Mar 19, 2026 City Council Regular Meeting

[1. Open Meeting.]

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MARCH 19TH, 2026. 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 ANNETTE SPONSELLER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW NORDIN HERE, MAYOR PRO TEM BECKY ROSS HERE. MAYOR NICOLE THOMPSON PRESENT. THAT'S BETTER. I WAS LIKE, THE MIC SEEMED LOW, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE Y'ALL GOT IT UP. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS OUR JOINT

[3. Joint workshop with the Planning and Zoning Commission to receive a presentation from Kendig Keast Collaborative, Inc., regarding the kick-off of the Comprehensive Plan and Transportation Master Plan update.]

MADAM MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ROBIN GRIFFIN WILL INTRODUCE GARY MITCHELL FROM KINDIG KEITH'S COLLABORATIVE, INC. SO I'M GOING TO PASS THIS TO MICHAEL TARNOWSKI. HE IS THE PROJECT MANAGER. ALL RIGHT.

WELL THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM MICHAEL. THANK YOU MICHAEL WITH PLANNING DEPARTMENT. AND I WILL HAND IT OVER TO GARY AND HIS TEAM TO GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HANDOVERS. THERE YOU GO. NO MORE PASSING ALONG. MY NAME IS GARY MITCHELL. GOOD TO SEE YOU. AND WE APPRECIATE THE TIME. MAYOR. WE LIKE TO DO THIS FORMAT OF A WORKSHOP TO START THE PROCESS OFF. AND WE USUALLY TRY TO KEEP IT TO AN HOUR. WE KNOW WE WILL KEEP IT TO AN HOUR TONIGHT, SO SO WE WILL MOVE IT ALONG. DON'T BE OFFENDED IF WE KIND OF MOVE THE DISCUSSION AT TIMES. SO BUT WE DO HAVE SOME SLIDES UP FRONT JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND. AND THEN I'LL WARN YOU, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DISCUSSION TIMES. SO WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU BRIEFLY TONIGHT AND SET UP FOR SOME DEEPER DISCUSSIONS. OF COURSE. I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU BEFORE WE GET STARTED. SO IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL OR FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, WOULD YOU PREFER US TO SUBMIT THEM LATER? SINCE I KNOW WE HAVE A MEETING THAT STARTS AT SEVEN AND WE WILL BE UNDER A TIME CRUNCH IF IF WE GO A LITTLE BEYOND. SO I THINK THE BEST WAY WOULD BE TO DIRECT THEM TO MICHAEL AND OUR POINT PERSON. THANK YOU. GET THOSE. SO JUST TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF OUR TEAM, WHICH IS PARTLY WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR TONIGHT, SO WE CAN GET TO KNOW YOU AND YOU SEE US AND GARY MITCHELL WITH KENTUCKY'S COLLABORATIVE. WE FOCUS ON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT CODES WITH CITIES ACROSS TEXAS AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND JENNIFER MACK IS ALSO WITH MYFIRM. SO WE'RE LEADING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SIDE OF THE PROJECT. AND WITH LOCHNER IS FRANK PEREIRA AND ZAIN RODRIGUEZ HERE WITH ME AT THE TABLE. AND THEN THEY ARE LEADING THE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN. AND IF WE DON'T SAY IT SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR DOING THESE TOGETHER. THIS IS THE WAY TO DO IT. AND ALSO OUT OF AUSTIN, CD-NP, OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST, SPECIALIST FIRM LILY SWANK IS HERE. AND LILY, I'M SORRY IF YOU COULD INTRODUCE YOUR COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. SO AND I NEED TO KEEP UP WITH SLIDES. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

THERE'S THE NAMES AND FACES. SO AS FAR AS US, AS I SAY, WE WE WORK WITH CITIES AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL TALKING ABOUT VISION AND BIG PICTURE, THEN GET DOWN TO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO THAT'S WHERE OUR WE'RE FOCUSING TODAY. AND AS I SAID, WE ALSO THEN HELP A NUMBER OF CITIES TRANSLATE THAT INTO DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO CARRY OUT CONFERENCE OF PLANS. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, WE ARE, AS I SAY, WE WORK ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT WE'RE BASED IN SUGAR LAND, SO WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK IN TEXAS, HOPEFULLY A LOT OF FAMILIAR NAMES UP THERE.

AND I MENTIONED TO STAFF, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS AS A CONSULTANT SINCE 1999, AND MY FIRST COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS BASTROP, WHEN 71 WAS NOT YET A FREEWAY. SO THAT'S HOW FAR BACK I GO. I WENT TO UT UNDERGRADUATE, SO THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS A 183 FREEWAY THIS FAR NORTH. SO DEFINITELY SEEING HOW THE WORLD HAS CHANGED ALONG WITH YOU. AND WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS OVER THE YEARS THAT DO INVOLVE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS AND TRANSPORTATION PLANS AT THE SAME TIME. AND LOCHNER AND CD-NP HAVE ALSO WORKED TOGETHER ON TRANSPORTATION PLANS AND WITH THAT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ASPECT. SO CD-NP WILL BE COVERING THE OVERALL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FOR THE PROJECT. AND SO FOR TONIGHT, WE WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO WHAT'S AHEAD OVER THE NEXT ROUGHLY YEAR, THE PROCESS AND TIMELINE. WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND AS A PREVIEW OF WHERE WE'RE HEADED. AND THEN AS I SAY, WE DO WANT TO DISCUSS WITH YOU A COUPLE OF

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AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT THOSE PLANS, THE DIFFERENT WAYS TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN BASED ON THOSE PLANS. AND THEN IF AT THAT POINT WE'RE READY TO PROCEED, WE WOULD GO INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING PHASE AND POTENTIAL ADOPTION, STARTING WITH PLANNING, ZONING COMMISSION AND COMING BACK TO COUNCIL. AND SO OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE WOULD GET US TO THAT POINT OF THE DRAFT PLANS. THEN IT REALLY COMES BACK TO THE DECISION BODIES TO ACT ON THOSE.

SO WE'RE WE'RE NOT GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE BEGINNING, BUT DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT IN TERMS OF WHERE YOU ARE TODAY. AND IF YOU THINK BACK, THE LAST PLAN UPDATES WERE ROUGHLY ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO. JUST A QUICK QUESTION, AND THIS IS FOR EVERYBODY OPEN DISCUSSION. SOME WAYS THAT LANDER IS REALLY NOT MUCH DIFFERENT FROM FIVE YEARS AGO AND THINGS THAT HAVE DEFINITELY CHANGED. SO LET ME ASK THE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME QUESTION FIRST. ANYONE IN THE GROUP, JUST THINGS THAT COME TO MIND, THINGS THAT HAVEN'T REALLY CHANGED IN FIVE YEARS.

WE'RE STILL GROWING AT A RAPID PACE. YES. I'D SAY TRAFFIC IS INCREASED IN FIVE YEARS. YES.

YOU WANT TO SAY THINGS THAT HAVEN'T CHANGED, RIGHT? THAT TOO. OKAY. THINGS THAT HAVEN'T CHANGED. LIKE DONNIE SAID, WE CONTINUE TO GROW AT A FAST PACE, BUT ALSO SOME OF OUR CITY SERVICES HAVE REMAINED THE SAME, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE GROWN A LITTLE MORE. AND, YOU KNOW, DOING A FIVE YEAR UPDATE, WE DON'T EXPECT THAT. A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED, BUT THERE'S TRENDS THAT ARE CONTINUING. AND SO WE'LL BE REVISITING THEM AGAIN FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. YES, SIR. AND I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING THAT'S CHANGED IS MOST OF THE FACES ON PNC AND COUNCIL HAVE CHANGED. SO THAT'LL BE A DIFFERENCE FOR YOU.

AND THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT BECAUSE THESE PLANS DO GET ADOPTED AT A POINT IN TIME. AND THEY'RE MEANT TO BE A LONG TERM PERSPECTIVE, BUT THEY HAVE TO REFLECT LEADERSHIP PRIORITIES AND CAPABILITIES OF A CITY AT THAT POINT OF WHAT YOU CAN GET DONE, WHAT YOU HAVE, THE RESOURCES AND THE CONSENSUS TO DO. SO THAT'S PART OF IT AS WELL. THE OTHER THING WE LIKE TO ASK, WE LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IN THESE PLANS ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WHAT DID YOU GET DONE BASED ON PREVIOUS PLANS? SO THE QUICK QUESTION HERE IS MAYBE SOME THINGS THAT YOU'RE MOST PROUD OF, EITHER AS A CITY GOVERNMENT OR OVERALL AS A COMMUNITY. AND WE'RE ASKING THESE OF ALL GROUPS, WE MEET WITH DEPARTMENTS AND COMMUNITY AS WELL. SO BUT THINGS THAT COME TO MIND FOR YOU THAT YOU'RE REALLY PROUD OF. WE GOT OUR SENIOR CENTER FINISHED. WE ACTUALLY MOVED INTO THE LEANDER ACTIVITY CENTER, BUT THREE YEARS AGO OR FOUR YEARS AGO. SO OUR SENIORS WERE MEETING IN THERE. BUT WE HAVE OTHER PROGRAMING THAT HAPPENS THERE AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT BEFORE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY CHANGED AND THAT WE'RE PROUD THAT WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER AS A CITY. THANK YOU. ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, IT FEELS LIKE WE'VE MOVED TO WHERE WE ACTUALLY ARE MOVING THINGS FORWARD. WE HAVE A PLAN. WE'RE LOOKING AT BUILDING OUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE ROADS WE'VE SOLVED. THE WATER THING HAS HAS COME A LONG WAYS, AND WE'VE CONTINUED TO DEVELOP THE COMMERCIAL ASPECTS OF THE CITY. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, SO WHEN WE LOOK AT IT, WE HAVE WE'VE MOVED A LONG WAYS, BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE IS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MAGNIFIED SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE AND THAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO STRUCTURE AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO ORGANIZE IN ORDER TO MEET THE DEMANDS AND EVERYTHING THAT KIND OF GOES WITH THAT STEPPED UP ABILITY TO DELIVER SERVICES, AND ALSO ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF RUNNING A BIGGER CITY AND COUNCIL MEMBER. HUME. COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS POINT, I THINK ONE OF THE PROUD ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR CITY HAS BEEN OUR INVESTMENTS IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS, AND THAT'S LED TO US BEING RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING CITIES, ONE OF THE BEST CITIES TO LIVE IN TEXAS AND ONE OF THE SAFEST

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AND WE ARE ABSOLUTELY NOT STARTING FROM SCRATCH. WE ARE BUILDING ON A CURRENT PLAN AND REFINING AND STEPPING BACK TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE WHOLE PACKAGE. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD.

I WILL MOVE ALONG AND I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU AS KIND OF A PREVIEW, ONE OF OUR FIRST MAJOR DELIVERABLES IS THE LEANDER TODAY REPORT. IT WILL BE A SLIM REPORT HIGHLIGHTING FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE TODAY. SO THESE ARE JUST SOME SELECTED NUMBERS TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THINGS WE'LL HIGHLIGHT. WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS AS WE'RE HEARING THEMES AND PRIORITIES, PUT NUMBERS TO THAT. CAN WE ILLUSTRATE IT? CAN WE REINFORCE IT? IN A FEW CASES, NUMBERS WILL SHOW THAT MIGHT BE A MISCONCEPTION THAT ACTUALLY THE TREND IS GOING THIS DIRECTION.

SO SO JUST A BASIC NUMBER POPULATION DENSITY. AND THE FIRST NUMBER ON THE LEFT IS WHERE YOU WERE IN 2010 AT THAT CENSUS POINT, AND THEN 2020 WITH THE CENSUS THEN, AND WE ARE GOING TO DO COMPARISONS ALONG THE WAY. WE'VE GOT, OF COURSE, YOUR OBVIOUS NEIGHBORS, CEDAR PARK, GEORGETOWN AND ROUND ROCK. WE'VE GOT A FEW OTHER CITIES THAT WE'VE TALKED WITH STAFF ABOUT COMPARING AGAINST. SO WE'LL DO THAT IN THE REPORT. BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHERE SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS ARE, CEDAR PARK, CERTAINLY AT THEIR LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT A BIT HIGHER AND ROUND ROCK AS WELL. BUT THEN GEORGETOWN ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT LESS. AND OF COURSE, THIS IS AN OVERALL NUMBER FOR AN ENTIRE CITY. SO YOU THINK ABOUT WHERE THERE'S OPEN SPACE OR AREAS YOU CAN'T DEVELOP. BUT IF YOU TAKE ALL THE POPULATION AND SPREAD IT ACROSS YOUR AREA, THAT'S HOW THE NUMBER WORKS OUT. SO THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF A NUMBER TO LOOK AT OF WHERE YOU ARE TODAY. ANOTHER ONE IS MEDIAN AGE. OF COURSE, IN 2010, LIKE A LOT OF CITIES OF YOUR TYPE, AND MANY CITIES WE WORK WITH THAT WERE EITHER IN THE HIGH 20S OF MEDIAN AGE OR AROUND 30 OR LOW 30S, 36.3 MEDIAN AGE, EVEN A FEW YEARS AGO IS NOT UNUSUAL. THAT'S OUR BABY BOOM TREND, WORKING THROUGH THE SYSTEM, GETTING INTO RETIREMENT. AND SO THERE'S THE COMPARISONS AS WELL. BUT INTERESTING THAT COMPARED TO A FEW OF YOUR NEIGHBORS, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LOWER IN THAT RESPECT, BUT THAT'S A NUMBER TO CONTINUE TO WATCH. AND IF I DON'T SAY IT SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY TODAY, WE ALWAYS THINK ABOUT DYNAMICS IN YOUR POPULATION. THERE ARE PEOPLE COMING AND GOING ALL THE TIME, MOVING IN, MOVING OUT. SO THERE'S ALWAYS THERE'S NOT THE POPULATION, THERE'S TODAY'S POPULATION, NEXT WEEK'S POPULATION. SO WE'RE ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT THAT AND HOW THESE NUMBERS CAN CHANGE AND ALL THE IMPLICATIONS. WE KNOW A THEME OF THE PREVIOUS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND AS YOU GO FORWARD IS TRYING TO HAVE A MORE BALANCED LAND USE AND FOR TAX BASE REASONS, LONG TERM. CERTAINLY THE WATER CONSIDERATION. BUT SO LOOKING AT THIS JOBS TO HOUSING COMPARISON IS JUST A ROUGH WAY TO SEE. ONE WAY I TALK ABOUT IT IS ARE YOU A BEDROOM COMMUNITY OR WHAT'S YOUR JOBS BASE? SO LANDER IN 2010 WAS AT 1.63 JOBS DIVIDING BY DIVIDED BY HOUSING UNITS. INTERESTING THAT IT WENT DOWN, BUT THAT'S A REFLECTION OF ALL THE RESIDENTIAL GROWTH THAT HAS CONTINUED. AND SO THAT'S BEEN THE THEME IS TO INCREASE EMPLOYMENT INCREASE COMMERCIAL TAX BASE. AND SO THERE ARE SOME OF THE COMPARISONS. AND INTERESTING THAT EVEN WITH THAT CHANGE, YOU'RE STILL AHEAD OF SOME OF YOUR NEIGHBORS. SO YOU'RE STARTING FROM A STRONG POINT AS FAR AS THE JOB BASE AND TRYING TO DIVERSIFY THAT IN TERMS OF INDUSTRY. AND NOW WE TALK TODAY, I THINK MY FEELING IS YOU'VE TURNED THE CORNER ON THE RESTAURANT MARKET AND THINGS ARE REALLY PICKING UP THERE. SO, SO AN INTERESTING TIME TO BE DOING THIS PROCESS. AND THEN HERE'S A COUPLE OF NUMBERS FROM THE TRANSPORTATION SIDE OF THE PROJECT AS WELL. AND I'LL LET ZAIN TALK ABOUT THOSE. YES. SO WE TOOK A SNAPSHOT JUST TO KIND OF SHOW LIKE THE HOTSPOTS IN THE AREA WHERE THERE'S A LARGE CONCENTRATION OF ACCIDENTS HAPPENING. SO IN ADDITION TO LOOKING AT THESE AREAS, AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, AS WE GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, THERE'S GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL AREAS. BUT THIS IS JUST RIGHT NOW SHOWING YOU GUYS THE NUMBER AND THE AREAS WHERE THE ACCIDENTS ARE HAPPENING. BETWEEN 2016 AND 2025, AND WE KNOW THAT'S YOU'D LIKE TO ZOOM

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WE'VE RANGED IT FROM FREE FLOW TRAFFIC TO STALLED OR STOPPED TRAFFIC. SO INDICATED ON THE GRADIENT OF THE COLORS FROM BLUE TO RED. SO IF YOU LOOK IN 2050, I'M SURE A LOT OF YOU ALREADY SEE THE ROADWAYS THAT ARE CONGESTED. BUT JUST TO KIND OF SHOW A VISUAL WITH IT AND THEN WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE FUTURE WITH NO TRANSPORTATION CHANGES ON THE MASTER PLAN. SO JUST WONDERING WHY YOU SAY IN 2020, FEW ROADS OVER CAPACITY AND FM 1431 BECAUSE THAT'S WHITESTONE, RIGHT? THAT'S NOT IN THE END. OR IS IT? VERY TYPICAL? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO AS I SAY, JUST A PREVIEW OF THE TYPES OF NUMBERS. AND SO WE'LL HAVE NUMBERS TALKING ABOUT HOUSING PARKS, ALL THESE DIFFERENT CONSIDERATIONS ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SIDE AS WELL AS THE TRANSPORTATION FOCUS. SO WE'RE AT A GOOD POINT TIME WISE, BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT TO SPEND THE REST OF THE TIME KIND OF GOING AROUND THE TABLE FOR SOME INDIVIDUAL COMMENTS, JUST TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND AS WE START THIS PROCESS. AND SO FINAL ITEM THAT WE HAD ON THE AGENDA WAS, AND I'LL TELL YOU, I, I BRING IN ECONOMICS BACKGROUND TO THESE PROCESSES. SO I'M ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT CHOICES, TRADE OFFS, LIMITED RESOURCES. WHERE DO WE FOCUS THESE COMFORTS OF PLANS ESPECIALLY ARE CAN BE A WISH LIST. IN SOME WAYS. WE'RE LOOKING OUT 20 YEARS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT NEEDS TO COME BACK TO NEXT YEAR, NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, NEXT FIVE YEARS, AS YOU DO WITH YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, PLANNING, WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES? WHAT CAN WE REALLY GET DONE? AND OTHER THINGS MAY JUST NEED TO WAIT OR WE'RE NOT READY FOR THEM. SO OF COURSE, A LIST LIKE THIS COVERS TYPICAL TOPICS IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO I'LL I'LL ADVISE YOU THAT THE QUESTION THAT'S COMING AROUND IS WHAT'S YOUR TOP PRIORITY? AND MOST PEOPLE WILL SAY, I CAN GET IT DOWN TO THREE. WE'VE GOT A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME. SO WE'LL SEE HOW THE DISCUSSION GOES. BUT SO HERE'S THE FILL IN THE BLANK. ABOVE ALL ELSE, THIS IS THE QUESTION FOR YOU. ALL THESE PLANS MUST ADDRESS ONE OR A FEW ITEMS. AND AS A PROMPT, SOMETIMES WE'LL SAY, YOU KNOW SOMETHING THAT'S AN ONGOING ISSUE, EVEN BACK TO THE PREVIOUS PLANS OR HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME, OR IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY JUST COMING TO THE FOREFRONT, SOMETHING THAT THESE PLANS, WE CAN NOW ADDRESS THOSE NEWER ITEMS. OR ANOTHER WAY TO POSSIBLY FOR SOME MAY BE WHY YOU CHOSE TO WANT TO SERVE ON PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION MAY HAVE RUN FOR OFFICE. SO HOWEVER YOU WANT TO APPROACH IT, SOMETIMES WHEN WE DO THIS, IT'S A BLANK SLATE AND WE LET YOU FILL IN THE BLANK AS YOU PREFER. WE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND DO A STARTER LIST HERE. WE THINK THERE'S SOME THAT PROBABLY ARE ARE FAIRLY OBVIOUS AND SO NO PARTICULAR ORDER. BUT THESE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE CERTAINLY TALKED ABOUT WITH STAFF AND JUST OUR HOMEWORK TO THIS POINT, OF COURSE. AND I'VE SOMETIMES USED THIS LIST NC DOUBLE A TIME TOURNAMENT, BUT COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOP TEN POLL. IF YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING TO THE LIST, SOMETHING'S GOT TO GO.

SO THAT'S ONE WAY TO LOOK AT IT. BUT BUT FEEL FREE TO USE THAT LIST OR GO A TOTALLY DIFFERENT DIRECTION. REINFORCE THINGS THAT ARE ON THERE, OR ABSOLUTELY BRING SOMETHING ELSE TO MIND FOR US AND THE GROUP THAT MAY NOT BE CAPTURED UP THERE YET. SO MAYOR, I'M GOING TO GO AROUND AND WE'LL WATCH THE CLOCK, BUT I'M GOING TO START RIGHT HERE. AND SO WHAT WE MIGHT DO, BECAUSE I THINK MAYBE IF WE HAVE TIME, WE CAN ASK STAFF TO. YEAH, IF WE HAVE TIME. BUT CAN WE START WITH PLACE ONE OF COUNCIL AND THEN PLACE ONE OF PLANNING AND ZONING. AND THAT WAY WE CAN GET BOTH OPINIONS AND THEN GO DOWN THE LINE LIKE THAT. SO WE'LL START WITH PLACE ONE. SURE. AND THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR PASSING IT TO ME. SO I MOVED TO LEANDER IN 2020 AND MOVED TO NEW BUILD. AND I THINK THAT ULTIMATELY WHEN I TALKED TO MY NEIGHBORS, WHAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO IS NOT ONLY HAVING A CITY THAT'S AFFORDABLE TO LIVE IN, BUT A GREAT CITY TO BE IN THAT WE'RE PROUD TO BE IN, THAT HAS GREAT BUSINESSES, HAS GREAT AMENITIES.

THAT'S A SAFE PLACE FOR FOLKS TO RAISE KIDS AND SPEND TIME. AND I RAN FOR OFFICE BECAUSE I FELT LIKE THERE WAS A PERCEPTION THAT LEANDER WAS JUST THIS BEDROOM COMMUNITY, THAT WE WERE LESS THAN SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE KIND OF MENTIONED ON THESE TEN ITEMS, BUT IT REALLY FALLS TO THREE BUCKETS FOR ME. AND THAT'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

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I'LL MAKE IT ONE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY WITHIN THE PLANNING. AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE PRIORITIZE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. AND THERE'S A NEED FOR A LOT OF THINGS, ESPECIALLY IN OUR TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT BUILDING SOMETHING TODAY, THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REDO THE WORK LATER, BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER NEED THERE, RIGHT? SO LET'S NOT PUT IN A STOPLIGHT IN ONE INTERSECTION WHEN WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO REALIGN A ROAD AND HAVE TO REDO ALL OF THAT AND BASICALLY LOSE SOME OF THAT IN ANOTHER PLACE. RIGHT. AND THE SAME THING FOR OUR, OUR PLANNING AS WELL FOR, YOU KNOW, OUR PLANNING AND ZONING SPACE. LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE BUILDING THAT OUT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT BALANCE OF THE, THE HOUSING AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED FOR THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO FUND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT AS WELL. THANK YOU. AND I WAS GOING TO MENTION WE WERE JUST TALKING WITH STAFF YESTERDAY.

IN A LOT OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLANS, WE PUT A KIND OF A ITEM IN THE BACK OF THE TRANSPORTATION SECTION. THAT TECHNOLOGY, I MEAN, WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS TODAY AND INVESTMENTS THAT WHO KNOWS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE IN 20 YEARS WITH HOW WE GET AROUND, NOT TO MENTION HOW WE WORK AND THOSE PATTERNS. SO THAT'S ALWAYS IN THE BACKGROUND.

THAT'S WHY THESE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS ARE A TEN, 20 YEAR OUTLOOK, BUT YOU REVISIT THEM EVERY YEAR AND ADJUST ALONG THE WAY. THANK YOU. MAYOR, PLEASE. TWO SO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED, THE FIRST THING I DID WAS KIND OF GO AND READ THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WE HAVE. AND WHEN I READ THROUGH IT, I THOUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIG LAUNDRY LIST OF THINGS AND THAT A LOT OF THINGS WEREN'T ACCOMPLISHED. WE WEREN'T MOVING IN THOSE DIRECTIONS. AND I FOUND THAT CONCERNING. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, I HOPE COMES OUT OF THIS PLAN IS THAT WE BUILD A PLAN THAT WE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT AND WE MOVE FORWARD WITH, AND THAT WE DON'T SET SOMETHING OUT THAT'S LIKE TEN YEARS AND WE HAVE THESE LONG TERM GOALS. WE HAVE THESE MID GOALS. SO WHEN WE COME BACK FROM FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, WE CAN CHECK OFF, HEY, WE DID EIGHT OF THE 15 THINGS WE DECIDED TO DO, NOT FOUR OF THE 25 OR 30 THINGS. I THINK WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHEN I RAN, I THOUGHT ABOUT I WANTED TO MAKE LEANDER YOUR DESTINATION, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE. AND I THINK THAT WE'RE MOVING TOWARD THAT. IT'S STILL WE'RE STILL DOING A LOT OF SHOPPING IN OTHER AREAS, BUT THAT'S ALL COMING HERE. I THINK THAT THE SECONDARY GOAL THAT IS TO MAKE IT YOUR FRIENDS AND OTHER PEOPLE'S DESTINATION, I THINK WE'RE MOVING TOWARD THAT. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S KIND OF FRUSTRATING FOR OUR CITIZENS IS JUST KIND OF THE TRAFFIC AROUND HERE MOVING EAST, WEST IN PARTICULAR, KIND OF BETWEEN RONALD REAGAN AND 183 AND KIND OF MOVING AROUND. I THINK THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO ADDRESS IN OUR IN THIS PLAN. I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO ADDRESS HAVING A FULL COMMUNITY WHERE WE HAVE THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS, WHERE WE HAVE THE REC CENTERS, THE FIELDS, THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT MAKE US A FULL COMMUNITY, THAT OUR PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO GO TO OTHER PLACES TO DO. I ALSO THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THE COMMERCIAL GROWTH AND ALL THE THINGS THAT GO WITH THAT, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE OFFICES HERE AND WORK HERE AND NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO DRIVE TO AUSTIN OR DRIVE TO OTHER CITIES OR TO CEDAR PARK OR GEORGETOWN. SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WHAT I SEE IS THAT WE NEED TO REALLY DO WELL. AND I THINK WHAT WHAT DONNIE OR MR. MEHAN SAID IS THAT ON IS THAT WHEN WE BUILD SOMETHING, WE SHOULD REALLY BUILD IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO COME AND DO IT. IF WE'RE GOING TO GO AND DO A ROAD, LET'S BUILD IT FOR WHAT WE NEED AND NOT FOR WHAT THE COUNTY THINKS WE NEED OR, OR KIND OF BAND AIDING THINGS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW THE COMP PLAN THAT WE'RE REALLY ON THAT WE CAN'T HELP.

THE PEOPLE ARE JUST GOING TO START BUILDING HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS WHERE WE'RE NOT PREPARED, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF AREAS THAT WE CAN STRENGTHEN AND GET THAT EAST WEST GOING AND HOPEFULLY THE NORTH SOUTH, AND MAYBE WE CAN GET SOME PARTNERSHIPS TO ACTUALLY BRING SOME, SOME, SOME SOME HIGHWAYS OR THINGS TO MOVE THINGS AROUND THE CITY AND THROUGH US. SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. THANK YOU SIR. MY NAME IS JOSEPH MORALES. THE MAIN REASON I MOVED TO LEANDER WAS TO HAVE A GREAT PLACE TO RAISE MY FAMILY. AND I HAVE TWO KIDS AND I, I WANTED AND ACTUALLY THE REASON I JOINED P AND Z IS I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I COULD HELP US GROW IN A POSITIVE WAY. AND I DON'T PLAN ON LEAVING LEANDER ANYTIME SOON. SO I WANT TO SEE THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BECOME REALITY TEN, 20 YEARS FROM NOW. A PLACE THAT MY KIDS, MY FAMILY, WE CAN ALL BE AT, THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CAN BE PROUD OF. SO FOR ME, SOME OF THE PRIORITIES THAT ARE ON THIS LIST, YOU KNOW, I THINK COMMUNITY AND LIKE PLACES, AMENITY CULTURES LIKE THOSE DESTINATIONS ARE PRETTY I, YOU MAY HEAR ME SAY ON P AND Z ALL THE TIME, DESTINATIONS LIKE

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WHERE'S THAT THIRD PLACE? FELT LIKE LEANDER WAS STILL MISSING A FEW OF THOSE. SO THAT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT TO ME. CONNECTION LIKE HOW THE CITY IS CONNECTED, THE PATHWAYS, THE WALKWAYS, TRAILS. I DO FEEL THAT THERE IS SOME ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT THERE. YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW IT'S A VERY CAR ORIENTED CITY. HOW DO WE MAKE I'M NOT SAYING MAKE THE ENTIRE CITY COMPLETELY CONNECTED, BUT HOW DO YOU MAKE POCKETS CONNECTED? THAT'D BE IMPORTANT.

AND ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL GROWTH. YOU KNOW, I, I AM EXCITED TO SEE THE RESTAURANTS, THE BUSINESSES COME RATHER, YOU KNOW, THERE BE MORE HERE IN LEANDER, BUT HOW DO WE EMBRACE THAT? HOW DO WE INTRODUCE CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY THAT INTRODUCE MIXED USE, LIKE CREATING THOSE THIRD DESTINATIONS AND JUST KIND OF WHAT I. SO THANKS. THANK YOU.

PLEASE. THREE YES. NAOMI BLAIR. SO, YOU KNOW, I, I KIND OF ECHO SOME OF THE SENTIMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED, YOU KNOW, RUNNING FOR OFFICE AND BEING OF SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE WAS DEFINITELY A CONVERSATION AROUND HOW DO WE REFLECT WHAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS AND NEEDS.

AND WHEN WE'RE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS, HOW DO WE PUT IN PLACE FROM AN ECONOMIC STANDPOINT, FROM A FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY STANDPOINT, A REFLECTION OF OF WHO LIVES HERE? AND I THINK THAT WE SHARED SOME OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS EARLIER ON IN THE SLIDES THAT REPRESENTED THAT. THERE ARE A LOT OF FAMILIES HERE. IT'S THE REASON THAT MY FAMILY CAME TO THE CITY OF LEANDER, BECAUSE WE WANTED THE SLOW FEEL. WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO WALK, BIKE, YOU KNOW, DO TRAILS ON THE WEEKENDS, DO FUN AND EXCITING EXPERIENCES THAT WERE JUST KIND OF CULTURALLY CONNECTED TO OUR CITY. AND SO I'D SAY ONE OF THE PRIORITIES THAT THAT I WANT TO ECHO, IT KIND OF REFLECTS WHAT WE SEE ON NUMBER EIGHT. IT'S JUST BALANCED GROWTH WITH PRESERVATION OF QUALITY OF LIFE. SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE GROWING, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY GROWTH THAT IS UNMITIGATED, BUT IT REFLECTS KIND OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE WITH THE, THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS, WITH THE EXPERIENCES THAT WE WANT, WITH THE ECONOMIC INVESTMENT THAT WE WANT FROM BUSINESSES. AND THEN ALSO SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY KEENLY ADDRESSED NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. AND IT'S BEEN REFLECTED IN SOME OTHER COMMENTARY. IT'S JUST PROACTIVE ENGAGEMENT ON INFRASTRUCTURAL PLANNING THAT WE ARE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WITH HOW WE'RE CREATING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, WHETHER THAT BE ROADS, WHETHER THAT BE OUR WATER WASTEWATER, WHETHER THAT BE ANY OF THE UTILITIES THAT REALLY IMPACT PEOPLE, THAT WE'RE REALLY JUST LOOKING AT IT FROM A LONG TERM PERSPECTIVE AND PUTTING IN PLACE NOT ONLY INFRASTRUCTURE FROM SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PHYSICALLY SEE FROM STREETS, BUT ALSO SOME OF THE POLICIES THAT WOULD HELP REFLECT THE GROWTH THAT WE NEED AND ALSO JUST FISCALLY PUT US IN A POSITION THAT WE'RE IN THE POSITIVE LONG TERM. I AM IN AGREEMENT WITH WHAT A LOT OF EVERYBODY HAD SAID AS WELL. ONE MAIN CONCERN FOR ME AS WELL IS THE TRAFFIC FLOW EAST WEST OR WEST EAST. WHICHEVER WAY YOU'RE GOING, IT IS. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. AND SO THAT IS A HUGE PRIORITY. ALSO, NUMBER EIGHT, AS FAR AS COMMERCIAL GROWTH, HAVING MORE RESTAURANTS, AREAS TO COMMUNE AND GET TOGETHER VERSUS GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO THOSE ARE, I THINK THE TWO LARGE ONES, WHICH KIND OF GOES INTO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS WELL. THOSE ARE, I THINK, JUST MY TWO THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT. BY THE WAY, WE DID A GUIDED TOUR WITH STAFF TODAY. WE'VE CERTAINLY DONE OUR OWN EXPLORING, BUT WENT AROUND THE CITY TODAY. AND ONE THING THAT STUCK OUT TO ME WAS JUST BEING ON THE PIECES OF SAN GABRIEL AND SEEING THAT LINE ON THE MAP, AND A LINE LIKE THAT, THAT SOMEDAY CAN BE THAT CONTINUITY. AND WE KNOW THOROUGHFARE PLANNING IS CAN BE SENSITIVE AND WHERE IT GOES THROUGH OR NEAR, BUT THAT'S THE FUTURE AND THAT'S THAT CONNECTIVITY. EXCELLENT PLACE FOR. IS THE WORST MICROPHONE.

SO I WOULD SAY WHEN I WAS RUNNING NUMBER ONE WOULD DEFINITELY BE LONG TERM RELIABLE WATER SUPPLY. THAT WAS THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN OF 95% OF THE RESIDENTS THAT I SPOKE WITH. AND WHILE WE ARE MAKING GREAT STRIDES BEING ON WATER RESTRICTIONS. SHOWS THE

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THE CITY SEEMED REALLY NICE. AND WHAT REALLY ATTRACTED MY FAMILY AND I TO STAY HERE WAS THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. AND THEN AS THINGS OPENED UP AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD HAVE TO TRAVEL FROM HERE TO DOWNTOWN, IT WAS JUST PRESENTED WITH A LOT OF TRAFFIC. AND THEN A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT I'VE MET, YOU KNOW, FELLOW NEIGHBORS AND, AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIVED HERE IN LEANDER AND, YOU KNOW, BEEN ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THE GROWTH FROM, YOU KNOW, 2010 AND PROBABLY EVEN BEFORE THEN, YOU KNOW, I HEAR THE STORIES OF, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T NOTHING HERE. AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A BUNCH OF OPEN LAND AND HORSES AND, YOU KNOW, COWS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, AROUND HERE. AND SO TO BE HERE NOW AND TO BE PART OF THE GROWTH AND TO SEE HOW THE CITY CAN BE AND HOW IT CAN MOVE AS FAR AS TRAFFIC ANYWAY, I WOULD SAY TRAFFIC WOULD BE BE THE NUMBER ONE THING FOR ME. BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, ALL THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, THE TEN THINGS THAT YOU HAVE UP THERE I HAVE AN INTEREST IN, IN ALL OF THOSE THINGS. AND, AND ME AS A CITIZEN, I CITIZEN HERE IN LEANDER, I FEEL THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, MY DUTY, MY OBLIGATION.

IF YOU KNOW, I HAVE AN IDEA IF I HAVE SOMETHING TO CONTRIBUTE THAT, THAT I SHOULD DO THAT.

AND THAT'S MY REASON FOR, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO BE ON THE PNC COUNCIL HERE AND HOPEFULLY TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, REPRESENT, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT I'VE TALKED TO, HEARING THEIR CONCERNS AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, JUST DO MY PART TO TRY AND MAKE THE CITY A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

SO THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. AND BY THE WAY, I WANT TO SAY PART OF OUR JOB IS TO CONNECT THESE THINGS. THAT'S WHAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS ARE ABOUT. AND SO SAFETY ROADS, PARKS. SO WE'LL BE EMPHASIZING THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU. FIVE SO YOU PROVIDED ME WITH A REALLY GOOD SEGUE. I APPRECIATE THAT. OBVIOUSLY THE LIST OF TEN IS THE LIST OF TEN. I DON'T THINK THIS VARIES VERY MUCH BETWEEN COMMUNITIES. I MEAN, THESE ARE ALL VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THINGS.

AND THEY'RE THE FUNDAMENTALS. RIGHT. BUT YOUR SEGUE, LIKE I WAS SAYING, I THINK WE DEFINITELY NEED TO BE WE DID A DECENT JOB OF BEING A LITTLE FORWARD THINKING. I NEED TO CONTINUE IN THAT VEIN AND CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THINGS IN A MORE COMPREHENSIVE WAY. AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T REMEMBER, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO SEE THINGS ALONG THE LINES OF, YOU KNOW, STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS ANALYSIS. I'D LIKE TO SEE THINGS. MULTIPLE MODELING IN ECONOMIC GROWTH, FACTORING IN POTENTIAL ISSUES THAT CAN COME IN. I THINK THE MORE INFORMATION WE HAVE AS WE VIEW WHAT THE POTENTIALS COULD BE, THE BETTER WE CAN DECIDE WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. I MADE A COUPLE OF NOTES HERE. I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ZOOM OUT AND WE LOOK AT THINGS REGIONALLY. WE CANNOT JUST LOOK AT LEANDER. IT'S NOT REALITY. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE

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WE DO NOT HIDE ANY OF THIS. I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE VERY CLEAR. IT NEEDS TO BE VERY SIMPLE LANGUAGE, EVEN IF IT'S THE OVERVIEWS OR, YOU KNOW, THE SUMMARIES, MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE VERY UNDERSTANDABLE. WE NEED TO GO TO THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR AS FAR AS LANGUAGE IS CONCERNED TO ENSURE THAT WHEN WE ARE COMMUNICATING THIS BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY, THEY HAVE A VERY FIRM UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND CAN ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT COME UP, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE WILL JUST BE PERPLEXED. THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE OR THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE MODELING IS. SO I THINK IF WE CAN MAKE IT AS SIMPLE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, I THINK THAT WILL BE CRITICAL SPECIFICALLY WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE'RE AT WE'RE AT AN INFLUX AND THERE'S A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE COMING INTO THIS COMMUNITY. WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT KIND OF COMMUNITY THEY'RE COMING INTO AND WHAT TYPE OF COMMUNITY THEY'RE INVESTING IN BALANCED GROWTH. AND THEN, OF COURSE, I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. I THINK THAT COMPONENT CHANGES SPECIFICALLY OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS. AND I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT. AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT CAN AND MIGHT LOOK LIKE. SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS INITIALLY. YES. JUST JUST GETTING STARTED. THANK YOU. HEY, I SHOULD MENTION, I MY PUBLIC SECTOR BACKGROUND WAS COUNTY GOVERNMENT FIRST AND THEN COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS LEVEL, WHICH IN TEXAS AND THE US IS MULTIPLE COUNTIES. THE CAPILLARY PLANNING COUNCIL FOR THE AUSTIN AREA. SO I'VE ALWAYS HAD THAT PERSPECTIVE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND HOW YOU GET THINGS DONE. WHO HAS THE MONEY? IT'S ALL ABOUT MONEY. SO YES, APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS. AND YOU KNOW, FOR ME, YEAH, YOU CAN'T JUST PUT THE BLINDERS ON AND OKAY, LEANDER LIBERTY HILL IS EXPLODING AND KEEP GOING. SO YEAH, SO WE KNOW THERE'S CONTEXT TO THIS. THANK YOU. PLAY SIX. FIVE'S NOT HERE.

YES, MA'AM. HELLO. HELLO. SO I'M NOT SURE I MEAN BEING PLAY SIX. I'M NOT SURE. I HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO ADD AT THIS POINT. A LOT OF IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT. BUT I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS CHANGED FROM THE 2020 COMP PLAN, WE ENDED UP MAKING SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE DEPLOYMENT CENTERS BECAUSE WE SAW A LOT OF PROJECTS COME IN, BECAUSE WE DID HAVE A PIECE IN THERE THAT COULD BE RESIDENTIAL. AND SO THERE WERE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT CAME TO US, WANTED TO BE MOSTLY RESIDENTIAL, AND WE HAD TO DO A LOT OF CLARIFICATION. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FORTIFYING AND BEING ABLE TO CREATE THE BACKBONE SO THAT PRIMARY EMPLOYERS AND THE COMMERCIAL DO WANT TO COME HERE AND THAT WE HAVE THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO COME IN AND GET UP AND RUNNING PRETTY QUICKLY. THE CONNECTIVITY, WHETHER THAT'S PARK SIDEWALKS, ALL THE THINGS. BUT THEN THAT'S BEEN ADDRESSED BY MOST OF THE PEOPLE HERE IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. BUT BEING ABLE TO CREATE THAT COMMUNITY. AND LASTLY, AND THIS IS PROBABLY YOU COULD CROSS IT THROUGH A COUPLE OF THINGS, BUT IT'S PERSONALITY OF THE CITY. WE ARE SUCH A LARGE, YOU KNOW, 45, 47MI■!S THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE PERSONALITY. SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE ALL FLAT ROOFS AND LIMESTONE, AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS COMMUNITY HAVE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY. THE OLD TOWN PLAN, THE RONALD REAGAN CORRIDOR, THE JUST DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE TOWN BE ABLE TO HAVE, BRING A DIFFERENT FEEL TO IT. SO IT ATTRACTS MORE PEOPLE AND MORE TYPES OF BUSINESSES BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE ATTRACTED TO DIFFERENT AREAS. ABSOLUTELY. AND WE KNOW YOU'RE WORKING ON THE BRANDING EFFORT, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE COORDINATING ON THAT. THEIR SURVEY WILL GET US THINGS THAT WE ABSOLUTELY CAN USE. SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS THAT ARE BEING ASKED. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PERSONALITY OF THE CITY WHEN I HIT THE FRONT DOOR, BECAUSE I DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THAT SENSE THAT I'VE ARRIVED IN LEANDER AND I'VE LEFT WHEREVER, CEDAR PARK, WHATEVER'S NEXT DOOR. SO THAT'S IN THERE TOO. YOU ALL HAVE MADE OUR JOB EASIER BY BECAUSE WE WORK WITH SO MANY CITIES WHERE OUR JOB IS TIME OUT ON THE RESIDENTIAL. THIS IS NOT GOING TO WORK LONG TERM. SO YOU'RE ALREADY THERE. YOU'VE. YOU'VE MADE THAT POLICY MOVE AND

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WE NEED ALL OF IT AND, AND ALL TEN OF THOSE THINGS UP THERE. SO I THINK I'M GOING TO APPROACH IT WITH MY COMMENT FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. AND THAT IS THE MANAGEMENT OF THE GROWTH WHERE YOU'RE PROTECTING THOSE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS. MAYBE PROTECTING ISN'T THE RIGHT WORD, BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE REALIZING THAT THAT IS THE LARGEST INVESTMENT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE IS THEIR HOME. AND WE WANT ALL THESE OTHER THINGS. BUT WE HAVE TO RESPECT THAT. IF THERE'S AN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD THERE, WE HAVE TO BUFFER THAT ACCORDINGLY, AND WE HAVE TO PLAN WELL. AND THAT IS SO HARD. THAT IS ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS THAT WE DO ON PLANNING AND ZONING IS, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO LET THAT BUSINESS COME IN AND, AND STILL, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU'VE GOT TO LISTEN TO THE NEIGHBORS AND, AND THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE.

AND I THINK THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. I THINK YOU COULD PUT THAT AT THE END OF ALL TEN OF THOSE. WOW, WOW. YOU KNOW, RESPECTING THE INTEGRITY OF THESE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND AS I SAID, IT'S HARD TO DO. AND WE HAVE SLOWED DOWN ON THE ESPECIALLY ON MULTIFAMILY AND ON SOME OF THE RESIDENTIAL BECAUSE OF THE WATER. AND THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM, I THINK, FOR EVERYONE IN TEXAS. BUT THAT WOULD BE WHERE I WOULD APPROACH IT BECAUSE WE HEAR THAT SO MUCH ON PNC. YOU WILL HEAR THE TERM NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION FROM US OR SIMILAR TERMS. THE FOUNDER OF OUR COMPANY, HIS PHILOSOPHY AND HE FOCUS ON GROWTH MANAGEMENT, RAPIDLY GROWING PLACES WAS WHEN THAT LAST HOUSE IN THE SUBDIVISION WAS BUILT.

NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION, INTEGRITY. LONG TERM, THAT'S GOT TO BE THE FOCUS BECAUSE THAT'S THE BASE OF YOUR COMMUNITY. IT'S BEEN BUILT AND IT'S GOING TO BE THERE FOR A LONG TIME. JUST AS WITH INFRASTRUCTURE AND LIFE CYCLES OF HOW LONG THAT'S GOING TO LAST. SO. SO YES, ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. CHAIRMAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENT OR IS THERE SOMEBODY ELSE. ARE WE MISSING SEVEN. YES. THANK YOU. OH GOTCHA. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS TYLER BRAY. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE HERE AND EVERYONE LISTENING FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING ON PLANNING AND ZONING. IT IS REALLY AN HONOR. I'VE BEEN HERE ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS, TWO AND CAME FROM NORTH CAROLINA IN A VERY SIMILAR CITY, AND ITS RELATION TO AUSTIN AND THE CAPITAL AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO ECHO THE ANNETTE THAT YOU SAID, COACH, MULTIPLE SOCCER TEAMS AND ROBIN BLEDSOE COACH, PROBABLY OVER A THOUSAND KIDS IN MY LIFE IN SOCCER, I CAN TELL YOU, HAVING DRIVEN DOWN BAGHDAD SO MANY TIMES AND ACTUALLY CAUSED A CRASH ON BAGHDAD, I APOLOGIZE THAT IT'S NOT IF BUT WHEN AT THAT LOCATION. AND THE LONGER WAS A CITY. WAIT, THE COUNTY WAS A TEXTILE. WAIT, WHATEVER IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, IT'S JUST GOING TO HAPPEN. SO I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT FROM SOMEBODY WHO LIVES THAT ALL THE TIME. IN MY PERSPECTIVE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE DO AS PART OF THIS PROCESS IS MAKE SURE WE HAVE ADEQUATE DEMOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION ON WHATEVER COMMITTEES, WHATEVER BOARDS, WHOEVER YOU TALK TO, WHEREVER YOU GO. JUST IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S IT'S EXTREMELY DIVERSE FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS REPRESENTED. THE OTHER THING THAT I'VE SEEN SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, AND I'M A TRANSPORTATION PLANNER BY BY TRADE FOR ALMOST 25 YEARS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN AS I DRIVE AROUND IS IT'S VERY EVIDENT TO ME THAT LEANDER HAS HAS GROWN IN PHASES. AND A LOT OF THOSE PHASES, THE ONES THAT WERE HERE INITIALLY ARE STILL EXIST. AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE PHASE TWO HAS BEEN INSERTED. AND THEN PHASE THREE HAS BEEN INSERTED AND PHASE FOUR HAS BEEN INSERTED.

AND THERE'S NO COHESION. THERE'S NO ACTUAL LIKE, LIKE LEANDER. AND IT'S PARTLY TRANSPORTATION FOCUSED. IT'S PARTLY PARTLY DEVELOPMENT, BUT LIKE, IT'S JUST THINGS ARE BUILT RIGHT ON TOP OF MAYBE A MECHANIC SHOP THAT'S BEEN HERE FOR 50 YEARS OR THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN IT ALSO FEELS LIKE, ESPECIALLY ON PLANNING AND ZONING, SINCE I'VE SERVED SINCE NOVEMBER, IT IS VERY EVIDENT THAT WE LIVE IN 3 TO 4 DIFFERENT LEANDERS DEPENDING ON WHO YOU ARE. THAT'S A TRANSPORTATION THING. YOU HAVE TREVISO, YOU HAVE RONALD REAGAN, YOU HAVE WHERE I LIVE IN LAKELINE YOU HAVE RIGHT HERE, THERE IS NO ONE. AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT THE BRANDING OPPORTUNITIES AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS AND WHAT'S BEEN THERE. BUT THERE'S THERE'S NOTHING I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A BEDROOM COMMUNITY OR IF IT'S WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO ALL STAY HERE OR WHAT, WHAT IT IS. AND SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT'S THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE HAPPENING. THAT'S A CHALLENGE. YOU'RE

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AWESOME. SO I WILL. MR. MEHAN WILL LET YOU ADJOURN YOUR MEETING. BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I'LL JUST SAY WHEN WE GET READY TO ADJOURN, OUR MEETING STARTS AT SEVEN. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE, MAKE SURE YOU FILL OUT A COMMENT CARD BEFORE SEVEN SO WE CAN GET THAT IN TO THE CITY SECRETARY. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. THE TIME IS 650 AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING. ALL RIGHT. TODAY IS THURSDAY, MARCH 19TH, 2026, AND THE TIME IS NOW 7:04

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

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I THINK WE HADN'T HAD TOO MANY REPORTS, BUT WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR TODAY CONSIDERING ALL THAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD, THE LORD WILL YOU YOU HAVE SHINE YOUR LIGHT UPON US AND BLESS THE CITY OF LEANDER, ITS COMMUNITY, ITS COUNTY, ITS CITIZENS. WE THANK YOU FOR THAT.

IN JESUS NAME WE ASK AND PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, AND LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG ON ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS ONE FAITH AND GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE. GOOD TO SEE Y'ALL. THANK YOU, PASTOR HOLMES. I THINK SOME OF US MIGHT HAVE STARTED HAVING FLASHBACKS FROM A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN WE HAD THE LONG PRAYER. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. OH, OKAY. ITEM FIVE. CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER STEVEN CHANG, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL HERRERA HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER TONY BLAIR, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. ANNETTE SPONSELLER PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW NODDING HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM BECKY ROSS HERE. MAYOR NICOLE THOMPSON PRESENT. AND WE DO WANT TO DO A

[6. Welcome Special Guests and Visitors.]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND SERVICE TO LEANDER. WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WELCOME TO OUR MEETING TONIGHT. ITEM SEVEN IS OUR NONAGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR OUR NONAGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS, SO WE WILL MOVE ITEM EIGHT, WHICH IS

[8. Staff Reports

• Water update includes Sandy Creek Water Treatment Plant (CIP W.69), Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority (BCRUA), and County water needs. 

THEY'RE EXPECTING FINAL COMPLETION THIS MONTH AS THEY WORK THROUGH THOSE LAST, LAST FEW ITEMS. FOR PHASE TWO. THIS IS THE IF YOU RECALL, THIS IS THE DEEP WATER INTAKE AS WELL

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CURRENTLY, THERE ARE TWO FEEDS THAT GO INTO THIS PUMP STATION. ONE IS A DEDICATED FEED FEEDS THE ENTIRE PLANT. SHOULD THAT PRIMARY FEED GO DOWN, THERE IS A SECONDARY FEED. IT DOESN'T POWER THE ENTIRE STATION. SO WE WERE LOOKING AT THE OPTION OF ADDING GENERATORS. IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE HERE. RIGHT THERE IS THE THE ELECTRICAL BUILDING THAT CURRENTLY POWERS THE SANDY CREEK BARGE. SO THEY WOULD THEORETICALLY GO THERE. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO EVALUATE THAT.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY A PART OF THE PHASE TWO CONTINGENCY OR THIS WOULD BE AN ISSUE? IT'S NOT IT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT. CORRECT. IT WOULD COME TO THE BOARD. SO WE'RE STARTING ACTUALLY, I THINK I WANT TO SAY THIS NEXT BOARD MEETING NEXT WEEK IS THE ITEM TO LOOK AT JUST THE PROPOSAL FOR THE FEASIBILITY STUDY. AND ONCE IT GOES TO THE BOARD, THEN IT WOULD STILL HAVE TO COME BACK TO ALL THE CITY'S, CORRECT? YES. THANK YOU. AND LASTLY, WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT THE TSV WHICH IS THE CONTRACTOR. IT'S S A K. WE'RE STILL CONTINUING TO NOTE GAPS IN THEIR SCHEDULE. WE'VE ISSUED A LETTER. THEY'VE RESPONDED TO THE LETTER. WE'RE EXPECTING A RECOVERY NOT A RECOVERY SCHEDULE A COST LOADED SCHEDULE FROM THEM BY THIS MONTH, WHICH WILL EVALUATE AND THEN CONTINUE TO TRACK YOU, ANTICIPATE IT BEFORE THE MEETING NEXT WEEK OR SOMETIME. I DON'T I WELL, THEY SAID THIS MONTH, SO I THINK THEY'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE THE MAY BOARD MEETING TO BRIEF THE BOARD JUST TO GIVE EVERYBODY TIME TO REVIEW THERE, BECAUSE IT'S A PRETTY I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY EXCITING. WHAT ARE THEY SUPPLYING? IT'S A COST LOADED SCHEDULE. SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOTING GAPS IN THEIR SCHEDULE AND BY COST LOADING IT, THEY CAN BETTER IDENTIFY KIND OF WHERE THOSE DISCREPANCIES ARE, WHERE THEY'RE THINKING THEY HAVE TIME. AND WE'RE SAYING THERE'S NOT THAT. AND I THINK THAT'S IT. OH, JUST JUST TO KIND OF REMINDER FOR THE PHASE TWO PUMP STATIONS HERE, ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF TO THAT DEEP WATER PORTION OF THE LAKE, ABOUT 570 IS THE LOWEST ELEVATION CURRENTLY. RIGHT NOW, OUR BARGES WOULD GO OFFLINE ABOUT 626, 630. SO IT GETS US ANOTHER 50FT OF WATER. SO IN ADDITION TO THE PUMPING CAPACITY, WE HAVE THAT DROUGHT RESILIENCY AS WELL. AND THEN ULTIMATELY IT WILL BE 145 MILLION GALLON PER DAY PUMP STATION AS THOSE 15 MGD PUMPS EITHER AGE OUT OR AS THE CITY NEEDS CHANGE AND WE NEED MORE WATER. CEDAR PARK, ROUND ROCK. THEY WOULD BE SWITCHED OUT FOR THOSE 30 MGD PUMPS. OH, THE 145 WHAT PORTION IS OURS? SO 12 GOES TO SANDY CREEK AND I KNOW A PORTION GOES TO CEDAR PARK.

CEDAR PARK'S PLANT IS 26 MGD, SO THERE HAS TO BE SOME REDUNDANCY IN THERE. SO MAYBE I DON'T HAVE EXACT NUMBERS, BUT I CAN GET IT TO YOU. AND THEN THE REMAINDER WOULD GO TO BCR. OKAY.

I'M NOT QUITE AS FAMILIAR WITH THEIR PUMP SIZES AS I, BUT THEY HAVE FOUR PUMPS THAT ARE THAT KIND OF OOPS, THE CEDAR PARK, THE FOUR PUMPS WILL SIT IN THIS MAIN SHAFT AREA. I'M JUST NOT SURE ON THE SIZE. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY OF WHAT PORTION COMES TO LEANDER OF THE ONE. SURE. SO I MEAN, ULTIMATELY 105 MGD IS THE TREATMENT CAPACITY AT BCR. SO WE'RE ROUGHLY ABOUT HALF OF THAT. YEAH, I KNOW ULTIMATELY WE'RE 62 MGD TOTAL WITH SANDY CREEK AND BCR. YEAH. SO WE'LL HAVE 50 AT BCR AND AND 12 AT SANDY. CORRECT. THANK YOU. YES MA'AM. ALL. AND THEN THE COMPANION PROJECT TO THAT IS THE TREATMENT UPGRADES AT THE PLANT. THE EXPANSION THERE. SO PHASE TWO A WE CALL IT IS AN

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WELL NEXT TO THE SIX THAT'S ALREADY THERE, THE DISINFECTION BASIN YOU CAN SEE IS EXCAVATED THERE. AND THEN THAT'S THE NEW TREATMENT STRUCTURE. AND THEN AS A REMINDER, THIS IS KIND OF THE EXPANSION AND PHASING OF BCR. SO IT'S ALL THESE LIGHT GREEN STRUCTURES. SO THERE'S ONE D RIGHT HERE IN THIS KIND OF LAST ONE THERE. SO ALL OF THE PHASE TWO A'S ARE THE LIGHT GREEN STRUCTURES. AND THEN THERE'S FUTURE EXPANSIONS TENTATIVELY IN THE OUTER YEARS.

AND THEN FINALLY THE EXPANSION AT SANDY CREEK ARE REALLY UPGRADES THAT ALLOW US A FULL TREATMENT CAPACITY. SO AS A REMINDER, THIS IS KIND OF HOW IT USED TO LOOK. IT WAS RATED AT 12 MGD, BUT BECAUSE OF THESE LAGOONS HERE THAT WERE UNDERSIZED AND NEVER REALLY EXPANDED, IT STRUGGLED TO MAKE THAT 12. THEY CAN CONSISTENTLY DO NINE MGD KIND OF A MAX CAPACITY OF TEN AND A HALF. SO BY DOING THIS EXPANSION. AND THEN WE ALSO ADDED A REDUNDANT TREATMENT UNIT ON THERE, GETS US ANOTHER 3 MILLION GALLONS A DAY TREATMENT CAPACITY THERE, GETS IT TO THAT FULL 12 WITH A BACKUP TREATMENT UNIT. THIS ONE IS GETTING THERE. IT'S WE'RE HOPING THIS MONTH. BUT I MEAN MOSTLY EVERYTHING IS DONE. YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE NICE, YOU KNOW, NICE NEW PAVING. ALL THE STRUCTURES ARE THERE. THE NEW TREATMENT UNIT IS OVER HERE.

THE CLARIFIER I MEAN EVERYTHING IS IS BASICALLY FUNCTIONAL. THEY ARE AWAITING. THERE'S SOME GRADING ISSUES AROUND THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN TO THE PLANT, THERE'S THAT, YOU KNOW, ELEVATED GRADING. SO THEY'RE ADJUSTING THAT. SO I THINK THAT WILL BE THE FIRST THING. THE TREATMENT UNIT WILL COME ONLINE. THE SLUDGE PROCESSING WE ARE AWAITING, WE JUST PROCESSED A CHANGE ORDER TO GET WATER SUPPLY TO THAT BUILDING. SO ONCE I THINK THAT THAT ONE MIGHT SLIP INTO APRIL, ACTUALLY, AS WE GET THAT CHANGE ORDER PROCESSED AND THE CONTRACTOR COMPLETES THAT WORK, SO THEY'LL DO THE STARTUP AND TESTING AT THE SLUDGE PROCESSING LATE THIS MONTH OR EARLY NEXT MONTH. AND THEN LASTLY, THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY WATER GROUP. THIS IS THE TOP 20 WATER PROVIDERS IN THE COUNTY THAT HAVE COME TOGETHER THROUGH WILLIAMSON COUNTY TO EVALUATE KIND OF THOSE REGIONAL WATER NEEDS. AND THEN THE SUPPLY OPTIONS. SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, WE, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HAS MET AND MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNTY ON WHO OUT OF THE QUALIFIERS, I THINK THERE WERE 14 PROPOSERS. WE SUBMITTED OUR OUR TOP CHOICE.

SO WE WILL BE THE COUNTY WILL AND US WILL BE NEGOTIATING THAT SCOPE WITH THEM. SO WE MET INTERNALLY THIS WEEK JUST WITH OUR STAFF. MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT WE WANT IS IN THE SCOPE.

AND THEN WE'LL MEET WITH THE THE EXECUTIVE TEAM NEXT WEEK TO JUST KIND OF FINE TUNE THAT SCOPE AND MAKE SURE IT'S GOOD. SO THEY PLAN TO TAKE THIS CONTRACT TO THE BOARD IN APRIL, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE A KICKOFF IN MAY. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. YES. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. WITH ALL OF THE CHANGES AND UPDATES AT SANDY CREEK THAT THAT REQUIRE ANY ADDITIONAL STAFFING, ADDITIONAL STAFFING? NO, NO, THAT DID NOT. NO. CORRECT. AWESOME. ANY OTHER COUNCIL PLACE? ONE. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO. OKAY. PLACE TO. SO ON THE DEEPWATER INTAKE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD GET OUT OF THAT IS CLEANER WATER COMING IN. IT'S THE SAME WATER QUALITY. SO NO DIFFERENCE BY BEING DOWN BELOW. NO. SO ACTUALLY THERE'S A SPECIFIC AND I'M NOT THE BEST PERSON TO TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT THEY CALL IT THE THERMOCLINE ABOVE AND BELOW THE THERMOCLINE. SO YOU ALWAYS WANT TO BE, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE TOO DEEP BECAUSE OXYGEN GOES VERY LOW. SO YOU KIND OF WANT TO BE IN THAT UPPER AND I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT FEET, BUT THAT'S WHY IN THIS PICTURE WHY THERE'S OBVIOUSLY MULTIPLE INTAKES, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THE LAKE, BUT TO GET YOU IN THAT OPTIMAL WATER QUALITY AREA. OKAY. PLACE THREE IN THE ANALYSIS OF THE COST LOADING SCHEDULE THAT YOU MENTIONED FOR. TWO A IS THERE GOING TO BE SOME COST RECOVERY THAT'S EXPECTED BASED OFF OF I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WILL HAVE COST RECOVERY BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL TOWARDS THE END OF THE PROJECT, RIGHT? OF WHAT? OR ARE YOU SAYING ARE THEY GOING TO RAMP UP COST PRODUCTION OR NOT? SURE.

JUST IN TERMS OF THE THE ANALYSIS OF THAT SCHEDULE, WILL THERE BE AN EXPECTATION THAT

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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR ALLISON. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NINE

[9. Proclamation

• Proclamation recognizing City of Leander is a Fire Adaptive Community.

SO TODAY, OUR CALL TO ACTION FOR THOSE THAT ARE PRESENT AND THOSE THAT ARE VIRTUALLY WITH US THIS EVENING IS PRETTY SIMPLE. LOCATE YOUR RISK AND UNDERSTAND YOUR RISK. CREATE A SAFER SPACE AROUND YOUR HOME. SIGN UP FOR ALERTS AND JOIN US IN BUILDING A TRULY FIRE, ADAPTED LEANDER BY EXPLORING THE READY SET GO PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THE FIREWISE USA INITIATIVE. ALL OF THAT CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE, OR YOU CAN REACH OUT TO ME DIRECTLY.

I'M EASY TO FIND ON ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE, OR YOU CAN STOP BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO, IN DEMONSTRATION OF THE STRONG PARTNERSHIPS, RECOGNIZE A FEW FOLKS THAT ARE WITH US TONIGHT. WE HAVE TREVISO FIRE WISE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT ARE WITH US, CRYSTAL FALLS FIRE WISE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT ARE WITH US. CRYSTAL FALLS IS ABOUT TO OBTAIN RECOGNITION. TREVISO HAS BEEN FIRE WISE SINCE 2018. NOT WITH US TONIGHT. THEY COULDN'T MAKE IT BUT THEY ARE HERE IN SPIRIT IS SARITA VALLEY FIRE WISE. THEY HAVE JUST STARTED.

THEY ARE FULL STEAM AHEAD. WE ARE PLANNING A FEW THINGS THAT ARE THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE NEAR FUTURE AS WELL. AS FIRE ASIDE, WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE WITH THAT SOFTWARE COMPANY WITH US TONIGHT. THAT SOFTWARE IS GOING TO BE LEVERAGED FOR OUR HOME HAZARD ASSESSMENT PROGRAM THAT WILL BE FREE OF CHARGE AND USED AS PART OF OUR OVERALL STRATEGIC PLAN. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AND WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILWOMAN ROSA. ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO.

IT'S A LONG ONE. OKAY. LET'S GET THE LIGHT. WHERE IS THE SAFETY AND RESILIENCE OF OUR COMMUNITY IN THE FACE OF WILDLAND FIRE IS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY THAT REQUIRES THE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF EVERY RESIDENT GOVERNMENT ENTITY AND COMMUNITY PARTNER.

AND WHEREAS EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS RELIES ON DATA INFORMED DECISION MAKING USING THE BEST AVAILABLE SCIENCE AND LOCAL RISK ASSESSMENTS LIKE OUR COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN TO GUIDE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES AND PRIORITIZE OUR ACTIONS. AND WHEREAS, A TRULY PREPARED COMMUNITY IS ONE BUILT ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EMPOWERMENT, WHEREIN RESIDENTS ARE PROVIDED WITH THE ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE, TOOLS, AND RESOURCES TO TAKE PERSONAL ACTION IN PROTECTING THEIR HOMES AND FAMILIES FROM FROM THE THREAT

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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, I, MAYOR NICOLE THOMPSON, EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CITY FORMALLY ADOPTING THE PRINCIPLES OF THE FIRE ADAPTED COMMUNITY FRAMEWORK AS OUR GUIDING STRATEGY FOR CREATING A FIRE. ADAPTED LEANDER IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF LEANDER TO BE AFFIXED ON MARCH 19TH, 2026. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE COMMUNITIES THAT WERE ABLE TO COME OUT TONIGHT. WE APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION, EVEN THOSE THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT. IT TAKES ALL OF US TO MAKE THIS WORK. WOULD YOU LIKE A PICTURE? SURE. OKAY, WE'LL COME DOWN. IS EVERYBODY COMING UP FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS? YOU DON'T HAVE TO. DON'T FEEL STRESSED IF YOU DON'T WANT TO. YOU KNOW, I JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE YOU. I LOVE IT. THANK YOU GUYS. GOOD. THANK YOU. READY? COUPLE MORE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. HEY, PERFECT. THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR.

[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT. MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION CARRIES. AND THEN WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 13. I'M SORRY. ITEM 11 WAS POSTPONED. THANK YOU. AND ITEM 13 HAS ALSO BEEN POSTPONED BY THE APPLICANT. SO WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 14 WHICH IS

[14. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Annexation Case A-25-0024 for Hero Way Elevated Storage Tank (EST) for the voluntary annexation of 11.369 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R025382 and Travis Central Appraisal District Parcel 353992; and generally located south of Hero Way West and approximately 750 feet west of Honeycomb Mesa, Leander, Williamson and Travis Counties, Texas.  

• Discuss and consider action on the First Reading of an Ordinance regarding Annexation Case A-25-0024 as described above.

ANY DISCUSSION OR MOTION TO APPROVE. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. RIGHT. THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM 15 WILL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING

[15. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Annexation Case A-25-0025 Alexander Tract and the adjacent ROW of CR 267 Annexation Case A-25-0026 for the voluntary annexation of 55.152 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District as Parcel R032246; and the portion of the abutting right-of-way known as CR 267 and generally located west of Kauffman Loop approximately 300 feet south of Equine Road and CR 267 Leander, Williamson County, Texas.  

• Discuss and consider action on the First Reading of an Ordinance regarding Annexation Case A-24-0025 as described above.
• Discuss and consider action on the First Reading of an Ordinance regarding Annexation Case A-25-0026 as described above.

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WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING THAT'S NOW OPEN. HOWEVER, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGN UP FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO THAT IS NOW CLOSED. AND WE DO HAVE TWO ACTIONS WE'LL DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE FOR THE ANNEXATION CASE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER MOTION ON THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE REGARDING THE ANNEXATION CASE. SO ON THE FIRST ONE, COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YOU DO PLACE TWO. GO AHEAD. SO I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE THE ANNEXATION OF CR 267 AND YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY MEAN? I KNOW THAT I THINK UNDER THE THING HERE, WE BRING THEM INTO OUR CITY. SO DOES THE ROAD BECOME OUR RESPONSIBILITY? THEY HAVE PLANS TO UPGRADE THE ROAD.

THE ROAD SUBSTANDARD. THIS THE SUBDIVISION IS IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE CLEARING IN THERE. THE ZONING PART, THE AREA FOR IT TO BE EXPANDED AND EVERYTHING. BUT CAN YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT THE PROCESS IS ON THIS? ARE WE TAKING ON SOMETHING WHERE THE COUNTY WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT? AND BY DOING THIS, THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY STOPPING THEM FROM DOING THAT IF THEY WERE GOING TO DO ANYTHING? YEAH. SO WHEN WE GO THROUGH AN ANNEXATION, IT'S USUALLY THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE ON THE THE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ROAD, SINCE IT'LL BE OUR CITIZENS USING THE ROAD IN THIS SITUATION. THE COUNTY HAS A REHAB PROJECT WHERE THEY ARE REPAIRING THE ROAD. AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, THE APPLICANT WILL BE REQUIRED TO DEDICATE RIGHT OF WAY IF IT'S WARRANTED BY THE PLAN, AND THEN THEY HAVE THE REQUIREMENT TO EITHER PAY A A ROADWAY ADEQUACY PAYMENT OR BUILD A PORTION OF THE ROAD IF IT'S NECESSARY. IN THIS CASE, I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS ROAD DEAD ENDS AT THE RIVER. SO IT'S NOT A THROUGH STREET WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF TRAFFIC COMING FROM THE THE SOUTH. IT STILL HAS ACCESS FROM BAR W, SO IS THE COUNTY GOING TO STILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SOUTHERN PART OR WE'VE ALREADY ANNEXED THAT PART. WE HAVE NOT ANNEXED THAT PART. AND SO THERE'S LIKE A LITTLE STRIP THERE OF LIKE, SO THE, THE ROAD GOES OUT TO RONALD REAGAN. SO THIS IS ALL US AND THIS WOULD BE US. SO IT'S A CONTINUOUS STRIP THAT WAY. BUT TO THE SOUTH IT WOULD BE THE COUNTY STILL. AND HOW FAR DOES THAT GO? I'D HAVE TO MEASURE IT, BUT I KNOW IT ENDS AT THE RIVER. YEAH, YEAH. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. DID YOU GET THAT? IT'S OKAY. THANK YOU. NOW WE'LL MOVE TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER. THAT'S WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO READ. THAT'S. THAT'S OKAY. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE REGARDING ANNEXATION. CASE A DASH 20 5-0026 AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. AND SO WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ON THIS ONE UNLESS SOMEBODY HAS ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. NO. ANYBODY HAVE A MOTION. WE'RE VOTING ON THE ZONING RIGHT NOW. YES. ON THE SECOND ONE. OKAY. THANKS.

ANNEXATION SAYS ANNEXATION. OKAY. MOTION TO APPROVE. LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING ON THIS ONE.

OKAY. RIGHT. WE'RE STILL ON 15. OH, NO. NEVER MIND. I THOUGHT WE VOTED ON 15. THERE'S TWO PARTS TO 15. YEAH. SO WE HAVE A MOTION. WE NEED A SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OKAY. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. YOU GOT THAT ON? BOTH. OKAY.

THANK YOU. SO YOUR COMMENT IS ON 16. OKAY. GOT IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ON ITEM 16 WILL

[16. Conduct a Public Hearing on Zoning Case Z-25-0196 to amend the current zoning of Interim SFR-1-B (Single-Family Rural) to SFU-2-A (Single-Family Urban) and SFC-2-A (Single-Family Compact) on one (1) parcel of land 55.152 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R032246; and generally located west of Kauffman Loop approximately 300 feet south of Equine Road and CR 267, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.

• Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case Z-25-0196 as described above.

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OKAY.

SO I JUST NOW I CLICK AND IT'LL JUST GO PERFECT. THANK YOU. FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN IT COMBINED LIKE THAT. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL PETER VERDICCHIO WITH SEC PLANNING. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. I AM HERE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT. REZONING REQUEST FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ON THE ALEXANDER TRACT HERE REPRESENTING BOTH THE ALEXANDER FAMILY AS WELL AS PULTE. KIND OF SWITCHING UP THIS PRESENTATION A LITTLE BIT. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT I MADE PRESENTATIONS TO BEFORE, YOU'LL YOU'LL NOTICE IT'S BEEN KIND OF SWITCHED UP A LITTLE BIT. AND THIS EVENING, WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS FIRST START WITH TALKING ABOUT BOTH THE FAMILY ALEXANDER FAMILY AS WELL AS PULTE. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS PULTE IS HERE AS THE APPLICANT THIS EVENING. AND REALLY WHAT I WANT TO DO IS FOCUS ON BULLETS NUMBER TWO AND BULLETS NUMBER THREE. THE HOME BUILDER HAS BEEN IN THIS COMMUNITY NOW FOR SIX YEARS. THEY FEEL VERY STRONG COMMITMENT TO THE CITY, TO THE FAMILIES AND HAVE BEEN ACTIVE IN HORIZON LAKE AND BLUFFVIEW RESERVE AND HAVE CLOSED OUT PROJECTS BOTH BLUFFVIEW AND THE RESERVE AT NORTH FORK. AND FOR SOME TIME THEY HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR REPLACEMENT PROJECTS TO CONTINUE THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF LEANDER AND WITH THE WATER RESOLUTION. THAT, ADMITTEDLY HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE, KIND OF GIVE YOU A SENSE, AND WE'LL TOUCH ON THAT IN A COUPLE MORE MINUTES, BUT JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU A SENSE OF THE QUALITY OF THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT THEY HAVE DONE IN TOWN. THE FOCUS ON FAMILY ORIENTED NEIGHBORHOODS WITH A STRONG FOCUS ON AMENITIES, RECREATION CENTERS, TRAILS, AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR FAMILIES. IMPORTANTLY, IN THIS, THIS CAME UP DURING THE PNC. WE HAVE WITH US TONIGHT MANY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PULTE TEAM THAT HAVE WORKED WITH CITY STAFF, FAMILIAR WITH CODES, POLICIES AND SPIRIT IN TOWN, AND BEN, RYAN AND BRIAN WILL ALL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE SPECIFIC TO THE BUILDER. SO JUMPING TO THE PROPERTY, YOU CAN SEE. OH, THERE WE GO. SUBJECT PROPERTY SITS HERE VERY CLOSE TO KAUFMAN LOOP AND ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT. UNFORTUNATELY, OUR AERIAL. IT'S MOVING SO FAST THAT OUR AERIAL DOES NOT REFLECT ALL THE DEVELOPMENT. IN PARTICULAR WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE SOUTHWEST INTERSECTION AT THIS POINT. BUT IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES THIS PROPERTY UNIQUE IS HOW CLOSE IT IS TO ALL OF THOSE AMENITIES. BOTH THAT ARE IN PLACE TODAY IS WHAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO COME. IT'S A RELATIVELY FLAT PIECE OF LAND, PASTURE LAND. SO WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH SOME OF THE PROTOTYPICAL HILLS, CHALLENGES WITH TREES, THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU CAN SEE IT'S IT'S A PRETTY CLEAN PASTURE. ONE OF THE THINGS WORTH NOTING

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OFTENTIMES, ESPECIALLY WHEN DOING STRAIGHT ZONING, WE COULD JUST SAY SIMPLY, HERE WE GO, THIS IS ENOUGH. BUT IN THE EFFORT OF FULL TRANSPARENCY, THOSE ZONING DISTRICTS ARE A RESULT OF THIS LOTTING PLAN HERE. SO THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS FOR A MIX OF 50 AND 60 FOOT LOTS, 191 UNITS. ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE WE'VE WORKED TOWARDS FIRST, THE FIRST PLAN, BUT THEN REINFORCED WITH THE SECOND IS THE LARGER LOTS ALL ALONG THE PERIMETER. AS A GREATER TRANSITION TO THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.

PUTTING THE HIGHER DENSITY CLOSER TO 267, THE AMENITIES AND THAT SORT OF THING. SO THERE'S A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO WHY WE HAVE THOSE TWO ZONING DISTRICTS IN THE MANNER THAT WE DO. OUTREACH. WE HAD A GOOD OUTREACH. AND AGAIN, THIS MIGHT BE ONE OF THE THINGS, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO THE PULTE TEAM, MANAGED AND ATTENDED THAT THEMSELVES AND ANSWER QUESTIONS. IT'S A GREAT COMMUNITY OUTREACH. KEY THINGS THAT CAME UP. SOME OF THEM HAVE ALREADY BEEN TOUCHED ON. THE BIG ONE HAS ALREADY BEEN TOUCHED ON, AND THAT'S THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND AND 267 AND IMPROVEMENTS THERE. AT THIS POINT, T HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

IT'S BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CITY STAFF. WE'VE BEEN HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM. WE ALSO HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COUNTY AND COUNTY ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS. SO THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO HAPPEN THERE. BUT THAT DIALOG HAS BEGUN AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING DISCUSSIONS ON THAT AND COMING TO WORKABLE SOLUTIONS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I CAN SAY FIRMLY WITH PULTE, ESPECIALLY HERE IN LEANDER, IS PAST PROJECTS. IT HASN'T JUST SIMPLY BEEN A HERE'S WHAT'S NECESSARY, OKAY, JUST GO WRITE A CHECK AND WALK AWAY. THEY ARE COMMITTED

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SO WHATEVER COMES OUT OF THIS, THEY'RE COMMITTED TO THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. BIG ELEMENTS OF THIS. PHASING OF THE PROJECT. LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN DOING WORK IN LEANDER FOR MORE YEARS THAN I PROBABLY CARE TO ADMIT, FULLY AWARE OF THE WATER ISSUES AND THE WATER CHALLENGES AND SUPPLY. FIRST, I JUST WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD AND COMPLIMENT YOU ALL THE COMMITMENT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS TO THIS ISSUE. STAFF DOLLARS. IT'S NOTICEABLE AND I LOVE YOU. I APPRECIATED THAT MEETING EARLIER, THAT PRESENTATION EARLIER. JUST KEEP SHARING WITH THE RESIDENTS THE EFFORT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS COMMITTED TO WITH THIS. SO I WANTED THAT FIRST TO BE ON THE RECORD THAT WE'RE MAKING THIS PROPOSAL TONIGHT, NOT OUT OF IGNORANCE, BUT AWARENESS AND APPRECIATION OF WHAT'S BEEN DONE TO DATE. ONE OF THE THINGS WITH THE ZONING REQUEST IS IT'S THE FIRST STEP IN A LONG PROCESS WITH THE CITY. SO IN THE EVENT THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THIS ZONING CASE, WE WOULD STILL HAVE THREE MORE STEPS IN A PROCESS. WE STILL WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE YOU WITH A CONCEPT PLAN. WE HAVE PRELIMINARY PLAT AND OF COURSE, ENGINEERING PLANS. AND EACH STEP ALONG THAT WAY, CITY STAFF WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND ADJUSTMENT AS NECESSARY TO MEET CITY NEEDS. BASED ON OUR PREVIOUS WORK IN THE CITY, WE'RE ANTICIPATING THE REST OF THIS YEAR WOULD BE SPENT IN THOSE ENTITLEMENT EFFORTS, SO 2026 WOULD BE SPENT GETTING PLANS IN PLACE, APPROVED BY THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION. THE LAST SLIDE HERE SHOWS THE TIMELINE OF IT.

WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING, BASED ON MARKET CONDITIONS AND CITY APPROVALS, IS WE WOULD COMMENCE CONSTRUCTION IN 2027 IN JANUARY. AND WHEN I SAY CONSTRUCTION, THE JOKE THERE IS BASICALLY NOTHING TALLER THAN SIX INCHES. AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS IS ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE UNDERGROUND, THE STREETS, THE CURBS, IT'S EVERYTHING UNDERGROUND IN THAT THAT GROUND INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE ABLE TO START BUILDING HOMES AGAIN BASED ON MARKET CONDITIONS.

WE'RE ANTICIPATING CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRST HOMES IN JANUARY OF 28. AND THE KEY ELEMENT HERE IS THE MODEL HOME WOULD BE COMPLETE IN MAY OF 2028. KIND OF WANT TO REPEAT THAT. THAT WOULD BE MAY OF 2028. SO REALLY IT WOULD BE TWO PLUS YEARS BEFORE WE'RE COMING TO THE CITY STAFF COMING BEFORE YOU ASKING FOR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND A WATER TAP TO, TO PULL WATER FROM THE WATER SYSTEM. SO ALTHOUGH WE'RE SITTING HERE IN MARCH OF 26 TALKING ABOUT AND THERE'S STILL EFFORTS TO GO TO GET THAT DEEP WATER ONLINE AND THAT ADDITIONAL CAPACITY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THE REALITY IS JUST IN TERMS OF YOUR REGULATORY PROCESS, WHICH IS HOW IT SHOULD BE CONSTRUCTION TIME. IT'S GOING TO BE TWO PLUS YEARS BEFORE WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE NEED TO CONNECT TO THE WATER SYSTEM. AND WITH THAT, I'D AGAIN JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU. I KNOW I'VE KIND OF GONE ON A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN NORMAL HERE, BUT JUST RECOGNIZING THE SENSITIVITY OF THESE TYPE OF PROJECTS BEFORE YOU FOR CONSIDERATION, AND I'M AVAILABLE AS WELL AS PULTE TEAM FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE MAY HAVE MORE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. AND I WILL CALL ON SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR CARDS AND I'LL READ THEIR POSITIONS. AND IF. OH NO, THAT'S ALL WE HAVE. SO I DO HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, ANITA NOVAK, IF YOU WOULD JUST STATE YOUR ADDRESS AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU MA'AM. ANITA. 708 PALAMOS DRIVE, LEANDER, TEXAS. I ASK THAT YOU DENY THE ZONING REQUEST AS PROPOSED OR AT MINIMUM, REQUIRE A ZONING OUTCOME THAT ACTUALLY COMPLIES WITH THE CITY'S CURRENT WATER RESOLUTION. THIS CASE IS SORT OF BEING FRAMED AS IT DESERVES AN EXCEPTION, BUT I DON'T SEE WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT IT. THIS IS NOT A ONE OF A KIND ASSET, NOT A WORKFORCE. HOUSING TIED TO MAJOR PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS, NOT A MIXED USE CENTER AT A MAJOR URBAN NODE, AND NOT AN EXTRAORDINARY PROJECT THAT JUSTIFIES SETTING ASIDE THE CITY'S OWN DIRECTION. IT IS, BY THE AGENDA'S OWN DESCRIPTION, A STANDARD SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION ON A NORMAL TRACT OF LAND. AND THAT MATTERS BECAUSE IF THE CITY STARTS TREATING ORDINARY RESIDENTIAL ZONINGS AS UNIQUE, THEN THE ORDINANCE AND THE WATER RESOLUTION STOP BEING REAL GUARDRAILS AND START BECOMING SUGGESTIONS. YES, LEANDER NEEDS MORE HOUSING, BUT GROWTH WITHOUT DISCIPLINE IS NOT PLANNING. BALANCE MATTERS. THE CITY'S OWN MATERIALS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE REQUESTED SFU AND SFC ZONING WOULD BE CONSIDERED HIGHER DENSITY AND ARE NOT SUPPORTED BY THE CURRENT WATER RESOLUTION. THAT SHOULD BE THE STARTING POINT, NOT SOMETHING TO EXPLAIN AWAY THE QUESTION. TONIGHT SHOULD BE SIMPLE. IF THE CITY HAS SAID

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THIS IS ALSO BIGGER THAN JUST ONE SUBDIVISION, LOWER DENSITY LAND BEING CONTINUALLY REZONED TO DENSER CATEGORIES HAS CUMULATIVE CONSEQUENCES. IT AFFECTS ROADS, TRAFFIC'S, UTILITY TIMING, DRAINAGE, LONG TERM SERVICE DEMANDS, AND ESSENTIALLY AND ESPECIALLY WATER RESOURCES. THE FACT THAT THERE ARE CONSERVATION REQUIREMENTS ON PAPER DOES NOT CHANGE THE UNDERLYING ISSUE MORE LOTS ON THE SAME TRACKS MEAN MORE TOTAL DEMAND ON INFRASTRUCTURE. THE CITY HAS ALREADY SAID IS IS UNDER PRESSURE. OFTEN HEAR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND STAFF SAY THAT GROWTH IS UNAVOIDABLE AND THAT MAY BE TRUE, BUT UNAVOIDABLE GROWTH IS NOT THE SAME AS UNGOVERNED GROWTH. WHAT I CONTINUE TO SEE ARE DEVELOPMENTS ASKING FOR EXCEPTIONS AGAINST THE CITY'S OWN ORDINANCES, POLICIES AND STATED INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRAINTS. IF EVERY ORDINARY PROJECT CAN BE TREATED AS AN EXCEPTION, THE RULE STOP SERVING THE PUBLIC AND START SERVING THE NEXT APPLICANT IN LINE GROWTH IS ONLY RESPONSIBLE IF THE CITY IS WILLING TO HOLD THE LINE WHERE ITS OWN STANDARDS SAY THE LINE SHOULD BE. IF THIS COUNCIL BELIEVES THIS WATER RESOLUTION AND ZONING FRAMEWORK MEANS SOMETHING, THEN THIS IS THE MOMENT TO PROVE IT. PLEASE DENY THE REQUEST AS PROPOSED OR REQUIRE ZONING OUTCOME THAT COMPLIES WITH THE CURRENT WATER RESOLUTION. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED AND WE'LL DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE Z DASH 20 5-0196 AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. COUNCIL. DOES ANYBODY I KNOW YOU DID. I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU WERE. OKAY PLEASE. TWO HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY PLACE TO GO. SO SO IF WE IF YOU WERE TO BUILD THE SINGLE FAMILY CONTACTS AND THE SINGLE FAMILY URBAN HOUSES AT THIS TIME, WHAT WOULD BE THE MARKET PRICE OF THOSE TODAY? I KNOW WE CAN'T SAY. WOULD IT BE IN TWO YEARS? ARE THEY $300,000 HOUSES? YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE THE SIGN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, BUT THEN YOU GO IN AND GET THE AMENITIES AND IT'S FOUR. YEAH. NO, I, I WISH WE COULD BUILD THEM FOR THAT, THAT AFFORDABLE. SO IT'S A SIGNIFICANT DISCOUNT FOR WHEN THEIR 70S. SO WHEN WE BUILD 70 FOOT LOTS, IT JUST THE SIZE OF THE LOTS, IT KIND OF REDUCES OUR ABILITY TO BUILD AN AMENITY, BUT IT STILL DRIVES THE COST OF THE HOMES UP A LOT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE UP FOR THE ADDITIONAL LOT COST. SO THOSE HOMES WOULD BE IN THE 8 OR 900,000, BUT VERSUS THE 50,000 FOR THE 60S. YEAH. AND THEN FOR THE 50 AND 60, IT WOULD DRIVE IT DOWN TO KIND OF HIGH FIVES TO LOW 700 SECONDS. SO AND THEN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF HOUSES. SO RIGHT NOW I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE AT 100 OR 201. AND BEFORE YOU'RE 191, BEFORE YOU'RE AT 204. AND IF YOU WERE TO GO TO TO FOLLOW THE WATER ORDINANCE, HOW MANY HOUSES WOULD THAT BE? WOULD THAT BE LIKE 40 ROUGHLY, IF WE USED ALL 70, IT'D BE ABOUT 150 TO 160, PROBABLY 150 HOMES. YES, SIR. SO AND AND CAN YOU DESCRIBE A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT THE COMPACT ACTUAL DESIGN LOOKS LIKE? YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU. YEAH. SO I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH OUR PROJECT AT ALL. SO THOSE KIND OF THE MINIMUM MASONRY IS ABOUT 50% ON THAT PRODUCT. IT'S PRODUCT WE BUILD ALL ACROSS KIND OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE, THE AREA, PFLUGERVILLE, UP, UP TO GEORGETOWN, LIBERTY HILL AND LEANDER. SO I ALREADY TOLD YOU THE, THE PRICING OF THOSE HOMES, THEY'RE NOT AS AFFORDABLE AS WE'D LIKE TO BE.

AGAIN, THAT WAS KIND OF THE GOAL OF INTRODUCING A 45 FOOT LOT SIMILAR TO WHAT WE BUILD IN HORIZON LAKE THAT REALLY ATTRACTS THE THE HOME, THE CONSUMERS THAT NEED A HOME IN THE 400,000. BUT AGAIN, WE UNDERSTAND THE WATER RESOLUTION. SO IT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ENDED UP THERE. BUT YEAH, SO THERE'S STILL HIGH QUALITY HOMES BOARD AND BATTEN A LOT OF MASONRY. SO THE OTHER THING WITH THIS IS KIND OF JUST KIND OF THE LAYOUT AND EVERYTHING. SO WE BASICALLY HAVE THREE ENTRANCES OR EXITS, RIGHT? SO YOU HAVE TWO ON TO SEE OUR 267 AND YOU'D HAVE ONE GOING THROUGH ROYAL PALM WAY, GOING THROUGH GOING OUT BASICALLY TO 183. THAT WAY TO WHERE LARKSPUR IS AT. IT'S KIND OF THE DESIGN AND EVERYTHING. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE KIND OF AND I KNOW THIS IS JUST, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY WHAT YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE PRESENTING.

IT MAY NOT BE WHERE YOU END UP WITH THIS BECAUSE AS IT TURNS, AS YOU START DOING IT, THINGS CHANGE, RIGHT? BUT YOU HAVE KIND OF THIS, THE PARK AMENITY KIND OF SEPARATING YOU FROM, FROM LARKSPUR AND KIND OF COMING THROUGH AND EVERYTHING. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE CIRCULATION THROUGH THERE. I MEAN, DO YOU SEE PEOPLE USING IT AS A THROWAWAY THROUGH LARKSPUR TO GET OUT TO 29? GREAT QUESTION. AND I APOLOGIZE ACTUALLY, FOR NOT ADDRESSING

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ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. YOU ANSWERED ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. PLEASE. THREE I THINK THIS IS A QUESTION FOR ROBIN. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED OR THERE WAS A MENTION THAT THERE WAS A CONFLICT WITH THE WATER ORDINANCE, BUT PARTICULARLY WITH THE LARGER LOTS, WHICH IS WHY THIS REQUEST WAS MADE. CAN YOU SPECIFY WHAT THAT POTENTIAL CONFLICT WOULD BE WITH THE SAYING IT'S NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE WATER RESOLUTION? YEAH. SO THE WATER RESOLUTION SAYS THAT WE SHOULD ONLY REZONE PROPERTIES TO SINGLE FAMILY SUBURBAN, WHICH IS THE 70 FOOT WIDE LOT PRODUCT. OKAY. AND THEN UPON STAFF RECOMMENDATION, YOU WERE SAYING THAT THE WATER IMPACT WOULD BE NEGLIGIBLE. WAS THERE KIND OF JUST A ROUGH ESTIMATE OF WHAT THAT IMPACT WOULD BE AND WHY IT WAS CONSIDERED INEVITABLE? THE NUMBER OF LOTS. IT ONLY MOVED ABOUT 40 TO 50 LOTS BETWEEN THE TWO ZONING DISTRICTS. AND THEN FROM A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE, IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO HAVE MORE OF A TRANSITION WITH YOUR LOT SIZES. OKAY, THOSE ARE MY ONLY TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU. OKAY. PLACE FOR I REALLY JUST HAVE SOME COMMENTS. WHILE I THINK THAT THE 50 AND 60 FOOT LOTS ARE NEEDED, IN THE END, I'M ALL FOR DIVERSIFYING OUR HOUSING MARKET, BUT IT DOESN'T COMPLY WITH THE WATER RESOLUTION. THAT IS SOMETHING OUR RESIDENTS SPECIFICALLY SAID. STOP INCREASING DENSITY WHILE WE'RE ON WATER, WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT DEEP WATER INTAKE TO COME ONLINE. AND THIS KIND OF GOES DIRECTLY IN THE FACE OF THAT. AND I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT WHILE A LOT OF PEOPLE LOVE TO SAY IN 2028, THE DEEP WATER INTAKE IS GOING TO BE ONLINE, WE DON'T KNOW THAT. WE DON'T KNOW THAT SOMETHING DOESN'T GO WRONG, THAT THERE AREN'T PUSHES TO IT, THAT THERE AREN'T DELAYS. WE DON'T HAVE A GUARANTEE THAT.

MAY 2028, THE DEEP WATER INTAKE IS GOING TO BE ONLINE. WE DON'T HAVE THAT GUARANTEE, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE IRRESPONSIBLE TO GO AGAINST OUR OWN CURRENT WATER RESOLUTION. IF WE WANT 50 AND 60 FOOT LOTS, THEN WE NEED TO REDO THAT WATER RESOLUTION AND SAY, OKAY, WE'RE READY FOR 50 AND 60 FOOT LOTS. AGAIN, WE CAN'T PICK WINNERS AND LOSERS ON DEVELOPERS, ON WHO WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW TO DO HIGHER DENSITY AND WHO WE'RE NOT. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? YES.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? OKAY. THANK YOU. JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ABOUT THE WATER RESOLUTION. IT'S IT'S A RESOLUTION. AND THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE DID A FEW YEARS AGO BECAUSE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, YOU CANNOT PUT A MORATORIUM ON GROWTH. IT IS WHAT IT IS. AND UNLESS WE ARE LIKE RUNNING OUT OF WATER TOMORROW, WE CANNOT PUT A MORATORIUM ON GROWTH. SO IT WAS A COUNCIL SEVERAL YEARS AGO. WE PUT A RESOLUTION TOGETHER THAT THAT DID SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE DENSITY AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING HAVING RESPONSIBLE GROWTH. AND WITH THAT, WE ALSO ASKED STAFF TO BRING THAT RESOLUTION BACK TO US EVERY SIX MONTHS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT OUR WIDER PROJECTS ARE ONLINE AND THAT WE WERE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION SO THAT WE ARE MAKING RESPONSIBLE DECISIONS. AND THAT HAS COME BEFORE US EVERY SIX MONTHS. AND WE HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE WANT TO STICK WITH IT FOR NOW, ESPECIALLY WHILE THE DEEP WATER INTAKE IS COMING ONLINE. BUT WITH THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT, THE FACT THAT THE FIRST HOUSE ISN'T GOING TO BE BUILT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, THE FIRST PHASE IS ONLY 108 HOUSES. SO I BELIEVE IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, IT'S 2031. BEFORE THIS WOULD BE A FULL PROJECT BUILD OUT. THE AREA OF THE CITY IS ALREADY IN OUR FUTURE. LAND USE FOR RESIDENTIAL. IT MAKES SENSE FOR THE SMALLER LOTS CONSIDERING

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BUT THERE IS NO HARD, FAST GUARANTEE THAT ANYBODY CAN MAKE THAT SOMETHING WON'T HAPPEN AND SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T ANTICIPATE HAPPEN AND WOULD DRAG THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT LONGER. BUT THE WATER RESOLUTION THAT WE DID WAS AN EFFORT TO JUST SEND A MESSAGE TO DEVELOPERS THAT WE HAVE THIS WATER CONCERN AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH IT. BUT IT ALSO WAS SUPPOSED TO GIVE COUNCIL FLEXIBILITY TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS ABOUT PROJECTS THAT MAKE SENSE. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S HOW WE USE THAT WATER RESOLUTION. I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER PLACED THREE AND THEN PLACE FOR BOTH OF YOU. I'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. I JUST HAD ONE OTHER QUICK QUESTION FOR ROBIN. SORRY TO HAVE YOU HERE AGAIN, BUT JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION AROUND SOMETHING THAT WAS MENTIONED BY COUNCILMAN HERRERA, BUT REALLY NOT TALKED ABOUT IN DETAIL WAS THE TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA. SO HAVING MORE DENSE LOCATIONS WITH THREE EXIT POINTS, PARTICULARLY 2 TO 267, WOULD CREATE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC IN COMPARISON TO LESSER, YOU KNOW, 40 LESS HOMES IN THE AREA. WAS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION BY STAFF OR IN CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR APPLICANT AROUND THE IMPACT TO TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA? YES. SO AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A TRAFFIC STUDY. SO THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT WITH OUR ENGINEERING STAFF.

OKAY. SO THEY'RE GOING TO REVIEW THAT AND SEE WHAT TYPE OF IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE REQUIRED. OKAY. THAT KIND OF ALSO JUST, YOU KNOW, MAKES ME PUT MAYBE POSSIBLY GETTING SOME MORE INFORMATION AROUND THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE THE DENSITY OF THE AREA WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY THE 40 ADDITIONAL HOMES AS WELL AS, AS WATER. SO JUST TO BE CONSIDERED, I THINK PART OF THE PROCESS IS THE T T I A COMES LATER IN THE PROCESS. IT DIDN'T COME AT THE BEGINNING, BUT IT COMES WITH THE CONCEPT PLAN. SO IT'S JUST NOT A PART OF WHAT WE CONSIDER ON THIS PART. WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT IT, BUT THE DEVELOPER IS NOT REQUIRED TO TO BRING THAT TO US. IT'S KIND OF A HIGH COST WHEN THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE THE RIGHT ZONING TO PREPARE THAT TYPE OF PLAN. SO GO AHEAD. ONE FOLLOW UP. QUICK QUESTION. SO WHEN THAT THE TIA WILL BE RELEASED, WHAT TIMEFRAME IS THAT? IT'S USUALLY PART OF THE CONCEPT PLAN. SO THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS. OKAY. SO PROBABLY WITHIN THIS YEAR. YES. OKAY.

THANK YOU. SO FOR NEXT. THANK YOU. THE WATER RESOLUTION WHEN IT WAS LAST TIME REVIEWED BY COUNCIL. SO THE WATER RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED IN 2022. AND I THINK THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE PHASING. ORDINANCE THAT COMES BACK EVERY SIX MONTHS BECAUSE THE WATER RESOLUTION DOESN'T COME BACK EVERY SIX MONTHS. OKAY. THAT WAS MY QUESTION WHEN IT CAME BACK. THANK YOU. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT SOUTH THERE ON 267 TO THE EAST, THERE'S A GROUP OF HOUSES BEING BUILT RIGHT NOW. AND SO DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE SIZE OF THOSE HOUSES ARE? THAT'S R W AND THEY'RE A MIX OF 50S AND 60S. SO THEY'RE BASICALLY COMPARABLE TO WHAT'S BEING BUILT THERE. WHEN I WAS DRIVING THROUGH THERE TODAY, KIND OF LOOKING AT EVERYTHING, I THOUGHT THEY WERE PRETTY TIGHT AND, AND THINGS AND STUFF. AND I DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT

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OKAY. SO, SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS MORE DENSITY EVEN ACROSS THE OTHER SIDE OF 267 FROM THERE AND SOUTH OF IT, THERE'S MORE DENSITY. YEAH. AND THEN WHAT'S IN LARKSPUR AND THE OTHER. SURE. AND ALL THAT. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. OH, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION FAILS. I THOUGHT IT WAS FOUR. FOUR, THREE. OKAY. IT PASSES. THANK YOU. I SAW TOO MANY HANDS. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 17. CONDUCT A

[17. Conduct a public hearing regarding the issuance of City of Leander, Texas General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2026, in an amount not to exceed $20,320,000.00.

• Discuss and consider action regarding an Ordinance Authorizing the Issuance of City of Leander, Texas General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2026, in an amount not to exceed $20,320,000.00.

SO THE CITY IS DEFINITELY DOING THE SAME THING. WE'RE LOOKING TO CAPTURE CURRENT MARKET IMPROVEMENTS TO LOWER OUR INTEREST PAYMENTS BY REFINANCING THESE SPECIFIC OBLIGATIONS. WE ANTICIPATE A NET SAVINGS OF AT LEAST 3%. AND WITH THAT CALCULATES OUT TO IS APPROXIMATELY 500 TO $600,000 IN SAVINGS OVER THE REMAINING LIFE OF THE BONDS. THIS WILL STRENGTHEN THE CITY'S LONG TERM FISCAL POSITION. THIS ORDINANCE ALSO USES A DELEGATED SALE PROCESS AND BASICALLY WHAT THAT MEANS. IT GIVES THE CITY MANAGER MYSELF AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND OUR BOND COUNCIL ON SITUATIONS LIKE THIS. WE SET SOME VERY STRICT PARAMETERS. THE REFUNDING MUST HIT AT LEAST A 3% MINIMUM ON THE SAVINGS MARK. THE INTEREST RATE CANNOT EXCEED 5%, AND WE WILL NOT EXTEND THE ORIGINAL MATURITY DATE PAST AUGUST OF 2037. THE TIMING OF THIS RECOMMENDATION. IF APPROVED, WE EXPECT THE PRICING TO PRICE THE BONDS IN MID APRIL AND CLOSE THE TRANSACTION IN MID MAY. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE AS A REASONABLE STEP IN MANAGING OUR DEBT AND SAVING THE TAXPAYERS DOLLARS. WE HAVE OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR, MR. RUBEN WHITE HERE. WE ALSO HAVE OUR BOND COUNSEL, MR. GARY MILLER. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED AND WE'LL CONSIDER ACTION ON ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF THE CITY OF LEANDER, TEXAS. GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BONDS SERIES 2026 IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 20,320,000. COUNCIL. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND QUESTION. OKAY. WHO HAD A QUESTION? OKAY. PLEASE. TWO AND THEN WE'LL GO TO PLACE FIVE.

OKAY. SO SO WITH THE THE FACT THAT BASICALLY THE FED HAS SIGNALED THEY'RE NOT REALLY GOING TO CUT ANY INTEREST RATES THIS YEAR IS KIND OF KIND OF THE NEWS KIND OF A TODAY. SO IS

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LIKE RIGHT NOW, LIKE I THINK THE TRUE INTEREST COST ON YOUR DEBT IS LIKE 2.7 OR WHAT OUR DESK IS SAYING THE PRICE IS AT 2.7%. SO LIKE THE EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE GOES DOWN, EVEN IF THE COUPON IS BIGGER. AND DEPENDING ON LIKE WHAT, LIKE CERTAIN INVESTORS MIGHT HAVE A DEMAND FOR A CERTAIN TYPE OF COUPON. SO DEPENDING ON WHAT INVESTOR DEMAND IS THAT DETERMINES THE COUPON BONDS ARE SOLD. AND SO WE CONSIDER AND LOOKING AT THIS, THAT THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT IS BENEFICIAL TO US DOING THIS BECAUSE OF THAT SALE PROCESS.

IS THAT WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY OR AM I WRONG? SO IN THE ORDER THAT YOU HAVE, BASICALLY WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SELL THE BONDS UNLESS WE CAN AT LEAST SECURE 3% SAVINGS. OKAY.

AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WE ACTUALLY GO TO PRICE THE BONDS, THAT'S WHEN WE'RE GOING TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH OF THE DEBT WE CAN REFUND. AS A GENERAL PRINCIPLE, YOU WANT TO, IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SECURE SAVINGS AND YOU CAN SECURE IT SECURE ABOVE YOUR SAVINGS THRESHOLD, WHICH IS TYPICALLY 3%, YOU WANT TO LOCK THOSE IN BECAUSE WHEN BONDS ARE ORIGINALLY SOLD, THEY'RE SOLD WITH THE IDEA THAT THEY'LL BE CALLED AT THE FIRST ELIGIBLE CALL. THEY. SO WHENEVER YOU GO PAST THAT CALL DATE, YOU'RE BASICALLY IT'S CALLED LIKE A YIELD KICK.

YOU'RE PAYING THE BONDHOLDERS MORE THAN WHAT THEY ORIGINALLY. OKAY, OKAY, SO THE TIMING IS GOOD FOR US TO DO THIS. THE SAVINGS MEET MEETS OUR THRESHOLDS AND, AND THE LONG TERM BENEFIT, ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS KIND OF SMALLISH, IT'S, IT'S SIGNIFICANT IN OUR, IN OUR FINANCIAL HEALTH. CORRECT. YES, SIR. THAT'S THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK CITY MANAGER PARDON TO CHIME IN ON HIS THOUGHTS ON THIS PARTICULAR.

YEAH. SO WE'LL BE PRICING THESE OUT AND HOPEFULLY THE RETURN WILL COME IN. SO WHAT OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR HAS DONE THEY'VE RUN MODELS. THEY LOOKED AT MARKET CONDITIONS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO SELL. SO I THINK THE KEY THING HERE IS WE ARE

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SO SELL FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN FACE VALUE THAT GOES TO OFFSET THAT PRICE. EVEN THOUGH THERE MAY BE A SLIGHT INCREASE IN INTEREST, THE BALANCE OF IT ON THE OVERALL NET INTEREST COMES OFF THE TOP OF THAT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO PRICE. IF WE DON'T SEE THESE MINIMUM THRESHOLDS MET, THEN WE WOULD NOT COMPLETE THE SALE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. DID WE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. YES I. SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER BLAIR DID THE SECOND.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA WITH ITEM 18 DISCUSSING. CONSIDER ACTION ON

[18. Discuss and consider action regarding Tree Removal Case TRP-25-0049 regarding the removal of one (1) Heritage Tree associated with Oak Grove Estates (PICP-25-0274), generally located east of CR 175, approximately 250 feet north of Carthage Street, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.]

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ROBIN GRIFFIN. GOOD EVENING. SO THIS IS A TREE REMOVAL PERMIT REQUEST FOR THE OAK GROVE ESTATES. THE COUNCIL HAS PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED THE CONCEPT. I'M SORRY, THE NO YOU DIDN'T. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION LOOKED AT THEIR ORIGINAL TREE REMOVAL WITH THEIR PRELIMINARY PLAT. THEY ARE IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, AND THEY FOUND THAT THERE IS ONE HERITAGE TREE THAT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED. AS PART OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT, THEY WERE ABLE TO SAVE 12 OTHER HERITAGE TREES ON THE SITE. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID REVIEW THIS REQUEST, AS WELL AS THE SIGNIFICANT TREE REMOVAL. THE WAY OUR ORDINANCE IS STRUCTURED, THE COMMISSION'S RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING ACTION ON THOSE APPROVALS WHILE THE COUNCIL TAKES ACTION ON HERITAGE TREE.

I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REQUEST. THANK YOU. I THINK NONE OF US WANT TO REMOVE HERITAGE TREES IF WE CAN AVOID THEM, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S JUST NOT AVOIDABLE. DOES ANY COUNCIL HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, PLEASE. FOR. COULD YOU EXPLAIN THE CREDIT, THE TREE CREDIT, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN KNOW KIND OF WHAT THAT IS? YEAH. SO WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, WE DO KIND OF A MATH PROBLEM. YOU TAKE YOUR TREES THAT ARE BETWEEN 8 AND 26 CALIPER INCHES, AND THE APPLICANT HAS THE ABILITY TO REMOVE UP TO 50% WITHOUT MITIGATION. WHEN IT GOES OVER THAT AMOUNT, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO A 1 TO 1 REPLACEMENT RATIO. AND THAT'S FOR TREES BETWEEN 8 AND 18IN, AND IT'S 2 TO 1 FOR 18 TO 26. AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT HERITAGE TREES IT'S 3 TO 1 PLUS A FEE PER CALIPER INCH FOR REMOVAL. WHEN YOU HAVE THE OTHER TREES YOU SAVE AS WELL AS TREES YOU PLANT, YOU GET MITIGATION CREDIT FOR THOSE. IN THIS CASE, THEY ARE HAVING TO PAY SOME FEES. THOSE FEES GO INTO A ACCOUNT THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT USES FOR PLANTING NEW TREES OR MAINTAINING OTHER CITY TREES. HOW MANY CALIPER INCHES OF TREES ARE PLANTED FROM THE TREE FUND EACH YEAR? SO WE KNOW HOW MANY WE LOSE? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? DO WE KNOW HOW MANY WE GET BACK? I DO NOT, BUT WE COULD LOOK INTO THAT. I KNOW RECENTLY WE HAD UPDATED IT TO KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT THE FEE IS FOR. SO I KNOW WE HAD A LARGE COLLECTION AMOUNT, BUT I IMAGINE WE COULD WORK WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND GET SOME NUMBERS TO YOU.

WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS REPLACE THOSE CALIPER INCHES. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE ARE DOING THAT AND IF NOT, WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE ON THAT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? ANY QUESTIONS GO AHEAD PLEASE. SO ON THE EXHIBIT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M LOOKING AT THE RIGHT TREE.

OKAY. SO THERE'S A TREE IDENTIFIED. 896 I THINK IT IS KIND OF HARD TO SEE. IT'S FOR CHANNEL CONSTRUCTION. IS THAT THE ONE OR IS THERE A DIFFERENT TREE? BECAUSE I WAS A BIT CONFUSED. THIS ONE RIGHT HERE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. I BELIEVE THAT'S THE HERITAGE TREE. SO IT'S A SEPARATE OH, THIS GUY IN THE DRAINAGE RIGHT HERE. RIGHT. SO I'M STILL JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH TREE IS COMING OUT. THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I WAS AT BECAUSE I COULDN'T FROM THE IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ONE IN THE THE DRAINAGE RIGHT HERE. SO IT IS, IT IS THE ONE THAT'S IN THE CHANNEL. THAT'S THE CHANNEL CONSTRUCTION. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. THAT'S ALWAYS AN ISSUE FOR ME ON THESE THINGS, RIGHT. IS THAT IT'S NOT REAL CLEAR AND THE DOCUMENTATION IS NOT CONSISTENT. SO WE'VE HAD SOME TREE HERITAGE AND OTHERWISE ITEMS BEFORE COUNCIL. AND I STILL GO BACK TO THE VERY, VERY, VERY FIRST

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I UNDERSTAND THE MITIGATION HERE. IT MAKES SENSE. BUT AGAIN, IT WOULD JUST IT WAS HARD. IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO FIGURE THIS ONE OUT. OKAY, WE CAN WORK ON THAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? ARE YOU OPPOSED? SUPPORT OPPOSED? OPPOSED? OPPOSED. YOUR HAND CAME UP. I WAS STILL UP, SO I WASN'T SURE. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 19. DISCUSS

[19. Discuss and consider action on an addendum to a cooperation agreement under Texas Local Government Code, Section 392.059(b) to the Housing Authority of Travis County (HATC) to acquire, finance, renovate, operate, and manage an affordable housing development zoned as part of the Preserve at Mason Creek to address the parkland dedication requirements, more particularly described as 7.675 acres ± in size out of Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R655944; and generally located south of Horseshoe Drive, approximately 480 feet west of S. West Drive, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.]

SO THIS IS THE PROPOSED ADDENDUM TO THE PRESERVE AT MASON CREEK AFFORDABLE HOUSING ITEM. THIS RECENTLY WAS BROUGHT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND YOU GUYS HAD QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR US TO ADDRESS. THE APPLICANT IS HERE TODAY TO ALSO SPEAK ON THE ITEMS. WE DID ADD AN EXHIBIT TO SHOW WHERE THEIR PARKLAND DEDICATION IS. AS A REFRESHER, THIS DEVELOPMENT STARTED BEFORE THE UPDATE TO OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE THAT INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF PARKLAND REQUIRED FOR DEVELOPMENT. SO UNDER THE THE PREVIOUS ORDINANCE, THEY WERE ABLE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS WITH ADDING THIS LAND HERE. SO THIS IS OUR MASON CREEK TRAIL.

AND SO THIS WOULD INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE TRAILHEAD. IT IS IN THE FLOODPLAIN. BUT IT DOES MEET OUR REQUIREMENTS FOR DEDICATION. SO THEY DID HAVE THE 2.3. AND THEN THIS IS AN EXHIBIT OF THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT TO SHOW THE THE HOUSES, THEY'RE ALL DETACHED PRODUCTS AND THEY DO CONNECT TO THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST. AND WITH THAT, I'M GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY PLEASE. FIVE IS THE ONLY ONE I JUST I WANT TO GO BACK. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THIS THIS BECAUSE THE QUESTION THAT I HAD WAS IF WE WERE TO APPLY THE NEW RULING, IF YOU WILL, FOR LACK OF BETTER TERMS ON DEDICATION, WOULD THEY HAVE ANYWHERE THAT THEY COULD FIND THAT? AND IF I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY, THIS TELLS US THERE'S REALLY NOWHERE ELSE FOR THEM TO ADD. SO THEY WOULD BE PAYING A FEE IN LIEU FOR THE DIFFERENCE. OKAY. AND I'M SPEAKING FOR HIM. WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO ADD LAND TO PARKLAND? YEAH, RIGHT. AND THIS WAS AGAIN, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THIS IS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY, I RECOGNIZE YOU. I REMEMBER YOU OKAY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THIS. THIS WAS VERY, VERY HELPFUL. YES, YES. GO AHEAD PLEASE. JUST REALLY QUICKLY. SO FOR ONCE AGAIN, FOR CLARIFICATION THERE, ESSENTIALLY, IF WE WERE TO NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS CHANGE, THEN ESSENTIALLY THE FEE WOULD HAVE TO BE PAID BECAUSE THERE IS NO PLACE FOR THEM TO POSSIBLY EXTEND LAND. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. I JUST WANT THAT CLARIFICATION. AND REALLY, WE CHANGED OUR FEE STRUCTURE AFTER THIS WAS ALREADY SUBMITTED. CORRECT. SO THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE ASKING. THEY'RE ASKING TO JUST CONTINUE WITH WHAT WE ORIGINALLY REQUESTED OF THEM WHEN THEY CAME TO PRESENT TO US AND ASK YOUR QUESTION. YEAH, GO FOR IT. WHEN WAS IT ORIGINALLY WHEN LIKE, DID THEY NOT KNOW IT WAS EXPIRING? LIKE WHAT, WHAT IS THE I, I THINK THAT THEY WERE AWARE BECAUSE WE ASKED THEM TO SUBMIT EXTENSIONS AND EVERYTHING. YEAH. AND THEY DID, THEY, THEY, THEY SAID THEY DID NOT CHOOSE TO SUBMIT THOSE EXTENSIONS. THEY, THEY DID. THE WAY THE SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS IS IT EXPIRES NINE MONTHS AFTER YOUR FIRST COMMENT LETTER, YOU GET ONE SIX MONTH EXTENSION AND THEN ONE SIX MONTH WITH THE COMMISSION. THEN IT'S A REINSTATEMENT. THAT REINSTATEMENT MAKES YOU FOLLOW THE CURRENT ORDINANCES IN PLACE. AND THEY'RE AWARE THAT IF THEY HAVE TO DO A REINSTATEMENT, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW THE CURRENT, THE CURRENT

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PLEASE DO. I JUST WANT I JUST WANT TO SAY. SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS AN EXTRA $1,000 PER HOUSE PER UNIT, WHICH THEN THEY WOULD INCREASE THE PRICES OF THE PLACE BY 1200 $1,500 TO COVER THAT. AND THEY'D STILL BE BASICALLY IN THE AREA THEY ARE SINCE MOST PLACES RAISE OR LOWER THEIR PRICES, 10 TO $20,000 A UNIT. SO I KNOW THIS IS TIED TO INCOME AND THINGS LIKE THAT, RIGHT? BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT THE MEDIAN INCOME. SO THIS IS AN INCREASE OF $78,000 FOR THE ACROSS THE WHOLE PROJECT. CORRECT. WHICH IS FOR 64 UNITS.

YES. RIGHT. YEAH. SO JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF TRAVIS COUNTY. HALF OF THE UNITS ARE INCOME RESTRICTED. SO THE RENTS ARE JUST WHAT THEY ARE. 20% OF THE UNITS ARE FOR FAMILIES MAKING 60% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR BELOW, AND 30% ARE FOR PEOPLE MAKING 80% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR BELOW PART OF THE STATE STATUTE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING STRUCTURE, KNOWN AS THE PFC, IS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A FINANCIAL ANALYSIS DONE BY AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY. CBRE IS DONE AT THE CITY STAFF'S REVIEWED IT. THAT ANALYSIS HAS TO PROVE THAT THIS TRANSACTION COULD NOT MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT THE PFC STRUCTURE. THEY HAVE TO LOOK AT THE UNDERWRITING.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE JUST DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL CAPACITY TO ABSORB A FEE INCREASE. IT'S SOMETHING WE DISCUSSED WITH ROBIN AND HER TEAM PRIOR TO GOING INTO THE ORIGINAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT, CITY COUNCIL MEETING. AND THE DECISION WAS MADE THAT WE WOULD EITHER HANDLE THE AMENDMENT EITHER AT THE STAFF LEVEL OR WE WOULD COME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL.

SO YOU ALL HAVE THE ABILITY TO DECIDE IF YOU WANT TO PROVIDE US THE GRANDFATHERING IN THE OLD FEES, BUT IF NOT, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT, UNFORTUNATELY. THANK YOU. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? NO. YOU DID. YOU HAVE ONE MORE. OKAY, THANKS.

WHEN DID WE CHANGE THE PARK REQUIREMENTS AND WHY? SO I HAVE A TIMELINE IN OUR SUMMARY. THE PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE WAS UPDATED IN SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2024. WE DO A REVIEW OF OUR ORDINANCES AND THAT IS ONE THAT WE WEREN'T COLLECTING ENOUGH PARKLAND TO MEET THE THE NEEDS.

SO YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A CERTAIN RATIO OF PARKLAND TO RESIDENTS. SO WE ALTERED THE ORDINANCE SO WE WOULD GET MORE PARKLAND. SO THEN THIS DEVELOPMENT TOO WOULD REDUCE THAT PARKLAND PER RESIDENT TO THAT OLD RATE, WHICH WE AMENDED TO INCREASE QUALITY OF LIFE VIA PARKLAND. CORRECT. THANK YOU. AND THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS DOING 60% MARKET RATE. IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? IT'S 60% OF THE MEDIAN. YEAH, 50% OF THE UNITS ARE MARKET RATE. 20% ARE FOR FAMILIES MAKING 60% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME AND 30% ARE FOR FAMILIES MAKING 80% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR BELOW. AND ROBIN, IF YOU CAN REMIND US, IF YOU KNOW IF NOT, IT'S FINE. HOW MANY OF THESE TYPE OF PROJECTS DO WE HAVE? I BELIEVE WE ONLY HAVE ONE ON THE GROUND OR TWO.

WE HAVE ONE ON BAGHDAD. IT'S AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. WE HAVE ONE APPROVED PART OF EAST. THAT'S RIGHT. AND THEN WE HAVE A SECOND APARTMENT COMPLEX. I THINK IT'S ON LAKELINE. I THINK THAT ONE DOES HAVE AFFORDABILITY. THEN WE HAVE A SENIOR ONE, THE HILLS AT LEANDER. THOSE ARE THE ONES I CAN REMEMBER. SO WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS PROJECT, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THE POINT WAS WE NEEDED MORE DIVERSITY IN THE HOUSING OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE. SO NEW HOUSING TYPE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND, AND THEN WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHO WILL BE ABLE TO QUALIFY TO LIVE IN THESE, THESE UNITS, WHATEVER THEY ARE, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT ATTAINABLE HOUSING. SO PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING AS TEACHERS AND FIREMEN AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT WAS THE IDEA TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE CAN KEEP WE CAN BE A GOOD PARTNER TO WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE WITH THIS UNIT. SO IS ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR SECONDARY COMMENTS? I JUST WOULD ECHO THAT SENTIMENT. MAYOR. I THINK THAT THE ON ON THE BALANCE, WE

[02:15:01]

OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND NOW WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 20. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON

[20. Discuss and consider action on a Resolution to suspend for 45 days the effective date proposed by ATMOS Energy Corporation - MidTex Division to increase rates under the Gas Reliability Infrastructure Program; and authorize the City of Leander's continued participation in a coalition of cities known as the ATMOS Texas Municipalities (ATM).]

YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN QUIET FOR A LITTLE BIT. TODD, THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THIS RESOLUTION. I THINK WE CAN ALL THINK BACK TO THE THE WINTER STORM IN 2021, WHICH STORM URI. AND AFTER THAT STORM, THERE'S BEEN A BIG CALL STATEWIDE TO IMPROVE NATURAL GAS INFRASTRUCTURE AND JUST

[02:20:04]

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. AND NOW WE

[21. Council Member Closing Statements.]

WE GOT OUR DINNER AT LA TAPATIA IN AN EFFORT TO SHOP LOCAL AND EAT LOCAL. WE HOPE THAT YOU DO THE SAME AND SPEND YOUR DOLLARS LOCAL WHEN YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. I DID WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE MYSELF, THE CITY MANAGER AND ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER. WE ALL WERE IN DC THIS WEEK FOR THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES CONFERENCE, AND THE POINT OF THAT CONFERENCE IS TO PUT US IN TOUCH WITH ALL OUR LEGISLATORS WHEN THEY ARE IN WASHINGTON, DC, AND TO BE ABLE TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER CITIES. BUT WE GOT TO SCHEDULE ONE ON ONE MEETINGS WITH JOHN CARTER, CONGRESSMAN JOHN CARTER, CONGRESSMAN MICHAEL MCCAUL, CONGRESSMAN PETE SESSIONS, CONGRESSMAN AUGUST PFLUGER, SENATOR CORNYN, AND SENATOR TED CRUZ. WE HAD BRIEFINGS WITH THEM. SO THERE WERE OTHER TEXAS CITIES IN THOSE BRIEFINGS. AND SO WHEN WE TRAVELED TO DC THIS WEEK, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS REALLY LEANDER'S GROWTH WITH ALL OF OUR CONGRESS PEOPLE. WE WANTED THEM TO KNOW FIRSTHAND HOW LEANDER IS DOING, HOW WE'RE GROWING. WE WANTED TO BE ON THE MAP AND ON THE RADAR IN THEIR MINDS, WHEN THEY HAVE DIFFERENT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME UP. IN THE PAST, WE HAVEN'T REALLY TAKEN A STRONG LEGISLATIVE STANCE AS A CITY. AND SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO CHANGE THAT. AND SO I DO WANT TO THANK, YOU KNOW, KENT FOR ALL OF HIS WORK PUTTING TOGETHER THE BINDERS. I CAN TELL YOU, WHEN WE WENT INTO ALL THOSE OFFICES, THEY WERE EXTREMELY IMPRESSED. MOST OF THEM HAD NO IDEA THAT LEANDER WAS GROWING AS FAST AS IT WAS. THEY HAD NO IDEA ABOUT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING POSITIVELY IN THE CITY. AND THEN SOME OF THE CHALLENGES. I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR CITY MANAGER FOR GOING. IT WAS AMAZING TO HAVE US ALL THERE IN THE ROOM. SO BETWEEN ALL THREE WE COULD ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAD, BUT THEY WERE VERY IMPRESSED WITH LEANDER AND US.

DOING THAT HELPS THEM AGAIN WHEN GRANTS COME UP, WHEN FUNDING IS AVAILABLE TO THINK ABOUT US FIRST. SO ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT CONGRESSMAN CARTER'S OFFICE SAID THEY REALLY WANTED TO HELP WITH WAS OUR FIRE STATION THAT'S UPCOMING AND A FIRE TRUCK. I KNOW, I LOVE IT, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THEIR INTEREST AND THEIR DESIRE TO REALLY STEP IN AND HELP PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT. BUT WE ALSO GOT TO TALK ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE. AND MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WE ARE IN TWO DISTRICTS NOW, AND WE WILL BE SEPARATED INTO FOUR DISTRICTS IN THE NEW YEAR BASED ON THE REDISTRICTING. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET IN FRONT OF EVERYONE AND TELL THEM WHO LEANDER IS, BECAUSE MANY OF THEM, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN OUR CITY. AND THEN WE, WE HAD SOME, SOME GREAT FEEDBACK THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GO INTO THESE MEETINGS, WE REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE DISTRICT THAT EACH ONE OF THEM REPRESENTS, AS WELL AS LEANDER AS A WHOLE. SO IT WAS REALLY A GOOD MEETING WORTH THE TIME TO TRAVEL OUT THERE. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING TIME. WE ARE BUSY AS A CITY AND I KNOW YOU ALL HAD A LOT TO DO. SO PREPARING FOR THIS TRIP AND THEN GOING OUT THERE AND BEING PROACTIVE. I APPRECIATE Y'ALL DOING THAT. SO THANK YOU. OKAY, SO THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO PLAY SOMEONE FOR YOUR CLOSING COMMENTS. WELL, I'M NOT STEALING THE THUNDER FROM COUNCILMAN ODIN. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING HIS FATHER TODAY, SO WELCOME. I JUST WANT TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FUN HERE BECAUSE MARCH MADNESS IS GOING ON. AND THE NEXT TIME I SEE YOU, ALL WILL BE IN APRIL. SO FOR MY TWO FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCILWOMAN BLAIR AND COUNCIL NADINE, TEXAS WESTERN NOW UTEP DEFEATED KENTUCKY ON THIS DAY, 7265. I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER HERE. AND A&M IS APPARENTLY PLAYING RIGHT NOW. MAYBE IT'S OVER, I DON'T KNOW.

[02:25:02]

SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO WENT OUT TO THE SPRING FLING AND TO THE LEANDER PARKS AND REC, AND EVERYONE WHO WORKED SO HARD TO PUT THAT ON. IT WAS AWESOME. THE KIDS HAD A BLAST THIS SATURDAY AT 7:00. TEXAS HUMANE HEROES AND LEANDER PARKS AND REC ARE PARTNERING TO BRING OUTDOOR MOVIE NIGHT THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS AT TEXAS HUMANE HEROES FOR A $5 DONATION.

OR YOU CAN DONATE ITEMS LIKE DAWN DISH SOAP, GLOVES, TRASH BAGS IN LIEU OF A DONATION, AND THEN THE LIBRARY ON THAT SAME SATURDAY. FOR THOSE WHO ARE 18 AND OVER, ARE MEETING AT OBSIDIAN BREWERY TO DISCUSS PLASTIC BY SCOTT GUILD. SO AND THAT'S 2 TO 4 AT OBSIDIAN BREWERY. SO THOSE ARE SOME EVENTS COMING UP THIS WEEKEND AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU OUT THERE.

PLEASE FIND. SO I WANTED ON THE RECORD THAT I'M TAKING UMBRAGE AT COUNCILMAN CHANG TONIGHT BECAUSE I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT. AND IT JUST HAPPENED THAT MY DAD WAS GOING TO BE HERE THIS WEEK. SO IT WAS KIND OF DEDICATED TO HIM. BUT THAT SHOWS YOU HOW SIGNIFICANT THE HISTORICAL FACT WAS THAT COUNCILMAN CHANG, WHO WENT TO A AND M STOLE THAT FROM THE TEXAS WESTERN 915 CONTINGENT. SO ANYWAY, ALRIGHT, SO ON IN HISTORY IN COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND ON MAY, ON MARCH 19TH, 1966, UNDERDOG TEXAS WESTERN COLLEGE, NOW KNOWN AS UT EL PASO, DEFEATED KENTUCKY 72 TO 65 IN THE NCAA MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL FINAL, AND IT WAS THE FIRST NCAA TITLE FOR AN ALL BLACK STARTING FIVE. TEN YEARS LATER BY THE LOS ANGELES TIMES.

THE COACH OF TEXAS WESTERN DON HASKINS WAS QUOTED AS SAYING, I WAS SIMPLY PLAYING THE BEST PLAYERS ON THE TEAM AND THEY JUST HAPPENED TO BE BLACK. THAT'S RIGHT. SO THAT WAS WHAT I HAD FOUND. AGAIN, IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT MY DAD CAME TO TOWN. SO THAT ALL WORKED OUT.

THE, THE THE HISTORY DAY AND HISTORY FOR OUR MUSIC LOVERS, RIGHT? I LOOKED FOR PUNK ROCK.

OKAY. I, I, I MADE A CONSIDERED EFFORT. THE CLOSEST THING I COULD GET WAS A 1975. ON THIS DATE, KISS RELEASED DRESSED TO KILL. EVEN THOUGH IT DIDN'T DO REALLY WELL OUT THE GATE, IT FEATURED THE STUDIO VERSION OF ROCK AND ROLL ALL NIGHT, WHICH BECAME AN ANTHEM FOR MANY, MANY GENERATIONS. A LITTLE TRIVIA FOR YOU ON THAT ONE. THE ALBUM COVER IS THE SUITS WHERE THEY WERE WEARING THE SUITS AND THE MAKEUP. BILL AUCOIN, WHO IS THE MANAGER OF THE BAND, ACTUALLY GAVE THEM THOSE SUITS TO WEAR BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY FORMAL CLOTHES AT THE TIME. SO AGAIN, JUST SOME LITTLE THINGS THERE. BUT BEFORE WE ADJOURN TONIGHT, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT, NOT JUST AS YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT AS A NEIGHBOR AND A MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY, TO SAY SOMETHING THAT MATTERS BEYOND ANY AGENDA THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED. LEANDER IS GROWING FAST, AND WITH THAT GROWTH COMES OPPORTUNITY, BUT ALSO PRESSURE ON OUR FAMILIES, ON OUR SCHEDULES, AND HONESTLY, ON OUR MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING. TONIGHT, I WANT TO REMIND EVERY SINGLE PERSON WATCHING OR IN THIS ROOM, YOU ARE NOT ALONE. OUR COMMUNITY IS ONLY AS STRONG AS THE PEOPLE IN IT, AND THAT MEANS CHECKING IN ON EACH OTHER, NOT JUST AT ELECTION TIME OR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS, BUT AT THE GROCERY STORE, AT THE SCHOOL, AT THE PICK UP LINE, AT NEIGHBOR'S FENCE. THAT'S WHAT MAKES LEANDER MORE THAN JUST A CITY ON THE MAP. SO IT MAKES IT A HOME. SO IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS STRUGGLING, PLEASE REACH OUT. THE NINE EIGHT, EIGHT SUICIDE AND CRISIS LIFELINE IS AVAILABLE 24/7.

[02:30:04]

COME TO A FUTURE MEETING. LISTEN TO LINA AND LEANDER. STOP ME AT LOCAL EVENTS. THIS COUNCIL WORKS BEST WHEN IT WORKS FOR YOU. IT WORKS BEST WHEN IT WORKS WITH YOU, NOT JUST FOR YOU. SORRY. LEANDER'S FUTURE IS BRIGHT. LET'S BUILD THIS TOGETHER WITH COMPASSION, COURAGE AND WITH EACH OTHER IN MIND. SO TAKE CARE OF YOUR MENTAL HEALTH. THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT. SIX. GOOD NIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE FIVE ITEMS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO IT IS

[22. 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 a settlement agreement for Docket No. 58864, Petition of Highten Leander, 76, LLC to Amend Certificates of Convenience and Necessity within Williamson County by Streamlined Expedited Release with the Public Utilities Commission; and 
2. Section 551.076, Texas Government Code and Section 551.089, Texas Government Code, deliberation regarding security deployment relating to devices, personnel and critical infrastructure; and
3. 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 the acquisition of properties for public purpose; and
4. Section 551.071 and Section 551.087, Texas Government Code, and Section1.05 Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct to consult with legal counsel regarding the 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-26-003; and 
5. Section 551.072, Texas Government Code, to deliberate the acquisition of properties located in the L.B. Johnson Survey, Abstract 350 and Talbot Chambers Survey Abstract 125, Williamson County for fee simple parcel and drainage and grading easement relating to the San Gabriel Parkway 3 Project (CIP T.46).

ABSTRACT 125 WILLIAMSON COUNTY FOR FEE, SIMPLE PARCEL AND DRAINAGE AND GRADING EASEMENT RELATED TO THE SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY THREE PROJECT C I P

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.