Round Rock City Council Meeting - November 21, 2024
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Round Rock City Council Meeting - November 21, 2024
The Round Rock City Council met on November 21, 2024, at 6:00 PM in City Council Chambers. The meeting opened with prayer, pledges, and roll call (all members present). No citizen communication was received. The council heard a presentation from the Fall 2024 UniverCity graduating class, approved the consent agenda, and passed all resolutions and an ordinance. The meeting concluded with council comments wishing a happy Thanksgiving and recessed into executive session.
Staff Presentation
- Fall 2024 UniverCity Graduating Class: Program coordinator Joe Preem introduced the 11-week course designed to educate residents on city operations. The program includes 33 hours of sessions (equivalent to one college credit hour) and is free. Graduates from various neighborhoods were recognized. Speakers Keith Adendi (Oak Bluff), Susan Lobsons (Preserve at Dyer Creek), and Don Mogul (Housing Authority) expressed appreciation, highlighting the service mindset, innovation, stewardship, and strategic planning they observed. They encouraged others to participate. Council members commended the graduates and urged them to serve as ambassadors.
Consent Calendar
- F1: Approved minutes from the November 7, 2024, City Council meeting.
- F2: Authorized an agreement with Brightly Software Inc. for asset tagging software.
- F3: Adopted Amendment No. 2 to the FY 2023-2024 Operating Budget (Second Reading). All items passed unanimously without discussion.
Resolutions (G1–G11)
- G1: Authorized an Engineering Services Contract with Hendrix Consulting Engineers for 2024 On-Call MEP Design and Commissioning Services (five-year, $1 million contract).
- G2: Authorized the First Amendment to the Memorandum of Lease and Option with KR CC, Inc. (Kalahari) to remove 30 acres adjacent to the wastewater treatment plant from the 355-acre ground lease, adjusting the deferred lease payment to $6.8 million due December 20, 2029.
- G3: Authorized the Fourth Amendment to the Ground Lease Agreement with KR CC, Inc., effectuating the removal of the 30 acres and setting amended terms.
- G4: Authorized an agreement with Google Fiber Texas, LLC for construction inspection services, with Google funding up to $40,000/month for two third-party inspectors (18-month project).
- G5: Authorized a Professional Consulting Services Agreement with HDR Engineering, Inc. for Google Fiber Inspection Services (up to $682,462, time and material).
- G6: Authorized a contract with Dan Williams Company for the CR 112 East Project (road expansion to six-lane divided arterial, low bid $20,434,000; six bidders; completion summer 2026).
- G7: Authorized a contract with Patin Construction, LLC for the McNeil Road Extension Railroad Culverts Project (drainage improvements, $964,011; sole bidder; 3–4 month construction).
- G8: Authorized a contract with Elecnor Belco Electric, Inc. for a new traffic signal at Sam Bass Road and Old Settlers Boulevard ($499,888; five bidders; 9–12 month installation).
- G9: Authorized Quantity Adjustment/Change Order No. 9 with J.D. Abrams, LP for the Kenney Fort Boulevard Segments 2 & 3 Project ($408,000 for additional asphalt; project near completion).
- G10: Cast 200 votes for Laura Weber to serve a three-year term on the Williamson Central Appraisal District Board of Directors.
- G11: Authorized an agreement with Yellowstone Landscape for citywide landscape and maintenance services (through July 2029, awarded via cooperative). All resolutions passed unanimously.
Public Hearing and Ordinance (H1)
- Rezoning 57.15 acres from C-1 to PUD No. 155: The property is located west of IH-35. The PUD would allow a data center, electric substation, and office/warehouse uses, with a base zoning of C1A (General Commercial Limited). The development includes a monarch tree removal request for one of three live oaks (36-inch tree) on the substation parcel; the two larger trees (48 and 49 inches) will be preserved. Staff explained water and electricity requirements: the city will require a water model to ensure capacity, and Oncor handles electric transmission. The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval unanimously. No public testimony was offered. Councilmember Flores expressed concern about water usage and asked that the PUD require a closed-loop recirculation system or best available technology. The applicant agreed. Council voted unanimously to approve the ordinance on first reading and dispensed with the second reading, with the condition that the data center use the best available recirculation technology for water cooling.
Key Outcomes
- All consent agenda items and resolutions were approved unanimously.
- Ordinance H1 (Rezoning to PUD No. 155) passed on first reading with a condition for water recirculation technology; second reading was dispensed with.
- The council recessed into executive session at 7:02 PM to discuss real estate matters (items J1–J4 under Texas Government Code §551.072).
- Council members expressed happy Thanksgiving wishes to the community.
Meeting Transcript
Good evening. Yes. Tonight's invitation will be led by Pastor Shriffium Brown, just right on the spot. So I appreciate you doing this. All right, let us pray. Father God, we come right now, first of all, to say thank you. Thank you, Father God, for what they are doing for the city, Father God, we ask your blessing on each and every council member, our mayor. We ask that you would bless our city, let it continue to grow and be productive and be a community. We ask that you would continue to be with us in your son's name we pray. Amen. Thank you. I'll call the six o'clock city council meeting to order. And please call the row. Here. Mayor Prochim Stevens. Councilmember Lee. Here. Councilmember Flores. Here. Councilmember Fleming. Here. Councilmember Ortega. Here. Councilmember Montgomery. Here. All right. If you'll stand me for the pledges if you're able. Pledge allegiance. One nation. Under God. Honor the Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to the Texas. One state under God. One individual. All right, citizen communication system wishes to speak during citizen communication regarding item on or off the gentleman may do so after completing the required registration card. All comments must be no more than three minutes and linked per section 2-26B5 of the Round Rock Code of Ordinances 2018 edition. Any comments regarding items not on the post the gym may not be discussed or responded to by the city council per state law. I don't have any yellow cards. Anyone here to speak? All right. Staff presentation, Z1 consider presentation regarding the fall 2024 University graduating class. Joe. Good evening, Mayor and Council. Good evening. The university program has been in existence since 2017 and consists of an 11-week course designed to engage and educate residents on the operations of the city. Each city department hosts a presentation, tour, or activity, and provides valuable information about the day-to-day operations and future projects of their department. Our directors do a fantastic job. And we get great survey results. In fact, many of the departments consider it a competition to see who can be the funnest. Police and fire.
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