* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:07] GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO THE AUGUST 13TH, REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING OF LEANDER, UH, CITY OF LEANDER PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION. UH, WE WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT. GOOD EVENING. I'M REPORTING ON ITEMS THAT WERE FORWARDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL BY THE PLANNING. AND, UM, THE FIRST ITEM WAS THE DRAKE COVE SPECIAL U DAYCARE. AND THIS CASE WAS DENIED BY THE, THIS, UM, THE ITEM WAS THE LES TREE. UM, THE DEVELOPER WAS ABLE TO SAVE HERITAGE TREES, SO THEY DID REQUEST TO REMOVE THE, WHEN THEIR THANK YOU. UH, AT THIS TIME WE'LL REVIEW THE MEETING PROTOCOL, WHICH, UH, GOOD. IT'S UP TO OUR LEFT, YOUR RIGHT. AND, UH, NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT LISTED IN THE AGENDA. IF THERE'S ANYONE PRESENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT IN THE EDGE, TIME NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION TO APPROVE. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY VICE CHAIR LANTHROP AND A SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MORALES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PASSAGE UNANIMOUSLY. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CASE CPA DASH TWO SIX DASH 0 0 2 0 TO ADOPT THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN TO ME TO BE INCLUDED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. LEANDER WILLIAMSON AND TRAVIS COUNTIES, TEXAS. SO I, I'M THINKING, UH, KARINA JUST WENT TO GET, UM, OUR ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER THAT'S MAKING THE PRESENTATION, SO MAYBE WE COULD TABLE THIS ONE AND GO THE NEXT ITEM. OH, NOPE. THERE HE IS. THERE HE IS. SORRY. THANK YOU, . OKAY, SO NOW WE'LL HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION. YEAH, RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW. WELCOME TO THE HOT SEAT. YEAH, I APOLOGIZE. MY NAME IS VEAL, UM, 10 CITY ENGINEER LEANDER. SO, UH, WE, UH, STARTED, UH, PLANNING PART OF THE STORMWATER YEAR FROM NOW. IT'S BEEN A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR. SO, UH, WE'VE, UH, WE HAVE DONE WITH THIS STORMWATER MASTER TIME, THAT CITY IS THAT THREE MAIZE ARE ITEMS. ONE WAS LOOKING AT THE ENGINEERING ANALYSIS PIPES ARE THIRD, THE RE THE, WHAT DOES IT LOOK WHEN IT RAINS. AND SO WE STARTED ALL THAT PERSPECTIVE FOUND WHERE THE BONDING IS OBVIOUSLY THERE, THERE IS SOME LIMITATION, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO PART OF THIS OPEN HOUSES, THE OPEN WE ALSO PUT OUT SAYS IN OUR BACK, WE ALSO DID OPEN LINK ON OUR SITE WHERE YOU CAN PUBLIC ENGAGE PLAN. ADDITION TO THAT WE ALSO LOOK EFFECTIVENESS. WHAT IS STIFFNESS FOR THE, WE CREATE PRESENT, RIGHT. PUBLIC, UH, PUBLIC HEARING. YEAH. UM, QUESTIONS WE HAVE THEN, UH, [00:05:01] OKAY, GREAT. UH, AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL ENTER INTO DISCUSSION AND STARTING WITH COMMISSIONER MORALES. YEAH. OVER, IT IS DOES SEEM TO BE A PRETTY THOROUGH REPORT. THERE'S A LOT OF MEAT HERE. AND, UH, WITHOUT SPENDING A LOT OF TIME GETTING INTO THE ENGINEERING PART OF IT, IT'S KIND OF, I, I'M GONNA HAVE TO TAKE Y'ALL'S BEST JUDGMENT ON THIS ONE BECAUSE A LOT OF ANALYSIS, THE IZING, HYDROLOGY, WATER, AND ALL THE, UH, DIFFERENT CONDITIONS. I MEAN, THERE WAS BACK AND FORTH WITH WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE ALL, UM, PIPES IN THE TIME WE KINDA IZED PIPES, HAVE THE MODEL NOW COST. BUT, UH, TO ASK US TO LOOK AT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WHEN YOU TRAIN FIVE INCHES. IS THERE A, SORRY IF I MISSED IT. IS THERE A LIST ON LIKE HEIGHT BASED ON THE ROAD? YES, THERE IS A LIST IN THE, IN THE BACK OF THE PORT. OKAY. WE, WE DID TWO TIER PRIORITIZATION. THE FIRST TIER, FIRST PHASE WAS LOOKING PURELY AT THE, THE, THE ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC FEEDBACK WITHOUT LOOKING AT EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PRE LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, BEST CASE, YOU KNOW, WISHLIST, PRIORITY WISHLIST HAS TO BE TICK PENDING, NARROWED IT DOWN 45 OR 45, TOP 16. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY. GREAT. UH, COMMISSIONER LEWIS? UM, YEAH, I LOOKED THROUGH IT AND IT WAS QUITE OVERWHELMING AND IMPRESSIVE. UM, NICE JOB. HOLY COW. UM, I, ALONG THE SAME LINES, I, YOU DID A LOT OF WORK ON THIS FROM THE LOOKS OF IT AND IT WAS VERY COMPREHENSIVE. SO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME DOING ALL THAT LOOK GREAT. GOES OUT TO THE SO , SO I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I, UH, IT'S LIKE WAY OVER MY HEAD, BUT I REALLY, I, I LEARNED A LOT LOOKING AT IT. THANK YOU. THANKS COMMISSIONER COATES. UH, YES, AND, UH, THANK YOU ED ENGINEERING FOR, UH, FOR YOUR INPUT AND THE ANALYSIS AND ALL THAT WENT INTO MAKING THIS, UH, DOCUMENT IS, LIKE MY COLLEAGUE SAID, IT'S, UH, VERY ROBUST, VERY INFORMATIVE, AND UH, AGAIN, YOU CAN GET LOST IN BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH INFORMATION THERE. BUT, UH, LIKE THEY SAID, IT'S ALWAYS BETTER TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION THAN NOT ENOUGH. SO, AND YOU OBVIOUSLY PROVIDED THAT, UH, JUST HAD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. ONE, UM, UNDERSTANDING THAT THE ANALYSIS IS A SNAPSHOT IN TIME AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE PRIORITIES THAT YOU PUT IN PLACE FOR, UH, FOR THE CITY, UM, ARE LIKE THAT THIS RIGHT NOW, THIS PLACE OF TIME. AND ALSO IN THE DOCUMENT YOU DID A GOOD JOB OF, UH, LIKE PUTTING IN CRITERIA FOR, YOU KNOW, TO EVALUATE THESE. I WAS WONDERING IF, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE STAFF, IF THERE'S A, UH, A CRITERIA OR A SOME TYPE OF, UH, DECISION MAKING PROCESS TO REPRIORITIZE. 'CAUSE I KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY GONNA BE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND I KNOW THINGS, YOU KNOW, FACTS OF LIFE CHANGES FROM, YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS IS IMPLEMENTED, SO THE NEXT TIME IT'LL BE DONE. SO I THINK THE, UH, REPORT MAY BE MISSING THAT PART, JUST MAYBE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THERE. AND THEN MY OTHER RECOMMENDATION IS, UH, PRIOR TO SUBMITTING IT UP TO THE CITY, UH, WAS LOOKING THROUGH A FEW OF THE CHARTS. THERE WAS A, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS FOR A REASON OR NOT, BUT THERE WAS LIKE SOME OF THE, UH, MAPPINGS, IT LOOKED LIKE THE, UH, MOST PROBABLY SOME DRAFT ERAS IN THERE WHERE COULDN'T [00:10:01] READ, YOU KNOW, LIKE CITIES OR WHAT CERTAIN, UH, THINGS WERE IN THE LEGENDS. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND, YOU KNOW, UPDATING THAT PRIOR TO PUSHING IT FORWARD FOR INTO THE, UM, NEW PLAN THAT'S COME. OH YES. AND IT STARTS ON PAGE 30 AND THEN IT CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE DOCK. IT'S SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE DOCK. WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE PAGE NUMBERS, BUT I THINK PAGE 30 IS WHEN IT STARTED IN THE BIG MAP WITH A LOT OF THE, UH, ICONS AND LEGENDS ON IT. COMMISSIONER OLIVER. YEAH, SO MY FIRST COMMENT, UM, GOING THROUGH THIS AND, AND I'LL SAY, YEAH, VERY THOROUGH AND I, I NOTICED THAT YOU HAD A PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, CUTOFF DATE OF JUNE 30TH. AND THEN I WAS THINKING, OKAY, WELL THIS WAS DONE LAST YEAR, WHAT ABOUT JULY 4TH AND THE TRAGIC EVENTS THAT HAPPENED, RIGHT? AND THEN Y'ALL DID GO BACK AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC COMMENT. SO I DO APPRECIATE Y'ALL TAKING THE TIME AND THE ATTENTION TO GET ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY REGARDING, UH, THOSE SPECIFIC FLOOD EVENTS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS A VERY EPIC EVENT AND WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT IN THIS AREA, UM, REALLY IN A LONG TIME. UM, THE ONE THING I WANTED TO KIND OF, UH, TOUCH ON HERE, AND I THINK EDGE ENGINEERING REALLY CALLED OUT MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT. THE, THE COA, UH, DRAINAGE CRITERIA MAN MANUAL THAT'S BEING USED BY THE CITY OF LEANER IS CRITERIA THAT IT WAS DRAFTED AND USED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN MM-HMM . AND IT WAS MENTIONED MULTIPLE TIMES AND RECOMMENDED MULTIPLE TIMES THAT THE CITY OF LEANDER NEEDS TO DRAFT ITS OWN, UM, DRAINAGE, UH, CRITERIA MANUAL. AND SO MY FIRST QUESTION EVOLVES, KIND OF REVOLVES AROUND THAT. ARE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, THESE 76 PROJECTS, THE TOP 45 AND THEN ULTIMATELY THE 16 THAT WE'RE SELECTING, ARE THESE SPECIFIC PROJECTS DONE BASED ON THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S, UM, DCM OR IS IT DONE KIND OF BASED ON OUR OWN INTERNAL RECOMMENDATIONS AND ENGINEERING AND, AND, AND THINGS THAT APPLY SPECIFICALLY TO LEANDER? SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S, UH, OUT THERE IN THE OPTION RIGHT NOW IS THAT YOU FOLLOW THE CITY OF CRITERIA MANUAL NOW, UH, ARE ACTUALLY TASKED TO CONDUCT OUR OUS CRITERIA MANUAL. WE'RE WORKING DRAFT OUR OWN POLICY, BUT A LOT OF POLICIES THAT, THAT ARE IN RELATION TO THE PROJECTS IN THE, UH, IN RELATION TO THE, THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, UH, THE DRAINS CRITERIA MANUAL IS KIND OF LIKE HELPS US DEFINE AND, UH, ENGINEER THE PROJECT BASICALLY, WHICH HASN'T HAPPENED WITH THE, WITH THE PLAN ITSELF, THE PLANNING DOCUMENT. SO, SO THE, SO THE, THE THE, THE REAL USE OF DCM HASN'T, HASN'T ACTUALLY HAPPENED YET. WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN FROM AN ENGINEERING SIDE IS, UH, IS LOOKING AT LEANERS ON SPECIFIC RAINFALL DATA THAT IS, UH, ADOPTED SEPARATE FROM THE . SO WE'VE LOOKED AT THOSE, WE'VE LOOKED AT THE SHEER ENGINEERING PART OF IT WITHOUT A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT OF THE DRAIN. CORRECT. ACTUAL DESIGN, WHEN THE PROJECT WILL BE, UH, AND, UH, INSTRUCTED. THAT'S WHEN, OKAY, SO THAT'S, IS THAT, IS THAT ULTIMATELY GONNA BE A DCM THAT'S DESIGNED BY LEANDER FOR OUR AREA, OUR REGION, OUR TOPOGRAPHY, AND THE HYDROLOGY THAT WE DEAL WITH IN THIS AREA. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY AUSTIN'S A VERY BIG AREA, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY ALSO HAVE DIFFERENT STANDARDS AND YOU KNOW, BEING A MUCH LARGER CITY, IT MAY NOT ALWAYS BE APPLICABLE TO US. THINGS LIKE BUFFER ZONES AND STUFF LIKE THAT THAT WERE CALLED OUT. I MEAN, THERE WAS A VERY SPECIFIC MENTION LIKE CITY OF ROUND ROCK TAYLOR, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN D DCMS AND THEN EVEN CEDAR PARK AND LIBERTY HILL ARE LOOKING TO DRAFT THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL ONES AND THEY'RE THINKING THEY THEN THE RECOMMENDATION FROM EDGE WAS ALSO, WE SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE SOME SORT OF MAYBE COLLABORATIVE DCM WITH LIBERTY HILL, MAYBE GEORGETOWN AND CEDAR PARK. OF COURSE. YEAH. SO, UH, BEING IN A HILL COUNTRY, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE IS SOME, UH, DIFFERENCES IN THE HYDROLOGY, MEANING THE RAINFALL INTENSITY THAT WE GET, UH, IS DIFFERENT FROM, FROM THE AUSTIN. SO BACK THEN IN 2020 WHEN ATLAS 14 CAME IN, THE CITY OF LEANDER HAD PROACTIVELY KIND OF GONE AHEAD AND ADOPTED OUR OWN DRAIN RAINFALL INTENSITIES. SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE KIND OF ALREADY KIND OF SPECIALIZED ON THERO PART OF IT WAY THAT THE PIPES ARE DESIGNED, UH, BASED [00:15:01] ON IN AND IN MY, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCE IS BEEN MORE BASED ON ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES AND THAT, UH, KINDA LINES UP WITH A LOT OF WOULDN'T BE A LOT OF DIFFERENCES JUST FROM A ENGINEERING DESIGN AND QUESTIONS AND THINGS THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE A LOT OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ONE THAT APPLIES. BUT YOU KNOW, LIKE AS WE ARE DOING OUR OWN DCM, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA IS TO GET IT DONE LIKE SOON . SO WE CAN USE OUR OWN DCM TO, TO DESIGN AND BUILD THOSE STORM WATER PLANT. NO, I'M GLAD THAT YOU SAID THAT. 'CAUSE IT, IT DOES SOUND LIKE WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THESE PROJECTS WERE NOT, LIKE THE CRITERIA WASN'T REALLY USED AND BUILT AROUND A ANOTHER DCM THAT MAY NOT BE APPLICABLE WHEN WE DESIGN OUR OWN, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT MIGHT, IT MIGHT CHANGE THE RANKING OR THE ORDER OR THE PRIORITIES OF THESE SPECIFIC PROJECTS. YEAH, IT WOULD NOT, UH, BECAUSE, UH, A LOT OF ENGINEERING ANALYSIS HAPPENS OUTSIDE THE DCM HAS HAPPENED OUTSIDE THE DCM. OKAY. YES. YEAH, BECAUSE I MEAN, I, I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE PROJECTS AND I CAN, I MEAN, I CAN TELL JUST ON THE SURFACE FOR SOME OF THESE, NOT DIGGING INTO ALL THE DETAILS, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU'RE DEFINITELY PICKING SOME OF THE RIGHT ONES, LIKE 2243 BETWEEN 180 3 A AND 180 3 ALONG XI CREEK. THAT'S AN AREA BROAD STREET RIGHT HERE IN DOWNTOWN THAT, THAT'S A FLOODPLAIN. AND I'LL HAVE TO DATE MYSELF, BUT I DID FLOOD PLAIN MAPPING BACK IN COLLEGE. YEAH. UM, AND SO I, YOU KNOW, I, I DEFINITELY HAVE SOME, SOME KNOWLEDGE OF THAT AREAS. THE OTHER THING I'M GONNA ASK FOR, AND I KNOW MY FELLOW COMMISSIONS ARE GONNA HIT ME FOR SAYING THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, I'M A TRAIL PERSON AND, AND SO TRAILS, SIDEWALKS, GREEN BELTS, THOSE THINGS ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AS FAR AS QUALITY OF LIFE. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR CITY IS LACKING. AND SO IF WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO IN AND WORK ON SOME OF THESE, UM, FLOOD AREAS, UM, THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOOD, WHETHER IT'S ALONG BROAD AND, AND MASON CREEK OR UM, YOU KNOW, BRUSHY CREEK AND 2043 AREAS THAT ARE, I THINK TECHNICALLY SLATED TO HAVE TRAILS AT SOME POINT SOMEDAY, CAN WE INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE PROJECT SOMEHOW, OR AT LEAST SEE WHAT THE COST WOULD BE TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO PROJECTS. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A NICE WAY TO AT LEAST MAKE THOSE ENHANCEMENTS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY. AT THE SAME TIME YOU'RE ALSO, YOU KNOW, IMPROVING THE, UH, FLOOD CONTROL OF THE AREA. YEAH. POINT. YEAH. I'M SAY, UH, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IN OUR CAPITAL PROJECT DELIVERY PROCESS IS WE PERMITS WHERE WE LOOK AT ALL THE SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS AND ZONING REQUIREMENTS. SAY ONE PROJECT HAD AN ELEMENT OF A TRAIL, ALTHOUGH THE PROJECT IS A ROAD PROJECT OR A STORMWATER PROJECT OR ANY OTHER PROJECT, WASTEWATER PROJECT, THAT THE FOOTPRINT OF THAT PROJECT HAS OTHER ELEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LIKE, YOU KNOW, GOT A LITTLE TRAIL WITHIN THAT FOOTPRINT. MM-HMM . THOSE ARE INCORPORATED WELL LOOKS AT THE PLANNING, LOOKS AT, TRIES TO LINE IT UP WITH THE PLAN, TRYING TO GET THE, THAT CITY, EVEN IF IT'S A CITY PROJECT TO FOLLOW. I WAS WANT TO, OKAY. SO YEAH. WELL THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR TOO. 'CAUSE I DID SEE IN THE CRITERIA THAT YOU HAD, LIKE IF IT WAS ANOTHER PROJECT ON A DIFFERENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR PROJECT LISTED, IT WOULD SCORE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING YOU ALREADY HAVE PLANNED THAT'S ALREADY RANKED, SO YES. YEAH. BUT I JUST SAW SO MANY OF THESE PROJECTS ALONG, YOU KNOW, CREEKS AND, AND YOU KNOW, WATERWAYS LIKE MASON CREEK, BRUSHY CREEK, AND THEN OF COURSE UP NORTH SAN GABRIEL. UM, AND THAT, SO I'D JUST LOVE TO, TO SEE IF WE CAN COMBINE THAT EFFORT AND IMPROVE THOSE AREAS AS WELL WITH, WITH, YOU KNOW, SIDEWALKS, TRAILS, SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. YEAH. UM, BUT THAT WAS ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD. ONCE AGAIN, I MEAN, VERY THOROUGH. THANK Y'ALL. UH, I, I WILL ALSO CLOSE AND ADD THAT, UM, I WOULD, I MEAN I HAD A WEEK TO REVIEW THIS. I MEAN, THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION, 179 PAGES OF DATA TO REVIEW, AND HONESTLY, I'M NOT AN ENGINEER AND I DON'T PLAY ONE AT HOME EITHER. SO, UM, I WOULD REALLY THINK IT'D BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE COMMISSION TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL, LIKE PRE-BRIEFING ON THIS PRIOR TO COMING HERE AND TRYING TO MAKE HEADS OR TAILS OF ALL THIS. IT'D BE GREAT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN FACILITATE, ROBIN, OR IF, IF CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO FACILITATE THAT, BUT A WORKSHOP OR SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN GET A A BROADER BRIEFING ON THIS WOULD BE REALLY BENEFICIAL FOR US. WE CAN MAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE EDUCATED DECISION ON IT WITH THE QUESTION. YES. UM, I ECHO SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE. UH, I WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY THE SCORING AND EVALUATION CRITERIA THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING AND VERY THOROUGH AND, AND I I THINK Y'ALL JUST DID A FABULOUS JOB ON THAT. I ONLY HAVE, I, I COULD MAKE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, BUT I'M GONNA COME [00:20:01] AT IT FROM A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. UM, ON PAGE 22 ON EIGHT, SECTION 8.3, THE MAINTENANCE PLAN, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT, UM, AND MAYBE WE COULD ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MAINTAINING THESE AREAS AND NOT TO DAM NOT DAMAGING THE RIP VEGETATION, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WITH THE FLOODS, NOT, NOT JUST IN THIS AREA, BUT YOU KNOW, IN KERRVILLE AND EVERYWHERE THE RIPARIAN CORRIDORS WERE DAMAGED BY BULLDOZERS THAT CAME IN AND JUST TOOK OUT EVERYTHING, WHICH IT MAKES THE PROBLEM WORSE THE NEXT TIME THERE'S A FLOOD EVENT. AND THAT HAPPENED ON THE SAN GABRIEL. I KNOW, UM, HERE, AND I KNOW EVERYBODY WAS, IT WAS AN UNUSUALLY, UH, WIDESPREAD EVENT. EVERYBODY WAS TRYING TO JUST SAFETY, SAFETY AND LET'S GET IT OUTTA HERE. BUT IF WE COULD ELABORATE MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH SOME LANGUAGE THAT, UM, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW, HOW YOU WOULD WORD THIS. Y'ALL ARE BETTER AT KNOWING THAT THAN I AM, BUT HIRING PERSONNEL THAT UNDERSTANDS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NATIVE VEGETATION AND INVASIVE SPECIES. AND I, I KNOW THAT WATERWAYS GET BLOCKED BY NATIVE VEGETATION AS WELL, BUT, UH, WITH, YOU KNOW, THE NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY OF TEXAS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE COMMENTED ON WHAT ALL HAS HAPPENED IN TEXAS WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE RIPARIAN QUARTERS BEING DAMAGED. AND SO IF WE CAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU HIRE CONTRACTORS THAT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NATIVE PLANTS AND INVASIVE PLANTS, YOU KNOW, AND YEAH. SO CAN TAKE A LITTLE MORE CARE ON THAT, BUT IF, IF THAT COULD SOMEHOW BE WORDED IN THERE TO, UM, YEAH, I THINK RESTORATION AFTER A BIG EVENT LIKE THAT, UH, IS WE, WE CAN ENCOURAGE THAT IN A, IN A PLAN LIKE THIS, A STORM WATER MASTER PLAN, BUT ALSO ONE OF THE GOALS WITH THE, WITH THE DCM THAT WE'RE DOING IS TO LOOK REALLY IN DETAIL AT OUR REPAIR CORRIDOR PROTECTION AT WHAT, WHAT GUIDELINES WE SHOULD HAVE ON, ON THAT. I THINK, UH, UH, I THINK WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW IS, UH, IN MY OPINION IS, UH, COMPARED TO SOME OTHER CITIES AROUND HERE, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UH, OUR ORDINANCE KIND OF OUTLINES OF NEED FOR A PROTECTION OF, OF THESE BUFFER ZONES. SO WE HAVE REALLY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU COMPARE LIKE, UH, AN OUT, UH, UH, CHANNEL THAT HAS BEEN, UH, LIKE JUST CHANGED INTO, UH, A LANDSCAPE, UH, SOMEWHERE IN OTHER CITIES COMPARED TO OURS, YOU WOULD SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, I'D SAY, YOU KNOW, DOWN ON, UH, LAKE WHERE THE, THE CORRIDOR WAS MAINTAINED, EVEN WITH THE NEW DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING OVER THERE. AND THERE'S EXAMPLES LIKE THAT. THERE IS A UNDERSTANDING THAT THOSE ARE IMPORTANT FOR US AND WE WANNA TAKE THAT FURTHER STEP AND UH, AND KIND OF REALLY CREATE A GOOD GUIDELINE FOR US WITH THE DCM. BUT I, I UNDERSTAND, I THINK THE RESTORATION AFTER BIG EVENTS LIKE THAT ARE IMPORTANT SO WE CAN ADD SOME THE RECOMMENDATIONS. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. I HAVE NO MORE COMMENTS, COMMISSIONER BRAY. I'LL JUST MAKE IT SIMPLE AND SAY THANK YOU. UM, I'VE DONE PLENTY OF NOT WATER RELATED, ALL, ALL SORTS OF PLANS THAT PRIORITIZE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IT'S STRENGTH, ERROR AND A LOT OF GOOD DATA AND A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION. I APPRECIATE IT. TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU AND I'LL UH, ECHO THE COMMENTS OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS. I ALSO AM NOT AN ENGINEER, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE THOROUGHNESS OF THE REPORT. AND UM, WITH THAT, THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM, MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY VICE CHAIR LANTRIP, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LEWIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE Z DASH 26 DASH 0 2 46. TO AMEND THE CURRENT ZONING OF INTERIM SFR ONE B, SINGLE FAMILY RURAL TO LC TWO, A LOCAL COMMERCIAL ON ONE PARCEL OF LAND 3.85 ACRES IN SIZE. MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY W CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT PARCEL R 5 4 9 0 6 8 AND GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF KAUFMAN LOOP AND COUNTY ROAD 2 67 LEANDER WILLIAMSON COUNTY TEXAS STAFF PRESENTATION, UH, GOOD EVENING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS DARIUS DARK SAND PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THIS REQUEST IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE ZONING PROCESS. THE CITY INITIATED A REQUEST TO CHANGE THE DESIGNATED ZONING DISTRICT OF THE PROPERTY TO ALLOW THE USE OF A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITY. THE PROPOSAL DOES COMPLY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND IS APPROPRIATE FOR PROPERTIES LOCATED IN AN ACTIVITY CENTER IDENTIFIED BY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO MEET THE CO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOAL OF EXPANDING COMMUNICATION UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE. [00:25:01] THE CITY EXECUTED A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH BRANCH COMMUNICATIONS, DISAGREEMENT WITH A FRANCHISE UTILITY PROVIDER STATES THAT SPECIFIED CITY PROPERTIES MAY BE USED FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION. THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY HAS A CITY OF LEANDER WATER TOWER ON THE SITE AS WELL AS ADJACENT TO A MIX OF DEVELOPED AND UNDEVELOPED LAND. TO THE NORTH IS THE GATEWAY 29 COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT TO THE EAST IS THE BAR W MARKETPLACE. TO THE SOUTH IS THE BAR W RANCH SUBDIVISION AND TO THE WEST IS THE BONNET SUBDIVISION AND BAYLOR LEAN SCHOOL. PART OF THE EVALUATION OF THIS QUEST, THE COMMISSION HAS THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS. OPTION ONE, TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE AND OPTION TWO TO DENY THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE. STAFF RECOMMENDS OPTION ONE TO APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE. STAFF MADE THIS RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THE LOT CURRENTLY BEING USED FOR CITY SERVICES AS A WATER TOWER. THE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITY WOULD BE A COMPATIBLE UTILITY SERVICE USE AND ALIGNS WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOALS. STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. GREAT, THANK YOU. SO AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTER INTO DISCUSSION. COMMISSIONER BRAY? UH, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANNA SAY, UM, GREAT PRESENTATION. UM, I'M PROBABLY GETTING LIKE 400 IN FRONT OF COMMISSIONS AND THAT'S VERY, VERY GOOD. SO VERY GOOD JOB. I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO COMMENTS ABOUT THIS AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO EVERYBODY ELSE. SO THANK YOU VICE CHAIR. SAME HERE. GOOD JOB. AND I'M IN FAVOR OF IT. COMMISSIONER OLIVER. YEAH, WELL DONE. UM, I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION AS I ALWAYS DO. . UM, GIVEN THIS THE, AS THE APPLICANT, AS THE CITY OF LEANDER, UM, IS THERE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IF WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS ON OUR OWN AS WE ARE THE APPLICANT? I WOULDN'T THINK SO BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT UH, TRANS AGREEMENT WITH THEM. SO THEY WITH BRANCH, RIGHT. OKAY. YEAH, I MEAN I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH IT BECAUSE I THINK THE AREA NEEDS CELL SERVICE BADLY. YEAH, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT BECAUSE I DID NOTICE THAT WE ARE THE APPLICANT AND WE'RE ALSO THE ONE PRESENTING AND WE'RE ALSO THE ONE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. SO JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THERE WAS CONFLICTS THERE. ALL GOOD. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER COATES. NO COMMENT. COMMISSIONER LEWIS, NO COMMENT. GREAT PRESENTATION. THANKS AND COMMISSIONER MORALES AND IT'S RARE BUT I HAVE NO COMMENT. , SO THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER OLIVER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER COATES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION PROGRESS REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER, 2025 TO AUGUST, 2026. STAFF PRESENTATION. HEY, GOOD EVENING COMMISSION GARINA CASTE WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION PROGRESS REPORT IS REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON AN ANNUAL BASED PURPOSE OF THE REPORT IS TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE COUNCIL REGARDING ACTIVITIES COMMISSION COURT WAS ATTACHED, ATTACHMENT ONE AND TWO, SO WE DO CURRENT REPORT. AND THE LAST YEAR ON THE REPORT WE'VE INCLUDED A LIST OF SPECIAL MEETINGS AND TRAININGS WE'VE HELD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE DID DO THE KICKOFF TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PLAN UPDATES IN JANUARY. IT WAS LATE JANUARY AND THEN HAD A COMMISSIONER BE APPOINTED TO THE CAC, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE ON BEHALF PERMISSION IN MARCH. AND THEN WE HELD THE FIRST JOINT WORKSHOP AT THE CITY COUNCIL. SINCE THEN, WE'VE HAD THREE CA MEETINGS AND ANOTHER JOINT WORKSHOP IN MAY. ORDINANCE UPDATES THAT WE DID THIS YEAR INCLUDED DRY UTILITY UPDATES, INCLU, UM, THAT WAS FOR INCLUDING THE MICRO TRENCHING STANDARDS THAT WERE IN SEPTEMBER AND TOOK EFFECT 25. UM, SINCE THEN WE'VE SEEN, UM, 18 PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN REVIEWED IN FIVE PERMITS TIME. WE'VE ALSO DONE UPDATES TO THE IN-HOME DAYCARE STANDARDS. THAT WAS VERY RECENT. SO WE DID INCREASE THE NUMBER FROM FIVE TO SIX CHILDREN WITH UP TO 12, UM, UNDER SPECIAL STANDARDS. AND THEN WE'VE DONE TWO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATES. UM, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND TRANSPORTATION ARE INITIATED AND OUR TARGET ADOPTION IS EARLY 27. AND THEN, UM, YOU HEARD THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN ITEM, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UM, DRAFT, UH, WE DRAFTED THAT AND WE'LL BE ADOPTING THAT THIS YEAR. AND THEN IT'S OUR FIRST STORM WESTERN PLAN. UM, IN THE REPORT WE ALSO HAVE SOME REALLY, UM, RECEIVED ACTIVITIES. SO IT'S THE BREAKDOWN OF HOW MANY, UM, OF EACH ITEM YOU HAVE. WE ALSO HAVE SOME ZONING CASES WHERE ACTION DEFERRED FROM. WE HAVE THREE ITEMS. ONE OF THEM WAS THE CAT CROSSROADS PUD, THE KAUFMAN [00:30:01] LOOP FOR, UM, 2027 THROUGH 2028. WE ARE INCLUDING A WORK PROGRAM TO IMPLEMENT THE COMPLIANT UPDATES THROUGH TO THE, OR THROUGH UPDATES TO THE ORDINANCE. AND CONTINUING TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT FIVE YEAR UPDATE. COMMISSION WILL OVERSEE THE ANNUAL UPDATE OF THE ZONING AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCES TO ADDRESS ISSUES IDENTIFIED BY STAFF APPLICANTS AND CITIZENS DURING THE NORMAL COURSE OF APPLIANCES. COMMISSION WILL ALSO HOLD, UM, JOINT WORKSHOPS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND WE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE A PA CONFERENCE. HERE IT IS BEAM. AND THEN LASTLY, WE DO HAVE THE ATTENDANCE RECORD FOR I WILL BE AVAILABLE IF YOU GREAT. THANK YOU MS. CASTILLO. UH, WE WILL ENTER INTO DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER, MORE MORALES, Y'ALL FOR DOING SHOWING UP. AND THE AT I DID MISS THE RECOMMENDATION ON HERE. UM, AS PART OF THE REQUEST, YOU CAN EITHER APPROVE OR AMEND THOSE, THE PROGRESS REPORT WE RECOMMEND TO APPROVE. GREAT. THANK YOU MS. CASTILLO. COMMISSIONER LEWIS, NO COMMENTS. VERY NICE PRESENTATION AGAIN. THANKS BRETT. OH, SORRY. COMMISSIONER COATES ALWAYS LOOK AT YOU AND SAY ALL GOOD. UH, THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. UM, YOU KNOW, JUST LOOKING AT IT AND JUST THINKING LIKE, WOW, WE, YOU KNOW, BEING IN THIS POSITION SINCE OCTOBER, NOVEMBER TIMEFRAME, A LOT HAS, HAS GONE ON AND, UH, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO BE A PART OF IT. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR CAPTURING IT ALL AND PR THANK YOU. UM, COMMISSIONER OLIVER? YEAH, MS. CASTILLO. GOING BACK TO THE AREAS WHERE WE DIFFERED WITH COUNSEL, UM, ZONING KC 2 5 0 2 0 5. THE COFFIN LOOP POD. MM-HMM . I THOUGHT THAT WAS ONE THAT WE HAD TABLED. AND THEN WE ASKED THEM TO COME BACK AND TO CHANGE THE LOT SIZE TO 50, 60, 70. 'CAUSE THEY HAD 40 FIVES ON THERE. THEY CAME BACK AND CHANGED IT. REP PLOTTED THE ONE FOR COFFIN LOOP. YEAH, THAT'S THE ONE WITH THE CAR WASH. OH, THAT'S THE CAR WASH? MM-HMM . OKAY. UNDERSTAND. OKAY. 'CAUSE IT OKAY, GOT IT. BECAUSE IT HAD SF TWO A TOWNHOUSE. OKAY. GOT IT. GOT IT. I'M GETTING THE, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN KAUFMAN LOOP. YES. SO I HAVE TO EXCUSE ME THERE. . ALL RIGHT, WELL WE'RE GOOD THEN. YEAH. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, VICE CHAIR, NO COMMENTS, COMMISSIONER BRE NO COMMENTS FROM ME EITHER AND I HAVE NO COMMENTS AS WELL. SO THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER OLIVER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LEWIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AND ONTO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10. ADJOURNMENT THE TIME IS 6:32 PM AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.