[1. Open Meeting.]
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          THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH, 2026 AND THE TIME IS NOW 6:01 P.M. AND THIS IS THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL. CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER STEPHEN CHANG, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL HERRERA HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TONY BLAIR, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BECKY ROSS HERE. MAYOR NICOLE THOMPSON PRESENT. QUORUM IS PRESENT AND THE CITY COUNCIL IS ELIGIBLE TO 
          [3. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to 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 properties for public purposes.]
DO BUSINESS. ITEM THREE WILL CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 6:01 P.M. PURSUANT TO 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 
          [ Reconvene into open session to take action as deemed appropriate in the City Council's discretion regarding acquisition of properties for public purpose.]
WE ARE RECONVENING INTO OPEN SESSION AT 6:40 P.M. TO TAKE ACTION AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE IN THE CITY COUNCIL'S DISCRETION REGARDING ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROSS, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO ACTION. ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS NOW 640, AND WE WILL ADJOURN THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP. AND WE WILL START OUR R THE SECOND. TOS 
          [4. Open Meeting, Invocation and Pledges of Allegiance.]
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH, 2026. AND THE TIME IS 7:01 P.M. AND THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL. SERENITY COATES WITH END TIME CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP WILL PROVIDE OUR INVOCATION. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR THOMPSON. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, FELLOW LEANDER RESIDENTS AND GUESTS. LET US BOW OUR HEADS AND PRAY. ALMIGHTY GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN A NATION THAT AFFORDS US THE FREEDOM TO OPENLY PRAY AND SERVE YOU WITHOUT FEAR OF PERSECUTION. WE ASK THAT YOU HELP US USE OUR FREEDOMS RESPONSIBLY, AND THAT WE ANSWER THE CALL TO BE A CITY THAT IS A BEACON OF LOVE, LIGHT AND PEACE TO THE WORLD AROUND US. FORGIVE US FOR THE TIMES THAT WE'VE NOT ANSWERED THE CALL TO BE ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD RESTORE US, UNIFY US, AND HELP US TO FAITHFULLY FOLLOW YOU. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE AND GOODNESS. MAY YOUR FACE CONTINUALLY SHINE UPON LEANDER SO THAT YOUR WAYS MAY BE KNOWN THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. TWO NINE STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. OKAY, PLEASE BE SAFE. THANK YOU, MR. COATES. ITEM FIVE. CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER STEPHEN CHANG, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL HERRERA HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER TONY BLAIR, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW NARDI HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BECKY ROSS HERE. MAYOR NICOLE THOMPSON PRESENT. QUORUM IS 
          [6. Welcome Special Guests and Visitors.]
PRESENT, AND THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOW ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS. ITEM SIX IS RECOGNITION OF OUR SPECIAL GUESTS AND VISITORS. WE WANT TO THANK EVERYONE ATTENDING TONIGHT'S MEETING AND EXTEND A SPECIAL, HEARTFELT WELCOME TO ALL OUR ACTIVE AND RETIRED MILITARY EDUCATORS, CURRENT AND FORMER ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS IN THE AUDIENCE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR SERVICE TO LEANDER. AND WELCOME. 
          [7. Recognition of Service of Councilmember Place 4.]
ITEM SEVEN IS RECOGNITION OF SERVICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE FOUR, WHICH IS ME. BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROSS. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS MY HONOR, AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A MINUTE TONIGHT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND PLACE, FOR YOU HAVE DONE A LOT FOR THIS CITY, AND WE ARE ALL THRILLED AT THE ELECTION RESULTS AND EXCITED TO SEE YOU MOVE INTO MAYOR. BUT THIS BEAUTIFUL CRYSTAL PLAQUE SAYS IN APPRECIATION OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE, VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS AND AN UNFAILING COMMITMENT TO THE CITY OF LEANDER, TEXAS WHILE SERVING AS COUNCIL MEMBER, PLACE FOUR FROM 2021, 2021 TO 2026. THANK YOU. YES? AM I SUPPOSED TO DO SOMETHING NOW? OKAY. THANK YOU MA'AM. YOU'RE WELCOME. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. SHE TOLD ME THE VANNA 
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WHITE. I HOPE Y'ALL KNOW WHO I AM. WELL, I WILL SAY SERVING IN PLACE FOUR HAS BEEN MY HONOR. I HAVE ENJOYED ALL OF THE TIME SOME OF THE CHALLENGING, BUT MOST OF IT HAS BEEN AMAZING AND I HAVE ENJOYED IT. AND I'M HAPPY TO STEP INTO THE ROLE OF MAYOR NOW. AND SO I THANK Y'ALL FOR WORKING WITH ME, FOR BEING EXCITED, PARTICIPATING IN ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THIS COMMUNITY OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED GOING FORWARD. SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL FOR BEING SUPPORTIVE, BEING ENCOURAGING, AND TO STAFF FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK TO HELP OUR CITY MOVE FORWARD. SO THANK YOU GUYS. AND NOW WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO OH WELL, JUST MOVE IT ALONG. I MEAN, I WOULD GIVE YOU COUNCIL COMMENTS, BUT I'M STILL GOING TO BE HERE. JUST LIKE IT FEELS KIND OF JUST ODD TO DO. OKAY. 
          WE'LL DO PLACE ONE. WHATEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE IN PLACE FOR. YEAH. WE WILL SEE YOU VERY SHORTLY. YEAH. IN A DIFFERENT ROLE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          YES. PLEASE DO. WELL NICOLE, I DO WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE APPRECIATED BEING ON COUNCIL WITH YOU. AND I CONTINUE TO CONTINUE TO BE ON COUNCIL WITH YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME WE WENT TO D.C. FOR NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, AND THAT WAS A GOOD TIME. AND YOU'RE VERY PATIENT WITH ME AND AND YOU'RE PATIENT WHEN I ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND THINGS. AND SO HOPEFULLY AS MAYOR, YOU'LL STILL BE PATIENT. YES, I'LL STILL BE PATIENT, I PROMISE. PLEASE DO, MAYOR THOMPSON. SO WE'RE SO GRATEFUL. I'M GRATEFUL TO SERVE WITH YOU. 
          I KNOW IT'S BEEN A SHORT TENURE, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY SEE IN THAT TENURE THE DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT THAT YOU HAVE TO OUR CITY. SO WE'RE SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO SERVE WITH YOU, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS NEXT TENURE. THANK YOU I APPRECIATE IT. PLEASE, GUYS, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE GUIDANCE THAT YOU PROVIDE CONSISTENTLY. PRIOR TO ME JOINING YOU HERE ON THE DAIS, YOU WAS ALWAYS YOU WERE ALWAYS VERY KIND WITH YOUR TIME AND OPEN TO THE CONVERSATION. SO I'VE ALWAYS APPRECIATED THAT AND RESPECTED THAT FROM YOU. 
          OBVIOUSLY, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE WHAT YOU DO OVER THE NEXT STRETCH AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. SO CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, AND PLEASE BE GLAD YOU MOVED ONE SEAT OVER AND RIGHT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AS MAYOR, AS ALWAYS. AWESOME. THANK YOU. TODD, DO I HAVE TO TURN TO YOU, SIR? INCREDIBLE. 
          PROBABLY THE THE BEST MAYOR I'VE WORKED WITH SINCE THIS LAST SPECIAL ELECTION. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR APPRECIATE YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND AND EVERYTHING. 
          AND THE GUY SHE PROVIDED TO STAFF AND AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. MY 
          [8. Oath of Office for newly elected Councilmember Place 4.
[Immediately following the oaths of office there will be a brief reception.]]
PLEASURE. THANK YOU I APPRECIATE Y'ALL. AND NOW WE CAN OFFICIALLY MOVE TO ITEM EIGHT. AND WE'LL HAVE THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBER IN PLACE, FOR WHICH IS ANNETTE SPONSELLER. AND I THINK DORA IS ARE YOU ISSUING THE OATH? OKAY. SHE'S ISSUING THE OATH. SO THAT YOU. YES. SO. OKAY. AND REPEAT AFTER ME. YOU HAVE TO KIND OF GET TO THE MICROPHONE. OKAY. YOU, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM I, ANNETTE SPONSELLER, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR AND AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES, THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE CITY OF LEANDER. CITY COUNCIL. PLACE FOUR OF THE OFFICE OF THE CITY OF LEANDER. CITY COUNCIL. PLACE FOUR OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PRESERVE, PROTECT, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THIS STATE AND OF THIS STATE. SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS. 
          NOW THE TRADITION WILL START REPLACING. 
          ALL RIGHT, WELL, WELCOME TO THE DAIS. AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE SOME COMMENTS OR WORDS? I DO, OKAY. 
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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. FIRST I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SHOWED UP, WHO VOTED, WHO VOTED, WHO DONATED, WHO ENCOURAGED AND WHO BELIEVED IN THIS CAMPAIGN. 
          MOST IMPORTANTLY, I NEED TO THANK MY HUSBAND AND MY FAMILY. CAMPAIGNING IS NEVER JUST ONE PERSON. IT'S LATE NIGHTS, MISSED DINNERS, A LOT OF PIZZA WAS EATEN, YARD SIGNS IN THE GARAGE, AND CONSTANT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY. I COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT. TO ANITA, MATT, DANIEL, AND RICK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND BELIEVING IN WHAT WE WERE BUILDING TOGETHER. MY PHONE WILL STILL BE ON, MY DOOR WILL STILL BE OPEN. LEADERSHIP DOESN'T ISN'T ABOUT TITLES, IT'S ABOUT SERVICE. THIS CAMPAIGN WAS POWERED BY PEOPLE WHO CARE DEEPLY ABOUT LEANDER, AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR EACH OF YOU. I RAN ON BEING ACCESSIBLE, TRANSPARENT, AND WILLING TO LISTEN. AND THAT WON'T STOP TONIGHT. WE'VE GOT ABOUT 15 MONTHS LEFT IN THIS TERM. THAT'S 15 MONTHS TO WORK HARD, ASK GOOD QUESTIONS. FOCUS ON SMART GROWTH, PROTECT WHAT MAKES LEANDER SPECIAL, AND MAKE PRACTICAL DECISIONS THAT SERVE THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE TODAY, NOT JUST THOSE WHO MAY COME TOMORROW. LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN GET DONE TOGETHER. LEANDER, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AND I'M READY TO GET TO WORK. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WELL, I WOULD SAY WELCOME TO THE BIAS AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. AND WE'LL GO DOWN EACH COUNCIL MEMBER AND LET THEM GIVE THEIR COMMENTS. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. SO GREAT TO HAVE YOU JOIN US HERE. JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'VE HAD THE CHANCE FIRST HAND TO TO WITNESS YOUR HEART FOR SERVICE. AND REALLY JUST ONE MOMENT THAT STOOD OUT TO ME WAS WHEN YOU AND I WERE AT THE WREATH LAYING CEREMONY, AND YOUR COMPOSURE AND YOUR CALM AND YOUR CARE FOR THE GENTLEMAN THAT HAD FALLEN UNFORTUNATELY THAT DAY, AND HOW I REACHED OUT TO YOU AFTERWARDS TO ASK HOW I COULD HELP. AND YOU REACHED BACK OUT. SO REALLY JUST CEMENTED TO ME YOUR HEART FOR SERVICE, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS AT VARIOUS TIMES AND AND THINGS. AND SO IT'LL BE EXCITING TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS UP HERE ON THE DAIS. AND I KNOW YOU'VE WORKED HARD AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS. AND WE'LL SEE THEM PUT TO WORK. CONGRATULATIONS AS WELL, ANNETTE, I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD SOME BRIEF INTERACTIONS OVER THE LAST YEAR, AND AS SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, YOU DEFINITELY HAVE A HEART FOR SERVICE. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND SEEING WHAT YOU DO HERE. LEANDER. SO ANNETTE AND I HAVE SERVED ON MULTIPLE COMMITTEES TOGETHER AS WELL AS THE LEANDER FOUNDATION. SO WE'RE VERY, VERY FAMILIAR WITH EACH OTHER'S EFFORTS AND STRENGTHS. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING HER HERE ON DAIS AND HELPING OUT WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IN OUR GREAT CITY. 
          AND I CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR INPUT AND YOUR CONSIDERED OPINION. AND CONGRATULATIONS ON ON A RACE. WELL RUN. AND AGAIN, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU HERE. AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WIN. IT'S NICE TO HAVE A FULL DAIS AGAIN. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING TO WORK WITH YOU. THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NINE WHICH IS NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. OH I'M SORRY. YOU ARE SO RIGHT. I DIDN'T MEAN TO TAKE THAT FROM YOU. WE ARE HAVING A TEN MINUTE RECEPTION. WE HAVE LOVELY CUPCAKES AND COOKIES IN THE LOBBY. PLEASE HELP YOURSELF. BUT WE DO NEED TO BE BACK IN HERE AT 725 TO CONTINUE OUR MEETING. AND SO YOU CAN TAKE PICTURES WITH ANNETTE, GIVE HER YOUR CONGRATULATIONS AND YOUR WARM WISHES. BUT WE'LL RECESS INTO OUR ALL RIGHT, IT IS 725. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING BACK HERE IN TIME. AND WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO 
          [9. 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.]]
ITEM NINE, OUR 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. WE HAVE MR. JAMES DEAN. IF YOU WOULD COME FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR. THANK YOU. JAMES DEAN 2513 COSTA DEL SOL, LEANDER, TEXAS 78641. LOVE MY HOUSE RIGHT UP AGAINST THE CRYSTAL FALLS GOLF 
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COURSE. BEAUTIFUL. I WANT TO ECHO MANY OF THE COMMENTS THAT ANNETTE MADE EARLIER. WE'VE HAD OUR ELECTIONS AND DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. PEOPLE ARE IN POSITIONS AND NOW IT'S TIME TO GET TO WORK. AND YOU ALL WORK FOR ALL OF US. AND WHILE WE ARE CERTAINLY IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION THAN WE WERE JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE A MUCH MORE PRODUCTIVE AND CIVIL COUNCIL THAT DOES A BETTER JOB OF WORKING TOGETHER AND FINDING SOLUTIONS TOGETHER. 
          THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE, AND THAT WOULD BE THE THING THAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU. AND I ACTUALLY WANT TO LIFT BECKY UP, AND I WAS GLAD TO SEE THAT SHE'S GETTING SOME MUCH OVERDUE APPLAUSE WITH HER. WILCO WILLIAMSON, AT LEAST NOMINATION. BECKY HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF PUTTING ASIDE DIFFERENCES OF ANY AND ALL SORT. AND JUST SAYING I'M HERE ABOUT THE SERVICE AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO FOCUS ON THAT. I THINK OUR MAYOR ELECT, NICOLE THOMPSON, HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF THAT AS WELL. BUT AGAIN, I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I KNOW THAT IT'S A LOT OF LONG HOURS AND VERY HARD WORK, BUT I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH EACH OTHER ON COUNCIL AND TO FIND WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER. I AM ALSO I'M GOING TO PUT A PLUG OUT HERE. I AM A MEMBER OF THE QUEER COMMUNITY HERE IN LEANDER. WE HAVE EVENTS GOING ALL OVER CENTRAL TEXAS. I THINK AT TIMES WE HAVE NOT BEEN WELCOMED BY ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND I THINK SOME PEOPLE HAVE PERHAPS LEARNED THE HARD WAY THROUGH ELECTIONS THAT THAT'S NOT A WINNING WAY TO RUN FOR OFFICE. 
          I'M WILLING TO MEET WITH ANYONE. I THINK THE LOCAL PRIDE ORGANIZATION IS WILLING TO MEET WITH ANYONE. WE WANT TO HAVE A DIALOG. BUT AGAIN, I THANK YOU ALL. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WISH YOU ALL THE BEST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO ITEM 
          [10. Staff Reports
Water update includes Sandy Creek Water Treatment Plant (CIP W.69), Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority (BCRUA), and County water needs.Capital Improvement Project update includes Automated Metering Infrastructure (CIP W.42) conversion timeline, benefits to residents, how information is being communicated to residents, and where to find updates on the City's website.Solid Waste collection update includes service level provided following recent ice storm Fern.
]
TEN. OUR STAFF REPORTS. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE OUR STAFF REPORTS OUT OF ORDER AND OH SORRY GINA. 
          SORRY. WE'LL RECEIVE A NUMBER THREE FROM TANYA CLAUSSEN ON SOLID WASTE. UPDATE. MISS TANYA CLAUSEN IS GOING TO COME FORWARD. SHE IS ON THE COUNCIL AND GERALD AND HAS A COUNCIL MEETING. SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE HER, TO MAKE HER COMMENTS AND HER PRESENTATION SO SHE CAN GET BACK TO HER CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU THIS EVENING. I COME TO YOU TO GIVE YOU JUST A BRIEF BACKGROUND ON A CD AND THEN ALSO WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE DURING THE RECENT WINTER WEATHER. FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH A CD, OUR MISSION IS WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING SAFE, RELIABLE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND WASTE SOLUTIONS AT COST EFFECTIVE RATES WHILE EMBRACING NEW IDEAS TO REDUCE OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT. SAFETY IS ALWAYS VALUED AT OUR DISPOSAL. OUR EMPLOYEES ARE PROPERLY TRAINED AND ADHERE TO OUR SAFETY STANDARDS FOR THEIR PROTECTION, THE PROTECTION OF OTHERS, AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT. A QUOTE THAT MY FATHER AND PUT IN INSTILLED IN US IS DO GOOD WORK AND TREAT PEOPLE RIGHT, AND THAT'S THE MINDSET THAT WE OPERATE ON. OUR MISSION EMBRACES SAFETY. SO OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS A UNSAFE SITUATION WHEN THE WEATHER DECIDED NOT TO GET ALONG WITH US AND IT PUT US OFF SCHEDULE AGAIN. WE ARE. THERE'S A LOT OF RUMORS THAT GO AROUND, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT VERY WELL KNOWN THAT WE ARE 100% FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED. WE ARE PRIMARILY A WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS, WHICH I TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN. WE WERE FOUNDED IN 1982. WE REMAINED 100% FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED. OUR CURRENT DAILY OPERATIONS INCLUDE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE FIRST GENERATION ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE FOURTH GENERATION. AS YOU CAN SEE PICTURED THERE, THEY ENJOY ATTENDING LOCAL EVENTS, SO WE ARE LOOKING TO CONTINUE OUR FAMILY BEING CONTRIBUTORS INTO WHAT WE DO. ANOTHER FUN FACT IS THAT WE TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN OFFERING OUR VETERANS A CAREER OPPORTUNITY. WHEN I LOOKED AT OUR STATS TODAY, OUR MOST RECENT DATA SHOWS WE CURRENTLY EMPLOY 26 VETERANS AND THEY REPRESENT 278 YEARS OF SERVICE. THAT INCLUDES ARMY, 
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MARINES, AIR FORCE, AND NAVY. NOW FOR THE BIG PICTURE THE 2026 WINTER STORM AND THE CUSTOMER IMPACTS THAT IT HAD. THIS WAS EYE OPENING FOR US BECAUSE WE REALIZED THAT THE MAJORITY OF YOUR CITY IS SERVED ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY, SO THE IMPACT TO THE CUSTOMER BASE WAS MUCH GREATER THAN WE FIRST THOUGHT. ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY, IT WAS OVER 50% OF THE CITIZENS THAT ARE SERVICED ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE SOLID WASTE COLLECTION, IT IMPACTED 8050 HOMES AND RECYCLE. IT IMPACTED 5854 HOMES ON TUESDAY, 8443 HOMES AND RECYCLE WAS 3330 HOMES. THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK REMAINED ON TASK BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO SAFELY GO BACK IN, WE FINISHED THE WEEK WITH THE SCHEDULE OF WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SO THERE WAS NO IMPACT TO THOSE CUSTOMERS ON RECYCLE OR SOLID WASTE FOR THAT WEEK. BUT THE WEEK AFTER IS WHERE WE SEE THE IMPACT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SERVICE. YOU CAN NOW SAY THAT'S LIKE DUPLICATING YOUR HOMES BECAUSE OF VOLUME. AND WE HAD TO RECOVER VOLUME FOR 16,000 108,049 ON RECYCLE AND THEN 16,686 ON SOLID WASTE. EXCUSE ME, I MISSPOKE ON THE RECYCLE WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN THAT REMAINED SUCCESSFUL THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. ON THE SOLID WASTE. 
          THE FIRST MONDAY IN, WE DID NOT GO 100%. EVEN WITH THE PROJECTIONS THAT WE MADE. WE FELL SHORT ABOUT WHEN I RAN THE NUMBERS 886 HOMES ON MONDAY, WE FELL SHORT. SO ON TUESDAY WE STARTED WITH THOSE 886 HOMES AND I ADDED MORE RESEARCH RESOURCES, AND WE WERE STILL 693. AND THEN ON WEDNESDAY WE ADDED MORE AND IT FELL SHORT 156. BY THURSDAY WE WERE BACK ON TRACK AND CLOSED OUT FRIDAY ON TRACK. SO FOR THE MONDAY AND TUESDAY WE DID THE OFF SCHEDULE COLLECTION FOR RECYCLE TO ABSORB THOSE CUSTOMERS AND THEN MADE SURE THAT WE DOUBLED UP WHERE WE COULD ON THE REGULAR ROUTES. OUR LOGISTICS IMPACT. WHEN I SPOKE ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL TRUCKS FOR THAT MONDAY, THERE WERE SIX ADDITIONAL SOLID WASTE TRUCKS AND FIVE ADDITIONAL RECYCLED TRUCKS TO ACCEPT THE EXTRA VOLUME THAT WE ANTICIPATED. 
          WHEN I TOLD YOU ON TUESDAY, BECAUSE WE FELL SHORT, I PLANNED EVEN GREATER AND BROUGHT IN TEN ADDITIONAL SOLID WASTE TRUCKS AND FOUR ADDITIONAL RECYCLE TRUCKS. AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE REALLY GOT A GOOD GRIP ON GETTING PEOPLE ON TRACK ON WEDNESDAY, BECAUSE THERE WERE SO LITTLE CARRYOVER. WE HAD THEN CONVERTED TO JUST THE ONE ADDITIONAL TRUCK. AND WHEN I TALKED ABOUT THE LOGISTICS, 56% OF THE RESIDENTS GET SERVICE ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY, AND THAT STORM SHUT US DOWN ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. KNOWING THAT WE'VE BEEN REVIEWING OUR ROUTE DATA AND WE'LL OVER TIME, CONSIDER ARRANGING SERVICE DAYS TO INCLUDE MONDAY, TUESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SEE HOW WE CAN BRING BALANCE TODAY, AND THEN ALSO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE PATH OF LEAST IMPACT. IT'S JUST A STUDY THAT WE'RE DOING NOW. THIS ROUTING CHANGE WOULD ALLOW WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAY FOR RECOVERY DATES AS NEEDED IN THE EVENT OF INCLEMENT WEATHER. JUST LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVES TO SOLUTIONS IN THE EVENT OF INCLEMENT WEATHER. ALSO, TOO, WE PLAN TO CONTINUE TO MEET WITH STAFF AND IDENTIFY PROCESS FOR CUSTOMER COMMUNICATION. COMMUNICATION. I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES WE DON'T HAVE LIKE AN EMAIL ADDRESS, BUT WE HAVE THE SERVICE ADDRESS AND EXCUSE ME, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE CITY WITH A LIST OF ALL ADDRESSES THAT WERE IMPACTED. 
          SO THEY HAD THAT INFORMATION WHERE IF THEY HAD THE EMAIL ADDRESS OR WHATEVER THAT LOOKED LIKE THEY COULD DO THE CROSS-REFERENCING COMMUNICATION. AND THEN WE ALSO PUT MESSAGES OUT ON OUR WEBSITE. AND THE OFF SCHEDULE RECYCLE COLLECTION WAS GREATLY APPRECIATED. WE ARE STILL CONTINUING TO COMMUNICATE BECAUSE IT HAS CAUSED A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION, WITH SOME OF THE CUSTOMERS GETTING NOW CONFUSED WITH A WEEK AND BE WEEK THEY'RE USED TO EVERY OTHER WEEK, SO WHEN WE CAME OFF SCHEDULE, WE WOULD HAVE CAME IMMEDIATELY AGAIN, AND A LOT OF CUSTOMERS DIDN'T PUT THEIR CANS OUT AND WE TRIED HARD TO PROMOTE THAT. IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE ORIGINAL SCHEDULE, BUT SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE USED TO EVERY OTHER WEEK, SO WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH SOME OF THOSE TO GET THAT BACK ON TRACK. AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AND APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE DURING THE MADNESS OF THE STORM, AND GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET YOUR SERVICES ON TRACK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS. YOU MENTIONED A ROUTE STUDY. WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT WILL BE COMPLETE? WE JUST STARTED. SO WHAT I'M DOING NOW IS YOU'LL KIND OF SEE LIKE ON THE RECYCLE CALENDAR WHERE YOU HAVE ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS THERE. SO WE'RE GOING BACK IN AND WE HAVE SOFTWARE WHERE WE CAN DO THE BOUNDARY LINES AND IT GIVES US 
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A CAN COUNT. AND SO ONCE WE GET THAT CAN COUNT IDENTIFIED, THEN WE SEE WHO'S ON WHAT DAY. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE. I WOULD SAY IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE OUR TEAM AT LEAST A COUPLE OF MONTHS, A COUPLE OF MONTHS. SO WE THINK JUST TO LOOK AT IT AND REVIEW IT AND THEN BRING THE BALANCE TO THE DAY AND THEN FIND THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE TO CHANGING A CUSTOMER SERVICE DAY. DO YOU ALL PLAN TO COME BACK AND MAKE A PRESENTATION? WE WILL. BEFORE ANY OF THAT'S EVER IMPLEMENTED, WE WILL ASK TO SEE YOUR THOUGHTS. OKAY. AND WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVE DAYS TO WORK IN THE EVENT OF THAT WEATHER. MY OTHER QUESTION WAS AROUND HOW DO YOU COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH CUSTOMERS? I KNOW YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT PEOPLE COULD LOOK ON THE WEBSITE, BUT DO YOU ALL SEND A TEXT? IS THERE AN ALERT SYSTEM? SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO MEET WITH STAFF WITH, TO SEE IF WE CAN COLLABORATE TO GET AN ALERT SYSTEM IN PLACE. OKAY, WE BUT AS A COMPANY. RIGHT. I MEAN, WE CAN WE CAN SEND COMMUNICATION. GOTCHA. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO SO. BUT WHEN WE ONBOARD AN ADDRESS, OFTENTIMES WHAT WE RECEIVE IS THE CUSTOMER NAME AND ADDRESS OKAY. SO WE WANTED TO TO MEET WITH STAFF AND SEE WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND RECONCILE THAT TO OUR RECORDS, WHERE WE CAN PUT OUT MESSAGES ON IMPACTS WHERE THE CUSTOMER RECEIVES IT DIRECTLY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO TO PLACE ONE. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU AND THE FOLKS AT AC CLAUSEN, AC, AC CLAUSEN FOR Y'ALL'S EFFORTS. I REALIZE THAT THERE'S ALWAYS FRUSTRATIONS AFTER MAJOR WEATHER EVENTS, BUT CONSIDERING THE WINTER STORM, CERTAINLY UNDERSTANDABLE. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. PLEASE DO. YES. I THINK ONE THING THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IS THAT, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY YOU GUYS WORK EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK. YOU DON'T TAKE OFF MONDAYS WHEN THERE'S A HOLIDAY. ON A MONDAY, YOU FOLLOW THE SAME SCHEDULE ALL THE TIME. AND AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES IT REALLY NICE FOR PEOPLE, BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY CAN RELY ON YOU BEING THERE AND EVERYTHING. AND AND THE STORM, APPARENTLY THEY LIKE TO COME ON MONDAYS, TOO. 
          YEAH. CAUSE A PROBLEM. AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS IS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, AS AN INDIVIDUAL, WE, WE, WE KNOW WE CAN'T GET OUT OF OUR HOUSE. AND FOR US TO THINK A BIG OLE TRASH TRUCKS GOING TO COME DOWN THE ROAD AND TAKE OUR TRASH IS A LITTLE MUCH SOMETIMES. SO I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE, HOW YOU'VE ADDED THE ADDITIONAL TRUCKS. I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU BRING UP TEN MORE TRUCKS? I MEAN, YOU DON'T HAVE TRUCKS SITTING DOWN TO BE TRANSPARENT. IT AFFECTS OUR ETJ, AS SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, BUT WE DID TAKE CARE OF OUR ETJ. WE WORKED ON SATURDAYS AND SO WE ARE ACTUALLY BACK ON TRACK 100% IN ALL AREAS NOW. PLEASE SIR. ALSO THANK YOU AC CLAUSEN FOR, YOU KNOW, WORKING THROUGH THE STORM ISSUE. I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. ONE, GOING BACK TO CORRELATING WITH COMMUNICATION. SO IN THIS STUDY THAT YOU'RE PLANNING ON DOING, ARE YOU GOING TO LOOK AT WAYS BY WHICH YOU CAN COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH CUSTOMERS OR OBTAIN INFORMATION FROM CUSTOMERS SO THAT IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY, YOU CAN DIRECTLY COMMUNICATE WITH THEM? YES. IF THAT BE, IF THAT WORKS FOR STAFF AND FOR THE CITY, WE WOULD BE OKAY TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATION AS IT RELATES TO SERVICES ONLY. ALSO TO IF THERE'S EVER AN EVENT OF A SERVICE DAY CHANGE, WE DO MAIL FLIERS AND LETTERS AND THEN ALSO PROVIDE THAT DATA TO THE CITY. SO ALL OF THAT WILL BE DONE IN ADVANCE BEFORE ANY OF THAT TAKES PLACE. OKAY. 
          WONDERFUL. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION HAS TO DO AROUND CONTINGENCY PLANS. I KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY NOT THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD SOME TYPE OF IMPACTING WEATHER INCIDENT. SO DOES AC CLAUSEN HAVE CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR, YOU KNOW, HEAVY WEATHER IMPACTING SITUATIONS? WE DO. AND I THINK THE ONE THAT'S THE MOST MEMORABLE WAS WHEN WE WERE, I THINK WHEN WE WERE ALL SHUT DOWN FOR A WEEK, RIGHT, RIGHT. AND THEN USUALLY OUR PROJECTIONS ARE PRETTY MUCH ON POINT WHEN I ADDED THE THE SIX TRUCKS OR THE TEN TRUCKS. BUT I THINK THE ONE THING THAT WE NEED TO BE MORE MINDFUL FOR WAS PEOPLE SPENT 2 OR 3 DAYS AT HOME. WHEN YOU'RE HOME, YOU PRODUCE MORE. YES, YES. SO WHILE IT WAS THERE, BY WAY OF STOP COUNT, WE SHOULD HAVE ALLOCATED JUST A SLIGHT MORE, MAYBE A HALF A TRUCK MORE OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TO THAT REGARD. BUT WE DO HAVE THOSE FORMULAS IN PLACE THAT WE USE THAT DATA TO PROJECT WHAT'S NEEDED. AND THEN ALSO SO IS IT THERE'S NO WAY TO BE 100% ON THAT. BUT YES, WE HAVE RESOURCES IN PLACE TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES, TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES AS NEEDED AND IN SERVICE. OKAY. SO WHERE WE CAN ALLOCATE THOSE RESOURCES HERE. 
          WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES, MA'AM. PLEASE, FOR I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU GUYS HANDLED IT GREAT. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T HELP THAT STORM COMES THROUGH ON A MONDAY. AND I THINK IT WAS GREAT I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. PLEASE FIVE. SO 
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JUST ONE NOTE OF CLARIFICATION FOR MY OWN UNDERSTANDING. THE STUDY THAT YOU'RE DOING, YOU'RE LOOKING TO FIND MECHANISMS TO MITIGATE AGAINST ANY KIND OF DISRUPTION, NATURAL EVENT SITUATION. ARE YOU ALSO LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY ADJUSTING SOME OF THE ROUTING AND ADJUSTING SOME OF THE DAYS THAT YOU CURRENTLY WORK IN ORDER TO KIND OF HELP FACILITATE THAT MORE LONG TERM, AS OPPOSED TO JUST MITIGATING AGAINST A WEATHER EVENT? NO, THAT IS LONG TERM FOR SUSTAINABILITY. WE WANT TO BRING WE WANT TO BRING BALANCE TO FOUR DAYS. THAT WAY YOU HAVE THAT ONE EXTRA WEEK DAY AND THEN YOU HAVE THE SATURDAY AS NEEDED. SO IT'S IT'S UNCOMMON THAT WE SEE THE WEATHER EVENTS AND TYPICALLY THEY DON'T LAST VERY LONG. SO WE WERE LOOKING TO FREE UP ADDITIONAL DAYS TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT AND BE PREPARED TO PROVIDE AND, YOU KNOW, BE MORE EFFICIENT ON THE IMPACT SIDE. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. TANYA, I THINK YOUR COMPANY DID A GREAT JOB WITH THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE WERE DEALT. SO AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF COMMENTS THAT ARE MADE, BUT YOUR TEAM REALLY DESERVES A THANK YOU BECAUSE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THIS AND GET IT ALL BACK ON TRACK WITHIN A WEEK, I APPLAUD YOU GUYS. SO THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. IS IT DIFFICULT TO PREPARE FOR. AND HONESTLY, IF YOU WERE TO STAY ON TRACK IMMEDIATELY, YOU WOULD HAVE TO PROBABLY ADD ALL OF YOUR FLEET AND ALL OF YOUR EMPLOYEES. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR JUST BEING CREATIVE, YOU KNOW, BEING CREATIVE IN THE ROUTING SIDE TO BRING THAT BALANCE AND OPEN UP A DAY. EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER KENT. DO YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR ANYTHING I HAD YOUR NAME ON HERE IS GOING TO PRESENT SOMETHING TO QUESTION. NO, I THINK WE'RE ALL GOOD. YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY. AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU. AND NOW WE'LL GO BACK TO THE FIRST ITEM. A WATER UPDATE INCLUDES SANDY CREEK WATER TREATMENT PLANT CIP SIX NINE. BRUSHY CREEK REGIONAL UTILITY AUTHORITY, BCR AND COUNTY WATER NEEDS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS ALLISON GOLDMAN SERVICES DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. YEAH. YES. SO THIS IS AN UPDATE ON THE CONSTRUCTION WORKS GOING ON AT BCR SANDY CREEK. AND THEN AN UPDATE ON THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY WATER GROUP IN THEIR STUDY THERE. SO LAST MONTH WE TALKED ABOUT PHASE ONE. THE WORK IS COMPLETE. THEY'RE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE. THAT LAST BASIN THERE ON THE LEFT IS IN OPERATION. SO THE PLANT IS UP TO THAT 42 MGD. THAT GAVE LEANDER ANOTHER 4 MILLION GALLONS OF TREATMENT, LITTLE OVER ACTUALLY 4 MILLION GALLONS OF TREATMENT CAPACITY. SO THEY'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THE PUNCH LIST ITEMS. THEY'RE HOPING TO COMPLETE THAT AND AND KIND OF WRAP THIS PROJECT UP IN FEBRUARY. PHASE TWO, A FEW OF YOU WERE DOWN IN THE TUNNEL YESTERDAY FOR THE FINAL, FINAL, FINAL TIME. NO MORE. BECAUSE THAT CRANE THAT YOU SEE THERE ON THE LEFT IS ACTUALLY GOING AWAY, AND THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE IT TO THE TOP OF THE HILL THERE. KIND OF YOU SEE THIS ROAD CLOSURE RIGHT HERE. SO THE CRANE WILL GO UP HERE AND HELP THEM START ERECTING STEEL FOR THAT PUMP STATION BUILDING. SO ALL THE UNDERGROUND WORK IS COMPLETE. THEY FINISHED ALL THEIR PATCHING, AND THEN THE MAJOR TIE INS WERE COMPLETED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH. SO THOSE ARE ALL DONE. SO REALLY FOR THE NEXT GOOD BIT OF TIME, THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THAT PUMP STATION, THE TRANSFORMER YARD, WHICH IS KIND OF UP TO THE NORTH UP HERE. 
          THEY'RE ALSO ONGOING WORKS. THEY'RE. PHASE TWO A HAS KICKED OFF AND THEY ARE DOING SOME REALLY BIG, BIG EXCAVATIONS OUT THERE. THEY'VE COMPLETED THE DISINFECTION BASIN, THE SOUTH TREATMENT STRUCTURE, WHICH WILL GO RIGHT HERE. THAT'S NEARLY COMPLETE. I HAVE SOME PHOTOS IN THE NEXT, NEXT COUPLE SLIDES AND THEN THE CLEARWELL WHICH WILL GO NEXT TO THIS OTHER CLEARWELL. IT'S A LITTLE BIT BIGGER AND IT'LL BE RIGHT HERE. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE STARTING ON THAT. AND AS WE ALL KNOW WE'RE MOSTLY ON SOLID ROCK. SO IT'S SOME OF THOSE ARE TAKEN A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME THAN OTHERS. SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION FOR THIS ONE IS IS THE SUMMER OF 2028. YEAH. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS THERE AND SEE SOME OF THE EXCAVATION HERE AND HERE. THIS IS THE SOUTH TREATMENT STRUCTURE HERE. SO YEAH LOOKING LOOKING GOOD. SANDY CREEK IS ALSO TRYING TO WRAP UP. NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED SINCE LAST MONTH. THERE'S STILL WORKING ON GETTING THAT TREATMENT UNIT UP AND RUNNING. MOSTLY IT'S JUST THE WALKWAYS AND GETTING THE REPLACEMENT UP THERE. THEY ARE REALLY JUST DOING START UP AND TESTING OF THE RESIDUALS, WHICH IS THE SLUDGE THAT'S OVER IN HERE, THIS BUILDING RIGHT THERE. 
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SO THEY'RE TRYING TO WRAP THAT UP THIS MONTH AND THEN GET THE TREATMENT STRUCTURE IN THAT EXTRA TWO MGD KIND OF A BACKUP TREATMENT UP AND RUNNING BY MARCH. AND THEN THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY WATER GROUP. SO FOR EVERYONE HERE. SO THIS IS COMPRISED OF THE TOP 20 WATER PROVIDERS IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY. SO THEY'RE REACHING OUT DOING A REGIONAL EVALUATION, LOOKING AT COUNTYWIDE WATER NEEDS. SO THIS IS A TIMELINE THAT I'VE INCLUDED THE LAST COUPLE PRESENTATIONS. WE'RE HERE. WE HAD 11 RESPONSES SUBMITTED. SO THE TEAM IS STARTING TO GATHER. 
          WE HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW TO START TO DISCUSS THAT REVIEW PROCESS AND SCORING PROCESS. 
          AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE ON THIS AND I'M HAPPY FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. ANYBODY ELSE. NO. OH WELL I'M GOING TO START DOWN HERE AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK NOW. SO DO WE HAVE MORE TREATMENT CAPACITY NOW THAN THE ABILITY TO PULL WATER. CORRECT. MORE THAN THE PULL WATER. WHAT DO YOU MEAN. SO SORRY. HOW MUCH WATER CAPACITY. RIGHT. SO HOW MUCH WATER CAN WE PULL OUT OF LAKE TRAVIS? WE CAN PULL. SO WE HAVE 19 WITH BCR. WE ALMOST HAVE 12 WITH SANDY. SO SO WE HAVE 19.2 CAPACITY. SO WE HAVE TO SO WE HAVE MORE CAPACITY TO TREAT THAN WE THAN WE CAN. WE KNOW WE CAN PULL THAT MUCH WATER FROM THE LAKE. WE. YEAH WE SO OUR WE HAVE WATER RIGHTS FOR UP TO 31,000 ACRE FEET IN TRAVIS. SO WE CAN PULL THAT MUCH WATER OUT. HOW MUCH WE CAN PHYSICALLY PULL THAT OKAY. YEP. SO WE'RE WE'RE NOT OUT OF WHACK. FOR COMPARISON, OUR PEAK DAY LAST YEAR WAS 20 MILLION GALLONS A DAY. AND NOW WE HAVE A 32 MGD CAPACITY. SO WE HAVE THAT. WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF BREATHING ROOM. THERE WE GO. I JUST HAD A QUESTION. SO YOUR THE PUMP STATION THAT THEY'LL BE MOVING THE CRANE AND ALL THAT STUFF. THE PUMPS THEMSELVES ARE. REMEMBER I WAS TALKING ABOUT THERE. ARE THEY STILL IN SPAIN. I BELIEVE THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY OVER. OKAY. SO THEY'RE IN TRANSIT. THEY'RE IN TRANSIT. YES. OKAY. SO WE HAVE ALL OF THE SO THE RIGHT HERE IN THE MAIN SHAFT THERE WILL BE THE FOUR CEDAR PARK PUMPS WILL SIT IN THERE. SO THOSE ARE ON THEIR WAY. AND THEN WE HAVE FOUR, FOUR OF THE SMALLER PUMPS 15 MGD AND THEN 130 MGD PUMP THAT ARE ON THEIR WAY. AND ONE AND IN ALL THOSE CASES THERE'S A REDUNDANCY TO ONE OF THOSE PUMPS. CEDAR PARK ONLY NEEDS THREE PUMPS. THEY HAVE FOUR. WE'RE LOOKING INTO SOME OPTIONS. 
          AND WE'LL PROBABLY BE BRINGING THIS BACK UP HERE IN A LITTLE WHILE TO GET KIND OF THAT SIXTH PUMP IN THERE ALREADY. AND MAYBE LOOK AT ANOTHER 30 MGD PUMP AND POTENTIALLY EVEN ANOTHER MANUFACTURER, MAYBE JUST TO BECAUSE AS THOSE 15 MGD PUMPS AGE OUT AND ARE REPLACED, THEY'RE GOING TO BE REPLACED WITH A 30 MGD TO GET TO THAT ULTIMATE 105 PUMPING CAPACITY. 
          SO JUST TO KIND OF SEE HOW MAYBE OTHER PUMP MANUFACTURERS MAYBE MAKE THAT DECISION A LITTLE EARLIER INSTEAD OF TRYING TO PLAY TRIAL AND ERROR TEN, 15 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. SO WE'RE TOYING AROUND WITH THAT IDEA RIGHT NOW FOR THAT SIX PUMP CASING TO TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE REDUNDANCY IN THERE. AND THERE WOULD PROBABLY BE SOME COST BENEFITS TO DOING IT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. YES. OKAY. THANKS. SO WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING IS WE HAVE ACCESS TO WATER AND WE HAVE CAPACITY TO TREAT WATER. WE DO, WE DO. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. WORK ON THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING US NOW MAKING ANOTHER ANOTHER TOUR AVAILABLE TO OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO EVERYBODY GOT TO GO DOWN AND SEE. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, IT WAS, WHAT, 300FT UNDERGROUND? 300FT UNDERGROUND TO GO DOWN IN THE DEEP WATER INTAKE AND THE MAIN THE THE TRANSMISSION TUNNEL KIND OF RUNS FROM HERE ALL THE WAY OUT TO STAN'S ISLAND ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF. OKAY. AND THEN FROM THERE, IT, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL PUMP IT HERE AND THEN DISCHARGE KIND OF TO THE CURRENT LOCATION ABOUT HALF A MILE BACK UNDER THE LAKE. IT'S AMAZING TO SEE JUST HOW MUCH WORK HAS GONE INTO CREATING THIS FOR ALL OF THE CITIES, AND I'M GLAD WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BE A PART OF IT. AND FORWARD THINKING AND GETTING ACCESS TO MORE WATER. IT'S ALWAYS AMAZING TO ME THAT IT'S BEEN THOUGHT OF THAT FAR. YEAH, IN THE PAST, YEAH, IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME. IT HAS. SO THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE SECOND PROJECT UPDATE WHICH IS OUR AUTOMATED METER METERING INFRASTRUCTURE, CIP FOR TWO CONVERSION TIMELINE BENEFITS TO RESIDENTS AND HOW INFORMATION IS BEING COMMUNICATED TO RESIDENTS AND WHERE TO FIND UPDATES ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. 
          CIP PROGRAM MANAGER WELCOME. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY. ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO COME UP HERE AND SHARE THIS WITH OUR OUR CITIZENS AND OUR COUNCIL. TRY TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE IS SOMETHING WE'VE REALLY BEEN TRYING HARD TO GET TO FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW. 
          THIS IS A GOAL WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE WE'VE ACTUALLY STARTED THIS. WHERE IT STARTS IS THAT WE START HERE. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS ACTUALLY WORKS, WE ACTUALLY 
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HAVE A METER IN A PERSON'S METER BOX FOR WATER METER, AND IT HAS A SENDING UNIT ON IT THAT'S LIKE A RADIO UNIT, AND IT ACTUALLY HELPS SEND THAT INFORMATION. SO INSTEAD OF HAVING US WALK AROUND AND ACTUALLY PICK IT UP BY BY HAND, IT ACTUALLY SENDS IT OUT TO US. 
          AND WE CAN CAN GREATLY BE FASTER WITH REGARDS TO GETTING THIS INFORMATION. IT SENDS IT OVER TO EITHER SELL OR RF, RF, RADIO FREQUENCY, FIXED NETWORK. AND IT GOES THROUGH GATEWAYS. 
          WE HAVE THOSE GATEWAYS ON RIGHT NOW ON 14 DIFFERENT TOWERS ACTUALLY 13. WE'RE STILL NEED TO INSTALL A MONOPOLE. AND IT GOES BACK INTO OUR DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HERE AT THE OFFICE. AND WHEN WE'RE GET TO OUR ULTIMATE GOAL, WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE WHAT'S CALLED THE NEPTUNE. MY 364 CUSTOMERS. OUR CUSTOMERS WILL HAVE A PORTAL, BASICALLY A WEB PAGE THAT THEY CAN OPEN AND THEY CAN VIEW THEIR WATER, USE REAL TIME. BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT THE CONSUMPTION, ANY CONCERNS, ANY NOTICES, ANY MESSAGES, ANY ALERTS, WHICH IS HOPEFULLY VERY BENEFICIAL FOR CUSTOMERS. WHERE ARE WE TODAY? SO FAR WE'VE DONE SURVEY PROGRESS. WE'VE DONE ABOUT APPROXIMATELY 99.8% OF ALL METER SURVEYS. THERE'S ABOUT 100M OUT THERE WE CAN'T FIND. AND THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A PROBLEM. A LOT OF TIMES THERE'S OLDER HOMES THAT HAVE DISAPPEARED, BEEN DEMOLISHED AND THOSE METERS WENT WITH THEM. WE JUST DID NOT KNOW WHERE THEY WENT. WE'VE CAPTURED ALL THE METER GPS LOCATIONS. WE'VE REVIEWED METALLIC PIPES THAT THE CITY OWNS, BUT WE DON'T OWN ANY METALLIC PIPES. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WE WENT THROUGH AND DID THE SURVEY. CITY HAS NO METALLIC PIPES ATTACHMENT TO ANY OF THE SERVICES. WE HAVE 13 OUT OF 14 GATEWAYS INSTALLED. WE'RE RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY WAITING ON A PERMIT FOR A MONOPOLE TO GO OVER AT THE FIRE STATION. 
          NUMBER FOUR, WE HAVE MAPPED AND CONFIRMED SIGNAL STRENGTH. THAT'S CALLED PROPAGATION MAPPING. AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF LEANDER HAVING A LOT OF HILLS AND A LOT OF CANYONS. THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH US GETTING RF SIGNALS DOWN INTO THESE LOW SPOTS BEHIND THE HILLS. AND SO WE CALL THOSE SHADOWS. AND SO A LOT OF TIMES THESE WATER METERS CAN'T SEND OUT THESE RF SIGNALS. AND SO WE HAVE TO USE CELL SERVICE WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND WE'VE SET UP THE NETWORK INTEGRATION. WE'VE GOT THE NEPTUNE 360 UP AND RUNNING. WE HAVE MY 360 INTEGRATION GOING ON RIGHT NOW. NOT QUITE READY FOR PUBLIC USE. WE'RE GETTING TO THAT POINT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TEST IT THOROUGHLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE HAVE UP IS WORKING PROPERLY. CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US. WE TRY TO REACH OUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN. 
          WE'VE TRIED MULTIPLE SOCIAL MEDIAS. WE HAVE A WEBSITE OUT THERE. WE HAVE OUR QR CODE RIGHT THERE. THE WEBSITE IS W-W-W, LEANDER, DOT, GOV, BACKSLASH, AMI AND WE'D LIKE FOR EVERYBODY TO GO THERE. WE HAVE PLENTY OF FAQ'S ON THAT WEBSITE. SO IF ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS, HOPEFULLY THEY CAN GO TO THAT WEBSITE AND FIND WHAT THEY NEED. WE DO SEND OUT MAIL NOTICES. SO BEFORE WE GO INTO EACH OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS, AS BEFORE WE REPLACE OR DO WORK, WE MAIL OUT THESE NOTICES TO THOSE CUSTOMERS, THOSE CITIZENS WHO ARE GOING TO BE GETTING EITHER A RETROFITTED OR NEW. WATER METER. AFTER WE COMPLETE, WE DO PUT A DOOR HANGER ON THE DOOR OF EACH OF THE HOUSES THAT WE DO VISIT. IT DOES EXPLAIN WHAT WE'VE DONE. WHERE WE'VE BEEN GIVES POINTS TO CONTACT IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. IT ALSO GIVES INFORMATION ON HOW TO FLUSH ONE'S SYSTEM AFTER THIS HAS BEEN USED. OF COURSE WE HAVE OUR UPDATES HERE IN CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. WE'VE BEEN GOING TO A LOT OF THE EVENTS, SUCH AS THE CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL AND THE OLD TOWN FESTIVAL, HAVING TABLES THERE, TRYING TO REACH OUT TO THE CUSTOMERS AS MANY AS WE CAN. AND OF COURSE WE HAVE OUR WEBSITE. WE HAVE BEGUN DEPLOYMENT OF THE NEW METERS AND THE RETROFITS. WE STARTED LITERALLY RIGHT AFTER THE FREEZE ON JANUARY 20TH. AND TO DATE, WE'VE COMPLETED 209 INSTALLATIONS AND 142 ANTENNA ONLY INSTALLATIONS, WHICH MEANS THAT WE ALREADY HAD NEW METERS, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANTENNAS, SO WE COULD JUST ALL WE HAD TO DO WAS JUST PUT NEW ANTENNAS ON THEM. ADDITIONAL SERVICES. SO LET ME GO BACK ONE QUICK WHEN YOU SEE THE METER POPULATION SURVEY, WHEN WE HIRED CORE AND MAIN, WE HAD AN A, BASICALLY A A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT WE KNEW TO BE METERS. WE KNEW WE HAD ABOUT 27,700M, BUT WE KNEW THAT THAT WAS PROBABLY NOT THE TRUE NUMBER. SO WE HIRED OUR CONTRACTOR TO GO OUT AND SURVEY 30,000 PLUS METERS TO SEE HOW MANY METERS DO WE TRULY HAVE? HOW MANY METERS NEED TO BE REPLACED? HOW MANY METERS COULD BE RETROFITTED, HOW MANY METERS JUST NEEDED AN ANTENNA AND HOW MANY METERS WERE MISSING. AT THE SAME TIME, THEY COULD CAPTURE THE GPS LOCATIONS AND CHECK THE WITH REGARDS TO THE LINES AND AND ANY KIND OF RF SIGNALS AND CELL SIGNALS. SO 
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WHAT WE FOUND WE STARTED IN AUGUST 2023. WE STARTED WITH THE INITIAL BASELINE OF 27,739M, AND WE HAD DEVELOPED A BUDGET OF 11,007, 883,000 $783,846 AS OF DECEMBER 24TH, JUST AS WE HIRED CORE MAIN TO GO OUT AND UPGRADE AND REPLACE ALL THE METERS, BUT ALSO TO START WITH THEIR SURVEYS OF ALL EXISTING METERS, WE CONTRACTED THEM AT $9 MILLION AND SEVEN 73,403. AS OF THIS PAST DECEMBER, CORN MAIN COMPLETED THEIR SURVEYS. THEY COUNTED 32,194M. THAT'S 4455M MORE THAN WE THOUGHT WE HAD. THEY ALSO FOUND OUT THAT WE NEEDED TO ADD 9291 ADDITIONAL CELLULAR ENDPOINTS. THAT MEANS THAT THAT 9291 HOMES OR METERS WE COULD NOT SEE WITH OUR RADIO SYSTEMS. SO WE HAVE TO PUT CELL POINTS ON THOSE. SO IT USES CELL SYSTEMS. WITH ADDITIONS TO THAT, WE FOUND THAT WE NEEDED TO ADD IN 11,808 ANTENNAS INTO EXISTING METERS. 
          SO WE ESTIMATE THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL COST OF ABOUT 2,378,000. THIS HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED YET, BUT WE DO ANTICIPATE THIS COST COMING. SO WE WILL NEED EVENTUALLY A CHANGE ORDER AND JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF THAT. THAT WILL PROVIDE A TOTAL ESTIMATE OF ABOUT 11,000, I'M SORRY, 11,451,253 523, WHICH IS BELOW OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET. DEPLOYMENT AREAS AND TIME FRAMES. SO WE STARTED JANUARY 20TH OVER IN THE SUNNY DRIVE MASON CREEK AREA. THAT'S THE AREA JUST EAST OF BAGHDAD ROAD ON JANUARY 26TH, THE WEEK OF JANUARY 26TH. I'M SORRY, WE DID THE RIDGEWOOD RIDGEWOOD NORTH NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH THAT AREA JUST NORTH OF CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY, FEBRUARY 2ND, THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 2ND, WE DID THE LION ACRES AND ACRES, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD JUST SOUTH OF MUNICIPAL DRIVE AND COUNTY GLEN AND EMERALD, ALL NEIGHBORHOODS. FEBRUARY 9TH, WE DID THE LEANDER HEIGHTS AREAS, THE OAK RIDGE AREA, OVERLOOK AREA, AND RIDGEWOOD SOUTH AREA. FEBRUARY 16TH. WE STARTED HERE IN OLD TOWN VILLAGE, WHICH IS THE AREA JUST EAST OF US, AND THEN STARTING NEXT WEEK, FEBRUARY 23RD, WE'LL DO PULMONARY RIDGE AREA. MARCH 2ND, WE ANTICIPATE DOING THE CRYSTAL CROSSING, WHICH IS THAT AREA JUST NORTH OF CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY MARCH 9TH. WE ANTICIPATE DOING THE BOULDERS AT CRYSTAL FALLS, BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES OF CRYSTAL FALLS. AND MARCH 16TH WE'LL BE DOING THE VILLAGE AT LEANDER STATION, OLD TOWN GATEWAY AND HORIZON PARK AREAS. 
          AND THAT'S THAT SOUTH OF CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY. NOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS THAT WE'RE DOING FOUR WEEK LOOKAHEADS. SO AS WE GO DOWN THROUGH THIS SCHEDULE, WE EVERY WEEK WE GET A WEEKLY UPDATE. AND SO EVERY WEEK WE LOOK FOUR WEEKS OUT, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO BE NEXT. 
          AND SO EVERY TIME I COME HERE COUNCIL I WILL PROVIDE NEW AREAS THAT WE WILL BE ATTENDING TO AND DEPLOYING AT. OUR GOAL IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL, I SHOULD SAY, IS 150M PER WEEK. RIGHT NOW WE'RE HITTING ABOUT 82M PER WEEK. OUR PROJECT SCHEDULE, OF COURSE, WE STARTED IN JANUARY 2025. BY DECEMBER 2025, WE HAD COMPLETED OUR SURVEYS. WE STARTED DEPLOYMENT HERE IN JANUARY. WE ANTICIPATE BEING COMPLETED WITH ALL THE NEW METERS, ALL THE RETROFITS, ALL THE NEW ANTENNAS BY DECEMBER OF 2026. AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO THE CLOSEOUT PHASE. FOR THE CUSTOMER PORTAL, THE NEPTUNE I360. IT HAS REALLY WE HOPE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR OUR CUSTOMERS. IT'S WEB BASED WITH A SINGLE SECURE SINGLE SIGN ON ACCESS. 
          IT WILL LINK DIRECTLY TO OUR ONLINE BILL PAYMENT SITE. BUT YOU CANNOT OR CUSTOMERS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PAY THROUGH THE NEPTUNE BY 360 FOR SECURITY REASONS. IT'S INTEGRATED WITH NEPTUNE 360, WHICH IS THE DATA THAT WE RECEIVE FOR NEAR REAL TIME WATER USAGE, AND THAT UPDATES APPROXIMATELY EVERY EIGHT SECONDS. SINGLE SIGN ON WHICH ACCOUNT NUMBERS AND AN EMAIL. NOW, WHAT'S WONDERFUL IS THAT IT ALSO MANAGES MULTIPLE PROPERTIES UNDER ONE LOGIN. SO IF A CUSTOMER OWNS MULTIPLE PROPERTIES, THEY CAN GO ON ONE LOGIN AND THEY CAN LOOK AT MULTIPLE PROPERTIES UNDER THE SAME WEBSITE. YOU CAN THEY CAN VIEW DETAILED WATER USAGE IN AN HOURLY, DAILY OR AVERAGE FORMATS. AND THEY CAN GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS, AND THEY CAN SET WHATEVER LANGUAGE THEY NEED TO BASED UPON WHAT'S AVAILABLE. IT IS CUSTOMIZABLE, CUSTOMIZABLE DASHBOARD. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE CONSERVATION AWARENESS. AND WE OF COURSE, AS THE CITY, WE TRY TO BE THE BEST STEWARDS WE CAN BE OF OUR WATER. THIS HOPEFULLY WILL HELP REDUCE CUSTOMER SERVICE CALLS BECAUSE IT HAS A 
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SELF-SERVICE ACCESS AND IT WILL HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY IMPROVE COMMUNICATION AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THESE TARGETED ALERTS. THE 360 DASHBOARD STARTS OUT ON THE SPLASH SCREEN NAMED MAIN DASHBOARD. HERE YOU'VE GOT INFORMATION CARDS AS THOSE FOUR TOP. AT THE TOP, IT GIVES THE ACCOUNT INFORMATION, WHATEVER KIND OF DAILY USAGE AND ANY ALERTS. IN THE MIDDLE. YOU CAN SEE THE BAR GRAPH AND YOU CAN SWITCH BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN A BAR GRAPH OR A LINE CHART. AND THAT OF COURSE, SHOWS THE LAST 30 DAYS OF USAGE. AND THEN AT THE VERY BOTTOM YOU HAVE A LIST OF ALERTS OF ALERT TYPE, DATE, TIME AND THE MESSAGE. WE ALSO YOU CAN GO INTO THE LOOKING AT CONSUMPTION HISTORY. YOU CAN FILTER THIS BY DAY WEEK MONTH, YEAR. AND YOU CAN GO THROUGH THESE INTERVALS AND TABS ON THIS. LET'S SEE IF I CAN DO THIS. WHAT I LIKE APPEARS THAT YOU CAN GO OVER HERE AND YOU CAN SWITCH BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN BAR GRAPHS, LINE GRAPHS. 
          BUT ALSO WHEN YOU FINISH DETERMINING WHAT YOU WANT TO, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT, SHARE IT TO YOURSELF WITH SPREADSHEET INFORMATION SO YOU CAN EXPORT IT. THIS IS WHAT'S ALSO WONDERFUL. OF COURSE THE ALERT SYSTEMS ALERTS CAN THE OUR CUSTOMERS CAN CHOOSE WHATEVER ALERTS THEY NEED OR CHOOSE TO HAVE WHATEVER. BUT HERE'S WHAT I LIKE. THIS IS THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE BEING OUT OF TOWN SO PEOPLE CAN LITERALLY PUT AN ALERT ON THERE. SO IF THEY GO ON VACATION, THEY CAN SAY, HEY, IF SOMETHING GOES ON, I LOSE WATER OR I HAVE A WATER LINE BREAK, PLEASE SEND ME ALERT NOTICE. FOR ME PERSONALLY, I LOVE THAT THAT MANAGING ACCOUNTS. THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE, CITIZENS OUT THERE WHO OWN MULTIPLE PROPERTIES, AND THEY CAN COME IN HERE AND UP THROUGH HERE. THEY CAN CHOOSE TO ADD ACCOUNTS. THEY'LL COME IN, IT'LL BE DROP DOWN, REAL SIMPLE INFORMATION. JUST ADD THE ACCOUNT AND IT'LL PROVIDE INDIVIDUAL LITTLE WINDOWS FOR EACH OF THE ACCOUNTS THAT THEY DO HAVE, SO THEY CAN MANAGE THEIR ACCOUNTS FOR EACH OF THEIR PROPERTIES. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          WE'LL GO DOWN PLACE ONE. THANKS, TONY. I APPRECIATE THE DETAILED PRESENTATION. AS FAR AS THE NOTIFICATION, YOU MENTIONED THAT WE SEND OUT MAILERS. YOU KNOW, ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE YOU SAID, YES, SIR. ARE WE ALSO CONSIDERING SPEAKING TO THE HOA HEADS OR HOA TO INFORM FOLKS? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT A LOT OF FOLKS IN COMMUNITIES RECEIVE THEIR INFORMATION FROM THEIR HOA. YES, SIR. WE ALSO DO REACH OUT TO THE HOA AS WELL. OKAY, REALLY GREAT PRESENTATION. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE UPDATES. MY ONLY QUESTION WAS, I MEAN, I THINK THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS FOR US TO LOOK AT WAYS BY WHICH WE CAN HAVE CONSERVATION BY, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTIAL OWNERS. IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY TYPE OF DATA MEASURING SOME OF THE OUTPUTS ONCE THIS HAS BEEN FULLY DEPLOYED, TO SEE THE IMPACT THAT WE'VE MADE? YES, MA'AM. IT WILL. I'M ESTIMATING ABOUT THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, WE SHOULD BE HAVING SOME FANTASTIC DATA, AND IT WILL HELP THE CITY BE ABLE TO TO WATER MONITOR AND WATCH IF THERE'S ANY WATER LOSS. 
          AWESOME QUESTION. THANKS FOR. DO YOU HAVE FOR THE HOOKUPS THAT ARE ALREADY ARE THEY ALREADY ONLINE? THERE ARE SOME ALREADY ONLINE. YES MA'AM. WE HAVE NOT PUT THEM ON TO THE MY 360 PORTAL JUST YET BECAUSE WE WANT TO TEST THOSE. WE WANT TO GET ENOUGH SERVICES UP SO WE CAN RUN THAT BACK AND FORTH. WE DON'T WANT TO START GIVING POTENTIALLY INCORRECT INFORMATION IF WE'RE NOT SURE YET, BUT YES MA'AM, WE ARE. SO FOR THAT 360. THAT'S JUST TO SEE THEIR USAGE. AND FOR A CITY OUR SIZE, HOW WHAT KIND OF ADOPTION RATE DO YOU FIND FROM THE RESIDENTS. SO I'M THINKING ABOUT I HAVE ELDERLY NEIGHBORS WHO WILL NOT GO ONLINE. THEY WILL NEVER SEE THIS EVER IN THEIR LIFE. SO. SO WHAT KIND OF ADOPTION RATE DO CITIES OR SIZE KIND OF SEE GENERALLY WITH THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS? YES, MA'AM. IT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. GO AHEAD. PLEASE FORGIVE ME. I DON'T HAVE AN ACCIDENT. AN ACTUAL NUMBER ON THAT. WE DO KNOW THAT THERE IS A PERCENTAGE. IT IS CHANGED BASED UPON INDIVIDUAL CITIES. I CAN GET YOU THAT INFORMATION AND GET IT BACK TO YOU IF YOU WOULD LIKE. I'M JUST. I'M. YEAH, I'D BE CURIOUS. YES, MA'AM. OF COURSE. THANK YOU. YES, PLEASE. FIVE. SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO GO BACK ON THE NEPTUNE. MY 360. THAT'S A ESSENTIALLY A BOLT ON TO THE METERS THEMSELVES. IT'S NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE MANUFACTURER OF THE METER. OR IS IT? IT IS, SIR. SO IT'S ALL PART OF THE SAME PROGRAM? YES, SIR. SO WHEN I'M ONLINE AND I LOOK UP NEPTUNE, MY 360, I FIND A MULTITUDE OF VIDEOS THAT GIVE EXPLAINERS AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS. I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS THE LAST TIME YOUR PRESENTATION. I STILL WOULD STRESS. I THINK THAT'S A WONDERFUL WAY TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT THERE. IT'S ALREADY THERE. WE JUST HAVE TO 
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USE IT. RIGHT. SO I WOULD AGAIN IMPRESS ON YOU USE THAT IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA THAT WE'RE USING. 
          I THINK IT'S VERY INFORMATIVE. I SAT HERE AND LEARNED ALL SORTS OF THINGS WHILE YOU WERE TALKING. NO OFFENSE, BUT I WANTED TO SEE WHAT THIS WAS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO. I DON'T WANT TO POINT PEOPLE TO SOMETHING THAT WON'T BE GERMANE TO THE CONVERSATION. AND IT LOOKS LIKE ALL THIS INFORMATION THAT THEY PROVIDE AS A MANUFACTURER GOES STRAIGHT TO THE POINT. SO LIKE, I LOVE YOUR PRESENTATIONS. I THINK THEY'RE VERY, VERY IN DEPTH. AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO PUT INTO THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL VIDEOS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE ONLINE ON THE ON OUR OWN WEBSITE. AND I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO COMMUNICATE THIS INFORMATION. I THINK THE VIDEOS WILL DO WHAT IT IS THAT WE WANT TO DO. AND AGAIN, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT COSTING US ANYTHING TO DO THAT. YES, SIR. WE TOOK YOUR SUGGESTION VERY STRONGLY, AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET SOME VIDEOS. FANTASTIC. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE. SIX MEN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S ALL WE GOT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE MOVING INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. 
          [ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]
AND ITEM 12 AND 14 HAVE BEEN PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND THEY WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER AGENDA ITEMS 11, 13 AND 15 THROUGH 17. THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. I'LL MOVE ADOPTION. I SECOND OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES. AND NOW WE'LL MOVE INTO ITEM 12. I REQUESTED THAT 
          [12. Approval of a Corporate Authorization Resolution with East West Bank designating the City Manager, Chief Financial Officer, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, and City Secretary as authorized signers on the account(s) to be established and granting the necessary authority to execute any and all documents necessary to open and or maintain account(s) with East West Bank.]
IT BE PULLED FROM CONSENT. THIS IS APPROVAL OF A CORPORATE AUTHORIZATION RESOLUTION WITH EAST WEST BANK DESIGNATING THE CITY MANAGER, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, DEPUTY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, AND THE CITY SECRETARY IS AUTHORIZED SIGNERS ON THE ACCOUNTS TO BE ESTABLISHED IN GRANTING THE NECESSARY AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO OPEN OR TO MAINTAIN THE ACCOUNT. WITH EAST WEST BANK CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER WILLIAMS GUESS YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION OR COMMENTS. COMMENTS. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          THIS CORPORATE AUTHORIZATION RESOLUTION FOR EAST WEST BANK IS NOTHING MORE THAN A ROUTINE ADMINISTRATIVE HOUSEKEEPING ACTION. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IS TO DESIGNATE THE CITY MANAGER, THE CFO, THE DEPUTY CFO, AND THE CITY SECRETARY AS AUTHORIZED SIGNERS FOR OUR CITY ACCOUNTS. THE REASON WHY WE'RE DOING THIS IS BECAUSE CURRENTLY, THE WAY IT'S SET UP, WE'VE GOT FINANCE DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. WELL, WE'VE TRANSITIONED FROM THAT TO CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND DEPUTY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. SO IT'S FOR CONSISTENCY. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS. THANK YOU. THAT'S WHY I PULLED IT TO MAKE SURE WE COULD HAVE THAT EXPLANATION THERE, THAT WE WEREN'T CREATING A NEW ACCOUNT, THAT WE'RE JUST CHANGING THE NAMES AND TITLES TO MATCH OUR TITLE HIERARCHY AND AT THE CITY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT. AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. 
          [14. Approval of a Resolution supporting the application to DarkSky International for designation as an International DarkSky Place – Community; and authorize the City Manager to execute any and all necessary documents.]
AND THEN ITEM 14, APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE APPLICATION TO DARK SKY INTERNATIONAL FOR DESIGNATION AS AN INTERNATIONAL DARK SKY PLACE AND COMMUNITY, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES GROUP AND WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. SO THIS IS A RESOLUTION FOR THE DARK SKY DESIGNATION FOR THE CITY OF LEANDER. THIS IS JUST A A DOCUMENT IN SUPPORT OF US MOVING FORWARD WITH THE APPLICATION PROCESS. THIS PROCESS TAKES UP TO TO THREE YEARS TO GET A DESIGNATION. AND IT'S GOING TO INVOLVE A LOT OF RESEARCH AND EFFORT. AND WE'RE GOING TO SCHEDULE A WORKSHOP WITH THE COUNCIL TO KIND OF TALK THROUGH ALL THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. AND WE'LL GO TO PLACE FOR I BELIEVE YOU HAVE THIS PULLED. SO WE'LL START WITH YOUR COMMENTS. SO MY CONCERN IS THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR THREE YEARS OF WORK FOR OUR CITY STAFF. THIS IS A LOT OF TIME. THIS WOULD BE A HEAVY LIFT ON STAFF, CORRECT? IT WOULD BE SOME WORK. YES, YES. SO AN INTERNATIONAL DARK SKY PLACE COMMUNITY IS THE DESIGNATION THAT IS LISTED WHICH IS THE LOWEST TIER. 
          CORRECT. A SUBDIVISION COULD GET THIS TIER OF DARK SKY COMMUNITY. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU DO IT FOR JUST SUBDIVISIONS. YEAH IT IT IT IS. OKAY, SO SO THAT'S WHERE MY CONCERN IS I THINK IT'S LIKE THE DARK SKY COMMUNITY. THEY LIST BENEFITS OF RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT LIGHT POLLUTION AND SUPPORTING AGENCIES AND ACHIEVING LONG TERM CONSERVATION TARGETS AND 
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SERVING AS AN ECONOMIC DRIVER THROUGH INCREASED TOURISM. I THINK WE NEED TO PAUSE AND ASK SOME FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS. DO WE HAVE A DOCUMENTED LIGHT POLLUTION PROBLEM? WHO HAS IDENTIFIED IT? BASED ON WHAT DATA DO WE HAVE LONG ESTABLISHED LONG TERM CONSERVATION TARGETS FOR THIS? I THINK THAT AT THE TIME, THE POTENTIAL DOWNSIDE IS IS HUGE. 
          OUR STAFF HAVE SO MANY PRIORITIES. WE HAVE MUCH MORE MISSION CRITICAL PRIORITIES, I BELIEVE, THAN THAN THIS INITIATIVE. I WOULD MUCH RATHER SEE THAT TIME SPENT HELPING OUR SMALL BUSINESSES OPEN AND EXPAND THAN THAN WORK ON A DARK SKY COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I'M ONE OF THE FOLKS THAT'S IN SUPPORT OF THIS DARK SKY DESIGNATION. YOU KNOW, PREVIOUSLY I WORKED IN OIL AND GAS AND HAD WORKED WITH A BUNCH OF CITIES RELATED TO DARK SKY. DARK SKY IS, YOU KNOW, A DESIGNATION THAT CEMENTS THAT A CITY IS DEDICATED TO LIGHTING BEST PRACTICES TO ENSURE THAT OUR SKIES STAY DARK, THAT LIGHT POLLUTION IS NOT BLEEDING INTO OUR CITY. I REALIZED THAT ITEMS LIKE THIS DON'T IMMEDIATELY COME TO MIND IN TERMS OF LONG TERM QUALITY OF LIFE, BUT WE DO WANT TO LIVE IN CITIES, I BELIEVE, WHERE WE ENJOY OUR NIGHT SKIES. THIS RESOLUTION, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IS ONE PART OF THE DARK SKY APPLICATION PROCESS AND THERE'S STILL MUCH WORK TO BE DONE. THERE WILL BE A LOT OF DISCUSSION ALONG THAT WAY, A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT, A LOT OF STAFF TIME WITH REGARDS TO BEST PRACTICES, SOLICITING INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND BUSINESSES. AND SO I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL BE AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. PLEASE, SUE, ARE YOU GOOD? SO MY QUESTION IS KIND OF I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO UPDATE SOME OF OUR ORDINANCES FOR THIS AT SOME POINT HERE. RIGHT. AND SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS. AND SO WHAT KIND OF THINGS DO WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO TO REACT TO THIS OVER THE NEXT YEAR. SO WITH THIS APPLICATION IT'S IT'S A LITTLE UNCLEAR OF ALL THE REQUIREMENTS. SO YOU HAVE TO FIRST SUBMIT IT. SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH A STEP THAT THEY CALLED THE INITIAL INQUIRY WHERE WE KIND OF ANSWERED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. ONCE WE ACTUALLY APPLY, THEN THEY KIND OF GIVE US MORE FEEDBACK ON ALL THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO. 
          LOOKING AT OUR ORDINANCES, WE'VE ALREADY ADOPTED DARK SKY REQUIREMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO LIGHTING. SO WE REQUIRE THINGS LIKE THE FULL CUTOFF FIXTURES. FROM AN ENFORCEMENT STANDPOINT, WE'RE PROBABLY WEAK ON RESIDENTIAL ENFORCEMENT. WE DON'T GO OUT AND TELL PEOPLE THEY CAN'T HAVE FLOODLIGHTS. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY WOULD BE AN ISSUE. WE WOULD HAVE TO DO AN AUDIT OF CITY OWNED FACILITIES LIKE STREETLIGHTS AT THE CITY OWNS, FROM A STANDPOINT OF STAFFING, THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE BIGGER ITEMS. WE HAVE TALKED TO PUBLIC WORKS AND A LOT OF OUR LIGHTS ARE TEXDOT, SO THOSE WOULDN'T COUNT AGAINST US AS WELL AS KTMA, SO WE WOULD REVIEW IT FROM THAT STANDPOINT. THE PRIMARY PERSON THAT WOULD WORK ON THIS IS ONE OF OUR SENIOR PLANNERS, SO IT WOULDN'T TAKE AWAY FROM PERMIT REVIEW DUTIES BECAUSE HE'S MORE OF LIKE OUR LONG RANGE PLANNER WHO HANDLES THE COMP PLAN AND THINGS LIKE THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THREE AND BASED ON YOUR ASSESSMENT, AS YOU STATED, WE HAVE SOME ORDINANCES, SOME LIGHT ORDINANCES THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE. DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT UPLIFT BASED ON WHAT WE'VE ALREADY ESTABLISHED HERE AT THE CITY? I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE CHALLENGING, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT IF WE START THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND WE FIND THAT IT IS GOING TO BE A BIG LIFT, WE CAN BRING IT BACK AND TALK ABOUT IT AND WE DON'T HAVE TO FINALIZE IT. ABSOLUTELY. AND I YOU KNOW, I ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF COUNCILMAN CHANG. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, QUALITY OF LIFE ALSO PLAYS A HUGE FACTOR HERE IN THE CITY OF LEANDER. SO WE NEED TO KEEP THAT IN PERSPECTIVE LONG TERM. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU. PLEASE. FIVE. HAVING LIVED IN THE CITY OF CYPRESS NEAR HOUSTON, I CAN GIVE YOU FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE ON DARK SKY. WHEN WE FIRST MOVED OUT THERE, YOU COULDN'T YOU WOULD SEE THE STARS. IT WAS DARK AT NIGHT. IT WAS LITERALLY DARK AT NIGHT. BECAUSE THERE'S NO ZONING IN THE GREATER CITY OF HOUSTON. WITHIN TWO YEARS, THERE WAS A WALMART AND SEVERAL AUTO DEALERSHIPS BUILT IN THAT AREA AND COULD NO LONGER SEE THE SKY. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONSIDER ALL OF THOSE THINGS AS WE LOOK TOWARDS THE FUTURE SCOPE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, NOT ONLY LEANDER SPECIFICALLY, BUT I THINK MORE REGIONALLY. AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S EFFORTS IN LIBERTY HILL FOR DARK SKY. I BELIEVE THAT CEDAR PARK ALSO HAS SOME AWARENESS OF THIS. I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY JUST THIS IS JUST STARTING THE PROCESS. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROCESS IS AND WE CAN MAKE DECISIONS ON IT DOWNSTREAM. BUT I THINK WE SHOULD START THE PROCESS. AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE MAY WANT TO LOOK AT IS WHAT ARE THE REGIONAL INITIATIVES THAT MAY BE UNDERTAKING, WHETHER THEY'RE BEING DONE PURPOSELY BY INDIVIDUAL MUNICIPALITIES OR IF 
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THERE'S MORE OF A WILCO TRAVIS KIND OF AWARENESS OF THIS? BECAUSE AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW IN CENTRAL TEXAS, LIGHT POLLUTION WILL BECOME AN ISSUE. IT JUST DOES. THERE'S THERE'S SOME PEOPLE ADDRESS IT, SOME PEOPLE WILL NOT. BUT OVERALL, IT BECOMES AN ISSUE AND IT IS A QUALITY OF LIFE IMPACT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AWARENESS OF OUR SURROUNDINGS AND AWARENESS OF NATURE IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR MENTAL HEALTH. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD LOOK AT AND WE SHOULD STUDY VERY DILIGENTLY. AND YOU KNOW, I COUNCIL MEMBER, SPONSORS CONCERNS ABOUT OVERALL COST AND AND OVERALL EFFORT. THERE ARE WELL HEATED. I THINK THEY'RE IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER IN THE PROCESS AS WELL. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WE NECESSARILY NEED TO PUT THAT AHEAD OF THE PROCESS ITSELF. I THINK IT'S A LITTLE EARLY TO BE HAVING THOSE TYPE OF CONVERSATIONS. SO I DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE ON THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW, AND I WOULD SUPPORT THE CURRENT APPLICATION PROCESS AS STATED IN THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION STUFF THAT WE DO. SO THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. 46 ANDREW, HE SAID IT ALL VERY WELL. THANK YOU. I WOULD SAY I'M VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF US DOING THE APPLICATION AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. OF COURSE, IF IT BECOMES TOO CUMBERSOME AT SOME POINT, WE CAN ALWAYS BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL AND SEE, IS THIS STILL THE DIRECTION THAT WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD INTO? BUT I DON'T BELIEVE WE THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THE WORK THAT WE DO, IS BALANCING AND BEING ABLE TO DO MULTIPLE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT AT ONE TIME, AND I THINK OUR STAFF IS IS CAPABLE OF DOING THAT. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO US MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS. BUT AGAIN, AS THINGS CHANGE, SINCE THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN YOU, YES, ALL OF THE STEPS THAT ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRED, PLEASE BRING IT BACK TO US IF WE IF WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, OR IF IT DOES BECOME TOO MUCH WORK, THAT IT'S TAKEN AWAY FROM OTHER IMPORTANT THINGS. SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. YOU GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. 
          [18. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding the acceptance of the Fiscal Year 2026 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) list of projects approved for funding in the Fiscal Year 2026 Annual Budget. [Postponed by applicant until March 19, 2026.]]
THANK YOU. AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO ITEM 18. THIS IS. THIS ITEM WAS POSTPONED AT THE REQUEST OF THE APPLICANT UNTIL MARCH 19TH, 2026. AND NOW WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA 
          [19. Receive a presentation regarding overall current traffic signal status and traffic signal priority ranking and installation procedure.]
WITH ITEM 19. WE'LL RECEIVE A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE OVERALL CURRENT TRACK TRAFFIC SIGNAL STATUS AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL PRIORITY RANKING AND INSTALLATION PROCEDURE. 
          EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. ALLISON. WELCOME BACK. GOOD EVENING. AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS TO PROVIDE AN OVERALL KIND OF REVIEW AND UPDATE OF OUR CURRENT SIGNALS, FUTURE PROSPECTIVE SIGNALS, BOTH BY THE CITY AND BY DEVELOPERS. AND THEN TO GO OVER KIND OF HOW WE REVIEW AND PRIORITIZE SIGNALS AS REQUESTS AND AND AND THINGS CHANGE IN THE CITY. SO AS YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND THE PROJECTS ARE FUNDED AND PLANNED THROUGH THE CITY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO ACHIEVE THE CITY'S SAFETY AND MOBILITY GOALS. SO NEW SIGNALS ARE PUT IN PLACE TO ADDRESS THE INCREASED VOLUMES, IMPROVE SAFETY AND ENHANCE INTERSECTION OPERATIONS. THIS IS USUALLY DRIVEN BY DEVELOPMENTS, VOLUME, REGIONAL GROWTH, JUST AND JUST GENERAL CHANGING TRAFFIC PATTERNS. WHAT I'M GOING OVER TONIGHT IS PRIMARILY HOW WE DO CITY FUNDED SIGNALS. THERE ARE A LOT OF DEVELOPER SIGNALS, AND I THINK THERE'S MAYBE SOME NOT CONFUSION. BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE SEE THE SIGNAL BY H-E-B AND IT'S LIKE, WELL, I NEED ONE HERE. WELL THAT'S THAT WAS PAID FOR AND DONE BY THE DEVELOPMENT. SO. RIGHT. SO CURRENTLY IN OUR CITY LIMITS WE HAVE 36 TRAFFIC SIGNALS, 31 ARE MAINTAINED BY US FOR BY THE CTR MAY ALONG THE TOLL ROAD. SO THIS IS AN INCREASE OF 18 SIGNALS SINCE 2020. SO WE'VE PUT IN I SAY PUT IN A BUNCH. BUT 11 OF THOSE WERE TXDOT SIGNALS THAT WE TOOK OVER ALONG 183 IN 2021. SO WHEN THE CITY REACHED A POPULATION OF 50,000, THOSE SIGNALS CAME OVER TO US. THE FOUR SIGNALS, THOSE, LIKE I SAID, ARE OPERATED BY CPTM, BUT WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM. SO IF WE DO RECEIVE ANY KIND OF FEEDBACK OR CONCERNS FROM CITIZENS, WE CAN REACH OUT WITH THEM, REACH OUT TO CTMA. WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP. WE ACTUALLY USE THE SAME CONSULTANT AS WELL. 
          THAT HELPS US WITH OUR SIGNALS. SO THAT ALSO HELPS. THEY REALLY WORKED WITH US. IF YOU REMEMBER THE RADER WAY PROJECT AND TIMING THOSE SIGNALS, THE RADER WAY SIGNAL AND THE CPTM SIGNAL 
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RIGHT THERE. SO WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. THERE ARE 21 SIGNAL LOCATIONS THAT ARE FUTURE PROPOSED OR PROSPECTIVE SIGNALS. FOUR OF THOSE ARE IN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION CURRENTLY. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER THREE THAT ARE PLANNED BY THE CITY. AND THEN EIGHT OF THOSE ARE ACTUALLY DEVELOPER DRIVEN SIGNALS. SO REALLY KIND OF THE MAJORITY OF THEM THERE. 
          AND THEN THERE'S A HANDFUL THAT WE'RE MONITORING. AND I'LL GO OVER THAT HERE IN A LITTLE BIT. 
          SO THE CITY PLAN SIGNALS, WE HAVE A COUPLE THAT ARE COMING ONLINE VERY SHORTLY. TWO ON RONALD REAGAN, ONE, THE R.W. AND REAGAN SIGNAL WAS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COUNTY AND LIBERTY HILL ISD, SO THAT ONE SHOULD BE HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO. SIMILARLY, REAGAN AND SAN GABRIEL, AS WE COMPLETE THAT ROAD PROJECT, THAT ONE WILL BE HERE FAIRLY QUICKLY AND THEN CLOSELY BEHIND THAT, IN LATE 2026, WE'LL HAVE THE RONALD REAGAN AND PALMYRA SIGNAL THAT WILL COME ONLINE. SO THE PLANS THERE ARE COMPLETE. SO WE'RE ABOUT TO GO OUT TO BID FOR THAT SIGNAL, A COUPLE PLANNED SIGNALS THAT ARE SHORTLY GOING TO KICK OFF DESIGN ARE CRYSTAL FALLS AND GRAND LAKE PARKWAY HERE IN MAINE, AND RONALD REAGAN AND SARITA. SO I'LL GO OVER IT HERE IN A LITTLE BIT. BUT TYPICALLY THE WHOLE KIND OF FROM START TO FINISH IS ABOUT TWO YEARS. IT'S ABOUT A YEAR FOR DESIGN, PERMITTING, BIDDING, AND THEN ABOUT A YEAR FOR CONSTRUCTION. AND THEN COMING IN 2028, WE'LL BE A COUPLE SIGNALS ON SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY. SO THIS IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EXPANSION OF THE ROADWAY THERE THAT WE'RE PLANNING. SO ANOTHER CIP PROJECT TO ADD THOSE OTHER TWO LANES BETWEEN 183 AND BAGHDAD. 
          SO THERE ARE TWO PLANNED SIGNALS THERE. AND THEN A COUPLE MORE WITH THE CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY PROJECT THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE COUNTY, AND THEN RONALD REAGAN AND GRAND LAKE PARKWAY. IF I LAYER IN THE DEVELOPER PLAN SIGNALS, THAT'S GOING TO ADD ANOTHER ALMOST SEVEN SIGNALS, PROBABLY FIVE OF WHICH IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE MOST OF THEM ARE KIND OF DOWN HERE. SO 2243 AND REAGAN, THESE TWO OVER OFF OF JOURNEY PARKWAY. 
          AND THEN THESE COUPLE OVER HERE. SO I MENTIONED BEFORE WE ADDED 18 SIGNALS IN FIVE YEARS. AND WE'RE ABOUT TO ADD 15 SIGNALS IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. SO QUITE A BIT. SO SIGNALS MONITORING. SO THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF SIGNALS THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY PLANNED AS CIP PROJECTS EITHER. WE DID A WARRANT STUDY. THEY DON'T WARRANT. DEVELOPERS CAN EXCUSE ME CONTRIBUTING A PORTION OF THE SIGNAL. SO WHEN THEY DO THEIR TIA, THEY IDENTIFY KIND OF HOW MUCH THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR. AND THAT SIGNAL, SOMETIMES THEY'RE 100%, SOMETIMES THEY'RE 5%, 25%, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. SO AS THE DEVELOPMENT OCCURS, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE MONITOR AND KEEP AN EYE ON TO SEE KIND OF WHEN THAT THAT SIGNAL IS WARRANTED. SO THOSE ARE THE HANDFUL THAT WE'RE MONITORING CURRENTLY. SO GOING INTO THE EVALUATION PROCESS. SO WHEN WE GET A REQUEST FOR A SIGNAL OR STAFF, YOU KNOW WANTS TO LOOK AT A LOCATION, THESE ARE THE STEPS THAT WE GO THROUGH. SO IT'S A PRELIMINARY EVALUATION. YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY HAS TO BE WITHIN THE CITY. CAN'T BE TOO CLOSE TO AN ADJACENT SIGNAL. AND THEN WE START DOING SITE VISITS. WE WORK WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, GET THE CRASH HISTORY, TRAFFIC VOLUMES AND KIND OF THOSE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND CONCERNS. AT THAT POINT, WE DETERMINE IF IT KIND OF IDENTIFIES THAT, HEY, WE NEED TO MOVE TO A WARRANT STUDY. SO THIS IS A THIRD PARTY ENGINEER THAT FOLLOWS THE STRICT MANUAL OF UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, OR MUTCD. AND THEY LOOK AT THESE NINE WARRANT CATEGORIES AND SEE IF THE INTERSECTION WARRANTS A SIGNAL. SO JUST BECAUSE IT WARRANTS A SIGNAL DOESN'T REALLY HAVE TO INSTALL IT. BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE A WARRANT TO INSTALL A SIGNAL. WE CAN'T INSTALL AN UNWARRANTED SIGNAL. SO IF THE LOCATION WARRANTS A SIGNAL AND IT'S APPROPRIATE, WE KIND OF START TO LOOK AT THESE OTHER FACTORS, AND I'LL GO OVER EACH OF THEM IN DETAIL. AND FOR THE NON WARRANTED SIGNALS, WE TRY NOT TO LOOK AT THEM TOO FREQUENTLY. RIGHT. UNLESS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY CHANGES WE KIND OF GIVE IT A COUPLE YEARS AND THEN WE'LL REEVALUATE. SO WE LOOK AT THE I MENTIONED THE CRASH HISTORY. SO WE ALREADY KIND OF LOOK AT THAT ALREADY. BUT WE RATE KIND OF THREE YEARS OF THAT CRASH DATA AND LOOK AT IF A SIGNAL WERE THERE, WOULD THAT HAVE PREVENTED THAT CRASH. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE CATEGORIES THAT WE LOOK AT. OF COURSE, WE 
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LOOK AT PEDESTRIAN VOLUME. AND INCREASING THAT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. IS IT NEAR A SCHOOL OR SOMETHING THAT GENERATES THAT PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC? WE LOOK AT TRAFFIC VOLUME. WE COMPARE THE PEAK HOUR ON THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR STREETS. WE LOOK AT SPEED. RONALD REAGAN'S A GREAT EXAMPLE, RIGHT? IF THE SPEED IS REALLY FAST, PEOPLE HAVE LESS OPPORTUNITY TO ENTER THE ROADWAY SAFELY. SO BOTH THE SPEED AND ON THE MAJOR AND MINOR STREETS ARE LOOKED AT. I MENTIONED SCHOOLS, BUT ALSO WE LOOK AT ACTIVITY CENTERS AND KIND OF THE AGAIN, THE GENERATION OF PEOPLE, POTENTIALLY EMERGENCY VEHICLES, THOSE KIND OF DRIVING THINGS. 
          AND THEN WE LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF WARRANTS. IS IT ONE WARRANT, IS IT FIVE WARRANTS. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT ALSO MAKES A DIFFERENCE IF A SIGNAL WARRANTS FIVE DIFFERENT THINGS AND ONE OF THEM WARRANTS ONE, THEN IT YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT THAT AS A PRIORITIZATION AS WELL. AND THEN DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTION, YOU KNOW ARE THEY PAYING 75%. AND WE ONLY HAVE TO PAY 25%. 
          THEN IT MAKES SENSE TO PUT IT IN. AND THEN ONCE ALL OF THOSE WE KIND OF PRIORITIZE THEM AND SCHEDULE THEM BASED ON THE FUNDING AND THE RANKING WE HAVE IN OUR CIP. $2 MILLION PLANNED AND PROGRAMED EACH YEAR FOR SIGNALS. AS I MENTIONED, IT TAKES A COUPLE YEARS TO GET THEM DESIGNED AND BUILT. THERE'S OTHER FACTORS THAT THAT COME INTO IT, YOU KNOW, IS IT A SIGNAL ONLY INSTALLATION? ARE THERE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS? DO WE HAVE TO ADD TURN LANES, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE ALSO LOOK AT THAT MIGHT KIND OF ADJUST THAT RANKING. AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW. AND I'M SURE THERE ARE QUESTIONS I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. NOW. WE I THINK WE HAVE BEEN FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID MCDONNELL AND I WERE ON THAT CIP PRIORITY PROJECT AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH PROJECTS NEEDED PRIORITY. SO I KNOW IT'S IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO. AND THIS IS KIND OF A SUBSET TO THAT, RIGHT? WE RANK WE RANKED ALL THE WATER PROJECTS AND THE WASTEWATER PROJECTS AND THE TRANSPORTATION. SO THIS IS KIND OF A SUBSET OF TRANSPORTATION KIND OF ALL IN ITS IN ITS OWN. 
          YEAH. IT'S NOT AN EXPANSION OF A ROADWAY, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT. PLACE ONE DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS. JUST HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS AND I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. PLEASE DO. SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF SIGNALS PLANNED. AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE BASED ON THE DEVELOPMENT WE DO, WHICH WILL KICK OFF DOING SOME OF THOSE, LIKE THE ONES ON SAN GABRIEL AND ALL THAT. ONE THING I JUST WANTED TO GO BACK TO WAS ON THE, ON THE, ON THE LIGHTS THAT ARE MANAGED BY CTMA. CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT THAT MEANS? BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THEY'RE MANAGING THEIR ACTUAL CONTROLLING, CORRECT? YES. THEY CONTROL CTR, CONTROLS ALL THE TIMING. AND MIKE CAN GO INTO REALLY DETAIL IF YOU REALLY WANT TO GET NERDY ABOUT IT, BUT WE DO NOT WANT TO GO INTO THAT LEVEL. THANK YOU. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR EQUIPMENT IS DIFFERENT. EVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT. SO WE WE HAVE NO CONTROL ESSENTIALLY OVER THEM. AGAIN, WE WORK VERY WELL WITH CTMA. SO IF WE HAVE A SUGGESTION THEY'RE ALWAYS WILLING TO HEAR US OUT. SO YES, BUT WE CAN'T PHYSICALLY GO IN AND CHANGE THOSE SIGNALS. RIGHT. 
          BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF A PAIN POINT WITH PEOPLE AND THEY GET WORKED UP ABOUT THAT. THOSE THOSE FOUR SIGNALS. YEP. YEP. THOSE FOUR. JUST KIND OF TACKING ON TO THAT, TO THAT QUESTION, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF COMPATIBILITY FROM A SYSTEM STANDPOINT WITH CTMA ON THOSE LIGHTS? I I'LL LOOK AT MIKE, BUT I THINK THAT THEIR EQUIPMENT IS DIFFERENT THAN OURS. I DO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OLDER EQUIPMENT THAN WE HAVE. WE'VE DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF UPDATING OURS RECENTLY AND GETTING THAT TRAFFIC MONITORING CENTER GOING, BUT I'LL LET MIKE DETAIL JOIN THE CLUB. SORRY, GINO WAS SAYING. YES, THEIR EQUIPMENT IS A LITTLE BIT OLDER THAN OUR EQUIPMENT. ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT IS PRETTY UP TO DATE. LAST 4 OR 5 YEARS AND CONTINUING. THE ONLY THING WE COULD DO IS LIKE WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY PROJECTS THAT WE ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH. 
          THIS, AS YOU SAID EARLIER, WE COULD DO SOME COORDINATION, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE HOW WE DO OUR NORMAL COORDINATE THROUGH THE CITY. YEAH, THEY WON'T TALK TO EACH OTHER. SO WE DO SOME KIND OF COORDINATION, BUT IT WON'T BE EFFICIENT AND SEAMLESS AS OUR OWN SYSTEM. OKAY, PERFECT. 
          AND THEN I HAD A QUESTION AROUND JUST THE GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OF TIMELINE. SO START TO FINISH IS TWO YEARS. WHAT IS THE APPROXIMATE COST? I KNOW THERE'S $2 MILLION ALLOCATED ANNUALLY. YEAH THEY THEY VARY. SO THE THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL THAT THE COUNTY WE'RE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY ON AT BAR W THAT ONE CAME IN AT ABOUT $400,000. BUT THERE'S REALLY NOT A LOT OF I THINK THE COUNTY IS ACTUALLY PAYING FOR SOLELY THEMSELVES SOME OF THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED IT, BUT THEY DON'T. THEY'RE NOT ADDING TURN LANES OR TURN BAYS. 
          THEY'RE NOT MAKING ANY SIGNIFICANT LIKE PAVEMENT MODIFICATIONS LIKE THE ONE AT 
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HEREAWAY IN MAINE. THAT'S OVER HERE IN Q1 KIND OF 2028. THAT ONE'S GOING TO HAVE SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PAVEMENT MODIFICATIONS. THAT ONE'S GOING TO BE A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE. 
          SIMILARLY, CRYSTAL FALLS AND GRAND LAKE PARKWAY IS LIKE THAT TOO, BECAUSE YOU CAN PUT A SIGNAL IN THERE. BUT IF YOU ONLY HAVE ONE LANE OUT, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO GET PEOPLE STUCK, RIGHT? YOU NEED TO HAVE THAT TURN BASE THAT ALL THOSE PEOPLE CAN START TO MAKE THOSE RIGHT TURNS AND GET OUT OF THE WAY. SO THERE'S A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF PAVEMENT THAT IS GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT INTERSECTION. SO COMPARATIVELY, THE COST OF THE SIGNAL TO DESIGN IT IS IT'S PROBABLY TWICE AS MUCH AS LIKE A NORMAL SIGNAL. AND WHEN THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO WORK WITH DEVELOPERS, HOW IS IT DETERMINED THE COST OR THE COST SHARED COST PERCENTAGE? OKAY, ROBIN, BUT IT'S I'LL I'LL ATTEMPT TO ANSWER IT AS WELL. 
          BUT IT'S BASED ON THEIR TRIP GENERATION. SO THEY DO A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS AND HOW MUCH TRAFFIC THEIR DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO GENERATE KIND OF IS HOW THEIR COST PARTICIPATION IS DETERMINED. OKAY. AND MY FINAL QUESTION IS, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT SOMETIMES WANT SIGNALS. I'VE GOT HIT UP MAYBE BY A FEW THINGS RELATED TO THIS TOPIC. 
          IS THERE ANYTHING THAT COMMUNICATES KIND OF THE PROCESS AND SOME OF THE THRESHOLDS THAT WE HAVE TO MEET IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC? SURE. YEAH. 
          WE'RE WORKING WITH TY'S TEAM AND THE PIO OFFICE TO KIND OF DEVELOP A JUST A TRAFFIC KIND OF FAQ TYPE THING. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WANT TO REQUEST STOP SIGNS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SPEEDING AND STOP SIGNS AREN'T A SPEED CONTROL DEVICE. YOU KNOW, ANSWERING QUESTIONS LIKE THOSE WILL HOPEFULLY A HELP THE PUBLIC AND HELP, YOU KNOW, ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS THAT THAT WE GET PRETTY FREQUENTLY. SO YEAH, WE'LL DEFINITELY BE WORKING WITH THE PIO TO GET SOME OF THIS INFORMATION OUT THERE. NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS REALLY KIND OF STRUCTURED PROCEDURE. AWESOME. THANK YOU GINA. YOU'RE WELCOME. WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE HAVING THAT FAQ AVAILABLE? AS SOON AS I CAN REVIEW IT. POOR CLARA HAS SENT IT TO US A COUPLE TIMES. 
          BETWEEN PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING. WE'RE TRYING TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS. SO IT'S IT'S REALLY THERE AND WE JUST REALLY NEED TO FINALIZE IT AND GET IT. AND AGAIN, NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE FORMALIZED, WE CAN WE CAN ADD THAT TO IT AS WELL. 
          AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR WHEN WE'RE THESE ROADS PRIORITIZED. WHEN WERE THEY WHICH ROADS LIKE THE THE THE CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY AND GRAND LAKE PARKWAY. WHEN WAS THAT PRIORITIZED TO BE IN 2028. SO WE FIRST DID A WARRANT STUDY ON THAT INTERSECTION IN 2022. AND IT ONLY MET ONE WARRANT AND IT WAS ONLY PEAK HOUR VOLUME. SO IT WASN'T PRIORITIZED AT THAT POINT. AND SO RECENTLY TRAFFIC HAS INCREASED IN THAT AREA. WE HAVEN'T DONE A SECOND WARRANT STUDY FOR THIS ONE, BUT IT DID RISE TO THE TOP AS A AS A NEED NOW. AND WHEN WAS THAT LIKE WHEN DID IT BECOME TO THE THRESHOLD THAT WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH? IT WAS LAST YEAR LAST YEAR CORRECT. THANK YOU. PLEASE. LIKE. THIS IS ALWAYS SUCH A FUN, FUN TOPIC. 
          EVERYBODY LOVES IT. WELL, I MEAN, IT'S INTERESTING TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE INCREASE OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS THAT HAS ACTUALLY TAKEN PLACE, BECAUSE IT'S QUITE A FEW IT IS WHAT SHOCKED ME WAS THE NUMBER OF DEVELOPER SIGNALS. HONESTLY IT'S NOTABLE, I THINK. I THINK THAT THAT'S LOST ON THE PUBLIC IN A TO A GREAT DEGREE, BECAUSE THEY CAN BE PAIN POINTS FOR PEOPLE. AND I AGREE WITH WITH THE DIRECTION YOU'RE HEADED WITH THE FAQS, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE'S A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF EXACTLY HOW THIS WORKS, THEN, YOU KNOW, I THINK PEOPLE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE, HOPEFULLY A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMED AS TO THE PROCESS. I DON'T THINK IT WILL NECESSARILY TAKE AWAY THE PAIN POINTS PER SE, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, GREATER PUBLIC EDUCATION ON THIS THING WOULD DEFINITELY HELP WITH THAT. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, THOUGH. THAT'S KIND OF BEEN COVERED BY SOME OF MY PEERS HERE. BUT AS FAR AS THE TWO SIGNALING SYSTEMS, WHILE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S NOT A REAL GOOD WAY TO BE ABLE TO TO GET THEM TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER, MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT WE HAVE AN AWARENESS OF WHAT THEY'RE SIGNALING SEQUENCES, AND WE BALANCE TO THAT. WOULD THAT BE FAIR OR IS IT THE OTHER WAY AROUND? I'LL LOOK AT MIKE BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY ARE ON A TIMING. THEY MIGHT. YEAH, I MEAN, WE RUN ALL OF OUR SOFTWARE DETECTION AND TIMING AND THOSE ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. WE DO TRY WHENEVER WE DO THE COORDINATION, WE DO TRY TO SEQUENCE SEQUENCE AS BEST AS WE CAN. BUT SINCE WE DON'T HAVE FULL CONTROL, WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, WE GET AS CLOSE AS WE CAN AND MAKE IT AS BEST WE CAN, BUT WE JUST DON'T 
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HAVE CONTROL OF IT, OF THE OPERATIONS. WE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH WITH IT. AND IS THERE ANY KIND OF RANDOMIZATION TO WHAT THEY DO? LIKE ARE THEY REACTING TO SOMETHING OR IS IT MORE RON POPEIL SET IT AND FORGET IT. WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? DO THEY RUN ON TIME? I MEAN, WE COULD PROBABLY WE COULD LOOK INTO IT LAST. YEAH. I THINK IT'D BE INTERESTING TO UNDERSTAND THAT PIECE. RIGHT. JUST AGAIN, WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S IT'S REALISTIC FOR US AS A CITY TO I DON'T WANT TO SAY PRESSURE BUT TO, YOU KNOW, PUT A LITTLE BIT OF, OF ONUS ON THEM LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, YOUR SYSTEMS ARE BEHIND. YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT OUR PROBLEM. THAT'S A YOU PROBLEM. RIGHT. AND ENCOURAGE TO TAKE THEM OVER. YEAH I MEAN THAT'S YEAH. LIKE YOU KNOW LET. ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING GOING BACK TO SOME OF THE OUTLINE THAT YOU PROVIDED WITH, WITH SIGNALS THAT ARE PART OF ROADWAY PROJECTS WHERE YOU'RE ACTUALLY THINKING ABOUT THAT, RIGHT, THAT OBVIOUSLY THE HERO WAY PROJECT THAT WE'RE AWARE OF, I'M ASSUMING THAT SIGNALING IS WORKED INTO THAT PROJECT. THERE'S A PLANNED SIGNAL. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE TIMING IS, BUT FOR FUTURE GREATER WAY INTERSECTION WITH HERO WAY, THERE IS A SIGNAL PLANNED THERE. I MENTIONED SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY 2243, WHERE THE COUNTY IS GOING TO PUNCH THROUGH. 175 THERE'S ANOTHER SIGNAL PLANNED THERE. SO YES, AS THE ROADWAYS ARE EXPANDED, THOSE ARE KIND OF THOUGHT ABOUT AND I'M ASSUMING THERE'S A COUNTY PLANNING PROJECT OR PROCESS THAT GOES IN THERE AS WELL. AND AT WHAT POINT DO WE BECOME ALERTED TO THOSE PLANS? SURE. SO. WELL, WITH 22, 43, WE'RE PRETTY HEAVILY INVOLVED BECAUSE IT'S MOSTLY IN OUR CITY. SO WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS. SIMILARLY, AS 175 IS KICKING OFF, WE'RE INVOLVED WITH THAT AND GIVING FEEDBACK AND INPUT. CRYSTAL FALLS WILL MANAGE THAT PROJECT. SO THERE WILL BE AN INTERSECTION AT CRYSTAL FALLS AND 175. SO THERE'LL BE A SIGNAL THERE AS WELL. SO WE HAVE MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH THE COUNTY. SO WE'RE PRETTY ACTIVELY INVOLVED AND GIVE OUR FEEDBACK. OKAY. SO WE'RE WE'RE HELPING STEER THAT PROCESS RIGHT. YES OKAY. GOOD. LAST THING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE ACTUAL COST OF SIGNALS BEFORE. 
          I KNOW THAT ON HERO, WHEN WE DID THE TEMPORARY WE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE COST AND THE TIMELINES THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH ACTUALLY ACQUIRING SIGNAL EQUIPMENT. THE PARTS. YES. FOR A WHILE THE POLES WERE A LEAD LONG LEAD TIME. ALMOST A YEAR NOW. POWER IS A CONCERN, NOT A CONCERN, BUT AN ISSUE. PULLING POWER CAN TAKE SOME TIME AS WELL. I'M TRYING TO THINK OF WHAT OTHER LONG? YEAH, LONG LEAD TIMES FOR THOSE. SO SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO EQUIPMENT OR PARTS I'M ASSUMING. AND OBVIOUSLY WE'LL WE'LL COVER THIS WHEN WE GO THROUGH BUDGETS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. BUT ARE WE WE ARE PLANNING TO WAREHOUSE OR STORE PARTS FOR REPAIR AND DOWNTIME. WE HAVE WE HAVE MICHAEL TALK ABOUT IT. BUT YES, WE HAVE, WE HAVE. SO YES, I KEEP PLENTY OF INVENTORY ON HAND. I MEAN, WE HAVE RIGHT NOW AN INVENTORY FOR CABINETS, COMPLETE CABINETS. SO IF SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN TO A CABINET, WE CAN GO OUT THERE RIGHT NOW AND REPLACE IT AND GET IT UP AND GOING IN A FEW HOURS. OKAY. WE HAVE SEVERAL CONTROLLERS EVERY ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF FOR A SIGNAL. THE HEADS, OBVIOUSLY NOT THE POLES, THE MAST ARMS OBVIOUSLY, BUT ANY ELECTRICAL COMPONENT, YOU KNOW, THIS ALSO GOES FOR ANYTHING. THE PEDESTRIAN DEVICES, STREET LIGHTS. NO. WE KEEP EVERYTHING ON STOCK. I MEAN MULTIPLE ITEMS. AND IS THAT BASED ON OUR CURRENT NEED, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SIGNALS THAT WE HAVE, ARE WE FORECASTING TO ADD FOUR MORE BACKUPS? PROBABLY BE YES. THIS NEXT BUDGET WILL PROBABLY BE ADDING MORE, MAYBE TOWARDS THE END OF THE BUDGET HERE. THIS BUDGET CYCLE, AS WE SEE THE FUNDING, IF WE HAVE SOME MONEY TO PLAY WITH, I, I USUALLY ORDER AND JUST HAVE MORE ON ON HAND INSTALLED BECAUSE ACTUALLY WE JUST SENT IN A CCU UNIT ACTUALLY FROM BAGHDAD AND CRYSTAL FALLS. WE WERE HAVING SOME ISSUES. WE FIGURED OUT WHAT IT WAS, AND SO WE ACTUALLY JUST SENT THAT IN AND IT'S ACTUALLY STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THOSE UNITS HAVE LIKE A FIVE YEAR WARRANTY ON THEM. OKAY. 
          AND SO BUT IT DOES TAKE LIKE 2 OR 3 MONTHS TO GET BACK TO US. BUT I ALSO HAVE SEVERAL NEW ONES ON THE SHELF. OKAY. GOOD. SO WE'RE KIND OF ANTICIPATING END OF LIFE WITH SOME OF THIS EQUIPMENT AND WHATNOT AND MAKING SURE WE'VE GOT BACKUP. RIGHT, BECAUSE IT COSTS LESS TO BUY IT NOW THAN IT WILL IN FIVE, TEN YEARS. AND CARS LIKE TO HIT THEM SOMETIMES. YEAH. WELL, I GET THAT. THAT HAPPENS. SORRY, MIKE. OKAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THERE'S A METHOD TO THE MADNESS BECAUSE I THINK WE WERE FOR A WHILE THERE, JUST SORT OF THROWING THINGS AT THE WALL AND SEEING IF THERE WAS STICKS. WE DIDN'T HAVE A PLAN. AND SO SEEING THIS SUBSET AND THE WORK THAT WAS DONE WITH THE CIP PROGRAM ALTOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN PRIORITIZE BETTER AND, AND FIGURE OUT WHERE THE FUNDS ARE COMING FROM TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT ALL HAPPEN AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE. SO HAVING THIS FRAMEWORK IS FANTASTIC. SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK. IT'S DEFINITELY A TEAM EFFORT. IT 
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WAS YOU KNOW ENGINEERING HAD A HUGE HUGE LIFT ON THIS. AND THEN YEAH PUBLIC WORKS TOO AS WELL. AND I YOU HAD ASKED ABOUT THE COST OF SIGNAL. AND I MEAN THEY CAN RANGE UP TO $1 MILLION FOR SURE, IF NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT MORE DEPENDING ON THE PAVEMENT. I SAID LIKE 400, 500,000, BUT THAT WAS A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD ONE. YEAH, BUT WE KIND OF GENERALLY THINK ABOUT $1 MILLION A SIGNAL. YEAH. I JUST WANTED THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO KIND OF BE AWARE OF THE CONCEPT. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE TIMELINE IS FRUSTRATING AND WE WE GET THE QUESTION ALL THE TIME OF, WELL, THIS ONE'S ALREADY DESIGNED. CAN YOU JUST PUT IT HERE? AND IT'S IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE UNFORTUNATELY. SO. RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ABSOLUTELY. I WAS GOING TO SAY I REMEMBER I FEEL LIKE IT WAS BAGHDAD AND SUNNY THAT WE HAD TO PACKAGE LIGHTS TOGETHER BECAUSE THE VENDOR DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO PROVIDE. AND WE PACKAGED IN BAGHDAD WITH JOURNEY IN 175, THAT ONE TOO. SO SOMETIMES PUTTING MULTIPLE TOGETHER DEFINITELY HELPS. I THINK WE'RE OUT OF THAT SITUATION NOW. YEAH, BUT DEFINITELY FOR A WHILE THERE IT WAS. IT WAS A LITTLE ROUGH. EXCELLENT. WELL THANK YOU I APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL 
          [20. Discuss and provide direction regarding the participation of stakeholders and focus groups to engage with CivicBrand for development of the Community Brand Strategy.]
MOVE TO ITEM 20. DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION REGARDING THE PARTICIPATION OF STAKEHOLDERS AND FOCUS GROUPS TO ENGAGE IN THE CIVIC BRAND FOR DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY BRAND STRATEGY. 
          ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER, SARAH YOSUKE. WELCOME. HOW ARE YOU, SIR? GOOD. HOW ARE YOU ALL? MAYOR AND COUNCIL. FANTASTIC. YEAH. AND CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR THOMPSON AND COUNCILMEMBER SPONSELLER. SO THANK YOU, SIR. SO JUST A QUICK RECAP. I FEEL LIKE IT'S BEEN A WHILE ON THIS. SO LAST YEAR, THE CITY ISSUED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR COMMUNITY BRAND STRATEGY TO HELP US DEVELOP OUR NEW BRAND IDENTITY HERE AT THE CITY, AND A STRATEGY TO COMMUNICATE OUT TO THE PUBLIC. THE COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER SELECTED CIVIC BRAND AFTER INTERVIEWING THREE OF THE FINALISTS FOR THAT RFP, AND FROM THERE, WE STARTED WORK IN OCTOBER WITH COUNCIL MEMBER INTERVIEWS WITH CIVIC BRAND. AND AS WE'VE GOTTEN NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS ON AND WITH OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBER, WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU ALL GET YOUR INTERVIEWS IN AS WELL FOR THAT. AND THEN NOVEMBER, WE DID AN INTERNAL SURVEY WITH CIVIC BRANDS, WHO ARE EMPLOYEES, TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK TO ON THE ORGANIZATIONAL BRAND. AND SO BETWEEN EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED WITH THE FLOODING EVENT AND THEN A LITTLE THING CALLED ELECTIONS, WE HAD TO KIND OF RESTRATEGIZE OUR TIMELINE FOR, YOU KNOW, REALLY PLANNING OUT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PIECE. AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS THOUGHT OUT. 
          AND AND THAT WAY CIVIC BRAND CAN REALLY GET SOME MEANINGFUL RESPONSES AS PART OF THAT. AND SO WE'RE HERE TONIGHT IN FEBRUARY TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES COMING UP IN APRIL FOR YOU ALL TO THINK ABOUT AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON. AND SO KIND OF A BREAKDOWN OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLAN WITH CIVIC BRAND THAT'S INCLUDED WITH THEIR SCOPE OF WORK IS A BRANDING SURVEY. AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO LAUNCH THAT SURVEY MARCH 9TH THROUGH APRIL 24TH. AND THAT'S A SURVEY THAT CIVIC BRAND ADMINISTERS THEMSELVES WILL COMMUNICATE IT. THEY'RE GOING TO BE DEVELOPING MARKETING MATERIALS. AND WE'LL MAKE SURE OUR COMMUNICATIONS REVIEW THAT AS WELL. AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT THAT BRANDING SURVEY OUT EARLY ENOUGH BEFORE THEIR PLANNED SITE VISIT IN EARLY APRIL, AND THEN ALSO A FEW WEEKS AFTERWARDS. SO PEOPLE ACTUALLY HAD A GOOD, GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE THEIR FEEDBACK. AND SO THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST PART OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLAN. THE SECOND PART IS VIRTUAL ENGAGEMENT. AND AS PART OF THEIR WORK, WE CAN SET UP UP TO SEVEN VIRTUAL INTERVIEWS WITH KEY STAKEHOLDERS. AND THAT COULD BE A MIX OF SMALL GROUPS OR INDIVIDUALS AS PART OF THAT. 
          AND THEN ALSO THREE VIRTUAL INTERVIEWS WITH FOCUS GROUPS. AND I'LL GO THROUGH AND KIND OF DETAIL KIND OF THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS FOR EACH OF THOSE STAKEHOLDERS AND FOCUS GROUPS. 
          I MENTIONED THEIR SITE VISITS, SO CIVIC BRAND WILL BE COMING HERE APRIL 7TH AND EIGHTH. 
          THAT'S A TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. AND WHAT THEY'LL BE DOING HERE IS WE'LL PROVIDE THEM WITH A COMMUNITY TOUR OF THE WHOLE CITY. AND THEN ALSO THERE'S A ENGAGEMENT WITH IN-PERSON STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, TOO. SO FOR ANY OTHER GROUPS THAT ARE MISSED THAT WERE VIRTUAL, THAT CAN BE IN PERSON AS WELL. AND THEY'LL ALSO HOLD TWO POP UP EVENTS. WE ARE WORKING WITH COMMUNICATIONS RIGHT NOW ON A POTENTIAL HOA SUMMIT AROUND THE SAME TIME, SO THAT COULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO BE ENGAGED TOO WITH THOSE WHO ATTEND THAT EVENT. OKAY, SO FOR THE FIRST PART, FOR THE STAKEHOLDERS, I MENTIONED THE SEVEN GROUPS. SO THESE ARE JUST SUGGESTIONS BASED ON STAFF CONVERSATION WITH CIVIC BRAND IN TERMS OF KIND OF THE MIXTURE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND FOR YOU ALL TO THINK ABOUT. AND SO WE ARE A LARGE GROWING CITY WITH MANY DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND WITH DIFFERENT VIEWS AND, YOU KNOW, VALUES. AND SO WE THOUGHT HAVING TWO RESIDENTIAL SECTOR GROUPS AND THAT WOULD BE A MIX 
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OF RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ADVOCATES, OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST, SHE DOES RETAIN A LIST OF EVERYONE WHO IS A HOA PRESIDENT OR NEIGHBORHOOD LEADER, OR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO BE SIGNED UP FOR COMMUNITY INFORMATION. AND SO WE AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, WE COULD ISSUE OUT, YOU KNOW, A CALL FOR PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT. OBVIOUSLY, NOT EVERYBODY WILL, YOU KNOW, ENGAGE, BUT THEY'LL BE ALSO IN-PERSON ENGAGEMENT HERE, TOO, IF THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THE VIRTUAL PARTS. THE SECOND I WOULD SAY SECTOR IS BUSINESSES. 
          SO MAKING SURE WE HAVE A GROUP FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND LARGE BUSINESSES. AND I'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH BRIDGET AND YOU KNOW, SHE HAS A ROBUST ROLODEX OF ALL THE BUSINESSES HERE. AND SHE'S OFFERED TO HELP, YOU KNOW, SEND OUT A CALL TO ALL THE SMALL BUSINESSES AND LARGE BUSINESSES TO BE TO SEE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THAT GROUP. AND WE KIND OF AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD A GOOD MIX OF DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES AS PART OF THOSE BUSINESSES. SO AGRICULTURE, CONSTRUCTION, ENTERTAINMENT, FOOD SERVICE, MANUFACTURING, REAL ESTATE, RETAIL, SPORTS, RECREATION AND TECHNOLOGY, ANYTHING ELSE THAT MIGHT BE OUT HERE IN THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE REPRESENTED. OKAY. THE NEXT SECTOR WOULD BE THE EDUCATIONAL STAKEHOLDER GROUP. AND SO WE COULD SEND OUT A REQUEST TO THE LISD BOARD FOR THOSE MEMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE INVOLVED HERE, OR IF THEY HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IN THE ISD AND THEN ACC AS WELL, TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT STAKEHOLDER GROUP. WE ALSO HAVE A GROWING HEALTHCARE SECTOR HERE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND SO WE CAN ALSO REACH OUT TO ALL THOSE LOCAL HEALTHCARE ESTABLISHMENTS HERE TO SEE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING, AND THEN DEFINITELY HAVING A, YOU KNOW, TOURISM SECTOR THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING TO DRAW LEANDER HERE AS WE THINK ABOUT OUR FUTURE AND HAVING THE CHAMBER INVOLVED WITH THAT, CAN I CLARIFY SOMETHING? JUST TO BE CLEAR, WHEN YOU'RE SAYING ONE STAKEHOLDER GROUP, YOU DON'T MEAN A SEPARATE GROUP, YOU MEAN ONE PERSON FROM THAT INDUSTRY IS REPRESENTED IN THE BIGGER GROUP. YEAH. SO IT WOULD BE ONE GROUP FOR THAT EDUCATION. AND THEY CAN IF THEY WANT TO HAVE 2 OR 3, YOU KNOW WE TRY TO WE TRY TO KEEP THOSE GROUPS KIND OF SMALLER. YEAH. SO THE OTHER PART IS THE VIRTUAL FOCUS GROUPS. AND SO ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM CIVIC BRAND IS IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY SEE WITH, YOU KNOW, OTHER CLIENTS THEY'VE HAD IN CITIES IS THE QUALITY OF LIFE ASPECT FOR FOCUS GROUP. AND THIS IS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES IN THAT FOCUS GROUP. SO, YOU KNOW, HAVING SOMETHING FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, A COLLEGE STUDENT OR A YOUNG PROFESSIONAL, A RETIREE, LONG TIME RESIDENT, A SENIOR, A PARENT OR CAREGIVER, A COMMUNITY ADVOCATE, AND HAVING, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE ON THERE FOR RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY, ACCESSIBILITY AND CULTURAL ARTS LEADER, YOUTH ADVOCATE OR MENTOR, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARD AND LOCAL HISTORIAN. SO REALLY HAVING KIND OF THAT DIVERSE RANGE WHERE CITY BRAND CAN REALLY GATHER ALL THAT INFORMATION. AND I'LL TALK MORE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WITH EVERYTHING FROM THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, HAVING A FOCUS GROUP FOR CHURCHES AND FAITH BASED LEADERS. WE HAVE OUR FIRE CHAPLAIN. HE ALSO MAINTAINS GREAT CONTACT WITH A LOT OF ALL THE CHURCHES HERE AND ALL THE DIFFERENT LEADERS HERE AS WELL. AND SO WE HAVE THAT WAY TO CONNECT OUT TO THEM AND SEE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING. AND THEN THE SAME GOES FOR NONPROFITS AND SOCIAL SERVICES AS WELL. SO WE'RE TRYING TO REALLY GET A DIVERSE MIX OF, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE PROVIDING THEIR FEEDBACK FOR THIS NEW BRAND FOR THE CITY. 
          SO. SO I MENTIONED THE IN-PERSON FOCUS GROUPS. SO THESE WILL TAKE PLACE DURING CIVIC BRANDS SITE VISIT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S PART OF THE BRANDING STRATEGY IS DEVELOPING A STRATEGY FOR SUBBRANDS. RIGHT. SO WE HAVE BRANDS HERE FOR PARKS DEPARTMENT. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BRANDS FOR PUBLIC WORKS. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OLD TOWN. SO REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT THAT BRAND IS THAT FALLS UNDER THE CITY AND MAKING SURE IT'S CONSISTENT. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAD OLD TOWN BUSINESSES INCLUDED WITH THAT AS WELL, SO WE CAN REACH OUT TO ALL THE BUSINESSES HERE IN OLD TOWN. AND YOU KNOW, AS COUNCIL THINKS, THINKS AND YOU KNOW, WE ALL PLAN OUT HOW Y'ALL WANT THE VISION OF OLD TOWN TO BE. YOU KNOW, THIS CAN HELP DRIVE THAT AND REALLY ENSURE WHAT THAT, YOU KNOW, IDENTITY IS HERE. 
          ANOTHER IN-PERSON FOCUS GROUP IS THE LEADERSHIP LEANDER CLASS. I HAD A OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN THAT CLASS LAST YEAR, AND IT WAS SUCH A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO MEET PEOPLE WHO ARE NEW TO THE CITY, AND THEN MAYBE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE AROUND THE CITY AS WELL. RIGHT? SO THOSE WHO MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT THEY THINK OF LEANDER IS. AND SO THAT COULD BE ANOTHER IN-PERSON FOCUS GROUP HAVING AN IN-PERSON FOCUS GROUP FOR REGIONAL, STATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERS. SO WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TRAVIS COUNTY, THE THE COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS, METRO, TEX-DOT, CAMPO, ALL OF IT, ALL OUR PARTNERS FOR THEIR MAKING 
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SURE WE HAVE THEIR KIND OF THOUGHTS OF HOW THEY SEE LEANDER NOW AND HOW THEY SEE IT GROWING AND HAVING A FOCUS GROUP FOR OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND DIRECTORS, AS I MENTIONED ABOUT THE SUBBRANDS, YOU KNOW, GIVING THEIR FEEDBACK ON THAT AND IF THERE'S NEEDED FOR EXTRA RESIDENTIAL FOCUS GROUP, CIVIC BRAND CAN ACCOMMODATE ACCOMMODATE THAT AS WELL. SO JUST SOME NEXT STEPS FOR THE PROJECT. SO I MENTIONED WE WOULD LIKE TO LAUNCH THE BRANDING SURVEY IN EARLY MARCH. AND THEN WE'LL HOLD THE APRIL IN APRIL 7TH, APRIL 8TH, THE CIVIC BRAND SITE VISIT. AFTER THAT SITE VISIT THERE WILL BE DEVELOPING WHAT THEY CALL A PLACE BRAND AUDIT. AND WHAT THAT IS, IS ALL THE INFORMATION THAT THEY'VE GATHERED FROM COUNCIL INTERVIEWS, FROM EMPLOYEE SURVEY, FROM ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS AND FOCUS GROUPS. 
          THERE'LL BE THEY'LL BE PUTTING A DETAILED REPORT ON ALL THE DIFFERENT FACETS OF THE COMMUNITY. AND WHAT WILL THEY'LL PLAN TO DO IS THAT WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL AND KIND OF GO THROUGH THEIR FINDINGS FOR THAT AND GET Y'ALL'S FEEDBACK ON THE NEXT STEPS. IN TERMS OF HOW DO YOU WANT TO GUIDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ACTUAL IDENTITY? SO THEY'LL BE LOOKING AT VALUES, RIGHT? THEY'LL BE LOOKING AT WHAT IS THE VISION FOR THE FUTURE? HOW DOES EVERYBODY SEE IT? HOW DOES COUNCIL SEE IT AND HELPING SHAPE THAT AS PART OF THAT PLACE BRAND AUDIT. AFTER THAT WE HOPE IN MAY AND THE SCHEDULE IS TENTATIVE. DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH WORK IS BEING DONE. CIVIC BRAND WILL DEVELOP THE BRAND STRATEGY AND ARCHITECTURE. 
          AND THAT STRATEGY IS REALLY WHAT'S GOING TO GUIDE HOW THEY DEVELOP THE ACTUAL DESIGN AND DESIGN AND IDENTITY FOR OUR NEW BRAND. AND SO WITH THAT, THAT WILL ALSO COME BACK TO COUNCIL AS A PRESENTATION. WE'LL WALK ALL THROUGH ALL THROUGH THE STRATEGIES FOR THAT AND REALLY GET HELP. CIVIC BRAND GET A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF VISUALS, WHAT KIND OF COLORS, WHAT KIND OF FONTS, WHAT KIND OF THINGS WE WANT TO LOOK AT, AT OUR OVERALL BRAND AND SUBBRANDS AS WELL. FOLLOWING THAT, I MENTIONED THE IDENTITY DESIGN. ONCE THEY HAVE PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND HAVE SOME DESIGN SAMPLES, THEY'LL ALSO COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR Y'ALL'S FEEDBACK AND ANY KIND OF ADDITIONAL WORK THEY MIGHT DO. OR WE MIGHT NEED TO REVISIT SOME OF THE VALUES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT'LL BE THE TIME TO DO IT AS WELL. 
          AND FOLLOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, AFTER KIND OF GETTING THE GO AHEAD FROM COUNCIL IS DEVELOPING THE BRAND GUIDELINES AND AS PART OF THE BRAND GUIDELINES IS LAYING OUT REALLY THE COMMUNICATIONS PIECE FOR IT. RIGHT. THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO EXECUTE AND IMPLEMENT OUR BRAND MOVING FORWARD. AND I'VE ACTUALLY ASKED TO CIVIC BRAND TO DEVELOP AN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY. WHAT IS THE FIRST PHASE LOOK LIKE FOR ROLLOUT? YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT FOR NEXT YEAR. YOU KNOW WHAT IS RECOMMENDED FOR THIS NEXT YEAR. 
          YOU KNOW, BUSINESS CARDS, WEBSITE, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY AND AND MAYBE NOT AS COSTLY AND MAYBE WHAT IS PHASE TWO LOOK LIKE? STREET SIGNS, VEHICLES, WATER TOWERS. 
          I MEAN, THOSE PAINT JOBS GET QUITE COSTLY. SO AS PART OF THOSE BRAND GUIDELINES, WE'LL HAVE AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AS WELL. AND SO WITH THAT, YOU KNOW COUNCIL I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, WOULD LIKE YOUR FEEDBACK AND GUIDANCE ON HOW DO YOU ALL SEE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. AND, YOU KNOW, TAKE IT FROM THERE. FROM WHAT YOU PRESENT IT, IT SEEMS PRETTY ROBUST. BUT I DID HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. CAN YOU GO BACK TO GET YOUR SLIDE THAT HAS THE VIRTUAL FOCUS GROUPS? I'M SORRY, AND THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS, WHEN I'M LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE, THE ONLY ONE THAT MAY BE IMPORTANT. AND MAYBE THAT'S NOT TYPICAL. AND YOU CAN TELL ME IF IT'S NOT I DON'T SEE ANYTHING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY LIKE THAT POINT OF VIEW. AND I FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT POINT OF VIEW, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF INTERACTIONS HAPPENING WITH RESIDENTS EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND SO THAT MIGHT BE, YEAH, BUT YOU CAN TELL ME AND THEY CAN TELL YOU IF THAT'S NOT A TYPICAL RESPONSE THAT THEY GET OR SEEK OUT. YEAH, I THINK TOO, WITH OUR RECENT COMMUNITY SURVEY, I DID PROVIDE THAT TO THEM IN ADVANCE. SO THEY SAW, YOU KNOW, HOW THE COMMUNITY FEELS ABOUT THINGS. AND WE RANKED VERY HIGH ON THAT. YES. AND SO BUT I'LL DEFINITELY GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON THAT. AND I CAN DEFINITELY LET COUNCIL KNOW IF ANYTHING AS WELL. WE CAN MAKE SURE THEY'RE REPRESENTED TOO. AND LIKE THE QUALITY OF LIFE. RIGHT. HAVING A PUBLIC SAFETY THERE AND MAYBE SOME OTHER ASPECTS TOO. RIGHT. IF WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, CHURCHES, NONPROFITS, WHAT'S THE SAFETY ASPECT? BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, HOW SAFE BUSINESSES ARE. SO MAYBE HAVING THAT AS PART OF EACH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GROUP. THANK YOU. AND THEN I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO START AT THE OTHER END LIKE SIX. YEAH WE'LL SWITCH IT UP Y'ALL. Y'ALL GOTTA BE READY. SWITCH IT UP. YEAH I JUST WISH WE COULD DO THIS A LITTLE FASTER. ME TOO. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. SO. NO, I THINK THE THE OUTLINE IS, IS STRAIGHTFORWARD. I THINK ALL THE GROUPS ARE REPRESENTED. AND 
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THAT'S WHAT'S I THINK IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEIR, THEIR FEEDBACK. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS GET A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT ALL THE VIRTUAL STUFF BECAUSE I WONDER HOW MUCH PEOPLE ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE, BUT ALSO REALIZE THAT THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. SO YEAH, I DON'T THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE THAT I WOULD WANT TO MODIFY OR CHANGE. AND I THINK THE TIMELINE MAKES TOTAL SENSE. IT'S FINE. NOT USED TO BEING THE SECOND PERSON. SO THIS IS A LITTLE WEIRD. YEAH, I, I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE SPENT SOME TIME REALLY THINKING ABOUT THIS AND ENSURING THAT WE HAVE FULL REPRESENTATION ACROSS ALL THE SPECTRUMS IN THE CITY. I THINK THAT'S VERY EXCELLENT WORK. I THINK IT'S A GOOD REFLECTION OF THE WAY THAT WE ARE APPROACHING THIS PROJECT, AS WELL AS THE WAY WE'RE APPROACHING OUR COMMUNITY AT LARGE, SO KUDOS FOR THAT. I WOULD SAY THAT THE ONE AREA I DON'T SEE IN HERE IS ANY KIND OF MARKETING OR OR PUBLIC LIKE PR TYPE COMPANIES, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SEVERAL PERIODICALS IN THE AREA THAT THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE GEARED TOWARDS ADVERTISING. RIGHT? BUT IF YOU LOOK AT LIKE COMMUNITY IMPACT AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THERE'S THERE'S STORIES THERE THAT ARE TOLD ABOUT OUR CITY. I THINK THAT MAYBE THERE WOULD BE SOME INPUT THERE FROM, YOU KNOW, KEY INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THAT GROUP, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME OUTREACH THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE, BUT I THINK THAT'S ONE THAT WE WOULD MAYBE WANT TO INCLUDE AS WELL. YEAH. 
          AND I THINK TOO, WE CAN INVITE THEM OUT ON THE SITE VISIT AS WELL. THAT ALSO GIVES SOME COVERAGE TO TO ALL THE WORK WE'RE DOING HERE. YEAH THAT'S THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION ABJ OKAY. THANKS. OH MY GOODNESS PLEASE. I HAVE A COMMENT ABOUT THE BUSINESSES THAT YOU WOULD REACH OUT TO. THEY WOULD NOT ALL BE CHAMBER MEMBERS, RIGHT? CORRECT. CORRECT. YEAH. LIKE WE WOULD ALSO POST IT OUT ON OUR CITY'S WEBSITE AS WELL. BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WOULD GET IT OUT RIGHT. EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT. YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS WHO AREN'T CHAMBER MEMBERS WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AS WELL. THANK YOU. 
          THANKS. I DEFINITELY THINK THIS IS A VERY ROBUST PRESENTATION AS WELL. A LOT OF KEY INFORMATION AND TIMELINES THAT WE CAN BE COMMITTED TO. MY ONLY QUICK QUESTION WAS IN TERMS OF CIVIC BRAND BEING TAKING ONUS OF RESPONSIBILITY IN TERMS OF THE THE SURVEY THAT IS GOING TO BE GOING OUT, IS THERE GOING TO BE A COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY IN TERMS OF HOW WE COMMUNICATE OUT AND GET AS MUCH FEEDBACK AS POSSIBLE FROM OUR RESIDENTS ON THAT, ON THAT SURVEY? YEAH, YEAH. SO I MENTIONED EARLIER THEY'RE WORKING ON MARKETING MATERIALS. 
          AND SO AT WORK THEY'RE REALLY GREAT TO COLLABORATE WITH STAFF ON TOO. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT OKAY, HOPEFULLY GETTING THINGS OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF MARCH BEFORE THE SURVEY LAUNCHES. AND ONE THING THAT I'VE NOTICED FROM THE SURVEY, ONCE YOU COMMUNICATE TOO EARLY, PEOPLE FORGET ABOUT IT. AND SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE ONCE YOU ANNOUNCE IT, IT'S LIKE NEXT WEEK. AND SO AND SO WE'LL DEFINITELY BE PUSHING THAT OUT A LOT. AND ALSO REMINDERS ABOUT THE SITE VISIT. AND THEN ONE THING I'LL PLUG IN, I DIDN'T REALLY MENTION ON APRIL 7TH, I HAVE THIS CONFIRMED BECAUSE OF DORA. THANK YOU DARA. WE'LL BE HOLDING THE CIVIC BRAND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENT AT THE SENIOR CENTER, THE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM, AND SO THEY'LL BE THERE FROM 5 TO 7 ON APRIL 7TH. AND THAT WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYBODY TO COME OUT FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND CIVIC BRAND IS REALLY GOING TO TAKE REALLY MANAGE THAT EVENT. 
          AND THEY'RE GOING TO SET UP BOARDS AROUND AND MEET WITH FOLKS AND REALLY GET, YOU KNOW, THOSE WHO WANT TO ENGAGE. THAT'S A GREAT TIME FOR THEM TO MEET WITH THEM AS WELL. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE REALLY WORKING ON OUR MARKETING AND WORKING WITH CIVIC BRAND ON THAT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CONSISTENTLY PUSHING THINGS OUT WITH THE SURVEY AND THE UPCOMING SITE VISIT. AND SO THIS WILL BE DONE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE, WEBSITE, HOA, THE DISTRIBUTION GROUPS, WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY TWO WITH THE CHAMBER AS WELL. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ALL THE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, CONTACTS WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          OKAY. SO ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. AND VIA THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP FOR ALERTS VIA TEXT. 
          YES. YEAH. OH WONDERFUL. SO THERE'S A TEXT TEXTING SERVICE AROUND THIS. YEAH. THEIR EMAILS AS WELL. YEAH OKAY. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. SO SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS. BUT I'M ALSO VERY LEERY OF IT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS A FEW TIMES IN MY OWN COMPANY WHERE YOU GO OUT AND YOU KIND OF TRY TO GET FEEDBACK AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOUR BRAND IS AND WHAT YOUR MARKETING IS AND ALL THAT. AND SO SOMETIMES YOU END UP WITH NOT WHAT YOU EXPECT, OR MAYBE EVEN NOT WHAT YOU WANT. AND SO I'M, I'M EXCITED, BUT I'M KIND OF AFRAID OF WHAT PEOPLE SAY. RIGHT? ONE OF THE THINGS IN HERE WAS KIND OF A WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP A PLACE BRAND AUDIT. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE SO WHAT? WHEN THEY COME, THEY'RE GOING TO DO A VIRTUAL THING. THEY'RE GOING TO KIND OF DO WHAT THEY DID WITH US, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO ASK DIFFERENT 
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QUESTIONS LIKE, WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU THINK OF LEANDER, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF? AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THESE VIRTUAL THINGS ARE GOING TO BE ON, AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO KIND OF SHARE THAT. AND THEN FROM THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT BACK AND TRYING TO BUILD A STRATEGY AROUND HOW WE ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY, HOW WE WANT TO BE AS KIND OF ASPIRATIONAL IN SOME WAYS TO. SO THE AND THIS IS WHERE IT GETS KIND OF KIND OF KIND OF, YOU KNOW, LEERY, WHERE DO WE WHERE DOES THAT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHAT WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE. THE. WHEN IT COMES BACK, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET THIS REVIEW. SO WE'RE GOING TO GET I THINK IT'S IN MAY. RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO IS SO IN APRIL WE'RE BASICALLY THEY'RE GOING TO COME OUT KIND OF LOOK AROUND MEET A BUNCH OF PEOPLE, KIND OF DO THIS, BUT WE'RE NOT REALLY GOING TO HAVE ANY BRAND IDENTITY AT THAT POINT. RIGHT? WE'RE NO. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT SHARING ANYTHING. THEY PROBABLY HAVE A CONCEPT THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT. THEY'RE GOING TO VALIDATE THAT. DO YOU THINK IN THEIR MEETINGS IS THAT KIND OF SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN THEIR MINDS THAT THE THE PLACE BRAND BRAND AUDIT IS GOING TO TAKE ALL THAT RESEARCH THEY GET ON WHAT PEOPLE'S VALUES RIGHT. TRYING TO FIND THAT COMMON THREAD AND EVEN THOSE THAT MIGHT BE OUTLIERS. RIGHT. AND THAT THAT AUDITS WHAT'S GOING TO BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL TO HELP YOU ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE PEOPLE'S YOU KNOW, HOW THEY SEE LEANDER AND TAKING Y'ALL'S FEEDBACK AND DIRECTION ON THAT ON THE NEXT STEPS TO DEVELOP THE IDENTITY. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WAS, IS WE HAVE THE POCO GUY HERE, RIGHT? AND HE BASICALLY SAID THAT ALL THE MEETINGS WE HAD, DIRECT MEETINGS WE HAD WITH PEOPLE WERE REALLY NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT IS REALLY REPRESENTATIVE. AND SO HE SAID THE RANDOM SAMPLING WAS REALLY WHAT DRIVES IT. RIGHT. AND SO THIS IS ALL DIRECTED I KNOW THIS IS FOR THE BRAND AND PEOPLE LIVE HERE AND WHAT THEY FEEL AND ALL THAT. BUT I JUST KIND OF WONDER, IS THERE A RANDOM PIECE TO THIS IN ORDER TO KIND OF KIND OF GET SOME VALIDATION ON SOME THINGS VERSUS EVERYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED KIND OF PUSHES THEIR THING FORWARD? AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT IS IN THIS, BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'RE GOING TO ALL DIRECT PEOPLE TO YOU AND SAY, HEY, GO MEET WITH THESE PEOPLE, WHICH WE THINK ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY, BUT I'M NOT NECESSARILY SURE THAT THAT'S REPRESENTATIVE WHO I KNOW, WHICH IS WHO I KNOW AND STUFF. SO I JUST AM A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. AND THAT'S THE THAT'S MY KIND OF LEERY ABOUT THAT. BUT I AM EXCITED. I JUST HOPE THEY DON'T COME BACK WITH LIGHT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO ANYWAYS, THANKS. AND I WILL SAY CIVIC BRAND. ONE OF THE THINGS THEY LIKE TO LOOK FOR IS, YOU KNOW, THOSE WHO ARE ENGAGED WITH THE CITY, BUT THOSE WHO ARE NOT. RIGHT. SO AS PART OF THEIR POP UP EVENTS, WHEN THEY COME HERE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE AT RANDOM LOCATIONS AND WE'RE KIND OF GIVING THEM, HEY, THIS AREA NEAR H-E-B MIGHT BE A GOOD SPOT TO TO CAMP OUT IN, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE BE OUT AT THESE RANDOM PLACES TO GET THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT NECESSARILY ENGAGED, WHO ARE NOT NECESSARILY FOLLOWING THE COUNCIL MEETINGS, WHO ARE NOT SPEAKING TO STAFF OR, YOU KNOW, COMPLAINING. AND SO GETTING THOSE TYPES OF FEEDBACK SO THAT THAT IS PART OF CIVIC BRAND. 
          AND WHAT I CAN DO IS WE CAN I CAN THINK ABOUT SOME WAYS TO KIND OF ENGAGE THOSE WHO ARE PROBABLY NOT AS ENGAGED AND MAYBE DO SOMETHING FOR THE SITE VISIT AND MAKING SURE WE GET THAT REPRESENTATION. BUT I WAS GOING TO ADD ON TO THAT, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF OUR SENIORS OR LONG TERM RESIDENTS, THEY PROBABLY WON'T BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE ON THESE VIRTUAL TYPE OF EVENTS. SO I THINK THAT IS REALLY KEY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE SOME LIKE IN-PERSON ENGAGEMENT WHERE, YOU KNOW, CIVIC BRAND IS ACTUALLY GOING TO THE PEOPLE AND MEETING THEM TO GET THAT, THAT FEEDBACK. YEAH, YEAH. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR THE SENIOR CENTER. SO NOW WE HAVE A ROBUST LIST. YOU DO PLAY SOME. THANK YOU KENT I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION. AND I WANT TO ECHO MY COLLEAGUES EXCITEMENT FOR THIS PROJECT. I THINK IT'S VERY LONG OVERDUE. I JUST HAVE TWO QUESTIONS, MAINLY ABOUT METHODOLOGY. SO WHEN YOU WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT THE RESIDENTIAL SECTOR, THE TWO STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, THERE'S A MIX OF RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ADVOCATES. ARE WE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A GEOGRAPHICALLY BALANCED REPRESENTATION? AND SO, YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST TALKING WITH SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S GEOGRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF OUR CITY BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A LARGE CITY AND, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S FOLKS FROM EAST SIDE OF LEANDER THAT ARE FROM PALMER RIDGE AND FOLKS THAT ARE IN CRYSTAL FALLS, FOLKS THAT ARE IN DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS IN OUR IN OUR CITY. IS THAT GOING TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS? YEAH. SO FUNNY YOU SAID THAT BECAUSE I STARTED THAT WHEN WE WERE PUTTING THIS THING TOGETHER THAT THE, YOU KNOW, THE LIST THAT OUR COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS TEAM HAVE, YOU KNOW, LIST OF ALL THE HOMES IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS. SO I WAS KIND OF MAPPING IT OUT. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD, YOU KNOW, A GOOD KIND OF SPREAD FROM ACROSS THE CITY BECAUSE WE ARE SO LARGE. AND SO STARTED THAT PROCESS. AND, YOU KNOW, ALSO SAW THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS MISSING, RIGHT? SO MAKING SURE WE CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH THEM IN SOME WAY. AND SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A BIG PUSH FOR THAT. AND THEN ALSO WITH THE, YOU KNOW, DISTRIBUTION GROUPS WE HAVE YOU 
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KNOW, SOME ARE NOT AS ACTIVE AS OTHERS IN GETTING AND ENGAGING. AND SO THAT COULD BE ANOTHER ASPECT TO MAKE SURE THAT, HEY, IF MAYBE YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WHO IS NOT ENGAGED IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE PART OF THAT FOCUS GROUP OR STAKEHOLDER GROUP. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. I JUST I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS ISN'T LIKE A, YOU KNOW, A WESLEYAN OR AN EAST LEANDER, THAT THIS IS AN ALL OF LEANDER BRANDED EFFORT. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. MY OTHER QUESTION IS ON THIS QUALITY OF LIFE BIT ON ON THE FOCUS GROUPS. AND ALSO I GUESS JUST ALL THREE OF THESE, THESE POINTS, ARE WE DOING LIKE A PUSH OR A PULL AS FAR AS GETTING THESE, THESE PARTICIPANTS? SO WE ARE WE THE ONES THAT ARE TRYING TO PULL THESE FOLKS OUT FROM THE COMMUNITY, OR ARE WE GOING TO POST ONLINE OR, OR USE OUR, OUR NETWORKS AND OUR DATABASES TO SAY, HEY, WOULD YOU CONSIDER PARTICIPATING IN THESE FOCUS GROUPS, YOUR YOUR INPUT IS VALUED OR IS IT SO PUSH OR PULL I GUESS, OR A MIXTURE OF BOTH. YEAH. AND IT COULD BE A MIXTURE OF BOTH BECAUSE YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW, STAFF DOESN'T KNOW EVERY SINGLE TYPE OF RESIDENT WHO MIGHT FIT THESE CATEGORIES. SO IF COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE SUGGESTIONS PLEASE LET ME KNOW. WE COULD ALSO PUT OUT A CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS TO PARTICIPATE AS WELL. THEY DO LIKE TO KEEP EACH VIRTUAL THE FOCUS GROUP UP TO 15 PEOPLE. AND SO ANYTHING BIGGER THAN THAT, IT REALLY GETS DIFFICULT, YOU KNOW, IN THOSE INTERVIEWS. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE ALSO HAVE THE IN-PERSON ENGAGEMENT AS WELL. SO THOSE WHO CAN'T PARTICULARLY PARTICIPATE IN FOCUS GROUPS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE COME OUT AND SPEAK THEM, SPEAK TO THEM DIRECTLY, LIKE OUR SENIORS OR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT AS ENGAGED DIRECTLY. SO GREAT. SO LAST QUESTION, I PROMISE, IS, LET'S SAY YOU GET 42 APPLICANTS, RIGHT? AND YOU'VE GOT 15 SPOTS. HOW IS STAFF GOING TO VET DOWN OR WHITTLE THAT NUMBER DOWN TO GET YOUR SELECTED GROUPS HERE? WELL, I THINK WE'LL START KIND OF LOOKING AT KIND OF CRITERIA TO PUT OUT FOR THE THE CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF. WE CAN WE CAN DO THAT AND KIND OF OUTLINE. YOU CAN GIVE A SPECIFIC BRAND AND KIND OF SAY, HEY, WHAT ARE THE KIND OF CRITERIAS FOR EACH OF THESE ASPECTS? AND THEY KIND OF GAVE QUICK DESCRIPTIONS OF IT. 
          BUT THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING THE COMMUNITY SURVEY. PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT TO THE EVENT ON APRIL 7TH AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ANY OTHER KIND OF ENGAGEMENTS MAYBE THAT MIGHT FIT IN SOME OF THE OTHER KIND OF GROUPS AS WELL. SO I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES THERE TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN GET PEOPLE ENGAGED. GOT IT. 
          THANK YOU. SO THE INITIAL PUSH IS TO GET EVERYBODY TO THE APRIL 7TH. YES, THAT WOULD BE GOOD. AND THEN THE SURVEY. YEAH, THE SURVEY FOR SURE, BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR IT'S A LOT OF OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS TO HELP REALLY UNDERSTAND PEOPLE'S VALUES. AND WHAT I'VE SEEN FROM OUR SURVEYS SO FAR IS THOSE OPEN ENDED SURVEYS CAN BE VERY IN DEPTH. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE AND IT'S ANONYMOUS TOO, SO PEOPLE CAN REALLY SAY HOW THEY FEEL. GOTCHA. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY OUR SURVEYING, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS DOING SURVEYS AND THEY'VE CIRCULATED TO THEM. AND WE ARE GETTING REALLY GOOD RESULTS FROM THAT. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY INFORMATIVE. YOU KNOW, THEY TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE WHEN THEY GOT THE SURVEYS BACK EARLIER THAT WE REALLY HAD A GOOD LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION BASED ON WHAT THEY NORMALLY SEE. SO I IMAGINE THAT WOULD CONTINUE. YEAH. YEAH, I THINK SO TOO. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ITEM 21 
          [21. Discuss and consider action on the make up of the Comprehensive Planning Advisory Committee (CPAC).]
DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON THE MAKEUP OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          CPAC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. GRIFFIN, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD EVENING. SO THIS THIS ITEM IS TO GIVE THE CITY COUNCIL THE OPPORTUNITY TO GUIDE STAFF AND WHO THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AS YOU KNOW, WE STARTED THE PROCESS, OUR JOINT WORKSHOP FOR THE BIG KICKOFF IS COMING. WE WANT TO HAVE THIS COMMITTEE SET BEFORE THAT TIME SO OUR CONSULTANT CAN MEET WITH THEM. AT THE SAME TIME, THEY'RE HERE WITH THE CITY TO SAVE MONEY ON TRIPS IN THE AGENDA, I PROVIDED A COUPLE OF OPTIONS FOR DIFFERENT WAYS WE COULD CONSIDER MAKING UP THE COMMITTEE. IT'S REALLY UP TO THE COUNCIL WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE. HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE FOLLOWED OPTION ONE, WHERE WE PULL FROM EXISTING BOARDS, AND THEN YOU EACH HAVE YOUR OWN APPOINTMENT. AND WITH THAT, I'M HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. SO IT'LL BE FUN. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO START AGAIN AT PLAY SIX. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE? AND WE CAN TAKE A MOMENT IF YOU NEED. NO THAT'S OKAY I MEAN I HAD READ THROUGH THESE AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT FROM THE COMMITTEES BUT ALSO THE PUBLIC. SO I'M LEANING TOWARDS OPTION ONE, BUT ALSO 15 PEOPLE IS KIND OF LIKE HERDING CATS. RIGHT. SO IT'S SO I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD NARROW THAT DOWN BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT ALL THE GROUPS. SO BUT IF OPTION ONE IS WHAT WE'VE 
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DONE IN THE PAST, HAS THE LARGE GROUP BEEN A PROBLEM? SO USUALLY THEY START OFF STRONG WITH THE FIRST MEETING YOU HAVE A LARGE GROUP AND THEN AS YOU GO IT KIND OF PETERS OFF. YEAH. 
          YEAH. AND THIS ONE WE'RE ANTICIPATING FIVE MEETINGS OF THE CPAC. AND THEN THERE WOULD BE THREE JOINT WORKSHOPS THEY COULD ATTEND THAT ARE OPTIONAL. SO IT'S NOT A HUGE TIME COMMITMENT, BUT THAT IS PROBABLY TEN HOURS OKAY OKAY. PLACE FIVE. I THINK I WAS ON THIS RIGHT. IS THIS THE ONE THAT WE'RE ON. RIGHT. SO ANNETTE AND I BOTH SERVED ON THIS PREVIOUSLY. AND SO IT IS LIKE HERDING CATS. I CAN SAY THAT FOR SURE. HAVING HAVING HAD TO HURT A CAT OR TWO. YEAH. AND I'VE BEEN A CAT. SO I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE TIME COMMITMENT TO A DEGREE. WHAT'S THE CALENDAR ON THIS LIKE START TO FINISH. WHAT ARE YOU THINKING. WE'RE HOPING 12 TO 18 MONTHS, 12 TO 18 MONTHS. OKAY. AND THAT THAT MAKES ME ACTUALLY FEEL BETTER. OKAY. BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE RAN INTO PREVIOUSLY WAS IT WAS VERY, VERY RUSHED. AND LAST TIME WAS DURING COVID. YEAH. AND IT WAS, IT WAS I MEAN WE DID AND I GET WE HAD TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK THAT. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT WAS JUST THAT WAS NOT COMPREHENSIVE AT ALL. SO I, I LOVE THE FACT THAT THIS IS A LONGER TIMELINE. I THINK IN MY CONSIDERED OPINION, I THINK THAT WE DO NEED TO LEAN ON SOME OF THE EXISTING BOARDS TO COMPRISE MAYBE ONE COMPONENT OF THIS, AND THEN SEPARATELY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TIME CONSTRAINTS WOULD BE TO POTENTIALLY HAVE THEM MEET SEPARATELY, SO THAT WE DON'T GET A CROSS-POLLINATION OF IDEAS. I THINK IF WE HAD A SEPARATE GROUP WITH THE WITH THE APPOINTMENT AND THEY WORKED IN TANDEM, LIKE, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S DOUBLE THE WORK, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT WAY. I'M JUST SAYING THEY WOULD BE ADDRESSING THINGS IN THE SAME MANNER, BUT JUST NOT TOGETHER. RIGHT. BECAUSE I THINK YOU GET A BETTER SENSE OF SOME OF THE AT A POINT WE BRING THEM TOGETHER, BUT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT HAVING THEM WORK ON A, ON A WHAT'S THE RIGHT WORD? I CAN'T THINK OF THE RIGHT WORD. 
          IT'D BE WORKING AT THE SAME TIME, JUST NOT IN THE SAME PLACE TOGETHER. RIGHT. SO YOU'D HAVE THE SAME AGENDAS, BUT YOU'D HAVE CONCURRENTLY. THANK YOU. GOSH. CONCURRENTLY, TWO, TWO GROUPS JUST I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT OPTION ONE, YOU'RE BASICALLY LOOKING AT 15, RIGHT? AND TO THE POINT THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE. AND TRYING TO GET THEM ALL TOGETHER ALL AT ONCE IS DIFFICULT. BUT IF YOU SPLIT THAT AND YOU HAVE ONE GROUP OF EIGHT AND THE OTHER GROUP OF WHATEVER, RIGHT? SEVEN THEN THEN YOU CAN THAT'S A LITTLE FEWER CATS TO HERD, RIGHT? THE AGENDAS WOULD STILL BE THE SAME. THEY'D STILL BE DISCUSSING THINGS THE SAME WAY AND EVENTUALLY BRING THAT GROUP TOGETHER SIX, EIGHT MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD TO TO KIND OF FINALIZE ON THE ON THE CONVERSATIONS. IT'S JUST THE THOUGHT, OKAY, WE WOULD HAVE TO TALK TO THE CONSULTANT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PAY HIM FOR EVERY MEETING. OKAY. SO IF YOU DOUBLE OKAY THE MEETING. OKAY. THANKS FOR THAT. CONTEXT IS MAYBE TAKING SOME OF THE BOARDS AND PICKING LESS BOARD MEMBERS. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WILL BE PART OF THE JOINT WORKSHOPS AND ALSO RECEIVING PRESENTATIONS. I THINK THEY WOULD PROBABLY BE GOOD ON THIS BOARD, BUT MAYBE YOU COULD COMBINE SOME OF THEM. YEAH, I THINK SOME OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH NOT RELATED SPECIFICALLY TO THIS, BUT THERE IS, YOU KNOW, COLLAPSING OF RESPONSIBILITY AND I THINK THAT IS A GOOD IDEA. THANKS FOR THE ADDITIONAL CONTEXT. I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT. IF IT'S IN HERE, I APOLOGIZE, I MISSED THAT. YEAH. SO YEAH, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. I JUST THINK I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE'RE DOING A LONGER TIMELINE ON THIS FOR SURE. PLEASE. FOR. SO WE WE DID WE WERE ON THIS TOGETHER LAST TIME AND WE DID HAVE A LARGE FALL OFF OF FOLKS. SO I DON'T SEE THAT 15 IS GOING TO BE THAT MANY I AM WORRIED. WOULD IT WOULD THAT TEN HOURS BE TOO MUCH TO ASK OF OUR EXISTING VOLUNTEERS, OR ARE THEY ARE THEY OPEN TO TO THIS? I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO THEM, BUT I KNOW THE PNC IS EXCITED ABOUT IT. OKAY. 
          AND I REALLY DO LIKE THAT WE HAVE A ETJ RESIDENT AS WELL. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. LAST TIME HE WAS THE ONE THAT STUCK IN WITH EVERY MEETING. SO THERE'S THAT. I KNOW IT'S ALWAYS FUN. OKAY, WELL THANK YOU. I LIKE OPTION ONE. I PREFER OPTION ONE. I WOULD LIKE US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PLEASE. THREE MY ONLY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS MY FIRST PASS AT SELECTION. IN THE PAST WHEN WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, THE FOLKS FROM BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS PARTICIPATE. WAS THERE A PARTICULAR CRITERIA OR PROCESS BY WHICH THE SELECTION 
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WAS MADE? WAS A SELECTION MADE BY THAT PARTICULAR BODY AND THEN BROUGHT FORWARD? IT WAS THE COUNCIL. THEY PICKED A PERSON FROM EACH. OKAY, PERFECT. SO THERE WILL BE THAT KIND OF OVERSIGHT. OKAY. WELL I DEFINITELY AGREE EITHER. OPTION ONE I LIKED OPTION TWO WITH SOME ADDITIONAL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS INCLUDED. WE'RE MISSING A FEW, BUT I THINK OPTION ONE ENCOMPASSES, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, WHICH IS MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A FULL SCOPE OF UNDERSTANDING MOVING FORWARD. SO THAT'S IT. NICE TO YEAH. YOU KNOW, I WANT TO ADDRESS THE COMMITMENT. I THINK IF YOU'RE GOING TO IF YOU'RE GOING TO HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE OF THE CITY, TEN HOURS IS NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK TO COME AND DO THIS. AND REALLY THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING. YOU'RE SITTING DOWN AND KIND OF COME TO COME COMING UP WITH WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PRIORITIZE AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO ACCOMPLISH AND EVERYTHING. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THEY ENGAGE AND THEY'RE THERE. AND I THINK TEN HOURS OVER 12 TO 18 MONTHS, THAT'S THAT'S NOTHING. SO I DON'T THINK IT'S TOO MUCH TO COMMIT. I THINK IT'S A LOT OF PRESSURE FOR PEOPLE. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THEY STEP UP AND THEY STEP INTO IT. 
          I ALSO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IN THIS PROCESS IS THAT THINGS TEND TO SPIN SOMETIMES WHEN YOU HAVE THAT MANY PEOPLE TOGETHER AND YOU GO OFF ON TANGENTS AND YOU GO OFF THE KIND OF GO OFF THE RAILS. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WITH A GROUP THIS SIZE, I HOPE, I KNOW THE STAFF WILL, WILL, WHOEVER THAT PERSON IS WILL REIN THEM IN AND KEEP THEM FOCUSED. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR PAST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS THAT IT'S IT'S A BIG LIST OF A LOT OF THINGS THAT NEVER GOT DONE. AND I WOULD LIKE US TO HAVE A MUCH SMALLER LIST AS WE COME OUT OF THIS WITH THINGS THAT WE ACCOMPLISH, AND WE CAN GO BACK AND SAY, WE ACCOMPLISHED OUR PLAN AND NOW WE'RE READY FOR OUR NEXT PLAN. AND SO I THINK, I THINK WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN OPTION ONE IS GOOD. AND I THINK IT'S I THINK IF WE WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE THERE AND THEY COME BACK TO US AND SEE THIS IS ONE OF THE STRUGGLES WE HAVE AS A, AS A COUNCIL IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WE HAVE OPINIONS AND WE STRUGGLE WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S OPINIONS. AND SO WHEN THEY BRING THEM TO US, YOU KNOW, CAN WE BUY INTO THEM AND CAN WE ACCEPT THEM? SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD MIX BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE THERE THAT EACH ONE OF US WILL POINT AND THAT HAVE TALKED TO ABOUT WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE, AND WE'LL GET SOMETHING BACK WE CAN WORK WITH. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY THE IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THIS. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. I'M SUPPORTIVE OF OPTION ONE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ONE THING REAL QUICK. YES, PLEASE. IS IT UNREASONABLE FOR THE COUNCIL TO HAVE PICKED PEOPLE BY THE NEXT MEETING TO ACHIEVE OPTION ONE? BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. SO WE COULD KEEP ON TRACK WITH OUR WORKSHOPS. I DON'T THINK IT'S UNREASONABLE. WE HAVE A MEETING. WE HAVE THE LIST OF. CAN YOU SEND US EVERYBODY IN EACH BOARD? I KNOW I WOULD LOVE TO SEND YOU A REMINDER. OKAY, SHE CAN DO THAT. SO WE CAN PUT SOME STUFF TOGETHER TOMORROW AND KIND OF GET THAT. YES. IF YOU CAN SEND IT TO US, CAN WE GET A SCHEDULE OF, LIKE WHAT THE MEETING WOULD LOOK LIKE TIME ESTIMATES. YEAH. AND LIKE WHEN YOU'RE KIND OF THINKING ABOUT HAVING THEM, YOU KNOW. YEAH. SO THEN JUST FOR CLARIFICATION SO WE DON'T DOUBLE UP. SO EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER SHOULD HAVE WAIT IS STAFF PICKING LIKE ONE THROUGH EIGHT IN TERMS OF THE, THE THE COMMISSION MEMBERS OR ARE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SUPPOSED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE X PERSON FROM PLANNING AND ZONING AND ALSO A PLACEMENT APPOINTMENT. 
          SO FOR SIX AND SEVEN, THE LIST REPRESENTATIVE IN CHAMBER WE WOULD PROPOSE TWO PEOPLE FOR THOSE, BUT THEN IT WOULD BE UP TO THE COUNCIL TO PICK SOMEONE FROM EACH OF THE BOARDS. OKAY. 
          CAN I, CAN I SAY SOME MORE QUICK? I THINK LAST TIME WHEN WE WERE ON PLANNING AND ZONING, YOU YOU ASKED PLANNING AND ZONING THOUGH, WHO WOULD WANT TO SPEND THE ADDITIONAL HOURS. 
          AND WE CAN DO THAT FOR SURE BECAUSE WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM NEXT WEEK. RIGHT. THE OTHER BOARDS, I'M NOT AS CONFIDENT. SO I CAN DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT'S ON THAT AGENDA. 
          THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. OKAY. I GUESS IF YOU WANTED, I COULD GET THE STAFF LIAISON TO REACH OUT TO THE BOARDS FOR A VOLUNTEER WITH THAT, SEE WHO WANTS TO VOLUNTEER. YEAH. AND THEN Y'ALL CAN PICK FROM A LIST. YEAH. OKAY. THAT'D BE GREAT. THAT I WAS GOING TO SAY IT'LL BE SIMILAR TO THE PROCESS WE USE FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WHEN WE GET OUR WHOLE LIST. THIS IS EVERYONE THAT APPLIED. THIS IS EVERYONE THAT'S INTERESTED. AND THEN WE CAN PUT TOGETHER THAT WAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS. ALL RIGHT I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE OPTION ONE SECOND OKAY. MOTION AND SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? EVERYBODY IS IN 
          [22. Discuss and consider the selection of Councilmember Ross as Mayor Pro Tem for 2026-2027.]
FAVOR. THANK YOU. AND THEN WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 22. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE SELECTION OF COUNCIL MEMBER ROSS AS OUR MAYOR PRO TEM FOR 2026 TO 2027. I RECOMMENDED COUNCIL MEMBER ROSS. SHE HAS LONG TENURE ON OUR COUNCIL AND HAS SERVED THE CITY WELL, AND HAS AGREED THAT 
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SHE HAS THE TIME TO COMMIT TO BEING MAYOR PRO TEM AND FILLING IN WHERE NECESSARY AND WHERE NEEDED, AND SO I THOUGHT SHE WOULD BE THE BEST OPTION FOR US FOR THIS NEXT ROUND. AND SO I'M MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT. BUT OF COURSE, IF SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO DISCUSS OR HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, I'LL SECOND TIME FOR THAT. THANK YOU. SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? EXCELLENT. IT'S UNANIMOUS. 
          [23. Council Member Closing Statements.]
THANK YOU. AND THEN ITEM 23 OUR CLOSING COMMENTS AND I WILL GO BACK TO PLACE ONE. BECAUSE PLACE SIX IS ALWAYS REAL QUICK. THE YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU YOUR TIME TO MAKE YOUR YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU. I'LL TAKE A NOTE FROM COUNCILMAN NARDINI DOING A HISTORICAL FACT. OH MY GOODNESS. YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T DO THAT. COME ON. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT ONE OH MY GOODNESS. 
          ON THIS DAY, ON FEBRUARY 19TH, 1846, THE FLAG OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS WAS LOWERED AND THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES WAS RAISED AND TEXAS BECAME THE LONE STAR STATE. OKAY, MOVING ON TO CURRENT EVENTS. OKAY. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH. EARLIER THIS WEEK WAS LUNAR NEW YEAR. 
          THIS YEAR IS THE YEAR OF THE FIRE HORSE, WHICH ONLY OCCURS EVERY 60 YEARS AND IS ASSOCIATED WITH FAST PACED CHANGE. SO JUST WANT TO WISH. A AUSPICIOUS YEAR TO EVERYONE. 
          AND YEAH, THANK YOU. AND THEN LASTLY, THIS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST, IS THE OPENING CEREMONY FOR LEANDER BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL AT BENBROOK RANCH PARK AT 1:00. SO WE HOPE YOU DROP ON BY AND JOIN US FOR THE OPENING CEREMONIES AND FIRST PITCH. GOOD NIGHT FOLKS. PLACE TWO I WANTED TO THANK HILL COUNTRY MINISTRIES FOR THE MARDI GRAS EVENT THEY HAD LAST SATURDAY. 
          IT WAS IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. AND THEY THEY RAISED QUITE A BIT OF MONEY. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO BE OPENING UP. THEY'RE GOING TO DO A GROUND BREAKING AT SOME POINT ON A, ON A NEW FACILITY OUT ON, ON LAKELINE BOULEVARD. AND SO THAT'S AN EXCITING THING. THIS IS A AN ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS OUR CITIZENS AND IS SUPPORTED BY OUR CITIZENS. PLACE THREE I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE TEXAS HUMANE HEROES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR PHASE TWO KENNEL EXTENSION. THEY INVITED ME TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SUPPORT OF THAT. SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO HERE IN THE CITY OF LEANDER, FOR OUR PETS. AND I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH A QUOTE FROM ROBERT BYRNE. THE PURPOSE OF LIFE IS A LIFE OF PURPOSE. HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING, EVERYONE, PLEASE. FOR ALONG WITH LITTLE LEAGUE OPENING CEREMONIES ON FRIDAY AT 545 AT THE VFW 127, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP WINNER AND TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARDS. SO IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO DO ON FRIDAY EVENING, COME AND JOIN ME OVER THE VFW. IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD TIME AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU. PLEASE. FIVE I WILL NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT THAT'S THE SECOND TIME COUNCILMAN CHANG HAS DONE THAT TO ME. SO COUNCIL MEMBER JUST KIDDING. SO OUR HISTORICAL FACT TODAY IS FROM 1945 DURING THE FINAL PHASES OF WORLD WAR TWO, THE US MARINES INVADED IWO JIMA AND WRESTED AWAY STRATEGIC CONTROL OF THE IMPORTANT ISLAND FROM THE JAPANESE. SO JUST REMEMBER, SOMETIMES WE FORGET THOSE KINDS OF THINGS HAVE HAPPENED, AND WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT THEY DO. SO TIP OF THE HAT TO ALL OF OUR SERVICE MEMBERS. FUN FACT MUSICALLY, ON FEBRUARY 19TH, 1982, OZZY OSBOURNE WAS ARRESTED IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS FOR URINATING ON THE ALAMO THAT BANNED HIM FROM THE STATE UNTIL 1992, WHICH IS WHEN THE BAN WAS LIFTED. SO I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS AN INTERESTING FACT FOR THE DAY. I DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU ALL. I'M GOING TO STEAL FROM MY BUDDY DREW CAREY, TO SPAY AND NEUTER YOUR PETS TO HELP CONTROL THE PET POPULATION HERE IN THE CITY OF LEANDER. AND ALSO TAKE A MOMENT TO BE MINDFUL OF YOURSELF. YOUR MENTAL HEALTH IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, AND WE SHOULD ALWAYS KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE FOR EACH OTHER AND OURSELVES. SO TAKE A MOMENT TO THINK ABOUT THAT. AND WE LOVE YOU, LEANDER. GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU. 
          WELL, WE DID GET OUR DINNER LOCALLY TONIGHT FROM BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, AND WE ALSO RECOMMEND ALL OF YOU SHOP LOCAL WHEN YOU CAN. I DO WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO COUNCILMEMBER BECKY ROSS ON HER NOMINATION TO THE WOMEN OF WILCO AWARD. SO SHE'S A FINALIST THIS YEAR, SO WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE THAT. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO PLACE FOR 
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BEING UP HERE AGAIN FOR A SECOND TIME. SO WELCOME FOR THAT. AND THEN WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF EVENTS GOING ON IN THE CITY. SO PLEASE PAY ATTENTION. WILL YOU JOIN ME ON FRIDAY AT THE VFW FOR THE AWARD CEREMONY OR SATURDAY FOR, I GUESS, THE FIRST PITCH? I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING, BUT WE'LL BE THERE WITH MY BEAUTIFUL SHIRT ON THAT MISS ASHLEY HAS GIFTED TO. MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, I'LL BE THERE. IT'LL BE BAD IF IT'S ME, SO I DON'T WANT TO COMMIT TO THAT. OKAY, WELL, ON THE AGENDA, IT'LL BE BAD IF IT'S ME, BUT I WILL DO MY BEST TO DO A GOOD JOB. SO THERE WE HAVE IT. WELL, THE TIME IS NOW. 927. THANK YOU ALL
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