[00:00:01] >> WELL, WELCOME TO OUR FRISCO TOWN HALL. [1 WELCOME BY THE MAYOR] THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US HERE IN PERSON. IT'S GLAD TO SEE PEOPLE IN PERSON AGAIN AND AS WELL AS ONLINE. I THINK WE HAVE ALREADY 500 PEOPLE ON THE PHONE CALL RIGHT NOW AND THEN OTHERS JOINING US VIA FACEBOOK LIVE, SO FEW WAYS TO TRY TO BROADCAST OUR MESSAGE ACROSS FRISCO AND BEYOND FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO INTERACT WITH MYSELF AND GEORGE PUREFOY AND OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. BUT WHILE WE'RE QUEUING AND WAITING FOR QUESTIONS AND OTHERS TO JOIN, [4 2021 TOP TEN COUNCIL PRIORITIES] WE DO HAVE A QUICK VIDEO THAT WE'D LIKE TO SHOW REFLECTING BACK ON OUR TOP 10 LIST FOR THIS YEAR. >> EVERY YEAR, THE FRISCO CITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHES ITS TOP TEN PRIORITIES FOR THE YEAR, DESPITE THE PANDEMIC, 2021 IS NO DIFFERENT. MAYOR JEFF CHENEY SHARES THE WHY BEHIND THE 2021 TEAM FRISCO THEME. >> 2020 JUST TAUGHT US ABOUT HOW BIG TEAM FRISCO REALLY IS, IT INCLUDED THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE EDC, CDC, VISIT FRISCO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS AND ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, REALLY IS WHAT MAKES US SO GREAT, AND SO THIS YEAR'S WORK SESSION IS REALLY ABOUT REINFORCING THAT, VALUING OUR PARTNERS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HOW WE CAN USE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS TO CONTINUE TO MAKE FRISCO A GREAT PLACE. >> COUNCIL MEMBERS MET THE END OF JANUARY TO REVIEW THEIR TO-DO LIST AND DETERMINE WHICH PRIORITIES WERE ACCOMPLISHED DURING 2020. COUNCIL MEMBER JOHN KEATING SHARES OTHER GOALS ARE REFINED FOR THIS YEAR. >> REPORTS KEEP FRISCO OPEN, KEEP BUSINESSES GOING, WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, KEEP MOM AND DAD AT WORK, AND KEEP EVERYBODY HAPPY AND FUNCTIONING. SO WE'RE BLESSED THAT WE HAVE A CITY THAT WAS PREPARED FOR THAT. >> SOME PRIORITIES FOR 2021 REMAIN THE SAME AND INCLUDE IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, VENTURE CAPITAL GROWTH, WORLD CUP 2026, DEVELOPING A STATE LEGISLATIVE STRATEGY AND THE MASTER PLANNING OF GRAND PARK. COUNCIL MEMBER BRIAN LIVINGSTON SHARES WHY GRAND PARK CONTINUES TO MAKE THE LIST AND WHY IT'S WORTH THE WAIT. >> YOU GOT 1,000 ACRES. IT'S ROUGHLY 150 ACRES BIGGER THAN CENTRAL PARK IN NEW YORK TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE SCOPE. WE'RE TAKING OUR TIME. THIS PART IS GOING TO BE AROUND WELL, AFTER EVERYBODY ON COUNCIL IS GONE AND WE'RE GOING TO DO IT RIGHT, THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT OUR KIDS ENJOY, OUR KIDS, KIDS ENJOY, AND REALLY IT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT THE ENTIRE NATION LOOKS AT AND IS IMPRESSED WITH. >> A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER MADE THE LIST AND MARKED A MILESTONE IN JUNE EARLIER THIS MONTH. THE FRISCO CITY COUNCIL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT TO FORM A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PERFORMING ARTS VENUE AT HALL PARK. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, SHONA HUFFMAN ANTICIPATES THIS PROJECT WILL BE NOTHING LESS THAN STATE OF THE ART. >> IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO A WORLD-CLASS FACILITY, A GREAT PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO BENEFIT OUR STUDENTS, IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT OUR RESIDENTS, IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY GROUPS, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE BEST OF THE BEST RIGHT HERE FOR EVERYONE TO USE. I THINK THAT DREAM IS REALLY CLOSE TO HAPPENING NOW. >> COUNCIL MEMBER DAN STRICKLIN ECHOES EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES. >> THE PROSPECT OF A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IS FANTASTIC BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WHAT I'M HOPING TO BE A VERY STRONG PARTNERSHIP. >> FRISCO REINVESTMENT STRATEGY IS REDEFINED, FOCUSING ON PARKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMERCIAL CENTERS. TRAIL CONNECTIVITY MAKES THE LIST WITH HOPES OF LINKING ALL AREAS OF THE CITY USING A ROBUST TRAIL SYSTEM. COUNCIL MEMBER BILL WOODARD HAS MORE ON WHY CONNECTIVITY IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. >> THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF LAST YEAR. EVERYBODY'S OUTSIDE BEING ACTIVE NOW, SO HAVING THE ABILITY TO CONNECT THOSE AREAS IS A HUGE IMPORTANT ITEM FOR US. >> TRAFFIC INVESTMENT IS GEARED TO KEEPING PACE WITH POPULATION GROWTH AND TOURISM. SPEAKING OF TOURISM, IT'S A PRIORITY TO WITH RENEWED EMPHASIS, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE PANDEMIC AND CONTINUING EFFORTS TO OPEN AT FULL CAPACITY. OF COURSE, TOURISM INVOLVES ENTERTAINMENT DESTINATIONS. TEAM FRISCO IS ALWAYS OPEN TO ATTRACTING NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS LIKE THE OMNI PGA FRISCO RESORT NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION. OUTGOING COUNCIL MEMBER AND MAYOR PRO TEM WILL SOWELL ENCOURAGES YOU TO GET INVOLVED IN YOUR CITY. >> FRISCO IS TRULY BLESSED WITH ALL THE PEOPLE WE HAVE HERE THAT KNOW SUCCESS, AND KNOW HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL. I WOULD ASK THEM TO GET INVOLVED, MAKE SURE WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW OUR CITY FOR THE FUTURE. >> SPEAKING ABOUT GETTING INVOLVED AGAIN, WE THINK EVERYONE THAT'S JOINING US TONIGHT, THIS IS WHAT THESE TOWN HALLS ARE FOR, IS FOR US TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM OUR RESIDENTS. I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT EVERY SINGLE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER IS HERE IN ATTENDANCE HERE TONIGHT LISTENING TO YOUR FEEDBACK. WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER, JOHN KEATING HERE. [00:05:03] THANK YOU, JOHN BILL WILLARD, BRIAN LIVINGSTON, AND DAN STRICKLIN AND SHONA HUFFMAN HERE IS HELPING US MONITOR OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND THE OTHERS ARE TAKING IN-HOUSE QUESTIONS. BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST UP ON STAGE, I'M JOINED BY OUTGOING COUNCIL MEMBER WILL SOWELL. WE'LL GET TO WILL IN JUST A MOMENT AND NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBER ANGELIA PELHAM. SHE WILL BE SWORN IN ACTUALLY TOMORROW NIGHT. OF COURSE, CITY MANAGER GEORGE PUREFOY FOR WHO IS HERE FOR ALL THE TOUGH QUESTIONS. BUT WHILE WE'RE LETTING PEOPLE QUEUE UP QUESTIONS FOR US, I DID WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE TWO OF THEM AND FIRST TURN IT OVER TO WILL. WILL HAS SERVED THE CITIZENS FOR NINE YEARS. HE IS TERMED LIMITED, AND SO TOMORROW IS HIS LAST DAY IN ACTION, SO IF YOU WANT ANYTHING FROM WILL, YOU'RE ONE MORE DAY TO GET IT OUT OF HIM. BUT WILL I KNOW IT'S BEEN AN EMOTIONAL WEEK FOR YOU AS YOU COME TO THE END. I KNOW THERE'S GOOD AND BAD SERVING IN THIS ROLE, BUT I THINK WE ALL TEND TO REMEMBER THE GOOD THAT HAPPENS. LET ME JUST FIRST SAY THAT IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH YOU ALL THESE YEARS AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE AND I'VE CALLED ON YOU AND BEEN ALONGSIDE YOU ALONG THE WAY. YOU HAVE SERVED THE RESIDENTS OF FRISCO WELL, AND I THINK IT'S A HOPE OF ALL OF US ONCE WE GET ELECTED TO THESE POSITIONS, THAT WE LEAVE IT BETTER THAN WE FOUND IT, AND I THINK YOU CAN MORE THAN SAY THAT. AGAIN, WILL THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP OVER THESE YEARS, YOU'RE GOING TO BE MISSED, BUT JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU CERTAINLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE LISTENING, JUST REFLECT ON YOUR TIME IN THIS ROLE. >> WELL, THANKS, MAYOR, I THINK FIRST THING I WOULD SAY IS CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNCIL MEMBER PELHAM. SHE IS IN FOR WHAT IS GOING TO BE AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF YEARS. IT IS SOMETHING UNLIKE YOU'VE EVER EXPERIENCED. JUST LIKE YOUR CAMPAIGN WAS SOMETHING LIKE YOU'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED AND NOW YOU'LL GET TO MEET AND LEARN ALL OF THE CITY STAFF MEMBERS, YOU'LL GET TO LEARN WHAT A GREAT, TALENTED CITY STAFF TEAM WE HAVE, AND THEN THE FUTURE OF FRISCO, THAT IS WHAT REALLY I DON'T REFLECT SO MUCH ON WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST AS FRISCO IS NOW JUST AS IT WAS NINE YEARS AGO ON THE RIGHT THERE TO CONTINUE TO GROW FOR SUCCESS, AND THAT'S A CREDIT TO THE MAYOR, THAT'S A CREDIT TO THE PREVIOUS MAYORS AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE TODAY. NO ONE PERSON GETS ANYTHING DONE, THE COUNCILS THAT HAVE BEEN ON OVER THE LAST NINE YEARS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT AND IT IS INCREDIBLE WHEN YOU LOOK BACK ON IT FROM ALL THE BIG THINGS LIKE THE STAR AND THE PGA AND ALL THE THINGS WE TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL, MAY OR ONE OF YOUR PASSIONS WAS A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE OVER THE PAST NINE YEARS, CAPITAL RESERVE FUNDS GREW AAA BOND RATING. JUST ALL THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE, WE ARE ONE OF FEW CITIES IN THE U.S THAT HAVE BOTH THE CLIA CERTIFIED POLICE DEPARTMENT AND AN ISO 1 CERTIFIED FIRE DEPARTMENT. IT'S JUST A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE AND I THINK THE REAL CREDIT GOES TO, AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IN THE VIDEO, THE QUALITY OF THE RESIDENTS WE HAVE IN FRISCO AND THE FANTASTIC CITY STAFF THAT YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS WILL CONTINUE TO ENABLE GOING FORWARD. >> WELL, THANK YOU WILL AND ANGELIA, ARE YOU READY FOR THIS? I KNOW YOU'RE READY FOR THIS, BUT TELL US WHAT YOU'RE MOST EXCITED ABOUT AS YOU START THIS NEW JOURNEY. >> YES, MAYOR CHENEY, I AM ABSOLUTELY THRILLED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A PAUSE AND JUST THANK COUNCIL MEMBER SOWELL FOR HIS SERVICE. WE CONTINUE TO GROW AS A CITY AS A RESULT OF HAVING INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP AND FRISCO IS A CITY THAT HAS A HALLMARK FOR GREAT LEADERSHIP FROM MR. PUREFOY TO THE MAYORS THAT WE'VE HAD AND CURRENTLY OUR SITTING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN SOWELL FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO GROWING THIS INCREDIBLE CITY. I WILL STAND ON YOUR SHOULDERS AS I CONTINUE TO TAKE CARE [INAUDIBLE] >> ENOUGH I WILL FIND SOMEONE ELSE. [LAUGHTER] I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS ME AND YOU TOGETHER MAKE A BRAND LIVINGSTON? [LAUGHTER] >> I'LL FIND SOMEONE A LITTLE TALLER, MAYBE JOHN KEATING OVER HERE. BUT I WILL SAY THAT I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE JOURNEY THE CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN A LONG JOURNEY, BUT WE'RE AT AN INFLECTION POINT AND I HAVE TO LOOK PAST THE CAMPAIGN NOW AND FOCUS ON WHAT'S BEST FOR FRISCO AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHERE THE CITY IS GOING. IT'S WAS A PART OF MY DECISION TO RUN AND JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING A CONTRIBUTION AND WORKING WITH ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND GETTING OUT AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE WONDERFUL RESIDENTS THAT I'VE GOTTEN A CHANCE TO MEET HERE IN THE CITY OF FRISCO. >> WELL, THANK YOU, ANGELIA. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SWEARING IN TOMORROW. I INVITE BOTH OF YOU ALL TO STAY FOR AS LONG AS YOU'D WANT AND JUST PROVIDE INPUT ALONG THE WAY. OF COURSE, WE'VE GOT GEORGE PUREFOY OUR CITY MANAGER OF 34 YEARS. >> NOT QUITE. >> NOT QUITE. ALMOST 34 YEARS WITH US AND I DO ALSO [00:10:05] WANT TO RECOGNIZE WE HAD A RETIREMENT CELEBRATION THIS AFTERNOON FOR NELL LANGE. I DON'T KNOW IF NELL IS WITH US HERE TONIGHT. NO. SHE'S ALREADY CHECKED OUT. [LAUGHTER] FRIDAY IS HER LAST DAY. SHE'S GOING TO CHECK IN ON US AND OUR WINNER WORK SESSION BEFORE SHE HEADS OUT OFFICIALLY, BUT SHE SERVED THIS CITY FOR 20 YEARS NOW RUNNING OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT REALLY FROM AS THEY DESCRIBED TODAY, WHEN GEORGE WAS DOING NAPKIN MATH, I THINK, TO RUN OUR BUDGETS TO TURNING IT INTO A FULL-BLOWN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BECOME THE ENVY OF CITY GOVERNMENTS, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO NELL WITH THAT. THE LAST POINT I'LL MAKE BEFORE WE STARTED TAKING QUESTIONS IS WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE A WINNER WORK SESSION THIS FRIDAY. IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THE MORNING WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE TAKING A SITE VISIT IN THE MORNING AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND RECONVENE AROUND 10:30, I BELIEVE, AT THE GROVE, WHERE WE'LL CONTINUE WITH OUR WORK SESSION IF ANYONE WANTS TO PROVIDE INPUT ON THAT. WITH THAT, WE'LL JUST JUMP RIGHT IN AND WE'VE GOT A COLOR. [5 TELEPHONE FORMAT] >> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'VE GOT BRANDON, DAVID, STEPHANIE IN THE LINE RIGHT NOW. PRESS ZERO ON THE KEYPAD OF YOUR PHONE TO GET IN LINE WITH YOUR OWN QUESTION, JUST LIKE BRANDON DID. BRANDON YOU ARE LIVE RIGHT NOW, PLEASE GO AHEAD [OVERLAPPING] WITH YOUR QUESTION. BRANDON YOU'RE LIVE GO A HEAD. SOUNDS LIKE BRANDON, MAYBE WALKED AWAY FROM HIS PHONE OR MUTE HIS LINE. BRANDON SAYS, "WILL WE HAVE DART SERVICE?" >> THE QUESTION IS, WILL WE HAVE DART SERVICE? DART RIGHT NOW IT'S FUNDED THROUGH SALES TAX. FRISCO IS NOT A DART-MEMBER CITY. ESSENTIALLY, WE GET THE CHOICE ON WHEN YOU PAY IN A QUARTER SALES TAX THAT TWO PERCENT OF THAT IS REALLY AT THE CITY'S DISCRETION. SIX AND A QUARTER GOES TO THE STATE. ONE PERCENT OF THAT GOES TO OUR GENERAL OPERATIONS FUND, AND THEN WE GET BASICALLY THE CHOICE OF HOW WE AS A CITY WANT TO USE OUR OTHER ONE PERCENT. SOME CITIES, LIKE PLANO, HAVE SAID WE WANT TO DEDICATE THAT WHOLE ONE PERCENT TOWARDS BEING A MEMBER OF DART AND THAT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. THE CITY OF FRISCO HAS TAKEN AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO THAT FOR MANY YEARS, WHICH WE USE THAT ONE PERCENT TO FUND OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS WITH THE MINDSET THAT WE WANT TO CREATE JOBS HERE, AND NOT NECESSARILY CREATE TRANSIT TO SEND OUR RESIDENTS TO JOBS ELSEWHERE. WE DO TAKE A FORWARD-LOOKING APPROACH TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; WE THINK AS A CITY. WE HAVE BRIAN MOEN, WHO IS ONE OF OUR CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICERS FOR TRANSPORTATION. HE WAS ACTUALLY APPOINTED BY THE STATE, THE GOVERNOR, TO LEAD THE STATEWIDE EFFORTS. BUT I BELIEVE AND I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL BELIEVES THAT 10, 15 YEARS FROM NOW, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WILL LOOK VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IT DOES TODAY. WE DON'T BELIEVE IN INVESTING IN 100-YEAR-OLD TECHNOLOGIES. WE THINK THAT THE DISRUPTION THAT'S HAPPENING IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES, AND PRIVATIZATION OF THESE THINGS WILL PUSH FORWARD AND SO AS FRISCO CONTINUES TO BUILD-OUT, AND WE'RE FAR FROM BUILD-OUT, BUT AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD-OUT, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THOSE TYPES OF SERVICE. NOW, I WILL SAY THAT THE CITY HAS PRESERVED THE COMMUTER RAIL LINE, THE BNSF RAIL LINE, SHOULD A COUNCIL CHOOSE TO EVER BRING COMMUTER RAIL TO THE CITY, BUT I DON'T FORESEE THAT ANYTIME SOON ON THE HORIZON. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY ON THIS? >> EXCELLENT. THANKS SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, THAT PARTICIPATION. ANOTHER REMINDER, PRESS ZERO. LETS GO TO DAVID LIVE NOW. DAVID YOU'RE LIVE, PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION. >> HI. FIRST OF ALL I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR PUTTING ME ON THIS EVENING, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. INITIALLY, I HEARD ABOUT THE BUILDING OF THIS [INAUDIBLE] FISCO IS EXCEPTION. MY HOME VALUE HAS GONE UP EXPONENTIALLY. THE ISSUE I HAVE, ACTUALLY TWO ISSUES: ONE, THE POWER LINES THAT WERE BUILT ON MAIN STREET THAT RUN WEST OF THE TOLLWAY FOR ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF, TWO MILES. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THOSE WHO ARE GOING TO BE TAKEN DOWN BY THE ELECTRIC COMPANY AND THAT THOSE LINES TO BE BURIED UNDERGROUND. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THIS WOULD OCCUR WHEN WE WIDENED MAIN STREET WEST OF THE TOLLWAY. ONCE TOLLWAY MAIN STREET HAS BEEN WIDENED [INAUDIBLE] >> YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. THOSE ARE THE HENDRIX LINES AND WE USED TO CALL THEM THE PENGUIN LINES BECAUSE THEY LOOKED LIKE PENGUINS. WE HAVE HEARD FROM OUR COMMUNITY. IN FACT, WHEN THE BURY THE LINES MOVEMENT HAPPENED, [00:15:01] I WOULD ARGUE THAT THAT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT WE'VE HAD AS A CITY THAN ANY OTHER ISSUE AND TO THINK THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THOSE HIGH TOWER LINES GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN MAIN STREET, NOW WHEN YOU DRIVE DOWN MAIN STREET IT'S HARD TO EVEN IMAGINE. THE HENDRIX LINES ARE STILL PLANNING TO BE BURIED. I BELIEVE, GEORGE, THAT WHEN WE LOOKED AT PUTTING THEM IN THE SAME CONDUIT WHEN WE WIDEN THE MAIN STREET THAT THEY COULDN'T, THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY GO DOWN THE RIGHT OF WAY SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE BURIED IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION. GEORGE, WITH HIS MASTER NEGOTIATING SKILLS, WORKING WITH THEM, HAS BEEN ABLE TO FIND A RESOLUTION TO THAT MATTER WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM ESSENTIALLY LAND SWAP AGREEMENT FOR THEIR SUBSTATION POTENTIALLY, AND THEN WORK ON BURYING THOSE LINES. I BELIEVE THEY'RE SCHEDULED, IS IT THIS YEAR THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? >> WE'RE STILL IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THEM. BUT THE PART WHERE IT STARTS ON THE FOUR EAST SIDE, UNTIL IT GETS TO ABOUT WHERE THAT SHOPPING CENTER IS, AT TEAL. THAT'S SECTIONAL LINE IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN NEGOTIATING FOR, TO DO A LAND SWAP. IT'S A LITTLE MORE CONGESTED THERE UNDERNEATH, WHERE THE TWO SHOPPING CENTERS ARE IN BOTH SIDES OF TEAL AND THE SOUTH SIDE OF MAIN STREET. WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT PART. >> MAYOR, I THINK JUST FOR CLARITY, YOU MIGHT WANT TO MENTION THAT THE LINES THAT DID GET BURIED, THERE WERE LINES THAT DID GET BURIED. THOSE WERE TRANSMISSION LINES THAT WOULD HAVE HAD THE LARGE POLLS. THOSE WERE BURIED. THE HENDRIX LINES WERE EXTRA. WE PAY $12 MILLION TO HAVE THOSE OTHER LINES BURIED. BUT THAT IN FACT DID HAPPEN. SO THE LINES THAT WERE INTENDED TO BE BURIED DID IN FACT GET BURIED. >> THANK YOU, WILL. [OVERLAPPING] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET'S GO BACK TO COUNCIL CHAMBERS. >> [INAUDIBLE] DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON FACEBOOK? >> LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT CALLER QUESTION. NEXT UP, LET'S GO TO TIFFANY IN FRISCO. SHE ASKED THAT I READ HER QUESTION. SHE SAYS, "WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR WADE PARK?" >> WADE PARK, WE KNEW THAT QUESTION WOULD COME EVERY TIME. WADE PARK, FOR THOSE LISTENING AND WATCHING, IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF STONEBROOK AND THE TOLLWAY THAT IT HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR THE LARGE HOLE THAT IS STILL CURRENTLY THERE. THAT PROJECT ACTUALLY WENT INTO BANKRUPTCY AND THE LENDER TOOK IT BACK. WHEN THEY DID TAKE IT BACK, THERE WAS A WHO'S WHO LIST OF TOP-NAME DEVELOPERS INTERESTED IN THAT SITE BECAUSE IT IS A GREAT DESTINATION SITE THAT WILL ULTIMATELY DEVELOP INTO THE WORLD-CLASS PROJECT THAT WE ALL EXPECTED. THERE ARE ACTUALLY ACTIVE LAWSUITS FROM THE PREVIOUS OWNER THAT THEY'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH WITH THE BANK THAT HAS DELAYED ANY FURTHER PROGRESS. BUT I WILL SAY BEFORE THOSE WERE FILED, THE BANK THAT TOOK IT BACK WAS WORKING ACTIVELY WITH THE CITY WITH REVISING PLANS AND BRINGING THAT BACK TO THE MARKET. ESSENTIALLY, THE MARKET WON'T TOUCH THAT PROJECT UNTIL THOSE ARE RESOLVED. HOPEFULLY, THEY'RE RESOLVED SOON. I WILL SAY THAT THE SILVER LINING OF WADE PARK LONG-TERM, WHILE IT IS CERTAINLY AN EYESORE NOW THAT WE HEAR MANY TIMES FROM OUR RESIDENTS, THE EYESORE PART OF IT, THE HOLE IS ACTUALLY SUBGRADE PARKING. VERY FEW DEVELOPMENTS, ESPECIALLY IN SUBURBAN AREAS, ACTUALLY DO SUBGRADE PARKING BECAUSE IT'S A MULTIPLE OF DOING AN ABOVE-GRADE PARKING. FOUR TO FIVE TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE, IF NOT MORE THAN THAT. >> THAT MEANS BELOW-GROUND? >> YEAH, BELOW-GROUND PARKING. USUALLY, THEY'LL DO ABOVE-GROUND PARKING STRUCTURES. THE SILVER LINING IS THAT A TREMENDOUS EXPANSE ON DIGGING THE HOLE FOR THE SUBGRADE PARKING HAS BEEN COMPLETED. ULTIMATELY, WHOEVER DEVELOPS THAT PROJECT WILL UTILIZE THAT AS AN ASSET. WHILE IT IS AN EYESORE IN ITS CURRENT STATE, ULTIMATELY UPON BUILD-OUT OF THE PROJECT, THAT WILL BECOME AN ASSET FOR THAT. WHY THAT IS IMPORTANT, IS THAT IF YOU PUT YOUR PARKING BELOW GROUND THEN IT GIVES YOU MORE ABILITY TO PUT AMENITIES AT GRADE. PLANS FOR PARKS OR THEATER OR DIFFERENT TYPES OF AMENITIES THAT COULD SERVICE THAT DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE AS FRUSTRATED WITH IT, AS MANY OF YOU. I WILL SAY THAT THE CITY HAS NOT PAID ANY INCENTIVES ON THAT, WHEN WE DO INCENTIVES OR PERFORMANCE-BASED INCENTIVES. A LOT OF QUESTIONS WE ALSO GET IS, WELL, WHY CAN'T THE CITY FORCE THEM TO DO ANYTHING? THE HONEST REALITY OF IT IS, IT IS A PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, AND SO THE CITY CANNOT FORCE A PRIVATE LANDOWNER TO DO ANYTHING. WE CAN'T HOLD THEM TO OUR ORDINANCES AS FAR AS CLEANING IT UP, AND SECURING THE PROPERTY, [00:20:01] AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. BUT WE CAN'T NECESSARILY JUST SAY, YOU NEED TO START BUILDING AND BUILD A HOTEL AND OTHER THINGS ON IT. WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THOSE LAWSUITS GET RESOLVED SOONER THAN LATER AND THAT PROJECT STARTS BACK UP. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FACEBOOK QUESTION. >> WE DO HAVE A QUESTION FROM A FACEBOOK WATCHER. THE QUESTION BASICALLY HAD TO DO WITH AIRNBS. IS THE CITY DOING ANYTHING ABOUT AIRBNBS? THEY ASKED IT IN A VERY DIFFERENT WAY ON FACEBOOK. I'M ASKING IT IN A WAY THAT'S GETTING THE POINT ACROSS. WHAT DOES THE CITY HAVE OR PLANS ABOUT AIRBNBS OR OTHER RESIDENCES THAT MIGHT BE NEXT TO SOMEONE PURCHASING A HOME? >> WE ARE ACTIVELY REVIEWING THIS. THIS IS A RELATIVELY NEW PRODUCT TYPE IN THE MARKET. I THINK A LOT OF CITIES AND STATES REALLY ARE SAYING, HOW DO WE GOVERN THIS? THERE ARE CERTAIN BENEFITS IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS TO AIRBNBS IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS. FOR INSTANCE, DOWNTOWN FRISCO OR OTHER THINGS. FRISCO IS CERTAINLY IS A VERY MUCH TOURIST-DRIVEN CITY. BUT ALSO, WE HEAR COMPLAINTS. IF YOU LIVE IN A SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD AND SOMEONE'S NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR BECOMES AN AIRBNB, WE RECOGNIZE POTENTIAL DOWNFALLS WITH THAT. WE'RE ACTIVELY REVIEWING THAT AS A CITY COUNCIL LOOKING AT THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF IT, HOW CAN WE PROTECT LANDOWNERS WITH THAT. WE'RE GATHERING INPUT FROM BOTH SIDES. PEOPLE WHO OWN AIRBNBS TO PEOPLE THAT HAD BEEN NEXT TO THEM, USE THEM AS WELL. I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE THAT HAS A PASSION REGARDING THAT ISSUE TO CONTACT US, YOUR CITY COUNCIL NOW, AS WE'RE ACTIVELY HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS. IN THE HOUSE MIGHT WANT TO ASK SOME QUESTION GO BACK TO THE MIC. [BACKGROUND] >> WILL GO TO BOB HERE, BUT I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE PRESS ZERO GET IN LINE WITH YOUR OWN QUESTION, JUST LIKE AUDIT OR PRESS SEVEN ON THE KEYPAD ON YOUR PHONE TO PROVIDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS. AGAIN, THAT'S A GREAT WAVE BREATH AND KEEP UP TO DATE, BOB, YOU ARE LIVE RIGHT NOW. PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION. >> SO FIRST GOES, ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF THE TECH LEADERS OUT THERE AND INNOVATING THINGS FOR THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS. GIVEN ALL THE ELECTRIC SMART METER DATA THAT'S AVAILABLE ALMOST REAL TIME. I'D ASKED QUITE SOME TIME AGO ABOUT WATER METER DATA SO THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT DATA TO DETECT LEAKS BEFORE THE WATER DATA COMES. IS THERE ANY NEWS OR UPDATES ON WHAT WE MIGHT BE GETTING IN THE FUTURE AND WHEN FOR EXERCISING OUR WATER METER DATA? >> YES. HI, THIS IS PAUL. CAN I PULL THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. THAT PROJECT IS JUST GETTING STARTED WITH US. WE HAVE THE EQUIPMENT OUT IN THE FIELD. THE WATER METERS THAT ARE OUT IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS IS NOW CAPABLE OF SENDING VERY SHORT INCREMENT SIGNALS BACK TO BE RECEIVED AND COLLECTED. SO THE DATA STREAM IS AVAILABLE. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE VENDOR NOW TO BEGIN TO GATHER THAT UP AND PUT IT INTO A SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN OFFER THAT BACK TO THE RESIDENTS FOR THE PURPOSES THAT THE CALL HAS DESCRIBED. THAT I WOULD SAY THAT'S ABOUT TWO YEARS OUT BEFORE WE BEGIN TO SEE THAT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU, PAUL, AND ALSO MENTIONED THAT IF YOU DO GET A WATER LEAK, CONTACT THE CITY BECAUSE IF YOU WERE ABLE TO SHOW PROOF THAT YOU HAD A WATER LEAK, THEN WE WILL REVIEW THAT AND AN ISSUE OF WATER CREDIT WHERE APPROPRIATE. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE AN IN-HOUSE REAL QUICK HERE. DANNY, YOU WANT TO COME ON UP TO THE MIC. >> YEAH. MY NAME'S DANNY FRANKLIN, 25-YEAR PLUS RESIDENT FRISCO. WILL THIS IS FOR YOU. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU, IS THERE ONE THING IN PARTICULAR THAT HAS FALLEN INTO CRACKS, SO TO SPEAK, THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE BEN OR SOMETHING THAT GOT BRUSHED AWAY DURING YOUR NINE YEARS AND YOU WANT TO BRING IT BACK AND ASK ANGELA THAT SHE WANTS TO DO IT [LAUGHTER] >> SO DANNY, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN PASSIONATE ABOUT AND ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK IT'S INDICATIVE OF WHERE WE ARE FROM OUR MATURATION AS A CITY. AS WE ARE STARTING TO AGE A BIT AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT SOME OF THE OLDER PARTS OF THE CITY ARE GETTING THE SAME LEVEL OF ATTENTION AS SOME OF THE NEWER PARTS OF THE CITY. AS ONE OF THE CALL MENTIONED ABOUT THEIR HOME VALUES CONTINUE TO INCREASE. WE ALL WANT THAT. WE WANT TALK LIKE JOHN KEATING, SAYS OVER HERE IT SAYS TEAM FRISCO AND WE WON'T WANT ONE FRISCO. SO FOR ME, YOUR PASSION IS, AND I THINK IT'S A PASSION OF THE REST OF THE COUNCIL AS WELL, AND I HOPE IT'S GOING TO BE A PASSION FOR ANGELICA, IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN ALL PARTS OF FRISCO TO ENSURE THAT, THE FRISCO THAT WAS 25 YEARS AGO, WAS TAKING CARE OF JUST AS WELL AS THE FRISCO OF TODAY. I THINK WE ARE STARTING TO REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THAT IS JUST AS YOU AGE GRACEFULLY, [00:25:06] IT TAKES SOME AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT. >> I WAS ASKED THAT QUESTION A LONG TIME AGO AND I THINK MY ANSWER IS STILL THE SAME ANSWER, WHICH IS IF WE HAD A MALL AGAIN, I ALWAYS WISH THAT WE WOULD HAVE MADE FRISCO BRIDGES THE AREA SURROUNDING THEM ALL AND MORE WALK-ABLE BECAUSE IT IS NOT VERY WALK-ABLE. NOW AS THEY'RE CERTAINLY GO IN AND RE-INVEST, THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO ADD THAT AND SO YOU'LL SEE LITTLE POCKET PARKS THAT ARE NOW GOING INTO THAT AREA AND THERE'S CERTAINLY HAD TRAIL SYSTEM. IT WILL HAPPEN NATURALLY OVER THE NEXT 10 TO 15 YEARS AS THEY REDEVELOP IN THERE. BUT THAT'S ONE THING THAT I WAS LIKE, I WISH WE HAD THAT TO DO OVER AGAIN. BUT ALSO THESE ARE ALWAYS LESSONS LEARNED TOO, WHICH IS THAT'S WHY EVERY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, WE'VE DONE HERE IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, WE BUILD WALK-ABILITY AND OPEN SPACE INTO THEM AND THEN WE ACTUALLY CREATED AN ORDINANCE TO THAT EFFECT SO THAT EVERY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT HAS TO HAVE THOSE ELEMENTS IN THEM. SO THINK WE'RE GOING TO JUMP TO FACEBOOK. >> HAVE A TWO-PART QUESTION. THE QUESTION IS, WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE TREES ALONG LEGACY NEAR STONE BAR COUNTRY CLUB? HAS THE FACT THAT MAYBE WORKING REMOTE MORE CHANGED THE PLANS FOR WIDENING LEGACY AT ALL? >> OKAY. PAUL IS USUALLY OUR MOST POPULAR PERSON AT THESE TOWN HALLS. SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT TO HIM. >> THERE'S ABOUT A 135 OR SO TREES AND IMMEDIATE AND LEGACY RIGHT NOW. THE MAJORITY OF THOSE WILL BE REMOVED TO WIDEN AND RECONSTRUCT THE PAVEMENT. ABOUT 30 OR 40 OF THEM ARE BEING RELOCATED TO CITY PARKS. THAT WORKS UNDERWAY. THE REMOVAL OF THE TREES WILL HAPPEN WHEN CONSTRUCTION STARTS AND THAT'S IN JULY. MANY OF THE TREES ARE IN POOR CONDITION, BUT NOT ALL. TO REBUILD THE PAVEMENT ITSELF, NOT EVEN WIDENING THE ROADWAY JUST TO REBUILD THE PAVEMENT WOULD KILL THE TREES ITSELF BECAUSE OF THE EXCAVATION THAT IT HAS TO OCCUR. SO WE HAD TO MAKE SOME TOUGH CHOICES WITH RESPECT TO THE PAVEMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. WITH REGARD TO THE SECOND QUESTION, THERE AREN'T ANY PLANS TO REVISIT THE PROJECT AT THIS TIME. WE'RE SEEING THE TRAFFIC VOLUMES POST COVID REBOUNDING TO WHAT THEY WERE PRE -COVID AND WITH THE GROWTH EXPECTED IN FRISCO AND SURROUNDING AREAS, WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S GOING TO GET BETTER TRAFFIC. THAT IS, THE VOLUMES ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN WARMTH PROJECT. >> THANK YOU PAUL. ALSO MENTIONED THAT A BIG THANKS TO SLAN, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A COALITION OF NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE AREA THAT STANDS FOR SOUTH LEGACY AREA NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY WERE TRULY A COMMUNITY PARTNER OVER YEARS WITH THIS DISCUSSION. WE APPRECIATED THEM SHOWING UP AT OUR COUNCIL MEETING A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN WE APPROVED IT AND THANKING CITY STAFF FOR WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH THEM TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS FOR THEIR CONCERNS. SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GO TO A QUICK CALL HERE. >> ABSOLUTELY. WE'VE GOT CAROLYN AND KATHLEEN ON THE PHONE. ANOTHER REMINDER TO PRESS ZERO, JUST LIKE CAROLYN. CAROLYN, YOUR LIVE NOW, PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION. >> HI, ANN. I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THE ROUNDABOUT THAT IT'S BEEN PUT FORTH IN THE END [INAUDIBLE] IT ALMOST EMBEDDED. ANYWAY ROUNDABOUT, THE DOUBLE LIKING OR DOUBLE BREATH OUT THERE ON THE ACCIDENT AND OR CONTROL EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME AND THE BACKUP ON THAT. BUT BE HONEST. WE DON'T USE THE ROUNDABOUT IN AMERICA THOUGH PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THEM. THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE YIELD SIGNS, THE FACT THAT THERE'S TWO LANES MAKES CITY EVEN DOUBLE CONFUSING [OVERLAPPING] >> OKAY, CAROLYN GO AHEAD FINISH YOUR QUESTION. >> I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHY THAT IS THERE AND YEAH. I MEAN, I GUESS WHAT'S THE LOGIC BEHIND THAT? >> OKAY, PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH I THINK IT'S DONE WITH CAROLYN. LET'S IT OPEN IT UP BACK TO COUNCIL CHAMBERS REMEMBER EVERYONE PLEASE LIMIT YOUR QUESTIONS TO JUST ASK QUESTIONS AGAIN, THAT JUST HELPS US ARE TRYING TO TAKE AS MANY QUESTIONS AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. BACK NOW ABOUT THE WARREN ROUNDABOUT. THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. >> JUST TO CLARIFY, WE HAD ONE REPORT-ABLE CRASH IN 2020 AND WE'VE HAD ONE THIS YEAR. [00:30:05] TO DEFINE REPORT-ABLE, THAT'S WHERE THE DAMAGE IS MORE THAN 1,000 EUROS AND IT'S REPORTED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS SUCH. THAT'S THAT'S TWO AND ABOUT AN 18 MONTH PERIOD THAT WE KNOW THAT WE KNOW ABOUT IT, THAT INTERSECTION THAT WERE REPORTED. WE HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON OUR TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION WEBSITE THAT DESCRIBES THE USAGE OF THE ROUNDABOUT AND SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF THE ROUNDABOUT. IN GENERAL, HOWEVER, WHERE YOU HAVE THE TRAFFIC VOLUMES ARE OF AN AMOUNT THAT WORKS. THE ROUNDABOUTS PROVIDE EFFICIENCY, MEANING THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO QUEUE TRAFFIC. YOU DON'T HAVE TO STOP AND WAIT. THE TRAFFIC FLOWS THROUGH AND THEN ALSO SAFETY. ROUNDABOUTS ARE LOW-SPEED INTERACTIONS BETWEEN VEHICLES, LOW-SPEED INTERSECTION, AND WHILE THERE MAY BE AN OCCASIONAL FENDER-BENDER, IT'S NOT LIKELY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A A SEVERE HIGH-SPEED T-BONE STYLE CRASH AT A ROUNDABOUT WHERE SOMEONE HAS RUN A RED LIGHT. THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT IS A PROPONENT OF THE ROUNDABOUTS WHERE THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL WITH THE PROJECTED TRAFFIC VOLUMES WHEN WE THINK THAT THEY PROVIDE EFFICIENCY AND SAFETY AS DO MANY OTHER JURISDICTIONS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. IF THE CALLER WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS IT FURTHER, WE'D BE HAPPY TO VISIT WITH HER. >> THE SIMPLEST WAY TO GIVE DIRECTION AS ESSENTIALLY YOU ALWAYS YIELD TO THE CIRCLE? >> CHART TO TRAFFIC IN THE CIRCLE? >> YES IN THE TRAFFIC THAT IS ENTERING THE ROUNDABOUT MUST YIELD TO THE TRAFFIC THAT'S INSIDE. THAT'S A YES. >> I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GO TO A FACEBOOK QUESTION. >> EXCELLENT. THANKS SO MUCH. LET'S BRING ONE MORE QUESTION LINE FROM KATHLEEN. KATHLEEN YOUR LIVE ON THE LINE PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION. >> YES, HI. THIS IS KATHLEEN. I HAVE A QUESTION. ARE WE PLANNING TO STEP UP ANY TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT IN THE CITY OF FRISCO? THERE'S SO MUCH SPEEDING. YOU CAN HEAR IT FROM INSIDE YOUR HOME ALONG LEBANON ROAD AND LEGACY DRIVE, AND I'M SURE ALONG MANY OTHER STREETS, BUT I PARTICULARLY HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON ON THESE TWO MAIN STREETS. I KNOW THE SPEED LIMIT IS 45 ON LEBANON AND I THINK 40 ON LEGACY, BUT YOU CAN HERE THE CARS AND THE TRUCKS THERE CONTINUALLY EXCEEDING THAT SPEED LIMIT. [OVERLAPPING] >> THIS ONE IS A PARTICULAR PET PEEVE OF MINE CERTAINLY. I KNOW WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS AND WE HEAR FROM A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS, BUT I'LL TURN IT TO YOU CHIEF. >> WE HAVE STEPPED UP OUR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS HERE OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. CERTAINLY DURING THE COVID PERIOD, THINGS HAS SLOWED DOWN BECAUSE WE HAD A LOT LESS TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE AS MANY ISSUES TO DEAL WITH. BUT WE'RE CERTAINLY RETURNING TO PRE-COVID TRAFFIC CONDITIONS ON THE FRISCO STREETS, AND WE'VE ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY, AND WE HAVE STEPPED UP OUR ENFORCEMENT. UNFORTUNATELY, TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS, WE COULD NEVER HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS TO ADDRESS EVERY TRAFFIC CONCERN THAT'S OUT THERE, BUT WE DO TRY AND UTILIZE OUR RESOURCES. WE DO RESPOND TO COMPLAINTS. WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT MECHANISMS FOR RESIDENTS TO TO SEND US INFORMATION ON TRAFFIC ISSUES THAT THEY OBSERVE OR COMPLAINTS THAT THEY HAVE. WE HAVE AN ONLINE TRAFFIC COMPLAINT FORM. YOU CAN CERTAINLY CALL US AND MAKE US AWARE OF IT. YOU CAN USE TIP411 OR YOU CAN USE OUR FRISCO PD APP TO REPORT ANY TRAFFIC CONCERNS, BUT WE HAVE CERTAINLY RESPONDED TO A NUMBER OF TRAFFIC COMPLAINTS. WE GO OUT THERE, AND WE USUALLY LOG HOW MUCH TIME WE SPEND, HOW MANY VIOLATIONS WE OBSERVE, WE TRY AND COLLECT SOME DATA. FOUR-TWENTY-THREE HAS BEEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED HEAVILY ON BASED ON SOME FATALITY CRASHES THAT WE'VE HAD OUT THERE, AND SOME SPEED ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD OUT THERE. WE'VE RESPONDED AND SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME. WE'VE MADE OVER 500 TRAFFIC STOPS SINCE MARCH 28TH OF THIS YEAR, JUST ON ONE SMALL SECTION OF 423. WE DO TRY AND ADDRESS TRAFFIC CONCERNS, AND WE DO PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE COMPLAINTS AS THEY COME IN AND ADDRESS THEM ACCORDINGLY. >> THANK YOU, CHIEF. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO SOME FACEBOOK QUESTIONS. >> ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS ESPECIALLY CONCERNING [00:35:01] ALL THE RAIN THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS WAS, WHAT'S BEING DONE ABOUT THE DRAINAGE ISSUES? NOW, THEY WERE NOT SPECIFIC ABOUT WHERE THOSE DRAINAGE ISSUES WERE OCCURRING, WHETHER THEY WERE IN OLD DOWNTOWN OR IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT I THINK THAT'S BEEN A QUESTION FOR A LOT OF MAYBE THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL. WHAT'S BEING DONE ABOUT THE DRAINAGE ISSUES HAPPENING? >> WELL, IF I WOULD SAY IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC DRAINAGE ISSUE TO CALL OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, STORMWATER DIVISION TO ADDRESS IT. THE PUBLIC DRAINAGE SYSTEM IS FUNCTIONING FINE TO MY KNOWLEDGE. THERE MAY BE SOME PRIVATE PROPERTY DRAINAGE PROBLEMS THAT MIGHT EXIST WITHIN A LOT. CERTAINLY, THE GROUND'S SATURATED AND THINGS AREN'T RUNNING OFF AS THEY WERE BEFORE. BUT AGAIN, IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC PROBLEM THE CALLER WOULD LIKE TO REPORT, TO CONTACT OUR STORMWATER DIVISION IN PUBLIC WORKS. >> OR THEY COULD USE THE MYFRISCO APP AND REPORT IT THAT WAY, AND THAT WILL GET ROUTED TO YOU AS WELL. >> CORRECT. >> PAUL, IS THERE ANY BENCHMARK THAT CITIZENS SHOULD LOOK AT LIKE THE WATER STANDING FOR MORE THAN X NUMBER OF HOURS? WE HAVE A MAJOR RAIN EVENT LIKE WE'VE BEEN HAVING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME OF THAT BACKUP. >> I THINK IF PEOPLE SEE WATER PONDING IN THE ROADWAY FOR MORE THAN A DAY OR IT IS STAGNANT IN A CREEK THAT OTHERWISE FLOWS, THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO TRY TO ADDRESS. >> THIS MAY BE ONE OF MY FAVORITE QUESTIONS, I'M NOT SURE WE'VE EVER HAD IT. ARE WE GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE TREE CANOPY ON CR 68 TO PROTECT THAT OLD STREET? THAT OLD ROAD AS THEY GO TO MAYBE RE-ASPHALT IT OR AS DEVELOPMENT IS OCCURRING AROUND IT, ARE WE GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO PROTECT THAT ONE STREET? >> I THINK THAT COUNTS A MEMBER OF PELHAM SHOULD TAKE THAT ON RIGHT AWAY, SHE WOULD BE VERY POPULAR FOR THAT. >> THAT IS A GREAT DRIVE IF YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN IT, SO GREAT QUESTION. [LAUGHTER] I DON'T KNOW. WHAT DOES THAT DESIGN TO BE WIDENED TO? >> WE CAN GET EVERYONE UPON THIS ONE. >> ON THAT COUNTY ROAD IN 68, MOST OF IT WILL BE ABANDONED. IT'S NOT ON THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN. LEBANON ROAD WE'RE REPLACING, WHERE LEBANON ROAD TEES AT COIT. IT WILL BE IN A CURVILINEAR PATH TO ALIGN WHERE LEBANON EXISTS ON THE INDEPENDENCE, SO COUNTY ROAD 68'S NOT NECESSARY. IT CAN BE ABANDONED, WHICH IS PROBABLY LIKELY TO HAPPEN, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY DEVELOPMENT PLANS AT THIS POINT, SO THAT COULD CHANGE. >> AS WELL WE'RE SAYING, HOPEFULLY, WE CAN MAYBE PRESERVE THAT AS AN ELEMENT OF WHATEVER FUTURE DEVELOPS THERE. >> WE HAVE A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS COMING THROUGH NOW. HAVE WE CONSIDERED A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AT 423 AND ROCKHILL OR PGA PARKWAY WHEN EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL OPENS? THAT'LL BE AT THAT INTERSECTION OF 423 AND PGA PARKWAY. >> I DON'T ANTICIPATE US DOING ANY PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES OVER THOROUGHFARES. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IS TO UTILIZE THE CREEK NETWORK, AND WE'VE BEEN VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT MAKING THAT PART OF OUR OUR PEDESTRIAN TRAIL SYSTEM. I DO KNOW THAT THERE IS PLANS FOR ESSENTIALLY A TRAIL UNDERNEATH A BRIDGE AT THOSE LOCATIONS. WE'VE MISSED SOME OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PAST, BUT THAT WAS PART OF CITY STAFF'S MISSION WHEN THEY DID THE UPDATE TO OUR TRAIL PLANS JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, IS TO REALLY BUILD UP THAT TRAIL NETWORK AND COMPLETE BUILD OUT OF THE CITY. THOSE ARE NOW PLANNED AND SHOULD BE INCORPORATED AS THOSE ROADS AND PARKS ARE BUILT. >> JUST LIKE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, JEFF, THERE IS AN UNDERNEATH PASSAGE AT ELDORADO FOR INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THAT WOULD BE A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT AS WELL. >> WE'VE GOT A CALLER. >> ABSOLUTELY. LET'S GO TO OUR NEXT CALLER. LAURA, YOU ARE LIVE RIGHT NOW. PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION. >> HI, I WANT TO KNOW IF THERE'S ANY CHANCE TO FIX THE DRAINAGE ISSUES AT THE DOG PARK. THERE'S CONSTANTLY MUD AROUND THE AREA OF BENCHES. IS THERE ANY PLANS TO ADD MORE CONCRETE OR AFTER TURF BECAUSE IF IT RAINS ONE DAY THE PARK IS UNUSABLE FOR [INAUDIBLE]. >> THANK YOU. >> THE DOG PARK ITSELF IS ONE THAT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF TYPOGRAPHY WITHIN IT. MUCH OF IT DOES DRAIN VERY WELL BECAUSE OF THAT. BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE IN AN AREA WHERE WATER DOES DRAIN THROUGH IN CERTAIN AREAS. [00:40:04] I'LL HAVE OUR STAFF TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S NECESSARILY TAKING LONGER THAN IT SHOULD, OR COULD BE SOME BLOCKAGE AT SOME OTHER POINT OF THE PARK ITSELF THAT COULD INFLUENCE SOME OF THAT. BUT WE'LL CERTAINLY TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN POSSIBLY DO. >> RICK WHOLE HERE, A QUESTION THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN GETTING A LOT VIA E-MAIL HERE LATELY IS CLOSURE OF CITY PARKS AND WHY WE'RE HAVING TO CLOSE SO MANY IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO PREVENT THAT. >> PROBABLY IN RELATION TO THE RAIN, I WOULD IMAGINE. YOU'VE GOTTEN QUITE A FEW EMAILS IN THE RECENT PAST. RAINFALL HAS A BIG EFFECT ON A LOT OF ATHLETIC FACILITIES. SOME PARKS THAT WE HAVE WITH ATHLETIC FIELDS ON THEM, CAN BE USED VERY QUICKLY, EVEN THOUGH WE MAY GET RAINS THAT MAY INFLUENCE IT. OTHERS ARE MORE DIFFICULT. BASEBALL FIELDS, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT DIRT, OBVIOUSLY, FOR IN FIELDS AND THAT TYPE OF THING THAT DON'T DRY AS EASILY AND DON'T DRAIN AS EASILY AS WHAT A RECTANGULAR FIELD MAY DO. YOU ALSO HAVE ISSUES WITH MUCH OF THE RECENT STORMS IN THE PAST THAT WOULD HAVE INFLUENCED CANCELLATION OF GAMES. THERE HAVE BEEN LIGHTENING THAT HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE IN A LOT OF THESE STORMS AND THAT TENDS TO HAVE AN EFFECT AS WELL. WE HAVE SOME FACILITIES THAT DRAIN VERY WELL, BUT WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF OLDER ONES WARREN SPORTS COMPLEX IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF ONE THAT DOES STRUGGLE A LITTLE BIT IN THAT WAY AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO TRY TO QUICKEN THAT. SOME WOULD ASK US TO LOOK AT ARTIFICIAL TURF AND THAT TYPE OF THING, AND I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT. THAT DOESN'T REALLY AFFECT THE ISSUE OF LIGHTENING AND THAT TYPE OF THING BECAUSE YOU DO CANCEL GAMES EVEN FOR THAT. BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT OTHER METHODS THAT MAY BE AN UPDATED WAY TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT. >> SPEAKING OF MILESTONES, WE RECENTLY CELEBRATED RICK'S 25TH YEAR WITH THE CITY OF FRISCO AND ESSENTIALLY CONSIDERED EMPLOYEE NUMBER ONE AT THE PARK'S REX DEPARTMENT [OVERLAPPING] OR CLOSE TO ZERO. >> I WAS ACTUALLY NUMBER 6. >> [OVERLAPPING] NUMBER 6 [LAUGHTER] , OKAY. YOU'VE BEEN HERE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, SO I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE YOU AGAIN, RICK. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> WE ARE GOING TO GO TO OUR CALLER. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET'S GO BACK TO THE PHONE AUDIENCE NOW. SORRY, WAS JUST GIVING A STATEMENT IN CASE ANYBODY WAS TALKING IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS. LET'S BRING [INAUDIBLE] RIGHT NOW. YOU'RE LIVE, GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I APPRECIATE THE AUTO CALL THAT REMINDING ME TO COME ON. MY QUESTION IS WHAT CAN FRISCO DO REGARDING THE WINTER'S ENERGY DEBACLE AND THE CURRENT WARNINGS OF POSSIBLE OUTAGES BECAUSE ENERGY PROBLEMS, JUST BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE AND BECAUSE OF SOME OF THESE EMERGENCY REPAIRS? THANK YOU. >> [BACKGROUND] YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. QUESTION REGARDING WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE WINTER STORM REGARDING OUR ENERGY AND NOW WITH RISKS OF SUMMER WARNINGS. THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT TO YOUR STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS. I KNOW MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN VERY VOCAL ABOUT DEMANDING SOME REFORM WITH OUR COSTS AND THOSE PROCESSES. I KNOW TRUTHFULLY THAT THEY WERE NOT PREPARED FOR THE WINTER STORM AND HAVE BEEN WORKING THIS SESSION TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THAT. I KNOW WE'RE HAVING A LINE DIRECTLY WITH THEM AS FAR AS MONITORING NEEDS HERE ON A LOCAL LEVEL AND WE'LL CERTAINLY BE PUTTING INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC SHOULD THEY ADDRESS CONCERNS. I WILL SAY WHEN IT DID HAPPEN IN THE WINTER, IT WAS A CITY STAFF ALL HANDS ON DECK APPROACH TO SERVICING THE RESIDENTS OF FRISCO WHICH INCLUDED OUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS WORKING SEVERAL THOUSAND CALLS I BELIEVE, USING GIS TO MONITOR PIPE BREAKS GETTING OUT, AND IN THE MIDST OF THAT FIGHTING THE LARGEST STRUCTURE FIRE WE'VE EVER HAD AS A CITY. WE HAD SENIOR STAFF MONITORING OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEM, ANSWERING PHONES, RESPONDING TO CITIZENS. THE CITY OF FRISCO IS ALWAYS WILLING AND READY TO DO OUR PART TO TACKLE ANY EMERGENCY AND SHOULD THE SUMMER HEAT CONTINUE AND THERE BE SOME CONCERNS THERE, WE'LL CERTAINLY STEP UP AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST. [NOISE]. >> MAYOR, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS, WHEN WILL THE NEXT CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE BE? THEY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW SPECIFICALLY THE THOUGHTS ON DECREASING THE NINE-YEAR TERM LIMITS. >> CHARTER REVIEW IS MANDATED TO BE EVERY FIVE YEARS I BELIEVE. [00:45:03] [BACKGROUND]. IT CAN'T BE ANY SOONER THAN TWO YEARS AND NO LONGER THAN SIX YEARS. WHAT WAS THE LAST YEAR? >> TWO YEARS AGO. >> IT WAS JUST TWO YEARS AGO. WE HAVE TO HAVE A CHARTER REVIEW HERE WITHIN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. IT HAS NOT BEEN ON OUR NEAR TERM RADAR. I WOULDN'T IMAGINE IT TO BE ON OUR NEAR-TERM RADAR FOR THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR YEARS, BUT IT WILL BE BEFORE THAT SIX-YEAR DEADLINE. HOW WE DO THAT IS WE ACTUALLY APPOINT A CITIZEN COMMITTEE AND THEY DISCUSS OUT ALL ITEMS IN THE CHARTER AND PROVISIONS IN THERE AND THEN SPEAK WITH CITIZENS AND GET FEEDBACK AND THEN ULTIMATELY PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL, AND THEN THE COUNCIL WILL THEN PUT THE ITEMS FORTH AS FAR AS WHAT WOULD NEED TO BE VOTED ON. >> ANOTHER QUESTION IS, IS THERE AN ORDINANCE ON NOISE FOR QUIET TIMES FOR BUSINESSES THAT ARE NEXT TO RESIDENTIAL AREAS? >> THERE IS, AND 7:00 AM. WHAT'S THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE? WE CAN GET THAT? >> SEVEN TO SEVEN. >> SEVEN TO SEVEN. >> YEAH, IT'S 07:00 PM TO 07:00 AM. FOR ANYONE THAT MAYBE HAS A COMPLAINT, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL IN AND WE CAN REVIEW THAT COMPLAINT AND MAKE SURE THAT ANY BUSINESS IS FOLLOWING ALL APPLICABLE ORDINANCES [NOISE]. >> ANOTHER QUESTION. I GUESS YOU CAN ANSWER THIS IN A GREAT WAY, WILL WE GET A CENTRAL MARKET IN FRISCO? [LAUGHTER]. TO ADD TO THAT, SOMEONE ELSE ASKED ABOUT THE WHOLE FOODS. >> WE JUST CELEBRATED THE H-E-B. NO, IT'S FUNNY OUR GROCERS BRING A LOT OF EXCITEMENT WITH H-E-B GROUNDBREAKING. THAT HAD ALWAYS BEEN THE QUESTION WE WOULD GET AT TOWN HALL EARLY, ALMOST EVERY TOWN HALL IS, WHEN IS H-E-B GOING TO FINALLY COME? AND SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL THAT THEY'RE COMING HERE TO OUR COMMUNITY. I WOULD EXPECT OTHER GROCERS, AS WAS MENTIONED, TO ALSO LOOK AT FRISCO AS BEING A GREAT PLACE FOR THEM TO LOCATE. OF COURSE WE WOULD WELCOME THEM ALL HERE WITH OPEN ARMS. I THINK WE CAN GO TO OUR CALLER HERE. >> GREAT, LET'S GO TO A CALLER, NEXT WE GET LAURIE [INAUDIBLE] BEFORE JAMES. I READ THAT AS CAROLYN, HOPE I SAID YOUR NAME RIGHT. LAURIE, YOU'RE LIVE RIGHT NOW. PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION. >> GOOD EVENING. I HAD A QUESTION AND CONCERN AND HOPEFULLY A REQUEST. WE ACTUALLY IN THE WEST SIDE OF FRISCO, WE'RE ASSIGNED A NEW ZIP CODE. MOST [INAUDIBLE] ARE MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS AND WE HAD THE ZIP CODE IS 75034. THEY GAVE US 75036 AND THERE HAS BEEN A CONTINUED ISSUE ONGOING FOR OVER TWO YEARS OF RECEIVING MAIL, RECOGNIZING OUR NEW ZIP CODE TO THIS DAY. EVEN JUST PLACING AN ORDER, FOR EXAMPLE AMAZON. THEY DO NOT RECOGNIZE 75036. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE [BACKGROUND] MAIL ISSUES WITH LETTERS GOING OUT, RECEIVING MAIL. IS THERE ANYBODY THAT IS WORKING WITH THE POST OFFICE OR WAS PART OF THE PLANNING PRACTICE? >> YES. THANK YOU [OVERLAPPING]. >> HARDSHIP, CHANGING OUR LICENSE [INAUDIBLE]. >> LAURIE, LET'S GET YOUR ANSWER. AGAIN, WE ARE JUST TRYING TO GET AS MANY QUESTIONS. >> YES, THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND ZIP CODE CHANGES DO HAPPEN HERE IN FRISCO THAT'S SET BY THE US POST-OFFICE. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM FOR AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, SO I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE WORKING WITH THEM BEFORE EVEN THAT SO 15, 20 YEARS. I MYSELF LIVED THROUGH ONE, I WAS PART OF THE CHANGE WHEN 75033 WAS INTRODUCED TO FRISCO I HAD TO CHANGE MY ZIP CODE AND WENT THROUGH MANY OF THE SAME STRUGGLES THAT YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH, IT IS VERY MUCH AN INCONVENIENCE. FRISCO AS THE FASTEST GROWING CITY IN THE COUNTRY JUST HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS IS THE ONLY ASSIGN A CERTAIN NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS. I THINK IT'S 10,000 HOUSEHOLDS TO A ZIP CODE, BUT DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT, THAT'S WHAT I REMEMBER. ONCE A ZIP CODE HITS THAT, THEN THEY ISSUE AN ADDITIONAL ZIP CODE AND WE WORK WITH THEM TO TRY TO IMPACT AS FEW HOUSEHOLDS AS POSSIBLE. WE'VE EVEN MET WITH THEM TO TRY TO MAKE FUTURE PLANS SO THAT THEY COULD PUT THE ZIP CODES IN PLACE FURTHER IN ADVANCE SO THAT LESS HOUSEHOLDS WERE IMPACTED. WE DID NOT HAVE MUCH SUCCESS WITH THOSE EFFORTS, BUT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM FOR QUITE A LONG TIME. [00:50:01] WE HAVE ANOTHER PART OF OUR CITY THAT WAS ISSUED A ZIP CODE AS 75068 WHICH WE'VE HEARD FROM OUR RESIDENTS, WHICH GETS CONFUSED BECAUSE THAT'S LITTLE LMS ZIP CODE, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE IN THE CITY OF FRISCO. WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING DIRECTLY WITH OUR SENATOR OR CONGRESSMAN TO HELP GET LETTERS ISSUED TO TRY TO HELP RESOLVE THOSE. ABSOLUTELY, PLEASE SHARE YOUR FEEDBACK WITH US AND WE WILL WORK WITH OUR CONTACT DIRECTLY AT THE POST OFFICE TO LET THEM KNOW THE ISSUES THAT YOU CONTINUE TO HAVE. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ANOTHER CALLER. >> YES, NEXT UP WE HAVE JAMES. JAMES YOUR LIBRARY NOW, PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION. >> YES, THIS IS JAMES FIRST I WANT TO GIVE A GREAT SHOUT OUT TO PUBLIC WORK A GENTLEMAN'S NAME CHARLES NASH CAME OUT AND HELPED ME WITH MY IRRIGATION. BUT MY QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE A TARGET DATE FOR THE GOLF COURSE FOR THE ON PGA PARKWAY? >> THE GOLF COURSE, WAS THAT THE QUESTION? [OVERLAPPING] THE TIMELINE FOR THE GOLF COURSE. THE ACTUAL GOLF COURSE IS NOW ESSENTIALLY COMPLETE. THE GRASS WILL CONTINUE TO GROW IN FOR THE NEXT PROBABLY 18 MONTHS BEFORE THE COURSE IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING, IF YOU DRIVE PAST THERE NOW, IF YOU DRIVE DOWN PJ PARKWAY, YOU CAN SEE PANTHER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL IS HIGH-SCHOOL NUMBER 12. THAT IS NOW HAS A SHELL UP AND THEN A DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THAT YOU HAVE THE PGA HEADQUARTERS. THAT BUILDING WILL ACTUALLY BE DONE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR AND THEY'LL START MOVING IN EARLY NEXT YEAR. THE OMNI RESORT AND THE OTHER RETAIL COMPONENTS ARE GOING TO START, WE JUST DID A GROUNDBREAKING FOR THEM AND YOU'LL START SEEING THEM GO VERTICAL HERE. IN LITERALLY COMING WEEKS. THAT'S GOING TO BE A TWO-YEAR CONSTRUCTION CYCLE. ALL OF THESE ELEMENTS ARE DESIGNED TO BE DELIVERED BEFORE WE HOST OUR FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP, WHICH IS GOING TO BE THE SENIORS PGA CHAMPIONSHIP IN [OVERLAPPING] MAY OF 23. ESSENTIALLY, A LITTLE LESS THAN TWO YEARS FROM NOW, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE LEGACY DRIVE, FIELDS PARKWAY DONE, THE OMNI RESORTS, THE CLUBHOUSE, THE RETAIL EXPERIENCE, AND THE HEADQUARTERS, AND BY THEN PANTHER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL, ALL OF THAT WILL BE COMPLETED BY THEN, SO YOU'RE GOING TO START SEEING A LOT OF WORK HERE IN THE COMING MONTHS. WE CAN GO TO ANOTHER CALLER. >> EXCELLENT, LET'S GET AYEREAS, I HOPE I SAID YOUR NAME CORRECTLY, YOU'RE LIVE, PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION. >> YES, GOOD EVENING, AND THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO QUESTION ABOUT THE GRAND PARK SPECIFICALLY, I LIKE TO KNOW THE STATUS OF THE PROJECT, ABOUT THE TIMELINE FROM START TO FINISH, AND DURING THE ACTIVE PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION, HOW WILL THE TRAFFIC PATTERN IN THE SURROUNDING AREA BE AFFECTED? SPECIFICALLY PERHAPS THE [INAUDIBLE] GENE AND LEGACY. >> WE JOKE THAT [OVERLAPPING] GRAND PARK HAS BECOME THE URBAN LEGEND OF FRISCO BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A DREAM OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR 15 YEARS, AND MORE THANKFUL THAT WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO BEING ABLE TO FINALLY START CONSTRUCTION THERE AND START WORKING ON THAT. WHAT HAS BEEN HOLDING THAT PROJECT BACK WAS THE NEED TO CLEAN UP THE CREEK WITH REGARDS TO THE EXCIDE BATTERY PLANT AND CLEAN THAT UP. THAT BECAME A DECADE LONG PROCESS TO RESOLVE THAT WITH EXCIDE AND ULTIMATELY LAST YEAR WE NEGOTIATED TO ACTUALLY TAKE CONTROL OF THE SITE AND TAKE CONTROL OF THE CLEAN UP. WE'RE NOW WORKING WITH THE STATE TO ACTUALLY GET FUNDS DIRECTLY FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS TO HELP US WITH THAT, BUT IT'S NOW FUNDED WITH BOND AND WORKING WITH TCU TO COME UP WITH THE FINAL CLEANUP PLAN AND GET STARTED ON THAT. WHAT WE'RE DOING AS A COUNCIL STARTING TO EVALUATE HOW WE COULD PERHAPS MOVE FORWARD WITH A PHASE ONE OF THE PROJECT. THE SCOPE OF GRAND PARK AS WAS SAID IN THE VIDEO, HAS EVEN GROWN FROM THE VISION THAT WAS PROMISED TO THE CITIZENS OVER A DECADE AGO. INITIALLY IT WAS A 300 ACRE PROJECT WITH A LOT OF HEAVY COMMERCIAL USES. QUITE FRANKLY, I'VE LOOKED AT THE PLAN FOR PRESENTATION I'M DOING TOMORROW AND ACTUALLY HAD QUITE A BIT OF MULTIFAMILY IN THE PLAN WHICH I PUT ANTICIPATE WOULD NOT HAPPEN NOW. WITH THAT, IT IS NOW GROWN TO BE OVER A 1,000 ACRES WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE EXCIDE PLANT AND THE WHOLE TRAIL NETWORK THAT WILL GO UP TO LAKE LOUSVILLE. WE'RE RE-IMAGINING THAT AND IN FACT, AS A CITY COUNCIL WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE BULK OF OUR DAY ON FRIDAY ACTUALLY DOING SITE VISITS AND STARTING TO HAVE STRATEGIC VISIONING SESSIONS ABOUT WHAT WE WANT THAT PART TO BE. YOU'RE GOING TO START HEARING A LOT MORE PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS ABOUT GRAND PARK IN THE COMING YEARS WITH THE HOPES THAT WE CAN BUILD OR START A PHASE ONE HERE IN THE NEXT, PERHAPS FEW YEARS SO PEOPLE CAN START ENJOYING THAT SPACE. [00:55:01] NOW THIS WILL BE ULTIMATELY A PART THAT'S BUILT IN MANY PHASES. WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, I BELIEVE ALL THE GREAT THINGS IN FRISCO THAT THIS PART WILL BE WHAT WE'RE BEST KNOWN FOR. WE'RE CAN GO TO FACEBOOK. >> WITH THE INCREASE IN RAIN, WILL THE CITY INCREASE OUR SPRAYING FOR MOSQUITOES. >> THE CITY DOESN'T ACTUALLY SPRAY FOR MOSQUITOES UNLESS WE ACTUALLY HAVE A POSITIVE TEST ON WEST NILE MOSQUITO, I BELIEVE. UNLESS YOU WANT TO CORRECT ME, JOHN. >> YOU HAVE IT CORRECT. WHEN WE DO HAVE POSITIVE, WE TAKE A LOOK AT IT, BUT WE DO CONTRACT THAT OUT TO A THIRD PARTY THAT WILL COME IN AND SPRAY. BUT WE DO HAVE A PROCEDURE THAT COUNCIL APPROVED ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO THAT TALKS ABOUT WHEN SPRAYING DOES OCCUR, SO WE FOLLOW THAT. >> THANK YOU. >> ANOTHER QUESTION, WE REALIZED THE CITY CAN'T DICTATE THIS, BUT WHAT CAN BE DONE TO FACILITATE MORE STARTER HOMES BEING BUILT IN FRISCO WITH HIGH INCREASE OF LARGER HOMES? [NOISE] >> WHAT WE'RE SEEING, WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING THE MARKET TAKE PLACE AND THE MARKET IS STARTING TO DELIVER DIFFERENT PRODUCT TYPES THAT NEW GENERATIONS WANT, SO WHEN YOU SAY START A HOME, I USUALLY TAKE THAT TO MEAN SOMEONE YOUNGER IN THEIR LIFECYCLE THAT HAS MAYBE GRADUATED COLLEGE OR JUST STARTED THEIR WORKING CAREER AND NOW WANT TO START MOVING INTO HOME OWNERSHIP. WE'RE SEEING THAT BUYER PROFILE BECOME COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN WHEN ANY OF US, WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR OUR FIRST "START A HOME", AND SO WE WERE ACTUALLY HAVING SOME OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS TODAY. WE HAVE A DEVELOPMENT THAT WE APPROVED THAT'S GOING TO START COMING TO MARKET CALLED FIELDS, WHICH WAS ONE OF OUR LARGER ZONING CASES OR IT IS THE LARGER ZONING CASE WE'VE EVER DONE, AND THEY WERE VERY THOUGHTFUL IN THEIR APPROACH TO ACTUALLY DELIVER DIFFERENT HOUSING PRODUCT WITHIN THE SAME DEVELOPMENT. REALLY GOING AFTER WHAT THEY CALLED THE MISSING MIDDLE AS PART OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT DIFFERENT PRODUCT TYPES FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATION AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. A LOT OF THOSE PRODUCTS, QUITE FRANKLY, ARE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU SAW FROM EARLIER SINGLE FAMILY PRODUCTS WHERE THEY MAY BE 40 FOOT WIDE LOTS, BUT THEY MAY BE ATTACHED TO MORE OPEN SPACE BECAUSE THAT BUYER PROFILE'S LOOKING FOR MORE SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND GET TO KNOW THE NEIGHBORS BETTER AND SO FORTH. WE CANNOT NECESSARILY CONTROL THE MARKET, AS FAR AS PRICING AND SO FORTH BUT WHAT WE HAVE DONE TO HELP THAT IS WORK WITH OUR DEVELOPERS TO ACTUALLY COME UP WITH A PRODUCT TYPES THAT CAN BE DELIVERED THAT WILL SERVE THAT MARKET, WE CAN GO TO A CALLER. >> PERFECT, EFFECTIVE, CAROLYN BEFORE DIANE AND VANESSA. CAROLYN, YOU'RE LIVE RIGHT NOW PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION. >> BECAUSE, I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE THE FATHER-DAUGHTER DANCE, WHICH I THINK IS A GREAT THING. BUT I WAS WONDERING OR MAYBE EVEN SUGGESTING IF YOU COULD LOOK AT DOING A MOTHER-DAUGHTER DANCE, OR CHILDREN WITHOUT FATHERS OR, I GUESS IN GENERAL JUST MOTHER-DAUGHTER DANCE, AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING YOU COULD LOOK AT. >> THE GREEKS COMING UP, WELL, I LOVE THAT IDEA AND WE LOVE ANYTHING WE CAN TO BUILD A SENSE OF COMMUNITY. I DO KNOW THINK FRISCO WOMEN'S LEAGUE DOES A MOTHERS DAUGHTER TEA I KNOW, WHICH IS VERY POPULAR. I KNOW DIANE TAKES OUR DAUGHTER CAITLIN TO THAT EVERY YEAR, BUT RICK ANY OTHER SUGGESTION? >> SURE. THAT'S ACTUALLY JUST LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. WE'LL SHARE THAT WITH OUR SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM THAT LOOKS AT DIFFERENT KINDS OF EVENTS ALL THE TIME AND TRIES TO EVALUATE THEM TO SEE THE POTENTIAL OF TRYING TO ADD THAT ONTO OUR SCHEDULE. MANY OF THE EVENTS SINCE LAST YEAR, OF COURSE, HAD TO BE LIMITED BECAUSE OF COVID AND THE PANDEMIC. BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GET BACK INTO THE SWING OF THINGS OR THE SHEAR AND DOING A WHOLE LOT MORE IN THAT MANNER, SO SURE I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO BRING IT FORWARD. IF YOU WANT TO CONTACT ME OR ANYONE IN THE DEPARTMENT, YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO SO, YOU CAN SEND THAT. YOU CAN CALL MY OFFICE AT 9722926502 AND THAT'LL BE MY LINE DIRECTLY AND THEN I CAN GET YOU FORWARDED TO WHO YOU NEED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR IDEA. >> THANK YOU, RICK. >> WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ANOTHER CALLER. >> THANKS SO MUCH, CAROLYN LETS GO TO DIANE NOW, DIANE AS I READ HER QUESTION, SHE SAYS, "WHAT ARE THE PLANS TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES OF WILDLIFE SHOWING UP ON THE PORCH OR YARD SUCH AS COYOTE AND OTHERS." >> WE DID HAVE ONE CRAZY COYOTE THAT WAS AROUND FRISCO FOR A WHILE. ONE OF THE THINGS WE LEARNED DURING THAT PROCESS, QUITE FRANKLY, ALL OF US COUNCIL MEMBERS LEARN MORE ABOUT [01:00:01] COYOTES AND WILDLIFE THAN I THINK WE EVER WANTED TO KNOW. BUT TRUTHFULLY PART OF THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS THAT IT IS PART OF THEIR NATURAL HABITAT AND WE AS RESIDENTS, HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO LIVE WITH THE WILDLIFE THAT IS IN OUR COMMUNITY. NOW PART OF THAT TOO IS CERTAINLY REPORTING TO THE CITY IF YOU HAPPEN TO SEE SOMETHING THAT YOU FEEL IS DANGEROUS, AND WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT CAN HELP WITH THAT, BUT WE DO ACTUALLY STILL HAVE ON OUR WEBSITE I BELIEVE, SOME OF THAT INFORMATION THAT WE PUT OUT DURING THAT TIME. IN FACT, IT'S PROBABLY STILL FRISCO TEXAS.GOV/COYOTE, I REMEMBER THAT. [LAUGHTER] WHICH TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU LIVE WITH SOME OF OUR FRIENDS HERE IN FRISCO, ALSO, OKAY. >> EXCELLENT. THANKS SO MUCH. LET'S GO TO ANOTHER CALLER QUESTION, LET'S GO TO VANESSA, VANESSA YOU'RE LIVE RIGHT NOW. PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION. >> HI THERE, JUST CURIOUS IF THERE'S PLANS ON THE EAST SIDE OF FRISCO TO BUILD SOME DOG PARK. I BELIEVE THERE'S AT LEAST ONE ON THE WEST SIDE OF FRISCO BUT NOT SURE IT'S SOMETHING THEY'D LOVE ON THE EAST SIDE OF FRISCO. >> QUESTION ABOUT A DOG PARK ON THE EAST SIDE OF FRISCO. THOSE THAT HAD BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE DOG PARK IN FRISCO WAS ONE OF THE MORE CONTROVERSIAL ITEMS WE HAD AS A COUNCIL WHERE MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS WERE ASKING FOR A DOG PARK AND THEN MANY OF OUR TAXPAYERS WERE SAYING YOU SHOULD NOT BUILD A PARK FOR DOGS WITH TAXPAYER MONEY, AND OF COURSE, WE ARGUED IT AS A PARK FOR PEOPLE WITH DOGS. ULTIMATELY, WHEN WE PASSED THAT, THE PROOF OF CONCEPT WAS PROVEN WITHIN WEEKS AND IT'S ONE OF OUR MOST UTILIZED PARKS, AND WE'VE NEVER HEARD A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE DOG PARK ANYMORE. IN FACT, WHAT WE HEAR IS MORE FROM RESIDENTS, LIKE YOU THAT SAY, "WE NEED MORE DOG PARKS AND WE DO HEAR THAT. I DO THINK ON OUR MASTER PLAN. WE DO HAVE PLANS FOR ADDITIONAL FUTURE DOG PARKS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY TO SERVE US ALL FOUR CORNERS, BUT RICK, YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT? >> YEAH, I THINK TYPICALLY THE TYPE OF LOCATION YOU WOULD LOOK AT FOR THAT TYPE OF FACILITY, USUALLY IS A COMMUNITY PARK SO THAT YOU CAN ALLOW FOR ENOUGH PARKING AVAILABILITY AND THE SIZE OF THE PARK ITSELF. WE GENERALLY TRY TO BUILD A DOG PARK THAT AT LEAST BASED ON THE ONE THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY, IS A LARGER SITE, TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE BOTH LARGE AND SMALL ANIMALS, BUT ALSO TO BE ABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR MANY OF THE USERS THAT ARE THERE. WE ARE LOOKING AT OTHER POTENTIAL LOCATIONS AND IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, THAT PROBABLY WOULD LIE IN ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY PARKS THAT'S STILL IS ON THE INVENTORY AND NOT YET DEVELOPED OR TO BE DEVELOPED WITH AN EXTRA PHASE. >> THANK YOU. WE GO TO FACEBOOK. [NOISE]. >> WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO WANTS TO KNOW AN UPDATE ON PEARSON PARK OFF OF TEAL WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION WAS STARTED BUT NOW HAS STALLED AND SEEMS TO HAVE STOPPED, SO THEY JUST WANTED AN UPDATE. >> PEARSON PARK IS ONE THAT WE'VE HAD UNDER OWNERSHIP FOR SEVERAL YEARS, I THINK THEY HAVE DEALT WITH QUITE A FEW CHALLENGES OVER THE LAST YEAR, ESPECIALLY WITH CONTRACTORS THAT HAVE NOT LIVED UP TO THEIR CONTRACT PER SE. I KNOW OUR CIP TEAM THAT IS IN ENGINEERING REALLY HAS DONE A LOT TO TRY TO GET THAT RESOLVED AND MOVING FORWARD, I BELIEVE THEY ARE IN CONSTRUCTION NOW, OF COURSE, THE RECENT RAINFALL HAS PROBABLY TAKEN SOME OF THAT AND HAS REDUCED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THEIR CONSTRUCTION. BUT THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD TO TRY TO GET IT DONE AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN, AND I WOULD EXPECT THAT IN ALL LIKELIHOOD. HOPEFULLY, OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET MOVED ON TO COMPLETION OF IT. >> THANK YOU, RICK. ANOTHER FACEBOOK. >> WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO HAS ASKED ABOUT THE ABANDONED CONSTRUCTION SITE IN NORTH OF THE STAR. BUT IF THAT'S WADE PARK, WE'VE ADDRESSED THAT ONE, SO IF THE VIEWER HAS A DIFFERENT [OVERLAPPING]. >> MY GUESS, THEY'RE REFERRING TO THE GATE DEVELOPMENT AND THAT HAS NOT BEEN ABANDONED, SO THAT PROJECT ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE THEY MADE SOME CHANGES TO THE FORE PLAN OR SOMETHING THAT MADE IT GO BACK TO BE RESUBMITTED TO THE CITY, AND JOHN YOU CAN ADD ANYTHING TO THAT? >> YEAH, THERE ARE PERMANENT AND STILL ACTIVE, I DO KNOW FROM TALKING TO IGO GEORGINA AND I WAS VISITING WITH HIM LAST WEEK, AND SO THERE'S SOME CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS THAT HASN'T QUITE BEEN MET THAT THEY'RE WORKING OUT. BUT THAT'S STILL AN ACTIVE PROJECT. >> OKAY. >> OKAY. >> YOU WANT TO GO TO A CALLER? >> PERFECT. LET'S TAKE A CALLER, NEXT LET'S GET EMORY LIVE RIGHT NOW. EMORY YOU'RE LIVE, PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION. >> HI THIS IS EMORY AND I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING TRADER JOE'S. I WAS WONDERING IF THERE ARE ANY PLANS TO BRING A TRADER JOE'S TO FRISCO. [01:05:02] I WOULD LOVE FOR MY TAX DOLLARS TO STAY IN FRISCO, BUT I'M FINDING MYSELF DRIVING TO MCKINNEY AND PLANO, AND BUYING GROCERIES THERE, AND GRANTED, NOT ALL ITEMS ARE TAXABLE. BUT FOR THE ITEMS THAT ARE TAXABLE, I WAS HOPING THAT FRISCO WOULD BE GETTING A TRADER JOE'S. >> WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A TRADER JOE'S, I THINK THAT NOW BECOMES THE NUMBER 1 REQUEST ON OUR LIST SINCE WE'VE NOW HAD H-E-B ANNOUNCED. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT TRADER JOE'S WOULD VIEW FRISCO AS A BULLS-EYE MARKET FOR THEM. IN FACT, I HAVE HEARD FROM SOME COMMERCIAL BROKERS ACTUALLY REACHING OUT DIRECTLY TO THEM TO TRY TO FIND SITE LOCATIONS FOR THEM. WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY ACTIVELY PURSUE THEM IF THEY HAD INTEREST IN FRISCO. >> WHAT EVENTS, OR PLANS, OR SERVICES FOR THE GROWING POPULATION OF SPECIAL NEEDS RESIDENTS DO WE HAVE GOING ON IN FRISCO? >> I THINK ALL OF OUR FAVORED COMMUNITY PROJECTS THAT WE'VE HAD HERE IN FRISCO IS HOPE PARK, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY A PARK THAT WAS BUILT BY THE RESIDENTS. IN FACT, I COULD TAKE YOU OUT THERE AND SHOW YOU THAT THE STAIRWELL THAT I WORKED ON, I'D BE EMBARRASSED BECAUSE MY CRAFTMANSHIP ISN'T THAT GREAT, BUT IT WAS BUILT BY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HERE IN FRISCO AS A GIFT TO THE COMMUNITY TO SERVE THAT POPULATION. WE WORK WITH MANY OF OUR NON-PROFITS HERE IN OUR CITY, SO THERE'S SOME FINE PEOPLE HERE IN FRISCO THAT ARE WORKING HARD TO SERVICE THE NEEDS OF THAT POPULATION. CERTAINLY AS A CITY, WE TRY EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SUPPORT THEM IN THOSE EFFORTS, BUT A LOT OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR HERE IN FRISCO, AND AS WELL AS THE CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS ARE DOING FINE WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HELP SERVICE THEM. ANY IDEAS THAT PERSON MAY HAVE AS FAR AS HOW WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR IT. >> WE'RE GOING TO ANOTHER QUESTION. HERE IT IS, MAYOR. WHAT ARE THE PLANS, IF ANY, FOR AN ANIMAL RESCUE OR ADOPTION CENTER? >> WE HEAR THAT A LOT, I KNOW WE HAVE AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY HERE IN FRISCO THAT HAS MET WITH US MANY TIMES ON THAT. I THINK THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE AN OPEN EAR. THE HARDEST THING HERE IN FRISCO WHEN YOU'RE A FAST-GROWING CITY, AND THE HARDEST THING FOR US AS ELECTED OFFICIALS TO TELL ANYBODY IS THAT, EVERY SINGLE RESIDENT HERE IN FRISCO HAS A PASSION PROJECT. NO MATTER WHAT YOUR PASSION PROJECT IS, YOU WANT THAT PROJECT DONE RIGHT NOW. WE TALKED ABOUT GRAND PARK, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THAT FOR OVER 15 YEARS. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THAT OVER 15 YEARS, AND FINALLY GETTING THAT TO THE FINISH LINE. WE'VE HEARD ABOUT PEOPLE WANTING A NEW LIBRARY AND HOW WE NEED TO EXPAND THOSE NEEDS. PEOPLE WANTING MORE TRAILS, AND SO THE WISHLIST OF FRISCO RESIDENTS IS LONGER THAN WE COULD EVER DELIVER IN ANY GIVEN YEAR OR ANY GIVEN DECADE FOR THAT MATTER. QUITE FRANKLY THAT'S OUR JOB, IS TO EVALUATE THE NEEDS OF A GROWING COMMUNITY AND TO PRIORITIZE THOSE ON BEHALF OF ALL 210,000 RESIDENTS HERE IN OUR CITY. CURRENTLY, THOSE NEEDS HAVE BEEN MET WITH A REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP WITH COLLIN COUNTY, WHICH HAS SERVED US WELL FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. I DO BELIEVE THERE WILL BE A POINT IN OUR GROWTH CYCLE AS FAR AS WHERE WE NEED TO LOOK AT, POTENTIALLY HAVING OUR OWN FACILITY. WHERE THAT FITS AS FAR AS SHORT-TERM OR LONG-TERM WILL ULTIMATELY BE DECIDED BY PROBABLY OUR NEXT BOND COMMITTEE REVIEWING THAT AGAIN. I WILL SAY THIS, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE DOG PARK EARLIER, [NOISE] WHEN WE WERE VOTING ON THAT ITEM THE YEAR BEFORE, WE HAD ANOTHER COMMUNITY GROUP THAT WAS VERY VOCAL ABOUT THE DOG PARK. ESSENTIALLY, THEY KEPT COMING BEFORE US AND SAYING, WELL, BEFORE YOU BUILD OUR PERMANENT DOG PARK, BUILD US A TEMPORARY DOG PARK. JUST PUT UP A FENCE SOMEWHERE, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR MUCH. THEY HAD FOUND A SITE AT B.F. PHILIPS PARK. IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT PARK, THERE'S A WATER TOWER OUTSIDE THE PARKING LOT THAT IS SURROUNDED BY GRASS THAT REALLY ISN'T USED BECAUSE IT'S REALLY DESIGNED JUST FOR THE WATER TOWER. THAT WAS THE SOLUTION, IS JUST PUT A FENCE AROUND THE WATER TOWER AND LET US USE THAT DOG PARK. THEY CAME BEFORE COUNCIL, AND WE TOLD THEM NO. I REMEMBER TELLING THEM THAT NIGHT WHEN THEY WERE ANGRY AND UPSET, I SAID, "IF WE BUILD YOU THIS TEMPORARY DOG PARK, THIS WILL BECOME YOUR PERMANENT DOG PARK." SURE ENOUGH, A YEAR LATER WE FOUND THE PERFECT SITE ALONG 4TH ARMY, [01:10:01] WHICH IS NOW THE BEAUTIFUL DOG PARK THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE COME TO KNOW AND LOVE, AND SO AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, THE HARDEST THING FOR ANY OF US TO DO IS TO PREACH PATIENCE. BUT THAT IS ALSO OUR JOB TOO IS TO DO THE RIGHT PROJECTS AT THE RIGHT TIME, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE A RIGHT TIME FOR THAT TO BE THE RIGHT PROJECT. GO TO A CALLER. [NOISE] >> PERFECT, LET'S GO TO OUR NEXT PHONE AUDIENCE QUESTION. NOW THIS QUESTION COMES IN FROM [INAUDIBLE]. HE ASKS THAT I READ HIS QUESTION. IT GOES LIKE THIS. REGARDING PANTHER CREEK WHERE IT ENDS ON THE TOLLWAY, IT DOESN'T REACH PRESTON ROAD. IS THERE ANY PLAN TO COMPLETE THAT ROAD? >> THAT ROAD IS ACTUALLY UNDER DESIGN RIGHT NOW. THE TIMELINE, WHAT PAUL? PROBABLY TWO YEARS? >> YES. >> ABOUT TWO YEARS TO COMPLETION I WOULD SAY FOR THAT PROJECT. WE'LL GO TO ANOTHER CALLER. [OVERLAPPING] >> ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT. THANKS SO MUCH. LET'S BRING CHARLIE UP LIVE NOW. CHARLIE FROM THE PHONE, YOU'RE LIVE, PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION. >> GOOD EVENING ALL, I HOPE EVERYBODY IS COOL TODAY. [LAUGHTER] MY QUESTION IS, AND MAYOR YOU MENTIONED IT [NOISE] SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT THE GROWTH OF FRISCO. RIGHT NOW THERE'S ONLY, IF I CAN COUNT, ONE, TWO, THREE, MAYBE FOUR THOROUGHFARES THAT GO SOUTH. [NOISE] EACH THOROUGHFARE THESE DAYS WITH THE GROWTH OF FRISCO HAS BECOME MORE AND MORE CONGESTED. ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO EXTEND TEAL ALL THE WAY TO THE TOLLWAY OR MAYBE SOME OTHER THOROUGHFARE THAT WOULD GO ACROSS FROM FRISCO TO THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, IF YOU WILL, TO GRANT GATE, THE COLONY, AND THOSE GROWING AREAS? BECAUSE WITH TOYOTA AND THE LEGACY WEST COURT, TRAFFIC HAS JUST GOTTEN INCREDIBLY CONGESTED, AND WITH THE PGA COMING IN, I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT IT WOULD GET EVEN FURTHER CONGESTED. ARE THERE ANY PLANS ON THE BOOKS RIGHT NOW TO HAVE ANY FUTURE THOROUGHFARES TO GO SOUTH? THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. >> YEAH. THANK YOU. UNFORTUNATELY, TEAL WAS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY AND I THINK THAT WAS PROBABLY A VICTIM OF A PRIOR PAST RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COLONY WHERE THEY BUILT A NEIGHBORHOOD THERE. TEAL IT'S ESSENTIALLY STUBBED OUT ON THE FRISCO SIDE FOR A FUTURE BRIDGE. BUT NOW ON THE OTHER SIDE IS A FULLY BUILT RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY IN THE COLONY, SO THAT OPPORTUNITY UNFORTUNATELY IS LOST. THAT'S PART OF WHY YOU'RE SEEING THE NEED TO EXPAND LEGACY, JUST KNOWING THAT, THAT WE'VE MISSED THAT OTHER THOROUGHFARE THERE. ALSO AS FAR AS WHY YOU SEE SOME OF THE EXPANSION OF 423. BUT UNFORTUNATELY OUTSIDE OF THAT BETWEEN THAT STRETCH, WHICH IS I'M ASSUMING WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO BETWEEN LEGACY AND 423 THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER CONNECTION OPPORTUNITIES. WE'LL GO TO ANOTHER CALLER. >> EXCELLENT. THANKS SO MUCH CHARLIE, LET'S BRING UP NATHAN, AND THEN CANDY, AND RUTH. REMEMBER, WE'RE TRYING TO GET AS MANY QUESTIONS IN AS WE CAN. NATHAN YOU'RE LIVE, GO AHEAD. >> YES. I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED AS A BIKE RIDER. FRISCO IS VERY BIKE FRIENDLY AS FAR AS GETTING TO PLACES, GETTING BACK AND FORTH. HOWEVER, ONE KIND OF THING I'VE FOUND THAT'S LACKING IS AT YOUR ENDPOINTS AT THE STORES AND SHOPPING CENTERS. A LOT OF SHOPPING CENTERS AND STORES REALLY DON'T HAVE A GOOD PLACE TO LOCK UP YOUR BIKE. I WONDER IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN THE PLANS TO CORRECT THAT. >> YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER BILL WOODARD IN THE AUDIENCE HAS BEEN A BIG ADVOCATE FOR THE BIKE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE A VERY ACTIVE BIKE COMMUNITY HERE IN FRISCO AS WELL, THAT HAVE HELPED SHAPE THESE LONG-TERM PLANS BECAUSE WE DO WANT THE CITY TO BE A BIKE-FRIENDLY CITY. PART OF THAT IS WE ACTUALLY DID PASS AN ORDINANCE FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO REQUIRE BIKE RACKS. THAT WAS RECENTLY DONE HERE WITHIN THE LAST, I'M GETTING A HAND SIGNAL, 4-5 YEARS? >> FIVE YEARS AGO. >> FIVE YEARS AGO THAT THAT BECAME A REQUIREMENT. YOU WILL SEE THAT AS PART OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS. WE DID HAVE A LOCAL BIKE ENTHUSIAST WHO EVEN JUST AS EARLY AS LAST WEEK PITCHED US AN IDEA ABOUT GOING BACK AND TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO FUND SOME OF THE OLDER COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS, WHICH WE'LL CERTAINLY EXPLORE WITH THEM ALSO. I DO EXPECT YOU TO CONTINUE TO SEE DEVELOPERS MAKE THESE IMPROVEMENTS. I THINK ONE TAKEAWAY I HAVE FROM THIS TOWN HALL, USUALLY WHEN WE DO THESE TOWN HALLS, ALL PEOPLE WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS TRAFFIC AND PAUL JUST IS UP HERE ALL NIGHT. TONIGHT THE STAR OF THE SHOW IS RICK, BECAUSE PEOPLE ONLY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT PARKS AND TRAILS, AND THAT'S JUST REALLY THE REALITY IN A POST COVID WORLD THAT I CERTAINLY HOPE CONTINUES. WE AS A CITY ARE DOUBLING DOWN ON THOSE INVESTMENTS, YOU SAW THAT AND IT'S PART OF OUR TOP 10 STRATEGY, AS FAR AS HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE THAT DUE TO THE DEMANDS OF OUR TRAIL NETWORK. [01:15:03] A BIG PART OF THAT IS HAVING APPOINTED DESTINATION AS YOU MENTIONED, WHERE IT'S NOT JUST RIDING YOUR BIKE OUT TO A POINT AND THEN RIDING IT BACK THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY RIDE IT TO GET ICE CREAM WITH YOUR FAMILY, OR RIDE IT TO DINNER, OR DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS AND HAVE THOSE POINTS OF DESTINATION. WE'RE BEING VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THAT AND YOU'LL SEE THAT CONTINUOUS IN OUR PLANS. ANOTHER CALLER. >> PERFECT. LET'S GO NEXT TO KANDY. KANDY, YOUR LIVE RIGHT NOW, PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION.> >> OKAY, GOOD EVENING. I WANTED TO ASK WHY DIDN'T FRISCO CREATE A BETTER PLAN TO USE THE DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY THREE WAYS INSTEAD OF CURVING INTO LOVELY AESTHETIC RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. WE'RE NEWER TO FRISCO AND I JUST RECENTLY FOUND OUT THAT THEY'RE TAKING AWAY A 130 TREES. WE LOVE THAT WHOLE AREA ON LEGACY DRIVE IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE BOUGHT OUR HOME. IT'S ADDING CONGESTION, POLLUTION, BUSYNESS. IT'S VERY STRESSFUL. WE THOUGHT IT WITH A LOVELY AESTHETIC TOWN AND I'M A REAL ESTATE BROKER. MY TWO FAMILIES ARE REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND WE ARE JUST LOOKING AT THE DEVELOPMENT INSTEAD OF HAVING A PEACEFUL PLACE WHERE YOU INVEST IN AND HAVE PEACE AND QUIET AND AESTHETIC. >> OKAY. PERFECT KANDY. LET'S GO BACK TO THE ROOM TO GET AN ANSWER. >> LEGACY DRIVE WAS MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER IN THE CONVERSATION. THAT ROAD HAS TO BE COMPLETELY RECONSTRUCTED AND THERE WILL BE AN EXPANSION THERE. EVEN WITH THE PAVEMENT RECONSTRUCTION, MANY OF THOSE TREES WOULD HAVE BEEN LOST EVEN IF THE ROAD WAS NOT BEING WIDENED. THERE ARE ROUGHLY, I THINK WAS MENTIONED 35 OR 40 TREES THAT WILL BE SAVED AND MOVED TO FUTURE PARKS. I WOULD SAY THE COUNCIL IS ACTUALLY KNOWN AS A TREE USA CITY AND THAT WE DISCUSS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF AESTHETICS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. NOT JUST FROM LANDSCAPE, BUT FROM PUBLIC ART AND SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE MANDATORY PUBLIC ART FOR ANY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT WE DO. BUT PART OF THE CHALLENGE CERTAINLY TOO, IS THAT EVERYTHING IS NEW IN FRISCO AND WHEN A TREE IS LESS THAN FIVE YEARS OLD, MAYBE ISN'T AS IMPRESSIVE AS A TREE THAT'S 30 YEARS OLD. THOSE ARE PUT INTO PLACE NOW TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AS WE DO AS A CITY. >> WE HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WHY WE MOVED THE LIBRARY FROM CITY HALL WHY THAT'S PLANNING TO BE DONE OVER TO THE DISCOVERY CENTER. SOMEONE DID ANSWER IT ON FACEBOOK, BUT IF YOU COULD GIVE A BROAD ANSWER AS TO WHY? >> SURE. OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY IS ONE OF THE MOST USED FACILITIES IN OUR CITY AND IT'S AN INCREDIBLE NEED OF OUR COMMUNITY. THE PLANS FOR THE LIBRARY ARE TO PROVIDE A BUILDUP PLAN FOR COMPLETION OF THE CITY. THIS IS AN ADAPTIVE REUSE PROJECT WHERE WE'RE USING AN OLDER BUILDING THAT THE CITY OWNED AND BE ABLE TO CREATE SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEXT-GENERATION LIBRARY HERE RIGHT IN THE HEART OF OUR CITY, ATTACHED TO OUR MUSEUM DISTRICT, THAT WILL BE THE HEART OF GRAND PARK. IT IS GOING TO BE A REALLY SPECIAL PLACE. BUT SHELLY, DO YOU WANT TO SHARE ANYTHING ON THAT? JUST LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S COMING. >> WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE NEW LIBRARY. I THINK THERE'S SEVERAL SUPERLATIVES THAT CAN BE USED AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT. ON OPENING DAY, WHICH WILL BE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022, WE WILL HAVE A 156,000 SQUARE FEET OF LIBRARY SERVICE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF FRISCO, WHICH JUST AT THAT POINT SERVES AS UP TO ABOUT 280,000 RESIDENTS. THIS IS BEING BUILT WITH THE FUTURE IN MIND. WE HAVE PUT A WIDE RANGE OF FUTURE-LOOKING SERVICES, WHETHER THAT'S ROOMS THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN USE, WE PLANNED TO BE THE COMMUNITIES LIVING ROOM IN MANY WAYS. WE HAVE A LOT OF TECH THAT WILL BE IN THERE THAT WILL SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURS, STUDENTS, AND THOSE WHO LIKE TO WORK REMOTELY. ALL OF THAT KIND OF THING WILL BE THERE. WE HAVE A FEW EXTRA SURPRISES THAT WE WILL REVEAL OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING REALLY TO LOOK FORWARD TO. TO THE ORIGINAL QUESTION, RE-PURPOSING THE ROCKET FACTORY WAS THE LEAST EXPENSIVE OPTION IN PROVIDING THIS MUCH SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY. WHEN WE LOOKED AT REMAINING IN CITY HALL AND WE LOOKED AT JUST BUILDING NEW SOMEPLACE ELSE, BOTH OF THOSE OPTIONS WERE MUCH MORE COSTLY AND SO WE WENT WITH WHAT WE FELT HAD THE MOST VALUE TO THE TAXPAYER. >> THAT'S RIGHT. I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. THIS WAS THE LEAST EXPENSIVE, BUT ALSO AT THE END, WE THOUGHT THIS WAS THE BEST IDEA AND BEST OUTCOME REGARDLESS OF COST. THEN THAT WILL ALLOW US TO USE THE SPACE THAT YOU WERE USING IN CITY HALL FOR FUTURE CITY NEEDS AS WELL. [01:20:02] IT WAS A WIN ON MULTIPLE FRONTS. THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE WILL GO TO OUR CALLER. >> EXCELLENT. LET'S GET TIM UP LIVE BEFORE RUTH. NOW WE ONLY HAVE TIME FOR THIS, TWO MORE PHONE QUESTIONS BEFORE GOING BACK TO CHAMBERS, LET'S WE GET TIM LIVE RIGHT NOW. TIM, YOU ARE LIVE, PLEASE GO AHEAD. >> I THANK YOU. I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THERE ARE ANY PLANS TO EXPAND WARREN BETWEEN OHIO AND HILLCREST? [NOISE] >> [BACKGROUND] THEY ARE BUT IT'S OUT A FEW YEARS TO BE DRIVEN BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTY IS THAT [OVERLAPPING]. >> IT IS ON OUR MASTER PLAN. AS MORE DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS IN THAT AREA. >> YES. RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE IT'S IN THE MASTER PLAN, IS A FOUR LANE DIVIDED THERE. BUT WE'VE LOOKED AT SOME ALTERNATIVE CROSS-SECTIONS TO THAT ALSO. >> GREAT THANKS SO MUCH. TIM, LET'S GO TO OUR FINAL PHONE QUESTION OF THE NIGHT IS RUTH. RUTH YOU ARE LIVE NOW, PLEASE. GO AHEAD. [BACKGROUND] >> HI. >> WAIT A SECOND, HOLD ON RUTH. I WENT TOO EARLY, STAY ON THE LINE ONE SECOND. >> OH, NO, I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE CALLER WE'RE GOING TO TAKE? >> YEAH. >> YES. I WAS WONDERING WITH ALL OF THE COVID RESTRICTIONS, WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR THE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATIONS IN FRISCO. >> WE ARE PLANNING TO HAVE FREEDOM FEST. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO KNOW THAT. DAYNA ANYTHING YOU WANT ME TO PLUG ON THAT AS FAR AS WHERE PEOPLE CAN FIND MORE DETAILS? >> FRISCOFREEDOMFEST.ORG. [LAUGHTER]. >> OKAY. YES, WE HOPE PEOPLE COME ON AND JOY IT. >> WE ARE GOING TO HAVE LIVE MUSIC, FOOD. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CAR SHOW THAT'S NEW THIS YEAR. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE JORDAN KHAN, WHICH HAS BEEN WITH US BEFORE. WE ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE PETTY THEFT, THAT'S A BAND, ALONG WITH OUR LOCAL TALENT AND OF COURSE WE PARTNER WITH OUR FRIENDS ACROSS THE STREET AT FC DALLAS AND TOYOTA STADIUM, THEY'LL HAVE A SOCCER MATCH THAT NIGHT. >> THE FIREWORKS? >> YES. REALLY GREAT FIREWORKS. WE HAVE TREMENDOUS FIREWORKS. >> OKAY. I THINK WE'RE GOING TAKE ONE MORE FACEBOOK QUESTION. >> ONE LAST QUESTION. WILL THERE BE ANY NEIGHBORHOOD BRANCHES FOR THE LIBRARY AT SOME POINT? >> GO AHEAD, SHELLY. >> WHEN WE DID THE MASTER PLAN BACK IN 2014 AND 2015, WE ASKED RESIDENTS THESE VERY QUESTIONS. WHAT KIND OF LIBRARY DO YOU WANT TO SEE? WHAT DO YOU WANT? THOUGH THE IDEA OF BRANCHES WERE INTERESTING TO MOST RESIDENTS, WHAT THEY CAME BACK WITH IS THEY DIDN'T REALLY WANT A BRANCH. THEY WANTED A LIBRARY THAT OFFERED ABSOLUTELY EVERY SERVICE THE LIBRARY OFFERS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT BECOMES COST-PROHIBITIVE. AS WE WENT BACK AND SAID, OKAY, THESE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT BUILD OUT. THEY CAME BACK TO SAY, OKAY, THEN LET'S LOOK AT LARGER LIBRARIES BUT FEW, JUST A FEW. WE'VE GONE WITH THIS MODEL WHERE WE HAVE THIS LARGE, A 156,000 SQUARE FOOT LIBRARY THAT WILL BE COMING ONLINE NEXT YEAR. WE ALSO HAVE A SMALL BRANCH IN THE MALL ADJACENT TO THE HYATT. BUT ON TOP OF THAT, THE LIBRARY HAS BEEN FORTUNATE IN BEING ABLE TO GET A SERVICE VAN THAT CAN FUNCTION LIKE A MINI BOOK MOBILE AND WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN WAYS THAT DON'T REQUIRE BUILDING A BUILDING, BUT PUT OUR SERVICES A LITTLE CLOSER TO YOU. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO AREN'T AS INTERESTED IN USING A BUILDING, BUT WANT TO USE THE COLLECTIONS AND THE OTHER ITEMS, WE'VE LOOKED AT AND CONTINUE TO LOOK AT A MULTITUDE OF OPTIONS. WE HAVE THE VAN NOW, WE HAVE BOOK LOCKERS IN A COUPLE OF PLACES IN THE COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER PLACES TO PUT THOSE BOOK LOCKERS IN NEIGHBORHOODS FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE ABLE TO RESERVE SOMETHING AND THEN JUST WALK OVER TO NEAR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD PARK OR NEAR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL AND JUST PICK IT UP. THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE BEING EXPLORED AND THAT IS HOW WE SAW A COST EFFECTIVE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET BOTH OF THOSE NEEDS. >> WELL, THANK YOU SHELLY, THANK YOU THE REST OF THE CITY STAFF FOR ALL YOUR ASSISTANCE TONIGHT. CERTAINLY, GEORGE, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND ANGELIA OFFICIALLY WELCOME TO CITY COUNCIL AND AND WILL, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR NINE YEARS AND FOR JOINING ME UP HERE TONIGHT. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU TO ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT WERE HERE TONIGHT ON THE PHONE OR ON FACEBOOK THAT ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY. [01:25:01] IF YOUR QUESTION DID NOT GET ANSWERED TONIGHT, PLEASE REACH OUT TO US. WE WOULD LOVE TO FOLLOW IT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. GOOD NIGHT [APPLAUSE]. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.