PROCLAMATIONS

[13. Council Subcommittee reports for current activities of the Legislative Committee, Governance Committee, Budget and Audit Committee, Frisco Square Management District, Dallas Regional Mobility Commission, North Central Texas Emergency Preparedness Committee, Frisco Veterans Advisory Committee, North Texas Commission, and Regional Transportation Council.]

FOR LEGISLATIVE GOVERNANCE, BUDGET AND AUDIT FRISCO SQUARE, DALLAS REGIONAL MOBILITY, NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, FRISCO VETERANS ADVISORY, THE NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL.

WHAT SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT UPDATES.

LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MET THIS AFTERNOON TO DISCUSS OUR LEGISLATIVE STRATEGY GOING FORWARD INTO THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

THAT STARTED LAST WEEK.

TO BE CLEAR, WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY POSTPONE FRISCO DAY.

WE WILL STILL CONTINUE OUR MEETINGS GOING FORWARD THAT WE WILL HAVE AT OUR

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REPRESENTATIVES, BUT WE JUST DO NOT FEEL THAT IT IS WISE FOR US TO GO DOWN AND TRY TO HAVE MEETINGS INSIDE THE CAPITOL AT THIS TIME WITH REPRESENTATIVES JUST FOR PRECAUTIONS.

IT DOESN'T SEND THE RIGHT MESSAGE.

SO WE ARE GOING TO DELAY THAT AT THIS POINT.

WE DON'T HAVE A DATE YET FOR WHEN WE WILL REESTABLISH THAT, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON THAT.

IN THE MEANTIME, WE DO.

AND WE WILL BE STILL GOING FORWARD WITH WORKING ON THE THINGS THAT WE BELIEVE, OUR PRIORITIES TO OUR RESIDENTS, THINGS THAT YOU'VE ASKED US TO STAND UP FOR, THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE RESIDENTS AS FAR AS MAKING SURE THAT THE CITY CONTINUES TO HAVE THE HIGH STANDARDS AND BE ABLE TO DO THE THINGS THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO DO.

SHONA ANY OTHER SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATES.

WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO THE RTC MEETINGS BY ZOOM, AND IT'S VERY INTERESTING TO HEAR KIND OF HOW THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION THINKING HAS CHANGED AND HOW EVERYONE'S KIND OF RELOOKING AT BIKES AND TRAILS AND WALKING AND LOWER EMISSIONS AND HOW THOSE TRAFFIC REPORTS ARE PLAYING OUT. IT'S FASCINATING TO SEE HOW DALLAS FORT WORTH AIRPORT, DFW AIRPORT IS STILL ONE OF THE BUSIEST AIRPORTS IN THE WORLD.

DESPITE THE DECLINE IN AIR TRAVEL AROUND THE GLOBE, IT IS STILL A HUGE TRANSPORTATION HUB FOR AIR TRAVEL.

THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? OK, THAT WILL MOVE US INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

ITEMS PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE IN NATURE AND ARE CONSIDERED NON-CONTROVERSIAL. THE CONSENT AGENDA CAN BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION.

A MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL IS REQUIRED TO MOVE ANY ITEM FOR DISCUSSION AND SEPARATE ACTION. COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY VOTE NAY ON ANY ITEM WITHOUT COMMENT, MAY SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD.

COUNCIL, YOU HAVE ITEMS 14 THROUGH 33 FOR CONSIDERATION.

I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS 14 THROUGH THIRTY THREE.

MOTION BY SHONA SECOND BY WILL.

ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. OPPOSED. THAT MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO THAT WILL MOVE US INTO OUR

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LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. THESE ITEMS MAY LEGALLY REQUIRE COUNCIL ACTION, BUT BY COUNCIL POLICY SHOULD BE THE CITY MANAGER'S RESPONSIBILITY.

THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA CAN BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION, THE CONCURRENCE OF TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS IS REQUIRED TO REMOVE ANY ITEM FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND ACTION.

COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY VOTE ON ANY ITEM WITHOUT COMMENT MAY SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD. COUNCIL YOU'RE JUST ONE ITEM THIRTY FOUR.

MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM THIRTY FOUR. MOTION BY SHONA.

SECOND BY WILL. ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE. OPPOSED. THAT MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO CITIZEN INPUT BECAUSE WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME CARDS

[CITIZEN INPUT (to begin approximately at 7:30 p.m.)]

THAT WILL TAKE US BEYOND SEVEN THIRTY.

SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.

WE HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.

SO I WOULD ASK AS I'M GOING TO CALL THE FIRST THREE IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD IN THE SEATS IN THE FRONT AND BE READY TO SPEAK FOR THE NEXT ONE FOR THE SAKE OF TIME.

PLEASE WATCH YOUR TIME AS YOU SPEAK.

YOU'LL NEED TO ALSO GIVE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR SPEAKING.

PLEASE. I DON'T HAVE LAST NAMES ON A COUPLE OF THESE.

THE FIRST ONE IS MEGAN, SECOND ONE IS RASHEDA.

THE THIRD ONE IS SIMON BIRNBAUM.

I'M SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCED THAT.

AND JUST SO YOU KNOW CITIZEN INPUT IS FOR ANY ITEM THAT'S NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, SINCE THERE ARE NO ITEMS POSTED, THIS IS FOR US TO RECEIVE INFORMATION, BUT WE CAN'T NECESSARILY HAVE DIALOG OR RESPOND WITH OPINIONS.

OK, THANK YOU.

HI THERE. MY NAME IS MEGAN GREEN.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS MAYOR, I ACTUALLY PREFER TO KEEP MY ADDRESS PRIVATE, GIVING THE CONTENT, BUT I AM A FRISCO RESIDENT.

IT'S BEEN A SOLID TEN YEARS SINCE I FELT COMPELLED ENOUGH TO STAND BEFORE SOME OF YOU AND OFFER MY INPUT FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH.

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THAT SPEAKS TO HOW WELL RUN OUR CITY IS, EVEN WITH ITS CHALLENGES AND RECENTLY GETTING NATIONAL ATTENTION.

BUT I NEED YOU TO KNOW THAT I APPRECIATE EACH ONE OF YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND DEDICATION.

SO THANK YOU. LAST WEEK I REACHED OUT TO YOU IN REGARDS TO A LOCAL FRISCO CHURCH'S RESPONSE TO THE VIOLENT INSURRECTION AT THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6TH.

A DAY THAT WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR THE VIOLENT MOB DISREGARDING THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESSES AND ABANDONING THEIR PATRIOTISM IN ORDER TO OVERTURN ELECTION RESULTS AS CONSTITUTIONALLY DECIDED BY THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.

IT'S A MOMENT THAT WILL BE REMEMBERED AS THE DAY OUR DEMOCRACY CRACKED BUT UPHELD AGAINST THE FALSE PATRIOTISM, GUISED AS AN EFFORT TO SAVE AMERICA.

FIVE DAYS LATER, A LOCAL CHURCH ALSO AFFILIATED WITH A LOCAL CONSERVATIVE PACK THAT ENDORSED TWO NOW SITTING COUNCIL MEMBERS CALLED FOR THEIR WORSHIPERS TO SEND A CADENCE OF WAR TO WASHINGTON, D.C., I WATCHED THIS SERMON TWICE IN ITS ENTIRETY.

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I WATCHED AS THEY CALLED UPON THE CONGREGATION TO DO A MOCK JERICHO TYPE MARCH AROUND D.C., WHICH WAS TO BE TREATED AS THE FORTIFIED CITY.

TO REPLICATE A BEAT OF QUOTE DRUMS, BATTLE WAR, AND THEY USED THE BIBLE, A SACRED CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE TO JUSTIFY AND GROW ANGER AMONG THE CONGREGATION.

SO WHY AM I TELLING YOU THIS? I BELIEVE I HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SAFETY OF MY COMMUNITY TO SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING.

WHEN WEAPONIZING RELIGION TO RADICALIZE FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

ACCORDING TO THIS CHURCH, SINCE I SUPPORT THE RESULTS OF THE FREE AND FAIR ELECTION.

I AM NOW SEEN AS THE ENEMY, AS DESCRIBED BY THE CHURCH AS A TRAITOR.

THAT THIS CHURCH IS PRACTICING HOSTILE LANGUAGE AGAINST.

THIS HAS NOW BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE FOR YOUR CONSTITUENCY.

FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO BELIEVE IN THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION AND THE ELECTION IN THE CONSTITUTION AND TRUTH AND INTEGRITY.

ALLOW ME TO ELABORATE.

THE SERMON INCLUDED A VISION OF BULLDOZERS CIRCLING AROUND CONGRESS AND D.C.

AND HE HEARD THE LORD SAY IT'S A SLOW DOWN, A STAND OFF, THAT SOMEONE CLOSE TO TRUMP HAD BECOME A BENEDICT ARNOLD.

AND WE KNOW THIS IS, QUOTE, WHAT HAPPENED TO BENEDICT ARNOLD.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE INSURRECTIONISTS AT THE CAPITOL WERE CHANTING, HANG MIKE PENCE. IN CASE IT IS NOT CLEAR, WE ARE REMINDED BY THE PASTOR TO REMEMBER OUR HISTORY CHURCH. WHEN GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS FACED WITH TRAITORS THAT COMMITTED TREASON, HE HAD THEM CORNERED AND HE HAD THEM SHOT, HE REPEATS.

HE HAD THEM SHOT.

THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND THE FBI HAVE BOTH ISSUED REPORTS THAT THE BIGGEST DOMESTIC TERRORIST THREAT COMES FROM EXTREMISM.

DURING THE PASTORS / POLITICAL CONTRIBUTOR SERMON, HE TRANSITIONED FROM EXERCISING HIS SPEECH TO THEN BECOMING A THREAT TO ME AND MY FAMILY AND THE PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE IN TRUTH. YES, YOU SEE IN HIS EYES, SINCE I ACCEPT THE OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION, I AM THE TRAITOR. AND REMEMBER, WHAT DID TRAITORS DO ACCORDING TO HIM OR WHAT HAPPENED TO TRAITORS ACCORDING TO HIM? PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE THE GRAVITY OF THIS BREACH OF OUR CONSTITUTION AND MY RIGHT TO SAFETY.

THE LANGUAGE HE USED WAS CAREFULLY CHOSEN TO ANGER AND INCITE VIOLENCE, WAR, SIEGE, A MILITARY TRIBUNAL.

SEWER OF SOCIALISM.

WASHINGTON, DC IS YOUR JERICHO.

TRAITORS, TREASON.

THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT DID PUT OUT STATEMENTS STRONGLY DENOUNCING THIS VIOLENT RHETORIC, ESPECIALLY IN A PLACE OF WORSHIP.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT THERE ARE TWO SITTING COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE CLOSELY AFFILIATED WITH THIS CHURCH SLASH POLITICAL ORGANIZATION.

I STAND BEFORE YOU TO ASK YOU TO PUBLICLY DENOUNCE THIS ORGANIZATION AND ISSUE A STATEMENT THAT YOU WILL PUBLICLY DISTANCE YOURSELF FROM AN ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD SO BLATANTLY ABUSE THEIR POSITION OF POWER OVER LOCAL POLITICS BY RADICALIZING THEIR BASE AND USING LANGUAGE THAT INCITES VIOLENCE.

YOU WEREN'T ELECTED TO PROTECT PERSONAL ALLEGIANCES.

YOU WERE ELECTED TO PROTECT THE SAFETY OF YOUR CITIZENS.

LASTLY, I WANT TO REITERATE, I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY.

I RESPECT IDEOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES.

I HAVE NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS, FAMILY WITH INDEPENDENT IDEOLOGICAL BELIEFS, AND WE CAN COEXIST WITHOUT WAGING WAR ON ONE ANOTHER.

ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING.

I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] AND JUST TO REITERATE, THIS IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, SO YOU KNOW COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN'T HAVE DIALOG OR RESPOND, BUT I WILL JUST ADD TO CHIEF SCHULZ AND WHAT HE SAID AND KIND OF HIS REPORT REMARKS.

SO IT'S KIND OF WITH THIS ITEM THAT, YOU KNOW, CHIEF SHILSON, US AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ABSOLUTELY DO AGREE AND TO SOMETHING TO SAY, SOMETHING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES ACTIVELY HAVE TOOLS TO MONITOR SOCIAL MEDIA FOR ANY THREATS AND CREDIBLE THREATS.

AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WORKS DIRECTLY WITH OUR STATE AUTHORITIES AND OUR FBI ANY TIME THEY IDENTIFY WHAT THEY CONSIDER A CREDIBLE THREAT.

SO I WOULD JUST SAY THAT AS KIND OF A STATEMENT OF FACT IN GENERAL.

THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS RASHIDA HOBBS-JONES.

AND DUE TO THE SENSITIVITY AND ALSO ME FEELING THREATENED IN OUR COMMUNITY, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KEEP MY ADDRESS PRIVATE.

HOWEVER, I AM A RESIDENT OF FRISCO.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT.

I FIND IT SO IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY BASED OFF WHAT THE CHIEF JUST MENTIONED AS FAR AS WE CAN HAVE DIFFERENCES.

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BUT WE MUST RESPECT EACH OTHER.

HOWEVER, THAT LINE IS DRAWN WHEN THOSE DIFFERENCES ARE INCITING RIOTS, VIOLENCE OR PERPETUATING PROPAGANDA THAT CAN PUT GROUPS, MARGINALIZED GROUPS OR CERTAIN PEOPLE IN DANGER. SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO REMIND US TONIGHT THAT WE ARE ENTERING A TIME OF TRANSITION. AND AS WE DO, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE CONSIDER WHAT IT MEANS TO BE MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER IN FRISCO.

IT IS CLEAR THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR US TO MAKE A UNIFIED STAND.

THAT WE ARE A CITY THAT BELIEVES IN CONSTITUTION.

FAIR AND FREE ELECTIONS.

THAT WE SUPPORT DEMOCRACY AND THAT YOU ARE REPRESENTATIVES FOR EVERYONE IN YOUR COMMUNITY.

THAT THERE IS NO NEED FOR A CALL TO ARMS, A CALL FOR VIOLENCE.

BUT THERE IS A NEED FOR A CALL TO LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AND A CALL FOR ACTION.

FOR ALL THOSE WHO BELIEVE THAT THIS CITY IS, IN FACT ONE OF THE BEST PLACES TO LIVE.

I'M ASKING CITY COUNCIL AS OUR WONDERFUL CITY ELECTED LEADERS TO STAND WITH ME AND OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS, INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE AFRAID, CONCERNED.

TRAUMATIZED.

TO STAND WITH ME, TO SET AN EXAMPLE FOR OUR CHILDREN, OUR BOYS AND GIRLS THAT ATTEND THOSE HIGH SCHOOLS, MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WHO ALREADY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SOMEONE GOING TO COME IN TODAY AND HURT ME WITH A WEAPON.

WHO ALREADY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A PANDEMIC.

NOW THEY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT VIOLENCE BEING BROUGHT UPON THEM SIMPLY BECAUSE OF CERTAIN CONSPIRACY THEORIES.

I'M ASKING FOR YOU TO SET AN EXAMPLE FOR THE METROPLEX, FOR OUR GREAT STATE OF TEXAS, THAT IN FRISCO WE MOVE TOGETHER IN PEACE.

AND IN PROGRESS.

DEDICATED TO BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS, JUST LIKE OUR CHIEF SAID, THE EXAMPLE CITY.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, RESPECTFUL.

RESPECTFUL CITIZENS FOR EVERYONE WHO OCCUPIES AND RESIDES IN THIS CITY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION, YOU ALL HAVE A LOVELY NIGHT.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] AFTER SIMON, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LISA [INAUDIBLE] SHERRY [INAUDIBLE] AND RAY [INAUDIBLE] SORRY.

OK, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

I WANT TO SPEAK TONIGHT ABOUT THE DIVISIVE RHETORIC AND PARTISANSHIP THAT IS DESTROYING OUR CITY. I HAD A PLEASURE TO POLL GREET ALONGSIDE THE COUNCILMAN, BRIAN LIVINGSTON, IN THE LAST ELECTIONS. EVEN THOUGH I WAS THERE TO SUPPORT ANOTHER CANDIDATE, WE GOT ALONG.

I'D ARGUE WE BECAME MORE UNDERSTANDING OF EACH OTHER'S POSITIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS, BY THE WAY.

THANK YOU. THOSE WHO PAID ATTENTION TO THE LOCAL ELECTIONS IN THE LAST CYCLE KNOW OF THE EMERGENCE OF THE FAR RIGHT FRISCO CONSERVATIVE COALITION PACK.

ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS AND LEADERS OF THAT PACK IS MR. BRANDON BURDEN. HE'S ALSO HE ALSO HAPPENS TO BE A LEAD PASTOR OF KINGDOM LIFE CHURCH.

I HAD VOICED MY OPINION TO MR. LIVINGSTON THAT ALIGNING HIMSELF WITH GROUPS LIKE FCC ENFORCE HIM INTO EXTREME POSITIONS THAT GO AGAINST THE VALUES OF A MAJORITY OF CITIZENS OF FRISCO.

HE ASSURED ME THAT HE HAD A LINE THAT HE WAS NOT WILLING TO CROSS.

THE MORAL COMPASS. I BELIEVE YOU, SIR.

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WITH FRISCO BEING IN THE LOCAL AND NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT REGARDING MR. BRANDON BURDEN AND HIS ROLE IN KINGDOM LIFE CHURCH AS WELL AS FCC, THE TIME HAS COME TO SHOW THAT THE CITY COUNCIL'S STANCE AGAINST THE FRINGE ELEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR SPEAK LOUDLY AND FORCEFULLY AGAINST VIOLENCE, INCITEMENT AND MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THEY DO NOT SHARE HIS VIEWS ON THE ELECTION.

WHEN MAYOR CHENEY TELLS THE CITIZENS TO SOCIAL DISTANCE, WEAR MASKS AND WASH HANDS, BUT HE HIMSELF IS SEEN ON MOST OCCASIONS NOT WEARING THE MASK, IT STRIKES THE PEOPLE OF FRISCO AS HYPOCRITICAL.

WEARING THE MASK SHOULD NOT BE A CONTROVERSIAL THING.

IT'S NOT A POLITICAL THING.

WEARING A MASK IS PATRIOTIC.

IT PROTECTS YOUR NEIGHBORS.

IT SAVES LIVES AND MINIMIZES THE IMPACT ON OUR FRONTLINE WORKERS AND HOSPITALS.

MLK JR. SAID DARKNESS CANNOT DRIVE OUT DARKNESS.

ONLY LIGHT CAN DO THAT.

HATE CANNOT DRIVE OUT HATE.

ONLY LOVE CAN DO THAT.

OUR LIVES BEGIN TO END THE DAY WE BECOME SILENT ABOUT THINGS THAT MATTER.

I IMPLORE YOU TO BE THIS SHINING LIGHT AND TO SPREAD LOVE, NOT HATE.

I URGE YOU TO FOLLOW THE SIGNS, TO SPEAK UP ADVOCATE AND TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] AND JUST AS A POINT OF FACTUAL CONSIDERATION, THE STATEMENT ISN'T FACT.

EVEN THOUGH I KNOW YOU LIKE TO POST ABOUT IT EVERY DAY ON SOCIAL MEDIA, DOES IT MAKE IT TRUE THAT I DO WEAR MY MASK EVERY DAY PROUDLY AND ENCOURAGE OUR CITIZENS TO DO SO IN EVERY SETTING THAT I'M IN? I GET LOTS OF PICTURES TAKEN WITH ME.

THE ONLY TIME YOU'LL EVER FIND ME WITHOUT A MASK ON IS WHEN I'M PRESENTING.

AND THAT'S USUALLY WHEN A PICTURE IS TAKEN OF ME AND THAT'S USUALLY WHEN IT'S POSTED ON THE INTERNET. BUT ALL OTHER TIMES YOU'RE GOING TO FIND ME FOLLOWING ALL THE GOVERNOR'S GUIDELINES, JUST LIKE I'M ASKING OF OUR CITIZENS.

SO WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE WHEN YOU SHARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT YOU DO SO FACTUALLY.

THANK YOU. DO YOU MIND IF I SAY SOMETHING HERE.

QUICK? SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA AND WHAT GETS POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT CERTAIN MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND IN REGARDS TO EVENTS WHERE THEY TAKE OUR PICTURES.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S AN EVENT I WAS SITTING DOWN EATING DINNER WITH MY WIFE AND STOOD UP TO TAKE PICTURES. AS WE DO.

PEOPLE WANT TO TAKE PICTURES WITH US.

AND THEN I POSTED ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA AND THEN EVERYBODY GOES AROUND AND SAYS, WELL, DAN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT WEARING A MASK IN PUBLIC.

THAT'S COMPLETELY FALSE.

AND WE'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT.

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THE INFORMATION THAT GETS SHARED IS FACTUAL, NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO POST ABOUT TO GET ATTENTION.

[INAUDIBLE] IS NEXT, AND THEN SHERRY [INAUIDBLE] AND THEN.

RAJ, I'M SORRY, I'M RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M LISA [INAUDIBLE].

I LIVE IN PRECINCT 1050 I, TOO, AM GOING TO KEEP MY ADDRESS PRIVATE FOR ALL REASONS CONSIDERED THAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.

I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I AM CONCERNED AS A FRISCO RESIDENT, LIKE MANY FRISCOIANS I READ THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS ARTICLE ON KINGDOM OF LIFE AND THE PASTOR BRANDON BURDEN.

AND I'M SPEAKING UP BECAUSE IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, YOU MUST SAY SOMETHING.

AND I THINK THAT HAS BEEN A THEME THAT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED TODAY, EVEN BY OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT. I'M NOT HERE TO SHAME ANYONE, BUT I AM LOOKING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND SOME UNITY. WHILE READING THIS ARTICLE, IT WAS SHOCKING TO ME.

I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THIS CHURCH BEFORE.

AND TODAY'S MEDIA ENVIRONMENT, SOMETIMES YOU'RE LIKE, WELL, THIS COULD BE A MEDIA BIAS.

MAYBE THIS IS JUST AN OVERBLOWN STORY.

SO I DECIDED TO DO MY OWN RESEARCH AND I WATCHED A FULL VIDEO STREAM MYSELF.

THIS VIDEO IN QUESTION TOOK PLACE ON JANUARY 10TH AFTER THE JANUARY SIX CAPITOL SIEGE.

HERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS THAT STOOD OUT FOR ME.

I WOULD NOT ENCOURAGE YOU.

AND THIS IS BRANDON BURDEN SPEAKING.

I WOULD NOT ENCOURAGE YOU TO SHOOT THEM IN THE LAWN.

NOW, SOMEBODY TOLD ME TODAY THAT IT WOULD HIT THEM IN THE DOORWAY, JUST DRAG THEM IN THE HOUSE, BUT THERE WOULD BE A BLOOD TRAIL.

AND THEN THERE WAS LAUGHTER AFTERWARDS.

I SEE NO CHRISTIAN MESSAGE HERE, NOR DO I SEE ANY LOWERING OF THE TEMPERATURE AFTER JANUARY SIX. THE SECOND MOMENT CAME OUT TO ME.

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IT WAS ABOUT A CONSPIRACY THEORY, ABOUT THE NATIONAL BLACKOUT.

THERE WAS COMMENTS ABOUT IF THE COUNTRY FALLS, HOW SUPPLIES, SHORTWAVE RADIO GENERATORS AND PLEASE DON'T TRUST ANY OF THE MEDIA SOURCES.

HE LISTED A BUNCH OF THOSE, [INAUDIBLE], NEWSMAX, FOX MEDIA.

HE WENT ON, HE SAID, STAY VIGILANT FOR SEVEN DAYS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE OF THIS, BUT THIS IS A [INAUDIBLE] CONSPIRACY THEORY, IT'S KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL BLACKOUT.

IF YOU WANT TO READ A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS, THERE'S A GREAT ARTICLE BY SENATOR BEN S ASSE IN THE ATLANTIC.

IT TALKS ABOUT THE [INAUDIBLE] INFILTRATION OF POLITICS AND RELIGION.

I SUGGEST YOU READ IT.

IT'S REALLY WELL WRITTEN.

THEN THE THIRD MOMENT THAT KIND OF STUCK OUT TO ME WAS [INEDIBLE] SPEAKING OUT FOR HIS CONGREGATION. WE ARE AUTHORIZED.

WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER FROM TRUMP.

HE HAS EIGHT CONSECUTIVE YEARS.

GOD HAS PROCLAIMED THIS.

HE GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT A SECRET TRIBUNAL THAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

THE SECRET TRIBUNAL IS FOR HIGH TREASON.

TRUMP IS GUIDING THIS.

HE GOES ON TO SAY VERY LOUDLY AND PROUDLY THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS CORRUPT.

WHEN I SEE THESE WORDS, I DON'T HEAR IT'S TIME TO COME TOGETHER AS A CITY, STATE AND NATION. I DON'T HEAR UNITY OR HEALING AFTER A TOUGH NATIONAL ELECTION.

THIS IS INCITEMENT AND FEAR.

SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR WHERE REGARDING SOME OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU ALL WHO HAVE SPOKEN OUT.

I REALLY, TRULY APPRECIATE THAT.

SOME HAVE BEEN HAD SOME STRONGLY WORDED AND CLEAR LANGUAGE.

OTHERS HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE VAGUE.

THEY DON'T EVEN MENTION KINGDOM OF LIFE AND BRANDON BURDEN.

SO WE NEED TO STAND STRONG AGAINST A DIVISIVE LANGUAGE THAT IS DANGEROUS TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AS CHRISTIANS IN THIS FRISCO COMMUNITY, WE MUST SAY NO TO THIS TYPE OF RHETORIC AND IT DOESN'T REPRESENT US. THIS IS NOT SHAMING.

THIS IS CALLED ACCOUNTABILITY.

THIS IS CALLED UNITY FOR OUR FRISCO.

I HAVE 54 SECONDS LEFT.

I, TOO, AM GOOD AT SOCIAL MEDIA AND IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA THERE ARE CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WHO SPOKE ON JUNE 20TH AT THE KINGDOM OF LIFE.

YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. ALL THESE INFORMATION IS PUBLIC.

YOU ACTUALLY POSTED IT ON YOUR OWN SITES, SO DID BRANDON [INAUDIBLE] AND HE DID THE SAME THING FOR FRISCO CONSERVATIVES.

IT'S A PUBLIC SITE.

YOU CAN LOOK AT IT. ANY FRISCO RESIDENT CAN LOOK AT IT.

IT'S OPEN. TAKE A LOOK.

LET'S SEE THE NOVEMBER 19TH FRISCO CONSERVATIVES POST ABOUT INCLUDING THE BRANDON BURDEN IS ACTUALLY A PRECINCT CHAIR FOR 1050.

HE SUPPORTS A COUNCILMAN FOR REELECTION RUNOFF THAT WAS POSTED NOVEMBER 19TH.

I COULD GO ON. I HAVE STUFF FROM NOVEMBER 19TH, DECEMBER 7TH, DECEMBER 9TH, AND RECENTLY HERE, JANUARY 5TH.

WHERE A COUNCIL MEMBER SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

IT'S ALL OUT THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

GOOD EVENING, SHERRY [INAUDIBLE], POINT [INAUDIBLE] DRIVE.

ALL RIGHT, SO I'M HERE.

I THOUGHT THERE WAS GOING TO BE AN AGENDA ITEM ON THE BENEFITS FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS, SO I'D PLAN TO KIND OF SPEAK ON THAT.

AND THERE'S NOT I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT IT'S BEING LOOKED AT AND WORKED ON.

BUT I DID WANT TO STILL MENTION SOME THINGS I KNOW I'VE CHATTED WITH MOST OF YOU.

MR. STRICKLIN, I REACHED OUT TO YOU BECAUSE YOU WERE THE CANDIDATE THAT RAN ON THIS ISSUE AND WAS SURPRISED TO FIND THAT I WAS BLOCKED ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

YOU HAVE SINCE CORRECTED THAT.

HOWEVER, ONCE I WAS CIRCLING BACK AROUND, I'D ALREADY CHATTED WITH PEOPLE.

I COULD HAVE EMAILED YOU ON YOUR CITY WEBSITE, CITY EMAIL.

BUT I ACTUALLY DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THAT.

SO ANYWAY, I'M GLAD YOU'VE CORRECTED THAT SINCE YOU WERE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT DURING THE ELECTION. ANYWAY, I SPOKE WITH MATTHEW [INAUDIBLE] AT LENGTH.

I'VE TALKED WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE AND I KNOW I'VE TALKED WITH A LOT OF YOU AND I KNOW THE CITY'S REALLY WORKING ON THIS TO MAKE IT MORE POSITIVE, GO IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

BUT WHAT I WANTED TO ADD IS WHEN I WAS TALKING WITH SOME OF YOU, I KNOW ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS WE DON'T WANT TO TREAT SOME STAFF DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER STAFF.

RIGHT. WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE FAVORS AND DO EXTRAORDINARY WHATEVER.

BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT, AND I'D MENTIONED LIKE AN NBA ANALOGY, BUT WHAT I'D LIKE

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TO POINT OUT RIGHT NOW IS THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM WEARING A BULLETPROOF VEST RIGHT NOW. AND WE'RE NOT.

HOW MANY STAFF MEMBERS ARE IN HERE THAT ARE WEARING BULLETPROOF VESTS.

SO WHILE I GET THE SENTIMENT, WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE LIKE AN UNFAIR SITUATION, I THINK IT'S REASONABLE AND ALL RIGHT TO START LOOKING AND ANALYZING ON THAT PARALLEL.

SO I WANTED TO MENTION THAT TONIGHT PUBLICLY AND GET THAT OUT THERE.

OK, ON THE BRANON BURDEN THING.

ALL OF YOU ARE AWARE OF THE SIGNS THAT I HAD OUT DURING THE GENERAL ELECTION, BRANDON BURDEN AND PUT HIS BODY IN BETWEEN MY SIGNS AND THE PUBLIC.

I DID NOTHING WRONG AND DID NOTHING ILLEGAL.

I HAVE A RIGHT TO SPEECH.

I HAVE A RIGHT TO DO WHAT I WAS DOING.

THE MAN STOOD IN FRONT OF VERBIAGE THAT I CREATED AS A TAXPAYING VOTING CITIZEN.

HE DID NOT GET TO WHERE HE IS AND WHO HE IS A.

BY HIMSELF OR WITHIN A WEEKEND OR A WEEK.

THERE ARE CITIZENS THAT HAVE BROUGHT UP ACTIVITIES THAT CAME TO MY CHURCH FROM LAST YEAR.

THERE WAS A FUNDRAISER WITHIN THAT CHURCH.

I THIS IS SUCH CRAP, TO BE HONEST.

AS A CHRISTIAN, I HAVE SO MUCH TO SAY ON THIS, BUT I'M GOING TO NEED LIKE A WHOLE COUPLE OF DAYS TO DEAL WITH THAT PORTION OF THIS.

BUT YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE WHO ARE ALIGNED WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT QUITE HONESTLY POO POOED THE BED DURING THE GENERAL ELECTION.

THE FRISCO BED ON MANY ACCOUNTS.

AND I KNOW A LOT OF YOU ARE AWARE OF THIS, BUT I'D LIKE TO SAY AT SOME POINT YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE COMPANY YOU KEEP.

IF YOU WERE HANGING OUT WITH THIEVES AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, WE WOULD HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT. WELL, I'M NOT CALLING FRISCO CONSERVATIVES THIEVES, BUT I CAN TELL YOU ONE THING.

THEY ARE NOT ALL ABOUT PROTECTING MY RIGHTS, BECAUSE BRANDON BURDEN PROVED THAT TO ME WHEN HE PUT HIS BODY IN FRONT OF MY SIGNS.

YET PEOPLE CALL ME CRAZY.

WHATEVER THEY WANT TO SAY.

I'M TRYING TO COLLECT ATTENTION, WHATEVER.

BUT IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT I HAD EVERY RIGHT TO BE THERE.

IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE CRAZY THAT WAS ON THE STAGE AT THAT CHURCH DURING THAT EVENT.

AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE AND SAY THAT ALL TO YOU PUBLICLY, BECAUSE WE'RE COMING UP ON ANOTHER ELECTION AND I'M SURE THEY'LL BE GOING TO BE OTHER PEOPLE ON THE BALLOT.

AND THAT GOES FOR PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE GOING TO ALSO BE LOOKING FOR FUNDING AND OTHER CANDIDATES THAT MAY DECIDE TO RUN.

WE NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT THESE THINGS, NOT TO BE UGLY TO BRANDON, QUITE HONESTLY, AS CHRISTIANS, WE NEED TO PRAY FOR BRANDON AND PULL HIM IN AND SAY, BROTHER, HELP, LET'S TALK. BUT WE NEED TO DO IT FOR OUR COMMUNITIES WELL BEING, NOW, I LIKE QUOTES, AS SOME OF YOU KNOW. NO, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE THE WORD BUBBLES IN IT.

BUT I'D LIKE TO LEAVE YOU WITH TWO.

A TRUE LEADER HAS THE CONFIDENCE TO STAND ALONE, THE COURAGE TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS AND THE COMPASSION TO LISTEN TO THE NEEDS OF OTHERS.

DOUGLAS MACARTHUR AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE, MY SECOND ONE ATTITUDE REFLECTS LEADERSHIP, CAPTAIN.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] [INAUDIBLE] MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE CITY, I AM [INAUDIBLE], IT'S OK ABOUT MY LAST NAME, EVEN MY MOM DOESN'T SAY IT [INAUDIBLE].

SO I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE HINDUS.

[INAUDIBLE] CHAPTER.

AND I AM A FRISCO RESIDENT AND I'M HERE TO THANK YOU ALL.

THIS IS MY FIRST SPEECH. I THINK I WAS LIKE, IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM THE EARLIER SPEECHES. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE GOOD WORK YOU HAVE BEEN DOING.

THE VERY FIRST THING IS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HINDUS [INAUDIBLE] AS WE CALL IT.

WE HAVE TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE CHAPTERS ALL OVER THE USA AND WE FOCUS ON SPREADING THE CULTURE, HEALTH AND SPIRITUAL PRACTICES FOR ALL HINDUS WHO ARE IN USA.

IN ADDITION TO IT, WE FOCUS ON DRIVES, FOOD DRIVES, HELPING WITH CHARITY AND OTHER STUFF.

AND DURING THIS PANDEMIC TIME, WE WANT TO THANK THE CITY OF FRISCO FOR GIVING US A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP THEM WITH THE HOT MEALS, MEETING WITH THE DIFFERENT CITY PEOPLE AND FIRST RESPONDERS AND HELPING THEM WITH PPES, MASKS AND OTHER STUFF.

SO TODAY I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PROCLAMATION GIVEN BY THE MAYOR AND CITY FOR THE HEALTH FOR HUMANITY PROGRAM [INAUDIBLE].

HEALTH FOR HUMANITY PROGRAM IS TO START SPREADING YOGA AS A PRACTICE TO IMPROVE OUR HEALTH. WE KNOW THAT WE ARE BEING THROUGH A PANDEMIC, BUT FORTUNATELY WE ARE AT THE END OF IT. WE ARE ALL GOING TO COME OUT REALLY HEALTHY.

FRISCO IS A CITY WHICH IS A VERY HEALTHY CITY.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR OWN BIKE LANES AND WE KNOW ALL OF OUR PUSH FOR MAKING SURE THE SPORTS IS THERE. WE HAVE THE SPORTS STADIUMS, WE HAVE THE NEW PARKS.

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WE HAVE THE SKATE PARKS.

WITH THIS, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD WE WANT TO ADD, WE WANT TO ADD YOGA TO THE PART OF IT. SO WE STARTED IT AS A TWO WEEK PROCESS.

THE REASON WE STARTED IT AS A TWO WEEKS IS WE BELIEVE THAT ANYTHING DONE FOR TWO WEEKS EVERY DAY MAKES IT A HABIT FOR LIFE.

SO THAT'S WHY THEY ARE GOING TO RUN IT FOR TWO WEEKS.

AND WE STARTED THIS DAY BECAUSE WE SCIENTIFICALLY BELIEVE THIS SECOND WEEK OF JANUARY IS WHEN THE EARTH STARTS TILTING TOWARDS THE SUN, THAT WAY FROM NOW ON WE ARE GOING TO SEE LONGER DAYS, MORE EXPOSURE TO THE SUN, WHICH IS GOING TO BE HEALTHY.

SO WITH THIS, WE ARE STARTING THE HEALTH FOR HUMANITY.

WE ARE RUNNING DAILY CALLS OVER ZOOM BECAUSE OF THE SOCIAL DISTANCING.

WE HAVE 28 COMMUNITIES WITHIN FRISCO WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IT ALONG WITH THIS.

WE HAVE ALSO DONE IT WITH FRISCO ISD WE HAVE GIVEN THE SAME PROGRAM TO SCHOOLS.

THEY ARE RUNNING IT FOR THEIR OWN PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS AND OTHER STAFF AND ALSO TO SOME OF THE KIDS. SO THE [INAUDIBLE] THAT IS INTERESTED IN IT, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN DO THE SAME TO THE OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS AND OTHER CITY OFFICIALS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD FOR THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS DURING THIS PANDEMIC SO THAT THEY CAN BE STRESS FREE, IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH AND OTHER STUFF.

SO LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY ONCE AGAIN FOR SUPPORTING US ON THIS HEALTH FOR HUMANITY AND BE PART OF THE FRISCO IS NO PART OF THE TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE DIFFERENT CHAPTERS ALL OVER THE USA, WHICH HAS SUPPORTED THIS ACTIVITY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DURING CITIZEN INPUT? WE'LL JUST FILL OUT A BLUE CARD WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE ME.

MY NAME IS GAIL STEVENS.

MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE LIVED IN FRISCO FOR SO, WHOOPS SORRY.

DOES IT WORK LIKE THAT? WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT. [LAUGHTER] WE DOWNSIZED TO FRISCO FROM PLANO.

WE WERE IN PLANO FOR 20 YEARS.

I'M FROM FLINT, MICHIGAN, BORN AND RAISED IN FLINT AND RAISED IN A COMMUNITY SMALL ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO LEARN THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

AND CERTAINLY OVER THE COURSE OF TIME, WE ALL HAVE OUR JOURNEYS.

BUT MY HUSBAND AND I ARE HERE.

I HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE NEWS EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR THE LAST MORE THAN FOUR YEARS.

AND AS THE CAMPAIGN CONCLUDED AND WE HAD THE ELECTIONS AND WE WERE ALL JUST IN, YOU KNOW, JUST THE INTENSITY OF IT, I REALIZED THAT I HAD A RESPONSIBILITY TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.

AND I'M NOT MAKING A POLITICAL STATEMENT.

I'M MAKING A STATEMENT AS AN AMERICAN.

THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT I SAW MANY YEARS AGO THAT MANY PEOPLE SAW.

SO TO BE BLIND OR PRETEND OR WHATEVER, I'M NOT HERE TO GET INTO THAT.

BUT I CERTAINLY SEE HOW ETHICAL LEADERSHIP.

IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL HAVE TO REALLY EMBRACE, ESPECIALLY THE CITY COUNCIL.

BUT ALL OF US ARE LEADERS WITHIN OUR OWN SPHERES OF INFLUENCE.

YOU HAVE A MONUMENTAL, IMPORTANT, SIGNIFICANT RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE CARE OF OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY, NOT A BASE.

WE ARE ALL CONSTITUENTS AND WE ARE ALL HERE TO MOVE FORWARD.

WE ARE AT A TIME IN OUR HISTORY WHERE, REGARDLESS OF HOW WE FEEL, THE TRUTH IS IN TERMS OF WHERE WE'RE AT AS A COUNTRY, IS THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH A NEW PRESIDENT AND WE MUST EMBRACE THAT.

AND WE MUST BE LEADERS WITH INTEGRITY.

WE MUST BE LEADERS WITH CHARACTER.

WE'VE GOT TO UNIFY SOMEHOW, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, BUT WE'VE GOT TO FIND OUR COMMON VALUES AND MORE THAN ANYTHING.

THAT'S WHAT ALL OF YOU NEED TO BE DOING, RIGHT, JOHN KEATING? I REMEMBER YOU.

JEFF CHENEY. I'M SO I JUST APPEAL TO ALL OF US HERE AND IN THE AUDIENCE AND THE CITY.

BUT WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO HELP HEAL EVERYBODY.

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SO A LOT OF PEOPLE HURTING IN A LOT OF WAYS.

WE HAVE TO HELP UNIFY IN WAYS THAT ARE GOING TO ADVANCE OUR COUNTRY.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AMERICA.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT PARTY.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HOMELAND SECURITY.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ISSUES THAT WE BRING DOWN TO THE LOCAL LEVEL.

THIS IS REALLY WHAT IT'S ABOUT, RIGHT? YOU GUYS ARE YOU'RE THE ONES WHO ARE REPRESENTING US.

BUT WE'VE GOT TO HAVE SYNERGY.

ALL THE WAY FROM THE TOP, ALL THE WAY THROUGH AT THE STATE LEVEL.

I WON'T EVEN ADDRESS THAT.

BUT WE'VE GOT TO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.

AND WE HAVE THE GREAT NEED TO PULL OURSELVES TOGETHER, TO WORK TOGETHER, TO MAKE THE WORDS THAT WE SAY REAL WITH ACTION, WITH ATTITUDE.

WITH OUR TALENTS TO BE COLLABORATIVE, TO WORK THROUGH THE ISSUES IN THE IN THE DANGERS THAT OUR CHILDREN, OUR CHILDREN THINK ABOUT OUR CHILDREN AND WHAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO HELP THEM MOVE FORWARD.

SO WITH THAT, I THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

I WAS PROUD OF FRISCO CITY HALL 101 THIS YEAR, WHICH I LOVED.

I'M THE DALLAS REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MARSHALL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS.

SO WE HAVE THIS VERY DIRECT CONNECTION WITH LOS ANGELES.

AND THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON HERE.

I APPRECIATE BEING PART OF IT.

AND I THINK WE ALL DO.

THANKS. THANK YOU GALE.

[APPLAUSE] MRS. STEPHENS, WOULD YOU PLEASE FILL OUT A BLUE CARD? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DURING CITIZEN INPUT? OK, WELL, ONE THING I WOULD LOVE, YOU KNOW TO ADD CHIEF SHILSON HAD MENTIONED IT EARLIER THAT HIM AND I HAD THE HONOR OF ATTENDING THE MLK EVENT LAST NIGHT.

IT'S MY FAVORITE EVENT OF THE YEAR WHERE WE GET TO HEAR FROM FIVE EXTRAORDINARY STUDENTS WHERE THEY HAD TO MEMORIZE WITHOUT NOTES A SPEECH BETWEEN SIX AND EIGHT MINUTES.

AND THIS IS FIVE STUDENTS THAT ELEVATED THEMSELVES FROM 22 THAT APPLIED TO TRY TO WIN SCHOLARSHIPS. AND HIM AND I WERE IN ATTENDANCE.

BUT MOST PEOPLE WERE VIRTUALLY I KNOW JOHN KEATING'S BEEN THERE EVERY SINGLE YEAR AND BEEN A LONG TIME SPONSOR OF THE EVENT.

AND I WAS DISAPPOINTED SHONA WASN'T THERE BECAUSE I USUALLY CHEAT OFF OF HER FOR SCORING.

I'M ONE OF THE JUDGES AND SHE WAS A DEBATE COACH.

I'D LOOK OVER HER SHOULDER FOR IF I WAS SCORING CORRECTLY, YOU KNOW, BUT I ALWAYS LEAVE THAT EVENT FEELING INSPIRED AND JUST HEARING THE MESSAGES THAT THESE KIDS GIVE AND WE CAN LEARN A LOT FROM OUR KIDS.

AND LAST NIGHT WAS CERTAINLY NO DIFFERENT.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S ABSOLUTELY BEEN A CLOUD HANGING OVER THIS COUNTRY THAT WE'RE ALL JUST ANXIOUS FOR IT TO CLEAR AND FOR THE SUN TO START SHINING BACK UPON US.

BUT TO HEAR THESE STUDENTS, TO ACTUALLY HEAR THEM SPEAK WITH THIS DEGREE OF OPTIMISM OF WHAT WAS BEFORE THEM AND THEIR LIVES AND THEIR CAREERS AND THEIR EDUCATION, AND THEY SAW NO DARK CLOUDS. AND THAT WAS REALLY INSPIRING TO HEAR ALL THESE KIDS LAST NIGHT.

AND BETWEEN ANGELIA [INAUDIBLE], WHO HOSTED THE EVENT EVERY YEAR AND MYSELF, THAT GAVE SOME REMARKS. AND OF THE FIVE STUDENTS, I THINK FIVE OF THE SEVEN OF US, THE FAMOUS MARTIN LUTHER KING QUOTE THAT CHIEF SHILSON MENTIONED, I THINK ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS MENTIONED WAS SAID IN OUR STATEMENTS, AND IT'S REALLY WHAT'S ON OUR HEART AND ON OUR MINDS, WHICH IS DARKNESS CANNOT DRIVE OUT DARKNESS.

ONLY LIGHT CAN DO THAT. HATE CANNOT DRIVE OUT HATE.

ONLY LOVE CAN DO THAT.

AND I THINK THAT'S IN ALL OF OUR HEARTS.

AND HOPEFULLY WE ALL GET THROUGH THIS WEEK AND WE ALL START MOVING BACK IN THAT DIRECTION FOR THE SUN TO CONTINUE TO SHINE, NOT JUST ON THE UNITED STATES, BUT CERTAINLY ON FRISCO, TEXAS. SO THANK YOU ALL THAT SHOWED UP HERE TONIGHT TO GIVE YOUR REMARKS.

[APPLAUSE] AND WITH THAT, THAT WILL MOVE US TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEM THIRTY FIVE IS A

[35. Public Hearing: A request to rescind Specific Use Permit (S-98) for a Private Club on one lot on 1.8± acres on the south side of Stone Crest Road, 1,240± feet east of Preston Road and to consider to direct Staff to prepare an Ordinance of the same. Zoned Highway with a Specific Use Permit (S-98) for a Private Club. Neighborhood #29. Specific Use Case No. SUP20-0016. (Development Services/JP)]

PUBLIC HEARING, A REQUEST TO RESEND SPECIFIC USE PERMIT S98 FOR A PRIVATE CLUB ON ONE LOT ON ONE POINT EIGHT ACRES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF STONECREST ROAD.

TWELVE HUNDRED AND FORTY FEET EAST OF [INAUDIBLE] ROAD.

AND TO CONSIDER TO DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE IN THE SAME ZONED HIGHWAY WITH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT S98 FOR A PRIVATE CLUB NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER TWENTY NINE SPECIFIC USE CASE NUMBER SUP20-0016.

MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS ONE OF MANY SUPS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH RECENSION SINCE THERE ARE NO LONGER APPLICABLE.

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AND THIS ONE WAS APPLIED AND APPROVED WHEN THE CITY WAS DRY.

AND SO THIS IS NO LONGER NECESSARY.

PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL SIX ZERO TO RESCIND.

INITIATIVE CLEANUP THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THROUGH ON AGENDAS WHEN WE HAVE LIGHTER AGENDAS. COUNCIL, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

OPEN PUBLIC HEARING. MOTION BY [INAUDIBLE], SECOND BY SHONA.

ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. OPPOSED. THE MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, MOVE TO CLOSE.

MOTION BY BILL, TO CLOSE [INAUDIBLE] ALL THOSE AND I GUESS TECHNICALLY MY FIRST VOTE WAS SIX ZERO.

I DIDN'T SEE BILL SNEAK IN.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AYE. OPPOSED. THAT MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.

PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT TO LOOK FOR A MOTION.

MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 35.

SECOND. MOTION BY WILL.

SECOND, BY BILL. ALL IN FAVOR AYE.

OPPOSE. THAT MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.

THAT WILL MOVE US TO ITEM THIRTY SIX.

CONSIDER AND ACT UPON APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE PROJECT PLAN AND FINANCING

[36. Consider and act upon approval of an Ordinance approving the Project Plan and Financing Plan for Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone #6 (TIRZ #6). (Financial Services/AC)]

PLAN FOR TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER SIX TIRZ NUMBER SIX.

WE DID HAVE A MEETING PRIOR TO THIS WHERE WE SET UP AND VOTED FOR.

THAT FORMATION. Y'ALL MOVE PRETTY QUICK ONCE YOU GET TO THAT REGULAR AGENDA . MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS IS ITEM TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON AN ORDINANCE ACTUALLY APPROVING THE PROJECT PLAN AND THE FINANCING PLAN FOR TAX FREE INVESTMENTS ZONE NUMBER SIX WITHIN THE CITY OF FRISCO. THE TIRZ BOARD MET AT FOUR THIRTY TODAY HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND THEY RECOMMENDED ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE.

SO JUST THIS IS THE SAME PRESENTATION THAT WE SHOWED IN DECEMBER WHEN WE CREATED THE TIRZ SIX. THE PROPOSED BOUNDARY HAS ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE ACRES.

THE CURRENT BASE VALUE IS APPROXIMATELY SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE MILLION DOLLARS WITH APPROXIMATELY TWENTY EIGHT PARCELS.

AND AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE HALL OFFICE PARK AND TWO BUILDINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN DEMOLISHED FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT WITHIN THIS TIRZ.

THE PROJECT PLANS INCLUDES A PARKING STRUCTURE WHICH WE'RE GOING TO ISSUE BONDS FOR AROUND 20 MILLION DOLLARS.

IT'S A STRUCTURE THAT WILL BE OWNED BY THE CITY AND WE'LL HAVE ABOUT A THOUSAND SPACES AND IT'LL BE FOR THE OFFICE BUILDINGS DURING THE DAY.

AND THEN IT'LL SUPPORT PARKING AT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER WHEN THEY HAVE ACTIVITIES THERE. AND THEN ALSO IN THE PROJECT PLANS THE PLAZA OPEN SPACE PARK IMPROVEMENTS.

THE CITY'S TIRZ SIX EXPENSES WOULD BE AROUND 15 MILLION AND ALSO 80 PERCENT OF THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF THE PARKING GARAGE AND OPEN SPACE.

AND THEN THE FINANCING, LIKE I SAID, WE WOULD PROPOSE TO SELL CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION FOR THE GARAGE AND THEN THE 15 MILLION PARTIALLY WOULD COME FROM PARK DEDICATION FEES AND OTHER CITY REVENUE SOURCES.

AND THEN THE DEVELOPER WILL ALSO PUT IN UP TO 15 MILLION TO SUPPORT THE ADDITIONAL COST.

REVENUE SOURCES WOULD BE 50 PERCENT OF THE CAPTURED VALUE OF THE PROPERTY, SO ANY VALUE OF THE PROPERTY OVER THE SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE MILLION AS OF JANUARY 1ST, WE WOULD GET 50 PERCENT OF THAT INTO THE TIRZ TO PAY THE DEBT SERVICE AND THEN 50 PERCENT OF ANY RETAIL SALES TAX GENERATED WITHIN THE TIRZ.

THE DEVELOPMENT IS PROJECTED TO THE REDEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER THE NEXT 20 TO 30 YEARS. THE TIRZ IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A 25 YEAR TIRZ AND LIKE WE SAID, THE BASE VALUE IS AT SIX HUNDRED THIRTY THREE MILLION.

AND RIGHT NOW, THE DEVELOPERS ARE ESTIMATING THE BUILD OUT WOULD APPROACH ALMOST TWO POINT TWO BILLION AS THE TAXABLE ASSESSED VALUE.

AND THESE ARE THE BOUNDARIES, THIS MAP'S FACING NORTH AND THEN AGAIN, JUST ANOTHER VIEW, AND THIS IS JUST A RENDERING OF WHAT THE OPEN SPACE AND THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN THAT DEVELOPMENT.

AND I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL THIS IS AN ITEM THAT'S BEEN ON A FEW AGENDAS NOW, BUT ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS YOU HAVE ON THIS? I WILL ADD SOME COMMENTS SINCE YOU ASKED ME.

SOME COMMENTS THAT I'VE SHARED AND SOME OF THE OTHERS AS WELL, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT HALL PARK IS NOW OVER 20 YEARS OLD, YOU KNOW, AND THAT IT STARTED WHEN I THINK THE TOLLWAY STOPPED AT, WHAT, SIX THIRTY FIVE IS WHEN THEY STARTED ON THAT PROJECT.

AND THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A PLAN AND A STRATEGY THAT THE CITY OF FRISCO HAS HAD TREMENDOUS SUCCESS WITH. THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BUILT THIS COMMUNITY ON, WHICH IS PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND USING THESE KINDS OF STRUCTURES FOR LONG TERM TAXABLE VALUE GROWTH.

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AND SO THIS IS A PLAN TO TAKE WHAT HAS HAPPENED THE FIRST 20 YEARS TO GET UP TO A VALUE, A TAXABLE VALUE FOR RESIDENTS OF JUST OVER 600 MILLION TO HAVE A PLAN TO BUILD THAT FROM 600 MILLION TO TWO POINT TWO BILLION DOLLARS OF TAXABLE VALUE OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS.

IT'S ALSO DESIGNED TO MAKE HALL PARK MORE RELEVANT, TO HAVE A PARK IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, WHICH WILL BE A 30 MILLION DOLLAR PARK, LARGER SLIGHTLY THAN KLYDE WARREN PARK, I THINK, BY A FEW FEET. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY GOING TO SET IT APART.

AS FAR AS I KNOW. I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT RIVALS THAT IN THE METROPLEX. AND SO IT'S CERTAINLY GOING TO HELP US WITH OUR BIGGER GOAL, WHICH IS FORTUNE 500 AND OTHER LARGE COMPANY AND JOB RELOCATION HERE TO OUR CITY.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, CONTINUING TO CONTINUE FORWARD WITH OUR BIGGEST PARTNER, WHO IS FRISCO ISD WITH THE VISION OF A POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM TO BRING A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER TO THE CITY OF FRISCO.

SO STILL A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE WITH THAT REGARDS, BUT THIS IS CERTAINLY LAYING THE GROUNDWORK AND THE FOUNDATION THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO ACHIEVE THAT.

SO THANKS AGAIN, GEORGE, FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO IT AND CERTAINLY CITY STAFF FOR PUTTING IN THE HARD WORK.

SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO MAKE? MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 36.

MOTION BY WILL SECOND BY WAS THAT BILL? BILL. ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE. OPPOSED. THAT MOTION PASSED SIX ZERO.

THANK YOU. THAT WILL MOVE US TO ITEM THIRTY SEVEN.

CONSIDER AND ACT UPON APPOINTMENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO FILL A VACANCY FOR PLACE SEVEN ON

[37. Consider and act upon appointment of an individual to fill a vacancy for Place 7 on the Social Services and Housing Board for a term ending September 30, 2021. Tabled 1/5/2021. (CSO/KM)]

THE SOCIAL SERVICES AND HOUSING BOARD FOR A TERM ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2021.

THIS WAS TABLED ON JANUARY 5, 2021.

SO LOOK FOR A MOTION TO REMOVE FROM THE TABLE.

SO MOVED.

MOTION BY JOHN, SECOND BY WILL. ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE. OPPOSED. THAT MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.

THIS ITEM HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE TABLE.

ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD KRISTI? I SHARED THE POSSIBLE CANDIDATES THAT APPLIED IN JULY FOR THIS PARTICULAR POSITION, THEY WERE NOT SELECTED FOR OTHER BOARDS AND SO THEY ARE OPEN TO BE APPOINTED FOR THIS POSITION OR YOU GUYS CAN CHOOSE TO APPOINT SOMEONE OUTSIDE OF THAT LIST.

[INAUDIBLE] COUNCIL WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE LAURA [INAUDIBLE] TO FILL THE VACANCY FOR PLACE SEVEN ON THE SOCIAL SERVICES AND HOUSING BOARD.

SECOND. MOTION BY BRIAN, SECOND BY DAN, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AYE. OPPOSED. THAT MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.

CONGRATULATIONS, LAURA.