Mar 05, 2026 City Council Regular Meeting

[1. Open Meeting.]

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THIS IS THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL. 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 ANNETTE SPONSELLER, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW NORDIN HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM BECKY ROSS HERE. MAYOR NICOLE THOMPSON PRESENT.

[3. Receive presentation and update from Edge Engineering on the progress of the Stormwater Master Plan including completed milestones, prioritized projects, and next steps for implementation.]

IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE DAVID CLARK AND CHAD CORMACK WITH EDGE ENGINEERING. THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON OUR FIRST EVER STORMWATER MASTER PLAN, AND THEY'RE GOING TO PRESENT THE UPDATES ON WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW. SO THANK YOU. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING TIME FOR US TO COME IN AND EXPLAIN WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON. WE KNOW THAT A FEW OF Y'ALL ARE NEW AND DIDN'T ATTEND THE LAST COUNCIL UPDATE THAT WE HAD IN SEPTEMBER OF 2025, SO WE'LL DO A BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT, THE OBJECTIVES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE HERE WITH THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN. WE'LL TALK THROUGH A LITTLE BIT WHAT WE DID LAST BEFORE LAST SESSION AND THEN WHAT WE'VE DONE SINCE THEN, WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. SO THE THE PROGRESS TO DATE BASICALLY BEFORE THE PREVIOUS SESSION IT WAS A LOT OF FACT FINDING A LOT OF BASICALLY DATA COLLECTION THINGS FROM CITY ARCHIVES, FROM RESIDENTS OF CITY OF LEANDER AS BUILT PLANS, MODELS, DRAINAGE STUDIES, PUTTING ALL OF THAT TOGETHER INTO A COMPLETE PICTURE OF THE CITY OF LEANDER DRAINAGE ISSUES. WE ALSO LOOKED AT FROM THIS INFORMATION ANY HOTSPOTS, ANY AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHERE THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF FLOODING ISSUES, AND ANY AREAS THAT WOULD BE GOOD CANDIDATES FOR PROJECTS TO CORRECT THOSE ISSUES OR AT LEAST MITIGATE SOME OF THEM. THE NEXT STEPS FROM THOSE AREAS OF INTEREST, WE WE KIND OF NARROWED IN ON A CORE OF 45 PROJECTS. WE'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THAT IN JUST A MOMENT WITH THAT. BASICALLY THOSE PROJECTS WILL BE SOME OF THOSE WILL BE RECOMMENDED FOR CIP PROGRAM. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE REST OF THEM ARE ALSO, YOU KNOW, PRESENTED AND, AND A PART OF THE MASTER PLAN MOVING FORWARD. BUT THEN IN ADDITION TO CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OR IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, WE ALSO WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE CITY'S REGULATIONS REGARDING REGIONAL DETENTION, DRAINAGE CRITERIA, THINGS THAT SOMETIMES, ESPECIALLY IN THIS PART OF TEXAS, EVERYONE SAYS, OH, LET'S JUST GO TO CITY OF AUSTIN. HOWEVER THEY DO IT, THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR US. THERE'S ENOUGH DISTANCE BETWEEN US AND CITY OF AUSTIN THAT EVEN JUST RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE DIFFERENT. SO LOOKING AT THINGS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THE CITY AND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE ALIGN WITH THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE CITY AS NEW DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES. SO SOLUTION DEVELOPMENT, EXCUSE ME, DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS THAT THAT ADDRESS SOME OF THESE FLOODING ISSUES IS REALLY KIND OF THE FOCUS OF TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION.

BUT AGAIN, THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN AS A WHOLE, THE ENTIRE REPORT, ALL THE MATERIALS THAT WILL BE TURNED OVER TO THE CITY AT THE END OF THIS STUDY WILL PRESENT KIND OF A COMPLETE PICTURE OF WHAT FLOODING LOOKS LIKE IN CITY OF LEANDER AND SOME SOME GOALS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS TO MAKE SURE SHE'S BRIEF RECAP OF THE DATA COLLECTION EFFORTS. AS I MENTIONED, WE COLLECTED A LOT OF MATERIALS FROM THE CITY, BUT AS WELL WE ALSO WENT OUT TO THE PUBLIC. WE WENT TO OLD TOWN FESTIVAL, ACTUALLY GOT INTERVIEWS AND AND FLOODING HISTORIES FROM RESIDENTS. WE ALSO POSTED AN ONLINE SURVEY AND SOLICITED COMMENTS FROM FOLKS. SO THAT REALLY HELPED US. IN ADDITION TO THE KNOWN ISSUES THAT THE ENGINEERING STAFF HAS BEEN HELPING US WITH, YOU KNOW, AREAS THAT WE JUST KNOW, SEE, REPEATED FLOODING. WE ALSO GOT, YOU KNOW, PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM RESIDENTS THAT BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T SAY I'M IN THE 100 YEAR FLOODPLAIN, BUT IT FLOODS EVERY TIME WE GET AN INCH OR TWO OF RAIN. THAT KIND OF INFORMATION IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT HELPS US BUILD BETTER MODELS THAT THAT SUPPORT THAT KIND OF FLOOD STUDIES. IN ADDITION TO THAT FLOOD MODELING.

SO FEMA PUTS OUT THE FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP OR FIRMS PANELS, AND THAT IS THE REGULATORY FLOODPLAIN. THAT'S WHAT FLOOD INSURANCE IS BASED OFF OF. BUT THERE'S ALSO KIND OF SOME ONGOING STUDIES, NOT JUST FOR THE CITY. THEY'RE THEY'VE RECENTLY COMPLETED ONE ON UPPER BRUSHY CREEK TO BRING ALL OF THE MODELING UP TO DATE WITH WHAT'S CALLED ATLAS 14 PRECIPITATION. FOR THOSE OF YOU UNFAMILIAR, ATLAS 14 IS BASICALLY AN UPDATE IN THE

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THEY'RE ALSO IN AN UPDATE TO THAT UPDATE RIGHT NOW, BRINGING IN NEWER LIDAR INFORMATION, NEW TOPOGRAPHY. SO A LOT OF THINGS ARE ONGOING, BUT THAT MEANS WE HAVE A LOT OF FRESH AND AND THOROUGHLY VETTED INFORMATION TO BUILD OUR MODELS ON AS WELL. SO AS I MENTIONED, WE LOOKED AT ALL OF THE HOT SPOTS AROUND TOWN. A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT CAME UP, BOTH IN OUR MODELING AND IN THE INFORMATION THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GATHER FROM THE PUBLIC. WE IDENTIFIED 77 AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF HIGH RISK, HIGH FLOOD RISK, AND NOW 77 ISSUES. IN AN IDEAL WORLD, WE WOULD ADDRESS ALL 77 OF THEM. BUT THERE DEFINITELY ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FLOODING CONCERNS, DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS, DIFFERENT TYPES OF APPROACHES TO HANDLE SOME OF THE FLOODING. IN SOME CASES, YOU COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, A PERFECTLY WELL SIZED CULVERT OPENING, BUT IF IT CLOGS UP WITH A SHOPPING CART, THEN YOU IMMEDIATELY HAVE ZERO LEVEL OF SERVICE. SO WAYS TO MAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE, THINGS THAT ARE EASIER TO MAINTAIN. THAT'S KIND OF THE GOAL OF NARROWING DOWN TO 45 PROJECTS FROM THE 77. SO THE WAY THAT WE PRIORITIZE THE SITES IS WE LOOKED AT TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OR TWO DIFFERENT CLASSES OF OF PRIORITY CATEGORIES HERE. THE FIRST ONE IS BASICALLY RISK ASSESSMENT. SO WE'RE ASSESSING THREE MAJOR CATEGORIES HERE. THE PROPERTY FLOODING RISK, THE INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE OR MAINTENANCE ISSUES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE RISK. AND THEN OF COURSE TAKING ALL OF THE CITIZEN FEEDBACK AND WORKING THAT INTO ALL THE SCORING FOR EACH OF OUR SITES. SO THAT ACCOUNTS FOR MORE THAN HALF OF OUR PRIORITY SCORING AGGREGATE.

YOU'LL SEE THAT IN JUST A SECOND. BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE TAKING, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH FLOODING INTO ACCOUNT WHEN WE PRIORITIZE OUR SITES. THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING ABOUT RESOLVING OR MAKING THE THE FLOODING ISSUES A LITTLE BIT EASIER OR SAFER FOR CITY OF LEANDER HERE. SO FIVE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES WENT INTO THE THE PRODUCTIVE SIDE OF THIS HERE. THE COST EFFECTIVENESS OBVIOUSLY IS STILL A PRETTY LARGE CATEGORY. HOW WELL DOES THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT WORK IN BALANCE WITH HOW MUCH THAT IMPROVEMENT WOULD COST? AND THAT'S A PLANNING LEVEL ESTIMATE. WE'LL GO INTO DETAIL ON THAT IN JUST A SECOND. BUT BASICALLY NOT JUST THE CONSTRUCTION OF IT, BUT ALSO ANY PROPERTY ACQUISITION, PERMITTING, ENGINEERING AND SURVEY FEES. WE LOOK AT IT AS A AS AN ENTIRE PICTURE FOR THAT CATEGORY. AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU'VE GOT ONGOING OPERATION MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS. THERE ARE SOME IMPORTANT, SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE A LITTLE EASIER TO MAINTAIN THAN OTHERS. SOME ARE PRETTY PASSIVE SYSTEMS, SOME YOU NEED TO GO IN AND ACTUALLY CLEAR OUT AND CLEAN EVERY NOW AND THEN. SO THAT WENT INTO OUR SCORING AS WELL. LEVEL OF PROJECT IMPACT IS AN INTERESTING CATEGORY BECAUSE BECAUSE WE HAVE 45 SITES AND BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE OTHER CIP PROJECTS ACTIVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITH WATER, WASTEWATER, TRANSPORTATION, WE WANTED TO CAPTURE ANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE PROJECTS TO EITHER BECOME PART OF ANOTHER CIP PROJECT OR BENEFIT FROM WORKING WITHIN THE SAME FOOTPRINT. SO THAT CATEGORY LOOKED AT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, AND THEN THE LAST TWO HAVE TO DO WITH THE DIFFICULTY SLASH OPPORTUNITY THERE IS IN DEALING WITH OUTSIDE PARTIES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY. SO FOLKS LIKE TEX-DOT, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TRAVIS COUNTY, COORDINATION WITH THEM FOR DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS OR IMPACTS FOR OUR PROJECTS. BUT IN ADDITION, THERE'S ALSO SOME FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY. SO A WAY TO OFFSET SOME OF THE COST OF THESE PROJECTS WOULD BE TO TAKE A LOOK OUTSIDE THE ORGANIZATION AND SEE IF ANY OF THESE ARE GOOD CANDIDATES TO APPLY FOR.

NOW, INCLUDED WITH YOUR PACKET TODAY, WE'VE GOT A PRINTOUT OF OUR TOP 15 PRIORITY SITES. WE SPLIT FROM OUR 45. THE TOP 15 WERE DEFINITELY PROJECTS THAT NUMBER ONE NEED TO HAPPEN.

NUMBER TWO ARE MANAGEABLE TYPE PROJECTS. AND NUMBER THREE, THEY SOLVE A VARIETY OF ISSUES THAT THAT KIND OF ARISE BOTH FROM CITIZEN REPORTING BUT ALSO SHOWING UP IN OUR MODELING AS, AS SOME PRETTY HIGH RISK AREAS. SO ON EACH OF OUR WHAT WE'RE CALLING PROJECT CUT SHEETS, IT'S BASICALLY JUST A ONE SHEET WITH INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE THE LOCATION IS, WHAT TYPE OF FLOODING CONCERN IS THERE, HOW DOES THAT THAT FLOODING ISSUE ARISE AS SOMETHING UNDERSIZED OR JUST INADEQUATE? WE'VE GOT OUR CATEGORY SCORES FOR EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES I MENTIONED EARLIER. AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM THE ASSUMPTION SECTION IS REALLY IMPORTANT. SO THESE PROJECTS ARE NOT CONSTRUCTION SHOVEL READY. THESE ARE PLANNING LEVEL PROJECTS MEANT TO GIVE Y'ALL AN IDEA FOR THE LEVEL OF OF SPENDING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN FOR THESE TO BECOME

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ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THOSE CUT SHEETS, YOU'LL HAVE AERIAL PHOTOS OF JUST THE EXISTING AND PROPOSED CONDITIONS. AND THEN OF COURSE, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING CENTER BOTTOM OF THE PAGE IS PROJECT COST AND ESTIMATED DURATION. I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE COST IS NOT JUST WHAT CONSTRUCTION COSTS IS GOING TO BE, BUT ALSO THE ENGINEERING AND SURVEY FEE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. AND THEN OF COURSE, KNOWING THAT WE CAN'T JUST GO OUT AND BUILD THESE PROJECTS TOMORROW, WE DID ADD A 30% CONTINGENCY INTO THE COST AS WELL, BEFORE THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN IS WRAPPED UP AND TURNED OVER TO THE CITY FOR ADOPTION, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE GO BACK THROUGH ONE MORE TIME. AS WE KNOW THE MARKET'S PRETTY VOLATILE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CAPTURING THE LATEST INFORMATION TO TO ARMY, ALL FOR BUDGETING. SO TOP PAGE OF Y'ALL'S HANDOUTS. THERE IS JUST A TABULATION OF THOSE TOP 15 SITES. WE KIND OF ADDED A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION WHERE THE PROJECT LOCATION IS WHAT TYPE OF BENEFITS ARE THERE.

AND THEN OF COURSE A VERY IMPORTANT FIGURES ARE WHAT THOSE PROJECTS COST. SO WHAT THOSE WHERE THOSE 15 PROJECTS ARE LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. IT'S IT'S THE MAJOR STREAMS AND WATERSHEDS IN THE CITY. THERE'S SAN GABRIEL UP TOWARDS THE NORTH, BRUSHY CREEK, MASON CREEK, THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT AREAS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN AS WELL. BUT YOU CAN SEE BASICALLY THESE ISSUES ARE NOT JUST ALL IN ONE WATERSHED. THEY'RE KIND OF SYSTEMATIC. IT'S JUST THE NATURE OF CENTRAL TEXAS. FLOODING IS EVERY NOW AND THEN YOU'VE GOT SOME AREAS WHERE DEVELOPMENT HAS HAPPENED A LITTLE FASTER THAN REGIONAL FLOOD PLANNING. SO THAT'S HOW WE END UP WITH THESE PROJECTS. 16 THROUGH 45 WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN REPORT. WE'LL HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF DETAIL. WE'LL HAVE THESE CUT SHEETS AND COST ESTIMATES AS WELL. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL 45 SITES, EVEN THOUGH WE NARROWED IT DOWN FROM 77 TO 45, STILL MAKES IT LOOK LIKE THE CITY LIMITS HAS CHICKENPOX. THE TOP 15 SITES ARE WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO INCLUDE IN THE CIP. NOW, THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THE OTHER PROJECTS ARE NOT IMPORTANT, BUT JUST TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, IF WE WERE TO DO ALL 45 PROJECTS, IT'S JUST UNDER $40 MILLION AT OUR CURRENT ESTIMATES HERE. THE TOTAL COST FOR THE TOP 15 IS JUST UNDER $15 MILLION. AND SO THAT CAN HELP YOU WITH SOME OF THE DECISIONS TO PRIORITIZE, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE RANKING HERE, BASED ON FEEDBACK, IT HELPS YOU PLAN THOSE PROJECTS OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRST, FIRST TRANCHE OF CIP PROJECTS THAT GO TO CONSTRUCTION. SO A COUPLE OF THE OPTIONS FOR FUNDING, OBVIOUSLY, THE CIP AND GENERAL FUNDS, DEBT SERVICES THAT WE CURRENTLY USE TO DO MUNICIPAL PROJECTS AS THE FIRST AND MOST OBVIOUS FUNDING MECHANISM. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE LOOKED INTO A COUPLE DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES USE THE FIRST ONE OR THE FIRST OPTION HERE BEING A STORMWATER UTILITY FEE OR AN IMPACT FEE.

IT'S SIMILAR TO THE WAY A DEVELOPER WOULD COME IN AND PAY AN IMPACT FEE FOR WATER OR WASTEWATER. BUT KNOWING THAT STORM DRAIN IS NOT A REVENUE GENERATING UTILITY, IT'S THERE TO BE UTILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS DON'T FLOOD. SO IT'S THERE'S IT'S A DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE TO HELP WITH THINGS LIKE MAINTENANCE. IT MAY NOT BE THE BEST FUNDING MECHANISM FOR NEW PROJECTS, BUT IT IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. AND WE'LL HAVE A SECTION IN OUR REPORT THAT INCLUDES THAT INFORMATION, AS WELL AS REFERENCES TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE THAT REGULATE THAT SORT OF THING, AND THEN EXTERNAL FUNDING, THINGS LIKE GRANT PROGRAMS AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. THIS IS WHERE YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A HANDFUL OF THE PROJECTS. WOULD BE GOOD CANDIDATES TO APPLY FOR THIS FUNDING HERE. SO YES, THERE'S $15 MILLION FOR THE TOP 15 SITES, BUT I KNOW THERE ARE TWO. I'VE WORKED ON SEVERAL GRANT FUNDED PROJECTS IN THE PAST AND MY EXPERIENCE LOW WATER CROSSINGS, THINGS IN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH A LOT OF RESIDENTS NEARBY, CRITICAL FLOODING ISSUES THAT CAN BE FIXED BY LARGER CULVERTS OR A BRIDGE INSTEAD OF CULVERTS, THINGS LIKE THAT ARE GOOD APPLICATIONS, STRONG APPLICATIONS FOR SELECTION.

THESE GRANT PROGRAMS ARE PUT TOGETHER BY BASICALLY THE STATE LEVEL, AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AS WELL. FEMA, TDM AND WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, OF COURSE, THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE ALL HAVE PROGRAMS. THERE'S A LINK ON THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE, TEXAS FLOOD CLEARINGHOUSE. ORG. THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD LOOKS AT ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND UPDATES THAT REGULARLY. THEY ALSO HAVE A REALLY NEAT FLOW CHART THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE EXHIBITS IN THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN THAT BASICALLY SAYS, IS MY PROJECT A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THESE SPECIFIC ITEMS? SO THAT'S JUST SOME MORE INFORMATION FOR YOU ALL TO TAKE A LOOK AT. EXTERNAL FUNDING AND WAYS TO GET THESE PROJECTS IN

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SO NEXT STEPS, WE'RE GOING TO WRAP UP THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN, BASICALLY WRAPPING UP THE REPORT. WE'RE GOING TO PACKAGE ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GIVEN BY BOTH THE CITY AND AS BUILTS AND FLOOD STUDIES INTO USABLE INFORMATION THAT THE CITY CAN REFERENCE IN THE FUTURE. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TAKE A LOOK, AS I MENTIONED, AT STORMWATER POLICY FOR REGIONAL DETENTION, FOR THE ACTUAL DESIGN GUIDELINES, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING ALL OF THE CITY'S NEEDS WITH THE REGULATIONS THAT ARE FORTH, THAT ARE SET FORTH IN, IN ORDINANCES ONLINE, AND BASICALLY ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR EITHER ADDITIONAL OR OR MORE SUBSTANTIAL DRAINAGE POLICIES. LOOKING AT ALL THE INFORMATION WE HAVE, WE'VE GOT A CLEAR PICTURE OF HOW BOTH THE CITY NEEDS TO PROTECT AGAINST FLOOD RISK AND ALSO HOW THAT FITS INTO WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TRAVIS COUNTY AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

SO I KNOW I SPEAK REALLY FAST. I PROBABLY BRUSH OVER A LOT OF THINGS. DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER? I THINK YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB GIVING US A DETAILED RUNDOWN, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. COUNCIL. YOU HAVE QUESTIONS PLEASE? ONE I APPRECIATE THE THOROUGH PRESENTATION. AND YOU DID COVER ONE OF MY QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME, WHICH WAS OUR EXTERNAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. AND YOU LISTED FEMA AND THE GLOW AS SOME OF THEM. CAN YOU KIND OF ELABORATE ON SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE OFFERED AND HOW THAT COULD TIE INTO THIS APPLICATION HERE? CERTAINLY. SO THE ONE THAT I'VE GOT THE MOST EXPERIENCE WITH IS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, CDBG. IT'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN FEMA AND THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE FOR BOTH THE FEDERAL AND STATE AVAILABLE FUNDS. WITH THE TYPES OF PROJECTS I'VE WORKED ON IN THE PAST, LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE ARE PRETTY EASY TO GET A POSITIVE SCORE. WHEN YOU PUT OUT AN APPLICATION, YOU HAVE ALL OF THE ENGINEERING THAT GOES INTO IT. IT'S IT'S KIND OF A PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING PACKET. YOU'VE GOT DETAILS OF HOW AND WHY THAT SITE FLOODS CURRENTLY. IT ALSO LOOKS AT THE DO NOTHING APPROACH. SO HOW MUCH DOES IT COST THE CITY TO MAINTAIN THIS AREA IF IT CONTINUES TO FLOOD, IF THERE CONTINUES TO BE DAMAGE. AND THEN IT ALSO LOOKS AT THE IMPACTS AT ALL OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA AS WELL. SO IF THE WATER, LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, A ROADWAY WASHES OUT IN A FLOOD AND IT TAKES A WEEK TO GET CREWS BACK IN THERE, RECONSTRUCT IT DURING THAT WEEK, YOU'VE GOT FOLKS THAT USE THAT ROAD REGULARLY EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT CAN'T MAKE IT TO WORK, OR THEY HAVE TO GO 15 MILES OUT OF THEIR WAY. THOSE IMPACTS DO COST MONEY, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL TOOLS. FEMA PUTS OUT A TOOLKIT THAT LETS YOU PUT A LOT OF THESE CATEGORIES TOGETHER, AND ULTIMATELY WITH YOUR INFORMATION THAT YOU SUBMIT IN YOUR PACKET, YOU ALSO HAVE YOUR BENEFIT COST RATIO. BCR AS LONG AS THAT'S NORTH OF ONE, YOU'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD SHOT OF YOUR PROJECT GETTING SELECTED. OBVIOUSLY, IF THERE'S A LOT MORE BENEFITS THAN COST, YOU'VE GOT TO HIRE. YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN SOME BCRS IN TWO THREE. THOSE GET PICKED FIRST, BUT I'VE GOT ABOUT THERE ARE FIVE THAT ARE GOOD PROJECTS IN THE TOP 15 FOR FOR GRANT FUNDING.

THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER PROGRAMS, BUT THERE ARE TWO FOR CDBG THAT ARE IN, I BELIEVE, THE TOP FIVE.

I THINK NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER FOUR ARE PRETTY GOOD CANDIDATES FOR THAT SPECIFIC TYPE OF APPLICATION, BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. PREVIOUSLY, I SPOKE AT THE GLOW A FEW YEARS BACK AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIE IN WITH THE CDBG FUNDING. WE HAD SOME PROJECTS THAT WERE ALONG THE COASTAL BEND IN GALVESTON, AND I KNOW THERE WAS SOME APPLICABILITY THERE AS FAR AS ENHANCING INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE MORE RESILIENT. SO GLAD TO SEE THAT CAN BE APPLIED HERE. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE ALSO EXPECTING AND TRACKING CLOSELY AFTER THE JULY FLOODS, WE IMAGINE THE CITY OF LEANDER AND TRAVIS COUNTY AND WILLIAMSON COUNTY WILL BE A IMPACTED COMMUNITY. AND SO WE'RE WATCHING CLOSELY. WE HAVEN'T SEEN THEM PUT ANYTHING OUT, BUT WE THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A LARGE ALLOCATION OF MONEY DEDICATED TO THE MOST AFFECTED COUNTIES AND CITIES, SO THAT I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE GLO AS THE CDBG PROGRAM. SO THERE SHOULD BE SOME SOME MONEY COMING DOWN THE PIPE PRETTY SOON. THAT'S GREAT NEWS. COULD YOU KEEP US POSTED ON THAT? I'D LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT WHEN THAT COMES OUT. ABSOLUTELY. AND THANK YOU FOR ADDING THAT CONTEXT, BECAUSE I WAS GETTING READY TO ASK, HOW LIKELY IS IT THAT WE WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT AND ACTUALLY BE A VIABLE CANDIDATE FOR THE FUNDING? SO THANK YOU. PLEASE DO SO. SO THIS IS A SCORING THAT THE SCORING IS WHAT YOU GUYS CAME UP WITH OR WITH THE USE FOR THE STORMWATER. BUT THIS ISN'T WHAT THE SCORING IS FOR WHEN WE GO TO CIP. RIGHT. SO THE CIP HAS OTHER CATEGORIES IN IT. AND SO THESE PROJECTS WOULDN'T RISE UP AS HIGH WHEN WE PUT THEM IN THAT LIST. RIGHT. WE WE TRIED TO YOU KNOW, THIS THIS IS AN INDEPENDENT SCORING FOR THIS MASTER PLAN. BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH TONY ON GETTING THESE, YOU KNOW, WOVEN INTO THE CIP. BUT WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, THE CIP IS SORT OF A TRAIN GOING, YOU KNOW, DOWN THE TRACKS AND WE'RE KIND OF FALLING BEHIND. SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL EITHER BE INCORPORATED, YOU KNOW, IN THE,

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COULD YOU DO LIKE FIVE OF THESE IN A YEAR OR. OH YEAH. YEAH, UNLIMITED EVERYTHING. BUT WITH YOUR CURRENT I MEAN, I JUST IN MY PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, TAKING ON TWO, MAYBE THREE AT A TIME IS PROBABLY A REALISTIC EXPECTATION. ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT IS JUST I THINK IT WOULD JUST BE TOO DIFFICULT. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. THANK YOU. YEAH. I'M DONE.

THREE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU DID PROVIDE. IT WAS IN GREAT DETAIL.

I HAD ONE QUESTION AS A FOLLOW UP. I THINK YOU'VE ANSWERED OR ADDRESSED ONE OF MY QUESTIONS PREVIOUSLY, BUT AS IT RELATES TO SOME OF THE CONVERSATION YOU WERE HAVING AROUND THE IMPACT STUDY, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO INCLUDE MAYBE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION IN SOME OF THESE KEY TOP 15 PROJECTS? SO WE CAN JUST HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE IS THE GREATEST IMPACT IF WE DO NOT ACT SOON RATHER THAN LATER. I THINK FROM A FUNDING PERSPECTIVE, I KNOW YOU HAVE THE 30% CONTINGENCY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO DIG INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE IMPORTANCE OR VALUE IN PRIORITIZING, YOU KNOW, KEY PROJECTS FOR SO THAT IN CASE WE DO GET GRANT FUNDING, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT. AND SO AND I THINK YOU CAN YOU CAN INCLUDE THAT PROBABLY IN A PREVIOUS REPORT, CORRECT? YES. AND IN THE COMPLETE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN THAT BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE'S MORE DETAIL THAN I GAVE YOU ALL THIS. OH, WONDERFUL.

WONDERFUL. BUT IT DOES HAVE SEVERAL DISCUSSION SECTIONS, BOTH ABOUT WHERE WE GOT OUR INFORMATION, HOW WE PRIORITIZE SITES. BUT THEN IN IN EACH OF THESE, THESE PROJECT SHEETS HERE AGAIN, WITH THE PLANNING LEVEL STUDY, IT'S NOT AS DETAILED AS FINAL ENGINEERING, BUT MODELING DOES GIVE US AN IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S FLOODING BY JUST A COUPLE OF INCHES OR A COUPLE OF FEET. IT DOES. THE PROPOSED PROJECTS ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES AND MITIGATE THEM AS BEST AS POSSIBLE? NOW, THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT FINAL ENGINEERING WON'T COME UP WITH A BETTER MOUSETRAP OR A MORE EFFICIENT MOUSETRAP, BUT LOOKING AT THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS, IN OUR EXPERIENCE, THE TYPES OF WORK, THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, BEING A DRAINAGE ONLY FIRM, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVING SOME OF THESE AREAS. AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE'S 77 THAT WE WHITTLED DOWN TO 45. AND THEN WE RECOMMEND 15. THERE'S NO TWO PROJECTS THAT ARE EXACTLY ALIKE. THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOME, YOU KNOW, INTERESTING POSITION IN A WATERSHED. I UNDERSTAND SOME SHOP TALK, BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT IN THE REPORT THAT WE GOT ENOUGH DETAIL THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT WHY THE AREA IS FLOODING, IN ADDITION TO QUANTIFYING HOW MUCH IT'S FLOODING AND HOW MUCH THE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT CAN HELP.

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AND IT ALSO HELP US STRATEGIZE HOW WE GO AFTER SOME OF THAT FUNDING AND WHERE WE FIND COLLABORATORS FOR THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND CONTEXT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. PLEASE. SIX I MEAN, JUST A COMMENT. IT'S REALLY ALREADY BEEN HIT ON A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE WEAVING THIS, THIS PLAN IN WITH OUR EXISTING CIP SO THAT WE'RE NOT DOING THINGS TWICE. SO JUST USING OUR POLICYHOLDER. POLICYHOLDER I'VE BEEN AT WORK ALL DAY. OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS CORRECTLY.

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE WRAP UP? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. YES. ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS 629 AND WE WILL ADJOURN OUR BRIEFING WOR TODAY IS THURSDAY, MARCH 5TH, 2026, AND

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

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LEANDER, THAT IS NOT POSITIVE. LORD, WE BREAK IT RIGHT NOW IN JESUS NAME AND WE SAY, THANK YOU GOD. THANK YOU GOD. THANK YOU LORD FOR LETTING US CALL YOU SON OR CALLING YOU FATHER.

AND THANK YOU, LORD, FOR LETTING US BE YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS. SO LORD, WE JUST SAY THANK YOU TODAY, HOLY SPIRIT, COME RESIDE OVER THIS MEETING AND BLESS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING DECISIONS FOR FOR THE REST OF THE FAMILIES IN THIS TOWN. WE GIVE YOU ALL THE GLORY AND PRAISE. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. THANK YOU. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

TESTIFY AND PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE AS AND ALL UNDER. THE. THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT.

THANK YOU. 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 ANNETTE SPONSELLER, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW NORDIN HERE.

MAYOR PRO TEM BECKY ROSS HERE. MAYOR NICOLE THOMPSON, PRESENT. THANK YOU. THE QUORUM IS

[6. Welcome Special Guests and Visitors.]

[8. Leander Chamber of Commerce tourism update including but not limited to, results on Texas Tour 2022, 2023, and 2024 along with goals for 2026.]

YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO STAY WITHIN THEM, BUT THEY'RE RECOMMENDATIONS. SO WE DO STAY WITHIN ALL OF THOSE PERCENTAGES FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS, JUST AS THEIR RECOMMENDATION, JUST AS AN FYI. AND SO THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR THERE. THIS IS OUR 26TH BUDGET. YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S REALLY NO CHANGES UNTIL THERE'S ANOTHER HOTEL. IT'S VERY UNLIKELY.

OCCASIONALLY WE SEE A TINY UPTICK. IF THE ROOM RATES GO UP FOR SOMETHING YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPTICK, BUT IT'S TYPICALLY NOMINAL. AND SO THAT HOTEL STAYS FULL PRETTY

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AND SO ON THAT SIDE, IF YOU GO TO TOUR TEXAS, THIS IS ALL OF THE RESULTS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE LOOKED AT, DOWNLOADED, CLICKED ON OUR VIDEOS, DONE ALL THOSE THINGS. THIS IS NOT THROUGH OUR SITES, THIS IS THROUGH THEIR SITE. AND SO IT DOES GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION. THIS IS THROUGH OUR SITE ACTUALLY, AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO POST IT THIS WAY BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR HERE AND WHAT THEY'RE I THINK AS A COUNCIL, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT IS DRIVING PEOPLE. AND SO THIS IS FROM THE VISITOR SIDE, NOT THE CHAMBER SIDE. ALTHOUGH I'LL TELL YOU FROM THE CHAMBER SIDE, IT'S FAIRLY SIMILAR WHEN YOU LOOK AT BOTH OVERLAID. BUT YOU'LL SEE THE TOP DRIVERS OF PEOPLE HERE ARE FAMILY FRIENDLY ATTRACTIONS THAT SHOULD NOT BE SURPRISING TO ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM. LAKEWOOD PARK. ALSO, I THINK NOT SURPRISING TO ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM. CERTAINLY WITH THE UPHEAVAL OF THE WATER. I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW MUCH PEOPLE LOVE LAKEWOOD PARK. AND SO BUT IT'S A BIG DRIVER. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF CONTENT AND A LOT OF COLLATERAL AROUND LAKEWOOD PARK AND DRIVING PEOPLE TO WE GET A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR IT. SO JUST FYI, OF COURSE, THE HOME PAGE, WHICH IS FUNNY THAT THE HOME PAGE ACTUALLY DOESN'T HIT US FIRST, AND THEN OUR TRAIL OF TRAINS, WHICH IS ALL OF THE PAINTED TRAINS THAT YOU ALL SEE EVERYWHERE, ALL OVER TOWN. WE ACTUALLY THE CITY MOVED ONE NEW TRAIN INTO PLACE TODAY, SO WE'VE GOT FOUR MORE COMING AND THEN OUR FESTIVALS.

AND SO THAT IS NOT FROM THE FESTIVAL SITE, THAT IS FROM THE MAIN SITE. SO FESTIVAL SITE DOES DRIVE THE MOST TRAFFIC OF ANYTHING, BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT, A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT URL AND COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS THAT DRIVE TO IT. SO YOU WON'T SEE THOSE SAME NUMBERS HERE. WE DID GET A SPOTLIGHT TEXAS. AND SO THIS LINK GOES TO THE VIDEO.

THE VIDEO IS KIND OF LONG, BUT IT'S A SPOTLIGHT CITY THROUGH A THE NAME OF THE TV SHOW HISTORY CHANNEL SOMETHING. AND SO IT PLAYED AS A COMMERCIAL DURING THOSE SHOWS ABOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THAT LITTLE SPOTLIGHT AND USE IT TO PROMPT, YOU KNOW, JUST THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR HISTORY. SO VERY COOL OPPORTUNITY. IT'S A NEAT LITTLE HISTORY VIDEO ABOUT THE CITY. WE ALSO DID A TRIP BUILDER CAMPAIGN, WHICH IS AGAIN THROUGH THE STATE OF TEXAS. TRIP BUILDER IS ESSENTIALLY ALLOWING PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR APP AND TRAVELING TEXAS TO BUILD A TRIP THROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE. AND SO WE WERE ONE OF THOSE STOPS ON THAT TRIP, WHICH THE TRAIN WE JUST THOUGHT WAS CUTE. BUT THAT'S WHAT TRIP BUILDER ALLOWS US TO DO. WE'RE CONTINUING TO MAINTAIN ALL OF THOSE THINGS, BUT THAT CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED IN 25, AND THE BIGGEST AND BEST NEWS FOR WELL, ACTUALLY, I GUESS TECHNICALLY WE GOT THIS AWARD LAST WEEK. SO I GUESS TECHNICALLY THAT'S A 26 WIN.

BUT BECAUSE I DID ALL OF THE WORK IN 25, I'M GOING TO COUNT THAT AS A 25 WIN. BUT WE WERE NAMED AND WILL SOON BE PRESENTED THE CERTIFICATE FOR BECOMING A TOURISM FRIENDLY CITY FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS, WHICH IS BASICALLY A RECOGNITION THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS DOES FOR CITIES THAT SHOW SUPERIOR QUALITY IN PROMOTING TOURISM IN THEIR CITY. SO THEY LOOK AT THE COLLATERAL WE'RE PRODUCING, THEY LOOK AT, WELL, THEY FIRST LOOK AT THE BUDGET WE HAVE, AND THEN THEY LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE ESSENTIALLY DOING WITH THAT BUDGET. AND I WILL SAY THEIR QUOTE WAS, THIS IS UNHEARD OF. THIS IS INSANE THAT YOU ARE DOING THESE TYPES OF RESULTS WITH THIS BUDGET. AND I SAID, I'M AWARE. THANK YOU. AND SO WE WERE REALLY EXCITED. WE

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DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR NOT A QUESTION. BUT JUST WANTED TO AGAIN THANK YOU SO MUCH RICHARD FOR ALL THAT YOU AND THE CHAMBER DO. IT FEELS LIKE IT'S COMING FULL CIRCLE.

ONE OF MY FIRST JOBS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS WAS WORKING ON DRAFTING THE PRESS RELEASES ON THE THE DESIGNATIONS. SO I'M ESPECIALLY EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THIS DESIGNATION AND LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. PLEASE.

TWO PLUS THREE OKAY OKAY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO. THANK YOU OKAY. WONDERFUL JOB. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE GROW AND DEVELOP AS A CITY, THIS IS RIGHT IN LINE WITH THE TRAJECTORY THAT WE WANT TO DO. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE WORK. THANK YOU. EXCELLENT PLACE 4 OR 5. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, BRIDGET.

YOU'RE WELCOME. JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS, OKAY. ABOUT HOW MANY BUSINESSES ARE CURRENTLY IN LEANDER. I JUST GOT THAT NUMBER FROM RANDALL. SO I'M GOING TO GO WITH HIS NUMBER OF 1589 OKAY.

AND MOST PEOPLE IN LEANDER KNOW THAT HEB IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE TWO OF OUR BIGGEST EMPLOYERS. BUT WHO WOULD BE A COUPLE OF THOSE OTHER OTHER BIG EMPLOYERS? GOLD DEPOSITORY.

THEY'RE A BIG EMPLOYER. DENNIS STEEL. I ALWAYS USE THEM JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL THEY'RE KIND OF DIFFERENT. ONE SOURCE MANUFACTURING'S A BIG KIND OF HIGH END EMPLOYER IN LEANDER.

SO THOSE ARE PROBABLY BE THE NEXT I'M GUESSING THOSE ARE THE NEXT THREE. RANDALL MAYBE WANT TO ADD SOME MORE, BUT THOSE ARE THOSE WOULD BE PROBABLY OUR NEXT BIGGEST. SO OF THOSE 1589 BUSINESSES, HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE MEMBERS OF YOUR CHAMBER? MY GUESS? WELL, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 716 MEMBERS OF OUR CHAMBER. ABOUT 80% OF THOSE MEMBERS ARE FROM LEANDER. SO WHATEVER THAT MATH LOOKS LIKE GIVES YOU THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. AND GROWING RAPIDLY. THE OTHER 20 AND I WOULD SAY THAT NUMBER IS WIDENING WITH MORE MEMBERS COMING FROM LEANDER SPECIFICALLY. IT USED TO BE MORE LIKE 4060 AND THEN 7030, AND NOW ABOUT 8020. BUT MOST OF THEM WILL BE FROM LEANDER. BUT WE DO GET CEDAR PARK. OF COURSE WE GET GEORGETOWN, A LOT OF CEDAR PARK, A LOT OF GEORGETOWN, SOME LIBERTY HILL, AND EVEN SOME LARGO, BECAUSE LEANDER ADDRESSES ARE IN A LOT OF THAT. NOW. YOU CAN BE A MEMBER FROM AUSTIN. WE STILL GET AUSTIN.

YOU CAN BE A MEMBER FROM ANYWHERE. BUT THAT GIVES YOU AN ESTIMATE FOR THAT. AND THEN LASTLY, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOU HEAR IS THE THREE BIGGEST BARRIERS FOR BUSINESSES.

WORKFORCE. NUMBER ONE BARRIER. I JUST ACTUALLY HAD THAT COMMENT YESTERDAY. ALTHOUGH WE'VE GOT A ONE OF OUR WONDERFUL PARTNERS. AND TODAY WHEN I HEARD YESTERDAY WHEN

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AND SO WE'RE ABLE, BECAUSE OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS, HELP SOLVE THAT. BUT THAT'S A BIG CHALLENGE. NEXT CHALLENGE IS REALLY UNUSUALLY JUST KNOWLEDGE. YOU KNOW WE GET LOTS OF QUESTIONS ON YOU KNOW EVEN WHAT'S A CASH FLOW STATEMENT. I'M LIKE, OH GOSH, HERE WE GO.

BUT THEY KNOW ABOUT THE THING THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT. AND ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS ARE A BARRIER. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE DO SO MUCH EDUCATION. SO WE DO A LOT OF EDUCATION AND A LOT OF TRAINING SO THAT YOU CAN START FILLING THOSE GAPS. BUT ALSO THAT'S WHAT HELPS MAKE SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES WHEN THEY START LEARNING TO FILL ALL THOSE GAPS OF THE THINGS THEY DON'T KNOW. AND THEN THE THIRD IS JUST LEANDER AS IT IS, BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A NEW CITY, REALLY, BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A FAST GROWING CITY, BECAUSE OF JUST ALL OF THE CHALLENGES AROUND IT. SO RENT IS HIGH. IT'S A VERY HARD TO START A BUSINESS HERE IF YOU'RE A SMALL BUSINESS BECAUSE IT'S EXPENSIVE. SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO START A BUSINESS HERE IF YOU'RE A LARGE BUSINESS BECAUSE IT'S EXPENSIVE. A LARGE BUSINESS NEEDS MORE THINGS, SO THAT MAKES IT MORE EXPENSIVE, SO THAT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, IT'S THE THINGS THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT LIKE WE'RE RIGHT NOW WORKING WITH A BUSINESS THAT DIDN'T KNOW THEY NEEDED A CEO FOR A LONG TIME.

AND SO THAT'S HARD TO MANAGE THAT THROUGH THAT BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY SHOULDN'T NEED THAT. BUT ALSO AS A CITY, YOU HAVE TO BALANCE THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE COMING TO THAT BUSINESS. AND SO THERE'S THAT. BUT THOSE THINGS ARE CHALLENGES. AND IT'S SCARY FOR BUSINESSES TO SAY, OH, I'M GOING TO JUMP INTO THIS WITH, YOU KNOW, $20,000 OR 20,000 WOULD BE A BARGAIN IN RENT HERE, $50,000 IN RENT. I'M GOING TO LEAVE MY JOB TO DO THIS FOR SOMETHING THAT I REALLY DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT. AND SO THAT'S A LOT. IT'S A LOT. THAT'S WHY WE STAY BUSY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. AND I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU SAID IT WAS 700. AND HOW MANY? SEVEN, 16 SEVEN, 16. AND CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THAT COMPARES TO CHAMBERS IN OUR AREA? YES, I CAN AND I WOULD LOVE TO ACTUALLY, WE ARE THE FIFTH LARGEST CHAMBER IN OUR AREA, ALTHOUGH I'M FAIRLY CERTAIN WE JUST PASSED OUR CLOSEST NUMBER FOR LITERALLY LAST WEEK, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT FOR SURE YET, BUT I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT. WHICH MEANS THAT REALLY, THE ONLY CHAMBERS THAT ARE LARGER THAN US ARE AUSTIN AND RIGHT NOW, GEORGETOWN AND CHANTAL. WE'RE COMING FOR YOU. SO WE'RE COMING FOR HER. WE ARE THE ASIDE OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN, WE ARE THE MOST FINANCIALLY SOUND CHAMBER, AND WE HAVE REALLY INCREDIBLE RETENTION. SO AND THEN COMPARING NATIONWIDE KNOW CHAMBERS ARE DOING WHAT WE DO. NO CHAMBERS HAVE SAVINGS LIKE WE HAVE CHAMBERS DON'T HAVE THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE. IT'S REALLY PRETTY INCREDIBLE. OUR TEAM IS WE'RE VERY BLESSED.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? JUST THANKS A LOT, BRIDGET.

YOU'RE A REALLY GOOD JOB. APPRECIATE ALL THE INFORMATION. THANK YOU. AND PLAY SIX. WE'RE JUST IN A REALLY GREAT PLACE WITH THE CITY OF LANDER BEING ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THE LANDER CHAMBER AND THE VISITOR CENTER THAT HAS JUST TAKEN OFF. THERE'S SO MANY GOOD THINGS HAPPENING. SO THANKS FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND YOUR TEAM. WELL THANK YOU. AWESOME. WELL WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL. IT WHEN PEOPLE ASK, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO DO ALL OF THIS WITH THIS. AND MY ANSWER IS ALWAYS WE HAVE A REALLY GREAT BOARD THAT'S REALLY SUPPORTIVE. WE HAVE A REALLY GREAT COUNCIL THAT'S REALLY SUPPORTIVE. AND WE HAVE A REALLY GREAT LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE LITERALLY HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE VOLUNTEERS FOR US AND COME TO OUR THINGS? RAISE YOUR HANDS. LOOK, THEY'RE JUST HERE. I KNOW THEY'RE NOT ALL RAISING THEIR HANDS. THERE'S A LOT MORE. IT LOOKS LIKE THREE. THERE'S MORE. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY'RE NOT RAISING THEIR HANDS OR WE'RE SCARED TO ADMIT IT, BUT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF REALLY GREAT SUPPORT. SO FOR THE FESTIVAL, WE GET 108 VOLUNTEERS. PLACES DON'T GET THAT. WHERE YOU HAVE 108 PEOPLE COMING OUT TO HELP YOU. PEOPLE LIKE, HOW DO YOU DO THAT? WE HAVE GREAT T SHIRTS.

WHAT? THEY'RE COMING BECAUSE THEY LOVE OUR COMMUNITY. YEAH. AND SO IT IT MAKES THINGS REALLY NICE. SO WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT Y'ALL. I ALSO LEFT Y'ALL THE BRAND NEW VISITOR CENTER GUIDE THAT WAS PRODUCED TOTALLY IN HOUSE. AND SO WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THAT. AND THEN

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THANK YOU, MISS BRIDGET. APPRECIATE Y'ALL. ALL RIGHT. AND NOW WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NINE

[9. Recognitions/Proclamations/Visitors.

• Certificate of Recognition of Congressional App Challenge winners: 1^st place team from Rouse High School consisting of Pranav Jaishankar, Amartyaram Jami, Ronit Baldaniya and 2^nd place Aditya Jha from Running Brush Middle School.
• CTX Learning Festival Proclamation

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND, MAYOR, NICE TO MEET YOU AND MAYOR PRO TEM. NICE TO MEET YOU.

FOR THOSE THAT I DON'T ALREADY KNOW, IT'S A PLEASURE. AND I'M HERE TO SERVE YOU ALL. SO IF EVER I COULD BE OF ASSISTANCE FOR THOSE I DO KNOW. GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. CONGRESSMAN CARTER JUST WANTED ME TO MAKE SURE AND BE HERE TO CONGRATULATE THESE FINE YOUNG MEN. AND I DON'T KNOW, THE YOUNG MEN OF THE CONGRESSIONAL ACT CHALLENGE. HE HOLDS THIS CONGRESSIONAL APP CHALLENGE EVERY YEAR. IT'S AN ANNUAL EVENT, AND IT WILL BEGIN AGAIN THIS YEAR, MAY, AND RUNS THROUGH OCTOBER. CONGRESSMAN CARTER, OBVIOUSLY IS A HUGE PROPONENT OF EDUCATION AND STUDENTS. AND NOT ONLY DOES HE HAVE THE CONGRESSIONAL APP CHALLENGE, BUT HE ALSO HAS THE ART COMPETITION, CTE AWARDS, AND THE ACADEMY NOMINATIONS FOR THESE YOUNG FINE MEN AND WOMEN. THE LEADERS, I LIKE TO SAY, OF THE FUTURE. SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. AND AGAIN, ONCE AGAIN, CONGRESSMAN CARTER, YOU ALL CONGRATULATIONS. SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU. SO WE DO HAVE COMMENDATIONS FOR BOTH TEAM THAT WE ARE GOING TO READ. AND AFTER WE READ, WE'VE ASKED Y'ALL TO COME UP FRONT AND WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE WITH Y'ALL. SO WONDERFUL. SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND READ THESE WONDERFUL ACCOMMODATIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE WINNERS. AND I WILL READ ALL THE NAMES SINCE WE IT IS THE SAME WORDING FOR EACH OF THE AWARDS. THIS IS FROM THE CITY OF LEANDER. THE CERTIFICATE OF COMMENDATION.

LET IT BE KNOWN THAT. RONNIE VALZANIA. AMARI, JAMIE AND. PRANAV JOSH KANTAR IS RECOGNIZED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY OF LEANDER, TEXAS FOR YOUR REMARKABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS A MEMBER OF THE ROUSE HIGH SCHOOL TEAM THAT WON FIRST PLACE FOR THE CONGRESSIONAL APP CHALLENGE.

WE COMMEND YOUR INNOVATION, INNOVATIVE THINKING, AND COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING LIVES WITH YOU APP, WHICH TURNS SMARTPHONES INTO A POWERFUL VISION SCREENING TOOL. THIS CERTIFICATE IS ISSUED IN RECOGNITION THEREOF ON THIS DAY, MARCH 5TH, 2026 BY NICOLE THOMPSON. MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS. AND COME GET. WORDS. YEAH, WE GOT WE HAVE ONE MORE. WE'RE GOING TO READ THE OTHER ONE TOO. YEAH OKAY. Y'ALL CAN COME UP IF YOU WANT WHERE YOU CAN STAND RIGHT HERE. WE'RE GOING TO READ ONE MORE FOR THE OTHER GROUP AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE OKAY. YOU ARE GOOD. THIS IS COLONEL. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS. OKAY.

GOOD. AND THERE YOU GO. AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET THIS ONE AFTERWARDS. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND COUNCIL MEMBER ROSS AND I WILL READ THE SECOND ONE. WE HAVE LET IT BE KNOWN THAT IDEA IS RECOGNIZED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF LEANDER, TEXAS, FOR YOUR REMARKABLE SECOND PLACE IN THE CONGRESSIONAL APP CHALLENGE, WE COMMEND YOUR INNOVATIVE THINKING AND COMMITMENT TO SAVING LIVES WITH THE DEEP FLOOD APP, WHICH IS CAPABLE OF PREDICTING FLASH FLOODS USING GEOGRAPHICS, CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURAL DATA. THIS CERTIFICATE IS ISSUED IN RECOGNITION THEREOF ON THIS DAY, MARCH 5TH, 2026, SIGNED BY NICOLE THOMPSON. MAYOR. CONGRATULATIONS. Y'ALL WILL COME DOWN. TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU. TAKE A PICTURE. SOUNDS AWESOME. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. YES. AWESOME.

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AND SO ANNA'S DOING A SESSION ON FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES AND TEACHING THEM HOW IMPORTANT FUN MATH CAN BE. BRIDGET HAS A COUPLE OF INTERESTING SESSIONS AS WELL. SHE'S DOING ONE WITH NETRA, AND THAT'S GOING TO HELP PEOPLE LEARN MORE ABOUT MOBILITY OPTIONS HERE IN CENTRAL TEXAS. INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT GETTING AROUND. AND THE SECOND THING SHE'S DOING, AND SHE MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT THIS JUST A MINUTE AGO. SHE DIDN'T SAY IT. SHE'S DOING A SESSION, A SMALL BUSINESS SESSION TO HELP FOLKS WHO WANT TO GET STARTED. AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE RANGE OF OVER 200 EVENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING OVER THE NEXT WEEK, STARTING MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK, THEY RANGE FROM MATH CAMPS FOR KIDS TO GROWN UP WORK SESSIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS, STARTING BUSINESSES, AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. WE'VE HAD SHARK PHOTOGRAPHY. WE'VE HAD WE HAD A SESSION DOWN AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOR ACADEMICS PROGRAM, DID A SESSION FOR US. SO IF YOU GO TO THE CENTRAL TEXAS LEARNING FESTIVAL SITE, CT LEARNING FESTIVAL.COM, YOU'LL SEE LOTS AND LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE GOING ON. AND SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD TO TO TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND TO HAVE YOU ALL DO A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING. IT IS A COMMUNITY WIDE EFFORT. AND I THINK THAT'S THE REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE. THE WHOLE COMMUNITY IS COMING TOGETHER.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP AND SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WHERE THINGS ARE HAPPENING, IT'S REALLY INSPIRING. SO WE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO COME TO AS MANY EVENTS AS YOU CAN OVER THE NEXT WEEK. STARTING MARCH THE 11TH AND RUNNING FOR FIVE DAYS, COME TO AS MANY EVENTS AS YOU CAN AND PARTICIPATE IN LEARNING. LEARNING NEVER STOPS, GUYS. THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH. AND THEN SHE'S GOING TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION. IF Y'ALL WANT. WE'RE HAPPY TO COME DOWN AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU GUYS. SURE OKAY. IT'D BE GREAT. WHEREAS THE CITY OF LEANDER RECOGNIZES THAT LIFELONG LEARNING STRENGTHENS COMMUNITIES, EXPANDS OPPORTUNITY, AND ENRICHES THE LIVES OF RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES.

AND WHEREAS THE CENTRAL TEXAS LEARNING FESTIVAL BRINGS TOGETHER EDUCATORS, FAMILY, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND LEARNERS ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS TO CELEBRATE CURIOSITY, CREATIVITY, AND THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE. AND WHEREAS, THE FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCESSIBLE, INNOVATIVE AND COMMUNITY DRIVEN LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT SUPPORT ACADEMIC GROWTH, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND PERSONAL ENRICHMENT. AND

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REALLY? THIS? YES, YOU HAVE TO HAVE. GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY.

TONIGHT COUNCIL AND. I GOT A DAUGHTER WHO LIKE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. WE WILL MOVE INTO OUR

[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]

[14. Approval of a Resolution for the Leander Fire Department to submit a grant with the 2026 Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) for a command bus at a cost of $800,000.00 with no matching funds from the City; and authorize the City Manager to execute any and all necessary documents.]

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M BILLY WUSTERHAUSEN, I'M THE FIRE CHIEF. AND JOINING ME TONIGHT IS ALSO GREG MINTON, OUR POLICE CHIEF, AND AUBREY HOLMES, OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR. SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO CONSIDER THIS RESOLUTION FOR THIS GRANT. THIS IS A GRANT FOR A COMMAND BUS. AND JUST TO SO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT TYPE OF VEHICLE THIS IS. PICTURE A LARGE MOTORHOME THAT HAS THE SLIDE OUTS. THAT'S THE FRAMEWORK THAT A COMMAND BUS IS BUILT UPON. SO USE OF A COMMAND BUS WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR LONG OR LENGTHY PLANNED EVENTS, SUCH AS OUR LIBERTY FEST EVENT AND FOR UNPLANNED EVENTS AS WELL, SUCH AS A EXTENSIVE POLICE OR FIRE EVENT. SO IT'S BENEFICIAL DURING THESE LARGE, COMPLEX EVENTS WHERE YOU WOULD NOT HAVE JUST ONE DISCIPLINE OR ONE ENTITY INVOLVED, WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE A SINGLE INCIDENT COMMANDER. BUT ON THESE LARGER, COMPLEX ONES, YOU HAVE MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES SUCH AS POLICE, FIRE AND PUBLIC WORKS THAT ARE ALL INVOLVED IN THOSE TIMES. YOU HAVE A UNIFIED COMMAND WHERE REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH OF THOSE AGENCIES COME TOGETHER, AND THEY COLLECTIVELY ARE ABLE TO PLAN AND COMMUNICATE AND CONTROL THE INCIDENT. AND SO HAVING A COMMAND BUS ALLOWS THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN A SPACE THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE ELEMENTS AND ALSO PROTECTED FROM THE NOISES AND THE DISTRACTIONS OF THE EMERGENCY SCENE. IF AWARDED, THIS GRANT IS A 100% AWARD GRANT, WHICH MEANS THAT THERE WOULD BE NO MATCHING FUNDS REQUIRED FROM THE CITY. THERE WOULD BE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING COSTS, AND THAT'S ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 10,000 FOR THE FIRST YEAR.

WE WOULD ESTIMATE THOSE COSTS WOULD INCREASE AS THE VEHICLE AGES AND MORE MAINTENANCE WOULD BE REQUIRED. THE ANTICIPATED THAT THE LIFE OF THIS VEHICLE WOULD BE ABOUT 15 YEARS BEFORE IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THIS GRANT IS FUNDED THROUGH THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND

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THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE TIME TO SPEAK TONIGHT. DURING THE RECENT ELECTIONS, I WAS A BIT SKEPTICAL OF COMMITMENT OF SOME OF THE CANDIDATES HAD TOWARDS FIRST RESPONDERS, MORE SPECIFICALLY LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO I WAS VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT THIS WAS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT HAD BEEN TAKEN OFF. SO THIS IS WRITTEN ASSUMING THAT IT WAS ON THERE. I SAW SUCH AS I SAW THAT THIS SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT WAS BEING REQUESTED FOR LEANDER FIRE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY IN THE FORM OF THIS MOBILE COMMAND VEHICLE AS OUTLINED IN NUMBER 14 OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND, AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THIS VEHICLE ACTUALLY DOES FOR OUR POLICE AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS, IT IS HARD NOT TO BE EXCITED ABOUT IT. THIS IS AN 800 000 ASSET THAT COST LEANDER TAXPAYERS PRETTY MUCH NOTHING. NO MATCHING FUNDS AS WAS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED.

JUST A GRANT APPLICATION THAT SAYS LEANDER IS SERIOUS ABOUT BACKING THE PEOPLE WHO PROTECT US. LET ME BE SPECIFIC ABOUT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT GAINS FROM THIS VEHICLE. OUR LEANDER POLICE COMMANDERS GET A HARDENED, FULLY EQUIPPED COMMAND POST AT THE SCENE OF ANY MAJOR INCIDENT. THEY GET INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS THAT CONNECT THEM TO FIRE, EMS, WILLIAMSON COUNTY SHERIFF, DPS AND FEDERAL AGENCIES. IF NEEDED. THEY GET A PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT TO RUN AN OPERATION RATHER THAN WORKING OUT OF A PATROL CAR WINDOW FOR AN ACTIVE THREAT SITUATION, ESPECIALLY, THAT IS, THAT CAPABILITY IS INVALUABLE. THIS VEHICLE ALSO SENDS A MESSAGE. IT TELLS EVERY OFFICER ON OUR FORCE THAT THIS CITY INVESTS IN GIVING THEM THE TOOLS AND THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED TO DO A DANGEROUS JOB TO BENEFIT OUR GROWING CITY. AND OUR CITY IS DEFINITELY GROWING. THAT MATTERS FOR RECRUITMENT, THAT MATTERS FOR RETENTION, THAT MATTERS FOR MORALE. SO I WANT TO SAY PUBLICLY, I'M GENUINELY ENCOURAGED THAT THIS WAS PUT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. MY CONCERNS COMING OUT OF THE ELECTION MAY HAVE BEEN UNFOUNDED, BECAUSE THE COUNCIL THAT VOTES UNANIMOUSLY TO PURSUE THIS GRANT IS A COUNCIL THAT IS WALKING THE WALK ON PUBLIC SAFETY, NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT IT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.

I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS PASS TONIGHT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING THIS COUNCIL CONTINUE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE SAME UNIFORM COMMITMENT TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WHO PUT, PUT ON UNIFORM AND SERVE THIS COMMUNITY. I URGE UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND NOW WE'LL MOVE TO DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM. THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR YEAH, YOU CAN COME. I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY HAS QUESTIONS, BUT THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING MORE CLARIFICATION. I REQUESTED THAT THIS BE PULLED FROM CONSENT. TYPICALLY WHEN WE HAVE ITEMS THAT ARE ON OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE A LOT OF DETAIL THAT GOES WITH IT. AND THEN WE HAVE MORE TIME TO REVIEW IT THAN WHAT WAS PROVIDED. BUT YOU PROVIDED THE REASONING. WE DIDN'T HAVE AS MUCH TIME TO REVIEW THIS. TYPICALLY WE WOULD WANT SOMETHING A COUPLE OF MEETINGS BEFORE NOW SO THAT IF WE HAD QUESTIONS, WE CAN GO BACK AND RESEARCH THAT AND GET THAT INFORMATION. BUT TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE AND THAT'S WHY IT WAS PUT ON THIS AGENDA. AND THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THE ADDITIONAL DETAIL AND CLARIFICATION. I THINK ALSO THERE WAS INFORMATION, EVERYTHING THAT IS BEING REQUIRED FOR THIS PARTICULAR GRANT ARE THINGS THAT WE ARE ALREADY WORKING UNDER. THEY'VE BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2017 AND THEN THERE WAS AN UPDATE IN 2025. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION THAT WE'RE ALREADY WORKING UNDER THESE GUIDELINES AND THE RULES AND THESE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS.

WE'RE ALREADY WORKING UNDER THAT. SO I WILL GO TO PLACE ONE IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR LAYING OUT THIS RESOLUTION. AND JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON THE FACT THAT I THINK A FEW OF US WERE ACTUALLY AT THE TEACHER TRAINING EARLIER THIS WEEK FOR ALL HAZARDS, AND IT JUST CAME TO MY MIND THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS MOBILE COMMAND VEHICLE COULD BE VERY USEFUL AS WE APPROACH VARIOUS INCIDENTS THAT COULD OCCUR IN OUR CITY.

COULD YOU OR CHIEF MINTON MAYBE LAY OUT LIKE SOME SOME EXAMPLES OF USES IN WHICH FIRE OR EMS OR POLICE MIGHT USE THIS IN THE FUTURE? YEAH. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE HAVE ACTUALLY USED SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES COMMAND BUSSES WHEN THEY'RE AVAILABLE FOR EVENTS. SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. I THINK THE MOST RECENT ONE WAS WHEN WE HAD A BOMBING EVENT OR A BOMBING THREAT. WE HAD CALLED UP CEDAR PARK AND ASKED THEM IF THEY WERE AVAILABLE TO RESPOND UP FOR THAT. PRIOR TO THAT JULY 3RD OF LAST YEAR, WE HAD A HOUSE FIRE WITH A FIRE FATALITY INVOLVED, SO WE USED THE COMMAND BUS DURING THAT. OF COURSE, WE HAD THE RAINS COMING IN THAT EVENING AND SUCH AS WELL. SO HAVING THAT PLACE TO WHERE YOU CAN GET POLICE, FIRE, EMS, THE BOMB SQUAD, IN THAT CASE, K-9 DRONES, ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IMPACTED ARE INVOLVED IN THAT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A COLLECTIVE PLAN ON APPROACH. SO YEAH, AND I'LL SECOND THAT ANYTIME, ANY KIND OF LONG TERM LAW ENFORCEMENT EVENT THAT'S THAT WOULD BE THE

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SO PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF HAVING A THE OSC PROGRAM AND STAFF IS TO MAKE THOSE ASSETS REGIONALLY AVAILABLE WHEN REQUESTED AND WHEN AVAILABLE. THAT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU.

PLEASE THANK. THE NEED FOR THE FOR THE EQUIPMENT IS CLEAR. IT'S MY ESTIMATION BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED THUS FAR. THAT'S SIMILAR AN ARRANGEMENT THAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY AGREED TO THE CHANGES IN THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. I THINK THAT'S A SIMPLE WAY TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THIS, AND I AND I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE DON'T GLOSS OVER THAT FACT THAT THERE ARE SOME LEGAL REQUIREMENTS UNDER DHS THAT ARE NOW PART OF THIS FUNDING MECHANISM. IT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN USED FOR THESE TYPES OF FUNDING AGREEMENTS. I THINK IT'S IT'S IMPORTANT THAT OUR CITIZENS UNDERSTAND THAT AND THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM. RIGHT? WHICH IS THE REASON I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO CALL IT OUT. NOW. THERE'S A LOT MORE INFORMATION WITH REGARDS TO HOW THAT WORKS. AND I THINK I THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB OUTLINING ALL THE SPECIFICITY OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT LAWS AND ORDINANCES AND STATE AND FEDERAL THINGS THAT COME INTO PLAY HERE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS THAT WE'RE AGREEING THAT WE'RE GOING TO APPLY FOR THE GRANT, RIGHT. THAT'S STILL ALLOWS US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THIS INFORMATION AND DECIDE ULTIMATELY IF WE'RE GOING TO ACCEPT THE GRANT, WHICH IS A VERY DISTINCT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO THINGS. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S OUT THERE SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT IT IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. BECAUSE WHEN WE CONTEXTUALLY PRESENT THIS AS A DECISION, AS ARE WE GOING TO APPROVE, OR ARE WE GOING TO APPROVE AN APPLICATION FOR THE GRANT? OF COURSE, WE NEED TO FIND THE FUNDING MECHANISMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO OUR CITY OUTSIDE OF OUR OWN MUNICIPAL FUNDING MECHANISMS TO HELP US DO THESE TYPES OF THINGS. BUT I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE CITIZENS OF THE, OF THE, OF LEANDER AND THE GREATER COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE MECHANISMS, THERE ARE THERE ARE CHANGES TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY THERE. IT CHANGES WHAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE TYPES OF BLOCK GRANTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S STATED. I ACTUALLY AM VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACCESS THIS, AND TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD THIS TO OUR TOOL CHEST, SO TO SPEAK, AND 100% SUPPORT THAT TYPE OF PROCESS. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS ON THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE CLARIFICATIONS, CHIEFS. I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO. I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS ON THAT. BUT I DID WANT TO ASK IF PAGE CAN PROVIDE. WE WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS, AND I THINK THERE'S A SLIGHT CLARIFICATION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN THAT THERE HASN'T ACTUALLY BEEN A CHANGE. THESE WERE ALL IN PLACE SINCE 2017. WE'VE BEEN OPERATING UNDER THEM SINCE 2017. AND SO I JUST

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I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION

[15. Conduct a Public Hearing pursuant to Chapter 26, Texas Parks and Wildlife Code, regarding the proposed installation of a public water line on public parkland located on Lot 87, Block B, of Stewart Crossing Phase 1 Subdivision more particularly depicted by the plat recorded as Document No. 2016026419 of the Official Public Records of Williamson County, Leander, Williamson County, Texas, for the purpose of installation, maintenance, and operation of an underground water line; whether there is no feasible and prudent alternative to the use or taking of such land; and whether the project includes all reasonable planning to minimize harm to the land, as a park.

• Discuss and consider action on an Ordinance making findings pursuant to Chapter 26, Texas Parks and Wildlife Code, regarding the installation of a public water line as described above requiring use of public parkland for the installation of public infrastructure; and authorize the City Manager to execute any and all necessary documents.

GOOD EVENING. SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ADDITION OF A WATER LINE ON PARKLAND PROPERTY. CURRENTLY, THERE IS A SCHOOL UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD BASIS SCHOOL. AND THEY NEED ACCESS TO WATER TO SERVE THEIR PROPERTY. THE CLOSEST LOCATION IS IN THIS PARKLAND. STAFF HAS EVALUATED THE LAND AND WE AGREE THAT IT WON'T HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT. IT'S AN UNDERLYING UNDERGROUND LINE AND THERE AREN'T IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD BE DISTURBED. THERE IS A CITY PROJECT TO INSTALL A LINE ON 2243 FOR. I BELIEVE IT'S A 16 INCH, BUT IT'S NOT ON THEIR TIMELINE. WE'RE STILL IN THE EARLY DESIGN PHASE AND THEY'RE ACTIVELY MOVING FORWARD, SO THAT'S WHY THEY CHOSE TO GO THIS DIRECTION. AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN AND I'LL CALL ON SPEAKERS WITH SUBMIT A CARDS AND READ THEIR POSITIONS RECEIVED. AND IF ANYONE I'M SORRY, LET'S DO IT'S JARED BOWERS. THANK YOU. SORRY I'M GETTING OLD AND I CAN'T SEE YOU VERY WELL ON THIS CARD, SO THANK YOU. COME FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. JARED BOWERS, I'M WITH GRACE DESIGN STUDIOS WERE THE ARCHITECTS FOR THE PROJECT. I'M OUT OF OUR NEW ORLEANS OFFICE. REALLY? I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE ABOUT IT. WE OBVIOUSLY ARE IN AGREEMENT AND WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. IT'S REALLY THE ONLY WAY TO BRING WATER TO THE SITE RIGHT NOW. THERE'S REALLY NOWHERE ELSE THAT'S EVEN EXISTS ANYWHERE NEAR THE SITE. AND TO ROBIN'S POINT, IT'S ALL GOING TO BE UNDERGROUND. AND ANY, ANY DISTURBANCES WHERE WE GO IN OR OUT ARE GOING TO BE PUT BACK TO THE WAY THEY WERE BEFORE. SO WITH THAT, ANYTHING YOU GUYS HAVE, I'M WAS THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO WE CAN'T RESPOND BACK. BUT IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS WHEN WE GET TO DISCUSSION WE WILL. SO THANK YOU. AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. AND WE'LL DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON THE ORDINANCE MAKING FINDINGS. PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 26, TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE REGARDING THE INSTALLATION OF PUBLIC WATER LINE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE, REQUIRING THE USE OF PUBLIC PARKLAND FOR THE INSTALLATION OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS. COUNCIL, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS FOR ROBIN OR THE SPEAKER? THIS IS A QUESTION FOR ROBIN OR TODD. IF THIS IS APPROVED, DID HE TELL US HOW LONG THE PROJECT SCOPE WOULD BE AND WHAT THE POSSIBLE TRAFFIC DISRUPTIONS WOULD LOOK LIKE? SO THEY'VE ALREADY COMPLETED THE BORE ON 2243, SO IT WON'T JUST DISRUPT THE TRAFFIC THEY'RE ANTICIPATING TO OPEN IN THE FALL. EXCELLENT. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, PLEASE. ROBIN, AGAIN FOR YOU. THANKS. SORRY I DIDN'T TRY AND CATCH YOU BEFORE WE LEFT.

WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS, I KIND OF TOOK A LOOK AT THE GENERAL AREA AND THERE WAS. AND THIS I.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THIS, IT'S FINE. JUST THERE'S A 12 INCH PIPE THAT'S ON HERO WAY.

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IF WE COULD GET EASEMENTS FASTER AND BUILD IT FASTER, THAT WOULD THAT WOULD HELP, I GUESS EXTENDING INFRASTRUCTURE QUICKLY IN AREAS MIGHT BE A WAY, YOU KNOW, TO HELP WITH THE PERMITTING PROCESS. BUT IN THIS ONE, I THINK IT'S JUST A UNIQUE SITUATION. OKAY. I WAS GONNA SAY, CAN YOU TELL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT THAT'S TRYING TO HAPPEN THAT HASN'T HAPPENED? THE WATER LINE PROJECTS, I BELIEVE IT'S A 16 INCH WATER LINE ON 22, 43. IT'S A PRETTY BIG PROJECT FOR THE CITY, AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF ACQUIRING EASEMENTS FOR THE WATER LINE. AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF HANG UPS WITH EASEMENTS. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ADDRESSING SOME OF MY QUESTIONS AROUND, YOU KNOW, WHERE THAT PROJECT WAS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE GOOD. OKAY. COUNCIL, THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM MOTION TO APPROVE I'LL SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. ANY OPPOSED MOTION

[16. Discussion and consider action to appoint the members of the Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee (CPAC) for the City of Leander 2026 Comprehenisve Plan Update.]

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, YOU'VE EACH BEEN GIVEN A BALLOT TO MAKE SELECTIONS THAT THE FIRST NAME IS SPELLED WRONG. YES. AND THE NDIS. MY APOLOGIES TO MR. ICE AND IF YOU'LL SELECT ONE. WE HAD MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS IN ARRESTED FROM THE THREE BOARDS.

THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE LPAC AND THE PARKS BOARD. SO IF YOU'LL SELECT ONE APPOINTEE AND THEN AND THE ETJ, WE HAVE TWO NAMES TO BE CONSIDERED AND SELECT ONE OF THOSE AS WELL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

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ONCE YOU MAKE THE REST OF YOUR SELECTIONS OKAY. SO NOW IT'S YOUR INDIVIDUAL APPOINTEES.

OKAY. SO EACH OF THE COUNCIL GETS TO APPOINT SOMEONE TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SO PLACE ONE. WHO IS YOUR SELECTION, ANDY. ICE. OKAY. PLACE TWO. LAURA DAVIS, PLACE THREE. MARK MOORE, PLACE FOUR. SHE DIDN'T HEAR YOU. CAN YOU REPEAT IT ONE MORE TIME? MARK MOORE. PLACE FOUR. ANITA KUNOVAC I THINK I SAID THAT RIGHT. PLACE FIVE. MONIQUE BOX AND PLACE 6P0, YES. LAURA LANTRIP. AND MY APPOINTMENT IS SERENITY COATES AND IT'S C O A T S NO S. ALL RIGHT. READ YOUR ENTIRE SLATE TO YOU. THANK YOU. SO THAT AND IT WILL BE JUST ONE MOTION LIKE OUR OTHER. OKAY. SO IT'S TERESA HOLLOWAY, KARLA SPADY, MARCIA BACH, JULIE VAUGHN. SERENITY COATES, ANDY ICE, LAURA DAVIS, MARK MOORE, ANITA I APOLOGIZE, MONIQUE VOKES AND LAURA LANTRIP. EXCELLENT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SLATE. I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT WAS INTERESTED IN SERVING AND VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME. WE APPRECIATE THAT. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 17. WE HAVE

[17. Receive presentation and consider City Council Subcommittee recommendations on the composition and duties of boards, committees, and commissions.]

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GO AHEAD OR MY NEXT AGAIN. OKAY. EXAMINE. SO NEXT SLIDE. SO A GOOD A GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE MLK EVENT. THIS LAST YEAR WE HAD A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CEDAR PARK. AND WE HAD IT DOWN IN CEDAR PARK. WE DID IT FOR SOME DIFFERENT REASONS. THERE'S SOME CONCERNS ABOUT BEING ABLE TO SCALE THAT EVENT IN MEANDER. SO UNDER THIS PROCESS, WE, THE PARKS WOULD SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO HAVE MLK EVENT, WE WANT TO HAVE IT IN LEANDER. AND THE STAFF WOULD PUT TOGETHER THEIR DIAGRAM OF WHAT IT IS, AND IT WOULD COME BEFORE COUNCIL, AND WE WOULD GET BEHIND THAT EVENT IF WE WERE GOING TO DO IT IN CEDAR PARK OR LEANDER OR TOGETHER, AND THEN WE WOULD ALLOCATE FUNDS FOR THAT. WE WOULD TALK ABOUT, HEY, ARE WE GOING TO DO ROAD CLOSURES? HOW ARE WE GOING TO PROMOTE THIS IN THE COMMUNITY? HOW IS THIS GOING TO BE A PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING? AND AND IT DOESN'T FALL ON A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE. WE CAN GET MORE VOLUNTEERS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE CAN PUT THE RESOURCES OF THE CITY BEHIND THESE THINGS, BECAUSE ONE OF THE TENDENCIES IS THAT WE WANT TO DO MORE EVENTS, BUT WE ONLY HAVE SO MANY EVENTS WE SHOULD BE DOING. AND THERE'S THERE'S A NATURAL THE PROFESSIONALS THAT WE'VE HIRED KNOW HOW MANY, WHAT'S THE SATURATION LEVEL. AND WE CAN PLAN THINGS AROUND THAT. SO THE MLK EVENT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE WHERE IT COULD HAPPEN. AND THE WAY THIS WOULD HAPPEN IS, IS THAT THE PEOPLE FROM LPAC COULD AUTOMATICALLY ROLL INTO THESE NEW AD HOC GROUPS, PICK WHICH ONES THEY WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN, OR WHICH ONES THEY DON'T WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN. ANDREW.

ONE OF THE OTHER EXAMPLES THAT WE'D LIKE TO CITE IS, AND AGAIN, I THINK WHAT COUNCILMAN HERRERA OUTLINED THERE IS MORE OF THE EVENTS KIND OF ORIENTATION TO THESE GROUPS. IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT A TASK WHICH WOULD BE RESEARCH OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. A CITED EXAMPLE I'D LIKE TO BRING UP IS, YOU KNOW, IF WE INTEND TO CONVENE, SAY, THE LEADERS FROM ALL THE LOCAL SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS AND ENVISION A PLAN FOR OUR LONG TERM FUTURE OF YOUTH SPORTS THAT REQUIRES COORDINATED EFFORT AND ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESS TO TASK STAFF WITH NECESSARILY DOING THAT IS A IS A BIG ASK, GIVEN THE HUNDRED OTHER THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING.

SO THE IDEA HERE WOULD BE TO CREATE THAT AD HOC GROUP. IT WOULD BE FOCUSED ON THAT SPECIFIC FRAMEWORK. YOU WOULD COORDINATE OUTREACH, ESTABLISH COMMUNICATION IDENTIFICATION, AND THEN STAFF WOULD COME IN AND SUPPORT VENUE, LOCATION, TARGETED DATES, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. THIS WOULD BE KIND OF LIKE A SPORTING CONGRESS. AND THEN ONCE THAT TOOK PLACE, THIS GROUP WOULD NOW RECONCILE THE FEEDBACK AND WORK WITH STAFF TO DEVELOP A PRESENTATION THAT WOULD COME TO COUNCIL AT THAT POINT, FOR WHATEVER THAT WOULD BE, WHETHER IT WOULD BE ADVISORY OR PERHAPS BUDGET REQUESTS, MAYBE CONSIDERATION AS PART OF OUR BUDGET PROCESS.

IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR PARKS, FUNDS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, THE GROUP THEN WOULD SUNSET BECAUSE THEIR TASK IS NOW COMPLETED. NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT A NEW TASK COMES UP

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I'M GOING TO TRY MY VERY BEST TO ADDRESS SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS, WHICH I BELIEVE ARE ALL VALID. I DON'T THINK THAT IT WAS OUTSIDE OF OF WHAT THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO HERE. SO YOU DID BRING UP A QUESTION OF GOVERNANCE AUTHORITY THAT THIS WOULD SHIFT CONTROL TOWARDS STAFF, IN YOUR ESTIMATION, AND THEN SUNSET AT CITY STAFF'S DIRECTION OR DISCRETION AND CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL. I THINK THE WORDING THERE IS A LITTLE SKEWED, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, BECAUSE I WAS USUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR SELECTING THE WORDING. I THINK WHAT I REALLY MEANT TO SAY THERE IS COUNCIL IS DIRECTING THAT COUNCIL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT SUNSETTING. IF THERE'S ADVISORY FROM STAFF THAT, HEY, THIS IS FINISHED.

THEY DON'T THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO DO. THEN WE ARE ABLE TO DECIDE, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT. AND AGAIN THAT GIVES US A FLEXIBILITY IF WE NEEDED TO PIVOT OR MAYBE READDRESS SOMETHING, WE COULD WE COULD HAVE THAT DETERMINATION. BUT STAFF WOULD NOT BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING THAT TYPE OF RECOMMENDATION. LET'S SEE. YOU TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COUNCIL AUTHORITY. STAFF IS REALLY THERE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON TASK DIRECTION, ADVISE THESE GROUPS ON HOW TO WORK THROUGH THOSE PROCESSES. IT I THINK THAT USUALLY ENDS UP BEING A LITTLE LESS THAN CLEAR IN THESE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS. AND I THINK THAT THAT WOULD CLARIFY BECAUSE IT WOULD BE VERY SPECIFIC IN MY ESTIMATION. SO STAFF WOULD HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY NEED TO DO AND WHAT THE DIRECTION WOULD BE GIVEN THE GIVEN THE GROUP'S GENESIS. THE VOLUNTEERS WOULD SERVE UNDER STAFF DIRECTION. THERE'S SOME PURPOSEFUL INTENT THERE. THERE IS SOME LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE NEED TO FULLY VET. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN, BUT THIS WAS A LIVING, BREATHING DOCUMENT AS WE MOVED FORWARD, SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO GET AHEAD OF OURSELVES FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE. WE WANTED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ASSURED OF THAT. THE DIRECTION IS CORRECT THAT WE'RE ALL IN ALIGNMENT FOR THAT, TO THEN ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. I BELIEVE WE'VE IDENTIFIED WHAT THOSE QUESTIONS ARE AND CAN AND GO INTO FURTHER DETAIL WITH WITH PAGE ON THAT. YOU DO MENTION, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT I FULLY UNDERSTAND YOUR DEFINITION HERE, TO BE HONEST, BUT YOU DID MENTION THAT THAT THE ONE YEAR DURATION BEGINS TO LOOK LIKE A STANDING COMMITTEE. I THINK THAT'S A CONCERN OF YOURS. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE NECESSARILY DEFINING THAT THE SAME WAY AND MY UNDERSTANDING OF THAT, BUT THIS WOULD BE BE REVIEWED AND COMPRISED ANNUALLY TO ALLOW MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY. THAT'S THE INTENT. NOW, WHETHER THAT STARTS TO FALL INTO A STANDING COMMITTEE KIND OF FUNCTION. SO, SO EVERY, EVERY, EVERY ITEM THAT WOULD COME UP WOULD HAVE A START AND END DATE. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HAVE A, HAVE A MLK THING EVENT, WE HAVE A START AND AN END DATE. WHEN THE MARCH HAPPENS, THEN WE HAVE OUR EVENT, WE DO OUR CLEANUP, WE DO OUR THAT'S OVER THERE DONE. AND THEY START BEFORE THAT. AND SO THEN THEY WOULD START UP AGAIN IN THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR. THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE CAN'T THAT THAT SOME THINGS COULDN'T CONTINUE BUT FOR CONTINUITY. BUT THAT'S WHERE YOU COULD ROLL OVER PEOPLE LEADERSHIP FROM THOSE THINGS TO THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

BUT BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD COME UP AND COME THROUGH THE APPROVAL PROCESS.

BUT EVERYTHING SHOULD HAVE A BEGINNING AND END START DATE WITHIN THE PERIOD, UNLESS IT'S SOMETHING THAT OVERLAPS OVER BUDGET. SO FOR INSTANCE, IF WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS A TASK THAT WOULD START, LET'S SAY IN JULY, IT'S GOING TO RUN THROUGH DECEMBER, RIGHT? SO THAT'S GOING TO CROSS TWO BUDGET PERIODS AND ALL THAT THAT WE COULD BUILD THOSE IN. BUT WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO DO THAT. BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL WOULD APPROVE. THE GOAL IS, IS THAT YOU COULD HAVE CONTINUITY WITH THE GROUPS WITH WITH DIFFERENT THINGS GOING FORWARD, SPECIFICALLY THE EVENTS. YOU COULD DO THAT, BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT STAFF WOULD WORK ON WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THE EVENT AND KIND OF PUT THAT IN PLACE, BECAUSE YOU DO NEED ON SOME OF THESE THINGS. YOU DON'T REALLY WANT TO START OVER EVERY YEAR. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S NICE ABOUT ON LPAC, YOU HAVE SOME GOOD SUBCOMMITTEES THAT ARE FORMED THAT HAVE GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIPS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, SOME OF THE PEOPLE HAVE

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THAT'S KIND OF THE THING. WHAT WE DON'T WANT IS WE DON'T WANT WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING. RIGHT.

AND THAT'S HOW IT READS. RIGHT. AND AGAIN, THAT'S PROBABLY JUST A SELECTION VERBIAGE SELECTION.

GOTCHA. THAT SHOULD READ DIFFERENTLY. THANK YOU. THAT SHOULD. YOU ALSO BROUGHT UP A CONCERN ABOUT DIRECTION WITH REPORTING TO COUNCIL. I THINK WE COVERED THAT CONTEXTUALLY IN THE PRESENTATION. THAT IS BUILT IN TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE REGULAR REPORTING AS PART OF THAT TIME CONSTRAINT AND SUNSET APPROACH. YOU HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT COUNCIL LIAISONS. AND YOUR YOUR, YOUR SELECTION OF VERBIAGE. HERE WAS THE PROBLEM LIES IN ROLE CLARITY, NOT NECESSARILY THE STRUCTURE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOUND AND WE DISCUSSED THIS IS THAT THE THE BOARDS OR THE ADVISORIES USUALLY ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY'RE LOOKING TO THE COUNCIL LIAISON TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE, TO PROVIDE SOME SORT OF DIRECTION, SOME SORT OF INPUT, AND THE WAY THAT THE LIAISONS CONTROL A MAJORITY OF THE MEETINGS AND THE MEETINGS THAT I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN IN THE PAST. THEY DON'T DO THAT.

THEY'RE THEY'RE KIND OF THEY'RE WATCHING AND AND MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, OKAY, WE DON'T GET OUT. WE DON'T GET, YOU KNOW, THE GUARDRAILS. RIGHT. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE DISCUSSED QUITE A BIT, ACTUALLY, AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT WAS ACTUAL A VALUABLE USE OF TIME FOR BOTH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING AND FOR THE BOARDS THEMSELVES. AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THAT DIRECTION, THAT DIRECTIONAL GUIDANCE THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED BY THE LIAISON, THEY KIND OF DON'T AND KIND OF CAN'T DO THAT. RIGHT. SO THAT BECOMES A LITTLE BIT OF A RUB.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE KIND OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO NOT I DON'T WANT TO SAY GET AROUND, BUT BUT TO, TO SOLVE FOR THAT. RIGHT. GOTCHA. IF YOU CAN YOU GO BACK A SLIDE PLEASE, SIR. ONE MORE. THAT QUESTION REALLY CAME UP BECAUSE OF BULLET POINT THREE THAT SAYS COUNCIL LIAISON FUNCTION IS INEFFECTIVE. SO JUST AS A BLANKET STATEMENT, MY QUESTION WAS THAT'S NOT REALLY ACCURATE. THEY'RE DOING THE JOB BY TEXAS STATUTE. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO.

SO IT MAY BE THAT IT'S NOT COMMUNICATED TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, OR THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE APPOINTED TO THESE BOARDS DON'T HAVE A FULL ORIENTATION OR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT ROLE IS. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I HAD THAT QUESTION ABOUT THE THAT WAS MY WORD. YEAH, I THINK I THINK I THINK A LOT OF THIS IS REALLY WE'RE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE IDEAS AND SHORTHAND. YEAH. AND AND SOME OF THE SHORTHAND MAYBE FELL A LITTLE SHORT OF WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO SAY. BUT AGAIN, PART OF THAT IS JUST, YOU KNOW, US REALLY TRYING TO MAKE THIS A SIMPLE CONVERSATION AND KEEP IT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF 10,000 FOOT, NOT GET INTO THE WEEDS ON IT. AND I THINK, JUST FOR CLARITY, WE HAVE HAD SUBCOMMITTEES BEFORE.

AND WHEN WE HAVE THE SUBCOMMITTEES BE PUT TOGETHER, THEY ARE TO BRING DETAILED INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT, WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY'RE BRINGING FORWARD. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WE'VE HAD ONE FOR PERFORMANCE REVIEWS, WE'VE HAD ONE FOR PARKLAND DEDICATION, WE'VE HAD ONE FOR THE CIP PROCESS. AND REALLY THE POINT WAS THAT THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS WORK AS EXPERTS TO BRING BACK A COMPLETE PACKAGE TO COUNCIL THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AND HAVE A LOT OF MEAT THAT WE CAN TAKE BACK. SO THAT'S WHY I HAD SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS THAT I NEEDED, BECAUSE THIS WAS MORE OF A VERY HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW, AND IT WAS NOT AS DETAILED AS I WAS EXPECTING THAT IT WOULD BE, AND THAT COULD BE A FUNCTION OF ENOUGH CLARIFYING DETAILS WASN'T GIVEN WHEN THE SUBCOMMITTEE WAS FORMED TO TELL YOU WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS NEEDED TO BE, BECAUSE WE'VE,

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THEY'RE ACTUALLY THEY SELF-SELECT AND ARE PART OF THE EVENT. SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS HAVE EACH COUNCIL MEMBER GO DOWN, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE, BUT I'M GOING TO START IN PLACE SIX AND LET YOU GO FIRST. SO THAT'S WHERE I WAS TRYING TO GET. AND AND AND I HAVE BEEN IN FULL DISCLOSURE IN TEAM LET'S DISBAND. YES. AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE I DO SEE STAFF SPENDING A LOT OF TIME. AND IF THERE'S NOT A SPECIFIC PROJECT OR EVENT FOR THESE COMMITTEES TO WORK ON, IT'S JUST HOURS OF DISCUSSION OF SPINNING IN CIRCLES AND WHICH IS NOT A GOOD USE OF ANYBODY'S TIME. AND WHEN PEOPLE VOLUNTEER WITH THE CITY, I WANT THEM TO FEEL LIKE THEY WALK AWAY AND DID SOMETHING WELL. AND SO WE'RE I'M KIND OF STRUGGLING WITH THIS AD HOC, AD HOC STRUCTURE IS IT FEELS LIKE SOMEBODY JUST THROWING THEIR NAME IN THE HAT JUST FOR FUNSIES. AND IF WE'RE GOING TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION, I WOULD SEE IT. MORE OF IT JUST GOES AWAY. AND IF RANDALL. ASHLEY, ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD TEND TO HAVE THOSE GROUPS THAT WHEN THEY NEED SOMETHING FROM THE COMMUNITY, THAT THERE'S A PROCESS IN PLACE FOR THEM TO GO, HEY, WE NEED SOME FEEDBACK ON SENIOR CENTER STUFF. SO THEY'RE CREATING A COMMITTEE. THEY'RE SENDING OUT AND WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS GROUPS TO GET 15 OR 20 VOLUNTEERS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT ONE THING. AND AND THEN WHEN THAT'S DONE, THAT'S DONE. AND BUT COUNCIL IS KIND OF INVOLVED. BUT REALLY WE'RE SETTING THE STRATEGIC PLAN OF THE CITY AND THE ACTION GOALS. AND SO IF ASHLEY SORRY, I KEEP USING YOU AS AN EXAMPLE.

BUT THE THINGS THAT SHE'S WORKING ON DO ROLL UP TO THAT STRATEGIC PLAN. SO SHE ALREADY KNOWS THAT SHE HAS COUNCIL BLESSING BECAUSE IT ALL FITS WITHIN THE REALM OF THAT. SO IT'S NOT A BUNCH OF STUFF COMING BACK TO US, BECAUSE THAT JUST CREATES MORE LEVELS OF STUFF. I MAY HAVE SOMETHING ELSE, BUT THAT'S IT FOR NOW. PLEASE. FOR. I HAVE A BUNCH. I AGREE WITH A LOT OF THE CHALLENGES THAT EVERYONE KIND OF HAS HAS STATED SO FAR, BUT AS WE GROW, I SEE OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AS A PIPELINE. ALMOST EVERYBODY HERE WAS ON A BOARD BEFORE THEY DECIDED TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL. IT'S ONE OF THE WAYS THAT YOU LEARN ABOUT OUR CITY AND CAN CONTRIBUTE TO OUR CITY. AND I THINK THAT SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE HAVING, WE CAN FIX WITHOUT THROWING AWAY THE BABY WITH THE BATHWATER AND LACK OF OTHER WORDS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THESE PARTICULARLY, YOU KNOW, THESE BOARDS, IT'S FOR, RIGHT? IS IT ACTIVE ADULTS TO KNOW. SO IT'S JUST HISTORICAL PRESERVATION LPAC AND AND AND

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NOW, WHILE I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE EXTENSIVE OF 3 TO 5 YEARS, I THINK THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY PRETTY EXTENSIVE. I DO FEEL LIKE FOR YOU TO MAKE EFFECTIVE CHANGE, YOU NEED TO HAVE A VIABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO SIT IN IN THIS STRUCTURE. AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SEE JUST IN FUTURE COMMUNICATION, WHERE WE CAN MAKE THE CONNECTION POINT BETWEEN RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY. BECAUSE THIS IS A THIS IS A COLLECTIVE GROUP OF COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS AND TO ACTIONABLE ITEMS. HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE THAT WITHIN THE GUIDELINES THAT ARE STATED SO THAT THAT WE CAN CREATE ACTIONS? SO THAT'S MY ONLY FEEDBACK. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING SO PATIENT AS WE GO BACK I APPRECIATE THAT. YES. USUALLY I'M FIRST I KNOW I KNOW FIRST SHALL BE LAST AND THE LAST SHALL BE FIRST. I JUST FIRST OFF WANT TO START OFF BY THANKING MY COLLEAGUES, COUNCILMAN HERRERA AND COUNCILMAN NADINE. I KNOW THIS IS NOT AN EASY TASK, AND I DON'T WANT YOU ALL TO FEEL LIKE YOU'RE BEING GANGED UP ON TONIGHT. IT'S JUST A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF FEEDBACK, A LOT OF IDEAS. I APPRECIATE THAT MANY OF US HAVE SERVED ON COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS BEFORE OUR COUNCIL SERVICE, OR KNOW FOLKS WHO HAVE, AND I REALLY DO UNDERSTAND YOUR FEEDBACK ON HOW MEMBERS OF THESE COMMITTEES CAN SOMETIMES FEEL AND BOARDS CAN FEEL THAT UNLESS THEY'RE ON ONE OF THOSE STATUTORY BOARDS, THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING THEIR TIMES WORTH. AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE KNOW THAT PNC HAS A VERY DEFINED PURPOSE, RIGHT? I WAS ON EDC AND EDC BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND. I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT EDC WOULD DO. AND SO YOU GET ON EDC AND YOU THINK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HELP TO DEVELOP THE DIRECTION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN OUR CITY, AND THEN IT BECOMES MORE OF A LISTEN TO AND PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY THAT COUNCIL AND THE CITY HAVE ALREADY BEEN WORKING ON. AND SO NATURALLY, I THINK FOLKS FEEL FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THERE'S NOT THERE'S NOT A CLEAR DIRECTION IN TERMS OF WHAT ACTION ITEMS THEY CAN BRING FORWARD, AND THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE BEING ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE IN WAYS THAT ARE GOOD USES OF THEIR TIME. WHEN IT COMES TO THESE NON STATUTORY BOARDS, I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF THIS AD HOC STRUCTURE. YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY WE'RE GOING TO BE OPENING A NEW PARK AND THERE'S A AD HOC COMMITTEE ON PLAYGROUND STANDARDS OR STRUCTURES. OKAY. I THINK THAT'S A VERY POSSIBLY WORTHWHILE USE OF THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE. WHERE I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, THOUGH, IS, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN HERRERA HAD MENTIONED YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE FOLKS THAT WANT TO HELP. SO YOU GET TOGETHER ALL THESE FOLKS, AND THEY JUST SHOW UP AND YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE VOLUNTEERS AND THEY SELF-SELECT. I DO WORRY ABOUT THE SCENARIO IN WHICH YOU HAVE TOO MANY COOKS IN THE KITCHEN. WE DON'T HAVE CLEARLY DEFINED COMMITTEE STRUCTURE. SO LET'S SAY, YOU KNOW, 25 PARENTS AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF FOLKS FROM THE COMMUNITY COME OUT. WHAT ARE THE STANDARDS BY WHICH WE HAVE A COMMITTEE? I REALIZE THAT STANDARDS ARE DIFFICULT, BUT LIKE, ARE THEY MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY? ARE THEY RESIDENTS? DO THEY HAVE TO HAVE A YEAR OF RESIDENCE? HOW MANY FOLKS FROM DIFFERENT SUBSETS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE GOING TO BE THERE? HOW MANY PEOPLE SHOULD SIT ON THE COMMITTEE? IS IT IS IT LISTENING GROUP OR IS IT A IS IT AN AD HOC COMMITTEE? ARE THERE SIX PEOPLE? IS THERE A LEADER? HOW DOES ALL THAT WORK? NOT ASKING FOR ANSWERS RIGHT NOW, JUST MORE SO JUST THINGS THAT CAME TO MY MIND. AND SO I REALIZE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS, WE'RE GOING TO REFINE THIS AND WE'RE GOING TO GET THINGS GOING. AND SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF AD HOC FOR SPECIAL USES. AND WHAT WHAT'S CLICKED FOR ME, BECAUSE I USED

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WE REVIEWED LPAC AND PARKS TO FIND AREAS OF DUPLICITY. WE DEFINED SPECIFICALLY WHAT THOSE AREAS WERE. THERE WAS A COUPLE OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE KIND OF CAME UP WITH, LIKE, HOW COULD WE POTENTIALLY SOLVE FOR THAT? HISTORICAL COMMISSION WAS ANOTHER COMMISSION THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THEY'RE WHAT THE ORDINANCE IS ACTUALLY ASKING FOR THEM TO DO, THERE ARE SEVERAL ITEMS WITHIN THE ORDINANCE THAT REALLY KIND OF DON'T APPLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, STUFF BURNT DOWN OR BLEW UP. THEY JUST NEED AN ORDINANCE. SO YEAH, THERE'S SOME UPDATES THAT ARE NECESSARY THERE. I THINK WE WERE TRYING TO BE A LITTLE BIT TOO CAREFUL ABOUT TALKING ABOUT THE COMMISSION'S PER SE SPECIFICALLY. AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S ON THAT'S ON US. I MEAN, I THINK I'M NOT TRYING TO PLAY BLAME. I THINK THERE'S A LOT MORE TO THE WORK THAT WE DID, IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY, BECAUSE A LOT OF WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HERE, WE DID CONSIDER THOSE THINGS. WE JUST DIDN'T PUT IT INTO THE PRESENTATION. AND I THINK THAT'S OUR MISTAKE. OKAY. AND I'LL OWN THAT. AS MUCH AS ANY ACCOUNTABILITY NEEDS TO BE THERE, I'LL OWN THAT. THAT'S SOMETHING I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE PUSHED A LITTLE BIT HARDER FOR. BUT THAT SAID, THAT WORK HAS BEEN DONE AND WE CAN WE CAN PULL THAT WORK INTO CONTINUED CONVERSATION. I WOULD MAYBE SAY THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE THIS COMMITTEE AND PERHAPS ADD ANOTHER PERSON. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT GIVES US QUORUM ISSUES OR NOT, BUT I THINK WITH THE WITH THE COMPOSITION THAT WE HAVE AND THE NEW MEMBERS, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE THAT KIND OF THAT KIND OF FEEDBACK, EVEN IF IT'S ON AN AD HOC BASIS, NO PUN INTENDED. BUT I THINK I THINK THE IDEAS ARE THERE. I THINK THAT WE'RE DEFINITELY MOVING THIS IN THE RIGHT

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THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME ON THAT AND ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS. TONIGHT.

[18. Council Member Closing Statements.]

FIRST, I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THE OUTSTANDING WORK OF OUR CITY SECRETARY, ALONG WITH STEPHANIE AND DEBORAH, ADMINISTERING THEIR RECENT SPECIAL ELECTION.

ORGANIZING ELECTION REQUIRES IMMENSE COORDINATION, LONG HOURS, AND METICULOUS ATTENTION TO DETAIL. THANKS TO YOUR PROFESSIONALISM, THE RESIDENTS OF LEANDER WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN A PROCESS THAT WAS ORGANIZED, ACCESSIBLE, AND EXECUTED WITH INTEGRITY ON BEHALF OF ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION. I ALSO WANTED TO THANK AUBREY FROM LPD FOR COORDINATING THE ALL-HAZARDS PREPAREDNESS TRAINING ON TUESDAY. IT WAS A SIX HOUR COURSE THAT PROVIDED EXCELLENT INFORMATION AND SPARKED PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS. YESTERDAY, I SPENT TEN HOURS IN DIRECTOR LEVEL MEETINGS WITH STAFF, SO I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO TALK TO ME. ADDITIONALLY, TODD, I WANTED TO SAY AFTER TEN HOURS OF THOSE MEETINGS, ONE THEME WAS VERY, VERY CLEAR. OUR STAFF APPRECIATES THE CULTURE THAT YOU'VE CREATED IN LEANDER AND THEY'RE FULFILLED IN THEIR ROLES. THIS IS A DEFINITELY A TESTAMENT TO YOUR LEADERSHIP. OUT OF TEN DIRECTOR MEETINGS, ONLY TWO DEPARTMENTS DIDN'T MENTION IT ON THEIR OWN THAT YOU WERE AMAZING. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN JUST A COUPLE WEEKEND OPPORTUNITIES IF YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT. ROCK AND RIDES, WHICH SUPPORTS WILEY ATHLETIC PROGRAM, WILL BE AT GUPTON STADIUM FROM 9 TO 1 ON SATURDAY. HERITAGE MASON HERITAGE DAYS, ALTHOUGH IT HAS CHANGED TO MORE OF AN INDOORS, IT'S STILL BE GOING ON FROM 10 TO 4. THE 2026 WATER CONSERVATION EXPO WILL BE AT GEORGETOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY FROM NINE TO TO 12. AND THEN THERE'S ONE MORE. THERE IS A LOVELY ENDER PROJECT HOSTED BY LOCAL CHURCHES THIS SATURDAY, SO IF YOU'D LIKE INFORMATION ON THAT, YOU COULD PROBABLY REACH OUT TO, I DON'T KNOW ME AND I'LL FIND SOMEONE. BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

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EVERYONE BE EXCELLENT AND GOOD NIGHT, PLEASE. SIX. GOOD NIGHT. I KNEW IT WAS COMING. JUST GOOD NIGHT. IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO SHOP LOCAL AND WE LIVE THAT OUT AT COUNCIL. WE ALWAYS MAKE SURE OUR DINNERS COME FROM LOCAL PLACES. AND TONIGHT'S DINNER WAS FROM DOMINO'S PIZZA. SO WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THEM. AND I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD TO THAT. THE OTHER EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE CITY, EVERYBODY HAS TALKED ABOUT, I WILL BE JUDGING CARS AT ROCK AND RIDE WITH CHIEF MINTON THIS WEEKEND, AND EXCITED TO DO THAT THIS YEAR, AND THEN WE'LL BE OVER AT MASON HERITAGE DAYS AND THEN SOME OTHER EVENTS THAT WE HAVE IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY. SO

[19. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to:

1. Section 551.071, Texas Government Code, and Section 1.05 Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct to consult with legal counsel regarding acquisition of properties for public purpose; and
2. Section 551.071, Section 551.072 and Section 551.087, Texas Government Code, and Section 1.05 Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct to consult with legal counsel regarding acquisition of properties for public purpose; and to deliberate proposed economic development incentives for one or more business prospects that the governmental body seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of the governmental body with which the City is conducting economic development negotiations along with consideration of an Old Town Incentive Agreement for Project EDA-26-001; and
3. Section 551.071, Section 551.072 and Section 551.087, Texas Government Code, and Section 1.05 Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct to consult with legal counsel regarding acquisition of properties for public purpose; and to deliberate proposed economic development incentives for one or more business prospects that the governmental body seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of the governmental body with which the City is conducting economic development negotiations along with consideration of a Chapter 380 Agreement(s) for Project EDA-26-002; and
4.  Section 551.072, Texas Government Code, to deliberate the acquisition of properties located in the S.S. Evans Survey Abstract 275, Travis County for water line easements and temporary construction easements relating to the Hero Way West Water Line Project.

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

1. Acquisition of property for public purpose; and 
2. Old Town Incentive Agreement(s) for Project EDA-26-001; and
3. Chapter 380 Agreement(s) for Project EDA-26-002; and 
4. Acquisition of properties located in the S.S. Evans Survey Abstract 275, Travis County for water line easements and temporary construction easements relating to the Hero Way West Water Line Project.

THREE CHAPTER 380 AGREEMENT FOR A PROJECT EDA 26002 COUNCIL MEMBER ROSS, DO YOU HAVE A

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GIVE ME A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND THAT OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. THE TIME IS NOW. 943. THANK

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.