8.1. Consideration and possible action regarding possible appointments, re-appointments and/or removals to City Boards, Commissions, Task Forces, Economic Development Corporations, Local Government Corporations and Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Boards, and Area Government appointments. (Part 1 of 2)

[8.1. Consideration and possible action regarding possible appointments, re-appointments and/or removals to City Boards, Commissions, Task Forces, Economic Development Corporations, Local Government Corporations and Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Boards, and Area Government appointments. (Part 1 of 2)]

DO. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT. FACING POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING POSSIBLE APPOINTMENTS, REAPPOINTMENTS OR REMOVALS TO CITY BOARDS, TASK FORCES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS AND TAX INCREMENT ZONE BOARDS AND AREA GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS.

HAVE YOU ALL MET?

>> NO, BECAUSE WE DON'T -- THAT'S --

>> YOU HAVE TO SPEAK WITH YOUR MICROPHONE

IN. >> I SAID, NO, WE DID NOT

MEET. >> I THINK THERE IS LIKE THREE APPLICANTS THAT HAVE APPLIED RECENTLY. MAYBE MORE.

SO I THINK WE SHOULD.

>> WELL, I ASK BECAUSE THIS IS THE LAST MEETING IN FEBRUARY, WHICH MEANS TWO MONTHS HAVE GONE BY. YOU GUYS HAVEN'T MET YET.

>> THE CHAIR IS --

>> THERE IS NOT A CHAIR FOR IT, THAT WE APPOINTED ANYBODY.

DID YOU GUYS MEET TO APPOINT A CHAIR?

>> I HAVE BEEN THERE THE LAST TWO TIMES.

I STEPPED BACK SO SOMEONE ELSE COULD DO IT.

>> STEPPED BACK FROM?

>> RUNNING THE BOARD, THE MEETING OF IT SO THAT

SOMEONE ELSE COULD TAKE OVER. >> OKAY.

SPEECHLESS. NOT SURE WHAT TO SAY.

OKAY. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY WANT TO ADD? OKAY.

[8.2. Consideration and possible action regarding recommendations from City Council sub-committees (i.e. Legislative, HISD). (Part 1 of 2)]

ON THAT, ITEM 82, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING RECOMMENDATION FROM CITY COUNCIL

SUBCOMMITTEES? >> MAYOR, THE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE HAS NOT MET SINCE OUR LAST MEETING.

THE BILLS ARE STILL BEING FILED. SOME GOOD ONES, A LOT OF BAD ONES, RIGHT? ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER THOMPSON AND MAYOR PRO TEM P GORDON HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH ABOUT LEGISLATIVE CLARIFICATION AND FIXES TO CITIES ALLOCATING TAX DOLLARS FOR BENEFITS OF A SURVIVING SPOUSE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> THAT'S IT.

>> MOVE ON TO ITEM 91, MY FAVORITE PART OF THE MEETING.

ARE YOU READY, SIR?

>> OH, SIR? CAN I MOVE UP 11-1?

[11.1 Consideration and possible action on Resolution No. R-2025-059 of the City Council of the City of Hutto, Texas, approving the form and authorizing the distribution of a Preliminary Limited Offering Memorandum for "City of Hutto, Texas Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Series 2025 (Prairie Winds Public Improvement District Area #1). (Alberta Barrett) ]

>> YOU CAN MAKE THE CHIEF WAIT. ALL RIGHT.

IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, 11- 1, CONSIDERATION, POSSIBLE ACTION AND RESOLUTION R-2025- 059 OF THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE CITY OF HUTTO, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF HUTTO TEXAS SPECIAL ASSESSMENT REVENUE BOND SERIES 2025 FOR THE PRAIRIE WINDS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AREA NUMBER

TWO. >> YES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, FOR THE RECORD. SO TONIGHT WE HAVE THE PRELIMINARY LIMITED OFFERING MEMORANDUM ON THE

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PREVIEW ED DISTRICT ONE.

TONIGHT WE HAVE WITH US JIM SABONIS AND ANGELA.

SO THEY ARE HERE. SO IF THERE IS ANY QUESTIONS, WE CAN PROCEED WITH THAT.

>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL.

IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TONIGHT AS THE CITY'S FINANCIAL ADVISER. FOR THE RECORD, THIS IS A NEW PROJECT, PRAIRIE WINDS. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST IMPROVEMENT AREA THAT'S FUNDED WITH A PROJECTED VALUE OF ABOUT $450 MILLION.

CURRENTLY IT IS PROJECTED THAT AT FULL BUILD- OUT, IT WILL BE OVER $2 MILLION BASED ON THE CITY'S CURRENT RATE.

THE DEVELOPER IS GREEN BRIDGE. THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO FUNDING IMPROVEMENT AREA ONE BONDS, WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT 280 HOMES TOTALING ABOUT 113 MILLION OF A TAXABLE ASSESSED VALUE, $450,000 IN ANNUAL TAXES. ALSO, THEY WILL PAY A COMMUNITY BENEFIT FEE OF $3,500 PER LOT, WHICH WOULD BE $980,000. THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED ON OCTOBER 2021, JULY OF '23 WE CREATED THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT -- PRAIRIE WOODS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BY RESOLUTION. THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT DONE ON AUGUST OF 2023.

WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE WE ACTUALLY ISSUE BONDS AND DO THE LEVY ASSESSMENT. THIS IS A PRELIMINARY OFFERING MEMORANDUM THAT'S BEEN PUT TOGETHER BY THE CITY STAFF, BOND COUNCIL, FINANCIAL ADVISER AND THE UNDERWRITER WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE DEVELOPER PROVIDED TO INVESTORS.

THE GOAL TONIGHT IS TO APPROVE FOR RELEASE.

WE WILL BE BACK ON MARCH 6TH WITH A PRICING, PRESENTATION OF THE FINAL PRICING AND AT THAT TIME A PUBLIC HEARING OF THE SERVICE ASSESSMENT PLAN OR LEVY ASSESSMENTS AND FOLLOW WITH ISSUING PUBLIC BONDS.

THE BOND CLOSING IS ANTICIPATED TO TAKE PLACE AFTER THE ATTORNEY GENERAL APPROVES THE TRANSACTION, WHICH WILL BE MARCH 27TH.

AND THEN THE FEE PAID TO THE CITY WOULD BE DONE BETWEEN ONE AND FIVE DAYS BETWEEN THE FIRST PARTICIPANT OF OCCUPANCY. $10. 1 BILLION OF BONDS FUNDED TOTALING $8. 2 MILLION. ON THIS PROJECT, THE AMORTIZATION IS ABOUT 35 YEARS AND TOTALING ABOUT $24. 2 MILLION. THE TOTAL DEBT SERVICED, A TOTAL OF $36,000 PER PARCEL FOR LIFE OF THE TRANSACTION.

THE LEAN ON EACH PARCEL WILL BE A 45 FOOT FRONT LOTS, $32,700 FOR THE 50- FOOT 36.7. AND FOR THE 60S ABOUT $41,200.

THE LEVERAGE ON THIS TRANSACTION ISSUANCE BASED ON OUR APPRAISAL WILL BE A VERY POSITIVE TRANSACTION. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE VALUE LOTS WILL BE ABOUT TWO AND A HALF TIMES THE ASSESSMENT THAT WE HAVE.

THE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE FOR YOU AS THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IS THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENT YOU WILL BE LEVYING AS THE ASSESSMENT RATE IS ABOUT 69 CENTS.

AND, SO, THE 45- FOOT FRONT LOTS, WHICH WILL BE EXPECTED TO HAVE A BUILDUP VALUE OF $365,000, THEY WILL HAVE AN ANNUAL ASSESSMENT OF $2,519.

THE 50- FOOT FRONT LOTS WILL HAVE A BUILD- UP VALUE OF $410,000. THEIR ANNUAL ASSESSMENT WOULD BE ABOUT $2,830. AND THE 60- FOOT FRONT LOTS WILL HAVE AN ESTIMATED BUILD- UP VALUE OF $460,000 FOR AN AVERAGE ANNUAL ASSESSMENT OF $3,075. THOSE ARE THE ASSESSMENTS THE COUNCIL PUT ON THEM EVERY YEAR.

IN GENERAL, THIS IS A VERY CREDIT WORTHY TRANSACTION.

WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL HERE IN HUTTO AND OTHER AREAS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. THIS IS LOWLY LEVERAGED, AND WE EXPECT A POSITIVE SALE GOING FORWARD. SO WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES THE COMMENTS I HAVE, AND WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL AND OFFER THE DOCUMENT. WE REVIEWED IT.

WE BELIEVE IT'S BOTH ACCURATE AND COMPREHENSIVE AND PROVIDES ALL THE INFORMATION INVESTORS NEED TO MAKE THE DECISION.

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>> QUESTIONS OR ACTIONS FROM COUNCIL?

>> MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE A MOTION TO PUT THIS RESOLUTION AS

PRESENTED. >> DO WE HAVE A SECOND?

>> SECOND.

>> ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION?

>> I'LL JUST SAY WE DON'T EXPLAIN A LOT USUALLY ON THESE, WHAT THIS MEANS TO THE PUBLIC.

I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A PROPONENT IN FAVOR OF PITS.

I LOOK AS IT AS A PAY TO PAY FOR DEVELOPMENTS IN TERMS OF -- YOU TELL ME WHEN I'M WRONG, JIM, BUT AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE DEVELOPER PAYS FOR THE ROADS, WASTE WATER EXTENSION, THEY'RE PAYING FOR ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS ALLOWS THEM WHEN THEY SELL THESE BONDS TO RECOUP SOME OF THAT INVESTMENT AND THEN THE BURDEN OF THAT INVESTMENT THEN GOES ON TO THE PEOPLE THAT BUY THE HOMES.

WE HAVE MADE AN ATTEMPT AS A COUNCIL, I THINK THEY HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN SIZE SIGNAGE SAYING THIS IS A PID NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO PAY $2,000 MORE A YEAR. THE REASON I LIKE IT IS FOR THE REST OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN HUTTO, THEY'RE NOT PAYING FOR THIS INFRASTRUCTURE.

THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MOVING IN ARE PAYING FOR THIS INFRASTRUCTURE. I LIKE TO LOOK AT IT FOR HELPING TO FACILITATE THIS TRANSACTION, WE GET A BENEFIT FEE OF ALMOST $1 MILLION THAT WE CAN USE IT ON SOMETHING THAT WILL BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD PAYS FOR ITSELF, ADDS VALUE AND WE WALK AWAY WITH MONEY THAT ALLOWS US TO ADD VALUE TO THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY. SO, YEAH, DO YOU FOLLOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

>> LET ME FOLLOW UP. THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING IT.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE THOUGHT PROCESSES THAT IN A PERFECT WORLD WE WOULD HAVE DISTRICTS OR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS DISTRICTS AND WE COULD JUST ASK THE CITY AND BUILD THE PROJECTS. BUT THE REALITY IS IN THE UTILITY DISTRICTS FOR THE CITIZENS, THAT MEANS THAT SOMEONE WOULD HAVE A SPECIAL DISTRICT OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.

THEY WOULD PAY TAXES TO THE CITY AND THE CITY WOULD HAVE VERY LITTLE INPUT IN WHAT WE DEVELOP.

THEY WOULD USE YOUR ROADS AND YOUR PARKS, IMPACTING YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND THEY WOULD BUILD THE COUNTY STANDARDS, NOT THE CITY STANDARDS.

SO THE PROCESS HAS BEEN DEVELOPED THROUGH THE CITY INCENTIVE TO FACILITATE IN CITY LIMIT DEVELOPMENTS.

SO THIS PROJECT, THIS IS GO NEGOTIATION, A PROJECT THAT WHERE THE CITIZENS, THESE PEOPLE COME INTO THE CITY LIMITS. THEY WILL PAY FULL TAXES.

THEY PAY A FEE OF $3,500 THAT THE CITY CAN USE FOR OTHER IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE CITY.

SO THE CITIZENS BENEFIT FROM THAT PROCESS, VERSUS THE COST AND LACK OF REVENUE THAT WE HAD IN MUD.

AND THEN THE OTHER UNIQUE THING ABOUT IT IS WE HAVE AN ASSESSMENT, WE'RE FIXED.

A HOME THAT MIGHT BE $375,000 TODAY MIGHT BE $450,000. THEIR ANNUAL PAYMENT AND DOLLAR AMOUNT DOESN'T GO UP FOR MUD. THEY APPLY THE TAX RATE AND IT GOES UP. SO IT ACTUALLY BENEFITS THE HOMEOWNER VERSUS THE ALTERNATIVE, THE REAL ALTERNATIVE TO MUD. SO IT IS A STRONG -- CITIES THAT USE THIS ACTUALLY BENEFIT THEIR CITIZENS AND BENEFIT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN IT AND IT IS A WIN- WIN BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER RECOVERS CAPITAL.

NOT AS MUCH AS THE MUD, BUT HE GETS SOME.

I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU SAID.

AND IN THIS CASE, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A REALLY GOOD NEGOTIATION. NO OUT-OF- POCKET COSTS TO CITY, BENEFITS TO THE CITY AND CONTROL OF THE PROJECT WITH THE

CITY. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

>> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NO, TAKE A VOTE.

>> AYE.

>> MAYOR SNYDER?

[9.1. Racial Profiling Presentation and Police Department Quarterly Update (Jeffrey Yarbrough) ]

>> AYE.

>> MOTION PASSES.

>> ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, RACIAL PROFILING PRESENTATION AND POLICE DEPARTMENT UPDATE.

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>> MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND TONIGHT I'M COMING TO YOU TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE, THE FIRST QUARTERLY UPDATE OF THIS YEAR AND OUR ANNUAL POLICE REPORTING THAT WE'RE STATE MANDATED TO PROVIDE. SO SOME OF THE KEY AREAS THAT I WANTED TO HIT FIRST, I WANTED TO DO THE QUARTERLY UPDATE.

I WILL TALK ABOUT OUR PERSONNEL AND STAFFING, AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS, COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND THEN I WILL GO INTO THE RACIAL PROFILING DATA. CURRENTLY WE HAVE 51 PEACE OFFICER POSITIONS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 47 SWORN, AND WE HAVE 4 LATERAL POSITIONS THAT THE COUNCIL WORKED WITH US TO PROVIDE THIS BUDGET YEAR.

AND WITH THOSE, WE HAVE -- WE PREVIOUSLY HAD A COUPLE POSITIONS SHORT, AND WE FIELD ONE POSITION RECENTLY WITH AN OFFICE FROM ROUND ROCK POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE AN OFFICER STARTING NEXT MONTH FROM KELLER POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF ABOUT FOUR LATERAL POSITIONS.

WE HAVE ONE THAT'S PENDING THE CHIEFS INTERVIEW, WHICH IS THE LAST STEP BEFORE WE ACTUALLY OFFER THEM A JOB WITH OUR DEPARTMENT.

AND WE HAVE TWO THAT ARE COMPLETING THE BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION. SO OUT OF THOSE FOUR, WE'VE GOT THREE THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE FUNNEL TO ONBOARD WITH OUR DEPARTMENT. WITH THE REMAINING, WE HAVE PERSONAL STATEMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND SCHEDULING THEM FOR THE INTERVIEW AND THE PHYSICAL AGILITY PROCESSES SO THAT THEY CAN MOVE INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF HIRE.

WE'RE ANTICIPATING HAVING THOSE POSITIONS FIELD, EVERY POSITION FILLED IN OUR DEPARTMENT BY LATE MARCH. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 13 NON- SWORN AND ONE VACANT POSITION, WHICH IS THE ANIMAL CONTROL POSITION. AND THAT INTERVIEW IS SCHEDULED THIS MONTH. HOPEFULLY, WE COULD HAVE THAT POSITION FILLED AND HAVE SOME WELL- NEEDED RELIEF TO OUR ONE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER.

THE NEW POSITIONS THAT WE BROUGHT TO OUR DEPARTMENT ARE OUR CRIME ANALYST. WE HAVE A CRISIS SUPPORT SPECIALIST AND A VICTIM SERVICES ADVOCATE THAT RECENTLY STARTED WITH OUR DEPARTMENT.

AND WE'RE SEEING THE MASSIVE RETURN ON THE INVESTMENTS FOR THOSE.

THANK YOU, AGAIN, COUNCIL, FOR THOSE.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME RECOGNITIONS.

KYLE WAS THE FIRST VICTIMS ASSISTANT COORDINATOR THAT WE HIRED FOR THE DEPARTMENT. AND SHE'S BEEN HERE ABOUT TWO YEARS, AND SHE RECENTLY WON THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERS VICTIMS' ADVOCATE OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR ALL OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY. IT IS A VERY PRESTIGIOUS HONOR, AND SHE HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB IN OUR COMMUNITY AND COUNTY, AND WE COULD NOT BE HAPPIER FOR THE WORK SHE'S DOING. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE SHE IS OUR HOMELESS LIAISON AS WELL FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND SHE'S PROVIDING A VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO OUR DEPARTMENT WE CAN'T SPEAK HIGHLY ENOUGH OF. WE'RE THANKFUL TO YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT NEED TO THE DEPARTMENT AND OUR CITY.

I WANT TO RECOGNIZE LIEUTENANT JOSH B. WHO WORKED EXTREMELY HARD OVER THE LAST YEAR AND GOT HIS MASTERS IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY. SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF HIM.

I HAVE TO POINT OUT KEATON, THE IT ANALYST OR TECH THAT YOU GOT THE POSITION FOR US LAST YEAR.

WOW. HE HAS DONE AN ABSOLUTE AMAZING JOB IN GETTING OUR COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND OUR SERVERS AND THE WIRING, ALL OF THAT INSIDE OUR FACILITY UPDATED AND GETTING OUR VEHICLES INSTALLED AND EQUIPPED AND PREPARED SO THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE NOT HAVING TO EXPERIENCE TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS OF DOWN TIME BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF FUNCTIONALITY OF OUR TECHNOLOGY.

SO HE HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO OUR DEPARTMENT. I CAN'T SPEAK HIGHLY ENOUGH OF THEM AS WELL. ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID IS WE STARTED TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE, OUR STAFFING.

WE WERE ABLE TO REESTABLISH SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS THAT WE COLLAPSED LIKE OUR SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE UNIT WAS ONE WE COLLAPSED AND USED THOSE POSITIONS TO PROVIDE THE CORE FUNCTION, WHICH WAS PATROL. OUR SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE UNIT HAS DONE INCREDIBLE WORK WITH OTHER AGENCIES LIKE THE U.S. MARSHALLS AND RECAPTURED A PERSON THAT ABSCONDED FROM COMMITTING MAJOR CRIMES HERE IN HUTTO.

THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND HIM, WORK WITH THE U.S. MARSHALLS OFFICE AND LOCATE THAT INDIVIDUAL IN ARKANSAS AND BRING HIM BACK TO TEXAS. THEY ARE ALSO A MEMBER OF A NEW REGIONAL BURGLARY OF MOTOR VEHICLE TASK FORCE.

EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT THE BURGLARIES HAPPENING AROUND THE AREA.

WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE'RE NOT EXPERIENCING AND SEEING THE THINGS THAT OTHERS ARE SEEING, BUT WE'RE A PART OF THIS TASK FORCE SO THAT WE CAN SHARE INFORMATION AND INTEL SO THAT WE CAN MITIGATE THOSE

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THINGS HAPPENING IN OTHER PLACES SO WE DON'T GET THE SPILLOVER HERE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I AM VERY PROUD OF IS WITH THE ADDITIONAL STAFFING THAT WE'VE HAD, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE OFFICERS GO INTO OUR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION, AND WE HAVE SEEN A MAJOR RETURN ON INVESTMENT. IN FACT, WE HAD A HOMICIDE LAST YEAR, AND WE RECENTLY HAD A GUILTY PLEA IN ONE OF THE MURDER CASES, THE MURDER CASE FROM LAST YEAR AND THE OTHER CASE AGAINST THE OTHER INDIVIDUAL IS STILL SPENDING. WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN 84% CLEARANCE RATE ON CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS. THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE THE STAFFING TO DEDICATE THAT TIME AND WE'RE NOT TRIAGING CASES. SO WE'RE SEEING THE UPWARD TREND OF POSITIVITY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR INVESTIGATIONS. OUR K- 9 ROCKET, EVERYONE KNOWS ROCKET AND ROCKET HAS DONE SOME TREMENDOUS WORK.

IN FACT, ROCKET WAS INVOLVED IN GETTING, I THINK, 27 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA WITH ANOTHER AGENCY THAT CALLED TO ASSIST, AND THEY ALSO FOUND $13,000 IN CASH IN ONE VEHICLE, $16,000 IN CASH IN ANOTHER VEHICLE. WE HAVE HAD THEM GO OUT AND HE SUCCESSFULLY LOCATED A WEAPON OF AN INDIVIDUAL THAT COMMITTED A CRIME AND RAN THROUGH THE WEAPON. SO ROCKET WAS ABLE TO GO AND RETRIEVE AND LOCATE THAT WEAPON.

HE'S BEEN SO EFFECTIVE IN TRAINING ALONGSIDE OTHERS, WE RECENTLY HAD, I THINK IT WAS APD REACH OUT TO US AND ASK IF ROCKET COULD COME ASSIST THEM ON A SEARCH BECAUSE OF THE QUALITY OF WORK THAT HE'S DOING IN THIS DEPARTMENT. I'M TELLING YOU, IT IS JUST -- SEEING THE FACT THAT WE ARE HAVING THE STAFFING THAT YOU GRANTED US TO START TO REBUILD WHERE WE ONCE WERE AND WHERE WE NEED TO BE BECAUSE THE CITY IS GROWING IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT.

PREVIOUSLY, THE K- 9 OFFICER WAS NOT HAVING -- DIDN'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF WORKING JUST AS A K- 9 OFFICER. HE WAS ANSWERING CALLS AND GOING FROM CALL TO CALL AND ON OCCASION IF SOMEONE NEEDED A VEHICLE SEARCH, HE WAS DOING IT.

NOW WE GOT HIM DEDICATED AND HE'S WORKING ON THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS WHERE HE'S ABLE TO GO OUT AND ACTUALLY WORK IN THE CAPACITY THAT HE'S DESIGNATED.

WE'RE ALSO STARTING AN HONOR GUARD FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.

IT IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE AN HONOR GUARD.

AND THEY WILL BE PRESENT AT CERTAIN CEREMONIES AND EVENTS, AND THEY WILL REPRESENT THE DEPARTMENT.

ANY TIME YOU HAVE FORMER OFFICERS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT HAVE PASSED AWAY, THEY WILL GO AND REPRESENT THEM.

THEY WILL REPRESENT THEM AT GAMES ANDGRADUATIONS.

WE ALSO STARTED A PEER SUPPORT PROGRAM.

WE'VE GOT -- I WANT TO SAY THERE WERE TEN OFFICERS IN OUR DEPARTMENT WANTING TO BE A PART OF THIS TO BE THAT SUPPORT, THAT SOCIAL- EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND ADVOCATE FOR OFFICERS IN A DEPARTMENT. YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, YOU WOULD GO OUT ON A MAJOR CRIME, IT MAY BE TRAUMATIC AND YOU CAN'T SLEEP BECAUSE YOU ARE HAVING TO RE-LIVE WHAT YOU ARE SEEING. SERGEANTS USUALLY GO AND SAY, HEY, AFTER YOU ARE SOBER THEY SAY, HEY, MEET ME AT THE 7- ELEVEN, I WILL BUY YOU A SODA. THAT WAS THE BEST WE'VE GOT.

THINGS HAVE CHANGED. WE HAVE OFFICERS TO HELP EACH OTHER NAVIGATE SO WE'RE NOT HAVING TO BE CARRYING THAT BURDEN ALONE.

RECENTLY OVER THE -- SINCE THE LAST PRESENTATION, WE HAD SIX CPR LIVE- SAVING ATTEMPTS IN OUR CITY. ACTUALLY, WE HAD SEVEN.

ONE RECENTLY. OF THOSE SEVEN, OUR OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE CARE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY RESUSCITATE FIVE OF THOSE SEVEN, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE HOSPITAL ALIVE.

SO THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO WHO WE ARE AS FAR AS THE TRAINING AND THE CARE FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. OUR DEPARTMENT HAS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE HAVE ONE EMT ON STAFF WHO IS A POLICE OFFICER WHO IS WORKING TO ESTABLISH THAT, EXPAND THAT TO WHERE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LIFE SAVING MEASURES TO OUR CITIZENS WHO ARE IN NEED.

WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID WAS PURSUED TWO GRANTS. AND WE WERE ABLE TO ACQUIRE OUR RIFLE RESISTANCE BODY ARMOR, AND THAT GRANT WAS LIKE $26,000.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO ACQUIRE THAT ONE TO GET ADDITIONAL BODY ARMOR -- RIFLE RESISTANT, RIFLE RATINGS FOR ALL OF OUR OFFICERS. SO WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT. WE ALSO CURRENTLY A GRANT FOR $30,300 FOR SIX RIFLE BALLISTIC SHIELDS. THOSE ARE USED BY PATROL OFFICERS, A SPECIAL RESPONSE TEAM IF THEY'RE GOING TO DO A HIGH- RISK ENTRY.

AND, SO, WE BROUGHT THOSE PROPOSALS TO THE COUNCIL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING US WITH THOSE.

COMMUNITY CONCERNS. ARE WE PERFECT?

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NO. DO WE TRY TO BE? YES. DO WE MICK MISTAKES? YES. AND WHEN WE HAVE ISSUES, WE LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO CORRECT, CLARIFY, TRAIN AND BUILD CONFIDENCE THROUGH COMPETENCE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF COMPETENT OFFICERS TO MAKE SURE COMMUNITY FEEL SAFE WITH THE RESPONSE WE'RE PROVIDING AND WITH THE OFFICERS WE'RE PROVIDING. WE HAD A SITUATION THAT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT WE HAD AN HOA THAT WAS CONCERNED THE THINGS GOING ON IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

WE HAD A CITY HALL AND HAD MEMBERS COME UP AND ASK QUESTIONS. WE GAVE THEM FEEDBACK ON SOME OF THE THINGS WE CAN DO, SOME INITIATIVES. SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT SPECIFIC CRIMES, AND WE WANT TO TELL -- SOMETIMES WE WANT TO TELL PEOPLE SO MUCH, WELL, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE'VE GOT THIS, BUT WE CAN'T BECAUSE IT WILL COMPROMISE THE INVESTIGATIONS. SO WE -- THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THEIR COMMUNITY THAT I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO SEE AND HAVE ALREADY SEEN FROM THE MEETING HOW RESPONSIVE WE WANT TO BE BECAUSE WE'RE IN THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE LOVE THIS COMMUNITY, AND WE WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORT AND OVERSIGHT AND CARE THAT WE CAN TO THEM. SO THEY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE THE EFFORTS BY OUR DEPARTMENT. AND AS WE WORK THROUGH SOME CHANGES THAT WE'RE MAKING TO OUR SECTORS OF THE CITY, THEY'RE GOING TO SEE EVEN MORE VISIBILITY OF OUR OFFICERS IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

WE HAD A CALL, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD A CALL.

A PERSON REACHED OUT TO ME AND SAID, HEY, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A HEAD'S UP. I'M SURE IT WAS NOTHING, BUT WE SAW A POLICE VEHICLE DRIVING THROUGH THE AREA AROUND THE BASEBALL FIELDS. AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THEY WERE TAKING CARE OF SOMETHING, BUT THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE, AND THEY MAY HAVE SEEN THAT AND THEY MAY BE CONCERNED WHY THEY WERE DRIVING AROUND THE BASEBALL FIELD AREA.

WHEN I GOT THAT INFORMATION, I WANT TO KNOW WHY ARE WE DRIVING AROUND THE BASEBALL FIELD? I REACHED OUT AND FOUND OUT THAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY AROUND THE WOODED AREAS LOOKING FOR A JUVENILE WHO WAS IN CRISIS AND THEY WERE TRYING TO SAVE THIS PERSON'S LIFE. SO SOMETIMES WE'LL SEE THINGS, AND IT IS LIKE, THAT AIN'T RIGHT. BUT THERE IS SO MUCH THAT GOES ON THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE ANY TIME THERE IS A QUESTION THAT PEOPLE CAN REACH OUT AND WE CAN PROVIDE THAT CLARITY IF WE CAN. SOME OF THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS, WE CONTINUE TO SEE THAT AND WE HEAR THAT.

WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THAT? WE FINALLY HAVE A FULL- TIME TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT DIVISION.

AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THAT WITH THEM TO MAXIMIZE OUR EFFORTS IN REDUCING THE FRUSTRATIONS, REDUCING THE MOVING VEHICLE OR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS IN OUR CITY SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST QUALITY SERVICE AND THE SAFEST AREA THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN.

LAST THING, WE TALK ABOUT PURSUITS.

WE HAD A PURSUIT A FEW WEEKS AGO.

ONE OF THE CONCERNS PEOPLE THINK, OH, MAN, THIS PERSON GOT AWAY FROM US. YEAH, THEY DID.

THEY CRASHED OUT IN A FIELD AND RAN INTO SOME WOODS.

WE DIDN'T CATCH HIM THAT NIGHT. BUT THAT INDIVIDUAL WAS A WANTED FEDERAL PAROLEE, AND HE LATER TURNED HIMSELF IN BECAUSE HUTTO WAS LOOKING FOR HIM. SO I'M TELLING YOU, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE SAY, OH, YEAH. IT'S DIFFERENT.

THIS PLACE IS NOT LIKE ANY OTHER PLACE. THIS PERSON TURNED HIMSELF IN, JUST A PERFECT EXAMPLE, I TALKED ABOUT ONCE BEFORE ABOUT HOW WE HAD A TASK FORCE OF OFFICERS FOLLOWING THIS VEHICLE THAT WAS INVOLVED IN SOME BURGLARIES, AND THOSE PEOPLE GOT AFRAID BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS FOLLOWING THEM.

THEY HAD WARRANTS. THEY PULLED INTO THE HUTTO POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GET THE HUTTO POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HELP THEM BECAUSE OF THE SUSPICION VEHICLE PROBLEM.

WE DID HELP THEM. WE GAVE THEM SOME CIVIL BRACELETS. WE GAVE THEM AN UBER RIDE.

THEY GOT SOME PICTURES TAKEN. WE DID TAKE CARE OF THEM.

I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE THINGS WE HEAR. I MENTIONED THAT WE HAD -- WHAT WAS AHEAD WAS A FULL- TIME TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT DIVISION.

WE HAVE THAT. FULL STAFFING.

WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE.

WE IMPROVED THE CID CLEARANCE CASE RATES, AND WE HAVE REESTABLISHED OUR SPECIALIZED UNITS. WE HAVE A COMMUNITY RESOURCE OPPOSITION THAT'S NOT QUITE THERE YET.

WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING THAT POSITION FILLED BY LATE MARCH. SORRY, EARLY MARCH.

AND WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF -- WE HAVE REDRAWN OUR PATROL SECTOR MAPS BUT WE HAVEN'T FULLY ESTABLISHED. WE HAVE DRAWN IT FROM THE TWO SECTORS WE HAVE NOW TO FOUR SECTORS TO PROVIDE OFFICER RESPONSES TO EVERY AREA. THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE IS WHEN YOU DRAW IT INTO FOUR AND YOU HAVE GOT FIVE OFFICERS AND YOU HAVE GOT TWO SUPERVISORS, YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO PUT TWO OFFICERS IN EVERY SECTOR. SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT TO MAXIMIZE OUR RESPONSE EFFORTS AND OUR RESPONSE TIMES.

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ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT PART? ALL RIGHT.

>> COULD YOU GO BACK? ONE OF THE THINGS YOU TALKED ABOUT THERE. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF STUDIES THAT HAVE COME OUT JUST IN THE LAST MONTH AND A HALF THAT'S GOT US EITHER SECOND SAFEST SMALL CITY IN TEXAS. I WAS LOOKING HERE AT ANOTHER ONE WHERE I THINK WE'RE FIFTH.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY CITIES THERE ARE IN TEXAS.

BUT WITH ALL THE DRUGS AND THE WAY WE'RE SLAMMING HOMES IN HERE, I THINK THERE OUGHT TO BE SOME SORT OF RECOGNITION SHOWN TO YOU ALL FOR EVERYONE BEING THE TOP TEN.

IT IS NOT NUMBER ONE. WE'LL GET YOU SOME MORE POLICE OFFICERS AND CAMERAS AND ALL THAT, BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU GUYS ARE DOING AND HANDLING THAT. I KNOW PEOPLE SAY, BUT MY CAR STILL GOT BROKEN INTO. WE'RE NOT NUMBER ONE BUT NUMBER TWO. WE'RE STILL TRYING TO BE NUMBER ONE.

>> YES, SIR. >> SOME OF THE GREATEST MOTIVATORS IS SECOND PLACE BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THAT AGAIN.

THAT'S WHERE WE WERE. WE WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW, ESPECIALLY OUR CRIMINALS, THAT THIS AIN'T THE PLACE.

THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT -- FEAR IS A GREAT MOTIVATOR. ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT PEOPLE AFRAID TO COME INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND HURT ANYBODY HERE OR TAKE ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T BELONG TO THEM.

>> ALL RIGHT. I'LL GO INTO OUR RACIAL PROFILING REPORT. SO THE STATE REQUIRES US TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON OUR ACTIONS AND OUR PRACTICES WHEN IT COMES TO TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AND TRAFFIC STOPS AND INTERACTIONS WITH INDIVIDUALS. AND, SO, WHEN YOU CONSIDER RACIAL PROFILING, THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE SAYS IT IS A LAW ENFORCEMENT INITIATED ACTION BASED UPON AN INDIVIDUAL'S RACE, ETHNICITY OR ORIGIN INSTEAD OF ON THEIR BEHAVIOR. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE FOCUS ON. WE DON'T FOCUS ON THE INDIVIDUAL. WE FOCUS ON THE OFFENSE.

IF THAT OFFENSE OCCURS IN FRONT OF AN OFFICER OR THAT IS REPORTED, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE RESPONDING TO, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE PERSON'S IDENTITY.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT OBJECTIVES, THEY'RE SIMPLE. WE WANT TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY, REDUCE UNSAFE DRIVING INCIDENTS AND TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND OUR GOAL IS TO OBTAIN VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE. WE WANT TO DETER PEOPLE FROM VISIBILITY. SO WHEN YOU SEE OFFICERS, THERE IS AN INNATE RESPONSE FOR US TO SAY, I'M GOING TO SLOW DOWN. ONE OF THE THINGS IS THE MORE OFFICERS WE HAVE, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT DIVISION, THE MORE WE HAVE AVAILABLE AND VISIBLE, THE INCREASED LIKELIHOOD THAT PEOPLE WILL COMPLY WITH THE LAWS.

SO WE DO HAVE A POLICY WITH THE HUTTO POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT COVERS OUR BIAS POLICING GUIDELINES.

WE ALSO HAVE PROTOCOLS AND SYSTEMS ESTABLISHED FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMPLAINTS THAT CAN FILE A COMPLAINT AGAINST AN OFFICER IF THEY FEEL LIKE THEY WERE RACIALLY PROFILED DURING A TRAFFIC ENCOUNTER.

WE ALSO HAVE DISCIPLINARY GUIDELINES FOR ANY OFFICER THAT'S FOUND TO HAVE VIOLATED THIS RACIAL PROFILING LAW. WE WILL ADDRESS THAT ACCORDINGLY IF WE EVER HAVE THAT. ALSO, WE DO RANDOM SEARCHES OF THE -- AND ASSESSMENTS OF THE BODY CAM FOOTAGE OF OFFICERS TO SEE -- TO LISTEN TO AND HEAR THE AUDIO AND VIDEO OF THE TRAFFIC STOPS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING AN ASSESSMENT OF THAT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SEEING THINGS THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

SO I WANT TO POINT THIS OUT. LAST YEAR, WE HAD 10,117 TRAFFIC STOPS. THAT IS UP FROM LAST YEAR WHEN WE HAD ABOUT 7,000, A LITTLE OVER 7,000 TRAFFIC STOPS.

WE HAVE INCREASED OUR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT IN THIS CITY TREMENDOUSLY. IF YOU LOOK AT THE LEFT COLUMN, LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC STOPS WE'RE MAKING ON OUR CITY STREETS.

THE LARGE MAJORITY OF OUR OFFICERS ARE DOING THEIR PATROLLING INSIDE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND AROUND OUR BUSINESSES.

U.S. HIGHWAY IS 79. SO YOU WILL SEE WE MAKE MANY TRAFFIC STOPS THERE AS WELL.

ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THAT BREAKS DOWN THE RACE AND THE ETHNICITY BASED UPON THOSE 10,117 TRAFFIC STOPS.

LAST YEAR I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I BROUGHT UP WHO IS THE BEST DRIVER WHEN IT COMES TO DEMOGRAPHICS IN THE CITY. LAST YEAR, FEMALES WERE THE BEST DRIVERS. THEY WERE THE BEST DRIVERS.

SO I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WHO WAS THE BEST DRIVER THIS YEAR. FEMALES.

FEMALES GOT 3,440 TICKETS AND MEN GOT 6,667.

BEFORE PEOPLE GET EXCITED AND THINK THAT'S AWESOME THAT WOMEN ARE THE WINNERS, THOSE 3,440 TICKETS WEREN'T TO THE

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SUPER BOWL.

THOSE WERE -- THOSE TICKETS -- SO THAT'S STILL A LOT OF TICKETS. SO, BUT I'M SAYING THAT BECAUSE I'M IN THE LOSER CATEGORY.

I KNOW NEXT YEAR WE'RE GOING TO MOTIVATE OUR MEN TO MAKE SURE WE CAN COME IN A LITTLE BETTER THAN FEMALES NEXT YEAR.

ALL RIGHT. SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC STOPS WE MADE, LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF SEARCHES. OUT OF THE 10,000, OVER 10,000 TRAFFIC STOPS, WE ONLY SEARCHED 322 OF THOSE VEHICLES. AND SEARCHES ARE GENERALLY RELATE TO CONSENT GRANTED OR IF THERE IS CONTRABAND SEEN IN PLAIN VIEW, PROBABLY CAUSE THAT JUSTIFIED THEM SEARCHING THE VEHICLE, VEHICLE INVENTORY OR INCIDENT TO ARREST, THOSE ARE THE CATEGORIES WE USE WHEN WE'RE SEARCHING A WEEK. OUT OF THE TRAFFIC STOPS WE MADE, VERY FEW OF THOSE RESULT IN VEHICLES BEING SEARCHED. SOME PEOPLE MAY THINK THAT, WELL, HUTTO IS A SPEED TRAP. WE'RE REALLY NOT.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF WRITTEN WARNINGS WE GIVE COMPARED TO CITATIONS, LAST YEAR WE GAVE 6,032 WARNINGS COMPARED TO 3,900 TRAFFIC CITATIONS.

IT IS NOT ABOUT THE MONEY. OUR GOAL IS TO EDUCATE.

I HOPE PEOPLE CAN COMPLY MOVING FORWARD.

OUT OF THE TRAFFIC STOPS WE MADE, WE HAD 37 ARRESTS THAT WERE RELATED TO PENAL CODE VIOLATIONS.

THAT MEANS LAW VIOLATIONS OTHER THAN A TRAFFIC -- TRAFFIC INFRACTION.

MEANS YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S HIT THE WHITE LINE A COUPLE TIMES.

IT'S A DWI. SO THAT PERSON GETS ARRESTED FOR THAT PENAL CODE VIOLATION. VIOLATION.

THIS BREAKS DOWN TO RACE AND DEMOGRAPHICS OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS. ARRESTS FOR CITY ORDINANCES.

WE TYPICALLY DON'T ARREST FOR CITY ORDINANCES.

WE DID MAKE ARRESTS FOR OUTSTANDING WARRANTS.

AND OUT OF THE 10,117 TRAFFIC CITATIONS AND ARRESTS RELATED TO THAT, WE ONLY HAD ONE INCIDENT WHERE OFFICERS HAD TO USE FORCE AND THAT RESULTED IN BODILY INJURY. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? DOES THAT MEAN WE PICKED THEM UP AND SLAMMED THEM? NO.

BODY INJURY IS ANYONE FEELING PAIN, INCLUDING PAIN FROM YOUR HANDCUFFS.

WE HAD ONE INCIDENT WHERE OUR OFFICERS REPORTED AND HAD TO REPORT THAT WE HAD A PERP SON RESISTING.

THAT'S THAT. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE LAST THING. THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FILED FOR POSSIBLE VIOLATIONS OF RACIAL PROFILING OUT OF THE OVER 10,000 TRAFFIC STOPS WE MADE.

THIS YEAR WE HAVE RECEIVED NO OFFICIAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT ANY MOTORIST FEELING LIKE OR THINKING THAT THEY WERE RACIALLY PROFILED BY THE TRAFFIC STOP IN HUTTO. SINCE I HAVE BEEN HERE AND EVEN BEFORE I GOT HERE, THAT WAS NOT A CONCERN THAT HAS EVER BEEN BROUGHT UP, THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP TO US RELATED TO SOMEONE FEELING LIKE THEY WERE PULLED OVER SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THEIR RACE.

AND WITH THAT, HUTTO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE TEXAS RACIAL PROFILING LAWS. ANY QUESTIONS?

>> THANK YOU, SIR. QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?

>> CAN WE GO BACK TO ARRESTS? I WILL ASK THIS QUESTION KNOWING WE HAVE CITY DEMOGRAPHICS AND MAKEUP OF EVERYTHING, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR PEOPLE THAT PASS THROUGH THE CITY.

WAIT, WAIT. RIGHT THERE.

GO BACK. RIGHT THERE, OKAY.

>> YEAH, THAT'S THE ONE.

>> GO BACK ONE MORE. SORRY.

>> ONE MORE? I DIDN'T WANT TO STOP YOU WHEN YOU WERE ON A ROLL. OKAY.

IF YOU COULD GO FORWARD. THERE IS ONE WHERE -- IT IS NOT THAT ONE.

IT IS NOT THAT ONE. IT IS NOT THAT ONE.

>> I'LL GO BACK.

>> YEAH, SORRY. I'LL STOP YOU WHEN YOU GET THERE. OKAY.

OH, RIGHT THERE. THAT WAS IT.

I SEE THAT. WHEN THERE IS A SEARCH CONDUCTED AND RIGHT OUT OF THE GATES POPS UP WHAT I'M SEEING. 4,277 STOPS WHERE THE PERSON WAS DEEMED TO BE WHITE. THE FIRST THING I SEE IS IT LOOKS LIKE ALMOST A THIRD OF THE STOPS WERE BY SOMEONE CLASSIFIED AS A BLACK MOTORIST.

YET, THEY HAD THE SAME AMOUNT OF SEARCHES.

SO IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WOULD -- AND, AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. I KNOW WE HAVE OUR DEMOGRAPHIC AND THE PASSING THROUGH OUR CITY DEMOGRAPHIC AND THEY DON'T ALWAYS ALIGN.

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IS THERE ANYTHING ON THERE WE NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF SEARCHES AND THIS BEING DISPROPORTIONATE, I WOULD --

>> THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. THE CHALLENGE YOU HAVE WITH DATA IS THERE IS SO MANY VARIABLES. LIKE YOU ARE SAYING, YOU HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT'S PASSED THROUGH.

THESE ARE TRAFFIC STOPS. YOU WILL HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT PASSES THROUGH. SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU MAY HAVE A VEHICLE AND YOU PULL THE PERSON OVER, JUST LIKE A FEW MONTHS BACK WE HAD A PERSON THAT WAS PULLED OVER, AND IT WAS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN GENTLEMAN AS A PASSENGER, AND THEY WERE PULLED OVER OUT EAST OF TOWN.

AND I HEARD IT COME OVER THE RADIO THAT THE VEHICLE THAT WAS PULLED OVER WAS WANTED IN AN AGGRAVATED ROBBERY OUT OF SAN ANTONIO.

SO I PULLED UP AND STARTED TALKING WITH HIM.

WHAT WE FOUND OUT WAS THE PERSON THAT WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE HAD AN ACTUAL WARRANT OUT OF SAN ANTONIO. THE PASSENGER DIDN'T.

SO IT'S THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT DETERMINE WHO GETS A CITATION, WHO GETS THE -- WHO GETS ARRESTED. SO WE HAVE LITTLE TO NO CONTROL OVER A SITUATION WHERE A PERSON HAS AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT OR A PERSON IS SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU LET THE WINDOW DOWN AND YOU'VE GOT MARIJUANA AND DRUGS IN PLANE VIEW.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT RACE THAT PERSON IS. THEY WILL BE ARRESTED.

THE NUMBERS CAN CHANGE BY DIFFERENT VARIABLES.

BUT WE'RE TALKING NOT ONLY ABOUT PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY BUT PEOPLE THAT ARE PASSING THROUGH, PEOPLE GOING NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND ON THE TOLL.

SO THERE IS SO MANY VARIABLES TO WHERE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PER CAPITA, THE SIZE IS TYPICALLY SO SMALL TO WHERE WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DATA THERE TO SAY, WELL, IS THERE ANY DISPROPORTIONALITY. A LARGE NUMBER WHEN YOU LOOK AND SEE, DO WE KNOW THE RACE OF THE INDIVIDUAL BEFORE THE TRAFFIC STOP, THE OVERWHELMING NUMBER IS VERY, VERY, VERY LOW.

>> THANK YOU. I LOOKED AT THIS AS A SNAPSHOT, BUT ALSO SNOW PEOPLE LIKE SNAPSHOTS, AS YOU ARE AWARE AND TRY TO EXTRAPOLATE ISSUES.

GO TO THE SECOND-TO- LAST SIDE WHERE THERE WAS NO COMPLAINTS. SO SOMETHING I JUST HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT. IF IT'S CONCERNING THE PUBLIC, WILL THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM YOU?

>> YES, SIR. WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT.

ONE OF THE THINGS, TOO, IS EVEN ON OUR CITATIONS, WHEN THE CITATIONS ARE ISSUED, THERE IS INFORMATION ABOUT THAT ON RACIAL PROFILING AND HOW TO FILE A COMPLAINT. EVEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS OF THE VEHICLES SEARCHED AND THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS, WE'RE NOT GETTING COMPLAINTS ABOUT THAT.

IF YOU HAVE GOT A PERSON YOU ARE PULLING OVER, SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE A DWI, YOU ARE WRITING THEM A CITATION OR YOU ARE WRITING THEM A WARNING BECAUSE THAT IS YOUR PROBABLY CAUSE FOR THE STOP IN THE FIRST PLACE.

SO EVERYONE IS GETTING THAT INFORMATION.

>> IF NO ONE HAS DOWN A RIDE- ALONG, THEY SHOULD.

BY DOING THEM, IT IS AMAZING. YOUR OFFICERS PULL PEOPLE OVER, AND PEOPLE ARE THANKING YOUR OFFICERS FOR PULLING THEM OVER. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE GETTING A TICKET OR A WARNING, BUT THEY'RE LAUGHING AND HAVING A GOOD TIME. THAT'S PRETTY COOL WHEN YOU CAN PULL SOMEBODY OVER, STOP THEM AND YOU HEAR, ALL RIGHT, HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.

AND THE OFFICERS COME BACK AND SAY, THEY JUST THANKED YOU FOR STOPPING THEM. GOOD STUFF.

>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. THE DEPARTMENT DOES A GOOD JOB WITH BEING PROACTIVE IN TRAINING AND TRYING TO SEE WHAT'S OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH SO THAT THEY CAN REACT IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE SO PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING THE WORST DAY OF THEIR LIFE.

>> YES, SIR.

>> I APPRECIATE THAT. PLEASE KEEP IT UP.

PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU NEED RESOURCES TO DO ANYTHING TO MAKE IT BETTER.

>> THANK YOU, SIR.

>> THANK YOU.

>> RIGHT. THANK

YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR THIS REPORT.

I LOOK FORWARD TO IT ALL THE TIME, JUST THE UPDATES AND STORIES. BUT, YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THE COMPLIANCE AND ALSO CONTINUING TO, YOU KNOW, SERVE IN THE COMMUNITY, KEEPING THE COMMUNITY SAFE AND, YEAH, JUST THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.

[9.2. Presentation to discuss the development known as Hutto Gateway on a parcel of land labeled the Wolfe Tract. (Sara Cervantes) ]

>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

>> HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

>> NEXT WE HAVE 9- 2, PRESENTATION TO DISCUSS THE DEVELOPMENT KNOWN AS HUTTO GATEWAY ON A PARTIAL OF LAND LABELED THE WOLF TRACT.

>> MAYOR, COUNCIL, EVERYTHING I BRING YOU IS NOT AS COOL AS THE CHIEF'S.

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST DIRECTIVE WE RECEIVED FROM U.S. COUNCIL WANTING DEVELOPERS TO COME TO YOU PRELIMINARILY IF THEY'RE LOOKING TO DEVELOP LAND OUTSIDE OF OUR CURRENT CCM.

THIS IS THE FIRST FIRST DEVELOPER WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU. I WILL CALL THEM UP TO PRESENT, AND WE WILL LET THE DISCUSSION FLOW FROM THERE.

>> THANK YOU, SIR.

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>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT. MY NAME IS ROBERT DEACON.

I'M WITH REALTO STUDIO. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, HOPEFULLY ONE OF US WILL BE ABLE TO FIELD THOSE QUESTIONS. SO WHY ARE WE HERE TONIGHT? PRIMARILY TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THIS GREAT PROJECT WE'RE ALL VERY EXCITED ABOUT. THE NEW COMMUNITY THAT COULD BE A GATEWAY AND A DESTINATION FOR THE CITY OF HUTTO.

I WANT TO GIVE YOU A CLEAR PICTURE OF WHAT IT IS WE WANT TO BUILD, HOW IT WILL BENEFIT THE CITY AND WHAT WE NEED FROM THE CITY TO MAKE THIS VISION HAPPEN. AND THEN WE WANT TO LISTEN.

WE WANT TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS AND FEEDBACK, YOUR IDEAS, YOUR SUGGESTIONS AND HOPEFULLY SOME INDICATION OF YOUR SUPPORT, SOME INDICATION OF HOW YOU WOULD LIKE US TO PROCEED TO BRING THIS PROJECT TO REALITY.

AS I SAID, WE'RE CALLING THIS PROJECT THE GATEWAY AT HUTTO. IT IS A VERY GOOD REASON FOR THAT. YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT IS LOCATED, AT THE CORNER OF THE HIGHWAY AND 137.

THIS IS A STRATEGIC LOCATION ALONG THE NEW EAST HIGHWAY.

BUT WITH THIS PROJECT YOU PUT AN ANCHOR THERE ON THE PROJECT THAT WELCOMES THEM, GIVES THE CITY REAL PRESENCE ALONG THAT NEW HIGHWAY.

AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU ALL SAW THAT OPPORTUNITY WHEN YOU DID YOUR 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. YOU PROPOSED THE FUTURE ACTIVITY CENTER AT THIS VERY LOCATION.

OUR PROJECT ALIGNS VERY WELL WITH THAT. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE PROPOSING THAT TO CREATE AN ACTIVITY CENTER ALONG THAT HIGHWAY. THIS IS OUR OVERALL MASTER PLAN FOR THE PROJECT. THIS PLAN IS REALLY MORE OF A CONCEPT PLAN TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE USES WILL BE AND WHERE THEY WILL BE LOCATED WITHIN THE OVERALL PROJECT. SO YOU CAN SEE EAST WILCO HIGHWAY RUNNING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE PROJECT.

137 IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROJECT RUNNING NORTH AND SOUTH.

YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A TRUE MIXED USE COMMUNITY, WITH A WIDE RANGE OF USES, COMMERCIAL USES CLUSTERED AROUND THAT KEY INTERSECTION AND THEN FEATHERING OUT TO MORE RESIDENTIAL USES THAT CLUSTER TOWARDS THE COMMERCIAL AND REDUCE TO SINGLE FAMILY DENSITY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TRANSITIONING AND BUFFERING. OF COURSE, YOU SEE THE REALLY BIG GREEN AND BLUE BLOB RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS WHOLE THING. THIS IS BUILT AROUND OPEN SPACE AND AROUND THAT EXISTING LAKE.

MORE THAN A QUARTER OF THE COMMUNITY WILL BE OPEN SPACE. SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE MORE HERE IN A MOMENT. THERE IS AN EXISTING FACILITY THAT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AND IN USE AS IT IS, AND THEN JUST NOTING THAT ALMOST 40 ACRES OF THE SITE HAS ALREADY BEEN CONTRIBUTED RIGHT AWAY FOR THE EAST WILCO HIGHWAY.

SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN REALITY? LET'S START TO PUT SOME MEAT ON THOSE BONES AND SEE WHAT THIS COMMUNITY MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY PROPOSING HERE A RESIDENT, PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED MIXED USE COMMUNITY WITH A REAL SMALL TOWN CHARM. REAL WALKABLE AND ORIENTED AROUND THAT CENTRAL OPEN SPACE.

ONE OF THE PIECES WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS THE BRIDGE OVER THE LAKE THAT WILL REALLY PROVIDE THAT GATEWAY MOMENT WITHIN THE PROJECT. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT FROM THE HIGHWAY. A LOT OF COMMUNITIES LIKE THIS DO A BIG MONUMENT SIGN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WE SEE THAT AS A WAY TO CREATE THE GATEWAY UNIT AND DO IT IN A WAY THAT PROVIDES REAL UTILITY FOR THE PARK USERS WHO WILL BE CIRCLING THAT LAKE AND REALLY ENJOYING THAT PARK.

LET'S ZOOM IN ON THAT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT ON THE CORNER OF EAST WILCO HIGHWAY AND COUNTY ROAD 137. THIS AREA IS REALLY CLUSTERED INTO THE AREA ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY WHERE WE PICTURE A SMALL TOWN MAIN STREET FEEL, LEADING INTO A COUPLE OF HIGH- END RESTAURANTS THAT WOULD BE OVERLOOKING THE LAKE.

WE WANT TO DELIVER AN EXCEPTIONAL RESTAURANT EXPERIENCE WITH PATIOS AND FAMILY- ORIENTED ATMOSPHERE. WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING A HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CENTER IN THIS PART OF THE PROJECT. THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL WELL- WOODED LAND OVER THE LAKE THAT WE THINK WOULD BE A REALLY PERFECT SITE FOR THIS KIND OF USE AND RETAIL CLUSTER ALONG THAT STREET.

AND THEN SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY WE SEE THE REGIONAL FOCUS FOR THE RETAIL THERE AS WELL AS SOME OFFICE USES. OUR HOPE IS TO WORK TO ATTRACT A GROCER TO THE SITE. WE THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD SITE FOR A GROCER BUT REALLY PROVIDING REGIONAL RETAIL USES THERE.

THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, AND THIS IS LOOKING AT THE FIRST PHASE OF THE RESIDENTIAL, REALLY FEATHERS FROM THE

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MULTIFAMILY OVERLOOKING THE LAKE AND NEAR THE HIGHWAY, OUT TO TOWNHOMES AND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE TRANSITION TO THE NEIGHBORING HOMES.

THIS DIVISION HERE, AGAIN, IS A TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT AROUND PORCHES THAT OPEN ON TO PLEASANT STREETS AND OPEN SPACE AND REALLY CREATE A COMPLETE COMMUNITY FEEL WITH HOUSING OPTIONS THAT SUIT A WIDE RANGE OF AGES AND LIFE STAGES.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THERE IS THE OPEN SPACE.

THAT REALLY IS THE CORE OF THIS WHOLE PROJECT, ORIENTED AROUND THE EXISTING LAKES THAT WILL PROVIDE A GREAT RECREATIONAL RESOURCE FOR THE PROJECT.

WE WILL BUILD TRAILS, CAPITALIZING ON THE LARGE LIVE OAKS YOU WILL FIND WITHIN THAT OPEN SPACE THERE. WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING A LARGE SORT OF COMMUNITY PARK AREA WHERE YOU SEE THE OVAL JUST NORTHWEST OF THE LAKE. THERE IS AN EXISTING RANCH HOUSE THERE THAT CAN BE REFURBISHED AS A COMMUNITY CENTER AND A LARGE LAWN TO HOST COMMUNITY EVENTS AND THAT SORT OF THING. THE INTENT IS FOR THIS TO BE A PUBLIC PARK OPEN FOR THE CITIZENRY BUT MAINTAINED AND OPERATED BY THE HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THERE IS LOTS OF OTHER OPEN SPACE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT, INCLUDING GREENBELTS TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE BUFFERS IN NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS.

THE GOAL HERE IS EVERY RESIDENT IN THIS COMMUNITY WILL BE A FEW STEPS AWAY FROM WONDERFUL OPEN SPACE THAT WILL PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. GOING BACK TO THE OVERALL CONCEPT PLAN HERE, WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO BUILD HERE? AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS OVER A THOUSAND RESIDENTIAL UNITS PROPOSED, OVER 600,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

AND THEN OVER 73 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE, THE VAST MAJORITY OF WHICH WOULD BE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE TO CITIZENS OF HUTTO. A REALLY MONUMENTAL PROJECT, A TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECT FOR THE CITY OF HUTTO.

AT THIS LOCATION, IT IS A REALLY GREAT FIT FOR THE SITE AND I THINK COULD BE A REALLY POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE. WE GO BACK TO THE RENDERING THAT WE STARTED, THE PRESENTATION WITH NOW THAT YOU HAVE GOT YOURSELF OR NOTED TO THE PROJECT A LITTLE BIT, YOU CAN SEE WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT HERE. THIS IS THE VIEW TRAVELING EAST LOOKING AT THE PROJECT, THAT ICONIC BRIDGE CROSSING THE LAKE, RESTAURANTS BEYOND THE BRIDGE WITH PATIOS OVERLOOKING THE LAKE, MAIN STREET BEHIND THAT, AND THEN A CONFERENCE HOTEL ANCHORING THAT BACK IN THE WOODS APPROPRIATELY BUFFERED IN SURROUNDING USES. SO THIS IS THE VISION THAT WE WANTED TO BRING TO YOU TONIGHT AND A VISION THAT I HOPE THAT YOU ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.

I DO WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IT IS WE NEED TO ASK FOR.

WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR A VOTE OR ANYTHING TONIGHT.

WE JUST WANT TO LAY OUT THE BROAD PARAMETERS OF WHAT A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WOULD LOOK LIKE AT THIS PROJECT.

WE'RE PROPOSING TO INSTALL A SIGNAL AT THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 137 AND EAST WILCO HIGHWAY AND TO COMPLETE THE -- THE DESIGNATED IMPROVEMENTS ALONG COUNTY ROAD 137 ALONG THE ENTIRE FRONTAGE OF OUR PROJECT WHICH WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS YOU ARE ALREADY DESIGNING NORTH OF OUR PROJECT TO 1660, WOULD BASICALLY GIVE YOU A FULLY IMPROVED COUNTY ROAD 137 ALL THE WAY UP TO 138 UP TO 1660. SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO THAT AT THE DEVELOPMENT'S COST. ALL WE WOULD ASK IS THAT THAT -- THOSE IMPROVEMENTS COUNT AS OUR TRANSPORTATION FEES FOR THE CITY. THE SECOND IS, OF COURSE, WATER WASTE AND WATER SERVICE.

WE'RE ASKING THE CITY FOR WATER WASTE AND WATER SERVICE FOR THIS PROJECT.

IT WOULD BUILD A NEW WATER LOOP OVERSIZED FOR FUTURE USERS AS WELL AS A WASTE WATER STATION TO ALLOW THIS TO BE CONNECTED TO YOUR WATER SYSTEM. ALL THAT WOULD BE AT THE COST OF THE PROJECT. ADDITIONALLY THE PROJECT WOULD OF COURSE PAY THE APPROPRIATE IMPACT FEES FOR THE CITY OF HUTTO.

WE'RE PROVIDING ALL OF THOSE THINGS, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO GET WATER SERVICE FROM THE CITY. AND THEN FINALLY, OF COURSE, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING HERE IS WE ARE PROPOSING TO FULLY ANNEX OUR PROJECT INTO THE CITY OF HUTTO.

A LOT OF PROJECTS GO THE OTHER WAY AND DEVELOP ON THEIR OWN. WE WANT TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY TO BRING THIS MISSION TO REALITY, SO WE WOULD BE FULLY ANNEXING TO THE CITY OF HUTTO, PARTNERING TO DEVELOP A ZONING AGREEMENT FOR THIS PROJECT THAT WOULD NOT ONLY ALLOW US TO DELIVER THIS SUPERIOR VISION FOR THE PROJECT BUT GIVE YOU CERTAINTY THAT THAT IS WHAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO UNDER YOUR ZONING ORDINANCES.

IT WOULD BRING US INTO YOUR TAX BASE BOTH WITH SALES TAX AND PROPERTY TAXES AS WELL. AND WE DELIVER THESE INCREDIBLE BENEFITS TO THE CITY. OF COURSE, WE USE SOME FINANCING TOOLS TO DO THAT. SO WE ALL TALK ABOUT A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ALREADY TONIGHT.

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PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT COMBINED TOGETHER TO ALLOW US TO FUND THIS WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS FROM TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS TO WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS TO WORLD CLASS PARK THAT WILL BE A RESOURCE FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE TO JUST THE QUALITY MIXED USE COMMUNITY THAT REALLY IS THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLANNED VISION FOR THIS LOCATION AND I THINK WOULD BE A REAL ASSET TO THE CITY AND ALLOW YOU TO MAKE USEFUL WILCO HIGHWAY A REAL ASSET FOR THE CITY AND NOT JUST A BYPASS.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

AS I SAID, WE HAVE OUR TEAM HERE TO ANSWER DETAILED QUESTIONS IF I CAN'T ANSWER THEM.

BUT I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR FEEDBACK AND ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL?

>> SO ONE OF MINE THAT I SEE THE HIGH NUMBER OF VALUE REQUIREMENTS. BUT MY QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE TIME FRAME ON THIS PROJECT FOR THE TAKEDOWN OF THOSE? BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THEM TODAY AND WE'RE WORKING TO DO THAT.

SO WHAT IS THE TIME FRAME? EVEN IF WE WERE TO CONSIDER THIS, WHAT IS THE TIME FRAME THAT YOU WERE ENVISIONING TO NEED THOSE CONNECTIONS?

>> I DON'T THINK THAT'S ESTABLISHED IN STONE BY ANY MEANS AT THIS POINT. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE EAGER TO GET THIS PROJECT MOVING AND WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE AS QUICKLY AS THE CITY IS READY TO MOVE. BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SOME WATER SUPPLY CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH WITH YOU.

I THINK WE WOULD EVEN ASK THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENTS OF THIS THAT WE COULD MOVE FORWARD WHILE WE WORK ON THE WATER COMMITMENTS.

SO IF THE OTHER ELEMENTS OF THIS ARE ACCEPTABLE AND DESIRABLE TO THE CITY, ET CETERA, WE WOULD LOVE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE PIECES AND GET THOSE AGREEMENTS SETTLED, FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR DEAL IS THERE AND HAVE THAT READY TO GO WHEN THE WATER PIECE GETS FIGURED OUT.

>> CAN YOU GO OVER HOW THE DEVELOPMENT'S PARTICIPATION IN IMPROVING 137 UP TO 1660, IS THAT RIGHT? CAN YOU JUST GO OVER THAT AGAIN SO I'M CLEAR ON

IT? >> YES.

SO CURRENTLY THE CITY IS ALREADY WORKING ON A PROJECT THAT EXTENDS FROM THE CREEK CROSSING THERE UP TO 1660 AND IMPROVES 137 ALONG THAT STRETCH.

SO WE WOULD BE IMPROVING THE STRETCH THAT EXTENDS ALONG THE ENTIRE FRONTAGE OF OUR PROPERTY, IMPROVING THE INTERSECTION AND WIDENING THE ROAD ALONG THAT ENTIRE FRONTAGE.

>> ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CREEK AND UP THE

PROPERTY. >> IT IS A CITY PROJECT THAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS ALREADY

UNDERWAY. >> OR THE SOUTH SIDE, SORRY.

SOUTH SIDE OF THE CREEK.

I'M SORRY.

>> CORRECT. DOWN TO 138 WOULD BE WHAT WE ARE WIDENING, EXPANDING AND

IMPROVING. >> I DO LIKE THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO PUT A SIGNAL THERE.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, IS A CHALLENGE EVEN TODAY.

SO OBVIOUSLY IN THE FUTURE, IT WILL JUST BECOME MORE OF A CHALLENGE. I DO LIKE THAT.

Y'ALL ARE THINKING AHEAD ON

THAT. >> YES.

WE KNOW THAT'S A STRONG NEED. AND THAT'S WHY THE COMMITMENT WE'RE READY TO MAKE IS TO MAKE THAT SIGNAL PART OF OUR FIRST PHASE, NOT TO WAIT UNTIL OUR GENERATION TRIGGERS IT, BUT TO MAKE THAT A PART OF OUR FIST PHASE. WE PUT THAT SIGNAL IN AS SOON AS WE HAD THE VOTE THAT YOU HAD EARLIER TONIGHT TO APPROVE THE PIT BOND, THAT SIGNAL IS THE FIRST

PRIORITY. >> AND THEN ANOTHER QUESTION.

WOULD YOUR PROJECT HAVE CONNECTIVITY TO THE CURRENT NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE WEST?

>> YES, THERE WOULD BE CONNECTIVITY WHERE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD HAS STEPPED OUT TO OUR PROJECT.

>> IT ALREADY IS, THANK YOU.

>> AND YOU CAN -- YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THIS PLAN.

THERE ARE TWO STEPS, THE BASE OF THE PROJECT.

THAT IS THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE WEST.

THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH ALSO HAS A STUB THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT CONNECTING AS WELL.

>> COULD YOU REPEAT YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD,

PLEASE. >> ROBERT DEGAN WITH REALTO STUDIO.

>> THANK YOU, ROBERT.

>> ROBERT, WHAT IS STOPPING YOU GUYS FROM CONTINUING -- BECAUSE YOU TALK ABOUT YOU DO THE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS TO 138.

WHAT IS STOPPING YOU GUYS FROM GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ROW LANE? BECAUSE I GOT TO IMAGINE THAT'S GOT TO BE AN ENTRANCE INTO, YOU KNOW, YOUR PROPERTY GOING ALL THE WAY.

AND, SO, UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, YOU WILL BE DOING ALL OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS, WHAT IS STOPPING YOU FROM GOING ALL THAT WAY?

>> I'M NOT SURE WE HAVE STUDIED THAT YET.

I WOULD IMAGINE RIGHT OF WAY WOULD BE A CONSTRAINT.

WE WILL BE DONATING WHAT IS NECESSARY TO WIDEN THE ROAD.

ONCE WE GET AWAY FROM OUR FRONTAGE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE CONTROL ANYMORE, SO WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH THE

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CITY TO GET THAT RIGHT AWAY CONDEMNED. TYPICALLY IT'S MORE STANDARD TO WAIT UNTIL THAT LAND DEVELOPS AND HAVE THAT LAND IMPROVEMENT THE ROADWAY THERE UNLESS THE CITY CREATES THEIR OWN PROJECT TO DO IT.

AGAIN, I HAVE NOT STUDIED THAT. THIS IS -- I'M JUST SPECULATING. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE WITH OUR TEAM HAS THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.

SO --

>> YOU SAID THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING YOU GUYS COULD LOOK AT AFTER, YOU KNOW, YOU DEVELOP WHAT YOU HAVE RIGHT HERE. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS WOULD BE WILLING TO LOOK AT?

>> I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, ALL -- WHATEVER COMMUNITY BENEFITS WE'RE PROPOSING WITH THE PROJECT, ALL THAT COMES BACK TO KIND OF FIGURING OUT WHAT WORKS WITHIN THE PROJECT AND THE FINANCING STRUCTURES. IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S PRIORITY FOR THE CITY, IT IS SOMETHING WE CAN ABSOLUTELY LOOK AT AND BE PART OF THIS DISCUSSION. THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE TONIGHT, TO HEAR WHAT PRIORITIES DO WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT AND DIG IN ON THE STUDY.

>> AND THEN THAT EAST WILCO HIGHWAY, HAVE YOU ALREADY BEGUN CONVERSATIONS TO UNDERSTAND HOW BIG IT IS, HOW WIDE IT IS, IT WON'T INTERFERE WITH WHAT YOU GUYS ARE WANTING TO DO IN THAT AREA?

>> YES, WE HAVE BEGUN SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

THAT'S THE FULL BUILD- OUT DEPICTED ON THE PLAN HERE, NOT JUST WHAT'S EXISTING TODAY.

>> OKAY.

>> TO YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER THOMPSON, 137, THAT'S THE COUNTY'S ROAD RIGHT THERE THAT CONTINUES SOUTH. AND THEN IT TURNS INTO TRAVIS COUNTY AS WELL. SO ME PERSONALLY, IT'S NOT A CITY INTEREST.

>> UNDERSTOOD, THANK YOU.

>> YOU KNOW, ALSO, WE RECENTLY UPDATED OUR -- WE WENT THIS ROUTE. WE UPDATED OUR TRAFFIC AND TECH FEES. WHEN YOU LOOK TO CALCULATE YOURS, YOU WOULD ALSO BE PUTTING IN -- I WOULD NEVER SAY THAT YOU DO THIS IN LIEU OF THE OTHER.

IT WOULD BE A CREDIT TOWARDS BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE THAT THE IMPACT FEE IS GREATER THAN JUST THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, IN WHICH CASE, YOU DON'T GET THAT REFUNDED. IT WOULD BE A CREDIT TOWARDS -- THAT WOULD BE A MINIMUM LEVEL PLUS IF THE FEE IS SUCH THAT IT WOULD BE A CREDIT -- THE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE A CREDIT TOWARD THAT FEE IF THERE IS ANY LEFTOVER, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

>> YES, UNDERSTOOD.

>> SO, I MEAN, THE MAIN REASON YOU ARE HERE TONIGHT IS BECAUSE YOU ARE CURRENTLY NOT IN OUR WATER CCM, RIGHT? AND YOU ARE ASKING FOR US TO -- TO BRING YOU IN.

WHAT IS THE REASON THAT MANVILLE CAN'T SUPPORT YOUR WATER TODAY?

>> WELL, THAT WOULD BE A DISCUSSION WE WOULD HAVE TO ENTER IN WITH THEM TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THE WATER SUPPLY. OUR DESIRE IS TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF HUTTO. WE THINK THIS PROJECT BRINGS A LOT OF BENEFIT TO THE CITY OF HUTTO.

WE THINK WE'RE OFFERING A LOT OF BENEFITS THAT THE CITY OF HUTTO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN, AND WE ARE EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH YOU TO BRING THIS PROJECT TO REALITY. AS MUCH AS WE COULD MAKE EVERY ASPECT OF THIS PROJECT PART OF THAT CONVERSATION OF THE CITY OF HUTTO, THAT WOULD BE OUR PREFERENCE. OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS A SCENARIO WHERE WE WORK TO DELIVER WATER AND WORK WITH THE REST OF THE PROJECT. BUT OUR HOPE IS TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF HUTTO ON ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THAT REALITY.

>> BUT WHAT'S THE REASON? WHY -- WHY DO YOU WANT TO GET WATER FROM HUTTO? IS IT MORE COST- EFFECTIVE FOR YOU TO DO IT THAT WAY? IS IT -- I MEAN --

>> I'M GOING TO LET OUR CIVIL ENGINEER FIELD THIS QUESTION.

>> YEAH, SO CLOSE. GOOD EVENING.

I'M SETH WITH GRANGE ENGINEERING.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS.

WE HAVE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH MANVILLE REGARDING WATER. THEY ARE WORKING ON LARGE- SCALE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS TO BRING MORE WATER TO THIS AREA.

THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED ON THE FAR EDGE OF THEIR CCM.

SO IT'S -- YOU MIGHT CALL IT SOMETHING OF A NO MAN'S LAND IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE. WE HAVE WORKED WITH MATT TO GET ANALYSIS, AND WE HAVE HAD A SIMILAR DISCUSSION WITH MANVILLE. THEIR TIME LINES ARE PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN THE CITY OF HUTTO'S TIME LINE IN TERMS OF GETTING WATER TO THE PROJECT.

IT IS -- MAYBE IT IS NOT SIX ONE, HALF A DOZEN OF THE OTHER.

MIGHT BE FIVE AND SEVEN WHERE IT IS EASIER TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF HUTTO AS THEY'RE WORKING ON BRINGING INFRASTRUCTURE TO THE AREA.

>> OKAY. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU COULD POSSIBLY GET WATER FROM MANVILLE.

IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS EASIER AND PREFERABLE TO GET IT FROM HUTTO. IF WE WERE TO SAY NO WAY WE ARE GOING TO APPROVE THIS, WE DON'T WANT TO INCREASE OUR CCN,

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IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU WOULD STILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT?

>> CORRECT. IT IS JUST THE PREFERENCE OF THE PROJECT. ONE UTILITY PROVIDER GIVE PEOPLE ONE STRUCTURE, IT IS PROBABLY EASIEST THAT WAY. BUT, NO, IT IS NOT AN ABSOLUTE DEAL BREAKER.

>> HOW LONG HAVE Y'ALL BEEN WORKING WITH CITY STAFF ON, YOU KNOW, STARTING THE CONVERSATION AND, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE D.A.

STARTED?

>> WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF FOR PROBABLY A LITTLE OVER A YEAR IN TERMS OF THE FIRST TIME WE SAT DOWN AND TALKED TO THE STAFF.

AND THEN ROBERT AND HIS FIRM HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE PROJECT FOR SIX MONTHS IN A MORE INTENSE FORMAT.

>> OKAY, THANK YOU.

>> ALWAYS GOT COMMENTS ON THESE. I WILL GIVE YOU THE TOUGH ONES THAT PEOPLE WON'T APOLOGIZE FOR ME ON. THE WATER THING IS MY CONCERN.

I HAVEN'T BEEN A PROPONENT OF GIVING ANY KIND OF WATER.

IF THEY BROUGHT IN A GROCERY STORE, I COULD SEE GIVING WATER TO THE GROCERY STORE AND CUTTING IT OFF THERE. I UNDERSTAND THE PREDICAMENT YOU GUYS ARE IN. THAT'S THE BAD ONE.

GOING FROM THERE, I THINK THE PROJECT IS AWESOME.

YOU GUYS ARE GOOD DEVELOPERS. I KNOW IN PREVIOUS DEALINGS, YOU ARE NOT AFRAID TO PUT THE DETAILS IN THE AGREEMENTS. WHERE OTHERS SAY, HERE'S THE GREAT PICTURE. AND THEN YOU GO, WAIT A MINUTE.

I THINK I TOOK A PICTURE OF IT. WHEREAS, WE'LL JUST DO THIS.

I'M NOT SAYING THIS HAS TO BE EXACTLY WHEN THE AGREEMENT COMES FOR US, BUT WHEN YOU SAY YOU ARE DOING 730 MULTI- FAMILY, 285 RESIDENTIAL AND 665,000 COMMERCIAL. AS LONG AS WE'RE CLOSE TO THAT AND THAT'S ALL IN WRITING TO WHERE YOU COME BACK AND GO, HEY, THE MARKET CHANGED AND WE WILL NOW BUILD LIKE 8,000 APARTMENTS OR WHATEVER.

AND I KNOW YOU GUYS AREN'T LIKE THAT.

WE DO HAVE DEVELOPERS THAT WILL COME BACK AND KIND OF TELL US KIND OF A SAD STORY AND I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ONE TO GO, THAT'S PART OF DOING BUSINESS. SO I LIKE YOUR GUYS' PLAN FROM THAT STANDPOINT. IT IS, TO ME, IT LOOKS A LOT MORE HEAVILY INTO COMMERCIAL, WHICH I THINK THIS CORRIDOR, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY WHEN THIS HIGHWAY FIRST CAME OUT, IF YOU WILL HAVE THIS, THEN YOU NEED TO EXPECT TO HAVE COMMERCIAL AT THE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS.

THE THING I LIKE ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL IS THAT ANYBODY THAT LIVES HERE AS TO GO NORTH FOR ANY KIND OF SERVICE. WITH ENOUGH COMMERCIAL DOWN HERE, I THINK THIS WILL BRING SERVICES TO WHERE BETWEEN US WORKING THE 1660, 137 DOWN SECTION, THE PEOPLE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CITY HAVE TWO OPTIONS TO GET SERVICES.

I CAN SEE MORE THINGS COMING. SO I LIKE THAT PART. I DO HAVE QUESTIONS THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS.

I DON'T MIND IF IT IS PUTTING IN SIGNALS OR THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT IF IT AKES AWAY TAX REVENUE, I'M NOT AGREEING WITH THAT. WHATEVER YOU SAID IN A MEETING, AS WE GET CLOSER TO, AGAIN, I LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM IN THERE WHERE YOU GUYS HAVE THE ABILITY TO WHERE IT IS NOT EXACTLY 285. IT COULD BE 290.

BUT YOU CAN CHANGE THE NAME ON SOMETIMES NAME IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. OTHER TIMES IT IS NOT.

SO IT IS THINGS LIKE THAT THAT I THINK WHEN THE AGREEMENT COMES UP, YOU WILL KNOW. I LIKE GUYS WHO ARE FULLY ANNEXING. AGAIN, NO ONE -- YOU GUYS AREN'T IMMUNE TO THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF I WANT MORE HOMES AND RESIDENTIAL.

BUT I ALSO KNOW IF YOU GET WATER THROUGH MANVILLE AND GO THE PACKAGED PLAN ROUTE, THAT'S EASIER THAN JACKING WITH US AND ALL THAT. SO I DO APPRECIATE THE ANNEXING IN. THAT ASSURES YOU ARE UNDER OUR CODES AND OUR ORDINANCES AND THEN WE WORK WITH YOU.

I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF CAPACITY.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE PIPES OVER YET.

BUT I THINK MOST PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC I DON'T THINK HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE WASTE WATER SIDE.

IT IS ALL WATER FOCUSED. THE WATER LOOP, IT WOULD BE INTERESTING ON THE WATER LOOP.

WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF REDUNDANCY IN THE CITY.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A CONVERSATION TO BE HAD WHERE SOMEHOW WE'RE WORKING A JOINT AGREEMENT TO WHERE THERE IS INFRASTRUCTURE PUT INTO A LOOP.

THE WATER IS COMING FROM MANVILLE, BUT THEN ALSO, AT SOME POINT IN TIME, WE MAY NEED WATER DUE TO A BREAK OR

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SOMETHING. CAN WE USE WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE TO HELP HAVE THE REDUNDANT BACKUP IN THE SOUTH SIDE? THE TRANSPORTATION FEES, I AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER CLARK. I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS WERE PROPOSING ANYWAY. BUT IT IS NOT LIKE, HEY, WE WILL BUILD THIS INTERSECTION.

IN EXCHANGE, WE WON'T HAVE TO PAY $8 MILLION IN FEES.

IT IS SOME SORT OF CREDIT SYSTEM.

BUT I THINK YOU GUYS ARE OVERALL USED TO THAT.

THE SIGNAL I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS THIS DEVELOPS AND THERE IS A CONCERT, IT IS JUST SCREWED UP RIGHT NOW. I KNOW THE COUNTY IS WORKING ON THE ROAD, BUT WHEN THEY GET THAT DONE, THERE IS OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE PUT IN. TO ME, THAT ALLEVIATES US HAVING TO SELL BONDS AND PEOPLE'S TAXES.

WE WILL MAKE YOU DO THE FUTURE BUILDOUT OF THINGS FROM THE INFRASTRUCTURE STANDPOINT. NOW WE TEND TO LET NEIGHBORHOODS COME IN AND THEN FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE, HERE WE'RE MAKING THE INFRASTRUCTURE PART OF IT.

SO WE CAN TELL PEOPLE WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING IS KIND OF I THINK THE WAY THE DEVELOPMENT IS SUPPOSED TO BE GOING.

I ALSO LIKE THE OPEN SPACE. THE MOST YOU CAN KEEP IT AT, THE BETTER. THAT'S A BIG THING FOR PEOPLE.

THE PID, TOTALLY OKAY WITH THE PID.

I LIKE THE ICONIC BRIDGE. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MEMORIALIZE THAT IN A DOCUMENT TO WHERE, AGAIN, WE SO THAT.

I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE NAME. BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, NOT THAT IT HAS TO BE AN EXACT SAME THING, BUT SOMETHING GETS PUT IN THERE, WHICH I KNOW YOU GUYS WILL, THIS IS MORE FOR THE OTHER DEVELOPERS THAT JUST WANT TO HAVE A COUPLE PIECES OF PAPER AND COME BACK LATER WITH THE PLAN. THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS.

I NOTICE A QUARTER OF YOUR WHOLE THING IS GREEN SPACE, WHICH IS VERY UNUSUAL. SOME OF IT IS TOPOGRAPHY.

YOU GUYS ARE TAKING, I THINK, A LOT BETTER LOOK IN TERMS OF HOW THIS IS GOING TO LOOK. AND I ALREADY SAID SERVICES ON THE SOUTH SIDE. AS LONG AS WE KEEP THE PERCENT OF USES FAIRLY CLOSE, I THINK THAT KNOWING IT COULD CHANGE TIMES, BUT I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE. I LIKE HOW YOU HAVE THE RESIDENTIAL UP AGAINST RESIDENTIAL. IT TRANSITIONS INTO TOWNHOMES AS YOU GET CLOSER TO THE HIGHWAY. NOW YOU HAVE AGAIN, CON CONCEPTUALLY. BUT YOU HAVE THE MULTIFAMILY ON THE HIGHWAY AS OPPOSED TO PUTTING THE MULTIFAMILY A THOUSAND FEET BACK IN. AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR COMMERCIAL RIGHT UP ON THE INTERSECTION OR THE CORNER, WHICH IS A FUTURE COMMERCIAL BEING. SO YOU GUYS TRYING TO BUILD APARTMENTS ALL OVER THE PLACE, YOU ARE TAKING A WHOLE LOT BETTER LOOK AT THIS THAN MOST PEOPLE. SETH, RIGHT?

>> YES.

>> MAYBE YOU NEED TO HELP SOME OF THE GUYS OUT WITH SOME OF THAT.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THE STAFF COMES BACK BECAUSE, AGAIN, THE DEVIL WILL BE IN THE DETAILS.

IF THE AGREEMENT MATCHES UP AND THERE IS THINGS THAT WE CAN HOLD YOU GUYS TO CERTAIN THINGS, THEN I THINK, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT. BUT IF WE GET AN AGREEMENT AND IT STARTS GETTING VAGUE AND ALL THIS STUFF COULD CHANGE BASED ON MARKET CONDITIONS THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS WILL PROBABLY START HATING ME. BUT ANYWAY, APPRECIATE ALL THE INFORMATION.

>> I AGREE. MY NUMBER ONE CONCERN WITH THIS WAS THE WATER. TAKING 2,000 IS NOT SOMETHING I WANT TO COMMIT TO RIGHT NOW BASED ON THE FACT THAT SOME OF OUR PROJECTIONS ARE BASED ON PEOPLE BRINGS US WATER THAT ISN'T HERE YET AND THINGS CAN GO WRONG. UNTIL WE HAVE THE WATER, WE DON'T HAVE IT. SO THAT GIVES ME A LOT OF PAUSE.

BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MANVILLE, MANVILLE CURRENTLY PROVIDES SOME OF OUR WATER FOR OUR UTILITY. I WONDER IF THERE IS A WAY TO PARTNER WITH MANVILLE WHERE MAYBE THEY ARE USING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TO GET IT TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD EITHER IN THE BEGINNING OR FOREVER, I DON'T KNOW, BUT IF THERE IS A WAY TO MAKE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM WHERE THEY WILL BE SUPPLYING THE WATER, BUT IT IS COMING THROUGH SOME OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND FIGURING OUT A WAY TO DO THAT THAT STILL BENEFITS THE CITY.

MAYBE THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS. BUT WE'RE NOT COMMITTING TO GIVE 2,000 OUT OF OUR LIMITED FUTURE SUPPLY IF MANVILLE CAN PROVIDE IT TO YOU GUYS.

SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE EXPLORED.

I WOULD ECHO A LOT OF THE MAYOR'S POINTS.

I MEAN, WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT EVERYBODY COMES IN AND GIVES US PRETTY PICTURES. AND THIS LOOKS REALLY GREAT.

AND I KNOW YOU CAN'T LOCK IN EVERY SINGLE USE HERE.

THAT DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO TAKE, YOU KNOW,

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YEARS AND YEARS TO BUILD OUT. BUT WE NEED TO LOCK IN SOME OF IT. LOCKING IN THE GREEN SPACE, YOU KNOW. AND YOU SAID YOU HAD TO MEMORIALIZE THE BRIDGE. IF THE BRIDGE IS THE CENTERPIECE, THE BRIDGE HAS TO HAPPEN, RIGHT? IF YOU DON'T BUILD THE BRIDGE, THEY SAY, OH, IT IS A BAIT AND SWITCH. SO IF YOU CAN COMMIT TO THE BRIDGE, YOU CAN COMMIT TO CERTAIN THINGS, ONE NO- BRAINER I THINK YOU SHOULD JUST ADD IN THAT SHOULD NOT BE VERY DIFFICULT IS JUST CONNECT YOUR TRAILS DIRECTLY TO THE THEME PARK AND GIVE THAT TO THE CITY. I THINK THAT'S A SIMPLE ONE.

IT IS A PRETTY SHORT DISTANCE, SO THAT SHOULD NOT BE A BIG CONCERN.

AND THEN WORKING WITH THE CITY, I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE'RE AT WITH OUR TRAIL PLAN OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, WHAT WOULD CONNECT TO THE WEST THERE.

BUT IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE SURE WE GET A GOOD CONNECTION THERE FROM YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND, YOU KNOW, THAT CAN BE A BETTER PART OF OUR PLAN IN THE FUTURE, TO EXPAND THAT BACK OUT TOWARDS 130 AND NORTH FROM THERE.

SO MAKING IT BETTER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN THE FUTURE. YEAH.

I'M HOPEFUL THAT THERE IS A WAY TO FIGURE IT OUT BECAUSE IT IS A REALLY -- LOOKS LIKE A REALLY QUALITY PRODUCT YOU HAVE PLANNED HERE.

BUT THE WATER IS THE BIG THING TO FIGURE OUT.

AND I THINK THAT NEEDS A LOT OF THINKING AND MAYBE SOME CREATIVITY. IF WE CAN DO IT WITHOUT ADDING TO OUR COMMITMENT, THEN I HAVE A LOT LESS REASON TO SAY NO TO THIS RIGHT NOW.

>> YEAH. I AGREE WITH A LOT OF -- WITH THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER THORNTON HAS SAID, I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CENTER THERE. I REALLY LIKE THAT.

I APPRECIATE THAT. RIGHT NOW OUR HOTELS ARE KIND OF CLUSTERED IN ONE PART OF TOWN.

AND THIS KIND OF SEEMS KIND OF RESORT STYLE, LIKE A PRODUCT THAT YOU WOULD BRING. I DRIVE THIS ROAD EVERY OTHER DAY, MOST DAYS. AND, SO, IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER IT IS NOT WINTER AND THE WIND IS BLOWING. BUT I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THIS PRODUCT WOULD BE VERY NATURAL LOOKING AND I REALLY LIKE THAT CONFERENCE CENTER.

THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT CAN BE UTILIZED BY GROUPS, AND IT COULD BE IN THE CITY OF HUTTO, RIGHT? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE -- WE DON'T HAVE A SPACE WHERE, YOU KNOW, LARGE GROUPS CAN GATHER FOR CONFERENCES OR EVEN JUST LIKE A SMALL WEDDING.

WE DO HAVE A LOCATION FOR THAT. BUT LIKE A LARGE WEDDING, RIGHT? BUT THIS WOULD DEFINITELY GIVE US ANOTHER AMENITY THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO SERVE FOLKS IN HUTTO BUT ALSO OUTSIDE TO BRING THEM TO OUR CITY.

I GUESS A QUESTION FOR THE MULTIFAMILY, I SEE THERE IS TWO SECTIONS OF MULTIFAMILY. HAVE YOU ALL KIND OF HONED IN AS TO HOW MANY LUES THAT WOULD REQUIRE ON EACH OF THE TWO? OR HAVE Y'ALL NOT GOTTEN THERE YET? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE HOTEL WOULD LIKELY HAVE A LOT OF LUE USAGE, BUT MAYBE IF WE COULD CUT DOWN ON ONE OF THEM, I'M OKAY WITH ONE MULTIFAMILY, BUT IT WOULD BE IMPACTFUL TO CHANGE THE USAGE OF THE SECOND. BUT I'M NOT QUITE SURE IF THETHE IS REALLY IMPACTFUL, RIGHT? SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE MAYBE YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT

NARROWNESS. >> SURE.

WE HAVE THE UNIT COUNTS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE PLANNING ONGOING THROUGH THE SLIDES.

THEY'RE RIGHT ON THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE IN TERMS OF THE MULTIFAMILY UNIT COUNT VERSUS TOWNHOUSE AND RESIDENTIAL IN TERMS OF WHAT USE IS MORE INTENSE IN THE WATER. YOU KNOW, THERE IS A CERTAIN COMMERCIAL MIXED USE, AND THAT COULD BE HIGHER INTENSITY IN TERMS OF WATER DEMANDS THAN THE FAMILY.

WE COULD MAKE A LOOK AT THAT, BUT I DON'T THINK THERE IS A GUARANTEE THAT SWAPPING IT OUT --

>> NO, I TOTALLY AGREES. JUST A QUESTION WORTH ASKING. IF IT DOESN'T MAKE THAT BIG OF A DIFFERENCE, IF IT KNOCKS IT FROM 2,000 TO 1,500, RIGHT? YEAH, IT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE MORE IMPACTFUL.

IF NOT, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. SO THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THAT.

>> A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS GOING TO SAY WAS I REALLY LIKE THE HOTEL CONCEPT OF THE CONFERENCE CENTER. I MEAN, IT IS REALLY CLOSE TO OUR PARK AND OUR AMPHITHEATRE.

ONCE WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THAT THING PROGRAMMED AND GOING WELL, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD COMPLIMENT.

I REALLY LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO FINISH OFF THAT COUNTER AT 137 BETWEEN EAST LOCAL HIGHWAY AND WHERE WE'RE DOING IT BECAUSE I HAVE TALKED TO THE COUNTY AND THEY HAVE NO PLANS TO WIDEN THAT ROAD, SO WE WILL HAVE THIS NICE, BEAUTIFUL, WIDE SECTION FROM

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1660 TO THE CREEK AND THEN THIS BIG GAP AND THEN YOU GET TO EAST WILCO HIGHWAY, WHICH IS WHERE EVERYONE WILL BE GOING. SO I WAS REALLY EXCITED WHEN YOU SAID THAT THAT WAS GOING TO BE PART OF YOUR PLAN, AS WELL AS THE LIGHT. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS AND IT IS PRETTY DANGEROUS THERE ON THAT GAP. I TRIED IT A COUPLE TIMES.

I DON'T DRIVE IT THAT OFTEN. BUT WHEN I DO, IT IS NOT FUN.

SO, YEAH, FOR ME, THE BIG THING LIKE EVERYBODY SAID, YOU KNOW, THE WATER IS THE CONCERN. FOR ME, IT IS CAN WE WORK WITH YOU? IF IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN ANYWAY AND WE WILL ANNEX INTO THE CITY AND GET ALL THE TRAFFIC, JUST GO IN THE COUNTY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET WATER FROM US KPER VERSUS HAVING THE TAX BENEFIT FOR OUR CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO HELP FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT'S A BIG CONSIDERATION FOR ME. I REALLY LIKE HOW MUCH COMMERCIAL IS THERE. I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH COMMERCIAL WAS GOING TO BE THERE.

THAT'S A LOT MORE THAN I WAS THINKING BEFORE THE PRESENTATION. I WAS GOING TO ASK, CAN WE GET A COPY OF THIS PULLED INTO OUR TEAM'S FOLDER OF THIS PRESENTATION?

>> SO I HAD ONE LAST THING. I ECHOED WHAT EVERYBODY SAID, I REALLY LIKE THE PROJECT. I TOLD YOU A COUPLE OF THINGS BEFORE. I DO LIKE, I THINK IT IS AN INTERESTING IDEA, IF THERE IS SOME WAY WE COULD INTERCONNECT FOR A SHORT TIME THROUGH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR YOU GUYS AND ONCE WE OT LUES IN OUR FUTURE, WE COULD DIAL THAT BACK. I THINK THAT WOULD BE AN INTERESTING WAY TO GO ABOUT THE PROBLEM. ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE WANTING TO DEVELOP QUICKER. THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE BECAUSE YOU CAN BREAK IT OUT WITH THE RESIDENTIAL AND THIS WILL BE IN THE DETAILS, I LIKE THE CONCEPT OF FINALLY BUILDING A NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THIS WILL BE THE FIRST ONE KIND OF IN OUR AREA WHERE SOMEONE CAN GROW THEIR ENTIRE LIFE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, IE, THEY'RE YOUNG, PROFESSIONAL, THEY HAVE BEEN IN A MULTIFAMILY APARTMENT AND THEY'RE STILL IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD, SAME AREA. THEN THEY ARE ABLE TO MOVE TO A SINGLE FAMILY, BUT MAYBE IT IS A THREE BEDROOM ON A 40 FOOT LOT. MAYBE THERE IS 50, 60 FOOT LOTS AS WELL, A LARGER HOME AS THEIR FAMILY GROWS.

AND THEY CAN GO BACK TO THE SMALLER HOME WHEN THEY'RE EMPTY NESTERS.

I LIKE THERE IS THAT TRANSITIONAL HOMEOWNER AS WELL. BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE FIRST PART, THE MULTIFAMILY TOWNHOME DUPLEX, WHATEVER.

THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER THING THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING THAT WOULD BE A UNIQUE THING FOR HUTTO.

>> YEAH. AND I DO SEE JUST FROM THIS CHART RIGHT HERE JUST KIND OF HOW THE CONNECTIVITY IS.

LIKE THIS WOULD BE ALL KIND OF -- BECAUSE THE LANDSCAPING IS VERY ROLLING OVER THERE, RIGHT? SO I LIKE THAT YOU CAN MOVE THROUGHOUT THE COMMERCIAL AND LIKELY THE RESIDENTIAL AS WELL UNDERNEATH THE EAST WILCO HIGHWAY BECAUSE THAT ROAD IS RAISED UP AND THEN IT WILL GO EVEN MORE. SO I LIKE THAT IT DOESN'T GET PEOPLE OUT ON THE ROADS. IT WILL BE LIKE A COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, JUST RESIDENTIAL -- NOT RESIDENTIAL BUT JUST LIKE A LOCAL ROOM, RIGHT? AND, SO, THAT'S GREAT.

YOUR ROUND- ABOUT RIGHT THERE, KEEP TRAFFIC FLOWING.

I APPRECIATE THE DETAILS THAT YOU ALL PUT INSOFAR.

SO JUST SOMETHING ELSE THAT CAUGHT MY EYE.

>> GO AHEAD. THANKS, FELLAS.

SEE YOU BACK, WHAT, ANOTHER MONTH?

>> NEXT WEEK. LET'S

GO. >> NEXT WEEK?

[10. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]

OKAY. NO SPECIAL MEETINGS NEXT

WEEK. >>> ALL RIGHT.

NEXT UP CONSENT TO AGAIN TA ITEMS. AND I THINK IT WAS 10-2.

OH, WAIT, NO. 11- 2 TO PULL UP.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT YOU PULL INTO CONCEPT 11- 2 AND THAT YOU PULL OUT OF CONCEPT 10-2.

AND THEN YOU REJECT 10-2. THAT'S MY PROPOSAL.

>> MAYOR?

>> IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, I WILL PULL 10- 2 OUT.

10-4. AND THERE IS NO OBJECTIONS, WE'LL PULL 11- 2 INTO CONSENT.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEMS 10- 1, 10- 3, 10- 5, 10- 6, 10- 7, 10- 9 AND 11-2.

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>> ANY DISCUSSION OF THE MOTION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.

[10.2. Consideration and possible action on Resolution No. R-2025-054 authorizing the City Manager to execute an amendment to the Individual Project Order (IPO) with Sunland Group, LLC in the amount of $28,931.43 for design services to modify the design of the Adam Orgain Restroom project (CIP P19-2024). (Matt Rector)]

>> NEXT WE HAVE ITEM 10- 2, CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBERER R-2025- 054, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECT ORDER IPO WITH SUMLIN GROUP LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,931. 43 FOR DESIGN SERVICES TO MODIFY THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT CIP P-19-2024.

>> YOU RAN AWAY.

>> YEAH, EVERYBODY RAN AWAY.

>> HE TALKED TO ME ABOUT THIS IN MY ONE-ON- ONE YESTERDAY.

I KNOW THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH IT HAVING BEEN PUT IN THE FLOODPLAIN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IS THAT WHAT

THIS IS ABOUT? >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.

THE REASON WE ASKED YOU TO PULL THIS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA IS THAT WE NO LONGER NEED TO DO THIS. WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH THE CONSULTANT. THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE DESIGN WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO MITIGATE EASEMENT AND FLOODPLAIN AND ALL THAT STUFF. WE MET WITH THEM AND HAVE GONE BACK AND LOOKED AT THE EASEMENTS AND THE FLOODPLAIN AND HAVE COME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT WE CAN DO WITHOUT SPENDING THE EXTRA

$29,000. >>

SWEET. >>

NICE. >> SAVED $29,000.

GOOD JOB.

>> THANK YOU. >> MOTION TO --

>> I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO TAKE

ACTION. >> YOU CAN DO EITHER.

YOU CAN EITHER JUST SAY NO OR TAKE NO ACTION.

IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER. AS LONG AS YOU DON'T VOTE YES TO APPROVE IT.

>> I WILL DO A MOTION TO DENY IT.

THAT WAY WE KNOW FOR SURE.

>> SECOND.

>> YEAH.

>> NO BACKTRACKING, THOUGH.

>> ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE CULL THE

AYE. >> MAYOR GORDON.

[10.4. Consideration and possible action on Resolution No. R-2025-056 authorizing the City Manager to execute an amendment to the Individual Project Order (IPO) with WSB, LLC. in the amount of $19,500 for the Legends of Hutto Drainage Improvements project (D01-2024) to add geotechnical evaluations. (Matt Rector) ]

>> AYE.

>> MOTION PASSES. 10-4.

SO CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER R-2025- 056 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECT ORDER IPO WITH WSB LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $19,500 FOR HUTTO DRAINAGE PROJECT DO1- 2024 TECHNICAL.

>> THIS IS WHERE MY RESIDENCY AND HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IS, SO I HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. I HAVE DONE THAT ON PREVIOUS SETTINGS, AS MY PLACE OF RESIDENCY.

I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM THE VOTE.

ALSO, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF POSTS ON FACEBOOK ABOUT --

>> YOU ARE GOING TO RECUSE YOURSELF FOR CONFLICT OF MOTION.

>> YOU CAN STILL TALK ON THE MOTION.

YOU JUST CAN'T TAKE ACTION.

>> ALSO, THERE HAS BEEN POSTS ON THE HUTTO PAGE WANTING TO KNOW IF ANYTHING IS HAVING ON THIS PROJECT. BY HAVING A NONCONSENT, THEY CAN HEAR FROM EVERYONE ELSE WHAT'S GOING

ON. >> FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY, AS LONG AS A PROJECT DOES NOT SPECIFICALLY HELP JUST ONE PERSON, IF IT HELPS AN ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD, IS THAT STILL CONSIDERED A CONFLICT?

>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I THINK IN THIS SITUATION F THE COUNCILMEMBER BELIEVES HE HAS A CONFLICT, HE HAS TO ACT ON

THAT. >> IN GENERAL, IF SOMETHING HAPPENED IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND IT DIDN'T JUST HELP ME BUT THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD, WOULD I HAVE A CONFLICT? I'M ALL FOR A PERSON PLAYING IT SAFE BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD OUR FAIR SHARE OF THINGS.

BUT JUST AS A TRAINING THING FOR US ALL, DO WE GENERALLY HAVE TO OR GENERALLY NOT? OR IS THIS BEING ON THE SAFE SIDE OR WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?

>> I WOULD SAY BEING ON THE SAFE SIDE, WHICH IS WHERE I ALWAYS

GO. >> OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON 10- 4 OR ACTION?

>> OH, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.

[01:45:01]

>> SECOND.

>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, CULL THE VOTE.

[11.3 Consideration and possible action on Resolution No. R-2025-061 accepting and acknowledging the dedication of parkland in a residential community known as Emory Crossing. (Sara Cervantes) ]

>> MAYOR PRO TERM GORDON?

>> AYE.

>> THAT PASSES.

>> THAT BRINGS US TO CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON RESOLUTION R-2025- 061, ACCEPTING AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE DEDICATION OF PARKLAND IN EMERY CROSSING.

>> THIS IS AN ITEM YOU WERE BRIEFED ON IN THE LAST EXECUTIVE SESSION. IT IS ACCEPTING THE DEDICATION OF I BELIEVE AROUND 22. 6 ACRES OF PARKLAND IN THE EMERY CROSSING SUBDIVISION. I HAVE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR DIRECTOR OF PARKS, JEFF WHITE.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT IN THE MOTION YOU INCLUDE ANY OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS FOR THIS PARKLAND PRIOR TO PULLING THEIR PERMIT FOR WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE, THAT THEY TAKE THAT TO OUR PARKS BOARD FOR RECOMMENDATION.

>> ANY OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE PARKLAND BE BROUGHT TO THE PARKS ORY

BOARD. >> CORRECT, FOR REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION.

>> PRIOR TO WHAT?

>> PRIOR TO THEIR ABILITY TO PULL ANY CONSTRUCTION PERMITS RELATED TO THAT BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO INSTALL PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, TRAILS, LIGHTS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

>> FULL CONSTRUCTION PERMITS OF

THOSE. >> IMPROVEMENTS, UH-HUH.