Dec 06, 2022 City Council

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WELCOME TO THE MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL, WE'RE AT FRISCO CITY HALL, THE GEORGE PURIFOY MUNICIPAL CENTER AND COUNCIL CHAMBERS 6101 FRISCO SQUARE BOULEVARD IN FRISCO, TEXAS.

[CALL TO ORDER]

ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER SIX, 2022, AND I WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.

WE ARE JOINED BY THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, WHICH WILL MOVE US INTO CLOSED SESSION ITEM TWO, RECESS IN A CLOSED SESSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 551.001 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

[CLOSED SESSION]

ITEM B, SECTION 551087.

DELIBERATION REGARDING A 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.

ITEM THREE, THOSE ARE ALL OF OUR ITEMS. I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

SO MOVED. MOTION BY BILL SECOND BY ANGELINA.

ALL IN FAVOR AYE.

AYE. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.

RECESS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 5:23 P.M..

MOTION BY JOHN. SECOND BY ANGELIA.

ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.

RECONVENING REGULAR SESSION AT 7:08 P.M.

AS A RESULT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION, THERE IS NO ACTION FOR COUNCIL TO TAKE THAT WILL MOVE US INTO OUR INVOCATION AND OUR PLEDGE.

[INVOCATION]

PASTOR MORGAN IS LEADING US IN OUR INVOCATION TONIGHT.

HE IS A FRISCO CITIZEN OF THE YEAR, LEAD PASTOR OF THE EMPOWERMENT CHURCH IN FRISCO.

MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER, WORLD FAMOUS BARBECUE CHEF, AND HAS BEEN MARRIED TO HIS WIFE, CICELY, FOR 25 YEARS.

THEY RESIDE IN FRISCO WITH THEIR TWO AMAZING CHILDREN.

SO, PASTOR MORGAN, IF YOU CAN COME AND LEAD US IN OUR INVOCATION TONIGHT.

LET US PRAY, FATHER.

IN JESUS NAME, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.

WE THANK YOU FOR THIS AMAZING NIGHT.

WE PRAY, GOD, THAT YOU WOULD BE IN THE MIX TO THIS COUNCIL MEETING.

WHAT MAKES FRISCO SO SPECIAL IS DIVERSITY AND THE WAY WE COME TOGETHER AS A PEOPLE.

I PRAY, GOD, THAT YOU WOULD ALLOW THE SPIRIT OF PEACE TO RESIDE OVER THIS MEETING ON TONIGHT.

WE THANK YOU FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS CITY.

LORD, YOU SAID IN YOUR WORD.

IF MY PEOPLE, WHICH ARE CALLED BY MY NAME, WOULD HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND PRAY AND SEEK MY FACE AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS, YOU WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN AND FORGIVE THE SIN AND HEAL THE LAND. SO, GOD, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS CITY.

WE PRAY AS A PEOPLE.

WE CONTINUE TO UNIFY.

THIS IS OUR PRAYER, FOR CHRIST'S SAKE.

IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.

AND NOW WE HAVE OUR PLEDGE TONIGHT LED BY OUR SCOUT PACK 946 IF YOU CAN COME UP TO THE STAGE AND LEAD US IN OUR

[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

ALL RIGHT, WELL DONE.

YOU'LL HANG OUT THERE FOR JUST ONE SECOND HERE.

YOU HAVE SOME. THAT'S RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS, FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

GREAT JOB, OK.

YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A PACKED HOUSE, DID YOU? AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVE STREAMING YOU AS WELL.

SO WE'RE JUST HAPPY THAT YOU'RE HERE.

SO WE ALWAYS LOVE TO HAVE OUR SCOUTS TO LEAD OUR PLEDGE.

BUT A LOT OF TIMES OUR SCOUTS TEACH US THINGS, YOU KNOW, HERE.

SO WE HAVE A SMALLER GROUP SO I CAN HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FUN WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT.

BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING OF THE YEAR.

WE ALWAYS CANCEL OUR SECOND COUNCIL MEETING IN DECEMBER.

SO THIS IS THE LAST TIME WE DO BUSINESS HERE IN FRISCO BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

SO I WANT YOU TO INTRODUCE YOURSELVES TO ALL YOUR FANS, YOU KNOW, NAME, SCHOOL GRADE, THAT KIND OF THING.

AND I'M GOING TO ASK YOU A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT YOU CAN START THINKING OF.

ONE IS GOING TO BE YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT THE HOLIDAYS, LIKE A FAVORITE TRADITION.

WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE.

AND THEN THE SECOND IS EITHER YOUR FAVORITE GIFT YOU'VE EVER RECEIVED OR MAYBE A HINT OF SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT.

ALL RIGHT, YOU READY? OKAY, LET'S DO IT. JUST GO AHEAD.

GRAB IT AND PASS IT ON DOWN.

MY NAME IS CALEB.

I'M IN FIFTH GRADE AND I GO TO ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT CHRISTMAS OR THE HOLIDAYS REALLY IS PROBABLY SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY.

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OH, MY. YOU GOT TO HUG HIM.

MY NAME IS PARKER MCGARRETT, AND I GO TO HOSPITAL ELEMENTARY, AND I'M IN FIFTH GRADE.

MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT THE HOLIDAYS IS PROBABLY PRESENTS YOUR FAVORITE OR SOMETHING.

MY FAVORITE GIFT IS PROBABLY WHEN I GOT MY X BOX.

MY NAME IS MURPHY CRAIG, AND I AM IN FIFTH GRADE AND I GO TO TOM HICKS ELEMENTARY AND I LOVE SPENDING TIME WITH MY FAMILY AND PUTTING UP ORNAMENTS ON THE CHRISTMAS TREE.

AND MY FAVORITE GIFT I'VE EVER RECEIVED IS GOD DYING FOR OUR SINS.

MY NAME IS FRANKIE AND I'M FROM FIFTH GRADE AND FROM SPARKS ELEMENTARY.

MY FAVORITE THING OF THE HOLIDAYS IS PROBABLY A TRADITION WE CALL SWEENEY DAY.

EXPLAIN YOURSELF. IT'S THE 26TH OF DECEMBER.

WE'LL GO TO MY COUSIN'S, AND THEN IT'S REALLY FUN.

OH, I LOVE THAT.

AND THE BEST GIFT I'VE RECEIVED WAS PROBABLY MY NIECE WAS PROBABLY GOING HORSEBACK RIDING FOR FUN.

WAS.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE YOUR OFFICIAL FRISCO PEN.

HOLD ON HERE THAT Y'ALL CAN PIN YOURSELVES.

Y'ALL EACH TAKE ONE HERE.

YOU CAN PROVE THAT YOU WERE HERE.

THIS IS THE BEST BADGE OF ALL.

AND ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY ON BEHALF OF PACK 946, WE BRING A GIFT OF POPCORN.

CHANNEL FOUR. OH, EVEN BETTER.

AND SOME LETTERS FROM OUR SCOUTS.

NOT ALL OF OUR ALA'S. WE'RE HERE TO ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

SO WE WANTED TO BRING YOU..

HAND THAT TO JOHN KEATING. HE'LL EAT HALF OF IT DURING THE MEETING.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

WELL DONE. VERY WELL DONE.

ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WE HAVE A SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND OUR BUDGET SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR THE GOVERNOR, GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS

[4. Recognition for Financial Services Department and Budget Services Department for Government Finance Officer's Association National Awards - Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting and Distinguished Budget Document, and Government Treasurer's Officers Texas - Investment Policy Certification.]

Y'ALL COME ON UP.

SO THANKS, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

AND YES, THIS IS JUST A RECOGNITION OF OUR STAFF FOR THE AWARDS THAT THEY RECEIVE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND I'LL INTRODUCE WELL, I'LL LET YOU LET THEM INTRODUCE THEMSELVES IF YOU WANT.

YEAH. I'M DEREK CONN.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.

I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR FIVE YEARS NOW.

WE REALLY DO HAVE AN INCREDIBLE FINANCE TEAM.

IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO I'LL CALL THEM OUR FOUNDATIONAL EMPLOYEES, THE STAFF, ACCOUNTANTS, PAYROLL AND AP.

REALLY, THE AWARDS AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO RECEIVE THIS OR REALLY WOULD BE NO FINANCIAL REPORTING WITHOUT THEM.

SO I JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU.

MENTA HUFFLAND. I'M AN ACCOUNTING MANAGER AND I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY 12 YEARS.

JENNY HUNT. I AM DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND STRATEGIC PLANNING.

I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 20 YEARS, AND JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS RECOGNITION.

TINA ANDERSON AND I'M THE BUDGET MANAGER AND I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 16 YEARS.

AND I'M BRETT PETERSON.

I'M THE TREASURY MANAGER. I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY ABOUT 15 YEARS, AND IT'S VERY REFRESHING SEEING THE LOVELY WILLOWS UP UP HERE.

I WAS ONCE IN YOUR SPOT, AN EAGLE SCOUT.

SO STAY WITH IT.

AND ONE DAY YOU COULD BE UP HERE, TOO.

SO VERY NEAT.

VERY COOL. THANKS.

ALL RIGHT. SO I WANT TO SHOW OFF SOME OF THE THE WORK PRODUCT HERE.

SO IF ANYONE WANTS TO READ THE BUDGET, EVERYTHING GOES IN THE CITY OF FRISCO.

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THAT'S MY FAVORITE VERSION, WHICH IS STILL NOT EVERYTHING GOES IN.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THIS BRETT IS OUR TREASURY MANAGER AND WE DID GET THE CERTIFICATE OF DISTINCTION FOR OUR INVESTMENT POLICY AND WE'VE HAD THAT FOR FOUR YEARS FROM OUR STATE TREASURERS ASSOCIATION AND THEN THE GFOI AWARDS, THE BUDGET AWARD WE'VE RECEIVED FOR 14 STRAIGHT YEARS, WHICH YOU THINK I WOULD, I GET IT EVERY YEAR, BUT IT WOULD BE VERY EASY TO LOSE THAT AWARD IF WE DIDN'T DO EVERYTHING THAT THEY ASKED FOR US TO DO AND THAT IT'S A COMMUNICATION GUIDE, POLICY DOCUMENT, FINANCIAL PLAN AND OPERATIONS GUIDE.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE ALWAYS SAY ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN THE CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE FOR OUR FINANCIAL REPORTS WE'VE RECEIVED FOR 21 STRAIGHT YEARS.

AND IT REALLY HELPS WITH OUR BOND RATINGS TO GET THAT AWARD.

SO I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THEM.

WE DON'T BRING IT TO YOU ALL EVERY YEAR, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO SEE THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY DO THE WORK IN THE BACK OFFICE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WELL, WE HAVE A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE HERE TONIGHT, SO A FEW THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE FRISCO RESIDENTS.

HERE IS ONE OF THE FEW CITIES THAT HAS TRIPLE AA BOND RATED, I THINK, WHAT, SEVEN OR 8% OF CITIES NATIONWIDE IS A PRETTY RARE FOR A FAST GROWING CITY LIKE FRISCO THAT HAS TO HAVE ISSUES. SO MUCH DEBT TO KEEP UP WITH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

BUT THAT MEANS OUR BORROWING COSTS ARE MUCH LOWER, WHICH SAVES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN INTEREST RATES.

WE ARE VERY BUDGET CONSCIOUS.

FRISCO HAS ONE OF THE LOWEST TAX RATES IN ALL OF DFW.

WE HAVE A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION THAT WE'VE NOW INCREASED THREE TIMES THIS YEAR.

WE'VE ADDED A SENIOR TAX FREEZE.

IT HAPPENS EVERY MEETING, DON'T WORRY.

AND SO AND YOU HEARD ABOUT ALL THE WORDS AND DISTINCTIONS MANY, MANY YEARS OVER THAT IS NOT COMMON IN CITIES.

IN FACT, YOU CAN'T HARDLY GO A MONTH WITHOUT READING A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT MALFEASANCE IN FINANCE DEPARTMENTS AND CITIES AND MONEY MISSING.

AND, YOU KNOW, THANKFULLY, WES, OUR CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY COUNCIL, WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS HAPPENING.

AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT EVERY TAXPAYER DOLLAR AS IF IT'S THEIR OWN.

AND THEN YOU HEARD THEM SAY THEIR TENURE, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS HOW LONG EACH OF THEM HAVE WORKED FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO THAT'S A REAL BLESSING FOR US TO HAVE LEADERSHIP IN PLACE FOR SO LONG.

AND THEY DO AN AMAZING JOB.

LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THEIR HARD WORK.

[APPLAUSE] ANITA, COME UP HERE.

SO THERE IS ONE MORE QUICK THING THAT I NEED HELP FROM OUR SCOUTS, IF I MAY.

IF Y'ALL COULD JUST STAND FOR ME REAL QUICK.

I'M NOT GOING TO EMBARRASS YOU, I PROMISE.

AND TOMORROW IS COUNCIL MEMBER BILL WOODARD'S BIRTHDAY.

SO I NEED YOU ALL TO HELP LEAD US AND SING.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EVERYBODY.

PLEASE JOIN ON YOUR CUE.

READY? ONE, TWO, THREE.

YOU. THEY.

YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL.

JEFF. ALL RIGHT. I GUESS WE'LL ACTUALLY GET TO WORK.

[5. Budget Status Reports for September 30, 2022 (Preliminary Unaudited) and October 31, 2022.]

SPEAKING OF BUDGET, IS OUR BUDGET STATUS REPORTS FOR SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER.

SO YOU HAVE TWO MONTHS OF REPORTS.

YOU'VE GOT OUR AUDITED SEPTEMBER 30TH FINANCIAL REPORTS, AND THEN WE DID OUR OCTOBER MONTHLY REPORT AND EVERYTHING'S TRACKING.

WE FINISHED THE YEAR REALLY STRONG.

THE AUDITORS WERE HERE.

BILL WILL TALK ABOUT IT IN HIS COMMITTEE.

UPDATE BUT THE AUDIT FIRM WAS HERE TODAY TO MEET WITH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE ABOUT THEIR ENGAGEMENT.

THIS YEAR. IT'LL START, THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED AND SO WE FINISHED THE YEAR VERY STRONG AND WE'LL HAVE FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR YOU IN FEBRUARY.

BOND COMMITTEE UPDATE I JUST WANTED TO SAY BRIEFLY, WE'VE BEEN MEETING SINCE OCTOBER AND I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE MEETING THIS MONTH.

NEXT MONDAY. WE'VE BEEN MEETING EVERY MONDAY NIGHT.

I THINK IT'S GOING VERY WELL.

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SO WITH THAT, I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL. WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.

AT ONE POINT IN THE BUDGETING PROCESS FOR 2023, THERE WAS A GRANT THAT WE WERE LOOKING TO RECEIVE THAT WOULD FUND SOME OF THE FIREFIGHTER POSITIONS. I HADN'T HEARD ANY UPDATE ON THAT.

DID WE GET THAT GRANT AND WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THOSE RECEIVED? AND WE CAN TALK TO CHIEF GLOVER, BUT WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED NOTICE THAT WE DID RECEIVE THAT GRANT UNLESS YOU RECEIVED IT.

NO, NO.

SO I THINK MOST OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THEIR NOTICE.

SO. APPEARS THAT WAY.

QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MOVE US TO ITEM SIX, OUR LIBRARY REPORT.

[6. Library Report on monthly activities and statistics.]

YOU HAVE THE REPORT IN FRONT OF YOU.

WE HAVE ONE PIECE OF NEWS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS AWARE OF.

THIS FRIDAY WILL BE THE LAST DAY.

THE LIBRARY IS OPEN HERE IN THE CITY HALL LIBRARY BUILDING AND WE WILL BE MOVING OVER TO THE NEW BUILDING, WHICH IF YOU ARE REALLY GOOD WITH BASEBALL, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO THROW A BALL AND HIT IT BECAUSE IT'S LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AWAY FROM WHERE WE'RE STANDING TODAY, DUE SOUTH AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BE MOVING.

WE'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE CITIZENS WHO HAVE LIBRARY CARDS TO HELP US MOVE BY COMING AND CHECKING OUT AS MUCH AS YOU WOULD LIKE BECAUSE IT WON'T BE DUE UNTIL THE NEW LIBRARY OPENS SO YOU CAN TAKE IT HOME WITH YOU AND THEN MOVE IT TO THE NEW LIBRARY WHEN WE REOPEN.

SO ANYTHING YOU MOVE FOR US IS A BONUS FOR ALL OF US.

SO PLEASE, WE'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU.

THAT WAY YOU DON'T GO WITHOUT SERVICES.

OF COURSE, ALL OF OUR ONLINE SERVICES AND OUR DIGITAL MATERIALS ARE WILL BE AVAILABLE THE ENTIRE TIME WE'RE CLOSED.

OUR CHILDREN'S COLLECTION THAT IS HOUSED AT CONNECTION AT THE MALL WILL CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE AND YOU CAN RETURN MATERIALS IF YOU'RE JUST DYING TO RETURN THEM BEFORE FEBRUARY.

YOU CAN RETURN THEM EITHER TO CONNECTION, WHICH IS AT THE MALL, OR YOU CAN RETURN THEM TO THE FRISCO ATHLETIC CENTER AND WE WILL GATHER THEM THERE.

BUT AFTER THE NINTH, PLEASE DO NOT RETURN THEM TO CITY HALL.

WE WOULD PREFER TO NOT HAVE TO MAKE ALL THOSE EXTRA TRIPS.

SO WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MOVE OR ABOUT THE NEW BUILDING.

BUT WE'RE EXCITED.

WE ANTICIPATE OPENING FEBRUARY 4TH.

THAT IS A SATURDAY, AND THAT WILL BE A RIBBON CUTTING AND AN OPEN HOUSE.

AND THEN THE FULL COMPLEMENT OF SERVICES WILL BEGIN THE FOLLOWING DAY, WHICH IS A SUNDAY.

VERY EXCITING. ALMOST HERE.

FINALLY. YEAH.

YES. ALL RIGHT, COUNCL, WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? SO CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE.

YES. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

[7. Parks & Recreation report on activities related to arts, culture, events, park development and operations, natural resources, and recreation services.]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST EXCITING PIECE OF NEWS.

I WISH I HAD A WAY TO SHOW IT TO YOU CLOSER.

SO MY YOUNG FRIENDS OVER HERE HAVE DESIGNED GRAND PARK.

OH, SO WE WILL BE TAKING THIS FORWARD.

WE'RE VERY BUSY DOWN HERE.

JUST CANCEL THAT CONSULTING AGREEMENT.

COST THE COST FAR LESS.

SO. SORRY.

SHANNON COATES, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, HIGHLY EXCITED ABOUT THE AMAZING DESIGN, WHICH INCLUDES A HORSE.

SO OF COURSE, WE HAVE KICKED OFF.

WE HAD OUR GRAND CELEBRATION.

SO BIG BLUESTEM TRAIL IS OPEN AND WE DO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO OUT THERE AND EXPLORE GRAND PARK.

WE ARE VERY EXCITED FOR SUCH A COLD DAY.

IT WAS NICE TO HAVE ALMOST 200 PEOPLE OUT THERE, SO PLEASE GO OUT AND EXPLORE.

AND THEN JUST AS ANITA DID.

SO I DIDN'T BRING THE PEOPLE, BUT I BROUGHT A PICTURE OF THE PEOPLE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DON'T OFTEN DO, AT LEAST IN OUR DEPARTMENT, I THINK ENOUGH, IS REALLY PUT FORWARD ALL THE STAFF THAT ARE DEVELOPING EVENTS LIKE MARY MAIN STREET THAT DID THE WORK TO GET THE BIG BLUESTEM TRAIL READY THAT TAKE CARE OF THE PARKS EVERY SINGLE DAY.

YOU HAVE AN AWARD WINNING CREW HERE.

AND SO WE WERE QUITE EXCITED TO BE AT OUR NORTHERN REGION STATE CONFERENCE AND TAKE IT TAKE LITERALLY HALF OF THE AWARDS HOME WITH US.

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I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU. AND AS FAR AS GRAHAM PARK GOES, WE HAD A WORK SESSION BEFORE THIS WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT PLANNING UPCOMING HERE IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR.

IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF CITIZEN INPUT AND ENGAGEMENT.

WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO OUT AND VISIT IT AND WALK THE TRAIL AND START VISUALIZING WHAT YOU THINK IT CAN BECOME AND SHARING YOUR FEEDBACK.

I GUESS THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD I MEANT TO MENTION THIS EARLIER WAS I'VE RECEIVED A COUPLE OF MESSAGES THAT IT WASN'T INTUITIVE WHERE IT WAS THAT THEY KIND OF CIRCLED IT AND DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THE ROAD GOING IN.

SO MAYBE A TEMPORARY SIGN AT THE ROADWAY AT COTTON GIN KIND OF POINTING PEOPLE IN WOULD MAYBE HELP SOME OF THAT.

BUT I KNOW MOST OF COUNCIL WAS OUT THERE FOR THE BIG CELEBRATION DAY AND GOT TO EXPLORE IT.

AND IT WAS VERY WELL DONE.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR DELIVERING THAT.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL, WHAT OTHER QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

[8. Public Works and Engineering report on activities related to roadways, traffic control and transportation, stormwater drainage, water and wastewater, and solid waste collection.]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PAUL KNIPPEL, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING SERVICES.

JUST A FEW SLIDES TO KEEP WATER CONSUMPTION IN FRONT OF US.

THIS IS OUR TRACKING AGAINST OUR TAKE OR PAY.

AND YOU CAN SEE DOWN IN THE LOWER LEFT, WE'RE ABOUT WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GOOD RAIN, WHICH OUR CONSUMPTION HAS FALLEN SOME, BUT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WATCH THIS COUPLED WITH OUR EDUCATION EFFORTS AND THE MY FRISCO APP, REALLY THE TOP THREE OUT OF THE TOP FOUR HITS ON THE SERVICE REQUEST THAT REALLY HAVE TO DO WITH WATER, WATER WASTE REQUEST, A SPRINKLER CHECKUP.

SO IT'S AN INDICATION THAT THIS IS WATER CONSERVATION AND EFFICIENCY IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE RESIDENTS AS WELL.

AND YES, I WANTED TO MENTION THIS TO A MINOR CHANGE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, A ROUTE CHANGE.

THIS AREA RIGHT HERE IS NOW GOING TO BE IN GREEN, WAS IN BLUE.

AND WHAT THAT MEANT IS THAT IT WAS ON A FRIDAY AND NOW IT'S GOING TO BE ON A TUESDAY.

SO THE I SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION.

THEY'LL HAVE THEIR REFUSE PICKED UP ON THE FRIDAY AND THEN BEFORE JANUARY 9TH AND THEN AGAIN ON THAT TUESDAY, AND THAT'LL START THEIR NEWS CYCLE. SO WE WANT TO BRING THAT TO EVERYONE'S ATTENTION.

AND THEN ALSO, SINCE THE WATERING SCHEDULES ARE TIED, OUTDOOR IRRIGATION SCHEDULES ARE TIED TO THE TO THE TRASH COLLECTION SCHEDULES, THIS FOLKS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THAT REGARD AS WELL.

THE MAYOR POINTED THIS OUT LAST MONTH, SO I THOUGHT I'D HIGHLIGHT IT THIS MONTH.

A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING CIRCLES.

SO FOR THE LONGEST, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET EVERYONE TO REFER TO THESE DEVICES AS ROUNDABOUTS, WHICH ROUNDABOUTS ARE STILL A THING.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE AT WARREN IN OHIO, FOR EXAMPLE.

THIS IS A TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICE THAT WE HAVE PLACED.

AS YOU CAN SEE, SHATTUCK CREEK, THE ROADWAY THERE ALONG THE CREEK IS JUST A LONG RUN AND WE'VE HAD SOME SPEEDING ISSUES.

WE'VE REALLY TRIED ENFORCEMENT AND OUTREACH TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

BUT WE RAN SOME SOME ANALYZES AND WE FOUND THAT THESE WOULD FELT LIKE THESE THIS THESE INSERTIONS WOULD WORK MID-BLOCK.

SO WE PUT TWO OF THEM IN AND WE MAY APPLY THEM IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.

AND THEN ONE LAST ITEM HERE, DAVIS PARK, THIS IS YOU SEE ELDORADO THERE ALONG THE ALONG THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE OR THE THE LOWER PART OF THE PICTURE AND THEN FRISCO STREET AND THAT'S MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL THERE IN THE UPPER LEFT.

AND SO THE BLOCK THERE KIND OF CENTER RIGHT IS AN 11 ACRE SITE THAT IS UNDER DESIGN RIGHT NOW FOR A PARK.

AND THEN THE RED AND GREEN KIND OF COMING OFF WILL ALSO BE 12 FOOT HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL EXTENSION.

SO THAT WILL THEN PASS UNDER THE RAILROAD TRACK AND ULTIMATELY THROUGH THE FUTURE PANTHER CREEK PARK OVER TO PRESTON AND THEN ONWARD.

SO THIS IS ONCOMING.

AND WE BEGAN TO GET CONSTRUCTION OF THIS ANTICIPATED AS SECOND QUARTER OF 2023.

SO IT'S A THAT'S OUR REPORT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL, WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT PAUL.

OK, THAT WILL MOVE US TO ITEM NINE, WHICH IS OUR COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS.

[9. 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.]

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WE PLAN TO MEET AGAIN IN JANUARY TO REVIEW THE OVERALL ORDINANCE AND THEN START IN FEBRUARY, MEETING EVERY MONTH TO GO OVER EACH BOARD AND SEE WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE IT AND JUST START MAKE THE PROCESS SMOOTHER AND BETTER FOR OUR CITIZENS TO GET INVOLVED.

BUDGET AND AUDIT MET TODAY AS WELL, AND WE HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM LATER ON, SO I'LL KEEP THE SHORT.

WE MET WITH OUR AUDITORS WHO'S ANITA MENTIONED HAVE ALREADY STARTED WORK, BUT WE'LL BE OUT IN THE FULL FORCE AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.

I DO ANTICIPATE SOME VERY POSITIVE RESULTS THERE BASED ON OUR PRIOR PERFORMANCE.

AND ONE ITEM THAT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, ALTHOUGH I'M SURE SHE'LL BRING IT UP LATER, IS IN THE BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WE'LL LOOK AT LATER THIS EVENING, WE'LL BE TRANSFERRING ANOTHER $5 MILLION TO OUR CAPITAL RESERVE FUND, WHICH WILL BRING US TO JUST UNDER 10% OF OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENSES, WHICH IS A GOAL OF OURS, IS TO REACH THAT 10% MARK.

SO FINANCIALLY, I'D SAY WE'RE IN A VERY HEALTHY POSITION.

[INAUDIBLE] ALL RIGHT.

ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH.

I ATTENDED OUR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MEETING LAST WEEK, AND WE WERE OUTLINING HOW WE DECIDED TO SPEND THE FUNDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING UP THIS YEAR THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM A FEDERAL GRANT PERSPECTIVE THAT WILL NOT NECESSARILY BE DEDICATED TO FRISCO, BUT THERE'LL BE REGIONAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO US AND WE'LL HAVE MORE PROBABLY EARLY IN THE NEW YEAR OF EXACTLY HOW THOSE FUNDS WILL BE SPENT.

FOR UPDATES THAT WILL MOVE US INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

ITEMS PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE IN NATURE AND CONSIDERED NON-CONTROVERSIAL.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

A MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL IS REQUIRED TO MOVE ANY ITEM FOR DISCUSSION IN SEPARATE ACTION.

COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY VOTE ON ANY ITEM WITHOUT COMMENT AND MAY SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD.

AND SO YOU HAVE ITEMS TEN THROUGH 40 FOR CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE ITEMS TEN THROUGH 40.

MOTION BY BILL OK.

SECOND BY ANGELINA ON FAVOR, MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO AND MOVES TO OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.

[LEGISLATIVE AGENDA]

THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA CAN BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION.

THE CONCURRENCE OF TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS IS REQUIRED TO REMOVE ANY ITEM FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION IN ACTION.

COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY BRING ANY ITEM WITHOUT COMMENT AND MAY SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD.

COUNCIL VOLUMES 41 THROUGH 43 FOR CONSIDERATION.

TO ADAMS 41 THROUGH 43.

MOTION BY BILL SECOND.

SECOND BY BRIAN ON FAVRE MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.

AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS ON THE KNOCKOUT AND WE'LL GO BACK TO CITIZEN INPUT.

[44. Consider and act upon approval of an Amendment to Ordinance No. 2022-09-45 Adopting the City of Frisco Fiscal Year 2023 Budget. (Budget/JH)]

THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS JENNY HUNT.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND STRATEGIC PLANNING.

THE AGENDA ITEM AMENDS NINE FUNDS.

YOU'LL HAVE EXHIBIT TWO, WHICH LAYS OUT THE DETAIL FOR THOSE NINE FUNDS.

IT'S THE ROLL FORWARD POS AND ROLL FORWARD POS ARE JUST ADJUSTMENTS FOR ITEMS THAT WERE ORDERED LAST YEAR BUT NOT RECEIVED AT THE END OF THE YEAR. THEN EXHIBIT ONE WILL DOCUMENT THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE GENERAL FUND AND WE ARE PROPOSING AMENDING THE GENERAL FUND BY ABOUT $13.2 MILLION, WITH 6 MILLION OF THAT BEING FOR ROLL FORWARD POS, 2.1 MILLION OF THAT WOULD BE FOR OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

THERE'S AN ADJUSTMENT FOR ABOUT $220,000 FOR ELECTRICITY DUE TO THE WINTER STORM AND WE HAVE THE $5 MILLION TRANSFER TO THE CAPITAL RESERVE FUND. THESE ADJUSTMENTS ARE IN BRING THE GENERAL FUND UNASSIGNED ENDING FUND BALANCE TO 29% AND OUR POLICY GOAL IS 25%. THIS IS IT CONSIDER AN ACT AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

RIGHT. BILL, YOU HAD ALREADY GIVEN SOME INPUT REGARDS TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, BUT ANY OTHER COMMENTARY THAT YOU WANT TO ADD? NO. WELL, I GUESS, YES.

ALL OF THESE ARE KNOWN AND EXPECTED ITEMS, ESPECIALLY THE ROLL FORWARD POS.

THOSE ARE SOMETHING THAT WE SEE EVERY YEAR ON OUR BUDGET.

THINGS THAT WE'VE COUNTED FOR IN THE LAST BUDGET YEAR THAT JUST ROLLED INTO THIS ONE.

EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

SO I THINK OUR STAFF HAS DONE A GREAT JOB AGAIN.

I DO LIKE ADDING MORE TO THE CAPITAL RESERVE FUNDS, SO THAT'S A BIG WIN.

COUNCIL, WHAT OTHER QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE?

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MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 44.

MOTION BY BILL SECOND BY ANGELA.

ON FAVOR. THAT MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.

TAKE US TO ITEM 45.

CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER FOR THE PUBLICATION OF ORDINANCES, NOTICES AND OTHER MATTERS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY OF FRISCO

[45. Consider and act upon adoption of a Resolution designating an Official Newspaper for the publication of ordinances, notices, and other matters in compliance with the City of Frisco Home Rule Charter. (CSO/JD)]

THIS IS YOUR ANNUAL CONSIDERATION FOR A NEWSPAPER.

NOTHING HAS CHANGED FROM OUR CONSIDERATION FROM LAST YEAR.

THEIR SCO ENTERPRISE CONTINUES TO BE THE MOST AFFORDABLE AND HIGHEST CIRCULATION FOR THE CITY.

CONSIDERING THE PRICE AND THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS NEEDED TO MEET WHAT THE STATE ALSO REQUIRES US TO RUN THOSE PAPERS IN.

I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS? NO. NO. LOOK FOR MOTION.

APPROVE ITEM 45.

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

AYE. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.

THAT WE'LL GO BACK NOW TO CITIZEN INPUT NOW WE'VE HAD MORE THAN TEN SHOW UP TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK SO LOOK FOR A MOTION TO REMOVE

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

MOTION BY BILL. SECOND.

SECOND BY BRIAN.

ALL IN FAVOR. AYE.

THAT MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO AND MISS PELHAM IS GOING TO BE CALLING YOUR NAMES UP HERE.

YOU KNOW, JUST LET ME KIND OF REITERATE.

CITIZEN INPUT IS FOR US TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK.

IF ITEMS ARE NOT ON OUR AGENDA, THEN WE CANNOT DISCUSS THEM.

YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY WE'VE RECEIVED SOME EMAILS FROM SOME PEOPLE REGARDING THE TOPIC.

I THINK MANY OF YOU ALL ARE HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THERE ARE LIMITS TO WHAT ELECTED OFFICIALS HERE IN THE CITY OF FRISCO AT A CITY LEVEL CAN DO WITH SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS.

YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS KIND OF WHAT WE'RE OUTLINING THAT WE CAN DO WITH OUR CITY CHARTER AS FAR AS WHAT'S WITHIN OUR DOMAIN OF GOVERNANCE I WOULD SAY.

BUT WE ARE HERE CERTAINLY TO LISTEN TO ANY AND ALL CONCERNS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IF SOMEONE BEFORE YOU.

SAYS SOMETHING THAT YOU WERE PLANNING TO SAY, IT'S JUST AS EASY TO RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY, I AGREE WITH THE PRIOR SPEAKER'S COMMENTS OR AT THIS POINT I AGREE WITH AS WELL.

AND IT'S NOT NECESSARY TO REITERATE THOSE SAME POINTS JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF STAFF HERE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE CERTAINLY IN YOU ALL AS WELL THAT WANT TO GET HOME, I'M SURE, TO YOUR FAMILIES AT A REASONABLE TIME.

SO. HOW WE DO BUSINESS HERE IN FRISCO IS WE RESPECTFUL OF YOU AND LISTEN TO YOU AND YOUR CONCERNS AND WE EXPECT THE SAME.

THAT WHEN A SPEAKER IS SPEAKING, YOU'RE NOT APPLAUDING, YOU'RE NOT BOOING.

YOU'RE NOT MAKING ANY COMMENTARY FOR THE AUDIENCE.

THEY'RE GETTING OUR UNDIVIDED ATTENTION, YOU KNOW, AND IF A COUNCILMEMBER DOES MAKE A COMMENT THAT YOU'RE RESPECTFUL OF THEM AS WELL.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MS..

PALIN. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS THAT WANT TO SPEAK ON A SPECIFIC TOPIC, BUT WE DO HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS A SEPARATE TOPIC.

SO I WILL CALL HIM FIRST AND THEN WE WILL GET TO THOSE WHO WERE SPEAKING ON THE SAME TOPIC.

ROB, BROADER SORRY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS ROB BRODEUR.

I LIVE AT 13124 BOX ELDER LANE HERE IN FRISCO.

AND IF THE UNIFORM DIDN'T GIVE IT AWAY, I'M INVOLVED IN SCOUTING.

SO SCOUTING IS ALIVE AND WELL.

AS YOU SAW TONIGHT HERE WE HAD PAC 946, THANKS TO THEM FOR COMING OUT AND DOING THE OPENING.

BUT COVID KIND OF KNOCKED DOWN OUR NUMBERS.

SO WE'RE LOOKING TO GET BACK OUT AND LET THE FOLKS KNOW THAT SCOUTING IS ALIVE AND WELL.

SO I HAVE AN EVENT THAT I'M GOING TO INVITE YOU TO IN JUST A SECOND.

BUT EACH SPRING, OUR CUB SCOUT PACKS JUST LIKE PACK 946 WILL HOLD AN EVENT CALLED THE PINEWOOD DERBY.

YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD OF THIS. THEY TAKE A BLOCK OF WOOD AND MAKE IT INTO A CAR AND RACE THEIR SLOT CARS.

OUR PACKS ARE GOING TO DO THAT THIS SPRING.

AND THEN AT THE END OF ALL THE PACK RACES, WE'RE GOING TO PUT OUT A CHALLENGE TO ALL THE PACKS TO HAVE A PACK VERSUS PACK RACE AT STONEBRIDGE AIR CENTER MALL.

AND IN ADDITION TO THE SCOUT RACE, WE DO SOMETHING CALLED THE OUTLAW DIVISION RACE.

AND THIS STARTED OUT AS A WAY TO GET THOSE OVERZEALOUS PARENTS TO STOP BUILDING THEIR KIDS CARS FOR THEM.

WE GAVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD THEIR OWN CARS.

BUT THIS WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP TO THE PUBLIC.

IT'S GOING TO BE AT STONEBRIDGE, OUR CENTER MALL.

AND I REACHED OUT TO MY GOOD FRIEND COUNCILMAN WOODARD AND ASKED IF IF HE'D ISSUE A CHALLENGE TO YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND COUNCIL, TO BUILD CARS AND RACE IN OUR EVENT THIS YEAR.

BUT HIS COMMENT WAS I THINK IT WOULD BE NO COMPETITION.

I WOULD MOP THE FLOOR WITH THEM SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.

IT DIDN'T SAY EXACTLY THAT.

IT WAS. IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT I COULD PULL UP THE EXACT.

BUT IT'S GOING TO BE MARCH 4TH, STONEBRIAR CENTER MALL.

WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU GUYS TO COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED.

IT'S GOING TO BE A MEDIA BLITZ EVENT.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE WORD ABOUT SCOUTING OUT TO THE PUBLIC.

I'LL GET YOU IN, GET YOUR CARS.

DON'T WORRY. IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO BUILD A CAR, OUR KINDERGARTNERS CAN DO IT, SO YOU ALL CAN DO IT TOO.

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SO BILL KNOWS HOW TO GET A HOLD OF ME.

HOLLY KNOWS HOW TO GET A HOLD OF ME.

JUST JUST TELL SCOUT HOLLY, THE GUY THAT BRINGS ALL THE CUB SCOUT PACKS OUT TO DO THE OPENING FLAGS, GET ME IN TOUCH WITH HIM.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE TIME.

GREAT. THANKS, ROB. WHAT DAY AGAIN WAS IT? SATURDAY, MARCH 4TH.

THE CARS NEED TO BE CHECKED IN FRIDAY NIGHT.

THERE'S THERE ARE SOME RULES.

YOU KNOW, NO ROCKET ENGINES, NO NUCLEAR FUSION GENERATORS FOR THE CARS.

IT'S ALL GOT TO BE GRAVITY POWERED UNDER FIVE OUNCES OR LESS.

AND THEY CAN'T RUIN THE TRACK, BASICALLY.

SO, YOU KNOW, GO CRAZY.

THE SCOUTS HAVE A LOT MORE STRICT RULES, BUT FOR THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, JUST COME OUT AND HAVE FUN.

WE'D LOVE TO SEE ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO PARTICIPATE, COME OUT AND DO THIS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S FINE.

THANK YOU. NOW WE'LL BE MOVING TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT WANT TO SPEAK ON A SPECIFIC TOPIC.

THE FIRST PERSON THAT I HAVE LISTED HERE, AND IF YOU I'LL CALL SEVERAL NAMES, IF YOU CAN KIND OF STAGE YOURSELF, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK.

IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO SPEAK, IF YOU CAN JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE NOT TO SPEAK, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

I HAVE M TANVEER.

AND AFTER, AS MR. TANVEER IS COMING DOWN.

MR. NADAR.

NADAR. GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I THINK YOU ALL KNOW WHY WE'RE HERE.

MOST OF THE PUBLIC.

I HAVE BEEN A PROUD FRISCO RESIDENT FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.

FOR ME TO FIND OUT, THERE IS AN ORGANIZATION RAISING FUNDS TO DEMOLISH CHURCHES IN INDIA IS UNFATHOMABLE TO UNDERSTAND.

RIGHT? SO THAT IS THE MAIN REASON I'M HERE SPEAKING IN FRONT OF YOU.

AND THIS HAPPENING IN THE CITY OF FRISCO IS COMPLETELY UNBELIEVABLE FOR ME.

I'M AN AMERICAN INDIAN WHO GREW UP IN INDIA AND PROUD OWNER OF A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, ST MARY'S.

I ACTUALLY DID MY SCHOOLING THERE.

I KNOW THE IMPACT OF CHURCH AND CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA FOR THE UPLIFTMENT OF THE COUNTRY, WHETHER IT'S FEEDING THE POOR, TAKING CARE OF SHELTER, HEALTH CARE DOESN'T MATTER.

IT HAS DONE WONDERS TO THE COUNTRY AND HAS UPLIFTED.

I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO HOW THE FATHER TREATED ME WHEN I BUNKED SCHOOL.

THAT'S DIFFERENT. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, HERE I AM, RIGHT? AS AN INDIAN MUSLIM, I ALSO KNOW WHAT IT FEELS FOR A WORSHIP PLACE TO BE DEMOLISHED.

TODAY MARKS THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF BABRI MASJID, WHICH IS A 500 YEAR OLD MASJID ILLEGALLY DEMOLISHED.

RIGHT. IT IS A PLACE OF WORSHIP FOR MUSLIMS. MULTIPLE STATES IN INDIA HAVE PASSED LAWS CRIMINALIZING THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE RELIGION AND HAVE CRIMINALIZED INTERFAITH MARRIAGES.

THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO NUREMBERG LAWS IN GERMANY IN 1940S, WHICH LED TO THE GENOCIDE OF 6 MILLION JEWS.

LET THAT SINK IN WHERE THINGS ARE HEADING.

I ASKED THE CITY COUNCIL TO STAND WITH THE INDIAN MINORITIES AND CHRISTIANS THAT LIVE IN FRISCO FOR WERE HURT AND TORMENTED BY THE FACT THAT ORGANIZED PLANNING IS BEING DONE IN THE NAME OF CHARITY TO DEMOLISH 75 CHURCHES AND LEADERS OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

YOU ALL HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO STAND AGAINST WRONG AND TAKE ACTION.

WE ALL HEARD THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE UNDER GOD.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DEMOLISHING HOUSES OF GOD.

PLEASE UPHOLD THE CORE VALUES OF MORALS FOR WHICH THE CITY OF FRISCO STANDS FOR.

STRIVE FOR BEING THE BEST CITY TO LIVE IN AND INSIST ON HIGHER STANDARDS WHEN IT COMES TO ANYTHING THAT INSTIGATES HATRED.

MY ASK IS THREE FROM YOU ALL.

AND I KNOW YOU SAID THERE'S LIMITED POWERS YOU HAVE, BUT I'M SURE YOU HAVE MAGIC ONE SOMEWHERE.

ONE CONDEMN VEHEMENTLY THIS BLATANT AND BRAZEN DISPLAY OF ANTI CHRISTIAN HATE AND BIGOTRY .

TWO, SEEK AN IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION AND LEGAL ACTION ON THIS ORGANIZATION FOR VIOLATING ITS 51C3 STATUS BY FUNDING HATE AND ENABLING VIOLENCE.

THREE, IDENTIFY MECHANISMS AND ACTIONS TO ENSURE ANY SUCH FUTURE EVENTS DON'T OCCUR OR DEALT WITH SEVERE CONSEQUENCES TO DRIVE ZERO HATRED POLICY IN OUR CITY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR VALUABLE TIME.

REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

INDIA IS IN THE PROCESS OF UNINSTALLING PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI FROM POWER, ELECTED AFTER A FATAL ELECTORAL BLUNDER IN 2014.

[00:40:03]

THE INDIAN COMMUNITY WAS SHOCKED RECENTLY WHEN MEMBERS OF THE GLOBAL HINDU HERITAGE FOUNDATION SENT OUT AN EMAIL FOR A FUNDRAISING EVENT IN FRISCO ON NOVEMBER 27.

ONE OF THE SHOCKING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA WAS TO DEMOLISH 75 CHURCHES IN TIRUPATI, A SMALL TEMPLE TOWN IN ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA.

THE EMAIL ALSO CLAIMS TO HAVE 25 FULL TIME MEMBERS SPREAD OVER IN FIVE STATES AND INDIA TO WELCOME BACK THE CONVERTED CHRISTIANS BACK INTO HINDUISM. GHHF IS REGISTERED IN TEXAS AS A CHARITABLE NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION, WHICH NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED AND THE CERTIFICATION REVOKED.

EXTREME HINDU NATIONALISTS IN INDIA AND IN THE US INSIST THAT THEY WERE FORCED CONVERSIONS BY CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES IN INDIA DECADES AGO.

HOWEVER, MANY CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY TO ESCAPE THE DEBILITATING CRUELTY OF THE CASTE SYSTEM.

MANY POOR ALSO CONVERTED TO ESCAPE THE CRIPPLING POVERTY WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES.

BUT IN A HINDU MAJORITY COUNTRY WITH JUST 3% OF CHRISTIANS, THE DOORS WERE ALWAYS OPEN TO CONVERT, WHICH MOST CHOSE NOT TO. THOSE HINDU NATIONALISTS HAVE FOR DECADES TRIED TO COERCE THE POOR CHRISTIANS BACK INTO THE FOLD, OFTEN WITH FORCE AND VIOLENCE, WHICH HAS TRULY BECOME URGENT SINCE 2014.

THE AGGRESSION WITH WHICH THE HINDU NATIONALISM IS SPREADING IN THE US, INFILTRATING US POLITICS AT ALL LEVELS IN ITS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, AND ALSO JOE BIDEN'S ADMINISTRATION, JUST TO ENSURE THAT A FASCIST DICTATOR RETAINS POWER IN INDIA IS TERRIFYING.

SEVERAL OFFSHOOTS OF THE COMMUNAL FASCIST PARAMILITARY GROUP RSS IN INDIA, INSPIRED BY THE NAZIS, ARE NOW OPERATING ON US SOIL, INCLUDING THE INTERNATIONAL WING, THE ISS OPERATING FROM HOUSTON.

ATTEMPTS BY HINDU NATIONALISTS TO EMPHASIZE THEIR OWN RELIGION THROUGH WHAT SEEMS LIKE HARMLESS CELEBRATIONS OF INDIAN FESTIVALS LIKE DIWALI, RAKSHA BANDHAN INVOLVING THE LOCAL POLICE AND POLITICIANS NEED TO BE CAREFULLY MONITORED.

THESE CELEBRATIONS EARLIER, CONFINED ONLY TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY COMMUNAL, POLITICAL AND ARE ALSO NOW AN EXCUSE TO EARN LEGITIMACY IN THE LARGER COMMUNITY. SEVERAL CITY COUNCILS IN NEW JERSEY, CHICAGO, MICHIGAN, CALIFORNIA, HOUSTON AND DALLAS HAVE BEEN WARNED ABOUT THIS INFILTRATION AND STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN TO MONITOR THEM. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY A LITTLE ABOUT MYSELF.

I'M A JOURNALIST. I'VE BEEN REPORTING ON INDIAN POLITICS FOR A LONG TIME, AND I'M REALLY AS A NOT ONLY AS A HINDU, BUT ALSO SOMEBODY RESIDING HERE WHO ESCAPED THE OPPRESSING CONDITIONS THERE.

I'M TERRIFIED OF WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE AND ALSO FROM US SOIL.

AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY I'M HERE BEFORE YOU ALL.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] PIETA [INAUDIBLE], IF YOU COULD COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE.

MY ADDRESS IS CONFIDENTIAL DUE TO THE NATURE OF MY WORK, BUT I'M COMING FROM DALLAS, TEXAS AT THE MOMENT.

ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN 1998, AND THE INDIAN STATE OF GUJARAT AFFILIATES OF THE FASCIST RSS, A HINDU NATIONALIST PARAMILITARY, TOOK TO THE STREETS CHANTING SLOGANS ABOUT DRIVING OUT CHRISTIANS. OVER TEN DAYS, THEY ATTACKED DOZENS OF CHURCHES, BURNING MOST OF THEM TO THE GROUND.

LESS THAN A MONTH LATER, THE INDIAN STATE OF ODISHA, THE AUSTRALIAN MISSIONARY GRAHAM STAINES AND HIS TWO YOUNG SONS, AGES TEN AND SIX, WERE BURNED ALIVE BY AN RSS MOB.

OVER THE YEARS, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHRISTIANS IN ODISHA CONTINUED WITH THE RSS STORMING CHURCHES, KILLING PRIESTS, RAPING NUNS AND SO ON.

IT CAME TO A HEAD ON CHRISTMAS EVE 2007, WHEN MOBS OF THOUSANDS TOOK TO THE STREETS CHANTING, KILL THE CHRISTIANS, DESTROY THE CHURCHES.

ULTIMATELY, SEVERAL CHRISTIANS WERE MURDERED, WHILE ABOUT 100 CHURCHES AND 600 CHRISTIAN HOMES WERE DEMOLISHED.

THEN IN AUGUST 2008, THE RSS STAGED AN OUTRIGHT POGROM IN ODISHA FOR A WEEK.

MOBS BURNED AND KILLED, ULTIMATELY SLAUGHTERING APPROXIMATELY 100 CHRISTIANS WHILE DEMOLISHING APPROXIMATELY 6000 CHRISTIAN HOMES AND 400 CHURCHES.

SIX YEARS LATER, THE RSS GAINED NATIONAL POWER IN INDIA WHEN RSS MEMBER NARENDRA MODI TOOK OVER AS PRIME MINISTER.

MODI'S BLOODY PAST AS THE CHIEF MINISTER OF THE STATE OF GUJARAT, WHERE THE RSS MASSACRED THOUSANDS OF MUSLIMS IN 2002, DID NOTHING BUT HELP POSITION HIM IN THE EYES OF THE HINDU NATIONALIST MOVEMENT AS THE RIGHT MAN TO LEAD THE COUNTRY.

AND EVER SINCE, INDIA HAS BECOME HELL ON EARTH FOR INDIAN MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS.

FOR CHRISTIANS, INDIA IS NOW RANKED THE 10TH MOST DANGEROUS COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.

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ATTACKS WHERE ARMED MOBS OF 50 OR 100 OR 250 OR 500 INVEIGHED SUNDAY SERVICES TO DESTROY THE SANCTUARY, BEAT THE CONGREGANTS AND DRAG THEM INTO THE STREETS. AND YET, JUST LAST WEEK, RIGHT HERE IN FRISCO, TEXAS, WE HAD AN AMERICAN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FUNDRAISING TO SUPPORT THE DEMOLITION OF CHURCHES IN INDIA AT A TIME WHEN INDIAN CHRISTIANS ARE FALLING UNDER THE KNIFE.

DAY BY DAY BY DAY.

TODAY ALSO MARKS THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MOST INFAMOUS DEMOLITION BY THE RSS OF A RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE IN INDEPENDENT INDIA, THE BABRI MASJID.

THAT MOB DEMOLITION SPARKED THE SLAUGHTER OF THOUSANDS OF MUSLIMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

DEMOLITION OF INDIAN CHURCHES WILL SIMILARLY SPARK BLOODSHED.

AND YET A FRISCO OUTFIT IS RAISING MONEY TO SUPPORT SUCH DEMOLITIONS.

THE AGENDA OF THE FRISCO BASED GLOBAL HINDU HERITAGE FOUNDATION WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY CONTRIBUTE TO PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS IN INDIA.

I URGE THE FRISCO CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO PROCLAIM THAT GHHF'S HATEFUL AGENDA HAS NO PLACE IN FRISCO, IN TEXAS, IN AMERICA, OR IN THE WORLD. IF YOU DEMONSTRATE SUCH COURAGE OF CONVICTION AND THE PRINCIPLES STANDING UP FOR THE PRINCIPLES OF TRUTH, JUSTICE AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, THE CITY OF FRISCO COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE A REAL WORLD IMPACT TO UPLIFT THE SUFFERING AND BLEEDING MINORITIES, CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS OF INDIA.

THANK YOU. AND.

AND I HAVE I HAVE FOR EACH MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL A SHORT BOOKLET DETAILING THE ISSUE OF INDIAN CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION.

THANK YOU. DANIEL MOSCHELLA.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS DANIEL MOSCHELLA.

I'VE BEEN LIVING IN THIS COUNTRY FOR 47 YEARS.

AS OTHER TWO BROTHERS AND SISTERS MENTIONED ABOUT THE GLOBAL HINDU HERITAGE ORGANIZATION RAISING FUNDS.

WHEN I GOT THE EMAIL, I WAS SHOCKED.

WE COME FROM THE INDIA.

WE ENJOY FREEDOM TO PRACTICE ANY RELIGION IN THIS COUNTRY.

THE FOUNDATION PRESIDENT IS FROM MY HOME STATE.

HE WANTS TO DESTROY THE CHURCHES [INAUDIBLE].

HE'S IN MY HOME STATE.

HE STUDIED IN CHRISTIAN COLLEGE.

HE BENEFITED FROM CHRISTIAN COLLEGE.

ALL THE CHRISTIAN INSTITUTES THERE.

THE CHURCHES THEY WANT TO BURN IS MORE THAN 100 YEARS OLD.

NOT ONLY THE CHURCHES.

THEY HAVE SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, HOSTELS, HEART PLACES, ALL THESE ORGANIZATIONS.

MAJORITY OF THEM STUDIED IN CHRISTIAN INSTITUTIONS IN INDIA AND CAME HERE.

AND THEN THEY RAISING FUNDS TO DESTROY CHURCHES.

IT'S UNACCEPTABLE.

IT'S HAPPENED ON NOVEMBER 27 IN FRISCO.

FRISCO IS ONE OF THE BEST CITIES YOU CAN LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY.

IT IS HAPPENING LIKE THIS NOT ONLY FOR ME, IT'S A NIGHTMARE.

IT'S HAPPENING IN MY HOME STATE AND MY HOME CITY.

THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME.

AS I CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU MIKE ON AS I CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS WHEN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM.

MARTIN [INAUDIBLE].

MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MARTIN PERETTI.

I'M THE FRISCO RESIDENT.

TODAY WE MEMORIZE THE FATHER OF INDIAN CONSTITUTION, BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR.

I JUST WANTED TO PHRASE ONE OF THE THINGS HE MENTIONED.

CONVERSION IS NECESSARY TO THE UNTOUCHABLES AS A SELF-GOVERNMENT IS TO THE INDIA.

I COME FROM UNTOUCHABLE.

I WAS AN UNTOUCHABLE.

THE AMERICAN MISSIONARIES AND BAPTIST MISSIONARIES CAME MILES AND MILES AWAY FROM MY HOMETOWN, AND THEY JUST NOT GIVE THE RELIGION, BUT THEY GIVE THE SOCIAL JUSTICE AND THE CLUTCHES OF THE BONDAGE IS FROM UNTOUCHABILITY.

WHAT IS SHOCKING TO ME THIS NIGHT IS AFTER 2022, THIS YEAR, THE LAND IN THE FRISCO IS FUNDING THE MONEY, AMERICAN TAXPAYERS MONEY TO DEMOLISH THE CHURCHES IN INDIA, WHICH IS UNDEMOCRATIC, WHICH IS VERY UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO BRING TO THE ATTENTION.

MY GRANDFATHER WAS A PASTOR AND I LIVED IN ALL MY LIBERTY AS A SELF RESPECT.

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ONE OF THE MENTIONED IS I STATED IN TELEPATHY.

I SAID IN THE UNIVERSITY AND WHAT THEY MENTIONED IS DEMOLISH THE ILLEGAL CHURCHES.

THEY CAN GET AWAY AS ILLEGAL CHURCHES.

WE ARE NOT AGAINST. IF IT IS ILLEGAL, WE ARE ALWAYS FAVOR TO DEMOLISH ANYTHING ILLEGAL.

WHAT MAKES ME TO STAND HERE? WHY THEY ARE ONLY GOING AGAINST THE ILLEGAL CHURCHES.

THERE IS A LOT OF ILLEGAL OTHER PLACES ALSO THERE.

WHY THEY ARE FOCUSING ONLY ON THE ILLEGAL CHURCHES, WHICH IS NOTHING BUT THE PROPAGATING, THE HATRED AGAINST CHRISTIANS, INDIAN CHRISTIANS AND CREATING THE FEAR AND THAT FEAR THERE IS A FAMILY CHURCH HAPPENS IN MY HOME AND THEY ARE GOING TO KNOCK ON MY DOOR AND THAT HAPPENS.

AND EVERYBODY WHO IS HAVING THE EXTENDED FAMILIES IN INDIA, OUR EXTENDED FAMILIES AND LIVES ARE AT STAKE.

SO THAT'S THE REASON I JUST WANT YOU TO STAND HERE AND BRING IT TO OUR ATTENTION.

WHATEVER YOU CAN DO, THIS CAN BE STOPPED FROM THE AMERICAN SOIL, FROM THE FRISCO SOIL, WHICH WE SHOULD BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.

THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. JENSEN JOHN.

AND IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS WHEN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM MR. JOHN. GREETING CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS JENSEN JOHN.

I'M CHAIRMAN OF THE CHURCH OF THE WAY IN FRISCO, TEXAS, LOCATED AT 9404 LEBANON ROAD.

I'M A US CITIZEN AND HAVE LIVED, WORKED, SHOPPED IN AND AROUND FRISCO, TEXAS FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

FRISCO IS A WONDERFUL TOWN THAT IS WELL MANAGED.

IT HAS GOOD SCHOOLS, GOOD PARKS, GOOD CHURCHES, GOOD RESTAURANTS AND GOOD PEOPLE IN GENERAL.

WE HAVE PEACE AND HARMONY IN OUR COMMUNITY DUE TO THE MUTUALLY RESPECTFUL AND POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, REGARDLESS OF THEIR COLOR, RELIGION, SEX AND ETHNIC DIFFERENCES.

THAT PEACE AND HARMONY IN FRISCO, TEXAS, CAME UNDER THREAT ON NOVEMBER 27, 2022, WHEN THE GLOBAL HINDU HERITAGE FOUNDATION, OR G.

F CONDUCTED A FUND RAISER EVENT WITH THE EXPLICITLY STATED PURPOSE THEY PUBLISHED.

THIS IS NOT A SECRET. THEY PUBLISHED A FLIER STATING WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO, WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO FUNDRAISE FOR.

THEY CONDUCTED A FUNDRAISER FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEMOLISHING SO-CALLED ILLEGAL CHURCHES IN INDIA AND RE CONVERTING PEOPLE OF CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM FAITH TO HINDU RELIGION.

AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT AWARE OF HOW THIS RECONVERSION HAPPENS IN REALITY IN INDIA, IT'S DONE THROUGH UNETHICAL COERCION AND THE THREAT OF FINANCIAL HARM AND PHYSICAL HARM.

THAT'S HOW THESE RE CONVERSIONS HAPPEN.

GHHF IS USING FRISCO SOIL, TEXAS SOIL, AND COLLECTING MONEY FROM TEXAS RESIDENTS TO PROMOTE HATRED AND DIVISION IN INDIA.

THEY HAVE EVEN PERFORMED CULTURAL EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS ACROSS TEXAS, INCLUDING HERE IN FRISCO AND PLANO, TO STUDENTS IN THE FORM OF CULTURAL EDUCATION.

WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND.

AND I'M AFRAID THAT IF DECENT CITIZENS DO NOT RISE UP TO CHALLENGE AND DEFEAT THESE EXTREMIST ORGANIZATIONS.

THE PEACE AND HARMONY BETWEEN DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES WILL BE AFFECTED IN INDIA.

BUT IN FRISCO, WE HAVE THE POWER AND THE ABILITY AND THE TIME TO STOP IT.

NOW, IF WE UNITE FOR PEACE AND HARMONY AND DO WHAT IS NECESSARY TO STOP LEGALLY.

FRISCO, TEXAS AND GENDER IN GENERAL HAS BEEN A GOOD PLACE FOR LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.

AND WE PRAY THAT IT STAYS THAT WAY.

AND AS CITIZENS, WE WILL DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.

I HUMBLY URGE YOU, OUR ELECTED LEADERS, IN SPITE OF YOUR LIMITATIONS, THAT YOU HAVE PROFESSED, ALONG WITH MY FELLOW CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM BRETHREN OF INDIAN ORIGIN, TO INVESTIGATE AND PUT A STOP TO THE HATEFUL CAMPAIGNS AND STOP THE POISONOUS RHETORIC THAT IS BEING PROPAGATED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I HEREBY SUBMIT A COPY OF OUR PETITION FOR YOUR INFORMATION AND RECORDS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

SAMUEL MCCULLOUGH HAS.

THANK YOU, ABDUL SAYEED.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THANK YOU TO THE ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY.

NOW THAT EVERYONE HAS TALKED ABOUT IT, I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS ORGANIZATION.

SO FIRST, THERE'S NOT A SINGLE PERSON IN THIS ROOM TODAY WHO DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT THE HORRORS OF NAZI GERMANY, NAZIS, AND BELIEVED IN THE SUPREMACY OF ONE GROUP OVER ANOTHER.

NAZIS HAD NO QUALMS ABOUT INFLICTING THE MOST UNIMAGINABLE HORRORS ON 6 MILLION JEWISH PEOPLE.

THEY HAD THE CLEAR INTENT OF GENOCIDE.

MOST PEOPLE TODAY WOULD CONDEMN NAZISM AND IN FACT, ALL FORMS OF FASCISM.

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THAT IS THE GLOBAL HINDU HERITAGE FOUNDATION IS VERY OPEN ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY SUPPORT HINDU SUPREMACISM OR HINDUTVA.

NOW, LET ME MAKE IT CLEAR THAT HINDUTVA IS SEPARATE FROM HINDUISM.

HINDUISM IS A RELIGION, AND HINDUTVA IS A HINDU SUPREMACIST IDEOLOGY.

I WONDER IF THEY WOULD BE EQUALLY OPEN ABOUT THE UGLY FASCIST ORIGIN OF HINDUTVA IN 1938 AND INDIAN MAN NAMED VED SAVARKAR SAID, AND I QUOTE, GERMANY HAS EVERY RIGHT TO RESORT TO NAZISM AND ITALY TO FASCISM, AND EVENTS HAVE JUSTIFIED THAT THOSE ISMS AND FORMS OF GOVERNMENTS WERE IMPERATIVE AND BENEFICIAL UNDER THE CONDITIONS THAT OBTAINED THERE.

THIS MAN IS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF HINDUTVA IDEOLOGY THAT HAS INFLICTED SO MUCH VIOLENCE AND SUFFERING ON MINORITIES TODAY.

THIS IS THE MAN WHO CELEBRATED BY WHO IS CELEBRATED BY HINDU SUPREMACISTS ACROSS THE WORLD.

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO REMOVE HINDUTVA FROM SAVARKAR, AND SAVARKAR WAS A HOLOCAUST APOLOGIST OR APE APOLOGIST AND A GREAT FAN OF THE IDEA THAT INDIA REQUIRES A GENOCIDE AGAINST MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS.

OH, AND I FORGOT. HE WAS ALSO CHARGED AS A COCONSPIRATOR IN THE ASSASSINATION OF MAHATMA GANDHI.

IT IS HORRIFYING TO SEE THAT NOW UNDER PRIME MINISTER MODI, SALVATION VISION IS COMING TRUE.

JUST LAST YEAR, INDIA'S MOST POWERFUL HINDU SUPREMACIST MONKS CALLED FOR A GENOCIDE OF 200 MILLION MUSLIMS, SAYING THAT THEY WOULD REPLICATE THE ROHINGYA GENOCIDE OF MYANMAR IN INDIA.

IT IS SIMPLY A FACT THAT CHRISTIAN GENOCIDE WOULD FOLLOW CLOSE BEHIND.

THE HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL HAS LISTED INDIA AS NUMBER TWO COUNTRY IN THE WORLD AT RISK OF MASS VIOLENCE AGAINST MINORITIES.

ACCORDING TO INTERNATIONAL NEWS SOURCES.

HITLER'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY, MEIN KAMPF, HAS BECOME THE BESTSELLER IN INDIA.

THIS ALONE SHOULD TELL YOU ENOUGH ABOUT THE MINDSET OF HINDU SUPREMACISTS AND THOSE WHO SUPPORT THEM.

IN CONCLUSION, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT HINDU SUPREMACISTS IN THE UNITED STATES LIKE TO DEFEND THEMSELVES BY CLAIMING THAT THEY CAN SUPPORT HINDUTVA WHILE STILL SUPPORTING DEMOCRATIC VALUES.

THIS IS LAUGHABLE.

THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SUPPORT PARTS OF NAZISM, AND IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SUPPORT PARTS OF [INAUDIBLE].

IT IS AN IDEOLOGY THAT IS THAT MUST BE UNEQUIVOCALLY CONDEMNED BY ALL PEOPLE.

AND IT STARTS WITH OUR LOCAL LEADERSHIP HERE IN FRISCO.

I'M A MUSLIM AND TODAY I STAND WITH MY CHRISTIAN BROTHERS.

WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE PAIN AND WE CANNOT LET IT HAPPEN TO ANYONE AGAIN.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. BEFORE YOU, BEFORE YOU LEAVE, IF YOU CAN STATE YOUR ADDRESS.

AND AGAIN, FOR ANYBODY THAT COMES UP, PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR FULL ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

MY NAME IS SYED ABDUL AND I STAY IN IRVING, TEXAS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RAVINDER SINGH.

PLEASE STATE YOUR ADDRESS.

RAVINDER SINGH. DALLAS, TEXAS.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE HONORABLE LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY OF FRISCO FOR ALLOWING US TO VOICE FACTS IN WHAT IS TRANSPIRING IN THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY.

SO MAYA ANGELOU HAS SAID THAT IF SOMEONE TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE, BELIEVE THEM.

SO INSTEAD OF ME TELLING YOU WHAT THE S IS ABOUT, I'M GOING TO LET THE FOUNDERS OF THE ORGANIZATION TELL YOU WHO THEY ARE.

THIS IS WHAT GOUKER HAD STATED TO KEEP UP THE PURITY OF THE RACE AND ITS CULTURE.

GERMANY SHOCKED THE WORLD BY HER PURGING THE COUNTRY OF THE SEMITIC RACES.

THE JEWS RACE PRIDE AT ITS HIGHEST HAS BEEN MANIFESTED HERE.

THIS IS HIM TALKING ABOUT THE EXTERMINATION OF THE JEWS AND SAYING THAT RACE PRIDE HAS BEEN MANIFESTED.

NOW WHEN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, JUST LIKE THE UNITED STATES, WAS STRUGGLING FOR SOVEREIGNTY AND FREEDOM FROM THE BRITISH.

WALKER SAID THIS TO HIS FOLLOWERS HINDUS, DON'T WASTE YOUR ENERGY FIGHTING THE BRITISH.

SAVE YOUR ENERGY TO FIGHT OUR INTERNAL ENEMIES THAT ARE MUSLIMS, CHRISTIANS AND COMMUNISTS.

DR. GREGORY STANTON, THE PRESIDENT OF GENOCIDE WATCH, STATES THAT THERE ARE TEN STAGES OF GENOCIDE, CLASSIFICATION, CIVILIZATION, DISCRIMINATION, DEHUMANIZATION, ORGANIZATION, POLARIZATION, PREPARATION, PERSECUTION, EXTERMINATION AND DENIAL.

INDIA IS ON STAGE EIGHT, BASICALLY GETTING READY FOR EXTERMINATION.

AND WE SEE THAT WITH ORGANIZATIONS WITH POMPOUS NAMES.

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CALLING FOR THE EXTERMINATION OF OTHER RACES.

CALLING FOR THE OTHERING OF ANYONE WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE IN THEIR WARPED IDEOLOGY.

SO WHEN YOU OTHER ANYONE WHO IS NOT YOU, THEN YOU ARE PREPARING FOR EXTERMINATION.

SO WE, AS CITIZENS OF THE GREAT NATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS A SICK AMERICAN.

WE CAME HERE BECAUSE OF THE GENOCIDE THAT WAS INFLICTED UPON OUR PEOPLE AND THE RAPES AND THE MASS KILLINGS IN THE STREETS ALL OVER INDIA SIMPLY BECAUSE OF WHO WE ARE.

AND NOW TO SEE THAT THIS THOUGHT PROCESS HAS FOLLOWED US HERE INTO FRISCO IS UNFATHOMABLE.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO END BY SAYING THAT MARTIN LUTHER KING HAD STATED THAT.

WE WILL NOT REMEMBER THE WORDS OF OUR ENEMIES, BUT RATHER THE SILENCE OF OUR FRIENDS.

SO AS OUR FRIENDS, WE REQUEST YOU TO NOT BE SILENT.

AND I WILL REQUEST ALL OF MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE AUDIENCE.

IF YOU SUPPORT WHAT WE ARE STRUGGLING AND SPEAKING ABOUT, PLEASE STAND AND LET YOUR VOICES BE HEARD.

SO WE SAY TO YOUR CALLER.

THANK YOU. JUSTIN SABO.

MR. SZABO, IF YOU CAN STATE YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE.

MY NAME IS JUSTIN SABO.

RESIDE AT SASSY TEXAS.

RESPECT TO MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS PASTOR JUSTIN SAVOIE, THE PASTOR AT ZION CHURCH, WHICH HAS A CAMPUS HERE AT FRISCO, TEXAS.

WITH ME. THAT ETERNITY CHURCH AT 12550 INDEPENDENCE PARKWAY.

FIRST OF ALL, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS VERY IMPORTANT MATTER THAT IS VERY CONCERNING TO THE CITIZENS IN FRISCO.

THE CHRISTIAN MINORITY IN INDIA AND THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES REGARDING THEIR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND DISTURBING THE PEACE IN THE COMMUNITY.

THIS IS A RESPONSE TO MR. PRAKASH RAO VILLEGAS PURI, WHO IS A RESIDENT IN FRISCO, TEXAS, AND THE ORGANIZATION GLOBAL HINDU HERITAGE FOUNDATION, WHICH HOSTED A FUNDRAISER GALA ON THE WEEKEND OF THANKSGIVING ON NOVEMBER 28TH IN FRISCO.

THE AGENDA OF THE GALA WAS TO RAISE FUNDS IN THE US TO DEMOLISH CHURCHES IN INDIA TO RECONVERT CHRISTIANS, TO HINDUS AND MANY MORE ATROCITIES THAT HE WAS PROPAGATING. MR. MAYOR, WE ARE BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF DIFFERENT FAITH BACKGROUNDS WHO RESIDE IN THE IN THIS GREAT NATION, THE UNITED STATES.

THE UNITED STATES WAS BUILT ON THE FOUNDATION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.

AND WE ARE HERE BEING ABLE TO PEACEABLE PRACTICE OF OUR FAITH.

HOWEVER, THE GLOBAL HINDU HERITAGE FOUNDATION IS ABUSING THIS PRIVILEGE BY COMMITTING HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND PERPETUATING RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN INDIA SPECIFICALLY.

GLOBAL HINDU HERITAGE FOUNDATION IS USING ITS PLATFORM AS A US 501C3 TO RAISE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF CHURCHES IN INDIA.

THESE ARE NOT MERE ACCUSATIONS.

RATHER, GLOBAL HINDU HERITAGE FOUNDATION HAS OPENLY ADMITTED ITS INTENT ON WIDELY CIRCULATED FLIER.

THE LEADER HAS LENGTHY FACEBOOK POSTS, EVEN 12 HOURS AGO SHARING ABOUT THE ADVANCEMENT OF THEIR DESTRUCTIVE WORK AND SOLICIT FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE EFFORT.

HE ALSO FALSELY WRITES HOW DANGEROUS CHRISTIANS ARE AND FALSELY CLAIMS THAT CHRISTIAN CHARITY ORGANIZATIONS ARE USED AS A COVER FOR FALSE HINDU CONVERSIONS, ETC.

AND WE HAVE HEARD THE OTHER ROUND OF IT JUST BEFORE ME.

THIS CAN CREATE RELIGIOUS AND COMMUNAL VIOLENCE IN OUR NATION.

PLEASE BE INFORMED THAT INDIA IS A SECULAR COUNTRY WITH A FREEDOM TO PRACTICE ANY RELIGION.

APOSTLE THOMAS WAS THE FIRST MISSIONARY TO INDIA.

OVER THE YEARS, CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES HAVE PREACHED AGAINST THE EVILS OF CASTE SYSTEM AND WORKED HARD FOR DEVELOPING A CLEAN SOCIETY BASED ON SELF RESPECT AND SOCIAL JUSTICE.

THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED SCHOOLS FOR THE EDUCATION OF GIRLS AND LOWER CASTE PEOPLE AND PROVIDE HEALTH CARE FOR ALL.

HOWEVER, THE PROPAGANDA CIRCULATED BY THIS ORGANIZATION IS BLATANTLY FALSE AND INCITES HATRED AGAINST FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS.

DESTRUCTION OF THESE CHURCHES IS NOT AN ACTIVITY SANCTIONED BY THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT.

INSTEAD, GLOBAL HINDU HERITAGE FOUNDATION EFFORTS WILL FUND AND GROW A MILITANT GROUP COMMITTED TO VIOLATING PRINCIPLES OF BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOM OF RELIGION ENSHRINED IN THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION.

LET ME BE VERY CLEAR.

THIS IS NOT MERELY AN ISSUE THAT CONCERNS INDIA.

SUCH ACTIVITIES SHOULD ALSO CANCEL THIS COUNCIL DEEPLY.

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THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR HEARING US OUT.

THANK YOU. AISHA HABIB AND FOLLOWING AISHA, AKIL MOHAMMED, IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK AFTER MISS ABIB.

PLEASE STATE YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS AISHA HABIB AND FROM PLANO, TEXAS.

AS AN AMERICAN INDIAN MUSLIM, I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO LET THE INDIAN CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY KNOW HOW DEEPLY SORRY AND CONCERNED I WAS WHEN I HEARD ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED RIGHT HERE IN FRISCO.

A FEW DAYS AGO.

I KNOW TOO WELL WHAT PERSECUTION AND DISCRIMINATION FEELS LIKE.

I WANT THE INDIAN CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IN FRISCO AND IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD TO KNOW THAT WE INDIAN MUSLIMS STAND WITH YOU IN THIS MOMENT OF SORROW AND TORMENT.

YOU ARE OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND YOU HAVE A FRIEND AND ALLY IN US.

AS MUSLIMS, WE RELIGIOUSLY BELIEVE THAT THE PROTECTION OF CHURCHES AND HOUSES OF WORSHIP IS A RELIGIOUS DUTY.

AND TO THIS END, I LENT MY CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS MY SUPPORT AND BEST WISHES.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I AM AN AMERICAN INDIAN AND I'M PROUD OF MY HERITAGE.

INDIAN CIVILIZATION IS AN OLD CIVILIZATION, JUST LIKE OTHER ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS, AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN RELIGIOUSLY DIVERSE.

HOWEVER, IN RECENT YEARS THERE HAS BEEN THIS RESURGENCE OF HINDU SUPREMACISM THAT HAS DISTURBED THE DIVERSITY.

WE LIVE HERE IN AMERICA, A NATION FOUNDED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND IT IS THIS IDEAL OF RELIGION THAT MUST BE CELEBRATED.

FOR TOO LONG, CHRISTIANS, DALITS AND MUSLIMS HAVE BEEN PERSECUTED IN INDIA.

BUT SINCE IT HAS BECOME CLEAR THE MONEY IS BEING SENT FROM RIGHT HERE IN FRISCO TO FURTHER THE RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION OF INDIAN MINORITIES.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE CITY COUNCIL OF FRISCO TO PLEASE CONDEMN THIS OBSCENE SUPREMACIST MOVEMENT AND ITS RAISING AND FUNNELING OF FUNDS TO INDIA FOR RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

AQIL MUHAMMAD AND ABDUL RAHIM, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

PLEASE STATE YOUR ADDRESS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND AUDIENCE.

MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, I LIVE IN MURPHY, TEXAS.

I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WE ARE NOT HERE TO PROTEST OR ANYTHING AGAINST CITY COUNCIL OR THE MAYOR, AND WE ARE NOT HERE AGAINST OUR. HINDU BROTHERS AND SISTERS.

AND WE ARE NOT HERE AGAINST ANY OTHER RELIGION.

WE ARE HERE JUST TO SHARE OUR CONCERN ABOUT THIS IDEOLOGY, ABOUT THIS HINDUTVA SUPREMACY.

AND AS A MUSLIMS AND AS A MUSLIM, OUR TEACHINGS, OUR HOLY KORAN AND OUR PROPHET MUHAMMAD, PEACE BE UPON HIM.

TEACHERS TO STAND UP FOR JUSTICE REGARDLESS OF OUR FAITH.

SO I'M HERE TO SHOW MY SUPPORT, SOLIDARITY WITH MY CHRISTIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY CITY COUNCIL.

FIRST YOU ASKED ME TO STATE MY NAME.

MY NAME IS ABDUL RAHIM.

I'M A PROUD RESIDENT OF CITY OF FRISCO FOR THE LAST TWO DECADES.

I'M HERE TO RAISE SOME OF MY CONCERNS.

AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

TODAY, WE LIVE IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD WHERE THINGS THAT HAPPEN FOR HOME AFFECT US WHEREVER WE ARE.

THE RISE OF VIOLENT SUPREMACIST MOVEMENT IN INDIA, KNOWN AS HINDUTVA, WHOSE VICTIMS INCLUDES MANY HINDUS, MOST NOTABLY POSSESSED MAHATMA GANDHI, WHO HAS TAKEN THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN BY THE WORLD BY STRONG.

IN 2020, OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES, I MEAN THE INDIAN CONSULATE IN THE UNITED STATES IN HOUSTON CITY.

PRO HINDU ACTIVISTS CHANTED DEATH AND RAPE THREATS AT THE FAMILIES, INCLUDING MUSLIM WOMEN AND CHILDREN THAT WERE PROTESTING CITIZENSHIP LAWS THAT WERE DISCRIMINATORY AGAINST MUSLIMS IN AUSTRALIA.

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AND WITH THE BASKETBALL OR BASEBALL BATS AND THE HAMMERS, WHAT THEY COULD GET HOLD ON IN 2022.

IN THE 12 MOBS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ATTACKED AND RIGHT IN LEICESTER, AN AREA WHERE A SIZABLE POPULATION OF BRITISH MUSLIMS RESIDES.

JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, IN SEPTEMBER 2022, INDIA, WHERE MOBS CONSIST OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, RIOTED AND HARASSED SIKHS IN CANADA IN THE PRESENCE OF THE POLICE, WHO WERE FINDING IT DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN THE CROWD CONTROL.

NOW THEY ARE CONTRIBUTING TO A FEELING OF INSECURITY AMONG THE INDIAN CHRISTIANS HERE IN FRISCO AND ACROSS AMERICA.

THE VICTIMS HAVE TENDED TO ARE HINDUS, MUSLIMS, SIKHS, CHRISTIANS, DALITS, AND ALL PEOPLE OF COMMON SENSE WHO THEY WANT TO OPPRESS.

IN AMERICA. THEIR INTIMIDATION TACTICS EVEN INCLUDE REGULAR DEATH THREATS, THREATS TO RAPE FAMILIES AND CHILDREN OF AMERICAN PROFESSORS, ACADEMICIANS AND ACTIVISTS WHO ARE RAISING AWARENESS ON THIS MATTER IN AMERICA.

I ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONDEMN WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE IN FRISCO.

I ALSO ASK YOU TO JOIN ME IN LETTING THE INDIAN CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT WE STAND WITH THEM, EVEN THOUGH WE MAY COME FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.

WE ALL SHARE ONE VIEW HUMANITY AS THE PEOPLE WHO COULD RAISE THIS ISSUE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT TO INVESTIGATE IN ANY FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS THEY HAVE VIOLATED.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO GIVE YOU THIS OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THAT WAS ALL THE SPEAKERS WE HAD SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

WE DID HAVE QUITE A FEW OTHER CARS THAT JUST VOICED THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE SAME THE SAME ITEM.

WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US.

I KNOW WE HAVE SOME FRISCO RESIDENTS HERE, AND MANY OF YOU DROVE A LONG WAY TO BE HERE TO SHARE WHAT WAS ON YOUR MIND.

SO THOSE VISITING OUR COMMUNITY HERE TONIGHT, WE HOPE YOU HAVE A SAFE TRAVEL HOME.

AND WITH THAT, MOVE TO ITEM 46 CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION WITH CITY STAFF CONCERNING ANY ACTIONS REQUIRED BY CITY STAFF AS A RESULT OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA.

I DID NOT NOTE ANY COUNCIL, DID Y'ALL NOTE ANY.

AND 47 IN HIS GOVERNANCE MONITORING.

[47. Discussion on Governance Monitoring of present City Council Meeting.]

SO I THINK WE MAXED OUT OUR POINTS.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

SO MOVED. MOTION BY JOHN, SECOND BY BRIAN.

ALL IN FAVOR, MOTION PASSES, SIX ZERO.

WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:20 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.