[1. Open Meeting.]
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          2026 AND THE TIME IS 6 P.M. AND THIS IS THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL. 
          CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL? COUNCILMEMBER STEPHEN CHANG, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL HERRERA HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BLAIR PRESENT. MAYOR PRO TEM NICOLE THOMPSON, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW NORDIN HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BECKY ROSS HERE. ALL RIGHT. QUORUM IS PRESENT AND THE CITY COUNCIL IS ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS. ITEM 
          [3. Receive presentation regarding citywide wildfire adaptive community initiative.]
THREE WILL RECEIVE A PRESENTATION REGARDING CITYWIDE WILDFIRE ADAPTIVE COMMUNITY INITIATIVE. ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF FIRE MARSHAL DAVIS BOARD. WELCOME. I THINK. IS IT ON? YEAH. HOW ARE YOU GUYS? GOOD EVENING. SO IT SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT LOW. IS IT ON OR IS IT JUST ME NOT OKAY TALKING? THAT SOUNDS BETTER. I JUST GOT TO PUT MY MOUTH ON IT. SO? SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY MANAGER. I AM JOSHUA DAVIS, YOUR FIRE MARSHAL. 
          AND I'M HONORED TO PRESENT A STRATEGIC PLAN. SPECIFICALLY, THE PLAN IS GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON A FIRE ADAPTED LEANDER. SO TONIGHT I'LL TALK. I'LL KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK THAT WILL TRANSFORM HOW OUR COMMUNITY PREPARES FOR AND RESPONDS TO, AND RECOVERS FROM WILDFIRE THREATS. THIS ISN'T SIMPLY A FIRE DEPARTMENT INITIATIVE. AS WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL SEE THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PRESENTATION, A FIRE ADAPTED LEANDER BRINGS TOGETHER THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. SO, AS WITH ANY SUCCESSFUL PLAN, IT STARTS WITH A CLEAR VISION AND A MISSION. SO LET ME JUST KIND OF WALK THROUGH OURS AS AS WE PUT IT TOGETHER TO PREPARE THIS PLAN. SO OUR VISION IS FOR LEANDER TO BE A WELL INFORMED, PREPARED, RESILIENT COMMUNITY THAT CREATES A FIRE ADAPTED ENVIRONMENT CAPABLE OF WITHSTANDING A MAJOR WILDLAND FIRE, ENSURING PROTECTION OF LIFE, PROPERTY, AND THE NATURAL CHARACTER AND DIVERSITY OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY THAT WE LOVE. OUR MISSION IS SPECIFIC AND ACTIONABLE. WE WILL PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY BY BECOMING FIRE ADAPTED THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION. IMPLEMENTATION OF DATA DRIVEN VEGETATION MANAGEMENT, PROMOTING DEFENSIBLE SPACE AND IGNITION RESISTANT BUILDING METHODS, PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY EDUCATION, AND PROVIDING EARLY WARNING AND EVACUATION SYSTEMS. CRITICALLY, THIS MISSION IS ACHIEVED THROUGH ONGOING COLLABORATION WITH OUR RESIDENTS, PARTNERING AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY GROUPS. NO SINGLE ENTITY CAN ACCOMPLISH THIS MISSION ALONE. IT TRULY TAKES A WHOLE COMMUNITY APPROACH. SO BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, I WANT TO DEFINE A TERM THAT MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR IT QUITE A BIT THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION. THAT IS WHO WE W I. AND IT STANDS FOR WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE. SO THE WUI IS A ZONE WHERE THE HOMES AND THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INTERMINGLE AND MIXED WITH THE UNDEVELOPED WILDLANDS AND THE VEGETATION THAT CREATES A TRANSITION AREA WHERE WILDLAND FIRE RISKS EXIST. 
          SO THE IMAGES YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT ILLUSTRATE THE IMPACT OF THE WUI IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WILDFIRE MOVES THROUGH THAT INTERFACE. UNDERSTANDING THE ESSENTIAL, BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE THAT RISK LIVES. THIS IS WHERE WE NEED TO FOCUS OUR EFFORTS. AND YOU'LL SEE IN THE NEXT SLIDE THAT LEANDER HAS GROWN DIRECTLY INTO THIS RISK ZONE. THIS SLIDE REALLY IS INTENDED TO TELL A STORY OF LEANDER'S TRANSFORMATION. SO IN THE LATE 1800S, LEANDER WAS A SMALL COMMUNITY OF ABOUT 3 TO 500 PEOPLE. AND BY 1985 WE REACHED ABOUT 3500. BY 2022, THE POPULATION HAD EXPLODED TO 76 TO 80,000 RESIDENTS. DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU SOURCED YOUR INFORMATION. AND AS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING CITIES IN THE US, WE'VE CONTINUED TO EXPAND INTO THE HILL COUNTRY, WHERE THAT RESIDENTIAL DENSITY NOW FREQUENTLY INTERMINGLES WITH THAT FIRE PRONE VEGETATIVE FUEL ENVIRONMENT. APPROXIMATELY 27,000 PROPERTIES IN LEANDER ARE AT RISK OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS OF BEING EXPOSED INTO THAT ENVIRONMENT. THIS COMES FROM THE FIRST STREET FOUNDATIONS WILDFIRE RISK AND CLIMATE RISK REPORT. THAT'S THE SAME DATA THAT IS USED BY INSURANCE COMPANIES AND BY FEMA. 
          SO THIS ISN'T A FUTURE PROBLEM. THIS IS A PRESENT DAY REALITY THAT DEMANDS OUR ATTENTION TODAY. SO LET'S LOOK A LITTLE BIT AT THE DATA FROM THE USDA, USDA, FOREST SERVICE, WILDFIRE 
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RISK TO COMMUNITIES TOOL. THIS MAP SHOWS WILDFIRE WILDFIRE LIKELIHOOD ACROSS OUR REGION. 
          SO THE DARKER COLORS ON THE MAP INDICATE A HIGHER PROBABILITY. AND MUCH OF OUR JURISDICTION, AS YOU CAN SEE, FALLS WITHIN THE MODERATE TO HIGH RANGE. SO THE KEY FINDING IS LEANDER HAS A HIGHER AVERAGE LIKELIHOOD OF WILDFIRES. AND 50% OF THE COMMUNITIES IN TEXAS. SO WHAT DOES WILDFIRE LIKELIHOOD MEAN? IT'S THE PROBABILITY OF A WILDFIRE BURNING IN ANY GIVEN YEAR. SO IT ISN'T INTENDED TO BE A PREDICTIVE TOOL, AND IT DOES NOT REFLECT ANY CURRENT FORECASTED WEATHER OR FIRE CONDITIONS, BUT MORE OR LESS GIVING US AN IDEA OF WHERE THAT PROBABILITY EXISTS. BUT IT DOES IN FACT DEMONSTRATE THAT IT ISN'T A QUESTION OF IF A WILDFIRE WOULD THREATEN OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S A QUESTION OF WHEN. AND PLEASE UNDERSTAND THIS MAP DOESN'T ACCOUNT FOR THE CONTINUED GROWTH THAT WE'RE SEEING INTO THE WUI, WHICH IS INCREASING OUR EXPOSURE EVERY YEAR. THIS PARTICULAR MAP SHOWS SOMETHING EVEN MORE IMPORTANT FOR OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING THE RISK REDUCTION ZONES. THE USDA FOREST SERVICE CATEGORIZES WILDFIRE EXPOSURE INTO FOUR LEVELS MINIMAL EXPOSURE, WHICH IS THE LIGHT GRAY HOMES NOT LIKELY TO BE SUBJECTED TO WILDFIRE. INDIRECT EXPOSURE. THE YELLOW HOMES MAY BE IGNITED BY INDIRECT SOURCES SUCH AS EMBERS AND HOME TO HOME IGNITION. DIRECT EXPOSURE. THE RED HOMES MAY BE IGNITED BY ADJACENT FLAMMABLE VEGETATION, AS WELL AS INDIRECT SOURCES. 
          AND LASTLY, THE WILDFIRE TRANSMISSION ORANGE AREAS WHERE FLAMMABLE VEGETATION MAY EXPOSE HOMES TO WILDFIRE. SO HOMES AND OTHER BUILDINGS IN LA ARE PREDOMINANTLY EXPOSED TO WILDFIRE. IN A COMBINATION OF BOTH THE DIRECT AND INDIRECT EXPOSURE ZONES. AS YOU CAN SEE AROUND THE PERIMETER ON THE MAP. SO RISK REDUCTION ZONES ARE THE AREAS WHERE OUR MITIGATION ACTIVITIES WILL BE MOST EFFECTIVE AT PROTECTING HOMES FROM THE WILDFIRE. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF DATA DRIVEN INFORMATION THAT WE WILL USE TO FOCUS OUR RESOURCES AND EFFORTS AS PART OF THIS STRATEGIC PLAN. SO THE 2011 FIRE SEASON, FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH IT. IT WAS A IT WAS A TOUGH SEASON. SO IT RANGED FROM NOVEMBER 15TH, 2010 TO OCTOBER 31ST, 2011. THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 28,000 FIRES THAT OCCURRED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. ALMOST 4000 OR 4 MILLION, EXCUSE ME? ACRES THAT WERE BURNED. OVER 2800 HOMES WERE DESTROYED, 1939 OF THEM ON LABOR DAY WEEKEND ALONE, 47.3% OF THE TOTAL ACRES BURNED. AND SIX OF THE LARGEST FIRES ON RECORD FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS OCCURRED WITHIN THIS SEASON. SO IN LEANDER, WE EXPERIENCED OUR OWN 2011. BOTH THE HORSESHOE AND MOONGLOW FIRES, TWO LARGE FIRES THAT OCCURRED WITHIN THE WITHIN THE CITY, BURNING 330 ACRES, 26 HOMES DESTROYED, AND NUMEROUS OTHER STRUCTURES DAMAGED. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE IMAGES THAT ARE ON THE SCREEN NOW, THE COMMUNITY THAT'S ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE INTERMINGLING OF THAT INTERFACE. AND THEN THE AFTERMATH OF THE HORSESHOE FIRE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. THE MOONGLOW FIRE. THIS IS ACTUALLY TAKEN BY A CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT DURING FIRE OPERATIONS. AND THEN ON THE LEFT WAS THE EARLY PROGRESSION, AND ON THE RIGHT WAS LATER IN THE INCIDENT AS THEY CAME BACK AROUND ABOUT THE FOURTH TIME, I BELIEVE, ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE. THESE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN IN TRYING TO TO MITIGATE. 
          SO THESE GROUND LEVEL IMAGES ARE EQUALLY DISASTROUS. AND ON THE LEFT YOU'LL SEE FLAMES ENTERING INTO THE CROWNS OR THE TOPS OF THE TREES DIRECTLY BEHIND A HOME. AND ON THE RIGHT YOU WILL SEE WHAT REMAINS. AFTER THE FIRE ENGULFED THE HOME, LEAVING ONLY THE GARAGE DOOR STANDING AMID COMPLETE DESTRUCTION. AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS GONE. SO THIS WAS 
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SOMEONE'S HOME. THEIR MEMORIES, SENSE OF SECURITY. AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING TO PREVENT WITH THIS PLAN. SO WHAT MAKES LEANDER PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE? THIS IS THE REALITY OF DEVELOPMENT IN OUR AREA, DEVELOPMENT SURROUNDED BY DENSE VEGETATION. SO ON THE RIGHT IS AN EXAMPLE OF COMMON VEGETATION THAT DOMINATES OUR NATURAL AREAS. AND THAT IS THE SOMETHING THAT WE PROBABLY SEE QUITE A BIT IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO OUR LANDSCAPE IS BEAUTIFUL. 
          IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY PEOPLE MOVE HERE, BUT IT'S ALSO INHERENTLY FIRE PRONE. THIS NEXT SLIDE SHOWS US JUST WHY. SO ASKED JUNIPER WHAT WE COMMONLY REFER TO AS CEDAR IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS WILDFIRE FUELS IN CENTRAL TEXAS. CEDAR TREES CONTAIN A RESINOUS SAP AND VOLATILE OILS WITH LOW BOILING POINTS, MAKING VEGETATION IGNITE EASILY AND BURN INTENSELY. THEY CAN LITERALLY EXPLODE INTO FLAMES. THE GROWTH HABIT OF CEDAR TREES IS IDEAL FOR SPREADING GROUND FIRES INTO THE TREE. CANOPIES AND DENSE FOLIAGE CREATE WHAT WE CALL LADDER FUELS THAT CARRY FIRE FROM THE GROUND UP INTO THE TOP OF THE TREE. SO WHEN CEDAR BURNS, IT PRODUCES A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF FIREBRANDS, AKA EMBERS, THAT ARE GENERATED FROM THE BARK AND FROM THE THE PINE NEEDLES. AND THESE EMBERS TRAVEL CAN TRAVEL UP TO A MILE AHEAD OF THE FIRE AND CREATE WHAT WE WHAT WE REFER TO AS SPOTTING, WHICH ARE NEW FIRES FAR AHEAD OF THE MAIN FIRE FRONT. SO THE VIDEO YOU'RE SEEING ON THE LEFT DEMONSTRATES HOW QUICKLY CEDAR CAN IGNITE, AND HOW INTENSELY IT BURNS, AND HOW THAT FIRE WILL MOVE UP THROUGH THOSE LADDER FUELS INTO THAT CANOPY. SO WE WITNESSED MANY EXAMPLES OF HOW FIRE TRANSFERS TO STRUCTURES IN REAL TIME DURING THE 2011 FIRES. ONE HAZARD THAT MANY HOMEOWNERS MAY NOT BE AWARE OF IS WICKING FENCES. SO WICKING FENCE IS A COMBUSTIBLE FENCE, TYPICALLY WOOD THAT ACTS LIKE A FUZE, DRAWING ALONG ITS LENGTH AND DIRECTLY TO A HOME OR OTHER STRUCTURE. A WOODEN FENCE CAN SOMETIMES BECOME A PATHWAY THAT CARRIES THAT FIRE DIRECTLY FROM THAT WILDLAND ENVIRONMENT TO THE HOME. HOWEVER, THIS IS A THREAT THAT HOMEOWNERS IN A HIGH HAZARD RISK REDUCTION ZONES CAN ADDRESS, AND THAT'S SEEN IN THE EXAMPLE ON THE RIGHT. THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE THAT CAN BE EMPLOYED. WE DO HAVE THIS WITHIN OUR ORDINANCE AS A AS A RECOMMENDATION, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE EDUCATING ON AS WELL. BUT I WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU THAT OFTEN CHANGES THE WAY MOST PEOPLE THINK ABOUT WILDFIRE. SO THIS IS A DEMONSTRATION PERFORMED BY THE INSURANCE INSTITUTE FOR BUSINESS AND HOME SAFETY. AND IT DEMONSTRATES, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, AN EMBER STORM. SO THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE BURNING EMBERS BOMBARD A STRUCTURE IN A WILDFIRE. SO WHAT THEY'RE SIMULATING NOW IS AND THEY'RE POURING INTO THE I THINK THEY HAVE 150 FANS THAT ARE PRODUCING THE THE WINDS THAT ARE CREATED IN THE WILDFIRE. AND THEN THEY'RE CREATING EMBERS WITH BARK AND OTHER MATERIALS, PINE BARK. SO THEY SIMULATE IT. THEY HAVE A FULL SIZE STRUCTURE THERE, AND THEY SIMULATE VEGETATION IMMEDIATELY UNDERNEATH THE EAVES AROUND THE HOME. AND THEY HAVE DIFFERENT EXTERIOR SURFACES, DIFFERENT ROOF TYPES. 
          AND THEN THEY GO THROUGH THE PRODUCTION OF THE 105. EXCUSE ME. SO HERE'S HERE'S THE CRITICAL FACT MOST HOMES DESTROYED IN WILDFIRES ARE NOT CONSUMED BY THE MAIN FIRE FRONT. 
          SO THERE ISN'T THIS TSUNAMI OF FIRE THAT IS OFTEN DEPICTED. THEY'RE IGNITED BY WIND BLOWN EMBERS THAT CAN TRAVEL THOSE LONG DISTANCES AHEAD OF THE FLAMES. SO AS YOU WATCH THE VIDEO, WATCH HOW THOSE EMBERS FIND THE VULNERABILITIES, THE VENTS, THE GAPS, THE ACCUMULATED DEBRIS AND MATERIALS ON THE ROOF IN THE IN THE IN THE GUTTERS AND ON THE DECKS. AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT IN A SECOND ABOUT ZONES. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT VEGETATION DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, I WANT TO REMEMBER THIS. WHEN WE GO TO THAT SLIDE AND LOOKING AT HOW THAT FLAME IS DEVELOPING AND GOING UP INTO THE EAVE. THE MATERIALS THEMSELVES, AS FAR AS SYNTHETIC VERSUS NATURAL, IF YOU LOOK AT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HOME, THAT IS SYNTHETIC SIDING AND THE LEFT SIDE IS HARDIPLANK OR HARDIE BOARD CEMENT STYLE SIDING, AND HOW IT 
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HOLDS UP IN COMPARISON. ANOTHER THING IS THE THE SYNTHETIC GUTTERS. ONCE THEY HEAT UP, THEY START TO DRIP DOWN AND THEY'RE ON FIRE. SO ANY COMBUSTIBLE VEGETATION THAT YOU MAY HAVE DOWN LOW IS AT RISK. SO THE THE WAY THE FIRES TYPICALLY ENTER IS AS THAT FIRE IS BURNING DOWN LOW AND IT WILL GO UP INTO THAT EAVE SPACE AND WITH THAT DIRECT FLAME IMPINGEMENT OR THAT, THAT CLOSELY ADJACENT RADIANT HEAT, IT PENETRATES INTO THAT ATTIC SPACE. WE DO HAVE REQUIREMENTS RIGHT NOW FOR SCREENING, BUT WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE IS THIS IS EIGHT INCH SCREENING, AND WE'RE STILL SEEING EMBER PRODUCTION ENTERING INTO THAT INTO THAT SPACE. SO THIS IS WHY THE HOME HARDENING AND DEFENSIBLE SPACE IS SO IMPORTANT. WE'RE NOT JUST PROTECTING AGAINST THOSE DIRECT FLAMES. WE'RE PROTECTING AGAINST THAT RELENTLESS, RELENTLESS ASSAULT OF BURNING EMBERS. SO HOW DO WE DEFEND AGAINST THESE THREATS? WE NEED TO THINK IN TERMS OF ZONES. THIS GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATES THE CONCEPT. YOUR HOME AT THE CENTER, SURROUNDED BY CONCENTRIC ZONES OF DEFENSE. 
          EACH ZONE HAS SPECIFIC ACTIONS THAT REDUCE YOUR RISK THE CONDITION OF YOUR HOME AND ITS IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS. WHAT WE CALL THE HOME IGNITION ZONE IS A PRIMARY FACTOR DETERMINING WHETHER YOUR HOME SURVIVES A WILDFIRE. SO LET'S BREAK THIS DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL. SO HOME HOMES IGNITE PRIMARILY FROM THOSE WIND BLOWN EMBERS AND AND DIRECT FLAME IMPINGEMENT WITH THE BURNING MATERIALS DOWN BELOW WITHIN WITHIN THIS FIRST ZONE. SO THAT'S IN YOUR IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS AROUND YOUR HOME. MANAGING THOSE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS. THE HOME IGNITION ZONES IS YOUR MOST EFFECTIVE TOOL. SO ZONE ONE. ZONE ONE IS OUR IMMEDIATE OR EMBER RESISTANT ZONE. THAT'S THE 0 TO 5FT AROUND YOUR HOME. 
          IT SHOULD BE NONCOMBUSTIBLE AND AND EMBER RESISTANT. AND AGAIN THIS IS THE SINGLE MOST CRITICAL FACTOR THAT WE'VE SEEN. STUDY AFTER STUDY IN PREVENTING HOME IGNITION. AND EMBER RESISTANT IS NOT USING COMBUSTIBLE VEGETATION THAT WOULD PRODUCE THOSE EMBERS. SO ZONE TWO. ZONE TWO IS THAT 5 TO 30FT. IT IS THE INTERMEDIATE OR LEAN, CLEAN AND GREEN ZONE. THE GOAL HERE IS TO REMOVE ALL DEAD VEGETATION AND DEBRIS AND MAINTAIN SPACING BETWEEN SHRUBS AND TREES AND OTHER VEGETATION. SO KEEPING THIS AREA GREEN, KEEPING IT CLEAN AND KEEPING IT MAINTAINED IS IMPORTANT. AND THE FINAL ZONE, WHICH IS ZONE THREE, IS THE 30 TO 100FT. THIS IS THE EXTENDED ZONE OF THE REDUCED FUEL ZONE. AND THIS AREA YOU FOCUS ON SPACING AND PRUNING LIMBING UP TREES. WITH THE GOAL OF RESTRICTING FIRE MOVEMENT INTO THE CROWNS, THOSE LADDER FUELS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT MOVE INTO THE CANOPY OR THE TOPS OF THE TREES AND ULTIMATELY REDUCING THAT FIRE INTENSITY ON LARGER PROPERTIES. THIS ZONE IS WHERE MANAGING THE LANDSCAPE TO SLOW THE FIRE SPREAD BEFORE IT REACTS OR REACHES. RATHER, YOUR HOME IS CRITICAL. SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE, THIS DIAGRAM HERE OF WHAT WILL BECOME A CORNERSTONE OF OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION EFFORTS. SO WE CAN SUMMARIZE LEANDER'S WILDLAND THREAT WITH JUST FOUR KEY THINGS. THE RAPID GROWTH OF OUR COMMUNITY INTO THE WUI, THE LIKELIHOOD THAT LEANDER'S TO HAVE A WILDFIRE IS GREATER THAN 77% OF OTHER COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, AND THE FACT THAT THE HISTORY THAT WE HAVE ALREADY, IT'S NOT A MATTER OF IF, IT'S A MATTER OF WHEN TRYING TO MINIMIZE THAT THREAT, AND THEN THE LOCAL HAZARDS THAT INCLUDE TOPOGRAPHY, SLOPE ORIENTATION, THE DENSITY OF THE VEGETATION AND THE TYPES OF VEGETATION. SO OUR SOLUTION IS A FIRE ADAPTED COMMUNITY. SO THE FIRE DEPT COMMUNITY IS A CONCEPT THAT COLLABORATES WITH MANY, WITH MANY STAKEHOLDERS. AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF KEY CONCEPTS. THE FIRE COMMUNITY IS ONE THAT UNDERSTANDS ITS RISK THROUGH EDUCATION, THROUGH KNOWLEDGE THAT IS SHARED, AND IS PROACTIVE IN SHARING THE RESPONSIBILITY ON HOW TO MITIGATE THAT. EMPOWERING THE RESIDENT RESIDENTS AS PART OF THE SOLUTION. A CORE PRINCIPLE IS THAT PRE-FIRE ACTIONS WILL 
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DETERMINE SURVIVAL OF BOTH THE STRUCTURES AS WELL AS AS AS INDIVIDUALS. WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE LEFT THAT ILLUSTRATES HOW WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING WITH FIREWISE WORKS COLLABORATIVELY WITH A FIRE ADAPTED COMMUNITY. SO IF YOU AREN'T AWARE, FIREWISE LIMITS THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT CAN FALL UNDERNEATH ITS UMBRELLA AND ITS RECOGNITION. AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE CANNOT BE AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY THAT IS FIREWISE. AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE BRINGING IN THE FIRE ADAPTED COMMUNITY TO BE AN UMBRELLA OVER THAT AND WORK, WORK TOGETHER. SO OUR FIRE ADAPTED LEANDER FRAMEWORK RESTS ON THREE PILLARS. RESIDENTS ARE EMPOWERED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND TOOLS TO CREATE DEFENSIBLE SPACE AND HARDEN THEIR HOMES AGAINST EMBERS. BECAUSE THEY ARE THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCY THROUGH COMMUNITY DESIGN, BUILDING RESILIENCE INTO THE FABRIC OF OUR COMMUNITY AND MANAGING OUR ECOSYSTEM IN THE PARKS, GREEN BELTS AND OPEN SPACES TO REDUCE FIRE INTENSITY AND SPREAD. SO THIS CONCEPT SHIFTS OUR FOCUS FROM A UNIVERSAL REACTIVE RESPONSE MODEL TO A MORE PROACTIVE SHARED RESPONSIBILITY MODEL. TAKING ACTION NOW TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF WILDFIRE. SO BECOMING A FIRE ADAPTED COMMUNITY REQUIRES THAT WHOLE COMMUNITY APPROACH. SO RESIDENTS IN THE HOSE ARE THAT FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE, CREATING THAT DEFENSIBLE SPACE, HARDENING THE HOMES, ORGANIZING NEIGHBORS TO BECOME RECOGNIZED AS FIREWISE. 
          AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, REGIONAL AND REGIONAL STATE PARTNERS PROVIDE THAT EDUCATION, HOME HARDENING ASSESSMENTS AND EXPERT RESPONSE COORDINATION. SO OUR CITY AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES PROVIDE THAT FRAMEWORK FOR SUCCESS THROUGH POLICIES, CODES, RESOURCES FOR MITIGATION AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. AND THEN OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARE THAT CRITICAL PIECE THAT INCLUDES SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES, FAITH ORGANIZATIONS AND CIVIC GROUPS. 
          SO NO SINGLE ENTITY CAN MAKE LEANDER FIRE ADAPTED. IT TAKES ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER. OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IS BASED ON PRINCIPLES THAT GUIDE OUR DECISIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS, EMPHASIZING OUR COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING A CULTURE OF PREPAREDNESS AND RESILIENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES INCLUDE SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES, DATA INFORMED DECISION MAKING, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EMPOWERMENT, COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIPS, AND PROACTIVE MITIGATION. THESE PRINCIPLES SUPPORT OUR FOUR PROACTIVE GOALS THAT LAY OUT THE GROUNDWORK FOR OUR PLAN. SO GOAL ONE IS STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY WILDFIRE MITIGATION BY REDUCING HAZARDOUS FUELS AND PROMOTING IGNITION RESISTANT HOMES AND LANDSCAPES. GOAL TWO IS ENHANCING WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS AND EARLY DETECTION, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PREPARED BEFORE THE FIRE OCCURS. GOAL THREE IS TO IMPROVE WILDFIRE RESPONSE AND EVACUATION PROCEDURES TO ENSURE A SAFE AND TIMELY, EFFECTIVE RESPONSE AND MITIGATION OF WILDFIRE. LASTLY, GOAL FOUR IS TO CULTIVATE THAT RESILIENCY AND ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY BY CREATING A LASTING, COMMUNITY WIDE CULTURE OF WILDFIRE AWARENESS AND PREPAREDNESS. SO LET'S JUST WALK THROUGH EACH ONE OF THE GOALS THAT YOU WILL HAVE IN YOUR PACKET AND JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT EACH ONE OF THOSE ACTION ITEMS ARE. SO OUR FIRST GOAL AGAIN FOCUSES ON THAT PROACTIVE REDUCING RISK OF A WILDFIRE. OBJECTIVE 1.1 REDUCES HAZARDOUS FUELS BY IMPLEMENTING PRIORITIZED FUEL TREATMENTS AND PARKS AND GREENBELTS. BASED ON OUR COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN, OR CW AND RISK ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, WE WILL FOCUS ON TREATING A CERTAIN NUMBER OF ACRES ANNUALLY, SUPPORTING PRIVATE PROPERTY FUEL REDUCTION THROUGH CHIPPING PROGRAMS AND GRANTS, AND MAINTAINING POWER WITH THE POWER OR VEGETATION LIVING IN THE POWER LINE. RIGHT OF WAYS. THE OBJECTIVE 1.2. WE WILL LAUNCH A CITYWIDE GET IN THE ZONE ZERO CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE THAT CRITICAL 0 TO 5. 
          EMBER RESISTANCE ZONE. AROUND THE HOME, WE'LL OFFER FREE HOME HARDENING AND DEFENSIBLE SPACE EVALUATIONS AND HIGH RISK NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED IN THE CW, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO REVIEW AND UPDATE THE BUILDING AND FIRE CODES AND REQUIRE IGNITION RESISTANT MATERIALS AND DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE WUI. AND LASTLY, WE'RE GOING TO ENHANCE INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE BY ASSESSING HIGH RISK NEIGHBORHOODS FOR EMERGENCY ACCESS ISSUES, ISSUES SUCH AS NARROW ROADS AND DEAD ENDS, AND CONTINUING TO WORK WITH DEVELOPERS TO ENSURE NEW ROADS MEET FIRE CODE STANDARDS, AND ENFORCING CLEAR STREET SIGNS AND VISIBILITY FOR ADDRESSING, WHICH HELPS US EXPEDITE OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE. JUST A 
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COVER WHAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE ON THE LEFT. WHAT THAT MATRIX SHOWS IS THE PROPOSED ANTICIPATED AGENCIES THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED, THE TIMELINES AND PERFORMANCE METRICS FOR EACH ACTION ITEM. THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO IMPLEMENTING THIS PLAN. GOAL TWO IS ABOUT BEING READY BEFORE THE FIRE STARTS. WE WILL CONDUCT A CITYWIDE CAMPAIGN TO BOOST ENROLLMENT IN OUR LOCAL EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM, UTILIZE RED FLAG WARNINGS AS TRIGGERS FOR HEIGHTENED COMMUNITY MESSAGING, AND PROMOTE MULTIPLE REDUNDANT CHANNELS FOR EMERGENCY INFORMATION. WE WILL EMPOWER RESIDENT PREPAREDNESS BY HOSTING ANNUAL READY, SET, GO WORKSHOPS TO EDUCATE RESIDENTS ABOUT DEFENSIBLE SPACE, SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND EARLY EVACUATION. AND WE'LL DISTRIBUTE WILDLAND FIRE ACTION PLAN TEMPLATES, PROMOTING HOUSEHOLD GO KITS AND DEVELOP SPECIFIC EVACUATION PLANS FOR RESIDENTS WITH FUNCTIONAL NEEDS AND THOSE WITH PETS OR LIVESTOCKS. OBJECTIVE 2.3 WE WILL PLAN AN ANNUAL WUI TABLETOP OR FULL SCALE EXERCISES WITH PARTNERING AGENCIES, COMPLETING AFTER ACTION REPORTS, FORMALLY REVIEWING AND UPDATING THE KWP WITH A GOAL OF EVERY FIVE YEARS TO REFLECT THOSE CHANGES AND RISKS THAT THAT COINCIDE WITH OUR GROWTH AND MAINTAIN A STRONG MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT FOR RESOURCE SHARING. GOAL THREE FOCUSES ON THE ACTIONS WE TAKE WHEN THE FIRE OCCURS. WE WILL REVIEW AND UPDATE PREDESIGNATED DESIGNATED EVACUATION ZONES AND ROUTES BASED ON CURRENT DEVELOPMENT AND TRAFFIC PATTERNS. WE'LL DISSEMINATE CLEAR PRESCRIPTIVE EVACUATION ALERT MESSAGE FOR VARIOUS SCENARIOS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENHANCE AND DEVELOP OUR WILDLAND TRAINING PLAN FOR ALL PERSONNEL ALIGNING WITH TIFMAS, WHICH IS THE TEXAS INTERSTATE FIRE MUTUAL AID SYSTEM, AS WELL AS THE WCG, THE NATIONAL WILDFIRE COORDINATION GROUP STANDARDS, AND WE'LL ENSURE QUALIFICATIONS ARE MET. MAINTAIN WHILE WILDLAND APPARATUS AND PPE, AND CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN OUR DEPARTMENT WILDLAND FIRE FIGHTING CAPACITY. WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT. THIS LAST OBJECTIVE IS IN GOAL THREE IS TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATING IN ONGOING MEETINGS WITH PARTNERING AGENCIES, LEADERSHIP TO REVIEW RESPONSE PROTOCOLS, UNIFIED COMMAND ROLES AND PREPLAN FOR INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM INTEGRATION. FOR THE LARGER SCALE INCIDENTS. WE TRAIN HARD NOW SO WE CAN RESPOND EFFECTIVELY WHEN THAT WHEN THAT CALL DROPS. SO OUR FINAL GOAL, GO FOUR, FOCUSES ON BUILDING A LASTING CULTURE OF PREPAREDNESS. OBJECTIVE 4.1. WE WILL CONTINUE TO RECRUIT AND SUPPORT NEIGHBORHOODS TO ACHIEVE NFPA FIREWISE USA RECOGNITION BY IMPLEMENTING TARGETED OUTREACH FOR HIGH RISK COMMUNITIES IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE CWP. WE'LL USE SOCIAL MEDIA, CITY WEBSITES AND EVENTS SUCH AS THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT TO SHARE WILDFIRE SAFETY INFORMATION. YEAR ROUND. WE WILL WORK TOWARDS ESTABLISHING A WUI TASK FORCE WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM KEY STAKEHOLDER GROUPS SUCH AS HOA'S, LEANDER ISD, DEVELOPERS AND BUSINESSES TO GUIDE PLAN IMPLEMENTATION. WE'LL PARTNER WITH LEANDER ISD TO INCLUDE WILDFIRE SAFETY AND CURRICULA AND UPDATE EMERGENCY PLANS. WE'LL ALSO WORK WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS TO ORGANIZE VOLUNTEER FUELS, REDUCTION AND CLEAN UP DAYS. LASTLY, WE'LL UPDATE AND ENHANCE OUR PRE-DISASTER RECOVERY PLAN ANNEX ESF 14 TO ADDRESS SHORT AND LONG TERM NEEDS, INCLUDING DEBRIS REMOVAL, UTILITY RESTORATION, TEMPORARY HOUSING AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY, TO NAME A FEW. BUT I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT WE'RE NOT STARTING FROM ZERO. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 86 UNIFORMED STAFF WHO ARE TRAINED AND CERTIFIED AS WILDLAND FIREFIGHTERS. EACH FIREFIGHTER'S QUALIFY THROUGH TIFMAS, ALLOWING OUR DEPARTMENT TO GAIN EXPERIENCE BY ASSISTING STATEWIDE WITH WILDLAND FIRE INCIDENTS AND ALL HAZARD EMERGENCY RESPONSES. IN ADDITION, OUR FIRE OFFICERS RECEIVE COMMAND AND CONTROL OF WILDLAND FIRE OPERATIONS TRAINING. OUR DEPARTMENT MAINTAINS A SPECIALIZED WILDLAND TEAM OF UP TO 16 MEMBERS WHO RECEIVE ADVANCED TRAINING, INCLUDING ENHANCED TACTICS, CHAINSAW OPERATIONS, FIRING OPERATIONS, DRONES AND. WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF EVALUATING THE NEED FOR DOZER OPERATIONS. OUR WILDLAND TEAM OFFICERS RECEIVE ADVANCED TRAINING IN WILDLAND FIRE, WEATHER AND LEADERSHIP TO QUALIFY AS TIFMAS ENGINE BOSSES. EACH OF OUR FIRE STATIONS IS EQUIPPED WITH EITHER A BRUSH TRUCK OR A TENDER, AKA WATER RESOURCE. IN THE EVENT OF A LARGE SCALE OR FAST MOVING FIRE, TIFF RESOURCES FROM ACROSS TEXAS, INCLUDING STRIKE TEAMS, 
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DOZERS AND AIRCRAFT. CAN BE REQUESTED TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS. BEYOND THE RESPONSE, OUR WILDLAND TEAM WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ON COMMUNITY FOCUSED INITIATIVES, INCLUDING FUELS REDUCTION PROJECTS, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENTS TO REDUCE WILDFIRE RISK AND IMPROVE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE. 
          THIS STRATEGIC PLAN IS DESIGNED TO BUILD ON OUR STRONG FOUNDATION. SO WE'RE NOT WAITING TO GET STARTED. HERE'S WHAT'S ALREADY UNDERWAY AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IN YEAR TWO. SO WE'RE CURRENTLY UPDATING OUR EXISTING. REASSESSING ALL NEIGHBORHOODS AND INCORPORATING NEW DEVELOPMENTS TO ENSURE OUR DATA IS CURRENT AND UP TO DATE. THE CW IS THE FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENT BEING USED. AS FAR AS THE RISK ANALYSIS OF. YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD IT SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION. SO WE'RE ACTIVELY SUPPORTING OUR NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FIREWISE COMMUNITIES, CURRENTLY TREVISO AND IN PROGRESS AS CRYSTAL FALLS AND WORKING TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WE RECOGNIZE THAT HAVING MORE FIREWISE COMMUNITIES DIRECTLY TRANSLATES TO A MORE ENGAGED, PREPARED NEIGHBORHOODS. WE ARE CREATING A NEW PLANT LIST TO HELP RESIDENTS CHOOSE APPROPRIATE VEGETATION FOR EACH DEFENSIBLE SPACE ZONE, HELPING RESIDENTS MAKE SAFE CHOICES. AND THEN WE ARE LAUNCHING A DEFENSIBLE SPACE EVALUATION PROGRAM TO PROVIDE THE RESIDENTS WITH FREE HOME RISK ASSESSMENTS, SUPPORTED BY TRAINED TEAM MEMBERS FROM THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE, WILDLAND TEAM AND CERT MEMBERS. SO THE TOOL THAT WE ARE USING FOR THAT, THAT INITIATIVE IS CALLED FIRESIDE SOFTWARE. IT OFFERS A SIMPLE PHOTO BASED REPORTING SYSTEM THAT HELPS HOMEOWNERS IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS ISSUES. WE WILL GO OUT AND DO THE ASSESSMENT AND PROVIDE THEM WITH REPORT. THEY CAN ACTUALLY, IN REAL TIME THROUGH A CUSTOMER PORTAL, UPDATE THAT INFORMATION. 
          SO WE'RE SEEING THAT HAPPEN IN REAL TIME. THE PLATFORM STREAMLINES PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, TRACKS RISK REDUCTION AND MEASURED SUCCESS WITH REAL DATA. REGIONAL PARTNERS LIKE AUSTIN AND LAKE TRAVIS FIRE RESCUE, TRAVIS COUNTY ESD SIX ARE ALREADY USING IT SUCCESSFULLY. 
          SO THIS IS A KIND OF TOOL THAT TURNS THOSE GOOD INTENTIONS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INTO MEASURABLE OUTCOMES. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT. REDUCING WILDFIRE RISK IS A LONG TERM EFFORT AND COMMUNITY CALIBRATION OR COLLABORATION, EXCUSE ME. AND OUTREACH SHOULD ALSO BE SUSTAINED OVER THE LONG RUN. THIS COLLABORATIVE PROCESS BECOMES AN ADAPTIVE CYCLE, WHICH IS A REPEATED ANALYSIS AND ACTION AND OUTCOMES ASSESSED TO GUIDE OUR NEXT STEPS. INCORPORATING LESSONS LEARNED FROM PREVIOUS ACTIVITIES. SO THIS ISN'T SOMETHING WE SIMPLY COMPLETE AND CHECK OFF AS DONE. THIS IS A PERPETUAL COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY SAFETY. SO I'D LIKE TO CLOSE WITH A CALL TO ACTION FOR EVERYONE COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF AND RESIDENTS JOINING US TODAY, LIVING WITH WILDFIRE IN LEANDER IS A REALITY, BUT CATASTROPHIC LOSS IS NOT AN INEVITABILITY. OUR SAFETY WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE CHOICES WE MAKE AND THE ACTIONS WE TAKE TODAY. SO NOW, BY CREATING YOUR DEFENSIBLE SPACE, FOCUSING ON THE CRITICAL 0 TO 5FT NONCOMBUSTIBLE ZONE AROUND YOUR HOME. AND REMEMBER, THIS IS THE SINGLE MOST IMPACTFUL THING THAT ANY OF US CAN DO AROUND OUR HOME. GET YOUR FAMILY READY, SET, GO ORIENTED BY MAKING A PERSONAL WILDLAND FIRE ACTION PLAN AND BUILD YOUR GO KIT. KNOW YOUR EVACUATION ROUTES, STAY INFORMED AND KNOW WHEN TO LEAVE. GET INVOLVED BECAUSE WE NEED COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD. THE CHOICES WE MAKE TODAY DETERMINE OUR SAFETY TOMORROW. TO SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCH THIS VITAL INITIATIVE, WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE COUNCIL SUPPORT BY ISSUING A FORMAL PROCLAMATION AT AN UPCOMING MEETING. DECLARING THE CITY OF LEANDER'S OFFICIAL POSITION AND COMMITMENT TO THE PRINCIPLES AND GOALS OF BECOMING A FIRE ADAPTED LEANDER, AS OUTLINED IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR TODAY AND I AM HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SUCH A THOROUGH PRESENTATION AND I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN THE FIRE ASIDE SOFTWARE. I THINK THAT WILL BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE IF 
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THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE ABLE TO GET. ANY COMMENTS? I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU AND THE LEANDER FIRE DEPARTMENT DO ON A DAILY BASIS TO KEEP OUR CITY SAFE. I JUST HAVE TWO QUESTIONS ON ONE OF THE SLIDES. YOU MENTIONED THAT LEANDER HAS A HIGHER RISK OF WILDFIRES THAN 50% OF THE COMMUNITIES IN TEXAS. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? I GUESS COMPARED TO OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES HERE IN CENTRAL TEXAS? AND IS THERE REGIONS OF TEXAS WHERE WE'VE GOT LIKE HIGHER DENSITIES AND HIGHER RISK? I'D IMAGINE, LIKE WEST TEXAS, EAST TEXAS HAVE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES, ETC. CENTRAL TEXAS, ABSOLUTELY. 
          IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO THE 55% OF CITIES WITHIN TEXAS IS PRETTY MUCH THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA, THE AUSTIN METRO AREA, IT'S IT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT. AND I CAN GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE. 
          BUT IT'S WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE PLAINS AND THE AND THE THE AREAS FURTHER UP THE PANHANDLE, IT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF THREAT. AND I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT WHAT THAT THREAT LOOKS LIKE THERE. 
          BUT THE 55% IS CONSISTENT WITH THIS REGION. GOTCHA. SECOND QUESTION I HAVE WOULD BE THIS FIREWISE DESIGNATION IS THERE, I THINK LIKE A HOMEOWNER FIRE WISE CERTIFIED DESIGNATION FOR JUST LIKE INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS THAT MIGHT HELP WITH LOWERING INSURANCE RATES. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF RIGHT NOW. IT IS A COMMUNITY BASED, THE RECOGNITION ITSELF, BUT WE'RE HERE TO HELP OUT WITH ANY COMMUNITY THAT HAS INTERESTS. IT IS A PROCESS. 
          IT'S A IT'S A FIVE STEP PROCESS. THE FIRST BEING ESTABLISHING A COMMITTEE. AND IT IT NEEDS TO BE SEPARATE FROM THE HOA COMMITTEE ITSELF BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE DEMANDS ON GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT AND ORGANIZING. BUT WE ARE HERE TO TO WALK ANYONE THROUGH THAT HAS ANY INTEREST IN DOING THAT. BUT AS FAR AS INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS, THAT'S WHERE THE HOME HAZARD ASSESSMENTS COME IN. SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS UTILIZING THE SOFTWARE, GO OUT TO THE INDIVIDUAL'S HOME AND WALK THEM THROUGH THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO TO ENHANCE THE SAFETY AND SURVIVABILITY OF THEIR STRUCTURE. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. OKAY. PLEASE TO. YEAH. SO SO I WAS WONDERING LIKE ON THE HOW MANY HOA'S ARE FIRE WISE IN LEANDER RIGHT NOW. RIGHT NOW IT'S ONE WE DID HAVE OVERLOOK ESTATES BUT THEY HAVE KIND OF WANED. BUT THE TREVIZO COMMUNITY IS FIRE WISE CURRENTLY, AND ALL OF CRYSTAL FALLS IS WORKING THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW. AND THEY'RE MAKING SOME GOOD PROGRESS. I'VE NOTICED THEY'VE TURNOUT. 
          THEY'VE TORN OUT ALL THEIR THEIR WOOD FENCES, AND THEY PUT IN STONE FENCES THAT HELP THEM GET TO CLOSER TO THAT FIRE WISE, THAT THAT COULD BE USED FOR THAT. BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE HAD THE RECOGNITION FOR THAT TO BE TO BE COUNTED TOWARDS THE, THE VOLUNTEER HOURS. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNICATION THERE RELATED TO THE HOSE TO KIND OF BECAUSE THAT'S OUR FIRST STEP IS TO GET THE COMMUNITIES INVOLVED. AND THEN MOVING FROM THERE AND LOOKING AT THE MAP THERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING. YOU KIND OF HAVE THE OLDER PART OF TOWN OR THE FLATTER PART, AND THEN YOU GET INTO, YOU KNOW, WHERE ALL THE HILLS ARE, ALL THE TREES AND EVERYTHING AND THE DISASTER, NOT THE DISASTER, THE THE FIRE CHANCES THERE GO UP DRASTICALLY. DO YOU SEE, BASED ON THE BUILD OUT AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE ON THE REAGAN CORRIDOR THERE, IT'S KIND OF IT'S KIND OF RED ORANGE AT THE TOP. AS THEY BUILD THAT OUT, WILL THAT DROP OR IS THE TERRAIN THERE? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND GRAND MESA, I MEAN, IT'S ALL BUILT OUT PRETTY MUCH. IT IS WHAT IT IS. RIGHT? DO YOU SEE THAT AREA KIND OF DROPPING DOWN SO THAT THAT QUESTION IS BEST ANSWERED WITH HOW THEY PULLED THE DATA? I BELIEVE WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT, THEY'RE USING LIDAR AND OTHER TECHNOLOGY. IT'S THROUGH A COMPANY CALLED PYROLYSIS PYRO LOGIX. AND WHAT IT'S ALL FREE DATA. YOU CAN ACCESS IT. IT'S IT'S WONDERFUL INFORMATION, BUT THEY'LL USE DENSITY OF VEGETATION AS WELL AS PROXIMITY. 
          THEY USE SLOPE ORIENTATION. THEY'LL USE TOPOGRAPHY. SO AS WE START GETTING OUT INTO THAT AREA, THE TOPOGRAPHY TOPOGRAPHY STILL EXISTS. AND SO THERE THE WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE IS DEFINED AS A MILE AND A HALF FROM THE EDGE OF THE OF THE FOREST, IF YOU WILL. SO WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE THAT INTERFACE REGARDLESS OF THE DEVELOPMENT UNTIL WE START GETTING INTO, YOU KNOW, THE CITY SCAPE ITSELF, DOES IT START TO TO DROP PRETTY SOON. 
          AND AND ACTUALLY THIS THIS MAP DEPICTS IT PRETTY WELL. WHEN YOU SEE THAT LIGHT GRAY AREA THAT'S A MINIMAL EXPOSURE. AND THE WILDLAND TRANSMISSION IS THAT IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THAT WUI. AND I GUESS IS THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. YEAH. OKAY. I SEE I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. SO ONE ON THE DEFENSIBLE SPACE WE HAVE THE HOME. BUT WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT BUILDING THE COMMUNITY WITH MORE DEFENSIBLE SPACE. SO THAT'S KIND OF LIKE LIKE A FIRE 
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BREAK KIND OF AREA, LIKE IN A FOREST WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE A CLEAN SWATH THROUGH THERE WHERE YOU COULD BASICALLY IT'S HARDER FOR IT TO JUMP. BUT WITH THE PRESENTATION, WITH THE EMBERS, IT'S LIKE IF THE WIND'S BLOWING AND IT'S THERE'S THERE'S NO STOPPING IT. IT'S LITERALLY ROLLING AND AND THINGS SO BUT DO DO, DO ROADS, DO OUR EXISTING ROADS. YOU KNOW, IF WE GO TWO LANE ROAD, THREE LANE OR SIX LANE ROAD. DOES THAT IS THAT A GOOD DEFENSIBLE SPACE AS FAR AS THE BIGGER AREAS GO? IT CAN BE. HOWEVER, ONCE YOU START GETTING INTO THE TOPOGRAPHY WHERE WE HAVE THE HIGHER ELEVATION AND SLOPES, THE WIND JUST ACTS DIFFERENTLY, RIGHT? AND SO WHEN WE HAVE THOSE HIGHER WINDS AND THEY'RE INCREASED BY THAT, THAT SLOPE ORIENTATION, IT'S GOING TO JUMP UP A SIX LANE ROAD. BUT WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THAT AND THIS IS SOMETHING I WAS HOPING TO KIND OF TO RUN HOME IN THE PRESENTATION. IS THAT WHAT YOU DO IN AND AROUND YOUR HOME WILL AUTOMATICALLY INCREASE THE SURVIVABILITY OF THE STRUCTURE? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I TALK ABOUT IN PRESENTATIONS WHEN WE DO FIREWISE AND OTHER WILDLAND FIRE IS A LOT OF COMMUNITIES DON'T REALIZE THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS WHEN WE GO OUT IN AN INCIDENT. SO ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE RIGHT HERE, JUST WE WE GIVE IT ABOUT 30S TO A MINUTE TO ASSESS WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN MAKE AN IMPACT WITHIN ABOUT 2 TO 3 MINUTES. AND THAT'S JUST A GENERALIZATION. BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS CAN WE MITIGATE THE HAZARDS WITHIN THAT ZONE ONE AND TWO IN SOME CASES WITHIN 2 TO 3 MINUTES. AND IF NOT WE GO TO THE NEXT HOME. SO DOING THAT IN ADVANCE DRAMATICALLY INCREASES THE HOME SURVIVABILITY. BUT THE TRANSMISSION, SOME OF THE THINGS WE LEARNED WITH THE WICKING FENCES, WITH THE VEGETATION DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH THOSE EAVES, CLEANING OFF YOUR YOUR VALLEYS AND YOUR ROOF LINE AND YOUR GUTTERS FROM ANY VEGETATION THAT MAY HAVE FALLEN IN THERE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE EMBERS ARE GOING TO LAND AND AND IGNITE. OKAY. AND MY LAST ONE IS SO THE PIO SEEMS LIKE IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PERSON IN THIS WHOLE THING, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE THE PART WHERE WE'RE COMMUNICATING EVERYTHING OUT WITH US AND EVERYTHING. SO YEAH, LET ME GET THAT RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          YES, SIR. PLEASE. THREE ASSISTANT CHIEF DAVIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. IT WAS VERY THOROUGH. AND I ESPECIALLY LOVE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE SOME MEASURABLE ACTIONS THAT WILL BE TAKEN IN THE COURSE OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN. I HAVE JUST ONE REALLY QUICK QUESTION RELATED TO SOMETHING THAT YOU SAID PREVIOUSLY REGARDING JUST EDUCATION. ARE THERE ANY PARTICULAR TARGETS OR GOALS TO INCREASE EDUCATION TO OUR COMMUNITY TO CHAMPION SOME OF THESE, THESE MEASURES THAT WE CAN TAKE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE FIRE SAFE? ABSOLUTELY. AND THERE'S THERE'S THERE'S MANY OF THEM. SO EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN GET OUT AND PUT A BOOTH UP, WE WE START ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS. BUT SOME OF THE MORE FORMAL WOULD BE THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, OPEN HOUSES AT THE FIRE STATIONS OR OTHER LARGE SCALE EVENTS THAT THE CITY HOLDS. SO WE'LL PUT A BOOTH UP AND START THAT. ANOTHER THING THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST ARE TOWN HALLS, ESPECIALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF FIRE SEASON, OR A, YOU KNOW, DROUGHT THAT WE'VE BEEN IN FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. WE TRY TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IN THAT WAY. WE HAVEN'T SEEN AS MUCH ENGAGEMENT WITH THAT. I'M HOPING THAT SHIFTS. USUALLY WE'LL SEE IT RIGHT AFTER A MAJOR INCIDENT THAT'S HAPPENED WITHIN THE STATE. SO WE WE TRY TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT FROM THE SENSE OF THE MESSAGING. WE ENHANCE MESSAGING. AND THAT SEEMS TO BE PRETTY PRODUCTIVE. 
          AWESOME. YOU KNOW, THIS IS CLEARLY IS AN OPPORTUNITY AS CITY LEADERS FOR US TO CHAMPION SOME OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND ENSURE THAT THEY'RE DOING SOME OF THESE VERY QUICK AND SAFE THINGS TO ENSURE TO MINIMIZE THE RISK. I THINK MY OTHER QUESTION WAS RELATED TO. THE NEED FOR, OH, IN REGARDS TO SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING. SO I THINK ONE OF THE SLIDES YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT YOU ARE KIND OF KEEPING UP AND UPDATING TARGETED MAPS BASED ON THE DEVELOPMENTS. AND SO I JUST WANTED A KEY IDEA OF, OF THE TIMELINE BECAUSE WE ARE DEVELOPING FAIRLY QUICKLY. SO IS THAT ON A SEMIANNUAL BASIS OR HOW FREQUENTLY IS THAT UPDATED. SO OUR GOAL IS EVERY FIVE YEARS WE UPDATE THE PLAN THAT YOU'RE I BELIEVE YOU'RE REFERENCING THE COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN, WHICH IS A CW. WE ARE OVER THAT AT THE MOMENT. HOWEVER, WE'VE BEEN IN PROGRESS FOR SOME TIME GOING OUT AND ASSESSING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WE HAVE A LIST 
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OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE IDENTIFY THAT ARE NEW, AND WE HAVE TO KIND OF WAIT UNTIL THEY START TO DEVELOP. SO IT'S NOT USUALLY IN THEIR FIRST COUPLE OF PHASES. WE WAIT UNTIL THEY START TO GET DOWN THE ROAD. AND WE HAVE KIND OF A GENERALIZATION, BUT THEN ONCE WE GO IN AND WE LOOK AT THE EGRESS, RIGHT, HOW MANY EGRESS PATHS THEY HAVE OUT OF THE SUBDIVISIONS, HOW MANY WE HAVE TO GET IN WATER, WHERE THAT WUI INTERFACE IS, WHERE THE GREENBELTS RUN. CAN WE IDENTIFY THE LOCATION OF THE HOMES? THOSE ARE SOME OF THE HIGH LEVEL THINGS THAT WE THAT WE LOOK AT IN THOSE ASSESSMENTS. BUT THE GOAL IS EVERY FIVE YEARS THAT WE HAVE THE CW UPDATED WITH THE THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT. AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE FIVE. I ECHO THE SAME. THANKS. I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. I DID REVIEW THIS PRIOR TO THIS EVENING'S PRESENTATION TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT OF WHERE YOU WOULD BE COMING FROM. AND AGAIN, I DO APPRECIATE THE THOROUGHNESS OF IT'S VERY NICE. THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE AREAS THAT I'VE HAD AN INTEREST IN, ACTIVE INTEREST IN FIGURING OUT A WAY TO BETTER ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, THIS FIRE WISE ISSUE OR FIRE SAFETY ISSUE. IT'S A PRONOUNCED ISSUE IN SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE ALREADY KIND OF JUMPED IN AND DECIDED TO TAKE THEIR OWN INITIATIVES TO BECOME FIRE WISE. I'M AWARE OF THE FACT THAT INSURANCE RATES AND INSURABILITY IS BECOMING AN ISSUE FOR SOME OF THOSE COMMUNITIES, SO IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE AS A CITY NEED TO TRY TO GET IN FRONT OF FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, TO HELP OUR COMMUNITIES AND HELP OUR CITIZENS BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THESE PARTICULAR OPTIONS. YOU KNOW WHAT? HOW WE CAN EXPLORE, YOU KNOW, A MORE CITYWIDE PROCESS IS REALLY WHERE I WAS HOPING THIS WOULD GO. AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THE THOUGHTS ARE DEFINITELY TRENDING IN THAT DIRECTION AND HOW WE CAN MANAGE THAT WITHIN THE STRUCTURE OF, OF THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF PROGRAM. SO IT WAS IT WAS EDUCATIONAL FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN A QUESTION I'VE HAD FOR A WHILE IN YOUR EFFORTS, SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO HOA ENGAGEMENT, IS THERE A PARTICULAR MODELING THAT YOU GUYS ARE USING TO GAIN THAT ENGAGEMENT? ARE WE LEVERAGING CURRENT DATA THAT THE CITY HAS AS IT RELATES TO THOSE HOSE? PRIMARILY BECAUSE A NUMBER OF THESE COMMUNITIES ARE DEVELOPING COMMUNITIES. AND THE CHALLENGE THAT I'VE HAD IN THE PAST OF DOING ANY KIND OF OUTREACH IN THAT PARTICULAR REGARD IS THAT THEY'RE NOT AN ORGANIZED HOA FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE. THEY'RE UNDER A MANAGEMENT PROCESS. RIGHT? SO THERE'S A MANAGEMENT COMPANY THAT TAKES CARE OF ALL THE MAINTENANCE, ETC. BUT I DID NOTE THAT YOU SAID SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINES OF THAT, THAT THE FIRE WISE NEEDS TO BE SEPARATE FROM THE HOA BOARDS. IT'S A SEPARATE KIND OF EFFORT, WHICH COULD PROBABLY HELP US FIGURE OUT HOW TO MANAGE THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER. SO I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW YOU GUYS ARE DOING THAT TODAY. DON'T WANT TO REINVENT THE WHEEL, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT IS TO WHERE WE COULD POSSIBLY TAKE ACTION TO, YOU KNOW, CREATE A FIRE ADAPTED COMMUNITY GROUP, PERHAPS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE AN EXPLORATORY COMMISSION FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE, THAT IS HELPING WITH THAT OUTREACH TO THOSE INDIVIDUAL HOA'S JUST A WAY TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE THEM INDIVIDUALLY. SO THAT'S ONE LITTLE THING. AND AND THEN I'LL AND THEN I'LL LET ME MAKE THE SECOND POINT AND THEN I'LL LET YOU ANSWER. YOU MENTIONED THAT I THINK IT WAS OVERLAKE ESTATES. I THINK THAT'S THE ONE YOU MENTIONED. IT USED TO BE, BUT THEY'RE NO LONGER. DO YOU MAINTAIN THE FIREWISE CERTIFICATION? LIKE ONCE YOU GET IT, YOU'RE LIKE, HEY, WE'RE FAR AWAY AND IT'S NEVER AGAIN. OR DOES IS THERE A ACTIVE COMPONENT THAT THAT THAT PARTICULAR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO STAY UP TO DATE OR RECERTIFIED EVERY SO OFTEN? AND THOSE ARE THE TWO QUESTIONS. SO I'LL GO WITH YOUR SECOND ONE. BUT IT'S ENGAGEMENT. SO THAT IS WHY YOU LOSE THE RECOGNITION THE THE THERE'S VOLUNTEER HOURS THAT ARE REQUIRED. THERE'S AN EVENT THAT'S REQUIRED TO BE HELD ANNUALLY AND A CERTAIN MONETARY CONTRIBUTION, OR RATHER A INVESTMENT INTO THE COMMUNITY THAT IS REQUIRED BY FIREWISE USA. NOW, THAT THAT ISN'T NECESSARILY A DIRECT EXCHANGE OF OF FUNDS. THEY HAVE A A SET AMOUNT THAT IF YOU IF I SAY THAT I'M PICKING UP LEAVES IN MY YARD, I CAN FILL OUT THE VOLUNTEER FORM AND PUT THE NUMBER OF HOURS I SPENT IN THAT GETS ALLOCATED AS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FUNDING TOWARDS THAT, THAT OVERALL AMOUNT. AND SO THE ENGAGEMENT'S A BIG PIECE IN MAINTAINING THE FIREWISE. AND THERE ARE IT IS A CHALLENGE FOR SOME COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY SMALLER COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE PEOPLE MOVE AWAY. PEOPLE THAT WERE THOSE WHAT I CALL SPARK 
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PLUGS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE WANTING TO BE ENGAGED AND MAYBE THEY LOSE INTEREST IN IT. SO IT'S A CHALLENGE. I MEAN, WE TRY TO STAY ON TOP OF THAT. BUT AS FAR AS YOUR FIRST QUESTION GOES, I THINK YOU'RE HITTING IT ON THE HEAD THAT I PERSONALLY FEEL IT'S EASIER WHEN THEY'RE WITH A THIRD PARTY HOA COMPANY, BECAUSE NOW WE'RE JUST FOCUSED ON CREATING THE COMMITTEE AND IT GIVES US OPPORTUNITIES. BUT WITH THAT SAID, THERE'S A THERE'S SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT HAVING AN ORGANIZED HOA ALREADY IN PLACE BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW SOME OF THAT. BUT THE COMMUNITIES WE'VE ENGAGED WITH IN THAT SCENARIO ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING OVER HOA. SO THEY'RE KIND OF RIGHT THERE. THEY'RE USUALLY NOT THE EARLY, EARLY ONES. I KIND OF I AGREE WITH YOU. AND THAT'S WHERE MY HEAD WAS GOING. IS THAT THAT INITIAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT? I KNOW IN MY EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, IN MY COMMUNITY, SPECIFICALLY CARNEROS RANCH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, START AND STOP EFFORTS TO GET A HOA REPRESENTATIVE, JUST SOMEBODY WHO'S EVEN TALKING TO THE HOA BOARD. RIGHT. BECAUSE THAT MANAGEMENT COMPANY IS NOT RESPONSIVE. IT'S AND THEY CHANGE PEOPLE EVERY YEAR. YOU NEVER HAVE CONSISTENCY THERE. HOWEVER, THERE ARE PEOPLE WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IF THERE WAS AN ACTIONABLE COMMITTEE LIKE THIS WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY ENGAGING ON SOMETHING FOR THEIR HOA, THAT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE LEVERAGE THOSE SAME FOLKS AND POSITIONING THEM TO BE THE HOA. ONCE THEY THEY TAKE OVER THE MANAGEMENT OF THAT PARTICULAR COMMUNITY. SO JUST SOME INITIAL THOUGHTS ON THAT. I THINK THERE'S GREAT SYNERGY IN THE WAY WE COULD APPROACH THIS IF WE JUST, YOU KNOW, TAKE A MOMENT TO TO TAKE AN OVERVIEW AND KIND OF ZOOM OUT AND SEE HOW WE CAN MAYBE MAKE IT SCALABLE TO WHERE IT WORKS IN MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES. BUT I LOVE THE EFFORT HERE AND DEFINITELY WILL CHAMPION THIS TO THE NTH DEGREE. I THINK IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT. DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TRY TO TO TRY TO GET OUR HANDS AROUND AND HELP. SO THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. 36 I'LL BE REALLY BRIEF. I THINK THIS IS FANTASTIC. I MEAN, YOU KNOW WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING. SO THIS IS SUPER KEY. AND TO STEVEN'S POINT, IT ACTUALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE ON WHETHER YOUR HOUSE IS EVEN INSURABLE MORE SO THAN A DISCOUNT. I'M SEEING INSURANCE COMPANIES THAT ARE DENYING UNTIL YOU CUT DOWN EVERY TREE WITHIN 150FT OF YOUR HOUSE. OTHERS ARE MUCH NECESSARY. BUT YEAH, BUT IT'S HAPPENING. I MEAN, BUT PEOPLE FEAR THAT, RIGHT? BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M SEEING IT IN THE INDUSTRY. I THINK THIS IS KEY. THE FOLKS HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR IT, AND I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO SEE IF Y'ALL WOULDN'T MIND BRINGING THIS BACK TO COUNCIL IN A YEAR AND KIND OF GIVING US AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE IN THIS FIVE YEAR PLAN, HOW THINGS ARE GOING, HOW YOU'RE MEETING THESE METRICS THAT YOU'VE ESTABLISHED FOR YOURSELF SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THIS IN THE FOREFRONT. AND ALSO, AS COUNCIL, WE KNOW HOW WE CAN HELP SPREAD THE MESSAGE IN THE COMMUNITY. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT. WELL, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM EVERYBODY IS WE LIKE THE PLAN. IT SOUNDS GOOD AND WE'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHIEF. DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD? ARE YOU GOOD? OKAY. I SAW YOU SO I DIDN'T HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU GOT A CHANCE TO SPEAK. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU GUYS. I APPRECIATE THE TIME AND ALL THE INPUT. 
          THANK YOU. THE TIME IS 653 AND WE WILL ADJOURN OUR BRIEFING WORKSHOP. PLEASE BE BACK IN YOUR SEAT AT THE TIME IS NOW 703 AND TODAY IS THURSDAY, JANUARY 15TH, 2026. 
          [4. Open Meeting, Invocation and Pledges of Allegiance.]
AND THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL. PASTOR WENDELL HOLMES WILL PROVIDE THE INVOCATION. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PASTOR. Y'ALL LOOKING GOOD. LEANDER. AMEN. THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH. 
          OUR FAITH IS FOUND IN THE LIFE, DEATH, RESURRECTION, AND THE RETURN OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS. HE IS THE CHRIST. THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL AND MEMBERS HERE TODAY. LET US BOW IN PRAYER. GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ONCE AGAIN COME TO YOU, THANKING YOU FOR THUS FAR. 
          SAFE JOURNEY IN THE YEAR 2026. BY YOUR GRACE AND MERCY, YOU'VE ALLOWED US TO REST AT NIGHT AND RISE TO SEE THE BEAUTIFUL SUN RAYS RUN ACROSS THE SKY AND FEEL THE COOL BREEZE. WE THANK YOU, DEAR LORD, FOR THE BLESSINGS OF SUNRISE AND WIND AND AIR, AND HEARING THE BIRDS 
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AND SEEING CHILDREN SAFELY ARRIVE AT SCHOOLS TO PARTICIPATE IN EDUCATION. WE SEE YOUR SOVEREIGN HAND AGAIN. DEAR LORD, WE THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR WHO YOU ARE. WE BOW DOWN ON THE KNEES OF OUR HEART TODAY, ASKING YOU TO COME BE WITH US TODAY WITH THIS CITY COUNCIL. WE ASK THAT YOU WILL GRANT THEM WISDOM FROM ON HIGH WISDOM TO APPLY APPLICABLE LAWS AND PROCEDURES AND POLICIES TO CONTINUE TO GROW THIS CITY INTO A CITY THAT SET ON A HILL, LIKE YOU SAID IN YOUR WORD, AND LET ITS LIGHT SHINE, THAT HE MAY DRAW PEOPLE UNTO YOU, AND THAT PEOPLE MAY BE THAT THIS PLACE MAY BE KNOWN AS A SAFE PLACE TO RAISE FAMILIES, SHARE THEIR FAITH, BE IN FELLOWSHIP, HAVE FUN, CONSIDER THEIR FUTURE, THE FITNESS OF THEIR LIFE AND HEALTH AND STRENGTH OF MIND, BODY, AND WELLNESS. WE ASK OH GOD THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO WATCH OVER US. WE THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR YOUR BLESSED SON JESUS AND HIS NAME. WE DO ASK AND PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. AMEN. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU. YOU MAY HAVE YOUR SEAT. RECOGNITION 
          [7. Recognition of Special Guests and Visitors.]
OF SPECIAL GUESTS AND VISITORS HAS BEEN MOVED UP ON OUR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT. WE WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT HAS COME OUT TO PARTICIPATE, BUT WE DO WANT TO EXTEND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR ACTIVE AND RETIRED MILITARY, TO OUR EDUCATORS, TO OUR CURRENT AND FORMER ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE WITH US TONIGHT AND TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO LEANDER AND TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND WELCOME. CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER STEPHEN CHANG, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL HERRERA HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BLAIR. PRESENT. MAYOR PRO TEM NICOLE THOMPSON, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW NODDING HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BECKY ROSS HERE. ALL RIGHT. QUORUM IS PRESENT AND THE CITY COUNCIL IS ELIGIBLE TO DO 
          [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.]]
BUSINESS. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM SEVEN, NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. I'LL CALL ON SPEAKERS PRIOR TO THE DISCUSSION OF THE AGENDA ITEM AND DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING. INDIVIDUALS THAT SUBMITTED COMMENTS VIA THE WEBSITE WILL ONLY HAVE THEIR POSITIONS READ INTO THE RECORD. ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SHARED WITH COUNCIL AND WILL BE MADE A PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP 
          [8. Proclamations.Proclamation recognizing Martin Luther King, Jr. March and Celebration on January 19, 2026.]
TONIGHT FOR PUBLIC RECORDS. SO NOW I'M SORRY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE'LL MOVE NOW TO OUR PROCLAMATION FOR THIS EVENING. WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING REVEREND DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR AND THE CELEBRATION ON JANUARY 19TH, 2026. AND I HAVE THIS PROCLAMATION TO READ, AND I'M GOING TO ASK THE MEMBERS OF THE LEANDER PUBLIC ARTS AND CULTURE COMMISSION, THE COMMISSIONERS, TO COME FORWARD. I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME COMMENTS TO SHARE. AND SINCE WE HAVE NEW PEOPLE IN OUR AUDIENCE AND ON THE DAIS, I'LL GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND ON THIS PARTICULAR EVENT. BACK IN 21, I REACHED OUT TO THE CITY TO ASK, WAS THERE A MLK CELEBRATION? WHAT DATE WAS IT? WHEN CAN WE GO? BECAUSE I LOOKED ON LINE AND I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING, AND I WAS TOLD AT THAT TIME THE CITY HAD NEVER HAD ONE, AND THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY DID. AND SO I WORKED TOGETHER TO GET A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAD ABOUT 17 PEOPLE THAT GOT TOGETHER, AND WE FORMED THE MLK PLANNING COMMITTEE AND PLANNED THE VERY FIRST MLK THAT THE CITY HAD. THAT ENDED UP HAPPENING A COUPLE MONTHS LATER IN JANUARY OF 2022. AND SO TO THINK AND TO SEE HOW THIS EVENT HAS GROWN AND HOW IT ENCOMPASSES SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE AND DEPARTMENTS, I'M REALLY THANKFUL AND GLAD TO SEE IT. THANKFUL TO THE CITY OF LEANDER, TO OUR COUNCIL AT THE TIME THAT MOVED FORWARD WITH THIS, AND TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS OF LPAC THAT HAVE CONTINUED TO HOLD UP THIS BANNER AND WORK ON IT, AND BE A DEDICATED VOLUNTEER, AND ESPECIALLY TO OUR PARKS AND REC STAFF, BECAUSE THEY TOOK A LOT OF WORK EFFORT CONSTANTLY, OUR POLICE AND FIRE AND PUBLIC WORKS THAT COME OUT TO THESE EVENTS. SO I'M JUST THANKFUL TO ALL OF YOU THAT WE'RE HERE NOW, FIVE YEARS LATER, STILL CONTINUING WITH THIS EVENT AND WATCHING IT GROW EVEN MORE. SO. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. I'M GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION, AND THEN ACTUALLY, I'LL LET KEISHA HAVE YOUR COMMENTS, AND THEN I'LL READ THE PROCLAMATION AFTER AND WE'LL TAKE A PHOTO. 
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OKAY. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I NEED ALL THE LPAC MEMBERS TO ACT LIKE THEY LIKE ME. AND WE. 
          AND IF YOU WERE SPEAKING TO THE MIC BECAUSE WE CANNOT HEAR YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, SO AS AS A MEMBER OF LPAC AND ALL OF LPAC, WE HAVE BEEN PLANNING THE MLK DAY MARCH AND CELEBRATION FOR 2026. IT WILL TAKE PLACE ON JANUARY THE 19TH AND IT WILL ALSO. IT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE CEDAR PARK REC CENTER. BECAUSE IF YOU AND I'M SURE THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT AWARE THAT THIS YEAR WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THE CITY OF CEDAR PARK, AND WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THEM, WORKED WITH SOME AMAZING PEOPLE AT CEDAR PARK TO MAKE THIS AN EVEN BETTER, BIGGER, AND BETTER EVENT THAN IT'S BEEN. SO I WOULD LOVE TO INVITE ALL OF THE CITY OF LEANDER TO COME OUT AND CELEBRATE AND CELEBRATE THE LEGACY OF DOCTOR KING, AND JUST TO COME OUT AND MEET SOME OF YOUR COMMUNITY. ON THIS DAY, WE WILL HAVE A MARCH. THE MARCH WILL TAKE PLACE AT 10 A.M. AT THE CEDAR PARK REC CENTER. THE HOURS ARE FROM TEN UNTIL TWO. 
          NOT FOR THE MARCH. THE MARCH ITSELF IS THE FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA AND THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT 10 A.M. WE WILL MEET AT THE OUTSIDE AT THE REC CENTER. PLEASE COME OUT. BRING YOUR SIGNS WITH YOUR FAVORITE MLK QUOTE, POSITIVE QUOTES, ANYTHING. JUST COME OUT THERE, BE A PART OF THE MARCH, BE A PART OF THE LEGACY OF DOCTOR KING AND WHAT HE WANTED FOR OUR LIVES. WE WILL HAVE THAT FIRST AND THEN FROM THEN ON, AFTER THE MARCH, WE WILL GO INSIDE THE REC CENTER WHERE WE WILL HAVE DANCERS, POETS, SINGERS, WE WILL HAVE AN ORCHESTRA, AND WE WILL HAVE PROJECT HARMONY, WHICH IS THE LISD FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS THAT TRIED OUT AND MADE MADE IT TO BE IN THIS SPECIAL CHOIR. SO WE ARE HAVING LOTS OF THINGS. WE ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE OUR ESSAY WINNERS. WE HAD A RECORD 81 SUBMISSIONS THIS YEAR. 
          EXCELLENT. SO YES, SO SO MANY AMAZING STUDENTS, AMAZING ESSAYS, AMAZING VIDEOS THAT THESE KIDS CAME UP WITH. IT WAS TRULY AMAZING. SO WE WILL HAVE OUR ESSAY WINNERS THERE. THEY WILL READ THEIR ESSAYS. WE WILL WATCH THE WINNING VIDEOS THAT WERE SELECTED. WE WILL HAVE FOOD TRUCKS, VENDORS AND JUST COME OUT AND HANG WITH THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD TIME. IT IS FROM 10 TO 2 AT THE CEDAR PARK REC CENTER. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. 
          YES. ASHLEY, WOULD YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS YOU WANT TO HAVE OR NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT? YOU'RE UP THERE, SO I. OKAY. EXCELLENT. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WELL I'M GOING TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION AND THEN WE'LL COME DOWN AND TAKE A PICTURE. AND EVERYONE ELSE, SPECIAL GUESTS THAT ARE HERE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS PROCLAMATION, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME UP WHEN WE DO THE PICTURE. YOU'RE WELCOME. WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU IN IT. WHEREAS DURING REVEREND DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR'S LEADERSHIP OF THE MODERN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT FROM 1955 TO 1968, BLACK AMERICANS ACHIEVED MORE GENUINE PROGRESS TOWARD RACIAL EQUALITY IN AMERICA THAN THE PREVIOUS 350 YEARS HAVE PRODUCED, AND DOCTOR KING IS WIDELY REGARDED AS AMERICA'S PREEMINENT ADVOCATE OF NONVIOLENCE AND ONE OF THE GREATEST NONVIOLENT LEADERS IN WORLD HISTORY. AND WHEREAS, ON AUGUST 28TH, 1963, JUST A CENTURY AFTER THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, THE REVEREND DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING LED MORE THAN 200,000 AMERICANS IN A MARCH ON WASHINGTON IN PURSUIT OF JOBS AND FREEDOM FOR ALL PEOPLE. 
          STANDING ON THE STEPS OF THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL, HE CALLED ON AMERICANS TO SIT DOWN TOGETHER AT THE TABLE OF BROTHERHOOD AND MEET OUR PROMISE OF LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS FOR ALL. AND WHEREAS TODAY, PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS CONTINUE THAT MARCH, RAISING THEIR VOICES TO CONFRONT ABUSES OF POWER, CHALLENGE HATE AND DISCRIMINATION, PROTECT THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND ACCESS TO QUALITY JOBS, HEALTH CARE, HOUSING AND EDUCATION. ON THIS DAY, WE REFLECT ON THE LEGACY OF THE MAN WHO ISSUED A CALL TO THE CONSCIENCE OF OUR NATION AND OUR WORLD. AND WHEREAS LEGISLATION PASSED IN 1983 MAKING REVEREND DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAY A FEDERAL HOLIDAY WITH THE FIRST NATIONAL OBSERVANCE IN 1986, WHERE RECOGNITION OF DOCTOR KING'S LEGACY IS CELEBRATED WITH MARCHES, PARADES, AND SPEECHES BY CIVIL RIGHTS AND POLITICAL LEADERS. NOW, THEREFORE, I, MAYOR PRO TEM NICOLE THOMPSON OF THE CITY OF LEANDER, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM. MONDAY, JANUARY 19TH, 2026, THE CITY OF THE CITY OF LEANDER WILL HONOR AND 
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CELEBRATE REVEREND DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DURING THE MLK DAY MARCH AND CELEBRATION. THE 2026 THEME IS TEACH THEM WELL. THE FUTURE STARTS WITH US AND WITNESS THEREOF. I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE EXCUSE ME OF THE CITY OF LEANDER TO BE AFFIXED ON JANUARY 15TH, 2026. COME OVER HERE. 
          AND. 
          GIVE US. READY? YOU'RE READY. OKAY. THREE. TWO. ONE. OH! OKAY. GOOD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YEAH. GREAT. 
          [9. Staff ReportsWater update includes Sandy Creek Water Treatment Plant (CIP W.69), Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority, and County water needs.  Capital Improvement Project update includes Automated Metering Infrastructure (CIP W.42) conversation timeline, benefits to residents, how information is being communicated to residents, and where to find updates on the City's website. Capital Improvement Project update includes Senior Center (CIP P.6) completion and opening timeline.]
ALL RIGHT. ITEM NINE. WE'LL MOVE TO OUR STAFF. REPORT NUMBER ONE WE'LL HAVE A WATER UPDATE WHICH INCLUDES SANDY CREEK WATER TREATMENT PLANT CIP 69, BRUSHY CREEK REGIONAL UTILITY AUTHORITY AND OUR COUNTY WATER NEEDS. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. ALISON, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS AN UPDATE ON KIND OF THE ONGOING STUFF AT BRUSHY CREEK, SANDY CREEK AND THEN THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY WATER GROUP IF. OH, THERE WE GO. WE MENTIONED LAST TIME THAT THE PHASE ONE UPGRADES AT BCR WERE COMPLETE OR SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE IN NOVEMBER. SO THIS INCREASED LEANDER'S WATER TREATMENT CAPACITY AT THE PLANT FROM 15.2 UP TO 19.6 MILLION GALLONS A DAY. THEY PERFORMED THE WALK THROUGH AND THEY DEVELOPED THEIR PUNCH LIST. SO THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT THIS MONTH, AND THEY EXPECT THAT FINAL COMPLETION IN JANUARY. OF KIND OF ALSO MENTIONED LAST TIME THE PHASE TWO PROGRESS WORK. THIS IS THE DEEP WATER INTAKE TUNNEL. 
          ALL THE UNDERGROUND WORK AND TUNNELING IS COMPLETE. YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE HERE THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON PATCHING KIND OF THAT MAIN SHAFT AREA. SOON THE CRANE WILL BE DEMOBILIZED FROM THAT AREA AND KIND OF MOVED UP ONTO THE TOP OF THE IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO SIT IN THE ROADWAY. THEY HAVE A LANE CLOSURE TO ERECTING THE STEEL FOR THE PUMP STATION BUILDING. SO NO MORE GOING DOWN. SO ALMOST WE HAVE A VERY, VERY, VERY SMALL WINDOW, POSSIBLY A SMALL WINDOW IN FEBRUARY, LIKE THE VERY BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY. SO YES, THEY CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE MAINTENANCE BUILDING AND ALL THE MAJOR TIE INS ARE COMPLETE. THE THERE'S SEVERAL UPCOMING ACTIVITIES ON THAT 78 INCH. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT DOWN HERE IN THIS PICTURE. SO THE 78 INCH RAW WATER TRANSMISSION LINE THAT GOES UP TRAIL'S END ROAD, THERE'S ABOUT FOUR ACTIVITIES THAT NEED TO HAPPEN ON THAT LINE THAT ARE GOING TO REQUIRE THE SHUTDOWN OF THAT LINE AND ASSOCIATED THE PLANT. SO THE FIRST TWO ARE LOCATED HERE AT THIS. THIS IS A SANDY CREEK TIE IN RIGHT HERE. SO THEY HAVE TO INSTALL A METER. AND THEY KIND OF HAVE TO FINISH THE LAST LITTLE BITS OF THAT TIE IN. THE NEXT IS THIS BUTTERFLY VALVE DOWN HERE ON THE 78. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOW BIG IT IS. THEY ARE INSPECTING AND POSSIBLY REPLACING A SEAT IN THAT VALVE. THEY'VE NOTICED A LEAK THERE. SO THEY'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OBVIOUSLY KNOCK THAT OUT RIGHT NOW. AND THEN IF YOU REMEMBER THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT DURING THE FLOODS, WE HAD A POWER SURGE THAT AFFECTED AN RV ALONG THAT LINE. IT ACTUALLY BROKE AND FLOODED A WHOLE BUNCH 
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OF AREA THERE. SO THAT RV WAS PART OF THE REMEMBER A COUPLE YEARS AGO, WE DID THAT PARTIAL REPLACEMENT OF THE UNDERWATER PIPELINE. SO THAT WAS PART OF THAT PROJECT. THEY HAD DONE THIS WORK AS WELL. SO IT WAS WARRANTY WORK. SO THEY HAVE TO GO BACK IN THERE AND REPLACE THAT AS PART OF WARRANTY. SO THIS WORK THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THREE LIKE I SAID, THREE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, MULTIPLE CREWS. THE DURATION OF IT IS EXPECTED TO BE 2 TO 4 DAYS. SO IT TAKES ABOUT 12 TO 18 HOURS TO DRAIN THE LINE. YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT TOO QUICKLY. WE DON'T WANT TO KICK UP ALL THE MUD AND DIRT AND SUCKS IT IN ATE TIME TO DRAIN THE LINE. AND THEN ABOUT TWO, MAYBE 1 TO 2 DAYS TO DO THE WORK. SO WITH THAT, THIS I MENTIONED ON THE SLIDE. IT'S KIND OF SMALL. I'M SORRY. IT'S SUPPOSED TO START THAT FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY. SO WE ARE PLANNING TO INITIATE INITIATE PHASE THREE. NO ONE REALLY SHOULD BE WATERING ANYWAY. RIGHT NOW IT'S WINTER TIME, BUT BASICALLY ELIMINATING ALL THAT OUTDOOR IRRIGATION. SO THAT ALLOWS US AND OUR CREWS TO GO OUT AND SECURE THOSE IRRIGATION METERS. ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, I THINK THERE'S OVER 400 OF THEM, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT USAGE IS ELIMINATED. AND THEN THAT'LL HELP US GET THAT DEMAND. CURRENTLY, WE'RE AVERAGING ABOUT 11 MILLION GALLONS A DAY. SO WE THINK WITH THAT PHASE THREE, WE CAN GET PROBABLY THAT 8 TO 9, WHICH CAN BE SUPPORTED BY SANDY CREEK. I'LL GO INTO REACHING OUT TO THE DISTRICT TO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DISTRICT, ALL OF OUR CONTRACTORS AND STUFF, AT LEAST DURING THAT I MEAN, IT'S A VERY SHORT SHORT IT'S LIKE THREE AND A HALF DAYS IS LIKE ALMOST WHAT THEY'RE PREDICTING. SO WE'LL WORK WITH THE DISTRICT, BOTH LIBERTY HILL AND BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME LIBERTY HILL ISD'S LEANDER, YOU KNOW OF COURSE TIES TEAM'S AMAZING AND THEY'LL DO A LOT OF OUTREACH WITH OUR HOSE, TOO. THANK YOU AGAIN. I'LL GO INTO THE SANDY CREEK UPGRADES, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT QUITE COMPLETE YET. BUT WE FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS SAY NINE MGD AT SANDY. WE THINK WE CAN PUSH MORE LIKE 10 TO 11 RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS IN PLACE. IT'S NOT FULLY ONLINE, BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE. ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO PAUSE RIGHT THERE AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THE KIND OF PHASE THREE. YEAH, I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION. SO SANDY CREEK, SO WE DON'T HAVE THE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY YET FROM THE CORRECT. THE SEVENTH TREATMENT TRAIN IS NOT QUITE ONLINE. THAT GIVES US THAT BACKUP, YOU KNOW, TO RUN SIX CONTINUOUSLY. AND THEN ALSO THE SLUDGE PROCESSING IS NOT BUT THE LAGOONS ARE CLEAN. WE CLEANED THEM THIS SUMMER. SO THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, IN TIP TOP SHAPE. WE HAVE SOME STRUCTURES ON THE SITE THAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY STORE SOME WATER, LET IT SETTLE, THAT KIND OF THING. SO WE HAVE SOME SOME FLEXIBILITY THERE. AND ALSO I WAS JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN ADDING MORE TANKS AND ALL THAT. DO WE HAVE MORE CAPACITY IN OUR SYSTEM THAN WE DID LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME THAN WE DID LAST? I HAVE TO GO BACK IN MY BRAIN, BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE RECENTLY PUT ON THE SAN GABRIEL ELEVATED TOWER ON THAT EAST SIDE OF TOWN, BUT I THINK THAT THAT WAS ONLINE LAST YEAR. I'LL HAVE TO. I'LL DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT. I CAN'T QUITE REMEMBER THE TIMING OF THAT, BUT WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE I GO ON TO MORE THINGS? SO THE PHASE TWO A CONTRACT. THIS IS THE EXPANSION OF THE PLANT THAT KICKED OFF IN DECEMBER. SO THEY ARE GOING FAST AND FURIOUS ALREADY. THEY ARE TURNING DIRT. I WAS OUT AT THE SITE YESTERDAY FOR A MEETING. THEY'RE ALREADY DOING MASQUERADING TREE EXCAVATION, ALL KINDS OF CLEARING AND GRUBBING. THEY'RE THEY'RE REALLY THEY'RE REALLY HITTING IT RUNNING. SO WE'LL HAVE BI WEEKLY PROGRESS MEETINGS STARTING IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. WE HAD THAT PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY. SO YEAH, THAT ONE'S GETTING GETTING GOING AS WELL. GOING TO SANDY CREEK. THIS ONE HASN'T CHANGED TOO MUCH. THE CONTRACTORS STILL KIND OF WORKING ON THE FIBER ALL THE STUFF. INSTALLATION OF THE SEVENTH UNIT. IT'S IT'S IN PLACE. BUT GETTING THAT KIND OF UP AND RUNNING AND THEN DOING A LOT OF THE PAVING AND START UP ON THE SLUDGE PROCESSING. SO WE'LL DO THAT START UP AND TESTING KIND OF THE END OF THIS MONTH, AND THEN WORK INTO KIND OF THE FINAL COMPLETION IN FEBRUARY. SO WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE THERE TO. AND THEN WILLIAMSON WATER GROUP. SO I TALKED ABOUT THIS ONE THE LAST TIME. BUT FOR THOSE THAT ARE ARE NEW THIS IS THE TOP 20 WATER PROVIDERS. WILLIAMSON COUNTY HAS KIND OF GATHERED THIS TEAM WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO PUT OUT LIKE AN ENGINEERING STUDY AND A REGIONAL WATER EVALUATION. SO WE'LL LOOK AT DIFFERENT SUPPLY OPTIONS, LOOK AT FOLKS INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEN GATHER THE DATA ABOUT WHO NEEDS WHAT WATER WHEN, YOU KNOW, GROWTH RATES ARE DIFFERENT FOR EVERYBODY. BUT IT'S OBVIOUSLY A HOT TOPIC. SO SINCE I TALKED ON IT LAST TIME, WE HAVE REVIEWED THE RFQ, IT'S GONE TO COMMISSIONERS COURT AND THEY RELEASED IT AT THE BEGINNING OF 
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JANUARY. SO THAT'S KIND OF IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW IN I BELIEVE IT'S FEBRUARY. THE RESPONSES ARE DUE. AND THEN THE COMMITTEE WILL KIND OF REVIEW THOSE RESPONSES AND THEN SELECT A CONSULTANT LOOKING TO HAVE THE KICKOFF MEETING WITH THE CONSULTANT IN MAY. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL. ONE QUICK QUESTION. SO THE TOP 20 WATER USERS, ARE THEY ALL CITIES. THEY ARE ALL CITIES. YES WATER PROVIDERS. SO I DON'T THINK I MEAN REALLY THEY'RE ALL CITIES. I DON'T HAVE THE LIST, BUT I COULD PROBABLY GET IT. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THEY'RE ALL CITIES. YES. OKAY. PLACE ONE. SORRY ABOUT THAT. NO PROBLEM. ADDING ON TO THAT, DO YOU KNOW WHAT OUR REPRESENTATION LOOKS LIKE ON THAT WATER AND THAT WILLIAMSON COUNTY WATER GROUP? IT'S ME. OKAY, SO YES, IT'S US, ROUND ROCK, GEORGETOWN, BRAY. AND I'M FORGETTING ONE CEDAR PARK. GREAT. WELL, I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT WE'RE REPRESENTED ON THERE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OKAY. PLEASE. ON THAT ON THAT GROUP ITSELF. ONCE THE CONSULTANT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED, IS THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THAT GROUP TO IDENTIFY LONG TERM WATER SOLUTIONS? IT'S TO EVALUATE. YES, TO EVALUATE WATER POSSIBILITIES. IS IT GROUNDWATER? IS IT ASR? WHERE IS IT? WHO HAS THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO GET THERE? TRANSPORT IT, MOVE IT FROM, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE OUT EAST ALL THE WAY TO LEANDER OR FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH, JUST LOOKING AT THE REGION AS A WHOLE. AND IT COULD EVEN BE OUT OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY FOR IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY. SO YES, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF WHERE IS THE WATER AND HOW DO WE GET IT HERE. 
          SO NOT NECESSARILY AND I DON'T KNOW. BUT I'M CURIOUS IS THEY TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE THE CURRENT MITIGATION EFFORTS THAT ARE BEING TAKEN BY CITIES SUCH AS LEANDER, LIKE THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE. SURE. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY. IT'S A IT'S A, IT'S A IT'S A FINITE NUMBER. RIGHT. AND I'M ALREADY HEARING ABOUT ISSUES WITH, WELL, WATER AND GROUNDWATER EFFORTS TO WHERE THEY THEY FEEL IT'S A SOLUTION. BUT THEN SOMEWHERE DOWNSTREAM OR SOMEWHERE UPSTREAM, PEOPLE ARE NOTICING A DIFFERENCE. DIFFERENCE. RIGHT. SO YES, AGAIN, THESE ARE FINITE RESOURCES. I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO HOW WHAT THE TRACK IS ON THAT AS FAR AS THE PROJECTIONS, YOU KNOW, FORWARD THINKING KIND OF FUTURIST OUTLINE THERE. AND I'M SURE AGAIN, YOU DO A FANTASTIC JOB REPRESENTING US IN THAT PARTICULAR REGARD. BUT I'D BE CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THE CONSULTANTS WILL COME UP WITH. I THINK EVERYTHING'S ON THE TABLE. ABSOLUTELY. SO THERE'S NOT ANY KIND OF LIKE REALLY LIKE AN OVERRIDING. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. YOU'RE MORE IDEATING FIGURING OUT, OKAY, WHAT'S GOING TO WORK AND THEN HOW DO WE GET IT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE MOVE IT? YOU KNOW, DO WE USE GEORGETOWN'S PIPES? AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES EVERYBODY'S INFRASTRUCTURE LOOK LIKE? WHO NEEDS THE WATER WHEN. BECAUSE EVERYBODY NEEDS IT AT DIFFERENT TIMES, RIGHT. WE FOUND THAT EVEN IN OUR REGIONAL JUST WITH BETWEEN CEDAR PARK, ROUND ROCK AND US. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, WE NEEDED ONE D BEFORE REALLY ROUND ROCK DID. BUT YOU KNOW, WE WORKED TOGETHER I'M SURE. AND THEN THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO THE FUTURE SCAPE. THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I WAS HEADED WITH THAT. 
          SO FANTASTIC. THANKS. GOOD QUESTION. IN TERMS OF GOVERNANCE, DOES THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY WATER GROUP SIT OR RESIDE UNDER THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS? NO, IT'S I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD QUESTION, BUT I DON'T I DON'T THINK IT'S UNDER THE I THINK THE COMMISSION HAS TO APPROVE THE, THE STUDY AND THE SPENDING OF THE MONEY, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE NECESSARILY GOVERNING THE PROJECT. I MEAN, THE COUNTY JUDGE WAS VERY CLEAR THAT THEY'RE NOT IN THE WATER BUSINESS, RIGHT? THEY DON'T, BUT THEY KNOW THAT IT'S HELPFUL FOR THE COUNTY. SO I DON'T THINK THAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO, YOU KNOW, RUN THE PROJECT, SO TO SPEAK, JUST TO HELP FACILITATE IT. ADVICE. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES. EXCELLENT. 
          THANK YOU MA'AM. APPRECIATE IT. STAFF REPORT TWO IS A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT UPDATE INCLUDES AUTOMATED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE CIP 42 CONVERSION TIMELINE, BENEFITS TO RESIDENTS AND HOW INFORMATION IS BEING COMMUNICATED TO RESIDENTS, AND WHERE TO FIND UPDATES ON THE CITY WEBSITE. CIP PROGRAM MANAGER WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING, HONORED COUNCIL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT. 
          I'M TONY, I'M THE MANAGER OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM. WE ARE GOING TO GIVE AN UPDATE TONIGHT ON THE ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE, AM I? AND THIS IS JUST OUR GENERAL PROJECT TEAM. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S PLENTY OF LITTLE ACTORS AT PLAY HERE THAT TRY TO GET THIS LARGE ENDEAVOR ACCOMPLISHED. SO FOR THOSE OF US WHO MAY NOT KNOW, AND I ALWAYS ASSUME THAT THERE'S MANY WHO DON'T, STILL, WHAT IS INCLUDED IN ADVANCED 
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METERING INFRASTRUCTURE? WELL, WE START WITH THE WATER METER. FOR US, IT'S NEPTUNE. THAT'S THE BRAND NEPTUNE WATER METERS. AND IT BASICALLY HAS WHAT WE CALL AN END POINT, WHICH MEANS THAT IT'S TAKING THE DATA FROM THE WATER VOLUME THAT'S THAT'S COLLECTED, THAT IT READS AND IT SENDS IT BACK OUT. CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW WE'VE ESTIMATED OR FOUND, I SHOULD SAY, OVER 32,000M HERE IN THE CITY. SO WHAT? THAT IS A 32,000M THAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT AND BRINGING UP TO DATE FOR THIS ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE. WHAT IS ELSE IS THAT INVOLVED? WELL, THE ENDPOINT LITERALLY SENDS INFORMATION VERY SIMILAR TO HOW A HOUSE IS WI-FI WORKS. IT'S CALLED A WAN, A WIDE AREA NETWORK. AND IT SENDS THAT INFORMATION OVER TO ANTENNAS. 
          WE HAVE THOSE ANTENNAS MOUNTED ON ELEVATED WATER STORAGE TANKS, LIFT STATIONS, TOWERS. AND HE COLLECTS THAT DATA. AND THAT DATA IS SENT BACK THROUGH DATA COLLECTORS, WHICH WE CALL GATEWAYS. AND THE GATEWAYS SEND THAT DATA AND THAT INFORMATION OVER TO THE PLATFORM THAT WE UTILIZE, WHICH IS NEPTUNE 360, WHICH TAKES THAT DATA, OF COURSE, WHICH IS USED AND TIED INTO TYLER ENCODE AND PROVIDES US OUR OUR WATER BILLS THAT WITH THESE NEW WITH REGARDS TO ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING NEPTUNE 360 PORTAL. THIS IS FOR OUR CITIZENS. OUR CITIZENS WILL NOW BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THEIR WATER USE IN REAL TIME. WELL, EVERY 7.5 MINUTES. BUT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SEE HOW MUCH WATER THEY'RE USING DAILY, MONTHLY, HOURLY. IT HELPS THEM SEE THEIR CONSUMPTION, BUT IT ALSO HELPS THEM IF THEY HAVE A WATER LEAK, IT HELPS THEM FIND OUT WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING WRONG OR RIGHT WITH WHAT THEY'RE USING. AND THERE'S MULTIPLE WAYS WITH THE NEPTUNE I360 PORTABLE THAT THEY CAN CONFIGURE WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE. SO RIGHT NOW WHAT WE HAVE IS WE HAVE 14 GATEWAYS. 13 OF THE 14 HAVE ALREADY BEEN INSTALLED. WE'RE WAITING ON THE 14TH TO GET A PERMIT. WE STILL HAVE TO DO ON A MONOPOLE. AND SO ACTIVITIES TO DATE WE STARTED THIS PROJECT ORIGINALLY WE WE WENT OUT IN 2022 IS WHEN WE ACTUALLY DID OUR INITIAL SURVEY. WE FOUND THAT WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 27,000M. SO WHAT WE KNEW AT THAT POINT IN TIME THAT WE WERE GOING TO CONTINUE GROWING, WE KNEW THAT BY THE TIME WE ACTUALLY GET THIS ACCOMPLISHED, WE WOULD ADD METERS. WE WOULD FIND METERS THAT WE NEVER KNEW WERE THERE. WE WOULD FIND METERS THAT ARE NOT COMPATIBLE. SO WE'D HAVE TO REPLACE THEM IF WE FOUND NEW METERS THAT WERE COMPATIBLE AND JUST BE ABLE TO JUST KIND OF CHANGE THEM A LITTLE BIT. SO 99% AS OF JANUARY 1ST, 99% OF THAT METER SURVEY IS COMPLETED. WHAT WE DID IS WE OF COURSE, INVESTIGATED, ASSESSED AND LOOKED AT ALL THESE METERS. WE CAPTURED THEIR GPS LOCATIONS. AND THEN ALSO WE DID AN ASSESSMENT TO DETERMINE IF ANY OF THESE METERS WERE ATTACHED TO METALLIC WATER LINES, WHICH WE DON'T WANT THEM BECAUSE THERE'S HEAVY METAL POISONING. WE FOUND NONE. AND THAT'S A GOOD THING. SO WE'VE RECENTLY, AS OF TODAY, COMPLETED 13 OUT OF THE 14 SITES OF THE GATEWAYS. 
          WE'RE STILL WAITING ON A PERMIT FOR THE MONOPOLE AT FIRE STATION NUMBER FOUR. AND WE HAVE BEGUN MAPPING IT AND CONFIRMING SIGNAL STRENGTH AT EACH GATEWAY. AND NOW ONCE WE START GETTING ALL THIS DATA, WHICH WE'RE ACTUALLY STARTING TO DO NOW, WE NEED TO START INTEGRATING IT THROUGH NEPTUNE 360. AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO A 360 JUST YET. THAT'S IT COMES A LITTLE LATER AND I'LL GET TO THAT HERE IN A POINT IN A MINUTE. SO WHAT YOU SEE ALSO RIGHT THERE AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. WE HAVE OUR QR CODE RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE. AND SO I'M HOPING EVERYBODY CAN CAPTURE THAT QR CODE BECAUSE THERE'S A WORLD OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARMY. IF YOU WISH TO REACH OUT AND FIND OUT MORE. WE ARE TRYING VERY HARD TO BE VERY ROBUST IN OUR CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT, REACHING OUT TO ALL THE CITIZENS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH, EMAILS AND MAILERS. WHEN WE COMPLETE CERTAIN TYPES OF WORK, WE'LL DO DOOR HANGERS. WE'VE HAD TWO WORKSHOPS HERE IN THE COUNCIL. WE'VE OF COURSE HAD SEVERAL UPDATES, AND WE'VE BEEN TABLED AT CERTAIN EVENTS LIKE THE CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL IN THE OLD TOWN FESTIVAL. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM, THERE'S ALSO OUR WEBSITE THERE, AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO ACTUALLY BEGIN DEPLOYING THE NEW WATER METERS. SO WE'VE ALREADY STARTED ON WHAT WE CALL THE ANTENNA ONLY BECAUSE WE UTILIZE NEPTUNE. SO MANY OF OUR NEW WATER METERS ARE ALREADY NEPTUNE. THEY'RE ALREADY READY TO GO. THEY JUST NEEDED AN ANTENNA. SO WE JUST STARTED INSTALLING ANTENNAS. WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE'LL BEGIN THE FULL DEPLOYMENT OF ALL INSTALLATIONS. NOT ALL AT ONCE. IT'LL BE IN SECTIONS AT A TIME. AND WE'RE GOING TO START THAT ON JANUARY 19TH. SO HERE'S THE DEPLOYMENT AREAS AND STARTING TIME FRAMES. SO STARTING JANUARY 19TH WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE SUNNY DRIVE NEIGHBORHOODS AND ALONG THE SUNNY DRIVE CORRIDOR. AFTER WE COMPLETE THERE WE'LL GO INTO THE RANCHO SIENNA AREA. AND THIS IS ONCE EVERY WEEK. NEXT WEEK WILL BE FEBRUARY 1ST. WE'LL BE OLD TOWN LEANDER HEIGHTS AREA. AND THEN WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE A GOAL OF 150M PER WEEK, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO SOME OF THESE AREAS AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE FAR 
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LARGER THAN 150M. AND SO I HAVE LISTED SEVERAL OTHERS DOWN HERE. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I DO NOT HAVE A DATE AS TO WHEN WE'LL HIT THOSE, BECAUSE EVIDENTLY, ONCE WE START GOING, WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT HOW AND WHEN WE'LL GET THOSE. SO BY THE NEXT TIME WE COME TO THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING, I HOPE TO HAVE DATES FOR YOU ON ALL OF THOSE. SO CURRENT CHANGES TO THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL. AS I STATED, WE HAD A PROPAGATION STUDY IN 2022 WHERE WE FOUND THAT AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WE HAD A LITTLE OVER 27,000M IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, BASICALLY THREE AND A HALF YEARS, WE'VE ADDED 5000 WATER METERS. IT SPEAKS TO OUR GROWTH, EVIDENTLY. SO NOW WE'RE AT A LITTLE OVER 32,000 WATER METERS. WE KNEW, LIKE I SAID, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS, THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE GROWTH, WE WERE GOING TO HAVE CHANGE. AND SO IT WAS WRITTEN INTO OUR CONTRACT THAT WAY WITH OUR OUR CONSULTANTS AND OUR CONTRACTOR. SO WE KNEW THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK LATER ON AND MAKE A CHANGE AND ADJUSTMENT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FOLLOWING UP HERE ON ON THAT BACK IN 2022, WE THOUGHT THAT WE HAVE FULL CHANGE OUT OF 11,000. AFTER DOING SURVEYS, WE FOUND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO DO A FULL CHANGE OUT ON 10,537. BACK THEN, WE THOUGHT WE WERE ONLY GOING TO NEED 2630 CELLULAR. AND THE REASON I SAY CELLULAR IS THAT BECAUSE LEANDER IS BEAUTIFUL AND WE HAVE A LOT OF HILLS AND A LOT OF CANYONS, THERE'S A LOT OF WHAT WE CALL DARK SPOTS WHERE RADIO SIGNALS CANNOT REACH. AND SO WE HAVE TO USE CELLULAR SERVICE TO REACH THOSE. WHAT WE HAVE FOUND THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO PUT IN 8325 CELLULAR'S WE'RE GETTING THOSE COMPLETED. WE THOUGHT ORIGINALLY WE WERE GOING TO PUT IN TEN MONOPOLE LOCATIONS, BUT WE FOUND WE HAVE PLENTY OF CITY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE COULD SAVE MONEY ON, AND WE DID SAVE MONEY BY ONLY INSTALLING ONE MONOPOLE. WE CHANGED CUSTOMER PORTALS ORIGINALLY POINT, NOW WE CHANGED THE NEPTUNE BY 360, WHICH WE FIND IS MUCH MORE USER FRIENDLY WITH A LOT MORE. IT'S MUCH MORE DYNAMIC WITH THE ABILITY FOR THE CITIZENS TO SET UP WHAT THEY WANT TO LOOK AT. SO HERE'S A PROJECT SCHEDULE. 
          SO WE STARTED BACK IN JANUARY 2025, ACTUALLY KICKING OFF THE PROJECT. I MEAN, ACTUALLY KICKING OFF THE WORK WE ACTUALLY STARTED IN LATE 2023, HIRING THE CONTRACTORS. WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE FIRST PHASE. FIRST PHASE IS THE COMPLETE INVESTIGATION AND ASSESSMENT. 
          AND WE FINISHED THAT HERE RIGHT AT THE END OF DECEMBER, START OF JANUARY, AND NOW WE'RE STARTING PHASE TWO. WE'RE ACTUALLY BEGINNING TO GET INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION AND ACTUAL DEPLOYMENT OF THE SYSTEMS. AND AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT ABOUT THERE, IT SAYS CUSTOMER PORTAL. 
          THAT'S APPROXIMATELY THE APRIL MAY SECTION. SO WE ANTICIPATE SOMEWHERE AROUND APRIL MAY WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE CAN OPEN UP THE PORTAL TO OUR CUSTOMERS, AND THEN WE ANTICIPATE BEING COMPLETED BY AROUND JANUARY 2027. NOW, THE CUSTOMER PORTAL, WE FIND THIS VERY UNIQUE, AND WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL THAT OUR CITIZENS COULD REALLY LOVE THIS, THAT IT'S IT'S WEB BASED, WHICH IS EASY TO SIGN ON, SINGLE SIGN ON IT. YOU CAN GO THROUGH IT. YOU CANNOT PAY YOUR BILL THROUGH IT BECAUSE OF SECURITY REASONS. WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE GOING THROUGH IT. WE WANT THEM COMING BACK TO OUR SECURE CITY SITE. SO TO PAY YOUR BILL, YOU WILL HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE ONLINE CITY SECURE CITY SITE. BUT IT IS LINKED DIRECTLY THROUGH THE NEPTUNE 360. NEPTUNE 360 WILL BE, GENERALLY SPEAKING, REAL TIME WATER USAGE, WHICH IS ABOUT EVERY 7.5 MINUTES. IT'S GOING TO BE REAL EASY FOR THE CUSTOMERS. THEY TAKE THEIR THEIR BILL AND THEY UTILIZE THE ACCOUNT NUMBER AND THEIR EMAIL FROM THEIR BILL, AND THEY CAN SIGN UP ON THAT. IF THEY HAVE MULTIPLE PROPERTIES, THEY CAN HAVE ONE ACCOUNT AND HAVE ALL THEIR MULTIPLE PROPERTIES ON ONE ACCOUNT, WHICH IS EASY TO DO. AND THEY CAN DO VIEW DETAILED WATER USAGE. AND THEN ONCE AGAIN, IT'S HOURLY, DAILY, MONTHLY, HOWEVER THEY WISH TO CHOOSE THE FORMAT WE WISH TO LOOK AT. AND THEN YOU CAN FILTER BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN ACCOUNTS. AND THEN OF COURSE, THEY HAVE A DASHBOARD WHICH THEY CAN CUSTOMIZE BASED UPON WHATEVER THEY WANT TO SEE. THERE'S MANY ADVANTAGES AND THIS IS WHAT WE REALLY LOVE. 
          THIS IS THE IMPORTANT PART OF ARMY IS THAT IT ENCOURAGES CONSERVATION AND AWARENESS. WE KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THAT OUR WATER IS FINITE, AND WE REALLY WANT TO BE GOOD STEWARDS AND PROTECTORS OF OUR WATER RESOURCES. SO HOPEFULLY THIS HELPS ENCOURAGE OUR CITIZENS TO CONSERVE AND BE AWARE. WE HOPE THAT IT ALSO HELPS REDUCE CUSTOMER SERVICE CALLS, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THIS ACTUAL PORTAL. AND THEN IT'LL ALSO PROVE ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION. SO WHAT TO EXPECT. SO STARTING IN THE 19TH WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE INSTALL CREWS. AND SURVEY CREWS HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH. SO YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE INSTALLATION CREWS I'M SORRY. 
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ACTIVELY RIGHTS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. FACEBOOK NEXT DOOR. WE'VE ALREADY FINISHED ALL THE GATEWAY INSTALLATIONS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ONE MONOPOLE. 
          WE OF COURSE, DO EXPECT THAT THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE OF CUSTOMER QUESTIONS, AND WE WANT THOSE QUESTIONS. WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY'LL GO TO THE WEBSITE. THE WEBSITE HAS A LOT OF FAQ'S THAT THEY CAN READ AT, AND THERE'S ALSO CONTACT LINKS THROUGH THERE THAT THEY CAN REACH OUT, CALL US OR EMAIL US. THE CUSTOMER PORTAL GO LIVE DATE. THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. THAT'S THE MY 360. WE ARE ESTIMATING SOMEWHERE AROUND APRIL MAY OF THAT. AND THEN BASICALLY SPEAKING STARTING TODAY I BELIEVE WE ACTUALLY STARTED SENDING OUT MAILERS FOR CUSTOMER NOTIFICATION. AND ONCE AGAIN THERE'S OUR QR CODE. SO I'M HOPING EVERYBODY CAPTURES THAT QR CODE. AND IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, THANK YOU FOR SHARING ALL THIS INFORMATION. 
          I'D LIKE THE NEPTUNE 360. I FEEL LIKE IT'LL BE A REAL GOOD EDUCATION PIECE FOR PEOPLE ONCE THEY CAN ACTUALLY SEE THEIR USAGE IN REAL TIME. AND WE'RE NOT GOING A MONTH AND THEN REALIZING SOMETHING IS A PROBLEM. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT PART. GO DOWN TO PLACE ONE COMMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, TONY. THIS MAY GO TO THE CITIZEN NOTIFICATION AS THE INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES ARE HAPPENING, BUT SOME FOLKS HAVE NOTED THAT THEY'VE GOTTEN SOME LETTERS ABOUT WAS IT LEAD NOTIFICATION OR POSSIBLE LEAD PIPE NOTIFICATION? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU SEND OUT WHEN YOU THINK THAT PROPERTIES MAY HAVE THAT WE DID. OH COME ON. YEAH. IT'S IT'S NOT RELATED TO THE ARMY PROJECT. TONY DID MENTION THAT WE DID SAMPLE OR COLLECT THAT DATA WITH THIS PROJECT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PER THE EPA, WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT TYPE OF MATERIAL AND IF IT IS LEAD AND THAT LEAD SOLDER IN PARTICULAR THAT WAS USED IN THE 70S AND 80S. WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO NOTIFY THE PEOPLE, AND THEN WE HAVE TO COLLECT A CERTAIN NUMBER OF SAMPLES EVERY YEAR. SO WITH OUR RAPID GROWTH AND EVERYTHING, WE HAVE A GROUP OF THEM THAT WE WE DON'T KNOW THE MATERIAL. WE KNOW IT'S NOT LEAD BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY WERE BUILT LIKE LAST YEAR. RIGHT. BUT SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH OUR, OUR RECORD KEEPING. BUT BECAUSE IT'S AN UNKNOWN MATERIAL WE HAVE TO SEND THAT LETTER TO THEM. SO NOT A NOT A LARGE NUMBER OF PROPERTIES. CORRECT. WE WE HAVE NOT IN THE SAMPLES THAT WE HAVE TAKEN OVER THE PAST 2 TO 3 YEARS AS A PART OF THIS PROGRAM. 
          WE HAVEN'T FOUND ANY THAT THAT HAVE COME BACK WITH WITH THE LEAD. GOT IT. THAT'S GREAT. 
          THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. THANK YOU. AS FAR AS LEAD IN THE WATER SPECIFICALLY, THEY MAY HAVE LEAD PIPES BUT IT MAY NOT BE LEACHING OR THAT KIND OF THING. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE ONGOING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. THANK YOU. PLEASE DO. CAN I EXPAND ON THAT JUST A LITTLE. YES, ABSOLUTELY. JUST TO FURTHER EXPAND ON THAT WITHIN THE SURVEYS AND INVESTIGATIONS AND ASSESSMENTS WE DID WE DID NOT FIND ANY METAL PIPES CONNECTED TO ANY OF THE METERS. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, PLEASE. YEAH. SO ON THE POTENTIAL INCREASE OF CUSTOMER SIDE, I IMAGINE THOSE WILL PROBABLY BE PEOPLE SAYING THAT, OH MY WATER'S RUNNING ALL THE TIME. WHAT DO I DO? AND SO ARE YOU GUYS PREPARED FOR THOSE KIND OF THINGS AND TRYING TO TRAINING UP YOUR PEOPLE WHEN THEY TAKE THOSE CALLS TO KIND OF THAT? BECAUSE I IMAGINE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE SURPRISED THAT THERE METERS ALWAYS RUNNING AND. YES, SIR. 
          ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S CORRECT. AND IT'S FUNNY, I LIVE IN GEORGETOWN. I ACTUALLY HAVE THE MI WE'VE HAD IT FOR SEVERAL YEARS. I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ALL OF A SUDDEN FOUND OUT, WOW, MY WATER'S ALWAYS RUNNING. COME TO FIND OUT, MY TEENAGE DAUGHTERS LEFT THE TOILETS RUNNING UPSTAIRS, AND SO. BUT THAT WAS. WITHOUT THAT, I WOULD NEVER HAVE KNOWN. SO. RIGHT. 
          PLACE THREE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, TONY, FOR THIS WONDERFUL INFORMATION. I HAD A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS. IN TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT, YOU TALKED A LOT ABOUT HOW THIS IS GOING TO HELP WITH CONSERVATION. IS THERE SOMETHING IMPLEMENTED IN THE TOOL OR NEPTUNE 360 THAT WOULD PROACTIVELY GIVE ENGAGING COMMENTS. SO IF YOU HAVE A LEAK YOU'LL GET A NOTIFICATION THAT, HEY, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE OVER YOUR NORMAL CAPACITY OR HAVE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE INFORMATION COMES ALONG WITH EDUCATION AS WELL, YOU KNOW, ADVICE OR FEEDBACK ON HOW PEOPLE CAN CONSERVE. WE DAYS THAT IT'S MULTIPLE QUESTION THERE. BUT YES, YES THE THE SYSTEM HAS THE ABILITY TO SEND INFORMATION BACK TO THE USER. THE ONE QUESTION THAT EVERYBODY ASKS, CAN WE SHUT OFF WATER? NO, WE DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO SHUT OFF WATER. SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. 
          THIRD, YES, WE DO WANT TO EDUCATE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE WEBSITE. 
          AND SO WE'RE HOPING EVERYBODY WILL GO TO OUR WEBSITE WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE A VERY WONDERFUL PERSON WHO HELPS US. THAT'S RIGHT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. YES. WE OUR CONSERVATION PROGRAM, BILL TEETER, I MEAN, HE'S SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO ALLOW HIM AND GIVE HIM THE TOOLS THAT HE NEEDS TO REALLY IDENTIFY. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, FOLKS DON'T ALWAYS KNOW THAT. THEY'RE LIKE TONY MENTIONED, THEIR IRRIGATION IS SET TO RUN FOR SIX HOURS AT NIGHT. THEY DON'T KNOW THAT 
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BECAUSE THE BUILDER SAID IT AND THEN THEY LEFT. SO IT'S REALLY GOING TO GIVE HIM A LOT OF TOOLS TO TO HELP PEOPLE AND EDUCATE THEM. AND ARE WE MY MY LAST QUESTION, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A PILOT OF UTILIZATION OF THIS TOOL WITH JUST EVERYDAY RESIDENTS BEFORE WE IMPLEMENT IT? YES. MY APOLOGIES. WE ACTUALLY DID A TEST RUN ON THAT AND WE ACTUALLY STARTED THAT I GUESS ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO. AND SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN DOING THIS LITTLE TEST PILOT RUN. OKAY. PERFECT. PERFECT. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE AT THE END OF THE DAY EVERYONE'S GOT TO BE ABLE TO USE IT. SO REALLY GOOD. YES, MA'AM. AND AND MY APOLOGIES. THAT'S PART OF THE GOOD QUESTION. IT'S PART OF THE REASONS WHY GOING TO FORT APRIL OR MAY RELEASING THE PORTAL IS BECAUSE WE EVEN THOUGH WE'RE GETTING DATA NOW, WE NEED TO DO ALL THE TESTING. 
          WE NEED TO CHECK IT, MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CORRECT. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S WORKING PROPERLY BEFORE WE ACTUALLY START RELEASING IT TO THE PUBLIC AND HOLDING THE PUBLIC TO THAT. AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. PLEASE. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING I DO JUST REALLY QUICK WITH THE FORTHCOMING. OPERATIONAL ACTION TAKEN FOR THE PORTAL ITSELF, LIKE MAKING IT AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE, I WAS LOOKING AT THIS. I DID A LITTLE BIT OF SOCIAL MEDIA POSTING MYSELF, JUST MAKING PEOPLE AWARE OF THE METERING AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO I KIND OF SCHEDULED SOME STUFF OUT, BUT WHEN I WAS DOING SO, I NOTED THAT THERE WAS A COUPLE OF, I WANT TO SAY, THERE WERE ARMY VIDEOS THAT WERE THAT WERE SPECIFIC TO LIKE USAGE AND THE AND THE WAY THE PORTAL WORKS AND WHATNOT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY REFERENCES TO THOSE PARTICULAR VIDEOS IN ANY OF OUR INFORMATION. SO I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST THAT WE DO DO THAT AHEAD OF THE PORTAL ACTUALLY LAUNCHING PERHAPS A SEPARATE SOCIAL MEDIA AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAT IS SPECIFICALLY THE VIDEO, SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT IT IS AHEAD OF TIME AND NOT JUST LIKE, OH, IT'S THERE. AND THEN THEY HAVE TO LEARN IT, RIGHT? GIVE THEM A LITTLE HEADS, HEADS UP, IF YOU WILL, JUST SOMETHING I NOTED. OTHERWISE, I THINK THIS IS VERY WELL ORGANIZED. THE ROLLOUT SEEMS VERY, VERY PRECISE. I WISH YOU LUCK ON THE 150 GOAL. I CERTAINLY HOPE YOU GUYS HIT THAT. AND YEAH, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF IT, LET US KNOW. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. AND THAT IS A VERY GOOD IDEA. I'LL LET OUR TEAM KNOW. THAT'S A GOOD THING TO FOLLOW UP. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. PLEASE. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. AND I THINK YOU'RE STAYING WITH US TO DO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT UPDATE FOR THE SENIOR CENTER, CIP P SIX. YES, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU, LAUREN. AND ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US UP HERE AND ALLOWING US TO GIVE YOU THIS UPDATE. OF COURSE, THE EXCITING NEWS ABOUT THE LEANDER LEANDER SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER. WE HAD A SOFT START ON TUESDAY. I KNOW A FEW OF YOU WERE ABLE TO GO AND SHOW UP. AND SO FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, THAT'S RIGHT OFF OF MUNICIPAL DRIVE. AND IT'S REALLY QUITE A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING STRIKING. AND WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THAT ENJOYED BY MANY. SO JUMPING IN WITH REGARDS TO ACTIVITIES CURRENTLY GOING ON, AS OF TUESDAY, WE HAD THE TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WAS RELEASED. WE DID HAVE A SOFT START. IT WAS NICE. I'M HOPING THAT WE IT LOOKED LIKE WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD TURNOUT AND SO HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY ENJOYED THAT. PARK STAFF HAS ALREADY TAKEN WHAT WE CALL BENEFICIAL OCCUPANCY. THAT MEANS THEY HAVE STAFF INSIDE. MOST OF THE ROOMS ARE ACCESSIBLE AND IN USE. THE ONLY ONE THAT'S NOT IS THE KITCHEN, AND THAT'S BASICALLY RELYING ON THE NATURAL GAS WE HAVE. OUR NATURAL GAS PROVIDER IS CURRENTLY INSTALLING THE NATURAL GAS TO THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY. I BELIEVE THEY WERE PRESSURE TESTING IT TODAY AND TOMORROW AND IT SHOULD PASS. 
          AND IF WHEN THAT PASSES, THEN OUR PLUMBER CAN GO AHEAD AND BEGIN CONNECTING PLUMBING FROM THE STREET ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE BUILDING. AND NOW WHEN THEY COMPLETE THAT, IT SHOULD TAKE THEM THREE, FOUR, FIVE DAYS AND THEY'LL HAVE TO COME IN AND THEY'LL HAVE TO EVACUATE IT, CLEAN IT OUT, PRESSURE TEST IT. IF IT PASSES INSPECTION, THEN WE CAN START HOOKING UP EVERYTHING INSIDE. SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING NATURAL GAS WILL BE COMPLETED APPROXIMATELY THE END OF THIS MONTH. EXTERIOR PARKING LOTS NEED TO BE CLEANED. I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING THAT THIS WEEKEND. THEY'RE GOING TO BE OUT THERE PRESSURE WASHING THE SIDEWALKS AND THE PARKING AREA. THERE'S AT THE FRONT. I KNOW Y'ALL MAY NOT HAVE NOTICED BECAUSE WE HAD A MUD SLAB IN PLACE, BUT THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE PAVERS THERE. THOSE PAVERS ARE STILL YET TO COME IN, SO THAT'S A TEMPORARY SLAB. WE'LL REMOVE THAT AND WE'LL PUT THE PAVERS IN WHEN THEY GET DELIVERED. SADLY, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY'RE BEING DELIVERED JUST YET. I WAS GOING TO SAY IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LAST WEEK, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. IT'S STILL BEHIND. 
          YES, MA'AM. AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE. MANY WILL STILL BE ADDRESSED. WE HAVE QUITE A LIST. 
          WE KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE WANT TO MAKE THIS BUILDING AS PERFECT AS POSSIBLE. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE LITTLE THINGS HERE AND THERE WE NEED TO FIX UP. OKAY. WE SHOULD GO BACK. WELL, WE'LL STAY THAT. WE DO HAVE AN I UNDERSTAND THROUGH ASHLEY AND HER CREW THAT THEY'RE HAVING A PROGRAMING CHANGE ON THE 26TH. AND IS THAT CORRECT ASHLEY OKAY. SO PROGRAMING CHANGE ON THE 26TH ACTUALLY START BRINGING THEIR PROGRAMING IN TO THIS BUILDING. AND SO FOR THOSE WHO 
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HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SEE JUST YET, ALLOW US TO SHOW YOU SOME PHOTOS. UP HERE. THIS IS THE LOBBY AND ATRIUM REALLY PRETTY. WE'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM JUST BEHIND THE ENTRY DESK AND FROM THE THIS IS THE LOOKING AT IT FROM THE OTHER END. YOU CAN SEE THE ENTRY DESK BACK HERE. BACK YOU CAN SEE THE COURTYARD. THIS RIGHT HERE IS THE HALLWAY THAT GOES BACK TO THE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM OR DINING AREA. THIS HERE IS THE INSIDE THE MULTI-PURPOSE DINING AREA WE'RE LOOKING AT FROM ONE CORNER BACK TOWARDS THE COFFEE BAR. THIS IS LOOKING FROM THE OTHER CORNER. BACK AT THE COFFEE BAR LOOKING OUT, YOU CAN SEE OUT ON THE PATIO TO THE NORTH. UP HERE IN THE UPPER LEFT YOU CAN SEE THE GAME ROOM WITH THE POOL TABLE. AND THIS IS LOOKING OUT ON THE COURTYARD. AND OVER HERE YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT'S LOOKING OUT TO I GUESS. 
          YEAH, THAT'S TO THE SOUTH, TO THE SOUTH PATIO. NEXT TO THAT ROOM IS THE WORKOUT ROOM, WHERE THEY HAVE SOME FANTASTIC WORKOUT EQUIPMENT. THAT TOO IS LOOKING OUT ON THE SOUTH PATIO AND THE COURTYARD ACROSS THE HALL FROM THOSE IN THE CORNER OF THE BUILDING IS THE ARTS AND CRAFTS AND MEDIA ROOM, AND THE BACK ARTS AND CRAFTS AND SPECIAL USE ROOM CLASSROOMS. THAT'S DOWN HERE. THIS IS IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES AND THAT IS THE FRONT ENTRY DESK. 
          YEP. AND THEN HE'S LOOKING FROM THE COURTYARD IN THE BACK. YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE THE ATRIUM LOBBY ON TOP AND BOTTOM. TWO DIFFERENT VIEWS. THIS VIEW OVER HERE IS FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE BUILDING THAT IS THE MULTI-USE DINING AREA. AND THEN DOWN HERE YOU CAN SEE PATHWAYS. THERE'S PATHWAYS ALL THE WAY AROUND THE PROPERTY WHICH ALLOWS GOOD WALKING SURFACES. AND THEN THIS IS LOOKING FROM THE IS THAT THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING. NO I'M SORRY. THIS IS LOOKING AT IT FROM THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING. AND SO THAT'S THE COURTYARD. ONE SIDE IS THE WORKOUT ROOMS. THE OTHER SIDE IS THE THE KITCHEN AND THE MULTI-USE ROOM. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. WE'RE SO EXCITED THAT THIS IS DONE AND THAT THE COMMUNITY GOT TO COME IN AND AND WALK THROUGH AND GET TOURS. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TEAM'S HARD WORK. I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AND IN PROGRESS, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NOPE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. WE HAD THAT MEETING THERE ON OH YES ON TUESDAY NIGHT. RIGHT. SO WE PROBABLY HAD WHAT 5055 PEOPLE THERE. 60. IT WAS A NICE MEETING AND STUFF AND IT WAS YOU COULD HEAR WELL, EVERYTHING WENT WELL AND IT WAS WELL RECEIVED. YEAH. AND I KNOW I ACTUALLY IS PROBABLY TIRED OF ME SAYING IT, BUT I WAS LIKE, WE KNOW WE HAD SHE TOLD ME ON TUESDAY BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED, THAT THERE WERE 42 SENIORS THAT SIGNED UP TO BECOME MEMBERS OF ACTIVE ADULTS. 
          SO THAT'S FANTASTIC. THAT WAS REALLY HUGE. AND ONE. OH, AND IT WENT UP EVEN MORE 70. WOW. 
          IN THE FIRST WEEK OF THIS. THAT'S REALLY GREAT. SO THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM I KNOW THAT'S THAT'S KUDOS TO YOU GUYS TOO. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. ANYTHING ELSE. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU 
          [ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]
FOR THAT UPDATE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE. ALL RIGHT COUNCIL WE'LL MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA. WE'LL CONSIDER ITEM TEN THROUGH 23. THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM I'LL MAKE A MOTION I HAVE A MOTION SECOND AND I HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES 
          [24. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case Z-25-0194 to amend the current zoning of Interim SFR-1-B (Single-Family Rural) and Interim SFS-2-B (Single-Family Suburban) to HC-5-B (Heavy Commercial) on two (2) parcels of land 11.65 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R315913 and R031291; and generally located on the northside of RM 2243, approximately 1,100 feet east of the intersection with CR 269, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.  Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case Z-25-0194 as described above.]
UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. AND WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 24. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ZONING CASE Z, DASH 25, DASH 0194 TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF INTERIM SFR 1-B SINGLE FAMILY RULE AND INTERIM SFS DASH TWO DASH BE SINGLE FAMILY SUBURBAN TO HC DASH FIVE B HEAVY COMMERCIAL ON TWO PARCELS OF LAND 11.65 ACRES PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE AS STATED ON THE POSTED AGENDA. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. GRIFFIN. 
          HELLO. GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING. SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A ZONING REQUEST FOR THE HARDWOOD PRODUCTS AND DOORS PROPERTY. THIS PROPERTY CURRENTLY HAS INTERIM ZONING THAT WAS ESTABLISHED WHEN IT WAS ANNEXED INTO THE CITY LIMITS. THEY HAVE BEEN USING THE PROPERTY SINCE THE 80S FOR THEIR BUSINESS, AND NOW THEY'RE INTERESTED IN AN EXPANSION. 
          THEY ARE REQUESTING A ZONING DISTRICT THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE ADJACENT DEVELOPMENT AND ADJACENT ZONING CATEGORIES, AS WELL AS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THIS REQUEST WAS REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DURING THEIR DECEMBER 11TH MEETING, AND THEY DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST. AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S NOW OPEN. WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM TONIGHT. SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED AND WE'LL CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE Z DASH 25 0194 AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY DISCUSSION OTHERWISE THIS IS AN ACTION 
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ITEM. A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR ANY 
          [25. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case Z-25-0200 to amend the current zoning of Interim SFR-1-B (Single Family Rural) to HC-4-C (Heavy Commercial) on one (1) parcel of land 3.973 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R031281; and generally located southeast of the intersection of CR 270 and Hero Way, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case Z-25-0200 as described above.]
OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 25. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ZONING CASE Z. DASH 20 5-0200 TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF INTERIM SFR 1-B SINGLE FAMILY RULE TO HC-4C HEAVY COMMERCIAL ON ONE PARCEL OF LAND 3.973 ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE, AS STATED IN THE POSTED AGENDA. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. GRIFFIN. HELLO. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ARS HERO WAY PROPERTY. THIS IS A SIMILAR SITUATION TO THE LAST CASE WHERE IT WAS ANNEXED, AND IT CAME IN WITH AN INTERIM ZONING CATEGORY, AND NOW THEY'RE REQUESTING THE HEAVY COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. THE DISTRICT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THEY ARE PROPOSING TO DEVELOP THIS AS A PIECE OF A BIGGER DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO THEY NEED THIS TO HAVE THE THE CORRECT ZONING TO MOVE FORWARD. THIS REQUEST WAS ALSO REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DURING THE DECEMBER 11TH MEETING, AND THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. HOWEVER, WE HAD NO ONE 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 25 0200. AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. COUNCIL ACTION ITEM. UNLESS Y'ALL HAVE CONVERSATION, I MOVE TO APPROVE. THANK YOU. SECOND. ALL RIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. 
          [26. Discuss and consider action regarding Tree Removal Case TRP-25-0038 for the removal of multiple Heritage Trees associated with the Glory Hill Public Improvement Construction Plans (PICP-25-0217), more particularly described by Williamson County Central Appraisal District Parcel R082171 and R082172; and generally located at the eastern terminus of Private Road 921, Williamson County, Texas.]
AND WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. ITEM 26 IS DISCUSSING. CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING A TREE REMOVAL CASE. TRP DASH 25, DASH 038 FOR THE REMOVAL OF MULTIPLE HERITAGE TREES ASSOCIATED WITH THE GLORY HILL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT CONSTRUCTION PLANS. PIKE DASH 25 0217. MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY WILLIAMSON COUNTY CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT PARTIAL R082171 AND R082172, AND GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE EASTERN TERMINUS OF PRIVATE ROAD 921, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. GRIFFIN. 
          GOOD EVENING. SO THIS IS A TREE REMOVAL CASE FOR HERITAGE TREES ON THE GLORY HILL PROPERTY. 
          THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED CLOSE TO THE MARBELLA SUBDIVISION. IT'S A HEAVILY TREED SITE THAT HAS A LOT OF TOPOGRAPHY. THEY ARE PROPOSING THE REMOVAL OF 77 HERITAGE TREES. IT'S IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO TO SEE, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO TO KEEP THE TREES AROUND THE, THE PERIMETER. AND THAT WAS DUE TO THE GRADING, THE TOPOGRAPHY, TOPOGRAPHY OF THE SITE. THIS REQUEST WAS REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DURING THEIR MEETING, AND THEY DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST. I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER YOU FINISH HEARING THE PRESENTATION FROM OUR APPLICANT. OKAY. THANK YOU. HEY, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD EVENING. 
          COUNCIL. MY NAME IS PAT. I'M WITH TRIPOINT HOMES. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPLEMENT THE STAFF PRESENTATION. SO I WANTED TO START OUT WITH JUST SHOWING YOU AN AERIAL OF THE SITE. YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A HISTORICAL AERIAL AND IT SHOWS OUR SUBJECT SITE AND OUR APPROVED FINAL PLAT ON THE RIGHT. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE MARBELLA COMMUNITY ON THE LEFT. BUT THIS AREA IS CHARACTERIZED BY A HEAVY TREE GROWTH. THIS IS A CURRENT SHOT AFTER MARBELLA WAS BUILT OUT. AND YOU CAN SEE OUR LOTS AND THE TREE GROWTH IN THIS AREA. 
          THERE ARE TWO REALLY DISTINGUISHING FACTORS ABOUT OUR SITE ITS TREE AND TOPOGRAPHY. I WANT TO GO BACK BECAUSE THIS IS A DIFFERENT PRESENTATION. THIS IS THE PNC PRESENTATION. I THINK. OH YEAH. YEAH. I CAN STILL USE THIS ONE IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GO AND YOU CAN ADD IT. DOES THAT WORK? SURE. OKAY. SO BACK TO THE PRESENTATION. I, WE WENT TO PNC AS YOU KNOW, RECENTLY AND RECEIVED APPROVAL. I SUPPLEMENTED OUR PRESENTATION WITH A COUPLE OTHER SLIDES THAT MAYBE WE'LL WILL COME BACK TO AT THE END. SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, HEAVY TREE GROWTH. THE OTHER THING IS THIS SITE HAS EXTREME TOPOGRAPHY. SO THIS IS 
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NOT A FLAT SITE. THE SITE IS KNOWN AS GLORY HILL. AND THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S A LARGE HILL IN THE MIDDLE. THE GRAPH ON THE LEFT DEPICTS THE TOPOGRAPHY. SO YOU CAN SEE THE DASHED LINE THERE AND HOW IT RISES UP. THIS IS ONE SECTION OF THE SITE AND YOU CAN SEE THE SITE IS ANYTHING BUT FLAT. IF YOU LOOK ON THE RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE OUR CUT AND FILL MAP. AND SO BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS SITE WITH ALL THIS TOPOGRAPHY, WE'VE WORKED WITH OUR CIVIL ENGINEER TO FIGURE OUT HOW CAN WE GRADE THIS SITE, HOW CAN THE STREETS BE FLAT AND HOW CAN WE GET HOME SITES ON THE PROPERTY? WITH SUCH EXTREME TOPOGRAPHY, THE GREEN REPRESENTS CUT AND THE RED REPRESENTS FILL. SO THE GREEN AREA IS BASICALLY PICTURE THAT AS BEING THE HILLTOP THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE LEFT. AND SO THAT AREA HAS TO BE CUT. SO WHEN YOU'RE CUTTING OR GRADING A SITE THERE'S YOU KNOW THERE WOULD BE NO WAY TO SAVE TREES ON, ON THE SITE LIKE THAT. 
          OKAY. PERFECT. OH THAT'S GREAT. THANKS, ROBIN. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE SLIDES THAT I ADDED. I JUST WANTED TO DEMONSTRATE HERE. THE YELLOW LINE REPRESENTS THE EXISTING GRADE OF THE SITE RUNNING ACROSS THE ENTIRE SITE. SO YOU CAN SEE THIS IS ANYTHING BUT A FLAT SITE. THIS IS THE CUT AND FILL I WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. THE GREEN IS WHERE WE'RE CUTTING SO IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO SAVE TREES. THE RED IS FILL. SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE LOOKING AT A SITE THAT HAS SUCH TOPOGRAPHY, YOU WOULD WORK WITH YOUR ENGINEERS TO SORT OF LEVEL OUT THE SITE, SO TO SPEAK. AND WHEN YOU LEVEL IT OUT, YOU WOULD CUT IN THE GREEN AND FILL DIRT IN THE RED. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, ALMOST THE ENTIRE SITE IS GREEN AND RED. THOSE AREAS ARE DIFFICULT TO SAVE. TREES. I ADDED THIS SLIDE SINCE PNC. THIS IS ONE OF THE NEW ONES. WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS JUST SHOW SORT OF THE EXTREME TOPOGRAPHY. IF THERE WERE ONLY A COUPLE FEET, WE KIND OF CHANGED THE LAYERS. AND SO WHAT'S REPRESENTED HERE, THE BLUE IS SORT OF THE THE FORMER GREEN BEING DARKER AND THE YELLOW IS FILL. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, THIS SLIDE HERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE ONLY PLACES TO POSSIBLY SAVE TREES WOULD BE IN THE AREAS IN WHITE. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE YOU COULD POSSIBLY SAVE THEM. AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS UP IN THIS AREA HERE ALONG THE NORTH, WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE A BUNCH OF TREES WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE TRP PROCESS AND WORKING WITH STAFF, WHO WAS VERY HELPFUL. THEY ENCOURAGED US TO FIND SOME OTHER AREAS. WE WORKED WITH OUR ARBORIST TREE MAN AND WE IDENTIFIED SOME ADDITIONAL TREES HERE IN PINK ALONG THE EDGE. AND SO WE WE SAVED THOSE TREES AS WELL. SO OUR REVISED TRP SHOWS THOSE TREE SAVE AREAS. THE OTHER AREAS IN WHITE ARE PRIMARILY FILLED WITH BUILDING PAD. AND SO THOSE IT'S HARD TO SAVE A TREE WHEN YOU'RE BUILDING A HOUSE ON TOP OF IT. 
          SO THAT'S A PLAN VIEW AS WHAT I'M REFERRING TO. THE GREEN IS THE BUILDING PAD. THE YELLOW IS THE RIGHT OF WAY. THOSE TREES HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED THROUGH THE PRELIMINARY PLAT, AND THE PINK IS THE PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENTS. SO, YOU KNOW, WE TRIED TO SAVE TREES EVERYWHERE WE COULD, AND WE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF TREES THAT WE SAVED AS WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS AND WORKED WITH STAFF AND WORK WITH OUR ARBORIST. SO ONE THING WE DID, BECAUSE WE DO REALIZE THAT WE ARE REMOVING A LOT OF TREES. SO I, I INSTRUCTED OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, I SAID, PLANT TREES EVERYWHERE, PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE ON THE SITE, EVERYWHERE. WE COULD PLANT TREES. WE PLANTED TREES ON THE SITE. SO WE'RE PLANTING 165 NEW TREES. THIS AREA HERE, EVERY COLORED THING REPRESENTED HERE IS A TREE THAT'S BEING ADDED. SO WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, THESE ARE THE TREES THAT WILL BE NEW NEW TREES. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS REALLY NICE ENTRY HERE WHEN YOU COME OFF RADER WAY COMING INTO OUR SITE. THIS WILL JUST BE A LONG. AND THIS GREEN LINE REPRESENTS TREES AS WELL. IT'LL BE A REALLY NICE ENTRY JUST FILLED WITH TREES. SO WE ARE PLANNING 165 NEW TREES ON SITE. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE PAYING $630,000 IN TREE MITIGATION. THAT'S $15,000 PER HOME. WE WORKED WITH OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND I SAID, CALCULATE WHAT HOW MANY TREES YOU COULD PURCHASE AND PLANT WITH $630,000. AND OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT CAME BACK AND SAID YOU COULD PURCHASE AND PLANT 514 NEW THREE INCH CALIPER TREES WITH THAT WITH THOSE FUNDS. SO IF YOU TAKE THE TREES WE'RE PLANTING AND THE TREES THAT WE ARE PAYING TO BE PLANTED ELSEWHERE, THAT EXCEEDS 
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THE NUMBER OF TREES, WE'RE MOVING ON THE SITE. SO WE FELT THAT WE'VE TAKEN EXTRA EFFORTS TO TRY TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT THAT DEVELOPING A SITE HAS A LOT OF TREES AND A LOT OF TAUPO HAS, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID. ADDITIONALLY, I THIS STATS PRETTY INTERESTING. 
          SO WE WORKED WITH OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND HE CALCULATED THE EXISTING TREE CANOPY. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING DOWN AT THE SITE YOU CALCULATE THE TREE CANOPY FROM THE FIRST SLIDE. THERE'S 314,000FT■!S OF TREE CANOPY. SO JUST ON OUR SITE WITH THE TREES WERE PLANTING, EXCLUDING THE MITIGATION FEES, JUST THE TREES WERE PLANTING ON THE SITE AT MATURITY. THE FUTURE TREE CANOPY ON THIS PARTICULAR SITE WILL BE GREATER THAN THE EXISTING CONDITION OF THE TREES, AND THAT EXCLUDES THE MITIGATION WHEREVER THOSE TREES GET PLANTED. THAT IS NOT IN THIS CALCULATION. SO IN CONCLUSION, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE SITE HERE THAT IS CHARACTERIZED BY A HEAVY TREE CANOPY AND EXTREME TOPOGRAPHY. WE WORKED WITH STAFF AND OUR ARBORIST TO SAVE TREES EVERYWHERE POSSIBLE. WE INSTRUCTED OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT TO PLANT TREES EVERYWHERE, EVERYWHERE WE COULD, AND SAID THE TREES WERE PLANTING AND THE MITIGATION FEE, AS I MENTIONED, EXCEED THE TREES WERE REMOVING. AND WITH THOSE TREES ON SITE, THE FUTURE CANOPY WILL BE GREATER THAN THE EXISTING CONDITION. SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO. TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. AND I HAVE OUR CIVIL ENGINEER HERE AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. JUST AS AN ASIDE, CAN YOU DESCRIBE ANY. AND I KNOW IT'S WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT PART OF THIS PROCESS, BUT IS THERE ANY THOUGHT TO ANY FLOODING OR ANY ISSUES THAT MAY COME UP WITH WATER RETENTION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT LATER ON IN THE DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE SO MANY TREES ARE BEING REMOVED AND IT TAKES SO LONG FOR THE NEW TREES TO REALLY TAKE ROOT AND PROVIDE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THESE EXISTING TREES DO. 
          YEAH, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY OUR CIVIL ENGINEERS HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO. YEAH. HI. CASEY GILES WITH US. YEAH. NO, WE WE DESIGNED THE POND, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR PROPOSED CONDITIONS. AND SO WE TAKE ALL THAT INTO ACCOUNT AND A LOT OF CASES, YOU'RE ALSO PUTTING DOWN SOME SOD. SO THAT KIND OF COUNTERACTS LIKE WHAT'S OUT THERE NOW WHICH IS JUST ROCK OKAY. AND SO THAT ALL IS PART OF THAT CALCULATION THAT GOES INTO THE POND. THANK YOU. THANKS. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A QUESTION PLEASE. WHEN YOU ALL REFER TO THE THE FUTURE TREE CANOPY BEING GREATER THAN THE EXISTING TREE CANOPY, WHAT'S THE THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT THE MATURATION STAGE FOR THE TREES TO MATCH WHAT CURRENTLY IS THERE AND EXCEED IT? YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I ASKED OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND YOU KNOW, HE GAVE ME THIS ANSWER. IT WAS PRETTY LONG. IT DEPENDS ON THE SPECIES OF TREES AND WHETHER AND ALL THESE CONDITIONS. I JUST SAID TEN YEARS, IS IT GOING TO LOOK PRETTY GOOD? AND HE SAID YES. SO I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THAT WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT ON THE SLIDE LIKE EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, DEPENDS ON WATER AND SCIENCE. BUT SO HE TOLD ME IN TEN YEARS IT'LL LOOK GOOD. I HOPE THAT'S A THOROUGH ENOUGH ANSWER. OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          JUST TRYING TO BALLPARK. YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH. AND OVER TIME, I MEAN ESPECIALLY OAKS, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY'LL THEY'LL GROW FOR QUITE A WHILE. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OKAY. PLEASE JUST A QUICK QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE THE TREES THAT YOU ARE PLANTING. ARE THOSE NATIVE JUST TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE IRRIGATION THAT WOULD BE NEEDED. YES. THAT'S RIGHT. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO USE PLANT AS MANY NATIVE TREES AND LOW WATER USAGE TREES IN PARTICULAR. OAKS OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT, WELL, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANKS, ROBERT. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 27. DISCUSS 
          [27. Discuss and consider action regarding Tree Removal Case TRP-25-0043 for the removal of multiple Heritage Trees associated with the Harvest Retreat (SD-24-0196), more particularly described by Williamson County Central Appraisal District Parcel R680242, and commonly known as 14751 Ronald W. Reagan Boulevard, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.]
AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING TREE REMOVAL. CASE TRP, DASH DASH 25 0043 FOR THE REMOVAL OF MULTIPLE HERITAGE TREES ASSOCIATED WITH THE HARVEST RETREAT. SD 24 0196. MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY WILLIAMSON COUNTY CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT PARCEL 8680242 AND COMMONLY KNOWN AS 14751 RONALD REAGAN BOULEVARD, LEANDER, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. GRIFFIN. WELCOME BACK. GOOD EVENING. SO THIS IS ANOTHER TREE REMOVAL PERMIT REQUEST. THIS IS LOCATED OFF OF RONALD REAGAN TO THE SOUTH OF THE USED TO BE CALLED LEANDER JUNCTION APARTMENT COMPLEX. BUT I THINK THEY CHANGED THEIR NAME TO PARK. ANYWAY. SORRY, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THAT ONE. SO THIS REQUEST DOES INCLUDE THE REMOVAL OF SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT TREES AND A HERITAGE TREE. 
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THEIR HERITAGE TREE IS MARKED IN RED RIGHT HERE BY THE DETENTION POND. THIS REQUEST WAS REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DURING THEIR JANUARY 8TH MEETING, AND THEY DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST. I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THERE'S NOT A PRESENTATION WITH THIS ONE, RIGHT? OH, THEY ARE HERE. OKAY. 
          WELCOME. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS SWAMI DEVANEY. I'M A DEVELOPER. I DON'T HAVE MY CIVIL ENGINEER HERE OUT OF TOWN. SO THIS IS ALREADY APPROVED FOR THE PART, LIKE COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. WE ARE TRYING TO DO THE DEVELOPMENT AND IT IS VERY NARROW. AND THE SITE IS LIKE A PRETTY MUCH LIKE IT'S IT'S A RECTANGLE SHAPE. WE ARE ONLY REMOVING ONE TREE WHICH IS HERITAGE TREE. THE, THE CALIBER OF THIS ONE IS LIKE 27IN OF THIS ONE. THE USUALLY THE HERITAGE TREES ARE LIKE 26. THE ONLY REASON WE ARE TRYING TO REMOVE THIS IS WE HAVE A FLOODPLAIN ON THE BACK OF OUR BACK OF THAT RED TREE, WHICH IS LIKE OVER THERE, AND WE DESIGNED THE WATER QUALITY POND SYSTEM OVER DETENTION AND RETENTION POND. AND THE RETENTION POND NEED TO HAVE A THE SETBACK AND THE RETAINING WALL WHICH IS BLOCKING THE TREE. IF I DON'T BUILD THAT RETAINING WALL, THEN THE DETENTION POND AND WATER QUALITY WILL BE HAVING AN OBSTRUCTION THERE. AND I CAN'T MOVE OR EXPAND THAT BECAUSE THERE IS A ALREADY THERE IS THERE IS A FLOODPLAIN WHICH I CAN'T CROSS ACROSS THOSE. BUT THE GOOD PART IS LIKE WE ARE, WE ARE PRESENTING ALL THE WE ARE DOING LIKE A THREE INCH CALIPER TREES, LIKE 73 OF THEM. YOU CAN SEE THE ALL THE GREEN SYMBOL. WE ARE PLANTING 73 OF THEM AND THE FOUR INCH CALIPER TREES LIKE WHICH ARE 38 OF THEM, WHICH EVEN THOUGH IT IS A SMALL SIDE, WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE ALMOST 111 NEW PLANTED TREES OVER THERE AND TRYING TO SAVE MOST OF IT. LIKE WHICH YOU CAN SEE THERE. WE ARE SAVING A BUNCH OF TREES ON ON THE FLOODPLAIN AREA NEXT TO THE COMMERCIAL OF THIS. ON THIS. 
          YEAH. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COUNCIL. IT'S AN ACTION ITEM. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. SECOND HAVE A MOTION AND. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. THANK YOU. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK 
          [28. Discuss and consider action regarding Tree Removal Case TRP-25-0045 for the removal of multiple Heritage Trees associated with the Titan Commerce Center (SD-25-0379), more particularly described by Williamson County Central Appraisal District Parcels R099758, R086290, R108828, R031580 and R555207, and generally located to the northeast of the intersection of CR 270 and Hero Way, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.]
YOU. ITEM 28. WE'LL DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING TREE REMOVAL. CASE TRP DASH 25 0045 FOR THE REMOVAL OF MULTIPLE HERITAGE TREES ASSOCIATED WITH THE TITAN COMMERCE CENTER. SD 25 0379. MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY WILLIAMSON COUNTY CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT. 
          PARCELS R099758R086290R108828R031580, AND R555207, AND GENERALLY LOCATED TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 270 AND HERO WAY. LEANDER, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS MY LAST TREE REMOVAL FOR THE NIGHT. THIS IS FOR THE THE TITAN DEVELOPMENT OFF OF HERO WAY. THEY ARE PROPOSING TO REMOVE TWO HERITAGE TREES AS PART OF THEIR PROJECT. THIS REQUEST WAS REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DURING THEIR MEETING ON JANUARY 8TH. AND THEY DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL. AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. PAULA SCHEFFLER HERE WITH WESTWOOD. WE'RE THE CIVIL ENGINEER ON THE PROJECT. AND I'VE GOT KIP MAXWELL HERE WITH THE DESIGN BUILDER ON THE PROJECT AS WELL. SO THIS IS THE CURRENT SITE AS ROBIN PRESENTED JUST A LITTLE BIT ZOOMED OUT LOCATION WISE. AND THEN JUST AN EXISTING CONDITION AT THE CORNER OF COUNTY ROAD 270 AND HERO WAY. THE SITE IS CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED AND MOSTLY CONSISTING OF THAT OPEN GRASSY LAND. KIND OF MENTIONED. THE SITE HAS A LOT OF OPEN AREA. IT ALSO HAS IS, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF THE TREE REMOVAL PERMITS BEFORE US. THERE'S QUITE A FEW 
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TREES ON THE PROJECT. THIS IS GOING TO BE AN INDUSTRIAL PARK. THERE'S THIS IS KIND OF A FLAVOR FOR WHAT THE OVERALL PARK PLAN HAS BEEN, KIND OF WITH THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN AND PRELIM PLAT ALONG THE WAY. ONE THING THAT HOLLIS AND I HAVE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS NOW IS WORKING THROUGH VARIOUS DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO TRY TO MAGNIFY KIND OF WHAT THE SITE HAS TO OFFER, BOTH WITH UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE, ROADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEN ALSO THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF IT, WHICH IS THESE TREES AND IS GOING TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH THAT, TALK THROUGH MAYBE HOW WE'VE KIND OF BALANCED, TRIED TO BALANCE THE SITE CONSTRAINTS THAT COME ALONG WITH THESE PROJECTS, SOME OF THOSE SITE CONSTRAINTS, YOU KNOW, ARE DRIVEN BY TENANT DEMANDS AND ULTIMATELY TRYING TO BRING JOBS TO THE CITY OF LA. AND THE BUILDING FOOTPRINTS ARE LARGE. THEY HAVE A DOCK AND THERE'S LARGER UTILITY REQUIREMENTS. AND, YOU KNOW, TRADITIONAL COMMERCIAL, SMALLER COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS WILL HAVE A, YOU KNOW, LARGE VEHICLE ACCESS THAT DRIVES CIRCULATION. SO WE HAVE MORE QUITE A BIT OF PAVING. AND I THINK ONE THING THAT HALSTON I SPENT A LOT OF TIME CONVERSATING AROUND IS REALLY BLENDING THOSE SITE FEATURES AND THE BUILDING FUNCTION TO BRING SOMETHING THAT'S ATTRACTIVE TO JOB CREATORS AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, HELPING THE SITE IN THE WAY THAT WE CAN, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SOME SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES WITH TREES AROUND THE PROJECT. SO, YEAH, AS KIP MENTIONED, WE JUST WANTED TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND TALK THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS AND TIMELINE AND WHAT WE'VE WORKED THROUGH TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. SO CURRENT SITE PLAN THAT WE HAVE HERE. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S KIND OF A COLORIZED LANDSCAPE RENDERING SHOWING ALL OF OUR ANTICIPATED TREES ELEMENTS ON THE SITE, AS WELL AS THE TREES THAT WE'RE SPEAKING TO TODAY THAT ARE BEING REMOVED AND THOSE THAT WE ARE SAVING. AND THEN I'LL DIVE IN HERE. SO WHAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN IS A PREVIOUS OR KIND OF OUR ORIGINAL ITERATION OF THE SITE PLAN, AND THEY'RE KIND OF THREE MAIN ELEMENTS THAT WE WORKED THROUGH IN OUR DESIGN PROCESS TO MITIGATE AND TRY TO SAVE AS MANY TREES ON THE SITE AS AS POSSIBLE, ONE OF THOSE BEING THE REALIGNMENT OF THE SANITARY SEWER LINE ON YOUR PICTURE, THE TOP OF YOUR PICTURE HERE, THE REMOVAL OF SOME PARKING SPACES AT THE MAIN ENTRY OF BUILDING TWO, WHICH IS THE LEFT BUILDING, AND THEN A REALIGNMENT OF THE WATER LINE DOWN ALONG COUNTY ROAD 270. SO THAT FIRST ONE, THE REALIGNMENT OF THE SEWER LINE. THE SITE IS SERVED BY SEWER AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF HERO WAY. ORIGINALLY WE, YOU KNOW, TOOK THE SEWER RIGHT UP THIS THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE PROPERTY OR THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN HERE. THAT ALIGNMENT IMPACTED ABOUT 37 TREES, TWO OF THOSE BEING HERITAGE TREES. SO WE TOOK A STEP BACK, LOOKED AT WHERE WE COULD TAKE THE SEWER LINE AND PULLED IT OFF OF THE PROPERTY LINE AND CLOSER TO THE DEVELOPMENT. THIS REDUCED ALL OF THE IMPACTS TO THE TREES AND STILL WORKED WITH THE SITE. THE SECOND THING WE DID WAS LOOKED AT WHAT WE COULD DO TO REMOVE OR SAVE AS MANY TREES AS POSSIBLE AT THE MAIN ENTRY OF THIS BUILDING TOO. SO WHEN WE ORIGINALLY LAID OUT THE SITE, WE HAD STANDARD PARKING ALONG THE ENTIRE FRONTAGE OF THIS BUILDING, AS MOST DEVELOPMENTS DO. IT'S, YOU KNOW, RIGHT AT THE MIDDLE OF THE BUILDING, MAIN ENTRYWAY. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A LARGE CLUSTER OF TREES HERE. SO THERE WERE ABOUT 20 PARKING SPACES THAT WE DECIDED, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL MEETING OUR PARKING NEEDS. WHAT WOULD BE TENANT NEEDS AS WELL? WE DECIDED IT WAS OKAY TO ELIMINATE THOSE PARKING SPACES, AND ENSURED THAT THE ELEVATIONS OF THE BUILDING, OF THE GRADING OF THE PARKING AROUND THAT AREA WERE SET AT AN ELEVATION CLOSE ENOUGH TO THOSE EXISTING TREES THAT THEY HAD A GOOD CHANCE OF SURVIVAL. AND THEN I'LL TALK THROUGH IN A COUPLE SLIDES HERE, BUT WE WENT AHEAD AND AMENITIZED THE SPACE AS WELL. SO IT WOULD BE A NICE FEATURE FOR EMPLOYEES. AND THEN THAT LAST CHANGE WAS THE ALIGNMENT ON COUNTY ROAD 270 OF THE WATER LINE. SO THIS WATER LINE NATURALLY FOLLOWS AND STAYS PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY. BUT THAT WOULD HAVE IMPACTED A FEW TREES ABOUT SEVEN. AND SO WE WE JOGGED THAT WATER LINE AND AND REDUCED OR REMOVED THAT IMPACT. SO HERE'S THAT AMENITY AREA THAT I WAS SPEAKING OF. YOU CAN SEE IT BLOWN UP ON YOUR SCREEN ON THE RIGHT. IT MAKES THIS NICE KIND OF PASS THROUGH ENTRYWAY AND PRESERVES THE NATURAL AREA RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUILDING. AND LIKE I SAID, I THINK IT CAN BE A REALLY COOL FEATURE FOR EMPLOYEES BREAK AREA, BUT ALSO A NICE GREEN ENTRYWAY TO TO THE BUILDING. THIS IS OUR LANDSCAPE PLAN. JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE, 
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YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE TREES, AS YOU KIND OF SAW IN THAT INITIAL RENDERING, ALL THE TREES THAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING PLANTING IN BOTH THE STREETSCAPE SETBACK, THE LANDSCAPE ISLANDS WITHIN THE PARKING SPACES, THE VARIOUS TYPES OF TREES THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO PLANT. AND THEN ALL OF THESE TREES ARE FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S LOW WATER USERS FROM THEIR GROW GREEN GUIDE. AND THIS IS THAT TREE PROTECTION PLAN. JUST HIGHLIGHTING HERE. THESE ARE THE TREES THAT WE ARE REMOVING IN RED AND THE ONES THAT WE'RE SAVING IN GREEN. AND THESE TWO ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE SPEAKING TO TODAY THE HERITAGE TREES. SO I'VE GOT THESE IN LIST FORM AS WELL IF NEEDED. BUT THAT KIND OF CONCLUDES THINGS. SO WE'RE HERE IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL YOU DID TO MITIGATE THE NEED TO TAKE OUT SOME OF THESE HERITAGE TREES AND REPLACE THEM. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? IF NOT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY. GO. I JUST AGAIN I WANT TO ECHO WHAT PRO TEM SAID ON THE CONTEXT THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING HERE AND YOUR EFFORTS TO MITIGATE THE LOSSES. I THINK THAT'S COMMENDABLE BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY DOES THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, THE THOUGHT THAT YOU TOOK TO TO RELOCATE SEWAGE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, I MEAN, THAT JUST SPEAKS TO THE QUALITY OF THE DEVELOPMENT, IN MY OPINION. I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE FIGHTING OVER THOSE PARKING SPACES. HONESTLY, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT DESIGN ELEMENT, TOO. I ALSO WANTED TO KIND OF SAY THE SAME THING TO THE GENTLEMAN WITH THE GLORY HILL AND THE OTHER. IT'S IT'S BETTER TO UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT OF THIS BECAUSE IT'S HELPFUL TO US WHEN WE HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE TREE LOSS AND THE HERITAGE LOSS. I MEAN, IT IS IT IS AN ISSUE THAT PEOPLE BRING UP. SO IT'S HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND WHY AND WHAT SOME OF YOUR CHALLENGES ARE SO THAT WE CAN SPEAK TO IT BETTER. SO I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US THAT ADDITIONAL EDUCATION HERE TONIGHT. AND THAT'S MY COMMENT OKAY. THANK YOU. WELL, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND. 
          ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ITEM 29, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON THE APPROVAL OF THE 
          [29. Discuss and consider action on the approval of the Barksdale Phase 3 and 4 Phasing Plan associated with Subdivision Case CP-25-0048 on three (3) parcels of land 52.96 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R338810, R407804, and R407805; generally located northwest of the intersection of CR 175 and Journey Parkway, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.]
BARKSDALE PHASE THREE AND FOUR PHASING PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH SUBDIVISION CASE CP 25 048 ON THREE PARCELS OF LAND 52.96 ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE. MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY WILLIAMSON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT PARCELS R3 388800. I'M SORRY. R3 38810 R4 07804 AND R407805. GENERALLY LOCATED NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 175 AND JOURNEY PARKWAY. LEANDER, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. GRIFFIN. GOOD EVENING. SO THIS IS A REQUEST FOR PHASING PLAN FOR THE BARKSDALE PHASES THREE AND FOUR SUBDIVISION. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF JOURNEY PARKWAY AND KR 175. THE COUNCIL RECENTLY REVIEWED THE ZONING OVER THE SUMMER FOR THIS PROPERTY, WHERE WE DESIGNATED IT ALL AS RESIDENTIAL. THEIR PROJECT INCLUDES TWO PHASES TWO PHASES FOR A TOTAL OF 176 RESIDENTIAL UNITS. THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE THE ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. AND WE DO HAVE A THE APPLICANT IS HERE FOR QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS PRESENTATION OKAY. AWESOME. THANK YOU COUNCIL OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. JUST NEED A MOTION I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. ALL RIGHT. CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. ITEM 30. 
          [30. Discuss and consider action regarding Ordinance Cases OR-21-0004 and OR-21-0005 to amend the Subdivision Ordinance and Chapter 13 Utilities regarding phasing for residential development; and to provide for related matters; Williamson & Travis Counties, Texas.]
DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ORDINANCE CASES OR 20 1-0004 AND OR 20 1-0005 TO AMEND THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE AND CHAPTER 13 UTILITIES REGARDING PHASING FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS. WILLIAMSON AND TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. GRIFFIN. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS MY LAST. 
          OKAY. SO EXCITED. SO THIS IS THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF OUR PHASING ORDINANCE. THIS WAS ADOPTED IN 2022. IT WAS A METHOD THAT WE USED TO TRY TO PACE THE WATER USAGE. SO IT KIND OF SPREADS OUT THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. IT TIES INTO THE PROJECT YOU JUST APPROVED. THAT WAS THEIR PHASING. SO THE IDEA IS IT'LL BREAK UP A SUBDIVISION INTO SMALLER SECTIONS. SO YOU DON'T HAVE AS MANY HOMES COME ONLINE AT ONCE. IN THE REPORT, WE'VE INCLUDED A LIST OF ALL OF THE SUBDIVISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND THEIR NUMBER OF 
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UNITS PER PHASE. WE'VE HAD A HANDFUL WHERE THEY HAD A WAIVER, AND THAT WAS USUALLY A CASE WHERE IT JUST WASN'T EFFICIENT TO DO PHASES, OR IT WAS A SMALL ENOUGH DEVELOPMENT WHERE IT WASN'T PRACTICAL. STAFF FEELS LIKE THE ORDINANCE IS STILL WORKING. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE WHERE IF WE DECIDE TO MAKE A CHANGE AT ANY TIME, LIKE TO THE WATER RESOLUTION, YOU CAN ALWAYS COME BACK AND CHANGE IT. BUT FOR NOW WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT IT REMAINED IN PLACE. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I'LL JUST SAY FOR ME ANYWAY, I LIKE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE IT IN PLACE AND THAT IT'S WORKING LIKE IT SHOULD BE. AND WITH ALL THE UPGRADES, WE HAVE TO BE COMING IN 27. I'D LIKE TO SEE IT STAY THE SAME FOR NOW. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY, 100% AGREE WITH THAT. I THINK IT IS WORKING AS INTENDED, AND I LIKE THE FACT THAT WE'RE REVIEWING IT OCCASIONALLY. AND DEFINITELY UNTIL WE KNOW THAT THIS EVERYTHING'S DONE, I WOULD PREFER THE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH. LET'S KEEP THIS IN PLACE. EXCELLENT. SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. ALL RIGHT. AND I'LL SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. ALL RIGHT. MOTION 
          [31. Discuss and consider action on an Ordinance to amend Article 9.08 of the local ordinances regarding the classifications and number of positions in the Leander Fire Department, reclassifying seven (7) Lieutenant positions to seven (7) Captain positions.]
CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM 31 WILL DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ARTICLE 9.08 OF LOCAL ORDINANCES REGARDING THE CLASSIFICATION AND NUMBER OF POSITIONS IN THE LEANDER FIRE DEPARTMENT, RECLASSIFYING SEVEN LIEUTENANT POSITIONS TO SEVEN CAPTAIN POSITIONS. FIRE CHIEF, WORCESTER HOUSING. AND I HAVE, YOU KNOW. WE DID TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE EARLIER TODAY. SO OKAY, THIS THIS ORDINANCE REALLY MEMORIALIZES THE. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ARRANGEMENT THAT WE NEGOTIATED WITH LEANDER FIRE. SO WHICH DID CALL FOR THE RECLASSIFICATION OF THESE POSITIONS. SO, CHIEF, IF YOU COULD KIND OF DESCRIBE THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND WHAT WE'RE MOVING TO, PLEASE. SURE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. 
          SO THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE CURRENTLY WE DO HAVE CAPTAINS IN THE DEPARTMENT BUT THEY'RE IN ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS. SO WE HAVE THREE OF THOSE IN THE CURRENT ADMIN POSITIONS. AND WITH THIS RESTRUCTURE THAT PUTS SEVEN OF THEM INTO THE FIELD. SO THEY'LL BE WE HAVE THREE SHIFTS. AND SO THERE'LL BE TWO OF THEM ON TWO SHIFTS. THERE'LL BE THREE ON THE THIRD. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THE WE HAVE A LADDER TRUCK THAT IS STAFFED. SO THERE'LL BE A CAPTAIN ON EACH OF THE THREE SHIFTS ON THE LADDER TRUCK, AND THEN THERE'LL BE A CAPTAIN ASSIGNED TO THE EACH OF THE REMAINING STATIONS. SO THAT'S HOW WE ENDED UP WITH THE NUMBER SEVEN IS BECAUSE OF JUST THAT, THE WAY THAT STRUCTURE WORKS OUT. SO WITH THAT, THOSE CAPTAINS WILL TAKE ON SOME ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES AS WELL AS SOME ADDITIONAL TACTICAL DUTIES. SO SO IT HAS BENEFIT BOTH IN THE FIELD AND IN ADMIN. SO WITH THAT, IT HELPS AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW TO MAINTAIN THAT CHAIN OF COMMAND OR THAT SPAN OF CONTROL. SO DURING EMERGENCY EVENTS SPAN OF CONTROL SHOULD BE IDEALLY BETWEEN 3 AND 7 WITH KIND OF FIVE AS THAT AVERAGE. AND SO THIS HELPS ENSURE THAT WE STAY WITHIN THAT SPAN OF CONTROL. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. YES PLEASE. AND SO THIS IS PART OF THE STEP PROCESS WE WENT THROUGH. AND IT'S ALSO THIS IS IN THE BUDGET THAT WE APPROVED IN THE FALL. 
          RIGHT. CORRECT. YEAH. SO WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT THE SAFER FUNDS THAT WE HAD WERE USING MATCHING FUNDS FOR. AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE USING THE BUDGETS FOR FOR THAT. YEP. ANY OTHER COMMENTS. 
          ALL RIGHT I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. CAN I ADD A COMMENT REAL QUICK BEFORE WE APPROVE. 
          OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO SAY I FEEL LIKE THIS IS LONG OVERDUE, AND I WAS GLAD THAT COUNCIL WAS ABLE TO VOTE ON THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND THIS CHANGE WILL BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT RESPONSIBILITIES ARE ASSIGNED APPROPRIATELY, AND THEN ALSO THAT WE MAINTAIN AND RETAIN THE BEST TALENT THAT WE CAN IN OUR CITY. SO THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, I BELIEVE. RIGHT. YOU HEARD THE MOTION. AND SECOND OKAY I SECOND. YES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 
          [32. Council Member Closing Statements.]
EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND NOW WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 32. COUNCIL MEMBER CLOSING COMMENTS, PLEASE. ONE ONE WISH MY BROTHER DAN A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY ON JANUARY 19TH AND ALSO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO MAKE IT OUT TO CEDAR PARK FOR OUR JOINT MLK PARADE AND REMEMBRANCE AND CELEBRATION AND WISH EVERYONE A GOOD NIGHT. PLEASE DO SO. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING THE LEANDER FIRE DEPARTMENT'S AWARDS BANQUET LAST FRIDAY NIGHT, AND TOMORROW NIGHT I GET TO THE JOY OF GOING TO THE POLICE BANQUET AWARDS BANQUET TOMORROW, AND I JUST I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF THEM FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND FOR ALL THE THINGS THEY DO. I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT WE, OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WE'VE LEARNED THAT THE PEOPLE IN THIS CITY FEEL SAFE. WE FOUND THAT IN OUR SURVEY THAT WE GOT BACK THAT THEY FEEL SAFE. WE FOUND THAT THE NUMBERS, WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE CRIME AND EVERYTHING REFLECT 
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THAT, THAT WE ARE THAT WE ARE DOING A GOOD JOB OF POLICING AND PROVIDING PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS UNIQUE TO LEANDER. WE ARE WE ARE OUTPERFORMING THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT WE NEED TO COMPLETELY FUND OUR POLICE AND OUR FIRE, AND WE ALSO NEED TO SUPPORT ALL LEVELS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, FBI, COUNTY SHERIFFS, CONSTABLES. AND ICE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE PROVIDE A STRUCTURE OF LAW AND ORDER AND THAT PEOPLE DON'T BRING THEIR CHAOS TO OUR CITY, AND WE KEEP OUR CITIZENS SAFE. 
          AND SO I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO THANK THE, THE, THE, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THEY DO AND FOR KEEPING US SAFE. AND THAT COULD CONTINUE. THANK YOU. PLEASE, SIR. WELL, I HAD THE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY OF ALSO GOING TO THE SOFT LAUNCH OF THE LEANDER SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER. AND I WANT TO JUST SAY THANK YOU TO OUR LEADERS, PAST AND PRESENT, THAT MADE THAT POSSIBLE, AS WELL AS OUR CITY STAFF MEMBERS WHO WORK TIRELESSLY, GAVE US WONDERFUL TOURS AND CONTINUED TO DO THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT. IT DEFINITELY SHOWS THE POWER OF LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY WORKING TOGETHER FOR A COMMON GOAL. AND I'LL LEAVE US WITH A QUOTE FROM MAYA ANGELOU. I'VE LEARNED THAT PEOPLE WILL FORGET WHAT YOU'VE SAID. PEOPLE WILL FORGET WHAT YOU DID, BUT PEOPLE WILL NEVER FORGET HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL. YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK, PLEASE. FIVE. OKAY, SO ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, IN 1967, IT WAS THE FIRST SUPER BOWL. ACTUALLY, AT THAT TIME, THE AFL VERSUS THE NFL CHAMPIONSHIP. I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE A WEIRD, BUT IT'S THE DATE. OKAY, SO IT WAS A SUNDAY BACK IN 1967. I THINK IT WAS A GREEN BAY PACKERS. AND THEY BEAT THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS. SO JUST IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT WAS SUPER BOWL ONE. AND ALSO IN 1977 THE EAGLES HOTEL CALIFORNIA, ONE OF MY FAVORITE ALBUMS, HIT NUMBER ONE IN THE US. SO WITH THAT I BID YOU A VERY PLEASANT EVENING AND GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION. THANK YOU. PLEASE. 
          SIX. GOOD NIGHT. ALRIGHT. WELL DINNER TONIGHT WAS FROM JERSEY MIKE'S. AND IF YOU FOLLOW ME ONLINE, YOU KNOW IT'S ALREADY BECOME A PROBLEM BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT BY MY HOUSE. SO I'VE ALREADY EATEN THERE MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE TODAY. SO WE THANK THEM AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO EAT LOCAL WHEN YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY. I WILL SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF AND TO THE CITY FOR THE LET'S TALK SERIES. THEY'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. THE FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN FROM OUR COMMUNITY IS THEY ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT LEARNING MORE INFORMATION. IT'S ONE THING TO COME TO COUNCIL WHERE WE HAVE AN AGENDA AND WE HAVE LOTS OF THINGS THAT WE'RE VOTING ON FROM DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, BUT AT THESE MEETINGS, THEY'RE VERY TARGETED. 
          WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO GRASP THAT INFORMATION A LOT EASIER AND GET A HOLD OF IT AND KNOW HOW TO USE IT. SO THANK YOU TO STAFF AND TO THE CITY. 
          AND FOR EVERYBODY THAT CAME OUT, WE HAD LET'S TALK THIS WEEK, WHICH WAS ABOUT SIGNALS, WATER AND ROADS. IT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION, A LOT OF DETAILED INFORMATION, BUT IT WAS GOOD INFORMATION TO SHARE. AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO COME OUT TO MLK ON MONDAY AT 10 A.M. THE WALK IS USUALLY LESS THAN ONE MILE, ABOUT 45 MINUTES, AND THEN ALL THE ACTIVITIES START AFTER THAT. SO IT SHOULD BE A REALLY GOOD TIME. SO I HOPE TO SEE YOU AT OUR FIFTH 
          [33. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to 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(s) for Project EDA-25-008; andSection 551.071 and Section 551.072, 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, along with consideration of an Agreement by and between Northline Development, Alex Tynberg and the City of Leander for acquisition of property for public purpose.]
ONE THAT WE'RE HAVING. SO THAT'S EXCITING. WELL, NOW WE WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. LET'S SEE WHAT TIME IT IS. AT 833, PURSUANT TO ONE 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 PROPERTY 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 PROJECT EDA, DASH 25 008 AND TWO SECTION 551.071 AND SECTION 551.072, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND SECTION 1.05 TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES ALONG THE CONSIDERATION OF AN AGREEMENT BY IN BETWEEN NORTHLINE DEVELOPMENT ALEX STEINBERG AND THE CITY OF LEANDER FOR ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE. AND LET'S SEE, I ALREADY GAVE 
          [ Reconvene into open session to take action as deemed appropriate in the City Council's discretion regarding:Chapter 380 Agreement(s) Project EDA-25-008; andAgreement by and between Northline Development, Alex Tynberg and City of Leander.]
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TIME IS 911 AND WE'RE RECONVENING INTO OPEN SESSION TO TAKE ACTION AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE IN THE CITY COUNCIL'S DISCRETION REGARDING ONE CHAPTER 380 AGREEMENT PROJECT EDA DASH 25 008 COUNCIL MEMBER ROSS, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO ACTION AND TWO AGREEMENT BY IN BETWEEN NORTH LINE DEVELOPMENT ALEX STEINBERG AND THE CITY OF LEANDER COUNCIL MEMBER ROSS, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO ACTION. ALL RIGHT. AND THE
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