[1. Open Meeting.]
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          GOOD EVENING. TODAY IS THURSDAY, MAY 1ST, 2025 AND THE TIME IS 6:02 P.M. AND THIS IS THE 
          [2. Roll Call.]
BRIEFING WORKSHOP OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL. CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER CATHERINE PARKER. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL HERRERA HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONNELL HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM NICOLE THOMPSON, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS KOENIG HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BECKY ROSS HERE. MAYOR CHRISTINE DELLA HERE. ITEM NUMBER THREE. 
          [3. Receive a presentation regarding micro-trenching requirements and proposed updates to the City's permitting and specifications to allow this technique.]
NOW THE QUORUM IS PRESENT. WE WILL RECEIVE A PRESENTATION REGARDING MICRO TRENCHING REQUIREMENTS AND PROPOSED UPDATES TO THE CITY'S PERMITTING AND SPECIFICATIONS TO ALLOW THIS TECHNIQUE. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. ELLISON. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THIS THIS THIS IS ON. RIGHT. OKAY. AS YOU SAID, THIS IS AN UPDATE. SINCE WE LAST TALKED IN JANUARY TO LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE WITH THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING MICRO TRENCHING, DEVELOPING DETAILS AND THEN THE UPGRADES TO, I'M SORRY, UPDATES TO THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE. AS A REMINDER, THERE'S NO LOUD VIDEO THIS TIME. MICRO TRENCHING IS JUST ANOTHER METHOD FOR FIBER INSTALLATION, SO IT'S WHERE THEY PUT THE SMALL TRENCH ALONG THE GUTTER LINE, LAY THE LINE, LAY THE FIBER IN IT, PUT SOME FLOWABLE FILL AND THEN YEAH, MOVE ON. IT'S USUALLY A COUPLE INCHES WIDE, ABOUT 18 KIND OF 10 TO 18IN DEEP. SO THIS IS THE TIMELINE WE ARE LOOKING AT FOR IMPLEMENTING THE MICRO TRENCHING ORDINANCE. SO TONIGHT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GIVING AN UPDATE. ROBIN'S TEAM WILL HAVE A PNC HEARING NEXT THURSDAY THE EIGHTH. AND THEN WE'VE KIND OF LEFT ROOM IN CASE THERE'S ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION FOR THE FOLLOWING PNC. SO YOU WILL SEE IT POTENTIALLY ON THE 22ND, BUT THEN WE WILL HAVE THE FIRST AND SECOND HEARINGS OF THE ORDINANCE IN JUNE. WE'VE WORKED TO THE ENGINEERING TEAM, HAS WORKED TO DEVELOP STANDARD DETAILS. WE'VE CRAFTED KIND OF YOU CAN SEE HERE IS JUST THE TYPICAL, YOU KNOW, YOUR CURB IS HERE, YOUR TRENCHES HERE KIND OF DEPTH AND WIDTH SPECIFICATIONS. THIS DETAIL SHOWS THE KIND OF WHERE THE VAULT GOES BACK HERE. AND THEN THIS IS A DETAIL FOR IF IT'S BEHIND CURB KIND OF IN THAT GREEN SPACE. IF THERE'S YOU KNOW, OPEN DRAINAGE OR THAT THAT KIND OF SITUATION. AND THEN HERE, YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE VAULT AND THEN IT WOULD SPLICE INTO TWO SERVICES FOR THE TWO HOUSES. 
          WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON I THINK CITY OF AUSTIN HAS A CURB MARKER DETAIL THAT WE REALLY LIKED. SO WE'RE WORKING TO KIND OF INCLUDE THAT IN THOSE AS WELL. SO YOU CAN KNOW IT'S THERE. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN THOUGH. SO THEY'RE LIKE LITTLE, LITTLE BUTTONS I WISH I WOULD HAVE BROUGHT A PICTURE, BUT IT'S A LIKE A BUTTON ON THE SIDE. IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, FIBER OPTIC HERE. KIND OF JUST A ANOTHER WARNING. IF ANYBODY'S EXCAVATING IN THE AREA, THEY CAN KIND OF SEE. AND SO THEY PUT THAT IN FRONT OF EACH HOUSE, NOT EACH ONE. I NEED TO LOOK AT THE SPACINGS FOR AUSTIN AND SEE KIND OF WHERE WHERE THEY RECOMMEND IT. BUT IT'S USUALLY PLACED, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THE ONES YOU KNOW BY THE DRAINAGE LIKE OH, THIS DRAINS TO A WATERWAY KIND OF THING. SO IT WOULD BE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT. SO IT'D BE ON THE CURB. YOU'D BE ABLE TO SEE IT. THANK YOU. THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF WHAT OUR STANDARD WOULD LOOK LIKE. SO WE WILL DO ONE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. ABOUT 2.5IN WILL BE THE MAXIMUM WIDTH ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 18IN DEEP, DEPENDING ON IF IT'S A LOCAL ROAD OR AN ARTERIAL ROAD. WE'LL DO THAT 1000 TO 1200 PSI FLOWABLE FILL IN THERE. AND THEN WE ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING THE CRACK SEAL ON TOP. AND SIMILAR THE TWO YEAR WARRANTY ON IT. AND THEN THE LIMITATIONS WE HAVE ARE THOSE WARRANTY STREETS. WE TALKED ABOUT THOSE NEW SUBDIVISIONS STREETS WITHOUT CURB CONCRETE AND THEN NO PERPENDICULAR TRENCHES. AND THIS IS THE SAME MAP THAT WE HAD LAST TIME, JUST KIND OF DETAILING THE STREETS OR THE SUBDIVISIONS THAT WOULD NOT CURRENTLY BE ELIGIBLE BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL IN THAT TWO YEAR WARRANTY PERIOD. A LOT OF THE TIMES THESE ALREADY HAVE FIBER INSTALLED ANYWAY BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY'RE THOSE NEWER AREAS. AND REALLY THE TARGET IS THOSE OLDER SUBDIVISIONS. I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAD. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I GOT 1 OR 2. SO YOU JUST MENTIONED THE NEWER SUBDIVISIONS ALREADY HAVE THE FIBER THERE. SO LET'S JUST SAY TWO YEARS FROM NOW, IF SOMEONE ELSE WANTS TO GO IN THERE, THAT WOULD NOT BE A SECOND, WOULD IT? THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T HAVE THAT MICRO TRENCH, RIGHT? IT'S ALREADY INSTALLED UNDER PAVEMENT. SO AND THEN SECOND QUESTION IS, I MEAN, HOW DO WE HOW IS THE PRIORITY GIVEN TO SOMEONE THAT WANTS TO COME IN AND PUT FIBER INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD? SO YOU GET MULTIPLE APPLICANTS, COMPANIES THAT WANT TO DO THAT, HOW ARE THEY SELECTED. SO IT WOULD BE I COULD CHECK WITH ROBIN, BUT IT'S 
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A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE. SO THEY WOULD SUBMIT THEIR PERMIT FOR THAT SUBDIVISION AND THAT COMPANY WOULD COME IN AND INSTALL IN THAT SUBDIVISION. SO IT WOULD BE FIRST COME FIRST SERVE. THERE'S ONE. SO THERE'S NO ADVERTISEMENT OR ANYTHING. I MEAN, NO, THEY JUST FEEL LIKE, OH, THIS WOULD BE A GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD. CORRECT. AND IT WOULD BE, YEAH. THIS PROVINCE COMING TO SAFETY. I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT YOU CAN'T JUST PUT IT IN A NEIGHBORHOOD BY ITSELF. IT HAS TO BE AN EXTENSION OF THEIR SYSTEM. SO WE'LL KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA OF THE PATH THAT IT'S COMING. SO THEY COULDN'T JUST PICK TREVISO. THEY HAVE TO HAVE THEIR PATH TO TREVISO. OKAY. THANK YOU. HEY, WHILE YOU'RE ON THAT SAME THING THOUGH, THIS IS RELATED TO THAT. THERE'S A CERTAIN TIME LIMIT THOUGH, THAT SOMETHING WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE IN. SO WHEN I'M WHEN I'M WONDERING IS THERE A CHANCE. SO THEY CAN'T JUST GO GET PERMITS AND HAVE RIGHTS OR TRY TO LIKE THEY EXPIRE OR THEY EXPIRE? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT HAS TO BE A REALISTIC TIMELINE. SO SOMEBODY CAN'T JUST LIKE A BIG LAND GRAB, CAN'T SECURE THE WHOLE CITY SO NO ONE ELSE CAN APPLY. CORRECT? RIGHT. CAN THEY PARTNER AND BRING TWO LINES ON THE SAME MICRO TRENCH AT THE SAME TIME? YEAH, I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT. I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WOULD BECAUSE THEY'RE COMPETITORS RIGHT. SO USUALLY THAT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL THING TO DO. THAT'S WHAT THEY SHOULD DO. THE SPIRIT OF PARTNERSHIP. YEAH YEAH I'M EXCITED FOR THIS. 
          THIS IS GOING TO BE SO FANTASTIC FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES. AND WE WAITED A LONG TIME FOR THIS. I'M SO EXCITED. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. WELL THEN QUICK. THANK YOU. I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD DO MORE. DO YOU GUYS WANT TO TALK ABOUT MORE TRENCHING? THAT'S ALL WE HAVE. SO WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP AT 6:08 P.M. PLEASE BE BACK AT 7:00 
          [4. Open Meeting, Invocation, Police and Fire Department Color Guards presenting Colors and Pledges of Allegiance.]
GOOD EVENING. TODAY IS THURSDAY, MAY 1ST, 2025, AND THE TIME IS 7:01 P.M. AND THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL. VICTORIA CHOUDHARI WITH BAHA'I COMMUNITY WILL BE PROVIDING THE INVOCATION. SHE HERE? I HAVE NOT SEEN HER TODAY. OKAY. I DO NOT SEE HER. MAYBE THE WEATHER KEPT HER UP. COUNCILMEMBER MCDONALD, WOULD YOU MIND PROVIDING THE INVOCATION? SURE. THANK YOU. LET'S SEE. SO LET'S SEE. SHOULD WE PROVIDE THE INVOCATION? PLEASE REMAIN STANDING AFTER THE PRESENTATION. I'M OFF. I'M OFF MY SCRIPT TODAY. OKAY, SO COUNCIL MEMBER MCDONALD WILL BE PROVIDING OUR INVOCATION. FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING. WE'RE GOING TO BE TREATED TO A PRESENTATION OF THE COLORS TODAY BY LEANDER POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT COLOR GUARDS. AND THEY ARE GOING TO COME UP TO THE FLAG AND WE'LL DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. LET'S PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE JUST WE THANK YOU, FATHER, THAT YOU ARE STILL THE SAME YESTERDAY AND TODAY, THAT YOU CREATED US FOR A PURPOSE. AND FATHER, I JUST PRAY THAT EVERY PERSON FULFILLS THEIR PURPOSE THAT YOU CREATED THEM FOR. AND FATHER, GIVE US ALL WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT TO SERVE YOU AS YOU HAVE CALLED US TO SERVE YOU EACH AND EVERY DAY. 
          SO, FATHER, WE LIFT UP THIS CITY TO YOU. WE WANT TO GLORIFY YOU IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, AND MAY ALL THE DECISIONS WE MAKE BRING YOU HONOR AND GLORY. AND WE ASK ALL THESE THINGS IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN. THE LORD, ALL THAT. 
          WE. 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. THE FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE DAY IN THE LIFE INDIVISIBLE FOR ALL. FOR. THE. LOVE OF. 
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LIFE. 
          [5. Roll Call.]
ALL RIGHT. CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER CATHERINE BATTALION PARKER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL HERRERA HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONNELL HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM NICOLE THOMPSON, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS SERNA HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BECKY ROSS HERE. MAYOR CHRISTINE DELLA HERE. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. COUNCIL IS ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS. ITEM NUMBER SIX IS NON-AGENDA ITEMS. FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. FOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, I WILL CALL ON SPEAKERS PRIOR TO THE DISCUSSION OF THEIR AGENDA ITEM AND DURING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. INDIVIDUALS THAT SUBMITTED COMMENTS VIA THE WEBSITE WILL ONLY HAVE POSITIONS READ INTO THE RECORD. ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL AND MADE A PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT. IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON SOMETHING THAT 
          [7. Recognitions/Proclamations/Visitors.Eagle Scouts Certificate of RecognitionNational Day of Prayer Proclamation (May 1)National Wildfire Awareness Month Proclamation (May)
National Peace Officer Week and Memorial Day Proclamation (May 11-17)National Public Servants Month Proclamation (May)                                                           ]
IS NOT ON OUR AGENDA? ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN RECOGNITIONS, PROCLAMATIONS AND VISITORS. THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE NIGHTS. LAST YEAR WE HAD A COUPLE OF LEANDRA AREA EAGLE SCOUTS THAT WE BECAME AWARE OF AROUND THIS TIME. AND IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT WE SCHEDULED THEM TO COME IN TO RECEIVE CERTIFICATES AND BE RECOGNIZED BY CITY COUNCIL ON THE SAME NIGHT. AND SO WE SAID, LET'S MAKE THIS AN ANNUAL TRADITION WHERE WE INVITE THE KIDS THAT ARE GETTING THE HIGHEST ACHIEVEMENT. SO GOLD AWARD IN GIRL SCOUTS AND EAGLE IN SCOUTS BSA. AND LET'S INVITE THEM ONE NIGHT AND HONOR ALL OF THEM AT ONCE. THIS YEAR, UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WERE NO GOLD GIRL SCOUTS, BUT WE HAVE SEVERAL SCOUTS HERE THAT ARE EAGLES. AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS PRETTY GREAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE DOING FANTASTIC. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO CALL ALL Y'ALL THAT ARE GOING TO COME UP AND TALK, INCLUDING PARENTS. WE HAVE SOME PARENTS FILLING IN. GO AHEAD AND COME UP AND I'M GOING TO CALL EACH ONE OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY. AND IF YOU COULD COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE THEN WE'RE GOING TO JUST ASK ABOUT YOUR PROJECT AND, AND SCOUTS. SO Y'ALL COME UP. ALL RIGHT. THE FIRST ONE THAT I HAVE HERE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LINE UP. Y'ALL CAN JUST SUPPORT EACH OTHER. YOU'RE GOOD, YOU'RE GOOD. THE FIRST ONE THAT I HAVE IS LILY AND HAROLD, I UNDERSTAND. SHE IS BEING VERY RESPONSIBLE AT WORK, SO I THINK MOM IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT HER. YEAH, LILLIAN'S AT WORK RIGHT NOW. SO SHE BUILT A MONARCH SANCTUARY GARDEN OVER AT LAKEWOOD PARK AND LED THAT VERY PRODUCTIVELY. AND IT'S STILL THRIVING AND DOING WELL. THAT'S FANTASTIC. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE MEMORY WITH HER? THROUGH SCOUTS. OH, JUST HER HAVING FUN, YOU KNOW, AND LEARNING ALL THAT. AND SHE LOVES TO BUILD FIRE AND TO TEACH OTHER PEOPLE HOW TO DO IT, TOO. AND SHE WOULD ALWAYS HAVE SCOUTS AROUND HER OF BOTH TROOPS, YOU KNOW, AND JUST SHOWING THEM HOW TO HOW TO DO IT AND SHOWING OTHERS HOW TO DO IT. AND ANYTIME WE WOULD GO CAMPING IN ANOTHER PLACE AS A FAMILY, THERE WOULD BE SOMEONE WHO COULDN'T BUILD THEIR OWN FIRE AND SHE WOULD GO HELP THEM. SO THAT'S AWESOME. YEAH, IT'S REALLY, REALLY AWESOME. GOOD KID. THANK YOU. AND PLEASE STAY UP HERE. WE'RE GOING TO DO A PHOTO AFTER WITH EVERYBODY. LIA. HAROLD IS. LIAM. GOOD EVENING. 
          LIAM. WHAT WAS YOUR PROJECT? I WAS DOING A PICNIC AREA IN DEVINE LAKE PARK WITH A FLOWER BED AND A BIRD FOUNTAIN. OH. THAT'S FANTASTIC. WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO DO THAT? ORIGINALLY, I WANTED TO BUILD A TRAIL AREA SOMEWHERE NEAR THERE. I WANTED TO MAKE A MORE OUTDOORSY PLACE TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO MOVE OUTSIDE MORE. AND I THOUGHT SINCE THEY WERE IN NEED OF AN AREA OUT THERE, A ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY BROUGHT IN A PICKLEBALL FIELD OUT THERE, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION. THAT'S FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SOPHIE MARTIN. GOOD EVENING. WHAT WAS YOUR PROJECT? SO I HAD TO BUILD A SHELTER FOR A WELL PUMP AT A HORSE RIDING RANCH. OH. WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO DO THAT? I HAD VOLUNTEERED AT THIS PLACE FOR A FEW YEARS NOW, AND I REALLY LIKE THE PEOPLE IN THE ANIMALS. IT'S FANTASTIC. CONGRATULATIONS. RATE AND BEETLES. GREAT. AND WHAT WAS YOUR PROJECT? I BUILT PICNIC TABLES FOR A SILO AT THE OTHER ONE'S FOUNDATION FOR THE HOMELESS PEOPLE. SO THEN THEY COULD COME TOGETHER, PLAY VIDEO GAMES OR PLAY BOARD GAMES AND HANG OUT AND CHAT. THAT'S AWESOME. WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO DO 
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THAT? MY. MY DAD'S FRIEND, WHICH IS LIKE A GODFATHER TO ME, ACTUALLY BUILT THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION PRETTY MUCH. AND I HEARD THAT HE NEEDED HELP OR LIKE HAD AN EMPTY SILO. AND THAT WAS A GOOD PROJECT THAT I COULD DO. FANTASTIC. THANK YOU, JOHN DEE MOLENAAR. GOOD EVENING. WHAT WAS YOUR PROJECT? I PAINTED FENCES AT SAFE IN AUSTIN. THEY TAKE IN ABUSED AND NEGLECTED ANIMALS, AND THEY BRING IN KIDS WITH DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS. AND THEY HELP THOSE KIDS CONNECT WITH THOSE ANIMALS AND, LIKE, HELP THEM GIVE THEM A SECOND CHANCE. THAT'S SWEET. 
          WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO DO THAT? I'M AN FFA AND I LOVE ANIMALS AND I JUST WANTED TO DO SOMETHING AROUND ANIMALS. THAT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU. DECLAN T MOLENAAR. GOOD EVENING. WHAT WAS YOUR PROJECT? SO MY PROJECT WAS ON BUILDING CONVERTIBLE BENCHES LIKE TABLES FOR SAFE IN AUSTIN. 
          OH, AWESOME. SO THE SAME ORGANIZATION? YES. AND WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO DO THAT? WHAT INSPIRED ME IS THAT, LIKE, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN MY TROOP HAVE PREVIOUSLY DONE IT AND THEY JUST NEEDED LIKE A LOT OF HELP SO THE KIDS CAN, LIKE, CONNECT WITH THE ANIMALS SO THEY COULD LIKE, JUST FEEL LIKE, LIKE THERE'S, LIKE THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE IN THE WORLD. IT'S FANTASTIC. GOOD JOB. 
          THANK YOU. CANNON COBURN. GOOD EVENING. WHAT WAS YOUR PROJECT? MY PROJECT WAS BUILDING BAT HOUSES FOR DIVINE LAKE PARK. THAT'S AWESOME. WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO DO THAT? WELL, YOU ACTUALLY GAVE ME THE IDEA, MAYOR. POINT OF ORDER. I STOLE THAT IDEA. STOLE THAT IDEA FROM OUR CIP DIRECTOR BACK THERE, MR. TONY BETTIS, WHO IS ALSO A FORMER SCOUT. SO THANK YOU, TONY. AND YEAH, WELL, THANK YOU FOR PLANTING THAT IDEA OR STEALING THE IDEA, BUT YEAH, I JUST I REALLY I REALLY LOVED THAT IDEA, BUILDING BAT HOUSES FOR A PARK SO THAT IT COULD, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LIKE HELP THE PARK BE MORE LIKE HABITABLE IN A BETTER PLACE FOR EVERYBODY TO, LIKE, WANT TO BE. AND, YOU KNOW, SO THAT KIND OF STUCK AND YOU KNOW, BATS AUSTIN AUSTIN AREA. 
          AND I JUST THOUGHT THAT REALLY, REALLY WORKED BEFORE YOUR PROJECT. I NEVER KNEW ABOUT BAT HOUSES AT PARKS AND MOSQUITO CONTROL THROUGH THAT IS SUCH A COOL WAY TO DO NATURAL LIKE CONTROL, NATURAL LIKE PEST CONTROL AND HELP THE ENVIRONMENT. THAT'S ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, CHARLES PALM. GOOD EVENING. WHAT WAS YOUR PROJECT. SO I BUILT THREE LIFE SIZED CHESS BOARDS. TWO AT OR TWO AT OR SORRY, ONE AT WHITESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DOWN THE STREET AND ANOTHER ONE AT WINKY WINKY ELEMENTARY. AND THEN THE THIRD ONE AT WHITESTONE. WHAT DO YOU MEAN, LIFE SIZED? THIRD ONE AT LEANDER HIGH SCHOOL. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY LIFE SIZED? SO WE BUILT A, I BELIEVE, A 16 FOOT BY 16 FOOT BOARD WITH 18 INCH SQUARES. SO WE BUILT A PRETTY BIG WE PAINTED WITH, WITH PARKING PAINT. WE PAINTED ON THE CONCRETE AND ON THE ASPHALT TO BUILD THE SQUARES. AND THEN WE BOUGHT, I THINK. WE BOUGHT THREE, THREE SETS OF ACTUAL CHESS BOARDS AND THEN TWO CHECKERS FOR THE YOUNGER KIDS TO PLAY WITH. THAT'S SO SWEET. WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO DO THAT? I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO AT THE START. AND THEN ONE DAY I HAD SOCCER PRACTICE AT ANN RICHARDS, WHICH IS WESTLAKE AREA, AND I SAW THEIR LIFE SIZE CHESS BOARD. I THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND I THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE LIKE A REALLY GOOD THING TO DO. AND SO I MADE THEM THE SCHOOL COLORS AS WELL. THAT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND LAST UP, AIDEN GOODRICH. I THINK PARENTS ARE HERE FOR AIDEN MAYBE, OR AIDEN'S PARENTS HERE. AIDEN IS OFF AT COLLEGE DOING WONDERFUL THINGS, SO WE'LL CELEBRATE AIDEN, BUT HIS PARENTS ARE NOT HERE. SO WE WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE TO CELEBRATE ALL OF YOU AND YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS. EACH ONE OF YOU TOLD US HOW YOU WERE INSPIRED TO HELP OTHERS, AND I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING IN THE COMMUNITY FOR WAYS THAT YOU CAN HELP PEOPLE. AND THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE DO. SO WE HAVE THESE CERTIFICATES FOR YOU TODAY. THEY SAY, LET IT BE KNOWN THAT YOU ARE RECOGNIZED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF LEANDER, TEXAS, FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN EARNING THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT, WHICH TAKES YEARS OF DEDICATION TO ACCOMPLISH. WE ALSO COMMEND YOUR DEVOTION TO THE COMMUNITY WITH YOUR EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT. I THINK WE HAVE A TYPO ON THIS, BUT WE COMMEND YOU ON YOUR PROJECTS AND YOUR DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY. AND THE 
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CERTIFICATE IS ISSUED IN RECOGNITION ON MAY 1ST, 2025. AND I ALSO HAVE A LETTER IN HERE FOR YOU GUYS. SO I'M GOING TO COME DOWN THERE AND HAND THESE OUT. AND WE'RE GOING TO DO A PHOTO WITH ALL OF COUNCIL TO CELEBRATE YOU. 
          CHEERS. ALL CRAZY IN THE BACKGROUND. I DIDN'T READ IT. YEAH. WE DIDN'T GET TO YOU. BUT WE ARE NOT. WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE. YOU CAN JOIN US FOR THE PHOTOS ON THE. SO. OKAY, GREAT. 
          SO. YOU GUYS WANT TO JUST. THE VERY TOP. AND ALL. YES. THANK. YOU. 
          YES. AND YOU CAN. JUST. COME RIGHT. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. YOU'RE STARTING THE NIGHT OUT. WELL, WE ALSO HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER. AND THAT ONE'S GOING TO BE READ BY COUNCIL MEMBER NICK. HERE WE GO. SO WHEREAS THROUGHOUT HISTORY, AMERICA HAS RESPONDED TO MANY TRIALS WITH PRAYER, FAITH COMPELS US TO SEEK AND CLING TO THE LIGHT IN TIMES OF DARKNESS AND SPREAD LIGHT TO THOSE IN NEED. AND WHEREAS FROM THE FIRST GATHERINGS OF OUR FOREFATHERS OR OUR FOUNDING FATHERS TO OUR CURRENT CONGRESS, WE HAVE ASSEMBLED AND APPEALED TO THE SUPREME JUDGE OF THE WORLD, ASKING GOD TO SHOW MERCY AND PROTECTION. AND WHEREAS A NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER HAS BEEN A PART OF OUR HERITAGE SINCE 1775 AND IS A PUBLIC LAW ESTABLISHED IN 1988, AFFIRMING THAT IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR US AS A NATION TO SET ASIDE AND PROCLAIM THE FIRST THURSDAY OF MAY ANNUALLY AS THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER. AND WHEREAS IN EVERY STATE ACROSS AMERICA, THE OBSERVANCE OF THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, MAY 1ST, 2025, WITH THE THEME POUR OUT TO THE GOD OF HOPE AND BE FILLED. BASED ON VERSES FOUND IN ROMANS 1513. AND WHEREAS WE EXPRESS OUR FAITH AND EXERCISE OUR FREEDOM IN PRAYER AND GATHERINGS ACROSS AMERICA, HOLDING FAST TO THE PROMISES THROUGHOUT THE HOLY SCRIPTURES THAT THE LORD HEARS AND AVAILS MUCH AS HE AS HE ANSWERS THE FAITH FILLED PRAYERS OF HIS PEOPLE. AND NOW, THEREFORE, I, CHRIS MAYOR CHRISTINE OF THE CITY OF LEANDER, BY THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 1ST, 2025 AS NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ACCEPTING IT, OR DID YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT AT ALL? NO, JUST I MEAN, THIS IS THIS HAS BEEN A PRETTY COOL THING THAT I'LL JUST TALK ABOUT THIS MORNING. SO THIS MORNING, THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR HOSTING EVERYBODY DOWN AT THE POLICE STATION THIS MORNING. I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE THAT THE GATHERING GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER EVERY SINGLE YEAR. BUT AT 630 ON THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, EVERYBODY GATHERS. THERE'S COMMUNITY LEADERS AND PASTORS AND PEOPLE FROM NONPROFITS AND JUST CITIZENS THAT GATHER AND PRAY ON BEHALF OF, YOU KNOW, THE SEVEN MOUNTAINS OF INFLUENCE THAT GOD HAS INFLUENCE OF. AND SO WE JUST WANT TO GIVE HIM THIS DAY BACK. AND SO IT WAS GREAT TO 
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BE A PART OF THAT THING. IT WAS IT WAS AWESOME. MORNING. I THINK EVEN LIFE CHURCH HAD SOME OF THEIR WORSHIP TEAM OUT THERE WITH US THIS MORNING TOO. AND SOME PEOPLE'S FAVORITE PART IS JUST THE CHICK FIL A BREAKFAST, I THINK. BUT THAT ALWAYS GETS TALKED ABOUT A LOT. BUT IT'S A IT'S BEEN A BLESSING AND AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO GET TO BE A PART OF THAT HERE. AND I'M GLAD THAT THE CITY PARTICIPATES IN IT. SO AND THEN RIGHT AFTERWARDS, I SINCE IT WAS NICE AND EARLY, I GOT TO SKIP ON OVER TO OUR KIDS SCHOOL. AND THEN THEY SAW I WAS WEARING MY SHIRT. 
          SO THEN THEY WANTED TO RECOGNIZE US. THEY SAID THE CITY OF LEANDER SENT SOMEBODY ON BEHALF OF THERE TOO. SO THAT THAT WAS THAT WAS IT WAS SPECIAL FOR THEM AS WELL TOO. THERE'S A COUPLE POLICE OFFICERS THERE. SO I MEAN, IT'S JUST IT WAS NICE. AND THAT WAS KIND OF A EMOTIONAL MOMENT TO WATCH THE NEXT GENERATION ACTUALLY BE DOING THE SAME THINGS TOO. AND SO IT'S JUST A IT'S A BLESSED DAY AND I'M PROUD TO BE A PART OF IT. SO VERY NICE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 
          NATIONAL FIREFIGHTERS DAY IS THAT COUNCILMEMBER PARKER. AWESOME. WHEREAS INTERNATIONAL FIREFIGHTERS DAY IS OBSERVED ON MAY 4TH TO HONOR AND REMEMBER FIREFIGHTERS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES SERVING THEIR COMMUNITIES, TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE TO THOSE WHO SERVED, TO SHOW SUPPORT AND APPRECIATION FOR THOSE WHO PRESENTLY SERVE. AND WHEREAS, THE FIREFIGHTERS FOR LEANDER FIRE DEPARTMENT, BOTH PAID AND VOLUNTEER, ARE DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE, ARE QUICK TO RESPOND TO UNCERTAIN SITUATIONS TO MITIGATE THE DANGERS AND COMBAT THE THREAT OF FIRE. IN ORDER TO PROTECT INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, PETS, AND THE ECONOMIC BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS THE DEMANDS OF FIREFIGHTERS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY PERSONAL, PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL TOLLS THAT FIREFIGHTERS KNOWINGLY ACCEPT WHILE RISKING THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT THE LIVES AND PROPERTY OF OTHERS. AND WHEREAS WE CELEBRATE THIS DAY TO ENCOURAGE AND MOTIVATE FIREFIGHTERS, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE THEM FOR WHAT THEY DO TO REIGNITE THE FIRE BURNING IN THEIR HEARTS, WHICH FUELED THEM TO DO AN EVEN BETTER JOB. NOW, THEREFORE, WE, THE CITY OF LEANDER, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 4TH, 2025 AS INTERNATIONAL FIREFIGHTERS DAY AND URGE OUR COMMUNITY TO JOIN US IN REMEMBERING THOSE FIREFIGHTERS WHO DIED WHILE PROTECTING OTHERS, AND TO SHOW SUPPORT AND APPRECIATION TO THOSE FIREFIGHTERS WHO PROTECT OUR LIVES AND PROPERTY EACH AND EVERY DAY. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF LEANDER TO BE AFFIXED ON MAY 1ST, 2025. MAYOR CHRISTINE DELISLE. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY SAYING THAT THIS YEAR THE LEANDER FIRE DEPARTMENT IS 60 YEARS OLD. SO IT WAS FORMALLY ESTABLISHED, I GUESS, IN 1965. I GUESS PRIOR TO THAT, IT WAS NOT ORGANIZED, NOT ORGANIZED AS WELL OR NOT LEGALLY ESTABLISHED. BUT SO WE'RE CELEBRATING THAT THIS YEAR, BUT ALSO THE PROCLAMATION, APPRECIATE YOU ALL TAKING THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS WEEKEND IS THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL UP IN MARYLAND. AND THERE'LL BE 140 FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE RECOGNIZED THAT ARE HONORED FOR HAVING DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY, 70 OF THOSE FROM 2024, AND 70 OF THE OF THOSE THAT ARE RECOGNIZED ARE FROM YEARS PRIOR THAT ARE JUST NOW BEING RECOGNIZED. SO SOME OF THAT IS DUE TO CANCER LAWS. SO DIFFERENT STATES HAVE DIFFERENT LAWS THAT REGULATE THAT. NATIONAL DOES NOT RECOGNIZE CANCER AS A LINE OF DUTY DEATH. AS FAR AS A BENEFIT THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THOSE FAMILIES. BUT THE STATE OF TEXAS DOES FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF CANCERS. AND SO WHEN THOSE CANCER CLAIMS ACTUALLY GET PROCESSED, AND THAT'S WHEN THOSE STATES SEND ALL THAT IN AND THEN THEY GET RECOGNIZED FOR THAT. SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE SEE AS AN INCREASE IN LINE OF DUTY DEATHS DUE TO CANCERS AND SUICIDES. A LOT OF THE EFFORTS THAT WE DO AS FIREFIGHTERS IS TO TRY TO KEEP OUR MEMBERS HEALTHY AND ALIVE AND FOCUS ON NOT JUST THEIR PHYSICAL HEALTH AND THEIR THEIR FINANCIAL HEALTH, BUT ALSO THEIR MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL HEALTH AS WELL. SO WE JUST APPRECIATE YOU ALL TAKING THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE THIS DAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHIEF. NOW WE HAVE NATIONAL WILDFIRE AWARENESS MONTH. TODAY. DID YOU WANT A PICTURE, CHIEF? I FIGURED WE WERE GOING TO DO THAT ALL AT THE END. THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. WHEREAS THE CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS IS A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE SERVING BASTROP, BLANCO, BURNET, CALDWELL, FAYETTE, HAYS, LEE, LLANO, TRAVIS AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES. AND WHEREAS CAPROCK IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING A STRONG FRAMEWORK FOR THE SHARING OF CRITICAL RESOURCES AMONG ITS JURISDICTIONS AND THE REGION TO PREPARE FOR THE UPCOMING WILDFIRE SEASON. AND WHEREAS THE WILDFIRE AWARENESS AND MITIGATION IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERY RESIDENT AND PROPERTY OWNER OF THE CAPCOM CAPCOM TEN COUNTY REGION, AND ALL RESIDENTS 
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AND PROPERTY OWNERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MAKE WILDFIRE AWARENESS A PRIORITY. AND WHEREAS, THE CAPCOM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, ALONG WITH THE OTHER REGIONAL, STATE AND NATIONAL PARTNERS, SUPPORT THE WARREN CENTRAL TEXAS CAMPAIGN TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, I, MAYOR CHRISTINE DELISLE, CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE MAY 2025 AS WILDFIRE AWARENESS MONTH IN LEANDER AND ENCOURAGE OUR RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN AWARENESS, PREPAREDNESS AND MITIGATION PLANS. GO TO WARREN, CENTRAL TEXAS.ORG TO REGISTER TO RECEIVE EMERGENCY ALERTS. IT WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF LEANDER TO BE AFFIXED ON MAY 1ST, 2025. CHRISTINE DELISLE, MAYOR. VERY NICE. THANK YOU, MR. HOLMES. GOOD EVENING. 
          AUBREY HOLMES, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH FOR SUPPORTING THE WILDFIRE PREVENTION IN THE CITY AND ENCOURAGING ALL OF OUR CITIZENS TO DO SO AS WELL IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL LIVES. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT EACH PERSON TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THEIR OWN CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE IN WHAT THEY CAN DO TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND SO IF WE ALL WORK TOGETHER, THEN WE CAN DO OUR BEST TO MITIGATE OR LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF ISSUES WE MAY HAVE IN THE FUTURE. SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, NATIONAL POLICE OFFICER WEEK AND MEMORIAL DAY PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS THE CONGRESS AND PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DESIGNATED MAY 15TH AS NATIONAL POLICE OFFICER MEMORIAL DAY AND THE WEEK OF MAY 11TH THROUGH MAY 17TH IS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK 2025. AND WHEREAS MEMBERS OF THE LEANDER POLICE DEPARTMENT PLAY AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN SAFEGUARDING THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND WHEREAS OUR POLICE OFFICERS RECOGNIZE THEIR DUTIES TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY BY SAFEGUARDING LIFE PROPERTY AND BY PROTECTING THEM FROM DISORDER, THE INNOCENT FROM DECEPTION AND THE WEAK AGAINST OPPRESSION. NOW, THEREFORE, I, MAYOR CHRISTINE DELISLE, CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO OBSERVE THE WEEK OF MAY 11TH THROUGH 17TH, 2025 AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK AND MAY 15TH IS NATIONAL POLICE OFFICER, MEMORIAL DAY AND HONOR THOSE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND SERVICE TO THEIR COMMUNITY AND WITNESS THEREOF. I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF LEANDER TO BE AFFIXED ON MAY 1ST, 2025, MAYOR CHRISTINE DILLON. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT WE'RE ONLY 47 YEARS OLD AS A DEPARTMENT, SO WE'RE STILL KIND OF THE BABY IN THIS EMERGENCY SERVICES. SO THERE'S A LOT MORE FIRE. BEFORE THERE WAS CRIME APPARENTLY. SO STARTED LATE. BUT I DO WANT TO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THIS. AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE, I WOULD SAY, BITTERSWEET TYPE THINGS. I KNOW WE CELEBRATE THE HARD WORK THAT THE OFFICERS DO AND THE SACRIFICES AND IRONICALLY, YOU KNOW, THE VERY PROCLAMATION WHERE THEY WERE ALL PLANNING TO BE HERE, THEY'RE IN EVEN OUR FIREFIGHTERS ARE OUT LOOKING AT THE WEATHER AND PREPARING FOR WHAT COULD OR COULD NOT HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO THEY'RE THEY'RE DEALING WITH THAT WHEN I KNOW THEY'D RATHER BE HERE TO BE ABLE TO, TO BE HONORED WITH YOU GUYS. SO I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT. I'M DEFINITELY BLESSED BECAUSE I WORK WITH SOME AMAZING PEOPLE, BUT IT COMES NOT ONLY JUST FROM THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE HAVE, IT'S THE SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE FROM OUR COUNCIL AS WELL. I THINK EVERYTHING STARTS FROM THE TOP AND WORKS ITS WAY BACK AND FORTH THROUGH THAT. SO WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. WE'RE JUST ROUGH FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ALTOGETHER. AND IT'S JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, EBB AND FLOWS THROUGH THE YEARS. BUT WE JUST THE SUPPORT THAT WE'VE CONSTANTLY HAD, NOT ONLY FROM YOU GUYS, BUT FROM THE COMMUNITY BEHIND US AS WELL, HAS BEEN THE FUEL, THE PRAYERS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WERE GIVEN OVER THE YEARS TO GET US THROUGH. SOME OF THOSE TIMES WERE JUST AMAZING. WE TRULY WORK WITH A LOT OF SELFLESS PEOPLE THAT COME IN EVERY SINGLE DAY. WE NEVER CLOSE 365 DAYS A YEAR, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 24 HOURS A DAY. THERE'S SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE WHO'S ABLE TO HELP SOMEBODY THAT NEEDS IT, AND IT DOESN'T STOP. IT STARTED 47 YEARS AGO, AND IT'S STILL CONTINUE TO BE OPEN EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. ALSO, THIS PAST WEEKEND IS WHEN THEY DID THE MEMORIAL CEREMONIES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AT THE MEMORIAL WALL DOWNTOWN, AND JUST KIND OF PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE. IN 2024, THERE WERE 165 OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY, 165 MOMS, DADS AND UNCLES, AUNTS, COACHES, FRIENDS THAT DIDN'T GET TO GO HOME. 19 OF THOSE WERE FROM TEXAS. AND THIS YEAR IN 2025, AS OF TODAY, THERE WAS 2023 ACROSS OUR NATION. AND FOUR OF THOSE WERE FROM TEXAS. SO THERE'S EVEN FOR MYSELF, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD TWO PEOPLE IN MY FAMILY WHO WERE KILLED IN LINE OF DUTY AS POLICE OFFICERS. I DIDN'T KNOW THEM PERSONALLY BECAUSE IT HAPPENED BEFORE I WAS ONE WAS BEFORE I WAS BORN AND ONE WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BIT YOUNGER. BUT I CAN TELL YOU, JUST GROWING UP THROUGH THAT AND JUST KIND OF HEARING OVER AND OVER, WE KEEP HEARING FROM PEOPLE. EVEN NOW, WITH THE AMOUNT OF FUNERALS THAT I'VE GONE TO IN THE PAST, THROUGH MY CAREER, IS THAT WE ALWAYS TELL THE FAMILY THAT 
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THEIR LOVED ONES WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN, EVER. AND WE KNOW TIME GOES. BUT WHEN WE HAVE THESE TYPE OF PROCLAMATIONS AND WE CONTINUE TO REMEMBER THEM AND MEMORIALIZE THEM FOR THE SACRIFICE THEY GAVE, IT REALLY AFFIRMS THAT PROMISE THAT ALTHOUGH THEIR LOVED ONE IS NO LONGER HERE AND THEY'RE GONE, THAT THEY'RE NOT FORGOTTEN. SO I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO DO THESE PROCLAMATIONS AND DO THEM OPENLY AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT HONORS ALL THE FAMILIES THAT HAVE GIVEN THAT SACRIFICE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHIEF. ALL RIGHT. AND NATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK. OH, WHY Y'ALL COMING UP? I LIKE YOUR JERSEY JERSEY SHIRTS. SERVANTS. YES. WHAT? THAT'S A SERVICE TO SOMEBODY'S. OH MINDSET SERVICE. 
          THAT'S A SERVANT'S MINDSET. SERVANTS. OH, AM I NOT SUPPOSED TO SAY ALL RIGHT. OKAY. PUBLIC SERVANTS. WE CAN I SAID IT, I SAID IT WRONG. THANKS. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WHEREAS THE CITY OF LEANDER IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE DEDICATION, PROFESSIONALISM AND SELFLESSNESS EXHIBITED BY OUR CITY EMPLOYEES AND PUBLIC SERVANTS. AND WHEREAS THE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF LEANDER DEMONSTRATE UNWAVERING, UNWAVERING COMMITMENT AND ENSURING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR CITIZENS AND CONSISTENTLY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND IN THEIR EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN THE WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS THESE PUBLIC SERVANTS AT EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT, FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY, AND CITY PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN THE FUNCTIONING OF OUR DEMOCRACY, PROVIDING ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND ENSURING CONTINUITY EVEN AS LEADERSHIP CHANGES. WHEREAS WITHOUT THE DEDICATION AND HARD WORK OF THESE PUBLIC SERVANTS, THE DAILY OPERATIONS OF OUR CITY WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE, AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR CITIZENS WOULD BE DIMINISHED. AND WHEREAS PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL CITIZENS TO EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION TO ALL CITY EMPLOYEES AND PUBLIC SERVANTS FOR THEIR TIRELESS EFFORTS AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO SERVING THE PUBLIC GOOD. NOW, THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED THAT I, CHRISTINE DELISLE, MAYOR, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 4TH THROUGH 10TH, 2025 AS PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK IN THE CITY OF LEANDER, ALL CITIZENS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RECOGNIZE THE INVALUABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES, AS WELL AS THOSE PUBLIC SERVANTS ACROSS ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITIES. IN TESTIMONY HEREOF, I HAVE HEREUNTO AFFIX MY SIGNATURE THIS FIRST DAY OF MAY 2025. THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS CHANTAL BLEWETT. I'M IN THE HR DEPARTMENT, BUT I'M ALSO A PART OF LREC, WHICH IS THE LEANDER RECOGNITION ENGAGE CONNECT TEAM AND WE ARE A INVITING YOU ALL OUT TO OUR EVENT. FOR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES CELEBRATING THIS WEEK. IT'S GOING TO BE ON MAY 8TH AT THE BENBROOK PARK. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PICNIC. IT'S FROM 11 TO 2. ALL OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES ARE GOING TO BE COMING THROUGH THERE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME GAMES, FOOD. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HIT A BAT AND A BALL SOME. AND SOME WASHERS. IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN RECOGNIZING OUR EMPLOYEES. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, AND THAT THE CITY HAS RECOGNIZED THE PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK. AND SO WE'RE GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL TO YOU ALL FOR DOING THIS FOR US. THANK YOU. THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME RECOGNIZING THIS. I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS A PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND PULLING TOGETHER THE RECOGNITION GROUP. AND TO JUST MAKE SURE EVERYBODY REALIZES THEY'RE A PART OF THE FAMILY HERE. THANK YOU. WE ARE GOING TO DO A PHOTO, BUT REAL QUICK BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE DO HAVE ONE MORE RECOGNITION. CHIEF DAVIS, COULD YOU PLEASE STAND UP? I WAS TOLD THAT TOMORROW IS YOUR BIRTHDAY, SO WE JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE YOU AND SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHIEF. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL DO OUR PHOTOS. THAT. CHARACTER. 
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IN THE PICTURE. OKAY? ARE YOU READY? 53 YET AGAIN. COUPLE MORE. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. THANK YOU. OH, THAT'S. THAT'S. OKAY. WE'RE BREAKING THAT. SHE WAS DOING THE WHOLE FAMILY OR WHAT? WOW. THAT'S OKAY. 123. OKAY OKAY. WE'RE GOING. LOWERING LOWERING LOWERING. WHAT'S HAPPENING? HERE? 
          [8. Staff ReportsCapital Improvement Project Update regarding Bagdad Terminus Pump Station, Ground Storage Tank, and 24-inch Waterline (CIP W.74)
State Legislative Update]
ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT STAFF REPORTS. FIRST UP IS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM UPDATE. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE BAGHDAD TERMINUS PUMP STATION GROUND STORAGE TANK AND 24 INCH WATERLINE. THAT'S CIP W 0.74 WITH CIP PROGRAM MANAGER BETTIS. NO PRESSURE, MR. BETTIS, BUT WE'RE ON A VERY LIGHT NOTE TONIGHT, SO I HOPE IT'S ALL GOOD THINGS THAT YOU SAY YOU'RE SAT DOWN AGAIN. THANK YOU COUNCIL. GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO COME UP HERE. OF COURSE, OUR WONDERFUL CITY CONTINUES TO GROW. WE CONTINUE TO BE DYNAMIC AS ALWAYS. AND OF COURSE, AS WE'RE TRYING TO GET THERE, WE, THE CITY, ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO REACH OUT AND CONTINUE THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT OUR CITY NEEDS. AND THAT IS ONE OF THIS PROJECTS HERE. THIS, OF COURSE, WATER IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US. AND THIS IS THE BAGHDAD TERMINUS. THE PHOTO YOU SEE THERE IN THE BACKGROUND IS THE CURRENT STEEL TANK. IT'S THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION GALLONS WITH A SMALL PUMP STATION CONSTRUCTED IN 1996. IT'S WOEFULLY INADEQUATE. SO WE'RE AND IT'S AT THE LOWER PRESSURE PLANE AT A POINT IN TIME NOW WHERE WE NEED TO START BRINGING WATER FROM THE BCR UA UP. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN SEE HERE. OOPS. RIGHT THERE. PERFECT. THESE AREA RIGHT HERE IN 2022 WE DID AN INTERCONNECT FROM THE BCR WATER LINE AT NOT HERE AWAY I'M SORRY NEW HOPE. MY APOLOGIES FROM NEW HOPE UP TO THE BAGHDAD TERMINUS. AND SO WE'RE BRINGING ALL THIS WATER UP. NOW. WE NEED TO TAKE THAT WATER AND PUSH IT FURTHER NORTH. AND SO IF YOU WILL, I'M GOING TO WALK YOU ALL THROUGH THIS. SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS IS THE AREA RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL. YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IS THE NEW VALVES AND THE NEW CONTROLS AND THE NEW DATA THAT WE INSTALLED RIGHT THERE WITH THE WATER LINE THAT COMES UP NEXT TO BAGHDAD FROM NEW HOPE. WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING NOW IS WE'RE GOING TO DEMOLISH THAT STEEL TANK AND THAT SMALL LITTLE PUMP STATION, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONSTRUCT A MUCH LARGER PUMP STATION, THREE LARGE PUMPS, WHICH ARE GOING TO BE PUSHING WATER TO THE UPPER PRESSURE PLANES, AS WELL AS THE LOW PRESSURE PLANES. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING A 1.5 MILLION GALLON TANK CONCRETE, WHICH IS A LOT BETTER THAN STEEL, TRUST ME ON THAT. AND SO WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE DOING IS WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING AND WE'RE GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTING AND INSTALLING A NEW 24 INCH WATER LINE AND A NEW 16 INCH WATER LINE, 24 INCH WATER LINES ON THE HIGH PRESSURE PLANE, 16IN ON THE LOW PRESSURE PLANE. WE ARE GOING TO GO RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE OF BAGHDAD ON THIS. SO WHAT I WANT TO DO AND THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING ME, I DO WANT TO BRING THIS UP TO THE PUBLIC AND FOR YOU ALL TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND. WE ARE WHERE YOU CAN SEE US RIGHT HERE, JUST NORTH OF KETTERING, ACROSS FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL, GOING UP THE MIDDLE OF BAGHDAD, ALL THE WAY OVER TO CRYSTAL FALLS. WE'RE GOING TO BE STARTING THAT HERE RIGHT AFTER SCHOOL, LETS OUT ON THE 26TH OF 
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MAY, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL. AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR GOAL IS TO COMPLETE ALL OF THAT IN FRONT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL UP TO OSAGE BY AUGUST 13TH, SO THAT WE'LL HAVE THAT AREA OPEN AGAIN BY THE TIME SCHOOL OPENS. THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SECOND PHASE, WHICH GOES FROM AUGUST 13TH TO SEPTEMBER 15TH. FROM OSAGE UP TO Y'ALL DON'T KNOW, THERE'S A LITTLE ALLEYWAY THAT GOES BACK OFF THERE TO THE WEST. SO UP TO THAT, ABOUT THAT LITTLE ALLEYWAY. AND THEN THE NEXT SECTION THREE WILL GO ALL THE WAY UP TO CRYSTAL FALLS, AND THAT FOURTH SECTION WILL BE TAKING A 16 INCH WATER LINE OVER TO THE CRYSTAL FALLS TANKS. WE WILL FOLLOW UP ON THAT, AND WE WILL REPAVE THE CENTER THREE LANES, AND IT SHOULD BE COMPLETED AND RESTRIPED BY FEBRUARY 4TH, 2026 THIS COMING WINTER. AND THEN THE TOTAL CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW TANKS, THE NEW PUMP STATION SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY MAY 28TH, 2026. ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE QUESTION THAT THE ROADS ARE. IS THAT GOING TO BE CLOSED OR JUST DOWN TO ONE LANE? YES, MA'AM. WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO CLOSE THE CENTER THREE LANES OKAY. THAT'S CORRECT. SO YOU CAN STILL GET THROUGH. YES, MA'AM. JUST ON ONE LANE. CORRECT. OKAY. AND IT'LL BE A SECTION AND A SECTION AT A TIME. AND WE WILL TRY TO ARRANGE TO. THERE WILL BE TIMES WHEN SOME TRAFFIC WILL HAVE TO DO WHAT WE CALL A MICHIGAN LEFT. 
          THERE'LL BE A DEDICATED RIGHT. COME BACK AROUND. COME BACK LEFT. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. OH, IS THAT YOUR QUESTION? OH, GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TIMING IT WITH THE SCHOOL BREAK. YES, MA'AM. I'VE DRIVEN THAT ROUTE MORE MORNINGS THAN I WOULD HAVE LIKED. AND? AND THE TRAFFIC IS TERRIBLE. AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT Y'ALL ARE NOT NOT ACTIVELY WORKING WHEN PARENTS ARE TRYING TO GET THEIR KIDS IN AND NEW DRIVERS ARE OUT THERE. YES, MA'AM. SO ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UP NEXT IS STATE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE WITH ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER SIRISAK. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. HI, COUNCIL. I DON'T WANT TO ON A GOOD VIBE. OKAY. I WAS GOING TO. 
          I THOUGHT MY UPDATE WOULD BRING IT EVERYTHING DOWN. AND THEN I HEARD LIKE A THUNDER. SO DON'T DO IT. I'LL TRY NOT TO. OKAY. YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A. IT STARTED OFF AS A QUICK UPDATE, SO I'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF THE BILLS QUITE FAST ONCE WE GET INTO IT. AND SO JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE CAPITOL RIGHT NOW AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE FINAL MONTH OF MAY, WITH EVERYTHING AND ALL THE BILLS COMING THROUGH THROUGH COMMITTEES. AND SO JUST A QUICK REMINDER, BACK IN FEBRUARY, COUNCIL ADOPTED OUR STATE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM, AND THAT INCLUDED PRIORITIES FOR SELF-GOVERNANCE, FINANCIAL STABILITY, DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, ESSENTIAL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE. JUST KIND OF I'LL GO THROUGH KIND OF THE TIMING RIGHT NOW WITH YOU ALL IN TERMS OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE LEGISLATURE. MAY 12TH IS THE LAST DAY FOR HOUSE BILLS TO BE HEARD IN COMMITTEES IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED ON THE HOUSE FLOOR. SO NEXT WEEK IS GOING TO BE A BIG SCRAMBLE AT THE CAPITOL, AND WE'LL BE WATCHING THAT REALLY CLOSELY. MAY 31ST IS THE DEADLINE FOR HOUSE AND SENATE BILLS TO BE CONSIDERED ON THE FLOOR, AND JUNE 2ND IS THE LAST DAY OF THE SESSION IN JUNE 22ND IS THE LAST DAY FOR THE GOVERNOR TO SIGN ALL BILLS INTO LAWS. SO JUST KEEPING THAT IN MIND. ALL RIGHT, THE BILLS I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT ARE JUST BILLS THAT ARE REALLY HIGH PRIORITY BASED ON OUR LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM AND ALSO THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AT THE CAPITOL. AND THESE BILLS ARE BILLS THAT HAVE ALREADY PASSED THE HOUSE OR SENATE AND HAVE ALREADY BEEN REFERRED OVER TO THE OPPOSITE CHAMBER. SO THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE COULD SEE POSSIBLY GOING ONTO THE GOVERNOR'S NEST. AND SO SENATE BILL 1062, THIS ALLOWS THE CITY TO PUBLISH A NOTICE IN A DIGITAL NEWSPAPER INSTEAD OF A REGULAR PAPER NEWSPAPER. A LOT OF CITIES HAVE BEEN PUSHING THIS, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET IT THERE. IT HAS ALREADY PASSED THE SENATE AND TODAY IT HAS BEEN VOTED BY THE HOUSE. AND SO WE HOPE THAT CAN MAKE IT THROUGH TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK. SO. COMMUNITY CENSORSHIP BILLS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SESSION, THIS WAS A REALLY HOT TOPIC. SENATE BILL 19. IT'S WHERE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION CANNOT SPEND PUBLIC FUNDS TO HIRE LOBBYISTS. THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION, A LOT OF DEBATE ON THIS. AND SO IT DID PASS THE SENATE. IT WAS REFERRED TO THE HOUSE COMMITTEE BACK IN LATE MARCH. AND SO AS OF NOW, I THINK THIS BILL IS AT A STANDSTILL. SO. LOTS OF ANNEXATION BILLS AND THEY'RE COMING AROUND FROM A LOT OF BIG CITIES SUCH AS AUSTIN AND HOUSTON AND HOUSE BILL 1318. 
          THIS WOULD REQUIRE CITIES TO PAY FOR TRANSFERRED PROPERTY AND DAMAGES TO A MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITY SEEKING A CCN FOR WATER AND SEWER DURING ANNEXATION. THIS HAS PASSED THE HOUSE AND IT WAS REFERRED TO THE SENATE COMMITTEE LAST OR THIS WEEK. SO. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BILLS, 
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SENATE BILL 878. THIS IS A BILL THAT HAS BEEN REOCCURRING IN PAST SESSIONS, AND IT WOULD RESTRICT CITIES FROM PROVIDING PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENTS, AN EXEMPTION IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS. IT DID PASS THE SENATE SIMILAR TO THE LAST SESSION. IT HAS BEEN REFERRED TO THE HOUSE COMMITTEE LAST WEEK. SO WE'LL SEE. THIS MAKES IT ON FOR DEBATE FOR NEXT WEEK. SOME ELECTION BILL, SENATE BILL 533. ALL BONDED TAX ELECTIONS MUST BE HELD ON NOVEMBER UNIFORM ELECTION DATE. AND SIMILARLY SENATE BILL 1209. THIS HAS BEEN REALLY PUSHED FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS. WE'RE ALL CITY GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS SHALL BE HELD IN NOVEMBER. INSTEAD, BOTH BILLS PASSED THE SENATE AND BOTH BILLS HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO THE HOUSE COMMITTEE WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. AND SO WE'LL SEE IF IT MAKES IT ON FOR HEARINGS NEXT WEEK. FOR FINANCE RELATED BILLS. SENATE BILL 1024. THIS WOULD CREATE A FIVE YEAR WAITING PERIOD TO AUTHORIZE CEOS AND TAX ANTICIPATION NOTES OF A BOND PROPOSITION TO AUTHORIZE THESE BONDS FAILED PREVIOUSLY, SO THAT ONE DID PASS THE SENATE. IT HAS BEEN REFERRED TO THE HOUSE COMMITTEE. LAST WEEK, SENATE BILL 1173. THIS WOULD INCREASE THE THRESHOLD FOR COMPETITIVE BIDDING, BIDDING FROM 50,000 TO 100,000, WHICH WOULD BE GREAT FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, GET THINGS OFF THE GROUND AND GET CONTRACTORS A LOT MORE EASILY. AND SO THAT DID PASS THE SENATE, AND IT PASSED THE HOUSE COMMITTEE THIS WEEK. SENATE BILL 1883. THIS RELATES TO IMPACT FEES. AND A LOT OF THIS CONCERN HAS COME FROM DEVELOPERS. AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TESTIMONY REGARDING THIS. AND IT REALLY WOULD PROHIBIT A CITY FROM INCREASING AN IMPACT FEE WITHIN THREE YEARS. THIS BILL DID PASS THE SENATE. IT DID PASS THE HOUSE COMMITTEE, AND IT WAS SENT TO THE HOUSE CALENDAR. SO TO PREFACE, THERE IS A HUGE BACKLOG AND HOUSE BILLS RIGHT NOW. THEY HAVE OVER 473 BILLS THAT ARE STILL WAITING TO BE HEARD ON THE FLOOR. AND SO THERE'S A BIG CHANCE THAT A LOT OF THESE BILLS WON'T GET HEARD. SO. FOR LAND USE BILLS, LOTS OF LAND USE TOPICS FOR SENATE BILL 15. THIS IS PART OF THAT PUSH FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND INCREASE DENSITY. AND SO THIS BILL WOULD CAP MINIMUM LOT SIZE FOR GREENFIELDS UNPLOTTED PROPERTIES AND CREATE ZONING RESTRICTIONS FOR SMALL LOTS. SO IS THAT PUSH FOR HIGHER DENSITY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT'S GOING ON? IT DOES APPLY TO ONLY CITIES WITH 150,000 POPULATION FOR MORE. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE GOT TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND DEVELOP THAT THIS COULD POSSIBLY RESTRICT US. AND SO I AM ENGAGED WITH CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER LARGE CITIES AS PART OF A MUNICIPAL ADVOCACY COALITION THAT WE FORMED FOR CITIES WHO ARE LEGISLATIVELY ACTIVE. AND SO THIS BILL DID PASS THE SENATE. IT PASSED THE HOUSE COMMITTEE AND HAS BEEN SENT TO THE HOUSE CALENDAR. SO THERE'S STILL A LOT OF DEBATE GOING ON REGARDING THIS BILL. SO I'LL KEEP YOU ALL POSTED ON THAT. SENATE BILL. 241 THIS WOULD PROHIBIT A CITY FROM ADOPTING OR ENFORCING A POLICY THAT DISCOURAGES PUBLIC CAMPING BAN. AND THIS REALLY HAS TO DO WITH A LOT OF THOSE BIG CITIES LIKE AUSTIN AND HOUSTON, WHERE A LOT OF THESE PUBLIC CAMPING PLACES OCCUR NEXT TO NEIGHBORHOODS OR PARKS, AND IT BECOMES SAFETY CONCERNS. AND SO THIS BILL IS REALLY TO GET CITIES TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ENFORCING THESE CAMPING BANS THAT DID PASS THE SENATE. AND IT WAS REFERRED TO HOUSE COMMITTEE LAST WEEK. FOR SENATE BILL 673. 
          THIS IS A BILL THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR A HEARING. IT'S PROBABLY GOING ON TONIGHT. 
          TONIGHT, RIGHT NOW. IT WAS SCHEDULED EARLIER THIS MORNING. AND IT WOULD ALLOW ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS BY RIGHT IN A SINGLE FAMILY ZONING OR ZONED AREA. AND IT PROHIBITS OUR ABILITY TO REGULATE. AND THERE'S A LONG LIST OF THINGS THAT THEY DON'T WANT CITIES TO REGULATE. 
          AND AGAIN, IT'S THAT PUSH FOR HIGHER DENSITY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND WE'RE CITIES CAN'T PROHIBIT SOMEBODY FROM RENTING OUT THESE TYPES OF ADUS THAT DID PASS THE SENATE. AND I'LL KEEP YOU ALL POSTED ON HOW THE HEARING GOES TONIGHT. HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT TOO LONG, BUT I THINK THERE WERE LIKE 63 COMMENTS FOR THAT ONE IN SENATE BILL 785 PROHIBITS CITIES FROM REGULATING OR RESTRICTING HUD CODE MANUFACTURED HOMES. AND MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THIS BILL, THERE WERE THERE WAS A SMALL CITY OUT IN TEXAS THAT ADOPTED SOME SORT OF ORDINANCE TO PREVENT HUD CODE HOMES IN THEIR COMMUNITY, WHICH CAUSED THIS ISSUE. AND SO THIS IS WHERE THAT BILL IS COMING FROM. IT PASSED THE SENATE AND ITS COMPANION BILL WAS CONSIDERED IN LIEU OF IN THE HOUSE COMMITTEE. AND THEY FILED A REPORT TO SENATE TO THE FLOOR FOR TODAY. SO. FOR SENATE BILL 840, THIS WOULD ALLOW MIXED USE AND MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS IN NON RESIDENTIAL 
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AREAS AND PROHIBITS THE CITY'S ABILITY TO REGULATE THAT DEVELOPMENT. IT DOES APPLY TO CITIES OVER 150,000. AGAIN IT'S THAT TREND. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO WATCH AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW. THAT DID PASS THE SENATE, BUT IT WAS LEFT PENDING IN THE HOUSE COMMITTEE LAST WEEK. AND SO WE'LL SEE IF THAT GETS PUT ON FOR NEXT WEEK. FOR SENATE BILL 1008, THIS PLACES LIMITATIONS ON CITIES TO REQUIRE PERMITS FOR FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS LIKE MOBILE FOOD VENDORS. AND THIS HAS BEEN A DRIVE THAT I'VE BEEN NOTICING OUT OF WEST TEXAS AREA FOR SOME REASON. AND IT PASSED THE SENATE. IT DID PASS THE HOUSE COMMITTEE AND SENT TO THE HOUSE CALENDARS THIS WEEK. FOR SENATE BILL 1358. AGAIN, THIS IS RELATING TO THE WHOLE FOOD FOOD SERVICE PUSH. IT PROHIBITS CITIES FROM REQUIRING SOUND REGULATIONS FOR OVERNIGHT DELIVERY OF FOOD AND BEVERAGE. THIS THIS PASSED THE SENATE AND PASSED THE HOUSE COMMITTEE AND SENT TO THE HOUSE CALENDARS THIS WEEK. AND THE BIG DRIVE IS COMING FROM THE NORTH TEXAS DALLAS AREA WHERE A LOT OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, FOOD, FOOD OPERATIONS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GETTING DELIVERIES OVERNIGHT TO PREPARE FOR THE NEXT DAY. AND SO THAT'S WHERE THAT PUSH IS COMING FROM. SENATE BILL 1450 WOULD ALLOW THIRD PARTY DEVELOPMENT INSPECTION, AND A CITY WOULD NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR THAT INSPECTION OR REVIEW PERFORMED BY A THIRD PARTY THAT DID PASS THE SENATE AND HAS BEEN REFERRED TO THE HOUSE COMMITTEE TWO WEEKS AGO. SO WE'LL SEE IF IT MAKES IT FOR NEXT WEEK. SENATE BILL 1566 WOULD PERMIT A CITY TO HOLD A TO SERVE ATTRACTIVE LAND THAT HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM THE CITY'S ETJ BY PETITION OR ELECTION. THIS DID PASS THE SENATE AND WAS REFERRED TO HOUSE COMMITTEE LAST WEEK FOR SENATE BILL 1567. IT PROHIBITS THE CITY FROM ADOPTING OR ENFORCING A ZONING ORDINANCE, A RULE OR OTHER REGULATION THAT LIMITS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE OCCUPYING A DWELLING UNIT, AND THIS IS COMING OUT OF THAT COST. COLLEGE STATION AREA AND UNIVERSITIES, WHERE STUDENTS ARE HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING HOUSING. AND SO THIS IS WHERE THAT PUSH IS REALLY COMING FROM TO HELP THOSE STUDENTS. FOR THAT, IT PASSED THE SENATE AND IT DID PASS THE HOUSE COMMITTEE AND WAS SENT TO THE HOUSE CALENDARS THIS WEEK. ALMOST DONE. HOUSE BILL 23 WOULD ALLOW DEVELOPER OR OWNER SEEKING APPROVAL OF A DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENT OR INSPECTION TO BYPASS THE CITY ALTOGETHER AND HAVE A THEIR LICENSED ENGINEER TO SIGN OFF ON THE DOCUMENT WITHOUT CITY INPUT. THAT BILL DID PASS THE HOUSE, BUT WAS LEFT PENDING IN THE SENATE COMMITTEE LAST WEEK. SOME TAX BILLS. SENATE BILL 1405 WOULD EXEMPT INTERNET ACCESS SERVICES FROM SALES TAX, AND THIS IS A HUGE PUSH TO HAVE INCREASED INTERNET AFFORDABILITY ACROSS THE STATE. IT DID PASS SENATE. IT DOES HAVE A SCHEDULED HEARING TOMORROW IN HOUSE COMMITTEE, WHICH I'LL BE BE ATTENDING TOMORROW. SIMILARLY, THERE IS SENATE BILL 9924 THAT'S RELATED TO CABLE FRANCHISE FEES, WHICH WOULD TAKE THAT OUT. AND SO THAT BILL WOULD PROHIBIT A CITY FROM COLLECTING SPECIFICALLY CABLE FRANCHISES. AND THAT COULD SEE A REDUCTION ACROSS ALL CITIES. AND WHAT THEY'RE COLLECTING IN TERMS OF REVENUE. THAT HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW, AND IT HAS PASSED THE SENATE. SENATE BILL 1592 WOULD AMEND CURRENT LAW REGARDING THE COLLECTION OF AIRBNBS, VRBOS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. AND THIS REALLY KIND OF STREAMLINED THE PROCESS IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS BEEN PUSHING FOR THIS BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THE COUNTY COLLECTING AND EVERYTHING THAT PASSED. THE SENATE WAS LEFT PENDING IN THE HOUSE COMMITTEE LAST WEEK. ALL RIGHT, A GOOD BILL, TRANSPORTATION. SENATE BILL 1555 AND ITS COMPANION HOUSE BILL 3727. THIS ESTABLISHES A GRANT PROGRAM TO FUND RAILROAD GRADE SEPARATION PROJECTS. THIS HAS PASSED THE SENATE AND IT HAS PASSED THE HOUSE COMMITTEE, AND IT HAS PASSED THE HOUSE CALENDARS. ONE THING TO NOTE WITH THIS BILL, WHEN THIS BILL WAS FIRST OUT, I SPOKE TO OUR REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS ABOUT THIS BILL AND SHOUT OUT TO REPRESENTATIVE HARRIS DAVILA. SHE SERVES ON THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, AND I HOPE SHE HEARD US, BECAUSE NOW SHE'S A CO A JOINT AUTHOR FOR THE BILL, WHICH IS GREAT FOR US. 
          AND SO WE'LL BE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH HER OFFICE WITH THAT HOUSE BILL 3643 WOULD ALLOW US TO SET A HEARING ON MONDAY. AND THIS IS RELATED TO THE EXIT OF CAPMETRO THAT REFERS TO ANYTHING, ANY MEMBER THAT'S 2% OR LESS OF THEIR POPULATION, POPULATION TO HOLD AN ELECTION, TO WITHDRAW EVERY TWO YEARS INSTEAD OF FIVE YEARS. AND IT HAS A NEW FINANCIAL OBLIGATION APPLIED TO THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THE PROPERTY THAT'S IN THEIR JURISDICTION. THIS BILL WAS LEFT PENDING IN HOUSE COMMITTEE. THERE IS A BIGGER ISSUE GOING ON WITH PUBLIC TRANSIT. FEW WEEKS 
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AGO OR TWO WEEKS AGO, I SENT A TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE HEARING THAT WENT ON TO 1:30 A.M. IN THE MORNING, AND IT WAS A DART RELATED BILL HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES THERE. THERE'S ALSO CONCERNS COMING FROM THE HOUSTON AREA WHEN THERE WAS A HARRIS COUNTY TOLL ROAD AUTHORITY CONVERSATION, AND THERE WERE REFERENCES BACK TO THE HOUSTON METRO. AND SO THE WHOLE TOPIC OF PUBLIC TRANSIT IS DEFINITELY ON EVERYBODY'S TONGUE IN THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. ALSO, IN REGARDS TO HIGH SPEED LIGHT RAIL AS WELL, THAT'S BEING PUSHED. AND SO I THINK OVERALL PUBLIC TRANSIT IS GOING TO BE HAVING A CONTINUAL CONVERSATION AT THE STATE CAPITOL TO FIND SOME SORT OF EQUITABLE SOLUTION ACROSS THESE DIFFERENT METRO AREAS IN TEXAS. AND SO AS AS OF THIS NOW, THIS BILL HAS BEEN LEFT PENDING AND BASED ON THE SCHEDULE AND STUFF LIKE THAT, I JUST DON'T SEE IT MOVING FORWARD. SO. FOR WATER BILLS, SENATE BILL 1253, WHERE CITY SHALL PROVIDE A CREDIT AGAINST WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES TO A BUILDER DEVELOPER FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A DEDICATION OF ELIGIBLE WATER REUSE, CONSERVATION AND OR SAVINGS FACILITY. AND THAT'S THE PUSH FOR WATER CONSERVATION THAT THE STATE IS TRYING TO ASSIST WITH. 
          THAT DID PASS THE SENATE, AND IT DID PASS THE HOUSE COMMITTEE THIS WEEK. SENATE BILL 1261. AND THIS WOULD PROVIDE FINANCING FOR WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS FROM THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD. AND IT WOULD AND IT DEFINES CERTAIN ELIGIBLE PROJECTS BASED ON THAT. IT DID PASS THE SENATE BUT WAS LEFT PENDING IN THE HOUSE COMMITTEE THIS WEEK. AND JUST TWO FINAL BILLS, SENATE BILL 2161, THIS BILL WHERE RATEPAYERS OF A MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITY WHO RESIDE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, MAY APPEAL TO DECISION OF A GOVERNING BODY THAT RESULTS IN AN INCREASE IN RATES WHEN THE MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITY TAKES OVER THE PROVISION OF SERVICE PREVIOUSLY SERVED BY ANOTHER PUBLIC UTILITY. THIS BILL PASSED THE SENATE AND WAS REFERRED TO HOUSE COMMITTEE THIS WEEK, AND HOUSE BILL 685 WOULD PROHIBIT A CITY FROM ESTABLISHING A HIGHER WATER RATE OR SEWER RATE, AND IT ONLY APPLIES TO ENTITIES THAT QUALIFY FOR SALES TAX OR PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION. THIS PASSED THE HOUSE AND WAS REFERRED TO THE HOUSE TO REFER TO THE SENATE COMMITTEE LAST WEEK. AND SO THESE ARE THE BILLS THAT HAVE SOME MOVEMENT RIGHT NOW ACROSS BOTH CHAMBERS. IT'S REALLY GOING TO DEPEND NEXT WEEK. AND SO A LOT OF THE HEARINGS WILL BE PUBLISHED BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. AND SO I'LL ALWAYS GIVE COUNCIL AN UPDATE ON THAT. AND I'LL BE AT THE CAPITOL TOMORROW. NEXT WEEK WOULD BE A BIG ONE. TODD RARELY SEES ME. BUT IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR REPS AND SENATOR, THERE'S THERE ARE TWO YOU KNOW, I DISCUSSED WITH COUNCIL A CITY OF LEANDER DAY AT THE CAPITOL. AND SO WITH EVERYTHING'S GOING ON THIS SESSION, I, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND HAVING IT AFTER THE SESSION IS OVER. IN SPEAKING WITH OUR SENATORS AND REPS, THEY'RE REALLY STARTING TO GEAR UP FOR NEXT SESSION THIS SUMMER. AND SO THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET AN EARLY, YOU KNOW, HAVE A LITTLE WORKSHOP WITH COUNCIL. FIRST, DISCUSS WHAT ARE SOME THINGS WE WANT TO SEE LEGISLATIVELY AND ACTUALLY MEET IN ADVANCE WITH OUR SENATORS AND REPS. AND THEY'RE EXCITED. THEY'RE EXCITED THAT LEANDER HAS A VOICE AND THAT WE'RE BEING PROACTIVE. AND SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT MOMENTUM AND OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM ON THAT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT UPDATE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE CITY OF LEANDER HAS EVER HAD A LEGISLATIVE PRESENCE. AND SO THIS IS REALLY EXCITING. HOW CAN COUNCIL MEMBERS GET INVOLVED? YEAH. SO A GREAT WAY TO GET INVOLVED IS ALWAYS LET ME KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE ALL PLANNING, YOU KNOW, ANY KIND OF INDIVIDUAL VISITS TO THE CAPITOL OR IF THERE'S ANY EVENTS. I KNOW THERE'S ALWAYS EVENTS OUT THERE WHERE A LOT OF THEIR STAFF MEMBERS WILL BE PRESENT. AND IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC TOPICS THAT THAT KIND OF DRAW Y'ALL INTO, LET ME KNOW SO I CAN HELP KIND OF CRAFT THOSE TALKING POINTS AND ONE PAGERS FOR Y'ALL, JUST TO UNDERSTAND WHATEVER KIND OF BILL IS BEING LAID OUT. ANOTHER THING TOO IS, YOU KNOW, AS YOU'RE AT THESE EVENTS, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S SPEAKING ABOUT THE GOOD THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING TO LEANDER. I, I'M ALWAYS PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS SURPRISED BY HOW MANY, HOW MUCH, HOW HOW MUCH, HOW MANY GOOD THINGS I TELL THEM ABOUT WHAT'S COMING AND ALL THE AND ALL THE GROWTH THAT WERE HAPPENING AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING IN THEIR COMMUNITY EVENTS. I MEAN, THEY'RE EXCITED BECAUSE PEOPLE STILL SEE US AS LIKE THIS SMALL TOWN. AND I'M LIKE, NO, NO, NO. AND SO, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVING THAT CONSISTENT MESSAGE AND PRESENCE, I THINK IS IMPORTANT. BUT ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, I'M I'M HERE AS A RESOURCE FOR YOU ALL. AND SO IF THERE'S ANY 
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TIMES YOU JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, SWING BY THE CAPITOL, LET ME KNOW. I'M THERE FOR HALF, HALF THE WEEK NOW. SO YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I WANT TO SAY TO ALL OF US CAN GO DOWN THERE AND TALK TO THE LEGISLATORS. BUT THE SECOND LEANDER CITY COUNCIL COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH. YOU ARE SPEAKING FOR US. AND SO YOU SHOULD BE COORDINATING WITH KENT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ONLY SPEAKING ABOUT LEANDER'S POSITION IN OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES THAT WE PASSED A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. NOW, IF IT'S OUTSIDE OF THAT, WE NEED TO HAVE A TALK OR YOU NEED TO NOT BE A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY IN THAT CONVERSATION. JUST I'M A PRIVATE CITIZEN AND THIS IS HOW I FEEL. THAT IS NOT MY ROLE. THAT'S IN THE CHARTER. THE CHARTER SAYS THAT WE MUST ACT AS A BODY, WHICH MEANS THE ONLY TIME WE SPEAK FOR THE GROUP IS WHEN WE HAVE VOTED ON SOMETHING. SORRY, I HAD TO BE DEBBIE DOWNER COUNCIL. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I WENT DOWN TO THE CAPITOL LAST WEEK AND I MET WITH ALL A LOT OF OUR STAFF, THE DIFFERENT STAFF, AND THEY HAD VERY PLEASANT THINGS TO SAY ABOUT YOU. THEY ALL KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND THEY KNOW OUR POSITION ON EVERYTHING. AND SO IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO HEAR THAT BACK FROM THEM. THANK YOU. THAT'S GOOD NEWS. EXCELLENT. ANYBODY ELSE THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOU AND ALL OF THE TRACKING AND PLANNING AND IT'S BEEN GOOD. IT'S ALMOST OVER. YEAH. WE'LL SHARE NEXT SESSION. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT COUNCIL 
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WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. WE DO HAVE TWO SPEAKERS FOR ITEM NUMBER 16. 
          [16. Approval of the Second Reading of an Ordinance regarding Zoning Case Z-24-0151 to amend the current zoning of SFR-1-B (Single-Family Rural) to SFS-2-A (Single-Family Suburban) on one (1) parcel of land 10.01 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R318556; and more commonly known as 551 Private Road 920, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.]
FIRST UP DANIEL REED. GOOD EVENING, MR. REED. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. DANIEL REED, 708 PALMOS DRIVE, LEANDER, TEXAS. 78641. WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT AT LEAST ONE MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL PULL ITEM 16 FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. I HAVE A FEW NUMBERS I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT. 150 THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS WHO SIGNED A PROTEST OPPOSING THIS REZONING 100%. THE PORTION OF HOMEOWNERS WITHIN 200FT OF THE PARCEL IN MARABELLA WHO OPPOSED THIS CHANGE. 36. THE NUMBER OF PAGES OF RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION WE SUBMITTED OUTLINING WHY THIS REZONING SHOULD BE PAUSED. 19. THE NUMBER OF US WHO SHOWED UP AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING ASKING YOU TO LISTEN. ZERO. THE NUMBER OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO REACHED OUT TO US AFTERWARDS. ZERO THE NUMBER OF CURRENT PROTECTIONS IN PLACE TO SHIELD HOMEOWNERS FROM INHERITING LONG TERM BURDEN OF DECISIONS LIKE THIS. ZERO. THE NUMBER OF REZONINGS THIS COUNCIL HAS REJECTED IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS ONE. THE NUMBER WE NEED RIGHT NOW. JUST ONE OF YOU TO SPEAK UP, TO SAY THAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS DESERVE FIVE MINUTES OF FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE LONG TERM DECISION IS MADE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          ANITA. GOOD EVENING. PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. ANITA GERMANOVICH, 708 PALMAS DRIVE. I AM RESPECTFULLY ASKING FOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER TO PLEASE REMOVE ITEM 16 FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. I CANNOT OVERSTATE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT THE CITY UPDATE ITS DRAINAGE CRITERIA MANUAL BEFORE APPROVING REZONINGS TO HIGHER DENSITIES, ESPECIALLY IN A LOW LYING FLOODPLAIN PRONE AREA THAT HAS ALREADY DEMONSTRATED SEVERE DRAINAGE CHALLENGES. A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF STORMWATER IS COMING THROUGH THIS PARCEL. 
          WHETHER THE DEVELOPER WANTS IT OR NOT. LAST TUESDAY, AFTER JUST 0.23IN OF RAIN, THE RETENTION POND ADJACENT TO THIS SITE WAS AT NEAR CAPACITY. THIS IS A WARNING SIGN. THIS PARCEL SITS AT THE TOP, THE BOTTOM OF A SEVERE SLOPE. INCREASING DENSITY HERE WITHOUT MODERNIZED DRAINAGE IS A HUGE RISK. AS A LEADER, AS A LEADER OF MY COMMUNITY WHO HAS BEEN DESPERATELY TRYING TO HELP THEIR COMMUNITY, I AM BEGGING THE CITY LEADERS TO HELP. THIS IS NOT ABOUT POLITICS. THESE ARE PEOPLE'S HOMES, THEIR LIFE SAVINGS. YOUR DECISION TONIGHT CAN EITHER PROTECT THEM OR EXPOSE THEM TO PREVENTABLE HARM. TO ENSURE WE ARE MAKING INFORMED RECOMMENDATIONS, I HIRED A PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS AT MY OWN EXPENSE. I TOOK THAT STEP BECAUSE THE CITY HAS HASN'T YET CONDUCTED A DRAINAGE REASSESSMENT THAT REFLECTS CURRENT CONDITIONS. AND I'M TRYING TO GET ANSWERS. PLEASE, PLEASE PAUSE AND GIVE US A CHANCE TO PRESENT THE FULL REALITY BEFORE IRREVERSIBLE STEPS ARE TAKEN. IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO HELP US. PLEASE REACH OUT. THIS IS NOT A STRAIGHT ZONING CASE. THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOT THE PEONS. YOU ARE NOT SIMPLY REVIEWING A LAND USE DESIGNATION. DON'T CACHE THE BLANK CHECK OF THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP ON SUCH A CRITICAL SITE. YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE A CHANGE THAT WILL MOVE STRAIGHT TO A FINAL PLAT BEFORE ANY DRAINAGE OR ENGINEERING CRITERIA CAN BE UPDATED. I AM ASKING FOR 
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A PAUSE, FOR CONVERSATION, FOR A CHANCE TO BE HEARD BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND JUST FOR ANY CLARIFICATION ON SECOND READINGS, WHEN COUNSEL HAS BEEN UNANIMOUS ON THE FIRST READING, IT GOES ON CONSENT. SO COUNSEL, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO PULL IT IT IS UP TO YOU. CONSENT AGENDA. THERE'S A SCRIVENER'S ERROR ON ITEM 15. SO WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING THE STREETS. THE STREETS WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR MAINTENANCE BY THE COUNTY AND SO WILL BE WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR ACTION ON CONSENT AGENDA. SO. SO IT'S 15 IS NOT BEING VOTED ON CORRECT? NO. IT'S JUST STATED IN THE AGENDA THAT WE WERE ACCEPTING THE STREETS AS WELL AS THE COUNTY'S ACCEPTING THE STREETS. YEAH. GOT IT. IT'S JUST A CHANGE ON IT. SO WE'RE STILL VOTING ON ALL THE SAME ITEMS. YEP. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND MOTION A SECOND. 
          IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. 
          [17. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Ordinance Case OR-25-0031 amending Chapter 3 Building Regulations, Section 3.01.001 Building Codes for the purpose of adopting the 2021 Series of International Codes and selected Appendices with Local Amendments, adopting the 2023 National Electrical Code; and amending Code Of Ordinances Chapter 5 Fire And Emergency Management, Article 5.01 Fire Code for the purpose of adopting the 2021 Fire Code and selected Appendices with Local Amendments.Discuss and consider action regarding Ordinance Case OR-25-0031 as described above.]
MOVING INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS, ITEM NUMBER 17, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ORDINANCE CASE OR DASH 250031 AMENDING CHAPTER THREE BUILDING REGULATIONS SECTION 3.01.001 BUILDING CODES. 
          FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADOPTING THE 2021 SERIES OF INTERNATIONAL CODES AND SELECTED APPENDICES, WITH LOCAL AMENDMENTS. ADOPTING THE 2023 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE AND AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. CHAPTER FIVE FIRE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. ARTICLE 5.01 FIRE CODE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADOPTING THE 2021 FIRE CODE AND SELECTED APPENDICES WITH LOCAL AMENDMENTS. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BUILDING SERVICES. BUILDING DIRECTOR. IT'S A LONG DAY, MISS GRIFFIN. GOOD EVENING. SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ADOPTION OF UPDATES TO THE BUILDING AND FIRE CODES. CURRENTLY, THE CITY IS ON THE 2015 SERIES OF INTERNATIONAL CODES, 2014 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE AND THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE. TABLE 4.40, 3.1 AND SECTION 403.2. THE CITY HAS EVALUATED THE CODES, AND WE'VE CHOSEN TO MAKE THIS UPDATE TO THE 2021 PACKAGE. IT'S IN LINE WITH STANDARDS IN CENTRAL TEXAS COMMUNITIES, AND WE DID HAVE A DEVELOPER FORM WHERE WE MET WITH THE BUILDERS AND TALKED ABOUT CODE UPDATES AND GOT POSITIVE RESPONSE. THERE ARE TWO OTHER ITEMS IN HERE THAT AREN'T DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE BUILDING CODE, BUT ARE IN CHAPTER THREE OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. ONE OF THEM IS AN UPDATE TO THE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. THERE WAS A CHANGE TO THE REQUIREMENTS. SO WE ARE REMOVING THE Y TYPE STRAINER REQUIREMENT. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO MAKING A CHANGE TO THE PROMOTIONAL SIGN PACKAGE. 
          THAT'S ALSO IN CHAPTER THREE. AND WE ARE UPDATING THE TIME FRAME FOR PROMOTIONAL SIGN PACKAGES TO CHANGE IT TO EIGHT TIMES. I'M SORRY. YEAH. TO EIGHT TIMES A YEAR FOR THE PROMOTIONAL SIGNS BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY. I DO HAVE CHIEF DAVIS AND CHRIS WHEAT HERE FROM BUILDING AND FIRE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS MASSIVE RED LINE THAT WE PROVIDED, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THERE'S NO PRESENTATION FROM FIRE. YOU'RE JUST AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. THERE'S NOBODY SIGNED UP TO READ TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK. ALL RIGHT. 
          PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. WE WILL NOW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ORDINANCE CASE 0250031. AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY. MISS GRIFFIN, YOU DON'T NEED TO GET UP. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY, I THINK ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO I ASKED YOU ABOUT THIS AND YOU SAID IT IS SUCH A BIG JOB BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED, EVERYTHING ELSE. AND SO READING THROUGH ALL OF THESE PAGES, I UNDERSTAND NOW. AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO YOU AND FIRE AND ALL OF THE STAFF THAT PUT THIS TOGETHER, BECAUSE IT CLEARLY TOOK YOU A WHOLE LOT OF TIME TO FIND EVERY INSTANCE OF WHERE SOMETHING WOULD CHANGE. COUNCIL. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. OKAY, I DO HAVE FURTHER COMMENT. THERE WERE JUST TWO SCRIVENER'S ERRORS THAT I NOTICED. WE DON'T NEED TO CHANGE THE MOTION FOR IT ON PAGE 11 IT SAYS AMEND 6.02.4 OCCUPIABLE WORKSPACES. AT THE END OF THAT FIRST LINE, IT SAYS IT STARTS THE END OF THE SENTENCE. DURING THE PERIOD, THE PERIOD THE SPACES ARE OCCUPIED. SO JUST A DOUBLING OF SOME OF THE WORDS. AND THEN ON. PAGE I DON'T KNOW WHAT PAGE THIS IS ACTUALLY, BUT IT SAYS AT THE BOTTOM. 142 OF 329 SO I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A DIFFERENT THING. IT IS THE ANIMAL HOUSING OR CARE FACILITY RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. 
          IT'S SUPPOSED TO SAY THAT IT'S NOT NOT APPLICABLE TO PET OWNERS CARING, BUT THE TYPO ACTUALLY 
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SAYS PET OWNERS SCARING. SO IT'S A TYPO. BUT THIS IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE. HOW MUCH WENT INTO THIS? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COUNCIL. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS FANTASTIC. ALL RIGHT. MOVING 
          [18. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider action regarding Comprehensive Plan Case CPA-25-0016 to amend the Comprehensive Plan text to update the Employment Center land use category for the center located to the southwest of the intersection of Hero Way and Ronald W. Reagan Boulevard to create options for horizontal mixed uses and update the Leander Central land use category located to the northeast of the intersection of Hero Way and US 183 to support conventional zoning districts including the GC (General Commercial) and LC (Local Commercial) use components, Leander, Williamson and Travis Counties, Texas.  Discuss and consider action regarding Comprehensive Plan Case CPA-25-0016 as described above.  ]
INTO ITEM NUMBER 18, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CASE CPA DASH 250016 TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. TEXT TO UPDATE THE EMPLOYMENT CENTER LAND USE CATEGORY FOR THE CENTER LOCATED TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF HERO WAY AND RONALD REAGAN BOULEVARD, TO CREATE OPTIONS FOR HORIZONTAL MIXED USES AND UPDATE THE LEANDER CENTRAL LAND USE CATEGORY. LOCATED TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF HERO WAY AND US 183 TO SUPPORT CONVENTIONAL ZONING DISTRICTS, INCLUDING THE GENERAL, COMMERCIAL, AND LOCAL COMMERCIAL USE COMPONENTS. LEANDER, WILLIAMSON AND TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. GRIFFIN WELCOME BACK. WELL, IT IS ACTUALLY GETTING OUT. KARINA CASTILLO WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. GOOD EVENING. I'M JUST A REMINDER, THIS IS THE FINAL STEP IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WAS MOST RECENTLY ADOPTED WAS ADOPTED IN 2021, AND IT CREATED A FUTURE LAND USE MAP THAT IDENTIFIED SEVERAL LAND USE CATEGORIES. ONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES IS THE EMPLOYMENT CENTER. THE INTENT OF THIS CENTER IS TO ENCOURAGE CAMPUS STYLE DEVELOPMENT AND BRING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO THE CITY. THE PLAN CURRENTLY INCLUDES FIVE EMPLOYMENT CENTERS. STAFF DID CONDUCT A WORKSHOP WITH THE CITY COUNCIL DURING THE NOVEMBER 21ST, 2024 MEETING TO SEEK FEEDBACK REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT GOALS OF THE CITY, DETERMINATION OF THE APPROPRIATE LAND USE MIX CONNECTIVITY WITHIN THE HEREAWAY SOUTH EMPLOYMENT CENTER. THAT'S A NAME WE HAVE DEEMED AS OF NOW. LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OF HEREAWAY AND WEST OF RONALD REAGAN AND EMPLOYMENT CENTER. DESIRE IN THE EMPLOYMENT. DESIRE IN THIS CENTER. FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO THIS CENTER IS APPROXIMATELY 620 ACRES IN SIZE AND IS ONE OF THE LARGEST OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYMENT. FOR EMPLOYMENT WITHIN THE CITY. THERE IS AN ACTIVITY CENTER THAT'S LOCATED JUST TO THE EAST AND IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE REGIONAL SERVING COMMERCIAL USES AS WELL AS DESTINATIONS WITH ACTIVITIES, AMENITIES, SHOPPING AND RESTAURANTS FOR THE CITY. SO FOLLOWING THAT WORKSHOP, WE HAVE PREPARED A PROPOSAL TO UPDATE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SOME OF THE ITEMS INCLUDE LABELING THE EMPLOYMENT CENTER, SO WE'VE LABELED THEM TO HAVE DIFFERENT NAMES FOR EACH ONE OF THEM. AND THEN THIS ONE WE'RE CALLING THE HERO SOUTH EMPLOYMENT CENTER, WHICH IS REMOVING THE LANGUAGE FOR APPROPRIATE USES LISTED TO CLARIFY THAT VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT IS ALLOWED AS A SECONDARY USE TO AN EMPLOYMENT USE IN A PROJECT, AND TO ADD GUIDANCE AND INTERPRETATION FOR THIS SPECIFIC CENTER. SO THERE SHOULD BE OKAY, SO THERE'S A MAP THAT'S LOCATED DOWN HERE. KIND OF IT'S VERY SMALL BUT IT'LL IDENTIFY EACH OF THE CENTERS AND LABEL THEM WITH THE NAMES. SO TO COMPLEMENT THE ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE THAT WE HAVE INCLUDED. SO THIS IS THE EXTRA PAGE THAT WE PUT TOGETHER WITH SOME GUIDANCE AND INTERPRETATION OF WHAT THE CENTER WOULD LOOK LIKE. WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED AN EMPLOYMENT CENTER GUIDE THAT WILL HELP WITH DRAFTING THE PODS WITHIN THIS SPECIFIC EMPLOYMENT CENTER. SO THE GUIDE DOES PROVIDE, FOR EXAMPLE, SITUATIONS WHERE HORIZONTAL MIXED USE WOULD BE A SUPPORT USE. IT ALSO PROVIDES PREFERRED USES, PROHIBITED USES, AND PREFERRED LAND USE MIXES ALONG WITH POTENTIAL INCENTIVES AND HIGHER STANDARDS. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER FOR OUR GUIDE. SO THIS IS THE AREA. SO EMPLOYMENT CENTER NUMBER THREE IT'S HIGHLIGHTED BUT CAN'T REALLY SEE IT WELL HERE. SO IT'S THIS AREA. SO IT'S BETWEEN HEREAWAY 2243 RONALD REAGAN AND THE TOTAL. AND IT IS APPROXIMATELY 620 ACRES. SO THE PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN DRAFTING THE PUD SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS AREA. THE DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA IS INTENDED TO BE CAMPUS STYLE WITH PRIMARY EMPLOYERS. RESIDENTIAL AND RETAIL USES ARE ALLOWED, BUT IT WOULD BE TO SUPPORT THOSE PRIMARY EMPLOYERS. SO WE DO HAVE EXAMPLES THROUGHOUT. WE CAN STOP AND LOOK AT THEM AS WE GO. THESE ARE IN DALLAS AND PLANO. SOME OF THE PREFERRED USES THAT WE'VE LISTED ARE OFFICES LARGER THAN 25,000FT■!S, VERTICAL MIXED USE MULTIFAMILY, AND THEN JUST STANDALONE MULTIFAMILY AND ENTERTAINMENT, INDOOR AND OUTDOOR. AND THEN WE DO HAVE ADDITIONAL USES THAT ARE LISTED, AND THOSE WOULD BE WITH CONTINUOUS BUILDING FRONTAGE. SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY PAD SITES OR ANY DRIVE THRUS PERMITTED. SO THAT PICTURE ON THE BOTTOM WHERE IT'S THE SHOPS AT LEGACY IN PLANO, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IF THERE IS A GYM OR THERE IS A SALON OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT WOULDN'T BE A STANDALONE BUILDING, IT WOULD BE PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER. 
          PROHIBITED USES WOULD BE OFFICE WAREHOUSE. WE ALSO HAVE RESTAURANTS WITH DRIVE THROUGH OR STANDALONE RETAIL PAD SITES, DETACHED, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND AUTOMOTIVE USES. 
          SO THE INTENT IS IF YOU'RE GOING SOMEWHERE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO JUST DRIVE TO ONE LOCATION AND 
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LEAVE, YOU'RE GOING TO KIND OF DO THE EXPERIENCE. PREFERRED USE MIXES. WE HAVE OFFICES AND THIS IS PREFERRED. SO THIS ISN'T A HARD NUMBER, BUT IT'S 25% MINIMUM. RETAIL IS 75%. MAXIMUM VERTICAL MIXED USE MULTIFAMILY WOULD BE 75% MAXIMUM. IF IT'S MULTIFAMILY STANDALONE IT'S 45% MAXIMUM AND A 10% MINIMUM OF GREEN SPACE. SO THESE EXAMPLES THAT WE HAVE HERE DO HAVE SOME OF THE MIX OF USES. WE HAVE GREEN SPACE, WE HAVE OPEN AREAS. WE HAVE OFFICE. WE HAVE RETAIL. 
          WE HAVE RESIDENTIAL. SO SOME OF THE INCENTIVES THAT WE'VE PROVIDED INCLUDE DENSITY. SO INCREASED DENSITY MAY BE APPROVED WHEN HIGHER OTHER HIGHER STANDARDS ARE PROVIDED. 
          AND WE'LL GO THROUGH SOME HIGHER STANDARDS LATER ON. INCREASED UNITS PER ACRE MAY BE APPROVED WITH A HIGHER NONRESIDENTIAL MIXED USE. AND IN ADDITION WITH THAT WE ALSO HAVE A HIGHER UNIT COUNT THAT MAY BE APPROVED SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE LOWER RESIDENTIAL FOOTPRINT, BUT ALSO INCREASE THEIR UNITS AND THEIR DENSITY. SO ON THESE TWO, THOSE TALLER BUILDINGS ARE THE RESIDENTIAL PORTION. INCENTIVES ON HEIGHT INCLUDE INCREASED HEIGHT WITH INCREASED NONRESIDENTIAL MIX AND INCREASED HEIGHT WITH THE HIGHER RESIDENTIAL UNIT COUNT, SO THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET TO THAT UNIT COUNT. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE JUST THE STANDARD LANGUAGE THAT'S IN THE ORDINANCE, WHICH IS DOING THAT. IF YOU GO UP ONE FOOT, YOU HAVE TO GO BACK ONE FOOT. AND THEN THE LAST ONE WE HAVE IS SETBACKS OR REDUCED SETBACKS FOR VERTICAL MIXED USE. 
          SO YOU CAN ALLOW FOR THAT URBAN PEDESTRIAN FEELING. AND THEN SIMILAR TO THE HEIGHTS, IT WOULD BE WHATEVER WE HAVE IN THE ORDINANCE, WHICH IS LIKE THE MASONRY INCENTIVES DOING A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THAT. SOME OF THE HIGHER STANDARDS THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH WOULD BE VERTICAL, MIXED USE, STRUCTURED PARKING GARAGE. THE PARKING GARAGE COULD BE SHARED WITH THE RESIDENTIAL AND THE COMMERCIAL SO THAT IT DOESN'T COUNT AGAINST YOU PARKING LOCATED BEHIND THE PRIMARY BUILDING. SO IT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A DRIVE LOCATION. IT SHOULD BE AN EXPERIENCE SETBACK MAXIMUMS INSTEAD OF MINIMUMS. PHASING OF DEVELOPMENT TO INCLUDE COMMERCIAL COMPLETED PRIOR TO RESIDENTIAL ACTIVE EDGES SO THAT WE CAN HAVE ENGAGED FRONTAGE AND THEN CONNECTED TRAILS. SO THIS WOULD BE TRAILS THROUGH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL, ALONG WITH CONNECTING TO OUR TRAIL SYSTEM THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, AND THEN PUBLIC GREEN SPACE FOR BOTH NONRESIDENTIAL USES AND RESIDENTIAL USES, AND PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES. SO THAT FIRST PHOTO IS ACTUALLY A PARK THAT WAS DEDICATED TO THE CITY WITHIN THE BUSINESS PARK. AND THEN IT LEADS UP TO A BIGGER AREA, BIGGER DEVELOPMENT. SO KIND OF JUST ALWAYS INDICATED. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME SCENARIOS. SO THESE ARE KIND OF JUST EXAMPLES THAT WERE KIND OF FITTING WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR. SO IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF A MIX OF IDEAL VERSUS WHAT'S REAL LIFE. 
          AND THIS ONE COMMERCIAL WOULD BE FIRST, THE PHOTO, THE AERIAL THAT WE HAVE DOESN'T HAVE THE COMMERCIAL IN PLACE AT THAT TIME. AND BUT THIS IS AN AREA JUST DOWN THE STREET ON HARAWAY. 
          IT HAS 14 ACRES OF RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS ABOUT THE 86% WE'RE HOPING FOR 85% MULTIFAMILY WITH 20 UNITS MAX, AND THIS ONE HAS 19.5 UNITS PER ACRE, AND IT HAS 13% COMMERCIAL. SCENARIO TWO WOULD BE COMMERCIAL, ALSO BEING FIRST MINIMUM COMMERCIAL AND GREEN SPACE COMBINATION. SO THIS ONE IS PROPOSED IN AUSTIN. THIS ONE HAS 1700 UNITS, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 46 UNITS PER ACRE AND TOTALS 44% OF THE DEVELOPMENT. IT ALSO HAS 35% OF THE SPACE BEING OFFICE AND 4% BEING RETAIL, AND THEN 17% IS GREEN SPACE. AND THEN THIS ONE'S A LITTLE MORE FAMILIAR. THIS ONE'S LEANDER SPRINGS. SO THIS ONE DOES GO OVER THE UNITS PER ACRE, BUT IT'S JUST A PICTURE. 
          SO THIS ONE IS 16 UNITS. 1600 UNITS WERE APPROVED ON 13.5 ACRES. SO IT TOTALED 118 UNITS PER ACRE. WE'RE HOPING FOR ABOUT 75. IT INCLUDES 17% OF THE AREA TO BE RESIDENTIAL. ONLY EIGHT ACRES. YEAH. EIGHT ACRES TOTALING 10% WERE COMMERCIAL RETAIL AND 34% WAS MIXED USE AND THEN 17% WAS OPEN SPACE. SO MOVING ON TO THE NEXT THING THAT WE WERE UPDATING, WE ARE DOING AN AMENDMENT INCLUDING THAT INCLUDES AN UPDATE TO THE LEANDER CENTRAL LAND USE CATEGORY. THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS THE APPLICANTS TO REMOVE THEIR PROPERTY FROM THE TOD. SO THIS CHANGE ALLOWS FOR THE CONVENTIONAL COMMERCIAL USES. 
          AND WE'VE JUST UPDATED THE LEANDER CENTRAL TO ALLOW FOR THE GC AND THE LC USE COMPONENTS. WE DID HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'VE LISTED. SO RECOMMENDATION NUMBER ONE WOULD BE TO APPROVE THE REQUEST TO THE AMENDMENT AS WE PROVIDED. NUMBER TWO WOULD BE TO DENY THE REQUEST. AND NUMBER THREE WOULD BE TO APPROVE THE REQUEST AMENDMENT. REQUESTED AMENDMENT TO THE COMP PLAN WITH UPDATES. UPDATES MAY INCLUDE CHANGES TO THE TEXT OF THE EMPLOYMENT CENTER OR THE LEANDER CENTER. FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY GUIDANCE. ALL INTERNAL STREETS 
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MAY BE PRIVATELY OWNED AND MAINTAINED, AND ALL PARK LINES SHALL BE PRIVATELY OWNED AND MAINTAINED. WE DO RECOMMEND OPTION NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS APPROVING THE REQUEST AS PROVIDED. STAFF MADE THIS RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THE DIRECTION FROM CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE DESIRE TO ALLOW FOR HORIZONTAL MIXED USE AS A SECONDARY USE RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT CENTERS AND BASED ON RECENTLY ADOPTED CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCES THAT ALLOW FOR CONVENTIONAL ZONING. WITHIN TOD. I WILL BE AVAILABLE AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. THERE'S NOBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISH TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. WE'LL NOW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CASE CPA DASH 250016 AS DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY. COUNCIL. MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND. ALL RIGHT, MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. QUICK COMMENT. I LIKE THE CLARIFICATION THAT WE'VE ADDED. I THINK IT SORT OF ENCOMPASSES EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, BUT NOW IT'S IN WRITING. SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK. THANK YOU. WE LOOK FORWARD TO IMPLEMENTING IT. EXCELLENT JOB. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 
          [19. Discuss and consider action on the Telecommunications Marketing and Master Ground Lease Agreement between the City of Leander and Branch Communications, LLC, for the marketing, leasing, development, and management of telecommunication facilities on City-owned properties; and to authorize the City Manager to execute any and all necessary documents.]
MOVING ON TO ITEM 19. WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ONE. SO WE'RE GOING TO CALL UP OUR SPEAKER. FIRST. THE ITEM IS DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKETING AND MASTER GRANT LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LEANDER AND BRANCH COMMUNICATIONS, LLC FOR THE MARKETING, LEASING, DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES ON CITY OWNED PROPERTIES AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. I'M SORRY, I HAVE SOMEBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          SORRY. ONE MOMENT. ANITA. GOOD EVENING. PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. ANITA. 708 PALOMAR DRIVE. FIRST, I WANTED TO THANK YOU AND STAFF. THE FACT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT A PROPOSAL FROM BRANCH COMMUNICATIONS IS A GOOD SIGN. IT MEANS THE DECISIONS YOU MADE EARLIER THIS YEAR ARE WORKING. AND YOU SENT THE MESSAGE THAT LEANDER IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS. AND THAT'S GREAT FOR THE CITY AND FOR BUILDING LONG TERM REVENUE. THAT SAID, LEANDER NEEDS TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO UNDERSELL ITSELF WHATEVER THE LOCATION IS BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT LONG TERM PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT MAKES IT A STRATEGIC ASSET, AND THE CITY SHOULD TREAT IT AS SUCH. BRANCHES ARE OFFERING 2000 UPFRONT 1250 A MONTH, PLUS 300 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL CARRIER. BUT IN ROUND ROCK, THEY'VE ALREADY SIGNED AGREEMENTS WHERE THE CITY GETS 1500 A MONTH UPFRONT, WITH NO UPFRONT OR IN ANOTHER CASE, 500 A MONTH. BUT WITH 220,001 TIME PAYMENT. AND I'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THOSE CONTRACTS THROUGH THE PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT REQUEST. AND I'M ALSO WAITING ON RESPONSES FROM CEDAR PARK IN GEORGETOWN, AND I'LL GLADLY SHARE THOSE WITH YOU ONCE I HAVE THEM UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. ONCE THIS TOWER GOES UP, BRANCH COULD LEASE THE SPACE TO MULTIPLE CARRIERS AT&T, VERIZON, T-MOBILE, AND COLLECT OVER 4000 A MONTH. THAT'S THIS IS THEIR BUSINESS. IT'S A REALLY GOOD MODEL. LATER, THEY COULD SELL THE TOWER OVER A LUMP SUM FOR LARGE LUMP SUM. AND MEANWHILE THE CITY WILL BE STUCK AT 1250 A MONTH WITH NO SAY IN HOW THE VALUE IS SHARED. I DON'T THINK THE CITY SHOULD WALK AWAY FROM THIS DEAL. I'M JUST SAYING THAT THE CITY SHOULDN'T GET LOCKED INTO A DEAL THAT UNDERSELLS ITS STRATEGIC POSITION. YOU CAN EITHER ASK FOR MORE MONEY UPFRONT, RAISE THE MONTHLY RATE, OR BUILD PROTECTIONS IN IF THE TOWER GETS SOLD. OTHERS ARE CITIES ARE DOING IT, AND I THINK LEANDER CAN TOO. THE LAND IS A LONG TERM CITY ASSET. LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING LONG TERM VALUE OUT OF IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER. WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE REST OF THE ITEM? YEAH. SO PREFACE THIS. IT HAS BEEN ABOUT A YEAR DISCUSSION THE STAFF HAS HAD WITH BRANCH COMMUNICATIONS AND TRYING TO IDENTIFY AREAS IN THE CITY TO HELP IMPROVE CELLULAR SERVICE AND WHAT PROPERTIES THAT THE CITY CAN PARTNER WITH. 
          BRANCH TO ACTUALLY INSTALL TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWERS TO IMPROVE THAT COVERAGE. AND SO I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE PLACE TOWARDS THE END OF LAST YEAR WHERE WE STARTED PUTTING A DRAFT AGREEMENT TOGETHER. AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE JEFFREY KING. HE IS HERE WITH BRANCH COMMUNICATIONS TO SPEAK MORE ABOUT THEIR COMPANY AND ABOUT THEIR PROPOSAL. SO THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL, FOR ALLOWING BRANCH TO COME DOWN AND SPEAK TO YOU. I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY. I'M NOT GOING TO WALK THROUGH AND READ EVERY SLIDE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE BRANCH TO EVERYONE HERE AND THEN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROPOSAL THAT'S THAT WE HAVE PUT FORTH. SO BRANCH COMMUNICATIONS IS A WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE OWNER AS WELL AS A SERVICES PROVIDER IN TERMS OF OWNERSHIP. WE OWN AND MANAGE APPROXIMATELY 1100 STRUCTURES ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN 32 DIFFERENT STATES. MOST OF THOSE 
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THOSE TOWER SITES ARE IN TEXAS, OKLAHOMA AND IN KANSAS. IN TERMS OF SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, WE ARE A PARTNER TO THE MAJOR CARRIERS SUCH AS T-MOBILE, AT&T, VERIZON, DISH, US CELLULAR, AND OTHERS WERE ALSO A SERVICES PROVIDER FOR OTHER TOWER COMPANIES. SOME MAY LOOK AT THAT AS AS OUR COMPETITORS, BUT WE LOOK AT THEM AS, AS OUR PARTNERS. ALSO, SOME OF THE SMALLER ONES DON'T HAVE THE ASSET MANAGEMENT TEAMS THAT WE HAVE. SO WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE FOR THEM. WE CONSIDER OURSELVES A SOLUTIONS ORIENTED COMPANY, AND SO WE HAVE SEVERAL PROGRAMS WHERE WE WHERE WE THINK OUT OF THE BOX AND, AND WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF THOSE, WHICH IS, IS THE PROGRAM WHERE WE REACH OUT TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND TO CITIES TO SEE IF WE CAN PARTNER WITH THEM. MANY OF OUR PARTNERS ARE COMPETITORS IN THIS INDUSTRY. 
          THEY STEER CLEAR OF CITIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BUT WE TRY TO PARTNER WITH THEM SO THAT WE CAN BRING SOME OF THIS REVENUE BACK TO THE CITIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE ARE BADLY IN NEED OF THAT RIGHT NOW. MOST OF OUR COMPETITORS AND OUR PARTNERS, THOSE MUCH LARGER, LARGER THAN US AND SMALLER THAN US, THEY HAVE TO OUTSOURCE ALL OF THEIR SERVICES. BUT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PERFORM THOSE SERVICES IN-HOUSE. AND SO WE PERFORM OUR OWN SITE ACT ZONING AND PERMITTING THE A AND E SERVICES, ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION AND ASSET MANAGEMENT. I THINK THE BENEFIT OF THAT IS THAT IT ALLOWS US TO GO FAST. AND THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE CARRIERS IS THAT WHEN THEY WHEN THEY COME TO US WITH A COVERAGE OR CAPACITY NEED, THAT WE CAN FULFILL THAT IN A SHORT TIMELINE. AND ALSO WE CAN CONTROL THE COST. WE CAN KEEP THOSE COSTS DOWN SO THAT THAT THAT WE CAN ATTRACT THOSE CARRIERS. WE HAVE A REALLY STRONG LEADERSHIP TEAM. I WAS SITTING WITH MY CEO, WHO'S HERE IN TOWN TODAY, AND HE POINTED OUT TO ME THAT THAT THAT I LEFT OFF NAMES ON THIS, BUT THE CEO HAS BEEN THIS BUSINESS FOR WELL OVER 20 YEARS. MICHAEL PIERCE, OUR EXECUTIVE VP OF CONSTRUCTION, HOLLY SHAPINSKY, THE VP OF LEGAL AND REGULATORY. MYSELF, I'M REMISS IN ADDING JAMES MCCOY, WHO HAS BEEN IN THE INDUSTRY FOR 23 YEARS, AND STEPHANIE WILSON, WHO IS A JUST UNDER A 20 YEARS, ARE THE VP OF SERVICES. BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'RE ABLE TO BRING THAT EXPERIENCE AND THOSE SKILL SETS TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND OUR PARTNERS LIKE LEANDER, WITH OUR VAST EXPERIENCE. AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE SEVERAL STRATEGIES WHERE I THINK THAT THAT WE'RE DIFFERENTIATOR. WE PARTNER WITH THE ISD'S AND THE CITIES. WE ALSO HAVE PARTNERED WITH SOME HOME DEVELOPERS, AND SOME OF THOSE LOCATIONS ARE AGGREGATES, SUCH AS NOT INCLUDING, BUT SUCH AS WALMART THAT OWNS SEVERAL LOCATIONS WE TRY TO PARTNER WITH, WITH OWNERS LIKE THAT ALSO SO THAT THAT WE CAN HELP OUR OUR CARRIER CUSTOMERS FIND LOCATIONS QUICKLY. WE HAVE UNIQUE RELATIONSHIPS, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHY WE'RE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING THAT THAT OTHERS THAT MAY HAVE DEALS IN PLACE WITH, WITH OTHER CITIES AND ISD'S AND MAY BE ABLE TO PROMISE QUITE A BIT, THEY CAN'T DO EXACTLY WHAT WE CAN DO. WE HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH AT&T, T-MOBILE, VERIZON, DISH, US CELLULAR, AND I'VE. I'VE ACTUALLY INCLUDED SOME OF THOSE LETTERS OF SUPPORT IN THE PACKAGE TONIGHT AND ONE THAT'S NOT INCLUDED. BUT I JUST GOT THIS MORNING SENT OVER TO KENT. 
          WE ALSO AS I MENTIONED, WE PARTNER WITH TOWER COMPANIES. WE HAVE A PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM, PEPPER TREE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, THAT SUPPORTS US. THIS YEAR WE'RE FORECASTED TO BUILD 80 TO 90 TOWERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WHICH COULD, YOU KNOW, THE COST OF THAT COULD BE A 30 TO 40 MILLION. AND A PEPPER TREE IS, IS THERE TO BACK US SO THAT WE CAN PERFORM ON THOSE FORECASTS. 
          WE ALSO HAVE STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE STATE WIRELESS ASSOCIATIONS. CURTIS BRANCH IS ON THE ARKANSAS OKLAHOMA WIRELESS BOARD, AND I'M ON THE TEXAS WIRELESS ASSOCIATION BOARD. SO TO DISCUSS WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT. I AM RELATIVELY NEW AT BRANCH. I'VE BEEN AT BRANCH NOW FOR JUST OVER A YEAR, BUT I'VE BEEN IN THE INDUSTRY FOR 25 YEARS. WHEN I ASSUMED THIS ROLE, I STARTED REACHING OUT TO THE CARRIERS AND I MENTIONED TO ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TODAY, I DIDN'T REALIZE HE WAS A COUNCIL MEETING WHEN I WAS SHARING WITH HIM, BUT 
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MAYBE 2 OR 3 TIMES A WEEK, ALL I HEAR ABOUT IS LEANDER. AND WHEN I FIRST HEARD THAT, I WAS LIKE, WELL, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THAT IS. AND THEN I DROVE DOWN AND I REALIZED, LOOK AT ALL THE DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN I CAME ANOTHER TIME AND I SAW MORE DEVELOPMENT, AND I CAME, YOU KNOW, OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND, AND YESTERDAY I CAME TO TOWN AND I WENT TO AN AREA AND I SAW MORE DEVELOPMENT. AND SO THEN I REALIZED, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WHY THE CARRIERS BADLY NEED TO GET DOWN HERE TO, TO PROVIDE A NETWORK COVERAGE. AND I'VE BEEN WORKING SINCE EARLY LAST YEAR WITH SEVERAL MEMBERS OF YOUR TEAM. WE WORKED ON. WE SHARED OUR FEEDBACK ON THE NEW LEANDER WIRELESS ORDINANCE THAT I THINK WENT IN PLACE THIS YEAR IN JANUARY. WE HAVE CONSTANTLY CONTINUED TO TRY TO WORK WITH LEANDER ISD BECAUSE WE ALSO WANT TO PARTNER WITH THEM AS WELL. 
          WE'VE, WE'VE. WE'VE SAT ON MULTIPLE PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS ON SOME LOCATIONS THAT ARE NOT ON THAT MASTER AGREEMENT, IF WE CAN GET THAT APPROVED, THERE ARE TWO LOCATIONS ON CITY OWNED PROPERTY RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE DOING SOME PRE WORK ON RIGHT NOW, SO THAT IF WE CAN GET THIS MASTER AGREEMENT DONE, THEN HOPEFULLY WE CAN TRY TO GET THOSE TWO LOCATIONS BUILT BY THE END OF THE YEAR. WE HAVE BEEN PROMISING THE CARRIERS THAT THAT WE THINK WE CAN GET THAT DONE. SO JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE MASTER AGREEMENT ITSELF, JUST ON A HIGH LEVEL. SO THE MASTER AGREEMENT IS A THE MASTER AGREEMENT IS A PRE-NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT THAT HANDLES A LOT OF THE GENERAL TERMS, SO THAT I BELIEVE LAST YEAR WE SHARED A LIST OF APPROXIMATELY 20 LOCATIONS AROUND THE CITY THAT ARE EITHER ON ON CITY OWNED PROPERTY OR ISD OWNED PROPERTY. AND IF WE HAD TO NEGOTIATE FOR A YEAR AND A HALF EACH TIME FOR ALL OF THOSE 20 AGREEMENTS, THEN WE WOULDN'T GET ANYTHING DONE. THE CARRIERS THEY WOULD WOULD PULL BACK THE FUNDING, OR THEY WOULD WOULD WANT TO MOVE THE LOCATION. AND SO THIS MASTER AGREEMENT PUTS A LOT OF THOSE TERMS. IT PUTS A LOT OF THOSE TERMS IN PLACE SO THAT THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE RENEGOTIATED EACH TIME. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS THAT ONCE YOU GUYS APPROVE, THEN WE'RE ABLE TO GET A LIST OF THE CITY LOCATIONS AND SHARE THAT WITH THESE MAJOR CARRIERS, AND THEY WOULD COME BACK TO US AND LET US KNOW RIGHT NOW WHICH WHICH LOCATIONS ARE MOST OF INTEREST AND WHICH ONES WE COULD MOVE QUICKLY ON. WE WOULD GET A SLIGHT SKETCH ON A PROPOSAL FOR EACH OF THOSE LOCATIONS AND COME BACK TO YOU, PROBABLY WORKING WITH KENT OR SOMEONE, AND YOU GUYS WOULD GIVE US A THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN ON THOSE LOCATIONS. IT MIGHT BE THAT ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS THAT YOU HAVE SOME PENDING PROJECT, LIKE THE WATER TANK PROJECT THAT WE JUST HEARD ABOUT. AND SO MAYBE WE'RE NOT ABLE, YOU KNOW, TO BUILD ON THAT ONE RIGHT NOW. AND AFTER WE GET THE THUMBS UP ON ON SOME OF THOSE LOCATIONS, THEN WE WOULD PUT ONE OF THE INDIVIDUAL SITE LEASES IN PLACE FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE SITES THAT YOU GIVE US THE THUMBS UP ON THE INDIVIDUAL SITE LEASE, WHICH IS A TEMPLATE ON IN THE MASTER, SO THAT THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE RENEGOTIATED EACH TIME. THAT ALSO CONTAINS ALL THE BASIC TERMS. AND WE WOULD ENTER NEW TERMS SUCH AS THE EXACT LOCATION, THE ADDRESS, THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION, WHAT TYPE OF TOWER WE'RE GOING TO PUT ON THAT LOCATION, THE TOWER HEIGHT, THE ORIENTATION OF THE OF THE COMPOUND AND THE COMPOUND DIMENSIONS. AND WE'D ROUTE THAT TO BE SIGNED. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THAT HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF, OF WHAT THE MASTER AND THE INDIVIDUAL TEMPLATE, THAT'S, THAT'S THIS ONE EXHIBIT THERE IN THE MASTER. WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT, I'LL JUST MOVE ON HERE AND THEN I'LL SAY SOME TIME AT THE END IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE OF THE LETTERS OF SUPPORT THAT WE GOT FROM AT&T. AND BASICALLY STATES THAT WE'RE A PARTNER OF THEIRS. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM, ESPECIALLY IN THIS AREA. AND THAT THEY REALLY STRONGLY SUPPORT. THIS AGREEMENT BETWEEN A BRANCH AND OF THE CITY OF LEANDER, SO THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHO THEY NEED TO REACH OUT TO AND HOW THEY CAN GET LOCATIONS QUICKLY. WE GOT THE SAME THING FROM T-MOBILE, AND THANK YOU FOR GETTING THAT IN THERE, BECAUSE I ONLY GOT THAT BECAUSE I ONLY GOT THAT ONE THIS MORNING. AND SO I WASN'T SURE THAT I WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS INTO THE PACKET BY THE TIME WE GOT TO THIS MEETING. THIS IS ONE OF THE TWO LOCATIONS THAT I MENTIONED THAT WE'RE DOING SOME PRE WORK ON RIGHT NOW. AND SO WE GIVE THESE SITES NAMES. WHO KNOWS WHO NAMED THIS ONE. BUT WE CALL IT READY MIX I GUESS IT'S ACROSS THE STREET FROM A READY MIX CONCRETE 
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FACTORY. AND THAT'S THE ADDRESS FOR THAT LOCATION THERE ON CITY OWNED PROPERTY. THE NEXT ONE IS, IS AT THIS LEANDER WATER TANK. WE'RE NOT PROPOSING TO PUT EQUIPMENT ON THE WATER TANK ITSELF, BUT BESIDES. BUT BESIDE THE WATER TANK, WE WOULD BUILD A TOWER. AND SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH WOULD LIKE TO GET EXISTING EQUIPMENT OFF THEIR WATER TANKS AND WOULD LIKE US TO BUILD A STANDALONE TOWER SO THAT THAT THEY COULD NOT HAVE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE ENTAILED THERE. AND I THINK THAT'S THE LAST PAGE THERE. YEAH. SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THAT I COULD ADDRESS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. WHAT WHAT PROBLEMS DO YOU MEAN. SO SOMETIMES. WELL I'VE BEEN IN THIS INDUSTRY FOR A LONG TIME. SO I CAN REMEMBER 911 AND RIGHT AFTER 911 CITIES DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE A 24 OVER SEVEN ACCESS TO THEIR WATER TANK. THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT ANTHRAX OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BEING PUT INTO THE WATER TANK. AND MOST CARRIERS NEED 24 OVER SEVEN ACCESS. IF THERE'S A STORM OR SOMETHING AND THE SITE GOES DOWN, THEN NO ONE HAS COVERAGE. AND SO THEN THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT THERE IMMEDIATELY. AND IF I HAVE TO CALL SOMEONE TO WAIT FOR THEM, YOU KNOW, TO GIVE ME ACCESS, THEN THEN THE SITE IS DOWN LONGER. ALSO, MOST SITES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IF YOU BUY A NEW PHONE, THEN ALL THE ANTENNAS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE TO BE REPLACED EVERY YEAR, MORE OR LESS. AND SO THEN WE'RE ALWAYS TOUCHING TOWERS. AND SOMETIMES OUR CITIES DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GOING OUT THERE EVERY YEAR TOUCHING THE TOWER. AND I HEAR THAT THE WATER TANKS HAVE TO BE PAINTED REGULARLY. SO ALL THAT EQUIPMENT HAS TO COME DOWN AND IT HAS TO BE PAINTED, AND THEN ALL THE EQUIPMENT HAS TO GO, GO BACK UP. THAT'S EXPENSIVE. AND IT'S ALSO IT CAUSES AN INTERRUPTION IN THEIR SERVICE. AND THESE CARRIERS, THEY, THEY LIVE AND DIE BY THEIR, THEIR, THEIR CONNECTIVITY. I MEAN, THEY SWEAR BY, YOU KNOW, HOW CONSISTENT THE NETWORK IS. AND SO. ACCESSIBILITY, ACCESSIBILITY, SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE. YES. IS THAT THE. YES. THAT MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. SO I HAVE A QUESTION. SO WE HAVE A MASTER AGREEMENT IN PLACE. AND THEN EVERY TIME WE DO SOMETHING THERE'LL BE A SIDE AGREEMENT. WE WILL ROUTE THIS THE SIDE AGREEMENT FOR THE INDIVIDUAL LOCATIONS. RIGHT. AND SO WHEN WE DO THE SIDE AGREEMENT SO IS THAT WHERE THE PRICING IS DETERMINED ON ANYTHING GOING FORWARD OR WE'RE OBLIGATED A CERTAIN PRICING ON EVERYTHING. SO IF THE MARKET SHIFTS OR THINGS LIKE THAT HOW DOES THAT WORK. THE PRICING HAS BEEN NEGOTIATED. AND I THINK I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME INDIVIDUAL THAT CAME UP HERE AND THEY SPOKE ON IT EARLIER THAT PRICING IS A VERY CONSISTENT MARKET PRICING. WE HAVE SHARED WITH SOME OF THE OTHER PARTNERS RIGHT AROUND THE AREA THAT WE ALSO HAVE AGREEMENTS WITH, AND WE SHARED CONTACT INFORMATION SO THAT HE COULD CALL AND VERIFY THAT, THAT WE'RE NOT HIDING SOMETHING. AND SO THOSE THOSE AGREEMENTS WE HAVE GONE TO RFP. SO WE'VE COMPETED WITH WITH OTHER COMPETITORS AND A WON BIDS WITH THAT SAME PRICING. AND SO THAT PRICING IS REALLY STRONG. AND I THANK YOU FOR ASKING THE QUESTION ALSO BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE LUMP SUM THAT THAT DIMENSION OF THE LADY I MENTIONED. WE MENTIONED TO KENT THAT WE'RE WE'RE WILLING TO PAY A LUMP SUM UP FRONT. SO WE'RE WILLING TO PAY A LUMP SUM OR THE MONTHLY RATE. AND, AND WE'LL DO THAT NOW AND WE'LL DO THAT IN A FUTURE DATE. IT'S NO PROBLEM FOR US TO SAY TOMORROW WE FIND FIVE SITES, AND ON TWO OF THEM YOU WOULD LIKE A LUMP SUM, AND ON THREE OF THEM YOU WOULD LIKE A MONTHLY RENT. SO, SO ON THE, SO ON THE SITE SELECTION. SO YOU IDENTIFY SPOTS. YOU SAID THIS. SO THEN YOU WOULD VISIT THE CITY, TALK TO THE CITY ABOUT IT, AND THEN THEY WOULD START TALKING ABOUT WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO APPROVE IT AND WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO GO THERE, WHAT KIND OF TOWER IS GOING TO GO THERE AND ALL THAT. AND THEN BASED ON THAT, THE IS THERE A COMMITMENT TIED INTO THAT? LIKE, SO HOW DOES THAT PART WORK? BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT. AND I KNOW THERE'S A TERMINATION CLAUSE IN HERE WHERE YOU CAN TERMINATE. AND THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS RESPONSIBILITIES WE HAVE IN BREAKING, YOU KNOW, TERMINATING THE AGREEMENT EITHER SIDE. AND HOW WOULD THAT WORK? SO. SO IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY, YEAH. SO WE WOULD COME TO YOU AND, AND WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH SIGNING A INDIVIDUAL SITE LEASE. AND WE PAY FOR EVERYTHING ON THE CONSTRUCTION END WE PAY FOR. I WAS KIND OF GOING BACK TO LIKE YOU, YOU PICK A SPOT AND THEN WE HAVE TO APPROVE IT, RIGHT? YES, SIR. AND THEN SO WHAT'S THAT? WHAT'S THAT PROCESS KIND OF LOOK LIKE A LITTLE BIT. SO WALK US THROUGH. SO YEAH, WE, WE WOULD GET A LIST OF LOCATIONS FROM, FROM ONE CARRIER AND THEY GIVE US, YOU KNOW, LET'S CALL IT A THREE SITES. AND WE WOULD GO OUT AND DO A SITE WALK. YOU KNOW, I WOULD, I WOULD REACH OUT TO KENT 
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AND SAY, HEY, WE'D LIKE TO GO AND WALK, WALK THESE SITES. AND WE WERE PREPARE A FORMAL YET INFORMAL SITE SKETCH THAT WOULD IDENTIFY THE TOWER TYPE. I SAID TOWER TYPE EARLIER, BUT WE KNOW THAT THAT ALMOST EVERY SITE IS GOING TO BE A MONOPOLE. THAT'S WHAT WHAT TYPICALLY FITS INTO COMMUNITIES. COMMUNITIES DON'T WANT TO SEE A GUYED TOWER THAT LOOKS BIG AND BULKY. AND SO WE TYPICALLY HAVE BUILT A MONOPOLES IN COMMUNITIES. AND SO IT WOULD BE A MONOPOLE. BUT THE SITE SKETCH WOULD IDENTIFY THE TOWER HEIGHT OF THE ORIENTATION OF THE SITE. AND SO WHERE WE WOULD GET ACCESS AND FIBER AND, AND THE OTHER COMPOUND DIMENSIONS, THE SIZE OF THE SITE. AND WE WOULD RUN THAT BY SOMEONE ON YOUR TEAM. AND, AND I EXPECT THAT HE WOULD, WOULD RUN THAT BY MISS ELLISON OR SOMEONE ELSE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THAT WOULD WORK. AND THEN ONCE. ONCE WE GET THE APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD, THEN WE WOULD PREPARE A DRAFT LEASE SO THAT WE COULD MOVE FORWARD. AND ONCE YOU GUYS SIGNED AND WE SIGN, THEN WE WOULD MOVE ON WITH SOME OF THOSE OTHER STEPS THAT COST US SIGNIFICANTLY BUT WOULD NOT COST YOU THEN. SO LIKE THE KIND OF THE TIMING ON SOMETHING. SO ONCE YOU KIND OF INITIATE THE PROCESS AND SAY, HEY, WE FOUND A SPOT, WE AGREE TO IT, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO CONTRACT. AND THEN HOW LONG DOES IT ACTUALLY TAKE TO DEPLOY ONCE WE GET A SIGNED LEASE? I SEE THAT WE HAVE GONE AS FAST AS ABOUT FOUR MONTHS, BUT TYPICALLY MAYBE AROUND TEN MONTHS. AND WE WOULD SHARE THAT CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE WITH YOU ALSO BECAUSE WE DON'T WE DON'T WANT ANY CONFUSION. AS ONE GENTLEMAN MENTIONED, THAT THAT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO BE DOING WORK WHILE SCHOOL WAS IN. WE, WE, WE WORK WITH A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND WE DON'T BUILD A WALL SCHOOLS IN. AND SO. WE WOULD DO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT. OKAY. COUNCIL. ANYTHING ELSE? I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION YOU MENTIONED WHEN YOU GAVE THE BACKGROUND THAT Y'ALL HAVE OVER 11, 1100 ASSETS, MOSTLY IN TEXAS. CAN YOU TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHAT'S IN OUR REGION AND IN OUR AREA THAT Y'ALL OWN? OR ARE YOU ALLOWED TO I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN I CAN DO THAT, BUT BUT I MIGHT HAVE TO SEND YOU THAT BECAUSE AT ONE POINT I KNEW THAT. EXACTLY. BUT OKAY. BUT TODAY, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY. I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE AN ACTIVE AGREEMENT WITH AUSTIN ISD, AND WE HAVE BEEN BUILDING FRANTICALLY THERE. THEY THEY'RE A VERY ACTIVE PARTNER, NOT QUITE SO MUCH A PASSIVE PARTNER, BUT WE MEET WITH THEM WEEKLY TO TALK ABOUT OUR SCHEDULE AND TALK ABOUT WHAT'S IN THE PIPELINE AND, AND WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON SO THAT WE DON'T BUMP HEADS WITH THEM IN OUR CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE AND OUR OUR WALK SCHEDULE. I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, WALK ON OR AROUND A SITE AND THERE'S AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THERE'S BIG CONSTRUCTION GUYS OUT THERE WALKING. SO WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM QUITE CLOSELY. 
          I WOULD SAY THAT. THAT THERE'S PROBABLY ABOUT A JUST UNDER A 50 TOWERS HERE. OKAY. IN TEXAS. 
          THANK YOU. I HAD A QUESTION FOR KENT. OKAY. IF SOMEBODY ELSE HAD AND I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD TO THAT AND I CAN SEND YOU THE LINK TO THEIR WEBSITE. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A MAP ON THEIR WEBSITE THAT SHOWS ALL THEIR FACILITIES THROUGHOUT TEXAS. AND WHEN I WAS IN THE DALLAS AREA, I THE SHOPPING CENTER, THE GROCERY STORE I WENT TO WAS ACTUALLY THEIR TOWER. AND I'M LIKE, OH, THAT'S Y'ALL'S TOWER THAT I, THAT I SEE THERE. SO I CAN SEND YOU THAT LINK SO Y'ALL CAN ACTUALLY HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, WHERE THEY GO AND WHERE THEY ARE HERE IN THE AREA. 
          SO DID YOU EVER. YEAH, I DID HAVE A QUESTION. MINE WAS MORE ABOUT THE PRICING AND WHAT WE DID ON OUR SIDE TO COMPARE WHAT IS USUAL AND CUSTOMARY. YEAH. AND SO WHAT WAS THAT PROCESS FOR US. YEAH. SO I JEFFREY WAS KIND ENOUGH TO SHARE THE CONTACTS THAT HE HAD WORKED WITH OTHER CITIES AND OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SO I DID REACH OUT TO A FEW. A LOT OF THEM DO NOT LIKE TO SHARE, BUT I DID GET IN TOUCH WITH THE CITY OF SUGARLAND, WHO WAS VERY OPEN, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. AND SO THEY'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS, IS MY UNDERSTANDING. 
          AND WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO LOOKING AT COST FOR INCREASED RENT, WHAT THAT REVENUE WOULD LOOK LIKE TO THE CITY, I BELIEVE THEY HAD SOME POSSIBLE LIKE CARRY ISSUES WHERE, YOU KNOW, NOW THE CARRIERS ARE HAVING TO SPEND ADDITIONAL MONEY, RIGHT, TO GET TO THE TOWERS. AND THIS IS A UNIQUE PROJECT. I'VE DONE COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, LICENSE AGREEMENTS BEFORE WHERE THE CARRIERS WOULD GO ON OUR WATER TOWERS OR ANY KIND OF TOWERS IN THE CITY. AND SO WE WOULD ESTABLISH RATES WITH THEM THAT WAY. THIS IS UNIQUE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OUR LEASING OUR LAND TO THEM WHERE THEY WOULD BUILD A TOWER. SO THEY'RE NOT DISRUPTING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. WE'RE MAINTAINING THAT INTEGRITY OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THINGS IN PLACE THERE. AND, YOU KNOW, I THIS IS JUST A DRAFT AGREEMENT. 
          WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE BROUGHT SOMETHING TO COUNCIL. SO YOU'RE ALL AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING 
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ON. BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO RESEARCH THAT FURTHER AND GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. AND THERE'S AN ABILITY TO RENEGOTIATE AT ANOTHER TIME. OR ONCE WE SET THESE RATES FOR THIS PARTICULAR FOR THESE FIVE OR WHATEVER IT IS, THAT'S WHAT IT IS. YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO NEGOTIATE IS WHEN YOU ADD MORE. CORRECT? YES. SO THIS THIS WOULD BE SET FOR THE MASTER AGREEMENT. THERE COULD BE AMENDMENTS IN THE FUTURE LIKE ANY OTHER AGREEMENT. AND SO IF WE'RE REALLY GOING TO LOOK AT THAT I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT IT NOW SO THAT WE GET THAT IN PLACE. SO THAT WAY WE'RE ALL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. SO YEAH. YEAH I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT THE PRICING, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED TONIGHT AND EVEN ACKNOWLEDGING THAT I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, THAT WE GET IT RIGHT UP FRONT. SO I WON'T BE AROUND WHEN THOSE THINGS GET IMPLEMENTED. IN ALL THOSE THINGS. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. 
          IT'S THEY'RE NOT GOING ON WATER TOWERS ANYMORE. IF THERE'S ONE THING THAT WE TALK ABOUT IN OUR FAMILY A LOT AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LIKE THIS, BUT IT'S HOW THOSE TOWERS AFFECT PEOPLE. AND SOME FAMILIES CAN FEEL THOSE THINGS. SOME PEOPLE CAN FEEL THOSE THINGS. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN AROUND ONE OF THOSE THINGS? THERE'S A REASON FOR IT. AND SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE THIS CITY AND EVERY OTHER PLACE TO BE, PAY ATTENTION WHERE YOU ARE ALLOWING THOSE THINGS, WHETHER IT'S AROUND KIDS THAT ARE LEARNING OR WHETHER IT'S AROUND AROUND WATER THAT YOU'RE DRINKING. JUST BECAUSE THAT STUFF IS THAT STUFF IS STILL VERY REAL. I KNOW THAT'S THE WORLD WE LIVE IN AND WE GOT TO HAVE. WE ALL GOT TO BE CONNECTED. BUT I WOULD JUST I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU AS YOU MOVE FORWARD, TO JUST PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE THINGS, BECAUSE IN A FAMILY OF MINE WHERE I DIDN'T WANT TO ADMIT THOSE THINGS, I WATCHED IT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. SO THAT'S MY ONLY PIECE THERE. 
          SO DO WE NEED TO DELAY TO GET MORE ON THE PRICING? YEAH, I CAN LOOK FURTHER INTO THAT AND BRING THE ITEM BACK FOR COUNCIL TIME. DO YOU NEED. I CAN PROBABLY GET IT READY FOR THE NEXT MEETING. 
          OKAY. SO WE WILL MOVE IT OFF TO THAT MEETING. DO I NEED A VOTE FOR THAT I DON'T REMEMBER. YOU JUST ADD IT AFTER THAT TIME. JUST LIKE THAT ACTION. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. YOU GO WITH THAT. 
          WE'RE GOOD WITH IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. ITEM NUMBER 20. DISCUSS 
          [20. Discuss and consider action on the first reading of an Ordinance regarding the Oakwood Hills Annexation Case A-24-0015 and the adjacent right-of-way (ROW) of Nameless Road Annexation Case A-24-0019 regarding the voluntary annexation of 337.292 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Travis Central Appraisal District as Parcels 353045, 353047, 353048, 353050, 353069, 353070, and 513816; and the portion of the abutting ROW known as Nameless Road; and generally located west of Nameless Road, approximately 1,050 feet north of Shady Mountain Road, Leander, Travis County, Texas.]
AND CONSIDER ACTION ON THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE REGARDING THE OAKWOOD HILLS ANNEXATION CASE. A240015 AND THE ADJACENT RIGHT OF WAY OF NAMELESS ROAD ANNEXATION CASE A-240019 REGARDING THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF 337.292 ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE, AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. GRIFFIN. WELCOME BACK. 
          GOOD EVENING. SO IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET, WE'VE PROVIDED SOME UPDATES SINCE OUR OUR LAST MEETING TO DISCUSS THIS PROJECT, I WAS ABLE TO CONNECT WITH TRAVIS COUNTY AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE POTENTIAL AGREEMENTS. AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THE OWNER WAS MEETING WITH THE JUDGE TO TALK ABOUT WAIVERS OF THE LOT SIZE LIMITS. I DID GET INFORMATION FROM THE COUNTY STAFF FOR THEY EXPRESSED SOME CONCERNS ABOUT FLOODPLAIN AND ACCESS AND THE PROPOSED LOT COUNT ON A WELL SYSTEM. STAFF IS STILL RECOMMENDING THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ANNEXATION, AND WE'VE COME UP WITH SOME CONDITIONS FOR THE ANNEXATION. SO THE FIRST CONDITION IS THAT IT WILL REMAIN IN THE TRAVIS COUNTY ESD NUMBER ONE AND TRAVIS COUNTY ESD NUMBER SEVEN. SO BEFORE EMERGENCY SERVICES, ALL OF THE INTERIOR STREETS WOULD BE PRIVATELY OWNED AND MAINTAINED, ALL OF THE PARKLAND WOULD BE PRIVATELY OWNED AND MAINTAINED, AND THEY'RE GOING TO WORK TOWARDS A SHARED FUND FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO NAMELESS ROAD, AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE LANDSCAPE RESTRICTIONS THAT INCLUDE RAINWATER COLLECTION, AND THEY'RE GOING TO PRE PLUMB THE SUBDIVISION FOR RECLAIMED WATER. SO THAT COULD BE USED IN THE FUTURE. WE FEEL LIKE THESE CONDITIONS HELP ADDRESS A LOT OF THE CONCERNS ON THE STRAIN OF RESOURCES FOR THE CITY. AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. AND THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE WITH ANY QUESTIONS. IF YOU DO TAKE ACTION ON THIS ITEM, WE STILL HAVE TO DO AN UPDATED SERVICE AGREEMENT. SO IT WILL HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU FOR A READING OF THE ORDINANCE. THANK YOU, MISS GRIFFIN. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. SO I WANT TO PREFACE THIS WITH SAYING I WANT TO THANK THE APPLICANT. I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN A LITTLE DIFFICULT ON THIS ONE, BUT I, I THINK IT'S ADMIRABLE HOW YOU'VE ADDRESSED EVERY CONCERN THAT WE'VE HAD. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT AND YOUR PATIENCE, BUT I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU, MISS GRIFFIN, ABOUT THEIR WATER. I KNOW THAT PART OF THE AREA IS UNDER THE CCN OF ANOTHER PROVIDER THAT HAS A SKETCHY, LIKE A DIFFICULT SITUATION WITH WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN DELIVER. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN INCLUDE IT IN THIS, BUT IF WE CAN, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO BE AVAILABLE. IF THEY HAVE TROUBLE WITH THAT PROVIDER, TO JUST DO THE CCN ON THE ENTIRE PROPERTY, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD INCLUDE? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THIS? OOPS, THE LITTLE GREEN. MY GOODNESS THIS. YEAH THE I THINK IT'S AQUA. YEAH. AND SO YOU'RE SAYING AQUA WOULD SERVE THE WHOLE. NO THAT WE WOULD IF THEY ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH AQUA BECAUSE AQUA I 
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THINK HAS SAID THAT THEY DON'T HAVE WATER TO PROVIDE. AND SO I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN ENTER INTO THAT NEGOTIATION. IF IT'S IN THE CITY LIMITS, WE WANT THEM TO HAVE WATER. IF IT'S IN THE CITY LIMITS, WE CAN SERVE THEM WITH WATER. YEAH, I DON'T KNOW. THERE'S PAGE LANES FOR THAT. 
          OKAY. MAYOR COUNCIL, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICE WITHIN ANOTHER PARTY, CCN, WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT. AND THERE'S A PRETTY SIMPLE PROCESS FOR THE PARTIES TO AGREE TO TRANSFER THAT CCN TO LEANDER IF NEEDED. I THINK THE DEVELOPER MAYBE COULD ADDRESS WHETHER WHAT INTENSITY OF DEVELOPMENT, IF ANY, IS GOING TO GO ON THAT LITTLE STRIP RIGHT THERE. IT'S HARD TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND THAT. WELL, AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I MEAN IS IF THEY HAVE TROUBLE, ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE OPEN TO THAT? OKAY, GOOD. THAT'S ALL I WANTED. COUNCIL. SO I'LL JUST ADD I KNOW I'VE BEEN PUSHING BACK ON THIS ONE A LITTLE BIT AS WELL, JUST BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION. THAT'S NOT CHANGED. BUT I'M GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE ON THIS. AND YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT THERE'S A MASTER AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING ON. I DO HAVE CONCERNS. WE DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME OF OUR LARGEST CONSUMERS OF OUR TREATABLE WATER ON LARGE ACRE LOTS, PEOPLE THAT ARE THAT LIVE ON THOSE. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING RESPONSIBLE HERE WITH OUR LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS, MAYBE ZERO SCAPING AND JUST BEING VERY PROACTIVE BECAUSE WE'RE GROWING SO RAPIDLY. THE WHOLE AREA IS GROWING SO RAPIDLY THAT EVERYBODY'S TAKEN FROM THE SAME LAKE. AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE NOT GETTING THE WATER BACK IN THAT LAKE. SO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO EXTEND OUR SALES BEYOND WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE A DETRIMENT TO OUR OTHER RESIDENTS HERE. ARE WE ABLE TO REQUIRE THAT? I THINK, IN WHAT THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT, IF YOU WERE GOING TO DO WATER RECLAMATION, RIGHT? YEAH, YOU KIND OF JUST EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS. LIKE, IS IT POSSIBLE LIKE BECAUSE THE TREVISO. SO WE'RE SETTING IT UP. SO HE'S GOING TO PRE PLUMB IT. SO WHEN IT DOES GET THERE IT COULD BE CONNECTED. IT'S JUST NOT THERE YET. AND WITH THE WATER CONSERVATION ON LARGER LOTS WE HAVE A DISTURBANCE ZONE AROUND THE HOMES. IT'S NEWER TO THE ORDINANCE AND APPLIES TO ALL NEW SUBDIVISIONS WHERE YOU CAN ONLY DISTURB TEN FEET FROM THE FOOTPRINT OF THE HOUSE. SO THAT'S SUPPOSED TO MAKE IT TO WHERE YOU'RE NOT REPLACING IT WITH A BUNCH OF TURF BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GRADING THE WHOLE SITE. SO THAT'S THE INTENT OF THAT ORDINANCE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYBODY YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE ITEMS THAT WE DISCUSSED UP HERE. I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. SO IS IT WILL WE BE SCHEDULING THE FIRST READING FOR THE NEXT MEETING? DOES SHE HAVE TO STATE THAT IN THE MOTION? SINCE THIS ISN'T REALLY COMPLETING A READING, YOU'RE NOT DOING. WE'RE NOT DOING. I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE FIRST MEETING. SO WE. THIS IS ACTION ON THE PORTION THAT. THAT THE FIRST READING IS OFTEN INVOLVED. YOU'RE RIGHT. YOU'RE DIRECTING US TO DO AN UPDATED MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT. I'M SORRY. YES. YEAH. YES. OKAY. YES. OKAY. COOL. 
          YEAH. CAN I JUST ASK A QUESTION FOR CLARIFICATION? ARE WE APPROVING BECAUSE WE HAD LIKE THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS ON HERE. SO JUST APPROVE THE FIRST READING OR APPROVE THE FIRST READING OF THE ANNEXATION WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS AND STAFF RECOMMENDED. OPTION TWO. 
          SO ARE WE OKAY. WE'RE OPEN TO OKAY. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. MOTION. AND SECOND DID WE GET A SECOND. 
          YES. YES OKAY. THANK YOU. MOTION. AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I KNOW THAT I THANKED THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM THERE. I WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF, TOO, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE THREW YOU A CURVE BALL ON THIS. SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL WORKING WITH THEM. ITEM 21 DISCUSSING CONSIDER NOW THAT IS 21 THAT WE JUST DID JUST A LONG NIGHT RIGHT? NO THAT WAS 20. THAT WAS 20 OKAY. ITEM 21 
          [21. Discuss and consider action on the first reading of an Ordinance regarding Zoning Case Z-24-0124 to amend the current zoning of Interim SFR-1-B (Single Family Rural) to SFR-2-B (Single Family Rural) on seven (7) parcels of land approximately 337.292 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Travis Central Appraisal District Parcels 353045, 353047, 353048, 353050, 353069, 353070, and 513816; and generally located west of Nameless Road, approximately 1,050 feet north of Shady Mountain Road, Leander, Travis County, Texas.]
DISCUSSING CONSIDER ACTION ON THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE REGARDING ZONING CASE Z-240124 TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF INTERIM SFR ONE B SINGLE FAMILY RURAL TO SFR TWO B SINGLE FAMILY RURAL ON SEVEN PARCELS OF LAND APPROXIMATELY 337.292 ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE, AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. GRIFFIN. 
          GOOD EVENING. SO THIS IS THE FIRST READING OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE ANNEXATION CASE. THEY ARE ASKING FOR THE SFR TO BE ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH IS SINGLE FAMILY RURAL AND REQUIRES ONE ACRE LOTS. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL, AND IT WAS ALSO 
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RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU COUNCIL. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND MOTION A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM 22 DISCUSS AND 
          [22. Discuss and consider action on an Ordinance amending Article A7.000, Appendix A, Leander Code of Ordinances, to adopt a monthly surcharge applicable to outside city limits retail water customers for the recovery of rate-case expenses ordered by the Public Utility Commission; providing a method of calculating the surcharge; establishing a maximum monthly surcharge of $5.00 providing severability, open meetings, and effective date clauses, and providing for other related matters]
CONSIDER ACTION ON ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE A 7.000 APPENDIX A UNDER CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ADOPT A MONTHLY SURCHARGE APPLICABLE TO OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS. RETAIL WATER CUSTOMERS FOR THE RECOVERY OF RATE CASE EXPENSES ORDERED BY THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION. 
          PROVIDING A METHOD OF CALCULATING THE SURCHARGE. ESTABLISHING A MAXIMUM MONTHLY SURCHARGE OF $5. PROVIDING SEVERABILITY, OPEN MEETINGS AND EFFECTIVE DATE CLAUSES, AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER RELATED MATTERS. MARY COUNCIL THIS ORDINANCE PROVIDES FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE SURCHARGE TO ALLOW FOR THE CITY TO RECOVER RATE CASE EXPENSES INCURRED IN DEFENDING THE CITY'S WATER RATES IN A RATE CASE PROCEEDING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORDER THAT WAS AUTHORIZED BY ISSUED BY THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. A BRIEF HISTORY. IN OCTOBER OF 2021, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED ORDINANCE NUMBER 2109 200, ENACTING NEW VOLUME METRIC WATER RATES IN JANUARY OF 2022, 348 OUTSIDE CITY RATEPAYERS FILED A PETITION WITH THE PUC FOR REVIEW OF THE CITY'S WATER RATES. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023 IS WHEN THE MATTER FINALLY MADE IT TO THE STATE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS FOR A FOUR DAY HEARING ON THE MERITS ON THE PETITIONERS CHALLENGE TO THE WATER RATES. IN MARCH OF 2024, THE STATE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE FOUND THAT AFTER THAT HEARING PROCESS AND CONSIDERING ALL THE EVIDENCE, FOUND THAT LEANDERS APPEALED, RATES WERE JUST UNREASONABLE. RECOMMENDED THAT THE PUC AFFIRM LEANDRA'S DECISION AFFECTING THE RATES, AND AUTHORIZED LEANDER TO RECOVER EXPENSES INCURRED IN DEFENDING ITS RATES. IN JANUARY OF 2025, THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION APPROVED THAT ALJ ORDER AND AUTHORIZED THE CITY TO RECOVER RATE CASE EXPENSES IN THE AMOUNT OF $630,000, $630,635 AND $0.60 OUT OF THE 757, 499 82 AND EXPENSES THE CITY HAD INCURRED, AND AUTHORIZED THE CITY TO RECOVER THOSE EXPENSES THROUGH A 36 MONTH SURCHARGE APPLIED AGAINST THE OUTSIDE, ALL OF THE OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS CUSTOMERS. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO MR. WILLIAMS AND HE'LL DISCUSS THE CALCULATION OF SURCHARGE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MR. WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU TWO VERY IMPORTANT ITEMS HERE THAT SUPPORT THIS PROCESS. FIRST IS THE SURCHARGE CALCULATION. THE 630,006, 35, 60 WILL BE COLLECTED ACROSS ALL OUTSIDE CITY RATEPAYERS OVER A PERIOD OF FIXED PERIOD OF 36 MONTHS. RATEPAYERS WILL BE WILL BE PROVIDED WITH AN OPTION TO PAY THE SURCHARGE UPFRONT TO ONE TIME PAYMENT, OR PAY UNDER A 36 MONTH PAYMENT PLAN. BOTH OPTIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD. WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 3622 OUTSIDE CITY RATEPAYERS, WHICH MEANS THE SURCHARGE WILL BE $4.83 PER MONTH. AS OF TODAY. 
          EACH CUSTOMER WILL OWE A BALANCE OF $173.88 IF THEY WERE TO PAY THE BALANCE IN FULL AS A ONE TIME PAYMENT. THE APPROACH FOR BILLING AND COLLECTION. THE SURCHARGE RATE WILL REMAIN CONSTANT OVER THE FIRST 12 MONTHS, AND WILL BE RECALCULATED AT THE END OF THE FIRST 12 MONTH PERIOD. THIS CALCULATION WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS LOCATED OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, THE BALANCE REMAINING, AND THE TIME LEFT FOR COLLECTION. DURING THE LAST 12 MONTHS OF THE 36 MONTH COLLECTION PERIOD, THE SURCHARGE RATE RECALCULATION WILL BE DONE MULTIPLE TIMES ON A SCHEDULED AND CLOSELY MONITORED BASIS TO ENSURE THAT THE TOTAL SURCHARGE COLLECTION DOES NOT EXCEED THE 630,635 60, AND THE COLLECTION PERIOD DOES NOT EXCEED THE 36 MONTHS. NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR IMPLEMENTATION AND COMMUNICATION PLAN. SO THE STRATEGY STRATEGY FOR THIS IS THE SURCHARGE WILL GO INTO EFFECT STARTING JUNE 1ST. DURING THE MONTH OF MAY. UTILITY BILLING WILL USE VARIOUS METHODS 
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OF COMMUNICATION WITH AFFECTED CUSTOMERS, WHICH INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING. WE WILL SEND OUT A FORMAL LETTER TO THE OUTSIDE CITY. LIMIT RATEPAYERS TO PROVIDE CLARITY AND BETTER UNDERSTANDING AS TO HOW THIS PROCESS IS GOING TO WORK. WE WILL ALSO CREATE A UTILITY BILLINGS WEBSITE TO EDUCATE AND INFORM OUR RATEPAYERS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WILL DEVELOP A FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS TO PROVIDE QUICK AND EASY ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS BEING ASKED BY THE RATEPAYERS. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE'LL ALSO SEND OUT A WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. THAT CONCLUDES MY PORTION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ASK? ANSWER. THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. MOTION TO APPROVE I'LL SECOND MOTION A SECOND. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE 
          [23. 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.]]
IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. ITEM 23. COUNCIL MEMBER, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ANY DELIBERATION OF OR DECISION ABOUT THE SUBJECT OF THE INQUIRY SHALL BE LIMITED TO. A PROPOSAL TO PLACE THE SUBJECT ON THE AGENDA FOR A SUBSEQUENT MEETING. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING? ALL 
          [24. Council Member Closing Statements.]
RIGHT. I'M 20 FOR EVERYONE'S FAVORITE COUNCIL MEMBER. CLOSING COMMENTS PLEASE ONE. SO LAST MEETING I COMPLETELY FORGOT AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT I HAD INTENDED, BUT OUR CITY MANAGER HAS BEEN WITH US FOR ONE YEAR NOW. A YEAR AND TWO WEEKS I GUESS. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY HAPPY ANNIVERSARY. HAPPY FIRST ANNIVERSARY. HOPE IT'S THE FIRST OF MANY AND HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB AND WE APPRECIATE HIM. AND I LOOK AT THE SMILES OVER THERE, THEY DO TOO. SO THANK YOU THAT'S ALL. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE BOY SCOUTS THAT CAME TODAY FOR THE EAGLE SCOUTS BSA. THERE WAS A GIRL. OKAY, YOU'RE RIGHT HERE. I WAS IMPRESSED THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF GOOD YOUNG PEOPLE OUT THERE AND THEY'RE DOING THINGS. AND THEN ALSO, I WAS IMPRESSED BY THE FIRE, THE POLICE AND OUR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. I THINK THAT'S AWESOME. YOU KNOW, THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHRISTY. I'LL JUST SAY GOOD NIGHT, GOOD NIGHT. THANKS. 
          FIVE ON A DAY. THAT IS OUR NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER. HOW AWESOME IT IS TO GO OUT. BE MY LAST MEETING. THAT'S GOING TO. I CAN ACTUALLY MAKE DECISIONS. SO THANKS FOR EVERYBODY FOR BEARING WITH ME. THANK YOU, STAFF, FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'VE POURED INTO EVERYTHING TO MAKE OUR JOBS EASIER UP HERE. I'LL DO SOME OF MY GOODBYES RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE NEXT MEETING IS GOING TO BE PRETTY HARD TOO. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY. THANK YOU TO THIS COUNCIL. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO DO THIS. SO THANK YOU. I WAS GOING TO SAY HAPPY EARLY MOTHER'S DAY TO EVERYBODY THAT CELEBRATES MOTHER'S DAY AND THEN HAPPY PROM SEASON. BECAUSE WE'RE IN PROM SEASON, WE'RE SEEING IT EVERY WEEK. SO I HOPE THOSE STUDENTS ARE BEING CAREFUL WHILE THEY'RE OUT HAVING FUN. AND ALSO, HAPPY GRADUATION AND CONGRATS TO ALL OF OUR GRADUATES THAT ARE GRADUATING ALL OF MAY AND ALL OF JUNE. SO HAPPY FOR ALL OF THAT TO BE GOING ON IN OUR CITY RIGHT NOW. ALL RIGHT. AS ALWAYS, WE LIKE TO SHOP LOCAL BECAUSE WHEN YOU SHOP IN LEANDER, MOST OF YOUR MONEY STAYS HERE. IT KEEPS PEOPLE EMPLOYED, IT KEEPS BUSINESSES OPEN, AND IT ATTRACTS MORE BUSINESSES TO COME AND INVEST WITH US. SO TONIGHT, STICKING WITH THAT WE PICKED UP DINNER FROM BURGER. THANK YOU DINO. ALWAYS FANTASTIC. WE JUST WANT YOU TO SHOP LOCAL. THINK LEANDER FIRST. IF YOU CAN'T GET SOMETHING IN LEANDER, ORDER IT ONLINE BECAUSE WE STILL COLLECT SOME OF THE SALES TAX FROM THAT. AND THAT HELPS PAY FOR ALL OF THE WONDERFUL PROGRAMS THAT WE PUT ON THROUGH PARKS AND ROADS AND ALL THAT. I ALSO WANTED TO THANK STAFF FOR THE NEW SUMMARIES. I KNOW WE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, BUT THIS WEEK WAS EVEN MORE EXPANDED THAN THE LAST ONE. AND I RECOGNIZE THAT YOU ALL MUST BE TAKING SOME TIME AND CARE WITH THAT. AND THERE WERE QUITE A FEW IN THERE THAT I LEARNED THINGS, THAT I'VE LOOKED AT THE STUFF BEFORE. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I LEARNED SOMETHING ABOUT SOME OF THE PUBLIC WORKS THINGS. RIGHT. SO IT WAS GREAT. THERE WAS A LOT OF HISTORY, AND I APPRECIATED THAT. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S GREAT FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT OUR AGENDAS NOW AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING AND THE NUANCES AND THE HISTORY. I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THE COMMUNITY SURVEY IS STARTING UP. SO 3000 LUCKY HOUSEHOLDS HAVE RECEIVED A POSTCARD TO DO THE SURVEY EARLY AS LIKE OUR SAMPLE COUNT. AND LATER ON THIS MONTH. THAT SURVEY IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY IN THE CITY, EVERY RESIDENT IN EVERY SINGLE HOUSE, AND THAT WILL BE ONLINE. SO WATCH FOR THAT BECAUSE WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN BETTER REPRESENT YOU. AND THEN THERE IS AN ELECTION ON SATURDAY. DO YOUR CIVIC DUTY AND GO VOTE. AND THAT BRINGS UP MY LAST POINT. COUNCIL MEMBERS PANTALEON, PARKER AND NICK. THIS IS DEFINITELY YOUR LAST CLOSING COMMENTS. AND IT'S BEEN A IT'S BEEN A LONG, WEIRD 
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SIX YEARS, BUT I JUST APPRECIATE THE SERVICE OF YOU GUYS. AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME UP HERE WITHOUT YOU. AND I HOPE YOU ENJOY ALL OF YOUR FREE TIME. JUST DON'T RUB IT IN OUR FACES, 
          [25. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to:
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; andSection 551.074, Texas Government Code, to discuss the annual evaluation of City Manager.

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OKAY? WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO ITEM 25, EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO NUMBER ONE, SECTION 551.071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE IN SECTION 1.05, TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING ACQUISITIONS OF PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE. AND NUMBER TWO, SECTION 551.074 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS THE ANNUAL EVALUATION OF THE CITY MANAGER. THE TIME IS 
          [ Reconvene into open session to take action as deemed appropriate in the City Council's discretion regarding:
Acquisition of property for public purpose; andCity Manager evaluation.

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ALL RIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO CONVENE BACK INTO REGULAR SESSION AT 10:46 P.M. TO TAKE ACTION AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE IN THE CITY COUNCIL'S DISCRETION REGARDING NUMBER ONE. 
          ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE. CITY OF. I ALMOST CALLED YOU CITY MANAGER. 
          MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO. ACTION. EXCELLENT. AND NUMBER TWO, CITY MANAGER EVALUATION. MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE A 4% RAISE FOR THE CITY MANAGER? SECOND MOTION A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          WITH THA
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