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OK, WELL, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO OUR TOWN HALL.
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THANK YOU ALL THAT ARE JOINING US VIA MULTIPLE WAYS.I KNOW WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUR NORMAL FACEBOOK AUDIENCE.
WE'RE SEEING HOW IT'S GOING TO GO TONIGHT.
I UNDERSTAND FACEBOOK FOR THE WHOLE WORLD WAS PRETTY MUCH DOWN ALL DAY TODAY, WHICH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WAS A GOOD THING, GOT EVERYONE OFF SOCIAL MEDIA FOR A LITTLE WHILE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TRY OUR BEST TO SEE IF THAT WORKS FOR US TONIGHT.
WE DO HAVE AN IN-PERSON CROWD AS WELL, AND OF COURSE, WE ARE SENDING OUT CALLS RIGHT NOW.
I THINK WE ARE APPROACHING A THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT ARE LISTENING IN VIA TELEPHONE.
I'M JOINED BY OUR MAYOR PRO TEM BILL WOODARD, WHO'S GOING TO ADD SOME COLOR COMMENTARY FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ALL MY MISTAKES.
AND WE ALSO HAVE THE MAJORITY OF THE REST OF THE COUNCIL HERE AS WELL.
SHONA HUFFMAN IS MONITORING OUR FACEBOOK QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, SHONA AND JOHN KEATING IS HELPING WITH OUR KEEP OUR IN CROWD AUDIENCE UNDER CONTROL. THANK YOU, JOHN, FOR BEING HERE, AND I KNOW DAN STRICKLIN IS JOINING US HERE AS WELL TO TO LISTEN IN.
ANGELIA PELHAM IS HERE ALSO, AND I KNOW BRIAN LIVINGSTON.
I THINK HE'S WATCHING US ONLINE OR MAYBE JOINING US HERE SHORTLY.
WE'RE ALSO JOINED BY YOUR ENTIRE SENIOR STAFF, WITH THE CITY OF FRISCO REPRESENTING EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT.
SO ANY QUESTION THAT YOU HAVE, WE CAN MAKE SURE THE RIGHT PERSON IS HERE TO GET IT ANSWERED. AS PEOPLE ARE JOINING THE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH
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A QUICK VIDEO. IT'S TWO AND A HALF MINUTES AND IT'S GOING TO DISCUSS SOME RECENT REUSE PROJECTS THAT WE DID WITH OUR COURTHOUSE AND ONGOING WITH OUR LIBRARY.AND ALSO ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR TOPICS IS ALWAYS ROAD UPDATES.
SO WE'LL HAVE SOME ROAD UPDATES AS WELL.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND RUN THAT. I'M MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE ART MALDONADO.
THE CITY OF FRISCO JUST FINISHED ANOTHER ADAPTIVE REUSE PROJECT THAT TRANSFORMED THE FORMER SENIOR CENTER INTO THE NEW MUNICIPAL COURT BUILDING.
AT THE END OF AUGUST, THE CITY OPENED THE EDMUND BURKE MUNICIPAL COURTHOUSE.
THE 15 YEAR OLD BUILDING WAS EXPANDED TO ABOUT 24 THOUSAND FEET, ABOUT THREE TIMES THE SIZE OF THE FORMAL MUNICIPAL COURT ON MAIN STREET.
BOND FUNDS PAID FOR THE $10 MILLION PROJECT.
THIS IS SHELLEY HOLLEY, DIRECTOR OF THE FRISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY.
OUR LIBRARY GUESTS WILL BENEFIT FROM ANOTHER ADAPTIVE REUSE PROJECT SPACE THAT ONCE HOUSED A COMPANY WHICH BUILT ROCKET PARTS WILL HOUSE OUR REIMAGINED FRISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY. APPROXIMATELY A YEAR FROM NOW, WE'LL HAVE MORE THAN 150 THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF FLEXIBLE SPACE WHERE WE HAVE CREATIVITY, CLASSROOMS, CONFERENCE ROOMS, SOCIAL STAIRS AND A GREAT READING ROOM AND A SECOND FLOOR MEZZANINE.
ALL OF THE SPACE WILL HAVE LOTS OF NATURAL LIGHT.
IN FACT, THE NORTHWEST WALLS WILL BECOME GLASS WALLS, WELCOMING PATRONS THROUGH THE ENTRANCES TO THE RENEWED LIBRARY.
CREWS ARE WORKING TO STAND UP WALLS TO SUPPORT THE MEZZANINE NOW.
NEAR THE NORTH ENTRANCE CREWS HAVE REMOVED THE TILT WALL PANELS AND WILL REPLACE THEM WITH WINDOWS THAT STAND 40 FEET TALL.
OUR CASUAL READING SPACE SITS CLOSER TO THE WEST ENTRANCE, WHEREAS THE MORE TRADITIONAL FORMAL READING SPACE SPANS THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING ON THE MEZZANINE LEVEL.
ACCESS TO THE BUILDING IS CHANGING.
CONCRETE HAS BEEN POURED ON THIS EAST SIDE, PAVING THE WAY TO EASILY MOVE BETWEEN THE LIBRARY AND THE DISCOVERY CENTER.
WE HOPE TO MOVE INTO OUR NEW HOME IN LATE 2022.
IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW OUR PROGRESS IN MOTION.
CHECK OUT OUR CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS AND VIDEOS AT FRISCO LIBRARY.
I'M ENGINEERING SERVICES CAPITAL PROJECTS MANAGER MATT PHILLIPS.
THE CITY OF FRISCO IS WORKING TO WIDEN LEGACY DRIVE FROM HIGHWAY 121 TO WARREN PARKWAY.
THE PROJECT WILL TRANSFORM LEGACY FROM FOUR TO SIX LANES, AS WELL AS ADD SIGNALS AND IMPROVE INTERSECTIONS.
NORTHBOUND LANES ARE CLOSED, THE SOUTHBOUND LANES ARE SERVING NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC, BUT THE TRAFFIC FLOW IS CURRENTLY DOWN TO A SINGLE LANE IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
TRAFFIC WILL BE TRANSITIONED TO THE NEW NORTHBOUND LANES NEXT SPRING.
WORK IS EXPECTED TO LAST ABOUT 18 MONTHS.
THERE ARE TWO OTHER PARTS OF LEGACY THAT WILL BE BUILT OR WIDENED IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
DESIGN IS UNDERWAY TO BUILD LEGACY FROM PANTHER CREEK PARKWAY TO PGA PARKWAY.
CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN MID 2023 AND PLANS WILL BEGIN NEXT SPRING TO WIDEN LEGACY FROM FOUR TO SIX LANES BETWEEN LEBANON ROAD AND STONE BROOK PARKWAY.
THAT CONSTRUCTION COULD BEGIN AS EARLY AS 2024.
YOU CAN FOLLOW THE PROGRESS AT FRISCOTEXAS.GOV/LEGACY.
WELL, OK, WELL, THOSE WERE JUST SOME QUICK UPDATES.
IS FACEBOOK ACTUALLY WORKING FOR US?
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AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND JUST START TAKING YOUR QUESTIONS AND HEARING FROM YOU.I THINK WE'RE GOING TO START WITH SOME CALLERS THAT WE HAVE.
ALL RIGHT, AWESOME, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO TOM HERE IN A MOMENT, BUT IF YOU'RE JOINING ON THE PHONE, PRESS ZERO ON THE KEYPAD ON YOUR PHONE TO GET IN LINE WITH YOUR QUESTION. FACEBOOK IS NOW APPLIED.
YOU CAN FIND US AT CITY OF FRISCO, TEXAS CITY HALL IF YOU WANT TO WATCH THE MEETING ON FACEBOOK. LET'S GO TO TOM LIVE FIRST ON THE LINE AGAIN.
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PRESS ZERO, JUST LIKE TOM DID TO GET IN LINE WITH YOUR QUESTION.WELL HELLO I'VE CALLED IN TWICE BEFORE ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S BEEN ANY PROGRESS.
I LIVE IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF FRISCO AND THERE'S A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT GOING ON HERE [INAUDIBLE] THINGS LIKE THAT.
KING STREET HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY ISSUE AND I UNDERSTAND ITS OWN KIND OF COLLECTIVELY BETWEEN FRISCO, LITTLE ELM AND HACKBERRY.
BUT I'M WONDERING NOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD TO PUT IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE A DRAIN LINE OR A SEWER LINE, ITS LARGE DIAMETER PIPE.
I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHO'S COORDINATING IT OR WHY IT'S BEING PUT IN.
BUT I AM WONDERING IF THIS HAS BEEN CONSIDERED IN ADDITION TO WIDENING THE ROAD BECAUSE THE BIG PROBLEM IS THE ROAD NEEDS TO BE WIDENED.
YOU KNOW, MANY TIMES YOU'LL TALK ABOUT A ROAD BEING TWO LANES AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHETHER THAT'S ONE LANE, EACH DIRECTION OR TWO LANES, EACH DIRECTION.
KING IS ONE LANE, EACH DIRECTION.
I WANT TO GET YOU SOME CLARIFICATION HERE.
LET'S GO TO CHAMBERS TO GET THE ANSWER.
HE WAS ASKING ABOUT MAIN STREET THAT BECOMES KING ROAD THERE.
WHAT'S THE PROGRESS IN WIDENING, KING ROAD? YES, THE CALLER IS CORRECT THAT FALLS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF FRISCO AND LITTLE ELM, AND HACKBERRY, AND WE'RE WORKING ON A MULTIPARTY AGREEMENT RIGHT NOW TO COMPLETE THE DESIGN AND AND RECONSTRUCT THE ROADWAY INTO A FOUR LANE DIVIDED ROADWAY, RATHER THAN EACH ENTITY PURSUING THIS ON THEIR OWN AND DOING IT IN A PIECEMEAL FASHION.
WE'RE TRYING TO COME TOGETHER TO GET IT ALL DONE, AND WE'RE WE DON'T HAVE THOSE AGREEMENTS YET, AND THE DESIGN IS AT A LOW LEVEL.
SO IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE ANOTHER 12 TO 18 MONTHS BEFORE WE START CONSTRUCTION.
THE PIPES THAT ARE GOING IN THE CALLER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THOSE IS, BUT IT'S NOT UNFORTUNATELY PART OF THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT AT THIS TIME.
ABSOLUTELY. LET'S GO NEXT ON, WE'RE GOING TO REMIND EVERYONE FIRST, THOUGH, TO PRESS ZERO ON THEIR KEYPAD, ON YOUR PHONE TO GET IN LINE WITH YOUR OWN QUESTION.
WE'VE GOT SOME QUEUED UP NOW, BUT AGAIN OUR GOAL IS TO TAKE AS MANY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
FRANK, YOUR LIVE. PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION.
YES. HI, THANKS FOR TAKING MY QUESTION.
WE LIVE ON THE NORTH WEST PORTION OF FRISCO ON OFF OF 420, THREE AND 380, AND THAT NORTHWEST CORNER IS STILL ZONED OR THE ZIP CODE THAT WE STILL FALL UNDER IS LITTLE ELM.
WE HAVE OUR WHOLE HOUSING AREA IS PUT IN A PETITION TO GET OUR ZIP CODE CHANGED TO A FRISCO ZIP CODE.
I JUST WANT TO SEE, ARE YOU GUYS AWARE OF THAT? AND IF SO, DO YOU KNOW WHERE WE STAND ON GETTING OUR ZIP CODE CHANGED? YES. AND SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH CONGRESSMAN BURGESS AND HIS OFFICE TO SUBMIT THAT REQUEST. SO THE CITY OF FRISCO IS SUPPORTIVE OF THAT REQUEST.
I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE COME TO LEARN THAT THESE CHANGES ARE NOT MADE OFTEN, BUT WE FELT LIKE WE HAD SOME GOOD ARGUMENTS FOR THE CHANGES.
FROM WHAT I RECALL WHEN WE LAST, IT'S BEEN SIX MONTHS OR SO SINCE WE HAVE DONE THIS.
BUT I BELIEVE YOU CAN ONLY DO IT EVERY 10 YEARS, I BELIEVE.
AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD OUR APPLICATION REALLY BUTTONED UP AND THAT WE HAD THE SUPPORT OF THE CONGRESSMAN, WHICH WE DO.
HE HAS ISSUED A LETTER OF SUPPORT, AND SO IT IS WORKING THROUGH THE POST OFFICE AND THEIR REQUIREMENTS. I'M UNSURE OF A TIMELINE ON A POTENTIAL RESPONSE.
DOES ANYONE, ANYONE FROM STAFF FAMILIAR WITH THAT ISSUE? I THINK IF BREZINA, WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE GOING TO GIVE US AN UPDATE.
I BELIEVE THE PETITION IS WITH OUR POSTMASTER RIGHT NOW AND IT'S BEING REVIEWED.
NO WORD YET ON THE TIMELINE, THOUGH, BUT IT IS.
OK, SO PROCESS IS STILL UNDERWAY.
BUT THE CITY OF FRISCO, WE HAVE DONE ALL THE NECESSARY STEPS TO FILE THAT ON BEHALF OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THAT PART OF THE CITY, AND WE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT CHANGE.
WE HAVE MORE CALLERS, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT CALLER.
ABSOLUTELY, NEXT CALLER COMING RIGHT UP IS KEVIN, BUT I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE, IF YOU ARE ON THE PHONE AUDIENCE, YOU CAN PRESS ZERO ON THE KEYPAD ON YOUR PHONE.
WE ARE JOINING OUR SPEAKERS LIVE TONIGHT THEY'RE AT THE GEORGE PUREFOY MUNICIPAL CENTER
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PRESS ZERO A TON OF SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS THERE TO GET YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.WE'RE STREAMING DALLAS OR NOT DALLAS THE CITY OF FRISCO, TEXAS.
WITH THAT, LET'S GET KEVIN LIVE RIGHT NOW IN FRISCO.
KEVIN, GO AHEAD. YES, THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL.
I JUST RETURNED FROM VISITING OUR NEIGHBORS IN LOUISIANA [INAUDIBLE] STORM RECOVERY.
MANY WERE OUT AFTER HURRICANE IDA AND HAD LOSS OF POWER FOR FIVE DAYS OR MORE.
AND I KNOW WE EXPERIENCED THIS IN FRISCO LAST YEAR WITH THE SEVERE WINTER STORM.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF OUR ELECTRIC GRID AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS SAME SITUATION DOES NOT REPEAT AGAIN THIS NEXT WINTER.
WANTED TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT ACTIONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN? YEAH. SO OUR STATE LEGISLATURE, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE MAKING THAT A PRIORITY.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS ACTUALLY A SPECIAL SESSION TOPIC RIGHT NOW.
SO THEY ARE DILIGENTLY WORKING, CERTAINLY FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE.
WE'RE HERE TO DO ANYTHING OUR LEGISLATORS NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY PROVIDE THE POWER GRID THAT THE TEXANS NEED, YOU KNOW, EVEN WITH THE ONCE IN 50 YEAR TYPE OF STORM.
IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND THAT.
YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF FRISCO DOESN'T HAVE MUCH TO DO WITH THE ACTUAL POWER GRID.
WE DON'T PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS.
WE DO PROVIDE WATER AND SEWER TO OUR RESIDENTS, BUT NOT POWER.
BUT CERTAINLY, WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR STATE LEGISLATORS TO LET THEM KNOW THE CONCERNS OF OUR RESIDENTS AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THEM TO INVEST IN THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.
HAVE ANOTHER CALLER? WE SURE DO.
WE'LL GO TO VENKATA NEXT, BUT WE JUST CLEARED OUR QUEUE ON EVERYONE WHO PRESSED SEVEN ON THE KEYPAD ON THEIR PHONE TO PROVIDE US THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS AGAIN EMAIL IS ONE OF THE BEST WAYS FOR THE CITY OF FRISCO TO KEEP YOU UP TO DATE.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO PROVIDE THAT TO US, PLEASE PRESS SEVEN ON THE KEYPAD ON YOUR PHONE.
ANOTHER REMINDER ZERO IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, LET'S GO TO VENKATA IN FRISCO YOU'RE LIVE, PLEASE GO AHEAD. HI, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE HILLCREST ROAD EXTENSION BETWEEN ELDORADO AND MAIN? ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL.
CAN YOU BROKE UP A LITTLE BIT ON US, SIR? CAN YOU REPEAT THAT THANKS SO MUCH VENKATA, THROUGH BRINKMANN.
YES, THE THE EXTENSION OF HILLCREST FROM BETWEEN MAINE AND ELDORADO IS WILL BE BUILT AS THE RANCH PROPERTY DEVELOPS AND IT WILL BE BUILT CONCURRENT WITH THE ADJACENT DEVELOPMENT. SO IT'S IT'S NOT A CITY CAPITAL PROJECT, SO BUT IT IS PLANNED AND TO TO BE EXTENDED HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
AND IF ANYONE IN AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP TAKING CALLERS.
YOU CAN ALSO WEIGH IN, WE HAVE QUITE THE AUDIENCE ON FACEBOOK.
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, FEEL FREE TO TYPE IT UP THERE AS WELL.
DORIS ASKS THAT I READ HER QUESTION.
DORIS SAYS, HOW DO I GET A LONGER SIGNAL LIGHT COMING OUT OF THE HERITAGE GREEN HOUSE DEVELOPMENT, SPECIFICALLY AT LEBANON AND RUSHMORE? IT IS TOO SHORT AND CAUSES BACKUPS, AND AGAIN, THAT'S FROM DORIS.
YES, MA'AM. ONE WAY TO PUT SUCH REQUESTS IN IS TO USE THE MY FRISCO APP, OR YOU CAN CALL THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AT 972-292-5400.
OTHERWISE, I HAVE THE INFORMATION AND I WILL PASS THAT ALONG TO OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERS FOR REVIEW. YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT REMINDER OF HOW POWERFUL THE MY FRISCO IS, AND IT CREATES TICKETS AND ROUTES THEM TO THE RIGHT DEPARTMENT.
I'LL ALSO SAY THAT OUR CITIZENS REALLY NEED TO BE OUR EYES AND EARS.
YOU KNOW, FRISCO IS 70 SQUARE MILES.
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE EVEN FOR OUR CITY STAFF TO MONITOR EVERY SIGNAL THAT WE HAVE AND AND SO REPORTING THOSE IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND THEN SOMETIMES YOU ACTUALLY KIND OF LEARN THE REASON BEHIND TRAFFIC, LIKE SIGNALING.
I JOKE THAT MY WIFE, I THINK, SUBMITTED THE SAME STOPLIGHT THREE OR FOUR TIMES, BUT THE TRAILS PARKWAY AND TEEL THAT IT WAS TOO SHORT.
AND THEN SO I GOT A NICE EDUCATION LESSON ON WHY IT WAS NOT TOO SHORT, THAT IT WAS APPROPRIATELY TIME TO CONTROL THE TRAFFIC AT THAT INTERSECTION.
WE'LL WE'LL CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THAT.
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I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER CALLER.YES. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANKS SO MUCH, DORIS, FOR YOUR QUESTION.
ANOTHER REMINDER, AS DORIS ASKS THAT I READ HER QUESTION, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY FINE.
WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
SO AGAIN, PRESSING ZERO ON THE KEYPAD ON YOUR PHONE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GO LIVE, THAT'S FINE. SO PRESS ZERO.
JUST LET YOUR OPERATOR KNOW YOU'D RATHER NOT GO LIVE.
I'D BE HAPPY TO READ IT OVER THE AIR, BUT RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE RAMESH LIVE.
RAMESH, YOU ARE LIVE RIGHT NOW.
PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION.
HEY, THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY QUESTION.
THERE'S A BIG [INAUDIBLE] DOESN'T SEEM TO BE WORKING ANY LONGER, AND IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR TWO YEARS AND LOTS OF MOSQUITOES INFESTATIONS HAPPENING IN THE [INAUDIBLE].
WONDERING IS FRISCO AWARE OF THE SITUATION AND WHAT THE PLAN IS TO GET THIS WHOLE THING FIXED? SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OK. DID YOU GET THAT? I DID IF IF YOU'RE SPEAKING OF THE POND, THAT IS THE OVER BY THE SOUTHWEST CORNER, THAT AERATION SYSTEM HAS GIVEN US CHALLENGES OVER THE YEARS, SO WE WILL NOT BE REPLACING THAT.
WE HAVE RECEIVED CALLS FROM THE HOA POND THAT IS ON THE SOUTH EAST CORNER OF THAT, AND UNFORTUNATELY, I'M UNABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR YOU.
OK, WE HAVE SOMEONE IN AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION.
WELCOME. MY NAME IS DEBBIE LINDSTROM, AND I NOTICED ON THE AGENDA THAT YOU HAD THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, BUT I DIDN'T HEAR IT AND I HAVE TWO SONS IN THE MILITARY.
I SURE WOULD LIKE US TO GO BACK AND DO THAT IF POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU. ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT NOW? WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAD US? SURE.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT, MA'AM, FOR THAT REMINDER.
AND WITH THAT, THAT'S A GREAT SEGUE BECAUSE WE HAVE GOT JOHN KEATING HERE.
SO JOHN, WHY DON'T YOU GO TO THE MIC AND TELL US SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING FOR OUR VETERANS HERE IN FRISCO? WELL, YOUR BEST WHEN I PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, THIS IS ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT'S LEADING THOSE EFFORTS, TRY TO KEEP IT UNDER 20 MINUTES.
YEAH [INAUDIBLE] TURN THE TIMER ON.
[LAUGHTER] YEAH, THE MOST DANGEROUS INTERSECTION IN FRISCO IS NOT PRESTON AND 121.
IT'S BETWEEN ME AND A MICROPHONE.
SO I'M DOWN ONE MINUTE. WE'RE COUNTING.
OH, AWESOME. BUT WE'VE GOT NOVEMBER 11TH COMING UP HERE PRETTY SOON.
WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT EVENTS AS USUAL HERE IN FRISCO.
WE'VE DONE QUITE A BIT OF FANTASTIC THINGS, SO WE'RE ALWAYS ENCOURAGING ALL THE NEW RESIDENTS THAT ARE COMING HERE. IF YOU'RE A VETERAN OR, YOU KNOW, A VETERAN, PLEASE ENCOURAGE THEM TO GET INVOLVED AND GET ENGAGED.
WE'VE GOT AN INCREDIBLE VFW HERE, AN INCREDIBLE AMERICAN LEGION.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, MAYOR CHENEY HAS THE FRISCO VETERAN'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH IS COMPRISED OF VETERANS LIVING HERE IN FRISCO.
AND THERE'S SORT OF A ROUNDTABLE THINK TANK OF WAYS WE CAN MAKE FRISCO NOT EVEN MORE VETERAN FRIENDLY, BUT WHAT WE LIKE TO CALL VETERAN READY, READY FOR ALL THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A CITY WHERE YOU WANT TO LIVE, WORK, PLAY AND LEARN.
WE ENCOURAGE OUR VETERANS COMING HERE TO THE CITY TO FIND THEIR PASSION AND CONTINUE TO SERVE THEIR COUNTRY BY SERVING THEIR COMMUNITY.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND ANYONE LISTENING THAT INTERESTED IN BEING INVOLVED IN THE INITIATIVES HERE CERTAINLY REACH OUT TO JOHN KEATING, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A VETERANS ADVISORY COUNCIL AS WELL THAT WE WOULD LOVE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN.
SO WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO OUR CALLERS.
EXCELLENT. WE HAVE ANDREW AND ESTHER UP NEXT, BUT I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT OUR QUEUE IS CLEARED IF YOU WANT TO PROVIDE US YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS SO YOU CAN KEEP YOU UP TO DATE GOING FORWARD OVER EMAIL OR DISCUSSING TONIGHT, AS WELL AS OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES GOING FORWARD, AGAIN, PRESSING SEVEN.
YOU CAN ALSO DROP THAT IN A COMMENT ON FACEBOOK AND ALSO ON THE PHONE AS A REMINDER PRESS ZERO JUST LIKE ANDREW DID ANDREW I READ HIS QUESTION, ANDREW SAID.
WHAT TYPE OF CONSIDERATION IS BEING MADE FOR WILDLIFE WITH ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S CURRENTLY HAPPENING? OK. CHIEF IS GOING TO COME UP TO DISCUSS THAT ONE.
YEAH, SO OUR ANIMAL SERVICES ACTUALLY JUST RELEASED THEIR WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT PLAN, WHICH IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE OR ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
IT TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THOSE CONSIDERATIONS, BUT WE ALWAYS LOOK AT WHETHER THE ANIMALS ARE GOING TO BE A THREAT TO PROPERTY OR PETS OR OBVIOUSLY RESIDENTS.
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SO IF THOSE THINGS ARE OCCURRING, THEN ANIMAL SERVICES WILL RESPOND AND TAKE CUSTODY OF WHATEVER THE WILDLIFE MIGHT BE IF THEY CAN TRAP IT OR WHATNOT.BUT TYPICALLY, MOST OF THE WILDLIFE, YOU KNOW, THEY DO NOT LIKE TO RELOCATE BECAUSE IT'S NOT HUMANE. IT WILL EITHER COME BACK OR IT'LL DIE IN THE NEW HABITAT THAT WE TRY AND RELOCATE IT TO, BUT A LOT MORE DETAIL IN THE URBAN AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT PLAN AND THAT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AND CHIEF A SEGWAY.
FROM THAT, WE OFTEN GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY ISN'T THE CITY REMOVING BOBCATS FROM THE CITY OF FRISCO? AND OF COURSE, WHEN WE HAD OUR COYOTE THAT WAS ACTUALLY CREATING SOME TROUBLE AND ACTUALLY ATTACKING SOME SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS, THEY WERE ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS AND WE LEARNED QUITE A BIT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE REALLY HAVE TO KIND OF LEARN TO LIVE WITH THEM, BUT ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SHARE.
YEAH. SO FOR THE COYOTES, WE'RE STILL MONITORING KIND OF AND TRACKING SOME OF THE COYOTE SIGHTINGS. SO YOU CAN STILL REPORT IF YOU SEE A COYOTE AND YOU THINK IT'S ACTING A LITTLE A LITTLE STRANGE. THERE'S WAYS TO REPORT THAT AND WE DO KEEP TRACK OF THAT SO WE CAN MONITOR THOSE AS FAR AS THE BOBCATS GO.
THEY ARE HERE AND IT'S PART OF NATURE.
THEY DO KIND OF MANAGE SOME OF THE SMALLER ANIMAL POPULATION.
IT'S JUST PART OF THE HABITAT THAT WE'RE IN NOW.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THEY DO, THEY DO KIND OF KEEP THE RABBITS UNDER CONTROL.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO.
BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THEIR HABITAT, AND SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO COEXIST WITH THEM AS WE GROW INTO THEIR HABITAT.
THANK YOU, CHIEF. WELL, YOU HAVE A FACEBOOK QUESTION.
FINALLY, BETH WOULD LIKE TO KNOW SINCE THE MOTHER SON DANCE WAS CANCELED EARLIER THIS YEAR, THAT TIME WE'D HEARD THAT THERE WERE TALKS ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE GEARED TOWARDS MOTHERS AND SONS THAT WOULD HAPPEN THIS WINTER.
HAS ANYTHING COME TO FRUITION ON THAT? OK. AND GOOD EVENING, THOSE PLANS ARE STILL BEING FINALIZED BY STAFF RIGHT NOW CHECK OUR CITY WEBSITE AND PREPARATIONS ARE BEING MADE FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
BUT REGARDING THE POPULAR MOTHER SON DANCE, THOSE PLANS ARE STILL BEING CONSIDERED RIGHT NOW. NOTHING FORMAL TO ANNOUNCE.
THANK YOU. I THINK WE'VE GOT OFFICIALLY ONE VOTE IN FAVOR OF THAT FROM OUR FACEBOOK FAN.
YES, LET'S GO BACK TO THE PHONES, BUT I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE WE HAVE A GREAT FACEBOOK AUDIENCE. DON'T BE SHY OVER THERE, EITHER.
YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO DROP YOUR QUESTION COMMENT RIGHT THERE IN THE COMMENT SECTION.
ESTHER, AS THAT I READ HER QUESTION, SHE SAID.
CAN ANYTHING BE DONE ABOUT THESE DALLAS MORNING NEWS PAPERS THAT JUST KEEP SHOWING UP? THEY'RE ALWAYS HERE.
WE HAVE CALLED TO TELL THEM TO DISCONTINUE IT, BUT THEY JUST KEEP COMING.
IT'S A WASTE OF PAPER AND IT CREATES MORE TRASH.
THAT IS A NEW QUESTION, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT ONE BEFORE.
CHIEF, YOU WANT TO TAKE A STAB AT THAT? YEAH, WE'VE ACTUALLY FIELDED THIS THIS CONCERN BEFORE FROM THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, AND I THINK THERE WAS ANOTHER PUBLICATION SO WE CAN REACH OUT TO THEM AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT WE'LL NEED TO DO IS WE'LL JUST NEED TO CAPTURE THE THE CALLER'S INFORMATION SO WE CAN REACH BACK TO HER AND GET SOME MORE DETAILS ON THE ADDRESS.
WE ABSOLUTELY DO, AND ESTHER, FIRST.
WE WERE WE'RE ABLE TO CAPTURE YOUR PHONE NUMBER, SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT SAYING OVER THAT OVER THE AIR. THANKS SO MUCH, ESTHER.
HEY, MAYOR, APPRECIATE YOU TAKING MY CALL.
I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, THIS IS A THANK YOU.
SO I LIVE IN STONEBRIAR VILLAGE.
I'M ACTUALLY ON THE BOARD OF OUR HOA AND I WANT TO JUST THANK THE ENTIRE STAFF FOR THE JOB THEY'RE DOING AND KEEPING US POSTED.
AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, THIS IS OUR ONLY IN AND OUT OF OUR VILLAGE IS LEGACY DRIVE.
AND YOU GUYS, YOUR ENTIRE STAFF, IT'S JUST BEEN FANTASTIC TO WORK WITH.
WE WERE CONCERNED WITH THE BACK OF THE TRAFFIC.
IT'S JUST IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S AN ISSUE, BUT IT'S YOU GUYS HAVE HANDLED IT GREAT.
AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO PUT A COMMERCIAL PLUG IN FOR YOUR CITY OF FRISCO 101 TO ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE LISTENING, TAKING THAT CLASS WITH ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, WE HAVE ABOUT 30 PEOPLE TAKING IT.
AND IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS CITY, IT'S A FANTASTIC WAY TO DO THAT.
AND SO JUST THANK YOU IN A PLUG.
OK, WELL, THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS, AND OUR CITY STAFF HEARD THAT WE'LL
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MAKE SURE THE WHOLE TEAM HEARS IT.AND SO THANK YOU FOR THE POSITIVE MESSAGE.
AND YES. CITY HALL 101 IF ANYONE WANTS TO GET MORE INVOLVED OR KNOW MORE ABOUT FRISCO, IT IS AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE.
EVERY TIME WE HAVE A GRADUATION, EVERYONE WHO GOES THROUGH IT JUST RAVES ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE THAT THEY HAD.
SO IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE, YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE OR CERTAINLY REACH OUT TO US.
SO I THINK WE'VE GOT A FACEBOOK QUESTION.
MARLEY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WITH ALL THE DEVELOPMENT, WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR A RESCUE AND ADOPTION CENTER IN FRISCO? SO CURRENTLY WE PARTNER WITH COLIN COUNTY AND SOME OTHER CITIES TO MANAGE OUR ANIMAL SHELTER. THE CITY OF FRISCO USES THAT AS A COUNTY RUN FACILITY.
THERE ARE NO PLANS CURRENTLY FOR A CITY OWNED INDEPENDENT FACILITY.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AS FRISCO CONTINUES TO TO GROW OUT THAT I'M SURE THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT AND EVALUATE.
BUT AT THIS TIME, THE COUNTY IS SERVING THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS ADEQUATELY.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO NEXT TO JOHN ON THE PHONE.
I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE YOU CAN PRESS SEVEN PROVIDED YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS SO YOU CAN KEEP YOU UP TO DATE GOING FORWARD VIA EMAIL WITH THAT, JOHN.
YOU ARE LIVE. HI THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
MY QUESTION IS, WITH ALL THE DEVELOPMENTS I'VE NOTICED, YOU STARTED THE NEW LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION. WHAT'S THE PLANS WITH THE OLD LIBRARY AND ALSO NEXT TO THE DISCOVERY CENTER, I NOTICED THERE'S A BIG PROJECT.
WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT ENTAIL? SURE, SO OUR LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW IS AN ADAPTIVE REUSE PROJECT, JUST LIKE OUR CITY HALL WAS WHERE WE'RE TRANSFORMING THAT BUILDING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF REALLY THE LIBRARY NEEDS OF THE CITY OF FRISCO PALM BUILDOUT.
SO, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE MOVE OUT OF THIS FACILITY, THEN THE SPACE USED BY THE CURRENT LIBRARY WILL AGAIN BE ANOTHER ADAPTIVE REUSE PROJECT THAT WE USE FOR OTHER CITY USES THAT HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED.
WE COULD LOOK AT MOVING SOME ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENTS IN HERE.
BUT AS THE CITY GROWS, WE'RE CERTAINLY GOING TO NEED SOME MORE SPACE AT CITY HALL.
AND SO THOSE ARE DISCUSSIONS THAT CITY COUNCIL WILL LIKELY START HAVING NEXT YEAR AS FAR AS PLANS TO BACKFILL THAT SPACE.
ONCE THE LIBRARY MOVES OUT AND THEN THERE WAS A SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION THAT I DIDN'T CATCH. [INAUDIBLE] THERE'S A BIG PROJECT THAT THEY'RE BUILDING NEXT TO IT.
THAT'S THE LIBRARY THAT'S THAT IS WHERE THE LIBRARY IS GOING RIGHT THERE IN THAT BUILDING. OKAY.
THANK YOU, SIR. WE HAVE A FACEBOOK QUESTION.
LAST FALL, THE TOWN HALL MEETING, THE MAYOR MENTIONED THE CITY WAS IN TALKS WITH A POTENTIAL DEVELOPER, BUT I THINK WHAT THEY MEANT WAS PRIVATE ENTITY FOR A SHELTER OR SOMETHING, BUT COULDN'T SAY MORE OUT OF CONFIDENTIALITY.
COULD YOU PLEASE GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE WHO, WHAT AND WHEN OF THIS? YOU KNOW, FRISCO, YOU KNOW HOW THE CITY HAS REALLY BEEN BUILT IS THROUGH PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS THAT SERVE THE CITY WELL.
AND SO ANY TIME WE CAN FIND A PRIVATE PARTNER TO WHETHER IT'S A STADIUM OR OTHER PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE CERTAINLY GREAT WAYS TO BUILD BETTER VENUES AND ACTUALLY OPERATE THEM MORE EFFICIENTLY.
YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WITH AN ANIMAL SHELTER THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WORKS.
AND SO THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE DISCUSSIONS, I WOULD SAY, WITH POTENTIAL PRIVATE PARTNERS. YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS ANYTHING FROM, YOU KNOW, BUILDING A DOG PARK IN GRAND PARK, YOU KNOW, TO OTHER ANIMAL SERVICES HERE IN OUR CITY OR POTENTIALLY RUNNING A FUTURE SHELTER. THOSE ARE ALL I WOULD SAY AT VERY PRELIMINARY STAGES AND NOT TO THE POINT WHERE THEY'RE, I WOULD SAY AT DISCUSSION POINTS WHERE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF READY FOR PUBLIC DEBATE OR DISCUSSION.
BUT WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PRIVATE PARTNERS AND CERTAINLY THAT'S ONE OF THEM.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CERTAINLY KNOW HERE IN FRISCO IS EVERYONE IN FRISCO LOVES THEIR PETS. FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND THE LAST DECADE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A GREAT ADVOCACY GROUP HERE IN FRISCO.
IT WAS THE FRISCO DOG PARK ADVOCACY GROUP THAT REALLY KIND OF STARTED OUR FIRST FRISCO DOG PARK AND WE WORKED WITH THEM FOR YEARS.
IN FACT, THEY WERE PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST ADVOCACY GROUPS THAT I'VE WORKED WITH, AND THAT WAS BACK IN 2007, I THINK, 2009.
THEY REALLY DELIVERED, DELIVERED A POSITIVE MESSAGE.
THEY WERE PATIENT WITH THEIR APPROACH, YOU KNOW, AND THEY KNEW THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF FRISCO WHEN YOU WERE GROWING AS FAST AS WE WE ARE, YOU HAVE COMPETING NEEDS.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GO AND SPEAK TO OUR RESIDENTS, THERE IS A LAUNDRY LIST OF THINGS THAT OUR RESIDENTS WANT, FROM MORE CRICKET PITCHES TO PICKLEBALL COURTS TO A PERFORMING ARTS
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CENTER. AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, THEY WANT IT BIGGER AND MORE SEATS, YOU KNOW, TO AN ANIMAL SHELTER, TO THE LIST, GOES ON AND ON AND ON.AND SO THAT'S CERTAINLY OUR JOB IS TO WEIGH THOSE ON EACH YEAR WHEN WE DO OUR BUDGET AS FAR AS WHAT ARE OUR PRIORITIES.
AND SO WE HEAR FROM OUR FEEDBACK, HOW WE PRIORITIZE THESE PROJECTS.
BUT THAT WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW THEY KEPT WITH IT.
AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE FIRST FRISCO DOG PARK BILL I KNOW YOU WERE AROUND FOR THOSE WAS ONE OF OUR MOST CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS THAT I THINK I'VE HAD AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, AND IT BECAME A REAL PUBLIC DEBATE WHERE YOU HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE CONSERVATIVE WITH TAXES AND FINANCES SAYING THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY SPENDING TAXPAYER MONEY TO BUILD A PARK FOR DOGS. AND THEN, OF COURSE, PEOPLE WHO LOVE DOG PARKS WERE SAYING, NO, IT'S A PARK FOR PEOPLE WITH DOGS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE PASSED THAT AND WE BUILT THE PARK, IT'S BECOME ONE OF OUR MOST WELL-USED PARKS TO THE POINT.
NOW THERE'S NO DEBATE. I DON'T THINK WE DON'T GET ANY PUSHBACK FROM IT.
IN FACT, I WOULD EXPECT THAT WE'LL BUILD MULTIPLE ADDITIONAL DOG PARKS THROUGHOUT FRISCO AS WE DEVELOPED THIS PARK SYSTEM.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN SOME DISCUSSION THAT FRISCO IS NOT PET LOVING BECAUSE WE'RE NOT BUILDING AN ANIMAL SHELTER RIGHT NOW RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW.
YOU KNOW, IT'S WE DELIVER IT WHEN IT'S THE RIGHT TIME.
AND THE DOG PARK WAS A PERFECT EXAMPLE BECAUSE THEY CAME IN IN 2008 AND WANTED TO THERE'S A WATER TOWER AT BF PHILLIPS PARK AND THERE'S A GRASS AREA AROUND IT.
AND SO THEY CAME IN AND SAID, WE WANT A DOG PARK.
SO BAD THAT WHY DON'T YOU JUST PUT A CHAIN LINK FENCE AROUND THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY WHERE THE WATER TOWER IS BECAUSE NOBODY'S USING IT? AND AT LEAST FOR NOW, WE HAVE A DOG PARK AND WE TURNED THEM DOWN AND WE SAID, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT BECAUSE FRISCO, WE DO THINGS ONCE AND WE DO IT RIGHT.
AND SO THEY LEFT THAT MEETING AND THEY WERE UPSET AND SAID, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH YOU FOR YEARS.
CLEARLY, YOU DON'T LOVE OUR PETS.
YOU KNOW, AND I MADE THE DISCUSSION.
I MADE THE COMMENT THAT NIGHT AT THE COUNCIL MEETING.
SAYING IF WE BUILD THIS TEMPORARY DOG PARK, THIS WILL BE YOUR PERMANENT DOG PARK.
AND SURE ENOUGH, A YEAR LATER, THE OPPORTUNITY CAME WHERE OUR CURRENT DOG PARK IS ON FOURTH ARMY AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DOG PARK IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST IN THE ENTIRE REGION AND HAS SERVED THIS COMMUNITY WELL.
AND IT WAS JUST ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THEM BEING PATIENT AND WAITING FOR THE RIGHT TIME AND THE RIGHT PROJECT [INAUDIBLE].
SO MUCH SO THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY EXPANDED SINCE WE ORIGINALLY BUILT IT.
SO I MEAN, IT'S IT WAS PROOF OF CONCEPT AND WE'VE EXPANDED AND ADDED TO IT.
AND TO YOUR POINT, I THINK WE'LL ADD MORE.
AND I THINK WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE CONVERTS THAT, YOU KNOW, WERE NOT IN FAVOR OF IT WHEN IT ORIGINALLY CAME THROUGH AND HAVE SEEN THE BENEFIT OF SINCE.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE HARDEST PART OF OUR JOB.
JUST HAVING TO IN THIS DISCUSSION IS, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE IN FRISCO HAS A PASSION.
IF THEY HAVE A PASSION PROJECT, YOU KNOW, THEN YOU CAN'T DO IT QUICK ENOUGH.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, MY PASSION PROJECT HAD ALWAYS BEEN GRAND PARK, AND I REMEMBER BACK IN 2006 READING AN ARTICLE ABOUT IT AND SAYING, OH MY GOSH, I WANT MY KIDS TO EXPERIENCE GRAND PARK.
THEY MAY ONE DAY EXPERIENCE GRAND PARK, BUT IT WILL BE WITH THEIR CHILDREN.
I WAS GOING TO SAY IT'S GOING TO BE WITH YOUR GRANDKIDS, YOU KNOW? BUT YOU KNOW, THAT IS THE CHALLENGE WHEN YOU'RE REALLY PASSIONATE.
AND WE HAVE SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS HERE IN FRISCO THAT ARE CERTAINLY REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
AND AND WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT AND WE HEAR THEM.
BUT THAT IS THE HARDEST THING TO DO IS TO REACH PATIENTS.
THE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN WANTING A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER HERE IN FRISCO HAVE BEEN WAITING 20 YEARS AND NOW WE'RE FINALLY FOUND THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITY AND THE RIGHT PRIVATE PARTNER.
NOT TO SAY THAT ANYONE'S GOING TO WAIT 20 YEARS FOR THEIR PASSION PROJECT, BUT THAT IS CERTAINLY A CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE.
AND JUST BECAUSE WE CAN'T DELIVER EVERY SINGLE PROJECT THAT EVERY RESIDENT WANTS RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT LISTENING OR DON'T APPRECIATE HOW MUCH THEY'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT. SO WE'RE GOING TO JUMP TO A CALLER.
YES, WE'LL GO TO GAIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WAITING, GAIL, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO SOME FACEBOOK QUESTIONS.
GAIL, YOU ARE LIVE RIGHT NOW TO GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION.
SURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING MY CALL.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF WATER IN FRISCO.
AND MY CONCERN BASICALLY COMES FROM OUR TEXAS FREEZE THAT WE HAD LAST WINTER.
AND ALTHOUGH I DID NOT GET A MANDATE TO BOIL WATER, I TRIED TO GET AHEAD OF THE CURVE AND I BEGAN BOILING WATER AND FILTERING IT FIRST, THEN BOILING IT.
AND THEN MY HEAT CAME BACK ON.
AND SO I HAD ALL THIS WATER WELL I NOTICED IN THE PANTS THAT I USED TO BOIL THE WATER.
THERE WAS A GUMMY RESIDUE AROUND THE TOP OF THE BOIL WATER LINE THAT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO CLEAN OUT, AND I BEGAN TO INVESTIGATE SOME AND REALIZED THERE WAS A BATTERY DISPOSAL INTO THE INTO THE GROUND, POSSIBLY INTO THE WATER ABOUT FIVE MILES NORTH OF WADE AND
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PRESTON. AND SO I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF WATER.I'VE BEEN DRINKING BOTTLED WATER EVER SINCE, AND I PREFER NOT TO BECAUSE OF THE WASTE OF THE PLASTIC AND, YOU KNOW, THE RESOURCES THAT IT TAKES UP.
BUT I'M ALSO VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF OUR WATER.
SURE, I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE EXIDE BATTERY RECYCLING PLANT, BUT THAT THAT IS NOT WHERE WE GET OUR WATER. WE GET OUR WATER FROM THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT.
PAUL, YOU WANT TO KIND OF GIVE SOME BACKGROUND? PRIMARILY, YES.
THE WATER THAT COMES TO US FROM NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT COMES FROM SURFACE WATER LAKES, MAINLY LAKE LAVON, LAKE TEXOMA, AND WOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY ACTIVITY HERE WITHIN THE CITY OF FRISCO.
THE THE RESIDUE THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE EXPERIENCED AROUND YOUR PAN.
THERE COULD BE FROM SOME SUSPENDED SOLIDS THAT ARE WITHIN DRINKING WATER.
THE WATER IS TREATED THROUGH FILTRATION, IT'S NOT DISTILLED WATER.
SO IT DOESN'T TAKE OUT ALL OF THE SOLID MATTER.
HOWEVER, IT IS WITHIN ACCEPTABLE LEVELS PER STATE GUIDELINES.
WE TEST WE TAKE HUNDREDS OF WATER QUALITY TESTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY EVERY MONTH, AND OUR WATER QUALITY REPORT IS ACTUALLY POSTED ON THE PUBLIC WORKS WEBSITE.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE CALLER TO TO READ THROUGH THAT.
THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION IN THERE ABOUT THE WATER QUALITY IN FRISCO.
THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO FACEBOOK.
WE HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS STARTING TO COME IN NOW.
BETH WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, AND YOU MAY WANT TO ALLUDE TO TOMORROW NIGHT'S MEETING.
THERE'S A SMOKE AND VAPE SHOP THAT IS OPENING ON STONE BROOK AND TEEL.
IT'S RIGHT ACROSS FROM REEDY HIGH SCHOOL AND THE PEARSON MIDDLE SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL.
IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT THAT WE WANT RIGHT ACROSS FROM YOUNG KIDS. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO THERE OR ARE THEY JUST FREE TO BE? SO THEY ARE A LEGAL BUSINESS THAT ARE OPENING UNDER ALLOWABLE ZONING RESTRICTIONS, SO THEY ARE BY RIGHT ALLOWED TO OPEN THEIR SHOP THERE? THERE ARE OPTIONS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS GOING TO BE DISCUSSING IN OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FUTURE CHANGES TO OUR ORDINANCE.
IT WOULD NOT IMPACT THAT SPECIFIC SHOP BECAUSE THEY DID OPEN UNDER THE ORDINANCES TODAY, BUT COUNCIL WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN PURSUING FOR FUTURE.
I'M SORRY, I WAS GOING TO SLEEP.
MY NAME IS LINDA AND I LIVE OFF OF TEEL AND MAIN.
OK AND [INAUDIBLE] CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. OK. THREE YEARS AGO, WE WENT TO A MEETING THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TELLING US WHEN WE WAS GOING TO GET A PARK AND RECREATION CENTER.
THERE'S A SECTION OF [INAUDIBLE] YES, THAT'S WHAT HIS NAME WAS.
AND NOW, RIGHT NOW Y'ALL ARE BEGINNING TO PUT IT TOGETHER, WHAT'S TAKING SO LONG? I MEAN, THIS IS THREE YEARS AGO, PEOPLE.
YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS THE PARK THAT HAD THE ISSUES WITH THE CONTRACTOR.
SO WE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THE CONTRACTOR ON THAT ONE THAT IS DELAYED IT.
I BELIEVE THOSE HAVE BEEN RESOLVED AND IT'S NOW MOVING FORWARD TOWARD COMPLETION.
SO THAT'S WHY THAT ONE WAS DELAYED AS WE WORK THROUGH THAT.
AND WE HAVE ANOTHER FACEBOOK QUESTION.
THIS IS A QUESTION FROM MIKE ABOUT TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT IN FRISCO AS THE POPULATION MATURES AND KIDS START GETTING VEHICLES.
IT'S MADE THE NARROW STREETS IN MANY SUBDIVISIONS HARD TO GET AROUND WITH PARKING ON THE STREETS. IS THERE ANY PLAN TO ENFORCE A COUPLE OF THINGS? ONE. VEHICLES PARKED ON THE SIDES AND PARKED FACING THE WRONG WAY? OR WOULD WE MAKE PARKING RESTRICTIONS FOR STREETS? SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING YOU CAN TALK ABOUT HOW LITTLE WE CAN DO TO ENFORCE SOME OF THE PARKING ON PUBLIC. YEAH.
SO WITH WITH PUBLIC STREET PARKING, I THINK HE ASKED ABOUT THE PARKED FACING TRAFFIC.
THAT'S A VERY COMMON VIOLATION THAT WE SEE ACROSS THE CITY.
AND SO OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO JUST SEND OUT OFFICERS JUST TO FOCUS ON THAT ISSUE.
BUT IF WE GET A GET A COMPLAINT ON A VEHICLE PARKED FACING TRAFFIC, WE'LL GO OUT AND LOOK AT THAT AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO ISSUE A CITATION IN THAT CASE.
BUT TYPICALLY, WHAT WE'LL TRY AND DO IS MAKE CONTACT WITH THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE, GET THEM TO TURN IT AROUND OR MOVE IT IF WE CAN DO THAT.
SO THAT'S THAT'S HOW WE WOULD HANDLE THOSE VIOLATIONS.
AND DID YOU WANT TO JUST DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF PARKING THAT TAKES PLACE ON THE STREETS AND THE DIFFICULTY IN SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS ON THAT? YEAH, I MEAN, THERE IS A, YOU KNOW, PRETTY COMMONLY ACROSS THE CITY.
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WE DO HAVE A LOT OF VEHICLES PARKED ON THE STREET.AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT ANYTHING THAT PROHIBITS THEM FROM DOING SO UNLESS IT'S MARKED AS NO PARKING.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT IT AND DETERMINE IF THERE IS A PARKING VIOLATION.
WE CAN ISSUE A WARNING OR ISSUE A CITATION, BUT TYPICALLY IT DOES NOT INCLUDE A PARKING VIOLATION UNLESS IT'S PARKED IN A POSTED NO PARKING AREA.
TAKE ANOTHER FACEBOOK QUESTION.
ANDREW HAD KIND OF A FOLLOW UP TO HIS ANIMAL HABITAT HE WANTED, HE SAID.
HE JUST WANTS TO KNOW IF WE CONSIDER THE EFFECT ON WILDLIFE WHEN WE DO DEVELOPMENT, DO WE, SHOULD WE LOOK TOWARDS HAVING MORE PROTECTED WILDLIFE AREAS WHEN MORE DEVELOPMENT IS GOING IN? WELL, PRIVATE PROPERTY, CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO DEVELOP. YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF FRISCO HAS BEEN VERY AGGRESSIVE IN ACQUIRING PARK SPACE. YOU KNOW, GRAHAM PARK IS CERTAINLY A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT.
THAT IS PRIME REAL ESTATE RIGHT IN THE HEART OF OUR CITY.
THAT PROJECT WITH ALL THE ACREAGE WILL BE OVER A THOUSAND ACRES.
TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, CENTRAL PARK IN NEW YORK IS EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY ACRES, SO OUR CENTRAL PARK WILL BE LARGER EFFECTIVELY THAN NEW YORK.
AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THE CITY HAS BEEN VERY AGGRESSIVE WITH OUR LARGEST ACQUISITION AS WELL. WE ACQUIRED PROPERTY FOR A FUTURE PARK ALONG PRESTON, WHERE UNT IS CURRENTLY BEING BUILT. BUT THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY ACRES.
AND AGAIN, TO COMPARE THAT IN SIZE AND SCOPE, MOST OF OUR REGIONAL PARKS ARE 100 ACRES OR LESS. SO IF YOU THINK OF WARREN PARK OR BF PHILLIPS, THOSE ARE ALL AROUND ONE HUNDRED ACRES THAT'S GOING TO BE OVER TWICE THAT SIZE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, AND WITH SHANNON, OUR PARKS DIRECTOR AND THEIR TEAM, THEY ARE CERTAINLY GOING MORE TOWARDS NON PROGRAM PARK SPACE.
THAT HAS BEEN A TREND THAT THE CITY OF FRISCO HAS DONE.
AND SO EVEN OUR NORTHEAST COMMUNITY PARK IS GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF THAT, AND I'LL LET BILL KIND OF TOUCH ON THAT.
BUT THE LAST THING THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SPEAK ABOUT IS THE THE PGA COURSE.
THEY ACTUALLY DID A LOT OF PROTECTION.
AND ACTUALLY, THE WEST COURSE ACTUALLY HAS ITS OWN NATURAL HABITAT AS PART OF THE COURSE.
AND SO THAT WAS SOMETHING EVEN OUR PRIVATE PARTNER COMMITTED TO DOING.
SO BILL ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? ALL RIGHT. SO THE NORTHWEST PARK IS GOING TO BE SPECIAL BECAUSE MOST OF OUR OTHER REGIONAL PARKS THE WARRENS, BAUCUS, PHILLIPS ALL HAVE BALL FIELDS OF SOME SORT FOOTBALL FIELDS, BASEBALL FIELDS, SOCCER FIELDS, CRICKET FIELDS.
NORTHWEST IS GOING TO BE PRIMARILY NATURAL, WITH PAVED HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS AND ABOUT SIX MILES OF NATURAL SURFACE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL, MORE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS. SO IT'S GOING TO BE MUCH MORE NATURAL.
I THINK WE'LL ACTUALLY BLEND IN VERY WELL WITH THE PGA HABITAT AND THEN FRISCO ON THE GREEN, WHICH IS A PARK JUST NORTH OF THAT.
IT'S GOING TO BE VERY SIMILAR IN SCOPE AND ITS NATURAL WITH HIKING TRAILS AND WHATNOT THROUGHOUT IT. JOHN ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? TO ADD TO THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR ABOUT 20 PLUS YEARS, BUT THE MAIN CORRIDORS FOR THE NATURAL FOR THE WILDLIFE IS ALONG THE CREEK CORRIDORS, AND SO WE DO A LOT TO PRESERVE THE CREEKS WHEN DEVELOPMENT COMES IN.
SO WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
WE TAKE A THOROUGH LOOK WHEN THEY COME IN FOR ZONING TO PRESERVE THOSE AREAS.
OKAY. THANK YOU, JOHN. OK, WE CAN GO BACK TO FACEBOOK.
IT WOULDN'T BE A TOWN HALL WITHOUT THIS QUESTION.
ANY UPDATE ON WADE PARK DEVELOPMENT AT THE CORNER OF LEBANON AND THE DNT? MAN, I TOOK THE UNDER FOR WHEN THAT QUESTION WAS GOING TO BE ASKED.
WADE PARK IS A COMMON PROJECT THAT IS COMMONLY THOUGHT OF AS THE DEVELOPMENT WITH THE GIANT HOLE. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT IS, SO THAT IS ACTUALLY BUILT FOR UNDERGROUND PARKING THAT WAS GOING IN AS PART OF THAT DEVELOPMENT.
YOU KNOW, THERE ISN'T NECESSARILY MUCH WE CAN PUBLICLY SHARE OTHER THAN TO SAY THAT THE BANK THAT OWNED THE PROPERTY TOOK IT BACK A YEAR AGO.
THEY ARE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH THE CITY WITH DEVELOPMENT PLANS, AND WE ARE HOPEFUL BASED ON SOME ENCOURAGING RECENT NEWS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL BE BACK UP AND RUNNING AND BACK UNDER DEVELOPMENT HERE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
THE FINAL STORY OF WADE PARK WILL BE A POSITIVE ONE.
THE REASON THAT YOU DON'T SEE UNDERGROUND PARKING AND DEVELOPMENTS VERY OFTEN IS BECAUSE IT IS SO EXPENSIVE TO DO THAT.
IT'S THREE OR FOUR TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE TO GO UNDERGROUND FOR YOUR PARKING THAN IT IS TO DO A PARKING STRUCTURE ABOVE GROUND.
AND SO ULTIMATELY, AS THAT PROPERTY DEVELOPS, THAT WILL BE AN ASSET TO THE PROPERTY THAT WILL BE UTILIZED. AND SO WHAT THAT WILL ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT TO DO IS TO HAVE MORE AMENITIES AT GRADE LEVEL, WHICH MEANS THEY CAN COMMIT TO MORE OPEN SPACE AND WALKABILITY AND SO FORTH SINCE YOU DON'T HAVE AN ABOVE GROUND PARKING STRUCTURE.
SO IT IS A PRIME PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WILL DEVELOP OUT.
IT MAY HAVE A NEW VISION, BUT IT WILL BE, I BELIEVE, A WORLD CLASS DEVELOPMENT WHEN THE
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FINAL STORY IS WRITTEN. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A CALLER.WE SURE DO. LET'S GO BACK TO THE PHONES, WE HAVE JENNY UP LIVE NEXT, BUT I WANT TO DO A LAST CALL FOR EMAIL UPDATES.
PROVIDE US YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS THAT WAY, THE CITY OF FRISCO CAN KEEP YOU UP TO DATE ON IMPORTANT ISSUES GOING FORWARD VIA EMAIL.
SO AGAIN, THOSE PRESSING SEVEN ON THE KEYPAD ON YOUR PHONE.
WITH THAT, LET'S GET JENNY UP.
SHE ASKS THAT I READ HER QUESTION.
JENNY SAYS WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF 121 AND PRESTON? AND AGAIN, THAT COMES FROM JENNY.
SO GREAT QUESTION THAT IS ACTUALLY ONE OF MY LITTLE PET PROJECTS.
SO I'LL SHARE A QUICK STORY WITH THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY FOR MANY YEARS AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, I COMPLAINED THAT IN THE CITY OF FRISCO, IF YOU WANTED TO SIT ON A PATIO AND NOT LOOK AT A PARKING LOT FOR THE LONGEST TIME, YOU HAD ONE OPTION YOU COULD GO TO GLORIA'S BECAUSE THEY USE THAT DETENTION POND AND CREATED AN AMENITY.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, WE WERE DOING DEVELOPMENTS IN FRISCO AND THAT HAD BECOME AN AFTERTHOUGHT WHERE, YOU KNOW, DETENTION PONDS JUST KIND OF GO IN AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE BEHIND THE BUILDINGS. AND THAT WAS A PUSH THE CITY MADE IS TO SAY, HEY, LET'S LET'S DESIGN THESE. LET'S HAVE OPEN SPACE.
LET'S HAVE THESE AMENITIES AND MAKE BETTER, MORE INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS AND WHERE YOU COULD ACTUALLY HAVE PATIOS THAT OVERLOOK SOMETHING NICE.
AND SO THAT WAS MY KIND OF CASE IN POINT THAT I WOULD SAY EVERY SINGLE TIME WAS THE POND AT ONE 121 AND PRESTON IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A MISSED OPPORTUNITY THAT THE CITY OF FRISCO COULD HAVE DESIGNED AROUND THAT, AND IT CREATED A REALLY NICE ENVIRONMENT.
AND SO OUR CITY MANAGER, GEORGE PUREFOY, GOT TIRED OF ME TELLING THAT STORY.
AND SO ONE DAY HE CAME TO A COUNCIL MEETING SAYS, I THINK I'VE GOT THAT FIGURED OUT THAT IF WE KIND OF INVEST IN THE DRAINING, WE DO SOME THINGS DIFFERENT THERE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY CREATE A PAD SITE THERE TO BE ABLE TO PUT A RESTAURANT WITH A REALLY NICE PATIO RIGHT THERE ON THE CORNER OVERLOOKING THIS POND AND CREATE AN AMENITY.
AND SO THE CITY OF FRISCO HAS DONE THAT.
WE HAVE FOUND A PARTNER TO ACTUALLY BUILD THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN ACTUALLY ANNOUNCE THE NAME OF THE RESTAURANT, BUT THAT IS COMING SOON. YOU KNOW, COVID DID DELAY IT A LITTLE BIT.
WE WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE BEEN OPEN.
IT WOULD BE OPEN BY NOW IF COVID HAD NOT DELAYED THINGS.
BUT THAT WILL BE COMING SOON TO THE POINT WITH THE LAST MEETING THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD WITH THE MALL, FOLKS. ONCE THEY LEARNED OF THESE PLANS, THEY EVEN STARTED HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MAYBE EVEN REDEVELOPING AROUND THE REST OF THE POND.
AND SO THAT IS A FUTURE RESTAURANT THAT ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO ENJOY.
WE HAVE ANOTHER FACEBOOK QUESTION.
SOMEBODY NEW TO FRISCO BY THE NAME OF JEFFREY DAVIS SAID HE NOTICED GOING WEST THE COTTONWOOD CREEK TRAIL.
IT SORT OF COMES TO AN END THERE AT TEEL, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE COULD BE A WAY TO HAVE THAT TRAIL GO UNDER A BRIDGE AND THEN CONNECT TO THE SIDEWALK BY THE GOLF COURSE.
ARE THERE ANY THOUGHTS TO DO THIS? I'VE BEEN OUT THERE AND I'VE LOOKED AT THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE EVER ACTUALLY INVESTIGATED.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD GET A TRAIL UNDER THERE.
IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE, JEFFREY HERE RECENTLY, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT'S BEING DONE TO THE PARK RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE WORK AND WE HAVE TO KIND OF SHORE UP THE PONDS AND THE CREEK AND THERE'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A LOOP ADDED AROUND THE POND.
THE PARK WILL BE EXTENDED TO THE EAST.
IT WILL GO UNDER DNT AND CONNECT UP TO OUR TRAIL NETWORK GOING EAST AND THERE'LL BE A FUTURE TRAIL THAT GOES KIND OF SOUTHEAST THAT WILL THEN CONNECT UP TO MAIN STREET.
SO THERE ARE ADDITIONAL NETWORK TRAIL NETWORKS THAT ARE GOING.
I THINK WHAT PARKS ULTIMATELY DECIDED WAS TO USE OUR BIKE TRAIL SYSTEM THAT GOES THROUGH THE TRAILS TO MAKE THAT KIND OF CONNECTION THROUGH HEATHER RIDGE.
I THINK IT MAY BE TOO MUCH OF A CHALLENGE TO GET UNDER THAT BRIDGE, BUT WE'LL LOOK AT IT.
YEAH, I THINK THAT ONE MIGHT BE A LITTLE SHORT TO BE ABLE TO GET UNDER, BUT IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE ANOTHER FACEBOOK.
SO A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF DAVID ASKS, WE HAVE SEVERAL FIRE HYDRANTS THAT ARE OFTEN OPEN IN STONE BRIAR VILLAGE.
CAN YOU PLEASE TELL US THE NEED FOR THIS? YES, IT'S I ASSUME THE CALLER IS SAYING THAT THE FIRE HYDRANTS ARE OPEN AND WATER IS COMING OUT OF THE FIRE HYDRANTS, AND THAT'S PART OF OUR MAINTENANCE PROCESS THE THE POTABLE WATER INSIDE OF THE.
PIPES AND THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF DISINFECTANT WITHIN
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THEM, IN OUR CASE, IT'S CHLORINE AND IN SOME CASES WHEN YOU HAVE CHLORINE RESIDUAL IN THE PIPES DIMINISHES OVER TIME, LARGELY DUE TO HEAT AND THEN SOMETIMES THE NONUSE OF THE WATER. SO EITHER TIME OR TEMPERATURE WILL DEGRADE THE RESIDUAL OF CHLORINE.AND SO IN THOSE PARTS OF THE SYSTEM WHERE THAT OCCURS, WE FLUSH THE WATER OUT AND ALLOW THE OLD WATER, IF YOU WILL, TO TO EVACUATE THE SYSTEM.
IT'S A COMMON MAINTENANCE PRACTICE.
WE'VE LOOKED AT OTHER WAYS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE DIMINISHED CHLORINE VOLUME OR CONCENTRATION, BUT THIS IS JUST THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE.
IT AMOUNTS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO ABOUT ONE TO ONE AND A HALF PERCENT OF OUR TOTAL VOLUME ANNUALLY. AND SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE FLUSHING.
IT SHOULD STOP HERE SOON AS THE CITY TAKES A LARGE NUMBER OF WATER QUALITY SAMPLES FROM THE SYSTEM MONTHLY.
AND SO WHEN WE BEGAN TO FIGURE OUT THAT WE'RE GETTING LOWER THAN DESIRED CHLORINE LEVELS, WE WILL EMPLOY THE FLUSHING ROUTINE.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GO TO A CALLER.
EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, LET'S GET SANDRA UP IN FRISCO.
SANDRA YOU'RE LIVE RIGHT NOW, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING THESE FORMS, BY THE WAY IT'S AWESOME.
AND FOR THE LADY THAT TALKED ABOUT THE DRINKING WATER, I WILL NOT LEAVE FRISCO BECAUSE WE HAVE THE BEST DRINKING WATER.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS I WALK A LOT AND THE TREES I NOTICED, ESPECIALLY ON THE [INAUDIBLE] SIDE OF BETWEEN COIT AND HILLCREST, THEY'RE PLANTED SO CLOSELY TOGETHER THAT THERE'S NO ROOM FOR GROWTH AND THERE IS EROSION, AND THE FACT THAT THEY'RE NOT TRIMMED UP IS CAUSING THE MATTER TO BE WORSE, WHERE YOU COULDN'T PLANT GRASS IF YOU TRIED.
AND THEN IF YOU TRY TO RIDE YOUR BIKE THROUGH THERE AND THERE'S A THERE'S A CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT THERE.
AND MOST OF THE KIDS HAVE TO DUCK DOWN BECAUSE THEY'LL GET HIT IN THE HEAD WITH BRANCHES.
CAN WE NOT HAVE A MANDATE THAT YOU HAVE TO GO AT LEAST YOU KNOW WHERE THERE'S A WALKWAY, WHERE IT'S 20 FEET OR 25 FEET UP IN THE AIR, WHERE YOU'RE PUTTING IT IN SO THAT THEY GET THE GROUND, GETS ENOUGH SUNLIGHT WHERE THE GRASS GROWS [INAUDIBLE].
ARE YOU REFERRING TO PRIVATE PROPERTY OR ARE YOU? AND WE'RE PLANNING THEM TO CLOSE TOGETHER.
AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE JUST ONE MORE IS THE LIGHTS ON COIT.
I UNDERSTAND WE'RE WORKING ON EXPANDING THE ROADS AND EVERYTHING, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN OUT FOR SO LONG ON [INAUDIBLE] AND COIT.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL IS.
AND THAT'S WHERE I WALK EVERY MORNING AND IT'D BE GREAT IF WE COULD GET SOME LIGHT ON.
DO WE HAVE A DATE WHEN THE LIGHTS WILL BE COMING ON? THAT'S IT. OK, THANK YOU.
OK, JOHN LITTLER HERE, REGARDING THE LIMBS OVER SIDEWALKS, THERE IS A CLEARANCE HEIGHT OF BETWEEN SEVEN OR EIGHT FEET.
AND AFTER THIS, I'LL HAVE DANA FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND GET YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION WHERE I CAN CONTACT YOU AND TALK ABOUT SPECIFICS AND THEN I CAN HAVE CODE GO OUT AND TAKE A LOOK TO JUST TO SEE IF IT'S A HOA ISSUE.
OR IS IT MORE THAN LIKELY? THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT IT IS, BUT I NEED TO GET MORE INFORMATION FROM YOU REGARDING THAT.
AND I THINK THE OTHER QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE LIGHTING ALONG COIT, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY DUE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF COIT.
AND I WOULD ASSUME WE'LL TURN THE LIGHTS BACK ON WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION AND ALL THE IRRIGATION AND EVERYTHING IS NEARING COMPLETION.
YES, BUT I'LL ASK FIND OUT IF THERE'S ANY REASON WHY THEY CAN'T BE TURNED ON SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. YEAH.
ALL RIGHT. FACEBOOK. LESLIE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW DRIVING AROUND THE CITY THERE SEEMED TO BE A LOT OF SIGNS, SOME ARE UNNECESSARY THAT JUNK UP THE AREA COMPARED TO OUR NEIGHBORING CITY. HAS ANYONE LOOKED AT OUR SIGNS AND DESIGN FOR THE CITY? I'M NOT SURE IF SHE'S MEANING, AND SHE MIGHT WANT TO BE MORE SPECIFIC HERE IN THE COMMENTS. IF SHE MEANS COMING SOON SIGNS OR IF SHE MEANS DURING CAMPAIGN SEASON SIGNS, OR IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC TYPE OF SIGN SHE'S TALKING ABOUT OR JUST SIGNS IN GENERAL.
SO THE CITY OF FRISCO, WE DO HAVE A PRETTY STRICT SIGN ORDINANCE POLICY HERE WHERE WE DO RESTRICT THE LOOK AND THE HEIGHT.
AND IN FACT, WE JUST DID A REVIEW OF THAT ORDINANCE.
SO WE ARE PRETTY STRICT HERE IN FRISCO.
YOU WILL NOTICE, FOR INSTANCE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T ALLOW BILLBOARDS IN THE CITY OF FRISCO.
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THERE'S A FEW THAT HAVE BEEN GRANDFATHER JUST FROM TIME.BUT YOU KNOW, THE ESTHETIC OF THE CITY IS CERTAINLY IMPORTANT TO US REGARDING CAMPAIGN SIGNS. THERE'S LITTLE THE CITY CAN DO FROM THAT BECAUSE STATE LAW GOVERNS THAT AND ALLOWS THEM DURING CAMPAIGN SEASON.
I THINK ALL OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS WOULD ALL AGREE THAT WE WOULD LOVE FOR THEM TO BE BANNED I THINK JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF WORK AND YOU JUST FEEL LIKE YOU KIND OF HAVE TO DO IT. BUT AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, BANDIT SIGNS OR OTHER SIDES, THOSE ARE NOT ALLOWED. AND SO CODE ENFORCEMENT IS PICKING UP SIGNS ALL THE TIME.
YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY, IF YOU SEE SOME THAT CERTAINLY YOU CAN REPORT VIA THE MY FRISCO APP.
BUT IF THERE'S ANY OTHER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, YOU CAN KIND OF REACH OUT REGARDING SIGNS OR IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC SIGN, WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE A LOOK.
ONE THING THAT WE HAVE DONE DURING THIS PANDEMIC IS ALLOWED TO HELP BUSINESSES ALLOW THEM TO PUT UP BANDIT SIGNS, BUT THAT'S ONLY ON THE PROPERTY IN WHICH THEY'RE LOCATED.
BUT BANDIT SIGNS WHERE ADVERTISING, YOU KNOW, SELL THE HOME, WE BUY USED CARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THOSE ARE PROHIBITED.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO A CALLER.
EXCELLENT. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO RICHARD NEXT, ANOTHER REMINDER PRESS ZERO ON THE KEYPAD ON YOUR PHONE IF YOU'RE PARTICIPATING ON THE LIN JUST LIKE RICHARD DID TO GET IN LINE WITH YOUR OWN QUESTIONS, RICHARD, YOUR LIVE GO AHEAD.
OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY QUESTION IS I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS IN THE CITY OF FRISCO [INAUDIBLE] PRETTY DRASTICALLY AND I SEE A LOT OF THE LAND BEING PURCHASED A LOT OF TIMES FOR EITHER APARTMENTS OR NEW CONSTRUCTIONS OF EVENT CENTERS.
AND LIKE PGA, UNT, OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES SUCH AS PLANO, HAS TWO NATURE PRESERVES WITH A LOT OF HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS.
I KNOW WE HAVE MANY PARKS HERE, BUT THEY'RE VERY SMALL IN IN COMPARISON TO LIKE THE PLANO'S OF NATURE PRESERVE THERE.
OR, YOU KNOW, DALLAS HAS WHITE ROCK LAKE HAS THE CITY OF FRISCO CONSIDERED BUYING SOME OF THIS LAND AND USING IT FOR SOMETHING LIKE A NATURE PRESERVE? THAT'S GOOD SIZE AS OPPOSED TO SOME OF THESE SMALLER PARTS? YEAH, SINCE WE HAD TOUCHED ON A LITTLE EARLIER IN THE TOWN HALL REGARDING SOME FUTURE PARKS THAT THE CITY HAS, GRAND PARK IS CERTAINLY ONE THAT YOU KNOW THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF GRAND PARK IS OVER A THOUSAND ACRES.
THEY'LL BE VERY MUCH NATURAL ELEMENTS WITHIN THAT.
IN MY OPINION, GRAND PARK WILL BE KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AS KIND OF ONE OF THE BEST PARKS IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE.
BILL HAD TOUCHED ON NORTHWEST COMMUNITY PARK THAT THAT'S BEING CHANGED TO BE KIND OF MORE NATURAL. WE DO HAVE A COMPLETE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL MASTER PLAN THAT GOES THROUGH FUTURE BUILD OUT OF THE CITY OF FRISCO, AND WE'RE SLOWLY MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS AS DEVELOPMENT COMES. AND SO WE JUST MADE A MAJOR CONNECTION THROUGH PLANO WITH THE TEJAS TRAIL.
AND SO THERE CERTAINLY HAS BEEN A SHIFT IN MINDSET HERE LATELY TO GO FROM WHILE WE DO HAVE PROGRAM PARK NEEDS FOR BALL FIELDS AND SO FORTH THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD AS WE GROW, BUT TO HAVE SOME MORE OF THOSE NATURAL TYPE PARKS.
SO I GUESS I WOULD PUT THOSE AS A COMING SOON TO THE CITY OF FRISCO.
SO I WOULD ADD TO THAT TOO, IS YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT KIND OF WHERE WE ARE IN OUR GROWTH PHASE TOO. I MEAN, FRISCO IS STILL RELATIVELY YOUNG AT AROUND 20 OR 25 YEARS WITH TO GET TO WHERE WE'RE AT FROM, WHERE WE WERE IN THE 90S WITH VERY FEW PEOPLE TO THIS DAY.
YOU KNOW, MY OFFICE WHERE I WORK, IS DOWN IN DALLAS AND I'M STILL SEEING DALLAS ADDING TRAILS AND ADDING CONNECTIONS AND ADDING THINGS THEY DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO US AND WE'RE ACTUALLY, I THINK, GETTING STARTED ON IT EARLIER IN OUR GROWTH THAN MAYBE SOME OF THE THE OLDER CITIES FURTHER SOUTH DID.
BUT TO JEFF'S POINT, EARLIER, IT'S IT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PATIENCE BECAUSE WE'VE WE DO HAVE TO WAIT FOR SOME THINGS TO DEVELOP TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE CONNECTIONS THROUGH THE PRIVATE PROPERTY. OK, WE HAVE A CALLER.
SURE, DO LET'S GET SAVANNAH LIVE RIGHT NOW.
SAVANNAH, PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION.
WE LIVE IN FRISCO, BUT OUR ZIP CODE, WHICH IS 75068, POPULATES AS LITTLE ELM.
I'M WONDERING IF THAT WILL EVER CHANGE OR ARE WE JUST IN THIS CYCLE WHERE WE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE OFFICIALLY IN CORRESPONDENCES LITTLE ELM? YES, MA'AM. SO WE TOUCHED ON THAT RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CALL TO A QUICK REVIEW, WHICH IS WE'RE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH CONGRESSMAN BURGESS OFFICE.
IN FACT, I WROTE A PERSONAL LETTER IN SUPPORT OF CHANGING THE ZIP CODE.
HE HAS ISSUED A LETTER OF SUPPORT AS WELL.
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THERE IS A LENGTHY PROCESS THAT THE CITY HAS TO GO THROUGH WITH THE PETITION.WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S DONE CORRECTLY BECAUSE YOU CAN ONLY DO IT ONCE EVERY 10 YEARS. EFFECTIVELY, WE REALLY ONLY HAVE ONE SHOT, I WOULD SAY, TO GET IT RIGHT.
ALL HAS BEEN SUBMITTED IS CURRENTLY AT USPS FOR THEIR REVIEW.
WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THEY CONSIDER THE REQUEST BECAUSE WE KNOW OUR RESIDENTS THAT LIVE THERE ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT AND ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THEIR MAIL.
SO THE CITY IS SUPPORTIVE OF THAT CHANGE AND WE'RE CERTAINLY DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP WITH THAT. OK.
GOT ANOTHER CALLER? YES, WE DO.
LET'S GO TO MELISSA LIVE RIGHT NOW, OR MELISSA ASKS THAT I READ HER QUESTION.
MELISSA SAYS ON SHEPHERDS HILL [INADUIBLE] AND FROM CENTENNIAL OR DOWN FROM CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL BETWEEN MAINE AND [INAUDIBLE].
CAN THE CITY OF FRISCO PUT IN STREET LIGHTS? AND AGAIN, THAT'S FROM MELISSA.
OK. WHO WANTS TO TACKLE THAT ONE.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S THE COIT CONSTRUCTION AGAIN.
YEAH, WELL, THE LIGHT, THE MEDIAN LIGHTING ALONG COIT FROM MAIN TO 121 HAS BEEN OUT NOW FOR FOR SEVERAL MONTHS WHILE COIT IS BEING WIDENED AND THAT PROJECT, AS IT WRAPS UP THOSE LIGHTS WILL BE TURNED BACK ON.
ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ANOTHER CALLER.
CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE ONE CALLER, I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE COMING IN, THOUGH, AS WELL, BUT ANOTHER REMINDER TO PRESS ZERO IF YOU'RE ON THE PHONE TO GET IN LINE WITH YOUR OWN QUESTION. ANYTHING FROM FACEBOOK OR.
ANY TAKERS FROM THE AUDIENCE? SO WE'LL WAIT JUST A MINUTE AND SEE IF WE HAVE ANY OTHERS.
OK. IT LOOKS LIKE, OH, YES, SIR.
YES. I WAS WONDERING, IF YOU COULD GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE LEGACY EXTENSION PAST THE PGA AND THE PANTHER CREEK EXTENSION? WHAT'S THE TIMING FOR THAT? WHAT'S IT LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE? JUST AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
THE CHART THAT PAUL'S PULLING OUT IS ALSO PUBLISHED ON THE WEBSITE EVERY MONTH, SO IF ANYBODY HAS THESE QUESTIONS, WE HE KEEPS THOSE UPDATED FOR YES, ACTUALLY THE THEY ARE ON THE PUBLIC WORKS WEBSITE.
OUR MONTHLY REPORT HAS A LINK INSIDE OF IT TO ALL OF OUR ALL OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND THE TIMING. AND THEN TOMORROW NIGHT'S COUNCIL AGENDA HAS OUR PUBLIC WORKS MONTHLY REPORT IN IT AS WELL, AND YOU CAN CLICK AND FIND ALL OF THESE.
IF YOU'LL GIVE ME JUST A MINUTE, I CAN FIND THOSE DATES FOR YOU ON OUR OUR PROJECTIONS, BUT I THINK THE THE LEGACY EXTENSION AND THEN THE PGA PARKWAY EXTENSION ARE BASICALLY TIME FOR COMPLETION AROUND 2023.
SO THEY'RE THEY'RE UNDER DESIGN RIGHT NOW AND THE CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN IN 22.
WELL, THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON THE PGA.
SO THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN DRIVING OUT IN THAT AREA OF SEEING A LOT OF CRANES AND THE OMNI RESORT IS GOING VERTICAL RIGHT NOW, THE HEADQUARTERS HAS BEEN TOPPED OUT.
THE PGA WILL MOVE INTO THEIR HEADQUARTERS EARLY NEXT YEAR.
THE GOLF COURSE IS ESSENTIALLY COMPLETE AND THEY'RE LETTING IT GROW IN HERE FOR A COUPLE OF SEASONS. WE ARE GETTING PREPARED FOR TO HOST OUR FIRST TOURNAMENT IN MAY OF 2023, WHICH WILL BE THE SENIOR PGA CHAMPIONSHIP.
AND SO THAT IS WHY THESE ROADWAYS ARE IMPORTANT.
WE WANT TO PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD AND THE COURSE AND ALL THE AMENITIES ARE ALL BUILDING BEING BUILT IN A SINGLE PHASE.
AND SO THOSE ARE EXPECTED TO OPEN IN EARLY 2023.
SO IT IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
CERTAINLY, THAT PROJECT IS CREATING A MAJOR HALO EFFECT AROUND THAT ENTIRE AREA.
SO THE DEVELOPMENTS ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THAT PROJECT NOW ARE HAVE GONE THROUGH RECENT ZONING CASES AND YOU ARE LOOKING AT EXCITING POTENTIAL PROJECTS COMING TO THEM AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, WATCHING THE RYDER CUP THIS WEEK AND SEEING ON TV AND JUST THE EXCITEMENT WITH THAT, WE WERE TOLD THAT THE RYDER CUP, THEIR MERCHANDISE SALES, THAT THEY DID $20 MILLION DOLLARS OF MERCHANDISE SALES IN FOUR DAYS.
AND SO THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS WILL BE HAPPENING HERE VERY SOON IN FRISCO, YOU KNOW WHERE THOSE TYPES OF SALES WILL BE GOING BACK WITH FRISCO, TEXAS, ALL OVER THE WORLD.
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AND SO THAT WAS PART OF THE VISION FOR THIS DEAL IS THAT FRISCO WILL BEGIN PLAYING CERTAINLY ON AN INTERNATIONAL STAGE AS SOON AS WE START HOSTING TOURNAMENTS.THE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP WILL BE HOSTED IN 2027.
BUT I THINK IN THE FIRST 15 YEARS, THERE'S 23 TOURNAMENTS ROUGHLY COMMITTED FROM JUNIOR TOURNAMENTS OR THE SENIORS, THE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP TO THE WOMEN'S.
AND SO IT HAS BEEN CALLED CERTAINLY THE MODERN HOME OF GOLF, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SHOW OFF THAT PROJECT HERE AND JUST A LITTLE OVER 18 MONTHS.
AND I DO THINK WE HAD A CALLER COME IN ONE MORE.
THIS IS A COMMENT FROM LESLIE, SHE ASKS THAT I READ HER COMMENT.
SHE SAID THIS IS REFERENCING BACK TO OUR DISCUSSION EARLIER ABOUT THAT DALLAS NEWSPAPER THAT'S BEING DELIVERED. SHE WANTS HER NEWSPAPER TO BE CONTINUED DELIVERED.
SHE DOES NOT WANT THAT SERVICE INTERRUPTED AND AGAIN THAT'S FROM LESLIE.
OK, LESLIE, WE HAVE NOTED THAT AND THAT IS A PERFECT WAY, I THINK, FOR US TO END OUR TOWN HALL. SO WE WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO JOINED US ON THE PHONE AND ON FACEBOOK AND CERTAINLY HERE IN PERSON.
THANK YOU ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR BEING HERE TO LISTEN TO THE INPUT OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND OF COURSE, OUR HARDWORKING CITY STAFF FOR SPENDING A LATE NIGHT WITH US TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.
WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK HERE TOMORROW NIGHT WITH OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, SO YOU CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INPUT DURING CITIZEN INPUT IN THAT MEETING.
AND SO FOR THOSE THAT ARE JOINING US TOMORROW, WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.