[A.1 CALL TO ORDER, QUORUM DETERMINED, MEETING DECLARED OPEN.]
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PLEASE CALL THE EXECUTIVE SESSION
[I. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 5 TO 2, AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW CONVENE IN A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT.ACCORDANCE WITH AGENDA ITEMS B1 AND B2.
COUNCIL RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION AT 7 P.M..
I CALL TO ORDER THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE CEDAR PARK CITY COUNCIL.
WE START EVERY COUNCIL MEETING WITH INVOCATION.
[C.1 Invocation. (Endres)]
IT ROTATES THROUGH DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS TO HAVE THE DUTY TO LEAD.THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ANDERS WILL BE LEADING THIS EVENING'S INVOCATION.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE HERE TONIGHT.
THIS WEEK, OUR NATION OBSERVED MEMORIAL DAY AND TIME TO REMEMBER THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.
THEIR SACRIFICES MADE IN PURSUIT OF A SAFER, FREER AND BETTER WORLD FOR OTHERS.
MAY WE HONOR THEIR LEGACY NOT ONLY IN WORDS, BUT THROUGH THE WAY WE SERVE AND THE WAY WE LIVE OUR LIVES.
WITH HUMILITY, INTEGRITY, AND A COMMITMENT TO BUILDING A STRONGER COMMUNITY.
TONIGHT ALSO MARKS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW CHAPTER FOR THIS COUNCIL AS NEW MEMBERS JOINED THE TEAM.
WE'RE ENTRUSTED WITH THE DECISIONS THAT WILL SHAPE THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY.
DECISIONS THAT WILL AFFECT FAMILIES, NEIGHBORHOODS, BUSINESSES AND GENERATIONS TO COME.
MAY WE LISTEN THOUGHTFULLY, DEBATE HONESTLY, AND ALWAYS KEEP THE BEST INTENTIONS OF OUR RESIDENTS AT THE CENTER OF EVERY DECISION WE MAKE.
[C.2 Pledges Of Allegiance (U.S. and Texas).]
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.
UNITED STATES REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE.
THE ONLY HAPPENS AT THE LANDER CITY COUNCIL.
THAT IS A LARGE CROWD WITH US THIS EVENING.
I AM GOING TO MOVE A COUPLE OF THINGS AROUND FOR THE REALLY PURPOSES OF SPACE.
[C.5 Presentation: A Proclamation Recognizing The Cedar Park High School Robotics Team. ]
A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE CEDAR PARK HIGH SCHOOL ROBOTICS TEAM.SO ONE OF OUR TRADITIONS HERE IS ANYTIME WE HAVE A ONE OF OUR MANY TEAMS FROM ONE OF DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP OR OTHER, YOU KNOW, SUPERLATIVES LIKE THAT WILL RECOGNIZE THEM HERE IN A PROCLAMATION AS A WAY OF JUST SHOWING HOW INCREDIBLY PROUD THE ENTIRE CITY IS WITH THAT ACHIEVEMENT.
AND SO TONIGHT, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING CEDAR PARK HIGH SCHOOL ROBOTICS TEAM FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENTS.
BEYOND JUST HAVING THE COOLEST NAME OF ANY ROBOTICS TEAM, THEY ROBO LOBOS, LOBO BEING SPANISH FOR WOLF, AND OF COURSE, TIMBERWOLVES.
SO I'LL READ THE PROCLAMATION.
THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM SOME OF THEIR LEADERSHIP.
WHEREAS THE CEDAR PARK HIGH SCHOOL REBEL LOBOS ROBOTICS PROGRAM HAS DEMONSTRATED EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENT IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS THROUGH STUDENT LED INNOVATION AND COMPETITIVE EXCELLENCE.
AND WHEREAS, THE ROBOT LEVELS HAVE ACHIEVED A HISTORIC DISTINCTION AS THE ONLY FOUR TIME CONSECUTIVE STATE CHAMPION IN ROBOTICS HISTORY, ESTABLISHING A LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE UNMATCHED IN TEXAS.
WHEREAS ROBOT LOBOS HAVE COMPETED AT THE FIRST TECH CHALLENGE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, EARNING A TOP 50 WORLD RANKING, RANKED SEVENTH IN THEIR DIVISION WORLDWIDE, AND RECEIVED THE PRESTIGIOUS FIRST TECH CHALLENGE INSPIRE ONE AWARD.
WHEREAS REBEL LOBOS HAVE EXPANDED TO SERVE MORE THAN 75 STUDENT PARTICIPANTS, CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO DEVELOP TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, LEADERSHIP, TEAMWORK, AND WORKFORCE READY SKILLS.
FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, ROBOT STUDENTS HAVE DEMONSTRATED LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE THROUGH A STUDENT LED INTERNATIONAL STEM OUTREACH INITIATIVE BY CREATING LESSON PLANS, TEACHING PROGRAMING, MENTORING STUDENTS IN NIGERIA, AND PROVIDING EQUIPMENT TO EXPAND ACCESS TO EDUCATION.
AND WHEREAS, ROBOT LOBOS PROBABLY REPRESENT THE CITY OF CEDAR PARK AT REGIONAL, STATE, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS WHILE INSPIRING FUTURE GENERATIONS OF STEM LEADERS.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JAMES MORTON, MAYOR OF THE CEDAR PARK AND THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY, THE CITY OF CEDAR PARK. YOU'RE HERE.
I RECOGNIZE THE CEDAR PARK HIGH SCHOOL ROBOTICS TEAM PROCLAIMED THIS 28TH DAY OF MAY 2026.
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AND IF SOMEONE'S GOING TO SAY ANYTHING RIGHT, I GUESS WE'LL TAKE PICTURES IN A MINUTE.FIRST, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR GIVING US THIS PROCLAMATION, AS WELL AS OUR LEANDER ISD SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR GIVING US THE AWARD.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION FOR THESE KIDS, BECAUSE I DO REALLY WORK REALLY HARD ALL YEAR LONG.
WE START CYCLING AT SCHOOL AND IT PRETTY MUCH WE JUST FINISHED UP IN MAY.
SO THEY THEY DO REALLY PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO THIS.
AND WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO EXPAND OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO I MEAN WE DID YOU LIKE WE DO THE INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH.
I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO FIND THINGS IN CEDAR PARK THAT WE COULD REACH OUT TO, TO AND, AND RELATED STUFF.
SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR ANY CONNECTIONS WITH BUSINESSES TO, FOR SPONSORSHIPS OR ANYTHING ELSE AND, AND THINK WAYS THAT WE CAN GET VACCINATED.
AND YOU NEED TO AND SPREAD STEM AROUND.
SO WE DO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY.
WE DO I DO HAVE PEOPLE HERE FROM MOST OF OUR TEAMS. WE DO HAVE SIX TEAMS THIS YEAR.
WE HAD THREE COMPETING AT THE STATE LEVEL BY THE END, AND WE HAD ONE GOING TO THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS.
WE LIKE TO SQUAD A LOT MORE. WE GOT OUR ALL DOWN HERE, OUT OF HERE.
IN FRONT OF THE COMPANY BECAUSE I CAN'T GET OLDER.
I HAVE BROWN HAIR AND LIKE A CIRCLE IN THE BACK.
AND WHAT'S YOUR SENIOR? AND. NO, THE CUPCAKES ARE NOT FOR YOU ALL AS YOU WILL LEAVE, I KNOW THAT I PROBABLY.
[C.3 Presentation: Recognition Of Councilmember Kirkland, Place Two, For Service To The City Of Cedar Park.]
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RECOGNITION OF COUNCIL MEMBER KIRKLAND PLACE TO FOR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF CEDAR PARK.BRENDA IS GOING TO KICK THIS OFF.
NO. FOR ME I WAS GOING TO TAKE MY SHOES OFF.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT I'VE MET ALONG THE WAY WHO HAS LOVED CEDAR PARK AS MUCH AS MEL.
I THINK HE'S MADE EVERY RIBBON CUTTING OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS.
PLUS, HE'S BEEN THE FIRST PERSON AT EVERY RESTAURANT THAT OPENED UP.
HE'S DONE OUR INSPECTIONS FOR US ALONG THE WAY.
WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM HIS DRIVE AROUND TOWN, BUT, YOU KNOW, EVERY BIT OF IT WAS DONE AND LOVE AND TO, LIKE, MAKE CEDAR PARK A BETTER PLACE.
SO MEL SPENT LIKE LITERALLY TWO DECADES SPENDING HIS TIME AND HEART IN VARIOUS WAYS FOR THE CITY, STARTING WITH THE TOURISM BOARD, WHEN LITERALLY I THINK OUR TOURISM WAS THE STEAM TRAIN AT THE TIME.
AND SO IT'S FUNNY TO EVEN THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE TODAY.
BUT CERTAINLY MEL WAS ON THE TOURISM BOARD WHEN WE STARTED DOING THINGS LIKE TRYING TO RECRUIT EVENTS HERE THAT WOULD BRING VISITORS INTO OUR TOWN LIKE THE VALLEY PALOOZA, THE HEAVY CENTER WAY BACK WHEN, AND SUDDENLY I'M LIKE, NO, IT WAS A TEXAS STARS LIKE FANATIC.
LIKE, YOU DON'T GET TO CLAIM THAT.
BUT FOR SURE, ALL OF US WHO'VE BEEN THERE, NO, LIKE, NELL'S A FAN AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE TEAM OR IF IT'S ALL THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HE GETS TO SEE WHILE HE'S THERE AND TALK TO AND PICK THEIR BRAINS AND MAKE RELATIONSHIPS.
BUT I'M LIKE, WRAP ALL THAT UP AND I'M LIKE, AND YOU HAVE A FAN, MELVIN.
TRANSITION TO OUR TYPE B BOARD, WHICH IS OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD.
AND SO THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON AT THAT TIME.
I MEAN, WE JUST DID A TOUR OUT TO THE QUARRY EARLIER THIS WEEK AND SOMEBODY LIKE, HOW DID THIS COME TO BE? I'M LIKE, OH YEAH, IT WAS PEOPLE ON OUR TYPE B BOARD WHO HELPED SUPPORT THAT VISION OF, HEY, WE HAVE THIS AREA OUT HERE AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW ONE DAY THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US.
AND SO REALLY HELPING THAT CONVERSATION AND THAT DECISION MAKING ON OUR TYPE B BOARD TO PURCHASE THAT QUARRY, THERE'S A TON OF OF PROJECTS THAT WERE HAPPENING IN THOSE EARLIER DAYS, LIKE THE SIDEWALK GAP PROJECT FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND SO HAVING SOMEBODY LIKE MEL, WHO WAS ON THE BOARD THAT WAS HELPING SUPPORT AND SPEARHEAD THESE, THESE PROJECTS THAT THE CITY LIKE, WANTED TO DO, BUT WE KNEW WE COULDN'T DO IT BY OURSELVES.
AND SO BEING ABLE TO PARTNER WITH OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND SO WHETHER IT WAS GAPS OR OUR FIRST LIGHTED STREET SIGNS, WHICH AGAIN, THAT MAY NOT LIKE SEEM LIKE SOMETHING TODAY, BUT BACK THEN IT REALLY WAS BECAUSE IT SHOWED LIKE, HEY, WE WERE LEANING INTO THESE NEWER TECHNOLOGIES.
WE WERE LEANING INTO TRYING TO REALLY HELP OUR COMMUNITY FEEL SAFER AROUND ALL AROUND THE CITY, CERTAINLY IN HELPING SUPPORT OUR TRAIL SYSTEM AS WE WERE TRYING TO GET THOSE EXPANDED DURING THOSE EARLY DAYS.
PART OF THE REGIONAL, THE THE NORTH BRUSHY CREEK TRAIL AND SO LIKE IT DIDN'T HAPPEN FOR A WHILE, BUT IT STARTED REALLY A LONG TIME AGO IN THAT IN THAT EARLY PLANNING PROJECT.
AND THEN MEL MADE THE JUMP TO CITY COUNCIL, AND SO HE WAS ELECTED IN 2018.
HE ALSO SERVED AS MAYOR PRO TEM DURING HIS TIME HERE.
SO FROM 2018 TO 2026, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE CITY DURING THAT TIME, AND IF YOU CAN SORT OF JUST THINK ABOUT THAT TIME THAT WAS PRE-COVID,
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DURING COVID, POST-COVID, AND THERE WAS AND THAT'S NOT AN EASY TIME TO SERVE, IS WHAT I CAN TELL YOU.AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAD A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING THAT TIME.
YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY DID MAL HELP SUPPORT THE VERY BEGINNINGS OF THE IDEA OF THE BELL DISTRICT WHILE HE WAS ON THE TYPE B BOARD, BUT THE TRANSITION INTO CITY COUNCIL WHEN WE WERE ACTUALLY STARTING TO IMPLEMENT THOSE THINGS AND HAVING SOME OF THAT CONTINUITY AND STABILITY OF VISION HAS BEEN IN LIKE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HELPS US DO BIG THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT, OF COURSE, HAPPENED DURING THAT TIME.
AGAIN, WE WERE EXPANDING OUR PARK SYSTEMS. WE WERE DESIGNING LAKE LINE, WE WERE BUILDING LAKE LINE PHASE ONE.
ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE HAD VARIOUS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DURING THAT TIME, THINGS THAT WERE SORT OF NEWER TO US IN TERMS OF INDUSTRY, SUCH AS THE NOVUS EXPANSIONS OF OF FIREFLY, WHEN FIREFLY, YOU KNOW, STARTED WITH US AS A VERY SMALL COMPANY THAT SUDDENLY WITH EXPANSIONS AND, AND REALLY BIG CONTRACTS AND LANDING ON THE MOON AND HELPING US GET OUR NAME REALLY WORLDWIDE.
AND SO THOSE WERE BIG MOMENTS.
I'D SAY, LIKE MOST IMPORTANTLY, THOUGH, LIKE MEL HAS ENGAGED ENDLESSLY, I THOUGHT I WAS ESCAPING THAT I'D JUST DISCOVERED AN EMAIL FROM YOU.
LIKE HE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT BECAUSE OF THE LOVE THAT HE HAS IN THIS COMMUNITY AND FOR THE PEOPLE, THROUGH THE PEOPLE WHO WHO ARE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
DEFINITELY THE ENGAGEMENT, LIKE I SAID, IN OUR COMMUNITY, WITH OUR BUSINESSES, WITH OUR RESIDENTS, WITH OUR NONPROFITS, I'M LIKE, THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY WHO HAVE BENEFITED FROM FROM YOUR PASSION, AND WE HAVE DEFINITELY APPRECIATED THAT.
I WILL PERSONALLY TELL YOU NOW THAT AGAIN, I LOOK AND SEE OUR STAFF.
I LOOK AND SEE OUR STAFF HERE, AND I CAN TELL YOU HOW MUCH WE HAVE JUST SINCERELY AND TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ALONG THE WAY.
WHETHER IT WAS WE'RE WORKING ON BIG PROJECTS, WE'VE GOT SMALLER THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
LIKE WHAT OUR STAFF NEEDED IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT SUPPORT BECAUSE THEY'RE HERE DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING BECAUSE OF OF HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET MORE.
IT'S GOING TO BE UNLEASHED AND JUST KNOW, LIKE WE ARE HERE AND LIKE I LOOK FORWARD TO IT, YOU KNOW? BUT MOSTLY I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, LIKE, YOUR ENERGY, YOUR TIME, AND FOR SURE YOUR HEART.
WE'VE ALL GOT TO EXPERIENCE THAT AND WE WILL MISS IT TREMENDOUSLY.
BUT I ALSO KNOW I'M GOING TO SEE YOU.
AND SO AGAIN WE SAY THANK YOU.
YOU HAVE STUFF BEHIND YOU. YEAH.
OH, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, LIKE THE EVER NAMELESS LIKE SIGN, YOU WILL HAVE TO PERFECT HOW YOU HAVE BEEN MEMORIALIZED.
HOW DID YOU GET THE ENGINEERED? I'LL GET YOU GUYS FOR THIS.
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AND THEN, OF COURSE, AS A PARTING GIFT, SO THAT YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE THE LOGO THAT YOU ARE ALSO HELPFUL IN BRINGING ABOUT.YEAH, I WAS GOING TO GIVE THE COUNCIL A CHANCE TO SAY A FEW THINGS, BUT TOTALLY YOUR PREROGATIVE.
YOU CAN GO FIRST TO ME. GO AHEAD.
OKAY. I'M JUST CURIOUS ON WHAT YOU GOT.
CAN YOU SHOW US WHAT THAT IS? NO, I'M SURE WHAT'S IN THE BOX IS I CAN'T DO SET JUST LIKE THIS, LIKE ERICA.
OH, I DIDN'T SEE HIS EITHER, I WASN'T HERE, I'M SORRY.
WHERE'D HE GO? OH, THERE HE IS. OKAY.
WELL, YES, I WOULD LOVE TO SAY A FEW THINGS, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE MEL HAS BEEN ONE OF THE STRONGEST, BEST COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS THAT CEDAR PARK HAS EVER HAD.
I THINK YOUR ABILITY TO SHOW UP EVERYWHERE FOR EVERYONE, BUSINESSES, NONPROFITS, I MEAN, BRENDA TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT, BUT I FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE EMBRACED TONS OF NEW LEADERS COMING IN AND OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY, OUR CITY STAFF, AND HELPING KIND OF FORM THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.
YOU'VE BEEN A CRUCIAL ROLE HERE, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE OPEN DIALOG, ALL THE HEALTHY CONVERSATIONS.
I MEAN, WE'RE NOT ALL SUPPOSED TO AGREE ALL THE TIME.
AND I REALLY RESPECT THE THE CONVERSATIONS AND HOW MUCH YOU'VE REALLY LED THE COMMUNITY AND THIS BOARD FORWARD.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR MENTORSHIP.
AND, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE SEEING YOU OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE AMAZING THINGS YOU'LL CONTINUE TO DO.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING YOU AND SEEING YOU EVERYWHERE AGAIN.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, YEAH, THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR GRACIOUSNESS DURING THE ELECTION, DURING THE CAMPAIGN.
AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS GOING BACK SEVERAL YEARS.
I APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHT ON LOTS OF THINGS.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS I TOLD YOU WHEN I CALLED YOU AFTERWARDS TO RETURN YOUR PHONE CALL IS LIKE, I'M STILL GOING TO PROBABLY REACH OUT TO YOU FROM TIME TO TIME WHEN I'VE GOT QUESTIONS, BECAUSE I DO APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK.
SO, BUT THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THERE'S A THING ABOUT RIDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS, AND SINCE MY FAMILY MOVED TO PARK, YOU WERE ALWAYS A PERSON WE SAW ONLINE, SPREAD THE NEWS, TALK ABOUT THINGS BEING OUT THERE, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.
IT SETS A PRETTY HIGH BAR FOR EVERYONE ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR FUTURE PUBLIC SERVICE.
SO JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.
WHAT DO I SAY RIGHT? KNOWING YOU FOR YEARS SERVED TOGETHER.
I THINK BRENDA SLAMMED A LOT OF IT UP.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE CROWD, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP TO YOU IS IS A TESTAMENT TO ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE OVER TIME.
I HAVE SO MUCH ENJOYED THE DISCUSSIONS.
WE'VE HAD THIS REAL VALUE IN HAVING THE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE THAT GOES BACK, YOU KNOW, ONLY FROM FORBES AND THEN ALSO ON COUNCIL.
AND LIKE MOST SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE YOU AROUND.
I'M SURPRISED, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS YOU TALKED ABOUT HAVING THE KIRKLAND BRAND, I'M SO GLAD YOU FINALLY HAVE THAT ON THE SIDE.
NOW, AS MUCH AS YOU TALKED ABOUT IT OVER THE YEAR, I THINK YOU CAN HAVE KIRKLAND, COSTCO OR SOMETHING. BUT, AND JUST AS A FUN NOTE, THE THE THE POST RECENTLY KIND OF SUMS UP EPICALLY WHO YOU ARE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'LL EVER WEAR IT IN PUBLIC, BUT THAT OUTFIT OF MR. CEDAR PARK IS SPOT ON.
YOU KNOW, HE DIDN'T ACTUALLY HAVE THAT.
YOU OUGHT TO BE PROUD OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE OVER THE YEARS AND IS REFLECTED IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
OKAY, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SERVICE YOU HAVE RENDERED OVER A PERIOD OF MANY, MANY YEARS TO THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF CEDAR PARK.
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A BIG THANKS TO THAT.AND I BELIEVE LEADERS LIKE YOU HAVE LAID A FOUNDATION, SET UP A BENCHMARK FOR FUTURE LEADERS LIKE US TO FOLLOW THROUGH.
AND DEFINITELY I WOULD LOVE TO, YOU KNOW, GET YOUR SUGGESTIONS AND FEEDBACK TIME TO TIME GUIDANCE AS WELL.
YOU HAVE BEEN HERE SOME OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS.
WHAT BRENDA MENTIONED, THE LIBRARY, BCR, UI AND MANY OTHER THINGS WHICH SIERRA PARK IS SO PROUD OF AND YOU ARE A PART OF IT.
WOULD LOVE TO LEARN AND LISTEN THE FEEDBACK AS WELL.
THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL THE THINGS YOU HAVE DONE HERE.
FOR THE RECORD, YOU'RE THE FIRST AND ONLY COUNCIL MEMBER WHO HAS ALWAYS PRONOUNCED MY LAST NAME RIGHT, AND I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT.
WELL, IT'S BEEN A HELL OF A MONTH AND MUST GO THROUGH ALL OF US ANYWAYS.
AND BUT IT'S BEEN A TOUGH MONTH, AND I THINK IT'S ANY SECRET TO EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM THAT I WORKED HARD TO GET TO SUPPORT DARREN'S CAMPAIGN.
I DON'T MEAN TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM HIM, BUT I'LL TELL YOU, THAT WAS THE HARDEST DECISIONS I'VE MADE IN THE WHOLE TIME I'VE BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL.
AND ONE OF THE ABSOLUTE MOST UNPLEASANT, BECAUSE I'VE ALWAYS HAD DEEP RESPECT AND ADMIRATION FOR YOU.
WE CERTAINLY HAD OUR DIFFERENCES OVER THE YEARS, BUT I'VE BEEN REALLY SAD.
I MEAN, IT'S SHARON RICHARDSON I POINTED OUT TO ME.
SHE'S LIKE, YOU'RE REALLY SAD LATELY.
I'VE BEEN THAT WAY ALL MONTH BECAUSE I'M GOING TO MISS YOU.
I MISS HAVING YOU ON THIS COUNCIL. AND.
THE ONLY THING THAT HELPED ME START FEEL A LITTLE BETTER WAS KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT BRENDA SAID, THAT THERE IS NO ONE IN THIS CITY THAT LOVES IT MORE THAN YOU.
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT LOVE IT AS MUCH, BUT NO ONE LOVES IT MORE.
AND YOU ARE GOING TO REMAIN A PILLAR OF THIS COMMUNITY AND ONE OF ITS LEADING CITIZENS.
AND SO I KNOW THAT THIS ISN'T GOODBYE.
THIS IS JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU QUITE OFTEN IN VARIOUS NEW ROLES, INCLUDING CONTINUING THE DEEP SERVICE YOU'VE DONE WITH REVEALING SO MANY OTHER GROUPS.
AND I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO REACH OUT AND TELL ME WHEN I'M DOING IT WRONG.
I NEED THAT, AS YOU KNOW, I'M NOT FOLLOWING THE TALE, SO.
BUT WELL, THERE'S DEFINITELY NO THERE'S NO ONE QUITE LIKE BOB AND TELL.
AND I REALLY WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE HOW MUCH YOU LOVE THIS COMMUNITY AND HOW WELL YOU'VE SERVED IT, AND HOW WILL YOU CONTINUE TO SERVE IT.
I'M GOING TO REALLY TRY NOT TO BOMB MY HEAD OFF, BECAUSE WHEN CORBIN LEFT, I COULD BARELY GET THROUGH IT.
AND THIS IS EVEN HARDER BECAUSE CORBIN GOT TO LEAVE ON HIS OWN TERMS. AND I'M NOT GOING TO LIE, I'M REALLY ANGRY.
BUT NONETHELESS, I HAVE A BEST FRIEND OUT OF THIS WHOLE EXPERIENCE.
STARTING WITH WHEN I FIRST MET.
I CAN STILL REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I MET YOU. I'M LIKE THIS GUY.
ARE YOU SERIOUS? BECAUSE HE WAS, HE WAS.
HE WAS THE PLACE THREE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT.
SO I MET WITH HIM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HIS TAKE ON THINGS, AND THEN HE RAN FOR COUNCIL AND THAT JUST FORGED A LIFELONG FRIENDSHIP.
I MEAN, IT'LL BORE EVERYONE TO TEARS TO GO THROUGH IT ALL.
BUT BRENDA MENTIONED A LOT OF THEM.
WE WERE ON THE COMMITTEE THAT CHOSE THE MASTER DEVELOPER FOR THE BELL DISTRICT, AND WE MADE THE PERFECT CHOICE IN RED LAKE.
SO TO BE A PART OF THAT, LIKE MILESTONE WITH YOU WAS HUGE.
SERVING ON THE LIBRARY BOARD, SERVING, NOT REVEAL WITH YOU, MEETING ALL THE FANTASTIC PEOPLE THAT REVEAL BECAUSE YOU LOVE IT SO MUCH.
YOU BROUGHT US ALL IN AND AND I LOVE IT JUST AS MUCH.
DELIVERING FOOD EVERY WEEK DURING COVID THROUGH HILL COUNTRY COMMUNITY MINISTRIES.
THE PARK, I MEAN, ALL THE PROJECTS, ALL THE LEGACY PROJECTS ARE NAMES, THUMBPRINT ALL OVER TOWN AND JUST THE RELATIONSHIPS AND THE FRIENDSHIPS PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE INTRODUCED ME TO.
JUST THE LAUGHS, THE TIMES THAT JUST I THINK I TALKED TO MEL PROBABLY MORE THAN MY OWN HUSBAND.
AND THAT IS THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH.
AND I PROBABLY, BUT I PROBABLY YELL AT NOW MORE THAN I GET LIVING.
MY TO THE TO THE POINT THAT MY DAUGHTER SAYS YOU'RE SO MEAN TO I'M.
I'M LIKE, WELL, SOMETIMES HE JUST DOESN'T LISTEN.
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GREAT TIMES AT TMO LUNCHES AT CAVA.AND ALL OF YOUR INSIGHT AND ALL OF YOUR TIME AND TREASURE AND TALENT THAT YOU GAVE TO THE BEAST, WHICH WILL MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITIZENS HAVE WATER FOR THE FUTURE, BEING BEING ON THAT BOARD WITH YOU, BECAUSE WE WERE KIND OF THE STALWART PEOPLE.
WE'VE BEEN ON THAT BOARD TOGETHER FOR, WHAT, EIGHT YEARS, I THINK.
AND THEY'VE HAD THERE'S BEEN CHANGES OF OTHER BOARD MEMBERS AND JUST WORKING WITH OUR ENGINEERING TEAM, AND THAT IS ANOTHER LEGACY YOU CAN BE VERY PROUD TO HAVE BEEN A PART OF.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE, I MEAN, CERTAINLY THE STAFF KNOWS, BUT, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE ALWAYS, OH, YOU KNOW, WE BACK THE BLUE.
WE SUPPORT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY. AND THAT'S ABSOLUTELY THE TRUTH.
WE HAVE GREAT, GREAT TEAMS IN OUR CITY AND WE HAVE NAME AND CONFER.
SO WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COMPENSATED AT A COMPETITIVE RATE.
BUT MEL ALWAYS KEPT TOP OF MIND THAT THE OTHER STAFF IN OUR CITY ARE AS IMPORTANT, AND THAT WE SHOULD ALWAYS LOOK AT WAYS THAT WE ARE COMPENSATING THEM AND ATTRACTING AND KEEPING THE BEST TALENT.
AND ONE OF MY PROUDEST MOMENTS AND YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO LAUGH. BUT DURING COVID, ACTUALLY BEFORE COVID, WE HAD WE HAD A SITUATION THAT HAPPENED AND WE HAD A LOT OF REALLY INTERESTING FOLKS COMING INTO OUR CITY TELLING US HOW TO RUN IT.
AND WE HAD WE HAD A GENTLEMAN WHO I HAD NEVER MET AND DIDN'T KNOW.
I DON'T THINK YOU DID EITHER, BUT HE SURE HAD A LOT TO SAY ABOUT MELANIE, AND WE'D NEVER MET HIM.
AND FROM THAT POINT ON WE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF CHALLENGES IN THE CITY. BUT.
ONCE WE LIVED THROUGH THE GUN SHOW, THINGS WERE LOOKING AT, AND I AM FOREVER JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND OUR TIME TOGETHER.
AND WE WILL HAVE MANY, MANY MORE MEMORIES AND LAUGHS.
AND I PROMISE TO YELL AT YOU. LAUGHS.
YOU CAN YELL AT ME BECAUSE I'M STILL HAVING TO VOTE AND MAKE DECISIONS UP HERE, BUT I JUST CHERISH YOU AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU'VE GIVEN TO THE CITY AND HOW MUCH YOU LOVE IT.
AND SURELY ALEXA SAID IT LIKE AMBASSADOR OF OUR CITY, HANDS DOWN.
SO I MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR TIME IN THIS COMMUNITY.
IT'S BEEN ABOUT EIGHT AND A HALF YEARS SINCE I SPOKE AT THIS DAIS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO READ SOME THOUGHTS TO YOU.
I MOVED TO CEDAR PARK FROM NORTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY IN 2005.
I THOUGHT WHEN I GOT HERE, BASICALLY I WAS GOING TO RETIRE AND AFTER A FEW WEEKS I GOT BORED AND STARTED VOLUNTEERING WITH MY NEIGHBOR AT COX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HERE IN CEDAR PARK.
A FEW MONTHS LATER, I WALKED INTO CITY HALL.
IT WAS THE OLD CITY HALL ON BILBO, THE OLD BANK BUILDING, AND I WALKED IN THE DOOR.
SHE WAS THE FIRST EMPLOYEE MET WITH THE CITY AND SHE WAS SO KIND AND SO NICE.
SHE INTRODUCED ME TO BRAND NEW CITY MANAGER BRENDA EVANS.
SO FIRST TWO PEOPLE I MET WITH THE CITY AND THROUGH OUR CONVERSATIONS, I DECIDED I WOULD CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING FOR THE CITY.
COUPLE MONTHS LATER, I'M STANDING AT A PODIUM IN THE OLD LIBRARY BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE USED TO MEET WITH THE ATTORNEY WAS CHARLES.
HE USED TO FALL ASLEEP AT THE COUNCIL MEETINGS.
I THINK HE EVEN SNORED FROM THE END.
BUT HE'S LEFT HIS LEGACY IN THE CITY WITH, WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE ANTLERS HANGING ON THE WALL? FRED. FRED? THAT'S RIGHT.
I INTRODUCED MYSELF TO MAYOR LEMON AND COUNCIL, AND THEY CHOSE TO APPOINT ME TO THE CITY TOURISM BOARD AFTER A DISCUSSION, KNOWING I'M FROM CALIFORNIA.
I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT I CAN SEE THAT NOT ALL TEXANS DISTRUST PEOPLE WHO COME FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES OR OTHER PLACES.
DURING MY TIME ON TOURISM, THE CITY SAW A MASSIVE GROWTH.
IT WAS A TIME WHEN WE WERE BUILDING IN A MASSIVE GROWTH OF HOUSING.
WHILE I WAS STARTING MY VOLUNTEERING, I STARTED WORKING FOR THOMAS MONEY AT GEOCITIES OF TEXAS.
GEO SCAPES WAS THE PRIMARY BUSINESS THAT PROVIDED ALL OF THE LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION WORK FOR JUST ABOUT EVERY BUILDER IN IN IN CENTRAL TEXAS, INCLUDING DR.
HORTON CAVE, THE PULTE, JIMMY JACOBS,
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DAVID WEEKLY, BRAUN HOMES, RIVENDELL, AND MANY OTHERS.THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT I PERSONALLY GOT TO WORK ON OR.
AND HERE'S A LIST SILVERADO RANCH, CREEKSIDE, FOREST OAKS, CEDAR PARK, TOWN CENTER I DID THE MEDIANS ON MAIN STREET, TWIN CREEKS, BELLA VISTA, DEER CREEK, THE RANCHO BRUSHY CREEK, WALSH TRAILS, RED OAKS, WHITESTONE, AND GAVIA RANCH.
I LANDSCAPED AND SUPERVISED ALMOST ALL THE HOUSING, INSTALLS, LANDSCAPING, INSTALLS FOR EVERY SINGLE HOME GOES GRAPES.
AND I HAD A GREAT DEAL TONIGHT. I HAD A GREAT PARTNERSHIP.
THOMAS TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT THE HOMEBUILDER INDUSTRY, THE CONSTRUCTION, AND I BROUGHT SEVERAL IDEAS IN LANDSCAPING, CONSTRUCTION, LAND DEVELOPMENT, WATER MITIGATION FROM MY OWN COMPANY BACK THAT I HAD IN CALIFORNIA THAT I SOLD AND MOVED TO TEXAS.
THE IDEAS HELPED ME ON THE TOURISM BOARD BECAUSE WHEN I STARTED IN THE TOURISM BOARD, THE CITY DIDN'T HAVE A BRAND, DIDN'T HAVE IDENTITY, AND IT WASN'T REALLY KNOWN.
CITIES LIKE THESE, THESE CITIES THAT ARE SPELLED ONE WAY AND PRONOUNCED ANOTHER, LIKE SEGUIN AND GREEN AND BERNIE AND MAYNOR AND BUDDHA, YES, BUDDHA, BUT THEY CALL IT UTAH HERE.
PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE CEDAR PARK WAS.
I WORKED WITH WONDERFUL BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE NOBODY WORKS IN A VACUUM.
WE'VE HAD 53 YEARS OF CITIZEN VOLUNTEERS IN THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE ALL ARE AT THE END OF THE DAY.
WORKED WITH DON MOORE WITH THE HILL COUNTRY NEWS, HAROLD DEAN WITH THE CEDAR PARK CHAMBER, ELIJAH MAY, WHO'S A BRANDING AND ROBOTICS EXPERT, DOCTOR ROBERT SHOWN WITH TEXAS ORTHOPEDICS.
HE WAS A FOOT SURGEON AND IS STILL ON THE BOARD FOR THE AUSTIN STEAM TRAIN ASSOCIATION.
THE HONORABLE JOHN LUXE, NAVY COMMANDER, SHIP CAPTAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER, BUSINESS EXECUTIVE ELAINE CORLISS WITH A CORDON BLEU SCHOOL AND A MARKETING GENIUS, AND OF ALL PEOPLE, RICK LAUGHLIN, THE PRESIDENT CEO OF TEXAS STARS, THE HUB CENTER, AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS THAT CAME THROUGH THE BOARD AND COMMISSIONS.
MY FELLOW COUNCIL FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS ELECTED ME CHAIRMAN TWICE, SO I SERVED FOUR YEARS AS CHAIR AND ASSISTED IN CREATING THE HERITAGE COMMITTEE WHERE COUNCIL.
GRIMES ASKED ME IF TOURISM WOULD CONSIDER PROVIDING THE FUNDS FOR THE STATUES THAT LINE THE WALK OF HONOR AT THE VETERANS MEMORIAL USING HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES.
ELIJAH MAY AND I BROUGHT THE HISTORY AND SCIENCE MUSEUM TO CEDAR PARK, WORKING WITH PHIL BREWER.
WE STARTED WORKING WITH LIST ON THE VOLLEY POLICY TOURNAMENT, STARTED MARKETING TENTS AT THE RACETRACK AND THE TOURISM DEPARTMENT AND THE BOARD WORKED WITH THE CHAMBER, OUR BUSINESSES, OUR BOARDS, COUNCIL TO BRAND CEDAR PARK TO ITS RESIDENTS, TO TEXAS, AND CURRENTLY TO THE ENTIRE WORLD.
WHEN I STARTED TOURISM, WE HAD A BUDGET OF 30,003 HOTELS.
WHEN I LEFT TOURISM, WE WERE BRINGING OVER $500,000 IN HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX.
WE HAD TEN HOTELS AND WE WERE WE WERE ABLE TO PUT $1 MILLION MY FINAL YEAR IN THE TOURISM RESERVE FUND.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO SAVE MONEY TO WE DIDN'T SPEND EVERY TAX DOLLAR WE GOT.
ALL THESE THINGS WORKED TO MARKET CEDAR PARK, BUILD A BRAND.
AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, ONE THING I DO HAVE TO SAY IS THAT NOW CEDAR PARK GOES INTERNATIONALLY TO RECRUIT BUSINESSES, AND A LOT OF THAT HAD TO DO WITH MAYOR VAN SALES LEADERSHIP AND IN ACCELERATING THE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
THEN IN 2015, MAYOR POWELL, WHO I WAS UNDER HIS SEAT FOR, IF I VOLUNTEER FOR 12 YEARS, 11 YEARS, BECAUSE WHEN WE ALL STARTED ON BOARDS, WE WERE ON COUNCIL SEATS.
THAT STARTED AFTER TONY DALE WAS POINTING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT SEATS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT BOARDS, AND COUNCIL DECIDED THEY WANTED TO HAVE SOME SAYING IT, SO THEY BROKE IT UP ON THEIR SEATS.
THAT POINT WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BE COUNCIL PONDS, AND I DIDN'T REALLY SEE THAT START HAPPENING UNTIL 2017, BUT.
ONE OF MY FIRST ACTIVITIES WAS ON FOUR.
BE WAS THE LIME STREET QUARRY, THAT 238 ACRE LINE, LIME CREEK QUARRY FOR BEE CHOSE TO RECOMMEND A COUNCIL AND HELP SUPPORT THE FUNDING TO BUY THE LIME CREEK QUARRY FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN, BECAUSE THEY HAD A CONTRACT WITH RANGER THAT WAS GOING TO CONTINUE BLASTING UNTIL 2030 FOR $4.1 MILLION FOR 238 ACRES.
AND AT THE TIME, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SIX MEMBERS ON FOUR BE.
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FOUR BE BUILT ROADS, BUILT THE START OF SCOTTSDALE ROAD AND CENTRAL COMMERCE, TURN LANES PROVIDED TRAFFIC SIGNAL FUNDING, CROSSWALKS, PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES.BRENDA MENTIONED THE NORTH BRUSHY CREEK TRAIL SIDEWALK EXTENSIONS ORIGINALLY WHEN I GOT IN THERE, AND I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS WAS ON FOR BOARD WHEN THEY DID THE STREETSCAPE BEAUTIFICATION ALONG BELL BOULEVARD.
I DIDN'T LIKE THAT PROJECT, SO I KIND OF GOT IT KILLED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO CONSISTENCY IN THE PROJECT.
IT WAS UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL BUILDERS, HOW THEY UTILIZE THE 75,000 REIMBURSEMENT THE CITY WOULD GIVE THEM TO BUILD IN THEIR PROPERTY.
SO ACROSS THE CITY, I DIDN'T LIKE THAT KIDS WERE HAVING TO WALK OUT ON THE BELL BOULEVARD BECAUSE THE SIDEWALKS DIDN'T MATCH UP.
SO WE DECIDED TO TABLE THAT PROJECT FOR A WHILE.
AND THEN A FEW YEARS LATER, THE CITY STARTED LOOKING AT THE BELL PROJECT AND THE REDEVELOPMENT, AND I THOUGHT THAT'D BE A BETTER USE OF TAX FUNDING TO SUPPORT THAT PROJECT, BECAUSE THE IDEA IS NOT JUST TO BUILD THE BELL DISTRICT, IT'S THAT THAT CATALYZES THE CENTER OF OUR COMMUNITY AND AND BRINGS THAT ENTIRE US HIGHWAY, BECAUSE IT'S NOT A STATE HIGHWAY, IT'S A U.S.
IT BASICALLY ALLOWS ALL THE OTHER OWNERS TO SEE WHAT'S BEEN DONE, AND THEN THEY START BEAUTIFYING THEIR OWN PROJECT.
THEY START CONNECTING THE SIDEWALKS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GET AROUND CEDAR PARK A LOT BETTER.
THEN IN 2016, AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER GRIMES, IN PLACE THREE, APPOINTED ME TO THE CHARTER REVIEW BOARD.
AND THAT'S HOW I GOT TO MEET THE WONDERFUL AND DUFFY, WHO ALONG WITH CORBIN VAN DELL, HAS BEEN MY RIDE OR DIE ON THIS COUNCIL.
2018 I GOT ELECTED TO COUNCIL AND.
AND THAT YEAR, ALL OF THOSE CHARTER AMENDMENTS WERE APPROVED BY THE CITY.
AND WHILE THEY DID THIS, I STILL RAN MY BUSINESS.
I SERVED ON THE BOARD IN CEDAR IN FOREST OAKS FOR THREE YEARS, FOR SIX YEARS, WITH THREE YEARS AS THE BOARD PRESIDENT.
DON TANO AND I WERE STANDING HERE AT THIS PODIUM DURING CITIZEN COMMENT PUBLIC RECORD ASKING COUNCIL FOR TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES ALONG EAST PARK STREET, ESPECIALLY WHERE IT CAME DOWN THE HILL TOWARDS REAGAN ELEMENTARY.
I RECOMMENDED A FOUR WAY STOP AT AT GADWALL AND PARK STREET, AND STAFF DID THE TRAFFIC STUDY AND SAID THAT IT DIDN'T MEET TRAFFIC REGULATIONS.
AND DON TANO, BLESS HIS HEART, HE'S NO LONGER WITH US, RECOMMENDED SOME KIND OF TRAFFIC CALMING IN FRONT OF REAGAN ELEMENTARY, WHICH COUPLE OF YEARS BACK, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE CITY STAFF WORKED TOGETHER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
I ALSO VOLUNTEERED FOR THE 100 CLUB, WHICH SUPPORTS POLICE OFFICERS AND FIRE PERSONNEL AND FIRST RESPONDERS WHO DIE IN THE LION DUTY.
I AM A MEMBER OF THE TEXAS LANDSCAPE AND NURSERY ASSOCIATION NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY, WHICH IS MOSTLY OUT OF GEORGETOWN.
I SUPPORTED LANDER'S LEAVE PROGRAM, HAD THE HONOR OF WORKING WITH ELIJAH MAY AND NEIL DELLACQUA ON SEVERAL US ISD ROBOTICS PROGRAMS, INCLUDING BRINGING THE INTERNATIONAL ROBOTICS COMPETITION TO THE HEB CENTER.
RIGHT BEFORE THE START OF COVID, I HELPED DON, TRACING HIS TEAM AT ASSISI, CONNECT WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS TO CREATE THE INTERNATIONAL WEEK OF LEARNING, WHICH HAPPENS EVERY MARCH.
NOW WORKED WITH HALLE CROMWELL AND HELPED IN TRANSITION THE YELLOW HOUSE TO THEIR NEW LOCATION, THEIR BEAUTIFUL NEW LOCATION IN LEANDER.
FORTUNATELY, WE COULDN'T KEEP THEM HERE.
I WORKED WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND MY FRIEND CHRISTINE MAUER TO CREATE AND SUPPORT THE VISTA RIDGE MARCHING BAND MARCH ON FUNDRAISER, AND FOREST AND I WORKED WITH JENNY.
HUERTA AND THE NEW NEWS FIELD REPORTER ALLISON MILLER, WHO'S NOW AN ANCHOR ON THE ORIGINAL FIGHT THE BITE MOSQUITO ABATEMENT PROGRAM.
AND THEN JENNY AND STAFF WORKED TOGETHER TO INTERVIEW MANY OF THE ORIGINAL RESIDENTS AND RANCHERS THAT HELPED CREATE CEDAR PARK.
THAT VIDEO CAN STILL BE SEEN ON YOUTUBE TODAY.
WHEN I WAS ELECTED MAYOR, POWELL ASKED ME TO TAKE HIS PLACE AS LIAISON, A LIBRARY FOUNDATION, AND I SAY IN THAT POSITION UNTIL I STEPPED AWAY.
WHEN AN DUFFY WAS APPOINTED TO THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION BOARD, I ALSO ASSISTED LANDER'S FOOD DISTRIBUTION AND HELPED REVEAL
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AND CHEF SALO PREPARE FOOD PROGRAMS FOR INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES DURING COVID, DURING COVID AND DURING THE BIG SNOWSTORM.THE FIRST ONE THE SNOWSTORM WHEN CEDAR PARK BASICALLY SHUT DOWN BECAUSE WE HAD ABOUT SIX INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND.
AND IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD, YOU HAD A DUSTING OF SNOW AND IT SHUTS EVERYTHING DOWN.
SO SIX INCHES KIND OF WAS, YOU KNOW, SONOMA GETTING BUT WORKING, TAKING PHONE CALLS FROM RESIDENTS, WORKING WITH BRENDA EVANS.
BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THE CHARTER SAYS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS NEED TO GO THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER.
AND SHE KNOWS I CHEAT THAT SYSTEM ALL THE TIME.
AND I WAS SENDING PHONE CALLS OVER TO BRENDA.
SHE WAS CALLING HER AND ALICE.
SOME PEOPLE LOST POWER UP TO 40 HOURS AND SOME APARTMENTS THAT WEREN'T IN CEDAR PARK BUT ARE ALONG.
LATELINE HAD BUSTED PIPES AND WERE HELPING THOSE PEOPLE TOO.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU AND YOUR STAFF DID DURING THE SNOWSTORM, THE FREEZE WHERE IT BROKE ALL OF OUR TREES BECAUSE WE ALL MAYBE SHOW UP TO THESE MEETINGS FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS.
THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME, THEY WORK IN THIS CITY ALL THE TIME.
THEY'RE HERE 24 OVER SEVEN 365 I'M CURRENTLY YMCA BOARD MEMBER, CENTRAL TEXAS PAST MEMBER AND WEEKLY VOLUNTEER TO REVEAL FOOD PANTRY, CLOTHES CLOSET, AND DIAPER BANK ALONG WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS BOYCE HARRIS, HUTCHINSON, JEFFS, BOYER AND MY GOOD FRIEND AND CONSISTENT VOLUNTEER AND DUFFY AND EVEN CORBIN VAN ASK THAT WOULD SHOW UP AND HELP OUT SOMETIMES, ESPECIALLY WHEN CEDAR PARK ORIGINALLY HAD THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS FOR THE DIAPER CAKE, WE LOST IT.
BUT THE ISMAILI GROUP HAS AGREED TO WORK WITH REVEAL SO THAT WE CAN DOUBLE THE SIZE OF THE LAST ONE AND MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY TAKES IT AWAY FROM CEDAR PARK FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
GOT A COUPLE MORE PAGES? SORRY.
I'D LIKE TO THANK MY BOARD MEMBERS, BARBARA SCHAEFER, FOR SERVING PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD.
B MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE OR OF EVER READ THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION FOR 1440, BARBARA WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL SIGNATURES ALONG WITH RYAN.
WOULD LIKE TO THANK FOR SERGEANT ROBINSON FOR A SERVICE ON FOUR B DAVID STARNES STARNES AND THE HONORABLE PETRI DARBY FOR THEIR SERVICES ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
REMEMBER BACK IN I THINK IT WAS LIKE 2013, I KIND OF HAD THIS QUASI DIDN'T STAFF CALL IT LIKE A QUASI GOVERNMENT GROUP, LIKE I WAS A SHADOW GOVERNMENT BUT WOULD NEVER MAKE A TERMS LIKE.
ANYWAY, WE MET OVER DEAD TRAVIS, HIS OFFICE AT CORVALLIS.
ERIC BOYCE WAS THERE IN THAT GROUP.
WE TALKED ABOUT LIKE BUSINESSES AND TYPES OF IDEAS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING THE CEDAR PARK, NOT BECAUSE THE CITY WAS MOVING SLOW OR ANYTHING, BUT WE JUST HAD SOME EXTRA ENERGY AND DECIDED TO MEET AND TALK ABOUT IT.
I THINK WE SPENT ABOUT TEN MONTHS WORKING ON PROJECTS.
LITERALLY EVERYTHING WE TALKED ABOUT IS BEING BUILT TODAY BY THE CITY, NOT BY US, NOT BY INDIVIDUALS, BUT BY THE CITY.
AND THEN I ALSO LIKE TO THANK KEVIN O'BRIEN AND RANDY STRADER FOR RUNNING WITH NAME FOR CITY COUNCIL.
KEVIN, YOU RAN A VERY GOOD RACE.
AND RANDY, I FEEL BAD FOR YOU.
YOU GOT SLANDERED IN A WAY I COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND.
I'M SORRY FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU.
YOU HAVE SERVED THE CITY WELL, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR TEN YEARS ON PNC WORKING UNDER MAYORS POWELL AND DALE AND PENNY AND MORE.
ONE OF THE THANKS STAFF FOR THEIR EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE THROUGH THE YEARS.
YOU MAKE OPERATIONS FOR THE CITY LOOK SO EASY FOR THE.
I WAS GOING TO SKIP THAT SECTION.
I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT SAM ROBERTS, BUT I'M GOING TO LEAVE THAT OUT FOR ANOTHER MEETING.
BRENDA, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.
CHRIS KOPPEL, BOTH YOKO MATSUMOTO, CITY ATTORNEY JP ACCOMPANIED YOUR STAFF, AMY LANG AND THE PLANNING STAFF, ERIC ROSS, UBER AND PUBLIC WORKS CHIEF POLICE CHIEF MIKE HARMON AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FIRE CHIEF JAMES MOLINA IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
JOHN CUMMINS, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, MIKE DEVITO, PARKS AND REC AND FRAN AND OUR WONDERFUL TEAM IN THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT
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AND ALSO THE UTILITY DEPARTMENT, IT AND FINANCE, BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE CAN'T DO THEIR WORK WITHOUT WITH THE WORK THAT ALL THE OTHER DO TO SUPPORT THEM.I ALSO LIKE TO THANK SAM ROBERTS, DARWIN MARSHALL, KURT RANDA, DWAYNE SMITH AND EVEN JENNY WATER FOR OTHER PROJECTS WE DID TOGETHER.
AND FINALLY, THANK YOU TO THE CITIZENS OF CEDAR PARK FOR PUTTING YOUR FAITH AND TRUST IN ME AS ONE OF SEVEN COUNCIL MEMBERS AND IN OUR COMMUNITY OF CEDAR PARK.
AND JUST TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'D LIKE TO LEAVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF ADVICE.
ACCORDING TO THE CEDAR, THE CITY CHARTER, CEDAR PARK IS A COUNCIL CITY MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
THERE ARE NO KINGS SINCE THE MAJORITY OF COUNCIL HAS SERVED LESS THAN A YEAR.
WE'LL TAKE A WHILE FOR YOU TO BUILD THE EXPERIENCE.
AND, KEVIN HAVERS, YOU'VE EARNED YOUR TITLE OF HONORABLE.
AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME.
BUT YOU DO MATTERS SERVICE YOU PROVIDE TO THE CITY.
KEVIN, YOU'VE BEEN ON CITY BOARDS LONGER THAN I WAS BEFORE YOU GOT ELECTED TO COUNCIL.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, LIEUTENANT COLONEL HARRIS, FOR YOUR SERVICE IN OUR COUNTRY PAST MEMORIAL DAY.
DIDN'T YOU JUMP OUT OF HELICOPTERS OR SOMETHING? THAT SOUNDS GOOD. LET'S GO WITH THAT.
TIM. PENNY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE IN THE ARMY.
I'LL PARAPHRASE SOMETHING SPOCK SAID IN THE STAR WARS SERIES.
LOGIC CLEARLY DICTATES THE NEEDS OF THE MANY OUTWEIGH OUR OWN PERSONAL INTEREST IS, I'D ADD, A LITTLE BIT.
SO YOU REPRESENT ALL RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, AND GUESTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
FIND WAYS TO FIND COMMON GROUND.
LISTEN TO ALL, FIND PATHS TO WORK TOGETHER.
LISTEN TO THE NEEDS, EVEN WHEN YOU MIGHT HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS.
BECAUSE ONE DAY YOU'LL NEED A CITIZENS FOR FOR APPROVALS, BOND ELECTIONS, TAX RATE DECISIONS, AND FOR YOUR REELECTIONS.
WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO SAY WE ARE THE MASTERS OF OUR FATE AND WE ARE THE CAPTAINS.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME.
THANK YOU FOR SERVING WITH ME ALL THESE YEARS.
I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING, EVERYBODY'S.
COUNCIL WILL GO AHEAD AND RECESS FOR FOR FIVE MINUTES OR SO TALL UNTIL 15 AFTER.
I THINK THERE'S REFRESHMENTS OUTSIDE.
AN OUTSTANDING PERSON AND HELPFUL IN THIS COMMUNITY.
I WAS THE CHAPLAIN FOR THE CEDAR PARK AMERICAN LEGION FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
I ALSO VOLUNTEER AT HEROES NIGHT OUT AND OTHER EVENTS AND PROGRAMS IN THE AREA.
HE HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING IN VOLUNTEERISM IN HELPING US WITH THE HEROES NIGHT OUT BARBECUE.
HE'S BEEN OUTSTANDING WITH THE AMERICAN LEGION, BREAKFAST WITH SANTA, AND OTHER ITEMS THAT WE'VE DONE THROUGH THE COMMUNITY.
AND I JUST WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND THANK HIM FOR THE YEARS OF SERVICE AND ALL THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE TO HELP US OUT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD FOR SOMEONE TO SAY, I'LL GIVE YOU MY HOME NUMBER, GIVE ME A CALL IF YOU EVER NEED ANYTHING.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY, WE'RE REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF WHAT YOU DID AND LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE YEARS OF SERVICE WITH YOU.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO COME TAKE THIS TIME AND COME HERE AND SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DID.
SO HEY, LOOK, I'M AT THE PAGE 37.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW? YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT EVENING. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
OH, AND ONE LAST THING IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HOTEL.
MOTEL ITEMS FOR THE STATUES ALONG THE WALK OF HONOR.
I ALSO BEING A MEMBER OF THE VETERAN FORCES, ALONG WITH OUR LOVELY STAFF OF VETERANS AS WELL.
PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN WE'RE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL ITEMS TO HELP BEAUTIFY THE COMMUNITY AND TO HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED,
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AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT BACK.SO WE DO EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN.
THE AMERICAN LEGION WAS THE ONES WHO FUNDRAISED AND MADE THE GOLD STAR MONUMENT MEMORIAL HAPPEN, AND THE OTHER STATUES THAT GO ALONG WITH IT, PLUS THE MEMORIAL ITSELF, IS A TESTIMONY TO WHAT CEDAR PARK FEELS ABOUT VETERANS AND THOSE WHO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK IT'S AWESOME THAT WE ABOVE MANY, MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES, MAKE THAT EFFORT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
SO I JUST WANT TO HOPEFULLY YOU'LL CONTINUE DOING THAT.
BUT I JUST WANT TO GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT ON THE RECORD AND HOPEFULLY THAT IT GIVES THAT EXTRA PUSH.
ALL RIGHT. PLEASE CALL ITEM C4.
[C.4 Presentation: A Proclamation Recognizing Hot Car Awareness Day, May 1, 2026.]
A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING HOT CAR AWARENESS DAY MAY 1ST OF 2026.WE HAVE A VERY IMPRESSIVE YOUNG WOMAN WHO'S BEEN ADVOCATING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE AWARENESS ABOUT THE DANGERS OF HOT CARS, PARTICULARLY FOR CHILDREN.
AND SO WE'RE DOING A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING HOT CAR AWARENESS DAY, AND THEN WE'LL LET HER SPEAK FOR A FEW MINUTES.
SO I'LL READ THE PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS PEDIATRIC VEHICULAR HEATSTROKE REMAINS THE LEADING CAUSE OF NON CRASH VEHICLE RELATED FATALITIES, CHILDREN AND STATES WITH MORE THAN 1000 YOUNG LIVES TRAGICALLY LOST SINCE 1998.
WHEREAS A CHILD'S BODY TEMPERATURE CAN RISE 3 TO 5 TIMES FASTER THAN HAVING ADULT, MAKING THEM ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO HEAT RELATED ILLNESS.
WHILE TEMPERATURES INSIDE A PARKED CAR CAN ESCALATE RAPIDLY TO LIFE THREATENING LEVELS, EVEN A RELATIVELY MILD OR OVERCAST DAYS.
WHEREAS THESE HEARTBREAKING INCIDENTS ARE ENTIRELY PREVENTABLE AND CAN IMPACT ANY CAREGIVER CAUSE, A BACKGROUND OF CIRCUMSTANCE OFTEN RECURRING AS A RESULT OF STRESS, FATIGUE, DISTRACTION, OR DISRUPTIONS TO NORMAL ROUTINES.
WHEREAS INCREASED PUBLIC AWARENESS, EDUCATION, AND THE USE OF PREVENTATIVE STRATEGIES AND TECHNOLOGIES ARE CRITICAL IN REDUCING THE RISK OF PEDIATRIC VEHICULAR HEAT STROKE AND SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN'S LIVES.
WHEREAS PROJECT SAFE RIDE, FOUNDED BY YOUTH ADVOCATE SALLY RODGER, IS DEDICATED TO ADDRESSING THIS URGENT PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE, PROVIDING FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES WITH VITAL EDUCATION RESOURCES AND INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS AIMED AT PREVENTING AND ULTIMATELY ELIMINATING HEAT RELATED FATALITIES AMONG CHILDREN.
NOW, THEREFORE, I SPENT A MORNING MAYOR OF CEDAR PARK ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL TO HEAR I RECOGNIZE MAY 1ST AS HOT CAR AWARENESS DAY HERE IN CEDAR PARK.
PROCLAIM THIS 20TH DAY OF MAY 2026.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PENNIMAN, MOORE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MY FELLOW RESIDENTS OF CEDAR PARK.
BEFORE I BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE OUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THEIR REELECTION AND WELCOME OUR NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU IN THE FUTURE.
THE LAST TIME I STOOD HERE, I GAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT INTRODUCING PROJECT SAFE RIDE.
TODAY I STAND HERE AGAIN, THIS TIME TO RECEIVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING MAY 1ST AS HOT CAR AWARENESS DAY IN CEDAR PARK, THE HOME OF SAFE RIDE.
AND HONESTLY, BRINGING THIS PROJECT BACK TO WHERE IT ALL STARTED MAKES THIS MOMENT ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL TO ME.
I LAUNCHED PROJECT SAFE RIDE IN JUNE OF 2025, WITH ONE GOAL TO HELP MAKE HOT CAR DEATHS.
AT THE TIME, I DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THIS PROJECT WOULD GO.
I JUST KNEW THAT NO FAMILY SHOULD LOSE A CHILD TO SOMETHING THAT IS 100% PREVENTABLE.
EVEN JUST LAST WEEK, WE SAW THREE HOT CAR DEATHS WITHIN 24 HOURS.
THESE TRAGEDIES CONTINUE TO HAPPEN NOT BECAUSE PARENTS DO NOT CARE, BUT BECAUSE HUMAN MEMORY CAN FAIL UNDER STRESS, EXHAUSTION, AND CHANGES IN ROUTINE.
THAT IS WHY AWARENESS MATTERS.
AND THAT IS WHY PROJECT SAFE RIDE EXISTS AS PART OF THIS INITIATIVE.
I LAUNCHED A FREE APP THAT REMINDS USERS TO CHECK THEIR VEHICLES AFTER PARKING IN A WORLD FILLED WITH ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY.
I BELIEVE TECHNOLOGY SHOULD ALSO BE USED TO PROTECT LIVES.
OVER THE PAST YEAR, WHAT STARTED AS ONE SIMPLE IDEA HAS GROWN INTO SOMETHING MUCH BIGGER THAN I EVER IMAGINED.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND NATIONAL NIGHT OUT WITH THE CEDAR PARK POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHERE I SPOKE WITH FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT VEHICLE SAFETY AND PREVENTION.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK OFFICER CASH FOR HELPING MAKE HELPING MAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY POSSIBLE.
LATER THAT YEAR, I WAS INVITED ON TO ROCK THE BOAT, A YOUTH ADVOCACY PODCAST HOSTED BY MISS RACHEL BORIS, WHERE I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE SAFE RIDE WITH THE WIDER AUDIENCE AND ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO USE THEIR VOICES FOR CHANGE.
I ALSO BEGAN EXPANDING SAFE RIDE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH, CREATING CAMPAIGNS TIED TO HOLIDAYS, AWARENESS DAYS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS TO KEEP THIS CONVERSATION ACTIVE AND RELEVANT YEAR ROUND.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, I CAME BEFORE THIS SAME COUNCIL TO SPEAK ABOUT PROJECT SAFE
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RIDE DURING PUBLIC COMMENT AS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, BEING HEARD AND SUPPORTED BY CITY LEADERS MET MORE TO ME THAN I CAN EXPLAIN.IT GAVE CREDIBILITY NOT ONLY TO MY VOICE, BUT TO THIS MISSION.
OUTSIDE OF ADVOCACY, I'VE ALSO TRIED TO CONTINUE SERVING THE COMMUNITY IN SMALLER WAYS, INCLUDING DONATING BLOOD EARLIER THIS YEAR.
THAT EXPERIENCE REMINDED ME THAT COMMUNITY SERVICE DOES NOT ALWAYS HAVE TO BE SOMETHING HUGE.
SOMETIMES SMALL ACTIONS CAN STILL SAVE LIVES.
IN RECENT MONTHS, SAFE RIDE HAS CONTINUED GROWING ACROSS TEXAS AND BEYOND.
I ATTENDED COFFEE WITH THE COP HERE IN CEDAR PARK TO CONTINUE DISTRIBUTING FLIERS AND SPEAKING WITH LOCAL OFFICERS AND FAMILIES.
I RECEIVED MY FIRST PROCLAMATION FROM COLORADO SPRINGS, FOLLOWED BY PROCLAMATIONS FROM PFLUGERVILLE, KYLE, AND HUTTO.
I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE AIKEN ELEMENTARY CARNIVAL, WHERE I CONNECTED WITH HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SHARED INFORMATION ABOUT PREVENTION AND AWARENESS.
AND TODAY, PROJECT SAFE RIDE COMES BACK HOME TO CEDAR PARK.
I WANT TO SINCERELY THANK MAYOR PENMAN MORAN AND THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL FOR SUPPORTING THIS INITIATIVE AND FOR RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS ISSUE.
AS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, RECEIVING SUPPORT FROM CITY LEADERS AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS TEXAS HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY MEANINGFUL.
I WOULD ALSO LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE CITY IN THE FUTURE, ESPECIALLY THROUGH PSA AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH THAT CAN HELP SPREAD AWARENESS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS PROCLAMATION IS MORE THAN A RECOGNITION.
IT IS A REMINDER, A REMINDER THAT AWARENESS CAN SAVE LIVES.
A REMINDER THAT PREVENTION STARTS WITH HABITS, AND A REMINDER THAT TOGETHER, WE CAN CREATE A FUTURE WHERE CADETS ARE NO LONGER A YEARLY TRAGEDY, BUT SOMETHING WE MADE HISTORY.
WE MADE SEATBELTS, A HABIT WE MADE DISTRACTED DRIVING A STRICT NO.
WE MADE LOOKING BOTH WAYS BEFORE CROSSING THE STREET A HABIT.
AND IN THE SAME WAY, WE CAN NORMALIZE CHECKING THE BACKSEAT EVERY SINGLE TIME.
BECAUSE FOR PROJECT SAFE RIDE, SUCCESS IS NOT MEASURED BY BIGGER NUMBERS.
THE GOAL IS ZERO ZERO HOT CAR DEBTS, ZERO FORGOTTEN CHILDREN, AND ZERO PREVENTABLE TRAGEDIES.
[C.6 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.)]
WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS.THIS SECTION OF THE MEETING WHERE ANYONE CAN ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AND I'M NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
WE CAN ONLY RESPOND WITH FACTUAL STATEMENTS.
RECITE EXISTING POLICY OR REQUEST ITEMS REPLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
CRYSTAL ERICSON COLLINS WISHES TO SPEAK ON POLICIES TO PROTECT CITIZENS.
AS YOU KNOW, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES WITH THE WARNING LIGHT TO ONE MINUTE AND THEN TIMED UP AT RED BRIEF TONIGHT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CEDAR PARK CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS CRYSTAL AND I LIVE IN CEDAR PARK.
CONGRATULATIONS TO MAYOR PENMAN MORAN.
AND WARM WELCOME TO COUNCIL MEMBERS ENDERS, JURADO AND PADMANABHA.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK FOR OUR NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS WHO ARE BEING DETAINED, MANY WITHOUT DUE PROCESS.
SOME I KNOW DUE TO RACIAL PROFILING.
WE LIVE IN A TUMULTUOUS TIME AND CAN BE AFRAID THAT ACTIONS ON OUR PART CAN HAVE THE OPPOSITE EFFECT OF WHAT WE DESIRE.
HOWEVER, NO ACTION ALLOWS INJUSTICE TO BE AMPLIFIED.
IT'S DIFFICULT TO THREAD THE NEEDLE SOMETIMES, I UNDERSTAND.
I'M ASKING YOU TONIGHT TO KEEP IN MIND THOSE WHOSE LIVES ARE BEING TORN APART, WHOSE VERY HUMANITY IS BEING STRIPPED AWAY.
WHEN YOU'RE MAKING YOUR POLICIES AND CONSIDERING PRACTICES FOR CEDAR PARK STAFF, PLEASE HAVE ROBUST CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT CAN AND SHOULD BE DONE
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TO PROTECT OUR MOST VULNERABLE FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS SO THAT EVERYONE FEELS IS WELCOME AND SAFE HERE IN CEDAR PARK, AS WE DO.A WELCOMING CITY IS A SAFER CITY, A HEALTHIER CITY, AND A MORE UNITED CITY.
RIGHT NEXT TO SPEAK WITH BERTO.
SORRY IF I'M MISPRONOUNCING YOUR NAME.
WISH TO SPEAK ON THE TOPIC OF A GREAT BUS.
YES. GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL.
THE REASON WHY I'M HERE TODAY IS THERE IS A BIG BUS.
IT'S A SILVER AND BLUE BUS THAT'S SITTING AT THE CORNER OF MEGAN AND TREE LINE.
IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS.
CEDAR HERE IN CEDAR PARK AT 1201 MEGAN DRIVE.
WE LOOK AT THIS BUS DAILY AND IT HAS BECOME TO BE AN EYESORE.
IT HAS HAD IT HAS BEEN TICKETED.
I REPLACED THAT AND NOT TICKETED. RED TAGGED TWO TIMES.
I KNOW OF ONE APRIL THE 16TH ONE MADE IT 26TH WITH A RED TAG.
I ASSUME YOU HAVE CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TO GET IT REMOVED BEFORE THAT TAG EXPIRES, AND THEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR SOMEBODY WILL HAVE IT REMOVED.
IT HAS NOT BEEN REMOVED. IT'S STILL THERE.
NOW IT'S MOVED TO ANOTHER LOCATION AND IT'S RIGHT OUTSIDE MY BACK DOOR.
I MEAN, A TOUR BUS. IT'S HUGE.
SO IF YOU THINK OF A BUS, A SCHOOL BUS, IT'S BIGGER THAN THAT.
I WASN'T EXPECTING TO BE HERE TODAY, BUT I REALLY WOULD HOPE YOU ALL WILL TAKE IN CONSIDERATION THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ALREADY BEEN NOTIFIED.
I DON'T KNOW, AND I'M ASKING FOR YOUR HELP.
THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SHARING THAT WITH US.
YOU MAY HAVE SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED IN THE NEXT SPEAKER. MR. JOHN WOODLEY IS ALSO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE TOPIC OF ACCESSIBILITY COMPLIANCE.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME.
THE DAY THIS IS NOW, MY FOURTH MEETING IN WARSAW.
BOUGHT UP THE MOTORHOME THAT HAD.
UNDER THE ADA, THE CITY HAD REQUIRED TO FOLLOW REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION AND AND PART OF THE ACCOMMODATION.
BECAUSE I'M HERE FOR MY MOTHER AND I NEED TO BE THERE NEAR HER.
I NEED ACCESS TO THEM FROM MY MOTORHOME AND.
I HAD MY HANDICAPPED PLACARD VISIBLE IN THE FRONT WINDOW.
RICHARD OPPOSED TO WAIVE FEES AND.
MY MOTHER, I HAVE TO BE THERE TO CARE FOR MY MOTHER WHO BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL.
I WAS TWICE I WENT IN PREVIOUSLY.
WHEN I WAS ON MY WAY HERE, AND I DIDN'T GET MY JACKET OUT OF THE MOTORHOME. SO.
WE ALSO NEED TO AT THE BACK, THE.
I'M GETTING TIRED OF BEING HARASSED AND THREATENED BY.
GETTING VERY SERIOUS, AND I DO NOT WANT TO SEE CITY CHARGED WITH A CRIME. AND.
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THAT WILL BE A GRAND LESSENING OF THE FIRST OR SECOND DEGREE, BECAUSE DISCRIMINATING AGAINST ME UNDER FEDERAL LAW AND NOT TO FOLLOW OR GIVE ME A PERMIT TO UNDER IF THEY NEED TO GIVE ME A PERMIT, EVEN THOUGH MY HANDICAPPED POCKET ACTED UPON IT.SO THE ACTIVE DISCUSSION CAN BE HAD.
AND. THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THAT OCCASION TO SAY PUTTING ON MY MOTOR HOME, THREATENING ME WITH IMPOUNDING AND TOW WITHOUT HAVING AN ACTUAL DISCUSSION.
MR. WOODLEY, WE I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT OUR CITY STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE LAW, BOTH CRIMINAL AND CIVIL, AND I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE YOUR ATTEMPTS TO COMMUNICATE, CONTINUE COMMUNICATING WITH THE CITY REGARDING YOUR SITUATION, THE RECOGNIZER TRYING TO CARE FOR YOUR MOTHER WHILE ALSO NAVIGATING DIFFICULT PERSONAL AND FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
WE UNDERSTAND THIS HAS BEEN STRESSFUL FOR YOU BECAUSE OF YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES.
CITY STAFF HAS APPROACHED THIS MANNER WITH CARE AND PATIENCE OVER THESE LAST SEVEN WEEKS.
AS WE NOTED, SPEAKING TO US FOUR TIMES A MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH DIRECTLY CITY STAFF DISCUSSING POSSIBLE OPTIONS, AND THEY'VE ATTEMPTED TO CONNECT YOU WITH AVAILABLE COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND POTENTIAL PARKING ALTERNATIVES.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE CITY HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO APPLY ITS ORDINANCES FAIRLY AND CONSISTENTLY FOR ALL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.
PURPOSES OF THE CITY'S ORDINANCE.
TO BALANCE REASONABLE SHORT TERM FLEXIBILITY FOR RECREATIONAL OVERSIZE VEHICLES, THE NEED TO KEEP OUR PUBLIC STREETS AVAILABLE FOR SHARED PUBLIC USE, MAINTAIN ACCESS AND MANEUVERABILITY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND CITY SERVICES, AS WELL AS PRESERVE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER AND MINIMIZE IMPACTS ON SURROUNDING RESIDENTS.
SINCE MID-APRIL, THE CITY HAS RECEIVED MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS FROM NEIGHBORING RESIDENTS REGARDING THE LONG TERM PARKING OF YOUR MOTORHOME ON THE PUBLIC STREET.
THIS UNDERSCORES THE RATIONALE OF THE CITY'S ORDINANCE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF ITS FAIR AND CONSISTENT ENFORCEMENT.
AT THIS TIME, THE CITY IS NOT CONSIDERING REVISIONS TO THE ORDINANCE THAT WOULD ALLOW PERMANENT OR INDEFINITE PARKING OF LARGE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES ON PUBLIC STREETS.
I SEE NO MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL TAKING THE INITIATIVE THAT THEY HAVE TO ASK FOR THIS ITEM, AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO NOT BE ON OUR AGENDA.
HOWEVER, OUR CITY STAFF REMAINS VERY WILLING TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH YOU IN A RESPECTFUL AND CONSTRUCTIVE MANNER REGARDING AVAILABLE RESOURCES, COMMUNICATION NEEDS, AND LAWFUL PARKING ALTERNATIVES MOVING FORWARD.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CITY.
HOPE WE'RE ABLE TO FIND COMMON GROUND.
THE CITY HAD NOT PROVIDED ME AN ALTERNATE PARKING SOLUTION. AND.
AND IF THERE IS NOT CLEAR, I'M SURE THEY'LL ENGAGE WITH YOU AFTERWARDS TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT OPTIONS ARE PERMISSIBLE UNDER OUR EXISTING ORDINANCES.
BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA? SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE ITEM C6.
[C.7 City Manager Report: Update On The Upcoming Programs And Events Hosted By The Library And Parks & Recreation Department - Marjory Gibson And Amanda Cawthon, Library, And Josh Rodrigue, Recreation Manager. ]
CALL ITEM C7.A CITY MANAGER REPORT FOR AN UPDATE ON THE UPCOMING PROGRAMS AND EVENTS HOSTED BY THE CEDAR PARK PUBLIC LIBRARY AND THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I'M THE SERVICES MANAGER AT THE LIBRARY, AND I'M HERE WITH MARJORIE GIBSON, OUR PUBLIC SERVICES MANAGER, TO SHARE SOME OF THE EXCITING EVENTS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP THIS SUMMER.
SO FIRST UP, WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL SUMMER READING CHALLENGE.
THE READING CHALLENGE WILL OPEN, RIGHT? OR ACTUALLY JUST OPEN RIGHT AFTER MEMORIAL DAY ON MAY 26TH.
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KIDS, TEENS AND ADULTS ARE INVITED TO JOIN.TO GET STARTED, YOU'LL REGISTER ONLINE THROUGH OUR ONLINE TRACKING PLATFORM, BEANSTALK, AND YOU WILL LOG THE NUMBER OF MINUTES THAT YOU READ THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER TO EARN REWARDS AND TICKETS TO ENTER INTO THE GRAND PRIZE DRAWINGS AT THE END OF THE SUMMER.
WE HAVE SOME GREAT PRIZES THIS YEAR, INCLUDING 3D PRINTERS, GIFT CARDS TO LOCAL BUSINESSES, LEGO SETS AND MINI CLOUD MACHINES, AND MANY, MANY MORE THINGS.
OUR SUMMER KICKOFF WILL HAPPEN THIS SATURDAY, MAY 30TH.
WE'LL HAVE A FULL DAY OF EVIDENCE FOR ALL AGES.
WE HAVE LEGO BUILDING FOR KIDS AS WELL AS ACTING CLASSES PRESENTED BY ZACH THEATER.
TWEENS AND TEENS CAN COME BY THE MAKERSPACE MID-DAY TO MAKE THEIR OWN CUSTOM BUTTONS, OR TO PICK UP A CRAFT KIT TO MAKE A CLAY PLANTER AT HOME.
AND IN THE AFTERNOON, ADULTS CAN RELAX WITH SOME PUZZLES BEFORE ENJOYING A BEAUTIFUL DANCE PERFORMANCE BY LOCAL PERFORMING ARTS GROUP AUSTIN MOONFLOWER.
WE HAVE SOME EXCITING MAKERSPACE EVENTS COMING UP.
WE HAVE AMAZING CRAFT SERIES FOR ALL AGES THROUGHOUT JUNE AND JULY USING THE LASER CUTTER, 3D PRINTERS AND MORE.
EACH SERIES WILL BE OFFERED THREE TIMES OVER THE SUMMER TO ALLOW PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO ATTEND.
AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO WELCOME SIMON HAJAR OF HOT TOAST AS HE VISITS FROM OKLAHOMA FOR TWO EVENTS IN JUNE.
HE'S GOING TO TEACH TWEENS HOW TO WRITE THEIR OWN SONGS.
AND THE NEXT MORNING, ON JUNE 18TH, OUR STORYTIME AUDIENCE WILL ENJOY A MORNING OF DANCING AND SINGING.
AND YOU'RE INVITED TO COME LEARN ALL ABOUT HOW TO BEHAVE AND HOW NOT TO.
IN ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND, AT A PRESENTATION ON THURSDAY, JUNE 25TH FOR ADULTS, AND THEN ON SUNDAY, JULY 19TH, WE'LL WELCOME BACK THE ZACH THEATER FOR A 90 MINUTE ADAPTATION OF JULIUS CAESAR FOR AGES 13 AND UP.
AND WE HAVE TWO OPPORTUNITIES FOR ANIMAL LOVERS AT THE LIBRARY THIS SUMMER.
FIRST, ADULTS AND TEENS ARE INVITED TO RELAX AND PET ADORABLE SMALL CREATURES AT A PETTING ZOO WITH TINY TALES TO YOU.
THEY'LL BRING LITTLE CREATURES LIKE GUINEA PIGS, HEDGEHOGS, TURTLES, AND BUNNIES FOR ATTENDEES TO HOLD AND PET, AND REPTILE FANS WON'T WANT TO MISS A VISIT BY AUSTIN.
REPTILE SHOWS FEATURING LIVE REPTILES FROM AROUND THE WORLD WILL HAVE ONE SHOW FOR KIDS AT 2 P.M., FOLLOWED BY A SHOW JUST FOR TEENS AND ADULTS AT 3 P.M.
BIG TIME BUBBLES IS BRINGING BACK THE ALWAYS POPULAR BUBBLE FILM PARTY TO THE LIBRARY ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 1ST.
LAST YEAR, OVER 900 KIDS AND THEIR GROWN UPS CAME BY TO ENJOY DANCING AND PLAYING IN A MOUNTAIN OF BUBBLES.
SUMMER FINALE IS GOING TO BE ABSOLUTELY MAGICAL.
THIS WILL HAPPEN ON SUNDAY, JULY 26TH, AND WE'RE STARTING THE AFTERNOON OFF WITH BALLOON TWISTING AT NOON, WHERE ATTENDEES OF ANY AGE CAN STOP BY AND GET A WHIMSICAL CREATION.
AT 2 P.M., WE WILL WELCOME MARIO FROM EMI MAGIC FOR A BILINGUAL MAGIC SHOW FOR ALL AGES.
AND AT 430, RICCI FLOW WILL PERFORM A MAGIC SHOW TAILORED FOR AGES 13 AND UP.
AND AS ALWAYS, YOU CAN FIND DETAILS ABOUT THESE AND MANY MORE UPCOMING EVENTS ON OUR ONLINE CALENDAR.
WE OFFER OVER 200 EVENTS, STORYTIMES, CLASSES, AND PRESENTATIONS EACH MONTH, SO THERE'S A LOT TO DISCOVER.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? OH, I WISH THE BUBBLE FOAM PARTY WAS FOR ADULTS TO ADVISEMENT FOR NEXT YEAR.
JOSH, WHAT DO YOU GOT? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M A RECREATION MANAGER FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
AND I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE SUMMER REC REPORT FOR WHAT WE HAVE COMING UP THIS SEASON.
I ALWAYS LIKE TO GIVE A FEW STATS OF SOME FUN STUFF FROM THE PREVIOUS SEASON.
SO HERE'S A FEW GREAT THINGS FROM THE SPRING THAT WE HAD.
SO FOR OUR SPRING SEASON, WE HAD OVER 18,000 PEOPLE CHOOSE TO PLAY WITH US, WHETHER IT WAS AT ONE OF OUR EVENTS, LIKE A CONCERT OR AT AN ARCHERY CLASS FOR ADULTS THAT SPREAD OUT OVER EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
THIS IS OUR THIRD SEASON OF LIVE AT LAKE LINE, AND THIS HAS BEEN OUR HIGHEST ATTENDANCE SO FAR.
WE'VE AVERAGED 1300 ATTENDEES AT THOSE CONCERTS, SO IT'S BEEN A REALLY GOOD PLACE TO, LIKE, MEET THE COMMUNITY AND JUST PARTY AND LISTEN TO MUSIC AND DANCE TOGETHER.
WE OFFERED, IF YOU TAKE EVERYTHING THAT WE DID FROM FITNESS CLASSES TO ONE OF THESE CONCERTS, WE OFFERED OVER 416 OPPORTUNITIES TO PLAY.
SO IF SOMEBODY WENT TO EVERY SINGLE OPPORTUNITY ACROSS EVERYTHING IN OUR PARKS AND REC CENTERS, THERE'S 416 OPPORTUNITIES, ORGANIZED OPPORTUNITIES TO HANG OUT AND LEARN AND BE EDUCATED AND BE TOGETHER.
WE HAD 36,950 RECREATION CENTER CHECK INS,
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WHICH IS A WHOLE LOT BIGGER THAN WE'VE HAD IN MOST SEASONS UP UNTIL NOW.AND THEN ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS THAT WE DID THIS PAST SPRING IS WE HOSTED A REGIONAL BEAT BALL TOURNAMENT.
THIS IS BASEBALL FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED, AND WE HAD 64 PLAYERS COME, ACTUALLY THE AUSTIN WARHAWKS, THAT'S THE BEAT BALL TEAM LOCALLY.
THEIR GENERAL MANAGER, JONATHAN, HAS BEEN QUOTED AS SAYING, WE'RE THE MOST SUPPORTIVE PARK SYSTEM OR AGENCY OF BEAT BALL IN THE AUSTIN AREA.
AND SO IT'S BEEN REALLY COOL TO SUPPORT SOME OF OUR ADAPTIVE ATHLETES IN THE AREA.
HERE'S ONE OF OUR FAVORITE QUOTES.
THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT REMINDS ME WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO.
WE SURVEY ALL OF OUR PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ONE OF OUR ADULT DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS PARTICIPANTS SAID.
THEY SAID THAT OUR DEPARTMENT PROVIDED AN ENCOURAGING, CLEAN, SAFE SPACE FOR IN-PERSON ACTIVITIES, IN PARTICULAR THEIR DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS CLASS.
JEREMY, WHO IS OUR RESIDENT DUNGEON MASTER AT THE REC CENTER, WAS ENTHUSIASTIC, KNOWLEDGEABLE, AND HE HAD A PROFESSIONAL DEMEANOR THAT GAVE THEM A POSITIVE FEELING NOT ONLY OF OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT REALLY THE WHOLE CITY AND EVERY STAFF THAT THEY CAME IN CONTACT WITH WAS BOTH CHEERFUL, WHICH IS MY FAVORITE.
I LOVE THAT WE'VE BEEN SO CHEERFUL AROUND WELCOMING PEOPLE TO OUR SPACES AND PROFESSIONAL SORT OF AS WE GET BUSY AS PUBLIC SERVANTS.
I THINK ACROSS THE BOARD FOR ALL THAT WE DO, NOT JUST IN PARKS BUT IN ALL OF OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS, IT'S NICE FOR WHY WE DO IT.
AND SO THESE ARE GREAT THINGS, REMINDERS OF HOW WE MAKE OUR RESIDENTS LIVES BETTER.
THAT LAST PICTURE MAKES IT SOMEWHERE INTO THAT'S OUR MATERIALS.
AND THAT IS MICHAEL, WHO ACTUALLY JUST REACHED, I BELIEVE, HIS 15TH YEAR WORKING FOR THE CITY.
THEY BOTH WORK AT THE REC CENTER, AND THEY DO ALL THEY CAN TO MAKE LIFE BETTER IN CEDAR PARK.
SO THAT'S A LOT OF A LOT OF EXPERIENCE RIGHT THERE.
GETTING DRESSED UP FOR KIDS TO PRETEND TO BE KNIGHTS.
AND IT CAME IN MICHAEL'S EXAMPLE.
HERE'S SOME OF MY FAVORITE PICTURES.
SO WE HAVE A LADIES ADULT ARCHERY CLASS.
SO THERE'S SOME OF THEM PARTICIPATING IN THE TOP LEFT.
WE HAD OUR FIRST ADULT BASKETBALL LEAGUE THIS PAST SPRING.
THAT BOTTOM LEFT IS A BASE RUNNER FROM OUR BEAT BALL TOURNAMENT.
THE BOTTOM MIDDLE IS A FROM OUR FISHING ONE ON ONE CLASS.
WE HAD THREE FISH CAUGHT THAT DAY AND IT WAS ALL GIRLS.
SO THE GIRLS RULED THE FISHING 101 FOR THE SEASON.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF OUR OUR ANGLERS FOR THE DAY.
ON THE RIGHT, IN THE MIDDLE, WE HAD AN ACTIVITY WHERE WE FILLED UP REUSABLE WATER BALLOONS WITH PAINT AND WE PAINTED CANVASES.
SO WE THREW WATER BALLOONS REUSABLE AT THESE PAINT.
SO THOSE WILL BE HUNG UP AT OUR OFFICES AS A REALLY COOL LITTLE TOKEN OF SOME OF THE EXPERIENCES THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT.
SOME MORE ADVENTURERS THAT ARE LARPING EVENT FOR KIDS.
I'M GOING TO PUT OUR SHADE MY SHADES ON BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING IN THE SUMMERTIME.
THIS PAST WEEKEND KICKED OFF SUMMER.
IT WAS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, SO WE HAVE OUR FIRST ACTIVITY THIS SUMMER IS MUSIC AND MOVEMENT.
THIS IS A CLASS THAT WE MAKE SOUNDS, WE DANCE, WE HANG OUT WITH KIDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THIS WILL BE AT MILLBURN THIS SATURDAY AT 10 A.M..
THESE ARE PRESCRIPTION AND I HAVE DOUBLE PRESCRIPTIONS NOW.
I CAN'T SEE ANY OF YOU THAT ISSUE WHEN I TAKE THOSE OFF SO I CAN ACTUALLY READ.
WE HAD A RAIN OUT ON MAY 1ST CONCERT FOR LIVE AT LAKE LINE, SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT RESCHEDULED.
WE WILL HAVE A FOURTH CONCERT THAT IS NEXT FRIDAY AT LAKELAND PARK 630 TO 9 P.M.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO FINISH OUT THAT SEASON THAT LIVE AT LAKELAND SEASON WITH THE COMMUNITY.
SO NOW IS NATIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH.
AND THE THEME THIS YEAR IS THE POWER OF PARKS AND RECREATION, THE POWER OF COMMUNITY, THE POWER OF WHAT WE DO.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF OUR DIRECTOR, MIKE DEVITO, AND OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ANGELA MIMIC.
AND WE WE HAD AN EVENT RECENTLY.
BOTH OF THEM IN THEIR PREVIOUS LIVES, WERE DEEJAYS PROFESSIONALLY.
AND SO WE HAD AN EVENT RECENTLY WHERE WE SAID, HOW CAN WE SAVE SOME MONEY AND BE BETTER STEWARDS OF OUR FUNDING? AND THEY BOTH SAID, HEY, WE CAN, WE CAN DJ.
THEY WERE A HIT THAT WE MIGHT ONLY SEE THEM ONCE A YEAR, BUT WE WERE REALLY HAPPY.
AND I THINK THIS, THIS PICTURE AND JUST SPEAKS TO THE POWER OF PARKS, THE POWER RECREATION AND THE, THE, THE HEART THAT WE HAVE TO TO SERVE PEOPLE AND HAVE FUN IN OUR COMMUNITY.
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THIS YEAR, WE HAVE OUR JULY 4TH EVENT AT MILLBURN PARK ON JULY 4TH STARTS AT 5 P.M..THIS IS THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OR BIRTHDAY MAYBE, IF YOU WILL, OF THE USA.
SO WE'VE ADDED A FEW NEW THINGS.
WE'VE ADDED A COUPLE OF REALLY COOL ART ACTIVATIONS.
YOU MAY SEE A 15FT TALL STILT WALKER IN SOME SORT OF BALLOON GETUP, SO BE EXCITED TO SEE.
I'M NOT GOING TO SPOIL THE SURPRISE OF WHAT THE COSTUME IS, BUT THAT'LL BE EXCITING.
WE ALSO ARE IMPLEMENTING FOR THE FIRST TIME WHAT WE'RE CALLING A SENSORY RETREAT.
SO ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO GET AWAY FROM THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF THIS EVENT, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE AT THIS EVENT.
THERE'S A LOT OF NOISES, A LOT OF CROWDS.
IT'S HOT, A LOT OF SENSES GOING ON.
SO WE'RE OFFERING A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO GET A BREAK FROM THAT.
IN THE EVENT, HAD THE PICTURE OF SUEDE, DOES THAT MEAN THEY'RE COMING TOGETHER? THEY WILL BE BACK THIS YEAR.
ROBERT IS THERE, THEIR FRONT MAN? I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO HIM. HE IS STOKED.
CEDAR PARK IS COMING TO US THIS SUMMER.
NERD NIGHT IS A NATIONWIDE ORGANIZATION.
THEY'VE GOT CHAPTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHERE ESSENTIALLY A BUNCH OF ADULTS GET TOGETHER, AND THERE'S 2 OR 3 PRESENTERS A NIGHT WHERE THE PRESENTERS NERD OUT ON A SUBJECT, WHETHER IT'S BASKET WEAVING OR COFFEE MAKING OR WORLD WAR II HISTORY.
THEY GET A CHANCE TO NERD OUT, AND EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE CROWD GETS TO NERD OUT WITH THEM.
YEAH, COME OUT TO NERD NIGHTS.
I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE THEMES ARE BECAUSE I FORGOT.
SO WE HAVE OUR FIRST DIVE IN MOVIE, AT LEAST AS FAR AS I KNOW.
WE'LL BE AT MILLBURN PARK WATCHING JAWS ON JULY 10TH FOR SHARK WEEK.
WE'RE PARTNERING THE LIBRARIES, DOING A LITTLE BIT OF SHARK WEEK ACTIVITIES THAT WEEK, AND SO WE'LL BE ENDING THE WEEK, AT LEAST ON OUR END, WITH A MOVIE AT MILLBURN POOL UNTIL I HAVE TO COVER THAT.
WE HAVE WE'VE BEEN DOING SEASONAL, LARGER SCALE PARK CLEANUPS.
AND SO OUR OUR SUMMERTIME ONE WILL BE FOR PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH.
I DON'T KNOW WHOSE IDEA IT WAS TO MAKE THE NATIONAL PARKS AND REC MONTH IN JULY.
WE'LL GET SOME SOME PARTS CLEANED UP EARLY AND KEEP PEOPLE WELL HYDRATED AS THEY KEEP OUR PARKS CLEAN.
A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS FOR PROGRAMS. THESE ARE SOME OF OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS WE HAVE COMING UP.
WE HAVE A BRAND NEW POWER SPEAK, WHICH IS A A CAMP ABOUT PUBLIC SPEAKING FOR OUR YOUTH.
WE HAVE CEDAR TOTS, WHICH IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PROGRAMS WE OFFER.
THIS IS BASICALLY WHERE WE TAKE PRESCHOOLERS AND WALK AROUND PARKS AND LOOK AT STUFF.
THEY REMIND ME THAT AUNTS ARE COOL TO LOOK AT AND FLOWERS ARE COOL TO SMELL, AND DIRT IS OKAY TO PLAY IN.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE GET TO PLAY WITH THE KIDS AND THEIR PARENTS.
WE HAVE A CAMP CALLED COMBAT ROBOTS WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
I WAS UNAWARE OF THE ROBOTIC GRASS ROOTS STUFF IN CEDAR PARK, SO REALLY EXCITED THAT WE HAVE SOME SORT OF ROLE IN THAT.
WE HAVE 115 SWIM LESSONS SESSIONS BEING OFFERED THIS SUMMER, AND THEN WE'RE OFFERING A BRAND NEW PROGRAM FOR A VIDEO GAME CLUB FOR, WE CALL THEM ALL ABILITIES PROGRAMS, BUT THEY'RE MAINLY GEARED TOWARDS YOUTH.
AND SO WE'LL HAVE A VIDEO GAME CLUB, WE'LL BE PLAYING MARIO KART AND SMASH BROS.
AND ALL THE NINTENDO CLASSICS TOGETHER, AND THEN SOME ADULT CLASSES WE HAVE COMING UP.
WE HAVE A NEW BOLLYWOOD DANCE CLASS STARTING IN JULY, WHICH WE'RE ALREADY GETTING PEOPLE REGISTERED FOR.
WE HAVE NEW PICKLEBALL SOCIALS, WE HAVE OUR GARDENING 101 CLASSES THAT CONTINUE TO REMAIN POPULAR FOR US.
WE HAVE A SENIOR GAME, OUR THAT'S GROWING AND WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF SPACE FORCE.
WE'RE MOVING THEM TO DIFFERENT ROOMS AND HAVING A LOT OF GREAT TIME.
AND THEN WE HAVE A NEW SERIES THAT WE'RE STARTING THAT WE DOING QUARTERLY GOING FORWARD.
BUT IT'S CALLED WAYS WE GATHER.
WAYS WE GATHER IS A FOUR WEEK SERIES WHERE WE GO OVER A DIFFERENT TOPIC AND HOW DIFFERENT COUNTRIES APPROACH THINGS LIKE COFFEE AND TEA.
AND SO WE'LL BE STARTING, I BELIEVE, IN LATE JULY WITH A FOUR WEEK SERIES ABOUT COFFEE.
SO ONE WILL BE ABOUT HOW THE COUNTRY OF TURKEY DOES COFFEE, AND WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE OTHER COUNTRIES AS WELL.
SO REALLY COOL PROGRAM BROUGHT TO YOU BY OUR ARTS AND CULTURE COORDINATOR.
WE'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON AND A WHOLE LOT MORE, AND WE LOVE TO SEE PEOPLE AROUND THIS SUMMER AND MAKING GOOD MEMORIES WITH US.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL YOU DO.
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JOSH, JUST REMIND YOUR KIDS AGAIN THAT YOU ARE A STAR.OH, WELL. WE'LL DO. THANK YOU.
[C.8 City Manager Report: Fiscal Year 2026 Second Quarter Financial And Investment Report - Erica Solis, Director of Finance. ]
PLEASE CALL ADAM C8, THE CITY MANAGER.REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2026, SECOND QUARTER FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENT REPORT.
IT DOESN'T SEEM FAIR THAT I HAVE TO FOLLOW JOSH, BUT HERE WE GO.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M ERIKA SOLIS, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.
AND THIS EVENING WE HAVE THE QUARTER TO FINANCE AND INVESTMENT REPORT FOR YOU, WHICH CONTAINS ACTUAL ACTIVITY THROUGH MARCH 31ST, 2026.
SO STARTING WITH THE FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS, OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES ARE $58.4 MILLION TO THE SECOND QUARTER.
THIS REPRESENTS 73% OF THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.
AD VALOREM TAX COLLECTIONS OF $32 MILLION CAME IN AT 97.2% OF BUDGET.
THROUGH MARCH 31ST, SALES TAX COLLECTIONS THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER ARE $12.7 MILLION, TRENDING 2.67% ABOVE BUDGET YEAR TO DATE.
GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES ARE $36.3 MILLION THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, OR 43.8% OF THE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR AND FOR THE WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITY FUND.
REVENUES ARE $18.2 MILLION AND EXPENSES ARE $26.9 MILLION THROUGH MARCH 31ST.
SO WE'LL WALK THROUGH EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES IN MORE DETAIL.
WE'LL START OFF FOCUSING ON GENERAL FUND REVENUES THROUGH MARCH 31ST.
THIS CHART DOES DETAIL OUR ADOPTED BUDGET OF $82.8 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 2026 BY FINANCIAL RESOURCE, AD VALOREM AND SALES TAXES MAKE UP A COMBINED 70% OF THE TOTAL RESOURCES, FOLLOWED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AND CONTRACT SERVICES AND THEN FRANCHISE FEES.
HERE WE HAVE A COMPARISON OF OUR $80.4 MILLION OF BUDGETED REVENUES TO OUR ACTUAL COLLECTIONS.
THROUGH MARCH 31ST, WE'VE COLLECTED $58.4 MILLION FOR THE SECOND QUARTER, OR 73% OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGETED REVENUES.
THIS IS IN LINE WITH WHERE WE WERE THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
GIVEN THAT 97 TO 98% OF OUR VALOREM REVENUES COME IN DURING THE FIRST AND SECOND QUARTERS OF THE FISCAL YEAR, BECAUSE PROPERTY TAXES ARE DUE JANUARY 31ST, 73% IS REASONABLE AND IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST.
THE FLUCTUATIONS IN REVENUE ARE SEASONAL TO A CERTAIN DEGREE, AND A LOT OF THAT'S DRIVEN BY THE VALUE THAT WE GET IN THOSE FIRST TWO QUARTERS.
AS I MENTIONED ON THE HIGHLIGHT SLIDE, WE HAVE COLLECTED $32 MILLION IN VALOREM TAX REVENUE THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER.
THE ORANGE BARS THAT YOU SEE IN THIS CHART SHOW THE BUDGETED COLLECTIONS BY MONTH.
AND THAT LINE SHOWS THE ACTUAL THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER.
UNLIKE PAST YEARS, WHERE WE USUALLY SEE THAT SPIKE IN REVENUE IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, WE SEE WE SEE THAT SHIFTED TO JANUARY.
AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE ONE OF THE LARGE PROPERTY TAX RETURNS TO THE COUNTY DIDN'T REMIT THE TAXES TILL JANUARY.
SO IT'S JUST A TIMING ISSUE, REALLY.
IT'S NOTHING TO BE CONCERNED WITH.
BUT THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT GAP BETWEEN THE BUDGET FOR JANUARY AND THE ACTUAL THAT HIT IN THAT MONTH.
MOVING ON TO SALES TAX, THE BLUE BARS BEFORE YOU REPRESENT OUR BUDGETED SALES TAX COLLECTIONS, COMPARED TO THE SOLID LINE, WHICH REPRESENTS ACTUAL COLLECTIONS AND LOOKING AT THE $0.01 GENERAL FUND SALES TAX, WE COLLECTED $12.7 MILLION THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, WHICH IS 1.95% LESS IN THE SAME PERIOD IN PRIOR YEAR AND 2.67% MORE THAN BUDGET YEAR TO DATE.
JUST A REMINDER THAT IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, WE DID PROJECT SALES TAX COMING IN 7% HIGHER THAN THE BUDGET.
THEN WE GREW SALES TAX AT CONSERVATIVE 2% FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026.
WE DO EVALUATE SALES TAX PERFORMANCE EVERY MONTH, EVERY TIME WE GET A NEW DATA POINT, WHICH IS ABOUT THE SECOND WEEK OF THE MONTH.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL ON THE SALES TAX PERFORMANCE AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING.
THIS CHART SHOWS SALES TAX COLLECTIONS BY THE SIX MAJOR INDUSTRIES FOR THE CITY.
WE SAW GROWTH IN MOST OF THESE INDUSTRIES DURING THE SECOND QUARTER AS COMPARED TO THE SECOND QUARTER OF FISCAL YEAR 2025.
ALL EXCEPT FOR THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES INDUSTRY.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WAS DOWN 21% OVER PRIOR YEAR, PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY A SINGLE TAXPAYER.
STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE SALES TAX PERFORMANCE AS WE MOVE ON THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEAR AND INTO DEVELOPING THE BUDGET FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
SO NEXT, WE'LL TURN OUR ATTENTION TO A HIGH LEVEL LOOK AT GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF FISCAL YEAR 2026.
THIS CHART DETAILS OUR $82.8 MILLION IN BUDGETED GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES FOR 2026.
HERE, WE CAN SEE THAT PUBLIC SAFETY MAKES UP 53% OF OUR BUDGETED EXPENDITURES, AND THAT'S FOLLOWED BY PUBLIC WORKS AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, BY SUPPORT SERVICES, CULTURE AND RECREATION, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
HERE WE SEE THAT OF THE $82.8 MILLION IN BUDGETED EXPENDITURES, WE HAVE EXPENDED 43.8% OF THE ADOPTED BUDGET THROUGH MARCH 31ST.
GIVEN THAT WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR, 43.8% IS REASONABLE.
WHILE WE ARE CURRENTLY ON TRACK TO MEET OUR BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.
WE ARE MONITORING EXPENSES CLOSELY AS WE EXPERIENCE RISING COSTS STUDENT INFLATION IN THE MARKET.
I'LL CONCLUDE THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT WITH A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITY.
BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE INVESTMENT REPORT.
WITH RESPECT TO UTILITY FUND REVENUES, WHICH IS THE TWO PARTS THAT YOU SEE
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AT THE TOP OF THIS CHART.THESE CAN FLUCTUATE BASED ON A VARIETY OF EXTERNAL FACTORS, SUCH AS SEASONAL VARIATIONS AND WEATHER CONDITIONS.
REVENUES THROUGH THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER CAME IN AT 42% OF BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.
WITH THE WETTER SUMMER BEING ANTICIPATED, WE'LL KEEP MONITORING WATER USAGE AND TRACK TRACKING ACTUALS AGAINST THE BUDGETED REVENUES.
WITH RESPECT TO THE EXPENDITURES, WHICH ARE THOSE TWO BARS YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CHART THROUGH THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER? UTILITY FUND EXPENDITURES CAME IN 60% OF BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.
THIS IS DUE TO SIP TRANSFERS AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSFERS FOR SUPPORT IN THE GENERAL FUND THAT WE SENT OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
AND GIVEN THAT THAT WAS DONE ON THE FRONT END, 60% IS REASONABLE.
BUT EITHER WAY, IT LOOKS LIKE WE BUDGETED TO HAVE HIGHER EXPENSES IN REVENUE FOR UTILITY.
WE HAD SOME ONE TIME USACE THERE FOR FUNDING CIP PROJECTS.
SO NOW WE'LL TURN OUR FOCUS TO THE CITY'S INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO AS WE DISCUSS THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT WITH ACTUAL THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2026.
AS FOR INTEREST INCOME, WE HAVE EARNED $6.6 MILLION IN INTEREST EARNINGS THROUGH THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER, WHICH IS 6.1% HIGHER THAN THE SAME PERIOD IN PRIOR YEAR.
THIS IS CITY-WIDE INTEREST INCOME.
SO THIS IS FOR ALL CITY FUNDS, NOT JUST THE GENERAL FUND.
WE DO LEAN ON THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE WHEN WE'RE BUDGETING INTEREST INCOME DUE TO SWINGS IN THE MARKET THAT ARE BEYOND OUR CONTROL.
THE CITY DOES HAVE TWO DISTINCT SUPPORT FOLIOS.
THE LIQUIDITY PORTFOLIO IS SET UP WITH APPROPRIATE BALANCES TO MEET OUR EXPECTED CASH FLOW NEEDS IN A MORE IMMEDIATE MANNER.
THE MAXIMUM WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY, OR WAM, FOR THE LIQUIDITY PORTFOLIO, IS 270 DAYS OR NINE MONTHS, WHICH DOES ALIGN WITH THE GOAL OF HAVING MORE LIQUID INVESTMENTS ON HAND.
OUR WAM FOR THIS PORTFOLIO AT THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER IS 192 DAYS, AND OUR YIELD IS 3.91%, WHICH IS ABOVE THE BENCHMARK OF 3.74%.
THE COURT PORTFOLIO IS SET UP WITH ASSETS THAT ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR IMMEDIATE CASH NEEDS, AND MAY THEREFORE BE INVESTED FOR LONGER PERIODS OF TIME.
THE MAXIMUM WAM FOR THE CORE PORTFOLIO IS ONE AND A HALF YEARS.
OUR WAM FOR THIS PORTFOLIO AT THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER IS 1.3 YEARS, AND OUR YIELD IS 4.4%, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN THE BENCHMARK AT THAT TIME.
THIS YIELD OF 4.4% DOES HELP SUPPORT THE OVERALL PORTFOLIO YIELD AS INTEREST RATES REMAIN STEADY.
RECENT GLOBAL EVENTS, INCLUDING CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST, HAS PLACED UPWARD PRESSURE ON ENERGY PRICES AND INFLATION EXPECTATIONS.
IN RESPONSE, FINANCIAL MARKETS HAVE REDUCED EXPECTATIONS FOR INTEREST RATE CUTS THIS YEAR AND ARE MONITORING THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGHER RATES GOING FORWARD.
THE CURRENT PORTFOLIO STRATEGY WITH OUR INVESTMENT ADVISOR IS TO REINVEST MATURITIES AND MAINTAIN LIQUIDITY IN OUR INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO.
IS THIS SECOND QUARTER ENDING? THIS IS CORRECT. YEP.
THIS CHART SHOWS THE BREAKDOWN OF OUR INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO BY TYPE.
THE STACK ON THAT FAR RIGHT REPRESENTS OUR PORTFOLIO AT THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER, WITH A QUARTER ENDING COMBINED PORTFOLIO BALANCE OF $375 MILLION.
THE BALANCE INCREASED 5% FROM THE FIRST QUARTER DUE TO, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE PROPERTY TAX INFLOW THAT WE SAW IN JANUARY, AS WELL AS INTEREST INCOME, APPROXIMATELY $171 MILLION, OR 46% OF OUR PORTFOLIO IS IN EITHER BANK CASH OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT POOLS.
AND THIS MEANS THAT THE CASH CAN BE QUICKLY ACCESS AND THE FUNDS ARE SITTING IN THE POOLS ON OUR INTEREST UNTIL WE TAP INTO THOSE FUNDS.
BUT THEY'RE QUICKLY ACCESSIBLE AS WE NEED THEM TO PAY OUR INVOICES AND A PARTICULAR PERCENT.
YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE LIQUIDITY.
WELL, AS LONG AS WE'RE COMPLYING WITH THE FINANCIAL POLICY IN OUR WAM, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TARGETING.
YEAH. BACK TO THAT. OKAY. YEAH.
AND WE WERE SEEING HIGHER INTEREST RATE, HIGHER RETURN ON OUR INTEREST IN THE POOL.
SO THAT'S WHY WE HAD MOST OF THOSE PROCEEDS SITTING THERE.
THE REST OF OUR PORTFOLIO IS IN COMMERCIAL PAPER US AGENCIES AND US OBLIGATIONS.
THE CITY'S BALANCED INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO CONTINUES TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LIMITS SET FORTH IN OUR INVESTMENT POLICY.
AND WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE QUARTER TWO ACTUALS THAT WE'RE SEEING? WE'LL HAVE MORE FUN TIMES COMING UP SOON.
[Consent Agenda]
PLEASE CALL THE CONSENT AGENDA EXCEPT FOR ITEM F3.PURSUANT TO COUNCIL WORLD 2.3, THE CITY COUNCIL CONSENT AGENDA CONSIST OF AGENDA ITEMS D AND F EXCLUDING F3.
AS MENTIONED, A SECOND MOTION BY HARRIS TO APPROVE AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER DUFFY.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, PLEASE BRING UP OUR VOTING SCREENS.
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THERE WE GO.ARE THEY POPPING UP HERE? JUST NOT THERE YET.
SO. MOTION PASSES, UNANIMOUSLY PROVEN EXEMPTED EXCEPT FOR ITEM F3.
[F.3 A Resolution Authorizing A Partnership Agreement Between The Lunar Foundation And The Parks And Recreation Department To Bring An Asian Night Market To Lakeline Park On November 14, 2026, And Authorizing Two Possible Additional Markets In 2027 And 2028. ]
COUNCILMEMBER DEFINITELY HAD A GOOD SUGGESTION OF PULLING F3, BECAUSE OUR FRIENDS FROM THE ASIAN NIGHT MARKET HAVE SHOT SO PATIENTLY THIS EVENING, AND I KNOW WE'RE ALL REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.I WAS JUST IN CASE THERE'S ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE.
OTHERWISE, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE MEMBERS OF THE LUNAR FOUNDATION AND THEY ARE HERE TONIGHT AS WELL.
SO I JUST YOU GUYS, YOU DID YOU CAME OUT HERE AND YOU LIVED THROUGH ALL OF OUR CELEBRATION.
AND I'M SUPER EXCITED. IT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL.
AND I RECEIVED THAT YOU'RE BACK AND WE'RE CONSIDERING EVEN FUTURE PARTNERSHIPS.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
HEY, MIKE, CAN YOU MAYBE JUST GIVE LIKE A PUBLIC LIKE SYNOPSIS OF WHAT THE THE MARKET WAS AND WHAT THE EVENT IS? ABSOLUTELY. ACTUALLY, I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE A POWERPOINT.
OH, EVEN BETTER THAT THE EXPERT CAN DO. YES.
WE WERE SO HONORED TO HAVE OUR FIRST NIGHT MARKET FUND LAST YEAR IN LAKELAND PARK.
AS MANY, MANY OF YOU KNOW WHO DO COMMUNITY EVENTS AND TRYING TO HONOR CULTURE AND ARTS SUPPORT FROM THE CITY IS INCREDIBLY UPLIFTING, AND IT CREATES THIS FOUNDATION TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS OURSELVES IN IN THIS WAY.
BEING AN ARTS AND CULTURE NONPROFIT, THE LUNAR FOUNDATION IS SEEKING TO CREATE MORE SUSTAINABILITY IN ASIAN AMERICAN ARTS ARTISTS IN CENTRAL TEXAS, AND HAVING THE CITY BE ABLE TO SUPPORT US IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NIGHT MARKET FUND AT LAKELAND PARK WAS A HUGE STEP.
NOW, NIGHTMARE FUN IS A VERY AMBITIOUS PROJECT THAT WE HAVE TO SIMULATE AND IMMERSE PEOPLE IN THE STREET MARKETS OF ASIA.
WE GET TO WE GET A CHANCE TO NOT ONLY CREATE THAT SENSE AND AND VIBE, AS WE SAY THESE DAYS, BUT ALSO WE GET TO SHOWCASE OUR LOCAL ASIAN BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW? AND SO UNLIKE A REALLY BIG TRAVELING ASIAN FESTIVAL THAT CAME DOWN TO AUSTIN LAST YEAR, WE GET A CHANCE TO REALLY SHOWCASE THE TALENT AND ARTISTRY OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO THIS YEAR, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE AND RETURN WITH NIGHT MARKET AT LAKELAND PARK.
VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE PARKS TEAM, FOR EVERYTHING THEY DID FOR US LAST YEAR.
SO MUCH SUPPORT IS MIND BLOWING, YOU KNOW.
AND TO BE ABLE TO TO BE ABLE TO LEARN FROM LAST YEAR AND THEN AND CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR PROCESSES EACH YEAR IS THE KIND OF STABILITY THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GIVE A BETTER EVENT EVERY YEAR.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO INVITE ALL OF CEDAR PARK TO COME BACK OUT AND ENJOY THE ASIAN, AMERICAN AND ASIAN AND DIASPORA IN ALL OUR ARTS AND CULTURE, ALL THE GREAT FOOD, ALL THE PERFORMANCES.
LAST YEAR WE HAD 44 FOOD VENDORS, OVER 60 ARTISANS, AND ABOUT 20 STAGE PERFORMANCES.
WE HAD THREE FOOD EATING CONTESTS, CHILDREN'S PROGRAMING AND A COMMUNITY ART WALL FOR EVERYONE TO PAINT ON AND SO MUCH MORE.
AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMING.
A LOT OF GREAT THINGS COMING TOGETHER.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE I HAVE A SPECIFIC PASSION FOR ACCESSIBILITY AS WELL.
I'M WORKING ON MY SECOND DOCUMENTARY ABOUT BLIND SUBJECTS, AND SO I'M WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE NATIONAL FEDERATION FOR THE BLIND TO ALSO CREATE SOME MORE ACCESSIBILITY AS WELL IN OUR PROGRAM.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS AGAIN, PLEASE.
MY CONTACT INFO IS FOR YOU GUYS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR PROGRAMING AND WHAT WE DO IN OUR PLANS FOR THIS YEAR, I'M EXCITED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
JUST A QUESTION OF TWO IS IT WAS A FUN EVENT LAST YEAR.
IT WAS IT WAS ALL DAY IF I REMEMBER. RIGHT.
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RIGHT.BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD THE NIGHT PARTY IN THERE.
I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, BUT I WENT THERE DURING THE DAY.
HE DIDN'T STAY THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE THING. WHAT SIGNIFICANT CHANGE FROM WHAT YOU LEARNED LAST YEAR THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR? SO ONE BIG CHANGE IS WE ATTEMPTED TO BECAUSE OUR FIRST YEAR IN AUSTIN WAS SO SUCCESSFUL, WE WERE ANTICIPATING A WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW PEOPLE WOULD COME OUT TO LIKE ON PART.
SO WE WERE ANTICIPATING A LOT OF PEOPLE.
THE GREAT WORK OF APRIL OVER AT VISITOR PARK HELPED US OBTAIN H-E-B CENTER FOR PARKING, AND THAT WAS A HUGE ORDEAL.
OH YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. IT WAS, WHICH WE REALIZED THAT WE DIDN'T NEED TO DO.
AND SO WE'RE PLANNING WITH PARKS ON SHUFFLING THAT STRATEGY AROUND A LITTLE BIT, HAVING ALL OUR ATTENDEES PARK AT THE PARK.
BUT I WONDER IF THAT'S JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE, AT THE END OF THE DAY, JUST STILL WANT TO DRIVE.
THERE'S MANY OTHER PIECES, WHETHER OR NOT HAVING THE UBER OPTION, HOW THAT MAY PLAY INTO.
YEAH, YEAH, WE HAD A GRANT FROM MOVE ABILITY AND MOVABLE TEXAS AND THAT ALLOWED US TO GET DISCOUNTS ON FETTY FETTY RIDES, WHICH IS A CAR SHARING PROGRAM.
AND AND WE WERE EXPLORING WAYS WE CAN GET PEDICABS INVOLVED.
BUT BASED ON HOW EVERYTHING IS KIND OF SITUATED, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT.
THAT'S WHY WE KIND OF MOVED INTO THE KIND OF SHUTTLING OPTION, YOU KNOW, WHICH WAS A $10,000 EXPENSE, WHICH WE DON'T WANT TO DO THIS YEAR, BUT THAT'S GOOD.
YEAH. WELL, A LOT OF GREAT PROGRAMING THIS YEAR.
WE'RE GOING TO BRING A LOT OF GREAT TALENT YOU KNOW, TO THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMING.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR YOU GUYS TO BE THERE.
AND WAS IT NOVEMBER LAST YEAR TO KNOW.
LAST YEAR WAS IN OCTOBER 18TH. I THOUGHT IT WAS HOTTER.
AND ONE OF THE TWO THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IS WITH THE ADVICE OF PARKS, WE'RE MOVING IT TO NOVEMBER.
AND WHICH WILL BE EARLIER NIGHTS SO WE CAN ESTABLISH MORE OF A NIGHT MARKET.
AND THEN ALSO WE'RE SHORTENING IT FROM 8 HOURS TO 6 HOURS.
AND THAT WAY WE CAN REALLY BE IN THE NIGHTTIME.
SOME OTHER FOLKS WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PARK BEING CLOSED.
I GOT A QUESTION JUST FOR STAFF.
WHEN WHATEVER YOU'RE DONE, SOMEBODY'S GOT ANYTHING FOR HIM.
OR I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE GREATER AUSTIN CHAMBER.
THEY. MARK DUVALL HERE IS THE CEO.
THEY ARE OUR FEARLESS PARTNER IN THE GIGANTIC ENDEAVOR THAT WE DO EACH YEAR.
WE COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT THEM.
THEIR SUPPORT IS THE REASON WHY WE CAN STAND HERE TODAY AND WORK WITH YOU GUYS.
NO, JUST IN THE AUTHORIZATION FOR 27, 28.
NOT NECESSARILY TIED TO NOVEMBER.
YOU HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
HOW AUTHORIZED? YOU KNOW, IF YOU AUTHORIZE THIS AND IT HAS A 27, 28 PIECE IN THERE, IS IT TIGHT ANY MONTH, YOU'RE STILL GOING TO ASSESS THAT? I THINK SO EITHER WAY, IT'S REALLY IT'S MORE OF A COMMITMENT FOR A TWO YEAR DEAL THAN ANYTHING. OKAY.
IF NOVEMBER ENDS UP NOT WORKING OUT WE AGREE.
HEY, LET'S LET'S SHIFT THIS A LITTLE BIT.
WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION FOR THOSE SUBSEQUENT YEARS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD A COUPLE THINGS.
ONE, IT WAS IT WAS A GREAT EVENT LAST YEAR.
I DO THINK LIKE ONE OF THE SIDE BENEFITS THAT I DIDN'T ANTICIPATE AT LEAST, WAS WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, ABOUT THE PARKING.
LIKE WE LEARNED AS A CITY SO MUCH ABOUT HOW TO BETTER UTILIZE THAT SPACE AND GET PEOPLE TO AND FROM IT.
AND SO I THINK WE'RE CONTINUE TO BE ON THAT LEARNING JOURNEY TOGETHER.
BUT IT WAS EXACTLY THE KIND OF VIBRANT, GLOBAL, FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT THAT WE CREATED LAKELAND PARK FOR, YOU KNOW, AND SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO HAVE YOU GUYS BACK.
AND AND I HOPE WE HAVE MANY, MANY MORE BESIDES THE TWO POSSIBLE ONES OUT HERE ON THE AGENDA, AND ALSO TO MARK DUVALL AND THE GREATER ASIAN CHAMBER IS ALSO HERE.
I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR INVITING US TO THE IMPACT LUNCHEON LAST WEEK.
IT'S REALLY A LOT OF GREAT DETAIL ABOUT HOW MUCH THE GROWING CONNECTION BETWEEN THE GREATER AUSTIN AREA AND THE ASIAN ECONOMY, AND IS REALLY JUST BENEFITING ALL OF US TO IN WAYS THAT ARE VERY OFTEN VERY ECONOMIC AND VISIBLE IN THOSE WAYS.
BUT IN THIS, THIS MARKET, IN SUCH A WAY OF JUST SHOWING HOW MUCH REALLY IT'S ENRICHING THE ENTIRE QUALITY OF LIFE HERE IN CENTRAL TEXAS.
SO IT'S I THINK YOU MARK FAIRLY YOU DO.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
F3 IS PRESENTED A SECOND MOTION BY HARRISON.
SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DUFFY.
VOTING SCREENS PLEASE OR REFRESH THEM.
MOTION PASSES FORWARD TO SEE YOU ALL IN NOVEMBER.
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ALL RIGHT.[H.1 Consideration Of A Resolution Authorizing A Performance Based Economic Development Agreement Between The Economic Development Sales Tax Corporation Of Cedar Park And Aeon Industrial Inc.]
PLEASE CALL ITEM H ONE CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A PERFORMANCE BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SALES TAX CORPORATION, KNOWN AS THE TYPE A AND AN INDUSTRIAL.TO FALL ASLEEP. I'M JUST KIDDING.
SOME GOOD INFORMATION, SOME GREAT THINGS GOING ON IN THE CITY.
WELL. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M ARTHUR JACKSON, CHIEF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICER HERE FOR THE CITY HERE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERFORMANCE BASED AGREEMENT WITH PROJECT ZEUS.
SO THE COMPANY'S NAME IS AON, AND I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND TOO MUCH TIME DELVING INTO WHAT THEY DO, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST HERE WITH US THIS EVENING.
I WAS GOING TO SAY A FEW REMARKS, AND THAT JOMA CAN DO THE COMPANY MUCH MORE JUSTICE THAN I CAN ABOUT SPEAKING WITH ABOUT THEIR OPERATIONS IN THEIR HISTORY.
SO, IN SHORT, WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT AON COMBINES WARFIGHTER EXPERIENCE WITH WORLD CLASS ENGINEERING TO DELIVER ADVANCED WEAPON SYSTEMS AT SCALE TO BUILD OUR COUNTRY'S NEW TACTICAL ARSENAL.
THIS IS WHERE I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND WELCOME OUR SPECIAL GUESTS.
HE IS ACTUALLY THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF AN INDUSTRIAL NAVY.
THOMAS, HE MAY GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT THE PICTURE THAT'S ON SCREEN NOW.
I KNOW YOU WERE THINKING THAT, BUT I MUST REALLY LIKE THIS GUY.
BECAUSE THIS PROJECT GOT KICKED BACK OFF AFTER TWO YEARS OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ME PICKING UP A PHONE CALL ON A HOLIDAY, AND I'M GLAD I DID.
THE PODIUM IS YOURS AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
IT'S IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE.
BUT BEFORE I START TALKING ABOUT THE COMPANY.
NOT TO MENTION, WHEN I SAW THE ROBOTICS TEAM UP HERE, THE ONLY THING I COULD THINK ABOUT WAS.
HOW DO I HIRE ALL OF THOSE KIDS? ARTHUR, IF YOU COULD CONNECT US, YOU KNOW, LOVE TO SPONSOR THE ROBOTICS CLUB AS WELL.
AS I MENTIONED, MY NAME IS NAVY THOMAS.
I ACTUALLY MOVED HERE FROM THE SAME AREA THAT I THINK COUNCILMEMBER KIRKLAND CAME FROM NORTHERN SAN DIEGO.
IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE MORE NORTHERN SAN DIEGANS HERE AS WELL.
I STARTED IAN BECAUSE I GREW UP BY CAMP PENDLETON, WHICH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST MILITARY BASES ON THE WEST COAST.
AND SO ALL MY NEIGHBORS WERE MARINES GROWING UP.
AND THE NUMBER ONE THING THEY COMPLAINED ABOUT WAS THEY'RE USING THE SAME EXACT WEAPONS THAT THEIR GRANDFATHERS USED IN THE VIETNAM WAR.
THEY'VE SEEN NO INNOVATION IN THE SPACE FOR THE PAST 30 TO 60 YEARS.
A LOT OF THE WEAPONS THESE YOUNG SOLDIERS HAVE TO GO INTO COMBAT WITH ARE BEFORE THEIR TIME. YOU KNOW, IT'S UP TO SOMETIMES AS WELL AS SIX YEARS OLD, AS I WAS MENTIONING.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HEAVY, THEY'RE OUTDATED, THEY'RE INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE.
AND THEY WERE BUILT BEFORE THE ERA OF SOFTWARE.
SO THEY'RE NOT DESIGNED FOR THE TYPE OF CONFLICT WE'RE SEEING TODAY, WHICH IS TECHNOLOGY FOCUSED, WHICH IS AUTONOMY FOCUSED, AUTONOMOUS.
AND THAT'S WHY I STARTED THE COMPANY WAS TO CHANGE THAT.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS WORKING IN THE GOVERNMENT, I SAW FIRSTHAND LOOKING AT THE BUDGETS THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH WEAPON SYSTEMS TO PROTECT OURSELVES.
WE'RE SENDING OUR YOUNG SOLDIERS INTO COMBAT WITH THINGS THAT ARE OUTDATED.
AND THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE FOCUSED ON THAT ISSUE.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I STARTED IAN.
AND IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, WE'VE MOVED INCREDIBLY QUICKLY AS A COMPANY.
WE'VE GROWN FROM REALLY IT WAS TWO GUYS IN A GARAGE TO NOW ALMOST 40 EMPLOYEES AND GROWING.
WE'RE STILL HIRING RIGHT NOW, AND THAT'S PART OF OUR REASON FOR MOVING OUT HERE IS THE SPACE WE HAVE IS SMALL.
WE CALL IT THE SWEATSHOP BECAUSE THERE'S THREE PEOPLE PER OFFICE RIGHT NOW AND ACROSS TWO FACILITIES.
AND THIS IS ACTUALLY OUR MANUFACTURING FACILITY WHERE WE PRODUCE ALL OF OUR PRODUCTS.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO MOVE OUT HERE.
AND MY VISION IS TO BUILD A MASSIVE COMPANY AND CEDAR PARK BEING AT THE HEART OF IT.
SO EXCITED TO INTEGRATE MORE INTO THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING WITH THE ROBOTICS TEAM.
AND, YOU KNOW, OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS AS WELL.
AND TO REALLY GROW WITH THE CITY.
SO OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO SHARE IN GENERAL THAT'S THERE IS THAT ARMY? YEAH, THAT'S GENERAL ADMIRAL, THE COMMANDING GENERAL, FORT HOOD.
HE WAS ONE OF OUR EARLIEST SUPPORTERS.
AND OKAY, HE'LL HE'LL TELL YOU IF YOU GO TO FORT HOOD, THERE'S A LOT OF ARMY VEHICLES THAT DON'T HAVE ANY DEFENSE SYSTEMS ON THEM.
AND THAT'S WHY HE WAS ONE OF OUR EARLIEST CHAMPIONS IS, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO GO AROUND.
AND THAT'S THAT'S WHY WE'RE WE'RE WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH FORT HOOD.
OH WOW. OKAY. THAT'S COOL FOR. YEAH.
YOU GOT OTHER MEMBERS UP HERE WHICH WERE ARTILLERY WHERE I'M A FUEL ARTILLERY OFFICER.
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OKAY. BUT I WENT OVER FOR LOGISTICS, BUT OKAY.I'M ARTILLERY. IT'S VERY COOL.
SO I THINK YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THE SPACE WE PLAY TOW MISSILES, JAVELINS.
THOSE COLLECTIVE SYSTEMS ARE INCREDIBLY OUTDATED FOR TODAY AND NOT BEING PRODUCED ENOUGH AT SCALE.
IN FACT, THEY WERE OUTDATED WHEN KEVIN WAS.
I WAS LIKE, WE MAY HAVE TO HAVE A DEMO.
YOU GUYS ARE WELCOME TO COME TO SOME OF OUR TESTS.
SO YEAH, WE WE HAVE YOU GUYS ARE ALL INVITED.
WE HAVE FOUR VETERANS UP HERE, SOME MILITARY FILM MEMBERS AND A BLUE STAR MOTHER.
AND SO I THINK ALL OF US RECOGNIZE JUST HOW IMPORTANT COMPANIES LIKE YOURS ARE AND WHAT A GREAT FIT WE ARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, OUR GEOGRAPHY, BEING CLOSE TO OUR FUTURES COMMAND, AS WELL AS FORT HOOD AND ALL THE INNOVATION GONE THROUGHOUT CENTRAL TEXAS.
BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE OUR COMMUNITY AS A SPECIAL HOME AND ATTACHMENT TO SUPPORTING THE WARFIGHTER AND INNOVATION.
AND WHEN YOU GET TO BOTH THE SAME TIME, IT'S REALLY EXCITING.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY WHY WE CHOSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MANY CITIES AROUND HERE, RIGHT? AND WE CHOSE CEDAR PARK FOR A REASON.
AND, YOU KNOW, KUDOS TO ARTHUR FOR MOVING INCREDIBLY QUICKLY WITH US AND KIND OF WALKING US THROUGH THE PROCESS AND HELPING US FIND A HOME.
BUT THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT REALLY STUCK OUT TO ME IS, YOU KNOW, THE SPACE THAT WE'RE IN REQUIRES THE CITY IS ABLE TO MOVE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
YOU KNOW, AS A STARTUP, WE MOVE FAST, RIGHT.
AND AND WE NEED WE NOT ONLY NEED A PARTNER THAT COULD MOVE FAST WITH US, BUT WE ALSO NEED THE TALENT HERE.
AND A LOT OF OUR TEAM ACTUALLY COMES FROM BARFLY.
AND SO THE COMPANIES ARE BASED OUT OF HERE.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE PART OF THE ECOSYSTEM.
IT WAS INCREDIBLE FOR YOUR COMMENT ABOUT SEEING ALL THESE YOUNG HIGH SCHOOL FOR ROBOTICS, HOW, YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY THE NEXT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SITTING THROUGH THIS WHOLE EVENING.
IT'S ALL GOOD, BUT I'M GLAD YOU DID BECAUSE I THINK YOU GOT TO SEE WHY.
WHAT YOU DO AND WHAT YOU BRING TO THE CITY IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT SUPPORTS ECOSYSTEM AND AMAZING PARKS DEPARTMENT, THAT AMAZING FIRST RESPONDERS, AS WELL AS BRINGING UP THE NEXT GENERATION OF INNOVATORS.
RIGHT. NONE OF THAT COULD HAPPEN WITHOUT GREAT BUSINESSES.
AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU AS AS OUR NEXT GREAT BIG.
AND I'M ALREADY GOING TO TAG YOU TO COME TO THE INCUBATOR KIDS AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL ENTREPRENEUR, YOU KNOW, THINKING AND REALLY PUTTING OUT SOME AMAZING STUFF.
SO WE'D LOVE TO TALK TO HIM. WE'RE GOING TO CONNECT. RIGHT.
THANKS, GUYS. THIS IS EXCITING. THANK YOU. WELCOME.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? ALL RIGHT. YEAH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S LET'S FINISH THE CEREMONY.
AND OUR FRIENDS THERE, AND THEY'RE INCREDIBLE WORK.
THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE RATED SCHOOL DISTRICT IN ALL OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY.
SO WE LEVERAGE THAT STAT TO BE ABLE TO RECRUIT GREAT COMPANIES LIKE THIS.
SO BUT ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I PROMISE I'LL BE QUICK.
THE COMPANY IS ANTICIPATED TO SIGN A LEASE AND ACTUALLY BE THE FIRST TENANT AT OUR CEDAR TECH ONE DEVELOPMENT THEY'RE LOOKING AT, I BELIEVE, THE BUILDING IN THE VERY BACK, BUILDING ONE, AND THEY'LL BE TAKING DOWN 48,000FT² THERE ON SCOTTSDALE DRIVE.
NOW, AS FAR AS THE INCENTIVE GOES, AND FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE THIS EVENING IS A $1.5 MILLION PERFORMANCE BASED GRANT BETWEEN THE CITIES OF CEDAR PARK AND AN INDUSTRIAL INC IN RETURN, THE COMPANY IS COMMITTING TO LEASING AND OCCUPYING A FACILITY WITHIN OUR CITY.
HIT THEIR TOTAL PAYROLL TARGET OF OVER 15 MILLION, COMPLETED APPROXIMATELY 8.5 MILLION IN CAPITAL INVESTMENT WITHIN THE CITY, AND GENERATE NOT LESS THAN $200,000 ANNUALLY IN SALES TAX REVENUE.
AND AS ALWAYS, THE AGREEMENT IS STRUCTURED AS PERFORMANCE BASED, WHICH MEANS IT'S TIED TO THE COMPANY MEETING MILESTONES THAT ARE IN YOUR BACKUPS THIS EVENING FOR YOU TO REVIEW.
WITH THAT SAID, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
AND MAYOR COUNCIL, IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, PLEASE MAKE A MOTION.
HAPPY TO PUT A MOTION FORWARD.
PUT A MOTION FORWARD FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE PROPOSAL H1 AS PRESENTED.
COUNCIL MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER FRASER.
I THINK COUNCILMEMBER ENDERS MADE IT TO THE SECOND.
MAUREEN WAS QUICK ON THE DRAW THERE. SO.
MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY MAKING A MOVE FOR BEING HERE AND JOINING US.
ARTHUR, FOR ANSWERING THAT CALL ON THE WEEKEND.
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I KNOW THAT WAS NEVER TAKE THE DAY OFF.[H.2 Consideration Of A Resolution Authorizing An Agreement For Professional Landscape Architectural Services With SWA Group For Design And Construction Phase Services For The Lakeline Park Phase 2 Project In An Amount Not To Exceed $2,100,000. ]
PLEASE CALL ITEM H TWO.CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES WITH SWA GROUP FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PHASE SERVICES FOR THE LAKELAND PARK PHASE TWO PROJECT.
MY NAME IS CALEB STOCKTON, SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER WITH THE ENGINEERING AND CAPITAL PROJECTS DEPARTMENT.
ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS TO AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A DESIGN SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH SWA GROUP FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PHASE SERVICES FOR THE LAKE LINE PARK PHASE TWO PROJECT.
THIS AGREEMENT IS SEPARATE FROM THE MASTER PLANNING SERVICES AGREEMENT, PREVIOUSLY EXECUTED WITH SWA GROUP, BUT UTILIZES THE SAME REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS PROCESS.
FUNDING FOR THE LAKE LINE PARK PHASE TWO PROJECT IS PROVIDED BY THE 2022 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND PROGRAM.
LAKELAND PARK IS A 226 ACRE TRACT LOCATED BETWEEN LITTLE ELM TRAIL, BELL BOULEVARD, AND LAKELAND BOULEVARD.
PHASE ONE OF LAKELAND PARK DEVELOPMENT WAS COMPLETED IN 2023, WITH THE PROJECT SCOPE CONSISTING LARGELY OF DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF MUIR LAKE AND A TRAIL AROUND THE LAKE.
SEEKING THE MOST QUALIFIED DESIGN FIRM FOR THE PROJECT, CITY STAFF POSTED A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS IN JANUARY ON JANUARY 29TH OF 2025 FOR BOTH MASTER PLANNING AND DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE PROJECT.
UPON COMPLETION OF GRADING, STATEMENTS OF QUALIFICATIONS AND INTERVIEWS, THE SELECTION COMMITTEE DETERMINED SWA GROUP WAS THE MOST HIGHLY QUALIFIED FIRM TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES.
PER THE RFQ AND INITIAL AGREEMENT WOULD BE EXECUTED FOR MASTER PLANNING SERVICES ONLY, WITH A SEPARATE AGREEMENT TO BE EXECUTED FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PHASE SERVICES.
UPON COMPLETION AND APPROVAL OF THE MASTER PLAN ON MAY 8TH, 2025, COUNCIL APPROVED AN AGREEMENT WITH SWA GROUP FOR MASTER PLANNING SERVICES FOR LAKELAND PARK.
THE MASTER PLANNING EFFORTS LOOKED AT THE PARK HOLISTICALLY AND ENGAGED BOTH THE PUBLIC AND CITY STAFF TO DETERMINE HOW TO BEST DEVELOP THE PARK, BOTH IN PHASE TWO AND LONG TERM.
THE RESULTING 2026 MASTER PLAN WAS PRESENTED TO AND APPROVED BY COUNCIL ON APRIL 23RD, 2026, PENDING APPROVAL OF THE DESIGN AGREEMENT.
THIS EVENING, THE INTENDED SCHEDULE MOVING FORWARD IS TO HAVE DESIGN COMPLETED SPRING OF 2027, WITH CONSTRUCTION COMMENCING SUMMER OF 2027 AND LAKELAND PARK PHASE TWO OPENING FALL OF 2028.
A KEY DELIVERABLE OF THE 2026 LAKELAND PARK MASTER PLAN WAS TO PROVIDE A GUIDELINE FOR HOW TO PROCEED WITH PHASE TWO OF THE PROJECT.
THAT CONCEPTUAL PHASE TWO PLAN IS SHOWN IN THIS RENDERING AND AN INTENDED DESIGN FEATURES OF THE PHASE TWO PROJECT INCLUDE ADDITIONAL VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ON THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDES OF THE PARK, ADDITIONAL RESTROOM FACILITIES, INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES TO ACCESS AND INTERACT WITH THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE PROPERTY.
IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING DEVELOPMENT SUCH AS INCREASED SHADE, ECOLOGICAL REHABILITATION, A DISC GOLF COURSE, ADDED PARKING AND ADDITIONAL TRAILS.
AS A RESULT, CITY STAFF ARE NOW READY TO COMMENCE TRANSLATING THE PHASE TWO PORTION OF THE MASTER PLAN INTO CONSTRUCTION READY DOCUMENTS.
THE SCOPE INCLUDED IN THE AGREEMENT PRESENTED TONIGHT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING SERVICES REQUIRED FOR BOTH DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PHASES OF THE LAKELAND PARK PHASE TWO PROJECT.
CIVIL, STRUCTURAL AND ENGINEERING.
ARCHEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL INVESTIGATIONS.
ECOLOGICAL, GEOTECHNICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS.
HAVING SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE MASTER PLANNING SERVICES AGREEMENT.
CITY STAFF RECOMMENDS AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PHASE AGREEMENT WITH SWA GROUP FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,100,000.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE NOW.
WHAT IS THE TIMELINE? WE ARE LOOKING FOR THIS THING TO BE COMPLETED.
THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES.
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YEAH.SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR DESIGN TO BE COMPLETED AROUND SPRING OF 2027 AND CONSTRUCTION TO HOPEFULLY BE COMPLETED FALL OF 2028.
THOSE ARE PROJECTIONS AS OF RIGHT NOW.
CAN YOU REMIND ME HOW MANY PARKING PLACES WERE PUTTING IN? BECAUSE I REMEMBER WE WENT BACK AND FORTH.
WE STILL NEED TO DO FURTHER ANALYSIS ON THAT.
I THINK THAT THE MASTER PLAN SHOWED 74.
YEAH, I GUESS THE ORIGINALLY IT WAS 50 AND THEN WE TRIED TO GO UP.
THERE'S STILL SOME OPEN THINGS BECAUSE EVEN WITH THE PRODUCTION BRIDGE COMING IN AND THOSE THINGS.
BUT AND THE FAR BACK SIDE, HOW MANY PARKING SPACES.
BUT THE MAJORITY OF ALL THE OTHER COOL STUFF IS WHERE WE'RE GOING.
YOU GOT GOT TIME WITH JUST AS YOU KIND OF GO.
ONE OF THE THINGS WITH ADDITIONAL PARKING THAT WE'RE INCLUDING ON THE SOUTH SIDE WITH THE NEW ENTRANCE.
IS THAT THE LONG TERM MASTER PLAN ALSO SHOWS FURTHER POTENTIAL FOR FURTHER EXPANSION OF THAT PARKING AS WELL.
THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. THAT WAS RIGHT.
WE WEREN'T RUSHED TO DO THAT INITIALLY AND THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION.
WE CAN GET AWAY WITH IT. RIGHT, RIGHT.
AND ONCE THE DESIGN IS COMPLETE, WILL WE BE ABLE TO REVIEW IT? YES, IT WILL BE BROUGHT.
DO WE ANTICIPATE ANY SECTIONS OF THE PARK TO BE CLOSED FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME DURING CONSTRUCTION, AND HOW LONG AND WHAT SECTIONS? MAYBE.
IT REALLY DEPENDS ON EXACTLY WHAT THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT ENDS UP BEING AS WE GO THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS.
YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT WHAT IT IS, YOU KNOW, AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE MASTER PLAN FOR PHASE TWO, I WOULDN'T I WOULDN'T ENVISION REAL SIGNIFICANT CLOSURES TO EXISTING AMENITIES.
SO JUST THE TRAIL, MINOR INCREASES, BUT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TRAIL CLOSURES ALONG THE WAY. YES.
WE OPEN UP MORE OF THAT, BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN TEMPORARIES WE CAN DO TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL INGRESS AND EGRESS POINTS PLANNED LIKE ADDITIONAL LIKE WALKING PATHS TO GET TO IT OR WAYS TO GET IN AND OUT ON THE SOUTH SIDE? WE'RE ENVISIONING A AN ADDITIONAL VEHICULAR ACCESS.
OH, SORRY. I MEANT LIKE WALKING. BIKING. YEP.
AND THEN EXTENDING THE TRAIL TO THE WEST TO LET ALONE.
OKAY, OUT THE WEST END OF THE PARK.
THAT'S THE ONE I'M EXCITED ABOUT.
YEAH, YEAH, IT'LL BE A KEY COMPONENT OF CONTINUING TO CONNECT THE TRAILS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE BRIDGE.
ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
ALL RIGHT. MOTION BY HARRISON.
WE MISSED THE BOW TIE, THOUGH.
YOU STILL FELT OFF A LITTLE BIT.
ALL RIGHT. PLEASE CALL ITEM H3.
[H.3 Consideration Of A Resolution Authorizing The Purchase Of A Replacement Combination Sewer Vacuum Truck In An Amount Not To Exceed $615,000.]
CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THEIR PURCHASE OF A REPLACEMENT COMBINATION SEWER OR VACUUM TRUCK.MOSTLY CAME FOR THE NERD NIGHT ANNOUNCEMENT.
WHEN I DO IT, IT'S CALLED SUFFERING.
I'M DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES FOR THE CITY.
TONIGHT, WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL AND THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF A REPLACEMENT COMBINATION SEWER VACUUM TRUCK FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
NORMALLY, THE PURCHASE OF VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT OCCUR IN THE FALL.
HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. NOW IT'S A 12 YARD COMBINATION BACK TRUCK, ALSO CALLED A THAT CAN.
THE FUNDING WOULD COME FROM BOTH THE CLAIM AND AS WELL AS THE VS THE CONTRIBUTIONS.
THE UNIT IS AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY.
WE'RE WE'RE GETTING A DISCOUNTED PRICE BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY PURCHASING A DEMO MODEL.
TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 252 REQUIRES, UNLESS EXEMPTED, BEFORE ENTERING A CONTRACT, REQUIRES AN EXPENDITURE $100,000 AND THIS MUST COMPLY WITH COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESSES.
CHAPTER 271 PROVIDES THAT PURCHASES MADE THROUGH PROCESSING COOPERATIVES SATISFY THE STATE LAW REQUIRING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS BIDS.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE A PURCHASE OF THIS VEHICLE FROM THE NOT NOT TO EXCEED $615,000.
AND I WILL NOW ANSWER ANY SEWER TRUCK QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
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COMBO SEWER.IT'S IT'S DEFINITELY THE MOST EXCITING THING HAPPENING TONIGHT.
I MEAN, I IMAGINE THERE'S NORMALLY QUITE A LEAD TIME FOR ITS KIND OF VEHICLES AND STUFF THAT WE REALLY LIKE.
AND SO WE GOT PRETTY LUCKY WITH THIS DEMO MODEL.
MOTION BY CUSTOMER BY COUNCIL MEMBER FRASER.
ERIC I'LL SEE YOU AT NERD NIGHT.
[H.4 Consideration Of A Resolution Authorizing The Commissioning Of A Mural At The RE|CREATE Facility.]
H FOR CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSIONING OF A MURAL AT THE CREATE FACILITY.MAYOR AND COUNCIL, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER.
GOT AN ITEM THAT'S IN CONTENTION FOR THE EXCITEMENT OF THE EVENING.
THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS TO AUTHORIZE AN AGREEMENT.
COMMISSION A MURAL AT THE NEW RECREATE FACILITY.
SO ONE OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC GOALS STRATEGIES IS TO INTEGRATE ART BOTH INTO NEW FACILITIES THAT ARE BEING BUILT WITHIN THE CITY, AS WELL AS FACILITIES THAT ARE BEING RENOVATED.
THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING TO TRANSFORM THE PREVIOUS CEDAR PARK LIBRARY AND TO RECREATE, WHICH WILL BE A FACILITY OFFERING MULTI-GENERATIONAL PROGRAMING RANGING FROM ART, FITNESS, THEATER, EDUCATION AND MUCH, MUCH MORE.
AND SO STAFF THOUGHT THIS WAS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO INTEGRATE SOME ART OUTSIDE OF THE SPACE.
AND SO STAFF ISSUED A CALL FOR OUR PROPOSALS COMMISSION OF MURAL BACK IN FEBRUARY, AND DID ASK FOR ARTIST SUBMITTING PROPOSALS TO INCLUDE A THEME THAT'S FAMILY FRIENDLY, THAT WOULD BE INTERACTIVE AND APPEAR 3D.
AND THEN FINALLY, THAT INCLUDES SOME ELEMENTS THAT CAPTURE SOME OF THE RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES AROUND THE CITY, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE NATURAL SCENIC BEAUTY.
SO STAFF DID RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY 60 DESIGN PROPOSALS FOR THIS PARTICULAR MURAL BY THIS MIDDLE DEADLINE, WHICH IS MARCH 20TH, AND STAFF DID EVALUATE THAT USING THE CRITERIA ON YOUR SCREEN IN CREATING THE ARTIST EXPERIENCE, DURABILITY, PRICE, TIMELINE FOR COMPLETION, AND FINALLY, JUST COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE CALL.
SO BEFORE I SHOW YOU THE RENDERING OF THE MIRROR, I JUST DID WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE SITE.
THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT DID IDENTIFY THE ASPHALT AREA DEPICTED ON YOUR SCREEN AS A GRAY AREA.
IT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE DOOR AS YOU'RE WALKING IN, AND SO IT HAS LOTS OF HIGH VISIBILITY AS PEOPLE VISITING THE CENTER CAN EXPERIENCE SOME ART ALONG THE WAY.
THIS PARTICULAR AREA IS APPROXIMATELY 71FT LONG BY 11FT WIDE, AND SO THIS PARTICULAR MURAL WILL BE ONE OF THE LARGER ONES WITHIN THE CITY.
SO AFTER REVIEWING PROPOSAL, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE MURAL PROPOSED BY DOGAN.
THIS IS AN ORIGINAL WORK OF ART AND UNLIKE PREVIOUS MURALS WITHIN THE CITY, WILL UTILIZE PERSPECTIVE BASED OR A 3D IMAGERY.
JUST TO ORIENT YOU TO THE MURAL, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THIS IS KIND OF AN OVERHEAD VIEW.
AND SO YOU SEE THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT VIEWING POINTS.
VIEW A IS AS YOU'RE WALKING TOWARDS THE DOOR.
AND SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR A GOOD FOOD OPPORTUNITY WITH THE KAYAK.
THE SECOND OPPORTUNITY TO BE WILL BE AS YOU'RE COMING OUT THE DOOR LOOKING TOWARDS THE PARKING LOT.
AND SO THOSE WHO ARE ADVENTUROUS AND LIKING SOME DANGER MAY HAVE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TRYING TO CROSS THE BRIDGE ACROSS THE CREEK THERE.
THE TOTAL COST COMMISSION MURAL IS $22,000, AND FUNDING FOR THAT WILL COME FROM THE PUBLIC ART FUND.
SO IF SELECTED BY IF YOU BY THE COUNCIL, THE ARTIST, THE ARTIST WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THE SELECTION.
THEN STAFF WILL GO AHEAD AND COORDINATE WITH THEM TO GET THAT INSTALLED THIS SUMMER.
AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
SO ONE OF THE CRITERIA IS ALWAYS DURABILITY.
SO WHAT I'M THAT'S LIKE A CERTAIN TYPE OF PAINT THAT HE'S USING AND THEN WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO TOUCH UP IF THERE'S FADING.
JUST BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT TEXAS SUN IS BRUTAL.
SO HE'LL USE AN OUTDOOR FLOOR TYPE PAINT AS THE PRIMARY COAT THAT HE USES TO PAINT, AND THEN HE'S GOING TO GO OVER IT WITH A CLEAR COAT AS WELL.
USUALLY WHEN WE COMMISSION THE ARTSY, WE KIND OF ASK THE ARTIST, HEY, WHAT'S YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UPKEEP AS WELL? AND SO WE'LL SPEAK WITH HIM AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE CONTRACT ON THAT.
AND I THINK WHEN I WAS AT THE OTHER DAY, CALEB MENTIONED THAT IT'S THERE BECAUSE FOLKS KNOW THAT THAT WAS A DRIVE THROUGH TO DROP OFF BOOKS.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE, THAT'LL BE CLOSED OFF BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GO THROUGH.
AND IS THIS ARTIST A LOCAL ARTIST.
SO HE'S LOCATED IN FLORIDA, BUT HE HAS ART THROUGHOUT THE NATION.
FLORIDA, I BELIEVE CALIFORNIA.
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HE ACTUALLY HAS SOME INSTALLATIONS WORLDWIDE AS WELL.SO AND HE DOES SPECIALIZE IN THIS 3D TYPE OF ART.
THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY COOL.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE STUFF YOU SAW UP IN THE MOVIE, MADE VISITS TO OTHER CITIES, THIS 3D ART PIECE WAS ON THE GROUND AND ON THE WALL, BUT I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE.
I HAVE, LIKE KIND OF LIKE MY WAY OUT.
YEAH. AMAZING WHAT PEOPLE CAN DO.
AND I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO HAVE THIS KIND OF REALLY INNOVATIVE ART IN A FACILITY THAT IS IN SELF.
IT'S REALLY INNOVATIVE IN THE CITY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO US.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YEAH.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM H FOR SECOND MOTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER IS FIRST MOTION.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER DUFFY.
THANK YOU, JACOB, FOR THIS PROPOSAL.
CONGRATS, DARREN. I GOT THE MOTION PASSED.
I WAS WAITING FOR THE MURAL ONE, SO THAT'S GOOD.
[H.5 Consideration Of Appointments To The Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority (BCRUA) Board Of Directors. ]
PLEASE CALL ITEM H FIVE.CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENTS TO THE BRUSH CREEK REGIONAL UTILITY AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND COUNCIL.
WE DON'T HAVE A LONG PRESENTATION OF THIS, BUT JUST AS A WAY OF REMINDER, THE BCR EWA HAS SIX BOARD MEMBERS, TWO FROM EACH MEMBER CITY, THEREFORE, TWO FROM CEDAR PARK, ROUND ROCK AND LEANDER.
AND I THINK WHEN YOU READ THE THE TERMS THAT ARE USED, WHICH IS COUNCIL DIRECTOR AND CITIZEN DIRECTOR, IT SOUNDS ODD.
OF COURSE, THERE'S HISTORY TO ALL OF THAT.
BUT JUST AS A REMINDER, THE COUNCIL DIRECTORS ARE THE VOTING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
AND SO EACH CITY HAS A COUNCIL DIRECTOR.
ITS CITY ALSO HAS A CITIZEN DIRECTOR, IN WHICH CEDAR PARK AND ROUND ROCK HAVE, FROM THE BEGINNING FILLED THOSE POSITIONS ALSO WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS BASED ON WATER LANDER AT THAT PERIOD OF TIME WHEN THIS WAS STARTED, HAD A DIFFERENT DESIRE FOR THEIR CITY.
SO WE ACCOMMODATED THAT BY CALLING IT SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
AND IT REALLY IS JUST THE NON-VOTING MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
AND SO WITH THAT, COUNCIL MEMBER DUFFY HAS SERVED AS OUR COUNCIL DIRECTOR.
I SHOULD KNOW THIS NOTE EIGHT YEARS AND COUNCIL MEMBER KIRKLAND HAS BEEN OUR CITIZEN DIRECTOR.
THOSE ARE TWO YEAR TERMS. THEY WILL EXPIRE IN JUNE OF 2026.
AND SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR THOSE THOSE APPOINTMENTS FOR BOTH THE COUNCIL DIRECTOR AND THE CITIZEN DIRECTOR.
AND SEEN AS THE PHASE TWO IS STILL IN CONSTRUCTION, AND WE'RE REALLY ACTIVELY WORKING ON A RECOVERY SCHEDULE WITH OUR SUBCONTRACTOR AND WE'RE IN BUDGET.
I WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO CONTINUE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE SAM ROBERTS IS ALSO A MANAGER AND I LOVE WORKING WITH HIM.
BUT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KIRKLAND NO LONGER BEING HERE, I NEED A PARTNER.
WELL, I WOULD SUPPORT AND YOU CONTINUE, ESPECIALLY NOW YOU'RE IN A PRESIDENT ROLE.
I'D BE INTERESTED IN SERVING AS AN OPTION.
I'LL BE BACK AND LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, THEY MEET EVERY MONTH ON WEDNESDAY.
LOOKS LIKE THEY HAD MEETINGS IN JANUARY. MARCH? I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAD ONE IN MAY, FEBRUARY AND APRIL GOT CANCELED.
AND I YOU KNOW, HAVING WATCHED THE PHASE TWO PIECE, YOU KNOW, BEEN OUT THERE A FEW TIMES, I'M IN NO PHASE THREE WILL START UNTIL THAT.
THAT'LL BE SCHEDULED HERE SOON, I GUESS.
BUT HAVING SOME FAMILIARITY OF WHAT WE'VE APPROVED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, OBVIOUSLY HAVING SAM ROBERTS OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THE GM NOW IS IS A GREAT THING FOR ALL THOSE CITIES.
BUT FOR WHAT, YOU KNOW, DOES AS A REGIONAL SUPPORT UTILITY FOR CEDAR PARK, LEANDER AND RONALD ROCKS AN IMPORTANT PIECE. SO YEAH I AND YEAH.
AND JUST FOR JUST FOR CLARITY WE HAVE WE DO A BRIEFING MEETING.
OH YOU STILL THE FIRST WEDNESDAY.
SECOND DAY WAS THE SECOND WEDNESDAY.
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YEAH.SO WE DO HAVE BRIEFING BREAKING MEETING 30 MINUTES.
OH, SO THAT'S NOT ONLY VIA ZOOM.
YEAH. THAT'S OUR BRIEFING MEETING.
AND THEN THE MEETING IS THE LAST WEDNESDAY KIND OF MAYBE THE DAY DEPENDING ON HOLIDAY SCHEDULE.
AND I SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN FROM PAST YEARS, NOT EVERY SINGLE MONTH THEY HAVE A MEETING.
JUST IF THERE'S NOTHING TO REALLY GO OVER, YOU KNOW, FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS IS BIG WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE GOT THIS PUSH FOR THE DEEP WATER INTAKE PROJECT.
AND SO NOW THAT LEANDER HAD A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE, THINGS THAT THEY NEEDED TO GET THEIR ARMS AROUND TO, SO THERE WAS A NEED AND EVEN JUST GETTING SOME OF THE RIGHT OF WAY.
AND THEN THE FOLKS IN TRAILS END ARE IMPACTED.
SO THERE, THERE THERE'S THINGS THAT POP UP ALL THE TIME.
AND RIGHT, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE WORKING OVERTIME WITH WELL, I SHOULD SAY THE OSAGE IS WORKING OVERTIME WITH OUR SUBCONTRACTOR TO GET THAT RECOVERY SCHEDULE.
WELL, YEAH, WE GOT UPDATED ON THAT A FEW MONTHS AGO ON THAT PIECE ANYWAY.
BUT ANYWAY, YEAH, I'D BE INTERESTED IF NO ONE ELSE OR SOMEBODY ELSE GETS CONSIDERATION.
I THINK IT'S REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT TIME FOR LIKE, REALLY, WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT RESILIENCE PROJECTS IN THE WHOLE STATE OF TEXAS? AND SO I THINK HAVING SOME EXPERIENCE ON THAT CONTINUE ON THAT BOARD IS REALLY HELPFUL. AND COUNCILMEMBER FRED WAS ALSO INTERESTED IN THE APPOINTMENT.
YEAH, I WAS I MEAN, I WOULD LOVE FOR AN TO CONTINUE.
I THINK SHE HAS A GREAT ASSET TO THE BOARD AND I WOULD BE HONORED TO SERVE WITH HER.
BUT I KNOW COUNCILMAN HARRIS WOULD BE A GREAT SERVICEMAN AS WELL.
DUKE IT OUT, I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO ARM WRESTLE FOR SURE.
I'LL DEFER TO YOU IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SERVING.
I KEEP KEEP KEVIN BUSY AS MAYOR PRO TEM.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO SIGN ME UP FOR THE SHARK TANK.
AND DON'T FORGET, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THAT.
NO, NO, DON'T SAY THE THE POLAR THING. YOU DEFINITELY.
THAT'S PART OF BEING MAYOR PROTECTING THE POLAR BEAR PLUNGE BECAUSE I ALWAYS MANAGE TO TRAVEL THAT THAT DAY.
HOW CONVENIENT. HOW CONVENIENT.
YEAH I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE AND ALEXIS TO SERVE AND AND AS THE COUNCIL DIRECTOR AND AND ALEXIS AS A CITIZEN DIRECTOR.
[H.6 Consideration Of An Appointment To The Capital Area Council Of Governments (“CAPCOG”) Clean Air Coalition.]
ALL RIGHT.AS A REMINDER, CAPCOM IS THE CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, AND THEY HAVE SEVERAL ROLES.
AND SO ONE OF THOSE IS THE CLEAN AIR COALITION.
WE'VE BEEN MEMBERS OF THAT FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND WE'VE HAD COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SOMETIMES WE'VE HAD COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE AND AT OTHER TIMES NOT NOT AS MUCH.
AND SO WE DO HAVE A STAFF MEMBER THAT WE HAVE ENGAGED.
AND Y'ALL MAY RECALL THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE RESILIENCY PROGRAM MANAGER WITH THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, WHICH WERE REALLY GLAD ABOUT.
WE'VE ACTUALLY MADE A HIGHER FOR THAT POSITION.
SO JACOB AND ERIC ARE LIKE SORT OF HANDING THE BATON FROM A STAFF LEVEL PERSPECTIVE.
AND THE CLEAN AIR COALITION HAS REQUESTED IF A COUNCIL MEMBER, WHICH WOULD BE A VOTING MEMBER OF THE CLEAN AIR COALITION AND COUNCIL MEMBER, JEFF'S HAS PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN THAT ROLE FOR US.
AND SO IT'S BEEN VACANT SINCE JANUARY.
SO ALSO ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY SHOULD ANYONE ON COUNCIL DESIRE TO BE IN THAT ROLE. AND.
OF COURSE I WAS LIKE FOUR TIMES.
I'M LIKE, WHAT? WHAT'S A QUARTER? DOES THE CLEAN AIR COALITION MEMBER ALSO NEED TO BE PART OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR CAPCOM AND COUNCILMEMBER JEFF'S? WAS IT OKAY? AND LIKE ALL THE TIME.
WE'LL VERIFY THAT, THOUGH I THINK THEY REALLY ARE LOOKING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR AGAIN TO HAVE A COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, REGIONAL COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THAT COALITION.
IT'S A SUBSET OF LIKE THE ED, BUT YOU'VE HAD SOME OTHERS WHERE THEY'VE NOT NECESSARILY BEEN GENERAL COUNCIL, BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE WE PUT A PIN IN THAT.
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SO EVEN IF YOU GET AN IF, IF Y'ALL HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TONIGHT, IF SOMEBODY WHO ISN'T ON THE GENERAL COUNCIL BUT YOU NEED TO DO THAT, I'M LIKE, WE'LL BRING.WE'LL GET THIS ONE. YEAH. AND WE'LL BRING THAT.
HOW MANY HOW MANY SPOTS IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
THREE. AND THEN SAID GENERAL COUNCIL.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY. THANK YOU. YEAH I DO.
I AM I'VE BEEN POUTING FOR FOUR YEARS.
SORRY, I THOUGHT I WASN'T I KNOW I SAID THE SAME THING.
Y'ALL ACTUALLY JUST WENT THROUGH THIS.
COUNCIL MEMBER FRANCIS, THE MAYOR AND HARRIS.
WELL, THAT ONLY MEETS TWICE A YEAR.
OKAY. RIGHT. BECAUSE IT MEANS QUARTERLY.
YEAH, I'VE BEEN GOING TO THAT.
I DIDN'T THINK I HAD TO GO TO THE OTHER ONE.
MAYBE YOU WANT TO BRING THAT BACK ANYWAY. YEAH.
WE'RE ONLY PUSHING FOR CLEANING OUR COALITION TONIGHT.
ANYONE INTERESTED IN THAT ROLE? I'M INTERESTED.
SOMEBODY ELSE? OKAY, WELL, THEN I GUESS YOU'RE STUCK WITH IT, THEN.
WHAT'S THE SCOPE OF WORK, EXACTLY? THAT'S THE RIGHT ANSWER.
AND THEN I'LL JUST FORMALLY MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT COUNCILMEMBER ANDERS TO THE CLEAN AIR COALITION.
COUNCILMEMBER URIAH CAST YOUR VOTES.
THANK YOU, MIKE, FOR STEPPING UP.
YOU'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT PARTICULATE MATTER THAN YOU EVER EXPECTED.
DEAR TO MY HEART, GOING TO BE THE SAME VERNACULAR.
ERIC. FAMILIAR? I'M LIKE A LOT OF SCIENCE.
CONSIDER ACTION, IF ANY, ON ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[H.8 Mayor And Council Closing Comments. ]
AND THAT BRINGS US TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL CLOSING COMMENTS.WELL, AGAIN, GOOD EVENING TO YOU, ALL OF YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS LATE AS WELL.
THIS WAS OUR OFFICIAL FIRST CITY COUNCIL MEETING AFTER GETTING ELECTED.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND LOOKING FORWARD AS WELL.
AND WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH SOME ONBOARDING SESSIONS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL WITH OUR AWESOME CITY STAFF BRENDA, BO, YOKO, CHRIS.
THE WHOLE STAFF HAS BEEN AMAZING AND SUPER, SUPER, SUPER, SUPER SUPPORTIVE.
AND PARDON ME IF I MISSED ANYBODY ON THE CITY STAFF HERE, BUT STILL LEARNING THAT, YOU KNOW, TO TREAD THE WATERS HERE.
THE CITY HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB SO FAR, SO IT'S PRETTY EXCITING TO SEE ALL THE THINGS, WHAT HAS BEEN DONE SO FAR, WHAT'S IN THE PIPELINE AS WELL? THE STRATEGIC GOALS FOR OUR CITY, WHICH HAS BEEN PLANNED, LOOKS AMAZING.
AND WHAT WE ARE TODAY AT CEDAR PARK IS THE FORESIGHT AND THE HARD WORK OF ALL THE CITY STAFF.
THE CITY COUNCIL WAS SERVED HERE FOR YEARS, AND I DEFINITELY FEEL VERY PROUD AND PRIVILEGED TO BE A PART OF IT, AND LOOKING FORWARD FOR MANY MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE THE CITY A MUCH MORE BEAUTIFUL PLACE FOR ALL OF US.
AND I'M REALLY EXCITED AGAIN TO BE HERE ON THE DESK.
THANK YOU, CEDAR PARK RESIDENTS, AND GOD BLESS CEDAR PARK.
ALL THE CITY STAFF, LEANNE AND BO AND BRENDA, ASHLEY AND EVERYBODY.
JUST I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WHEN WE GOT TO THIS MEETING. IT'S OUR FIRST MEETING. RIGHT.
BUT THEY'VE SPENT THE LAST FEW WEEKS, HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS PREPARING US FOR THIS.
SO ONCE THEY. I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT.
AND AS YOUR NEW CAPCOM AND CLEAN AIR REP, I'M PROMISED TO REPRESENT AS WELL.
AND LOOK OUT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. SO THANK YOU.
THANKS TO STAFF FOR ALL THE TIME YOU PUT IN FOR THE THE ONBOARDING.
AND YEAH, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE MURAL.
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FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, I'M A BIG FAN OF MURALS.I'VE PAINTED SEVERAL MURALS MYSELF.
AND THEN THE SECOND MOST EXCITING THING WAS THE BACKDROP FOR ME.
AND THEN I JUST ALSO WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE THE KIDS GRADUATING AND FINISHING UP SCHOOL THIS YEAR.
AND ALSO JUST BE SAFE OUT THERE THIS WEEKEND.
AND CONDOLENCES TO ALL THE PARENTS WHO HAVE NOT FOUND SUMMER CAMPS FOR YOUR KIDS THIS SUMMER AND HAVE KIDS AT HOME ALL NEXT WEEK.
BUT YEAH, THANKS. LIBRARIES GOT THINGS TO DO.
YEAH, YEAH, I'M SENDING KIDS TO SNAP AS WELL, SO BE KIND OF THE LIBRARIAN.
YES. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING AND STICKING WITH US.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN SOME EVENINGS, BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET TO SEE SOME OF YOU.
WE'VE GOT THAT LAKE LINE LIVE AT LAKE LINE ONE MORE RESCHEDULED, SO COME OUT AND ENJOY SOME MUSIC.
HOPEFULLY THE WEATHER WILL BE NICE AND AGAIN, PLEASE BE NICE TO OUR OFFICERS.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF CARS COMING THROUGH THE ATV CENTER FOR GRADUATION.
EVERYBODY IS GOING TO BE REALLY EXCITED, BUT LEAVE YOURSELF SOME EXTRA TIME AND ENJOY YOUR SUMMER.
WELL, THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO SEND MAIL OFF TO NEWMAN DEVERS.
THANK YOU TO ANYONE THAT MADE IT OUT FOR THE MILITARY APPRECIATION BARBECUE THAT HEROES RESOURCE HAD ON SATURDAY AND WAS NOT AS HOT THIS YEAR, SO IT WAS FANTASTIC.
AND I APPRECIATE THE BLUE STAR MOMS BECAUSE IT'S THE CHAPTER 22.
I DON'T KNOW, I NEVER GET IT RIGHT, BUT AND MIKE AND YOUR STAFF FOR HELPING LAURA PUT THAT TOGETHER.
AND THERE'S A NICE HONOR FOR THE FALLEN.
REALLY, TONIGHT WAS WAS A GOOD NIGHT.
I THINK IT'S THE FIRST FULL, MEETING WITH EVERYBODY HAVING MEL HERE AND ALL THE CITIZENS THAT SHOWED UP IN HERE.
WHAT? HE WAS ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CITY OVER THE YEARS.
I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT, ALONG WITH, YOU KNOW, THAT ED PROJECT THAT WAS BROUGHT IS REALLY EXCITING.
AND YOUR POINT, MAYOR, I THINK IT WAS REALLY IT WAS FITTING THAT HE WAS ABLE TO SIT THROUGH AND HEAR A LOT OF THE THE PROS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF GOOD THINGS ABOUT OUR CITY.
I DON'T THINK HE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO APPRECIATE ALL THAT GOES ON IN THE CITY WITH THE STAFF AND THE PEOPLE.
IF HE HADN'T HEARD THAT, AND I THINK THAT WAS THAT WAS A GOOD THING OVERALL.
YEAH, GOOD MEETING OVERALL IS GREAT.
STAFF IS ALWAYS GREAT TO LEARN THAT.
WE MAY HAVE SOME BUDGET SAVINGS THIS YEAR.
BETWEEN MIKE'S DEEJAYING EFFORTS AND DARREN'S MURAL ESCAPADES, SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT WORKS OUT FOR US.
YEAH, WELL, IT WAS DEFINITELY A NICE FULL CIRCLE NIGHT IN MANY WAYS, BUT INCLUDING JUST ALL THAT VIRTUAL CYCLE THAT WE BENEFIT FROM WHERE YOU HAVE GREAT BUSINESSES BUILDING GREAT PROGRAMING, BUILDING GREAT TALENT THAT ATTRACT GREAT BUSINESSES.
AND SO YEAH, THAT VERY POSITIVE, VERY EXCITING.
NONE OF THAT HAPPENS WITHOUT A WORKING SEWER VACUUM TRUCK.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS JUST A GREAT MIX OF THE BASIC BLOCKING AND TACKLING AND KEEPING A CITY RUNNING WELL WITH THE EXCITING BIG STEPS WE HAVE GOING FORWARD.
I ALSO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE ALL THE GRADUATES.
I PARTICULARLY WANT TO THANK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR ONE OF MY FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS OF A LONG TIME, WARNING PEOPLE ABOUT BEING LEAVING EARLY FOR GRADUATION.
GREAT, GREAT INNOVATIVE MESSAGING FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THERE.
AND BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING
YOU ALL DO TO MAKE THE CITY A BETTER PLACE EVERY SINGLE DAY, CREATIVELY, EARNESTLY,
AND WITH A LOT OF HARD WORK THAT WE'RE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.