[1. Open Meeting.]
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          GOOD EVENING. TODAY IS THURSDAY, JULY 17TH, 2025 AND THE TIME IS 6:01 P.M. AND THIS IS THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP OF THE CITY COUNCIL. CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER STEVEN CHANG. COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL HERRERA HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONNELL HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM NICOLE THOMPSON, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW NADINE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BECKY ROSS. MAYOR. SORRY. MAYOR CHRISTINE DE LA, YOU GOTTA BE QUICK HERE. 
          [3. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to:Section 551.071, Texas Government Code, and Section 1.05 Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct to consult with legal counsel regarding acquisition of property for public purpose; andSection 551.071, Texas Government Code, and Section 1.05, Texas Disciplinary Rues of Professional Conduct to consult with legal counsel regarding emergency management processes.
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QUORUM IS PRESENT. CITY COUNCILS ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS? I AM NUMBER THREE. WE'RE GOING TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO NUMBER ONE, SECTION 551.071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND SECTION 1.05 TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT, TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE. AND NUMBER TWO, SECTION 551.071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND SECTION 1.05 TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING EMERGENCY 
          [ Reconvene into open session to take action as deemed appropriate in the City Council's discretion regarding:Acquisition of property for public purpose; andEmergency management processes. 
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ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AT 6:58 P.M. COUNCIL DID NOT COMPLETE DELIBERATIONS, SO WE WILL BE GOING BACK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THE END OF THE EVENING. THIS ADJOURNS THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP AT 6:58 P.M. PLEASE BE BACK IN FIVE MINUTES FOR OUR. YOU'RE RIGHT. I'M NOT. I'M. THANK YOU. WE ARE RECESSING. I'M NOT USED TO THIS. 
          THANK YOU. OUR WORKSHOP. AND WE ARE GOING TO BE BACK FOR OUR REGULAR MEETING 
          [4. Open Meeting, Invocation and Pledges of Allegiance.]
GOOD EVENING. TODAY IS THURSDAY, JULY 17TH, 2025 AND THE TIME IS 7:06 P.M. AND THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL. OUR INVOCATION TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE FROM PASTOR WENDELL HOLMES. BUT TONIGHT OUR COMMUNITY IS GRIEVING, OUR REGION IS GRIEVING, AND OUR STATE IS GRIEVING. AND SO PRIOR TO THE INVOCATION, WE'LL BE OBSERVING A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR ALL THE VICTIMS OF THE RECENT FLOODS THROUGHOUT TEXAS AND ALL THAT WE'VE LOST. FOLLOWING THE MOMENT OF SILENCE, WE WILL HAVE THE INVOCATION AND THEN PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE. PASTOR. GOOD EVENING TO ALL TODAY. YOU ALL LOOK GOOD. WE DO. I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY. AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT ALRIGHT. AMEN. WE'RE GOING TO STAND FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE INVOCATION. MOMENT OF SILENCE AT THIS TIME. 
          AMEN. TO THE HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS TODAY, TO THE CHIEFS OF POLICE AND FIRE AND EMS. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT. YOU ALL ARE HERE TODAY. MY NAME IS WENDELL HOLMES AND WE JUST COME TO SHARE TODAY IN OUR COMMUNITY. GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ARE ONCE AGAIN GRACIOUS AND THANKFUL FOR YET ANOTHER DAY THAT YOU HAVE BLESSED US WITH. ANOTHER DAY THAT WE'VE NEVER SEEN. AND WE ASK, OH GOD, THAT YOU WOULD, AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME, COMFORT THE CITY OF LEANDER AND OTHER COUNTIES, DEAR LORD, THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED LOSS OF LIFE, LOSS OF PROPERTY, PERSONAL ITEMS, THINGS THAT WE'VE INVESTED OUR LIVES TO KEEP AND PRESERVE AND PROTECT. A LOT OF LOSSES. DEAR LORD, THIS PAST WEEK, ESPECIALLY DURING THE TIME OF WHAT WE WOULD CALL CELEBRATION, WE WOULD MISS THE LORD THAT. AS WE SAW THE TRAGEDIES HAPPENING LIVE AND IT BROKE MY HEART WHEN I VISITED DOWN THE STREET. DEAR LORD, TO SEE THE COMMUNITY. WRECKAGE AND THE DAMAGE THAT HAD BEEN DONE. 
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TREES UPROOTED AND ROCKS THROWN ALL OVER THE PLACES AND CARS. CRUMBLED UP LIKE PAPER. A LOT OF SAD FACES AND BAD IMAGES. AND WE ASK, WHY GOD? WHY DO THESE THINGS HAPPEN? BUT THEN I SAW THIS COMMUNITY, THIS BIG HEART OF LEANDER, REACH OUT AND BRING WATER AND CLOTHES AND FOOD. I SAW PEOPLE GIVING HUGS AND HANDSHAKES AND DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO BRING HEALING TO THEIR MINDS, TO THEIR HEARTS AND TO THEIR SPIRITS. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS COMMUNITY IS ALL ABOUT. 
          LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO TEMPER THE ANGER. AND THAT YOU WOULD DISCIPLINE OUR TONGUES ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY AND HOW WE HAVE TO SAY IT. THE LORD. WE KNOW THAT THERE'S ANGER. WE KNOW THAT THERE'S MENTAL STRESS. BUT DEAR GOD, YOU SAID YOU WOULD BE A GOD OF COMFORT, THAT YOU KNOW HOW TO LIVE INSIDE OF US AND GIVE US THE WORDS TO SPEAK WITH WISDOM AND STRENGTH AND COURAGE. WE ASK, OH GOD, THAT YOU CONTINUE TO CROWN THE HEADS OF CITY COUNCIL. GIVE THEM WISDOM, GIVE THEM AN ACTION PLAN AND CONTINUOUS ACTION PLAN WITH THE POLICE AND WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO HELP PROTECT AND TO PRESERVE. WE ASK OH GOD, THAT YOU WOULD ACTIVATE OUR MINDS TO DO GOOD AND NOT EVIL. WE PRAY FOR THESE THAT ARE PRESENT THAT YOU WOULD REGULATE THEIR MINDS, THEIR THOUGHTS, THEIR TONGUES, THAT WE MAY HAVE AN EFFECTIVE MEETING. AND IF SOMEONE DOESN'T KNOW YOU, DEAR LORD, I'LL STAY AFTER TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THEM. 
          SO THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH. WE'VE BEEN THROUGH COVID, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH WINTER STORMS. WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THOSE THINGS AS WELL. THE LORD AND SUCH TRAGEDIES HAS BROUGHT US TOGETHER. WE ASK, OH GOD, THAT GOODNESS MAY COME OUT OF THIS CONTINUOUSLY, THAT WE MAY SEE THE GAPS WHERE WE'RE MISSING THINGS, THAT WE MAY BRING ABOUT GOOD GOVERNANCE AND GOOD GOVERNMENT TO CONTINUE TO DO THINGS THAT WILL ENHANCE AND EDIFY THIS COMMUNITY. THAT IT WOULD STRENGTHEN THE FAITH, BRING STRENGTH TO FAMILIES, RESTORE THE FINANCES, BRING THIS PLACE BACK TO A FONDNESS, A QUALITY OF LIVING AND QUALITY OF LIFE. DEAR LORD, THAT WHERE WE ENJOY BEING HERE AS A COMMUNITY, THEN WE ASK, OH GOD, THAT YOU WOULD HELP US, GIVE US UNDERSTANDING JUST AS WELL. WE MAY NOT UNDERSTAND IT NOW, BUT IN YOUR DUE TIME YOU WOULD REVEAL WHAT YOUR SOVEREIGN PLAN IS. THERE'S A DETERMINED WILL THAT YOU HAVE THE LORD FOR THE WORLD. AND DEAR GOD, WE ASK OH GOD, THAT YOU WOULD HELP US TODAY TO DO FORTH AND BRING FORTH YOUR WILL AND KEEP THIS COMMUNITY TOGETHER. LET IT NOT BE DIVIDED BY RACE. LET IT NOT BE DIVIDED BY FINANCE. LET IT NOT BE DIVIDED BY INSTIGATION. 
          LET IT NOT BE DIVIDED BY ANGER, BUT LET IT BE ENCLOSED WITH LOVE AND JOY AND PEACE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS. AND WE ASK ALL THESE THINGS, AND OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, CHRIST JESUS NAME, WE PRAY, AND ALL THAT BELIEVE SAID AMEN. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS ONE. TAKE UNTO GOD ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PASTOR. THAT WAS 
          [5. Roll Call.]
PERFECT. CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER STEVEN CHANG. COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL HERRERA HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONNELL HERE. MAYOR PRO 
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TEM NICOLE THOMPSON, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW NADINE. COUNCIL MEMBER BECKY ROSS HERE. 
          MAYOR CHRISTINE DELLA HERE. QUORUM IS PRESENT. CITY COUNCIL IS ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS 
          [6. Public comments on items not listed in the agenda.
Public comments on items listed in the agenda will be heard at the time each item is discussed.
[All comments are limited to no more than 3 minutes (6 minutes if translation is needed) per individual.]]
MOVING INTO ITEM NUMBER SIX. NON AGENDA ITEM. PUBLIC COMMENTS. IF YOU HAVE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, I'LL CALL YOU UP DURING THAT ITEM. THIS IS A TIME FOR YOU TO TALK TO US ABOUT ITEMS THAT ARE NOT POSTED. AND PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THIS IS A TIME FOR YOU TO TALK TO COUNCIL, BUT IT'S NOT A TIME THAT WE CAN HAVE BACK AND FORTH. WITH THAT, I HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TODAY, CAT HOWELL. GOOD EVENING, MISS HOWELL. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. THANK YOU. OH, CAT HOWELL, PICKLE MASON HOUSE THIS EVENING. I'M NOT GOING TO BE MAKING MY PRESENTATION BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF VERY IMPORTANT BUSINESS TO DO THIS EVENING. SO I'M GOING TO JUST MAKE ONE VERY SHORT, BRIEF STATEMENT HERE, HERE. RECENTLY WE HAD HISTORIC FLOODING, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE DID NOT HAVE HISTORIC RAINFALL. THE AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT WE GOT WAS 18IN. THAT IS NOT EVEN REMOTELY CLOSE TO WHAT HAPPENED IN 1957. 1957 IS WHEN THE WATER THAT IS OUR BENCHMARK FOR HERE IN LEANDER, THAT'S WHEN THE WATER WENT AND IT WENT TO THE 183 BRIDGE AND IT JUST LAPPED IT. WE WERE 12FT BELOW THAT. OKAY. SO THAT TELLS US WHAT HAVE WE DONE WITH SANDY CREEK? SANDY CREEK IS VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. 
          FORTUNATELY, CASS AND KYLIE WERE NOT AT HOME WHEN IT HAPPENED, BUT THEIR HOME DID SURVIVE. 
          THEIR BRIDGE DID NOT. THEY'VE BEEN LIVING WITH ME UP UNTIL NOW AND THEY GOT TO GO HOME YESTERDAY. NAMELESS SCHOOL, FIRST TIME SINCE 1870. NAMELESS SCHOOL FLOODED. THE CEMETERY IS DECIMATED. WE WILL NEVER RECOVER THAT. SO WHAT HAVE WE DONE IN THE PAST SIX YEARS THAT HAS MADE SANDY CREEK GO FROM BEING A CREEK THAT FLOODS TO A CREEK THAT HAS A VERY BAD FLOOD? WHAT HAVE WE DONE? SANDY CREEK, ROUND MOUNTAIN HASN'T CHANGED THAT MUCH. WE HAVE PUT IN THESE CONCRETE THINGS IN FRONT OF THE BRIDGES, BUT THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE DOING VERY MUCH. BUT WE HAVE DONE ONE REAL BIG THING, AND THAT'S TREVISO, THE IMPERVIOUS COVER ON THE BACK SIDE, ON THE WEST SIDE OF TREVISO, IS WHAT HAS LED TO WHAT HAPPENED. OKAY. WE'VE GOT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS IN OUR CONTROL AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK LIKE, LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE, OKAY. BECAUSE SERIOUSLY, THIS WAS NOT THAT MUCH RAIN. IT DID COME DOWN VERY HARD. BUT HISTORICALLY FOR THE AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED HERE SINCE, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET RECORDS GOING BACK TO THE 1870S, THAT WAS NOT NOT UP THERE. SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO COME. AND A REMINDER TO WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE HERE, AND A REMINDER IF YOUR HOUSE, IF YOU LIVE ON LAKE TRAVIS AND YOUR HOUSE IS BELOW 771, IT WILL EVENTUALLY FLOOD. WE GOT TO SIX, 769 TWO FEET. THAT'S COMING. SO JUST REMEMBER THAT AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THIS. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE HERE RECENTLY. IT IS. 
          IT WAS A HISTORIC FLOOD. AND IT IT IT THIS THIS CITY HAS COME TOGETHER. AND THANK YOU FOR 
          [7. Recognitions/Proclamations/Visitors.Presentation of the $100,000.00 check from the Lower Colorado River Authority from their Firm Water Conservation Cost-Share Program for their cost contribution towards our Advanced Metering Infrastructure System Project (CIP W.42).]
THAT. THANK YOU, MISS HOWELL. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS RECOGNITIONS, PROCLAMATIONS AND VISITORS. TONIGHT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION OF A $100,000 CHECK FROM LCRA. THAT'S THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY FROM THEIR FIRM WATER CONSERVATION COST SHARE PROGRAM FOR THEIR COST CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS OUR ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM PROJECT. AND TO TALK ABOUT IT, WE HAVE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MISS ELLISON. GOOD EVENING, DIRECTOR ELLISON. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE JACK JONES HERE WITH. HE'S THEIR CONSERVATION COORDINATOR. AS YOU MENTIONED, HE HAS A CHECK MADE OUT TO THE CITY FOR $100,000 FROM THEIR FIRM WATER CONSERVATION COST SHARE GRANT PROGRAM. WE'LL BE USING THIS FOR OUR ARMY SPECIFICALLY TOWARDS THE CUSTOMER PORTAL SIDE, SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO KIND OF PUSH THAT CONSERVATION MESSAGE AND MAKE FOLKS AWARE OF THEIR USAGE AND THE GOOD THINGS THAT COME WITH ARMY. THANK YOU. CAN YOU REMIND US WHAT ARMY IS ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE. SO THIS IS YOU GET YOUR WATER USAGE DATA IN REAL TIME AND HOUR INCREMENTS. SO YOU CAN REALLY SEE WHERE YOU'RE USING YOUR WATER WHEN YOU'RE USING YOUR WATER, IF YOU HAVE A LEAK, ANY KIND OF HIGH USAGE THAT CAN BE SO FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY? NO. JUST EXCITED FOR OUR CONTINUED WORK TOGETHER WITH THE. OH, SORRY. WE 
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WANT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY TO HEAR WITH THE CITY OF LANDER AND ELSEWHERE AS WELL. WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES. LET'S GO DOWN AND DO A PHOTO. YEAH. WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO? YEAH. SO OF COURSE. YOU KNOW. THANK YOU. 
          [8. Staff ReportsJuly 4, 2025 Flood Disaster update: including what has been done and next steps.]
MOVING INTO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT STAFF REPORTS. TODAY, FIRE CHIEF WUSTERHAUSEN IS GOING TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE JULY 4TH, 2025 FLOOD DISASTER UPDATE. GOOD EVENING CHIEF. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT ON THIS JULY 2025 FLOOD. 
          THE PICTURE THERE IS OVER RONALD REAGAN THERE, OVER THE SAN GABRIEL RIVER. I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE SIX YEARS, BUT WE'VE BEEN IN A DROUGHT MOST OF THAT TIME, SO THAT'S THE HIGHEST I'VE EVER SEEN IT. BUT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO START WITH THE LIBERTY FEST, WHICH WAS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 3RD. AND AS YOU KNOW, THAT WAS CANCELED BECAUSE OF THE RAIN THAT WE WERE RECEIVING AT THE TIME. AND THEN ALSO THE RAIN THAT WAS FORECASTED FOR THAT EVENING. SO WE ENDED UP CUTTING THAT, CANCELING THAT BEFORE IT EVEN GOT STARTED. AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY OUR FIRST EVACUATION, WAS GETTING THE VENDORS OUT OF THERE AND GETTING THEM NOTIFIED THAT THE THAT THE EVENT HAD BEEN CANCELED AND GETTING THEM OUT OF THERE BEFORE ANY DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE PROPERTIES THERE. LATER THAT EVENING, ABOUT 7 P.M, WE WERE DISPATCHED TO A HOUSE FIRE. 
          IT CAME IN AS A POSSIBLE EXPLOSION AND SO WE CONTACTED ATF, ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS. THEY RESPOND FOR EXPLOSIVE TYPE EVENTS AS WELL AS THE AUSTIN BOMB SQUAD, AND THEY WERE RESPONDING OUT. AND DURING THE TIME THAT WE WERE THERE, WE WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT IT PROBABLY WASN'T AN EXPLOSION. BUT SINCE WE HAD ALREADY CONTACTED THEM AND THEY WERE IN ROUTE, WE WENT AHEAD AND WAITED, LET THEM GET THERE, AND THEY DID THEIR INITIAL INVESTIGATION AND DETERMINED THAT IT WAS NOT AN EXPLOSION. DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THERE WAS ANY ANY HAZARDS IN THERE. EXCUSE ME. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND DO OUR INVESTIGATION. AND THAT FIRE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION CURRENTLY. AND I'LL HAVE I'LL HOMES KICK US OFF THEN WITH THE EMERGENCY ALERT NOTIFICATIONS FOR THAT EVENING. THANK YOU CHIEF. GOOD EVENING, MR. HOLMES. 
          GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. SO AUBREY HOLMES, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR. SO JUST TO KIND OF GIVE A TIMELINE OF THE EVENTS THAT OCCURRED ON JULY THE 5TH. SO THIS IS ABOUT 1:20 A.M. IN THE MORNING. FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND TRAVIS COUNTY. AT THAT TIME, WE EXCUSE ME, NOTIFIED OUR STAFF OF THE SITUATION. SO WE STARTED TO ASSEMBLE INSTAGRAM AND ACTIVATE OUR EOC ABOUT 2:00 IN THE MORNING. WE DID ASSIST ESD ONE, WHICH IS IN TRAVIS COUNTY WITH THE WATER RESCUE OFF NAMELESS ROAD 3 A.M. SHORTLY AFTER THE FIRST RESCUE ASSIST, WE ASSISTED LIBERTYVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH THE RESCUE. AT 279. THE BOAT OR THE WHAT'S LEFT OF THE BOAT THAT YOU SEE UP THERE IS OUR RESCUE BOAT THAT DID HAVE A INCIDENT WHILE THEY WERE PERFORMING THE RESCUE. SO ALL OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS ARE SAFE, BUT THE BOAT WAS THE ONLY CASUALTY OF THAT ONE. THANK YOU. AUBREY. SO GOING THROUGH THAT MORNING THEN, THIS IS STILL THE MORNING OF SATURDAY THE FIFTH. SO ABOUT 3:30 A.M, OUR PUBLIC WORKS BEGAN SHUTTING DOWN VARIOUS ROADWAYS HERE. AWAY AT HONEYCOMB WAS THE FIRST ONE. WE ALSO HAD A POWER OUTAGE REPORTED FROM OUR PECK PARTNERS. THAT WAS OVER ON THE EAST SIDE OF RONALD REAGAN. ABOUT 340, WE WERE CONTACTED BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT WE HAD FOUR BOAT TEAMS, THAT THEY WERE MOVING TO THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY AREA. AND SO WE ENDED UP HAVING A BOAT TEAM ARRIVE AT FIRE STATION FIVE AT ABOUT 5 A.M. ABOUT 345, WE ASSISTED LIBERTY HILL WITH A HOUSE FIRE THAT DID INVOLVE A OCCUPANT WHO WAS INJURED, AND 
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THEN PD AND FIRE CONTINUE TO CHECK THE LOW WATER CROSSING AREAS AND THEN OTHER AREAS IN TOWN THAT WE KNOW CAN TYPICALLY FLOOD ABOUT 5:30 A.M. THIS AREA HERE, THIS IS SOUTH GABRIEL STREET. IT IS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS BUT IS IN THE LANDER FIRE DEPARTMENTS RESPONSE AREA. 
          SO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDS TO AREAS, ALL OF THE AREAS IN THE CITY LIMITS, AND THEN CERTAIN AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY. AND SO OFTENTIMES WHENEVER PEOPLE ASK, YOU KNOW, IS THAT THAT AWAY? IT'S LIKE, WELL, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS HERE LONG BEFORE THE CITIES WERE. SO MOST AREAS, THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS WERE IN EXISTENCE AND ALREADY HAD BOUNDARY LINES DEFINED BEFORE CITIES BECAME INCORPORATED. AND SO OFTENTIMES THEY KEPT THOSE BOUNDARIES. SO THIS PHOTO HERE IS AT THE BEND IN THE IN THE ROAD RIGHT BEFORE JUST SOUTH OF THE SAN GABRIEL RIVER. THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS THE RV PARK THAT'S ON THE EAST END OF ORCHARD THAT BACKS UP ON THE SOUTH END OF SAN GABRIEL RIVER AS WELL. SO THAT PHOTO THERE THAT YOU CAN SEE, THE WATER IS UP PROBABLY ABOUT 50FT FROM, FROM THE WHERE THE PICTURE IS TAKEN THERE. THAT'S ABOUT A TEN FOOT ELEVATION DIFFERENCE WHERE IT'S CURRENTLY SHOT THERE. SO ABOUT 7 A.M. RIVERSIDE. SO WITHIN AN HOUR AND A HALF THAT WATER HAD ALREADY GONE UP ABOUT ANOTHER TEN FEET. SO IT STARTED EVACUATING, FLOODING THAT RV PARK. SO THE IMAGE EARLIER, THAT BUILDING THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT JUST THERE IN FRONT OF YOU, THAT PHOTO WAS TAKEN AT THE END OF THAT BUILDING LOOKING NORTH TOWARDS THE WATER. SO SAME DIRECTION AS THIS ONE, BUT JUST UP THERE AT THE, AT THE BUILDING. SO WE BEGAN EVACUATING THAT RV PARK. WE SET UP A POINT OF REFUGE AT NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE HAVE PARTNER OR AGREEMENTS WITH THE LISD ON UTILIZING THEIR CAMPUSES, SO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WAS ABLE TO CONTACT THEM. THEY WERE ABLE TO QUICKLY SET THAT UP, SINCE MANY OF THE RESIDENTS THERE ALSO HAD ANIMALS AND THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT LEAVING THEIR ANIMALS, WE WORKED WITH ANIMAL CONTROL TO ENSURE THEY'D BE ABLE TO BRING THEIR ANIMALS WITH THEM TO THAT POINT OF REFUGE. SOME MEMBERS OR SOME RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA DECIDED TO JUST HOOK UP TO THEIR RV AND LEAVE, AND OTHERS CHOSE TO JUST DRIVE OUT OF THERE AND GO TO THEIR OWN DESTINATION. WE ONLY HAD A FEW MEMBERS OF THAT COMMUNITY THAT ACTUALLY WENT TO THE SHELTER THERE, OR TO THAT POINT OF REFUGE. DURING THAT TIME, WE ALSO HAD A CONFERENCE CALL WITH THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON AND WHAT THE EVENTS WERE THAT WERE OCCURRING. WE STARTED RECEIVING REPORTS OF CELL TOWERS THAT WERE GOING DOWN. SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE INTERESTED IN THAT TO ENSURE OUR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS IS UP AND OPERATIONAL. AND THEN PECK REPORTED AN OUTAGE OF ABOUT 2400M IN TREVISO. AT AROUND 8 A.M. THAT BOAT TEAM THAT WAS THERE IN AT STATION FIVE, WE HAD SOME ONE OF OUR MEMBERS THAT WAS ASSIGNED TO THAT TEAM, AND THEY BEGAN ASSISTING WITH RESCUE OPERATIONS IN SANDY CREEK. SO THERE WAS TWO MISSIONS THAT THEY WERE ASSIGNED TO. ONE THEY RESCUED TWO MEMBERS OUT OF, AND THEN ANOTHER ONE WHERE THEY RESCUED SIX MEMBERS OUT OF, AND THEY HAD A SHELTER ALREADY SET UP NEARBY. SO THAT'S WHERE THEY TOOK THOSE, SOME OF MOST OF THOSE MEMBERS TO. AFTER THOSE TWO RESCUES THERE. OUR MEMBER CAME BACK BECAUSE OF THE CONTINUED EFFORTS HERE. AND THAT STRIKE TEAM THAT WAS OVER THERE CONTINUED TO DO BOAT OPERATIONS. 
          ALSO AROUND 8 A.M, WE DISCOVERED OR WE CHECKED ON DIVINE LAKE AND THAT WAS THE IT WAS ALREADY FLOODED. YOU CAN SEE ABOUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT PICTURE. THERE'S A WHITE BOX THAT IS A WRITER RENTAL TRUCK. SO THAT IS ONE OF THOSE BIG CARGO TYPE U-HAUL VEHICLES THAT THAT THE FIREWORKS COMPANY HAD DOWN IN THERE. AND THE IT'S COVERED ALL THE WAY UP TO THE ROOF OF THE TRUCK. SO. ABOUT 9 A.M, WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT 1431 WEST OF TREVISO WAS CLOSED. 915 THERE. 
          ALSO AROUND THAT 9:00 CALL TIME FRAME, WE RECEIVED A CALL FROM ONE OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE RV PARK THAT HAD DECIDED TO STAY THAT THEN DECIDED HE DIDN'T WANT TO STAY ANYMORE, SO WE STARTED HEADING OUT THERE. WE WERE SENDING ANIMAL CONTROL OUT FIRST BECAUSE THAT INDIVIDUAL HAD SOME DOGS WITH THEM THAT NEEDED TO BE OUT OF THERE AS WELL. ANIMAL CONTROL WAS NOT ABLE TO GET IN THERE IN THEIR VEHICLES. LEANDER PD WAS ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT AT THE ADDRESS, BUT THE RESIDENT HAD ALREADY LEFT. SO WE THIS IS THE WATER CONDITIONS THERE AT 915. SO JUST WITHIN A FEW HOURS FROM EARLIER, WATER IS ALREADY OVER ORCHARD DRIVE, WHICH IS ABOUT 450FT FROM WHERE THE LAST PHOTO WAS TAKEN. AT ABOUT 930, WE BEGAN A SEARCH ALONG SAN GABRIEL FOR A RIVER THAT WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE GONE INTO THE WATER. IT WAS REPORTED THAT SOMEONE HAD DRIVEN PAST THE BARRICADES AND INTO THE FLOODED AREA THERE. SINCE THE AREA WAS SO, SO DEVASTATED WITH FLOOD 
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THERE, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO PUT RESCUERS IN THE WATER. WE LAUNCHED ONE OF OUR DRONES. 
          DRONES DON'T DO WELL IN THE RAIN, SO WE ENDED UP LOSING THAT DRONE. BUT WE USED LESS EFFECTIVE MECHANISMS OR TECHNIQUES TO TRY TO SEARCH THAT AREA UNTIL THE WATERS COULD GO DOWN TO WHERE WE CAN DO A FURTHER SEARCH. 940 WE STARTED EVACUATING THE NORTH SIDE OF SAN GABRIEL. IT'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER ELEVATION THERE, SO WE BEGAN NOTIFYING THE RESIDENTS THERE OFF OF CANOE DRIVE AND LETTING THEM, MAKING SURE THEY'RE AWARE OF THE WATER CONDITIONS AND START EVACUATING OUT OF THERE IF THEY CHOOSE. AND WHERE TO GO FOR A POINT OF REFUGE. YOU SEE THREE MEMBERS IN THAT PHOTO ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT THERE LOOKING UP. AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT THERE IS THAT THAT LINE, THAT UTILITY LINE THAT STRETCHED ACROSS INTO THE RIVER. IN THE CENTER OF THAT PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE SOME DEBRIS THAT'S CATCHING THE GUIDEWIRES OR THE SECURITY LINES ON THAT POLE THERE. AND SO THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT WHETHER THAT WAS GOING TO GET PULLED DOWN OR PULLED INTO THE WATER OR WHAT OTHER DAMAGE THAT MIGHT HAVE OCCUR. NOW. 1030 WE HAD ANOTHER LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE CALL. 1130 PUBLIC WORKS WAS HAD THEIR TRUCKS AND TRAILERS LOADED UP WITH THE BARRICADES TO BE ABLE TO GO DO ROAD CLOSURES. AT ABOUT 1 P.M, THE PUBLIC WORKS HAD ALL THEIR UNITS FUELED AND READY TO GO. START WORKING ON DEBRIS MANAGEMENT AND DEBRIS REMOVAL OPERATIONS. ABOUT 2:00 WE HAD ANOTHER TEAMS CALL ON JUST UPDATING THE LEADERSHIP TEAM ON WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND BY ABOUT 6 P.M, PUBLIC WORKS WAS OUT FIXING POTHOLES THAT HAD OCCURRED IN THE IN THE ROADWAY, BACKING UP TO ABOUT 2 P.M. SO THAT SEARCH THAT WE HAD WERE TOLD ABOUT FOR THAT VEHICLE THAT HAD GONE INTO THE SAN GABRIEL WATER LEVELS HAD ALREADY GONE DOWN. SO THIS IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RV PARK, DOWN BY THE RIVERBANK. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE WATER LEVELS HAD GOTTEN UP TO THOSE TREE TOPS THERE ON THE CAMERA SIDE OF THE OF THE RIVER. THERE WE UTILIZED DRONES. AND THEN ALSO, I'M SORRY WE DID NOT UTILIZE DRONES HERE BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS STILL, BUT WE DID GET THE MILITARY TO BRING IN A BLACKHAWK, AND THEY FLEW THAT RIVER A FEW TIMES LOOKING FOR ANY VEHICLES OR VICTIMS THAT MAY BE OUT THERE. I WANTED TO GO THROUGH KIND OF HOW THE WEATHER IMPACTED OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS, AND I WANTED TO START WITH SANDY CREEK AND THE ARM, WE KNOW ARM OF SANDY CREEK. WE KNOW KIND OF HOW THAT DEVASTATION WAS, AND I WANTED TO SHOW KIND OF HOW IT RELATES TO OUR PLANT. SO THIS IS 1431 UP HERE. THIS IS THE ARM OF SANDY CREEK. SANDY CREEK WATER TREATMENT PLANT IS RIGHT THERE. AND OUR BARGES ARE DOWN HERE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT BASICALLY EVERY BOAT DOCK ALONG SANDY CREEK WAS WASHED AWAY. A LOT OF THAT ENDED UP HERE. THESE WERE PHOTOS FROM THAT MORNING, SATURDAY MORNING, JUST OF ALL THE DEBRIS. SO WITH THAT, OUR WATER PLANTS TOOK QUITE A HIT. YOU'RE PULLING IN THAT DIRTY, DIRTY, DIRTY WATER AND IT REALLY CRIPPLED ALL THREE WATER PLANTS THAT ARE RIGHT THERE. THE PLANT, CEDAR PARK'S PLANT AND OUR PLANT. SO WE WERE DEALING WITH THAT TURBIDITY. WE ACTUALLY HAD TO SHUT DOWN THE PLANT FOR A FEW HOURS IN THE MORNING, CLEAN FILTERS AND REALLY START TO DIAL IN THE THEY CALL THEM COAGULANTS, BUT THINGS TO PULL THAT DIRTY WATER OR THE DIRT OUT OF THE WATER. WE MADE SOME OPERATIONAL ADJUSTMENTS, LIKE I SAID, IN THE SYSTEM AS WELL AS AT THE PLANT, AND REALLY WE'RE ONLY AT ABOUT 30% PRODUCTION CAPABILITY. BCR UA WAS A LITTLE BIT SLOWER TO RECEIVE THE SAME WATERS IT TAKES. THEY'RE JUST A DIFFERENT TREATMENT PROCESS. SO IT TAKES IT A LITTLE WHILE TO GET THROUGH THE PLANT. SO THEY DIDN'T REALLY START TO SEE THOSE TURBIDITIES AND THAT DIRT COME THROUGH THE PLANT UNTIL LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. ABOUT 330 THAT DAY, THERE WAS A POWER SURGE THAT HIT. IT KNOCKED ALL THREE BARGES OFFLINE. ALL THE PUMPS WENT TO A DEAD STOP. WE HAD TO GO OUT THERE, RESET THEM. I FORGOT TO MENTION CHAPMAN. MARINE. SEE THE GENTLEMAN UP HERE IN THE TOP? THEY WERE OUT THERE MOVING KIND OF ALL THAT STUFF AS FAR AWAY FROM THE BARGES AS THEY COULD, AND THEY FOUND THAT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE BARGES. BUT WE DID HAVE THAT POWER SURGE RESET THE PUMPS. AND ABOUT 6:00 WE FOUND AN AIR RELEASE VALVE ALONG TRAILS END ROAD THAT WAS LEAKING. WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO REALLY ASSESS IT AT THE TIME BECAUSE WE WERE DEALING WITH ALL THE PLANT, AND THIS WAS THE AREA WAS NOT OURS, BUT EVERYONE WAS KIND OF DEALING WITH THEIR PLANT ISSUES. SO WE KIND OF LET THAT SLIDE TO THE NEXT DAY, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND. BUT BY THE END OF THE DAY, ALL OF OUR PLANTS WERE AT ABOUT HALF PRODUCTION CAPACITY. SO WE WERE PRETTY SEVERELY, SEVERELY REDUCED. ON SUNDAY, OUR 
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WASTEWATER SYSTEM STARTED TO STABILIZE AND THE PLANTS CONTINUED TO RECOVER. WE STARTED INVESTIGATING THAT LEAK THAT I MENTIONED, AND IT'S SHOWN HERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE AND FOUND THAT IT WAS LEAKING ABOUT 3 TO 4 MILLION GALLONS OR 2000 GALLONS A MINUTE, AND IT WAS FLOODING IN NEARBY PROPERTY. SO WE DID WHAT WE COULD, BUT THE PUMPS AND THINGS COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH IT. 
          SO WE ACTUALLY BROUGHT IN THE CONTRACTOR FOR THE DEEP WATER INTAKE FAIL. THEY WERE ABLE TO BRING IN SOME LARGER PUMPS FROM HOUSTON AND OTHER AREAS AND TRY TO ATTEMPT TO REPAIR. SO WE DID KIND OF A LITTLE SHORT SHUTDOWN OVERNIGHT OF THE RAW LINE AND TRIED TO PUMP THAT WATER DOWN AND GET IN THERE AND CLAMP IT. AND THEY WEREN'T NOT SUCCESSFUL AT THE TIME. SO WE STARTED THINGS BACK UP. AND THE LEAK KIND OF CONTINUED SIMILAR TO THE DAY BEFORE. OUR PRODUCTION CAPABILITY WAS AT ABOUT HALF BY THE END OF THE DAY ON SUNDAY, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO BILLY FOR A LITTLE BIT. SO CONTINUING SUNDAY, WE CONTINUE TO CHECK THE SAN GABRIEL RIVER. NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE WE HAD ANY REPORTS OF ANYONE MISSING FROM OUR COMMUNITY, BUT WE DID KNOW THAT THERE WERE MEMBERS THAT WERE MISSING FROM LIBERTY HILL AND OTHER COMMUNITIES, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD MAKE SURE THEY WEREN'T IN OUR COMMUNITY AND BE ABLE TO FIND THEM IF THEY WERE. AROUND NOON, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A CALL FOR A CHECK WELFARE THAT WAS FOR A RESIDENT OFF OF COUNTY ROAD 177 PD GOT OUT THERE AND THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT HE MAY HAVE BEEN SWEPT AWAY. SO THEY CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OUT AND WE BEGAN SEARCHING THE BRUSHY CREEK FOR THAT RESIDENT. AND ABOUT 7 P.M. THAT DAY, WE WERE REQUESTED TO ASSIST GEORGETOWN WITH THE STRUCTURE FIRE. AND THEN ON MONDAY, OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT WENT OUT AND CHECKED ALL THE PARKS TO SEE THE DAMAGE LEVELS THERE. BUT ALSO OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT IS OVER OUR FACILITY MAINTENANCE, SO THEY ALSO CHECK FOR DAMAGE TO ANY OTHER CITY PROPERTIES DURING THAT TIME AS WELL. AT 9 A.M. OR DURING A C, OR IS THIS STILL THIS IS STILL MONDAY. ALL RIGHT. SO SORRY. SO, SO DURING THE DAY THAT THAT DAY 9 TO 4 PD AND FIRE CONTINUE THAT SEARCH ON 177 FOR THAT MISSING RESIDENT. THAT WAS ALSO ASSISTED BY CEDAR PARK FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO THE MILITARY HELICOPTERS THERE, FIRE DEPARTMENT CODE ENFORCEMENT AND OUR COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM. OUR CERT TEAM CONDUCTED WINDSHIELD DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. WE RESPONDED TO TRAVIS COUNTY USD ONE FOR TWO BODY RECOVERIES AND ONE GAS LEAK, AND THEN ALSO CHECKED IN WITH THE ESD ONE CHIEF TO JUST SEE IF THERE WERE ANY UNMET NEEDS THAT WE COULD ASSIST WITH. BACK TO YOU. CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY FOR THE WATER PLANTS. THEY CONTINUED TO RECOVER THE TURBIDITIES AND ALL THE STUFF STARTED TO SETTLE. 
          SO WE WERE SEEING AN INCREASE IN PRODUCTION. SANDY CREEK WAS NEARLY BACK TO NORMAL. VCR UA WAS AT ABOUT 75%. WE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS THAT DAY WITH THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, WITH THE ENGINEERS, THE CONTRACTOR TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A REPAIR FOR THIS LEAK. IT WAS CONTINUING TO FLOW DOWN INTO THIS GENTLEMAN'S PROPERTY. BUT WE ALSO KNEW THAT A LONGER SHUTDOWN WASN'T AN OPTION BECAUSE OUR PLANTS WERE STILL SUFFERING. ROUND ROCKS, PLANT, CEDAR PARKS. EVERYBODY'S WERE KIND OF IN A LITTLE BIT NOT STABLE CONDITIONS. RIGHT. SO WE COULDN'T IF WE LOST OUR WAY FOR ANY PERIOD OF TIME, IT WOULD IT WOULD HURT ALL THREE CITIES. REALLY. SO EXCUSE ME. WE PLANNED FOR A SMALLER SHUTDOWN TO TRY TO AT LEAST REDUCE THE LEAK. SO OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY THEY TRIED A METHOD TO KIND OF BLOCK OFF THE LEAK A LITTLE BIT. IT DID HELP. THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT KIND OF SHOWS YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HERE IT'S OVERFLOWING. EVEN THE PUMP CAN'T KEEP UP WITH IT AND IT'S STILL COMING OUT OF THE HOLE. THIS PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS AFTER THE LEAK. SO THEY'RE ABLE TO KIND OF KEEP ALL THAT WATER IN THAT MANHOLE AT LEAST, AND THEN PUMP IT DOWN THE ROAD AND DIVERT IT AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY. SO IT HELPED, BUT IT DIDN'T STOP THE LEAK KIND OF GOING WITH THAT. WE COULDN'T, YOU KNOW, IT WAS IMPACTING VCR PRODUCTION CAPABILITY. RIGHT. 
          YOU'RE PUMPING 10 MILLION FROM THE BARGES, BUT YOU'RE REALLY ONLY SEEING, YOU KNOW, 6 OR 7 MILLION AT THE PLANT. SO WE COULDN'T OBVIOUSLY COULDN'T LEAVE IT EITHER. AND THEN I'LL LEAVE IT TO BILLY FOR TUESDAY BEFORE I COME BACK. SO TUESDAY, WE CONTINUED THAT SEARCH FOR OUR MISSING RESIDENT THERE ON COUNTY ROAD 177. WE DID UTILIZE PUBLIC WORKS UNDERWATER UTILITY CAMERAS, SO THEY BROUGHT THOSE OUT. WE ALSO HAD CEDAR PARK AND ROUND ROCK FIRE DEPARTMENT ASSISTING WITH THE SEARCHES, AND THEN ALSO A TEAM OF CADAVER DOGS CAME IN LATER THAT DAY. WE ALSO ASSISTED ESD ONE WITH THE BODY RECOVERY THAT DAY, AND THEN WE STAFF STARTED ASSISTING WITH 
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COORDINATING THE VIGIL THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY. CONTINUED WORKING ON ESTABLISHING A DEBRIS MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND THEN STARTED COORDINATING PEOPLE THAT NEEDED HELP WITH PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO HELP. SO HELPING MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS, AND THEN ASSISTED THE STATE INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM WITH SETTING UP HERE IN THE CITY. AS WE WENT THROUGH TUESDAY, THE PLANTS CONTINUED TO RECOVER. BY THE END OF THE DAY TUESDAY, SANDY CREEK WAS BACK AT FULL PRODUCTION. BK WAS STILL AT ABOUT 75%. WE DISCUSSED AND CAME UP WITH A REPAIR THAT REQUIRED A LITTLE BIT LONGER SHUTDOWN, MAYBE ABOUT SIX HOURS THAT WE HAD PLANNED FOR AND EXECUTED OVERNIGHT TO REMOVE THE BROKEN PIECE THAT WAS LEAKING AND THEN INSTALL A GATE AND A BLIND FLANGE IN THERE. THAT REPAIR WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED LATE TUESDAY NIGHT, AND THEN BY WEDNESDAY, ALL THE PLANTS WERE BACK UP TO 100% PRODUCTION THE VALVE WAS HOLDING AND THEN THE CREWS WORKED ON THE SITE RESTORATION. SO THAT KIND OF SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WAS VERY PRECARIOUS. IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IF ANY ONE PLANT, IF SANDY CREEK WERE TO HAVE ISSUES, WE COULDN'T, YOU KNOW, BE SYRIA WASN'T AT FULL PRODUCTION. IF CEDAR PARK IT WE ALL WOULD HAVE HAD TO TRY TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AS BEST WE COULD. SO I THINK WE WERE VERY, VERY FORTUNATE AS WE WENT THROUGH THIS, BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY A VERY STRESSFUL SITUATION. SO THE PHOTO ON THE BOTTOM SHOWS OUR BRIEFING THAT MORNING. WE AS WE CONTINUED THE SEARCH FOR OUR MISSING RESIDENT ON COUNTY ROAD 177. SO WE HAD OVER 80 RESPONDERS COME OUT. THAT CONSISTED OF SWIFT WATER TECHNICIANS, CHAINSAW OPERATORS, DRONE OPERATORS, THE CADAVER TEAMS, AND THEN ALSO A DIVE TEAM. WE WERE ALSO ASKED TO COORDINATE AND ASSIST WITH CHAPLAINCY SUPPORT FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS THAT WERE ASSISTING IN SANDY CREEK AREA, AND THEN CONTINUED COORDINATING A CLEANUP EFFORT FOR THE VOLUNTEERS ON SATURDAY, CONTINUED WORKING ON THE DEBRIS MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
          CHECKED IN AGAIN WITH TRAVIS COUNTY ESD ONE TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY UNMET NEEDS. THE STATE HAS A STATEWIDE MUTUAL AID SYSTEM. IT'S CALLED THE TEXAS INTRASTATE FIRE MUTUAL AID SYSTEM. THEY WERE SENDING OUT REQUESTS TO SEE IF WE COULD ROSTER ADDITIONAL UNITS TO BE ABLE TO DEPLOY TO VARIOUS PORTIONS OF THE STATE. SO WE WORKED ON GETTING MEMBERS LINED UP FOR A POSSIBLE DEPLOYMENT. WE ENDED UP NOT DEPLOYING ANYONE ON THAT, AND THEN CONTINUED TO SUPPORT THE STATE'S INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM. THURSDAY. WE WERE PRIMARILY WE WERE ASKED TO ASSIST THE TRAVIS COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR A TEMPORARY RESOURCE CENTER THAT WAS SET UP AT DANIELSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, SO PD PROVIDED A OFFICER ON SITE THERE 24 OVER SEVEN OR DURING OPERATING HOURS, RATHER CONTINUED SUPPORTING THE STATE'S INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM. PD ALSO PROVIDE INCREASED PATROLS FOR THAT. PD CONTINUED TO FLY THE SAN GABRIEL RIVER, ASSESSING FOR CONDITIONS ALONG THEIR CONNECTED WITH OUR STATE'S INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM. PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE DEBRIS MANAGEMENT PLAN AND THEN BEGAN CLEANUP AND REMOVAL, OR CONTINUE CLEANUP AND REMOVAL AT LAKEWOOD PARK. AND THEN HORIZON LAKE PARK WAS ABLE TO REOPEN BACK UP. WE CONTINUED TO COORDINATE VOLUNTEER EFFORTS FOR THAT UPCOMING SATURDAY EVENT. WE WERE COORDINATING WITH TRAVIS COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THE STATE'S INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM FOR PD AND FIRE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT IN THE SANDY CREEK AREA UTILIZING OUR UTVS. SO WHAT THEY WOULD BE DOING IS PROVIDING CARE KITS AND THEN ALSO CHECKING ON RESIDENTS NEEDS THERE. AT ABOUT 1230, WE WERE CONTACTED BY THE STATE TELLING US THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY MISSIONS FOR US. THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY NEWS FOR US IN THERE. AND SO WE LEFT OUT OF THERE. AND THEN WE WERE A LITTLE SHORT TIME LATER, WE WERE CONTACTED TO GO BACK IN AND CONTINUE TO ASSIST IN THOSE MISSIONS. FRIDAY, WE CONTINUE SUPPORTING THE TRAVIS COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, THE STATE'S IMT, THE TRAVIS COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS. WE DID A SITE VISIT OUT ON SOME PRIVATE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF SANDY CREEK. THAT LOW WATER CROSSING THAT'S PICTURED THERE, THAT'S ON PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT THE TRAVIS COUNTY WAS LOOKING TO SEE IF THEY COULD DO SOMETHING TO CREATE KIND OF AN EMERGENCY ACCESS THROUGH THERE. THAT WATER IN THAT PICTURE, THERE IS STILL ABOUT A FOOT AND A HALF DEEP, ABOUT 18IN DEEP. SO THERE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO BE SOME WORK DONE WITH THAT. AND THEY HAD ASKED US TO SEE IF WE COULD ASSIST THEM IN THAT. THAT WAS ALSO THE DAY THAT WE HELD THE PRESS CONFERENCE HERE. WE CONTINUED TO PROVIDE THE DEBRIS MANAGEMENT OR WORKING ON THE 
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DEBRIS MANAGEMENT, COORDINATING WITH THOSE VOLUNTEERS FOR THE SATURDAY CLEANUP, PD AGAIN FLEW THE SAN GABRIEL RIVER, AND THEN OUR PD AND FD, UTV TEAMS WERE THERE IN SANDY CREEK. DURING THAT DAY. THEIR MISSION GOT CUT SHORT AS THE RESIDENTS THERE GET BECAME A LITTLE BIT MORE HOSTILE. SO WE WERE WE HAD PULLED OUT OF THERE AND THEN LATER THAT AFTERNOON OR LATER THAT EVENING, LEANDER POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS ASSISTED TO BACK UP TRAVIS COUNTY. SO BECAUSE THERE WAS THE RESIDENTS WERE TRYING TO FORCIBLY TAKE OVER THE BRIDGE. FORTUNATELY, THE TRAVIS COUNTY SO WAS ABLE TO RESOLVE THAT WITHOUT INCIDENT OR WITHOUT HAVING TO UTILIZE LEANDER PD FOR THAT. SATURDAY. WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, STATE IMT, AND THE TRAVIS COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ASSISTED SITE VISITS WITH THE MAYOR OUT INTO THE SANDY CREEK AREA. AND THE PICTURES THERE ARE THREE OF THOSE ARE THE CLEANUP EFFORTS FROM SOME OF THE VOLUNTEERS OUT THERE. BOTH LEANDER PD AND LANDER FIRE HAD FIRST RESPONDERS THAT WERE VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME TO GO OUT THERE AND ASSIST, AS WELL AS MANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HAD SHOWED UP TO ASSIST OUR PUBLIC. THAT DAY, PUBLIC WORKS WAS CONTACTED BY TRAVIS COUNTY TO ASSIST WITH THAT LOW WATER CROSSING. THEY ENDED UP NOT HAVING TO UTILIZE THE CITY RESOURCES FOR THAT. THEY WERE PRIMARILY WANTING TO MAKE SURE THEY HAD ENOUGH GRAVEL FOR THAT LOW WATER CROSSING, AND THEY ENDED UP HAVING ENOUGH WITHOUT UTILIZING OUR OUR CITY RESOURCES. WE WERE CONTACTED TO GO OUT TO COUNTY ROAD 177. AGAIN, THE PD, FD, AND THE JP'S OFFICE DID PERFORM A BODY RECOVERY OFF OF COUNTY ROAD 177. IF YOU REMEMBER EARLIER, WE WERE LOOKING FOR A RESIDENT ALONG 177. WE BELIEVE THAT MAY BE THAT RESIDENT. WE'RE STILL WAITING ON POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION AT THIS TIME. THEY DID HAVE THE VIGIL AT THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAMPUS HERE IN LEANDER AT 8 P.M. LEANDER PD ASSISTED WITH PROVIDING SECURITY THERE, AND THEN WE BEGAN GETTING FORECASTED HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING AGAIN FOR SUNDAY. SO THOSE WARNINGS STARTED COMING IN SATURDAY EVENING. SO THAT BRINGS US INTO SUNDAY. WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT TRAVIS COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, THE STATE EMT, AND THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. BUT WITH THAT FORECASTED FLASH FLOODING, THERE WAS REPORTS OF POSSIBLY UP TO NINE INCHES OF RAIN THAT WE WOULD MAYBE EXPECT IN SOME AREAS THERE. AND WHEN WILLIAMSON AND TRAVIS COUNTIES. SO WE HAD SEVEN SWIFTWATER TECHS THAT WERE ON DUTY, WE WENT AHEAD AND BROUGHT IN SOME MORE SWIFTWATER TECHS. THEY STAFFED A TEAM THAT WAS PART OF A REGIONAL TASK FORCE IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, AND WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR CONDITIONS. UNFORTUNATELY, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FLOODING OUT OF OUT OF THAT ROUND. AND I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO AUBRY TO FINISH THIS UP. 
          AND THEN WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. GOOD EVENING. SO I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT JUST GOING FORWARD AS FAR AS THE ASSISTANCE THAT CAN BE PROVIDED FOR INDIVIDUALS. SO THERE IS A FEDERAL DISASTER DECLARATION FOR INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR THE AFFECTED AREAS TO APPLY. FOR THAT, YOU CAN GO TO DISASTERASSISTANCE.GOV OR YOU CAN CALL ONE (800) 621-3362 TO GET YOUR YOUR CELL PHONE THAT LIST FOR THE DISASTER ASSISTANCE. ALSO, THERE'S WHAT WE CALL PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. AND BY THAT WE MEAN PUBLIC ENTITIES SUCH AS POLICE DEPARTMENTS OR CITIES OR EVEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE WAS ALSO APPROVED FOR WILLIAMSON COUNTY. THAT DID ACTUALLY HAPPEN. TODAY. WE ARE GOING TO BE FINALIZING OUR DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR THE CITY PROPERTIES COMING UP SHORTLY AND FINALIZED TO BRING MANAGEMENT PLAN. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE STATE INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM DIRECTLY TO HELP US FINALIZE THIS PLAN. IN FACT, WE MET WITH THEM JUST THIS MORNING. WE PLAN TO COMMUNICATE TO ALL THE CITIZENS ANY FLOOD RELATED DEBRIS LOCATIONS THAT WE MAY HAVE, WHERE YOU CAN DISPOSE OF ANY DEBRIS THAT MAY HAVE WASHED UP INTO YOUR YOUR RESIDENCE. AGAIN, WE KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A LENGTHY PROCESS, AND WE ASK YOUR PATIENCE AS WE TRY TO WORK THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT MISSING ANYTHING OR MISSING ANYONE AGAIN. ALSO, WITH ALL THE STANDING WATER, WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING ON VECTOR MONITORING, WHICH IS BASICALLY MOSQUITO ABATEMENT WITH WITH THE WATER THAT'S BEEN SITTING AROUND. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND CITIES HEALTH HEALTH DISTRICT TO COME UP WITH A PLAN FOR THAT AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS PHOTO IS JUST THE PARTNER AGENCY PARTNERING AGENCIES THAT WE HAVE EITHER WORKED WITH OR ASSISTED OR ASSISTED US DURING THIS THIS FLOOD EVENT. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S MANY OF THEM UP THERE. EACH ONE OF THOSE AGENCIES HAS BEEN VITAL TO THE SUCCESS THAT WE'VE HAD SO FAR, AND WE JUST ARE VERY THANKFUL FOR THE 
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PARTNERSHIP THAT THEY PROVIDED WITH US. SO THAT BELIEVE IS THE LAST SLIDE AND WE'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. BEFORE WE JUMP INTO QUESTIONS, I WAS JUST HOPING TO ADD ON TO ANYBODY WHO HAS DAMAGE FROM THE STORMS, FROM THE FLOOD, WHATEVER. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS ALWAYS FRUSTRATING WHEN THERE'S A DISASTER IS THAT GOVERNMENT ENTITIES CANNOT COME ONTO PRIVATE PROPERTY TO ASSIST WITH CLEANUP. SOME LESSONS LEARNED. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE READY TO HELP YOU, NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE. IF YOU VISIT A AUSTIN DISASTER RELIEF NETWORK, A D.ORG OR CRISIS CLEANUP.ORG, BOTH OF THOSE. IF YOU HAVE DEBRIS ON YOUR HOME, YOU NEED HELP. YOU NEED HELP SORTING IT. I KNOW OUT IN TRAVIS COUNTY, THEY'RE MAKING THEM SEPARATE THE DEBRIS FROM BRUSH VERSUS OTHER DEBRIS. IF YOU NEED HELP WITH ANYTHING, YOU JUST REGISTER ON EITHER OF THOSE PORTALS AND VOLUNTEERS WILL WILL REGISTER AND COME OUT AND HELP YOU WITH THAT FREE OF CHARGE. AND THAT'S A TREMENDOUS ASSISTANCE THAT I WISH WE HAD A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAD THE FREEZE. SO THAT WAS WHAT I WANTED TO ADD. COUNCIL. ANYBODY? SURE. SO ON THE WATER STUFF. SO CAN YOU KIND OF ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE STRUGGLES IN THIS AREA. WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE. SURE. SO I MEAN, YOU SAW THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS AND EVERYTHING THAT BASICALLY SURROUNDED THE BARGES. SO FOR REFERENCE, THEY MEASURE TURBIDITY IN NTAS. IT STANDS FOR SOMETHING THAT'S NOT THAT IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT IT REFLECTS. SO NORMALLY WE SEE LIKE A 0.2 NTU AND WE WERE OVER 100. SO YOU WERE JUST SUCKING IN MUD ALMOST. AND SO YOU ALMOST HAD TO STOP PUMPING FOR. AND WE DID ACTUALLY FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. SO DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION OR ABOUT THE OTHER PLANT THAT WAS POSSIBLY GOING TO SHUT DOWN. AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO PICK UP THE VOLUME FOR IT? WELL, IF ANY ONE OF OUR PLANTS WERE TO GO RIGHT, IF CEDAR PARK HAD ANY STRUGGLES OR HAD ANY FAILURES, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD LOOK TO BE CREW TO PROVIDE MORE WATER. AND SOMETIME AT SOME POINT THERE JUST WASN'T MORE WATER TO GIVE BECAUSE THIS AREA WAS HAVING THEIR OWN STRUGGLES. ROUND ROCK HAD SOME ISSUES. I KNOW GEORGETOWN HAD A LINE BREAK, JUST ANY ONE THING COULD HAVE KIND OF TIPPED THE SCALES, SO TO SPEAK, FOR ANY OF US. SANDY CREEK, I MEAN, JUST THE POWER SURGE, THAT KIND OF THING. IT JUST WAS VERY, VERY DELICATE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT, AS WELL AS PUBLIC WORKS AND AUBREY AS WELL. VERY, VERY DETAILED. I'M GLAD EVERYONE WAS HERE TO GET TO HEAR THE THINGS THAT OUR CITY WENT THROUGH, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY THE ONES WHO ACTUALLY BECAME A RESCUE THEMSELVES RIGHT WHEN YOU LOST THE BOAT. JUST GRATEFUL THAT WE DID NOT LOSE ANYONE AND IT WASN'T WORSE. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR SIGNING UP FOR THIS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T GET A BONUS FOR WHEN A DISASTER HAPPENS. YOU JUST GO OUT THERE AND DO THE SAME THING. AND WE KNOW A LOT OF YOU ACTUALLY PUT IN A LONG, A LOT OF LONG EXTRA HOURS AND YOU WERE AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILIES. AND SO THANK YOU TO THEM AS WELL AND TO CITY MANAGER, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAD A LOT OF LONG HOURS. IT TAKES A VILLAGE VERY, VERY UNFORTUNATE TO WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR NEIGHBORS DOWN THE ROAD IN SANDY CREEK. BUT IT'S GREAT TO SEE OUR COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER. I HAVEN'T GOT PHONE CALLS FROM SOME OF OUR RESPONDERS WHO JUST WANT TO GO OFF DUTY AND HELP. AND SO THE HEART OF THIS CITY IS BIG. AND JUST A HUGE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE. I JUST HAD A QUESTION FOR AUBREY. MAYBE YOU COULD ANSWER. I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT WE GOT APPROVED FOR DEBRIS. THERE'S A DEBRIS MANAGEMENT PLAN IN PROGRESS RIGHT NOW. AND IF RESIDENTS OR PEOPLE EVEN OUTSIDE THE CITY ARE SEEING THAT OTHER AREAS ARE HAVING ALREADY DEBRIS PICKUP, COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHY IT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT FOR US, OR WHY THIS PROCESS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT LONGER FOR US? ABSOLUTELY. SO WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN FROM THE COMMUNITY IN THE CENTER CREEK AREA IS A OUTPOUR OF THE COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER TO ASSIST THEMSELVES AND GETTING A LOT OF DEBRIS DONE. SO THAT WAS A LOT OF THE VOLUNTEERS COMING IN AND REMOVING STUFF. SO TRAVIS COUNTY AND WILLIAMSON COUNTY, AS YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE CITY IS IN BOTH. BOTH COUNTIES HAVE THEIR OWN DEBRIS MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH. THAT IS NOT COMBINED OR COORDINATED WITH EACH OTHER. RIGHT. SO WHAT WHAT SOME CITIZENS MAY SEE IS A EITHER A VOLUNTEER GROUP LIKE ADRN OR THE CRISIS CLEANUP, WORKING WITH SOMEONE TO CLEAN UP SOMETHING IN THEIR AREA. AND THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, WHAT ABOUT ME? AND SO, YOU KNOW, THEY OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE SAME AND TALK TO ADRN OR CRISIS CLEANUP TO ASSIST THEM AS WELL. BUT IF YOU'RE TRAVIS COUNTY'S PLAN, THEY'RE ENACTING IT OR THEY'RE 
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TRYING TO ENACT IT THIS WEEK AND THEN SO AS FAR AS THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY PLAN, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THE DEBRIS HAS HIT SOME OF OUR AREAS, WE MAY HAVE TO LOOK AT IT FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE OR A DIFFERENT APPROACH, AND IT MAY TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER FOR US TO GET TO EACH INDIVIDUAL RESIDENT AT THIS TIME. SO WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THAT TO GET THAT MESSAGING OUT, TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS. HERE'S WHY YOU HAVEN'T BEEN LOOKED AT YET. AND IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE NOT LOOKING, YOU KNOW, TO HELP YOU. IT'S JUST WE'RE TRYING TO BE VERY METHODICAL AND MAKE SURE WE DON'T MISS ANYTHING. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. AND WHAT'S THE BEST WAY FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THEY GET THAT MESSAGE? SHOULD IT BE ON OUR WEBSITE, LIKE WHEN IT'S READY TO BE UPDATED, HOW WILL THAT BE PUSHED OUT? SO IT'LL BE PUSHED OUT IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS. SO YES, IT'LL BE ON OUR WEBSITE. IT'LL ALSO BE ON THE CITY FACEBOOK PAGE. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO MOST LIKELY SEND OUT WHAT WE CALL A WARREN CENTRAL TEXAS MESSAGE TO THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE IN THE AFFECTED AREAS THAT WE KNOW OF, TO LET THEM KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS THE DEBRIS CLEANUP. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO ALL OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. I KNOW THAT WAS IT'S BEEN A WEEK. IT'S BEEN A WEEK. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE GOT WHAT THEY NEEDED AND THAT WE WERE THERE TO HELP. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. AND JUST REALLY DEVASTATED BY ALL THE LOSS THAT HAS HAPPENED IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND JUST PRAY WE CONTINUE TO COME TOGETHER SO WE CAN WORK THROUGH THIS. SO THANK Y'ALL. MY ONLY WORD IS THANK YOU. I UNDERSTAND THE HARD WORK AND THE DANGER THAT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS SIGN UP FOR. AND, AND I COMMEND YOU AND YOUR TEAMS FOR DOING THAT. AND APPRECIATE Y'ALL, KEEPING OUR CITY SAFE AND HEALTHY WITH OUR WATER. SO THANK YOU. OF COURSE, I WANT TO ECHO THAT I HAD A LOT OF THIS FOR MY CLOSING COMMENTS TONIGHT, BUT THIS SEEMS LIKE A GOOD PLACE TO SAY IT. I WANTED TO GIVE A LOT OF THANK YOUS. I KNOW SEVERAL OF OUR STAFF WORKED AROUND THE CLOCK ALL WEEKEND, SO THANK YOU TO OUR CITY MANAGER, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, PUBLIC WORKS, POLICE AND ANIMAL SERVICES. JUST GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND LIKE YOU ALWAYS DO. HR, PARKS, COMMUNICATIONS. THANK YOU TO KENT AND JOE BOB, ALONG WITH NORTHWAY BIBLE CHURCH FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND IN ORGANIZING THE VIGIL. AND OF COURSE, THANK YOU TO FIRE. I KNOW A LOT OF YOU SAW THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T UNSEE. 
          THERE ARE SO MANY STORIES OVER THE LAST WEEK THROUGHOUT TEXAS THAT JUST TAKE MY BREATH AWAY. 
          BUT ONE OF THE ONES THAT I KEEP COMING BACK TO IS THE STORY OF OUR GUYS IN THE BOAT AND HOW SELFLESS THAT WAS. AND I KNOW IT'S WHAT THEY DO, BUT IT WAS SO SELFLESS. AND I ALWAYS SAY THAT WE HAVE THE BEST STAFF, THE BEST FIRST RESPONDERS. THEY ABSOLUTELY PROVED IT. AND I'M SO HONORED, HUMBLE AND THANKFUL AND PROUD FOR EVERY ONE OF THEM. SO THAT WAS WHAT I WANTED TO SAY TO STAFF. THANK YOU TO OUR CERT TEAM FOR COMING OUT. AND THEN ALSO SPEAKING OF THE MOSQUITOES, EVERYBODY WITH CATS AND DOGS REMEMBER THAT THIS IS A REALLY GOOD TIME TO GET THEM SOME HEARTWORM PREVENTATIVE BECAUSE THE MOSQUITOES WILL BE WITH US FOR A MINUTE. AND I THINK THERE'S WEST NILE RIGHT NOW. IS IT WEST NILE, ZIKA OR BOTH? WEST NILE, THANK YOU IS OUT AND ABOUT IF YOU'RE IN TRAVIS COUNTY. I KNOW THAT THEY WERE WORKING ON FINDING VET CARE ASSISTANCE SO YOU CAN REACH OUT TO THE COUNTY AND THEY'LL GET YOU SET UP IF YOU NEED TO GET THAT HEARTWORM PREVENTATIVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF YOU. YOU'RE JUST INCREDIBLE. THANK YOU. OKAY, A 
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LITTLE SOMETHING LESS DRAMATIC. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. COUNCIL WILL BE CONSIDERING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS NINE THROUGH 17. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER 
          [18. Discuss and consider action on the Second Reading of the Ordinance regarding Zoning Case Z-25-0166 to amend the current zoning of Interim SFR-1-B (Single-Family Rural) to SFC-2-A (Single-Family Compact), SFU-2-A (Single-Family Urban), and SFS-2-A (Single-Family Suburban) on three (3) parcels of land 52.92 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R338810, R407804 and R407805; and generally located at the northwest corner of Journey Parkway and CR 175, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.]
18. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE REGARDING ZONING CASE Z-250166 TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF INTERIM SFR ONE B SINGLE FAMILY RURAL TO SFC TWO A SINGLE FAMILY COMPACT SFU TWO A SINGLE FAMILY URBAN AND SFS TWO A SINGLE FAMILY SUBURBAN ON THREE PARCELS OF LAND 52.92 ACRES PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE, AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA. 
          EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. GRIFFIN. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. SO THIS IS THE SECOND READING OF THE BARKSDALE PHASE THREE ZONING REQUEST. THE COUNCIL DID APPROVE THE ANNEXATION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND THE REASON THIS ITEM IS ON REGULAR FOR SECOND READING IS BECAUSE THE VOTE WAS NOT UNANIMOUS LAST TIME. SO I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          AND THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCIL. I'LL JUST STATE NOT AS MUCH. NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED SINCE THE LAST TIME. THIS IS ON OUR AGENDA AND I 
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STILL THINK WE NEED TO BE CONSISTENT AND ONLY APPROVING THE CITY FOOT LOTS. SO THAT'S JUST MY $0.02. ALRIGHT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES 3 TO 2. ITEM NUMBER 19. DISCUSS 
          [19. Discuss and consider action on Meet and Confer Agreement by and between City of Leander and Leander Law Enforcement Association for a term of three (3) years effective October 1, 2025.]
AND CONSIDER ACTION ON MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN CITY OF LEANDER AND LEANDER LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATION FOR A TERM OF THREE YEARS, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST, 2025. CITY MANAGER, THIS ONE'S YOURS. HI. THANK YOU. IN YOUR PACKET, YOU HAVE A DRAFT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. 
          CITY OR CITY STAFF NEGOTIATING TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE LEANDER LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATION NEGOTIATING TEAM AS WELL. IT'S BEEN A JUST A QUICK NOTE. APPRECIATE THE TYPE OF INTERACTION AND THE VERY PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD. WE HAVE A DRAFT AGREEMENT THAT WOULD HAVE A THREE YEAR TERM THAT WOULD BEGIN AND WOULD COINCIDE WITH THE FISCAL YEAR. SO UNDER THIS CONCEPT, IT WOULD KICK IN STARTING OCTOBER 1ST OF 2025 AND CARRY ON. THERE ARE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE BASIC PROVISIONS THAT WE HAVE IN THE AGREEMENT. SO ARTICLE FOUR IS THE BASE SALARY THAT REFLECTS THE RECENT COMPREHENSIVE STUDY THAT WE HAD DONE, THAT COUNCIL HAD ACCEPTED AND RATIFIED, AND THE UPDATED STEP PLAN THAT WE'VE GOTTEN IMPLEMENTED ALREADY. THERE'S A PROVISION FOR ARTICLE FIVE, WHICH IS ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT CERTIFICATION ON CALL PAY, FITNESS INCENTIVE PROGRAM. 
          THOSE ARE THE KEY ELEMENTS TO THAT. ARTICLE SIX. ARTICLE SIX EXCUSE ME, IS THE SICK LEAVE PAYOUT PROGRAM. ARTICLE SEVEN IS ADDRESSING SOME MATTERS WITH REGARD TO DISCIPLINE AND HOW WE'RE HANDLING SOME OF THE DOCUMENTATION OF THAT ACTIVITY. AND THEN ARTICLE EIGHT IS A FORCE REDUCTION AND REESTABLISHMENT PROGRAM. AND THAT REALLY ADDRESSES WHERE WE POTENTIALLY HAVE A REDUCTION IN FORCE. AND WE NEED TO WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS. I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE STILL SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT THE ASSOCIATION HAS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE US TO COME BACK AND CONSIDER AND REFINE. I KNOW THAT THERE MAY BE SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM CITY COUNCIL. YOUR OPTIONS TONIGHT ARE TO APPROVE THE MEET AND CONFER AS PRESENTED TO TABLE, OR POSTPONE CONSIDERATION AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DIRECTION FOR STAFF AS WE GO THROUGH, AND MAY LOOK AT ADDITIONAL NEGOTIATIONS OR TO DENY THE MEET AND CONFER AND DIRECT US BACK TO ENGAGE IN ADDITIONAL NEGOTIATIONS. SO WITH THAT, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO THE ASSOCIATION. IF ANYBODY WOULD CARE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS. SURE. SIR. IF YOU COULD SPEAK DIRECTLY INTO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE. CARLOS GONZALEZ 705 LEANNA DRIVE. I'M JUST KIDDING. THIS HAS BEEN I MEAN, NIGHT AND DAY DIFFERENCE. I SPOKE WITH YOU GUYS AFTER THE LAST GO AROUND. IT'S BEEN VERY REFRESHING. IT'S BEEN VERY PRODUCTIVE. WE DO HAVE SOME LAST MINUTE THINGS THAT WE'D LIKE TO KIND OF IRON OUT, BUT WE ALREADY MET WITH OUR MEMBERSHIP LAST NIGHT AND GOT THEIR APPROVAL TO GO AHEAD. WE WERE JUST ASKING TO MEET ONE FINAL TIME WITH THE CITY NEGOTIATIONS TEAM THAT WILL BE HAVE THE FINAL VERSION FOR YOU GUYS TO REVIEW AND APPROVE. 
          FANTASTIC. SO COUNCIL, IN ADDITION TO WHAT MR. PARTON TOLD US AS OPTIONS, I'M GOING TO THROW ONE MORE OUT THERE. I BELIEVE WE SHOULD TAKE NO ACTION SO THAT THEY CAN WORK IT OUT ON THEIR TIMELINES AND BRING IT BACK, BUT OPEN UP YOUR QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, COMMENTS. 
          I'M JUST HAPPY THAT IT WENT THE WAY IT SHOULD HAVE FROM THE BEGINNING. YES, WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. LIKEWISE. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION. THANK YOU, THANK 
          [20. Discuss and consider action on a Resolution directing publication of notice of public hearing and intention to issue combination tax and revenue certificates of obligation.]
YOU. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 220. AND DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A RESOLUTION DIRECTING PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND INTENTION TO ISSUE COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR COUNCIL. THIS RESOLUTION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION WILL DIRECT, FORMALLY DIRECT THE CITY TO PUBLISH NOTICE OF OUR INTENT TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AS PART OF THE FINANCING PLAN APPROVED BY THIS COUNCIL BACK IN JUNE AT THE TRANSPORTATION WORK WORKSHOP, THE PROPOSED COS IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $132 MILLION, WILL GIVE THE CITY FLEXIBILITY TO FINANCE A RANGE OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. THESE INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEW FIRE STATION, ROADWAY, STREET AND SIDEWALK 
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IMPROVEMENTS, UPGRADES TO OUR WASTEWATER, WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITY SYSTEMS, IMPROVEMENTS TO PUBLIC PARKS AND RENOVATIONS OR DEVELOPMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE FACILITIES. THE STRUCTURE OF THE COES DOES NOT REQUIRE US TO ALLOCATE SPECIFIC PORTIONS TO ANY SINGLE CATEGORY. THIS GIVES THE CITY FLEXIBILITY TO PRIORITIZE THE FUNDS AS NEEDED BASED ON TIMING, READINESS, AND OVERALL IMPACT. WE HAVE CAREFULLY TIMED THE ISSUANCE OF THESE SEALS TO MAINTAIN A STABLE TAX RATE, ROUGHLY CONSISTENT WITH THE RATE OF 0.417282 PER 100,000 PER 100 VALUATIONS APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL IN FY 24 AND 25. THIS ENSURES THAT WE CAN MAKE THESE KEY INVESTMENTS WITHOUT PLACING ANY ADDITIONAL TAX BURDEN ON OUR RESIDENTS. TONIGHT'S RESOLUTION IS REQUIRED LEGAL STEP IN THE PROCESS. IT AUTHORIZES PUBLICATION OF THE NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE THESE COES, BOTH ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND IN THE HILL COUNTRY NEWS. THIS SATISFY THE STATE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AHEAD OF THE PROPOSED ISSUANCE DATE. THESE ARE THE FOLLOWING TENTATIVE SCHEDULE DATES JULY 17TH. ADOPTION OF THIS NOTICE OF INTENT OF THE RESOLUTION. JULY 18TH POSTING OF THE NOTICE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. THEN JULY 24TH. THE FIRST NEWSPAPER PUBLICATION OF NOTICE THESE ACTIONS KEEPS US ON TRACK TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RESPONSIBLE AND STRATEGIC INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE CENTRAL SERVICES. I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE COUNCIL SUPPORT IN APPROVING THIS RESOLUTION. I HAVE TWO REPRESENTATIVES HERE, ONE FROM OUR BOND COUNCIL AND ALSO FROM OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR. 
          SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. WILLIAMS. COUNCIL. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND. MOTION TO APPROVE IN A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR 
          [21. Discuss and consider the appointment of Richard Schaffner as the Citizen Director to the Board of Directors of the Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority (BCRUA) to fill an unexpired term expiring June 30, 2026.]
PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. LET'S GET SOME ROADS. ITEM 21. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE APPOINTMENT OF RICHARD SCHAFFNER AS THE CITIZEN DIRECTOR TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BRUSHY CREEK REGIONAL UTILITY AUTHORITY TO FILL AN UNEXPIRED TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30TH, 2026. THIS ONE IS ON ME. SO WE RECENTLY, UNFORTUNATELY, HAD A VACANCY IN OUR CITIZEN DIRECTOR ROLE WHEN OUR LONGTIME VOLUNTEER AND DIRECTOR PASSED AWAY AND HE HAD BEEN A CIVIL ENGINEER, WHICH WAS SO INCREDIBLY HELPFUL. BCR UA BECAUSE HE HAD AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WAS WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND HE COULD TRANSLATE SOMETIMES AS SOME OF US NEEDED. AND SO IT'S BEEN A MINUTE THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT SECOND REPRESENTATIVE. AND I WAS HOPING TO FIND SOMEBODY WHO WAS WAS QUALIFIED IN SOME OF THE SAME WAYS AS OUR LAST REPRESENTATIVE. AND I REMEMBERED THIS GENTLEMAN, RICHARD SCHAFFNER, WHO OBVIOUSLY IS A RESIDENT OF LEANDER. HE WAS WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAD AN ISSUE BACK IN 2018, EARLY 2019. AND, YOU KNOW, WE GET PEOPLE IN HERE ALL THE TIME AND THEY'RE GREAT AND THEY MAKE THEIR COMMENTS. BUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT REALLY STANDS OUT THAT JUST HAS A GREAT THOUGHT PROCESS AND HAS EVERYTHING TOGETHER. AND SO, RICHARD, I KEPT IN TOUCH WITH HIM OVER THE YEARS BECAUSE HE WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT I ALWAYS THOUGHT, WE NEED TO GET HIM ON A BOARD SOMEWHERE, AND I'VE POKED HIM HERE AND THERE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND HE SAYS, THANK YOU, BUT NO THANK YOU EVERY TIME. BUT HE HAS A CIVIL ENGINEERING BACKGROUND, AND HE WORKS FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN. AND I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THIS, AND HE HAS GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO STEP UP AND BE OUR NEW CITIZEN DIRECTOR. AND SO I AM HOPING YOU ALL WILL SUPPORT HIM. AND WE CAN GET THAT SEAT FILLED. IS THERE A COMPETITION? NOT REALLY. THIS IS JUST THE NAME I BROUGHT UP. WHAT I'M SAYING IS HE'S NOT REALLY COMPETING AGAINST ANYONE, SO. OKAY, OKAY. I'LL SECOND. THERE'S A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. OH THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES 
          [22. Discuss and consder action on a Resolution promoting water conservation and stormwater retention through the expansion of the City's rain barrel program.]
UNANIMOUSLY. I HOPE Y'ALL LOVE HIM. AND ITEM 22, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A RESOLUTION PROMOTING WATER CONSERVATION AND STORMWATER RETENTION THROUGH THE EXPANSION OF THE CITY'S RAIN 
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BARREL PROGRAM. COUNCIL MEMBER HERRERA. THIS ONE'S YOURS. YES. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, WHEN I WHEN I PUT THIS TOGETHER, WE WERE YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING THE BARGE OUT THERE. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW LOW THE LAKE IS GOING TO BE AND ALL THAT. AND SO IT SEEMS A LITTLE ANTICLIMACTIC KIND OF DOING IT ON THE BACK END OF THE STORM. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WE HAVE AREAS IN THE CITY THAT WHERE WE HAVE WATER COME OFF A LITTLE BIT FASTER THAN WE'D LIKE, AND, AND THEY CAUSE DRAINAGE PROBLEMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO GIVE YOUR PRESENTATION TO, AND THE RESOLUTION IS ABOUT PUTTING TOGETHER A RAINBOW PROGRAM OF $50,000 WHERE THE CITY WOULD TARGET AREAS, SPECIFIC AREAS, AND MAKE THOSE RAIN BARRELS AVAILABLE FREE TO THE RESIDENTS IN THOSE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED. AND TO BE VERY SPECIFIC AREAS. NEXT SLIDE. SO. YOU KNOW, MEANDERS GROWING, YOU KNOW, CREATING A STRAIN ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. WE HAVE A LOT OF IMPERVIOUS SPACE. KIND OF HEARD THAT ABOUT THE TREVISO STUFF. AND CONSERVING WATER AND USING WATER IN BETTER WAYS MAKES SENSE. INSTEAD OF US JUST LETTING IT RUN DOWN THE DRAIN AND THEN GOING DOWNSTREAM WHERE WE COULD USE IT TO WATER OUR GRASS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS IS, IS THAT THE AVERAGE RAINFALL IN AN AVERAGE RAIN EVENT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS IS 0.5IN. IT'S A HALF INCH. SO WHEN YOU GO AND YOU GO BACK AND YOU LOOK OVER ALL THE MONTHS, IT'S ABOUT A HALF INCH OF RAIN IS USUALLY WHAT WE GET ON AVERAGE IN STORES. NOW, LIKE I SAID, BASED ON WHAT WE JUST HAD, IT SEEMS JUST A LITTLE. BUT A HOUSE OF 2000FT■!S WOULD PUT OFF ABOUT 623 GALLONS OF WATER IN A STORM LIKE THAT. IF THE HOUSE HAD FOUR RAIN BARRELS, THAT WOULD COLLECT 200, WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WATER THAT WOULD COME OFF IT, AND THAT WOULD REDUCE THE PRESSURE ON THAT SYSTEM. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS IS, IS THAT IT WOULD HELP WITH THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT COMES OFF IMMEDIATELY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WHEN STORMS AND STUFF IS THAT A LOT OF TIMES, THAT IMMEDIATE RUSH OF WATER IS WHAT CAUSES DEBRIS TO MOVE DOWN MUCH QUICKER, CLOG DRAINS, AND CAUSE THINGS TO BACK UP. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PROGRAMS WHERE WE'VE ASSISTED PEOPLE WITH. WELL, LCRA HAS MADE AVAILABLE REBATES. I THINK IT'S REBATES TO FOR THE COST OF THE RAIN BARRELS. AND IT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO IMPROVE. WE KNOW IN CENTRAL TEXAS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF WATER RIGHT NOW, BUT PROBABLY TWO YEARS FROM NOW WE'LL BE SITTING THERE WITH AN EMPTY LAKE AGAIN AND MORE AND MORE HOUSES BEING BUILT AND PULLING EVERYTHING OUT OF THERE. THE GOAL OF THE RAIN BARREL PROGRAM INITIALLY IS TO TARGET SPECIFIC AREAS, CAPTURE AND REUSE RAINWATER FOR NON-DRINKING PURPOSES, WATERING YOUR GRASS, WATERING YOUR GARDEN, THINGS LIKE THAT. REDUCE STORMWATER RUNOFF, ALLOCATE 50,000 DISTRIBUTED RAIN BARRELS AND TARGET AREAS. THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY AND THIS WOULD BE TARGET NAMING THE AREAS, ORDERING THE BARRELS AND ALSO ENSURING THAT THERE INSTALLED. NOT THAT THEY WORK PROPERLY, NOT THAT THEY'RE BEING USED BUT THAT THEY'RE INSTALLED. BASICALLY, MAKE SURE THAT SOMEBODY'S NOT TAKING THE BARRELS AND SELLING THEM TO THEIR FRIEND. YOU YOU LOOK AT GROWING THE PROCESS OVER TIME BY INVOLVING NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          NEIGHBORHOODS COULD APPLY TO BE PART OF THE PROGRAM IF THEY WANTED TO BE, AND SO COULD. THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE CITY. I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT THIS DOES IS IT ALLOWS US AS A CITY. NEXT SLIDE WOULD BE TO ESTABLISH A RELATIONSHIP WITH A NONPROFIT THAT TO EDUCATE AND PROMOTE THE USES OF RAIN BARRELS, AND ALSO LOOK AT ESTABLISHING A VENDOR NETWORK WITHIN THE CITY THAT THEN COULD HELP OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING TO DO RAIN BARREL TYPE THINGS OR CONSERVING WATER IN THE CITY. I THINK THIS COULD BE KIND OF LOOKING AT GROWING THAT AND MARKING THAT ACROSS THE CITY. SO THAT'S MY RESOLUTION IS FOR IS FOR US TO DO A PILOT PROJECT STARTING THIS YEAR, IN THIS BUDGET YEAR FOR 50,000, AND I THINK SO. I GUESS THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL THOUGHTS? I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. CAN YOU PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE DETAIL? I KNOW YOU SAID IT WOULD BE UP TO THE CITY TO DECIDE THE AREAS WHERE I GUESS THE RUNOFF IS EXCESSIVE AND WE NEED TO PLACE THOSE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT LEVEL WOULD BE? HAVE YOU ALREADY TALKED TO STAFF TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THAT NEEDS TO BE? MY QUESTION IS ALWAYS ABOUT HOW IS IT EQUITABLE? HOW DO WE ENSURE THE PROGRAM IS EQUITABLE ACROSS OUR CITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS? AND I KNOW IT WOULD START SOMEWHERE AND THEN WE WOULD EXPAND IT. BUT INITIALLY WITH THE START, HOW DO WE DETERMINE WHO ACTUALLY QUALIFIES FOR THAT? SO IN MEETING SO MEETING WITH THE CITY STAFF, I THINK WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS THAT THERE ARE THERE ARE SOME KNOWN AREAS, LOWER AREAS ARE WHERE WE HAVE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND THEY WOULD TARGET THOSE. WE DIDN'T NAME ANY AT THIS TIME. I THINK THERE'S IDEAS OF WHERE THOSE LOCATIONS ARE. I THINK THAT'S WHERE PUBLIC WORKS COMES IN. THEY KNOW 
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EXACTLY WHERE THEY HAVE WATER SITTING ON ROADS, WHERE THINGS ARE MAYBE FLOWING TOO FAST AND ALL THAT. AND SO WE WOULD LEAVE IT TO THEM TO KIND OF WORK ON DESIGNATING THOSE AREAS. THE THING IS, IT'S NOT TO BE LIKE A WHOLE AREA. IT'S LIKE TO BE THIS SPECIFIC STREET FROM HERE TO THERE, LIKE IT'S TO HIT THOSE AREAS WHERE WE REALLY NEED, WHERE WE REALLY THINK WE NEED IT. AND THEN THE HOPE WOULD BE IS THAT HOMES OR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO BE PART OF THAT. AND THEN THEY WOULD COME AND MAKE A CASE TO, YOU KNOW, THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS BASED ON A PROCESS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE IN ORDER TO SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS. WE THINK THAT THIS IS VALUABLE. IS THERE A PILOT PROGRAM OR A PROGRAM OUT THERE IN ANOTHER CITY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT'S ALREADY DONE THIS? AND WHO DID YOU USE FOR YOUR INSPIRATION? I USE MY BRAIN FOR MY INSPIRATION. OKAY. GOTTA START SOMEWHERE. SO, I MEAN, TO BE HONEST, I DIDN'T ACTUALLY GO OUT AND LOOK AROUND AT WHAT PEOPLE WERE DOING. WHAT I DID IS MORE OF SIT DOWN. I MET WITH, YOU KNOW, BILL TEETER AND TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THE CONSERVATION SIDE AND HOW WE HOW WE COULD UTILIZE THAT. I MEAN, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT HAVE GONE ON IN THE CITY THAT AS COUNCIL PEOPLE WE'VE DEALT WITH WHERE I FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, MAYBE IF WE PULL BACK A LITTLE BIT MORE, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WATER, MAYBE WE WOULDN'T HAVE SOME OF THESE WATER SITUATIONS COMING UP. AND SO I THINK THERE'S SOME AREAS THAT ARE PRETTY CLEAR BASED ON PAST HISTORY. AND I THINK WE PROBABLY KNOW SOME MORE AREAS NOW. SO THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER. JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. SO WELL FIRST OF ALL, I JUST I DON'T PUT ON A CERTAIN HAT AND GO BACK TO OKAY, HOW ARE WE GOING TO ENFORCE THIS. SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE AND THAT THEY ACTUALLY INSTALL THEM. YEAH. BASICALLY GAIN ACCESS TO PRIVATE PROPERTY IF THEY DON'T WANT US THERE. I'M JUST CURIOUS IF WE NEED TO. WELL, THAT'S THE CONDITION. THAT'S THE CONDITION OF GETTING IT. SO THEY WILL BASICALLY WE'RE GOING TO ORDER THEM AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM TO THEM AND THEY'RE GOING TO SIGN SOMETHING SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT. AND IF THEY DON'T WANT TO GIVE US ACCESS, THEN WE SEND THEM A BILL. OKAY, I LIKE THAT. 
          SECONDLY, IS THERE GOING TO BE TUTORIALS ON HOW TO INSTALL THESE FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT MAYBE HANDY? WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE WILL LOOK AT. SO THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF ESTABLISHING THE VENDOR NETWORK. SO ONE OF THE THINGS IS, IS THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE DEPENDING ON WHAT WE PICK, AND ONCE WE ANNOUNCE THIS AND KIND OF LITTLE MARKETING AROUND IT, THERE WILL BE SOME I CAN'T EVEN SAY THE WORD A BUSINESSMAN, I'LL SAY A BUSINESSMAN SAID THE OTHER WORD, THE E WORD. I CAN'T SAY THAT WORD. THAT WOULD, WOULD, WOULD, WOULD, WOULD BASICALLY SAY, HEY, THIS IS SOMETHING I CAN TAKE TO MY CUSTOMERS, AND THAT'S SOMETHING I COULD DO AND BUILD SOMETHING OFF OF THAT. AND THEN THEY COULD ALSO, YOU KNOW, IF WE DO IT, IF WE IF WE EDUCATE THEM AND PUT THEM IN CONTACT WITH SOME OF THESE CONSERVATION GROUPS, THAT CAN GIVE THEM ALL THE TOOLS AND EVERYTHING, THEY CAN LOOK FOR OTHER PRODUCTS THAT THEY CAN SELL, UPSCALE TO OTHER PEOPLE TO PUT IT IN THEIR MIND, SAY, YEAH, WELL, THESE ARE THESE GREEN WEARING BARRELS OR THESE ARE NOT THE PRETTIEST THINGS, BUT I WANT SOMETHING THAT'S BEAUTIFUL FOR MY NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND THEY WOULD DO THAT. AND SO I THINK WE COULD ESTABLISH THAT AND WE COULD MODEL THAT FOR IT. 
          AND THEN WE CAN GO TO, TO, TO NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND ASK THEM, HEY, DO YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THIS? NOT FROM THE STORMWATER TYPE OF THING, BUT MORE OF IN THE WATER CONSERVATION SITUATION WHERE THEY MIGHT SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD OUR HOUSES, AND IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THOSE BUILT INTO YOUR HOUSE OR THINGS LIKE THAT, I THINK THAT TO ME IT'S YOU GOT TO START SOMEWHERE. AND I THINK THAT THIS IS A NICE, EASY WAY TO DO IT. AND IT ACTUALLY HAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON OUR PUBLIC WORKS. YEAH, I DO THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. I MEAN, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE AREA IS GROWING. WE'RE ALL TAKING WATER FROM THE SAME SOURCE. AND SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO THAT'S A CONSERVATION EFFORT. I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. YEAH. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? WATER CONSERVATION IS A GOOD IDEA. THE PART THAT I STRUGGLE WITH THIS A LITTLE BIT IS USING TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND THEN IT GETS USED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. SO WE'RE MY MIND GOES IS THERE A WAY TO STILL CAPTURE THE WATER. BUT IT CAN BE USED FOR PUBLIC USE OR I DON'T KNOW, I THINK I THINK THAT THOUGHT IS A GOOD ONE. I'M JUST NOT SURE THAT I'M TOTALLY VETTED WITH IT YET TO BE ABLE TO. I NEED A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH INTO IT AND TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW IT WOULD BE WORKED BEFORE. I THINK I COULD COMPLETELY SUPPORT, BUT I THINK WATER CONSERVATION IS DEFINITELY THE PLACE, AND IF THERE'S A WAY TO CAPTURE THAT TO BE ABLE TO USE, I'M ALL ABOUT THAT. I JUST, I DON'T KNOW, JUST NOT TOTALLY THERE YET. YEAH. NO. AND, AND I UNDERSTAND I MEAN THE, THE CAPTURING IT FOR, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC USE THAT'S A MUCH BIGGER PROGRAM. I MEAN, YOU WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT MUCH BIGGER TANKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND WE COULD LOOK AT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT WHAT THIS IS REALLY THERE FOR ARE THOSE SPECIFIC AREAS WHERE WE KNOW THAT WE ARE WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO MAKE PUBLIC WORKS IMPROVEMENTS, AND MAYBE IF WE CAN JUST PULL OFF A LITTLE BIT OF WATER, WE CAN STAY OUT OF A SITUATION WHERE WE MAY HAVE TO GO OUT AND RIP SOMETHING UP, PUT NEW DRAINS IN AND THINGS LIKE 
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THAT, OR BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WHERE I SEE SOME OF THIS GOING. BECAUSE IF YOU, IF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DO ENOUGH HOUSES, YOU'RE PULLING OFF TEN, 15,000 GALLONS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD NOW IN A HEAVY RAIN STORM, LIKE WHAT WE HAD IS NOT GOING TO HAVE MUCH IMPACT. BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF CHRONIC AREAS THAT ARE ALWAYS HAVING IN VERY LITTLE WATER. SO AND THESE WOULD BE THE AREAS WE WOULD TARGET. AND I SUPPORT THAT. TOTALLY. WHAT I GUESS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS EXACTLY WHERE THOSE AREAS ARE. JUST $50,000. EVEN PUT A FIX IT AT ALL. DOES IT NEED TO BE OR DOES IT OVERKILL? LIKE WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE LOOKING AT HERE? LIKE THE NEXT STEP I SUPPORT LOOKING AT IT FURTHER. YEAH THAT'S PREMATURE I AM I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S THE SPARK. I THINK IT'S THE START OF SOMETHING. IT'S GOT, IT'S A CONCEPT OF A PLAN IS WHAT IT IS. 
          AND I THINK THAT WE CAN LOOK AT IT AND EVALUATE IT AND TURN IT INTO SOMETHING THAT'S EVEN BIGGER. SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME TO MY MIND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT AREAS OF TOWN COULD USE THIS, BUT ALSO WHAT INFORMATION DO WE HAVE ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE RAIN BARREL PROGRAM? ARE THERE AREAS OF TOWN THAT THEY'RE NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT? AND MAYBE WE THINK THEY SHOULD, AND WE WANT TO DO SOME MORE INVESTIGATION INTO WHY THAT IS AND INCORPORATE THAT INFORMATION IN. DO WE WANT TO LOOK AT SOME OF OUR REALLY HEAVY WATER USERS AND FIGURE OUT IF WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT IN? I WONDER IF WE CAN INCORPORATE BUSINESSES. WE HAVE A BUSINESS HERE IN TOWN THAT BUILT THEIR OWN GIGANTIC RAIN COLLECTION SYSTEM, AND IT'S FANTASTIC. AND THEY'RE SUPER PASSIONATE ABOUT IT AND WOULD LOVE TO ASSIST IN FACILITATING THAT FOR OTHER BUSINESSES. I LIKED WHAT YOU SAID IN HERE ABOUT GETTING DEVELOPERS TO INCORPORATE WATER CONSERVATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTIES IN THEIR ONGOING MAINTENANCE IS ONE OF YOUR OTHER OBJECTIVES. AND SO I WROTE DOWN ON HERE, YOU KNOW, HOME BUILDERS, LIKE WHAT CAN WE INCORPORATE INTO OUR ORDINANCES. SO EARLIER TODAY THE CITY MANAGER AND I HAD OUR OUR ONE ON ONE MEETING. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, LIKE A, LIKE A LONG WORKSHOP, WORKSHOP SESSION WHERE IT'S FOR US AND OUR IDEAS BECAUSE I THINK WE ALL HAVE THESE IDEAS OF THINGS JUST LIKE THIS, AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO LAUNCH THEM AND GET LEANDER TO LOOK THE WAY THAT WE ARE ENVISIONING. AND SO IT'S TIME FOR COUNCIL TO HAVE A GET TOGETHER TO OUT ALL OF THESE IDEAS, ALONG WITH THE VISION THAT WE PUT TOGETHER LAST YEAR. YEAH, ABOUT A YEAR AGO. AND FIGURE OUT WHERE WE WANT TO GO AND HOW THIS FITS IN, I THINK I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD START. AND I THINK THAT THIS COULD TURN INTO SOMETHING VERY VIABLE. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE $50,000 IF THAT'S TOO MUCH, TOO LITTLE, OR JUST A NONSTARTER, BUT LET'S LOOK AT ALL THE IDEAS THAT YOU HAVE FOR THIS AND WHAT YOU WANT IT TO BECOME. AND LET'S LET'S TALK ABOUT IT. IS THAT ALL RIGHT? OKAY. YEAH. MY, MY CONCERN IS, IS THIS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU IF YOU TRY TO GO BIGGER, YOU HAVE TO BRING MORE RESOURCES, MORE ENERGY TO IT AND ALL THAT. AND SO WHERE I SEE THIS IS MORE OF A PILOT TO KIND OF GET THE STRUCTURE, BECAUSE I THINK WHAT WE REALLY HAVE TO DO IS ENGAGE THE VENDORS AND THE CONSERVATION. SO WE HAVE TO SHOW THAT WE WANT TO MAKE THAT STEP. 
          AND I'M FINE WITH WITH US TABLING IT AND POSTPONING IT. BUT I DO THINK THAT YOU HAVE YOU DON'T WANT TO. MY FEAR IS YOU START TOO BIG. IT'S JUST TOO HARD. AND IF YOU START SMALL, YOU COMPILE IT AND YOU CAN ALWAYS STEP BACK FOR IT AND YOU CAN REFINE IT. THE REASON I PICKED THE STORMWATER WAS BECAUSE IT JUST SEEMS LIKE AN EASY THING TO FIGURE OUT, BECAUSE OTHERWISE, BECAUSE BASICALLY YOU'RE MAKING THE DECISION BASED ON PUBLIC WORK ISSUES. YEAH. IF YOU GO SOMETHING CITYWIDE, I MEAN, NOW YOU'RE NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE NO IMPACT AS FAR AS STORMWATER GOES AND RUNOFF, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BASICALLY A BARREL OVER HERE, A BARREL OVER THERE, AND THEY'LL BE ALL OVER THE PLACE. WHEREAS IF THEY'RE CONCENTRATED IN ONE AREA, IT CAN HAVE AN IMPACT. BUT I'M FINE WITH TABLING IT FOR NOW AND BRINGING IT BACK. I WOULDN'T EVEN EXACTLY CALL IT TABLING IT OR WHATEVER. WHAT I WAS, WHAT I WAS THINKING IS UNDER COUNCIL RULES OF PROCEDURE, DO YOU USE MORE THAN TWO HOURS OF STAFF TIME ON A PROJECT? YOU NEED TO HAVE COUNCIL APPROVAL AND WE'VE NEVER ACTUALLY DONE THAT. SO THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE THAT WE'VE BROUGHT UP. AND SO DO WE NEED A VOTE TO APPROVE MIKE TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH STAFF TO FLESH OUT THE IDEA AND GET INFORMATION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 
          ARE WE ALL GOOD WITH THAT? YEAH. YEAH. THAT'S HAVE YOU KEEP WORKING ON IT AND GET SOME OF THE DATA THAT YOU NEED. SO THE DIRECTION WOULD BE OKAY. SO I'LL GO BACK AND LISTEN TO THE MEETING. YOU GET MORE THAN TWO HOURS. KEEP FLESHING IT OUT AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT. ALL RIGHT. 
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ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT COUNCIL OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO. ITEM 23. 
          [23. Council Member Closing Statements.]
COUNCIL MEMBER CLOSING COMMENTS, PLEASE. TWO I WANTED TO THANK THE STAFF, POLICE, FIRE, EVERYBODY WHO WORKED THROUGH ALL THE THINGS, YOU KNOW. AND WHEN I WAS OUT THERE HELPING A VENDOR I WAS WORKING WITH ON JULY 3RD, I DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT WAS GOING TO BE COMING DOWN THE PIKE AND EVERYTHING. I JUST THOUGHT, OH, A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN. YOU SET UP THE THING. WE PUT THE STAGE OVER THERE ON THE ON THE FIELD, AND FROM THERE EVERYTHING KIND OF JUST WENT SIDEWAYS FOR A TIME. 
          BUT THE CITY, THE STAFF, EVERYBODY RESPONDED VERY WELL TO IT. AND IT'S AMAZING WATCHING THEM WORK AND WHAT, WHAT'S WHAT I FIND REALLY AMAZING IS, IS, YOU KNOW, 120 IN THE MORNING, THEY FIRE UP THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, AND THEN WITHIN TEN, 15 MINUTES THEY'RE DEPLOYING PEOPLE. THEY'RE GOING ALL OVER THE PLACE. THEY'RE HELPING LIBERTY HILL, THEY'RE HELPING TRAVIS COUNTY. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL YOU GUYS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU DID AND YOU DON'T. NOBODY SEES IT. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S REALLY GOOD TODAY THAT WE GAVE THE PRESENTATION WE DID SO THAT WE COULD SEE ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, AND THOSE ARE JUST THE BIGGER THINGS. THERE WERE SO MANY STORIES AND THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, AND THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE ONGOING. AND THE CITY HAS OFFERED ITS ASSISTANCE TO HELP ALL OVER THE PLACE AROUND HERE. AND THEY'VE BEEN DENIED AT TIMES AND THEY'VE BEEN ACCEPTED AT TIMES. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. PLEASE BE. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ANYONE WHO'S ALREADY VOLUNTEERED TO HELP THESE PEOPLE OUT. PLEASE DON'T FORGET THEM. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO TAKE MONTHS. MAYBE EVEN YEARS SHOULD BE PLENTY OF VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES. SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T FORGET OUR PEOPLE OUT THERE IN SANDY CREEK AND VOLUNTEER IF YOU CAN. I KNOW THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO THAT. SHUTTLE DRIVERS FEEDING PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE ABLE, THEY CAN RENT AN CHAINSAWS AND JUST OTHER THINGS TO REALLY HELP THEM AND CLEAR DEBRIS. SO IT'S GOING TO BE SEVERAL MONTHS, IF NOT MAYBE A YEAR. SO TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO HELP OUT OUR NEIGHBORS BY SIX. I'M BASICALLY GOING TO REPEAT EVERYTHING THAT MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBER SAID, BUT WE APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK AND THE VOLUNTEERS AND THE FIRST RESPONDERS THAT HAVE WORKED SO HARD THE LAST WEEK, AND THE WORK WILL CONTINUE, AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY SHOWING UP. SO THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT. THANKS AGAIN. WE ALREADY SAID THANK YOU, BUT I'LL REPEAT IT AGAIN. WE APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT, ALL THE HARD WORK, ALL THE LATE NIGHT SLEEPLESS NIGHT. I'M SURE THAT HAPPENED FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND VOLUNTEERS AND EVERYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THIS SITUATION THAT'S BEEN ONGOING. BUT I WOULD ASK THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR ALL THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED. PEOPLE LOST LOVED ONES, THEY LOST PEOPLE IN THEIR FAMILY. PEOPLE MAY CALLS THAT THEY DIDN'T EXPECT, THE ANSWER THAT THEY GOT ON THE OTHER SIDE. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S LONG TERM. THAT'S GOING TO STICK WITH PEOPLE. SO THEY ARE GOING TO NEED OUR HELP GOING FORWARD, NOT JUST WITH THE EMERGENCY THAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE LAST WEEK. SO CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THEM. BUT ALSO, LIKE DAVID SAID, THERE WILL BE MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO VOLUNTEER, TO SPEND YOUR RESOURCES, TO SPEND YOUR EXPERTISE HELPING OTHERS. SO DON'T FORGET ABOUT THAT. AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND GO ON WITH OUR LIFE. THANK YOU. I ECHO THE THANKS. I KNOW I GAVE A LOT OF THEM EARLIER, SO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO JUST TALK ABOUT OTHER THINGS. NOW. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALSO TO THE FAMILIES OF ALL OF OUR STAFF THAT WAS WORKING CONTINUOUSLY AND SOME INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. I KNOW THAT THAT'S THAT'S STRESSFUL ON YOUR FAMILIES AS WELL. SO THANK YOU TO THEM FROM FROM US. ALSO TO STAFF. I'VE ALREADY MADE AMENDS WITH A FEW OF YOU, BUT I WANT TO SAY, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T HEARD IT YET, I THINK EMILY IS HERE. 
          TODD IS HERE. Y'ALL NEED TO HEAR THIS. OVER THE YEARS, I HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT. SOMETIMES WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT FLOODPLAINS AND DEVELOPER SAYS. BUT IT NEVER FLOODS THERE. AND I'VE PUSHED A LITTLE BIT AND SAID IT NEVER FLOODS THERE. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M SORRY I WAS WRONG. I WILL NEVER DO THAT AGAIN. AND, COUNCIL, I WANT YOU ALL TO REMEMBER THAT, BECAUSE AS LONG AS YOU ARE UP HERE, YOU ARE ALWAYS GOING TO HEAR THAT THIS SHOULDN'T EVEN BE IN THE FLOODPLAIN. THIS SHOULDN'T BE A FLOODWAY. WE ARE SO LUCKY THAT WE'VE BEEN STRINGENT ON THAT. 
          ALSO. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES I FEEL LIKE IT FEELS LIKE WHAT WE'RE DOING UP HERE ISN'T ANYTHING SUPER IMPORTANT. WE'RE APPROVING PLATS AND WE'RE MAKING POLICIES, AND SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL. AND I THINK SOMETIMES IT TAKES A WHILE TO SEE THE IMPACT OF THE THINGS WE DO. SO BACK IN 2020, WHEN I WAS IN YOUR SEAT ON CAPCOA, WE HAD A HUGE, FIERCE DEBATE ABOUT THE REVERSE 901 SYSTEM AND PURCHASING DATABASES FOR IT. AND SEVERAL OF THE PEOPLE FELT LIKE 
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IT WAS VERY BIG BROTHER, AND SEVERAL OF US FELT LIKE IT WAS WORTH THE RISK OF BEING BIG BROTHER. AND THAT SYSTEM WAS DEPLOYED LAST WEEK AND IT SAVED LIVES. I ALWAYS KNEW IN THEORY IT COULD, BUT I DIDN'T THINK THAT IT WOULD. AND I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO REMEMBER THAT SOMETIMES WHEN IT FEELS LIKE, WHY AM I DOING THIS? THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF WHY WE DO IT. 
          SOMETIMES WE'RE CHANGING THE TRAJECTORY OF PEOPLE'S LIVES. FINALLY, WE WERE REMINDED THIS WEEK THAT LIFE IS PRECIOUS AND SHORT. SO TAKE SOME RISKS, DON'T LEAVE THINGS UNSAID AND BE KIND. 
          BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE KINDNESS THAT YOU SHOW SOMEBODY MIGHT BE THE VERY BEST PART OF THEIR DAY. 
          AND LASTLY, TO NOT LEAVE THIS ON A SAD DARK NOTE. BLUE SANTA IS KICKING OFF THIS COMING THURSDAY, JULY 24TH AT LEANDER STAHL. IT IS A WONDERFUL TIME IN THIS THIS SAD TIME TO GO AND DO SOMETHING GOOD AND START GETTING READY TO BRING HOLIDAYS AND PRESENTS TO A BUNCH OF KIDS IN IN OUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING IN SANDY CREEK. THERE'S SO MANY THAT NEED IT. IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN EMAIL LEANDER BLUE SANTA AT GMAIL.COM. AND LET'S HAVE A REALLY GREAT SEASON THIS YEAR. WE DID NOT FINISH OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION EARLIER, SO WE ARE GOING TO RECESS OUR MEETING. CORRECT. AND RECONVENE BACK INTO COUNCIL IS GOING TO RECONVENE AT 9:23 P.M. TO TAKE ACTION AS DEEMED NECESSARY FROM OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION. NUMBER ONE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE. MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO. ACTION NUMBER TWO, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROCESSES. MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO ACTION. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO ADJOURN THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP AT
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