[1. Call to Order.]
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P.M. IN THIS MEETING OF THE CITY OF LANDER, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS NOW CALLED
[3. Director's report to the Planning & Zoning Commission on action taken by City Council on the September 18, 2025 and October 2, 2025 meeting.]
TO ORDER. LET THE RECORD SHOW ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR. DIRECTOR'S REPORT. GOOD EVENING. I'M REPORTING ON ACTION TAKEN BY THE CITY COUNCIL. THAT WAS FORWARDED TO THEM BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. THEY REVIEWED THE THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND RECOMMENDED DENIAL. AND THEN KEDYS APPEALED THEIR DECISION. SO IT CAME BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR A SECOND TIME. AND THEN THEY RECOMMENDED DENIAL AGAIN. SO THAT ONE, THEY CAN'T COME BACK FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTHS UNLESS THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF REQUEST. WE ALSO DID THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PEAK PERFORMANCE PARK ZONING CASE, AND THE COUNCIL RECOMMENDED TO APPROVE THE CASE, AND THAT'LL BE ON FOR SECOND READING NEXT WEEK. AND THAT'S[4. Review of meeting protocol.]
IT FOR MY REPORT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND TO YOUR RIGHT. OUR LEFT IS OUR MEETING PROTOCOL.THIS IS HOW WE CONDUCT OUR MEETINGS. ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK TONIGHT WE'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS. AND AT THAT TIME, THERE'LL BE NO BACK AND FORTH WITH THE COMMISSION. IS THERE ANYBODY HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA
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TONIGHT? OKAY. WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. WE CAN PASS THIS WITH A MOTION. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER MORALES, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LEWIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. OKAY. AND[13. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider action regarding Zoning Case Z-25-0192 to amend the Journey Bible Church Planned Unit Development (PUD) with base zoning of LO-2-A (Local Office) to include a base zoning district of LC-2-A (Local Commercial) on two (2) parcels of land approximately 3.0 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R668974 and R668975; and generally located approximately 300 feet east of the intersection of Bull Nettle Drive and Journey Parkway, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.
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PARCELS R6 68974 AND R6 68975, AND GENERALLY LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 300FT EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF BULL NETTLE DRIVE AND JOURNEY PARKWAY. LEANDER, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CASTILLO WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THIS REQUEST IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE ZONING PROCESS. THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING TO REZONE THE PORTION OF THE PROPERTY. SO IT'S THE OUTER LOT, THE ONE WITH THE DARKER DOTS SO THAT THEY CAN ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SWIM SCHOOL. THIS USE IS NOT LISTED ON OUR ZONING ORDINANCE, BUT WE MADE THE DETERMINATION IT WOULD BE COMPATIBLE IN THE LOCAL USE USE LOCAL COMMERCIAL USE COMPONENT AND IT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND APPROPRIATE WITH THE SURROUNDING LAND USES. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE PROPOSAL DOES EXPAND THE USES THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED OTHER THAN THE SWIM SCHOOL, SO IT WOULD BE ANYTHING WITHIN LOCAL COMMERCIAL. IN ADDITION TO THAT, SWIM SCHOOL AND SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY IS THE JOURNEY BIBLE CHURCH IN THAT LOT WITH THE LIGHTER CIRCLES, SO THAT ONE'S ALREADY DEVELOPED AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY DOING AN ADDITION TO THAT. THE INITIAL ZONING CASE THAT ADOPTED THE PUD WAS IN 2017, AND THEN IN 2021, THEY HAD AN AMENDMENT THAT ALLOWED FOR OTHER USES ASIDE FROM JUST THE CHURCH. AS PART OF THIS ITEM, THE THE COMMISSION CAN EITHER APPROVE THE PROPOSAL, THE AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO, OR DENY IT, OR THE THIRD OPTION IS TO APPROVE AN ALTERNATE REQUEST THAT MAY INCLUDE MODIFICATIONS TO THE AMENDMENT, SUCH AS ADDING PROHIBITED USES. STAFF RECOMMENDS OPTION NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS TO APPROVE AS IS. WE MADE THE RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THE PROPOSED USE BEING COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING LAND USES AND THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION. THE APPLICANT IS HERE IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, AND I'LL BE AVAILABLE AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WITH THE APPLICANT, LIKE TO PRESENT OR SAY ANYTHING OR JUST BE AVAILABLE FOR COMMENTS AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT. EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM TONIGHT? OKAY. WITH THAT WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE INTO DISCUSSION. I'LL MOVE TO MY MY RIGHT. COMMISSIONER MAHAN, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NO ISSUES. OKAY. COMMISSIONER MORALES. YEAH. NO MAJOR ISSUES.
I GUESS IT'S THERE ARE JUST RESIDENTIAL COMPONENTS AROUND IT. SO BE KIND OF BE A KIND NEIGHBOR. BUT I IT SEEMS LIKE IT SHOULD BE A GOOD FIT. OKAY, COMMISSIONER LEWIS, NO ISSUES.
COMMISSIONER LANDRY. NO ISSUES. EXCELLENT. YEAH, I'M GOOD WITH THIS ONE. CONSIDERING WE ALSO APPROVED A ZONING FOR A LARGE. HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE ACTUALLY IN BETWEEN RONALD REAGAN AND STILES MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A LOCAL COMMERCIAL ZONED AS PART ON JOURNEY PARKWAY THERE. AND IT'S A MULTI-USE CORRIDOR. THIS SEEMS LIKE IT'S A GOOD FIT. SO I HAVE NO ISSUES EITHER WITH THAT. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION TO APPROVE.
I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER, SECONDED BY
[14. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider action on the Fiscal Year 2026 Capital Improvement Program (CIP).
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EVENING COMMISSIONER. MY NAME IS TONY. I'M WITH THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT. WE HAD BEEN HERE RIGHT AT THE END OF JULY TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL PREVIOUSLY A LIST OF PROJECTS FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, IF NEED BE. I DON'T REALLY HAVE A PRESENTATION, BUT I CAN DO A RECAP IF YOU WOULD LIKE. IF NOT, I'D JUST LIKE TO COME BACK TO YOU AND SAY WE WERE WAITING FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND YOUR INPUT ON THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION. SOUNDS GOOD WITH THE COMMISSION. LIKE TO HAVE A RECAP BEFORE WE ENTER DISCUSSION, OR JUST GO STRAIGHT TO OUR COMMENTS. I I'D LIKE A RECAP. OKAY, WE'LL LET YOU PROVIDE A RECAP IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT. ABSOLUTELY. OH, THERE YOU ARE. THANK YOU I APPRECIATE THAT. SO ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. SO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OF COURSE WE HANDLE AND MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE LARGE NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THE CITY THAT ARE NEEDED BY THE CITY. MOST ARE USUALLY INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER, WASTEWATER, ROAD SYSTEMS. SOMETIMES THEY ARE FACILITIES AND MANAGEMENT. SOMETIMES THEY'RE PARKS AND TRAILS. WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR. WE GO BACK THROUGH AND WE REVIEW WHAT'S NEEDED, AND WE LOOK AT THE BROAD SPECTRUM OF FUNDINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO FUND THESE. PER THE ORIGINAL CITY CHARTER, WE ARE TO COME TO PLANNING AND ZONING AND SAY, OKAY, PLEASE DO REVIEW THE PROJECTS IN THE PLAN. AND IF YOU COULD LOOK AT THEM OVER AND GIVE US YOUR INPUT. THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, OF COURSE, WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT, BUT WE DO WANT TO BE MORE, MORE DILIGENT IN DOING SO. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT IS, BASICALLY PER THE CITY CHARTER, IT DOES COME IN AND IT DOES CONFIRM THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE REQUIRED TO PRESENT A LIST OF THESE PROJECTS WHICH COULD BE AMENDED UP TO TWO YEARS EVERY TWO YEARS. BUT WE DO LIKE TO LOOK AT THEM EVERY YEAR BECAUSE GOALS AND PRIORITIES CHANGE. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WE'RE KEEPING TABS WITH THAT. BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT A CIP, IT'S A MULTI YEAR PLAN AND WE LOOK AT THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND IT PROVIDES US FOR WITH REGARDS TO SAY, DEVELOPMENT, MODERNIZATION, REPLACEMENT OF PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES AND PARKS AND TRAILS, THE CRITERIA IS THAT IT MUST BE MINIMUM OF 200,000 IN ESTIMATED COSTS, MUST BE NON-RECURRING, MUST HAVE PROVIDED A MINIMUM BENEFIT OF FIVE YEARS. THAT MEANS IT'S USUALLY CONSIDERED PERMANENT AND BEING IN ADDITION TO THE CITY'S CAPITAL ASSETS. AND ONCE AGAIN, IT CAN BE LIMITED TO ROADS, UTILITIES, TECHNOLOGY, MUNICIPAL FACILITIES INCLUDING PARKS AND TRAILS. OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE A MINIMUM PLANNING HORIZON OF ABOUT FIVE YEARS. WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING TEN YEARS. BUT IN ALL FAIRNESS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE KIND OF MONEY WE'RE GOING THROUGH, IT'S FIVE YEARS FIRST AND THEN WE START PROJECTING LONG DISTANCE 5 TO 10 YEARS. SO WE WE IDENTIFY, WE EVALUATE, WE SCHEDULE FUND THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT NEEDS COMMUNITY. WHAT WE DO IS WE'LL SET UP A A PROJECT NEED. AND WITH THESE PROJECT NEEDS WE'LL DEVELOP PROJECT WORKSHEETS. AND ON THESE WORKSHEETS WE'LL DEVELOP A SUMMARY OF ALL THESE THAT DETERMINES WHAT WHAT THAT IS AND EXPLAINS. IT DEVELOPS OR PROVIDES AN ESTIMATED COST, SHOWS A DURATION OF AN ESTIMATED SCHEDULE. USUALLY LIKE DO WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE 12 MONTHS, 18 MONTHS, WHATEVER THAT'S GOING TO BE SOURCES OF FUNDING. WE HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF SOURCES OF FUNDING. WE LIKE TO LOOK AT THOSE AND WE LOOK AT THOSE EXPENSES FOR THAT. WE TRY TO GO THROUGH AND WE PRIORITIZE THESE NEEDS AND THESE PROJECTS, AND WE START WITH EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS. WELL MY APOLOGIES.STEP BACK. WE ACTUALLY START WITH ASSESSMENTS, PROJECT MASTER PLANNING AND ANY KIND OF STUDIES. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE STUDIES, THEN WE'LL TAKE THEM BACK TO EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND SAY, OKAY, EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT IS IDENTIFIED IN THESE LISTS IN THESE STUDIES. AND YOU DEPARTMENTS LET US KNOW WHAT YOU DETERMINE IS GOING TO BE YOUR HIGHEST PRIORITIES. THEY DEVELOP A LIST AND THEY GIVE THAT BACK TO US. THEN WE GO THROUGH A RANKING. BASICALLY WE DO AN EVALUATION MATRIX. AND WE SHARED THAT PREVIOUSLY. THAT EVALUATION EVALUATION MATRIX. MY APOLOGIES. LOOKS AT MULTIPLE. LET'S SEE. HERE WE GO. MULTIPLE CATEGORIES. YOU KNOW OPERATIONAL CAPACITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC SAFETY QUALITY OF LIFE BALANCED COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. AND IT GRADES IT UPON THOSE. AND THEY DEVELOP A SCORE FOR EACH OF THOSE PROPOSED PROJECTS, THOSE NEEDS.
ONCE WE HAVE THOSE ALL SCORED, IT CREATES A LIST ON THOSE SCORINGS NOW THAT'LL COME BACK TO US AND WE REASSESS BASED UPON HOW DO THOSE ACTUALLY WORK WITH ANOTHER SET OF CRITERIA
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AND WE'LL ACTUALLY SCORE OR WE'LL RANK THOSE. AND THEN WE GET A RANKING OF PRIORITIZATION.AND SO WE GO THROUGH THIS MULTIPLE TIMES AND GO THROUGH A SERIES OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS.
AND IT'LL GO BACK THROUGH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS MIXED WITH THE THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE. AND THEN WE'LL SIT DOWN AT THE VERY END. AND OF COURSE WE'LL GO THROUGH HOPEFULLY Y'ALL'S INPUT PROVIDES US ANOTHER ROUND OF THAT. AND THEN OF COURSE WE GO THROUGH WITH FINANCE AND WE LOOK AT FINANCING OKAY. WHAT SOURCES OF FUNDS DO WE HAVE AND WHAT MONIES DO WE HAVE. AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT THOSE AND WE CAN DETERMINE BASED UPON THE CONSIDERATION WE LOOK AT AFTER EVERYTHING'S BEEN EVALUATED, SCORED AND PRIORITIZED, THEN WE GO BACK AND WE SAY, OKAY, WE'RE LOOKING AT WHICH ONES ARE LEGACY PROJECTS. IN OTHER WORDS, WHICH PROJECTS ARE ACTUALLY IN MOTION NOW BEING DESIGNED OR IN CONSTRUCTION, WHICH ARE SPECIALLY FUNDED PROJECTS WHICH MIGHT BE CAPMETRO, COULD BE ARPA, COULD BE TEXT, IT COULD BE ANY OF THESE SPECIAL FUNDS THAT MAY HAVE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND GET THOSE FUNDS ENCUMBERED. WE'LL LOOK AT PROJECTS ARE BEING EXECUTED AS A PARTNERSHIP. WE DO OUR PARTNERSHIPS EVIDENTLY WITH CAPMETRO AND WITH WILCO, WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND SEVERAL OTHERS, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE TAKE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF PRIORITY BECAUSE THEY USUALLY PROVIDE FUNDS TO US. WE LOOK AT THE TIMELINE CONSIDERATIONS FOR DURATIONS OF DESIGN, RIGHT OF WAY OR EASEMENT, PROCUREMENT AND COORDINATION OF CONSTRUCTION WITH OTHER PROJECTS. AND HERE'S WHERE IT GETS A LITTLE TRICKY, BECAUSE WE MIGHT HAVE MULTIPLE PROJECTS THAT ARE FAIRLY RANKED HIGH ON THIS PRIORITIZATION, BUT I'M GOING TO USE SAN GABRIEL AS AN EXAMPLE. I'VE GOT RIGHT NOW EIGHT PROJECTS ACROSS SAN GABRIEL FROM BAGHDAD ALL THE WAY OVER TO RONALD REAGAN.
I CANNOT IN GOOD CONSCIENCE DO TWO PROJECTS CONSTRUCTION, THAT ARE WORKING ON TOP OF EACH OTHER BECAUSE I GUARANTEE YOU THE GENERAL PUBLIC WILL HANG US UP. SO WE HAVE TO KIND OF WORK STRATEGICALLY. HOW DO THESE ALL WORK AND HOW WE CAN GET THESE PROJECTS GOING, BUT IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE DO NOT OVERBURDEN THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND MAKE THEIR LIVES MISERABLE, RIGHT? WE ALSO LOOK AT PROJECTS WHICH FULFILL CRITICAL NEEDS AND LIFE SAFETY NEEDS, WHICH MAY NOT RANK HIGHLY, BUT THEY STILL ARE A CRITICAL NEED. AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK THROUGH THAT WHOLE SYSTEM AND WE PUT ALL THESE TOGETHER. AND I THINK WE DID PRESENT YOU WITH A DRAFT BOOK ON THAT. YES. SO THAT DRAFT BOOK SHOWS THOSE PROJECTS, AND YOU CAN LOOK IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER. IT'LL SHOW A SCORING AND A RANKING. BUT IT ALSO, IF YOU LOOK WITHIN THOSE BOOKS, THOSE HAVE WHAT WE CALL THE PROJECT WORKSHEETS. THE PROJECT WORKSHEETS. DID I INCLUDE ANY OF THOSE? I DID, YOU CAN SEE OVER HERE ON THE FAR RIGHT THAT'S A PROJECT WORKSHEET.
WITHIN THAT PROJECT WORKSHEET, IT'LL HAVE ITS ITS SCOPE. IT'LL HAVE A GENERAL DURATION OF WHAT THOSE GENERAL MONTHS OF CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN EVERYTHING MIGHT BE. AND THEN DOWN IN THE LOWER HALF, IT SHOWS THE DOLLARS, IT SHOWS. WHERE DO WE THINK THE MONEY IS GOING TO BE, HOW MUCH WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING PER EACH FISCAL YEAR? AND WHERE DO THOSE FUNDS APPROXIMATELY COME FROM? SO QUESTION ON THAT FOR YOU. YES. BECAUSE WHILE YOU'RE ON THAT, SO IF I'M LOOKING AT THE FISCAL YEAR FROM 26 TO TO 30 OR 30 1 TO 35, IF THE MONEY IS BUDGETED IN THAT FISCAL YEAR, DOES THAT MEAN THAT THAT'S WHEN THE PROJECT IS GOING TO BE EXECUTED? THAT IS THE ANTICIPATION FOR IT, CORRECT. THAT IS THE ANTICIPATION. AND I AND I SAY ONCE AGAIN WITH ANTICIPATION, BECAUSE THINGS CAN HAPPEN, WE CAN GO INTO DESIGN AND WE COULD WITH LIKE AS AN EXAMPLE, CRYSTAL FALLS EXTENSION. WE'RE CROSSING A VERY LARGE FLOODPLAIN THERE. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH A REQUIREMENT CALLED THE LAMAR PROCESS. THAT LAMAR PROCESS WITH REGARDS TO THE EPA AND THE US CORPS, CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND TC USUALLY TAKES A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, BUT SOMETIMES IT CAN EXTEND LONGER THAN MIGHT ACTUALLY TAKE US A YEAR AND A HALF, WHICH IS VERY PAINFUL. BUT THAT TAKES THAT THAT DESIGN PHASE AND EXTENDS IT OUT A YEAR AND A HALF LONGER THAN WE WANT IT TO BE. GOT IT. SO THIS IS SHOWING YOU YOUR FISCAL YEAR 26, FISCAL YEAR 31 WITH THE BUDGETING I GOT IT. YES, SIR.
AND SO WHAT WE'D LIKE TO EMPHASIZE TO EVERYBODY THIS IS A A PLAN. AND SO IT IS OUR PLAN AND HOPE AND GOAL AND ANTICIPATED THAT WE MEET THIS. BUT WE KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THAT THINGS CHANGE. PRIORITIES SOMETIMES CHANGE FROM YEAR TO YEAR. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE SAY THIS IS A PLAN. AND SO WITH THAT IN MIND WE KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THAT FROM NEXT NOW TO NEXT YEAR IT MAY CHANGE. SO WE WILL MAYBE HERE AGAIN NEXT YEAR IN FRONT OF YOU SAYING HERE'S THE NEW SET. BUT YES SIR, THAT IS CORRECT. GREAT. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU FOR THAT. OH YES SIR, OF COURSE. WELL, I GUESS WE'LL JUST HAVE YOU AROUND FOR QUESTIONS IF YOU NEED IT. YES, OF COURSE. HOWEVER, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ACTION. SO IS THERE ANYBODY HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT, THEN I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL MOVE INTO DISCUSSION. I'LL START DOWN TO MY LEFT, COMMISSIONER LANTRIP. SO COUPLE JUST A COUPLE OF GENERAL COMMENTS. YOU KNOW, WE WE GOT THIS BACK AT AT
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THE END OF JULY AND, AND WE DID MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE IT TO THE NEXT MEETING. AND YOU KNOW, I GUESS TWO MONTHS, YOU KNOW, COUPLE OF MONTHS HAVE GONE BY. SO IS THIS SOMETHING YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE BEFORE OCTOBER 1ST? IN AN IDEAL WORLD, YES, MA'AM. IN AN IDEAL WORLD, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE. WE HAD CERTAIN OTHER SYSTEMS GOING ON. WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE THE BUDGET. WE'RE TRYING TO REVIEW THE BUDGET AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. WE HAD CERTAIN OTHER PROJECTS THAT POPPED UP THAT WERE OF, LIKE WE SAID, THOSE HIGHER PRIORITY NEEDS THAT WE HAD TO ADDRESS. AND SO, YES, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE HAD THIS BY OCTOBER 1ST, BUT THERE WERE OTHER ITEMS THAT POPPED UP, AND THE INFORMATION THAT YOU GAVE US WAS REALLY GOOD AND PLENTY OF INFORMATION TO MAKE A DECISION. IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT PARTICULAR EVENING WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT IT FOR THE FIRST TIME. YOU JUST HAD A FEW MINUTES TO LOOK AT IT. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN, YOU KNOW, DO THAT NEXT SUMMER AND AND GET THAT BACK TO YOU. BUT BUT I DID HAVE A FEW COMMENTS. MY PRIORITIES WOULD HAVE BEEN WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. WHAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE WAS, YOU KNOW, WATER TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I'M ALL FOR PARKS IF WE CAN WORK THAT INTO THE BUDGET. SO I GUESS THE ONLY GENERAL THOSE ARE MY GENERAL COMMENTS SPECIFICALLY, Y'ALL RANKED THE GOLF COURSE AND CART BARN, YOU KNOW, HIGHER, YOU KNOW, AS AS KIND OF A HIGHER PRIORITY. IS SOME OF THAT ALREADY UNDERWAY AND THEREFORE IT OR YOU KNOW, IT RANKED IT CAUSED IT TO RANK HIGHER. YES, MA'AM. THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. WITH REGARDS TO EXCUSE ME WITH REGARDS TO THE MAINTENANCE BARN AT THE GOLF COURSE, WE HAD HAD AN ASSESSMENT, A HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ASSESSMENT ON IT, AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT NEEDED TO BE UPGRADED FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR STAFF THERE. AND SO IT WAS ALREADY IN PROCESS AS OF SPRING. AND SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET THAT COMPLETED, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I HAD LOOKED AT THE FACT WE DON'T HAVE A RECREATION CENTER, AND I'D MUCH RATHER SEE A RECREATION CENTER PRIORITIZED HIGHER THAN A REVAMP OF THE CLUBHOUSE. BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST I THINK THAT WOULD SERVE MORE PEOPLE. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'D STILL BE A PARK PROJECT, BUT I WOULD I WOULD FLIP THE PRIORITY OF THE RECREATION CENTER AND A PARK MAINTENANCE SHOP HIGHER THAN THE GOLF COURSE, EXCEPT FOR I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE HAZARDOUS THING. SO OBVIOUSLY THAT THAT'S A SAFETY ISSUE. SO THOSE ARE REALLY MY ONLY CONCERNS. Y'ALL SEEM TO HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB PRIORITIZING THE WATER AND THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. YES, MA'AM. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU.ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER LEWIS. ANYTHING? NO, I IT LOOKS GOOD. I APPRECIATE THAT YOU EXPLAINING EVERYTHING. SO THANK YOU. THAT CLEARS IT UP IN MY HEAD A BIT.
THANKS, COMMISSIONER MORALES. YEAH, I GUESS I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THE RANKING, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW. AND LOOK AT FIRE STATION. IT'S NOT LISTED ON THE RANKINGS, BUT IT IS LISTED ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. AM I MISSING CONNECTION THERE? NO, SIR.
YOU'RE ACTUALLY VERY, VERY GOOD QUESTION. AS A MATTER OF FACT, PART OF THE PROBLEM IS WE'RE LANDLOCKED, WE AS A CITY. AND SO WE ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING, TRYING TO FIND LAND WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY PLACE OUR FACILITIES. AND ONE OF THOSE IS, IS FOR THE TWO FIRE STATIONS, NUMBER SIX AND NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH ARE VERY CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT TO US. AND SO WE'RE MAKING A VERY BIG PUSH ON THAT RIGHT NOW, TRYING TO TO GO IN A PARALLEL PATH TO GET THERE.
YEAH, I KNOW TALKING TO SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE CITY, IT DOES SEEM TO BE A PRIORITY TO GET A FIRE STATION IN THAT AREA. A COUPLE OTHER ITEMS, YOU KNOW, HAS THE CITY EVER SENT OUT A SURVEY, LIKE A PUBLIC SURVEY, TO GET COMMUNITY INPUT ON A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN? BECAUSE I KNOW, LIKE THE CITY HAS ITS PRIORITIES AND HOW WE RANK THEM AND WHAT'S OBVIOUSLY WE. IF YOU'RE SITTING IN AN OFFICE EVERY SINGLE DAY, THIS MAY SEEM LIKE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, BUT I KNOW WHEN I DO MY PROJECTS, HAVING A PEER REVIEW OR OUTSIDE FEEDBACK, THAT SOMETIMES IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE THINGS FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S SPENDING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS. LIKE MAYBE THEY MAYBE THE GENERAL PUBLIC HAS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PRIORITY THAN WHAT EVERYBODY WHO'S BEEN SITTING DOWN WITH THEIR HEADS DOWN WORKING ON THIS EVERY DAY, HAS THAT EVER HAPPENED? LET ME ADDRESS YOUR YOUR QUESTION FROM A DIFFERENT WAY OF ANSWERING IT WITH REGARDS TO SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON HERE ON THE CIP. YEAH, NO. HOWEVER, AS I STATED PREVIOUSLY, WHERE THIS ALL THIS INFORMATION COMES FROM, IT COMES FROM ASSESSMENTS AND MASTER PLANNING AND STUDIES. IN THOSE, WE USUALLY TEND TO HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS, AND WE GARNER AND GATHER INFORMATION DURING THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE MASTER PLANS. AND SO ANSWERS. YES, BUT IT'S AT A DIFFERENT STAGE OR A DIFFERENT PART OF THIS WHOLE PROCESS. SO EARLY ON WE YES, WE,
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WE DO TRY TO BRING IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR CERTAIN INPUT IN CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE MASTER PLANNING. IT'S JUST BY THE TIME WE GET OVER HERE TO THE CIP, WE'VE ALREADY DEVELOPED THESE MASSIVE LISTS OF, OF OF NEEDS THAT IT'S ALMOST TOO MUCH. AT THIS POINT IN TIME. WE HAVE $1.5 BILLION WORTH OF NEEDS. AND IT'S, IT'S THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO GO INTO THE MASTER PLAN. IT GIVES US A CHANCE AT A GRANULAR LEVEL, TO TRY TO DETERMINE AND FIND THOSE NEEDS AND DEVELOP THEM INTO A STUDY, IF YOU WILL. OKAY. A REPORT. THANK YOU. AND AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY DEFINITELY WOULD SUPPORT THE GOLF COURSE CLUBHOUSE BECAUSE THEY DO FEEL IT'S UNDERSIZED AND UNDERUTILIZED. AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE JUST HAD A RESTAURANT MOVE IN THERE AND EVEN I WAS EXCITED. BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SPACE WAS VERY LIMITED. AND I DON'T THINK THAT THEY COULD GROW TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL WITH GIVEN THE SPACE THAT THEY HAD. SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING NICE. BUT OVERALL, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER MAHEN. YEAH. AND AND JUST TO DOVETAIL ON THAT, I MEAN, THE GOLF COURSE IS REVENUE GENERATOR FOR THE CITY, RIGHT? SO THAT'S GOING TO GIVE US SOME PRIORITY AS WELL. SO I'M GOOD WITH THAT. DO YOU HAVE DO YOU HAVE YOUR PACKET. IS THAT LIKE A DO YOU HAVE ALL THE SLIDES THAT YOU PUT IN HERE. I JUST WANT TO USE ONE AS AN EXAMPLE. DO YOU HAVE CAN YOU PUT UP 110 TO 110. OH I DON'T HAVE OH YOU DON'T HAVE IT OKAY. OKAY. SO SO WHEN I LOOK AT IT I'M A LITTLE BIASED ON THIS ONE. IT'S 280 BECAUSE I LIVE DOWN 280 RIGHT NOW. GREATWOOD IS THE ONLY DEVELOPMENT THERE. RIGHT. THERE ARE THREE MORE COMING IN AND THERE'S HOUSES BUILT AND PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY BUYING THEM AND WAITING TO MOVE IN, BUT THAT'S GOING TO TRIPLE THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC ON 280. OKAY. AND THEY'RE ALL COMING IN AT THE SAME TIME. SO IT'S GOING TO IT'S GOING TO RISE, YOU KNOW, FAIRLY RAPIDLY. I KNOW YOU SAID YOU REEVALUATE THIS AND I'M SURE THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT. BUT DO YOU ALSO REEVALUATE THINGS THAT ARE NOT ON THE PRIORITIZATION LIST TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, LIKE THE EXPANSION OF WEST SAN GABRIEL? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT'S ON THE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN TO EXPAND WEST SAN GABRIEL OUT TO WHERE IT CONNECTS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, ALL OF THOSE RESIDENTS BACK THERE ONLY HAVE 280 TO GET OUT TO. 279. RIGHT. IF YOU EXPAND SAN GABRIEL AND MAKE THAT THAT SOUTHERN CONNECTION, YOU KNOW, THAT GIVES US TWO OPPORTUNITIES AND MAYBE LESSENS THE NEED FOR THE REALIGNMENT OF 280 AS WELL, BECAUSE WE HAVE OTHER OPTIONS AT THAT POINT, YES OR NO, I AND PLEASE FORGIVE ME, I'M GOING TO REITERATE WHAT YOU JUST STATED, JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT GREATWOOD AND THAT THOSE FOUR SUBDIVISIONS, SUBDIVISIONS RIGHT THERE, WHERE WE HAVE LAKELINE COMING DOWN THROUGH THE MIDDLE AND THE POTENTIAL OF SAN GABRIEL GOING OUT, AND THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING THAT EXTENSION TO WHERE POTENTIALLY LAKELINE MIGHT BE. CORRECT.CORRECT. YEAH. THE THE LAKELINE SOUTH TO SAN GABRIEL. YES. RIGHT. BECAUSE THAT WOULD GIVE ANOTHER EXIT FOR RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY THE TWO SOUTHERN COMMUNITIES, INSTEAD OF EVERYONE HAVING TO USE 280. YES, SIR. AND WE'RE VERY AWARE THAT THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PATHWAY ROADWAY. I KNOW THAT AND PLEASE FORGIVE ME. IT'S NOT MY FORTE, BUT I KNOW THAT WE TRY TO GET THESE ROADS WHEN WE DO OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AND BRING THESE IN WITH THE DEVELOPERS. AT THAT POINT IN TIME. I KNOW WE KEEP IT ON THE BACK OF OUR MIND, AND WE'RE VERY AWARE THAT THAT'S NEEDED. BUT THERE'S CERTAIN ASPECTS THAT WE TRY TO HIT FIRST BEFORE WE GET THERE. AND I WAS ONLY USING THAT BECAUSE I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA AND THE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN AROUND THAT SPACE AS WELL. I WAS ONLY USING IT AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHEN YOU'RE DOING YOUR REEVALUATIONS OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY PRIORITIZED, BECAUSE YOU SAID YOU CONTINUOUSLY DO THAT, ARE YOU ALSO REEVALUATING OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL THROUGHOUT THE THAT'S THAT'S REALLY MY ONLY QUESTION, NOT PLEASE GO DO THIS. IT WAS JUST JUST MAKING SURE IT'S A HOLISTIC VIEW AND NOT JUST A YOU'RE JUST ONLY TAKING A MICROCOSM OF IT. NO, SIR. AND YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE DEFINITELY KEEP OUR EYES ON EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON. AND WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON AND SOMETIMES WE GET EXUBERANT AND WE START GOING, OH, LET'S DO THAT, LET'S DO THAT, LET'S DO THAT. BUT WE HAVE TO APPLY OUR EFFORTS TO WHAT WE'VE PRIORITIZED FIRST. BUT YES, SIR, WE ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT. AND GOING BACK TO THE CHAIR'S ORIGINAL QUESTION AROUND THE YEARS AND HOW THEY PLAY OUT. YOU KNOW, I IMAGINE THAT FOR, AGAIN, USING THIS ONE AS AN EXAMPLE, THAT YOU HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THE FUNDING UP FRONT BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PURCHASE LAND AND DO SOME OTHER THINGS THAT ARE PART OF THE PREP WORK BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY START THE CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS WHY THERE'S SOME GAP YEARS BEFORE YOU EXPECT TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT. YES, SIR. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YEAH. AND THEN JUST GOING INTO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK ARE A PRIORITY, YOU KNOW, ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF, MAYBE EVEN TWO YEARS AGO WHEN DIRECTOR TIMMONS WAS STILL PART OF PARKS AND REC, AND WE REVIEWED AND I BELIEVE, EVEN APPROVED ONE OF THE DESIGNS OF SAN GABRIEL PARK. I'M NOTICING ITS RANKING OF 44,
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AND IT'S IN THE FISCAL YEAR 3135. BUDGET IS OBVIOUSLY A BIG, YOU KNOW, TICKET ITEM FOR THE CITY. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, MY MY, MY, I DO THINK THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR OUR CITY HAVING A LARGE SCALE PARK, ALSO A PARK THAT CAN HOST AND SUPPORT NOT JUST THE COMMUNITY WITH TRAILS AND ALL THAT, BUT ALSO LITTLE LEAGUE AND OTHER SOCCER LEAGUES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT HE CALLED OUT WHEN HE PRESENTED TO US A WHILE AGO, REGARDING THE ONE THING WE DIDN'T HAVE IN THIS CITY WAS A LOT OF THAT SPACE FOR THOSE TYPES OF LEAGUES THAT THE OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND US DO HAVE. AND THAT'S ALSO MAYBE A POTENTIAL REVENUE GENERATOR FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL. SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT PRIORITIZED AND MOVED UP IF IT'S POSSIBLE. OBVIOUSLY, ONCE AGAIN, UNDERSTAND THE LIMITATIONS IN THE BUDGET. BUT EITHER WAY, THAT'S ONE COMMENT I HAD. I DID ALSO JUST WANTED TO CALL OUT THAT. I DO SEE THERE'S A LOT OF EAST AND WEST ROADWAY PROJECTS IN THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING ON BETWEEN THE, WHAT, THE SOUTHWEST BYPASS AND 108 AT SOME POINT WITH WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND TXDOT.BUT I, I DO THINK THAT WE SHOULD EMPHASIZE THE THE CONNECTION WITH CRYSTAL FALLS TO COUNTY ROAD 175 SOONER THAN LATER. YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY LIVE ON RONALD REAGAN. AND I WILL SAY THAT THERE'S THERE IS NO RELIABLE EAST AND WEST FORM OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE CITY OTHER THAN BETWEEN RONALD REAGAN AND BASICALLY LAKELINE, EXCEPT FOR CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY. 2243 IS A TWO LANE FARM TO MARKET ROAD HERE AWAY. OBVIOUSLY DON'T NEED TO GO DOWN THAT AND BEAT A DEAD HORSE WITH A STICK. BUT AND THEN 29 AND WE I KNOW WE ARE WORKING ON SAN GABRIEL AND THAT'S GOING TO BE COMPLETED FAIRLY SOON WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS I'M GUESSING. AND THAT WILL CERTAINLY HELP IN SOME EXTENT. BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO CERTAINLY MOVE UP THE CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY EXTENSION. I KNOW THERE'S ALSO SOME DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE DID APPROVE ALONG COUNTY ROAD 177. THAT WAS ALSO GOING TO HELP COVER SOME OF THE COST AND OFFSET THAT SMALL SECTION OF IT, BUT THAT WOULD BE THAT THAT WOULD BE MY MY MAIN COMMENT THERE. AND I ALSO DID NOTICE WITH 2243, LOOKS LIKE THAT'S IN THE FISCAL YEAR, 32 TO 35 BUDGET. AND SO I DO THINK THAT'S ALSO ANOTHER PRIORITY. WE NEED TO PROBABLY MOVE THAT ONE UP FROM A RANKING OF TEN TO MAYBE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER UP. AND I CAN EVEN SAY, I MEAN, MY NEIGHBORS MAY NOT LIKE THIS, BUT I, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT INTERSECTION OF SARITA DRIVE AND RONALD REAGAN, I'M ASSUMING I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S A DANGEROUS INTERSECTION, BUT YOU COULD I WOULD I WOULD DEFINITELY PUT CRYSTAL FALLS AND PUT 22, 43 ABOVE THAT, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE LARGER TICKET ITEMS. BUT THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. BUT OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY DETAILED. I THINK Y'ALL DID A LOT OF GREAT WORK ON IT. AND I THINK THE CRITERIA USED FOR RANKING IS IS WELL SAID AND WAS WELL DEVISED. BUT YEAH, THOSE ARE MY ONLY MY ONLY FEEDBACK AND COMMENTS ON IT. OTHERWISE THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. ASSUMING WE NEED TO MOTION TO APPROVE OR DENY, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER MORALES, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LANDGRAF. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. OKAY. AND IT PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.