For the clock to turn. Today is thursday, june 4th, 2026, and the time is now 6 p.m. And this
is the briefing workshop of the leander city council. City secretary crabtree, will you
please call roll. Council member. Steven chang. Council member michael herrera here.
council member tony blair, present. Council member. Annette sponseller. Council
member. Andrew nadine here. Mayor pro tem becky ross here. Mayor nicole thompson present
council is all present and quorum is present in the city council is eligible to do
business. We'll move to item three, which is convened into executive session at 6:01 p.m.
pursuant to one section 551.071 texas government code and rule 1.05 texas disciplinary rules
of professional conduct to consult with legal counsel regarding proposed settlement
of cause number 24-0818-c369. Denucci constructors, llc versus city of leander in the
368th judicial district court, williamson county, texas and two. Section 551.071 texas
government code and section 1.05 texas disciplinary rules of professional conduct to
consult with legal counsel regarding agreements regarding brushy creek regional utility
authority and facilities expansion projects, and litigation and agreements
related to the brushy creek regional wastewater treatment plant and three section 551.071
and section 551.072 texas government code and section 1.05 texas disciplinary rules
of professional conduct, to consult with legal counsel regarding the acquisition of properties for public purposes and an option agreement for acquisition of real property,
and for section 551.071 texas government code and section 1.05 texas disciplinary rules
of professional conduct and section 551.072 to consult with legal counsel regarding a lease
agreement for city
all right. The time is 655. And as we did not finish our deliberation in executive
session, and it's on our agenda for later this evening, we are going to just adjourn our
briefing workshop at 6:55 p.m. And our regular meeting wil
alle time is now 701 and today is thursday, june 4th, 2026. And
this is the regular meeting of the leander city council. Councilwoman tony blair will
provide our invocation tonight. Please remain standing following the invocation for
the pledge of allegiance. Dear heavenly father, we thank you so much for lord, allowing us
to gather together today, this evening. Father, we just ask that as we go through and make
important decisions for the betterment of our city. Lord, that you guide us and lead us
to make those in a directive way. God that will benefit all the citizens here in the city
of leander. God, thank you for this opportunity. We don't take it lightly. That you've given
us an opportunity to lead. So please do guide us through our decision making, and we thank
you for the opportunity. We give you praise and honor. In jesus name. Amen. Amen. Pledge
allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it
stands. One nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Honor the
texas flag. I pledge allegiance to thee. Texas. One state under god, one and indivisible. Yes.
thank you, councilwoman blair, for that prayer. And I know all of you have noticed how
illuminated we are in here. We have we're getting ready for america. 250 and we have
decorations that have been put up not just in city hall, but all over the city. So we turn
down the lights just so y'all could get the impact of the 250 that's on the wall. It is
absolutely beautiful. And we're very thankful to all our city staff that have worked diligently to put all of this together on our city's behalf. So thank you all for that. And
thank you for being patient while we have the lights now. All right. City secretary
crabtree, will you please call roll. Council member steven chang, council member michael
herrera here. Council member tony blair, present council member. Annette sponseller,
council member. Andrew nadine here. Mayor pro tem becky ross here. Mayor nicole thompson
present quorum is present and the city council is eligible to do business. I want to say
thank you to everyone that's attending tonight's meeting. We extend a special, heartfelt
welcome to all of our active and retired military, our educators, our current and
former elected officials, and all of our public safety professionals that are in the
audience. Thank you so much for your commitment and for your service to leander and our
entire community. Welcome to this meeting tonight. Item six is our nonagenda public
comments. For items that are on the agenda, I will call on folks speakers. I'm sorry.
prior to the discussion of the agenda item and during the public hearing, individuals
that have submitted comments via the website will only have their positions read into the
record. Any written comments have already been shared with council and will be made a part of the official record. We don't have anybody signed up tonight for public comments, so
we will move to item seven, which is our staff reports, and we have an update on america
250 celebration activities with the executive director of parks and recreation and community
service, ashley boyle. Welcome. Good evening, mayor, council and assistant city manager. It
is my pleasure to be here tonight to give you an update on our initiative for the 250
program. The clicker. And joining me this evening are members of our amazing team
that have helped with this initiative. This isn't everybody, but some of the folks that could be here tonight that we do want to recognize. Okay, okay. As part
of the america 250 celebration, we're excited to offer a dynamic lineup of events that
bring our community together in meaningful ways, from our nation's celebration and
liberty fest to special library programs, veteran focused events, themed activities on
our golf course, we're creating opportunities for residents of all ages to connect, learn and
celebrate this historic milestone. Okay, so nation celebration will be the first
item we'll cover. This will be held the weekend before liberty fest at lakewood park. This
free event will feature live music, food trucks, family friendly fun zone, a pause in
stripes pet parade, and a variety of field day games. We'll have live music presented
in a casual backyard atmosphere. We're not bringing in a big stage. It's going to be more of
a backyard, smaller atmosphere. For that, we'll also offer a freedom fun glow run five k in
the evening to close out the night. We'll show independence day movie. We'll have a free
shuttle service from ralph's high school that will help support parking and accessibility. And we do anticipate that this event will be smaller in nature in
attendance. It's not. We're not looking for it to be a liberty fest type event. We're looking
for maybe a couple of hundred people to 1000 to attend. And we are working with public
safety for traffic control and security as well. So part of the celebration, we have a
variety of field games all themed to highlight the patriotic spirit of the
celebration. We have our paws and stripes pet parade. This event invites families to bring
their pets, any pet that they have dogs, cats, parrots, birds, whatever, whatever you have, if
you want to be involved, it'll be held at nation celebration at 7:00 pm. Participation is
free, but we are asking for people to pre-register, so we have an idea of who's going to
be there. It'll be patriotic costume contest with awards for the most creative and festive looks. Just a fun family activity. How do people pre-register? So we have a link
online on the parks and rec website or on the city, on the city's website, under parks and
recreation, under america. 250 there's a link and there's also a link on our facebook page. It
is on facebook. Okay. Thank you. You're welcome. Next is our freedom fun glow run five k. So
at nightfall we'll launch this five k using the trail system at lakewood park. The route
will be illuminated with glow lights and themed features to create a high energy experience
for our participants. We will also have our lanterns. We have 250 of them that we will circle
around the great lawn. Participants are encouraged to register, but it also. Again,
this one's free as well. In the first 500 participants will receive a commemorative medal
and another fun experience for the event. So we're inviting people to dress up, dress in
glow gear, you know, just be all sorts of patriotic festive. On to our liberty fest event.
so this is our showcase event held on july 3rd. To kick off liberty fest, we will have a
celebrate america to 50 bike and pedestrian parade. This is not a vehicular parade. This is
a bike and pedestrian parade. It'll take place on the morning of july 3rd on municipal drive
from camacho down to old town area and back to camacho. Parking will be at camacho
elementary school, and it's a little less than a mile of of route, so it's not too far. So
this one, we're encouraging folks to dress up, be patriotic. We'll hand out awards again.
it's free. We're asking people to pre-register just so we have an idea of how many people will
be there. And so we're looking forward to this event. Liberty fest friday, july 3rd, starting
at 6:00 at devine lake park. This will include live music vendors, food trucks, food zone
or fun zone giveaways, fireworks, and also a drone show this year that we're very
excited to present. Parking will be available at glenn high school in danielson middle
school, with free shuttle rides to and from the event. That kind of gives a map of the
parking. And here is a map of the route from the schools to the park and back. And of
course, we do have public safety involved in public works involved for for this event. We
do have some activity going on at the senior activity center. Wednesday, june 10th will
recognize national ballpoint pen day by inviting participants. We're getting
creative in this program. Don't you love it? To write letters to local veterans and active
duty service members using ballpoint pens in honor of the day? This activity provides a
meaningful way for seniors to connect with and show appreciation for those who serve. Then, on wednesday, the 17th will host a horse and the american revolution. This
program features a historical presentation from local historian admiral cat howell,
highlighting the role early texans played in shaping events during the american revolution.
okay. And we also are highlighting our hometown heroes, military heroes. This
program is open to all active duty service members and veterans who have a connection to leander. Eligibility includes individuals who currently live in leander, have
previously lived here or lived here at some time in their life. When they entered or separated
from the military service. They can submit applications online on our website, and we've already rolled out this program. It's on our website, and we do have them featured on our
facebook page as well. We will be hosting a veterans reception on thursday, july 2nd prior to
the council meeting, and we have invited the veterans to attend this. We will have food,
refreshments, they will receive a commemorative coin and they will also be invited to be
present at the council meeting for the proclamation. Our library is also offering a
series of america 250 themed programs for all ages. Highlights include a two week
honoring our heroes, letters to veterans, activity themed programs for teens, adults and
children's, and a patriotic nailed it competition for teens on july 7th. These programs
provide fun, educational and creative ways for the community to engage with america. 250.
and there's more. The golf course. We're offering a really cool experience that I know
larry is very excited about as well. It's a global tournament, so it'll be held in the evening
at the golf course. It'll be open to the public, we'll have live music and it'll be a nine
hole global event creating a fun night time event. So if y'all have never played golf
ball at night on a golf course, it's quite it's quite fun. So again, this one is free to the
public restaurant will be open for food and drinks and we are lighting the building out there
as well in our in red, white and blue lighting. And then on june 29th, we'll host our
annual independence open tournament. Okay, enhancements. We have a variety enhancements
such as community giveaways that we're doing. We're, we're gonna be giving away flags, wristbands, commemorative coins. We have our america 250 event shirts that we have provided to
all of our city staff. In addition, we will be selling these for $15. We'll be selling
them at our parks office, the pool, the activity center, senior activity center, and we
you can buy it pre order them online. And then we will have a lantern trail that I mentioned
earlier with 250 lanterns, both nation celebration and liberty fest as a memorable and
symbolic atmosphere. Where's the lantern trail? It will go in lakewood park for nation
celebration around the great lawn. Thank you. You're welcome. And then we'll move it to
divine lake for for liberty fest. Thank you. And of course, we had jerseys made for our
council to showcase leander's support for the america 250 celebration. This these photos
came out really well and we really appreciate your support in showing the community that
the city of leander is very supportive of this initiative. Some city wide decorations. So
we have enhanced several city facilities and event sites with 250 themed decor and lighting,
the city hall and pat bryson have lights on the building red, white and blue, and they are
already on so you will get to see them if you haven't seen them already tonight, after you
leave the meeting, we have wrapped some of the trees. Some of the trees at lakewood park
and divine lake park have been wrapped in lights, and our gateway monuments will have patriotic elements. And additionally, as the mayor mentioned earlier, we have this
beautiful 250 sign that our parks and recreation team built and the folks that built it are
standing behind me. Yes, we'd like to. I will tell y'all, when I walked in here yesterday,
I said, oh my goodness, when when we were talking about adding more elements, this is
nothing of what I imagined that it would be. The level of detail and intent that went
into not all the decorations, the decorations, but actually handcrafting this to fit our
area and to fit our wall. It's amazing. It's outstanding. And thank you gentlemen, for
working, putting your hands to do that. We really appreciate it. It is beautiful work and it
took my breath away. When I walked in, I was like, oh my goodness, I didn't, I didn't
expect it to be so grand and so beautiful. So thank you all for doing that. We really
appreciate you. One, doing it and taking the time to be here tonight to be recognized by us.
so thank you, thank you, thank you. Okay, so our 250 sign will be here in the council chambers.
it'll be moved to nation celebration for that evening. Then it'll be moved back to the
chambers for that week for the council meeting. And then it'll be moved to divine lake park
for liberty fest. So we're going to have it at a variety of places, and we do anticipate
it being kind of a photo op and a talking point for people. And I'm almost done. I'm just
really excited. We have a whole bunch of activities going on. All right. We also have custom
banners that we will be putting up, hopefully next week in old town and northline. And these
are the ones that we actually designed and had made. So we'll be displaying those. And our
250 community community mosaic mural that is an initiative of lpac. They are kicking this off
at old town festival on saturday, and we have 250 tiles that are four inch by four inch
that are kind of the paint by numbers that the community is invited to come paint them to
make the 250 local mural, and it'll be displayed at the senior activity center. And
that's all I have. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have. Well, executive director
boyle, your team to the gentleman that made this beautiful 250 sign for us,
eduardo rodriguez, jesse babcock, did I say that right? I did babiak babiak almost.
okay. And austin coleman, thank you all so much for what you did and your work. We really
appreciate it. But thank you to you for organizing and your leadership with this. When I
was shown all of this, I was like, oh my goodness, this is really an opportunity for our
entire community to find a way to get involved, from veterans to seniors to children, to
other students, to folks that are have been here once before and maybe not here. We just
appreciate it's clearly well thought out, well organized, and thank you for taking the
time to do that because I know y'all are busy and have a lot, so I really appreciate it and
I'm sure council does. Thank you all. Absolutely. We have a fantastic team. Yeah, it's been
great. Council do y'all have I'll start with no place one. Place two. I just want to say
this is very exciting. I remember the 200th anniversary of the country when I was 12,
and all I remember of that about that is fireworks. And the olympics were at the same
year and all that and, and all that. But I would say if I was a 12 year old, this would be a
very memorable event that I would probably remember a lot of different details of it. So
I really appreciate what you've done here and your team. Thank you. Yes. Yes, please. Three
I'm sorry. No worries. I know I echo the same sentiments. I mean, I think that what's
really great is that this is an opportunity for our entire community, our entire nation to
come together. And so it's really nice to have these multiple activities that really
connect us as a community. So thank you so much for putting a lot of thought into it and how
we can be creative and paint, and all the fun activities and things that we can do to
highlight how amazing it is to be a part of this country. So thank you, thank you. Please.
five you said a pretty high bar, so I'm not going to be around for 300, but I this is it
really is phenomenal. And it does show a, a diligence and a care that is that is, you know,
frankly, you don't see it that often. And it's really nice that you guys are getting the
accolades. And, you know, we will plan to and ensure that the appropriate accreditation
is given in any conversation because this is a really, really big undertaking. I too,
remember the bicentennial. I was a little bit younger than my counterpart, but this is
this is really it. It really is very, very cool. I mean, these opportunities obviously only
come every 50 years, but it's nice that we are doing something that is, again,
leveling up to this degree. It truly is appreciated and noted. So thank you for your efforts.
thank you. Please sit. I'm not sure what else I can add to all that, but this everything that
y'all done, this is all extra on top of a really, really hectic schedule that y'all
already take care of. So it's just, it's just amazing. I mean, when I walked in here, I was
like, oh my gosh, this is the best thing ever. And everything you all do, I'm actually sad.
I'm going to miss it, but no, thank you. Thank you to the team. I just this is a
wonderful community project and I appreciate all the work that everybody's done. Thank you.
well, thank you again. I don't know how we could say it any better. And I know sometimes
thank you. You're tired of hearing that. But really, this is breathtaking. And I do fully
understand how much work has been put into this. All the attention to detail. We've been
seeing, the honoring of the veterans online, that and it's a lot of detail. So it's not
just thank you for your service. It's going into a lot of detail about their history and the
work that they've done. So thank you all for doing that. It's hugely important, and I'm
just excited that our whole community has an opportunity to participate in this in america.
250 so thank you. Thank you for doing that. Thank you, mayor and council, for your support.
and again, I want to really emphasize it's a team effort. We have an incredible team that
are working so hard on this and just so proud of everybody and thankful for all of the support
that we're showing. It shows. Thank you. All right. All right. We are moving in our agenda to
our consent agenda. Council will consider consent items eight through 14. This is an
action item. Motion to approve. Second all right. We have a motion and a second. All those
in favor. All right. Motion carries. And now we'll move to our public hearing which is
item 15. We'll conduct a public hearing regarding special use case z-26-0210. To consider
action on a special use permit to allow for an in-home daycare with up to 12 children on one
parcel of land 0.2 acres, plus or minus in size, as stated on the posted agenda. Executive
director of development services robin griffin. Welcome. Good evening. This is a public
hearing for a special use permit request for the property located at 1202 drake cove.
this property is currently zoned for residential use and the way our ordinance is
structured, they're only allowed to have five children as part of an in-home daycare. In this case, they are operating with more than five children and have made
alterations to the house to convert the garage to support the children. This item is
subject to a code enforcement case, and that's why we're here today to try to help bring them
into compliance. The special use permit is a method of allowing people to make changes
that are contrary to the base zoning, so they're able to ask for a special request from the
council for a different a different use. So she is requesting in the packet for 12
children. She has updated us that she's changing her request to to ten children. As part of
this consideration, staff is asking for the council to consider the other impacts on
the area. We did have concerns about parking and the location of the play area. This request
did go before the planning and zoning commission and during the meeting, the commission
heard from a lot of neighbors and in the end, they decided to take no action and send it to
the council for consideration. While we worked through amendments to the ordinance
itself. So we do have an item coming up on a future agenda where we're going to consider
changes to the composite zoning ordinance. So with that, I'll be glad to answer any questions
after the public hearing. And do you want to make a presentation? And the applicant
would like to make a presentation as well. Okay. Thank you. Yeah. Welcome. How
are you? Good. You may have to pull your mic down a little bit. There you go. Good evening,
mayor thompson and city council. My name is shanti pereira and I have been a resident since 2007.
since moving here, I have been a provider of affordable child care for hundreds of families.
from 2008 to 2013, I ran a home based daycare that expanded to a standalone facility called
young minds on baghdad road that served 115 children. After some personal reflection, I
realized my passion lies with a smaller setting and started dewdrops montessori out of my
home in 2022. I have experience in successful small based daycare and a large scale model
and understand the different needs and requirements set by the state of texas. I am here
before you today to ask for a special permit that allows for ten students at dew drops, a
number that remains within the capacity authorized by my texas state license. Dew drops is
open from 8 a.m. To 5 p.m. Daily and is based out of my home on draco. I currently have
ten enrolled students, ages 3 to 5. Parent drop off and pick up, are on a staggered schedule,
and are on site for less than five minutes. The recent approval of six children
matches the description of registered childcare home. I currently hold a license to a
licensed child care home. My current childcare has been a licensed child care home with
the state of texas since 2022, and meets all the guidelines set by the state entity. This
license allows for up to 12 children. It also includes stricter safety and operational
minimum standards, including completing specific pre-application courses, annual
training and holding pediatric cpr and first aid certifications, and having a
designated outdoor play space. Sb 599 passed into law in may 2025 by the texas legislature.
this requires local ordinances to be in compliance with state guidelines. It establishes
regulatory uniformity for group daycare, homes and family homes across texas by limiting the
authority of local subdivisions to impose health and safety requirements that exceed those
set by the state. I invite you to come and visit my home facility. You can see my setup
and observe the staggered drop off and pick up time to prevent street congestion, and view my
daily schedule that has students indoors for most of the day. If you have any
questions about daycare. I'm happy to answer them. And I also have a copy of my
childcare schedule. If you would like to have a look at it. Thank you. Thank you for your
your comments. We have a public hearing that will open up and then afterwards we'll be
council discussion. If they have additional questions, we'll call you back. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Our public hearing is now open. And I'll call on speakers with
submitted cards and others that have submitted cards but did not want to speak. I will read
their positions into the record. So for item 15, we have angela noel. Angela is against this
particular item and the position will just be added to the record. Next I'll call up
wayne noel. And you'll have three minutes. Good evening mayor, city council. My name is
wayne noel. I reside on 1204 drake cove in immediate proximity to 1202 drake cove.
I'm hereby respectfully opposed to this request. This property is located with a single family
residential zoning district, and the proposal used is not consistent with that intent or
purpose of the designation. Under standard zoning principles, any request for
rezoning, special use permit or variance must meet specific criteria. This, including
compatibility with surrounding uses, protection of public health and safety, and
preservation of neighborhood character. This request does not meet those standards. First,
compatibility a higher intensity use such as a daycare operation where recurring drop
offs and pick ups is fundamentally inconsistency. With a low density residential
cul de sac, the scale and frequency of activity introduce a commercial pattern into a
noncommercial area. Secondly, traffic and safety cul de sacs are designed for limited local
traffic, not continuous circulation from nonresidents. Increased vehicle stops during
peak hours create congestion, restrict maneuverability, and raise legitimate concerns
regarding pedestrian safety and emergency access. These are material land use impacts that
must be considered. Thirdly, the precedent and zoning integrity approved this request
would effectively erode the purpose of the existing zoning classification and set a
precedent for similar encroachments. Zoning is intended to provide
predictability and stability for property owners, granting exceptions that conflict with
established use undermines that framework. I would also note that hardship were applicable
to a variance, must be unique to that property itself, and not self-created. The
circumstances here do not appear to meet that threshold. This is not a personal matter.
it's about consistent application of zoning standards and protecting the rights and
expectations of surrounding homeowners who relied on those standards when purchasing their
homes. Once this line is crossed, it can't be uncrossed and our neighborhood will never
be the same. For these reasons, I respectfully request that you deny this application and
uphold the existing zoning in order to protect the safety, character, and integrity of our
neighborhood. Thank you for your time and consideration. Thank you. Next, I have melissa
ivey. You can come forward, state your name, address, and you'll have three minutes.
thank you. Good evening, mayor and council members. My name is melissa ivey and I reside at
1808 burr parkway in leander. I'm a local business owner and a former educator of 30 years
experience, including 19 years with leander isd. I'm here tonight in support of ashanti
pereira and dewdrops montessori preschool. I have known ashanti since before she opened her
daycare. She brings over 25 years of experience of childhood education and
montessori instruction, and together we have 55 years of experience. While shanti's
qualifications are impressive, I'm here to speak about the larger issue the growing need
for quality child care in leander. In 2019, I became a foster parent to my nieces
children who. During that time I struggled to find childcare for them and even school age
programs had waiting lists. Since then, leander has continued to grow, and so has
the demand for child care, and families need a safe, reliable and nurturing environment there
for their children so their parents can work, support households and contribute to
our local community. We. When parents cannot find dependable childcare, it can affect their
ability to remain in workforce, reduce work hours, accept new employment and quality. Child
care not only benefits children and families, but also supports local businesses, strengthens
workforce and contributes to the tax base that we need to fund essential city services. I
understand that there are concerns about the traffic, but ashanti has taken steps to
minimize that impact by staggering the drop off and pick up times and encouraging
parents to use her driveway. The traffic from this small home based preschool is minimal
and spreads throughout the spreads throughout the day. In reality, many neighborhoods see
more traffic from delivery service vehicles amazon, fedex, ups, instacart, ubers. It was
designed to serve local families while being. She was designed it to be a good
neighbor. This request is not for a large commercial operation. It is simply to
allow enough enrollment to make it financially feasible for ashanti to hire an assistant.
having an assistant means that more supervision, more individualized attention, and
stronger learning environment for every child. It also allows the program to maintain an
exceptional ratio of 1 to 5. Without sufficient enrollment, it becomes difficult to
maintain both the high quality and high care and the affordable tuition that she now
provides as an educator, a foster parent, a community member, I know firsthand how
important quality childcare provides, like ashanti's are to children and working families,
and I respectfully ask for you to support this request. And the impact on the neighborhood
is minimal. But the benefit to the children, the families and our children and our community
is significant. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Next, we have gaye glick. If you come
forward, state your name, your address, and you'll have three minutes. Thank you. Mayor
council. My name is gay glick. I live at 914 mallard 912 mallard lake tyrrell. Excuse me.
and I'm a neighbor of ashanti. And ashanti has lived in this community for almost 18 years,
as of at least almost 20 other homeowners. Because we love our community. It's very small. We
have our area is only four streets. They're on a cul de sac. I was on a board. I was on
the board of directors for four years. I approved her request during right after covid, and
there has not been one complaint by any homeowner regarding parking or anything,
except for the neighbor next door that has filed the original complaint against her.
and even that homeowner has a complaint against her, with her fence, with the city, which is
in process at the moment. So it's not a this is not a tit for tat. This is just if you're
going to do one thing, you got to do it for. All right. So I would hope that y'all would
support us auntie, in this. It's not like it's going to be a lifelong commitment for a
license. She may only need it for a few years, but it's not a life like a lifetime commitment.
so I wish you would consider her. Thank you, thank you. And last speaker I have is ashanti.
oh, okay. Well, I know you spoke earlier, but I was like, well, maybe she wants to come
back in. She has three more minutes. Okay. Thank you. So the public hearing is now
closed and we will discuss and consider action regarding special use case z-26-0210 as
described above. Council. Please place to. Yes, I have a question for. For robin, it's
more about the timing of what we're looking at. You know, because we're looking at this
actively as what our policy is related to these types of type of businesses or homes and
everything. And so can you kind of lay out a little bit about what that looks like for that?
yeah. So we have an amendment to the composite zoning ordinance, and that's scheduled for the june 18th city council meeting. It was already reviewed by the planning and
zoning commission. Okay. And how would that impact like what the working this is this is
separate. So you can approve a special use permit that gives alternative standards to the
ordinance. Okay, okay. That's my last question. Okay. I do have one question and it might
be for assistant to the city manager. Kent, seriously about there was a mention about the
bill that passed this year, and I know that you guys went up to senator royce west and
discussed, since they are the ones that originated that bill. Can you talk a little bit about
their feedback about how they wrote the bill and what they intended with that bill? Yeah.
so senate bill 1555, when that was passed last legislative session that was focused on the
health and human code section for that. And so when this was brought up, we were looking at
pieces of that health and human services code, and whether or not that also applies to zoning.
and so when we met with the bill author, the senator's staff confirmed that that bill
does not apply to any zoning regulations and things like that, which is why we've been
working with robin and her team to find some sort of solution to help kind of navigate through that. Yep. Thank you. Please. Three. I think I had this is for miss miss griffin.
I think I had some of the similar questions. I know that, you know, we were trying to set
precedents around the ordinance in itself. And so, you know, I, I wanted to get some
clarification on when that would be back before council in that presentation, before
council, would there be a delineation of options that would be available? And can you
speak a little bit about that? Yeah. So we were presenting a an ordinance amendment that is
kind of in line with what we discussed in the the workshops with the ordinance amendment.
the council has the ability to choose to do different, different things. But we were
proposing the six children by right with no special permits or anything. And you could go
up to 12 for after school care. And if you you did that, you would have to do certain things
like accommodate parking and make sure the playground area isn't too close to the
neighboring properties. Okay. And I think I lost my train of thought there. So, so in terms
of, of options that are available, you know, I, I kind of went back and forth on this.
I, if you know, since this is a special use permit, you know, I think that maybe we should
consider having a final decision on the actual ordinance because we do want to
set long term precedents and not necessarily have something that is not in compliance with
future decision. Was there any reason why maybe that wasn't this particular agenda item
wasn't tabled before we could get to that? The applicant has the right to make a zoning
request at any time, and her request came in before our ordinance was ready. The
council does have the option to table the action to the next meeting, if you wanted to, to
wait and consider them both together. Okay. And then I had one quick question for the
applicant. And that the. But, miss mrs. Shanti pereira, I know that you made a change
from ten students to or ten children to I'm sorry, 12 to children to ten. Can you talk
to us a little bit about about why you made that adjustment? So do I have my license for 12.
I only use it when I. So I have I need to have my income. And when I have kids graduating, if
there is one day or something overlapping when a child leaves on a monday and another sorry,
monday and another child wants to join the previous friday, then I enrolled. But otherwise
I like to. My passion is to teach the children, so I only take what I can handle and I
really like the number 12, so I never. It's very rarely do I have 12. Okay. And I know that
there was some some commentary a little earlier about you did receive approval from the hoa.
is that correct to operate when, when I first moved, there was no hoa. And I think this hoa
came into effect somewhere in 2013. I did get in touch with a lawyer and he did some research
and I don't know the terms of it, but it looks like hoa is not legit. And he asked, I
think it was in january or february for the hoa to get back with some information he's
asking, and they never got back. So I don't think, as far as I know, I don't have to worry
about an hoa. Okay, so there was not any formal approval by the hoa I did get when I. So
first there was nothing because when we bought the house, right when I moved from los angeles,
that was the main reason. My youngest, who is now in the military, was just two years.
and I wanted to put my experience and stay home with him. So that was the only
reason I bought that home. They told me that I can there was some kind of an issue. It was
like the board probably wasn't established at that time. Yes. Okay. Okay. Well, so and I
wanted to tell something about the after school, six kids that's going to bring a lot of
traffic because after school kids, the school bus will come. And the program I have is
minimum traffic. If you have six. And also I am. How are the parents going to work? Because
all my parents are full time. They all have full time jobs and that's why they can't do
find childcare. That is 8 to 5. Okay. I mean, I do have staggered pick ups, so some are
1230 then 3:00, 334, 435 only in the mornings, especially on mondays, sometimes do I have
staggered every like at least three, but still they don't block because my driveway is
there and it's just drop and go. There is no traffic compared to all the other. I love all my
neighbors, but there is so much traffic more than mine because I am a single mom and I. It's
just me alone at home. And I have one more question for. Thank you so much. Yes, I have
one more question for miss griffin. Can you just let let me know what when what date the.
the original ordinance was put into place. Do you have that 2005 is when we adopted the
composite zoning ordinance. It may have had provisions prior to that, but that's the
ordinance I'm the most familiar with. Okay. And I can provide clarification on the hoa.
according to their plot, it was created in 2013, but the land wasn't platted until 2015. Okay,
that was post 2015. All right. Thank you so much. So so I think that's that's all the
questions I have. I just will reiterate, I do believe that maybe we consider as a council
making a decision after we have set policy or precedents in place on the ordinance before
make a decision on this particular agenda item. Thank you. Please. Five do you have
anything? No additional comments I agree with councilman blair. Play. Six I
struggle with this because I think it's a very emotional decision. And my kiddos a long
time ago also did an in-home daycare and it was fantastic. Mama dee was amazing. But the
other side of it is the precedent. It does set. And, and because there's an ongoing
code enforcement case also, it makes it very difficult for me from a safety perspective to
approve something that we haven't gotten through the safety aspect of it. So I'm,
I'm very conflicted here, but I don't have any questions. Gotcha. I think in-home daycare
is needed. It's important. My kids as well, all went to in-home daycare at some point
in their life, some in texas, some in other states. And you know that that is a huge
importance. But what we're here to determine is about this ordinance that we have coming
before us. Planning and zoning did approve a change to the ordinance at their meeting last
week, and they did table decision on this particular sup until ordinance change was made,
because they knew it was coming down the line. So I'm going to make a recommendation as a
council that we remand this back to planning and zoning for their review. Based on the
ordinance change that they said they needed to review before they could make a decision on
this sup, and then once they have a chance to review it now, in light of the full ordinance
that they've approved last week, then it will come back to council and we can review that
and we will have reviewed the ordinance at that point. We want to be clear that we're not
taking things out of steps, that we're not being inconsistent with our processes.
and I heard that comment from a commissioner before, that we need to be consistent with how
we're approving things. And that process really is that the ordinance change happened. And
then we review this particular item. It makes no sense for us to make a decision on this,
knowing that there was an ordinance change that was approved by planning and zoning
that's coming to us. We really need to be consistent, is my thought process. So that is the
recommendation that I would make to council. Yeah, that's my motion. I'm sorry. I'll
second that. So I have a motion and a second on that. Is that okay? The way that stated. Yes,
ma'am. Okay. We have a motion and a second. All those in favor? All right. That passes
unanimously. Thank you. All right. We will move to item 16, conduct a public hearing for
the purpose of receiving public comment on an ordinance approving a letter of agreement
with pinellas electric cooperative, psc to grant an extension to the franchise
approved by ordinance number 19-032-00, which grants psc certain powers, licenses right
of way, privileges and franchise to construct, maintain, operate and use a
transmission and distribution system in the city of leander to provide electric utility
service. Provide direction to city staff on an ordinance approving a letter of agreement
with psc as described above, and schedule a formal action for the regular city council
meeting on july 2nd, 2026. Assistant to the city manager no. Assistant city manager. I'm
sorry, edwin ravel. This one is yours. Thank you. Mayor and council, as the mayor has has
stated, this item is an agreement that will allow us an opportunity to continue our
conversations and negotiation with psc as it relates to the franchise agreement. The
existing agreement is a seven year agreement that is due to expire this month, and this if
at the appropriate time, when this is ready for approval or consideration by the council,
this will give an opportunity, if granted, to give us up to 12 months to finalize the new
franchise agreement. And while that's going on with this would do was would allow us to extend
the existing agreement under the current terms until we have the new agreement in place. All
right. Well, this is a public hearing and it is open, but we didn't have any speakers sign
up for this particular item. So the public hearing is now closed. And this is an action
item for council. Do you have comments. You can make comments if you have. Go ahead. Yeah I
just have a comment. So so as we're I know that we're not talking about what the contents
of the what we're going to work on in the extension, but, you know, kind of reviewing the
contract and everything or the franchise agreement, I hope you guys are looking at some ways that we can work with pattern to, to, to, to get some type of way that we can prioritize what
we want them to do or something in the agreement. I'm not sure if that's in there. When I read
through it, I really didn't, I, I pretty much they're going to do everything in the order they
want and how they want. I would like to see it if we can work that in, if that's something
common in other cities where they're doing that. And so that's just my one thing that I
saw on there that I think would be very good for us. And then also, if there's something we
could do to. Not regulate, but to make ensure that certain customers are able to get
reliable energy from may possibly have priority customers within the franchise
agreement. That's just my $0.02. Okay. Yeah, I think what we're doing today is just extending
the contract so they have time to negotiate all of those points. But thank you for
adding those points. But that's what we're doing tonight is just extending the contract as
is and as it's already set up so that they continue to operate and then they have time
to negotiate something more, right? Yes, yes. We'll have time. Your point is well taken.
we did receive the initial recommendation from them, and there are opportunities for us
to prioritize it more, more so such that this balance. All right. Please. Three anything?
no. I think that you clearly stated this is just giving us an opportunity to make the
negotiations that are required for the city. So I'm good with it. Please. Five I am I'm just
curious and just for clarification, knowing that this contract or this agreement
was coming to term, why didn't we not do this earlier? It seems we could have done that
previously and not run into this extension. Is there a specific reason that that
happened? Is it something contractually just I want to understand that a little bit better. Sure. So so the process started in october of 2025 is when, when the process really
started. At that point, the typical staff members that were responsible were not in place
at that time. And so we had staff changes. We we did some departmental changes about what
department would be responsible for shepherding this agreement. So we've had some conversations
since october. But the, the, the more intense conversations didn't really start until a
month ago. So, so there are some things on our side that we just had to, to make sure that
we were, we had in order and in place. Okay. Thank you. Thank you for that clarification. And
obviously, that would have mitigated our ability to even address this. Yeah. So I fully
support this particular extension to allow for that. Thank you. Please, I'll make a
motion. I'd like to make a motion to table all formal action on this item to the
regular city council meeting on july 2nd, 2026. I will second that. I do have one. Can you
share why you want to table to july 2nd? Okay. Thank you. I was like, what are we doing? I
missed that line. I was like, what? We're we're in a position that we can move to approve
this. Okay. Yeah, yeah, sorry, I was just saying that motion. Okay. Okay. Got it, got it, got
it to approve it. Yes. Yeah. Yes we are, because they're going to be two readings of
this action. So I will move that we approve the extension as indicated in the document
presented to us this evening and recommended by staff. I'll second. All right. We have a
motion. And second, all those in favor. All right. That passes. Thank you mayor. Yes,
please. There was just one thing that I did fail to say. I think that is important. Okay.
peck is in agreement with this. Yes they are. Thank you. All right. We'll move to our
regular agenda item 17. Discuss and consider action on a resolution authorizing
submission of staffing for adequate fire and emergency response safer grant through
the united states department of homeland security and federal emergency management agency,
fema to fund the hiring of 15 new firefighter positions providing for the cost sharing,
if awarded, of 25% of the actual cost in the first and second year and 65% in the
third year of the grant, and authorize city manager to execute any and all necessary
documents. Fire department division chief tony angelino. I know I messed it up. I'm sorry.
correct me. I'm trying to do my phonetic spelling. We'll see if I say it right. Okay. Thank you
for being gracious. Of course. Good evening, mayor and council. My name is tony anguiano. I am
a division chief with the fire department. Thank you for the opportunity to speak about this
item. As shown in the executive summary, we are requesting authorization to submit a safer
grant application to the support of hiring 15 positions for the staffing of fire
station six in the north east area of the city. Based on historical data, this proposed
unit would have responded to approximately 300 emergencies within that area in the last
year. In addition to responding to an additional 250 emergencies that occurred in
the adjacent areas. The safer grant program is designed specifically to help fire
departments increase operational staffing to meet national safety standards. If
awarded, the grant would cover 75% of the firefighters first year salary for the first two
years and a 35% for the third year. The city would be responsible for covering the
remaining personnel costs. Tonight's requested action simply authorize authorizes the
submission of the safer grant application and empowers the city manager to execute any
required documents and, if awarded, this grant would provide substantial federal
support for increasing our frontline staffing and improving our overall community protection. I'm happy to answer any questions council may have. Thank you. Any questions?
council. Okay, sir. Yes. So thank you so much, lieutenant, for coming out and speaking. I
did have a chance to speak with, and I'm going to try the name chief chief billy w, chief
watson houser and and also broadmoor, president broadmoor, regarding this particular grant.
and so they did talk to me or speak to me a little bit about kind of the northeast quadrant
of our city and how it needs that support. Can you just go into a little bit more detail
of why it's really important for us to secure this amount of firefighters in that area? Yes,
ma'am. So hiring 15 firefighters would be the first step and up staffing for fire,
fire, fire station six, fire station six is projected to be in the northeast section of the
area of the city, which currently is valued at $3.7 billion, that are unprotected
assets and about 12,000 residents in the immediate area. So having the staffing and the
building there would give us that opportunity to better provide service. Our first
arriving engine is station four, and that is more than the recommended time from nfpa
standards. Awesome. I definitely know that they were in alignment with this is the
right step for fire station six. So we're we're looking forward to hopefully securing the grant
funding for that. I did have one question, I believe, for mr. Williams regarding the
budget and just just getting some clarification for the citizens. So in this particular
grant, it does talk about the first first two years being 25% cost allocation covered by the
city, that going to 65% salary for those firefighters. And then after that, we would, we
would recover full, full cost. From a budget perspective, do you feel that if we are granted
the or awarded this grant, we would be able to support three years and beyond with the city?
yes. Council member, I'm very confident that based on our revenue projections over the
next several years, the city of leander will be able to support the 25% going forward. Okay,
wonderful. That was my only question for you. Thank you so much, mr. Williams. So, yeah,
I'm definitely in support of this, and it's in alignment with the trajectory that the
fire department wants to make. So thank you. Thank you. Any other comments, please? Five. I
did have a lot of questions with regards to the way that the safer parameters are
defined, just to ensure that all of the specific needs and wants are correctly delineated
in the way that we're approaching this particular grant. Submission, because it
hasn't been approved. Right. And, you know, all of those questions were to, to my
satisfaction, answered. So I think the city has done a very, very good job of finding an
alternative way to help fund these types of expansions that are very definitively needed
for the city's long term security. And, and the future, obviously, of our staffing and
our and our additional fire stations that we are planning in the future. However, with
that said, I do want to point out that the immigration enforcement conditions that
exist in the dhs standard terms framework were affirmatively applied to this particular loan
or this particular grant. They are not a hypothetical. They are in there. They are
currently blocked by permanent injunction. But that appeal is is expected. So this means if
we accept this safer award, when if we were to be granted that award, because this is
just the application. Again, I want to stress that it's just the application. But if we were
to accept the award, we do so under terms that exclude those immigration conditions now. But
a legal landscape could shift during the period of this particular grant. That's a
meaningful risk worth flagging in this briefing, and it is important to note that as a
city with both fire department staffing needs and a long term look at the preservation of
operational and policy independence on public safety matters, I feel it's important
to make that statement. I'm not opposed to us applying for the loan, but we do need to be
cognizant of what that could potentially grant us were we given that grant. And when we
have to address those issues upon the acceptance of that grant, I just want to make sure
that that's read into the record so that if this council is not the council that is
doing that, that there will be an opportunity to address those concerns. And I thank you very,
very much. I appreciate what you guys are doing. Like I said, all of my other questions were
answered. I think it's a great way to do this. I just think there's some conditions on this
particular grant now that are that are troublesome. Yes, sir. That is a that is accurate. And
thank you for pointing that out. We would have to agree to all the terms and conditions. As
with all federal grants. All right. Thank you for your point. Place five please. Six.
anything? All right. I'll make a motion to approve. I just wanted to say I'm sorry. I
thought. Okay, I made a motion. We have a second by council member blair, and then we have
a little more discussion by please. Two. Yeah. Well, two things here. So one would be,
you know, you know, we had this discussion before about public safety and about enforcing the
laws of this country. And I think that's it's a valid thing. And it's something we take an
oath when we take this position that we're going to we're going to honor the constitution of
the united states of america. And if we want to take money from the federal government,
then we need to abide by their terms. I don't see a problem with us following the rules of
our elected people and the laws of this country. With that said, I did want to just if the grant
if we did not get the grant, how would we go about prepping to to step into this
opportunity that we're or this this requirement that we're going to have in order to build
this station and fund it? Because I know it's not you just go out and hire 15 random
guys and throw them in a truck and tell them to go have fun. Right? It's, this is a very
detailed profession. And can you talk to that a little bit? Yep. So if the grant is not
awarded or we are not approved to submit for the application of the grant, we would try
again at the following cycle for a grant application, or we would phase it in a hiring
process over the next three budget cycles. Requesting fire firefighter five firefighter
positions over the next three budget cycles. Is that good? Okay, we have a motion and a
second. All those in favor? All right. Motion carries. Thank you. Thank you very much. And
now we'll move to item 18. Discussing consider action on casting the city's votes on the
ballot relating to pinellas electric cooperative, inc. 2026 board of directors election and
authorize the city secretary to cast the city's votes as determined by the city council
chief financial officer. Otis williams. Welcome. Good evening, mayor and council. Tonight,
we're going to consider agenda item number 18. In regards to the 2026 board of director
election for the permanent electric cooperative. So really the purpose of this, the city
has been called to participate in the district two election, which directly covers the city
of leander. We have two candidates on the ballot. The first person is alexis grimes.
the other person is carlos saint james. Directors are elected to this board to serve
three three year term because the city of leander has two pet accounts, one being our primary
accounts for utilities at our city facilities. And number two, our streetlights that that
allows us to hold two votes in this election. Now, there are three options that council can
consider. Number to meet the deadline for june 12th. Number one, vote for one candidate,
which means to cast both the city's votes for either of the candidates. Number two, a split
vote cast one vote for each candidate, and then the third one is to abstain. Choose not
to vote in this election. Staff recommendation is to recommend the city council to authorize
the city secretary to cast the ballots according to your direction tonight. At this
point, I will open up the floor to council for discussion and consideration. I think we have
somebody signed up to speak, so we'll have carlos saint james come forward, state your name,
address and you'll have three minutes. Good evening, carlos saint james. I live on artesian
springs, just outside of lakewood park in leander. He's absolutely correct. Actually,
it's part of district two, which covers all of leander, parts of liberty hill and parts of cedar park, but essentially all of all of leander. This is an important election because
the industry I work in, the industry is expected that electricity prices are going to
rise over the next 3 to 5 years, at least 30%. So it behooves all of us as members of the
co-op and as just as residents, to find as creative ways as possible to keep our utility
bills as low as possible, or to keep them from rising as much as they're they seem to be
destined to rise. I'm pleading the case here for myself. I've been in town in leander for
about six years. I've been very active in the community parks and recreation committee economic development. I've been on a few other things. I've created a couple of nonprofits,
the leander foundation, which is very active in the community, keeps leander beautiful, and
I'm also helping nurture part of a group that's helping nurture another institution called friends of the leander library. So I think my credentials as a as a good
resident are well established. You, I think all more or less know me on the professional
side, which is perhaps more important. I've been working in this power sector for the last
20 plus years, mostly for variations of engineering firms that provide different services
to the electric sector, mostly firms that are building either natural power plants or wind
farms, or solar power plants, or in most recent years, batteries storage, which is
kind of the way the industry is going. In that sense, I would make the case that it's
important that we choose someone who actually knows the industry to represent this,
given all the change that's going on. As I consider myself a subject matter expert on this
and on the issue that was just recently discussed, the issue of blackouts is increasingly
important. Texas is the state that has more blackouts than any other state and by by a
large margin. Now, fortunately, pedernales within the state of texas has among the least
number of blackouts. But the fact is, the grid overall, the electric grid is under
increasing pressure. So these things are going to be coming up more and more and more blackouts, the pressure of rising rates. Et cetera. And leander has a number, a lot of
people that are on fixed incomes. And so I think it behooves us to have someone in
that role who actually can fight as passionately as as necessary and with the
knowledge to help keep those rates from rising as much as they seem to be destined to. So
thank you, thank you. All right. Council, this is yeah, it's a council action item. Any
comments or questions before we move? Nope. Okay. Well, I recommend as a nonpartisan
board and the city and thus representing all of leander that we split the vote since we
have two votes and we have two candidates on the ballot. And that would be my recommendation
to council for us to do that. I agree with that. Anybody disagree or want to make a
different. All right. Well, that is my motion. Unless you want me to say it differently.
okay. So I have a motion on the floor and we have a second. All those in favor? All right.
carries. Thank you. All right. We are moving to item 19. Discussing consider appointment
of council director and citizen director to the board of directors of the brushy creek
regional utility authority. Bcra for terms that are set to expire on june 30th, 2026.
executive director of public works gina ellison. Welcome. Good evening. As you mentioned,
this item is to discuss and consider appointment of two positions to the bcri board.
these positions are set to expire currently the end of this month. The new position or
the new term would be two years. The bylaws state that the council director can be the
mayor or a council member, while the citizen director can be either of those. In addition
to a citizen of leander, the. This is a one time resetting of the. I think there's just
different phases and people coming in and out. So this is a one time reset so that all the
terms expire for the entire board every two years at this time. Currently, mayor thompson
serves as our council director, and then we have richard shoffner as our citizen
director. City staff recommends that the city council select two positions for this
appointment. Thank you. I did speak with our city manager and with our general manager for
bcra, and we many of you know, if you've watched any of our meetings about water, we have
some really big projects that are in the works, and they all recommend staying the course
with the board members that we currently have, just because it would be a lot to try to bring
somebody new on and educate them on everything that's going on in bc right now. So that is
feedback that we did get from city manager's office and the general manager of bc. Are you
a. Great council? Do y'all have any additional clarification? We have confirmed with mr.
shaffner. He does. We shall be reappointed. Thank you. And okay. And we did confirm with
mr. Shaffner that he would like to be reappointed. Thank you for clarifying that. Yes. Thank
you. All right. Council, this action item. I just want to say I think it's good to have
continuity. I mean, we're at the tail end of our big projects and the mayor's been
there through the through the process. And it'd be good to have the same team. And it's
good to hear mr. Shaffner wants to continue and he's been great on there. He has an engineering
background. And so many of you know, when our previous citizen director, jason anderson,
passed away, he also was an engineer. And so this was a good selection for us to be
able to have another engineer serve in that role. And after talking with the general
manager about all the expertise that he brings to the board, that was an important part of
it. So thank you. I would like to make a motion that we approve, mayor thompson, to be
the city council director for the bcra and that we maintain mr. Shaffner, for citizen
director, I'd like to second that, but I do have one point that I want some clarification
on by this reappointment. At what time will the general. Everybody have to be
reappointed at that point? It really, truly is a whole new, potentially a whole new group.
sure. So this would reset june 30th. So they would start july 1st. And then so it would be
june 30th, 2028 would be the next reappointment. So this would be another two year term.
it's not it's not a small period. And then everybody this would be two years and then
everybody's everybody starts july 1st and then it's a two year term. And then they would
be perfect. That's that's clarification. And I second the motion. So we have a motion.
and a second I will say, when I first started in 21, my term ended july 31st and then I
started august 1st was my term. So everybody's been kind of on different time frames, but the
board did an update to the bylaws last year, and that's why this all cropped up for us
to change our terms. So, and I believe almost everybody on the board has been there a fairly
good amount of time. There's usually only turnover if an elected official loses their
seat or if somebody just decides they they can't commit to the time anymore. Yes. Yeah.
all right. We have a motion and a second. All those in favor? All right. Motion carries.
thank you. All right. We have made it to item 20. Council member closing comments. I will
start with place six. Good night. Place five. If you will afford me a moment. Do you want
me to come back? I can come back. That's fine. You can come back. Okay. Place three. I'm
looking forward to being with everyone. Old town festival this weekend. And love the idea
of us commemorating just a lot of the festivities around the greatness of our nation. And I
hope you have a wonderful night and god bless. Please to want to encourage everybody to go to
the old town festival. It's a great event. I also, you know, we have a very exciting month
and a half coming up. I mean, because we have juneteenth right after that, and then we
have the national celebration, and then we have 4th of july or the 250th. It's a. And then we
have all those other events. So it's going to be a very busy city, and it's very exciting
seeing all the different locations that are being used and how we're utilizing all our facilities. And I just want to thank the city staff and everything for all the events,
the chamber and and the lpac for putting this stuff together. Thank you. Thank you. Back to
place five. Thank you, mayor, for the courtesy. I did want to touch on did some reading this
week, typically looking at mental health issues. And there's a very clear indication
that mental health in the united states remains a critical issue. One barrier
that we can do something about is stigma. And studies show reducing stigma increases
access to care. And one place you can do this is your local leander library offerings are
typically free. Recurring community programs that create social connections for isolated
populations, including parents of young children and seniors. I want to remind folks mental
health is important, and I encourage you to try. Programs such as the adult writing and
journaling club scheduled on june 17th from 6 to 7:30 p.m. This is a supportive, quiet
space for mental decompression. A quick reminder that the leander library launched the
summer reading program as well on june 1st. That will continue through july 31st. So with that,
our history fact for today is kind of a twofer. On june 4th, in 1992, elvis presley's
ex-wife priscilla presley, stood at graceland to officially announce the results of an unprecedented public poll. The united states postal service had distributed over
1.2 million ballots, asking americans to choose between young elvis and old elvis.
young elvis won. It was designed by mark stutzman in a landslide, and following those
june 4th results, the finished 29 cent stamp $0.29. Folks. Back in 1992. It was officially
released to the public and to mark what have been what would have been elvis's 58th birthday.
and that stamp went on to be the top selling commemorative stamp of all time. So sticking
with the rock and roll theme on this exact day in 56, elvis's breakthrough track heartbreak
hotel was the number one song in america, and it was a rare trifecta because it was number
one on billboard's pop, country and r&b charts. So there you go. A little bit of elvis for a few
friends who have been asking me for elvis stuff, and they're not even here tonight. Anyway,
thank you all very much. Y'all have a good night. Take care of your mental health. Appreciate
the courtesy. All right. Thank you. Council. And tonight we got dinner from southerns pizza
right here in leander. It was delicious. So make sure when you're in leander that you shop
local and support our small businesses that are here. And also a reminder for our old
town festival this weekend. It is rain or shine, so regardless of if it rains, the event will
go on. So make sure you come prepared if you think you might get caught in some showers. And
we are grateful to our chamber for all they do to support our city and our small businesses
in the area. And we're excited for the old town festival this weekend. Well, as we did not
finish our executive session, we will convene back into executive session at 8:18 p.m.
do I need to go through all of this again? Okay. All right. I thought I might skip it, but no.
pursuant to one section 551.071 texas government code and rule 1.05 texas disciplinary rules
of professional conduct to consult with legal counsel regarding proposed settlement of cause number 24-0818-c369. Denucci constructors, llc versus city of leander and the
368th judicial district court, williamson county, texas and two. Section 551.071 texas
government code and section 1.05 texas disciplinary rules of professional conduct to
consult with legal counsel regarding agreements regarding brushy creek regional utility
authority and facilities, expansion projects, and litigation agreements related to the brushy creek regional wastewater treatment plant and three section 551.071 and
section 551.072 texas government code. Section 1.05 texas disciplinary rules of
professional conduct to consult with legal counsel regarding the acquisition of properties
for public purposes and an option agreement for acquisition of real property,
and for section 551.071 texas government code and section 1.05 texas disciplinary rules
of professional conduct, section 551.072 to consult with legal counsel regarding lease
agreement for time is 831 and we are reconvening into open session to take action as
deemed appropriate in the city council's discretion regarding one cause. Number 24-0818c369
denucci constructors, llc versus city of leander and the 368th judicial district court,
williamson county, texas mayor pro tem, do you have a motion? No action two agreements
regarding brushy creek regional utility authority and facilities expansion projects
and litigation agreements related to the brushy creek regional wastewater treatment plant. Mayor pro tem, do you have a motion? No. Action three acquisition of properties for
public purpose and an option agreement for acquisition of real property. Mayor pro tem, do you have a motion? No action and for lease agreement for city operations. Mayor pro tem,
do you have a motion? No action. All right. And we are