Apr 02, 2026 City Council Regular Meeting

CONVERSATION. TODAY IS THURSDAY, APRIL 2ND, 2026, AND THE TIME IS 6 P.M. AND THIS IS THE

[1. Open Meeting.]

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COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW NODDING HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM BECKY ROSS HERE. MAYOR NICOLE THOMPSON

[3. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to:

1. 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 purposes; and 
2.  Section 551.071, Texas Government Code, and Rule 1.05, Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, to consult with legal counsel regarding DeNucci Constructors, LLC v. City of Leander, et al; and
3. Section 551.074, Texas Government Code, to discuss the evaluation process of the City Manager.

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

1. Acquisition of properties for public purposes; and 
2. DeNucci Constructors, LLC v. City of Leander, et al; and
3. Evaluation process of the City Manager.

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

PLEASE REMAIN STANDING AFTER THE INVOCATION FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS THERESA HOLLOWAY, AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR HILL COUNTRY COMMUNITY MINISTRIES. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE TRUSTED SERVANTS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, AND OUR FELLOW LEANDER RESIDENTS AND GUESTS. BEFORE WE BEGIN, LET ME JUST SHARE THIS REAL QUICK. MY HUSBAND AND I DECIDED TO FAST DURING HOLY WEEK, SO I CAN'T DISCOUNT THE FACT THAT WE ARE ON DAY FOUR, AND THIS EVENING MARKS 108 HOURS THAT I HAVE NOT HAD FOOD, SO THAT'S WHY I WROTE IT DOWN. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW CLEAR MY MIND WOULD BE. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I HAVE DONE BEFORE AND LAST NIGHT WAS REALLY HARD. I WAS STRUGGLING SPIRITUALLY, MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY AND I SHARED MY STORY. I SHARED WITH MY HUSBAND.

I SAID, HOW IRONIC IS IT THAT THE MAJOR REACHED OUT TO ME LAST NIGHT ABOUT 7 P.M. AND ASKED ME TO PRAY OVER OUR CITY AND OUR PEOPLE? YOU CAN'T DISCOUNT THAT. SO THANK YOU.

IT'S AN HONOR AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU ASKED. SO PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS AND LET US PRAY TOGETHER. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH VERY GRATEFUL HEARTS. PLEASE LET US NOT FORGET WHAT THIS WEEK MEANS TO SO MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY. WHETHER YOU'RE WALKING THROUGH HOLY WEEK CELEBRATING PASSOVER, OR WHETHER YOU ARE NOT SURE OF YOUR SPIRITUAL JOURNEY AND JUST SEEKING GUIDANCE FOR PEACE, HEALING AND LOVE, WE SEE YOU. WE HEAR YOU, WE FEEL YOU. WE ASK FOR YOUR DIRECTION. DEAR LORD, WE ASK FOR YOUR WISDOM TO GUIDE OUR MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THEIR CONVERSATIONS AND THE DECISIONS THEY HAVE TO MAKE. GRANT THEM DISCERNMENT TO ACT WITH INTEGRITY AND COURAGE, TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE RIGHT AND FAIR, TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR YOU AND TO HONOR TO YOU. MAY YOU GUIDE AND PROTECT ALL THOSE WHO SERVE YOU OUR MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, OUR CITY STAFF, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, AND ALL OF YOUR FAITHFUL PEOPLE WHO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY IN THIS WONDERFUL CITY OF LEANDER, TEXAS. WE ASK FOR YOUR BLESSING ON OUR EFFORTS, OUR COMMITMENT, AND OUR OBEDIENCE. WE ASK FOR YOUR LOVE AND YOUR HANDS OF PROTECTION IN HIS SON AND YOUR SON'S NAME WE PRAY IN JESUS CHRIST. AMEN. ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

UNDER THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE, UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU, MISS HOLLOWAY. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM FIVE. CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER STEPHEN CHANG, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL HERRERA HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BLAIR, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. ANNETTE SPONSELLER. PRESENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW NODDING HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM BECKY ROSS HERE. MAYOR NICOLE THOMPSON PRESENT QUORUM IS PRESENT IN THE CITY COUNCIL IS ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS. AND NEXT, WE WANT

[6. Welcome Special Guests and Visitors.]

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[7. Public comments on items not listed in the agenda.

Public comments on items listed in the agenda will be heard at the time each item is discussed.

[All comments are limited to no more than 3 minutes (6 minutes if translation is needed) per individual.]]

INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE SUBMITTED COMMENTS VIA THE WEBSITE WILL ONLY HAVE THEIR POSITIONS READ INTO THE RECORD, AND ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SHARED WITH COUNCIL AND WILL BE MADE A PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD. I ONLY HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP FOR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME AND VICTOR J. IF YOU WILL COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SHARE YOUR COMMENTS. MY NAME IS VICTOR HAUGE. I LIVE AT 506 BATTLE CREEK LANE, LEANDER, TEXAS, AND I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF LEANDER SINCE 2010. OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE BEEN NOTICING THE NORTH CREEK SUBDIVISION HAS BECOME MORE AND MORE ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH CODE VIOLATIONS, DEALING WITH CHILDREN HAVING TO WALK IN THE STREET DUE TO VEHICLES BLOCKING SIDEWALKS. IN FACT, I PROVIDED EVIDENCE TO THAT TO THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER EARLIER TODAY ABOUT IT. WE'RE ALSO NOTICING A NUMBER OF ABANDONED VEHICLES ERECT VEHICLES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAVE GONE UNTREATED. NOW, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY ORDINANCE DEPARTMENT, BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY SORT OF FEEDBACK OR ANY SORT OF RESPONSE WHEN IT COMES TO BY COMPLAINTS. WE HAVE OTHER NEIGHBORS WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHO ARE ALSO FEEL THE SAME WAY, BUT ARE TOO AFRAID TO SPEAK UP DUE TO BEING RETALIATED ON BY NEIGHBORS. SO I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THEM IN HOPES THAT WE CAN GET SOME ATTENTION TO THE NORTH CREEK SUBDIVISION SO IT DOES NOT BECOME OR DOES NOT PROVE TO BE A BROKEN WINDOW THEORY, WHICH IS STARTING TO BECOME THAT. IT STARTED TO BECOME PROOF OF THE BROKEN WINDOW THEORY. IT STARTED TO HAPPEN IN NORTH CREEK. SO I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE CITY COUNCIL TO COME TO NORTH CREEK TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR SUBDIVISION. AND AND THAT WAY WE CAN SHOW YOU THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITHIN OUR SUBDIVISIONS. OBVIOUSLY, MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS, SO WE HAVE GREAT INTEREST IN THE CITY OF LEANDER, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND I HOPE TO GET SOME SORT OF RESOLUTION TO THE NUMBER OF CODE VIOLATIONS THAT WE ARE SEEING WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. DO WE ALREADY HAVE HIS CONTACT INFORMATION? A FOLLOW UP WE DO.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM EIGHT, WHICH IS RECOGNITION OF OUR

[8. Recognitions/Proclamations/Visitors.

• Proclamation recognizing Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month (April)
• Proclamation recognizing Week of the Child (April 6-11)
• Proclamation recognizing National Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week (April 12-18)
• Proclamation recognizing National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week (April 12-18)
• Proclamation recognizing National Crime Victim's Rights Week (April 19-25)

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ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO WE ARE. SO.

ON. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW.

NADINE WILL BE SPEAKING ON THE PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING WEEK OF THE CHILD, WHICH IS APRIL 6TH THROUGH THE 11TH. AND WE HAVE LEAH OSBORNE FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT WITH LEANDER ISD HERE. IF YOU'D COME FORWARD. YES. HOW ARE YOU? AND YOU CAN GIVE YOUR COMMENTS AND THEN HE WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION. WE'LL COME DOWN AND TAKE A PICTURE IF YOU LIKE.

THANK YOU. THIS IS OUR FIFTH YEAR ASKING FOR THIS PROCLAMATION, SO I APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS NOW LIKE A TRADITION, PART OF OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD CULTURE, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT CLEARLY EARLY CHILDHOOD IS GROWING IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE A WHOLE CENTER. WE'RE EXCITED TO GET TO HONOR 600 EARLY CHILDHOOD STUDENTS, 3 TO 5, BOTH EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL ED AND STUDENTS WHO QUALIFY UNDER THE SEVEN QUALIFYING FACTORS. SO THANK YOU FOR JUST HIGHLIGHTING US AND HONORING US HERE. THAT'S ALL I REALLY NEEDED TO SAY. MY CO-TEACHER. I'M A PRE-K TEACHER, LEAH, AND MY INCLUSION SPECIAL ED TEACHER IS COMING. ALSO, SHE'S TRYING TO FIND PARKING AND SO HOPEFULLY SHE'LL MAKE IT. BUT IF NOT, THAT'S OKAY. WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS NONETHELESS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU GUYS. I CAN READ SLOWER. YES. OKAY.

MAYBE FOR THE PICTURE. YES. IT'S OKAY. WE'RE USED TO IT. OKAY, SO THIS PROCLAMATION FROM THE CITY OF LEANDER. WHEREAS THE FIRST YEARS OF A CHILD'S LIFE ARE THE PERIOD OF THE MOST RAPID BRAIN DEVELOPMENT AND LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR ALL FUTURE LEARNING. AND WHEREAS HIGH QUALITY EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS PROVIDE IMPORTANT BENEFITS TO CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND OUR NATIONAL ECONOMIES, AND WHEREAS THE MAJORITY OF THESE COSTS, WHICH OFTEN EXCEED THE COST OF A YEAR OF COLLEGE TUITION, ARE BORNE BY PARENTS WHO OFTEN CAN'T AFFORD IT. AND

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AMAZING.

ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION WILL BE READ BY PRO TEM BECKY ROSS. THE PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER APPRECIATION WEEK, WHICH IS APRIL 12TH THROUGH 18TH. AND WE HAVE OUR CHIEF MINTON THAT WILL COME AND TALK ABOUT IT TODAY.

THANK YOU. HELLO. HOW ARE YOU? OKAY, THEN WE HAVE DARRYL. PARDON? ARE YOU TALKING ARE YOU ARE YOU GIVING COMMENTS? YEAH. WELL, COME ON UP. LET'S START OFF. JUST KIND OF WARM THEM UP, OKAY? GET THEM READY AND STUFF. SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR READING THIS PROCLAMATION, READING FOR ONE OF OUR MOST AMAZING DIVISIONS THAT WE HAVE AT OUR DEPARTMENT HERE IS OUR ANIMAL SERVICES. SO I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD ME TELL THE STORY.

YOU KNOW, ONE THING WE CHANGED A LONG TIME AGO WAS, AND IT'S STILL THAT'S JUST KIND OF THE WAY IT IS IN THE NATION IS THE WORD CONTROL AND TURN IT TO SERVICE BECAUSE OF WHAT THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS AND. AND SOON THE THIRD ONE STARTING MONDAY, PROVIDE TO US WITH, WITH THE MAIN FOCUS OF WHAT THEY DO IS, IS EDUCATING PEOPLE. AND BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY PETS THAT ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY, SOMETIMES EVEN MORE THAN THE CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY. BUT SO AND WE KNOW THAT WITH, YOU KNOW, PART OF THAT AND PEOPLE MOVING HERE FROM DIFFERENT PLACES IS TRYING TO LEARN HOW WE DO THINGS HERE. AND, AND JUST THE WORK THAT THEY DO EVERY DAY GOING OUT AND JUST, AND JUST NOT ONLY HELPING IN THEIR PARKS AND EVERYWHERE ELSE, BUT THE, THE READING THEY DO WITH THE LIBRARIES AND THINGS JUST TO TRY TO CONNECT WITH OUR COMMUNITY. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER LIEUTENANT BARTON, BECAUSE HE WORKS CLOSELY WITH THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO I KNOW HE HAD A FEW THINGS HE WANTED TO SHARE AS WELL. SO. SURE. GOOD EVENING. I'M GOING TO READ MINE SO I DON'T TRIP ALL OVER MY TONGUE.

ANIMAL SERVICES APPRECIATION WEEK GIVES ME A CHANCE TO SHOWCASE OUR ASOS, WHO RARELY RECEIVE THE CREDIT THEY DESERVE. OUR ASOS STEP INTO SITUATIONS MOST PEOPLE NEVER SEE AND EVEN FEWER WOULD BE WILLING TO HANDLE. THEY PROTECT THE PUBLIC, SAFEGUARD ANIMAL IN CRISIS, AND RESPOND WITH COMPASSION AND MOMENTS THAT ARE OFTEN MESSY, EMOTIONAL AND UNPREDICTABLE.

THEIR WORK IS DEMANDING, IT IS OFTEN THANKLESS, AND YET THEY SHOW UP EVERY DAY WITH THE COMMITMENT TO DOING WHAT IS RIGHT FOR BOTH PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. THEY GIVE SO MUCH OF THEMSELVES TO THIS JOB, AND OUR COMMUNITY IS BETTER BECAUSE OF THE DEDICATION AND COMPASSION THEY SHOW IN EVERY CALL AND EVERY RESPONSE. LADIES. ANYTHING YOU. SHE'S LIKE,

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SORRY. ALL RIGHT. WHERE IS APRIL 12TH THROUGH APRIL 18TH IS DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL APPRECIATION WEEK AND IS A TIME SET ASIDE TO RECOGNIZE, THANK AND COMMEND ALL ANIMAL CONTROL PERSONNEL. AND. WHEREAS LEANDER ANIMAL SERVICES OFFICERS LIKE POLICE OFFICERS AND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, KEEPING ANIMALS AND HUMANS SAFE FROM HARM. AND WHEREAS, LEANDER ANIMAL SERVICES OFFICERS HELP IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THEIR PROFESSIONAL, COMPASSIONATE SERVICES. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF LEANDER LEANDER CITY COUNCIL WISHES TO COMMEND EACH AND EVERY ANIMAL SERVICES UNIT OFFICER FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND PROTECTION OF THE CITIZENS AND ANIMALS OF OUR COMMUNITY. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, I, MAYOR NICOLE THOMPSON, CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE WEEK OF APRIL 12TH THROUGH 18TH AS NATIONAL ANIMAL CONTROL APPRECIATION WEEK AND WITNESS THEREOF. I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF LEANDER TO BE AFFIXED ON APRIL 2ND, 2026.

ALL.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. AND THEN NEXT WE HAVE THE PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK, WHICH IS APRIL 12TH THROUGH 18TH WITH CHIEF MINTON, AND IT'LL BE READ BY COUNCIL MEMBER MIKE CARTER.

SO USED TO BEING IN A IN A ROOM BEHIND ONE OF THESE. SO IF I COULD TALK THROUGH THIS, LET ME PUT THE RADIO UP HERE. THAT'D BE BETTER FOR THAT. ALSO, LIEUTENANT BARTON'S GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS, BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOR RECOGNIZING THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE AMAZING GROUPS THAT YOU DON'T GET TO HEAR MUCH ABOUT, BUT THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ANSWER THE PHONES ALL THE TIME. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT JOBS I THINK THAT YOU CAN HAVE IS, IS BEING IN, IN THIS TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU'RE HAVING TO TAKE THE PHONE CALL OF PEOPLE NOT ON THEIR HAPPIEST DAYS. PEOPLE DON'T USUALLY CALL US IN THE BEST MOODS, BUT SOMETIMES WHEN THEY'RE IN A TRAUMATIC SITUATION, AND OFTEN THESE LADIES ARE SOMETIMES THE, THE, THE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE TALKING TO, AND MAYBE THE LAST VOICE THAT THEY HEAR IS THEM. SO, YOU KNOW, THEY I CAN NEVER SAY HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IN, IN A POLICE OFFICER'S POSITION, YOU CAN BE OUT IN THE FIELD AND YOU CAN, YOU'RE IN CONTROL AND YOU CAN SEE AND DO A LOT OF THINGS. BUT JUST BEING IN THERE HOPING EVERYTHING'S OKAY BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING THROUGH A SCREEN AND HEARING EVERYTHING THROUGH A RADIO. SO I KNOW DARRYL'S GOT SOME THINGS HE WANTS TO SHARE, BUT I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU GUYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU ALL DO IN THERE, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S A DIFFICULT ONE. IT CAN BE CHALLENGING.

SURE. HELLO AGAIN. DURING NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR TEAM AND THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER. THEY CARRY OUT ONE OF THE MOST DEMANDING AND THANKLESS ROLES IN PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY ARE THE STEADY VOICES OUR COMMUNITY LEANS ON IN ITS WORST MOMENTS, AND THEY DO IT WITHOUT THE RECOGNITION. POLICE OFFICERS IN

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THANKS. THANK YOU.

AND THEN THERE WAS A MAN WANDERING DOWN THE STREET. AND I CAN DO THAT. FOLLOWING HIM. OH MY GOODNESS. HIS FAMILY SHOWED UP. HE'S RIGHT OVER THERE. IT WAS CRAZY. AND IT ALL HAPPENED IN TWO WEEKS. OH, WOW. I GOT TO MEET THE POLICE AND THE FIRE OR THE EMS. NO, THANK YOU ALL FOR HANGING IN THERE WITH US. WE HAVE ONE MORE PROCLAMATION.

PROCLAMATION? RECOGNIZING NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS WEEK, APRIL 19TH THROUGH 25TH.

AND CHIEF MINTON WILL COME AND TALK TO US ABOUT THAT, BUT IT WILL BE READ BY COUNCIL MEMBER STEPHEN CHANG. YEAH, YEAH. HELLO AGAIN. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. I ALSO WANT TO BRAG A LITTLE BIT ON THEM. SO WHEN DO WE ACTUALLY START? THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN 2015. THIS WAS ACTUALLY A COUNCIL DRIVEN POSITION. COUNCIL STARTED THIS AND HELPED US GET THIS GOING THROUGH THROUGH A GRANT. AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THIS IN PLACE. PRIOR TO THAT, POLICE OFFICERS HAD TO DO THE JOB THAT THESE TWO LADIES DO, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT THINGS BECAUSE AS POLICE OFFICERS, WHEN WE GO ON A SCENE, WE'RE HAVING TO MANAGE NOT ONLY THE SCENE, EVERYTHING ELSE AROUND. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S NOT TIME TO TRY TO SIT THERE AND TRY TO HELP SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING THROUGH SOMETHING TRAUMATIC, BECAUSE YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE SITUATION AT HAND. THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING IN MY HEART THAT WAS DIFFICULT, BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO STOP AND SHOW COMPASSION AND CARE AT THAT EXACT MOMENT, BUT YOU'RE DEALING WITH A CAR WRECK OR ANYTHING OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION. WHENEVER WE BROUGHT THEM ON BOARD, THEY BASICALLY TOOK THE JOB OVER THE THINGS THAT WE COULDN'T DO WELL AS OFFICERS. AND THESE LADIES ARE THE ONES THAT KIND OF COME IN DURING THAT SITUATION AND ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE FROM START TO FINISH WHEN THEY WERE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS. CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS IS PROBABLY THE ONE ONE MOST CONFUSING PROCESS TO GO THROUGH BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT VARIABLES THAT KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WHO CAN WALK PEOPLE THROUGH THAT AND GET THEM THROUGH THAT, BECAUSE MOST OF US HAVE NEVER BEEN THROUGH THAT. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO CAN KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH THOSE PIECES, IT MAKES A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE GETTING THROUGH IT BECAUSE IT'S THE CONFUSION THAT CAN CAUSE. SO THEY'RE ALSO THE ONES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT THAT'LL MAKE NOTIFICATIONS THAT WE HATE TO MAKE AS WELL. AND THEY'RE THERE TO CONSOLE OUR FAMILIES AFTER THE EVENT, WHILE

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HONESTLY, CHIEFS ECHOED A LOT OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY ALREADY. BUT WHEN I WAS A YOUNGER OFFICER, OBVIOUSLY JUST WANT TO GO OUT THERE, DO MY JOB, TAKE A CALL, GET OUT THERE AND, YOU KNOW, BE DONE WITH IT, SOLVE THE PROBLEM, MOVE ON. DIDN'T REALLY KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT VICTIM SERVICES DID, ESPECIALLY WHEN I CAME ON TO 2015. IT'S LIKE, OH, GREAT, WE GOT ANOTHER CIVILIAN THAT WAS GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH OUT HERE ON THE CALL. RIGHT. BUT AS I AS I MATURED AND ESPECIALLY AS I BECAME A LIEUTENANT OVER CID, I GOT TO UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE WHAT NOT ONLY THESE LADIES, BUT WHAT OTHER LADIES AND GENTLEMEN DO IN THEIR JOBS IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS. THEY REALLY THEY HAVE A TOUGH JOB, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK VICTIM SERVICES. THEY JUST COME OUT TO A FAMILY VIOLENCE CALL OR, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY DO WHATEVER.

THEY HELP SOME PEOPLE THROUGH THE PROCESS. NO. EVERY DAY THESE LADIES, BECAUSE I WORK WITH THEM, I GET TO SEE IT. THEY'RE GOING TO FORENSIC INTERVIEWS AND DEALING WITH CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN ABUSED. THEY'RE GOING LIKE LAST NIGHT LITERALLY WENT TO A BRAVE ALLIANCE FORENSIC INTERVIEW. AND I'M PROBABLY SAYING THAT WRONG, BUT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING TO AN EXAMINATION. SO THEY GET CALLED OUT ALL TIMES OF THE NIGHT. THEY'RE ON CALL EVERY OTHER WEEK, 24 HOURS A DAY. SO YOU MAY THINK YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DO AND I'M SURE YOU GOT A GOOD. BUT THEY DO SO MUCH MORE THAN WHAT WE THINK THEY DO. AND I'M GLAD THAT THEY'RE GETTING RECOGNIZED HERE TONIGHT FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO. AND ONE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THE OLD ADAGE IN POLICE WORK IS PATROL IS THE BACKBONE OF THE ORGANIZATION, AND IT IS.

BUT WHAT HOLDS UP THAT BACKBONE? OUR VICTIM SERVICES DISPATCHERS, ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS, THE OTHER SUPPORT STAFF THAT WE HAVE AT THE PD, THEY ARE THE LEGS THAT SUPPORT THAT BODY SO IT CAN WORK AND WORK WELL. SO I'M GLAD THAT I GET TO WORK WITH THESE LADIES. LOVE THEM TO DEATH. THANK YOU ALL. ALL RIGHT. THE CITY OF LEANDER PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS APRIL 19TH THROUGH APRIL 25TH IS DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS WEEK. AND WHEREAS CRIME AND THE THREAT OF VIOLENCE HAVE PROFOUND AND DEVASTATING EFFECTS ON INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES IN AMERICA. AND WHEREAS OVER 24 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES ARE TOUCHED BY CRIME EACH YEAR, RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT PSYCHOLOGICAL, PHYSICAL, FINANCIAL AND SPIRITUAL EFFECTS ON COUNTLESS INNOCENT VICTIMS. AND WHEREAS THERE ARE OVER 10,000 COMMUNITY AND SYSTEM BASED VICTIM SERVICE PROGRAMS ACROSS OUR NATION THAT PROVIDE A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO VICTIMS OF CRIME.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF LEANDER IS JOINING WITH VICTIMS SERVICES, PROGRAMS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE OFFICIALS AND CONCERNED CITIZENS THROUGH WILLIAMSON COUNTY TO OBSERVE NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS WEEK. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT I, MAYOR NICOLE THOMPSON, CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE WEEK OF APRIL 19TH THROUGH APRIL 25TH, 2026 AS NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS WEEK. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE SET HEREUNTO MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF LEANDER TO BE AFFIXED ON APRIL 2ND, 2026.

CONGRATULATIONS Y'ALL. THANK YOU.

I DO.

KNOW WE GOT.

WORK YOURSELF JUST LIKE I DO MINE. EVERYBODY WHO'S HERE. I KNOW

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[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]

[14. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Special Use Case Z-25-0203 for a Special Use Permit to allow for used vehicles sales on a portion of a parcel of land 0.73 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R031857; and more commonly known as 2401 S US 183, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.  

• Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case Z-25-0203 as described above.

IT COULD BE A SECONDARY. YES. MOST PLACES DO SELL USED CARS TOO, CORRECT? YEAH. SO WHEN THEY COME BACK TO TO REOPEN, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAVE THE PARKING LOT AND BRING IT UP TO THE CURRENT STANDARDS. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. WAS THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT THAT WAS GIVEN IN 2005 ALLOTTED FOR ALSO USED VEHICLES AS WELL. THEY DID NOT HAVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT IN 2005. THEIR. THEIR USE EXISTED BEFORE THE NEW ZONING ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED IN 2005.

UNDERSTOOD. OKAY, SO THE REASON THAT THIS IS COMING UP BEFORE COUNCIL IS BECAUSE OF THAT ORDINANCE, AND THEY STOPPED THEIR USE. SO YOU HAVE NON-CONFORMING USE RIGHTS AS LONG AS YOU KEEP THAT USE GOING. BUT IF YOU STOP IT AND CHANGE USES, YOU LOSE THAT. RIGHT.

OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? NO. ALL RIGHT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

NO. SECOND. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? NONE OPPOSED.

THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM 15 IS CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ZONING CASE Z

[15. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case Z-25-0205 to amend the current zoning of 675 Kauffman Loop Planned Unit Development (PUD) with base zoning districts of SFT-2-A (Single-Family Townhouse) and GC-2-A (General Commercial) to remove the prohibition of automotive uses on Lot 3, Block B of the 675 Kauffman Loop Subdivision and allow for a car wash on Lot 4, Block B of the 675 Kauffman Loop Subdivision on one (1) parcel of land 2.4 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R328207; and generally located 1,500 feet to the east of the  intersection of SH 29 and Ronald W. Reagan Boulevard on the south side of SH 29, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. 

• Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case Z-25-0205 as described above.

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AND THEN THIS WOULD BE A CAR WASH USE. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID REVIEW THIS REQUEST AND THEY THEY STRUGGLED WITH THE DECISION. BOTH OF THEIR MOTIONS FAILED WITH THREE, THREE VOTES. WE WORKED WITH THE APPLICANT TO COME UP WITH SOME SOLUTIONS TO TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS. SO FOR THE LOT THREE, THE AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR, WE ADDED IN THE ORDINANCE THAT IT WAS LIMITED TO SMALL SCALE. SO WE ADDED A SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR THE BUILDING TO ENSURE WE WOULDN'T HAVE A LARGE AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR USE. ALL AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR HAS TO OCCUR INSIDE THE BUILDING. AND THEN WITH THE CAR WASH, WE WORKED WITH THE CAR WASH OWNER TO COME UP WITH WAYS TO MUFFLE THE SOUND FROM A CAR WASH, SO WE ADDED SOME RESTRICTIONS IN THE ORDINANCE ITSELF. AND WITH THAT, THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION. I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO HAVE THE OTHER TWO. I'M THE ACTUAL DEVELOPER. 635 KAUFMAN J. W DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN I'LL HAVE THE TWO USERS TALK. BUT REALLY, REALLY EXCITED TO PRESENT THIS AND CLARIFY A FEW THINGS. WE DID BUY THE 25 ACRES AND GOT IT ANNEXED INTO THE CITY, AND HAVE BEEN TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS TO, TO MAKE THIS WORK. SO THE THE DEVELOPMENT IS BEHIND THE HEB AS IT'S KNOWN. WE ARE AT THE VERY EDGE OF THE CITY LIMITS OF LEANDER. TO THE EAST OF US IS AN ANNEXED LAND. INTO THE SOUTH OF US IS THE 14 ACRE TOWNHOME SITE, WHICH ACTUALLY IS BACK UP FOR SALE. SO IT MAY OR MAY NOT STAY IN THAT USE, BUT I'LL HAVE. NOW, ANDREW SCROGGIE, COME AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AUTOMOTIVE USE, AND THEN SHANNON WILL COME AND TALK ABOUT THE CAR WASH. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CLICK THIS. IF YOU WANT TO WORK THAT. YEAH, LET'S JUST KIND OF. SO AGAIN, THERE'S THAT'S THE LOCATION. SO YOU GET A GOOD VIEW OF THE, THE SITE. THIS IS A LITTLE MORE OF THE SITE DETAIL. AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL JUST STOP THERE AND LET, LET YOU TALK FIRST. SO MY NAME IS, MY NAME IS ANDREW SCROGGIE.

JUST TO REITERATE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REQUESTING TO AMEND THE POD FOR. IT'S BASICALLY LIKE AUTOSERVICE LIKE OIL CHANGE, NOT HEAVY AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY ALIGNED WITH THE UNDERLYING BASE ZONING. GC. OBVIOUSLY THAT'S ALLOWED BY RIGHT IN GC, IT WAS INADVERTENTLY INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL POD AND WE WISH TO CORRECT IT. WE CAUGHT IT A YEAR LATE. IT WAS BURIED IN A DOCUMENT WE DIDN'T KNOW. AND SO IT'S JUST THAT ONE INDIVIDUAL LOT WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT. THE REST WILL BE RETAIL, RESTAURANT, POTENTIALLY CAR WASH. THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS? WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO WE'LL FINISH YOUR PRESENTATION AND THEN WE'LL THANK YOU. BUT WE MAY HAVE MORE QUESTIONS AFTER. BUT MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO SPEAK TONIGHT. I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THE CAR WASH DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE REQUESTING A POD AMENDMENT TO ALLOW CAR WASH USE FOR THIS PROPERTY. JUST WANTED TO JUMP BACK TO THIS SLIDE AND ZONE IN ON THE THE CAR WASH SITE PLAN. I WANTED TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS TO ANCHOR THE CONVERSATION TONIGHT.

THE PRIMARY ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS BASED ON OUR CONVERSATION WITH CITY STAFF, IS THE NOISE THAT'S PRODUCED BY THE CAR WASH. THERE'S TWO PRIMARY SOURCES OF NOISE FOR THE CAR WASH. NUMBER ONE IS THE VACUUM SYSTEM. AND NUMBER TWO IS THE BLOWERS INSIDE THE CAR WASH TUNNEL. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SITE PLAN, MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO SEE. THE BUILDING IS 75FT FROM THE PROPERTY LINE, BUT THE TWO SOURCES OF NOISE ARE GREATER THAN 150FT. SPECIFICALLY, THE BLOWERS WHICH ARE INSIDE THE BUILDING ARE 155FT FROM THE PROPERTY LINE, AND THE PRIMARY VACUUM MOTOR IS 215FT FROM THE PROPERTY LINE. WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE USE, BUT I THINK WHEN YOU'RE AMENDING THE USE, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THE USER. YOU KNOW, WE WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON BUILDING A PREMIUM PRODUCT. IN SOME WAYS, THIS IS THE ENTRYWAY TO, TO LEANDER. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, BUILDING SOMETHING NICE IS IMPORTANT. THAT'S WHAT WE, WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON. AND BEYOND THAT, AS YOU SAW FROM

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AS WE WERE AS WE SAW FROM THE PROCLAMATIONS. AND WE TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY SERIOUSLY AS WELL. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE PAY LIP SERVICE TO. WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WERE IN THE COMMUNITY WITH, AS WELL AS DIFFERENT POLICE DEPARTMENTS, JUST AS AN EXAMPLE. NOW FOCUSING ON THE AMENDMENT SPECIFICALLY. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE ZONING RULE, THE RULE IS THAT THE WASHING OF VEHICLES SHOULD NOT BE LOCATED WITHIN 150FT OF A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, AND THE LOCATION IS MEASURED FROM THE CLOSEST PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE. SO THAT IS 75FT. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE INTENT, THE INTENT IS TO PROTECT RESIDENTS FROM UNREASONABLE NOISE, WHICH I THINK IS IS IMPORTANT. IF I LIVE NEXT TO A BUSINESS THAT DISTURBED ME IN MY AT MY HOME, I WOULDN'T BE HAPPY. HAPPY EITHER. AND THEN JUST THE TWO, THE TWO SOURCES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS ARE THE BLOWERS AND THE VACUUMS. WE DON'T TALK IN. MOST PEOPLE DON'T TALK IN DECIBELS. I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY BENCHMARK DIFFERENT DECIBEL READINGS. A WHISPER IS 30DB. RESIDENTIAL STREET IS IS 60, AND THE EPA BENCHMARK IS ABOUT 55. FOR A RESIDENTIAL AREA. IN THE BLOWERS, AS I MENTIONED, 155FT AWAY AT THE SOURCE, IT'S 88DB. AND, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE LAW OF HOW NOISE DIMINISHES AT THE PROPERTY LINE WILL BE AT ABOUT 52DB, AND THAT'S AT THE PROPERTY LINE. AND THEN WORKING WITH CITY STAFF, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE WORKED WITH TO FURTHER PROVIDE A SOUND BARRIER IS, WILL BE CONSTRUCTING AN EIGHT FOOT WALL IN ADDITION TO, TO LANDSCAPING. AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT 52DB, WE ARE BELOW THAT 55 DECIBEL RECOMMENDATION BY THE EPA. THE VACUUM'S WE'RE GOING TO BUILD AN ENCLOSURE AROUND IT. THERE'S A SILENCER ON IT. AND THESE VACUUM PRODUCERS, I MEAN, THEY DON'T REALLY GENERATE MUCH NOISE. I TOOK SOME LIVE READINGS AT AN EXISTING LOCATION THAT WE HAD WAS RIGHT OUTSIDE THE VACUUM ENCLOSURE. I WAS USING AN APPLE WATCH, WHICH ISN'T A PROFESSIONAL READING DEVICE, BUT, YOU KNOW, I SPLURGED FOR THE ULTRA, SO HOPEFULLY THAT THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. SO THAT WAS AT 48DB. I TOOK A FEW FEW STEPS AND THAT WAS DOWN TO DOWN TO 42. THERE'S ALSO THE QUESTION OF INDIVIDUAL VACUUM BAYS. ALL THIS IS IS, IS A HOSE RIGHT? AT THAT SOURCE, WE WERE AT 43DB, WALKED AWAY A FEW STEPS IS AT 40. SO THE THREE DECIBELS IS THINK OF THAT AS A AS A CEILING FAN, THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS.

THERE IS SOME PRECEDENT, AT LEAST WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION, OF BEING ADJACENT TO, TO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, ANYWHERE FROM 50FT TO 49FT. AND TO DATE, YOU KNOW, FORTUNATELY, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ANY ISSUES OR COMPLAINTS FROM OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORS. SO THE REQUEST WE HAVE IS FOR YOU TO CONSIDER THIS AMENDMENT. YOU KNOW, BASED ON OUR ANALYSIS AND FIELD RATE FIELD MEASUREMENTS, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY ADDITIONAL NOISE ABOVE ALREADY AMBIENT LEVELS AT THE PROPERTY LINE. WE WORK WITH CITY, CITY TO GET THEIR SUPPORT. AND THE POTENTIAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPER WHO HAS THE MOST AT STAKE. BECAUSE IF HIS POTENTIAL CLIENTS HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT NOISE THAT DIMINISHES THE VALUE OF HIS HIS PROPERTY P AND Z, HE GAVE HIS SUPPORT AS WELL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ONE OTHER COMPONENT TO NOTE ALSO, IF WE WENT BACK TO THE VERY FIRST SLIDE WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE TREE, THE TREES, THAT SCREENING, YOU KNOW, AS A DEVELOPER, I, I QUICKLY DISCOVERED THAT WHILE I LOVE TREES, I GREW UP IN LOUISIANA, BIG TREES. IT'S REAL EXCITING. NOT A FAN FOR MOST OF THE RETAIL GUYS, THEY. THEY WANT. THEY WANT TO BE SEEN. HOWEVER, THESE, THOSE, THOSE ARE REALLY SCREENING THE APPROACH THAT ANYONE SEES. THE OTHER THING IS WE DID. WE DID MAKE SURE WE HAVE A CROSS ACCESS DRIVE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY PAVING ALL THE WAY TO OUR EASTERN NEIGHBOR.

THAT IS NOT EVEN IN THE CITY LIMITS. OUR WESTERN NEIGHBOR, HEB HAS AN EASEMENT, BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE A PAVED DRIVE, WHICH HAS BEEN A HUGE PROBLEM IN MYSELF TRYING TO FIND

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AND WE'LL DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE REGARDING ZONING CASE Z DASH 20 5-0205, AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. COUNCIL. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS PLEASE? ONE PLEASE DO I JUST SAY THAT YOU KNOW I AM IN FAVOR OF IT. I DID WATCH THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING. I THOUGHT THAT THE PUTTING THE WALL THERE WAS A GOOD IDEA THEY OFFERED THAT. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DIDN'T COME OUT VERY WELL IN THAT MEETING WAS THE FACT THAT WITH THE SCREENING TREES ON THE FRONT END OF IT, IT KIND OF BLOCKS YOU FROM HAVING SOME OF THESE RESTAURANTS. AND WHEN WE DRIVE AROUND OUR CITY, WE HAVE A LOT OF PLACES THAT ARE KIND OF HIDDEN THAT THEY CAN'T BE FOUND. AND I THINK PUTTING THREE THINGS TOGETHER IS GOOD. AND I THOUGHT OF THE EXAMPLE OF THE O'REILLY PLACE DOWN ON CRYSTAL FALLS HERE, BACKS UP TO A NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I BELIEVE THERE'S THERE'S OTHER SHOPS LIKE THAT THAT DO. AND I DON'T REALLY SEE A PROBLEM WITH THE NOISE AND THINGS. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT. THANK YOU. PLEASE. THREE I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION FOR ROBYN FOR CLARIFICATION REGARDING THE POTENTIAL TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT. IS THERE AN APPLICANT THAT IS ALREADY PREPARED FOR THAT OR THAT IS THAT STILL UP IN THE AIR? I THINK HE MENTIONED THAT IT MIGHT BE UP FOR SALE RIGHT NOW. OKAY. SO YEAH, SO THERE IS NOT A THEY HAVEN'T SUBMITTED PLANS OR APPLICATIONS TO US YET. I JUST WANTED THAT CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU.

PLEASE FOR I JUST WANT TO SAY I DID ALSO WATCH THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING AND I APPRECIATE THE EXTRA STEPS THAT YOU GUYS TAKE FOR THE NOISE SUPPRESSION. THANK YOU. IT'S FIVE JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, ROBIN. THIS THE MAIN ENTRANCE IS OFF OF 29 FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT, CORRECT? YES. THE POTENTIAL TOWNHOME OR RESIDENTIAL USE WOULD NOT ALLOW FOR A CUT THROUGH. CORRECT. IT WOULD BE CONNECTED BUT THERE WOULDN'T BE WOULD THE WOULD THERE BE A WAY TO GO FROM KAUFMAN TO 29 THROUGH THAT DEVELOPMENT INTO THE CAR WASH SLASH? IT IS CONNECTING TO KAUFMAN. I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE EASY NECESSARILY, BUT THEY DO HAVE AN ACCESS POINT THERE. BUT THERE'S NOT A DIRECT THERE'S NOT A ROAD. THERE'S NOT ANYTHING THAT TAKES THEM DIRECTLY. I DON'T THINK IT'S DIRECT. OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU.

PLEASE. SIX I'LL JUST ECHO WHAT ANNETTE SAID, THAT I APPRECIATE THE CHANGES AND THE MINOR MODIFICATIONS THAT WERE MADE AFTER THE PNC MEETING. I JUST HAD ONE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU GUYS. WHAT ARE YOUR TYPICAL HOURS? COULD YOU JUST REMIND US OF THAT FOR THE CAR WASH SPECIFICALLY? I KNOW YOU SAID Y'ALL HAD, WHAT, 15 OTHER LOCATIONS IN CENTRAL TEXAS. SO OUR WINTER HOURS ARE FROM 7:30 A.M. TO 7 P.M. AND OUR SUMMER HOURS ARE 7:30 A.M. TO 7:30 P.M. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL DISCUSSION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND.

RIGHT. POINT OF CLARIFICATION. YES, MA'AM. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GRIFFIN, DO WE NEED TO HAVE THEM INCLUDE THE RESTRICTIONS FOR THE MINOR AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR AND THE CAR WASH? AND IT'S ALREADY IN THE AGENDA ITEM AS A RED LINE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. AND NOW WE'LL MOVE

[16. Discuss and consider action on approval of Task Order No. TR-HZI-CIPS23-019-01 for Professional Services in the amount of $313,326.01 for the design of the proposed traffic signal and associated intersection improvements at the intersection of E. Crystal Falls Parkway and Grand Lake Parkway to Huitt-Zollars, Inc., along with the installation of a temporary traffic signal in the interim; and authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary documents.]

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I'VE LIVED IN COLD SPRINGS SINCE 2013. I'VE WATCHED THE AREA GROW RAPIDLY, BUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE HAS NOT KEPT UP WITH THE GROWTH. COLD SPRINGS HAS THREE WAYS IN AND OUT TWO OFF OF COLD SPRINGS, CRYSTAL SPRINGS, CRYSTAL FALLS. I APOLOGIZE, I'M VERY NERVOUS.

I'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE. YOU'RE OKAY. ONE OFF OF RONALD REAGAN. AND EVERY SINGLE DAY IT BECOMES MORE AND MORE DANGEROUS FOR OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR CHILDREN TO LEAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO GO TO SCHOOL AND WORK. I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS AT ROUSE HIGH SCHOOL AND ONE SON THAT WILL BE ATTENDING WILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL NEXT YEAR. AND SINCE RADAWAY HAS BEEN COMPLETED, WHICH WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR, OUR. WE HAVE LOST OUR BUS SERVICES BECAUSE WE FALL WITHIN THAT TWO MILE RADIUS, WHICH MEANS MORE AND MORE STUDENTS ARE WALKING OR RIDING A BIKE OR DRIVING TO SCHOOL. THIS SCHOOL YEAR ALONE, MORE THAN TWO CHILDREN HAVE BEEN HIT BY CARS, LEAVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. STUDENTS ARE CROSSING CRYSTAL FALLS, WALKING IN THE MEDIAN. NAVIGATING THE SCHOOL ZONE IS OFTEN IGNORED EVEN BY BUSSES. I'VE BEEN PASSED BY BUSSES, NOT FOLLOWING THE SCHOOL ZONE. I'M A MOM, SO I FOLLOW IT BECAUSE THERE'S KIDS WALKING ON THE SIDEWALK AND I'M JUST SHOCKED THAT BUS HAS PASSED ME. PEOPLE ARE FLYING PAST ME, DOING 40 MILES AN HOUR IN A 30 MILE DESIGNATED SCHOOL ZONE. BACK TRAFFIC BACKS UP PAST THE ENTRANCE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD EVERY SINGLE MORNING. SO JUST THINK ABOUT TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN TO GET OUT. AND YOU CAN'T BECAUSE THE RIGHT LANE IS BACKED PAST THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THEN YOU HAVE TO MAKE A LEFT INTO THE LEFT LANE, HOPING NOBODY FLINGS OUT IN FRONT OF YOU TO TRY AND CUT IN THE LINE. I HAVE A DRIVER, A TEENAGER, AND I'M TERRIFIED EVERY SINGLE MORNING WHEN SHE GOES TO SCHOOL. SHE DID GET INTO HER FIRST ACCIDENT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, NOT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SO WE'VE GOTTEN PAST THAT. THANKFULLY, IT WAS NOT HER, WAS NOT HER FAULT. SO I GET TO BE HER UBER DRIVER FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS WHILE HER CAR'S IN THE SHOP. WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS IN FRONT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AS WELL AS OUR NEIGHBORING NEIGHBORHOOD, CRYSTAL SPRINGS, AND THOSE ARE FAR TOO HIGH TO COUNT. WITH NOW THE CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ENTRANCE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WITH WITH THE CHURCH THAT'S OPENING UP SOON, I HEAR IN MAY, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE BUILDINGS THAT THEY ARE BUILDING IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH. TRAFFIC IS JUST GOING TO GET EVEN WORSE. PEOPLE GO OUT AND DO A U TURN JUST TO GET OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FASTER, WHICH THEN WE CAN'T GET OUT BECAUSE IF THEY'RE WE'RE WAITING FOR THEM TO DO A U-TURN. WE HAVE TO SIT AND WAIT. WHEN KIDS ARE CROSSING JAYWALKING, WE HAVE TO WAIT BECAUSE WE, OF COURSE, ARE NOT GOING TO HIT A CHILD WALKING ACROSS THE STREET. WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR YEARS FOR A LIGHT TO BE INSTALLED AND THEN JUST UP RONALD REAGAN TO A ROAD THAT'S NOT EVEN DEVELOPED YET. YOU GUYS ARE PUTTING A PUTTING A LIGHT WHILE WE JUST WAIT FOR DAILY CONGESTION, UNSAFE SCHOOL ZONES, SPEED LIMITS THAT AREN'T FOLLOWED. SO WE'RE WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR A TEMPORARY FIX. WE WANT A REAL FIX. AND IF ONE MORE KID IS HIT, IT'S BEEN. WE'VE WAITED TOO LONG. AND. SO IF YOU CAN JUST PLEASE, PLEASE GIVE US A LIGHT. IT'S NOT JUST FOR US. IT'S FOR OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE PATRICIA TUTTLE. MY NAME IS PATRICIA TUTTLE, AND I LIVE AT 20 17TH AUGUST JAKE DRIVE. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF COLD SPRINGS FOR 12 YEARS AND I'M A CURRENT HOA BOARD MEMBER. I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO APPROVE ITEM 16. OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR AN INTERSECTION OR FOR A LIGHT AT THIS INTERSECTION FOR YEARS, AND THE NEED JUST CONTINUES TO GROW.

THIS INTERSECTION ISN'T JUST INCONVENIENT, IT'S DANGEROUS FOR FAMILIES IN COLD SPRING.

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IT'S A PEACE OF MIND KNOWING THAT WHEN WE LEAVE OUR HOMES, WE CAN COME BACK TO THEM SAFELY.

I URGE YOU TO PLEASE APPROVE THIS PROPOSAL, APPROVE THIS PROPOSAL WITHOUT DELAY. OUR COMMUNITY HAS WAITED TOO LONG FOR THIS, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. NEXT IS WENDELL SMITH. HELLO. MY NAME IS WENDELL SMITH. I LIVE AT 1825 CACTUS MOUND IN THE COLD SPRINGS NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I ALSO MOVED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. MY WIFE AND I MOVED ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO. AND TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS CHANGED. WHEN I MOVED BACK INTO MY HOUSE, WE HAD COWS BEHIND US. NOW IT WOULD BE IF YOU DRIVE THROUGH THE AREA NOW, IT'D BE HARD TO IMAGINE ANYWHERE WHERE COWS COULD GO, BUT THERE WERE COWS, SO WE DON'T HAVE COWS ANYMORE. WE HAVE THE CRYSTAL SPRINGS NEIGHBORHOOD BACK THERE. WE HAVE THE NEW LAKEWOOD PARK, WHICH THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF LEANDER FOR PUTTING THAT BEAUTIFUL PARK BACK THERE. WE LOVE IT. AND BUT WE HAVE A BUNCH OF NEW BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS IN NEARBY NOW. BUT ALL THAT MEANS, YOU KNOW, MORE, MORE AND MORE TRAFFIC IN THE MORNINGS WITH THE SCHOOL, WITH WILEY AND RAO'S, IT'S REALLY GOTTEN VERY, VERY DANGEROUS. THE INTERSECTION IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS IT WAS WHEN I MOVED IN 12 YEARS AGO, AND IT JUST DOESN'T SUPPORT THE KIND OF TRAFFIC THAT THEY HAVE NOW. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO IMPROVE THIS. I THINK THE INTERIM LIGHT IS A GOOD SOLUTION. WE NEED SOMETHING QUICKLY, AND IF THAT PROVIDES HELP SOONER, I THINK WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT IS KISHORE PAREKH. AND I APOLOGIZE IF I DIDN'T SAY YOUR NAME PROPERLY. OKAY. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. I LIVE ON 2217 GRAND PARKWAY AND I'M ALSO A PART OF THE COLD SPRING COMMUNITY. IF YOU REMEMBER, MAYOR, WE DID MEET EACH OTHER AT SCHATZBERGER WHEN YOU CAME THERE. AND MY ALSO SINCERE REQUEST IS TO INSTALL THE TRAFFIC LIGHT BECAUSE IT IS THE NEED OF AN HOUR. IT IS VERY RISKY AND WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR ALMOST 4 TO 5 YEARS NOW AND WE ARE HAVING ACCIDENTS. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT WE HAVE AT LEAST ABOUT 3 TO 4 ACCIDENTS EVERY YEAR, AND TO MAKE OUR LIFE EASY, IF YOU CAN APPROVE THIS REQUEST, IT WILL BE VERY NICE OF YOU. ALSO, WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE WILL BE A TEMPORARY TRAFFIC LIGHT IN THE MONTH OF JUNE, AND IN JANUARY 2027 THERE WILL BE A PERMANENT TRAFFIC LIGHT. I HAVE BEEN IN TALKS WITH JINA ALLISON AND SHE WAS THE ONE WHO GAVE ME THE SCHEDULE, AND SHE DID TELL ME THAT WE ARE SINCERELY WORKING ON THIS AND THE INSTALLATION OF THE PERMANENT TRAFFIC LIGHT. IT WILL BE DONE IN JANUARY 2027.

PLEASE DON'T DELAY THIS BECAUSE IT IS MAKING LIFE HARDER FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS OF OUR

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NEXT WE HAVE BRANDON BLEVINS. WELCOME. HELLO. HOW ARE YOU GUYS? I'M BRANDON BLEVINS. YOU GUYS HAVE SENT ME A COUPLE OF TIMES UP HERE. VARIOUS INSTANCES. I DO LIVE AT 1932 MARIETTA DRIVE IN THE COLD SPRING SUBDIVISION AS WELL. I ECHO, OF COURSE, WHAT MY FELLOW NEIGHBORS HAVE ECHOED. I ACTUALLY LIVE TOWARDS THE OTHER PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THEIR EXIT IS ACTUALLY CLOSER TO RONALD REAGAN. I'M TWO BLOCKS OFF OF RONALD REAGAN, AND IT'S PROBABLY TEN TIMES WORSE TO TRY TO GET ON RONALD REAGAN IN THE MORNINGS AS IT IS TO TRY TO GO OUT COLD SPRINGS. AND JUST LIKE A LOT OF OUR OTHER NEIGHBORS, I HAVE KIDS THAT GO TO THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A CHORE. SO I MEAN, WITHOUT BORING WITH ALL THE DETAILS, MOST CERTAINLY THE, THE TRAFFIC IS, IS DEFINITELY GETTING WORSE ON BOTH SECTIONS, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. CAN WE GET BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE AND GET ONE AT RONALD REAGAN TOO PLEASE. GRAND LAKE TIMES TWO. ANYWAY, I JOKE OF COURSE, BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, IT IS GETTING QUITE HEAVY IN THOSE AREAS AND, YOU KNOW, PROTECTION FOR, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST US AS A NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT FOR THE REST OF THE CITIZENS AS WELL IN THE AREA. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AND LAST, WE HAVE BARBARA REGINA. I LIVE AT 2412 CHIMNEY ROCK ROAD IN LEANDER AND ALSO IN COLD SPRINGS. AND THAT INTERSECTION HAS BEEN A MESS. SO PLEASE EXPEDITE, PLEASE EXPEDITE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THOSE ARE ALL THE COMMENTS THAT WE HAD. AND WE'LL GO THROUGH AND GIVE COUNCIL AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OF STAFF THAT YOU HAVE. AND THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH A VOTE ON THAT ONE. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS TO START OFF FOR FOR YOUR TESTIMONY AND AGREE WITH YOU ALL THAT THAT INTERSECTION IS A VERY DANGEROUS INTERSECTION. I'VE PERSONALLY EXITED A FEW TIMES VISITING SOME FRIENDS OUT IN COLD SPRINGS AND ALSO LAKEWOOD PARK. SO SORELY NEEDED. TONY OR GINA, COULD YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN THE TIMELINE AS FAR AS IF WE APPROVE TONIGHT, LIKE WHEN WE CAN EXPECT THE SIGNAL TO BE INSTALLED, AND THEN ALSO HOW THIS TEMPORARY SIGNAL WOULD WORK IN THE INTERIM. PROBABLY TAG TEAM, THIS ONE. SO THE CONSTRUCTION, I BELIEVE. I'M SORRY, THE DESIGN IS ABOUT A YEAR DESIGN AND PERMITTING. AND THAT ALSO INCLUDES THE TEMPORARY SIGNAL. BECAUSE IF WE ARE GOING TO PUT IN WELL, IT ALSO HAS TO BE DESIGNED AND PERMITTED BECAUSE WE'RE YOU'RE GOING TO PUT IN THE TEMPORARY POLES, NEEDS TO BE OUT OF THE WAY OF EVERYTHING ELSE WHILE YOU'RE CONSTRUCTING THE PERMANENT SIGNAL. SO THEY HAVE TO HAPPEN TOGETHER. SO AT THE TIME WHEN THE DESIGN IS FINISHED, WE'LL GO OUT TO BID. WE'LL INCLUDE THE TEMPORARY SIGNAL AS AN OPTION. AND THEN AT THAT TIME WHEN WE SEE, YOU KNOW, GET OUR BIDS RECEIVED, WE'LL TALK WITH OUR ENGINEER AT THE TIME AND SEE KIND OF WHAT THAT SCHEDULE MIGHT LOOK LIKE, SEE HOW MUCH SAVINGS WE CAN GET.

IN OUR PAST, WE'VE ONLY SEEN MAYBE 3 TO 4 MONTHS SAVINGS ON A TEMPORARY TO PERMANENT. WE DID ONE AT HERO WAY AND RONALD REAGAN, AND THAT TEMPORARY SIGNAL WAS ONLY UP FOR THREE MONTHS. SO WE'LL WEIGH THOSE OPTIONS WHENEVER WE GET THERE. AS FAR AS THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE, THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATED EARLY 2028 TO BE COMPLETE. SO WE'LL FINISH THE DESIGN THIS YEAR, GO OUT TO BID AND THEN CONSTRUCTION. HELPS. THANK YOU. PLEASE TO. SO WHEN THE PEOPLE CAME UP, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT TEMPORARY IN JUNE AND A LIGHT IN JANUARY, RIGHT.

THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE HEARD. RIGHT. AND AND THEN I KNOW WE WERE, IF YOU SEE SOME EMAILS GOING BACK AND FORTH RELATED TO PROJECTS AND ALL THAT, AND WE WERE LOOKING AT IT SLIDING TO SOMEWHERE LIKE AN APRIL MAY THING, BUT NOW WE'RE TALKING A WHOLE BASICALLY, WE'RE TALKING A YEAR AND A HALF FROM NOW TO. IS THAT THAT'S. SO DESIGN, DESIGN AND PERMITTING USUALLY IS ABOUT 9 TO 12 MONTHS. SO NINE MONTHS FOR DESIGN, ABOUT THREE MONTHS FOR PERMITTING AND BIDDING. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE AT LEAST A YEAR OUT FOR OUR DESIGN. I BELIEVE I SAID WE WOULD START CONSTRUCTION IN EARLY 2027, WHICH IS STILL SOMEWHAT TRACKING, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN THAT. BUT SO I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE, IS THERE

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PROBABLY ALMOST TWICE THE TRAFFIC ON CERTAIN TIMES OF DAY. I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW OF A GOOD WAY TO ACCELERATE IT. I MEAN, TRAFFIC SIGNALS, PROCUREMENT, EVERYTHING IS IS GENERALLY ABOUT TWO YEARS. OKAY. OH, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING AS WELL? MY APOLOGIES.

WE DID WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE ARE DOING THE BID ALTERNATE FOR THE TEMPORARY LIGHTS AS AN EFFORT TO TRY TO EXPEDITE THAT, TO TRY TO GET SOMETHING IN THERE AS SOME FORM OF RELIEF.

COULD, COULD, COULD YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE LIKE WHAT WE'VE DONE ON HERO WITH A WITH THE OR SOMETHING? THERE'S NO POSSIBILITY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR I MEAN, OR EVEN LIKE A, I KNOW A STOP SIGN REALLY DOESN'T HELP AND IT DOESN'T MAYBE WARRANT IT BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY MAKES IT WORSE BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY SPACES OUT THE TRAFFIC SO NOBODY CAN GET ACROSS. BUT IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO ALSO WITH REGARDS TO THE WIDTHS OF THE ROAD, WE CAN'T UTILIZE A TEMPORARY MOBILE SYSTEM LIKE WE'RE USING ON HERO RIGHT NOW. IT'S JUST NOT LONG ENOUGH, WIDE ENOUGH. WE'D ACTUALLY. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO SPAN WIRE FROM WOOD POLE TO POLE. AND THEN THOSE HAVE TO BE DESIGNED. OKAY. PLACE THREE. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO THANK THE RESIDENTS BOARD MEMBERS THAT CAME OUT TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.

YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY CRITICAL, AS LEADERS IN THE CITY THAT WE HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THE FOLKS THAT IMPACTS THE MOST IN TERMS OF DIRECTION. SO I WANTED TO JUST SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. ONE QUICK QUESTION. I HAD REGARDS TO THE PROPOSAL. THERE WAS, AND I BELIEVE IT'S ON IT'S PROBABLY PAGE 95 OF OUR PACKET PAGE FOR THE PROPOSAL. THERE WERE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES. THE COST THAT THAT HAS BEEN ALLOCATED, DOES THAT INCLUDE EVERYTHING THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO FULLY BUILD OUT THIS PROJECT? SO I LOOKED ON THAT LIST AND IT SAID SOMETHING REGARDING ADJACENT TRAFFIC SIGNAL HARD WIRING. SO ARE WE THINKING HOLISTICALLY? SO PAGE 95 OF THE PROPOSAL PAGE FOR PAGE FOUR OF THE PROPOSAL. YES. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE COST OF THIS, THAT WE'RE INCLUDING EVERYTHING, SO THAT LONG TERM WE'RE FULLY PREPARED AND UNDERSTANDABLE. ABSOLUTELY. SOMETIMES AS WE GO THROUGH, WELL, ACTUALLY, AS WE GO THROUGH ALMOST ALL OF OUR PROJECTS, WE HAVE TO ASSESS WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S ADDITIONAL SERVICES REQUIRED, SUCH AS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT SERVICES. THAT CAN BE SOMETHING THAT POPS UP WHERE WE MAY HAVE A CONCERN, WHETHER IT BE CASTING, WHETHER IT MAY BE MIGRATORY BIRDS, WHETHER IT MAY BE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES. AND WE REALLY DON'T KNOW UNTIL WE ACTUALLY GET INTO THE STUDY OF THAT TO DETERMINE. AND SO THE PROPOSAL DOES CONSIDER ALL THE BASIC NECESSITIES FOR US TO GET. WHAT WE NEED IS THAT PUT IN THE ADDITIONAL SERVICE. MY APOLOGIES. DOES THAT ALSO INCLUDE CONTINGENCY COST IF WE HAVE NO CONTINGENCY COSTS? OKAY. ABSOLUTELY NOT. AND MY POINT IS THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT OUR CONSULTANTS WILL GIVE THESE ADDITIONAL SERVICES IN ALMOST EVERY PROPOSAL THAT WE HAVE IS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF UNFORESEEN UNTIL WE ACTUALLY GET THERE. OKAY. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, JUST BASED ON THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT THIS PROCESS IS, WILL THERE BE SOME COMMUNICATIONS TO IF WE APPROVE, WOULD THERE BE COMMUNICATIONS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS TO THE COMMUNITIES IMPACTED SO THAT THEY KIND OF KNOW WHERE WE ARE ON THE PHASES? YES, MA'AM. OF COURSE, WE LIKE TO HAVE THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, AT LEAST A COUPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INFORM THE PUBLIC WHEN AND WHAT THE GENERAL SCHEDULE IS GOING TO BE AND WHEN WE'RE GOING TO IMPACT THEM. I'M SORRY. NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I KNOW MAUREEN IS VERY GOOD ABOUT REACHING OUT TO THE HOA SO THEY CAN EITHER CONTACT HER. WE CAN PROVIDE PERIODIC UPDATES TO THE HOA TO SPREAD TO THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA. THANK YOU. PLEASE FOR THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO CAME OUT AND SPOKE ABOUT THE LIGHT. SO WAS THIS LIGHT SCHEDULED TO BE DESIGNED OR SENT OUT PREVIOUSLY? AND IT GOT PUSHED BACK. SO IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE OUT IN 2027? NO. IT ONLY HAD MET THE ONE WARRANT AT THE TIME OF THE WARRANT STUDY THAT WAS DONE IN 2022. SO AND THEN THE ONLY WARRANT THAT IT MET WAS THE, YOU KNOW, TIMING OF THE CORRIDOR. SO IT DIDN'T RISE TO THE TOP BECAUSE IT DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF ACCIDENTS. IT DIDN'T MEET SOME OF THAT CRITERIA. SO WE HAD NEVER WE HADN'T LIKE PUSHED IT BACK OR ANYTHING. IT

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LOOKING FOR CHIEF. CHIEF. I'M SURE. WE IN CIP DO NOT DIRECTLY TRY TO MITIGATE THAT OR CONTROL THAT. SO. SO CITIZENS ARE REPORTING DOWN CRYSTAL FALLS. A LOT OF KIDDOS ARE WALKING DOWN THAT MEDIAN DOWN CRYSTAL FALLS, JUMPING IN BETWEEN THE CARS. ARE WE WORKING WITH LEANDER ISD PD AT ALL REGARDING OR THEIR JAYWALKING ACROSS THOSE STREETS? I MEAN, MULTIPLE THINGS THAT THEY'VE DISCUSSED. HAVE WE WORKED WITH LEANDER ISD, PD REGARDING ANY OF THOSE TYPES OF SAFETY ISSUES? NOT DIRECTLY WITH THEM ON THOSE. TYPICALLY, IF IT'S NOT ANYTHING, THEY DON'T HANDLE TOO MANY THINGS OFFSIDE, OFFSIDE OF CAMPUS, THEN THEN JUST RIGHT AROUND PROBABLY THE AREA RIGHT THERE. SOME OF THE CROSSINGS THEY MAY ASSIST WITH. BUT NO, I DON'T SEE THEM HELPING WITH THAT IN PARTICULARLY ARE WE HAVING INCREASED PATROLS THERE OR INCREASED CALLS TO COME OUT THERE THAT KIDS ARE DOING THIS OR WHAT CAN WE DO BECAUSE WE HAVE 9 TO 12 MONTHS BEFORE ANYTHING'S GOING TO HELP THIS COMMUNITY? SURE. I MEAN, TYPICALLY, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW UNLESS I PULL UP THE RECORDS TO SEE WHAT CALLS THAT WE'VE EVER RECEIVED. I THINK A LOT OF TIMES WE MAY HEAR SOME OF THESE THINGS HERE, AND WE DON'T GET THE ACTUAL CALL TO COME LOOK AT THAT. BUT YEAH, IF WE KNOW TIMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE CAN HAVE OFFICERS PATROLLING THOSE AREAS DURING THOSE TIMES. WE CAN ALSO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DEPENDING ON HOW WHERE THIS IS EXACTLY ON HELPING GETTING INFORMATION OUT TO FAMILIES SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE SHOULD AND SHOULDN'T DO. KIDS AREN'T ALWAYS GOING TO LISTEN TO THAT. I MEAN, I HAVE TWO OF THEM THAT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE DONE EVERYTHING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT THEN AND THERE, BUT I THINK SOMETIMES JUST US BEING OUT THERE IN A PRESENCE CAN ALSO HELP. BUT WE COULD WORK WITH LISD IF YOU LET SITUATION S AND SAY, HEY, CAN YOU GUYS KIND OF TEAM UP WITH US OVER IN THIS AREA AND JUST KIND OF BE PRESENT? UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A TEMPORARY BAND AID BECAUSE IF WE'RE CALLED TO SOMETHING ELSE OR WE'RE NOT THERE, KIDS ARE GOING TO KIND OF GO BACK TO THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE CAN DO MORE AND BE THERE, BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS UNTIL THAT'S PUT UP. IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE. THANK YOU. BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN THAT'S HAPPENING THERE, IT MAY BE HAPPENING IN OTHER PLACES. SO YOU'RE KIND OF JUST CIRCLING, TRYING TO FIND IT ALL. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. PLEASE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING I DO? AGAIN, I ECHO MY FELLOW COUNCILMAN, CITIZENS WHO HAVE COME TO EXPRESS THEIR DESIRES AND NEEDS IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA. IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HEAR QUITE FREQUENTLY FROM THIS PARTICULAR CORRIDOR. AND I DO HAVE SOME TRAFFIC ISSUE TYPE CONCERNS THAT I WANT TO GET A LITTLE BIT, IF YOU CAN, AND I DON'T WANT TO THROW YOU OFF ON THIS ONE. RIGHT. BUT AS I'M HEARING ALL OF THIS AND I'M LOOKING AT MAPS, SO RIGHT THERE AT CRYSTAL FALLS, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE ALL THE NEW FANTASTIC RETAIL THAT'S COMING UP THERE. AND THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE OUR TRAFFIC IN THE AREA. IS THERE ANY TRAFFIC STUDIES THAT CAN BE REFERENCED FOR THIS TO KIND OF WHERE ARE WE ON THAT BUILD AS FAR AS THE TRAFFIC IS CONCERNED? YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THESE NEW PIECES COMING INTO PLAY, THE EXTENSION OF RAIDER WAY, THE, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL EXTENSION BEYOND CRYSTAL FALLS, WE'VE HAD PLENTY OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT ARTISAN SPRINGS AND THE DIFFICULTY GETTING OUT OF ARTISAN SPRINGS. AND NOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT EAST CRYSTAL FALLS AND GRAND LAKE PARKWAY, WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING TO DEVELOP SOLUTION FOR THE TRAFFIC. MY CONCERN HERE IS THAT WE HAVE AN INCREASE IN TRAFFIC WHILE WE'RE ADDRESSING THIS, THIS CONCERN, AND I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND BETTER WHAT THE LONG TERM PLANNING IS. I THINK WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SOME TRAFFIC SIGNALING AT RIGHT AWAY. AND OBVIOUSLY, AS I MENTIONED, ARTISAN IS ANOTHER AREA WHERE PERHAPS NOW THOSE MITIGATION SURVEYS MIGHT INDICATE THAT AN ADDITIONAL LIGHT IS NECESSARY THERE OR OR NOT. HAVE WE ALREADY DONE THAT WORK? I THINK ARTESIAN IS TOO CLOSE TO RAIDER WAY, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT'S LIKE A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET. IT'S NOT.

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AND GLAD WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS. I HATE THAT IT, IT TAKES THIS AMOUNT OF TIME, BUT YOU KNOW, IT TAKES WHAT IT TAKES AND WE NEED TO GET IT DONE AND NOT HOLD IT UP ANYMORE IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN MOVE IT FORWARD. SO WITH THAT SAID, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS ITEM. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. SECOND, WE HAVE EVERYBODY MOTIONING AND SECOND, TONIGHT, I DON'T KNOW, DORA, IF YOU'LL TAKE WHATEVER YOU WANT. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. AND NOW WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM

[17. Discuss and consider action on a Change Order No. 2 to Core & Main LP for the implementation of an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system identified as Capital Improvements Program (CIP) Project number W.42 in the amount of $1,980,187.60 increasing the total contract amount to $11,086,883.34; and authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary documents.]

A GROWTH RATE FOR 2020 THREW EVERYTHING OUT OF WHACK. WE GREW FASTER THAN WE COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED. AND SO AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WE SAID, OKAY, ON THIS PROJECT, LET'S TAKE A SNAPSHOT IN TIME. WE'RE GOING TO HIRE A CONTRACTOR AT THAT SNAPSHOT. AND KNOWING AND UNDERSTANDING, WE WOULD GET THAT CONTRACTOR TO GO OUT AND DO SURVEYS, ASSESSMENTS OF WHAT

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RADIO SYSTEMS DO NOT WORK BEHIND THOSE. AND SO WE KNEW WE'D HAVE TO ADD IN CELLULAR SERVICE. WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW HOW MANY. AND SO THESE STUDIES GAVE US THAT, AND THEY TOLD US EXACTLY WHAT THAT WOULD INCLUDE. AND SO WE CAME BACK AT THE END OF DECEMBER, WE HAD OUR STUDIES, AND THE CONTRACTOR CAME IN WITH A PROPOSAL FOR CHANGE. AND WITH THAT, THERE WAS THE ADDITION OF, WHAT IS IT, 8631 UNITS, WHICH ADDED 2.34 MILLION. BUT WE CAME BACK WITH SOME CREDITS ALSO, AND WE HAD LESS NUMBER OF CERTAIN TYPES OF METERS, WHICH GAVE US ABOUT 294,000 IN CREDIT, AS WELL AS ANOTHER ADDITIONAL 16,000 IN CREDIT AND 176,000 IN CREDIT. AND THEN WE HAD SOME ADDITIONAL OF LIDS AND BOXES AND VAULTS THAT WERE JUST IN POOR CONDITION. WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE THOSE. AND THOSE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL, WHAT WAS IT, ABOUT $150,000 AND WHICH ALL TOTALS UP TO THE 1.98 MILLION. AND SO NOW AT 32,418M, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT WE HAVE TO ACHIEVE. SO WE APPRECIATE YOU GIVING A REVIEW. AND THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. BUT DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION. I'LL START WITH PLAY SIX. I'M GOOD. OKAY PLEASE. FIVE. ARE YOU GOOD. JUST A QUICK CLARIFICATION ON ALL OF THESE NEW UNITS THAT ARE COMING IN. IS IT A MIX BETWEEN THE RADIO SIGNAL AND CELLULAR OR ARE THEY ALL CELLULAR? THERE'S A MIXER. THERE'S A IT'S ALMOST 5050. THERE'S 4202 THAT ARE ON RADIO AND 4429 ON CELLULAR. OKAY. AND THEN AGAIN, THIS IS JUST APPROVAL OF INCREASING THE CONTRACT AMOUNT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN WE'RE GOING TO SPEND ALL THAT MONEY BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED CREDITS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT WE GOT BEFORE. YES. BUT THOSE CREDITS ARE ACTUALLY TIED INTO THAT 1.98 MILLION. SO THOSE ARE ON THE ONE NINE. WE COULD POTENTIALLY SEE SIMILAR CREDITS ON THE 11 AS WELL. RIGHT. IS THAT FAIR? EVENTUALLY, YEAH, THERE COULD POTENTIALLY BE MORE. BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IT IS THE ADDITION OF THE 1.98 MILLION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. PLACE FOR OKAY. PLACE THREE. OKAY. PLUS TWO PLUS ONE.

ALL RIGHT. THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE AGENDA ITEM 18. I'LL SECOND, WE HAVE A YES. SEVEN FOR CLARIFICATION. 17. GET AHEAD OF YOURSELF. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. AND

[18. Discuss and consider action on the Second Reading of an Ordinance 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.]

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THEY COULD DO THAT OR RETAIL HAVE A COUPLE OPTIONS. YEAH. SO IT'S NOT ZONED OR OKAY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US. AND THIS GOES BACK TO THE CIP. THIS GOES BACK TO OUR PLAN. THIS GOES BACK TO WHAT ANDREW WAS TALKING ABOUT. LET'S GET PREPARED FOR IT AND MAKE IT, MAKE IT, MAKE IT GO GOOD AND ALL THAT. BECAUSE I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THAT PEOPLE WILL USE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS A WAY TO PASS THROUGH WITH THE TIGHTNESS AND EVERYTHING. THEY WILL STILL COME THROUGH. AND, AND THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BUY THOSE HOMES, THEY'RE GOING TO, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE KIDS AND EVERYTHING AND THEY'RE GOING TO. BUT EVEN BY MAKING THAT ROAD BIGGER AND GETTING THE PASTURE THERE, WE CAN GET MORE TRAFFIC BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF GOING UP IN THERE. AND WE HAVE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR WHERE, YEAH, THE ROADS ARE GOING TO COME, BUT THEY DON'T SEEM TO COME FAST ENOUGH. SO I JUST WANT TO.

THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SAY ABOUT THIS, AND I'LL CHANGE MY VOTE. NOW THAT I'VE SAID ALL THAT.

OKAY? PLEASE. THREE SO, ROBIN, I HAD ONE QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU KIND OF UNDER THE LENS OF, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE FUTURE PROOF THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING? I KNOW THAT FOR WATER WASTEWATER, WE WERE OKAY IN TERMS OF THIS TRACK OF LAND. HAVE WE HAD CONFIRMATION FROM FIRE POLICE THAT IN THE ANNEXATION OF THIS SUBDIVISION, WE WOULD NOT BE CONSTRAINING THEIR DEPARTMENTS? YES. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY KIND OF SURROUNDED BY THE CITY. IT'S NOT ONE THAT'S SPRAWL THAT KIND OF EXTENDS THEIR SURFACE AREA. OKAY. SO IT WOULD JUST BE ENCOMPASSED IN THE SERVICE AREA THAT'S ALREADY PROVIDED WITH THE. IT WAS NOT A HUGE NUMBER OF LOTS THAT WOULD ADD TO THE SERVICE AS WELL. OKAY. THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT, IT'S

[19. Discuss and consider action on the Second Reading of an Ordinance regarding 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.]

SO THIS IS THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE FOR THE ALEX ALEXANDER TRACK ZONING CASE.

IT'S NOT ON CONSENT BECAUSE THE VOTE WASN'T UNANIMOUS LAST TIME. WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. I DID PULL THE THE STREET SECTIONS THAT ARE COMING UP. SO ON THE LEFT, THIS IS THE COUNTY PROJECT THAT THEY'RE PUTTING OUT TO BID RIGHT NOW. SO THEY'RE GOING TO IMPROVE 267 TO BE 24FT OF RIGHT OF WAY WITH TWO LANES. THE CITY'S ULTIMATE SECTION IS ON THE RIGHT WHERE IT'S THREE LANES. SO IN THE DEVELOPER COMES IN WITH THEIR PROJECT, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT HALF OF THE ROADWAY. AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND THE APPLICANT WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION. OKAY. WE'LL HAVE THE APPLICANT COME UP AND THEN WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM AS WELL. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AGAIN THIS EVENING. VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE YOU KIND OF GIVING A LITTLE GLIMPSE THERE AND PRELUDE TYPICALLY, ESPECIALLY ON SECOND HEARING. WE DON'T DO A PRESENTATION, BUT I FELT IT NECESSARY TO TOUCH ON TWO ITEMS TONIGHT. AND SPECIFICALLY 267 IS ONE OF THOSE. AS YOU ASKED, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE TIMING HERE? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT WE HAVE DONE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING WITH CITY STAFF

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I EXPECT ONE OF THE ARGUMENTS TONIGHT, AS I'VE HEARD, IS THAT THIS WATER POLICY MAY EXPIRE BEFORE THE SUBDIVISION IS FULLY BUILT OUT, BUT THAT MISSES THE REAL USE AND THE REAL ISSUE.

THE ISSUE IS NOT WHETHER THE LAST HOME IS BUILT BEFORE OR AFTER SOME FUTURE POLICY CHANGE.

THE ISSUE IS WHETHER THIS COUNCIL IS WILLING TO RESPOND TO WHAT RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN SAYING REPEATEDLY AND CLEARLY. SLOW GROWTH DOWN. LET INFRASTRUCTURE CATCH UP AS WE'VE SEEN, AND STOP INCREASING DENSITY. WHILE WATER REMAINS A CONSTRAINT. THAT HAS BEEN THE

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THEY'RE ASKING THE CITY TO PACE GROWTH RESPONSIBLY. THEY'RE ASKING YOU TO RESPECT THE LIMITS OF INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THEY'RE ASKING YOU TO NOT KEEP APPROVING DENSER DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS. WHILE THE CITY ITSELF IS ACKNOWLEDGING WATER CONCERNS. THAT IS EXACTLY WHY THE CURRENT WATER RESOLUTION MATTERS. LAST YEAR, DURING THE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, SENATE BILL 15 WAS PASSED, SIGNALING THAT HIGHER POPULATION CITIES HAVE LESS ABILITY TO USE LOT SIZE RULES TO LIMIT DENSITY. LEANDER STILL HAS THAT AUTHORITY NOW, BUT IT WON'T FOREVER. SO IF RESIDENTS ARE TELLING YOU THAT THEY DO NOT WANT DENSITY, PUSH HIGHER WHILE INFRASTRUCTURE IS STRAINED, THIS IS NOW THE TIME TO LISTEN. THIS IS THE TIME TO USE LOCAL CONTROL WHILE WE STILL HAVE IT, NOT LATER. NOW. THIS IS CENTRAL TEXAS. WATER IS THE LIMITING FACTOR. YOUR OWN AGENDA. MATERIALS SAY THESE HIGHER DENSITY COMPONENTS ARE NOT SUPPORTED BY THE CURRENT WATER RESOLUTION. SO THE CHOICE TONIGHT IS SIMPLE. WILL YOU HONOR THE MESSAGE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN SENDING ABOUT SLOWING GROWTH AND PROTECTING INFRASTRUCTURE? OR WILL YOU APPROVE MORE DENSITY? ANYWAY? THIS PROJECT IS NOT UNIQUE. IT IS NOT EXTRAORDINARY. HE LITERALLY JUST. TRIED TO SELL YOU THIS STUFF AS PRODUCTS, NOT HIS HOMES. IT IS JUST THAT IT'S MORE PRODUCT. IT IS NOT JUSTIFY OVERRIDING BOTH PUBLIC CONCERN AND THE CITY'S OWN WATER BASED POLICY DIRECTION. RESIDENTS HAVE ASKED YOU TO SLOW DOWN.

THEY HAVE ASKED YOU TO LET INFRASTRUCTURE CATCH UP. THEY'VE ASKED YOU TO NOT KEEP INCREASING DENSITY. TONIGHT IS YOUR CHANCE TO SHOW THAT YOU HEARD THEM. PLEASE DENY THIS ZONING AS PROPOSED. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL NOW WE'LL CONSIDER ACTION ON THIS. JUST NEED A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND IT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. UNLESS THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION BY ANYBODY. OKAY? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM 20 IS OUR

[20. Council Member Closing Statements.]

WOW. GOING OUT OF ORDER. THAT'S A THAT'S A THAT'S A THAT'S OVER THE BRIDGE THERE. OKAY. ALRIGHT, SO I ALWAYS, I ALWAYS FIND THIS A FASCINATING EXERCISE. AND, AND AS IS THE CASE, APRIL SEEMS TO HAVE SOME KIND OF WEIRD VIBE IN THE UNIVERSE THAT WEIRD THINGS HAPPEN IN APRIL. SO I'M GOING TO FLIP THE ORDER TONIGHT. THIS DAY IN HISTORY MUSIC HISTORY IN 1800, BEETHOVEN'S SYMPHONY NUMBER ONE PREMIERED. THIS WAS THE SYMPHONY NUMBER ONE IN C MAJOR. AND THE SIGNIFICANT SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS IS THAT WHILE IT DID REFLECT WHAT HAYDN AND MOZART HAD BEEN DOING AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME IN HISTORY, THE THE THE SYMPHONY CONTAINED SUBVERSIVE ELEMENTS. SO IT STARTED ON A DISSONANT CHORD. AND THAT WAS VERY UPSETTING TO THE PEOPLE IN THE CLASSICAL AIR. AND SO IT WAS KIND OF BEETHOVEN TELLING THE VIENNESE ELITE, I KNOW THE RULES, BUT I'M CHOOSING TO BREAK THEM ANYWAY. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING. EVERY REBEL IN MUSIC, FROM STRAVINSKY TO HENDRIX TO PRINCE, OWES A DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO THAT SPECIFIC MOMENT OF DEFIANCE FROM MR. BEETHOVEN. AND THEN IN WORLD HISTORY IN 1801, THE BATTLE OF COPENHAGEN TOOK PLACE, AND THIS WAS DURING THE NAPOLEONIC NAPOLEONIC WARS. THERE WAS A BRITISH FLEET THAT WAS UNDER THE GUISE OF ADMIRAL SIR HYDE PARKER AND VICE ADMIRAL HORATIO NELSON. SO THEY HAD ATTACKED A NORWEGIAN FLEET AND VICE ADMIRAL HORATIO NELSON HAD LOST AN EYE ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE THAT, AND HE PUT THE TELESCOPE UP TO HIS EYE TO SEE THE OTHER FLEET AND SAYS, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING. BASICALLY, THIS IS WHERE WE GET THE TERM TURNED A BLIND EYE. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. HAVE A WONDERFUL HIGH HOLIDAYS THIS WEEKEND. AND REMEMBER, ALWAYS TAKE CARE OF YOUR MENTAL HEALTH. THANK YOU. PLEASE HAVE YOU ASSURED EVERYONE THIS WEEKEND? BUT

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EVEN THOUGH YOU KIND OF TRICKED ME AND I WAS IN LABOR FOR TWO DAYS, YOU CLEARLY WANTED TO BE BORN ON APRIL 1ST. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. I LOVE YOU DEARLY AND THANK YOU FOR ONCE AGAIN MAKING ME A MOM. AND TO THOSE THAT CELEBRATE HAPPY GOOD FRIDAY AND RESURRECTION SUNDAY PLEASE. THREE I JUST WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY EASTER, PLEASE. ONE HAPPY, I MEAN, SORRY I BLANKED OUT. I'M NOT USED TO BEING TO BEING LAST. I THREW YOU OFF. I'M SORRY IT HAS THROWN ME OFF, BUT I JUST WANTED TO WISH EVERYONE A A GOOD FRIDAY AND A HAPPY EASTER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. VERY GOOD. WELL, TONIGHT WE GOT DINNER FROM WHAT'S IT TO YOU? AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. WE ALWAYS TRY TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES IN OUR AREA. SOME THINGS COMING UP TO KEEP IN MIND. ON APRIL 15TH, WE'LL HAVE BREAKFAST WITH THE MAYOR THAT'S HOSTED BY THE CHAMBERS. IF YOU WANT TO COME OUT, FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CITY. YOU CAN COME AND SEE US AT THAT TIME. BUT ALSO, I WANT TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY HUSBAND. I WON'T SAY HOW OLD HE IS, BUT HIS BIRTHDAY IS NEXT WEEK. YES, HE PROBABLY WOULDN'T LIKE THAT, BUT I WON'T SAY THAT. BUT WE'LL SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY. AND WE ALSO WANT TO SAY HAPPY ANNIVERSARY. HAPPY 32ND ANNIVERSARY TO ANDREW AND HIS WIFE. VERY GOOD. AND THEN WE ALSO ISSUED A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING MARCH 29TH, 2026 AS EDUCATION AND SHARING DAY. WELL,

[21. Convene back into Executive Session, if needed, pursuant to:

1. 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 purposes; and 
2.  Section 551.071, Texas Government Code, and Rule 1.05, Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, to consult with legal counsel regarding DeNucci Constructors, LLC v. City of Leander, et al; and
3. Section 551.074, Texas Government Code, to discuss the evaluation process of the City Manager.