City Council - Regular Meeting

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testing. Check check testing. Testing. Can everybody hear me? Check. Okay, great. Test test test. It is 6:30 and I'm calling to order the Elgen City Council meeting, April the 7th, 2026. We'll begin with our call to order beginning with council member St. Pierre. St. Pierre here. Crim here. McShan here. Kaznowski here. Gibson here, Swain here. Love here. Council member um Rodriguez and Mayor Proer are both out for work today. Motion. Second. All right. And we'll begin with council member St. Pierre. St. Pierre, yes.

Crim, yes. Michan, yes. Kasnowski, yes. Gibson, yes. Yes. Love, yes. Listen. Let's pray. Dear Father in heaven, we ask for your wisdom as we begin this meeting. We we acknowledge that we need your wisdom and insights and we welcome your presence among us. Guide us in our discussions and decisions, helping us to seek what is best for all involved. We trust in your perfect wisdom and ask that you direct our meeting according to your will. Jesus name we pray. Amen. Amen.

We'll stand for the pledge of allegiance. To the flag of the United States of America to the stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Texas flagged the Texas one and indivisible. Do we have any public comment? No public comment. We don't have our announcements. Can you hear me?

Perfect. Okay. Hello, mayor and council. Christina Alvarez, Main Street Manager. Um, we're doing some new things with the announcements. I don't have totals this time, but we're going to remind you when you pass events that are coming up in our announcements um for fee wavers. So our first announcement is poetry open mic presented by friends of Elgen Library April 11th 2 pm. Um what passed by council February 17th is the partnership with the Elgen music festival. April 9th through the 11th you have the lineup for the weekend on your dis passed by council on March 17th the partnership with the Elgen Wildcat Showcase. Thursday April 9th 5:30 to 7 p.m. in Veterans Park. uh passed by council on March 17th, partnership with the ES EISD education foundation, the Crawfish Festival. Saturday, April 11th at Elgen Memorial Park from 10:00 to 6:00. Purposeful painting, April 14th at the Elgen Public Library, 2 to 4 and 6 to 8. Bastro County Animal Services Adoption event at the Elgot Public Library, Saturday, April 11th. And then skate night returns at Elgen Parks and Rec Center in the back parking lot on Tuesday from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Thank you. Look forward to seeing y'all out there. Thank you. We're uh going to begin with our proclamations that we have quite a few tonight. And the first one will be the relay for life. And we gonna have Trista come up while I read. Where? Just right there. I'll come and meet you in a little bit. Relay for Life is a life-changing event that helps communities across the globe celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the disease. And whereas more than just a walk, the American Cancer Society Relay for Life brings together passionate supporters who embody the American

Cancer Society vision to end cancer as we know it for everyone. And whereas the volunteer-led experience unites communities to celebrate cancer survivors, remember loved ones lost to cancer and raise funds to improve the lives of people with cancer and their families through advocacy, research, and patient support to ensure everyone has an opportunity to prevent, detect, treat, and survive cancer. And whereas the American Cancer Society could not advance their mission without the passionate support of the global force of Relay for Life, there are now more ways than ever to join Relay for Life and connect with others in your community impacted by cancer and every dollar raised fuels the American Cancer Society's fight against cancer. Now therefore, I, Terresa McShan, mayor of the city of Elgen, hereby encourages the community and the communities alike to join us for Elgen's 21st Relay for Life as we continue to work together as a community, supporting the fighters, celebrating the survivors, remembering our loved ones lost too soon, and fighting back uh again ca back against cancer against cancer. I'm sorry, that was a typo. We're gonna have to fix that one. In witness there whereof, I have here to set my hand and cause the seal of the city of Elgen to be affixed this seventh day of April, 2026.

I love myself. Thank you. Next is authorizing recognition of community development week. We have Sylvia Rese and then you can then I'll give it to you. Where is the week of April 6 to 10th, 2026 has been designated as National Community Development Week by the National Community Development Association to recognize the impact of community development block grant program in strengthening communities across the nation. And whereas the community development block grant program established through the housing and community development act of 1974 helps communities address critical needs such as public infrastructure, economic development, housing and serving benefit services benefiting low and moderate income divid individuals and families. And whereas in Texas, CDBG funding is administered through the Texas Department of Agricultural Texas Community Development Block Grant Program, which supports infrastructure and community development projects in

rural and smaller communities across the state. And whereas communities across the Capitol Area Council of Governments as we know as CAPCOG region has in utilized Texas CDBG funding in to improve water and wastewater systems, sidewalks and other public infrastructure and economic development opportunities that strengthen the health, safety and quality of life for residents. And whereas the Capitol Area Council of Governments supports these efforts by disseminating program in information providing technical assistance to local governments and establishing regional priorities that contribute to the scoring of the Texas CDBG application with the Capcog Region. Now therefore, I, Terresa McShane, mayor of the city of Elgen, hereby recognize the week of April 6 to 10th, 2026 as community development week at Capcog Region and encourages local governments and partners to recognize the importance of community development programs and their role in strengthening communities throughout the region. In witness whereof, I hereto set my hand and cause the seal of the city of Elgen to be affixed this 7th day of April, 2026. Next we have the proclamation recognizing the national public safety tele

Oh gosh telecom communicators. Wow. Weak. And we have Stephanie Lee and Brandy McCulla. Whereas the Capitol Area Council of Government, Capcog is a political subdivision of um state serving Bassro, Blanco, Bernardet, Cwell, Fyet, Hayes, Lee, Lano, Travis, and Williams counties. And whereas Capcog is committed to pre providing a high quality emergency communication system to the residents of the region. And whereas CAPCOG recognizes the professional and unending services of the telecommunication uh who answer 911 calls on a daily basis. And whereas the 911 telecommunicators are the link between people calling for help in an emergency situation and the emergency response agencies who arrive on the scene. And whereas the 911 telecommunicators are the true backbone of the 911 system. And whereas the president of the United States has historically acknowledged the second week of April as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. Now therefore, I Terresa McShan, mayor of the city of Elgen, hereby declares the week of April 12th through the 18th, 2026 to be the National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week and encourage celebration this week with appropriate activities and commemorations. In witness whereof, I hereto set my hand and cause the seal of the city of Elgen to be to be affixed this seventh day of April, 2026.

You know the good stuff. Thank you And next we have proclamation proclaiming Stanley Sterling Hibs celebration dayc she will come on dad stands here. Whereas Sterling Hibbs will celebrate his 40th birthday on April 13, 2026. And this milestone is a joyful occasion for his family, friends, and the entire Elgen community. And whereas Sterling is a beloved son, brother, friend, and neighbor whose kind heart, joyful spirit, and larger than life personality have touched the lives of so many. And whereas Sterling is well known throughout the throughout Elgen and is loved by all who know him, be bringing bringing smiles, laughter, and warmth wherever he goes. And whereas Sterling's life is a beautiful reminder of the importance of inclusion, community, and celebrating the unique gifts each person brings to the world. And whereas Sterling was uh proudly honored as homecoming king, a reflection of the admiration and affection so many people have for him. And whereas Sterling has also served as the inspiration for a family business, proudly named in his

honor, Sterling and Associates Real Estate, a lasting tribute to the joy and pride he brings to those who love him. And whereas with his uh with his signature name tag, declaring him the boss, Sterling carries himself with confident confidence, charm, and a superhero spirit that perfectly matches his special uh Marvel and DC themed celebration. And whereas the city of Elgen is proud to recognize Sterling Hibbs on this special day and to celebrate the happiness, love, and community spirit he shares so freely with others. Now therefore, I, Terresa McShan, mayor of the city of Elgen, hereby proclaim April 13, 2026 as Sterling Hibbs celebration day in city of Elgen, Texas, and encourages all citizens to join in celebrating Sterling Hibbs on his 40th birthday. The joy, love, inspiration he brings to our community. In witness whereof, I hereto set my hand and cause the seal of the city of Elgen to be affixed this seventh day of April, 2026. They're coming. So, we're going to wait minute. We'll move on to the next thing and we'll come back and pick that up. All right, city manager, take it away.

All right, let's do this.

Well, um, first of all, what a wonderful site. Uh, these are the type meetings that, uh, really make an impression. And so I'm super glad that we're here uh to provide some recognition to what makes uh our city work, what makes the city matter, and what truly is the focal point of the engine of what gets everything done. So, uh we have a really incredible Huh. We're We're gonna We're gonna put Kaylee or switching around.

That's Yeah, sorry. The Sorry, the mayor's running this off. Yeah. Uh oh. See, it was a segue. It was a segue. Okay. See? All right, everybody. Drum roll. Drum roll. Come on up. Come on, Surirly. We got something for you. Come on down. Come on down.

Yeah. Let's hear for All right, mayor. Throw this back to me again.

You ready? You want to throw back? Make it official. Okay.

All right. So, city manager report. Uh, I'm not going to steal a lot of thunder uh from our HR/ interim finance director, but I'm still a little thunder from her. So, everything I said before, I meant I I'll continue to the day I'm uh physically removed from this chair. And so, yeah. Um I mean it when I say that the most most important people uh in our city u team are our employees. And I think they know it. And so if they know it, um they don't know it, they're going to get to know it really soon. So hope the snowballs continues this snowball effect because uh I truly do appreciate everything they do. Every single one of you except maybe Clarence. That's okay. We're working on Clarence. I'm kidding. Love you. All right. Here we go. Who are who are you again?

Go ahead. You're just okay.

All right. The city continues. Well, let me go backwards. I am Pamela Sanders, the human resources director. I would like to take the time to introduce our new and new full-time employees and internal promotions. So, the city continues to invest in its workforce to ensure the effective delivery of services and supportive organizational goals through approved recruitment efforts conducted in accordance with city personnel policies. New hires and internal promotions are selected based on qualifications, professional experience, and commitment to public service. HR is pleased to introduce our new employees and those promoted. We look forward to the contributions each will make in support of the city's priorities and the communities that we serve. City Council will have the opportunity to formally welcome these employees during the meeting. As I call your name, please come forward. Rean Anderson, recreation program manager. I am pleased to introduce to each of you our new recreation program manager, Rian Anderson. Rian holds a bachelor's degree in sports management from the University of Mary Harden Baylor and a master's in business administration from Concordia University. He has 10 years of service with cities of Georgetown and Brushy Creek and brings a strong background in community programming, park development, and team leadership. His passion for enhancing public spaces and residents experiences makes him a great addition to our team. We are excited to have Rian on board and look forward to the positive impact he will make in this community. We're going to take your picture. Don't walk away. Samantha Pisa. Samantha joins our forces as a patrol officer. Samantha started with the city as an intern with the police department, then became a temporary employee in the municipal court and was sponsored by the city to join our police academy.

Samantha graduated the academy on March the 20th and is now a licensed peace officer. She holds a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Texas State University and we are excited to welcome her to our team. Joshua Simpson. Joshua is a true hometown Elgenite. He grew up here and graduated from Elgen High School. He brings a diverse background in equipment operation and fieldwork along with prior public service experience with the city of Flugerville. We are proud to have him serving his hometown. Please join us in welcoming Joshua Simpson. Ruben Galindo, I don't know if I said that right.

Not here. Okay, I'll even I'll go ahead and Ruben joins us from um he holds a bachelor's sorry he holds a commercial driver's license and an OSHA certification and brings valuable experience to our streets maintenance along with a background as a lineman and apprentice electrician which adds to his strong technical skill set. John Campbell. John is a graduate of Huau High School and brings a strong work ethic along with hands-on experience as a groundskeeper, carpenter apprentice, and lifeguard with the city of Roundrock. His diverse background makes him wellprepared to help and maintain and improve the city's outdoor spaces. Tyson Courtney Tyson brings valuable experience from his time with the city of Flugerville where he worked as a pipe fitter. His background and hands-on skills will be a great asset to our team as we continue to maintain and improve our infrastructure. Daryl Armstead is not present, but I would like to intro recognize his recent promotion to patrol sergeant. He's been with us a relatively short time, but brings over a decade of law enforcement experience from the UT Police Department, Alen Graange Police Department. Next, Michael Del Roza. We would like to recognize Michael Delar Roa as the department's newly selected patrol lieutenant. Lieutenant Delar Rosa brings over 30 years of law enforcement experience and was recently recognized by the department as supervisor of the year. Good policing depends on supervisors, partners, and support staff and reflects the training, leadership, and culture of

the entire department. We are excited about the future of Elgen PD and continue to reinforce transparency and trust, something the city actively prioritizes. Now,

our way photos Dylan Shear. Dylan was recently promoted to patrol corporal. He began his career with us as a sponsored cadet in the 2023 academy and quickly demonstrated his commitment to the profession. He graduated to police officer in 2024 and has continued to excel in his role. He is a graduate of Air Academy High School and further strengthened his skills by earning his EMT certificate through the EMTs Academy. His dedication, work ethic, and continued growth make him well deserving of his promotion. Oh man.

Star Lealdi. All right. Now, STAR was also sponsored by EPD through the police academy and currently serves as the community liaison officer where she built strong relationships within the community. Her promotion to CD corporal detective reflects both her dedication and her pro proven ability to serve in a more specialized investigative role. She brings over 10 years of public service experience, including time as an EMT and a support role with the Round Rock Police Department. She is also a graduate of University of Texas, where she earned her bachelor's degree in philosophy. Her experience, compassion, and commitment to service makes her well deserving of this promotion. Pam, you keep trying it. She keep trying. She keep trying. You're good.

Okay. And last but not least in the promotions, Crystal Kelly. Crystal has been a valued member of our library team, serving as the youth services assistant since 2023. Following Melinda's retirement, she stepped into the role of youth program coordinator, where she has continued to demonstrate strong leadership and dedication to our youth programming. She holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Maryland, which supports her ability to connect with and serve the families in our community. We are excited to see her continue to grow in this new role. I'm Thank you. have two loads here.

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in appreciation and recognition to Laura Futajuma. Did I say it right? Okay, help me out.

Batuma for your commitment and dedicated service of five years with the city of Elgen and for the contributions you make to improving the quality of life for our citizens. You are an important part of this community. Thank you for making a difference. I gota do this. Y do this, too. Fernando can't be with us tonight, so Michael will accept his award. Mr. Clarence Perkins.

He's excited. Will you pass me a blue one?

I deserve it. We will deserve Okay. You gonna want to say anything? Okay. Gregory Greg for 25 years of service.

Go ahead.

I just got a quick story while Greg's shaking hands there. You know, I think the the testament of the public works crew can be measured in how much you you don't see, how much things happen that that go right that you don't know about. Way back during this freeze, um Greg and I were riding around opening valves and trying to get these towers back filled. It was about three in the morning and I think his encouragement is probably what kept me from going jumping out of the car and just rolling rolling down the street. But Greg's just personality and his his uh his his trust to the job is just outstanding. She said all of you. Okay, we have awards now.

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I don't know if you want to say something, but I'm gonna read part of it. Mayor and council members, I'd like to introduce Marlon Jasso of our Elgen Municipal Court and recognize an important professional milestone. Marlon joined the municipal court in 2024 and has already demonstrated a strong commitment to her role and continued learning. She has successfully completed all requirements for the level one of the municipal court clerk certification program and has been awarded certification by the Texas Court Clerk's Association in conjunction with the Texas Municipal Courts Education Center, the Texas Municipal Courts Association, and Texas State University in San Marcus. This achievement reflects her dedication to excellence and service and professionalism in the court. You keep trying. He's packing.

Mhm. Watch it. He doesn't know where you going. challenge. Mayor and Council members, I'd like to take a moment to recognize EDC Director Kaylee Fry for her leadership and dedication during a critical time for our organization. Kaylee stepped in as interim director when the need arose and provided steady, capable leadership, ultimately transitioning into the permanent role. Her commitment and vision have helped ensure continuity and forward progress for the Elgen EDC. Under her leadership, the EDC has received two notable awards this fiscal year. The organization was honored with the International Economic Development Council's 2025 Gold Award for Multimedia Production, recognizing innovative and impactful storytelling. In addition, the Elgen EDC earned the Texas Economic Development Council's Economic Excellence Recognition Award, highlighting a high standard of professionalism and achievement in economic development. These accomplishments are a direct reflection of Kayle's leadership and the strength of the EDC team. Please join me in

recognizing and congratulating Kayleie Fry. We're going to need a shelf for all this wood. All right. Millie Moreno off. Officer Moreno was named as the best of the best of Bastrop County Officer of the Year. also rookie of the year by the Elgen Police Department in January of 2025 following her graduation from the Capcog Regional Police Academy as validictorian. She previously served as an administrative assistant with the CD unit and this type of recognition of our officers signals that the department is producing high performing community focused officers and that elevates morale, trust, recruitment and overall effectiveness. Okay. And last but not least, Mr. Blake Cooper. Blake has served in this role since 2023

as the animal control officer, and was recently honored with the best animal control officer award, reflecting his dedication and outstanding service to our community. Before joining the city, Blake operated his own ranch, Cooper Ranch, bringing valuable hands-on experience and a deep understanding of animal care to his work. We are proud to have him on our team. That's all, folks. But you do not have to. Oh, you have family here.

Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on.

Sneak one in there when she's not looking. Right. General public.

I'm going to give a five minute recess as people leave and we'll reconvene in five minutes. She said five minutes.

It is 7:18 and we're reconvening to our regular meeting. Okay. And we will pick up now with uh our presentation from the economic development. There's thought she stuck out with the crowd out of here. No, sorry. Award winner tripped over me. Yeah, mayor. Um, she talked to me and conferred with me. She is uh requiring now that we start uh referring to her as the award-winning uh Miss R. Yeah, he's he's a good roommate upstairs. Yeah. Know. Yeah. Thank you.

All right. Let's see. Um I'll make this brief. I don't want to keep everybody probably heard some of this before. So, um um I'm just going to give you I gave this annual report to our EDC board at our last meeting. So, I just want to kind of run through it as Tiffany said she wants um just cliff notes. Cliff notes. It's too long. I I did the best I could. There's a much longer There's a longer version, but uh

um so we'll just kick right in into it. Um again, there's a message you can read um if you want to, but it basically just kind of sums up our year and kind of where we're going um and by the numbers. So this is just an infographic because you know I love data. Um so we did 1.5 million in sales tax revenue last year. Um we had 28 million um in new investment in our Elgen EDC business park. We currently have four businesses under construction. Um last year in 2025 we did uh eight business retention and expansion meetings, 49 recruitment prospect meetings, uh 17 regional community presentations, uh 19 or where am I at? 39 regional networking events, nine business park uh site tours. Um and then for our website, so we launched our website a few years ago. Um and our our numbers have been ticking up over the last couple years. Um we had just under 15,000 new unique visitors to our website. Um that's businesses, not individuals. Um and uh 25,000 page visits from 81 different countries and 47 property listings. Um just to put it in perspective because I think it is kind of hard to get I know that sometimes it's like oh we should have done more we should have had more retention meetings we should have done this but when you look at as a regional snapshot so this is um the opportunity Austin which is the um regional economic development corporation that we are members of um along with five different counties and I think it's about 25 cities so about 30 different organizations um that collaborate on this so this is what we did as a region so it does put things in perspective you know and it gives you kind of a place to bench benchmark um to like you know compare yourself to other communities or as the region. So I just put that in there for for reference.

Quick question. What's BRE?

Uh business retention expansion. Sorry. Um for sales tax. So you could see our month-to-month for 2025 and then our five-year uh sales tax growth. So um historically we grow between six and 11% typically um at least over the last five to six years. Um so last year we had about 7% uh sales tax growth for the year. Um small town or small small business and downtown support. So last year the Elgen EDC approved grant funding for in the amount of 165,000 for various businesses. Um in I think it was last two years ago we expanded our uh our downtown uh business um enhancement grants to citywide uh to open it up to the whole community. We h we still have a lot of downtown businesses that take full advantage of it. But um you know there's other other businesses too that would that were interested in receiving some of those um investment dollars. So we did open it up citywide um last year, maybe two years ago. Um so the business downtown business, not downtown, the citywide business enhancement grant is a 50-50 match grant that b any business and city limits can apply for. Um, so last year we provided $165,000 in support to local businesses, community investment. Um, so the as our region grows, it's important to strengthen our partnerships with organizations that have direct impact on the economy through business support, workforce, transportation, uh, travel and tourism. Um, these are just a few of the organizations we kind of helped support last year. Um, Main Street is obviously a big we we love to support our downtown and Main Street program. um they're great partners of our but other ones outside of the city carts um the Elgen Chamber Bassrop Chamber the Best Leadership Group awesome business journal just to name a few um but we've as we have more events and opportunities coming this way um we definitely want to get our name out there

marketing reports so uh marketing has been something that I focused on the last few years so first with launching of the website year two rolling out social media year three fresh content with a lot of partnerships with Main Street and Sony with the communications team. Um, so here are some of the the the areas or some of the benchmarks um that we have. I also like to see this so every year we can kind of see making sure we're growing in the right direction as well. Um, but we've also kind of uh tailored our recruitment brochures. So instead of just having one kind of one-sizefits all marketing brochures when we go to these conferences, we have different ones now, different packages for retail developers versus industrial developers versus, you know, office space, medical um because retail doesn't want to see the same thing, same kind of figures as a uh a commercial industrial project. So that's one thing we focus on is uh kind of vamp revamping those um to kind of tailor it to the different markets. Innovation um and I'll just briefly hit on this. So some of the things we've worked on, we also been incorporating new technologies um into and softwares into our in our toolkit if you will. Um so Placer AI is one that we use quite a bit along with uh we also have licenses for Main Street, library and parks. Um so this has been a really useful tool for our down for all of our businesses, but especially our retail businesses. It also helps us with recruiting the right businesses to see where people in our community are going and spending dollars. Um and also just a bunch of different data sets. Um as well as lead forensics um is another as another tool we use and the impact dashboard. Um so we've just been kind of adding different um tools to to our war chest if you will to just give us a a more a better advantage at kind of um landing some of these different um you know industrial and retail projects. Um, just some other notable accomplishments. Just kind of a refresher, you know, we also we won several awards last year. Um, we've had

some great uh Korean dele delegation visits over the last 12 months. Um, we've been going to uh retail recruitment conferences with retail live and IC. Um, so we're definitely making a lot of headway in that realm. Um, trying to recruit the right retailers alongside the developers that we've approved those uh agreements with. um kind of hand in hand letting them know Elgen's open for business. Um so we just have just to get our name out there a little bit more too. These are random fun stats. We do not have to go through any of these but um I made a lot of my board members laugh so I left it in here. U but just kind of some fun facts and and nerdy economic development but you can kind of see like the different with those tools that I just mentioned. You can kind of see how many people are going to different events, the impact it's having on the economy, what are people searching for on our website. Um, I think something really interesting is the daytime population. So, before COVID, we were probably around we lost about half of our workforce um to Austin and other communities. Now, it's um now some of it is stay-at-home people, but there are like 72% of our um people that work here now um are commuting into Elgen. So, that's an interesting it kind of offsets it. So, we have almost about the same population. Now, the population number is 2024 data. I'll preface that. But we do have a lot more people commuting in commuting into Elgen now to work. Um con construction updates. Um so I don't know if you've had the opportunity to drive down on our Elgen business park recently. I know I've given a couple of you guys tours. Tiffany probably the most recent. Um and I'm happy to do that anytime y'all want to go and nerd out with me. Um but Jericho is under construction. They got walls up. They've got doors in. Um so they're moving along. Um that to a quick refresher, that's a semiconductor company that is uh constructing 50,000 square feet with 30 new jobs for the community. Um anticipating I met with them today. They're still on track to open by May.

Sykes Industries, uh that's another one right across the street from Euro. Um it's 68,000 square feet on 5 acres of land. Um and I will say the numbers, the job numbers are low because that's their contractual obligated. It will be higher than this in most cases. So, just keep that in mind, too. Um, but they are also anticipated opening this within the next month or two. So, there's they're still working on a few other things, but they think they could be open and fully operational by the summer. Aviators. Um, so they are vertical. I saw today they put their roof on, so they're coming along. Um, so they are estimated by summer as well. I think everybody's going to open at the same time. Um, which is great. But um so the 50,000 square feet of new retail jobs or retail and retail tenants that they're going to be um having on that site that's right behind Waterburger and uh just the multif family residential project that we have kind of in between Ascension and um and Euro. So they there's 300 new multif family units going in right there. Um they're anticipated to be open and leasing by end of the year. Um this is an exciting one. um that y'all may y'all probably got calls about or seen the signs on the highway. Um but we do finally have um an urgent care coming to town that will be open seven days a week with extended hours. Um this is a great group that I've been meeting with for quite some time. Um and so this is their first project in town. Um so they have already fully staffed team. Um so they they're scheduled to open May 1st. Um so they're uh cruising through the development process and but they have several physicians that they're bringing on board. Um some local um medical practitioners and stuff that a lot of the community members will be familiar with from former practices and stuff that have been in town. Um they've got state-of-the-art um lab and x-rays, imaging, all that stuff. So we're very excited about this project um to get as

much needed healthcare. Another cool thing about them is they're also going to be accepting all major insuranceances, Medicaid and Medicare. Um, and so we are looking at kind of partnering with them because all of their consultants told them not to, but uh it was it's so important to them that have healthcare available for everybody in the community um at affordable rates. So we are the EDC is kind of working on partnering with them on that um to make sure the project is successful. Um let's see what else do I have in here. um ascension. Uh a couple slight changes. Um nothing too uh too too huge since probably I presented last time, but they had committed to me back in October or November that they'd be hiring a full-time pediatrician, a new nurse practitioner, um and a couple other positions. They have done that. I've been working with the school district to get the their new uh pediatrician out and around touring to the schools and the nurses and they're working on different partnerships. So Al's been great um kind of making those introductions for them. Um so they are also finally uh we've been working with them. I've got a couple interested retailers that are interested in their Highway 290 property and they are they're working through that process right now which is a step in the right direction. Um just a couple things on the horizon and you'll hear more about this probably at the next meeting. Um but y'all remember the Elgen Commons project, the 60 acre retail development. Um they have sold off I think four of their pad sites already three to national brand retailers and another one that I was allowed I finally got confirmation I could mention that there is going to be an eager r and micro hospital um on that site. Um so it takes a little bit long a little while to get um licensing and all of that stuff but they are working through that process already and in the title phase. So that should be more information to come on that and we also you'll hear about this one at the next council meeting. We have a a speculative building which will be the first one in Bastrop County um going in on our 11acre site in our business park that we're very excited about um that will bring uh quite a few jobs to the community,

high-paying jobs. So um just a couple of brief updates that I can kind of mention. So um those are just a couple projects you'll see more of in next in the next couple weeks or maybe next month. But um that's I know I ran through it really quick, but any questions feel free. Is there is the the the construction taking place at at County Line in 1100. Is that an extension of Crescent Village or is that a separate uh the Crescent? Is that the apartment that's in the Yeah, the apartment. Yeah. So, it's a I think it's around 250 apartments. It's a different something, but it's different than a different Yeah, it's a different multif family project.

What uh can you remind me where Elgen Commons is? So, Elgen Commons is um if you're looking at the map right there, it's uh the one that says future retail um next, you know, I guess to the left if you're looking at the screen of Aviators and Waterburger. The is that the Roads Track? The Roads Track. It was originally it's it has five names, so it depends on where you came around the It was like Rivers Marketplace, the Roads Track, you know. So, but they're sticking with Elgen Commons now. So, okay. Inquiring minds want to know what's the deal with the apartment complex here on that is not an ADC project but no um I haven't heard Michael might know a little bit more. No it's underway. It's

ongoing. There it is. Um I mean I know that there were some delays. I know that they just keep starting and stopping. I didn't know. I could get Bo would have probably more details on that. That's fine. They they'll finish it eventually. somebody somebody from their team I don't recall his uh I don't remember if he was an engineer or an architect but something something happened to him he was had medical issues that impacted the project had to do with the founds

did I bore you guys to death Great stuff. That's a very impressive report, by the way. Congratulations, girl. Good job.

I did have a couple things that that are based on just some comments based on development. Um nothing to vote on but um so we are uh planning to have um a community meeting for the Kennedy County Line Road uh project uh planned for next Tuesday. Uh we don't have a site yet, but we are confirming with a possible um site that's um uh that would work. It's a public um taxing entity, one of our partners. Um but we'll confirm tomorrow on that. But it will be Tuesday the 14th, 6 p.m. We're inviting the entire public to come out. Um what it is is that obviously that that project is going to have some traffic uh changes that the public needs to be aware of. Uh we're trying to get out as far ahead of it as as we can. Uh so we want to engage the public as soon as possible on this. We're going to be uh very u detailed in the approach that we're going to take. We're going to have full maps. Bo's going to be out there obviously with us, Michael, the whole team. So, we're going to go out there explaining and answering any questions uh about the project, uh reminding folks that it's $10 million that that we're talking about in very important projects for I think the entire community. U but um I did also want to say so things will be going out to council individually. Um but I did also want to say that's not the end all say all. That's just the first salvo. That's just the first notice that we want to give out is that um I would expect that there's going to

be more of these public engagement uh events on April 17th, which is the next city council meeting. Uh it will be on the agenda once more. And so there I would expect that uh not only a repeated conversation about the project, maybe some more description um and maybe even conversation to other locations maybe that we could do this at. Uh right, if we're let's say if we select a a part of of the community that's in County Line Road area this time, we may go um in Council Member Gibson's area or let's just say the the Kennedy side of the project area maybe um so that we cover the entirety uh even though it's a citywide project. as we speak. It's going to go on in the same time and but it will have critical traffic uh variations that must happen. Again, uh we do have some key time frames that we must meet for us to be uh you know in good standing with GLO and the only way we're going to do this is through some really uh fixed type approaches to how we do this. uh we know we can get this done but we want to lay it out in front of everyone. So key marker that I should mention and and I really will stop but um this is going as quickly as at the end of this month April is when traffic will start to be affected right so got about three weeks lead time to start having this conversation already and that's why we want to be already that quick about this so we have information, we really can uh already start to have the conversation with folks, but we don't want to make

sure the community has the opportunity to come out and have the back and forth and and you know, answer or ask, I'm sorry, uh questions of whether it be the engineering side, the construction side, the traffic side, uh the environmental side, whatever, you know, questions, you know, if it's going to be a parent or one of the students, if it's going to be a business owner, president, it really doesn't matter. We're there to answer those questions. Uh, but just letting you know, we have that prepared already. So, it really is just how quickly we can move. And, uh, I think it's fair to say that next Tuesday we can put it on the board so that everybody can I'm talking this will be posted. Can we get it in time for next Tuesday?

Right. So, by tomorrow we'll have the location uh, and so that we can post it already. possible for them that type approach just like it's done in in other instances. So, not to reinvent anything, but we just want to get out ahead of this one as much as possible and start feeling those calls, those visits. I made uh certain business to certain property owners already uh that have issues with some right away and questions about the survey and so be it. That's the way you approach this one by one. even though it's a huge project uh we just take it that way right so there's just no other way so just wanted to mention that there's no action obviously it's not an agenda I just want to give an update with that and one other thing we'll be bringing to the council agenda and with can with a good uh news chief earlier today giving me a update there was a GM co-op u grant uh from the rush Chevrolet folks that if well there was a grant there was a maximum uh grant amount of $20,000 and if that were to happen that our only investment towards that would be $5,000 with $25,000 where we're were able to buy a vehicle off the lot that would be a new unit for $5,000. We just the chief just got noticed today that we're the full amount, the highest dollar they could give us, which was a 20. We've got the five. Yeah, we're going to need insurance and all that. Don't look at me. Um, but uh another key thing is uh we believe that we can also get this wrapped uh free of charge and this would

be the new unit for our um community um community liaison. um that can use. And so you've seen VIP unit $5,000 being provided through the generosity of that GM co-op. We're going to be bringing that in the next uh agenda, but we just got word today. And it's going to be something like a Chevy or a GM Chevy tracks if you know those. So they're smaller vehicles, not some crazy big $100,000. So I thought that was great. I thought that was good. and we're just pushing on all sides. So, congrats, Chief. And we got to thank Rush Rush Chevy when we get the opportunity. So,

that's all I wanted to bring up. Did anybody else notice we have royalty in our midst this this afternoon? What's that all about? I just It's killing me. I got to know. Explain it to him. Oh, this is my birthday week. My birthday month. My birthday is on Saturday. If we can choose the lights. I'm kidding. Happy birthday then.

So if I if I can mention the conversation if you give us two seconds on this because I think it's a valid thing uh now that we're just bringing that up because it's an obvious thing. So um Missy or great staff member here asked me so I did find a candle. We know it's not today right? Does everybody know it's not her birthday today? Okay. So, but she asked me, "So, are we going to sing Happy Birthday?" And I said, "Well, I haven't seen it while I've been here. I don't think." So, I said, "You know, I don't know. I mean, let me start something that maybe council doesn't want." I said, "But I told her, but if you ask me, I think she'll love it. Her in particular, she would love it." And so, we said, "Let's ask the mayor though." And then, guess who walks in?

Birthday woman of the month. Of the month. Thank you. Thank you. Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am. So, since we won't see you Saturday probably. No, I will be in North Carolina. That's why I said since we probably won't see you, I'm going to lead us in happy birthday. Okay. All right. Joy, get close to the mic. Boy, you got that low. If y'all could mute Chucks, please. You've heard him. See? Oh, yeah.

Okay. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, dear Alicia. Happy birthday to you. Thank you.

All right, so we went on this mission to find gluten-free lemon cake. And so that's kind of tough. And so we ended with lemon or gluten-free strawberry shortcake or shortcake the other. And but we didn't find like a super huge one. But we found enough uh to wet your appetite here. Plus we have some more cake that is not necessarily gluten-free. I I like how you put that. Yeah. So I'm just saying right. Don't worry, we don't have a fire chief here present. So that's good. Make a wish. Make a wish.

Did you wish for adjournment? Is that what you wish for? Adjournment. Adjournment. I can't tell you what I wish for. It is 7:43 and we are