>> WELCOME TO THE MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL WE'RE AT THE FRISCO CITY HALL,
[CALL TO ORDER]
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GEORGE A. PUREFOY MUNICIPAL CENTER IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 6101 FRISCO SQUARE BOULEVARD IN FRISCO, TEXAS. IT IS 5:00 PM.NOW WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
WE ARE JOINED BY THE ENTIRE COUNCIL, OTHER THAN MR. KEATING WHO WILL BE JOINING US SHORTLY.
THAT'LL MOVE US IN THE CLOSED SESSION ITEM 2.
RECESSED INTO CLOSED SESSION COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION
[CLOSED SESSION]
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, TEXAS CONFLICTS WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT REGARDING, ONE, RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS TO THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AT HALL PARK.B, SECTION 551.072, TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED ONE NORTH OF MAIN STREET, WEST OF PRESTON, EAST OF LEGACY AND SOUTH OF EL DORADO.
ITEM C, SECTION 551.087, 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 PROSPECT.
SECTION 551.074, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 32, WHICH IS CONSIDERED AN ACT UPON APPOINTMENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO FILL A VACANCY FOR PLACE 6 IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR A TERM ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025. I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION.
>> SECOND BY ANGELIA. ALL IN FAVOR?
>> MOTION PASSES,5-0. RECESS AND EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 5:01 PM.
>> SECOND BY ANGELIA. ALL IN FAVOR?
WE'RE RECESSED BACK IN REGULAR SESSION AT 7:18 PM AS A RESULT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION, THERE'S NO ACTION FOR COUNCIL TO TAKE.
COUNCIL MEMBER KEATING WILL BE JOINING US HERE JUST A FEW MOMENTS, AND I'LL TURN IT TO ANGELIA FOR INVOCATION AND OUR PLEDGE.
>> GOOD EVENING. WE HAVE WITH US TONIGHT,
[INVOCATION]
MR. BRAHMACHARI HARI CHAITANYA.BRAHMACHARI IS FROM THE CHINMAYA MISSION CENTER OF DALLAS IN NORTH FORT WORTH AN INSTITUTION OFFERING HINDU EDUCATION FOR FAMILIES IN THE METRO PLEX.
HE HAS BEEN SERVING IN DALLAS FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS.
BRAHMACHARI IF YOU CAN JOIN US AT THE PODIUM, PLEASE.
>> [FOREIGN] GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. GOOD EVENING TO THE COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY TO DELIVER THE INVOCATION.
MY NAME IS BRAHMACHARI HARI CHAITANYA FROM CHINMAYA MISSION, DALLAS, FORT WORTH.
WE'RE A HINDU ORGANIZATION THAT IS INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN.
IN THE UNITED STATES, WE HAVE OVER 50 CENTERS.
RECENTLY IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE OPENED UP A CHAPTER IN FRISCO AS WELL, SERVING THE COMMUNITY HERE.
NOW, IN OUR HINDU TEXTS, IN OUR SCRIPTURES, THERE ARE PLENTY, MANY GREAT DOCTRINES IN THERE THAT HINDUS BENEFIT FROM.
ONE OF THOSE TEXTS IS THE BHAGAVAD GITA.
A DISTILLATION OF 700 VERSUS A DIALOGUE BETWEEN DIVINE BHAGAVAD KRISHNA, THE LORD WITH BHARATA HIS COUSIN, AND A WARRIOR.
NOW IN THESE 700 VERSUS THERE IS THE DEEPEST OF PHILOSOPHIES IN THE RELIGION, HOW TO CONDUCT OURSELVES, WHAT IS THE NATURE OF THAT DIVINE, ALL OF THIS IS INCLUDED.
I THINK THE FINAL VERSE OF THIS BHAGAVAD GITA IS ESPECIALLY APT FOR US TO REFLECT ON TODAY.
[FOREIGN] IT SAYS THAT WHEREVER THERE'S KRISHNA REPRESENTING THE HIGHEST IDEALS, THOSE NOBLE VALUES THAT WE SEEK, AND WHENEVER THERE'S BHARATA YOU AND I, THE INDIVIDUALS WHO TRY TO PERFECT THEMSELVES TRY TO BE DYNAMIC THROUGH DISCIPLINE, THROUGH DISCRETION OF ACTION, THROUGH DETACHMENT FROM VICES, WHEN THESE TWO THINGS MEET, THAT'S WHEN FOUR THINGS ARISE FROM THERE.
[FOREIGN] PROSPERITY, [FOREIGN] VICTORY, [FOREIGN] HAPPINESS, [FOREIGN] FIRM, SOUND, STEADY POLICY.
WHENEVER THERE ARE THOSE HIGHER VALUES OF LIFE, WHENEVER WE ARE DYNAMIC, THERE IS FIRST PROSPERITY.
A COMMUNITY THAT RISES, THAT COMES TOGETHER.
PROSPERITY, NOT JUST IN THE FORM OF MONEY, BUT PROSPERITY OF OPPORTUNITY, PROSPERITY OF FELLOWSHIP, PROSPERITY IN BROTHERHOOD, ALL OF THIS COMES UP.
THEN WE HAVE [FOREIGN] HAPPINESS.
HAPPINESS, NOT JUST BY A FEW, BUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS HAPPY.
THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
[FOREIGN] VICTORY, NOT JUST VICTORY IN ELECTIONS OR PERSONAL VICTORIES THAT WE HAVE,
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BUT WHEN WE ALL WIN, THAT'S WHEN ALL OF US WIN, WHEN ONLY A FEW WIN, NONE OF US REALLY WIN, THE HOLISTIC VICTORY.FINALLY [FOREIGN], SOUND, FIRM POLICY.
POLICY THAT DOESN'T JUST SERVE FOR A GENERATION OR TWO, NOTHING TEMPORARY, BUT THAT STEADY FOUNDATION THAT LASTS FOR GENERATIONS AND DECADES TO COME.
WHEN WE HAVE THESE HIGHER IDEALS, THAT'S WHEN THE COMMUNITY RISES.
I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE VERY APT FOR US TO REFLECT ON AS THE COUNCIL HERE TODAY.
IN CLOSING, I'D LIKE TO READ TO YOU THE PLEDGE OF CHINMAYA MISSION.
THIS WAS GIVEN BY OUR MASTER AND LEADER, THE 20TH CENTURY HINDU SAINT SWAMI CHINMAYANANDA.
IT REALLY ENCAPSULATES WHAT WE STRIVE FOR AS A MISSION, AND AS THE HINDU PEOPLE.
WE STAND AS ONE FAMILY, BOUND TO EACH OTHER WITH LOVE AND RESPECT.
WE SERVE AS AN ARMY, COURAGEOUS AND DISCIPLINED, EVER READY TO FIGHT AGAINST ALL LOW TENDENCIES AND FALSE VALUES WITHIN AND WITHOUT US.
WE LIVE HONESTLY THE NOBLE LIFE OF SACRIFICE AND SERVICE, PRODUCING MORE THAN WHAT WE CONSUME AND GIVING MORE THAN WHAT WE TAKE.
WE SEEK THE LORD'S GRACE TO KEEP US ON THE PATH OF VIRTUE, COURAGE AND WISDOM.
MAY THY GRACE AND BLESSINGS FLOW THROUGH US TO THE WORLD AROUND US.
WE BELIEVE THAT THE SERVICE OF OUR COUNTRY IS THE SERVICE OF THE LORD OF LORDS, AND DEVOTION TO THE PEOPLE IS THE DEVOTION TO THE SUPREME SELF.
WE KNOW OUR RESPONSIBILITIES, GIVE US THE ABILITY AND COURAGE TO FULFILL THEM.
[FOREIGN] THAT FINAL STATEMENT THERE, [FOREIGN] THAT'S AN ODE TO THAT DIVINE SUBSTRATUM, THAT CORE AND ESSENCE OF EVERY BEING.
WITH THAT INVOCATION, I WISH YOU WELL TONIGHT AND IN THE FUTURE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. [FOREIGN]
>> THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW HAVE OUR PLEDGE LED BY PAC 1260.
THEY CAN COME UP TO THE STAGE.
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
>> WELL, WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING PATIENTS AS IT TOOK US A LITTLE LONGER THIS EVENING IN OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
BUT I DID WANT YOU TO HAVE YOUR MOMENT TO SHINE WHERE YOU CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE AUDIENCE.
FOR WHAT I UNDERSTAND WITH THE DELAY, YOU'VE GOT A GREAT LESSON FROM OUR VERY OWN HOLLY MCCALL, WHO TOLD YOU A LOT ABOUT HOW CITY GOVERNMENT WORKS.
SINCE THERE'S FEWER OF YOU HERE TONIGHT THAN WE NORMALLY HAVE, I CAN PICK ON EACH OF YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE.
[LAUGHTER] WHAT I'D LIKE YOU ALL TO DO IS JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF, MAYBE WHAT SCHOOL YOU GO TO, WHAT GRADE YOU'RE IN.
THEN I REALLY HAVE TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
THE FIRST BEING SOMETHING THAT YOU LEARNED FROM MS. HOLLY MCCALL TONIGHT AS PART OF YOUR LEARNING AND YOUR TEACHING.
THE SECOND IS I WANT YOU TO SHARE A FAVORITE HALLOWEEN MEMORY OR COSTUME, OR WHAT YOU LOVE MOST ABOUT HALLOWEEN, BECAUSE THIS IS OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING BEFORE HALLOWEEN, AND MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE DRESSED UP IN COSTUMES FOR THIS MEETING, BUT WE DIDN'T.
I'M TRYING TO BUY A LITTLE TIME SO YOU ALL CAN THINK AND BE READY.
YOU DON'T WANT TO EVEN LOOK AT ME.
[LAUGHTER] YOU'RE READY? YOU'VE GOT THIS.
YOU WANT TO GO FIRST? GO AHEAD AND GRAB IT. HERE WE GO.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS ZACHARY AND I GO TO FRISCO ELEMENTARY.
>> WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED TODAY?
>> I LEARNED THAT THE MAYOR HAS TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF THINGS. [LAUGHTER]
>> VERY GOOD. FAVORITE HALLOWEEN OR FAVORITE COSTUME?
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>> MY FAVORITE COSTUME IS A ROYAL GUARD?
>> HI, MY NAME IS HUDSON FREDERICK AND I GO TO FRISCO ELEMENTARY AND I'M IN 4TH GRADE.
I LEARNED THAT IT'S REALLY HARD TO WORK ON AS A MAYOR BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO ESTABLISH A BUNCH OF MAPS AND STUFF.
IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO HAVE A JOB LIKE THAT.
>> NOW I NOW REALIZE HOLLY WAS ONLY TALKING ABOUT HER JOB.
[LAUGHTER] FAVORITE HALLOWEEN COSTUME?
>> WHENEVER I GOT 300 PIECES OF CANDY IN ONE NIGHT.
>> MY NAME IS WILLIAM FARRAR AND I GO TO FRISCO ELEMENTARY.
MY FAVORITE HALLOWEEN COSTUME I'VE EVER DONE IS I'VE DRESSED UP AS A INFLATABLE DINOSAUR.
THEN I LEARNED TODAY FOR MS. HOLLY THAT IT'S A LOT OF BALANCING THAT YOU'D HAVE TO DO WITH MONEY AND REAL ESTATE.
I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. [LAUGHTER]
>> WE KNEW THIS DAY WOULD COME.
>> WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT BEING MAYOR?
>> THE HOT SEAT. HONESTLY, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I THINK MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT BEING MAYOR IS ALL THE PEOPLE THAT I GET TO MEET HERE IN FRISCO.
THERE'S 230,000 UNIQUE STORIES HERE IN FRISCO, TEXAS AND I LOVE HEARING ABOUT THEM WHEN PEOPLE SHARING THOSE.
I THINK ALL OF COUNCIL WOULD AGREE THAT WE GET TO WORK ON A LOT OF REALLY COOL THINGS THAT MAKE REALLY BIG HEADLINES AND SOMETIMES A NATIONAL NEWS BUT I THINK ALL OF US WOULD ALSO SAY THAT SOMETIMES THE MOST MEMORABLE THING IS THAT ONE PERSON YOU ARE ABLE TO HELP WITH SOMETHING THAT NEVER MAKES A NEWSPAPER AND NEVER MAKES A HEADLINES.
THAT WAS A GREAT QUESTION, YOU TOTALLY CRUSHED IT. GOOD JOB.
THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME SOMEONE'S TURN THE TABLES ON ME.
>> MY NAME IS NATHAN AND I GO TO FISHER ELEMENTARY IN 5TH GRADE.
SOMETHING I LEARNED TODAY IS ABOUT THE ZONING IN THE CITIES AND STUFF.
THEN MY FAVORITE THING THAT I DID FOR HALLOWEEN WAS LAST WEEK AT DISNEY.
I GOT SIX POUNDS OF SNICKERS [LAUGHTER]
>> IS THIS YOUR EVERYDAY AWESOMENESS ATTIRE, OR IS THIS PART OF A COSTUME?
>> THIS IS JUST EVERY CUBS GOT THING.
>> VERY GOOD. WELL, YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB.
LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR BEING GOOD SPORTS [APPLAUSE] I KNOW I HAVE SOME SPECIAL FRISCO PANTS FOR EACH OF YOU FOR SHARING YOUR TIME WITH US THAT YOU CAN ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION AND YOUR UNIFORM.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK PICTURE RIGHT HERE, IF YOU ALL CAN ALL TURN AND THEN WE'LL TURN AND TAKE ONE FOR YOUR ADORING FANS OVER THERE [LAUGHTER]
>> I THINK WE GOT A COUPLE OF MOMS AND DADS HERE LET'S GO.
GREAT JOB. THANK YOU ALL [APPLAUSE] MR. STEVENS, ANYONE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP HERE WITH YOU?
[4. Recognition for Darren Stevens, 20 Years of Service, Frisco Police Department]
COME ON DOWN.>> IF YOU WILL I HAVE MY WIFE HERE WITH ME.
>> THERE IS A BUNCH OF CLOWN IN THE BACK. THEY WANT TO COME UP TOO.
>> WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PROCLAMATION.
AS CHIEF DARREN STEVENS IS CELEBRATING 20 YEARS, OH MY GOSH [LAUGHTER] THAT'S GREAT, I LOVE IT.
>> PULL THEM UP AGAIN [OVERLAPPING]
>> I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY'LL GET THROUGH THIS [LAUGHTER] THEN THE PROCLAMATION READS,
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WHEREAS ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF DARREN STEVENS HAS BEEN EMPLOYED WITH THE CITY OF FRISCO FOR 20 YEARS, BEGINNING HIS SERVICE WITH THE FRISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2002 AND WHEREAS CHIEF STEVENS HAS A TOTAL OF 32 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE, WHICH IS RARE IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSION TODAY.DARREN IS ALSO A VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND WHEREAS CHIEF STEVENS HAS PLAYED AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN THE GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT, AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HIGHEST STANDARDS FOR THE FRISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER WITH FRISCO PD CHIEF STEVENS HAS LED AND DEVELOP THE OPERATIONS, SERVICES, INVESTIGATIONS, AND ADMINISTRATIVE BUREAUS.
WHEREAS CHIEF STEVENS, DEDICATION TO BOTH OUR CITIZENS AND POLICE OFFICERS IS EVIDENT.
HE HAS BEEN ESSENTIAL AND CREATING LASTING AND IMPACTFUL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE FRISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND A DIVERSE COMMUNITY THEY SERVE.
HERE'S DIRECTED THE CREATION OF THE NEW FRISCO COMMUNITY POLICE FOUNDATION, AND HE SERVES AS THE FRISCO POLICE DEPARTMENTS REPRESENTATIVE ON THE FRISCO INCLUSION COMMITTEE.
WHEREAS DARREN STEVENS IS A DEVOTED HUSBAND AND FATHER OF TWO DAUGHTERS AND NOW GRANDFATHER OF TWO GRANDDAUGHTERS.
WHEREAS DARREN STEVENS TAKES PRIDE IN HIS CAREER AS A POLICE OFFICER AND IN SERVING AND PROTECTING THE CITIZENS OF FRISCO AND THE CITY IS A SAFER PLACE THANKS TO HIS LEADERSHIP.
NOW THEREFORE, I JEFF CHENEY MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FRISCO DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 18TH, 2022 AS DARREN STEVENS DAY [APPLAUSE] WHAT ELSE WAS MENTIONED IN THE PROCLAMATION, MR. CHIEF STEVENS HAS BEEN A REAL LEADER IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.
BUT I DID WANT TO SHARE A PERSONAL STORY WHICH I SHARED AT HIS OTHER CELEBRATION WITH THE EMPLOYEES.
IT BECAME REALLY EVIDENT TO ME WHEN WE ACTUALLY WENT ON OUR LEADERSHIP EXCHANGE TRIP TO ANOTHER CITY THAT WE CONSIDER REAL SISTER CITY, CARY, NORTH CAROLINA.
THEY ARE VERY MUCH A SPORTS CITY, THEY LOVE TO EXCEL LIKE WE DO, THEY HAVE A DIVERSE COMMUNITY.
IF YOU LOOK AT ANY TOP 10 LISTS THAT COMES OUT, FRISCO, WE BRAG, WE'RE ALWAYS NUMBER 1 BUT CARY IS USUALLY SOMEWHERE ON THAT LIST AS WELL.
THEY'RE JUST A GREAT COMPARISON.
WE WENT THERE AND WE WOULD LEARN FROM THEM AND THEY WOULD LEARN FROM US AND WE WOULD SAY, OKAY, HERE ARE SOME THINGS WE THINK WE'RE AHEAD OF THEM ON.
HERE'S SOME THINGS THEY'RE AHEAD OF US ON THAT WE NEED TO CATCH UP.
BUT THERE WAS ONE THING THAT WE WERE ABSOLUTELY LIGHT YEARS AHEAD OF THEM ON AND THEY COULDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE WERE DOING IT AND HOW WE DID THAT AND THAT IS HOW WE COMMUNICATE AND HOW WE ADVOCATE FOR AND HOW WE APPRECIATE OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY AND THEY WANTED TO LEARN AND SOAK UP AS MUCH INFORMATION THAT COULD FROM CHIEF STEVENS ABOUT THAT AND A BIG PART OF THAT IS HIS LEADERSHIP ON THAT.
IT'S NOT JUST SITTING IN MEETINGS AND HAVING IDEAS AND SAYING THE RIGHT THINGS.
IT'S BEING BOOTS ON THE GROUND, IT'S GOING TO THEIR FRONT DOORSTEPS, IT'S GOING TO THE HOA MEETINGS, IT'S LISTENING TO THEM, IT'S TRAINING THE POLICE FORCE.
IF YOU HAVE A STOP OF THIS CULTURE, YOU NEED TO RESPOND TO IT DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE THEY LOOK AT LAW ENFORCEMENT DIFFERENTLY.
ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
YOU DON'T MAKE EVERYONE HERE FEEL WELCOME OVERNIGHT.
IT'S JUST YEARS OF COMMITMENT AND FOR YOU, CHIEF STEVENS, THAT IS A LARGE PART BECAUSE OF YOUR WORK, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT [APPLAUSE] ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SHARE?
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I THINK YOU'VE PROBABLY REALIZED YOU MESSED UP WHEN YOU HANDED ME A MICROPHONE [LAUGHTER] NOW I WOULD SAY UNLESS THANK YOU FOR THE PROCLAMATION, FOR THE KIND WORDS THAT WERE DRAFTED BY CHIEF SHILSON AND THE COMMAND STAFF PUT THAT TOGETHER.
I HAVE TO GIVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF THANKS TO MY WIFE CANDY AND OUR FAMILY, OUR DAUGHTERS AND THE GRANDKIDS FOR THE SUPPORT THAT THEY'VE GIVEN ME OVER THE 20 YEARS IN FRISCO, BUT A TOTAL OF 32 YEARS IN UNIFORM SERVICE TO BOTH PLANO AND FRISCO.
I HAVE ONE OF THOSE JOBS WHERE I DON'T HAVE TO COME TO WORK EVERY DAY, I GET TO COME TO WORK AND THAT'S A DIFFERENT I GUESS I'LL SAY OPPORTUNITY, A DIFFERENT KIND OF BLESSING.
IT'S GREAT TO SERVE IN THE CITY WHERE WE HAVE ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT SUPPORT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, CITY LEADERSHIP THAT SUPPORTS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEN THE FINE WORK OF THE COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS US.
BUT I'VE GOT TO REALLY GIVE A HAT OFF TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR DEPARTMENT.
WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY AS GOLD BADGES, AS BOSSES AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP HERE AND STAND AND OFTENTIMES IN FRONT OF THE MICROPHONE OR GIVE PRESENTATIONS BUT IT'S REALLY BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY LIFT OF THE SILVER BADGES.
THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE THE LINE OFFICERS THAT ARE OUT THERE DOING THE WORK.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE REALLY BUILDING THE BRIDGES WITH THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY'RE OUT THERE EVERY DAY, FRONT AND CENTER.
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OUR LINE LEVEL CIVILIAN PROFESSIONALS, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE DEALING WITH PEOPLE ON THOSE INITIAL CALLS TO THE DEPARTMENT AND THOSE WALK-INS TO THE LOBBY, SO REALLY THAT'S WHERE THE RECOGNITION BELONGS, BUT I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY, THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE HAD 20 YEARS IN THE CITY OF FRISCO.YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANOTHER 20 OUT OF ME [LAUGHTER] BUT YOU GOT A FEW MORE TO GET, SO I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT AND AGAIN, CANDY, THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT [APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU, EVERYONE. KEEP THOSE FOR SOUVENIRS [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING]
>> THANK YOU CHIEF. NOW WE'VE APPROXIMATION FOR FIRE PREVENTION MONTH.
[5. Fire Prevention Month]
LIKE WE HAVE SOME LITERAL CLOWNS SO WE GOING TO [LAUGHTER]>> WOW, I'VE NEVER BEEN MORE NERVOUS GIVING A PROCLAMATION, [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] WHEREAS THE CITY OF FRISCO IS COMMITTED TO [OVERLAPPING] THE CLOUD.
TO ENSURING THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF ALL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.
FIRE AS A SERIOUS PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY AND HOMES ARE WHERE PEOPLE ARE AT GREATEST RISK FROM FIRE.
WHEREAS THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION REPORTED 2020, THAT HOME FIRES CAUSE 2,580 CIVILIAN DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES.
FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES RESPONDED TO 356,500 HOME FIRES.
WHEREAS WORKING SMOKE ALARMS CUT THE RISK OF DYING IN HOMES BY HALF.
SMOKE ALARM SENSE SMOKE WELL BEFORE A PERSON CAN, ALERTING OCCUPANTS TO DANGER IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE IN WHICH ONE MAY HAVE AS LITTLE AS TWO MINUTES TO ESCAPE SAFELY.
WHEREAS FRISCO RESIDENTS WHO HAVE PLANNED AND PRACTICED A HOME FIRE ESCAPE PLAN ARE MORE PREPARED AND WILL THEREFORE BE MORE LIKELY TO SURVIVE A FIRE.
A FAMILY HOME FIRE ESCAPES SHOULD ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IN THE HOME UNDERSTANDS THE SOUNDS OF SMOKE AND CARBON MONOXIDE ALARMS AND KNOWS HOW TO RESPOND AND THAT THE ALARMS MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL FAMILY MEMBERS, INCLUDING THOSE WITH SENSORY OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES.
WHEREAS THE FRISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT IS COMMITTED TO REDUCING THE OCCURRENCE OF HOME FIRES AND HOME FIRE INJURIES THROUGH PREVENTION AND PROTECTION EDUCATION, KNOWING THAT RESIDENTS WHO ARE RESPONSIVE TO THESE MEASURES ARE BETTER ABLE TO TAKE PERSONAL STEPS TO INCREASE THEIR SAFETY FROM FIRE, ESPECIALLY IN THE HOME.
WHEREAS THE 2022 FIRE PREVENTION WEEK THEME, FIREWALL WAY TO PLAN YOUR ESCAPE, EFFECTIVELY SERVES AS A REMINDER THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A HOME FIRE ESCAPE PLAN.
NOW, THEREFORE, I JEFF CHANNING, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FRISCO DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 2022 AS FIRE PREVENTION MONTH.
[LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO GO HERE.
[LAUGHTER] Y'ALL WANT TO PUT ON A SHOW? WHAT ARE WE DOING? YOU ALL ARE DRESSED UP.
LET'S SEE WHAT YOU GOT. [LAUGHTER].
>> BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE SCHOOL IN THE MORNING.
>> COSY IS AT ELEMENTARY TOMORROW MORNING.
>> OR COME SEE US AT ROGERS TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
WELL, KURT SINGER ON THURSDAY OR YOUTUBE.
OR SONY TRAIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
>> WHERE CAN WE FIND YOUR WHOLE CALENDAR OF X? [LAUGHTER].
ANYTHING ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE?
>> YOU WANT TO TAKE THEM HOME? WE HAVE TO GET A PICTURE OF THIS.
>> MAY I HELP YOU GUYS [LAUGHTER] EVERYBODY SMILE.
>> LET'S GIVE THESE CLOWNS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
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WE WILL NOW TAKE CITIZEN INPUT.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA? THAT WILL MOVE US TO OUR REPORTS SECTION, ITEM SIX IS THE VISIT FRISCO REPORT.
[6. Visit Frisco September sales and marketing reports.]
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M MARLA ROW WITH VISIT FRISCO.
IT WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME THAT I FOLLOWED THE PROCLAMATIONS [LAUGHTER] BECAUSE USUALLY I'M THE LAST REPORT.
THAT'S A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW, BUT HOPEFULLY YOU HAD A CHANCE TO SEE OUR NEW BOARD PACKET THAT WE'VE PRODUCED, REALLY WE TRIED TO TAKE ALL OF OUR IMAGE.
JOSH CALLED THEM OUR MATRIX TYPES NUMBER [LAUGHTER] AND MAKE THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE VISUALLY APPEALING.
WE'RE STILL RUNNING ALL THE HARD REPORTS INTERNALLY SO THAT WE KEEP THAT TRACKING MECHANISM GOING.
BUT WE'RE EXCITED IN NOVEMBER TO SHARE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE YEAR-END, BUT IT'S VERY SUCCESSFUL.
THE SALES TEAM REALLY EXCELLED OUR MARKETING TEAM DID, OUR SPORTS TEAM THAT AS WELL, SO WE'RE REAL HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS.
WE'LL BE GETTING INFORMATION OUT ABOUT OUR JOINT MEETING IN NOVEMBER, PROBABLY NEXT WEEK.
YOU'LL HAVE SOME MORE DETAILS ON THAT.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON OUR REPORT.
>> ONE QUICK QUESTION TO YOU, AND I'LL ASK YOU TO SUMMARIZE THIS AS SHORT AND SUCCINCT AS YOU CAN, AS COMPARED TO WHERE WE WERE BEFORE COVID, WHERE WOULD YOU SAY WE'RE AT NOW?
>> I WOULD SAY WE'RE PROBABLY ABOUT EVEN TO WHERE WE WERE BEFORE.
I KNOW WE JUST GOT OUR LATEST OCCUPANCY REPORT IN SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, IS SIGNIFICANTLY UP AND WE ACTUALLY EXCEEDED 2019 NUMBERS IN SEPTEMBER.
BUT THE TEAM DID 132 PERCENT OF THEIR GOAL.
WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OVER SIX MILLION IN MEDIA AND KIND MEDIAN, SO WE ARE WELL ON OUR WAY TO BEING RECOVERED.
>> DOES THAT MEAN BUSINESS TRAVELERS COMING BACK?
>> IT DOES. THE GROUP BUSINESSES COMING BACK, WE WERE LOOKING AT OUR NUMBERS AND CORPORATE WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST MARKET SEGMENTS BUT IT WAS FEWER ROOM NIGHTS THAN SOME OF THE OTHER MARKET SEGMENTS.
IT'S STILL RECOVERING. BUT WE'RE SEEING OUR WEEKDAY NOW GET BACK UP TO THE NUMBERS WE USED TO SEE, WHICH IS NICE.
>> MARLA, I KNOW WE'VE GOT THE FCFS CHAMPIONSHIP COMING UP IN JANUARY.
>> THEN WE'VE GOT FRISCO BOWL AS WELL.
I NOTICED HERE ON SERVICES ACTIVITY YOU'VE GOT THE US ARMY BOWL.
>> IT IS, AND ACTUALLY I BELIEVE THAT'S A HIGH SCHOOL EVENT THAT'S GOING TO BE AT FORD CENTER ON THE SAME NIGHT AS FRISCO BOWL IS HOW THEY SCHEDULED IT.
WE'VE GOT SOME MARKETING COMING OUT THAT'S EXPLAINING WHAT ALL THREE RS SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF IT.
IT SHOULD HAVE STARTED ALREADY IN OUR SOCIAL MEDIA JUST SO PEOPLE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY VERY DIFFERENT EVENTS.
>> YES. WE'VE RUN INTO THAT BEFORE WHERE IT'S FOOTBALL.
>> BUT NOT ALL THE SAME. [LAUGHTER].
>> YEAH, BUT NOT ALL THE SAME. THANK YOU.
>> THAT WILL MOVE US TO ITEM 7, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
[7. Development Services monthly activity update report for the month of September 2022.]
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S UNUSUAL WITHIN THE REPORT, SO I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
>> ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, JOHN.
THAT MOVES TO ITEM 8 OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT MONTHLY REPORT.
[8. Fire Department monthly report on incident responses and educational activities for the month of September 2022.]
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
FEW THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
THIS GENTLEMAN IN THE BLUE SHIRT WAS IN WORKING IN AN ATTIC AND A HOUSE HERE IN FRISCO WHEN HE BECAME UNCONSCIOUS, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IN WAS CALLED, THEY WENT AND PICKED HIM UP, TOOK SPECIAL EQUIPMENT TO GET HIM OUT OF THE ARTIC AND GETTING HIM TO THE NEARBY TRAUMA CENTER WHERE HE SPENT ALMOST 22 DAYS.
HE CAME BY THE FIRE STATION TO TELL THESE GUYS THANK YOU FOR WHAT THEY DID.
WE WANTED TO GIVE THEM A LITTLE SHOUT OUT.
ALSO, WE WENT AND DID THE WALK AND RIDE TO SCHOOL FUNCTION THIS PAST MONTH.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE GONE TO DAYCARES, PRESCHOOLS, THEY'VE COME TO US, ARE CLOWNS HAVE BEEN IN ALL THEIR FIRST DAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
A LITTLE SHOUT OUT TO THEM, THEY START THEIR PROGRAM PRACTICING IN AUGUST AND GET READY FOR THIS MONTH OF OCTOBER.
THEN THEY COME OFF SHIFT FOR 27 DAYS TO GO TO THESE SCHOOLS EVERY DAY.
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AS YOU CAN TELL, THEY REALLY ENJOY WHAT THEY DO AND THEY REALLY CARRY A GOOD MESSAGE.I'M CAN TRULY BELIEVE THE YOUNG ADULTS IN SCHOOL REALLY LEARN FROM THESE CLOWNS.
WELL, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM.
[LAUGHTER] ANOTHER THING, OUR [INAUDIBLE] ARE BOMBED UP AND JACOB SAMPLE, FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR THEY WON TOP DOG THROUGHOUT TEXAS.
IN ORDER TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THIS IS CONTINUOUS TRAINING WITH THIS DOG AND HE COMPETES AGAINST DOGS FROM ALL OVER THE METRO PLEX AND THE STATE OF TEXAS.
HE CONTINUES TO BE NUMBER ONE, SO I WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO HIM.
>> WILL YOU TELL HIM THAT HE MADE OUR FINAL THREE FOR EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR CONSIDERATION.
>> I WILL. AND THEN ON NOVEMBER 3RD, WE'RE GOING GRADUATE CLASS 42 AT CENTRAL FIRE STATION.
OTHER THAN THAT, YOU'LL HAVE OUR MONTHLY REPORT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
>> COUNCIL, WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.
>> NOW MOVE US TO ITEM 9, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT.
[9. Police Department's crime statistics and response times for the month of September 2022.]
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'LL START WITH NOVEMBER'S COMING UP, AND AS ALWAYS, WE PARTNER WITH COLOR FOR THE CURE.
WE HAVE A LITTLE FUN WITH NO SHAVE NOVEMBER AND WE DON'T CHANGE OUR POLICY, BUT WE DO ALLOW OFFICERS TO GROW BEARDS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER FOR A DONATION FOR COLOR FOR THE CURE.
THIS IS A ORGANIZATION THAT FUNDS PEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH, AND GREAT CAUSE 100% OF THE DONATIONS GO TO PEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH.
WE'VE RAISED ALMOST $20,000 OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
WE HOPE TO SURPASS LAST YEAR'S AMOUNT OF $6,000.
CERTAINLY, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO MAKE A DONATION, THEY CAN SCAN THAT QR CODE AND DONATE ON THE FRISCO PD BEHALF.
WE ALSO COMPETE WITH OTHER AGENCIES ON THIS FUNDRAISER.
SO IF YOU SEE BEARDED OFFICERS IN NOVEMBER, JUST KNOW THAT IT'S FOR A GREAT CAUSE.
THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION TONIGHT IS JUST A FOLLOW-UP FROM THE LAST REPORT THAT I GAVE RELATED TO SCHOOL THREATS.
I KNOW THERE WAS SOME REQUESTS FOR SOME MORE SOCIAL MEDIA INFORMATION PUSHED OUT RELATED TO SCHOOL THREATS AND THE PENALTIES THAT GO WITH THAT.
WE PUSHED THIS GRAPHIC OUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND I PUSHED IT OUT AGAIN THIS EVENING THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE DEFINITION OF WHAT A TERRORISTIC THREAT IS, AND THE PENALTIES THAT GO ALONG WITH IT, SO CERTAINLY SOME SIGNIFICANT PENALTIES.
WHEN I REPORTED TO YOU THE LAST TIME, WE HAD MADE SIX ARRESTS OF STUDENTS FOR SCHOOL THREATS.
UNFORTUNATELY, TONIGHT THAT NUMBER HAS INCREASED.
IT'S UP TO EIGHT NOW. WE'RE ABOUT NINE WEEKS INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR AND WE'VE MADE ARRESTS OF STUDENTS FOR SCHOOL THREATS.
SO, CERTAINLY NOT PROUD OF THAT AND AS I MENTIONED, THE LAST TIME, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH FRISCO ISD, INVESTIGATE, FOLLOW UP ON ALL THREATS THAT WE BECOME AWARE OF.
BUT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR PARENTS TO MONITOR THE SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVITY OF THEIR KIDS AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES THAT COME WITH THIS TYPE OF OFFENSE, BECAUSE THIS IS A FELONY, AND IT IS PUNISHABLE BY 2-10 YEARS IN JAIL, AND WE DON'T WANT THAT TO BE THE RESULT OF A DECISION THAT A YOUNG PERSON MAKES.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR KIDS TO KEEP HAVING THE COURAGE TO REPORT THESE THINGS TO US AS THEY BECOME AWARE BECAUSE THAT ALLOWS US TO FOLLOW UP AND INVESTIGATE THEM BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY SO AND THEN JUST BE AWARE OF THE CONSEQUENCES.
WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ON OUR MONTH OF SEPTEMBER REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, CHIEF. COUNSEL, WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE?
>> CHIEF, DO YOU KNOW IF ANY OF THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE BEING ARRESTED OR GETTING TRIED AS ADULTS?
>> I DON'T KNOW THAT. I'M SURE SOME ARE.
THE CLOSER YOU GET TO 17 YEARS OF AGE, THE MORE LIKELY YOU COULD BE TRIED AS AN ADULT.
BUT A LOT OF THAT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE DA FEELS IS APPROPRIATE FOR A GIVEN CIRCUMSTANCE.
EACH CASE IS A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE IN CIRCUMSTANCES, SO I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER FOR YOU.
>> OKAY. THE REASON FOR THE ASK JUST TO FURTHER STRESS THE FACT THAT THIS COULD FOLLOW THESE KIDS FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES AND THIS COULD LEGITIMATELY WRECK THEIR FUTURE FOREVER.
>> CHIEF, I'VE NOTICED ON THE REPORT THAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE AN INCREASE IN VEHICULAR ACCIDENTS, AND I NOTICED JUST IN MY OWN DRIVING AROUND TOWN,
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IT'S RARE THAT I DON'T SEE SOME TYPE OF FENDER-BENDER AT LEAST ONCE A DAY.I KNOW YOUR TEAM IS SEEING IT.
ANY COMMON THEMES, ANYTHING THAT THE PUBLIC CAN DO JUST TO BE AWARE OF DRIVING? I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S INCREASED IN TEXT MESSAGING OR PEOPLE JUST NOT BEING AWARE, BUT IT JUST FEELS IN THE DATA BASED ON YOUR REPORTS YOU'RE SHOWING HERE WE'RE JUST HAVING MORE AND MORE ACCIDENTS ON OUR ROADS.
>> YEAH, ACCIDENT NUMBERS ARE TRENDING UP THEY ARE UP COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
I WILL SAY SOME OF THAT IS SKEWED BY A SINGLE DAY IN FEBRUARY WHERE WE HAD OVER 100 CRASHES IN A SINGLE DAY, AND THAT WAS THE ICE EVENT.
THAT'S KIND OF SKEWED OUR NUMBERS, BUT YES, WE ARE UP THIS YEAR FOR NOT JUST ACCIDENTS, BUT INJURY ACCIDENTS.
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT CAUSATION, TYPICALLY, THE LEADING CAUSES OF CRASHES ARE SPEED-RELATED AND DISTRACTION-RELATED.
IT IS A GREAT REMINDER THAT EYES ON THE ROAD AND DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE DRIVING AT A SPEED THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE CONDITIONS AND WITHIN THE SPEED LIMIT.
>> SPEAKING OF THAT, GO AHEAD.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY, FOLLOW-UP TO THAT AND SIMILAR TO WHAT I ASKED MARLA, IF THE ACCIDENTS ARE UP FROM SAY, LAST YEAR, HOW ARE THEY COMPARISON, TO SAY, 2019 PRIOR TO COVID? BECAUSE JUST ANECDOTALLY, MY COMMUTE TO AND FROM WORK THIS YEAR HAS SEEMED TO RETURN MUCH MORE TO THE PRE-COVID TRAFFIC PATTERNS THAN EVEN LAST YEAR WAS.
>> YEAH, THEY ARE CLOSER IN LINE WITH 19.
I WILL SAY LAST YEAR WE HAD OUR HIGHEST NUMBER OF FATALITIES THAT WE HAD SEEN SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
[NOISE] WE HAD 11 TRAFFIC FATALITIES LAST YEAR, WHICH CAUSED US TO ALLOCATE SOME MORE RESOURCES IN OUR TRAFFIC DIVISION AND FOCUS MORE ON ENFORCEMENT.
YOU HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE OF ENFORCEMENT NUMBERS FROM US AS WELL.
WE'RE TRYING TO DO NOT JUST THE EDUCATION PIECE, BUT ENFORCEMENT PIECE.
AS I SAID LAST NIGHT DURING THE TOWN HALL, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR RESIDENTS TO, AS THEY OBSERVE AREAS OF CONCERN RELATED TO TRAFFIC, DEFINITELY REPORT THOSE TO US BECAUSE WE DO HAVE AN ONLINE TRAFFIC COMPLAINT FORM THAT WE TRACK OUR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS RELATED TO THAT AND WE WILL TYPICALLY FOLLOW UP WITH THE PERSON IF THEY REQUEST IT ON WHAT WE'VE DONE AND WHAT WE FOUND.
>> ALMOST EVERY NIGHT WHEN I'M EITHER IN BED OR JUST TRYING TO GET QUIET, I CAN HEAR PEOPLE RACING.
I'D PROBABLY SAY IF NOT EVERY NIGHT, ALMOST EVERY NIGHT.
WHAT'S STOPPING US FROM BEING ABLE TO [NOISE] JUST STOP THAT? BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE MENTION THAT IN HEARING IT AND I'M SURE THERE'S BEEN RACKS RELATED TO IT.
I KNOW YOU CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE AT THE SAME TIME, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE AT THE SAME PLACE OR CLOSE TO IT.
>> WE HAVE DONE SOME OPERATIONS WITH DPS STRICTLY RELATED TO RACING.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE ISSUED SOME CITATIONS AND FILED SOME CHARGES IN SOME PREVIOUS THINGS.
ONE OF THE BIG OBSTACLES WE HAVE IS WHEN THOSE THINGS GET REPORTED TO US BY THE TIME WE GET THERE, THE PARTIES ARE GONE.
>> SOMETIMES THAT STUFF HAPPENS ON THE TOLL WAY, AND SOMETIMES THINGS THAT SOUND LIKE RAISING ARE REALLY RELATED TO JUST MUFFLER SYSTEMS THAT SOMEBODY TAKES OFF FROM A STOPLIGHT, AND I HAVE ONE OF THESE MUFFLER SYSTEMS THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEBODY'S DRAG RACING WHEN THEY COULD BE GOING 35 OR 40 MILES AN HOUR.
>> THOSE ARE THE CHALLENGES REALLY MAINLY RELATED TO BY THE TIME WE GET MADE AWARE OF THEM AND RESPOND, THEY'RE GONE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
>> JUST ON A PARTING NOTE, I'M CURIOUS FOR YOUR BEARD FOR THE CURE.
WHAT ABOUT YOUR FEMALE OFFICERS WHO WOULD PARTICIPATE, DO THEY HAVE OTHER OPTIONS?
>> YES. THEY GET TO WEAR NAIL POLISH.
THAT'S WHAT THEY MAKE THEIR DONATION FOR.
>> AWESOME. THANK YOU. JUST WONDERING. [OVERLAPPING]
>> GREAT QUESTION. ABSOLUTELY.
>> I GUESS I WOULD SAY JUST AS A FINAL WORD, WE DO APPRECIATE THE WORK OF CHIEF STEVENS IN HIS 20 YEARS HERE.
I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE HIM ANOTHER SHOUT OUT AND CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE EFFORTS THAT HE'S MADE WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND THE BENEFIT THAT HE'S PROVIDED OUR DEPARTMENT IN MAKING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR HOW APPRECIATIVE WE ARE. THANK YOU.
>> WELL, TO PIGGY BACK ON WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S DOING WITH THEIR NO SHAVE MONTH.
YOUR COUNCIL, WE'RE ALL WEARING PINK TIES AND PINK BOXERS AND SOCKS AND EVERYTHING TO CELEBRATE OUR FRIENDS AT THE NATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION WHOSE HEADQUARTERS IS HERE IN FRISCO,
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AND OF COURSE, OCTOBER AS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH SO WE'RE JUST SHOWING SUPPORT FOR OUR GOOD FRIENDS OVER THERE IN THE FINE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.WITH THAT, THAT WILL NOW MOVE US TO ITEM 10, WHICH IS OUR COUNCIL'S SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS.
COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATES?
[10. 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.]
I'LL MOVE US TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE IN NATURE AND CONSIDERED NON-CONTROVERSIAL.[CONSENT AGENDA]
THE CONSENT AGENDA CAN BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION.THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL IS REQUIRED TO MOVE ANY ITEM FOR DISCUSSION IN SEPARATE ACTION.
COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY VOTE NAY ON ANY ITEM WITHOUT COMMENT AND MAY SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD.
COUNCIL, YOU HAVE ITEMS 11 THROUGH 20.
>> MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS 11 THROUGH 20.
>> MOTION BY JOHN, SECOND BY ANGELIA ON FAVOR AYE [OVERLAPPING].
THAT WILL MOVE US TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEM 21 IS A PUBLIC HEARING OR REQUESTS TO REZONE ONE ACRE ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF DOWN BROOKE AND
[21. Public Hearing: A request to rezone 1.0± acre on the northeast corner of Downbrook Drive and Gold Camp Road ("Property"), from Agricultural to Patio Home, 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. Neighborhood #44. Zoning Case No. Z22-0009. Applicant: Sambatek, Inc. (Development Services/JH)]
GOLD CAMP ROAD FROM AG TO PATIO HOME TO AMEND THE ZONING ORDINANCE NUMBER 11-04-09 AS AMENDED, AND TO CONSIDER TO DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE OF THE SAME ZONE, AG NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER 44, ZONING CASE NUMBER Z22-0009 APPLICANTS, SAM BIOTECH IQ.>> THIS REQUESTS THAT FUTURE LAND USE PLAN SHOWS RESIDENTIAL ON THE PROPERTY.
THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST DOES COMPLY WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, AND THEY DID HAVE A HOA MEETING TO REVIEW THIS.
NO CONCERNS, NO LETTERS OF OPPOSITION WERE SUBMITTED.
THE OUTCOME DID SIGN THE VOLUNTARY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WAS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA EARLIER THIS EVENING.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST.
>> COUNCIL, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
MOTION BY JOHN, SECOND BY ANGELIA ON FAVOR.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
>> MOTION BY DELTA CLOSE, SECOND BY ANGELIA ON FAVOR AYE.
COUNCIL, WHAT QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS DO YOU HAVE?
>> JOHN, I HAVE ONE QUESTION. ALL THESE HOUSES THAT ARE SURROUNDING IT, ARE THEY ALSO PATIO HOMES?
>> THE LOTS TO THE SOUTH ARE PATIO HOMES.
THE ONES TO THE WEST ARE A LITTLE BIT LARGER THAN OUR PATIO HOME LOT.
THE REQUEST DOES FIT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> WELL, AND THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY QUESTION JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AS I GUESS, WHAT LINKS DID YOU MAKE OR TAKE SO THAT WHEN THIS IS DONE AND BUILT, IT FEELS LIKE IT'S CONTIGUOUS TO THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT? WHAT DOES A ONE QUADRANT TO LOOK AND FEEL TOTALLY DIFFERENT OR LOOK LIKE THAT.
THAT IT'S OBVIOUS THAT IT WAS ADDED LATER OR IS IT YOU'RE ALREADY LINING UP YOUR STREETS OR THIS IS JUST STRAIGHT.
>> LINING UP THE STREETS, SO YES. IT'S STRAIGHTFORWARD.
THERE'S NOT MANY DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES YOU HAVE ON THE PROPERTY, SO THEY'RE GOING TO DO ABOUT FOUR LOTS ON THE PROPERTY TRYING TO DO A CUL-DE-SAC BALL, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT.
IT'S JUST BASICALLY MAKING A STRAIGHT CONNECTION.
>> THE HOMES ON THE LOWER PORTION OR FRONT ENTRY, THE ONES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF REAR ENTRY, SO IT'S JUST GOING TO BE REAR ENTRY OR FRONT ENTRY?
>> I FOUND THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE REAR ENTRY.
THEY HAD A PRE SUBMISSION MEETING ABOUT THAT THEY'LL JUST BE REPEATED WHEN THEY SUBMIT THEIR DEVELOPMENT PLANS LIKE ANY OTHER PROJECT.
>> THEY'RE BEING HELD TO THE SAME SCREENING.
WHO'S PUTTING IN THE SCREENING ALONG SMOTHERMAN ROAD?
>> IF THE LOTS OF CITING TO IT.
THEY WON'T HAVE TO DO ANY SCREENING OR LONGER.
IF THEY BACK TO IT, THEN SMOTHERMAN YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO A 15-FOOT LANDSCAPE EDGE IF THE BACK FOOT LOTS, BUT LAST TIME I SAW PLAN IS BASICALLY THE LOSS WOULD BE FACING EAST, WEST JUST AS THE LOTS THE SOUTH.
>> TO DOWNVOTE DRIVE WOULD JUST CONTINUE ALL THE WAY NORTH AND CONNECT TO THE STREET ACROSS. [OVERLAPPING]
>> POTENTIALLY. THEY WERE LOOKING AT ONE OPTION OF DOING A CUL-DE-SAC, BUT THEY HAVEN'T SUBMITTED THOSE PLANS TO GIVE YOU A DEFINITIVE ANSWER.
>> I GUESS WE GET A FINAL BITE OF THE APPLE WHEN WE SEE THE FINAL PLANS?
>> NO, THAT WOULD JUST GO TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
LAST SAYS WE HAVE A STANDARD ITEM ON HERE ABOUT IT FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WANT TO APPEAL THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION'S DECISION AND THE ACTION THAT THEY TAKE, BUT THAT WOULD JUST BE ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL OF THAT POINT.
>> I THINK THE USE IS A GREAT USE.
THIS MAKES SENSE FOR THIS PROPERTY I USED TO LIVE LITERALLY ADJACENT TO AND DRIVE PAST THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DID ENOUGH WORK UPFRONT TO MAKE SURE THE END RESULT FEELS CONGRUENT WITH THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I GUESS IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE WE'VE DONE MUCH ON THAT REGARD.
>> WELL, THEY'VE COME IN FOR A PRE SUBMISSION MEETING AND ADDISON THIS AND BE LIKE ANY OTHER RESIDENTIAL,
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THIS IS AN INFILL DEVELOPMENT.I'M SURE AFTER IT'S DONE, NO ONE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO TELL, HEY, THIS IS A AFTERTHOUGHT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT THIS IS WHERE THEY HAD SOMEBODY THAT DIDN'T SELL THE PROPERTY TO HAVE INCLUDED IN THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT.
WE RUN INTO THESE OVER THE TIMES.
NOW THIS ENVELOP BEFORE I GOT HERE, BUT AT LEAST THERE'S A STREET ADJACENT TO IT.
WE GENERALLY, WHEN WE HAVE THESE OUT PARCELS, WE DO STUB STREET SO THAT WHEN THAT PROPERTY DOES DEVELOP, IT CAN TIE IN TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> YOU THINK TO BILL'S QUESTION, THE LIKELY DESIGN IS DOWN BROOKE EXTENDING ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO SMOTHERMAN AND THEN.
THERE BEEN LOOKING AT A COUPLE OPTIONS.
>> I THINK WITH OUR ZONING STANDARDS SUCH AS THEY ARE THAT THEY'D BE HARD PRESSED TO NOT FIT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT, JOHN.
COUNCIL, WHAT OTHER QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? TO APPROVE ITEM 21 AND DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE, MOTION BY BILL.
>> SECOND BY ANGELIA, ALL IN FAVOR?
>> MOTION PASSES 6022, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 214-212 E,
[22. Public Hearing: In accordance with Local Government Code §214.212(e), providing for a public hearing before adopting local amendments to the 2021 International Residential Code, and to consider to direct Staff to prepare an Ordinance of the same. (Development Services/PC)]
PROVIDING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE ADOPTING LOCAL AMENDMENTS TO THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, AND TO CONSIDER DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE KNOWN AS THE SAME.>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
DURING THE SEPTEMBER 5TH COUNCIL WORK SESSION, WE INTRODUCED YOU TO THE INTERNATIONAL CODES 2021 ADDITION, AND THAT STAFF WAS PREPARED TO PROPOSE CONSIDERATION BY COUNSEL FOR ADOPTION OF THOSE AMENDMENTS.
THAT DRAFT HAS BEEN SENT TO THE DALLAS BUILDERS ASSOCIATION AND TO DATE, NO COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW PRIOR TO COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF ANY AMENDMENTS WITH AN ADOPTION OF CODE, THEY MUST HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING.
WE'RE HERE TO DO THAT TONIGHT AND CONSIDER DIRECTING STAFF TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE OF THE SAME.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
>> COUNCIL, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
>> MOTION BY JOHN. SECOND BY ANGELIA ON FAVOR?
>> MOTION PASSES 60. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
>> SECOND BY ANGELIA, ALL ON FAVOR?
>> MOTION PASSES 60. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
COUNCIL, WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF WORK SESSION ON THIS WHERE HE GOT INTO MORE GRANULAR DETAIL.
BUT WHAT FURTHER QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE AT THIS POINT?
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK FOR A LITTLE BIT OF A CLARIFICATION QUESTION FOR ANYBODY WATCHING BECAUSE ITEMS 22 AND 23 ARE VERY SIMILAR.
ONE SAYS INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, THE OTHER INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE.
CAN YOU JUST MENTION VERY BRIEFLY WHAT THE DIFFERENCES ARE THAT FOR ANYBODY THAT'S WATCHING.
>> SURE. THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE IS THE CODE THAT'S APPLICABLE TO ONE AND TWO FAMILY DWELLINGS AND TOWN HOMES THAT ARE PLOTTED ON INDIVIDUAL LOTS BUT CONNECTED WITH NO GREATER THAN EIGHT UNITS.
THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE APPLIES TO ESSENTIALLY ALL OTHER WORK, INCLUDING MULTI-FAMILY COMMERCIAL WORK AND TOWN HOMES IN EXCESS OF EIGHT UNITS.
>> I LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 22 AND DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE. MOTION BY BILL.
>> SECOND BY ANGELIA, ALL ON FAVOR?
>> MOTION PASSES 60, BRINGING US ITEM 23, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 214,
[23. Public Hearing: In accordance with Local Government Code §214.216(f), providing for a public hearing before adopting local amendments to the 2021 International Building Code, and to consider to direct Staff to prepare an Ordinance of the same. (Development Services/PC)]
216, PROVIDING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE ADOPTING LOCAL AMENDMENTS TO THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE.CONSIDER TO DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE OF THE SAME.
>> THANK YOU. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. CITY STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE FOR A POSSIBLE ADOPTION AND PROPOSAL TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE LOCAL ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE APPLICABLE THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE.
AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING PRIOR TO THE AMENDMENT OF ANY, DURING AN ADOPTION OF ANY CODES RELATED TO INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE.
>> COUNCIL, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING?
>> SECOND BY ANGELIA ON FAVOR?
>> MOTION PASSES 60. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
COUNCIL, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 23, INDIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE, MOTION BY BILL.
>> SECOND BY ANGELIA. ALL IN FAVOR?
THAT WILL MOVE US TO ITEM 24, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO ACCEPT PUBLIC COMMENTS
[24. Public Hearing: Accept public comments and discuss the nature and advisability of the creation of a proposed Tourism Public Improvement District in accordance with Section 327.009 of the Texas Local Government Code. (Visit Frisco/MR)]
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WITH SECTION 327.009 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.>> MAYOR, REAL QUICK, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND LET MARLIN MAKE A PRESENTATION.
I THINK AFTER SOME CONVERSATION WITH OUR LEGAL COUNCIL, I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY OKAY TO PROCEED AS STATED ON THE AGENDA. THANK YOU.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, I KNOW WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT OUR TOURS AND PUBLIC DISTRICT IN 2019.
OF COURSE THEN COVID HIT AND WE HAD TO PUT THE BRAKES ON IT.
WE MET WITH A GROUP OF OUR GENERAL MANAGERS IN 2021 AND GOT THE GREEN LIGHT FOR US TO START PROCEEDING WITH THIS.
AS YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IN SOME OF THE DOCUMENTATION, ANY CITY IN TEXAS CAN DO A TOURISM PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
THERE'S SIX RIGHT NOW THAT EXIST AND HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH DALLAS BEING THE FIRST AND THE LONGEST RUNNING ONE.
THE PURPOSE OF THE DISTRICT IS REALLY TO ENHANCE OUR SALES AND MARKETING EFFORTS TO ALLOW US TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE, TO ALLOW US TO BRING ADDITIONAL BUSINESS IN.
HOPEFULLY, THE FINAL GOAL IS ADDITIONAL ECONOMIC IMPACT.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN SOME OF THE OTHER BOARDS AND THAT IT WILL BE A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION, AND WORKING THROUGH FINANCE.
THE FUNDING WILL BE MOVED TO A SEPARATE SOURCE.
IT CAN'T BE COMMINGLED BY STATUTE WITH THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX.
WE'LL HAVE A BOARD OF GENERAL MANAGERS AND HOTEL OWNERSHIP GROUPS, WHICH WE'VE IDENTIFIED SOME ALREADY THAT REPRESENT A BROAD BASE OF OUR HOTEL COMMUNITY, GEOGRAPHICALLY BY BRAND DIVERSITY ON THE BOARD.
THEY WILL BE A DIRECTING BOARD THAT ARE APPOINTED BY THE HOTEL COMMUNITY.
WE'LL END UP USING A THIRD-PARTY ACCOUNTING FIRM TO HELP US WITH THE MONTHLY FINANCIALS AS WELL AS AUDIT TEAM TO MAKE SURE THERE'S A LOT OF TRANSPARENCY THERE.
WHILE IT IS A SEPARATE BOARD, THE CDB WILL BE THE ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS FACILITATE THE FUND.
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CDB, ME AT THE TIME, BUT WHOEVER'S IN THE FUTURE WILL BE EX-OFFICIO ON THAT BOARD.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE FUNDS BEING USED IN THE DRAFT SERVICE PLAN AND THE PROPER WAY THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU LAST FALL.
THE DRAFTS SERVICE PLAN IS NOT CHANGED.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO FOCUS A HEAVY EFFORT ON SALES, PARTICULARLY MEETING CONVENTIONS AND SPORTING EVENTS.
WE HAVE MARKETING AND SO WE'RE HOPING TO USE OUR RESEARCH TO ENHANCE OUR MARKETING EFFORTS TO BE IN LARGER MARKETS THAT WE CURRENTLY CAN'T AFFORD TO BE IN.
THEN OF COURSE, THERE'S SOME RESEARCH THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THROUGH THAT AS WELL AS SOME ADMINISTRATIVE FEES FOR THE ACCOUNTING SERVICES.
IT'S LIKE A LONG TWO YEARS OF HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
WE HAD TO HIT A 60 PERCENT THRESHOLD AND WE HIT 73 PERCENT WITH OUR HOTELS, AND WE STOP THERE.
ONCE WE GOT THAT FAR INTO IT, WE'VE HAD OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FROM THE HOTEL COMMUNITY AND GOT SOME HOTELIERS HERE REPRESENTING US TODAY.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
WE'VE ALSO GOT SCOTT JAWS LOVE WITH TEXAS HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION IN CASE THERE'S ANY LEGAL QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
>> COUNCIL, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
>> SECOND BY ANGELIA, ALL ON FAVOR?
>> MOTION PASSES 60. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
I THINK WE DID HAVE A FEW BLUE CARDS.
>> WE DO. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, IT LOOKS LIKE EACH OF THESE FOUR INDICATED THAT THEY WANTED TO SPEAK IN FAVOR, BUT THEN THEY ALSO INDICATED THAT THEY DID NOT WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR.
I'M JUST GOING TO CALL YOUR NAME AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD, RAYMOND MEDINA AND NIGEL CASIE, BRETT MASTERS, SOAS BERANEK.
>> ALL OF THOSE RECORDED IN SUPPORT OF.
>> IN SUPPORT, NOT WISH TO SPEAK.
>> ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
>> AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME HERE, I WANTED TO ASK JUST A COUPLE OF CLARIFYING QUESTIONS IF I COULD?
>> WHEREVER YOU WANT ME TO DO.
>> NOW IS JUST SEEMS LIKE A PERFECT TIME.
>> MAYOR, CAN I ASK YOU JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS?
>> IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT JUST TO BE I KNOW YOU SAID THIS, BUT I WANTED TO BE CLEAR.
THE COUNCIL IT'S CLEAR ABOUT THIS.
THIS WILL BE A BOARD THAT IS CREATED THAT HAS INITIALLY BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAD BEEN DECIDED BY A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WERE IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT AND THEN LATER, THE BOARD MEMBERS OR THEIR TURNOVER WILL BE SELECTED BY, I GUESS THE STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAVE AN INTEREST IN THIS FUND, IS THAT-
>> IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOT HAVE ANY INVOLVEMENT IN THAT PROCESS?
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>> THAT'S CORRECT. IT COMES FROM THE HOTEL COMMUNITY THAT IS PAINT INTO THE FUND.
>> BUT THAT YOU WILL BE ON A EX-OFFICIO WATCHING WHERE THE MONEY'S GOING.
>> TAXPAYERS IS TAXES, TAX MONEY.
THEN ALSO THE FINANCES WILL BE AT LEAST INITIALLY HANDLED BY THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
CURRENTLY THERE'S A FORM THAT THE HOTEL SUBMIT THEIR SEVEN PERCENT OCCUPANCY TAX BACK TO THE CITY.
FINANCE HAS CREATED A NEW FORM THAT HAS THE SEVEN PERCENT AS WELL AS THE TWO PERCENT ASSESSMENT.
THIS IS NOT CHANGING OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX.
IT WILL STILL REMAIN AT 13 PERCENT, BUT IT'LL BE A TWO PERCENT ASSESSMENT.
FINANCE WILL COLLECT THAT AND THEN THEY'LL MOVE IT OFF INTO A PROPER INVESTMENT FUND.
THEN THEY WILL HELP US DO AN RFQ FOR ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING SERVICES.
>> THE DISTRIBUTION OF THAT ADDITIONAL TWO PERCENT, WHICH IS IN A SEPARATE PHONE FROM IN THE CITY, WILL BE DECIDED BY THAT BOARD.
THE BOARD WILL SUBMIT TO THE CITY COUNCIL ANNUALLY A FORM TO APPROVE IT?
>> IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REALLY CHANGE IT.
THEY CAN BEAR REQUEST CHANGES, BUT THEY CAN'T CHANGE IT.
>> YES, THAT'S ACCURATE. THEY COULD CHOOSE [INAUDIBLE]
>> WOULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE?
>> MY NAME IS SCOTT JOSLOVE I'M PRESENT CEO AND SENIOR GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE TEXAS HOTEL LODGING ASSOCIATION.
I'M ALSO GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE SIX TOURISM DISTRICTS IN THE STATE.
>> JUST SO I'M CLEAR ABOUT THIS, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THEY COULD DECLINE IT, BUT I WAS TALKING ABOUT MODIFYING IT AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE COUNCIL CAN MAKE REQUESTS BUT CANNOT VOTE TO CHANGE THE TERMS OF THE DOCUMENT THAT SUBMITTED IT.
THAT'S HOW I UNDERSTOOD IT. IS THAT ACCURATE?
>> THEN IF THE COUNCIL DECLINES IT, WHAT HAPPENS?
>> THE DISTRICT WOULD END. IF THE COUNCIL WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THE PREROGATIVES OR THE PROJECTS OR THE SERVICES BEING PROVIDED OR THE ALLOCATION OF PERCENTAGE FOR EACH CATEGORY, THEY COULD SEND A MESSAGE THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO APPROVE THE SERVICE PLAN THAT YEAR, AND THEN THE BOARD WOULD HAVE TO SEND BACK ONE THAT WAS SATISFACTORY TO THE COUNCIL.
>> JUST SO IT'S CLEAR, THE OTHER SIX CITIES THAT HAVE ADOPTED THIS BID ARE OPERATED ESSENTIALLY THE SAME WAY THAT THIS ONE HAS BEEN STRUCTURED?
>> THEY ARE OPERATING EXACTLY THE SAME WAY AND I'M PROUD TO REPORT OVER A DECADE, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A SINGLE CONFLICT WITH THE CITY OVER A SERVICE PLAN OR A BUDGET, OR EVEN ANY CONFLICT WITH ANY OF THE STAKEHOLDER HOTELS OVER THE LAST DECADE IN ANY OF THE SIX DISTRICTS.
>> WOULD YOU IDENTIFY THE SIX DISTRICTS?
>> YES. DALLAS WAS THE FIRST, THEN ARLINGTON, THEN FORT WORTH, THEN SAN ANTONIO, THEN WACO, THAN CORPUS CHRISTI.
>> CAN YOU IDENTIFY WHAT BENEFIT THOSE CITIES HAVE RECEIVED AS A RESULT OF HAVING THOSE FUNDS IN THE HOTEL [OVERLAPPING] DECISIONS ABOUT TRYING TO SELL AND MARKET.
DALLAS WAS THE FIRST DISTRICT AND IT WAS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF US IN DALLAS AND THEY HAD A 23 PERCENT CONVERSION RATE WHEN THEY STARTED THE DISTRICT WHERE THEY WOULD PUT OUT BIDS FOR CONFERENCES AND THEY WOULD WIN ABOUT 23 PERCENT OF THE BIDS THEY PUT OUT FOR CITYWIDE BUSINESS.
AFTER THEY GOT THE TOURISM DISTRICT AND THEY RECEIVE AROUND 15 MILLION A YEAR TO DO ADDITIONAL MARKETING AND SALES, THEY DOUBLED THEIR CONVERSION RATE IN ONE YEAR TO 46 PERCENT OF THE BIDS THEY PUT OUT THEY WON CITYWIDE.
THEY DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF CITYWIDE, OCCUPANCY IN DALLAS INCREASED 16 PERCENT CITYWIDE AFTER THE CREATION OF THE TOURISM DISTRICT, AND THEIR ROI WAS ABOUT $14 IN ROOM NIGHTS FOR EVERY DOLLAR THEY SPENT IN INCENTIVES.
IT'S BEEN AN UNPARALLELED SUCCESS AND WE'VE SEEN THAT DIFFERENT LEVELS, BUT ALL SUCCESSES IN EVERY ONE OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS.
>> THANK YOU MAYOR FOR LETTING ME ASK THOSE QUESTIONS.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. ARE WE DONE WITH PUBLIC COMMENT? WE NEED TO CLOSE.
>> WILL BRIAN SECOND MY BILL, ALL IN FAVOR?
>> MOTION PASSES 6-0, PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
>> NOW I HAVE A QUESTION. CONCEPTUALLY, I'M STRUGGLING WITH THIS.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, BUT WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THE CITY COUNCIL IS GOING TO VOTE FOR A GROUP OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES TO CHARGE THEIR CUSTOMERS TWO PERCENT MORE.
THEN THAT GROUP IS GOING TO FORM A BOARD,
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THAT'S THEN GOING TO SPEND THAT MONEY TO BRING MORE PEOPLE HERE.WHY ARE WE INVOLVED IN IT AS A CITY?
>> BECAUSE IT'S STATUTORILY CREATED.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS ARE AUTHORIZED BY STATE LAW, AND THIS SPECIFIC ONE IS ALSO AUTHORIZED BY STATE LAW.
IT USED TO BE, ACCORDING TO SCOTT, THAT IT HAD TO BE BY CITY, BY CITY.
BUT I UNDERSTAND NOW IT'S OPEN TO ANY CITY CAN ADOPT THIS.
>> I GOT THAT. I'M JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY MY QUESTION.
WHAT WOULD STOP THIS GROUP, ANY GROUP, NOT JUST HOTELS, BUT SAY RESTAURANTS WANTED TO DO IT, OR NAIL SALONS OR DONUT SHOPS OR WHOEVER, SAY WE'RE GOING TO CHARGE OUR CUSTOMERS TWO PERCENT MORE FOR OUR PRODUCT, WE'RE GOING TO PULL ALL OF OUR MONEY TOGETHER, EVERY DONUT SHOP OWNERS ARE GOING TO HAVE A SEAT ON THIS NEW GROUP WE'RE CREATING, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT, WE'RE GOING TO PROMOTE DONUT SALES.
>> I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE TO BE INVOLVED IN IT.
I UNDERSTAND WE'RE ALLOWED TO BE INVOLVED IN IT, I ALSO UNDERSTAND WHY WE NEED TO BE BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE JUST CREATING FEES AND TAXES AT ALL.
>> HELP ME EXPLAIN WHY WE HAD TO BE INVOLVED.
>> THE CONCEPT OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN UNDER STATE LAW FOR A LONG TIME.
TYPICALLY THEY WERE CREATED FOR DOWNTOWN AREAS WHERE YOU'D HAVE ALL CONTIGUOUS PROPERTIES WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN.
THEY WOULD GATHER TOGETHER AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, IF WE CAN GET OVER 50 PERCENT OF ALL THE DOWNTOWN PROPERTIES TO AGREE, WE CAN CREATE MORE SECURITY, MORE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, MORE SIDEWALKS, LIGHTING, OTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE OUR DOWNTOWN MORE PROFITABLE.
CITIES WOULD PARTNER WITH THE DOWNTOWN PROPERTY OWNERS TO CREATE A DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.
THEN THERE'S ALSO THE CONCEPT UNDER THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT LAW FOR NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICTS, WHERE NEIGHBORHOOD PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD SAY WE WANT TO PARK, WE WANT MORE SECURITY, WE WANT LIGHTING, WE WANT SIDEWALKS, AND THEY WOULD DO NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICTS.
THE ONLY ENTITIES THAT ARE BASICALLY AUTHORIZED ARE BASICALLY PRIMARILY DOWNTOWN AREAS OR NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICTS.
BUT IT HAS TO BE ALL CONTIGUOUS PROPERTY OWNERS.
THAT'S WHY IT'S EITHER DOWNTOWN OR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY ALL HAVE TO BE TOUCHING EACH OTHER AND ALL CONTIGUOUS.
THIS IS A NEW CONCEPT THAT STARTED IN OTHER STATES WHERE THEY ALLOWED NON-CONTIGUOUS PROPERTIES THAT WE'RE ALL EXCLUSIVELY HOTELS.
EVEN IF RESTAURANTS WANTED TO DO IT, THEY COULDN'T DO IT, OR NAIL SALONS OR OTHER TYPES OF BUSINESSES.
WE FOLLOWED THE MODEL WE SAW IN OTHER STATES BECAUSE IT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL AT BRINGING MAJOR EVENTS AND BRINGING TOURISM TO THOSE AREAS.
THEY DID IN SAN DIEGO, THEY DID IT IN OTHER LOCATIONS ALL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
THEY CREATED SO MUCH ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES THAT DALLAS CAME FORWARD AND SAID WE'D LIKE TO CREATE A TOURISM DISTRICT, AND FOR OUR HOTELS, AND INSTEAD OF HAVING 50 PERCENT OF THE BUSINESSES THAT THEY'D HAVE TO SIGN ON, WE HAVE EVEN A HIGHER MARGIN OF OVER 60 PERCENT.
IN THIS CASE, I THINK WE GOT OVER 70 PERCENT.
THE REASON THE CITY IS INVOLVED IN THIS IS THAT BY CREATING A DISTRICT, YOU ARE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND YOU NEVER GOING TO GET 100 PERCENT OF ALL THE PROPERTIES IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE OWNED OUT OF STATES, SOME OF THEM ARE OWNED ACROSS IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
BY DOING A DISTRICT WHEN YOU GET OVER 60 PERCENT, AND EVERY PROPERTY OWNER THAT'S OVER 75 ROOMS BECOMES A PART OF IT AND YOU HAVE EVERYBODY CONTRIBUTING, SO IT'S NOT JUST THE MORE CIVIC INVOLVED OR THE MORE ENGAGED, IT'S EVERY PROPERTY AND THAT'S THE VALUE OF HAVING THE CITY ENGAGEMENT.
IT ALLOWS YOU, IF YOU GET OVER 60 PERCENT OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS, TO INCLUDE EVERYBODY.
BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO HAVE A TWO PERCENT ASSESSMENT ON THEIR PROPERTY IN ORDER TO TRY TO GROW EVERYBODY'S MARKETING AND EVERYBODY SALES IF EVERYBODY'S NOT CONTRIBUTING.
BY DOING THAT DISTRICT, IT ALLOWS US TO HAVE A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD WHERE EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME ASSESSMENT AND THE SAME COMMITMENT OF TWO PERCENT OF TAXABLE SALES.
>> SORRY, TALKING AND THINKING AT THE SAME TIME IS NOT A GOOD COMBINATION.
OF THE 40 PERCENT THAT VOTED NO OR DECIDED NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN IT, DID IT HAVE ANY CONCERNS THAT THE TWO PERCENT WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT THEIR BUSINESS AND THEIR SUCCESS?
>> THE BEAUTY OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT LAW IS THAT IT ALLOWS ANY PROPERTY OWNER WHO THINKS, I'M NOT GETTING VALUE FROM THIS DISTRICT, THEY CAN COME BACK TO YOU AND SAY, I'D LIKE YOU TO LOWER THAT ASSESSMENT FROM TWO PERCENT TO MAYBE ZERO OR AT A HALF A PERCENT BECAUSE I'M NOT GETTING VALUE.
THEY CAN COME TO THE COUNCIL ANYTIME THEY WANT AND ASK THAT THEIR ASSESSMENT BE LOWERED.
ALSO, IF A MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, THE DISTRICT IS NOT OPERATING IN A WAY THAT WE THINK BENEFITED, THEY CAN TERMINATE THE DISTRICT.
>> WHEN YOU SAY THEY CAN COME TO THE COUNCIL, DO YOU MEAN THEY CAN COME TO THE DISTRICT BOARD?
>> NO, THEY CAN COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THEY SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU PASS THIS DISTRICT, YOU PASS AN ASSESSMENT, I WANT TO BE OUT OF THIS DISTRICT OR I WANT TO HAVE
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MY ASSESSMENT LOWERED EVEN TO ZERO PERCENT.IN THE LAST DECADE, NOT A SINGLE HOTEL IN DALLAS, FORT WORTH, SAN ANTONIO, ARLINGTON, WACO, OR NOW THE NEW DISTRICT IN CORPUS HAS EVER ASKED FOR THEIR ASSESSMENT TO BE ADJUSTED.
THESE DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL.
IT'S ONE OF THE ONLY INSTRUMENT THAT THE HOTEL INDUSTRY HAS WHERE THE HOTEL INDUSTRY IS SO INVOLVED IN MAKING SURE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AND THE CDB THAT THEY CAN DIRECT ALL THEIR EFFORTS.
THEY'RE REALLY DOING REALLY TARGETED MARKETING AND TARGETED SALES.
>> I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION THEN I'LL DROP OUT AND LET EVERYONE ELSE SPEAK, SO I APOLOGIZE.
WAS THERE ANYTHING IN THE LAW THAT SAYS A HOTEL CAN'T DISCHARGE TWO PERCENT OR MORE AND PAY MORE TO THE CDB, CAN THEY PAY MORE THAN THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO OR LEGALLY REQUIRED TO?
>> A HOTEL COULD ALWAYS MAKE A CONTRIBUTION, A HOTEL COULD ALWAYS INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL SURCHARGE IF THEY WANTED TO.
THE REASON WE CREATE DISTRICTS IS BECAUSE THAT ALLOWS A GROUP OF HOTELS TO ALL WORK TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY PARTICIPATES IF THEY GET AND THEY MEET THAT MARGIN OF, IN THIS CASE OVER 60 PERCENT.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN FRISCO AND IN EVERY OTHER DISTRICT, WE HAVEN'T HAD A SINGLE HOTEL OWNERSHIP GROUP, MANAGEMENT COMPANY, OR BRAND THAT SENT A LETTER OF OBJECTION OR HAS TESTIFIED AGAINST THE IMPOSITION OF THIS.
THEY HAVE BEEN FULLY SUPPORTED.
THE REASON WE DON T HAVE 90 PERCENT OR 100 PERCENT IS IT JUST HARD TO GET A HOLD OF EVERY MANAGEMENT COMPANY.
>> MARLA, I HEARD YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT YOU WERE WORKING WITH THE CITY FINANCE STAFF.
WHO ACTUALLY HAS THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT OR PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE FUNDS? WHAT'S THE ROLE OF CITY STAFF VERSUS THIS BOARD?
>> WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ANITA AND DEREK THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND KIM WHEN SHE WAS HERE.
WE HAD SOME CALLS WITH ANOTHER CITY BECAUSE WACO IS THE CITY DEPARTMENTS SIMILAR TO US AND THEY TREAT THEIRS AS A COMPONENT UNIT.
BUT ONCE THEY DID SOME RESEARCH INTO HOW THIS ORGANIZATION WAS GOING TO BE FORMED AND GOVERNED, AND ANITA IS HERE IF SHE WANTS TO SPEAK TO A BIT, THAT'S WHEN THEY DETERMINED THAT THEY FELT LIKE IT WOULD BE BETTER TO BE NOT A COMPONENT UNIT OF THE CITY AND FOR THE FUNDING TO BE MOVED OUT AND HAVE A THIRD PARTY ACCOUNTING FIRM.
I KNOW THEY DID SOME RESEARCH INTO THAT AND WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS. WE'VE HAD A LOT.
>> COMPLETE MANAGEMENT OF THOSE FUNDS IS THE BOARD AND THOSE THIRD PARTY?
>> YEAH. SO, I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO DANIEL ABOUT IT AS WELL, BUT WE'LL DO AN RFQ IN CONJUNCTION WITH FINANCE AND PURCHASING TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE BEST FIRM FOR THAT.
THERE ARE SEVERAL OUT THERE THAT ARE ALREADY DOING TPI DISTRICTS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED WITH THAT.
I FEEL LIKE WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET A VERY QUALIFIED FIRM AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A DIFFERENT PARTY DOING THE AUDITING, OBVIOUSLY.
>> WHAT OTHER QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE?
>> JUST ONE CLARIFYING. I THINK YOU SAID THIS EARLIER, BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR, ALL OF THE MANAGEMENT FROM THE THIRD PARTY AND THE AUDITING BOARD ALSO COME OUT OF THE FUND ITSELF.
THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL OUTPLAY BY THE CITY.
>> MAYBE SOME ADMINISTRATIVE FEES THAT WE PAY TO THE CITY THROUGH THE TIPED TO HELP FACILITATE MOVEMENT OF THE DOLLARS.
>> I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION AND IT IS BACK TO YOUR COMMENT.
IF A HOTEL COMES AND SAYS, "I WANT TO TAKE IT TO ZERO AND THEN COME IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL,'' IT'S OUR DECISION WHETHER THEY GET REDUCED OR NOT.
>> ABSOLUTELY, JUST A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
ON THE FINANCIAL ASPECT, I WOULD ALSO NOTE THERE'S ALWAYS AN ANNUAL AUDIT.
THERE'S MONTHLY FINANCIALS, THERE'S QUARTERLY FINANCIALS, THERE'S PERFORMANCE REPORTS.
THERE'LL BE A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY THAT HAS SO MANY CHECKS AND BALANCES.
ANY REPORTING AND ALL OF OUR RECORDS WILL BE OPEN RECORDS AND, OF COURSE, DISCLOSED BASED ON THE OPEN RECORDS ACT.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS REALLY MORE AN ADVISOR GROUP, THE REALLY CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR IS GOING TO BE MARLA AND THE CVB TEAM.
WHEN WE SEE THESE DISTRICTS IN OPERATION, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WORKS AROUND THE EDGES AND MOP UP.
IT'LL BE MARLA SUGGESTING WHERE TO MARKET.
IT'LL BE MARLA SUGGESTING WHAT INCENTIVES OUGHT TO BE DONE.
IT'LL BE MARLA PUTTING TOGETHER WHAT THE PROGRAM LOOKS LIKE, AND THE BOARD WILL SAY, YES OR NO OR SAY HOW ABOUT ADDING THIS OR SUBTRACTING THAT? IT HAS BEEN SUCH A WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T BE DOING THIS IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE INCREDIBLE FAITH IN WHAT MARLA DOES AND THE CITY TEAM.
>> MARLA, YOU SAID ABOUT 73 PERCENT OF THE HOTELS ARE PARTICIPATING, SO THE OTHER 27 PERCENT ARE GOING TO GET SOME BENEFIT, I WOULD IMAGINE, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT PARTICIPATING.
>> THEY WILL ALL GET BENEFIT, YES.
>> MARLA, SO YOU ARE FUNCTIONING AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THIS, NO?
>> SO WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NEW NON-PROFIT?
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>> THERE WILL BE AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
THERE'LL BE A BOARD, BUT THERE WILL BE A CHAIR, A VICE CHAIR, AND A SECRETARY, TREASURER THAT THE INITIAL GROUP WILL VOTE ON.
>> OKAY. SO IT'S A SEPARATE NON-PROFIT THAT'S ESSENTIALLY HANDLING THESE FUNDS.
YOU'RE DOING MORE WORK THOUGH,, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE NOW, HANDLING THIS NEW BUCKET.
BUT I DO SEE THE TWO PERCENT, THIS'S GOING TO BE A HUGE WIN-WIN BECAUSE IT WILL BRING MORE FOLKS INTO THE CITY, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO RECOVER SO MUCH.
I JUST WONDER WITH YOUR WORKLOAD, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS BEING ADDED TO YOUR PLATE?
>> I'M FINE WITH THAT. I'VE BEEN PREPARING FOR IT [LAUGHTER] FOR A WHILE.
>> THERE WILL BE A LOT OF WORK THAT THE BOARD WILL END UP DOING.
WE WILL HAVE STAFF THAT WILL ASSIST AND THEN OF COURSE, THE THIRD-PARTY ACCOUNTING FIRM AND FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES.
>> I WAS JUST LOOKING UP WEICKO AND CORPUS CHRISTI AND THEIR BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
DO YOU ALREADY HAVE IDENTIFIED YOUR BOARD?
>> WE DO. I'LL DRAFT BYLAWS TO HAVE UP TO NINE, WE'VE IDENTIFIED SIX GENERAL MANAGERS AND THEN TWO REPRESENTING OWNERSHIP GROUPS.
>> I'M GETTING ALL SIX YEARS OF MY COMMENTS IN ON ONE TOPIC TONIGHT.
I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T NORMALLY TALK THIS MUCH IN A QUARTER.
>> YOU WANT A DOUGHNUT? [LAUGHTER]
>> I WANT A DOUGHNUT. I'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THESE.
I KNOW THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE OPPOSED TO THEM AND I'VE HEARD THAT TALKS ABOUT TAXES AND STUFF.
BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR TO ANYONE THAT'S LISTENING, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS RIGHT WHEN I TELL PEOPLE THIS.
THIS IS NOT AS SIMPLE AS THIS IS NOT THE CITY OF FRISCO COUNCIL IMPOSING A TAX ON PEOPLE.
THIS IS US APPROVING A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO DO THIS TO BETTER THEIR BUSINESS AND BETTER THE CITY.
THIS IS NOT A TAX BEING IMPOSED ON BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
>> THAT'S CORRECT. THE ONLY WAY THEY WOULD END UP PAYING THE TWO PERCENT IS IF THEY STAYED IN ONE OF OUR HOTELS.
>> VISITORS COMING AND THEY'RE PAYING THEM.
>> ONE OTHER LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE I THINK YOU ASKED A QUESTION AND MAYBE IT DIDN'T GET ANSWERED QUITE RIGHT.
SEVENTY-THREE PERCENT OF THE HOTELS SAID YES TO THIS, BUT 100 PERCENT OF THEM WILL PARTICIPATE IN THIS NOW UNLESS ONE OF THEM COMES BACK TO US AND ASK TO HAVE THEIR ASSESSMENT LOWERED.
>> THAT IS CORRECT. WITH THE EXCEPTION WE HAVE ONE HOTEL THAT IS UNDER 75 ROOMS AND SO THAT ONE WILL NOT PARTICIPATE, I GUESS UNLESS THEY WANTED TO.
>> BECAUSE OF THEIR SIZE, THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY EXEMPTED.
>> YEAH, 75 ARE A GREAT EXEMPTION.
>> THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
>> WHEN WE CALL THIS A DISTRICT, THAT'S THE ENTIRE CITY.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 24.
>> MOTION BY BILL, SECOND BY JOHN. ALL IN FAVOR?
>> THAT MOTION PASSES SIX-ZERO.
THAT MOVES TO ITEM 25, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
EXCEPT PUBLIC COMMENTS AND DISCUSS THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENT TO FUND
[25. Public Hearing: Accept public comments and discuss the proposed assessment to fund the proposed Tourism Public Improvement District at the rate of 2 percent of the amount of taxable room nights sold at qualifying hotels located within the proposed District in accordance with Section 327.016 of the Texas Local Government Code. (Visit Frisco/MR)]
THE PROPOSED TOURISM PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AT THE RATE OF TWO PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT OF TAXABLE ROOM NIGHTS SOLD AT QUALIFYING HOTELS LOCATED WITHIN THE PROPOSED [INAUDIBLE] WITH SECTION 327.016 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.COUNCIL, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
>> SECOND BY JOHN, SECOND BY BRIAN. ALL IN FAVOR?
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
>> SEEING NONE, MOVE TO CLOSE.
>> SECOND MOTION BY JOHN, SECOND BY BILL. ALL IN FAVOR?
PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED AND PRESUME THIS IS JUST A CARRY-ON OF THE PRIOR DISCUSSION.
IF THERE'S NO OTHER ITEMS, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.
>> BRIAN DIDN'T READ THE COMMENTS.
>> I ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE TO TURN TO PAGE 2 OF MY QUESTIONS.
>> REAL QUICK, I'M SORRY I MISSED.
I THINK YOU SAID AN ITEM 26, IS THIS ITEM 25?
>> I'M READING THIS. I THINK 24 AND 25 ARE ONLY THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
I THINK IT'S 26 AND 27 THAT THEY'RE VOTED ITEMS.
>> THANK YOU. TWENTY-SIX AND 27 SHOULD IT BE THE VOTED ITEMS.
>> TWENTY-SIX, CONSIDER AN ACT UPON ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF
[26. Consider and act upon adoption of a Resolution authorizing the creation of the Frisco Tourism Public Improvement District applicable to hotel properties with 75 or more rooms within the City of Frisco. (Visit Frisco/MR)]
THE FRISCO TOURISM PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT APPLICABLE TO HOTEL PROPERTIES WITH 75 OR MORE ROOMS WITHIN THE CITY OF FRISCO.>> [OVERLAPPING] MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 26.
>> IT'S CORRECT AND MOVE TO ITEM PROVIDED IN 26.
>> SECOND BY BRIAN, ALL IN FAVOR?
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ITEM 27, WE GET THAT ALL RIGHT, CHRISTI?
>> ITEM 27, CONSIDER AN ACT UPON ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE LEVY OF AN ASSESSMENT FOR
[27. Consider and act upon adoption of an Ordinance authorizing the levy of an assessment for the Frisco Tourism Public Improvement District at the rate of 2 percent of the amount of taxable room nights sold at qualifying hotels located within the District; setting the method of payment for the assessment; and approving the Service Plan for the District. (Visit Frisco/MR)]
THE FRISCO TOURISM PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AT THE RATE OF TWO PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT OF TAXABLE ROOM NIGHTS SOLD AT QUALIFYING HOTELS LOCATED WITHIN THE DISTRICT, SETTING THE METHOD OF PAYMENT FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND APPROVING THIS SERVICE PLAN FOR THE DISTRICT.>> SECOND BY ANGELIA, ON FAVOR?
THANK YOU SO MUCH TEAM FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
THANK YOU FOR OUR REPRESENTATIVES FOR BEING HERE TO SHOW SUPPORT.
THAT'LL MOVE US TO ITEM 28, CONSIDERING AN ACT UPON APPROVING THE CITY OF FRISCO,
[28. Consider and act upon approving the City of Frisco 2023 State Legislative Agenda. (CMO/BB)]
2023 STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.>> I NEED A LITTLE HELP ON THE PRESENTATION, PLEASE.
MY NAME IS BEN BREZINA, I'M AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WITH THE CITY OF FRISCO.
FRISCO'S HIGHEST PRIORITY IN THIS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA IS TO PRESERVE ITS ABILITY TO GOVERN EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY FOR ITS RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, AND VISITORS.
SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT WILL PROTECT LOCAL GOVERNANCE DECISION-MAKING, AND OPPOSE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ERODE CURRENT MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY AND IMPOSE COSTS, IMPACT REVENUE, OR OTHERWISE NEGATIVELY AFFECT THE CITY'S RESIDENTS.
THE CITY STRIVES TO MAINTAIN ITS MANY ACCOLADES.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DROMM, COUNCIL MEMBER MAINERSHAGEN, AND COUNCIL MEMBER LIVINGSTON.
WE'VE MET SEVERAL TIMES TO GO OVER THIS AGENDA.
THE AGENDA IS ATTACHED TO THE MEMO SO JUST GO THROUGH THIS BRIEFLY AND FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS AS WE GO ALONG OR ADD COMMENT.
FISCAL AND FINANCIAL STRENGTH.
SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT AUTHORIZES THE STATE BUDGET SURPLUS TO OFFSET PROPERTY TAX BURDEN ON FRISCO RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.
SUPPORT LEGISLATION FOR THE ABILITY FOR THE CITY TO ADVOCATE OR HIRE REPRESENTATIVES WITH PUBLIC FUNDS TO ADVOCATE ON ISSUES THAT WOULD IMPACT OUR CITY AND OUR RESIDENTS.
SUPPORT LEGISLATION TO ADD OUR PGA CHAMPIONSHIPS AND RYDER CUP TO THE MAJOR EVENTS REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM LIST.
SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT ALLOWS MUNICIPALITIES TO ENCOURAGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
TO PRESERVE OUR RIGHT-OF-WAY AND CHARGE MARKET-BASED RATES.
OPPOSE LEGISLATION THAT IMPOSE IN REVENUE CAPS THAT WOULD IMPAIR OUR GROWTH AND ECONOMIC STABILITY OF THE CITY.
OPPOSE LEGISLATION LIMITING THE CITY'S ABILITY TO ISSUE CONTROL AND MANAGE ITS DEBT AND OPPOSE LEGISLATION LIMITING THE CITY'S ABILITY TO ANNEX PROPERTY WITHIN ITS ETJ AND ANYTHING TO LIMIT OUR 4A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOLS.
ON DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENT, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT SEEKS TO MAKE BENEFICIAL AMENDMENTS.
THE BUILDING MATERIALS BILL SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT SEEKS TO GRANT FRISCO AUTHORITY TO ANNEX FULLY SURROUNDED ETJ AREAS WITHIN OUR CITY.
SUPPORT LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO TEXAS FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE CITY.
SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT PROTECTS THE HEALTH SAFETY, AND WELFARE AS IT RELATES TO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN FRISCO AND EXIDE TECHNOLOGY, AND ALSO SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF GRANT MONEY FOR THE BATTERY RECYCLING FACILITY CLEANUP EFFORTS AND REMEDIATION EFFORTS.
REGARDING ELECTIONS AND UTILITY, SUPPORT LEGISLATIONS FOR UNIFORM ELECTION DATE AND RUNOFF DATE SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE GENERAL ELECTION.
SUPPORT LEGISLATION PROVIDING FUNDING, FOR PROVIDING FLEXIBILITY TO HAVE SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF ELECTION DAYS FOR CITIZENS TO CAST THEIR VOTES ON LOCAL ISSUES.
SUPPORT LEGISLATION ENSURING THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES ARE OPEN TO THE MEMBERS OF ALL THE ELECTRICAL COOPERATIVES AND SUPPORT LEGISLATION ENSURING ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION GROWTH IS PLANNED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY OF FRISCO.
SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT INCREASES LOCAL FUNDING FOR MEASURES THAT ENHANCE SCHOOL SAFETY.
FUNDING MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVES AND RESOURCES, AND OPPOSE ANY LEGISLATION THAT ENACTS ANY UNFUNDED MANDATES FOR LOCAL PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAMS. WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE OR COMMENTS REGARDING THE 2023 PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
>> ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD AS A CHAIR THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND DISCUSSIONS?
>> SOME OF OUR INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE IN HERE WERE BASED OFF OF
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BILLS THAT WE'VE EITHER ALREADY SEEN OR HEARD THAT MAYBE COMING UP.SOME OF THESE INITIATIVES ARE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE HAD IN YEARS PAST.
SO MANY OF THESE YOU GUYS HAVE PROBABLY SEEN BEFORE.
WE HAD A GOOD REPRESENTATION FROM OUR PUBLIC SAFETY THAT GAVE US SOME INPUT ON SOME THINGS THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR, AND WE'VE ALREADY STARTED SOCIALIZING SOME OF THESE WITH SOME OF OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES AS WELL.
>> YEAH. I JUST HAD A QUESTION THAT I HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER DESCENDER.
OVER THE YEARS I'VE SEEN COUNCIL MEMBERS MOVE ON TO HIGHER OFFICE, WHETHER IT'S OFFICE OF MAYOR, STATE REP, COMMISSIONER, AND JUST THE TIMING OF WHEN A COUNCIL MEMBER ANNOUNCES, BY STATE LAW DETERMINES WHEN AND IF A SPECIAL ELECTION IS HELD.
I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE WRESTLED WITH OVERTIME AND I WOULD JUST REALLY LIKE TO SEE IT INCLUDED UNDER ELECTIONS.
I THINK IT'S A 90 DAY REQUIREMENT NOW.
I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY SAY GO TO 180 DAYS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD MAYBE PROPOSE GOING TO 120 WITH THE IDEA THAT YOU WOULD STILL WANT TO AVOID THOSE NOVEMBER ELECTION TIMES AND WOULD STILL WANT TO HAVE THE GOAL OF HAVING ALL OF OUR LOCAL ELECTIONS HELD IN MAY AND HAVE MAKE SOME EFFORT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SPECIAL ELECTIONS THAT WE HAVE.
BECAUSE WE'VE GOT COUNCIL MEMBERS UP HERE, THEY'VE LIVED THROUGH THIS SPECIAL ELECTION RUNOFF THEN A REGULAR ELECTIONS COME UP.
THIS COULD BE IN THE MIDDLE OF STATE PRIMARY AND PRIMARY RUN OFFS REGULAR ELECTIONS.
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE'RE SPENDING ON ELECTIONS, THE AMOUNT OF TIMES WE'RE ASKING CITIZENS TO COME OUT AND VOTE.
I JUST LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING ADDED HERE, SOME LANGUAGE WHERE WE AT LEAST EXPLORE IT.
I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHAT THE SOLUTION IS, BUT THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM, OR A CHALLENGE I WILL SAY, WE'VE CERTAINLY MET THE CHALLENGE, BUT IT'S BEEN A BIT ONEROUS OVER THE YEARS.
I THINK MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE TIMES NOW.
>> IT MAYBE HELPFUL FOR US TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT ON THE FIRST BULLET SPECIFICALLY.
THERE IS ACTUALLY LEGISLATION THAT HAS BEEN FILED SPECIFICALLY TO BRING THE MAY AND NOVEMBER ELECTIONS TOGETHER AS ONE THAT WAS ACTUALLY FILED BY OUR STATE SENATOR DREW SPRINGER BECAUSE HE THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS OUR NEED TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF ELECTIONS THAT WERE HAPPENING.
WE'RE ALREADY IN CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM ABOUT MANEUVERING THAT SPECIFICALLY THAT KEEPS THOSE TWO SEPARATE, BUT GIVES US MORE FLEXIBILITY AND WHEN WE WOULD HOLD A POTENTIAL SPECIAL ELECTION.
I AGREE THAT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY SPELLED OUT HERE, BUT THAT IS WRAPPED UP INTO THAT BULLET POINT NUMBER 1.
>> YEAH, EXCELLENT. AS LONG AS YOU GUYS HAVE COVERED IT WITH REAL ELEMENTS, I MEAN, YOU'VE LIVED THROUGH IT, YOU KNOW THE WORK AND THE TIME AND THE MONEY THAT GOES INTO THAT.
OUR CITY STAFF, OUR CITIZENS, EVERYBODY ARE SUBJECTED TO THIS SPECIAL ELECTION PHENOMENON THAT JUST SPIRALS INTO VOTER APATHY, CONFUSION AND BIG BILLS THAT WE'VE GOT TO PAY TO BOTH DENTIN AND COLLIN COUNTY TO HOLD THESE SPECIALIZED.
THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ADDRESSED IT AND WORK IT IN THERE, IT'S FANTASTIC.
I OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T SEE IT HERE IN THE BULLET POINTS, BUT IF IT'S BAKED IN THERE, THEN I'M EXCITED.
>> WE'LL KEEP OUR EYE ON FOR THAT BUSINESS.
>> LAURA. I DON'T RECALL SEEING IT, IT MAY BE NEW THIS YEAR, BUT A FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH LEGISLATION.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE ANTICIPATE COMING DOWN THE PIKE OR?
>> I'VE GONE TO MANY MEETINGS FOR OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE AND WHAT WE SEE UPCOMING AND ALL OF THEM ARE SUPPORTIVE OF STATE-LEVEL MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT.
AS WE'VE ALL SEEN, THERE'S BEEN A DRASTIC DECLINE IN MENTAL HEALTH, ESPECIALLY AMONG OUR YOUTH.
BECAUSE IN OUR OWN CITY, WE'VE SEEN SOME INCREASE IN SCHOOL THREATS.
I BELIEVE THIS IS A NONPARTISAN ISSUE AS WELL.
I THINK BOTH SIDES ARE LOOKING TO HOW DO WE IMPROVE THE SITUATION THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US, AND I THINK THAT'S WHY IT'S ON HERE IS FOR US TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS THROUGH THAT. [BACKGROUND]
>> WELL, THANK YOU AND THE COMMITTEE FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR HARD WORK BAND.
THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCIL, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION?
>> IS TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 28.
>> MOTION BY LAURA, SECOND BY ANGELIA. ALL IN FAVOR?
THEN MOVE US TO ITEM 29, CONSIDERED AN ACT UPON ACCEPTING THE RESIGNATION OF
[29. Consider and act upon accepting the resignation of Randy Archambault from Place 5, At-Large, on the Downtown Advisory Board. (CSO/KM)]
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RANDY ARCHER MBO FROM PLACE 5 AT LARGE ON THE DOWNTOWN ADVISORY BOARD, AND MR. ARCHER MBO PROVIDED US WITH A LETTER STATING THAT HE NOW HAS A WORK CONFLICT WITH THE TIME OF THE MEETINGS OF THIS BOARD WHICH IS REQUIRING HIS RESIGNATION.WITH THAT, I'LL LOOK FOR MOTION.
>> I'D MOVE TO ACCEPT HIS RESIGNATION WITH A VOTE OF THANKS TO RANDY FOR SERVING THE DOWNTOWN ADVISOR.
I KNOW HE'S VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT AND HE WAS NOT WANTING TO HAVE TO STEP ASIDE, BUT OBVIOUSLY, WORK PRIORITIES KICKED IN.
>> SECOND BY ANGELIA. ALL IN FAVOR?
>> THAT MOTION PASSES SIX, ZERO.
I'LL REITERATE THOSE COMMENTS OF GRATITUDE AND THANKS TO RANDY FOR HIS WORK.
ITEM 30 IS CONSIDERED AN ACT UPON APPOINTMENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO
[30. Consider and act upon appointment of an individual to fill a vacancy for Place 5, At-Large, on the Downtown Advisory Board for a term ending on September 30, 2023. (CSO/KM)]
FILL A VACANCY FOR PLACE 5 AT-LARGE ON THE DOWNTOWN ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TERM ENDING ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023.>> IF YOU'RE NOT PREPARED TO POTENTIALLY FILL OUT, WE COULD ALWAYS TABLE THE ITEM.
>> I THINK WE HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT'S PREPARED.
>> WELL, I DO HAVE A PERSON THAT I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE, BUT IF WE WANT TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON IT AND TABLE IT, I'M OPEN TO THAT AS WELL.
>> YOU MENTIONED WHO YOU WANT, WHATEVER I'M MAKING A NOMINATION, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION.
>> [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER] MIGHT AS WELL. I'D LIKE TO FIGURE OUT MEGAN DE WITT.
MEGAN I'VE HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS WITH OVER THE PAST YEAR.
SHE OBVIOUSLY HAS GROWN UP IN FRISCO, KNOWS DOWNTOWN EXTREMELY WELL, CAN PROBABLY TELL YOU HISTORICALLY WHERE EVERY BUILDING CAME FROM, EVERY TREE STUMP, PROBABLY THE HISTORY OF THAT.
I MEAN, SHE'S JUST VERY WELL VAST IN THE HISTORICAL ASPECT OF DOWNTOWN FRISCO.
I THINK AS WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO DEVELOPING DOWNTOWN, WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT HISTORIC NOSTALGIA THAT I THINK SHE'LL BRING TO THE CONVERSATION.
>> ANY OTHER NAMES YOU WANT TO OFFER FOR CONSIDERATION?
>> I WOULD JUST ADD THAT I CONCUR WITH COUNCILMAN PELHAM THAT MEGAN KNOWS THAT.
>> THAT MAKE IT KNOWS THE AREA VERY WELL AND IT'S BEEN A AROUND FRISCO FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
>> I ALSO I'VE MET WITH MEGAN AND SHE'S WANTED TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE.
I DO THINK SHE WOULD BE A GOOD MEMBER.
>> I'LL TAKE THAT AS A MOTION BY ANGELIA AND A SECOND BY BILL.
ALL IN FAVOR OF MEGAN DE WITT?
>> YOU OPPOSE THAT MOTION PASSES SIX, ZERO.
CONGRATULATIONS TO MEGAN. SHE HERE TONIGHT.
I'M SURE SHE'S WATCHING ONLINE.
>> [OVERLAPPING] I BELIEVE IT'S THE DE WOLF NOT DE WITT.
>> MEGAN DE WOLF. YES. [LAUGHTER]
>> YOU GUYS ARE BOTH JUST HAVING TROUBLE. [LAUGHTER]
>> I JUST REPEATED WHAT YOU SAID.
>> IT'S A LONG DAY. [LAUGHTER]
>> THAT'LL MOVE US TO ITEM 31.
CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ACCEPTING THE RESIGNATION OF
[31. Consider and act upon accepting the resignation of David Box from Place 6 on the Planning and Zoning Commission. (CSO/KM)]
DAVID BOX FROM PLACE 6 ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.LIKEWISE, MR. BOX HAS SERVED FRISCO FAITHFULLY FOR MANY YEARS, AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE LOSING HIM TO A RELOCATION TO ANOTHER STATE, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT MORE CHALLENGING FOR HIM TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD.
COUNCIL TO USE ANY OTHER COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO ADD OR I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ACCEPT HIS RESIGNATION.
>> MOVE TO ACCEPT HIS RESIGNATION AND I'LL SECOND COMMENTS ON THANKING HIM.
I'VE WORKED WITH HIM QUITE A NUMBER OF YEARS ON P&Z AND HE'S BEEN A GREAT SERVANT TO THE CITY OF FRISCO.
>> MOTION BY BILL, SECOND BY BRIAN. ALL IN FAVOR?
THAT'LL TAKE US TO ITEM 32, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON APPOINTMENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO FILL A VACANCY FOR PLACE 6
[32. Consider and act upon appointment of an individual to fill a vacancy for Place 6 on the Planning and Zoning Commission for a term ending on September 30, 2025. (CSO/KM)]
ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR A TERM ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.>> I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE SEAN MARROW.
>> MOTION BY BILL, SECOND BY BRIAN. ALL IN FAVOR?
>> THAT MOTION PASSES SIX, ZERO, AND I DO KNOW SEAN IS HERE, SO CONGRATULATIONS, SEAN, AND THANK YOU.
THAT WILL MOVE US TO ITEM 33, CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION WITH CITY STAFF CONCERNING
[33. City Council discussion with City Staff concerning any actions required by City Staff as a result of any item on tonight's agenda.]
ANY ACTIONS REQUIRED BY CITY STAFF AS A RESULT OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA.ANYONE NOTE ANY ITEMS FOR FOLLOW UP? THEN I'LL TAKE US TO ITEM 34, WHICH IS GOVERNANCE MONITORING.
[34. Discussion on Governance Monitoring of present City Council Meeting.]
>> I HAD GOVERNANCE MONITORING TONIGHT AND GIVING EVERYONE AND ALL OF US THE MOST SATISFACTORY RATING FOR EACH CATEGORY, OVERALL 25.
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>> WOULD I LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN?
>> MOTION BY BRIAN, SECOND BY JOHN. ALL IN FAVOR?
WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 08:47 PM. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.