN RIGHT AWAY? AND THE OTHER ONE WAS, EVEN IF WE GO FORWARD WITH THE STUDY, WHICH DATA IS IMPORTANT FOR MAKING DECISIONS, HOW CAN WE TRUST THAT THE DECISION THAT THE DATA THAT WE'RE GETTING IS, IS CORRECT. RIGHT. AND SO I FIND MYSELF SO I JUST WANT TO BE FAIR AND JUST SAY THAT THOSE WERE THE OPINIONS THAT OTHER PEOPLE THAT COULD, WILL BE SITTING IN THIS SEAT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER IN SIX WEEKS WILL BE, WILL BE SAYING, PERSONALLY, I BELIEVE IF I WAS LEAVING THE CITY WITH A THOUGHT, I WOULD SAY IS PROBABLY CLOSEST TO IF I IF NO OFFENSE TO ANYBODY ELSE HERE, BUT MY PERSONAL OPINION WOULD BE CLOSEST TO PROBABLY MISS ANITA'S THAT JUST CAME UP AND SPOKE, WHICH IS REALLY IT'S VERY UNDECIDED. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE. IF I COULD JUST SPEAK PLAINLY AGAIN, I'M NOT RUNNING FOR REELECTION. SO I COULD JUST BE BLUNT AND JUST SAY SOME PEOPLE WHEN WE WERE COMING UP HERE AND TALKING TO YOU, I DON'T THINK YOU LISTENED TO WHAT WAS ACTUALLY BEING PRESENTED. AND SO THERE WAS THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT THEY'RE NOT SURE SOMEBODY HAS TOLD YOU SOMETHING THAT'S NOT TRUE. AND SO I THINK MORE INFORMATION WOULD BE NEEDED ONE WAY OR ANOTHER HERE. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT COULD WHAT POSSIBLY COULD GO WRONG FROM GETTING DATA. AND MAYBE I'M NAIVE FOR SAYING THAT, BUT I BELIEVE WHAT, WHAT POSSIBLY CAN GO WRONG FROM GETTING DATA. I WOULD BE UNDECIDED 100% UNDECIDED. IF I HAD TO CHOOSE RIGHT NOW I'D SAY PLEASE DO NOT GIVE US A TOLL ROAD. BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE SAYING THAT THAT THE MRA IS NOT COMING TO US SAYING WE WANT TO GO TAKE OVER A TOLL ROAD. THIS IS THE COUNTY SAYING, HEY, WE DON'T HAVE FUNDS TO DO THIS, AND CITY, YOU DON'T HAVE FUNDS TO DO THIS. SHOULD WE LOOK AT ANOTHER WAY? IF WE WERE GOING TO DO THAT, THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO DO THAT. AND SO I AGREE.

AND THAT'S WHY I THINK YOU SAW THIS COUNCIL MAKE A, A VERY DELIBERATE DECISION TO NOT GO FORWARD WITH THIS. THE LAST TIME THAT IT CAME BEFORE US A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN RUSHING. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE DOING, AND NONE OF US COULD HAVE COULD HAVE RESPONSIBLY MADE THAT DECISION. BUT I THINK WHAT'S BEEN SCALED BACK NOW IS YOU'RE ASKING FOR DATA AND IF WE WERE ABLE TO GET AND THIS IS FOR YOU, TODD, I GUESS, AND FOR STAFF OR WHOEVER ELSE IS MAKING THESE DECISIONS, IF WE HAVE THAT DATA AND THAT HELPS US WITH THE CORRIDOR STORE

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HOW DO WE STEWARD THAT? SO IF THIS DOESN'T GET PAID FOR, LET'S SAY MY QUESTION WILL BE WHENEVE, WHETHER THAT'S COMMISSIONER LONG OR WITH TODD IS WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR THE LAST YEAR AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS ROAD GETTING, GETTING DONE AND NOT TAKING UP ANY MORE RIGHT OF WAY. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THEY'RE TRYING TO DO THIS WITHIN, WITHIN THE SAME, SAME, SAME PARAMETERS OF THE ROAD THAT ARE RIGHT NOW. OTHERWISE YOU HAVE TO GO WIDER AND AFFECT PEOPLE'S HOUSES AND AFFECT PEOPLE'S BUSINESSES AND PROBABLY GO WIDE ENOUGH TO ADD MORE LANES TO GET PEOPLE THROUGH THERE. AND I'M NOT THE TRANSPORTATION GUY. THAT'S WHAT I WAS HOPING. YOU GO FIRST. YOU'RE THE I TRUST DAVID ON THIS IS AS FAR AS MY IF I WAS LIKE SITTING UP HERE AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPMENTS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE LOOK DOWN AND SAY, HEY, CHRIS, WHAT DO YOU THINK? BECAUSE I WORK IN THIS WORLD AND I DO NOT WORK IN THE TRANSPORTATION WORLD. I JUST WORK IN COMMON SENSE AND TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING, TOO. AND SO WITH ALL THOSE THINGS BEING SAID, I WOULD WANT TO KNOW WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE ANYWAYS, WHETHER KTMY HAS WHETHER THEY WERE EVER BROUGHT INTO THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE OR WHAT DOES THAT EVEN LOOK LIKE? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ELEVATED ROADS ANYWAYS? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS TO GET PEOPLE THROUGH THERE NO MATTER WHAT? BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO IT.

OR ARE WE GOING TO BE MAKING SURE THAT FUTURE, FUTURE RESIDENTS AND FUTURE COMMUTERS UP AND DOWN THAT CORRIDOR ARE GUARANTEED TO BE IN GRIDLOCK TRAFFIC BECAUSE WE DON'T DO ANYTHING THERE, AND THEY CAN POINT BACK TO SAYING, YOU GUYS ALL DIDN'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BACK THEN TOO. SO I JUST I WOULD WANT IF I WAS MAKING THAT DECISION. AND AGAIN, I WILL NOT BE AROUND WHEN THIS DECISION IS MADE. IF I WAS THERE, I WOULD WANT DATA ONE WAY OR ANOTHER TO MAKE A EDUCATED DECISION. PERIOD. SO I THINK I'LL REST AT THAT. OKAY, GO AHEAD. OKAY. SO THE PROBLEM WE HAVE IS THAT WE HAVE A ROAD THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC. AND IT'S RIGHT NOW WE'RE PROBABLY SITTING AT MAYBE 20% OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO END UP ON THAT ROAD. AND SO HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THAT. AND DO WE HAVE THE FUNDS AS A CITY TO PAY FOR IT? AND DO WE HAVE THE WILLINGNESS TO DEAL WITH IT? WHEN I THINK OF REALLY BAD ROADS AROUND HERE, I THINK OF LIKE 620. I THINK OF BEING ON 620 AND SITTING THERE AND NOT BEING ABLE TO MOVE, AND I AVOID THAT ROAD LIKE NOTHING ELSE. AND THAT'S MY CONCERN ABOUT RONALD REAGAN. WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO IN THIS CITY. AND SO IF WE DON'T GO THE TALL ROUTE AND I'M NOT SAYING I'M NOT SAYING YES OR NO, I'M JUST KIND OF LAYING IT OUT THERE. IF WE DON'T GO AND LOOK AT THIS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR EVERYTHING OURSELVES. AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WE SPENT TWO YEARS WITHOUT BUILDING A STOPLIGHT, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE SOME MORE SPOTLIGHTS, STOPLIGHTS. AND THEN WE NEED TO MAKE ALL THESE IMPROVEMENTS. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $70 MILLION TO BASICALLY TOUCH UP THE ROADS SO YOU CAN DO U-TURNS AND FLOW ONLY ON INTERSECTIONS. AND IF WE REALLY WANT TO GET THE TRAFFIC TO FLOW THROUGH, WE'RE PROBABLY TALKING ANOTHER 200 OR $300 MILLION. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR WHAT WE CAN BORROW AND WHAT WE CAN PAY FOR OUT OF OUR BUDGET, HOW DO WE DO THAT? AND SO I THINK THAT'S THE ANALYSIS WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH. AND THAT'S WHY I'M GLAD WE'RE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION TONIGHT, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE A CIP GROUP THAT'S SITTING DOWN, AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT WHAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR THE CITY AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO LAY OUT. AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK WITH A SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO HOW DO WE FUND ALL THE THINGS WE WANT TO DO? DO WE WANT A REC CENTER? DO WE WANT THIS? DO WE WANT THAT? DO WE WANT ALL THE MONEY TO GO ON RONALD REAGAN? DO WE WANT TO BE ON HERO A OR WHATEVER ROAD OR WHATEVER SPOT IN THE CITY HAS ISSUES. AND SO WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE THAT. AND SO WE NEED TO HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF US IN ORDER TO REALLY STUDY THIS AND LOOK AT IT AT THE SAME TIME, WE NEED TO SIT DOWN AND LOOK AT WHAT THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, WHAT IS THE BUILD OUT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD A LOT OF STUFF UP NORTH THERE. HOW IS IT GOING TO IMPACT THE BUSINESSES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING TO PUT AROUND REAGAN AND ON HERO A AND OFF 2243 ON THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL GOING TO GET BUILT UP IN THERE. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT IT'S ALL GOING TO GET BUILT UP. I THOUGHT THE EXTENDING 183 TO 35 I MEAN THAT ACTUALLY THAT MAKES SENSE. THE YOU KNOW, WHEN I LOOK AT IT AND I THINK ABOUT IF WE WANT TO BRING PEOPLE DOWN TO LEANDER, WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME TO LEANDER OFF OF 35. HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THEM DOWN HERE? I MEAN, I USED TO WHEN I FIRST MOVED HERE, I USED TO GET OFF AT GERALD AND DRIVE DOWN, FLY DOWN RONALD REAGAN AND STUFF. AND NOW I NEVER EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT. AND IT'S JUST GOING TO GET WORSE BECAUSE THAT WHOLE AREA IS GOING TO BE HOUSES. NOW. THERE'LL BE SOME BUSINESSES MIXED IN AND ALL

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NOW I LIVE IN CRYSTAL FALLS, SO I'M OVER ON THEIR SIDE. SO I DECIDE WHETHER I'M GOING TO TAKE LAKELINE OR GO ACROSS NEW HOPE AND GET ON 183 AND PAY ALL THAT. AND SO WE HAVE THAT OPTION. WHEN THEY BUILD THE TOLL ROAD, IT'LL GO DOWN THE MIDDLE AND THERE WILL BE THE SAME TWO LANES SITTING THERE WITH SOME TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS AND EVERYTHING. AND THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR ANYTHING. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY VALUABLE TO US. BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND LOOK AT WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE REALLY TO WHAT WE CAN FUND, BECAUSE THE REALITY IS WE'LL COME UP AND WE'LL SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO BUILD, SPEND $70 MILLION ON RONALD REAGAN. BUT THEN THAT HAS TO GO AND BE APPROVED BY THE CITIZENS. AND IF THEY DON'T APPROVE IT, THEN THAT ROAD SITS AS IT IS. AND SO THAT'S THAT. AND THAT'S NOT YOU KNOW, WE'LL TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIX IT A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME. BUT THE TRAFFIC'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO COME. WE KNOW THAT NORTH OF US THEY'RE GOING TO APPROVE EVERY HOME SUBDIVISION OUT THERE. THEY'RE GOING TO SELL ALL THAT LAND, THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD HOUSES ON IT, AND THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE DRIVING DOWN RONALD REAGAN. AND SO IT'S A TOUGH SPOT. SO BUT I JUST I DO AGREE WE NEED MORE INFORMATION.

AND THAT'S WHY I THINK WE SHOULD WAIT ON MAKING A DECISION. SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.

PLACE ONE. PLACE THREE. PLACE SIX. YEAH. ANYBODY ELSE. HE HAS A LOT. SO AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING LEFT OKAY. BUT I JUST JUST LULL ME. GO AHEAD. CAN I ASK A QUESTION FIRST TO OUR CITY MANAGER. CAN YOU SHARE IF A TRAFFIC AND REVENUE STUDY LIKE THIS DOES IT. IS IT CUSTOMARY TO INCLUDE INFORMATION ABOUT POTENTIAL IMPACTS, FINANCIAL IMPACTS TO BUSINESSES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? IS THAT NORMAL CUSTOMER? I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS, BUT YEAH, IT WOULD NOT INCLUDE AN ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS. OKAY. SO IT WON'T BE INCLUDED IN THERE. AND JUST FOR CLARITY, SINCE IT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP A FEW TIMES, WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED IS A IS A TOLLWAY, BUT THE TWO LANES EAST, I'M SORRY, NORTH AND SOUTH THAT WE HAVE CONTINUED. ACCORDING TO THAT DIAGRAM. THAT'S CORRECT. SO THE EXISTING FOUR LANES WOULD STILL BE IN PLACE. IT WOULD BE MOVED INTO SERVICE ROADS TO THE EAST AND WEST. OKAY. BOUNDARY. GOTCHA. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD DAVID OKAY. SO CHRIS WE'RE NOT GOING TO TRANSPORTATION. GUY YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB BECAUSE LIKE YOU I LIKE DATA. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JUST GIVES ME GREAT CONCERN IS WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE DATA. RIGHT. WHEN I LOOK AT WHEN WE DID AN OLD TOWN STUDY, WE DONE A 180 THREE QUARTER STUDY. WE HAD ALL THESE WORKSHOPS, WE HAD COMMUNITY INPUT, AND WE HAD A LOT OF INFORMATION GIVEN TO US SO WE COULD MAKE THE BEST DECISION FOR THOSE PLANS. FOR THIS, WE'VE NOT BEEN GIVEN A LOT OF INFORMATION FOR A PLAN. WE JUST WERE GIVEN A RESOLUTION TO LOOK AT AND SAY, REALLY, WE JUST DON'T HAVE A WAY TO PAY FOR IMPROVEMENTS ON THIS ROADWAY BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NO MONEY. BUT WE HAVE A CORRIDOR STUDY THAT WAS DONE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WITH RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED YET. AND I AGREE WITH YOU, MIKE. THERE'S NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION TO WHERE I THINK WE AS A COUNCIL COULD MAKE A REALLY GOOD DECISION. YOU BROUGHT UP A REALLY GOOD POINT. THERE'S NO ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY DONE WITH THE TNR. IT'S JUST CAN'T WE MAKE A BUCK OFF THE ROAD? THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT TELLS THEM. NOTHING ELSE. WE DON'T KNOW ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE GOING TO BE TO NEIGHBORHOODS. AND I'M NOT SITTING UP HERE ON A SOAPBOX OR ANYTHING BECAUSE I LIVE IN PALMER RIDGE MYSELF. SO THANK YOU. ALL THE NEIGHBORS THAT CAME OUT AND MENTIONED THESE THINGS, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY BE PAYING THE CONSEQUENCES IF A ROAD GETS BUILT. SO WHAT'S THE SCHEMATIC OF IT? RIGHT. IS IT GOING TO BE GROUND LEVEL? IS IT GOING TO BE ELEVATED? WE DON'T KNOW THESE THINGS. AND HOW CAN WE MAKE A GOOD DECISION WITHOUT HAVING ALL THE INFORMATION. SO THOSE ARE MY GREATEST CONCERNS.

AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS, IT CAME TO US TWO WEEKS AGO WITH NO INFORMATION. FIRST TIME I'D EVER HEARD ABOUT IT WAS WHEN I OPENED THE AGENDA ON SUNDAY, MARCH 16TH. AND I'M LIKE, WHAT'S THE URGENCY? I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE URGENCY. WE HAVEN'T EVEN LOOKED AT OTHER OPTIONS. SO THAT'S MY INPUT. I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO DO MORE OF A DUE DILIGENCE TO KNOW THE BEST PLAN. AND IF THAT ENDS UP BEING THAT ROADWAY, AND IT CAN BE DONE TO WHERE IT DOES NOT CREATE A MAJOR INCONVENIENCE TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE AND USE THAT ROADWAY. AND I ALSO FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE PUNISHING LIBERTY HILL BECAUSE THOSE FOLKS ARE REALLY NORTH. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE BAGHDAD, OR THEY CAN TAKE 183 OR RONALD REAGAN. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE US DO A LITTLE MORE DUE DILIGENCE BEFORE WE ACTUALLY APPROVE A RESOLUTION OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND SEE WHAT THE BEST OPTIONS ARE, AND EVEN WHAT THE DESIGN OPTIONS ARE AND WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE GOING TO BE.

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YEAH. OKAY. I MEAN I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE DONE. I MEAN, SO BUT IT WOULD BE THAT KIND OF DATA AND KIND OF REAL TIME AT THE AT THE TIME POINT. THEY DO IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I WOULD I WOULD ASK OUR CITY STAFF LIKE, HEY HOW COULD HOW COULD THIS HELP US IN WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DETERMINE OVER THE NEXT 9 OR 10 MONTHS OR WHATEVER TO HOW WOULD HAVING THAT INFORMATION, WOULD IT HELP US OR WOULD IT NOT? YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS, ONE OF THE THINGS I DIDN'T MENTION, BUT IN TALKING WITH. THE CITY STAFF, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS ALSO WHETHER BECAUSE ONE OF OUR CONCERNS IS, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT IF THIS DOES GET TOLD, WE DON'T WANT THIS JUST TO BE THIS ONE PIECE, RIGHT? WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT CONNECTS AND MAKES THOSE CONNECTIONS. IF THAT HAPPENS. SO I DID ASK. IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO BE ABLE TO DO A TNR FOR OR EXPAND THE SCOPE OF THE ANALYSIS TO GO? 235 THEY DO NEED TO HAVE AN IDEA ABOUT WHAT'S ACTUALLY BEING BUILT. THAT SCHEMATIC ISN'T COMPLETE ON THAT SECTION, BUT THEY COULD LOOK AT THE EXISTING SECTIONS THAT ARE THERE AND POTENTIALLY EXTRAPOLATE WHAT THAT COST COULD BE, AND ROUGH THAT IN TO AT LEAST GIVE AN IDEA FOR THAT FULL SECTION. SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT ALSO TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT IN THE DATA SET, YOU KNOW, THE INFORMATION IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL TO US TO EVALUATE WHAT OPTIONS TO BRING TO THE TABLE. AND SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IN MY MIND IS, OKAY, IF YOU THINK ABOUT HOW THE TOOLS ARE FUNCTIONING IN EAST AUSTIN, YOU LOOK AT 130 AND YOU'VE GOT A SIMILAR SETUP. SO YOU'VE GOT THE MAIN LANES DOWN AND YOU'VE GOT THE PRIVATE OR THE FREE ACCESS ROADS TO EITHER SIDE OF IT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN OPERATIONAL IMPLICATION THERE. YOU KNOW, IN SOME CASES IT BACKS UP JUST DUE TO TRAFFIC FLOW AND VOLUME AND PEOPLE CHOOSING TO GO THAT ROUTE OVER THE MAIN LANES. SO I THINK THERE'S THINGS LIKE THAT WE, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT IN TERMS OF, IS THIS THE KIND OF SYSTEM THAT IS ACHIEVING WHAT THIS COMMUNITY AND WHAT CITY COUNCIL IS REALLY HOPING TO SEE HAPPEN ON THAT SECTION? BY THE SAME TOKEN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT EXISTING ROADWAY SECTIONS THAT ARE ALREADY BUILT THAT ARE SIMILAR TO WHAT OUR APPROACH WOULD BE FROM A LOCAL PERSPECTIVE. AND LOOKING AT THAT, AND THEN WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE RANGE OF OPTIONS THAT ARE IN BETWEEN. SO I YOU KNOW, HAVING INFORMATION IS CRITICAL TO REALLY MAKING A GOOD VALUE DECISION, YOU KNOW, ON THAT BASIS TO LOOK AT WHAT THOSE OPTIONS, WHAT THOSE OPTIONS ARE. YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY AS I KIND OF THINK THROUGH THE BALANCE OF, OKAY, YOU KNOW, ARE WE OPENING PANDORA'S BOX? YOU KNOW, ARE WE CREATING A SCENARIO WHERE WE'RE LETTING THEM IN AND THEN THEY'RE JUST GOING TO DO WHAT THEY WANT? YOU KNOW, AGAIN, AND, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO STAFF, THAT'S NOT THEIR PHILOSOPHY. THAT'S NOT HOW THEY OPERATE. THEY ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO A PUBLICLY APPOINTED BOARD. SO THEY THEIR PRACTICE IS TO LISTEN TO THE IMPACTED COMMUNITIES, TO KIND OF SEE WHAT THEY THINK. SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HELPS ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT I THINK AS MUCH DATA AS WE CAN HAVE IS GOOD. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S TRULY AN IMMINENT THREAT THAT WE LOSE THE ABILITY TO DO OUR QUARTER OR THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING A THING LIKE THAT, THAT THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, BE SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. BUT I THINK WHILE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF THE NEXT 9 TO 12 MONTHS OF POTENTIALLY THIS EVALUATION HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, WE DO NEED TO KIND OF, AGAIN, HAVE MORE DETAILED CONVERSATIONS. WE NEED TO ENGAGE OUR PARTNERS ABOVE AND BELOW AND BESIDE US. AND WE NEED TO TALK TO GEORGETOWN. WE NEED TO TALK TO CEDAR PARK. WE NEED TO TALK TO TXDOT ABOUT WHAT'S THERE AND WHERE'S THOSE FLOW OF DOLLARS GOING, YOU KNOW, IS THERE GOING TO BE SOME RELIEF FOR US AS WE KIND OF LOOK AT TO

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WELL, I CAN SAY FOR ME WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT WE CAN COME AROUND IN 3 TO 5 YEARS. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR PLAN ON RONALD REAGAN AND WHAT OUR PLAN IS FOR RAISING MONEY AND LOOKING AT WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND WE'RE GOING TO A WHOLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THING, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE PREMATURE TO SAY, HEY, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH RONALD REAGAN TODAY, AND WE HAVE TO MAKE THIS DECISION AND GET IN THE PIPELINE. I THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED TO COME UP WITH OUR PLAN ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, AND THEN WE ALSO NEED TO GO TO OUR CITIZENS AND TRY TO SEE IF THEY WILL SUPPORT DOING SOME OF THE BONDS THAT WE NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THIS, THIS CITY. AND IF WE CAN'T FIND IF WE CAN'T PARTNER WITH OUR CITIZENS TO FUND THINGS, THEN WE EITHER HAVE TO SCALE BACK WHAT WE WANT TO DO FOR THEM, OR WE HAVE TO FIND OUTSIDE PARTNERS IN ORDER TO FUND IT. AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S, THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT. I THINK THAT WE'RE WE'RE SITTING HERE AND WE'RE SAYING WE WANT TO DO THIS, AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE TO MAKE THE DECISION. AND I'M NOT SURE I YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT IT, I SAY, WELL, WHY WOULDN'T YOU BUILD A TOLL ROAD THERE IF SOMEBODY SAID YOU COULD DO IT? AND SO THE FEASIBILITY STUDY WILL COME BACK AND SAY, YES, WE WANT TO DO IT, AND THEY WILL BUILD IT OUT OVER TIME. AND AT SOME POINT IT'LL GET TO 35. I THINK THEY SHOULD BUILD IT FROM 35 DOWN TO CEDAR PARK. I THINK THAT AND I KNOW IT'S NOT ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE, BUT I THINK THAT MAKES MORE SENSE BECAUSE WE WANT TO BRING PEOPLE DOWN HERE. WE DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO TAKE TAKE ALL THE THINGS, AND THEY MAY JUST BUILD A LITTLE SECTION AND MOVE ON TO SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND, AND THEN IT'S JUST A LEANDER BYPASS I THINK. SO. SO I WANT US TO GATHER MORE INFORMATION FOR OURSELVES. I'M PRETTY SURE THEIR STUDY WILL COME BACK AND SAY THEY WANT TO DO IT. I DON'T HAVE MUCH DOUBT ABOUT THAT. THERE'S ENOUGH TRAFFIC THERE AND THEY KNOW MORE HOUSES ARE BEING BUILT AND MORE TRAFFIC IS COMING AND THEY CAN GET IN THERE SOONER. SO I THINK THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO, WHAT WE CAN FUND, AND WHAT OUR CITIZENS ARE WILLING TO PAY FOR AND IF AND THEN MAKE OUR DECISIONS FROM THERE. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I SIT ON THIS. THANK YOU. SO I'LL JUST FOLLOW UP ON THAT. I MEAN, I AGREE WITH THEM. LET'S TRY TO IMPLEMENT THE THINGS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED IN THE STUDY, SEE WHAT IMPACT THOSE HAVE. AND THEN LOOK AT THIS AGAIN. BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS. SO SINCE THIS IMPACTS LEANDER AND CEDAR PARK, DID WE COME TO THE COUNTY AND ASK YOU GUYS TO GET INVOLVED OR HOW DID THE PROCESS WORK? IF IT'S IF OUR IF IT'S OUR ROADWAY AND OUR CONGESTION ISSUE. SO IT'S REALLY MUCH BIGGER THAN LEANDER BECAUSE IT STARTS IN THE UNINCORPORATED PART OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND, YOU KNOW, NORTH SANTA RITA RANCH AND FAR NORTH OF THAT. SO WHEN WE INITIATED OUR CORRIDOR STUDY, WE DIVIDED REAGAN UP INTO SECTIONS, AND WE CAME TO THE CITY AT THE TIME, THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER, CITY STAFF, AND SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING THIS. DO YOU WANT ARE YOU INTERESTED? AND THEY SAID, YES.

SO. OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. NO WE'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK

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PROJECTED BUILD OUT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ANYWHERE NEAR DALLAS. SO THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. SO LOOKING AT THAT BIG PICTURE REGIONALLY AND YOU KIND OF TALKED ABOUT I THINK EVERYONE HAS MENTIONED IT, I THINK IT IS CRUCIAL THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A MEETING WITH CEDAR PARK. WE SHOULD HAVE HAD A MEETING TOGETHER. AND I THINK I KNOW OUR COMMISSIONER CAN CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN. BUT IN THE FUTURE WHEN IF IT IF IT GETS TO THAT WHATEVER IT IS THAT EVERYONE THAT'S AFFECTED ALL ALL OF THE CITIES GET TOGETHER AND HAVE THAT THAT CONVERSATION.

BECAUSE TO ME THIS IS AN ALL OR NOTHING TOLL. IF THAT'S WHAT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, IT SHOULD BE ALL THE WAY OR NOT AT ALL, NOT JUST A PIECE OF LEANDER AND THEN THE REST OF IT IS NOT DONE. SO THIS I KNOW THAT THIS IS BEING LOOKED AT IN THE PHASES SO THAT THAT IS THE PLAN. BUT I

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THEY'VE GOT DISCRETION ON THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT. AND I'M GETTING SOME CONCERNS FROM, FROM CITIZENS ABOUT ABOUT THE. ABOUT THE RMA AND ACTUALLY LISTENING TO CITIZENS AND, AND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS BECAUSE, I MEAN, IT IS A CONCERN. I MEAN, I USED TO TELL MY HUSBAND, IF YOU GO TO THE CHIROPRACTOR AND TELL THEM YOU HAVE A HEADACHE, THE CHIROPRACTOR CAN FIX YOUR HEADACHE. BUT IF YOU GO TO THE ACUPUNCTURIST, HE'S GOING TO DO IT TOO. NO MATTER WHO YOU GO TO HAS THE SOLUTION FOR YOUR PROBLEM. SO IF KTMA IS WHO WE'RE GOING TO, ARE THEY JUST GOING TO SAY THEY'RE GOING TO LISTEN, PRETEND TO LISTEN AND THEN DO WHAT THEY WANT? AND THAT'S A QUESTION BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER. YEAH. AND I THINK THAT'S NOT BEEN THEIR PRACTICE.

THAT'S NOT BEEN MAY'S PRACTICE. RIGHT. SO BUT BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO BE HONEST TO SAY. BUT THEY DO HAVE THE AUTHORITY. RIGHT. AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, IF YOU HAVE A LONG STRETCH OF HIGHWAY AND MAJORITY OF COMMUNITIES SUPPORT IT, ONE IS OUT. THEY NEED THE ABILITY TO CREATE THOSE LINKAGES TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. I THINK THEY WOULD STILL LISTEN TO THAT COMMUNITY. THEY WOULD TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON AND MAYBE LOOK TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS OR ISSUES. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY THEY HAVE TO COME TO A DECISION POINT, CAN MAKE A DECISION. SO THE DECISION IN THE FUTURE, THE STUDIES DONE AND SOMEBODY MAKES A DECISION WHO WHO WOULD MAKE THE DECISION TO GO FORWARD WITH THE WITH A TOLLWAY, WOULD THAT BE COUNTY? WOULD THAT BE EACH CITY THAT'S ULTIMATELY GOING TO BE THE BOARD. SO THEY'RE THEIR OWN.

THEY'RE THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT AGENCY. SO THEY CAN DECIDE WITHOUT OUR APPROVAL? YES THEY CAN, THEY CAN. THEY CAN INITIATE IT WITHOUT YOUR APPROVAL. THEY CAN EXECUTE ON IT. THEY CAN CONSTRUCT IT WITHOUT. AND THEN IT MAKES ME WONDER, WHY ARE WE EVEN HAVING THESE MEETINGS? WELL, BECAUSE BECAUSE I THINK. AND AGAIN IN CONVERSATIONS THEY, THEY DO LISTEN. THEY, THEY DO HAVE AN OPEN EAR AND THEY DO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THE PROJECTS THAT ARE THERE. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE, WE CAN DO THIS WITHOUT YOUR APPROVAL, BUT WE'D LIKE TO MAKE YOU HAPPY. DON'T WORRY. I THINK WE'RE ALREADY PROVING THE POINT THAT IF THEY HAVE ANY CONCERNS, THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO THE OTHER PROJECT INSTEAD OF OURS, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL SITTING HERE TALKING ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS, TOO, RATHER THAN GIVING OURSELVES AN OPTION OF WHETHER THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA OR WHETHER THEY WOULD EVEN DO IT IN THE FIRST PLACE, AND TAKING ONE OF OUR POTENTIAL FUTURE TOOLS AWAY OF IF WE IF THEY WOULD, IF WE WOULD EVEN WANT TO EXERCISE OR USE THAT TOOL, WE'RE I THINK WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT RIGHT, RIGHT NOW JUST TO SAY IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY, WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT THEY TAKE THAT TOOL AWAY FROM US NO MATTER, AND WE WON'T EVEN HAVE A CHOICE. SO I THINK THIS IS JUST OUR OUR CHANCE TO GIVE INPUT IN. AND IF THE COUNTY WAS ASKING THEM FOR THOSE THINGS TO SAY, HEY, YES, THE CITY WOULD ALSO LIKE INFORMATION. I THINK THAT'S IF WE JUST LET'S JUST KEEP IT VERY SIMPLE RIGHT NOW.

YEAH. BECAUSE IF I WAS HAVING TO DECIDE WHETHER WE WOULD GIVE THEM ACCESS TO DO A TOLL ROAD OR TODAY, IT WOULD BE SUCH AN EASY NO. RIGHT. EXACTLY. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE BEING. THAT'S NOT SO THAT'S AN EASY I REALLY JUST THINK WE NEED TO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. DO WE DO WE REALLY WANT TO JUST STIFF ARM IT RIGHT NOW AND JUST SAY, HEY, CAN WE DO COUNTY CAN GIVE THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY WANT. THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE HOW THEY WANT, OBVIOUSLY FROM THE FROM THE SOUND OF THINGS CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT. YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT TO DO WE WANT TO BE IN SUPPORT OF GIVING INFORMATION OR DO WE WANT TO JUST RIGHT NOW,

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SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. COMMISSIONER LONG, COULD YOU VERIFY DEPENDING ON WHAT WE DO TONIGHT? AGAIN, THIS RESOLUTION IS JUST TO SAY WE ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT A STUDY SHOULD BE DONE ON THE RONALD REAGAN CORRIDOR, AND WE WANT THE INFORMATION TO BE SHARED WITH US. IT'S NOT GIVING PERMISSION FOR A TOLLWAY TO BE BUILT. IT'S NOT DOING ANY OF THOSE THINGS.

IS IT THE COUNTY'S POSITION THAT REGARDLESS OF WHAT DECISION WE MAKE TONIGHT, THAT YOU GUYS WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH REQUESTING THE FEASIBILITY? I'M SORRY, THE TNR. THANK YOU. WE DON'T HAVE A POSITION ON THAT. OKAY. IN TERMS OF I MEAN, I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T CROSSED THAT BRIDGE. WE'VE WORKED WITH THE CITY OF LEANDER AND THE CITY OF CEDAR PARK, ASKING TO TAKE THIS NEXT STEP, TO DO FURTHER EXPLORATION, TO GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION, TO GIVE THE COUNTY MORE INFORMATION AND TO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, TO ME, DATA IS GOOD AND WE NEED MORE DATA AND SOMEBODY ELSE CAN PAY FOR IT. AND THEN YOU'VE GOT MORE DATA TO HELP MAKE THIS DECISION.

IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE COMMITTING TO ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT NEXT STEP OF GETTING THE ADDITIONAL DATA. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BEING OBSTINATE RIGHT NOW, I GUESS. BUT BUT THE REALITY IS, IS THIS PROJECT DOESN'T BECOME LESS ATTRACTIVE IN THREE YEARS.

IT BECOMES MORE ATTRACTIVE IN THREE YEARS BECAUSE THERE'LL BE MORE TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD. AND IN THREE YEARS WE WILL NOT HAVE TAKEN UP THE CENTER PART OF IT BECAUSE WE'LL WE'LL BE SITTING THERE WORKING ON THE INTERSECTIONS IF WE DO ANYTHING. SO I DON'T SEE WHERE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO COME IN AND TAKE OVER THE ROAD GOES AWAY. I ACTUALLY THINK YOU DO SEE THIS. THE AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING TO BE HERE, BUT YOU DO SEE HOW MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND IN THE MEANTIME BEFORE THEY TAKE IT OVER, RIGHT? POTENTIALLY. SO IS THAT NOT POTENTIALLY? SO, CHRIS, I JUST WANT TO ADD THERE'S ANOTHER OPTION. THERE IS 183 EIGHT I'VE DRIVEN FROM HERE AWAY. AND I LOVE THE OPTION THAT THE GENTLEMAN BROUGHT UP TO 183 A. AND IT'S A MILE AND A HALF. SO IF I WANT TO GET SOMEWHERE QUICK I HAVE THAT OPTION NOW.

HERE AWAY IS TERRIBLE. WE NEED TO IMPROVE IT BECAUSE YOU DON'T GET THERE FAST. SO WE DEFINITELY NEED TO WORK ON OUR EAST WEST STUFF. BUT WE HAVE A TOLL ROAD ALREADY IN THE AREA AND PEOPLE CAN GET SOMEWHERE QUICKLY IF THEY CHOOSE TO. YOU KNOW, I SAY THIS ALL THE TIME. WELL, SINCE THIS CAME UP A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, I'VE NEVER BEEN IN TRAFFIC ON RONALD REAGAN TRYING TO GET TO MY HOUSE AND SAY, MAN, I WISH WE HAD A TOLL ROAD. SO I GET HOME FASTER. I JUST KNOW IT IS WHAT IT IS. I THINK THE CONCERN WILL BE AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW. LIKE OUR DEMOGRAPHERS PREDICTED, OUR BUILD OUT WOULD BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 230 250,000 PEOPLE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MOVE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE THROUGH LEANDER AT SOME POINT. AND SO WHILE WE HAVE 183 A AVAILABLE TO US TO USE THE TOLL, IF YOU NEED TO GET, YOU KNOW, TO AUSTIN QUICKER OR GET UP TO LIBERTY HILL QUICKER, WE STILL GOT TO THINK ABOUT ALL THE TRAFFIC THAT IS CURRENTLY SITTING ON RONALD REAGAN. REGARDLESS OF A TOLL, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF PEOPLE. I THINK COMMISSIONER LONG SHARED SOMETHING LIKE 30,000 ROOFS ARE GOING TO GO IN THAT ARE NOT THERE YET, UP AND DOWN RONALD REAGAN. SO THAT IS A LOT OF FOLKS. DID I GET THAT NUMBER CORRECT? THANK YOU. THERE'S STILL A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE MOVING HERE AND USING THAT. WE WILL HAVE TO DO SOMETHING AT SOME POINT. AND IF WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT FEASIBILITY STUDY, WHAT OTHER INFORMATION ARE WE MISSING? I KNOW DAVID AND I ARE WORKING ON CIP PROJECTS. AND WHERE DO WE FIND MONEY TO FUND SOME OF THESE IMPORTANT PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE BACK BURNER FOR A WHILE, OR THINGS THAT WE ARE PREDICTING THAT ARE GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE THE POPULATION IS JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW FOR US. PEOPLE ARE NOT STOPPING MOVING HERE AND COMING HERE BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC OR BECAUSE OF ANYTHING ELSE.

PEOPLE ARE STILL COMING. SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO IMPROVE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND HOW TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE CITY. AND THIS WAS JUST AN OPTION THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED FOR US TO GET MORE INFORMATION. IT'S NOT SAYING WE NEED TO BUILD A TOLL BECAUSE LIKE OUR CITY MANAGER SAID EARLIER WHEN WE SPOKE IT, IT'S REALLY CLOSE. THAT TOLLWAY, IF BUILT TEN, 15

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LIKE, WHAT ARE WE TAKING NO ACTION TO DO? FOR ME, IT WOULD BE TO SEE HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE TRAFFIC STUDY THAT YOU BROUGHT UP TONIGHT? HOW FAST CAN WE GET FUNDING? HOW QUICKLY CAN WE CHANGE THE SIGNAL TIMING ON RONALD REAGAN TO SEE WHAT IMPACT THAT HAS, HOW QUICKLY WE CAN GET FUNDING FOR UPGRADING OUR SIGNALS? WE CAN ACTUALLY DO BETTER SIGNAL TIMING FOR THE CORRIDOR, WHICH I THINK HAS TO DO WITH US AND THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON FOR CIP. WE NEED TO DETERMINE WHAT'S PRIORITY, AND THERE'S A NEW PROCESS THAT'S BEEN PUT IN PLACE JUST RECENTLY, AND WE HAVE TO BRING THAT TO COUNCIL FOR Y'ALL TO REVIEW. ALSO WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE AND HOW TO DETERMINE WHAT'S THE TOP PRIORITY FOR A PROJECT THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN VERSUS WHAT'S NOT. THERE'S A WHOLE CATEGORY THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH, BUT WE SO WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO WRITE CHECKS TONIGHT OR ANYTHING. I MEAN, YOU DON'T WANT TO. WE CAN. NOT KIDDING. BUT DO WE HAVE ANY DESIGNS OR SCHEMATICS THAT CAN BE SHARED WITH COUNCIL AND EVEN THE COMMUNITY TO SAY IT'S GOING TO BE ELEVATED, IT'S GOING TO BE GROUND LEVEL, BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE PROBABLY CARE IF IT'S GROUND LEVEL OR ELEVATED. WE KNOW IT'S ELEVATED. YEAH, THAT'S THE SCHEMATIC WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. YES. I'M NOT SAYING THEY'RE NOT BOUND BY WHAT OUR SCHEMATIC IS, BECAUSE ONCE THEY DO THE FEASIBILITY STUDY THEY CAN COME OUT WITH THEIR OWN DESIGN. CORRECT? YEAH. THAT'S WHY I CALLED IT A TWO STORY HOUSE. HOW ABOUT WHAT WHAT WE WERE THINKING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN BEFORE KTMA WAS EVEN IN THE CONVERSATION. LIKE WHAT? WHAT THE WHAT THE CITY AND WHAT THE COUNTY WERE TALKING ABOUT DOING FOR THE LAST YEAR, DID THAT DID THAT INVOLVE ELEVATED LANES? DID THAT INVOLVE FLYOVERS? DID THAT INVOLVE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SO THE CITY STAFF HAS THE SCHEMATICS, THE BIG ROLL PLOTS THAT THAT HE CAN TODD CAN PROVIDE YOU ALL.

BUT THERE'S GRADE SEPARATIONS ARE ELEVATED OVER KEY INTERSECTIONS. I THINK THERE WERE LIKE THREE. IS THAT RIGHT, TODD? THROUGH LEANDER THAT KEEP THE TRAFFIC FLOWING. AND SO, YOU KNOW IT WOULD I KNOW THERE'S ONE AT SAN GABRIEL AND I CAN'T REMEMBER I DON'T HAVE THE DESIGN MEMORIZED. BUT YEAH, YOU'VE GOT THAT AVAILABLE TO LOOK AT. AND AGAIN, THAT'S THE SCHEMATIC THAT WAS WORKED ON TO KIND OF ADDRESS THE ISSUES AND KEEP THE TRAFFIC FLOWING ON AND OFF RAMPS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. YEAH. SO IT KIND OF UNDULATES THROUGH US. SO IT KIND OF GOES OVER 29 GOES UNDER COFFMAN LOOP, BUT THEN IT THEN IT COMES OVER SAN GABRIEL AND THEN WE GET TO HERO. I THINK IT'S OVER. HERO. YEAH. OVER HERO. AND THEN. YEAH. ANYWAY, SO IT KIND OF GOES UP AND DOWN BASED ON WHAT'S THERE. AND BASED ON THE ON AND OFF RAMPS WERE KIND OF DESIGNED TO KIND OF MAXIMIZE DEVELOPABLE SPACE ALONG THERE AND MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, NO PARCELS WERE KIND OF LEFT UNDEVELOPABLE. AND TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAD MAXIMUM FRONTAGE ROAD TO. YEAH. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE CITY LIKE SPECIFICALLY, THAT'S WHAT OUR CITY IS MOST CONCERNED WITH TOO, IS THAT IT'S GOING TO GET DEVELOPED CORRECTLY. AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF OUR BIGGEST HESITATIONS, IS GIVING OVER FULL CONTROL TO SOMEBODY ELSE THAT CAN DO IT A DIFFERENT WAY. AND I CAN JUST SAY TO TODD'S POINT, THEIR PRACTICE IS, I MEAN, THERE'S THINGS THAT THE CITY IS LEGALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DO, BUT YOU DON'T BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

AND THEY DON'T EITHER. THEY WORK WITH THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AS THEY DESIGN PROJECTS. AND THERE WAS I GUESS I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY ONE COMMENT TOO, WITH REGARD TO PUBLIC INPUT. THEY PROBABLY GO OVER AND ABOVE THAT THAT WHAT WHAT'S REQUIRED IN TERMS OF WORKSHOPS AND, YOU KNOW, GETTING THINGS LIKE THAT AS THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH PROJECTS. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER LONG FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU TO OUR CITY MANAGER FOR THAT VERY DETAILED PRESENTATION THAT YOU GAVE US. IS EVERYBODY IN AGREEMENT THAT WE ARE TAKING NO ACTION ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, WE NEED TO TAKE A VOTE. SO IS EVERYBODY IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT? YES. YEAH.

OKAY. SO WE'RE SO CAN I CAN I ASK I'M SORRY. YES. CAN I ASK A CLARIFICATION. SO DOCUMENTED

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AND THEN HOW SOON CAN THERE BE IMPLEMENTATION TO SIGNAL TIMING CHANGES AND ADJUSTMENTS? AND SO WOULD THAT BE BASED? BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THREE NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS BEING IN VARIOUS STAGES OF EITHER BIDDING OR CONSTRUCTION. SO THE MOST CURRENT ONES COMING IN RIGHT NOW WOULD BE THE ONE AT SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY. SO THAT WILL THAT WILL COME ALONG PRETTY QUICK. THE OTHER ONE IS THE ONE GOING UP AT BALBOA. SO THOSE TWO ARE COMING AND THEN WE HAVE A LONGER LEAD ITEM. WE'RE IN THE I GUESS ABOUT CLOSE TO 60% DESIGN COMPLETE ON THE PALMYRA RIDGE TRAFFIC SIGNAL. SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SIGNAL TIMING, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN ANTICIPATION OF THOSE SIGNALS GOING IN, OR IS THAT IN WORKING TO ADJUST THE SIGNAL TIMING THAT WE HAVE ON THE CURRENT SIGNALS THAT ARE OUT THERE? YES. OKAY. SO PHASE ONE IT EXISTING AND THEN PHASE TWO IS IMPLEMENTING THE NEW SIGNAL TIMINGS AS WE SEQUENCE THE NEW LIGHTS IN. CORRECT. OKAY. AND THEN WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SHARING THE DESIGN AND SCHEMATIC CONCEPTS OUT THERE WITH THE PUBLIC SO THEY CAN ACCESS THOSE AND LOOK AT WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE. SO THOSE ARE THE POINTS THAT I HAD NOTED FROM THE CONVERSATION IS I FEEL LIKE I'M MISSING. IS THAT EVERYTHING? YEAH. DID YOU WANT TO GIVE US SOME DIRECTION TO ON REACHING OUT AND TRYING TO HAVE SOME OF THESE INTERAGENCY AND STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS? YEAH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YOU GOT WHAT YOU NEED. THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT STAYED. I KNOW THIS WAS A LOT AND A LONG TIME, BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND FOR STAYING AND GETTING THROUGH ALL OF THIS AND SHARING WHAT YOU

[19. Council Member Future Agenda Items  [Any deliberation of or decision about the subject of the inquiry shall be limited to a proposal to place the subject on the agenda for a subsequent meeting.]]

COUNCIL MEMBER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. PLACE ONE. LET'S TALK ABOUT PUTTING A TOLLWAY ON BAGHDAD. WE CANNOT PUT A TOLLWAY ON BAGHDAD. WE HAVE HOMES EVERYWHERE. THAT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN. I HAVE NOT IT'S NOT FEASIBLE. IT'S NOT FEASIBLE TO DO THAT. OKAY. STUDY DONE.

COMPLETE. THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING FOR 19? NO. WE'RE GOOD. ALRIGHT. COUNCIL

[20. Council Member Closing Statements.]

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[21. 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 authorize a Letter of Engagement with Fletcher, Farley, Shipman, LLP; 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; and
3. Section 551.074, Texas Government Code, to discuss the evaluation process of City Manager.
   

[ 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 authorize a Letter of Engagement with Fletcher, Farley, Shipman, LLP; and
2. Acquisition of property for public purpose; and
3. Evaluation process of City Manager.