Nov 05, 2024 City Council

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

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

JOHN CHALFONT WITH PLAY FRISCO.

I'M SURE THE QUESTION ON ALL OF YOUR MINDS THIS EVENING IS, HAVE YOU PLAYED TODAY? I'VE GOT SOME ITEMS. IF YOU HAVEN'T UPCOMING SOON THE DALLAS OPERA TRUCK WILL BE OVER AT THE HERITAGE CENTER, KIND OF A UNIQUE PERFORMANCE FOR US.

THE DALLAS OPERA TRUCK ROLLS UP AND THE THREE LITTLE THREE LITTLE PIGS PERFORMANCE WILL GO AT THAT TIME.

ART IN THE ATRIUM OR ART NEAR THE ATRIUM 25 RUNS NOVEMBER 15TH THROUGH JANUARY 27TH OVER AT THE DISCOVERY CENTER.

MIDNIGHT IS COMING.

NATURE ADVENTURE AT FRISCO COMMONS AND FROSTY FIVE-K REGISTRATION OPENS TOMORROW.

THIS YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, THAT'S THE REAL NUMBER FIVE.

THAT'S OUR FIRST ROBOTIC TURF TANK.

IT PAINTS FIELDS FOR US, SAVES US A TON OF HOURS.

NAMED JOHNNY FIVE AFTER THE MOVIE SHORT CIRCUIT.

THIS ONE HAS NOT SHORT CIRCUITED, AND WE HOPE TO ADD ANOTHER ONE TO THE FLEET THIS YEAR.

BUT IT DOES SAVE US A LOT OF MAN HOURS WHEN WE'RE OUT STRIPING FIELDS.

AND THEN FINALLY WE BROUGHT A PARKS MAINTENANCE WORKER OVER TO OUR PUBLIC ART PROGRAM, AND THIS IS ONE OF THEIR FIRST PROJECTS, THE PERFECT SPIRAL. IT'S BEEN HIT BY A CAR A COUPLE OF TIMES OVER AT BACCHUS PARK, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO RESTORE IT AND SET IT BACK OUT.

AND SO NOW IF YOU GO BACK OUT, IT SPINS PERFECTLY.

KIND OF LIKE A FLIP CHART COMIC AND IT LOOKS GREAT.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

ALL RIGHT COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? ME AND MY MICROPHONE ARE NOT ARE NOT AGREEING.

I NO QUESTIONS.

BUT I DID HAVE A COMMENT. I WAS WATCHING THE NEWS LAST NIGHT AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW DALLAS IS GOING TO BRING IN THIS NEW ROBOTIC AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE INNOVATIVE.

AND I WAS LIKE, YEAH, WE ALREADY HAVE THAT.

SO CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING THE INNOVATIVE CITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OKAY. ITEM TEN IS OUR ENGINEERING REPORT.

[Engineering Services Monthly Report on planning, design, and construction of roadways, traffic control, water utilities, parks, and trails.]

GOOD EVENING, JASON BRODIGAN DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING SERVICES.

NO. HIGHLIGHTS TONIGHT AS FAR AS SPECIAL SLIDES OR ANYTHING, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE A FEW MONTHS INTO OUR DOWNTOWN RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

IT HASN'T BEEN EASY AS NO ONE EXPECTED IT WOULD BE, AND IT HASN'T BEEN PERFECT.

BUT GOOD PROGRESS IS BEING MADE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, NEW PAVEMENT IS STARTING TO GO DOWN, AND SO THAT'S JUST A GREAT SIGN OF PROGRESS.

WITH THAT, YOU HAVE OUR REPORT, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY. AND I REALLY LIKE THE NEW GIS TOOL YOU PUT OUT THERE THAT ACTUALLY BROKE DOWN THE CONSTRUCTION INTO EACH INDIVIDUAL SEGMENT.

SO THOSE BUSINESS OWNERS OR REGULARS THAT PATRON THEIR STORES CAN SEE KIND OF HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO BE AFFECTED BEFORE IT KIND OF MOVES ON.

SO YEAH, DEFINITELY HAVE TO THANK OUR GIS DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR HELP ON THAT.

COUNCIL ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU.

[Public Works Monthly Report on water production, service requests, and storm water updates.]

THAT WILL MOVE US TO ITEM 11, PUBLIC WORKS REPORT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THE MONTHLY REPORTS IN YOUR PACKET.

I DID WANT TO NOTE THAT NOVEMBER 1ST KICKED OFF OUR NEW WATERING RESTRICTIONS AS PER THE WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN.

JUST TO REITERATE, THAT ONLY AFFECTS THE ROTOR ZONES WHERE WE'RE WATERING TURF GRASS.

HAND WATERING BUBBLERS, ALL THE BUSHES, ALL THAT STUFF IS STILL OKAY TO DO.

SO I KNOW WE FIELDED A LOT OF QUESTIONS, AND I'M SURE YOU ALL HAVE AS WELL, SO WE'D BE HAPPY TO HELP PROVIDE INFORMATION WHERE WE CAN.

WE'RE MEETING WITH HOAS TO HELP PROMOTE THE MESSAGE, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D LOVE TO ANSWER THEM.

OKAY. NO, I JUST THINK IT WAS PERFECT TIMING THAT YOU BROUGHT THE RAIN FOR US WHEN WE HAD TO TURN OUR SPRINKLERS OFF, SO THANKS FOR THAT.

YOU BET. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ITEM 12 IS OUR COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS.

[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.]

COUNCIL DO YOU HAVE ANY SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATES?

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JUST VERY QUICK FROM [INAUDIBLE].

WE'VE GOT SOME NEW LEADERSHIP.

THE BATON HAS BEEN PASSED FROM MICHAEL SHASTEEN TO ROB ALTMAN.

ROB HAS SERVED ON BEFORE, AND WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK MICHAEL SHASTEEN FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND FOR STEPPING IN AT A CRITICAL TIME OVER A YEAR AGO.

TYPICALLY, THAT ROLE IS TRADITIONALLY HELD FOR ABOUT A YEAR.

MICHAEL HELD FOR LONGER THAN THAT, THROUGH SOME TOUGH TIMES, BUT ALSO BROUGHT A LOT OF GREAT PROJECTS TO THE TABLE AND RAISED THE BAR.

SO I KNOW ROB WILL STEP UP TO THAT CHALLENGE.

OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE NOVEMBER 11TH, VETERAN'S DAY COMING UP.

THE AMERICAN LEGION, IN THE INTEREST OF EVERYONE'S TIME AND HOPEFULLY SOME PARTICIPATION, IS HOSTING A VETERANS DAY SERVICE ON NOVEMBER 9TH AT THE VETERANS MEMORIAL AT COMMONS PARK IN FRISCO.

SO WE CAN CERTAINLY GET MORE INFORMATION OUT ABOUT THAT.

THEY'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THEIR GUEST SPEAKER LIST, INCLUDING, WE HOPE, AN APPEARANCE FROM FRISCO'S OWN FLORENT GROBERG, WHO IS A MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT AND PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT OF COURSE, AS WELL, AND HAS AN INCREDIBLE STORY.

SO IT SHOULD BE HOPEFULLY OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE, VETERAN AND PATRIOT ALIKE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU JOHN.

AND JOHN KEATING WILL ACTUALLY BE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF FRISCO.

YES, SIR. LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

ANY OTHERS TO BE NOTED? OKAY. LET ME GO AHEAD BEFORE WE DO CITIZEN INPUT, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET THROUGH OUR CONSENT AND LEGISLATIVE.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

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

THE CONSENT AGENDA CAN BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION.

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

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

I KNOW WE NEED TO PULL ONE ITEM IF I CAN GET THAT MOTION.

MOVE TO PULL ITEM 23.

MOTION BY BILL. SECOND.

SECOND BY TAMMY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THAT PASSES SIX ZERO.

I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION ON THE REMAINING ITEMS. MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS 13 THROUGH 22 AND 24 THROUGH 35.

MOTION BY BILL. SECOND. SECOND BY TAMMY.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

THAT PASSES SIX ZERO.

ITEM 23 IS CONSIDER AND ACT UPON APPROVAL OF FACADE PLAN FOR HOTEL MIDTOWN EAST BLOCK A LOT ONE UNIVERSAL KIDS ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF DALLAS PARKWAY AND PANTHER CREEK

[Consider and act upon approval of a Façade Plan for a hotel (Midtown East, Block A, Lot 1 - Universal Kids) on the northeast corner of Dallas Parkway and Panther Creek Parkway. Zoned Planned Development-280. Neighborhood #53. Façade Plan Case No. FACP24-0132. Applicant: Gensler. (Development Services/JH)]

PARKWAY ZONED PLAN DEVELOPMENT 280 NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER 53 FACADE PLAN CASE NUMBER FACP24-0132, APPLICANT GENSLER.

THANK YOU MAYOR. JONATHAN HUBBARD, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED TO TABLE THIS ITEM TO THE NOVEMBER 19TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THIS REQUEST, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS? GREAT. COUNCIL. I'LL LOOK FOR THAT MOTION.

MOVE TO TABLE TILL NOVEMBER 19TH.

MOTION BY BILL. SECOND.

SECOND BY TAMMY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THAT PASSES SIX ZERO.

LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. THESE ITEMS MAY LEGALLY REQUIRE COUNCIL ACTION, BUT BY COUNCIL POLICY SHOULD BE THE CITY MANAGER'S RESPONSIBILITY.

[LEGISLATIVE AGENDA]

THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA CAN BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION.

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

COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY VOTE NAY ON ANY SINGLE ITEM WITHOUT COMMENT, MAY SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD OR TWO ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION.

MOVE TO APPROVE. 36 AND 37. MOTION BY BILL.

SECOND. SECOND BY TAMMY.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

THAT PASSES SIX ZERO, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO TAMMY FOR CITIZEN INPUT.

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

ALL RIGHT, SO A FEW REMINDERS ABOUT CITIZEN INPUT.

BEFORE MAKING YOUR COMMENTS PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT PROHIBITS THE CITY COUNCIL FROM RESPONDING TO QUESTIONS OR STATEMENTS MADE DURING CITIZEN INPUT, EXCEPT ONE TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC FACTUAL INFORMATION OR RECITE EXISTING POLICY IN RESPONSE TO AN INQUIRY, TWO TO DIRECT THE SPEAKER TO VISIT WITH STAFF ABOUT THE ISSUE, OR THREE TO INDICATE THE MATTER MAY BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR A FUTURE MEETING.

LET'S START WITH JOSH MEEK.

AFTER JOSH WILL BE SHANNON HAMMOND.

ALL RIGHT. MY NAME IS JOSH MEEK, RESIDE AT 6901 CINNABAR DRIVE IN FRISCO, TEXAS, 75035.

TONIGHT, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF BUSINESS OWNERS IN DOWNTOWN FRISCO.

OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, I HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY MANY DOWNTOWN BUSINESS OWNERS PERTAINING TO THE CONSTRUCTION IN DOWNTOWN AND THE EFFECTS IT IS HAVING ON THEIR BUSINESSES. I HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH ROUGHLY 18 DOWNTOWN BUSINESS OWNERS WHOSE TENURE IN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT RANGES FROM JUST OVER A YEAR UP TO 64 YEARS.

SOME OF THESE OWNERS HAVE OPENED UP AND SHARED THEIR FINANCIALS WITH ME, RANGING FROM JULY 2023 TO OCTOBER 20TH JULY 2024, WHEN DOWNTOWN CONSTRUCTION BEGAN TO OCTOBER 2024.

THE CONSTRUCTION HAS NEGATIVELY AFFECTED THE SALES OF THESE BUSINESSES, RANGING FROM A -9.5% UP TO A -50% PLUS IN SOME CASES.

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AT THIS POINT, I'VE BEEN APPROACHED AND THERE ARE TOO MANY BUSINESS OWNERS RAISING THEIR HANDS, HUMBLING THEMSELVES AND BEING VULNERABLE TO ADMITTING THAT THEY NEED HELP.

OUT OF THE 18 BUSINESS OWNERS I HAVE CONNECTED WITH, THEY ROUGHLY EMPLOY 136 EMPLOYEES.

MANY OF THESE EMPLOYERS ARE NOW BECOMING CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE AND WHAT IT HOLDS FOR THEIR STAFF.

PAYING RENT IS ALSO STARTING TO BECOME A CHALLENGE FOR MANY OF THESE BUSINESSES LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN.

KEEP IN MIND THAT THESE ARE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN IN DOWNTOWN NOW FOR 5, 10, 20 AND 60 PLUS YEARS.

I PERSONALLY AM NOT A FAN OF BAILOUTS, BUT I AM VERY FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE WHEN IT COMES TO USE OF MY FUNDS AND ESPECIALLY PUBLIC FUNDS.

NORMALLY, IF RELIEF WAS REQUESTED TO HELP BUSINESSES IN A CONSTRUCTION AREA, I WOULD ADVOCATE IT THAT I WOULD ADVOCATE THAT IT WOULD BE A TEMPORARY DISCOMFORT FOR THOSE BUSINESSES. HOWEVER, AN EXCEPTION SHOULD BE MADE FOR OUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESS OWNERS.

THE REASON THAT I BELIEVE AN EXCEPTION SHOULD BE MADE IS THAT NOT ONLY IS MAIN STREET THE ONLY MAJOR ROADWAY FEEDING DOWNTOWN, BUT A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF DOWNTOWN PARKING IS ALSO GONE.

IN CONVERSATIONS, THE ROAD WORK AT LEGACY HAS COME UP MULTIPLE TIMES.

DURING THAT CONSTRUCTION THE CITY DID NOT PROVIDE ECONOMIC RELIEF FOR THIS PROJECT.

I AGREE THAT IN THIS SPECIFIC SCENARIO, NO WAS THE CORRECT ANSWER.

THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THAT IS THAT THE BUSINESSES ON LEGACY STILL HAD DIRECT PARKING ACCESS TO THEIR BUILDINGS FOR CUSTOMERS TO EASILY ACCESS THEM.

HALF OF MAIN STREET CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAVE THAT, AND SOON THE ADJACENT SIDE OF MAIN STREET WILL NOT HAVE THAT EITHER WHEN CONSTRUCTION FLIPS.

IF YOU DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS A UNIQUE SCENARIO COMPARED TO A TYPICAL CITY PROJECT, GO STAND DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF MAIN AND FIFTH STREET.

BROOKLYN'S CUTS, SUMMER MOON, IT'S A SECRET MED SPA, GAME SHOW EXPERIENCE, CROSSFIT LOW, BLUSHING BRIDE BOUTIQUE.

EACH OF THESE BUSINESSES ARE ENTRENCHED WITH CONSTRUCTION.

GO STAND IN FRONT OF HAYSTACK AND TELL ME HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR PATRONS WHEN THE ROADS AND PARKING ARE GONE? THIS JUSTIFIES THE NEED FOR SWIFT AND AGGRESSIVE ACTION.

THROUGHOUT MY DISCUSSIONS, MANY SOLUTIONS HAVE BEEN PROPOSED AND THEY MUST WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH OTHER.

FIRST, DIRECT ECONOMIC RELIEF I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE CITY SHOULD FUND A FULL FISCAL YEAR FOR THESE BUSINESS OWNERS, BUT I DO THINK THAT SOME DIRECT ECONOMIC RELIEF WOULD BE IMPACTFUL.

THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO LAUNCHED A PROGRAM TIED TO EIGHT SPECIFIC CONSTRUCTION ZONES THAT AFFECTED THEIR SMALL BUSINESSES.

THEY PROVIDED UP TO $35,000 IN GRANT FUNDING PER QUALIFIED BUSINESSES.

THEY HAD A CRITERIA WHICH INCLUDED MINIMUM GROSS SALES, THE FORMATION DATE WITHIN THE AFFECTED AREA, AND TO BE A BUSINESS THAT REQUIRED FOOT TRAFFIC FOR OPERATIONS.

SECOND, A SHUTTLE SERVICE.

I DISCUSSED THIS BRIEFLY WITH ANGELIA AS SHE ATTENDED ONE OF THE DOWNTOWN MEETINGS WHERE SHUTTLE SERVICE WAS BROUGHT UP.

AND I THINK THAT THE VALUE IN THIS SOLUTION IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE DOWNTOWN OPEN FOR BUSINESS VISUALLY.

I ALSO HAD AN ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION WITH TAMMY THAT THERE MAY BE TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES THAT MIGHT BE WILLING TO PARTNER WITH US IN PILOTING A PROGRAM.

AND LONG TERM, THIS MAY BE A GREAT FOUNDATION FOR INNER CITY CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN OUR DISTRICTS.

ADDITIONALLY, LASTLY, BETWEEN VISIT FRISCO, THE CITY, EDC, AND CDC, WE'VE GOT TO IMMEDIATELY INITIATE SOME INCREASE TO DOWNTOWN FOOT TRAFFIC VIA ANY PROGRAMING THAT WE CAN DO IN ADDITION TO THE CHAMBER'S PTA PROGRAM THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY RUNNING.

IN CLOSING, THE CITY PROVIDES ECONOMIC INCENTIVES TO DEVELOPERS AND BUSINESSES.

I UNDERSTAND WHY WE DO THAT.

I UNDERSTAND THE MATH AND THE FINANCIAL REASONING BEHIND IT.

AND WHILE I KNOW THE FINANCIAL RATE OF RETURN MAY NOT BE AS LUCRATIVE FOR THE CITY, WITH ECONOMIC RELIEF FUNDS FOR DOWNTOWN, THE RATE OF RETURN FOR THE COMMUNITY COULDN'T BE MORE NOBLE. THE REASON THIS ISSUE REALLY HITS HOME FOR ME IS THAT I AM A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER.

I KNOW WHAT SALES REVENUE IMPACT MEANS TO ME, MY TEAM AND FAMILY.

WHEN PEOPLE DO BUSINESS WITH ME, THEY ARE PAYING FOR MY KID'S JITSU CLASSES, THEY ARE PAYING FOR MY TEAM'S RENT, CAR NOTES AND GROCERIES, 136 EMPLOYEES FROM THE FEW HANDFULS OF BUSINESS OWNERS THAT I HAVE TALKED TO ARE THOSE EXACT PEOPLE.

THERE COULDN'T BE A MORE NOBLE CAUSE TO THROW A LIFELINE TO.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. AND I'LL JUST KIND OF BRIEFLY KIND OF SHARE, SHARE SOME FACTUAL INFORMATION REGARDING THAT IS THAT YOU KNOW, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THIS IS BETWEEN OUR CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND OTHER PROJECTS WE HAVE COMING, WILL BE INVESTING NEARLY $100 MILLION INTO OUR DOWNTOWN, OVER $100 MILLION OVER TIME, YOU KNOW, AND THAT IS TO TRY TO MAKE IT A LONG TERM, VIABLE SUCCESS STORY AND MAKE IT A PLACE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO BE.

AND I CAN TELL YOU ALSO THAT COUNCIL AND STAFF IS VERY MUCH SYMPATHETIC OF, AS WES PUT IT, YOU KNOW, THE HAVING TO BREAK THE EGGS TO MAKE THE OMELET, THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGING ROAD.

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AND WE SPEND THE MAJORITY OF EVERY EXECUTIVE SESSION WE'VE HAD SINCE JULY IS TALKING ABOUT DOWNTOWN AND THE BUSINESSES THERE, AND HOW WE CAN LEAN IN AND FIND NEW CREATIVE WAYS TO HELP.

WHETHER IT'S THE FLAG PROGRAM, WHETHER IT'S THE FACADE PROGRAM, WHETHER IT'S WORKING TO HELP PROMOTE THE BUSINESSES, AND EVEN TONIGHT YOU KNOW, STAFF PRESENTED REALLY CREATIVE IDEAS THAT WERE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT HERE SHORTLY, AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO HELP WITH ADDITIONAL PARKING AND OTHER MOBILITY OPTIONS DOWN THERE.

SO IT WILL BE AN ONGOING DISCUSSION.

I WOULD IMAGINE THAT COUNCIL WILL BE CONTINUE TO BE TALKING ABOUT IT IN EVERY SINGLE SESSION FROM NOW UNTIL WHEN IT'S DONE, FOR HOW WE CAN HELP THE BUSINESSES SURVIVE SO THAT THEY CAN THEN THRIVE WHEN IT'S DONE.

SO THANK YOU, MAYOR SHANNON HAMMOND.

AND THEN AFTER, WE'LL HAVE DONNA [INAUDIBLE].

I'VE NEVER DONE THIS AND I'M GOING AFTER JOSH.

AND I DO NOT HAVE A BIG POWERPOINT OR THING TO GO BY, BUT I JUST.

MY NAME IS SHANNON. I LIVE AT 10 LAWTON COURT, FRISCO 75033 AND WE'RE OWNERS AT THE GAME SHOW EXPERIENCE IN THE RAIL DISTRICT.

I WANT TO FIRST OF ALL, SAY THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR INVESTMENT IN DOWNTOWN.

THAT MEANS SO MUCH.

IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING WHEN IT'S DONE.

AND I'M SUPER GRATEFUL.

AND I DON'T WANT TO BE SEEN AS A COMPLAINER.

I THINK I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU.

THESE ARE OUR MAIN STRUGGLES RIGHT NOW, AND I REALLY BELIEVE FROM TALKING TO YOU ALL THAT YOU, YOU HAVE HEARD THEM.

AND SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO, TO JUST BRIEFLY SHARE THAT OUR MAIN, MOST DIRE NEED IS FOR PARKING.

THERE ARE LOTS OF INCENTIVES TO GET PEOPLE TO COME DOWNTOWN.

THE VERB DOING THE SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DOING THEIR THING, WHICH IS WONDERFUL.

BUT WHEN IF WE HAVE PEOPLE COME DOWNTOWN PRETTY SOON, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANYWHERE FOR THEM TO PARK.

OUR PARKING LOT WAS CLOSED.

THE ACCESS BEHIND US WAS CLOSED WHEN CONSTRUCTION STARTED.

THE AT&T LOT GOT CLOSED.

THE CHAMBER, THE GAZEBO LOT GOT CLOSED.

AND THEN IN JANUARY, THE PARKING LOT BEHIND THE CHAMBER IS GOING TO CLOSE.

AND SO PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LITERALLY DRIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO LOOK FOR PARKING.

AND SO OUR MAIN CONCERN IS YOU CAN BRING ALL THESE PEOPLE DOWN THERE, BUT THEY'VE GOT TO HAVE SOMEWHERE TO PARK.

AND THERE'S THIS PERCEIVED THING THAT IT'S REALLY A HASSLE DOWN THERE.

AND SO I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES TO GET THIS DONE FOR US.

AND I DO WANT TO SAY I KNOW THAT AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

I JUST WOULD HOPE THAT I HAVE A LOT MORE THINGS TO SAY, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO.

I JUST WANT TO SAY, IF YOU WOULD JUST CONTINUE WORKING ON OUR BEHALF, THIS IS OUR LIVELIHOODS AND WE'RE FEELING THE EFFECTS.

OUR NEIGHBORS ARE FEELING THE EFFECTS AND IT WILL SHOW US I REALLY THINK IT'S GOING TO SHOW US THAT YOU CARE NOT ONLY ABOUT THE STAR AND THE PGA AND THE UNIVERSAL, BUT YOU CARE ABOUT SMALL BUSINESS.

AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING.

THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU.

DONNA SCHMIDTLER.

AFTER DONNA WILL HAVE DENNY OR ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY, DENNIS FRANCIS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

DONNA SCHMIDTLER 7037 WHITE ROCK COURT, FRISCO, TEXAS 75036.

I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DON'T SHOW THE LIBRARY ORNAMENT.

THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY ARE DOING THIS.

IT'S THE SHAWNEE CATTLE TRAIL, WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS PRESTON ROAD.

AND ANY MONIES THAT WE MAKE IN OUR GIFT SHOP IN HERE GOES DIRECTLY TO THE LIBRARY, WHICH WE ALL LOVE.

I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ARTS.

WE'VE BEEN REALLY HAPPY TO SEE ALL THAT'S GOING ON, AND OCTOBER 26TH WAS A GREAT DAY FOR ARTS IN FRISCO.

FRISCO ARTS FOUNDATION HAD THEIR WONDERFUL FIVE-K.

WE HAD OVER 1000 PEOPLE PARTICIPATE AT KALEIDOSCOPE PARK, AND THEN MANY OF THEM WENT OVER TO THE HERITAGE ASSOCIATION, AND THEY CELEBRATED HERITAGE HALLOWEEN, WHERE THEY HAD OVER 700 PARTICIPANTS THERE.

AND THEN LATER IN THE EVENING, WE HAD THE CREME DE LA CREME, WHICH WAS THE BEST OF THE BEST OF THE VISUAL ARTS GUILD ART AT THE DISCOVERY CENTER.

AND THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND I'M HERE TO ALSO THANK COUNCIL FOR THE FOR BEING, HAVING BEING ON THE ARTS BOARD AND HAVING THE PRIVILEGE AND HONOR OF WORKING WITH YOU AND USING THE TOURISM DOLLARS. WE HAD 38 PEOPLE OR BUSINESSES OR PERFORMANCES APPLY FOR, AND THEY WERE ASKING FOR OVER $600,000 IN HELP FOR THE GRANTS, AND YOU WERE KIND ENOUGH TO INCREASE THE EMOTIONS LAST YEAR.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE 28 GRANTS TO PEOPLE WHO WILL BE PERFORMING VISUAL ARTS, MUSICAL EVERYTHING RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF FRISCO. AND NOW ART IS SO IMPORTANT, AND I'M SO GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU ARE ALL VERY HELPFUL AND AND HOPING TO CONTINUE WITH THAT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, DONNA. DENNIS FRANCIS.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE RICK COTTON.

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HELLO MY NAME IS DENNIS FRANCIS AND I'M A DOWNTOWN BUSINESS OWNER.

WE'VE BEEN AT THE SAME LOCATION FOR MY FAMILY HAS FOR 64 YEARS.

I'M HERE JUST IN SUPPORT OF THE OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS.

MY BUSINESS IS THE DEPOT CAFE AND THE QUICKCHEK EXXON AT THIRD AND MAIN STREET.

AND I HAVE 22 EMPLOYEES.

AND SO FAR I'VE HAD TO CUT SOME HOURS ON MY EMPLOYEES, AND AT THIS POINT I HADN'T HAD TO TERMINATE ANY OF MY EMPLOYEES.

BUT IT'S REALLY BEEN TOUGH, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS.

AND REALLY, WHAT I WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO CONSIDER SOME KIND OF ECONOMIC RELIEF SUBSIDY OR SOMETHING TO HELP THE OWNERS GET THROUGH THIS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SIR. RICK.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ROB ALTMAN AFTER.

RICK [INAUDIBLE] FROM 12894 GARDENDALE DRIVE, 75035.

SO MY WIFE AND I WERE BUSINESS OWNERS ON MAIN STREET FOR REASONS UNRELATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION, WE CLOSED OUR SHOP, BUT I STILL WORK WITH A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE UP AND DOWN MAIN STREET.

AND A LOT OF THE STORIES THAT YOU'VE HEARD, AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE JOSH TAKING THE TIME TO MEET WITH SO MANY BUSINESS OWNERS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS, WHILE IT'S GREAT TO SEE SUCH AN EXTRAORDINARY THING HAPPENING IN THE DOWNTOWN WITH ALL THE CONSTRUCTION.

AS JOSH POINTED OUT, IT IS ALSO EXTRAORDINARY ON THE WITH HOW THE BUSINESS OWNERS ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THAT.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN WHAT'S HAPPENED UP TO THIS POINT COME JANUARY, AS CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES AND EVEN MORE PARKING IS LOST FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

THE CONCERN IS HOW MANY OF THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE THERE ARE GOING TO BE THERE TO SEE THE FRUITS WHEN EVERYTHING IS DONE.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ALSO OTHER GROUPS AND TRYING TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THE PLAZA OPENS, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'VE GOT THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP BRING PEOPLE DOWN.

BUT THE CHALLENGE IS NOW.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WOULD BE REALLY HARD FOR PEOPLE THAT I KNOW THAT HAVE BUSINESSES IS TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THEY PUT IN HARD WORK FOR YEARS.

THE RAIL DISTRICT IS A GREAT INCUBATOR FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING TO TRY THINGS THAT ARE NEW.

YOU KNOW, IT'S THE INDIVIDUAL.

IT'S THE MOM AND POP SHOPS.

IT'S THE OWNER OPERATORS THAT YOU SEE DOWN THERE.

YOU KNOW, YOU YOU RUN ON THIN MARGINS.

YOU DO THINGS TO PULL IN PEOPLE.

YOU TRY TO EMBODY THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU'RE LIVING IN.

AND THE THING IS, IS WE DO THESE GREAT THINGS.

THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE AROUND AT THE END OF THE PROJECT.

YOU KNOW, THEY DID A LOT OF HEAVY LIFTING.

YOU KNOW, THE RAIL DISTRICT IS WHAT IT IS TODAY BECAUSE OF THEM.

BUT YOU ALSO WANT THEM TO HELP, YOU KNOW, HELP IT BECOME WHAT IT CAN BE.

YOU KNOW, THOSE QUIRKY PLACES THAT YOU GO TO.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT MAKE THE RAIL DISTRICT UNIQUE.

SO I DO APPLAUD EVERYBODY FOR HOW MUCH EFFORT AND FOCUS.

AND I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKING TO TRY TO GET CREATIVE.

THE THING I WOULD HATE TO SEE IS WE GET THIS GREAT PLAZA.

WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL MAIN STREET, WE'VE GOT THIS WONDERFUL PARKING GARAGE, AND WE TURN AROUND AND WE SEE A BUNCH OF EMPTY BUILDINGS, OR WE SEE BUILDINGS THAT ARE NOW BUSINESSES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE RAIL DISTRICT.

THEY'RE COMING IN BECAUSE IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE THE BUSINESS THAT WAS THERE FOR FIVE YEARS, TEN YEARS OR MORE HAD TO LEAVE.

SO WHAT I DON'T WANT TO FEEL IS REGRET THAT WE DIDN'T LOOK AND GET A LITTLE CREATIVE TO SEE WHAT LEVERS COULD WE POTENTIALLY PULL? YOU KNOW, AS A BUSINESS OWNER, YOU'RE USUALLY VERY PROUD ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

I THINK THIS IS A TIME WHERE PEOPLE NEED TO ASK AND SAY, HEY, LOOK, YOU KNOW, THERE IS HELP THAT'S NEEDED THERE.

AGAIN, IT'S A COLLABORATION, SO IT'S A GIVE AND TAKE.

IT'S A WORK WORKING WITH EVERYBODY.

BUT I THINK THAT CREATIVE SIDE OF THINGS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE AND TAKE A LOOK AT.

SO I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S TIME AND EFFORT AND THE FOCUS THAT'S BEING PUT DOWN THERE.

BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE'S MORE THAT WE COULD PROBABLY BE DOING TO TRY TO HELP OUT THE INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS OWNERS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ROB ALTMAN.

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MAYOR, COUNCIL STAFF, CITIZENS.

MY NAME IS ROB ALTMAN.

I LIVE AT 3472 DELFORD DRIVE, FRISCO.

75033. I AM A LIFE LEGACY MEMBER OF THE VFW, A LIFE MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION, AND I AM YOUR NEW FRISCO VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHAIR.

THANK YOU FOR THAT HONOR TO SERVE OUR CITY AND VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THIS CAPACITY AGAIN.

I ALSO DO WANT TO ECHO COUNCILMAN KEATING'S REMARKS AND THANK MICHAEL SHASTEEN FOR HIS SERVICE TO OUR CITY.

IN FRISCO, ACROSS MANY DIFFERENT CONFLICTS THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN, FRISCO IS HOME TO A DIVERSE GROUP OF VETERANS.

WE HAVE VETERANS WHO HAVE SERVED IN WORLD WAR TWO KOREA, VIETNAM, IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN AND OTHERS.

FRISCO IS ALSO HOME TO MANY VETERANS THAT EARNED VALOR AWARDS.

THOSE INCLUDE PURPLE HEARTS AND, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, OUR NEIGHBOR FLO GROBERG, WHO IS THE RECIPIENT OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR.

RECENTLY, A COUPLE OF OUR CITIZENS AND A TWO VETERANS AND A CITIZEN AND OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER E.A.

HOPPE WERE ABLE TO GO TO THE ARMY SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION'S LUNCHEON AND HEAR FROM FLO GROBERG AND HIS DISCUSSION.

COUNCILWOMAN PELHAM ON UNITY WAS FASCINATING, ENLIGHTENING, AND HEARTENING.

FRISCO IS LOOKING TO SET THE NATIONAL STANDARD IN WHAT IT MEANS TO BE VETERAN READY. VETERANS AND FAMILY MEMBERS OF VETERANS KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO SERVE OTHERS.

ACROSS ITS HISTORY, YOU CAN FIND THIS CURRENT IN FRISCO, WHERE SERVICE IS ABOVE SELF.

TODAY, YOU CAN FIND SEVERAL WAYS TO SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S HELPING THE BUSINESSES ON MAIN STREET OR HELPING THOSE WHO ARE CONCERNED WITH THE HOMELESS AND HUNGRY. THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN SERVE ACCORDING TO OUR PASSIONS.

FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, FRISCO HAS HONORED A DISTINGUISHED VETERAN.

ON AVERAGE, A MAYOR'S VETERAN SOCIAL WILL BE HELD THREE TIMES A YEAR.

THE CURRENT EFFORTS INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PURPLE HEART MONUMENT, AND I MIGHT ADD THAT WE LOVE SHANNON AND EDDIE CAMACHO AND FRISCO PARKS AND REC BECAUSE THEY ARE ALWAYS THERE TO HELP US ALONG THE WAY.

WE HAVE IN JUST THREE MONTHS, RAISED $35,000 OF OUR $50,000 GOAL.

OVER THE NEXT WEEK, MANY VETERANS WILL ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND TALK TO STUDENTS AND PUPILS ABOUT THEIR SERVICE AND THE IMPACT IT HAD ON THEM SERVING OUR NATION, AND HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

FRISCO ISD'S NAVAL CADET PROGRAM IS GROWING AND EXCELLING.

THE WORLD WAR ONE MOBILE MUSEUM IS RETURNING TO FRISCO AND COLLIN COLLEGE.

SO THANK YOU CITIZENS.

THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU STAFF, FOR ALL THAT YOU DO TO SUPPORT OUR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND OUR OTHER SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS.

STAND READY TO HELP SUPPORT YOU.

WHETHER IT'S A PARADE, WHETHER IT IS HELPING TO PROMOTE THE AWARENESS OF OUR BUSINESS DOWNTOWN, OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT CAN BRING OUR CITY TOGETHER AND CAUSE POSITIVE, PATRIOTIC, PATRIOTIC ACTION AMONGST OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU ROB.

AND LASTLY, MR. LEE.

GOOD EVENING.

MY SUBJECT THIS TIME, DEATH AND JUDGMENT.

EVEN THOUGH IN DEATH, I HOPE ALL OF YOU HAVE HOPE THROUGH DEATH.

AND JUDGMENT IS VERY SOLEMN BUT I HOPE EVERYBODY WILL HAVE SOME LIGHT IN CHRIST.

HEBREWS CHAPTER 9:27, IT IS APPOINTED WITH MAN ONCE TO DIE, BUT AFTER THIS THE JUDGMENT.

VERY SHORT, VERY CONDENSED SUBJECT.

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WE ARE ALL FACED TO DEATH, BUT IN CHRIST YOU CAN HAVE HOPE AND IN JUDGMENT VERY SOLEMN, BUT YOU CAN HAVE LIGHT THROUGH JUDGMENT.

IT IS A SOLEMN THING TO DIE, BUT FAR MORE SOLEMN, SOLEMN THING TO LIVE. FOR EVERY THOUGHT AND EVERY WORD AND EVERY DEED OF OUR LIVES WILL MEET US AGAIN.

ROMANS CHAPTER 14:10 SAYS, WHY DOST THOU JUDGE THY BROTHER? OR WHY DOES DOEST THOU? [INAUDIBLE] NOT MY BROTHER.

SAID THAT NOT MEANS.

WHY DESPISE YOUR BROTHER? WHY DEFY YOUR BROTHER? FOR WE SHALL ALL STAND BEFORE THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST.

SECOND CORINTHIANS 5:10 BIBLE SAYS, FOR WE ALL WE MUST APPEAR BEFORE BEFORE THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST, THAT EVERYONE MAY RECEIVE THE THINGS DONE IN HIS BODY ACCORDING TO WHAT HE HAS DONE, WHETHER IT BE GOOD OR BAD.

AND THE BELIEVERS AND UNBELIEVERS TODAY MEET THE SAME DEATH AT THE END OF THE DAY.

THEY MEET THE JUDGMENT, BUT ACCORDING ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF CHRIST JESUS, YOU CAN FIND SOME DIFFERENT.

I WILL READ THE TWO VERSES IN NEW TESTAMENT.

JOHN CHAPTER 5:24 AND 25.

I PRAY AND I'M PRAYING FOR.

ALL OF YOU AND THE PRESENCE OF HOLY SPIRIT HELPING YOU CAN FIND SOME KIND OF HOPE. HE DID.

AND THAT IS 24.

[INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. LEE. YEAH.

THANK YOU. BUT PLEASE GIVE ME TWO, TWO MORE.

I WILL READ IT. YOU CAN.

YOU CAN BRING IT BACK NEXT TIME.

THANK YOU. WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

GOOD TO SEE YOU, MR. LEE.

OKAY. THAT WILL MOVE US TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEM 38 IS CONSIDER AND ACT UPON RATIFICATION OF THE CITY MANAGER'S EXECUTION OF A LETTER OF INTENT WITH BROADWAY ACROSS

[Consider and act upon ratification of the City Manager's execution of a Letter of Intent with Broadway Across America/Broadway Dallas related to the proposed Frisco Center for the Arts. (CMO/DF)]

AMERICA. BROADWAY, DALLAS RELATED TO THE PROPOSED FRISCO CENTER FOR THE ARTS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

YOU DO HAVE A RATIFICATION ITEM REGARDING A LETTER OF INTENT WITH BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA AND BROADWAY DALLAS ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT.

AGAIN, A VERY EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT.

AS YOU RECALL, WE CAME TO THE COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER.

YOU AUTHORIZED MOVING TO PHASE TWO OF THE PROJECT, WHICH AGAIN, IS A CONTINUED FURTHER EXPLORATION OF BRINGING A CENTER FOR THE ARTS TO THE CITY OF FRISCO.

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WE DO HAVE MANY, AS WE OUTLINED THEN, MANY DEPENDENCIES.

STILL, AS WE EXPLORE THROUGH THAT PROJECT.

IT IS NOT A DONE DEAL.

THERE ARE MANY FACTORS THAT STILL HAVE TO BE EXPLORED ULTIMATELY BEFORE COUNCIL MAKES A DECISION TO PUT THAT FORWARD FOR A COMMUNITY VOTE AT A LATER DATE.

SO WITH THAT, WE'VE GOT A VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION FROM THEATRE PROJECTS, JUST TO UPDATE YOU ON A LOT OF PROGRESS THAT'S MADE IN THE LAST SIX WEEKS.

SO, GENA, IF YOU WOULD COME UP.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, GENA BUHLER FROM THEATRE PROJECTS.

WE'RE GOING TO JUST GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF UPDATES HERE AS E.A.

WAS SPEAKING TO YOU ABOUT THE DEPENDENCIES AND THEN KIND OF GET TO SOME QUICK QUESTIONS.

SO THIS IS A SLIDE THAT YOU ARE BECOMING VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO SORT OF USE THROUGHOUT THIS PHASE TWO PLANNING THAT REALLY TALKS ABOUT ALL THE DEPENDENCIES THAT NEED TO COME TOGETHER TO GET YOU INTO SOME OF THESE FUTURE DECISION MAKING ELEMENTS.

SO FUNDRAISING BEING A BIG ONE, CAN WE FIND METHODS AND MEANS IN ORDER TO HIT THE FUNDRAISING TARGETS? CAN THE COMMUNITY THEN COME THROUGH AND GIVE THE VOTING AUTHORIZATION? CAN WE DESIGN A CONCEPT LEVEL DESIGN THAT HITS THE BUDGET? CAN WE BRING IN CRITICAL PARTNERSHIPS THAT WILL ALSO MATERIALIZE IN A CAPITAL RAISE? AND CAN THERE BE AN EXCELLENT AND PROVEN OPERATOR THAT'S GOING TO COME TO THE TABLE HERE? ALL OF THESE DEPENDENCIES ARE FOCUSED ON A TIMELINE LEADING TO JANUARY 2025.

SO THAT'S COMING VERY QUICKLY.

AND SO OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE WE CAN KEEP SOME OF THESE PIECES MOVING.

SO HERE'S OUR UPDATE.

VERIFICATION WORK IS UNDERWAY.

MAJOR GIFTS AND CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP EXPLORATION IS REALLY IN PROCESS NOW AND WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU WITH MORE UPDATES IN TERMS OF WHAT THE DOLLARS ARE AND WHERE THE DOLLARS ARE ABLE TO COME FROM.

IN VERY EXCITING NEWS THAT YOU HAVE ALL SEEN PROSPER ISD AND BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA IN BROADWAY DALLAS PARTNERSHIPS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED AND IS IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING.

WE ARE IN PROCESS FOR THE CONCEPT DESIGN TEAM SELECTION, SO THIS IS MAKING SURE WE CAN FIND A DESIGN ARCHITECT THAT CAN HELP TO DESIGN THE CONCEPT LEVEL OUT TO HIT THAT BUDGET. SO THAT'S SORT OF THE FIRST STEP THERE.

THAT'S AN OPEN PROCUREMENT CURRENTLY.

SAME THING FOR THE OPERATOR.

WE HAVE THE RFP THAT IS OUT FOR THE OPERATOR TRYING TO HIT HOW THAT CAN HIT THE FRISCO MODEL AND GET THOSE PRESENTATIONS BACK TO US IN A FEW WEEKS.

THAT WOULD INCLUDE A CAPITAL RAISE AS A PIECE OF THAT.

AND ON THE COMMUNITY SIDE, WE HAVE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS ISSUED SOME IMPORTANT COMMUNITY UPDATES.

THERE IS A PROJECT FAQ THAT IS NOW ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE THAT HELPS THE COMMUNITY TO SORT OF WALK THROUGH AND ANSWER SOME OF THE KEY QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD BEEN HEARING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

THE WEBSITE HAS BEEN UPDATED, AND WE'VE GOT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, SCHEDULING AND PROCESS, WHICH IS GOING TO INCLUDE A VIRTUAL SORT OF OPEN HOUSE TOWN HALL SO THAT FOLKS CAN HAVE THAT ACCESSIBLE AND ABILITY TO JOIN THAT.

AND THEN WE'LL ALSO DO SOME IN-PERSON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT'S LEADING THROUGH AS WELL.

SO A LOT OF BIG KEY THINGS HERE, I THINK, AS E.A STARTED THE BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA AND BROADWAY DALLAS AGREEMENT AND THAT [INAUDIBLE] WITH THEIR INTENT TO MOVE FORWARD SHOULD THIS BE APPROVED BY VOTERS, IS GETTING SOME NATIONAL AND REGIONAL RECOGNITION AND ATTENTION.

AND THEN THE PROSPER DISCUSSIONS HAVE CONTINUED HERE AS WELL.

SO WITH THAT SAID, THIS SORT OF JUST LAYERS IN WITH A BIT MORE DETAIL THAN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THIS BIG DECISION MILESTONE AT THE END OF JANUARY.

SO WE'RE OVERLAPPING A COUPLE OF PIECES HERE AS I TOUCHED ON THE OPERATOR SELECTION, THE FUNDRAISING CYCLE, THE CONCEPT DESIGN, AND ALSO NOW LOOKING AT POTENTIAL SITES AND DOING THAT ANALYSIS SO THAT A SITE IS AVAILABLE TO BE DESIGNED ON ONCE WE GET INTO JANUARY.

WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU IN CERTAIN CYCLES FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF JANUARY, SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE EDUCATIONAL PIECES AND STEPS ALONG THE WAY.

AND WE'LL ALSO BE UPDATING THE COMMUNITY ALONG THE WAY HERE AS WELL.

ONCE WE HIT THAT DECISION MILESTONE, THAT SORT OF CONTINUES FORWARD IN THE SCHEDULE THAT YOU'VE ALL SEEN, TRYING TO TARGET A DECISION MILESTONE IN THE SPRING AND GETTING INTO MORE PIECES THERE. SO NONE OF THAT REALLY HAS CHANGED SINCE WE LAST TOUCHED BASE.

WE JUST HAVE A LOT OF REALLY GOOD MOVEMENT IN THESE FIRST FEW DEPENDENCIES.

SO WITH THAT I WILL OPEN IT TO QUESTIONS.

OKAY. WELL THANK THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE LAST SLIDE, I WAS SITTING HERE THINKING, ONE THING THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IS THIS TIMELINE GOING BACK TO THE VERY BEGINNING FROM WHEN WE STARTED, BECAUSE NOW THAT WE'RE STARTING TO HAVE MORE PUBLIC CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE, I DON'T THINK THE PUBLIC TRULY GRASPS HOW MUCH WORK HAS GONE INTO DATE FROM, YOU KNOW, PLANNING FROM SITE VISITS TO NEEDS ANALYSIS.

I MEAN, THIS IS YEARS WORTH OF WORK TO GET TO THESE DECISION MILESTONES THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE.

SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT FOR FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO TO SEE THAT.

MAYOR, CAN I INTERRUPT? I APOLOGIZE TO THAT.

HOW WHEN YOU SAY TO THE BEGINNING, CAN YOU GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT LIKE OF THIS LATEST PROCESS OR OF HOW FAR BACK? I WOULD SAY SINCE WE'VE ENGAGED, YOU KNOW, IN AND REALLY IN EARNEST.

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YEAH. WE DON'T HAVE TO TELL THE THE WHOLE STORY IN FRISCO.

WE LIKE TO FORGET PART OF THAT.

THANK YOU MAYOR. BUT I THINK JUST WHEN WE'VE ENGAGED THEM TO REALLY KIND OF IN EARNEST, KIND OF, YOU KNOW, MOVE THROUGH THIS.

I MEAN, THIS IS CERTAINLY A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE.

I MEAN, I'VE SPOKEN TO MANY PEOPLE THAT FRISCO HAS ACCOMPLISHED, REALLY INCREDIBLE PROJECTS, PROJECTS THAT VERY FEW CITIES CAN PULL OFF IN THE PAST.

AND I'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT THIS PROJECT, IF WE'RE ABLE TO PULL IT OFF, WILL BE THE HARDEST ONE THAT WE'VE EVER DONE WITHOUT QUESTION.

AND FRISCO IS THE KIND OF CITY THAT, BECAUSE IT'S THE HARDEST THING THAT WE'VE EVER TRIED TO DO, THAT IT MAKES US WANT TO DO IT THAT MUCH MORE.

AND SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR HELP AND LEADERSHIP WITH GETTING US TO THIS POINT.

BUT TO THAT, THERE STILL IS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE.

I'M REALLY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THE INTENTIONS OF PARTNERING WITH PROSPER ISD.

THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN AN INCREDIBLE PARTNER.

THEY HAVE A HUGE VISION FOR WHAT PERFORMING ARTS CAN DO FOR THEIR STUDENTS.

AND WE HAVE A LARGE PART OF OUR CITY THAT ATTENDS PROSPER ISD.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE WE'VE PROVEN THIS MODEL WORKS WITH OUR INCREDIBLE PARTNERSHIP WITH FRISCO ISD AND HOW WE'VE HELPED BUILD STADIUMS WITH THEM.

BUT TRULY, WHEN WE BUILD AN ASSET LIKE THIS, IT IS A REGIONAL ASSET WHERE ALL DISTRICTS WIN, JUST LIKE OTHER DISTRICTS USE THE STAR.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY, CERTAINLY FOR PROSPER ISD STUDENTS, BUT FRISCO ISD STUDENTS IN DIFFERENT WAYS AS WELL.

JUST BEING A COMMUNITY ASSET, IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET THAT TO THE FINISH LINE.

AND THEN COUNCIL HAS ALWAYS SAID WITH THIS PROJECT IS WE DON'T WANT TO BE AN OPERATOR OF A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

A CENTER FOR THE ARTS I'VE GOT TO GET USED TO SAYING THAT.

AND AND HAVING A PARTNERSHIP WITH SOMEONE LIKE BROADWAY DALLAS IS AN INCREDIBLE PIECE TO THAT TOOL.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THIS VISION COME TO LIFE AND I'M EXCITED IN 2025, TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO PUSH THIS TOWARDS OUR END GOAL.

AND SO WITH THAT COUNCIL, TAMMY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? ABSOLUTELY. I KNOW YOU DO.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHEN YOU HAVE BIG VISION, YOU DO ATTRACT BIG PLAYERS AND BIG IDEAS THAT WANT TO BE PART OF IT.

SO DEFINITELY EXCITING FOR PROSPER ISD.

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THAT IS THE STORY THAT EVERY FRISCO STUDENT IS GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO SOME FORM OF ART CENTER, FISD WILL HAVE THEIRS, AND THEN PROSPER STUDENTS, PROSPER ISD, FRISCO RESIDENTS WILL ALSO HAVE THAT.

SO WE'RE REALLY COVERING ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.

BUT I WANTED YOU TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BROADWAY DALLAS, BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA.

WHAT ARE THE TWO DIFFERENCES, AND THEN HOW ARE THEY INVOLVED IN THIS? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SO THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP COMING TOGETHER.

SO BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA IS YOUR NATIONAL BROADWAY PARTNER.

THEY ARE INVESTING IN SHOWS.

THEY ARE MAKING SURE THAT THESE TOURS GO ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AMERICA IN A VERY BIG WAY.

WHAT IS ALWAYS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THEM IS THAT THEY HAVE A REGIONAL PARTNER AS WELL.

SO THEY'RE INVOLVED IN A LOT OF MARKETS IN TEXAS SPECIFICALLY.

AND WHEN THEY WERE STARTING TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS, THEY SAID, WE REALLY NEED A LOCAL AND REGIONAL PARTNER.

AND THAT PARTNER WOULD BE BROADWAY DALLAS.

SO BROADWAY DALLAS, WHO HAS BEEN IN THE MARKET AS ORIGINALLY DALLAS SUMMER MUSICALS, HAS BEEN HERE.

THEY KNOW THE REGION. THEY KNOW THE MARKET.

SO THEY'LL BE RESPONSIBLE AS THE REGIONAL PARTNER FOR THE MARKETING, THE PROMOTION, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT THAT WILL INCLUDE COLLABORATION WITH PROSPER ISD IN A WORKFORCE TRAINING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

SO BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA BAA BRINGS NATIONAL WITH BROADWAY DALLAS BRINGING REGIONAL.

AND THE IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS IS AS THEY COME TOGETHER, THEY'RE GOING TO PRESENT BROADWAY FRISCO.

SO YOU'RE NOT JUST GETTING A SORT OF COPY PASTE OF BROADWAY DALLAS COMING UP TO FRISCO, THEY'RE GOING TO CREATE SOMETHING BRAND NEW FOR FRISCO THAT IS TARGETED ON THE FRISCO AUDIENCE AND THE REGIONAL NORTH TEXAS MARKET THAT IS HERE AS BROADWAY FRISCO.

SO THEIR ROLE IS TECHNICALLY AS THE PRESENTING PARTNER, MEANING THAT THEY ARE GOING OUT, FINDING THE TOURS, FINDING THE NATIONAL BROADWAY SHOWS COMING OUT OF NEW YORK.

AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO PRESENT THEM AND PUT THEM ONTO THE STAGE AS A RENTAL CLIENT THERE AS A BROADWAY SUBSCRIPTION.

AND SO, I MEAN, ANOTHER GREAT STORY THAT BROADWAY DALLAS, A SISTER CITY, IS NOT GOING TO BE IN COMPETITION WITH US, BUT ACTUALLY PARTNERING MORE LIKE CO-OPETITION, I GUESS.

WHAT ABOUT WHEN IT SAYS IN THE [INAUDIBLE] FIRST CLASS BROADWAY SHOWS, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO FIRST CLASS BROADWAY SHOWS MEANS THE HIGHEST QUALITY BROADWAY SHOWS THAT ARE COMING DIRECTLY OUT OF NEW YORK.

SOMETIMES THEY'RE ACTUALLY THE FIRST CLASS SHOWS THAT ARE COMING TO THE ROAD BEFORE THEY'RE GOING TO NEW YORK CITY.

SO AS YOU'RE SEEING THE IN AND OUT COMING DIRECTLY FROM BROADWAY, THAT IS THE LEVEL OF FIRST CLASS BROADWAY TOURING, SO VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE IN DALLAS ALREADY WITH

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BROADWAY DALLAS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WEEKS OF SHOWS LIKE HAMILTON, AS WELL AS NEW AND UPCOMING SHOWS THAT THEY HAVE AS WELL.

SO WE'RE NOT GETTING THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL STUFF.

WE'RE GETTING. YOU'RE GETTING THE HOTTEST TICKETS, TOP OF THE BARREL, TOP OF THE TABLE, AND THEN ALSO KIND OF SHARE HOW BIG OF A DEAL IT IS TO HAVE BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA EVEN INTERESTED IN FRISCO IN THIS PROJECT, THIS PARTICULAR CENTER OF THE ARTS COULD IT BE THE LAST ONE? SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT. IT'S REALLY INTERESTING FOR THE WORK THAT THEATRE PROJECTS DOES ACROSS NORTH AMERICA, THERE ARE A LOT OF BUILDINGS THAT ARE BEING RENOVATED RIGHT NOW WHEN IT COMES TO THE NATIONAL BROADWAY TOURING HOUSES OR THE ROAD HOUSES.

BUT WE'RE NOT SEEING IS A LOT OF NEW BROADWAY MARKETS.

SO THE BIG THING FOR BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA BEING INTERESTED IN THIS IS THAT THIS COULD BE ONE OF THE LAST NEW BROADWAY MARKETS OF THIS LEVEL THAT CAN BE INTRODUCED INTO NORTH AMERICA FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO COME.

AS COMMUNITIES GROW AND CHANGE IN 50 YEARS, THERE WILL PROBABLY BE SOMETHING ELSE.

BUT FRISCO IS GOING TO STAND ALONE FOR A LONG TIME AS POTENTIALLY BEING ONE OF THE LAST NEW BROADWAY MARKETS.

SO BROADWAY FRISCO IS A BIG PIECE OF THAT THERE.

BECAUSE BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA IS SORT OF THE THE INDUSTRY STANDARD THAT GOES OUT FOR ROAD TOURING TO HAVE THEIR INTEREST AND THEN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO SAY, AND WE WANT TO BRING BROADWAY DALLAS TO THE TABLE.

THERE'S A LOT OF NATIONAL ATTENTION RIGHT NOW THROUGHOUT THE INDUSTRY IN FOLKS SAYING, WOW, FRISCO IS DOING SOMETHING BIG AND THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING.

SO YOU SORT OF GET A COMBINATION OF ALL OF THAT BY BRINGING THAT COMBINATION OF FOLKS INTO FRISCO.

ESSENTIALLY, IT'S THE ANALOGY WOULD BE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE LIKE TRYING TO BUILD THE STAR WITHOUT THE DALLAS COWBOYS.

CORRECT. YOU KNOW, NOW WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE ENTITY THAT CAN DO THIS.

SO THE SITUATION IS IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME.

THEY'RE DEFINITELY EXCITED. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M VERY THRILLED ABOUT THE [INAUDIBLE] YOU KNOW, I GREW UP IN CHICAGO AND WHEN WE WERE KIDS, WE WOULD ALWAYS HAVE THIS CULTURAL EXPERIENCE.

BASICALLY, IT WAS ALL FREE FOR THE YOUNG ONES.

AND YOU COULD GO TO A CUBS GAME, AND THEN YOU GO TO THE FIELD MUSEUM, THE SHEDD AQUARIUM, YOU LISTEN TO THE CHICAGO SYMPHONY.

AND THIS WAS ALL PART OF YOUR EXPERIENCE OF CHICAGO AND NOW WE'RE HERE IN FRISCO.

AND YOU DO HAVE THESE EXPERIENCES IN FRISCO THAT ARE ICONIC.

YOU HAVE THE STAR, YOU'VE GOT PGA.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A GAME WITH FC DALLAS GO TO THE RIDERS STADIUM.

AND NOW WE'LL BE ABLE TO OFFER SOMETHING AT THAT CALIBER FOR THE ARTS.

SO I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON THIS JOURNEY.

I KNOW THERE'S A LOT MORE QUESTIONS, ESPECIALLY THE WHERE AND THE HOW.

I THINK WE HEARD THE HOW MUCH, BUT BUT THE HOW IS A BIG DEAL.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO PUT IT OUT THERE FOR ALL THE PARTNERS AND EVEN THE BROADWAY STARS THAT MIGHT BE EXCITED ABOUT GETTING IN ON A HOUSE THAT THEY COULD PERFORM IN THAT WILL ULTIMATELY HELP THE COMMUNITY.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE REALIZES WE'RE NOT JUST FOCUSED ON BROADWAY FOR BROADWAY'S SAKE.

IT IS BECAUSE IT IS PART OF THE BUSINESS MODEL TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY HAVE THE COMMUNITY SPACE.

COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? GENA, CAN YOU JUST SPEAK TO THE THE PROCESS OF SELECTING THE OPERATOR AT THIS POINT? I KNOW WE STARTED THAT PROCESS.

CAN YOU JUST GIVE US A HEADS UP ON HOW THAT'S GOING? ARE WE HEARING FROM SOME GREAT POTENTIAL AND THEN JUST KIND OF TALK TO THE CRITERIA THAT YOU'RE USING FOR THAT SELECTION PROCESS? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE IT'S OPEN PROCUREMENT, THERE'S SOME DETAILS THAT I HAVE AND SOME DETAILS I DON'T HAVE WITH ME RIGHT NOW.

BUT WE DO HAVE AN RFP THAT HAS BEEN ISSUED, HAS BEEN SENT OUT AND SHARED WITH SOME NATIONAL AND REGIONAL OPERATORS THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY BE INTERESTED.

AND WE ARE SORT OF IN THAT INITIAL OPENING PROCESS WITH THE PROCUREMENT.

SO HAVE WE HAD SOME HAVE WE HAD SOME PRETTY DECENT ACTIVITY AT THIS POINT? HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN OUT THERE? OPENED ON THE 27TH.

SO A WEEK AND A HALF, TWO WEEKS.

OKAY. YEP. AND THEY'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE WEEKS ON THAT.

AND THEN THERE ARE SORT OF THE INITIAL PIECES THAT ARE IN THAT SORT OF PUBLISHED RFP THAT INCLUDE ON THURSDAY, WE'LL HAVE A PRE-BID MEETING, AND THAT PRE-BID MEETING IS WHERE FOLKS ARE GOING TO CALL IN AND SORT OF ASK A LOT OF THEIR QUESTIONS.

AND THAT'S USUALLY A REALLY GOOD TELLING TIME TO BE ABLE TO SAY WHO IS POTENTIALLY INTERESTED RIGHT NOW AND WHO'S SHOWING UP FOR THAT CALL.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST SORT OF IN THE IT'S OPEN AND OUT THERE, AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHO SHOWS UP ON THURSDAY.

GENA, I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION.

THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A VERY LARGE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE'RE STILL TRYING TO RAISE.

BEFORE WE COULD ACTUALLY GREEN LIGHT THIS.

BUT WE'RE HEARING A LOT FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY WANT TO KNOW.

CAN THEY GET INVOLVED? WHAT IS IT? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS? HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GET INVOLVED WITH THIS? ARE THEY CONTACTING YOU? LIKE, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS? I THINK RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'VE BEEN TELLING FOLKS IS TO MAKE SURE YOU JOIN THE EMAIL LIST FOR THE PROJECT SO WE CAN KEEP FOLKS UP TO DATE WITH HOW WE'RE PROGRESSING THROUGH THE DEPENDENCIES, AND WHEN THE FUNDRAISING ENTITY WILL BE ABLE TO START RECEIVING MONEY AND FUNDS.

I THINK WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS THAT STILL NEED TO BE ANSWERED BEFORE IT'S GOT THE GREEN LIGHT.

SO WE'VE BEEN SAYING TO FOLKS, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED AND WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS, THERE'S CONTACT INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE WHICH IS THEATREPROJECTS.COM/FRISCOP

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LANNING. AND THAT'S ALSO ACCESSIBLE FROM THE CITY WEBSITE.

YOU CAN GO DIRECTLY TO THAT.

YOU BASICALLY JUST CLICK ON THE FRISCO CENTER FOR THE ARTS BUTTON, JOIN THE EMAIL LIST, AND MY CONTACT INFORMATION IS ALSO THERE.

SO IF FOLKS WANT TO REACH OUT THROUGH THAT PROJECT HOTLINE, THOSE ARE SORT OF THE BEST TWO WAYS TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

JUST AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CONVERSATION, WE HAVE JOKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY AND JUST REFLECTING ON THAT AND HOW FAR WE'VE COME IN THIS CONVERSATION OVER THE LAST MANY YEARS.

I HAVE TO SAY PERSONALLY THAT WE WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY IF IT WAS NOT FOR THE WORK OF TAMMY MEINERSHAGEN AND HER VISION AND ELEVATING FRISCO ARTS TO THE POSITION IT IS TODAY.

I THINK YOUR RECORD WAS 700% GROWTH IN ONE YEAR.

YOU TOOK ON THE THE ALLOTMENTS WE DID FOR THE DIFFERENT ARTS PROGRAMS IN THE CITY, KIND OF REFOCUSED THAT EFFORT, REINVIGORATED IT.

THAT CONTINUES TO THIS DAY.

YOU'VE HANDED THAT BATON OFF THAT LEADERSHIP BATON SUCCESSFULLY.

THAT ENTERPRISE CONTINUES TO THRIVE.

AND YOU ARE NOW SITTING UP HERE ON CITY COUNCIL CASTING THESE VOTES, HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS, ASKING THESE QUESTIONS, AND CONTINUING TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP FOR A QUALITY BROADWAY FACILITY IN THE CITY OF FRISCO.

AND YOU HAVE CHECKED ALL THE BOXES YOU'VE BROUGHT.

YOU'VE BROUGHT A PARTNER.

IT IS HERE IN FRISCO.

IT IS FOR OUR STUDENTS.

IT IS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

IT IS FOR OUR AUDIENCES.

IT IS FOR OUR PERFORMERS.

IT IS FOR THIS REGION.

AND I CANNOT SPEAK TO THIS HIGHLY ENOUGH.

I HAVE SEEN THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE.

I HAVE HEARD YOU SPEAK THIS INTO EXISTENCE, AS THE SAYING GOES, HERE IN FRISCO AND ON THIS COUNCIL, AND I APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS FOR IT.

AND AGAIN, I WOULD EMPHASIZE THAT WE WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY IF NOT FOR TAMMY MEINERSHAGEN.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

THANK YOU.

I'M ACTUALLY KIND OF I'M ACTUALLY VERY EXCITED TO SEE US WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.

WHEN I WAS FIRST ELECTED TO COUNCIL BACK IN 2016, I WAS ASKED TO GET ON A COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE TASK FORCE TO WORK ON A SIMILAR PROJECT.

AT THE TIME, WE ALL HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS, A LOT OF RESERVATIONS.

AND NOW YOU FAST FORWARD ALMOST A DECADE LATER, THINGS ARE SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT NOW THAN WHAT THEY WERE TEN YEARS AGO, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS WE'VE GOT BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA AND BROADWAY DALLAS THAT ARE STANDING UP NEXT TO US SAYING, THIS IS VIABLE, WE CAN DO THIS IN FRISCO.

AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT TEN YEARS AGO.

THAT'S A HUGE, HUGE CHASM THAT WE HAVE CROSSED IN THAT AMOUNT OF TIME.

SO IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING IT GET ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE MAY DECISION POINT.

ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD.

TAMMY, I'LL GIVE YOU THE HONORS.

OKAY. MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 38.

MOTION BY TAMMY. SECOND.

SECOND BY BILL. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THAT PASSES SIX ZERO.

THAT'LL MOVE US TO ITEM 39 CONSIDER AND ACT UPON AWARD OF A COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSAL NUMBER 2406-111 TO MILLIS DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION, DALLAS,

[Consider and act upon award of Competitive Sealed Proposal #2406-111 to Millis Development and Construction- Dallas, LLC authorizing the City Manager to execute a Standard Construction Contract for Northwest Community Park and authorizing construction phase contingencies. (Engineering/RS)]

LLC, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A STANDARD CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR NORTHWEST COMMUNITY PARK AND AUTHORIZING CONSTRUCTION PHASE CONTINGENCIES.

GOOD EVENING. HAPPY TO BE HERE TO ANNOUNCE ANOTHER BIG PROJECT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

NORTHWEST COMMUNITY PARK CONSTRUCTION AWARD.

AS A REMINDER, THE 117 ACRE COMMUNITY PARK, WHILE THE MAJORITY OF THE LAND IS FOCUSED TOWARDS BIKING, IT IS INCLUSIVE OF ALL BIKERS, FROM THE VERY YOUNGEST TO THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED BIKERS.

BUT WE REALLY BELIEVE IT'S A PARK FOR EVERYONE.

IT INCLUDES A SPLASH PAD, AS YOU CAN SEE ON HERE, THREE PLAYGROUNDS, EVENT LAWNS, AN ALL WEATHER WALKING LOOP.

SO THE MAYOR CAN HAVE HIS FIVE KIDS OUT AT THE COMMUNITY PARK, DOG PARK.

SO THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE AT THIS PARK.

ALTHOUGH IT IS FOCUSED ON BIKING AND THE TRAILS THAT HAVE BEEN OUT THERE.

SPEAKING OF THE TRAILS, THIS IS THE TRAIL SYSTEM THAT IS PROPOSED AS PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AND IS THE ONE WE BROUGHT TO YOU IN APRIL FOR US TO DISCUSS AND AGREE ON. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TRAILS? I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.

FINALLY, BUDGET.

NO GOOD PROJECT GOES WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT BUDGET.