[CALL TO ORDER]
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SQUARE BOULEVARD IN FRISCO, TEXAS.ON TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2022, AND I'VE CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER JOINING BY A QUORUM OF THE COUNCIL.
THAT WILL MOVE US INTO CLOSED SESSION.
[CLOSED SESSION]
ITEM TWO, RECESS IN THE CLOSED SESSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 551.001 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE ITEM A, MEETING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE CITY ATTORNEY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CONFLICTS WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT REGARDING ONE, RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS TO THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AT HALL PARK.TWO, RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS TO THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF FRISCO, THE FRISCO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THE FRISCO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THE FRISCO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA AND THE OMNI STILLWATER WOODS GOLF RESORT, LLC. ITEMS THREE RECEIVED LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS TO THE SIGNED ORDINANCE.
FOUR, RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING SOME CEREMONIAL DOCUMENT REQUESTS.
ITEM B, SECTION 551.072, TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE OF EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED ONE NORTH OF MAIN STREET WEST DEPRESSED IN EAST OF LEGACY AND SOUTH OF EL DORADO, TWO NORTH OF STONEBRIDGE, EAST OF LEGACY, WEST OF PRESTON AND SOUTH OF MAIN.
ITEM ONE, DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT DUTIES AND EVALUATION PROCESS FOR THE SUCCESSOR CITY MANAGER.
DELIBERATION REGARDING COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE CITY HAS RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT, OR TO DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF A FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVE TO A BUSINESS PROSPECTS. HAVE A MOTION.
SO MOVED. A MOTION BY JOHN, SECOND BY BRIAN, ALL IN FAVOR.
AYE. I PROPOSE THAT MOTION PASSES FOUR-ZERO.
WE'RE AT RECESS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 5:24 P.M..
OBVIOUSLY GOT A LOT TO GO OVER.
MOTION BY JOHN, SECOND BY BRIAN, ALL IN FAVOR.
WE ARE RECONVENING REGULAR SESSION AT 6:55 P.M.
OUR INVOCATION TONIGHT WILL BE LED BY PASTOR AFSHIN, AFSHIN IS THE LEAD PASTOR OF PROVIDENCE CHURCH IN FRISCO, BORN IN HOUSTON, AFSHIN MOVED WITH HIS FAMILY TO THEIR NATIVE COUNTRY OF IRAN WHEN HE WAS TWO YEARS OLD IN THE MIDST OF THE IRANIAN ISLAMIC REVOLUTION, AFSHIN'S FAMILY MOVED BACK TO HOUSTON AT AGE SIX. BEFORE COMING TO PROVIDENCE, AFSHIN TRAVELED AND PROCLAIMED THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST IN CHURCHES AND CONFERENCES AND TRAVELED TO THE MIDDLE EAST TO TRAIN IRANIAN PASTORS. AFSHIN IS MARRIED TO MEREDITH AND THEY HAVE THREE CHILDREN AND THEY HAVE CALLED FRISCO THEIR HOME SINCE 2010.
AND THANK YOU FOR MEETING WITH ME BEFORE.
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YES, ABSOLUTELY.
AND MY PERSONAL PASTOR, BY THE WAY, TOO.
I'M HONORED. WELL, LET'S PRAY, FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS SESSION.
WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BOW BEFORE YOU IN PRAYER.
LORD, WE CONFESS THAT YOU ARE SOVEREIGN, AS YOUR WORD SAYS, OVER ALL OF THE WORLD AND OVER EVERY NATION AND EVERY STATE AND EVERY CITY. AND LORD, WE THANK YOU, JESUS, FOR OUR CITY LEADERS, OUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE US, WHO LEAD US. AND YOUR SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT WE ARE TO PRAY AND MAKE INTERCESSION FOR ALL PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE IN AUTHORITY, THAT WE MAY LEAD A PEACEFUL AND QUIET LIFE, GODLY AND DIGNIFIED IN EVERY WAY.
AND SO, LORD, I DO PRAY FOR OUR LEADERS.
I PRAY, JESUS, YOUR HAND WOULD BE UPON THEM.
I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD PROTECT THEM.
I PRAY THAT AS THEY ARE SERVING SO MANY OF US THAT THEY WOULD THEY WOULD FEEL, LORD, YOUR HAND UPON THEM, GUIDING THEM, DIRECTING THEM, GIVE THEM WISDOM AS THEY LEAD, SO THAT AGAIN, WE COULD LIVE A PEACEFUL, GODLY LIFE.
AND JESUS, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BE GLORIFIED IN ALL THE PROCEEDINGS TONIGHT AND THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE OUR HAND AND THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE FOR YOUR GLORY.
AND THAT'S OUR DESIRE JESUS IN CHRIST NAME WE PRAY.
AMEN. AND OUR PLEDGES TONIGHT WILL BE LED BY CUB SCOUT TROOP 2060.
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THESE GUYS WANT TO COME ON UP HERE TO THE STAGE? [INAUDIBLE] THERE WE GO.BUT WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
ALL OF THESE PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT ARE HERE FOR YOU ALL.
[APPLAUSE] SO YOU ALL CAME ON A VERY, VERY SPECIAL NIGHT BECAUSE WE ARE SWEARING IN MISS TAMMY AS OUR NEW COUNCILWOMAN.
SO SHE IS STARTING A BRAND NEW JOURNEY AND EXCITING AS YOUR NEWEST CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO I WANT YOU ALL TO INTRODUCE YOURSELVES.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME LIKE I CAN'T LOOK IT AWAY.
AND TELL US YOUR NAME, YOUR SCHOOL GRADE AND MAYBE A PIECE OF ADVICE FOR MISS TAMMY AS SHE STARTS THIS NEW JOURNEY.
ALL RIGHT, LION, YOU READY? YOU'RE GOING FIRST. GRAB THE MIC AND THEN YOU PASS IT DOWN.
AND. AND I GO TO ROBINSON, AND I'M A KINDERGARTENER AND GOOD LUCK MS. TAMMY.
I AM CHAVEZ. I GO TO TADLOCK AND I'M IN FIRST GRADE.
GOOD LUCK, MS. TAMMY. I GO TO [INAUDIBLE] AND I'M IN FIRST GRADE AND MY NAME IS MARK . MY NAME IS RAMESH, SO I'M IN THIRD GRADE.
I WANT TAMMY FOR A COUNSELOR FOR A THOUSAND YEARS.
MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE], I'M IN THIRD GRADE.
WAIT I FORGOT THE NEW PERSON'S NAME.
AND I WISH LOTS OF LUCK TO MS. TAMMY. MY NAME IS ALI, AND I GO TO IMAGINE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF NORTH TEXAS.
I'M IN THIRD GRADE AND I HOPE MISS TAMMY DOES A SUCCESSFUL JOB.
MY NAME IS YAYA AND I GO TO ROGERS.
AND I KNOW MISS TAMMY WILL DO A GREAT JOB WITH THIS COUNCIL.
HI, I'M [INAUDIBLE] I GO TO MAUS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I'M IN SEVENTH GRADE, AND I WISH YOU HAVE MISS TAMMY A GOOD JOB.
I'M IN SEVENTH GRADE AND I'M ALSO IN MAUS.
ALSO, WHO DOESN'T WANT TO LIVE LIKE THAT GUY?
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MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] AND I GO TO MAUS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND I GO TO I'M IN SIXTH GRADE AND FOR MY PIECE OF ADVICE FOR YOU IS GO WITH YOUR GUT.MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] AND I'M IN SIXTH GRADE AND I GO TO STALEY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND I'M 12 YEARS OLD AND GOOD LUCK, MS. TAMMY. HELLO. MY NAME IS UZAIR MIRZA.
I GO TO RICE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND I'M IN THE SEVENTH GRADE.
ALL RIGHT. [APPLAUSE] NATIONAL POPPY DAY.
ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE TWO PROCLAMATIONS TONIGHT.
[4. National Poppy Day (American Legion)]
THE FIRST IS NATIONAL POPPY DAY.WHO'S GOING TO BE JOINING ME HERE THIS EVENING? THERE.
OK. THE PROCLAMATION READS WHEREAS THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 178 IN AUXILIARY UNIT 178 SUPPORT NATIONAL POPPY DAY THAT RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF HONORING THOSE WHO HAVE WORN OUR NATION'S UNIFORM.
THE SYMBOLIC USE OF THE POPPY COMES FROM THE POEM IN FLANDERS FIELDS, WHERE MOVINGLY BEGINS IN FLANDERS FIELDS, THE POPPIES BLOW BETWEEN THE CROSSES ROW ON ROW, REFERRING TO THE POPPIES THAT SPRANG UP IN THE CHURNED UP EARTH OF NEWLY DUG SOLDIERS GRAVES OVER PARTS OF BELGIUM AND FRANCE.
AND. WHEREAS, POPPY DAY IS CELEBRATED IN COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD, THE AMERICAN LEGION BROUGHT POPPY DAY TO THE UNITED STATES BY ASKING CONGRESS TO DESIGNATE THE FRIDAY BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY AS NATIONAL POPPY DAY.
AND. WHEREAS, ON MAY 27TH THIS YEAR, CITIZENS FROM ACROSS TEXAS WILL BE UNITED IN A SHOW OF PATRIOTISM AS THEY WEAR AND DISPLAY RED POPPIES TO REMEMBER OUR FALLEN AND TO HONOR ALL VETERANS.
WE ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE CITY OF FRISCO, AND FRISCO LOVES THE AMERICAN LEGION.
WE DO THINGS WITH CHILDREN AND YOUTH.
WE ARE AT THE PANTRY WORKING, AND THE WORKING GUYS BEHIND US AT LEAST DO THAT MUCH, IF NOT MORE.
WE SEND YOUR CHILDREN TO GIRLS STATE AND BOYS STATE, AND WHAT A WONDERFUL PROGRAM IT IS.
AND TAMMY, KEEP THAT BEAUTIFUL SMILE.
[APPLAUSE] WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF YOU AT THE LOWES AND PRESTON ON THE 27TH.
IF YOU WANT TO GET. WE WANT TO GET GET ALL THE AMERICAN LEGION GUYS UP ON THE STAGE FOR THE
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FOR THE PHOTO PICTURES.ALL RIGHT. IN A SIGN OF SOMEBODY.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOU.
LET'S GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL THEY DO.
AND OUR LAST PROCLAMATION IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS.
[5. Mental Health Awareness Month (Denton County MHMR)]
PROCLAMATION READS, WHEREAS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH IS CELEBRATED ACROSS THE UNITED STATES IN THE MONTH OF MAY.SIMPLE LOGIC DICTATES THAT IF WE ARE HURT ANYWHERE, WE MUST SEEK TREATMENT TO GET BETTER.
THIS APPLIES TO BOTH OUR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING.
AND. WHEREAS, ONE IN FIVE ADULTS HAS A DIAGNOSABLE MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION AND THEREFORE THE NEED FOR COMPREHENSIVE, COORDINATED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES UPON OUR COMMUNITY.
EACH CITIZEN, LOCAL BUSINESS SCHOOL GOVERNMENT AGENT, HEALTH CARE PROVIDER AND FAITH BASED ORGANIZATION SHARES THE BURDEN OF MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS AND HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROMOTE MENTAL WELLNESS, RECOVERY AND SUPPORT PREVENTION EFFORTS.
AND. WHEREAS, IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR CITIZENS TO SET APART TIME IN THE MONTH OF MAY TO INCREASE THEIR AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF MENTAL HEALTH, THE STEPS INDIVIDUALS CAN TAKE TO PROTECT THEIR MENTAL HEALTH, AND THE NEED FOR APPROPRIATE AND ACCESSIBLE SERVICES FOR ALL PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, LADIES, FOR BEING HERE.
THERE'S RECOVERY AND TREATMENT AVAILABLE.
AND OUR HOTLINE NUMBER IS 800 7620157.
VERY EXCITED. WE'RE SPORTS CITY USA, SOON TO BE ART CITY USA.
AND ONE OF MY DREAMS IS TO HAVE A BE A DESIGNATED A MENTALLY HEALTHY CITY.
THAT WOULD BE A GOAL THAT I'D LOVE TO SEE.
[APPLAUSE] SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR GIVING US A PROCLAMATION .
[APPLAUSE] OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET SWORN IN FOR YOUR THIRD TERM, YOU GET A HIGH FIVING AND AN ATTA BOY.
[7. Issuance of the Statement of Elected Officer, Oath of Office, and Certificate of Election to Bill Woodard, City Council Place 4. (CSO/KM)]
CITY COUNCIL, PLACE FOUR.[APPLAUSE] SO WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS PRETTY QUICK AT THE REQUEST OF BILL.
SO HE'S ALREADY SIGNED THE REQUIRED PAPERWORK WE HAVE THAT FOLLOWED THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
AND SO NOW WE'RE JUST GOING TO ALLOW HIM TO DO HIS OATH, WHICH HE IS REQUESTED TO READ HIMSELF.
SO I, WILLIAM WOODARD, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL, PLACE FOUR OF THE CITY OF FRISCO, TEXAS, AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE AND COMPLY WITH
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THE FRISCO CITY CHARTER RELATIVE TO THE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, THE OPEN MEETING LAW, THE MISUSE OF OFFICIAL INFORMATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS, SO HELP ME GOD.CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] AND WE WILL NOW GO BACK TO ITEM SIX, WHICH IS THE ISSUANCE OF THE STATEMENT OF ELECTED OFFICER, OATH OF OFFICE AND CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION TO TAMMY
[6. Issuance of the Statement of Elected Officer, Oath of Office, and Certificate of Election to Tammy Meinershagen, City Council Place 2. (CSO/KM)]
MEINERSHAGEN, CITY COUNCIL, PLACE TWO.OKAY. SO THIS IS ALSO THE SAME AS BILL.
TAMMY HAS ALREADY FILLED OUT THE REQUIRED PAPERWORK AND SO SHE IS GOOD TO GO.
AND I'M GOING TO LET HER RECITE HER OATH.
I, TAMMY MEINERSHAGEN, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL, PLACE TWO OF THE CITY OF FRISCO, TEXAS, AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE STATE AND COMPLY WITH THE FRISCO CITY CHARTER RELATIVE TO THE CONFLICT OF INTERESTS, THE OPEN MEETING LAW, THE MISUSE OF OFFICIAL INFORMATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS.
SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS.
WELL, THEY ALL WANTED TO SIT DOWN, SO.
YEAH. COME UP SO PEOPLE CAN SEE MY FAMILY.
THANK YOU ALL. JUST WARMS MY HEART TO SEE YOU ALL HERE TONIGHT SUPPORTING JUST THIS AMAZING DAY.
[APPLAUSE] AND YOU KNOW, I DO PROMISE THAT I'M GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT I WAS DOING BEFOREHAND, WHICH IS MEETING WITH ALL OF YOU, TRYING TO INCREASE AND ADVANCE ARTS AND CULTURE HERE IN FRISCO.
WE'VE GOT SOME EXCITING THINGS COMING.
SO. I WANTED TO INTRODUCE MY FAMILIES.
AND THEN SOPHIE IS A SOPHOMORE AT REEDY HIGH SCHOOL.
MY FIRST ACT WILL BE A MOTION TO RECESS FOR A PARTY OUTSIDE.
[8. Recess for Reception.]
[INAUDIBLE] WE'RE RECESS FOR TAMMY'S PARTY AND BILL'S.[9. Reconvene into Regular Session.]
IN FAVOR. THAT MOTION PASSES SIX-ZERO.WE'RE RECONVENED IN REGULAR SESSION AT 7:42 P.M.
AND THAT WILL MOVE US INTO ITEM TEN.
[10. Consider and act upon the nomination and election of Mayor Pro-Tem. Tabled 4/19/2022. (CSO/KM)]
CONSIDER AN ACT UPON THE NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF MAYOR PRO TEM, TABLED APRIL 19TH, 2022.AND JUST TO GIVE SOME COLOR HERE.
THESE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE ALLOWED FOR COUNCIL TO SPEAK DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO WE DID HAVE SOME OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS ALREADY THIS THIS EVENING.
AND SO THESE ARE LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THAT COUNCIL SERVES ON.
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AND WE'D LIKE TO BUILD A BENCH HERE ON CITY COUNCIL.SO A LOT OF TIMES WE WILL ROTATE THESE RESPONSIBILITIES FROM YEAR TO YEAR, DEPENDING ON PEOPLE'S WORK SCHEDULES AND NEW JOBS AND THINGS THEY HAVE GOING ON IN THEIR LIVES, BUT ALSO GIVE OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.
SO MAYOR PRO TEM, ESSENTIALLY THAT ROLE IS SERVES ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR WHEN I'M UNAVAILABLE AND HERE IN FRISCO THAT WE HAVE SO MANY EVENTS, MANY TIMES WHEN WE HAVE THREE OR FOUR EVENTS AT ONE TIME.
AND SO MAYOR PRO TEM AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DO A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITIES HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO BRIAN HAS BEEN DOING THAT FOR THE LAST YEAR.
AS FAR AS ASSISTING ME WITH THE MAYOR PRO TEM DUTIES SO WITH THAT BILL HAVE YOU MAKE A MOTION.
WAIT, THIS WAS TABLED WE GOT TO REMOVE IT FROM THE TABLE.
MOTION TO REMOVE FROM THE TABLE PLEASE.
[INAUDIBLE] BY BILL, SECOND BY BRIAN.
SECOND. SECOND BY LAURA, ALL IN FAVOR.
[11. Consider and act upon the nomination and election of Deputy Mayor Pro-Tem. Tabled 4/19/2022. (CSO/KM)]
IT WAS TABLED APRIL 19, 2022.I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO REMOVE FROM THE TABLE.
SECOND MY BRIAN, ALL IN FAVOR.
I DID THAT WRONG. MOTION PASSES SIX-ZERO.
ITEM IS NOW REMOVED FROM THE TABLE AND I WILL LOOK FOR A NOMINATION.
FOR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, I NOMINATE COUNCILWOMAN ANGELIA PELHAM.
SECONDED BY, I MEAN SORRY, MOTION MY BILL SECOND BY TAMMY.
AYE. MOTION PASSES FIVE-ONE, AND THAT WILL NOW TAKE US TO CITIZEN INPUT.
[CITIZEN INPUT (to begin approximately at 7:30 p.m.)]
WE HAVE THREE CARDS STARTING OFF WITH VIDOT DAY, IF YOU PLEASE COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. HELLO MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] I LIVE AT 14701 MAROON BELLS LANE, FRISCO, TEXAS.I'M HERE TO INVITE ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBER TO A WONDERFUL EVENT HOSTED BY BAPS CHARITIES IN ENTIRE UNITED STATES, IN NORTH AMERICA, ACROSS 70 CITIES.
WE LIVE IN THE TIME WHEN THERE ARE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING THAT DIVIDE PEOPLE.
BUT THROUGH BAPS CHARITY, THE COMMUNITY IS COMING TOGETHER TO HELP SUSAN G.
KOMEN TO COLLECT THE FUNDS FOR ENRICHMENT OF THE COMMUNITY.
THEIR ANNUAL WALKATHON TO HELP SUSAN G.
THANKS. AND NEXT, WE HAVE CHESTER MITCHELL, WHO WILL COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
HOW ARE YOU DOING, COUNCIL? NOW HERE I HAVE A QANON DROP THAT I NEED TO ADDRESS.
HOWEVER, JOE BIDEN IS NOT THE REAL PRESIDENT, NOR IS HE ACTUALLY REALLY JOE BIDEN.
HE IS CURRENTLY BEING PLAYED BY MANY DIFFERENT ACTORS.
FOR EXAMPLE, JOE BIDEN FELL OFF THE STAIRS ON THE AIR FORCE ONE MULTIPLE TIMES.
HE WAS BEING PLAYED BY THE FAMOUS COMEDIAN JIM CARREY, WHO WAS MADE FAMOUS BY THE MOVIE THE MASK.
DO YOU GET IT BECAUSE HE'S WEARING A MASK WHEN HE PLAYS JOE BIDEN? ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS LOOK AT BIDEN NOW VERSUS FIVE YEARS AGO AND YOU WILL SEE THAT IT IS NOT THE SAME PERSON, WHICH IS PROOF THAT DONALD TRUMP IS STILL THE PRESIDENT AND THE MILITARY IS IN FULL CONTROL.
ALSO, BEFORE I FORGET, THERE IS PORNOGRAPHY IN DISNEY MOVIES AND THEY ARE ALL PEDOPHILES.
THE WHITE HOUSE THAT YOU SEE ON THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS NOT REALLY THE WHITE HOUSE.
IT IS NOTHING BUT A MOVIE STUDIO.
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JOE BIDEN HAS NEVER SET FOOT IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND DONALD TRUMP IS PLAYING FIVE D CHESS WITH THE DEEP STATE AND THEY ARE PLAYING CHECKERS, WHICH IS WHY YOU SEE EVERYBODY GETTING EXPOSED. JFK JR.IS NOT DEAD AND HE NEVER DIED IN A PLANE CRASH.
HE WILL BE COMING BACK, BUT NOT UNTIL THE TIME IS RIGHT.
HE IS ALSO THE REAL VICE PRESIDENT.
DEMOCRATS AND HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITIES ARE INVOLVED IN A SECRET CANNIBALISTIC PEDOPHILE CULT THAT DONALD TRUMP IS SECRETLY TRYING TO EXPOSE BEHIND THE SCENES, WHICH IS WHY HE'S ONLY SURROUNDED HIM FOR YEARS BECAUSE HE IS GETTING INTELLIGENCE.
IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, JUST TAKE A LOOK AT PIZZAGATE, WHICH IS LOCATED AT A PIZZA PARLOR IN WASHINGTON, D.C., CALLED COMET PING PONG, WHERE DEEP STATE MEMBERS SUCH AS JOHN PODESTA AND HILLARY CLINTON WOULD HIDE KIDS IN THE BASEMENT AND HAVE THEM DO SEXUAL FAVORS AND MORE THINGS THAT I CANNOT TALK ABOUT BECAUSE IT IS FAR TOO GRAPHIC.
ALSO, COMET PING PONG IS OWNED BY JAMES [INAUDIBLE] WHO IS A ROTHSCHILD.
HOW ELSE WOULD SOMEBODY WHO OWNS A CRAP PIZZA PLACE GET SO RICH AND FAMOUS.
EXACTLY. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DARN SENSE.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE EXPOSED.
THIS WILL PROVE THAT DONALD TRUMP IS STILL THE PRESIDENT AND THE MILITARY IS IN CONTROL.
ALSO, ANDERSON COOPER IS A CIA AGENT WORKING WITH THE DEEP STATE.
JEFFREY EPSTEIN DID NOT KILL HIMSELF.
HE IS ALIVE AND WELL IN ISRAEL.
HE RESURRECTED FOUR DAYS LATER AFTER HE WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD IN DALLAS.
MICHAEL JACKSON IS STILL ALIVE.
HOWEVER, HE DID IT TO EXPOSE THEM.
NUMBER ONE, Y'ALL MAKING ME MAD.
NUMBER ONE, HE DID IT SO THAT HE COULD EXPOSE THEM HOW EVIL THEY WERE AND HOW MUCH OF FILTHY, ADULTEROUS WHORES AND HOW MUCH THEY LOVE MONEY AND HOW THEY WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR IT.
AND HE DID IT TO EXPOSE HOW BAD CHEATING IS.
THIS ONCE AGAIN SHOWS THAT TRUMP IS PLAYING FIVE D CHESS.
MOST OF YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT.
THAT'S WHY YOU JUST SHUT UP, SIT BACK AND EAT YOUR POPCORN AND LET TRUMP PLAY CHECKERS.
A LOT OF REPUBLICANS ARE MAD AT TRUMP FOR ENDORSING DR.
TRUMP IS A MASTER CHESS PLAYER AND EVERYONE ELSE IS PLAYING CHECKERS.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, IT WAS PART OF HIS PLAN TO EXPOSE HOW CORRUPT AND EVIL BIG PHARMA IS.
THAT'S WHY HE BROUGHT THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON FAMILY UP ON STAGE AND EXPOSED THEM FOR WHAT THEY ARE.
AND THERE MIGHT BE SOME DEEP STATE MEMBERS IN HERE THAT WILL BE EXPOSED.
SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT DONALD TRUMP IS STILL YOUR PRESIDENT.
THE MILITARY IS IN FULL CONTROL, GUYS, AND YOU NEED TO JUST SIT BACK.
TRUMP IS PLAYING CHESS, Y'ALL.
SO WHEN TRUMP DOES SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, DON'T QUESTION IT.
ALL RIGHT. ANOTHER THING IS, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS DONALD TRUMP.
Y'ALL NEED TO JUST TRUST THE PLAN.
ALL RIGHT, SIT BACK, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BUCKLE UP.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP AND GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
HOW ARE YOU ALL DOING, COUNCIL? MY NAME IS ALEX STEIN AND I CAN'T REALLY STATE MY ADDRESS.
HE'S ON HER TAIL. SHE BROKE UP WITH HIM RECENTLY.
SO WE'RE HAVING SOME ISSUES, SO.
HEY. HEY, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ALEX STEIN.
I'M HERE TO ASK FOR YOUR HELP WITH THE RISING INFLATION AND RECORD HIGH PRICE OF GAS.
I'M DOING ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE FINANCIALLY RIGHT NOW.
I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER CREATING A CITY FUNDED ONLY FAN STUDIO WHERE ASPIRING MODELS AND SEX WORKERS COULD USE HIGH QUALITY CITY EQUIPMENT LIKE PROFESSIONAL CAMERAS AND STUDIO LIGHTING SO THAT THEY CAN CREATE THE BEST POSSIBLE CONTENT FOR THEIR FANS.
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INSTEAD OF USING AN IPHONE IN A DARK ROOM, WE COULD USE A NIKON CAMERA AND EXOTIC BACKGROUNDS THAT A NORMAL PERSON COULD NOT AFFORD.AND THIS COULD HELP COUNTLESS OF OTHER CITIZENS AS WELL.
BUT THE REASON I'M SO WORRIED IS THAT NOW MY WIFE'S BOYFRIEND HAS STARTED ALSO STRUGGLE FINANCIALLY BECAUSE HE WAS RECENTLY ARRESTED FOR DWI AFTER A WILD NIGHT OUT OUT AT OUR HOUSE. NOW HE'S DEPENDING ON MY WIFE'S ONLYFANS INCOME AS WELL TO HELP HIM PAY HIS LEGAL BILLS.
THIS IS A RACIAL, SYSTEMIC PROBLEM BECAUSE DONTERIUS WAS ARRESTED FOR SIMPLY DRIVING WHILE BLACK.
WE NEED TO TAKE A STEP IN HELPING THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN FRISCO.
WE ARE BEING FORCED TO EAT RAMEN NOODLES FOR BASICALLY EVERY MEAL.
IT'S GONE. THERE'S NO DOLLAR MENU ANYMORE.
I USED TO SLAM MCDOUBLES AND MAKE MCCHICKENS LIKE CRAZY AND MY WIFE WOULD GO ON DATES.
LIFE SHOULD NOT BE SO HARD THAT MY WIFE IS TO SELL HER BODY ON THE INTERNET TO STRANGERS.
AMERICA MUST DO WHATEVER IT CAN TO DEFEAT PUTIN, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT MUST BE NICE IF WE COULD ALSO HELP OUT THE CITIZENS OF FRISCO THAT HAVE WIVES THAT ARE MAKING MONEY POSING NUDE ON ONLYFANS.
THIS ISSUE ISN'T JUST AN UNFAIR REST OF MY WIFE'S BOYFRIEND, DONTERIUS.
I'M NOT THE BIOLOGICAL FATHER, BUT I LOVE BABY CARLOS LIKE HE'S MY OWN.
AND WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET A HOLD OF HIM ON FACEBOOK.
BUT IF DR. EDDIE BRAVO SAYS NO, THEN AT LEAST WE CAN GET SOME BABY FORMULA THERE BECAUSE THERE'S MORE BABY FORMULA AT THE BORDER OF GUATEMALA THAN THERE IS THAT THE TARGET IN FRISCO? I TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES TO CHEST FEED THE BABY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY MY BREAST MILK HAS COME TO BE TOXIC FOR THE NEWBORN BECAUSE I HAVE HEPATITIS C, I REGRET MAKING THE DECISIONS THAT LED ME TO GETTING INFECTED WITH HEPATITIS, BUT I CAN'T CHANGE THAT AT THE MOMENT.
ALL I CAN DO IS FIND A WAY TO FEED MY WIFE'S BABY AND MY STEPSON.
I HAVE NO OPTIONS OTHER THAN TO BEG.
I'VE TRIED SELLING PICTURES OF MYSELF SPREAD EAGLE STYLE, BUT I'M NOT HAVING ANY DEMAND LIKE MY WIFE IS HAVING BECAUSE I HAVE TERRIBLE SORES ON MY GENITALIA FROM THE HEPATITIS C RAVAGING MY NAUGHTY BITS.
MY GENERAL PRACTITIONER IS ALSO RECENTLY TOLD ME THAT MY SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES WILL ONLY BECOME WORSE AS I START TAKING THEM BECAUSE I CANNOT AFFORD TO TAKE THE MEDICATION HE'S PRESCRIBED FOR ME.
SOMETIMES I GET SO STRESSED, I CONTEMPLATE JOINING THE UKRAINIAN FOREIGN LEGION AND FIGHTING AGAINST PUTIN BECAUSE I'VE LOST MY DESIRE TO LIVE IN THIS ONCE GREAT CITY OF FRISCO, TEXAS.
LUCKILY, I CAN TURN ON MY TV EVERY NIGHT AND WATCH BRIAN STELTER ON CNN.
BUT EVEN THAT HAS BEEN CHALLENGING BECAUSE I LOST MY CNN PLUS SUBSCRIPTION.
I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO WATCH.
MY WIFE WAS WORKING ON HER ONLY FANS CONTENT OR TAKING A NAP WITH THEIR BOYFRIEND.
I ASKED YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER BEING ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF CITY GOVERNMENTS AND CREATING AN ONLYFANS STUDIO FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY AND OUR INCREDIBLE FRISCO ISD HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES. AND THIS WOULD BE VERY CHEAP.
I'M TELLING YOU, MAYOR CHENEY, YOU JUST GET ONE LITTLE STUDIO.
WE COULD ACTUALLY DO IT RIGHT HERE IN THE LIBRARY.
WE GET A LITTLE ROOM, WE GET SOME CAMERAS, A NICE GREEN SCREEN.
YOU GET GIRLS RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, THEY CAN START POSING ON ONLYFANS.
THEN WE CAN MAKE MONEY. BECAUSE, LISTEN, I'M STRUGGLING.
RIGHT NOW, JUST LIKE THE REST OF AMERICA.
MAYOR CHENEY, I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT.
OH, OH, IN MY MY INSTAGRAM IS PRIMETIME STEIN, IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW MY WIFE.
OKAY, THAT WILL MOVE US INTO OUR REPORT.
I THINK WE HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE WANT TO SPEAK.
YEAH. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
FRISCO RESIDENT JOSHUA MEEK, I RESIDE AT 8625 HICKORY STREET UNIT 2229.
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I'M DEEPLY OFFENDED BY A LOT OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE TONIGHT, AND IT'S A POOR EXAMPLE, NOT ONLY FOR MY GENERATION, BUT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS COMING UP.THIS IS NOT HOW YOU PROFESSIONALLY ADDRESS ISSUES WITHIN A COMMUNITY AND THE FACT THAT IT'S ALL DONE FOR VIEWS VERSUS SPENDING THAT TIME, SPENDING THAT ENERGY, TRYING TO HAVE AN ACTUAL VOICE THAT CAN BE HEARD BY PEOPLE, THAT CAN AFFECT CHANGE.
IT'S A POOR, POOR EXAMPLE FOR THE MILLENNIAL GENERATION.
WE'VE WORKED EXTREMELY HARD TO MAKE OURSELVES GROW IN OUR CAREERS AND PROFESSIONALISM BECAUSE THERE WAS ONE POINT IN TIME WHERE MILLENNIALS WERE ACCUSED OF BEING LAZY, OF BEING ENTITLED.
AND IT'S VERY SAD AND UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE AS A PERSON WITHIN THAT GENERATION THAT HAS WORKED EXTREMELY HARD, THAT PUTS IN THE WORK TO MAKE AND EFFECT CHANGE IN A COMMUNITY, TO SEE THE RESULT FOR MY KIDS AND FOR FUTURE KIDS COMING THROUGH THAT GENERATION, TO COME UP HERE AND USE THIS PEDESTAL, USE THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT WAS GIVEN TO YOU, TO THE SACRIFICE OF FREEDOM AND BLOOD TO COME UP HERE AND WASTE THE TIME OF DECISION MAKERS, TO WASTE THE TIME OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE PROBLEMS THAT NEED TO BE HEARD AND TO DO IT IN A PROFESSIONAL, RESPECTABLE MANNER.
I HOPE THAT MOVING FORWARD WILL GET A LITTLE BIT MORE RESPECT FROM PEOPLE THAT NOT ONLY DON'T RESIDE IN FRISCO, BUT EVEN THE CITIZENS OF FRISCO TO AT LEAST TAKE A CERTAIN COURTESY OF PROFESSIONALISM AND RESPECT.
BECAUSE I'M HERE AS A CITIZEN, AS A FATHER TONIGHT, TO LISTEN TO COUNCIL, TO LISTEN TO THINGS THAT NEED TO BE CONTINUED AS FAR AS IT GOES, AS MAKING THIS A SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOT BEING DISRESPECTFUL TO THIS COUNCIL, BEING DISRESPECTFUL TO THE CITY STAFF AND BEING DISRESPECTFUL OF THE CITIZENS THAT DO CARE AND ARE SHOWING UP TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY AND WASTING EVERYBODY'S TIME.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU.
[12. Frisco Association for the Arts Annual Report to City Council.]
THAT WILL MOVE US NOW TO OUR REPORT.SECTION EIGHT AND 12 IS OUR FRISCO ASSOCIATION FOR THE ARTS ANNUAL REPORT TO COUNCIL.
SO SORRY THEY HAD TO STEP OUT FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
BUT RATHER THAN GIVING JUST A SLIDE SHOW, WHICH WE NORMALLY DO, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO KICK OFF THIS PRESENTATION WITH AN ACTUAL PERFORMANCE BY ONE OF THE GRANTEES WHO GETS MONEY FROM THE CITY GRANTS.
THIS IS THE CHILDREN'S CHORUS OF COLLIN COUNTY.
IT'S A SELECT ENSEMBLE FROM THAT GROUP, AND THEY WILL BE DIRECTED BY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR JAMIE OLIVER.
[APPLAUSE] I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO STAND UP HERE AND FACE THIS WAY.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR, BUT.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH.TAMMY GETS SWORN IN, AND NOW WE GET MUSICALS.
I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT MORE TO ADD TO THAT, BUT JUST WANTED TO GIVE A REPRESENTATION OF THE TYPE OF GROUP THAT GETS MONEY FROM THE CITY GRANTS THAT THE CITY OF FRISCO ALLOWS US TO GIVE DISTRIBUTE TO LOCAL ARTS GROUPS.
WE GAVE IN 2021 FOR USE IN THE SECOND PART OF 2021 AND THE FIRST PART OF 2022, THERE WERE 21 GRANTS RANGING FROM $1000 TO $14000 THAT SUPPORTED DISPLAYS OF ART, UNIQUE MUSICAL ENSEMBLES, THEATER AND DANCE PERFORMANCES.
AND ALL OF THE PERFORMANCES AND DISPLAYS TAKE PLACE IN FRISCO.
WE DID HAVE, THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, A LOT OF ONLINE PRESENCE, A LOT OF THINGS MOVED ONLINE, WHICH ALSO GIVES EXPOSURE TO FRISCO BECAUSE NOW PEOPLE CAN SEE, OH, LOOK WHAT'S GOING ON IN FRISCO AND DECIDE TO COME HERE.
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AUDIENCE, WHICH WAS SAFER FOR BOTH THE PERFORMERS AND THE AUDIENCE MEMBERS.THE 2022-2023 GRANTEES HAVE BEEN SELECTED.
WE HAVE 17 THAT ARE RENEWING GRANTS AND WE HAVE THREE NEW GRANTEES.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL ASK IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REPORT.
I PROVIDED A REPORT THIS MORNING AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM .
BEING HERE TONIGHT. COUNCIL WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? WE JUST APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND ALL THE COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT YOU SUPPORT.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THE BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [INAUDIBLE] I DIDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
BUT CAN I HAVE MAKE A COMMENT, PLEASE? ABSOLUTELY. JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, JENNIFER, FOR THE SIX YEARS OF SERVICE TO FRISCO ARTS AND DOING THIS IMPORTANT ROLE EVERY YEAR.
[INAUDIBLE] AND WE'VE GOT YOUR HEIR APPARENT, JASON YOUNG IN THE AUDIENCE WHO IS THE NEW PRESIDENT? YES. JASON YOU WANT TO STAND? EVERYBODY CAN SEE WHO'S UP NEXT.
[13. Budget Status Report for April 2022.]
THAT WILL NOW MOVE US INTO OUR BUDGET STATUS REPORT.GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
YOU HAVE OUR APRIL REPORT BEFORE YOU, AND I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF MEETING WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS FOR THEIR FY 23 BUDGET REQUEST.
SO WE'VE MET WITH MOST OF THE SMALLER DEPARTMENTS.
WE'VE HAD SOME RESIGNATIONS AND SOME RETIREMENTS.
SO WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO GET THOSE POSITIONS FILLED WITHIN 30 TO 45 DAYS.
I THINK WE'VE HIRED SOME GREAT PROFESSIONALS TO COME IN AND CONTINUE OUR SERVICE TO THE CITY.
SO I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REPORT OR THE BUDGET STATUS.
SO WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.
IT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED AND IT'S JUST AMAZING HOW WELL [INAUDIBLE] SO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE US INTO ITEM 14, OUR HUMAN RESOURCES QUARTERLY REPORT.
[14. Human Resources Quarterly Report for January – March 2022.]
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.WE'VE WORKED HARD TO SUPPORT SOME OF THE COUNCIL'S TOP TEN PRIORITIES, INCLUDING CITY MANAGEMENT, LEADERSHIP AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT ATTRACTING, RETAINING AND ENGAGING EMPLOYEES.
IN THAT, WE'VE ALSO ESTABLISHED SOME NEW LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR OUR LEADERS.
AND THEN WE'VE TAKEN ON SOME NEW INITIATIVES THIS YEAR, INCLUDING AN ENGAGEMENT SURVEY.
WE DID THE FIRST ONE WITH GALLUP.
WE'RE WORKING HARD ON MARKET ADJUSTMENTS.
WE'VE MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT ADJUSTMENTS IN THE LAST OF FY 21 IN SEPTEMBER, PHASE TWO OF THAT IN JANUARY, ALONG WITH MARKET ADJUSTMENTS.
AND WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME OTHER POSSIBLY RECALIBRATION ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED.
WE EXPECT TO HAVE THE OPEN HOUSE ON JUNE THE 27TH AND STARTING APPOINTMENTS ON JUNE THE 28TH.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE'LL BE GETTING MORE DETAILS TO YOU ON THAT.
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I THANK YOU, LAUREN, FOR THE QUARTERLY REPORT.AND WE'RE SEE THE END OF THE TUNNEL HERE AND GETTING QUITE CLOSE TO MAKING A DECISION.
SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
THANK YOU. I'M GLAD I COULD HELP AND SERVE YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL. COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE? YES, I LAUREN, I'M CURIOUS.
WHERE ARE WE TRACKING WITH CITY OPENINGS AT THIS POINT? YOU KNOW, I APOLOGIZE. I HAVEN'T PULLED A REPORT RECENTLY, BUT WE'RE PROBABLY STILL CLOSE TO WHERE WE WERE.
WE DO GAIN, BUT THEN WE ARE CONTINUING TO LOSE.
SADLY, I WILL SAY THAT I KNOW FOR OUR SUMMER HIRES, WE WORKED, IN FACT, JUST LAST WEEK WHILE WE WERE BUSY INTERVIEWING FOR CITY MANAGERS, MY STAFF WAS WORKING WITH PARKS AND REC ON BASICALLY CHANGING THE PAY OF OUR LIFEGUARDS LIKE THAT BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO GET ABOUT 85 POSITIONS FILLED SO THAT WE COULD PROVIDE SERVICES TO OUR CITIZENS AT THE WATER PARK.
WE PROBABLY ARE WELL INTO THE 40 SOME ODD FULL TIME POSITIONS STILL OPEN.
THAT INCLUDE POLICE AND FIRE? AH POLICE AND FIRE ACTUALLY IS PRETTY GOOD.
FIRE CHIEF IS JUST HIRED ON I THINK HE SAID NINE NEW PEOPLE.
I THINK YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH FULLY STAFFED AND I THINK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DOING PRETTY GOOD.
THEY ARE CHALLENGED IN DETENTION.
I WILL SAY THAT IS ONE AREA THAT THEY CONTINUE TO BE CHALLENGED.
BUT I THINK OUR UNIFORMED WERE PRETTY GOOD ON THE STAFFING THERE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'M STILL CALLING IT A CLINIC UNTIL YOU TELL ME WHAT THE REAL THE NEW NAME IS.
I SIGNED FOR IT AND EVERYTHING IN FRISCO EMPLOYEE WELLNESS CENTER.
YEP. IT'LL BE A NICE SIGN ON THE MARQUEE SIGN IN THE STREET.
AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT 3000 SQUARE FEET.
THAT IS COMING TOGETHER VERY NICELY.
[15. Development Services monthly activity update report for the month of April 2022.]
THAT WILL MOVE US TO ITEM 15, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES REPORTS.WELL, STILL GROWING. I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
ALL RIGHT. WE'D LIKE YOU TO SING TO US.
IT DID LOOK LIKE ON THE RESIDENTIAL PERMITS THAT THE PIPELINE AT LEAST IS GAINING.
I MEAN, WE WERE STILL LOW, BUT PERMITTING IS INCREASING.
YEAH, 24 MONTHS IS EQUILIBRIUM.
WE WENT DOWN AS LOW AS FIVE MONTHS, ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND WE'RE UP TO 12.
SO IT'S HOVERING AROUND THERE FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT WILL MOVE US TO ITEM 16, THE VISIT FRISCO REPORT.
[16. Visit Frisco April sales and marketing report, March metrics report, and updated Hotel Occupancy charts.]
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE DID A LITTLE REORG AND WE WERE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE YESTERDAY THE PROMOTION OF LISA BETHEA, WHO MANY OF YOU KNOW, TO OUR DIRECTOR OF DESTINATION SERVICES AND ONE OF OUR SALES MANAGERS TO A SENIOR SALES MANAGER.
AND WE ALSO FILLED AN OPEN SPOT.
SO WHEN COREY GETS BACK FROM MATERNITY LEAVE, HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET OUR MARKETING DEPARTMENT UP.
RPS OR POINT IN SHORT TERM CORPORATE BUSINESSES COMING IN.
IT'S NICE TO SEE. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANYTHING ON MY REPORT.
I'VE HEARD THEY'VE STARTED TAKING BOOKINGS FOR PGA FRISCO.
I DID NOTICE THAT WE DID SEE A PRETTY BIG DROP OVER LAST YEAR.
DO WE KNOW WHY? A DROP IN WHAT? IN THE SORRY, THE HOTEL STAYS.
SO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ON ONE OF THE CHARTS? YEAH, ON THE REPORT.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE DOWN 25% IN ROOM NIGHTS FROM THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS, WE'RE UP LIKE 132% COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.
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THANK YOU. THANKS. OKAY.THANK YOU. TAKE US TO ITEM 17, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT.
[17. Fire Department monthly report on incident responses and educational activities for the month of April 2022.]
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.AND SO WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY THIS PAST MONTH TO HOST THE ROYAL THAI POLICE AT ABOUT 40 OF THEIR OFFICERS AND SEVERAL INTERPRETERS THERE. THEY CAME TO SEE FRISCO.
THEY HEARD ABOUT OUR EOC OPERATIONS AND THEY WANTED TO TALK ALSO ABOUT ARSON INVESTIGATIONS.
SO WITH THE HELP OF OUR FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU, ARSON INVESTIGATIONS AND OUR STAFF, ALONG WITH HELP FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE HOSTED THEM FOR A SATURDAY FOR A FEW HOURS. SO I GAVE THEM THE TOUR AND REALLY HAD A GOOD TIME AND EXCHANGING INFORMATION WITH THAT GROUP.
SO REALLY APPRECIATE THEM COMING BY.
AS LAUREN MENTIONED, WE HAVE SOME NEW MEMBERS IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
THERE ARE SIX OF OUR MEMBERS RIGHT THERE.
THEY HAD THEIR FIRST DAY, BEGINNING OF ONE THIS WEEK AND SOME LAST WEEK.
SO THEY'RE REALLY HAPPY TO BE FRISCO FIREFIGHTERS.
THEY'RE IN PARAMEDIC SCHOOL RIGHT NOW AFTER WE HIRED THEM.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THEM BACK AFTER A FEW MONTHS AND GETTING THEM BACK TO THE STATION.
THIS WE WERE ACCREDITED AS MAYOR CHENEY REMEMBER, 2000 ACTUALLY ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, 18, 2018.
WE WERE FULLY ACCREDITED WITH THE COMMISSION ON FIRE ACCREDITATION INTERNATIONAL.
THEY HAVE JUST RECEIVED THEIR 300TH AGENCY THAT'S ACCREDITED ACROSS THE WORLD.
REALLY, IT'S AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION.
SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT.
THERE'S SOME THERE'S NOT MANY DEPARTMENTS THAT CAN SAY THEY'RE FULLY ACCREDITED AND ISO ONE.
BUT AGAIN, WE ARE ONE IN EIGHT IN TEXAS.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CFAI AND THEIR 300 AGENCY.
YOU LOOK THE SAME IN THAT PICTURE. ME AND BILL, WE'VE AGED A LOT.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT AGAIN.
BUT WOW, YOU PICKED A HECK OF A PICTURE.
WELL, IT'S BEEN A ROUGH TWO WEEKS.
THESE ARE 29 MEMBERS OF CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY JUST GRADUATED THE OTHER EVENING.
COUNCILMEMBER ROMAN, THANKS FOR BEING THERE.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING THERE.
THEY WERE VERY HAPPY TO GRADUATE THAT NIGHT.
SO ABOUT 60% OF THE FOLKS YOU SEE THERE HAVE JOINED THE ALUMNI CFA AND MORE TO COME.
SO AND YOU'LL SEE THEM AROUND AT DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
LASTLY, WE JUST GOT A COUPLE REMINDERS.
YOU ALWAYS SHOULD HAVE SOMEBODY WATCHING THE POOL, ESPECIALLY WHEN CHILDREN ARE IN THE WATER.
I KNOW WE'VE HEARD THE CLICHE BEFORE.
IT ONLY TAKES A SECOND, BUT IT REALLY DOES.
AND IT REALLY ONLY TAKES THAT SORT OF TIME.
SO REALLY, SOMEBODY NEEDS TO BE DESIGNATED TO WATCH YOUR POOLS, MAKE SURE THE KIDS ARE OKAY.
WE HAVE THESE WATER WATCHER BADGES.
WE CAN PROVIDE THOSE FOR YOU UP AND AROUND YOUR NECK.
YOU'RE NOW THE DESIGNATED PERSON THAT WATCH THE POOL.
ALSO, WE HAVE JUNIOR CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY THAT STARTS IN JUNE.
WE ARE TAKING SOME WAIT LISTS AND GOING TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE.
YOU CAN CERTAINLY GET ON OUR WAIT LIST, BUT THAT'S A JUNIOR CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY.
LAST THING IS VERY IMPORTANT AND THIS WEEK IS EMS WEEK.
THIS WEEK WAS DESIGNATED EMS WEEK IN 1974 BY PRESIDENT GERALD FORD.
AND IT'S DESIGNED TO RECOGNIZE EMS PRACTITIONERS AND SHOW THEIR APPRECIATION FOR WHAT THEY DO.
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PLANO, TEXAS HEALTH, PLANO.ALL OF THOSE HAVE PARTICIPATED THIS WEEK.
EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK, HOSPITALS ARE OFFERING BREAKFAST, LUNCH, DESSERTS IN THE AFTERNOON PRIZES AND DIFFERENT KIND OF GIFTS FOR ALL THE PROVIDERS.
THEY REALLY DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND IT CONTINUES ON THROUGH FRIDAY.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR PROFESSIONALISM AND WHAT THEY DO FOR THE CITY.
SO I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REPORT.
DO YOU HAVE YOU HAVE VISITORS FROM THAILAND COME AGAIN? YOU NEED TO TELL ME BECAUSE I ACTUALLY KNOW A LITTLE THAI.
OK DID I KNOW THAT IF THEY COME BACK, WE'LL SORT OF LET YOU KNOW.
VERY COOL. THANK YOU FOR DOING OKAY.
THANK YOU. ADAM 18 OUR POLICE REPORT.
[18. Police Department's crime statistics and response times for the month of April 2022.]
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.I'LL START WITH JUST KIND OF A RECAP OF LAST WEEK WE KICKED OFF POLICE WEEK AND YOU KNOW, I REFERENCED AT THE CEREMONY, YOU KNOW, TEXAS IS LEADING THE NATION IN LINE OF DUTY DEATHS AMONG LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CURRENTLY ON THE SAME TRACK.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THIS YEAR, WE'VE ALREADY LOST 105 LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
AND LAST YEAR WAS OUR DEADLIEST YEAR IN LAW ENFORCEMENT HISTORY.
AS I AS I REFERENCED IN THE CEREMONY LAST MONDAY.
BUT APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU THAT WERE ABLE TO COME OUT.
AND THIS IS JUST ONE WAY THAT WE HONOR OUR FALLEN OFFICERS.
AND WE DID THE CEREMONY ON MONDAY.
WE ALSO DID A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS.
AND ON THE LEFT THAT YOU SEE THE OFFICERS THERE, THEY ACTUALLY GOT AN ETCHING OF JOE MURPHY'S NAME, WHICH IS ON THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL UP THERE IN D.C.
AND THEN ON THE RIGHT THERE YOU SEE OUR HONOR GUARD CONTINGENT IS JOINED BY THREE OF OUR OFFICERS THAT THAT DID A BIKE RIDE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT UNITED, WHICH IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT BENEFITS THE SURVIVORS OF FALLEN OFFICERS AND THEIR CHILDREN.
SO THAT'S A 300 MILE BIKE RIDE.
SO, BILL, YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THAT.
NO PROBLEM. THAT RIGHT NOW, IF I TRIED.
YEAH. AND THERE'S LOTS OF HILLS FROM WHAT I'M TOLD.
SO BUT IT'S A IT'S A BIKE RIDE THAT ENDS IN D.C.
AS PART OF POLICE WEEK CEREMONY.
SO REALLY GOOD TO HONOR OUR FALLEN OFFICERS.
BUT WE CERTAINLY DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO HONOR OUR OFFICERS.
LAST THURSDAY, WE ALSO HAD A SWEARING IN SLASH PROMOTIONAL CEREMONY.
I KNOW USUALLY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ARE THERE TO JOIN US WITH THAT.
I KNOW Y'ALL WERE REALLY BUSY WITH THE CITY MANAGER SELECTION PROCESS LAST WEEK, BUT WE PROMOTED 15 INDIVIDUALS AND I KNOW MOST PEOPLE THINK OF UNIFORMS WHEN THEY THINK OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT MANY OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE ON OUR CIVILIAN SIDE.
SO THEY WERE DEFINITELY INCLUDED AS PART OF THE CEREMONY.
I KNOW THERE WAS A QUESTION EARLIER ABOUT VACANCIES AND HOW MANY OPENINGS WE HAVE.
WE SWORE IN FOUR NEW OFFICERS ALSO ON THURSDAY.
AND JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW WE'RE BECOMING A DESTINATION DEPARTMENT, OUT OF THOSE FOUR OFFICERS, WE HAVE ONE FROM COLORADO, ONE FROM ARIZONA, ONE FROM PORTLAND, ALL WITH PREVIOUS POLICE EXPERIENCE.
SO WE'RE HIRING REALLY GREAT, EXPERIENCED OFFICERS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
THE OTHER ONE SERVED US IN THE US MARINES.
SO A GREAT, GREAT HIGHLIGHT OF HOW WE'RE WE'RE ATTRACTING TALENT FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
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AND I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SPEAK ON THAT FOR JUST A SECOND.YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY AN EXAMPLE OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM THAT WAS ROOTED IN EXTREME RACIST IDEOLOGY.
AND I JUST WANTED TO TO SAY HERE IN FRISCO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE IS WORKING WITH OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS.
AND THIS TASK FORCE HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE IN HEADING OFF A PREVIOUS THREAT AGAINST OUR CITY.
AS MANY OF YOU ALL MIGHT REMEMBER, THE THE PLOT THAT THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS PLANNING TO SHOOT UP STONEBRIAR MALL AND SO ALL THAT TO SAY THAT COOPERATION AND EFFORTS AMONG LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKING TOGETHER IS REALLY HOW WE FOCUS IN TRYING TO PREVENT THESE TYPES OF THINGS.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT I WILL STRESS, TOO, IS I CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH.
IF PEOPLE SEE SOMETHING THAT IS OUT OF PLACE OR THEY SEE AS ALARMING.
PLEASE LET US KNOW SO WE CAN LOOK INTO IT MANY TIMES.
MOST OF THE TIME WE'RE ABLE TO VET IT OUT AS NOT NOT SOMETHING THAT'S THREATENING THAT RISES TO THIS LEVEL, CERTAINLY, BUT, YOU KNOW, IS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF TIMES YOU JUST NEVER KNOW.
SO I WILL STRESS, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
COUNCIL, WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? IF I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION? BUT I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THAT.
AND WE DON'T ALWAYS FOCUS ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD.
I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD YOU FOR THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THAT.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU CHIEF.
[19. Council Subcommittee reports for current activities of the Legislative Committee, Governance Committee, Budget and Audit Committee, Frisco Square Management District, Dallas Regional Mobility Commission, North Central Texas Emergency Preparedness Committee, Frisco Veterans Advisory Committee, North Texas Commission, and Regional Transportation Council.]
THAT WILL MOVE US TO ITEM 19, WHICH IS OUR COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS AND THE UPDATES.SO JUST FROM YOUR FRISCO VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WE HAVE MEMORIAL DAY COMING UP ON MONDAY, MAY 30TH, AND EVERYONE IS INVITED TO JOIN IN THAT CEREMONY. AGAIN, MEMORIAL DAY, MONDAY, MAY 30 9 A.M.
AT THE VETERANS MEMORIAL AT FRISCO COMMONS PARK.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
THAT WILL MOVE US IN TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDERED ROUTINE IN NATURE AND ARE CONSIDERED NON-CONTROVERSIAL.THE CONSENT AGENDA CAN BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION.
MAJORITY OF THE COUNCILORS REQUIRED MOVING THE ITEM FOR DISCUSSION IN SEPARATE ACTION.
COUNCIL YOU HAVE ITEMS 20 THRU 37.
MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS 20 THRU 37.
SECOND. BY BILL, SECOND BY BRIAN, ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
PROPOSE THAT MOTION PASSES SIX-ZERO, THAT MOVES TO OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
THESE ITEMS. IF I COULD MAKE ONE COMMENT ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDA REAL QUICK, THERE'S AN ITEM IN THERE THAT WHILE IT WAS NOT CONTROVERSIAL, IT MAKES A BIG MOVEMENT FORWARD WITH US IN CLEANING UP GRANT PARK.
AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE MENTIONED THAT THERE'S AN AGREEMENT IN THERE FOR THE REMEDIATION WITH TCEQ.
SO GOOD WORK TO OUR STAFF FOR GETTING THAT IN THERE AND GETTING THAT ON THERE.
YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, BILL.
THAT'S GEORGE PURIFOY PART TIME JOB FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS I THINK, I'M WORKING TO GET TO THAT POINT AND SO IT IS A GOOD DAY AND THAT WE'LL START THE CLEANUP PROCESS.
AND COUNCIL WILL BEGIN PLANNING OUR PHASE ONE OF THE PARK.
YES, VERY EXCITING NEWS. THERE MAY BE A FEW PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT LIVE NEAR THAT PARK, IT SEEMS LIKE. SO STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFORMATION COMING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
SO THAT'LL MOVE US TO, LET'S SEE, OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
[LEGISLATIVE AGENDA]
THESE ITEMS MAY LEGALLY REQUIRE COUNCIL ACTION, BUT BY COUNCIL POLICY SHOULD BE THE CITY MANAGER'S RESPONSIBILITY.THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA CAN BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION.
THE CONCURRENCE OF TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS IS REQUIRED TO MOVE ANY ITEM FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION.
WE DO APPROVE ITEMS 38 AND 39 MOTION BY BILL SECONDED BY BRIAN.
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MOTION PASSES SIX-ZERO THAT MOVES TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.[40. Public Hearing: A request to rezone 11.0± acres on the southeast corner of Portola Drive and Main Street (“Property”) from Agricultural and Retail to Single Family-7, to amend the Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 11-04-09, as amended), and to consider to direct Staff to prepare an Ordinance of the same. Zoned Agricultural and Retail. Neighborhood #18. Zoning Case No. Z22-0004. Applicant: Triangle Engineering, LLC. (Development Services/JH)]
ITEM 40 IS A PUBLIC HEARING, A REQUEST TO REZONE 11 ACRES IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF PORTOLA DRIVE AND MAIN STREET, FROM AG AND RETAIL TO SINGLE FAMILY SEVEN TO AMEND THE ZONING ORDINANCE NUMBER 11-04-09 AS AMENDED, AND TO CONSIDER STAFF TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE OF THE SAME ZONED AGRICULTURAL RETAIL.NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER 18 ZONING IN CASE NUMBER Z220004 APPLICANT TRIANGLE ENGINEERING LLC.
THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN RECOMMENDS RESIDENTIAL, SO THE REQUEST FOR SINGLE FAMILY SEVEN DOES ALIGN WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AS WELL AS THE ZONING TO THE WEST AND SOUTH OF THIS PROPERTY.
MOTION BY BILL SECOND BY BRIAN.
ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
MOTION BY BILL, SECOND BY BRIAN, ALL IN FAVOR.
COUNCIL WHAT QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS DO YOU HAVE? AND I DO HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE A CASE RIGHT BEHIND THIS.
THAT'S A VERY SIMILAR LAND SIZE.
SEVEN. HOW MANY HOMES WILL FIT IN THIS CASE? THIS IS ABOUT 11 ACRES.
SO YOU GENERALLY GET ABOUT FOUR UNITS TO THE ACRE.
SO THAT WOULD COME OUT TO BE ABOUT 44 LOTS ON THE PROPERTY, BUT PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT LESS BY THE TIME YOU DO THE MEETING, THE MAJOR CREEK ORDINANCE, THAT MIGHT DROP THAT A FEW LOTS AND THERE'S NO OPEN SPACE REQUIRED AND NOT FOR SINGLE FAMILY.
THEY DIDN'T SUBMIT IT LIKE A..
NO. OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IT'S JUST STRAIGHT ZONING.
NOW, WAS THIS THE PROPERTY? THIS WAS THE PROPERTY THAT WASN'T THERE AN AGREEMENT FOR A BRIDGE TO THE COMMERCIAL THAT WAS KIND OF HANGING THINGS UP? IT WAS BECAUSE WE HAD A REQUEST OF TOWNHOMES ON THE PROPERTY.
PATTIE HOMES, TOWNHOMES, BOTH OF THOSE REQUIRE OPEN SPACE AND WE WERE WORKING WITH THEM ABOUT THE CREEK WERE PART OF THE ACCURATE COUNT TOWARDS THE OPEN SPACE BUT ALSO GET THE BRIDGE CONNECTION. BUT SINCE THIS IS GOING TO SINGLE FAMILY SEVEN NOT PURSUING THAT YOU CAN COME DOWN TO THE SOUTH AND GET ACROSS THE CREEK SO THEY'LL NO LONGER BE A BRIDGE CONNECTION. THAT'S RIGHT.
COUNCIL, WHAT OTHER QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? [INAUDIBLE] DO APPROVE ITEM 48 AND DIRECT TO STAFF TO PREPARE AN ORDNANCE.
[41. Public Hearing: A request to repeal Ordinance No. 2020-04-15 consisting of 400.3± acres on the northwest and southwest corners of Legacy Drive and Stonebrook Parkway (“Property”), to amend the Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 11-04-09, as amended), to rezone the Property as Planned Development-245-Single Family-10/Single Family-8.5/Single Family-7/Patio Home, Planned Development-245-Office-1, and Planned Development-Townhome, and to consider to direct Staff to prepare Ordinances of the same. Zoned Planned Development-245-Single Family-10/Single Family-8.5/Single Family-7/Patio Home and Planned Development-245-Office-1. Neighborhood #39 and #41. Zoning Case No. Z21-0016. Applicant: Bohler Engineering. Tabled 4/19/22. (Development Services/JH)]
THAT WILL TAKE US TO ITEM 41, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING, A REQUEST TO REPEAL ORDINANCE NUMBER 2020-04-15, CONSISTING OF 400.3 ACRES IN THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST CORNERS OF LEGACY DRIVE AND STONEBROOK PARKWAY TO AMEND THE ZONING ORDINANCE, NUMBER 1120409 AS AMENDED TO REZONE THE PROPERTY IS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO 45. SINGLE FAMILY TEN SINGLE FAMILY 8.5 SINGLE FAMILY SEVEN PATIO HOME PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 245 OFFICE ONE AND PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TOWNHOME AND TO CONSIDER TO DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE OF THE SAME ZONE PLAN DEVELOPMENT 245 SINGLE FAMILY TEN SINGLE FAMILY 8.5 SINGLE FAMILY SEVEN PATIO HOME DEVELOPMENT TO 45.OFFICE ONE NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER 39 AND 41 ZONING CASE NUMBER Z21-0016.
APPLICANT BOLAR ENGINEERING TABLE APRIL 19, 22.
LOOK FOR A MOTION TO REMOVE FROM THE TABLE.
SO MOVED. BY BILL, SECOND BY BRIAN.
ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.
THIS ITEM IS NOW REMOVED FROM THE TABLE.
MAYOR, YOU'VE BECOME VERY GOOD AT READING THOSE DESCRIPTIONS.
I KNOW, AND I UNDERSTOOD EVERY WORD.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE SAME LENGTH OF A PRESENTATION HAS DONE.
LAST TIME THIS ITEM WAS TABLED AT THE LAST MEETING.
SO BOTH THE APPLICANT FOR THIS REQUEST CAN MEET HAVE ADDITIONAL MEETINGS.
FIRST ONE, THEY WERE AGREEABLE TO COME TO THEIR HOUSE.
HE DIDN'T GET ANY REQUESTS FOR THAT.
THE SECOND ONE WAS A ZOOM CALL, AND THAT WAS DURING THE LUNCH HOUR.
TWO PEOPLE ATTENDED THAT, I BELIEVE.
AND THEN THERE WAS A MEETING AT THE HOA CENTER AT EDGE STONE.
SO AND THEN TWO OF THE THREE PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED WERE PART OF THE ZOOM MEETING AS WELL.
SO THE APPLICANT WENT AND TRIED TO DO WHAT HE COULD TO ADDRESS HAVING FURTHER DISCUSSIONS.
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NOW, GRANTED, THOSE DIDN'T TAKE PLACE UNTIL LAST WEEK.BUT ON THIS REQUEST AND JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY OF THIS TRIANGULAR PORTION UP HERE, WE HAD A PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVED A FEW YEARS AGO THAT HAS EXPIRED AND SHOWED 13 LOTS.
THIS REQUEST WOULD BE POTENTIALLY FOR 6 TO 1 TOWNHOME LOTS ON THE PROPERTY, MEANING THE OPEN SPACE.
AND ONE THING TO SHOW THE APPLICANT HAS GOT MET WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER ON THE EAST SIDE BY DOING SOME ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING.
THAT'S THE THAT'S ON THEIR PROPERTY.
SO THAT'S SOME TYPE OF DRAINAGE LOT.
AND SO THE CONCRETE DRAINAGE THERE, THAT WOULD REMAIN IT WOULD JUST BE KIND OF LANDSCAPED AROUND IT.
THAT'S RIGHT. AND YOU SAID SOME KIND OF BRIDGE CONNECTION WHERE.
YES, PEDESTRIAN. GOT A LITTLE HAPPY THERE.
BUT ONE TIME THERE WAS A STRAIGHT CONNECTION THERE.
AND SO WORKED WITH HINDS TO JUST DO A PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION.
BOTH HERE'S THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UP HERE.
SO THE ROAD WASN'T AS IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT CONNECTION.
SO GIVEN THE SIZE OF THIS TRIANGULAR TRACK NUMBER OF LOTS, WE WENT WITH A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AND THEN ALONG THE I USED TO KNOW MY GEOMETRY, WHAT THE LONG LINE IS CALLED OF MY TRIANGLE.
I FEEL BAD. YOU CAN'T GOOGLE IT.
BUT I KNOW AS SOON AS YOU SAID THAT I CAN'T HELP.
IS THAT? IS THAT A FENCE? IS THAT JUST OPEN? IS IT? SO, [INAUDIBLE] THAT WOULD BE OPEN.
SO THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO DO IN ALL THE DEVELOPMENTS IS CREATE VALUE THERE.
OKAY. AND THEN YOU HAD MENTIONED LAST MEETING THAT IF NOT THIS, THEN WHAT OTHER USES? AND YOU HAD MENTIONED BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE GOTTEN INQUIRIES ABOUT A CHURCH GOING ON THIS PROPERTY.
WE PUT A CHURCH THERE AND THEN PEOPLE WILL BE PARKING ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
THEY GOT TO MEET THE PARKING JUST LIKE ANY PLACE ELSE.
SO THE PARKING BECOMES A LIMITING FACTOR.
AND AT THE LAST MEETING, YOU KNOW, PUT RETAIL THERE, THAT'S GOING TO GENERATE MORE TRAFFIC.
AND JOEL FITZ WAS HERE AT THE LAST MEETING AND HAS NOTED IN THE STAFF REPORT, I THINK THAT ADDS ABOUT 28 ADDITIONAL TRIPS IN THE MORNING AND DURING THE RUSH HOUR AND LIKE 34 TRIPS IN THE EVENING, NOT EVERYBODY LEAVES AT THE SAME TIME, AS NOTED AND JOEL SAID, ABOUT 2 MINUTES AND 9 SECONDS APART BETWEEN EACH TRIP.
SO EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY BE INCREASING FROM 13 TO 61 LOTS IS NOT THAT LIKE I MEAN, IT'S A SMALL NUMBER. IT WOULD BE MUCH SMALLER THAN AT THIS DEVELOPED AS A COMMERCIAL TRACK.
I KNOW [INAUDIBLE] AND WE'RE GOING TO HEAR CITIZEN INPUT.
YOU'RE UP HERE. THESE INPUT PROPERTIES ARE TOUGH, BUT STAFF'S OPINION OF THE USE.
YEAH, OUR OPINION IS WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF IT.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE THING THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO BE FACED WITH MORE AND MORE.
AND WHEN THEY GET ON THESE INFILL TRACKS AND, YOU KNOW, SUCCESS IS A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD.
AND AS PEOPLE THAT WANT TO LIVE HERE, LAND VALUES GO UP AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
AND SO WORKING ON THIS, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS.
SO WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING LOTS ON THE GROUND.
AND SO SOME OF THE TOWNHOMES WERE ACTUALLY HAVE A LITTLE COURTYARD, JUST LIKE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE KILBY OVER HERE, JUST WEST OF THE CHURCH ON PAIGE STREET, THOSE FIRST GROUND FLOOR UNITS, THEY HAVE A LITTLE COURTYARD OUT IN FRONT THAT THEY USE.
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SO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE SAME THING HERE.DID WE CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING? YES. YES, YOU DID YOU CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO DO WE NEED TO REOPEN IT AGAIN? YOU DON'T NEED, YOU'VE CONTINUED IT.
I WILL SAY THERE'S PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE LAST TIME THAT WEREN'T HERE TO MAKE IT AGAIN THIS EVENING.
I KNOW ALL OF US TOOK A LOT OF NOTES.
YOU KNOW, THOSE OF YOU THAT SPOKE LAST TIME.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO SPEAK AGAIN.
SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO BRIAN. YEAH.
AND I THINK WE HAVE MORE THAN [INAUDIBLE] I COUNTED WE HAVE 12 CARDS OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SPEAK.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REDUCE THE LOUDSPEAKER.
SPEAKING TIME FROM 5 MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL TO 3 MINUTES.
AYE. THE MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.
YOU READY? WE'RE READY. LET'S GO.
FIRST OFF, TIM CHRISTY, YOU WANT TO COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND SPEAK AND THEN WE WILL HAVE GRETCHEN HITCHCOCK AND CATHERINE HARDAWAY IF YOU WANT TO START HEADING DOWN TO BE NEAR THE MICROPHONE.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK HERE TO THIS MEETING.
I KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FEVERISHLY FOR THE LAST 90 DAYS AS A COMMUNITY.
WHILE IT DIDN'T TRIGGER A SUPERMAJORITY, WE STILL ONE OF THE ALL THE OTHER VOICES OF THE 444 OTHER PEOPLE THAT SIGNED THAT PETITION, BOTH FROM PEARSON FARMS AND EDGE STONE, TO HAVE THEIR VOICE HEARD, AT LEAST IN THAT MANNER.
I DO WANT TO SPEND TIME HERE JUST AGAIN APPRECIATING THE FACT THAT WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO EACH ONE OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY AND HAVE THE GRACIOUS OPPORTUNITY TO GET INTO THE DETAILS WITH YOU.
COVER ALL THE BASES LEADING UP TO THIS POINT.
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. WE HAD TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER AS WELL.
WHAT'S SHOWN THERE IS THAT LITTLE CONNECTOR PIECE.
WE WENT OVER THAT IN DETAIL WITH THEM.
WE WORKED HARD TO TRY AND WORK WITH THEM.
THE THE SMALL NUMBERS YOU HEARD ABOUT AT THESE OTHER MEETINGS AREN'T REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HARD WORK OUR COMMUNITY HAS DONE TO TRY AND MAKE THE BEST USE OF THIS TABLING PERIOD, BECAUSE WE REALLY WANTED TO SEE WHAT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THERE WERE TO BENEFIT THE NORTH, LOOK AT WHAT ELSE CAN BE ON THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL AND ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO WE'VE PUT IN A LOT OF HOMEWORK AND HARD EFFORT THE LAST TIME SINCE APRIL 19TH.
WE ACTUALLY TALKED TO SHADEGG HOMES IN GREAT DETAIL, APPRECIATE THEIR TIME.
THEY'RE IN THAT L-SHAPE AS WELL.
SO THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF THINGS.
LIKE I SAID, WE'VE INVESTIGATED, PUT IN OUR EFFORTS, ROLLED UP OUR SLEEVES, BUT I MAINLY WANT TO SAY APPRECIATIVE TO THE COUNCIL, TO THE MAYOR, TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD A SAY AS ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE TASK GROUP FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
BUT IT'S THE LOVE OF OUR COMMUNITY, THE LOVE OF TRYING TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR EDGESTONE.
LIKE WE SAID BEFORE, WE FEEL LIKE TOWNHOMES OF THIS NATURE.
THE WORK THAT THESE FOLKS HERE AT THE DEVELOPER TEAM AND LANDOWNER TEAM, THEY CAN TAKE THAT ELSEWHERE IN FRISCO AND DO SOME REALLY SUCCESSFUL THINGS WITH THIS TYPE OF A MEDIUM DENSITY OFFERING. SO WE THINK THERE'S PLENTY OF THINGS THAT THEY COULD LOOK AT ELSEWHERE.
WE JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE I SAY THAT IT FITS THE CONTEXT OF [INAUDIBLE] IN THIS SMALL LEFTOVER PIECE NOW THAT WE'RE SO FAR ALONG AT 90% OF THE LOTS STRUCTURED. SO THAT'S THE POINT I WANTED TO MAKE AND I'LL PASS IT ON TO OTHER FOLKS.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
GRETCHEN HITCHCOCK, PLEASE COME OUT AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
I LIVE AT 6254 MANDALAY DRIVE, SO I WAS HERE IN APRIL.
I WAS FRUSTRATED THAT AFTER ALL OF US FROM [INAUDIBLE] VOICED OUR OPINIONS, IT WAS FOLLOWED BY A HALF HOUR OF LISTENING TO MAYOR CHENEY VOICE HIS OPINIONS.
RATHER THAN HEARING THE COUNCIL BE ABLE TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS AND RESPONSES TO OUR CONCERNS.
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FUTURE RESIDENTS OF FRISCO AND THE PEOPLE WHO MAY MOVE INTO TOWN THAT AREN'T YET ZONED FOR THESE LOTS.INSTEAD OF ADDRESSING THE CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS WHO ALREADY LIVE IN THE [INAUDIBLE] NEIGHBORHOOD, OBVIOUSLY LISTENING TO THE RESIDENTS OF EDGE STONE WASN'T A PRIORITY AND ASKING THE DEVELOPER TO PROPOSE AMENITIES THAT RESULTED IN A SMALL TRIANGLE OF LAND IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S BENEFICIAL TO THE RESIDENTS OF EDGE STONE, NOR WAS SOMETHING THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASKED FOR.
WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT PEOPLE THAT MAY LIVE IN THESE TOWNHOMES COMING OVER AND USING OUR AMENITY CENTER, AND NONE OF THAT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED BY ANY OF THE COMMENTS THAT THE COUNCIL OR THE MAYOR MADE LAST WEEK OR LAST MONTH.
IT MAKES SENSE TO BUILD IT IN PLACES WHERE THERE'S OPEN LAND THAT MAY BACK UP TO RETAIL OR OTHER BUSY STREETS, UP BY 380, FOR EXAMPLE, INSTEAD OF BUILDING IT IN AN AREA THAT WAS ORIGINALLY ZONED AND IS STILL CURRENTLY ZONED TO BE PART OF WHERE AN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD IS.
AND, EDGE STONE, THERE ARE RESIDENTS STILL THAT HAVE BOUGHT THE LAND FROM [INAUDIBLE] THAT BACKS RIGHT UP TO THIS PLOT OF LAND THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. AND SHADEGG STILL IS NOT DISCLOSING THAT THERE MIGHT BE FUTURE TOWNHOMES BUILT THERE.
AND YES, THERE'S SIGNS POSTED AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT UNLESS THOSE FUTURE HOMEOWNERS GO AND DO THAT RESEARCH, THEY DON'T KNOW THAT.
SO THE FACT THAT DEVELOPERS ARE STILL SAYING THAT THEY CAN SELL HOUSES BUT NOT DISCLOSE THIS, IT JUST SHOWS THAT THERE'S STILL [INAUDIBLE] GOING ON EVEN BY THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY SELLING HOUSES TODAY.
SO I ASK THAT ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THINK OF THE ACTUAL RESIDENTS FROM EDGE STONE WHO WERE HERE IN APRIL AND THOSE OF US THAT ARE HERE TODAY AND VOTE TO REPRESENT ALL OF US THAT ARE CURRENT FRISCO RESIDENTS, NOT RESIDENTS WHO MAY MOVE HERE IN THE FUTURE.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] KATHERINE HARDAWAY.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE DAN ROSS AND CRYSTAL [INAUDIBLE].
HI, MY NAME IS CATHERINE HADAWAY.
I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY DEVELOPMENTS.
BUT SOMETHING KIND OF INTERESTING HAPPENED.
MY SEVENTH GRADER WENT ON A TOUR OF WHERE ALL THESE NEW HOMES ARE GOING AND EDGE STONE.
THERE'S NOTHING TO DO OVER THERE.
MY HUSBAND AND I LOOKED AT ONE ANOTHER AND WE SAID, WOW, HE'S GOING TO HAVE YOUR JOB.
SO THAT REALLY MADE ME TAKE A STEP BACK.
AND OVER MY 200 PLUS TRIPS, MAYBE OVER THE LAST MONTH BECAUSE I'M A MOM AND I DRIVE A WHOLE LOT DOWN FOURTH ARMY, EVERY TIME I MADE THAT CORNER, I KEPT THINKING ABOUT YOUR WORDS. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? YOU MAY NOT LIKE AS WELL.
YOU MAY NOT LIKE THE NEXT PROPOSAL.
AND I WORK WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE GOING THROUGH A DIVORCE.
I'M A CPA. I DEAL WITH TAXES AND DEAL A LOT WITH THE DIVORCE COMMUNITY.
AND I KEPT THINKING THAT'S WHAT MY BATTERED SPOUSES THINK.
I AM GOING TO STICK THIS OUT BECAUSE THE NEXT SPOUSE ISN'T GOING TO BE AS GOOD.
THE NEXT DEVELOPMENT THAT COMES ALONG ISN'T GOING TO BE AS GOOD.
I'M NOT READY TO ADMIT THAT I'M A BATTERED SPOUSE.
I DON'T WANT TO MAKE THAT TURN ALL THE TIME AND THINK I'M A BATTERED SPOUSE.
I ACCEPTED THIS BECAUSE I WASN'T CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO KNOW I DESERVED BETTER.
SO THAT'S WHAT I LEAVE YOU WITH.
MY SEVENTH GRADER WILL PROBABLY COME HOME WHEN THOSE TOWNHOMES START TO GET DEVELOPED AND GO.
THEY REALLY HAVE NOTHING TO DO OVER THERE, MOM.
AND I'LL BE PROUD TO SAY THAT I LIVE IN PEARSON FARMS WHERE WE HAVE THINGS TO DO.
AND HE LIKED THAT NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE IT REMINDED HIM OF HOME.
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WE MOVED AWAY FROM THERE FOR A REASON.SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY TO YOU.
AND HE WILL HAVE YOUR JOB SOMEDAY.
THEN WE'LL HAVE CRYSTAL [INAUDIBLE].
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR.
CITY COUNCIL WAS HERE ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
SPOKE. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF FRISCO FOR 18 YEARS.
THE TRAILS AND THEN OVER IN PEARSON FARMS NOW I BACK UP TO FOURTH ARMY ON HALL DRIVE.
OVER THE YEARS I'VE SEEN MORE OF MY FAIR SHARE OF GROWTH.
MOVED HERE IN 2004, SO IT WAS LESS THAN 50,000 PEOPLE.
AND IT WAS IMAGINED THAT POWER LINES.
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT. RIGHT. YOU KNOW WHEN PEOPLE WHEN THEY WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT PUTTING A POWER SUBSTATION IN FRONT OF ALLEN ELEMENTARY YEARS AGO, 100% UNDERSTOOD THOSE RESIDENTS CONCERNS WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT PUTTING EDGE STONE IN PLACE AND CONVERTING IT TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
IT'S. HEY, YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE ME TONS OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
I'M ALL FOR IT. JUST I DIDN'T COME HERE.
I DIDN'T SAY I WAS FOR OR AGAINST IT.
HEY, GIVE ME, GIVE ME, GIVE ME ALL THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL YOU CAN.
I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY THAT YOU PROBABLY HAD LESS PEOPLE OPPOSING EDGE STONE THAN YOU HAVE PEOPLE OPPOSING THIS DEVELOPMENT IN THIS LITTLE PLOT OF LAND RIGHT HERE. YOU KNOW, IT'S 150 PEOPLE OR 150 CARS, 400 PLUS RESIDENTS VERSUS I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OPPOSE EDGE STONE WHEN IT WAS INITIALLY PROPOSED, BUT WHEN THAT INITIAL PROPOSAL HAPPENED, IT WAS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL THAT PEOPLE WERE THEORETICALLY OPPOSING.
WHEN [INAUDIBLE] NEIGHBORHOOD WAS DEVELOPED TO THE NORTH? I DIDN'T EVEN COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT AND COME TO THE REZONING.
I ACTUALLY THOUGHT THERE WAS A NEED FOR THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN.
BUT THE DENSITY WAS A LONG LEGACY.
IT WAS CONDENSED. IT WAS A BIG MASTER PLAN.
IT HAD COHESIVE STRUCTURE TO IT.
THERE'S A LOT OF PROPERTY VALUE.
I GET IT. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE MORE AND MORE I HEAR THIS, I JUST KEEP THINKING IT COMES BACK TO THIS IS ABOUT STICKING A BUNCH OF DENSITY RIGHT IN BETWEEN TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO IT'S VERY DIFFERENT IN THAT REGARD.
SO I WOULD JUST IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF MORE DENSITY THAN VOTE FOR IT, IF YOU'RE NOT IN FAVOR OF DENSITY, THEN THEN VOTE AGAINST IT BECAUSE YOU'RE PUTTING IT RIGHT IN BETWEEN TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE NOBODY WAS TOLD THERE WAS GOING TO BE THIS KIND OF DENSITY FROM THE GET GO.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE] HELLO. I'M KRYSTAL [INAUDIBLE], AND I ALSO LIVE IN THE STEPCHILD OF PEARSON FARMS. BUT I WANTED TO COME HERE TONIGHT AS I CAME LAST MONTH TO TALK ABOUT THIS SECTION OF LAND, WHICH I DISAGREE WITH CONVERTING INTO A HIGH DENSITY AREA. SO TONIGHT I THINK A LOT OF US ARE HERE AND WE'VE HEARD A FEW ALREADY SPEAK ABOUT OUR DISPLEASURE OF HAVING THIS ZONED AND PASSING THIS TO HAVE IT BE A PRO DENSITY LOCATION.
IF YOU VOTE TO SUPPORT THIS ZONING CHANGE, YOU ARE STATING THAT YOU KNOW BETTER THAN US, THE NEIGHBORS, THE PEOPLE WHO THIS IS IN OUR BACKYARD.
AND THIS LAND IS ZONED CURRENTLY FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, PERIOD.
SO IT IRRITATES ME A LITTLE BIT THAT IT SEEMS AS THOUGH WE ARE BEING HAVING
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PROBLEMS SHOOT THIS PIECE OF LAND THAT WE NEED TO PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER, WHAT WE COULD PUT THERE, THAT SHOULD NOT BE OUR PROBLEM.THE PEOPLE WHO PURCHASED THIS LAND BOUGHT THAT KNOWING IT'S SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
WHY IS THIS BECOMING OUR PROBLEM IN OUR BACKYARD? WHEN THEY PURCHASE THIS LAND, KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE GETTING AND TO ME, THEY'RE JUST PURCHASING THIS BANKING.
I'M MAKING EXTRA CASH AND BUILDING HIGH DENSITY CONDOS.
THEIR DESIRE FOR A BIGGER BANG FOR THEIR BUCK SHOULD NOT BE OUR PROBLEM.
PLEASE DON'T MAKE IT OUR PROBLEM.
I IMPLORE YOU TO VOTE PRO THIS COMMUNITY TONIGHT AND NOT FOR HIGH DENSITY.
[APPLAUSE] NEXT WE HAVE [INAUDIBLE] AND THEN WILLIAM LEES WILL BE NEXT.
EVERY TIME WE JUST COME HERE, WE END UP ADDING ONE MORE COUNCIL MEMBER.
DON'T MAKE US COME ONE MORE TIME.
[LAUGHTER] WE DON'T HAVE A CHANCE. THERE ARE SO MANY REASONS YOU COULD KNOW FOR THIS.
WE TALKED ABOUT INCREASE THE TRAFFIC SITUATION, ESPECIALLY EACH AND EVERY CAR IN THE FOURTH ARMY IN THE MORNING TIME TAKING LEFT PEOPLE CUTTING THROUGH MEDIAN.
MAYBE NOT. NOT ENGAGING COMMUNITY EARLY AND SOON IN A MEANINGFUL WAY.
YOU COULD VOTE AGAINST THIS, MAYBE NOT.
FOR INCREASED PARKING SITUATION, BOTH THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY AND VISITOR WE TALKED ABOUT EVERY TIME A NEW HOME COMES IN, THERE IS A TON OF PARKING.
THAT MAY BE A REASON FOR VOTING NO OR SOMEBODY REALLY JUST LOOKING AT ESTHETICS OF THIS COMMUNITY AND SEE WHAT IS BEING BUILT SURROUNDING AREA AND HOW THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT.
THAT COULD BE A REASON FOR VOTING NO.
OR YOU COULD COME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION ALL THE RESIDENTS CAME.
THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT DENSITY AT THE RIGHT PLACE.
THIS IS MIXING URBAN AS WELL AS HIGH DENSITY HOMES TOGETHER.
SO THAT MAY BE A REASON FOR NOW, OR THIS COULD BE A CONSISTENT CHANGE IN THE MASTER PLAN.
MANY TIMES THIS COMMUNITY HAS GONE THROUGH.
BUT I'M ASKING YOU TO VOTE NO FOR TWO REASONS.
IN ALL OF OUR WORDS, EITHER IT IS THROUGH MASTERPLAN OR PREVIOUS APPROVAL.
THAT IS THE PROMISE WE MADE TO 95% OF RESIDENTS.
PEOPLE MENTIONED ABOUT BAIT AND SWITCH.
THAT IS THE REASON I'M ASKING YOU TO VOTE NO FOR IT.
BY THE WAY, THIS IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY.
THERE IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF [INAUDIBLE].
WE NEED TO ADDRESS FROM A CITY PERSPECTIVE.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE SETTING A BAD PRECEDENT EVERYWHERE.
I REQUEST THE COUNCIL TO VOTE NO, BY THE WAY THIS COMMUNITY IS ENGAGED.
WE ARE GOING TO LIVE IN EDGE STONE COMMUNITY.
WE ARE GOING TO SHOW UP FOR PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
WE HAVE A MORE. THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT CREATED A VERY CLOSE, ENGAGED CITIZENRY.
[APPLAUSE] WILLIAM [INAUDIBLE] AND THEN WE'LL HAVE [INAUDIBLE].
I AM IN FAVOR OF ACTUALLY THIS PROPOSAL, AND I WANTED TO SPEAK TO IT AS A RESIDENT OF THE TRAILS.
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THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND THE APARTMENTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND FIND NONE OF THOSE TO BE EXTREMELY DESIRABLE AS WE WANT TO STAY IN FRISCO BECAUSE WE LOVE THE COMMUNITY, THE OFFERINGS THAT IT HAS AND EVERYTHING THAT FRISCO HAS OFFERED TO US, WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THAT.BUT WE'RE IN A SPACE WHERE DECIDING TO SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND CONTINUE WITH MAINTENANCE, CONTINUE WITH THAT AS WE GET OLDER AND INTO OUR PLANNING AND WE SEE THIS AS A VIABLE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S MORE OF A TOWN HOME, MORE OF A SPACE THAT WOULD FIT US AS OPPOSED TO AN APARTMENT OR SOMETHING THAT WE CURRENTLY LIVE IN.
SO WE SEE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE AND WE THINK THIS IS ONE FOR US TO CONTINUE TO BE RESIDENTS OF FRISCO.
AGAIN, WE HAVE LOVED OUR TIME HERE AND DO NOT WANT TO MOVE.
SO I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER SUPPORTING THIS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] THERE YOU ARE.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE]. I LIVE IN PLANO.
I HAVE PROPERTIES IN EDGE STONE.
MY BACKGROUND IS THAT I STARTED IN THIS COUNTRY AT $5 AN HOUR.
I WAS SO LUCKY THAT I HAD PLACES TO LIVE.
AND I'M HERE. AND I'M ABLE TO HAVE PROPERTIES WORTH MILLIONS TODAY.
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY TO MY KIDS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A PLACE IN EDGE STONE OR ANYWHERE ELSE.
YOU GO AND LIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
YOU GO SOMEWHERE. [INAUDIBLE].
THERE ARE OPTIONS FOR ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE.
TOWNHOMES ARE THE BEST OPTIONS FOR NEW GENERATIONS.
YOU HAVE THREE DAUGHTERS THAT I SAW TODAY.
I HAVE TWO SONS THAT ARE ADULT.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BUY $1,000,000 HOME TODAY.
THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR TOWNHOMES.
SOMEWHERE THEY CAN START THEIR LIFE AND THEN MOVE FURTHER.
THAT'S HOW THE PROGRESS AND NATURAL PROGRESSION OF LIFE IS.
I'M NOT GOING TO BE AGAINST IT.
I JUST ENTITLED MYSELF FOR MEDICARE.
I'M 65. I'M GOING TO SCALE DOWN.
I'M GOING TO GO IN THESE KIND OF PLACES.
I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS LOCATION.
IT IS NOT ONE OF THE MULTIFAMILY BIG DENSITY.
WE ALL KNOW THE TRAFFIC RULES AND THE PARKING RULES ARE MANDATED BY THE CITY.
THERE ARE RULES THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO FOLLOW.
SO I'M URGING COUNCIL TO BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE JASON KAY.
I'M GOING TO GO WITH NOT [INAUDIBLE].
I'M SORRY I COULDN'T PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME.
I'VE LIVED IN FRISCO SINCE 2018.
I MOVED HERE TO THE CANALS AND THEN WE WANTED TO UPGRADE TO A LARGER HOUSE.
WE HAD A BABY ON THE WAY AND WE MOVED UP TOWARDS THE HOLLYHOCK AREA, JUST OFF OF PANTHER CREEK.
WE LIVED THERE FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND WE WANTED TO GO BACK TO A TOWNHOME.
WE FOUND THAT IT WAS IT WAS VERY COMFORTABLE AND EFFICIENT.
I DIDN'T HAVE TO CUT THE GRASS ON THE WEEKENDS.
WE JUST HAD MORE TIME TO SPEND WITH OUR FAMILY.
WE BOTH WORK SHE WORKS AT IBM.
I DEVELOPED [INAUDIBLE] ACTUALLY IN THE CITY.
SO I SPENT A LOT OF TIME HERE.
AND WHEN I GOT TO COME TO NORTH DALLAS, IT WAS BECAUSE I GOT IN SMU AND GOT TO DO MY MASTER'S DEGREE AND WE FOUND FRISCO AND IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE THE PERFECT PLACE FOR FAMILY. OUR KIDS LOVE THE SCHOOLS AND I JUST WANT TO DISPEL ANY MYTHS THAT TOWNHOMES AREN'T REALLY MULTIFAMILY OR HIGH DENSITY. IT MAY SEEM THAT WAY IN COMPARISON TO THE SINGLE FAMILIES AROUND IT, BUT IN THE CANALS WHERE I LIVE, I HAVE SINGLE FAMILY IN FRONT OF ME AND BEHIND ME, AND I'VE BEEN WANTING TO LIVE IN EDGE STONE PROBABLY SINCE I GOT TO BUILD [INAUDIBLE] BECAUSE I JUST THOUGHT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS SO CLEAN AND BEAUTIFUL AND I DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. TOWNHOMES ARE MY PREFERENCE, SO I JUST WANT TO REPRESENT TOWNHOME OWNERS THAT WE REALLY ENJOY THE EFFICIENCY OF TOWNHOMES.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE [INAUDIBLE] WHO LIVES ON
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[INAUDIBLE] NEXT.HI, I'M MITCH ROSENBERG AND MY WIFE CARLA IS SITTING UP THERE.
WE HAD TWO INTERESTING VOICES SPOKEN THAT I JUST DIDN'T SEE COMING AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE THE EARLY EIGHTIES.
MY WIFE AND I ARE CHILDREN ARE GONE.
THEY'RE IN THEIR THIRTIES, WHICH IS VERY DEPRESSING.
I SAW YOUR KIDS WATCH HOW FAST THEY DISAPPEAR.
MY WIFE AND I ARE IN A HOME RIGHT NOW, A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
WHEN THIS WAS PRESENTED TO ME, FIRST THING THAT RAN THROUGH MY MIND IS THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO LIVE.
THIS IS THE TYPE OF HOME I WANT TO LIVE IN.
I HAVE FOUR KIDS IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, ALL OUR OFFICERS SERVING OUR COUNTRY.
THIS IS WHERE THEY WANT TO BE.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET A STARTER HOME FOR $1,000,000, $600,000.
THEY'RE GOING TO GET A STARTER HOME, THAT'S A TOWNHOME.
BUT A TOWNHOME IS NOT HIGH DENSITY.
THERE'S NOT 15 OR 20 PEOPLE LIVING IN IT.
I WANT THE THING FOR MYSELF AND I WANT MY KIDS TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO AFFORD A HOME AND LIVE IN IT.
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE I REMEMBER THE CITY COUNCIL, YOU HAD A DOUBLE WIDE MOBILE HOME.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAD FOR A CITY COUNCIL THAT WE VOTED IN BACK IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES.
AND I APOLOGIZE FOR MESSING YOUR NAME UP.
NO PROBLEM, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.
MAYOR PRO TEM, CITY COUNCIL AND THE STAFF, I'M [INAUDIBLE].
AND BY PROFESSION, I'M A REALTOR.
I WORK WITH SEVERAL BUYERS IN AND AROUND FRISCO.
SO LATELY, AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY PRICES HAVE GONE, SKYROCKETED.
AND I ALWAYS WORK WITH BUYERS WHO ARE HAVING EARNING POTENTIAL OR EARNING OF 150K.
AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANY PLACE TO BUY IN FRISCO.
RIGHT. AND I'VE SEEN SEVERAL PEOPLE HERE MENTIONING THAT ARE LIKE HAVING RAISING CONCERNS THAT IT WILL BRING DOWN THE VALUE OF THE HOMES.
I THINK THAT IS MORE OF A MYTH THAN AN ACTUAL REALITY.
AND I THINK THAT IT WOULD ELEVATE THE COMMUNITY RATHER THAN DOWNGRADING IT.
SO I URGE THE COUNCIL AND EVERYONE TO APPROVE THIS.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR LAST SPEAKER IS [INAUDIBLE], THE APPLICANT.
YOU'VE TOLD ME LIKE FOUR OR FIVE TIMES AND I STILL CAN'T [INAUDIBLE].
I'M THE APPLICANT. I'M WITH CONTOUR, REAL ESTATE AND DEVELOPMENT.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL'S TIME.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS NOW, TWO, MEETINGS THAT WE SPENT AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF TIME ON THIS PROJECT.
AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE WERE GIVEN MARCHING ORDERS TO DO TWO THINGS.
THE SECOND ONE WAS TO WORK TO ENGAGE WITH THE RESIDENTS SO THAT THEY BETTER UNDERSTAND OUR PROPOSAL.
WE FEEL LIKE WE REALLY DID BOTH OF THOSE THINGS.
FIRST IS WHAT? FIRST, WHAT WE DID IS WE HAD TO TAKE A LOOK.
IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN GET THE DRAWING UP ONE MORE TIME? I'M SORRY.
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OH. THIS IS YOUR PRESENTATION? YEAH. IF YOU GET THE SECOND ONE THAT HAS THE OPEN SPACE WITH THE GREEN.THANK YOU. WE DID TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THE OPEN SPACE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CREEK.
THAT AREA HAS IT'S PRONE TO FLOODING AND HAS DRAINAGE ISSUES AND IT HAS WETLAND PLANT MATERIAL.
AND YOU COULDN'T EVEN GET A SIDEWALK AROUND THAT.
IF YOU GO SOUTH OF WHERE WE MADE THAT CONNECTION, YOU CAN SEE ANOTHER DRAINAGE WAY IN IN THE PHOTOGRAPH AND THAT HAS CATTAILS FOR SEVERAL FEET THAT THERE WASN'T ANY WAY TO MAKE A CONNECTION THERE AS WELL.
WE'VE PUSHED OUR AREA AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND WE HAD TO DO FLOOD STUDIES EVEN TO GET THAT DONE.
SO WE KNEW THAT WE WERE ALREADY PUSHING OUR LIMITS.
THE AREA WHERE WE COULD MAKE THE CONNECTION WAS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
AND WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO IS TO EXTEND FROM THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE THAT WENT OVER THE CREEK, WE WERE ABLE TO EXTEND A SIDEWALK THAT WOULD CONNECT TO THE EXISTING EDGE STONE COMMUNITY AND WOULD ALLOW CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THE TWO COMMUNITIES, OUR COMMUNITY HEARTWOOD AND EDGE STONE AND MAKE THAT CONNECTION SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE MORE OF A CONTIGUOUS WALKING PATH.
AND EVEN GOING ACROSS TO THE SOUTH ON STONE BROOK, THE NEXT THING THAT WE DID WAS WE WENT AND TALKED TO SHATTUCK HOMES AND THEN TAYLOR MORRISON AND DARLENE HOLMES.
THEY OWN ALL OF THE LOTS BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM THAT BACK UP TO US.
WE REVIEWED OUR PLANS, WE REVIEWED OUR CONNECTION, AND THEY WERE ACTUALLY IN SUPPORT, CONTRADICTORY TO WHAT YOU HEARD EARLIER THIS EVENING.
THE REASONS THAT THEY'RE IN SUPPORT IS, YOU KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE COMMERCIAL, I BELIEVE IT WAS ONE OF THE BUILDERS HAS ON THEIR PLANS, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE IT LISTED AS COMMERCIAL AS THE WORST CASE SCENARIO FOR HOMES THAT THAT BACK UP TO THAT THAT THEY NEED TO BE AWARE THAT THAT IS A POSSIBILITY THEY ARE ACTUALLY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING ANOTHER RESIDENTIAL USE.
AND I THINK THROUGH THE WORK WITH STAFF WE'VE SET UP THE HOMES SO THAT THEY ACTUALLY FRONT THEY'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE BACK OF TOWN HOMES OR ALLEYWAYS THAT WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO MAKE THE VIEW AS NICE AS POSSIBLE FOR EDGE STONE.
SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE ALL OF OUR OPEN SPACE AND OUR AMENITIES ALONG THAT LINE.
SO WE HAVE MADE A CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT ON THOSE HOMEOWNERS.
WE MET WITH ONE GROUP THAT WAS CONNECTED TO US THROUGH THE MAYOR THAT REPRESENTED A LARGER GROUP.
WE MET WITH THEM AT A COFFEE SHOP AND EXPLAIN THAT.
AND THEY ACTUALLY SPOKE THIS EVENING.
WE CAN'T MANUFACTURE LAND TO THE NORTH TO MAKE THE STONE A BETTER PLACE.
IN ADDITION TO HAVING THAT MEETING, WE DID HAVE THREE OPTIONS.
AN EMAIL WAS SENT OUT THROUGH THE EDGE STONE AND WE HAD THREE OPTIONS TO MEET WITH RESIDENTS.
WE WOULD DO A COFFEE SHOP AGAIN, WHATEVER IT COULD BE WITH INDIVIDUALS OR SMALL GROUPS.
THEN WE ALSO HAD A MEETING THAT WE SCHEDULED FOR MAY 11TH OVER LUNCH.
THAT WAS A ZOOM MEETING THAT ALL THEY HAD TO DO.
THEY COULD THEY COULD ATTEND THAT OF WHICH WE HAD TWO PEOPLE.
AT THE FIRST OPTION THAT I TOLD YOU ABOUT, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY REQUESTS FOR THAT.
AND THEN THE THIRD ONE WAS ANOTHER IN-PERSON MEETING AT THE AMENITY CENTER AT 6:00 ON MAY 11TH.
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WE WANT TO DO IT. WE HAD DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE I THINK THERE HAD BEEN SOME MISINFORMATION ON WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO AND WE WANTED TO EXPLAIN IT. BUT WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE THAT.THEY WEREN'T INTERESTED IN HEARING WHAT WE HAD.
SO WITH THAT, I FEEL LIKE THE COMMUNITY, THE PLAN HAS BEEN WELL THOUGHT OF.
WE HAVE THEIR SUPPORT PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION APPROVED THIS TO BRING IT FORWARD.
AND WE CERTAINLY HOPE WE CAN GET YOUR SUPPORT TONIGHT.
AND ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE IN OPPOSITION OF THIS ITEM.
GILBERT [INAUDIBLE] AND ALEX CHING.
[INAUDIBLE] ALL OF THOSE. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DURING CITIZEN INPUT? COME ON DOWN. COME ON UP PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
I LIVE AT 6082 MANDALAY DRIVE IN FRISCO.
AND THAT'S OUR PRIMARY PROBLEM HERE IS IT DID NOT INCLUDE TOWNHOMES.
IT INCLUDED OTHER METHODS OF COMMERCIAL RETAIL AND OTHER TYPES.
AND I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S A MATTER OF RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT THAT RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT THAT IN THE MASTER PLAN IN 2015, THIS WAS IDENTIFIED AS A SUBURBAN COMMUNITY, NOT AN URBAN BUT SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT.
THERE'S LOTS OF DENSITY DEVELOPMENT THERE.
TO THE NORTH OF US WE HAVE DIAMOND ESTATES AND THEN BEYOND THAT WE HAVE MAJESTIC GARDENS.
SO THERE'S LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO MOVE IN.
WE'RE JUST SIMPLY SAYING THAT THE BUILDING THAT'S HERE, THE 61 IN BETWEEN TWO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, NOT TO MENTION WHAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE, 400 PLUS RESIDENTS, WHEN THEY PURCHASED THESE HOMES, WERE TOLD WAS NOT DEVELOPMENT OF THIS TYPE, NOR WOULD WE HAVE MADE THE SAME DECISION THAT WE MADE.
AND WE'RE SIMPLY ASKING THE COUNCIL TO DO THE RIGHT THING, STOP ALLOWING DEVELOPERS TO COME IN AND JUST CHANGE PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS AWAY FROM WHAT THEY WHAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED AND TO START WORKING WITHIN THE CONFINES OF WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS.[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. YOU WANT TO SPEAK? YOU CAN JUST COME DOWN AND SIT ON THE FRONT ROW.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
WE LIVE NEAR THE PRESTON IN PANTHER CREEK, WHERE THE UNIVERSITY IS COMING UP.
THAT'S LIKE 17 ACRES OR SOMETHING OR MORE, WHICH IS OPEN SPACE.
YOU CAN BUILD TOWNHOMES THERE.
OUR HOUSE, WHICH IS THERE, IT'S AROUND 600K, WHICH IS THE SAME PRICE AS TOWNHOMES.
YOU CAN BUY ONE OF THOSE HOUSES.
MY FRIENDS WHO LIVE NEAR SOUTHWEST SORRY, IN SOUTH LAKE, EVEN THEY KNOW ABOUT EDGE STONE.
AND MY HOUSE IS LOCATED IN THAT PHOTO.
RIGHT. ONE OF THE NEW HOMES WE SPEND, WE ARE SPENDING OVER A MILLION.
AND MY WIFE IS REALLY PISSED OFF THAT THERE ARE TOWNHOMES COMING UP.
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KIDS, THEY CAN'T PLAY ON THE ROAD BECAUSE OF THIS TRAFFIC.AND THERE'S A LOT OF SPACE IN FRISCO.
YOU CAN BUILD OPPOSITE [INAUDIBLE].
THERE'S LIKE A BIG RANGE OF LAND.
YOU CAN BUILD TOWNHOMES ALL OVER THERE.
IT'S BEEN FOR SALE FOR LIKE YEARS.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
[APPLAUSE] AND MAYOR I'M A BIG FAN OF YOU.
THANK YOU. GOT ANOTHER BLUE CARD FOR [INAUDIBLE].
THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS.
A MONTH AGO, WE WERE HERE DISCUSSING THE SAME AMENDMENT.
ACTUALLY, LAURA, THAT'S WHEN YOU WERE SWORN IN.
CONGRATULATIONS. I DIDN'T GET TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS.
LAST MEETING. EVERYONE THAT SPOKE HERE TONIGHT SO MUCH MORE ARTICULATE THAN I COULD BE.
THEY HAVE THEIR WHOLE FINANCIAL NEST EGG HERE AND THERE.
THEY'RE REALLY CONCERNED, THIS SMALL TRIANGLE, WHICH IS WHAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON, NOT THE OVERALL EDGE STONE PROJECT, BUT THIS SMALL TRIANGLE FROM WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM ROUGHLY 13 TO 61, THAT'S ABOUT A 460% INCREASE IN DENSITY IN THIS TINY TRIANGLE THAT'S ALARMING IN THIS HEAVILY POPULATED AREA, 460% INCREASE.
NOW, AS YOU KNOW, IT'S EARLY VOTING STARTED THIS WEEK FOR THE PRIMARY RUNOFFS.
SO I ASKED THEM, COME ON, COME TO THE MEETING TONIGHT.
SPEAK UP. A COUPLE PEOPLE FROM PEARSON FARMS DID, AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
THEY SAID THEY DON'T CARE WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL DOESN'T CARE WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.
MY VOICE ISN'T GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, IS IT? OKAY. DID YOU VOTE IN THE CITY COUNCIL ELECTION? THE LAST ELECTION, WHICH WE HAD, WHAT WAS IT, SINGLE DIGITS PARTICIPATION? THEY SAID NO.
AND THEN IT DAWNED ON ME, YOU CAN MAKE THAT CHANGE FOR THEM.
YOU CAN BE THEIR VOICE TONIGHT.
YOU CAN SAY THAT THEY WILL GET THIS VOTE OF NO ON THIS AMENDMENT.
YOU CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN AND YOU CAN PREVENT A 460% INCREASE IN DENSITY.
YOU CAN DO THAT. YOU HAVE THE POWER TO DO THAT.
AND YOU ALSO, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU HAVE THE POWER TO PROTECT IT IN THE FUTURE.
YOU HAVE THE POWER TO SAY NO TONIGHT, AND YOU HAVE THE POWER TO PROTECT US IN THE FUTURE.
PLEASE VOTE NO ON THIS AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] I HAVE ANOTHER BLUE CARD FOR.
THANK YOU, DONNA KEEFE. 6082 MANDALAY DRIVE, FRISCO.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD A COUPLE OF ITEMS TO ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
RIGHT. WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PD 245, THE MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY, THERE WAS ALREADY A LOT OF FORETHOUGHT OR INSIGHT INTO WHAT WAS IT, WHAT WAS GOING TO SURROUND IT, RIGHT? ESPECIALLY WITH GRAND PARK AND SO FORTH.
SO IT TOWNHOMES WERE NOT CONGRUENT TO WHAT WAS SURROUNDING.
SO WE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT WHAT'S WHAT'S THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AROUND IT.
I WAS LISTENING TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT SPOKE FOR IT AND I KEEP THINKING HOW MANY OF THEM ARE REALLY INVESTORS TRYING TO GET INTO THIS PROPERTY? RIGHT. AND ONE OF THEM ACTUALLY MENTIONED THEY LIVE IN PLANO.
SO I LIKED WHAT THE OTHER LADY WAS SAYING, SAYING, WE ARE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE CARE ABOUT WHAT'S IN OUR BACKYARD TO WHAT'S GOING IN THERE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR ALL OF YOU TO CONSIDER.
IT'S [INAUDIBLE], RIGHT? THE FACT THAT REALLY HIGH SCHOOL SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST HOW THE SCHOOL ZONING HAS HAPPENED, THE FACT THAT REALLY HIGH SCHOOL IS OVERCAPACITY AND THAT'S IN SPITTING DISTANCE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE FROM OUR FRONT DOOR THAT WE COULD NEVER SEND OUR KIDS THERE.
RIGHT. THE FACT THAT THAT'S OVER CAPACITY AND NOW WE'RE ADDING 61 MORE HOMES TO THAT SAME AREA.
I MEAN, THOSE HOMES WILL NEVER HAVE A CHANCE TO GO TO THE SCHOOL ACROSS THE STREET.
AND WHAT DOES THAT ADD? THAT ADDS ANOTHER COMPLEXITY BECAUSE THE WHOLE TRAFFIC TOPIC THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND WE'RE SAYING THERE'S WE'VE DONE TRAFFIC MODELS, RIGHT? I WORK IN CORPORATE AND IT'S LIKE YOU CAN PUT SO MANY INPUTS INTO A MODEL AND HAVE IT COME OUT WITH WHAT HOW YOU WANT IT TO COME OUT.
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TRAFFIC NEEDS TO BE CLOCKED.WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY STAND THERE AND SEE HOW THOSE ROADS ARE BEING USED.
SORRY. AND WHEN YOU'VE GOT ALL OF THAT, ALL OF THOSE PARAMETERS HAPPENING, THERE IS NO WAY IT'S NOT LOGICAL TO SAY THAT TRAFFIC IS NOT GOING TO BE ADVERSELY IMPACTED WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO PUT 61 TOWNHOMES IN A TEN OR TEN SINGLE FAMILY HOME ORIGINAL PLAN.
BUT THIS LAND, THIS TRIANGLE LOT, 10.56 ACRES WAS MARKETED AS SINGLE FAMILY LOTS.
IT WAS SHOWN AND MARKED WITH THAT.
SO I THINK THERE'S ALL THOSE PARAMETERS.
I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE I MEAN, WE NEED TO REALLY CONSIDER THE PRESIDENTS THAT WE'RE SETTING FOR THIS TYPE OF MOVEMENT, FOR THIS TYPE OF DRASTIC CHANGE, FOR AN INFILL SUCH AS THAT LAND.
SO THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE][INAUDIBLE].
SURE. DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK? I HAVE A MICROPHONE. MAYOR JOHN PALMER, DEVELOPER, PROPERTY OWNER.
I SPOKE LAST TIME. I WANTED TO SPEAK THIS EVENING JUST TO KIND OF CLARIFY A FEW THINGS.
PERIOD. NOT ONLY BEFORE TODAY, TODAY IN YOUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS.
REZONING IS A TOOL THAT THE CITY HAS TO GO FROM ONE CURRENT PLAN TO ANOTHER.
I BROUGHT A DEVELOPMENT TEAM TO LOOK AT GRAND PARK 15 YEARS AGO.
THOSE ITERATIONS ON GRANT PARK SINCE 15 YEARS HAVE INVOLVED A LOT OF CHANGES, A LOT OF MEETINGS, A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND A LOT OF ZONING IDEAS.
WE BUILT THE LUXURY SENIOR PROJECT THERE.
THERE'S GOING TO BE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS.
WE NOW HAVE A CHURCH THAT WAS NOT PLANNED BEFORE.
SO I'M JUST ASKING, THIS IS NOT A 90-DAY CASE.
WE'VE GONE THROUGH A MULTIPLE PROCESS.
WE HAD TO COME UP WITH TWO WEEKS WITH THE ADDITIONAL PLANNING AND CHANGES THAT WERE REQUESTED.
THEN WE HAD TO GO TO THE HOA, WHICH IS A HINES DEVELOPER HOA, CONTACT THEM AND GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS OF ENGAGING THEM TO GO OUT AND TALK TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE DID THAT AND IN THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WE OFFERED TO MEET ONE ON ONE AT KITCHEN TABLES, ZONE MEETINGS AND IN PERSON, AND THAT'S STILL HAS BEEN OPEN ALL THE WAY SINCE THE LAST MEETING AND BEFORE.
I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING IS WHAT'S THE REAL REASON WHY THIS USE DOESN'T FIT? THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE STATED TONIGHT, WE DON'T WANT IT ON THIS PROPERTY.
THERE'S OTHER PLACES IN FRISCO WHERE THIS WOULD FIT A LOT BETTER AND THE QUESTION BECOMES WHY WOULD IT FIT BETTER IN ANOTHER PLACE THAT ISN'T AN EDGE STONE WHEN YOU'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THIS ASSET CLASS FOR VARIOUS REASONS, AND I JUST AS I SAID LAST TIME, I'M JUST ASKING THE QUESTION IF BEFORE THOSE HOMEOWNERS ALL MOVED IN, INCLUDING I BOUGHT PROPERTY, THERE WAS A THOUGHT PROCESS THAT WHAT SHOULD GO THERE, WHAT THAT DESIGN SHOULD BE.
AND THEY WENT THROUGH A LENGTHY ZONING CASE TO GET THAT DONE.
AND NOW ONCE THOSE PEOPLE HAVE BOUGHT THOSE HOUSES AND I BOUGHT LAND AND I'VE BUILT LUXURY SENIOR LIVING, YOU KNOW, I HAVE MINE, BUT I'M ENCOURAGING THE COUNCIL TO LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
AND HAVE YOU HEARD POLICE DEPARTMENT SPOKE UP HERE LAST TIME.
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TRAFFIC SPOKE UP HERE LAST TIME.REALLY ASK WHAT IS THE REAL REASON WHY 61 UNITS ON THIS PROPERTY THAT HAS MANY DIFFERENT TIMES TRIED TO BE DEVELOPED AND HAS NOT BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER WHO HAS DONE EVERYTHING HE CAN TO MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH TO MEET THE NEEDS AND REQUESTS OF NOT ONLY THE COMMUNITY, BUT STAFF AND EVERYONE ELSE.
WHY DOES THAT NOT REALLY FIT? AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE IT IS A DIFFERENT ASSET CLASS.
THIS DEVELOPER IS BUILT ALL OVER FRISCO.
I'M JUST ASKING TONIGHT IF YOU WOULD GIVE GENEROUS CONSIDERATION TO THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, THE OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE CAN ALL AGREE TO DISAGREE, BUT IN THE END WE REALLY BELIEVE THIS IS A FUTURE COMMUNITY ASSET.
AND SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT.
ANYONE ELSE [INAUDIBLE] ONE MORE.
I'M SORRY. I PUT THE CARD DOWN.
I'LL FILL OUT THE CARD IN JUST A MOMENT.
I'M PAULA MCFARLAND, I LIVE AT 6233 BRENTWAY ROAD IN FRISCO.
I SPOKE I BELIEVE IT WAS IN APRIL, AND I SPOKE AT THE P AND Z MEETING.
WE'VE LIVED THERE FOR ABOUT THREE AND A HALF YEARS NOW.
NEVER, EVER WERE WE BECAUSE THIS WAS HINES HOA.
NEVER, EVER WERE WE AS AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WERE EVER TOLD OR INFORMED OR EVEN MENTIONED THAT THIS LAND WAS NOT GOING TO BUILD WHAT HAD BEEN PROPOSED.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS, IS THE COMMUNICATION AND THE WAY IT WENT ABOUT.
WE'RE ALL ON THE TAX ROLLS AND WE HAVE BEEN ON THE TAX ROLLS.
THE FIRST THAT WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS WAS IN FEBRUARY WHEN I CONTACTED MR. HUBBARD ABOUT WHAT ARE THESE SIGNS, WHAT IS GOING TO BE CHANGED, WHAT'S GOING TO BE AFFECTING ME AND THEN GOING TO THAT AND HAVING IT TABLED AND THROWN TO THE CITY AND IT HAD TO GO TO A TIE.
WE WERE NEVER INVOLVED AND THEY SAID, WELL, NO ONE CARED.
AND I'M LIKE, WAIT, HOW COULD WE CARE IF WE DIDN'T KNOW? WHEN WE FOUND OUT ABOUT IT.
THEN WE ALL STARTED COMING TOGETHER AND SAYING, WAIT A MINUTE, WHAT'S GOING ON? I DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS BEEN OPPOSED TO PATIO HOMES, ZERO LOT HOMES.
THOSE ARE HIGHER DENSITY THAN WHAT A TOWNHOME IS.
THE PEOPLE, IN MY OPINION, WHO SPOKE FOR IT ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING TO INVEST.
THEY'RE NOT LOOKING TO OWN OR OCCUPY.
I HAD TO SIGN A CONTRACT WITH HIGHLAND HOMES SAYING I WOULD BE OWNER OCCUPIED.
I'VE TALKED TO MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS.
THEY HAD TO DO THE SAME THING.
I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S THE PROBLEM IS NOT WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
THEY'VE BUILT A YEAR AND A HALF INTO THIS.
I UNDERSTAND FINANCIALLY THE MONEY THEY HAVE POURED INTO THIS DEVELOPMENT IS PROBABLY ASTRONOMICAL.
THAT'S WHERE THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN.
THE COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY AND THE P AND Z AND P AND Z IS YAY WE'RE GUNG HO FOR IT, AND NOW WE'RE THE BAD GUYS, BEING THE OWNERS OF THE HOMES BY SAYING WE OPPOSE IT BECAUSE WE ARE OWNER OCCUPIED.
MY HUSBAND AND I ARE BOTH RETIRED.
WE HAVE A GRANDCHILD THAT WE TAKE CARE OF SEVERAL DAYS A WEEK IN MY HOUSE.
IT'S VERY MUCH CONCERNING TO ME.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'VE HEARD A LOT OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE FEEDBACK TODAY ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL.
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ARE PASSIONATE COME AND TALK AND ALSO FOLKS WHO ARE IN FAVOR OF THE CONDO SPEAK.IT IS VERY STRATEGICALLY PLANNED.
IT IS ERODING MY TRUST IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
BUT I HAVE SOME FACTS THAT I WANT TO RECORD FOR THE COUNCIL IN THEIR MEETING MINUTES.
FIRST OF ALL, WHEN I WAS HERE LAST TIME AND I'M HERE THIS TIME AS WELL, AND WE HAVE HEARD DIFFERENT VIEWS HOW THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, ALL THESE FORMULAS, THE BEST SHEETS IN TERMS OF, HEY, WE DID THIS, WE DID THAT FROM THE CITY STAFF AS WELL.
BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS YOU CAN LOOK AT IT IN A GENERIC PURPOSE WITH ALL YOUR TOOLS, BUT NONE OF THEM LIVE, BREATHE, WALK AND FEEL THIS NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE THE FOLKS IN EDGE STONE AND ALL THE PEARSON FARMS AND EVERYBODY THAT YOU HAVE HEARD, THEY DO NOT FEEL OUR PAIN. I GET THIS FEELING LAST TIME AND I'M GETTING IT AGAIN THIS TIME THAT I DO NOT KNOW PEOPLE WHO ARE PRESENTING THE INFORMATION AGAINST THIS PROPOSAL. THEY ARE TALKING WITH A LOT OF PASSION.
BUT EVERYBODY WHO WANTS YOU TO VOTE FOR THIS, I SENSE A BAD FEEL FROM THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
WILL NONE OF THOSE PEOPLE MATTER TO US.
IF YOU WANT TO LIVE IN A CONDO, NO PROBLEM.
GO. JUST WALK ONE ONE MILE DOWN THE STREET.
AND THEY CAN HAVE THEIR OPINIONS.
AND WE EITHER LOOK AT YOU REPRESENTING US IN SUMMARY, OR YOU ARE REPRESENTING THE BUILDERS WHO WILL COME AND GO BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THEY ARE HERE TO MAKE THEIR MONEY.
PLEASE BE AWARE AND COGNIZANT OF THE FACT OF THESE TANGENTIAL VOICES.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THERE WAS A LOT OF FEEDBACK HERE ABOUT WE HAD THREE DIFFERENT MEETINGS.
WE WANTED ALL THESE PEOPLE TO COME.
YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE TRUST WE HAD IN THIS PROCESS.
IT WAS DISCUSSED AT LENGTH WITHIN THE EDGE STONE COMMUNITY.
WHEN THEY INVITE CAME, WE WERE CONTEMPLATING, HEY, IF WE GO, WE ARE GOING TO BE TOLD THAT WE HAD ALL THESE MEETINGS AND THEY WOULD SAY WE HAD WE HEARD ALL THEIR VOICES. IF YOU DON'T GO, WE WILL BE MISLED.
LIKE THE WAY WE WERE TOLD HERE WE ARE ORGANIZED ALL THESE MEETINGS AND NOBODY SHOWED UP.
WE HAVE LOST THE TRUST IN THIS PROCESS.
[APPLAUSE] GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS BRUNO [INAUDIBLE].
I'M THE OWNER OF CADENCE HOMES.
I WANTED TO CLARIFY ONE THING I COMMITTED IN A MEETING WE HAD IN THE COFFEE SHOP THAT I WOULD NOT SELL ANY OF THESE HOMES TO RENTERS, SIMILAR TO WHAT HYLAND'S HOMES DID WITH THE LADY WHO SPOKE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE BUILT HOMES MY WHOLE LIFE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I TAKE OFFENSE A LITTLE BIT TO JUST GET RICH.
YOU KNOW, I BUILD HOMES FOR FAMILIES OF ALL AGES AND SINGLE WOMEN, DIVORCED WOMEN, PEOPLE THAT NEED HOUSING.
I AM KNOWN FOR DRIVING MY COMMUNITIES ON THE WEEKENDS.
I'LL GO ASK HIM ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE.
IT'S WHAT I'VE CHOSEN TO DO WITH MY LIFE.
SO IT'S NOT ABOUT THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR.
IT'S A NOBLE PROFESSION PROVIDING HOUSING FOR FAMILIES.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY. A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.
SECOND BY BRIAN. ALL IN FAVOR.
I GUESS MAYBE JUST A FEW THINGS AFTER HEARING ALL OF YOU SPEAK THIS EVENING IS.
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WELL, A COUPLE OF THINGS I DID WANT TO ADDRESS IS A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ABOUT MAYBE NOT FEELING CARED BY THE CITY OR CITY COUNCIL.YOU KNOW, I KNOW WHEN TIM AND I AND HIS WIFE SAT DOWN IN THE COFFEE SHOP ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON THAT I LEFT A FAMILY GATHERING FOR SO I COULD SPEND AN HOUR WITH THEM HEARING THEIR OPINIONS. YOU KNOW, TIM HAD MENTIONED HE GOES, WHY WOULD YOU CARE ABOUT OUR LITTLE ZONING CASE? SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT, OR I APPRECIATE THAT THE COUNCIL CARES ABOUT OUR LITTLE ZONING CASE AND I WAS LIKE EVERY ZONING CASE IS IMPORTANT.
THAT'S WHY WE TABLED THE ITEM, WHY WE KNEW WE WOULD SPEND ANOTHER COUPLE OF HOURS THIS EVENING.
AS I GET YOUR FEEDBACK, I KNOW A LOT OF COUNCILS SPENT A LOT OF TIME DOING THAT AS WELL, JUST REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS CASE, UNDERSTAND THE RAMIFICATIONS.
SOMEONE DOES NOT LIKE HOW I'VE RUN A MEETING, CERTAINLY.
BUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME IS AND WHY, YOU KNOW, IT WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME IF I SPENT 30 MINUTES GOING POINT BY POINT, MAKING SURE EVERY SINGLE CONCERN THAT I GOT VIA EMAIL, VIA HUNDREDS OF EMAILS, AND MY COMMENTS THAT NIGHT WAS ADDRESSED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES AGREE, WE AGREE, SOMETIMES WE DISAGREE.
BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERY SINGLE CONCERN WAS RESPONDED TO AND ADDRESSED.
A LOT OF THE KIND OF EMOTIONAL RESPONSE HAD FADED.
AND THE COMMENTS TONIGHT, ACTUALLY, MY OPINION WERE VERY COMPELLING BY THE RESIDENTS AS FAR AS CONCERNS THAT THAT ALL OF YOU HAD.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I FULLY EXPECTED I HAD 12 POINTS ALREADY THAT I KNEW THE RESIDENTS WERE GOING TO BRING UP, THAT WE TALKED ABOUT FROM TRAFFIC CONCERNS, CRIME CONCERNS, PROPERTY VALUES CONCERNS, PEOPLE USING OUR AMENITIES, MARKET VALUES, ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS.
BUT THOSE AREN'T THE THINGS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT.
YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT YOU KNOW, I THINK THE MOST COMPELLING COMMENT I HEARD OF THE ENTIRE EVENING WAS THAT THIS IS A DIFFERENT USE THAN WAS PROMISED IN THE ORIGINAL PD.
THAT WAS THE MOST COMPELLING COMMENT THAT I HEARD THE ENTIRE EVENING, BECAUSE THAT IS TRUE.
AND I UNDERSTAND WHY AN OWNER WOULD BE UPSET WITH THAT.
YOU KNOW, THE CASE BEFORE THIS, Y'ALL SAW IT.
I MEAN, YOU SAW A SNEAK PREVIEW MAYBE OF A FUTURE CASE, RIGHT? IS THE EXACT SAME CASE.
TEN ACRES, 11 ACRES, SF7 44 HOMES COUNCIL SPENT 2 MINUTES ON IT.
SOMEONE MAY COME BEFORE, YOU KNOW, A YEAR OR TWO FROM NOW AND SAY, I'M JUST GOING TO COPY THAT PLAN.
I WOULD HOPE THAT PROBABLY PEOPLE WOULD LIKE THAT.
I DON'T KNOW. AND COUNCIL, MAYBE WE'D SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME ON IT.
MAYBE I'LL SHOW UP AND VISIT WITH US ANOTHER EVENING.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY BE A BETTER USE.
SO I THINK WE DEBATED, TIM, THE PROS AND CONS OF SF7 VERSUS VERSUS THIS.
YOU KNOW, I'D RATHER SEE PATIO HOMES PERSONALLY I THINK THAT'S A BETTER USE THAN WHAT WE HAVE.
AND CERTAINLY THERE'S WORSE USES THAT THAT CAN GO THERE.
BUT I THINK FOR ME KIND OF SITTING THROUGH TWO DIFFERENT MEETINGS.
AND WHAT I WAS HOPING HAPPENED TONIGHT WAS A MONTH WENT BY AND THE DEVELOPER SPENT TIME, MEANINGFUL TIME WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND CAME UP WITH MEANINGFUL SOLUTIONS AND THAT THERE WOULD BE A POSITIVE OUTCOME TO THIS STORY.
AND THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN FOR ME.
AND SO THAT'S ENOUGH FOR ME TO SAY THAT I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ZONING CASE [APPLAUSE].
I'LL LEAVE IT TO YOU ALL AND YOUR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.
I'M JUST GOING TO START BECAUSE I'LL BE VERY QUICK.
I THINK IT'S PROBABLY A GREAT DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S PROBABLY A VERY HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT.
[02:30:01]
I THINK IT'S BEEN WELL THOUGHT OUT.I DON'T THINK IT'S THE RIGHT SPACE.
I THINK IT I'VE DRIVEN BY IT AND I'VE LOOKED AT IT.
BUT YEAH, IT'S A LOW NUMBER DURING THE RUSH HOUR.
RIGHT. AND I JUST THINK IT'S JUST AT THE WRONG PLACE.
AND I ALSO DO NOT SUPPORT THIS.[APPLAUSE] A VERY WISE LEADER ONCE TOLD ME THAT REZONING CASES ARE GOING TO BE SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT DECISIONS TO MAKE, BECAUSE, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU'RE GOING TO WALK AWAY AND SOMEBODY IS GOING TO BE LEFT UNHAPPY WITH YOUR DECISION.
AND I THINK TONIGHT IS A CLEAR EXAMPLE OF THAT.
I AM NOT AGAINST MULTIFAMILY FOR THE SAKE OF MULTIFAMILY.
I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
I DO WANT TO THANK THE RESIDENTS WHO CAME IN APRIL AND WHO CAME BACK TODAY.
AND SO I WANT TO HONOR WHAT YOU DID AND WHAT YOU SAID AND HOW YOU CARRY YOURSELF.
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT, I AM IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT THAT I AM CONVINCED THAT TOWNHOMES ARE A GREAT PRODUCT FOR THE RIGHT SEGMENT OF THE MARKET, BUT NOT IN THIS LOCATION.
RIGHT PRODUCT, WRONG LOCATION.
AND I WILL VOTE NO FOR [APPLAUSE].
TIM AND MANY OF YOU FATHERS, THANK YOU FOR MEETING WITH ME ALL IN THE WAY.
I'VE SAID VERY SIMPLY, TRUST THE PROCESS AND WE DO LISTEN.
OUR GOAL IS TO HEAR ALL SIDES RESIDENTS, DEVELOPERS, STAFF, WHILE WE CONSIDER ALL THE ALTERNATIVES.
AS WE'VE LISTENED TO THE NEEDS OF OUR CITIZENS AND CHANGED OUR PRIORITIES TO NAME A FEW THINGS.
DONNA, KEEP YOUR WORDS A MONTH AGO ABOUT COMMUNITY.
THE VALUE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD YOU CALL HOME RESONATED WITH ME.
CERTAINLY A LOT OF PASSIONATE VIEWS SHARED THEN AS WELL AS NOW.
THANK YOU. I'M ALSO A NO VOTE ON THIS.
[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, I'LL GO NEXT.
I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS PROJECT A LOT BECAUSE THE THOUGHT OF WHAT WE'LL GO HERE AND WE HAVE TALKED IN DEPTH ABOUT SMART GROWTH, ABOUT BEING SURGICAL WITH HOW WE'RE BUILDING OUT OUR CITY.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I PERSONALLY TAKE VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY.
THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE MAINTAINED.
I REALLY DO. THEY'RE GORGEOUS, BUT I THINK WE'RE ACTUALLY JUST MAKING THE PROBLEM WORSE BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE AN AREA THAT IS GOING TO BE IN THAT EXACT SAME SITUATION THAT NOW WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD WAY TO DEVELOP THAT EITHER.
SO AS MUCH AS I LOVE THE PRODUCT, I AM SUPER SUPPORTIVE OF TOWNHOMES BEING BUILT IN FRISCO.
I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE FOR IT.
SO I'M A NO AS WELL. [APPLAUSE] I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES ON CITY COUNCIL FOR [INAUDIBLE] THIS VOTE TO MY FIRST NIGHT.
I KNOW, BUT ACTUALLY IT WAS A REALLY GOOD EXERCISE FOR ME TO REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW I'M GOING TO MAKE THESE TYPES OF DECISIONS, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF THESE INFILL PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO COME UP NOW.
AND SO FOR ME, IT'S REALLY WHAT ARE MY GUIDING PRINCIPLES, BECAUSE I THINK YOU NEED TO KNOW WHO I AM, WHAT I THINK, AND THEN THAT'LL BE EASIER MAYBE THE NEXT TIME FOR THE NEXT DEVELOPER AND THE NEXT HOMEOWNER GROUP.
SO I REALLY BELIEVE IN THIS URBAN SPINE IDEA THAT THE DENSITY SHOULD BE RIGHT UP ON THE TOLLWAY AND THEN EVERYTHING CAN GO FROM THERE. I ALSO WANT TO OPTIMIZE TRAFFIC, SO I SEE THIS AS ALSO AN ISSUE, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT THE PROCESS ITSELF WAS NOT IDEAL.
[02:35:07]
PLEASE DO SOMETHING, PLEASE HELP US.AND TO ME, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS FOR.
[APPLAUSE] SO. THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT OUTSIDE OF THE CASE ITSELF, BECAUSE THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I HEARD TONIGHT THAT IT KIND OF MAKES ME SAD TO HEAR THEM IN THE WAY, REGARDLESS OF WHERE I STAND ON THIS CASE IS IRRELEVANT. I CAN COUNT VOTES.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT OUR STAFF DOES SO THAT WHEN YOU SEE CASES AROUND THE CITY, Y'ALL CAN KIND OF UNDERSTAND HOW SOME OF THIS TAKES PLACE AND THE WORK AND THE EFFORT THAT THE STAFF GOES INTO THIS.
AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE THERE WAS COMMENTS ABOUT WE DIDN'T KNOW, WE WEREN'T TOLD.
AND ACTUALLY THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAD FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ENDED UP BEING UNFOUNDED.
SO THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME MADE THE RIGHT DECISION.
OUR STAFF DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE RESIDENTS ARE LOOKING FOR, WHAT COUNCIL IS LOOKING FOR, AND ENSURING THOSE THINGS DON'T COME FORWARD AND THAT THEY GET SCREENED OUT.
AND THEN WHEN PROJECTS DO COME FORWARD, IT'S BECAUSE THEY'VE MET SOME VERY, VERY, VERY HIGH HURDLES.
I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN ABOUT WE WERE TOLD ONE THING AND THEN IT'S CHANGED.
AT ONE POINT, CANALS AT GRAND PARK WAS A JETPORT AND THAT'S CHANGED SUBSTANTIALLY.
SO I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETHING ELSE COULD COME HERE AND ASK TO BE HERE.
IF YOU'RE A DEVELOPER THAT'S CONTROLLING, YOUR HOA ISN'T COMMUNICATING WITH YOU.
HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR HOA DEVELOPER.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO REACH OUT TO.
THEY'RE THE ONES THE STAFF OR THE DEVELOPER COMING IN HAVE THE ABILITY TO REACH OUT TO.
THERE'S A LOT OF LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR NOTIFICATION PROCESSES THAT OUR STAFF FOLLOWS AND ACTUALLY ULTIMATELY HAS THE DEVELOPERS GO WELL ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR. SO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR STAFF IS DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO TRY TO REACH OUR RESIDENTS.
BUT SOMETIMES WE'VE EVEN HAVE BARRIERS.
IF WE'VE GOT A DEVELOPER HOA CONTROLLED SITUATION WHERE THEY'RE JUST NOT BEING REAL HELPFUL.
SO I JUST I HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR STAFF BECAUSE THEY DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
BUT THAT'S WHAT THE PROCESS IS FOR.
IN THIS CASE, YOU ALL FOUND OUT AND YOU ALL HAD THAT INPUT THAT YOU WANTED TO HAVE.
I KNOW IT FEELS LIKE A SHORT TIME FRAME, BUT IT'S NOT.
I MEAN, IT'S BEEN FOUR MONTHS NOW.
THAT'S THAT'S QUITE A LENGTHY TIME IN REALITY.
SO THAT SAID, I THINK WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE THIS IS GOING TONIGHT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I GOT THE COMMENTS OUT THERE FOR OUR STAFF BECAUSE I DO THINK THEY'RE DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
I DO THINK THE PROCESS WORKED HOW IT WAS SUPPOSED TO WORK.
AND I REALLY DO THINK EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR SHOWING UP AND VOICING YOUR OPINIONS ON THIS [APPLAUSE]
[02:40:06]
I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.MOVE TO DENY THE REQUEST TO REPEAL THE ORDINANCE.
WANT ME TO READ IT OUT? JUST SAY THE REQUEST IS TO DENY.
OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES FIVE ONE.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR HAVING YOUR VOICES HEARD AND SPENDING A LATE NIGHT WITH US.
[42. Consider and act upon appointments to City Council Committees. (CSO/KM)]
SO I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER.YOU'RE GOING TO RUN THROUGH THIS.
WE DID. I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE AND MAKE A SINGLE MOTION.
SO [INAUDIBLE] WILL GET THIS SHEET SO SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO TRY TO KEEP UP WITH ME.
SO NOMINATIONS FOR THE COUNCIL, SUBCOMMITTEES FOR THE BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE COUNCILMAN WOODARD, COUNCILMAN LIVINGSTON AND COUNCILWOMAN RUMMEL YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GOING TO HAVE TO USE FIRST NAMES BECAUSE I DIDN'T WRITE DOWN ANYBODY'S LAST NAME.
I THINK I REMEMBER, THOUGH, RIGHT? FOR DALLAS REGIONAL MOBILITY COALITION COUNCILMAN KEATING FOR THE FRISCO SQUARE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, WE HAVE MAYOR CHENEY, MYSELF AND COUNCILMAN KEATING FOR FRISCO VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE WE HAVE COUNCILMAN KEATING, COUNCILWOMAN RUMMEL AND COUNCILWOMAN [INAUDIBLE] AGAIN FOR THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE MYSELF, COUNCILMAN LIVINGSTON AND COUNCILWOMAN PELHAM FOR THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE COUNCILWOMAN RUMMEL, COUNCILWOMAN [INAUDIBLE] AND COUNCILMAN LIVINGSTON FOR THE NORTH TEXAS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE COUNCILWOMAN RUMMEL FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS NCT 911 PROJECT.
COUNCILWOMAN RUMMEL WE ARE DEFERRING ON A DECISION FOR NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION RIGHT NOW UNTIL WE GET SOME MORE INFORMATION FOR THE PARK TRAIL NAMING COMMITTEE.
I WILL REMAIN ON THAT UNTIL WE GET THAT RESTRUCTURED TO REMOVE COUNCIL PERSONS FROM THAT COMMITTEE.
THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE COUNCILMAN KEATING.
THE INCLUSION COMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE MYSELF, COUNCILWOMAN PELHAM AND COUNCILWOMAN [INAUDIBLE].
AYE. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO RECESS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 10:01 P.M.
OH. YOUR RECORD, AND I WANT TO TRY TO GET COMFORTABLE. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO RECONVENE? SO MOVED BY BRIAN. SECOND BY ANGELA ALL IN FAVOR.
RECONVENED IN REGULAR SESSION AT 10:46 P.M.
NOTE ANYTHING. AND GOVERNANCE MONITORING.
[44. Discussion on Governance Monitoring of present City Council Meeting.]
AND GOVERNANCE MONITORING AND GIVING US AN [INAUDIBLE].WE DID REALLY WELL EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A VERY CONTENTIOUS ZONING CASE.
I THINK IT WAS HANDLED VERY, VERY APPROPRIATELY.
ALL RIGHT. LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
MOTION BY BRIAN SECOND BY TAMI.
MOTION SIX ZERO. WE ADJOURNED AT 10:47 P.M.
WOW.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.