Apr 16, 2026 City Council Regular Meeting

[1. Open Meeting.]

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2026 AND THE TIME IS NOW 6 P.M. AND THIS IS THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL. CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER STEPHEN CHANG, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. MICHAEL HERRERA. COUNCIL MEMBER. NATALIE 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

[3. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to:

1. 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 an Old Town Incentive Chapter 380 Agreement(s) for Project EDA-26-001; and
2. Section 551.072, Texas Government Code, to deliberate the acquisition of properties located in the Polly Scritchfield Survey, Abstract No. 899, Williamson County for utility easement and temporary construction easement relating to the Hero Way West Elevated Storage Tank and Water Line Project (CIP W.55); and
3. Section 551.072, Texas Government Code, to deliberate the acquisition of properties located in the Johnson Survey, Abstract No. 350, Williamson County for subsurface anchoring easement relating to the San Gabriel Parkway Phase 1 Project (CIP T.11); and
4. 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
5. Section 551.071, Texas Government Code, and Section 1.05, Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, and Section 551.072, to consult with legal counsel regarding a lease agreement for City operations; and 
6. Section 551.074, Texas Government Code, to deliberate the annual evaluation of the City Manager.

PURSUANT TO ONE SECTION 551.071 AND SECTION 551.087 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 TO DELIBERATE PROPOSED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE INCENTIVES FOR ONE OR MORE BUSINESS PROSPECTS THAT THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY SEEKS TO HAVE LOCATE, STAY OR EXPAND IN OR NEAR THE TERRITORY OF THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY WITH WHICH THE CITY IS CONDUCTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS, ALONG WITH CONSIDERATION OF AN OLD TOWN INCENTIVE. CHAPTER 380 AGREEMENT FOR PROJECT EDA DASH 20 6-001 AND TWO, SECTION 551.072. TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DELIBERATE THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES LOCATED IN THE POLY SCRITCHFIELD SURVEY. ABSTRACT NUMBER 899 WILLIAMSON COUNTY FOR UTILITY EASEMENT AND TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT RELATING TO THE HERO WAY WEST.

ELEVATED STORAGE TANK AND WATER LINE PROJECT. SIP W .55 AND THREE. SECTION 551.072. TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DELIBERATE THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES LOCATED IN THE JOHNSON SURVEY.

ABSTRACT NUMBER 350 WILLIAMSON COUNTY FOR SUBSURFACE ANCHORING EASEMENT RELATED TO THE SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY. PHASE ONE PROJECT. SIP T .11 AND FOR 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 FIVE. SECTION 551.071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND SECTION 1.05 TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND SECTION 551.072 TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING THE LEASE AGREEMENT FOR CITY OPERATIONS. AND LASTLY. SIX SECTION 551.07 FOR TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DELIBERATE YOU GUYS, WE'LL START THE MEETING AT SEVEN, BUT WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK FROM OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO WE'RE RECONVENING INTO OPEN SESSION AT 6:54 P.M. WE HAVE NOT FINISHED ALL OUR DELIBERATIONS ON ITEM SIX, SO WE WILL LOOK AT THAT AGAIN AFTER THE MEETING.

BUT ON ITEM ONE, OLD TOWN INCENTIVE, CHAPTER 380 AGREEMENT FOR PROJECT EDA 26-001. MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AN OLD TOWN INCENTIVE? CHAPTER 380 AGREEMENT FOR PROJECT EDA 26001 AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. WE NEED A SECOND. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. OPTION TWO ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES LOCATED IN THE POLLY SCRATCH FIELD. SURVEY. ABSTRACT NUMBER 899 WILLIAMSON COUNTY FOR UTILITY EASEMENT AND TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT RELATED TO THE HERO WAY WEST. ELEVATED STORAGE TANK AND WATER LINE. PROJECT CIPW55. MAYOR PRO TEM DO YOU HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES LOCATED IN THE POLLY SCRITCHFIELD SURVEY? ABSTRACT NUMBER 899 WILLIAMSON COUNTY FOR UTILITY EASEMENT AND TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT RELATING TO THE HERO WAY WEST. ELEVATED STORAGE TANK AND WATERLINE PROJECT CIP W55. AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. SECOND. SECOND. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION CARRIES. MENOPAUSE. JUST A SECOND.

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ABSTRACT NUMBER 350 WILLIAMSON COUNTY FOR SUBSURFACE ANCHORING EASEMENT RELATED TO THE SAN GABRIEL PARKWAY. PHASE ONE PROJECT CIP T11. MAYOR PRO TEM. DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO.

ACTION. ALL RIGHT. AND OPTION FOR ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES. MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO. ACTION. AND NUMBER FIVE LEASE AGREEMENT FOR CITY OPERATIONS.

MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO. ACTION. ALL RIGHT. AND WITH THAT, WE WILL ADJOURN OUR BRIEFING WORKSHOP. THANK YOU. THE TIME IS NOW 657, AND WE WILL START OUR MEETING AT

[4. Open Meeting, Invocation, and the Fire Department Honor Guard will present the Colors followed by the Pledges of Allegiance.]

I'M THANKFUL FOR INTERNATIONAL FIREFIGHTERS DAY FOR ALSO CELEBRATING THAT HERE TODAY.

GOD, I PRAY FOR EACH ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT GOD, YOU CONTINUE TO WRAP YOUR LOVING ARMS AROUND THEM. GIVE THEM A SPIRIT OF ENCOURAGEMENT. I'M SO THANKFUL FOR EACH ONE OF THEM, FOR WHAT THEY DO, THE TIME THEY VOLUNTEER, AND GOD. I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR TODD, OUR CITY MANAGER, AND JUST HIS TIRELESS EFFORTS TO CONTINUE TO TAKE CARE OF NOT ONLY FIRST RESPONDERS, BUT EVERY DEPARTMENT IN OUR CITY. AND AS ALWAYS, I CAN'T LEAVE WITHOUT SAYING THANK YOU FOR DARA, FOR JUST THE BACKBONE THAT CONTINUES TO BE A BLESSING NOT ONLY TO THE CITY, BUT TO EVERY EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY. WE LOVE YOU, LORD. AMEN.

PRAISE COLOR. 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. TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS STATE UNDER GOD. ONE AND. SO.

THANK YOU. Y'ALL MAY BE SEATED. CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER STEPHEN CHANG PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL HERRERA, COUNCIL MEMBER. NATALIE BLAIR, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER. ANNETTE SPONSELLER, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. ANDREW NORDIN HERE,

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[6. Welcome Special Guests and Visitors.]

RAJA SALIH, IF YOU'D COME FORWARD. NO. OKAY. OKAY, THEN WE CAN JUST MOVE FORWARD. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THEY ARE NOT HERE NOW, SO WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM EIGHT. OUR

[8. Recognitions/Proclamations.

• Public Service Week Proclamation (May 3 - 9)
• Small Business Week Proclamation (May 3 - 9)
• International Firefighter Day Proclamation (May 4)
• Air Quality Awareness Week Proclamation (May 4 - 8)

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR THOMPSON AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SHANTEL BLEWETT. I'M IN THE HR DEPARTMENT. I AM PART OF THE GROUP WHICH IS THE LEANDER RECOGNITION ENGAGEMENT CONNECT GROUP. AND SO WE HAVE THE PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK. LAST YEAR WAS OUR FIRST YEAR DOING THIS. SO THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR AND WE'RE TOTALLY EXCITED. WE'VE GOT GREAT EVENTS HAPPENING. SO ON MAY, MAY THE 5TH, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR FIRST BREAKFAST TACO DRIVE THROUGH. OKAY. AND YOU HAVE TO SAY MORE ABOUT THIS. YES. FROM 7 A.M. TO 9 A.M. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO BE AT THE REC, THE LEANDER ACTIVITY CENTER, OKAY. AND EMPLOYEES CAN JUST DRIVE RIGHT ON THROUGH, GRAB A TACO, GET SOME ORANGE JUICE, GRAB SOME DONUTS AND HEAD INTO WORK.

AND THEN ON MAY 9TH, WE HAVE AN EMPLOYEE AND FAMILY FIVE K RUN. OKAY, THAT'S GOING TO START AT IN ALL THESE THINGS, YOU ALL ARE INVITED. OKAY, THAT'S GOING TO START AT 8 A.M. AND THEN TO CONCLUDE THIS GRAND WEEK, IT'S KIND OF EXTENDED. IT'S ON MAY THE 14TH, IT'S A THURSDAY, AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A PICNIC. LAST YEAR WE WENT TO THE BALLPARK. THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO CARNIVAL. OKAY. LIKE THAT'S LIKE CARNIVAL OR CARNIVAL. WELL, MAYBE I HAVE LIKE A LITTLE IN MY VOICE, KIND OF LIKE, OKAY, YOU KNOW, LITTLE. WELL, I WAS JUST LIKE, ARE WE DRESSING UP? DO WE HAVE LIKE THE OUTFITS OR. WELL, WHAT ARE WE DOING? WHAT WE DO HAVE, IT IS THEMED CARNIVAL. IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE TOTAL CARNIVAL THEME. OKAY, LOTS OF FUN GAMES. OKAY. PRIZES, ACTIVITIES FOR THE EMPLOYEES TO COME. ONCE AGAIN, YOU ALL ARE INVITED. IT'S GOING TO BE FROM 11 A.M. TO 2 P.M. SO IT'S KIND OF COME AND GO AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING FOR THIS YEAR FOR OUR PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION. WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT WORK FOR THE CITY. WE REALIZE SOMETIMES IT'S A THANKLESS JOB, AND YOU DON'T ALWAYS GET THE RECOGNITION OR APPRECIATION THAT YOU DESERVE FOR ALL THE WORK THAT IS PUT IN. SO WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WE ARE PUBLICLY THANKING YOU, AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT. Y'ALL ARE DOING THIS AND RECOGNIZING ALL THE EMPLOYEES. SO I'M GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION AND THEN WE'LL COME DOWN AND TAKE A PICTURE IF YOU LIKE. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF LEANDER IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE DEDICATION, PROFESSIONALISM AND SELFLESSNESS EXHIBITED BY OUR CITY EMPLOYEES AND PUBLIC SERVANTS. AND WHEREAS THE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF LEANDER DEMONSTRATE UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR CITIZENS AND CONSISTENTLY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THEIR EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN THE WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS PUBLIC SERVANTS AT EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT, FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY AND CITY PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN THE FUNCTIONING OF OUR DEMOCRACY, PROVIDING ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND ENSURING CONTINUITY EVEN AS LEADERSHIP CHANGES. WHEREAS, WITHOUT THE DEDICATION AND HARD WORK OF THESE PUBLIC SERVANTS, THE DAILY OPERATIONS OF OUR CITY WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE, AND THE

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AND NEXT WE'LL HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR SMALL BUSINESS WEEK, WHICH IS MAY 3RD THROUGH THE NINTH. WE HAVE ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER, KENT, THAT WILL COME AND TALK ABOUT IT. AND WHO DO WE HAVE READING THAT? IS THAT ONE YOURS? OH, OKAY. AND THEN WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER CHANG WHO'S GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION. OKAY, AWESOME. WELL, WE LOVE OUR SMALL BUSINESSES HERE IN LEANDER, AND WE DEFINITELY WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE RECOGNIZE SMALL BUSINESS WEEK HERE. YOU KNOW, OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE PUT TOGETHER THAT SMALL BUSINESS FORUM, PUT TOGETHER A SMALL BUSINESS GUIDE. OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS LAUNCHED SIZE UP LEANDER, WHICH IS ANOTHER TOOL THAT BUSINESSES CAN USE IF THEY WANT TO START A BUSINESS HERE OR ACTUALLY GET CONNECTED WITH ANY KIND OF MENTORS, YOU KNOW, IN THE AREA AS WELL, WHICH IS GREAT. AND SO AS PART OF SMALL BUSINESS WEEK, YOU KNOW, THE CHAMBER IS GOING TO BE LAUNCHING THEIR OPENING FOR THEIR NEW HOUSE THAT SAME WEEK.

THE CHAMBER IS ALSO WORKING WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO HOST A SMALL BUSINESS EVENT CLASS THAT'S GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON SIZE UP, SO LOOK OUT FOR THAT. THAT SHOULD BE COMING OUT SOON WITH DETAILS FOR THAT EVENT. AND SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AS THEY MAKE A BULK OF OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. AND SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, KENT. AND NOW I'M HAPPY TO READ THE PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK ACKNOWLEDGES THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF AMERICA'S ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESSES FOR THEIR HARD WORK, INGENUITY, DEDICATION AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ECONOMY. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF LEANDER VALUES SMALL BUSINESSES AS THEY ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR ECONOMY AND VITAL FOR LOCAL EMPLOYMENT, INNOVATION AND THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF LEANDER IS HOME TO A THRIVING COMMUNITY OF SMALL BUSINESSES, INCLUDING OVER 1500 WITH LESS THAN 50 EMPLOYEES EACH, A TOTAL ESTIMATED REVENUE OF 1.3 BILLION AND EMPLOYING MORE THAN 7600 EMPLOYEES, SERVING AS A FOUNDATION FOR THE LOCAL ECONOMY. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF LEANDER IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING AND PROMOTING SMALL BUSINESSES TO ESTABLISH, SUCCEED AND GROW IN THE COMMUNITY AS SMALL BUSINESSES PROVIDE VALUABLE GOODS AND SERVICES, CREATE JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND FOSTER A SENSE OF COMMUNITY PRIDE. AND WHEREAS, SMALL BUSINESS WEEK IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE INVESTMENT AND CONTRIBUTION OF SMALL BUSINESSES TO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND COMMUNITY. NOW THEREFORE, I,

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OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. AND WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PROCLAMATION WITH SPECIAL GUESTS IN THE ROOM. OUR INTERNATIONAL FIREFIGHTER DAY PROCLAMATION, WHICH IS MAY 4TH, AND WE HAVE FIRE CHIEF BILLY WUSTERHAUSEN HERE TO TALK TO US ABOUT IT. WELCOME. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, APPRECIATE THE PROCLAMATION THAT YOU ALL ARE ISSUING TONIGHT FOR INTERNATIONAL FIREFIGHTER APPRECIATION DAY. SO EACH YEAR ON MAY 4TH, THIS PROCLAMATION IS ISSUED AND WE TAKE THAT DATA SET ASIDE TIME TO REMEMBER THOSE FIREFIGHTERS THAT PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS THOSE FIREFIGHTERS THAT HAVE DIED PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY. THIS YEAR AT THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL, THERE WILL BE 204 FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE RECOGNIZED FOR DYING IN THE LINE OF DUTY. 97 OF THOSE WERE FROM THOSE DEATHS THAT OCCURRED IN THIS PAST YEAR OF 2025. THE OTHER 104 WERE FROM PRIOR YEARS THAT ARE BEING RECOGNIZED. THAT'S SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THOSE PRIOR YEARS IS LARGELY DUE TO DEATHS FROM CANCER OR OTHER MEDICAL ISSUES.

WE'RE SEEING A HUGE INCREASE IN DEATHS FROM FIREFIGHTERS SUFFERING FROM OCCUPATIONAL CANCERS, AND ALSO A HUGE INCREASE IN JUST OCCUPATIONAL CANCER CLAIMS. WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR APPRECIATION TO YOU ALL AS COUNCIL, FOR THE SUPPORT THAT YOU ALL PROVIDE US IN THE HEALTH SCREENINGS THAT WE HAVE TO HELP IDENTIFY EARLY DETECTION OF THOSE CANCER IN ILLNESSES THAT WE MAY HAVE. SO WE HAVE HAD A FEW OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS THAT HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER. FORTUNATELY FOR US, ALL OF OUR CANCER CLAIMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED UNDER WORKER'S COMP. EACH OF THOSE HAVE BEEN ONE OF THOSE STATUTORY OBLIGATED CANCERS THAT HAVE BEEN LISTED UNDER THE WORKER'S COMP OCCUPATIONAL CANCER PRESUMPTION.

THAT'S NOT THE SAME, THOUGH, FOR OTHER COMMUNITIES. WE WE DO SEE OTHERS THAT ARE HAVING TO FIGHT WORKER'S COMP WHILE ALSO HAVING TO FIGHT CANCER. SO WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SUPPORT US AND FOR RECOGNIZING THIS DAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND WE HAVE THE PROCLAMATION READ BY COUNCILWOMAN BLAIR. WHEREAS INTERNATIONAL FIREFIGHTERS DAY IS OBSERVED ON MAY 4TH TO HONOR AND REMEMBER FIREFIGHTERS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES SERVING THEIR COMMUNITIES, TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE TO THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED, TO SHOW SUPPORT AND APPRECIATION FOR THOSE WHO PRESENTLY SERVE. AND WHEREAS THE FIREFIGHTERS FOR LEANDER FIREFIGHTER DEPARTMENT, BOTH PAID AND VOLUNTEER, ARE DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS WHO AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE, ARE QUICK TO RESPOND TO UNCERTAIN SITUATIONS TO MITIGATE THE DANGERS AND COMBAT THE THREAT OF FIRE IN ORDER TO PROTECT INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, PETS AND THE ECONOMIC BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS THE DEMANDS OF FIREFIGHTERS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY PERSONAL, PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL TOLLS THAT FIREFIGHTERS KNOWINGLY ACCEPT WHILE RISKING THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT THE LIVES AND PROPERTY OF OTHERS. AND WHEREAS WE CELEBRATE THIS DAY TO ENCOURAGE AND MOTIVATE FIREFIGHTERS, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE THEM FOR WHAT THEY DO AND TO REIGNITE THE FIRE BURNING IN THEIR HEARTS, WHICH FUEL THEM TO DO AN EVEN BETTER JOB. NOW THEREFORE, I, NICOLE THOMPSON, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 4TH, 2026 AS INTERNATIONAL FIREFIGHTERS DAY AND URGE OUR COMMUNITY TO JOIN US IN

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OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL. VERY. I AM GETTING LOTS OF. YES WE DID, I WAS WONDERING. CAN WE CAN SOMEBODY GRAB THE CHIEF? IS HE STILL OUT THERE? WE FORGOT ABOUT THE THE CHECK THAT WAS BACK HERE. NO. AND I WAS REMINDED, BUT I FORGOT. LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET HIM TO COME BACK. YOU KNOW CARLOS IS GOING TO GET HIM. HE'S GOT THE MONEY, I. FORGOT ABOUT THAT. WE FORGOT ABOUT THE CHECK. YOU HAVE A BIG CHECK? A BIG CHECK, YEAH. SO I THINK WE GOT TO GO DOWN AGAIN.

SORRY, GUYS. WE GOT. WHOM DO YOU WANT TO TELL THEM ABOUT IT? OH. THEY KNOW BECKY WITH US. DO YOU WANT. YEAH, BECAUSE I DON'T. I WASN'T INTERESTED. SO JUST TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT AROUND THIS, TODAY STEVEN AND I WENT TO THE GRAND OPENING OF WILLY'S ICE HOUSE IN LEANDER. IF YOU HADN'T BEEN, YOU NEED TO GO. AND THEY ARE VERY MUCH ABOUT GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. AND SO WHEN THEY WERE DOING THEIR SOFT OPENING, ALL OF THEIR ALCOHOL SALES WERE BEING DONATED TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO WE ARE PRESENTING A GIANT CHECK TODAY FOR LITTLE OVER $2,800 TO OUR AMAZING LEANDER FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND. IF YOU. ARE YOU READY? THANK. YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY,

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[9. Staff Reports.

• Water update includes Sandy Creek Water Treatment Plant (CIP W.69), Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority (BCRUA), and County water needs.
• Capital Improvement Project update includes Automated Metering Infrastructure (CIP W.42) conversation timeline, benefits to residents, how information is being communicated to residents, and where to find updates on the City's website.
• Legislative update on the priorities for the City of Leander State and Federal Legislative Program.

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AND THEN I INCLUDED AN OVERALL JUST, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY INTERESTING THAT SO THE MAINTENANCE BUILDING IS, IS OUT HERE BY THE INTAKE, WHICH IS ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF FROM THE PUMP STATION. SO IT'S 300FT UNDERGROUND. GOES TO THE PUMP STATION RIGHT ABOUT THERE. AND THEN THESE ARE THE THREE BARGES. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE TINY LITTLE DOTS RIGHT THERE. SO THOSE THREE BARGES ARE WHAT'S GOING AWAY. AND THEN THE DEEP WATER INTAKE IS, IS TO THAT DEEPER PART OF THE LAKE. THE PLANT EXPANSION, WHICH IS THE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PAIR TO THIS PROJECT. PHASE TWO A IS ALSO ONGOING. THIS WILL ADD 11.7 MILLION GALLONS A DAY TO THE TREATMENT CAPACITY. THE DISINFECT. THE MOST WORK PROBABLY ONGOING RIGHT NOW IS THE DISINFECTION BASIN. SO THE FOUNDATION IS COMPLETE. THEY'RE STARTING TO POUR THE WALLS PROBABLY POURED SOME. TODAY THE TREATMENT STRUCTURE IS THE KIND OF OOPS, I'M SORRY, WE'RE ONE D IS IT'S NEXT TO IT. SO THE BIG LONG BASINS THAT YOU SEE. SO THAT THAT'S MOSTLY EXCAVATED.

THEY FOUND SOME VERY LARGE BOULDERS IN THERE. SO SOME OF THE MATERIAL DOWN THERE IS NOT VERY GOOD. SO THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO EXCAVATE. I THINK THEY EVEN FOUND AN OLD LIFT STATION DOWN THERE. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON GETTING ALL OF THAT DUG OUT.

THEY'RE RELOCATING SOME UTILITIES, DUCT BANKS, STUFF LIKE THAT. THE CLEARWELL, WHICH IS SHOWN IN THIS PICTURE HERE, THIS IS A BIG CIRCLE WHERE ALL THE FINISHED WATER IS STORED.

SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IN THAT PICTURE IT'S IT'S REALLY GOOD MATERIAL. SO THEY'RE TRYING TO GET IT TO PASS GRADATION AND MATERIAL SPEC SO THAT IT CAN BE USED AS FILL OVER IN THE TREATMENT STRUCTURE. SO ONCE THAT'S COMPLETE AND THEY GET IT TO PASS ALL THE REQUIRED TESTING, THEY'LL, THEY'LL USE IT, EXCUSE ME, AND RESUME THAT EXCAVATION AND THEN START TO, TO FILL IN ALL OF THE STUFF THAT THEY EXCAVATED AT THE TREATMENT STRUCTURE. THE NOTICE TO PROCEED WAS THE END OF THE YEAR. FINAL COMPLETION IS ESTIMATED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2028.

THIS IS JUST A PICTURE OF THE DISINFECTION BASIN. SO THIS IS THE EXISTING STRUCTURE HERE.

YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE WALLS GOING UP THERE. AND THEN THE SANDY CREEK WATER TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION IS ALSO GETTING CLOSE TO THAT FINISH LINE. THE OLDER PLANT OR THE. PREVIOUS TO THIS PROJECT, THE PRODUCTION WAS CAPPED AT NINE MGD. BECAUSE OF THESE KIND OF OUTDATED SLUDGE LAGOONS. THIS IS HOW THEY PROCESSED AND PULLED ALL OF THE DIRT OUT OF THE WATER.

THIS PROJECT WILL ADD 3 MILLION GALLONS OF CAPACITY TO THE CITY, AND ALSO ADDS THE REDUNDANCY OF HAVING A SEVENTH TREATMENT UNIT. SO PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING IS DONE. WE HAVE STARTED UP THE LAST TREATMENT UNIT AND TRAINING IS HAS OCCURRED AS WELL. SO WE'RE IN THAT 21 DAY

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I WAS I HAD A LITTLE SLASH THROUGH. SO THIS WAS PREVIOUSLY APRIL HERE, BUT IT IS, IT'S KIND OF PUSHED OUT TO MAY WHEN WE THINK THAT THE CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED. SO WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY SCOPING MEETINGS WITH THE CONSULTANT YET. IT'S KIND OF IN THE COUNTY'S COURT. THEY'RE LEADING THE CHARGE ON THIS ONE. SO KIND OF LEFT IT TBD ON WHEN WE WILL HAVE THE KICKOFF MEETING LIKELY MAY OR JUNE BECAUSE IT HAS MOVED OUT A MONTH. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. I HAVE ONE QUESTION. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE VCR SLIDE? AND YOU MENTIONED THAT COMPLETION WAS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 28TH. WAS THAT THE THAT'S THE ORIGINAL. THAT'S THE FINAL COMPLETION? YES. NOTHING HAS CHANGED. YES. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN SUBSTANTIAL IN THE SUMMER OF 28. AND THEN FINAL WOULD BE SEPTEMBER A COUPLE MONTHS LATER.

THANK YOU. JUST TO WORK THROUGH THOSE PUNCH LIST ITEMS. BUT SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION MEANS YOU'VE TAKEN BENEFICIAL USE. SO YOU'RE OPERATING IT. IT'S RUNNING THE PUMP STATIONS OPERATIONAL BASICALLY. GOOD. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT IS ALL I HAVE COUNSEL YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER NADINE, WHERE ARE THE PUMPS NOW? WHERE ARE THE PUMPS? OH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. LAST TIME THEY WERE STILL IN SPAIN. I THINK, YOU KNOW, I NEED TO FIND. I'LL FIND THAT OUT FOR YOU BECAUSE I THINK THEY ARE ON THEIR WAY. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE, SO DO I. THEY'RE VERY EXPENSIVE. YES, YES. NO, I'M SURE WE HAVE SOME WAY WE'RE CHECKING. YES. OF COURSE. ARE YOU TRACKING? NOT US, BUT. YES, BUT I BELIEVE THEY ARE ON THEIR WAY, SO. THANK YOU. YES. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. AND NOW WE'LL HAVE OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT UPDATE WHICH INCLUDES AUTOMATED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE CIP 1.42 CONVERSION TIMELINE BENEFIT TO RESIDENTS, HOW INFORMATION IS BEING COMMUNICATED TO RESIDENTS, AND WHERE TO FIND UPDATES ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. CAPITAL PROJECT PROGRAM MANAGER TONY BETTIS. WELCOME. HI. GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE. SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT. FOR THOSE WHO STILL HAVEN'T. STILL UNFAMILIAR. I ALWAYS LIKE TO GO BACK THROUGH AND JUST KIND OF REVIEW FOR OUR CITIZENS WHO ARE NOT AWARE OF WHAT THIS ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE. THE INFRASTRUCTURE EVIDENTLY RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE, YOU HAVE A METER AS A CUSTOMER, AND THAT METER IS BEING CHANGED OUT TO THIS NEW ARMY METER WITH AN ENDPOINT. AND THAT'S BASICALLY A MUCH MORE HIGHLY CALIBRATED METER THAT HAS A, A MODULE THAT ACTUALLY SENDS OUT A SIGNAL EITHER THROUGH RF SIGNAL, WHICH IS RADIO FREQUENCY OR THROUGH CELL SERVICE. THAT THEN GOES DOWN TO HERE TO WHERE IT'S IT'S GATHERED, THE INFORMATION GOES THROUGH EITHER CELL AND RF FIXED NETWORK. THERE'S A DATA COLLECTORS, THESE DATA COLLECTORS GATEWAYS, IF YOU WILL, WILL SEND THEM BACK TO OUR DATA MANAGEMENT PLATFORM AND THE NEPTUNE 360. THAT WAY WE CAN MONITOR AND MANAGE WHATEVER THE SYSTEM NEEDS TO. AS THE WATER CUSTODIANS OF THE WATER, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE AWARE OF ANY POTENTIAL LEAKS, AND THEN THAT INFORMATION IS FORWARDED ON TO THE CUSTOMERS THROUGH THE NEPTUNE I360 CUSTOMER PORTAL, WHICH IS A REAL TIME PORTAL WHERE OUR CUSTOMERS CAN LOOK AT THE WATER USAGE AND THEY CAN SEE USAGE THRESHOLDS, THEY CAN ACTUALLY SET ALERTS, THEY CAN DO ALL SORTS OF WONDERFUL THINGS THAT HELP THEM WITH CONSERVATION. WE ON OUR WEBSITE, AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE OUR WEBSITE HERE. OUR WEBSITE IS WW LANDER.GOV/A M I. IF YOU GO TO THAT, IT TELLS A WORLD OF INFORMATION. THERE'S A LOT OF FAQS. THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION AS TO WHAT WAS THE BENEFITS OF AMI. WE HAVE ADDED A COUPLE OF VIDEOS PER REQUEST. THERE'S A VIDEO UNDERNEATH THE BENEFITS OF AMI, WHICH HELPS DESCRIBE WHAT THAT AMI SYSTEM IS LIKE. THERE'S A VIDEO ALSO UNDERNEATH THE ONLINE PORTAL PORTAL. MY APOLOGIES. ONLINE PORTAL FOR NEPTUNE 360, WHICH ALLOWS THE CUSTOMERS TO SEE WHAT THAT THAT PORTAL ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE. SO ACTIVITIES IS DATE. EXCUSE ME. SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH ALL OUR SURVEYS AS OF THE END OF DECEMBER, WE'VE INSTALLED 13 OUT OF 14 SITES

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IT'S TRYING TO GET THAT PERMIT APPROVED. WE'VE GOT THE NETWORK INTEGRATION WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW BETWEEN THE NEPTUNE 360 AND MY 360 INTEGRATION. WE'VE REACHED OUT IN MULTIPLE WAYS TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND OUR CITIZENS, AND WE CONTINUE TO DO SO EVERY DAY IN EVERY WAY THAT WE ARE DOING THESE, THESE INSTALLATIONS. WE'VE DEPLOYED AND STARTED DEPLOYMENT IN JANUARY 20TH. TO DATE, WE'VE COMPLETED 512 INSTALLATIONS AS OF APRIL 10TH AND HAVE COMPLETED 442 ANTENNA ONLY TYPE INSTALLATIONS AS OF APRIL 10TH. SO WHERE HAVE WE DEPLOYED THOSE? AND WE'RE LOOKING HERE FOR AREAS AND TIME FRAMES. STARTING JANUARY 20TH, WE STARTED IN THE SAME DRIVE MASON CREEK AREA THE WEEK OF JANUARY 26TH WITHIN REDWOOD NORTH AREA. FEBRUARY 2ND LINE ACRES, FEBRUARY 9TH, LEANDER HEIGHTS, OAK RIDGE AREA. FEBRUARY 16TH WEEK OF FEBRUARY 16TH. I SHOULD SAY OLD TOWN VILLAGE WEEK. FEBRUARY 23RD PALMER RIDGE. WEEK OF MARCH 2ND WE WENT TO CRYSTAL CROSSING, WHICH IS THE NORTH OF CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY WEEK OF MARCH 9TH.

WE'RE AT THE CRYSTAL FALLS AND THAT'S BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH OF CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY. MARCH 16TH HORIZON PARK, SOUTH OF CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY. MARCH 23RD. WE WERE AT THE COUNTY GLEN EMERALD ISLE NEIGHBORHOOD AREA, APRIL 6TH. WE'VE BEEN WORKING IN THE CRYSTAL FALLS AREA AND THEY SHOULD BE COMPLETING THAT UP THIS WEEK. AND STARTING NEXT WEEK, WE'LL BEGIN IN PALMER. PALMER RIDGE AREA ON APRIL 20TH. NOW, GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE GO THROUGH HOPEFULLY THESE AREAS IN ABOUT ONCE PER WEEK. SOME OF THESE ARE LARGER NEIGHBORHOODS, LARGER AREAS. SO THEY TAKE US A LITTLE LONGER, SUCH AS THE CRYSTAL FALLS AND PALMER RIDGE AREA. ON THE PROJECT SCHEDULES, WE'RE STILL PRETTY MUCH STAYING WITH WITH THE SCHEDULE, WE HAD A LITTLE CONCERN BECAUSE AS OF LAST COUNCIL MEETING, WE HAD THAT CHANGE ORDER. WE APPROVED.

IT SLOWED US DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT THE CONTRACTOR FEELS THAT THEY CAN CATCH UP AND STILL MEET THIS SCHEDULE HERE. AND SO WE'RE SHOOTING FOR NOW HERE. OOPS. WHERE ARE YOU? HERE WE GO.

SO WE'RE SHOOTING TO COMPLETE THIS AS OF DECEMBER OF 2026 AND CLOSE OUT IN THE EARLY PART OF 2027. SO WITH THE CUSTOMER PORTAL, NEPTUNE Y 360 AND I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE, WE HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT WE WERE SHOOTING FOR THE APRIL MAY DEADLINE TO TRY TO OPEN THAT UP TO THE PUBLIC, TO OUR CUSTOMERS, THIS CHANGE ORDER TAKING A LITTLE LONGER HAS ACTUALLY PUSHED THAT BACK ABOUT A MONTH. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE MAY JUNE DEADLINE, TRYING TO GET THAT PORTAL OPEN TO OUR CUSTOMERS. BUT WHAT DOES THAT CUSTOMER PORTAL LOOK LIKE? THIS IS THE NEPTUNE 360. IT'S WEB BASED WITH A SECURE SINGLE SIGN ON ACCESS FOR OUR CUSTOMERS. IT LINKS DIRECTLY TO THEIR ONLINE BILL. NOW YOU CANNOT PAY THE BILL WITHIN THE PORTAL, BUT THERE IS A DIRECT LINK WHICH WILL TAKE US BACK TO A SECURE CITY SITE. IT'S INTEGRATED WITH NEPTUNE 360 AND HAS, WHEN I SAY NEAR REAL TIME, THAT'S EVERY EIGHT SECONDS. SO IT UPDATES EVERY EIGHT SECONDS. THAT'S ABOUT AS CLOSE TO YOUR TIME AS YOU CAN GET. CUSTOMER FEATURES SIMPLE SIGN ON, OF COURSE. EMAIL THE BILL, MANAGE MULTIPLE PROPERTIES. SO IF A CUSTOMER OWNS MULTIPLE RESIDENCES OR MULTIPLE OTHER PROPERTIES, THEY CAN HAVE THAT ALL UNDER ONE ACCOUNT AND THEY CAN MANAGE IT ALL FROM ONE SITE. THEY CAN VIEW DETAILED WATER USAGE HOURLY, DAILY, OR AVERAGE. THERE'S THE ABILITY TO SET, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, ALERTS, LET'S SAY SOMEBODY GOING ON ON VACATION OR THEY'RE GOING TO BE AWAY FOR A WHILE. THE ALERT WOULD TELL AND SEND OUT A NOTICE SAYING, HEY, THERE'S AN UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF WATER BEING USED AT YOUR PROPERTY, AND IT'LL SEND THAT ALERT OUT TO THOSE PEOPLE. YOU CAN FILTER BETWEEN ACCOUNTS AND YOU CAN SET PREFERRED LANGUAGE LIKE THAT. CUSTOMIZABLE DASHBOARD FOR PERSONAL INSIGHTS. AND OF COURSE, WE ENCOURAGE CONSERVATION AND AWARENESS. WE BEING THE THE STEWARDS OF WATER FOR US, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE THE BEST WE CAN DO FOR CONSERVATION. IT REDUCES CUSTOMER SERVICE CALLS. HOPEFULLY IT GIVES A LOT MORE INFORMATION FASTER TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND IT IMPROVES COMMUNICATION ENGAGEMENT WITH TARGETED ALERTS. THIS IS WHAT THE DASHBOARD FOR THE SPLASH SCREEN LOOKS LIKE. THERE'S MULTIPLE PARTS TO IT, AND AT THE TOP WE SEE THOSE FOUR LITTLE AREAS. WE CALL THOSE INFORMATION CARDS. YOU HAVE YOUR ACCOUNT, YOU HAVE YOUR ACCOUNT ADDRESS OR ADDRESSES.

SO IF A CUSTOMER OWNS MULTIPLE ADDRESSES, THEY'LL SHOW THOSE DIFFERENT ADDRESSES THERE. THEN YOU HAVE YOUR 30 DAY AVERAGE DAILY USE AND ANY KIND OF ALERTS YOU WISH TO SET. NOW YOU CAN, A CUSTOMER CAN DRILL DOWN TO LOWER LEVELS WITHIN THE WEBSITE BY CLICKING ON ONE OF THOSE, AND IT ACTUALLY HELPS THEM GO TO LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL USAGE, SETTING DIFFERENT ALERTS, LOOKING AT THEIR DIFFERENT ACCOUNT ADDRESSES. DOWN IN THE CENTER PART IS THE USAGE HISTORY, AND YOU CAN CHANGE THAT BETWEEN DAYS, MONTHS. HOWEVER, YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THAT. I LIVE IN GEORGETOWN. I CAN ACTUALLY GO DOWN IN TOWARDS A WHOLE DAY AND LOOK AT HOURS, WHICH IS PRETTY INTERESTING TO DO. AND THEN THERE'S THE ALERTS AT THE BOTTOM, WHICH YOU CAN SET AND IT SHOWS THE ALERT TYPE, DATE, TIME, AND MESSAGE. ANY

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SERIOUS. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. HI. BOSS. DOESN'T SEE ME. SO WANT TO PROVIDE COUNCIL A UPDATE ON OUR STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY WORK WE'VE DONE SO FAR AND PREPARATION FOR NEXT YEAR, AS WE ARE IN AN INTERIM SESSION THIS YEAR. SO JUST QUICKLY, AND ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING OUR LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM? WE WANT TO PROTECT THE QUALITY, QUALITY OF LIFE HERE IN LEANDER, SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, FOSTER ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PROSPERITY, ENSURE CRITICAL PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES, COORDINATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RESPONSE AND RECOVERY, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A BIG TOPIC NEXT YEAR. UPHOLD LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONTROL DECISION MAKING, MAINTAIN FINANCIAL STABILITY AND ALSO ADVOCATE FOR FUNDING RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY NEEDS. SO WITH THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT HERE IN THE STATE, WE HAVE NOW WENT FROM TWO CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS TO FOUR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. SO YAY US. SO THE WAY THAT THE DISTRICT IS SPLIT OUT ON THE FAR WEST SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE CITY DISTRICT TEN THAT IS CURRENTLY CONGRESSMAN MICHAEL MCCAUL'S DISTRICT, THAT AREA THERE IS NAMELESS. IF YOU SEE ON. 2243, THAT'S NAMELESS.

AND IT KIND OF EXTENDS OUT TO WHAT IS TREVISO PARKWAY WITHIN THAT AREA. A SLITHER OF THAT IS DISTRICT 11, WHICH IS CONGRESSMAN AUGUST PFLUGER DISTRICT. AND SO THAT LINE AROUND THERE, THAT'S THAT LAKELINE BOULEVARD AREA. FROM THERE, WE HAVE OUR TWO CENTRAL AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE CITY SPLIT BETWEEN DISTRICT 31, WHICH IS CONGRESSMAN JOHN CARTER'S, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY EVERYTHING NORTH OF HERE AWAY AND EVERYTHING SOUTH OF HERE AWAY IS CONGRESSMAN PETE SESSIONS, DISTRICT, 17TH DISTRICT. SO IN MARCH, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES CONFERENCE. BUT WE REALLY TURNED THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH EACH OF OUR CURRENT OR EACH OF THE CURRENT DISTRICT REPS. AND SO THAT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE CITY OF LEANDER. A LOT OF THEM WERE VERY SURPRISED BY THE LEVEL OF GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENED HERE, AND EVEN EXPRESSED INTEREST IN GETTING A TOUR, WHICH HAPPENED RECENTLY WHEN CONGRESSMAN PETE SESSIONS CALLED UP AND WANTED TO HAVE A TOUR HERE AT THE CITY. SO WE HOSTED THEM HERE, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT PROJECTS WITHIN HIS DISTRICT, AND ACTUALLY GAVE HIM A TOUR OF HIS DISTRICT AS WELL.

AND SO THERE WILL BE SOME UPCOMING TOURS AND MEETING OPPORTUNITIES WITH OUR OTHER CONGRESSMEN AS WELL THROUGH THIS UPCOMING YEAR. SO THEY'RE ON THE TRAVELING CIRCUIT RIGHT NOW. AND SO SOMETIMES THERE'LL BE A LAST MINUTE. SO WE'LL TRY TO COORDINATE AS BEST AS WE CAN WITH COUNCIL FOR THOSE. SO JUST SOME CONSIDERATIONS WHEN WE START DEVELOPING OUR FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM THIS YEAR, SOME PRIORITIES THAT'S BEING TALKED ABOUT WITH OTHER CITIES AND ALSO WITH THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES IS REALLY SAFEGUARDING OUR LOCAL LOCAL AUTHORITY. THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS RIGHT NOW WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND KIND OF RESTRICTING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO PREVENT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER ZONING OR ANY KIND OF HINDRANCE THAT MIGHT SLOW DOWN AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO AND OTHER OTHER AREAS TOO, WITH, YOU KNOW, TELECOM AS WELL, PREVENTING ANY KIND OF PERMITTING OR PLANNING ISSUES THAT MIGHT STOP TELECOM PROVIDERS FROM GOING IN. SO MAKING SURE THAT WE PRESERVE

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183 A NOT NOT RONALD REAGAN. SO. AND FOR OUR TEXAS SENATE, KIND OF BROKEN OUT SIMILARLY GETS A LITTLE WONKY UP THERE AND KIND OF THE CENTER PART. BUT WE HAVE SENATOR DONNA CAMPBELL, HER 25TH DISTRICT IS OVER THERE ON THE WEST SIDE AGAIN, WEST OF LAKELINE. AND THEN THE 24TH DISTRICT IS SENATOR PETE FLORES IN THE CENTRAL AREA HERE IN LEANDER. AND THEN SENATOR SCHWERTNER FIFTH DISTRICT IS OVER THERE, A LITTLE WONKY ON THE WEST SIDE, DIFFERENT PARTS OF TOWN THERE. SO WE HAVE LOTS OF REPS AND SENATORS. SO SOME INTERIM CHARGES THAT THE HOUSE AND SENATE HAVE RECENTLY RELEASED IN WHICH THEY'RE STUDYING RIGHT NOW. IN THE INTERIM SESSION, LOCAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING IN THE LAST SPECIAL SESSION, THEY TRY TO LOWER THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE. THERE'S GOING TO BE CONSIDERATIONS AGAIN, TO CONTINUING LOWER THE PROPERTY TAX RATES, POSSIBLY ELIMINATE THEM IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT.

ALSO PUTTING EXPENDITURE CAPS ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND WHAT THEY CAN EXPEND EACH YEAR. THEY TRIED TO LOOK AT THAT THIS LAST SPECIAL SESSION, BUT FOUND OUT THERE WERE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH IT. AND WHAT HAPPENS THAT CAN ACTUALLY RAISE A LOT OF TAX RATES. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER BIG CHARGE. TEXAS REGULATORY CONSISTENCY ACT. THIS IS WHERE THE STATE'S GOING TO BE LOOKING AT LOCAL ORDINANCES AND WHERE THEY MIGHT NOT MESH WITH STATE LAW. SO ANY KIND THERE'S KIND OF CONFLICTS THERE. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE CHECKING ON IN TERMS OF WHAT KIND OF ISSUES ARE OUT THERE THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED. AGAIN, SAFEGUARDING TAXPAYER FUNDS, TEXAS PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE PUBLIC MEETINGS ARE TRANSPARENT, MAKING SURE INFORMATION IS TRANSPARENT. THERE'S ALWAYS A TACKLE FOR THAT LAND USE ZONING AND DENSITY. WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE LAST OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENTS. AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE BACK. SB 840 WAS PASSED LAST SESSION WHERE CITIES OVER 150,000 LITERALLY HAD TO FORGO ZONING REQUIREMENTS FOR SMALL LOTS.

AND SO ESSENTIALLY THAT COULD COME BACK AND IMPACT OTHER CITIES, MAYBE 100,000. SO THERE WAS A BIG PUSH TO FIGHT THAT THIS LAST SESSION. SO THAT COULD COME BACK AGAIN, HOUSING BIG PUSH AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL. GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT. THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW ABOUT AQUIFERS AND LANDOWNER RIGHTS WHEN IT COMES TO WATER. THERE'S A LOT OF CITIES WHO ARE SEEKING WATER RIGHTS FROM OTHER AREAS IN WEST TEXAS AND TRANSPORTING HERE. THAT IS AN ONGOING DEBATE, AND THAT'S CONTINUALLY TO BE DISCUSSED JUST IN INTERIM SESSIONS. SO I EXPECT SEVERAL BILLS TO COME BACK FOR THAT NEXT YEAR. AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE AND RECOVERY. THEY DIDN'T COVER A LOT DURING THIS SPECIAL SESSION.

SO THIS IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE COVERED HEAVILY AGAIN THIS INTERIM YEAR. AND YOU KNOW OUR SENATORS ARE SERVING ON THOSE COMMITTEES MOVING FORWARD FOR THIS YEAR FOR THAT SPECIFICALLY.

SO. AND JUST WANT TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT STAFF IS GOING TO PUT TOGETHER FOR OUR LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM. SO OBVIOUSLY, A RESOLUTION WILL BRING FORWARD A RESOLUTION FOR

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YOU KNOW, WE HAD ONE WITH MAYOR THIS AND TODD THIS YEAR IN MARCH. IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE GET A BIGGER GROUP TO WASHINGTON, DC. YOU KNOW, OUR STATE, OUR CONGRESSIONAL REPS, THEY WANT TO MEET YOU ALL. AND IT'S ALSO NICE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PRESENT THERE AS WELL. I KNOW I TALKED TO TODD ABOUT AT LEAST GOING TO WASHINGTON DC TWICE A YEAR. SO THE ELECTIONS ARE HAPPENING IN NOVEMBER. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO BE START CONSIDERING AWARDING CONGRESSIONAL EARMARKS FOR NEXT YEAR. AND SO WE SUBMITTED OUR CONGRESSIONAL EARMARK APPLICATION TO CONGRESSMAN JOHN CARTER FOR FY 28. AND SO THEY'LL BE CONSIDERING AWARDING IT IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE TO POP IN AND BE LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT FIRE STATION AND THAT FIRE ENGINE. LET'S LET'S MAKE SURE YOU YOU PUT THAT THROUGH THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, BUT ALSO MEET UP WITH THE NEW OUR NEWLY ELECTED CONGRESSIONAL REPS AS WELL. BECAUSE WHAT THEY'LL DO IS IN MARCH OF NEXT YEAR, THEY'LL OPEN UP CONGRESSIONAL EARMARK APPLICATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING FY 29 YEARS. SO GETTING A HEAD START ON THAT, AND THEN WE'LL REVISIT THEM AGAIN IN MARCH WHEN WE GO FOR NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES. SO REALLY PUTTING A VERY INTENTIONAL PURPOSE IN OUR VISITS THERE. AND JUST A QUICK SCHEDULE OF OUR PROGRAM GUIDE. I'M ALREADY EXHAUSTED LOOKING AT THIS ONGOING. WE'LL HAVE OUR STATE AND FEDERAL MEETINGS AND TOURS HERE PROVIDING YOU ALL THIS MONTH WILL BE WORKING ON A DRAFT LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM GUIDE FOR. COUNCIL WILL BRING THAT HOPEFULLY BACK IN MAY AND JUNE. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL DO A LITTLE WORKSHOP WITH YOU ALL AND REALLY DEVELOP OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR THAT AND THEN HOPEFULLY ADOPT OUR LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM. WE ARE GOING TO START EARLY THIS YEAR. I CAME AT THE TAIL END OF 2024 AND REALLY RUSHED TO PUT THINGS TOGETHER, BUT WE REALLY WANT TO BE ON THE EARLY SIDE OF EVERYTHING.

COMMITTEES WILL BE PROPOSING BILLS THROUGHOUT THESE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET AHEAD OF IT. IF THERE'S ANY BILLS WE WANT TO FILE. AND I WOULD RECOMMEND, IF WE'RE LOOKING TO PROPOSE ANY BILLS THAT WE DON'T GO UP TO PASS THREE. SO THAT WAY WE CAN MAINTAIN OUR LEVERAGE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN GET AT LEAST ONE THROUGH THAT WOULD BENEFIT US. AND SO NOVEMBER IS WHEN BILL PRE-FILING BEGINS AND THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE OPENS UP JANUARY 12TH. LAST DAY FOR BILL FILING IS MARCH 12TH. AND THAT WHOLE MONTH OR THAT WHOLE SEASON IS A CIRCUS AND CINAEDI MAY 31ST OF NEXT YEAR. SO AND THAT IS A LOVELY PICTURE OF MARY TODD AND I AT THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES. SO IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. THIS IS THE TYPE OF WORK THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS DESERVE TO HAVE SO THAT WE CAN GET THE THINGS DONE FOR OUR CITY THAT WE NEED TO, AND BE PROACTIVE AND NOT ALWAYS REACTIVE TO WHAT'S HAPPENING.

AND WE'VE NEVER REALLY HAD THIS BEFORE UNTIL LAST YEAR. AND SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT IT'S BECOMING MORE ROBUST. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK WITH THAT. WE APPRECIATE IT. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE MAYOR'S COMMENTS, REALLY JUST IMPRESSED BY THE WORK THAT YOU AND TODD AND THE MAYOR AND STAFF HAVE DONE TO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BUILDING THESE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR LOCAL, OUR STATE AND OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE A FAST GROWING CITY. AND I THINK ONE OF THE MARKS OF SUCCESSFUL CITY IS HOW WE COORDINATE OUR RELATIONSHIPS AND ADDRESS COMMON ISSUES. AND I'VE JUST HEARD GREAT FEEDBACK FROM OUR STATE DELEGATION, OUR FEDERAL DELEGATION, ABOUT THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE TO BE PROACTIVE ABOUT THIS. AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO OUR CONTINUED COLLABORATION WITH THEM, ESPECIALLY AS WE WORK ON STATE, FEDERAL, LOCAL GRANTS TO BETTER OUR CITY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. PLEASE, PLEASE. THREE YEAH, JUST WANT TO ALSO ECHO THAT.

REALLY APPRECIATE THE PROACTIVITY AROUND IT. YOU KNOW, RELATIONSHIPS ARE GREAT, BUT YOU KNOW, HAVING PROACTIVE ENGAGEMENT PUTS US ON PRIORITY. AND SO I THINK THAT WITH THE

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BUT SERIOUSLY, IT'S IT'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD. I WOULD ASK AS WE MOVE FORWARD, IF YOU COULD HELP EDUCATE COUNCIL A LITTLE BIT MORE ON COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS AS IT RELATES TO OUR REPRESENTATIVES SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF START TO TIE TOGETHER THOSE PIECES, RIGHT? IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHICH COMMITTEES THEY'RE ON AND NOT TALK TO THEM ABOUT STUFF THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT. RIGHT. SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US GOING FORWARD. SO AGAIN, THANKS FOR THE WORK. APPRECIATE IT. ABSOLUTELY. EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT COUNCIL WE'LL MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA AND WE'LL

[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]

[18. Conduct a Public Hearing on approval of the issuance of Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority, Inc. City of Leander, Texas Contract Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2026 in a principal amount not to exceed $53,405,000.00.

•  Discuss and consider action on a Resolution approving a Resolution by the Board of Directors of the Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority, Inc., authorizing the issuance of Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority, Inc. City of Leander, Texas Contract Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2026 in a principal amount not to exceed $53,405,000.00; establishing the procedures for selling and delivering the bonds and resolving other matters incident and relating to the issuance, payment, security, sale and delivery of such bonds.

WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS ITEM IS TO REQUEST ACTION REGARDING ISSUANCE OF THE BRUSHY CREEK REGIONAL UTILITY SERIES 26 2026, REFUNDING. WE'RE LOOKING TO REFINANCE EXISTING DEBT UP TO THE MAXIMUM OF 53.4 MILLION. THE AMOUNT OF THE DEBT DEPENDS ON. OBVIOUSLY, THE MARKET. THIS PROCESS IS VERY SIMILAR TO IF YOU HAD A HOMEOWNER'S MORTGAGE THAT YOU WANTED TO REFINANCE. IT'S SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO THAT TYPE OF PROCESS. THIS RESOLUTION APPROVES BCR A'S PLAN TO REPLACE THE 2017 BONDS WITH THE NEW SERIES, BONDS WITH A MORE FAVORABLE TERMS. NOW, SOME OF THE MAJOR BENEFITS HERE PRIMARY BENEFIT IS, OF COURSE, COST SAVINGS TO THE CITY. BY APPROVING THIS RESOLUTION TONIGHT, WE'RE AUTHORIZING A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 53.4 MILLION. BASED ON THE CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS, WE ANTICIPATE THIS WILL GENERATE APPROXIMATELY $2.5 MILLION AND AND PRESENT VALUE SAVINGS. THIS REPRESENTS A 6.45% ON THE REFUNDED PRINCIPAL. THESE SAVINGS ARE DIRECTLY REDUCED TO THE CITY'S OVERALL DEBT SERVICE BURDEN RELATED TO OUR REGIONAL WATER TREATMENT AND DISTRIBUTION PROJECTS. AND IF YOU RECALL, THOSE PROJECTS INCLUDE PHASE ONE A OF THE PLANT, THE THE BARGE, RAW WATER LINES, AND ALSO THE TREATED WATER LINES TIMELINE. THIS IS A DESIGNATED SALE, MEANING THAT THE TRANSACTION WILL ONLY PROCEED IF IT MEETS THE STRICT PERIMETERS. THE FIRST PERIMETER, AS I SAID JUST A MOMENT AGO, COST SAVINGS TO THE CITY. THE SECOND IS THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT BEING FINANCED CANNOT EXCEED THE 53.4 MILLION CAP. IF YOU APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, THE BOARD WILL BE ABLE TO GO TO MARKET ON MAY THE 11TH, WITH THE FIRST SALE CLOSING IN THE LAST WEEK OF MAY. THIS FOLLOWS THE BOARD'S AUTHORIZATION, WHICH TOOK PLACE ON MARCH 25TH. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION. IT'S A PROACTIVE MOVE THAT WILL SAVE THE CITY MONEY. WE HAVE BOTH OUR BOND COUNSEL AND OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR HERE TO ANSWER ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS. THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. BUT AS WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGN UP TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, IT IS NOW CLOSED. AND COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE RESOLUTION BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BRUSHY CREEK REGIONAL UTILITY AUTHORITY, INC. AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF BRUSHY CREEK REGIONAL UTILITY AUTHORITY, INC. CITY OF LEANDER, TEXAS. CONTRACT REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS SERIES 2026 AND A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 53,405,000. ESTABLISHING THE PROCEDURES FOR SELLING AND

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FOR THE RECORD, CHRIS ALLEN, RBC CAPITAL MARKETS FINANCIAL ADVISOR TO THE CITY. WE ARE NOW WE ARE CURRENTLY TARGETING MAY THE 11TH, BUT WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING IS A PARAMETERS ORDER SO THAT WE CAN MOVE ON A MOMENT'S NOTICE. IT MIGHT BE BEFORE MAY 11TH. IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT AFTER MAY 11TH. SO THE PARAMETERS ORDER GIVES YOU FLEXIBILITY TO TO ALLOW YOU TO BE NIMBLE. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO CLARIFY. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTOOD THAT CORRECTLY. SO YOU'RE NOT MARRIED TO MAY 11TH? NOT AT ALL. IF THERE ARE MARKET CONDITIONS THAT ARE IN OUR FAVOR, YOU CAN TAKE ACTION. WE WILL NOT MOVE UNTIL WE SEE THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST AT YOUR THRESHOLDS, BUT HOPEFULLY AT THE LEVELS THAT WE SEE THEM NOW OR BETTER. OKAY, PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PLEASE. THREE SO THERE WAS JUST ONLY ONE QUICK CLARIFICATION. I KNOW THAT THERE THE RETURN PERCENTAGE I THINK WAS 2.5%.

THE THE SAVINGS THRESHOLD. YES. THAT'S A, AN INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR CURRENT REFUNDING BONDS.

OKAY. SO THAT'S THAT'S LIKE THE ABSOLUTE FLOOR, BUT WE WOULD LIKELY NOT BRING ANYTHING TO YOU THAT'S LESS THAN 3%. OKAY, OKAY. I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO SAVE YOU THE MOST MONEY WE CAN. OR, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD GO BACK, YOU KNOW, WE'D COME BACK TO THE CITY AND TALK ABOUT THE POLICY. DO WE REALLY WANT TO GO TO 2%? RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I WANTED TO KIND OF GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT. WHILE WE'RE SAVING MONEY, WE'RE SAVING THE MOST MONEY, AND WE'RE PUTTING PARAMETERS THAT ARE LOOKING AT WHERE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, EXCEED WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE.

CORRECT. AND I MEAN, I WOULD PROPOSE THAT IF WE START TO GET TO THAT LEVEL, WE MIGHT WANT TO BRING IT BACK TO YOU AND TALK TO YOU. SO WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT TOO. SOUNDS REASONABLE.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?

[19. Discuss and consider action on acceptance of the City’s Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025.]

WHILE THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WERE DEEMED ACCURATE, I MUST SAY THAT WE DID HAVE A MATERIAL WITNESS IN OUR INTERNAL CONTROLS. THIS WAS OUR INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING. AT YEAR END, WE WERE NOT PROPERLY RECONCILING SOME OF OUR ACCOUNTS IN A TIMELY MANNER. WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN. WE TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY, AND THE REMEDIATION IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER 30TH OF THIS YEAR. SOME OF THE PROCESSES THAT I PLAN TO IMPLEMENT INCLUDE INTERNAL PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS, ENHANCED REVIEW PROTOCOLS, AND ALSO STAFF TRAINING. STAFF TRAINING IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, I'VE HAD SOME TURNOVER OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS AND WE HAVE NOW SINCE REFILLED SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS WITH SOME VERY QUALIFIED STAFF TO HANDLE THESE PROCESSES. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING THE DEADLINE OF SEPTEMBER 30TH. AGAIN, OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE FULL OPERATION, OPERATIONAL TESTING OF THESE NEW PROTOCOLS, AND WE EXPECT FOR THAT TO BE DONE PRIOR TO THE NEXT AUDIT CYCLE. FOR 2026. THE CITY REMAINS IN A VERY STRONG, STABLE FINANCIAL POSITION, AND WE'RE DILIGENTLY WORKING TO STRENGTHEN OUR

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SO THAT OBVIOUSLY PAYROLL IS A BIG EXPENDITURE FOR THE CITY. SO FOR THOSE AREAS WE DO SELECT EMPLOYEES. WE TEST CONTROLS OVER THE PROCESS OF, YOU KNOW, NEW HIRES, PAY RATES, THINGS OF THAT SORT. AND THEN WE ALSO LOOK AT PROCUREMENT AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL.

THERE'S A LOT OF COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS THERE. AND THEN WE WALK THROUGH OVER SOME OF YOUR IT CONTROLS. AND HR TYPICALLY GOES TOGETHER WITH PAYROLL ON SOME OF THOSE CONTROLS THAT WE TEST ON THE SUBSTANTIVE TESTING THAT WE PERFORM. SO AGAIN, THIS IS THE, THE, THE PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH IN ORDER TO TEST YOUR ACCOUNT BALANCES. SO DEPENDING ON WHAT ACCOUNT WE'RE TRYING TO TEST, WE COULD PERFORM SOME ANALYTICAL TESTING OVER THEM, SOME PREDICTIVE TESTING, SOME VOUCHING. WE RELY A LOT ON THIRD PARTY CONFIRMATION. SO ANYTHING WE CAN CONFIRM WITH YOUR FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, ANY CASH ACCOUNTS, BONDS, WE TYPICALLY CONFIRM WITH THEM AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT THOSE AMOUNTS ARE PROPERLY STATED ON YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. AND THEN WE ALSO PERFORM PULL SOME REPORTS FROM STATE WEBSITES, CONTROLLERS, WEBSITES JUST TO MAINLY ON YOUR FEDERAL FUNDING OR STATE FUNDING. SO WE TYPICALLY ARE ABLE TO CONFIRM THOSE AMOUNTS THROUGH THEIR, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE, THE GOAL FOR FOR THE AUDIT IS TO ISSUE AN OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. AND SO HERE YOU CAN SEE THREE OPTIONS. ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS A DISCLAIMER. SO TYPICALLY THAT USUALLY APPLIES IF WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TO SHOW UP AND NOT ABLE TO PERFORM ANY AUDIT OVER ANY OF YOUR NUMBERS, RIGHT? THERE'S NO ASSURANCE WHATSOEVER. THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE THERE IS THE MODIFIED. SO WE TYPICALLY THIS TYPICALLY APPLIES IF WE'RE ABLE TO BECOME COMFORTABLE WITH MAYBE MOST OF YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. MAYBE THERE'S A COUPLE OF AREAS THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO. AT THAT POINT, WE WOULD QUALIFY OR MODIFY THE OPINION FOR THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS. AND THEN ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE IS THE UNMODIFIED OPINION, AS MR. WILLIAMS SAID, THAT THAT IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ASSURANCE THAT YOU CAN OBTAIN ON YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. AND OBVIOUSLY, THAT IS THE GOAL FOR FOR YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO BE MATERIALLY STATED CORRECTLY. AS FAR AS THE SUMMARY OF YOUR AUDIT. SO HERE YOU CAN SEE WE DO PERFORM THE AUDIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS, AS WELL AS THE YELLOW BOOK, WHICH IS THE GOVERNMENTAL AUDITING STANDARDS. SO THAT'S THAT SECOND ONE THAT YOU SEE ON THERE REQUIRES FOR US TO TEST YOUR CONTROLS AS THEY RELATE TO

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SO AGAIN, THAT IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ASSURANCE THAT YOU CAN OBTAIN. AS FAR AS THE YELLOW BOOK REPORT THAT WE ISSUE, WHICH IS THE REPORT ON YOUR CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING. AS MR. WILLIAMS SAID, WE DID ISSUE A FINDING OVER YOUR CONTROLS, YOUR MATERIAL WEAKNESS AND INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING, MAINLY DUE TO SOME OF THE AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE CAME ACROSS. HOWEVER, THAT DID NOT IMPACT YOUR OVERALL OPINION. YOU'RE STILL YOU STILL OBTAIN AN UNMODIFIED OPINION OVER YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, THAT LAST BULLET POINT THAT YOU SEE ON THERE. SO WE HAVE NO INSTANCES OF NONCOMPLIANCE THAT ARE MATERIAL TO YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THIS YEAR. ALSO, I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE CASE LAST YEAR AS WELL. ANY TIME AN ENTITY THAT WE AUDIT RECEIVES OVER 750,000, WHICH IS GOING UP TO A MILLION NOW IN FEDERAL OR STATE FUNDING, IT TRIGGERS WHAT WE CALL A SINGLE AUDIT. SO WE'RE REQUIRED TO TEST YOUR FEDERAL OR STATE PROGRAM. THIS YEAR WE DID TEST WE DID PERFORM A SINGLE AUDIT FOR THE CITY. AND THE MAJOR PROGRAM THAT WE TESTED WAS YOUR ARPA FUNDING.

SO WE'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO ISSUE AN OPINION OVER THAT MAJOR PROGRAM AND REPORT TO YOU ANY DEFICIENCIES OVER COMPLIANCE THAT WE THAT WE ENCOUNTERED. SO WE DID ISSUE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION OVER YOUR MAJOR PROGRAM. AND WE HAVE NO INTERNAL CONTROL FINDINGS RELATED TO THAT MAJOR PROGRAM. WE ALSO HAVE NO INSTANCES OF NONCOMPLIANCE OR QUESTION COSTS WHEN IT COMES TO THAT SINGLE AUDIT THAT WE PERFORMED. THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES ARE GOING TO GO OVER YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. SO HERE YOU CAN SEE THESE THESE STATEMENTS HERE ARE AT THE GOVERNMENT WIDE LEVEL. SO THIS INCLUDES ALL YOUR FUNDS, GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, BUSINESS TYPE FUNDS. IT'S ALL TOGETHER. YOU CAN SEE 25 AND 24 SIDE BY SIDE. SO YOU CAN KIND OF COMPARE OVERALL YOUR TOTAL ASSETS WENT INCREASED ALMOST $229 MILLION. THE MAIN DRIVER THERE WAS YOUR CURRENT AND OTHER ASSETS THAT INCREASED ABOUT 142, MAINLY DRIVEN BY THE ISSUANCE OF THE NEW BONDS IN 2025. SO IT'S A LOT MORE CASH SITTING THERE. YOUR CAPITAL ASSETS ALSO INCREASED $86 MILLION. A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH YOUR DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTIONS THAT CAME TO THE CITY. SO THOSE GET ADDED TO YOUR CAPITAL ASSETS. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THOSE ADDITIONS THERE. ON THE LIABILITY SIDE, THERE'S ALSO AN INCREASE THERE AGAIN DUE TO THAT BOND THAT WAS ISSUED. SO YOUR CURRENT ASSETS WENT UP BECAUSE YOU HAVE MORE PROCEEDS IN THERE, BUT THEN YOUR DEBT ALSO WENT UP OVERALL AT THE THE VERY BOTTOM LINE THERE, YOU CAN SEE YOUR NET POSITION INCREASED $120 MILLION LAST YEAR. AT THE END OF 2024, IT WAS 1.1.08 $6 BILLION. THIS YEAR IT'S 1.2. SO THAT WAS 120.7 INCREASE OVERALL. AND THEN JUST A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THOSE LONG TERM LIABILITIES. AGAIN YOU HAVE 24 AND 25 SIDE BY SIDE. THE BIG CHANGE HERE IS OBVIOUSLY IN YOUR BONDS. THERE'S THERE WAS 110 ALMOST 110.5 INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR. AGAIN THE MAIN DRIVER THERE IS THE NEW BONDS THAT WERE ISSUED IN FISCAL YEAR 2025. NETTED WITH YOUR REGULAR PAYMENTS. THEN THIS SLIDE HERE GOES OVER YOUR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS. SO NOW WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT YOUR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS. SO YOU CAN SEE THE THE FIRST FOUR COLUMNS THERE ARE WHAT WE CONSIDER MAJOR FUNDS. SO THESE ARE YOUR SIGNIFICANT FUNDS. ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T MEET THE CRITERIA OF A MAJOR FUND GETS GROUPED INTO ONE COLUMN, WHICH IS THE NON MAJOR FUND. SO OVERALL YOU CAN SEE YOUR TOTAL REVENUES FOR THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS WAS 121.3 WITH EXPENDITURES OF 115.3. OTHER FINANCING SOURCES WAS 135.7 WHICH IS YOUR TRANSFERS ALONG WITH YOUR PROCEEDS FROM THOSE BONDS THAT WERE ISSUED. OVERALL, YOUR FUND BALANCE INCREASED 141.7, LEAVING YOU WITH AN ENDING FUND BALANCE OVERALL OF 259 ALMOST TWO $59.1 MILLION. THE VERY FIRST COLUMN THERE IS YOUR GENERAL FUND. SO THAT IS YOUR OPERATING FUND. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT FUND HAD 75 POINT ALMOST 75.3 IN REVENUES, 67.5 IN EXPENDITURES. AND THEN YOUR TOTAL OTHER USES, WHICH IS MAINLY TRANSFERS WAS A NEGATIVE ALMOST 3.4. SO YOUR GENERAL FUND OVERALL FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 HAD AN INCREASE OF $4.3 MILLION, WHICH YOUR FUND BALANCE WENT FROM 37.3 TO 41.7 AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 2025. AND FOR YOUR GENERAL FUND, JUST A LITTLE MORE DETAIL THERE.

THIS IS COMPARING YOUR ACTUAL REVENUES, ACTUAL EXPENDITURES TO YOUR FINAL AMENDED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 25. SO YOUR REVENUES OF 75.3 EXCEEDED YOUR FINAL AMENDED BUDGET BY $4.1

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THAT'S WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR OPERATIONS. AND THAT'S WHAT YOUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE WAS AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 2025. AND YOUR OPERATING FUND. AND THAT JUST KIND OF TO LOOK AT THAT NUMBER IN A DIFFERENT METRIC. SO YOU CAN COMPARE THAT UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE TO YOUR TOTAL OPERATING EXPENDITURES. I KIND OF WENT BACK AND INCLUDED A FEW YEARS. SO YOU CAN SEE KIND OF THE TREND OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. SO, SO FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025, THAT THAT UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE IS 26.8. WHEN YOU COMPARE THAT TO YOUR OPERATING EXPENDITURES, THAT'S ABOUT 39.7%, WHICH IS ABOUT 145 DAYS OF OPERATIONS. SO TYPICALLY ANYTHING BETWEEN 60 AND 90 IS CONSIDERED HEALTHY. THE CITY'S AT 145 DAYS. YOU CAN SEE OVER THE LAST 3 OR 4 YEARS, IT'S BEEN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IN THE MID 30S. SO IT'S BEEN CONSISTENT YEAR OVER YEAR. AND THIS THIS SLIDE HERE SHOWS NOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR UTILITY FUNDS. SO NOW YOUR YOUR BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THE BIG, THE BIG FUND HERE IS THE UTILITY.

SO HERE YOU HAD REVENUES OF 51.7. YOU HAD OPERATING EXPENSES OF 37.3 NETTED WITH A -1.7 OF OF MAINLY TRANSFERS THAT WERE OUT OF THERE. AND THEN THERE WAS ALMOST $43 MILLION OF CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS, WHICH AGAIN, JUST DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTIONS THAT CAME IN OVERALL, YOUR, YOUR CHANGE IN THAT POSITION. THERE WAS 55.2 AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THAT NET POSITION WENT FROM 522.2 TO 577.5. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY YOUR GOLF COURSE, SMALLER FUND IS ALSO INCLUDED IN YOUR BUSINESS TYPE FUNDS. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ENDING NET POSITION WAS 4.9, WHICH WAS AN OVERALL ALMOST $600,000 DECREASE FOR THE YEAR. AS FAR AS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. SO THAT PRETTY MUCH SUMMARIZES YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES ARE GOING TO GO OVER THE REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS. SO AGAIN, AS AUDITORS, WE ARE REQUIRED TO COMMUNICATE TO YOU A FEW THINGS. AND SO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF OUR AUDIT, WE DO LOOK AT SOME OF YOUR ACCOUNTING POLICIES. AND SO WE DID NOT SEE ANYTHING OUT OF THE NORM. SO WE CONSIDER THOSE TO BE REASONABLE. GATSBY 101 WAS APPLICABLE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. SO THIS HAS TO DO WITH YOUR COMPENSATED ABSENCES, BUT IT WAS NOT MATERIAL TO YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE A BIG FOOTNOTE OR A BIG ADJUSTMENT FOR THAT.

BUT IT WAS APPLICABLE. WE DID CONSIDER IT. WE DID ANALYZE IT, AND IT WAS NOT MATERIAL. AS FAR AS ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES, ALL YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS HAVE SOME SORT OF ESTIMATE HERE OR THERE. WE DID NOT CONSIDER ANY OF THEM TO BE SIGNIFICANT TO YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. SO WE HAVE NOTHING TO DISCLOSE THERE. THE RISK ASSESSMENT THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE DO INCORPORATE THE IMPROPER REVENUE RECOGNITION RISK. SO THIS IS NOT PARTICULAR TO THE CITY. THIS IS MORE HOW WE TAILOR OUR AUDIT. YOU KNOW, AS WE PERFORM OUR TESTING, WE'RE AWARE THAT THAT'S A RISK NOT JUST HERE BUT ANYWHERE ELSE THAT WE PERFORM AN AUDIT. ALL ADJUSTMENTS WERE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY MANAGEMENT. WE HAD NO DISAGREEMENTS WITH MANAGEMENT OVER THE APPLICATION OF ■ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES OR ANY JUDGMENTS OR ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES. GOING OVER. SORRY. AND SO AND WE ALSO OBTAIN A REPRESENTATION LETTER FROM MANAGEMENT PRIOR TO US ISSUING OUR FINAL REPORT, ESSENTIALLY REPRESENTING TO US THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES. WE'RE NOT AWARE THAT MANAGEMENT CONSULTED WITH ANOTHER FIRM OR ANOTHER CPA REGARDING ANY FINANCIAL REPORTING MATTERS. SO BASICALLY, WE'RE NOT AWARE THAT THEY WENT OUT AND GOT A SECOND OPINION ON ANY OF OUR OUR THESE MATTERS. WE ALSO TALKED THROUGH THE AUDIT ABOUT SOME ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES AND AUDITING STANDARDS. AND OUR RESPONSE TO THOSE INQUIRIES WAS NOT A CONDITION TO OUR RETENTION AS AUDITORS. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. WELL THANK YOU. SO TO SUMMARIZE, I HEAR YOU SAYING WE ARE FINANCIALLY SOUND AND WE PASSED OUR AUDIT. YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PROPERLY STATED. THANK YOU. YES, I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT'S THAT'S HOW I'LL TAKE IT. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. YES. GO ON SLIDE SEVEN. YOU MENTIONED THAT OUR MAJOR PROGRAM THAT WAS AUDITED WAS ARPA. HOW HOW DO YOU CHOOSE THE PROGRAM FROM THE LIST OR ARE THERE MULTIPLE. SO FOR THE CITY, I THINK SO THAT WAS LIKE THE ONE BIG PROGRAM THAT YOU HAVE. SO THERE'S REALLY, I MEAN, ANYTIME THAT SINGLE AUDIT IS APPLICABLE, IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THAT PROGRAM. EVENTUALLY THAT'S GOING TO GO AWAY. THE CITY IS NOT GOING TO HAVE A SINGLE AUDIT UNLESS THERE'S NEW FEDERAL MONEY COMING IN FOR OTHER ENTITIES. THERE IS

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OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT, THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 20. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION

[20. Discuss and consider action on an Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 25-061-00 adopting the annual budget for Fiscal Year 2026 in the amount of $4,264,214.00 being funded through CO Bond Series 2025; providing for an allocation of $3,355,710.00 for design services related to the San Gabriel Parkway West improvements (CIP T.42), an allocation of $313,326.00 for design services associated with the Grand Lake Parkway and East Crystal Falls Parkway intersection improvements (CIP T.89), and an allocation of $595,178.00 providing for design services related to the north lanes of the San Gabriel Parkway Phase 2A improvements (CIP T.120).]

THIS MIGHT NOT BE ALIGNED TO YOU. SO HOW TO TURN TO MY I MEAN, I COULD I COULD ASK, BUT I THINK I GOT THE NUMBERS DOWN. OKAY, SO ON THAT PARTICULAR IMPROVEMENT, I KNOW THAT IT WAS STATED THAT WE'RE MOVING FROM TWO TO A FOUR LANE WITH THE POTENTIAL OF A SIX. WILL THE STUDY OBJECTIVELY TALK ABOUT WHAT OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE FROM 4 TO 6, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO JUST REQUEST INCLUDE BE INCLUDED IN THAT STUDY? YES, MA'AM. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THIS ADDITIONAL FOR THE T 120 IS TO ADD JUST THOSE TWO LANES. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THERE IS THE FUTURE GROWTH. WHEN THAT TIME COMES AND WE'RE WORKING ON A NEW TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN, WHICH WILL HELP US IDENTIFY WHEN WE NEED TO ANTICIPATE GOING TO THOSE SIX LANES. BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IT WILL ONLY BE FOUR LANES. WONDERFUL THAT THAT IMPACTS AN AREA THAT I'M VERY WELL FAMILIAR WITH. SO REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE FUTURE FORWARD IN THAT AREA WITH THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND ALL THE DEVELOPMENTS HAPPENING IN THAT AREA. YES, MA'AM. THAT WAS ALL.

OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT THEN WE JUST NEED THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? WE CAN WAIT, AND WE CAN TAKE A. WE CAN TAKE ANOTHER VOTE. WE CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE. WE HAD A.

WHAT DO YOU NEED? MOTION. DO YOU WANT ME TO READ IT ALL OVER AGAIN? NO. IT'S OKAY. YEP. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK AND WE'LL BE ALL RIGHT. WE'LL RECONVENE BACK INTO OUR MEETING. IT'S 835 AND

[21. Discuss and consider action on Amendment No.1 to the FY 2024-2025 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) list of projects, which were approved for funding with the FY 2024 Proposed Annual Budget.]

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ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION

[22. Discuss and consider action on proposed funding options up to $120,280.00 for the City of Leander’s America 250 celebration in 2026.]

FOR LEANDER, LIBERTY FEST CONTINUES TO SERVE AS OUR ANCHOR EVENT ON JULY 3RD, CONSISTENT WITH OUR TRADITIONAL SCHEDULE. TONIGHT, WE ARE PRESENTING THREE OPTIONS THAT SCALE FROM A FULL CITYWIDE EXPERIENCE AND MID LEVEL ENHANCEMENT, AND OUR BASELINE LIBERTY FEST EVENT. OKAY, AS A REMINDER, OUR LIBERTY FEST EVENT CONSISTS OF LIVE MUSIC, FIREWORKS, VENDORS, FOOD TRUCKS, AND CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES. IT'S HELD ON FRIDAY, JULY 3RD FROM 6 P.M. TO 10 P.M. AT DEVINE LAKE PARK. SO MOVING IN TO THE OPTIONS FOR ENHANCED PROGRAMING.

SO OPTION ONE IS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE AND HIGH IMPACT OPPORTUNITY. IT INCLUDES ALL OF THE TRADITIONAL LIBERTY FEST COMPONENTS, PLUS ENHANCEMENTS, AND THESE ENHANCEMENTS INCLUDE PATRIOTIC GIVEAWAYS SUCH AS FLAGS, WRISTBANDS, COMMEMORATIVE COINS, CITYWIDE DECORATIONS TO BE INSTALLED AROUND CITY FACILITIES, PARKS, AND PUBLIC SPACES. WE WILL LOOK AT LIGHTING CITY HALL AND PAT BRYSON WITH MAYBE RED, WHITE AND BLUE LIGHTING CUSTOM BANNERS IN OLD TOWN AND ALONG NORTH LINE DECORATIONS AT DEVINE LAKE PARK, SHIRTS FOR COUNCIL AND ALL OF STAFF, A BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN PARADE, AND A $60,000 DRONE SHOW. IN ADDITION TO THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY. IN ADDITION, WE WOULD LOOK AT HAVING AN ILLUMINATED 250 SIGN AND CREATE A LANTERN TRAIL FEATURE, BOTH INTENDED TO PROVIDE VISUAL IMPACT AND A NOD TO THE HERITAGE THE LIBRARY AND SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER WOULD OFFER. EXPANDED PROGRAMING IN THE GOLF COURSE WOULD HOST A GLOBAL TOURNAMENT. THE OPTION ALSO INCLUDES A PRE PRE LIBERTY FEST EVENT TO BE HELD THE WEEKEND BEFORE LIBERTY FEST, WITH ACTIVITIES SUCH AS A

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Y'ALL NEED TO FIGURE THIS OUT. THIS IS NOT MY PROBLEM. SO. SO THANK YOU. IT'S NOT. WHAT AM I EVEN TALKING? I JUST WANTED TO SAY AMERICA 250 IS REALLY A RARE MOMENT IN HISTORY. THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF COUNTRIES THAT MAKE IT TO THAT IN THEIR CURRENT FORM. THEY HAVE A LOT OF CHANGE THAT ENDS UP HAPPENING. AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS A BIG MILESTONE FOR US, AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN IT. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND BRINGING SUCH A THOUGHTFUL AND WELL PLANNED EVENT FORWARD. ONE THING THAT I DID AS I WAS LOOKING AT ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS LOOK AT HOW IT AFFECTS OUR COMMUNITY ACCESS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WHAT'S THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY WIDE REACH OF ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL HAVE PROPOSED AND WHAT THE OVERALL IMPACT WOULD BE? BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE DRONE SHOW IT, IT LOOKS GREAT, BUT WE WANT PEOPLE TO SEE IT BUT ALSO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE A PART OF IT. LIKE THEY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY HAD A HAND IN. SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. THERE ARE SOME SIMPLE ADDITIONS THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND TO THIS. AND IF COUNCIL WOULD CONSIDER AND IF THEY APPROVE OF IT, I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY WITH THE AMERICA 250 FOR US TO RECOGNIZE OUR VETERANS AND TO REALLY INCLUDE THEM IN A WAY THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN IN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE LISTED THERE.

AND SO WHEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS, I LOOKED AT WHAT WE COULD DO AT THE ACTUAL LIBERTY FEST EVENT. SO MAYBE HAVING VETERAN SEATING OR A VIP AREA, I KNOW WE USUALLY DO VIP FOR OUR DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY SET UP

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THANK YOU. AND I FEEL LIKE THOSE TYPE OF THINGS MAYBE DON'T COST A LOT, BUT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE REALLY MEANINGFUL TO ADD TO THIS CELEBRATION. AND I KNOW IT'S, IT'S A BIG FINANCIAL INVESTMENT AND IT IS A ONE TIME INVESTMENT. IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO YEAR AFTER YEAR. BUT I DO THINK IT'S SOMETHING IMPORTANT FOR US ALL TO CONSIDER AS WE AS WE APPROACH THIS, BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE WON'T GET HERE. SO THIS IS REALLY BIG. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'LL START WITH PLAY SIX. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THIS? NO, I BASICALLY I FEEL VERY SIMILARLY. I THINK THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY CELEBRATE OUR COUNTRY. WE WE HAVE THE MONEY BUDGETED. IT'S NOT TAKING AWAY FROM ANY OTHER PROGRAMING. SO I SAY PULL OUT ALL THE STOPS AND LET'S CELEBRATE BIG. I AGREE PLEASE FIVE. CONCUR ON ALL POINTS. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION ON THE VETERANS. DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE SHOULD INCLUDE. AND YEAH, NO, I, I, YOU KNOW, I'M OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THE BICENTENNIAL, SO THAT WAS A PRETTY BIG DEAL BACK THEN.

RIGHT. AND IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING. WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS, I WAS LIKE, WOW, I WAS AROUND FOR BICENTENNIAL AND THEN WHATEVER THIS THING IS CALLED. SO YEAH, IT MAKES ME FEEL A LITTLE OLD, BUT I COULDN'T CONCUR MORE. I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS A CITY. I THINK THERE'S A NEED FOR SOME CELEBRATORY PATRIOTISM GIVEN OUR CURRENT CLIMATES. I THINK IF WE TURN TOWARDS THE IDEA OF WHAT THIS COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED ON AND HOW WE CONTINUE TO STRIVE TO TO BE A MORE PERFECT UNION, I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD LEAN INTO AND LEAN INTO HARD. SO YEAH, I WOULD SUPPORT THIS 100%.

THERE'S NO REASON TO NOT DO THIS IN MY OPINION. THANK YOU PLACE FOR. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. SURE. NOT THAT I DON'T SUPPORT AMERICA OR THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY, BUT I JUST HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. WHAT DOES THE WHAT? WHAT ABOUT THE LPAC MOSAIC MURAL? IS THAT WHAT WHERE DOES THAT PROJECT FIT INTO THIS? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO THAT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ALREADY LOOKING AT DOING AT BASELINE LEVEL. WE'RE INCLUDING THAT INTO OUR OPERATING BUDGET EXISTING. IT'S NOT REQUIRE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING. SO THAT MURAL IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE. AND WAS ANY OF THESE OPTIONS PRESENTED ALPACA. NO. WHY NOT? NO, BECAUSE LIBERTY FEST FALLS UNDER THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT'S PURVIEW. DOES NOT FALL UNDER LIBERTY FEST'S PURVIEW. I'M SORRY. LIBERTY LACKS PURVIEW. I MEAN, I THINK THEY PROBABLY WOULD HAVE WANTED TO KNOW BECAUSE THEY ALL CONTACTED ME AND SAID, HOW COME WE COULDN'T BE A PART OF THIS? BUT SO THAT IS UNAFFECTED. SO I. I THINK THAT THE 250 CELEBRATION IS GREAT. I, I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THE RESIDENT WHO ORIGINALLY FIRST BROUGHT THE MOSAIC FORWARD AND BROUGHT ATTENTION TO THE CELEBRATION. I THINK $120,000 IS TOO MUCH. A $60,000 DRONE SHOW SPECIFICALLY, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, WE COULDN'T EVEN BOOK IT NOW FOR THE 250 BECAUSE IT'S TOO CLOSE TO THE EVENT, BUT I DON'T. FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME, THIS, THIS SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY FOR WHAT THE ORIGINAL INTENT WAS. I'M. I THINK THAT A LOT OF IT SHOULD STAY. I DON'T THINK THE THE PRE DAY STUFF SHOULD STAY. I DON'T THINK THE DRONE SHOW SHOULD STAY. I THINK THAT IF WE WANTED TO SECURE PARTNERS FOR LIKE NORTH LINE BANNERS AND ALEX WANTS TO PAY FOR BANNERS IN NORTH LINE, THAT THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I THINK THE LIBRARY IS. I THINK OUR LIBRARY DIRECTOR IS AMAZING AS WELL AS OUR GOLF STAFF, AND I THINK THEY'RE ALREADY GOING TO HAVE PROGRAMING. SO I DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED TO KIND OF REFUND THAT. I FRANKLY THINK THAT EVEN THE SECOND OPTION IS TOO MUCH. WHEN I SPEAK WITH RESIDENTS, THEY WERE UPSET ABOUT THE BRANDING, WHICH I

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THANK YOU. PLEASE WON. THANK YOU, ASHLEY, APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION AND CONCUR WITH MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS CELEBRATION. I MEAN, ONLY COME AROUND EVERY 50 YEARS.

SO REALLY DO THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE PULLING OUT SOME STOPS ON THIS. I ALSO JUST WANT TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS. I THINK TODD CAN MAYBE HELP CLARIFY. TODD OPTIONS ONE AND TWO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WORKING WITH PRIVATE GROUPS SUCH AS CITIZENS, BUSINESSES, NON-PROFITS, OR OTHER ENTITIES TO HELP DEFRAY THESE COSTS. YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY THAT WE ARE OPEN IF THERE'S GROUPS OUT THERE THAT ARE INTERESTED AND WANT TO PARTICIPATE AND PROVIDE DONATIONS, THAT THEY CAN DO THAT, AND THEY CAN EVEN TARGET THOSE TO SPECIFIC PARTS OF THIS PROGRAM. OKAY. THANK YOU. BECAUSE I'VE SEEN ANOTHER MAJOR EVENTS FOR CITIES. YOU KNOW, YOU'LL HAVE SOME LOCAL BUSINESSES, SOME SOME NONPROFIT GROUPS PARTNER TO HELP DEFRAY THIS COST. SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO BRING THAT UP AS A WAY TO BRING DOWN THESE POSSIBLE COSTS.

AND THEN ALSO, ARE THESE PROPOSED BUDGETS UP TO AND NOT EXCEEDING, OR ARE THEY ACTUALLY AT 120 OR WHATEVER LEVELS THEY ARE? THESE ARE THIS WOULD BE UP TO YOU. SO WE WOULDN'T EXCEED THESE DOLLARS. OKAY, GREAT. AND THEN JUST WITH THE DRONE SHOW, I WOULD SAY THAT I THINK ON THE SURFACE, A LOT OF FOLKS WOULD SAY, HEY, THIS LOOKS A LITTLE EXCESSIVE. I ATTENDED A DRONE SHOW UP IN NORTH TEXAS. I WANT TO SAY IT WAS ARGYLE OR FLOWER MOUND, AND I WAS SITTING IN A LARGE CROWD, MAYBE 3000, 4000 FOLKS AND FOLKS HAD COME FROM ALL OVER THE THE NEXT 5 OR 6 CITIES AND REALLY BROUGHT A HUGE DRAW. AND I JUST THINK ABOUT ALL THE, THE TAX DOLLARS THAT WILL COME IN AS FOLKS COME AND SPEND THEIR MONEY THROUGHOUT THE DAY, ENJOYING THE DAY. AND ALSO FOR THE DRONE SHOW. SO I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT WE CAN RECOUP SOME OF THOSE COSTS AND PERHAPS BRING TAX DOLLARS BACK PAST THE INITIAL INVESTMENT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE EITHER. I DO WANT TO ADD ON TO, OKAY, COUNCILMAN CHANG'S STATEMENT THERE, BECAUSE I WAS HOPING SOMEONE WOULD BRING IT UP. THERE IS AN ECONOMIC FACTOR TO CONSIDER HERE AS WELL, CONSIDERING THE DATE, CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT IT WOULD BE BASICALLY THE ONLY THING GOING ON ON THE 3RD OF JULY. I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO FLEX A LITTLE BIT. YOU KNOW, WE'VE SPENT A LONG TIME IN THIS CITY BEING VERY PHYSICALLY SOUND AND MAKING GOOD DECISIONS. AND OCCASIONALLY YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU GO TO THE ICE CREAM STORE. SO THIS IS TO ME TANTAMOUNT TO THAT. THIS IS JUST US GIVING BACK TO OUR CITIZENS AND SHOWING THEM THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE APPRECIATE THEIR SUPPORT AND WE APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DO TO, YOU KNOW, FUND OUR CITY BY KEEPING THEIR TAX DOLLARS HERE, SHOPPING HERE, SHOPPING LOCAL. AND I THINK THIS AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, A DRIVER IS IS WORTHY OF SOME NOTE. SO I DO WANT TO ADD THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU. YEAH. I WOULD SAY WITH THE LOGO THAT Y'ALL CAME UP WITH, THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE I CAN SEE AMERICA 250 SHOWING UP EVERYWHERE ALREADY. WHEN YOU GO TO A LOT OF THE GOVERNMENT WEBSITES,

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[23. Discuss potential updates to the Composite Zoning Ordinance and other associated ordinances regarding in-home day care facilities.]

GOOD EVENING. I'M NOT USED TO BEING LAST ON THE AGENDA. SO USUALLY I HAVE A WHOLE LOT KIND OF DIFFERENT. SO TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME POTENTIAL UPDATES TO THE COMPOSITE ZONING ORDINANCE. LAST YEAR THERE WAS A LEGISLATIVE UPDATE ABOUT A PREEMPTION FOR IN-HOME DAYCARES REGARDING SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS. SO I WANTED TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT OUR ORDINANCE SAYS TODAY AND GO OVER SOME RESEARCH THAT WE'VE DONE WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES. SO TODAY, THE ZONING ORDINANCE ALLOWS FOR FIVE OR FEWER CHILDREN IN AN IN-HOME DAYCARE. SO THAT'S A PLACE WHERE YOU LIVE AND YOU'LL HAVE A SPACE WHERE YOU'RE TAKING CARE OF CHILDREN. WE ONLY ALLOW THAT IN PROPERTY ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL, AND WE ALLOW FOR A FULL BLOWN DAYCARE IN COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS. SO WE DID SOME RESEARCH WITH SOME SURROUNDING CITIES, AND WE GOT A PRETTY BIG VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS OF HANDLING THIS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THEIR LIMITS. LET'S SEE, STARTING CEDAR PARK HAS A UNIQUE ONE WHERE THEY DO RANGES OF AGES. ROUND ROCK IS SIX OR FEWER. SO IS TAYLOR HUTTO, PFLUGERVILLE.

WE SEEM TO BE THE ONLY ONE AT FIVE, SO WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS WE COULD UPDATE OUR ORDINANCE IF THE COUNCIL SEES IT FIT. SO OUR FIRST OPTION IS TO NOT MAKE A CHANGE. LEAVE IT AT FIVE. THIS WOULD HAVE LIMITED IMPACT ON THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. IT DOES NOT HELP ADDRESS THE GROWING NEED FOR AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE. AND I THINK THAT'S THE REASON THEY THEY DID THAT BILL. SO WE WERE TRYING TO KIND OF BALANCE IT.

THE CHANGE WE WOULD ASK IS TO ADD A DEFINITION OF IN-HOME DAYCARE WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE. IF WE CHOSE THIS PATH. THE SECOND IS TO ALLOW UP TO SIX CHILDREN. THIS WOULD MAKE US CONSISTENT WITH SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES. IT HAS THE SAME MINIMAL IMPACT ON NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES. BUT AGAIN, IT DOESN'T HELP WITH AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE. AND WE'D HAVE THE SAME ORDINANCE UPDATE WHERE WE ADDED A DEFINITION. THE THIRD OPTION WOULD BE TO ALLOW FOR UP TO SIX CHILDREN PLUS SIX CHILDREN FOR AFTER SCHOOL CARE. SO THAT WOULD BE AFTER THEY GET OUT OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THEY WOULD COME TO THE IN-HOME DAYCARE. WE FELT LIKE THIS STILL HAD A MINOR IMPACT ON THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IT DID EXPAND THE CHILDCARE OPTIONS. WE FELT LIKE THE MORNING TRAFFIC WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THE WAY IT IS TODAY, WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE THE FIVE KIDS. THE CONCERN WOULD BE THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE TRAFFIC IN THE AFTERNOON. IT REALLY JUST DEPENDS ON WHEN PARENTS WOULD PICK UP THE CHILDREN. THERE WAS A CONCERN ABOUT WHEN YOU HAVE A HIGHER ENROLLMENT, HOW IT AFFECTS THE HOUSE. WE'VE HAD A COUPLE CASES WHERE THEY HAVE CONVERTED GARAGES OR THEY LOOK AT EXPANSIONS TO THEIR HOMES, AND THAT DOES CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO IF WE WENT THIS PATH, WE WOULD SUGGEST A COUPLE OF ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS. WE WANT A DEFINITION OF IN-HOME DAYCARE, AND WE WOULD WANT TO ADD SOME STANDARDS AROUND TEMPORARY PARKING AND TRAFFIC CIRCULATION FOR DROP OFF. IF YOU LOOK AT A CUL DE SAC AND THEY JUST HAVE A TWO CAR DRIVEWAY AND YOU'VE EXPANDED IT TO ADD MORE CHILDREN, IT'S IT'S HARDER ON THE NEIGHBORS WHEN YOU HAVE THAT PICKUP TIME. WE ALSO WANTED TO TALK ABOUT HOW THEY COULD CONVERT THEIR GARAGE, BUT STILL HAVE IT LOOK THE SAME AS THE OTHER PROPERTIES. SO THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE YOU CAN LEAVE THE GARAGE DOOR AND YOU

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USUALLY WE LIKE TO TAKE THAT TO THE COMMISSION AND COUNCIL IF IT'S NOT ALLOWED FOR EVERYBODY.

OKAY. UNLESS THERE ARE SPECIFIC CONDITIONS. SO YES, I WAS SAYING IF WE ESTABLISH CLEAR PERFORMANCE STANDARDS TO ADDRESS PARKING AND DROP OFF TO ADDRESS NON RESIDENT EMPLOYEES WORKING THERE, LIFE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS, MAINTAINING, OF COURSE THE RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER SO THAT THEY DON'T CHANGE THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THEN HAVING THAT THE HOME BASED CHILDCARE SHOULD NOT ELIMINATE REQUIRED PARKING OR ALTER THE RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF THE HOME, WHICH WOULD BE THOSE GARAGE CONVERSIONS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE. BUT WE PROBABLY ALSO WANT TO DEFINE THAT EXCEEDING 12 WOULD BE HIGHER INTENSITY USE AND WOULD BE COMMERCIAL, AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO MARRY WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING WITH WHAT THE STATE REQUIRES.

FOR 12, WHICH IS IN-HOME, IT HAS TO BE LICENSED AT A DIFFERENT WAY. SO THOSE WERE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS THINKING, WHICH THEY ALL DIDN'T QUITE FIT IN ALL THE OPTIONS THAT WERE UP THERE. BUT PLACE ONE. THANKS. I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. I JUST WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION, I THINK, TO TODD. TODD, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT OTHER CITIES AROUND US ARE DOING OR CONSIDERING IN RESPONSE TO THE LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED LAST SESSION BY THE LEGISLATURE? HAVE SOME CITIES ALREADY EXPANDED BASED ON LEGISLATION OR CLARIFY THE DEFINITIONS, OR WOULD BE WE BE FIRST MOVER HERE? YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF DELVING INTO OUR CODES AND IMPLEMENTING THIS NEW STATE STATUTE, WE'RE KIND OF ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THAT. YOU KNOW, WE HAD INCLUDED SOME ANALYSIS OF WITH SOME OTHER CITIES ARE AROUND US ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING, BUT WE'RE REALLY THE FIRST THAT'S GETTING INTO THIS. AND THAT WAS REALLY PROMPTED BY OUR CITIZEN CODE ISSUES THAT CROPPED UP IN THIS PROCESS. AND, AND FOR US, AS WE BEGIN DELVING INTO THIS AND LOOKING AT WHAT YOU COULD AND COULD NOT DO, I MEAN, THEN THAT'S WHEN WE KIND OF RAN INTO THE NEW STATUTORY COMPONENT THAT HAS TRIGGERED ALL THIS WORK MOVING FORWARD.

GOT IT. APPRECIATE IT. I'M STARTING TO LEAN WHERE THE MAYOR IS ON THIS. I THINK MY BIG CONCERN IS MAKING SURE THAT IF WE EXPAND THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN THAT ARE ALLOWED, THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THE RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER PRESERVED AND THE TRAFFIC PICKUPS AND DROP OFFS DON'T INTERRUPT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. I THINK WHEN I LOOKED AT IT, WHAT WAS AVAILABLE IN RESEARCH THAT SUBURBAN AREAS USUALLY DO THIS, THIS MODEL WHERE IT'S SIX, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE SUPPLEMENTAL, I'M SORRY, SPECIAL USE PERMIT IF YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. BUT WE ARE GROWING CITY LIKE GROWING FAST AND CHILDCARE IS AN ISSUE FOR FOLKS BEING ABLE TO FIND AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S NOT EVEN A MATTER OF WHETHER IT'S AFFORDABLE. I JUST CAN'T FIND ANY. I'M ON A I MEAN, ONE OF MY FRIENDS WAS ON A WAIT LIST FOR TWO YEARS. OH WOW. LIKE TWO YEARS. AND THEN ANOTHER ONE HAD TO GET ON THE

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FAMILY HOME IS WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT, WHICH IS CARE UP TO SIX CHILDREN WITH ADDITIONAL SIX CHILDREN DURING CERTAIN TIMES. AND THEY THEY HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN BASIC HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS. AS I UNDERSTAND IT, I THINK IT'S WHAT IS IT? SB TWO WHAT WAS IT? TWO 599 RIGHT. SB 599 THE INTENTION OF THAT PARTICULAR BILL WAS TO PROVIDE REGULATORY

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BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT THE CURRENT STATE STANDARDS CLEARLY SPELL THAT OUT. AND IF WE WANT TO REITERATE IT IN SOME WAY FROM A FROM A LANGUAGE PERSPECTIVE, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY FINE, BUT I WOULD, I WOULD, I'D WANT US TO KIND OF STEER AWAY FROM THAT. LET'S NOT LET'S NOT PUT OURSELVES IN A SPOT WHERE SOMEONE COULD CHALLENGE THAT. RIGHT? I THINK IF WE WANT TO DO THIS SIZE OPERATION LIMITATION, AND I AGREE THAT THERE'S SOME NEED FOR THAT, PRIMARILY BECAUSE IT AFFECTS THE RESIDENTS IN AND AROUND THESE HOMES AND WITHOUT CLEAR CODES AND CLEAR DIRECTION, INDIVIDUALS WILL BE VERY ENTREPRENEURIAL ABOUT WHAT THEY DO. AND THEY'RE GOING TO JUST TRY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM, RIGHT? SO WE WANT TO GIVE THEM SOME GUIDANCE HERE. AND I THINK WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THIS, AGAIN, I WOULD I WOULD LEAN INTO. THE PARKING RESTRICTIONS, SOME SORT OF MAYBE TIME OF DROP OFF, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES THAT WOULD RESTRICT A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, DEPLOYING TO A SMALL AREA OF, OF TOWN IN, IN ANY, ANYWHERE WITHIN THE CITY OF LEANDER. I THINK THAT THERE ARE FOLKS THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT THEY DO HAVE COST EFFECTIVE DAYCARE NEARBY. COULD BE FRIENDS, IT COULD BE NEIGHBORS, IT COULD BE RELATIVES, WHATEVER THE CASE MIGHT BE. BUT I THINK WE WE'RE AT A POINT NOW AS A CITY THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT THE LONG TERM OF THIS AND PROVIDE REAL, REAL SPECIFIC AS, AS SPECIFIC AS WE CAN GUIDANCE SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T EXCEED THOSE NUMBERS INADVERTENTLY. THEY'RE NOT DOING IT ON PURPOSE. THEY'RE DOING IT BECAUSE THERE'S A NEED. RIGHT? AND UNTIL THAT NEED CAN BE RESOLVED, YOU KNOW, IN OTHER WAYS WITH GREATER DAYCARE AND MORE AFFORDABLE DAYCARE IN THE CITY, THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE TAKING THIS. SO WE DON'T WANT TO BE TOO PUNITIVE, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM ENOUGH GUIDANCE TO WHERE THEY CAN STAY WITHIN THESE LIMITATIONS WITHOUT US SPECIFICALLY OUTLINING 612 PEOPLE, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. I THINK THAT'S A WAY TO DO IT. I THINK THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS OUTSIDE AND AND SOME OF THE OTHER HOME MAINTENANCE LIMITATIONS, I THINK THOSE ARE ALL GREAT IDEAS AND THEY FALL SQUARELY INTO THIS APPROACH. SO THOSE ARE MY $0.02. I WILL SAY THAT IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE CHALLENGING, CHALLENGING FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE STANDPOINT TO ENFORCE THE DROP OFF PICKUP TIMES. YEAH, CATCHING THAT WOULD BE HARD. I THINK FOR CODE.

AGAIN, I THINK IF IT'S A GUIDELINE, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO PHYSICALLY OR OVERTLY ENFORCE. RIGHT. BUT I THINK IF IT'S THERE AND IF IT IS, LET'S USE THE WORD VIOLATED FOR FOR OUR CONVERSATION, THEN IT GIVES US RECOURSE BECAUSE WE CLEARLY SAY WHAT IT IS YOU CAN AND CANNOT DO. AND AGAIN, I AGREE. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT REASONABLE FOR US TO, TO USE OUR, OUR, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS. I THINK THIS WILL BE A, YOU KNOW, A NEIGHBORHOOD REPORTING KIND OF THING AT THE END OF THE DAY, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD SPELL IT OUT SO THAT IT'S, IT'S UNDERSTOOD. AND IT GIVES US RECOURSE AND IT GIVES US AN ABILITY TO LAND SOMEWHERE WHERE PEOPLE COULD BE COMFORTABLE IF THEY HAD EIGHT KIDS AND THEY CAN GO DOWN TO SIX KIND OF THING. RIGHT? THAT'S JUST MY THINKING. AGAIN, TRYING TO FUTURE PROOF SOME OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS HERE, AS I AS I THINK WOULD BE PRUDENT, RIGHT? BUT I CONCUR, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING TO ENFORCE, I DON'T THINK. SIX SO

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AND THAT'S WHAT CAN BE MORE RESTRICTIVE. AND THAT'S WHAT IS FOR BECAUSE YOU SEE ALL OF THESE CITIES OURS. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GOT TO FIVE, BUT EVERYBODY ELSE IS AT THE LEVEL OF SIX. SO WE REALLY SHOULD BE AT THE LEVEL OF SIX, WHICH IS WHY I RECOMMEND IT. IF YOU WANT TO DO SEVEN OR MORE UP TO 12, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH SOME ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW CLOSE YOUR HOME IS. IS THE LOT SIZE APPROPRIATE FOR THE NUMBER OF KIDS? DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER? YOU KNOW, ALL THE EXITS AND WHATEVER IT IS, BUT I'M OPEN TO JUST SIX, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. I TALKED TO TODD ABOUT IT, DIDN'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING THAT CAUSED EXTRA WORK FOR INSPECTORS TO HAVE TO GO OUT AND CHECK. DO THEY ONLY HAVE SIX AT THIS TIME OF THE DAY? LIKE WHAT IS THAT GOING TO DO TO THE PROCESS? SO DEFINITELY CONSIDERING WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT, BUT WE DO WANT TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE I KNOW.

STEPHEN, YOU HAD ONE MORE COMMENT. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF PAIGE OR TODD COULD KIND OF WALK US THROUGH SB FIVE, NINE, NINE AND THE GENERAL INTERPRETATION OF HOW THAT IS BEING APPLIED POST PASSAGE. AND I THINK THE MAYOR ARTICULATED IT IN WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, WHICH WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH THE STAFF OF THE AUTHOR, ONE OF THE AUTHORS OF THE BILL. AND THEY CLARIFIED FOR US THAT THAT CITY'S ZONING AUTHORITY IS NOT INTENDED TO BE PREEMPTED BY THIS BILL. IT IS THE HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS THAT A CITY MAY ENACT THROUGH ITS POLICE POWERS, WHICH YOU FIND IN OTHER SECTIONS OF THE CODE. SO ZONING DOES HAVE HEALTH AND SAFETY COMPONENTS TO IT, BUT IT'S LAND USE AND COMPATIBILITY OF LAND USE. AND THIS TYPE OF PLANNING PRINCIPLES, IT'S A LEGISLATIVE FUNCTION OF THE CITY. THE OTHER ORDINANCES YOU ADOPT ARE UNDER POLICE POWERS. AND SO THE BILL IS NOT INTENDED TO RESTRICT OR PREEMPT CITY'S ZONING AUTHORITY TO ENACT REGULATIONS RELATED TO MANAGING LAND USE, COMPATIBILITY, TRAFFIC IMPACTS, THOSE THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. IF ON THE POLICE POWER SIDE OF THINGS, YOU STARTED GETTING INTO, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY ATTENDANCE OR HOW MANY PEOPLE PER CHILD OR SOME OF THE MORE SPECIFIC STRUCTURAL, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF STRUCTURAL PREEMPTION UNDER YOUR HEALTH AND SAFETY, UNDER YOUR BUILDING CODES, FOR EXAMPLE, UNDER AMENDMENTS TO BUILDING CODES UNDER POLICE POWERS. IF THOSE GOT MORE RESTRICTIVE AND THE STATE LAW REGULATES IT, AND THE CITY WANTS TO BE MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN THAT, THEN THAT WOULD BE PREEMPTED, BUT NOT THE ZONING REGULATIONS. SO THE CITY COULD, AS THE MAYOR POINTED OUT, ADDRESS THE NUMBER OF KIDS THROUGH THE ZONING ORDINANCE. THANK YOU. TODD, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO, SIR. AND I WILL SAY THAT WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WAS SENT OUT, WE DID ATTACH TO THE INFORMATION THAT CAME OUT, I GUESS, EARLIER THIS WEEK.

PAGE'S SUMMARY. THERE'S A REALLY NICE DETAILED SUMMARY TABLE THERE THAT KIND OF SHOWS

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NOT OH, WELL, WE DON'T THINK YOURS IS CLOSE ENOUGH, BUT YOURS IS CLOSE ENOUGH. LIKE SOMETHING THAT'S STANDARD THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO EVERYONE. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S DISCRETIONARY, THAT'S PAY TO PLAY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THAT HELPS. DID WE MAKE IT EASIER OR WORSE? DID NOT SAY THE SAME THING. WE WE DID NOT SAY THE SAME THING. I THINK WE NEED I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE EXAMPLE OF WHAT AUSTIN IS DOING UP THERE, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, I DON'T THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR US. WHAT THEY'RE DOING THAT LEVEL, THEY'RE A MUCH BIGGER CITY AND THEIR DYNAMICS AND NEEDS ARE WAY DIFFERENT. BUT I THINK IT'S INTERESTING TO COMPARE IT TO WHAT THE OTHER CITIES ARE DOING, SINCE IT'S IN OUR CENTRAL TEXAS AREA. DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW HELPFUL. SO I WILL DO A DO OUR BEST ORDINANCE AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN WORK IT OUT. OKAY. YEAH. I MEAN, FOR SURE WE NEED A BETTER DEFINITION AND THE DEFINITION. YES. SIX AND A DEFINITION WE NEED NOW HOW WE PLAY WITH DO WE ADD SIX JUST AFTER SCHOOL, WHICH MY CONCERN WAS WHO'S WHO'S REALLY MONITORING THAT. AND I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. YEAH. IF THAT'S THE RIGHT ANSWER OR NOT. BUT IF YOU DO 12 BY RIGHT, I ALSO DON'T I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S 100% RIGHT FOR EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD EITHER. OKAY. THANK YOU. I THINK THE CITY MANAGER HAS SOMETHING TO SAY WITH REGARD TO LOOKING AT THAT ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS OR S U P ALSO CLARIFYING THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO REDUCE ANY BASE ZONING STANDARDS. FOR EXAMPLE, PARKING. IF I CLOSE MY GARAGE, THE STATUTE REQUIRES YOU TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THOSE PARKING CAPACITIES AS WELL. AND THAT'S PARTICULARLY CRITICAL WHEN YOU'RE GETTING BEYOND SIX, BECAUSE UNDER CERTAIN PROVISIONS, A LICENSED DAYCARE REQUIRES LICENSED STAFF TO BE THERE, RIGHT? WHICH REQUIRES MORE PARKING THAN THESE OTHER IN-HOME DAYCARE FACILITIES. I THINK THAT WOULD BE QUITE A BIT OF HOOPS THAT PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH IF THEY WANTED TO BE A LICENSED IN HOME AND TAKE 12, LIKE THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE PRETTY MUCH THE EXACT RIGHT SITUATION TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. BUT IF YOU'RE WILLING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT, I'M NOT SURE THAT WE SHOULD STOP YOU FROM BEING ABLE TO DO THAT IN AND OF ITSELF. THAT BEGINS TO HELP UNLOCK SIZE AND DIMENSION. BECAUSE IF I IF I WANT TO CLOSE MY GARAGE AND I HAVE TO NOW ADD AN ADDITIONAL ENCLOSED PARKING STRUCTURE TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THAT, THEN I'VE GOT TO HAVE THE SPACE AND THE SIZE FOR THAT. SO IN AND OF ITSELF, THAT BECOMES SELF-POLICING. YEAH IT DOES.

THANK YOU. OH THAT'S GOOD. OKAY. AND NOW WE ARE TO ITEM 24 COUNCIL MEMBER CLOSING COMMENTS.

[24. Council Member Closing Statements.]

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MAUREEN DID A GREAT JOB PULLING IT TOGETHER. MIKE HAD AWESOME SHOW AND TELL. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. IT'S REALLY AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO SERVE YOU.

THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. PLEASE BY SEE, WHEN YOU SAY SOMETHING, IT'S HARD TO FOLLOW YOU. SO YEAH, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANT TO, TO TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION. THE CENTRAL TEXAS SPCA HAS A COUPLE OF UPCOMING EVENTS, AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF CLOSING THE GAP ON THEIR FUNDRAISING FOR THEIR NEW FACILITY. SO THEIR 38TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER IS SATURDAY, MAY 2ND AT THE BEN-HUR SHRINE CENTER IN AUSTIN. YOU CAN GO TO THEIR WEBSITE, FIND OUT INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. AND THEY'RE ALSO DOING SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE LOCAL ON MOTHER'S DAY OR FOR MOTHER'S DAY, I SHOULD SAY ON SATURDAY, MAY 9TH FROM 12 TO 3 P.M. AT THE DOGHOUSE DRINKERY. YOU CAN HAVE MIMOSAS AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOUR PUP AND DO ALL SORTS OF COOL STUFF. SO JUST KIND OF WANT TO UNDERSCORE THE THE NEED FOR THESE TYPES OF SERVICES IN OUR CITY AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND MAINTAINING A HANDLE ON OUR, OUR PET POPULATION, OF COURSE, ALWAYS SPAYED AND NEUTERED, THOSE PETS. RIGHT. BOB BARKER BUT YEAH, THAT JUST KIND OF WANTED TO POINT THOSE OUT AND A LITTLE BIT OF SELF-PROMOTION.

THERE'S A NICE LITTLE LEAN IN LEANDER EPISODE THAT TALKS ABOUT ALL THAT ONLINE NOW. SO THERE YOU GO ON HISTORY. SO TODAY IN HISTORY, ON APRIL 16TH, 1962, ONE OF MY CHILDHOOD HEROES, WALTER CRONKITE, OFFICIALLY BECAME THE ANCHOR AND MANAGING EDITOR OF THE CBS EVENING NEWS. HE SUCCEEDED DOUGLAS EDWARDS. THIS MARKED THE START OF A 19 YEAR TENURE AS THE FACE OF CBS NEWS, AND HE BECAME KNOWN AS THE MOST TRUSTED MAN IN AMERICA. AND AGAIN, KIND OF INSPIRING SOME OF THIS TYPE OF STUFF. HIS BROADCAST ALWAYS ENDED WITH HIS MOTTO, WHICH WAS, AND THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. AND I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT TO MY DYING DAYS.

THAT'LL ALWAYS RING IN MY EARS. AND MUSIC WISE, ALTHOUGH I HAVE TO GIVE APPROPRIATE KUDOS TO COUNCILMAN CHANG FOR MAKING A VALIANT EFFORT AT A MUSICAL PIECE HERE TODAY. I'M NOT GOING TO USE IT, BUT BECAUSE THERE'S A REASON. BECAUSE ON THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY, TEMPLE OF THE DOG WAS RELEASED. IT'S THE ONLY STUDIO ALBUM BY THAT BAND. IT WAS A KIND OF A SUPERGROUP AT THE TIME, AT THE VERY, VERY BEGINNING OF THE GRUNGE PROCESS AND, AND MUSIC AWARENESS OF SEATTLE. IT WAS RELEASED ON APRIL 16TH, 1991, AND IT WAS A TRIBUTE TO ANDREW WOOD, WHO WAS THE LEAD SINGER OF A BAND CALLED MOTHER LOVE BONE. AND IF YOU'RE INTO THAT SCENE, GREAT BAND. MOTHER LOVE BONE IS A FANTASTIC BAND. A TEMPLE OF THE DOG IS ONE OF MY VERY, VERY FAVORITE ALBUMS OF ALL TIME. AND SO WITH THAT, I WISH YOU A VERY PLEASANT EVENING AND A VERY NICE WEEKEND. THANK YOU. PLEASE, FOR. HI. FIRST, I'D LIKE TO SAY HAPPY LIBRARY WEEK AND THANK YOU TO OUR LEANDER PUBLIC LIBRARY AND ALL OUR LEANDER ISD LIBRARIANS. COMING UP THIS WEEKEND, IT'S VERY BUSY. SO IF YOU KNOW ME, YOU KNOW MY SON IS IN THE AIR FORCE JROTC AT LEANDER HIGH SCHOOL. SO ON SATURDAY IS OUR AT LEANDER HIGH SCHOOL FROM 8 TO 1 IS OUR FUNDRAISING CAR SHOW. IT'S A GREAT TIME FOR FAMILY. THERE'S FOOD, THERE'S TONS OF CARS, LOTS OF CORVETTES. THIS YEAR. IT SHOULD BE A LOT OF FUN. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE CADET DO SOME DEMONSTRATIONS ON DRILL AND EXHIBITION, SO IT SHOULD BE REALLY FUN. AND THEN AFTER THAT SAME DAY, YOU CAN GO OVER TO THE VFW FOR THE CHAT. OH, PTSD AWARENESS FUNDRAISER. THIS IS THEIR 18TH YEAR. I'VE GONE SEVERAL YEARS. IT'S A REALLY, REALLY GREAT EVENT. IT'S FROM 12 TO 5 AT POST 127. IT'S TOTALLY FAMILY FRIENDLY, SO PLEASE COME ON OUT. AND THEN FROM 2 TO 8 AT LAKELINE PARK, THAT SAME SATURDAY IS THE LEANDER AND CEDAR PARK PRIDE FEST. I WAS GOING TO MENTION TALES OF HOPE AS WELL. DON'T DON'T REMEMBER THAT THEY ARE STILL OPEN, SO YOU CAN STOP BY TO CHECK OUT PUPPIES AND KITTENS WHILE THEY'RE WHILE THEY'RE BUILDING. AND THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, PLACE THREE. I HAVE A QUICK ONE, BUT MOST IMPORTANT ONE. I WANT TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY OLDEST SON. THAT'S COMING UP. I HAD A LOT OF APRIL BABIES. YOU GAVE ME ONE OF THE GREATEST GIFTS IN THIS WORLD BY BECOMING

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AND BRIDGET AND THE CHAMBER WILL HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION ON THEIR WEBSITE IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE AND GET INTO THAT. WE ARE HEADED INTO GRADUATION SEASON. AND WITH THAT, I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN ROSS AGAIN FOR ATTENDING THE WILLYS ICE HOUSE RIBBON CUTTING TODAY, BUT ALSO SHE WILL BE LEADING OUR MEETING ON MAY 7TH BECAUSE I WILL BE ATTENDING GRADUATION. MY DAUGHTER GRADUATES FROM LAW SCHOOL IN MAY, AND SO I WILL BE THERE AND

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

1. 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 an Old Town Incentive Chapter 380 Agreement(s) for Project EDA-26-001; and
2. Section 551.072, Texas Government Code, to deliberate the acquisition of properties located in the Polly Scritchfield Survey, Abstract No. 899, Williamson County for utility easement and temporary construction easement relating to the Hero Way West Elevated Storage Tank and Water Line Project (CIP W.55); and
3. Section 551.072, Texas Government Code, to deliberate the acquisition of properties located in the Johnson Survey, Abstract No. 350, Williamson County for subsurface anchoring easement relating to the San Gabriel Parkway Phase 1 Project (CIP T.11); and
4. 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
5. Section 551.071, Texas Government Code, and Section 1.05, Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, and Section 551.072, to consult with legal counsel regarding a lease agreement for City operations; and
6. Section 551.074, Texas Government Code, to deliberate the annual evaluation of the City Manager.