[00:00:01] WELCOME TO THE MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL. WE ARE AT FRISCO CITY HALL IN THE GEORGE PUREFOY MUNICIPAL CENTER AND COUNCIL CHAMBERS, [CALL TO ORDER] 6101 FRISCO SQUARE BOULEVARD IN FRISCO, TEXAS. IT IS 5:16 P.M. ON TUESDAY, MARCH 18TH, 2025. I WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. WE'RE JOINED BY THE ENTIRE COUNCIL THIS EVENING TO MOVE US INTO CLOSED SESSION. ITEM TWO, RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION [CLOSED SESSION] 551.001 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE ITEM A, SECTION 551.071 MEETING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE CITY ATTORNEY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS, CONFLICTS WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT REGARDING ONE. RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING REGULATING VAPE SHOPS. ITEM B, SECTION 551.072 TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED ONE NORTH OF PANTHER CREEK, WEST OF DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY, EAST OF LEGACY AND SOUTH OF 380. TWO, NORTH OF SAM RAYBURN, WEST OF DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY, EAST OF LEGACY AND SOUTH OF STONEBROOK. ITEM C, SECTION 551.087, DELIBERATION REGARDING COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE CITY HAS RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT, OR TO DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF A FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVE TO A BUSINESS PROSPECT. COUNCIL, CAN I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION BY BILL. SECOND BY TAMMY. ALL IN FAVOR? PASSES SIX ZERO. RECESS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 5:17. OKAY. COUNCIL, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO RECONVENE? MOTION BY BILL. SECOND. SECOND BY TAMMY. ALL IN FAVOR? PASSES SIX ZERO. RECONVENE IN REGULAR SESSION AT 7:26 P.M.. AS A RESULT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION, THERE IS NO ACTION FOR COUNCIL TO TAKE. AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO TAMMY FOR OUR INVOCATION AND OUR PLEDGE. [INVOCATION (to begin approximately at 6:30 p.m.)] HI, EVERYBODY. AS YOU KNOW, BEFORE EVERY COUNCIL MEETING, WE DO HAVE A ROTATION OF COMMUNITY LEADERS THAT GIVE OUR OPENING INVOCATION. AND IF YOU CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE, YOU MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME. TONIGHT, WE HAVE RABBI MENDY KESSELMAN, ORIGINALLY FROM JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA. HE GRADUATED FROM THE RABBINICAL COLLEGE IN QUEBEC. HE THEN WENT ON TO TEACH AND DIRECT THE STUDENT ACTIVITIES AT THE RABBINICAL COLLEGE OF AUSTRALIA. RABBI KESSELMAN MOVED TO NEW YORK, WHERE HE MET HIS WIFE MUSHKIE, AS WELL AS EARNED HIS RABBINICAL ORDINATION FROM THE UNITED LUBAVITCH YESHIVA. HIS WIFE, MUSHKIE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN PLANO, TEXAS. MENDY AND MUSHKIE MOVED TO FRISCO IN JULY OF 2014. THEY HAVE FOUR CHILDREN. THE CHABAD HAS ALWAYS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF REACHING OUT AND CARING FOR JEWISH COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD. THE CHABAD EMISSARIES, AS THEY ARE FONDLY REFERRED TO, CARRY OUT THE VISION OF THE LUBAVITCHER REBBE TO REACH OUT AND CARE FOR EACH JEW WITH RESPECT AND LOVE. ALONGSIDE THE PHENOMENAL GROWTH OF THE CITY OF FRISCO, THE JEWISH POPULATION HAS GROWN AS WELL. RABBI MENDY AND MUSHKIE KESSELMAN ARE THE CHABAD SHLUCHIM WHO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE JEWISH FAMILIES IN FRISCO TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL, RELEVANT INTELLECTUAL AND SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES FOR ALL AGES. RABBI, THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] AND THERE'S ONE MORE BABY, BY THE WAY. OH OKAY. FIVE CHILDREN. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY. SO JUST LAST WEEK, FRIDAY, JEWISH COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD CELEBRATED THE HOLIDAY OF PURIM. AND IN BRIEF, THE HOLIDAY OF PURIM HAPPENED IN THE YEAR THREE, FIVE, SEVEN BCE. AND AS TOLD IN THE BOOK OF ESTHER, A BAD MAN BY THE NAME OF HAMAN WANTED TO DESTROY THE JEWISH PEOPLE. AND LITTLE DID HE KNOW THAT THERE WAS A WOMAN BY THE NAME OF ESTHER WHO WAS THE QUEEN AT THE TIME. AND THERE IS A PASSAGE, ONE PARTICULAR SENTENCE IN THE BOOK OF ESTHER, CHAPTER FOUR, SENTENCE 14, WHERE THE JEWISH LEADER AT THE TIME, MORDECAI, SENDS A MESSAGE TO THE QUEEN ESTHER AND TELLS HER YOU HAVE TO GO AND CONVINCE THE KING, PLEAD WITH THE KING TO GET RID OF THIS DECREE THAT HAMAN WANTS TO DESTROY THE JEWISH PEOPLE. AND SHE SENDS BACK A MESSAGE THAT SAYS, I CAN'T GO. IT'S AGAINST THE RULES. AND HE TELLS HER. HE TELLS HER, FOR IF YOU REMAIN SILENT AT THIS TIME, RELIEF AND RESCUE WILL ARISE FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE FROM ELSEWHERE, AND YOU AND YOUR FATHER'S HOUSEHOLD WILL BE WILL PERISH. AND WHO KNOWS, IF NOT FOR THIS MOMENT, HAVE YOU ATTAINED THE KINGDOM? AND I BELIEVE IT'S A VERY POWERFUL MESSAGE THAT IN ALL OF OUR LIVES WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES, IS IT NOT FOR THIS MOMENT THAT I AM PUT IN THIS PLACE? AND ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE ELECTED TO CITY COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP TO VIEW OUR ROLE IN THIS WAY, WHERE SALVATION IS GOING TO COME, GOD'S MISSION, GOD'S PLAN IS GOING TO HAPPEN WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR WHETHER WE DON'T. AND WHAT ROLE CAN I PLAY IN THIS PLAN, IN THIS MISSION, AND EACH ONE OF US, WHETHER WE'RE A CITY LEADER OR NOT, TO ASK OURSELVES EVERY DAY, AM I PLAYING MY ROLE OR AM I, GOD FORBID, GETTING IN THE WAY? SO WITH THAT IN MIND, WE PRAY MASTER OF THE WORLD, PLEASE INSPIRE OUR ELECTED LEADERSHIP WITH WISDOM TO LEAD THE CITY OF FRISCO IN THE RIGHT [00:05:09] DIRECTION. PLEASE INSPIRE THEM WITH COURAGE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT WITH HUMILITY. TO SERVE AS YOUR MESSENGER TO MAKE THIS CITY SAFER, KINDER, AND MORE JUST. PLEASE BLESS THEM AND ALL THE CITY, THE RESIDENTS OF FRISCO AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH GOOD HEALTH, PROSPERITY AND JOY. AND LET US SAY AMEN. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. WE WILL HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY SCOUTING AMERICA TROOP 88, G. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] IF YOU ALL CAN COME UP HERE ON THE STAGE AND THE FLAG IS RIGHT HERE BEHIND US. READY. ALL RIGHT. GREAT JOB. WHY DON'T YOU HANG OUT REAL QUICK. AND APPRECIATE Y'ALL SHOWING UP. I PRESUME IT'S Y'ALL SPRING BREAK WEEK. IS THAT RIGHT? SO Y'ALL ARE OUR ULTIMATE TROOPERS FOR USING YOUR VACATION TIME TO COME BE HERE WITH CITY COUNCIL. BUT WE LOVE TO LET YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELVES. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE WATCHING YOU ONLINE, AND WE'RE LIVE STREAMING AND RECORDING. AND OF COURSE, YOU'VE GOT SOME FANS IN THE AUDIENCE. BUT MAYBE SINCE WE ONLY HAVE A FEW OF YOU HERE TONIGHT AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE LIBERTY, BUT I WANT YOU TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF. NAME WHAT SCHOOL YOU GO TO, WHAT GRADE, AND MAYBE TALK ABOUT WHAT SCOUTING IS MEANT TO YOU. IF YOU'VE GOT A FAVORITE MEMORY OR BADGE THAT YOU'VE CREATED THAT YOU'RE MOST PROUD OF. JUST TRY TO KEEP IT AT LIKE TEN MINUTES OR LESS EACH AND WE SHOULD BE GOOD. OKAY. YOU GUYS READY? ALL RIGHT. HI, I'M CATHERINE. I GO TO CORNDALE ACADEMY, AND MY FAVORITE SCOUTING MEMORY WAS PROBABLY WHEN I WENT TO MY SUMMER CAMP WITH MY BEST FRIEND OLIVIA, AND WE WERE SWIMMING, AND THERE WAS THIS ONE GUY THERE WHO I KIND OF LIKED. AND WE KEPT TRYING TO GO UP, AND WE KEPT TRYING TO GO UP THERE AND TALK TO HIM. BUT I NEVER ACTUALLY TALKED TO HIM BECAUSE I WAS WAY TOO SCARED. AND THEN SO WE KEPT GOING BACK TO HIM EVERY TIME WE WERE THERE. I'M SONJA. I GO TO SPARKS. I'M IN FIFTH GRADE, AND MY FAVORITE MEMORY IS I LIKE THE PINEWOOD DERBIES THAT WE HAVE EVERY YEAR. DID YOU WIN? NO. YOU HAVE THE CUTEST CAR, THOUGH, RIGHT? YEAH. MY NAME IS OLIVIA. I GO TO VAUGHAN AND I'M IN FIFTH GRADE, AND MY FAVORITE SCOUTING MEMORY WOULD HAVE TO BE WHEN I WENT TO CAMP WITH MY BEST FRIEND, CATHERINE. YEAH. HE WAS, LIKE, REALLY, REALLY CUTE. SHE THOUGHT HE WAS CUTE. I DIDN'T I DID NOT. TOTALLY. AND WE HAD SO MUCH FUN AND LIKE, I LOVE DOING CLASSES THERE, LIKE JUST HAVING FUN AND THE FOOD IS OKAY. IT'S DELICIOUS. YOU KNOW IT WAS MID SO YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT LET'S HEAR IT FOR OUR SCOUTS. ALL RIGHT LET'S TURN IT OVER HERE. OH YEAH. OF COURSE. THERE YOU GO. OF COURSE. YES. Y'ALL ARE SO CUTE. WE'RE GOING TO TURN RIGHT HERE TO YOUR PARENTS AND LET THEM GET A PICTURE. AND WE'VE GOT SOME SPECIAL FRISCO PINS FOR Y'ALL BEING WITH US HERE TONIGHT FOR. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. LET'S GIVE ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR SCOUTS. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE ONE PROCLAMATION. IT'S FOR LIGHTS OUT NIGHTS. [Recognition of Lights Out Campaign.] WHO'S GOING TO JOIN ME HERE THIS EVENING? COME ON. [00:10:01] WE HAVE A WHOLE CREW. ALL RIGHT. ALL OF OUR FRIENDS FROM FLIGHT FRISCO. COME ON UP. ARE WE MISSING THAT POSTER BACK THERE? IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE UP HERE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THE PROCLAMATION READS, WHEREAS BIRDS ARE PRESENT IN EVERY ENVIRONMENT, URBAN OR RURAL, WETLAND OR PRAIRIE, AND THEY ARE AN EVER PRESENT REMINDER THAT NATURE IS ALL AROUND US. BIRDS ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE NATURAL ECOSYSTEM THAT WE DEPEND ON, AS WELL AS AN ESSENTIAL POLLINATORS AND SEED DISPERSERS. BIRDS IMPACT OUR WELL-BEING AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY. AND WHEREAS TWICE A YEAR, BILLIONS OF BIRDS EMBARK ON A STRENUOUS MIGRATIONS BETWEEN WINTERING AND BREEDING GROUNDS THAT ARE MANY THOUSANDS OF MILES APART. IN NORTH AMERICA, 70% OF BIRD SPECIES MIGRATE, AND OF THOSE 80% MIGRATE AT NIGHT USING THE NIGHT SKY TO HELP THEM NAVIGATE. AND WHEREAS TEXAS RANKS AMONG THE TOP TEN STATES WITH THE BIGGEST BIRDS, LISTS WERE, MORE THAN 600 SPECIES CAN BE SEEN YEAR ROUND AT SITES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CENTRAL MIGRATION FLYWAY, AND EACH SPRING AND FALL. TEXAS. TEXAS. TEXAS WITNESSES THE MOVEMENT OF NEARLY 2 BILLION MIGRATING BIRDS THROUGH THE STATE. THIS NUMBER REPRESENTS A QUARTER AND A THIRD OF ALL BIRDS MIGRATING THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. AND WHEREAS IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE MASSIVE MIGRATION OF BIRDS THAT OCCURS AT NIGHT, THESE BIRDS MUST CONTEND WITH A RAPIDLY INCREASING BUT STILL UNDER-RECOGNIZED THREAT. LIGHT POLLUTION. LIGHT ATTRACTS AND DISORIENTS THESE MIGRATING BIRDS, MAKING THEM VULNERABLE TO COLLISIONS WITH BUILDINGS AND OTHER URBAN THREATS. MORE THAN 1 BILLION BIRDS DIE IN COLLISIONS WITH BUILDINGS IN THE UNITED STATES ANNUALLY, ACCORDING TO LIGHTS OUT TEXAS. AND WHEREAS LIGHTS OUT TEXAS IS A STATEWIDE INITIATIVE THAT AIMS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THIS ISSUE AND ADVANCE ACTION. IT WAS INITIATED IN 2019 AFTER A MAJOR BIRD COLLISION EVENT KILLED NEARLY 400 BIRDS IN A SINGLE NIGHT IN GALVESTON, AND IS FACILITATED BY A COALITION OF CONSERVATION NONPROFITS, UNIVERSITIES, GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND TEXANS DEDICATED TO THE CONSERVATION OF BIRDS. AND WHEREAS, TURNING OFF NON-ESSENTIAL LIGHTING FROM 11 P.M. TO 6 A.M. DURING THE SPRING ON APRIL 22ND THROUGH MAY 12TH, 2025, AND FALL FROM SEPTEMBER 6TH THROUGH OCTOBER 29TH, 2025 WILL HELP WITH LIGHT POLLUTION, SAVE ENERGY COSTS, AND PROTECT OUR ECOSYSTEM. NOW, THEREFORE, I, JEFF CHENEY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FRISCO, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FRISCO AS A LIGHTS OUT NIGHTS PARTICIPATING CITY. [APPLAUSE] GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. ONE OF YOU ALL WANT TO SPEAK TO? THANK YOU, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, FOR HELPING US TO BRING THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF OUR CITIZENS. AND IS IT A VERY IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR THAT WE'RE UNDERGOING? LET ME INTRODUCE SOME PEOPLE REAL QUICK. MAY LING LIU IS WITH THE TEXAS CONSERVATION ALLIANCE, AND SHE BROUGHT THIS PROGRAM TO US IN FULL SWING. SHE'S DONE SOME GREAT THINGS ALREADY WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS AND FORT WORTH, AND THEY'VE MADE A LOT OF POSITIVE CHANGES FOR THESE MIGRATIONS. GRAYSON DEAN IS HEADING IT UP FOR THE CITY OF FRISCO. EDUCATION OUTREACH COORDINATOR DIA BALAGOPAL. SHE ACTUALLY DESERVES A LOT OF CREDIT BECAUSE SHE PUT THIS ON THE RADAR FOR THE CITY LAST YEAR, AND I JUST DON'T KNOW IF WE DID IT WITH INTEGRITY THIS YEAR. WE ARE. WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE GET THAT MESSAGE OUT THROUGH THE CITY, THROUGH ALL THE CHANNELS, AND WE APPRECIATE IF YOU GUYS COULD DO THE SAME. JEFF WHITT IS MY DIRECT REPORT. THE NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGER AND AMY NEGRON IS THE OWNER OF BIRDS UNLIMITED BRAZIL. ALL RIGHT, SO REAL QUICK NOW SO YOU SEE, MARCH IS WHERE THIS STARTS AND IN THE, IN THIS MONTH OF MARCH, WE'VE HAD 3 MILLION BIRDS PASS OVER COLLIN COUNTY AND THAT'S MOSTLY AT NIGHT. WE AND TO GIVE YOU PERSPECTIVE TOO, WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW ALL OF THIS UNTIL MAYBE THE LAST FIVE, SEVEN YEARS. WE DIDN'T COLLECT THE DATA TO SEE WHAT WAS REALLY GOING ON IN OUR SKIES, AND THE AMOUNT OF BIRDS THAT ARE GOING OVER AT NIGHT AND GETTING THROWN OFF AND DISORIENTED BY ALL THE LIGHT POLLUTION AS A RESULT. AND THEN OCCASIONALLY, YOU KNOW, THE LIGHTS THAT TYPICALLY GUIDE THEM AT NIGHT, THROW OFF AND THEY GO INTO THE CITY AND THEN THEY COLLIDE INTO A WINDOW. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT. AND SO 3 MILLION BIRDS FLEW OVER IN THE MONTH OF MARCH. AND JUST LAST NIGHT, 1 MILLION OF THOSE 3 MILLION FLEW OVER FRISCO, INCLUDING THE. YELLOW BELLIED SAPSUCKER. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT ON A MICROPHONE. SO? SO ALL THESE BIRDS ARE COMING OVER. YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE THEM. YOU'RE STARTING TO HEAR THEM. THEY'RE GOOD FOR OUR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING, TO ENJOY THEM IN OUR BACKYARDS. THEY'RE GOOD FOR OUR ECOSYSTEMS AND HOW THEY INTERACT WITH THE PLANTS AND POLLINATION, ETC. AND WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT WHEN YOU SEE IT GOING OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, [00:15:04] WHEN YOU SEE A BIRD ALERT, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE MIGRATION, SHARE IT OUT, MAKE IT GO VIRAL. LET'S GET LET'S GET FRISCO DARK. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, GUYS . ALL RIGHT. WELL SAID. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT COUNCIL, ANY OTHER PROCLAMATIONS NOTED SINCE OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE NOTE OF. ALL RIGHT, I'LL MOVE US TO OUR REPORT SECTION. [Visit Frisco February 2025 Sales and Marketing Report.] ITEM SIX IS OUR VISIT FRISCO REPORT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE HAVE A BUSY WEEKEND COMING UP WITH THE PRO FTB. AND ALSO, I THINK THE 13TH YEAR FOR THE TEXAS PINBALL FESTIVAL, WHICH IS A COOL EVENT THAT CONTINUES TO GROW EACH YEAR. IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY WEEKEND NOW IS BUSY. I WAS LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR REPORTS AND THE WEEKEND, WE HAD THE FRISCO COLLEGE BASEBALL CLASSIC AND THERE WAS ALSO SOME CHEER EVENTS. WE WERE AT 95% OCCUPANCY THAT WEEKEND, SO OUR WEEKENDS ARE VERY STRONG. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE IN MY REPORT. ALL RIGHT COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE REPORT? MARLA, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND QUESTION. FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF GOING THROUGH YOUR REPORT, YOU GUYS ARE EVERYWHERE. I MEAN, YOU ARE REALLY BUSY WITH DIFFERENT CONFERENCES AND ASSOCIATIONS, WHETHER IT'S ATTENDING OR SPONSORSHIP. SO, IT JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THAT YOU ARE ACTIVELY PURSUING THESE DEALS AND NOT JUST KIND OF WAITING FOR THEM TO KIND OF KNOCK ON OUR DOOR. SO JUST KUDOS TO YOU GUYS, BECAUSE EVERYWHERE I LOOK, IT SEEMS THAT WE EITHER HAVE A SPONSORSHIP OR A PRESENCE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. THE TOURISM PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT HAS REALLY HELPED US ELEVATE OUR PRESENCE. SO WE WERE DOING SOME OF THE SHOWS, BUT PEOPLE DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY, HAD AN APPOINTMENT WITH US. THEY WEREN'T ACTUALLY SEEING US THERE. SO WE'VE REALLY BEEN ABLE TO ELEVATE OUR SPONSORSHIPS AND, YOU KNOW, KEEPING MAKING SURE THE STAFF ISN'T TRAVELING TOO MUCH RIGHT. SO, WE DON'T WANT TO BURN THEM OUT. BUT THE RESEARCH THAT YOU SEE IN ABOUT THE FIRST TEN PAGES OF THE REPORT IS REALLY HELPING US FINE TUNE THE SPECIFIC BUSINESS THAT WE'RE GOING AFTER. SO WE'RE GETTING THE LEADS, AND NOW WE'RE GOING IN AND OFFERING INCENTIVES TO BOOK DURING THESE PERIODS. SO WE'RE HAVING SOME GREAT SUCCESS WITH THAT. GREAT JOB. AND I THINK WHAT I SEE IT RESULTING IN IS A DIVERSIFICATION OF DIFFERENT EVENTS AS WELL. AND THAT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THAT YOU'RE PULLING IN DIFFERENT GROUPS FROM ALL DIFFERENT PROFILES. AND SO I LOVE THE DIVERSIFICATION. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION THOUGH. AS I LOOKED AT YOUR REPORT, IT I DON'T KNOW IF I'M TRACKING CORRECTLY, BUT ARE WE SEEING CANNIBALIZATION IN HOTELS. I SAW WHERE IT TALKED ABOUT SUPPLY WAS GREATER THAN THE DEMAND. AND SO WE'RE SEEING LOWER OCCUPANCY RATES. SO IT'S BEEN PRETTY FLAT. YOU KNOW REALLY WHEN YOU ADD, UM HOW MANY ROOMS DID WE ADD? 722 ROOMS BETWEEN THE OMNI PGA AND THE HALL PARK HOTEL. YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT AS TIMES 365 DAYS. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO CREATE IN DEMAND. SO NATIONWIDE, IT'S PRETTY FLAT RIGHT NOW. THAT'S WHY WE'RE REALLY BEING REALLY AGGRESSIVE ON 2025 BUSINESS SO WE CAN CLOSE SOME OF THOSE GAPS. BUT IT JUST IT'S KIND OF A SHIFT IN THE MARKET. AND WHILE OMNI PGA IS BRINGING NEW ROOMS AND SO IS HALL PARK HOTEL, YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE THAT DEMAND THAT'S KEEPING UP WITH THE PACE OF YOUR SUPPLY. SO, IT IS IT'S DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT. ALTHOUGH I SAW REVENUE UP ABOUT 5% SO. REVENUE HAS BEEN DOING REALLY WELL BECAUSE RATES ARE UP. YEAH. SO, OCCUPANCY IS OVERALL DOWN A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF THE CANNIBALIZATION. BUT THE RATES ARE HIGHER TO OFFSET. YES. YEAH. SO IT'S PRETTY FLAT. GREAT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MARLA. THAT TAKES US TO ITEM SEVEN, OUR BUDGET STATUS REPORT. [Budget status reports for February 28, 2025.] GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL, MINTA HOVLAND, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES. THE FEBRUARY REPORT IS IN YOUR PACKET. EVERYTHING IS TRACKING AS EXPECTED. I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER TO ADD BUT WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. I DID NOTICE THAT OUR FEBRUARY SALES TAX LOOKS LIKE IT SET A RECORD, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S TWO YEARS, I MEAN, TWO MONTHS AFTER. SO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN DECEMBER SALES. SO IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF FAMILIES HAD GOOD CHRISTMASES. YEAH, WE HAD A STRONG HOLIDAY SHOWING FOR SURE. SO YES, THAT REFLECTED POSITIVELY ON THE REPORT. OKAY. COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. [00:20:04] GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ITEM EIGHT IS OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES REPORT. [Development Services activity monthly update report for February 2025.] YES. JUST ONE THING TO POINT OUT JOHN LETTELLIER, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. WE COORDINATED A MEETING OF PROPERTY OWNERS NORTH OF MAIN STREET. WE HAD ONE HOMEOWNER THAT HAD DONE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE UTILITY EASEMENTS. THESE ARE TEN FEET WIDE THAT RUN EAST TO WEST AND EXPLORE THE IDEA ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF MAYBE ADDRESSING THESE UTILITY EASEMENTS UP SOMETHING LIKE WHAT WE SAW IN FORT COLLINS, COLORADO. WE DID A SURVEY AND MOST OF THE SURVEY CAME BACK. PEOPLE ARE NOT IN SUPPORT OF THIS, NOT HAVING PEOPLE BEHIND THEIR HOMES. THE ONE HOMEOWNER THAT HAD DONE IT, WE REALIZED THEY CREATED A DRAINAGE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY PUT IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN YOU GOT WATER PONDING, AND THAT BECOMES A MOSQUITO INFESTED AREA WHEN IT BECOMES WEST NILE SEASON. SO WE EXPLORED THAT. AND SO THAT'S OFF THE TABLE FOR NOW. BUT BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU HAVE QUESTIONS IN THE REPORT. THANK YOU, JOHN. COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS. ITEM NINE IS OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT. [Fire Department monthly report on incident responses and educational activities for the month of February 2025.] GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. LEE GLOVER, FIRE CHIEF. GOT SOME GREAT NEWS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, BUT I ASK PERMISSION TO BRING MY TEAM BACK IN APRIL BECAUSE OF SPRING BREAK AND THEN THEY HAVE A CONFERENCE. BUT IT TOOK A TEAM TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. IN LATE FEBRUARY, THE FRISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF FRISCO RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE MET ALL REQUIREMENTS AND HAVE BEEN AWARDED ACCREDITATION STATUS BY THE COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF AMBULANCE SERVICES, ALSO KNOWN AS CAS. ONLY 184 EMS AGENCIES IN NORTH AMERICA HAVE SUCH STATUS. WE DO LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THE FORMAL PLAQUE PRESENTATION WITH CITY COUNCIL AND THEIR ACCREDITATION TEAM OF ALL. AND IT TOOK MANY PARAMEDICS, A LOT OF CHIEFS AND OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK ON APRIL 15TH TO PRESENT THAT. SECOND THING, WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, ALSO KNOWN AS THE COG. WE WORKED WITH A GRANT TO RECEIVE THIS TRUCK. IT'S A TRUCK MOUNTED ATTENUATOR. BASICALLY, WE TAKE THIS OUT ON HIGHWAY ROADS THAT ARE 55 MILES AN HOUR AND OVER WHEN WE'RE ON ACCIDENT SCENES, OR IF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ASK US TO COME OUT AND IT'S TO SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN AND LET THEM KNOW THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND PATIENTS ARE UP IN FRONT. AND THEN THE LAST THING WE GOT COMING IS OUR CITIZENS. JUNIOR CITIZENS. FIRE ACADEMY REGISTRATION OPENS APRIL 4TH. THIS. THERE WILL BE TWO ONE WEEK PROGRAMS OVER THE SUMMER FROM JUNE 9TH TO THE 13TH, AND ALSO AGAIN JUNE 16TH TO 20TH. ACADEMY IS OPEN TO STUDENTS THAT LIVE IN FRISCO OR FRISCO ISD STUDENTS THAT HAVE RECENTLY COMPLETED THE SIXTH, SEVENTH, OR EIGHTH GRADES. IT'S FREE TO ATTEND. THE PROGRAM IS FROM 9 A.M. TO 3 P.M. MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, AND THEN 9 A.M. TO 1 P.M. ON FRIDAY WITH A GRADUATION CEREMONY. ALL OF OUR ATTENDEES WILL LEARN SKILLS DRILLS, SIMULATE A FIREFIGHTERS WORK DURING THE COURSE OF A DAY. YOU HAVE ALSO OUR MONTHLY REPORT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER. THANK YOU CHIEF. COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. AND ITEM TEN IS OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT. [Police Department's crime and statistics for the month of February 2025.] GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, DAVID SHILSON, CHIEF OF POLICE. I'LL START BY ANNOUNCING THAT NEXT WEEK WE ARE HAVING ANOTHER ONE OF OUR SWEARING IN AND PROMOTIONAL CEREMONIES. I KNOW THAT'S A VERY BUSY DAY IN FRISCO. I THINK EVERY DAY IS A BUSY DAY IN FRISCO NOWADAYS, BUT WE'LL BE SWEARING IN 12 NEW OFFICERS, AND WE'LL BE ANNOUNCING THE PROMOTIONS OF FIVE ON OUR STAFF FOR PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND ONE SERGEANT. SO, IF YOU CAN'T JOIN US, THEN WE ARE LIVE STREAMING IT ON FACEBOOK. SO HOPEFULLY YOU CAN MAKE IT. ABOUT ONCE A YEAR I ALWAYS LIKE TO REPORT ON STOLEN FIREARMS BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERNS THAT COME WITH THIS. YOU KIND OF SEE THE YEAR OVER YEAR NUMBER OF FIREARMS THAT WE HAVE STOLEN. THE GOOD NEWS IS 24 WAS DOWN COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS. THE BAD NEWS IS, MOST OF OUR STOLEN FIREARMS IN THE CITY OF FRISCO COME FROM VEHICLES, AND MOST OF THOSE VEHICLES ARE UNLOCKED. [00:25:06] SO, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK HELP FROM OUR COMMUNITY TO LOCK, YOU KNOW, TAKE LOCK HIDE BASICALLY JUST TAKE YOUR GUNS INSIDE AND MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU DO HAVE TO LEAVE THEM IN A VEHICLE, MAKE SURE THAT VEHICLE IS LOCKED. BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE SEEING WAY TOO MANY GUNS STOLEN FROM UNLOCKED VEHICLES SO FAR HERE IN 25, 2025, WE'VE HAD 19 STOLEN FIREARMS. NINE OF THEM HAVE BEEN STOLEN FROM VEHICLES, AND OUT OF THOSE NINE, SIX WERE UNLOCKED VEHICLES. SO JUST HOPING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF STOLEN FIREARMS BY GETTING SOME HELP FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND LOCKING THEIR VEHICLES AND TAKING THE FIREARMS OUT OF THEIR VEHICLES. AND I ALWAYS GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE'RE DOING ON HIRING. SO, I THOUGHT I WOULD PROVIDE YOU WITH A LITTLE UPDATE ON THAT. THIS REPRESENTS THE CURRENT NUMBER OF VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE ACROSS OUR DEPARTMENT. THE GOOD NEWS IS YOU SEE OUR TWO BIGGEST AREAS OF NEED. POLICE OFFICER. WE CURRENTLY HAVE SEVEN EXPERIENCED OFFICERS AND A BACKGROUND PROCESS FROM FOUR DIFFERENT STATES. WE ALSO HAVE FIVE BRAND NEW PEOPLE TRYING TO BE BRAND NEW POLICE OFFICERS IN BACKGROUND PROCESS. SO THAT'S 13 IN A BACKGROUND PROCESS RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS REALLY ENCOURAGING. AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING GETTING THE SEVEN NEW POSITIONS MID BUDGET YEAR. AND AS FAR AS DISPATCH GOES, WE HAVE A CONDITIONAL JOB OFFER OUT ALREADY TO ONE CANDIDATE AND ANOTHER CANDIDATE IN BACKGROUND. SO WE ARE MAKING REALLY GOOD PROGRESS ON THE HIRING FRONT. THIS WILL BE AN ONGOING EFFORT. AND THE GOOD NEWS IS WE'RE TWO POSITION AS A DEPARTMENT WHERE WE CAN HIRE ANYWHERE FROM 50 TO 60 NEW STAFF EACH YEAR. SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS. YOU HAVE OUR FEBRUARY MONTHLY REPORT. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I JUST HAVE TWO ONE QUESTION. THIS HIRING SNAPSHOT, JUST TO BE CLEAR, FOR ANYONE THAT'S HERE OR LISTENING, THESE ARE APPROVED POSITIONS THAT YOU'RE WORKING TO FILL. CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. SECOND, THIS WEEKEND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH SEVERAL POLICE OFFICERS FROM THE CITY OF ALLEN, TEXAS. AND WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT STUFF GOING ON IN THE CITY, AND I STARTED TALKING ABOUT FRISCO AND JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT FROM DETECTIVE DOWN TO ONE OF THE COPS THAT WAS FAIRLY NEW WITH ALLEN VERY COMPLIMENTARY OF THE FRISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT. ONE EVEN MENTIONED YOU BY NAME ABOUT WHAT WE WERE DOING. SO JUST GOOD TO KNOW WE'RE RESPECTED AND APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO LET US GO OUT AND BRAG A LITTLE BIT OCCASIONALLY WHEN WE RUN INTO OTHER OFFICERS. YEAH. THANK YOU. THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ITEM 11 IS OUR COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS. COUNCIL ANY UPDATES FROM SUBCOMMITTEES? [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.] JUST REALLY QUICK. I DID HIT THEIR FUNDRAISING GOAL FOR THE PURPLE HEART MONUMENT. SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO MADE A DONATION. VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE'RE HOPING TO GET ALL THE MATERIALS IN PLACE AND HAVE THE MONUMENT PUT TOGETHER IN TIME FOR MEMORIAL DAY. FINGERS CROSSED FOR THAT. IF THAT DATE DOESN'T HAPPEN, THEN CERTAINLY EXPECT TO SEE SOMETHING IN IN JUNE OR JULY. CERTAINLY. BUT JUST WITH SOME OF THE TARIFFS AND WITH SOME OF THE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS WE'RE FACING THAT THERE MAY BE SOME DELAY. IT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT THE BLACK MARBLE THAT WE'RE USING IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN FROM INDIA, AND OUR GOLD STAR FAMILY MONUMENT IS MADE FROM THE SAME MATERIAL. AND WE WANTED IT TO MATCH AND WE WANTED IT TO BE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE SAME. AND SO IT'S COMING FROM THAT SAME PLACE AND IT JUST MAY TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO GET HERE THAN WE THOUGHT, BUT WE'RE STILL LOOKING TO HAVE EVERYTHING DONE BY MEMORIAL DAY, SO THANKS AGAIN. WE ACTUALLY EXCEEDED THE FUNDRAISING GOAL. AND JUST TO REASSURE EVERYONE THAT EVERY DOLLAR THAT WAS DONATED WILL GO TOWARDS A MONUMENT OR GO TOWARDS PRESERVING IT INTO THE FUTURE. SO, THANKS. THANK YOU, JOHN. ALL RIGHT. THAT MOVES US TO CITIZEN INPUT. OKAY. WE HAVE SEVERAL FOR CITIZEN INPUT TONIGHT. [CITIZEN INPUT (to begin approximately at 7:30 p.m.)] PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT HERE, MAUREEN JOHNS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS MAUREEN JOHNS, AND I AM A FRISCO RESIDENT RESIDING AT 10110 NOEL DRIVE. AND TONIGHT I AM HERE AS A MEMBER AGAIN OF THE CITY OF FRISCO SOCIAL SERVICES AND HOUSING BOARD. AND I WANT TO INVITE THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND OUR BOARD MEETING THAT'S COMING UP NEXT WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26TH, AND IT WILL START AT 630 RIGHT HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS. [00:30:03] AND THE REASON I'M INVITING FOLKS, IS WE'RE GOING TO BE HEARING FROM A LIST OF NONPROFITS WHO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. LAST MEETING WE HEARD FROM A LIST OF SIX, AND THEY'RE MAKING THEIR PRESENTATION, PITCHING FOR THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR CDBG FUNDS. AND I THINK THE PUBLIC WOULD BE REALLY PLEASANTLY SURPRISED HOW MANY ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFITS WE HAVE SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING. SO NEXT WEDNESDAY, WE WILL HEAR FROM KAREN DASH CONSULTING, GOD'S PANTRY, HOPE'S DOOR, NEW BEGINNING CENTER, TEXAS MUSLIM WOMEN'S FOUNDATION, AND THE SAMARITAN INN. AND THEN AT OUR MARCH 5TH BOARD MEETING, WE HEARD FROM THE FOLLOWING NONPROFITS WHO WERE SEEKING FUNDS. CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY ACTION, CORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWORK OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS, DENTON COUNTY, MR., FAMILY PROMISE OF COLLIN COUNTY, FRISCO FAMILY SERVICES, AND SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL, FRISCO. SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO INVITE THE PUBLIC TO COME HERE FROM OUR NONPROFITS THAT ARE SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND LEARN ABOUT THE PROCESS OF HOW CDBG FUNDS ARE CONSIDERED FOR APPLICANTS. THAT'S NEXT WEDNESDAY, 630 RIGHT HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE GERALD HASTY. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. TONIGHT, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE URGENT THREAT UNDERFUNDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS POSED TO OUR CITIES AND WHY OUR CITY COUNCILS MUST PUSH OUR LEGISLATORS TO ACT BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. OUR SCHOOLS ARE IN CRISIS, AND WITHOUT ACTION, THE IMPACT WILL RIPPLE THROUGH OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. DESPITE A 26% RISE IN INFLATION SINCE 2019, THE PER STUDENT BASIC ALLOTMENT HAS REMAINED STAGNANT AT $6,160. MEANWHILE, TEXAS HAS A $21 BILLION EDUCATION SURPLUS IN 2023 ALONE, 4.5 BILLION IN RECAPTURED FUNDS WERE REDIRECTED TO STATE'S GENERAL FUND INSTEAD OF BEING REINVESTED IN EDUCATION. RESTORING TO THE 2019 LEVEL WOULD COST JUST 9.3 BILLION, A FRACTION OF WHAT IS AVAILABLE TODAY. AND IT IS INCOMPREHENSIBLE THAT TEXAS HAS THE EIGHTH LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD. YET IT RANKS 43RD OUT OF 50 STATES IN FUNDING FOR ITS STUDENTS. HERE'S WHAT OUR SCHOOL NEEDS. AN INCREASE OF $600 IN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT PER STUDENT, AND THEN TIED TO INFLATION FUNDING BASED ON ENROLLMENT, NOT ATTENDANCE. ALL RECAPTURED FUNDS ARE DEPOSITED INTO THE STATE EDUCATION FUND, NOT INTO THE GENERAL FUND. AND LAST, A FIRM NO TO VOUCHERS THAT TAKE MONEY AWAY FROM PUBLIC EDUCATION BY RAISING THE PER STUDENT ALLOTMENT AND TYING IT TO INFLATION OUR STUDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS CAN BE SOLVENT, RESOLVING THE DISTRICT'S MOST PRESSING FINANCIAL CHALLENGES. A STUDY BY RICE UNIVERSITY'S KINDER INSTITUTE FOUND THAT 73% OF TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE UNDERFUNDED, WITH 17% 17% OPERATING AT A 40% GAP. IMAGINE TRYING TO PAY YOUR HOUSEHOLD BILL WITH 40% LESS THAN YOU NEED. WHAT WOULD YOU WHAT WOULD YOUR OPTION BE? FORECLOSURE? BANKRUPTCY? DOWNSIZING? UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS THE REALITY FOR A TEXAS SCHOOL. DISTRICTS, ESPECIALLY THE HIGH COST URBAN AREAS OFTEN AFFECTED BY RECAPTURE. RAISING THE BASIC ALLOTMENT WOULD REDUCE RECAPTURE, KEEPING MORE LOCAL DOLLARS IN THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY BELONG. WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE DANIEL, WHO WILL TAKE HIS TIME. HE'S THE NEXT SPEAKER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. WE HAVE DALE FREY. GOOD EVENING, FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR AUDIENCE. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO RIGHT NOW IS CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION FROM OUR PREVIOUS SPEAKER. MORE SPECIFICALLY, I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE AND GO OVER SOME NUMBERS. FRISCO ISD'S DEFICIT SPENDING IS 31 MILLION. DENTON'S IS 24 MILLION AND LEWISVILLE ISD IS 22,000,000 IN DEFICIT. THAT'S ALMOST A TOTAL OF 80 MILLION IN DEFICIT SPENDING AMONG THE TOP THREE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN OUR AREA. THIS IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET, BY THE WAY, COMPARED TO DALLAS ISD IS 186 MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT. A STUDY FROM THE PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA FOUND THAT A 10% INCREASE IN SCHOOL FUNDING OVER 12 YEARS RESULTED IN 7.7% HIGHER WAGES FOR STUDENTS LATER IN LIFE, A 9.8 INCREASE IN FAMILY INCOME FOR THOSE SAME STUDENTS, AND ANOTHER STUDY FOUND THAT PROPERTY VALUES INCREASE WHEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS INVEST IN THEIR TEACHERS AND STAFF, WHICH IS 80% OF FRISCO ISD'S BUDGET. WHEN SCHOOLS LOSE FUNDING, THEY ARE FORCED TO CLOSE SCHOOLS, CUT ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND PUSH TEACHERS OUT. EVERY CHILD IS IMPACTED, THEIR FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES SHRINK, AND WHEN OUR CHILDREN SUFFER, OUR COMMUNITIES SUFFER. NOW WHY SHOULD THE CITY COUNCIL CARE? WELL, THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD CARE BECAUSE UNDERFUNDED SCHOOLS HARM ENTIRE COMMUNITIES, NOT JUST STUDENTS. [00:35:01] THE RIPPLE EFFECTS TOUCH EVERY ASPECT OF OUR CITY, INCLUDING PROPERTY VALUES, DROPPING COMMUNITY REINVESTMENTS, DECLINING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, SHRINKING, SMALL BUSINESSES, CLOSING DUE TO SHRINKING LOCAL ECONOMY AND CRIME RATES INCREASE AS OPPORTUNITIES SHRINK. WE CAN ALREADY SEE THE WARNING SIGNS. LEWISVILLE ISD HAS CLOSED FIVE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PLANO HAS CLOSED FOUR, AND MANY OTHER DISTRICTS ARE CURRENTLY DECIDING WHICH SCHOOLS THEY MUST CLOSE. DENTON HAS A NEW SCHOOL BUILDING WITHOUT. STUDENTS IN DISTRICTS ARE SWITCHING OVER TO FOUR DAY SCHOOL WEEKS IN FRISCO IS PHASING OUT THE HARP PROGRAM. IF WE DON'T ACT NOW, THE COSTS OF FIXING THIS CRISIS WILL LATER BE FAR GREATER, BECAUSE FAMILIES DON'T MOVE TO A CITY FOR THE HOPE OF A VOUCHER. THEY MOVE FOR GREAT SCHOOLS, FAMILY FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES. I URGE EACH OF YOU CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, I URGE EACH OF YOU TO CONTACT OUR LEGISLATORS AND DEMAND AN INCREASE TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT BY $1,600 AND TIE IT TO INFLATION. OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR CITY CANNOT AFFORD TO WAIT ANOTHER TWO YEARS. THE DAMAGE IT WILL DO WILL BE IRREVERSIBLE. THANK YOU. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU. LASTLY, WE HAVE MR. LEE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. GOOD EVENING. MY SUBJECT TODAY, GOD IS LOVE IN THE BIBLE SAYS, IS IT TRUE? WE HUMAN BEING SOMETIMES. IS IT TRUE? GOD IS EVIL. GOD IS LOVE. WHY ARE THERE SICKNESS, EPIDEMIC, WAR AND DEATH, EARTHQUAKE AND UNHAPPY THINGS FIRE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. A LOT OF THINGS ARE UNHAPPY THINGS. WHY DID GOD CREATE THE WORLD LIKE THIS? GOD CREATED BEAUTIFUL ROSES. WHY? THEY ARE THORNS ON IT. GOD CREATED. EVERYTHING VERY GOOD. BIBLE SAYS GOD SAW EVERYTHING VERY, VERY GOOD. WHERE CAN THE THORNS THAT IS THE ENEMY. THE ENEMY OF GOD. WHERE CAN THE ENEMY OF GOD FROM HEAVEN? WHO MADE THE ENEMY? GOD CREATED EVERYTHING. VERY GOOD. GOD CREATED THE ANGELS. BEAUTIFUL. GLORIOUS. WITH WISDOM. INTELLIGENT. SMART. PERFECT. THE ONE OF THE ANGELS NAME. SON OF THE MORNING. THE LUCIFER. HIS HEART LIFTED UP BECAUSE OF HIS BEAUTY, HIS HEART, TO BECOME CORRUPTED BY THE REASON OF HIS GLORY AND THE BRIGHTNESS HE THOUGHT IN HIMSELF. I WILL EXALT MY THRONE ABOVE THE STARS OF GOD. I WILL SIT ALSO UPON THE MOUNTAIN OF THE CONGREGATION IN THE SIDE OF THE NORTH. I WILL ASCEND ABOVE THE HEIGHTS OF THE CLOUDS. I WILL BE LIKE. LIKE THE MOST HIGH. THERE WAS WAR IN HEAVEN, MICHAEL AND HIS ANGELS, AND THE DRAGON AND HIS ANGELS AND THE PREVAILED NOT NEITHER THERE WAS THEIR PLACE FOUND ANY MORE IN HEAVEN. THE AND THE GREAT DRAGON WAS CAST OUT. THE OLD SERPENT CALLED THE DEVIL [00:40:07] AND SATAN, WHICH DECEIVETH THE WHOLE WORLD. HE WAS CAST OUT INTO THE EARTH, AND HIS ANGELS WERE CAST OUT WITH HIM. GOD HAS PERMITTED HIM AND GAVE HIM SOME TIME TO RULE OVER THE WORLD. THE EARTH WAS CREATED ANEW AT THAT TIME. ADAM AND EVE ALSO. NEXT. NEXT TIME. CONTINUE. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT WILL MOVE US TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. [CONSENT AGENDA] ITEMS PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE IN NATURE AND ARE CONSIDERED NON-CONTROVERSIAL. THE CONSENT AGENDA CAN BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION. A MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL IS REQUIRED OF ANY ITEM FOR DISCUSSION. IN SEPARATE ACTION, COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY VOTE NAY ON ANY ITEM WITHOUT COMMENT AND MAY SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD. WE HAVE ITEMS 12 THROUGH 24 FOR CONSIDERATION. MOVE TO APPROVE 12 THROUGH 24. MOTION BY BILL. SECOND. SECOND BY TAMMY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSES SIX ZERO. [Consider and act upon adoption of an Ordinance authorizing the issuance of Certificates of Obligation in multiple series; delegating the authority to certain city officials to execute certain documents relating to the sale of the certificates; approving and authorizing an official statement and instruments and procedures relating to said certificates; and enacting other provisions relating to the subject. (Financial Services/DC)] THAT WILL TAKE US TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. ITEM 25 IS CONSIDERED AN ACT UPON ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION IN MULTIPLE SERIES, DELEGATING THE AUTHORITY TO CERTAIN CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE CERTAIN DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE SALE OF CERTIFICATES, PROVING AND AUTHORIZING AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT, AND INSTRUMENTS AND PROCEDURES RELATING TO SAID CERTIFICATES AND ENACTING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. TANYA ANDERSON, DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND STRATEGIC PLANNING. TONIGHT'S AGENDA ITEM IS A CONSIDER AN ACT ON AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION FOR ROAD, WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC PARKING STRUCTURES IN NORTH FRISCO. THIS ITEM ALSO AUTHORIZES THE PRICING OFFICER AS THE MAYOR, CITY MANAGER, OR CFO TO EXECUTE AND CLOSE ON THE SALE. THE PARAMETERS FOR EACH ISSUANCE ARE AS FOLLOWS. FOR SERIES 2025, BE THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT SHALL NOT EXCEED $22 MILLION. THE TRUE INTEREST COSTS SHALL NOT EXCEED 5%. THE FINAL MATURITY OF THE CERTIFICATES SHALL NOT EXCEED FEBRUARY 15TH, 2045. THE SALE MUST OCCUR WITHIN 90 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE FOR THE TAXABLE SERIES 2025 A, THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT SHALL NOT EXCEED 72 MILLION. THE TRUE INTEREST COST SHALL NOT EXCEED 7%. THE FINAL MATURITY OF THE CERTIFICATES SHALL NOT EXCEED FEBRUARY 15TH, 2047, AND THE SALE MUST OCCUR WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS ADOPTION. THE CITY WAS RECENTLY RATED BY BOTH MOODY'S AND S&P, AND THE TRIPLE A RATING WAS REAFFIRMED BY BOTH AGENCIES. AGAIN, THIS IS A CONSIDERING ACT AND I, ALONG WITH OUR ATTORNEY JEFF GULBIS, WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? MOVE TO APPROVE. 25. MOTION BY BILL. SECOND. SECOND BY TAMMY. ALL IN FAVOR? PASSES SIX ZERO. ITEM 26. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE CANCELLATION OF THE SECOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN JULY AND SETTING OF THE DATES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL WORK [Consider and act upon the cancellation of the second City Council Meeting in July and setting of the dates for the City Council Summer Work Session. (CSO/KM)] SESSION. AND JUST FOR THOSE WATCHING, WE TRADITIONALLY CANCEL A MEETING EVERY DECEMBER AND JULY, LARGELY TO GIVE OUR STAFF SOME BREAKS, BECAUSE PREPARING FOR THESE MEETINGS TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY, BUT ALSO TO GIVE YOUR CITY COUNCIL A BREAK AS WELL. SO, AND THEN DATES FOR THE WORK SESSION. DO YOU HAVE SOME PROPOSED? THURSDAY, JUNE. SEVENTH. ALL RIGHT COUNCIL. EVERYONE GOOD WITH THOSE DATES? NOT THAT IT MATTERS. I'LL BE OUT OF TOWN. SO SAD. DON'T BRING IT UP. ALL RIGHT, THOSE AROUND KNOW, I'M ROLLING OFF THIS YEAR. I'M TERM LIMITED, SO I'LL LITERALLY NOT BE UP HERE ANYMORE AFTER THAT. SO. THANKS FOR REMINDING US, BILL. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE LAUGHING. OKAY, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION. SO, I GUESS HE DOESN'T WANT TO MOTION TO APPROVE 26 AND 27TH OF JUNE AND CANCEL THE SECOND MEETING IN JULY. A MOTION BY ANGELIA. SECOND. SECOND BY JOHN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSES SIX ZERO. [00:45:04] AND THEN ITEM 27 IS CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION WITH CITY STAFF CONCERNING ANY ACTIONS REQUIRED AS A RESULT OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA. I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING. ANYTHING NOTED. OKAY. AND 28 IS GOVERNANCE MONITORING. OH, I HAVE, BILL DISTRACTED ME. [Discussion on Governance Monitoring of present City Council Meeting.] I HAVE I HAVE GOVERNANCE MONITORING FOR TONIGHT. QUICK EFFICIENT MEETING GAVE US AN A. ALL RIGHT. I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. MOTION BY BILL. SECOND. SECOND BY TAMMY. ALL IN FAVOR? THAT PASSES SIX ZERO. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:10. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.