Apr 23, 2026 City Council

[A.1 CALL TO ORDER, QUORUM DETERMINED, MEETING DECLARED OPEN. ]

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I CALLED ORDER THE REGULAR SCHEDULE MEETING IN CEDAR PARK CITY COUNCIL.

A QUORUM IS PRESENT. PLEASE NOTE THE ROLL.

PLEASE CALL THE EXECUTIVE SESSION

[I. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW CONVENE IN A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT.

SECTION 551 .071, SUBSECTION ONE.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH AGENDA ITEMS B ONE, A COUNCIL RECONVENE OPEN SESSION AT 7 P.M.

SHARP.

DID YOU GIVE ANY? CALL TO ORDER BACK IN OPEN SESSION? THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE CEDAR PARK CITY COUNCIL.

A QUORUM IS PRESENT.

[C.1 Invocation. (Frezza)]

THANK YOU.

BEFORE WE BEGIN TONIGHT'S MEETING, LET'S TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT ON THE VALUES THAT MAKE CEDAR PARK SUCH A STRONG COMMUNITY KINDNESS, RESPECT, SERVICE, AND A WILLINGNESS TO WORK TOGETHER.

CEDAR PARK IS A GREAT CITY BECAUSE OF ITS PEOPLE.

NEIGHBORS WHO CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER.

BUSINESSES THAT INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY.

PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO KEEP US SAFE.

EDUCATORS WHO PREPARE THE NEXT GENERATION AND FAMILIES WHO CHOOSE TO BUILD THEIR LIVES HERE AS WE CONDUCT PEOPLE'S BUSINESS TONIGHT.

MAY WE LISTEN WITH RESPECT, LEAD WITH INTEGRITY, AND MAKE DECISIONS THAT SERVE THE GOOD OF OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE.

[C.2 Pledges Of Allegiance (U.S. and Texas). ]

JUST LIKE A PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS STATE UNDER GOD.

ONE AN INDIVIDUAL.

PLEASE GO.

ITEM C

[C.3 Presentation: Recognition Of Mayor Pro Tem Eric Boyce, Council Place Four, And His Service To The City Of Cedar Park. ]

ALSO COUNCIL PLACE FOR IN HIS SERVICE TO THE CITY OF CEDAR PARK.

I THINK INITIALLY WE WOULD ASK YOU TO TO TO STEP DOWN WITH US.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT THAT THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT, AND THEN WE'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO Y'ALL.

I SEE YOU HAVE.

ON BEHALF OF THE STAFF.

CERTAINLY THE CITY OF CEDAR PARK, WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE.

I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO SAY SIX YEARS OF TIME ON THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT MAN, IT REALLY GOES FAR BEYOND THAT.

TO YOUR TIME ON PLANNING AND ZONING, WHICH I HAVE ALWAYS SAID, THAT IS NO EASY COMMISSION TO TO WORK ON.

THERE'S A LOT OF TOUGH DECISIONS THAT GET MADE THERE, BUT I KNOW EVERY BIT OF THAT WAS WAS DONE WITH A LOT OF LOVE.

WHEN YOU WERE SITTING IN THAT SEAT, AS WELL AS YOUR TIME ON THE TYPE A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WHICH I KNOW ALSO HAS A REALLY SPECIAL PLACE IN YOUR HEART, WHICH WAS TRYING TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY CREATE JOBS AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES HERE IN OUR OWN CITY FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO TO COME AND WORK.

AND SO A LOT OF BIG PROJECTS THAT HAVE THAT HAVE COME THROUGH BOTH OF THOSE AREAS.

AND CERTAINLY YOUR TIME ON THE THE CITY COUNCIL OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS, BE IT MASTER PLANNING AND PARKS.

AND AS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ADVANCE OUR OUR BELLE DISTRICT PROJECT, THE NFL PROJECT WHICH STARTED WHILE WHILE YOU WERE ON COUNCIL.

AND I THINK WHAT WE KNEW ALONG THE WAY IS WHEN WE HAD PROJECTS THAT WERE HERE TO BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY, THAT THOSE WERE GOING TO BE THINGS THAT, OF COURSE, AFTER YOU LOOKED AT A LOT OF DATA, A LOT OF DATA, ERIC, A LOT OF DATA AND A LOT OF METRICS.

AND WHEN THOSE MADE SENSE, THERE WERE THINGS THAT YOU WERE GOING TO HELP SUPPORT IN OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU FOUND A GOOD ROI AND A GOOD BENEFIT FOR US.

I THINK I ALSO I LOOK AT THIS ROOM, WHICH HAS A LOT OF STAFF MEMBERS IN HERE TONIGHT, AND I CAN TELL YOU VERY, VERY SINCERELY HOW MUCH WE HAVE ALL APPRECIATED YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR GUIDANCE ALONG THE WAY.

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WHEN YOU WOULD THANK OUR STAFF AND RECOGNIZE OUR STAFF FOR THEIR THEIR EFFORTS.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEY ALL KNOW THAT AS WELL AND HAVE APPRECIATED THAT THROUGHOUT THESE YEARS.

AND SO SIX YEARS IS FAST, WOULDN'T IT? YEAH, IT WAS FAST.

AND SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE.

AND IN ORDER TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY.

AND I KNOW JOANNE, IT'S HERE.

OH THERE SHE IS.

AND JACK IS HERE TOO. YES.

AND I KNOW NATALIE WILL BE ABLE TO TO WATCH ONLINE.

SO WE THINK WE THINK Y'ALL AS WELL FOR THE TIME THAT THAT ERIC HAS BEEN ABLE TO COME AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WITH THAT WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS.

THERE'S ERIC NOT LOOKING MY WAY AT ALL.

FIRST, AGAIN, WE FEEL LIKE WE KNOW SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE THAT HAVE HELPED IN THE LAST SIX YEARS.

SO FOR SURE THIS IS TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND TO REMEMBER THE CITY OF CEDAR PARK.

AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU CAN OPEN YOUR SIGN AS WELL.

SO I'M GOING TO MOVE OUT OF YOUR WAY.

I WOULD LIKE YOU TO HOLD THAT FIRE.

WOULD YOU LIKE IT TO COVER MY FACE? SOMETIMES, YES.

30 PLUS SOMETHING YEARS.

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO TELL ME THAT.

THANK YOU.

OH, THAT'S SO COOL.

YES. THERE WE GO. DESTIN.

AND THEY ALL.

WILL APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT I'M STARTING A BOURBON COLLECTION.

AND THIS WILL COME IN.

I'M GLAD TELEVISION HAS BEEN DISBANDED BECAUSE I.

IN SCOTCH, BOURBON. AND YOU KNOW. WELL, I HAVE.

GOOD. YEAH.

IT IS ALL YOURS.

THEY KICK KICK ME OUT HERE, SO.

I GUESS I ALMOST FEEL LIKE I NEED TO COME UP HERE AND TALK.

YEAH.

LET ME DO THAT.

BEFORE YOU.

CAN WEAR MY HAT.

I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY THAT IS IS HERE TONIGHT.

AND THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE TO THANK, SO MANY PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE AND JUST AND YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY MY FAMILY, I LOVE YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

I KNOW NATALIE IS MY DAUGHTER IS IN NEW YORK CITY AND SHE'S MAYBE ATTEMPTING TO LIVE STREAM THIS OR WILL AT LEAST GET A VIDEO CLIP OF THIS LATER.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN REAL.

IT'S BEEN FUN, AND IT ACTUALLY HAS BEEN REAL FUN.

AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAD TOLD ME TEN YEARS AGO THAT I WOULD BE SITTING UP HERE AND SERVING AN ELECTED OFFICE, I WOULD HAVE SAID, YOU'RE NUTS.

BUT YET HERE I AM, AND OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF AND, AND AND I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT THAT I CHOSE TO STEP INTO THIS ROLE.

AND I'VE HAD THE REAL BLESSING IN MY LIFE TO SERVE ON A LOT OF NONPROFIT BOARDS AND BE INVOLVED IN MY KIDS SCHOOL AND BE INVOLVED IN MY UNIVERSITY AND BE INVOLVED IN MY HIGH SCHOOL IN A VOLUNTEER ROLE.

AND AND THIS SEEMED LIKE A NATURAL PROGRESSION.

AND IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT TEN YEARS HAS GONE BY.

BUT I WANT TO THANK MY WIFE, JOANNE.

I WANT TO THANK MY MY KIDS.

AND JACK, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY TEAM.

I HAVE A LOT THE MAJORITY OF MY VOICE AND ASSOCIATES

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AND I LOVE YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

AND, YOU KNOW, I COULDN'T THINK OF ANYBODY BETTER TO BE WORKING WITH AND DOING WHAT I DO.

AND AND HAVING SAID THAT, I KNOW I'VE TOLD BRENDA MANY TIMES THAT IF I WASN'T DOING WHAT I'M DOING, WHICH I ENJOY DOING, THAT I WOULD REALLY ENJOY, YOU KNOW, CITY MANAGEMENT.

AND I KNOW SHE'S BEING GRACIOUS AND SMILING, BUT SHE THINKS I'M NUTS FOR THINKING THAT.

BUT BUT I REALLY DO.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T REALLY, YOU KNOW, KNOW JUST HOW COMPLICATED, HOW COMPLEX AND HOW YOU KNOW, HOW INTENSE IT IS TO MANAGE A CITY.

AND ALL THE SECOND DERIVATIVE THINGS YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT, LIKE IN MANAGING A CITY. BUT IT'S REALLY INTERESTING.

AND BRENDA'S RIGHT, YOU KNOW, AND MY, MY WIFE WILL BE THE FIRST TO AGREE WITH ME THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES A DECISION COMES UP AND I NEED DATA AND I SIT ON IT AND I PROCESS IT AND PROCESS IT AND THEN BUT WHEN I MAKE A DECISION, IT'S READY TO READY TO MOVE FORWARD. SO AND THAT WAS BORN OUT IN OUR PERSONALITY TEST THAT, THAT WE DID A FEW YEARS AGO.

I DO NOW AN HAS CALLED ME THE WATER.

SO LEST I FAIL IN MY MY DUTY HERE, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF PREPARED REMARKS.

ONE, BECAUSE I'M MIDDLE AGED AND I KNOW I'D FORGET HALF OF WHAT I WANTED TO SAY.

TWO THINGS THAT ARE REALLY SPEAK TO WHAT'S IN MY HEART, AND THE FIRST I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS, REALLY TO ALL THE CITIZENS OF CEDAR PARK SERVING YOU.

THE RESIDENTS OF CEDAR PARK FOR THE PAST THREE TERMS ON CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN ONE OF THE GREATEST HONORS OF MY LIFE.

WHEN I FIRST SAW THE PRIVILEGE OF REPRESENTING OUR COMMUNITY, MY GOAL WAS SIMPLE TO HELP MOVE THE CITY FORWARD, TO SHAPE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES WITH A LONG TERM VISION IN MIND, AND TO POSITION CEDAR PARK FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS.

LOOKING BACK, I'M DEEPLY PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED TOGETHER AND EVEN MORE EXCITED FOR WHAT LIES AHEAD.

I WANT TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE GRATITUDE TO MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS ON THE CITY COUNCIL.

IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR TO WORK ALONGSIDE SUCH THOUGHTFUL AND DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS, EACH COMMITTED IN THEIR OWN WAY, TO SERVING OUR CITIZENS AND MAKING CEDAR PARK A BETTER PLACE THROUGH HEALTHY DEBATE, COLLABORATION, AND SHARED PURPOSE.

WE'VE WORKED AS A TEAM TO STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY'S FOUNDATION FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR EXCEPTIONAL CITY STAFF, WHOSE PROFESSIONALISM AND COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE OFTEN OPERATES BEHIND THE SCENES.

YET THEIR EFFORTS MAKE EVERYTHING RUN SO EFFICIENTLY, WHETHER IN SUPPORT OF DEVELOPMENT, MAINTENANCE OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, ENSURING PUBLIC SAFETY, OR ORGANIZING COMMUNITY SERVICES AND PROGRAMS. THEY ARE THE TRUE ENGINE OF OUR CITY'S SUCCESS.

IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE ALONGSIDE THEM.

I'M ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL TO OUR RESIDENTS FOR THEIR ENGAGEMENT, THEIR FEEDBACK AND COLLABORATION OVER THE YEARS.

HEARING YOUR IDEAS AND YOUR CONCERNS AND ASPIRATIONS HELP GUIDE OUR DECISIONS AND KEPT US FOCUS ON WHAT TRULY MATTERS.

BUILDING A COMMUNITY THAT REFLECTS THE VALUES AND THE VISIONS OF ITS PEOPLE.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE MANY PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE CITY AND BEYOND WHO PROVIDED ENCOURAGEMENT THROUGHOUT MY TIME IN ELECTED OFFICE, AND YOUR TRUST AND CONFIDENCE HAVE MEANT MORE THAN WORDS CAN EXPRESS.

OF COURSE, THE HEART OF CEDAR PARK LIES WITH YOU.

ITS PEOPLE ARE ENGAGED, CITIZENS ARE SMALL AND LARGE BUSINESSES DRIVING OPPORTUNITY, ARE ACTIVE AND DIVERSE FAITH AND CULTURAL COMMUNITY, AND THE COUNTLESS NONPROFITS AND FAITH BASED MISSIONS THAT PROVIDE SELFLESS AND HEARTFELT SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY.

TOGETHER, YOU REPRESENT THE STRENGTH, COMPASSION, AND RESILIENCE THAT DEFINE THIS CITY.

AS I COMPLETE MY SERVICE ON THE COUNCIL.

I REMAIN AS OPTIMISTIC AS EVER ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY'S FUTURE.

I HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE IN THE NEXT GENERATION OF CIVIC LEADERS WILL CARRY FORWARD THE WORK OF MAKING CEDAR PARK AN EVEN BETTER PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND RAISE A FAMILY.

THOUGH MY TIME ON THE COUNCIL IS COMING TO A CLOSE, I'LL CONTINUE TO STAY VERY ACTIVE AND THE COMMUNITY WILL ALWAYS BE AMONGST ITS STRONGEST ADVOCATES AND SUPPORTERS, AND I FEEL IMMENSE GRATITUDE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE, AND AN EVEN GREATER EXCITEMENT TO WATCH CEDAR PARK'S BRIGHT FUTURE CONTINUE TO UNFOLD.

IN CLOSING, I'LL JUST SAY THAT THE HONOR FOR ME IS IN THE SERVICE OF THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT WILL ALWAYS BE HONOR ENOUGH FOR ME.

MAY GOD BLESS YOU, ALL OF YOU, AND MAY GOD BLESS THE FINE CITY OF SEER PARK.

I HAVE ONE MORE THING TO TO TO READ.

AND BEFORE I'LL MENTION, I'M ACTUALLY JUST AS EXCITED TO CELEBRATE 30 YEARS OF CEDAR PARK.

AND IT'S IT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF CELEBRATIONS OF TENURE FOR OUR STAFF, AND I LOVE OUR STAFF SO MUCH.

AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST ABSOLUTELY BEEN ONE OF THE GREATEST JOYS OF BEING BEING A PART OF COUNCIL IS THOSE CELEBRATIONS.

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SERVING ALONGSIDE SUCH AN EXTRAORDINARY TEAM OF DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS IS TRULY BEEN ONE OF THE GREAT HONORS OF MY LIFE.

YOUR COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE, YOUR SPIRIT OF SERVICE, AND YOUR DAILY EFFORTS MAKE CEDAR PARK A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY INSPIRES ME MORE THAN WORDS CAN EXPRESS.

OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS, OUR CITY HAS ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH TOGETHER.

WE'VE ADVANCED OUR STRATEGIC GOALS AT PRESERVING OUR STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY IN PLACE, MAINTAINING FISCAL EXCELLENCE, INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE, EXPANDING PARKS AND RECREATION, SUPPORTING GROWTH OF LOCAL BUSINESSES, ENSURING THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF OUR RESIDENTS.

AND THESE ACHIEVEMENTS DID NOT HAPPEN BY CHANCE.

THEY'RE THE DIRECT RESULT OF YOUR SKILL, YOUR TEAMWORK, AND THE PRIDE YOU TAKE IN SERVING THE CITY.

I FEEL INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE WALKED ALONGSIDE YOU ON THIS JOURNEY.

I'VE COME TO HOLD DEEP RESPECT AND AFFECTION FOR EVERYONE WHO SERVES CEDAR PARK, WHETHER I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH YOU OR TO SIMPLY WITNESS YOUR EFFORTS FROM AFAR.

MANY OF YOU I NOW CONSIDER FRIENDS, AND THOSE CONNECTIONS MEAN THE WORLD TO ME.

FOR THOSE I HAVEN'T YET MET, PLEASE KNOW HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOUR QUIET DEDICATION AND YOUR PART IN KEEPING THE CITY MOVING FORWARD.

YOU ARE THE VERY HEART OF CEDAR PARK, THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND ITS SUCCESS, ITS GROWTH, AND ITS SPIRIT.

FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, THANK YOU FOR THE PRIDE THAT YOU ALL TAKE IN YOUR WORK, YOUR PROFESSIONALISM, AND YOUR UNWAVERING DEVOTION TO OUR SHARED PURPOSE.

THOUGH MY TIME ON COUNCIL IS COMING TO A CLOSE.

I'LL ALWAYS BE YOUR SUPPORTER AND ADVOCATE, CHEERING FOR YOU AND CELEBRATING YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS AND HELPING OTHERS TO SEE THE VALUE, THE INCREDIBLE VALUE THAT YOU BRING TO OUR COMMUNITY EVERY SINGLE DAY.

YOU'VE HELPED TO MAKE OUR CITY'S FUTURE BRIGHTER, AND I'LL CARRY THE GRATITUDE OF SERVING WITH SUCH REMARKABLE PEOPLE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, WITH DEEPEST RESPECT AND WARMEST ADMIRATION AND ENDLESS THANKS.

ERIC. BOYS. THANK YOU.

AND I'M DONE.

OKAY.

DO WE GET TO ROAST YOU NOW? I DON'T KNOW, OR WE'RE NOT POSTED FOR ROAST.

SO WE VERY MUCH, VERY MUCH OPEN.

YEAH. OPEN MEETINGS ACT HERE.

WELL, I'LL LET ALEXIS START US OFF.

YEAH, WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE WITH YOU ON THE DAIS.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS. WELL, SOME WOULD SAY A SHORT YEAR.

SOME WOULD SAY A LONG YEAR. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL YEAR.

AND I HAVE LEARNED A LOT FROM SITTING WITH YOU.

I THINK YOU ARE THE EMPOWERMENT OF FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.

I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, YOU GO OVER THE DETAILS, BUT I THINK THAT YOU REALLY, YOU KNOW, ANALYZE EVERYTHING IN A WAY THAT IS HELPFUL TO ALL OF US AND, YOU KNOW, OPEN THAT DIALOG AND CONVERSATION AND REALLY, YOU'VE BEEN A HUGE ASSET.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ONGOING INSIGHTS.

EVERYTHING. AND YOU'LL DEFINITELY BE MISSED.

BUT WE APPRECIATE SEEING YOU ON WHATEVER YOU KNOW, YOUR JOURNEY CARRIES YOU NEXT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WELL, WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.

I REMEMBER.

BACK WHEN I WAS ON TOURISM AND THEN FOR B AND MEETING AT ED TRAVIS'S OFFICE WITH A BUNCH OF OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS FOR ABOUT ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS TALKING ABOUT THE AWESOME THINGS THAT CEDAR PARK HAD IN FRONT OF IT.

AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WHEN I GOT ELECTED, YOU WERE ALWAYS THE ROCK HELPING ME TO.

STAY CONSISTENT.

WHEN WE WENT THROUGH SOME ROUGH, ROUGH PARTS WITH THE CITY.

AND I'M ALWAYS THE EMOTIONAL ONE HERE, THE STABLE MENTAL ONE.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THE LAUREL AND HARDY HOPE CITY COUNCIL.

YOU MIGHT HAVE PEOPLE THAT WILL DEBATE YOU ON THAT POINT.

SO BUT WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN STABLE.

YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN CONSISTENT. VERY DISCIPLINED.

BALANCED.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN THINGS ARE TOUGH, YOU'RE THE ONE THAT JUST RIDES SMOOTHLY THROUGH THE STORM.

AND YOU BRING A SENSE OF, OF PROFESSIONALISM TO THIS COUNCIL THROUGH THE YEARS AND YOU'LL CONTINUE THAT THROUGH THE COMMUNITY.

YOU'RE JUST RETURNING BACK TO CIVILIAN LIFE, WHICH IS HOW OUR GOVERNMENT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO COME UP HERE AND VOLUNTEER FOR A FEW YEARS, AND THEN AT SOME POINT GO BACK TO OUR LIVES AND HAVE A GREAT, GREAT LIFE FROM THERE.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THE THINGS WE CONTINUE TO DO TOGETHER.

WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO FOR THE COMMUNITY, YOUR BUSINESS, YOUR FAMILY, YOU KNOW? I JUST APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THIS CITY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

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BUT MOST, MOST IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP.

I HAD NO IDEA THAT JUST OUR TIME TOGETHER WOULD EVOLVE THE WAY IT HAS.

WHEN I FIRST MET YOU, I THINK AT A CHAMBER EVENT AND YOU GIVE GAVE ME THE TIME OF DAY TO TALK TO ME.

AND I DON'T MEAN THAT IN ANY KIND OF WAY.

AND OTHER THAN I FELT PRIVILEGED THAT YOU TOOK THE TIME AND YOU DO.

YOU TAKE THE TIME FOR PEOPLE AND YOUR SERVICE KNOWS NO BOUNDS.

I THINK THAT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN FRUSTRATED BECAUSE I WANT YOU.

YOUR QUIET HUMILITY IS IS VERY ADMIRABLE.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I ALWAYS WANT YOU TO SHOUT FROM THE ROOFTOPS ALL THE AMAZING THINGS THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO THE, YOU KNOW, UT COMMUNITY, TO THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY, TO THE STATE OF PARK COMMUNITY, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, YOU YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE A VOID BECAUSE A LOT OF WHAT YOU HAVE CONTRIBUTED, YOU KNOW, I MIGHT HAVE TO TEXT YOU IN THE MEETINGS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS? BECAUSE YOU ARE THAT THAT STEADY HAND AND THAT GUY NAMED FORCE IN A LOT OF OUR CONVERSATIONS. AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT.

I APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO THIS ROLE AND SOME OF THE CHALLENGING TIMES, AND JUST PUTTING UP WITH SOME OF MY FRIENDS AND I HAVE SO MANY GREAT MEMORIES OF, YOU KNOW, THOSE TRANSFORMATIONAL TIMES IN OUR IN OUR HISTORY.

DURING HER TENURE, ONE OF THE ONE OF THE THINGS I REMEMBER SO VIVIDLY IS WHEN WE HAD THE FOCUS GROUPS FOR THE LIBRARY AND JUST YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS AND SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT YOU BROUGHT FORTH.

AND IT WAS SO NICE TO HAVE THAT TIME TO, YOU KNOW, SEE DIFFERENT LENSES OF WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT WAS AN IMPORTANT THING.

AND HERE WE HAVE THIS GREAT JEWEL THAT YOU WERE SUCH A PART OF CONTRIBUTING TO.

AND HE DOES LET HIS HAIR DOWN.

AND I ALWAYS WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE WHEN HIS HAIR DOWN.

BECAUSE IF YOU GO, IF YOU IF YOU GO, HE'S NOT ALWAYS SO BUTTONED UP AND HE'S REALLY A LOT OF FUN.

SO I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER, ALWAYS REMEMBER WE WOULD ALWAYS MEET UP AND WE'D AT ACL FOR AN ADULT BEVERAGE AND WE HAD A GOOD TIME, SO I WILL I WILL MISS YOU ON THE DASH, BUT I KNOW I WON'T.

YOU WON'T GO FAR AND STILL HAVE OUR COFFEE CHATS AND AND WHATNOT, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WELL, DEFINITELY GOING TO REALLY MISS HAVING YOU SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO ME.

I'VE BEEN VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE AS MAYOR PRO TEM, KNOWING THAT THERE'S ALWAYS A VERY RELIABLE, THOUGHTFUL PERSON TO SPEAK ON THE CITY'S BEHALF. BUT DEEPLY, WHAT I REALLY APPRECIATED IS THE WAY YOU JUST EMBODY KINDNESS AND RESPECT AND THOUGHTFULNESS AND YOUR DEEP, DEEP COMMITMENT YOU HAVE TO THE CITY AND THE MANKIND MORE BROADLY. AND, YOU KNOW, WE MOST PEOPLE HERE REMEMBER THAT WE ORIGINALLY MET HIS OPPONENTS THOROUGHLY THRASHED ME IN MY FIRST ELECTION, AND HE ALWAYS BLUSHES WHEN I SAY THAT.

AND I WAS THINKING, I LOVE ABOUT ERIC IS THE ONLY PERSON I KNOW WHO'S EMBARRASSED TO HAVE WON AN ELECTION.

BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST EVERYTHING YOU DO, YOU DO WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT.

AND I'M DEEPLY GRATEFUL THAT THIS ISN'T GOODBYE.

THIS IS JUST THE START OF A NEW CHAPTER, AND IT'S BEEN GREAT SEEING HOW YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN NEW GROUPS AND BOARDS TO BE INVOLVED IN.

I ASKED JACK BOYCE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING BEFORE WE STARTED.

YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING YOUR DAD BACK ON THURSDAY NIGHT.

AND HE SAYS, NO, NO, HE'S GOING TO GET PLENTY OF OTHER THINGS INVOLVED IN.

AND SO HE'S SMART.

YOUNG MAY TAKES THAT THROUGH HIS MOM. AND BUT JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND BEING ABSOLUTE ROLE MODEL OF WHAT A DEDICATED SERVANT CITIZEN LOOKS LIKE IN OUR CITY.

AND IF EVERY CITY DESERVES ITS OWN ERIC VOICE, I'M GLAD WE HAD YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE THAT, ALL OF YOU.

THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY BEING HERE.

IF I COULD ADD IF I COULD ADD ONE THING TO I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THE PARKS AND TRAILS FOUNDATION HERE BECAUSE THERE IS AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA LATER.

BUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING HAD A PART IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT, WORKING WITH THE CITY BRINGS ME PARTICULAR PRIDE AND JOY JUST TO SEE HOW SUCCESSFUL THAT YOU ALL HAVE BECOME.

AND SO THANK THAT'S JUST A REAL HONOR FOR ME TO BE A PART OF THAT.

SO THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU.

CAN I SAY, OH MY GOSH.

OH MY GOD.

YES HONEY.

YES. YOU GOTTA LET ME.

YEAH. THERE'S A MIC RIGHT HERE. PLEASE STEP TO THE MIC.

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OH MY GOSH.

WAS IN THE ORG. SO.

WELL ARE YOU GOING TO COME TO THE MIC SO YOUR DAUGHTER CAN HEAR YOU.

YOU GOT IT.

AND THEN IF YOU CAN IF YOU CAN PLEASE SIGN THE COMMENT CARD IN THE BACK.

GOTTA CATCH THE CAMERA.

GO IN.

REMEMBER EVERYTHING'S RECORDED. ITS PERMANENT.

AND I'M NOT HERE TO.

SO EVERYTHING THAT EVERYTHING THAT WITH ERIC.

I'VE BEEN WITH HIM FOR ALMOST 35 YEARS.

AND WITH ERIC WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET.

RATHER, IF HE'S HERE, HE'S AT A YOU.

WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY TO YOU, TAKE HIM.

HE CAN GO A LITTLE CRAZY.

BUT WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS HE HAS THOROUGHLY ENJOYED EVEN WHEN IT'S BEEN CRAZY.

ENJOYED.

BEING PART OF OF THIS.

AND, AND I THINK I TRULY THINK HE'S GOING TO HE'S GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME WITHDRAWALS BECAUSE HE, HE TALKS ABOUT Y'ALL ALL THE TIME.

AND I'M LIKE, OKAY, TELL ME WHO THAT PERSON IS OR WHATEVER.

BUT WE ARE SO PROUD OF HIM.

I PROBABLY DON'T REMEMBER THIS ABOUT 20, MAYBE 25 YEARS AGO.

BURL HORN, A VERY GOOD FRIEND OF OURS, SAID, ERIC, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO GET INTO POLITICS? AND HE'S IN HEAVEN NOW.

AND I'M LIKE, AND I TOLD HIM WHEN HE FIRST GOT ON THE CHAMBER, I SAID, I GIVE IT TWO YEARS.

IT WASN'T EVEN A WHOLE YEAR BEFORE HE GOT WAS GETTING RUSHED TO TO RUN AND HE HAD JUST STARTED THE BUSINESS.

SO ANYWAY, I, I HAVE SO ENJOYED GETTING TO KNOW Y'ALL AND I HOPE THAT WE DON'T.

EVEN THOUGH HE'S NOT ON ANY MORE.

PLEASE KEEP IN TOUCH. DROP BY.

I WANTED, YOU KNOW, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT FROM FROM HIS FAMILY.

AND AFTER HAVING BUILT A COVID POOL, A COVID DECK, A COVID OUTDOOR KITCHEN AND A COVID FIRE PIT, I CAN GUARANTEE YOU WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE ANYTIME SOON.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

PLEASE CALL ITEM C4.

OH, IS THERE MORE? SORRY.

I THINK WE WERE GOING TO ASK YOU.

OH, GOODNESS.

FOR PICTURES. SORRY.

AND THEN WE'LL CELEBRATE WHEN WE'RE DONE. YES.

SO THE COUNCIL WILL RECESS FOR 20 MINUTES.

I MEAN, 20 MINUTES.

SO WE'LL RECONVENE BACK IN OPEN SESSION AT 750.

IS THERE CAKE? AND THERE'S A REFRESHMENTS OUT IN THE LOBBY.

AND WE'LL DO PICTURES, AND EVERYBODY CAN THANK YOU.

I RECONVENE BACK INTO OPEN SESSION, THE REGULAR SCHEDULE OF MEETING OF THE CITY PARK CITY COUNCIL.

[C.4 Presentation: Employee Recognition For Service With The City Of Cedar Park ]

EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION FOR SERVICE WITH THE CITY OF CEDAR PARK.

HONORING KENNETH WHEELER, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES FOR 30 YEARS OF SERVICE.

IN JANUARY 2000.

KENNETH WAS HERE. HE WAS AN ENGINEER.

I WAS AN ENGINEER, AND I WORKED WITH HIM FOR A LONG TIME.

AND I'M JUST REALLY IMPRESSED WITH KENNETH.

I MET KENNETH IN 1999, AND WHEN I STARTED WITH THE CITY IN 1999, AND HE WAS ANOTHER ENGINEERING ASSOCIATE WHO HAD THREE YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH THE CITY OF CEDAR PARK, AND WE SHARED A CUBICLE WALL TOGETHER, AND HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME INTRODUCING ME TO THE CITY, INTRODUCING ME TO THE WATER UTILITY AND HOW THE WATER UTILITY FUNCTIONS.

KENNETH HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL MENTOR.

I'VE LEARNED MANY THINGS FROM HIM, KNOWLEDGE THAT I WOULD NEVER ABLE TO OBTAIN ANYWHERE ELSE.

KENNETH IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE SHARPEST PEOPLE I KNOW.

HE'S REALLY INTELLIGENT.

HE'S GOOD AT PROBLEM SOLVING.

I MEAN, HE'S AN EXCELLENT ENGINEER AND IT'S BEEN GREAT WORKING WITH KENNETH.

KENNETH HAS BEEN A MENTOR TO ME THIS WHOLE TIME.

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I MEAN, KENNETH, HE POURS IT INTO HIS JOB AND HE'S ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY, OUR RESIDENTS, OUR RATEPAYERS.

I MEAN, HE JUST WANTS THE BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND AS AN ENGINEER, THAT'S WHAT WE STRIVE FOR IS JUST TO BE THE BEST AT WHAT WE CAN.

DO IT. KENNETH STARE.

KENNETH KENNETH IS JUST GREAT.

KENNETH'S FOCUS HAS BEEN MORE THAN JUST STAFF.

HE'S HE'S BEEN FOCUSED ON THE RESILIENCY AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF UTILITY AND BEING SURE THAT UTILITIES NOT ONLY STOOD UP PERSONNEL WISE TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT TO ALSO, INFRASTRUCTURE WISE, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SUSTAIN OURSELVES.

ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT CADETS HAS WORKED ON FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME BEEN A CAREER LONG PROJECT, WHICH IS THE BC PHASE TWO DEEP WATER INTAKE.

KENNETH'S WORKED ON THAT PROJECT SINCE EWA WAS FORMED, AND SO FOR OVER 20 YEARS WE'VE BEEN DEVELOPING THIS PROJECT AND INTO IT'S CURRENTLY IN A CONSTRUCTION PHASE AND SHOULD BE WRAPPING UP WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO.

KENNETH IS EXTREMELY KNOWLEDGEABLE OF CITY OPERATIONS, WHAT IT TAKES TO RUN THE UTILITY EFFECTIVELY TO GIVE THE MOST, MOST POSITIVE EXPERIENCE TO OUR RESIDENTS.

KENNETH MAN, YOU'VE BEEN GREAT MENTOR, A GREAT FRIEND, AND IT'S JUST IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY CAREER WORKING WITH YOU.

I'VE ENJOYED IT A LOT.

KENNETH, I SO MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR FRIENDSHIP, YOUR GUIDANCE, YOUR MENTORSHIP AND YOUR EXPERTISE AND THE WATER UTILITY AND THE CITY OF CEDAR PARK.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE.

KENNETH, YOU HAVE MADE THE LAST 20 YEARS SO ENJOYABLE AND SO MUCH FUN.

I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU MANY MORE YEARS IN THE FUTURE.

I CAN TELL YOU HE DOES NOT LIKE MAYONNAISE.

SO IF ANYONE IS EVER ORDERING LUNCH, MAKE SURE HIS HAS A NO MAYONNAISE.

IT'S DEFINITELY GOING IN OKAY.

FIRST OF ALL, I THINK I TOLD JOSH THAT THAT WAS A 10 POUND BASS IN THE PITCHER. BUT.

BUT I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE KIDS TONIGHT.

AND THE NUMBER 30 IS IMPORTANT.

WE'RE GOING TO HEAR THAT NUMBER A FEW TIMES.

KENNETH WHEELER BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH THE CITY OF CEDAR PARK ON MARCH 26TH, 1996.

TODAY WE RECOGNIZE 30 YEARS A MILESTONE, A CAREER DEFINED BY TOP TIER PERFORMANCE, EXECUTIVE LEVEL MANAGEMENT, HIGH IMPACT AND HIGH VALUE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS ORGANIZATION IN THIS REGION AND EVEN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS NOT A RETIREMENT.

THIS IS A RECOGNITION OF 30 YEARS OF DELIVERY AND LEADERSHIP IN THE FOUNDATION FOR 30 PLUS MORE YEARS OF RESILIENT WATER SERVICE.

I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ALONGSIDE KENNETH SINCE 1999, AND I'VE SEEN THIS HIS EVOLUTION INTO A LEADER WHOSE INFLUENCE EXTENDS FAR BEYOND PROJECTS.

IT STANDS INTO SYSTEMS, STRATEGY, PEOPLE.

SO HERE'S A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF MY EXPERIENCE.

CEDAR PARK IS NOT THE FIRST PLACE THAT KENNETH AND I WORK TOGETHER.

SO LET'S START IN 1989 AT A NOW VACATED H-E-B IN OAK HILL.

ALTHOUGH WE DIDN'T WORK SIDE BY SIDE, I WAS BAGGING GROCERIES AND HE WAS IN THE ILLUSTRIOUS POSITION OF CUSTOMER SERVICE AGENT.

WHILE I WAS ONLY POORLY QUALIFIED AT MY JOB.

KENNETH WAS LIVING THE HIGH LIFE AND CUSTOMER SERVICE, CASHING CHECKS, REGISTERING VEHICLES, ISSUING FISHING LICENSE ALL THE FUN.

GROCERY HACKERS.

WE ASPIRE TO BE IN CUSTOMER SERVICE.

AFTER HUB, WE DIDN'T WORK TOGETHER FOR ANOTHER TEN YEARS.

KENNETH WAS OFF TO UT AUSTIN TO STUDY ENGINEERING.

KENNETH GRADUATED IN 1994.

IT'S HIS DEGREE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ACCEPTED A POSITION WITH A CONSULTING COMPANY IN HOUSTON, DESIGNING AND MANAGING UTILITY SYSTEMS.

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SMALL TOWN AT THE TIME, THE ONE WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH TODAY.

OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS, KENNETH HAS DECISIVELY INCREASED HIS SKILL SET FROM AN ENGINEERING ASSOCIATE TO A UTILITY PROJECT MANAGER.

A DEFINING MILESTONE CAME IN 2002, WHEN HE EARNED HIS PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING LICENSE, MAKING HIS TRANSITION IN THE SYSTEM LEVEL LEADERSHIP AND CAPITAL PROJECT DELIVERY.

DURING AN ENORMOUS PERIOD OF GROWTH LATER, KENNETH HELD ROLES AS UTILITY TREATMENT MANAGER, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES ANALYSIS, AND DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES.

KENNETH HAS BUILT A CAREER ON STRONG ENGINEERING FOUNDATION, APPLYING TECHNICAL EXPERTISE TO REAL WORLD CHALLENGES.

SINCE 1996, CEDAR PARK'S WATER SYSTEM TRIPLED FROM PRODUCTION IN A DELIVERY CAPACITY FROM 12 MILLION GALLONS A DAY TO 26 MILLION GALLONS A DAY AT THE CEDAR PARK PLANT.

AND NOW, WITH THE COMPLETION JUST LAST YEAR OF PHASE 1D, WHICH IS TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION, CEDAR PARK HAS A CAPACITY OF 37.2 MILLION GALLONS A DAY, THE EQUIVALENT OF 20,440 OLYMPIC SIZE SWIMMING POOLS EACH YEAR.

THIS REPRESENTS MORE THAN A THREEFOLD INCREASE IN SYSTEM CAPACITY DURING HIS TENURE, DRIVEN BY DISCIPLINE PLANNING, CONSISTENT CAPITAL DELIVERY, AND CONSISTENT CAPACITY TO SERVE CEDAR PARK FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS.

TODAY, CEDAR PARK MAINTAINS OVER 400 MILES OF WATER.

MAIN.

IF YOU BEGIN STACKING THOSE PIPES UP END ON END, IT WOULD IT WOULD END PAST AND GO UP I-35.

IT WOULD END PAST OKLAHOMA CITY.

WE ALSO HAVE OVER 300 MILES OF WASTEWATER PIPELINE.

IF YOU STACK THOSE INTO AND YOU GO UP BY 35, EVERY UT CIVIL ENGINEERING GRAD WILL TELL YOU THE LAST PIECE OF SEWER PIPE IS LAID IN NORMAN, OKLAHOMA.

THAT WAS ENGINEERING TEAM.

I'M GLAD YOU ALL.

KENNETH.

IMPACT IS NOT JUST IN PLANNING PROJECTS AND BUILDING SYSTEMS. IT'S EXECUTING SOUND SYSTEMS AND CLEARING INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERED AHEAD OF DEMAND, SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, RELIABILITY, AND INVESTMENT.

IT CREATES LONG TERM VALUE FOR EVERYONE IN CEDAR PARK.

ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF KANSAS CAREER HAS BEEN HIS ROLE IN THE BRUSH CREEK REGIONAL UTILITY AUTHORITY, OR.

FORMED IN 2007 BY CEDAR PARK, ROUND ROCK AND LEANDER.

BRUSHY CREEK WAS CREATED A DESIGN FINANCE, BUILD AND OPERATE A REGIONAL WATER SYSTEM.

ULTIMATELY, THE WAY UA WILL SERVE HALF A MILLION PEOPLE AT FULL BUILDOUT.

KENNETH WAS THERE AT THE BEGINNING AS A PART OF THE ORIGINAL FORMATION EFFORT, CHAMPIONING THE CONCEPT OF REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP AND ECONOMICS OF SCALE TO DELIVER SAFE, RELIABLE AND COST EFFECTIVE WATER.

THE SYSTEM INCLUDES 145 MILLION GALLON DEEP WATER INTAKE UNDER CONSTRUCTION THAT WE SAW IN THE VIDEO.

THE REGIONAL WATER PLANT WILL HAVE AN ULTIMATE CAPACITY OF 100 MILLION GALLONS A DAY AND HAS SEVERAL LARGE DIAMETER PIPELINES TWO MILES OF 12FT DIAMETER.

TOM WILL FOR UP TO 400FT BELOW THE GROUND.

IT'S AN INCREDIBLE PROJECT FIVE STORY PUMP STATION, AND THAT PROJECT IS COST ABOUT $250 MILLION TO COMPLETE.

THIS IS A REALLY TOP TIER SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM.

IT'S APPEARED IN TRADE JOURNALS. IT'S APPEARED EVERYWHERE.

WE'VE BEEN INTERVIEWED BY JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY.

AND IT'S IT'S BEEN A REALLY A CAREER LONG, GREAT PROJECT.

THAT PROJECT WILL VERY IMPORTANTLY DELIVER TO CEDAR PARK WATER SECURITY BEYOND THE DROUGHT OF RECORD, BEYOND THE MOST CONCEIVABLE DROUGHT.

IF THERE IS ANY WATER IN LAKE, THE DEEP WATER INTAKE WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT.

IT'S GIVING OUR CITIZENS A VERY, EXTREMELY RESILIENT SOURCE OF WATER.

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TAP IS WASTEWATER.

IN ADDITION TO CEDAR PARKS, 2.5 MILLION GALLONS A DAY WASTEWATER PLANT, THE CITY'S AND OWNER AND THE BCR WWF SYSTEM SEPARATE BUT SIMILAR TO BCR EWA BCR, WWF CAN BE A LITTLE LESS GLAMOROUS THAN BC, BUT WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND WATER RECLAMATION HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A PRIORITY TO CEDAR PARK, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO EXPAND THAT IN THE YEARS TO COME.

THE BCR SYSTEM HAS ROOTS IN INITIAL PLAN THAT DATES BACK TO 1988, WHEN THE SYSTEM WAS OWNED BY LCR, UNTIL 2009, WHEN THERE WAS FORMED WHEN OTHERS JOINED THE FORMATION TO BUILD THE WWF, CO-OWNED BY AUSTIN ROUND ROCK AND SOME OTHERS THAT JOINED THE SYSTEM.

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BY THE YEAR 2030.

THE BC.

THE WWF HAS TWO WASTEWATER PLANTS.

THE LARGER PLANT, THE EAST PLANT, WILL BE ABLE TO TREAT 30 MILLION GALLONS OF SEWAGE A DAY.

AND I RAN THE MATH.

THAT'S 18,750,000 FLUSHES OF A COMMODE EVERY DAY.

A LOT OF FLUSHING.

CAN THIS IMPACT BEYOND BCR AND BCR? WWF OPERATING COMMITTEES INCLUDES THE HILL WHERE HE WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER.

HOPEFULLY BECAUSE THE HIGH END LAKES FORMED WATER CUSTOMER COALITION, IT'S A COOPERATIVE OF VOICES OF MAJOR UTILITY SYSTEMS IN THE HIGHLAND LAKES.

WITH THE LQR, THEY ADVOCATE FOR STRONG SOUND WATER PLANNING, DROUGHT RESISTANCE AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF THE LAKES IS A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH KENNETH IS OFTEN OUR SLEEPER AGENT WHEN WE CONTINUE TO COORDINATE WITH THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD.

TEXAS COMMISSION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.

HE IS AN EXPERT AT WATER AVAILABILITY AND DEMAND MODELING, INTEGRATING HIS INTEGRATION WITH THE REGIONAL WATER PLANT ULTIMATELY SERVES THE STATE WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN 2027 PLAN HAS.

THE DRAFT WAS JUST ISSUED.

SOMEHOW, KENNETH STILL FINDS TIME TO WORK ON WATER AND WASTEWATER RATE MODELING RAW WATER PURCHASE CONTRACTS FROM LQR, GUARANTEED YIELD PLANNING AND SYSTEM PERFORMANCE.

UNDER KENNETH LEADERSHIP, CEDAR PARK'S WATER SYSTEM IS RECOGNIZED BY TC AS A SUPERIOR WATER SYSTEM, REFLECTING RELIABILITY, CONSISTENCY, FULL REGULATORY COMPLIANCE, AND RECOGNITION OF PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION TO MEET FUTURE DEMAND.

THIS IS A RESULT OF DECADES OF DISCIPLINE, CAPITAL PLANNING AND PROJECT DELIVERY FROM 2005 TO 2025, SO TWO THIRDS, THE LAST TWO THIRDS OF KENNETH'S CAREER.

I WAS RUNNING SOME MATH TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HOW DO HOW DO I CHARACTERIZE HOW MUCH STUFF WE BUILT? AND I CAME UP WITH THIS NUMBER THAT I COULDN'T BELIEVE.

SO I CALLED OVER TO OUR ACCOUNTING MANAGER AND ASKED, AND SHE SAID, OH, IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE HIGHER THAN WHAT YOU CAN.

BUT IN JUST THE LAST 20 YEARS, KENNETH HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN $719 MILLION OF WATER AND WASTEWATER PROJECTS.

ALL THIS WORK IS ABOUT OUR GROWTH AND OUR OUR ABILITY, BOTH AS A LOCAL UTILITY AND AS A REGIONAL UTILITY.

THIS WORK AND OUR WATER NEEDS ARE ACCOUNTED FOR FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS.

AND FAR BEYOND ALL THESE 30 SEEM LIKE A RARE ALIGNMENT, BUT IT'S ENTIRELY INTENTIONAL.

KENNETH HAS ALREADY HAD A LEGACY OF ASSESSING, LEARNING, ANALYZING AND DELIVERING INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH PLANNING, CAPITAL, PROJECT EXECUTION, OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE, AND HE WILL CONTINUE TO DEFINE CAREER.

FOR ME PERSONALLY, THIS MILESTONE REFLECTS 27 YEARS OF WORKING ALONGSIDE SOMEONE WHOSE IMPACT HAS HAS BEEN SO POSITIVE ON ME, BOTH PROFESSIONALLY AND PERSONALLY.

KENNETH, YOUR WORK REPRESENTS TOP TIER, EXECUTIVE LEVEL IMPACT.

THERE IS NO ONE CURRENTLY WORKING HERE WHO HAS PUT MORE PROJECTS ON THE GROUND OR PUT INTO PLACE THE STRATEGY THAT ENSURES CEDAR PARK'S FUTURE SUCCESS MORE THAN YOU HAVE.

THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY, ONE THAT'S NOT OVER VERY MUCH RECOGNIZED TONIGHT AND VERY MUCH CELEBRATED.

KENNETH. U-SHAPED SYSTEMS. YOU'VE SHAPED PEOPLE AND YOUR WORK WILL CONTINUE TO BE IMMEASURABLE, HAVING A MEASURABLE VALUE FOR DECADES TO COME.

CONGRATULATIONS ON 30 YEARS AND THANK YOU.

MY NOTES.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANKS TO FRAN AND DAN AND THEIR TEAM FOR THAT GREAT PRESENTATION.

THAT WAS SO AWESOME.

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S BEEN 30 YEARS.

BUT YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T BE HERE WHERE I AM TODAY WITHOUT HELP FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE TONIGHT.

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MOST OF YOU PROBABLY WON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

BUT BRENDA WILL.

SO JUST THANK YOU FOR TAKING THAT PHONE CALL 30 YEARS AGO.

I'M SURE THAT CONVINCE YOU THAT THE CITY SHOULD HIRE ME.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

MOTHER WAS SO SWEET.

BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR SUPPORT.

OVER THE YEARS.

I THINK I'VE WORKED UNDER LIKE FIVE CITY MANAGER'S SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.

AND I CAN TELL YOU, WE'RE VERY LUCKY AS A CITY AND A STAFF HAS BRENDA AS A CITY MANAGER.

SO THANK YOU, BRENDA, FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR US.

OF COURSE, I WANT TO THANK THE PERSON THAT ACTUALLY INTERVIEWED ME AND HIRED ME, SAM ROBERTS, WHO'S HERE.

I WORKED FOR FOR 27 YEARS AT THE CITY AND STILL WORKED WITH HIM AS THE GENERAL MANAGER.

SAM, JUST THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR ME, EVERYTHING YOU'VE TAUGHT ME, ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES YOU GAVE ME AND HAVING TRUST IN ME.

I TRULY, TRULY APPRECIATE IT.

ALSO WANT TO THANK CHRIS KOPPEL, WHO WAS CRAZY ENOUGH TO TAKE OVER PUBLIC WORKS AFTER SEEING RETIRED.

SO THANK YOU FOR COMING IN, WANTING TO LEARN WHAT WE DO, SUPPORTING US.

SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR ME AND FOR THE WORKS.

OF COURSE, I WANT TO THANK ERIC.

AS HE SAID, WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER SINCE 1999.

WE DID WORK A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THAT TOGETHER, BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW EACH OTHER, SO IT WAS KIND OF WEIRD.

BUT IN 2004, ERIC TOOK OVER FIELD OPS, WHICH WAS WHAT IT WAS CALLED BACK THEN, BUT HE HAS TRULY TRANSFORMED IT INTO THE PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES DEPARTMENT IT IS TODAY.

I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR BRINGING ME OUT THERE AND JOINING HIM IN 2006, AND REALLY FOR CREATING A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE ARE VALUED, TAKE PRIDE IN WHAT THEY DO, WHERE QUALITY AND HARD WORK IS IMPORTANT, AND WHERE EVERYONE IS WILLING TO HELP EACH OTHER.

SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT AND CONFIDENCE IN ME.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T I DON'T THINK YOU CAN WORK SOMEWHERE FOR YEARS IF YOU DON'T HAVE TWO THINGS.

ONE, YOU NEED TO ENJOY WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND TO YOU NEED LIKE THE PEOPLE YOU WORK WITH.

AND LUCKILY I HAVE BOTH THE NET AND MIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY BOTH TALKED ABOUT IT WHEN THEY WERE HERE ABOUT HOW GREAT OUR TEAM IS.

AND IT'S SO TRUE.

I COULDN'T DO MY JOB WITHOUT A LOT OF HELP FROM THE NET.

MIKE, TJ, STEVEN, OUR GREAT ADMIN STAFF, JUST EVERYBODY YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH SUCH SMART, DEDICATED PEOPLE MAKES IT FUN TO COME TO WORK EVERY DAY.

SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR ME.

ALSO WANT TO THANK MY OPERATIONS AND FIELD STAFF.

I'M OVER THE WATER PLANT, WASTEWATER PLANT AND PUMP AND MOTOR.

I WANT TO THANK MY SUPERINTENDENTS ZEKE, CHRIS, CODY.

CODY'S HERE TONIGHT AND ALL OF THEIR STAFF.

THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION LITERALLY KEEPS THE WATER FLOWING EVERY DAY.

I DEFINITELY COULDN'T DO MY MY JOB WITHOUT THEM.

SO THANKS TO THEM AND THEIR STAFF FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK AROUND THE CLOCK EVERY DAY.

SAME GOES FOR OUR OTHER UTILITY DIVISIONS DISTRIBUTION, COLLECTIONS, METERS.

IT'S TRULY A TEAM EFFORT, SO THANK YOU TO THEM TO GET TO MY NEXT.

OF COURSE I WANT TO THANK MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORTIVE STAFF, WHICH MEANS A LOT TO ALL OF US. SO AND JUST FOR, YOU KNOW, MAKING CEDAR PARK SUCH A GREAT PLACE TO TO LIVE AND TO WORK.

SO THANK ALL OF YOU SO MUCH.

I WANT TO THANK JP AND HIS STAFF FOR KEEPING ME OUT OF LEGAL TROUBLE.

ALL THEIR GUIDANCE OVER THE YEARS ALSO WANT TO THANK LEANNE.

WE WERE TALKING THE OTHER DAY AND I TOLD HER I THINK I'VE WORKED WITH HER LONGER THAN ANYONE AT THE CITY OTHER THAN BRENDA FOR 28 YEARS.

SO THANK YOU, LIANE, FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR ME.

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Y'ALL KNOW DARWIN.

DARWIN AND I STARTED THE CITY BACK IN 1996.

HE STARTED, LIKE, SIX MONTHS AFTER ME.

JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR ME AND ALL THE HELP YOU'VE GIVEN ME.

SO THANK YOU.

OF COURSE.

LAST, BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST, I WANT TO THANK MY WIFE, CANDICE, WHO'S HERE TONIGHT.

MY THREE BOYS.

CODY CLAYTON IS ALSO HERE.

CARSON, FOR BASICALLY PUTTING UP WITH ME OVER THE YEARS, SUPPORTING ME, BEING UNDERSTANDING WHEN I GOT PULLED AWAY FOR EMERGENCIES OR COUNTLESS OTHER ISSUES OVER THE YEARS, LIKE THE NIGHT ON WEEKENDS DURING WINTER STORMS OR FLOODS RIGHT BEFORE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO LEAVE FOR A TRIP.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT AND UNDERSTANDING.

SO YEAH, JUST THANKS TO EVERYONE.

THERE'S SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE HELPED ME, THERE'S JUST TOO MANY.

BUT THANK THANKS TO EVERYBODY.

I REALLY ENJOYED THE WORK I'VE DONE, THE PEOPLE I'VE WORKED WITH OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS.

I WOULD SAY, HERE'S THE NEXT 30 YEARS, BUT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.

I'LL BE HERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE LONGER, SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

YOU GOT TO OPEN IT.

MORE PICTURES.

MORE PICTURES.

ONE MORE.

THANK YOU.

YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR ONGOING DEDICATION TO THE CITY.

I THINK WE, THIS COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTS OF CEDAR PARK ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE REALLY HAD THE VALUE FROM ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION.

OUR UTILITY DEPARTMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN RELIABLE AND CONTINUING.

LIKE YOU SAID, THE WATER KEEPS FLOWING, WHICH IS A HUGE ASSET THAT YOU KNOW, NOT ALL COMMUNITIES HAVE NOWADAYS.

SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE ONGOING WORK THAT YOU DO AND THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU BRING TO THE DEPARTMENT.

AND PLEASE CONTINUE TO COME BACK MAYBE 30 YEARS OR HOWEVER LONG YOU'LL PUT UP WITH US.

BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

YEAH.

JUST THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.

OUR CITIZENS CAN'T LIVE HERE WITHOUT THE WATER THAT YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAVE BEEN PROVIDING ALL THESE YEARS, AND THEN REMOVING THE OTHER WATER SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT THAT IMMENSELY.

LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE RECLAMATION AND BRINGING WATER BACK INTO THE CITY.

SO WE'RE USING OUR DRINKING WATER TO WATER PARKS AND STUFF, WHICH IS A GREAT PROGRAM THAT YOU GUYS ARE IMPLEMENTING.

YEAH.

I JUST APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE, YOUR PROFESSIONALISM, THE WAY YOU WORK WITH EVERYBODY IN YOUR DEPARTMENT.

YOU KNOW, I ENJOY SEEING YOU ALL THE TIME AT THE BQE MEETINGS, AND YOU JUST RAISE THAT BAR TO THE NEXT LEVEL, TRULY IMPRESSED WITH THE WORK YOU DO.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITIZENS OF CEDAR PARK.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE STAYING.

I WASN'T SURE IF CANDACE KNEW THAT.

NOT TONIGHT.

SO THAT'S EXCITING.

JUST WHAT EVERYONE'S SAYING, I MEAN.

AND IT'S I FEEL EVEN MORE FORTUNATE JUST HEARING THE STORY AND THE JOURNEY AND ALL OF THE $790 MILLION OF PROJECTS.

IT'S AMAZING.

I KNOW THAT THAT'S CRAZY, RIGHT? SO IT'S JUST MORE THINGS THAT WE GET TO BRAG ABOUT WITH THE AMAZING

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AND YES, DON'T TRAVEL TOO FAR AWAY.

BUT I HAVE REALLY ENJOYED JUST EVEN JUST SOME OF THE DOWNTIME WITH YOU AND JUST GETTING TO KNOW YOU AND YOUR LOVELY FAMILY.

AND THANK YOU.

THANK YOU KENNETH, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY.

AS I TOLD YOU BEFORE THE MEETING, I THINK, I THINK WE SAVED THE BEST FOR THE LAST ON THE AGENDA.

SO AND I JUST LOVE GOING BACK IN HISTORY AND AND ERIC, OF COURSE, IS THE KEEPER OF THE STATISTICS.

I'M GONNA HAVE TO GO BACK AND WATCH THE WATCH THE VIDEO FOR THE TOILET FLUSH THING.

THAT'S JUST I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE HAVE A LITTLE EXTRA TIME ON YOUR HANDS, BUT BUT THAT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE.

BUT, KENNETH, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY, YOUR PROFESSIONALISM.

YOU'RE JUST BEING A HUMBLE PERSON THAT JUST COMES TO WORK EVERY DAY AND YOU KNOW, AND PICKS UP WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND GETTING IT DONE, AND THE TEAMWORK AND THE CAMARADERIE THAT YOU HAVE WITH YOUR, YOU KNOW, WITH YOUR, YOUR TEAMMATES AND AND THE STATISTIC AGAIN, I'LL ECHO THE $700 MILLION OF THAT'S PRETTY ASTOUNDING.

AND YOU THINK ABOUT IT AND YOUR LEGACY IS HAS BEEN FIRMLY IN ENTRENCHED IN STONE HERE.

AND JUST I MEAN THE LEGACY JUST LIKE I SAID, I MEAN, 30 YEARS IS AN AMAZING TENURE, AND WE'VE CELEBRATED SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH 30 YEARS.

AND YOUR LEGACY IS IT WILL BE WILL BE INTACT AND CHERISH FOREVER.

SO OBVIOUSLY, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT LEAVING, SO KEEP ON KEEPING ON.

YES, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

YEAH, I, I THINK WE ALL KNEW, HAVING WORKED WITH YOU FOR ALL OF US FOR SEVERAL YEARS, NOW THAT YOU'RE STANDING PROFESSIONAL, THAT WHAT YOU DO IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

I DEFINITELY LEARNED THE 18.8 MILLION FLUSHES A DAY FIGURE TONIGHT WAS NEWS.

AND THAT WAS JUST THE ONE PLANT BECAUSE I SAID, YEAH, JUST SO I WAS JUST THINKING, YOU KNOW, AS WE WERE ALL TALKING HERE THAT SOMEDAY AND I HOPE IT'S NOT FOR DECADES, BUT AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GO THROUGH AN EXTENDED DROUGHT AND THAT LAKE LEVEL WILL DROP AND IT'LL DROP AND IT'LL DROP, AND EVERYONE IN THE CITY WILL BE BETTER OFF.

FOR ALL THE WORK OF YOU AND ALL YOUR COLLEAGUES HAVE DONE DEEP WATER INTAKE.

AND IT'S AN INCREDIBLE LEGACY, IN ADDITION TO ALL THE OTHER THINGS WE'VE BEEN PART OF.

BUT JUST THAT ONE THING, YOU KNOW, MOST OF US RESIDENTS THEN, AND I HOPE THIS IS A LONG TIME FROM NOW, THEY WE'LL KNOW THAT THANK WHEELER.

BUT WE KNOW THE THAT KENNETH WHEELER RIGHT NOW.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE DONE EMBARRASSING YOU NOW OKAY.

GOOD.

THANKS.

THANK YOU.

[C.5 Public Communications. (Regarding items not listed on this Agenda. Three Minutes each. Time may not be yielded/ transferred to another speaker. No deliberations with the Council. The Council may respond only with factual statements, recitation of existing policy, and requests for an item to be placed on a future Agenda.) ]

THIS IS THE PART OF THE MEETING WHERE ANYONE WHO COULD DRESS THE COUNCIL ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA, THE COUNCIL COULD NOT DELIBERATE.

WE CAN ONLY RESPOND WITH FACTUAL STATEMENTS, RECITE POLICY OR REQUEST ITEMS WE PLACE ON A FUTURE AGENDA GOING IN ORDER.

PEOPLE'S ARRIVAL.

THE FIRST IS CRAIG.

I THINK I GOT IT RIGHT.

WHO RESIDES IN THE CITY AND IS WISH TO SPEAK ON RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD? YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES AND I THINK THE YELLOW LIGHT COMES ON AFTER, WITH ONE AT THE ONE MINUTE WARNING.

AND THEN THE RED RED LIGHT IS TIMED UP.

WONDERFUL. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT.

MY NAME IS CRAIG.

I AM THE PASTOR OF A NEW CHURCH HERE IN CEDAR PARK CALLED FULL LIFE FELLOWSHIP, AND IT'S AN HONOR TO SPEAK.

TONIGHT, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF FATHERHOOD TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE DECLARE JUNE AS RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD MONTH HERE IN CEDAR PARK.

ACCORDING TO THE U.S.

CENSUS, 1 IN 4 AMERICAN CHILDREN LIVE WITHOUT A BIOLOGICAL STEP OR ADOPTIVE FATHER IN THEIR HOME.

TEXAS IS NO EXCEPTION.

IN FACT, NEARLY 2.5 MILLION CHILDREN IN OUR STATE HAVE LIVED IN SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS, MOST OF THEM LED BY MOTHERS.

NEARLY A MILLION HOUSEHOLDS IN TEXAS ARE HEADED BY A SINGLE PARENT, WITH OVER 700,000 HOUSEHOLDS LED BY SINGLE MOTHERS, THE FOURTH HIGHEST AMONG ALL U.S.

STATES.

THESE FAMILIES ARE MORE LIKELY TO FACE ECONOMIC HARDSHIP, EMOTIONAL STRESS, AND LIMITED ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY.

IT'S A REALITY THAT AFFECTS NOT JUST INDIVIDUAL HOMES, BUT ENTIRE COMMUNITIES, DRIVING UP POVERTY RATES AND INCREASING DEPENDANCE ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE JUST TO GET BY.

WHY DOES THIS MATTER? BECAUSE FATHERLESSNESS DOESN'T JUST AFFECT INDIVIDUAL HOMES, IT AFFECTS ENTIRE COMMUNITIES.

CHILDREN WHO GROW UP WITHOUT AND INVOLVE CARING FATHER

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THEY'RE AT HIGHER RISK OF DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL, GETTING INVOLVED WITH DRUGS OR ALCOHOL, BECOMING TEEN PARENTS, OR EVEN ENDING UP IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM.

THESE AREN'T JUST UNFORTUNATE OUTCOMES.

THEY'RE SIGNS OF A LARGER CRISIS.

BUT HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS.

WHEN FATHERS ARE PRESENT AND ENGAGED, THE STORY CHANGES DRAMATICALLY.

CHILDREN WITH INVOLVED DADS ARE MORE CONFIDENT, PERFORM BETTER IN SCHOOL, AND ARE LESS LIKELY TO GET INTO TROUBLE.

THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF A DEVOTED FATHER RIPPLES OUTWARD, STRENGTHENING FAMILIES, STABILIZING COMMUNITIES, AND REDUCING THE NEED FOR COSTLY GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS. AND LET'S NOT FORGET THE ECONOMIC TURMOIL OF FATHERLESSNESS.

TAXPAYERS BEAR THE FINANCIAL BURDEN THROUGH BILLIONS SPENT EACH YEAR ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE COSTS TIED TO FATHERLESSNESS.

THUS, PROMOTING A RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD ISN'T JUST GOOD FOR CHILDREN, IT'S SMART INVESTMENT IN OUR STATE'S FUTURE.

THAT'S WHY I DECIDED AND DECLARING JUNE AS RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD MONTH MATTERS.

IT'S MORE THAN A SYMBOLIC GESTURE.

IT'S A STATEMENT OF CEDAR PARK BELIEVES IN STRONG FAMILIES, INVOLVED FATHERS, AND GIVING EVERY CHILD A CHANCE TO THRIVE.

LET'S SHINE A LIGHT ON THE VITAL ROLE THAT FATHERS PLAY.

LET'S ENCOURAGE MEN TO STEP UP AND STAY INVOLVED IN THEIR CHILDREN'S LIVES, AND LET'S SUPPORT PROGRAMS AND POLICIES THAT HELP DADS BE THE STRONG AND STEADY LEADERS THEIR CHILDREN NEED.

EVERY CHILD IN CEDAR PARK DESERVES THE LOVE, PROTECTION AND GUIDANCE OF A COMMITTED FATHER.

BY RECOGNIZING JUNE AS RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD MONTH, WE TAKE A BOLD STEP TOWARD BUILDING STRONGER FAMILIES, SAFER COMMUNITIES, AND A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR OUR GREAT CITY.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. PASTOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

KRYSTAL ERICKSON COLLINS, WHO ALSO RESIDES IN THE CITY, WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE TOPIC OF PROTECTION OF CITIZENS.

WOW, WHAT A GREAT NIGHT TO BE HERE.

SO MUCH JOY IN CELEBRATION.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CEDAR PARK CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS CHRIS DILLON. I LIVE IN CEDAR PARK.

I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE THAT YOU PROVIDE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE BIG AND SMALL SACRIFICES THAT YOU MAKE TO BE HERE AND DO THIS JOB, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

OUR DEMOCRATIC PROCESS WORKS BECAUSE PEOPLE STEP UP TO DO HARD WORK.

THAT INCLUDES THE COMMUNITY WHOSE JOB IS TO ALSO SHOW UP AND HOLD TO THE VALUES AND GOALS THAT HAVE BEEN SET.

WE DO THIS TOGETHER AS A TEAM.

13 THAT IS THE NUMBER OF DEATHS OF DETAINEES IN ICE CUSTODY BETWEEN JANUARY AND MARCH OF THIS YEAR.

ON AVERAGE, ONE PERSON PER WEEK.

2025 WAS THE DEADLIEST YEAR FOR PEOPLE IN ICE CUSTODY, AND THIS YEAR IS PROJECTED TO BE WORSE.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN ICE CUSTODY HAVE NO CRIMINAL BACKGROUND.

MOST, IF NOT ALL, THESE DEATHS WERE PREVENTABLE AND AT LEAST ONE WAS RULED A HOMICIDE.

IN 1942, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ORDERED THE DETAINMENT OF JAPANESE AMERICANS WITH EXECUTIVE ORDER 966.

WE LOOK BACK ON THIS AS A SHAMEFUL ACT IN OUR HISTORY.

ALTHOUGH THERE WERE COMMUNITIES WHO SOUGHT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS, MORE THAN 120,000 PEOPLE WERE TAKEN FROM THEIR HOMES AND COMMUNITIES.

TWO THIRDS WERE AMERICAN CITIZENS.

THE DECISIONS WE MAKE TODAY WILL BE OUR LEGACY.

WHEN OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN LOOK BACK ON THE ACTIONS THAT WE ARE TAKING TODAY, HOW WILL WE ANSWER THE QUESTION, WHAT DID YOU DO? I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL TO TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN SPITE OF THE CONSTRAINTS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPOSED BY THE STATE.

OTHER JURISDICTIONS ARE FINDING WAYS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THEIR RESIDENTS AND CONSTITUENTS.

WE CAN DO THAT TOO.

THIS MIGHT INCLUDE POLICIES THAT LIMIT UNNECESSARY COOPERATION WITH FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, PROTECTING RESIDENTS PERSONAL INFORMATION, AND CLEARLY COMMUNICATING THAT CITY SERVICES ARE SAFE FOR EVERYONE WHO LIVES HERE.

THESE AND OTHER ACTIONS WOULD MAKE OUR CITY STRONGER.

THEY ENSURE THAT EVERY RESIDENT OF CEDAR CEDAR PARK CAN PARTICIPATE IN CIVIC LIFE WITHOUT FEAR.

A WELCOMING CITY IS A SAFER CITY, A HEALTHIER CITY, AND A MORE UNITED CITY.

I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR CONVERSATION.

THANK YOU.

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NEXT UP, DAVID STEARNS, WHO RESIDES IN THE CITY.

WISHES TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION EVENT.

THANK YOU.

I'M DAVID.

I'M HERE TODAY TO REPRESENT THE CEDAR PARK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION.

SO FIRST I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, FIRE POLICE FOR THE TIRELESS WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO TO MAKE THIS CITY JUST A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

ALSO, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR SIX DECADES.

I MEAN, YEARS OF SERVICE.

I'M GLAD TO BE ABLE TO CALL YOU MY FRIEND.

SO SO LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE CEDAR PARK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION.

WE ARE THE 505013 ORGANIZATION FOR OUR AWARD WINNING LIBRARY.

THAT'S IN THE BELL DISTRICT.

OUR MISSION IS TO AMPLIFY THE LIBRARY'S IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WE TRULY BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE IN OUR CITY, IN OUR COMMUNITY, DESERVES A CHANCE TO LEARN, CONNECT, THRIVE, AND GROW.

AND I THINK YOU'LL AGREE THAT THE CITY HAS A BIG IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY.

JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY AND EVERY BUSINESS IS IMPACTED BY THE LIBRARY, WHETHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY.

OUR FIRST YEAR, THE NEW LIBRARY WELCOMED OVER 650,000 VISITORS.

SO IMAGINE FILLING THE HEAVY CENTER 82 TIMES.

SO THAT'S THE EQUIVALENT. I DON'T HAVE SWIMMING POOLS OR TOILET FLUSHES, BUT WE DO HAVE THE HEAVY CENTER. SO.

THE CITY, IT'S A CITY FUNDED BUILDING.

AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THE CITY DOES HAVE A BUDGET TO FOLLOW.

SO CITY FUNDS ONLY GO SO FAR.

SO THAT'S WHERE THE CEDAR PARK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION COMES IN.

WE'RE THERE TO ENHANCE THAT FUNDING, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LIBRARY DOES HAVE THE PROGRAMS AND THE BOOKS AND THE EVENTS, TO KEEP IT GOING AND KEEP IT TO BE THE FABULOUS AWARD WINNING LIBRARY THAT IT IS.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, ON MAY 2ND, THAT'S A DATE AND MAY 2ND AT 230, WE'RE HOSTING OUR FIRST ANNUAL FUNDRAISING EVENT CALLED RUN FOR THE ROSES.

WE'LL WATCH THE KENTUCKY DERBY ON A MASSIVE 300 INCH SCREEN.

WE'LL HAVE SOUTHERN BITES, MINT JULEPS, A SILENT AUCTION, RAFFLE, GAMES, BEST DRESS CONCERT, BRING YOUR HAT AND WE'LL BE AUCTIONED OFF.

DESSERTS MADE BY STUDENTS IN THE LEANDER ISD'S CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM, SO DON'T MISS IT.

AND TODAY, THE BEST IS LAST.

WE HAVE A FLASH SALE GOING UNTIL 4 P.M.

TOMORROW, WHERE WE'VE REDUCED THE TICKETS TO $50.

SO IT'S A GREAT WAY TO HELP OUT THE ORGANIZATION.

HELP OUT THE LIBRARY. COME HAVE FUN, GET THE WORD OUT.

WE CAN ALL ALL THE PUBLICITY WE CAN GET WILL HELP US.

SO IF YOU GO TO CEDAR PARK BOOKS EVENTS, YOU CAN FIND OUT ALL THE INFORMATION AS WELL AS THE LINK TO PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON.

THANK YOU.

NEXT UP, BARBARA DAVIS, WHO RESIDES IN THE CITY.

WISH TO SPEAK ON THE ILLEGAL SALE OF 708.

AGAIN, THANK YOU GUYS FOR LETTING ME SPEAK THIS EVENING.

AGAIN ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY.

MY NAME IS BARBARA DAVIS, AND I'M A FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER WHO HAS WORKED AND LIVED IN CEDAR PARK FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

AND SOME OF MY WORK INVOLVES CARING FOR PATIENTS WHO REQUIRE MEDICAL SUPPORT DURING DETOX FROM DRUGS OR ALCOHOL.

I AM HERE THIS EVENING TO CONTINUE BRINGING AWARENESS TO THE ONGOING PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN WITHIN OUR CITY.

THE ILLEGAL SALE OF CONCENTRATED 708, WHICH WE CALL GAS STATION HEROIN IN THE INDUSTRY, IS STILL BEING SOLD IN OUR GAS STATIONS, IN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND IT'S CONTINUING TO WREAK HAVOC.

AS MOST OF YOU HOPEFULLY KNOW, CONSIDERING THIS IS MY THIRD APPEARANCE ON THIS TOPIC AND YOU HAVE RECEIVED CORRESPONDENCE FOR MYSELF.

708 IS A NATURAL ALKALOID IN KRATOM, AND IT IS A HIGHLY POTENT SYNTHETIC OPIOID IN ITS CONCENTRATED OR SYNTHETIC FORM.

IT HAS BEEN ILLEGAL SINCE SEPTEMBER 1ST OF 2023.

AFTER THE TEXAS CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT WAS PASSED UNDER HOUSE BILL 97, THIS LAW BANS PRODUCTS FOR 700, EXCEEDS THE NATURAL PLANTS CONTENT, OR APPEARS IN SYNTHETIC FORM.

RECENT STUDIES SHOW THAT CONCENTRATED 708 CAN BE UP TO 13 TIMES STRONGER THAN MORPHINE, AND AS A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL, I SEE THIS FIRSTHAND.

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SOME OF THESE PRODUCTS CONTAIN IN AN EXCESS OF OVER 600% OF WHAT IS LEGALLY ALLOWED TO SELL.

WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW IS STRONGER CODE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS.

MANY STORE OWNERS CLAIM THEY ARE UNAWARE OF THE LAW AND CONTINUE SELLING THESE PRODUCTS, WHICH CARRIES A $10,000 FINE.

IT IS NOT THE MAJOR CHAINS.

THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE, THAT IS THESE PRIVATELY OWNED GAS STATIONS THAT ARE CONTINUING TO MISS THE MARK ON THIS.

I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A GAS STATION NEAR MY CHILD'S MIDDLE SCHOOL WHO CONTINUES TO SELL THESE PRODUCTS DESPITE ME SHOWING THEM THE LAW AND REPORTING THEM TO THE STATE.

ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES STATED HE GOT REPRIMANDED FOR NOT RE-ORDERING.

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THIS IS A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY.

THUS FAR, MY SUCCESS IS HAVE INCLUDED THE CEASING OF DISTRIBUTION BY AUSTIN WAREHOUSE SUPPLY, WHO WAS A MAJOR DISTRIBUTOR TO ALL OF AUSTIN.

SO THIS IS A BIG WIN FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS GET THESE PRODUCTS REMOVED.

I HAVE BEEN SPREADING AWARENESS TO THE COMMUNITY VIA SOCIAL NETWORKING AND THEY ARE DESPERATE FOR OUR BODY CODE ENFORCEMENT, CPD, AND LPD TO STEP IN ON THESE MATTERS.

I AM HIGHLY DISAPPOINTED IN OUR GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR ABOUT NINE MONTHS NOW, AND I'VE NOW ESCALATED TO THE TEXAS STATE DEPARTMENT IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

I WAS TRULY HELPING TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH MY CITY ON THIS, I HAVE OFFERED.

OH, IT'S MY TIME UP. I'M SO SORRY.

YOU CAN, YOU CAN YOU CAN GO AHEAD.

AND I'M SO SORRY.

I THOUGHT I HAD IT TIMED CORRECTLY, SO I HAD OFFERED MY SERVICES AND EFFORTS TO DEVELOP A TASK FORCE.

AND I AM WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY.

THEY ARE TELLING ME WHICH STORE OWNERS ARE IN VIOLATION.

I'M GOING TO THEM PROVIDING THE LAW AND THEY DO NOT CARE.

AND SO JUST SO YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, THIS IS WREAKING HAVOC ON OUR COMMUNITY.

THEY ARE DESPERATE FOR US TO STEP IN.

I AM DOING AS MUCH AS I CAN.

I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET TWO GAS STATIONS TO VOLUNTARILY REMOVE THE PRODUCTS, BUT I HAVE A LOT OF WORK YET TO DO AND I WOULD LOVE TO GET THIS PUT ON THE AGENDA.

I HAVE ASKED, I HAVE SENT OUT SEVERAL EMAILS AND SO MAYBE MOVING FORWARD WE CAN DISCUSS THAT.

THANK YOU.

I BELIEVE THE CHIEF GAVE YOU HIS INFORMATION, SO I THINK YOU COULD START THERE CONNECTING WITH CHIEF HARMON.

YES, MA'AM.

I'VE ALSO BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE LEANDER PD, AND EVERYONE IS SAYING IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL.

AND SO THAT'S JUST WHY I WANTED TO COME TO YOU GUYS.

IT'S BECAUSE I CONTINUE HITTING ROADBLOCKS.

BUT I WILL REACH OUT TO ALL PARTIES STILL.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

LAST SIGN UP IS RANDOM TRADER WHO RESIDES IN THE CITY.

WISHES TO SPEAK.

APPRECIATION FOR DEV SERVICES.

I THINK I'LL GO WITH THE READERS.

I THINK THIS FONT SIZE IS A LITTLE SMALL. YES.

THANK YOU.

I'M RANDY STRADER, 2702 RAMBLER VALLEY DRIVE.

MAYOR.

MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL.

I STEPPED DOWN FROM PLANNING AND ZONING LAST MONTH, BUT I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN SERVICE ABOVE SELF, AND WITH MY TIME NOW HERE AT THE PODIUM, I WISH TO SIMPLY TAKE A MOMENT AND HONOR AND RECOGNIZE WITH THOSE WITH WHOM I HAVE SERVED, THAT IS, TO TO SHED A LIGHT BACK ON THOSE WHO HAVE HELPED ME SO MUCH.

DURING MY MY TIME ON PNC FOR ALMOST A DECADE, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING ALONGSIDE THE PROFESSIONALS IN CEDAR PARK DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AS WELL AS MY FELLOW MEMBERS OF PLANNING AND ZONING.

TO THE FOLKS AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE STAFF, BOTH PAST AND PRESENT.

I'D LIKE TO READ A LIST OF NAMES AND BRENDA I THESE NAMES.

THIS IS GOING TO REFLECT ON ON YOUR CULTURE HERE AT THE CITY.

CINDY SCHLAGER, BRYNN HABE, AMY HAYCOCK, RACHEL TEPPER, TY CHANDLER.

MR. MARK BAUMBACH, ERSTWHILE PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESIDENT MR. BRAD JACKSON, MELISSA MCCOLLUM, ASHLEY AUSTIN, ELLEN NELSON, TAMMY GLANVILLE, LEE HECKMAN, CHRIS YANEZ AND OUR COUNSELOR,

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I'D ALSO LIKE TO MENTION MISS JOYCE HESS, WHO FOR PLANNING AND ZONING, SAT IN THE CHAIR WHERE LEANNE QUINN SITS FOR COUNCIL.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MR. DUSTIN HENRY.

THIS NEXT ONE I PRACTICED SENORITA ANDRE IN DAVILA QUINTERO, AND FINALLY TWO DIRECTORS OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, MR. CHRIS COPPELL, NOW THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

AND THE THIS IS THE WORD I CHOSE AMY, THE INDEFATIGABLE MISS AMY LINK.

BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY FELLOW MEMBERS OF PLANNING AND ZONING WITH WHOM I'VE SERVED ON THE DAIS.

AND SO I'D LIKE TO OFFER THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING SERVANT LEADERS FROM THE COMMUNITY BARBARA SCHAEFER, BRENDA REESE, OUR CURRENT CHAIR, AUDREY WARNICK, CINDY SNEED, KIMBERLY BRADFORD BROWN, SCOTT ROGERS, MARK MCDONALD, THE HONORABLE ERIC BOYCE, CANDICE LAMBERT, KELLY BRANT, FORMER CHAIR SARAH GROFF, JEFF BAKER, THE HONORABLE AND FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER BOBBY HUTCHINSON, TJ DONNELL, HOLLY HOGUE, MR. BOB INGRAM, AND THE HONORABLE BOB INTEL, AS WELL AS KEVIN HARRIS.

CURRENTLY ON COUNCIL.

I WAS FORTUNATE TO SERVE ALONGSIDE THIS LIST OF SERVANT LEADERS FOR ALL THAT I HAVE LEARNED FROM THEM, FOR OUR FRIENDSHIPS AND CAMARADERIE IN THE SERVICE OF THE CITY AND FOR THE TIME SACRIFICED ON WEEKENDS AND EVENINGS AND SERVICE, I OFFER MY HEARTFELT APPRECIATION TO THEM ALL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. STRADER.

I DID HAVE I UPDATED AND ACTUALLY ONE MORE PERSON TIME TO SPEAK.

MR. JOHN WOODLEY, WHO RESIDES OUTSIDE THE CITY, WHICH YOU SPEAK ON DISPARATE IMPACTS.

I'M JOHN WOODLEY AND I CAME TO YOU ALL TO IT TO GO.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO INSTEAD OF REPEATING, WHAT, TWO WEEKS AGO, I JUST LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THIS IMPACT IN THE.

PARK OR IN PRACTICE, WORLD AND POVERTY.

WHILE I HAVEN'T TO THE TOURISM DIRECTOR, BUT I HAVE BUCKMAN WITH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. AND.

I'M KIND OF CRASHING TODAY BECAUSE OF MY FIRST.

SO I HAVE MADE REQUESTED.

YOUR EMERGENCY POWER WILL BE ACTIVATED TO ADDRESS.

THE ORDINANCE CHANGES QUICKLY BECAUSE THE IMMEDIATE NEED THAT AFFECT LIVE PROPERTY AND PUBLIC PEACE.

AND YOU HAVE THE DISPLAY IMPACT, WHICH REQUIRED TO PRACTICE POLICY RULES THAT APPEAR NEUTRAL BUT UNINTENTIONALLY HAVE A DISPROPORTIONATE ADVERSE EFFECT ON PROTECTED GROUP A DISABILITY ON CONSECRATED RATHER THAN UNLIKE BY TREATMENT.

JUMPED.

PARKING AND CAMPING BAND CREATED BY IMPACT INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE AGAINST LG PEOPLE

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SO IN 1704, THE PRIVILEGE OF THE GENERAL TALKING TO CLIMATE FOR SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY, FOR THE SAFETY OF PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE IS MAINTAINING THE SAFE SITE CLEARANCE WITHIN RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION CLEARING PEDESTRIAN WAIVED INTO FOR ACCESSIBILITY TO VETERANS BY EMERGENCY VEHICLE.

HOWEVER.

PROHIBITION AGAINST PERSON TO STOP ANY VEHICLE HEAVILY MANUFACTURED MADE A CAPACITY OF MORE THAN ONE HALF TON OR 21FT IN LENGTH, HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE, AND TYPICALLY HAVE A WEIGHT RATING OF THREE TONE TO OVER FIVE TONE, DEPENDING ON.

USUALLY FALL INTO 6,000 POUND FEET OF COVERED AND VANS LIKE RAM FOAM.

AFTER OFTEN RATED FOR 9000 TO 10,000 POUNDS.

MR. WOODLEY, YOUR TIMES BEEN UP FOR A LITTLE BIT, BUT YOUR TIME HAS BEEN UP ACTUALLY FOR ABOUT ABOUT 30S.

SO I HATE TO CUT YOU OFF, BUT AS I UNDERSTAND, THE CONCERN IS THAT THE THE BAN WE HAVE ON PARKING RVS ON THE STREET, YOUR BELIEF AND YOUR CONCERN IS THAT IT CREATES A DESPERATE IMPACT.

SORRY, I'M TRYING TO READ THE AUTOMATIC.

I, I CAN REPEAT THAT FOR YOU IF THAT'S HELPFUL.

THEN WHAT? YOU JUST SAID THAT AGAIN.

SO AS I UNDERSTAND, YOUR CONCERN, IS THAT THE BAND THAT WE HAVE ON PARKING, RECREATION, LARGE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES ON A CITY STREET CREATES A DISPARATE IMPACT ON PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

THAT'S THAT'S MY CASE.

I HAVE A MOTOR HOME AND.

MY MOTHER TOLD YOU TWICE.

YEAH.

AND HER LANDLORD NO LONGER ALLOWED ME TO PARK THAT ON HER POVERTY.

WHICH MEANS I HAVE TO PUCK IT IN THE STREET.

I CAN BE NEAR HER AND.

BUT THAT PUT ME IN PROBLEM WITH YOUR CODE, THE WAY THEY'RE CURRENTLY CODED.

AND I'M ASKING THAT THE CODE BE CHANGED.

THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT CAN MAKE THOSE MODIFICATION TO ALLOW CARETAKER AID TO BE ABLE TO BE NEAR THE CHILD.

YEAH. CORRECT. UNDERSTOOD.

SO WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE A WAIVER PROCESS, AS YOU KNOW.

AND SO WE CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND YOUR REQUEST AND WE'LL CONSIDER WHETHER WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, PURSUE AMENDING OUR ORDINANCE.

BUT I WILL NOTE THAT THAT IS JUST INHERENTLY A LENGTHY PROCESS FOR US TO CHANGE OUR CITY LAWS LIKE THAT.

THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT THE EMERGENCY POWER COULD TAKE A SHORTCUT TO QUICK, MORE QUICKLY AND MAKE THAT AMENDMENT.

I DON'T THINK IT FALLS UNDER EMERGENCY POWERS, BUT WE'LL CERTAINLY OUR LEGAL TEAM WILL CONSIDER THAT.

BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SPEAK.

SPEAK WITH US TONIGHT. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

I GOT YOUR TAKING MY TIME.

UNFORTUNATELY, ONE OR THE OTHER ORDINANCES INVOLVED TO.

THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE HERE WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE.

ITEM C5, PLEASE CALL ITEM C6 CITY

[C.6 City Manager Report: Update On The Cedar Park Tourism Program - April Walker-Davis, Tourism Marketing Manager.]

GOOD EVENING.

COUNCIL.

I AM APRIL WALKER DAVIS, YOUR TOURISM AND MARKETING MANAGER.

TONIGHT I'LL BE GIVING YOU THE TOURISM PROGRAM UPDATE.

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TOURISM IS TO EXPAND AND SUPPORT THE TOURISM PROGRAM TO INCREASE VISITORS AND LOCAL COMMERCE WITH ACTION GOALS.

TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A TOURISM MARKETING PLAN WITH MEASURABLE OUTCOMES, COLLABORATE WITH TOURISM PARTNERS AND STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIPS WITH HOTELIERS.

WHILE THE NATIONAL MARKET OR NATIONAL TRAVEL MARKET IS EXPERIENCING SOFTENING DUE TO ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY, CEDAR PARK IS OUTPERFORMING THE NATIONAL HOTEL OCCUPANCY AVERAGE.

WITH THESE CHARTS, THEY INDICATE THAT OUR STRATEGIC PIVOT TOWARDS HIGH INTENT REGIONAL TRAVELERS IS ACTUALLY WORKING.

WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY EVOLVED OUR VISITOR MIX, COMPLEMENTING OUR LOCAL DAY VISITORS WITH AN INCREASING NUMBER OF OVERNIGHT GUESTS TRAVELING FROM ACROSS THE STATE.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT OUR AVERAGE DAILY RATE HAS INCREASED 1.6% COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

THIS GROWTH INDICATES STRONG LOCAL MARKET AND PRICING POWER OF OUR LOCAL HOSPITALITY PARTNERS.

EVEN WHILE NAVIGATING A CHALLENGING AND SOFTENING NATIONAL TRAVEL CLIMATE.

WE ARE PROVING THAT CEDAR PARK IS A HIGH VALUE, RESILIENT TEXAS DESTINATION, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THESE TRENDS CLOSELY AS THE YEAR PROGRESSES.

VISITORS TRAVELING FROM 50 TO 249 MILES AWAY MADE UP 14% OF TRAVELERS.

VISITORS IN OUR SHARED MARKET HERE IN CEDAR PARK.

BY ATTRACTING VISITORS WHO STAY LONGER AND SPEND MORE, WE ARE FUELING A CYCLE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH THAT KEEPS CEDAR PARK A VIBRANT AND RESILIENT DESTINATION.

OUR VIRTUAL VISITOR CENTER IS BUSIER THAN EVER, WELCOMING OVER 56,000 ONLINE VISITORS THIS YEAR.

THE MOMENTUM IS FUELED BY DOMINANT SEARCH RANKINGS AND A MASS SURGE IN SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT.

TO PUT THIS INTO PERSPECTIVE, IN 2024, OUR INSTAGRAM PRESENCE STOOD AT 3200 FOLLOWERS.

TODAY, WE HAVE SURPASSED 14,000.

A POWERFUL STATEMENT TO THE GROWING STATE AND NATIONAL INTEREST IN THE CEDAR PARK COMMUNITY.

WE ARE SEEING IMMEDIATE RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT WITH OVER 5700 UNIQUE ATTRIBUTED SESSIONS, MEANING PEOPLE WHO VISITED OUR WEBSITE WITHIN EIGHT MINUTES OF VIEWING OUR STATEWIDE COMMERCIALS IN THEIR HYPER TARGETED REGIONAL AREAS.

BY ALIGNING WITH INDUSTRY LEADERS LIKE TRAVEL TEXAS AND BRAND USA, THEN PARTNERING LOCALLY WITH THE TEXAS STARS LOVE PRO AND THE AUSTIN SPURS, WE ARE KEEPING CEDAR PARK TOP OF MIND AND ENSURING LOCAL EFFORTS ARE AMPLIFIED.

AS TRAVELERS BEGIN PLANNING FOR FIFA WORLD CUP ADVENTURES ACROSS THE LONE STAR STATE, WE ARE POSITIONING VISIT CEDAR PARK, TEXAS, RIGHT IN THE MIX WITH THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF CITY LEADERSHIP.

THESE PARTNERSHIPS ALLOW US TO TRULY PUNCH WELL ABOVE OUR WEIGHT CLASS, MAXIMIZING OUR IMPACT.

WE AREN'T JUST WAITING FOR VISITORS TO FIND US, WE'RE ACTUALLY MEETING THEM RIGHT WHERE THEY ARE.

WE'VE ALSO SEEN GREAT SUCCESS WITH OUR LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL MARKETING ACTIVATIONS THIS YEAR, LIKE LIVE AT LAKELAND MUSIC SERIES WITH PARKS AND RECREATION.

CEDAR FEST WITH THE CEDAR PARK CHAMBER, AND TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE SHOWS WITH TEAM TEXAS IN DALLAS AND DENVER.

WE ARE A DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION MODEL, WHICH MEANS WE MARKET AND PROMOTE CEDAR PARK AS A MUST VISIT TEXAS DESTINATION.

PARTNERING WITH ATTRACTIONS AND BUSINESSES IS ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT ROLES.

MARKETING IS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF WHAT WE DO.

OUR MARKETING PLANS FOCUSES ON ATTRACTING NEW POTENTIAL VISITORS, NURTURING THEIR INTEREST, AND THEN CONVERTING THEM TO OVERNIGHT REPEAT VISITORS.

THE CITY HAS ENGAGED HUNTING PARTNERS TO LEAD OUR COMPREHENSIVE TOURISM AND DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION, STRATEGY AND INITIATIVE THAT WILL SHAPE CEDAR PARK'S NEXT ERA OF TOURISM AND ECONOMIC GROWTH.

DURING THEIR KICKOFF VISIT THIS WEEK.

THE TEAM IS CONDUCTING A DEEP DIVE DISCOVERY PHASE, EVALUATING OUR LOCAL ASSET ASSETS AND FACILITATING SESSIONS LIKE KEY TOURISM STAKEHOLDER GROUPS.

THIS PROJECT

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DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME THIS EVENING? NO. NO QUESTIONS.

JUST A COMPLIMENT, RIGHT? I MEAN, I THINK I TOLD YOU THIS EARLIER.

I MEAN, THE DIGITAL PRESENCE IS JUST PHENOMENAL, RIGHT? IT'S A VERY COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE OUT THERE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE US ARE TRYING TO COMPETE FOR EYEBALLS.

AND JUST I MEAN, THE CREATIVITY THAT YOU PUT INTO ALL OF THE MARKETING, WHETHER IT'S DIGITAL OR NOT, IT'S JUST BEEN REALLY, REALLY, REALLY NICE, REALLY NEAT AND JUST LEFT BRAIN.

SO I CAN APPRECIATE IT MORE THAN YOU KNOW. BUT RIGHT.

BECAUSE I'M NOT VERY CREATIVE, BUT IT'S JUST WHAT YOU'VE DONE HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS.

SO KEEP ON KEEPING ON. THANK YOU.

IT'S TREMENDOUS WORK, GABRIEL.

IT'S REALLY ENCOURAGING TO SEE JUST HOW YOU CONTINUE TO EXPAND THE OUTREACH AND LET EVERYBODY KNOW ALL THE AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE FOR FUN HERE IN CEDAR PARK.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

YOU'RE REALLY BECOMING YOUR OWN BRAND.

AND YOU HAVE NO FUN AT ALL.

I MEAN, I SAW YOU THE OTHER NIGHT AT POP STROKE.

I MEAN, IT JUST LOOKED LIKE YOU'RE HAVING THE WORST TIME, SO KEEP KEEP IT UP.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES. THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE YOU.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

[C.7 City Manager Report: Update On The Capital Improvement Program Projects - Randy Lueders, Director Of Engineering And Capital Projects. ]

PLEASE CALL ADAM C7, A CITY MANAGER REPORT FOR AN UPDATE ON THE EXCITING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PROJECT.

I LIKE IT, BUT YOUR GLASSES JUST AREN'T AS COOL AS HERS.

I GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO NOT COME BEHIND HER EVERY TIME.

YOU KNOW, SEPARATE OUR MEETINGS A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE HAVE FUN TO DO BUILDING PROJECTS.

SO I GOT A LOT OF PICTURES TO SHOW YOU TONIGHT.

SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL YOU'LL HAVE A LITTLE FUN, I DON'T KNOW.

RANDY LEADER, DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL PROJECTS HERE WITH A QUARTERLY UPDATE SIMILAR TO THE WAY WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST, I'LL HIGHLIGHT SOME FOUR DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES, BUT AS ALWAYS, YOU CAN GO TO CEDAR PARK, TEXAS GOV PROJECTS TO GET UPDATES ON ALL OF OUR PROJECTS.

AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT BAD OUT-OF-FOCUS IPHONE SHOTS.

JOSH GARRETT DID A GREAT JOB OF GETTING THESE PHOTOS FOR US, SO ALL THE GOOD ONES ARE FROM HIM.

SO THANK HIM ON THE WAY OUT.

ALL RIGHT, SO STARTING OFF WITH THE COTTONWOOD REGIONAL POND EXPANSION, YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THIS THIS EXHIBIT PROBABLY 17 TIMES ALREADY.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT YOUR POINT OUT THE THE RED LITTLE PEN, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A PICTURE THAT SHOWS ESSENTIALLY IF YOU HAD A BIRD'S EYE VIEW FROM THAT AREA WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING POND IN THE FOREGROUND, FIRE STATION FIVE ON THE RIGHT, THE HOSPITAL ON THE LEFT WHERE THE POND IS EXPANDING, NEW HOPE RUNNING IN AND OUT OF THE SCREEN WITH THE TOLL ROAD LEFT AND RIGHT, AND THEN WAY IN THE BACK.

YOU CAN SEE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEM IN THE SHIELDS.

SO A PRETTY NEAT LITTLE PICTURE TO SEE.

KIND OF ALL OF IT IN ONE SHOT.

SO THE POND OBVIOUSLY IS BEING EXPANDED TO ACCOUNT FOR ADDITIONAL CAPACITY.

BUT ONE OF THE OTHER BENEFITS OF IT WAS TO BEAUTIFY THE AREA A LITTLE BIT.

AND SO I'M KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF A JOURNEY.

YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THIS OLD PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE THAT WAS AT THE TIME THAT JUST CROSSED THE CHANNEL FOR THE HOSPITAL, AND JOSH WAS NICE ENOUGH TO GET OUT THERE ON A FRIDAY MORNING AND TRY TO GET SOME PHOTOS OF THEM ACTUALLY MOVING THAT BRIDGE OUT OF THE WAY INTO THE NEW LOCATION.

SO ESSENTIALLY IT'S MOVING FROM RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE POND, DOWN TO WHICH YOU CAN SEE TWO LITTLE ABUTMENTS NOW, BUT WE'LL GO THROUGH THE THROUGH THE SHOT.

ONE OF THE NEAT THINGS ABOUT MOVING THIS BRIDGE WAS THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO DEMO ALL THE CONCRETE THAT WAS ON THE WHERE YOU WALK, ACTUALLY WALK ACROSS THE BRIDGE, BECAUSE TO GET THE WEIGHT DOWN SO THAT THEY COULD LIFT IT WITH THE CRANE AND THEN AND MOVE IT OVER SO YOU CAN SEE A METAL PAN HERE WHERE THEY, THEY'RE SETTING UP THE CRANE.

THIS PICTURE, THERE'S NOT MUCH NEW ACCEPTABLE BULLDOZER IN FRONT WHO DOESN'T LIKE A PICTURE OF A BULLDOZER RIGHT IN FRONT OF A CONSTRUCTION SITE.

AND WE'RE ALL JUST KIDS.

SO HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'VE ACTUALLY PICKED UP THE BRIDGE, AND THEY'VE ATTACHED IT TO 218 WHEELER TRACTORS TO DRIVE IT OVER TO THE NEW LOCATION.

SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY BOTH GO OUT? ONE SITTING IN NEUTRAL OR HELP.

THEY HELP A LITTLE BIT.

THEY WERE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, ATTACH IT TO WHERE YOU WOULD ATTACH THE TRAILER END.

AND YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BETTER THAN I, BETTER DRIVERS THAN I WOULD BE BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A DISASTER.

BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO GET IT OVER THERE.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE BRIDGE IS NOW SET BACK IN ITS ON ITS NEW ABUTMENTS.

[01:35:02]

AND I THINK I HAVE ONE MORE PHOTO HERE.

I ADDED THIS ONE. THIS ONE'S A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER.

YOU CAN SEE THE POND IS A LITTLE MORE DUG OUT, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN IS YOU CAN SEE OVER TO THE RIGHT.

ON THE RIGHT SIDE YOU CAN SEE A CHANNEL OF THE WATER.

SO AS WE'VE BEEN GETTING RAIN IN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, THEY THEY DIG A LITTLE CHANNEL TO DIVERT THE WATER OVER AND AROUND, AND THEY CAN STILL KEEP WORKING IN THE POND AND EXCAVATE ALL THE ALL THE ROCK.

OKAY, SO LET'S MOVE OVER TO OUR GRANDE.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN SEE THIS ALIGNMENT FROM NEW HOPE DOWN THROUGH WHITESTONE AND THEN TO THE ROUNDABOUT AND OVER TO PALMER.

SO SPEAKING OF THE ROUNDABOUT, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF DIRT WORK AND UTILITY WORK GOING ON.

AND IF YOU LOOK REALLY CLOSELY, YOU CAN START TO SEE LITTLE WHITE SPECKS, WHICH ARE THE CURB INLETS FOR THE ROAD THAT HAVE GONE IN.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN SEE THE CENTER OF THE ROUNDABOUT.

AND THEN ONE OF THE MAJOR PIECES OF THE ROAD THAT'S ON THE CRITICAL PATH FOR CONSTRUCTION IS THE BRIDGE THAT GOES ACROSS BRUSHY CREEK THERE, OR THE NORTH FORK OR BRUSHY CREEK.

AND IF YOU REMEMBER, ON OUR WHEN WE DID THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY, THAT WAS KIND OF ON THE FOREGROUND SIDE OF THIS PHOTO WITH THE CREEK IN THE BACKGROUND.

AND I LIKE THIS PHOTO BECAUSE YOU CAN YOU CAN SEE THE BRUSH CREEK NORTH FORK TRAIL THAT RUNS EAST WEST, OR IN THIS PHOTO AT LEAST, AND THEN THE ROAD AS IT KIND OF CURVES THROUGH THE TREES ON THE TOP SIDE OF THE PHOTO.

BUT HERE, AS A LITTLE CLOSER UP VIEW OF HOW WE'RE INTERACTING WITH THE BRUSH CREEK NORTH FORK TRAIL, WHERE WE HAD TO TO BUILD THE BRIDGE, WE HAVE TO DISCONNECT THAT TRAIL, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT A TEMPORARY TRAIL THAT KIND OF LOOPS AROUND AND UP.

YOU CAN'T REALLY TELL US AS MUCH IN THIS PHOTO, BUT THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF ELEVATION CHANGE IN THERE.

AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE IT MAKES SUCH A HORSESHOE TO GET UP.

BUT THIS PHOTO DOES DO A GOOD JOB OF SHOWING ESSENTIALLY WHERE THE YELLOW PATH WILL BE, THE FUTURE ALIGNMENT OF THE TRAIL, WHERE IT GOES UNDER THE BRIDGE AND STAYS AT THE GRADE OF THE TRAIL ITSELF.

AND THEN THE PURPLE DASHED LINES WILL SHOW HOW THE TRAIL WILL ACTUALLY GET UP TO THE ROAD ELEVATION, AND THEN CONNECT TO THE SHARED USE PATHS UP THERE ON THE ROAD.

THESE ARE JUST SOME PHOTOS SHOWING THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT OF A RETAINING WALL BEING BUILT IN.

THAT KIND OF SHOWS SOME OF THAT GRADE DIFFERENCE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH WHEN THOSE PAINTING WALLS ARE, YOU KNOW, TWICE AS HIGH AS THE GUY STANDING THERE.

AND THEN WHAT? WE'RE NEXT MONTH, WE'LL START TO WE'LL BRING IN THE BEAMS TO SET FOR THE BRIDGE, WHICH WILL BE A FUN EXERCISE TO GET ALL THE WAY BACK THERE.

BUT WE'LL GET SOME GOOD PHOTOS OF THAT AND HOPEFULLY, MAYBE NEXT TIME WE'LL SHOW YOU SOME OF THAT.

BUT ANTICIPATED COMPLETION IS IN FALL OF 2027 AND WE'RE STILL ON SCHEDULE FOR THAT.

I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE PROJECT THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT OURS, BUT IT'S RIGHT THROUGH THE CENTER OF TOWN.

AND OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS ARE PRETTY AWARE OF IT, BUT IT'S APPROXIMATELY THREE MILES OF TWO GRADE SEPARATED LANES ADJACENT TO 183 A FROM 1431 DOWN THE AVERY RANCH BOULEVARD.

THIS IS A SCHEDULE FROM THEIR WEBSITE.

IT SAYS IT STARTED IN 2018.

I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT PROJECT DISCUSSION GOES WAY BACK BEFORE 2018, BUT IT DOES HIGHLIGHT THAT CONSTRUCTION STARTED IN 2025, WITH AN ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE IN EARLY 2029, SO OBVIOUSLY THERE'S STILL QUITE A BIT OF TIME TO GO ON THAT PROJECT.

BUT WE DO HAVE SOME GOOD PHOTOS FROM THERE AS WELL.

CONTRACTORS CURRENTLY WORKING ON ROCK EXCAVATION, DRAINAGE BRIDGES, COMMUNICATION LINES FOR A.

RETAINING WALLS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROJECT LIMITS.

AND GENERALLY IT'LL STAY IN THIS IN THE SAME PHASE THAT IT'S IN NOW IN TERMS OF IT WON'T IMPACT OUR DAILY TRAFFIC IN AND OUT, AT LEAST ON THE MAIN LANES FOR UNTIL MID 2027.

BUT YOU WILL START TO SEE SOME BRIDGE WIDENING ALONG THE FRONTAGE ROADS, NEW TOLL GANTRIES DOWN BY BRUSH CREEK ROAD THAT'LL SHOW UP AND THEN NOISE WALL WILL START IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR.

ALSO THE LIMITS OF THE NOISE WHILE THAT THEY ARE BUILDING.

SO WE COULD SEE SOME TRAFFIC CHANGES, ESPECIALLY AROUND RUSSIA CREEK AND DOWN BY THE BRUSH CREEK LOOP WHERE DOWN BY PUBLIC WORKS, WHERE THEY'RE MAKING SOME OF THOSE CHANGES AND ENTRANCE RAMP AND RAMPS.

BUT LARGELY WHAT YOU SEE OUT THERE NOW IS THEM WORKING OUTSIDE OF WHERE THE CURRENT TRAVEL PATHS ARE.

SO I DID WANT THESE ARE SOME BRIDGE CROSSINGS OR BRUSHY CREEK, WHERE YOU CAN SEE BUILDING THE ABUTMENTS TO SUPPORT THOSE.

[01:40:05]

MORE ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE PROJECT WHERE THEY'RE CROSSING THE SPANISH OAK TREE, SPANISH OAK CREEK TRIBUTARY.

THEY'RE A LITTLE FURTHER ALONG IN THE BRIDGE WHERE THEY'VE ACTUALLY GOT THE DECK POURED OUT HERE.

AND IF YOU LOOK KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE, JUST TO THE LEFT OF THE SIDEWALK, YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE COMMUNICATION LINES THAT ARE GOING IN.

AND SO THIS IS A VIEW KIND OF AT THE NORTHERN END OF THEIR PROJECT WITH THE 1431 INTERSECTION STRAIGHT AHEAD.

THIS IS LOOKING NORTHBOUND WHERE YOU CAN SEE WHERE THOSE FRONTAGE ROADS WILL TIE INTO THE NEW OR TO THE EXISTING EXIT RAMP THERE.

THIS IS TURNING AROUND LOOKING SOUTH SO THAT YOU CAN AT LEAST SEE THAT THERE'S NO BRIDGE ON THE OTHER SIDE TO.

THAT'S A LITTLE BIT FURTHER BEHIND.

BUT LOTS OF BRIDGE WORK WITH THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, LEADS TO THE LONG CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE AND PRICE TAG.

OKAY, WE'LL MOVE OVER TO A FACILITY PROJECT, PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING FACILITY.

THIS IS ANOTHER PICTURE I'VE SHOWN YOU GUYS.

I THINK ALMOST EVERY TIME I'VE BEEN UP HERE OF THE RENDERING, AND IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO SEE THAT WE ACTUALLY MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THE RENDERING, AND IT'S NOT THE GREATEST VIEW OR THE EXACT SAME VIEW, BUT IT'S PRETTY CLOSE.

YOU CAN SEE THE TRAINING BUILDING TOP LEFT WITH THE TACTICAL BUILDING AND THEN APPARATUS BAY KIND OF GOING AROUND THE EXISTING FIRE TRAINING SHOT.

SO I'LL RUN THROUGH THESE RELATIVELY QUICKLY, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE TRAINING BUILDING READY TO GO.

THIS IS INSIDE.

THIS IS A PICTURE TAKEN TODAY THAT LOOKS LIKE A RENDERING BUT IS ACTUALLY A PICTURE.

SO YOU CAN RIGHT WHEN YOU WALK IN THE FRONT DOOR OF THE TRAINING BUILDING, ANOTHER SHOT OF THAT ENTRANCE THERE.

THIS IS THE BREAK ROOM AREA IN THAT TRAINING BUILDING.

YEAH, THIS IS THE TRAINING ROOM, ONE WHICH SHOWS HAS QUITE A FEW CAN SEE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE.

AND THEN THERE'S SOME SMALLER TRAINING ROOMS ALSO ONE MORE DEDICATED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OBVIOUSLY, AND THEN ONE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I THOUGHT WE WERE LOOKING AT RENDERING FOR THE NEW MARRIOTT FOR A WHILE.

THAT'S AMAZING.

AND THEN THIS IS A SHOT OF THE TACTICAL BUILDING WHERE THEY CAN SET UP THEIR TRAINING IN THEIR.

AND THEN JUST WANTED TO I'M NOT GOING TO RUN THROUGH ALL OF THESE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT AND THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT AREN'T ON THIS LIST.

BUT WE DO HAVE LOTS OF PROJECTS IN DESIGN ACROSS DRAINAGE, FACILITY TRANSPORTATION AND PARKS PROJECTS.

SO LIKE I SAID, IF YOU'RE EVER INTERESTED IN MORE INFORMATION, SEE YOUR PARK TEXAS GOV PROJECTS OR YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I HAVE A STATEMENT JUST LIKE YOU TO THANK TEX.

THEY SENT A REPRESENTATIVE OF IT TO THE FOREST OAKS HOA AND SPOKE TO THE BOARD EARLIER THIS WEEK.

I GOT TO THE BOARD MEETING AFTERWARDS AND THEY WERE JUST SO HAPPY WITH THE INFORMATION THEY WERE RECEIVING, AND ARE MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE AND HAPPY WITH THE PROJECT AND HOW IT'S PROCEEDING ALONG.

SO MY COMPLIMENTS TO TEXT DOT FOR DOING THAT.

KYLE.

YES IT WAS.

I'LL LET HIM KNOW. THANK YOU.

ALL THESE PROJECTS LOOK GREAT.

YOU GUYS ARE DOING AMAZING WORK WITH THE WEATHER THE WAY IT IS.

YOU'RE MOVING ALONG PRETTY QUICKLY.

IT'S ALWAYS HARD IN THE SPRINGTIME IN TEXAS BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW IT'S GOING TO RAIN AND WASH YOUR PROJECT OUT, BUT.

EVERYTHING'S MOVING ALONG IS EXPECTED, SO IT ALL LOOKS REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

PARTICULARLY HAPPY ABOUT THE ACCESS ROADS I MEAN OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A LONG THESE ARE ALL LONG TAIL PROJECTS.

BUT IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE WITH SO MUCH GOING ON.

IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME VISIBLE, TANGIBLE PROGRESS ON CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU KNOW, THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE, KNOWING THAT THERE'S ALL OF THESE THAT ARE KIND OF IN VARIOUS STAGES.

AND THE POLICE AND THE JOINT TRAINING CENTER IS JUST PHENOMENAL, REALLY KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK.

THAT'S JUST AMAZING.

THAT WAS CALEB, NOT ME.

THE BRUSH CREEK REGIONAL TRAIL FROM RUSSIA ROAD ALL THE WAY UP TO THE NORTHERN TERMINUS AT PALMER, IS COMPLETELY OPEN AGAIN.

YOU MEAN THE NORTH FORK TRAIL? YES. YEAH, IT'S COMPLETELY OPEN. OKAY.

EVERYBODY JUST ASKS EVERY NOW AND THEN.

YEAH.

YOU'RE IN FOR CONSTRUCTION EVERY NOW AND THEN, BUT THAT'S USUALLY JUST WHEN THEY NEED TO GET SOMETHING BY. BUT OH, NOW I GOT TOO MANY PICTURES.

[01:45:02]

THAT TEMPORARY I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN POINT THIS IS OPEN.

AND THEN IF SOMEBODY IF THEY NEED TO GET CONSTRUCTION BY HERE, THEY'LL FLAG ACROSS AND KEEP IT OPEN.

BUT THERE'LL BE SOME CLOSURES WHENEVER WE'RE BRINGING IN BEAMS DOWN THIS ROAD.

RIGHT.

BUT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO AT LEAST LET PEOPLE KNOW AHEAD OF TIME OR AT LEAST GET SOME SIGNAGE OUT SO PEOPLE KNOW.

BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE KEEP IT OPEN.

CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS PICTURE? I THINK IT WAS.

YEAH, THAT ONE THERE LOOKS LIKE MOST OF THE AREA THAT WAS IN THE BRUSH FIRES REPAIRED ITSELF.

WELL, I THINK WE HAVE THE BENEFIT OF IT BEING SPRINGTIME AFTER RAIN.

YES, IT LOOKS VERY GREEN.

EVERYTHING LOOKS NICE AND GREEN.

SO A GREAT TIME TO TAKE PHOTOS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A FEW YEARS AFTER THE FIRE FOR IT TO KIND OF HEAL ITSELF.

BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE AND YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH GREAT CARE AND KEEPING IT CLEAN AND KEEPING CONSTRUCTION TO WRITE OUT OF IT.

SO KEEP THAT AREA LOOKING BEAUTIFUL.

THAT'S THE GOAL.

LOTS OF GREAT PROGRESS, TREMENDOUS WORK.

AND THIS WAS PRETTY FUN.

YEAH. SEE? YEAH, YEAH, WE'RE FULL OF FUN HERE.

IT'S REALLY EXCITING.

I THINK WE'RE ALL REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO TOMORROW TO THAT OPENING OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY TRAIN HAS DONE GREAT WORK.

ANOTHER FUN THING AND I CAN SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING TO APRIL AND THEN YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU KEEP ALL THE PEOPLE COMING TO SEE A PARK AND THE RESIDENTS HAPPY BECAUSE CEDAR PARK, YOU NEVER SPILL YOUR COFFEE ON YOURSELF BY DRIVING THROUGH A POTHOLE.

THAT'S ERIC.

YOU CAN THANK ERIC FOR THAT.

I JUST GET TO BUILD THE NEW STUFF.

THANKS FOR ANGIE.

APPRECIATE IT.

RANDY,

[Consent Agenda]

COUNCIL ROLL 2.3.

THE CITY COUNCIL CONSENT AGENDA CONSIST OF AGENDA ITEMS D, E, AND F EXCLUDING F6 TO APPROVE ITEMS D, E AND F EXCLUDING F6.

SECOND MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUFFY.

SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER KIRKLAND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION NOT BRING UP OUR VOTING SCREEN.

THERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT.

THE MOTION PASSES WITH ALL MEMBERS PRESENT.

FIVE VOTING WITH TWO ABSENT.

PLEASE CALL ADAM F6.

[F.6 A Resolution Authorizing A Letter Of Support And Participation In A Joint Application With Williamson County Related To The Safe Streets For All Federal Grant Program. ]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A LETTER OF SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATION IN A JOINT APPLICATION WITH WILLIAMSON COUNTY RELATED TO THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAM.

THE MAYOR ASKED TO PULL THIS ITEM JUST BECAUSE.

I JUST WANTED TO COMPLIMENT STAFF BECAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS THINKING AHEAD AND WORK ON THIS STUFF.

AND RANDY, YOU GOT SOMETHING FOR US ON THIS? THIS WOULD BE HIS ITEM.

YEAH, WELL, IN THE PAST, WE'VE PULLED AND DONE THESE PROGRAMS WITH THESE GRANT.

AND, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU KIND OF JUST DESCRIBE WHAT IT IS? JUST THAT PEOPLE YOU CAN EXPLAIN IT BETTER THAN ME.

SURE.

JUST VERY QUICKLY, WE ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED IN A IN A JOINT APPLICATION WITH WILLIAMSON COUNTY LAST YEAR FOR WHAT'S CALLED THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL.

IT'S A FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAM FOR SAFETY RELATED PROJECTS.

AND SO THERE WAS WILLIAMSON COUNTY WAS SUCCESSFUL LAST YEAR.

I THINK THEY WERE THE ONLY SUCCESSFUL.

AWARD LAST YEAR IN TEXAS.

AND SO WE CAME BACK AROUND AGAIN THIS YEAR AND WANTED TO TAKE ANOTHER RUN AT THAT.

AND SO WE WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY SOME PROJECTS FOR THAT.

SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE SUCCESSFUL AGAIN.

THAT'D BE AWESOME.

IT'S ALWAYS REALLY GOOD THAT YOU GUYS ARE SO PROACTIVE IN LOOKING FOR FUNDING OUTSIDE OF THE TAXPAYER FUNDED PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY, LOOKING AT THESE STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING PROGRAMS WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE F6 AS PRESENTED.

I'LL SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. MOTION BY KIRK. ON THE SECOND BY DUFFY.

THERE ARE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH ALL PRESENT FIVE FOUR WITH TWO ABSENT.

THANK YOU. RANDY IS DEFINITELY AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR US.

ALL RIGHT.

I GOT TO GO AHEAD BECAUSE OUR GUESTS FROM THE PARKS AND TRAILS FOUNDATION HAVE BEEN SO PATIENT.

[H.2 Consideration Of A Resolution Authorizing Acceptance Of A Donation From The Parks And Trails Foundation Of Cedar Park In The Amount Of $15,000.]

CONSIDERATION FOR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE OF A DONATION FROM THE PARKS AND TRAILS FOUNDATION OF CEDAR PARK IN THE AMOUNT OF $15,000.

[01:50:01]

I WAS THINKING I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO STALL, BUT I DON'T.

SO VERY THANKFUL FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THE PARKS AND TRAILS FOUNDATION HAS DONE FOR US ALREADY, AND SO THANKFUL FOR FOR THE DONATION, AND JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM IN THE FUTURE.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER REAL QUICKLY TO CHAIR OF THE PARKS AND TRAILS FOUNDATION, JEN BOWMAN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MIKE.

MAYOR.

MAYOR PRO TEM, CITY COUNCIL, WHAT AN HONOR IT IS TO BE HERE TODAY.

I AM HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE'VE HIT THE LEVEL OF REALIZATION.

BUT TO GET TO REALIZATION, YOU GOT TO TELL A LITTLE STORY.

SO I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT TODAY ABOUT, I PROMISE, A LITTLE BIT TODAY ABOUT THE STORY OF INSPIRATION TO REALIZATION.

AND, ERIC, I THINK THIS IS SO APPROPRIATE THAT THIS IS ON THE LAST NIGHT OR YOUR NIGHT OF YOUR LAST DAY WITH CITY COUNCIL OR LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, BECAUSE YOU WERE THE INSPIRATION.

WE WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY FROM A REALIZATION PERSPECTIVE WITHOUT YOU.

SO I START THIS WITH GRATITUDE.

I START THIS WITH A THANK YOU TO YOU FOR WHO WE ARE TODAY AND WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAR AND SEE.

SO WITH THAT SAID, THREE YEARS AGO, WITH THE HELP OF ERIC'S INSPIRATION, WE CAME TOGETHER AS AN ORGANIZATION TO START A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION HERE IN CEDAR PARK FOCUSED ON HELPING OUR CITY IMPROVE AND ENCOURAGE USE OF OUR BEAUTIFUL PARKS AND TRAILS.

THAT INSPIRATION STARTED WITH THE GENIUS THAT WAS BROUGHT TO US BY ERIC, AS WELL AS FOLKS THAT ARE ON OUR BOARD TODAY, BROUGHT FORTH.

YOU KNOW, THEY SAY GENIUS IS 1% INSPIRATION, 99% PERSPIRATION.

SO BEFORE WE GET TO REALIZATION, I THINK WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE PERSPIRATION PHASE.

AND LAST YEAR I WOULD SAY WE AS A BOARD WERE IN THAT PERSPIRATION PHASE AS THE PARKS AND TRAILS FOUNDATION, AND WE WERE THROWING OUR GETTING READY TO THROW OUR SECOND EARTH DAY FESTIVAL, WHICH, BY THE WAY, OUR THIRD ONE IS THIS SUNDAY, IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING.

HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY WILL BE THERE.

AND WE WERE SEEING THAT INSPIRATION COME TOGETHER AND DECIDED THAT WE WANTED OUR COMMUNITY TO TELL US WHAT DO WE WANT TO FUNDRAISE FOR? HOW DO WE HOW DO WE WANT TO GIVE BACK TO THIS COMMUNITY? AND THIS CITY DECIDED, AND WE, OF COURSE, GAVE THEM CHOICES.

AND THE CHOICE THEY CHOSE WAS SOMETHING CALLED PROJECT COMFORT.

AND WHAT THAT WAS WAS A PROJECT WHERE THE FUNDS THAT WE WOULD RAISE AS A FOUNDATION WOULD BE DONATED TOWARDS OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE COMFORT FOR THE CITIZENS WHO USE OUR PARKS.

PERFECT EXAMPLE FOR US.

AND WHAT INSPIRED US IS LAKE LINE, ONE OF OUR PREMIER PARKS.

BUT IF YOU'VE EVER WALKED THAT BACK HALF AND YOU WANT TO SIT DOWN, IT WAS A LITTLE TRICKY.

SO WE FELT LIKE, OH, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PUT FORTH SOME IDEAS, INSPIRE OUR COMMUNITY.

SAY, IF YOU'RE DONATING TO THE PARKS AND TRAILS FOUNDATION OF CEDAR PARK, WE CAN DO THINGS LIKE THIS.

WE CAN ACTUALLY PUT BENCHES IN PARKS AND CREATE PARKS THAT ARE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO SPEND TIME AND ENJOY MORE THAN THEY ALREADY DO.

SO THAT WAS OUR INSPIRATION.

WE PUT FORTH A PERSPIRATION, AND HERE WE ARE AT REALIZATION.

AND WHAT DOES REALIZATION LOOK LIKE? WELL, BEFORE I GET TO THAT, I HAVE TO START WITH GRATITUDE.

THANK YOU. ERIC. AND END WITH GRATITUDE.

THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE TO THINK FROM WHERE WE WERE FROM THREE YEARS AGO TO WHERE WE ARE TO TODAY.

THE FIRST ACTUALLY IS OUR OUR FOUNDING PARTNER, NFL.

THEY WERE THE FIRST PARTNER THAT CAME TO THE TABLE WITH US AND RAISED THEIR HAND AND SAID THEY WOULD SUPPORT US.

AND SO WE HAVE A STRONG APPRECIATION FOR WHAT THEY DO FOR US EVERY DAY.

THEY'RE A BIG REASON WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.

TO THE MAYOR, TO OUR PRO TEM MAYOR AND TO THE CITY COUNCIL, YOU GUYS HAVE SHOWN UP ALL THE TIME FOR US, AND WE JUST SO APPRECIATE THAT, SEEING YOUR FACES AT ALL OF OUR EVENTS AND SUPPORTING US IN EVERY STEP WE TAKE, WE JUST WE JUST WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT YOU.

TO OUR CITY PARTNERS.

BRENDA, YOU HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM.

BUT BO, MIKE, ANGELA AND THE REST OF THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT THERE, THE REASON WE DO THIS EVERY DAY, THEY ARE AN ABSOLUTE AMAZING TEAM AND JUST AMAZING PARTNERS FOR US THAT WORK EVERY DAY.

I DO ALSO HAVE TO THANK OUR VOLUNTEERS.

WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS THAT SHOW UP FOR US AND HELP US AT OUR EVENTS.

WE COULDN'T BE THE FOUNDATION WE ARE WITHOUT THEM.

AND FINALLY, I DO HAVE TO THANK THE BOARD THAT PERSPIRATION PHASES IS TOUGH.

ERIC, YOU SAID CITY MANAGEMENT.

I WROTE IT DOWN COMPLEX AND INTENSE.

I THINK I WOULD TELL YOU THERE ARE MOMENTS OF BUILDING A FOUNDATION THAT ARE COMPLEX AND INTENSE, BUT WE HAVE SURVIVED THAT PERSPIRATION PHASE.

AND SO I'M GOING TO ASK OUR, OUR TREASURER TO COME UP HERE AND JOIN ME, PLEASE, KELLY NELSON.

AND JUSTIN'S HER ASSISTANT, JUSTIN O'BRIEN.

AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED TODAY TO PROVIDE A DONATION TO THE PARKS

[01:55:03]

SO ONE LAST END OF GRATITUDE, ERIC.

CONGRATULATIONS ON THE PARKS AND TRAILS FOUNDATION.

I'M EXCITED TO SAY IT BECAME A REALIZATION.

WE APPRECIATE YOU.

WE APPRECIATE OUR CITY COUNCIL, OUR CITY, AND I APPRECIATE MY BOARD.

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

HAVE A LOVELY EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.

PICTURE YOU.

YEAH YEAH YEAH WE CAN DO THAT. YEAH.

YOU KNOW, I JUST GOT MY LAST PICTURES.

AND I WAS SAYING YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT.

IT'S A REALLY.

COME ON, GET DOWN.

YOU GOTTA GET YOUR.

ALL RIGHT.

WHERE ARE YOU? ALL RIGHT.

YES. THIS IS MY.

I'LL DO THE SORORITY GIRL.

THREE, TWO.

THANK YOU ALL.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY IT.

IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING JOURNEY STARTING THIS BRAND NEW FOUNDATION IN THE CITY.

ALL THE WORK THAT ERIC AND STAFF PUT TOGETHER TO CREATE THE BYLAWS AND THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PROGRAM, AND THEN TO ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS THAT HAVE STEPPED FORWARD AND HELPED TO MAKE THIS PROGRAM WHAT IT IS TODAY.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE THINGS YOU HAVE, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IN THE FUTURE AND HELPING US TO CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR PARKS, SUCH AS SHINING LIGHT IN THE CITY OF CEDAR PARK.

SO THANK YOU.

YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD TO THAT.

I WANT TO SHARE A LOT OF THE CREDIT TO CITY STAFF AND PARTICULAR FORMER DEPUTY CITY MANAGER KEVIN CAFFREY, AS WELL AS LAUREN MARTIN AND THE LEGAL TEAM AND, AND STAFF, YOU KNOW, AND OBVIOUSLY GIVE THEM A LOT OF CREDIT FOR THE VISION OF THIS.

AND I FEEL LIKE I WAS JUST THE ONE THAT RAISED MY HAND AND SAID, HEY, I LOVE THIS IDEA.

LET ME HELP AND ROLL UP MY SLEEVES AND REALLY WORKED WITH THE THE TWO THAT I JUST MENTIONED.

AND SO I GIVE A LOT, A LOT OF CREDIT TO STAFF ON THAT.

SO BUT IT'S BEEN A REAL HONOR AND CONGRATS TO ALL YOUR SUCCESS AND ALL CURRENT AND FUTURE. SO KEEP ON KEEPING ON.

YEAH, JUST REALLY GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO TO ENHANCE OUR PARKS AND TRAILS AND, AND REALLY THE CULTURE OF OUR CITY TO TIRE PEOPLE CLOSER TO THESE AMAZING ASSETS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR PARKLAND.

AND SO THIS IS A BIG FIRST STEP, EXCITING FIRST STEP.

I DEFINITELY HOPE SOME OF YOU, AT LEAST I KNOW IT'S BEEN EVENING ALREADY.

BUT IF YOU CAN STICK AROUND FOR ITEM H4, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE REALLY, REALLY ENCOURAGED BY WHAT'S DISCUSSED THERE, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU GUYS TO DONATE THINGS.

THAT WILL BE GREAT.

BUT THANK YOU ALL.

I GUESS WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT THE DONATION.

NOW I LOOK AT IT, I'LL MOVE TO ACCEPT.

MAYOR.

ITEM H2 IS PRESENTED SECOND.

ALL RIGHT.

MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BOYCE.

SECOND BY SUMMER KIRKLAND.

AND THE MOTION TO APPROVE WITH TWO MEMBERS ABSENCE.

THANK YOU ALL.

ALL RIGHT.

[H.1 Consideration Of A Resolution Authorizing A Custom Innovation Platform Agreement Between The Cedar Park Economic Development Sales Tax Corporation And Plug & Play, LLC.]

CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CUSTOM INNOVATION

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WELL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

ARTHUR JACKSON HERE, CHIEF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICER HERE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION A NEW AGREEMENT WITH PLUG AND PLAY TECH CENTER.

AS OUR CURRENT AGREEMENT CONCLUDES AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.

SO, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE ENJOYED AND HAD A PARTNERSHIP WITH PLUG AND PLAY FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

PLUG AND PLAY IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S ACTIVE VENTURE CAPITAL INVESTORS, INVESTING IN OVER 200 STARTUPS PER YEAR SINCE 2008.

PLUG AND PLAY HAS DEPLOYED MORE THAN $110 MILLION IN OVER 1000 STARTUPS, THE SUCCESS OF WHICH HAS BROUGHT THE ATTENTION OF LARGE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS AND MAJOR CORPORATIONS LOOKING TO BE A PART OF PLUG AND PLAY INVESTMENTS.

PLUG AND PLAY PHYSICAL PRESENCE IN CEDAR PARK HAS DRIVEN NEW TECHNOLOGY, ADOPTION AND INNOVATION ACROSS OUR CITY AND REGION.

THIS INCLUDES COMPANIES SUCH AS CREATIVE 3D TECHNOLOGIES AND AI, BOTH ANNOUNCING SIGNIFICANT HEADQUARTER RELOCATIONS AND JOB CREATION HERE IN THE CITY RECENTLY.

THIS HAS ALSO BEEN A BIG PART OF NOT ONLY OUR CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN FOR TYPE A, BUT ALSO OUR CITY STRATEGIC PLAN AS IT RELATES TO A DEVELOPMENT IN DRIVING A PROSPEROUS CITY.

AND WHILE IT WAS SLOW GOING AT FIRST WITH PLUG AND PLAY, WE'VE RECENTLY STARTED TO SEE THE FRUITS OF THEIR LABOR AND OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM.

AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE TWO COMPANIES THAT I JUST MENTIONED IN THEIR RELOCATIONS TO FIGURING OUT CREATIVE WAYS TO PARTNER AND ENHANCE WHAT THEY'RE DOING HERE, SUCH AS THE INNOVATION GRANT THAT WE LAUNCH, WHICH BROUGHT AI COMPANY HERE AND OTHER THINGS.

SO UNDER THIS NEW AGREEMENT, PLUG AND PLAY WILL CONTINUE BUILDING ON THE STRONG FOUNDATION ESTABLISHED OVER THE PAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS, MAINTAINING AND EXPANDING THE HIGH IMPACT WORK ALREADY UNDERWAY.

SO ON SCREEN ARE SEVERAL OF THE KEY COMMITMENTS INCLUDED IN THE UPDATED AGREEMENT.

ADDITIONAL MILESTONES AND DELIVERABLES ARE OUTLINED IN YOUR BACKUP MATERIALS FOR ADDITIONAL REFERENCE.

THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EVOLUTION I DO WANT TO POINT OUT IN THIS NEW AGREEMENT IS THE ADDITION OF A SECOND INDUSTRY VERTICAL, POSITIONING CEDAR PARK AS THE TEXAS HUB FOR AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE.

THIS ALLOWS THE ROUGHLY WITH THE GROWING MOMENTUM WE ARE SEEING ACROSS THE REGION, AND PARTICULARLY WITH THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CENTRAL TEXAS SPACEPORT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE BROADER EXPANSION OF SPACE AND DEFENSE RELATED ACTIVITY IN OUR MARKET.

SO, IF APPROVED, THE EXPENDITURE WILL CONTINUE.

THE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING ACCELERATOR PROGRAM THAT SET THE BASE FOR OUR INITIAL AGREEMENT WITH PLUG AND PLAY.

SO THAT'S NOT GOING AWAY.

THAT PAYMENT IS BEING DISCOUNTED DOWN TO $500,000, CONTINUING TO SERVE AS THE CORE ELEMENT OF THE INNOVATION HUB HERE IN CEDAR PARK.

NOW, THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR NEW AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE VERTICAL WILL YIELD AN ANNUAL PAYMENT OF $1 MILLION TO PLUG AND PLAY FOR A TOTAL INCENTIVE OF 1.5 MILLION ANNUALLY, WHICH WILL INCLUDE MENTORSHIP WORKSHOPS, ACCESS TO FUNDING CONNECTIONS TO CORPORATE PARTNERS IN THIS PROGRAM IS TAILORED TO MEET THE NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS OF STARTUPS AND CORPORATIONS OF BOTH ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE.

I'LL ADD THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BOYCE BRENDA MENTIONED SO MANY PROJECTS THAT STARTED WHILE YOU WERE IN COUNCIL.

I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THOSE KEY MILESTONES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO THANK COUNCIL FOR YOUR VISION IN HELPING US PUSH THIS THROUGH BECAUSE IT WAS A REAL RISK.

WE WERE THE FIRST TEXAS CITY TO LAUNCH THIS PLATFORM AND EVERYBODY WANTS IT, RIGHT? AND WE HAVE IT HERE IN CEDAR PARK.

AND THE CHANCE TO LAUNCH THIS NEW VERTICAL, ESPECIALLY WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS NEW INDUSTRY DEFENSE SPACE, IT'S JUST A REMARKABLE OPPORTUNITY, I THINK, FOR THE FUTURE AND INNOVATION OF CEDAR PARK.

SO WITH THAT SAID, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE MOTIONS MADE.

I'M REALLY CURIOUS TO KNOW MEAN BECAUSE I THINK I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER AND IT WILL DEVELOP OVER TIME.

BUT SPACEPORT IN THE INTERACTION WITH THE SECOND VERTICAL BEING AEROSPACE, AND THERE'S SO MUCH POTENTIAL SYNERGY IN SOME OF THE LARGE FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES THAT HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT CAN HELP, MAYBE KNOW AND AGAIN, LOOK AT PLUG AND PLAY AS MAYBE FUNDED R&D, PERHAPS FOR THEM AND INCUBATE SOME OF THESE COMPANIES WITHIN THAT AND CREATE THAT ECOSYSTEM THAT I THINK WAS LONG THE VISION OF WHAT SPACEPORT COULD BE.

YEAH, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT.

IN CONVERSATIONS WITH KEVIN, OUR NEW PLUG AND PLAY DIRECTOR AND VISITING.

AND I WON'T SAY ANY NAMES HERE PUBLICLY, BUT VISITING WITH SOME OF THE FORTUNE 500

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ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS THAT REALLY DROVE THEIR CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS TO REALLY MAKE THIS THE HUB FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS WHEN IT COMES TO SPACE AND DEFENSE, IS BECAUSE THOSE CORPORATE PARTNERS SAID THEY WANT TO BE HERE, THEY WANT TO BE IN THE AREA.

WE HAVE OVER 90 AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE RELATED COMPANIES THROUGHOUT THE AUSTIN MSA, SOME VERY WELL KNOWN ONES, OF COURSE, FIREFLY ARE VERY OWN SPACE BEING DOWN IN THE SOUTHEAST AND BASTROP COUNTY.

YOU HAVE ASTRO THAT'S JUST OUT WEST AND CAVE.

THESE ARE HUGE NAMES, RIGHT? THEY MAY NOT ALL BE HOUSEHOLD NAMES YET, BUT THESE ARE COMPANIES THAT HAVE RAISED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, ALONG WITH SOME OF THESE OTHER SMALLER COMPANIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE GROWING OVER THE YEARS.

IT'S JUST AN AMAZING FIT WITH WE USED TO BE ARMY FUTURES COMMAND IN OUR ARMY TO TO COME OUR PROXIMITY TO, TO FOR HOOD AND OTHER RESOURCES.

AND SO I THINK WE'VE ALL RECOGNIZED FOR A LONG TIME THAT NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE A ROBUST AEROSPACE INDUSTRY HERE IN CEDAR PARK THAT GREW FROM A BRAND NEW STARTUP, BUT THERE'S A THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL FOR FOR COMPANIES THAT ARE BRINGING REAL TECHNOLOGIES TO TO HELP OUR WARFIGHTERS, YOU KNOW, KEEP US SAFE AND KEEP THE WORLD SAFER.

SO IT'S A GREAT FIT, I THINK, WITH OUR CULTURE, OUR SKILL SET AND OUR FUTURE HERE IN CEDAR PARK.

HOW WILL THIS PLAY WITH OUR REGIONAL PARTNER, WILLIAMSON COUNTY? BECAUSE I KNOW JUDGE SNELL WAS HERE A LITTLE WHILE AGO AND SO WAS ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS OF TRAVIS.

SO HOW DOES THAT PLAY WITH THIS PROJECT AND STUFF? YEAH.

SO YOU'RE SPECIFICALLY PROBABLY TALKING ABOUT THE CENTRAL TEXAS SPACEPORT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

AND SO THAT'S A HUGE PART OF IT, RIGHT? RECENTLY, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, SCOTT SMITH, HAD A CHANCE TO REPRESENT US AT THE SPACE SYMPOSIUM IN COLORADO SPRINGS.

WE ACTUALLY INVITED COMMISSIONER LONG TO ATTEND THAT WITH US.

AND THERE'S A COMPANY THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THROUGH THE SPACEPORT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD TO KICK OFF THE FIRST BUILDING OF THAT DEVELOPMENT.

AND IT'S A SECURED FACILITY. A COMPANY'S NAME IS NOOKS, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH THEM.

THEY ACTUALLY HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME TOURING ONE OF THEIR FLAGSHIP SKIFFS UP IN THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA.

AND I THINK IT REALLY OPENED THE EYES OF NOT ONLY SCOTT, BUT ALSO ESPECIALLY COMMISSIONER LONG.

AND SO THEY ENJOYED THAT TOUR, AND I THINK WE'RE CLOSE TO BEING ABLE TO BRING THEM IN AS A PARTNER AND KICK OFF THE FIRST PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CENTRAL TEXAS SPACEPORT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WITH THEM.

FANTASTIC.

ALL RIGHT.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE H-1 AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. SECOND.

KIRKLAND WITH THE INITIAL MOTION.

I THINK I THINK BOYCE GETTING ME THE SECOND.

THE FIRST, SECOND. SO.

IF I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I'M GOOD.

AND CAST YOUR VOTES.

MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU.

THIS IS INCREDIBLY EXCITING, ARTHUR.

AND I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK INTO THIS PHASE.

AND PLEASE THANK OUR PARTNERS AT PLUG AND PLAY.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING THE NEXT COHORT WITH THEM.

THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU COUNCIL.

[H.3 Consideration Of A Resolution Authorizing An Agreement With D.I.J. Construction, Inc. For Pavement Marking Services For A One (1) Year Term With Four (4) Optional Renewals In A Total Amount Not To Exceed $1,750,000. ]

CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH CONSTRUCTION FOR PAVEMENT MARKING SERVICES.

GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL. STEVEN HANSEN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU IS FOR A PAYMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT.

AS YOU CAN PROBABLY IMAGINE, OUR PAVEMENT MARKINGS TAKE QUITE A BEATING.

NOT ONLY DO THEY GET DRIVEN OVER BY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES ON A DAILY BASIS, THEY'RE ALSO EXPOSED TO UV RADIATION DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY.

SO ALL THIS LEADS THOSE MARKINGS TO FADE OVER TIME AND REQUIRES REFRESHMENT IN ORDER TO RESTORE THE VISIBILITY AND RETRO REFLECTIVITY THAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS ON ABOUT A 3 TO 5 YEAR CYCLE.

TO ENSURE THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE ON A CONTINUAL BASIS.

WE'VE HAD A ON CALL AGREEMENT WITH A PAVEMENT MARKING CONTRACTOR TO NOT ONLY REFRESH THE EXISTING MARKINGS, BUT ALSO TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS AS REQUIRED AND INSTALL NEW MARKINGS AS REQUESTED.

HOWEVER, THAT THE MOST RECENT AGREEMENT EXPIRED EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND SO IT WAS TIME FOR US TO PROCURE A NEW AGREEMENT.

WE ISSUED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS EARLIER THIS YEAR ON FEBRUARY AND RECEIVED TWO PROPOSALS FROM DJ CONSTRUCTION AND STRIPE IT UP AND EVALUATION COMMITTEE, CONSISTING OF CITY STAFF EVALUATED BOTH OF THOSE PROPOSALS ON CRITERIA INCLUDING THE PRICE PROPOSAL, EXPERIENCE AND ABILITY TO PERFORM, AND DETERMINE THAT DJ

[02:10:02]

SO THE STRUCTURE OF THIS AGREEMENT IS AN ID IKE, WHICH STANDS FOR INDEFINITE DELIVERABLE INDEFINITE QUANTITY AGREEMENT, WHICH IS JUST A FANCY WAY TO SAY THAT IT IS A FIXED UNIT PRICE AGREEMENT.

SO INSTEAD OF HAVING AN AGREEMENT FOR SPECIFIC LOCATIONS OR FOR A SPECIFIC QUANTITY OF STRIPING, THIS LOCKS IN OUR UNIT PRICES, TYPICALLY BASED ON THE LINEAR FOOT OF STRIPING.

FOR THE ENTIRE FIVE YEAR TERM OF THE AGREEMENT, THERE WILL BE A MAXIMUM EXPENDITURE OF $1.75 MILLION OVER THE LIFETIME OF THAT AGREEMENT, OR ABOUT 350,000 ANNUALLY.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THAT IS, IF IT RECALL BACK TO OUR PREVIOUS AGREEMENT, THAT DOES REPRESENT ABOUT A 75% INCREASE IN THE TOTAL, THE MAXIMUM VALUE OF THAT CONTRACT.

THERE ARE TWO REASONS FOR THAT.

ONE IS THAT SINCE WE EXECUTED THAT LAST CONTRACT, WE HAVE ADDED 900 NEW CROSSWALKS, 22 MILES OF BIKE LANES, AND ABOUT FOUR MILES OF ARTERIAL ROADWAYS, WITH MORE IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW AT THE COMMERCE PARKWAY AND TORO GRINDING AND SO FORTH.

ON TOP OF THAT, THERE HAS JUST BEEN A GENERAL PRICE INCREASE ACROSS THE INDUSTRY, ABOUT 60% COMPARED TO FIVE YEARS AGO.

AND SO THIS KIND OF BRINGS US UP TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING OTHER CITIES PAYING RECENTLY.

SO WHILE THERE IS A MAXIMUM CAP EXPENDITURE CAP TO THE AGREEMENT, THERE'S NO MINIMUM EXPENDITURE.

SO IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO SPEND THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT 1.75.

BUT OUR EXPENDITURES RATHER WOULD BE LIMITED EACH YEAR TO THE AMOUNT THAT'S APPROVED IN THAT IN THAT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET.

AND SO STAFF DOES RECOMMEND EXECUTING AN AGREEMENT WITH CONSTRUCTION FOR PAVEMENT MARKING SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1.75 MILLION.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I NOTICED ON THE PIANO KEY CROSSWALKS THAT THEY SEEM TO GET MORE SCUFFING AND TIRE TREAD ON THEM SO YOU DON'T CAN'T SEE THEM AS WELL.

SO I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THIS IS ERIC QUESTION, BUT DO WE GO THROUGH AND LIKE POWER WASH AND OR DO SOMETHING TO CLEAN THEM UP SO YOU CAN SEE THEM? BECAUSE SOMETIMES IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN SUN SETTING YOU CAN'T SEE THEM AT ALL IN SOME AREAS. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE DO.

SO ESPECIALLY FOR RECENT INSTALLATIONS LIKE THAT, THEY DON'T NEED TO BE.

IT'S A MATTER OF JUST GOING IN POWER, WASHING THEM.

AND A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE CLIMATE, YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE GOT HOT, DRY DAYS WITH VERY LITTLE RAIN.

JUST THAT, THAT THAT GRIME JUST ACCUMULATES MORE AND MORE AND PEOPLE DRIVING OVER THEM AND SO FORTH.

BUT WE DO POWER WASH THEM, AND THAT IS THE REMEDY FOR THAT.

AND THAT'LL, THAT'LL RESTORE THEM TO THEIR TO REFLECTIVE CONDITION.

OKAY. AWESOME.

SO 60% COST US ESCALATION OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS IS PRETTY ROBUST, BUT PROBABLY NOT TOO SURPRISING, I GUESS.

YOU KNOW, SO YOU HAVE THESE RENEWABLE CONTRACTS UP FOR FIVE YEARS.

AND SO IT IS FIXED PRICE.

I ASSUME THAT THERE'S ALREADY SOME BUDGET IN THERE FOR SOME INTERNAL INFLATION TO GET TO THAT POINT, BUT THEY'RE BEARING THE RISK IF THERE'S COST OVERRUNS.

RIGHT. OKAY.

YEAH.

I MOVED TO APPROVE AGE THREE AS PRESENTED.

MOTION BY DEPUTY.

SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER.

THANKS, STEVE.

I GOT THAT BUTTON.

ALL RIGHT.

MOTION PASSES WITH ALL PRESENT TWO MEMBERS BEING ABSENT.

THANK YOU, STEVEN, FOR THE PRESENTATION AND ALL THE HARD WORK FOR PUTTING THAT IN PLACE.

IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT OUR CROSSWALKS WILL KEEP SHINING.

IT CERTAINLY IS IMPORTANT.

[H.4 Consideration Of A Resolution Approving The 2026 Lakeline Park Master Plan. ]

PLEASE CALL ITEM H FOR CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE 2026 LAKE LINE PARK MASTER PLAN.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MIKE DEVITO, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC. AGAIN, YOU'LL RECALL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WE HAD A PRETTY INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION FOR Y'ALL FROM SWA FOR THE LAKELAND PARK MASTER PLAN.

SO WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO SEEK FINAL APPROVAL FOR THAT.

JUST TO A QUICK REMINDER, THIS IS THE MASTER PLAN THAT WE ARE APPROVING.

SO IF THIS IS APPROVED, THEN WE WOULD COME BACK TO YOU ALL LATER FOR AN ACTUAL DESIGN CONTRACT TO GET INTO THE ACTUAL DESIGN OF THE PHASE TWO PORTION OF THIS PROJECT.

AND IF YOU'LL RECALL THIS, SCOTT WILL BE HERE IN JUST A SECOND TO PRESENT, BUT THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU THE OVERALL PARK MASTER PLAN FOR LAKELAND PARK, AS WELL AS WHAT OUR PRIORITIES WILL BE FOR PHASE TWO.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL INTRODUCE SCOTT MCCREADY WITH SWA.

THANK YOU, MIKE, AND GOOD EVENING.

IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK HERE.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO.

OKAY, GREAT.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE.

AND MY COLLEAGUE KAREN DENZEL IS WITH US AS WELL TONIGHT.

AND WE'VE BEEN HAVE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY WORKING WITH YOU ALL FOR THE LAST CLOSE TO A YEAR NOW, EXPLORING THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THIS LAND HAS TO OFFER

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SO I CAN'T SEE IT.

OKAY.

CONTROL.

NO CONTROL. OKAY.

SO YEAH.

SO THIS THIS LAND HAS A TREMENDOUS VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND IT'S BEEN REALLY HEARTENING TO HEAR PEOPLE TALK, INCLUDING THE PARKS AND TRAILS FOUNDATION AND OTHERS, ABOUT THE INTEREST IN JUST OPEN SPACE IN GENERAL AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE TO THE PARK AND TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE WE FEEL THIS, THIS LAND.

SORRY WE STILL HAVE ENOUGH CONTROL YET.

HE'S COMING TO HELP YOU.

ON THE WAY.

OKAY.

THIS SCREEN, BECAUSE IT'S A PDF, IS YOUR EXTENSION OF THE MONITOR.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY OVERHEARING AND.

RIGHT.

OKAY.

HERE WE GO. GREAT.

OKAY. BACK ON TRACK.

SO ANYWAYS WE ARE VERY EXCITED.

THIS HAS BEEN, AS I SAID, ABOUT A YEAR LONG JOURNEY SO FAR.

AND WE ARE NEARING THE COMPLETION OF THE MASTER PLAN AND WE HAD RECENTLY HAD A LONG SESSION.

WE ALL GIVING A LOT OF DETAIL ON THAT, AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE A OVERVIEW OF THAT TONIGHT AND SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC WHAT WE THINK IS A VERY MEANINGFUL AND IMPORTANT DESIGN FOR THE PARK.

IN THE PROCESS OF THIS STUDY, A LOT OF THEMES CAME OUT OF IT AND PRIORITIES.

AND EARLY ON, WE HEARD IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH COUNCIL AND WITH OUR TEAM MEMBERS, WITH THE CITY THREE SORT OF BASIC PREMISE THAT THAT WE SORT OF GUIDED US THROUGH THE THINKING BEHIND WHAT THE POTENTIAL OF THIS MASTER PLAN IS FOR THE PARK, AND THE FIRST ONE IS ENHANCING THE EXISTING AMENITIES IN THE SITE.

THERE IS AN EXISTING PARK THAT'S HIGHLY FUNCTIONING, AND RECENTLY THE PHASE ONE WAS COMPLETED NOT THAT LONG AGO AND HAS BEEN, AS WE WITNESSED ON MANY OCCASIONS IN OUR TIME IN THE PARK, EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL AND THE TRAIL SYSTEM IS WIDELY USED TODAY.

WE FEEL LIKE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE THOSE AMENITIES AS THEY CURRENTLY ARE, AND CERTAINLY EXPAND ON THEM IN A WAY THAT'S RELEVANT TO THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO JUST REALLY MAKE THAT THE EXPERIENCE WITHIN THE PARK AN EVEN BETTER AND MORE COMFORTABLE AND MORE RELEVANT TO LONGER PORTIONS OF THE YEAR WITH OUR CLIMATE.

CENTRAL TO THAT ALSO IS THE SECOND THEME, WHICH IS THE CONCEPT OF ELEVATING NATURE.

AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS 200 ACRES OF MOSTLY PRESERVED NATURAL LAND.

WE THINK OF THE PARK AS WHAT YOU EXPERIENCED IN THE NORTH SIDE TODAY.

BUT, BUT, BUT THROUGHOUT, THERE'S ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF ACREAGE THAT PEOPLE DON'T ACTUALLY GET MUCH ACCESS TO.

AND WE THINK THAT BRINGING PEOPLE TO THE, TO THE, TO THOSE, THOSE NATURAL AREAS THAT ARE MORE HIDDEN WITHIN THE SITE CAN REALLY ELEVATE PEOPLE'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE AND SORT OF ADVOCACY FOR NATURE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEN LASTLY, JUST EXPANDING ACCESS TO THE PARK AND TO THE LAKE ITSELF.

AND AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF WAYS WE MEAN THAT, BUT AND PARTIALLY THAT'S JUST PHYSICAL CONNECTIONS AND THINKING ABOUT THE CONNECTIVITY FROM THE PARK, FROM FROM THE NORTH AND FROM THE SOUTH AND EAST AND MAKING THOSE CONVENIENT, CONVENIENT AND LEGIBLE CONNECTIONS, BUT ALSO THINKING ABOUT ACCESS IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT MEANS TO INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE OFFERINGS WITHIN THE PARK AND MAKING THE ACTUAL JOURNEYS WITHIN THE PARK RELEVANT TO THAT TO PEOPLE AND CONVENIENT FOR USERS.

SO WE HAVE ON THIS PROCESS, WE'VE GONE THROUGH A NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS WITH OVER 700 PARTICIPANTS, BOTH THROUGH POP UP EVENTS AS WELL AS THROUGH ONLINE SURVEYS.

THE THE TAKEAWAYS FROM THE SURVEYS OF PARTICULAR I THINK ARE INFORMATIVE.

WE HEARD A LOT OF CONSISTENCY WITH THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED, BUT AGAIN, FOLLOWING ALONG A LITTLE BIT OF THOSE SAME THEMES, WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE IDEA OF OF DIVERSE PROGRAMING, NOT JUST WHAT'S OUT THERE TODAY, BUT OFFERING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR A NEW NEW USER GROUPS.

SHADE IS A CERTAINLY TEXAS, EVEN WITHIN THE EXISTING FACILITIES, IS ALWAYS A IMPORTANT COMPONENT TO EXPANDING THE USABILITY OF THE PARK AND RESTROOMS AND CONVENIENCE IN A SIMILAR WAY.

WE HAVE RESTROOMS OUT THERE, BUT THIS IS A BIG PARK, AND AS WE BRING PEOPLE TO MORE PORTIONS OF THE OF THE SITE, ARE THERE PLACES THAT WE CAN ADD TO THAT TO ALLOW FOR MORE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES AND OTHER PORTIONS THAN THAT PART? AND THEN, OF COURSE, PRESERVING THE PARK'S NATURAL BEAUTY.

SO WE TAKE THAT CONCEPT AND WE SORT OF DRILL DOWN AND HOW WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN TO SOME OF THE CONCEPTS IN THE DESIGN.

[02:20:03]

WE THINK ABOUT EDUCATION AND EXPLORATION.

WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY THE ABILITY TO GET INTO PORTIONS OF AND WITNESS AND BE A PART OF AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE WITHIN THE THE MORE HIDDEN PORTIONS OF THE PARK AND NATURAL AREAS AND WHAT THE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT IS TO THAT AS WELL.

BUT IN CRITICALLY AND WE SEE THIS OUT THERE TODAY, WE THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE BUILT ON.

IT'S JUST RECOGNIZING, UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT AS A COMMON GROUND FOR BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER, ONE THAT WE SEE IN THE EVENTS THAT THEY TAKE PLACE TODAY.

BUT WE THINK THERE ARE NEW OPPORTUNITIES, AND THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL IS IMPORTANT PORTION OF THIS.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL QUICKLY RUN THROUGH THE MASTER PLAN ITSELF AND SORT OF A HIGH LEVEL, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THE PARK TODAY AND WE KNOW WE THINK OF IT AS WE ENTER FROM THE NORTH WITH THE PARKING AND THE AND THE PHASE ONE PARK FACILITIES, WHICH REALLY FOCUS ON THE EXISTING EVENT FACILITIES, THE SOCCER FIELDS, THE PLAYGROUNDS.

AND WE SEE THAT LEVEL OF ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

AND WE KNOW THAT.

WE KNOW THAT THE TRAIL THAT RUNS ALONG THE LAKE AND THROUGH THE WOODS AND TAKES YOU ON A RATHER LARGE JOURNEY AROUND THE PARK TODAY.

AND WE THINK THAT'S SORT OF CRITICAL.

AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHICH ARE MORE IMMEDIATE STAKEHOLDERS.

SO THOSE ARE SORT OF THE EYES ON THE PARK.

AND THOSE ARE CRITICAL STAKEHOLDERS, CRITICAL MEMBERS OF THIS.

AND WE REALLY WANT TO THINK ABOUT BOTH THEIR ACCESS BUT ALSO THE LARGER COMMUNITY ACCESS.

AND WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT SORT OF THE LEVEL OF PERMEABILITY WITHIN THE PARK.

WE THINK MORE PEOPLE COMING TO THE PARK IS HELPFUL FOR SAFETY AS WELL AS FOR JUST OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPERIENCES.

AND WHEN WE STUDY THIS PARK, WE LOOKED AT IT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT LEVELS IN TERMS OF BOTH THE ECOLOGY, THE HYDROLOGY.

THIS PART IS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AS WE ALL KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE DAM AND IT'S A PORTION OF THE FLOOD PROTECTION.

IT HAS A IT'S A FAIRLY LARGE PORTION OF IT IS IN THE FLOODPLAIN.

SO THAT SORT OF INFORMS WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO WITHIN THE PARK IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT.

BUT AS YOU MOVE THROUGH AND THIS BECAME A REALLY FOUNDATIONAL IDEA FOR US, WE NOTICED AS YOU KIND OF NAVIGATE THROUGH THE PARK, IF YOU WERE, SAY, GOING IN CLOCKWISE MOTION, YOU WOULD YOU WOULD.

THE PARK REVEALS ITSELF AS ALMOST LIKE A SERIES OF ROOMS. AND WHETHER IT BE THE MORE DEVELOPED PORTIONS, THE SOUTHERN WOODLANDS, AS WE CALL IT, WHICH IS THIS BEAUTIFUL, MORE IMMERSIVE WOODED AREA, SOUTHERN MEADOWS, WHICH IS A MORE WIDE OPEN AREA, OF COURSE, THE HEALTH AND SPORTS FACILITIES THAT ALREADY EXIST.

AND THEN THIS WESTERN WOODLANDS, WHICH IS THIS MORE MYSTERIOUS PORTION, WHICH DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF TRAIL ACCESS TODAY.

AND COLLECTIVELY, THESE ESSENTIALLY CREATE ALMOST FIVE SEPARATE PARKS WITHIN THIS PARK.

AND WE WANT TO AMPLIFY THOSE EXPERIENCES.

WE WANT TO CELEBRATE THOSE DIFFERENCES.

AND REALLY, AS WE THINK ABOUT JOURNEYS THROUGH THE PARK, GIVE REASONS AND SPECIFIC REASONS TO GO TO EACH OF THOSE TO REALLY MAKE THIS THIS PARK HAVE A LONG LASTING SORT OF SENSE OF IMPROVEMENT AND RELEVANCE TO PEOPLE EXPLORING THE PARK.

AND SO WE LOOK AT THE THIS IS THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THE MASTER PLAN AND WHAT WE'RE CALLING PHASE TWO OF THE MASTER PLAN.

SO THIS IS WHAT WE PRIORITIZE AS SORT OF THE THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPONENTS OF THE ASPECTS THAT WE STUDIED.

AND REALLY A LOT OF THAT FOCUS IS FOCUSED ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PARK THAT IS LEAST DEVELOPED.

AND GIVEN THE SENSITIVITY OF THIS OF THE NATURAL ECOLOGY WITHIN THE SPACE AND NATURAL BEAUTY, WE FELT A VERY LIGHT TOUCH IS IMPORTANT.

WE WANT TO PRESERVE WHAT IS WHAT IS BASICALLY AN ASSET, BUT ALSO FIND WAYS TO SORT OF ELEVATE THOSE EXPERIENCES AND MAKE THEM MORE RELEVANT TO PEOPLE.

AND I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH EACH OF THESE SECTIONS.

BUT THAT'S WHAT ACKNOWLEDGED, YOU KNOW, THE NEW STREAM BRIDGE THAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS BELL BOULEVARD AND HOW TRANSFORMATIVE THAT WILL BE AS A NEW EASTERN GATEWAY CONNECTING BACK TO BRUSH CREEK AND THE TWIN LAKES YMCA SITE.

AND THE CONCEPT OF OF TAKING THAT TRAIL SYSTEM THAT ALREADY EXISTS AND EXTENDING THAT ALL THE WAY TO THE FAR WESTERN EDGE OF THE PARK AND CREATING ESSENTIALLY THIS, THIS HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL THAT SORT OF OPERATES, CREATES THAT EAST WEST ACCESS TO COMPLEMENT THE NORTHERN VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS OFF FROM THE NORTH AND THEN WITHIN THAT SOUTHERN MEADOWS AREA, DEVELOPING A CONNECTION OFF OF OLD MILL ROAD FOR THE COMMUNITY AND CREATING A SOUTHERN NEW SOUTHERN GATEWAY.

SO WE HAVE THESE SORT OF TWO NORTH AND SOUTH VEHICULAR AXES, AND THESE EAST AND WEST HAD PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE AXES THAT I THINK WILL REALLY ENHANCE THE THE USABILITY AND ACCESS AND TO A CERTAIN DEGREE, REDUCED DEMAND OF PARKING AND SO FORTH.

THE MORE RELEVANT WE CAN MAKE IT TO MORE OF THE LOCALIZED COMMUNITY AS WELL.

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I MEAN, OUTSIDE OF THE PRIORITIES THAT WE'VE SCOPED THAT WE CAN CONSIDER FOR ENHANCEMENTS.

AND ESSENTIALLY MOST OF THOSE WILL, AS YOU SEE WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING MORE FOR THESE THESE ZONES ARE OVERLAYS TO THAT THAT PROVIDE THAT SORT OF ALMOST DOUBLED DOWN ON A LOT OF THE ITEMS THAT PEOPLE HAD ASKED FOR, WHETHER IT BE ABOUT HEALTH AND WELLNESS, WHETHER IT BE ABOUT SHADE AND CONVENIENCE AND OR COMMUNITY BUILDING.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, AS, AS THE PARK AND AS THE AS THE PARK GETS DEVELOPED, THE STEWARDSHIP OF ECOLOGY AND THE LAND ITSELF BECOMES A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THAT.

AND SO AS WELL AS SORT OF ELEVATING THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES.

SO WE'RE SEEING MORE TRAILS BEING CONSIDERED, ALONG WITH THE SORT OF PRIMARY TRAILS THAT WE'LL WALK THROUGH IN JUST A MOMENT, AS WELL AS MAYBE SOME EVEN MORE ENHANCEMENTS TO THE EXISTING FEATURES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN BUILT TO SORT OF ELEVATE THOSE EXPERIENCES WITHIN THE PHASE ONE AREA AS WELL.

SO WITH THAT, IF WE THINK ABOUT THE SOUTHERN MEADOWS PORTION, THESE ARE JUST SOME QUICK IMAGERY FOR EACH OF THESE AREAS.

YOU KNOW, THAT SOUTHERN MEADOWS AREA IS REALLY FOCUSED AROUND A COUPLE OF KEY CONCEPTS.

ONE IS TO IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPACTED PORTIONS OF THE SITE FROM AN ECOLOGICAL STANDPOINT.

SO THAT'S SORT OF NUMBER ONE IN THE PRIORITY WAS TO SORT OF REBUILD THAT ECOLOGY AND IN THE PROCESS CREATE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES FOR PEOPLE TO EXPLORE AND ENHANCE THAT AND THAT THAT INVOLVES BUILDING.

YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT BRINGING PARKING DOWN THERE SOUTH.

THERE CAN BE RESTROOM FACILITIES THERE, POTENTIALLY EVEN CREATING SORT OF TOPOGRAPHY WITHIN THE AREA TO BRING PEOPLE UP AND HAVE NEW PERSPECTIVES, POINTS OF PERSPECTIVE ON THE PARK, THINKING ABOUT HOW CHILDREN WOULD ENGAGE IN THESE ENVIRONMENTS AS WELL, AND BRINGING THAT SCALE DOWN TO BE RELEVANT TO FAMILIES.

AND SO MAYBE A NATURE PLAY THAT WOULD COMPLEMENT THE MORE TRADITIONAL PLAY FEATURES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PARK IS A IS A SORT OF A CRITICAL ELEMENT.

BUT THE IDEA IS THIS THIS AREA IN ITSELF WOULD BE AN AREA WORTH EXPLORING AND SPENDING, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY AN AFTERNOON JUST BY ITSELF.

AS WE MOVE FURTHER TO THE EAST, IF WE'RE GOING SORT OF COUNTERCLOCKWISE AROUND THE PARK, WE GO THROUGH THE SOUTHERN MEADOWS, AND THIS IS SORT OF AN EXISTING, BEAUTIFUL EXISTING WOODLAND.

IT HAS THE EDGE OF THE CREEK SORT OF EXTENDING IN ALONG A NARROW CHANNEL TOWARDS THE CORE OF IT.

IF YOU WENT THROUGH THERE TODAY, YOU'D BE ON A BEAUTIFUL TRAIL AND PRETTY DENSELY WOODED.

YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF EXPOSURE TO THE LAKE.

AND SO AND YOU REALLY YOU HAVE TO BE PRETTY ADVENTUROUS IF YOU WANT TO GET BACK INTO THE WOODLANDS AREAS ITSELF.

SO OUR FOCUS HERE WAS TO REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN ENHANCE THE ECOLOGY WITHIN THAT AREA AND MAKE IT MORE LEGIBLE FOR USERS AND PROVIDE TRAIL SYSTEMS THAT WOULD BEGIN TO SORT OF OPEN UP VIEWS INTO EXPERIENCES WITHIN THE PARK, WITHIN THE FOREST AREAS, OPEN UP VIEWS TO SOME OF THESE ICONIC ON THESE ESCARPMENTS ABOVE THE WATER THAT ARE THERE, THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING TO GET TO TODAY, BUT HAVE BEAUTIFUL VIEWS TO THE TO THE WATER AND AND THEN EVEN CONSIDERING DEVELOPING A CANOPY WALK, WHICH IS BASICALLY AN ELEVATED WALK SYSTEM THAT WILL TAKE YOU UP INTO THE TREES AND GIVE PEOPLE SORT OF AN EXCITING NEW JOURNEY THROUGH THE FOREST THAT TAKES YOU ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE WATER ITSELF.

AND WE THINK THAT IS, YOU KNOW, POPULAR BOTH FOR FOR KIDS AND ADULTS, BUT ALSO FOR SPECIAL INTERESTS, BIRDWATCHING AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

SO REALLY A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE NATURAL ASSETS WITHIN THAT AREA ALONG THE TRAIL.

IF WE CONTINUE ALONG ACROSS THE THE, THE DAM ON THE EXISTING PATH TO GET TO WHAT WE THINK OF AS THE PRIMARY PORTION OF THE PARK TODAY.

AND, AND HERE I THINK IT'S IT'S A REALLY THE REAL FOCUS WAS TWO THINGS.

ONE WAS TO THE EVENT LAWN ITSELF THAT IS USED TODAY FOR BIG EVENTS IS QUITE POPULAR.

I THINK THAT THE IDEA OF SHADE BECAME A REAL SORT OF APPARENT NEED FOR THAT.

AND SO THE IDEA OF DEVELOPING A NEW CANOPY, A NEW SORT OF EDGE FOREST TO THAT LAWN ITSELF, WHICH WOULD OFFER RELIEF DURING THE HOTTEST DAYS OF THE YEAR AND START TO GIVE FRAME THAT SPACE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE INTENTIONAL WAY, WOULD BE A NICE OVERLAY ENHANCEMENT TO THE EXISTING FACILITIES, AND THEN REALLY THINKING ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE OF BRINGING PEOPLE OUT TO THE WATER.

IF YOU GO OUT THERE TODAY, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL LAKE EDGE, IT'S COMPELLING, BUT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ROOM FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE TO BE THERE OR COMFORTABLE SPACES.

AND THERE'S CERTAINLY NOT A LOT OF SHADE.

SO THE IDEA OF BRINGING SOME OF THAT, THAT INFRASTRUCTURE AND CREATING A HARD EDGE THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR A LARGER GROUPS OF PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE THE EDGE OF THE WATER AND EVEN HOST EVENTS THAT MAY EVOLVE ON THE LAKE ITSELF OR IN THE LAWN

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IF WE CONTINUE ON TO THE SORT OF EXISTING HEALTH AND SPORTS LOOP, I THINK THE PRIORITY THERE WAS REALLY TO THAT'S EXTREMELY WELL MANAGED AND BEAUTIFUL PORTION, WELL USED WITH THE EXISTING SPORTS FIELDS.

I THINK THERE HAD A COUPLE OF PRIORITIES IN THAT, AND ONE WAS SORT OF TO BUILD BACK THE BUFFER TREE BUFFER TO THE EXISTING RESIDENTS TO THE NORTH, AND BOTH AS A WAY OF HELPING, FRAMING AND IMMERSING PEOPLE WITHIN THE PARK, BUT ALSO OFFERING THEM A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF TO THE TO THE HIGH USE OF THAT, AND THEN ALSO THINKING ABOUT THIS AS A GATEWAY TO THE NATURAL AREAS TO THE WEST.

AND YOU KNOW THAT THAT INCLUDES, RIGHT, KIND OF UNIQUE LANDMARKS.

WE CALL THIS LIVE OAK TWISTING LIVE OAK TREE THAT REALLY OCCUPIES THE FAR WESTERN CORNER OF THAT SPACE.

AND THINKING ABOUT THE TRAIL NETWORK THAT GETS DEVELOPED AROUND THERE, HOW THAT CAN SERVE AS A MARKER AND SORT OF A SORT OF NATURALIZED GARDEN SPACE THAT WOULD THEN SERVICE SORT OF A REFERENCE POINT AS YOU MOVE THROUGH INTO THE WEST OF THE PARK.

AND THEN AS YOU CONTINUE TO THE WESTERN FORTUNE CALLED THE WESTERN WOODLANDS.

AGAIN, THIS IS THAT HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL THAT THAT MOVES ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE WEST AND FINDING OPPORTUNITIES TO GAIN ACCESS AND TO THE NATURAL AREAS WITHIN THERE WITH A VERY LIGHT TOUCH.

THAT'S WHERE BUTTERCUP CREEK SORT OF IS, IS A RIPPLING BROOK IN PORTIONS OF THAT.

IT'S QUITE PICTURESQUE, QUITE BEAUTIFUL.

IT'S ALSO VERY SENSITIVE AND DELICATE.

SO WE WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT HOW WE BRING PEOPLE TO THOSE SPACES.

BUT ESSENTIALLY AND OVER TIME THESE THINGS CAN HAVE OVERLAY IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IN FUTURE PHASES, MAYBE DEVELOPING SORT OF RUNNING LOOPS AROUND THE EXISTING SPORTS FIELDS AND ADDITIONAL SHADE INFRASTRUCTURE, POTENTIALLY EVEN SECONDARY RESTROOMS THAT WOULD SORT OF COMPLEMENT THE EXISTING ONES WE HAVE AND OFFER ADDITIONAL BENEFITS AND CONVENIENCE TO THE USERS OF THE SPORTS FIELDS THEMSELVES.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL STOP, AND I'M SURE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE'VE BEEN VERY EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH OUR TEAM ON THIS, AND WE THINK THAT THESE IMPROVEMENTS OVER TIME WILL SERVE AS A, AS A, AS A WAY TO BOTH PRESERVE WHAT'S ALREADY WORKING EXCEEDINGLY WELL IN THAT PARK, WHILE ALSO HOPEFULLY BRINGING MORE SORT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE RESIDENTS TO FIND REASONS TO BE OUT THERE MORE OFTEN AND FOR LONGER.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SCOTT.

VERY THOROUGH.

THANK YOU. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OF COURSE.

WE COVER THIS REALLY GREAT DETAIL.

LAST MEETING.

I'M GLAD WE HAD THAT FULL HOUR BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH THOUGHT THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS.

AND SO I'M GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO DO THE PUBLIC PRESENTATION. AND WE'LL FIND WAYS TO SHARE SOME OF THESE GRAPHICS WITH, BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF RESIDENTS ARE VERY EAGER TO HEAR MORE ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S JUST AN INCREDIBLE VISION THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BROUGHT TO OUR CITY'S VISION OF HAVING MORE, MORE PLACES TO EMBRACE NATURE, PARTICULARLY WITHIN THIS PART.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

AND I GUESS TO THAT POINT, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A SOME TYPE OF A SITE OR SOME TYPE OF A LANDING PAGE THAT KIND OF SPEAKS TO THE DIFFERENT PHASE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION AND THERE REALLY IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY IN THIS. RIGHT.

SO WE.

GREAT QUESTION.

SO WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE AN EXISTING WEBSITE LIKE LINE PARK MASTERPLAN WHERE YOU CAN FIND UPDATES ON THE PROJECT.

I THINK THE MOST RECENT PRESENTATION IS ACTUALLY POSTED THERE.

AND THEN FRANCINE WILL ACTUALLY BE PUTTING THIS INFORMATION TOGETHER AND SENDING IT OUT IN THE COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER THAT GOES OUT ON FRIDAY.

SO THAT'LL BE GOING OUT AS WELL WITH WITH LINKS TO THIS INFORMATION.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

AND YOU KNOW, MY ISSUES ARE, YOU KNOW, AND I WENT TO THE FESTIVAL LAST WEEKEND IS WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PARKING RIGHT NOW.

AND YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU OPEN UP THE SECOND SIDE, THAT SMALL KIND OF PEARL LOT THAT THEY HAVE DOWN THE SOUTHERN END? YEAH. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE PARKING THAN THAT.

MAYBE SOME SPACES FOR SOME FOOD TRUCKS ON THAT SIDE.

ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT HOW FIRE GETS IN AND OUT ON THE PD IF IF THEY'RE NEEDED IN THE PARK, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE MAIN ENTRANCE OFF OF LITTLE PEOPLE UP AND DOWN THAT ROADWAY, FIRETRUCK CAN'T GET THROUGH THERE.

SO WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BE ABLE TO MOVE PEOPLE BACK AND FORTH A LITTLE BIT EASIER IN EMERGENCIES.

SURE.

I THINK THAT'S THOSE ARE ALL, I THINK, PERFECT THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AS WE GET INTO ACTUAL DETAILED DESIGN AND REALLY WORK THROUGH THOSE AND MAKE SURE WE HIT THOSE POINTS.

THANKS.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

H4 IS PRESENTED A SECOND MOTION BY A SECOND BY DUFFY.

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ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH ALL PRESENT.

SO THANK YOU, MIKE, FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM, EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.

BUT YEAH.

WOW. THAT'S EXCITING.

SO THANK YOU TO THE WHOLE SWAY GROUP.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

[H.5 Consider Action, If Any, On Items Discussed In Executive Session.]

CONSIDER ACTION IF ANY ON ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

MAYOR ADAM B1 A REGARDING.

YES. MAYOR.

WITH REGARD TO ITEM B1, A MOVE TO APPROVE THE SETTLEMENT TERM SHEET IN AGREEMENT AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ON TERMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I'LL SECOND THAT.

MOTION.

MY VOICE MY SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, WITH ALL PRESENT FIVE FOR BEING ABSENT.

[H.6 Mayor And Council Closing Comments. ]

ALL RIGHT. ALEXIS.

YEAH. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING.

IT WAS A VERY FUN, CELEBRATORY KIND OF EVENING.

AND WE'VE GOT SOME MORE COMING UP.

WE'VE GOT THE FUN LIBRARY EVENT COMING UP ON MAY 2ND AND EARTH DAY THIS WEEKEND.

SO COME OUT AND SEE US, EVERYBODY HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

I THINK OVER THE YEARS SOME PEOPLE SAID THESE MEETINGS ARE BORING.

I'VE NEVER THOUGHT OF THEM AS BORING.

I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT OF THEM AS BEING OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO SHOWCASE THE QUALITY COMMUNITY WE LIVE IN.

AND THIS MEETING WAS VERY MUCH INDICATIVE THAT I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR ATTENDING TONIGHT.

WELL DONE, PARKS FOUNDATION, GLAD TO SEE YOUR GROWTH AND LOOK FORWARD TO SO MANY MORE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE.

KENNETH WHEELER, CONGRATULATIONS ON 30 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF CEDAR PARK AND TO MY GOOD FRIEND ERIC BOYCE, WHO I FORCED TO RUN MORE THAN ONCE, WHAT, THREE TIMES NOW FORCED YOU TO RUN? I JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING ON THIS JOURNEY WITH US.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR PROFESSIONALISM, YOUR QUALITY CHARACTER, YOUR INTEGRITY, YOUR DISCIPLINE AND YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND HOW YOU YOU COME PREPARED FOR EVERY SINGLE MEETING.

AND THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE AND MAKES IT A LOT EASIER FOR THE WORK TO BE DONE IN CEDAR PARK.

WITH THAT, LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE THINGS GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY, AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT MONTH.

THANKS EVERYONE FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO AS PER USUAL, AND APPRECIATE YOU.

AND I LOVE THAT WE CAN CELEBRATE MILESTONES AND GET UPDATES AND SEE ALL THE AMAZING PROGRESS AND THE HARD WORK THAT EVERYONE PUTS IN EVERY DAY.

SO GLAD KENNETH IS STICKING AROUND.

I'LL MAKE ANOTHER PLUG FOR THE RUN FOR THE ROSES DERBY PARTY.

IT'S DURING THE DAY, SO BECAUSE THE RACE IS AT 630, SO YOU CAN GO DO OTHER THINGS AFTERWARDS.

SO I'D LOVE TO SEE PEOPLE THERE.

AND I DON'T NORMALLY DRESS THIS CASUAL, BUT I HAD TO WEAR MY CARDINALS GEAR IN HOMAGE TO A GOOD FRIEND WHO IS NO LONGER WITH US.

AND EVERYONE, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

WELL, I GUESS THAT BRINGS IT TO ME.

AND I'VE ALREADY SAID A LOT TONIGHT, SO YOU'RE PROBABLY.

I'LL KEEP IT VERY BRIEF, BUT NO, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S IN MY HEART.

AND IT'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR TO TO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF PARK.

IT'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS HONOR TO SERVE WITH ALL OF YOU AND ALL OF THOSE THAT ARE EITHER NOT HERE OR SERVED IN THE PAST THAT I GOT TO SERVE WITH.

AND I THINK AS I STARTED THIS JOURNEY, MY VERY FIRST MEETING, I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GOING TO MAKE IT A POINT.

EVERY CLOSING COMMENT ON THIS IS I'M GOING TO THANK STAFF.

AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO FAIL TO COMPLETE THAT JOURNEY.

SO STAFF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AS ALWAYS FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.

THERE'S SO MUCH IN MOTION RIGHT NOW, FROM CAPITAL PROJECTS TO PARKS TO CELEBRATIONS OF TEN YEAR.

I MEAN, WE'RE ON THE RIGHT PATH AND I COULDN'T BE WARMER IN THE HEART.

YOU KNOW, THE LOVE I HAVE IN MY HEART FOR THIS CITY MOVING FORWARD.

AND I'M JUST EXCITED TO SEE WHERE IT GOES FROM HERE.

SO IT'S IN GREAT HANDS ON ALL ACCOUNTS. AND GOD BLESS.

PEACE OUT.

THANK YOU ERIC.

AS BEFORE, YOU'LL BE DEEPLY MISSED.

BUT WE'RE ALSO GRATEFUL THAT YOU'LL CONTINUE TO BE HEAVILY INVOLVED MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I'M SURE THERE WILL BE VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND TASK FORCES THAT WE NEED TO DRAW YOUR, YOU KNOW, UPON YOUR WISDOM AND LEADERSHIP.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE HAD SOME SOME PERMANENT GOODBYES RECENTLY, AS MEL NOTED IN AT THE CANDIDATE FORM LAST WEEK, FORMER MAYOR AND FORMER POLICE CHIEF OF OUR CITY, BOB YOUNG, PASSED AWAY,

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ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT BOB INGRAM ON OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, WHO WAS HONORED AND RECOGNIZING THIS COUNCIL JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, DID ALSO PASS AWAY.

AND IT'D BE A VERY MISSED MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO DEEPLY, DEEPLY LOVED IT.

AND SO.

YOU KNOW.

WE'RE A YOUNG CITY AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF.

WE DON'T LOSE A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, FROM FOR MOST OF OUR TIME.

BUT THE AMAZING THING, I THINK, AND I THINK WE JUST ALWAYS REMEMBER, IS THAT YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN SOMEONE'S GOING TO BE GONE.

AND YOU SHOULD JUST ALWAYS BE READY TO ALWAYS TRY AND CHERISH THEM.

WE STILL GET TO.

AND SO IT WAS DEFINITELY AN EXCITING MEETING TONIGHT.

THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS GOING ON.

ALL KIDDING ASIDE, YOU KNOW, INCLUDING RANDY'S AND SO BUT THANK YOU FOR FOR EVERYTHING YOU ALL DO TO MAKE THIS A VIBRANT COMMUNITY WITH A BRILLIANT FUTURE.

WITH THAT, WE'RE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.