Dec 18, 2025 City Council Regular Meeting

[1. Open Meeting.]

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18TH, 2025 AND THE TIME IS NOW 6 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 MCDONALD HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM NICOLE THOMPSON, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW NODDING HERE.

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

[3. 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 551.071, 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 -25-008.

[ 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. Chapter 380 Agreement for EDA -25-008.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROSS, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO ACTION. AND ITEM TWO. CHAPTER 380 AGREEMENT FOR EDA. DASH 20 5-008. COUNCIL MEMBER ROSS, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO ACTION. ALL RIGHT.

THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP IS ADJOURNED AT THE TIME IS NOW 70D TODAY IS THURSDAY, DECEMBER

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

[5. Roll Call.]

AND FOR THE FINAL TIME, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONALD HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM NICOLE THOMPSON, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW NODDING HERE COUNCIL MEMBER BECKIE ROSS. I WAS LIKE, WHAT? OKAY, WELL, QUORUM IS PRESENT. THE CITY COUNCIL IS ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM

[6. Recognition of Service of David McDonald, Place 3.
[Following recognition there will be a brief reception in foyer.]]

SO WE HAVE BEEN SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU UP HERE. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SERVICE THAT YOU HAVE DONE, ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE, ALL THE HOURS THAT YOU HAVE COMMITTED TO COUNCIL, NOT JUST YOU, BUT YOUR FAMILY TOO, BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW IT'S A BIG SACRIFICE AND WE KNOW THAT YOU HAVE DECIDED TO MOVE IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. WE DO WISH YOU ALL THE BEST WITH THAT, BUT WE DID WANT TO TAKE SOME TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK YOU DO. I KNOW SOMETIMES FOR US UP HERE AS WE ARE UNPAID, YOU KNOW, SERVANTS, PUBLIC SERVANTS. IT'S A THANKLESS JOB SOMETIMES. AND SOMETIMES YOU DON'T ALWAYS GET THE RECOGNITION YOU DESERVE. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET IT TONIGHT. SO WE HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL PLAQUE THAT IS HERE FOR YOU, MR. DAVID MCDONALD. AND I'LL LET YOU READ THAT. AND THEN WE WILL GO DOWN THE DAIS AND ASK EVERYBODY TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS ABOUT YOUR SERVICE. LOOK, I'M GOING TO LET YOU DO IT BECAUSE YOU GOT YOUR GLASSES ON I LOVE IT. YEAH. SO IT SAYS PRESENTED TO DAVID MCDONALD AND APPRECIATION OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE, VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS AND AN UNFAILING COMMITMENT TO THE CITY OF

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CAN WE GIVE. AND WE HAVE ANOTHER LITTLE SPECIAL TREAT FOR YOU. WE THINK YOU'LL LOVE IT GREATLY AND YOU DO HAVE TO OPEN IT RIGHT NOW. YOU CANNOT GO HOME AND DO IT. SO THANK YOU.

IS IT A HAT FOR MY BALD HEAD? IT IS NOT. I CAN I CAN SAY THAT IT IS NOT. BUT I THINK YOU'LL BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED. LIKE. I DO, I DO. OH, CAN YOU CARRY A POCKET KNIFE? NORMALLY, BUT NOT TONIGHT. OH, YOU GOT HIM. OKAY. BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, HE PROBABLY NEEDS THAT. OH MY GOSH, I KNOW IT DOES SUCK GETTING OLD. IT BEATS THE ALTERNATIVE. IT DOES. MORE. LIKE HOW PARENTS DO THEIR KIDS. YEAH, IT'S PRETTY RAD. IT IS. OH MY GOSH. SO WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL THINK OF YOUR TIME ON COUNCIL. AND YOU'LL THINK OF STAFF WHO WHO HAD THIS SUCH CREATIVE GIFT IDEA FOR YOU.

THIS IS SO AMAZING. IT'S A BOBBLEHEAD GHOST WITH HIS HAT ON, WITH HIS HAT ON AND HIS BOOTS. WOW. YOU ARE THE FIRST PERSON EVER TO RECEIVE THIS LOVELY TOKEN OF THE CITY'S APPRECIATION. SO WE HOPE EVERY TIME YOU LOOK AT IT, YOU WILL THINK OF ALL OF YOUR TIME HERE AT THE CITY OF LEANDER. SO THANK YOU. YES, YES. SO WE'LL START WITH STEVEN. I'LL TRY TO KEEP THIS BRIEF. IT FEELS LIKE I'VE KNOWN DAVID FOR A LONG TIME, EVEN THOUGH REALLY ONLY KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR THE PAST YEAR. FIRST MET DAVID ON MY FIRST RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL, AND I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, IN AWE OF YOUR SERVANT'S HEART AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU SPENT MANY YEARS OF YOUR YOUR LIFE IN THE MARINE CORPS SERVING YOUR COUNTRY WITH AUSTIN PD, SERVING YOUR COMMUNITY, AND THEN HERE ON CITY COUNCIL. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S RARE YOU HAVE SOMEBODY IN YOUR LIFE THAT COMES ALONG AND TEACHES YOU NOT ONLY HOW TO SERVE, BUT WHY YOU'RE SERVING. AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU, DAVID.

THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TIME ON ON HERE FOR ME TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR US. SO THANK YOU. WISH YOU ALL THE BEST AND HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON. SO, DAVID, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT WHEN I RAN FOR OFFICE AND ALSO FOR JUST YOUR GUIDANCE AND AND YOUR SERVANT'S HEART. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO JUST THANK YOU, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE RELATED TO THE FIRE AND TO THE POLICE. YOU'VE BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR THEM, YOU PUSHED HARD FOR THEM, AND WE ARE A BETTER PLACE BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON THOSE COMMITTEES. I I'LL MISS YOU UP HERE. AND AND I WISH YOU WELL. AND I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THESE THE THIS JOB IS NOT EASY AT TIMES. YOU HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS. SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY. AND BUT I THINK ALL OF US FOR OUR SERVICE UP HERE, AND I THINK ESPECIALLY FOR YOU, THAT WE'VE GAINED A LOT FROM IT, WE'VE ACTUALLY GOTTEN MORE FROM IT THAN MAYBE WHAT WE PUT INTO IT, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO KNOW THE CITIZENS, WE'VE GOT TO KNOW THE PEOPLE, AND WE'VE TAKEN IT TO HEART. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK AND I WISH YOU WELL. THANK. PLACE FIVE. SO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET MR. MCDONALD DURING HIS INITIAL RUN. AND HE HE STRUCK ME AS A VERY HUMBLE AND SINCERE GENTLEMAN. AND THAT STUCK WITH ME. YOU KNOW, WHILE, YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, THE PODCAST GUY AND THEN GETTING TO KNOW YOU HERE ON COUNCIL, IT'S IT'S ALMOST KIND OF DISAPPOINTING THAT YOU'RE LEAVING BECAUSE I WAS JUST STARTING TO GET TO KNOW YOU A

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AND I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT YOU'VE DONE SO, AND I COMMEND YOU FOR THAT, AND I SALUTE YOU FOR THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND PLEASE INTEGRATE THE BOBBLEHEAD INTO YOUR CAMPAIGN. THAT'S ALL I ASK. IT'S A SIMPLE ASK, BUT I THINK THAT'LL BE FANTASTIC. BUT THANK YOU, DAVID. AND PLAY SIX DAVID, I LOVE WORKING WITH YOU OVER THESE LAST FEW YEARS AND GETTING TO KNOW YOU. YOU KNOW, YOU YOU DON'T TALK A LOT ON THE DAIS, BUT WHEN YOU DO IT ALWAYS IT'S THOUGHT OUT. IT MEANS SOMETHING. YOU'VE DONE YOUR RESEARCH. IT IS VERY OBVIOUS FROM YOUR CAREER PATH AND YOUR TIME UP HERE THAT YOU ARE A DEDICATED MAN TO YOUR FAMILY AND TO YOUR COMMUNITY, AND I AM WISHING YOU ALL THE SUCCESS IN YOUR NEXT ENDEAVOR, AND I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING IT. SO THANK YOU. AND WE WANT TO GIVE DAVID AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE HIS CLOSING REMARKS. AND AFTERWARDS, WE WILL TAKE A 15 MINUTE BREAK FOR A RECEPTION IN THE LOBBY SO YOU CAN GREET ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS AND JUST THE COMMUNITY THAT'S COME OUT TO WISH YOU WELL. THANK YOU. SO I DO WANT TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO JUST SHARE A FEW WORDS, AND I'M GOING TO READ IT BECAUSE, AS BECKY ALLUDED TO, I DON'T SEE A LOT UP HERE AND SO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I THANK ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY WANT TO THANK. SO FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE OF LEANDER FOR ALLOWING ME TO SERVE OUR GREAT COMMUNITY FOR THE LAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS. AS THE OLD SAYING GOES, WHEN YOU'RE DOING WHAT YOU LOVE AND I WILL ADD WHAT YOU'RE DOING, WHEN YOU'RE DOING WHAT YOU'RE CALLED TO DO, YOU WILL NEVER WORK A DAY IN YOUR LIFE. ALTHOUGH SERVING ON CITY COUNCIL CAN BE CHALLENGING, HAS NEVER FELT LIKE WORK AND HAS BEEN VERY REWARDING. I MAY BE STEPPING DOWN FROM MY POSITION HERE, BUT I'M NOT LEAVING THE COMMUNITY. I WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE IN OTHER CAPACITIES. I HOPE I SERVE OUR COMMUNITY WELL. I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A SHORT STORY ABOUT MY JOURNEY. FIRST OF ALL, RUNNING FOR AN OFFICE WAS NEVER ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I HAD EVER CONSIDERED. IT WAS NOT A BUCKET LIST ITEM, A DARE, A GO, OR MY AMBITION.

MOST OF MY FAMILY, IF NOT ALL, WERE SURPRISED WHEN I RAN BACK IN 2022. MY GOAL THEN IS THE SAME AS IT IS TODAY TO LEAVE LEANDER BETTER THAN WHEN I GOT ON CITY COUNCIL. I HOPE I HAVE DONE THAT. SOME THINGS WE HAVE PASSED WHILE I'VE BEEN ON CITY COUNCIL INCLUDE WAIVING THE PERMITTING FEES FOR NONPROFITS THAT BUILD IN OUR COMMUNITY, THAT PROVIDE A SERVICE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY. ANOTHER HOPE WE PASSED TONIGHT, AND THAT'S WITH THE CORRECTING SOME SHORTCOMINGS IN OUR ROADWAY IMPACT FEES TO SMALL BUSINESSES, APPROVING THE MEET AND CONFER FOR BOTH POLICE AND FIRE, AND APPROVING SIGNIFICANT PAY RAISES FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND MANY OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES. AND I WAS PART OF HIRING OUR CITY MANAGER, AND I THINK WE KNOCKED THAT OUT OF THE PARK. SO THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF, DEPARTMENT HEADS, AND ALL CITY EMPLOYEES FOR SERVING OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU TO ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE HAD TO TAKE THE TIME TO PULL INFORMATION OR ANSWERS ON QUESTIONS WE ASK RELATED TO OUR AGENDA. YOU NEVER COMPLAIN AND ALWAYS PROVIDED ABOVE AND BEYOND. YOU ALL KEEP OUR CITY RUNNING EVERY DAY AND DO MORE WITH LESS. YOU HAVE A CHILD, YOU HAVE A TOUGH JOB TO DO AND RESPOND TO MANY REQUESTS CITY COUNCIL THROWS AT YOU AND ALWAYS DELIVER ABOVE AND BEYOND. YOU ALL HAVE WATCHED THE NAMES AND FACES CHANGE UP HERE, BUT YOU ARE ALL THE CONSTANT AND WHAT MAKES OUR CITY GREAT. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE A PART OF THAT. TO MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THE CALL. WE ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS AND YOU SHOW UP TO MULTIPLE EVENTS, PREPARE FOR MEETINGS, ENGAGE WITH STAFF, THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND RESPOND TO RESIDENTS REQUESTS AND THOSE COMPLAINTS WHEN THEY COME IN ALL OF THIS WITHOUT COMPLAINING YOURSELF, COMPENSATION OR RECOGNITION. YOU DO IT BECAUSE YOU LOVE OUR COMMUNITY. FOR THAT, WE OWE ALL OF YOU A THANK YOU. ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOUR FAMILIES FOR SUPPORTING YOU IN THIS ROLE AND MAKING THE SACRIFICE THAT YOU DO. I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THE TWO GREATEST COMPLIMENTS I'VE RECEIVED SINCE I'VE BEEN ON CITY COUNCIL. FIRST IT WAS THIS WAS FROM A PERSON WHO REACHED OUT WANTING TO DO SOMETHING IN OUR CITY. SAYS, YOU ARE THE MOST RESPONSIVE COUNCIL MEMBER I'VE EVER DEALT WITH. I FEEL

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SHE WAS COMPLETELY ON BOARD SO THAT I KNEW WAS CONFIRMATION THAT I WAS HEARING FROM THE LORD. SHE WAS WITH ME EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, EVEN THOUGH I PROBABLY FOUGHT HER ABOUT FIVE TIMES DURING MY FIRST CAMPAIGN. BUT SHE KEPT COMING BACK. SHE HAS BEEN HERE FOR 90% OF OUR MEETINGS, ALWAYS SUPPORTIVE AND ALWAYS A FRIENDLY FACE, AND MADE FRIENDS WITH MANY OF YOU HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU DEAR FOR SUPPORTING ME AND WHAT I LOVE MOST SERVING OTHERS. I LEAVE YOU WITH THIS AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE TIME OF YEAR THAT IT IS. IT'S FROM NUMBERS 624 THROUGH 26. THE LORD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU. THE LORD MAKE HIS FACE SHINE ON YOU AND BE GRACIOUS TO YOU. THE LORD TURN HIS FACE TO YOU AND GIVE YOU PEACE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WELL, WE WILL TAKE 15 MINUTES FOR A AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO ITEM SEVEN,

[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.]]

I'M SORRY. READ INTO THE RECORD. ANY COMMENTS HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL AND WILL BE MADE A PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD. WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE THIS EVENING SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

WE'LL ASK YOU TO COME FORWARD. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. THE FIRST WILL BE ERIC. PAPA, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD. THANK YOU. DID I SAY THAT RIGHT, OR DID I GET IT WRONG? OKAY. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. YES. MY NAME IS ERIC PAPA. MY ADDRESS IS 617 SCHAEFFER STREET HERE IN LEANDER. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. COUNCIL MEMBERS. MADAM MAYOR PRO TEM, I'M HERE THIS EVENING. OUT OF A KIND OF A COMBINATION OF FRUSTRATION AND DESPERATION. HERE IN AN ISSUE WITH DEALING WITH OUR LOCAL WATER UTILITY. WE LIVE. I LIVE WITH MY PARENTS. PARENTS ARE 85 YEARS OLD. WE LIVE IN A THREE BEDROOM HOUSE OVER HERE IN NORTH SIDE MEADOW, BACK BEHIND THE HUB, JUST, YOU KNOW, QUARTER OF A MILE FROM HERE. OUR WATER USAGE HAS KIND OF HOVERED AROUND THE 2500 TO 3000 GALLON MARK. YOU KNOW, KIND OF NORMAL FOR A HOUSE OF THAT SIZE.

AND IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, WE RECEIVED A BILL THAT LOOKED A LITTLE HEAVY, GOT TO DIGGING INTO IT, FOUND THAT OUR WATER USAGE FOR THAT TIME WAS 20,000 GALLONS OF WATER. THERE WERE NO LEAKS. WE CHECKED. WE DID THE LEAK CHECK, HAD A PLUMBER DO LEAK CHECK, NO LEAKS. WENT TO THE WATER UTILITY TO TRY TO TALK TO SOMEBODY TO FIND OUT WHAT COULD BE DONE TO RESOLVE IT. THEY SENT SOMEBODY OUT, TESTED THE METER, SAID, WELL, METER WORKS. SORRY. PAY IT.

MULTIPLE TRIPS UP THERE TRYING TO RESOLVE THIS BECAUSE THIS IS A TEN TIMES ALMOST SPIKE IN USAGE. FINALLY, OUT OF FRUSTRATION, JUST PAID THE BILL. THE NEXT MONTH, WE IMMEDIATELY DROPPED BACK TO THE 2500 TO 3000 MARK. HAVE HOVERED THERE CONSISTENTLY UNTIL TWO MONTHS AGO. IT SUDDENLY JUMPED TO 9000 GALLONS. I THOUGHT, WELL, OKAY, COULD BE SOME HEAVY USAGE, COULD BE AN ISSUE AGAIN, BUT OH PLEASE, NOT THIS AGAIN. WE GOT OUR BILL THIS MONTH AND WE SUPPOSEDLY HAVE USED 23,000 GALLONS OF WATER THIS MONTH AND RECEIVED A TWO PRACTICALLY RIGHT AT $200 UTILITY BILL. IN ATTEMPTING TO GET WITH THE WATER UTILITY TO FIND OUT WHAT IS GOING ON HERE, BECAUSE, YEAH, I'M SORRY, THERE CAN BE SPIKES, BUT FOR YOUR USAGE TO GO UP BY A FACTOR OF TEN AND THE FOLLOWING MONTH IMMEDIATELY DROP BACK DOWN. SOMETHING'S GOING ON. WE DON'T HAVE A POOL. WE DIDN'T FILL A POOL. RESPONSE FROM THE WATER UTILITY HAS BEEN EQUIPMENT'S WORKING. PAY YOUR BILL. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET PAST ESSENTIALLY THE GATEKEEPERS TO TALK TO ANYBODY WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DO ANYTHING. WHILE I DON'T EXPECT RESOLUTION, YOU KNOW, FROM YOU GUYS, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S NOT YOUR JOB, I'M JUST HOPING SOMEBODY CAN STEER ME TO SOMEBODY I CAN TALK TO TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT A SPIKE OF TEN TIMES THE USAGE WHEN NO LEAKS CAN BE FOUND IS POSSIBLE AND

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ALL RIGHT. AND NEXT WE HAVE ELVIS LHASA. IF YOU COME FORWARD. LHASA. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS ELVIS LHASA. I'M A US ARMY COMBAT VETERAN. OH. LET ME. I DIDN'T GIVE MY ADDRESS. IT'S A 3700 COURT CEDAR PARK. MY NAME IS ELVIS LOZA. I'M A US ARMY COMBAT VETERAN, A PUBLIC SERVANT, AND A CENTRAL TEXAS RESIDENT. I FILED TO RUN FOR CONGRESS IN TEXAS 31ST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, AND I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. I'VE SPENT MUCH OF MY ADULT LIFE IN SERVICE, FIRST OVERSEAS IN UNIFORM, AND LATER HERE AT HOME, SERVING INSIDE THE TEXAS CAPITOL. IN BOTH PLACES, I LEARNED SOMETHING THAT APPLIES JUST AS MUCH TO CITY GOVERNMENT AS IT DOES TO NATIONAL POLICY. BEFORE YOU LEAD, BEFORE YOU DECIDE, YOU TAKE IN THE FACTS AND UNDERSTAND THE TERRAIN. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. I'M NOT HERE TO CAMPAIGN AT YOU. I'M HERE TO LISTEN, TO LEARN, AND TO BE PRESENT AS SOMEONE LIVING, WORKING AND RAISING A FAMILY IN CENTRAL TEXAS. ONE ISSUE, ONE ISSUE I HEAR ABOUT AGAIN AND AGAIN IS WATER. IN THIS PART OF CENTRAL TEXAS, WATER ISN'T THEORETICAL AND IT ISN'T PARTIZAN. IT'S ABOUT GROWTH, LONG TERM SUPPLY, INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY, AND WHETHER COMMUNITIES CAN RESPONSIBLY KEEP PACE WITH THE PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES MOVING. HERE. LEANDER SITS AT THE INTERSECTION OF RAPID GROWTH, FINITE WATER RESOURCES AND LONG PLANNING TIMELINES. DECISIONS AROUND SUPPLY, TREATMENT, STORAGE AND REGIONAL COORDINATION TAKES YEARS, SOMETIMES DECADES TO FULLY SHOW THAT IMPACT. THAT MAKES WATER ONE OF THE MOST SERIOUS AND LEAST FORGIVING CHALLENGES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FACE. CITIES LIKE LEANDER ARE MANAGING THESE REALITIES IN REAL TIME, OFTEN WELL BEFORE HIGHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT ARE FULLY ENGAGED.

THAT WORK IS TECHNICAL, COMPLEX AND ESSENTIAL, AND IT DESERVES RESPECT. MY COMMITMENT IS SIMPLE TO SHOW UP, TO STAY ACCESSIBLE AND TO MAKE SURE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN THIS DISTRICT HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE. WHEN FEDERAL DECISIONS AFFECT YOUR WATER, YOUR GROWTH AND YOUR FUTURE OVER THE COMING MONTHS, YOU'LL LIKELY SEE ME AROUND THE DISTRICT AT COUNCIL MEETINGS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS, CONTINUING TO LISTEN, LEARN AND ENGAGE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK YOU DO FOR THE CITY, AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEFLY INTRODUCE MYSELF. THANK

[8. Special Guests and Visitors.]

AT THIS TIME, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE ANY ACTIVE OR RETIRED MILITARY MEMBERS, EDUCATORS, FIRST RESPONDERS OR ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT MAY BE PRESENT THIS EVENING. IF YOU ARE HERE, PLEASE ACCEPT OUR APPRECIATION FOR YOUR SERVICE AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. WHETHER YOU CHOOSE TO STAND OR RAISE YOUR HAND OR STAY IN YOUR SEAT. WE JUST WANT TO SAY WE APPRECIATE

[9. Staff Reports

1. Water update includes Sandy Creek Water Treatment Plant (CIP W.69), Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority, and County water needs.
2. Capital Improvement Project update includes Senior Center (CIP P.6) completion and opening timeline.

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YES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. HE IS VERY TALL. OKAY. NEXT UP I'LL GIVE AN UPDATE ON OUR SANDY CREEK WATER TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION AND UPGRADES. I CALL IT AN EXPANSION, BUT IT'S REALLY UPGRADES. SO IF YOU REMEMBER, SANDY CREEK IS RATED AT 12 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.

BUT DUE TO THE SLUDGE LAGOONS WHICH ARE SHOWN RIGHT THERE, THEY'RE UNDERSIZED FOR THE FACILITY. SO IT COULD ONLY CONSISTENTLY DO ABOUT 9 MILLION GALLONS ON A PEAK DAY. IT COULD GET UP TO MAYBE TEN, TEN AND A HALF. SO IN 2021, WE BEGAN DESIGN TO UPGRADE THAT PROCESS TO TRADITIONAL SLUDGE PROCESSING, AS WELL AS ADD A SEVENTH TREATMENT UNIT. SO SANDY CREEK HAS SIX UNITS, EACH ABLE TO DO 2 MILLION GALLONS EACH. THAT SEVENTH ONE WILL BE A STANDBY KIND OF REDUNDANT UNIT. IT'LL RUN EVERY DAY, BUT KIND OF BE THERE FOR BACKUP WHILE WE HAVE BACKWASHES OR ANY KIND OF OTHER MAINTENANCE WORK THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN ON THE OTHER SIX UNITS. SO THE CONTRACT WAS AWARDED TO THE CONTRACTOR IN OCTOBER OF 2023, JUST UNDER 22 MILLION GALLONS, SORRY, $22 MILLION. IT'S WATER, NOT MONEY, MONEY, WATER. THEY STARTED IN ABOUT FEBRUARY, SO WE'RE ALMOST UP TO TWO YEARS FROM THE START OF THAT PROJECT.

MOST OF THE WORK IS COMPLETE. ALL THE STRUCTURES ARE IN, ALL THE TIE INS ARE DONE. WE'VE DONE VARIOUS SHUTDOWNS, PARTIAL AND FULL SHUTDOWNS OF THE PLANT IN ORDER TO KIND OF INTEGRATE THOSE SYSTEMS. AS I MENTIONED, MOST OF THE WORK IS COMPLETE. WE'RE JUST KIND OF NOT COMMISSIONING AND START UP PHASE. SO THERE ARE NO MORE PLANNED SHUTDOWNS. WE'VE HAD THREE FULL SHUTDOWNS OF THE PLANT ANYWHERE FROM 4 TO 5 DAYS, AND THEN FIVE PARTIAL SHUTDOWNS OF THE PLANT, ANYWHERE FROM A FEW HOURS TO UP TO TWO WEEKS THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION. REALLY IN THE LAST YEAR, AS THOSE KIND OF COMPONENTS CAME TO BE, YOU KNOW, NEEDING TO BE TIED IN. I MENTIONED OR I GUESS ON A PREVIOUS SLIDE, THE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE SUMMER. WE HAD SOME DELAYS. THEY IT'S NOT REALLY SHOWN VERY EASILY HERE, BUT THE EQUALIZATION BASIN HAD TO BE DEMOLISHED AND REPORTED DUE TO SOME QUALITY ISSUES IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE POURING OF THE CONCRETE. I MENTIONED THE ONGOING ACTIVITIES. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE KIND OF IN THAT COMMISSIONING AND START UP INSTALLATION IS COMPLETE. THE SCADA PROGRAMING IS IS COMING UP, AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT TO BE COMPLETE IN JANUARY AND REALLY WRAP UP THE PROJECT IN FEBRUARY. THERE'S SOME REALLY NICE DRONE PICTURES OF ALL THE WORK OUT THERE, AND I'LL PAUSE THERE BEFORE I GO INTO MY NEXT ITEM TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ON SANDY CREEK. NO QUESTIONS, JUST EXCITED. YES.

THIS IS THIS IS A BIG ONE. YES. IT'S BEEN A LOT OF YEARS IN THE MAKING. I MEAN, 2021, IT'S THE SAME KIND OF THE SAME AS VCR WAY. IT'S JUST WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE. SO, SO GLAD TO SEE IT COME TO COMPLETION. ABSOLUTELY. AND THEN MY LAST UPDATE IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY WATER GROUP. SO WILLIAMSON COUNTY HAS KIND OF PULLED TOGETHER THE TOP 20 WATER PROVIDERS IN THE COUNTY TO KIND OF WORK TOGETHER AND DO AN OVERALL EVALUATION OF THE NEEDS OF THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE. AND THE GOAL OF THIS PLAN AND, AND BASICALLY INVESTIGATION IS TO IDENTIFY ANY POTENTIAL WATER, YOU KNOW, SOURCES, COLLABORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS THAT FOLKS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY CAN DO. SO THEY'VE COMMITTED 500,000 FOR THIS INITIAL STUDY. THEY AWARDED THAT OR I GUESS APPROVED THAT. THEY HAVEN'T AWARDED THE CONTRACT YET, BUT THEY APPROVED IT IN THEIR NOVEMBER MEETING. I PUT A PICTURE UP HERE TO SEE KIND OF THE THE GIANT THAT IS WILLIAMSON COUNTY'S WATER IN PARTICULAR. GEORGETOWN IS IS HUGE AND ACTUALLY GOES OUT OF THE COUNTY. SO THAT'S UP IN HERE. LEANDER'S DOWN HERE, BUT IT INCLUDES HOW TO CEDAR PARK, ROUND ROCK, OF COURSE, AND

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YES. YES, ABSOLUTELY. SO GLAD TO SEE WE'RE PARTICIPATING AND INCLUDED. ABSOLUTELY. SO I MENTIONED THEY HAD A KICKOFF MEETING WITH THE 20 PROVIDERS IN NOVEMBER. THE EXECUTIVE KIND OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE THAT THEY FORMED IS LEANDER, CEDAR PARK, GEORGETOWN, ROUND ROCK AND BRAZOS RIVER AUTHORITY, SO THAT THAT GROUP HAS BEEN REVIEWING THE RFQ. THEY PLAN TO PUBLISH THAT IN JANUARY, GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND LOOK TO KICK OFF THE STUDY IN MAY.

SO I'LL BE BRINGING BACK MORE UPDATES, I'M SURE, AS THAT PROGRESSES. SO ANY QUESTIONS? OH, GO AHEAD WITH THE YOU MENTIONED THE CITIES THAT WERE PART OF THIS BOARD WITH W. WHO WAS THAT AGAIN. SO THERE'S THERE'S 20 WATER PROVIDERS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE COUNTY IN THIS, YOU KNOW, GROUP. BUT THEY HAVE SELECTED KIND OF A CORE GROUP OF EXECUTIVE LIKE AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. SO IT'S ROUND ROCK, CEDAR PARK, LEANDER, GEORGETOWN AND THEN BRAZOS RIVER AUTHORITY. SO BRAZOS IS LIKE LCRA. SO THEY CONTROL THE WATER AND WATER RIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE BASIN. OKAY. THANK YOU, MIKE, WHO'S REPRESENTING US ON THIS FOR THE CITY. THAT'S OUR WATER EXPERT. YES. I DON'T KNOW EXPERT, BUT I TRY REALLY HARD. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NO OTHER QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT. TODD, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING. YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY ONE THING REAL QUICK. JANET, CAN YOU KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE 27 AND 28 TIMELINES TO BE SECURE? THE CITY INFRASTRUCTURE PIECES, WHAT THAT MEANS TO THE SYSTEM AND THEN HOW MUCH WATER WE ACTUALLY HAVE RIGHTS TO IN LAKE TRAVIS. SURE. SO AS AARON MENTIONED, THE IN 2027, THE PHASE TWO PROJECT WILL BE. SO THAT WILL BE COMPLETE. SO THAT GETS US OUT OF THAT DROUGHT CAPACITY. SO WE HAVE THAT NEW INTAKE. THE BARGES GO AWAY THE PUMP STATIONS ONLINE. BUT UNTIL THE PLANT UPGRADES ARE COMPLETE IN 2028, WE ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE MORE TREATMENT CAPACITY. SO WHEN THAT COMES ONLINE, HE MENTIONED, WE GO UP TO RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT 42 MGD. SO WE WILL ADD ANOTHER HELP ME 20 MGD AFTER THAT. SO IT GETS US UP TO 62. SO THAT GETS US THERE FOR QUITE A WHILE. SO WE MAYBE TWO YEARS AGO WENT TO LCRA AND INCREASED OUR WATER RIGHTS FROM 24,000 ACRE FEET TO 31,000 ACRE FEET, WHICH WE ANTICIPATE GETS US TO THAT 225,000 POPULATION BUILD OUT. SO WE HAVE THOSE WATER RIGHTS IN. TRAVIS, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS WILLIAMSON COUNTY WATER GROUP, WE WILL BE EVALUATING OTHER ALTERNATIVES LIKE ASR, SORRY, AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY, GROUNDWATER, ANY OF THOSE OTHER OTHER METHODS. SO I GUESS I DID HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. SO ON THE SINCE WE'LL HAVE THE TREATING CAPACITY HERE, BUT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO WE WON'T BE ABLE TO PULL THE WATER FROM THE DEEP WATER INTAKE. BUT CAN WE TAKE WATER FROM WHAT WOULD GO TO CEDAR PARK? AND IF WE AND TREAT THAT WATER, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH CAPACITY IN OUR PIPES TO BRING IT FROM FROM SO SO WITH PHASE TWO, THE THE TUNNEL AND THE PUMP STATION WILL BE COMPLETE. AND THEN IT, YOU KNOW, IT DROPS OFF 12 MGD TO SANDY CREEK. AND SO BASICALLY AT THAT POINT THE BARGES GO AWAY AND THEN IT GOES, THE REST OF IT GOES TO TO THE BCC AREA. AND THEY ALSO DROP OFF WATER AT CEDAR PARK. I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION. ARE YOU ASKING IF WE NEED TO HAVE ACCESS TO MORE WATER? CAN WE GET IT FROM CEDAR PARK? RIGHT? YEAH, BASICALLY, YEAH. THAT'S IF WE NEED MORE THAN THE TREATMENT CAPACITY AT BCC. IF WE IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH, IF THE DEEP WATER INTAKE ISN'T COMPLETED AND WE HAVE A GAP THERE, CAN WE GET ADDITIONAL WATER THAT CAN BE TREATED THROUGH OUR PLANT. NO, THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY OTHER TREATMENT CAPACITY OTHER THAN WHAT'S THAT WAY AND WHAT'S AT SANDY CREEK.

BUT WE'LL HAVE THE EXCESS. EXCESS. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY IF I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING. YEAH.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND WE'LL MOVE TO STAFF UPDATE NUMBER TWO, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT UPDATE, INCLUDING THE SENIOR CENTER AND CIP POINT SIX COMPLETION AND OPENING TIMELINE.

CIP PROJECT MANAGER. MANAGER. ALABASTRO, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEM, CITY MANAGER. BARTON GINA IS TALL TO. SO WE WE'VE BEEN MAKING A BIG PUSH TRYING TO GET COMPLETED HERE. WE'VE FINALLY FINISHED SIDEWALKS AROUND THERE. IF YOU'VE DRIVEN BY IN THE LAST THIS WEEK, LANDSCAPING HAS FINALLY STARTED GOING IN. THE FINAL FLOORING IS GOING IN,

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THEY PERFORM INSPECTIONS, TRYING TO GET THINGS DONE. THE DESIGN TEAM STARTED TODAY, AND THEY'RE STARTING TO DO PUNCH LIST WALKS AND CONTINUING TOMORROW TO GET EVERYTHING AS DONE ADDRESSED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, AND START POINTING OUT ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE CORRECTED NOW. AND WITH THAT, WE'RE MAKING A BIG PUSH TO TRY TO GET THIS COMPLETED FOR SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION BY THE END OF THIS MONTH. SO SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION. AND THEN WHAT IS THE OPENING TIMELINE? I THINK THEY'RE IT'S I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO OTHER STAFF WHEN IT WHEN THE BIG GRAND OPENING IS. BUT. YEAH WE'LL BE DOING WE'LL BE DOING A RIBBON CUTTING IN JANUARY. OKAY. AND THEN WE'LL BE DOING A DEDICATION A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE YEAR. SO PROBABLY MARCH OKAY. PROBABLY A FORMAL DEDICATION. SO SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION IN DECEMBER AND RIBBON CUTTING IN JANUARY AND OFFICIAL DEDICATION IN YOU SAID MARCH. I'M SORRY. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. COUNCIL WILL

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ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. AND WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 25. CONDUCT A

[25. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Special Use Case Z-25-0167 regarding a Special Use Permit to allow for Outdoor Entertainment and Special Event Space, a Farmer’s Market, and a Mobile Food Establishment Park on three (3) parcels of land comprising 1.56 acres ± in size, being more particularly described as Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R302875, R036054, and R565244; and being generally located at the western terminus of E. Broade Street and N. Gabriel Street, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.

• Discuss and consider action regarding Special Use Case Z-25-0167 as described above.

I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE.

PRESENTATION OR QUESTIONS? CAN I ASK A QUESTION? HE'S HERE FOR QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN AND WILL CALL ON SPEAKERS WITH SUBMITTED CARDS.

BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS TONIGHT. SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. AND WE'LL DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING SPECIAL USE CASE Z DASH 25 0167. AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. COUNCIL. NOW HAVE ANY DISCUSSIONS. WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? OKAY, WE GOT A MOTION

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[26. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case Z-25-0179 to amend the current zoning of GC-3-C (General Commercial) to adopt the Crossroads PUD (Planned Unit Development) with the base zoning of GC-3-C (General Commercial) on three (3) parcels of land 20.726 acres ± in size, more particularly described as Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R032150, R032157, and R462464; and generally being located south of Hero Way West, approximately 400 feet west of Bagdad Road, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.  

• Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case Z-25-0179 as described above.

AND WE'VE DONE THAT. AND GEORGETOWN, WE'VE DONE THAT IN ROUND ROCK. AND WE SEE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT HERE TODAY. AND SO WE ARE REQUESTING, ADDING THESE USES TO PURSUE A CLASS A BUSINESS PARK IN THE LEANDER AREA. I'M GOING TO SHOW THE RENDERING JUST A SECOND. SO.

ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IS SATISFY AN UNSERVED NEED. AND AND THE LEANDER AREA AND CATER TO A WIDE VARIETY OF USES. TRY PRIMARY EMPLOYERS AND CREATE A PRODUCT THAT IS APPEALING TO THE CITY AS A LOT OF TAX VALUE, BUT ALSO, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, JUST LIMITS THE STRAIN ON UTILITIES SUCH AS WATER AND SEWER. SO WE FEEL THIS THIS PRODUCT WILL PERFORM WELL HERE AND SERVE AS A CATALYST FOR FUTURE BUSINESS IN LEANDER MARKET. AND SO FAR, WE'VE HAD GOOD CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR NEIGHBORS. WE'VE BEEN ABLE WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE OR ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE. SO I'LL LEAVE THE REST OF THE TIME TO QUESTIONS AND HEARING, OKAY, WE'LL MOVE TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND THEN IF WE HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS, WE'LL ASK. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS THAT WERE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED, AND WE'LL DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE Z DASH 20 5-0179 AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. COUNCIL. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. I. I HAD ASKED A QUESTION WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THIS IN THE AGENDA REVIEW WITH REGARDS TO BAGHDAD AND TRAFFIC ON BAGHDAD. I NEVER GOT CLARIFICATION ON THAT. SO CAN I ASK THAT QUESTION AGAIN JUST WITH REGARDS TO TRAFFIC THAT WOULD BE TRAVELING SOUTH ON BAGHDAD FROM THIS PARTICULAR FACILITY, IF IT WERE HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC? IF I AM THE

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BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, THEY WOULDN'T KNOW THAT EXITING ONTO BAGHDAD. RIGHT? SO JUST AGAIN, POINT OF CLARIFICATION, THE ENTRY FOR YOUR TRAFFIC. AND IF THE PETITIONER CAN ANSWER THIS, I EITHER WAY, THE ENTRY FOR THE TRAFFIC IS PRIMARILY OFF OF HERO WAY. AND THE EXPECTATION WOULD BE THAT THAT TRAFFIC WOULD BE ROUTED THROUGH HERO. AND YOU CAN FACILITATE SIGNAGE TO PREVENT ANY TRUCK TRAFFIC TRAVELING SOUTH ON BAGHDAD. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. THAT'S OUR INTENT BECAUSE OKAY IS THE BEST PATH TO 183 AND 183 OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THE IF YOU COULD GO A LITTLE BIT INTO ABOUT HOW YOU'RE ACCOMMODATING THE BUSINESSES RIGHT THERE NEXT TO YOU AND THE HOMES, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO ACCOMMODATE. AND COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT? YEAH. SO DO YOU MEAN JUST HOW WE'RE ACTING AS A NEIGHBOR? YEAH. SO WE'RE WE'RE JUST COME TO THE MIC A LITTLE BIT. OKAY. SORRY. IT'S HARD TO HEAR. SO BRUCE IS HERE TODAY. WE'RE WORKING WITH HIM TO SATISFY HIS HIS CONCERNS ABOUT WANTING A LITTLE MORE SPACE IN HIS BACKYARD SO THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO BUILD HIM A MASONRY WALL TO SEPARATE HIS SPACE FROM OURS. BUT WE MIGHT. WE'RE WORKING WITH HIM ABOUT TALKING WITH HIM, ABOUT GIVING HIM MORE SPACE SO THAT IT'S NOT JUST HIS HOUSE, AND THEN A MASONRY WALL, LIKE FIVE FEET IN FRONT OF HIM, AND NO OTHER CONCERNS FROM ANY OF THE OTHER NEIGHBORS AROUND. THE OTHER CONCERNS HAVE BEEN REGARDING WHAT WE PLAN TO DO JUST SOUTH OF THE DETENTION. AND BECAUSE THAT'S ALL FLOODPLAIN, THERE'S LITTLE BITS TO THE LEFT THAT'S CUT OUT FROM THE POWERPOINT. BUT WHILE IT'S NOT IN THE FLOODPLAIN, IT'S NOT IT'S NOT WORTH OUR TIME TO PURSUE. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER UNDERSTANDING THERE ALMOST. CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT WITH THE USES. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT THE THE MANUFACTURING THINGS WOULD BE INTERNAL. BUT CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THE NOISE ORDINANCE PIECE OF IT AND THE DISTURBANCE OF THE NEIGHBORS, OR IF EVERYTHING REALLY WILL BE INSIDE? SO THAT'S SO I LIVE NEAR ONE OF THESE PARKS IN IN GEORGETOWN WEST NOW BUSINESS PARK. WELL, I MAY NOT BE NEXT TO IT. I'M PROBABLY I'M WITHIN 600FT OF IT AND HAVE NOT HEARD ANY ISSUES. AND A LOT OF THE USES THAT WE'RE TARGETING FOR THIS PARK THEY HAVE, SUCH AS TECHNOLOGY, R&D, TESTING. SO WE'LL BE VERY I WILL SAY WE'D BE VERY MINDFUL OF THE NOISE ORDINANCES AND AND ADHERE TO IT. I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR AS YOU WITH THE NOISE ORDINANCES, JUST THE FACT THAT YOU'RE IT'S ON YOUR RADAR. APPRECIATE THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. ITEM 27. CONDUCT A

[27. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case Z-25-0183 to amend the current zoning of GC-3-C (General Commercial) to adopt the 2100 S. Bagdad Road PUD (Planned Unit Development) with the base zoning of GC-3-C (General Commercial) on one (1) parcel of land 0.36 acres ± in size, more particularly described as Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R098183; and located at 2100 S. Bagdad Road, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.  

• Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case Z-25-0183 as described above.

DASH THREE. DASH C GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO ADOPT 2100 SOUTH BAGHDAD ROAD PUD WITH THE BASE ZONING OF GC DASH 3-C GENERAL COMMERCIAL ON ONE PARCEL OF LAND 0.36 ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE, AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. GRIFFIN. GOOD EVENING. SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE 2100 SOUTH BAGHDAD ROAD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT. THIS PROPERTY WAS USED FOR DAYCARE AND THEY HAVE ADDED RESIDENTIAL

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SO THEY PUT UP A FENCE THAT WOULD CREATE THEIR THEIR BACKYARD. SO IT'S A TYPICAL FENCE YOU WOULD SEE FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. SO IT'S COMPLICATED BECAUSE IT'S BOTH USES ON THE SAME SITE. SO WE WENT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. THEY HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON NOVEMBER 13TH, AND ASKED FOR STAFF AND THE APPLICANT TO WORK TOGETHER ON SOME SOLUTIONS. AND THEN DURING THE MEETING LAST WEEK, WE CAME UP WITH SOME CONDITIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT. SO THE COMMISSION WAS AGREEABLE TO ALLOWING THE FENCING TO REMAIN ON THE PROPERTY LINE ALONG SOUTH BAGHDAD ROAD. THE FENCING WOULD BE UPDATED SO THE SMOOTH SIDES FACING OUT INSTEAD OF THE SIDE WITH THE THE BRACES. SO AT LEAST IT'S THE MORE ATTRACTIVE SIDE. AND THEY THERE WILL BE A NOTE IN THE ZONING THAT SAYS THE PROPERTY OWNER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACING THE FENCE. IF THERE'S A CONFLICT WITH FUTURE UTILITIES, THE WAY THE FENCE IS ORIENTED, IT'S IN A PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT. SO IF SOMETHING HAS TO BE PLACED THERE, THAT IT WOULDN'T BE THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO REPLACE THAT THAT FENCING. WITH THAT, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. I NEED TO OPEN THE PRESENTATION.

I'M NOT SURE. HELLO. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. IT'S A PLEASURE TO STAND BEFORE YOU AND ADDRESS YOU. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS MARK GILLESPIE. THIS IS MY WIFE, CHERYL. I HAVE A I DON'T WANT TO KICK A DEAD HORSE HERE, BUT JUST TO PROVIDE CLARITY AND SOME HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF OF THE PROPERTY AND WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING. WE'VE BEEN BEEN RESIDENTS OF LEANDER SINCE 2003. WE LOVE IT HERE. WE OPERATE TWO BUSINESSES. IF YOU DRIVE BY BAGHDAD, SOUTH BAGHDAD, YOU PROBABLY SEEN SEE THE SIGNAGE ON MINE. WE DON'T HAVE SIGNAGE ON THE DAYCARE RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'S THAT'S FORTHCOMING. BUT WE'RE PLEASED TO BE HERE. SO CHERYL'S CHILDREN'S GARDEN PRESCHOOL HAS BEEN HERE SINCE 2004. SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF, OF THIS PROPERTY. SO LIKE, LIKE ROBIN SAID, WE'VE WE'VE PRETTY MUCH CHANGED THE FOOTPRINT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE DAYCARE IS, IS DESIGNED. COUNTY CORK IS THE IS THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE. I THINK I LET ME JUST GO BACK HERE. I THINK THEY'RE OUT OF OUT OF ORDER FOR SOME REASON. BUT BUT WE'RE REFERRING TO THIS AS OUR AS OUR FRONT. SO AND LIKE ROBIN SAID, THE BACK AND SIDE IS, IS, IS IS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF, OF COUNTY CORK. AND WE USE THE, THE, THE PART THAT'S UP FRONT BY BAGHDAD AS A PLAYGROUND. AND THIS IS, THIS IS THE FRONT ON BAGHDAD. AND THE PLAYGROUND IS INDICATED WHERE THE RED ARROW IS. AND IDEA OF WHAT THE PLAYGROUND LOOKS LIKE. AND IN 2004, LEANDER. LEANDER PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, THEY APPROVED OUR OUR PROJECT. IT WAS A DUPLEX. WE CONVERTED IT INTO A DAYCARE AND OUR OUR FENCING WAS WHERE IT CURRENTLY EXISTS. NOW THE HEIGHT IS JUST DIFFERENT. AND THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT. SO IN IN 2022 WE RAISED THE FENCE HEIGHT TO SIX FEET DUE TO DAYCARE PARENT AND CLIENT CONCERNS. AND IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH BAGHDAD ESPECIALLY IN PARTICULAR MY PROPERTY, THERE'S LIKE A GOAT PATH THAT RUNS BETWEEN THE FENCING OR THE FRONT YARDS AND BAGHDAD ROAD. SO WE GET A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC, BICYCLE AND ROAD TRAFFIC. EXCUSE ME, PEOPLE WALKING BY WILL PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS. SO IT'S KIND OF AN INTERESTING AREA WE'VE HAD. OUR MAILBOX HAS BEEN VANDALIZED A NUMBER OF TIMES, WHICH HAS REQUIRED US TO REPLACE IT. WE'VE EVEN FOUND SYRINGES ALONG THE LITTLE DITCH AREA IN FRONT OF THE PROPERTY, RIGHT? RIGHT IN FRONT OF BAGHDAD. IT'S

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WE PURCHASED IT TO TO CONVERT IT TO COMMERCIAL PROPERTY SPECIFICALLY FOR A DAYCARE.

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT WAS EXTREMELY EXCITED THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER, ANOTHER.

HOME DAYCARE IN IN THE COMMUNITY. OUR PROPERTY WAS MODIFIED TO ACCOMMODATE A DAYCARE, AND WE OPENED IN ON THE 2ND OF JANUARY OF 2005. SO WE'VE BEEN HERE 25 YEARS AFTER COVID. WE MADE A BIG CHANGE. WE WE WE DOWNSIZED OUR DAYCARE AND CLOSED SEVERAL CLASSROOMS. THE NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE TOTALED TO ABOUT LITTLE OVER 1000FT■!S. SO AS AS FRUGAL PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WE DECIDED, WELL, WHY DON'T WE JUST MOVE INTO THE THE AREA THAT WE VACANT, THAT THAT'S THAT'S NO LONGER BEING USED AS CLASSROOMS. SO WE DID THAT AND WE MOVED IN IN APRIL OF 23. WE WORKED WITH WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PLANNING AND ZONING TO SUBMIT THE ZONING APPLICATION. WE WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT THE INCLUSION OF ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNIT WITHIN THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE. AND THE SECOND ITEM, WHICH SEEMS TO BE THE MAIN ISSUE THAT WE'RE DELIBERATING OVER, IS THE FENCE ISSUE ABOVE THREE FEET AND WITHIN, WHICH IS LOCATED WITHIN THE UTILITY EASEMENT OF ON SOUTH BAGHDAD. THIS IS A ROUGH DRAWING, BUT THE GREEN AREA REPRESENTS THE ACTUAL RESIDENCE. IT'S A LITTLE 1054FT■!S. THE ORANGE AREA IS THE ACTUAL DAYCARE TO INCLUDE THE THE THE THE PLAYGROUND AREAS. SO HERE ARE THE THE THE FENCING, THE ZONING AND FENCE ISSUES OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS. WE CAN REDUCE THE FENCE HEIGHT TO THREE FEET AND REMAIN IN CURRENT LOCATION. THE IMPACT OF THAT IS THAT THE PARENTAL CONCERNS WILL WILL RESURFACE OR KEEP THE FENCE AT SIX FEET, BUT MOVE IT TEN FEET IN WITHIN THE UTILITY EASEMENT. THAT IMPACT WOULD REDUCE OR ELIMINATE THE DAYCARE PART OF OUR OUR BUSINESS PURPOSE. SO OUR PREFERENCE IS TO KEEP IT WHERE IT'S AT SIX FEET IN ITS CURRENT LOCATION. AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THIS ISSUE WAS ADDRESSED, THAT IF IF UTILITY WORK IS IS REQUIRED, WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TO REPAIR ANY FENCING. THAT'S THAT IS DAMAGED OR DESTROYED AS A RESULT OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORK AND THAT EASEMENT AT OUR EXPENSE. SO I KNOW YOU ALL ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH SOUTH BAGHDAD. THERE'S IT'S IT'S A IT'S A CORRIDOR OF PICKET FENCES OF SIX FEET, EIGHT FEET FENCES. AND I'M NOT GOING TO PICK ON ANYBODY. BUT THIS IS LIKE AN EXAMPLE OF OUR GOAT PATH THAT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR PROPERTY. OUR NEIGHBOR HAS A HAS A FENCE THEY JUST CONSTRUCTED. IT'S 16.5FT FROM THE STREET. OURS ON THE RIGHT IS 27FT. ANYWAY, IT'S OUR THIS IS OUR PRAYER THAT THAT THIS PROJECT WOULD BE APPROVED. AND I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. I'M SORRY. WE'LL HAVE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN WE'LL CALL YOU BACK IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN AND WE WILL CALL ON SPEAKERS. BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY THAT ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE TONIGHT. SO THE HEARING IS CLOSED. AND NOW WE'LL DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE Z 25 0183 AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. GRIFFIN I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN AGAIN WHAT STAFF IS COMFORTABLE WITH ON THIS? WHAT EXCEPTION APPROVING IT WITH THE CHANGES TO THE FENCE? YES. SO DURING THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, WE CAME UP WITH ALLOWING THE FENCE TO REMAIN IN ITS CURRENT LOCATION AND NOTING THAT THE APPLICANT UNDERSTANDS THAT IF WE HAVE TO ADD UTILITIES IN THE EASEMENT, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACING THE FENCE AND THEN THEY'RE SWITCHING IT TO THE SMOOTH SIDE IS FACING OUT, AND

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CLARIFICATION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS. OH SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR. SO IF THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR ANY REMOVAL FOR THE UTILITY WORK THEY JUST PAY FOR THE REPAIR.

RIGHT? SO IF A UTILITY GOES IN AND THE FENCE HAS TO BE TORN DOWN, THEY WOULD BE REPLACING THE FENCE. THEY DON'T HAVE TO THEY DON'T HAVE TO TEAR IT DOWN. CORRECT. OKAY. THAT'S I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. JUST ONE. AND I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE I JUST THOUGHT OF THIS RIGHT NOW. IS THIS IN ANY KIND OF HOA? IT'S COMPLETELY OUT OF ANY KIND OF RIGHT. IT'S IN A VERY OLD FENCING THAT WERE BEING DONE FOR AN HOA. IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY AFFECT US. CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I WILL SAY I REMEMBER WHEN Y'ALL BUILT BACK THEN. YES WE WERE PASSING Y'ALL. YEAH. ONLY A SECOND ONE. NO I KNOW WE HAD LOOKED AT OPENING A DAYCARE AT THAT TIME TOO. AND SO WE WERE WATCHING WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH Y'ALL. SO I DO REMEMBER FROM WAY BACK THEN WHEN WHEN Y'ALL WERE HERE. SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DID WAY BACK THEN, MAKING SURE OUR KIDS GOT TAKEN CARE OF. SO THANKS. ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL, THIS IS A ACTION ITEM I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE. WITH PNC RECOMMENDATIONS. YES. I'LL SECOND OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING

[28. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case Z-25-0198 to amend the current zoning of Interim SFR-1-B (Single Family Rural) to GC-3-B (General Commercial) on one (1) parcel of land one (1) acre ± in size, more particularly described as Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R341531; and generally located east of CR 269, approximately 300 feet south of Hero Way, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.  

• Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case Z-25-0198 as described above.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DIANE BERNAL AND I'M THE APPLICANT FOR THIS REZONING REQUEST. OH, THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, I THINK I WENT THE WRONG WAY, ROBIN. THERE WE GO. SORRY ABOUT THAT. NO PROBLEM. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 1531 COUNTY ROAD 269, IN LEANDER. THE ZONING ON THE SITE IS CURRENTLY SFR ONE B. IT IS THE INTENT OF DID IT AGAIN. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THERE WE GO. IT IS THE INTENT OF THIS REQUEST TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO GC THREE B. GC THREE B WOULD ALLOW THE PARCEL TO BE DEVELOPED WITH AN ADJACENT PROPERTY UNDER THE SAME OWNERSHIP AS ONE DEVELOPMENT. THE REZONING REQUEST TO GC THREE B DOES FALL WITHIN A FAVORABLE ZONING OF THE FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY OF EMPLOYMENT CENTER. EMPLOYMENT CENTERS DO ENCOURAGE A MIXED USE RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS. IT WOULD ALSO BECOME COMPATIBLE WITH ADJACENTLY ZONED PROPERTIES THAT SHOW GC AND HC ZONINGS, OF WHICH MOST HAVE COMMERCIALLY RUNNING BUSINESSES AT THIS TIME.

IF APPROVED, THE REZONING REQUEST WILL ALLOW A LARGER DEVELOPMENT TO MOVE FORWARD AND WILL COMPLEMENT AND BE HARMONIOUS WITH THE EXISTING ADJACENT ZONINGS AND USES. IN CONDUCTING MY INITIAL RESEARCH AND OUTREACH FOR THE SITE, FORMAL NOTICES WERE SENT OUT TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 500FT OF THE PROPOSED ZONING. ONE PROPERTY OWNER TO THE EAST, THE KOA PARK ADJACENT TO THE SITE, DID COMMUNICATE WITH ME AND WAS GENERALLY IN SUPPORT OF THE REZONING REQUEST AND ADDITIONALLY, DURING THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION

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THANKS. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED AND WE'LL DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE DASH 20 5-0198 COUNCIL. THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.

SO Y'ALL OWN THE PROPERTIES ALREADY OF COURSE THAT ARE AROUND THIS. THIS IS JUST A NEW ACQUISITION AND YOU'RE JUST REZONING IT THE GC TO MATCH THE OTHER GC PROPERTIES CORRECT? YES OKAY. THANK YOU. SEE IF I CAN SHOW YOU THE NEW I REALLY KNOW HOW TO USE TECHNOLOGY.

IT'S OKAY. OKAY. SO THIS IS THE LARGER THE AREA IN YELLOW IS THE SITE I'M ASKING TO REZONE.

AND THE OTHER DRAWN OUT PORTION IS THE OTHER PART THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER OWNS. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? GO AHEAD. I DO HAVE ONE THING. GO FOR IT. AND I'M JUST KIND OF TRYING TO VISUALIZE EXACTLY WHERE THIS IS. THE CITY MANAGER PARTON ON THE IS THIS IS RIGHT OFF OF HERO WAY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 180. SO YOU'RE HEADED TOWARDS THE REAGAN AREA, CORRECT? IS THAT CORRECT? IS THERE ANY IS THERE ANY CONCERN OR ANY POTENTIAL IMPACT WITH THE PLANNING ON HERO TO THE ENTRANCE FOR THIS PARTICULAR I KNOW IT'S OFF OF HERO, BUT DOES THAT AFFECT ANYTHING IN THAT AREA? I'M JUST CURIOUS. YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE HIGHWAY OR THE ROADWAY WIDENING PROJECT? SOME OF THE PLANNING THAT WE'RE DOING ON HERO WAY, HOW DOES HOW DOES IT. BECAUSE THAT'S RIGHT. AT THAT INTERSECTION, AM I INCORRECT? IS THERE ANY IMPACT WITH OUR PLANNING HERE THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY AFFECT SOME OF WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING IN THE FUTURE? I'M JUST CURIOUS. I THINK THERE ARE FAR ENOUGH SOUTH ON THIS PROJECT TO NOT BE IMPACTED. IT WOULD BE CLOSER TO HERO, AND I THINK THEY'VE ALREADY WORKED THROUGH A LOT OF THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION THERE. OKAY, OKAY. IT WAS JUST SOMETHING I WANTED TO CLARIFY.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY. SO ACTION ITEM. I MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. ALL RIGHT. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

[29. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Special Use Case Z-24-0122 regarding a Special Use Permit to allow for a Mobile Food Establishment Park on one (1) parcel of land 0.54 acres ± in size, more particularly described as Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R035495; and being located at 703 Crystal Falls Parkway, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.  

• Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case Z-24-0122 as described above.

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HERE'S OUR SITE PLAN. WE HAVE 13 SPOTS TOTAL FOR THE TWO TRUCKS HERE. AND IN THE LAST PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING, THEY ASKED IF WE COULD SWITCH THE FOOD TRUCKS WITH THE SEATING AREA, AND I SAID I'D HAVE TO GET BACK. AND THAT IS NOT A DESIGN FUNCTION. WE CAN SWITCH THEM IF YOU GUYS WOULD PREFER THAT. THE REASON WE PUT THE FOOD TRUCKS THERE TO THE, YOU KNOW, CLOSEST TO THE NEIGHBOR, RATHER THAN SWITCHING WITH THE SEATING, BECAUSE WE THOUGHT THE SEATING AREA WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE NOISY. SO WE WANTED TO MOVE THAT AS FAR AWAY FROM THAT NEIGHBORING PROPERTY. BUT WHATEVER IS RECOMMENDED, WE ARE HAPPY TO OBLIGE BY. SO YEAH, WE JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL VENDORS. THIS IS, LIKE SHE MENTIONED EARLIER, ACTIVATES THAT COMMERCIAL LOT. IT'S ZONED FOR LOCAL ORDINANCE RIGHT NOW, SO IT CAN SERVE AS A NATURAL BUFFER BETWEEN OUR FOOD TRUCKS AND THAT NEIGHBORING RESIDENTIAL AREA. SO IT HELPS WITH SOME PROXIMITY CONCERNS THERE. YEAH, WE JUST WANTED TO BRING SOME COMMUNITY GATHERING FOOD FUN TO THIS AREA, AND WE HOPE THAT YOU GUYS SEE IT AS WE DO. WE HAD A LOT OF POINTS THAT WE MADE IN OUR PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING THAT THEY'VE NOW PUT INTO THAT THEY SAID THEY WOULD LIKE TO IMPLEMENT INTO FOOD TRUCK PARK PERMITTING. SO WITH AGAIN, WITH THE OPERATING HOURS, THE NOISE AND THE VISUAL MANAGEMENT WITH THE LIGHTS AND NO AMPLIFIED MUSIC, NO LOUD SOUNDS, ALL DOWNWARD FACING LIGHTS SHIELDED, NO LIGHT SPILL OVER. WE WILL HAVE ON SITE MANAGEMENT DO A DAILY CLEANUPS AND SECURE THE TRASH ENCLOSURES. THEY WILL BE DOING THAT DAILY.

SO YES, HOPE YOU SEE IT AS WE DO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM TONIGHT. SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED AND WE'LL DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE Z DASH 24 0122. AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, ROBIN. WELL, I GUESS MAYBE FOR THE APPLICANT. WAS THERE ANY FEEDBACK FROM ANY OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT WAS RECEIVED? SO STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANYTHING? BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THE APPLICANT DID KNOW WE DID. WE SENT OUT ALL THE LETTERS. EVERYBODY WITHIN. OH, I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY FEET, BUT WE DID NOT GET ANY RESPONSES BACK. NO, NO NEGATIVE FEEDBACK. NO. THAT WAS A BIT OF MY CONCERN WAS HOW CLOSE IT IS TO RESIDENTIAL. YEAH, WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THEM. GOTCHA. BUT WE WILL WORK.

IF THEY DID HAVE ANY CONCERNS, WE WERE WILLING TO WORK AND DO A, YOU KNOW, BUILD THAT WALL FOR THEM IF THEY WOULD, IF THEY SO WISH. BUT WE NEVER HEARD BACK FROM THEM AND DID TRY TO REACH OUT DIRECTLY. SO. OKAY. THANK YOU. THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE THE APPLICANT. CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT A PERMANENT FOOD TRUCK WOULD BE AS OPPOSED TO JUST LIKE A REGULAR FOOD TRUCK THAT WOULD BE IN THE PARK? I MEAN, WOULDN'T IT JUST BE LIKE A EMBEDDED IN LIKE FULL TIME BOOTH OR STALL IF IT'S IN THAT PERMANENT SPOT? YES. I THINK BY PERMANENT THEY JUST MEAN TWO PERMANENT FOOD TRUCKS. MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY ALWAYS THE SAME TRUCKS, BUT DEFINITELY LIKE TWO ANCHOR FOOD TRUCKS THAT ARE ALWAYS THERE. YES WE CAN. I'M ACTUALLY NOT SURE IF THEY'RE PLANNING ON DOING, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE SWITCHING THEM OUT PERIODICALLY OR IF IT'S FOR TO SET. YES. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. SO WHEN WHEN STAFF SAYS IT'S A PERMANENT FOOD TRUCK PARK, WE MEAN THE SITE WAS DESIGNED FOR IT. SO IT'S NOT LIKE A FOOD

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THEY WOULD JUST GET THE RIGHT PERMITS FOR THAT. GOT IT. THANK YOU. YEAH. AND STAFF'S OBJECTION IS THE DISTANCE. YEAH. WE JUST HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THE DISTANCE. AND SHE MADE A GOOD POINT ABOUT PLACING THE OUTDOOR AREA FURTHER FROM THE RESIDENTIAL. AND WITH THAT REQUIREMENT ABOUT THE QUIETER GENERATORS, I THINK THAT'LL HELP. THAT'LL HELP SUFFICE.

YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. JUST. OH. I'M SORRY. BEFORE SHE RUNS OFF. GO AHEAD. JUST A CLARIFICATION. I THINK DURING AGENDA REVIEW, THE THE CLOSEST RESIDENT IS ACTUALLY THE OWNER OF THE THE LAND AS WELL THE DIRECT PROPERTY TO THE NORTH. I BELIEVE IT WAS THE SAME. THEY OWNED THAT PROPERTY. YEAH. SO THE THEY OWN THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH THAT HAS A RESIDENCE.

WE WERE ACTUALLY MEASURING TO THE CLOSEST RESIDENTIAL ZONED RESIDENTIALLY. AND THAT'S THIS PROPERTY UP HERE. SO THIS IS THE LOCAL OFFICE PIECE. AND THEN THIS IS THE ACTUAL SITE.

SO THERE WOULD KIND OF BE ANOTHER STRUCTURE IN BETWEEN THE TWO. SO THERE'S THERE'S THERE IS A FOR LACK OF BETTER TERMS A BUFFER. YES. BETWEEN THAT AND THE CLOSEST RESIDENCE.

CORRECT. AND THE, THE LOCAL OFFICE PROPERTY, WE WOULD ANTICIPATE EVENTUALLY REDEVELOPING AND NOT BEING A SINGLE FAMILY HOME FOREVER. I BELIEVE IT'S A MANUFACTURED HOME TODAY. SO AND IF I COULD ASK THE APPLICANT ONE ADDITIONAL QUESTION, IS THERE ANY INTENT. AND I'M JUST CURIOUS, IS THERE ANY INTENT IN PROVIDING THE THIS FOOD SERVICE, THESE FOOD TRUCKS. THAT'S A THAT'S A REALLY DEVELOPING CORRIDOR AS FAR AS BRICK AND MORTAR IS CONCERNED. IS THERE ANY THOUGHT IN THIS PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING A POTENTIAL FOOD VENDOR OR RESTAURANTEUR THROUGH A FOOD TRUCK THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY BECOME MAYBE A BRICK AND MORTAR IN THAT LOCATION? IS THAT ANYTHING THAT THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT? I'M JUST CURIOUS. WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN OUR SITE AT THE MOMENT. THEY ARE WANTING TO KEEP WITH THEIR FOOD TRUCKS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT PARKING SINCE IT'S A IT'S A HALF ACRE LOT. IT'S RIGHT THERE ON A BUSY STREET. I THINK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN THERE YOU HAVE WHAT VALOR YOU'VE GOT. IT'S IT'S VERY FAST THROUGH THERE THESE DAYS. I IMAGINE WE'LL PROBABLY SLOW IT DOWN AT SOME POINT. BUT WITH PARKING ON THE STREET OR OFF THE STREET, BECAUSE PARKING ON CRYSTAL FALLS, PARKING ON THE STREET, PARKING ON THE LOT. I KNOW WE'RE IN THE ZONING, AND WE'RE NOT IN THE PLANNING PART WHERE WE WOULD BASICALLY GET INTO THAT, BUT BUT WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN THAT AREA THERE FOR THAT? SO THEY ARE MEETING THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE NUMBER OF FOOD TRUCKS THAT THEY'VE PROPOSED ON SITE. SO THEY'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY CONSTRUCT PARKING ON THE PROPERTY. SO YOU WON'T HAVE PEOPLE TRYING TO PARK IN CRYSTAL FALLS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO. ALL RIGHT. IT'S THE ACTION ITEM. Y'ALL WANTING TO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. YOU WANT TO APPROVE? YEAH. WITH THE ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS AS STIPULATED BY PNC. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THANK YOU. AND WE'LL MOVE TO THE REGULAR AGENDA. ITEM 30, RECEIVE A PRESENTATION

[30. Receive a presentation from Policy Confluence, Inc. (Polco) regarding the National Community Survey 2025 Report of Results for the City of Leander.]

MAYOR PRO TEM HIGH COUNCIL, IF YOU ALL CAN RECALL, WAY BACK IN MAY, WE LAUNCHED OUR FIRST COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY SURVEY. THAT SURVEY CLOSED IN JULY AND THE FLOOD HAPPENED. SO WE HAD SOME TIME BETWEEN THEN TO WORK ON THE ANALYSIS RESULTS 6 OR 7, SEVERAL MONTHS TO PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER. AND WITH THAT WE HAVE I GUESS CHRISTMAS CAME A LITTLE EARLY. WE HAVE TOBIN MCCARRON FROM POCO HERE TO GO OVER THE PRESENTATION OF ALL THE RESULTS FOR YOU ALL. SO WE'RE SO HAPPY CHRISTMAS CAME EARLY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. AND THANKS KENT I'M GOING TO

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SURVEY IMPLEMENTATION, DESIGN EVERYTHING. REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HELP THE WHOLE TIME. GOOD EVENING. CITY MANAGER, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR PRO TEM. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE UP HERE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I'M TOBIN MCCARRON. I AM A RESIDENT OF LUCAS, TEXAS, WHICH IS A SMALL SUBURB JUST NORTH OF DALLAS. I WAS IN THE AIR FORCE FOR 25 YEARS, SO I APPRECIATE YOU RECOGNIZING THAT AND MY SERVICE. I ALSO APPRECIATE THE SERVICE THAT YOU ALL PROVIDE. I ALSO APPRECIATE EVERYONE FOR STICKING AROUND TO LISTEN TO ME AS I PRESENT THIS. I ALSO LIKE TO THANK GRACE ARNESON, WHO'S THE PRIMARY POLCO EMPLOYEE WHO'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS WITH KENT. MOST OF THE TIME I GET THE GLORY OF GETTING TO PRESENT. SHE DID ALL THE WORK TO ACTUALLY GET HERE. I JOINED POLCO AFTER THOSE 25 YEARS, BEING A PILOT AND AN ECONOMIST, AS THE VP OF THE DATA SCIENCE TEAM, AND EVENTUALLY TOOK OVER AS THE COO. AND NOW CROWE ALSO.

AND SO A QUICK BIT ABOUT POLCO. OUR MISSION IS TO UNITE PEOPLE, DATA AND GOVERNMENT TO HELP COMMUNITIES THRIVE. OUR WHOLE PURPOSE IS TO HELP COMMUNITIES FOCUS ON WHAT MATTERS. WE ACQUIRED THE NRC IN 2019. THE NRC WAS BEST KNOWN FOR THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY SURVEY, WHICH IS THE SURVEY THAT YOU ALL DID WITH YOUR RESIDENTS IN MAY, AS WELL AS A FEW OTHER BENCHMARKING SURVEYS. THE BENCHMARKING ABILITY OF OUR COMPANY ENABLES US TO GO BACK ALL THE WAY TO 1999, ACTUALLY, AND WE CAN COMPARE YOU ACROSS OTHER COMMUNITIES LIKE YOURSELF.

YOU ALL ACTUALLY CHOSE TO COMPARE YOURSELVES TO SOME TEXAS COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK. I'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL LATER. WHILE I'M PRESENTING, I WANTED TO FIRST SHOW YOU HOW MOST COMMUNITIES USE THESE RESULTS THAT WE WORK WITH. ONE IS TO MONITOR TRENDS IN RESIDENT OPINION, TO MEASURE GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE, TO INFORM THE BUDGET, LAND USE, STRATEGIC DECISION AND PLANNING DECISIONS, AND ALSO TO BENCHMARK AGAINST OTHER COMMUNITIES. I HOPE THAT WHILE I'M PRESENTING, YOU CAN USE THESE RESULTS TO THINK HOW IT IS THAT YOU CAN APPLY THIS TO HELP YOUR CITY, AND MAYBE IT EVEN SPARKS SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO DIVE A LITTLE DEEPER INTO. THE NCS IS REALLY FOCUSED ON ASKING QUESTIONS THAT ALLOW YOU TO SEE YOUR RESIDENTS PERCEPTION ON TEN FACETS OF COMMUNITY LIVABILITY, AND THESE TEN FACETS HAVE BEEN EXTENSIVELY RESEARCHED AND FOUND TO BE THE ONES THAT AFFECT HAVE THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON A RESIDENTS QUALITY OF LIFE.

AND SO WE ASK VERY GENERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THEM. AND THEN WE ASK SPECIFIC PINPOINTED QUESTIONS ABOUT EACH ONE. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE DOMAINS IN HERE THE FACETS MOBILITY, ECONOMY, UTILITIES THINGS THAT EVERY RESIDENT REALLY CARES ABOUT. IT ALSO HAPPENS TO LINE UP REALLY WELL WITH DEPARTMENTS WITHIN A CITY, YOUR CITY BEING NO EXCEPTION. WHERE YOU HAVE A HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, A POLICE DEPARTMENT, A FIRE DEPARTMENT WHICH KIND OF LINES UP WITH THE SAFETY AND ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT, A PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT, AND A FEW OTHERS. THOSE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND DEPARTMENT PEOPLE MIGHT WANT TO GO INTO THE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT JUST PINPOINT ON THOSE SPECIFIC FACETS IN ORDER TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW THEIR DEPARTMENT IS DOING AND HOW THE SERVICES ARE RATED BY THE RESIDENTS IN THERE. AND SO A LITTLE ABOUT YOUR NCS IS YOUR FIRST TIME CONDUCTING IT. THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING US, POLCO, AND TO DO THIS WITH YOU. WE APPRECIATE THAT AND ARE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU AS A FIRST TIME CUSTOMER. THE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED BETWEEN MAY AND JULY. LIKE KENT SAID, HOW WE CONDUCT THE SURVEY, WE HAVE A RANDOM SAMPLE THAT ALLOWS US TO HAVE STATISTICAL VALIDITY AND THE RESPONSES FROM THE SURVEY. THAT RANDOM SAMPLE IS CHOSEN BECAUSE WE CHOOSE, WE GATHER ALL HOUSEHOLDS WITHIN THE ZIP CODES THAT ARE SERVING LEANDER. WE THEN TAKE A GIS BOUNDARY FILE THAT YOUR CITY PROVIDES US. WE OVERLAY IT ON THAT. ON THOSE ZIP CODES, WE ELIMINATE ALL OF THE HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THAT BOUNDARY FILE, SO THAT WE'RE LEFT ONLY WITH THE HOUSEHOLDS WITHIN LEANDER. WE THEN RANDOMLY SAMPLE 3000 OF THOSE HOUSEHOLDS AND GATHER THE RESPONSES FROM THOSE 3000. THEY RECEIVED TWO MAILINGS. THE FIRST MAILING IS A POSTCARD.

THAT POSTCARD OFFERS THEM THE CHANCE TO GO VISIT A URL IN ORDER TO TAKE THE SURVEY. AND THEN THE SECOND MAILING IS A COVER LETTER ALONG WITH THE SURVEY ITSELF. IT'S A FIVE PAGE PRINTED SURVEY AND A POSTAGE PAID RETURN ENVELOPE FOR THEM TO DEPOSIT INTO IT. EACH OF THOSE POSTCARD AND THE COVER LETTER ASKS THEM TO SUBMIT THE SURVEY AND IF THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE IT, NOT TO DO IT AGAIN AFTER WE GIVE THEM. AFTER WE HAVE MAILED THAT OUT TO THE 3000 HOUSEHOLDS. YOU CAN SEE HERE THE NUMBER OF RESPONSES WE GOT. AND SO WE HAD 163 RESPONSES RECEIVED, GIVING US A 5% OVERALL RESPONSE RATE IN ORDER TO GET A MARGIN OF ERROR OF LIKE 10%, YOU NEED ABOUT 80 RESPONSES FROM YOUR CITY IN ORDER, AND IT'S KIND OF EXPONENTIALLY INCREASES IN ORDER TO GET A 5% CONFIDENCE INTERVAL OR SORRY, 5% MARGIN OF ERROR, YOU NEED ROUGHLY 380 HOUSEHOLDS TO RESPOND. AND IF YOU WANT A 1%, YOU NEED ABOUT

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SO IT'S NOT THAT YOU'RE REALLY HIGH WITH EXCELLENT OR GOOD, BUT YOU ARE HIGHER THAN THE STANDARD IN THE NATION. CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT. THAT'S PRETTY BIG. AND THE OTHER ONE,

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AND SO YOU HAVE CEDAR PARK, GEORGETOWN, ROUND ROCK AND TEMPLE THAT ARE ALL OUR CUSTOMERS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO COMPARE YOU AGAINST. AND SO I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU ON THE FUTURE SLIDES, WHEN YOU ARE DIFFERING FROM NATIONAL AND CUSTOM, I'LL MAKE SURE AND SEPARATE THAT.

AND ON THIS ONE YOU CAN SEE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE 119 QUESTIONS, 95 OF THEM WERE SIMILAR. THERE WERE NONE THAT WERE HIGHER THAN THOSE, AND THERE WERE 24 THAT WERE LOWER.

AGAIN, WE'LL DISCUSS THOSE IN A LITTLE BIT. AND SO THERE'S FIVE KEY FINDINGS THAT WE WANTED TO POINT OUT. AND I'M GOING TO START POINTING THEM OUT NOW. EACH FINDING IS GOING TO BE FOLLOWED BY 1 OR 2 SLIDES TO JUST GIVE YOU SOME SPECIFIC DETAILS ABOUT IT. FIRST, PAT YOURSELF ON THE BACK. Y'ALL ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. COMMUNITY MEMBERS VALUE LEANDER IS A FAMILY FRIENDLY PLACE TO LIVE. THEY LIKE LIVING HERE. WHAT DO WE SEE? WELL, WE SEE THAT RESIDENTS RATE IS EXCELLENT OR GOOD. YOU HAVE 90% RATING. LEANDER IS A PLACE TO RAISE CHILDREN AND IT WAS AROUND 87%. THAT SAID, THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD IS A PLACE TO LIVE, RATED AS EXCELLENT OR GOOD. YOU CAN SEE OVER HERE ON THE RIGHT THAT THEY RATE K THROUGH 12.

EDUCATION VERY HIGH AND EFFORTS TO TAKE CARE OF THE VULNERABLE RESIDENTS, WHICH I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE MORE FOR YOU ON HOW FAMILY FRIENDLY IT IS HERE AND HOW MUCH PEOPLE ENJOY LIVING HERE. YOU DO HAVE EIGHT AND TEN THAT SAY THE CUSTOMER SERVICE PROVIDED BY LEANDER EMPLOYEES IS EXCELLENT OR GOOD. AND IF I LOOK ON THE RIGHT, THE AFFORDABILITY OF QUALITY HOUSING WAS HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK. ANOTHER POSITIVE IS RESIDENTS EXPRESSED STRONG CONFIDENCE IN SAFETY AND PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES. AND LEANDER. SO TO GIVE YOU SOME DETAILS HERE, YOU CAN SEE YOUR YOUR ON PAR WITH THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK. AND YOU'RE NOT ABOVE OR BELOW ANY OF THE BENCHMARKS THAT WE HAVE. AND SO IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD FROM VIOLENT CRIME IN LEANDER COMMERCIAL AREAS, ALL OF THESE ARE RATED ANYWHERE BETWEEN 80 AND 90%, A LITTLE OVER 90% AS EXCELLENT OR GOOD BY YOUR RESIDENTS. AND TO GO INTO THE POLICE AND THE FIRE AND THE EMS, YOU CAN SEE THAT THOSE ARE ALSO GETTING VERY HIGH ACCOLADES FROM YOUR RESIDENTS, ON PAR WITH THE NATION, ON PAR WITH CUSTOM BENCHMARKS. SO THE OTHER TEXAS COMMUNITIES, I KEEP SAYING TEXAS COMMUNITIES, THERE WERE FIVE OUTSIDE OF TEXAS PARKER, COLORADO. FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE, AND A FEW OTHERS. WE GOT YOU GOT IT. RESIDENCY OPPORTUNITIES TO STRENGTHEN LANDERS, COMMERCIAL AREAS AND VISITORS APPEAL. HERE YOU CAN SEE WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO THE NATION, NORMAL, WHERE YOU ARE BELOW THE NATION, AND WHERE YOU ARE BELOW THE CUSTOM COHORT THAT YOU CHOSE TO BE COMPARED TO. KEY FINDING FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IDENTIFIED OPPORTUNITIES TO STRENGTHEN HEALTH, WELLNESS AND RECREATIONAL OFFERINGS AND LEANDER TO RESIDENTS. AND SO THEY ARE VOICING THAT THEY SEE OPPORTUNITIES HERE. YOU CAN SEE WHERE YOU'RE COMPARED TO THE BENCHMARK AND PARKS AND REC AND HEALTH AND WELLNESS. YOU'RE SIMILAR. AND THE HEALTH SERVICES, FITNESS OPPORTUNITIES AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, THEY DO SEE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU. AND THE FIFTH AND FINAL KEY FINDING IS TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY SERVICES SHOW MIXED RATINGS IN LEANDER. SURE, WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S MIXED DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE. BUT TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF IF I'M TRAVELING BY CAR, THAT'S SIMILAR TO THE NATIONAL BENCHMARKS EASE OF WALKING, EASE OF TRAVEL BY BICYCLE AND BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ARE BELOW NATIONAL BENCHMARKS AND ONLY WALKING BEING BELOW THE CUSTOM COHORT. MOBILITY SERVICES. ALL OF THESE ARE ON PAR WITH THE NATION AND ON PAR WITH THE CUSTOM COHORT. YOU DID ASK TWO EXTRA QUESTIONS. YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT READING THAT SLIDE, BECAUSE THE NEXT ONE IS GOING TO TELL YOU. WHY DID YOU MOVE TO LEANDER? YOU MOVED TO LEANDER. THERE'S 30% OF THE PEOPLE THAT MOVED HERE BECAUSE OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, 20% THAT MOVED HERE BECAUSE COMMUNITY, CHARACTER AND LIFESTYLE. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE HOW IT JUST GOES DOWN TO WHERE OTHER IS, OBVIOUSLY THE SMALL, WELL, NOT THE SMALLEST, BUT A PIECE OF IT, FAMILY AND SOCIAL TIES AND JUST OTHER AREAS. AND THEN YOUR OTHER CUSTOM QUESTION YOU HAD WAS IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT LEANDER, WHAT WOULD IT BE? AND YOU CAN SEE HERE THERE'S PRETTY MUCH THERE IS A TIE AMONGST ECONOMY, DINING, SHOPPING, ENTERTAINMENT. PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THAT ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE PEOPLE WANT TO SEE IT. TRANSPORTATION, TRAFFIC AND ROADS. AGAIN, ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE PEOPLE WOULD SEE A CHANGE IN THAT. HERE'S A SUMMARY OF THE FIVE KEY FINDINGS I JUST WENT OVER. IF YOU REMEMBER, YOU DID HAVE AN OPEN PARTICIPATION PORTION, NOT THE SCIENTIFIC VERSION THAT WE CAN CLAIM STATISTICAL VALIDITY, BUT ONE THAT JUST WENT OUT TO ALL RESIDENTS. GREAT THING ABOUT THIS IS YOU CAN GET A LOT OF PEOPLE TO GIVE YOU A VOICE, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT IT'S

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LEANDER IS A PLACE TO WORK. THE BLUE IS THE SCIENTIFICALLY STATISTICALLY VALID, THE GREEN IS THE OPEN PARTICIPATION. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT LEANDER IS A PLACE TO WORK, IS RANKED AS EXCELLENT OR GOOD BY 60% OF THE PEOPLE IN THE SCIENTIFICALLY VALID ONE, BY THE PEOPLE WHO WERE ABLE TO THE OPEN PARTICIPATION. IT WAS LESS THAN 40 TAKING CARE OF VULNERABLE RESIDENTS, OVERALL QUALITY OF PARKS AND REC AND EASE OF TRAVEL BY BICYCLE SAW A SIMILAR TREND, SOMETHING THAT WE EXPECT TO SEE WHEN COMPARING THOSE RESULTS. AND WE ALSO SAW MORE PARTICIPATION THESE LAST TWO WATCH THE LOCAL PUBLIC MEETING OR ACTUALLY CONTACTED A LEADER.

WE SEE MORE PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THE NON-PROBABILITY BASE. SO THE ONE THAT IS MORE LIKELY TO HAVE THESE TYPES OF PEOPLE, THEY ARE MORE ACTIVE, THEY ARE MORE PRESENT IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT. LAST THING I'M MENTIONING IS YOU DO HAVE ENGAGE INCLUDED WITH YOUR SUBSCRIPTION WITH US. THINK OF THIS AS A SURVEY MONKEY THAT HAS LIKE THREE GREAT THINGS ONE, YOU HAVE VERIFIED RESIDENTS THAT THEY'RE EITHER A PART OF YOUR COMMUNITY OR NOT. TWO YOU CAN BUILD A PANEL. YOU HAVE OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE IN THERE. SO IF I CAN IF I POSE ANY QUESTION, THOSE 1000 PEOPLE HAVE RAISED THEIR HAND AND SAID THEY DO WANT TO GIVE THEIR OPINION, AND YOU'RE ABLE TO GET THE OPINION OF THOSE 1000 PEOPLE TO ONE QUESTION, TO A MILLION QUESTIONS. AND YOU ALSO HAVE A POLCO EMPLOYEE WHO'S DEDICATED TO HELPING YOU. IF YOU WANT HELP CREATING A SURVEY OR DOING ANYTHING, OUR LIBRARY IS IN THERE, WHICH IS JUST A VARIETY OF SURVEYS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED BY OUR SURVEY RESEARCH EXPERTS. SO YOU CAN BE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT BIASING PEOPLE TOWARDS AN ANSWER. THAT'S ME. YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS? I'M HAPPY TO TAKE THEM. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCIL. JUST JUST ONE COMMENT.

I MEAN, IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE. AND WE KNEW AS A CITY THAT WE'VE GOT THINGS TO WORK ON.

AND IT WAS IT WAS NEAT TO GET CONFIRMATION OF THE THINGS THAT WE THINK WE NEED TO DO AND THAT THE STAFF AND ALL THE FOLKS HAVE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS OR REALLY JUST GOT VALIDATED, THAT THERE WERE NO TRUE SURPRISES HERE. SO THAT WAS NEAT FOR ME TO READ. ANYWAY. SO YOU KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY. THAT'S GREAT. YES. I WILL SAY IT WAS KIND OF SURPRISING. WHY DID YOU MOVE HERE? BECAUSE PEOPLE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND MOVING HERE BECAUSE OF THAT.

BUT TO SEE MAJORITY OF THAT WAS AFFORDABILITY AND HOUSING AND COMMUNITY CHARACTER AND LIFESTYLE. SO THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING FOR ME TO SEE THAT BREAK DOWN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I EXPECTED IT TO BE, BUT THEY DID RANK YOUR RESIDENTS. DO RANK YOUR K THROUGH 12. YES. IT'S VERY GOOD. IT'S JUST OF THE PEOPLE WHO RESPOND TO HEAR HOW IT BROKE OUT. YES. INTERESTING. SO THANK YOU. YEAH I JUST WANT TO SAY SOMETHING THAT AFFORDABILITY NUMBER I THINK THAT'S KIND OF A SKEWED NUMBER. I THINK THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING HERE FROM CALIFORNIA. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVING OUT FROM AUSTIN COMING OUT HERE. SO IT IS AFFORDABLE. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT REALLY REPRESENTS WHAT THE CITY, WHAT REPRESENTS IN THE CITY. BUT I THINK ALL THE OTHER THINGS KIND OF. BUT THOSE ARE THE WHAT THE RESIDENTS ARE SAYING BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY CAME FROM. BUT I THINK THAT IT REALLY DOES VALIDATE THE THINGS THAT WE THINK ARE IMPORTANT AS A COUNCIL THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND, AND THINGS. IT IS IT'S IT'S GOOD TO SEE. AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD BENCHMARK TO CONTINUE WORKING ON. I KNOW WHEN I BROUGHT IT FORWARD, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO GET SOMETHING THAT WE COULD GO TO NEXT YEAR AND SEE WHAT IT IS. IT IS INTERESTING THE THE SAMPLE FOR THE RANDOM VERSUS THE, THE INFORMED PEOPLE BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, IT KIND OF DOES TREND. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE KIND OF THEY HAVE THEY'RE NOT THE SAME PERCENTAGES, BUT THEY'RE TRENDING UP. AND SO THERE'S A VARIANCE IN THERE. HOW DO WE GET A BIGGER RANDOM SAMPLE. YOU KNOW, REALLY GET A BETTER RANDOM SAMPLE ON THESE THINGS BECAUSE BECAUSE WE KIND OF DISCOUNT THE, THE, THE COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, IF THE PEOPLE THAT THEY INFORM PEOPLE TO GO BECAUSE IN WHAT YOU'RE SHOWING US IS WE'RE REALLY THE RANDOM SAMPLES WHERE WE REALLY THINK THE MEAT OF IT IS. RIGHT? YES. YEAH. HOW DO WE GET A BETTER RANDOM SAMPLE TO GET THAT? I KNOW WE HAVE 8% VARIANCE THERE. HOW DO YOU GET IT DOWN TO 4 OR 3 FOUR. HOW DO CITIES DO THAT. SURE. AND SO ONE ONE WAY TO DO IT IS NOT TO BE IN TEXAS. TEXAS HAS THE WORST RESPONSE RATE OF ALL THE STATES. NATIONAL AVERAGE RESPONSE RATE IS 13%, TEXAS IS SEVEN AND A HALF. AND SO IT IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER. BUT THAT'S PROBABLY NOT

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STATISTICALLY IT WORKS. I UNDERSTAND WHY IT JUST DOESN'T TOTALLY CALIBRATE IN OUR HEAD.

AND SO IF WE CAN SAMPLE MORE PEOPLE AND IF WE CAN DO TEXT, AND THEN THE LAST WAY IS THE CITY. IF THE CITY IS VERY ACTIVE IN PROMOTING, HEY, IF YOU'VE BEEN SENT THIS SURVEY, PLEASE FILL IT OUT LIKE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE, BUT THEN YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO BIAS PEOPLE. BECAUSE IF I ONLY SIT AT WALMART AND TELL THE PEOPLE AT WALMART ARE H-E-B, I GUESS FOR Y'ALL, IF YOU SIT AT H-E-B AND SAY, HEY, IF YOU GOT THE SURVEY, PLEASE DO IT. YOU'RE PROBABLY GETTING A BIASED GROUP THAT'S GOING TO THAT H-E-B VERSUS A GROUP GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND HOPEFULLY, OH, I'M SORRY, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY HOPEFULLY WE ACTUALLY GET TO DO THIS AGAIN LATER. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME. SO WE PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE AS MUCH PARTICIPATION AS WE WANTED. BUT NEXT TIME WE WILL. I'M SURE WHEN THE FACT THAT Y'ALL HAD SO MANY OPEN PARTICIPATION THAT SHOWS LIKE IT WAS, THERE WAS SOME TREND GOING TOWARDS PEOPLE BEING INTERESTED IN THIS. AND YOU STARTED THE THE MAILERS WERE EARLY MAY AND THE OPEN WAS A LITTLE LATER MAY. AND SO PEOPLE I ASSUME, WERE STARTING TO HEAR ABOUT IT AND WANTED TO PARTAKE IN IT. BLESS YOU. THANK YOU. SO ECHO WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID HERE ABOUT THIS BEING A GREAT TOOL FOR US TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WELL, WHERE WE NEED TO IMPROVE. I'M CURIOUS ON THE SURVEY METHODOLOGY. SO WERE Y'ALL USING LIKE THESE FIVE DISTRICTS WITHIN LEANDER AND YOUR INITIAL REACH OUT TO SURVEY PARTICIPANTS, OR WAS THIS ONLY DURING THE OPEN PARTICIPATION SURVEY? SO AND NEITHER OF THEM WERE WE PURPOSELY REACHING OUT TO THESE ZONES AND THE SCIENTIFICALLY VALID ONE. THEN WE TAKE ALL HOUSEHOLDS WITHIN THE ZIP CODES OF LEANDER, AND WE ELIMINATE ANYONE WHO'S OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDARIES OF LEANDER. AND SO WE'RE THEN RANDOMLY SAMPLING FROM EVERY HOUSEHOLD WITHIN LEANDER. SO IT'S NOT SPECIFIC TO THESE ZONES, BUT DEFINITELY PEOPLE IN THESE ZONES. SO IT WASN'T BY LIKE AGE, SEX, INCOME LEVELS, ETCETERA. CORRECT? NO, WE DON'T START TO PICK THAT UNLESS COMMUNITIES WANT TO DO THAT. AND SOME COMMUNITIES WANT WANT MIGHT WANT TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO HEAR FROM A SPECIFIC DEMOGRAPHIC. I ACTUALLY WOULD BE CURIOUS ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, FUTURE SURVEY WOULD BE REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR ENTIRE CITY BECAUSE THERE'S DIFFERENT INCOME LEVELS, THERE'S DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY THAT HAVE, I THINK, DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT LEVELS, DIFFERENT INCOME LEVELS, DIFFERENT RATES OF PARTICIPATION VOTING. SO FOR SURE, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'D BE INTERESTING TO ME. YEAH. AND IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT THE TABLEAU REPORT OR THE PDF, IT DOES BREAK IT DOWN BY DEMOGRAPHIC OF HERE'S THE AND WE, WE BREAK IT DOWN BY RACE, BY AGE, BY GENDER, BY INCOME. AND DID YOU RENT OR OWN, DO YOU RENT OR OWN A HOME.

AND THERE'S LIKE TWO OTHERS THAT WE DO. GOTCHA. THANK YOU. SO SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THOUGH IS THAT SO IF WE DID WANT, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY YOU COULD BOUNDARY THESE AND DO FIVE DIFFERENT SURVEYS, THE SAME SURVEY AND THEN MELD THEM TOGETHER. AND YOU COULD ACTUALLY SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF THE CITY. IF YOU HAD IF YOU IF YOU COULD ACCEPT THE OPEN PARTICIPATION. WE BROKE IT INTO THIS. AND SO YOU MET ON THE RANDOM. SO YOU COULD DO RANDOM SURVEYS WITHIN EACH ZONE. YOU COULD AND ACTUALLY ROLL UP WHAT THE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THOSE AREAS. YES. YES, SIR. AND WE COULD DO THAT WITH THE SOFTWARE WE HAVE. I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE THESE FIVE. AWESOME. JUST A QUESTION ON THE NEXT STEPS WHERE YOU HAVE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. IS THERE ANY. I WANT TO SAY RESTRICTION, BUT IS IT FIVE. IS IT TEN. IS IT AS MANY AS WE WANT? I MEAN, HOW MANY TIMES CAN WE DO THIS? SO WE FIND WHEN COMMUNITIES ARE DOING IT ONCE A MONTH, THAT'S ABOUT IDEAL BECAUSE IT'S NOT OVERBURDENING PEOPLE, BUT IT IS KEEPING THEM ENGAGED. AND SO AND THEN HOW MANY QUESTIONS TO ASK IN THAT MONTH. THE LONGER SURVEY RESEARCH SHOWS THAT IF I ASK A QUESTION THAT IS MORE THAN FOUR QUESTIONS, LESS THAN FOUR, THAT'S ONE TIER OF PEOPLE THAT'LL DO IT MORE THAN FOUR.

AND THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH COMMITTED FOR A WHILE. THAT DOESN'T WORK 100% OF THE TIME, BUT SO IF YOU WANTED THE MOST PEOPLE, I WOULD DO IT ONCE A MONTH AT MOST. FOUR QUESTIONS.

BUT THEN YOU ALSO OFTEN WANT TO HAVE INFORMATION YOU'RE GIVING THEM. AND SO IF I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE THEM A TON OF INFORMATION, WHICH YOU CAN DO ON THIS, I GIVE THEM A MAP, I GIVE THEM A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT PROS AND CONS. THE MORE RESEARCH THEY HAVE TO DO OR READ THROUGH, THE LESS LIKELY THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO ANSWER MORE QUESTIONS THAN THAT ONE TOPIC. SO MONTHLY IS GREAT A GREAT CADENCE OKAY. THANK YOU. PLACE ONE I WAS JUST GOING TO

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APPRECIATE IT. HEY MERRY CHRISTMAS. ITEM 31. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON ORDINANCE

[31. Discuss and consider action on Ordinance Case OR-25-0035 amending Article 12.08, which governs Roadway Impact Fees (RIF) to adopt exemptions from assessment of additional impact fees due to increase in service units under certain circumstances; providing a definition for small business; providing for open meetings and effective date; and providing for related matters. ]

I COULD GET THAT AND SEND IT OUT TO YOU GUYS, BUT I JUST. SORRY I WASN'T PREPARED FOR THAT ONE. NO, IT'S OKAY. THAT'S FINE. OKAY. WE NEED A MOTION ON THIS ITEM. OR IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR DEFINITION, WE NEED TO MAKE ANY CHANGES. WE COULD DO THAT AS WELL. NO, I THINK WE WENT OVER UNLESS THEY WANTED TO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT IT. WE DID. I MENTIONED WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT I THINK THAT THE LANGUAGE ON SMALL BUSINESS NUMBER SIX, WHILE SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES IS A LARGER KIND OF CONTEXT. I THINK IN MY READ, THE SPECIFICITY, THE SPECIFICITY OF VAPE SHOPS AND GAME ROOMS, I THINK IS TOO RESTRICTIVE, IN MY OPINION, JUST FROM A LANGUAGE PERSPECTIVE. I THINK THAT, AGAIN, CATEGORIZATION THERE WOULD BE BETTER FOR US IN THE LONG RUN. IT DOESN'T LOCK US INTO SOMETHING THERE. AND AND WE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A HOLISTIC VERBIAGE THERE, INSTEAD OF SPECIFYING THOSE TWO SPECIFIC BUSINESS USES. I JUST THINK THAT'S PRUDENT. I WILL DEFER TO STAFF ON THAT. BUT THAT WOULD BE THE ONE AREA THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE TIGHTENED UP A LITTLE BIT. SO WHEN WE REVIEWED THE ORDINANCE, THOSE ARE THE THREE DEFINED TERMS FROM THE ZONING ORDINANCE. WE COULD LOOK AT ADDING A CATEGORY AND WE COULD AMEND THIS WHEN WE DO THAT, JUST TO MAKE THEM ALL CONSISTENT. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO SAY, I KNOW THIS WAS AN ITEM I BROUGHT UP SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU GOT DONE ON THIS AND GOT IT DONE IN TIME FOR MY LAST MEETING. SO THAT'S OFF MY TO DO LIST. AND BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY GOOD FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES IS GOING TO BE A BENEFIT TO OUR TO PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DO BUSINESS HERE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NO.

ANYTHING ELSE? IS THAT A MOTION, SIR? WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. OH. HOLD ON.

OH. OH, OKAY. I LEFT I LEFT THREE WORDS OFF OF THAT ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE JUST NEED TO ADD TO BE REFUNDED AT THE END OF THAT NEW PROVISION. SO IF IT GETS APPROVED WITHOUT AMENDED LANGUAGE, OKAY. TO BE REFUNDED. IS THE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE. YES OKAY. SO I'LL

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[32. Discuss and consider action on the annual appointment of the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) No. 1 Board Chair for a term from January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026.]

I BELIEVE WE MAKE THIS APPOINTMENT EVERY DECEMBER. SO SO WE WOULD REVIEW THIS AGAIN MOVING FORWARD. CITY COUNCIL HAS AN OPTION IN TERMS OF WHO YOU WOULD LIKE TO POINT. SO IT CAN BE ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL. YOU CAN APPOINT STAFF, YOU CAN APPOINT ANYONE FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU FEEL IS QUALIFIED FOR THIS POSITION. I WILL SAY THAT THE COUNTY IS ALSO A PARTNER IN OUR TOURS, AND THEY DO HAVE A SEAT ON THE BOARD AS WELL, SO I THINK IT'D BE VERY APPROPRIATE TO CONTINUE THE TRADITION TO HAVE ONE OF OUR CITY COUNCIL ELECTED MEMBERS THERE TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP A PEER TO PEER RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR OTHER PARTNERS IN THE TOURS ORGANIZATION. SO WITH THAT, IT'S MAYOR PRO TEM. IT'S UP TO YOU AND COUNCIL DISCUSS WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO DO. YES, I WOULD LIKE TO SERVE IN THAT. BUT I ALSO SAW WE HAVE THE OPTION TO ADD A VICE CHAIR, AND I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND COUNCILMAN HERRERA TO SERVE AS THE VICE CHAIR SO THAT IF I WERE UNABLE TO BE AT A MEETING, FOR WHATEVER REASON, HE WOULD STEP IN. AND I'VE ASKED HIM IF THAT WAS OKAY, AND HE SAID HE WAS OKAY WITH THAT. SO IF THE REST OF COUNCIL IS OKAY WITH THAT, I'M SORRY THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY, IT'S IN THE PAPERWORK THAT THAT'S AN OPTION. IS THERE A QUESTION? TO THE BOARD AS VICE CHAIR? SO. WE HAVE WE JUST WE HAVE A IT'S A IT'S A FIVE MEMBER BOARD. YEAH IT'S A FIVE IT'S A FIVE MEMBER BOARD. AND SO IF WE HAVE ONE ONE VACANCY WE'VE GOT ONE APPOINTMENT.

RIGHT. I'M JUST SAYING THERE THERE WAS AN OPTION FOR A VICE CHAIR ALSO, I GUESS A PERSON WHO WOULD STEP IN IF THE APPOINTED PERSON CAN'T BE THERE, IS IT. THAT'S FOR A SITTING. IS IT FROM THE OTHER FIVE THAT ARE ALREADY THERE IS HOW IT IS. YES. OKAY. THAT DIDN'T SEEM VERY CLEAR. OKAY. YEAH. I THINK THE I THINK THE QUESTION THE CONCERN WOULD BE IF YOU HAVE AN ALTERNATE, CAN AN ALTERNATE BE APPOINTED TO THIS. AND. NO, NO THE THE STATUTE DOESN'T. AND THE ORDINANCE THAT ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH DOESN'T ALLOW FOR AN ALTERNATE FOR ALTERNATE. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. I WITHDRAW MY MOTION WITH THAT. MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND COUNCIL MEMBER HERRERA BECAUSE HE ACTUALLY SERVED ON THE TOURS PRIOR TO JOINING COUNCIL. SO HE DOES HAVE THAT BACKGROUND AND EVEN HEAR HIM SPEAK IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. I BELIEVE THAT MAYBE HE MIGHT BE THE BEST QUALIFIED FROM OUR DAIS. I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MCDONALD'S RECOMMENDATION, GIVEN THAT THERE ARE SOME ELECTIONS COMING UP. I'D ALSO LIKE TO ENSURE THAT WE'VE CONTINUITY, REGARDLESS OF THAT ELECTION OUTCOME. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. IT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. ITEM 33 DISCUSSING CONSIDER ACTION ON

[33. Discuss and consider action on a Resolution expressing support for a collaborative partnership with the City of Cedar Park for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day March and Celebration, and the Juneteenth Block Party Events; making findings of fact; and providing an effective date.]

TONIGHT, I'M HERE TO PRESENT A RESOLUTION THAT REFLECTS OUR COMMITMENT TO REGIONAL COLLABORATION AND CULTURAL CELEBRATION. STAFF IS SEEKING YOUR SUPPORT FOR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF CEDAR PARK TO JOINTLY HOST TWO MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY EVENTS THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAY MARCH AND CELEBRATION AND THE JUNETEENTH BLOCK PARTY. THIS RESOLUTION AFFIRMS THE CITY OF LANDERS SUPPORT FOR COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH CEDAR PARK TO PLAN AND HOST THESE EVENTS. IN 2026, THE MLK EVENT WILL BE HELD IF APPROVED,

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REGARDLESS OF THE WEATHER, THE JUNETEENTH BLOCK PARTY WILL CONTINUE TO BE HOSTED IN LEANDER AT ROBIN BLEDSOE PARK. CITY. LEADERSHIP AND STAFF FROM BOTH LEANDER AND CEDAR PARK HAVE BEEN IN ACTIVE COMMUNICATIONS AND ARE ALIGNED WITH THIS JOINT INITIATIVE.

LPAC DID CONSIDER AND APPROVE SUPPORT FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP DURING ITS OCTOBER 8TH, 2025 MEETING, AND IT WAS A UNANIMOUS MOTION. THIS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES STAFF TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH CEDAR PARK AND OTHER COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO ENSURE THE SUCCESSFUL, SUCCESSFUL PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF BOTH EVENTS. FORMALIZING OUR COMMITMENT TO THIS PARTNERSHIP, AND PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK FOR MOVING FORWARD, AND I AM HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. WELL, THANK OVER TO YOU. TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND ON HOW THIS ALL STARTED. BACK IN 22, WHEN THE EVENT WENT OFF THE FIRST EVENT, I WAS APPROACHED A FEW TIMES BY THE MAYOR OF CEDAR PARK TO FIND A WAY TO COLLABORATE TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THESE EVENTS TOGETHER, SINCE WE HAVE A PRETTY CLOSE COMMUNITY BETWEEN CEDAR PARK AND LEANDER, AND SO MANY PEOPLE ARE OVERLAPPING AND COMING TO THESE EVENTS, SO THEY WANTED TO FIGURE OUT SOME WAY THAT WE COULD PARTNER TOGETHER. AND SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT AT LEAST FOR 2026, WE WERE ABLE TO FIGURE THAT OUT, THAT COLLABORATION. AND IT IS AN ANNUAL AGREEMENT. SO WE CAN DECIDE EACH YEAR WHAT THE BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD IS. AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL INCLUDE SOME SURVEYS OF PEOPLE THAT ATTEND THOSE EVENTS TO SEE WHAT THEY LIKE ABOUT IT. IF THERE'S ANYTHING THEY WOULD CHANGE SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW WE MOVE FORWARD EVERY YEAR. BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR WORKING ON THIS. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. AND WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. OH. DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THESE ARE GREAT EVENTS THAT WE HAVE THERE, LEANDER. EVENTS. WE AS A CITY, WE DON'T HAVE THINGS THAT UNIQUELY IDENTIFY US. AND WE KIND OF SIT IN THE SHADOWS OF CEDAR PARK. AND WHILE I THINK IT'S NICE THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHARE THIS EVENT WITH THEM, I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE IMPORTANT EVENTS TO LEANDER.

THEY BRING PEOPLE TO LEANDER. IT I MEAN, WE HAVE VERY FEW THINGS THAT TURN US INTO A DESTINATION. AND SO WHILE I THINK IT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR TO DO IT THIS YEAR, I THINK THAT IF THESE EVENTS ARE IMPORTANT TO US, I THINK WE NEED TO COME UP WITH A PLAN, FACILITIES AND THINGS TO HOST THESE IN THE FUTURE. AND, AND, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, I KNOW, ESPECIALLY ON MLK ONE, IS THAT WE WANT TO MARCH, WE WANT TO GO DOWN STREETS. AND SO WE NEED TO GET THAT ACCOMMODATED AND WHATEVER AND FIND A LOCATION WHERE WE CAN HOST THE PEOPLE AND THEN BUILD A LOCATION WHERE WE CAN DO IT. SO I WELL, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS ONLY FOR THIS YEAR. AND NEXT YEAR WE'RE HOSTING AGAIN AND WE HOST OUR EVENTS. WE BUILD OUR EVENTS, THEY BUILD THEIR EVENTS. I JUST I'M JUST I WANT A LITTLE CIVIC PRIDE IN LEANDER. I JUST I'M JUST SAYING THAT AND I APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS HOW IS THE EVENT PRESENTED? AND IT IS THE LEANDER CEDAR PARK MLK EVENT.

SO IT'S NOT IT DOESN'T CHANGE BECAUSE IT'S IN CEDAR PARK NECESSARILY. BUT WE DID THINK IT WAS A WAY TO BE ABLE TO, SINCE THEY HAVE THE FACILITY TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE MORE PEOPLE ON THE INSIDE, THAT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD USE OF A GOOD WAY TO PROMOTE THIS EVENT FOR 2026. SO LIKE I SAID, IT'S A IT'S AN AGREEMENT THAT CAN BE CHANGED IF IT NEEDS TO BE, BUT IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THE PUBLIC'S RESPONSE IS ON BOTH SIDES AFTER THIS EVENT HAPPENS IN 2026. SO BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT, I APPRECIATE IT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION AS IT RELATES TO THE VOLUNTEER CORES THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THESE. I KNOW THE VOLUNTEER WOULD I'M SORRY, THE CORE OF VOLUNTEERS, RIGHT. BECAUSE I KNOW AT LEAST MY EXPERIENCE SO FAR HAS BEEN THAT THERE'S A STRONG LEANDER COMPONENT TO THE VOLUNTEERS TO EXECUTE THESE TWO EVENTS, ALONG WITH CITY STAFF'S EFFORTS.

OBVIOUSLY, I'M CURIOUS IF WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT IN CEDAR PARK, LIKE, IS THERE IS THERE ALREADY

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[34. Council Member Closing Statements.]

I WISH YOU A VERY PROSPEROUS AND JOYOUS NEW YEAR. ALL RIGHT, PLAY SIX. THANK YOU DAVID.

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AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO END WITH SOMETHING WE EVERYBODY WAS AT THE WELL, NOT EVERYBODY. A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE AT THE WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA EVENT ON SATURDAY, AND THERE WAS A YOUNG GENTLEMAN THERE THAT FELL FORWARD AND INJURED HIMSELF. AND I KNOW AT THE TIME IT WAS SAID, OH, HE JUST FAINTED. AND IT WAS KIND OF MADE NOT A BIG DEAL. BUT HE DID, YOU KNOW, ENDURE SOME INJURIES. HE BROKE HIS JAW IN THREE PLACES. AND SO HE HIS MOUTH IS WIRED SHUT. AND SO THERE IS A GOFUNDME FOR HIM. AND SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN DONATING, I WOULD SAY SEARCH FOR HIS HIS NAME IS JOSHUA AND WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA AND LEANDER AND YOU'LL FIND THAT INFORMATION. BUT WE DO WANT TO EXTEND OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO HIS FAMILY. AND WE WANT TO PRAY FOR SPEEDY RECOVERY FROM HIM. HE'S A YOUNG MAN, AND I'M SURE HE DIDN'T GO OUT THERE THAT DAY ANTICIPATING THAT THAT WOULD BE HOW THE EVENT WOULD END. SO WE WANT TO SEND UP PRAYERS FOR HIM. I ALSO WANT TO THANK STAFF. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG DAY. Y'ALL WERE OUT AT KALAHARI AT THE WILCO GROWTH SUMMIT AND SO WAS A LOT OF COUNCIL. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR REPRESENTING OUR CITY OUT THERE AT THAT EVENT AND THEN BEING HERE LATE WITH US TONIGHT. SO THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT, I HOPE EVERYBODY ENJOYS THEIR CHRISTMAS AND THEIR NEW YEARS.

AND GOOD NIGHT. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.