Dec 10, 2025 City Council Regular Meeting

[1. Open Meeting.]

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10TH AT 2025 AND AT 6:03 P.M. I AM OPENING THE MEETING TONIGHT AS THE MAYOR PRO TEM IS ABSENT, SO WE WILL NEED A MOTION AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY PAGE WILL EXPLAIN THE PROCESS. SO WHEN THERE ARE IS NO MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL RULES PROVIDE THAT THE COUNCIL SHALL VOTE TO DESIGNATE A PERSON TO RUN THE MEETING. THAT CAN OFTEN BE SOMEONE WHO'S GOT THE MOST TENURE ON THE COUNCIL, BUT IT'S ULTIMATELY UP TO THE COUNCIL TO MOTION AND VOTE AN INDIVIDUAL TO RUN THE MEETING. I'D LIKE TO MOTION TO NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER MCDONALD, WHO I THINK IS WELL EXPERIENCED MEMBER AND WHO'S ALSO LEAVING US NEXT THURSDAY, SEEMS FITTING. I'LL SECOND THAT. I'M GOOD WITH THAT. AND IS THERE A VOTE? CAN I HAVE SEE YOUR HANDS? ALL IN FAVOR? OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER MCDONALD.

ALL RIGHT. NOW THAT THAT'S TAKEN CARE OF, CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER STEVEN CHANG, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL HERRERA HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONALD HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM NICOLE THOMPSON, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW NODDING, COUNCIL MEMBER BECKY ROSS HERE. THANK YOU. QUORUM IS PRESENT IN THE CITY COUNCIL WAS ELIGIBLE

[3. Receive an update and discuss the current solid waste franchise agreement.]

SORRY, DID I GET IT RIGHT? CLOSE ENOUGH. I'VE NEVER HAD TO SIT IN A LIVE MEETING. SO NO, IT WAS IT WAS PERFECT. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL, ARE YOU ALL READY TO TALK SOME TRASH TODAY? BECAUSE WE WANTED TO GO THROUGH KIND OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH WITH OUR SOLID WASTE CONTRACT AND WHAT'S COMING UP, AND GET SOME DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL ON THINGS THAT Y'ALL MIGHT WANT STAFF TO PREPARE IN THE UPCOMING YEAR. SO WITH THAT, JUST A BRIEF HISTORY ABOUT OUR CURRENT CONTRACT WITH AL CLAWSON. DISPOSAL. IN 2005, THE CITY CONDUCTED AN RFP FOR SINGLE SOURCE SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL PROVIDER AND SELECTED AL CLAWSON, AND THE CONTRACT WAS APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 15TH OF THAT YEAR. THE GENERAL TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT INCLUDES A 10% FRANCHISE FEE, EXCLUSIVE SOLID WASTE AND REFUSE NONEXCLUSIVE FOR RECYCLING SERVICES. THE CONTRACT RUNS FROM FEBRUARY 1ST, 2021 TO THE END OF JANUARY NEXT YEAR, AND THE COUNCIL HAS THE AUTHORITY TO GRANT EXTENSIONS FOR ONE OR MORE YEARS, SO LONG AS THE EXTENSIONS ARE GRANTED DO NOT EXCEED FIVE YEARS. FOR RESIDENTIAL SERVICES. JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW. YOU KNOW THEY DO REFUSE COLLECTION, WHICH IS TRASH. EVERYBODY HAS A POLY CART. SAME THING WITH RECYCLING.

THERE'S CURBSIDE COLLECTION, UP TO FIVE ADDITIONAL CARTS FOR RESIDENTS, AND THEN CUSTOMER AGES 65 OR OLDER RECEIVE A 10% DISCOUNT. JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU ALL THE SCHEDULE THAT FOR GARBAGE AND RECYCLING. SO GARBAGE IS COLLECTED, YOU KNOW, EACH WEEK AND THEN RECYCLING EVERY OTHER WEEK DEPENDING ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOU LIVE IN. SO THAT'S THE WAY THAT IT'S CURRENTLY STRUCTURED RIGHT NOW. AND ALSO JUST WANT TO PROVIDE JUST INFORMATION ABOUT THE DIFFERENT RECYCLABLE MATERIALS THAT'S COLLECTED THAT'S ALLOWED TO BE COLLECTED METAL, PAPER, PLASTIC AND GLASS AND WHAT'S PROHIBITED. AND SOME INFORMATION ABOUT CARD PLACEMENTS. FOR COMMERCIAL SERVICES. THERE'S COLLECTION OF THE 95 GALLON POLY CARTS FOR MULTI-FAMILY DWELLINGS, APARTMENTS, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS. THERE'S FRONT LOAD CONTAINER SERVICE FOR ANYTHING IN EXCESS OF 190 GALLONS PER WEEK. THERE'S COMMERCIAL, MONTHLY HALL AND CITY ROLL OFF SERVICES AND WASTEWATER SLUDGE DISPOSAL BY THE CITY. THERE'S ALSO SPECIAL SERVICES THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE AGREEMENT THAT INCLUDES TIRES NO MORE THAN UP TO TWO TIRES PER RESIDENTIAL UNIT PER PICKUP. THEY DO WE DO HAVE IN THE

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SO EXCUSE ME, AS KENT HAD ALLUDED TO, WHEN WE LOOK ACROSS THE COMMUNITY AND WE LOOK AT THE SATISFACTION THAT OUR CITIZENS HAVE HAD WITH CLAWSON AND THE SERVICE LEVELS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED, THERE'S A VERY HIGH SATISFACTION. THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS, THOUGH WE DO AND I THINK WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT DOING. I'D RECOMMEND THAT YOU ALL CONSIDER ONE WOULD BE TO TAKE SOME TIME TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES AND LOOK AROUND THE REGION AND SEE WHAT SERVICE LEVELS ARE BEING PROVIDED. IS THERE A NEW TYPE OF INDUSTRY STANDARD THAT WE MAY BE INTERESTED IN, IN LOOKING AT AND PURSUING FOR THE CITY? DO SOME RATE COMPARISONS. HOW DO OUR RATES STACK UP TO THOSE THAT WE SEE AGAIN IN OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, AND THEN TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK AND DO SOME SOLID, WASTE SPECIFIC SURVEYING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ITSELF? HOW SATISFIED ARE YOU? ARE THERE ADDITIONAL NEEDS AND SERVICES THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE? YOU KNOW, SOME SOME A COUPLE COMMENTS WE'VE HAD OVER THE PAST YEAR HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE NUMBER OF ANNUAL CLEANUP EVENTS WE HAVE THAT ARE SPONSORED THROUGH SOLID WASTE. A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OUR RECYCLE SERVICE IS ROBUST ENOUGH. DO WE WANT TO LOOK AT MORE THAN ONCE EVERY OTHER WEEK, KIND OF RECYCLE SERVICE, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO WE DO WANT TO GET A CHANCE TO GO BACK AND TALK TO THE COMMUNITY, SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER TYPES OF SERVICES THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE, THAT WE CAN THEN COME BACK AND DECIDE WHETHER TO TO ROLL INTO IT. ONCE WE TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE THINGS, THEN WE OUGHT TO CONTEMPLATE WHAT THAT NEXT STEP SHOULD BE. DOES THE CITY WANT TO CONTEMPLATE GOING OUT TO SOLICIT PROPOSALS FOR SOLID WASTE SERVICE? THESE ARE VERY COMPLEX SERVICE LEVELS. THERE'S VERY SIGNIFICANT NEGOTIATIONS AND CONTRACT PROVISIONS WITHIN THOSE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT SECURING SERVICE, PARTICULARLY IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT A NEW SERVICE PROVIDER, THERE IS A RAMP UP OF EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL THAT HAS TO HAPPEN SO THAT THEY CAN GET GEARED UP AND GO. SO IT REALLY WOULD PROBABLY TAKE SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 8 TO 9 MONTHS TO TRY TO DEVELOP AN RFP DOCUMENT TO VET IT OUT. BY THE TIME WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF PUTTING OUT PROPOSALS, OUT REVIEWING, MAKING SELECTIONS, WE COULD BE WITHIN A YEAR WINDOW TO DO THAT. THEN COMES NEGOTIATIONS OF CONTRACTS, AND THEN COMES AT LEAST A SIX MONTH WINDOW TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS TO DO THE NEW RAMP UP

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I BELIEVE IF YOU DO DECIDE TO GO TO THAT PROCESS. AND THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT CLAUSEN HAS NOT BEEN PROVIDING GOOD SERVICE BY ALL ACCOUNTS AND IN THE COMMUNITY. THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR THEM. THEY'RE ENGAGED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THEY'RE VERY WELL RESPECTED.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE THERE IS THE BUSINESS SIDE THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO THINK ABOUT THROUGH THAT PROCESS. SO COULD THAT ACTUALLY OCCUR IF THEY'RE LET'S JUST SAY THEORETICALLY WE EXTEND THE CONTRACT AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF VETTING SOME OF THE SERVICE LEVELS AND, AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR POTENTIAL CHANGES OR POTENTIAL ADDITIONS TO THE SERVICE LEVELS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY. WOULD ONE OF THE POTENTIAL RESULTS OF THAT BE RENEGOTIATING THE EXISTING CONTRACT WITH CLAUSEN AND ADDING IN THOSE FACTORS, OR WOULD IT HAVE TO GO TO BID IN ORDER TO DO THAT TYPE OF THING? YOU HAVE AN OPTION. YOU CAN GO

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IF YOU IF YOU CHOSE TO DO THAT, OR YOU COULD GO AND YOU COULD BID THIS OUT AND DO A COMPETITIVE PROPOSAL, BUT IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE PRUDENT FOR US TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT MARKET SEGMENTS CURRENTLY TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW COMPETITIVE CLAUSEN CURRENTLY IS AGAINST THE MARKETPLACE AND AND POTENTIALLY NEGOTIATE FROM THERE. THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION FOR US. IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S NOT IT'S NOT WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE BIDS NECESSARILY. WE COULD DO THIS SAME EXERCISE, COME UP WITH THE NEW SERVICE LEVELS AND THEN GO BACK TO OUR EXISTING CONTRACT AND CONTRACTOR AND JUST RENEGOTIATE RENEW FROM THERE, CORRECT? YES. YOU CAN YOU CAN GO OUT, EVALUATE WHAT SERVICES ARE THERE IN THE REGION, IN THE AREA WE CAN LOOK AT WHAT TRENDS, WHAT EMERGING ELEMENTS ARE HAPPENING WITH REGARD TO THE INDUSTRY AND SERVICES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED. SOME OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO LOOK AT, IF WE DO GO, LET'S SAY, TOWARDS A PROPOSAL PROCESS, WOULD BE WHERE IS THE WASTE BEING DEPOSITED? SO ARE THEY LANDFILLS THAT YOU OWN? ARE YOU GOING TO OTHER LANDFILLS THAT ARE BEING COMMERCIALLY OPERATED? WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS TO THAT? WE COULD LOOK AT TRANSFER STATION SITUATIONS. SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT COMPONENTS IN SOLID WASTE SIDE THAT THAT WE REALLY SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT AND LOOKING THROUGH WITH REGARD TO WHAT HAPPENS FROM THE ORIGIN, THE PICKUP ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO THE FINAL DEPOSIT OR OR GUESS RESOLUTION TO TAKING YOUR WASTE. AND IS IT IS IT A TWO YEAR PROCESS, THREE YEAR PROCESS. AND WE THROW THEM BOTH OUT? I MEAN, SO IT YOU KNOW, I THINK WE NEED YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO NEED A BETTER PART OF A YEAR TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. IF WE WANT TO DO A COMMUNITY SURVEY, AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL 3 OR 4 MONTHS TO BE ABLE TO DO A DEEP DIVE INTO THE CONTRACTS THAT ARE IN THIS AREA AND TO LOOK AT THE SERVICE OFFERINGS THAT ARE THERE AND THEN TO LOOK AT THOSE FEE STRUCTURES, HOW THEY'RE STRUCTURED AND WHAT THOSE CHARGES ARE. THAT'S GOING TO BE A PRETTY INVOLVED PROCESS TO GO, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING A VERY DEEP DIVE INTO THAT. WE'RE POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT A CONTRACT THAT'S GOING TO BE MANY YEARS. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT RIGHT. ONE OF THE IMPORTANT FACTORS FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE OF THE GARBAGE SERVICES AND WHAT THE FRANCHISE IS SO IMPORTANT, THESE ARE HEAVY PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT ARE ROLLING DOWN LOCAL STREETS AND OR COMMERCIAL AREAS, AND THEY CAN HAVE A VERY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE WEARING ON OUR STREETS. THOSE FRANCHISE FEES ARE COMING IN. THEY'RE HELPING TO OFFSET THE NEED TO GO BACK AND UPGRADE AND ADDRESS WEAR AND TEAR ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO LOOKING AT THOSE FRANCHISE FEES, HOW THEY'RE STRUCTURED WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT TO US AS WELL. AS WE LOOK TO THAT PROCESS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE ADEQUATE TO COVER.

SO THOSE IMPACTS ONTO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. SO THOSE I'M JUST KIND OF DESCRIBING SOME OF THE DETAILS WE WOULD LOOK AT AS WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. SO PUT SO THE RESEARCH PIECE WE DO IS IS MOVING FORWARD TO, LIKE I SAID, PROBABLY NINE MONTHS TO A YEAR TO ALLOW US TO SURVEY AND DO THAT DEEP DIVE WORK AND REPORT THAT BACK OUT. THE NEXT PIECE THEN WOULD BE DO WE DECIDE BASED ON THOSE RESULTS, WE WANT TO MAYBE CONSIDER PUTTING TOGETHER A PROPOSAL, OR WE WANT TO CONSIDER GOING BACK TO THE TABLE AND NEGOTIATING CLAUSEN. THEN WE'VE GOT A SIGNIFICANT LEVEL OF TECHNICAL DETAILS AND TECHNICAL POINTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO IDENTIFY AND OR WANT TO NEGOTIATE OR TO PUT INTO AN RFP. SO THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A YEAR AS WE GO BACK AND FORTH AND LOOK AT THOSE COMPONENTS. IF YOU GO TO A BID, TAKE THE YEAR TO DEVELOP IT, GO SOLICIT, SOLICIT YOUR BIDS AND EVALUATE THAT. THAT'S BY THE TIME YOU GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THE TIME YOU REVIEW SELECT, YOU'RE PROBABLY TALKING 18 MONTHS OR SO. AND THEN THAT GIVES YOU FINAL CONTRACT NEGOTIATED DONE, AND THEN ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO THEN DO THE TRANSFER. IF YOU TRANSFER ONE FROM ONE PROVIDER TO THE OTHER, AND THE TRANSFER ITSELF IS GOING TO BE A VERY INVOLVED PROCESS, IT'S NOT EASY. THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNICATION WE NEED TO DO. THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE WITH THE NEW PROVIDER COMING IN TO ENSURE THAT WE'VE GOT CERTAIN RELIABLE ELEMENTS OF THE SERVICE THAT GET CARRIED OVER FROM ONE CONTRACT TO THE OTHER. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF DETAIL WORK THAT WOULD GO INTO THAT EITHER. SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN GO INTO VERY QUICKLY. AND HAVING GONE THROUGH A COUPLE SOLID WASTE TRANSFERS, ONE MAJOR UPGRADE TO SERVICE UNDER EXISTING PROVIDER IN THE OTHER WITH WITH THE WHOLE NEW ROLLOUT OF ONE PROVIDER TO ANOTHER, THERE'S JUST A LOT, LOT OF COMPONENTS TO IT. AND AND WE ALL WE GET KIND OF EMOTIONALLY TIED TO HOW

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AND ALL THOSE ARE GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT AS WE RESPECT THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS AS WELL. SO IT'S JUST IT'S IT IT'S KIND OF SURPRISING, BUT IT DOES TAKE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. LAST QUESTION ON THE SURVEY. THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO FEEDBACK NODES ON THE SURVEY AS IT RELATES TO SOLID WASTE. YEAH. JUST GARBAGE.

THANK YOU. JUST TWO QUICK QUESTIONS ON MY END. THE FIRST IS TODD WHAT MARKET COMPETITORS ARE THERE TO AC CLAUSEN IN THE AREA. DO YOU KNOW. YEAH YOU'VE GOT TOWERS WHICH REALLY KIND OF WORKS THE AUSTIN AREA. YOU'VE GOT WASTE MANAGEMENT. YOU'VE GOT REPUBLIC. SO YOU'VE GOT YOU KNOW A LOT OF THE THE MAIN THE BIGS AS WELL. GREAT. AND THEN SECOND WHEN YOU'RE DOING MARKET COMPARISON, ARE YOU GOING TO BE LOOKING AT OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES OR ADJACENT CITIES. ARE YOU GOING TO BE LOOKING AT CITIES THAT HAVE SIMILAR GROWTH CURVES AS US AND WHO ARE GENERALLY THE SAME POPULATION SIZE, SO ABOUT 100,000. AND THEN WITH OUR PROJECTED GROWTH, YES, WE WOULD LOOK AT BOTH SCENARIOS. SO WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND US IN OUR AREA AND THEN WHAT SERVICE LEVELS ARE BEING PROVIDED IN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE SIMILAR TO US AND NOT NECESSARILY EVEN IN JUST IN TEXAS. WE COULD LOOK AT LOUISIANA, OKLAHOMA, WE COULD LOOK AT THE REGION AS WELL. THANK YOU. JASON, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I SUPPORT THE RESEARCH AND THE AND IF AND IF IT'S GOING TO TAKE THREE YEARS TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE. SO WE MAKE SURE WE DO IT RIGHT. THEN I'M FULLY BEHIND THAT. SO ON THE FIRST SLIDE, I THINK IT SAYS THAT 2031 WE HAVE TO. OR 2030. ANYWAYS, I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT I SAW ON THERE THAT 2031. DO WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION REGARDLESS? THAT'S THE LAST TIME YOU CAN EXTEND IT OR IS THAT. NO. SO SO THE CONTRACT WHEN IT EXPIRES JANUARY 31ST, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET FEEDBACK ON NOW IS HOW LONG IT EXTENSION. IF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO YOU KNOW, DUE TO THE TIMING AND DUE TO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE SATISFACTION LEVELS AND FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT CURRENT GARBAGE AND RECYCLING, WHAT TODD HAS, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDED, THAT JUST GIVES ALL THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, THREE YEAR AND, YOU KNOW, TODD TODD IS RIGHT WHEN HE'S TALKING ABOUT IT TAKES REALLY THREE YEARS. I WENT THROUGH A RECENT TRASH TRANSITION FROM A DIFFERENT PROVIDER. AND THAT FIRST YEAR IS REALLY FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING THAT COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE COMPARING THE RESIDENTIAL SERVICES WITH RESIDENTIAL AND THE COMMERCIAL SIDE. IT'S COMPLETELY I MEAN, IT'S DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE. YOU'RE HAVING THESE BIG BOX RETAILERS, RIGHT, LIKE LOWE'S AND HOME DEPOT IS COMING ON, AND THEN YOU HAVE SMALLER BUSINESSES. SO THERE'S DIFFERENT NEEDS IN ITSELF AND THE COMMERCIAL ASPECT. SO REALLY MAKING SURE THAT FIRST YEAR WE'RE GETTING THAT INFORMATION. AND I WENT THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS AND WROTE THAT OUT. AND IT IS VERY TECHNICAL, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE TRUCKS AND HOW THE PICKUPS ARE BEING DONE, WHETHER IT'S REAR LOAD, FRONT LOAD OR SIDE LOAD, AND THE AMOUNT OF WEIGHT THAT THE TRUCK HAS ON, YOU KNOW, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE WEAR AND TEAR FOR CERTAIN ROADS, TOO, AS WE LOOK TO DEVELOPING OUR CIP PLAN AND EVERYTHING. SO IT'S A VERY COMPREHENSIVE PROCESS. AND I THINK DOING THAT DUE DILIGENCE REALLY HELPS COUNCIL MAKE A GOOD, INFORMED DECISION ON WHETHER, HEY, WE GOT ALL THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS ALL OUR DATA. DO WE WANT TO CONSIDER RENEGOTIATING WITH CLAUSEN ON THESE ELEMENTS OR GO OUT FOR THE RFP? THE STATE RECENTLY PASSED NEW LEGISLATION THAT IS VERY FAVORABLE TO SOLID WASTE PROVIDERS, WHERE ANY KIND OF CHANGES TO THE CONTRACT OR AN AMENDMENT OR A NEW CONTRACT NEEDS TO BE PUBLICLY NOTED IN A PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER AND ONLINE. AND SO WE WANT TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT AND MAKING SURE WE'RE FOLLOWING THAT NEW STATE LAW THAT IF ANY KIND OF CHANGES ARE COMING FOR THIS NEW AMENDMENT OR FUTURE CONTRACTS, THAT IT'S BEING TRANSPARENT TO THE PUBLIC. I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT AS WE LOOK AT THIS AND I'M GOOD WITH THE EXTENSION, BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO KNOW WHAT OTHER PROVIDERS MAY BE OFFERED THAT THE CURRENT PROVIDER DOES NOT, BUT ALSO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IF THEY CAN MEET THAT. BECAUSE I KNOW THEY ARE SMALL BUSINESS BUSINESS, AND THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME AND JUST HAVING TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE AND ALSO BETTER COMMUNICATION BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE EVERYONE ALWAYS UNDERSTANDS WHAT HOW MUCH YOU CAN PUT OUT THERE AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE. BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU COME BACK AND YOU STILL, LIKE, DIDN'T EVEN COME BY TODAY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE HAD SO MUCH OUT THERE. SO EVEN THAT COMMUNICATION COMPONENT, I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THAT SERVICE. AND THERE'S SOME ELEMENTS OF THE SERVICE THAT THEY PROVIDE AS A MATTER OF ROUTINE THAT GO ABOVE AND BEYOND, YOU KNOW, LIKE I CAN TELL YOU AT OUR HOUSEHOLD, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY HOLIDAYS, A COUPLE EXTRA BAGS, YOU PUT IT

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SO IF THAT CAN BE INCORPORATED AS WE LOOK INTO THE PROCESS, THAT'D BE GREAT. I WOULD ADD MY SUPPORT AS WELL. AND THE ONLY FACTOR I THINK THAT WHAT I'VE SEEN IN A DEVELOPING COMMUNITY IS THE DUMPING OF REFUSE IN DEVELOPING AREAS WHERE THEY HAVE THEIR RECEPTACLES FOR THE RESIDENTIAL BUILD OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, AND THEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE COMING FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE JUST DUMPING ALL SORTS OF STUFF THERE. SO I THINK THAT'S A POINT THAT WE WOULD MAYBE KIND OF WANT TO LOOK AT AS WELL. OKAY. SO JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED WITH A THREE YEAR EXTENSION FOR THE CONTRACT. AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT ALL THESE OTHER ELEMENTS AS PART OF THIS NEXT YEAR AS WE DO THE RESEARCH. AND THEN FOR THE ELECTRONIC PICKUP, WE'LL SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN NEGOTIATE WITH CLAUSEN FOR THAT. SOME OTHER THINGS I'VE DONE IN THE PAST TOO WITH ELECTRONIC PICKUP WAS DO TWO TIMES A YEAR ELECTRONIC PICKUP. WE HOLD A ELECTRONIC DROP OFF SITE AND PEOPLE JUST DROVE AROUND, DUMP THEIR STUFF OFF AND IT WAS FREE TO RESIDENTS. SO THAT'S AN OPTION TOO, IF IT'S CAN'T BE A PART OF THAT, YOU KNOW, RENEGOTIATION. SO. ONE THING I'LL ADD IS AS WE GO THROUGH, AS WE BRING BACK THE EXTENSION, WE'LL ALSO BRING BACK TO YOU GUYS A STRATEGIC PLAN IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'LL DO MOVING FORWARD OVER THAT TIME PERIOD. SO WE'LL GIVE YOU TIMELINES AND AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES AS WE MOVE FORWARD. ANYTHING ELSE IN THAT? WOULD THERE POTENTIALLY BE CHANGES TO WITHIN THE TERM OF THE THREE YEARS BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM THE INITIAL REVIEW. RIGHT. SO WE ASK THESE QUESTIONS. LET'S SAY THEORETICALLY WE'RE ABLE TO GET SOME OF THESE ADDITIONAL SERVICES. BUT IT'S GOING TO CHANGE THE BUDGETING NUMBER FOR THAT YEAR TO YEAR THREE. WOULD WE CONSIDER THAT AS ALSO PART OF THIS PROCESS OR WOULD THAT BE A SEPARATE ISSUE? I THINK SO ONCE YOU BEGIN TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE TYPES OF CHANGES, IF WE'RE ASKING FOR ENHANCED SERVICE DELIVERY, THERE COULD BE A RATE IMPLICATION TO THAT.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE AS WE WALK THROUGH THAT PROCESS IS WOULD THAT BE AN IMPACT? THERE'S I GUESS A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO APPROACH THAT AS YOU, AS WE LOOK AT IT. SO BUT THE I GUESS THE SHORT ANSWER TO THAT IS, YEAH, ANY KIND OF FISCAL IMPLICATIONS TO THOSE SERVICE SHIFTS, RATE IMPLICATIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT WE WILL BRING TO YOU AND WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO TRY TO TO IDENTIFY THAT AND QUANTIFY THAT. YEAH, WE CAN DO IT. LIKE SAY THIS CONTRACT WAS RENEWED FOR THREE YEARS AND SAY THERE'S SOME CHANGES THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE IMPLEMENTED, WHETHER IT'S TO THE RATES OR SERVICES. WE WOULD BRING BACK AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT FOR THOSE FOR THOSE CHANGES. ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR THE TRASH TALK. AND AND WITH THAT, WE'LL CONCLUDE THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP. PLEAS

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

YOUR BIRTH, MIRACULOUS BIRTH INTO THIS WORLD TO SAVE LOST SINNERS, THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE

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PRAY FOR OUR CITY SERVICES SUCH AS POLICE AND FIRE AND EMS MANAGERS AND PLANNERS AND ORGANIZERS THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS CITY GREAT AND CONTINUE TO MAKE TAKE, MAKE IT SAFE. WE BLESS THE COUNCIL RIGHT NOW AS THEY CONTINUE TO DO AND MOVE FORWARD IN THIS CITY. MEMBERS HERE, THOSE WHO ARE VISITING AS WELL. WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE AND WHAT THEY CONTINUE TO DO. WE ASK THESE BLESSINGS. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. HIS 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 TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. AMEN. YEAH.

GOOD JOB SIR. CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER STEPHEN

[5. Roll Call.]

MAYOR PRO TEM NICOLE THOMPSON. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW NODDING HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BECKIE ROSS HERE. OKAY. QUORUM IS PRESENT AND CITY COUNCIL IS ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS. FIRST

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

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

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

WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER ON THIS, CATHERINE PARKER. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. I DON'T HAVE TO PUSH THE BUTTON, DO I? IT JUST STARTS. THAT'S MAGIC.

GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL GARA, CITY MANAGER. I'M CATHERINE PARKER AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE LEANDER CHAMBER. AS YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD THE THE FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND, AND I BELIEVE THIS WAS THE FIFTH OR SIXTH YEAR IN A ROW. WE'VE HAD THE FIVE K, AND THAT WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN AND WANTED TO BE INVOLVED AND RUN EVERY YEAR.

BUT THIS YEAR, TO ME WAS SOMETHING KIND OF SPECIAL BECAUSE WE HAD OUR CITY MANAGER PARTICIPATE IN. IN THE FIVE K, AND NOT ONLY DID HE COME IN NUMBER 15 OUT OF 481, THAT'S NUMBER 15. BUT HE WAS NUMBER ONE IN HIS AGE CATEGORY. AND I WILL ADD THAT HE IS AT THE TOP NUMBER OF THAT AGE CATEGORY, WHICH MEANS NEXT YEAR WHEN YOU RUN AND YOU WILL YOU WILL BE IN THE NEXT AGE CATEGORY AND YOU'LL BE AT THE YOUNGER AGE. SO YOU'LL BE EXPECTED TO RUN EVEN FASTER THAN THOSE AT THE OTHER END OF THAT AGE CATEGORY. WITH THAT SAID, WELL DONE, YOUR TIME WAS 20 MINUTES AND 6.93 SECONDS. THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. YOUR PACE WAS 6.28 SECONDS. AND AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, 15 OUT OF 481, YOU WERE NUMBER 12 OF 177 MALES.

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SO I HAVE BROUGHT IT TO YOU. THIS IS YOUR FIRST PLACE MEDAL FOR WINNING YOUR AGE CATEGORY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S PRETTY FAST. HOW OLD ARE YOU? I WILL SAY AGE HAS ITS PRIVILEGES. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM, SPECIAL GUEST AND VISITORS. I THINK WE'LL SKIP ON

[8. Recognitions and Proclamations.

• Certificate of Recognition for Miguel Mercado    

SO COLLECTED THAT EQUIPMENT AND GOT THAT TO THE KIDS IN TIME SO THAT THEY COULD PROCEED FORWARD AND PERFORM VERY WELL. SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND COLOR FOR MISS MERCADO IN THE RECOGNITION THAT WE HAVE FOR HIM TONIGHT. AND I'M PRIVILEGED TO BE ABLE TO READ THIS RECOGNITION. SO LET IT BE KNOWN THAT MIGUEL MERCADO IS RECOGNIZED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND CITY OF LEANDER, TEXAS FOR YOUR SWIFT ACTION AND SELFLESS DEDICATION TO ASSIST VANDERGRIFT HIGH SCHOOL'S BAND AFTER OVERCOMING AN UNFORESEEN TRAGEDY. WE PROUDLY COMMEND YOUR EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE, CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY, AND UNWAVERING WILLINGNESS A WILLINGNESS TO STEP FORWARD IN A TIME OF NEED. YOUR ACTIONS REFLECT THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY THAT INSPIRES OTHERS TO FOLLOW YOUR EXAMPLE. THIS CERTIFICATE IS ISSUED IN RECOGNITION THEREOF ON THIS DAY, DECEMBER 10TH, 2025.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE, HONORED TO ACCEPT THIS AWARD. I WANT TO ACCEPT IT NOT JUST ON BEHALF OF MYSELF. I WANT TO ACCEPT IT ON BEHALF OF ALL THE PARENTS AND THE STUDENTS WHO HELPED OUT. I CAN'T IT TAKES IT TAKES A TEAM TO RUN AN EVENT SUCH AS WHAT THE KIDS DO AND PERFORM. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE KIDS, ALL THE PARENTS, EVERYBODY INVOLVED, WE EVEN HAVE POLICE ESCORTS. SO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND LIKE I SAID IT, IT TAKES A TEAM TO RUN THIS. SO I'D LIKE TO ACCEPT IT ON BEHALF OF EVERYBODY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WOULD LIKE TO GET A PICTURE WITH YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. AND IT'S PEOPLE LIKE YOU THAT MAKE THIS COMMUNITY SO GREAT. SO JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DID. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD. THANK YOU.

[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]

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[12. Discuss and consider directing staff on Hill Country Hyzers Disc Golf Club Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).]

AND I DO BELIEVE THEY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. THANK YOU. COME ON UP. HI THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE TIME TONIGHT. MY NAME IS ALEXANDER IRWIN AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE HILL COUNTRY DISC GOLF CLUB. OUR CLUB REPRESENTS A LARGE GROUP, VERY DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE OF ALL DIFFERENT AGES. AND WE HAVE A PASSION FOR MAKING THE CITY OF LEANDER PARKS BETTER. SO WE CONSISTENTLY HOST VOLUNTEER WORK DAYS, AS WELL AS TOURNAMENTS THAT BRING IN TOURISM. AND THEN WE ALSO HOST REGULAR EVENTS FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE HOST A PUTTING LEAGUE AT RED HORN BREWERY, AND THEN WE HAVE A PARTNER, OBSIDIAN BREWERY, WHERE WE HAVE LOCAL MEETUPS AND MEETINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I WILL BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS BEFORE WE GOT STARTED IN 2019, BENBROOK RANCH PARK WAS A LITTLE BIT ABANDONED. AS FAR AS DISC GOLF GOES, ONLY 134 ROUNDS WERE PLAYED IN THE ENTIRE YEAR AT THAT PARK, AND THIS YEAR WE ARE ON PACE FOR ABOUT 41,000 ROUNDS AFTER OUR WORK. IT'S BEEN A REALLY GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF LEANDER PARKS DEPARTMENT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THEY'VE PUT IN. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACTUALLY HOST. LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, 26 WORKDAYS THIS YEAR ALONE, $17,000 IN MONETARY VALUE OF OF HUMAN LABOR, 890 TOTAL HOURS. AND THEN LOOKING AT THE TOTAL SCOPE OF OUR CLUB, WE HAVE HOSTED 76 WORKDAYS, 560 TOTAL VOLUNTEER HOURS, 2000. SORRY, 560. TOTAL VOLUNTEERS 2232. TOTAL HOURS, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY $65,000. JUST IN IN VALUE ADDED. YOU GUYS MIGHT NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH DISC GOLF, BUT DISC GOLF IS BASICALLY GOLF WITH DISCS. AND IF YOU SEE

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SO VERY SIMILAR STRATEGY AS GOLF. I MOVED FROM GOLF. I PLAYED GOLF IN UNIVERSITY. I TRANSITIONED TO DISC GOLF BECAUSE IT'S A LOT LESS IMPACTFUL ON THE ENVIRONMENT.

YOU CAN BASICALLY KEEP THE ENVIRONMENT AS IT IS, JUST MOW THE GRASS. AND IT'S A GREAT WAY TO TO RECREATE IN THE PARK. AND SO WITH THE CITY OF LEANDER, WE'VE REALLY ENJOYED A GREAT INCREASE IN IN TOURISM. LIKE I MENTIONED, I HAVE A LOT OF DATA AND NUMBERS THAT I CAN SEND TO YOU GUYS AFTER THE FACT, BUT BASICALLY WE'VE SEEN JUST IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, WE'VE HAD 236 PEOPLE TRAVEL TO THE PARK FROM OUTSIDE OF 10 TO 20 MILES, 95 PEOPLE FROM 20 TO 50 MILES, AND THEN 37 PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF 100 MILES. SO MY TIME IS COMING TO A CLOSE. BUT WE HOSTED THE NATIONAL AMATEUR DISC GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP AT BENBROOK RANCH PARK. WE WERE ONE OF THE HOST COURSES, AND THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY IMPACTFUL TOURNAMENT FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU GUYS AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT RELATIONSHIP. GOT A QUESTION? SO YOU SAID YOU PLAYED GOLF. YES, SIR. SO ARE THERE DIFFERENT DISCS DEPENDING ON THE DISTANCE LIKE. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. SO IN GOLF YOU'RE LIMITED. SO PLEASE DON'T LAUGH. AND GOLF YOU'RE LIMITED TO 14 CLUBS AND DISC GOLF. YOU CAN CARRY AN UNLIMITED AMOUNT OF DESKS. SO SOME PEOPLE CARRY 3040 DIFFERENT DISCS. SO IT'S IT'S QUITE A SETUP. BUT THERE'S DIFFERENT AERODYNAMIC SHAPES WHICH EITHER CARRY THE DISC SHORTER OR LONGER, DEPENDING ON THE PROPERTIES OF THE SHAPE OF THE DISC. SO THERE'S THOUSANDS OF DIFFERENT MOLDS WE CALL THEM, WHICH MEANS THAT JUST THE SHAPE OF THE PLASTIC IS IS DIFFERENT.

SO EXCELLENT QUESTION. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO SO SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING A BEGINNER COURSE OVER HERE AND WHAT THE IMPACT WILL BE VERSUS THE MAIN COURSE AND HOW THAT'S WORKED IN OTHER CITIES AND HOW IT HAS A BIG IMPACT ON EVERYTHING. ABSOLUTELY. SO ONE FACET OF OUR ORGANIZATION IS INTRODUCING THE GAME TO NEW PLAYERS. AND SO THE CURRENT COURSE, BENBROOK RANCH PARK, IS A FAIRLY DIFFICULT COURSE.

THERE'S A LOT OF WATER HAZARDS. THE PARK IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WE HAVE IN LEANDER.

IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE, I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO VISIT IT. SO THIS NEW COURSE WILL NOT HAVE AS MANY WATER HAZARDS, AND SO IT WON'T BE AS EASY TO LOSE DISCS. IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT SHORTER, SO THE HOLES WILL BE EASIER TO NAVIGATE AND LESS INTIMIDATING FOR NEWER PLAYERS. SO THAT WILL HAVE THE HOPES OF BRINGING MORE PEOPLE TO THE GAME. BEING MORE ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE OF YOUNGER AGES, OLDER AGES, AND THEN BASICALLY JUST GETTING MORE PEOPLE OUT AND ACTIVE, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO, THAT THE MAIN GOAL OF OUR ORGANIZATION IS TO GET PEOPLE ACTIVE PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY HEALTHIER, WHICH IS WHY WE HOST TOURNAMENTS AS WELL AS WORK DAYS. THIS MIGHT BE FOR ASHLEY. I SAW ON THE LAYOUT OF THE COURSE HERE. SO WILL THERE BE ANY CUTTING OF TREES IN THERE OR. BECAUSE THAT'S IT'S A PRETTY INTERESTING LITTLE AREA THROUGH THERE. YEAH, I GUESS THE THE NINE HOLES ARE OVER, YOU KNOW, IN THE TREE PART. YEAH. SO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER IT IS MORE OAKS AND WE WOULD NOT BE CUTTING ANY OAKS. WE WOULD BE POTENTIALLY TRIMMING AND LIMBING SOME THINGS UP.

THERE'S A LOT OF DEADFALL THAT HAPPENED AFTER THE WINTER STORM FROM 2023. SO THERE IS A LOT OF DEADFALL IN THERE. SO MOSTLY IT WOULD JUST BE REMOVING THAT DEADFALL. THERE WOULD BE SOME CUTTING OF JUNIPERS. BUT BUT WE WOULD NOT BE CUTTING OR REMOVING ANY OAK TREES OR ANY, YOU KNOW, NATIVE HARDWOODS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I JUST WANT TO SAY I THINK THIS IS FANTASTIC. I LIVE DOWN BAGHDAD AND AS I DRIVE BY BENBROOK, I SEE FOLKS THERE ALL THE TIME. A LOT OF MY FRIENDS AND I PLAYED DISC GOLF IN COLLEGE. SO YOU'VE GOT A PERSONAL FAN HERE. ASHLEY, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD SPEAK ON OTHER POTENTIAL SITES FOR THIRD COURSE. IS THAT LOOKING LIKE LAKEWOOD PARK, OR ARE THERE ANY PARKS IN MIND FOR THAT? YEAH, WE WOULD EVALUATE THE PARK SYSTEM. I THINK WE HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES WITH EXISTING PARKS THAT WE HAVE. SO WE WE'LL WE'LL BE EXPLORING THAT. THANK YOU. I'VE GOT ONE QUESTION TO YOU, AND I'M FULLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS, BUT DO WE ANTICIPATE I MEAN, IN THE WAY THE LAYOUT WORKS I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE FINE. BUT DO WE DO WE THINK THIS WILL MESS WITH THE PLAYGROUNDS OR ANYTHING OR PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST GOING TO DO PLAY OTHER THAN PLAY GOLF? I THINK IT'LL BE VERY LITTLE IMPACT, AND I'LL LET DAN SPEAK TO IT AS KIND OF THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT WITH DISC GOLF, BUT IT'LL BE DESIGNED TO WORK AROUND THOSE TYPE OF AMENITIES. BUT I'LL LET YOU SPEAK TO THAT.

OKAY. YEAH. SO THE AREA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS SOUTH OF THE PLAYGROUNDS AND KIND OF THE PROGRAMED AREAS. SO WE'RE STAYING WE'RE LEAVING A PRETTY SOLID STRIP OF OAK TREES AS A

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THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS THERE FOR THAT PARTICULAR EVENT. SO THEY ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY VERY, VERY WELL. I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THAT, AND I THINK THIS IS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF COURSES IN THE CITY AND HELP THEM DURING THE PERIOD OF TIME THAT THE BENBROOK IS ACTUALLY OFFLINE, I THINK IT'S A GREAT, GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THOSE THINGS AT THE SAME TIME AND SET US UP FOR FUTURE SUCCESS. SO I SUPPORT THIS 100%. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA, GREAT. SO FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, WE WANT TO ADD AVON LAKE PARK. WE WANT TO ADD SOME, POSSIBLY USE SOME CIP FUNDS, CLARIFY SOME ROLES, ADD SOME DATA REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND EXPLORE POTENTIAL SITES. OTHER SITES. YES SIR. I'M IN SUPPORT OF THAT. IT'S NOT AN ACTION ITEM. IS EVERYONE IN SUPPORT OF THAT? AND WOULD YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED FROM US AT THAT POINT? YES.

YES. IF WE ARE PROVIDED THE DIRECTION, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE ACTION ON UPDATING IT AND BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION. OKAY. I BELIEVE ONE AGREEMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS. ALRIGHT. COUNCIL ITEM 13 HAS BEEN PULLED FROM THE AGENDA. SO WE WILL

[14. Council Member Closing Statements.]

SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING. AND OF COURSE, THE MUSICAL NOTE. IN 1966, THE BEACH BOYS SCORED THEIR THIRD NUMBER ONE HIT ON THE BILLBOARD 100 WITH THE INNOVATIVE GOOD VIBRATIONS. SO WITH THAT, I WISH YOU GOOD VIBRATIONS DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND GOOD NIGHT, GOOD NIGHT. OKAY, SO DINNER TONIGHT WAS PROVIDED BY. AND SO AGAIN, WHENEVER YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU EAT AND SHOP LOCAL BECAUSE ALL THAT MONEY COMES BACK TO US. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT, TO THE CHAMBER, TO OUR FIRE, TO OUR POLICE, EVERYONE WHO ACTUALLY WAS OUT HERE LAST SATURDAY MAKING THIS EVENT A GREAT THING JUST GETS BETTER AND BETTER EVERY YEAR. AND AS COUNCILMEMBER HERRERA ALLUDED TO, I MEAN, IT JUST GROWS. AND I SAW MORE VENDORS AND IT'S JUST A GREAT EVENT. I KNOW IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO GET THOSE THINGS DONE. SO THANK EVERYONE FOR FOR DOING THAT AND FOR EVERYBODY THAT CAME OUT AND ENJOYED THAT, BECAUSE THE TREE LIT UP WITHOUT ANY HITCHES. AND THAT WAS A GREAT THING. AND IT DIDN'T RAIN THIS YEAR. SO I THINK EVERYBODY REMEMBERS THE LAST YEAR WAS KIND OF A WASH OUT. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY TO OUR CITY MANAGER, WHEN I WAS 20 YEARS OLD AND IN BOOT CAMP, I DIDN'T EVEN RUN MY THREE MILES AND 20 MINUTES AND SIX SECONDS.

MY FASTEST WAS 2010. SO KUDOS TO YOU. I WILL NOT COMPETE. SO ALRIGHT WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING

[15. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to Section 551.071, Texas Government Code, and Section 1.05 Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct to consult with legal counsel regarding acquisition of properties for public purpose.]

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