[10. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Special Use Case Z-25-0161 to consider action on a Special Use Permit to allow for outdoor sporting activities such as soccer, cricket, football, and other similar sports on two (2) parcels of land approximately 0.603 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R036045 and R036046; and commonly known as 302 & 304 Brushy Street, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.

Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case Z-25-0161 as described above.

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ITEM NUMBER TEN. THANK YOU. THE MICROPHONE'S A LITTLE LOUD AGAIN. SO ITEM NUMBER TEN CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING SPECIAL USE CASE Z-250161 TO CONSIDER ACTION ON A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR OUTDOOR SPORTING ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SOCCER, CRICKET, FOOTBALL AND OTHER SIMILAR SPORTS ON TWO PARCELS OF LAND APPROXIMATELY 0.63 ACRES IN SIZE. MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY WILLIAMSON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT PARCELS R036045 AND R036046, AND COMMONLY KNOWN AS 302 AND 304 BRUSHY STREET, LEANDER, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS. HI. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE ZONING PROCESS. THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO ADOPT FOR ADOPT THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR THE OPERATION OF BOX CRICKET AND PRACTICE FACILITY, AND THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY DESIGNATED AS T5 URBAN CENTER AND DOES NOT ALLOW FOR THE OUTDOOR SPORTING FACILITIES.

THE PERMIT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE PROPOSED BOX CRICKET FIELD AND PRACTICE LANES ON ON A FIVE YEAR TIME LIMIT. THE SURROUNDING AREA IS. LET ME PULL UP THE AERIAL. IT IS EAST OF THE HANGOUT AND WILDFIRE PARK AND THEN WEST OF THE TERRY DAVIS ASSOCIATES OFFICE, AND SOUTHWEST OF BROAD STREET IS THE NIGHT OWL KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OFF THE THE MAP? IF THE COMMISSION DETERMINES THAT THE DEVELOPMENT IS UNIQUE AND BENEFICIAL TO OLD TOWN, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND OPTION ONE TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE FIVE YEAR TIME FRAME. STAFF MADE THIS RECOMMENDATION BASED ON COMPATIBLE LAND USES WITH THE OLD TOWN DISTRICT. THE OLD TOWN MASTER PLAN IDENTIFIES THIS AREA AS THE OLD TOWN CORE CHARACTER DISTRICT, WHICH SHOULD INCLUDE A MIX OF LAND USES WITH A FOCUS ON DESTINATION AND ACTIVITY TYPES SUCH AS RESTAURANTS, COFFEE SHOPS, BARS, BREWERIES, BOUTIQUES, SHOPS, ACTIVITY CENTERS AND OR EMPLOYMENT CENTERS. THE OUTDOOR SPORTING ACTIVITIES MAY BE SORRY, THAT WAS A TYPO. A COMPATIBLE USE IN OLD TOWN AND I WILL BE AVAILABLE AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THE APPLICANT DOES HAVE A PRESENTATION. GREAT. OKAY. AND WITH THAT THE APPLICANT LIKE TO COME UP AND PRESENT. GOOD EVENING CHAIR. COMMISSION. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. AND I WANT TO FIRST OF ALL, THANK ALL THE WONDERFUL STAFF MEMBERS WHO TRIED TO PUT ME THIS EVENING HERE. THEY'RE DOING AN AWESOME AND EXCELLENT JOB. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING ATTENTIVE EVERY TIME AND HELPING US TO GET THE NEEDS OF CRICKET WITH THE CITY OF LEANDER. THAT SAID, WHAT IS CRICKET IN USA? CRICKET IN USA HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY ICC AND ALSO USA CRICKET HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO WORLD SINCE 200D CRICKET HAS BEEN. LEANDER HAS BEEN ADAPTED TO PLAY CRICKET AND WE HAVE ALMOST 80 TO 100 TEAMS PLAYING IN AUSTIN AND LEANDER AREA. EVERY WEEKEND. IT MIGHT BE IN LIBERTY HILL, CEDAR PARK OR WITHIN LEANDER. THEY ARE TRYING TO FIND SOME COMMON PLACE, AND THEY'RE TRYING TO PLAY THAT CRICKET WHEREVER THEY FIND THE GROUNDS AND THE FEASIBILITY. AND THAT SAID, IF YOU WE ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY 2028, WE ARE EXPECTING THE

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TEAMS WILL BE DOUBLED BY 160 TO 200 TEAMS WITHIN OUR LEANDER AREA AS WELL. AND WE HAVE CURRENTLY LOCAL CLUBS WITH THE HILL COUNTY CRICKET ASSOCIATION BEING THE LEAD, WHICH IS CALLED APCL. AND ALSO WE HAVE 22 YARDS INDOOR FACILITY WITHIN OUR LEANDER AREA. AND THEN THERE IS A LIGHT COACHING WHICH IS CLOSE BY WITHIN CEDAR PARK, WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE THE TRAINING FACILITIES. AND WE HAVE CTCL AND LPL AND. APC WHERE HCC TRIES TO PROVIDE YOUTH AND WOMEN CRICKET, FOSTERING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CRICKET AS WELL. AND I, I PLAY BOTH BPCL AND HPCL PERSONALLY. WHENEVER I GET TIME TO PLAY IN THE RECREATIONAL, RECREATIONAL AND THAT WITH UNDER 15 TEAM. IN 2024, WE ALMOST GENERATED 100 MILLION TOWARDS TEXAS STATE. WHEN THE CRICKET ICC HOSTED THE CRICKET WORLD CUP. SO WEST INDIES AS WELL AS INDIA AND THE OTHER WORLD CUP HAS BEEN PLAYED IN FORT LAUDERDALE GRAND AND ALSO IN GRAND PRAIRIE STADIUM. AND THERE HAS BEEN MLC CRICKET THAT IS GOING ON. SO CRICKET HAS BEEN WIDELY INCREASED IN RECENT TIMES. AND AND I THINK IT IS ALSO GENERATING A LOT OF ECONOMY AS WELL. AND WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO PROPOSE IS, IF FRIENDLY SMALL AREA WHERE WE CAN DEVELOP A QUICK PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, CRICKET. SO THE GAMES WILL NOT BE LIKE LENGTHY LONG, THEY WILL BE SHORT AND SWEET SO THAT WHOEVER TRIES TO PLAY OR PRACTICE, THAT MIGHT BE YOUTH OR WOMEN. SO THERE IS NO FILTER TO PLAY CRICKET, AND THIS BOX CRICKET WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN, EXPLORE AND GIVE AN EXPOSURE TO EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO BE INTERESTED ON THE GAME. THE SECOND THING THAT IT WILL ALSO BRING. MAINLY IS THE ATTRACTION.

THE CITIES AROUND LIKE CEDAR PARK, HATO, EVERY GROUNDS, EVERY CITIES WILL TRY TO COME HERE AND PARTICIPATE. THAT BRINGS A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC TOWARDS THE PLACE WHERE OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES WITHIN WILL ALSO GET BENEFITED FROM THAT. AND MAINLY YOUTH IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO FOCUS TO GET THEM TRAINED. I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT I PLAY WITH UNDER 15 AND UNDER 15. FIVE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS HAS BEEN PRESENTED FOR NATIONALS. THEY COULDN'T CLEAR THE NATIONAL, ALL FIVE OF THEM, BUT ONE PLAYED NATIONALS AND THEY WENT ALL THE WAY UP TO THE SELECTIONS FOR NATIONALS. SO I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT, YOU KNOW, I PLAY WITH THAT YOUNG TEAM. SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WHERE THE BOX CRICKET AND THE PRACTICE NETS.

I PERSONALLY AM TRYING TO GET TO COACHING. I ALSO COACH A FEW OF MY FRIENDS KIDS AS WELL. SO I'M TRYING TO GET THAT. AND ALSO WE ARE TRYING TO GET THAT ATTRACTION. AND ALSO MAINLY I LIVE IN LEANDER. I'M A UNITED STATES ARMY VETERAN. WE PLAYED CRICKET IN HAWAII WITH WITH OUR ARMY FRIENDS AS WELL, AND WE ARE TRYING TO SUPPORT OUR CITY TO GROW WITH ALL OUR BUSINESSES AND SEE HOW I CAN CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THAT ASPECT AS WELL. AND AS I SAID, I'M REPEATING AGAIN, OUR GOALS PROVIDE RESIDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN HEALTHY PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES AND ALSO PROVIDE SAFE ENVIRONMENT BY CONDUCTING WITHIN THE BOX CRICKET SO THAT IT WILL BE A SHORTER FORMAT, NOT LONGER FORMATS, AND IT WILL BE DONE. IT WILL BE FUN TO PLAY AS WELL AND LEARN AND GROW, RATHER THAN DIRECTLY GO AND PERFORM. AND. I THINK I CONCLUDED THE FINAL REMARKS ALREADY, BUT AGAIN, SINCERE APPRECIATION. AGAIN, AS I SAID, THE CITY, THE COUNCIL DOES ZONING COMMISSION. I THINK YOU ALL ARE DOING A FABULOUS JOB AND THANKS FOR GIVING THIS OPPORTUNITY TODAY, AND I KINDLY REQUEST TO PROVIDE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP AND GROW CRICKET WITHIN THE CLOSE BY AREA SO THAT EVERYBODY IS CLOSE TO THE SPORT AND THEY ARE ALSO VERY QUICKLY LIKE, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, MY DAUGHTER WANTS TO LEARN CRICKET AND I WANT TO TRAIN HER, BUT THE FACILITIES ARE TOO FAR. FOR EXAMPLE, I HAVE TO TAKE A 30 TO 40 MINUTES FOR TO SCCA IN THIS TRAFFIC AND SOMETIMES SHE MISSES IT OUT AND SHE ALWAYS QUESTIONS ME LIKE WHERE AM I GOING SO FAR? WHY DON'T WE HAVE ANYTHING CLOSE BY? SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT I WANT TO BRING UP. SO IF THESE KIND OF FACILITIES COMES IN, THE PRACTICE WILL BE A BIT MORE EASIER AND ACCESSIBLE IS ANOTHER HELPFUL THING. SO BY

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THAT, THANK YOU ALL THE COMMISSION MEMBERS FOR GATHERING HERE TODAY AND GIVING THIS OPPORTUNITY. I REALLY APPRECIATE AND ROBIN, MA'AM, WE HAVE MET MULTIPLE TIMES. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE OPPORTUNITY. YOU KNOW, AND WONDERFUL JOB YOU HAVE BEEN DOING HERE. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL AND GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR THAT. APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. WE MAY CALL YOU BACK UP HERE TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS IN A LITTLE BIT AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE TONIGHT? I HAVE ONE CARD WHICH I'LL CALL UP HERE IN A MINUTE. OKAY. I HAVE A TERRY DAVIS. MR. DAVIS, WHEN YOU COME UP, JUST SPEAK YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. SIR, MY NAME IS TERRY DAVIS. MY ADDRESS IS 105 WEST BROAD STREET. I AM THE LAW OFFICE WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY. I DON'T KNOW THE APPLICANT. I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THE APPLICANT. I LOVE SPORTS, BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT HAVING A PLACE THAT WILL HAVE CRICKET, FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS IS COMPATIBLE WITH BEING NEXT DOOR TO WHERE MY OFFICE IS, WHICH MEANS I WILL HAVE NOTHING BUT NOISE. INSTEAD OF HAVING A PLACE THAT CAN BE QUIET AND I CAN GET BUSINESS DONE. I'VE BEEN IN THAT OFFICE FOR 24 YEARS. PLUS, IT'S KIND OF A DEAD END WITH NO NO PARKING, BRINGING A LOT OF PEOPLE AND A LOT OF NOISE TO A CORNER WITH NO WAY OUT. LIKE I SAID, I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST SPORTS, BUT CLEARLY THIS IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE USE OF THAT AREA RIGHT NOW. AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S BEEN MY OFFICE FOR 24 YEARS AND I DO NOT LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A SPORTS FACILITY NEXT DOOR TO MY OFFICE. AND I KNOW HOW THINGS WORK IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR THE CITY COUNCIL. SOME PERSON MAY WANT TO DO CRICKET, AND THEY MAY WANT TO HAVE 2 OR 3 PEOPLE COME TO PLAY CRICKET. BUT IF IT IS APPROVED FOR SPORTS LIKE THIS, ANYTHING CAN BE THERE AND ALL OF IT IS GOING TO BRING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE AND MORE NOISE INTO A DEAD END.

WITH NO PLACE TO PARK, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A DETRIMENT TO MY OFFICE. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT POINT THAT I AM AGAINST THIS PROPERTY BEING USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. AND I LIKE I SAID, I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THE APPLICANT. IT'S JUST THIS IS NOT A COMPATIBLE PLACE FOR THE SPORTS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. AS YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DEVELOPING THAT AREA AND THERE ARE FEW BUSINESSES GOING IN NOW AND IT'S GETTING VERY CONGESTED IN THAT AREA. AND TO BRING SOMETHING THAT BRINGS A LOT OF PEOPLE INTO A DEAD END IS NOT GOING TO BE A VERY GOOD SITUATION TRAFFIC WISE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. APPRECIATE IT.

ANYBODY HERE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM TONIGHT? OKAY. WITH THAT, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE WILL ENTER INTO DISCUSSION. I WILL START WITH COMMISSIONER MAHAN TO MY RIGHT. YEAH. SO THIS IS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR ONLY BEING ABLE TO TO UTILIZE IT AS A CRICKET LOCATION. CORRECT? THE WAY IT'S STRUCTURED, IT IS FOR SOCCER, CRICKET, FOOTBALL OR OTHER SIMILAR SPORTS JUST SO THAT WE'RE A LITTLE BIT BROAD, BUT WE CAN NARROW IT DOWN TO JUST BEING CRICKET. OKAY. BECAUSE THE INTENDED USE IS FOR CRICKET. SO I'M, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THE APPLICANT WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM WITH NARROWING IT DOWN AND THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, REDUCE SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS. THE MY SECOND QUESTION IS, IS THAT IF THIS WERE GOING TO BE STRAIGHT ZONING, THIS IS SPECIAL USE PERMIT CASE, BUT IN ORDER TO DO ZONING FOR THAT, IT WOULD BE GENERAL COMMERCIAL. CORRECT. IF THEY IF THEY WANTED TO A STRAIGHT ZONING AND A PERMANENT TYPE SITUATION, IT WOULD BE GENERAL COMMERCIAL, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT IS TO THE NORTH AND TO THE EAST OF THE PROPERTY. SO IT WOULD BE GENERAL COMMERCIAL, BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A HIGHER SITE COMPONENT SO THAT IT CAN ALLOW FOR THE OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.

GOT IT. I'M THIS IS ONE OF THOSE IT'S KIND OF I'M KIND OF ON THE FENCE ABOUT. RIGHT.

BECAUSE WE LOOK AT WE LOOK AT OLD TOWN AND WE LOOK AT THE OLD TOWN MASTER PLAN. AND YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THIS WITH SOME OF OUR OTHER PROJECTS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING THE SPACE THAT WE ARE, BUT THIS IS ON THE VERY NORTH END. LIKE IF YOU LOOK AT ONE OF THE MAPS THAT WE GOT, WE GOT IN OUR THING LIKE THE THE OLD TOWN MASTER PLAN KIND OF CUTS OFF RIGHT ABOUT HERE. SO IT'S AT THE VERY NORTH END OF. YEAH. THAT ONE THAT'S THANK YOU. SO IT'S RIGHT AT THE VERY NORTH END OF OUR OLD TOWN PLAN, WHICH HASN'T FULLY DEVELOPED. AND

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THIS IS JUST A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE ZONING. IT'S STILL GOING TO BE THE T5 TRANSECT. AND WE WOULD ONLY BE ALLOWING THIS FOR A LIMITED PERIOD OF TIME SO THAT AS THE REST OF OLD TOWN DEVELOPS, THEN WE COULD REVISIT THIS AND SAY, IS THIS THE RIGHT USE OF OUR SPACE OR NOT? SO IF IF IT WAS COMING IN AS A ZONING CHANGE, I'D PROBABLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE HEARTBURN ABOUT IT. JUST BECAUSE I WANT TO PROTECT OUR OLD TOWN SPACE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. BUT GIVEN WHERE WE'RE AT IN OUR DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT OLD TOWN, THAT IT IS FOR SUCH A LIMITED USE PERIOD, AND WE ARE GOING TO LIMIT THE USE TO WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND IT WOULD BE SOMETHING UNIQUE TO LEANDER AS WELL. I'M I'M GOOD. SO THAT'S IT, COMMISSIONER MORALES? YEAH. SO FOLLOW UP. YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS A ZONING CASE, I DON'T THINK THE T6 REALLY ALIGNS WITH THE OLD TOWN VISION THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE OUT THERE. THE MASTER PLAN. SO I'M GOING TO READ JUST A COUPLE QUICK LINES FROM THE OLD TOWN NORTH, WHICH ACTUALLY IS WHERE THIS THIS PROPERTY FALLS. IT SAYS THE INTENT IS TO SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATE BETWEEN OLD TOWN ACTIVITIES, SHOPS, BUSINESSES TO NATURE AND OUTDOORS. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT IT, IT'S INTENDED IN THE FUTURE, LONG TERM TO POSSIBLY BE A PARK ON THE NORTH END. DOES SPORT FIELD. IT KIND OF DOES TIE INTO A PARK FACILITY. BUT THEN ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK OLD TOWN, I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO STIMULATE THE BUSINESSES ECONOMY, SHOP, CREATE A COMMUNITY CENTER IS THE VISION. SO BUT THEN YOU READ A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO THIS. IT SAYS LAND USE TO INCLUDE ACTIVITIES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY, SUCH AS OUTDOOR BREWERY WITH LAWN GAMES, FOOD TRUCKS OR PARKS WITH PLAYGROUNDS OR PROGRAMING ACTIVITIES. I THINK IT KIND OF FALLS WITHIN THAT KIND OF GUIDELINE. SO I KIND OF MIXED HERE TOO, BUT. DOES IT TRULY MEET THE INTENT OF THE FUTURE? IF IT WAS A ZONING, IT'D BE A LITTLE BIT TOUGHER. BUT I GUESS LAND USE LIKE KIND OF A LITTLE BIT MORE. BUT THAT'S ALL I. ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER LEWIS. I'M KIND OF OF THE BECAUSE IT'S LIMITED USE IN A SET AMOUNT OF TIME. I THINK IT'S A GOOD USE FOR THEM TO DEVELOP, TO THEN MOVE TO A DIFFERENT FACILITY, BUT GET THE ACTIVITY BEING PRESENT HERE IN LEANDER AND DRAWING IN PEOPLE. SO BECAUSE IT'S LIMITED USE AND LIKE THEY WERE SAYING, IT'S NOT A ZONING CHANGE, I, I ACTUALLY AM OKAY WITH IT. ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER, VICE CHAIR, I SHOULD SAY. I HAVE NO RESERVATIONS ABOUT THIS AT ALL. I'M A YES. I THINK THIS IS A THIS IS A PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE, ESPECIALLY UNDER THE SUP AS AS MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS HAVE POINTED OUT, I THINK TO THE EXTENT THAT THE OLD TOWN MASTER PLAN DOESN'T ALLOW FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO ATTRACT THESE UNIQUE AND BENEFICIAL THINGS. TO THE EXTENT IT DOESN'T DO THAT, THEN I THINK IT'S VIOLATIVE OF SOME OF THOSE HIGHER ORDER POINTS OF THE OF THE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

I THINK THAT THIS TYPE OF ORGANIC TYPE OF BUSINESS BUILDING IS EXACTLY WHAT WHAT OLD TOWN NEEDS TO SORT OF EXPERIMENT. MAYBE IT WORKS, MAYBE IT DOESN'T, BUT FOR THE TIME IT WILL BRING IN ADDITIONAL PEOPLE. ALL OF THAT BEING SAID, I HAVE SOME CONCERNS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PARKING HAS BROUGHT UP AS AN ISSUE. WHAT ARE THE HOURS OF OPERATION GOING TO BE ON THIS PROJECT? DO WE KNOW? I LET THE APPLICANT ANSWER THAT. WOULD THE APPLICANT COME UP AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HOURS OF OPERATION, NOISE MITIGATION, LIGHTING, ALL OF THOSE THINGS? THANK YOU AGAIN. SO ALL THE BUSINESS WILL BE CONDUCTED AFTER 5 P.M. OR 5:30 P.M. SO THAT'S WHERE THE TRACTION COMES FROM. SAY AGAIN 5 P.M. ON THE WEEKDAYS AND THEN WEEKENDS. IT CAN START A LITTLE EARLIER, BUT THE PLAN IS TO START AFTER 5:00 PM FOR THE WEEKENDS OR SORRY, WEEKDAYS SO THAT AS I SAID, LIKE IT CAN BE USED AS A TRAINING FACILITY FOR YOUTH AS WELL AS FOR WOMEN AND OTHERS IF THEY WANT TO PRACTICE HERE. SO IT WILL BE MOSTLY MOSTLY USED IN THAT INTENT. AND WE HAVE THE COMMON PARKING THAT CAN BE SHARED USUALLY MOST OF I MEAN, WE HAVE A LOT OF CRICKET PLAYING TEAM HERE. THEY CAN WATCH AS WELL. USUALLY THEY COME AND IN A CARPOOL WAY SO THAT WHENEVER WE TRY TO GO, WE GO IN THAT ROUTE. USUALLY THEY COME AS A TEAM, THEY LEAVE AS A

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TEAM BECAUSE OF THE KIT AND EVERYTHING. SO THAT SAID, AGAIN, THE TIMINGS WILL BE DEFINITELY ON WEEKDAYS. THEY WILL BE STARTING AROUND 5 P.M. AND THEN THEN IT CAN CONTINUE AND ON THE WEEKENDS IT WILL START AFTER 9 OR 10 THAT WE CAN, WE CAN ACCOMMODATE. OKAY. IS THERE A IS THERE A SET STOP TIME? YEAH. FOR EXAMPLE WE CAN DO IT 11:00 AS WE DO IT FOR THE WEEKDAYS AND WE CAN DO IT 12:00, AS WE SAID, FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKENDS, WHICH IS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, THAT'S THE HOURS OF OPERATION. YES, I CAN, I CAN COMPLY TO THAT SAME HOURS OF OPERATIONS AS WE DO AND, AND HONOR THAT IN THE SAME WAY AS THE BUSINESSES AS PER OUR I THINK THAT'S OUR BUSINESS COUNCIL ORDINANCE IS THE RIGHT WORD. SO 5 TO 11 ON WEEKDAYS AND I CAN VOUCH FOR 12:00 IN 2 A.M. IN THE MORNING FOR WEEKENDS. OKAY. ANY ADDITIONAL LIGHTING FOR THE BOX, CRICKET OR ANY OTHER PRACTICE FACILITIES THERE? THERE WILL BE SOME LIGHTING THAT WILL BE NEEDED FOR PRACTICING AND PLAYING, BUT IT WILL NOT BE LIKE HUGE HEAVY LIGHTING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. IT WILL BE JUST FOCUSED INTO THE INTO THE BOXES, SO IT WILL NOT COME ANYTHING BEYOND THAT, MEANING THE LIGHTING WILL NOT TRAVEL TO THE ROAD OR LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT WILL NOT HAPPEN THAT MUCH LIGHTING, IT WILL BE EVERYTHING FOCUSED INTO THE BOX. SO THE BOX IS LIT UP, BUT IT WILL NOT GO ANYTHING BEYOND LIKE IT WILL BE FOCUSED ON THE ROADS OR WALKWAYS OR LIKE THINGS BE ONLYE VISIBILITY OF THAT BALL TRAVELING. IT WILL BE ONLY FOCUSED TO THE. IT WILL NOT GO BEYOND THAT. AND QUESTION FOR STAFF JUST IS STAFF SATISFIED THAT THE LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS WILL COMPLY WITH YOU KNOW THE DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE TO WILL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE DARK SKY COMPLIANCE THAT WE HAVE ADOPTED. SO IT WILL BE SHIELDED FROM SHINING OUTWARD TOWARDS OTHER PROPERTIES OR THE ROAD.

OKAY, OKAY THEN. YEAH. I MEAN, I AS STAFF SAYS IN THE AGENDA, IF WE FIND THAT IT'S UNIQUE AND BENEFICIAL, WHICH I DO, I CERTAINLY DON'T THINK THAT IT'S MUNDANE OR HARMFUL. SO IT'S UNIQUE AND BENEFICIAL. I THINK IT'LL BE A GOOD THING FOR OLD TOWN. SO THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.

MY QUESTIONS WERE AROUND THE THE PROPERTY ITSELF, AND I'M LOOKING AT IT RIGHT NOW.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF STRUCTURES ON THERE. SO YOU'RE BECAUSE THIS IS A FIVE YEAR PERMIT.

IT'S NOT A ZONING CHANGE. AND AS COMMISSIONER MEHAN CLEARLY POINTED OUT AND AND SMARTLY POINTED OUT THAT THIS IS JUST A PERMIT AND THAT WHEN WE'RE, YOU KNOW, RE LOOK AT THIS. YOU KNOW, IN FIVE YEARS, WE MAY NOT DECIDE TO REISSUE THE PERMIT BECAUSE THE OLD TOWN MASTER PLAN MAY JUST BE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY UNDERWAY AND WE WANT TO SEE THAT COME TO FRUITION.

RIGHT. SO MY I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE A COUPLE OF BUILDINGS ON THIS PROPERTY? ARE THOSE GOING TO BE REMOVED? ARE THERE GOING TO BE REMOVAL OF TREES? THERE'S GOING TO BE LIKE A PROFESSIONAL STRUCTURE BUILT WITH THE NETS OR YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT IS YOUR KIND OF WHAT IS YOUR CONSTRUCTION PLAN? OR I GUESS YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIKE DETAIL IT, BUT JUST KIND OF WHAT'S WHAT'S THE PLAN THERE. YEAH. THERE IS NO BUILDINGS OR I THINK IT IS BEING DEMOLISHED BY THE LANDLORD ALREADY. HIS NAME IS JOHN JOHN PICKLER. THIS IS FROM GOOGLE, BUT IT'S VERY OLD. THERE'S NO BUILDINGS. BOTH OF THEM HAVE BEEN. THEY TOOK THE DEMOLITION PERMITS AND THEN THEY CLOSED IT OUT. AND IT'S A PLAIN LAND NOW. OKAY. AND THE CONSTRUCTION PLAN IS VERY SIMPLE, SIR. LIKE WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS PUT THE NETS, OKAY? LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOME STEEL STUDS, PUT THE NETS AND THEN START PLAYING. SO IT'S NOT REALLY A BIG INVESTMENT. YOU'RE PUTTING NETS UP AND YOU'RE INVITING THE KIND OF THE COMMUNITY TO COME. THAT'S ALL WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS PLAY SOME CRICKET. YEAH, EXACTLY. TO PLAY CRICKET AND THEN PRACTICE CRICKET AND THEN WHATEVER. LET'S SAY THEY WANT TO ENJOY A BITE. LET'S SAY IT MIGHT BE NIGHT OR IT MIGHT BE THIS HANGOUT. IT MIGHT BE ANYWHERE HERE. THEY'LL HAVE A BITE, THEN THEY'LL CALL IT A DAY. THEY'LL HANG OUT, THEY'LL LEAVE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S THE INTENT.

BECAUSE THE MAIN INTENT IS TO ATTRACT THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE PRACTICE OR FACILITIES FOR THEM BENEFITING. AND THE BUSINESSES ARE BENEFITING BECAUSE OF THE FOOT TRAFFIC. AND IT IS DIRECTLY, PROPORTIONALLY AFFECTING THE SALES AND EVERYTHING FOR THE OTHER BUSINESSES AROUND THIS AREA SO THAT THEY'RE COMING INTO IT. FOR EXAMPLE, I SEE A LOT OF ACTIVITY HAPPENING HERE WHILE IN THE NIGHT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, NIGHT OWL AND AS WELL AS OTHER BREWERY. I FORGET THE NAME, BUT, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE ARE ACTIVE HERE, SO THEY WILL BE INTERESTED TO WATCH THE SPORT AS WELL. LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL COME, THEY'LL CHEER UP AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IT'S, IT'S JUST TO UNDERSTAND AND BRING MORE FOOT TRAFFIC. YES.

LIKE, YOU KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPENING KIND OF THING. BUT YEAH, AS I SAID, IT IS VERY SIMPLE, SIMPLE STRUCTURE WITH A SMALL BOX. MAYBE IF I'M NOT WRONG, IT WILL NOT BE BEYOND THIS, THIS ROOM. IT'S AN INTERESTING CONCEPT. LIKE I'VE SEEN CRICKET PLAYED.

I'VE SEEN IT AT GYMS AND, YOU KNOW, COUNTY PARK OVER THERE. YES. RIGHT. AND SO THIS THIS IS

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AN INTERESTING CONCEPT. I, I'M IN ALIGNMENT WITH MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS HERE THAT I THINK WE CAN APPROVE THE FIVE YEAR, THE FIVE YEAR PERMIT. ALSO, I WAS JUST CONCERNED THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO SEE YOU PUT A HUGE INVESTMENT IN SOME IN SOME FACILITY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, OPEN UP. AND THEN FIVE YEARS LATER, WE'RE NOT GOING TO RENEW THE PERMIT BECAUSE THE OLD TOWN MASTER PLAN IS, IS GETTING, GETTING PLAYED OUT AND BUILT OUT. AND THAT'S CERTAINLY WHERE I'M KIND OF PROTECTIVE AS WELL AS MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S THIS IS GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR, OF OUR CITY CENTER. BUT I DO THINK IT'S A UNIQUE I DO THINK IT BRINGS PEOPLE IN. AND I THINK I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY MOVE FORWARD AND VOTE HERE. I JUST I WANTED TO JUST ALSO REITERATE THE HOURS, THOUGH.

YOU SAID AFTER FIVE ON WEEKDAYS, BECAUSE MR. DAVIS BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT. I MEAN, HE'S OPERATING HIS HIS LAW OFFICES FOR THE PAST 20 PLUS YEARS. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME MEETING MR. DAVIS AS WELL. AND I PROMISE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FACILITY WILL START AFTER 5 P.M. OF CONDUCTING OTHER BUSINESSES AROUND, BECAUSE I JUST DON'T WANT I WANT TO KEEP IT QUIET AS WELL. AND I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL ABOUT THE AREA. AND AS I SAID AGAIN, I'M I LIVE IN LEANDER. I WANT LEANDER TO GROW. AND IF IF I COMPLY WITH THE, YOU KNOW, MY FELLOW RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS BUSINESSES AS WELL, BECAUSE I'M A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AT THE SAME TIME. SO IF I'M IN ISSUES I WILL DO THE SAME. SO I PROMISE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WILL START AFTER THE 5 P.M. LIKE, YOU KNOW, REGULAR BUSINESS CONNECTING LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND THEN YES, SO YES, I COMPLY WITH THE HOURS YOU MENTIONED SIR. SO QUESTION FOR THE CITY THEN.

THEN IF WE APPROVE THIS, DO WE NEED TO PUT IN THE PERMIT THAT THE HOURS OF OPERATION NEED TO BE SPECIFIED BETWEEN THIS TIME AND THAT TIME WEEKDAYS, AND THEN THIS TIME AND THAT TIME ON WEEKENDS? I MEAN, I'M OKAY WITH THE WEEKEND HOURS. I'M ASSUMING MR. DAVIS IS PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, NOT WORKING IN THE OFFICE ON THE WEEKENDS TOO OFTEN. I MEAN, BEING A LAWYER, PROBABLY WORKING ALL THE TIME. BUT THE POINT IS, IT MAY NOT. IT'S A WEEKEND AT THAT POINT. IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE OPEN AND FLEXIBLE. AND IF YOU WANT TO COME WITH THE MIC, SIR, I'LL INVITE YOU UP HERE. IT'S PERFECTLY FINE. YEAH, YEAH. BUT THE WEEKEND WOULD, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE BETTER. OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT THERE AS OFTEN ON THE WEEKEND. AND IF Y'ALL ARE GOING TO LIMIT IT TO CRICKET, THAT WOULD BE BETTER TOO. BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SAY ANY SPORTS, THAT'S THAT'S JUST OPENS UP A LOT OF NOISE. BUT CRICKET WOULD BE BETTER. THANK YOU. JUST MAKE SURE NOBODY'S GOING TO BE HAPPY HERE. SO YEAH, I THINK WE SHOULD LIMIT TO CRICKET. AND I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE SURE WE DETAIL THE HOURS WITHIN THE PERMIT. AND I THINK WE CAN. SO IT WOULD BE MONDAY THROUGH FOR SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY FROM 5 TO 11, 5 TO 11. AND I THINK WE SAID TILL TILL MIDNIGHT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY TILL MIDNIGHT. AND THEN STARTING TIME IS, WHAT, 8 A.M. 7 A.M. I'VE SEEN PEOPLE PLAYING CRICKET IN THE FIELDS AT SIX AND 7 A.M. SO I'M LIKE JUST TRYING TO BE BE VERY CAUTIOUS HERE. HOLD ON JUST A MOMENT. I HEARD YOU DON'T YOU DON'T WANT TO DO SUNDAY STARTING AT FIVE.

CORRECT. SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY 5 TO 11. AND THEN FRIDAY WILL BE 5 TO 12. AND THEN SATURDAY WOULD BE 8 TO 12 MIDNIGHT AND SUNDAY WOULD BE 8 TO 11. 8 TO 11 IS PROBABLY FAIR.

YEAH. OKAY. THERE YOU GO. YOU HAVE THAT DETAILED THEN EVERYBODY IS OF THE FELLOW COMMISSIONERS. GOOD WITH THAT. DO WE NEED TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE. NO. BECAUSE WE ALREADY LIMITED IT TO TO CRICKET. MY ONLY RECOMMENDATION, YOU KNOW, WHEN I KNOW IT'S NOT A PERMANENT.

BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK LONG TERM, YOU LOOK AT THE MASTER PLAN. HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE OLD PLAN NORTH? LIKE HOW? IT'S JUST FINE. SO JUST THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE LAYING IT OUT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS YOU CAN INTERACT WITH THE STREETS, WITH THE PARK. YOU KNOW, IF THIS PARK WERE TO COME IN IN A FEW MORE YEARS, HOW COULD YOU BETTER INTEGRATE TO IT SO YOU KNOW THAT IT COULD BE THE TRAIL COMES OFF OR HOW WE ACT. SO JUST WHEN YOU'RE LAYING OUT DOING SITE DESIGN, THINK ABOUT THOSE OTHER ELEMENTS. IT'S HOW HOW PEOPLE INTERACT.

YEAH. YEAH. AND MY MY OTHER CALL OUT HERE IS I KNOW THAT THERE'S A PART OF BROAD STREET REALLY PRETTY MUCH THE BORDER OF BROAD STREET, MAYBE EVEN TO JUST THE SOUTH OF THAT, ALL THE WAY OVER TO HERO WAY THAT IS IN THE FLOOD ZONE. I DON'T BRING THAT UP. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH.

THERE'S A BIG SIGNIFICANT PORTION THAT IS IN THE FLOOD ZONE OR FLOODWAY. SO WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED WITH ENGINEERING AND HE KNOWS WHAT THE LIMITS WILL BE AND WHERE HE CAN AND CAN'T LAY DOWN CEMENT OR ANYTHING. RIGHT. SO YEAH, I'M JUST SAYING THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT'S ALSO BEEN CALLED OUT IN THE MASTER PLAN. SPECIFICALLY, THERE'S BEEN TALK ABOUT MAYBE MAKING THAT LIKE PART OF THE PARKING STRUCTURE THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE MASTER PLAN AT SOME POINT. SO I'M JUST SAYING WITH THAT GREEN SPACE THAT'S OVER, THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY DOWN, DOWN THE ROAD TO POSSIBLY HAVE SOMETHING IN THAT. BECAUSE TO ME, A CRICKET FIELD IN THE FLOOD ZONE IS OKAY. AS LONG AS YOU DON'T HAVE MAJOR STRUCTURES THERE THAT COULD GET FLOODED, RIGHT? AND WHATEVER YOU SEE THERE, SIR, RIGHT NEAR THAT BOX

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AREA IS VERY CLOSE. AND I SPOKE TO THE THAT'S WHY I SAID, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF MEMBERS ARE VERY AWESOME. THEY ALREADY MENTIONED WHERE IS MY LIMITS, WHAT I SHOULD DO AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES, I'M TRYING TO PUT IT VERY CLOSE AND WITHIN NO FLOOD ZONE.

AND IT'S A SMALL THIS KIND OF. YES. ALL RIGHT. WELL WITH THAT WE CAN THIS IS A ACTION ITEM.

SO WITH THE ITEMS THAT WE'VE CALLED OUT, STIPULATIONS WE'VE ALREADY MADE, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. WITH THE LIMITATION TO CRICKET AND THE OPERATING HOURS THAT WE'VE SPECIFIED. AND I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY THE VICE CHAIR COLON AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MAHAN, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AND

[11. Approval of Plat Vacate Case FP-25-0245 regarding the vacation of Lenox Hill Subdivision Final Plat on one (1) parcel of land approximately 16.429 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R653589; generally located west of Ronald W. Reagan Boulevard, approximately 550 feet south of Niles Drive, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.]

IT PASSES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER 11, APPROVAL OF PLAT VACATE CASE PHP DASH 250245 REGARDING THE VACATION OF LENOX HILL SUBDIVISION FINAL PLAT ON ONE PARCEL OF LAND APPROXIMATELY 16.429 ACRES IN SIZE. MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY WILLIAMSON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. PARCEL R6 53589, GENERALLY LOCATED WEST OF RONALD REAGAN BOULEVARD, APPROXIMATELY 550FT SOUTH OF NILES DRIVE. LEANDER, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS. GOOD EVENING. THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST IS TO VACATE THE LENOX HILL SUBDIVISION. FINAL PLAT. THE ORIGINAL PLAT WAS RECORDED EXACTLY TWO YEARS AGO, AND THE SUBDIVISION WAS NEVER CONSTRUCTED. THERE WERE NO PUBLIC ROADS THAT WERE BUILT OR UTILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED IN THIS AREA. THE APPLICANT IS INTENDING TO VOID THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS IN THE SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED ON THIS PROPERTY FOLLOWING THE VACATION OF THE FINAL PLAT. I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS HERE IN CASE YOU DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK OR JUST BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD. OKAY. WELL WITH THAT THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. SO WE'LL JUST MOVE INTO DISCUSSION. VICE CHAIR NOTHING OKAY. COMMISSIONER LEWIS. NOTHING EITHER. COMMISSIONER MORALES. NO, NO. NOTHING FOR MYSELF. COMMISSIONER MEHAN I'M GOOD, ALL RIGHT. AND I AM GOOD AS WELL. THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. MOTION TO APPROVE BY THE VICE CHAIR, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MEHAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OKAY. AND IT PASSES. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, THE

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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