Weekly Update November 1, 2019 Greetings Mayor and City Council! Save the Date: November/December 11/2 – Memorial Service for Major Harvey Storms 1pm 11/5 – Election Day 11/12 – Council Worksession at 5pm and Regular Meeting at 7pm 11/15 – Council is invited to tour the Gilleland Pool, Water Plant and the Wastewater Plant. Meeting at Gilleland Pool at 1:30 pm 11/18 – Special Council Meeting to canvass votes of the November 5 General Election at 6pm. 11/20 – Council Worksession with PCDC Board for CEDS 2.0 review at 6pm at PCDC 11/23 – Pfall Pfest Crafts Show 9am-4pm at the Rec Center 11/26– Council Worksession at 6pm (tentative) and Regular Meeting at 7pm 11/28-11/29 – City Offices Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday 12/3 – Special Council Meeting for Board and Commission Interviews & Appointments at 6pm 12/7 – Pfestival of Lights & Christmas Parade at 5pm 12/10 – Council Worksession at 6pm (tentative) and Regular Meeting at 7pm 12/18 – Council Joint Meeting with PCDC in Council Chambers 12/19 – Coffee with a Cop 7am-9am at Starbucks 1709 E. Pflugerville Pkwy 12/24 – Cancelled- Council Worksession at 6pm and Regular Meeting at 7pm 12/24-12/25 – City Offices Closed for Christmas Holiday Administration: • Lake Pflugerville Phase 1: Attached you will find the plans and cost estimates for Lake Pflugerville Phase 1 as approved by Council in June. However, in light of public comment given at the last meeting in opposition of the proposed lake improvements, staff is revisiting these plans. As we do so, this provides an opportunity, not only to consider changes to the plans for the lake, but to determine if this is the best use of this bond money considering the current needs within our existing parks system. Staff is currently working on a recommendation for Council’s consideration. Attachments are Lake Phase 1 Biehle West Trailhead, Lake Phase 1 Beach Parking, Lake Phase 1 Cost Estimates. • Pursuant to Council discussion regarding Lake Pflugerville, and speculation of developer participation at the October 22nd Council Meeting, attached is a summary of the developer’s involvement, and an agreement of sale, labeled Villages of Hidden Lake Summary and Settlement and Agreement of Sale 2010. • A Memorial Service will be held for Major Harvey Storms on Saturday, November 2, 2019 at First Baptist Church Pflugerville. Major Storms was recorded MIA during the Korean War on December 1, 1950 and Accounted for July 29, 2019. Service details: 1:00 pm – Visit with friends and family, 2:00 pm – A time of Remembrance • The Youth Advisory Council held its first meeting on October 21, 2019, elected its officers, and heard from Mayor Gonzales on local government. Students from the Youth Advisory Council volunteered at Trunk or Treat at the Animal Shelter on Saturday, October 26, 2019. It was a beautiful day and hundreds of kids visited their Go Fish game. It was a true hit with the kids. Photo attached as yac_trunk_or_treat. • The City Council is invited to attend a tour of the Gilleland Creek Pool, Water Plant and Wastewater Treatment Plant with the Facilities subcommittee and city staff on Friday, November 15, 2019. The tour will begin at 1:30p at the Gilleland Creek Pool. Please let me know if you plan to attend by end of day, Monday, November 11, 2019. If a quorum is anticipated to attend, a notice of possible quorum will need to be posted on Tuesday morning. • The November 12, 2019 Council Worksession is scheduled to begin at 5:00 p.m. to allow for additional time for discussion related to After Action Reports (AARs) for major City events, the draft Master Transportation Plan, and a potential May 2, 2020 bond election. Please advise me of any conflicts. Please find the draft agendas for the November 12, 2019 Council Worksession and Regular meeting attached as cc111219ws and cc111219a. • Today is the last day of Early Voting for November 5, 2019 elections. The Pflugerville Tax Office processed 2,828 voters through yesterday. Early voting daily totals are available on the web: o Travis County: https://countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov/elections/current-election.html o Williamson County: http://www.wilco.org/Departments/Elections • Grievance Policy: Following last week’s update, Charlie made additional revisions to the Grievance Policy to help clarify the process. Please disregard the document provided last week and provide any comments/changes to the attached revised Grievance Policy to James Hartshorn by Wednesday, November 6th. • The National League of Cities will be holding its annual City Summit this November 20- 23, 2019 in San Antonio. First time attendees can attend for a registration rate of $475. Future conferences will be further away in Tampa Florida (2020), Salt Lake City, Utah (2021) and Kansas City, Missouri (2022). So, this may be a good opportunity to learn about the organization if you are interested. Please let me know if you would like us to register you and make arrangements for you to attend this conference. Information on the event here: https://citysummit.nlc.org/ • In the upcoming weeks I will be sharing some educational pieces from the recent TML and ICMA Conferences. This week please see the attached presentation on how local governments can deal with fiscal stress. The presentation is attached as Pragmatic Municipalism. • Pflugerville hosted a Urban Land Institute (ULI) Regional Growth Roundtable at the Rock Gym on 10/30/2019. Trey, Emily and Amy Madison gave a presentation about growth in Pflugerville and had extensive interaction with regional ULI members. City of Hutto and CAMPO also gave presentations. • Following the Regional Growth Roundtable, Trey took Ashby Johnson on a tour of the MoKan Corridor route through the entirety of Pflugerville. The CAMPO Transportation Policy Board is slated to accept the Mokan/Northeast Subregional Study on Monday, November 4th beginning at Noon. Agenda is available here: https://www.campotexas.org/resource-category/meeting-agendas/ Communications: • Pflugerville Field trips let kids unplug and explore: The Patch • TAMIO Region 5 on Friday, Terri, Jesse and Samantha from communications attended a Region 5 retreat from the Texas Association of Municipal information officers. The retreat was in Round Rock and included a representative from Facebook’s government division and a special session to discuss Instagram use for cities. It was a great opportunity to network with other Communications professionals from area cities and the region. Engineering: • Black Locust construction to begin 11/2, notices out to community • Pfennig Lane open to traffic, substantially complete Finance: • P-Card program implementation is underway and employee cards have been ordered. A policy and procedure manual has been reviewed by an employee peer group and is under initial review by management. • Trey, Lauren and Amy participated in a Government Finance Officers Association webinar on preparing for an ERP upgrade. Library: • A second free health screening was held at the library on 10/30, as a partnership with Austin Public Health. Patrons had access to free blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar screenings. • We held several events and programs for Halloween including these highlights: a Dia De Los Muertos Celebration, a special storytime with the Friendly Witch (played by Adult Services Librarian Meg Miller), and a teen murder mystery night at the Heritage House Museum • The programming librarians and other programming staff attended the Central Texas Library System (CTLS) performer showcase on Friday. The programmers attend this event to help decide which performers to hire for special library shows throughout the year. • Assistant Director Daniel Berra exhibited for the Heritage House Museum at the 12th Annual Travis County History Day in Austin, highlighting genealogy and local history resources available through the museum and the library. Parks: • Along with volunteers from the Rotary Club, the American Legion and Camp Gladiator our parks operations team planted 12 trees in Cambridge Heights as a part of the Texas Arbor Day Celebration. A representative from the Texas A&M Forest Service was there to discuss the history of Arbor Day, the importance and the official proclamation signed by the Mayor was on hand as well. • Last week the Parks held their first ever Spooky Pflix Night at Heritage Park. Despite the cold temperatures there were a total of 120 attendees throughout the night. Parks is hoping to offer similar events in the future. See attached picture labeled Spooky Pflix 1 & 2. Pflugerville Community Development Corporation (PCDC): Report is attached as PCDC – November 1, 2019 Planning: • On Monday, the Planning and Zoning Commission will consider a Specific Use Permit for a proposed expansion of a Bar/Tavern in the Downtown District at 200 E. Pecan St. • This week, Erin and Emily attended the Texas Downtown Association Conference in Georgetown, TX. Police: • RBFCU and CBS Austin dropped off breakfast and treats at the PD for First Responders’ Appreciation Day on Monday • Lt. Vronka and staff participated in the Chamber of Commerce’s Halloween on Main Street and Blue Santa donation opportunity • Members of Command Staff and officers were treated to a First Responders’ Appreciation Breakfast at Wells Point Senior Living • Coffee with a Cop is coming up on November 19th, 7am-9am, Starbucks at 1709 E. Pflugerville Pkwy Public Works: • We have rented a Street Sweeper and begun sweeping in several areas of town. Steeds Crossing and the Ridge at Steeds have been swept and crews have moved on to neighborhoods where storm water drains into Gilleland Creek November 8, 2019 Greetings Mayor and City Council! Save the Date: November/December 11/12 – Council Worksession at 5pm and Regular Meeting at 7pm 11/12 – CAMPO Open House, 3-7pm Pflugerville Pfarmers Market, and 4-7pm Pflugerville Recreation Center.