May 15, 2025 City Council Regular Meeting

I DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS ON THEIR SCHEDULE TO BREAK GROUND.

UM, BUT WE DO HAVE MR. RANDALL HERE THAT COULD SPEAK TO THAT IF NECESSARY.

I'M JUST CURIOUS.

'CAUSE I MEAN, THAT ROADWAY HAS EXCEEDED ITS CAPACITY.

YOU HAD ALL THESE OTHER THINGS TO IT.

UM, WE'RE JUST KIND OF NEED TO PLAN FOR DISASTER IF THEY'RE GONNA BREAK GROUND SOONER THAN LATER.

ABSOLUTELY.

UH, RANDALL MALICK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, DIRECTOR, UM, CERTAINLY BASED ON MARKET CONDITIONS, BUT I WOULD ESTIMATE, UM, PROBABLY WINTER SPRING OF THE, THE COMING YEAR IN TERMS OF THE TIMELINE.

SO IT, IT, SO YOU'VE HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS MM-HMM .

AND WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A, AN IMPROVEMENT SOLUTION THAT WORKS FOR NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE.

I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE 'CAUSE ABSOLUTELY.

JUST GONNA CREATE A MESS.

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AND COUNSEL, DO ANY OF YOU HAVE COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS? COUNCIL, RA, IS THAT A YES? WELL, SO, SO THE ROAD, SO THE BLUE PART IS WHAT THE WHOLE RIGHT OF WAY IS, RIGHT? YES.

AND SO WITHIN THAT, WHERE DOES THE CURRENT ROAD RUN WHERE, COMPARED TO WHAT THE RED IS? SO THE CURRENT ROAD, I MEAN, IS IT FOLLOWING THE SAME LINE OR IS IT GOING A DIFFERENT FOLLOWING? A DIFFERENT LINE IS FOLLOWING DIFFERENT LINE.

THE CURRENT ROAD IS, IS IT'S KIND OF RUNNING DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THAT OR, OR, OR MOSTLY TO THE SOUTH OF THAT, THE ROAD IN PURPLE IS WHAT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED FOR THE THREE LANES.

AND SO THEY'D BE SIDE BY SIDE FOR A TIME.

NO, WELL, THAT'S THE CONTROVERSY.

WELL, NO, NO.

I MEAN, THEY'LL, AS THEY BUILD IT, THEY'LL BE SIDE BY SIDE, THEN THEY'LL TAKE OUT THE OLD ROAD AND THE OTHER ROAD WILL BE THERE AND IT'S GONNA BE, WHAT, 30 FEET OVER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND IT BENDS.

SO THE EXISTING ROAD KIND OF CONTINUES STRAIGHT ALONG THIS PATH.

AND THE, THE PURPLE IS KIND OF CURVING UP.

WE, WE KIND OF CALL IT THE EYEBROW MM-HMM .

WHERE IT'S KIND OF DEVIATING FROM THE, UH, EXISTING ROADWAY.

AND SO WHAT THEY WOULD DO IS THE CURRENT DESIGN WOULD BE FOR THE PURPLE WOULD BE THE ONLY ROADWAY THAT WOULD BE IN PLACE.

WHAT WE'RE ASKING IN, IN THE CONVERSATIONS IS TO SEE IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE PURPLE AND THEN ALSO HAVE THE EXISTING ROAD, BUT THEY OPERATE AS ONE-WAY PAIRS.

SO THE PURPLE WOULD, WOULD, WOULD PROVIDE THE WEST BROWN BOUND AND THE, UH, EXISTING ROAD WILL PROVIDE THE EAST PRO.

SO WE'D ACTUALLY END UP WITH TWO ROADS YES.

PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER AT THE END OF THAT.

IF, IF, IF THAT'S, IF THEY AGREE A DESIGN ALTERNATIVE THAT WE COULD, COULD ADDRESS THAT, THAT WILL HAVE COST IMPLICATIONS, THAT WILL HAVE TIME IMPLICATIONS.

BUT THAT IS MOST CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE'VE GOTTA LOOK AT.

SO THERE'S ALWAYS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHANGE ORDER, BUT FOR US, WE WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE HAVING THINGS TIED DOWN AND AGREED UPON BEFORE, BEFORE IT STARTS.

SO TO PUT IT INTO CONTEXT, THE COUNTY PLANS TO BUILD ESSENTIALLY THE SAME ROAD WE ALREADY HAVE, BUT WITH A MIDDLE LANE FOR MAKING LEFT TURNS STILL ONE LANE EACH DIRECTION WITH ALL THAT TRAFFIC.

BUT FOR THAT SECTION WHERE IT DOESN'T ALIGN, THEY'RE GONNA TAKE ALL OF THAT AND JUST KIND OF LEAVE THEM DOWN ON THEIR OWN DIFFERENT ROAD.

THAT'S GONNA BE, UM, INTERESTING TO GET IN AND OUT OF.

AND THIS IS WHERE WE'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS, BECAUSE PERSONALLY I DON'T THINK THAT THAT SOLVES MUCH OF THE PROBLEM ON HERO WAY AT ALL.

AND SO IF WE CAN WORK OUT SOMETHING THAT, UH, WOULD ALLOW MORE TRAFFIC TO FLOW THROUGH, BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA THINK ABOUT ALL THOSE PARENTS THAT ARE DROPPING OFF THEIR KIDS AT HARMONY, ALL THE BIG TRUCKS THAT ARE COMING IN AND OUT OF TITAN, THIS ROAD ALREADY HAS A LOT OF TRAFFIC CONCERNS, AND NOW IT'S GOING TO, IT'S GONNA INCREASE MONUMENTALLY.

UM, AND THERE'S NO PLAN FOR WHEN THE NEXT PHASE IS GONNA HAPPEN 'CAUSE THERE'S NO MONEY FOR IT.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING, AND YOU'LL SEE IT LATER IN OUR NEXT STEPS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING AS A PART OF THIS EFFORT IS HAVING A STUDY EVALUATION DONE.

UM, SO BACK IN 2022 WHEN THE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN WAS DONE, AND THEY IDENTIFIED THE LEVEL OF SERVICE, UM, FOR EACH STREET TO KIND OF SEE IF IT'S, IF, IF IT'S DEALING WITH ITS TRAFFIC ADEQUATE TO DEAL WITH IT, UH, IN 22 PRIOR TO TITAN, PRIOR TO HARMONY SCHOOL AND ALL THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT, IT WAS, IT WAS SHOWN TO SHOWN TO BE DOING.

SO FOR THIS PARTICULAR SEGMENT, ACTUALLY ALL OF THESE SEGMENTS, FOR THE MOST PART.

HOWEVER, WITH ALL THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENED SINCE 2022, WE THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO DO THAT STUDY AGAIN.

SO THAT'S GONNA BE PART OF THE NEXT STEPS.

THAT'S GONNA BE PART OF OUR CONVERSATION WITH TDOT AND WITH THE COUNTY IS BASED ON THAT STUDY, WHICH WE BASICALLY WILL DO IS SAY, EXISTING CONDITIONS IS WHAT WE HAVE NOW, AND PROJECT THAT INTO 10 YEARS OR SO, SEE WHAT DEFICIENT IS IT, IS IT MEETING EXPECTATIONS NOW AS IT RELATES TO TRAFFIC AND LEVEL OF SERVICE? AND THEN WE WOULD PROJECT THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS, AS THE COUNTY IS SAYING, THEY WILL DO ONTO THAT AND SEE IF THAT PRODUCES ANY CHANGE.

UH, AND IF, AND IF THAT CHANGE IS ACCEPTABLE AND SUFFICIENT.

AND IF IT'S NOT, THEN THAT'LL BE THE BASIS FOR TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT, WHAT WE NEED TO DO NEXT IN TERMS OF AN ALTERNATIVE DESIGN THAT HELPS TO PRODUCE AN OUTCOME, UM, IN, IN TERMS OF THE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT ACTUALLY IMPROVES UPON THE LEVEL OF SERVICE.

AND SO WHAT WOULD BE THE TIMING ON THAT? BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA PRESS US TO START, RIGHT? FOR SURE.

AND WHEN THEY START, WE HAVE TO AGREE TO THE WHOLE THING, RIGHT? WE CAN'T LIKE SAY, OH, WE AGREE TO THIS PART AND WE WANT A CHANGE HERE STILL.

RIGHT? SO TH THEY HAVE SHARED WITH US THAT THERE COULD BE SOME FLEXIBILITY RELATED IN WORKING WITH IDE AS THE PROJECT MOVES FORWARD FOR CHANGES.

HOWEVER, WE FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE BEING COMFORTABLE WITH THE DESIGN BEFORE IT STARTS, RIGHT?

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AND, AND THE, THAT'S THE OTHER THING TOO.

WE HAVE THE, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT IN PLACE THAT WAS EXECUTED IN NOVEMBER OF 2021, UM, THE, THE NEXT PAYOFF POINT FOR THAT IS EXECUTION OF THE, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.

BUT THE EXECUTION OF THE CON CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, UM, CAN'T HAPPEN IF WE'RE NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH THE DESIGN.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION? IS THAT OKAY FOR ME TO ASK QUESTION OR NO, NOT YET.

SEEK BOND SALES SOMEWHERE IN FALL OF 2027.

NO, RIGHT.

THAT'S FINE.

GOING, GOING ON TO EAST CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS IS A 1.1 MILE SEGMENT.

THIS WOULD BE A NEW ROADWAY, UM, FOUR LANE DIVIDED ULTERIOR, INCLUDING A LARGE BRIDGE.

THERE WILL ULTIMATELY BE A SIX LANE THAT WILL GO FROM RONALD REAGAN TO COUNTY ROAD 1 75.

UH, THAT PROJECT COSTS SHARE.

AND, AND ACTUALLY THIS PROJECT WOULD BE, UM, LED BY THE CITY OF LEANDER.

UH, WE WOULD LEAVE THAT PROJECT, THE COUNTY WOULD PAY UP TO AN AMOUNT OF 7.5 MILLION, UM, TOWARD THE RIGHT OF WAY AND DESIGN EFFORTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT.

AND THE CITY WOULD HAVE THE REMAINING COSTS AS WELL AS THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS THAT IS ESTIMATED TO BE IN EXCESS OF $43 MILLION.

UM, WHERE THIS PROJECT CURRENTLY STANDS, UM, THE SELECTION OF THE DESIGN CONSULTANT WILL BE COMING SOON.

UH, AGAIN, THAT WILL BE A CITY LED EFFORT.

AND THEN ALSO THERE WILL BE A NEED TO COMPLETE THE, UM, INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT HAS NOT BEEN FINALIZED.

WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH ON THE TERMS OF THAT AS WELL.

THIS ACTUALLY SHOWS THE PRELIMINARY LAYOUT, UM, AND, AND CONNECTING, LET'S SEE THE ROADWAY HERE TO 1 75.

UM, THIS, THIS LAYOUT WAS ACTUALLY SELECTED OUTTA THREE LAYOUTS, UM, BY A STUDY THAT WAS DONE APPROXIMATELY TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO, WHERE WE KINDA LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, THE LAYOUT, WHAT PROPERTIES WOULD BE AFFECTED, WHAT RIGHT AWAY WOULD BE NEEDED, WHAT DEVELOPMENTS ARE HAPPENING.

AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIS WAS THE BEST LAYOUT, UM, IN TERMS OF COSTS, IN TERMS OF TIME, IN THE TERMS OF EFFECTIVE PROPERTIES FOR CRYSTAL FALLS, THIS IS, THIS WOULD BE THE CROSS SECTION, AS I MENTIONED.

THE ULTIMATE WOULD BE SIX LANES, BUT WHAT WOULD BE BUILT FIRST ASSOCIATED WITH THE $43 MILLION CONSTRUCTION PRICE TAG ARE THE, THE TWO, UH, OH, GET IT RIGHT SOON.

THESE TWO LANES AND THESE TWO LANES, UH, THIS CROSS SECTION ALSO WOULD HAVE SIDEWALKS, UH, WOULD HAVE APPROPRIATE DRAINAGE.

THERE'LL ALSO BE CURB AND GUTTER.

IT WOULD BE AN URBAN, UH, CROSS SECTION, UH, POSSIBLE OR ANTICIPATED PROJECT SCHEDULE, ASSUMING ALL GOES WELL, UH, THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT COULD BE APPROVED IF AGREED UPON BY BOTH PARTIES AS SOON AS JUNE JULY OF THIS YEAR.

THE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR SELECTING THE DESIGN CONSULTANT OR, OR, OR SEEKING THE DESIGN ENGINEER WOULD BE, COULD BE ISSUED LATER THIS MONTH.

UH, WE COULD EXECUTE THAT DESIGN CONTRACT LATER THIS YEAR.

UM, IN PARENTHESES, THE THE PAYMENTS REPRESENTS, UH, THE, THE, THE POINTS AT WHICH THE COUNTY WOULD MAKE THEIR REIMBURSEMENT OF THEIR 7.5 MILLION.

SO UPON THE EXECUTION OF THE ILA, THAT'S THE FIRST QUARTER OF IT.

AND THEN THE EXECUTION OF THE DESIGN CONTRACT, THEY WOULD MAKE ANOTHER PAYMENT TO US.

AND THEN 60% COMPLETE FOR DESIGNS, WE BELIEVE COULD BE NOVEMBER, 2026 WITH ANOTHER COUNTY PAYMENT.

AND THEN COMPLETE DESIGN SPRING OF 2027 WITH ANOTHER COUNTY PAYMENT FULFILLING THEIR $7.5 MILLION COMMITMENT.

UM, WE WOULD BID THE PROJECT, WE COULD SEE THAT HAPPENING.

IF THIS CONTINUES, THE SCHEDULE IS ABLE TO BE HELD TO BY, FOR CONSTRUCTION IN OCTOBER, 2027.

WE WOULD ALSO CASH FUND AS IT RELATES TO DESIGN AND, AND RIGHT OF WAY AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

AND THEN WE WOULD SEEK TO DO THE BOND FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT.

SO WE WOULD

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THESE WOULD BE SEAL BONDS, AND THEN AWARD OF A, A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT POSSIBLY BY DECEMBER, 2027 AND CONSTRUCTION STARTING IN APRIL OF 2028.

AND AGAIN, THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST AT THIS POINT IS ABOUT $43 MILLION.

ANY, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON THAT ONE.

SO ON THE RIGHT OF WAY ON THAT, DO WE, THAT'S BEEN BOUGHT AND PAID FOR, OR DOES THAT STILL HAVE TO BE, IT STILL HAS TO BE BOUGHT, SO THAT'S ON TOP OF THE 43.2, OR IS THAT BUILT INTO THAT? YES.

YEAH, SO WE ARE, WE'RE ESTIMATING FOR, FOR RIGHT OF WAY AND DESIGN THAT, THAT COST MAY BE ABOUT 10 MILLION.

AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S OUR ESTIMATE AT THIS TIME.

YEAH, AND MIKE, THAT, THAT'S PART OF THAT INITIAL 10 MILLION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

SO THE COUNTY'S PUTTING IN TWO, UH, TWO, SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION TOWARDS THAT INITIAL 10.

SO THAT'S ON TOP OF ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY EXTENSION? SO FOR BAD, THAT ROAD, UM, THIS IS GO, THIS IS A STRETCH GOING FROM SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY TO COUNTY ROAD 2 81.

UM, THERE IS A COMPANION SECTION THAT THE COUNTY IS DOING JUST NORTH OF THIS SEGMENT THAT WE ALSO WERE WILL REMARK ON, BUT THIS SEGMENT ACTUALLY IS 5.7 MILES.

THIS WOULD ACTUALLY CONVERT THAT TWO, THAT EXISTING TWO LANE RURAL ROAD TO A THREE LANE URBAN ROAD.

UM, THIS IS DONE TO MATCH WHICH THIS WILL ACTUALLY MATCH THE EXISTING ROADWAY SEGMENT TO THE NORTH, WHICH BEING DONE THAT, THAT THE COUNTY IS DOING IN LIBERTY HILL.

UM, AND THEN ALSO ORIGINALLY WE HAD SOUGHT TO HAVE THE REALIGNMENT OF COUNTY ROAD TWO 80 AS A PART OF THIS SCOPE, AND THAT'S NO LONGER THE CASE.

NOW THE PROJECT, UM, COST IS ANTICIPATED TO BE $30 MILLION.

THE COUNTY WOULD CONTRIBUTE NO MORE THAN 14 MILLION, AND THEN THE CITY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BALANCE.

AND IF THE TOTAL IS 30, THE CITY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR 16, $16 MILLION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT.

UH, THE CURRENT STATUS IS THAT THE COUNTY HAS SELECTED A DESIGN ENGINEER AND THE COUNTY HAS TAKEN THE LEAD ON THIS PROJECT, AND THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT IS STILL UNDER REVIEW AND IN THE DEAL TERMS ARE STILL BEING WORKED OUT.

OKAY, .

THE NOT TOO MUCH HAS BEEN DONE ASSOCIATED WITH OUR EFFORTS IN WORKING WITH THE, THE COUNTY, AS YOU ALL KNOW.

SO OUR NEXT SLIDE ACTUALLY SHOWS THE TYPICAL CROSS SECTION.

UM, SO THIS IS THE EXISTING CROSS SECTION, AS WE MENTIONED, IS AS A RURAL ROAD.

UM, YOU SEE THE UTILITIES THERE, YOU SEE NO CURB AND GUTTER.

THERE IS ONE LANE EACH WAY.

AND WHAT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED, AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, I APOLOGIZE FOR THOSE WHO HAPPEN TO LOOK BEHIND YOUR, OH, HERE WE GO.

FOR WHAT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED INITIALLY WOULD BE THAT THREE LANE, ONE LANE EACH DIRECTION WITH A CENTER LANE, UM, LEFT TURN LANE.

UM, THIS CROSS SECTION ALSO WOULD HAVE SOME URBAN ASPECTS.

THAT WOULD BE A SHARED USE PATH, A SIDEWALK.

UM, THERE WOULD BE CURB AND GUTTER AS WELL.

UM, BUT ULTIMATELY THIS WOULD BE GOING FROM TWO LANES TO THREE LANES.

PART OF PART OF THAT IS TO MATCH WHAT THE COUNTY IS ALREADY DOING NORTH OF, OF THIS PROJECT.

AND ACTUALLY THIS NEXT SLIDE DEALS WITH THAT.

THIS IS THE NORTHERN SEGMENT.

SO THIS IS FROM, THIS IS THE UTMOST LIMIT OF OUR PROJECT.

AND SO THIS IS TAKING IT FROM WHERE OUR PROJECT ENDS ON, THROUGH LIBERTY HILL.

AND SO THIS PROJECT IS FURTHER ALONG.

UH, IT HAS, AS I MENTIONED, THE THREE LANES.

ALL PARCELS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ACQUIRED.

THE ENGINEERING DESIGNS HAVE BEEN FINALIZED.

THEY'RE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY CLEARING PHASE, AND THEY'RE ANTICIPATING TO, TO ADVERTISE FOR CONSTRUCTION FOR THE PROJECT AS EARLY AS 2026.

AND SO PART OF WHAT WE HAVE ALSO DONE IS WE ARE WORKING TO CONFIRM WITH THE COUNTY, UH, FUNDING LEVELS.

UM, WE, WE'VE GOT AN EMAIL INTO THEM.

UM, THERE HAD BEEN SOME MENTION THAT THIS PROJECT COSTS MAY BE RUNNING SHORT AND THE COUNTY MAY HAVE A NEED TO, UM, SEEK FUNDS TO DEAL WITH THAT.

AND SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO WORK TO MAKE, TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER OR NOT THAT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR PROJECT.

THE BAGHDAD SOUTH SEGMENT, WE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER YET, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING

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TO CONFIRM THAT.

ANY, UM, COMMENTS ON THAT ONE? ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT COUNTY ROAD? 1 75.

OKAY, SO THERE'S AN ERROR ON THIS SLIDE THAT SHOULD SAY JUST SOUTH OF CREEK METAL COVE.

UM, TO RM 2243, UH, THAT'S ABOUT A TWO MILE SEGMENT.

UH, IT WOULD WIDEN A TWO LANE EXISTING, TWO LANE RURAL ROAD TO AN URBAN FOUR LANE ARTERIAL SECTION.

UH, THE PROJECT COSTS AS IT RELATES TO THE CITY WOULD BE, UM, $10 MILLION PLUS RELOCATION OF CITY UTILITIES.

HALF OF THAT $10 MILLION IS ASSOCIATED WITH LIGHTING.

UH, WE REQUESTED TO HAVE LIGHTING ALONE, THAT SEGMENT AND ABOUT 5.5 MILLION OF THAT 10 MILLION IS ASSOCIATED WITH LIGHTING.

UM, THIS PROJECT IS BEING LED BY THE COUNTY, UH, DESIGNED IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.

AND I'VE GOT A TIMELINE IN THE NEXT SLIDE.

AND THEN ALSO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT IS, IS IN PROCESS.

YEAH, THIS WOULD BE, THIS IS THE EXISTING SEGMENT, AGAIN, TWO LANE.

THIS WOULD BE THE PROPOSED SEGMENT FOUR LANE, UH, WITH CURBING GUTTER, UH, A DITCH ON ONE SIDE AND A SHARED YOUTH PATH OR, OR SIDEWALK.

UM, ON THE OTHER SIDE, ALSO FOR THIS PROJECT, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE, UM, SIGNIFICANT COORDINATION.

AS I MENTIONED, THIS SEGMENT WILL AS ENTIRE STRETCH, REALLY WILL BE HAVE STREET LIGHTING, UH, TO ALIGN WITH OUR MASTER PLAN EFFORTS.

THERE IS ALSO A PORTION THAT WILL BE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THIS PROJECT.

AND I'LL SHOW THAT HERE.

THIS SEGMENT HERE IS OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, BUT IT'S INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT.

AND I ALSO SH OH, EXCUSE ME, I'LL ALSO SHOW THIS SEGMENT HERE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT, AND THAT IS ACTUALLY, UH, ADJACENT TO, UM, PLAN SCHOOL PROPERTY FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SO THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT.

SO IT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO COORDINATE WITH THE SCHOOL.

UM, BOARD, UH, AS IT RELATES TO THEIR PLANS IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO BUILD AS EARLY AS 2028.

AND SO WE'LL HAVE TO CONTINUE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM.

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO COORDINATION, UM, WITH THE RO SPRINGS DEVELOPMENT, UM, THAT IS OFF OF THE SCREEN, BUT FURTHER SOUTH ALONG 1 75.

UM, THERE'S DEVELOPMENT THERE WITH WILD SPRINGS.

UH, THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT WILL ACTUALLY BILL HALF OF THE FOUR LANE ROADWAY ASSOCIATED WITH, UM, THIS, THIS COUNTY ROAD 2 75.

AS WE MENTIONED, THERE WILL BE COORDINATION, HAVE TO BE CONTINUED COORDINATION EFFORTS WITH THE SCHOOL, ESPECIALLY SINCE THAT SEGMENT THAT'S CIRCLED THERE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PROJECT.

UM, AND, AND OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW THE COORDINATION IS NECESSARY AND THE PICTURES SHOWING THE OLD ROAD AWAY RIGHT AWAY.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT ROADWAY SEGMENT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE OLD RIGHT AWAY SEGMENT.

AND WE KNOW THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAD THERE.

AND SO WE WANT TO LEARN THE LESSONS.

WE WANNA LEARN THOSE LESSONS FROM THE PAST AND MAKE SURE THAT AS MUCH COORDINATION AS POSSIBLE IS DONE THAT WE DON'T REPEAT.

UM, SOME OF THE CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH RIGHT AWAY.

AND AGAIN, THE, THE POSSIBLE TIMELINE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT.

UM, AS I MENTIONED, THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT IS STILL UNDER REVIEW BY BOTH PARTIES.

ENGINEERING SERVICES HAVE BEEN PROCURED BY THE COUNTY.

UH, DESIGN IS EXPECTED TO LAST FROM, FROM SPRING OF 2024 TO AND END AROUND SUMMER 2026.

UH, THE EARLY DESIGN, UM, EFFORT, UM, SCHEMATICS OR PLANS OR DRAWINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SHARED WITH OUR TEAM AND WE'RE REVIEWING THEM.

UH, THE COUNTY PLANS TO BID AT THIS PROJECT FOR CONSTRUCTION AS SOON AS LATE 2026.

AND THEN THE CONSTRUCTION START AS EARLY AS 2027 AND COMPLETED AS EARLY AS FALL 2028.

ANY ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH COUNTY RULE 1 75 AND THEN RONALD REAGAN QUARTER, I CAN QUICKLY GO THROUGH THIS.

UM, BASICALLY

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UM, THE LAST EFFORT THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN, THE COUNTY TOOK A VOTE, UM, AS COMMISSIONED TO, UM, HAVE THE TRAFFIC AND REVENUE STUDY DONE FOR THE ENTIRE STRETCH FROM OUR LIMITS ALL THE WAY TO, TO I 35.

AND SO THE NEXT STEP ON THAT IS REALLY FOR THAT RESOLUTION, UM, TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITIES BOARD, UM, AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GONNA APPROVE THAT TO MOVE FORWARD.

I BELIEVE THEY HAVE A MEETING LATER THIS MONTH, I BELIEVE MAY 28TH.

AND SO WE WILL HAVE SOME INFORMATION.

BUT REGARDLESS, OUR NEEDS AS IT RELATES TO REAGAN BOULEVARD REMAINS THE SAME AS IT RELATES TO ACCESS MANAGEMENT, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, UM, AND THEN ALSO JUST DEALING WITH, UM, COMMERCIAL ACCESS AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS, NO CITY FUNDS HAVE BEEN CONTRIBUTED OBLIGATED TO THE COUNTIES PROJECT, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE DO.

AND MR. PARTON PRESENTED MAYBE A MONTH AGO, UH, PLANS THAT WE HAVE THAT THAT COULD BE EXECUTED.

UM, AND, AND, AND SO WE DO HAVE THAT, BUT AS IT RELATES TO THE COUNTY, THERE'S NO F FORWARD MOTION OTHER THAN THE ACTION THAT THE COUNTY COMMISSION TOOK ASSOCIATED WITH THE TOLL ROAD.

ANY COMMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH RONALD REAGAN? SO JUST TO WRAP THIS UP, NEXT STEPS.

AS I ALLUDED TO EARLIER, UM, WE ARE CHECKING WITH THE COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE FUNDING PARTICIPATION LEVELS AS, AS I MENTIONED, THEY, THEY HAVE SAID THAT THEY'VE RUN INTO SOME COST CONCERNS, SO WE JUST WANT TO CONFIRM WITH THEM THAT THE COSTS THAT THEY'VE SHARED WITH US, WHAT THEY SAID THEY WOULD COMMIT TO, THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO COMMIT TO IT.

UM, BECAUSE IF THEY'RE NOT, THEN THAT MAY HAVE IMPLICATIONS IN TERMS OF EITHER WE FILL IN THE GAP OR, OR MAYBE THE PROJECT DOESN'T MOVE FORWARD.

SECOND BULLET, WE WANT TO CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH TDOT AS WELL AS THE COUNTY.

UM, AS SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO HERO AWAY PHASE ONE, AS YOU ALL HEARD, IT'S GOING FROM A TWO LANE TO A THREE LANE.

IS THAT SUFFICIENT? UH, UM, SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION TO SEE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE EXERCISE SIZE ALL EFFORTS BECAUSE WE KNOW WHATEVER WE GET, IF IT'S CONSTRUCTED, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT FOR THE NEXT 10 TO 15 YEARS.

POINT THREE, WE WANT TO ENSURE OUR COORDINATION EFFORTS WITH OUR KEY PARTNERS, WHETHER IT'S TITAN, WHETHER IT'S HARMONY SCHOOL, WHETHER IT'S THE SCHOOL BOARD, OR WHETHER IT'S WILD SPRINGS DEVELOPERS, UM, TO MAKE SURE, UM, THAT THEY'RE ENGAGED OR AND INVOLVED AND THINGS ARE MOVING IN A CONCERTED, UM, ORGANIZED EFFORT AND FASHION.

POINT FOUR.

OBVIOUSLY WE GOTTA CONTINUE DEVELOPING THE DEAL TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AS WELL AS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT T DOT UM, 0.5 AS, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, FOR BADDA AND HERO WAY, THE CHANGE IS, IS, IS, IS TO SOME EXTENT SOME MAY REMARK AS UNDERWHELMING.

AND SO GOING FROM TWO TO THREE LANES.

AND SO WE WANT TO DO AN ANALYSIS TO, TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND FOR THAT PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT, WHAT IMPACT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT CHANGE WILL IT HAVE AS IT RELATES TO LEVEL OF SERVICE BENEFITS AND, AND ARE THOSE CHANGES SUFFICIENT AND ACCEPTABLE? AND IF THEY ARE, FINE, IF THEY'RE NOT, THEN WE NEED TO CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO FIGURE OUT A DESIGN AND APPROACH THAT THAT IS, AND THEN KIND OF WALK THROUGH WHAT'S THE PLAN AND STRATEGY FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

SO THE MODELING WILL HELP WITH THAT.

FOR THE OTHER PROJECTS OR THE OTHER 2, 1 75 AND CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY, WE'RE GOING FROM TWO TO FOUR.

SO ONE COULD, YOU KNOW, INTUITIVELY SEE THAT'S AT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DOUBLING CAPACITY THAT YOU, YOU SHOULD BE, WELL, YOU SHOULD BE WELL THERE.

UM, THE NEXT TO THE LAST BULLET, WE, WE MOST CERTAINLY PLAN TO HAVE A, A WORKSHOP WITH YOU ALL, UM, IN, IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS OR SO TO KIND OF DISCUSS ALL THINGS TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.

OBVIOUSLY THIS WILL BE A PART OF THAT DISCUSSION, AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION TO SHARE RELATED TO THESE OTHER BULLETS SO THAT YOU ALL CAN, CAN, UM, PROVIDE DIRECTION AS IT RELATES TO NEXT STEPS.

AND IF NEXT STEPS INCLUDE, UH, FUNDING FOR THESE PROJECTS AND THESE PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD, THEN WE'LL UPDATE THOSE FUNDING REQUIREMENTS AND INCORPORATE PROJECTS INTO OUR FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

COUNSEL, ANYTHING? YES, JUST TO THANK YOU.

UM, I REALLY LIKE THE ACTIVE APPROACH THAT WE'RE TAKING WITH ALL OF THIS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING LAND AT THE FOREFRONT AND UTILIZING OUR TAX DOLLARS THE WAY WE NEED TO AND MATCHING IT TO HAVE THE BEST BENEFIT FOR THE CITY.

SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORKSHOP TOO.

ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY.

ANYTHING FURTHER? THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. REVELLE.

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WELCOME.

WE APPRECIATE THIS.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP AT 6:51 PM PLEASE BE BACK AT 7:00 PM FOR OUR REGULAR MEETING.

TODAY IS THURSDAY, MAY 15TH, 2025.

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

AND THE TIME IS 7:05 PM AND THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LEANER CITY COUNCIL.

CAROL ROBERTS HASSAN, WITH THE BAJA COMMUNITY WILL BE PROVIDING THE INVOCATION THIS EVENING FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION.

PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE.

OH, THOU KIND, LORD, THIS GATHERING IS TURNING TO THEE.

THESE HEARTS ARE RADIANT WITH THY LOVE.

THESE MINDS AND SPIRITS ARE EXHILARATED BY THE MESSAGE OF THY GLAD TIDINGS.

OH GOD, LETS THIS AMERICAN DEMOCRACY BECOME GLORIOUS IN SPIRITUAL DEGREES, EVEN AS IT HAS ASPIRED TO MATERIAL DEGREES, AND RENDER THIS JUST GOVERNMENT VICTORIOUS, CONFIRM THIS RIVER REVERED NATION TO UP RAISE THE STANDARD OF THE ONENESS OF HUMANITY TO PROMULGATE THE MOST GREAT PEACE TO BECOME THEREBY MOST GLORIOUS AND PRAISEWORTHY AMONG ALL THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD.

OH GOD, THIS AMERICAN NATION IS WORTHY OF THY FAVORS AND IS DESERVING OF THY MERCY.

MAKE IT PRECIOUS AND NEAR TO THEE THROUGH THY BOUNTY AND BESTOW OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND ITS SPIRIT REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, ALLEGEDLY TO SPEAK TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER ONE.

YEEHAW.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

MOVING ON TO ITEM

[5. Roll Call.]

NUMBER FIVE, CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLE.

AND FOR THE LAST TIME, COUNCIL MEMBER CATHERINE BATTALION PARKER.

I AM STILL HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL HERRERA.

HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONALD HERE, MAYOR PROTE, NICOLE THOMPSON, PRESENT, AND FOR THE LAST TIME, COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS HERE, AND COUNCIL MEMBER BECKY ROSS HERE, AND MAYOR CHRISTINE JULY HERE, UH, QUORUM IS PRESENT.

CITY COUNCIL IS ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS.

WE MOVE INTO ITEM

[6. Recognition of Service Councilmember Place 1 and Councilmember Place 5]

NUMBER SIX, RECOGNITION OF SERVICE FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS IN PLACE ONE AND PLACE FIVE.

UM, THIS IS THE END OF AN ERA THIS EVENING.

UM, BOTH OF YOU JOINED US IN 2019, AND, UM, WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH MORE IN THE LAST SIX YEARS THAN I THINK MOST COUNCILS GO THROUGH IN A LIFETIME.

UM, WE'VE HAD GOOD HEADLINES AND TOUGH HEADLINES.

WE WENT THROUGH COVID AND THE WEIRDNESS OF THE VIRTUAL MEETINGS.

UM, WE WENT THROUGH CITY MANAGER HIRING A FEW TIMES, EMERGENCY WATER SHUTDOWNS.

YES, THE FREEZE SNOWMAGEDDON.

LET US NOT FORGET, UM, THE OPENING OF THE LEANDER ACTIVITY CENTER, THE GROUNDBREAKING OF THE SENIOR CENTER.

AND OF COURSE, ALL THE PROJECTS THAT Y'ALL HAVE WORKED ON IN THE BACKGROUND THAT HAVE YET TO COME TO FRUITION.

AND, UM, YOU BOTH HAVE LEFT AN INCREDIBLE MARK ON THE CITY, AND WE ARE BETTER FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND YOU'RE GONNA BE MISSED UP HERE.

BUT I AM VERY HAPPY FOR THE FREEDOM THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ON THURSDAY NIGHTS AND A LITTLE BIT JEALOUS.

UM, BUT I, I HOPE Y'ALL ENJOY IT.

UM, CATHERINE, WE WOULD LOVE TO START WITH YOU.

WE HAVE FOR YOU TODAY A RECOGNITION OF ALL OF YOUR SERVICE.

TAKE ALL THE TIME YOU WANT.

MAKE IT YOUR LONGEST.

YOU'RE GOOD.

AM I GOING FIRST OR YOU'RE GOING FIRST? SO I PROMISE WE'LL BE DONE BY MIDNIGHT .

UM, I'VE THOUGHT LONG AND HARD ABOUT WHAT I WANTED TO SAY, AND SO MUCH HAS GONE THROUGH MY MIND OVER THE, THE LAST YEAR, REALLY.

BUT LIKE CHRISTINE SAID, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT AND WE'RE STILL HERE.

AND THIS TOWN IS STRONGER AND BETTER FOR IT UNLESS TARA

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TEARS IT DOWN, , SHE'S WANTED TO DO THAT.

UM, BUT ANYWAY, I'VE, I'VE THOUGHT LONG AND HARD ABOUT THIS.

EVERY TIME I GO FOR A RUN, I GO, I'LL GO THROUGH IT IN MY HEAD.

WHAT I, WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY, AND I DON'T NEED TO SAY IT.

I'VE ALREADY, I'VE ALREADY SAID IT IN MY HEAD, SO, UH, IF I REALLY SAID EVERYTHING, IT WOULD READ LIKE A COMMENCEMENT SPEECH.

AND THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS.

'CAUSE THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME, IT'S ABOUT Y'ALL.

UH, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT SOMETIMES IT'S GOOD.

AND I DID WRITE THINGS DOWN, AND THEN I HAD A PRINTER JAM AT HOME THE LAST MINUTE.

SO THANK GOODNESS FOR CITY SECRETARIES THAT HAVE PRINTERS THAT WORK.

UM, SOMETIMES IT'S GOOD TO JUST SHOW UP.

SOMETIMES IT'S ALL IT TAKES.

YOU KNOW, WE HEAR THE FIRST STEP AND THE HARDEST PART IS JUST SHOWING UP AND, UH, JUST TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

AND YOU'LL KNOW, I RUN IN THE OLD TOWN, UH, 5K EVERY, EVERY TIME.

THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I WANTED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.

AND IT TOOK FIVE YEARS TO GET THAT 5K.

AND YOU BETTER BET I'M GONNA BE AT THAT 5K EVERY YEAR BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WANTED.

AND, UH, I'M NOT FAST.

I'M NOT FAST, BUT I'M CONSISTENT AND I KEEP DOING IT, AND I KEEP SHOWING UP.

AND ONE DECEMBER, WE HAVE IT IN JUNE AND DECEMBER, UM, I SHOWED UP.

I NEVER EXPECTED TO WIN.

I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT WHAT I EXPECT.

I'M NOT FAST.

I'M OLD.

I'M NOT FAST.

BUT, UH, I SHOWED UP.

IT WAS VERY COLD.

UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS TRYING TO, TO BEAT MY TIME.

BUT THIS IS DECEMBER.

IT WAS 2020.

VERY COLD RACE DAY DURING COVID SHOWED UP FOR THE RACE, RAN THE RACE, WENT STRAIGHT TO CASA COSTA FOR MY COFFEE.

AND MY KI LIKE I ALWAYS DO.

AND I HEAR BRIDGET BRANDT, THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER YELLING AT ME, CATHERINE, I SAID, WHAT? SHE'S OVER THERE DIRECTING TRAFFIC LIKE SHE ALWAYS DOES.

THAT IS THE ROLE OF A, THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER, BY THE WAY.

UM, I SAID, WHAT? SHE SAYS, YOU WON.

I SAID, WHAT? NO WAY.

YOU'RE, YOU'RE JERKING MY CHAIN.

NO WAY.

AND SHE SAYS, YES, YOU WON.

GO GET YOUR MEDAL.

AND I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT.

HOW CAN THAT BE? I'M NOT FAST.

HOW COULD I WIN? WELL, IT TURNS OUT THAT THE LOW TURNOUT FOR THAT RACE HELPED ME.

I SHOWED UP AND THERE WERE ONLY EIGHT LADIES IN MY AGE CATEGORY THAT SHOWED UP, AND I WAS THE FASTEST.

AND I HAVE, I HAVE A FIRST PLACE MEDAL TO SHOW FOR MY RACE.

AND, UH, I, I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT IS.

I ALMOST BROUGHT IT WITH ME JUST TO SHOW YOU.

BUT I, I DIDN'T.

UM, BUT YEAH, I WAS THE FASTEST THAT DAY.

AND ALL I DID WAS SHOW UP.

NOW, I DON'T EXPECT A MEDAL.

I MEAN, THIS IS NICE, UM, FOR SURFING ON COUNCIL, BUT JUST LIKE RUNNING THAT RACE, I MAY NOT BE THE BEST.

BUT I SHOWED UP.

I SHOWED UP.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, I ASKED FOR OUR ATTENDANCE BECAUSE I WASN'T REALLY SURE HOW MANY TIMES I SHOWED UP.

I KNEW I HAD MISSED A COUPLE OF MEETINGS BECAUSE I HAD A MANDATORY CONVENTION FOR WORK.

AND IT WAS ACTUALLY THREE TIMES THAT I MISSED.

'CAUSE THE THIRD ONE WAS FOR A DESTINATION WEDDING THAT HAD BEEN CANCELED THREE TIMES OR RESCHEDULED THREE TIMES BECAUSE OF COVID.

AND I WAS NOT MISSING THAT WEDDING.

SO IN SIX YEARS, IN SIX YEARS, I MISSED THREE MEETINGS.

I'M PRETTY PROUD OF THAT.

I, UH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ELECTED TO DO.

SO THAT'S WHAT I DID.

BUT WHAT SOME OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW IS THAT WHEN I STARTED IN 2019, THE SECOND MONTH OF MY FIRST TERM, MY HUSBAND WAS HOSPITALIZED WHILE HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOLLOWING SOME COMPLICATIONS FROM HIP REPLACEMENT, HE HAD A STROKE, A MAJOR STROKE, AND HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR A MONTH.

AND I WENT TO SEE HIM EVERY DAY.

AND I WAS HERE FOR EVERY COUNCIL MEETING.

I SHOWED UP BECAUSE I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING FOR HIM AT THE HOSPITAL, BUT MAYBE I COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE HERE.

SO I SHOWED UP WHERE I HAD A LITTLE BIT OF CONTROL OVER WHAT I WAS DOING.

I HAD NO CONTROL OVER WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE.

NOT PE NOT MANY PEOPLE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON IN MY WORLD AT THE TIME.

SOME OF YOU UP HERE DID.

AND I APPRECIATE THE UNDERSTANDING AND THE, THE SUPPORT THAT WAS SHOWN ME AT THAT TIME.

BUT THE NEXT SIX YEARS FEELS LIKE IT COULD BE A BOOK IN ITSELF.

BUT I'LL SPARE YOU DOWN THAT WALK THROUGH MEMORY LANE, BECAUSE IT IS A LOT.

IT IS A LOT.

WE, WE BEAR THE SCAR, THE SCARS FOR IT.

UM, AND WE'RE BETTER FOR IT.

THE TOWN IS BETTER FOR IT.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO THE CITIZENS OF LEANDER, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR ALLOW ALLOWING ME THE HONOR

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AND THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT AND FOR SHOWING UP.

I ASK THAT YOU REMEMBER THAT THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE UPCOMING COUNCIL MEMBERS SERVE FOR FREE.

THEY ARE NOT POLITICIANS.

WE ARE NOT POLITICIANS.

WE ARE UNPAID ELECTED OFFICIALS HERE TO SERVE.

WE'RE HUMAN.

WE MAKE MISTAKES.

WE MAY VOTE DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU WANT US TO, BUT THERE'S A REASON WHY THERE'S SEVEN OF US UP HERE, BECAUSE OUT OF SEVEN, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA GET IT RIGHT EVERY TIME.

AND IF WE DON'T GET IT RIGHT, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IT BACK AND MAKE IT RIGHT.

I'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN.

IT DOES WORK.

SO THE MAJORITY VOTE DOES WIN.

PLEASE OFFER EACH ONE A LITTLE GRACE, UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORT.

BE SLOW TO CRITICIZE AND QUICK TO HELP.

REMEMBER THAT THERE MAY BE SOMETHING REALLY SERIOUS GOING ON IN THEIR LIFE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT.

YOU JUST DON'T KNOW TO THE STAFF OF THE CITY OF LEANDER, NO ELECTED OFFICIAL CAN DO WHAT THEY DO WITHOUT YOUR EXPERTISE TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION, TO MAKE GOOD IN INFORMED DECISIONS.

I ASK YOU TO ANTICIPATE THE QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE THE ANSWERS BEFORE THEY ARE ASKED.

YOU'RE GOOD AT THAT.

CONTINUE TO DO IT.

YOU ARE AN AMAZING GROUP, AND WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, AND I MEAN EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE, YOUR GUIDANCE AND WISDOM THROUGH OUR JOURNEY.

THE NEW ONES AND THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE LONG AGO, AND THE ONE THAT STARTED THE DAY THAT I DID OR WAS INTRODUCED WHEN I DID.

BILLY, THANK YOU, UH, TO THE CURRENT COUNCIL.

I THANK YOU ALL FOR SERVING.

IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE.

IT'S BEEN UNIQUE AND YET TRULY REWARDING EXPERIENCE TO SERVE WITH ALL OF YOU.

YOU EACH BRING SOMETHING SPECIAL, UNIQUE, AND DIFFERENT TO THE TABLE.

IT'S, UH, KIND OF LIKE A, IT COMES TOGETHER LIKE A, LIKE A REALLY GOOD MEAL.

IT, WE NEED EACH AND EVERY PART OF IT TO MAKE IT WORK.

THANK YOU FOR WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE LEANDER BETTER.

TO THE NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THE CALL TO SERVE.

REMEMBER, YOU ARE IN AN INFORMATION GATHERING MODE, AND YOU HAVE THE BEST STAFF AND EXPERIENCED COUNCIL MEMBERS TO HELP YOU LISTEN MORE THAN YOU SPEAK.

AND IT WILL SERVE YOU WELL.

YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HERE AND YOU HAVE NOTHING TO PROVE.

YOU WON.

YOU HAVE NOTHING TO PROVE.

CAMPAIGNING IS OVER.

YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE, YOU WON'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION.

OH, I'M SORRY, I SKIPPED AHEAD.

, LISTEN MORE THAN YOU SPEAK.

UM, OH, MOSTLY THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.

NEVER TELL ANYONE THAT YOU WILL SUPPORT OR NOT SUPPORT THEIR PROJECT.

YOU DON'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION YET UNTIL THE MEETING.

THEY'LL FIND OUT WHEN EVERYONE ELSE DOES DURING THE VOTE.

SO JUST MAKE 'EM WAIT.

, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THANK YOU TO MY HUSBAND FOR ALWAYS SUPPORTING ME.

A SIDE NOTE TO CITIZENS.

WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT CITY MANAGER HERE WHO WANTS TO BE HERE.

HE'S NOT HERE BECAUSE IT'S A JOB.

HE WANTS TO BE IN LEANDER, HE WANTS TO BE IN TEXAS.

AND HE WANTS THIS POSITION AND IT SHOWS.

HE PUTS HIS BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS IN IT.

HE GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND.

AND I HAVE WITNESSED IT.

HE HAS A TRULY TALENTED STAFF TO GET LEANDER THROUGH THE NEXT CHAPTER.

I'M KIND OF SAD THAT I'M NOT GONNA BE HERE, BUT I WILL BE WATCHING.

I'M NOT GOING AWAY.

, PLEASE KNOW THAT THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE REASONS, ALL OF THIS, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I WAS COMFORTABLE WITH MY DECISION NOT TO RUN FOR REELECTION.

BECAUSE I KNOW EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE OKAY.

I'M JUST NOT THAT SPECIAL.

I DON'T NEED TO BE HERE TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE OKAY.

IT'S GONNA BE FINE.

UH, NEVER FORGET THAT DARA REALLY RUNS EVERYTHING.

THAT IS ONE TRULY SPECIAL LADY.

AND I CAN'T SAY TOO MUCH BECAUSE I WON'T STOP CRYING.

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HE WOULD'VE NEVER ASKED ME NOT TO RUN, NEVER.

HE DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO MAKING ME HAPPY.

THAT IS HIS SOLE PURPOSE, TO MAKE ME HAPPY.

AND HE'S DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB.

IF I WASN'T HAPPY, IT WASN'T HIS FAULT.

I'LL TELL YOU THAT.

MY AMAZING HUSBAND.

THANK YOU FOR GETTING US TO THE CHAPTER IN LIFE WHERE I COULD GIVE BACK.

MONDAY.

WE CELEBRATE 29 YEARS OF MARRIAGE, AND IT ALL STARTED WITH A DATE TO THE COWBOY 49 ER GAME.

A 49 ER FAN, MARRIED A COWBOY FAN.

IF THAT CAN HAPPEN, WE CAN DO THIS.

OKAY, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, HONEY.

WELL, THAT'S ALL FOLKS.

IT'S NOT GOODBYE.

I WILL DEFINITELY SEE Y'ALL AROUND.

PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE FOR A SEASON AND THERE'S A SEASON TO GET YOU THROUGH A SPECIFIC TIME, RIGHT? YOU HAVE A LEADER FOR A SEASON AND IT MIGHT NOT BE WHO THE LONG TERM ONE IS, AND THERE'S ANOTHER LEADER THAT'S GONNA GET YOU THROUGH THE NEXT SEASON.

AND I DID LEAVE EACH AND EVERY ONE A CARD BECAUSE I COULDN'T POSSIBLY SAY ALL THE THINGS I WANNA SAY TO EVERYONE.

BUT I'VE, I'VE SAID SOME OF THEM AND, AND THEY KNOW THIS, THIS IS TRULY A, A GREAT GROUP OF, OF LEADERS YOU HAVE UP HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ZEREK, THAT'S A HARD ONE TO FOLLOW, , BUT WE HAVE A LOVELY PLAQUE FOR YOU, .

AND, UH, I SHOULD HAVE READ THIS OUT EARLIER AND I APOLOGIZE.

UH, THE PLAQUE SAY AN APPRECIATION OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE, VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS, AND AN UNFAILING COMMITMENT TO THE CITY OF LEANDER, TEXAS WHILE SERVING AS COUNCIL MEMBER FROM 2019 TO 2025.

ALL RIGHT, TOUGH ONE TO FOLLOW, HUH? JUST LIKE ALL OF OUR CLOSING STATEMENTS FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS, .

SO, UM, LIKE CATHERINE TOO, AND LIKE, I GOTTA, IT WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY HARD TO SAY THAT I HAVEN'T STRUGGLED FOR WITH WHAT TO SAY HERE TODAY TOO.

AFTER SIX YEARS EVEN KEPT ME UP SINCE THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.

UM, I GUESS WHEN YOU CARE, YOU JUST CARE.

AND EVEN WHEN YOU'RE GONNA BE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY ENJOY YOUR TIME AWAY, UM, BECAUSE OF LONG PRESENTATIONS OR LONG NIGHTS OR, YOU KNOW, UH, CONTROVERSIAL THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHATEVER IT IS.

AND EVEN WHEN YOU GET TO GO SPEND TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY, YOU STILL CARE ABOUT WHAT GOES ON IN ALL THESE PLACES.

SO, UM, I WANNA START JUST BY THANKING, UH, UH, DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE TO, UH, FIRST OFF, WE'LL JUST START WITH OUR STAFF.

I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S ALWAYS THAT WE START WITH THE STAFF, BUT I FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING THAT I'VE DONE IN THE LAST, UH, AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST, UH, SIX YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, AND PROBABLY EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER SINCE, AND BACK INTO THE START OF TIME, I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE WOULD BE.

LIKE, WE'RE JUST, WE'RE JUST SOME PEOPLE THAT COME FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT DON'T REALLY KNOW A LOT ABOUT EVERYTHING.

BUT WE THINK WE KNOW A LOT ABOUT EVERYTHING .

AND, AND THEN WE ARE.

AND, AND SOMETIMES WE COULD BE WELL EQUIPPED AND LIKE CATHERINE WAS SAYING, WE MIGHT BE FORCED OURSELVES TO, TO SAY THINGS FROM UP HERE ON THE DAAS.

UM, WHETHER WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE SAYING OR NOT.

AND I JUST FEEL EXTREMELY PREPARED BECAUSE OF OUR STAFF OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS.

I FEEL EXTREMELY, UM, UH, SUPPORTED AND WELCOMED BY OUR STAFF BECAUSE I CAN ONLY IMAGINE AFTER EVERY THREE YEARS, UH, WHAT A STAFF GOES THROUGH AND SEEING, OKAY, WE HAVE A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER, WE HAVE THREE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE HAVE TWO NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND GETTING TO KNOW THESE PERSONALITIES AND IN A CITY TO MOVE FORWARD MUST, MUST, MUST HAVE A CITY STAFF AND A COUNCIL THAT IS WORKING IN UNISON TOGETHER.

OTHERWISE WE SPUTTER AND YOU DON'T GO ANYWHERE.

AND SO I REALLY THINK THAT YOUR ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO PREPARE US AND TO, UH, BE CONSISTENT AND GO THROUGH HARD TIMES.

'CAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN THEM.

UM, I'M, I WON'T GO INTO ALL OF THEM EITHER.

UM, IT, IT JUST, JUST, AND I THINK I, I'VE KNOWN ROBIN THE LONGEST BECAUSE EVEN BEFORE I WAS EVER, I WAS, I WAS EVER A COUNCIL MEMBER.

I WAS COMING IN HERE BECAUSE OF MY LINE OF WORK ASKING A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

AND THAT WAS PROBABLY A WEIRD DAY FOR YOU.

AND I THINK YOU EVEN HAD TO HAVE, 'CAUSE IT WAS LIKE PROTOCOL SINCE I WAS A CANDIDATE.

SOMEBODY COMES IN WITH ROBIN TO A MEETING AND IT'S LIKE, HEY, WHY IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE MEETING WITH US, ROBIN? OH YEAH.

BECAUSE NOW I AM A CANDIDATE AND I'M POTENTIAL CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND THIS COULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF, OF SOMETHING ELSE.

AND I JUST, UH, I APPRECIATE SO MUCH STAFF'S PROFESSIONALISM AND THE WAY THAT THEY'VE TREATED MYSELF AND MY FAMILY, UM, FOR OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS.

IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN AWESOME.

SO, AND I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU SAID, CATHERINE.

UM, WE'VE HAD, AND, AND I THINK I WANNA DO THIS TOO, I WANT TO THANK PRIOR STAFF AS WELL TOO.

PEOPLE THAT AREN'T HERE BECAUSE, UM, UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S BEEN UP AND DOWN AND THERE'S BEEN, THERE'S

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AND WE HAD PEOPLE THAT GET US THROUGH REALLY, REALLY, REALLY TOUGH TIMES THAT THE MAYOR HAS ALREADY TALKED ABOUT.

AND I ATTEST THOSE THINGS.

IT'S NOT ALWAYS SCARS, SOMETIMES IT'S JUST GRAY HAIR THAT COMES.

BECAUSE IF YOU WOULD'VE SEEN IN 2019 WHEN I, WHEN I WAS SWORN IN THAT I GOT, I GOT SENT PICTURES OF TODAY WHEN MY KIDS THAT ARE BACK THERE THAT ARE MUCH TALLER NOW, WERE, WERE THIS TALL.

UM, I DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF THIS.

AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S ALSO, UH, WHEN YOU CARE, UM, YOU TAKE THINGS HOME WITH YOU TOO, AND YOU AND, AND YOU, UH, AND IT'S HARD TO LET GO OF THOSE THINGS.

SO, UM, THANK YOU TO STAFF AND THANK YOU TO TODD.

UH, TODD, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING.

I, I AGREE WITH, WITH CATHERINE SAID TOO, WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S IN GREAT HANDS AND IT'S EASIER TO STEP AWAY IN THOSE SITUATIONS.

IT'S ALSO TEMPTING 'CAUSE YOU'RE LIKE, MAN, WE COULD GO ON A ROLL RIGHT NOW, .

AND YOU KNOW, AND, AND, UH, AND, BUT I THINK THAT, UM, IT WAS, IT WAS TIME FOR, FOR, FOR ME TO STEP AWAY AND KNOWING THAT THE CITY HAD GREAT LEADERSHIP HERE AS A COUNCIL AND AS A CITY STAFF, UM, DOES MAKE IT A LOT EASIER WHEN YOU DO CARE.

SO THANK YOU TO STAFF, UM, TO OUR CITY COUNCIL.

UM, I'LL START WITH PRIOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TOO, 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT HERE, BUT JUST, THERE WAS AN FOR, FOR A GUY THAT HAS NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE THAT REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH POLITICS OR CITY GOVERNMENT OR ANY TYPE OF GOVERNMENT.

UM, TO HAVE PEOPLE TO SUPPORT YOU RIGHT? WHEN YOU COME IN AND TO KIND OF TAKE THE LOAD OFF YOU AND BE THE MAIN TALKERS WHEN YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

UM, I JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT, BUT FOR THIS COUNCIL HERE, I WANNA BE VERY, VERY SPECIFIC.

THIS COUNCIL HAS BATTLED THROUGH, UM, A LOT OF DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES, A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS OF THINKING, A LOT OF DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND ALL THESE THINGS.

AND WE HAVE UNIFIED AND WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER.

AND THIS IS A HIGH FUNCTIONING AND COUNCIL AND, AND, AND IT DIDN'T COME WITH A LOT OF HARD WORK AND A LOT OF LIKE BREAKING DOWN OF WALLS IN A REBUILDING TRUST.

AND SO I'M JUST EXTREMELY PROUD OF ALL OF US FOR DOING THOSE THINGS.

I'M PROUD OF YOU FOR DOING THESE THINGS AND THAT IT JUST, UH, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH YOU AND FOR THE REASON I'M GOING HOME.

I HAVE A INCREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE FAMILY AND, UH, AND I, AND I'M REALLY, REALLY, REALLY EXCITED TO GO SPEND TIME WITH THEM.

I DON'T THINK I COULD HAVE BEEN, BEEN HERE, UH, LATE ON THURSDAY NIGHTS, UM, PREPARING.

I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THERE'S EVER A TIME THAT YOU REALLY, YOU DO THIS RIGHT AND YOU'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT WHAT GOES ON WITH THE CITY.

THAT'S WHAT ONE THING I REALIZED.

WE HAVE, WE HAVE MEETINGS EVERY TWO YEAR.

UH, SORRY, EVERY TWO TIMES A MONTH.

TWO YEARS WOULD BE GREAT.

, EVERYBODY WOULD BE IN, YOU'D ALL BE, WE'D HAVE A LOT MORE, A LOT MORE CANDIDATES THERE, .

UM, THERE'S NEVER A TIME, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH WHAT WE WENT THROUGH THE LAST SIX YEARS AS A GROWING CITY.

THERE'S NOT A TIME WHEN THE, THE THINGS DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE ON YOUR SHOULDERS TO SOME EXTENT.

MAYBE ONLY ONE SEVENTH, BUT STILL ON YOUR SHOULDERS.

AND THESE, IT'S NEVER A TIME YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT THOSE THINGS.

AND SO, UM, THANK YOU TO MY WIFE ASHLEY AND MY KIDS.

YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GREAT AND I LOVE YOU.

AND ADVICE FOR, FOR THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, UM, HAVE EACH OTHER'S BACK CONSTANTLY.

LIKE, LIKE MAKE SURE YOU LIKE, REALLY SPEND SPECIFIC TIME CARVING OUT FOR EACH OTHER NO MATTER IF YOU'RE MARRIED OR NOT.

UM, ALWAYS KNOW THAT THAT'S GONNA BE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TOO.

AND, AND, AND, AND JUST SPOUSES SIGNIFICANT OTHERS, UM, THAT SUPPORT THAT YOU'RE GONNA DO AND THE WAY THAT YOU'RE GONNA SUPPORT, UM, YOUR HUSBANDS AND YOUR BOYFRIENDS IN THIS CASE, UM, IS GONNA BE EVERYTHING.

COMING HOME TO A SAFE PLACE IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND I'M PROUD OF YOU BOTH.

SO, ALRIGHT, SO THE GOAL WHEN I STARTED THIS, THIS THING A COUPLE YEARS AGO, OR SIX YEARS AGO WAS JUST, I I, WE, WE LIVE IN A NATION IN A, IN A CITY AND A STATE WHERE JUST THINGS ARE JUST ALWAYS SO DIVIDED AND SO, SO CRAZY SOMETIMES.

AND I JUST, I FELT LIKE I DIDN'T WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS.

I'LL SPARE THE STORY OF HOW I EVEN GOT INTO THINKING ABOUT RUNNING, BUT I JUST KNEW THERE WAS A DIFFERENT WAY AND I THOUGHT I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A PART OF SHOWING

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PEOPLE THERE'S A DIFFERENT WAY TO DO THIS.

AND, UM, AND I HOPE THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO ADD VALUE.

I HOPE THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, TO SET A GOOD EXAMPLE, UM, TO BE PREPARED TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS, UM, TO HONOR PEOPLE AND TO, AND TO ALWAYS DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS ALL THE TIME.

UM, BUT UM, THERE'S, THERE'S JUST SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES HERE.

THE, THE HARDEST THING ABOUT BEING UP HERE, I THINK SOMETIMES IS THAT, UH, I THINK YOU ALLUDED TO IT A LITTLE BIT, CATHERINE, AND I KNOW WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ON THE PHONE, ANDREW, WHICH IS LIKE, YOU THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, EVERYBODY SUPPORTS ME AND I DON'T WANT TO BE LIKED.

I WANT TO BE ALL THESE THINGS.

AND THEN YOU HAVE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SUPPORTED YOU THE MOST AND MAYBE HAVE HAD YOUR BACK AND SOMETHING GOES WRONG IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN THE, AND THEY, AND THEY GOT THEIR HOOKS INTO YOU PRETTY GOOD.

AND IT FEELS LIKE THERE'S ALL THIS PRESSURE TO GO DO SOMETHING A DIFFERENT WAY BECAUSE THEY SUPPORTED ME.

AND SOMETIMES THERE'S, YOU JUST FEEL LIKE, UM, THERE'S REJECTION, THERE'S MAYBE I'M NOT, NOT, NOT LOVED BY EVERYBODY.

'CAUSE NO MATTER YOU CAN MAKE A HARD DECISION ON A, ON A TOUGH THING AND 50% OF PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE MAD AT YOU NO MATTER WHAT.

AND SO IT'S LIKE THE FIRST TIME THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS, IT'S, IT'S REAL.

AND SO, UM, I JUST WANNA SHOW PEOPLE THERE'S A BETTER WAY TO DO IT.

AND SO I'M HOPING THAT I'M LEAVING THE CITY IN A BETTER PLACE THAN IT WAS, UM, IN 2019.

I THINK WITH OUR, WITH OUR OVERALL COMMUNICATION AND STAFFING, UH, AND COUNCIL COMMUNICATION AND THE AMOUNT OF PROJECTS COMING THROUGH, I THINK I ALSO SAID THIS ON THE PHONE, WHICH WAS LIKE, MAN, YOU GUYS ARE COMING AT A REALLY COOL TIME.

'CAUSE ALL THE THINGS ARE COMING RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS SUCH AN, THIS IS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE TIME TO BE PART OF THIS CITY.

AS THINGS ARE ARE ARE COMING, UH, THAT, THAT ARE COMING ON, EVERYTHING'S BEING ANNOUNCED.

YOU FINALLY, WE'RE FINALLY BEING ABLE TO SEE THE PLACES YOU CAN GO EAT AND SPEND YOUR MONEY AND DO THOSE THINGS IN THE CITY OF LEANDER.

NOW, I THINK MY FAMILY AND I TALK ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME, IT'S LIKE, MAN, THE FINALLY ALL, ALL MY FAVORITE PLACES ARE GONNA BE RIGHT, RIGHT DOWN THE STREET NOW.

AND, UH, AND HERE WE GO.

SO I GUESS I, I ALWAYS WANNA GIVE 1, 1 1 PIECE OF ADVICE FOR, FOR ANYBODY HERE, AND THAT'S THIS.

FOR ANYBODY LISTENING, THIS WAS THE BEST PIECE OF ADVICE I GOT.

AND IT WAS TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF MY TERM WHEN THINGS WERE VERY, UM, THEY WERE VERY HEATED, UH, BACK, JUST A LOT OF DIFFERENT STUFF, A LOT OF CONTROVERSIAL STUFF THAT WAS GOING BACK AND FORTH IN 2019, 2020, 2021.

AND, UM, I JUST GIVE YOU THE SAME ADVICE, WHICH IS, UH, NEVER LET, NO, DON'T GIVE ANYBODY PERMISSION TO BE YOUR ENEMY AND BE UN OFFEND.

AND IF YOU CAN DO THOSE THINGS, LIKE IT SURE DOES HELP YOU TO BE ABLE TO SERVE WITH A, WITH A, WITH A TRUE HEART.

IT'S KIND OF THE REASON I NEVER WENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND YOU NEVER SAW ME COMMENTING ON THINGS WAS I NEVER WANTED TO GO GET MIXED UP IN ALL THOSE THINGS.

BECAUSE IF MY HEART WENT TO A DIFFERENT PLACE, IT WOULD BE VERY, VERY, VERY HARD TO SERVE ALL OF YOU TO HONOR THIS, THIS CITY AND ALL ITS CITIZENS.

WITH MY WHOLEHEARTED DEVOTION WHEN I HAD ANY KIND OF STUFF AND CHECKED IN MY HEART, I THINK UNTIL JUST RECENTLY I STARTED, FINALLY IT STARTED GETTING TO ME AND I, AND I, AND UH, AND I THINK THE MAYOR EVEN SAW ME ONCE OR TWICE.

SHE GOES, YOU DOING ALL RIGHT? AND IT WAS LIKE, IT, IT FINALLY, THE YEARS I THINK OF SERVICE STARTED TO COME ON THERE AND MY WIFE HAD REALLY GOOD ADVICE.

SO RATHER, THERE'S LIKE A GRACE, YOU CAN DO SOMETHING FOR A TIME, AND THEN IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON AND LET SOMEBODY ELSE CARRY THE TORCH AND TO DO IT A DIFFERENT WAY OR TO ADD ON TO WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE HERE.

AND SO, UM, I THINK MY WIFE TOLD ME THAT THIS WORLD DOESN'T NEED ANY MORE GRUMBLING LEADERS, IS THE WAY IT WAS PUT, RIGHT? I THINK THAT, AND SO I THINK THAT THERE'S SOMETHING, THERE'S SOMETHING WISE ABOUT THAT, AND THAT IS KNOWING WHEN IT'S TIME TO ALSO STEP AWAY AND TO, AND TO DO SOMETHING ELSE AND TO START A NEW SEASON.

SO, UM, THAT BEING SAID, I'M EXTREMELY HONORED THAT I GOT TO SERVE YOU.

UM, I AM, I AM BLESSED.

MY FAMILY IS BLESSED.

PEOPLE WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH BEHIND THE SCENES TO INTERCEDE FOR THE CITY.

UM, AND SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO DO THAT.

AND THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING US.

AND I'M GONNA LEAVE YOU WITH A BLESSING AND THEN I'M GONNA WALK AWAY.

SO I JUST, I, AND I'M A AND I'M A CHRISTIAN MAN AND I'M GONNA PRAY FOR YOU.

SO, SO LORD, WE JUST SAY ABOUT LEANDER, TEXAS, LORD, WE SAY THAT, UH, WE SAY THE LORD BLESS YOU.

DID THE LORD MAKE HIS FACE SHINE UPON YOU AND BE GRACIOUS TO YOU? THE LORD TURN HIS FACE TOWARDS YOU AND GIVE YOU PEACE.

AND SO, LORD, I JUST SPEAK A BLESSING OVER LEANER.

WE SPEAK PROSPERITY OVER LEANER.

WE SPEAK UNITY OVER YOU, OVER LEANER.

AND WE SPEC, WE SAY THAT, UH, THE ENEMY MAY NOT HAVE A FOOTHOLD HERE AND WE JUST SAY LOVE WILL OVERCOME IN THIS CITY.

SO WE SPEAK BLESSINGS, LORD, LET, UH, LET THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS BE COVERED.

LET THEIR FAMILIES BE COVERED.

WE HONOR THEM FOR SAYING YES.

WE GIVE YOU OUR YES AND WE SAY THANK YOU SO BLESS THE CITY OF LEANDER.

IN JESUS NAME.

AMEN.

IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

UM, WE HAVE A SPECIAL TREAT TONIGHT AS WELL.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCDONALD HAS BROUGHT SOMETHING FOR Y'ALL.

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ALRIGHT, SO IT'S ALREADY BEEN ALLUDED TO A LITTLE BIT.

WE DO THIS FREE OF CHARGE.

IT TRULY IS SERVICE.

THERE'S BEEN A FEW OTHER JOBS THAT I'VE DONE WHERE YOU LOOK AT A TEAM WHERE THE PEOPLE WITHIN THAT PROFESSION AND THEY'RE MADE UP OF DIFFERENT RACES AND DIFFERENT SEXES, BUT THEY ALL COME TOGETHER FOR A COMMON GOOD.

AND I FEEL LIKE THIS COUNCIL HAS DONE THAT, UH, OVER THE LAST MY THREE YEARS, UH, ESPECIALLY.

SO THEY'RE NOT MILITARY, THEY'RE NOT LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT YOU DEFINITELY WANNA FIND A WAY TO HONOR THESE PEOPLE THAT SIX YEARS IS A LONG TIME FOR UNPAID, UH, CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS CITY, THE SACRIFICES THAT THEIR FAMILY HAS TO MAKE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE.

SO, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF RECOGNITION.

SO CATHERINE AND CHRIS, I WANTED TO FIND A SPECIAL WAY TO SAY THANK YOU AND SHOW YOU BOTH APPRECIATION FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CITY WITH SOME HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS, STEVEN CHANG.

I BELIEVE I FOUND A WAY EVERYONE THAT SITS UP HERE AND THEIR FAMILIES KNOW THIS IS A SERVICE THAT REQUIRES SACRIFICE.

YOU HAVE BOTH SERVED WITH HONOR, INTEGRITY, AND HARD WORK, AND OUR CITIZENS ARE BETTER FOR IT.

AN APPRECIATION AND RECOGNITION OF YOUR SIX YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE SERVING ON LEANER CITY COUNCIL IS MY HONOR TO PRESENT YOU BOTH WITH THE TEXAS FLAG THAT WAS FLOWN OVER THE, UH, OUR STATE CAPITOL THIS MONTH.

ALRIGHT, THIS IS IT.

WE'RE GONNA GO DOWN THE LINE AND MAKE OUR LAST COMMENTS.

COUNCIL MEMBER HERRA.

SO, UH, ONLY BEEN HERE A YEAR, BUT, UM, I FEEL LIKE I'VE KNOWN CATHERINE FOR FOREVER.

SHE'S VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD WITH ME, VERY HONEST.

AND, UH, I WILL MISS THAT.

BUT SHE'S SOMEBODY I CAN TURN TO TO GET GUIDANCE AND ADVICE AT DIFFERENT TIMES.

AND, AND SHE'LL SAY, MIKE, REMEMBER WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN.

DO NOT, I DO NOT SPECIAL.

AND YOU'RE NOT SPECIAL.

YEAH, .

AND THEN, AND THEN IN HER CALL OUT, EVERYBODY WAS, YOU KNOW, LISTEN, MORE THAN YOU TALK .

SO, AND CHRIS, I WANT TO THANK YOU.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE SIT SO FAR AWAY FROM EACH OTHER, SO WE WON'T GET TO TALK MUCH UP HERE, BUT, UM, I ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR WORDS OF WISDOM.

YOU KNOW, WE GET THESE, YOU KNOW, I'VE ONLY BEEN UP FOR A YEAR, SO I CAN'T SAY WHAT HAPPENED ALL THESE OTHER YEARS, BUT I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR CALM DEMEANOR, EXPLAINING THINGS AND ALL THAT.

AND, AND WE'RE GONNA, I, I'M GONNA MISS IT.

SO, UH, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE SO MUCH.

SO I GAVE BOTH OF YOU A CARD SO I DON'T HAVE TO GET TOO MUCH YOU UP HERE BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE RAN TOGETHER THREE YEARS AGO, SO VERY SPECIAL TIME.

THESE PEOPLE ARE VERY, VERY SPECIAL TO ME.

AND I LOVE YOU, AND YOU'RE MY SISTER, YOU'RE MY BROTHER.

AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE AND YOU FOLKS SERVE WELL.

I DON'T TRUST A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT I TRUST THESE TWO.

ANYTIME I NEEDED TO REACH OUT, I KNEW I COULD HAVE CONFIDENCE IN WHAT THEY WERE GONNA TELL ME.

AND THEY WOULD BE HONEST, EVEN IF IT WAS SOMETHING I DID NOT WANT TO HEAR.

UM, TO RICH THANK YOU FOR SIX YEARS FOR HER ALLOWING TO SERVE ASHLEY, SAME THING TO YOU AND THE KIDS, IT IS A SACRIFICE ON THE FAMILIES, THE TIME IT TAKES US TO PREPARE TO BE HERE FOR THE MEETINGS FIRST.

AND THUR THURSDAYS ARE ALWAYS OBLIGATED.

UM, SO THANK YOU TO YOUR FAMILIES AS WELL AND, UH, WE WILL MISS YOU.

NO OFFENSE TO YOU GUYS, BUT , YOU GOT SOME BIG SHOES TO FILL.

'CAUSE I, I LOVE THESE FOLKS, UM, TO THE END.

AND, UH, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW YOU GUYS BETTER AND WORK WITH YOU.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DID.

GAINED A FRIEND AND, UM, AND SEEING MEN CRY REALLY DOES IT TO ME.

WELL, CATHERINE, UM, YOU AND I ACTUALLY MET WHEN I JOINED THE LEAN CHAMBER BACK IN 2017.

SO I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF, I'LL SEE YOU LATER BECAUSE I'LL SEE YOU AT THE NEXT CHAMBER LUNCH.

AND, UM, BUT YOUR TIME AND YOUR DEDICATION AND, AND IT IS, UM, YOU'RE RIGHT.

YOU SHOWED UP EVERY TIME AND, UM, AND I KNOW THAT YOU PUT LEANDER FIRST AND THAT'S WHAT MATTERS.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, CHRIS.

UM, I WAS VERY ANXIOUS TAKING THIS SEAT NEXT TO YOU SEVERAL YEARS AGO BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE, HONESTLY.

UM, BUT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, I THINK I'VE

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SO, SORRY, .

UM, BUT SERVING ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT YOU AND I HAD TO SERVE ON WITH MY NICOLE WAS A REALLY TOUGH ONE.

AND, UM, BUT IT WAS SO NICE WORKING AND KNOWING THAT WE WERE ALL, UM, REALLY TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION TO A REALLY HARD PROBLEM.

SO, UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

I APPRECIATE YOUR, UM, PERSPECTIVE ON BRINGING THE, THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE REAL ESTATE PERSPECTIVE TO THE TABLE.

UM, BECAUSE IT, IT DOES HELP A LOT.

SO THANK YOU.

AND I DO HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY YOUR TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY AND UM, I HOPE THEY LIKE HAVING YOU AROUND A LITTLE BIT MORE.

WELL, I WOULD SAY, CATHERINE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSISTENCY.

'CAUSE YOU HAVE SHOWED UP AND THAT'S THE ONE THING I COULD COUNT.

I KNOW YOU WOULD BE HERE AND BE CONSISTENT IN YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS AND HOW YOU SHARED YOUR THOUGHTS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR HUMOR.

I COULD COUNT ON THAT TOO.

AND LASTLY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO LEANDER.

I KNOW YOU'VE DONE WHAT YOU FELT WAS THE BEST AND MADE THE DECISIONS YOU FELT NEEDED TO BE MADE AT THE TIME.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, APPRECIATE IT.

AND CHRIS, I WOULD SAY WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED IN 21, YOU RESPECTED ME, YOU WELCOMED ME WITH OPEN ARMS FROM DAY ONE AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO YOU WONDERING IF IT MADE A DIFFERENCE? IT DID.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP AND SUPPORTING THE INITIATIVES THAT WERE IMPORTANT TO ME.

I THINK BACK TO THAT FIRST MLK, WHEN YOUR WIFE AND YOUR KIDS CAME OUT AND THEY GOT TO RIDE IN THE, THE TRAILER OR THE FLOAT AND THEY WERE SO EXCITED AND I WAS SO EXCITED.

YOU WERE LIKE, ARE YOU SURE THAT'S OKAY? ABSOLUTELY.

THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, GETTING THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

IT MADE A DIFFERENCE IN HOW I VIEWED YOU.

IT MADE A DIFFERENCE IN HOW WE WERE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER OVER THESE LAST FOUR YEARS.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT AND I APPRECIATE IT.

AND ALL THE BEST, ALL THE BEST.

YOU WILL BE MISSED.

GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR OATH OF OFFICE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER.

UM, ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST YEAR, I FEEL LIKE I LOOK OUT AT ALL OF OUR STAFF AND THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH GROWTH AND CHANGE IN OUR CITY AND I FEEL LIKE YOU TWO MORE THAN ALMOST ANYONE IN THIS ROOM, YOU GUYS KNOW IT AND YOU GET IT BECAUSE LIKE, WE LOOK OUT AND, AND A LOT OF OUR STAFF WASN'T HERE WHEN, WHEN Y'ALL CAME IN.

AND WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT AND THANK YOU.

WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL.

AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR SEEING YOUR KIDDOS GROW UP.

THEY'RE LOVELY.

UM, SO I HOPE YOU GUYS KEEP SHOWING UP TO THINGS 'CAUSE YOU'RE FUN AND YOU'RE ADORABLE.

UM, SO, UH, WITH THAT WE'RE

[7. Oath of Office for elected Councilmember Place 1, re-elected Councilmember Place 3, and elected Councilmember Place 5.
[Immediately following the oaths of office there will be a brief reception.]]

PLACE ONE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT CHANG WILL BE SWORN IN BY JUDGE COREY LU, SORRY, STAND ON THE SIDE.

IF YOU'LL STAND ON THAT SIDE SO Y'ALL CAN BE PICKED UP ON OR NOT, I DUNNO, EITHER.

THE OPEN MEETING LAWS, THE PUBLIC INFORMATION LAWS, AND THE CONSTITUTION, RIGHT? EVERYONE WHO COMES HERE IS EXERCISING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO SPEAK TO YOU, TO, TO BE HEARD BY THEIR GOVERNMENT.

UM, WELL, SO A MINUTE OR TWO OF REMARKS.

UH, MY NAME'S COREY LOU.

I'M A CIVIL DISTRICT JUDGE IN TRAVIS COUNTY, ACTUALLY APPOINTED, UH, TOOK OFFICE TWO WEEKS AGO.

SO IN A WAY, , THE, THE NEW GUY, UH, WELCOMING THE NEW GUY.

AND, UM, STEVEN VO.

I'M SO HONORED THAT YOU CHOSE ME TO GIVE THE OATH TO YOU.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN FRIENDS FOR I GUESS NOW SEVEN YEARS NOW.

UM, WE MET WHEN I, I GREW UP IN AUSTIN AND MOVED BACK AND, UH, STARTED A NEW JOB AND MET HIM KIND OF DURING MY ORIENTATION.

AND, UM, WE QUICKLY BECAME FRIENDS AFTERWARDS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT FIRST MEETING WAS WHEN WE WERE FRIENDS OR THAT TIME WE WERE AT THE CAFETERIA THAT TIME YOUR CAR BROKE DOWN AND YOU, YOU CALLED ME AND THEN WHEN I GOT THERE, YOU'RE LIKE, I, I'LL FIX IT MYSELF.

YOU JUST NEED TO GET ME TO THE AUTO ZONE AND I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.

AND HE FIXED HIS OWN CAR.

SO HE'S, UH, I KNEW HE WAS A, A RESOURCEFUL GUY.

AND, UM, I'M JUST SO PROUD OF EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.

I KNOW YOU'VE WORKED SO HARD FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

UM, IT'S SUCH AN HONOR.

I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA WORK, YOU KNOW, WORK HARD AS, AS THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS TALKED ABOUT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT OF SACRIFICE AND I KNOW, UM, YOU BRINGING SUCH GREAT ENERGY TO THIS THAT, UM, I'M JUST SO EXCITED FOR YOU.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE OATH THAT, UM, WE ADMINISTER, I, I TOOK THIS OATH AGAIN, YOU KNOW, A FEW WEEKS AGO.

UM, IT'S TO UPHOLD THE LAWS AND THE CONSTITUTION, RIGHT? AND, YOU KNOW, PROPERLY UNDERSTOOD OFFICE IS, IT IS A BURDEN, RIGHT? WE HAVE SO MANY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT KINGS OR BOARDS OR EMPERORS, RIGHT? WHERE PUBLIC OFFICIALS, WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS.

AND WHETHER IT'S THE ETHICS LAWS,

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UM, AND SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A WEIGHT THAT ALL OF US CARRY.

UM, I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY AND JUST WORK SO HARD, UH, TO MAKE THIS AMAZING COMMUNITY THAT'S GROWN SO MUCH EVEN BETTER IN THE YEARS TO COME.

SO, UM, I'M HONORED TO, TO GIVE YOU THE OATH.

AND ONCE YOU TAKE THE OATH, YOU'LL OFFICIALLY BE A MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND TAKE OFFICE.

SO, UH, ARE YOU READY? THANK YOU SIR.

CONGRATULATIONS, STEPHEN.

RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND, UH, REPEAT AFTER ME.

I, STEVEN CHANG, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR IYE STEVEN CHANG.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE CITY OF LEANDER, CITY COUNCIL OF THE OFFICE, OF THE CITY OF LEANDER CITY COUNCIL.

PLACE ONE PLACE ONE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONS, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND OF THIS STATE.

SO HELP ME GOD.

YAY.

AND NOT EVERYBODY TAKING THE OATH OF OFFICE.

TONIGHT IS BRAND NEW TO US.

SO UP NEXT WE WILL ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE TO COUNCIL MEMBER MCDONALD IN PLACE.

THREE.

AND ADMINISTERING THE OATH FROM IS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, ANGELA WILLIAMS. OKAY, SO I'LL KEEP IT SHORT.

I KNOW MANY OF THE RESIDENTS HERE THIS EVENING.

MY NAME'S ANGELA WILLIAMS. I'M THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN PRECINCT TWO OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, A LOCAL LEANDER RESIDENCE SINCE THE EIGHTIES HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE OF LEANDER, TEXAS.

AND IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE THIS EVENING.

WHAT DAVID AND KATE AND REELECT, OR NOT REELECT, BUT ADMINISTER THE OATH IN YOUR REELECTION IN PROVIDING THE OATH OF OFFICE TO YOU, TO CATHERINE AND CHRIS.

YOU BECOME FRIENDS OVER THE YEARS AND IT, IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU AS A FRIEND.

AND THEN I KNOW ALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR, THE THINGS THAT YOU GO THROUGH AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL IS NOT EASY.

SO TO OUR NEW NEWLY ELECTED CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, IT'S MY HOPE AND PRAYER THAT YOU CONTINUE THE GOOD WORK THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR HAVE CURRENTLY BEEN DOING AND WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.

OKAY? ALL RIGHT.

PLACE YOUR LEFT HAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

I DO HAVE THAT THERE IF YOU NEED IT.

I, DAVID MCDONALD.

I DAVID MCDONALD.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE CITY OF LEANER CITY COUNCIL OF THE OFFICE OF LEANDER CITY OF CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF LEANDER.

PLACE THREE, PLACE THREE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THIS GREAT STATE OF TEXAS AND THIS GREAT STATE OF TEXAS.

SO HELP ME GOD.

CONGRATULATIONS.

AND WE GO WAY BACK, UH, BECAUSE, UH, IN FACT HE WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH MY WIFE, UH, IN EL PASO AND WE WERE FRATERNITY BROTHERS 40 YEARS AGO.

AND LASTLY, WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT PLACE FIVE ANDREW NADINE, WHO WILL BE SWORN IN BY JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, RICK OLIVO.

AND I'M GONNA SAY REAL QUICK, I'M GONNA CALL HIM ANDY BECAUSE I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR 40 YEARS

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AND ALL THE STORIES I COULD TELL , BUT I'LL TELL YOU THIS, THOSE ARE STORIES THAT BUILD CHARACTER IN WHICH YOU CAN CERTAINLY BE GUARANTEED OF IS THE CHARACTER AND DETERMINATION THAT HE'S GONNA BRING TO THIS POSITION.

AND I WAS ABSOLUTELY HONORED TO BE CALLED TO COME HERE TO BE ABLE TO, TO, UH, SWEAR YOU IN TODAY.

UH, I WAS A JUDGE IN EL PASO FOR 13 YEARS, AND A JUDGE MOST RECENTLY HERE IN TRAVIS COUNTY, UH, FOR EIGHT AND A HALF YEARS.

AND, AND WE RECONNECTED BACK HERE IN AUSTIN AGAIN AFTER SO MANY, SO MUCH TIME HAS PASSED.

AND SO AGAIN, ABSOLUTELY MY HONOR.

, CAN YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, PLEASE? I, ANDREW NADINE, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR I, ANDREW NADINE, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE, OF THE CITY, OF LEANDER, OF THE OFFICE, OF THE CITY OF LEANDER CITY COUNCIL.

PLACE FIVE CITY COUNCIL PLACE FIVE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION.

THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THIS STATE.

OH, I GOTTA GO UP THERE NOW.

ALL YOURS, CONGRATULATIONS.

COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

UH, IT'S A TREMENDOUS HONOR, UH, TO HAVE BEEN ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF LEANDER TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY.

UM, I'M DEEPLY HUMBLED AND AS I LOOK INTO THE CROWD TO SEE SO MANY SMILING FACES AND ALSO TO THE FOLKS THAT ARE JOINING US FROM ONLINE.

UH, THANKS MOM AND DAD, I KNOW YOU'RE WATCHING FROM MINNEAPOLIS, SO APPRECIATE Y'ALL SO MUCH.

THIS COMMUNITY IS TRULY SPECIAL AND, AND, UH, IT'S INCREDIBLE TO LOOK OUT INTO THIS CROWD AND TO SEE THE PASSION AND THE DEDICATION OF SO MANY FOLKS THAT GENUINELY WANNA MAKE OUR CITY A BETTER PLACE.

UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL, I'LL TAKE ADVICE FROM, UH, OUTGOING COUNCILWOMAN, CATHERINE PANAL AND PARKER, AND KEEP IT BRIEF.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BEGINNING THE WORK AHEAD OF US.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND FOR YOUR PRAYERS.

UH, MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS THE CITY OF LEANDER AS WELL AS OUR GREAT STATE OF TEXAS.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING TO WORK COUNCIL MEMBER MCDONALD.

SO IT'S NOT CLOSING COMMENTS, I CAN'T JUST SAY GOODNIGHT AND IT'S STILL KIND OF EARLY, SO .

UM, BUT TRULY THANK YOU, UM, FOR REELECTING ME.

IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE.

WE'RE DOING SOME REALLY, REALLY GOOD THINGS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW, AND I'M VERY HAPPY THAT I CAN CONTINUE DOING THOSE THINGS.

UH, CAMPAIGNING IS NOT EASY.

STEVEN, STEVEN DID NOT ALLUDE TO THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, MY WIFE MAKES IT SO MUCH EASIER.

SHE WAS MY CAMPAIGN MANAGER, MADE ME GET OUT THERE AND DO EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO DO, UM, SO I COULD RETAIN MY SEAT AND CONTINUE TO SERVE THIS, THIS GREAT CITY.

UM, I ENJOY WORKING WITH STAFF SO MUCH.

IT'S BEEN AN HONOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, AND I WOULD, I'M SO EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT SERVICE.

UH, I LIVE HERE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, VERY INVESTED IN THIS COMMUNITY, SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SERVE AGAIN, TO GIVE UP MY TIME ON THURSDAY, NOT GET PAID, GET THE EMAILS, ALL THE THINGS THAT WE GET TO DO, BUT I GET TO DO IT A SMILE ON MY FACE AND SERVE YOU GUYS.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER.

NADINE, WELCOME TO THE DIOCESE.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, THIS IS REALLY WEIRD.

UM, NO, WITH ALL, WITH ALL, UH, DUE RESPECT TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE, UH, UH, GONE, UH, THEIR SEPARATE WAYS.

UM, CATHERINE AND, UH, CHRIS, UH, THANK YOU ALL BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN VERY GIVEN OF YOUR TIME AND YOUR EFFORTS AND YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN,

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UH, PRETTY NICE TO ME.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT .

UM, THIS IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THIS IS GOING.

UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DON'T KNOW.

UH, BUT I PROMISE YOU, UH, EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO SUPPORTED ME, AND EVEN THOSE WHO MAY HAVE VOTED FOR MY OPPONENT, I'M HERE TO SERVE AND I'M HERE TO SERVE FIRST.

AND IT'S NOT ABOUT ME, IT'S ABOUT LEANDER.

AND I HEARD SOMETHING FROM A MAYOR OF PLANO SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

UH, THE CITY WILL CONTINUE WITHOUT ME.

SO WHILE I'M HERE, I'M GONNA TRY TO DO THE BEST I CAN FOR YOU TO ENSURE THAT YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND YOUR INVESTMENT IN THIS CITY ARE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN COME HOME AND FEEL SAFE EVERY SINGLE DAY KNOWING THAT THINGS ARE TAKEN CARE OF.

SO, I HOPE I CAN LIVE UP TO THAT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND FOR THOSE WHO SHOWED UP AND ALL MY FRIENDS.

APPRECIATE IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER HERRERA, THIS IS WHERE YOU WELCOME.

OH, , I JUST WANNA THANK BOTH OF YOU, WELL, I GUESS ALL THREE OF YOU FOR BEING HERE AND SERVING.

AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT WORKING WITH YOU AND SERVING ON DIFFERENT SUBCOMMITTEES AND DIFFERENT THINGS AND, AND DOING THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY.

AND IT'S, IT'S AN EXCITING TIME AND, AND IT IS A LOT DIFFERENT ON THIS SIDE THAN IT IS ON THE OTHER SIDE.

AND I, YOU KNOW, ONLY BEING HERE A YEAR, IT'S STILL CHANGING FOR ME.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND COUNCIL MEMBER, RUSS.

EXCITED Y'ALL ARE HERE, STEVEN AND ANDREW, AND GLAD YOU'RE BACK, DAVID .

SO WE GOT WORK TO DO.

SO LET'S GET TO IT.

PRO TIM, I WOULD JUST SAY STEVEN AND DAVID AND ANDREW, THANK Y'ALL FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO RUN.

OF COURSE, WE ALL KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO CAMPAIGN, UM, BUT NOW IT'S ABOUT THE SERVICE AND GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS.

SO I PRAY THAT Y'ALL KEEP THE CITY FIRST.

CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT NEED TO GET DONE AND SHOW UP, JUST LIKE CATHERINE TALKED ABOUT.

SHOW UP EVERY DAY, READY TO DO THE WORK.

SO THANK YOU GUYS.

SURE.

SO TO STEVEN AND TO ANDREW, UM, STEVEN, I JUST GOT TO MEET YOU THIS YEAR, UH, THROUGH, THROUGH YOUR, THROUGH YOUR PROCESS.

AND I'LL JUST SAY THERE'S, UH, WE'RE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE YOU.

YOU'RE A VERY SHARP INDIVIDUAL.

UH, YOUR WORK HISTORY IS GONNA BRING A LOT OF VALUE TO OUR COUNCIL.

AND SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE.

ANDREW, I GOT TO KNOW YOU A LITTLE OVER THREE YEARS AGO WHEN WE DID YOUR, YOUR VIDEO FOR, FOR MY FIRST CAMPAIGN.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE VERY INVESTED IN THIS, IN THIS COMMUNITY.

SO I'M HAPPY TO HAVE YOU UP HERE SERVING WITH US BECAUSE I KNOW YOUR HEART AND YOU HAVE WHAT'S, UH, BEST FOR THE CITY ON YOUR HEART TO DO THOSE THINGS.

SO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.

UH, I JUST WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THREE OF YOU, NOT ONLY ON WINNING YOUR ELECTIONS, BUT FOR HAVING ELECTION SEASON DONE AND BEHIND YOU AND NOT HAVING TO LIVE THROUGH IT FOR A WHILE.

UM, BUT WELCOME COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG, COUNCIL MEMBER NADINE.

I LOOK FORWARD TO ALL OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA DO OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

UM, AS COUNCIL MEMBER ZERK SAID, THIS IS A FANTASTIC TIME TO JOIN.

UM, WE ALREADY DID ALL THE HARD STUFF, SO THIS SHOULD BE REALLY GOOD.

UM, AND TO COUNCIL MEMBER MCDONALD, I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE STILL UP HERE.

YOU HAVE, UM, BEEN SO FANTASTIC AND HELPFUL ON ALL OF THESE ROAD ISSUES THAT WE TALK ABOUT.

UM, I FEEL LIKE, UH, MY GO-TO FOR DEVELOPMENT WAS ALWAYS COUNCIL MEMBERS RENICK, AND, UM, MY GO-TO ON ROADS IS ALWAYS YOU.

SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE TO HELP GUIDE US THROUGH, UM, THROUGH THIS NEXT PHASE OF, OF THE CITY'S SUCCESS.

UM, WITH THAT, WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK MS. BERNARDI.

THERE SHE IS.

PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES AND YOU ARE ALL THAT IS STANDING BETWEEN US AND A PARTY.

OKAY, I'M READY TO PARTY TOO.

UH, SO MOST OF YOU KNOW ME.

I'M FOR, UH, KATHY BERNARDI, 1412 VALENTI LANE.

AND I AM SO HAPPY THAT STEVEN AND ANDREW HAVE JOINED.

AND OF COURSE DAVID HAVE JOINED THE CITY COUNCIL ONCE AGAIN.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CITY COUNCIL SINCE I'VE WATCHED IT IN THE LAST, UM, SEVEN YEARS NOW, HAS REALLY CHANGED.

AND THESE LAST THREE YEARS HAS BEEN AMAZING.

I DON'T WANT TO CRY , BUT I'M GONNA MISS CATHERINE AND CHRIS A LOT.

SO I HOPE YOU HAVE BIG THING.

YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE BIG SHOES TO FILL AND I KNOW IT WILL STAY TOGETHER, MESHED TOGETHER TO SERVE OUR CITY AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

AND PLEASE KEEP LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SENIOR CENTER OPENINGS.

YES, THANK YOU.

ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, NON AGENDA ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ALRIGHT, FOLLOWING ALL OF THIS, WE ARE GONNA HAVE A RECEPTION.

THERE'S SOME SNACKS OUT THERE IN THE LOBBY.

FEEL FREE TO MINGLE, CELEBRATE, SAY CONGRATULATIONS, STRETCH YOUR LEGS,

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ALL THE THINGS.

WE ARE IN RECESS.

THE TIME IS 8:00 PM PLEASE BE BACK AT EIGHT 20 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA GET DOWN TO BUSINESS.

ALRIGHT, WE ARE GONNA RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AT 8:24 PM MOVING

[8. Public comments on items not listed in the agenda.

Public comments on items listed in the agenda will be heard at the time each item is discussed.

[All comments are limited to no more than 3 minutes (6 minutes if translation is needed) per individual.]]

FOR ITEMS THAT ARE POSTED ON THE AGENDA, I WILL CALL ON SPEAKERS PRIOR TO THE DISCUSSION OF THAT AGENDA ITEM.

AND DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE SUBMITTED COMMENTS VIA THE WEBSITE WILL ONLY HAVE POSITIONS READ INTO THE RECORD.

ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL AND BE MADE A PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT PUBLIC COMMENTS IS YOUR TIME TO TALK TO COUNSEL, BUT IT IS NOT A TIME THAT WE CAN HAVE BACK AND FORTH DISCUSSION ABOUT ANY ITEM.

WITH THAT, I HAVE TWO PEOPLE SIGNED UP.

THE FIRST ONE IS KA.

HOW GOOD EVENING, MS. HOW PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

UM, KAT HOWELL PICKLE MASON HOUSE, AND I APOLOGIZE, I DID NOT HAVE TIME THIS MONTH TO PUT TOGETHER MY, UH, HISTORY PRESENTATION, BUT I'M WORKING ON IT AND I IT'S GONNA BE A THREE PART SERIES FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.

UM, WHAT I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT IS MEMORIAL DAY IS COMING UP.

AND FOR THE CITY OF LEANDER, WE WILL BE HAVING OUR MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY ON SATURDAY, MAY 24TH, 10:00 AM AT THE VETERAN'S PARK THIS YEAR, NOT AT THE CEMETERY THIS YEAR.

OUR MAIN VETER, OUR, EXCUSE ME, OUR MAIN VOLUNTEERS ARE CUB SCOUTS, WHICH ARE K THROUGH FIVE.

SO WE ARE GOING TO MAKE OUR CEREMONY A LITTLE EASIER FOR THAT AGE GROUP.

THEY, THEY WILL BE DOING THE COLORS, WHICH, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO.

AND, UM, WE WILL BE PUTTING, WE WILL BE PLACING FLAGS AROUND VETERANS PARK.

UM, IF, IF ANYONE KNOWS OF ANY ORGANIZATION THAT, UM, HAS THE CAPABILITY AND IS WILLING TO DONATE MORE FLAGS.

OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE HAVE LOST ABOUT 300 OF OUR FLAGS.

YOU KNOW, THEY, THE WEATHER IS HARSH ON THEM.

AND, AND, UM, WE ARE DOWN TO 300 FLAGS AT THIS POINT.

WE'RE HOPING, AND, UM, WE COULD USE SOME MORE FLAGS, BUT WE COULD REALLY, REALLY USE EVERYONE TO COME OUT ON SATURDAY AT 10:00 AM AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE CEREMONY IN FRONT OF THE BIG EAGLE.

THANK YOU FOR QUICK CLARIFICATION.

YES, MA'AM.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE, THE FLAGS THAT YOU NEED? THE FLAGS THE, UH, 12 BY 18 THAT ARE ON THE STAKE LIKE THAT? OKAY.

UM, YES, THAT'S, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE PUT OUT AT BOTH THE CEMETERY AND AT VETERANS PARK.

THIS YEAR WE'RE ONLY GONNA DO VETERANS PARK.

UM, I THINK, UH, I THINK IT'S JUST A LITTLE SAFER.

UM, BAGHDAD CEMETERY IS A LITTLE DIFFICULT FOR THAT AGE GROUP, SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT, UM, NICE AND SPECIAL.

'CAUSE FOR THE MOST PART, THIS AGE GROUP, THIS IS GONNA BE THEIR FIRST CEREMONY TO PARTICIPATE IN.

SO WE WANT IT TO BE A GOOD EXPERIENCE.

THAT'S LOVELY.

OH, AND WELCOME NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS.

PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

I HAD NO IDEA I WAS COMING TO THIS AND I FEEL BAD.

WE PARTY YOU LIKE THIS EVERY NIGHT.

WE FEEL BE THE FIRST DOWNER SUBJECT HERE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SO UPLIFTING.

AND YES, WELCOME TO ALL OF YOU.

I'M THOMAS PARKER.

I LIVE AT 100 COUNTY ROAD TWO 90.

THAT'S DOWN ON THE CORNER OF, UH, HERO WAY WEST, WHERE COUNTY ROAD TWO 90 GOES OFF.

UM, I WAS GONNA LEAVE MY STORY AND THEN I WAS GONNA HAVE THE PUNCHLINE AT THE END, BUT I FIGURED IT'D BE BETTER TO DO THE PUNCHLINE FIRST.

AND THEN, UH, UM, BACK INTO THE ANSWER.

UH, THE REASON I'M HERE IS THAT JUST AN HOUR BEFORE THIS THING STARTED, I DISCOVERED THAT, UM, ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME, UM, THEY'RE PUTTING IN A MUD.

UH, YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW THIS THING, BUT IT'S A HERO WAY.

WEST MUD WAS INVENTED A FEW DAYS AGO, AND, UH, WHICH I KNEW THAT WAS COMING BECAUSE, UH, THEY BOUGHT 500 ACRES JUST RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET SOME TIME AGO.

ANYWAY, UM, ALSO, UH, YOU ARE BUILDING A, UM, A WATER TOWER RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THAT RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM ME.

AND, UH, ALL OF THAT MADE PERFECT SENSE TO ME, EXCEPT I DISCOVERED IN, UH, COMMUNITY IMPACT JUST NOW THAT THE MUD'S GOING TO DRILL A WELL FOR THEIR WATER.

SO THAT'S MY PUNCHLINE.

WELL SAY, WELL, WHY DO YOU WORRY? YOU'RE IN THIS.

NOW, UH, BACK IN 1984, I BOUGHT MY LAND OUT, UH, OUT THERE WEST OF TOWN.

BUILT A HOUSE, DRILLED A WELL, RAISED A FAMILY, BRAVO.

UM, AFTER, AFTER A LITTLE BIT THOUGH, THE CITY BUILT THEIR A, A GOLF COURSE.

TROUBLE IS, UH, THE WATER FOR THAT MADE MY WELL GO DRY.

OH, WELL, DRILLED IT.

SO I RE-DRILL THAT.

UM, AGAIN, JUST THINGS THAT HAPPENED.

UM, AND OF COURSE THEN AFTER A WHILE THAT WELL WENT DRY AND HAD TO DRILL ANOTHER WELL, UH, WAY DEEPER.

UM,

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I WAS IN THE CITY LIMITS.

I'VE BEEN IN THE CITY LIMITS FOR 20 YEARS, BUT CITY HADN'T FOUND A WAY TO GET ME WATER.

SO I'VE SPENT $50,000 ON WELLS.

AND, UH, OF COURSE, NOW EVERYTHING ALL'S WELL, IT ENDS WELL.

I'VE GOT LOTS OF WATER, IT'S FREE EXCEPT FOR THE $50,000.

UM, BUT, UM, AGAIN, THE BIG NEWS WAS, UM, ABOUT THE WATER TOWER, WHICH IS GONNA BE A GOOD IDEA.

SO THERE'S GONNA BE WATER NEARBY.

UM, AND THEN THE, THE SUBDIVISION, SO THAT MAKES SENSE.

THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THIS, THEY'RE PUTTING IN THE, THE WATER TOWER AND THE SUBDIVISION ALL GONNA HOOK TOGETHER.

WELL, OKAY, SO TODAY I FIND OUT, UM, NO, IT LOOKS, IT, IT, IT SAYS IN THE ARTICLE HERE THAT THE MUD IS GOING TO DRILL DOWN INTO THE EDWARDS AQUIFER TO GET THEIR WATER.

UH, WELL, THERE'S TWO THINGS WRONG WITH THAT.

ONE, THERE'S NOT AN EDWARDS AQUIFER OUT THERE.

THERE'S ONLY THE TRINITY AQUIFER.

SO ALL ALREADY.

SO MAYBE THIS WHOLE THING IS, IS WRONG.

SO I APOLOGIZE FOR TAKING YOUR TIME IF THAT'S THE CASE.

BUT, UM, POINT IS THERE'S NO WAY THAT THEY CAN GO 2000 FEET AND DRILL AND PUMP A MILLION GALLONS A DAY AND IT NOT COME OUTTA MY WELL.

SO I SEE IT COMING.

MY WELL'S GONNA GO DRY AGAIN, UM, BECAUSE OF THIS.

UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

UM, TOP PERFECT TIMING.

UM, IS THERE A MEMBER OF STAFF THAT CAN, UM, MAYBE TALK TO MR. PARKER ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES? THAT'D BE RIGHT.

WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON

[9. Staff Reports

Branding RFP Update
Capital Improvement Program Update: Senior Center (CIP P.6).
Water Update

]

TO ITEM NUMBER NINE.

STAFF REPORTS.

FIRST UP IS OUR BRANDING RFP UPDATE WITH ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER, SAK.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND WELCOME OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS.

OKAY, UM, JUST TO BRING EVERYBODY UP TO SPEED, UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY OUT RIGHT NOW FOR A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR A COMMUNITY BRAND STRATEGY.

UM, AND THIS IS REALLY GONNA HELP US IDENTIFY WHAT IS OUR NEW BRAND MOVING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE.

SO OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS CAME ON BOARD AT A PERFECT TIME FOR US TO REALLY EXPLORE THIS.

UM, AND SO WE ARE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THAT PROCESS FOR THE RFP BEING OPEN.

UM, THE DEADLINE CLOSES MAY 30TH.

I HAVE GUIDANCE, SOME INQUIRIES FROM INTERESTED, UM, COMPANIES.

UM, AND SO WE'LL SEE HOW MANY OF THOSE, UM, SUBMIT PROPOSALS.

UM, AT THE LAST, UH, OR THE, UM, LAST COUNCIL MEETING, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, FINALIST INTERVIEWS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO WE HAVE THAT YEAR, UH, DATED FOR THE JUNE 17TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UM, WITH JULY 17TH AS THE DATE TO AWARD THE CONTRACT.

SO, ALL RIGHT.

AND WE JUST WANTED TO DISCUSS THE, UH, SELECTION PROCESS WITH COUNCIL.

UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST STEP WAS, YOU KNOW, AFTER WE GET ALL THE PROPOSALS IN, STAFF CAN DO THE, UM, PRELIMINARY EVALUATIONS AND SCORE EVERYTHING, UM, AND PROVIDE THOSE SCORES TO COUNCIL ALONG WITH ALL THE PROPOSALS.

UM, AND WITH THAT, UM, COUNCIL CAN REVIEW THEM AND RECOMMEND FINALISTS, UM, TO STAFF ON WHETHER Y'ALL WANNA INTERVIEW THE TOP THREE, TOP FOUR, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY WE GET.

Y'ALL MIGHT WANT TO INTERVIEW ALL OF THOSE.

AND SO WE'LL PROVIDE ALL THOSE INFORMATION TO YOU ALL.

AND Y'ALL CAN SEE, UM, THE SCORING CRITERIA THAT WE MATCH WITH THE PROPOSALS BASED IN THE RFP.

UM, AND SO AFTER THAT, YOU KNOW, AT THE JUNE 17TH MEETING, UM, WE'LL INVITE THOSE FINALISTS OVER FOR COUNCIL TO INTERVIEW.

UM, AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE EVALUATION PART COUNCIL, UM, YOU ALL CAN, UM, USE THE SAME SCORING METRIC, UM, AS STAFF DID IN THE RFP AND SCORE THOSE FINALISTS.

UM, OR YOU ALL CAN, UM, DO A GENERAL CONSENSUS IN TERMS OF SELECTING SOMEBODY AT THE END.

IF Y'ALL DON'T WANT TO DO THE SCORING AFTER THE INTERVIEWS.

UM, WE WOULD LIKE, UM, TO HAVE KIND, IF Y'ALL ARE, WOULD LIKE TO DO THE SCORING, UM, PROVIDING THAT TO STAFF BY JUNE 20TH, SO THAT WAY WE CAN START COMPILING EVERYTHING, UM, AND GETTING EVERYTHING'S READY FOR THAT JULY 17TH DATE, UM, TO PRESENT, UM, ALL THAT INFORMATION FOR EVERYBODY, AND YOU ALL CAN MAKE YOUR SELECTION BASED ON THAT.

SO, UM, WITH THAT, THAT IS MY UPDATE.

AND, UM, IN REGARDS TO THE EVALUATION PROCESS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, UM, Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE STAFF FEEDBACK WITH THAT IF YOU GUYS WANNA DO SCORING OR MORE GENERAL CONSENSUS.

IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY.

ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO, UM, SEE SOME OF THEIR PREVIOUS WORK? YES.

EXCELLENT.

THAT'S, THAT'S REQUIRED IN THE RFP TO, FOR THEM TO PROVIDE THOSE EXAMPLES.

SO, AWESOME.

COUNSEL, ANYTHING? THANK YOU.

OH, YOU DO.

SORRY.

YEAH, SORRY.

UM, HOW MANY, UH, HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE SUBMITTED THUS FAR? WHAT'S YOUR CRITERIA FOR THE NUMBER? LIKE, HOW MANY ARE YOU GONNA REVIEW? DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER? WE DON'T, WE, I DON'T HAVE A NUMBER.

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SO IF WE GOT LIKE FIVE PROPOSALS, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE EASILY TO INVITE EVERYBODY HERE TO COME AND, YOU KNOW, PRESENT WHAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, PROPOSING.

UM, IF WE GOT LIKE MORE THAN 10, RIGHT? WE WANNA NARROW THAT DOWN, UM, AND SEE, UM, HOW CLOSE SOME OF THOSE SCORES ARE.

'CAUSE IF SOME OF THE SCORES ARE REALLY CLOSE, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD RECOMMEND JUST GO AHEAD AND, YOU KNOW, INTERVIEW THEM 'CAUSE AND Y'ALL COULD, YOU KNOW, SEE WHICH ONES HAVE THE BEST EXPERIENCE AND THE BEST BACKGROUND AND EVERYTHING.

YEP.

ANYTHING ELSE? JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, HOW MANY FIRMS OR, UH, MARKETING AGENCIES HAVE SUBMITTED, UM, RFPS IN RESPONSE TO THIS PROPOSAL? UH, WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY SUBMITTED RIGHT NOW.

I'VE HAD, UH, TWO QUESTIONS JUST REGARDING CONTENT FOR THE RFP FOR TWO PROPOSALS.

AND THEN I'VE ALSO, I WANNA SAY, UH, MAYBE, UH, CLOSE TO FIVE OTHER ADDITIONAL RESPONSES.

JUST PEOPLE SAYING, HEY, WE'RE INTERESTED IN DIRECTING THEM TO WHERE TO SUBMIT AND EVERYTHING.

SO ANYTHING FURTHER? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU ALL, ALL UP.

NEXT, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM UPDATE ON THE SENIOR CENTER.

THAT'S CIPP 0.6 WITH CIP PROJECT MANAGER, ALABASTRO.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

COUNCIL, UH, NEW MEMBERS, UH, MS PART.

UM, WE ARE STILL MOVING ALONG WITH THE SENIOR CENTER HERE.

UM, THE ROOFING HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

UH, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IN THE EXTERIOR INSULATION.

UM, BUT MOST OF THE WATERPROOFING IS DONE.

WE'VE GOT ANOTHER LAYER OF WATERPROOFING TO DO ON THE EXTERIOR.

SO IF YOU'VE DRIVEN BY LATELY IT WAS WHITE AT ONE POINT, THEN IT STARTED GOING GRAY, AND THEN IT'S WHITE AGAIN.

SO WE ARE COVERING IT UP WITH ANOTHER LAYER OF GRAY TO, UM, ENSURE THE WATERPROOFING AROUND THIS, THE STRUCTURE ITSELF.

UM, WE ARE CONTINUING WINDOW FRAME INSTALLATION, WALL FRAMING ON THE INTERIORS.

UH, MECHANICAL PLUMBING IS STILL AND ELECTRICAL'S ALL STILL, UH, CONTINUING ON THE INSIDE, WE'VE HAD THE MASONRY VENEER DELIVERED TO THE SITE.

UH, AND LAST FRIDAY WE STARTED HAVING THE GLASS, UH, MATERIALS START DELIVERING TO THE SITE AS WELL.

AND HERE'S SOME CURRENT PICTURES.

UH, THIS HERE, UH, A LOT OF THE CEILING STRUCTURE OF THE INTERIORS ARE, UH, WOOD SLAT FINISH.

SO THIS IS KIND OF THE BACKBONE STRUCTURE THAT'S GOING IN THAT THEY'RE, UH, PUTTING IN TO SUPPORT THAT.

AND HERE'S KIND OF WHERE WE WENT FROM THE WHITE GRAY, SO WHITE AGAIN, UH, AND FINISHING UP A LOT OF THE, THE DETAILS HERE, UH, ON THE, UH, CEILING, UH, THE STEEL STRUCTURE ITSELF AND ALL THE MASONRY VENEER THAT WE'VE RECEIVED.

AND THEN THE GLASS COMPONENTS WE'VE RECEIVED.

UH, QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNSEL.

NO QUESTIONS.

KNOW, AS AN AVERAGE FROM 1942 TO 2024, WE SHOULD TYPICALLY BE SEEING ON AVERAGE ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND, UH, GALLONS OF INFLOW.

AND NEXT WE HAVE A WATER UPDATE.

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER WITH US, WE HAVE PUBLIC WORKS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES CROWDER.

WELCOME, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, KENLEY CROWDER, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES FOR, UH, PUBLIC WORKS.

UH, TODAY I'M GONNA BE PRESENTING THE WATER UPDATE PRESENTATION FOR MS. GENE ELLISON AS SHE'S OUT ON A, UH, MUCH NEEDED VACATION.

GOOD.

UM, AS WE GET THROUGH THE FIRST COUPLE OF SLIDES HERE, UH, WE'RE GONNA START OUT LOOKING AT THE DROUGHT, UH, MONITOR CONDITIONS.

UH, HERE YOU'RE SEEING KIND OF A SLIDE RIGHT HERE, THE VERY FIRST ON THE LEFT.

THIS IS, UH, BACK IN MAY OF 24, KIND OF HIGHLIGHTING THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS THERE.

UH, IF YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THE CURRENT DROUGHT CONDITIONS WE ARE IN NOW IN 2025.

UH, YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE RED, THE DARK MAROON, WHICH IS, UH, EXPONENTIAL DROUGHT.

OKAY? UH, THAT'S JUST A SIGN OF LOW END FLOWS, NO RAIN, NO WATER, THAT, THAT'S WHERE FILL IN THE LAKES.

UH, THE NEXT SLIDE WE KIND OF ENHANCE A LITTLE BIT MORE, KIND OF GET A BETTER VIEW OF THE CONTRIBUTING FACT, THE CONTRIBUTING, UH, SPRINGS AND RIVERS AND STUFF THAT FILL THE HIGHLAND LAKES.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, MOST OF THAT IS IN THE, UH, RED, SEVERE AND ALSO EXPONENTIAL.

SO THAT KIND OF TELLS YOU THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT OF INFLOW OR WATER GOING INTO THE LAKES AT THIS POINT.

THAT'S DUE TO EITHER RAINFALL, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, JUST NOT ACCUMULATING.

UM, THIS KIND OF ALSO INDICATES, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF IN OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES HERE, RIGHT? UH, THE FIELD INTO LAKE TRAVIS AND ALSO BUCHANAN UP HERE AT THE NORTHERN PART.

SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'RE GONNA KIND OF LOOK AT THE INFLOWS, UH, THIS YEAR SO FAR INTO A COMBINED, UH, LAKE TRAVIS AND LAKE BUCHANAN.

UH, HISTORICALLY, UH, SORRY, LEMME GET, I THINK I HIT THE WRONG BUTTON AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE.

UM, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HISTORICALLY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, UH, AVERAGES, YOU

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UH, DURING THE RECORD DROUGHT, WE WERE LOOKING AT ABOUT 50,000, A LITTLE LESS THAN 50,000 OF INFLOW.

CURRENTLY, AS WE SIT RIGHT NOW IN TWO, UH, 2025, WE ARE LOOKING AT LESS THAN, YOU KNOW, 15,000, 20,000 INFLOW COMING INTO BOTH HIGHLAND OR BOTH BUCHANAN AND TRAVIS.

UM, SO THEY CAN KIND OF SEE THE WATER'S COMING IN.

SO MOVING FORWARD TO THE NEXT ONE, WE ARE LOOKING AT, UH, HISTORICAL YEARS.

SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE A TREND, UH, HERE STARTING AT 21.

UH, OBVIOUSLY THE PURPLE, UH, IS CURRENT, CURRENT ACCURATE FLOWS.

WHAT THE BLUE IS, IS HISTORICAL, UH, DROUGHT OF RECORD, AND THEN THAT'S YOUR HISTORICAL AVERAGE IS THE LIGHT BLUE.

SO IF YOU KINDA LOOK, UH, SEE OUR INFLOWS IN 22, YOU CAN KIND OF START SEEING THE INFLOWS WHERE THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN, RIGHT? EVERYTHING'S GOING TREND DOWN HERE.

WE'VE BARELY BEEN REGISTERING ANY, UH, IN 2023, WE INITIATED THE, UH, DROUGHT CONTINGENCY BARGE PLAN, UH, WHERE WE WENT AND PUT THE AMOUNT, UH, THE EMERGENCY BARGE OUT INTO SERVICE OR NOT INTO SERVICE, BUT GET IT PREPARED FOR SERVICE, UH, IN 23.

'CAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, IN 23, OUR INFLOWS FOR THE MONTH OF JULY AND AUGUST WERE PRETTY MUCH NOTHING, RIGHT? UH, AND THEN IN 24 WE GOT THAT SPIKE IN MAY, WHICH GAVE US A LITTLE BOOST, UH, WHICH IN ORDER US TO NOW KIND OF PARK THE EMERGENCY BARGE AT KELLER MARINA FOR RIGHT NOW AS A TEMPORARY, UH, HOUSING SOURCE UNTIL WE MOVE FORWARD.

UH, NEXT WE HAVE, UH, KIND OF SHOWING YOU HERE IS THE COMBINED CURRENT DROUGHT OF REC, CURRENT DROUGHT.

AND IN OUR DROUGHT OF RECORD, UH, OUR DROUGHT OF RECORD OBVIOUSLY WAS FROM 28 TO 2015.

UH, AND THEN CURRENTLY FROM 2019 TO 25, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE TRENDS KIND OF FALLING THE SAME ALL, WE TOOK A PRETTY GOOD DIP HERE, BUT YOU'RE FALLING THAT SAME TREND LINE DOWN, UH, INTO WHERE WE ARE.

OBVIOUSLY AMOUNT OF POPULATION GROWTH, THINGS OF THAT NATURE CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMBINED, UH, CAPACITIES OF LAKE BUCHANAN AND TRAVIS.

CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE ARE SITTING AS APRIL 1ST.

OBVIOUSLY WE STILL NEED TO UPDATE FOR MAYS, UH, RAINFALL, WHAT A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN.

WE DID GET IN MAY.

UH, WE ARE SITTING RIGHT ABOUT, UH, 227,000 ABOVE WHERE WE WERE IN 2014.

SO WE, WE ARE HOLDING A LITTLE BIT, UH, CURRENTLY TOTAL COMBINED IN BOTH LAKE TRAVIS AND IN BUCHANAN.

UH, TOTAL WE ARE SITTING AT, UH, 942,000 ACRE FEET JUST COMBINED.

SO THE NEXT ONE AND THAT, THAT NUMBER, I'LL COME INTO PLAY HERE IN JUST A SECOND.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE NEXT ONE UH, KIND OF SHOWS YOU, YOU KNOW, BOTH COMBINED LAKE TRAVIS AND UH, BUCHANAN.

WE'RE SITTING AT 2 MILLION ACRE FEET, RIGHT FULL AS YOU COME DOWN.

CURRENTLY WE ARE IN PHASE TWO, UM, WITH, UH, LCRA BASED ON THE COMBINED ACRE FEET, UH, IN BOTH TRAVIS AND BUCHANAN.

I'M SORRY, DO YOU MIND EXPLAINING WHAT PHASE TWO IS WITH LCRA? YES, IT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE CITY'S PHASE TWO.

IT IT PRETTY SIMILAR.

UH, IT'S BASICALLY IT'S ONCE A WEEK WATERING.

UH, OURS IS ONCE A WEEK WATERING AS WELL.

SO IT'S PRETTY SIMILAR.

STAGE THREE.

ON THE OTHER HAND, IT GETS DOWN INTO LIKE, IT'S GONNA BE, THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME YOU CAN WATER IN A DAY.

IT REDUCES THAT TIME INSTEAD OF ONCE A DAY.

IT'S LIKE ONCE EVERY SIX HOURS YOU CAN WATER.

UH, BUT WHEREAS OUR STAGE THREE IS NO OUTDOOR WATER, JUST HAND WATERING ONLY.

EXTREME DROUGHT, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT, UH, JUNE OF THIS YEAR TO START MOVING IN OUR EMERGENCY BARGE.

UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE TREND HERE.

UM, THIS IS SORT OF A TREND CHART OF UM, THE CURRENT OF BOTH STATUS OF BOTH LAKE LEVELS OR, UH, COMBINED, UH, CAPACITIES RIGHT HERE.

AS OF MAY, WE ARE SITTING AT 942,000 ACRE FEET.

UH, IF YOU KEEP TRENDING, UH, ON THE EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS, WHAT ELSE AREA IS PREDICTING THEN AT THAT POINT IN AUGUST, WE COULD BE LOOKING AT GOING INTO STAGE THREE FOR LCRA, WHICH IS THAT, UH, WINDOW OF WATERING A CERTAIN PERIOD.

IF LS RA GOES INTO STAGE THREE, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT GOING AT STAGE THREE OURSELF, GOING TO NO OUTDOOR WATERING, AND THAT WOULD BE ALL LCRA CUSTOMERS, NOT JUST CITY OF THE ANCHOR.

UM, SO THIS ONE HERE, WE'RE LOOKING AT JUST LAKE TRAVIS.

THIS IS WHERE OUR INTAKE IS FOR BOTH OUR BARGES, UH, WITH B-C-R-U-A BARGE AND SANDY CREEK BARGE.

SO HERE WE'RE KIND OF TRENDING THE SAME THING, SHOWING YOU AN ELEVATION OF STORAGE OF THE, OF THE, OF THE, UH, LAKE.

SO TOP POOL OF, UH, LAKE TRAVIS IS 6 81.

OUR CURRENT, SORRY, I KEEP HITTING THE WRONG BUTTON, I APOLOGIZE.

OUR CURRENT, UH, LEVEL RIGHT NOW, AS OF TODAY WAS 6 35 ELEVATION.

SO IF WE KEEP FOLLOWING WHAT SRA IS, IS PREDICTING AND, AND FOR THE DROUGHT,

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AND WHAT WE MEAN BY MOVING IT IN IS GETTING IT INTO PLACE, NOT NECESSARILY STARTING IT UP, BUT GETTING IT SET UP AND PLUMBED AND READY TO GO.

UM, IF WE KEEP FOLLOWING THE SAME TREND, UM, SRA IS PREDICTING, UH, THE LAKE LEVEL IN OCTOBER TO BE SOMEWHERE IN THE RANGE OF 6 23.

IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEN AT THAT POINT, B-C-R-U-A NOW WILL OFFICIALLY HAVE TO BE OFFLINE.

WE'LL NEED TO PULL THE BARGE OF THEIRS AND BE PUSHED OUT FURTHER INTO THE LAKE FOR STORAGE UNTIL THE LAKE LEVELS RISE AND WE CAN BRING IT BACK INTO SERVICE.

WHEN DO, CAN YOU REMIND US EXACTLY WHAT LEVEL THE LAKE HAS TO BE AT WHEN WE IMPLEMENT THE EMERGENCY BARGE? SO AT SIX 30 IS WHEN WE START PUSHING THE BARGE INTO PLACE AND GETTING IT PREPARED.

BUT WHEN ONCE WE, WE, ONCE WE GET INTO, INTO THAT, ONCE WE GET INTO THE SIX 20 RANGE, OKAY, THAT'S WHEN WE WILL REALLY START, UH, OKAY SETTING UP THE BARGE AT THAT POINT BECAUSE UH, B-C-R-U-A WOULD BE OUT OF SERVICE AT THAT POINT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNSEL.

IT'S ALL GONNA BE TIMELINING AND FI FIGURE, FIGURING OUT THAT TIMELINE.

QUICK QUESTION, WHAT'S THE LEVEL FOR SANDY CREEK TO BE OUT? SO SANDY CREEK FOR BE, UH, TO REMOVE THE BARGE WOULD BE SIX 18.

WE HIT IF WE UH, WE PUT IN THE DROUGHT, BARGE WILL BE INTO SERVICE AT SIX 20.

UH, SANDY CREEK AT THAT POINT WOULD BE REALLY CLOSE AT THAT POINT WE WOULD HAVE TO BE LOOKING AT GETTING THAT PREPARED TO BE MOVING AS WELL.

WE GET BELOW SIX 18 THEN OBVIOUSLY SANDY CREEK IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE AS WELL DECOMMISSIONED AND MOVED OUT TO A DEEPER PARK.

BUT WE WENT UP ONE FOOT THIS WEEK.

YES MA'AM.

HEY, WE WE'RE GETTING JUST KEEP MAYBE FINGERS CROSSED AND WE AVOIDED IT LAST YEAR, SO WE'RE HOPING FINGERS CROSSED.

FINGERS CROSSED WE WON'T NEED IT.

WE'LL ALL HOPE FOR THAT.

WE NEED TO LIGHTEN IT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THIS IS HARD.

I KNOW, I KNOW.

IT'S ALL LOOM.

I KNOW.

I HATE THAT THEY SENT YOU IN TO BE DARK .

I KNOW, I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE BEING THE BARE OF BAD NEWS SOMETIMES.

UH, BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE SITTING AT BASED ON CURRENT LEVELS.

IF WE FOLLOW EXTREME DROUGHT OF YOU, YOU SAID WE GET SOME MORE RAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'LL, IT SHOULD TRACK UP HOPE FOR THE BEST, PREPARE FOR THE WORST.

YEP.

YEAH, SO HERE IS KIND OF WHAT OUR OUTLINE IS OF CONTINGENCY ON LAKE TRAVIS ELEVATIONS.

UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT AUGUST, YOU KNOW, IF, IF ELSE DECIDES TO GO TO STAGE THREE FALLING THAT DROUGHT TREND, WE WILL THEN DO THE SAME THING AT THAT, AT THAT POINT.

UH, IF FOLLOWING THAT SAME THING, PHASE FOUR ESCALATION, BECAUSE BCI WAY WOULD BE DOWN AND WE WOULD BE LIMITED TO ONLY 12 MGD FROM SANDY CREEK AT THAT POINT, UH, WE KEEP GETTING BELOW THAT.

IF WE REMOVE SANDY CREEK NOW WE'RE DOWN TO 9 MILLION GALLONS.

'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT OUR CAPACITY IS FOR THE EMERGENCY BARGE.

UM, AND THEN VIABLE AFTER THAT.

WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO EXTREME ISSUES AT THAT POINT.

UM, BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE SITTING AT IN TRACKING.

SO, UM, SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO COMBAT THIS, RIGHT? SO LET ME KINDA GIVE YOU SOME GOOD NEWS, RIGHT, OR SOME GOOD PROGRESS GOING FORWARD, .

SO, UH, OBVIOUSLY WE ARE, UH, WORKING ON THE DEEP WATER INTAKE, WHICH IS B-C-R-U-A PHASE TWO.

UH, THAT IS OUR LONG TERM, SO STORY OR LONG TERM SOLUTION FOR WATER, UH, WHICH PUTS US AT A DEEPER PART OF THE LAKE.

AND WHAT THAT DOES IS INSTEAD OF US BEING PUT OUT AT SIX 18, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, REDUCING US DOWN TO NINE, WE'RE ABLE NOW TO GO TO FIVE 70 IN THE LAKE.

UM, AND ALSO WITH THAT DEEP WATER, THAT ALSO ELIMINATES US FROM SHUTTING DOWN THE B-C-R-U-A AT THAT POINT TOO.

'CAUSE NOW WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL KEEP BOTH OF OUR PLANTS ONLINE.

SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, UH, THAT'S WHERE THOSE ARE.

UH, WE ARE IN PARTICIPATION WITH THIS PROJECT WITH CEDAR PARK, UH, AND US AND ROUND ROCK WITH THE B-C-R-U-A FOR THIS PROJECT.

CONSTRUCTION BANK BEGAN IN 2022.

WE'RE LOOKING AT ESTIMATING BEING COMPLETED IN 2027.

SO WE GOT A COUPLE, COUPLE YEARS THERE.

WE GOTTA GET THROUGH, BUT I, I THINK WE'LL GET THERE.

UH, MOVING ON TO THE OTHER PART OF IT.

UH, SO WE HAD SOME NEW CONTRACT MANAGEMENT TEAM REBUILDING AND KIND OF GETTING US, UH, EXPECTED COMPLETION DATE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING WAS SET TO BE, UH, AT FEBRUARY OF 27.

WE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH MANAGEMENT AND AND CONSTRUCTION.

UH, THEY HAVE YET, UH, FIXED THAT AND REMEDIED IT.

SO NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT KIND OF CATCHING BACK UP AND WE'RE LOOKING TO BE FINISHED IN APRIL OF 27 FOR THE DEEP WATER INTAKE.

UM, AS FAR AS PHASE TWO, SO PHASE TWO A IS OUR TREATMENT CAPACITY NOW BEING ADDED AT THE B-C-R-U-A.

SO WE HAVE FINISHED DESIGN AT THIS POINT.

UH, IT'S SENT TO TCQ AND CEDAR PARK FOR PERMITTING.

UH, WE ARE ALSO, UH, FINISHED.

THE SWIFT FUNDING HAS BEEN SENT OUT AND UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT COMPLETING THAT IN MAY OF 28.

SO, LITTLE BIT OF GOOD NEWS, LITTLE BIT OF BAD NEWS.

SORRY, I DON'T MEAN TO BE GLOOMY ABOUT IT, BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT AT THIS POINT.

YOU ENDED ON A HIGH NOTE.

YOU BROUGHT IT BACK.

TRY TO, IT WAS GOOD.

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NO.

OH, YOU WERE VERY COMPREHENSIVE.

THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE YOU.

ALL RIGHT COUNSEL, WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO OUR CONSENT

[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]

AGENDA.

YOU'LL BE CONSIDERING ITEMS 10 THROUGH 17.

THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM, MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION.

AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

PUBLIC HEARINGS, ITEM NUMBER 18, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ZONING CASE Z DASH 25 DASH 0 1 64 TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF INTERIM SFR ONE B, SINGLE FAMILY, RURAL AND INTERIM SFS TWO B, SINGLE FAMILY SUBURBAN TO GC THREE C, GENERAL COMMERCIAL ON ONE PARCEL OF LAND, 4.68 ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA.

MOVING INTO OUR

[18. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case Z-25-0164 to amend the current zoning of Interim SFR-1-B (Single-Family Rural) and Interim SFS-2-B (Single-Family Suburban) to GC-3-C (General Commercial) on one (1) parcel of land 4.68 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R031240; and generally located northwest of the intersection of Ronald W. Reagan Boulevard and E. Crystal Falls Parkway, approximately 250 feet west of the intersection on the northside of E. Crystal Falls Parkway, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.

Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case Z-25-0164 as described above.

]

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, GRIFFIN.

THIS IS, UH, A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A ZONING CASE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF RONALD REAGAN AND CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY.

UM, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE UM, EXHIBIT, IT IS, UH, ONE OF THE LAST PIECES OF PROPERTY WITH INTERIM ZONING ALONG CRYSTAL FALLS AND THE APPLICANT'S REQUESTING A GC THREE C ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH IS GENERAL COMMERCIAL.

IT'S THE SAME ZONING, UM, AS THE PROPERTY, UM, AT THE HARD CORNER.

AND THIS WILL ALLOW THEM TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY WITH A CONSISTENT USE.

UM, THIS IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

REVIEWED THE REQUEST DURING THE APRIL 10TH MEETING AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE APPLICANT'S ALSO HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

THERE'S NOBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

WAS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHED TO SPEAK? ALRIGHT, PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

WE'LL NOW DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE Z DASH 25 DASH 0 1 64 AS PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED.

COUNSEL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE YOU DON'T HAVE COMMENTS.

SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

19 HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL THE JUNE 5TH, 2025 REGULAR MEETING.

THIS NEW COUNSEL'S WORKING OUT REALLY WELL.

UM, WE'RE JUST MOVING.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING INTO OUR, JUST WAIT A MINUTE.

MOVING INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.

ITEM NUMBER

[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.[Postponed until June 5, 2025 regular meeting.]]

SO WE'LL MOVE

[20. Discuss and consider action on Tree Removal Case TRP-24-0026 regarding the removal of multiple Heritage Trees associated with the Leander Tech Park Public Improvements (PICP-24-0133) and Site Development Projects (SD-24-0086) located approximately 500 feet southwest of the intersection of State Highway 29 and Ronald W. Reagan Boulevard, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.]

AHEAD TO ITEM NUMBER 20, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON TREE REMOVAL CASE TRP DASH 24 DASH 0 0 26 REGARDING THE REMOVAL OF MULTIPLE HERITAGE TREES ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEANER TECH PARK PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, PICP DASH 24 DASH 0 1 3 3.

AND SITE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS SD DASH 24 DASH 0 86 LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 29 AND RONALD W. REAGAN BOULEVARD, LEANDER WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

GRIFFIN, WELCOME BACK.

TO THIS SITE, WHICH IS AN EXTENSION OF KAUFMAN LT.

UM, SO THIS IS A REQUEST FOR HERITAGE TREE REMOVAL ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEANDER TECH PARK.

UM, THEY ARE PROPOSING TO REMOVE SEVERAL HERITAGE AND SIGNIFICANT TREES.

THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION DID ALREADY APPROVE THE REMOVAL OF THE SIGNIFICANT TREES.

UM, THE APPLICANT HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB, UM, FOCUSING ON SAVING TREES THAT WE KNOW WILL SURVIVE AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE PUT IN POSITION WHERE THEY'LL DIE DURING THE CONSTRUCTION STEP OF THE PROCESS.

AND THEY DID WORK WITH STAFF, UH, TO SAVE AS MUCH AS THEY THEY COULD.

AS PART OF THE PROJECT, UM, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ALSO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.

I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

IS IT IN THE SHOW? THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS, UH, AMANDA BROWN WITH HD BROWN CONSULTING.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF ST.

JOHN PROPERTIES.

UM, SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, UM, ST.

JOHN PROPERTIES AS WELL.

I KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO MAY NOT, UM, HERE, UM, FOR, UH, BROOKE HARLAND WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT TONIGHT, UNFORTUNATELY.

UM, BUT I'M IN HER STEAD.

I'VE DONE, UM, SEVERAL ZONING CASES FOR THIS PARTICULAR FOR ST.

JOHN PROPERTIES, UM, BOTH INCLUDING THIS PROPERTY, UM, AND THEN OTHER ONES IN OTHER CITIES AS WELL.

AND I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW THE COMPANY VERY, VERY WELL.

UM, AGAIN, IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING, WE FOR LEANDER TECH PARK, UM, FOR A REQUEST FOR A TREE PERMIT.

SO THIS IS THE SITE LOCATION.

IT'S AT THE HARD CORNER OF, UM, STATE HIGHWAY 29 AND RONALD REAGAN.

THE, UM, THE SITE HAS BEEN, UM, UNTOUCHED BY DEVELOPMENT.

SO IT IS RELATIVELY FORESTED, UM, AS IT'S NEVER BEEN DEVELOPED IN THE PAST.

THIS IS THE, UM, CITY'S FUTURE LAND USE MAP.

THIS IS A MAP THAT'S A PART OF THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WAS PASSED, UM, BY COUNCIL AND DESIGNATES THIS PROPERTY AS AN ACTIVITY CENTER, WHICH IS GENERALLY MORE COMMERCIAL IN NATURE.

IT CALLS TO HAVE 70 TO A HUNDRED PERCENT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

UM, IT'S, UM, ALSO ZONED THAT IT'S ZONED TO BE COMMERCIAL AND THE FUTURE LADU MAP ALSO CONTEMPLATES A MAJOR ARTERIAL THAT GOES

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SO THE COMBINATION OF HAVING COMPLETELY UNTOUCHED LAND, RELATIVELY FORESTED SITE WITH, UM, AN ADDITIONAL PLAN AND CONTEMPLATION OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

INEVITABLY THERE ARE SOME TREES THAT WE DO NEED TO REMOVE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT.

SO I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ST.

JOHN PROPERTIES.

UM, THIS IS A, UH, COMPANY THAT DEVELOPS THEIR OWN SITES AND HOLDS THEM FOREVER.

SO THEY HAVE IN-HOUSE MANAGEMENT COMPANIES.

SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THESE BUILDINGS AND THAT THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE VERY HIGH QUALITY, UM, THAT THEY CAN EASILY MAINTAIN FOR THE LONG TERM AND ALSO ATTRACT HIGH QUALITY TENANTS THAT ALSO WANT TO BE THERE FOR THE LONG TERM.

ONE OF THEIR BIGGER PRIORITIES IS SUSTAINABILITY.

UM, ALL OF THEIR BUILDINGS ARE LEAD CERTIFIED AND A PART OF THAT PROGRAM FOR ALL OF THEIR BUILDINGS, WHICH IS STANDARDS, IS, IS SUSTAINABILITY AND LANDSCAPING AS WELL.

SO FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, UM, A LOT WAS DONE.

AGAIN, AS ROBIN HAD MENTIONED, STAFF WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH STAFF TO PRESERVE, UM, AS MANY TREES AS POSSIBLE AND ALSO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO MITIGATE THOSE TREES THAT DID NEED TO BE REMOVED.

THIS IS THE SITE LAYOUT AGAIN.

IT'S ZONED COMMERCIALLY TO REALLY HAVE A RETAIL KIND OF OFFICE.

FLEX DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, UM, WITH THIS PROJECT.

THIS SHOWS SOME OF THE AMENITY SPACES IN PLANTINGS THAT, UM, ARE PART OF THE PROGRAM TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND WITH MITIGATION, REALLY PROVIDING ENHANCED LANDSCAPING FOR PEOPLE, FOR, UM, SPACES FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY, UM, GET SHADE, UM, AND REALLY ENHANCE, ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT.

HAVE TRAILS THAT CAN BE USED BY TENANTS OR, UM, OR CUSTOMERS, UM, OR EMPLOYERS.

THIS IS THE OVERALL PLANTING PLAN WHERE YOU CAN SEE, UM, A COMBINATION OF PRESERVED TREES AND THEN ALSO IN THE LIGHTER GREEN, THE TREES THAT ARE PROPOSED.

THIS IS A HEAVILY LANDSCAPED SITE.

UM, I DO, UM, WANT TO POINT OUT ONE, UM, PORTION THAT'S THE DETENTION POND OF THE SOUTH, AND WE'VE GOT A WHOLE TEAM HERE THAT'S GONNA TALK ABOUT MORE OF THIS, UH, IN MORE DETAIL.

UM, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF EFFORT PUT TOWARDS REALLY PRESERVING AS MANY TREES AS POSSIBLE.

A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY WAS SPENT ON REDESIGNING THESE PONDS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO HAVE AS LESS IMPACT ON THE TREES AS POSSIBLE.

AND I THINK THE POND TO THE SOUTH THAT YOU CAN SEE HOW THE POND KIND OF IS DESIGNED AROUND THOSE TREES, UM, KIND OF SHOWS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF THAT THAT HAPPENED TO THE SITE.

UM, THAT CONCLUDES MY PART OF THE PRESENTATION.

WE'VE GOT A BENCH OF EXPERTS HERE.

WE'VE GOT A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT.

WE HAVE, UM, OUR CIVIL ENGINEER, AND WE HAVE OUR ARBORIST HERE, UM, TO GIVE A PRESENTATION AND AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

WELCOME.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

I'M CLIFF, UH, WITH KW LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ST.

JOHN'S, UM, THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, AND SO WANTED TO DIVE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THE SPECIFICS.

UM, AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, WE ARE TRYING TO PRESERVE AS MANY HERITAGE AND LARGE SIGNIFICANT TREES AS POSSIBLE.

UM, SPENT MANY MONTHS WORKING WITH CITY STAFF AS WELL AS ST.

JOHN'S.

AND THEN ONCE WE STARTED LOOKING INTO THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF, UH, WE WANTED TO AGAIN, SEE HOW WE COULD PROVIDE BACK TO THE CITY.

SO WE ARE PROVIDING BACK THREE INCH C TREES INSTEAD OF TWO INCH CALIBER TREES THAT WILL GIVE THE DEVELOPMENT A MUCH MORE ESTABLISHED LOOK DAY ONE.

UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE PLANTING, UM, OVER 600 ADDITIONAL INCHES ABOVE THE SITE DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR, YOU KNOW, NEWLY, IF THIS WOULD'VE BEEN, UH, JUST MEETING THE BARE MINIMUM.

SO WE ARE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND ON THAT AS WELL.

UM, THESE ARE THE SIGNIFICANT TREES, UH, THAT WE WORK THROUGH.

UM, AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO WORK AROUND THEM TO THE GREATEST EXTENT AND THE HERITAGE TREES AS WELL.

UM, AGAIN, A MAJORITY OF THEM, UH, ARE IN THESE LARGER GREEN SPACES AND AROUND THE PONDS JUST TO GIVE THEM THE BEST, THE BEST POSSIBLE CHANCE OF SURVIVAL, UM, TRYING TO KEEP CONSTRUCTION AS FAR AWAY FROM THEM AS POSSIBLE.

AND IN ADDITION TO THIS, WHAT WE ALSO DID WAS DO AN UNDERSTORY, UH, A TREE SURVEY BECAUSE THIS IS AN EXISTING SITE WHERE THAT IS DENSELY DENSELY, UM, FORESTED.

AND SO MANY OF THESE TREES, UM, AREN'T EVEN, YOU KNOW, REQUIRED TO BE CONDUCTED ON A SURVEY AND COULD BE REMOVED WITHOUT PERMIT ANYTHING.

AND SO WE WANTED TO ALSO JUST GET THOSE NOTED AND SHOW THEM AS PRESERVED ON OUR PLAN SO WE CAN KEEP THAT MORE ESTABLISHED LOOK OF A NATURALLY FORESTED SITE AND HAVE MORE, A MORE DENSELY, UH, PLANTED SITE OVERALL.

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AND THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU, COUNSEL.

NOW WE MAKE MOTIONS AND VOTE, UH, BEFORE ANY MOTIONS ARE PLACED.

I DO WANT TO, UH, REITERATE, UH, WHEN I REVIEWED THIS, UM, THE THOROUGHNESS THAT THIS WAS DONE, UH, OBVIOUSLY SHOWED A A GREAT DEAL OF CARE AND CONSULTATION WITH THE STAFF.

AND I WANNA JUST STATE MY APPRECIATION FOR THAT COMING IN AND LOOKING AT THIS AS THE FIRST THING I SEE.

YOU'VE SET A HIGH BAR, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANKS.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

I'LL SECOND.

UH, AND, AND I JUST WANNA ECHO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER NADINE SAID.

UM, IT'S VERY THOUGHTFUL.

UM, IT, WE HATE TO CHOP DOWN TREES, BUT REPLACING THEM WITH THREE INCH INSTEAD OF TWO INCH, IT'S, YOU WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND, SO WE APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE SELECTION OF MAYOR PRO TEM FOR 2025 TO 2026.

ALL RIGHT, ITEM 21,

[21. Discuss and consider the selection of Mayor Pro Tem for 2025-2026.]

WE DO THIS EVERY MAY.

UM, IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT.

UM, I THINK, UH, PROAM THOMPSON AND I HAVE A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP, SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR, UH, PROAM THOMPSON TO CONTINUE SECOND MOTION.

AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

AND WE HAVE A PLAQUE FOR YOU FOR YOUR LAST YEAR OF SERVICE.

PRESENTED.

DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON SCHEDULING A ONE DAY WORKSHOP IN JUNE TO DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION ON TRANSPORTATION MATTERS.

PRESENT IT TO NICOLE THOMPSON, AN APPRECIATION OF YOUR SERVICE AS MAYOR PRO TEM, CITY OF LEAN, TEXAS 2024 TO 2025.

I WAS EXPECTING THAT NEXT YEAR WE'LL SCRATCH IT OUT AND WRITE 26.

[22. Discuss and consider action on scheduling a one-day workshop in June to discuss and provide direction on transportation matters.]

UH, CITY MANAGER AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY TRANSPORTATION ISSUES GOING ON WITH, UM, THOUGHTS ON CAP METRO, UH, THE COUNTY ROAD PROJECTS, OUR OWN ROAD PROJECTS.

DID YOU WANNA TALK TO THIS AT ALL OR DO I HAVE IT? UH, YOU'VE GOT IT.

YOU'VE GOT IT.

UM, I'M SURE Y'ALL ARE AWARE ALL OF THE THINGS.

AND SO, UM, CITY MANAGER THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE AN IN-DEPTH WORKSHOP BECAUSE BEFORE COUNCIL MEETINGS, WE ONLY HAVE LIKE 50 MINUTES.

UM, AND SO WE CAN GET THROUGH OUR THOUGHTS AND, AND DIRECTION OF, UH, WHAT WE WANNA DO.

SO POSSIBLE DATES FOR THIS WORKSHOP.

UM, STAFF HAS COME UP WITH THURSDAY, JUNE 12TH, 8:00 AM TO NOON, SATURDAY, JUNE 14TH, ALSO 8:00 AM TO NOON, SATURDAY, JUNE 21ST, 8:00 AM TO NOON, AND WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25TH, ONE TO FIVE.

THESE ARE THE SUGGESTIONS.

IF NONE OF THESE WORK, THEN WE CAN ALWAYS COME UP WITH SOMETHING ELSE.

UM, I AM OUT OF TOWN.

THE JUNE 21ST DATE, JUNE 25TH IS MY CHOICE.

UH, YOU LIKE JUNE 25TH? I DO.

IS EVERYBODY AVAILABLE JUNE 25TH, ONE TO FIVE? OR DOES ANYBODY HAVE A CONFLICT? 25TH WOULD BE GOOD.

25TH IS GOOD FOR YOU.

IS THAT A SATURDAY OR WEDNESDAY OR WEDNESDAY? I'M GOOD.

YOU GOOD? COUNCILMAN MCDONALD? IS THAT SO FAR? IT'S GOOD SO FAR.

YOU WANT ME TO COME BACK TO YOU? NO.

YOU'RE GOOD.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, NADINE, I, I CAN'T COMMIT RIGHT NOW WITHOUT LOOKING AT PROJECT, UH, SCOPE.

SO IF I CAN, I CAN TENTATIVELY SAY THE 25TH.

UM, I CAN MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND IF I HAVE TO.

BUT I, I, I CAN'T.

I CAN DO IT.

UM, I CAN KNOW BY MONDAY OR EVEN TEXT YOU TOMORROW.

SO WE CAN TENTATIVELY DO IT AND THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME BEFORE THEN THAT WE CAN ALWAYS BRING IT BACK ON THE NEXT AGENDA.

I JUST NEED TO CHECK THE PROJECT SCOPES TO SEE WHAT'S OUT THERE.

NO WORRIES.

WANNA BE GONE WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING ROLLING, SO NO WORRIES.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROSS.

I'M GOOD.

YOU'RE GOOD? OKAY.

SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, HOLD OUR ONE DAY WORKSHOP ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25TH, UH, FROM ONE TO 5:00 PM I'LL SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY .

UM, AND COUNCIL MEMBER, NADINE, IF YOU COULD JUST COMMUNICATE WITH DARA WHEN YOU KNOW, AND IF WE HAVE TO CHANGE IT, WE CHANGE IT.

NOT A BIG DEAL.

UH, ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO

[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.]]

ITEM 23.

UH, 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 AN AGENDA FOR A SUBSEQUENT MEETING.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING FOR A FUTURE MEETING? NOPE.

UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING NICE.

ITEM 24.

[24. Council Member Closing Statements.]

EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CLOSING COMMENTS? NO PRESSURE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG.

BUT YOU'RE UP FIRST.

JUST WANTED TO THANK FOLKS AGAIN FOR, FOR COMING OUT AND,

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AND COUNCIL MEMBER.

PLEASE DO.

UM, I SCREWED UP LAST MONTH WHEN I SAID THAT THE, WELL, ANYWAYS, THE THIRD ANNUAL MENTAL HEALTH EXPO IS MAY 30TH, 2020 5, 5 37 30.

IT'S BEING HELD BY JUDGE ANGELA WILLIAMS AT WILLIAMSON COUNTY PRECINCT TWO.

IT'S AT THE CEDAR PARK REC CENTER AT 1435 MAIN STREET.

UH, FEEL FREE TO JOIN, UM, AND ENJOY IT.

NICE PLACE THREE.

GOODNIGHT, SHORT AND SWEET.

PLACE SIX.

GOODNIGHT.

PLACE FIVE.

BUENO, NOCHE PRO, TIM.

GOODNIGHT.

WE'RE GONNA CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND SECTION 1.05, TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC PURCHASE.

AND AS ALWAYS, WE LOVE TO SHOP LOCAL.

WE LOVE FOR YOU TO SHOP LOCAL.

AND SO WE ALWAYS PICK UP DINNER FROM SOMEPLACE IN LEANDER, AND THAT LIST IS GROWING EVERY MEETING.

UH, AND SO TONIGHT WE PICKED FROM MANY OPTIONS AND PICKED UP DINNER FROM SOUTH SIDE BARBECUE.

PLEASE REMEMBER WHEN YOU ARE OUT AND ABOUT SHOPPING, DINING, ALL THE THINGS PICK LEANER FIRST BECAUSE WHEN YOUR MONEY STAYS HERE, IT KEEPS BUSINESSES COMING HERE.

IT KEEPS PAYING FOR ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT WE TALK ABOUT IN HERE.

UM, AND IT JUST STAYS IN OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND KEEPS JOBS HERE.

SO LEANDER FIRST ALL THE TIME.

UH, ALSO, I WANTED TO, UH, EXTEND A WELCOME ONCE AGAIN TO OUR NEW COUNCIL.

AND, UH, A THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR STAFF WHO IS ASSISTING OUR NEW COUNCIL IN COMING ON BOARD AND HAS BEEN VERY WELCOMING WITH THE RECEPTION.

I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO THIS, UH, FOR Y'ALL, AND YOU ARE SEEN AND APPRECIATED.

AND, UH, LASTLY, WE COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR IT STAFF THAT HAS BEEN FIXING THINGS ALL NIGHT.

UM, THIS HAS BEEN A ROUGH NIGHT WITH SOME NEW THINGS FOR US.

AND THEN, UM, SOME TECHNOLOGY HICCUPS THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD.

WE'VE HAD EIGHT YEARS IN THIS BUILDING GOING REALLY WELL.

AND SO THANK Y'ALL FOR JUST BEING ON TOP OF IT AND KEEPING US GOING.

UM, AND SO WE DID DO A PROCLAMATION ISSUE FOR A LS MONTH VOTE SAFETY WEEK AND TEXAS MARINE CORPS LEAGUE DAYS.

AND MOVING ON TO ITEM 25,

[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/lease of property for public purpose.]

THE TIME IS 9:06 PM ALL

[ Reconvene into open session to take action as deemed appropriate in the City Council's discretion regarding acquisition/lease of property for public purpose.]

RIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO CONVENE BACK IN OPEN SESSION AT 9:44 PM TO TAKE ACTION AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE CITY COUNCIL'S DISCRETION REGARDING ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC PURCHASE.

MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO.

ACTION.