Nov 20, 2025 City Council Regular Meeting

[1. Open Meeting.]

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20TH, 2025 AND THE TIME IS NOW 6:01 P.M. AND THIS IS THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL. CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER STEPHEN CHANG, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL HERRERA HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONNELL HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM NICOLE THOMPSON, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW NODDING.

HELLO. COUNCIL MEMBER BECKI ROSS, MAYOR. WE'RE ALL HERE. QUORUM IS PRESENT AND THE CITY

[3. Receive a presentation on and provide direction to staff regarding a new community resource grant program that would be administered by and through the City, providing funding to one or more local community non-profit organizations that directly provide resources to residents which lessen the demand on City services.]

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YEAH. BUT I THINK A LOT OF THOSE ARE SO INTERCONNECTED, YOU KNOW. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SAFETY AND SECURITY, THE UTILITIES, THE FOOD, THE RENT AND MORTGAGE, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE BASIC SURVIVAL THINGS. AND OFTENTIMES PEOPLE ARE DEBATING OR HAVING TO CHOOSE HOW TO USE THEIR RESOURCES THAT THEY HAVE. AND SO THAT MAY ALLOW THEM FOR SOMEONE TO BE ABLE TO GET FOOD SUPPORT. AND THEN THEY CAN USE THE RESOURCES THEY HAVE TO ADDRESS UTILITY OR MORTGAGE OR RENT. SAME THING WITH THE WELLNESS. MENTAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL HEALTH ARE SO INTERCONNECTED. AND THE SOCIAL ISOLATION ALSO PLAYS A HUGE FACTOR IN THERE. WE WOULDN'T THINK THAT IT WOULD, BUT IT ACTUALLY DOES. SO PEOPLE THAT LIVE ALONE AND THE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE COMMUNITY. GOTCHA. THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THAT. I'LL GO DOWN THE LINE AND HAVE EACH COUNCIL PERSON SAY THEIR COMMENTS. CAN I PLEASE ONE THANKS, CHIEF. APPRECIATE IT.

I'VE GOT TWO QUESTIONS. WHO ARE THE TWO CHURCHES REPRESENTED THAT YOU NOTED? I DON'T REMEMBER OFFHAND. I'D HAVE TO CHECK MY NOTES. OKAY. AND THEN WHO ARE THE CDBG BLOCK GRANTS COMING FROM? I'LL LET MR. PARKER. YEAH. SO WE ARE AN ENTITLEMENT COMMUNITY. SO THERE'S A CERTAIN ANNUALIZED ALLOCATION OF THOSE FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT WE GET. WE HAVE AGREED TO CONTRACT THROUGH WILLIAMSON COUNTY TO OVERSEE THE ADMINISTRATION OF THOSE FUNDS. SO. ANNUALLY THE CDBG IS FUNDED, THOSE FUNDS WILL COME THROUGH. THERE'LL BE A PROCESS

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YEAH. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE FUNDING TO ESTABLISH NONPROFITS THAT ARE ALREADY MEETING THESE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, AND SO THIS WOULD HELP THEM REACH MORE NEEDS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. SO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS ARE ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH VETTING PEOPLE AND GOING THROUGH A PROCESS TO IDENTIFY WHO'S NEEDY AND WHO'S NOT. AND SO WE FELT THAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY. INSTEAD OF US TRYING TO MANAGE THOSE THROUGH INDIVIDUAL APPLICATIONS HERE. YEAH, BECAUSE I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT'S SO THERE'S LIKE BENEFIT SHOPPING AND STUFF LIKE THAT, I KNOW THESE GUYS, THEY CROSS CHECK THINGS, THEY FIND OUT WHO'S DOING STUFF AT THINGS BECAUSE THEY APPLY FOR THEM AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT HITTING 2 OR 3 FOOD BANKS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. ON THE. OH BOY. SO IT'S AN INTERESTING POINT YOU MADE HERE WHEN YOU SAID PEOPLE CALL 911 WHEN THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, WHICH IS GOOD AND THINGS, BUT IT'S SAD THAT THAT THEY COME TO THAT POINT WHERE THEY DO IT OR THEIR NEIGHBORS ARE REACHING OUT. IT'S GOOD WHEN YOU HAVE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE WATCHING OUT AND LOOKING OUT AND THINGS, AND GRASS IS ONE WAY, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO MOW THE GRASS THESE DAYS, SO YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO JUDGE BY THAT, BUT. ARE THERE PARTICULAR AREAS OF EMPHASIS THAT YOU THINK WOULD HAVE THE BIGGEST IMPACT? YOU KNOW, WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS KIND OF DEAL WITH ON A ON A DAILY BASIS? YEAH, I THINK THE ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE SEE, OR ONE OF THE RECURRENT THINGS THAT WE SEE, IS WE MAY RESPOND TO SOMEONE THAT MAYBE HAS IS A REPORT OF A SEIZURE. RIGHT. AND SO WE SO WE GET THERE AND WE START TALKING TO THE PERSON. AND OF COURSE WE'VE GOT IN OUR COMPUTER SYSTEMS ALL THEIR HISTORY OF HOW MANY TIMES WE'VE RESPONDED TO THAT, TO THAT ADDRESS. AND SO WE MAY COME ACROSS SOMEONE WHO HASN'T HASN'T CALLED 911 EXCEPT FOR MAYBE THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.

AND SO THEN WE GET THERE AND WE START TALKING TO THEM, AND WE FIND OUT THAT THEY'VE LIVED HERE FOR MAYBE 8 TO 10 YEARS. AND SO IT'S THEN LIKE, WELL, WHY HAVE YOU WHY HAVE YOU HAD THESE ISSUES IN JUST THE LAST FEW MONTHS? YOU KNOW, IF THEY'VE BEEN IF THEY'VE HAD THIS MEDICAL CONDITION FOR THE MAJORITY OF THEIR LIFE, THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR THIS PERIOD OF TIME. SO WHAT HAPPENED A FEW MONTHS AGO THAT STARTED THEN WITH THE SEIZURES AGAIN. AND SO WHAT WE OFTEN HEAR IS THAT, WELL, I DON'T HAVE MY MEDICATION, YOU KNOW, AND SO.

WELL, WELL WHY NOT. WELL I DON'T HAVE INSURANCE ANYMORE. WELL WHY NOT. WELL I LOST MY JOB, YOU KNOW. OKAY. SO WE START TRYING TO GET DOWN TO THE, THE ROOT OF IT. AND SO THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE HAVING TO MAKE A DECISION BETWEEN AM I GOING TO BUY MEDICATION? AM I GOING TO BUY FOOD? AM I GOING TO PAY THE WATER BILL? WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH THE LIMITED RESOURCES I HAVE? AND SO THAT'S WHERE THESE NONPROFITS ARE GREAT TO BE ABLE TO JUST PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF ASSISTANCE. AND, AND SO PROVIDING UTILITY SUPPORT OR MORTGAGE RENT ASSISTANCE OR FOOD SUPPORT TO ALLOW THEM THEN TO USE THAT LIMITED RESOURCE TO PURCHASE THOSE MORE CRITICAL THINGS. SO RIGHT NOW THE CHAPLAIN IS KIND OF FILLING.

HE'S THE HE'S KIND OF OUR CHAPLAIN IS WORKING ESSENTIALLY LIKE A CASE MANAGER, YOU KNOW.

AND SO SO HE OR A SOCIAL WORKER, YOU KNOW, SO HE'S HE'S MAKING CONTACT. AND THESE AREN'T QUICK RESOLUTIONS. IF YOU CAN IMAGINE SOMEBODY KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR AND LIKE, HEY, I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR FINANCES. IT'S LIKE, NO, GET GET LOST. RIGHT. SO THERE TAKES SOME TIME OF BUILDING RAPPORT AND THEN GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE THEY'RE WILLING TO RECEIVE HELP.

AND I JUST FOR THE LAST THING, I WOULD THINK, I WOULD THINK OF THIS KIND OF AS AN ANNUAL KIND OF THING. AND ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL OF, WITH, WITH, ESPECIALLY WITH, WITH CHARITIES OR NONPROFITS IS THAT THEY START BUILDING IT INTO THEIR BUDGET AND THEY START COUNTING ON IT. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WOULD BE, IS THAT IF WE CAN PUT SOMETHING WHERE

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IT'S LIKE SO IT'S INCREMENTAL TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING, NOT JUST ON JUST FUNDING WHAT THEY'RE DOING TODAY. SO THAT'S IT FOR ME, PLEASE. THREE THANK YOU. CHIEF, DO WE HAVE ANY ESTABLISHED CRITERIA YET THAT WOULD PEOPLE WOULD HAVE OR THESE ORGANIZATIONS WOULD HAVE TO MEET TO BE ABLE TO. PUT IN AN APPLICATION FOR THE GRANT MONEY? YEAH. SO THEY NEED TO BE ESTABLISHED 500 1C3 OR SOME TYPE OF REGISTERED NONPROFIT. RIGHT. SO WE AND TYPICALLY THESE ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN IN CONTACT WITH ALREADY WORKING WITH. SO IF WE HAVE AN ORGANIZATION THAT THAT APPLIES OR THAT POPS UP AND WE DON'T KNOW ANY HISTORY ON IT, THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH TO FIND OUT, BECAUSE ONE IS IS LIKE, HOW DO WE MISS YOU THIS WHOLE TIME? YOU KNOW, SO SO MOST OF THESE ARE PROBABLY ORGANIZATIONS WE'RE ALREADY WORKING WITH. SO I KNOW A FEW THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY WITH LIKE HILL COUNTRY COMMUNITY MINISTRIES, HUMANE HEROES, YELLOW HOUSE, BELIEVE, HOPE ALLIANCE IS COMING. ARE WE LOOKING AT THOSE THAT JUST GO OUT AND MEET THAT IMMEDIATE NEED OR, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE ARE LIKE LONG TERM, RIGHT. LIKE HOPE ALLIANCE, THE FEMALES ARE DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO GO. THEY NEED TO STAY THERE. THEY GET GET THROUGH THE LEGAL PROCESS, ALL THOSE THINGS. SO IS IT ARE THOSE ORGANIZATIONS BEING CONSIDERED AS WELL, OR IS IT ONLY THOSE WHO CAN APPLY LIKE FUNDS TO MEET A NEED IMMEDIATELY FOR LIKE UTILITIES, FOOD FOR THE FOR WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING UP SHORT? YEAH. SO IT'S BOTH. WE DO HAVE THOSE THAT JUST HAVE THAT SHORT TERM NEED THAT JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT OF ASSISTANCE TO GET A LEG UP. AND THEN THEY'RE THEY'RE SELF-SUFFICIENT AGAIN. OR MAYBE THE SOLUTION THAT WAS PROVIDED FIXED THE, THE NEED THAT THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, SUCH AS A WHEELCHAIR RAMP OR, OR FIXING APPLIANCES AND SO FORTH. AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THOSE OTHERS THAT HAVE LONGER LONG TERM NEED SOCIAL ISOLATION, AS AN EXAMPLE, IS A IS A HUGE ONE THAT THAT IS DEFINITELY A LONG TERM NEED.

THE MENTAL HEALTH, PHYSICAL HEALTH, THOSE THINGS ARE ARE OFTENTIMES LONGER. AND THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THESE OTHER NONPROFITS AND STUFF ARE ABLE TO TO STEP IN. A LOT OF THE CHURCHES ARE ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD AT BEING ABLE TO HELP ADDRESS THAT SOCIAL ISOLATION.

YOU ANSWER MY OTHER QUESTION. THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU. PLEASE. FIVE. AGAIN. THANK YOU.

CHIEF, I THINK THIS IS AN UNDERAPPRECIATED PERSPECTIVE ON ON SOME OF THESE THESE ISSUES.

OBJECTIVELY, THE FIVE RESIDENTS THERE ARE THEY'RE ALREADY IDENTIFIED. RIGHT. THIS IS NOT A A FICTITIOUS ACCOUNT. THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT WE ALREADY KNOW HAVE A DEFINED NEED. YES.

CORRECT. THESE NUMBERS FLUCTUATE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AS AN EXAMPLE, THE ONE RESIDENT WHO CALLED PD 127 TIMES AND FIRE 25 TIMES, THAT PERSON IS NOW MOVED INTO A HOME, HEALTH CARE OR A NURSING HOME. OKAY. SO YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO, THROUGH THE COLLABORATION OF DIFFERENT RESOURCES, BE ABLE TO TALK TO HER PHYSICIAN AND THE MEDICAL CARE TEAM AND EXPRESS THE NEED THAT SHE'S NOT ABLE TO LIVE ON HER OWN. RIGHT, AND AND BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT. AND SO THAT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT'S NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO GET INSURANCE TO PAY FOR THINGS IS THAT THERE'S GOT TO BE THAT PROVEN NEED. AND SO THAT'S ONE THAT WE FORTUNATELY HAVE GOTTEN RESOLUTION TO. UNFORTUNATELY, SOME OF OUR CLIENTS DURING THIS PROCESS ALSO DIED DURING THE PROCESS. SO SOMETIMES THEIR NEEDS ARE SO GREAT AND SOMETIMES WE'RE THEY'RE JUST TOO LATE. AND SO SO THERE ARE TIMES WHERE THOSE CLIENTS DO PASS DURING THE DURING THE PROCESS OF ASSISTING. ON AVERAGE, WE CAN WE CAN HANDLE ABOUT 15 CLIENTS AT A TIME BECAUSE IT'S JUST JOE BOB ELLISON PRETTY MUCH BY HIMSELF HANDLING THESE. AND WE HANDLE ABOUT 45 TO 60 CLIENTS A YEAR. SO FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF IDENTIFYING WHERE THE NEED IS, IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT THE CITY'S ALREADY IDENTIFIED THESE PEOPLE? WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE.

YEAH. WE RUN MONTHLY REPORTS AND WE WE WE FIND THESE PRETTY EASILY. YEAH. AND FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, THE COMMUNITY 500 1C3 ARE ALREADY ENGAGED TO A DEGREE WITH ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS. YES, YES. SO WHAT WE DO IS DEPENDING ON WHAT THOSE UNDERLYING NEEDS ARE, IS WE'LL REFER THEM TO DIFFERENT NONPROFIT GROUPS. AND THAT WAY WE CAN HELP GET THOSE NEEDS ADDRESSED. AND I HATE TO BE CRASS, BUT FROM AN EXPENSE PERSPECTIVE, LIKE HAVE WE IDENTIFIED WHERE THE COSTS WOULD BE? SO YOU DO A COST ANALYSIS ON IDENTIFYING WHERE WE MAKE THE BIGGEST IMPACT WITH OUR DOLLARS? MY, WITHOUT KNOWING THE DATA, MY IN IS TO SAY THE SOCIAL ISOLATION AND THE WELLNESS WOULD BE THE MOST IMPACTFUL. BUT I DON'T KNOW FROM A DOLLAR SPENT PERSPECTIVE, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU DID AS PART OF THIS OR COULD COME BACK AND DO? YEAH, IT'S NOT SOMETHING I DID AS FAR AS WHAT COST ARE GOING TO WHICH OF THE PRIORITY AREAS. WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE'VE RAN KIND OF FIGURATIVE THINGS ON OUR

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SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS ONE, PREVENT THOSE FALLS FROM HAPPENING. AND THEN BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID IS THOSE FATAL FALLS, YOU KNOW, AND SO SO WE GO OUT AND WE RESPOND TO THE EMERGENCY THAT'S BEING REQUESTED OF US OR THE SERVICE THAT'S BEING REQUESTED.

AND THEN THOSE REFERRALS ARE THEN MADE OVER TO JOE BOB ELLISON. AND SO ALL OF OUR PD AND FIRE STAFF, REFERRING OTHER NONPROFITS CALLING UP AND MAKE REFERRALS AND SUCH. AND SO THEN HE'LL GO OUT AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THESE RESIDENTS AND FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP ACTUALLY ADDRESS THEIR NEED TO PREVENT THE OR TO SLOW AT LEAST THE USE OF 911? YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I GO WITH THIS.

IS THAT LIKE, YOU KNOW, FROM A PROACTIVE PERSPECTIVE, WHICH WOULD BE THE MOST BENEFICIAL.

RIGHT. AND AGAIN, THE, THE, THE SOCIAL ISOLATION AND THE WELLNESS CHECKS CAN HELP MITIGATE THAT. FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, I'D JUST BE I'D BE INTERESTED TO UNDERSTAND THE ECONOMICS OF THAT. I KNOW IT SOUNDS CRASS, BUT IT'S I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT, LIKE, WHERE DO WE GET THE BIGGEST BANG FOR OUR BUCK? BECAUSE I THINK MAYOR PRO TEM MENTIONED $100,000. SOUNDS LIKE A LOT, BUT IT'S IT'S NOT AT THE END OF THE DAY. SO HOW DO WE STRETCH THOSE DOLLARS THE BEST WE POSSIBLY CAN, RIGHT? RIGHT. YEAH. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I FAILED TO MENTION EARLIER, WHEN WE WE LOOK AT THIS, USUALLY ON A MONTHLY BASIS, WE'LL PULL THREE MONTHS OF DATA AND SEE OUR TRIGGER IS 3 OR 3 CALLS IN THREE MONTHS OKAY. AND SO THAT'S WHERE IT IT SHOULD BE REFERRED THEN TO JOE BOB TO FOLLOW UP. GOTCHA. WE'RE STILL IN THE TEENS. HE'S STILL HANDLING THOSE THAT ARE CALLING 10 TO 15 TIMES IN THREE MONTHS.

OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL THEN. THANK YOU. AND AGAIN I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE HERE. 26 SAME AS EVERYBODY ELSE. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR OUR COMMUNITY. MY I DON'T WELL, MY OPINION IS, IS I DON'T THINK PICKING NON-PROFITS IS SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL SHOULD BE DOING. I THINK THE THE JOE BOB'S IN THAT GROUP THAT ARE CLOSE TO IT AND CAN SEE WHERE I'M KIND OF LOOKING AT THIS AS, OF COURSE WE WANT THE MOST BANG FOR THE BUCK. BUT I ALSO THINK YOU'RE IN IN SOME INSTANCES, YOU'RE TRYING TO MEET A SHORT TERM NEED, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A VERY PINPOINTED SITUATION. BUT TO BE ABLE TO SET SOME OF THOSE PARAMETERS AND THEN THE GROUPS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, NOT ONLY DO THEY NEED TO BE 503 C, BUT ALSO, I THINK FOR US TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM, THAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO PRODUCE AND WHICH IS VERY EASILY THE FINANCIALS, BECAUSE FROM THE NONPROFIT WORLD, IT'S MAKING

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AND SO I'D WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MONEY THAT WE ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THAT, THE VAST MAJORITY OF IT, I MEAN, WAY BACK IN THE DAY, I THINK OF A NONPROFIT. SPENT I DON'T THE WELL, THE VAST MAJORITY OF IT NEEDS TO BE SPENT ON ACTIVITY AND VERY LITTLE ON ADMINISTRATION. I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT. BUT I KNOW THAT CAN GET AND IS NOT ALWAYS A THING AND IS NOT ALWAYS CHECKED WITH NON-PROFITS. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF 503 C'S THAT DON'T SPEND THE MONEY CORRECTLY, IN MY OPINION. NOT NECESSARILY HERE, BUT JUST GLOBALLY. SO I'D WANT TO HAVE THAT VETTING DONE BEFORE WE'RE WILLING TO PARTNER WITH AN AGENCY. SO THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED MR. ELLISON SEES ABOUT 15 CLIENTS AT A TIME, BUT 45 TO 60 THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND THIS IS WOULD BE AN ANNUAL GRANT. THIS IS HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT IT. IS THERE A WAY THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO CONNECT THAT NUMBER GOING DOWN BASED ON THESE FUNDS GOING OUT TO THOSE PARTICULAR, OR DOES IT NOT WORK THAT WAY THE WAY YOU HAVE THOUGHT? SO YEAH. SO THAT'S THE IDEA IS TO BE ABLE TO SEE A REDUCTION IN THOSE NUMBERS. THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT IS, YOU KNOW, THE TARGET IS WE'RE FOCUSING ON THOSE THAT ARE CALLING THREE TIMES IN THREE MONTHS, AND WE'RE STILL IN THE TEENS RIGHT NOW. SO WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO SEE US GETTING TO A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF CLIENTS FOR A WHILE. AND THEN ALSO AS THE POPULATION CONTINUES TO INCREASE AND AGE, THEN THAT'S ALSO GOING TO INCREASE THOSE DEMANDS ON ON THE NON-EMERGENCY CALLS FOR SERVICE. GOTCHA. WELL, YOU GAVE US THREE OPTIONS. AND I LIKE OPTION TWO THAT THERE'S A GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS WHERE YOU CAN SPECIFY THESE ARE THE PARAMETERS THAT THE NONPROFIT NEEDS TO MEET IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THE FUNDS AND POTENTIALLY WIN THE GRANT PROCESS. COUNCIL JUST WANTED TO.

OKAY. SO, YOU KNOW, SO AS YOU KIND OF WENT THROUGH AND WENT THROUGH ALL THE QUESTIONS, EVERYTHING, I WAS THINKING THAT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, A GRANT PROCESS THAT TO ME IS SPECIFIC CRITERIA. AND THEN FOR YOU HAVE THESE DIFFERENT CRITERIAS AND THEN YOU HAVE A SET OF 501. I CAN'T EVEN SAY THE WORD THREE THREES OR WHATEVER THAT ARE THAT YOU, THAT YOU'VE TARGETED TO BE THE RESPONDERS FOR THOSE KIND OF THINGS. AND THEN YOU HAVE CRITERIA NOW DOWN TO THEM FOR THAT. AND THEN I THINK THAT TO ME, SO THAT YOU HAVE THAT YOU HAVE THAT YOU HAVE THE NETWORK TO KIND OF GO TO FOR THIS THING, A DIFFERENT PERSON. YOU WOULD GO FOR THAT THING BECAUSE IT GOES TO THEIR SPECIALTIES. AND THEN THE OTHER PART WOULD THAT WOULD BE IS IF WE COULD LOOK AT GETTING SOME KIND OF MATCHING FROM THE COMMUNITY RELATED TO THIS AND GET THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED OR CHURCHES INVOLVED TO WHERE THEY COULD TAKE THAT AND KIND OF KIND OF FUNNEL SOME OF THEIR RESOURCES INTO SOMETHING THAT THE CITY, IN ESSENCE, VETTING FOR THEM. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. HOW SOON WERE YOU LOOKING TO ROLL THIS OUT? QUICKLY. OKAY. WHEN WHEN MR. PARTON AND I FIRST TALKED ABOUT IT, WE WERE HOPING WE'D BE ABLE TO DO TO WRITE CHECKS BEFORE CHRISTMAS. BUT. OKAY, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO. WE STILL GOTTA GET THE CONTRACT FINISHED AND THEN IDENTIFY WHO THESE AGENCIES ARE.

SO I'M HOPING THEN WE CAN AT LEAST CUT A CHECK THEN IN JANUARY. JANUARY. YEAH. OKAY.

SO ALL RIGHT, WELL, I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE EVERYBODY IS IN AGREEMENT WITH OUR GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS. YES. GO FOR IT. ON THE GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS, WOULD YOU BE LOOKING TO PARSE THIS FULL AMOUNT TO MULTIPLE AGENCIES OR ARE YOU LOOKING FOR LIKE WHERE AGAIN WHERE'S OUR BIGGEST IMPACT. YEAH. SO THANK YOU. BECAUSE I FAILED TO MENTION THAT EARLIER. WE ARE LOOKING TO FOR THIS TO BE LIKE 3 TO 4 AGENCIES OR SO. I DON'T WANT TO AWARD A SMALL AMOUNT TO ALL OF THE NONPROFITS. RIGHT. I WANT IT TO BE AN IMPACTFUL GRANT.

AND SO I WAS THINKING LIKE MAYBE ONE LARGE GRANT AND A FEW OTHER SMALLER GRANTS. AND SO BUT YEAH, LOOKING AT PROBABLY 3 TO 4 NONPROFITS TO TO DISBURSE THAT TO OKAY, THAT WORKS FOR ME.

DO YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED THE DIRECTION FROM US? YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND WE'LL

[4. Receive presentation on Old Town Master Plan.]

HOW ARE YOU? I'M DOING WELL. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS, MICHAEL TARNOWSKI WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. SO THE OLD TOWN MASTER PLAN, KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL. THIS PRESENTATION WILL GO OVER THE PLAN OVERVIEW. SOME OF THE ENGAGEMENT HIGHLIGHTS THE FRAMEWORK OF THE PLAN IMPLEMENTATION AND SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS. SO FIRST COUPLE CHAPTERS OF THE PLAN INCLUDED THE INTRODUCTION TO OLD TOWN, TALKING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF OLD TOWN, AND SOME OF THE REASONS WHY WE WANTED TO HAVE THE THE OLD TOWN MASTER PLAN. NEXT, WE TALKED ABOUT THE

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SO AT THE OLD TOWN CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL, WE HAD SOME AT ONE OF THE ACTIVITY CENTER EVENTS.

THIS IS WHERE RESIDENTS COULD COME IN AND VISITORS ALIKE AND GIVE FEEDBACK ON WHAT TYPE OF SCALE THEY WANTED TO SEE IN OLD TOWN OR DIFFERENT PARTS OF OLD TOWN. WHAT TYPE OF BUILDINGS AND BUSINESSES THEY WANTED TO SEE HERE. WE ALSO HAD COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS, SO ALONG WITH THE OLD TOWN STEERING COMMITTEE, WE HAD COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS THAT WE HOSTED IN THIS ROOM PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE PLAN, WHERE WE WOULD GIVE UPDATES ON WHERE THE PLAN WAS IN THE PROCESS, ALONG WITH STILL GATHERING FEEDBACK. IN SOME OF THESE SLIDES, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO WRITE IN, MAYBE WHAT THEY WANTED, WHERE THEY PARKED WHEN THEY CAME TO VISIT, WHAT TIME OF DAY THEY WOULD COME TO VISIT, OR, YOU KNOW, THE PURPOSE OF THEIR VISIT SO THAT WE COULD KIND OF GAUGE. SOME OF THE MORE OF THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY WITHIN OLD TOWN. AS FAR AS ONLINE ENGAGEMENT. WE ALSO HAD HOSTED A OLD TOWN WEBSITE HERE.

THEY COULD FILL OUT ONLINE SURVEYS. THEY COULD STILL SEE THE PROGRESS OF THE PLAN. TODAY.

WE DON'T HAVE THE OLD TOWN WEBSITE, BUT WE DO HAVE AN OLD TOWN PAGE ON THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT PAGE OF OUR WEBSITE THAT INCLUDES A STORY MAP, SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE PRIORITY PROJECTS. AND WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THAT STORY MAP SO PEOPLE CAN SEE MAYBE PROGRESS TOWARDS SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS HAPPENING WITHIN OLD TOWN. SO SOME OF THE KEY TAKEAWAYS WE GOT FROM THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WAS THEY WANTED OLD TOWN TO BE A UNIQUE AND DISTINCT DESTINATION. THEY WANTED TO KEEP THIS SMALL TOWN FEEL AND PRESERVE THE HISTORY, IMPROVE SOME OF THE PARKING, MAKE IT A WALKABLE ENVIRONMENT, CONNECT TO NEARBY NATURAL FEATURES AND TRAILS, AND DIVERSIFY THE LAND USE TO PROMOTE ACTIVITY WITHIN OLD TOWN. SO DIVING INTO SOME OF THE FRAMEWORK. SO THIS IS AN IMAGE OF THE CHARACTER DISTRICTS THAT THEY HAD IDENTIFIED. AND. SO HERE'S THE OLD TOWN CORE. THE NORTH PART WAS DIVIDED BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS IS IN THE FLOODPLAIN. SO IT MIGHT HAVE DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT STYLE OR ALLOWANCES THAN WHAT WOULD BE IN THE CORE OR SOME OF THE TRANSITIONAL AREAS THAT BUFFER, LIKE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD SUBDIVISIONS. SO SOME OF THE FRAMEWORK HIGHLIGHTS THIS ESTABLISHED THE MULTIMODAL URBAN STREET SECTIONS. SO IN THE PLAN THEY GAVE US STREET SECTIONS THAT WOULD BE USED

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SO ANOTHER BIG THING PEOPLE HAD MENTIONED WAS THEY DIDN'T EVEN WHEN THEY SAW THE MAP, THEY DIDN'T REALIZE THAT OLD TOWN EXTENDED BEYOND THE TRACKS OR EXTENDED SOUTH. SO JUST HAVING SOME WAYFINDING, SOME DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE WAS UP THERE. PRIORITY PROJECT NUMBER SIX WAS INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS. SO 183 AND SOUTH STREET PEDESTRIAN INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, ALONG WITH STREET IMPROVEMENTS. AND I KNOW I GET DELAYED AT THE LIGHT FROM THE RAIL, SO I'M SURE EVERYBODY ELSE DOES TOO. EVEN JUST DRIVING CAPMETRO SHUTTLE WAS UP THERE. SO ANOTHER ONE. JUST GETTING PEOPLE TO GET TO OLD TOWN, NOT JUST DRIVING BECAUSE PARKING WAS BROUGHT UP AS AN ISSUE. SO BEING ABLE TO HAVE TO WALK THERE, TAKE A SHUTTLE BIKE AND GATEWAY FEATURES AGAIN, JUST MENTIONING LIKE WITH WAYFINDING, PEOPLE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO KNOW ONCE YOU'RE IN OLD TOWN, ONCE YOU GET HERE AND HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, LET MAKE THIS A PLACE THAT YOU CAN KIND OF YOU CAN REMEMBER OR THAT YOU NOTICE WHEN WHEN YOU'RE THERE.

PRIORITY PROJECT NUMBER NINE WAS THE NORTHWEST DRIVE RECONSTRUCTION. SO THIS ROAD DOES NEED TO BE IMPROVED. AND THEN PROJECT PRIORITY PROJECT NUMBER TEN WAS A PARKING DECK OR PARKING GARAGE. SO AGAIN MOST PEOPLE ARE DRIVING INTO HERE. SO PARKING WAS AN ISSUE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP. AND THIS ISN'T AN EXACT LOCATION, BUT IT WAS ONE OF THOSE WHERE WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE PARKING OPPORTUNITIES. SO SINCE YOU'RE HERE, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT THE PRIORITY PROJECTS OF ALL THE ONES LISTED, WHAT HAS BEEN UNDERTAKEN OR ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE CIP? YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I'M ABOUT TO GET TO THAT, SO HOPEFULLY I ANSWER IT. OKAY, SO STAFF HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROPOSE CIP PROJECTS EVERY YEAR.

THE OLD TOWN MASTER PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023. SO OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THIS LIST RIGHT HERE IS WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED BY STAFF. WHEN THE CITY TAKES THESE PROPOSALS INTO ACCOUNT, WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALL OF THE PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY, AND THERE ARE OTHER ROADS THAT NEED INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS OR UTILITY EXTENSIONS. SO ALONG WITH WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED, COMMISSION, ALSO THE PLANNING COMMISSION ALSO PROPOSED THE CAPMETRO STATION IN OLD TOWN. I'M SORRY, A SHUTTLE STOP. THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED. SO 2024 WE COMPLETED THE FIRE FLOW IMPROVEMENTS. AND THE 2526 FISCAL YEAR ALONG WITH THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. THESE ARE THE CIP PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN

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THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER REVIEW. WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT IT IS A RESUBMITTAL.

THEY MADE A FEW CHANGES TO THEIR ORIGINAL PLAN. THEY INITIALLY HAD IT APPROVED AND THEN THEY MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS. SO. BUT THAT ONE SHOULD BE A PRETTY QUICK TURNAROUND I WOULD THINK. RAIN CHECK COMMERCIAL IS PROBABLY HALFWAY THROUGH THEIR REVIEW PROCESS. SOUTH STREET, WEST DRIVE, I THINK. IS IT HALF? ABOUT 90% 90% ON DESIGN OF THE SOUTH STREET AND WEST DRIVE IMPROVEMENTS? I'M NOT TOO SURE ABOUT THE SHADY BEER GARDEN, BUT I KNOW THAT THAT ONE'S IN THE WORKS. AND THEN SOME OF THE ZONING REQUESTS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH RECENTLY. SO HERE, IF IT DOESN'T FIT WITHIN THE ZONING, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE REQUESTING THAT SPECIAL USE. SO WHEN IT WHEN WE'RE DOING A SPECIAL USE, WE ALREADY KNOW IT DOESN'T FIT THE ZONING. SO NOW WE HAVE TO USE THE THE OLD TOWN MASTER PLAN TO HELP GUIDE BASED ON THE INTENT AND WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED. IF THAT'S WHAT THE CHARACTER DISTRICT DESCRIBED. THIS USE BEING SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED IN THAT AREA. SO THE LAST FOUR SPECIAL USE CASES THAT CAME THROUGH BECAUSE WE IT DOESN'T DIRECTLY COMPLY WITH THE ZONING. WE HAVE TO USE THE OLD TOWN MASTER PLAN TO HELP GUIDE SOME OF THOSE DECISIONS AND THOUGHTS. SO SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS TO THINK ABOUT JUST IDENTIFYING AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT FOR THE PLAN OR CHANGES THAT WE SHOULD MAKE, IDENTIFY A SCHEDULE FOR IMPLEMENTATION SO WE CAN KEEP BRINGING FORWARD THOSE PROJECTS.

BUT IF WE CAN MAYBE GET A SCHEDULE FOR WHICH ONES SHOULD MOVE UP THAT LIST, AND THEN JUST APPROVING THOSE CIP PROJECTS WITHIN OLD TOWN, I THINK EARLIER THIS YEAR WE CREATED THE OR COUNCIL, ADOPTED THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT OVERLAY. IT HASN'T BEEN ESTABLISHED IN A CERTAIN AREA. SO JUST LOOKING AT MAYBE CREATING OR ESTABLISHING AN OVERLAY OVER OLD TOWN. AND THEN ANY QUESTIONS? ON THE PAGE FOR ONGOING DEVELOPMENT. WHAT ARE THE SPECIAL USES FOR FIFTH ELEMENT AND DC HANG UP? SO FIFTH ELEMENT THEY WERE ASKING FOR I THINK LIKE FARMER'S MARKET AND. HI. GOOD EVENING. THEY WERE ASKING FOR FOOD TRUCKS. SO THEY HAVE A MOBILE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT PARK ON THERE AND OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT.

AND IT INVOLVED ANY OUTDOOR EVENTS THAT WE'RE THINKING OF DOING, MAYBE LIKE SOME ANNUAL COOKOUTS OR THINGS LIKE THAT. THEY HAVE A STAGE AREA THAT THEY WANT TO HOST EVENTS ON, AND THEY ALSO WANTED TO DO A FARMER'S MARKET SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE ONGOING VENDORS ON A REGULAR BASIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. PLEASE, SUE. SO I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT TIMING. SO THE THE T17 THE T 56. SO THESE HAVE ALL APPROVED. SO WHAT'S KIND OF THE

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GOOD EVENING COUNCIL TONY RICE CIP WITH REGARDS TO THE SOUTH STREET AND WEST DRIVE RIGHT NOW, APPROXIMATELY IN THE 90% DESIGN PHASE, WE'D LIKE TO ATTACH THIS PROJECT ALSO TO THE NORTHWEST DRIVE, WHICH WOULD ALSO GET THE GET US THERE. A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH FUNDING. OF COURSE, WE'RE RIGHT NOW IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING FUNDING, AND WE WILL BE SUBMITTING THE CIP BOOK HERE SHORTLY. IF WE ALSO REVIEW AND APPROVAL, WE'LL GET THAT GOING. HOPEFULLY WE GET FUNDED TO ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD ON THAT AND START MOVING TOWARDS THE THE PROCESS OF ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTING. WELL, EXACTLY. WE'LL TIE THOSE TWO TOGETHER. BUT WITH REGARDS TO OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ON THERE, THERE'S LOOK AT THOSE WITH REGARDS TO EAST SOUTH STREET ARM 2243. WE DO NOT OWN THAT ROAD RIGHT NOW THAT CURRENTLY BELONGS TO TEXDOT. THAT ROAD WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO US IF WE AGREE THROUGH AN IL A, PROBABLY AFTER THE NEW HERO WAY ROAD IS APPROVED AND BUILT. SO IT COULD BE THE NEXT 4 OR 5 YEARS BEFORE WE COULD ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT ROAD. SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S ON OUR RADAR, WE REALLY CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT JUST YET. BUT WHAT WE INTEND ON DOING IS THAT WITH REGARDS TO EAST SOUTH, THAT WOULD GO FROM HIGHWAY 183 ALL THE WAY OUT PAST RONALD REAGAN, TO WHERE THE NEW HERO WAY WOULD BE CUTTING OFF AT RIGHT THERE AT AT THE PARK. WE'D ALSO INCLUDE THE RIGHT THERE IN OLD TOWN, THE INTERSECTION 183 AND SOUTH STREET, IMPROVING THAT TO MATCH THE CORRECT ALIGNMENTS AND THE NUMBER OF LANES WE NEED, AS WELL AS PROPER CROSSWALKS. AND THAT WOULD GO ALONG WITH THE EAST SOUTH STREET. SO WE'RE KIND OF IN A HOLDING PATTERN BASED UPON WHAT HAPPENS WITH TECH STOCK ON THAT ONE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NO QUESTIONS. IT'S NICE TO SEE SOME OTHER THINGS COMING IN TO TOWN. SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING A LITTLE BIT. THANK YOU. PLEASE CLAP. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU I GUESS MY ONLY THOUGHT IS, IS FOR WORKING THROUGH AND TRYING TO REORGANIZE TO SOME EXTENT WITH THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE WANTING TO COME INTO OLD TOWN, ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO. IT'D BE INTERESTING TO KIND OF GET THEIR TAKE IF THERE'S SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE STUFF THAT WOULD HAVE MADE THEM EITHER GET HERE FASTER OR HAVE SELECTED OLD TOWN, AND Y'ALL MAY HAVE THAT ALREADY. BUT TO ME, THAT WOULD HELP PRIORITIZE SOME OF THE PROJECTS. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD POINT. ALL RIGHT. POINT OUT I GUESS THE CHAMBER IS GOING TO BE MOVING INTO OLD TOWN TO. I'VE HEARD DIFFERENT THINGS, SO I DON'T. THAT'S CORRECT. CORRECT. YEAH. SO THAT WOULD BE YEAH. CITY MANAGER PARDON. IS THIS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CIP SUBCOMMITTEE TO MEET TO HELP PRIORITIZE THESE PROJECTS. OR IS THIS SOMETHING WE NEED TO MEET AGAIN TO GO THROUGH FOR OLD TOWN SPECIFICALLY? SO AS WE FINISH RACKING THE PROJECTS, THEN WE'LL BE PRESENTING THAT BACK THROUGH. SO THERE'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK AND REVISIT THAT AND REALLY PRIORITIZE THOSE DOLLARS. OKAY.

THANK YOU. WELL, DO YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED I GUESS THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS N

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

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THOU ART MIGHTY. THOU ART POWERFUL, THOU ART THE GIVER, AND THOU ART THE EVER BOUNTEOUS.

AMEN. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL? COUNCILMEMBER

[6. Roll Call.]

COUNCIL MEMBER BECKY ROSS HERE. ALL RIGHT. QUORUM IS PRESENT AND THE CITY COUNCIL IS

[7. 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.]]

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TO DO TODAY IS TAKE A LOT OF NOTES AND SEE WHAT'S IMPORTANT DOWN HERE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. BUT I DID ATTEND THE WATER SYMPOSIUM UP IN BELL COUNTY IN BELTON, TEXAS, YESTERDAY. AND LEANDER CAME UP. I THOUGHT I'D SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND ACTUALLY SHARE SOME OF THE FINDINGS JUST TO, YOU KNOW, FAMILIARIZE EVERYBODY WITH THE WATER SYMPOSIUM. YOU HAVE THE ENTIRE WATER CONSERVATION INDUSTRY, ENGINEERS, SCIENTISTS, DEVELOPERS, LEGISLATORS, EVERYONE ATTENDS THIS EVENT. I WOULD IMAGINE THESE STATS ARE PROBABLY NOT UNKNOWN TO YOU, BUT FIRST OFF, I'LL SAY THE FASTEST GROWING CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES BACK IN 2021 TO 2022. NUMBER ONE ON THAT LIST WAS GEORGETOWN, BUT LEANDER CAME UP AS NUMBER FOUR. I IMAGINE YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNEW THAT. BUT WHAT KIND OF TOOK ME ABACK WAS THEY DID SOME MATH FOR US AT THE FRONT. AND BY THE MATH, IF YOU ARE NUMBER ONE IN THE COUNTRY FOR THREE YEARS IN A ROW, ANY WATER PROJECT THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU NEEDED IN 20 YEARS, YOU WILL ACTUALLY NEED IN THREE YEARS, GEORGETOWN HIT THAT NUMBER TWICE. LEANDER MAY HIT THAT NUMBER AGAIN. YOU MAY GO UP. ANOTHER SPEAKER DID SAY THAT TALKING ABOUT WATER CONSERVATION, THAT WAS THE SOLE FOCUS FOR THE LAST 40 TO 50 YEARS OF THE INDUSTRY. IT WASN'T NECESSARILY CREATING NEW WATER RESERVOIRS. IT WAS ABOUT CONSERVATION AND EFFICIENCY. HE HAD SAID. YOU CAN DREDGE, CONSERVE, PIPE, PUMP AND MORE, BUT NONE OF IT MATTERS BECAUSE 87% OF ALL OF OUR DAMS, OUR RESERVOIRS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES BY 2080, WILL BE PAST THEIR LIFE EXPECTANCY AND WILL BE AT RISK OF COLLAPSE THAT IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES, THAT NUMBER IS 93% OF ALL OF OUR DAMS. AND IN THE WORLD IT WILL BE 86%. AND THIS WAS WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT WITH Y'ALL, IS THAT HE ALSO MENTIONED, JUST THROUGH HIS OWN EXPOSURE IN THE INDUSTRY, AND WHAT HE FEELS MAY HAPPEN NATURALLY, BECAUSE EVERY STATE IN THE US IN THE COMING DECADES, EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WILL BE WORRIED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. HIS FEAR IS THAT TEXAS WILL BE ON ITS OWN, THAT LEANDER WILL BE ON ITS OWN. SO I JUST WANTED TO BE HERE TO TELL YOU I WILL NEVER LET THAT HAPPEN. AND THAT'S WHY I COME TO THESE EVENTS. I WANT TO GIVE MY EAR. I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. I WANT TO BE AN ADVOCATE UP IN DC, POTENTIALLY. AND I THINK THAT IS BASICALLY WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE, AND THAT I THINK THAT THEIR FEAR IS THAT THE FEDERAL SPENDING, THEY'RE ACTUALLY

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[8. Recognition of Special Guest and Visitors.]

[9. Proclamations

• Blue Santa Program

OH, WE GOT ELVES AND EVERYTHING, I LOVE IT. COME ON UP, COME ON UP. ALRIGHT. WHEREAS THE CITY OF LEANDER RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF FOSTERING COMPASSION, GENEROSITY AND UNITY, ESPECIALLY DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON. AND THE LEANDER BLUE SANTA PROGRAM, LED BY THE LEANDER POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SUPPORTED BY COUNTLESS VOLUNTEERS, BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PROVIDES HOLIDAY CHEER TO FAMILIES IN NEED. AND THE BLUE SANTA PROGRAM IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FROM FAMILIES IN NEED FROM OCTOBER 15TH THROUGH DECEMBER 5TH, AND WILL DISTRIBUTE GIFTS TO THOSE FAMILIES DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON. AND BLUE SANTA EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF GIVING AND ENSURING THAT EVERY FAMILY IN LEANDER EXPERIENCES THE JOY AND MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAYS, REGARDLESS OF CIRCUMSTANCE, AND THE PROGRAM STRENGTHENS THE BONDS BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE COMMUNITY, REMINDING US THAT SERVICE EXTENDS BEYOND PUBLIC SAFETY TO ACTS OF KINDNESS AND CARE, AND THE CITY OF LEANDER IS PROUD TO HONOR ITS VOLUNTEERS, DONORS, AND ORGANIZERS WHO DEDICATION MAKES BLUE SANTA POSSIBLE YEAR AFTER YEAR. NOW, THEREFORE, I, NICOLE THOMPSON, MAYOR PRO TEM OF THE CITY OF LEANDER, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE BLUE SANTA PROGRAM, OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM THROUGH DONATIONS, VOLUNTEERISM, AND GOODWILL SO THAT TOGETHER WE CAN BRIGHTEN THE SEASONS FOR OUR FAMILIES IN NEED. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOR READING THIS PROCLAMATION. I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE UP HERE TO SAY ANYTHING, BUT I. BUT I WILL SPEAK FROM THE HEART ON THIS BLUE SANTA IS SOMETHING THAT STARTED LONG AGO WITH OTHER AGENCIES, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT STARTED IN LEANDER PROBABLY 28 YEARS AGO, ON A CALL THAT I WENT TO ON A TRAILER WHERE THERE WERE CHILDREN ON CHRISTMAS DAY, THAT I WENT TO A DOMESTIC CALL, AND JUST TO KIND OF TALK TO THEM WAS LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, IT'S CHRISTMAS. AND THEY DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT WAS BECAUSE THEY HAD NOTHING AT THAT POINT. AND THERE'S REALLY WAS NOTHING AROUND HERE TO GET OR GO AND PICK UP. AND I TOLD MY WIFE, WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING TO KIND OF HELP KIDS, BECAUSE WHEN I, WE ALL GREW UP, CHRISTMAS WAS SPECIAL. I MEAN, YOU WOKE UP AND THERE WERE GIFTS UNDER THE TREE, AND I DIDN'T EVEN THINK THERE WAS HOUSES THAT DIDN'T HAVE THAT SAME OPPORTUNITY. SO WE STARTED OFF BY RAFFLING BEANIE BABIES, IF YOU REMEMBER THOSE BACK IN THE EARLY 90S. MY FRIEND WORKED AT A HALLMARK STORE, GOT US SOME SOME THAT PEOPLE PAID A LOT OF MONEY FOR. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT, BUT WE USED THAT TO START THE VERY FIRST BLUE SANTA PROGRAM JUST TO BUY TOYS FOR FOR CHILDREN. AFTER THAT 28 YEARS, YOU KNOW, IT'S GROWN TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S ACTUALLY HARD FOR A POLICE DEPARTMENT ALONE TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE A PROGRAM LIKE THAT. AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE SPECIAL PEOPLE COME IN AND HELP. AND THAT'S WHERE THIS MOMENT IS, IS VERY SPECIAL FOR ME. AND IT'S ALSO HARD BECAUSE YOU'RE HANDING OVER SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE BEEN VERY FOND OF AND VERY. PART OF FOR SO LONG, AND YOU'VE GOT A GROUP OVER HERE. ALRIGHT, TO PEOPLE THAT ARE ON OUR BOARD ARE NOW GOING TO BE CARRYING THAT, THAT TORCH.

AND WHAT I LOVE ABOUT IT IS IT'S NOT JUST MOVING FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PERSPECTIVE, BUT WE'RE STILL GOING TO HELP. BUT IT'S IT'S COMMUNITY MEMBERS. BOARD MEMBERS ARE FROM THE CITY.

THEY'RE FROM ALL FOUR CORNERS OF THE CITY. SO IT'S A IT'S ALL OF US TOGETHER WORKING TOWARDS THAT SAME COMMON GOAL. AND WHAT I LOVE IS THAT EVEN WHEN PEOPLE CHANGE, THE LEGACY OF THIS PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE AND IT WILL CONTINUE ON WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE SELECTED YEAR AFTER YEAR TO TO MOVE THIS ON. SO THAT'S THE THE JOY OF IT, TO SEE IT CONTINUE LIVING WAY BEYOND YOURSELF. AND I'M PROUD OF THIS GROUP OVER HERE. THEY'VE BEEN PUTTING A LOT OF EFFORT IN JUST TO THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST YEAR THAT'S ACTUALLY KIND OF DOING THIS. SO YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT WE DO AND WE NEED TO DO BETTER FOR NEXT YEAR. BUT AGAIN I'M I'M PROUD OF THIS MOMENT. I'M, I'M, I'M I'M EXCITED. AND DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE 21ST. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SEE ALL THIS KIND OF COME TOGETHER. SO ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER AND COME OUT AND SEE THE THE MAGIC THAT HAPPENS OUT THERE ONCE THE VOLUNTEER JUST ANY THIS PROCESS. WE'VE GOT A ONLINE WAY TO TO SIGN UP FOR THAT. SO MARCIA DID

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YOU GOT ME. ANYBODY ELSE? YOU GOOD? I THOUGHT YOU WERE MAKING COMMENTS. NO COMMENTS. OH, YEAH.

YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. THAT'S WHAT I WAS WAITING FOR. YEAH, SURE. I, I AM A I'M HONORED TO SERVE AS THE INAUGURAL PRESIDENT OF THE THE BOARD. I GOT INVOLVED A A FEW YEARS AGO. WE WERE DRIVING TO FLORIDA ON THE THE DAY OF DISTRIBUTION, AND I WANTED TO GET ON THE ROAD AND MY WIFE WAS INVOLVED. AND IF YOU KNOW HER, I KNEW WE WERE NOT GETTING OUT UNLESS I WENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MOVED ALONG. AND SO I WENT AND IT I SAID, WELL, I'LL HELP.

AND I REMEMBER BRINGING A BAG TO A MAN'S TRUCK AND, AND HE MADE ME LOOK LIKE HE MADE ME LOOK TINY, WHICH IS SAYING SOMETHING. AND I GET EMOTIONAL EVERY TIME I TELL A STORY, BECAUSE HE HUGGED ME TO THE POINT WHERE I COULDN'T BREATHE AND THE TEARS THAT WERE COMING DOWN HIS FACE BECAUSE HE HAD NOTHING TO GIVE HIS KIDS. AND I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT AS A PARENT, I NEVER HAD TO FACE THAT. I NEVER HAD TO DEAL WITH THAT. AND AND IT WAS AT THAT POINT IN TIME I NEVER MISSED A DISTRIBUTION BEFORE THAT FROM FROM THAT TIME FORWARD. AND WE'VE GOTTEN THE CITY HAS GOTTEN SO BIG THAT THAT IT REALLY I WATCHED AS THESE GUYS WORK THEIR TAILS OFF, AND I'M JUST DUMB ENOUGH TO THINK I CAN FIGURE IT OUT. RIGHT. AND I CAN'T. SO EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IS BECAUSE OF THOSE PEOPLE. EVERY MISTAKE WE MAKE IS BECAUSE OF ME. I GUARANTEE YOU THAT. I GUARANTEE YOU THAT. BUT. BUT I KNOW WE'RE RIGHT.

BECAUSE IN OUR FIRST YEAR AS OUR OWN ORGANIZATION, WE'RE A WEEK BEFORE THANKSGIVING AND WE ALREADY HAVE OVER 300 FAMILIES WHO HAVE REGISTERED. THAT'S NOT 300 KIDS, THAT'S 300 HOUSEHOLDS WHO NEED OUR HELP IN OUR COMMUNITY. I DON'T CARE, I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU STAND ON ANYTHING. BUT WHATEVER WORLD WE LEAVE THESE KIDS, IT AIN'T THEIR FAULT. AND THEY EVERY ONE OF THEM DESERVES TO WAKE UP ON CHRISTMAS MORNING AND NOT FEEL DIFFERENT. I SPENT 20 YEARS AS A TEACHER, AND I REMEMBER THE FIRST DAY BACK FROM CHRISTMAS BREAK, WHEN ALL THE OTHER KIDS WERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THEY GOT FOR CHRISTMAS. THERE WAS ALWAYS 1 OR 2 WHO HAD NOTHING TO SAY BECAUSE IT WAS NEVER CHRISTMAS FOR THEM. AND THAT'S WHAT CHIEF MINTON STARTED 28 YEARS AGO. AND IT'S STILL TRUE TODAY THAT NOT A SINGLE MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD EVER HAVE TO FEEL THAT WAY. SO I APPRECIATE THIS COUNCIL FOR SUPPORTING US. I APPRECIATE THE CITY FOR SUPPORTING US, AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR DONATIONS. YOU GO ON THE CITY WEBSITE, YOU'LL SEE ALL THE PLACES YOU CAN DROP OFF TOYS. IF YOU CAN'T DROP OFF A TOY, HIT THAT QR CODE, SEND US A DONATION. WE'LL GET IT FOR YOU. THE BIKE DRIVES COMING UP.

ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS IN THIS CITY IS IS THE BIKE DRIVE. WE HAVE TO LITERALLY GET A U-HAUL TRUCK FULL OF OF FULL OF TOYS AND AND BIKES. THIS CITY HAS NEVER BEEN STINGY WHEN IT COMES TO SUPPORTING THIS ORGANIZATION. BUT I'M TELLING YOU, WE NEED YOU MORE TODAY THAN WE EVER DID. SO I'VE TALKED FAR LONGER THAN PROBABLY MOST PEOPLE I HEAR. BUT IT'S SOMETHING I FEEL THAT IMPORTANT ABOUT. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR YOUR HELP WITH THIS. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL COME GET A PICTURE. OF. YOU GUYS DRESSED UP AS AN ELF.

AND.

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[10. Staff Reports

• Water update including current water usage and lake levels. 
• Capital Improvement Project Update: Senior Center (CIP P.6) including construction update and timeline for completion.

YOU CAN HEAR ME? THIS IS THE UPDATE TO KNOW NOTHING. MAYBE. NOT. THAT'S ON. OKAY. THERE WE ARE. THIS IS THE UPDATE TO REVIEW THE STATUS OF THE LAKES AND OUR WATER USAGE FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. SO LOOKING AT THE INFLOWS, IF YOU REMEMBER, OUR WATER SUPPLY IS FROM LAKES BUCHANAN AND TRAVIS THAT ARE OPERATED TOGETHER BY LCRA. SO THE CHART UP HERE SHOWS KIND OF THAT HISTORICAL AVERAGE IN THAT LIGHT BLUE COLOR. THE DROUGHT OF RECORD IS SHOWN IN THE DARK BLUE, AND THEN THE CURRENT INFLOWS INTO THE LAKE ARE SHOWN IN THAT MAGENTA COLOR. SO IF YOU LOOK TO OCTOBER IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY SMALL. WE ONLY SAW ABOUT 11,000 ACRE FEET. FLOW IN OCTOBER IS USUALLY ONE OF OUR WETTER MONTHS. SO AS WE ALL KNOW, WE WE DIDN'T SEE A LOT.

WE GOT A LITTLE BIT TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH, BUT REALLY NOTHING SIGNIFICANT. LOOKING AT THE STORAGE AND THEN THE PROJECTIONS OF THE TWO LAKE STORAGE, OBVIOUSLY OUR BIG, BIG JUMP IN JULY, WE ENDED OR BEGAN NOVEMBER WITH ABOUT 1.7 MILLION ACRE FEET. IT'S ABOUT 87% OF THE STORAGE OF THOSE TWO LAKES PROJECTING OUT SIX MONTHS. YOU KNOW, IF WE TREND WET IN THIS GREEN LINE PROJECTED KIND OF ABOUT THE SAME 1.8 MILLION ACRE FEET. IF, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GET ANY RAIN, WE WOULD MAYBE TURN TOWARDS THIS RED LINE ABOUT 1.5 MILLION ACRE FEET. IF YOU REMEMBER, LAST JUNE BEFORE WE GOT ALL THOSE RAINS, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE LEVELS OF LAKE TRAVIS. SO THEY ALSO PROJECT THE LEVEL OF LAKE TRAVIS. REMEMBER WE WERE REALLY WORRIED ABOUT KIND OF THIS SIX 3620 LEVEL WHERE OUR BARGE WOULD GO OFFLINE. OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT PROJECTED IN THE NEAR SIX MONTH FUTURE THAT EVEN IF IN THE DRIEST CONDITIONS, THEY'RE STILL EXPECTING THE LAKE TO STAY PRETTY FULL AT THAT 660 LEVEL. LCRA ALSO COMPARES THE DROUGHT OF RECORD WITH KIND OF THIS DROUGHT THAT WE ARE SEEING OR CURRENTLY JUST KIND OF OUT OF, BUT IT'S STILL DRY. SO THE GREEN LINE IS 2019 TO 2025. YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF SIMILAR PATTERNS. YOU KNOW, WE WE REFILL BY THESE FLOODS UNFORTUNATELY. SO ANYWAYS, I JUST THINK IT'S AN INTERESTING GRAPH TO SHOW. I KIND OF ALREADY MENTIONED THIS. ON NOVEMBER 1ST. THE LAKES WERE 87% FULL COMPARED TO A YEAR AGO, WHERE THEY WERE ONLY 53% FULL.

AND THEN LOOKING AT THE DROUGHT, SOIL MOISTURE. SO A YEAR AGO THERE WAS ABOUT ACTUALLY MOST OF OUR BASIN YOU CAN SEE OR SORRY, MOST OF OUR AREA. SO WILLIAMSON AND TRAVIS COUNTY HERE WAS MOSTLY IN THAT SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITION. NOW WE STILL ARE SEEING SOME DROUGHT, BUT IT'S MORE THAT MODERATE MODERATE DROUGHT CONDITION. KIND OF WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS WE ARE NOT SEEING A LOT OF DROUGHT UP HERE, WHICH IS WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE GET A LOT OF OUR INFLOWS AND INFILTRATION. SO THAT'S THAT'S THIS GRAPH HERE. THE RAINS TODAY ARE PREDOMINANTLY HITTING THIS BASIN RIGHT NOW KIND OF IN THIS AREA OUT WEST OF BRADY AND MASON. THEY'VE ALREADY SEEN MAYBE 6 OR 7IN OF RAIN OUT THAT WAY. SO ALL THAT'S GOING TO FLOW INTO LAKE BUCHANAN HERE IN THE BRADY AND LLANO LEGS OF THAT. NOW WE WON'T SEE IT IN TRAVIS. BUT AGAIN THOSE TWO LAKES ARE OPERATED TOGETHER. SO ANY ANY ANY RAIN IN THE BASIN

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OH, I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION WE HAD PUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT IN ALL OF OUR CHANNELS THAT WE HAD DONE SOME WORK AT SANDY CREEK. THE PLANT WAS OFFLINE FOR A COUPLE THREE DAYS AND IT'S BACK ONLINE AS OF TODAY. SO GOOD NEWS. AND THEN THE LAST THING I HAD IS OUR WATER CONNECTION GROWTH. THE GENTLEMAN EARLIER WAS MENTIONING ABOUT KIND OF HOW HOW FAST WE WERE GROWING AND OUR GROWING. YOU CAN SEE HISTORICALLY, YOU KNOW, IN THAT 2019, 2020, WE WERE SEEING 15, 16% GROWTH, WHICH WAS INSANE. WE WERE GROWING ABOUT 3000 CONNECTIONS A YEAR. WE'VE SINCE SLOWED A LITTLE BIT, DOWN TO 4% AND ABOUT 1300, ALMOST 1400 CONNECTIONS BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND WE'LL MOVE TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT UPDATE ON THE SENIOR CENTER, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION UPDATE AND TIMELINE FOR COMPLETION CIP PROJECT MANAGER BETTIS. GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE. I'M TONY BENNETT, I'M WITH CIP. WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE WITH WHERE WE ARE ON THIS SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER. SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, THESE ACTIVITIES FIRE SPRINKLER AND FIRE ALARMS ARE IN PROGRESS. ACTUALLY, MOST OF THE FIRE SPRINKLERS ARE ALREADY INSTALLED. FIRE ALARMS ARE STILL GOING IN THE CORRIDOR. LOBBY CEILINGS ARE IN PROGRESS.

WE WERE THERE TODAY AND ALMOST ALL THE CEILINGS AND ALL THE IN THE LOBBIES AND CORRIDORS ARE INSTALLED. MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL TRIM IS IN PROGRESS. KITCHEN EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION IS IN PROGRESS, A LOT OF IT'S ALREADY INSTALLED AND THE CLOUD CEILINGS ARE IN PROGRESS. SO IF WE HAVE SOME GOOD PHOTOS HERE I AM REPRESENTING RUSSELL TODAY RUSSELL ALABASTER. HE COULD NOT MAKE IT, BUT HE IS MOVING THIS ALONG AND HE TOOK US SOME GREAT PHOTOS. THE UPPER LEFT CORNER YOU CAN SEE ALL THE HARD PAINT WHAT WE CALL THE HARD PAN CEILING OR HARD CEILING. THOSE ARE SHEETROCK CEILINGS GOING IN. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE MILLWORK IS IN THE CENTER ROW. RIGHT THERE YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE HVAC SYSTEMS. WE'VE GOT YOUR DUCT SYSTEMS, YOU GOT YOUR LIGHTS GOING IN. YOU'VE GOT YOUR DUCTS GOING IN IN THE LOWER LEFT CORNER THERE. AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE, WELL, THE BIG FANS, OF COURSE, ON THE OUTSIDE YOU CAN SEE ALL THE KITCHEN SUPPLIES ARE GOING IN, A LOT OF EQUIPMENT, A LOT OF THE COUNTERTOPS, THE FOOD SERVICE LINE EQUIPMENT. YOU'VE GOT BIG SINKS GOING IN, STOVES ARE GOING IN THE HOODS GOING IN HOODS. ONE OF THOSE FIRE CONTROL SYSTEMS THAT WE REALLY HAVE TO PERFECT TO MAKE SURE WE DO IT RIGHT. YOU CAN SEE INSIDE THE THE DINING MULTI USE ROOM OF COURSE THE OBLIGATORY TOILETS. ALL THE TOWELS IN THE RESTROOMS ARE DOWN. THIS IS IN THE COURTYARD. YOU CAN SEE SOME SIDEWALKS GOING IN AND AROUND. THERE'S STILL SOME SIDEWALKS THAT NEED TO BE PLACED. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY ARE ANTICIPATING IF THE WEATHER ALLOWS US, THEY'LL BE PLACING THOSE TOMORROW. AND ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS FOR ME. COUNCIL, WE HAVE AN ANTICIPATED OPENING DATE. WE DO SIR. WELL, WHAT WE DO NOW IS WE'RE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE ON DECEMBER 8TH, WE'LL ALLOW PARKS TO START MOVING IN THERE FOR. AND WE KNOW THAT WE'LL HAVE OUR TURNOVER OR FINISH OUT CERTAIN PUNCH ITEMS BY THE 18TH OF DECEMBER. NOW I'M GOING TO CAVEAT THAT, PLEASE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WE HAD SOME DRY UTILITIES WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO MEET THE SCHEDULE, NATURAL GAS BEING ONE OF THOSE. SO WE'RE HAVING TO DO SOME CREATIVE ASPECTS TO GIVE US OUR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE COMING IN WITH THE NATURAL GAS PROVIDER A LITTLE LATER. IT MAY BE AS LATE AS EARLY NOVEMBER, I'M SORRY, EARLY FEBRUARY BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET NATURAL GAS IN. SO THAT'S CORRECT. AND THERE ARE CERTAIN PLANTS I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO PLANT THEM RIGHT BEFORE WINTER, BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY'LL DIE. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE CERTAIN PLANTS THAT

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[11. Leander History presentation topic will be Native Americans of Leander.]

AND IT IS FOR ARCHEOLOGY. THAT IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT POINT FOR OUR NATIVE AMERICAN POPULATION.

THIS HERE IS A MAP. AND I JUST IT'S OF THE UNITED STATES, AND IT IS OF THE MAJOR TRIBES IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE 1800S. AND IF YOU'LL NOTICE, THEY THEY'VE BUNCHED THEM BY COLORS.

AND WE ARE WE ARE IN THE PLAINS AREA. LET'S SEE HERE, THIS AREA RIGHT HERE IS THE COMANCHE.

THEY ARE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FOR WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT THING IS OVER HERE ON THE EAST, THE COUSHATTA, THE ALABAMA-COUSHATTA WERE OVER THERE IN THE ALABAMA AREA. OKAY. SO ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE CLASSIFY NATIVE AMERICANS IS BY THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY SPOKE. AND WE HAVE HERE IN TEXAS, UP IN THE EAST, UP IN THE EAST PORTION, THIS IS THE CADDO PORTION. THEY ALL SPOKE A SIMILAR LANGUAGE THERE. AND NOTICE THE TONKAWA ARE WAY UP HERE. AND THEN WE HAVE THE THERE WERE SEVERAL DIFFERENT SUBTRIBES OF THE APACHE AND THEN THE JUMANO, WHICH IS INTERESTING ON THIS MAP. THIS IS THE 1500S. THE JUMANO WERE HERE IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD PRIOR. THEY WERE OVER HERE IN EL PASO STARTING IN, WE BELIEVE, AROUND THE 809, 900 ERA. AND THEY MOVED OVER FURTHER OVER INTO CENTRAL TEXAS AND THEN DOWN IN THE COASTAL REGIONS. WE HAVE THE KARANKAWAS DOWN IN HERE. WELL, IT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THE KARANKAWA IS WITH EARLIER WITH LEANNE. SHE'S BURIED WITH A SHARK TOOTH. SO SHE TRADED WITH THE COASTAL TRIBES. SO THEY TRADED ARROWHEADS IS WHAT THEY TRADED. THEY TRADED POINTS. THE FLINT CENTRAL TEXAS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN CENTRAL TEXAS IS FLINT. AND THE FLINT HAPPENS TO BE EXTREMELY SHARP AND EXTREMELY HARD. SO IT MADE VERY GOOD POINTS. AND THE NATIVE PEOPLES, THEY TRAVELED INTO CENTRAL TEXAS TO GET THE FLINT. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WHY THE APACHE CAME DOWN HERE, BECAUSE THEY WERE OF THE PLAINS TRIBES, WHERE THEY HUNTED A LOT IN THE FLINT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM. SO THIS IS IN THE LATE 18TH CENTURY. THE THEY HAVE CLASSIFIED THE TRIBES AGAIN BY THE LANGUAGES THAT THEY SPOKE. THE COMANCHE ARE WAY DOWN ALL THE WAY INTO OUR AREA. THE TONKAWA HAVE GONE FROM UP IN THE KANSAS AREA ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO CENTRAL TEXAS.

THEY WERE THE PRIMARY TRIBE THAT WERE HERE IN THE LEANDER AREA WHEN THE ANGLOS STARTED TO SETTLE HERE, STARTING IN THE 15, THE LATE 1500S. AND THE COAHUILTECANS WERE PART OF THE THE TRIBES THAT HAD BEEN ON THE COASTAL RANGE AND THE APACHE HAVE HAD COME ALL THE WAY DOWN.

AND THEY WERE ACTUALLY THIS MAP DOESN'T SHOW IT AS MUCH, BUT THEY WERE DOWN MORE INTO THE SAN ANTONIO AREA, AND THE CADDO WERE STILL THERE. THE CADDO HAVE BEEN THERE. THEY HAD SETTLEMENTS STARTING IN 800 A.D, AND THEY CONTINUE TO BE THERE TO THIS DAY. HERE ARE PICTURES OF FROM THE 1800S. THE JUMANO IS ON THE RIGHT. AND THEN ON THE LEFT WAS A YOUNG LADY, AND SHE IS EATING A CANTALOUPE. AND THIS WAS PART OF THE COASTAL TRIBES. AND THEY WENT DOWN INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. AND THAT WAS FROM THAT ERA. AND WE STILL EAT CANTALOUPES FROM THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. OKAY. ONE OF THE IN THE ARCHEOLOGICAL TERMS AND IN HISTORY TERMS, ONE OF THE

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I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF HOUSEKEEPING THINGS, PLEASE. THIS SATURDAY AT IS HOLIDAYS AT THE HOMESTEAD FOR THE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMISSION, ALONG WITH MASON HERITAGE FOUNDATION AND DAR. WE OPEN UP THE HOUSE DRESSED UP FOR CHRISTMAS. PLEASE COME OUT AND SEE THE HOUSE AND WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA IS DECEMBER 13TH AT NOON. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HOLIDAYS AT THE HOMESTEAD. WHAT TIME? HOLIDAYS AT THE HOMESTEAD IS FROM TEN UNTIL FIVE. THANK YOU. AND WE DO HAVE VENDORS THIS YEAR. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK

[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]

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ONCE THE RACE STARTS TO ACCESS VOTING, WE WILL BE TAKING VOTERS IN THE SIDE DOOR HERE AS WELL AS THE FRONT DOOR. BUT THE SIDE DOOR WILL BE ACCESSIBLE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GET IN EASILY WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH ALL THE TRAFFIC OF EVERYBODY. THERE WON'T BE ANY CORDS OR ANYTHING IN PLACE FOR THEM, ANY CANDIDATES OR ANYBODY THAT IS HERE TO SUPPORT. WE HAVE CLEARED OFF THE. WHAT IS THE OLD DAVIS HOUSE PROPERTY FOR INDIVIDUALS TO GATHER THERE.

THEY CAN PUT UP THEIR TENTS, THEIR TABLES AND ALL THAT, ALL THE WAY UP TO THE SIDEWALK WHERE THAT THEY CAN BE SEEN AND THEY CAN DO THEIR ELECTIONEERING AND THINGS. DID I MISS SOMETHING, CITY MANAGER. PARDON. YEAH. AND WE WERE GOING TO HAVE SOME SIGNAGE OUT FOR PARKING AS WELL. VOTERS. YES. AND CAN YOU CLARIFY IF A VOTER HAS AN ISSUE OR FINDS A PROBLEM, WE'LL HAVE A NUMBER THAT THEY CAN CALL AND GET DIRECT ASSISTANCE. RIGHT. YES. BUT I MEAN IT WILL BE POSTED SO THEY KNOW. YES. AND WE'LL WE'RE GOING TO PUT ALL THIS INFORMATION OUT ON THE WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA, NEWSPAPER, EVERYTHING WE CAN DO.

COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO HELP US GET THE WORD OUT. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND WE ARE READY TO MOVE AND CONSIDER CONSENT ITEM 12 THROUGH 24. MOTION TO APPROVE.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. AND A SECOND. THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL

[25. Discuss and consider action regarding Significant and Heritage Tree Removal requests associated with Subdivision Case PP-25-0070 regarding Lost Woods Estates Preliminary Plat on one (1) parcel of land 28.12 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R338811; and generally located southeast of the intersection of Mineral Drive and CR 175, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.]

ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS TWICE. ONCE WHEN THE HERITAGE HERITAGE TREES IS REMOVED, AND AGAIN WHEN THE REPLACEMENT FAILS. THERE'S ALSO THE IMPACT, THE WATER IMPACT THAT OFTEN GOES UNMENTIONED. NEW DEVELOPMENTS RELY HEAVILY ON IRRIGATION TO SUSTAIN THESE YOUNG TREES, YET IRRIGATION SYSTEMS ARE FREQUENTLY INSTALLED TOO SHALLOW ABOVE THE FROST LINE.

WHEN FREEZES, HIT LINES CRACK, AND LEAKS DEVELOP. THE RESULT IS NOT ONLY DYING REPLACEMENT TREES, BUT SUBSTANTIAL AND UNNECESSARY WASTE OF WATER. AT A TIME WHEN WATER SUPPLY AND

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SO ITEM 25 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING SIGNIFICANT HERITAGE TREE REMOVAL REQUESTS ASSOCIATED WITH SUBDIVISION CASE P 20 5-0070 REGARDING LOS WOODS ESTATES PRELIMINARY PLAT ON ONE PARCEL OF LAND 28.12 ACRES IN SIZE, AS STATED IN THE POSTED AGENDA. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. GRIFFIN. GOOD EVENING. SO THIS IS A REQUEST FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE REMOVAL OF HERITAGE TREES. THIS PROJECT IS A PRELIMINARY PLAT THAT INCLUDES SEVERAL SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT, THEY ARE PROPOSING TO REMOVE THREE HERITAGE TREES. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE EXHIBIT, ALL OF THE TREES ARE IN THE PATH OF THE ROAD NETWORK. THE APPLICANT WORKED HARD WITH STAFF TO ACCOMMODATE AS MANY TREES AS POSSIBLE. THIS WAS PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU COUNCIL.

OKAY. IS THE APPLICANT MAKING A PRESENTATION? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO YOU SAID IT'S JUST THREE TREES. SO THEY'RE SEEKING APPROVAL FROM THE COUNCIL FOR THE HERITAGE TREE REMOVAL AND REMOVING THREE HERITAGE TREES SEEMS REASONABLE. ALL RIGHT. AND THIS IS THE ACTION ITEM COUNCIL. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND,

[26. Discuss and consider action on a Resolution finding Public Convenience and Necessity and authorizing the use of eminent domain to condemn, if necessary, 0.7509 acres of land in fee simple and a 0.3086 acre drainage and grading easement (both as described in Exhibits “A” and “B” to the Resolution, respectively) from those two (2) certain tracts of land totaling 7.733 acres conveyed to Billy Jack Carter and recorded at Document Number 2022028373 of the official public records of Williamson County, Texas, for the public use and purpose of construction of public roadway improvements and infrastructure.]

THE THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER HAVE PROCEEDED TO A POINT WHERE THE PARTIES ARE HAVE NOT REACHED AN AGREEMENT REGARDING ACQUISITION. AND SO THE STAFF AND RIGHT OF WAY, AGENT AND ATTORNEY, THE CONDEMNATION ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE CITY, ARE REQUESTING THE COUNCIL APPROVE A PETITION TO INITIATE THE CONDEMNATION PROCEEDING THROUGH THE SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS PROCESS AND TO HAVE THE THE PANEL, THREE LANDOWNER PANEL EMPANELED. IN A HEARING HELD REGARDING VALUATION. THERE'S SPECIFIC MOTION LANGUAGE THAT HAS TO BE USED IN ORDER TO APPROVE THIS MATTER. IT IT IS IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BEFORE YOU THAT SPECIFIC MOTION LANGUAGE NEEDS TO BE USED TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THIS MATTER.

OKAY. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF LACK OF COMMUNICATION BACK AND FORTH.

WE JUST COULDN'T COME TO AN AGREEMENT IS WHY WE'RE HERE. THE LANDOWNER IS REPRESENTED BY AN ATTORNEY, AND THE ATTORNEY ADVISED THAT JUST TO SEND A FINAL OFFER AND TO THEN PROCEED WITH THE PETITION. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND SO I NEED TO GO BACK AND REREAD IT AGAIN.

DO YOU WANT TO READ IT? OKAY. THANK YOU. I MOVE THAT THE CITY OF LEANDER AUTHORIZE THE USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE A 0.7509 ACRES OF LAND IN FEE SIMPLE, AND A 0.3086 ACRE DRAINAGE AND GRADING EASEMENT FROM PROPERTY OWNED BY BILLY JACK CARTER AND DESCRIBED

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YES YES YES YES YES. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ALL YESES AND THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU.

[27. Discuss and consider action on casting ballot for Williamson Central Appraisal District Board of Directors.]

CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. CITY MANAGER. PORTER. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. SO YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU 120 VOTES TO APPLY. WE HAVE TWO POSITIONS AVAILABLE IN THREE CANDIDATES. SO YOU MAY OPT TO SPLIT YOUR VOTES ANY WAY YOU LIKE TO. YOU CAN APPLY THEM ALL TO ONE PARTICULAR CANDIDATE, SPLIT THEM EVENLY OR ANY OTHER MANNER THAT YOU SO CHOOSE. OKAY, I RECOMMEND WE APPLY ALL OF OUR VOTES TO JOHN LUCK'S. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO YOU ALL HAVE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE WE MOVE TO THAT POINT. CITY MANAGER, I WAS WONDERING HOW DO WE HOW DOES THIS VOTING PROCESS WORK? DO YOU ARE YOU ASKING FOR COUNCIL TO DISCUSS AND THEN ALLOCATE THE VOTES TO ONE CANDIDATE OR MULTIPLE CANDIDATES OR WEAKENING BALLOTS, OR. I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW WE'RE DIVIDING THIS 120. SO IN YOUR PACKET YOU HAD THE BIOS AND YOU HAD THE BACKGROUND FOR EACH OF THE CANDIDATES. SO WE'RE ASKING YOU TONIGHT TO CONSIDER YOU CAN DISCUSS THOSE DIFFERENT CANDIDATES AND THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE BACKGROUND THAT THAT IS THERE. BUT TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE ON HOW TO ALLOCATE YOUR POINTS. AND THEN WE WILL CONVEY THAT BACK TO THE DISTRICT, AND THEN THEY WILL INCLUDE THAT AS THEIR VOTE TALLY. AND WE CAN GO DOWN AND YOU CAN DISCUSS ANY OR STATE, ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU HAVE. IF YOU WANT ME TO COME BACK TO YOU, I CAN. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. OKAY. PLEASE DO. SO I SEE JOHN LOOKS OKAY.

PLEASE THREE I'M GOOD WITH JOHN LUX, BUT I'D LIKE TO SPLIT OUR VOTES. WE HAVE A NEIGHBOR TO OUR NORTH THAT I FEEL LIKE NEVER REALLY HAS ANY CONSIDERATION. AND THEY HAVE REPRESENTATION ON ON THIS. SO I'D LIKE TO GO WITH JOHN LUX AND I BELIEVE IT'S CLINT STEVENSON. OKAY. I HAD A SIMILAR CONCERN. I THINK MISS BURKMAN AND MISTER LUX CURRENTLY SERVE, IF I'M CORRECT ON THAT. AND MR. STEVENSON WOULD BE ADDED. I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DO THAT. RIGHT. BUT I WOULD AGREE WITH. THE PREVIOUS STATEMENT. I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME REPRESENTATION IN LIBERTY HILL.

SO I THINK IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE PRUDENT FOR US TO MAYBE SPLIT OUR VOTE THAT WAY. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SUPPORT. OKAY. PLEASE SIT. I'M GOOD WITH THAT TOO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO AND WE'RE GOING TO SPLIT BETWEEN JOHN DID. OH I'M SORRY I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I CONCUR WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS. NADINE MCDONALD, TWO OF THE FOLKS, MISTER LUX AND MISS BURKMAN, ARE FROM THE WESTERN PART OF THE DISTRICT. AND I DO FEEL THAT WOULD BE ADVANTAGED BY HAVING MISTER STEVENSON, WHO'S REPRESENTING THE NORTHERN PART OF THE DISTRICT AND ALSO A SEGMENT CLOSEST TO LEANDER. SO I'D LIKE TO SPLIT OUR VOTES BETWEEN HIM AND MISTER LUX.

OKAY. SO WE WANT TO SPLIT THE VOTES BETWEEN MISTER LUX AND MR. STEVENSON. ALL RIGHT. I JUST NEED A MOTION. YES, WE ARE SPLITTING THEM EVENLY. WE AGREE WITH THAT, RIGHT? EVERYBODY'S GOOD WITH THAT. OKAY, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE JOHN LUX AND CLINT STEVENSON AND SPLIT THE VOTES 6060. THANK YOU. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE

[28. Discuss and consider action on moving the Thursday, December 4, 2025 regular council meeting to Wednesday, December 10, 2025, due to early voting for the Runoff Election to the November 4, 2025 Special Election taking place in Pat Bryson Municipal Hall, Council Chambers.]

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ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES

[29. Council Member Closing Statements.]

[30. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to:

1. Section 551.071, Texas Government Code, and Section 1.05 Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct to consult with legal counsel regarding acquisition of properties for public purposes; and
2. Section 551.072, Texas Government Code, and Section 1.05, Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct to consult with legal counsel regarding the acquisition of property for the Hero Way West Elevated Storage Tank and Waterline (CIP W.55); and
3. Section 551.071, Texas Government Code, and Section 1.05 Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct to consult with legal counsel Brushy Creek Regional Wastewater System construction; and 
4. Section 551.071, Section 551.072 and Section 551.087, Texas Government Code, and Section 1.05 Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct to consult with legal counsel regarding acquisition of properties for public purpose; and to deliberate proposed economic development incentives for one or more business prospects that the governmental body seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of the governmental body with which the City is conducting economic development negotiations along with consideration of a Chapter 380 Agreement for EDA -25-009.

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[ Reconvene into open session to take action as deemed appropriate in the City Council's discretion regarding:

1. Acquisition of properties for public purposes; and
2. Acquisition of property for the Hero Way West Elevated Storage Tank and Waterline (CIP W.55); and 
3. Brushy Creek Regional Wastewater System construction; and
4. Chapter 380 Agreement for EDA -25-009.