Jun 18, 2026 City Council Regular Meeting

[1. Open Meeting.]

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2026, AND THE TIME IS NOW 6:01 P.M. AND THIS IS THE BRIEFING WORKSHOP OF THE LEANDER CITY COUNCIL. CITY SECRETARY CRABTREE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER STEVEN CHANG, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL HERRERA HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER TONY BLAIR, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER ANNETTE SPONSELLER, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW NODDING HERE.

MAYOR PRO TEM BECKY ROSS, MAYOR NICOLE THOMPSON PRESENT QUORUM IS PRESENT AND THE CITY COUNCIL

[3. Discuss and provide direction regarding legislative priorities for the 2027 State and Federal Legislative Program.]

PEOPLE ARE KIND OF TRAVELING RIGHT NOW AND OUT OF STATE OR OUT OF TOWN. SO TRYING TO FIND SOME TIMES WHERE WE CAN INVITE THEM HERE FOR SOME TOURS AND FOR MEETINGS WITH, WITH THE COUNCIL. AND SO AS WE'RE DEVELOPING ALL OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT SOME POTENTIAL LEGISLATION THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HELP LEANDER NEXT YEAR AND SOME FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL. WE ALWAYS WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR FUNDING NEEDS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. SO WHAT WE HOPE TO DO WITH YOU ALL IS TO DISCUSS SOME POTENTIAL LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES TONIGHT, AND THEN COME BACK IN JULY TO ADOPT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM. SO WE REALLY GET ACTIVATED FOR NEXT YEAR. AND THEN IN THE BETWEEN JULY AND NOVEMBER, IT'S REALLY A GOOD TIME TO START ENGAGING WITH FOLKS AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND POTENTIAL BILL PROPOSALS OR POTENTIAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT COULD COME THROUGH THE WAVE LEGISLATION, WITH NEW GRANTS AND FUNDING INCREASES.

AND ON NOVEMBER 19TH IS WHEN BILL PRE-FILING BEGINS. AND SO WE IF WE'RE GOING TO PROPOSE ANY KIND OF BILLS, WE WANT TO GET STARTED EARLY ON THAT BECAUSE ONCE JANUARY COMES AROUND, THEY'RE ALREADY. I'M GOING TO SUSPECT 10,000 BILLS DEEP. AND SO WE WANT TO GET AHEAD OF THAT AND ALSO BUILD OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER POTENTIAL STATE REPS THAT ARE SITTING ON THE COMMITTEES THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERING THESE BILLS THAT HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR FOLKS AS WELL. SO WITH THAT, IN JANUARY, WE'LL BE COORDINATING A LEANDER DAY AT THE TEXAS CAPITOL. SO WE'D LOVE TO HAVE ALL THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL ON HAND TO MEET WITH EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR STATE REPS AND SENATORS. THE LEGISLATURE WILL OPEN JANUARY 12TH. DURING THAT WHOLE PROCESS, IT'S GOING TO BE A CIRCUS. AND SO WE WILL BE COMMUNICATING COUNCIL ON A REGULAR BASIS. IF FOR THOSE WHO WERE HERE THIS PAST YEAR WAS REGULAR WEEKLY UPDATES THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN RECEIVING FROM ME ON CERTAIN BILLS THAT ARE BEING FILED OR HEARD IN COMMITTEE, REALLY, THE COMMITTEE PART IS A CRUCIAL PIECE AS WE WANT TO ENGAGE WITH THE LEGISLATORS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE HEARING BEGINS, SO THEY CAN HEAR OUR PERSPECTIVE ON BILLS THAT MIGHT POTENTIALLY HELP OR HURT LEANDER. SO THAT WILL BE THE WHOLE PROCESS. YOU KNOW, BETWEEN JANUARY AND MAY IN MARCH IS TYPICALLY WHEN THERE IS THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES CONFERENCE. THIS IS A NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES. AND SO WE ARE A MEMBER OF THAT. AND THEY HOLD THEIR ONE OF THEIR CONFERENCES EACH YEAR IN WASHINGTON, DC. AND THAT REALLY IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MEET WITH OUR CONGRESSMEN. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'LL BE GOING FROM 2 TO 4 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. SO, MAYOR, REALIZE THIS YEAR WE WERE WALKING AROUND A LOT AND HAVING LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT DISCUSSION AS WELL AND COME PREPARED WITH OUR BINDERS FOR POTENTIAL PROJECTS FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR AND POTENTIAL THINGS THAT THEY MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN AS WELL.

SO I THINK WE STARTED, WE HAD A GOOD START IN BUILDING OUR RELATIONSHIPS THIS YEAR, AND WE'LL SEE HOW THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS WILL SHAKE OUT AS WE PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR. THE LAST DAY FOR BILL FILING AT THE STATE IS MARCH 12TH AND ONE OF THE BEST DAYS. IF IT'S IF THERE IS NO SPECIAL SESSION, IS SINE DIE ON MAY 31ST. SO THAT IS THE OVERALL PROCESS. JUST SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE STATE LEVEL FOR OUR SENATORS. TWO OF OUR SENATORS ARE UP FOR REELECTION, SENATOR SCHWERTNER AND SENATOR FLORES. SENATOR CAMPBELL, HER TERM IS UP, I BELIEVE, IN 2029. AND ON OUR STATE REP SIDE, ALL THREE OF OUR STATE REPS ARE UP FOR REELECTION. SO WE WILL SEE HOW THE NOVEMBER ELECTION GOES FOR THAT. OKAY, SO I'M JUST GOING

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YOU'LL PROBABLY GET REMINDED ON SOME OF THESE TERMS, BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM ARE ALSO DERIVED FROM THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WE HAD WITH THE CITY COUNCIL IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING WHAT PRIORITIES AND TRYING TO ALIGN THOSE AS WELL WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM.

ADDITIONALLY, WITH THIS, WE WANT TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT IMPROVES CRITICAL PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. AS EVERYBODY REMEMBERS FROM LAST YEAR'S FLOODING EVENT. YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S BETTER COORDINATION AT THE REGIONAL, STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL AND A LOT OF INTERAGENCY COOPERATION TO IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF OUR COMMUNITY. ADDITIONALLY, WE WANT TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT PROVIDES FUNDING FOR OUR PARKS, TRAILS AND RECREATION FACILITIES. TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE GRANTS EACH YEAR THAT PROVIDES FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPING THESE TYPES OF RECREATION AND PARKS AND TRAILS.

AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LEGISLATURE CONTINUES TO FUND THOSE AND POSSIBLY INCREASE FUNDING. SO AS WE HAVE THESE NEW OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME UP, WE CAN ACTUALLY GO AFTER THEM AND REALLY QUALIFY. SECOND LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY WOULD BE TO PROTECT OUR SELF-GOVERNANCE. AS I MENTIONED, STATE PREEMPTION IS A REAL THING. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PROTECT THE CITY'S RIGHT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONTROL AND HOME RULE AUTHORITY.

THE STATE HAS GOVERNED THE CITY COUNCIL TO ENACT LAWS AND REGULATIONS HERE TO GOVERN THE CITY, AND THAT IS TO ENSURE WE MAINTAIN OUR HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE. AND SO AS THESE PREEMPTION BILLS COME THROUGH TO PREEMPT US FROM ACTUALLY CONTROLLING AND REGULATING CERTAIN THINGS THAT COULD IMPACT, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTIAL LIFE AND BUSINESSES, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WE MAINTAIN THAT CONTROL AND ALSO SUPPORT THE RIGHTS OF, YOU KNOW, ALL THE LOCALLY ELECTED OFFICIALS AS WELL. Y'ALL WERE ELECTED HERE TO OFFICE, YOU KNOW, BY YOUR CONSTITUENTS. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL HAVE THOSE CONTINUED HOME RULE POWER TO ENACT THE REGULATIONS HERE IN THE CITY. AND THEN AGAIN, OPPOSING LEGISLATION THAT PREEMPTS OR ERODES OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY OR IS DETRIMENTAL TO TO OUR ABILITY

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A COUPLE SESSIONS AGO, YOU KNOW, THEY GOT RID OF BUILDING STANDARDS, RIGHT? THAT CITIES COULD REALLY REGULATE. BUT WITH ALL THE PRO DEVELOPMENT AND PRO GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENING IN TEXAS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO COMBAT THOSE THINGS THAT COULD HURT OUR AUTHORITY TO DO SO. AND THERE'S ALSO BEEN, YOU KNOW, A PUSH REGARDING PERMIT FEES AND ELIMINATING IMPACT FEES AND FRANCHISE FEES. AND I SAT ON A COUPLE COMMITTEE MEETINGS WHERE THEY REALLY TALKED ABOUT IMPACT FEES. AND I THINK A LOT OF MOST OF THE LEGISLATURE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS, RIGHT? THEY BELIEVE THAT EVERYBODY HERE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND PAY FOR THE FUTURE. YOU KNOW, WHAT'S COMING. AND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO HELP THEM EDUCATE THAT WHEN YOU'RE PLANNING FOR THESE DEVELOPMENTS AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE CONSIDERING THESE IMPACT FEES THAT YOU'RE THAT THE NEXT PERSON IN LINE IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, IS ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTING TO THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, IN SOME FORM. AND SO A LOT OF THIS IS EDUCATING OUR LEGISLATORS ON HOW IT WORKS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. RIGHT? OUR NEXT PRIORITY WOULD BE TO UPHOLD CITY INTEGRITY. THAT WAS ALSO A BIG THING, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLE.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CARRY THAT IN OUR PROGRAM AS WELL. AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS IS SUPPORTING INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP COLLABORATIONS TO PRODUCE A PUBLIC BENEFIT. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT CAN MEAN A PARK. IT CAN MEAN A REC CENTER. IT CAN MEAN A NEW COMMUNITY BUILDING. IT CAN MEAN WHATEVER IT IS THAT COULD BENEFIT US IN A WAY AND BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY. AND BRINGING THAT TOGETHER. THERE ARE HAVE BEEN CONVERSATIONS AT THE STATE LEVEL OF LIMITING KIND OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL, IN TERMS OF WHAT KIND OF PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS LOOK LIKE. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE WE'RE SUPPORTING OUR ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO DO SO WITH THAT, WE ALSO WANT TO SUPPORT OUR ABILITY TO ENGAGE WITH LEGISLATORS AND ADVOCATE THROUGH CITY STAFF AND GROUP ADVOCACY, ADVOCACY EFFORTS AND ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES. LOBBYING IS ALWAYS ON A TOPIC AT THE STATE LEVEL, AND SO THEY KEEP TRYING EACH SESSION. WE DO NOT HAVE A LOBBYIST. WE HAVE ME WHO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF Y'ALL AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL, WHICH IS SPEAKING WITH OUR STATE REPS AND SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN. THEY REALLY DO LIKE TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THE CITY. AND FOR THOSE OF US WHO LIVE HERE IN LEANDER, A LOT OF THE FOLKS AT THE STAFF LEVEL LIVE IN LEANDER OR LIVE IN THE AREA. SO THEY'RE VERY FAMILIAR. AND SO HAVING THAT CONNECTION, I THINK, REALLY HELPS US HERE IN THE AUSTIN AREA. RIGHT. ANOTHER PRIORITY RELATED TO CITY INTEGRITY WOULD BE TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT HELPS IMPROVE ADMINISTRATION COORDINATION AND TRANSPARENCY OF ELECTIONS. I THINK WE WENT THROUGH REALLY A BUSY ELECTION SEASON THIS YEAR. AND, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO MAKE SURE LIFE IS EASIER TOO. AND AND MAKING SURE WE'RE COORDINATING WELL WITH THE COUNTY AT THE STATE LEVEL AND DEADLINES. AND SO THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE ON THAT. I THINK WE WOULD BE OPEN TO THAT AS WELL, AND REALLY KIND OF HELP MAKE SURE THAT IT'S DEFINITELY BENEFICIAL, YOU KNOW, TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL, RIGHT? TO VOTERS. AND THEN ALSO SUPPORTING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ENABLE THE USE OF ELECTRONIC PUBLIC NOTICES EACH SESSION. THERE'S A BIG PUSH TO ELIMINATE THE NEWSPAPERS, AND THERE'S ALWAYS A BIG DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT. IT'S GOING TO COME BACK AGAIN. AND THE REAL THING WITH THIS IS WITH TIMELINES AND GETTING NOTICES IN THE NEWSPAPERS. AND HOW COSTLY IS IT, HOW COSTLY IT IS AS WELL, YEAR AFTER YEAR, WITH ALL THE NOTICES WE HAVE TO PUBLISH REGARDING, YOU KNOW, PLANNING AND ZONING WITH COUNCIL FRANCHISE FEES, ALL THOSE THINGS, IT ADDS UP. AND IT IS, YOU KNOW, TAXPAYER FUNDS THAT ARE FUNDING THOSE TYPES OF PUBLIC NOTICES. SO DEFINITELY WANT TO TRY TO PUSH FOR EFFICIENCY WITH THAT. YEAH. DO YOU KNOW, WE SPEND ON THAT A YEAR? JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, I HAD ASKED DORA THAT A COUPLE A WHILE BACK, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER. DO YOU KNOW, IT'S.

YEAH, WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO Y'ALL. YEAH, I REMEMBER I PUT THAT INFORMATION LAST YEAR WHEN THE BILL WAS TRYING TO GET PUSHED AGAIN. SO I CAN GRAB THAT FOR Y'ALL, BUT IT'S QUITE A BIT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THE THIRD LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY WAS WOULD BE TO ENSURE

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ANOTHER ONE WOULD BE TO SUPPORT IMPROVEMENTS TO STATE GRANT AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITY PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS. WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING RIGHT NOW ON A TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD GRANT, WHICH WE HOPE TO BRING TO COUNCIL HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH. BUT WE FOUND SOME CHALLENGES REGARDING THE PROCEDURES WITH THAT AND REQUIREMENTS. AND IT REALLY IS A TIMING THING, AS THE STATE APPROPRIATED FUNDS FOR THIS FOR THIS SPECIFIC STATE GRANT LAST YEAR, THEY THEY PUT IN NEW REQUIREMENTS, BUT SOME OF OUR PROJECTS ARE A LITTLE AHEAD OF THAT. AND HAD WE HAD KNOWN WHAT THOSE REQUIREMENTS BEEN AT THE TIME, WE WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, PUT THOSE THINGS IN AS PART OF OUR BIDDING PROCESS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING I WANTED TO TACKLE WITH OUR STATE REPS ABOUT AND HOW HOW CAN WE FIX THAT? SO WE DON'T DISQUALIFY OURSELVES FOR BEING PROJECT READY. WE WANT TO OPPOSE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD RESTRICT OUR ABILITY TO ISSUE DEBT IN ORDER TO FUND ESSENTIAL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND CAPITAL. THAT HAS COME IN THIS LAST SESSION, AND IT WILL DEFINITELY COME AGAIN, IS THE ELIMINATION OF ISSUING CEOS. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT JUST HOLDING ELECTIONS, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR BOND ISSUANCE AND THINGS AND JUST OR EVEN JUST GETTING RID OF CITY'S AUTHORITY TO DO SO. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WITH THAT IS THEY WERE CONTEMPLATING WAS ELECTION COSTS. SO RIGHT NOW THE CITIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE THOSE CEOS, YOU KNOW, WITHIN CERTAIN CAPACITIES AND TO FUND CERTAIN PROJECTS. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE COME UP AGAIN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, PROTECTING OUR OUR RIGHT TO DO SO. AS YOU KNOW, WE RECENTLY ISSUED CEOS IN SEPTEMBER, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE TO FUND, AS YOU ALL WERE HERE TONIGHT DURING THE CIP AGENDA ITEM. ANOTHER THING WOULD BE TO OPPOSE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO OUR FINANCIAL POSITION, WHICH WE ARE IN EXCELLENT FINANCIAL POSITION, AND THE ABILITY TO FUND THOSE CRUCIAL PUBLIC SERVICES. LIKE I MENTIONED, THE TAX LIMITATIONS OR LIMITATION, SALES TAX REDUCTIONS. I I'VE HEARD SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT AS LOWERING THE CAP OR IN SOME WAY LOWERING THE CITY'S CAP ON SALES TAX REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE CAP. THAT WAS A BIG ONE THAT CAME ON THE SPECIAL SESSION, AND THEY HAD TO DEFER THAT TO THIS NEXT SESSION. SO THIS WILL TAKE PLACE AGAIN IN THEIR DISCUSSIONS. ALL RIGHT.

THE FOURTH PRIORITY WOULD BE TO FOSTER ECONOMIC GROWTH. AND WE REALLY WANT TO PUSH LEGISLATION AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES TO CULTIVATE OUR LOCAL WORKFORCE HERE. I THINK THAT IS DEFINITELY A PRIORITY OF THE CITY. AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM HERE IS TO CREATE JOBS IS TO ATTRACT MAJOR INDUSTRIES, CORPORATE COMPANIES, SMALL BUSINESSES, INNOVATION AND CAPITAL INVESTMENT HERE IN LEANDER. SO PEOPLE ACTUALLY LIVE, WORK, PLAY HERE AND ENJOY ALL THOSE THINGS. SO DEFINITELY WANT TO TACKLE THOSE AT THE STATE LEVEL AND ALSO SUPPORT LEGISLATION, ECONOMIC TOOLS FOR OUR PARTICIPATION FOR A QUALIFIED HOTEL PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDES A CONVENTION CENTER. A COUPLE YEARS AGO, THE CITY FILED A BILL AND IT WAS PASSED WHERE WE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR QUALIFIED HOTEL PROJECT. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE THAT. I HAVE HEARD THINGS THAT SOME LEGISLATORS MAY BE QUESTIONING THE BENEFITS OF QUALIFIED HOTEL PROJECTS, AND HOW IS IT REALLY IMPACTING THE ECONOMY. AND SO IF THEY WERE TO GET RID OF ANYTHING LIKE THAT, I MEAN, THAT THAT WOULD DEFINITELY HURT OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR DREAM OF HAVING A REAL HOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTER HERE IN THE CITY. YEAH.

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AND SO I THINK THERE'S SOME POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES WE CAN LOOK AT TO HELP FUND INFRASTRUCTURE, TO HELP FUND, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL OR INCENTIVES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES HERE IN OLD TOWN AND REALLY CREATE, YOU KNOW, THAT UNIQUE AND DISTINCT, VIBRANT OLD TOWN THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'VE STARTED DEVELOPING WITH THE OLD TOWN MASTER PLAN. NOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE BRANDING PROCESS, YOU KNOW, FIGURING OUT WHAT IT'LL LOOK LIKE AT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY LEVEL AND THE OLD TOWN LEVEL. AND SO I THINK WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE TO, YOU KNOW, START IDENTIFYING WHAT THOSE THINGS ARE HERE IN OLD TOWN. WE WANT TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS THAT DO NOT CREATE A DISADVANTAGE TO CITIES LIKE US, WHERE WE HAVE WHERE THE CITY HAS DEDICATED 1%, YOU KNOW, TO A TRANSIT AUTHORITY. AND SO ANYTHING THAT COMES UP THAT WOULD KIND OF PROCURE, EXCLUDE US FROM THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, CHALLENGE AND TRY TO FIND WAYS TO, TO GET AROUND THAT. SO WE ARE INCORPORATED WITH THAT. WE WANT TO IMPOSE LEGISLATION THAT WILL ELIMINATE OR RESTRICT OUR CURRENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOLS, SUCH AS CHAPTER THREE, 80S TAX ABATEMENTS, TERS AND ALSO THE STATE ENTERPRISE FUND. THERE ARE THERE WAS DISCUSSION LAST SESSION ABOUT ELIMINATING CHAPTER THREE 80S OR RESTRICTING THEM IN A WAY WHERE CITIES REALLY COULD UTILIZE THEM. AND SO THAT WILL COME BACK AGAIN. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING THAT AS WE DON'T HAVE EDC. THESE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE USE TO REALLY ATTRACT THOSE BUSINESSES AND WORKFORCE HERE. ALL RIGHT. THE. MORE.

FORTH, RIGHT? YEP, YEP. THE FOURTH LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY WOULD BE TO SECURE ESSENTIAL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. EVERYBODY ALWAYS THINKS ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ADVOCATING FOR INCREASED FUNDING FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AND MOBILITY, AND ALSO PROMOTING AND COORDINATING STATE, REGIONAL AND LOCAL COLLABORATION ON THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT THESE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ARE EFFECTIVE AS THEY'RE BEING, YOU KNOW, DESIGNED AND BUILT IN THE FUTURE. AGAIN, WE WANT TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION TO ESTABLISH EQUITABLE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE AND FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION FOR REGIONAL AND METROPOLITAN RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITIES. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND A TEXAS RAIL CONFERENCE A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND THERE SEEMS TO BE THIS KIND OF PUSH, A LOT OF ADVOCACY TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, SOME STATE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRANSIT. AND SO KIND OF LOOK MORE INTO THAT WITH THAT GROUP AND SEE KIND OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT THEY'RE PUSHING. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING AT THE DFW LEVEL. I KNOW SOME BILLS ARE GOING TO BE PUSHED THERE, SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING THERE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HELP US AND BENEFIT, HEAR US. AND THEN ALSO STATEWIDE, YOU KNOW, TRANSIT IS A STATEWIDE ISSUE. EVERY REGION HAS LITERALLY THE SAME ISSUE, WHETHER IT'S AFFORDING IT OR FUNDING OR, OR FUNDING IT THROUGH SALES TAX OR ANY KIND OF OTHER FUNDING METHODS. SO DEFINITELY WANT TO EXPLORE THAT MORE AS WE LOOK AT THAT STATEWIDE, WE WANT TO OPPOSE LEGISLATION THAT WE WROTE, THE CITIES AUTHORITY AND MANAGEMENT, RIGHT OF WAY, PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS. THAT IS A TOPIC THAT DOES COME UP AT THE STATE AS WELL, IN TERMS OF WHAT THE CITY CAN CONTROL WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. SO. ALL RIGHT, SO FOR WATER, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION AND FUNDING TO PROTECT AND EXPAND THE CITY'S ABILITY TO MEET THE GROWING DEMANDS. YOU KNOW, AS THE CITY GROWS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TO FUND ANY KIND OF REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS THAT MIGHT BE OUT THERE AT THE STATE LEVEL. AND THERE IS A HUGE PUSH FOR THAT EACH YEAR, AND I DO SUSPECT THEY WILL PASS MORE FUNDING FOR THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD GRANT, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT OUR WATER, NOT JUST OUR WATER, BUT OUR WASTEWATER AND STORMWATER DRAINAGE AS WELL, LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES THAT COULD HELP FUND THOSE AREAS AS WELL, BECAUSE WE ARE IN A GOOD POSITION WITH OUR WATER, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FUTURE, BUT WANT TO MAKE SURE WE MEET THOSE OTHER TWO ITEMS AS WELL WITH WASTEWATER AND STORMWATER DRAINAGE. AGAIN, I MENTIONED COLLABORATION. I ALWAYS WANT TO CONTINUE THAT. AND ALSO INITIATIVES THAT, YOU KNOW, FURTHER ENHANCE OUR WATER RESOURCES AND DELIVERY SYSTEMS. AS THERE'S CONVERSATIONS, YOU KNOW, AT THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY WATER GROUP LEVEL, AT THE STATE LEVEL, IN TERMS OF HOW CAN WE CONNECT ALL THESE PIECES TO REALLY BUILD A SYSTEM FOR THE FUTURE THAT, YOU KNOW, CAN MEET

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YEAH. WERE YOU READY FOR QUESTIONS ON? OH, YEAH. I WAS LIKE, WHENEVER IF I GO THROUGH BECAUSE IT WAS A LOT. SO IF Y'ALL HAVE QUESTIONS. YEAH. GOT IT. BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE FEDERAL SIDE, WHICH IS MUCH SHORTER. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OH, I JUST HAVE ONE. SO THIS WOULD BE ON, I THINK 17 WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE GROWING DEMANDS OF WATER, WASTEWATER AND STORMWATER DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE. YEAH. I THINK A FEW OF US WERE JUST RECENTLY IN A TRAINING FOR DO YOU KNOW IF ANY OF THE RESILIENCY GRANTS LIKE TIE INTO STORMWATER DRAINAGE? BECAUSE THERE'S LIKE A DUAL PURPOSE THERE SOMETIMES WITH STORMWATER DRAINAGE AND RESILIENCY PROJECTS. YEAH, YEAH. AND I KNOW I'VE HAD SOME JUST EARLY CONVERSATIONS TOO, BUT A LOT OF THOSE GRANTS SHOULD HELP FUND THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. IT'S WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FUNDING IS THERE. AND EVEN IF THERE'S INCREASED FUNDING, A LOT OF THE TIMES TOO, AND THE DISCUSSIONS AT THE WITH OUR STATE REPS AND SENATORS IS GIVING EXAMPLES OF OUR PROJECTS HERE AT HOME, RIGHT? IT'S SAYING, WE KNOW Y'ALL ARE CONSIDERING THIS. THIS IS WHAT'S IMPACTING RIGHT NOW LOCALLY AND HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND AND ACTUALLY PURPOSE OF THE TOURS. HEY, REMEMBER I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THIS PROJECT. LET'S COME LOOK AT IT RIGHT HERE WHILE YOU'RE HERE FOR A FEW MINUTES AND KIND OF HELP ADVOCATING THAT WAY. SO, BUT TO YOUR POINT, YES, THOSE RESILIENCY GRANTS. YEAH, WE YEAH, DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE WOULD HIT UP AND QUALIFY ON THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS DEFINITELY COMMON AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE HEAVY ON IS DATA CENTERS AND, AND THEN TALKING TO THE CITY MANAGER AND ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, WE THE KIND OF WAY WE STRUCTURED EVERYTHING IS ACTUALLY MAYBE A MODEL FOR THAT TO TAKE BACK TO THEM, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THEY SEE THAT A LOT. YOU KNOW, WE BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE HAVE ORDINANCES AROUND NOISE, WATER USAGE, ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS. AND I THINK BECAUSE MOST OF IT'S LIKE, WELL, YOU GOT TO STOP THEM AND ALL THIS.

IT'S CRAZY TALK, TOUGH STUFF. AND THEN DO WE KNOW IF CAPMETRO IS AT ALL INTERESTED IN BEING MORE EXPANSIVE IN THE USES OF THE MONIES THAT TO SPEND OUTSIDE OF THE TOD OR LIKE, WOULD THEY SUPPORT THINGS LIKE THAT? AND CAN THEY, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GO TO TALK TO, TO OUR OUR PEOPLE, WOULD THEY BE INTERESTED IN ASSISTING WITH THAT? YEAH. YOU KNOW, THOSE, THOSE ARE ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE STARTED THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IS WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE OUTSIDE OF THE TOD AND ALSO EXPLORING FROM, FROM LAST YEAR WHEN WE HELD THE TRANSPORTATION WORKSHOP WITH COUNCIL, WE TALKED ABOUT RENEGOTIATING OUR ILA FOR THE CENTRAL TEXAS PROGRAM WITH CAPMETRO. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS, TOO, THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND RESEARCHING IS WHAT ARE THESE OTHER KIND OF STRATEGIC WAYS WE CAN GO ABOUT TRYING TO FUND, YOU KNOW, PROJECTS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE TOD. AND SO I KNOW WE HAVE SOME UPCOMING MEETINGS, TOO, WITH THE CAPMETRO TEAM TO KIND OF EXPLORE DIFFERENT IDEAS. BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IS LOOKING AT THESE EXAMPLES. AND I MENTIONED DFW BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN ROLLING ON THAT AND TRYING

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SO THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THAT AT AT THAT AS WELL. SO AND I KNOW THE DALLAS AREA, SOME CITIES HAVE LOOKED AT CREATING, YOU KNOW, TOURS WITHIN ACTUAL TODS OR IN RELATION TO A TRANSIT CENTER AREA TO HELP FUEL THAT ECONOMIC ENGINE AS WELL. SO THERE'S DIFFERENT AVENUES THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT, AND WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH CAPMETRO AS WE'RE LOOKING TO RENEGOTIATE OUR IOA IN A IN A WAY THAT COULD HELP US FUND INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALSO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL IN THE FUTURE. SO, ALL RIGHT, I WANT TO GO TO THE FEDERAL. SURE. YEAH. OH MY QUESTIONS. SO THE FEDERAL ONE IS, IS A LOT MUCH SHORTER BECAUSE I SPENT A LOT OF TIME PUTTING TOGETHER STATE ONE, YOU KNOW, BUT THE FEDERAL ONE, I GIVE AN EXAMPLE DURING THIS INTERIM SESSION YEAR HAS BEEN REALLY A LOT OF FEDERALLY FOCUSED. I THINK I'VE SPOKEN TO OUR CONGRESSMAN, DC STAFF EVERY SINGLE WEEK THIS WEEK FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS, BECAUSE WE'RE IN GRANT SEASON AND TELLING THEM ABOUT OUR PROJECTS AND EVERYTHING. AND SO A BIG A BIG PART OF THAT IS THE FEDERAL ADVOCACY, ADVOCACY FOR COMMUNITY NEEDS AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. BUT AS THINGS CHANGE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE SAFEGUARDING OUR LOCAL AUTHORITY. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, ABOUT AI AND, YOU KNOW, PUTTING OUT KIND OF A AI GUIDANCE THAT ALL PRETTY MUCH ENTITIES HAVE TO ABIDE BY. AND SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT SHAPES UP. ALSO, CONTINUING TO FOSTER FEDERAL POLICY COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS A FEDERAL PROJECT THAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING IN LEANDER OR NEAR LEANDER THAT CAN IMPACT US, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SUPPORT THAT COLLABORATION TO TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT IMPACTING OUR QUALITY OF LIFE IN A NEGATIVE WAY, ELIMINATING UNFUNDED MANDATES. NOBODY LIKES UNFUNDED MANDATES. SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE PUSHING THAT. AND IT'S NOT A BURDEN TO OUR TAXPAYERS SUPPORTING EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, COORDINATION, RESPONSE AND RECOVERY. YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE REVAMPING OF FEMA AND WHAT COULD HAPPEN WITH THAT. AND SO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THOSE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EFFORTS AT THE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL. AGAIN, THOSE TWO BIG THINGS IS ADVOCATING FOR DIRECT LOCAL FUNDING. YOU KNOW, WITH THE COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING THAT WE, YOU KNOW, PROVIDED TO OUR CONGRESSMEN FOR FIRE STATION NUMBER SIX, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS REALLY GET THINGS STARTED HERE. IT REALLY GETS US HELP US IN GETTING THOSE PROJECTS STARTED AND ADVOCATING FOR ANY KIND OF COMMUNITY NEEDS.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN ISSUE THERE. THERE'S BEEN MULTIPLE TIMES WHERE I'VE CALLED OUR DC STAFF AND ASKED, HEY, THERE'S THIS FEDERAL FEDERAL POLICY OR GUIDELINE OR REQUIREMENT. CAN YOU PLEASE PROVIDE SOME, YOU KNOW, CLARITY ON THAT OR GET US IN TOUCH WITH SOMEBODY? RECENT ONE WAS OUR GRANTS. AND SO THEY HELPED US A LOT IN A WAY, IN SUBMITTING THAT APPLICATION THROUGH THE PORTAL AND ALSO IMPROVING THE REQUIREMENTS, RIGHT. AND THE PROCEDURES FOR THE FEDERAL GRANT AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND MAKING IT A LOT MORE STREAMLINED. ALL THE GRANT PROCESS IS ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO I'VE BEEN DOING THEM. WE HAVE ONE SYSTEM HERE, ANOTHER SYSTEM HERE, ANOTHER SYSTEM HERE, AND THEY ALL LINK TO EACH OTHER THROUGH ANOTHER SYSTEM AND IT'S JUST A NIGHTMARE. SO ANYWAY, I CAN HELP THEM STREAMLINE THAT. I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO. SO WE GET THOSE FUNDS SOONER. SO. WITH THAT, THOSE ARE THE FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. AND SO REALLY WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, GET COUNCILS FEEDBACK IF THERE'S ANYTHING MISSING, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE. LIKE I SAID, I REALLY WANT TO PUT THIS TOGETHER AND ACTUALLY PUT A LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM GUIDE THAT I CAN PRINT OUT AND ACTUALLY TAKE TO THE CAPITOL AND TAKE TO OUR CONGRESSMEN. AND SO THIS IS CITY LEANDER, HERE'S OUR CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS WHAT WE DO. THIS IS A DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE FOR OUR CITY. THESE ARE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. AND HERE ARE SOME LISTS OF PROJECTS OR PRESENTATION OF PROJECTS THAT Y'ALL CAN HELP US WITH. WELL, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING TOGETHER SUCH A ROBUST PROGRAM. MY QUESTION IS THAT I DON'T SEE IN HERE. COULD YOU SPEAK JUST A LITTLE BIT? AND YOU KIND OF HINTED ON IT, WHAT ADVOCATING LOOKS LIKE? WHAT IS THE WORK THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY DOING WHEN YOU ADVOCATE FOR LEANDER SO THAT THE PUBLIC IS CLEAR WHAT THAT MEANS FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. YEAH. SO AT THE STATE LEVEL, AND I'LL JUST GIVE AN EXAMPLE, WHEN I FIRST STARTED HERE, LEANDER, SAME TIME AROUND SAME TIME LAST YEAR. YEAH. WAS PICKING UP THAT PHONE, MAKING THAT INITIAL EMAIL AND SETTING

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SO THAT WORD ADVOCATING IS REALLY AN EDUCATIONAL PROCESS WITH OUR STATE LEGISLATORS AND THEIR STAFF, A LOT OF WHICH REALLY INCLUDES YOU GOING DOWN TO THE CAPITOL MULTIPLE TIMES.

YES. EMAILING, TRAVELING, IF THEY IF WHEN WE GO TO DC, TO THEIR OFFICES. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH.

AND, YOU KNOW, FOR US TO BE SO CLOSE TO AUSTIN, IT WOULD BE REMISS TO NOT ENGAGE WITH THE STATE LEVEL AT THAT WAY. AND SO DURING LEGISLATIVE SESSION, I THINK I WAS THERE EVERY WEEK, SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY'LL PULL THESE BILL HEARINGS TWO DAYS BEFORE AND I'M LIKE, TODD, LET ME JUST GO AND CHAT REAL QUICK. AND, BUT, BUT THAT REALLY DOES HELP.

AND IT'S NOT JUST ADVOCATING EDUCATING OUR STATE REPS AND SENATORS, IT'S THE OTHERS AS WELL. AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WITH ME COMING FROM THE DFW AREA, I'VE BEEN FAMILIAR WITH STATE REPS AND SENATORS THERE. SO A LOT OF THE BILLS PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO TIE IT RIGHT, HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THEIR CONSTITUENTS. SO HELPING THEM SEE THAT JUST BECAUSE I'M FROM LEANDER DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT GOING TO IMPACT YOUR YOUR RESIDENTS THERE. LET ME LET ME SHOW YOU HOW. AND BY THE WAY, I'VE BEEN TO YOUR CITY. I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S, I KNOW THAT FEEL THERE. AND YOU KNOW, WHAT THIS WILL CAUSE WILL DIMINISH THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR CONSTITUENTS. SO NOT JUST ADVOCATING AND EDUCATING OUR STATE REPS AND SENATORS, BUT OTHERS AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY ALL, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALL IN THE CHAMBER TOGETHER. RIGHT? AND SO IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR SOMEBODY TO GO AND SPEAK TO ANOTHER STATE REP OR SENATOR TO HELP SUPPORT OR OPPOSE A BILL. SO THAT'S WHAT THE ADVOCACY LOOKS LIKE AT THE IN-PERSON LEVEL. ON THE STATE LEVEL, THE FEDERAL SIDE, A LOT OF PHONE CALLS RIGHT NOW WITH WITH DC AND BACK, ESPECIALLY WITH THE THE GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, BUT MAKING SURE WE'RE GOING TO D.C. AND MEETING WITH OUR CONGRESSMEN AND INVITING THEM HERE IS SUPER, SUPER IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE HAVE FOUR CONGRESSMEN AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE IN LEANDER, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, WE WANT THEM TO HELP SELL IT, RIGHT? WE WANT THEM TO HELP SELL THE QUALITY OF LIFE HERE TO HELP SELL OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS HERE THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS. AND SO AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING A LOT MORE OFTEN. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M WHEN I GET WHEN I GET A PHONE CALL NOW MY PHONE THAT SAYS D.C. CAPITAL, I KNOW WHO'S IT FROM AND WHICH STAFF MEMBERS. SO IT'S NICE THAT THEY, THEY'RE ABLE TO CALL US IF THERE'S A QUESTION OR THINGS LIKE THAT. ESPECIALLY RECENTLY WITH ALL THE RAIN WE'RE GETTING. I ACTUALLY HAD SOME CALLS, TOO, FROM A LOT OF THE STAFFERS IN D.C. AND THE STATE LEVEL ON THAT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. AND BEFORE WE GET TO COUNCIL COMMENTS, COUNCIL, IS THERE ANYBODY THAT HAS SOMETHING THEY WANT TO RECOMMEND THAT WE ADD TO THIS? BEFORE WE GO INTO DETAIL? COMMENTS TO ADD, YES, GO FOR IT.

SO NOT NECESSARILY ON THE PRIORITIES, BUT HOW WE'RE ALIGNING THE PRIORITIES. FIRST, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDED US IN TERMS OF THE ELECTEDS THAT SUPPORT OUR AREA OR OUR CITY, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE COMMITTEES THEY'RE ALIGNED TO. SO I WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT IN TERMS OF SOME OF OUR KEY PRIORITIES, WE ARE ALIGNING THEM TO THE COMMITTEES THAT THEY'RE ASSOCIATED WITH SO THAT WE CAN HAVE TANGIBLE PRODUCT PROJECTS THAT CORRELATE WITH THE CITY OF LEANDER ALSO IMPLEMENTED. AND SO THEY CAN SEE WHERE TO QUICKLY TRACK ANY TYPE OF FEDERAL OR STATE DOLLARS IN OUR DIRECTION. JUST MAKING SOME OF THESE PRIORITIES LESS OVERARCHING AND MORE ACTUAL TANGIBLE ITEMS. THAT WAS THE ONLY COMMENT THAT I WANTED TO MAKE IN TERMS OF THE INFORMATION. THANK YOU. WE'LL START WITH PLACE FIVE. WHAT COMMENTS DO YOU HAVE OR QUESTIONS WE'LL MOVE DOWN. I HAVE APPRECIATED THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE HERE. EXPOSED TO IT LAST YEAR, REALLY FOR THE FIRST

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RIGHT? OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE LIMITATIONS TO WHAT WE CAN DO DIRECTLY, BUT INDIRECTLY. THERE ARE ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS. IT'S A IT'S A FAIR THING TO SAY. THAT SAID, I WOULD ASK IF WE COULD BE. AND I THINK THIS KIND OF DOVETAILS TO WHAT MISS BLAIR WAS SAYING. IF WE CAN UNDERSTAND, THERE'S A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN OPPOSITION AND SUPPORT.

OPPOSITION AND SUPPORT, OPPOSITION AND SUPPORT. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT PARSED OPPOSITION AND SUPPORT. RIGHT. INSTEAD OF MUDDLING BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, THE THE ISSUES THEMSELVES HELP US REALLY SPECIFICALLY UNDERSTANDING WHERE THE OPPOSITION IS TYPICALLY GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A, OF A LIFT, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S, THERE'S MORE INVOLVED WITH OPPOSING SOMETHING THAN THERE IS SAYING, HEY, WE REALLY LIKE THIS AND CHEERLEADING, RIGHT? SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THAT SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO SOME OF THESE PROTECTIONS ON LOCAL AUTHORITY, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S CRITICAL TO WHERE WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, THAT OUR STATE LEGISLATURE NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN JUST BE, YOU KNOW, SHOVED DOWN OUR THROATS. RIGHT. AND I THINK THEY NEED TO HEAR FROM THE MUNICIPALITIES AND THE LOCAL CITIZENRY INDIRECTLY AND DIRECTLY THROUGH THE CITY IN OPPOSITION OF SOME OF THOSE THINGS, BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE IDEAS, WHILE THEY MAY SEEM A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, LAISSEZ FAIRE FROM A, FROM A, FROM A LEGISLATIVE PERSPECTIVE, THEY MAKE DIRECT IMPACTS AS TO HOW THE CITY CAN MOVE AND REACT AND LEGISLATE ACCORDINGLY TO WHAT OUR CITIZENS WANT. SO I THINK IT'S SUPER, SUPER IMPORTANT THAT THOSE ARE HIGHLIGHTED AND ALMOST TO A DEGREE, PRIORITIZED IN THE PRIORITIES. RIGHT? THAT NEEDS TO BE. I THINK OUR NUMBER ONE THING THAT WE'RE TALKING TO THEM ABOUT AS IT RELATES TO WHAT WE CAN DO LOCALLY AND MAINTAINING THAT LOCAL CONTROL OVER OUR GOVERNMENT, I WILL SAY I BELIEVE THAT'S DONE IN OUR PRIORITIES. THAT'S HOW IT WAS LAST YEAR. YEAH, THAT HE LISTED WHAT WE SHOULD OPPOSE AND WHY WE DID GET THAT DETAILED LIST. YES. AND AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE DIDN'T GET THAT. NO. BUT I MEAN, JUST I THINK IT'S A PART OF THE PROCESS. I THINK THIS WAS MORE OF HERE'S THE OVERARCHING WHAT WE THINK WE WANT TO DO. DO Y'ALL WANT TO ADD SOMETHING TO IT? BUT THE, THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE OF IT, I BELIEVE MATCHES WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR. UNDERSTOOD. YES. AND I'M NOT I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT DOESN'T. OKAY. WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT I THINK OUR FEEDBACK WHEN WE'RE GETTING OUR FEEDBACK, THERE WAS A LOT OF LIKE, HEY, WE'RE SUPPORTING THIS, WE'RE OPPOSING THIS, WE'RE SUPPORTING. AND IT'S, IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN NECESSARILY DIRECTLY CONTROL BECAUSE YOU MADE A MENTION OF IT IN YOUR COMMENTS TWO DAYS BEFORE IT HAPPENS. THEY SAY, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO BE HEARING ABOUT THIS. WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS LIKE, IF WE'RE AWARE OF THAT TOO, RIGHT? SO IF WE'RE WATCHING THAT AND UNDERSTANDING THAT AS WELL, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HELPS US BE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE DO MORE EFFICIENTLY. SO JUST THAT, THAT LITTLE CLARIFICATION ON THAT, AGAIN, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE NOT DOING ALREADY. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT STRONGER PRIORITIZATION ON THAT WHEN WE GET THAT INFORMATION. JUST. YEAH. AND I WILL SAY FOR THIS YEAR, I THINK I ADDED IN A LEGISLATIVE SOFTWARE. SO LAST YEAR I WAS IN UNION SOFTWARE, SO I WAS MANUALLY TRACKING EVERY BILL. AND SO I'M HOPING THIS WILL HELP ME THIS YEAR TO GET SOME. YEAH. I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT. YEAH. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. YEAH, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. THANK YOU. YEAH. PLACE FOR I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THAT'S A LOT. THAT'S A LOT TO TRACK JUST WITH THOSE PRIORITIES ALONE. BUT I THINK YOU HIT EVERY KIND OF MAJOR THING THAT AFFECTS LEANDER TRANSPORTATION WATER AUTHORITY. I THINK YOU'RE DEFINITELY ON THE RIGHT TRACK, ESPECIALLY THE UNFUNDED MANDATES. I MEAN, EVERYTHING WAS SPOT ON. THANK YOU. PLEASE. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? ARE YOU GOOD? I JUST WANTED TO ASK ONE QUICK QUESTION. WE DEFINITELY HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF COALITION BUILDING, AS YOU STATED, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THE REGIONAL GROUPS LIKE VCRUA OR WILLIAMSON COUNTY IS THERE BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME OF THESE PRIORITIES THAT PROBABLY IMPACT OTHER REGIONAL CITIES. ARE WE DOING SOME SOME CITY ALIGNMENTS IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE MEETING AND REACHING SOME

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THEY ARE THERE EVERY WEEK, AND THEY ARE ALWAYS ENGAGING WITH THEIR STATE AND FEDERAL REPS.

SO WHAT WE DO IS IN PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT SESSION AND EVEN DURING SESSION, WE ARE HOLDING THESE REGULAR MEETINGS ABOUT BILLS. AND ACTUALLY, THAT IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE WAYS, TOO, THAT WE LEARN ABOUT SOME OF THE IMPACTS THAT ARE IMPACTING ANOTHER CITY THAT WOULD IMPACT US. AND SO DEFINITELY WANT THEIR FEEDBACK ON THAT. SO WE ARE TACKLING AT A COORDINATED EFFORT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL DO IS WE'LL HAVE A REGROUP MEETING AT THE END OF A WEEK AND WE'LL KIND OF DIVE DIVULGE, OKAY, WHAT CITY HAS MET WITH THIS LEGISLATOR? WHICH ONE HAS MET WITH THIS ONE? AND WE KIND OF TACKLE THEM. OR SOMETIMES IF IT'S A BIG, BIG BILL, WE'LL TACKLE THEM AT THE SAME TIME AND THEY'RE LIKE, OKAY, OKAY, WE'RE WE'RE STARTING TO GET THE, THE POINT. SO THAT'S A GROUP THAT WE ARE ACTIVELY WITH. WE'VE BEEN MEETING THIS MONTH WITH THE INTERIM SESSION IN TERMS OF PREPARING THINGS FOR, FOR THE NEXT SESSION. ANOTHER THING THAT I'LL RECENTLY FOUND OUT IS I'VE BEEN ASKED TO JOIN THE TML POLICY SUMMIT. AND SO THEY'RE WORKING ON DEVELOPING THE TML LEGISLATIVE POLICIES FOR THIS NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION. SO I'M HONORED TO REPRESENT LEANDER IN THAT CAPACITY. AND AGAIN, A LOT OF THOSE MAJOR CITIES WHO ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN LEGISLATURE ARE ON THAT POLICY GROUP, SO WILL HELP SHAPE TML'S LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR THE NEXT YEAR.

SO WE ARE ADVOCATING, YOU KNOW, AS A STATEWIDE EFFORT AND AS A MUNICIPAL EFFORT AS WELL.

AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE GREAT WORK. PLEASE DO. SO. I THINK THE MAYOR AND I ARE THE ONLY TWO HERE THAT WERE ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION SINCE BECKY'S NOT HERE. AND SO WE'VE SEEN ALL THE PAPERWORK, ALL THE THINGS THAT GO BACK AND FORTH.

WE SAW WHERE WE WERE AND WHERE WE'VE COME. AND I WANT TO COMMEND YOU, AND I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND THE CITY MANAGER FOR ACTUALLY ALLOWING YOU TO SPEND THE TIME AND DO ALL THE THINGS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT TRIVIAL. AND I WILL SAY, IN MY OWN DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR STATE REPS AND OUR STATE SENATORS AND THEIR STAFF, THEY ALL KNOW WHO YOU ARE. THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT WORKING WITH US. THEY, THEY, THEY LIKE HEARING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, JUST LIKE YOU SAID.

AND SO IT'S VERY POSITIVE. AND NOW WE HAVE A NEW CONGRESSMAN AND WE'VE ALREADY ENGAGED WITH HIM AND ALL THAT, AND WE'VE STARTED THAT PROCESS. AND SO THAT WASN'T GOING ON BEFORE.

AND IT'S ALL GOING ON NOW. AND SO I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU AND COMMEND THE CITY MANAGER FOR BASICALLY MAKING THIS HAPPEN. YOU KNOW, WE AS INDIVIDUALS, WE CAN GO DO THINGS, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN WHEN THE CITY AND THE STAFF IS BEHIND IT AND ALSO CAN BRING THE EXPERTISE THAT YOU HAVE. AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, LEANDER IS IT HASN'T BEEN A BIG CITY FOR A WHILE, BUT I THINK THAT WE MODEL A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE VERY VALUABLE TO THESE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE. AND THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS, AS WE BRING THOSE THINGS FORWARD, HOW WE OPERATE IS SOMETHING THAT IT COULD BE A MODEL THAT THEY COULD USE WHEN THEY LOOK AT THESE THINGS. SO I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU AND SAY, GOOD JOB.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PLEASE. ONE THANKS, KENT. I'LL JUST SHARE MY MY COLLEAGUE'S COMMENTS ON THINKING THAT THIS IS AN EXPANSIVE LIST. AND I THINK WE'RE WELL COVERED HERE.

ALSO JUST, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZING Y'ALL'S WORK. TODD, YOU KNOW, I WAS STILL WORKING IN THE CAPITOL AT THE TIME. I THINK I SAW YOU IN THE HALLS, BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW EACH OTHER AT THE TIME. SO YOU'RE WELL KNOWN AMONG THE REPS IN THE AREA. SO KUDOS TO YOU ON THAT.

I THINK JUST MY ONE PIECE OF FEEDBACK ON THIS PROBABLY RELATES A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT ANDREW HAD SAID WOULD BE BEING ABLE TO TRACK THE SENATE BILLS AND THE HOUSE BILLS, AT LEAST ON THE STATE LEGISLATIVE LEVEL AS WE GET INTO SESSION. OF COURSE, WE'VE GOT THAT BILL FILING PERIOD. THERE'S GOING TO BE THOUSANDS OF BILLS, BUT IT'D BE GOOD TO SEPARATE THE WHEAT FROM THE CHAFF THERE, BECAUSE IF WE CAN, I THINK, LIKE MARK, THE BILLS THAT ARE MAJOR SUPPORT BILLS AND THEN BILLS THAT WE'D WANT TO PLAY DEFENSE AGAINST BASED ON PRIORITY.

THERE'S SO MANY BILLS THAT GET FILED THAT WE KNOW ARE JUST NOT GOING TO MAKE IT OUT OF COMMITTEE. IT'S NOT GOING TO GET PASSED FIRST READING OR EVEN GET A FIRST READING. AND SO IF WE CAN KEEP LIKE A MASTER DOCUMENT THAT WE COULD KEEP ABREAST OF THAT, THAT'D BE GREAT. YEAH. NOW YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE REQUEST THAT YOU HAVE IN THE BUDGET WOULD ALLOW FOR THAT TECHNOLOGY THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO TRACK. YEAH. OTHERWISE YOU'RE USING TL. OH, RIGHT. YES. THAT'S THE OTHER ONE. THAT'S VERY. YEAH. GOOD OLD. OH YES. THAT'S THE ONE I'VE BEEN USING MANUALLY. BUT I'M HOPEFUL WITH THIS NEW SOFTWARE I CAN ACTUALLY DO A CREATE A DASHBOARD. SO MAYBE THAT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY THAT CAN HELP. AND I COULD PUT NOTES

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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS AND LEADERSHIP ON IT. WE APPRECIATE IT. COUNCIL. WE HAVE SOME FOLKS WAITING TO TAKE A PHOTO BEFORE THE MEETING STARTS. SO IF YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT, LET'S EXIT OUT TO THE LOBBY AND DO THAT. AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND START OUR MEETING AT 7 IN 7 MINUTES. THE I'M. TODAY IS THURSDAY, JUNE 18TH, 2026,

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

IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT IS SACRED, WE SAY AMEN. ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM FIVE.

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NEXT. WE'LL HAVE OUR WELCOME OF OUR SPECIAL VISITORS, AND I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK ALL OF OUR RETIRED AND ACTIVE MILITARY THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY. IF Y'ALL WOULD, PLEASE STAND FOR US. WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR SACRIFICE AND YOUR SERVICE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR COUNTRY. I ALSO WANT TO THANK ANY OF OUR EDUCATORS, ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE. THANK YOU ALL FOR

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

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

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

I AM THE FORMER CHAPTER COMMANDER OF THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART, CHAPTER 1919. I RESIDE IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, AND I PRESENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL THIS EVENING THE THE CONSIDERATION FOR SEEKING A PURPLE HEART DESIGNATION FOR THE CITY OF LEANDER AND I WOULD BE YOUR POINT OF CONTACT TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THAT PROCESS. PEOPLE ASK ALL THE TIME, WHY WOULD A CITY OR A COUNTY OR SOME ENTITY SEEK THAT DESIGNATION? AND IT'S A COMPLICATED ANSWER, BUT WHAT I TELL THEM IS, AS INDIVIDUAL MOTORISTS, DRIVERS, PEOPLE WALKING DOWN SIDEWALKS AND STREETS, IF THEY NOTICE A SIGN THAT SAYS WELCOME TO LEANDER, A PURPLE HEART CITY, WHAT THEY WILL DO FOR JUST A SECOND, CONSCIOUSLY OR UNCONSCIOUSLY, THEY'LL REMEMBER THE SACRIFICE AND THE COMMITMENT OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE GIVEN PART OF THEMSELVES OR ALL OF THEMSELVES, FOR THE RIGHT TO WALK DOWN THAT SIDEWALK OR DRIVE DOWN THAT ROAD. AND SO FOR THAT MOMENT, WE PLACE THE MEMORY AND HERITAGE OF ALL OF THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS AND MILITARY FOLKS WHO SERVED THE COMMUNITY AND SERVED THE PUBLIC. WE PLACED THEM AT THE FRONT OF OUR CONSCIOUSNESS JUST FOR A MOMENT. AND THAT MEMORY CARRIES ITSELF FOR A LONG WAYS. SO THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I CAN RATIONALIZE MEMORY. REMEMBERING THE MARINES THAT I KNEW AND HAVE LOST. SO AGAIN, I STAND BEFORE YOU AS A A HUMBLE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MILITARY OR THE PURPLE HEART. WE HAVE DESIGNATED CITY OF HUTTO. ROUND ROCK, OF COURSE, AUSTIN, GEORGETOWN. AND NOW IT'S TIME TO MOVE WEST AND TAKE CARE OF LEANDER. AND MAYBE, WHO KNOWS, AFTER THAT, LIBERTY HILL AND OTHERS. SO I'D LIKE TO START WITH LEANDER. SO AGAIN, I'VE GOT SOME EXAMPLES HERE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER. IT'S A IT'S A SIMPLE PROCLAMATION FROM A FEW OTHER CITIES, PLUS HAVE TAKEN THE LIBERTY OF DRAFTING ONE FOR YOUR CITY. AND THIS IS YOUR DECISION. Y'ALL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT, TALK ABOUT IT. AND OF COURSE IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA. SO Y'ALL WILL DISCUSS IT AND VOTE ON IT AT A LATER TIME. AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT A CEREMONY AND, AND BRINGING THE ENTIRE PUBLIC INTO, INTO THIS CELEBRATION. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO INITIATE THIS FOR US. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. I'M GOING TO GIVE THESE TO YOU. YES, PLEASE. OKAY. THANK YOU KINDLY.

AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC COMMENT FROM MISS KAT HOWELL. IF YOU WOULD COME FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS, AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MAYOR.

I'M GOING TO BE VERY BRIEF THIS EVENING. I DO WANT TO SAY THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS LOOK TERRIFIC.

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I JUST WANTED TO SAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JUNETEENTH ON THE HISTORY OF JUNETEENTH. I LIKE TO DO THAT EVERY, EVERY YEAR AT THIS TIME, BECAUSE THE STORY HAS NOT BEEN TOLD VERY MUCH.

AND IT CONFUSES A LOT OF PEOPLE. JUNETEENTH IS WHEN GENERAL GORDON GRANGER CAME, THE UNITED STATES ARMY, THE WAR HAD ENDED, THE CIVIL WAR HAD ENDED, AND THE ARMY HAD TAKEN OVER THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES. WE WERE IN A A MILITARY STATE. THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT WAS NO LONGER IN CONTROL. IT WAS MILITARY CONTROL. SO THE GENERAL GORDON GRANGER, HE WAS THE MAN IN CHARGE OF THE ENTIRE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES. AND HE CAME TO GALVESTON BECAUSE GALVESTON WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT CITY IN THE ENTIRE GULF COAST REGION. SO HE CAME TO GALVESTON AND HE ISSUED GENERAL ORDER NUMBER THREE, GENERAL ORDER NUMBER THREE IS THE ORDER THAT ACTUALLY FREED THE SLAVES. THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION WAS A SPEECH, AND IT LAID THE FRAMEWORK FOR IT, THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION. AND FINALLY, WHEN IT BECAME WAS RESOLVED AND IT BECAME A LAW WAS WITH THE 14TH AMENDMENT, WHICH TOOK THREE YEARS. SO THE THE SLAVES WERE FREED ON JUNE 19TH, 1865. AND THE CELEBRATIONS HERE IN TEXAS BEGAN IMMEDIATELY. AND WE STARTED CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH ON THE NEXT YEAR IN 1866. AND WE HAVE NOT CEASED. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND NOW WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM SEVEN, WHICH IS

[7. Recognitions/Proclamations/Visitors.

1. Juneteenth Proclamation (June 19)

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AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN TAKING A PICTURE, WE HAVE THE PROCLAMATION AND WE'LL HAVE A PICTURE UP HERE. THERE'S QUITE A LOT OF PEOPLE. SO TY, I THINK WE'LL HAVE HIS WORK CUT OUT FOR HIM TO GET US ALL IN. BUT HERE WE GO. THANK YOU.

I DON'T PLAN EVERYTHING.

YES. SPEND YOUR MONEY IN LEANDER, PLEASE. BECAUSE WE WENT A LITTLE LONG IN OUR

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[8. Staff Reports

1. Amber Erickson, Executive Director of the Williamson County and Cities Health District (WCCHD), will present an overview of the services provided by WCCHD to individuals who live, work, and play in Williamson County.
2. Update on existing, proposed, and future Traffic Signal.
3. 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. 

WELCOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR THOMPSON, FOR HAVING ME. AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DOCTOR AMBER ERICKSON. I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT. I HAVE BEEN HERE AND I APOLOGIZE. I DIDN'T SAY DOCTOR. IT WASN'T ON MY NOTES. IT'S OKAY. IT'S NOT ON YOUR NOTES. IT'S OKAY. AND IT'S NOT MEDICAL. IT'S IT'S DOCTOR AND RESEARCH. SO IT'S FINE. AND YOU STILL WORKED FOR IT AND THAT IS FINE. THAT IS YOUR TITLE. YEAH. BUT I'VE BEEN HERE EXACTLY ONE YEAR THIS WEEK. SO IT'S VERY, VERY EXCITING. I'VE, I'VE LOVED THE AREA. I'M VERY, VERY, VERY MUCH ENJOYED MY TIME AND LOOK FORWARD TO MANY, MANY YEARS TO COME. BUT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE DO HERE IN LEANDER AND WILLIAMSON COUNTY FOR THE CITY, AND I GUESS. JUST TO MOVE THE SLIDES, IT DOES WORK. OKAY. OKAY, SO WE'VE BEEN IN THE COUNTY SINCE THE 1940S AS A DISTRICT, AND WE HAVE SITES IN ROUND ROCK, TAYLOR AND CEDAR PARK, AND WE ARE AT THE CARVER CENTER NOW IN GEORGETOWN, AND WE COME TO LIBERTY HILL AND OUR WICK OFFICE ONCE A WEEK, AND WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING A MOBILE HEALTH UNIT, AND WE SHOULD HAVE ONE OF THOSE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. WE JUST GOT OUR BOARD APPROVAL FOR THAT. SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET MOBILE SERVICES AROUND THE COUNTY. HOPEFULLY SOME OF THOSE MOBILE SERVICES WILL BE HERE IN LEANDER, SO IT TAKES SOME TIME TO GET THAT MOBILE OUTFIT OUTFITTED. SO BUT IN TIME, THAT'LL BE SOMETHING WE CAN GET OUT. OUR BOARD OF HEALTH IS WHAT GOVERNANCE US, AND WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM GEORGETOWN, CEDAR PARK, ROUND ROCK, HUTTO, LEANDER, LIBERTY HILL AND TAYLOR, AND THEN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, AND ALL OF THOSE BOARD MEMBERS ARE STAFF FROM THOSE COUNTY AND CITY MEMBERS. AND THE REASON THAT'S SO IMPORTANT IS THAT ALL OF THE COUNTY AND CITY GOVERNMENTS ARE REPRESENTED ARE MAKING SURE THAT THE CITIZENS ARE WELL REPRESENTED, AND THE VOICES ARE HEARD FROM ALL OF THE AREAS OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR SERVICES ARE WHAT ARE NEEDED IN THE COUNTY. WE ARE ALSO ONE OF THE FIRST COUNTIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT ARE ACCREDITED.

SO THAT MEANS WE ARE MEETING THE STANDARDS IN NATIONAL STANDARDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND WE HAVE MAINTAINED THAT STATUS SINCE 2017. AND WE COME UP FOR RE-ACCREDITATION EVERY FIVE YEARS. THAT STATUS COMES UP AGAIN IN 2028. SO OUR FUNDING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, WE RECEIVE FUNDING FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT SOURCES. MOST OF OUR FUNDING COMES FROM WILLIAMSON COUNTY. ABOUT 35% OF THAT, 65% COMES FROM, OR 29% COMES FROM ABOUT STATE GRANTS, CONTRACTS, OTHER GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, NONPROFITS, THINGS LIKE THINGS LIKE THAT.

10% COMES FROM ALL OF THE CITIES. AND THEN WE ALSO BRING IN REVENUE FOR LIKE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH FROM ALL OF THE RESTAURANTS. WE RECEIVE SOME INCOME IN OUR CLINICS, AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER PROGRAM FEES AND STUFF, BUT THAT'S VERY MINIMAL. THIS YEAR, WHEN I STARTED, OUR MISSION AND VISION HADN'T BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2017, SO WE TOOK SOME TIME AND BROUGHT IN OUR BOARD TO HELP US DO THAT. I'M NOT GOING TO READ THIS VERBATIM, BUT ESSENTIALLY WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THIS GETS UPDATED TO ESSENTIALLY MAKE SURE WE WERE MEETING OUR CORE RESPONSIBILITIES TO PREVENT DISEASE, RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES, AND PROTECT THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY RESIDENTS. WE ALSO BROUGHT IN OUR STAFF AND THE BOARD TO UPDATE OUR VALUE STATEMENTS, AND THOSE ARE OUR ACCOUNTABILITY, COLLABORATION, QUALITY, RESPECT AND RESPONSIVENESS. SO ANY INTERACTION YOU HAVE WITH OUR STAFF, YOU CAN EXPECT THESE VALUES TO BE REPRESENTED. SO BACK DOWN TO OUR SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE. THESE ARE THE SERVICES THAT MOST PEOPLE THINK OF WHEN THEY THINK OF PUBLIC HEALTH PREVENTING DISEASE. SO THIS IS OUR CLINIC, OUR IMMUNIZATIONS, OUR TB CLINIC,

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WE WILL STILL BE ABLE TO DO INSPECTIONS AND WE HAVE A WAY TO DO ENFORCEMENT. SO EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY. BUT THERE IS GOING TO BE A STATEWIDE PERMIT AND THAT'S THE CHANGE. SO INSTEAD OF THERE BEING JUST ONE PERMIT FOR WILLIAMSON COUNTY, AND IF YOU GO TO TRAVIS COUNTY, YOU HAVE TO GET ANOTHER PERMIT. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO ANYWHERE.

THERE WILL PROBABLY BE SOME HICCUPS BECAUSE THE STATEWIDE SYSTEM FOR CHANGING THAT JUST HAPPENS, BUT WE'RE WHERE WE ARE WORKING WITH EVERYBODY TO MAKE SURE THAT GOES SMOOTHLY, AS SMOOTHLY AS POSSIBLE. THE NEXT PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IS OUR ELIGIBILITY PROGRAM, AND THIS IS OUR INDIGENT CARE. SO THE COUNTY PROVIDES THIS PROGRAM, AND WE HAD ENROLLED 175 INDIVIDUALS LAST YEAR INTO THIS PROGRAM. AND WE ALSO HAVE OTHER ELIGIBILITY PROGRAMS. WE CAN ENROLL INTO MEDICAID, MEDICARE, AND SNAP. WE HAVE A GRANT PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS US TO DO THAT. AND WE ALSO HAVE A CANCER SCREENING SERVICE THAT CAN HELP WITH COLON, BREAST AND PROSTATE CANCER. SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HELP PEOPLE GET THOSE CANCER SCREENINGS AS WELL. WE ALSO DO A LOT OF OUTREACH. THIS IS NOT EVEN A ALL OF THE OUTREACH THAT HAPPENED IN 2025, AS I FOUND OUT WHEN I STARTED, THEY WEREN'T TRACKING ALL OF IT. AND SO THIS WAS JUST THE, THE OUTREACH THAT WAS LARGER EVENTS. SO WHEN I COME TALK TO YOU NEXT TIME, WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION. IT'LL BE A LOT MORE OUTREACH. BUT WE DO GET OUT TO ALL OF THE AREAS, AND WE'RE EVEN PLANNING LARGER EVENTS NOW THAT WE ARE HOSTING ONCE A MONTH. NOW WE ARE DOING WALK WITH THE DOCS. SO AT THE LAST SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH, WE HAVE OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR IS GOING OUT AND DOING A WALK. SO 15 MINUTES, TEN, 15 MINUTES. SHE'S DOING A HOSTED TALK ON A SPECIFIC TOPIC AND THEN A MILE WALK WITH PEOPLE. THIS MONTH IT'S AT THE CARVER CENTER AND IT'S NOT THIS SATURDAY, BUT THE NEXT SATURDAY. WE ALSO HOST OUR HEALTH IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY COALITION. IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN JOINING THE AUDIENCE, IF YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF OUR COALITION, YOU CAN SCAN THE QR CODE AND SIGN UP FOR IT. BUT IF ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE WANTING TO DO THAT, YOU CAN JUST CONTACT ME AND I'LL GET YOU ON IT. BUT WE HAVE OVER 90 PARTNERS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY THAT HELP US PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF PRIORITIES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT TO FOCUS ON. AND FROM THERE, WE HAVE THREE FOCUS GROUPS ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION, AND THEIR FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS ON FOOD ACCESS AND TIED TO CHRONIC DISEASES. AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING IS THE THIRD ONE. AND THEY HAVE THE COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN. SO THEY COME TOGETHER AND DECIDE AS A COMMUNITY WHAT AND WHAT NEEDS ARE NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON AND WHAT SHOULD BE DONE IN THOSE AREAS. WE ALSO, STARTING IN APRIL, STARTED A PODCAST. SO IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT, YOU CAN GO TO SPOTIFY OR APPLE PODCAST AND LOOK UP PUBLIC HEALTH IS AND FIND OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE. EPISODES RANGE FROM 20 TO 45 MINUTES. WE JUST RELEASED OUR EPISODE THIS WEEK, IS ON OUR EPIDEMIOLOGY PROGRAM. AND SO IF YOU WANT TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT DISEASE INVESTIGATIONS, IT'S INTERESTING. I'M A TRAINED EPIDEMIOLOGIST. THAT'S HOW I SPENT MOST OF MY CAREER. SO IT'S INTERESTING TO ME. BUT WE RELEASE EPISODES EVERY OTHER WEEK AND IT'LL RUN THROUGH THE END OF AUGUST. WE ARE WORKING ON SEASON TWO, SO IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION ON SPECIFIC DISEASE TOPICS AND YOU WANT US TO DO ONE ON A SPECIFIC DISEASE, JUST LET US KNOW AND WE'LL PUT THAT IN FOR SEASON TWO. AND THAT IS OUR THE HEALTH DISTRICT. SO ANY QUESTIONS. WELL THANK YOU DOCTOR ERICKSON. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. COUNCIL DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS PLEASE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. APPRECIATE IT. PLEASE DO SO ON THE EVENTS AND STUFF. DID YOU DO I MEAN, I CAN'T EVEN SAY THE WORD IMMUNIZATIONS AT THOSE. OH YES. ABSOLUTELY. AND SO DO YOU DO LIKE FOR SPECIFIC THINGS OR LIKE, YOU KNOW, OR IS IT MORE OF A COCKTAIL OR, YOU KNOW, KIND OF IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT'S REQUESTED. SO WE WORK WITH VARIOUS COMMUNITY PARTNERS. OUR EPIDEMIOLOGY PROGRAM WILL GO OUT IN OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM, WILL GO OUT TO HOAS AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT MOSQUITOES OR FOOD SAFETY. OUR

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THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOCTOR ERICKSON, FOR COMING OUT AND SPEAKING WITH US. I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF STATISTICS OR DATA AROUND THE IMPACT TO WILLIAMSON COUNTY. I THINK I WAS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED ON SLIDE 36 IS, ARE THOSE NUMBERS CORRELATED WITH THE IMPACT TO LEANDER SPECIFIC, OR COULD YOU KIND OF TELL US WHAT THE IMPACT IS? I DON'T HAVE YOUR SLIDE NUMBERS. OKAY. SO WHICH LET ME PULL THAT UP. WAS IT. THE. IT WAS, I BELIEVE IT WAS DISEASE PREVENTION. I THOUGHT IT WAS ON. THIS ONE. YES. OKAY. THIS IS COUNTY WIDE. OKAY. YEAH. WE CAN WE DO HAVE IMPACT NUMBERS FOR LEANDER SPECIFICALLY. OKAY, ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT I CAN GET YOU THAT INFORMATION. I DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME RIGHT NOW. OUR LAST YEAR, OUR FISCAL YEAR CHANGED TO CALENDAR YEAR TO MATCH THE COUNTY'S FISCAL YEAR. AND SO OUR DATA IS A LITTLE WONKY. AND SO OUR SHARING THE INFORMATION IS, AS AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST AND A DATA PERSON, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE SHARING IT LIKE ON SLIDES AND STUFF, BUT I WILL SHARE IT IN WITH YOU. THE, THE LEANDER DATA. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I WAS JUST KIND OF CURIOUS OF THE IMPACT. YEAH. AND THEN I THINK YOU KIND OF MENTIONED THAT THERE IS A HEIGHTENED TUBERCULOSIS CASES. IS THAT ON I THINK TWO SLIDES DOWN. THE TB CASES ARE ON THIS ONE. OKAY. SO IN TERMS OF THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE, THERE WAS LIKE ABOUT A HUNDRED CASE DIFFERENCE FROM 24 TO 25. WOULD THAT BE CORRELATED AS WELL WITH SOME OF THE TB CASES. SO THIS IS NOT TB CASE RELATED. THIS ONE IS NOTIFIABLE DISEASES. TB IS IN THIS ONE BUT IT'S MORE RELATED TO IMMUNIZATION, VACCINE PREVENTABLE DISEASES AND HEALTHCARE ACQUIRED INFECTIONS. THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE IN HEALTHCARE ACQUIRED INFECTIONS IN IMMUNO VACCINE PREVENTABLE DISEASES, SPECIFICALLY MEASLES AND WHOOPING COUGH OR PERTUSSIS. THE LESS PEOPLE GET VACCINATED, THE MORE PEOPLE ARE GETTING THOSE ILLNESSES. AND SO THAT AND WITH THE COMMUNITY GROWTH IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY IS WHY THOSE NUMBERS ARE INCREASING. OKAY. THANK YOU. I MY UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES IN MICROBIOLOGY, SO PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE INTERESTED THAN PROBABLY. YEAH. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION, PLEASE FOR, FOR THE NUMBERS THAT YOU HAD SAID HAVE BEEN INCREASING, HOW DOES THAT CORRESPOND TO POPULATION GROWTH? SO IT DOES SLIGHTLY FOLLOW POPULATION GROWTH WITH NUMBERS ARE INCREASING STATEWIDE AS WELL. SO REGARDLESS OF POPULATION. YEAH. YEAH. SO THERE SOME OF IT IS POPULATION GROWTH, BUT SOME OF IT IS ALSO JUST IN NEED AS WELL. YEAH. AND THEN THE MOSQUITO THING, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT LIKE DE MOSQUITOES ARE FINE. DE MOSQUITOES DO NOT SPREAD WEST NILE THEY EVER KNOW. YEAH. IT'S THE ONES THAT THAT DAWN AND DUSK THE ONLY ONE. BUT I DID NOT KNOW THAT. YEAH. FUN FACT FOR THE DAY. YEAH. YEAH. I KNOW THE CHIGGERS ARE EXTREMELY BAD THIS THIS YEAR. LIKE, WORSE THAN I'VE EVER SEEN. YEAH, BUT THANK YOU ABOUT THE MOSQUITO THING. YOU'RE WELCOME. YOU'RE WELCOME. PLEASE. FIVE DOCTOR ERICKSON, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT HERE. I HAD RUN ACROSS YOU GUYS A FEW MONTHS AGO AND I WAS LIKE OH WHO ARE THESE WHO ARE THESE FOLKS? RIGHT. SO I'M VERY INTERESTED IN LEARNING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW YOUR OUTREACH PROGRAMS WORK AND WHAT WE CAN DO AS A COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE IN THOSE PROGRAMS, WHETHER IT BE BY PROVIDING LOCATIONS OR PROVIDING COORDINATING. COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE AT THE END OF THE DAY, SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO MENTAL HEALTH, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I'M ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT. AND I THINK THAT THERE'S UNFORTUNATELY A GAP IN OUR ABILITY TO REACH OUR CITIZENS AS IT RELATES TO MENTAL HEALTH. SO I'M VERY INTERESTED. I THINK I WILL TAKE YOU UP ON THE ACTION GROUP THING AND, AND SEE HOW WE CAN MAYBE COORDINATE IN THAT REGARD. BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY AND MAKING US

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MAKE IT EASY. THANK YOU. THERE WE GO. AND THEN WE'LL MOVE TO THE SECOND ITEM. UPDATE ON EXISTING, PROPOSED OR FUTURE TRAFFIC SIGNALS. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS GINA ELLISON. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS AN UPDATE. THIS IS AN UPDATE ON THE KIND OF THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT A LOT, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES ON KIND OF BEHIND THE SCENES THAT NOT EVERYBODY SEES. AND THEN AS WELL AS WE HAVE LOTS OF SIGNALS IN VARIOUS STATES OF MONITORING, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, THAT KIND OF THING. SO JUST KIND OF UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THOSE. LEANDER HAS A TOTAL OF 38 SIGNALS WITHIN THEIR CITY LIMITS. 32 ARE MAINTAINED BY US. WE HAVE FOUR ALONG THE FRONTAGE ROADS OF 23 A THAT ARE KTMA, THE ONE AT 29 AND REAGAN IS MAINTAINED BY GEORGETOWN, AND THEN THE ONE AT OSAGE AND 183 IS MAINTAINED BY CEDAR PARK JUST BECAUSE OF ITS PROXIMITY TO BLOCK HOUSE. SO THEY TIME THOSE AND COORDINATE THOSE TOGETHER FOR US. I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO MIKE, WHO I THINK HAS PROPS TONIGHT TO, TO SHOW YOU GUYS TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT HIS AWESOME TEAM DOES ON THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION SIDE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER. SO IF YOU KNOW ME, I LIKE TO BRING PROPS.

AS YOU'LL SEE, I DID BRING ONE THING REAL QUICK. I WANTED TO MAKE. AND WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT. SO ANYWAYS, SO THAT'S ONE OF MANY COMPONENTS IN THE CABINET WHICH YOU'LL SEE ON THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS. LIKE I SAID, THAT'S JUST ONE OF MANY. SO WHAT HAPPENED THERE? I DON'T REMEMBER THE DAYS. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL STORMS LATELY, BUT ABOUT A MONTH AGO WHEN THE STORMS, WE HAD A PREEMPTION ISSUE AT 118 YEAR OLD WAY, AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS COMING FROM THE TRACKS BECAUSE WHEN WE GET A PREEMPTION CALL AND IT'S SHOWING OUR CABINET, SO WE CALL HERZOG, WHICH MAINTAINS THE TRACKS FOR 23. AND WORKING WITH THEM, WE REALIZED IT WAS NOT ON THEIR SIDE. A LIGHTNING STRIKE CLOSE BY AND ON THE BACKSIDE OF THEIR. THERE IS YOU'LL SEE IT'S KIND OF BURNED THE CIRCUIT BOARD. SO IT DID TAKE US ABOUT FIVE HOURS TO REALIZE ONE. IT'S NOT ON THEIR SIDE. IT'S ON OUR SIDE. BUT LIKE THAT JUST SHOWS MANY COMPONENTS IN THE CABINET THAT CAN MALFUNCTION. AND SOMETIMES IT TAKES A WHILE TO DIAGNOSE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S OTHER VARIABLES INVOLVED INTO IT. SO I JUST KIND OF BROUGHT THAT TO SHOW THAT'S, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S MULTIPLE COMPONENTS IN IT THAT CAN FAIL OR MAKE A SIGNAL MALFUNCTION. AND 68, THAT'S NOT ALL FAILURES OR ISSUES WE'VE HAD. THAT'S ALSO PART OF JUST A MORE REGULAR MAINTENANCE THAT WE DO YEARLY WITH THE SIGNALS. SO LIKE I SAID, JUST WHEN WE PUT THIS TOGETHER, WE'RE AT 68 NOW. WE'RE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. AGAIN, IT'S NOT ALL DUE TO FAILURES OR REPAIRS. IT'S PART OF MAINTENANCE. AND THEN YOU'LL SEE ON THE TIMING AND MODIFICATION AND ADJUSTMENTS, WE'RE DOING SOME GREAT THINGS. THAT'S JUST A VERY SMALL OVERVIEW OF THINGS WE ARE DOING THROUGHOUT THE CITY. YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF IT IS ON 183 AND REAGAN. ONE REASON THAT IS, IS BECAUSE THIS YEAR IN THE BUDGET, WE DID APPROVE FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL SOFTWARE. RIGHT NOW IT'S ONLY FOR 183 IN RONALD REAGAN. IT IS PROPOSED IN THIS COMING BUDGET FOR THE REST OF THE SIGNALS IN THE CITY, WHICH WILL HELP US IDENTIFY AND MAKE SOME CORRECTIONS. AND WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF THINGS ON 183 REAGAN DOING SOME CORRIDORS, SOME TIMING, SOME KIND OF PILOT TESTING, SOME THINGS ON HOW SOME OPERATIONS ARE DOING ALONG 183, ESPECIALLY COUNTY GLEN AND CRYSTAL FALLS. SO THAT'S THAT PART. SORRY. SORRY. I DON'T DO THIS PRESENTATION STUFF VERY OFTEN. SO THEN YOU'LL SEE ONGOING PLAN IMPROVEMENTS.

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AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE PROCESS. IT'S ALSO SETTING UP WHEN WE HAVE OUR BATTERY BACKUPS TO GET NOTIFICATIONS WHEN THERE'S A POWER OUTAGE. WE DON'T KNOW IF THE BATTERY BACKUP TAKEN ON OR NOT. HONESTLY, UNTIL WE GET, YOU KNOW, PDS CALLING US, HEY, THE BETTER THE SIGNAL'S NOT WORKING. WELL, OBVIOUSLY THE BATTERY BACKUPS NOT KICKING ON. SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THAT WHERE WE GET ALERTS FOR WHEN THOSE KICK ON, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE RECEIVE ALERTS FOR CERTAIN MALFUNCTIONS, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT GOING EVERYWHERE. SO WE KNOW THEY'RE ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY ON WITHOUT EVEN REMOTING IN. WE ALREADY KNOW. AND ALSO WHEN WE GET A BATTERY, A LOW BATTERY ALERT, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE CAN CHECK THESE. AND THEN IN A MONTH LATER, WHEN THESE ACTUALLY ARE NEEDED, THE BATTERIES ARE DEAD.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THAT SEVERAL ISSUES. BUT NOW WITH THIS, WE'LL ALSO KNOW WE HAVE LOW BATTERY VOLTAGE. SO WE CAN ALREADY GO OUT THERE AND CHANGE THE BATTERIES BEFORE THAT HAPPENS. PREEMPTION FLASHES. IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED, BUT I'M TRYING TO WORK ON THAT. SO WE KNOW WHEN WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PREEMPTION FLASH AGAIN WE GET A CALL FROM PD OR RESIDENTS ABOUT A SIGNAL FLASH. WE REMOTE IN. WE SEE IT'S A PREEMPTION CALL, BUT I'M TRYING TO GET THOSE NOTIFICATIONS SOONER. SO I ALREADY HAVE AN IDEA AND KNOW.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT ONE'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED, BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT CAN HAPPEN. AND THEN WORKING ON IMPROVING CELL SERVICE COMMUNICATION. WE ARE ABOUT TO START SOME DEMO IN SOME AREAS WITH SOME ACTUALLY CAME IN TODAY, WHICH WILL GIVE US CLOUD BASED BECAUSE RIGHT NOW ALL OF OUR COMMUNICATION IS ON RADIO BASE. AND AGAIN, THIS IS I'M GOING TO PLUG IT IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET COMING TO GO CELL TO HELP US. CAN WE COMMUNICATION, LOGGING IN REMOTELY, ETC. AND THEN RIGHT NOW WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH WILLIAMS COUNTY, PART OF THE GRANT WITH PUBLIC SAFETY, TO START GETTING EMERGENCY PREEMPTION ALONG HIGHWAY 83. AND WE ACTUALLY ALSO JUST FINISHED SETTING UP WITH A VENDOR FOR BAGHDAD TO WORK WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO DO, START DOING A DEMO ALONG BAGHDAD FOR MAINLY, I FORGET THE STATION, BUT IT WAS SAN GABRIEL. SO WE CAN SEE HOW THAT'S WORKING OUT AND ALSO MAKE SURE THAT'S THE SYSTEM THAT WE WANT TO GO WITH. SO THAT'S THAT. THANK YOU. OOPS. DID I GO TOO FAST? SO ON THE NEW SIGNALS THAT ARE UPCOMING, WE HAVE 21 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. FIVE OF THEM ARE JUST UNDER MONITORING RIGHT NOW. AND I'LL GO OVER THAT IN A SECOND. SEVEN ARE IN DESIGN OR IN PLANNING STAGES. TWO OF THEM ARE IN BIDDING AND CONSTRUCTION. AND THEN WE HAVE SEVEN THAT ARE DEVELOPER INITIATED AND FUNDED SIGNALS. SO ON THE MONITORING SIGNALS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE FIVE OF THEM. SO THESE LOCATIONS ARE EITHER IDENTIFIED DURING THE TIA PROCESS, NOT NECESSARILY FULLY FUNDED BY THE DEVELOPER. SOMETIMES THEY ARE WARRANTED AFTER THE DEVELOPMENT OCCURS. SOME OF THEM ARE ALSO REQUESTS THAT WE GET FROM THE CITIZENS. AND WE DO A TRAFFIC WARRANT ANALYSIS. AND EITHER THEY MEET OR THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE RIGHT ON THAT THRESHOLD. WE HAVE SEVERAL IN DESIGN, THE CRYSTAL FALLS AND GRAND LAKE PARKWAY SIGNAL THE THE SIGNAL IS WELL UNDERWAY. WE'RE EXPECTING THE TEMPORARY DESIGN 30% BY THE END OF THIS MONTH. AND THEN THE PERMANENT 30% DESIGN BY THE BEGINNING OF NEXT MONTH. AND WE HAVE OUR HEREAWAY AND MAIN SIGNAL. SO WE'RE WORKING ON SCOPING FOR THAT ONE RIGHT NOW. AND THE BROAD AND SAN GABRIEL AND THEN HALCYON SAN GABRIEL. THOSE ARE RELATED TO OUR SAN GABRIEL WEST PROJECT. SO THOSE WILL COME IN WITH THE DESIGN OF THAT CIP PROJECT. WE HAVE A FEW THAT ARE COMING UP THAT ARE IN OUR CIP. THAT'S COMING UP LATER TONIGHT. REAGAN AND SARITA DRIVE. THIS IS A CONTINUOUS GREEN SIGNAL, SO IT'S NOT A FULL INTERSECTION STOP, AND IT'S INTENDED TO TRY TO HELP KEEP THAT REAGAN TRAFFIC GOING. SIMILARLY, KIND OF THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION IS REAGAN AND GRAND LAKE. SO ONE

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THEY'RE LISTED, EITHER DEVELOPER OR CITY DRIVEN IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, WHICH IS A LOT.

I'M GOING TO KEEP MY BUSY. SO WE HAVE, I THINK WE GAVE AN UPDATE MAYBE A FEW MONTHS AGO ON THE PROCESS AND HOW WE KIND OF RANK AND PRIORITIZE THESE SIGNALS. SO WE'VE INCLUDED THAT INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE NOW. SO YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND SEE THAT. WE ALSO HAVE YOU CAN SEE THIS LINK RIGHT HERE. SO THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, WE GET REQUESTS VIA SOME OF OUR OTHER AVENUES, BUT YOU CAN EXCUSE ME, YOU CAN SUBMIT A REQUEST IF YOU THINK, HEY, THIS SIGNAL TIMING IS NOT ACTING RIGHT OR NOT GIVING ENOUGH GREEN SO THEY CAN SUBMIT THAT. AND THEN THERE'S A SEPARATE PAGE IF THEY WANT TO REQUEST A TRAFFIC SIGNAL, BECAUSE THAT'S ALSO A REQUEST THAT WE GET. AND THEN THAT STARTS KIND OF THAT PROCESS OF THE THAT WE'VE OUTLINED THERE.

I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION AS IT RELATES TO THE SOFTWARE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING. AND I KNOW THAT CURRENTLY YOU'RE PROBABLY MUCH LIKE KENT WAS EARLIER, WORKING WITH LESS THAN IDEAL DATA CAPTURE IN THAT PARTICULAR PERSPECTIVE. BUT IS THERE ANYTHING IN THAT SOFTWARE, OR HAVE YOU GIVEN ANY THOUGHT TO SOME OF THESE ISSUES? OBVIOUSLY, WILL. THERE'LL BE A PATTERN, IF YOU WILL. LIKE IF THERE'S A PARTICULAR BATTERY MANUFACTURER OR A PARTICULAR SOFTWARE MANUFACTURER OR, OR CIRCUITRY WHERE IF WE SEE CONSISTENCY IN FAILURE, IF YOU WILL, JUST GIVING YOU THE WORST CASE SCENARIO SCENARIO WHERE WE'RE TRACKING THAT, RIGHT? BECAUSE, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE, OH, HOW MANY OF THESE SIGNALS HAVE THIS PARTICULAR COMPONENT? AND THEN MAYBE HELP US MITIGATE SOME OF THE FAILURE ISSUES LONG TERM? JUST ASKING IN A GENERAL SENSE, LIKE, DO WE CAPTURE THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION? WILL WE BE ABLE TO, WITH THE SOFTWARES THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT? YES, BUT WE KIND OF ALREADY KNOW. I MEAN, WE USE PRETTY MUCH ONE PARTICULAR VENDOR COMPANY, WHICH IS I, I'LL SAY, AND HONESTLY, WE'VE BEEN USING THAT BEFORE MY TIME HERE AND EVEN AND WE'VE HAD PRETTY GOOD SUCCESS WITH IT. I MEAN, YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF EQUIPMENT FAILURE, BUT THERE'S NOT REALLY A CONSISTENT PATTERN. AND IF THERE IS SOMETHING LIKE THERE'S ON ONE OF THE THE CCU, WHICH IS THE CONFLICT CONTROLS UNIT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE NEW ONE CAME OUT, THERE WAS A PORT ISSUE, BUT THEY KNEW ABOUT IT ONCE THEY STARTED SEEING THE ISSUES, AND THEN THEY ACTUALLY CAME OUT AND REPLACED ALL THE PORTS FOR US BECAUSE OF THAT. SO AND THEN YES, THEY WILL SHOW US, LIKE I SAID, CERTAIN FAILURES, BUT SO CAPTURE. YES. AND THEN ALSO WE ARE KEEPING TRACK OF OUR OWN STUFF AND WORK ORDERS. AND SO WE ALSO HAVE AN IDEA. SO YOU WOULD SAY GENERALLY SPEAKING YOU FEEL PRETTY COMFORTABLE WITH WHERE WE ARE THERE. YES I DO. OKAY. THANKS, I APPRECIATE IT. THAT WAS MY QUESTION, PLEASE, FOR FIRST, THANK YOU FOR THE SHOW AND TELL. AND IT HAD A SWITCH. I IF IT'S GOT A BUTTON OR A SWITCH AND I THINK THE RELAYS ALL BECAUSE YOU MAY START TAKING RELAYS ON THERE TOO. BUT THOSE CAME OFF. WE PUT THOSE BACK IN OUR INVENTORY BECAUSE THOSE WERE STILL GOOD, BUT THAT WAS BAD FOR THE TIMING, MODIFICATION AND ADJUSTMENTS ON THAT SLIDE. AT THE TOP, YOU HAD SOME INFORMATION THAT WAS FROM OCTOBER TO MARCH OR FROM OCTOBER TO MAY. SORRY. YEAH. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THE TIMING INFORMATION WAS ALSO THAT SAME DATA RANGE. IS IT ALSO OCTOBER TO MAY FOR THE TIMING MODIFICATIONS? NO, THAT'S JUST WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THAT TIME PERIOD. SO WE DIDN'T GET THE SOFTWARE GOING. YOU KNOW WE THE BUDGET WAS APPROVED IN OCTOBER TIME. WE START GETTING EVERYTHING REALLY GOING AND EVERYTHING. I REACHED OUT TO THE VENDOR IN DECEMBER AND THEN WE GOT TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND THEN THEY HAVE TO GO IN VP IN OUR NETWORK AND UPLOAD IT. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A PROCESS. SO WE FINALLY IN NOVEMBER, I'M SORRY, NOVEMBER, FEBRUARY GOT IT KIND OF GOING. AND SO ONCE WE GOT IT GOING, WE START SEEING REAL TIME DATA AND IT EVEN JUST PULL IN HISTORY FROM THE CONTROLLER FROM PRIOR.

RIGHT. AND THEN THIS IS GIVING US REAL TIME DATA. SO AS WE'RE ALSO MAKING THESE CHANGES, WE CAN KNOW WITHIN 10 OR 15 MINUTES IF IT'S IMPROVING OR NOT IMPROVING. AND ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT DOING WHAT WE INTENDED. LET'S CHANGE THIS. SO THAT'S JUST SO THE TIMING STUFF HAS JUST BEEN HERE RECENTLY. AND SO IS THAT JUST GOING TO BE CONSTANTLY YOU GUYS ARE JUST GOING TO MONITOR THAT. YES. BECAUSE TRAFFIC PATTERNS CHANGE. YES. IT GETS TO A POINT WHERE AFTER A WHILE YOU CAN ONLY JUST SO MUCH. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL LOOK AT IT PERIODICALLY.

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TYPICALLY YOU LOOK AT EVERY YEAR OR TWO, UNLESS THERE IS LIKE A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT COME IN AND THEN YOU START LOOKING AT MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS. AND THEN THE RED LIGHT RUNNERS.

YEAH. NEXT TIME I'LL TRY OR I CAN SEND SOMETHING KIND OF SHOWING YOU THE GRAPH.

OBVIOUSLY WHEN THERE'S A CLUMP OF THEM, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE, BUT IT DOES GIVE YOU A MOUNT THAT IS DOING IT. AND YOU KNOW, AS THEY'RE RUNNING IT, WHEN IT'S YELLOW, WHEN IT COMES INTO RED, WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY ALL RED, THERE'S PEOPLE RUNNING THE LIGHT. WHEN IT'S, IT'S NOT ORANGE. IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY, IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE DOING IT, BUT WHEN YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE DATA, IT'S KIND OF. AND, AND, AND SO I'M SURE YOU'VE GIVEN THAT TO POLICE DEPARTMENT, LIKE AS FAR AS LIKE, LIKE TIMES OF DAY, WE HAVE IT'S OVERNIGHT.

WE'RE, WE HAVE NOT REALLY NEED TO, WE DO HAVE A, WE HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY MEETINGS. BUT IT'S LIKE, HONESTLY, IT'S, THERE IS SOMETIMES, OBVIOUSLY MORNING AND EVENING RUSH HOUR IS THE BIGGEST GROUP REALLY. BUT IT IS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DAY AND EVEN MIDNIGHT, I FIGURE THE MID LIKE THE 10 TO 4 A.M. CROWD. YEAH. NO, IT'S ALL IT'S MAINLY AS A MORNING AND EVENING RUSH AND THEN IT'S JUST THE MOST DANGEROUS TIMES. YES. FRANKLY. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. PLUS THREE. OH I'M SORRY. I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD ON THE SIGNAL MODIFICATION OR THE TIMING. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE USED TO DO EVERY 3 TO 5 YEARS, RIGHT.

AND WE WOULD HIRE A CONSULTANT, THEY WOULD COME OUT AND THEY WOULD TAKE THE DATA AND ALL THE THINGS. THIS IS LETTING US DO IT KIND OF MORE IN REAL TIME AND MORE FREQUENTLY. ALSO, IT'S A LOT CHEAPER BECAUSE WE PAY FOR IT ONCE, RIGHT? AND THEN IT'S DONE. BUT THE SIGNAL TIMING MODIFICATIONS, WHAT WERE THEY LIKE 80 $100,000? I THINK THE REASON WHY NOW, SORRY. I'M LOOKING AT IF I WAS HAVING I'M SAYING THE BUDGET. SORRY I HAVEN'T DONE THIS TO PROPOSE OBVIOUSLY THE SOFTWARE FOR THE SIGNALS. AND ALSO IF WE DO HAVE A CONSULTANT COME IN TO EVALUATE ALL OF OUR SIGNALS. AND YES, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT COST. IT'S OVER SIX FIGURES WHEN WE CAN ADD THE REST OF THE CITY ON THERE FOR UNDER SIX FIGURES AND A LAG TIME. AND WE COULD DO THIS. YES. AND WE COULD DO THIS OBVIOUSLY FREQUENT, FREQUENT ALL THE TIME ANYTIME WE WANT TO. AWESOME. THANK YOU. SO. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE. THREE I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, MISS ELLISON AND MR. RILEY, FOR JUST HAVING A VERY PROACTIVE APPROACH AND REALLY LEVERAGING DATA ANALYTICS TO MAKE US A PROFICIENT CITY IN SIGNALING.

SO THANK YOU. THANKS TO SO, SO ALL THE LIGHTS THAT WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT HERE, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH IN THE CIP IN SOME FORM OR WHATEVER. AND SO ON YOUR LIST OF THINGS, YOU HAVE THE PLAN BY OTHER SLASH DEVELOPER, YOU HAVE SEVEN OF THOSE. YES. SO, SO ONE OF THE THINGS I, YOU KNOW, JUST COULD YOU ENLIGHTEN US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THAT COMES TO BE? AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE SOMETHING AND ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE PATTERN IS GOING TO CHANGE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE 1000 HOMES OVER HERE. WELL, YOU KNOW, NOW WE NEED A LIGHT. YOU KNOW, YOU START LOOKING AT BAGHDAD, YOU HAVE A LOT OF STUFF COMING IN THERE. WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY PLANS THERE FOR LIGHTS, BUT HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH THE OTHERS OR DOING THE TRAFFIC IMPACT AND ALL THAT? I THINK IT JUST MIGHT LOOK TO EMILY HERE A LITTLE BIT. SHE CAN PROBABLY EXPLAIN IT BETTER THAN I CAN, BUT WHEN THEY DO THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS DURING THE DEVELOPMENT AND THAT REVIEW PROCESS, IT IDENTIFIES THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE THAT NEED TO BE MADE. SO A DEVELOPMENT WITH 100 HOMES MAY COME IN AND SAY, WELL, YOU CONTRIBUTE A LITTLE BIT, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO WARRANT A SIGNAL. AND SO MAYBE THEY HAVE TO COST CONTRIBUTE A PORTION THAT WE CAN EITHER USE FOR A SIGNAL LATER, OR WE CAN USE FOR OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AROUND THE AREA, THAT KIND OF THING. BUT SO FOR THEM TO FULLY FUND IT, IT HAS TO BE, I THINK, SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH IN THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS. SO DO YOU THINK, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHEN WE GO THROUGH OUR PROCESS AND APPROVING THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THAT AND GETTING THOSE INTO THE PLAN BECAUSE THEY MAY. I MEAN, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE DOING IS REALLY CHASING THE DEVELOPMENT. SURE. YOU'RE SAYING IN THE OTHER LOCATIONS THAT AREN'T. YES. SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE KIND OF OUR WARRANT ANALYSIS AND OUR OTHER THINGS COME IN, BECAUSE THE TIA'S ARE ONLY GOING TO LOOK IN THAT IMMEDIATE AREA, BUT IT MAY HAVE OTHER IMPACTS, KIND OF, BUT THEY'RE NOT WAITING TILL WE GET THE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT IT'S NOT GOING TO WARRANT IT UNTIL AFTER THEY BUILD IT. CORRECT. BECAUSE THE PROCESS WE. BUT ON THESE OTHER ONES, DID YOU. THEY AGREED TO BUILD IT AND IT DIDN'T WARRANT. IT IS THAT KIND OF. THEY'VE AGREED TO BUILD. I MEAN, THEY I THINK THEY HAVE TO BUILD IT. RIGHT. EMILY. YEAH. I'M LOOKING AT HER. SHE'S NODDING. YES, THEY HAVE TO. IT'S NOT I MEAN, IT'S NOT THAT THEY AGREED. IT'S THEY HAVE TO IT'S WARRANTED AND NEEDED BY THEIR DEVELOPMENT. YEAH. SO I THINK THAT'S ONE THING THAT WOULD BE NICE IF, YOU KNOW, WE GOT MORE OF THAT PUT IN FRONT OF US. AND THERE'S A COUPLE ON HERE ON THESE MONITORING ONES WHERE THEY'VE LIKE BEEN PARTIALLY FUNDED, YOU KNOW, 25%, 24%. SO WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, RONALD REAGAN, GABRIEL'S HORN IS ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT WE KNOW IS A IS A HIGH PRIORITY AREA. BUT WE ALSO KNOW WE HAVE THREE OTHER SIGNALS COMING IN THAT LOCATION. SO KIND OF SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT AS THAT THAT HAPPENS. BUT THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, FOLKS ARE ALWAYS ASKING

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THOSE ARE DIFFERENT VARIABLE INTO IT. AND I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, I DON'T KNOW THE PERCENT OFF MY HEAD, BUT I'M GOING TO SAY 75%, IF NOT MORE OF OUR SIGNAL ISSUES OR COMPLAINTS THAT WE RECEIVE IS ALONG THE 183 CORRIDOR. SO BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE THE PREEMPTION AND THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC, BUT WE HAVE THE TRAIN. SORRY, I SAW THE I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. I WAS GOING TO NOTE THAT. SO WHEN A SO WHEN A OUR SIGNAL RECEIVES A PREEMPTION CALL AS A TRAIN IS APPROACHING. SO THEY HAVE A WIRE CONNECTED TO OUR SIGNAL.

IT THROWS THE CALL HEY PREEMPTION. SO IT STARTS TO COLLECT THE TRACK CLEARING PHASE. THE GATES COME DOWN. ALL TRAFFIC DOES HAVE TO STOP FOR SAFETY ISSUES. AND IT'S SO VERY MUCH WHEN NORTH AND SOUTH FINALLY DOES GET THE GREEN TO GO, THE TRAIN IS PRETTY MUCH THE METRO TRAIN BECAUSE IT'S IT'S FASTER IS CLEARING THE TRACK, BUT WE HAVE TO SET UP TO RUN 30S TO KEEP TRAFFIC FLOWING NORTH AND SOUTH BEFORE IT WILL COME BACK INTO. AND THEN WE'VE ACTUALLY SET IT UP, CHANGED IT TO WHERE I'LL. EAST TO GO. THEY'VE BEEN WAITING THE LONGEST TO LEAVE, AND THEN YOU HAVE, SAY, THE TRAINS HEADING NORTH, BUT THEN IN 15 MINUTES YOU HAVE A TRAIN HEADING SOUTH. AND SO ONE DIFFICULT PART OF TRYING TO TIME THE CORRIDOR WITH THE COORDINATION, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE ALSO WHEN YOU DO THAT, IT'S TRYING TO CATCH UP TIME. SO THE WE GET THE SHORT CYCLING. YES, WE GET THE SHORT CYCLING PHASES. SO IT'S TRYING TO RE COORDINATE, PUT THE SIGNAL BACK IN COORDINATION. AND SO IT'S JUST CONSTANTLY DOING THAT THROUGHOUT THE DAY. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE VEHICLES SOME DRIVE FASTER THAN OTHERS. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY RIGHT NOW. 183 AND CRYSTAL FALLS WE HAVE IN A FREE OPERATION, IT'S NOT RUNNING IN COORDINATION. AND WE'VE, I SAY IT, WE'VE KIND OF IMPACTED 183 A LITTLE BIT WITH TRAFFIC, BUT WE IMPROVED CRYSTAL FALLS. AND I HAVE SINCE WE'VE DONE THIS, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED COMPLAINTS ABOUT CRYSTAL FALLS, ABOUT SHORT CYCLING OR TRAFFIC BUILT UP. SO YES, THE TRAIN THROWS A LOT OF VARIABLES. AND THEN WE HAVE THE STATION AT 183. SO IT'S SO CLOSE TO OUR SIGNAL. THEY YEAH, THEY HAVE THEY HAVE A BUTTON.

THEY PUSH THE THE ENGINEER, THE TRAIN WHEN THEY'RE READY TO LEAVE. AND SO IT STARTS AN ADVANCED TRACK CLEARING. BUT IF THERE'S A MECHANICAL ISSUE OR FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY TRAIN THINKS THE SIGNAL THINKS THE STATION DOESN'T LEAVE THE STATION, THE SIGNAL WILL HOLD THE PATTERN. AND FOR SAFETY ISSUES, BEFORE WE TOOK THESE OVER FROM TXDOT, IT WOULD JUST BASICALLY LOCK UP THE WHOLE INTERSECTION BECAUSE IT WAS A SAFETY FEATURE. WHEN WE TOOK THESE OVER FROM TEXAS, I THINK IN 21, RIGHT? WE WENT IN AND MADE SOME MODIFICATIONS AND CHANGES. NOW, AFTER 200 AND 40S OF IN THIS WHOLE PATTERN, THE SIGNAL WILL JUST GO IN THE FLESH. SO AT LEAST YOU HAVE SOME MOVEMENT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET IT TO GO BACK IN OPERATION UNTIL THE TRAIN FINALLY CLEARS FROM THE STATION. CLEAR THAT. YEAH. AND WE CAN'T CLEAR ONCE WE GET THE ONCE THEY PUSH THE BUTTON AND THEY DON'T CLEAR IT, IT BASICALLY LOCKS OUR SYSTEM OUT. CARLOS BACK THERE, CAN HE GETS ASKED BECAUSE HE'S CALLED US A LOT FOR THAT. AND HE'S LIKE, CAN WE RESET THAT? THERE'S NO RESETTING. THERE'S NO, WE CAN TURN IT OFF. IT'S GOING TO GO RIGHT BACK IN THE FLASH UNTIL THE TRAIN FINALLY CLEARS AND PASSES. THEN THE SIGNAL WILL GO BACK AND GO BACK IN OPERATION. AND YEAH, SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S COMPLICATED. AND, AND I SAID, THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF OUR AREA. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE MAKE THEM AWARE OF EVERY TIME? YES. IT GOT TO A POINT WHERE IT'S, YEAH, WE'VE HAD MEETINGS WITH THEM. I EMAILED THEM A VERY GOOD COMMUNICATION CONTACT, BUT IT GETS TO THE POINT WHERE I JUST DON'T DO IT EVERY TIME. NOW, IF WE START SEEING A BIG CONSTANT PATTERN BECAUSE THEY DO CHANGE CAN YEAH, NEW OPERATORS, NEW THIS, IF THERE'S A BIG PATTERN, I WILL REACH OUT TO THEM AND SAY, HEY, BY THE WAY, BUT YOU KNOW, IF IT'S HERE AND THERE, AND JUST LIKE I WAS USING EXAMPLE TODAY, EVEN IT WAS NOT A TRAIN ISSUE, BUT SO I, I GOT ACTUALLY STUCK BY THE FREIGHT TRAIN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF METRO BY NORTH LINE. OH, SO YOU'RE IN THE SAME AREA? YEAH.

SO WE'RE THERE AND THEN WE TAKE OFF AND I ACTUALLY GO BACK TO THE OFFICE. I'M SITTING IN OUR TRAFFIC ROOM ACTUALLY LOOKING OVER THERE. I'M ACTUALLY LOOKING AT SOME OF THE MONITORS,

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SO IT'S A VERY COMPLICATED PROCESS. AND AGAIN, EVERY TIME IT'S TRYING TO CATCH ITSELF UP, EVERY TIME IT DOESN'T MATTER FOR TESTING. IT'S A TRAIN FREIGHT TRAIN. IT'S TRYING TO CATCH ITSELF UP. SO I'M EVEN DEBATING ABOUT MAYBE PUTTING THE WHOLE CORRIDOR, I DON'T KNOW, I'M DEBATING TAKING IT ALL OUT OF COORDINATION AND JUST KIND OF RUNNING A FREE OPERATION JUST TO SEE IF IT HELPS. WE KNOW IT HELPS. THE CRYSTAL FALLS FOR CRYSTAL FALLS ITSELF. SO WE'RE JUST I'M JUST DEBATING AND I'VE TALKED TO SEVERAL COLLEAGUES, LIKE WHAT WITH THIS TYPE OF SITUATION WE GOT, IT'S YEAH, YOU CAN GO EITHER WAY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE Y'ALL PROVIDING THAT UPDATE. AGAIN. I CAN KEEP ON GOING IN. IT'S JUST A VERY LIKE, YOU KNOW, YEAH, A LOT OF MEMBERS I CAN TALK ABOUT THIS LIKE IT'S A REALLY SIMPLE ISSUE.

AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE REALITY IS IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF LIKE, HAVE YOU TRIED TURNING IT OFF AND TURNING IT BACK ON AGAIN? SO LIKE I SAID, I HAVE TOLD, YOU KNOW, CITY MANAGEMENT, YOU KNOW, JEAN AND OTHERS, WE HAVE MADE IT BETTER AND MADE IMPROVEMENTS SINCE WE HAVE TOOK THEM OVER. BUT IT IS NEVER GOING TO BE PERFECT. RIGHT. IT'S JUST TOO CLOSE.

YEAH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. PLACE FOR HAS ONE MORE. SO SO SO TIMING TODAY. SO I WAS AT THAT LIGHT ON SUNNY. I WAS TRYING TO TURN LEFT AND IT TOOK NINE MINUTES FOR ME TO TURN LEFT WITH THE, WITH THE FREIGHT TRAIN OR WITH THEM DOING THE NO. I WAS RIGHT HERE TRYING TO COME AND EAT DINNER. OKAY. AND IT WAS FROM 531. SO YEAH. AND IT WAS NINE MINUTES AND ALL THE REST OF THE TRAFFIC HAD FLOW BECAUSE THE GATES WERE GOING UP AND DOWN. SO EAST AND WEST WOULD MOVE NORTH AND SOUTH WOULD MOVE. BUT US TURNING LANES SAT THERE FOR NINE MINUTES. YEAH. SO I DON'T KNOW. I KNOW THEY CAN'T TURN INTO THE TRAIN, BUT TURNING LEFT INTO THE. YEP. WHEN THERE'S THE TRAIN OR THEY'RE DOING THE TESTING, IT WILL. THE BASICALLY THE CROSSED MOVEMENTS WILL STOP YOU FOR SAFETY ISSUES. SO. BUT IF IF NORTH AND SOUTH CAN GO, HOW COME I COULDN'T TURN LEFT BECAUSE IT'S A IT'S A CROSS ACROSS. IT ALSO WOULD FEED YOU EAST, RIGHT? NO, NO, NO. 183 TURNING RIGHT INTO HERE. OH SORRY. OH YEAH. YEAH, YEAH. 530 YEAH, I'LL LOOK INTO IT BECAUSE I SAID IT'S TELLING. YEAH. WITH THIS I KNOW I SHOULD BE ABLE TO, I KNOW THAT THEY CAN'T GO OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS BECAUSE. WHAT TIME DID YOU SAY I'M SORRY.

IT WAS 531. BECAUSE EVEN WITH THE SOFTWARE, I CAN GO IN THERE TO A TIME AND SEE. THAT'S WHY SOMEBODY LIKE, DID SOMEBODY SAY, HEY, AT THIS TIME WE WAIT HERE, I CAN ACTUALLY SEE IF SOMEBODY KIND OF BECAUSE IT GIVES US THE WAIT TIME. YEAH, YEAH. IT'S LIKE IT WAS THREE TRAINS THOUGH.

IT WAS, WELL, IT WAS THREE. LIKE YOU'D SEE THE, THE GATES WOULD GO DOWN, TRAIN WOULD GO BY, BUT THEN IT WOULD GO UP AND IT WOULD LET EAST AND WEST GO. IT WOULD LET NORTH AND SOUTH, BUT NEVER. THEN ANOTHER TRAIN CAME TOO QUICK, MAYBE. RIGHT. AND THEN IT WENT AGAIN, BUT NOT THE TURN LANE. AND THEN THIRD TRAIN. SO YEAH, EVEN WITH THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT IT. YEAH. NO, EVEN WITH THE LEFT HERE IT WILL STILL CAUSE ISSUES. BUT BECAUSE THE MAIN PRIORITY IS KEEPING TRAFFIC FLOWING ON. 183 I MEAN, YES, THE TURN AND YES, I GET IT. SO SORRY. NO, WE'LL LOOK INTO THINGS. BUT YEAH, IT JUST THOSE A LOT OF VARIABLES WITH THIS. YES. WELL THANK YOU ALL.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. AND THE THIRD ITEM IS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT UPDATE INCLUDING AUTOMATED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE CIP W .42 CONVERSION TIMELINE BENEFITS TO RESIDENTS, HOW INFORMATION IS BEING COMMUNICATED TO RESIDENTS, AND WHERE TO FIND UPDATES ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. CIP PROGRAM MANAGER TONY BETTISON. OKAY, HOW ARE YOU? HI. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DOING WELL.

THANK YOU. SO ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO COME UP. AND SO THIS WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE ADVANCED METERING SYSTEM. WE'RE STILL AT THE POINT WHERE WE ONLY HAVE 13 OUT OF THE 14 POLLS OR SITES UP FOR GATEWAYS. STILL TRYING TO GET OUR LAST 14TH POLL PERMITTED. TODAY WE HAVE 1725 INSTALLATIONS OF THE NEW SYSTEMS, 142 ANTENNA ONLY INSTALLATIONS. I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE'RE RUNNING ABOUT 40% BEHIND WHERE WE NEED TO BE. WE ACTUALLY ANTICIPATE IT BEING A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ALONG, 40% MORE THAN WE ARE NOW. WE'RE ONLY GETTING ABOUT 200 OR SO PER PER WEEK WHERE WE HAD ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED ABOUT 400 A WEEK. BUT TALKING TO THE

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ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. AND SO IT'S I DON'T WANT TO PICK ON THE POOR CONTRACTOR, BUT HE'S, HE'S HAVING A LITTLE DIFFICULTY IN TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HE NEEDS TO SUBMIT. OKAY. SO WE'RE TRYING TO HELP HIM THROUGH THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THAT'S IT. WELL THANK YOU,

[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]

[14. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case Z-26-0212 to amend the current zoning of GC-2-C (General Commercial) and SFT-2-B (Single-Family Townhouse) to adopt the Life Time Fitness Minor PUD (Planned Unit Development) with the base zoning of LC-3-C (Local Commercial) on two (2) parcels of land 14.037 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcels R031386 and R031387; and generally located south of Hero Way West, approximately 1,600 feet east of the intersection with N. Bagdad Road, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. 

• Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case Z-26-0212 as described above.

GOOD EVENING. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE LIFETIME LEANDER MINOR PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT. THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED OFF OF HARROWAY. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP, THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED GC THREE C ON THE NORTH SIDE AND THEN S, F, T2A ON THE SOUTH. SO THAT'S GENERAL COMMERCIAL CLOSEST TO HARROWAY AND THEN TOWNHOUSES ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

THE PREVIOUS DEVELOPER STARTED THE PROCESS TO PLAT TOWNHOUSES. AND THEN THEY HAVE STOPPED THE PROJECT, AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE CONVERTING IT TO A NEW USE NOW. SO TODAY WE HAVE A PUD BEFORE US THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR A LIFETIME FITNESS CENTER THAT NEEDS MORE OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT USES. SO THE TYPE THREE SITE COMPONENT HAS A LIMIT. WITH THEIR ZONING. IT WOULD ONLY ALLOW FOR USES ASSOCIATED WITH THE FITNESS CENTER TO BE OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT. SO IT WOULDN'T ALLOW THINGS LIKE CONCERTS OR OTHER OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT.

THIS CASE WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON MAY 14TH, AND AS PART OF THAT MEETING, THE COMMISSION DID MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE THE NOTES WERE MODIFIED TO INCLUDE HOURS OF OPERATION THAT WERE 8 A.M. TO 10 P.M. FOR USES WITHIN.

WITH OUTDOOR AMPLIFIED SOUND AND 4 A.M. TO MIDNIGHT FOR THE MAIN BUSINESS. SO THAT MEANS THE BUSINESS ITSELF COULD OPERATE LONGER THAN THE OUTDOOR USES. AND WITH THAT, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND THEN THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN AND I'LL CALL ON SPEAKERS WITH SUBMITTED CARDS. ANY POSITIONS RECEIVED WILL BE DOCUMENTED. I DO HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED. OH, DO THEY HAVE A PRESENTATION? OKAY, I'M SORRY I MISSED THAT. GO AHEAD AND COME FORWARD. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. YEAH. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. MY NAME IS NATALIE NYE. I AM WITH LIFETIME, THE APPLICANT THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION AND ALSO WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU TO STAFF. GREAT SUMMARY. THE EXISTING PROPERTY IS SPLIT ZONED RIGHT NOW. GC ALONG THE STREET FRONTAGE AND SINGLE FAMILY TOWNHOMES ALONG THE REAR. WE ARE LOOKING HERE TONIGHT TO REZONE THIS TO ONE USE LOCAL

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FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO GET THEIR WORKOUTS IN. AND YES, OUR OUTDOOR USES ARE PROPOSED.

BUILDING HAS AN OUTDOOR AMENITY DECK WITH A POOL DECK, AS WELL AS A SMALL AREA FOR OUR KIDS ACADEMY. AND SO WE ASK FOR THAT. WE HAVE THE OUTDOOR AMPLIFIED SOUND AS WELL. ON THE SCREEN HERE YOU'LL HAVE A CONCEPT PLAN. THIS IS JUST A REZONING. SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT FULL SITE PLAN REVIEW LATER. BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THE SITE COULD BE, IN WHITE IS OUR BUILDING ABOUT 100,000FT■!S ON TWO FLOORS. YOU'LL SEE OUR AMENITY DECK THERE WITH OUR POOL, AS WELL AS TO THE NORTH. THAT SMALL KIDS AREA. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SOME RESIDENCES NEARBY. WE ARE CONFIDENT IN OUR IN OUR BUFFERS AROUND OUR LANDSCAPE AND OUR LANDSCAPING ENHANCEMENTS AROUND OUR POOL DECK THAT WILL HELP BUFFER NOT ONLY THE NOISE, BUT ALSO THE VISUAL IMPACTS OF THAT POOL DECK THERE ON THE REAR OF OUR PROPERTY, WE HAVE THAT CREEK, AS WELL AS SOME UNDISTURBED LANDSCAPING AND NATURAL VEGETATION THAT WILL REMAIN UNTOUCHED. SO THAT WILL ALSO PROVIDE A GREAT BUFFER FOR THOSE RESIDENCES. HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLE PHOTOS OF OUR POOL DECKS OF VARIOUS DIFFERENT CLUBS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE REALLY PRIDE OURSELVES IN HAVING LAYERS OF LANDSCAPING THAT CREATE THIS RESORT LIKE ATMOSPHERE. THIS BENEFITS OUR MEMBERS AS THEY SIT OUT ON THE POOL, AND IT ALSO BENEFITS THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES AS THEY HAVE BUFFERED NOISE AND VISUALS FROM OUR FROM OUR OUTDOOR USES FENCING, LANDSCAPING ON THE INTERIOR, LANDSCAPING ON THE OUTSIDE AS WELL. AND THEN JUST BRIEFLY TO TOUCH ON LIFETIME AS A WHOLE. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MIGHT NOT BE FAMILIAR, OUR COMPANY WAS FOUNDED ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO AND BASED IN MINNESOTA. WE'VE SINCE THEN GROWN ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE HAVE HERE ON THE SCREEN, WE HAVE ONE OF OUR PROTOTYPICAL CLUBS THAT WAS BUILT NOT TOO LONG AGO IN MINNESOTA. SO SOMETHING WE'D LOVE TO BRING, WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING TO LEANDER. THIS YEAR. I THINK WE'LL OPEN OUR 200TH DESTINATION. SO THAT'S VERY EXCITING FOR US. AND WE'VE GOT A GOOD PRESENCE IN THE AUSTIN METRO AS WELL. WE'VE GOT FIVE LIFETIMES CURRENTLY. OUR MOST RECENT OPENING IS MORE OF AN URBAN LOCATION IN SOUTH LAMAR, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO TOUR IT AND GET A FEEL FOR KIND OF HOW IT FEELS, THE FINISHES, THE PROGRAMING, YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO US AND GET A TOUR. YOU'LL. IT'LL BE REALLY EXCITING TO HAVE THAT SAME FEEL AND ENERGY IN THE. IN WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO PROPOSE IN IN LEANDER. AND LIKE I MENTIONED, WE'RE MORE THAN JUST A GYM. WE'RE A WHOLE HEALTH AND WELLNESS DESTINATION FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY. WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A STATE OF THE ART FITNESS FLOOR, LOTS OF GROUP FITNESS CLASSES, CYCLE YOGA BAR, ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE. YOU MENTIONED WE HAVE SOME ACCESSORY USES OUR LIFE CAFE, SPA. ONE THING THAT REALLY SETS US APART FROM OTHER USERS IS OUR KIDS ACADEMY. WE HAVE GREAT PROGRAMING FOR KIDS, SO WE'RE A GREAT FAMILY DESTINATION. WE'VE GOT TWO HOURS OF CHILDCARE FOR MEMBERS EVERY SINGLE DAY. WE'VE GOT THINGS LIKE SUMMER CAMP AND PARENTS NIGHT OUT EVENTS, AND IT'S A IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM. AND I MENTIONED THE POOLS WILL HAVE INDOOR INDOOR POOLS FOR LAP SWIMMING, SWIMMING LESSONS, FAMILY LEISURE POOL, AS WELL AS OUR OUTDOOR POOL AS WELL. IN SUMMARY, WE'RE LOOKING THIS IS THE BEGINNING START OF OUR

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WE'VE BEEN WORKING WELL WITH STAFF AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO GET STARTED. WE WERE AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING IN MAY AND WERE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL. WE DID NOT HAVE ANY COMMENTS AT THAT TIME. I THINK RECENTLY WE DID RECEIVE ONE LETTER FROM A NEIGHBOR, THE CEMETERY NEAR US. WE'VE SINCE THEN REACHED OUT TO TO THEIR BOARD, AND WE'RE CONTINUING THAT DIALOG TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN ENHANCED BUFFER BETWEEN OUR USES THAT'S BENEFICIAL FOR BOTH OF US. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MAY HAVE QUESTIONS AFTER THE HEARING. YEAH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND NOW THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN AND I'LL CALL ON SPEAKERS. I HAVE ONE TODAY, MISS CAT HILL. IF YOU COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AGAIN. CAT HALL 11327 HERO WAY WEST. SO THIS PROPERTY HAS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS MULTIPLE TIMES. I THINK THIS IS THE BEST USE FOR IT SO FAR. I'M VERY EXCITED FOR THIS. THIS THE LIFETIME FITNESS TO COME THERE A COUPLE OF THINGS. THE CEMETERY IS DIRECTLY NEXT DOOR AND ON ALL THE OTHER PUDS THAT WE HAD FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT, WE HAD A ROCK WALL SEPARATION. IN THIS CASE, I THINK IT IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A POOL NEXT TO AN ACTIVE CEMETERY, AND THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THAT NOT EVERYONE APPRECIATES BEING NEXT TO EACH OTHER. SO IF WE COULD HAVE A 1012 FOOT ROCK WALL AGAIN, IF WE COULD PUT THAT POSSIBLY INTO THE HUD SO THAT THERE'S NO MISUNDERSTANDING, THAT WE NEED THAT ROCK WALL TO BE THERE AGAIN. THE OTHER THING IS I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE FLOODING ALONG BRUSHY CREEK FOR DECADES NOW, AND THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BETWEEN ME AND THIS DEVELOPMENT WITH THE BIG WAREHOUSES THEY WENT IN. I WARNED EVERYONE THAT THAT WAS GOING TO CAUSE FLOODING, AND I WAS TOLD TO SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP. I DID NOT KNOW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE A CIVIL ENGINEER HAD SIGNED THOSE DRAWINGS. GUESS WHAT? I WAS RIGHT. HE WAS WRONG. WE HAD FLOODING ALL ALONG HERE. THIS IS THE BUFFER ZONE. WE CANNOT DO THE SAME THING AGAIN. WE HAVE TO HAVE MAJOR WATER RETENTION ON THIS SPOT RIGHT NOW. IF YOU GO WALK IN THAT PASTURE RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN'T WALK THERE BECAUSE IT'S IN MUD ABOUT THIS DEEP. OKAY, I KNOW THAT BECAUSE MY PROPERTIES USED TO BE PART OF THIS. SO THAT IS HOW IT IS. AND WE AS A CITY, WE NEED TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY BECAUSE IT HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN SERIOUSLY BEFORE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HERO WAY, IT WAS DONE AND THE CITY ENDED UP HAVING TO PAY FOR THE ROAD BEING RAISED AND PUT IN A CITY OWNED RETENTION POND ON THE SOUTH SIDE, AND THAT WAS INSUFFICIENT. WE PUT IN ANOTHER RETENTION POND FOR THE FREE HILL DEVELOPMENT THAT AGAIN WAS INSUFFICIENT. WE'RE PUTTING IN 100 ZERO ZERO ZERO SQUARE FOOT BUILDING PLUS PARKING PLUS A POOL. WE REALLY, REALLY NEED SIGNIFICANT DRAINAGE RETENTION BECAUSE BRUSHY CREEK IS GOING TO DO NOTHING BUT FLOOD MORE AND MORE. AND THAT IS THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY. AND NOW IS THE TIME TO CONSIDER THAT, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO KEEP MAKING THE SAME MISTAKE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THIS WILL BE OUR FOURTH TIME. PLEASE, LET'S GET RETENTION INTO THE PUD. LET'S KEEP THAT WALL THERE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. YOU WENT RIGHT. RIGHT TO THE EDGE. YOU GOT IT. OKAY. PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT. OH MY GOODNESS. THANK YOU. THAT IS THE ONLY PERSON I HAD SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IN THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. AND WE'LL DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE Z-26-0212 AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. PLACE ONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. APPLICANT. I WAS WONDERING, COULD YOU KIND OF DETAIL THE TALKS THAT YOU'VE HAD BETWEEN THE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION AND YOURSELVES? I THINK WE ALL HAD SOME SOME TIME TO READ IT AND WANTED TO KNOW WHERE THINGS WERE SITTING. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I WE HAD AN INITIAL MEETING AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT RIGHT NOW THE PLOTS ARE QUITE A DISTANCE FROM FROM WHERE OUR PROPERTY LINE IS MAYBE 700 PLUS FEET. AND SO I WAS SPEAKING WITH THEIR LONG ABOUT THEIR LONG TERM. AND I DON'T WANT TO MISSPEAK, BUT I THINK THAT'S 15, 20 YEARS DOWN THE LINE. PLOTS

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SO THE THE ZONING IS GOING TO ESTABLISH THE LAND USE AND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SITE. WHEN THEY COME IN FOR THE SITE DEVELOPMENT, THEY'LL HAVE TO HAVE AN ENGINEER THAT IS GOING TO SHOW US THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL THE REGULATIONS. WE DO HAVE THE AUSTIN DRAINAGE CRITERIA MANUAL THAT WE USE TO ENSURE THEY'RE MEETING THE DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS. THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE NEXT PHASE, NOT PART OF THE SITE DEVELOPMENT.

YES. OKAY. PLACE THREE. ANYTHING. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW. I THINK THIS IS FROM THE APPLICANT. I KNOW THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS IS AMPLIFIED SOUND.

CAN YOU KIND OF TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT RECREATIONAL AMPLIFIED SOUND PLAUSIBILITY WOULD BE? SO WE JUST HAVE SOME IDEA. SURE, SURE. ONE THING, AND I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT WE'LL HAVE ANY SPEAKERS WE HAVE ON OUR POOL DECK WILL BE FACING TOWARDS THE BUILDING WILL NOT FACE OUT, YOU KNOW, SO THAT IT'S GOING TOWARDS, TOWARDS RESIDENCES OR OUR NEIGHBORING USES OUR LAP SWIMMING OUTSIDE TENDS TO NOT HAVE ANY, ANY NOISE AT ALL. THOSE ARE JUST INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE THAT ARE LAP SWIMMING. IT'S OUR IT'S OUR FAMILY SWIM ON WEEKENDS. THAT USUALLY BEGINS AROUND A 10 A.M. ENDS AROUND SIX, 6 OR 8 P.M. IN THE SUMMERTIME. THAT'S WHEN YOU MIGHT HEAR SOME MUSIC OR JUST THE. THE LOUDER CHILDREN SPLASHING DOWN THE SLIDE.

AMBIENT NOISE FROM THE POPULATION. OKAY, THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THAT. I HAVE ONE MORE OTHER QUESTION. I KNOW THAT I THINK THAT THE PROXIMITY FROM NEAREST RESIDENTS IS ABOUT 254FT. ACCORDING TO THE THE MAP OF THE PLAT THERE LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT AREA THAT COULD POSSIBLY LEAD TO MAYBE AN EXTENSION OF THE LIFETIME FITNESS. AND I JUST WANTED TO ASK, IS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION FOR AN EXPANSION OF THE FACILITY PAST WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN PRESENTED IN THE APPLICATION? NO, OUR BUILDING IS BUILDING FOOTPRINT IS IS AT THAT ABOUT 500 ZERO SQUARE FEET AS WELL AS WHAT YOU SAW. AND I COULD PROBABLY LOOK TO IT. ARE YOU SAYING RIGHT, RIGHT BELOW THE POOL DECK. SO YEAH, YOU SEE THE 200. IT WAS 254 AND THE INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED. BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO SOME SPACE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF THERE WAS GOING TO BE ANY CONSIDERATION. WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO STAY OUT OF THAT, THAT BUFFER AREA WITH THE BRUSHY CREEK, BECAUSE IT'S ALSO SOME FLOODPLAIN AS WELL. AND, AND TO, TO TACK ON ON MISS MISS HOWE'S COMMENT, WE DO HAVE SOME ON SITE AS WELL, WHICH WE SHOW. I'M NOT SURE HOW TO USE IT, BUT ON THE SIDE OF OUR SITE. OKAY, PERFECT. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU FOR THE SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, ROBIN. WILL THAT COME BEFORE COUNCIL? IT ONLY WOULD COME IF THERE'S A VARIANCE REQUESTED. AND USUALLY THAT'S BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. SO YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T SEE IT. SO THERE. SO WE COULDN'T GUARANTEE THAT ANY TYPE OF MASONRY WALL OR ANYTHING WAS ABLE TO BE PUT BY THE CEMETERY. YOU WOULD WANT THAT TO BE PART OF THE NOTES. IF WE WANT TO REQUIRE MASONRY WALL. OKAY. THANK YOU PLEASE.

FIVE. ALL WE'RE DOING HERE TONIGHT IS CHANGING THE ZONING VARIANCE, CORRECT? YEAH.

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COUNCIL HAS THE ACTION ITEM. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE. OH.

DO YOU NEED SOMETHING MORE. SORRY. WITH THAT WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION OR AS PROPOSED. DID THAT RECOMMENDATION WAS OURS, CORRECT? CORRECT. OF ACTUALLY, THAT DOES ME. I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT BACK UP. SO DO I NEED TO WITHDRAW ANYTHING OR OKAY TO ACCEPT ANY. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO AND I APOLOGIZE. I'M GLAD THAT THIS CAME UP BECAUSE I DID HAVE A QUESTION AS TO THE HOURS OF OPERATION AND THE SUGGESTIONS THAT HAVE COME FROM P AND Z. HOW DIFFERENT ARE THOSE FROM YOUR NORMAL HOURS OF OPERATION? HOW MUCH ARE BECAUSE THIS IS AFFECTING YOUR BUSINESS OPERATIONS. YES, YES. SO HOW DOES THAT AFFECT YOU. SO THOSE ARE DIRECTLY FROM US. THE 4 A.M. TO MIDNIGHT ARE OUR OPERATING HOURS. AND THEN THE OUTDOOR USES ARE FROM 8 A.M. TO 10 P.M. IS THE LATEST. WE WOULD STAY OPEN WITH OUR OUTDOOR USES. SO THOSE ARE YOUR HOURS. THOSE ARE NOT HOURS THAT CAME FROM PLANNING AND ZONING. THEY THEY ASKED TO PUT THOSE IN THE RECORD AS, AS. OH, OKAY. SO IT'S JUST YOUR HOURS. THERE'S NO CHANGE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. FINE, THEN I'M GOOD. OKAY. I WOULD ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT. REGARDING HOURS OF OPERATION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE

[15. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Zoning Case Z-26-0220 to amend the current zoning of Interim SFR-1-B (Single-Family Rural) to adopt the Newton Nursery Minor PUD (Planned Unit Development) with the base zoning of LC-2-A (Local Commercial) on one (1) parcel of land approximately 5.018 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R516920; and generally located south of San Gabriel Parkway, approximately 800 feet west of the intersection with CR 270, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.

• Discuss and consider action regarding Zoning Case Z-26-0220 as described above.

I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THIS MOTION. I'LL SECOND. OH YES, I LIKE IT.

WE'RE FIGHTING FOR A SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. AND WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 16. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING

[16. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding Ordinance Case OR-26-0036 to amend the Composite Zoning Ordinance to update Article I, Section 6 to add definitions, modify Article III, Section 20 to update the use matrix, and update Article IV to add use standards for In-Home Day Care regulations, and to provide for related matters; Williamson & Travis Counties, Texas.

• Discuss and consider action regarding Ordinance Case OR-26-0036 as described above. 

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YEAH, I DID WANT TO JUST GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. SO SIX OR FEWER FOR FULL TIME DAYCARE. AND THEN IF IT'S SIX OR IT'S SEVEN AND MORE UP TO 12, THAT WOULD ONLY BE ALLOCATED TO BEFORE AND AFTER HOURS. YEAH. SO YOU WOULD HAVE SIX ADDITIONAL SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN, 5 TO 13. IT'S NOT REALLY LIMITING WHAT TIME THEY COULD BE THERE, BUT IT'S KIND OF THE AGE GROUP. OKAY. AND, AND IN TERMS OF THE, YOU KNOW, WE WOULDN'T CONVERT THE GARAGE, IS THIS TO ADHERE TO THE APPROPRIATE PARKING PER THE RATIO OF CHILDREN THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE? IT'S A YOU NEED MORE TEACHERS. OKAY. YEAH. PERFECT.

PERFECT. AND THEN I KNOW THAT I KNOW THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP, BUT IT'S IN CORRELATION. DID DO WE LOOK AT ANY OF THE SITE IMPROVEMENTS OR THE GARAGE CONVERSION AS IT RELATES TO AREAS WHERE THERE ARE CUL DE SACS. AND SO THERE MIGHT BE ADDITIONAL CONGESTION AS IT RELATES TO PARKING. SO ON A CUL DE SAC, IT MIGHT BE MORE DIFFICULT TO CONVERT THE GARAGE BECAUSE THEY USUALLY HAVE A THEY EITHER HAVE A LONGER DRIVEWAY OR SHORTER DRIVEWAY.

IN MOST CASES, YOU'RE SEEING A SHORTER DRIVEWAY, SO IT MIGHT BE MORE CHALLENGING THERE. OKAY, THOSE ARE MY ONLY QUESTIONS. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE ONE, UPDATING, YOU KNOW, OUR ORDINANCE TO KIND OF BE MORE APPLICABLE TO TODAY'S TIME, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, MAKING SURE THAT IT ACCOMMODATES ALSO RESIDENTS WITHIN THE AREA.

THANK YOU. THANKS FOR CAN YOU GO TO THE STANDARDS ONE, THE LAST SLIDE THAT YOU HAD? YEAH.

SO FOR THE ADDRESS PART, LIKE FOR EACH OF THOSE THINGS, WHAT IS THE REQUIREMENT? SO WHAT IS THE ADDRESS PARKING LIKE? HOW DO THEY KNOW WHAT THE STANDARD IS? IF IT'S ADDRESS PARK, DOES

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WAS IT? YES, I THINK IT'S SO I MEAN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE 19 BUSINESSES HAVE VERY CLEAR GUIDELINES ON TO IF THEY HAVE ABOVE SIX CHILDREN, WHAT WHAT THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE GOING TO BE INSTEAD OF A GUESSING GAME FOR THEM TO SUBMIT THE PERMIT. YEAH. SO THE WAY IT WOULD WORK, LET'S, LET'S SAY YOU HAVE A HOUSE, YOU'RE NOT MODIFYING YOUR GARAGE. SO THAT MEANS YOU HAVE TWO GARAGE SPACES, TWO DRIVEWAY SPACES, AND YOU COME BACK AND SAY YOU HAVE TWO TEACHERS. WELL, THAT WOULD WORK. YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO ADD PARKING. THE ISSUE YOU HAVE IS WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR GARAGE AND MAKE IT INTO ANOTHER LIVING SPACE AS PART OF YOUR HOUSE, THEN YOU ONLY HAVE TWO PARKING SPACES FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE HOUSE, THE TEACHERS AND YOUR VISITORS. SO IN THE ORDINANCE, WE JUST SAID THAT OFF STREET PARKING SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR EMPLOYEES AND VISITORS. THAT'S WHAT WE MEAN BY ADDRESS THE PARKING. SO CAN THAT BE STREET PARKING OR THAT HAS TO BE OFF THE STREET? YES. AND SO IF THEY'RE AN IN-HOME IF THEY'RE AN AT HOME HEALTH CARE OR DAYCARE, AND THEY IT'S A TWO FAMILY HOUSEHOLD, SAY. SO THEY HAVE TWO CARS, ONE LEAVES, SHE ONE CAR IS THERE. SO SHE WOULD NOT BE. SHE WOULD ONLY END.

THEIR GARAGE WAS CONVERTED. THEY WOULD ONLY HAVE ONE PARKING SPACE. SO THAT WOULD NOT COUNT. CORRECT. RIGHT. THAT WOULD WORK. BUT THEY WOULD LOOK AT CAN THEY ADD SPACES OFF THE DRIVEWAY? IS THERE ANOTHER PLACE WHERE YOU COULD PARK A CAR ON THE STREET? IT'S FOR OFF STREET PARKING, SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO CONVERT PART OF THEIR FRONT YARD INTO A PARKING SPACE.

THAT THAT'S SOMETHING YOU COULD LOOK AT. YOU JUST HAVE TO, TO SHOW HOW YOU'RE GOING TO ACCOMMODATE THE PARKING. SO YOU DON'T HAVE A STREET THAT GETS COVERED UP WITH PEOPLE DROPPING OFF THEIR KIDS AND EMPLOYEES PARKED IN THE STREET ALL THE TIME. SO THE PARKING THING I PARTICULARLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, I SAT OUTSIDE THE DEW DROPS DAYCARE YESTERDAY TO SEE THEIR PICKUP AND DROP OFF, AND TO SEE HOW MANY CARS CLUTTERED UP THE CUL DE SAC IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE CAR THERE AT ANY GIVEN TIME, EXCEPT FOR ONE TIME WHEN TWO CARS WERE THERE FOR THREE MINUTES TOGETHER. THERE IS MUCH MORE TRAFFIC FROM NEIGHBORS COMING HOME FROM WORK IN SCHOOL THAN THERE WAS FROM THIS IN-HOME DAYCARE. SO I WOULD HATE TO PUT AN UNNECESSARILY UNNECESSARY REQUIREMENT WHEN NOW THEY HAVE TO. I MEAN, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT KEEPING THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, TEARING UP THE FRONT YARD AND ADDING PARKING WOULD MUCH MORE CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAN ALLOWING, YOU KNOW, AND ACTUALLY, NO ONE THAT PICKED UP THEIR CHILDREN PARKED ON THE STREET, THEY ALL PARKED IN HER DRIVEWAY. SHE HAD STAGGERED TIMES LIKE IT. IT WORKED FINE. AND THIS PARTICULAR REQUIREMENT, I FEEL, WOULD MAKE IT HARD FOR, PARTICULARLY IN HOME DAYCARES, BECAUSE THEY'RE IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEY GENERALLY, I MEAN, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE USE THEIR GARAGE FOR PARKING, BUT I HAVEN'T IN EVER SO LIKE TO HAVE THAT AS A PARKING SPACE. IT, I, I, IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME THAT THE PARKING REQUIREMENT AND, AND, AND HOW WILL THEY DEMONSTRATE MAINTAINING TRAFFIC FLOW? THEY WOULD SHOW YOU HOW THE PICKUP AND DROP OFF WOULD WORK LIKE THE STAGGERED TIMES. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE A WAY TO SHOW THAT, OKAY, THE PARKING I JUST HAVE A PROBLEM WITH. PLEASE. FINE. SO IN THIS CASE, WE ARE AMENDING ZONING REQUIREMENTS AS IT RELATES TO IN-HOME DAYCARE, NOT ANY SPECIFIC CASE, JUST GENERALLY THROUGHOUT THE CITY. YEAH. BECAUSE TODAY IT SEEMS LIKE OURS MIGHT BE MORE LIMITING THAN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN THAT CAN ATTEND ANY ONE PARTICULAR IN-HOME DAYCARE. CORRECT. IS THAT IS THAT. YES. SO AS I UNDERSTAND IT, OUR ONLY METHOD TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN SOME SEMBLANCE OF CONTROL, FOR LACK OF BETTER TERMS ON THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN, IS TO ASSIGN A NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES. IS THAT A FAIR ASSESSMENT TO ARE YOU SAYING LIKE TO ADD A PARKING REQUIREMENT? IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE REQUIREMENT THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO PLAY IN THIS

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RIGHT. IS THAT RIGHT? RIGHT. AND SO I THINK THAT US GETTING CAUGHT UP ON THE PARKING AND THINKING WE'RE COMING UP WITH A RULE IS JUST IT'S NOT CORRECT. AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE FACT THAT THIS IS AN ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY. IT'S IT'S IN LINE WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT THE STATE DOES. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? MY COMMENTS JUST ARE THAT WE ARE THE MOST RESTRICTIVE. SO I DO THINK WE NEED TO BRING THAT IN LINE AND NOT BE THE MOST RESTRICTIVE AND APPROVE THE SIX. BUT ALSO, I'M AGREEABLE TO APPROVING THE OLDER AGE. I THINK IT ANYTHING SIX OR MORE KIDS UP TO 13, THEY HAVE TO BE AGES WHAT, FIVE THROUGH 13? AND MY REASONING BEHIND THAT IS THEY'RE AMBULATORY. THEY CAN GET OUT, THEY CAN WALK. IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO WALK THEMSELVES OUT.

WHEREAS SOMEBODY MANAGING INFANTS AND ADDING NOW TEN, 11 OR 12, THAT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO DO EVEN WITH TWO ADULTS RUNNING YOUR FACILITY. THAT WOULD BE REALLY DIFFICULT TO DO IN MY ESTIMATION. SO I THINK YOU'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE LESS TEACHERS. OKAY. WE HAVE OLDER CHILDREN. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE LISTS BECAUSE THEY THEY CAN HOPEFULLY WALK AND BE ABLE TO MOVE THEMSELVES ABOUT IF NEEDED. SO YEAH, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING AS IT'S WRITTEN. SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND AND SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, ALL THOSE OPPOSED MOTION 5 TO 1. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 17. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE ACCEPTANCE OF FISCAL YEAR. ACTUALLY, BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER BREAK. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A TEN MINUTE. ACTUALLY. CAN WE DO IT IN FIVE. DO Y'ALL THINK IT'S FIVE? GOOD. OKAY, LET'S DO IT IN WE ARE GOING TO BE BACK IN SESSION. THE TIME IS NOW 909. WE'LL GIVE EVERYBODY A

[17. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding the acceptance of the Fiscal Year 2026 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) list of projects approved for funding in the Fiscal Year 2026 Annual Budget.

• Discuss and consider action regarding the acceptance of the Fiscal Year 2026 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) list of projects approved for funding in the Fiscal Year 2026 Annual Budget.

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COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE? ONE THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, TONY.

APPRECIATE. YOU KNOW, THE STAFF'S OVERVIEW. WHEN WE HAD OUR OUR CITY COUNCIL RETREAT.

THIS QUESTION IS FOR TODD. ARE WE CONSTRAINED BY THIS LIST OR CAN WE PULL MORE ITEMS INTO THE CIP BUDGET YEAR AS NEEDED? YOU CAN'T. THIS IS A PLAN. AND SO THIS PLAN IS A PROGRAM BASED ON THE REVENUES THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED. AND WE KNOW WE HAVE TO WORK WITH TODAY AS WE CLOSE OUT PROJECTS, MAYBE WE'VE GOT SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE CAN ROLL OVER INTO OTHER PROJECTS, WHICH THEN WE CAN REALLOCATE TO OTHERS IF WE APPLY FOR GRANTS, IF WE HAVE OTHER DOLLARS THAT COME IN, WE CAN ALSO TAKE THOSE AND ADD THOSE IN AND THEN PULL OTHER PROJECTS IN. SO BUT THERE IS A PROCESS TO THAT. WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS WHERE WE DO PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE WOULD AMEND IT. THERE WOULD BE BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS THAT WOULD GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. BUT YES, ABSOLUTELY, WE WOULD DO THAT.

AND THAT'S PART OF THE INTENT OF THIS. IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT. IT ALLOWS US TO PRIORITIZE AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPEND DOLLARS AND HOW TO BALANCE OUT PROJECTS THAT ARE COMPETING FOR THOSE DOLLARS. THANK YOU. I POSED THE QUESTION ABOUT WHAT'S CONSTRAINTS. IT'S MONEY OR STAFFING AND ALL THAT. AND I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME BACK WAS BASICALLY STAFFING IS KIND OF WHAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CONSTRAINS US. AND SO I WAS WONDERING, YOU KNOW, IF IF WE CAME UP WITH A WAY TO FREE US UP TO DO MORE DESIGN, HOW DOES THAT WORK AS FAR AS LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU DESIGN SOMETHING AND THEN YOU BUILD IT TWO AND A HALF YEARS LATER, IS THAT WORK OR DO YOU NEED TO TIE THE DESIGN TO ACTUAL CONSTRUCT? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BECAUSE YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DESIGNING THIS, WE DESIGN IT. THIS IS GOING TO AGE, IT'S GOING TO FALL OUT OF COMPLIANCE. YOU KNOW, WHY CAN'T YOU STACK DESIGN? THIS IS REALLY MY QUESTION. ABSOLUTELY. IT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM OR THROUGH OUR PORTFOLIO OF PROJECTS, NOT ALL PROJECTS ARE IN THE SAME PHASE. WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE IN PLANNING, SOME THAT ARE IN DESIGN, SOME THAT ARE IN CONSTRUCTION. SO THERE'S CONSTANTLY PROJECTS ROLLING THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS THROUGH THE LIFECYCLE OF THE PROJECTS. AND SOMETIMES PROJECTS ONLY TAKE SIX MONTHS. SOMETIMES THEY MAY TAKE THREE YEARS TO DESIGN. WE TRY TO PUSH THE DESIGN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT IT'S BASED UPON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROJECT.

WE HAVE A ROAD SYSTEM THAT WE HOPE TO BUILD HERE SOON THAT WILL HAVE A VERY LARGE BRIDGE

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AND, AND THE IN THE FUTURE, OTHER COUNCILS. SO THAT'S JUST A RECOMMENDATION. AND I'LL PUT IT OUT THERE. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. OKAY I DID I'M SORRY.

GO AHEAD. NO THAT'S OKAY. GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD. I WAS, I WAS I WAS GETTING THERE, BUT ALL I

[02:50:01]

IT'S OKAY. NO, IT WAS GOOD. I WAS LIKE, LET ME BE QUIET. NO, NO YOU'RE GOOD. YOU'RE GOOD.

[18. Discuss and consider action on an Ordinance regarding a request for a variance to allow the sale of alcoholic beverages to occur within 300 feet of church, school, or hospital on one (1) parcel of land, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Business Personal Property Parcel P513515; commonly addressed as 901 Crystal Falls Parkway, Suite 101, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.]

IT WAS NOT A SCHOOL. AND SO THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE THAT THIS IS AN ACTUAL SCHOOL AND NOT A DAYCARE. SO THAT'S LIKELY WHY THEY WERE ABLE TO HAVE ALCOHOL THERE. ON THIS PRESENTATION. AT THE BOTTOM, IT TALKS ABOUT WE AS COUNCIL, IF WE AGREE TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE, WE HAVE TO FIND ONE OF FOUR THINGS IS THE REASON WHY WE'RE APPROVING. I'M TAKING IT. THE APPLICANT ISN'T HERE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION AND HASN'T REALLY SHARED. I GUESS WHAT THE REQUEST, THE LETTER THAT WAS PRESENTED, JUST IT JUST REALLY STATED WHAT THE ORDINANCE STATES. THERE WAS NOT A REASON GIVEN FOR THE REQUEST. AND THEN HERE IT SAYS FOR ANY OTHER REASON, THE COUNCIL, AFTER CONSIDERATION OF THE HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE AND PUBLIC OR EQUITY OF THE SITUATION, DETERMINES WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY, AS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE CAN APPROVE THIS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS FOR THE APPLICANT, BECAUSE IT WASN'T LISTED IN THE LETTER THAT THEY SUBMITTED. AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF IF THEY HAVE HAD ANY TALKS WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OR NO. OKAY. THEN PROVIDE ANY OTHER FEEDBACK ABOUT THAT. AND DO I UNDERSTAND THAT, RIGHT? THAT THAT'S THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO BE IN ORDER FOR US TO APPROVE THIS, WE NEED TO FIND THAT IT'S NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC IF WE DON'T APPROVE, AND THAT IT CONSTITUTES WASTE OR INEFFICIENCY OF LAND OR RESOURCES AND CREATES AN UNDUE HARDSHIP ON THE APPLICANT FOR THAT LICENSE OR PERMIT OR THE LAST ONE I READ BEFORE. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. ANY ONE OF THOSE WOULD SUFFICE, WOULD SUFFICE. OKAY. DO WE HAVE TO SPECIFY WHICH ONE? LIKE DO WE CAN WE JUST DO A MOTION TO APPROVE OR DO WE HAVE TO DO A MOTION TO APPROVE SPECIFYING THE SPECIFIC THING? I THINK BEST PRACTICE WOULD BE TO SPECIFY ONE OF THOSE FOR THE RECORD. AS THAT'S

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[19. Discuss and consider action on an Ordinance amending development and building permit fees set forth in the fee schedule to clarify the Promotional Event Sign Permit Fees; providing a savings clause; providing severability and open meetings clauses; and providing for related matters.]

SO THIS IS A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE FEE SCHEDULE. LAST YEAR WE MADE AN AMENDMENT THAT UPDATED FEES AND THEY APPLIED TO SIGNAGE. AND SINCE THAT TIME, WE'VE RECEIVED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FROM CUSTOMERS THAT THE FEE HAD INCREASED FOR PROMOTIONAL EVENT SIGNS. WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT IT AND REALIZED IT WENT FROM $70 TO $130. SO OUR PROPOSAL IS TO MAKE A REDUCTION TO THIS FEE TYPE, TO MAKE IT A TOTAL OF $50 FOR EACH APPLICATION. AN APPLICATION IS GOOD FOR UP TO TWO WEEKS, 12 TIMES A YEAR. SO IT'S A ONCE A YEAR PERMIT. AND PART OF THE THE ACTION WOULD ALSO BE TO REFUND THE DIFFERENCE THAT WE CHARGED EVERYBODY FROM THAT TIME. SINCE IT WAS A AN UNINTENDED UPDATE, AND I'M GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR FIGURING THAT OUT, MAKING THE STEP TO CORRECT AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE GET REFUNDED THOSE FEES. THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. THANK YOU.

ANYTHING FROM ANYBODY? QUICK QUESTION. OH, PLACE THREE HAS A QUESTION. HI MISS GRIFFIN, I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION. I KNOW THAT WE'RE MOVING NOT FROM I BELIEVE IT'S ONE 130 DOWN TO 50. AND BUT THE ORIGINAL DIFFERENTIAL WAS ABOUT A $20 COST FROM 50 TO 70. CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN THE JUSTIFICATION FROM DECREASING THE COST FROM THE 130 ALL THE WAY DOWN TO LOWER THAN THE ORIGINAL $70. YEAH. SO THE, THE 130 WASN'T INTENTIONAL. WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE, THE 70, WE STILL FELT LIKE IT WAS TOO HIGH. WE TALKED TO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT THEY THOUGHT WOULD BE A REASONABLE AMOUNT FOR THAT KIND OF SIGN. AND THEN WE LOOKED AT THE STAFF TIME INVOLVED. SO USUALLY THIS TYPE OF PERMIT GETS ISSUED FIRST, FIRST TIME.

SO IT'S USUALLY A ONE REVIEW AND YOU GET ISSUED THE PERMIT. THE THE MAIN FOLLOW UP WOULD BE IF THEY WANT TO PICK DIFFERENT DATES. SO IT WAS A PRETTY LOW INTENSITY PERMIT FOR STAFF.

OKAY. SO IT WOULD KIND OF KIND OF WHAT WOULDN'T BE A STAFF INTENSIVE. SO THERE WOULD BE NO NEED FOR THE ADDITIONAL FEE. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE. FIVE.

COUNCILWOMAN BLAIR KIND OF ASKED THE QUESTION. I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION.

I AM STILL A LITTLE CURIOUS, THOUGH, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE HAD THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION, SO I APOLOGIZE IF IT FEELS REDUNDANT. THE THE FEE, THE APPLICATION FEE ITSELF WAS NOT IN THE ORIGINAL FEE STRUCTURE. YOU HAD A PERMIT FEE WITH NO APPLICATION FEE. AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO NO PERMIT FEE AND AN APPLICATION FEE. AND I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT CHANGE. IT JUST IT DOESN'T TRACK FOR ME BECAUSE IT FEELS TO ME LIKE THIS IS A PERMITTING PROCESS. THERE SHOULD BE A PERMIT FEE. IF WE'RE ADDING AN APPLICATION FEE TO OUR PROCESS, THEN THAT ALSO SHOULD BE PART OF THE PROCESS. RIGHT? SO I'M HAVING TROUBLE KIND OF JUST BRINGING THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER. I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT PROCESS. WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, MAKING IT EASIER AND MAKING IT LESS ONEROUS FOR OUR BUSINESS PEOPLE.

BUT I JUST I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE STRUCTURAL CHANGE. CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THAT? IT'S IT'S A NEW STRUCTURE FOR US BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE APPLICATION FEES BEFORE. SO THAT WAS PART OF THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE WITH THE THE LAST UPDATE, WE ADDED THE APPLICATION FEE BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF DEALING WITH THE PROCESSING AND EVERYTHING. WE PUT THE $30 IN FOR APPLICATION FEE BECAUSE IT JUST, IT MADE SENSE. WE COULD SPLIT IT AND MAKE IT. 15 APPLICATION 15

[03:00:04]

SO THAT'S 64 PERMITS IN THREE YEARS. SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULDN'T EVEN BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. BUT THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE OTHERWISE. AND DORA, DOES A MOTION NEED TO INCLUDE WHATEVER LANGUAGE COUNCIL MEMBER NADINE. OKAY, SO I WILL PUT FORTH THE MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE PERMITTING CHANGES WITH THE AMENDMENT TO THE INCLUSION OF PERMIT FEE AND APPLICATION FEE NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT ALREADY AGREED ON AT $50. SECOND. WE ALREADY DID A MOTION. SECOND. SIR, I ASKED OKAY. SO A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OKAY. IT PASSES. THANK YOU. OH. OTIS, I APOLOGIZE. COUNCIL MEMBER HERRERA HAS DECIDED THAT HE WANTS TO ASK YOU. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? I MEAN, YOU YOU ACCOUNT FOR FEES AND DIFFERENT THINGS AND WE ROLL IT ALL UP AND YOU AND STUFF. SO I WAS JUST WONDERING, FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, HE'S TELLING A JOKE RIGHT NOW. I'M GIVING YOU TWO. I THINK THE FEE IS APPROPRIATE FOR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE. SO I, I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH IT.

THANK YOU. MORE SPLITTING IT BETWEEN IT SHOULD BE APPLICATION FEE OR PERMIT FEE.

IT ALL GOES IN. ONE GOES INTO ONE POT. OKAY. IS THAT IT? OKAY. OH YEAH. YES IT WAS. YES.

[20. Discuss and consider action on Task Order DRAIN-KFA-CIPS23-019-02 with K Friese (now known as H.W. Lochner) for updates to the Upper Brushy Creek Watershed 1D Hydrologic & Hydraulic (H&H) Models to reflect the 64-acre drainage threshold, consistent with the County’s new floodplain mapping methodology, in the amount of $229,930.00; and authorize for the City Manager to execute any and all necessary documents.]

SO WE CAN DO THAT TO PLEASE COME FORWARD. IT'S THAT'S WHAT I GOT. SORRY, I APPRECIATE IT.

NOT NOT A PROBLEM. SORRY. A CITY ENGINEER AMSTERDAM CITY PLANNER. SO THIS TASK ORDER IS

[03:05:02]

COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. OKAY. OH I'M SORRY PLACE WE'LL START. THIS IS AGAIN I JUST WANT TO JUST FOR MY OWN UNDERSTANDING, THIS IS THIS IS A REQUEST WE'RE REVIEWING A FLOODPLAIN WITH NEW PARAMETERS, RIGHT? THIS IS A WHOLE NEW WAY. WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THIS WITH THE UPDATES. SO THIS IS GOING TO WHAT THIS WILL DO. IS IT IT IT INCLUDES WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE. PLUS IT ALSO BUILDS ON TO ADDITIONAL STREAMS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN MODELED WITHIN WITHIN THE UPPER CREEK. AND THIS IS ONLY UPPER BRUSHY CREEK REACH. IT DOESN'T INCLUDE SAN GABRIEL AND TRAVIS COUNTY, THE COLORADO BASIN. SO THIS GIVES US A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF UPPER BRUSHY. EXACTLY, YES. AND THE 64 ACRE FLOODPLAIN REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS ARE ALREADY BEING USED FROM. WHEN WE ADOPT THE CITY OF AUSTIN CRITERIA MANUAL.

SO THE REGULATIONS WERE ALREADY THERE. THIS WILL JUST PRESENT A MAP THAT EVERYBODY CAN KIND OF SEE. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. YEAH. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. PLACE THREE. NOPE. OKAY. I THINK PLACE WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING. NO. JUST MOTION TO APPROVE. OH, SECOND. SORRY. I THOUGHT YOU WERE WAITING TO MAKE A COMMENT. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT, THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 21

[21.

Discuss and consider action on an Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 12-034-00, which consented to the creation of Travis County Municipal Utility District No. 21 and the inclusion of land therein, to amend City consent conditions and related matters; and Third Amendment to the Facilities Agreement with Travis County Municipal Utility District No. 21.

CITY MANAGER. I'D LIKE TO JUST READ BEFORE. HE'S AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CITY CONSENT ORDINANCE, WHICH CREATED TRAVIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER 21. THIS IS THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF THREE ITEMS THAT WILL ADDRESS MUDS HERE AND THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE FACILITIES AGREEMENT WITH TRAVIS COUNTY. MUD NUMBER 21. GOTCHA. STAND READY FOR ANY QUESTIONS. YOU MAY HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS, Y'ALL? THE DEVELOPERS, REPRESENTATIVE, MUD ATTORNEY ARE ALSO HERE FOR QUESTIONS AS WELL. IF NOT, I'LL MAKE THEM. YOU HAVE A QUESTION? OKAY. PLACE FIVE IS IT POSSIBLE FOR. BECAUSE I BELIEVE ALL THREE OF THESE ITEMS ARE RELATED. CAN WE JUST GO THROUGH ALL THREE OF THEM AT ONCE? IS THAT OKAY? OR PRESENTATION? ALL HE CAN DO THAT. BUT WE HAVE TO TAKE EACH. I KNOW WE CAN TAKE THE INDIVIDUAL VOTES, BUT INSTEAD OF GOING BACK AND FORTH, DO YOU WANT TO DO. WE CAN ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THERE ALL SUBSTANTIALLY RELATED. THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I WAS. YEAH. IF YOU WANT TO DO YOUR PRESENTATION FOR 22 AND 23, I SUSPECT IT'S THAT'S THE SAME. THEY'RE THE SAME. RIGHT? OKAY.

I DON'T HAVE A DEDICATED PRESENTATION. SO THEY'RE BASICALLY ALL THE SAME, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO ON ITEM 21, WE NEED A MOTION. SO NEVER MIND. WE HAVE A QUESTION. IT LOOKS LIKE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD ASKED FOR. SOME DETAILS NEEDED TO BE DOUBLE CHECKED. SO ABSOLUTELY. COULD YOU GO OVER THE 5 MILLION LIKE THE THAT THE CITY'S 5 MILLION PORTION OF THAT. LET ME LET ME TACKLE THAT ONE. SO SO THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THIS. THERE'S AN INITIAL POTENTIAL BOND SALE OF 219 MILLION OF THAT. THERE'S ROOM FOR ABOUT $5 MILLION FOR THE CITY. AND THEN INITIAL SALE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S

[03:10:05]

OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 21 AS READ A SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. ITEM 22.

[22.

Discuss and consider action on an Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 12-035-00, which consented to the Creation of Travis County Municipal Utility District No. 19 and the inclusion of land therein, to amend City consent conditions and related matters; and Third Amendment to the Facilities Agreement with Travis County Municipal Utility District No. 19.

[23.

Discuss and consider action on an Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 12-036-00, which consented to the Creation of Travis County Municipal Utility District No. 20 and the Inclusion of Land Therein, to Amend City Consent Conditions and Related Matters; and Third Amendment to the Facilities Agreement with Travis County Municipal Utility District No. 20.

WE GOT A MOTION. SECOND AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? FANTASTIC. IT APPROVES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 24. WE SOMEHOW HAVE MADE IT TO THE LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA AT 942. AT 942, I REALLY HAD A 24 IN THERE. WE MADE IT. SO HERE WE ARE DISCUSSING

[24. Discuss and consider an ordinance creating and establishing a Mayor's Ad Hoc Committee; providing an effective date; and providing for related matters.]

AND THEN THE DETAILS WERE OUTLINED IN THE ORDINANCE THAT EVERYBODY HAD ACCESS TO. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT ITEM IS. THAT'S THE QUESTION. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN AROUND LIKE, SO HOW HOW IS IT CURRENTLY OUTLINED IN THE. THERE IS NO. IT WAS JUST LIKE A. EVERY COUNCIL COMES AND VOTES ON IT TO APPROVE IT FOR THE MAYOR. AND THIS WOULD JUST CREATED BY ORDINANCE. SO GOING FORWARD, WHOEVER IS MAYOR, THEY JUST GET TO HAVE IT. AND AND AND DOES IT WILL IT ALLOW THEM TO SAY WHAT IF THEY DON'T WANT TO DO IT? LIKE, WHAT IF THEY'RE LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, I'M BUSY ENOUGH. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD HAPPEN. I DON'T THEY DON'T HAVE TO CREATE THE COMMITTEE. RIGHT? THEY JUST HAVE THE OPTION TO. IS THAT HOW IT'S WRITTEN? OKAY.

BECAUSE THE APPLICANTS WILL HAVE TO COME BACK AND BE RATIFIED BY, BY THE COUNCIL.

JUST CHECKING. COOL. GOOD QUESTION. SOUNDS GOOD. ANYBODY? MAYOR, I JUST HAD A ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION AND THEN ONE POSSIBLE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. SO DO WE DEFINE THE AGE OF SENIOR CITIZENS IN HERE. THAT'S ONE QUESTION THAT I HAVE. AND NO. OKAY. I GUESS WE WE WE ALL KIND OF AN ASSUMPTION, BUT I WAS THINKING IT WOULD BE I WAS WONDERING WHERE WHERE ARE WE WALKING WITH THIS? I HAD SIR, WATCH YOUR STEP, DARA. I'M APPROACHING AN AGE. SO WHAT ARE WE SAYING HERE? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE ACCEPT A DEFINITION OF. BY THAT STANDARD, IT'S 55 PLUS. THERE YOU GO. NO, BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, JUST TO MAKE SURE, LIKE I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE COMMITTEE IS A GOOD IS A GOOD MOVE. I THINK THAT WE SHOULD CLARIFY SOME OF THESE DEFINITIONS TO BE MORE IN LINE WITH SOME OF OUR APPOINTMENT PROCESSES FOR OTHER COMMITTEES. AND SO TO THAT POINT, I WOULD LIKE IF SENIOR CITIZENS WAS

[03:15:04]

YOU CAN, YOU CAN YOU CAN DECLINE THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. BUT I DO A MOTION TO APPROVE WITHOUT THE AMENDMENT. I THINK A PLACE TO HAS A COMMENT. YEAH. SO IT'S MORE OF A QUESTION. SO SO WHEN WE MAKE THIS WHEN THE MAYOR MAKES THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, DO THEY HAVE A SPECIFIC PURPOSE? SO IT SAYS THE MEMBERS SHALL BE NOMINATED BY THE MAYOR AND RATIFIED BY COUNCILORS SHALL SERVE UPON ELECTION. THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMITTEE SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE MAYOR IN OFFICE AT THE MAYOR'S SOLE DISCRETION. SO I WAS JUST WONDERING WHEN WE WHEN YOU INSTITUTE THE COMMITTEE, IS IT FOR A SOLE PURPOSE OR IS IT JUST TO THAT MAYOR AT THAT TIME WHAT THEY CHOOSE? OKAY. BECAUSE I THINK WHEN I LOOK WHEN WE WENT BACK THROUGH ALL THE STUFF IT WAS FOR, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES OR THEY ENDED UP DOING SPECIFIC PURPOSES. AND I THINK IT WAS A COMBINATION OF BOTH, SPECIFICALLY MAYOR DELISLE, WHEN SHE IMPLEMENTED HERS, IT WAS BEAUTIFICATION IS WHAT THEY DECIDED THAT THEY WOULD FOCUS THEIR TIME DURING HER TENURE ON. SO I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY UP TO EACH MAYOR WHAT THEY DECIDE TO DO. AND I THINK THAT DARA HAD PROVIDED THAT TO US. I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE ON PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES BEAUTIFICATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, COMPLETELY DISCRETIONARY. YEAH. HOPEFULLY YOU'LL TELL US. I MEAN, I WILL, I, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER MAYOR COMES. YES. WILL IT HAVE A PURPOSE? OH, WELL, FOR ME IT WILL HAVE A PURPOSE.

YES. AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. SOMEBODY MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I DON'T REMEMBER WHO. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL

[25. Council Member Closing Statements.]

250 AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CITY. SO WE HOPE YOU COME OUT AND FIND A WAY TO GET INVOLVED AND STAY CONNECTED. WE'LL START WITH PLACE ONE. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TONIGHT? I THINK THAT MAYOR PRETTY WELL COVERED IT, BUT I WILL I'LL SAY GO USA AND WORLD CUP AND GOOD NIGHT.

PLEASE DO. THIS IS AN EXCITING TIME IN LEANDER. I MEAN, WE'RE LITERALLY GOING TO HAVE, WHAT, THREE SATURDAYS OF EVENTS IN A ROW. AND SO WE HAVE WELL, FRIDAY IS JUNETEENTH AND THEN THE NEXT WEEK IS GOING TO BE THE LAKEWOOD PARK EVENT. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE JULY 4TH. AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE FABULOUS. AND I KNOW THAT THE PARKS HAS PUT TOGETHER A LOT OF LOT OF POSSIBILITIES OF DOING THINGS. AND SO IF YOU HAVEN'T LOOKED AT WHAT THE LIST IS, GO LOOK AT THE WEBSITE AND GO AND ENJOY SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE OUT THERE, PLEASE. THREE DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING AND ALL THE CELEBRATIONS. I ALSO WANT TO SAY HAPPY 251ST ANNIVERSARY TO THE US ARMY. MY FATHER IS A VETERAN IN THE US ARMY, SO I WANT TO SAY HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO THEM AND ALSO HAPPY FATHER'S DAY THIS WEEKEND. SO A LOT OF CELEBRATIONS. I WANT TO SAY HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO MY FATHER AND MY HUSBAND AND MY FATHER IN LAW AND ALL THE FATHERS OUT THERE. YOU HAVE A LOT OF CELEBRATING TO DO IN THE CITY OF LEANDER, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU. GOD BLESS. PLEASE, FOR. SO I JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO LEANDER FC. THEY JUST ROUNDED UP THEIR SPRING SEASON AND THEY HAD 1200 PLAYERS FROM 14 TO 18 YEARS OLD, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY AMAZING. AND THEY ALSO HELP WITH THE LEANDER PD HANDBAGS AND BACKPACKS FOR HOPE AS PART OF THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE. SO

[03:20:01]

ALL RIGHT PLEASE. FIVE. IT HAS BEEN THE MOST EXCITING WEEK THAT CAN HAPPEN EVERY FOUR YEARS, BUT THE WORLD CUP HAS BEEN FANTASTIC. AND IF YOU'RE NOT WATCHING, YOU SHOULD BE. SO IT HAS BEEN REALLY, REALLY MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT I HAD EXPECTED IT TO BE. FROM A COMPETITIVE PERSPECTIVE. I HAVE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED IT. TONIGHT MEXICO WILL PLAY SOUTH KOREA. THIS SHOULD BE A REALLY, REALLY GOOD GAME. SO YOU'RE TONIGHT. TONIGHT IT'S IT'S 10:00. THEY ARE IN SOMEWHERE SETTING UP FOR THIS. YEAH. NO. OH YEAH. I'M STAYING UP. OF COURSE. VIVA MEXICO. YES.

SO ADELANTE MEXICO. EL EQUIPO DE MÉXICO. I CERTAINLY WISH YOU WELL. COUPLE. JUST ONE LITTLE PERSONAL THING. I DON'T NORMALLY DO THIS, BUT ON MONDAY THIS WEEK MY DAUGHTER GAVE HER DISSERTATION. SHE DEFENDED HER DISSERTATION. AND SHE ACTUALLY IS NOW A DOCTOR OF PSYCHOLOGY.

SO THAT WAS THAT WAS TEN YEARS IN THE MAKING. AND I WON'T EVEN TELL YOU HOW MUCH MONEY IT COSTS. OKAY, SO A LITTLE POETIC IF YOU IF YOU'LL ALLOW FOR ME, THIS IS JUST SOMETHING TO SEE THE NEEDLE, SEE IT IN MY HAND, DROP IT DOWN. DROPPING. OH, SO GENTLY SPIN, SPIN, SPIN THE BLACK CIRCLE. THE REASON I BRING THIS UP IS IN 1948, THE LP RECORD WAS BORN. THE 33.5 MICROGROOVE VINYL LONG PLAY RECORD DEVELOPED BY COLUMBIA RECORDS, WAS INTRODUCED AND SOON AFTER BECAME THE MUSIC INDUSTRY STANDARD MEDIUM. THE FIRST RELEASE WAS MENDELSSOHN'S VIOLIN. VIOLIN CONCERTO IN E MINOR. NOW IN 1994, SOMETHING MUCH MORE INTERESTING THAN THE VIOLIN CONCERTO CAME UP, WHICH WAS THE BEASTIE BOYS. THEY DEBUTED AT NUMBER ONE ON THE BILLBOARD 200 WITH THE ALBUM ILL COMMUNICATION. SO ON THAT NOTE, TO CARRY MENTAL HEALTH, EVERYONE HAVE A WONDERFUL NIGHT. AND LIKE I SAID, ARRIBA, MEXICO. AND THE LAST THING WE'LL CLOSE WITH IS THAT WE DID ISSUE A PROCLAMATION TO DA FOR 250TH ANNIVERSARY. THEY CAME BEFORE COUNCIL. WE ARE ABLE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH THEM, AND FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T AWARE, WE HAVE A VETERANS RECEPTION THAT IS GOING TO BE GOING ON ON JULY 3RD AT 6:00 HERE. IT'S SORRY, JULY 2ND AT 6:00 AND AT CITY HALL HERE. AND SO ANYBODY WHO IS ACTIVE MILITARY OR A VETERAN RETIRED, PLEASE COME OUT TO THIS RECEPTION. IT'S FOR YOU. AND WE WANT TO HONOR YOU. AND IT'S SOMETHING NEW THE CITY IS DOING. WE'VE NEVER DONE IT BEFORE, SO WE'LL HOPE YOU COME

[26. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to:

1. 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 No. 24-0818-C369; DeNucci Constructors, LLC v. City of Leander, et al, in the 368th Judicial District Court, Williamson County, Texas; and
2. Section 551.071, Texas Government Code, and Rule 1.05, Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, to consult with legal counsel regarding the Texas Compassionate Use Program; and
3. Section 551.071 and Section 551.072 Texas Government Code, and Section 1.05 Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct to consult with legal counsel regarding the acquisition of properties for public purposes and an option agreement for acquisition of real property; and
4. 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.

PURSUANT TO ONE SECTION FIVE FIVE, 1.071 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 GOVERNMENT CODE AND RULE 1.05 TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING THE TEXAS COMPASSIONATE USE PROGRAM 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

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