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FOR THE CLOCK TO TURN. TODAY IS THURSDAY, JUNE 4TH, 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. STEVEN CHANG. COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL HERRERA HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER TONY BLAIR, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. ANNETTE SPONSELLER. COUNCIL MEMBER. ANDREW NADINE HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM BECKY ROSS HERE. MAYOR NICOLE THOMPSON PRESENT
[3. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to:
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PURSUANT TO ONE SECTION 551.071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND RULE 1.05 TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF CAUSE NUMBER 24-0818-C369. DENUCCI CONSTRUCTORS, LLC VERSUS CITY OF LEANDER IN THE 368TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS AND TWO. SECTION 551.071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND SECTION 1.05 TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING AGREEMENTS REGARDING BRUSHY CREEK REGIONAL UTILITY AUTHORITY AND FACILITIES EXPANSION PROJECTS, AND LITIGATION AND AGREEMENTS RELATED TO THE BRUSHY CREEK REGIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND THREE 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 AN OPTION AGREEMENT FOR ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY, AND FOR 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 ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS 655. AND AS WE DID NOT FINISH OUR DELIBERATION IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND IT'S ON OUR AGENDA FOR LATER THIS EVENING, WE ARE GOING TO JUST ADJOURN OUR BRIEFING WORKSHOP AT 6:55 P.M. AND OUR REGULAR MEETING WIL
[ Reconvene into open session to take action as deemed appropriate in the City Council's discretion regarding:
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[4. Open Meeting, Invocation and Pledges of Allegiance.]
ALLE TIME IS NOW 701 AND TODAY IS THURSDAY, JUNE 4TH, 2026. AND THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL. COUNCILWOMAN TONY BLAIR WILL PROVIDE OUR INVOCATION TONIGHT. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LORD, ALLOWING US TO GATHER TOGETHER TODAY, THIS EVENING. FATHER, WE JUST ASK THAT AS WE GO THROUGH AND MAKE IMPORTANT DECISIONS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY. LORD, THAT YOU GUIDE US AND LEAD US TO MAKE THOSE IN A DIRECTIVE WAY. GOD THAT WILL BENEFIT ALL THE CITIZENS HERE IN THE CITY OF LEANDER. GOD, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. WE DON'T TAKE IT LIGHTLY. THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD. SO PLEASE DO GUIDE US THROUGH OUR DECISION MAKING, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. WE GIVE YOU PRAISE AND HONOR. IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN. PLEDGE 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. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. YES.THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN BLAIR, FOR THAT PRAYER. AND I KNOW ALL OF YOU HAVE NOTICED HOW ILLUMINATED WE ARE IN HERE. WE HAVE WE'RE GETTING READY FOR AMERICA. 250 AND WE HAVE DECORATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT UP NOT JUST IN CITY HALL, BUT ALL OVER THE CITY. SO WE TURN DOWN THE LIGHTS JUST SO Y'ALL COULD GET THE IMPACT OF THE 250 THAT'S ON THE WALL. IT IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. AND WE'RE VERY THANKFUL TO ALL OUR CITY STAFF THAT HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO PUT ALL OF THIS TOGETHER ON OUR CITY'S BEHALF. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT WHILE WE HAVE THE LIGHTS NOW. ALL RIGHT. CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER STEVEN CHANG, COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL HERRERA HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER TONY BLAIR, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER. ANNETTE SPONSELLER, COUNCIL MEMBER. ANDREW NADINE HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM BECKY ROSS HERE. MAYOR NICOLE THOMPSON PRESENT QUORUM IS PRESENT AND THE CITY COUNCIL IS ELIGIBLE TO DO BUSINESS. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT'S ATTENDING TONIGHT'S MEETING. WE EXTEND A SPECIAL, HEARTFELT
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WELCOME TO ALL OF OUR ACTIVE AND RETIRED MILITARY, OUR EDUCATORS, OUR CURRENT AND FORMER ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND FOR YOUR SERVICE TO LEANDER AND OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. WELCOME TO THIS MEETING TONIGHT. ITEM SIX IS OUR NONAGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS. FOR ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA, I WILL CALL ON FOLKS SPEAKERS. I'M SORRY.PRIOR TO THE DISCUSSION OF THE AGENDA ITEM AND DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE SUBMITTED COMMENTS VIA THE WEBSITE WILL ONLY HAVE THEIR POSITIONS READ INTO THE RECORD. ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SHARED WITH COUNCIL AND WILL BE MADE A PART
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SO THIS IS OUR SHOWCASE EVENT HELD ON JULY 3RD. TO KICK OFF LIBERTY FEST, WE WILL HAVE A CELEBRATE AMERICA TO 50 BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN PARADE. THIS IS NOT A VEHICULAR PARADE. THIS IS A BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN PARADE. IT'LL TAKE PLACE ON THE MORNING OF JULY 3RD ON MUNICIPAL DRIVE FROM CAMACHO DOWN TO OLD TOWN AREA AND BACK TO CAMACHO. PARKING WILL BE AT CAMACHO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND IT'S A LITTLE LESS THAN A MILE OF OF ROUTE, SO IT'S NOT TOO FAR. SO THIS ONE, WE'RE ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO DRESS UP, BE PATRIOTIC. WE'LL HAND OUT AWARDS AGAIN.
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IT'S FREE. WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO PRE-REGISTER JUST SO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BE THERE. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS EVENT. LIBERTY FEST FRIDAY, JULY 3RD, STARTING AT 6:00 AT DEVINE LAKE PARK. THIS WILL INCLUDE LIVE MUSIC VENDORS, FOOD TRUCKS, FOOD ZONE OR FUN ZONE GIVEAWAYS, FIREWORKS, AND ALSO A DRONE SHOW THIS YEAR THAT WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO PRESENT. PARKING WILL BE AVAILABLE AT GLENN HIGH SCHOOL IN DANIELSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, WITH FREE SHUTTLE RIDES TO AND FROM THE EVENT. THAT KIND OF GIVES A MAP OF THE PARKING. AND HERE IS A MAP OF THE ROUTE FROM THE SCHOOLS TO THE PARK AND BACK. AND OF COURSE, WE DO HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY INVOLVED IN PUBLIC WORKS INVOLVED FOR FOR THIS EVENT. WE DO HAVE SOME ACTIVITY GOING ON AT THE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10TH WILL RECOGNIZE NATIONAL BALLPOINT PEN DAY BY INVITING PARTICIPANTS. WE'RE GETTING CREATIVE IN THIS PROGRAM. DON'T YOU LOVE IT? TO WRITE LETTERS TO LOCAL VETERANS AND ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS USING BALLPOINT PENS IN HONOR OF THE DAY? THIS ACTIVITY PROVIDES A MEANINGFUL WAY FOR SENIORS TO CONNECT WITH AND SHOW APPRECIATION FOR THOSE WHO SERVE. THEN, ON WEDNESDAY, THE 17TH WILL HOST A HORSE AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. THIS PROGRAM FEATURES A HISTORICAL PRESENTATION FROM LOCAL HISTORIAN ADMIRAL CAT HOWELL, HIGHLIGHTING THE ROLE EARLY TEXANS PLAYED IN SHAPING EVENTS DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.OKAY. AND WE ALSO ARE HIGHLIGHTING OUR HOMETOWN HEROES, MILITARY HEROES. THIS PROGRAM IS OPEN TO ALL ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS AND VETERANS WHO HAVE A CONNECTION TO LEANDER. ELIGIBILITY INCLUDES INDIVIDUALS WHO CURRENTLY LIVE IN LEANDER, HAVE PREVIOUSLY LIVED HERE OR LIVED HERE AT SOME TIME IN THEIR LIFE. WHEN THEY ENTERED OR SEPARATED FROM THE MILITARY SERVICE. THEY CAN SUBMIT APPLICATIONS ONLINE ON OUR WEBSITE, AND WE'VE ALREADY ROLLED OUT THIS PROGRAM. IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE, AND WE DO HAVE THEM FEATURED ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AS WELL. WE WILL BE HOSTING A VETERANS RECEPTION ON THURSDAY, JULY 2ND PRIOR TO THE COUNCIL MEETING, AND WE HAVE INVITED THE VETERANS TO ATTEND THIS. WE WILL HAVE FOOD, REFRESHMENTS, THEY WILL RECEIVE A COMMEMORATIVE COIN AND THEY WILL ALSO BE INVITED TO BE PRESENT AT THE COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE PROCLAMATION. OUR LIBRARY IS ALSO OFFERING A SERIES OF AMERICA 250 THEMED PROGRAMS FOR ALL AGES. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE A TWO WEEK HONORING OUR HEROES, LETTERS TO VETERANS, ACTIVITY THEMED PROGRAMS FOR TEENS, ADULTS AND CHILDREN'S, AND A PATRIOTIC NAILED IT COMPETITION FOR TEENS ON JULY 7TH. THESE PROGRAMS PROVIDE FUN, EDUCATIONAL AND CREATIVE WAYS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH AMERICA. 250.
AND THERE'S MORE. THE GOLF COURSE. WE'RE OFFERING A REALLY COOL EXPERIENCE THAT I KNOW LARRY IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT AS WELL. IT'S A GLOBAL TOURNAMENT, SO IT'LL BE HELD IN THE EVENING AT THE GOLF COURSE. IT'LL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, WE'LL HAVE LIVE MUSIC AND IT'LL BE A NINE HOLE GLOBAL EVENT CREATING A FUN NIGHT TIME EVENT. SO IF Y'ALL HAVE NEVER PLAYED GOLF BALL AT NIGHT ON A GOLF COURSE, IT'S QUITE IT'S QUITE FUN. SO AGAIN, THIS ONE IS FREE TO THE PUBLIC RESTAURANT WILL BE OPEN FOR FOOD AND DRINKS AND WE ARE LIGHTING THE BUILDING OUT THERE AS WELL IN OUR IN RED, WHITE AND BLUE LIGHTING. AND THEN ON JUNE 29TH, WE'LL HOST OUR ANNUAL INDEPENDENCE OPEN TOURNAMENT. OKAY, ENHANCEMENTS. WE HAVE A VARIETY ENHANCEMENTS SUCH AS COMMUNITY GIVEAWAYS THAT WE'RE DOING. WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE GIVING AWAY FLAGS, WRISTBANDS, COMMEMORATIVE COINS. WE HAVE OUR AMERICA 250 EVENT SHIRTS THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED TO ALL OF OUR CITY STAFF. IN ADDITION, WE WILL BE SELLING THESE FOR $15. WE'LL BE SELLING THEM AT OUR PARKS OFFICE, THE POOL, THE ACTIVITY CENTER, SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER, AND WE YOU CAN BUY IT PRE ORDER THEM ONLINE. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A LANTERN TRAIL THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER WITH 250 LANTERNS, BOTH NATION CELEBRATION AND LIBERTY FEST AS A MEMORABLE AND SYMBOLIC ATMOSPHERE. WHERE'S THE LANTERN TRAIL? IT WILL GO IN LAKEWOOD PARK FOR NATION CELEBRATION AROUND THE GREAT LAWN. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. AND THEN WE'LL MOVE IT TO DIVINE LAKE FOR FOR LIBERTY FEST. THANK YOU. AND OF COURSE, WE HAD JERSEYS MADE FOR OUR COUNCIL TO SHOWCASE LEANDER'S SUPPORT FOR THE AMERICA 250 CELEBRATION. THIS THESE PHOTOS CAME OUT REALLY WELL AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT IN SHOWING THE COMMUNITY THAT THE CITY OF LEANDER IS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS INITIATIVE. SOME CITY WIDE DECORATIONS. SO WE HAVE ENHANCED SEVERAL CITY FACILITIES AND EVENT SITES WITH 250 THEMED DECOR AND LIGHTING, THE CITY HALL AND PAT BRYSON HAVE LIGHTS ON THE BUILDING RED, WHITE AND BLUE, AND THEY ARE ALREADY ON SO YOU WILL GET TO SEE THEM IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THEM ALREADY TONIGHT, AFTER YOU LEAVE THE MEETING, WE HAVE WRAPPED SOME OF THE TREES. SOME OF THE TREES AT LAKEWOOD PARK
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AND DIVINE LAKE PARK HAVE BEEN WRAPPED IN LIGHTS, AND OUR GATEWAY MONUMENTS WILL HAVE PATRIOTIC ELEMENTS. AND ADDITIONALLY, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL 250 SIGN THAT OUR PARKS AND RECREATION TEAM BUILT AND THE FOLKS THAT BUILT IT ARE STANDING BEHIND ME. YES, WE'D LIKE TO. I WILL TELL Y'ALL, WHEN I WALKED IN HERE YESTERDAY, I SAID, OH MY GOODNESS, WHEN WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ADDING MORE ELEMENTS, THIS IS NOTHING OF WHAT I IMAGINED THAT IT WOULD BE. THE LEVEL OF DETAIL AND INTENT THAT WENT INTO NOT ALL THE DECORATIONS, THE DECORATIONS, BUT ACTUALLY HANDCRAFTING THIS TO FIT OUR AREA AND TO FIT OUR WALL. IT'S AMAZING. IT'S OUTSTANDING. AND THANK YOU GENTLEMEN, FOR WORKING, PUTTING YOUR HANDS TO DO THAT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. IT IS BEAUTIFUL WORK AND IT TOOK MY BREATH AWAY. WHEN I WALKED IN, I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOODNESS, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T EXPECT IT TO BE SO GRAND AND SO BEAUTIFUL. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING THAT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. ONE, DOING IT AND TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO BE RECOGNIZED BY US.SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, SO OUR 250 SIGN WILL BE HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
IT'LL BE MOVED TO NATION CELEBRATION FOR THAT EVENING. THEN IT'LL BE MOVED BACK TO THE CHAMBERS FOR THAT WEEK FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING. AND THEN IT'LL BE MOVED TO DIVINE LAKE PARK FOR LIBERTY FEST. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT AT A VARIETY OF PLACES, AND WE DO ANTICIPATE IT BEING KIND OF A PHOTO OP AND A TALKING POINT FOR PEOPLE. AND I'M ALMOST DONE. I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED. WE HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF ACTIVITIES GOING ON. ALL RIGHT. WE ALSO HAVE CUSTOM BANNERS THAT WE WILL BE PUTTING UP, HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK IN OLD TOWN AND NORTHLINE. AND THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE ACTUALLY DESIGNED AND HAD MADE. SO WE'LL BE DISPLAYING THOSE. AND OUR 250 COMMUNITY COMMUNITY MOSAIC MURAL THAT IS AN INITIATIVE OF LPAC. THEY ARE KICKING THIS OFF AT OLD TOWN FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY, AND WE HAVE 250 TILES THAT ARE FOUR INCH BY FOUR INCH THAT ARE KIND OF THE PAINT BY NUMBERS THAT THE COMMUNITY IS INVITED TO COME PAINT THEM TO MAKE THE 250 LOCAL MURAL, AND IT'LL BE DISPLAYED AT THE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. WELL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BOYLE, YOUR TEAM TO THE GENTLEMAN THAT MADE THIS BEAUTIFUL 250 SIGN FOR US, EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ, JESSE BABCOCK, DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? I DID BABIAK BABIAK ALMOST.
OKAY. AND AUSTIN COLEMAN, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DID AND YOUR WORK. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. BUT THANK YOU TO YOU FOR ORGANIZING AND YOUR LEADERSHIP WITH THIS. WHEN I WAS SHOWN ALL OF THIS, I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOODNESS, THIS IS REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO FIND A WAY TO GET INVOLVED, FROM VETERANS TO SENIORS TO CHILDREN, TO OTHER STUDENTS, TO FOLKS THAT ARE HAVE BEEN HERE ONCE BEFORE AND MAYBE NOT HERE. WE JUST APPRECIATE IT'S CLEARLY WELL THOUGHT OUT, WELL ORGANIZED, AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THAT BECAUSE I KNOW Y'ALL ARE BUSY AND HAVE A LOT, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND I'M SURE COUNCIL DOES. THANK YOU ALL. ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE A FANTASTIC TEAM. YEAH, IT'S BEEN GREAT. COUNCIL DO Y'ALL HAVE I'LL START WITH NO PLACE ONE. PLACE TWO. I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS IS VERY EXCITING. I REMEMBER THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COUNTRY WHEN I WAS 12, AND ALL I REMEMBER OF THAT ABOUT THAT IS FIREWORKS. AND THE OLYMPICS WERE AT THE SAME YEAR AND ALL THAT AND, AND ALL THAT. BUT I WOULD SAY IF I WAS A 12 YEAR OLD, THIS WOULD BE A VERY MEMORABLE EVENT THAT I WOULD PROBABLY REMEMBER A LOT OF DIFFERENT DETAILS OF IT. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE HERE AND YOUR TEAM. THANK YOU. YES. YES, PLEASE. THREE I'M SORRY. NO WORRIES. I KNOW I ECHO THE SAME SENTIMENTS. I MEAN, I THINK THAT WHAT'S REALLY GREAT IS THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY, OUR ENTIRE NATION TO COME TOGETHER. AND SO IT'S REALLY NICE TO HAVE THESE MULTIPLE ACTIVITIES THAT REALLY CONNECT US AS A COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO IT AND HOW WE CAN BE CREATIVE AND PAINT, AND ALL THE FUN ACTIVITIES AND THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO HIGHLIGHT HOW AMAZING IT IS TO BE A PART OF THIS COUNTRY. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU. PLEASE.
FIVE YOU SAID A PRETTY HIGH BAR, SO I'M NOT GOING TO BE AROUND FOR 300, BUT I THIS IS IT REALLY IS PHENOMENAL. AND IT DOES SHOW A, A DILIGENCE AND A CARE THAT IS THAT IS, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, YOU DON'T SEE IT THAT OFTEN. AND IT'S REALLY NICE THAT YOU GUYS ARE GETTING THE
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ACCOLADES. AND, YOU KNOW, WE WILL PLAN TO AND ENSURE THAT THE APPROPRIATE ACCREDITATION IS GIVEN IN ANY CONVERSATION BECAUSE THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY BIG UNDERTAKING. I TOO, REMEMBER THE BICENTENNIAL. I WAS A LITTLE BIT YOUNGER THAN MY COUNTERPART, BUT THIS IS THIS IS REALLY IT. IT REALLY IS VERY, VERY COOL. I MEAN, THESE OPPORTUNITIES OBVIOUSLY ONLY COME EVERY 50 YEARS, BUT IT'S NICE THAT WE ARE DOING SOMETHING THAT IS, AGAIN, LEVELING UP TO THIS DEGREE. IT TRULY IS APPRECIATED AND NOTED. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS.THANK YOU. PLEASE SIT. I'M NOT SURE WHAT ELSE I CAN ADD TO ALL THAT, BUT THIS EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL DONE, THIS IS ALL EXTRA ON TOP OF A REALLY, REALLY HECTIC SCHEDULE THAT Y'ALL ALREADY TAKE CARE OF. SO IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST AMAZING. I MEAN, WHEN I WALKED IN HERE, I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOSH, THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER. AND EVERYTHING YOU ALL DO, I'M ACTUALLY SAD.
I'M GOING TO MISS IT, BUT NO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO THE TEAM. I JUST THIS IS A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY PROJECT AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT EVERYBODY'S DONE. THANK YOU.
WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE COULD SAY IT ANY BETTER. AND I KNOW SOMETIMES THANK YOU. YOU'RE TIRED OF HEARING THAT. BUT REALLY, THIS IS BREATHTAKING. AND I DO FULLY UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH WORK HAS BEEN PUT INTO THIS. ALL THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL. WE'VE BEEN SEEING, THE HONORING OF THE VETERANS ONLINE, THAT AND IT'S A LOT OF DETAIL. SO IT'S NOT JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. IT'S GOING INTO A LOT OF DETAIL ABOUT THEIR HISTORY AND THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING THAT. IT'S HUGELY IMPORTANT, AND I'M JUST EXCITED THAT OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS IN AMERICA.
250 SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
AND AGAIN, I WANT TO REALLY EMPHASIZE IT'S A TEAM EFFORT. WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE TEAM THAT ARE WORKING SO HARD ON THIS AND JUST SO PROUD OF EVERYBODY AND THANKFUL FOR ALL OF THE SUPPORT THAT WE'RE SHOWING. IT SHOWS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE MOVING IN OUR AGENDA TO
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OUR CONSENT AGENDA. COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER CONSENT ITEMS EIGHT THROUGH 14. THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE[15. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Special Use Case Z-26-0210 to consider action on a Special Use Permit to allow for an in-home day care with up to 12 children on one parcel of land 0.2 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R456282; and more commonly known as 1202 Drake Cove, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.
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THIS PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE AND THE WAY OUR ORDINANCE IS STRUCTURED, THEY'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO HAVE FIVE CHILDREN AS PART OF AN IN-HOME DAYCARE.
IN THIS CASE, THEY ARE OPERATING WITH MORE THAN FIVE CHILDREN AND HAVE MADE ALTERATIONS TO THE HOUSE TO CONVERT THE GARAGE TO SUPPORT THE CHILDREN. THIS ITEM IS SUBJECT TO A CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY TO TRY TO HELP BRING THEM INTO COMPLIANCE. THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS A METHOD OF ALLOWING PEOPLE TO MAKE CHANGES THAT ARE CONTRARY TO THE BASE ZONING, SO THEY'RE ABLE TO ASK FOR A SPECIAL REQUEST FROM THE COUNCIL FOR A DIFFERENT A DIFFERENT USE. SO SHE IS REQUESTING IN THE PACKET FOR 12 CHILDREN. SHE HAS UPDATED US THAT SHE'S CHANGING HER REQUEST TO TO TEN CHILDREN. AS PART OF THIS CONSIDERATION, STAFF IS ASKING FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THE OTHER IMPACTS ON THE AREA. WE DID HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT PARKING AND THE LOCATION OF THE PLAY AREA. THIS REQUEST DID GO BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND DURING THE MEETING, THE COMMISSION HEARD FROM A LOT OF NEIGHBORS AND IN THE END, THEY DECIDED TO TAKE NO ACTION AND SEND IT TO THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION. WHILE WE WORKED THROUGH AMENDMENTS TO THE ORDINANCE ITSELF. SO WE DO HAVE AN ITEM COMING UP ON A FUTURE AGENDA WHERE WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER CHANGES TO THE COMPOSITE ZONING ORDINANCE. SO WITH THAT, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A PRESENTATION? AND THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. WELCOME. HOW
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ARE YOU? GOOD. YOU MAY HAVE TO PULL YOUR MIC DOWN A LITTLE BIT. THERE YOU GO. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR THOMPSON AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SHANTI PEREIRA AND I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT SINCE 2007.SINCE MOVING HERE, I HAVE BEEN A PROVIDER OF AFFORDABLE CHILD CARE FOR HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES.
FROM 2008 TO 2013, I RAN A HOME BASED DAYCARE THAT EXPANDED TO A STANDALONE FACILITY CALLED YOUNG MINDS ON BAGHDAD ROAD THAT SERVED 115 CHILDREN. AFTER SOME PERSONAL REFLECTION, I REALIZED MY PASSION LIES WITH A SMALLER SETTING AND STARTED DEWDROPS MONTESSORI OUT OF MY HOME IN 2022. I HAVE EXPERIENCE IN SUCCESSFUL SMALL BASED DAYCARE AND A LARGE SCALE MODEL AND UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS SET BY THE STATE OF TEXAS. I AM HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY TO ASK FOR A SPECIAL PERMIT THAT ALLOWS FOR TEN STUDENTS AT DEW DROPS, A NUMBER THAT REMAINS WITHIN THE CAPACITY AUTHORIZED BY MY TEXAS STATE LICENSE. DEW DROPS IS OPEN FROM 8 A.M. TO 5 P.M. DAILY AND IS BASED OUT OF MY HOME ON DRACO. I CURRENTLY HAVE TEN ENROLLED STUDENTS, AGES 3 TO 5. PARENT DROP OFF AND PICK UP, ARE ON A STAGGERED SCHEDULE, AND ARE ON SITE FOR LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES. THE RECENT APPROVAL OF SIX CHILDREN MATCHES THE DESCRIPTION OF REGISTERED CHILDCARE HOME. I CURRENTLY HOLD A LICENSE TO A LICENSED CHILD CARE HOME. MY CURRENT CHILDCARE HAS BEEN A LICENSED CHILD CARE HOME WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS SINCE 2022, AND MEETS ALL THE GUIDELINES SET BY THE STATE ENTITY. THIS LICENSE ALLOWS FOR UP TO 12 CHILDREN. IT ALSO INCLUDES STRICTER SAFETY AND OPERATIONAL MINIMUM STANDARDS, INCLUDING COMPLETING SPECIFIC PRE-APPLICATION COURSES, ANNUAL TRAINING AND HOLDING PEDIATRIC CPR AND FIRST AID CERTIFICATIONS, AND HAVING A DESIGNATED OUTDOOR PLAY SPACE. SB 599 PASSED INTO LAW IN MAY 2025 BY THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE.
THIS REQUIRES LOCAL ORDINANCES TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE GUIDELINES. IT ESTABLISHES REGULATORY UNIFORMITY FOR GROUP DAYCARE, HOMES AND FAMILY HOMES ACROSS TEXAS BY LIMITING THE AUTHORITY OF LOCAL SUBDIVISIONS TO IMPOSE HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS THAT EXCEED THOSE SET BY THE STATE. I INVITE YOU TO COME AND VISIT MY HOME FACILITY. YOU CAN SEE MY SETUP AND OBSERVE THE STAGGERED DROP OFF AND PICK UP TIME TO PREVENT STREET CONGESTION, AND VIEW MY DAILY SCHEDULE THAT HAS STUDENTS INDOORS FOR MOST OF THE DAY. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT DAYCARE. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. AND I ALSO HAVE A COPY OF MY CHILDCARE SCHEDULE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LOOK AT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR YOUR COMMENTS. WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING THAT WILL OPEN UP AND THEN AFTERWARDS WE'LL BE COUNCIL DISCUSSION. IF THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, WE'LL CALL YOU BACK. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OUR PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. AND I'LL CALL ON SPEAKERS WITH SUBMITTED CARDS AND OTHERS THAT HAVE SUBMITTED CARDS BUT DID NOT WANT TO SPEAK. I WILL READ THEIR POSITIONS INTO THE RECORD. SO FOR ITEM 15, WE HAVE ANGELA NOEL. ANGELA IS AGAINST THIS PARTICULAR ITEM AND THE POSITION WILL JUST BE ADDED TO THE RECORD. NEXT I'LL CALL UP WAYNE NOEL. AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS WAYNE NOEL. I RESIDE ON 1204 DRAKE COVE IN IMMEDIATE PROXIMITY TO 1202 DRAKE COVE.
I'M HEREBY RESPECTFULLY OPPOSED TO THIS REQUEST. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITH A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT, AND THE PROPOSAL USED IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THAT INTENT OR PURPOSE OF THE DESIGNATION. UNDER STANDARD ZONING PRINCIPLES, ANY REQUEST FOR REZONING, SPECIAL USE PERMIT OR VARIANCE MUST MEET SPECIFIC CRITERIA. THIS, INCLUDING COMPATIBILITY WITH SURROUNDING USES, PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, AND PRESERVATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER. THIS REQUEST DOES NOT MEET THOSE STANDARDS. FIRST, COMPATIBILITY A HIGHER INTENSITY USE SUCH AS A DAYCARE OPERATION WHERE RECURRING DROP
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OFFS AND PICK UPS IS FUNDAMENTALLY INCONSISTENCY. WITH A LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL CUL DE SAC, THE SCALE AND FREQUENCY OF ACTIVITY INTRODUCE A COMMERCIAL PATTERN INTO A NONCOMMERCIAL AREA. SECONDLY, TRAFFIC AND SAFETY CUL DE SACS ARE DESIGNED FOR LIMITED LOCAL TRAFFIC, NOT CONTINUOUS CIRCULATION FROM NONRESIDENTS. INCREASED VEHICLE STOPS DURING PEAK HOURS CREATE CONGESTION, RESTRICT MANEUVERABILITY, AND RAISE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS REGARDING PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND EMERGENCY ACCESS. THESE ARE MATERIAL LAND USE IMPACTS THAT MUST BE CONSIDERED. THIRDLY, THE PRECEDENT AND ZONING INTEGRITY APPROVED THIS REQUEST WOULD EFFECTIVELY ERODE THE PURPOSE OF THE EXISTING ZONING CLASSIFICATION AND SET A PRECEDENT FOR SIMILAR ENCROACHMENTS. ZONING IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE PREDICTABILITY AND STABILITY FOR PROPERTY OWNERS, GRANTING EXCEPTIONS THAT CONFLICT WITH ESTABLISHED USE UNDERMINES THAT FRAMEWORK. I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT HARDSHIP WERE APPLICABLE TO A VARIANCE, MUST BE UNIQUE TO THAT PROPERTY ITSELF, AND NOT SELF-CREATED. THE CIRCUMSTANCES HERE DO NOT APPEAR TO MEET THAT THRESHOLD. THIS IS NOT A PERSONAL MATTER.IT'S ABOUT CONSISTENT APPLICATION OF ZONING STANDARDS AND PROTECTING THE RIGHTS AND EXPECTATIONS OF SURROUNDING HOMEOWNERS WHO RELIED ON THOSE STANDARDS WHEN PURCHASING THEIR HOMES. ONCE THIS LINE IS CROSSED, IT CAN'T BE UNCROSSED AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. FOR THESE REASONS, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU DENY THIS APPLICATION AND UPHOLD THE EXISTING ZONING IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE SAFETY, CHARACTER, AND INTEGRITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. NEXT, I HAVE MELISSA IVEY. YOU CAN COME FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MELISSA IVEY AND I RESIDE AT 1808 BURR PARKWAY IN LEANDER. I'M A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER AND A FORMER EDUCATOR OF 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING 19 YEARS WITH LEANDER ISD. I'M HERE TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF ASHANTI PEREIRA AND DEWDROPS MONTESSORI PRESCHOOL. I HAVE KNOWN ASHANTI SINCE BEFORE SHE OPENED HER DAYCARE. SHE BRINGS OVER 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE OF CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND MONTESSORI INSTRUCTION, AND TOGETHER WE HAVE 55 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. WHILE SHANTI'S QUALIFICATIONS ARE IMPRESSIVE, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE LARGER ISSUE THE GROWING NEED FOR QUALITY CHILD CARE IN LEANDER. IN 2019, I BECAME A FOSTER PARENT TO MY NIECES CHILDREN WHO. DURING THAT TIME I STRUGGLED TO FIND CHILDCARE FOR THEM AND EVEN SCHOOL AGE PROGRAMS HAD WAITING LISTS. SINCE THEN, LEANDER HAS CONTINUED TO GROW, AND SO HAS THE DEMAND FOR CHILD CARE, AND FAMILIES NEED A SAFE, RELIABLE AND NURTURING ENVIRONMENT THERE FOR THEIR CHILDREN SO THEIR PARENTS CAN WORK, SUPPORT HOUSEHOLDS AND CONTRIBUTE TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY. WE. WHEN PARENTS CANNOT FIND DEPENDABLE CHILDCARE, IT CAN AFFECT THEIR ABILITY TO REMAIN IN WORKFORCE, REDUCE WORK HOURS, ACCEPT NEW EMPLOYMENT AND QUALITY. CHILD CARE NOT ONLY BENEFITS CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, BUT ALSO SUPPORTS LOCAL BUSINESSES, STRENGTHENS WORKFORCE AND CONTRIBUTES TO THE TAX BASE THAT WE NEED TO FUND ESSENTIAL CITY SERVICES. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC, BUT ASHANTI HAS TAKEN STEPS TO MINIMIZE THAT IMPACT BY STAGGERING THE DROP OFF AND PICK UP TIMES AND ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO USE HER DRIVEWAY. THE TRAFFIC FROM THIS SMALL HOME BASED PRESCHOOL IS MINIMAL AND SPREADS THROUGHOUT THE SPREADS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. IN REALITY, MANY NEIGHBORHOODS SEE MORE TRAFFIC FROM DELIVERY SERVICE VEHICLES AMAZON, FEDEX, UPS, INSTACART, UBERS. IT WAS DESIGNED TO SERVE LOCAL FAMILIES WHILE BEING. SHE WAS DESIGNED IT TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. THIS REQUEST IS NOT FOR A LARGE COMMERCIAL OPERATION. IT IS SIMPLY TO ALLOW ENOUGH ENROLLMENT TO MAKE IT FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE FOR ASHANTI TO HIRE AN ASSISTANT.
HAVING AN ASSISTANT MEANS THAT MORE SUPERVISION, MORE INDIVIDUALIZED ATTENTION, AND STRONGER LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERY CHILD. IT ALSO ALLOWS THE PROGRAM TO MAINTAIN AN EXCEPTIONAL RATIO OF 1 TO 5. WITHOUT SUFFICIENT ENROLLMENT, IT BECOMES DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN BOTH THE HIGH QUALITY AND HIGH CARE AND THE AFFORDABLE TUITION THAT SHE NOW PROVIDES AS AN EDUCATOR, A FOSTER PARENT, A COMMUNITY MEMBER, I KNOW FIRSTHAND HOW IMPORTANT QUALITY CHILDCARE PROVIDES, LIKE ASHANTI'S ARE TO CHILDREN AND WORKING FAMILIES, AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOU TO SUPPORT THIS REQUEST. AND THE IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS MINIMAL. BUT THE BENEFIT TO THE CHILDREN, THE FAMILIES AND OUR CHILDREN AND OUR COMMUNITY
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IS SIGNIFICANT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE GAYE GLICK. IF YOU COME FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS, AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. MAYOR COUNCIL. MY NAME IS GAY GLICK. I LIVE AT 914 MALLARD 912 MALLARD LAKE TYRRELL. EXCUSE ME.AND I'M A NEIGHBOR OF ASHANTI. AND ASHANTI HAS LIVED IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR ALMOST 18 YEARS, AS OF AT LEAST ALMOST 20 OTHER HOMEOWNERS. BECAUSE WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S VERY SMALL. WE HAVE OUR AREA IS ONLY FOUR STREETS. THEY'RE ON A CUL DE SAC. I WAS ON A BOARD. I WAS ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR FOUR YEARS. I APPROVED HER REQUEST DURING RIGHT AFTER COVID, AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN ONE COMPLAINT BY ANY HOMEOWNER REGARDING PARKING OR ANYTHING, EXCEPT FOR THE NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR THAT HAS FILED THE ORIGINAL COMPLAINT AGAINST HER.
AND EVEN THAT HOMEOWNER HAS A COMPLAINT AGAINST HER, WITH HER FENCE, WITH THE CITY, WHICH IS IN PROCESS AT THE MOMENT. SO IT'S NOT A THIS IS NOT A TIT FOR TAT. THIS IS JUST IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO ONE THING, YOU GOT TO DO IT FOR. ALL RIGHT. SO I WOULD HOPE THAT Y'ALL WOULD SUPPORT US AUNTIE, IN THIS. IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A LIFELONG COMMITMENT FOR A LICENSE. SHE MAY ONLY NEED IT FOR A FEW YEARS, BUT IT'S NOT A LIFE LIKE A LIFETIME COMMITMENT.
SO I WISH YOU WOULD CONSIDER HER. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND LAST SPEAKER I HAVE IS ASHANTI.
OH, OKAY. WELL, I KNOW YOU SPOKE EARLIER, BUT I WAS LIKE, WELL, MAYBE SHE WANTS TO COME BACK IN. SHE HAS THREE MORE MINUTES. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED AND WE WILL DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING SPECIAL USE CASE Z-26-0210 AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. COUNCIL. PLEASE PLACE TO. YES, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR. FOR ROBIN, IT'S MORE ABOUT THE TIMING OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS ACTIVELY AS WHAT OUR POLICY IS RELATED TO THESE TYPES OF TYPE OF BUSINESSES OR HOMES AND EVERYTHING. AND SO CAN YOU KIND OF LAY OUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR THAT? YEAH. SO WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPOSITE ZONING ORDINANCE, AND THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR THE JUNE 18TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING. IT WAS ALREADY REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. OKAY. AND HOW WOULD THAT IMPACT LIKE WHAT THE WORKING THIS IS THIS IS SEPARATE. SO YOU CAN APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT THAT GIVES ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS TO THE ORDINANCE. OKAY, OKAY. THAT'S MY LAST QUESTION. OKAY. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION AND IT MIGHT BE FOR ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER. KENT, SERIOUSLY ABOUT THERE WAS A MENTION ABOUT THE BILL THAT PASSED THIS YEAR, AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS WENT UP TO SENATOR ROYCE WEST AND DISCUSSED, SINCE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ORIGINATED THAT BILL. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR FEEDBACK ABOUT HOW THEY WROTE THE BILL AND WHAT THEY INTENDED WITH THAT BILL? YEAH.
SO SENATE BILL 1555, WHEN THAT WAS PASSED LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT WAS FOCUSED ON THE HEALTH AND HUMAN CODE SECTION FOR THAT. AND SO WHEN THIS WAS BROUGHT UP, WE WERE LOOKING AT PIECES OF THAT HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CODE, AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT ALSO APPLIES TO ZONING.
AND SO WHEN WE MET WITH THE BILL AUTHOR, THE SENATOR'S STAFF CONFIRMED THAT THAT BILL DOES NOT APPLY TO ANY ZONING REGULATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH IS WHY WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ROBIN AND HER TEAM TO FIND SOME SORT OF SOLUTION TO HELP KIND OF NAVIGATE THROUGH THAT. YEP. THANK YOU. PLEASE. THREE. I THINK I HAD THIS IS FOR MISS MISS GRIFFIN.
I THINK I HAD SOME OF THE SIMILAR QUESTIONS. I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TRYING TO SET PRECEDENTS AROUND THE ORDINANCE IN ITSELF. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I, I WANTED TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON WHEN THAT WOULD BE BACK BEFORE COUNCIL IN THAT PRESENTATION, BEFORE COUNCIL, WOULD THERE BE A DELINEATION OF OPTIONS THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE? AND CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? YEAH. SO WE WERE PRESENTING A AN ORDINANCE AMENDMENT THAT IS KIND OF IN LINE WITH WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN THE THE WORKSHOPS WITH THE ORDINANCE AMENDMENT.
THE COUNCIL HAS THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE TO DO DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT WE WERE PROPOSING THE SIX CHILDREN BY RIGHT WITH NO SPECIAL PERMITS OR ANYTHING. AND YOU COULD GO UP TO 12 FOR AFTER SCHOOL CARE. AND IF YOU YOU DID THAT, YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO CERTAIN THINGS
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LIKE ACCOMMODATE PARKING AND MAKE SURE THE PLAYGROUND AREA ISN'T TOO CLOSE TO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES. OKAY. AND I THINK I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT THERE. SO, SO IN TERMS OF, OF OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, YOU KNOW, I, I KIND OF WENT BACK AND FORTH ON THIS.I, IF YOU KNOW, SINCE THIS IS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD CONSIDER HAVING A FINAL DECISION ON THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO SET LONG TERM PRECEDENTS AND NOT NECESSARILY HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH FUTURE DECISION. WAS THERE ANY REASON WHY MAYBE THAT WASN'T THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM WASN'T TABLED BEFORE WE COULD GET TO THAT? THE APPLICANT HAS THE RIGHT TO MAKE A ZONING REQUEST AT ANY TIME, AND HER REQUEST CAME IN BEFORE OUR ORDINANCE WAS READY. THE COUNCIL DOES HAVE THE OPTION TO TABLE THE ACTION TO THE NEXT MEETING, IF YOU WANTED TO, TO WAIT AND CONSIDER THEM BOTH TOGETHER. OKAY. AND THEN I HAD ONE QUICK QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT. AND THAT THE. BUT, MISS MRS. SHANTI PEREIRA, I KNOW THAT YOU MADE A CHANGE FROM TEN STUDENTS TO OR TEN CHILDREN TO I'M SORRY, 12 TO CHILDREN TO TEN. CAN YOU TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ABOUT WHY YOU MADE THAT ADJUSTMENT? SO DO I HAVE MY LICENSE FOR 12.
I ONLY USE IT WHEN I. SO I HAVE I NEED TO HAVE MY INCOME. AND WHEN I HAVE KIDS GRADUATING, IF THERE IS ONE DAY OR SOMETHING OVERLAPPING WHEN A CHILD LEAVES ON A MONDAY AND ANOTHER SORRY, MONDAY AND ANOTHER CHILD WANTS TO JOIN THE PREVIOUS FRIDAY, THEN I ENROLLED. BUT OTHERWISE I LIKE TO. MY PASSION IS TO TEACH THE CHILDREN, SO I ONLY TAKE WHAT I CAN HANDLE AND I REALLY LIKE THE NUMBER 12, SO I NEVER. IT'S VERY RARELY DO I HAVE 12. OKAY. AND I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME SOME COMMENTARY A LITTLE EARLIER ABOUT YOU DID RECEIVE APPROVAL FROM THE HOA.
IS THAT CORRECT TO OPERATE WHEN, WHEN I FIRST MOVED, THERE WAS NO HOA. AND I THINK THIS HOA CAME INTO EFFECT SOMEWHERE IN 2013. I DID GET IN TOUCH WITH A LAWYER AND HE DID SOME RESEARCH AND I DON'T KNOW THE TERMS OF IT, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE HOA IS NOT LEGIT. AND HE ASKED, I THINK IT WAS IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY FOR THE HOA TO GET BACK WITH SOME INFORMATION HE'S ASKING, AND THEY NEVER GOT BACK. SO I DON'T THINK, AS FAR AS I KNOW, I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT AN HOA. OKAY, SO THERE WAS NOT ANY FORMAL APPROVAL BY THE HOA I DID GET WHEN I. SO FIRST THERE WAS NOTHING BECAUSE WHEN WE BOUGHT THE HOUSE, RIGHT WHEN I MOVED FROM LOS ANGELES, THAT WAS THE MAIN REASON. MY YOUNGEST, WHO IS NOW IN THE MILITARY, WAS JUST TWO YEARS.
AND I WANTED TO PUT MY EXPERIENCE AND STAY HOME WITH HIM. SO THAT WAS THE ONLY REASON I BOUGHT THAT HOME. THEY TOLD ME THAT I CAN THERE WAS SOME KIND OF AN ISSUE. IT WAS LIKE THE BOARD PROBABLY WASN'T ESTABLISHED AT THAT TIME. YES. OKAY. OKAY. WELL, SO AND I WANTED TO TELL SOMETHING ABOUT THE AFTER SCHOOL, SIX KIDS THAT'S GOING TO BRING A LOT OF TRAFFIC BECAUSE AFTER SCHOOL KIDS, THE SCHOOL BUS WILL COME. AND THE PROGRAM I HAVE IS MINIMUM TRAFFIC. IF YOU HAVE SIX. AND ALSO I AM. HOW ARE THE PARENTS GOING TO WORK? BECAUSE ALL MY PARENTS ARE FULL TIME. THEY ALL HAVE FULL TIME JOBS AND THAT'S WHY THEY CAN'T DO FIND CHILDCARE. THAT IS 8 TO 5. OKAY. I MEAN, I DO HAVE STAGGERED PICK UPS, SO SOME ARE 1230 THEN 3:00, 334, 435 ONLY IN THE MORNINGS, ESPECIALLY ON MONDAYS, SOMETIMES DO I HAVE STAGGERED EVERY LIKE AT LEAST THREE, BUT STILL THEY DON'T BLOCK BECAUSE MY DRIVEWAY IS THERE AND IT'S JUST DROP AND GO. THERE IS NO TRAFFIC COMPARED TO ALL THE OTHER. I LOVE ALL MY NEIGHBORS, BUT THERE IS SO MUCH TRAFFIC MORE THAN MINE BECAUSE I AM A SINGLE MOM AND I. IT'S JUST ME ALONE AT HOME. AND I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION FOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION FOR MISS GRIFFIN. CAN YOU JUST LET LET ME KNOW WHAT WHEN WHAT DATE THE.
THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE WAS PUT INTO PLACE. DO YOU HAVE THAT 2005 IS WHEN WE ADOPTED THE COMPOSITE ZONING ORDINANCE. IT MAY HAVE HAD PROVISIONS PRIOR TO THAT, BUT THAT'S THE
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ORDINANCE I'M THE MOST FAMILIAR WITH. OKAY. AND I CAN PROVIDE CLARIFICATION ON THE HOA.ACCORDING TO THEIR PLOT, IT WAS CREATED IN 2013, BUT THE LAND WASN'T PLATTED UNTIL 2015. OKAY, THAT WAS POST 2015. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO SO I THINK THAT'S THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. I JUST WILL REITERATE, I DO BELIEVE THAT MAYBE WE CONSIDER AS A COUNCIL MAKING A DECISION AFTER WE HAVE SET POLICY OR PRECEDENTS IN PLACE ON THE ORDINANCE BEFORE MAKE A DECISION ON THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM. THANK YOU. PLEASE. FIVE DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN BLAIR. PLAY. SIX I STRUGGLE WITH THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A VERY EMOTIONAL DECISION. AND MY KIDDOS A LONG TIME AGO ALSO DID AN IN-HOME DAYCARE AND IT WAS FANTASTIC. MAMA DEE WAS AMAZING. BUT THE OTHER SIDE OF IT IS THE PRECEDENT. IT DOES SET. AND, AND BECAUSE THERE'S AN ONGOING CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE ALSO, IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE TO APPROVE SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THROUGH THE SAFETY ASPECT OF IT. SO I'M, I'M VERY CONFLICTED HERE, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. GOTCHA. I THINK IN-HOME DAYCARE IS NEEDED. IT'S IMPORTANT. MY KIDS AS WELL, ALL WENT TO IN-HOME DAYCARE AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIFE, SOME IN TEXAS, SOME IN OTHER STATES. AND YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS A HUGE IMPORTANCE. BUT WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DETERMINE IS ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE COMING BEFORE US. PLANNING AND ZONING DID APPROVE A CHANGE TO THE ORDINANCE AT THEIR MEETING LAST WEEK, AND THEY DID TABLE DECISION ON THIS PARTICULAR SUP UNTIL ORDINANCE CHANGE WAS MADE, BECAUSE THEY KNEW IT WAS COMING DOWN THE LINE. SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AS A COUNCIL THAT WE REMAND THIS BACK TO PLANNING AND ZONING FOR THEIR REVIEW. BASED ON THE ORDINANCE CHANGE THAT THEY SAID THEY NEEDED TO REVIEW BEFORE THEY COULD MAKE A DECISION ON THIS SUP, AND THEN ONCE THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT NOW, IN LIGHT OF THE FULL ORDINANCE THAT THEY'VE APPROVED LAST WEEK, THEN IT WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND WE CAN REVIEW THAT AND WE WILL HAVE REVIEWED THE ORDINANCE AT THAT POINT. WE WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING THINGS OUT OF STEPS, THAT WE'RE NOT BEING INCONSISTENT WITH OUR PROCESSES.
AND I HEARD THAT COMMENT FROM A COMMISSIONER BEFORE, THAT WE NEED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH HOW WE'RE APPROVING THINGS. AND THAT PROCESS REALLY IS THAT THE ORDINANCE CHANGE HAPPENED. AND THEN WE REVIEW THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. IT MAKES NO SENSE FOR US TO MAKE A DECISION ON THIS, KNOWING THAT THERE WAS AN ORDINANCE CHANGE THAT WAS APPROVED BY PLANNING AND ZONING THAT'S COMING TO US. WE REALLY NEED TO BE CONSISTENT, IS MY THOUGHT PROCESS. SO THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT I WOULD MAKE TO COUNCIL. YEAH, THAT'S MY MOTION. I'M SORRY. I'LL SECOND THAT. SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THAT. IS THAT OKAY? THE WAY THAT STATED. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES
[16.
Conduct a Public Hearing for the purpose of receiving public comment on an Ordinance approving a Letter of Agreement with Pedernales Electric Cooperative, Inc., (PEC) to grant an extension to the franchise approved by Ordinance No. 19-032-00, which grants PEC certain powers, licenses, rights-of-way, privileges and franchise to construct, maintain, operate and use a transmission and distribution system in the City of Leander to provide electric utility service:
- Provide direction to City staff on an Ordinance approving a Letter of Agreement with PEC as described above, and
- Schedule formal action for the regular City Council meeting of July 2, 2026.
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FRANCHISE AGREEMENT. AND WHILE THAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS WOULD DO WAS WOULD ALLOW US TO EXTEND THE EXISTING AGREEMENT UNDER THE CURRENT TERMS UNTIL WE HAVE THE NEW AGREEMENT IN PLACE. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND IT IS OPEN, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGN UP FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. AND THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM FOR COUNCIL. DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS. YOU CAN MAKE COMMENTS IF YOU HAVE. GO AHEAD. YEAH I JUST HAVE A COMMENT. SO SO AS WE'RE I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE CONTENTS OF THE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON IN THE EXTENSION, BUT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF REVIEWING THE CONTRACT AND EVERYTHING OR THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT, I HOPE YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING AT SOME WAYS THAT WE CAN WORK WITH PATTERN TO, TO, TO, TO GET SOME TYPE OF WAY THAT WE CAN PRIORITIZE WHAT WE WANT THEM TO DO OR SOMETHING IN THE AGREEMENT. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S IN THERE. WHEN I READ THROUGH IT, I REALLY DIDN'T, I, I PRETTY MUCH THEY'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING IN THE ORDER THEY WANT AND HOW THEY WANT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT IF WE CAN WORK THAT IN, IF THAT'S SOMETHING COMMON IN OTHER CITIES WHERE THEY'RE DOING THAT. AND SO THAT'S JUST MY ONE THING THAT I SAW ON THERE THAT I THINK WOULD BE VERY GOOD FOR US. AND THEN ALSO, IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE COULD DO TO. NOT REGULATE, BUT TO MAKE ENSURE THAT CERTAIN CUSTOMERS ARE ABLE TO GET RELIABLE ENERGY FROM MAY POSSIBLY HAVE PRIORITY CUSTOMERS WITHIN THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT. THAT'S JUST MY $0.02. OKAY. YEAH, I THINK WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY IS JUST EXTENDING THE CONTRACT SO THEY HAVE TIME TO NEGOTIATE ALL OF THOSE POINTS. BUT THANK YOU FOR ADDING THOSE POINTS. BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT IS JUST EXTENDING THE CONTRACT AS IS AND AS IT'S ALREADY SET UP SO THAT THEY CONTINUE TO OPERATE AND THEN THEY HAVE TIME TO NEGOTIATE SOMETHING MORE, RIGHT? YES, YES. WE'LL HAVE TIME. YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN.WE DID RECEIVE THE INITIAL RECOMMENDATION FROM THEM, AND THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO PRIORITIZE IT MORE, MORE SO SUCH THAT THIS BALANCE. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE. THREE ANYTHING? NO. I THINK THAT YOU CLEARLY STATED THIS IS JUST GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR THE CITY. SO I'M GOOD WITH IT. PLEASE. FIVE I AM I'M JUST CURIOUS AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, KNOWING THAT THIS CONTRACT OR THIS AGREEMENT WAS COMING TO TERM, WHY DIDN'T WE NOT DO THIS EARLIER? IT SEEMS WE COULD HAVE DONE THAT PREVIOUSLY AND NOT RUN INTO THIS EXTENSION. IS THERE A SPECIFIC REASON THAT THAT HAPPENED? IS IT SOMETHING CONTRACTUALLY JUST I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER. SURE. SO SO THE PROCESS STARTED IN OCTOBER OF 2025 IS WHEN, WHEN THE PROCESS REALLY STARTED. AT THAT POINT, THE TYPICAL STAFF MEMBERS THAT WERE RESPONSIBLE WERE NOT IN PLACE AT THAT TIME. AND SO WE HAD STAFF CHANGES. WE WE DID SOME DEPARTMENTAL CHANGES ABOUT WHAT DEPARTMENT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SHEPHERDING THIS AGREEMENT. SO WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS SINCE OCTOBER. BUT THE, THE, THE MORE INTENSE CONVERSATIONS DIDN'T REALLY START UNTIL A MONTH AGO. SO, SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS ON OUR SIDE THAT WE JUST HAD TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE, WE HAD IN ORDER AND IN PLACE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. AND OBVIOUSLY, THAT WOULD HAVE MITIGATED OUR ABILITY TO EVEN ADDRESS THIS. YEAH. SO I FULLY SUPPORT THIS PARTICULAR EXTENSION TO ALLOW FOR THAT. THANK YOU. PLEASE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE ALL FORMAL ACTION ON THIS ITEM TO THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON JULY 2ND, 2026. I WILL SECOND THAT. I DO HAVE ONE. CAN YOU SHARE WHY YOU WANT TO TABLE TO JULY 2ND? OKAY. THANK YOU. I WAS LIKE, WHAT ARE WE DOING? I MISSED THAT LINE. I WAS LIKE, WHAT? WE'RE WE'RE IN A POSITION THAT WE CAN MOVE TO APPROVE THIS. OKAY. YEAH, YEAH, SORRY, I WAS JUST SAYING THAT MOTION. OKAY. OKAY. GOT IT, GOT IT, GOT IT TO APPROVE IT. YES. YEAH. YES WE ARE, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE TWO READINGS OF THIS ACTION. SO I WILL MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE EXTENSION AS INDICATED IN THE DOCUMENT PRESENTED TO US THIS EVENING AND RECOMMENDED BY STAFF. I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A
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MOTION. AND SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES. THANK YOU MAYOR. YES, PLEASE. THERE WAS JUST ONE THING THAT I DID FAIL TO SAY. I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT. OKAY.PECK IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS. YES THEY ARE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE TO OUR
[17. Discuss and consider action on a Resolution authorizing the submission of a Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant through the United States Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to fund the hiring of 15 new firefighter positions; providing for the cost-sharing, if awarded, of 25% of the actual cost in the first and second year and 65% in the third year of the grant; and authorize the City Manager to execute any and all necessary documents.]
REGULAR AGENDA ITEM 17. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE SAFER GRANT THROUGH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, FEMA TO FUND THE HIRING OF 15 NEW FIREFIGHTER POSITIONS PROVIDING FOR THE COST SHARING, IF AWARDED, OF 25% OF THE ACTUAL COST IN THE FIRST AND SECOND YEAR AND 65% IN THE THIRD YEAR OF THE GRANT, AND AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. FIRE DEPARTMENT DIVISION CHIEF TONY ANGELINO. I KNOW I MESSED IT UP. I'M SORRY.CORRECT ME. I'M TRYING TO DO MY PHONETIC SPELLING. WE'LL SEE IF I SAY IT RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING GRACIOUS. OF COURSE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS TONY ANGUIANO. I AM A DIVISION CHIEF WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS ITEM. AS SHOWN IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, WE ARE REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO SUBMIT A SAFER GRANT APPLICATION TO THE SUPPORT OF HIRING 15 POSITIONS FOR THE STAFFING OF FIRE STATION SIX IN THE NORTH EAST AREA OF THE CITY. BASED ON HISTORICAL DATA, THIS PROPOSED UNIT WOULD HAVE RESPONDED TO APPROXIMATELY 300 EMERGENCIES WITHIN THAT AREA IN THE LAST YEAR. IN ADDITION TO RESPONDING TO AN ADDITIONAL 250 EMERGENCIES THAT OCCURRED IN THE ADJACENT AREAS. THE SAFER GRANT PROGRAM IS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO HELP FIRE DEPARTMENTS INCREASE OPERATIONAL STAFFING TO MEET NATIONAL SAFETY STANDARDS. IF AWARDED, THE GRANT WOULD COVER 75% OF THE FIREFIGHTERS FIRST YEAR SALARY FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS AND A 35% FOR THE THIRD YEAR. THE CITY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COVERING THE REMAINING PERSONNEL COSTS. TONIGHT'S REQUESTED ACTION SIMPLY AUTHORIZE AUTHORIZES THE SUBMISSION OF THE SAFER GRANT APPLICATION AND EMPOWERS THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY REQUIRED DOCUMENTS AND, IF AWARDED, THIS GRANT WOULD PROVIDE SUBSTANTIAL FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR INCREASING OUR FRONTLINE STAFFING AND IMPROVING OUR OVERALL COMMUNITY PROTECTION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL. OKAY, SIR. YES. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, LIEUTENANT, FOR COMING OUT AND SPEAKING. I DID HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH, AND I'M GOING TO TRY THE NAME CHIEF CHIEF BILLY W, CHIEF WATSON HOUSER AND AND ALSO BROADMOOR, PRESIDENT BROADMOOR, REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR GRANT.
AND SO THEY DID TALK TO ME OR SPEAK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT KIND OF THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF OUR CITY AND HOW IT NEEDS THAT SUPPORT. CAN YOU JUST GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL OF WHY IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO SECURE THIS AMOUNT OF FIREFIGHTERS IN THAT AREA? YES, MA'AM. SO HIRING 15 FIREFIGHTERS WOULD BE THE FIRST STEP AND UP STAFFING FOR FIRE, FIRE, FIRE STATION SIX, FIRE STATION SIX IS PROJECTED TO BE IN THE NORTHEAST SECTION OF THE AREA OF THE CITY, WHICH CURRENTLY IS VALUED AT $3.7 BILLION, THAT ARE UNPROTECTED ASSETS AND ABOUT 12,000 RESIDENTS IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA. SO HAVING THE STAFFING AND THE BUILDING THERE WOULD GIVE US THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER PROVIDE SERVICE. OUR FIRST ARRIVING ENGINE IS STATION FOUR, AND THAT IS MORE THAN THE RECOMMENDED TIME FROM NFPA STANDARDS. AWESOME. I DEFINITELY KNOW THAT THEY WERE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THIS IS THE RIGHT STEP FOR FIRE STATION SIX. SO WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY SECURING THE GRANT FUNDING FOR THAT. I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION, I BELIEVE, FOR MR. WILLIAMS REGARDING THE BUDGET AND JUST JUST GETTING SOME CLARIFICATION FOR THE CITIZENS. SO IN THIS PARTICULAR GRANT, IT DOES TALK ABOUT THE FIRST FIRST TWO YEARS BEING 25% COST ALLOCATION COVERED BY THE CITY, THAT GOING TO 65% SALARY FOR THOSE FIREFIGHTERS. AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE WOULD, WE WOULD RECOVER FULL, FULL COST. FROM A BUDGET PERSPECTIVE, DO YOU FEEL THAT IF WE ARE GRANTED THE OR AWARDED THIS GRANT, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THREE YEARS AND BEYOND WITH THE CITY? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER, I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT BASED ON OUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, THE CITY OF LEANDER WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE 25% GOING FORWARD. OKAY, WONDERFUL. THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTION FOR YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. WILLIAMS. SO, YEAH,
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I'M DEFINITELY IN SUPPORT OF THIS, AND IT'S IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE TRAJECTORY THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WANTS TO MAKE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, PLEASE? FIVE. I DID HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS WITH REGARDS TO THE WAY THAT THE SAFER PARAMETERS ARE DEFINED, JUST TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF THE SPECIFIC NEEDS AND WANTS ARE CORRECTLY DELINEATED IN THE WAY THAT WE'RE APPROACHING THIS PARTICULAR GRANT. SUBMISSION, BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN APPROVED. RIGHT. AND, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS WERE TO, TO MY SATISFACTION, ANSWERED. SO I THINK THE CITY HAS DONE A VERY, VERY GOOD JOB OF FINDING AN ALTERNATIVE WAY TO HELP FUND THESE TYPES OF EXPANSIONS THAT ARE VERY DEFINITIVELY NEEDED FOR THE CITY'S LONG TERM SECURITY. AND, AND THE FUTURE, OBVIOUSLY, OF OUR STAFFING AND OUR AND OUR ADDITIONAL FIRE STATIONS THAT WE ARE PLANNING IN THE FUTURE. HOWEVER, WITH THAT SAID, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT CONDITIONS THAT EXIST IN THE DHS STANDARD TERMS FRAMEWORK WERE AFFIRMATIVELY APPLIED TO THIS PARTICULAR LOAN OR THIS PARTICULAR GRANT. THEY ARE NOT A HYPOTHETICAL. THEY ARE IN THERE. THEY ARE CURRENTLY BLOCKED BY PERMANENT INJUNCTION. BUT THAT APPEAL IS IS EXPECTED. SO THIS MEANS IF WE ACCEPT THIS SAFER AWARD, WHEN IF WE WERE TO BE GRANTED THAT AWARD, BECAUSE THIS IS JUST THE APPLICATION. AGAIN, I WANT TO STRESS THAT IT'S JUST THE APPLICATION. BUT IF WE WERE TO ACCEPT THE AWARD, WE DO SO UNDER TERMS THAT EXCLUDE THOSE IMMIGRATION CONDITIONS NOW. BUT A LEGAL LANDSCAPE COULD SHIFT DURING THE PERIOD OF THIS PARTICULAR GRANT. THAT'S A MEANINGFUL RISK WORTH FLAGGING IN THIS BRIEFING, AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT AS A CITY WITH BOTH FIRE DEPARTMENT STAFFING NEEDS AND A LONG TERM LOOK AT THE PRESERVATION OF OPERATIONAL AND POLICY INDEPENDENCE ON PUBLIC SAFETY MATTERS, I FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO US APPLYING FOR THE LOAN, BUT WE DO NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF WHAT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY GRANT US WERE WE GIVEN THAT GRANT. AND WHEN WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES UPON THE ACCEPTANCE OF THAT GRANT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S READ INTO THE RECORD SO THAT IF THIS COUNCIL IS NOT THE COUNCIL THAT IS DOING THAT, THAT THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS. AND I THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING. LIKE I SAID, ALL OF MY OTHER QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED. I THINK IT'S A GREAT WAY TO DO THIS. I JUST THINK THERE'S SOME CONDITIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR GRANT NOW THAT ARE THAT ARE TROUBLESOME. YES, SIR. THAT IS A THAT IS ACCURATE. AND THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT. WE WOULD HAVE TO AGREE TO ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. AS WITH ALL FEDERAL GRANTS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR POINT. PLACE FIVE PLEASE. SIX.ANYTHING? ALL RIGHT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I JUST WANTED TO SAY I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT. OKAY, I MADE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BLAIR, AND THEN WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE DISCUSSION BY PLEASE. TWO. YEAH. WELL, TWO THINGS HERE. SO ONE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION BEFORE ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND ABOUT ENFORCING THE LAWS OF THIS COUNTRY. AND I THINK THAT'S IT'S A VALID THING. AND IT'S SOMETHING WE TAKE AN OATH WHEN WE TAKE THIS POSITION THAT WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO HONOR THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND IF WE WANT TO TAKE MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THEN WE NEED TO ABIDE BY THEIR TERMS. I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH US FOLLOWING THE RULES OF OUR ELECTED PEOPLE AND THE LAWS OF THIS COUNTRY. WITH THAT SAID, I DID WANT TO JUST IF THE GRANT IF WE DID NOT GET THE GRANT, HOW WOULD WE GO ABOUT PREPPING TO TO STEP INTO THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'RE OR THIS THIS REQUIREMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IN ORDER TO BUILD THIS STATION AND FUND IT? BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S NOT YOU JUST GO OUT AND HIRE 15 RANDOM GUYS AND THROW THEM IN A TRUCK AND TELL THEM TO GO HAVE FUN. RIGHT? IT'S, THIS IS A VERY DETAILED PROFESSION. AND CAN YOU TALK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT? YEP. SO IF THE GRANT IS NOT AWARDED OR WE ARE NOT APPROVED TO SUBMIT FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE GRANT, WE WOULD TRY AGAIN AT THE FOLLOWING CYCLE FOR A GRANT APPLICATION, OR WE WOULD PHASE IT IN A HIRING PROCESS OVER THE NEXT THREE BUDGET CYCLES. REQUESTING FIRE FIREFIGHTER FIVE FIREFIGHTER POSITIONS OVER THE NEXT THREE BUDGET CYCLES. IS THAT GOOD? OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND
[18. Discuss and consider action on casting the City's votes on the ballot relating to Pedernales Electric Cooperative, Inc., 2026 Board of Directors Election; and authorize the City Secretary to cast the City's votes as determined by the City Council.]
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BALLOT RELATING TO PINELLAS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. 2026 BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY SECRETARY TO CAST THE CITY'S VOTES AS DETERMINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. OTIS WILLIAMS. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 18. IN REGARDS TO THE 2026 BOARD OF DIRECTOR ELECTION FOR THE PERMANENT ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE. SO REALLY THE PURPOSE OF THIS, THE CITY HAS BEEN CALLED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DISTRICT TWO ELECTION, WHICH DIRECTLY COVERS THE CITY OF LEANDER. WE HAVE TWO CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT. THE FIRST PERSON IS ALEXIS GRIMES.THE OTHER PERSON IS CARLOS SAINT JAMES. DIRECTORS ARE ELECTED TO THIS BOARD TO SERVE THREE THREE YEAR TERM BECAUSE THE CITY OF LEANDER HAS TWO PET ACCOUNTS, ONE BEING OUR PRIMARY ACCOUNTS FOR UTILITIES AT OUR CITY FACILITIES. AND NUMBER TWO, OUR STREETLIGHTS THAT THAT ALLOWS US TO HOLD TWO VOTES IN THIS ELECTION. NOW, THERE ARE THREE OPTIONS THAT COUNCIL CAN CONSIDER. NUMBER TO MEET THE DEADLINE FOR JUNE 12TH. NUMBER ONE, VOTE FOR ONE CANDIDATE, WHICH MEANS TO CAST BOTH THE CITY'S VOTES FOR EITHER OF THE CANDIDATES. NUMBER TWO, A SPLIT VOTE CAST ONE VOTE FOR EACH CANDIDATE, AND THEN THE THIRD ONE IS TO ABSTAIN. CHOOSE NOT TO VOTE IN THIS ELECTION. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO RECOMMEND THE CITY COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY SECRETARY TO CAST THE BALLOTS ACCORDING TO YOUR DIRECTION TONIGHT. AT THIS POINT, I WILL OPEN UP THE FLOOR TO COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION. I THINK WE HAVE SOMEBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, SO WE'LL HAVE CARLOS SAINT JAMES COME FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. GOOD EVENING, CARLOS SAINT JAMES. I LIVE ON ARTESIAN SPRINGS, JUST OUTSIDE OF LAKEWOOD PARK IN LEANDER. HE'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. ACTUALLY, IT'S PART OF DISTRICT TWO, WHICH COVERS ALL OF LEANDER, PARTS OF LIBERTY HILL AND PARTS OF CEDAR PARK, BUT ESSENTIALLY ALL OF ALL OF LEANDER. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ELECTION BECAUSE THE INDUSTRY I WORK IN, THE INDUSTRY IS EXPECTED THAT ELECTRICITY PRICES ARE GOING TO RISE OVER THE NEXT 3 TO 5 YEARS, AT LEAST 30%. SO IT BEHOOVES ALL OF US AS MEMBERS OF THE CO-OP AND AS JUST AS RESIDENTS, TO FIND AS CREATIVE WAYS AS POSSIBLE TO KEEP OUR UTILITY BILLS AS LOW AS POSSIBLE, OR TO KEEP THEM FROM RISING AS MUCH AS THEY'RE THEY SEEM TO BE DESTINED TO RISE. I'M PLEADING THE CASE HERE FOR MYSELF. I'VE BEEN IN TOWN IN LEANDER FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS. I'VE BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I'VE BEEN ON A FEW OTHER THINGS. I'VE CREATED A COUPLE OF NONPROFITS, THE LEANDER FOUNDATION, WHICH IS VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, KEEPS LEANDER BEAUTIFUL, AND I'M ALSO HELPING NURTURE PART OF A GROUP THAT'S HELPING NURTURE ANOTHER INSTITUTION CALLED FRIENDS OF THE LEANDER LIBRARY. SO I THINK MY CREDENTIALS AS A AS A GOOD RESIDENT ARE WELL ESTABLISHED. YOU, I THINK ALL MORE OR LESS KNOW ME ON THE PROFESSIONAL SIDE, WHICH IS PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANT. I'VE BEEN WORKING IN THIS POWER SECTOR FOR THE LAST 20 PLUS YEARS, MOSTLY FOR VARIATIONS OF ENGINEERING FIRMS THAT PROVIDE DIFFERENT SERVICES TO THE ELECTRIC SECTOR, MOSTLY FIRMS THAT ARE BUILDING EITHER NATURAL POWER PLANTS OR WIND FARMS, OR SOLAR POWER PLANTS, OR IN MOST RECENT YEARS, BATTERIES STORAGE, WHICH IS KIND OF THE WAY THE INDUSTRY IS GOING. IN THAT SENSE, I WOULD MAKE THE CASE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CHOOSE SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY KNOWS THE INDUSTRY TO REPRESENT THIS, GIVEN ALL THE CHANGE THAT'S GOING ON. AS I CONSIDER MYSELF A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT ON THIS AND ON THE ISSUE THAT WAS JUST RECENTLY DISCUSSED, THE ISSUE OF BLACKOUTS IS INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT. TEXAS IS THE STATE THAT HAS MORE BLACKOUTS THAN ANY OTHER STATE AND BY BY A LARGE MARGIN. NOW, FORTUNATELY, PEDERNALES WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS AMONG THE LEAST NUMBER OF BLACKOUTS. BUT THE FACT IS, THE GRID OVERALL, THE ELECTRIC GRID IS UNDER INCREASING PRESSURE. SO THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO BE COMING UP MORE AND MORE AND MORE BLACKOUTS, THE PRESSURE OF RISING RATES. ET CETERA. AND LEANDER HAS A NUMBER, A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ON FIXED INCOMES. AND SO I THINK IT BEHOOVES US TO HAVE SOMEONE IN THAT ROLE WHO ACTUALLY CAN FIGHT AS PASSIONATELY AS AS NECESSARY AND WITH THE KNOWLEDGE TO HELP KEEP THOSE RATES FROM RISING AS MUCH AS THEY SEEM TO BE DESTINED TO. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, THIS IS YEAH, IT'S A COUNCIL ACTION ITEM. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE? NOPE. OKAY. WELL, I RECOMMEND AS A NONPARTISAN BOARD AND THE CITY AND THUS REPRESENTING ALL OF LEANDER THAT WE SPLIT THE VOTE SINCE WE HAVE TWO VOTES AND WE HAVE TWO CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT. AND THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL FOR US TO DO THAT. I AGREE WITH THAT. ANYBODY DISAGREE OR WANT TO MAKE A
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DIFFERENT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THAT IS MY MOTION. UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO SAY IT DIFFERENTLY.OKAY. SO I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT.
[19. Discuss and consider the appointment of a Council Director and a Citizen Director to the Board of Directors of the Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority (BCRUA) for terms that are set to expire on June 30, 2026.]
CARRIES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE MOVING TO ITEM 19. DISCUSSING CONSIDER APPOINTMENT OF COUNCIL DIRECTOR AND CITIZEN DIRECTOR TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BRUSHY CREEK REGIONAL UTILITY AUTHORITY. BCRA FOR TERMS THAT ARE SET TO EXPIRE ON JUNE 30TH, 2026.EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS GINA ELLISON. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS ITEM IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTMENT OF TWO POSITIONS TO THE BCRI BOARD.
THESE POSITIONS ARE SET TO EXPIRE CURRENTLY THE END OF THIS MONTH. THE NEW POSITION OR THE NEW TERM WOULD BE TWO YEARS. THE BYLAWS STATE THAT THE COUNCIL DIRECTOR CAN BE THE MAYOR OR A COUNCIL MEMBER, WHILE THE CITIZEN DIRECTOR CAN BE EITHER OF THOSE. IN ADDITION TO A CITIZEN OF LEANDER, THE. THIS IS A ONE TIME RESETTING OF THE. I THINK THERE'S JUST DIFFERENT PHASES AND PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT. SO THIS IS A ONE TIME RESET SO THAT ALL THE TERMS EXPIRE FOR THE ENTIRE BOARD EVERY TWO YEARS AT THIS TIME. CURRENTLY, MAYOR THOMPSON SERVES AS OUR COUNCIL DIRECTOR, AND THEN WE HAVE RICHARD SHOFFNER AS OUR CITIZEN DIRECTOR. CITY STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SELECT TWO POSITIONS FOR THIS APPOINTMENT. THANK YOU. I DID SPEAK WITH OUR CITY MANAGER AND WITH OUR GENERAL MANAGER FOR BCRA, AND WE MANY OF YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE WATCHED ANY OF OUR MEETINGS ABOUT WATER, WE HAVE SOME REALLY BIG PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE WORKS, AND THEY ALL RECOMMEND STAYING THE COURSE WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, JUST BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A LOT TO TRY TO BRING SOMEBODY NEW ON AND EDUCATE THEM ON EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN BC RIGHT NOW. SO THAT IS FEEDBACK THAT WE DID GET FROM CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND THE GENERAL MANAGER OF BC. ARE YOU A. GREAT COUNCIL? DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION? WE HAVE CONFIRMED WITH MR. SHAFFNER. HE DOES. WE SHALL BE REAPPOINTED. THANK YOU. AND OKAY. AND WE DID CONFIRM WITH MR. SHAFFNER THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO BE REAPPOINTED. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. YES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, THIS ACTION ITEM. I JUST WANT TO SAY I THINK IT'S GOOD TO HAVE CONTINUITY. I MEAN, WE'RE AT THE TAIL END OF OUR BIG PROJECTS AND THE MAYOR'S BEEN THERE THROUGH THE THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND IT'D BE GOOD TO HAVE THE SAME TEAM. AND IT'S GOOD TO HEAR MR. SHAFFNER WANTS TO CONTINUE AND HE'S BEEN GREAT ON THERE. HE HAS AN ENGINEERING BACKGROUND. AND SO MANY OF YOU KNOW, WHEN OUR PREVIOUS CITIZEN DIRECTOR, JASON ANDERSON, PASSED AWAY, HE ALSO WAS AN ENGINEER. AND SO THIS WAS A GOOD SELECTION FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ANOTHER ENGINEER SERVE IN THAT ROLE. AND AFTER TALKING WITH THE GENERAL MANAGER ABOUT ALL THE EXPERTISE THAT HE BRINGS TO THE BOARD, THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT PART OF IT. SO THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE, MAYOR THOMPSON, TO BE THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTOR FOR THE BCRA AND THAT WE MAINTAIN MR. SHAFFNER, FOR CITIZEN DIRECTOR, I'D LIKE TO SECOND THAT, BUT I DO HAVE ONE POINT THAT I WANT SOME CLARIFICATION ON BY THIS REAPPOINTMENT. AT WHAT TIME WILL THE GENERAL. EVERYBODY HAVE TO BE REAPPOINTED AT THAT POINT? IT REALLY, TRULY IS A WHOLE NEW, POTENTIALLY A WHOLE NEW GROUP.
SURE. SO THIS WOULD RESET JUNE 30TH. SO THEY WOULD START JULY 1ST. AND THEN SO IT WOULD BE JUNE 30TH, 2028 WOULD BE THE NEXT REAPPOINTMENT. SO THIS WOULD BE ANOTHER TWO YEAR TERM.
IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A SMALL PERIOD. AND THEN EVERYBODY THIS WOULD BE TWO YEARS AND THEN EVERYBODY'S EVERYBODY STARTS JULY 1ST AND THEN IT'S A TWO YEAR TERM. AND THEN THEY WOULD BE PERFECT. THAT'S THAT'S CLARIFICATION. AND I SECOND THE MOTION. SO WE HAVE A MOTION.
AND A SECOND I WILL SAY, WHEN I FIRST STARTED IN 21, MY TERM ENDED JULY 31ST AND THEN I STARTED AUGUST 1ST WAS MY TERM. SO EVERYBODY'S BEEN KIND OF ON DIFFERENT TIME FRAMES, BUT THE BOARD DID AN UPDATE TO THE BYLAWS LAST YEAR, AND THAT'S WHY THIS ALL CROPPED UP FOR US TO CHANGE OUR TERMS. SO, AND I BELIEVE ALMOST EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD HAS BEEN THERE A FAIRLY GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME. THERE'S USUALLY ONLY TURNOVER IF AN ELECTED OFFICIAL LOSES THEIR SEAT OR IF SOMEBODY JUST DECIDES THEY THEY CAN'T COMMIT TO THE TIME ANYMORE. YES. YEAH.
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ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES.[20. Council Member Closing Statements.]
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE MADE IT TO ITEM 20. COUNCIL MEMBER CLOSING COMMENTS. I WILL START WITH PLACE SIX. GOOD NIGHT. PLACE FIVE. IF YOU WILL AFFORD ME A MOMENT. DO YOU WANT ME TO COME BACK? I CAN COME BACK. THAT'S FINE. YOU CAN COME BACK. OKAY. PLACE THREE. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING WITH EVERYONE. OLD TOWN FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND. AND LOVE THE IDEA OF US COMMEMORATING JUST A LOT OF THE FESTIVITIES AROUND THE GREATNESS OF OUR NATION. AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL NIGHT AND GOD BLESS. PLEASE TO WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GO TO THE OLD TOWN FESTIVAL. IT'S A GREAT EVENT. I ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A VERY EXCITING MONTH AND A HALF COMING UP. I MEAN, BECAUSE WE HAVE JUNETEENTH RIGHT AFTER THAT, AND THEN WE HAVE THE NATIONAL CELEBRATION, AND THEN WE HAVE 4TH OF JULY OR THE 250TH. IT'S A. AND THEN WE HAVE ALL THOSE OTHER EVENTS. SO IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY BUSY CITY, AND IT'S VERY EXCITING SEEING ALL THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THAT ARE BEING USED AND HOW WE'RE UTILIZING ALL OUR FACILITIES. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CITY STAFF AND EVERYTHING FOR ALL THE EVENTS, THE CHAMBER AND AND THE LPAC FOR PUTTING THIS STUFF TOGETHER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BACK TO PLACE FIVE. THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR THE COURTESY. I DID WANT TO TOUCH ON DID SOME READING THIS WEEK, TYPICALLY LOOKING AT MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. AND THERE'S A VERY CLEAR INDICATION THAT MENTAL HEALTH IN THE UNITED STATES REMAINS A CRITICAL ISSUE. ONE BARRIER THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IS STIGMA. AND STUDIES SHOW REDUCING STIGMA INCREASES ACCESS TO CARE. AND ONE PLACE YOU CAN DO THIS IS YOUR LOCAL LEANDER LIBRARY OFFERINGS ARE TYPICALLY FREE. RECURRING COMMUNITY PROGRAMS THAT CREATE SOCIAL CONNECTIONS FOR ISOLATED POPULATIONS, INCLUDING PARENTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN AND SENIORS. I WANT TO REMIND FOLKS MENTAL HEALTH IS IMPORTANT, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TRY. PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE ADULT WRITING AND JOURNALING CLUB SCHEDULED ON JUNE 17TH FROM 6 TO 7:30 P.M. THIS IS A SUPPORTIVE, QUIET SPACE FOR MENTAL DECOMPRESSION. A QUICK REMINDER THAT THE LEANDER LIBRARY LAUNCHED THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM AS WELL ON JUNE 1ST. THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH JULY 31ST. SO WITH THAT, OUR HISTORY FACT FOR TODAY IS KIND OF A TWOFER. ON JUNE 4TH, IN 1992, ELVIS PRESLEY'S EX-WIFE PRISCILLA PRESLEY, STOOD AT GRACELAND TO OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS OF AN UNPRECEDENTED PUBLIC POLL. THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE HAD DISTRIBUTED OVER 1.2 MILLION BALLOTS, ASKING AMERICANS TO CHOOSE BETWEEN YOUNG ELVIS AND OLD ELVIS.YOUNG ELVIS WON. IT WAS DESIGNED BY MARK STUTZMAN IN A LANDSLIDE, AND FOLLOWING THOSE JUNE 4TH RESULTS, THE FINISHED 29 CENT STAMP $0.29. FOLKS. BACK IN 1992. IT WAS OFFICIALLY RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC AND TO MARK WHAT HAVE BEEN WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ELVIS'S 58TH BIRTHDAY.
AND THAT STAMP WENT ON TO BE THE TOP SELLING COMMEMORATIVE STAMP OF ALL TIME. SO STICKING WITH THE ROCK AND ROLL THEME ON THIS EXACT DAY IN 56, ELVIS'S BREAKTHROUGH TRACK HEARTBREAK HOTEL WAS THE NUMBER ONE SONG IN AMERICA, AND IT WAS A RARE TRIFECTA BECAUSE IT WAS NUMBER ONE ON BILLBOARD'S POP, COUNTRY AND R&B CHARTS. SO THERE YOU GO. A LITTLE BIT OF ELVIS FOR A FEW FRIENDS WHO HAVE BEEN ASKING ME FOR ELVIS STUFF, AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN HERE TONIGHT. ANYWAY, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. TAKE CARE OF YOUR MENTAL HEALTH. APPRECIATE THE COURTESY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. AND TONIGHT WE GOT DINNER FROM SOUTHERNS PIZZA RIGHT HERE IN LEANDER. IT WAS DELICIOUS. SO MAKE SURE WHEN YOU'RE IN LEANDER THAT YOU SHOP LOCAL AND SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE HERE. AND ALSO A REMINDER FOR OUR OLD TOWN FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND. IT IS RAIN OR SHINE, SO REGARDLESS OF IF IT RAINS, THE EVENT WILL GO ON. SO MAKE SURE YOU COME PREPARED IF YOU THINK YOU MIGHT GET CAUGHT IN SOME SHOWERS. AND WE ARE GRATEFUL TO OUR CHAMBER FOR ALL THEY DO TO SUPPORT OUR CITY AND OUR SMALL BUSINESSES
[21. Convene back into Executive Session, if needed, pursuant to:
Reconvene into open session to take action as deemed appropriate in the City Council's discretion regarding:
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DO I NEED TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS AGAIN? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I THOUGHT I MIGHT SKIP IT, BUT NO.
PURSUANT TO ONE SECTION 551.071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND RULE 1.05 TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF CAUSE NUMBER 24-0818-C369. DENUCCI CONSTRUCTORS, LLC VERSUS CITY OF LEANDER AND THE 368TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS AND TWO. SECTION 551.071 TEXAS
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GOVERNMENT CODE AND SECTION 1.05 TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING AGREEMENTS REGARDING BRUSHY CREEK REGIONAL UTILITY AUTHORITY AND FACILITIES, EXPANSION PROJECTS, AND LITIGATION AGREEMENTS RELATED TO THE BRUSHY CREEK REGIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND THREE SECTION 551.071 AND SECTION 551.072 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. SECTION 1.05 TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES AND AN OPTION AGREEMENT FOR ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY, AND FOR SECTION 551.071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE AND SECTION 1.05 TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT, SECTION 551.072 TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING LEASE AGREEMENT FOR TIME IS 831 AND WE ARE RECONVENING INTO OPEN SESSION TO TAKE ACTION AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE IN THE CITY COUNCIL'S DISCRETION REGARDING ONE CAUSE. NUMBER 24-0818C369 DENUCCI CONSTRUCTORS, LLC VERSUS CITY OF LEANDER AND THE 368TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO ACTION TWO AGREEMENTS REGARDING BRUSHY CREEK REGIONAL UTILITY AUTHORITY AND FACILITIES EXPANSION PROJECTS AND LITIGATION AGREEMENTS RELATED TO THE BRUSHY CREEK REGIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO. ACTION THREE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE AND AN OPTION AGREEMENT FOR ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY. MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO ACTION AND FOR LEASE AGREEMENT FOR CITY OPERATIONS. MAYOR PRO TEM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? NO ACTION. ALL RIGHT. AND WE ARE* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.