Apr 01, 2025 City Council

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WELCOME TO THE MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL, WE'RE AT FRISCO CITY HALL, THE GEORGE PURIFOY MUNICIPAL CENTER,

[CALL TO ORDER]

IT IS 5 P.M. ON TUESDAY, APRIL 1ST, 2025, AND I WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.

WE'RE JOINED BY THE ENTIRE COUNCIL THIS EVENING. THAT WILL MOVE US TO CLOSED SESSION. ITEM TWO, RECESS AND A CLOSED SESSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 551.001 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE

[CLOSED SESSION]

ITEM B, SECTION 551.072 TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT ONE NORTH OF PANTHER CREEK, WEST OF DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY, EAST OF LEGACY AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY THREE.

82. NORTH OF SAM RAYBURN TOLLWAY. WEST OF DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY, EAST OF LEGACY AND SOUTH OF STONEBROOK.

ITEM THREE. NORTH OF SAM RAYBURN TOLLWAY. WEST OF CUSTER.

EAST OF INDEPENDENCE AND SOUTH OF ROLLATOR. ITEM FOUR, NORTH OF STONEBROOK.

WEST OF PRESTON. EAST OF DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY AND SOUTH OF ELDORADO PARKWAY.

ITEM C, SECTION 551.087. DELIBERATION REGARDING COMMERCIAL 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 HAVE A MOTION. SO MOVED. SECOND. TAMMY.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSES SIX ZERO. RECESS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 5:01.

OKAY. COUNCIL, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO RECONVENE? SO MOVED.

SO MOVED. MOTION BY TAMMY. SECOND BY BILL. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSES SIX ZERO. RECONVENE IN REGULAR SESSION AT 721.

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. GOOD EVENING,

[INVOCATION (to begin approximately at 6:30 p.m.)]

IF YOU'D LIKE TO PARTICIPATE, YOU MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME. TONIGHT WE HAVE SHEIKH SALAH MAHMOUD.

HE WAS BORN IN EGYPT. HE COMPLETED MEMORIZING THE ENTIRE QURAN AT THE AGE OF TEN.

HE EARNED HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN ISLAMIC STUDIES FROM THE PRESTIGIOUS AL-AZHAR UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO, EGYPT, AND CONTINUED HIS EDUCATION TO OBTAIN VARIOUS VALUABLE RESULT IN QURAN.

PREVIOUSLY, SHEIKH SALAH SERVED AS AN IMAM IN BOTH JAMAICA MUSLIM CENTER AND THE MUSLIM AMERICAN SOCIETY OF QUEENS IN NEW YORK CITY.

PRIOR TO JOINING THE ISLAMIC CENTER OF FRISCO, HE WAS THE HEAD OF THE ISLAMIC STUDIES AND QURAN DEPARTMENT AT BRIGHTER HORIZONS ACADEMY, AND ALSO SERVED AS A VISITING IMAM AT VARIOUS MASAJID IN DALLAS, TEXAS.

IN HIS FREE TIME, SHEIKH SALAH LOVES TO PLAY SOCCER AND TABLE TENNIS.

HE ENJOYS PUTTING HIS CHAPLAINCY SKILLS TO HELP OTHERS.

HE IS MARRIED AND HAS ONE CHILD, AND HAS BEEN LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES FOR MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS.

HE SPEAKS ARABIC, ENGLISH AND IS LEARNING URDU FOR HIS NEWBORN BABY, WHO IS AN AMERICAN PAKISTANI.

EGYPTIAN SHEIKH SALAH MAHMOUD JOINED ISLAMIC CENTER OF FRISCO IN JULY 2019.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I ACTUALLY HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS NOW, SO WE NEED TO UPDATE THE BIO A LITTLE BIT.

OKAY. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. LET US PRAY. O GOD ALMIGHTY, SOURCE OF ALL WISDOM AND GUIDANCE, WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY SEEKING CLARITY, COMPASSION AND COURAGE.

BLESS THIS GATHERING OF LEADERS WITH OPEN HEARTS AND THOUGHTFUL MINDS.

HELP US TO LISTEN WITH EMPATHY, TO SPEAK WITH HONESTY, AND TO ACT WITH INTEGRITY.

MAY OUR DECISIONS REFLECT JUSTICE AND BRING BENEFIT TO ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

GRANT US UNITY IN OUR DIVERSITY AND GUIDE US TOWARD WHAT IS GOOD, FAIR, AND RIGHT.

AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'LL ALSO HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, LED BY BOY SCOUT TROOP 216.

[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

FACE THIS WAY. THE FLAG.

OF ALLEGIANCE] WELL, THANK YOU ALL. HOLD ON FOR ONE QUICK SECOND.

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SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE, AND WE APOLOGIZE.

WE WERE RUNNING A LITTLE BIT LATE IN OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT THANKS FOR STAYING LATE WITH US TONIGHT. SO WE'D LOVE FOR YOU JUST TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF. NAME, SCHOOL, WHAT GRADE YOU'RE IN.

AND THEN TELL US KIND OF THE MOST MEANINGFUL THING THAT YOU'VE LEARNED FROM SCOUTING.

IT'S ALWAYS TOUGHEST TO BE THE FIRST. SO I'M KIND OF PAUSING INTENTIONALLY SO YOU CAN GATHER YOUR THOUGHTS A LITTLE BIT, BUT YOU READY? SURE. OKAY. MY NAME IS RUTH FICK, AND I GO TO LONE STAR HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'M A NINTH GRADER.

ONE OF THE HARDEST, LIKE, FIRST THINGS I'VE LEARNED FROM SCOUTING IS BE HONEST, SOMETIMES IT'S A BIT HARD, BUT IT'S REALLY HELPED ME. MY NAME IS ISHAAN.

I'M IN STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL. I'M IN SEVENTH GRADE.

THE ONE THING THAT I LEARNED FROM SCOUTS IS THAT YOU SHOULD BE TRUSTWORTHY AND LOYAL TO OTHERS.

MY NAME IS UDESH. I'M A NINTH GRADER AND I GO TO LONE STAR HIGH SCHOOL.

AND ONE THING I LEARNED WAS TO KEEP THINGS CLEAN AND ORGANIZED.

MOM APPRECIATES THAT. HELLO, MY NAME IS BORCHARDT.

I'M A SOPHOMORE AT LONE STAR HIGH SCHOOL. ONE IMPORTANT THING I'VE LEARNED FROM SCOUTING IS THAT BEING A LEADER IS VERY IMPORTANT, AND IT'S ALSO VERY DIFFICULT TO DO AS IT INVOLVES LOTS OF PATIENCE, RESPECT, AND MANY OTHER MORAL VALUES.

HELLO. MY NAME IS ISAAC. I'M ATTENDING WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL AS A JUNIOR, AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS I'VE LEARNED AS A SCOUT IS TO BECOME MORE DISCIPLINED AND MORE FOCUSED IN MY LIFE AND FOR MY FUTURE AS WELL.

HELLO, MY NAME IS NATHAN FRENCH. I'M A SOPHOMORE AT WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND SOMETHING I'VE LEARNED THROUGH SCOUTING IS MY LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION THROUGHOUT IT.

HELLO, MY NAME IS ARNAV. I GO TO PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I'M IN SEVENTH GRADE AND THE THING I'VE LEARNED THAT'S BEEN THE MOST IMPORTANT IS BEING HELPFUL.

HI, MY NAME IS KRISH. I GO TO MIDDLE SCHOOL. I'M IN SEVENTH GRADE AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I'VE LEARNED FROM SCOUTING IS TO, LIKE, BE HELPFUL. AND EVEN WHEN YOU DON'T GET A REWARD.

HI, I'M VISHNU. I'M A FRESHMAN AT WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WOULD SAY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS I'VE LEARNED FROM SCOUTING IS THAT EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION, ESPECIALLY IN LEADERSHIP AND IN ALL FACETS OF LIFE, IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

HI, I'M ARIA [INAUDIBLE] I'M A FRESHMAN. ONE THING THAT I LEARNED FROM BOY SCOUTS TO BE PREPARED.

HI, MY NAME IS AVINASH. I'M A FRESHMAN AT REEDY AND ONE THING I LEARNED WAS TO BE HELPFUL AND KIND TO OTHERS.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S HEAR IT FOR OUR SCOUTS.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU ALL. GREAT JOB. OKAY. THAT WILL TAKE US TO ITEM FOUR.

[Council comment or acknowledgement of proclamations issued by the Mayor.]

[Library Report on monthly statistics and activities.]

MY NAME IS SHELLEY HOLLEY AND I'M THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR.

YOU HAVE OUR REPORT IN FRONT OF YOU. AS YOU CAN WELL IMAGINE, THINGS ARE BOOMING.

WE DO HAVE A SLIDE ABOUT BRAINFUSE. THE LIBRARY OFFERS ONLINE TUTORING AND WE WANTED TO AS SEMESTERS ARE WRAPPING UP AND THIS TUTORING IS FIRST GRADE THROUGH 13TH GRADE.

SO THAT'S EARLY COLLEGE AS WELL AS ALL THE WAY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.

AND SO IF YOU HAVE A STUDENT AT YOUR HOUSE OR IF YOU ARE A STUDENT WHO NEEDS A LITTLE EXTRA HELP SO THAT YOU CAN ACE THOSE FINALS AS THEY'RE COMING UP,

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YOU CAN CLICK RIGHT THROUGH AND WITH A LIBRARY CARD YOU CAN LOG RIGHT IN.

AND THIS IS LIVE ONE ON ONE TUTORING. SO IT'S NOT TAPED CONCEPTS.

IT IS. HEY I'M HAVING A PROBLEM CALCULATING I DON'T KNOW PERCENTAGES OR SOMETHING.

WHATEVER YOUR WHATEVER YOUR CHALLENGE IS HELP ME WITH CALCULUS, WHATEVER IT IS.

AND AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT AS THE SEMESTER WRAPS UP, WE HAVE THIS SERVICE FOR THEM.

YOU HAVE OUR REPORT IN FRONT OF YOU, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, EVEN WHAT YOU PRESENTED TONIGHT IS JUST A TESTAMENT TO THE DIVERSITY OF PROGRAMING THAT YOU OFFER.

AS I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR REPORT, I NOTICED WHERE YOU EVEN HAD A LIFELONG LEARNING DAY WITH THE RESIDENTS OF FRISCO LAKES AND HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN UTILIZE THE LIBRARY. SO JUST KUDOS TO YOU, BECAUSE EVERY TIME I LOOK AT YOUR REPORT, I SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT YOU'RE OFFERING.

AND YOU'RE OFFERING IS LITERALLY SPREAD THROUGHOUT ALL DEMOGRAPHICS, ALL AGES, ALL CULTURES.

SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. ENSURING THAT THE LIBRARY IS EVERYONE'S LIBRARY.

THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE THAT. WE FEEL LIKE OUR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE CRADLE TO GRAVE.

AND SO WE TRY AND COVER ALL AGES AND ALL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.

SO THANK YOU. WE HAVE A GREAT STAFF WHO MAKE THAT ALL HAPPEN.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT'LL MOVE US TO ITEM SIX.

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

SHANNON COATES, DIRECTOR OF PLAY FRISCO. I HAVE JUST A FEW SLIDES FOR YOU.

AS ALWAYS, WE LIKE TO ASK YOU, HAVE YOU PLAYED TODAY? SO HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

IF NOT, WHEN YOU GET OUT OF HERE NICE AND EARLY, YOU NEED TO MAKE TIME TO GO DO SOMETHING FUN.

WE DO HAVE A SLIGHT EDIT. AS EVERYONE IS AWARE, THE WEATHER IS NOT LOOKING SO GREAT THIS WEEK, SO WE'RE DEFINITELY ON ALERT FOR WHAT COULD BE HAPPENING.

AS SUCH, WE HAVE CHANGED OUR ARTS AND CULTURE FESTIVAL, OUR FRISCO INTERNATIONAL ARTS AND CULTURE FESTIVAL.

WE HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO DO THREE DAYS OUT AT KALEIDOSCOPE PARK IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE GETS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY IT.

WE HAVE EDITED DOWN TO ONE DAY INSIDE THE DISCOVERY CENTER.

IT STILL WILL BE EXCITING, STILL OPPORTUNITIES TO PURCHASE FOOD, TO PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES.

BUT WE FELT IT WAS WISER TO DO THAT RATHER THAN HAVE TO CANCEL THE EVENT.

WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF REALLY NEAT THINGS COMING UP.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL SEE THAT ISN'T ON THIS SLIDE, WE WILL BE BACK UP IN FRONT OF YOU IN A FEW ITEMS. THE PLAN, YOUR PLAY MASTER PLAN FOR PLAY FRISCO IS UP TONIGHT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE ON APRIL 15TH, WE'RE HOSTING A GRAND PARK PHASE ONE OPEN HOUSE, WHICH SHOULD BE EXCITING.

WE WILL BE OVER AT THE LIBRARY WHO'S A GREAT PARTNER.

WE ALSO HAVE ONE OF THE COMMUNITY'S FAVORITES THAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT OFTEN IN PLEIN AIR.

SO IF YOU LIKE ART AND YOU LIKE BEING OUTSIDE, THAT'S A WONDERFUL PROGRAM.

YOU WILL FIND ARTISTS PAINTING AND CREATING ART IN VARIOUS PLACES ALL OVER FRISCO.

THEY BRING IT BACK TO THE GROVE AND THEN THEY SELL THEIR WORK.

SO IF YOU NEED ANY ART, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE OF INTEREST.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT WE'VE LAUNCHED THAT HAS TAKEN OFF, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE POPULAR AS FAST AS WE CAN.

POST PARKS FOR ADOPTION. THE COMMUNITY IS ADOPTING A PARK.

AND SO WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING. AND SO AS A STAFF, WE'VE HAD TO BE VERY COGNIZANT THAT WE CAN ONLY TAKE IN AS MANY GROUPS AS WE CAN ACTIVELY MANAGE. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SIX PARKS ADOPTED.

WE ARE SHOOTING FOR TEN, AND THEN WE WILL GROW THE PROGRAM FROM THERE.

SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ALL RIGHT COUNCIL, WHAT QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I DID WANT TO JUST GIVE KUDOS TO YOUR TEAM FOR THE FESTIVAL OF COLORS AGAIN.

WHAT A MAGNIFICENT EVENT THAT WAS. WHAT WERE THE NUMBERS YOU THINK THAT CAME TO THAT EVENT? WE'RE ESTIMATING APPROXIMATELY 6000 6000 PEOPLE COMING.

AND IF YOU HAVEN'T EVER BEEN TO THE FESTIVAL OF COLORS, YOU WILL TURN INTO A CHILD.

AND WE HAVE SO MUCH FUN CELEBRATING WITH THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

SO A GREAT JOB ONCE AGAIN. THANK YOU. I THINK ALL 6000 SOMEHOW PELTED ME WITH COLOR.

YEAH. ALSO, DO YOU WANT TO GO FIRST OR YOU WANT ME TO GO AHEAD? GO AHEAD. I ALSO WANTED TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR TEAM AND MICHELLE WITH THE NOCTURNE EVENT.

THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. IT WAS A GREAT MIX OF TECHNOLOGY, NATURE AND ART ALL KIND OF ROLLED INTO ONE.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. AND GOING OUT TO, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY DESERTED LAND AT NIGHT, AND IT WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL AND IT FELT SAFE.

AND JUST THE WAY YOU ACTIVATED THE AREA WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.

THE PICTURE OF THE LIVE BUGS THAT WAS THAT ART WAS PROBABLY MY FAVORITE.

BUT PLAYING VIDEO GAMES AT NIGHT. I MEAN, IT WAS JUST A REALLY COOL WAY TO ACTIVATE THAT THAT AREA.

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IT WAS JUST A REALLY COOL EXPERIENCE. THANK YOU.

I MEAN, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM, VERY CREATIVE TEAM, AND WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE. NOT EXACTLY A DUPLICATE, BUT MAYBE A REPLICA OF THAT THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE.

IT EXPANDED. MORE ARTISTS. A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY GOT VERY EXCITED.

AND AS A SIDE NOTE, WE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT FOR AN AWARD, NOT BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A GREAT INTERSECTION OF TECHNOLOGY IN NATURE, BUT BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE WE REALLY ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND WALK A MILE WHO DIDN'T KNOW THEY DID THAT.

SO HEALTH AND WELLBEING, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF PROMOTION FOR AN EVENT THAT'S GOING TO START UP AGAIN HERE LATER THIS MONTH.

ROLL WITH COUNCIL IS GOING TO KICK BACK OFF AGAIN, BUT WE'RE GOING TO REBRAND IT THIS YEAR. IT'S GOING TO BE CALLED CYCLE WITH THE CITY ON A GO FORWARD BASIS. WE I BELIEVE WE'LL HAVE SOME NEW TRAILS TO LOOK AT AGAIN THIS YEAR.

WE'VE GROWN THE RIDER BASE EVERY YEAR AND WE GET TO CONTINUE ADDING NEW TRAILS EVERY YEAR THANKS TO PARKS AND JASON'S GROUP BUILDING THOSE OUT FOR US.

SO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THAT DATE. SHOULD BE ANNOUNCED HERE VERY SHORTLY, AS I UNDERSTAND.

YES. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. ITEM SEVEN IS OUR ENGINEERING REPORT.

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

A COUPLE OF SLIDES TONIGHT. FIRST, WE MADE A FEW CHANGES TO THE GIS EXPERIENCE ON THE CAPITAL PROJECTS WEBSITE.

FIRST IS WE MADE IT A ONE STOP SHOP FOR BOTH ENGINEERING PROJECTS AND PARKS AND TRAILS PROJECTS.

THERE'S A SINGLE LINK WITH THE TOP CIRCLE IN RED THERE, WHERE YOU CAN SWITCH BETWEEN THOSE TWO TYPES OF PROJECTS.

AND AT THE BOTTOM, WE ADDED THE PIE GRAPHS TAB TO THE PIE GRAPHS, WHERE YOU CAN SEE BOTH THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS OF EACH TYPE AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF EACH OF THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS IS AVAILABLE, AND THAT IS UPDATED ROUGHLY ON A MONTHLY BASIS FOR THE MONTHLY REPORT.

SO YOU CAN ALWAYS SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING AND HOW MUCH THAT IS INVESTING.

NEXT UP IS THE OUR TECHNOLOGY IS FOR MOVING. TRAFFIC IS KIND OF LOCKED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS IN THE EOC, SO A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS DON'T GET TO SEE IT.

SO WE ARE DOING OUR FIRST SIGNALS AND SIRENS ROAD SHOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BRING THAT TECHNOLOGY TO THE LIBRARY WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OUR IT GROUP AS WELL. THEY'RE GOING TO HELP US BRING THAT TECHNOLOGY OUT TO THE LIBRARY.

APRIL 29TH, 3 TO 8 WILL BE AT THE LIBRARY SHOWING OFF SOME OF OUR TECHNOLOGY FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE WHAT WE DO.

AND THEN FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THREE OF OUR LEADERS IN OUR CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION GROUP.

THEY JUST PASSED THEIR CERTIFIED PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE INSPECTOR EXAM THROUGH THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION.

IT'S A BIG ACHIEVEMENT. AND THEY ARE SETTING THE TONE FOR OUR CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION GROUP BY BEING CERTIFIED.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TONIGHT. I'LL HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. HOW'S MAIN STREET LOOKING? AND WHEN'S THAT TRAFFIC SWITCH SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.

MAIN STREET IS PLUGGING ALONG. I WILL TELL YOU THAT IT IS A DIFFICULT PROJECT IN A CONFINED SPACE.

AND SO THINGS ARE GOING A LITTLE SLOW RIGHT NOW, BUT THE WEATHER IS NOT HELPING US.

BUT WE DO HAVE TIME TO, TO GET BACK IN GEAR. SO, WE WILL SWITCH TRAFFIC RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE THINKING BY THE END OF THE MONTH WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC DATE JUST YET.

WE JUST HAVE FINAL WORK TO DO ON SOME TRANSITIONS AND LITTLE THINGS, AND I JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER WE HAVE TOWN HALLS, ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE QUESTIONS WE GET IS ABOUT TRAFFIC OR SIGNALS.

SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY ON APRIL 29TH TO REALLY MEET THE FOLKS THAT ARE BEHIND IT AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE INNOVATIVE WAYS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MITIGATE THE HEADACHE THAT IT ACTUALLY IS. BUT, YOU KNOW, OUR CITY IS IN GROWING PAINS AND IT'S PAINFUL.

AS, AS WE GO THROUGH THAT. BUT WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN.

SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME. YEAH. OUR GROUP DOES A FANTASTIC JOB MANAGING THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC WE HAVE, AND THIS IS A CHANCE FOR THEM TO SHOW OFF WAYS THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO DO THAT.

I THINK PEOPLE WILL BE SURPRISED AT HOW MUCH TECHNOLOGY IS INVOLVED.

RIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. JASON.

ITEM 8 IS OUR PUBLIC WORKS MONTHLY REPORT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

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

SO THEY'LL START THAT TRANSITION AT ALL THE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS.

SO HOPEFULLY THE TASTE AND ODOR COMPLAINTS WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN MANY.

SO HOPEFULLY THOSE ARE BEHIND US FOR THIS YEAR.

I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. GABE I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF COMMENTS REAL QUICK.

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IS THAT CORRECT? APRIL. LET ME DOUBLE CHECK. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE ONCE.

AND THEN WHEN WE GET INTO THE SUMMER, IT'LL BE TWICE. YEP. THAT'S MY. TWO MONTHS, APRIL, MAY.

AND THEN WHEN WE GET TO JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL.

SO I WANTED TO JUST TALK, START TALKING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I WANTED TO PLUG YOUR SPRINKLER CHECKUPS, BECAUSE AS. PLEASE DO.

AS PEOPLE, THAT IS A FREE SERVICE THAT WE DO.

AND I BELIEVE IT'S ODD NUMBERS THIS YEAR. BASED ON THE YEAR, YES, MA'AM.

OKAY. SO IF YOU WANT A FREE SPRINKLER CHECKUP AND YOU HAVE AN ODD NUMBER HOUSE, THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO CALL.

AND IF YOU DO THINK YOU HAVE A LEAK, WHAT IS THE WHAT'S THE NEXT STEPS? I KNOW WE HAD A PRETTY HARD FREEZE THIS YEAR, SO WITH SPRINKLERS COMING BACK ON, THIS MAY BE SOMETHING SOME OF OUR PEOPLE EXPERIENCE.

AND IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE A LEAK, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT AN ODD YEAR, I WOULD SUGGEST GOING AHEAD AND CALLING OUR GUYS. OR IF THEY CAN WORK IT IN THE SCHEDULE, THEY'LL TRY TO WORK IT IN THE SCHEDULE. AGAIN, YOU CAN COORDINATE THAT THROUGH THE APP.

YOU CAN CALL THE 5800 OR EMAIL PUBLIC WORKS AT FRISCOTEXAS.GOV.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. YES. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT WILL TAKE US TO ITEM NINE WHICH 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.]

SO MORE DETAILS TO COME ON THAT. IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN.

AND JUST WE HAD THE FRISCO VETERANS COMMITTEE MEETING, AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A QUICK SHOUT OUT THAT WE'LL DO OUR VETERANS SPRING SOCIAL AT THE FRISCO RAIL YARD ON APRIL 24TH FROM 630 TO 8:30 P.M., AND THAT WILL BE PART OF OUR SALUTE TO SERVICE.

SO WE WILL BE INCLUDING THE FRISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THANKS, JOHN. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THAT'LL MOVE US INTO CITIZEN INPUT.

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

SO FIRST WE WILL START WITH CHELSEA DITTO.

HELLO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CHELSEA DATO.

AND I'M FROM PLANO. I AM HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I CANNOT BELIEVE THE CITY OF FRISCO CONTINUES TO ALLOW PETLAND TO MISLEAD CUSTOMERS AND SELL SICK PUPPIES.

HOW MANY MORE FAMILIES MUST GO THROUGH THIS BEFORE ACTION IS FINALLY TAKEN? ON MARCH 22ND, MY BOYFRIEND AND I PURCHASED A SOFT COATED WHEATEN TERRIER FROM PETLAND FRISCO, PAYING $5,000. DURING THE PURCHASE PROCESS, A PETLAND EMPLOYEE ACTIVELY DISCOURAGED US FROM GETTING ADDITIONAL TESTING DONE AT OUR PUPPY'S FIRST VET VISIT, CLAIMING IT WAS UNNECESSARY AND JUST A WAY FOR THE VET TO MAKE EXTRA MONEY.

TRUSTING PETLAND S WORD THAT OUR PUPPY WAS HEALTHY, WE INITIALLY DECLINED THE TEST AT THE FIRST VET APPOINTMENT.

HOWEVER, AFTER EXAMINING OUR PUPPY, THE VET STRONGLY URGED US TO RECONSIDER.

WHEN WE DID, THE RESULTS CONFIRMED SHE HAD GIARDIA TWO DAYS AFTER WE PURCHASED HER.

PROVING OUR PUPPY WAS ALREADY SICK AT THE TIME OF SALE, THE VET THEN SHOWED US MULTIPLE OTHER PUPPIES FROM THE SAME PETLAND LOCATION WHO ALSO TESTED POSITIVE THAT SAME DAY, MAKING IT CLEAR THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED CASE.

AFTER REVIEWING THE MEDICAL RECORDS PETLAND PROVIDED TO ME, I DISCOVERED SOMETHING EVEN MORE DISTURBING.

ON THE SAME DAY PETLAND ACQUIRED OUR PUPPY, SHE WAS GIVEN FIVE DIFFERENT MEDICATIONS, ALL OF WHICH TREAT BACTERIAL AND PARASITIC INFECTIONS, ACCORDING TO THE MEDICAL RECORDS PROVIDED TO ME BY PETLAND.

ON THE SAME DAY, PETLAND SOLD HER TO ME, SHE WAS ALSO GIVEN TWO ADDITIONAL DOSES OF MEDICATION, ALBON AND FLAGELLO, WHICH FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, ARE BOTH MEDICATIONS THAT ARE GIVEN TO DOGS TO TREAT PARASITES WITHOUT MY AWARENESS OR MY KNOWLEDGE THAT THE PUPPY I WAS BUYING WAS ACTIVELY UNDERGOING MEDICAL TREATMENT.

IF MY PUPPY WAS TRULY HEALTHY AND FIT FOR SALE, WHY WAS SHE BEING TREATED FOR PARASITES AND BACTERIAL INFECTIONS FROM THE MOMENT PETLAND ACQUIRED HER? AND BETTER YET, WHY WAS SHE STILL RECEIVING MEDICATIONS FOR THEM ON THE SAME DAY SHE WAS SOLD TO ME? WHEN I CONFRONTED PETLAND WITH THIS EVIDENCE AND DEMANDED AN EXPLANATION, THEY WENT SILENT.

THEY DENIED MY RETURN TO MY REQUEST TO RETURN MY PUPPY AND DENIED MY REQUEST FOR A REFUND.

AND NOW THEY REFUSE TO EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE MY EMAILS.

HOW IS THIS BUSINESS STILL OPERATING? CITY LEADERSHIP HAS PREVIOUSLY STATED THERE WOULD BE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR PETLAND IF THEY CONTINUE TO SELL SICK

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AT WHAT POINT IS IT GOING TO BE ENOUGH? AND TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, PETLAND FALSELY CLAIMS THEY ARE ADOPTING OUT DOGS.

I PAID $5,000. I DID NOT ADOPT THIS PUPPY. THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT ME.

IT IS ABOUT EVERY UNSUSPECTING FAMILY WHO WALKS INTO THAT STORE BELIEVING THEY ARE BRINGING HOME A HAPPY, HEALTHY PUPPY ONLY TO END UP WITH HEARTBREAK AND UNEXPECTED MEDICAL EXPENSES.

IT IS TIME TO FINALLY HOLD PETLAND ACCOUNTABLE AND PUT AN END TO THEIR UNETHICAL PRACTICES, BECAUSE NO FAMILY SHOULD HAVE TO ENDURE THIS, AND NO INNOCENT PUPPY SHOULD HAVE TO SUFFER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE JUDY. JUDY MORRISON.

MY NAME IS JUDY MORRISON AND MY ADDRESS IS 688 WINTERBERRY LANE IN FRISCO. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT SINCE 2006, AND I'D LIKE TO PREFACE MY CONVERSATION WITH YOU TODAY WITH THE FACT THAT I LOVE THE CITY OF FRISCO. FROM THE MOMENT WE MOVED HERE, IT HAS BEEN OUR HOME AND WE ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT HERE.

AND I THANK COUNCILWOMAN ANGELIA PELHAM FOR ACCEPTING MY EMAIL AND PROMISING TO RESOLVE, OR AT LEAST INQUIRE ON MY BEHALF AS WELL AS JOHN KEATING.

THE REASON I'M HERE TONIGHT IS BECAUSE OF PUBLIC WORKS.

I LIKE TO ALWAYS SPEAK POSITIVELY ABOUT THINGS.

I DON'T LIKE TO BE LIKE A NEGATIVE PERSON. SO, I BELIEVE THAT THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH COUNCILWOMAN PELHAM AND JOHN KEATING AND THE ONE I'M GOING TO HAVE WITH THE CITY MANAGER WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR MY ISSUE.

BUT WHAT I'M HERE FOR TONIGHT IS THERE IS A YOUNG LADY AT PUBLIC WORKS THAT I WORKED WITH, AND I AM A VERY GOOD JUDGE OF CHARACTER. AND I WORKED WITH LISA CASTLEBERRY FOR SINCE SHE FIRST STARTED WITH PUBLIC WORKS.

AND IT'S REGARDING SIDEWALK REPAIRS. WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET OUR SIDEWALKS REPAIRED FOR FOUR YEARS.

I'M THE BOARD PRESIDENT FOR MY COMMUNITY. I'M ALSO THE LIAISON FOR THE CITY BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS OVER HERE TALKING TO PEOPLE.

AND I'M ALSO THE LANDSCAPE SUPERVISOR, SO I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN MY COMMUNITY AND TALKING TO PEOPLE, AND I JUST FIND IT FRUSTRATING THAT IT SEEMS LIKE THE SYSTEMS DON'T WORK WELL, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU REPORT IT AND WHEN IT'S ACKNOWLEDGED AND WHEN IT'S FINALLY REPAIRED, THE CHECKS AND BALANCES DON'T ADD UP TO ME.

I NOTICED FOR WELL OVER A YEAR, RIGHT AT DEL WEBB BOULEVARD, I LIVE ON 423 IN LEBANON, BUT RIGHT THERE ON DEL WEBB AND 423. THAT SIDEWALK WAS NOT REPAIRED.

IT WAS UNABLE TO CROSS FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS.

AND THERE WAS AN ABANDONED TRACTOR THAT THE CITY WAS PROBABLY PAYING FOR THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR ALL THAT TIME.

AND I'M LIKE, GEEZ, IT'S A WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY.

NOW, I DON'T LIVE IN DEL WEBB, BUT I LIVE NEXT DOOR TO IT, SO I HAVE TO DRIVE AND SEE THAT EVERY DAY.

FINALLY, I DID REPORT IT AND IT WAS TAKEN CARE OF AND THE TRACTOR WAS REMOVED AND BUT IT'S BEEN A YEAR.

THEY FINALLY DID START WORKING ON IT THIS WEEK.

AS FAR AS MY COMMUNITY, LISA CASTLEBERRY HAD JUST STARTED AND SHE WAS WORKING VERY WELL WITH ME.

I WAS KIND OF HESITANT BECAUSE SHE WAS NEW, BUT I'M LIKE, OKAY, I'M GOING TO GIVE HER A CHANCE.

THIS IS I HAVE TO WORK WITH WHAT I HAVE, RIGHT? AND SO WE DEVELOPED, SHE KEPT ME UPDATED, WE DEVELOPED A RAPPORT.

AND ONE DAY I LOOK OUTSIDE MY WINDOW AND THERE SHE IS WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO START THE SIDEWALKS.

AND I'M LIKE, YAY! AND I RUN OUT THERE AND I GET THE CONFIRMATION THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO START.

AND THEN SHE STARTS. SO I WAS SO HAPPY ABOUT IT.

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I'M VERY, IF I WRITE A LETTER, IT'S BECAUSE I'M SINCERE.

AND I WROTE A LETTER TO HER SUPERVISOR, AND HE WAS HAPPY TO KNOW.

I SENT HIM THE EMAIL, AND HE SAID THAT SHE WAS GOING TO GET THIS LETTER.

THIS WAS LAST YEAR IN OCTOBER, SO SHE WAS GOING TO GET IT.

AND, YOU KNOW, HE WAS VERY HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT AN EMPLOYEE.

SO HE GAVE IT TO HER SUPERVISOR, WHICH IS GLORIA MARTINEZ.

AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, LISA CASTLEBERRY NEVER GOT MY LETTER.

AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, BECAUSE I WRITE MOSTLY AT NIGHT, LIKE AT 3 A.M.

IN THE MORNING WHEN I CAN'T SLEEP. SO THAT'S WHEN I'M WRITING LETTERS FOR DIFFERENT PROJECTS I'M WORKING ON, AND I WAS OFFENDED BY IT, YOU KNOW. AND SO I REACHED OUT TO GABE JOHNSON ABOUT IT.

AND UNLIKE THE ATTITUDE THAT I EXPERIENCED WHEN I TOLD HIM ABOUT THE LETTER, THE THE ATTITUDE WAS TOTALLY DIFFERENT. AND IT WAS VERY IT WAS A VERY AWFUL CONVERSATION.

AND I CALLED THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND ACTUALLY TOLD THE SECRETARY I WANTED TO PULL MY EYELASHES OUT ONE AT A TIME.

THAT'S HOW FRUSTRATED I WAS WITH THAT CONVERSATION WITH GABE JOHNSON.

OKAY. THANK YOU. MA'AM, YOUR TIME IS UP. OKAY.

I JUST WANTED TO GIVE LISA THE FLOWERS THAT SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN AND THE LETTER THAT I HAD FRAMED.

THANK YOU. AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE MARK PALASCIANO. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. HEY, FRISCO.

MY NAME IS MARK PALASCIANO. I'M A 41 YEAR OLD LIFELONG TEXAN TURNED WHISTLEBLOWER AFTER WORKING AT T-MOBILE FOR 17 YEARS, I'VE BEEN EXPOSING T-MOBILE FOR THE LAST 19 MONTHS, AND I'VE BEEN CENSORED ON EVERY PLATFORM.

SO I FINALLY LEARNED COMING TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS IS THE ONLY WAY MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT IS PROTECTED.

I WANT TO MAKE A FEW POINTS AND THEN READ AN EMAIL I SENT.

FIRST, I FOUGHT T-MOBILE'S VACCINE MANDATE IN TEXAS.

I WAS LOCKED, I WORKED OUT OF THIS FRISCO OFFICE RIGHT HERE AT WARREN IN THE TOLLWAY.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN ME PROTESTING WITH SIGNS OUT THERE THE PAST FEW MONTHS, BUT I'VE BEEN ON THE CORNER WORKING MY WORKING, WORKING THE SIGN. BUT I FOUGHT THEIR VACCINE MANDATE, AND I WAS LOCKED OUT OF THE OFFICE FOR TEN MONTHS.

AND THAT FRISCO OFFICE. ON TOP OF THAT, THEY TESTED A VACCINE PASSPORT AT THE STONEBRIAR COUNTRY CLUB AT THE 2021 HOLIDAY PARTY THAT I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND.

T-MOBILE CENSORED CUSTOMER TEXT MESSAGES DURING COVID, SO IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN FACEBOOK AND GOOGLE WERE CENSORING COVID INFORMATION, T-MOBILE WAS DOING THE SAME AND THEY GOT AWAY WITH IT.

IF YOU SENT TEXT MESSAGES ABOUT THE VACCINE, MIGHT NOT BEING 100% EFFECTIVE? CUSTOMERS DID NOT EVEN GET THE TEXT MESSAGE. AND I'M THE WHISTLEBLOWER THAT'S EXPOSED THAT.

T-MOBILE HAS A DIVERSE, TEN DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION GROUPS.

NONE OF THEM REPRESENT YOUR AVERAGE WHITE CHRISTIAN MALE.

BECAUSE T-MOBILE USES DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION TO DIVIDE AMERICA FROM WITHIN T-MOBILE INSIDERS, SPECIFICALLY DEUTSCHE TELECOM, THEIR PARENT COMPANY, DUMPED OVER $5.3 BILLION WORTH OF STOCK LAST YEAR.

AND I, THE WHISTLEBLOWER, WAS THE ONLY PERSON TO REPORT ON IT. YOU WILL NOT FIND ANOTHER STORY FROM ANY NEWS OUTLET TALKING ABOUT THIS.

RIGHT NOW, T-MOBILE IS EVEN RAISING THE PRICES ON EXISTING CUSTOMERS WHILE THEY'RE LAYING EMPLOYEES OFF THAT FRISCO OFFICE.

THERE'S GOT TO BE HUNDREDS OF EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE BEEN LAID OFF SINCE THE MERGER WITH SPRINT, AND T-MOBILE HAS LAID OFF OVER 10 TO 20,000 EMPLOYEES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

I WANT TO READ AN EMAIL THAT I SENT TO CITY OFFICIALS BECAUSE ON TOP OF THIS, I ALSO AM FIGHTING A FALSE ALLEGATION OF HARASSMENT OUT OF THE COLLIN COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. AND I'VE EXPOSED MY CASE, OR YOU CAN GO TO MY WEBSITE, WWW.MARKPALASCIANO.COM WHICH IS MY SUBSTACK, AND I HAVE A YOUTUBE, AND I'M ON A LOT OF OTHER SOCIAL MEDIAS. BUT LET ME READ THIS EMAIL THAT I SENT TO A LOT OF CITY OFFICIALS IN COLLIN COUNTY.

HI CITY OFFICIALS, I'M REACHING OUT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF T-MOBILE WEAPONIZING THE COLLIN COUNTY JUDICIARY SYSTEM TO GO AFTER A WHISTLEBLOWER.

I'M ONE OF THE BIGGEST STORIES IN AMERICA YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT, BECAUSE MY STORY EXPOSES TOO MUCH TRUTH ABOUT T-MOBILE.

T-MOBILE HAS WORKED WITH BIG TECH TO CENSOR ME ON EVERY PLATFORM I'VE USED, AND THEY EVEN GOT MY TIKTOK BANNED THE DAY AFTER MY FIRST COURT DATE.

MY GOAL WAS TO USE MY WHISTLEBLOWER STORY TO KICK OFF MY JOURNALISM CAREER, AND T-MOBILE HAS TAKEN AWAY MY ABILITY TO BE AN INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST WITH EXTREME CENSORSHIP. T-MOBILE HAS TAKEN MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT WITH CENSORSHIP, AND COLLIN COUNTY HAS TAKEN MY SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHT AND TEXAS LICENSE TO CARRY OVER MY FALSE ALLEGATION OF HARASSMENT BY T-MOBILE PRESIDENT JOHN FRYER.

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EVERY TEXAN SHOULD CARE ABOUT, EVERY TEXAN SHOULD BE SUPPORTING ME BECAUSE MY STORY PROVES FASCISM HAS TAKEN OVER TEXAS.

PLEASE HELP ME MARK PALASCIANO. I ADDED LINKS TO MY SOCIAL MEDIA, VIDEOS TO MY YOUTUBE AND FLIERS THAT I'VE CREATED.

I'M GOING TO END WITH JUST ONE BIG STATEMENT.

AND IF FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW, IF YOU KNOW WHO THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM IS, T-MOBILE IS THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM'S TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY.

AND I'M SORRY, I HAVE TO COME TO THESE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND DO THIS, BUT THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THAT I EVEN HAVE MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND I HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE A WONDERFUL NIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. AND LASTLY, WE HAVE MR. LEE.

LET US PRAY. DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN, BE WITH US IN THIS HOUR, AND SEND US THY HOLY SPIRIT TO UNDERSTAND THE WILL OF GOD. WE PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS.

SIN INVADED THIS EARTH. GOD PERMITTED THE FALL AND SIX DAYS TO RULE OVER THIS WORLD. GOD'S COUNTING IS ONE DAY IS 1000 1,000TH DAY OR 1000 YEARS IS ONE DAY.

SO LONG TIME. BUT. GOD'S TIME. CALCULATION IS VERY QUICKLY ALMOST FINISHED. NOW THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS WILL BE SOON APPEAR.

ALL THE SERIOUSNESS, THINGS AND DEATH, DEATH AND UNHAPPY THINGS WILL BE GONE AWAY. GOD WILL RESTORE EVERYTHING IN DUE NEW HEAVEN AND NEW EARTH.

THERE WILL BE NO TEARS, NO DEATH, NO HEARTACHE.

EVERY SICKNESS WILL BE GONE AWAY. WAY. THEN HAPPY ALL THE WAY.

HAPPY AND JOY FOREVER AND EVER.

IN CHAPTER ONE, GENESIS CHAPTER 131 SAYS, GOD SAW EVERYTHING THAT HE HAD MADE, AND BEHOLD, IT WAS VERY GOOD.

WHEN GOD CREATED THE ANGELS BEAUTIFUL AND GLORIOUS, PERFECT AND INTELLIGENT. WHY BEAUTIFUL? FROM BEAUTIFUL, UGLY THINGS COME OUT. WHY INTELLIGENT COME OUT AGAINST GOD.

THAT IS AN UNREASONABLE MYSTERY. WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS CANNOT UNDERSTAND THE GOD DIDN'T SHOW US. AS SQL CHAPTER 2817.

THE HEART WAS, THE HEART WAS LIKE WHO LIVED. THE HEART WAS LIFTED UP BECAUSE OF THE BEAUTY, BEAUTY, BEAUTY, BEAUTY. OKAY, BUT HEART WILL BE GO UP.

THE ARROGANT AND VERY, VERY NOT. GOOD MIND. HAPPEN.

ANGELS ARE ARROGANT. ONE OF THE ANGELS LUCIFER ARE TURNED AGAINST GOD. I DON'T WANT TO SERVE GOD.

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THAT KIND OF LIFTED UP. THAT IS MYSTERY. THE HEART WAS LIFTED UP BECAUSE OF THE BEAUTY.

EZEKIEL CHAPTER 28, 17 AND 15. ALSO, THOU WAS PERFECT.

WHEN HE WAS CREATED. BUT IT WAS. THE UNREASONABLE. ISAIAH 1414 SAYS.

THE HEART WAS LIFTED UP. I WILL ASCEND ABOVE THE MOST HIGH.

HE WAS GIVEN PERMISSION TO RULE OVER THIS WORLD.

SIX DAYS. THANK YOU, MR. LEE. THAT MEANS 6000 MR. LEE YEARS. ALL DONE NOW. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME. THANK YOU. NEXT TIME I WILL CONTINUE.

THANK YOU. HOW? HOW GOD TAKE CARE OF THIS. LOST THINGS, LOST THINGS.

ETERNAL LIFE. WE LOST. AND WHAT? WHAT ELSE? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. LEE. WE'LL CONTINUE NEXT TIME.

MANY THINGS ARE LOST. ETERNAL LIFE WE LOST. THANK YOU.

BUT HOW WILL GOD RESTORE? THANK YOU. REST NEXT TIME.

NEXT TIME. THANK YOU, SIR. IS THAT ALL THE ITEMS? YES. OKAY. THAT WILL MOVE US INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

THE CONSENT AGENDA CAN BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION.

MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL IS REQUIRED TO MOVE ANY ITEM FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND ACTION. COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY VOTE ON ANY ITEM WITHOUT COMMENT. MAY SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD. COUNCIL YOU HAVE ITEMS TEN THROUGH 20 FOR CONSIDERATION.

MOVE TO APPROVE TEN THROUGH 20. MOTION BY BILL.

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

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

[LEGISLATIVE AGENDA]

COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY VOTE NAY ON ANY SINGLE ITEM WITHOUT COMMENT.

MAY SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD. THERE ARE THREE ITEMS. ITEMS 21 TO 23.

MOVE TO APPROVE 21 THROUGH 23. MOTION BY BILL.

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

A REGULAR AGENDA ITEM 24. PUBLIC HEARING A REQUEST TO RESCIND A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.

[Public Hearing: A request to rescind a Specific Use Permit (S-154) for a Church on 3.0± acres on the east side of Independence Parkway, 860± feet north of Eldorado Parkway, and to consider to direct Staff to prepare an Ordinance of the same. Zoned Agricultural with a Specific Use Permit (S-154) for a Church. Neighborhood #6. Specific Use Permit Case No. SUP25-0001. Applicant: BGE, Inc. (Development Services/RR)]

AND TO CONSIDER TO DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE OF THE SAME.

ZONE AGRICULTURAL WITH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT S 154 FOR A CHURCH NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER SIX SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.

CASE NUMBER SUP 250-001, APPLICANT BGE INCORPORATED.

MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL JOHN LETTELLEIR, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ON THIS CASE, THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WAS APPROVED BACK IN 2003, AND ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, WE AMENDED THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO REMOVE THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUIREMENT FOR CHURCHES.

IT DOES HAVE A CONDITIONAL STANDARD THAT THEY MUST BE ON A MINIMUM COLLECTOR SIZE STREET THAT INTERSECTS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.

THIS CHURCH IS LOCATED ALONG INDEPENDENCE PARKWAY, A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.

THE SNP IS NO LONGER NECESSARY FOR THIS PROPERTY, AND AS YOU MAY RECALL, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL OTHER CASES IN WHICH WE ARE PERIODICALLY REMOVING THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT ON THOSE CHURCHES. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE RETENTION OF THE SNP COUNCIL. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. MOVE TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING.

MOTION BY BILL. SECOND. SECOND BY TAMMY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSES SIX ZERO. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE.

MOVE TO CLOSE. MOTION BY BILL. SECOND. SECOND BY TAMMY.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSES SIX ZERO. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

MOVE TO APPROVE. ITEM 24. A MOTION BY BILL. SECOND.

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

ITEM 25 IS A PUBLIC HEARING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT REQUEST TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO INCORPORATE THE UPDATED PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN.

[Public Hearing - Comprehensive Plan Amendment: A request to amend the Comprehensive Plan to incorporate the updated Parks and Recreation Master Plan.   Consider and act upon adopting the Parks and Recreation Master Plan, Plan Your Play (CA25-0002), and directing Staff to prepare an Ordinance of the same. Owner(s): City of Frisco. (Parks and Recreation/SC)]

PLAN YOUR PLAY CA 250002 AND DIRECTING STAFF TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE OF THE SAME OWNERS.

CITY OF FRISCO. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SHANNON COATES, DIRECTOR OF PLAY, FRISCO. WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

I HAVE WITH ME CLAIRE HEMPEL FROM DESIGN WORKSHOP.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER. OUR TEAM, HER TEAM, EVERYONE WE COULD GET TO CONTRIBUTE FOR THE PAST YEAR.

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ALSO HAVE TAKEN IT TO P AND Z PLANNING AND ZONING, AND NOW ARE VERY EXCITED TO PRESENT IT TO YOU TONIGHT.

GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS CLAIRE HEMPEL.

I LIVE IN AUSTIN, BUT I'M UP HERE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR PLAN.

OKAY, GREAT. WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION LOADED, SO EVERYTHING SHOULD GO SMOOTHLY, RIGHT? WE ARE EXCITED TO PROVIDE A SUMMARY OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE TO DATE ON THE PLAN YOUR PLAY INITIATIVE, AND PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE RESULTED FROM THE PUBLIC INPUT AND DIRECTION FROM STAFF.

WE ARE FORTUNATE TO INTERACT WITH COUNCIL ALONG THE WAY, SO THE FOLLOWING SECTION WILL SERVE AS A REFRESHER TO WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WHERE WE ARE NOW. AS SHANNON MENTIONED, THE PROJECT KICKED OFF ONE YEAR AGO, AND SINCE THEN WE'VE HAD A SERIES OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS AND SURVEYS AS WE WORK THROUGH ANALYSIS, PLAN ALTERNATIVES, AND NOW RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION.

THIS PLAN WAS FORTUNATE TO COINCIDE WITH OTHER PLANNING INITIATIVES LIKE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE CULTURAL AFFAIRS MASTER PLAN.

TODAY, FRISCO'S PARK SYSTEM COMPRISED IS COMPRISED OF 86 PARKS, OVER 2300 ACRES AND 244 44 MILES OF ON AND OFF ROAD TRAIL. THE CURRENT POPULATION IS NEARLY A QUARTER MILLION PEOPLE, AND 44% OF THE CITY'S PARKLAND REMAINS UNDEVELOPED.

OUR ANALYSIS DOES NOT FACTOR IN HOA OPEN SPACE.

MUCH OF WHAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY THE HOA IS PARKS FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES, SO THE TEAM FOCUSED ONLY ON CITY OWNED AND CITY MANAGED ASSETS.

THE NEED FOR AN UPDATE TO THE 2016 PLAN WAS BROUGHT ON BY THE RAPID GROWTH THAT FRISCO HAS EXPERIENCED OVER THE PAST DECADE, WHICH HAS INCREASED THE NEED FOR PARK SPACE. THE CHANGE IN DEMOGRAPHICS HAS ALSO CHANGED HOW PARK SPACES ARE USED.

AS AN EXAMPLE, THE EXISTING PARKS PLAN FOCUSES ON ACTIVE RECREATION FIELDS.

THROUGH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE WERE HEARING THAT THIS IS STILL AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE PARK SYSTEM, BUT PEOPLE ARE DESIRING MORE INTEGRATION WITH NATURE.

ADDING TREES AND SHADE AND TRAIL CONNECTIVITY.

THE CITY ONLY HAS ABOUT 15 TO 16% REMAINING LAND TO BE DEVELOPED, MEANING THAT UNDERSTANDING PARKLAND NEEDS IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT WITH LESS AVAILABLE LAND TO CREATE PARK SPACES. A SNAPSHOT OF FRISCO'S PARKLAND PER CAPITA SHOWS THAT TODAY, THE CITY IS MEETING NATIONAL STANDARDS OF PARK ACRE PER 1000 RESIDENTS.

BUT WITH THE PROJECTED POPULATION GROWTH, AN ADDITIONAL 962 ACRES WILL BE NEEDED BY 2031.

IF WE WERE TO GO BY NATIONAL STANDARDS, HOWEVER, THOSE STANDARDS ARE NOT UNIQUE FOR EACH COMMUNITY.

AND THAT'S WHY A CONSULTANT IS HIRED TO WORK THROUGH THE PLAN.

THE WAY THAT FRISCO CAN GET CLOSER TO THE GAP WILL BE THROUGH ADDING TRAILS, LINEAR PARKS, AND CONNECTIVITY TO THE ENTIRE PARK SYSTEM. THUS, THE NEED FOR A PLAN THAT REFLECTS TODAY'S POPULATION AND CAN GUIDE WHERE FUTURE INVESTMENTS IN PARKS SHOULD BE. THE MISSION AND VISION HAVE REMAINED CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.

THE PLAN ALIGNS WITH FRISCO'S VISION AND PRINCIPLES AS SHOWN HERE.

THESE IDEALS ARE REFLECTED IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE TRULY BORN FROM COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND DISCUSSIONS, STARTING WITH AN OPEN HOUSE LAST SUMMER WHERE WE HEARD ABOUT IDEAS, CONCERNS AND DREAMS FOR FRISCO PARKS, FOLLOWED BY A SERIES OF POP UP EVENTS TO CAPTURE THOUGHTS FROM PEOPLE AT CITY EVENTS AND A STATISTICALLY VALID COMMUNITY SURVEY. THE FEEDBACK PROVIDED THROUGH THESE VARIOUS OUTLETS PROVIDED A BASELINE FROM WHICH TO BEGIN THINKING OF VARIOUS ALTERNATIVES.

THE WORDS DISPLAYED AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS SLIDE REFLECT SOME OF THE THOUGHTS PROVIDED TO THE TEAM BY THE PUBLIC.

NOTE THAT THE LARGER TEXT OF THE WORDS TRAILS, CONNECTIVITY, INCLUSIVITY, AND NATURAL AREA PRESERVATION MEAN THAT THESE ELEMENTS WERE MENTIONED MORE FREQUENTLY. IN NOVEMBER, THE TEAM MET WITH A SERIES OF FOCUS GROUPS, MAKING SURE THAT WE HEARD FROM AS MANY OF FRISCO'S POPULATION AS WE COULD. THOSE GROUPS INCLUDED SENIORS.

YEARS, FAMILIES, SPORTS ADVOCATES AND YOUTH. SOME OF THE KEY FINDINGS INCLUDE A DESIRE FOR MORE SPACE AT THE GROVE AND A HIGH DEMAND FOR OUTDOOR PROGRAMING SUCH AS YOGA AND TAI CHI. UNDERSTANDING THAT A HIGH DEMAND FOR SUMMER CAMPS MEANS THAT SUMMER, OR THAT THE CAMP SESSIONS FILL UP QUICKLY, MIGHT INDICATE THAT ADDITIONAL CAMP SPACES ARE NEEDED.

THERE IS A DESIRE FOR MORE PRACTICE FIELDS FOR SPORTS OF ALL TYPES, AND FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WE SPOKE WITH, THERE IS A NEED FOR PLACES TO SIMPLY HANG OUT AND STUDY WITH NEARBY LOCATIONS TO GRAB DRINKS AND SNACKS.

IT WAS REFERENCED THAT THE TEENAGERS WE SPOKE WITH SUCCESSFULLY INTERACT WITH THE FRISCO LIBRARY IN A SIMILAR MANNER TO HOW THEIR SEEING FUTURE PARK SPACE.

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THOSE TOP TEN RECOMMENDATIONS ARE LISTED HERE.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, TREES, SHADE, AND TRAILS ARE ALL HEAVILY PRIORITIZED WITH THE ENGAGEMENT TO DATE AND DIRECTION FROM STAFF.

THE PLAN DOCUMENT OUTLINES THE PURPOSE FOR THE PLAN, IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WITH A ROADMAP FOR IMPLEMENTATION OVER THE NEXT 10 TO 15 YEARS. THE RECOMMENDATIONS MAP OUT ACTION STEPS FOR THE CITY FOR THE NEXT DECADE OR SO, AND REFLECTING ON THE GOALS ESTABLISHED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT.

THE PLAN'S GOALS ARE UNDER EACH OF THE AREAS OF FOCUS, INCLUDING HEALTH, COMMUNITY, ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENT.

THE DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT OF EACH OF THESE GOALS.

THE RECOMMENDATIONS FALL UNDER FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES CAPITAL PROJECTS OR THOSE THAT REQUIRE FINANCIAL OR REAL ESTATE RESOURCES.

POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS. HUMAN RESOURCES OR WHAT IT WILL TAKE FROM THE STAFFING PERSPECTIVE TO EXECUTE THESE IDEAS IN PARTNERSHIPS OR COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL AND REGIONAL PARTNERS. WE'LL GO OVER EACH OF THE FEW CATEGORIES IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES.

SO HERE'S WHAT YOU SEE IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS CHAPTER.

THE RECOMMENDATIONS TYPE WITH A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE IDEA IS, AS WELL AS ICONS REPRESENTING THE GOALS THAT EACH ONE SUPPORTS.

IN THIS EXAMPLE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CAPITAL PROJECTS RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH INCLUDE STRATEGIES SUCH AS HABITAT RESTORATION, DESIGN FOR SAFETY AND COMFORT, AND INVESTING IN HEALTH PROMOTING AMENITIES.

FOUR FACTORS WERE CONSIDERED FOR EACH RECOMMENDATION, INCLUDING THE IMPACT OF THE COMMUNITY FEASIBILITY, OR THE EASE OR LACK OF BARRIERS TO BRINGING A RECOMMENDATION TO FRUITION.

THE HIGH LEVEL COST AND THE WEIGHT THAT THE PUBLIC GAVE TO THE RECOMMENDATION.

THE DOCUMENT MAPS OUT ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND NOT JUST THE TOP TEN.

THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH A PARTICULAR PART OF FRISCO OR ANY SPECIFIC PARK.

RATHER, THEY ARE DRAFTED SO AS TO BE GENERAL FOR THE ENTIRE CITY FOR SITE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS.

WE STARTED WITH A SUITABILITY ANALYSIS MAP. THE MAP YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN USED CITY'S GIS DATA TO LAYER ASPECTS OF THE PARK SYSTEM TOGETHER, INCLUDING DEMOGRAPHICS, ENVIRONMENTAL AND PRESERVATION ELEMENTS, AND A TEN MINUTE WALKING DISTANCE TO EXISTING PARKS.

THE WRITTEN RECOMMENDATIONS DOVETAIL WITH THE SPATIAL OR MAPPED RECOMMENDATIONS.

THESE SITE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE PRIORITIES FOR PARK DEVELOPMENT, LAND ACQUISITION, UPDATES FOR OLDER PARKS, AND A POTENTIAL SITE FOR A NEW RECREATION CENTER.

AND I WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT ENVISIONED AS ANOTHER FAC, BUT MORE OF A TRADITIONAL RECREATION CENTER TO HOST MEETINGS, EVENTS, SUMMER CAMPS, LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, ETC..

TO ROUND OUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS, WE PROVIDE GUIDANCE FOR THE PLAY FRISCO STAFF AND CITY LEADERSHIP ON ASSESSING HIRING NEEDS BASED ON BEST PRACTICES FOR SIMILAR CITIES WITH SIMILAR PARK ELEMENTS AND PROGRAMS. SO TO CLOSE IT OUT TONIGHT, WE'RE SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO INCORPORATE THE UPDATED PARK SYSTEM PLAN CALLED PLAN YOUR PLAY. AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. MOVE TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING.

MOTION BY BILL. SECOND BY TAMMY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THAT PASSES SIX ZERO. IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING? SEEING NONE MOVED CLOSE.

MOTION BY BILL. SECOND. SECOND BY TAMMY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSES SIX ZERO. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

COUNCIL, WHAT QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS DO YOU HAVE? IT'S AN INCREDIBLY THOROUGH DOCUMENT. YES. YES.

VERY IMPRESSIVE. VERY IMPRESSIVE. YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR CHANGING PARK NEEDS AS A COMMUNITY.

CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS. SO IT WAS VERY THOUGHTFULLY DONE.

THANK YOU. I THINK WHAT'S REALLY GREAT ABOUT FRISCO AND OUR DESIRE FOR PARKS IS THAT WE UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR CITY, THAT WE NEED SPACES FOR US TO JUST BREATHE, GET AWAY FROM THE CONCRETE, PLAY, BE INSPIRED, BRING THE FAMILY. AND WE INVEST IN OUR PARKS.

SO TO HAVE THIS MANY 86 PARKS THAT REQUIRE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AND ALL OF THE STAFF THAT GO WITH IT, REINVESTMENT IN OLDER PARKS. BUT THIS IS WHERE WE WANT TO GO AS A CITY, IS MAKING SURE THAT THESE ARE PART OF OUR CITY AND IN GREAT

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AND I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT GAVE INPUT ON THIS AS WELL.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE CITIZENS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS.

CLAIRE SHANNON, AGAIN, TO MAYOR'S POINT, VERY WELL DONE.

I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. ONE QUESTION I MY FIRST QUESTION IS HOW DOES THE PLAN THAT YOU HAVE THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING OVERLAP WITH THE ARTS AND CULTURE PLAN OVERLAP WITH THE GENERAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? I MEAN, ARE THERE AREAS WHERE THEY'RE DIVERGENT? ARE YOU SEEING COMMON THEMES IN TERMS OF OVERLAP? SO WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE ALL OF THOSE INITIATIVES GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME.

AND THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, WE WERE ABLE TO SEE DRAFTS AND TALK WITH THE STAFF THAT WAS WORKING ON THOSE OTHER INITIATIVES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE PUT FORWARD IN THE PLAN, THE DRAFT PLAN TODAY REFLECT AND HELP DOVETAIL NICELY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE ARTS AND CULTURE PLAN.

SO WE KIND OF WOVE IT ALL TOGETHER. THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANYTHING THAT'S BATTLING AGAINST EACH OTHER IN ANY OF THOSE PLANS.

ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD WITH THAT, SHANNON, BEFORE I ASK MY NEXT QUESTION? NO, NOT REALLY.

I GUESS I WOULD JUST SAY THAT WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE, AND I GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT ALSO TO JOHN LETTELLEIR AND CHRIS LEONARD AND THE TEAM AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, BECAUSE THEY WERE VERY GRACIOUS TO PUT UP WITH A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM ME ABOUT THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ALIGNED.

AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS, I NOTICED IN THE REPORT I'M NOT SURE WHO THE ENTITY IN RPA IS, BUT I'M ASSUMING IT'S A NATIONAL ENTITY THAT LOOKS AT PARKS AND RECREATION.

I NOTICED THAT THERE WERE AREAS WHERE WE WERE ALIGNED WITH CITIES, OUR SIZE, AND THEN THERE WERE AREAS WHERE WE WERE NOT ALIGNED WITH CITIES OUR SIZE FOR BOTH NOW, IN THE FUTURE, IN THOSE AREAS WHERE PICKLEBALL COURTS, COMMUNITY GARDENS, DOG PARKS, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT? I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW WOEFULLY BEHIND WE WERE, BUT I JUST THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THAT WE WERE NOT NECESSARILY KEEPING PACE WITH CITIES OUR SIZE IN THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS.

SO NRPA IS THE NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARKS ASSOCIATION, AND IT'S A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT SETS STANDARDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SO WE WHEN WE START A PLAN, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BASELINE OF STANDARDS THAT THAT ORGANIZATION PROVIDES.

AND IT'S SIMPLY A STARTING POINT. AND THE PLAN IS REALLY INFLUENCED THROUGH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT WE HEAR.

SO IF A STANDARD, FOR INSTANCE, CRICKET IS A GOOD EXAMPLE, THERE'S NOT REALLY A GOOD STANDARD RIGHT NOW FOR CRICKET AT NRPA.

I THINK THERE ARE MAYBE STARTING TO CRAFT SOME BASELINE STANDARDS THERE.

BUT THERE IS SUCH A NEED HERE IN FRISCO, WHICH WE REALLY DISCOVERED THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND SPEAKING WITH LEADERSHIP AND STAFF.

SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE WE MIGHT SEE A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL STANDARD AND THE COMMUNITY.

BUT THE ENGAGEMENT IS WHERE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT NEEDS TO BE PUT FORTH IN THE IN THE ROADMAP FOR THE FUTURE.

OKAY. AND THEN MY FINAL QUESTION AND I'LL TURN IT OVER, I THINK TO COUNCILWOMAN RUMMEL BECAUSE I BELIEVE SHE HAS SOME QUESTIONS.

THE ONE THING THAT I ALSO NOTICED IN YOUR REPORT IS OBVIOUSLY THE DEMOGRAPHICS HAVE SHIFTED IN THE CITY OF FRISCO, AND WE'RE ABOUT 50% PEOPLE OF COLOR. AND I ALSO NOTICED THAT AS YOU DID YOUR SEGMENTATION OF UTILIZATION, CLEARLY WE HAD SOME OF THOSE DEMOGRAPHICS THAT WERE NOT UTILIZING THE PARK TO THE FULLEST EXTENT.

AND I THINK THAT THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US.

ANY THOUGHTS IN YOUR RECOMMENDATION ON HOW DO WE ENGAGE A BROADER SEGMENT OF THE COMMUNITY, EITHER THROUGH ACTIVATION? YOU MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT THE LIBRARY, BUT THE LIBRARY, I THINK, HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF CREATING CROSS SECTIONAL, CROSS DEMOGRAPHIC ACTIVATION TO PULL PEOPLE IN.

ARE WE LOOKING AT THAT SAME APPROACH FOR A BROADER SEGMENT OF THE MARKET? ABSOLUTELY. THERE'S A PRETTY LARGE SEGMENT ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS IN THE PLAN AS FAR AS RECOMMENDATIONS, AND I THINK THOSE PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES WILL HELP TO PROMOTE THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THE PARKS, EVEN MORE SO WHEN WE WE DID OUR LAST ROUND OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

I DO WANT TO GIVE A KUDOS TO THE CITY, TO THE LEADERSHIP, TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE THERE THERE WERE SO MANY PRAISES BEING SUNG FROM OUR OUR ATTENDEES AND PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN THESE MEETINGS THAT SPOKE TO THE QUALITY OF THE PARKS.

AND IT WAS ONLY HOW CAN WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE ALREADY BEING PUT ON? SO THAT MADE IT INTO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. I WOULD ALSO SAY TOO, THAT SIMILAR TO THE LIBRARY, WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR DIFFERENT WAYS TO ENGAGE PEOPLE.

ONE OF THE INTERESTING WAYS THAT WE'VE DONE IT, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER IN MY REPORT, WE HAD NO IDEA HOW POPULAR ADOPT A PARK WOULD BE.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALWAYS, I THINK, BEEN GOOD ABOUT GOING TO THE PEOPLE,

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I SEE SUCH A GREAT EXPANSION THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT, THROUGH OUR CULTURAL AFFAIRS DIVISION. THEY'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB REALLY REACHING DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS. AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

THAT'S A PRIORITY. WE'RE ALSO, I GUESS, A WITH BUDGET.

WE'RE IN BUDGET SEASON. ONE OF THE AREAS TO THAT THAT WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN DO BETTER IN WHEN WE THINK ABOUT HEALTH AND WELLBEING FOR ALL.

WE WILL BE PUTTING FORTH A REQUEST FOR OUR FIRST RECREATIONAL THERAPIST POTENTIALLY THAT WOULD BE ON STAFF WITH US.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO EXPAND AND REACH AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN.

GREAT. THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS AND JOB VERY WELL DONE.

I THINK IT'S A TESTAMENT TO HOW DEEPLY WE DO OUR RESEARCH AND LOOK AT STRATEGICALLY, EVERY AREA OF THE CITY.

AND PROBABLY NOBODY WOULD EVEN BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE, WHAT, 100 PAGE DOCUMENT THAT LOOKS AT STRATEGICALLY, HOW DO WE INVEST IN PARKS AND TRAILS AND ALL OF OUR RECREATIONAL AREAS.

SO THANK YOU FOR GREAT WORK. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO I WAS VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT WE WERE ABOUT 40% ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF PARK SPACE RIGHT NOW.

BUT TO YOUR POINT, THAT YOU SAID EARLIER IS THAT THAT MAY CHANGE AS OUR POPULATION GROWS.

AND SHANNON, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A TARGET OF WHEN ONCE WE'RE ALL BUILT OUT AND ONCE WE ALL HAVE.

DO YOU HAVE AN AREA WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE US TO TO SEE US BE AS WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE IN THIS REPORT? I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE A SPECIFIC NUMBER IN MY HEAD, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALL KNOW THAT FRISCO IS VERY GOOD AT IS WE'RE GOOD AT PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, AND WE'RE ALSO GOOD AT PUBLIC PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS.

AND SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, IF I WERE TO USE TENNIS COURTS AS AN EXAMPLE, THE WAY THAT THE SYSTEM HERE, AS YOU'RE ALL WELL AWARE, WE ONLY TECHNICALLY HAVE EIGHT TENNIS COURTS WITHIN OUR PLAY FRISCO SYSTEM BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO LEVERAGE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHO WAS BUILDING SCHOOLS ALL OVER THE PLACE TO SO THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY ON THAT. BUT THROUGH A JOINT USE AGREEMENT, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MEET THE NEEDS.

AND SO WE'LL BE LOOKING TO EXPAND RELATIONSHIPS LIKE THAT.

FORMALIZE, I SHOULD SAY. WE HAVE GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE DISTRICT, BUT FORMALIZE THAT BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT PARKS AND YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THIS PLAN AS, AS CLAIRE SAID IN THE BEGINNING, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID NOT INCLUDE AS AN EXAMPLE ARE SCHOOL PLAYGROUNDS.

SO THE SCHOOLS CERTAINLY DON'T LOCK THEM UP. WE SEE PEOPLE ON THEM ALL THE TIME, BUT TO HAVE A FORMALIZED JOINT USE AGREEMENT FOR THAT SPACE IS ONE OF THE WAYS WE'LL HELP OFFSET SOME OF THE NUMBERS. SO YOU'LL SEE US GETTING MORE CREATIVE EVEN AS WE'RE WORKING ON TRAILS CURRENTLY UTILIZING MORE OF THE POWER LINES LIKE YOU SEE DOWN IN PLANO AND SOME OTHER PLACES. SO WE WILL HAVE A CREATIVE WAY OF GETTING THERE.

I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE, AND WE WERE JUST ON A CALL WITH THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND YESTERDAY, THAT THE TEN MINUTE WALK INITIATIVE WAS REALLY STARTED BECAUSE A LOT OF CITIES DID NOT RECOGNIZE OR VALUE PARKS, AND SO MONEY WAS NOT BEING SPENT ON PARKS. AND SO ABOUT 20 OR MORE YEARS AGO, THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND WAS FORMED.

AND SO THEIR WORK HAS REALLY BEEN CREATING, CAPTURING DATA AND WRITING AND CREATING RESEARCH TO SHOW VALUE, JUST LIKE THE NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY IS THAT WE HAVE GROWN.

AND WHAT'S APPROPRIATE IN FRISCO AND IN MANY CITIES THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IS THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A TEN MINUTE WALK TO A PARK.

IT'S A TEN MINUTE WALK TO A PARK SYSTEM. CAN WE GET YOU TO A TRAIL? CAN WE GET YOU TO A SCHOOL? CAN WE WHERE CAN WE CAN WE GET YOU TO A DOG PARK? AND THEN YOU'RE PART OF OUR SYSTEM INCLUSIVELY.

SO I HOPE THAT HELPS. I KNOW IT'S A NEVER ENDING JOB, BUT I DO APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE.

WHEN I FIRST STARTED, IT WAS LIKE OUR PARKS. WE TALKED ABOUT TRAILS AND BALL FIELDS.

THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT. BUT YOU'VE DONE A JOB, AND I KNOW IT'S A NEVER ENDING JOB, BUT YOU'VE MADE OUR PARKS THE PRODUCT YOU DELIVER VERY INCLUSIVE OF OUR FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY APPRECIATES THAT. AND WE JUST HAVE TO STAY ON IT.

EXCUSE ME. STAY ON IT. AND I APPRECIATE IT. I THINK WE'VE ALL SPOKEN ON THIS ISSUE.

I, AS A VETERAN, WOULD SAY THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND ON THE VETERANS MEMORIAL THAT WE HAVE.

AND I'D BE KIND OF CURIOUS, MAYBE SOMETIME JUST TO KIND OF MAYBE CIRCLE BACK AND SEE HOW MANY CITIES THIS SIZE HAVE A VETERANS MEMORIAL.

I'M OBVIOUSLY VERY THANKFUL THAT WE DO. I THINK IT'S A TESTIMONY TO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

I MEAN, WHEN WE DID THE REFRESH, I THINK BACK IN 2021, IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A CASE STUDY OF BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE CHAMBER, THE COMMUNITY, ALL OF OUR VETERANS AND JUST TRANSFORMED THAT SPACE INTO WHAT IT IS TODAY.

SO I THINK WE CAN BE VERY PROUD OF. BUT THAT THEN ALSO REMINDS ME, IF I GO FURTHER BACK IN TIME TO HOPE PARK AND BOTH OF COURSE ARE AT COMMONS PARK.

BUT BOTH, I THINK, ARE TESTAMENTS TO KIND OF THE CITY'S DESIRE TO ENGAGE WITH PARKS AND REC AND TO BE VERY CLEAR ON,

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THAT WAS ONE OF YOUR HEAT WORDS ON THE ONE SIDE.

SO I LOVE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMPONENT.

THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD AT I THINK IN THAT SPACE OF MEETING THOSE SPECIFIC NEEDS.

AND MEANWHILE HAVING PROGRAM SPACE FOR THOSE SPORTS, BUT ALSO NOW OPEN SPACE AS WELL FOR THAT WALKING AND CONNECTIVITY AND AND JUST THAT GREEN OPEN SPACE. I THINK THAT TAMMY SPOKE TO THAT THAT FRESH AIR THAT THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO NEED AFTER TONIGHT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS.

I THINK BACK TO SOME OF THE FIRST PARK PLANS I READ.

AND 17 YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST STARTED GETTING INVOLVED, IT WAS BUILD A 6 TO 8 ACRE PARK IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD AND PUT A LITTLE PLAYER STRUCTURE IN IT. AND WE NEED BALL FIELDS AND, YOU KNOW, VERY COOKIE CUTTER AND OUT THE DOOR.

AND NOW, 20 YEARS LATER, WE'VE GOT A PLAN THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS, THAT THE SHEER MAGNITUDE OF THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE CONSIDER ON A DAY IN, DAY OUT BASIS, IT'S JUST BEEN AN ABSOLUTE SEA CHANGE IN THE CITY AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND THE AMENITIES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE AND THE THINGS THAT WE CONSIDER.

SO I THINK A TON OF GREAT WORK HAS GONE INTO THIS, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU ALL HAVE DONE OVER THE YEARS BECAUSE WE ARE IN A SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER SPOT, I THINK, IN OUR PLANNING PROCESS AND THE WAY WE LOOK AT THINGS NOW.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT WORK OVER THAT TIME.

JUST A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS. SO ON THOSE PERCENTAGES I WASN'T CLEAR.

DOES THAT INCLUDE UNBUILT PARKS LIKE GRAND PARK AND BRINKMAN PARK IN THOSE CALCULATIONS AND EVERYTHING? THE 44%. YES. YES, MAYOR. OKAY. I DID NOTICE ON HERE, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY, WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE OUR FILL OF SPORTS FIELDS, YOU KNOW, BALL FIELDS, BASEBALL, SOCCER, FOOTBALL, YOU KNOW, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

AND OF COURSE, WE ACQUIRED THAT. I DON'T KNOW, WHAT DO WE CALL IT BRINKMAN PARK? WHAT DO WE CALL PANTHER CREEK PARK? PANTHER CREEK PARK, YOU KNOW, INITIALLY THINKING THAT WAS GOING TO BE THE EXPANSION OF BALL FIELDS.

BUT BASED ON THE REPORT, IT MAY SEEM LIKE THAT NEEDS AN ALTERNATIVE USE.

SO IS IT A KIND OF A WAIT AND SEE APPROACH TOWARDS THAT, THAT PARK AS FAR AS HOW THAT WILL BE POTENTIALLY BUILT OUT? SO I WOULD SAY SO IT DEFINITELY IF ANYONE, IF ANYONE IS THINKING WE DON'T NEED THAT LAND.

WE DO NEED THAT LAND. AND THE REASON THAT WE NEED IT.

AND SO THERE'S BEEN A SHIFT. AND I KNOW, I KNOW THAT LAURA HAS STEPPED OUT FOR A MOMENT.

BUT EVEN AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT GRAND PARK AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR, THEY'RE NOT SAYING WE DON'T NEED MORE ROOM FOR SPORTS.

THEY'RE ASKING FOR SPORTS IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

AND SO WHAT YOU MAY SEE OUT THERE, WHICH IS WHY THIS WAS SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET DONE.

YOU MAY SEE MORE FACILITIES THAT DO HOST LACROSSE THAT ARE SET UP TO HOST CRICKET.

THERE MAY BE MORE PICKLEBALL. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING READY TO LAUNCH INTO OUR FIRST FUTSAL.

PADDLE IS A NEW THING. AND SO YOU HAVE ALL THESE DERIVATIVES.

AND AS OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO CHANGE, WE'RE STARTING TO GET THESE REQUESTS THAT WE REALLY HADN'T HEARD OF BEFORE.

AND SO WE DO WATCH FOR A LITTLE BIT. WE DON'T WANT TO BE FOOLISH AND JUST BUILD EVERYTHING EVERYONE ASKS FOR.

SO WE WATCH TO SEE WHAT THE TREND IS. BUT YOU WILL STILL SEE SPORTS FIELDS IN DIFFERENT THINGS IN VARIOUS PLACES FOR RECREATION, FOR PRACTICE, FOR I CALL IT MAYBE THE SOFTER SIDE OF SPORTS THAT ISN'T SO TOURNAMENT DRIVEN.

WELL, THAT WAS KIND OF ALONG ANOTHER QUESTION. I DID SEE THE MENTION OF SYNTHETIC TURF, YOU KNOW, AND THAT WAS PART OF THE CONSIDERATION. YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH THOUGHT KIND OF WENT INTO THAT AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, AT WHAT POINT WOULD IT MAKE SENSE, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO DO MULTI STRIPING TO ACCOMMODATE MULTIPLE SPORTS ON THE SAME TURF AND THE MAINTENANCE AND SOME CITIES HAVE MOVED TOWARDS THAT.

AND HOW DID THAT EVALUATION PLAY OUT. WELL, SO VERY INTERESTINGLY WE SAW SOME VERY CREATIVE DESIGNS OF THAT WHERE YOU HAVE THESE DIFFERENT SHAPED FIELDS WHERE YOU CAN PLAY BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL AND THERE'S SYNTHETIC.

WE ARE AWARE OF THE NEED FOR THAT. AND WE DO PLAN TO TO PUT SOME SYNTHETIC TURF DOWN.

WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO IT. WE JUST HAVEN'T NECESSARILY MOVED IN THAT AREA YET.

BUT WE DID SEE AS CLAIRE WAS HOLDING HER DIFFERENT COMMUNITY INPUTS AND ALSO HER FOCUS GROUP, WE DID HAVE THE SPORTS GROUPS COME IN, AND I THINK IT'S A VERY INTERESTING CONCEPT.

WE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THEM. I THINK THEY WERE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT, WELL, WHAT DOES MANAGEMENT OF THAT LOOK LIKE AND WHO GETS THE FIELD WHEN WE'LL MANAGE THAT. BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT CREATIVE THINGS TO DO SUCH AS THAT.

OKAY. AND THEN THE LAST THING I HAD IS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR NATURAL BENEFITS WE HAVE IS ALL THE FLOODPLAIN THAT RUNS THROUGH FRISCO.

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YOU KNOW, BUT ON SOME OF THESE OTHER CITY VISITS, WE'VE SEEN KIND OF LIKE OTHER WAYS YOU MAY BE ABLE TO ACTIVATE THAT FLOODPLAIN.

HAS THERE BEEN, YOU KNOW, ANY CONVERSATIONS AROUND THAT? BESIDES, I KNOW THE TRAIL CONNECTIONS AND LINEAR PARKS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

BUT YEAH, I THINK THAT THE DRAINAGE, OF COURSE, YOU CAN'T BUILD IN THEM.

BUT PARK IMPROVEMENTS COULD BE THE RESILIENT KIND WHERE THEY COULD WITHSTAND SOME FLOODING.

SO AS LONG AS THE MATERIALS ARE RESILIENT USING CONCRETE INSTEAD OF DECOMPOSED GRANITE, FOR INSTANCE.

I THINK THAT THOSE WILL BE REALLY GREAT WAYS TO ACTIVATE THOSE CONNECTION SPACES AND THINK OF THEM MORE THAN JUST TRAILS THERE.

THE LINEAR PARKS. BUT I THINK THAT'S SUCH A GREAT WAY.

THAT'S WHERE TREES WANT TO GROW, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE WATER GOES.

AND IT'S JUST A PLACE FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO GET OUT AND BE ABLE TO ENJOY WHAT YOU HAVE HERE.

SO I THINK THAT WAS A REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PLAN IS CAPITALIZING ON THOSE DRAINAGE CONNECTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

AND THEN THE LAST, MY LAST, LAST QUESTION IS, ARE WE CALCULATING ANY OF THE COMMERCIAL OPEN SPACE IN OUR NUMBERS? NO, WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT CALCULATING THAT. OKAY.

NO, IT'S JUST GOOD. I MEAN, THAT'S JUST I MEAN, I THINK IT JUST IT SPEAKS TO THE POINT THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT PARKS, AS MENTIONED BY OTHERS TEN, 15 YEARS AGO IT WAS VERY DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS AND HOW PEOPLE ENGAGE WITH THE PARK.

AND BILL USED TO LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THE NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN WAS PUT.

ALL YOUR SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE PARK IN ONE CENTRAL PARK WHERE IT WAS REALLY ACCESSIBLE FOR A FEW PEOPLE.

AND THEN AS YOU MOVED LAYERS AND LAYERS, YOU KNOW, NOW THE TREND IS TO SMALLER POCKET PARKS, SMALLER PARK SPACES, BUT HIGHLY AMENITIZED WITH DIFFERENT AMENITIES.

THE PROGRAMING THAT COMES INTO IT, YOU KNOW, TO HELP, YOU KNOW, KIND OF DRIVE THAT.

AND I'VE ALWAYS PUSHED YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I SAID THIS IN THE OTHER PLANNING MEETING, THE ONLY CHAPTER THAT I WISH WOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED WOULD HAVE BEEN HOW WE INCORPORATE OUR COMMERCIAL SPACES INTO OUR PARK SYSTEM, BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S BEEN A VERY RARE STRATEGY BY THE CITY OF FRISCO THAT OTHERS ARE NOW TRYING TO COPY.

BUT WE WERE VERY MUCH ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THAT.

AND THOSE ARE REAL AMENITIES. I MEAN, KALEIDOSCOPE PARK AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GO TO THE FORD CENTER AND PLAY ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD.

AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GO TO PGA FRISCO AND THAT'S INTERACTING IN PARKS AND OPEN SPACES AND THOSE PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.

YOU KNOW, THESE LITTLE RETAIL POCKET PARKS THAT ARE PARKING UP ARE GETTING USED ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW, AND OUR POPULATION GROWTH IS A LOT OF TIMES IN THESE URBAN CENTERS, YOU KNOW, YOU GO TO THE PARK NEXT TO THE HEB AND THERE'S PEOPLE USING IT EVERY SINGLE DAY.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT VERY MUCH HAS BEEN AN INTENTIONAL STRATEGY.

I MEAN, I'M NOT GOING TO HOLD UP THE REPORT. YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY, BECAUSE IT'S SO COMPREHENSIVE. BUT YOU KNOW, MAYBE WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE SEEN KIND OF A MENTION ON HOW WE'RE UTILIZING THAT.

BUT AND IF I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT OBSERVATION AND IF I COULD EXPAND UPON MY, KNOW EARLIER A LITTLE BIT MORE.

SO COMMERCIAL SPACES LIKE MAYBE THE CENTRAL MARKET THAT HAS A REALLY GREAT PLAYGROUND.

THOSE ARE A NICE ADDITION TO THE PARK SYSTEM THAT'S ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED AND KEPT BY THE CITY.

IT'S THE SAME REASON WE DIDN'T COUNT OPEN SPACE TOWARDS THE PARK COUNT, BECAUSE WITH A COMMERCIAL SPACE ESPECIALLY, IT COULD GET REDEVELOPED AND THEN THAT PARK SPACE GOES AWAY.

SO WE CAN'T COUNT ON IT, BUT IT IS A REALLY NICE ADDITION TO HAVE.

NOW KALEIDOSCOPE PARK IS KIND OF A DIFFERENT BUCKET BECAUSE IT IS A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO HAVE THAT PARK.

SO IN THE PARTNERSHIP'S RECOMMENDATIONS, WE DO ALLUDE TO EXPLORING MORE OF THOSE KIND OF PARTNERSHIPS.

TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T GET CONFUSED. SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL OPEN SPACE THAT IS PRIVATE, IT IS NOT PUBLIC. IT IS CONTROLLED BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE CASES SUCH AS KALEIDOSCOPE PARK, FRISCO STATION, WHERE THERE'S A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, THEY GET PARK FEE CREDITS. WE GET MEMBERSHIP ON THE BOARD THAT CAN BE COUNTED INTO THE PARK SYSTEM, BUT THE COMMERCIAL OPEN SPACE AS WELL AS THE HOA OPEN SPACE IS PRIVATELY MAINTAINED.

SO WE NEED TO KEEP THOSE SEPARATE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT POINT OF CLARIFICATION, JOHN.

COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 25.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAVE A GREAT EVENING. AND I WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO SHANNON.

I KNOW SHE'S GOING TO KILL ME, BUT SHE'S BEEN REALLY GREAT TO WORK WITH AND JUST A REALLY EXCELLENT PROJECT.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. ITEM 26 IS CONSIDERED ACT UPON THE AWARD OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL NUMBER 2510011 FRISCO CENTER FOR

[Consider and act upon award of Request for Proposal #2510-011 Frisco Center for the Arts Facility Operator to Frisco Live and authorizing the City Manager to finalize and execute a Letter of Intent related to these services. (CMO/DF)]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, YOU HAVE THE NEXT STEP IN THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR THE VENUE OPERATOR FOR THE PROPOSED FRISCO CENTER FOR THE ARTS.

STAFF AND OUR PROJECT CONSULTANT THEATER PROJECTS.

AND MISS JENNA BUEHLER ARE HERE TO BRIEF YOU ON A STATUS UPDATE IN REGARDS TO THIS KEY DEPENDENCY RELATED TO THE OPERATOR.

I DID WANT TO, JUST FROM THE BEGINNING, LET YOU KNOW WE DO HAVE AN EXTENSIVE PUBLIC HEARING COMPONENT THAT IS CALLED FOR NEXT MONDAY AT 6 P.M.

IN THIS BUILDING, IN THIS FACILITY THAT WILL GO THROUGH THE FULL PROJECT UPDATE.

THIS TONIGHT IS SPECIFIC TO THE VENUE OPERATOR, LY.

JENNA. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. LET'S GO HERE QUICKLY.

OKAY. SO JUST TO FRAME IT, A REMINDER OF WHERE WE ARE IN THIS PLANNING PROCESS.

GOING BACK TO JUNE OF 2023, WHEN THE FEASIBILITY STUDY WAS PRESENTED AND THE PLANNING MOVED FORWARD, AT THAT POINT, WE HAD PRESENTED SOME EARLY LOOKS AT WHAT IT WOULD MEAN TO OPERATE THE FACILITY.

AND SINCE THEN, WE HAVE BEEN GROWING ON ALL OF THAT AND BUILDING ALL OF THAT TO WHERE WE ARE NOW HERE IN Q2 OF 2025, LEADING TOWARDS YOUR JULY OF 2025 PROJECT MILESTONE.

AS EA MENTIONED, THERE ARE A LOT OF DEPENDENCIES THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON AND ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON IN THIS PROCESS.

TONIGHT, WE'RE JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE OPERATOR.

AS A REMINDER, WITH THESE DEPENDENCIES, THERE WERE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PIECES THAT COUNCIL ASKED US AND STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SO THAT YOU COULD HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE DECISIONS THAT YOU NEEDED TO MAKE. BEING THE OPERATOR, ONE OF THOSE KEY PIECES, WE'VE COME TO YOU A LITTLE BIT IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS ABOUT SOME OF THESE OTHER PIECES RELATED TO THE FUNDRAISING STUDY.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS ONGOING. THE BUDGET AS IT RELATES TO THE DESIGN.

WE HAD A TOUCH BASE WITH YOU ALL ON MARCH 18TH IN WORK SESSION TO LOOK AT THE CURRENT CONCEPT DESIGNS WITH PELLI CLARKE AND PARTNERS.

AND WE'VE ALSO BEEN CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE PARTNERS, INCLUDING BROADWAY, FRISCO AND PROSPER ISD.

SO TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT WHAT FRISCO LIVE CAN BE AS A PART OF YOUR OPERATOR AGREEMENT.

WE BEGAN WITH THE CITY OF FRISCO, A SEARCH FOR THE OPERATOR THROUGH A PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROCESS THAT WAS STARTED IN OCTOBER OF 2024.

IT WAS THEN ISSUED, OPENED, REVIEWED BY A COMMITTEE AND HAS BEEN IN NEGOTIATION EVER SINCE THE BEGINNING OF 2025 TO GET US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS OVERLAPS ALL OF YOUR OTHER DEPENDENCIES THAT WE'VE BEEN MOVING FORWARD ON.

BUT REALLY TONIGHT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON WHERE THE STAR IS IN GETTING YOU THESE KEY INFORMATION FACTORS ABOUT YOUR OPERATOR.

EA YOU WANT TO TOUCH ON SORT OF PROCESS HERE? SURE.

SO JUST TO REITERATE AGAIN TONIGHT IS REALLY ABOUT THE COUNCIL TAKING ACTION TO AWARD THAT REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.

AGAIN WE DID RECEIVE MULTIPLE PROPOSALS. THOSE WERE REVIEWED.

SO THIS IS THAT STEP IN THAT PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

IN ADDITION TO ALLOWING FOR A FINALIZATION EXECUTION OF THE LETTER OF INTENT, WHICH REALLY SETS OUT THE FRAMEWORK.

IT TAKES THE PROPOSAL AND PUTS THAT INTO A FRAMEWORK FOR WHICH THEN A FURTHER AGREEMENT AT A LATER DATE WOULD BE SOUGHT.

AGAIN, THAT WOULD ONLY BE SOUGHT SHOULD THE NUMBER OF DEPENDENCIES CONTINUE TO PROGRESS AT INCLUDING THE MAY 3RD ELECTION AND FUTURE COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS AND ACTIONS ON THE PROJECT. IF THOSE MILESTONES ARE MET, THEN WE WOULD MOVE TOWARDS THAT DEFINITIVE OPERATOR AGREEMENT LIKELY THIS SUMMER.

AGAIN, SHOULD THE PROJECT CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. SO AGAIN JUST REITERATING THIS IS THE FIRST REALLY THE FIRST STEP IN THAT PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

THERE ARE ADDITIONAL STEPS DOWN THE ROAD. ALL RIGHT.

SO I WANT TO REWIND BACK JUST A LITTLE BIT. WE HAVE BEEN STUDYING THE DIFFERENT BUSINESS MODELS THAT CAN COME WITH PERFORMING ARTS CENTERS.

COUNCIL ASKED US SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT THE STUDY PROCESS WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE WORST CASE SCENARIO IF CITY OWNED AND HAD TO OPERATE THE VENUE? SO WE DID IS WE STARTED STUDYING AND BENCHMARKING WHAT WE SEE SIMILAR FACILITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES LOOKING LIKE AS CITY OWNED AND OPERATED FACILITIES.

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WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT AS A STANDALONE ENTITY, IF IT WAS JUST THE CITY HAVING TO OPERATE AND THAT YOU COULD FIND NO ONE ELSE TO OPERATE IT, YOU WOULD BE LOOKING AT A FUNDING GAP OF SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $6 MILLION IN YOUR FIRST FEW YEARS OF OPERATIONS.

SO HERE WE SORT OF HAVE A PLACEHOLDER FOR ABOUT $6 MILLION IN YEAR TWO.

THAT'S A ONE TIME 6 MILLION IN YEAR TWO THAT THEN SCALED DOWN ANNUALLY TO FORECAST IN YEAR FIVE THAT IT COULD BE ABOUT A GAP OF $2 MILLION.

NOW, THE REASON THIS GAP WAS IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE IT WAS HELPING YOU ALL TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS AND DIRECTION ABOUT WHO YOU WANTED TO OPERATE THE SPACE, AND WHAT THAT RISK WAS TRULY GOING TO BE TO THE CITY AND TO THE OPERATOR.

IN MOST CASES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IF A NONPROFIT IS RUNNING THE FACILITY, THIS 5 TO $6 MILLION GAP OR EVENTUALLY $2 MILLION GAP OR LESS IS REALLY TYPICALLY MADE UP FROM YOUR FUNDRAISING, FROM GOING TO FIND CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS, INDIVIDUAL GIFTS, SORT OF THAT ONGOING CONTRIBUTED INCOME THAT COMES TO THIS THAT WAS NOT REPRESENTED HERE, EXCUSE ME, IN THIS PROFORMA, BECAUSE WE WANTED TO REALLY FIGURE OUT WHAT IS YOUR GAP, WHAT IS THE RISK AS IT COMES DOWN TO IT.

THIS THEN ENDED UP BEING THE FOUNDATION FOR HOW THE CITY STAFF AND THE CONSULTING TEAM MOVE FORWARD TO TRY TO FIND THE BEST OPERATOR.

THE OPERATOR WHO COULD SAY IF THIS IS THE WORST CASE SCENARIO AS A STANDALONE, HOW CAN WE COME DO THIS BETTER? HOW CAN WE SAY TO THE CITY WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE NUMBERS ARE? BUT HERE, AS AN OPERATOR, THIS IS WHAT WE CAN BRING TO THE TABLE TO REALLY LOOK TO REDUCE THESE NUMBERS.

SO AGAIN, THESE WERE THE EARLY 20, 23 AND 24 OPERATIONAL STUDIES THAT BECAME THAT FOUNDATION.

AN IMPORTANT THING TO POINT OUT HERE IS THROUGHOUT THE STUDY, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN RECOMMENDED THAT RECOMMENDING THAT THERE'S A CAPEX FUND.

SO A RESTRICTED FUND THAT IS SET ASIDE FOR THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES FOR THE FACILITY THAT GROWS YEAR OVER YEAR OVER YEAR, SO THAT WHEN YOU REACH YEAR EIGHT, YEAR 12, YOU'RE 20.

YOU HAVE DOLLARS THAT ARE SET ASIDE TO PROTECT YOUR ASSET.

PERFORMING ARTS CENTERS AND CENTER FOR THE ARTS TRULY NEED TO STAY OPEN TO BE BENEFITING THE COMMUNITY IN THE BEST WAYS POSSIBLE.

IF YOU RUN INTO A SITUATION WHERE YOU NEED TO CLOSE THE FACILITY TO TAKE CARE OF A MAJOR BUILDING COMPONENT, YOU ARE SHUTTING DOWN THE DOORS TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED TO USE THE SPACE DAY IN AND DAY OUT, SO MAKING SURE THAT YOU CAN SET DOLLARS ASIDE WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME THROUGH IN OUR STUDY.

THAT WAS A METRIC FOR SUCCESS FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACILITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND A LEVER OF OPPORTUNITY THAT CAN BE WEIGHED OUT AS THINGS MOVE FORWARD. SO AS WE LOOK AT THIS PRO FORMA, AGAIN, THESE WERE YOUR STARTING POINT ASSUMPTIONS THAT WERE THE FOUNDATION FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP MODEL, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE OPERATOR RECOMMENDATIONS AND THAT OUTCOME TO SAY, MAKE SURE YOU CAN SET ASIDE DOLLARS FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES IN A ANNUAL FUND THAT CAN BE SOURCED AS NEEDED.

CAN I ADD JUST A QUICK COMMENT TO THIS SLIDE, BECAUSE I THINK THIS SLIDE OF ANY HAS BEEN MISAPPROPRIATELY, USED THE MOST. AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE JUST SCREENSHOTTED THIS SLIDE.

CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE WITHOUT THE CONTEXT OF LISTENING TO THIS PRESENTATION THAT YOU'VE DONE DOZENS OF TIMES AND SAYING, THIS IS THE MODEL THAT FRISCO WAS GOING TO FOLLOW, WHEN IN FACT, THIS WAS PRESENTED AS A MODEL THAT WE DON'T WANT TO FOLLOW AND WHY ALL THE WORK HAS GONE IN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS SINCE IT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT.

CORRECT. WE WERE CHALLENGED TO SAY, HOW DOES IT NOT LOOK LIKE THIS? AND THAT IS REALLY WHAT THEN LED TO THAT OPERATOR RFP.

SO AS THE OPERATOR RFP WAS ISSUED, THERE ARE SOME KEY FACILITY FRAMEWORKS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THIS, WHICH REALLY IS SAYING THAT THE CITY OF FRISCO, AS THE FACILITY OWNER, IS GOING TO DESIGN, CONSTRUCT AND EQUIP A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND A CENTER FOR THE ARTS.

IF THE PROJECT IS APPROVED, PROVED THE OPERATOR IS THEN GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS.

SO VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN SAYING FOR A LONG TIME, WE'RE HAPPY TO FIND A WAY TO PARTNER TO BUILD THIS.

WE DON'T WANT CITY STAFF OPERATING THIS. SO YOUR OPERATOR WOULD REALLY BE A STANDALONE ENTITY COMING IN TO RUN THE DAY TO DAY THE DAILY OPERATIONS, YOUR STAFFING, YOUR MAINTENANCE, YOUR REPAIRS, YOUR PROGRAMING, ALL OF THOSE PIECES THAT COME IN, NOT JUST DEALING WITH YOUR SHOWS THAT ARE ON STAGE, BUT YOUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS YOUR PROSPER STUDENTS AND YOUR STUDENTS ACROSS THE FRISCO AREA. THEY WOULD NEED TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY AND ALSO PROTECT THE ASSET THAT THE CITY OF FRISCO IS A PART OF BUILDING.

IN ADDITION, THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT CONTENT MANAGEMENT.

SO STRIKING ALL THE DEALS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PUT THE SHOWS ON STAGE, AND TO ALSO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ALLOW THEM ON STAGE.

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THIS IS THE FRAMEWORK THAT THE RFP WAS ISSUED ON.

AND BASICALLY WE SAID, COME TELL US HOW YOU CAN DO THIS.

AND IT WAS PRETTY OPEN IN TERMS OF DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN.

THERE WERE A LOT OF KPIS, KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS THAT WERE SET UP.

A LOT OF THIS WAS STRUCTURED ON OTHER PERFORMING ARTS CENTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AS WELL AS FRISCO EXAMPLES AND THE BULK OF THE STUDY WORK THAT CAME IN.

THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS WAS TO FIND A FINANCIALLY STABLE BUSINESS MODEL.

HOW CAN YOU DO THAT AND NOT HIT THAT SAMPLE PROFORMA THAT WE SAID COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND ACCESS HAS BEEN IMPORTANT ON THIS PROJECT FROM DAY ONE.

QUALITY PROGRAMING THAT MEETS THE EXPECTATIONS OF FRISCO AND THE FRISCO CITIZENS.

AN EXPERIENCED OPERATOR, SOMEONE THAT HAS DONE THIS BEFORE AND COULD COME IN AND DO THIS THE BEST POSSIBLE IN FRISCO.

THE IDEA OF CLUB INSPIRED EXPERIENCES NEED TO BE CARRIED FORWARD BY THE OPERATOR.

WE WERE SAYING TO THE OPERATOR, FRISCO HAS A VISION TO DO CLUB INSPIRED SPACES AND PERFORMING ARTS DIFFERENTLY.

COME IN AND TELL US HOW YOU CAN DO THIS. WHERE HAS THIS BEEN IN SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT? HOW CAN YOU DO THAT IN FRISCO? AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS? AND THEN THE LAST PIECE OF THESE KPIS WAS A CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION.

SO GOING BACK IN THIS PROCESS WITH THE CITY OF FRISCO'S PROCUREMENT TEAM, THERE WAS AN RFP THAT WAS ISSUED IN THE FALL FOR ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE NATIONAL SUBMITTED PROPOSALS. WE HOSTED SHORTLIST INTERVIEWS IN DECEMBER OF 2020 FOR THREE OF THE FOUR WERE INTERVIEWED BASED OFF OF THEIR INITIAL SCORING.

THAT COMMITTEE AND PANEL WAS A COMBINATION OF CITY STAFF AS WELL AS YOUR CONSULTING TEAM, MYSELF, COLLEAGUES. ALEX KEENE FROM KEENE INDEPENDENT REALLY CAME TOGETHER TO FOCUS ON WHAT DO WE SEE NATIONALLY AND HOW CAN WE WEIGH THAT OUT WITH THE PROPOSALS THAT ARE IN FRONT? FRISCO LIVE, AS YOU'VE SEEN IN THE MEMO, WAS SELECTED.

THEY SUBMITTED THEIR PROPOSAL AS AN ORGANIZATION CALLED FACE THAT HAS SINCE BEEN NEGOTIATED INTO FRISCO LIVE.

SO FOR THE SAKE OF TODAY'S DISCUSSIONS, FRISCO LIVE WAS THE ENTITY THERE, AND THE LOI NEGOTIATIONS REALLY ENSUED FROM JANUARY TO MARCH.

TO GET TO THE LOI THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.

SO AGAIN, ALL OF THE IMPORTANT FACTORS THAT HAD COME FROM THE STUDY, THAT HAD COME FROM COUNSEL, THAT HAD COME FROM THE COMMUNITY SAYING, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED OUT OF AN OPERATOR THAT WAS PUT FORTH IN A PRETTY OPEN RFP PROCESS THAT CAME FORWARD.

THE THING THAT IMPRESSED US THE MOST ABOUT THE FRISCO LIVE PROPOSAL IN ITSELF WAS THEIR COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION, THEIR COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY. BUT THEY ALSO HAD FIVE PILLARS THAT WERE VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM, WHICH INCLUDE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY AND STABILITY.

THEY WANTED TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN A HIGH FUNCTIONING ORGANIZATION.

THEY WANTED TO USE THEATER FOR EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY IMPACT.

THEY WANTED TO CREATE EXTRAORDINARY PATRON EXPERIENCES AND OFFER AND REFLECT INCREASED EQUITY, DIVERSITY, INCLUSION AND ACCESS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY IN CULTURAL ARTS, COMMUNITY ARTS AND ALL OF THE OFFERINGS THAT THEY WOULD BRING TO THE TABLE.

SO WHO IS FRISCO LIVE? AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS, HOW CAN WE EXPLAIN THIS BEST? SO FRISCO LIVE IS A TEXAS NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION.

SO AS MANY PEOPLE SEE THAT THEY ARE A 501 C3 ORGANIZATION THAT IS BRINGING TOGETHER BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA, WHO IS THE JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION AS THEIR PARENT COMPANY, BRINGING THAT GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE OF BAA WITH THE LOCAL EXPERTISE OF WHO YOU SEE HERE IN THE MARKET WITH BROADWAY, DALLAS, BROADWAY, DALLAS, AS MANY KNOW FORMALLY AS DALLAS SUMMER MUSICALS CURRENTLY IS MANAGING THE MUSIC HALL AT FAIR PARK, AND THEY HAVE BEEN MANAGING THAT FACILITY SINCE 1962.

THEY HAVE ALSO PUT CONTINUOUS CAPITAL INTO THE UPKEEP AND RENOVATION OF THAT FACILITY SINCE 1962.

BAA HAS OWNED, OPERATED AND MANAGED OVER 25 DIFFERENT THEATERS SINCE ITS INCEPTION.

THE MOST NOTABLE ONES THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY MANAGING INCLUDE THE MERRICK IN BALTIMORE AND THEN A THREE FACILITY ORGANIZATION IN MINNEAPOLIS, WHICH IS HERE THAT YOU SEE TO THE RIGHT OF THE ORPHEUM.

THE IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW ABOUT BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA, SPECIFICALLY, IS THAT THEY COME TO YOU WITH THE MIGHT AND THE CONFIDENCE OF THE JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION. JOHN GORE IS A BRITISH PRODUCER WHO YEARS AGO FORMED A COMPANY THAT WAS CALLED KEY BRAND ENTERTAINMENT. KEY BRAND ENTERTAINMENT CAME AND BOUGHT BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA AND ACQUIRED THEM IN 2008, AND THEN REBRANDED AS THE JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION IN 2016.

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION IS THE MAJOR PLAYER IN THE ROOM AS IT COMES DOWN TO THEATRICAL TOURING, COMMERCIAL ENTERTAINMENT, VENUE MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCING OF BROADWAY SHOWS AND OTHER TYPES OF COMMERCIAL ENTERTAINMENT.

THEY ALSO OWN SEVERAL DIFFERENT COMPANIES. SO UNDER THE PARENT COMPANY OF JOHN GORE INCLUDES BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA,

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SHE GREW UP IN AUSTIN OR SORRY, IN HOUSTON. SORRY.

SHE IS ON THE BOARD OF THE HOBBY CENTER IN HOUSTON.

SHE WENT TO UT AUSTIN. SHE CONTINUES TO TEACH CLASSES AT UT AUSTIN ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF ENTERTAINMENT.

SO THE FOCUS FROM THE NATIONAL AND GLOBAL COMPANY IS REALLY FOCUSED HERE AND EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THEM TO FORM THIS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT IS A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA AND THE JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION AND BROADWAY DALLAS.

WHAT THIS MEANS, AGAIN, IS YOU'RE COMBINING THAT GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE, THE STRENGTH AND THE MIGHT OF THAT COMPANY WITH WHO HAS BEEN HERE IN THE MARKETPLACE AND KNOWS IT BEST AND HAS BEEN GROWING OVER TIME DOWN IN DALLAS.

THEY ARE COMMITTED TO COMING TO FRISCO, AND WHAT THEY ARE PLANNING TO DO IS HAVE A DEDICATED TEAM HERE TO FRISCO.

BUT THE WAY THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO HELP WITH THE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY IS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY IN THEIR OPERATIONAL MODEL FOR ALL OF THE HIGH LEVEL STAFFING THAT YOU WOULD IF YOU DID THIS AS A STANDALONE. YOU'RE ONLY PAYING IN YOUR OPERATIONAL MODEL AS FRISCO LIVE FOR A PORTION OF THAT STAFF THAT YOU'RE USING.

SO YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS EXPERTISE OF BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA AND BROADWAY DALLAS DAY IN AND DAY OUT, WHILE YOUR LOCAL STAFF CAN BE HERE AS WELL, REALLY FOCUSING ON LIVING HERE, CREATING HERE, AND PRODUCING HERE. SO THEY ESTIMATE THAT THERE'S ABOUT 25 FULL TIME STAFF THAT WILL BE A PART OF FRISCO LIVE.

THEY WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE FRISCO OPERATIONS, BUT THEY WILL BE COLLABORATING WITH THEIR COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THROUGHOUT THE BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA MARKET, AS WELL AS LOCAL HERE WITH BROADWAY DALLAS, THAT OVERSIGHT OF THE SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM IS GOING TO BRING OVER 200 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE TO THAT TEAM.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DOLLARS CANNOT BUY. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS A HUGE BENEFIT IN THE STRUCTURE OF FRISCO LIVE.

LET'S TAKE A MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS ALL MEANS THEN, BECAUSE I KNOW I JUST SAID BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA AND BROADWAY DALLAS, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THEM AS YOUR BROADWAY PARTNER. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? HOW IS THIS SEPARATE? SO YOUR FACILITY OWNERSHIP WILL MAINTAIN WITH YOU AS THE CITY OF FRISCO AS OWNER, YOU WILL BE CONTRACTING WITH YOUR OPERATOR.

IN THIS CASE, THE OPERATOR IS FRISCO LIVE, WHO'S THE NONPROFIT ENTITY? EVERYTHING FOR WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FACILITY IS GOING TO BE CONNECTED TO FRISCO LIVE.

THEY WILL BE GOING OUT AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE DEFINITIVE AGREEMENTS WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT CONTENT PARTNERS WHO WILL BE IN THE FACILITY.

THEY WILL BE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE CONTRACTS TO USE THE SPACE, AND THEY ALSO ARE COMMITTED TO DEVELOPING THIS WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAM WITH PROSPER ISD.

SO, AS YOU LOOK AT THIS, THE BOTTOM LAYER HERE REALLY THEN IS CONTENT.

SO BROADWAY FRISCO IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY CONTENT PARTNERS WHO WILL FIND A SPACE ON THE STAGE AT THE FRISCO CENTER FOR THE ARTS.

YOUR COMMERCIAL PROMOTERS NAMES LIKE AEG AND LIVE NATION WOULD BE THE FOLKS WHO WOULD COME IN TO PUT CONCERTS AND COMEDY AND FAMILY SHOWS ONTO THE STAGE.

PROSPER ISD CONTINUES TO HAVE THE EDUCATIONAL ACCESS.

THEY WILL WORK DIRECTLY WITH FRISCO LIVE AS THE OPERATOR, TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE AGREEMENTS AND ALL THE INTENTIONS OF HOW PROSPER ISD WOULD USE THE SPACE IS FULFILLED. AND THEN THE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, HOW TO FIND THE CULTURAL FIT, HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE 75 PLUS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE EXPRESSED THE DESIRE TO USE THIS SPACE IN OUR STUDY PROCESS, THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A PLACE IN THAT CALENDAR.

THEY HAVE A BIG JOB IN FRONT OF THEM. AND THAT IS WHY THROUGH THE KPI PROCESS AND THE RFP, WE WANTED YOU TO FIND A QUALITY OPERATOR WHO HAS PROVEN EXPERIENCE IN BALANCING NOT ONLY BOOKING SHOWS, BUT IN RUNNING A MULTI-VENUE FACILITY THAT HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS.

THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WANTS ALONG THE WAY.

SO FOR THE REST OF THE CONVERSATION HERE, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE FACILITY OPERATOR AS FRISCO LIVE AND REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE SEPARATING THAT FROM THE ADDITIONAL ENTITY THAT IS YOUR BROADWAY PRESENTER OF BROADWAY FRISCO.

OKAY. QUESTIONS? OKAY. SO FRISCO LIVE BROUGHT US A VERY STRONG PROPOSAL THAT WAS REVIEWED.

THEY HAD ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF LONG INTERVIEW AND THEN SUBSEQUENT FOLLOW UPS WITH THE COMMITTEE AS WE WORKED THROUGH TO MAKE THIS FINAL RECOMMENDATION.

ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR KPIS WAS CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION.

THEY ARE OFFERING A CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION OF $4 MILLION.

THIS IS CASH THAT IS AVAILABLE TO BE WRITTEN IN ESSENCE TODAY.

QUOTE UNQUOTE. THERE ARE TIMINGS WITHIN THAT OF 50% OF THE 2 MILLION WILL BE TRIGGERED AT A CERTAIN POINT IN THE PROCESS.

AND THEN ANOTHER 2 MILLION COMES ALONG THE WAY.

BUT CASH IS AVAILABLE AND HAS BEEN VALIDATED THERE.

SO THIS IS NOT JUST A PROMISE OF DOLLARS THAT MIGHT EXIST.

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WE'VE ALWAYS SORT OF TALKED ABOUT THIS IDEA OF NEEDING TIME TO START UP THE FACILITY.

AS FRISCO LIVE SAYS, YOU NEED IT TO GET ITS LEGS.

YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE FOLKS ARE IN THE SPACE AND IT'S GENERATING REVENUE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

BUT KNOWING THAT ON DAY ONE IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY PAY FOR ITSELF.

ONCE THEY CAN GET ITS LEGS ON IT, THEY WILL BE AN OPERATOR AT RISK MODEL, MEANING THE REVENUE AND THE EXPENSES ARE AT THEIR FULL RESPONSIBILITY.

AS WE'VE TOUCHED ON, THEY'RE COMMITTED TO THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH PROSPER AND DEVELOPING A REALLY UNIQUE WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAM THAT WE'VE SEEN OVER TIME WON'T JUST BE ABOUT TRAINING STUDENTS TO WORK ON THE STAGE, BUT IT WILL BE ABOUT TRAINING STUDENTS TO WORK EVERYWHERE ACROSS THIS WORLD CLASS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

THAT MEANS BOX OFFICE, TICKETING, BOOKING, FRONT OF HOUSE MANAGEMENT, CUSTOMER SERVICE, ALL OF THOSE PIECES THAT COME IN.

THE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO GET A REALLY HOLISTIC VIEW OF WHAT IT MEANS TO RUN AND OPERATE THIS SPACE.

THE OPERATOR WILL ALSO LEAD THE ANNUAL FUNDRAISING EFFORTS.

SO AGAIN, AS A NONPROFIT, THERE IS THE BENEFIT THAT THEY CAN GO SEEK OUT SPONSORSHIPS AND DONATIONS AND GRANTS, AND THEY WILL LEAD ALL OF THE PROGRAMING AS IT COMES DOWN TO IT.

SO JUST TOUCHING A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL ON THE OPERATOR AT RISK STRUCTURE.

I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS.

SO AGAIN, AS A NONPROFIT ENTITY, THEY CAN FUNDRAISE.

FUNDRAISING IS HELPING THEM TO MAKE UP THAT GAP.

THE INITIAL CITY OF FRISCO ONE TIME STARTUP FUNDING IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS DEAL.

THEY WERE LOOKING FOR SOME SUPPORT AS THE PROJECT GOT ITS LEGS, AS THEY SAID.

SO WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT THERE IS AN OPERATIONAL STARTUP RESERVE FUND.

THIS IS A ONE TIME NOT TO EXCEED $6 MILLION FROM THE CITY.

THIS IS NOT COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND. THE OPERATIONAL LOSSES BEYOND THAT 6 MILLION.

SO, $6,000,001, THAT ADDITIONAL $1 IS ON FRISCO LIVE.

THEY ARE COMMITTED TO THIS. AND THEY SAY WE CAN GET THIS DONE.

WE HOPE WE CAN GET THIS DONE IN A FEW YEARS. AND WE WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME START UP COSTS COVERED FOR US, SO THAT WE CAN OPEN THE DOORS AND BE READY FOR THE FRISCO COMMUNITY WITHOUT HAVING TO DEAL WITH BUDGET CUTS ON DAY ONE.

IN ADDITION, BECAUSE THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE DAY TO DAY, THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SOME SUPPORT IN THE MAINTENANCE STARTUP FUNDS.

AND WHAT THIS CAN SOMETIMES MEAN IS IN YEAR ONE, THINGS ARE GOING TO START TO BREAK.

THINGS ARE GOING TO NEED REPAIRS. THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THOSE FUNDS SET ASIDE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT AS WELL.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS A MAINTENANCE START UP FUND.

ONE TIME NOT TO EXCEED $1 MILLION. EXCUSE ME.

AGAIN, NOT COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND AS THE OPERATOR AT RISK MODEL.

THEN, AFTER THIS INITIAL STARTUP FUNDING HAPPENS NOT TO EXCEED $6 MILLION FOR OPERATIONS.

AND WE'LL GET INTO QUICKLY WHAT THAT MEANS NOT TO EXCEED $1 MILLION FOR MAINTENANCE.

THEY THEN WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REVENUES THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE IT, TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THESE REVENUE STREAMS COME IN.

SO THIS MEANS PREMIUM EXPERIENCE SEATING. SO THE CLUB INSPIRED EXPERIENCE CONCESSIONS AND FOOD AND BEVERAGE BANQUETS, CATERING, MAKING SURE THE ROBUST PROGRAMING IS COMING IN, TICKET FEES, FACILITY FEES, FACILITY RENTAL FEES AND ALL OF THOSE PIECES THAT COME IN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THEN THE ANNUAL FUNDRAISING THAT COMES DOWN TO IT AS WELL.

SO I'M GOING TO PAUSE HERE. QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE OPERATING AT RISK.

OKAY I'M GOING TO KEEP GOING. I HAVE ONE QUESTION. YEP. I WAS JUST WAITING. WHAT IF IN THE MAKING SURE I'M NOT COMBINING STUFF.

SO IT'S $6 MILLION OF OPERATIONAL LOSSES. AND THEN BEYOND FIVE YEARS, THE OPERATOR TAKES THE RISK BEYOND $6 MILLION, THE OPERATOR TAKES THE RISK. OKAY, SO IF MAKING UP A NUMBER, THEY LOST $6 MILLION IN THE FIRST YEAR.

THE OPERATOR TAKES IT, YEAR TWO. OKAY. AND THIS IS UNUSUAL FOR A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER TO HAVE AN OPERATOR TAKE THIS RISK. I MEAN, TYPICALLY IN A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER STRUCTURE, WE'RE PAYING AN OPERATOR TO OPERATE.

YES. TYPICALLY IT'S A MANAGEMENT FEE STRUCTURE WHERE THEY'LL SAY, WE THINK THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST.

SO MAKE SURE THIS IS COVERED. SO THE OPERATIONAL LOSS IS THEN ON THE OWNER PLUS A MANAGEMENT FEE ON TOP OF IT.

THAT'S YOUR INDUSTRY STANDARD RIGHT NOW. AND THAT IS SOME OF THE OTHER PROPOSALS THAT CAME TO THE COMMITTEE.

WE'RE BASICALLY SAYING THIS IS FINE, WE CAN DO THIS, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO PAY THE FEES AND YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THE RISK. SO DEFINITELY UNIQUE IN THIS CASE. SO THIS ORGANIZATION HAS OTHER FACILITIES THAT THEY'RE THE OPERATOR AT RISK, BUT IN ALL OTHER FACILITIES THEY ACTUALLY OWN THE ASSET.

THEY OWN THE FACILITY. SO THIS WILL BE THE FIRST THAT THEY DON'T OWN THAT THEY'VE BEEN WILLING TO OFFER TO ALSO BE THE OPERATOR AT RISK.

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I THINK WHEN THEY CAME TO US AND TO THE CITY TO SAY, BROADWAY, FRISCO, WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

WE'VE BEEN IN THE MARKET. WE'RE VERY INVESTED IN IT.

THEIR NUMBER ONE QUESTION BACK TO US DURING THAT LOI NEGOTIATION WAS TO SAY, WELL, WHO'S GOING TO MANAGE IT? BECAUSE IT TAKES A VERY SPECIAL LOOK AT MANAGING SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO MAKE IT ALL HAPPEN.

AND THE CONVERSATIONS KEPT COMING BACK TO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE PUTTING A QUALITY OPERATOR INTO THE SPACE SO THAT WE CAN COME IN TO GENERATE THE REVENUE THAT IS GOING TO BE NECESSARY TO DO BROADWAY, FRISCO.

SO REALLY, THAT'S WHERE IT LED FROM IS THE IDEA AND THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE BUSINESS MODEL THAT THEY HAVE BEHIND BROADWAY, FRISCO, AND THEN LOOKING AT IT TO SAY, WE'RE THE BEST AT DOING THIS, LET US DO THIS AS WELL.

WE BELIEVE IN THIS MARKET THIS MUCH. AND SO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THEIR GALA THIS WEEKEND AND SPEAK FIRSTHAND TO SOME OF THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT WOULD BE RUNNING, RUNNING THIS FACILITY. AND OF COURSE, THEY'RE OVER THE MOON EXCITED ABOUT THIS MARKET.

BUT THAT SPEAKS TO THE CONFIDENCE THAT THEY CERTAINLY HAVE IN THIS PROJECT, IN THIS MARKET, TO BE WILLING TO TAKE THAT KIND OF FINANCIAL COMMITMENT AND THAT KIND OF RISK.

YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, WE, AS WE DID OUR DUE DILIGENCE, HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THIS PROJECT OR IT WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN TO THIS POINT, AND WE COULD HAVE TAKEN ANOTHER MODEL WHERE THE CITY GOT MORE OF THE UPSIDE.

BUT ESSENTIALLY, COUNCIL WAS WILLING TO KIND OF GIVE THEM THE FUTURE UPSIDE FOR SUCCESS IN THIS PROJECT BY TAKING THAT RISK ON.

DO YOU WANT TO MAYBE SPEAK TO THAT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

THERE'S GOING TO BE THE RISK THAT IS RELATED TO ALL OF THE PROGRAMING THAT COMES DOWN TO THIS.

AND THEN THE UPSIDE, THE PRODUCT THAT IS GOING TO COME TO THE FACILITY IS GOING TO EBB AND FLOW OVER TIME.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME ROCK STAR YEARS WITH SELL OUT SHOWS, THE BEST TITLES, THE BEST MUSICIANS, THE BEST COMEDIANS, AND THEN THERE WILL BE A YEAR THAT IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARDER.

YOU'LL ALSO HAVE DOWNTURNS IN ECONOMY AND MARKET THAT ARE GOING TO IMPACT HOW PEOPLE WILL BUY THEIR ENTERTAINMENT TICKETS.

AS THE OPERATOR, YOU'RE TAKING THAT RISK. SOMETIMES BOOKING SHOWS IS LIKE PUTTING A BLINDFOLD ON AND THROWING A DART AT THE WALL AND HOPING THAT IT HITS SOMEWHERE.

THERE'S HUGE RISK IN IT. BUT THE REWARD ONCE YOU HIT IT, AND ONCE YOU DO IT WELL, IT REALLY BALANCES IT OFF.

SO MOST PERFORMING ARTS CENTERS WHO ARE DOING THEIR OWN PROGRAMING AND TAKING THEIR OWN RISK, REALLY LOOK AT A BOTTOM LINE BUDGETING THAT SAYS, WE'RE GOING TO WIN SOME, WE'RE GOING TO LOSE SOME.

THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR CITY GOVERNMENTS TO DO YEAR OVER YEAR.

WE'RE ONE YEAR, YOU'RE FUNDING A LOSS, AND THEN NEXT YEAR YOU ARE GETTING THE REWARD BACK FOR THAT LOSS.

SO THAT WAS A BIG CONVERSATION THAT I THINK THAT WE HAD WITH YOU ALL WHEN WE TOURED.

AND WHEN WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS IS TO SAY, WHILE THERE IS THE OPPORTUNITY, THE AMOUNT THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO INVEST IN THE TALENT, THE PEOPLE, THE TIME IS NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO HAPPEN AS QUICKLY AS BRINGING IN A PARTNER AS SEASONED AS THE LEVEL OF EXPERTISE THAT FRISCO LIVE BRINGS TO THE TABLE. WE LOOKED AT IT IN ONE MODEL THAT IT COULD TAKE YOU UP TO TEN YEARS TO FIGURE IT OUT AS YOU'RE FIGHTING AGAINST BROADWAY, DALLAS AGAINST BASS, HALL AGAINST AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

INSTEAD OF DOING THAT, YOU ARE DOING WHAT YOU DO BEST IN PARTNERING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN FIND THE SUCCESS.

BECAUSE OF THAT, THE RISK AND THE REWARD BALANCE GOES TO YOUR OPERATOR INSTEAD.

AND THIS IS THE ONLY OPERATOR THAT CAME IN AS A NONPROFIT ENTITY.

THE REST WERE FOR PROFIT. SO CAN YOU TALK TO WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT THAT IT IS A NONPROFIT? YEAH, IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE FUNDRAISING. AND I THINK THE FUNDRAISING TIES INTO THE EDUCATION.

ALL OF THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHO CAME SAID, WE CAN DO SOME EDUCATION, WE CAN DO SOME STUDENT BUS INS, WE CAN HAVE SOME AFTER SCHOOL WORKSHOPS. BUT THEY REALLY DIDN'T LEAN INTO IT THAT MUCH BECAUSE THEY ALSO WEREN'T LEANING INTO THE PHILANTHROPY THAT COMES FROM BEING A COMMUNITY INVESTED ORGANIZATION. AND I THINK THAT REALLY BECAME THE BALANCE AS WE GOT INTO THE CONVERSATIONS WAS TO SAY, AS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, YOU CAN REALLY BE LOOKING AT THE BENEFIT TO COMMUNITY AND THE BENEFIT TO THE ORGANIZATION IN A WAY THAT THE FOR PROFIT ENTITIES DON'T NECESSARILY DO AS IT COMES DOWN INTO IT. AND SO BALANCING THAT OUT WITH THEIR COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION AND THEIR ABILITY TO GO OUT AND JUST BOOTS ON THE GROUND, DO THE FUNDRAISING AS THE NONPROFIT ENTITY, THEY'RE MUCH STRONGER DOING THAT.

THE OTHER PIECE OF THIS IS THERE WILL BE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF DONORS WHO WILL BE ENGAGED DURING THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN, THE ONGOING STEWARDSHIP AND TRANSITIONING THEM FROM SUPPORTING THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN INTO SUPPORTING THE ONGOING OPERATIONS WILL ALSO BE IMPORTANT.

THAT NONPROFIT MENTALITY OF STEWARDSHIP OF DONORS.

DONOR RELATIONSHIPS. GROWING A DONOR'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CENTER OVER TIME.

THAT IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT. KEN NOVICE, WHO IS HIRED TO BE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BROADWAY DALLAS, HAS A FANTASTIC STORY ABOUT BEING BROUGHT IN AND REALLY GROWING THEIR FUNDRAISING BOOTS ON THE GROUND FROM ALMOST ZERO TO WHERE THEY ARE TODAY.

LOOKING AT THEIR OWN CAPITAL CAMPAIGNS, LOOKING AT THE AMOUNT OF CAPITAL THAT THEY'VE INVESTED IN THE HALL THAT THEY ARE RUNNING IN DALLAS,

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ALL OF THAT IS ABOUT THE LENS AND THE WORK ETHIC THAT COMES MORE TRADITIONALLY WITH A NONPROFIT, MISSION BASED ARTS ORGANIZATION INSTEAD OF A MORE CORPORATE STRUCTURE.

THANK YOU. AND THE COMMUNITY THEATER, I THINK, IS A LOT OF THE UNTOLD STORY, WHICH THEY'RE GOING TO MANAGE THAT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF FRISCO. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PROFESSIONAL OPERATOR OF THAT.

WE'VE RECEIVED ESTIMATES IF WE WANTED TO MANAGE THAT OURSELVES, YOU KNOW, IT COULD COST UP TO $1 MILLION A YEAR, AND WE WOULDN'T DO IT AS WELL AS THEY DID. AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO KIND OF SHIFT MULTI USE BETWEEN SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE DAY AND OTHER PROGRAMING YOU KNOW AT NIGHT.

BUT THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE ALL THAT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF FRISCO.

THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. AND NOT EVERYBODY IMMEDIATELY KNOWS WHO JOHN GORE AND THE JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION IS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, AS THIS PRESS RELEASE GOES OUT TOMORROW, THIS IS GOING TO GET THE ATTENTION OF THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES.

THAT'S SOMEONE OF THIS CALIBER WITH THEIR BACKING, IS WILLING TO INVEST IN A PROJECT IN FRISCO, TEXAS, AND PUT HIS MONEY ON IT AND OPERATOR AT RISK.

I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO GET A LOT OF ATTENTION. IT'S GOING TO GET A LOT OF PHILANTHROPY ATTENTION THAT THIS IS THE NEXT BIG PROJECT IN THE UNITED STATES.

WOULD YOU? YES, I WOULD AGREE THAT THERE WILL BE NATIONAL ATTENTION TOMORROW AND ONGOING WITHIN THIS.

THROUGH THE PROCESS, LAUREN REED FROM JOHN GORE AND BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA WAS SITTING IN ONE OF THE CONFERENCE ROOMS WITH ALL OF THE SPORTS JERSEYS ON THE WALL, AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? IF WE CAN GET THIS BUILDING OPEN, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE AN ARTS JERSEY BECAUSE THIS IS BALANCING THIS OUT.

SO I THINK THAT VISION IS BEING SHARED WITH THE FRISCO VISION, AND THAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO THE COMMUNITY, IN PART TO THE COMMITTEE IN FINDING THAT OPERATOR WAS AN OPERATOR WHO WOULD BE AS COMMITTED TO THIS AND AS PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS AS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEHIND THE PROJECT.

SO, OKAY, WE HAVE MORE. I HAVE ONE I JUST I WANT TO MAKE ONE, ONE POINT AND THEN I'LL SHUT UP FOR A SECOND.

SO I'VE KNOWN ABOUT JOHN GORE NOW FOR A SOLID 45 MINUTES, MAYBE AN HOUR.

VERY IMPRESSIVE. I GOOGLED IT REAL QUICK. JUST READ THE WIKIPEDIA SECTION.

SO I'M NOT CLAIMING TO BE AN EXPERT ON JOHN GORE IN BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA.

AND WHAT'S THE OTHER ONE? BROADWAY. BROADWAY DALLAS.

BROADWAY. DALLAS. THEY'RE ALL. WE'RE GETTING ALL THE EXPERTISE OF THEM, CORRECT? THEY'RE ALL GOING TO PITCH IN TO MAKE THIS A SUCCESS? CORRECT. BUT AS OF NOW, I'M JUST MAKING SURE THAT I CAN UNDERSTAND THIS AND THAT EVERYBODY LISTENING, WE DON'T HAVE THEIR FINANCIAL SUPPORT BEHIND IT.

WE ASSUME THEY'LL FILL IN IF THEY NEEDED IT. BUT THEY'RE NOT PART OF THIS LOI.

THEY ARE PART OF THE ALLOY. SO THE LOI IS BETWEEN BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA, WHOSE PARTNER COMPANY IS JOHN GORE.

THE SIGNATORY PAGE IS LAUREN REED, WHO'S PRESIDENT OF JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION AND BROADWAY DALLAS.

THEY HAVE NO RISK. THEY'RE NOT AT RISK FOR THIS AS IT STANDS.

AS IT STANDS, THOSE TWO ENTITIES WILL BE CONTRIBUTING $4 MILLION TO THE CAPITAL.

AND THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE BACKING THIS NONPROFIT THAT THEY ARE FORMING.

SO THINK ABOUT IT LIKE A MOM AND A DAD ARE COMING TOGETHER AND THEY'RE MAKING FRISCO LIVE.

SORRY IF FRISCO. YOU DID IT TO ME EARLIER. SO WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE IS THAT FRISCO LIVE IS BACKED BY THE POWER OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS. AND IN ESSENCE, THAT IS WHERE THEY'RE GETTING THEIR ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FROM.

SO AS WE START TO LOOK AT THE PRO FORMA AND YOU SEE AS THEY START BUILDING THOSE DOLLARS DOWN, IF THEY CAN'T PAY THEIR PAYROLL AND THEY'VE RUN OUT OF THEIR $6 MILLION.

THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. YEP. THEY'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO BROADWAY DALLAS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA AND JOHN GORE AND SAY, WE'RE IN TROUBLE. WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS HAPPENING WASN'T. OKAY. WE HIT A DOWN YEAR SLUMP.

WHAT DO WE DO? THEY'RE GOING TO FIGURE IT OUT AS THOSE TWO ORGANIZATIONS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO FIGURE IT BACK OUT.

THE COMMITMENT FROM THEM AND THEIR PROPOSAL, AS WELL AS THE DETAILS THAT ARE IN THE LOI AND WILL BE FURTHER DETAILED IN THE DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT, ARE BASICALLY RELATED TO THAT. THE CITY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OPERATIONAL LOSSES OUTSIDE OF THIS INITIAL START UP FUND, AND IS BACKED BY THOSE TWO ORGANIZATIONS COMING TOGETHER.

BUT AS I UNDERSTAND IT AND THIS AND I'M GOING TO DROP IT FOR TIME'S SAKE, THE LOI AS IT SITS, FRISCO LIVES WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT? WE'RE ASSUMING THAT THESE OTHER GREAT BIG PARTNERS THAT ARE INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN WOULD COME TO FRISCO LIVES AID IF FRISCO LIVE GOT IN TROUBLE. CAN I JUST SAY I MEAN, IN THE ACTUAL LOI? IT DOES SAY THAT THE JOHN GORE FOUNDATION WILL BE GIVING THE 2 MILLION IMMEDIATELY, WITHIN THE 180.

SO THAT'S ALREADY WRITTEN IN THERE. SO THEY ARE. I GOT THAT, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT WORST CASE SCENARIO.

IF THEY NEEDED $10 MILLION IS JOHN GORE DALLAS I'M MESSING THEM UP.

BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA AND BROADWAY DALLAS. THEY'RE NOT BASED ON THIS LOI NOT CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED TO COME TO THE AID OF FRISCO LIVE.

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RISK MODEL ARE STILL TO BE NEGOTIATED AND MEMORIALIZED IN THE DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YEP. SO GETTING INTO A BIT MORE OF THESE DETAILS FOR YOU WE HAVE BEEN WORKING AND VETTING THE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY MODEL THAT WAS PRESENTED.

MANY TIMES YOU CAN PUT REALLY PRETTY NUMBERS ON PAPER, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS BEHIND THESE NUMBERS.

AND SO THE COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS THE CONSULTING TEAM, HAS SPENT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME LEARNING AND UNDERSTANDING HOW FRISCO LIVE IS GOING TO OPERATE AND WHERE THESE DOLLARS ARE COMING FROM.

NOW, THE IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS EARLY BUDGET THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY IS THEIR NUMBERS FOR BROADWAY.

THE RISK AND THE REWARD FROM BROADWAY ARE NOT IN THESE NUMBERS.

OKAY. SO THEY'RE KEEPING THAT AS A SEPARATE PIECE OF THIS.

THEY WANT TO SAY, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS WITH BROADWAY, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN EVENTUALLY GET TO A BREAK EVEN POINT, IF NOT TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE MAKING A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.

SO TO DEFINE A LITTLE BIT HERE IN WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU AND KNOW THAT THESE ARE ESCALATED DOLLARS TO 2029 VALUE AND MOVING FORWARD YEAR ZERO, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE YEAR BEFORE THE FACILITY OPENS, BUT BEFORE THAT FACILITY OPENS, SOMETIMES AS MANY AS 18 MONTHS BEFORE THE FACILITY IS OPENED. THEY NEED TO BE SPENDING MONEY FOR THEIR HIRING, THEIR RECRUITING, THEIR PROGRAMING, THEIR BRANDING, GETTING ALL OF THE PIECES TOGETHER, THEIR PROTOCOLS, THEIR RISK MANAGEMENT, THEIR STRATEGIES, THEIR MITIGATION, ALL OF THESE ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT GO INTO GETTING THE TICKETING SYSTEM SET UP, WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THE VENUE OPENS, THERE IS AN AMAZING PERFORMANCE OR SET OF PERFORMANCES THAT ARE HAPPENING.

ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENING WITHOUT ANY REVENUE COMING IN.

IN ADDITION, THEY'RE COMMITTED TO THEIR STAFF PARTICIPATING IN THE DESIGN PROCESS AND THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN HERE.

AND THEY ARE DOING THAT AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE.

SO THAT IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF JOHN GORE, BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA AND BROADWAY DALLAS FUNDING AND SUPPORTING THEIR CURRENT STAFF TO FOCUS AND WORK ON THIS PROJECT WITHOUT ANY DOLLAR GOING BACK TO FRISCO. THIS WILL MEAN HOURS SPENT IN DESIGN WORKSHOPS, IN GIVING FEEDBACK TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FACILITY IS DESIGNED TO THE LEVEL OF EXPECTATION THAT THEY NEED. SO WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING IN YEAR ZERO IS THEY BELIEVE THAT THEIR STAFFING COSTS, MARKETING, BRANDING, TICKETING, INSURANCE AND SOME OF THOSE STARTUP COSTS ARE SOMEWHERE AT ABOUT $3.3 MILLION.

THIS WILL BE THE INITIAL INVESTMENT FROM THE CITY IN THAT $6 MILLION OF STARTUP.

SO MORE THAN 50% OF YOUR STARTUP COSTS ARE TAKEN IN YEAR ZERO.

THEN AS WE MOVE INTO YEAR ONE, YOU SEE THAT WE START TO HAVE YOUR OPERATIONAL REVENUE.

THESE REVENUE STREAMS ARE COMING FROM RENTAL OF THE FACILITY, YOUR FOOD AND BEVERAGE, SO YOUR CATERING AND YOUR CONCESSIONS MERCHANDIZING PREMIUM PACKAGES SO THAT CLUB LEVEL EXPERIENCE. ADD ON THE MEMBERSHIP TO BE IN A CERTAIN PART OF THE FACILITY.

FUNDRAISING. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR FUNDRAISING.

TICKET FEES AND A LITTLE BIT OF INVESTMENT INTEREST COMES INTO THIS.

THOSE ARE THEN OFFSET BY THE EXPENSES THAT START TO HAPPEN.

SO YOUR EVENT LABOR AND SUPPLIES, YOUR SECURITY, YOUR IT MARKETING, UTILITIES, THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IMMEDIATELY HAVE COST.

YOUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES INSURANCE AND THE VENUE OPERATING STAFF.

SO THERE ARE 25 FULL TIME STAFF IN YEAR ONE THAT ARE HIRED AND LOCALLY WITHIN FRISCO, WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND THE REGION THAT ARE FOCUSED HERE IN THIS BUDGET. THEY'RE ALSO FUNDRAISING AS A PART OF THAT.

BUT THEY ARE KNOWING THAT IN YEAR ONE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A BOOM WITH TICKET SALES.

THEY'RE ESTIMATING SOMEWHERE AROUND 150,000 TO 200,000 TICKETS THAT WOULD BE SOLD IN YEAR ONE.

ALL OF THOSE EXPENSES ARE THEN OFFSET BY THE EXCITEMENT THOSE NUMBERS DIP DOWN A LITTLE BIT GOING INTO YEAR TWO, BECAUSE THERE'S THE BOOM AND BUST OF OPENING A FACILITY, AND THEY WANTED TO BE REALISTIC ABOUT THAT WHILE CONTINUING TO GROW THE FUNDRAISING NUMBERS. NOW THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE THE BUILDING IS THERE IN FRONT OF THEM AND THEY CAN SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING, THEY'VE MODELED THEIR FUNDRAISING NUMBERS OFF OF THEIR EXPERIENCE IN GROWING THE PROGRAM, SPECIFICALLY IN DALLAS, AS WELL AS ACROSS OTHER VENUES HERE. SO THESE TEND TO BE VERY REALISTIC NUMBERS THAT ARE MODELED OUT SO THAT AS YOU LOOK AT THE OPERATIONAL SUPPORT FUND, THAT AGAIN, IS A ONE TIME $6 MILLION COMING FROM THE CITY.

THEY ARE PROPOSING THAT ABOUT 3.4 MILLION OF THAT COMES IN YEAR ONE.

ANOTHER 1.4 WOULD COME IN YEAR ONE TO BALANCE THAT OUT.

SO SORRY. GOING BACK YEAR 03. 4 MILLION. YEAR ONE.

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YEAR THREE. THEY'RE COMING ALMOST CLOSE TO BREAKING EVEN.

BUT THEY ARE EXPECTING THAT IN YEAR THREE, THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE SOME MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS THAT THEY AREN'T FULLY PREPARED TO HANDLE.

SO THAT IS THEN BEING OFFSET BY YOUR FACILITY MAINTENANCE FUND.

YOUR FACILITY MAINTENANCE FUND HERE IS ANNUALIZED OVER YOUR FIRST FEW YEARS, BECAUSE YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO NEED.

AND THIS WILL BE MODELED OUT SO THAT THEY WILL BE COMING TO THE CITY TO SAY, THESE ARE THE REPAIRS THAT WE NEED.

THIS IS WHAT THIS HAS COME DOWN TO. THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING ON THE EMERGENCY SIDE.

AND THEN THERE WILL BE A SYSTEM THAT IS SET IN PLACE AND OUTLINED IN THE DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT OF HOW THEY GET ACCESS TO THOSE DOLLARS.

THESE ARE BOTH CITY ADMINISTERED FUNDS. SO THESE FUNDS ARE NOT BEING TURNED OVER TO FRISCO LIVE.

THERE WILL BE A REPORTING, A REQUEST AND A FORECASTING PROCESS THAT WILL BE FURTHER DETAILED IN YOUR DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT SO THAT YOU CAN BE FULLY IN CONTROL AND CONFIDENT OF HOW THEY ARE SPENDING THESE DOLLARS IN THEIR REQUEST TO SAY, HELP US GET OUR LEGS ON AND HELP US DO IT IN A GOOD WAY.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, BY YEAR THREE, IF ALL GOES WELL, THEY THINK THEY CAN BE IN A POSITIVE OPERATING STANCE, AND THAT HAS BEEN VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM. AND AS YOU GROW MOVING FORWARD IN YEAR FIVE, THEY'RE CLOSE TO $1 MILLION POSITIVE.

THIS SHOWS THE CONFIDENCE IN THE MARKET AND THE CONFIDENCE, THE AMOUNT OF TICKET SALES THAT THEY WILL BEGIN TO HAVE WHERE THEY ARE FORECASTING.

CLOSE TO 350,000 TICKETS ARE SOLD IN THAT YEAR.

FIVE, AND THAT IS BETWEEN THE LARGE HALL AND THE COMMUNITY HALL.

SO I HAVE HERE IN TWO DIFFERENT BUCKETS JUST TO HELP UNDERSTAND WHAT CAN COME FROM THE 6 MILLION, WHICH AGAIN IS A ONE TIME 6 MILLION. THIS IS REALLY FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY ACCESS, AFFORDABLE RATES, MAKING SURE TO HELP THOSE COMMUNITY GROUPS GET IN AND USE THE SPACE IN A SUSTAINABLE WAY FOR THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.

THE START UP COSTS THAT ARE RELATED TO THE IMBALANCE OF REVENUE, AND THEN THE REALISTIC MEASURED GROWTH, WHICH IS OFFSET BY YOUR MAINTENANCE FUND SUPPORT, WHICH IS CURRENTLY ANNUALIZED OF THE ONE TIME MILLION DOLLARS THAT FOCUSES ON YOUR REPAIRS, YOUR MAINTENANCE, YOUR ROUTINE INSPECTIONS, AND YOUR EQUIPMENT PURCHASES AND REPLACEMENTS.

SO I'M GOING TO PAUSE HERE FOR A MOMENT. AND THEN AND AGAIN, THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE BROADWAY? CORRECT. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE BROADWAY. SO WE HAVE SEEN PEOPLE SCREENSHOT SLIDES AND USE IT FOR THEIR OWN AGENDA.

I WOULD ADD THAT IN BIG RED LETTERS AT THE TOP, WHEN YOU DO THE NEXT PUBLIC PRESENTATION, YOU KNOW, OF THIS SLIDE. ABSOLUTELY. AND JUST FOR EVERYONE LISTENING IN AND FOCUSING ON THE THIRD BULLET OR SORRY, FOURTH BULLET IS WHAT THE MAYOR WAS JUST SORT OF SPEAKING TO ABOUT EXCLUDES THE REVENUE AND EXPENSES RELATED TO THE PROGRAMING AND THE CONTENT.

THEIR BROADWAY FRISCO PROJECTIONS IN SOME YEARS HAVE $16 MILLION RELATED TO THAT BROADWAY MODEL.

ALL OF THAT IS NOT HERE. AND AGAIN, THAT IS THE MASSIVE EBB AND FLOW OF YOUR PRESENTING AND YOUR PRODUCING.

OKAY. SO LET'S GO BACK QUICKLY THEN TO THE CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION COMMITMENT.

I KNOW WE'VE TOUCHED ON THIS A LITTLE BIT, BUT JUST SORT OF WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE TIMING AS IT COMES DOWN TO IT.

SO THE CITY WANTED TO BE SURE THAT THIS WAS ABLE TO SUPPORT THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN.

THIS IS, AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT TARGET FROM THE CSL STUDY THAT SHOWED YOU COULD FIND ABOUT 100 TO 100 MILLION TO 110 MILLION GROSS FROM YOUR CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS AS WELL AS YOUR INDIVIDUAL GIFTS. THIS WOULD BE A PART OF THAT TARGET.

ALL OF THIS, FROM THEIR END, IS JUST CONTINGENT UPON THAT DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT THAT WOULD GO IN PLACE, THAT WOULD HAVE A TERM OF 20 YEARS, PLUS A TEN YEAR EXTENSION OPTION.

SO WHAT THIS MEANS IS $2 MILLION COMES BASICALLY WITHIN 180 DAYS OF CITY COUNCIL APPROVING INTO SCHEMATIC DESIGN.

SCHEMATIC DESIGN IS THAT NEXT STEP FORWARD IF YOU WOULD AUTHORIZE THE PROJECT AND IS ONE OF YOUR NEXT PROJECT MILESTONES TO AUTHORIZE AFTER THE ELECTION, AND SOME OF THE REST OF THE DEPENDENCIES ARE REPORTED ON.

SO WE SET THAT IN THE LOI AS A KEY DEFINITIVE POINT AT WHICH THE TIME CLOCK FOR CASHING IN, THAT 2 MILLION WOULD HAPPEN. THIS ALSO PARALLELS WHEN THE DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT WOULD NEED TO BE EXECUTED, SO THE DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT WOULD BE EXECUTED, AND THEN THE $2 MILLION WOULD COME INTO THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN BOOKS.

THEN AN ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION WOULD COME ONE YEAR BEFORE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE.

SO RIGHT NOW, LOOKING AT YOUR BASIC TARGETS, THIS WOULD MEAN IN 2026, EARLY IN 26, YOU WOULD HAVE THE FIRST 2 MILLION.

AND THEN SOMEWHERE IN THE EARLY PART OF 2029, YOU WOULD HAVE THAT SECOND 2 MILLION.

OKAY. LET'S LOOK AT HOW THIS THEN TIES INTO A MAJOR CAPITAL EXPENSE RESERVE FUND.

THE IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS GOING AGAIN, BACK TO THE BENCHMARKED PROFORMA, WAS MAKING SURE THAT YOU COULD SET FUNDS ASIDE TO PROTECT THE ASSET LONG TERM.

SO THE NEGOTIATIONS FROM FRISCO LIVE IN THE CITY ARE A JOINTLY PARTICIPATORY FUND.

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THE CITY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAJOR CAPITAL EXPENSES, SIMILAR TO ALL OF THE CITY ASSETS THAT ARE OWNED BY THE CITY.

WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT IN YEAR ONE, THE BUILDING OPENS AND THE CITY PUTS $1 MILLION CONTRIBUTION INTO THE FUND TO BEGIN THE FUND.

FRISCO LIVE IS COMMITTED TO A 50 CENT PER TICKET CONTRIBUTION INTO THIS CAPITAL EXPENDITURES FUND YEAR OVER YEAR OVER YEAR.

SO IN THE FIRST YEAR, THAT'S ABOUT $100,000. AND THEN IT GROWS OVER TIME.

AND I'LL SHOW YOU THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. EACH YEAR, FRISCO LIVE IS CONTRIBUTING $0.50 PER TICKET.

THE CITY PUTS IN THE INITIAL ONE TIME MILLION DOLLARS, AND THEN IN YEAR FIVE, $300,000 OF A TOTAL SHARED OBLIGATION AS A COMBINATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND PROSPER ANNUALLY ADDS TO THAT BALANCE.

AND WHAT THAT IS, IS TO MAKE SURE THE DOLLARS ARE BEING SET ASIDE SO THAT EVERYONE CAN KNOW AND PLAN FOR WHEN THE CAPITAL MAINTENANCE REPAIRS NEED TO HAPPEN.

WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT, YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE YOUR OUT YEARS WITH TECHNOLOGY.

YOUR TECHNOLOGY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR BUILDING THAT KEEPS YOUR SHOWS RUNNING.

SO A CAPITAL, MAINTENANCE AND LONG TERM PLAN FOR REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY MUCH RECOMMENDED AND SUPPORTED.

THAT THEN WOULD HAVE THESE RESTRICTED FUNDS THAT WOULD BE WITHIN THIS.

SO THIS IS WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE JUST TO SORT OF LOOK AT IT HERE.

IF YOU COULD JUST GO BACK FROM JUST A MORE GENERAL BECAUSE THIS IS IMPORTANT.

BECAUSE THIS IS A NEW MODEL FOR THE CITY OF FRISCO.

SO IN THE PAST, WHEN WE'VE BUILT STADIUMS IN THE CITY OF FRISCO, WHICH ON AVERAGE, YOU'RE LUCKY TO GET A 30 YEAR LIFESPAN OUT OF TOYOTA STADIUM, WE GOT 20 YEARS OUT OF WE'VE ALREADY GONE BACK AND REDONE ROUGHRIDERS BALLPARK MULTIPLE TIMES, COMERICA CENTER MULTIPLE TIMES. WE HAVE NEVER PUT IN PLACE A FUNDING MECHANISM FOR ONGOING CAPEX.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN HIT WITH MAJOR KIND OF INTERVALS OF EXPENSES TO MODERNIZE AND UPDATE EVERY SINGLE SPORTS STADIUM WE HAVE IN THE CITY. THEATERS TEND TO LAST 100 YEARS OR MORE.

AND WE'RE BEING VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT SAYING WE'RE PLANNING THIS FACILITY FOR 100 YEARS OR MORE.

AND ALL THE CAPEX EXPENDITURES ARE ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T GET THESE BIG EXPENSES IN THESE TEN, 15, 20 YEAR INTERVALS LIKE WE'VE SEEN IN SOME OF OUR SPORTS FACILITIES.

CORRECT. AND AS WE SEE THE MODEL APPLIED NATIONALLY, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WHAT COMES TO CITY COUNCIL IS A PLAN THAT SAYS, WE'VE HIT 40 YEARS OLD. HERE'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO, HERE'S HOW WE NEED TO CHANGE THIS.

AND HERE ARE THE DOLLARS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY INVESTED THAT ARE HERE WAITING FOR THIS.

LET'S GO SPEND THIS IN A WAY THAT BENEFITS. IT IS A MUCH EASIER PLAN THAN BEING FACED WITH DIFFERENT PRIORITIES OF NEED AS IT COMES DOWN INTO IT.

SO THIS RESTRICTED MODEL IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT SPECIFIC AND NEW TO FRISCO, BUT IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY MUCH RECOMMENDED BASED OFF OF THE CURRENT EXPERIENCE, AS YOU MENTIONED. SO JUST BY YEAR FIVE YOU CAN SHOW AND SEE.

AND THESE ARE NOT ESCALATED AND THESE ARE NOT INVESTED.

SO THERE WOULD BE AN INVESTMENT POLICY THAT WOULD NEED TO HAPPEN WITHIN THIS AND HOW THE FUND IS BEING MANAGED.

BUT AGAIN CITY ADMINISTERED FUND THAT COMES DOWN INTO THIS.

SO THESE ARE JUST DOLLARS IN THAT ARE REPRESENTED HERE.

YEAR ONE THE CITY CONTRIBUTES $1 MILLION. FRISCO LIVE HAS A PROJECTION OF ABOUT 100,000.

WE ROUNDED THESE NUMBERS UP. BUT THIS IS JUST BASICALLY BASED OFF OF THE $0.50 PER TICKET.

THEN AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF DIP IN YEAR TWO BECAUSE AS WE TALKED ABOUT, THE TICKET SALES GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

WE GO BACK UP IN YEAR THREE. WE CONTINUE TO GROW IN YEAR FOUR.

IN YEAR FIVE, THE CONTRIBUTION BETWEEN PROSPER AND THE CITY COMES IN.

AND AGAIN, THOSE WOULD BE NOT FROM GENERAL FUND FUNDS THAT WOULD BE COMING FOR THAT 300,000.

SO BY THE END OF YEAR FIVE, YOU ALREADY HAVE $2 MILLION IN THE BANK.

AND THAT WOULD CONTINUE TO GROW OVER TIME. SO TO REFLECT BACK TO WHERE WE ARE, THIS LOI THAT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY BOTH PARTIES BY LAUREN REED AS WELL AS KEN NOVICE, THIS IS IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY AS A PART OF THIS APRIL 1ST RFP AWARD THAT THEN GOES INTO THESE NEXT PIECES THAT ARE A PART OF YOUR LARGER PLAN WITH DEPENDENCIES AND REPORTING.

WE WILL BE BACK TO YOU ON MONDAY NEXT WEEK WITH A FULL PROJECT UPDATE AS A PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND SOME MORE DETAILS ABOUT SITE AS WELL. BUT THAT IS WHERE WE ARE GOING, REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT THIS OPERATOR LOI IS, AND THE LOI IS THEIR INTENT AND COMMITMENT TO A PARTNER.

AND I THINK THAT BECOMES AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF KNOWING AND UNDERSTANDING THIS IN THE SAME WAY THAT WITH THE BROADWAY LOI, IT WAS MAKE SURE WE KNOW THAT THIS IS REAL. THIS IS THE INTENT OF THEM SAYING, THIS IS REAL.

WE ARE COMMITTED TO THIS. IF THE PROJECT DECIDES TO MOVE FORWARD AND THOSE STILL BECOME IMPORTANT AS YOUR PROJECT MILESTONES, YOUR DEPENDENCY, YOUR FUTURE COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND ACTION THAT WOULD THEN GO AND GET MORE DETAILED IN ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PIECES IN YOUR DEFINITIVE

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I'LL JUST HAVE KIND OF LIKE ONE MORE COMMENT ABOUT THE PROCESS, BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONFUSION IN THE PROCESS, AND HOW THIS DEAL IS, IS DIFFERENT THAN MAYBE THE PROCESS THAT CITY OF FRISCO HAS HAD IN THE PAST.

IN THE PAST, IT WAS YOU SHOW UP. IT'S A VOTE.

THE PUBLIC SEES THE DOCUMENTS FOR THE FIRST TIME THE DAY OF THE VOTE.

YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GO TO PUBLIC ELECTIONS. WE DON'T HAVE PUBLIC INPUT.

WE JUST HOPE THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE VOTED ON AND PROVIDED TO THEM.

AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH THAT IN THE COMMUNITY, SUPPORTED AND LOVED THE PROJECTS THAT THIS HAS DONE.

OF COURSE, THERE'S BEEN CHANGES IN LAW. THIS IS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PROJECT AND A LOT OF COMMUNITIES, IF THEY'RE TRYING TO DO A PROJECT OF THIS SCOPE, WHETHER IT'S A LARGE PARK, WHETHER IT'S A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, THEY'LL JUST GO DO A BOND ELECTION THAT'S GENERAL WITH A MADE UP NUMBER THAT'S TIED TO NOTHING, AND JUST SAY, WE'RE GOING TO THROW OUT THIS NEBULOUS CONCEPT OF A NUMBER WITH NO PLAN IN PLACE, NO OPERATOR AGREEMENT, NO BROADWAY PARTNER, NO NOTHING.

AND IF THE COMMUNITY SORTS, YOU KNOW, APPROVES IT, THEN WE'LL GO FIGURE IT OUT.

WE DIDN'T WANT TO PULL THE RUG OUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AGAIN.

YOU KNOW, THE ARTS IN THIS REGION, BETWEEN PAST VOTES AND OTHER THINGS, IT'S LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT ON A BALLOT AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC TO SAY, YOU KNOW, DO YOU WANT TO INVEST IN A PROJECT LIKE THIS? IT'S GOING TO BE WELL THOUGHT OUT. OUR PARTNERS ARE GOING TO BE IN PLACE.

LOWS ARE GOING TO BE NEGOTIATED. IT'S GOING TO BE READY TO BE PAPERED.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SUPPORT. AND AND SO I'VE SEEN SOME THINGS TALKED ABOUT LIKE, WELL, WHY DON'T YOU HAVE FULLY EXECUTED AGREEMENTS? IT'S LIKE WE'RE SO MUCH FURTHER ALONG THAN ANY PROJECT NORMALLY WOULD BE IN THIS PLACE, AND THOSE DETAILS ARE READY TO BE DONE. IT'S JUST WE'RE NOW AT THE STAGE IN THE PROCESS WHERE WE NEED THE COMMUNITY TO SAY, DO YOU TAKE THE BALL FROM THE FIVE YARD LINE AND PUNCH IT INTO THE END ZONE? AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE'RE AT. SO BEFORE WE TAKE PUBLIC INPUT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE.

MAY HAVE SOME AFTER. OKAY. SO COUNCIL, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

IT'S NOT A PUBLIC IT'S NOT A PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. WE JUST HAVE [INAUDIBLE] FIRST ONE IS BERT THACKER.

HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE FRISCO CITY COUNCIL, MY FELLOW RESIDENTS HERE IN FRISCO, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO LET ME ADDRESS YOU AS A CANDIDATE FOR FRISCO CITY COUNCIL. I ASK, WILL WE PRIORITIZE OUR CITY'S NEEDS OR CHOOSE EXPENSIVE WANTS? MY OPPONENT, COUNCILWOMAN TAMMY MEINERSHAGEN, HAS BEEN ARGUABLY THE LARGEST PROPONENT.

YOU CAN SPEAK TO THE ITEM AND ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS, BUT WE'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH.

WILL I GET MY TIME BACK, MR. MAYOR? OKAY, SO WITH THAT IN MIND, I BELIEVE THAT FUNDING THIS $380 MILLION PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, WHICH, ALTHOUGH I HEAVILY RESPECT THE MEMBERS WHO SUPPORT IT AND I RESPECT YOUR PASSION FOR THE ARTS.

I ASK, ARE WE SUPPOSED TO GET BEHIND A HUGE PROJECT WITH A PRICE TAG OF $160 MILLION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FUNDING NEARLY HALF THE PROJECT WHEN WE SHOULD BE USING THAT COST TO FUND OTHER CITY NEEDS.

THE CITY COUNCIL'S VOTE ON THIS WAS NOT UNANIMOUS.

COUNCILMAN LIVINGSTON WAS A DISSENTING VOTE, AND HE ARGUED THAT HE'S OBJECTING TO USING THE EDC AND THE CDC FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT. AND I AGREE WITH HIM. THOSE FUNDS, THE $75 MILLION FROM THE EDC, THE $45 MILLION FROM THE CDC, PLUS $40 MILLION FROM THE TIRZ DISTRICT. IT'S A RISK THAT'S ULTIMATELY BACKED BY US THE TAXPAYERS.

AND FURTHERMORE, LET'S NOT FORGET THAT THE FRISCO ISD IS ALREADY BUILDING A $45 MILLION PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN FLIGHT. ESSENTIALLY, THE PEOPLE OF FRISCO ARE FUNDING TWO SEPARATE PERFORMING ARTS CENTERS AT THE EXACT SAME TIME.

AND SO WE HAVE TO ASK, HOW MANY PERFORMING ARTS CENTERS DO WE ACTUALLY NEED? SO EVEN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS EDITORIAL BOARD HAD A COMMENT ABOUT THIS.

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FRISCO IS GROWING. WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION ON MAIN STREET.

WE HAVE TRAFFIC WHICH IS CHOKING US ON 423 EL DORADO AND IN ADDITION TO CHAMPIONING THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, WE HAVE UNIVERSAL STUDIOS, WHICH IS GOING TO BRING IN 25,000 PEOPLE A DAY ON THEIR PEAK DAYS.

THAT'S LIKE DROPPING A SMALL CITY EACH DAY INTO OUR TOWN, INTO OUR CITY.

IT'S GOING TO STRAIN OUR ROADS. IT'S GOING TO STRAIN OUR TRAFFIC.

AND A STUDY OF UNIVERSAL PARK IN FLORIDA SAW THAT IT HAD 198% INCREASE IN CRIME, 198% INCREASE.

SO I ARGUE, COULD WE NOT REALLOCATE THESE FUNDS IF IT'S GOING UP FOR VOTE ANYWAY, TO BOLSTER PROACTIVELY BOLSTER OUR FIRE AND POLICE? COULD WE NOT FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT WE COULD FUND OTHER ISSUES LIKE STORM SHELTERS OR HAIL SHELTERS WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE LIVE HERE IN NORTH TEXAS? HOW ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH? MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR THAT.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES. THE ONLY LINE OF DEFENSE IS A CRISIS INTERVENTION LINE THAT THE FRISCO POLICE HAS.

AND COULD WE USE THIS TO CREATE MORE PARTNERSHIPS WITH SOCIAL WORKERS AND MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS? HECK, WE COULD BUILD A COMMUNITY CENTER THAT HELPS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WHO HAVE KIDS WHO ARE TURNING 18 AND THERE'S NO PLACE FOR THEM TO GO. AND TWO INCOME FAMILIES BECOME ONE INCOME FAMILIES.

EVERY DOLLAR OF A CITY'S REVENUE THAT COULD BE USED FOR BUILDING THIS COULD BE REALLOCATED TO FIX A ROAD, OR EXPANDING A FIRE STATION OR HIRING AN EXTRA PARAMEDIC.

AND WHEN WE REDIRECT $160 MILLION FOR A PERFORMING ARTS VENUE, WE'RE CHOOSING EXTRAVAGANCE OVER A NEED.

SO LET ME BE 100% CLEAR. THESE ARE THE KINDS OF COMMUNITY NEEDS THAT DON'T HAVE RIBBON CUTTINGS OR BLACK TIE CEREMONIES, BUT THEY PROFOUNDLY IMPACT LIVES. I'M NOT AGAINST GROWTH.

I LOVE ROLLER COASTERS. I LOVE GOING TO PLAYS, BUT I HAVE TO LEVEL WITH YOU.

WE MUST BE GOOD STEWARDS. WE MUST TAKE CARE OF THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I'M ASKING YOU ONCE AGAIN, IS THIS WHERE WE SHOULD BE SPENDING OUR MONEY? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND JUST FOR YOUR REFERENCE, THE UNIVERSAL STUDIOS PAGE IS STILL UP AND LIVE ON THE FRISCOTEXAS.GOV WEBSITE WHICH ADDRESS ALL THE QUESTIONS REGARDING TRAFFIC AND CRIME THAT CAME UP A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT I BELIEVE THE CITY VERY WELL ADDRESSED.

AND JUST FROM A FACT BASED PERSPECTIVE, THESE ARE EDC AND CDC AND TIRZ FUNDS, AND NOT GENERAL OPERATION FUNDS THAT ARE USED TO FUND MANY OF THE THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED. NEXT, SHAWNA SOWELL.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SHAUNA SOWELL, 13407 LYNDHURST DRIVE IN FRISCO, TEXAS.

IT IS DIFFICULT TO SPEAK TO SOME OF THESE ISSUES WHEN THE DETAILS OF THE LOI HAVE NOT BEEN MADE PUBLIC TO FOR US TO READ OR TO LOOK AT BEFORE THIS EVENING.

BUT THE ISSUE THAT I HAVE IS SIMPLE. THIS NEWLY FORMED NONPROFIT, FRISCO LIVE, IS NOT HAPPILY CAPITALIZED AS OTHER PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY WORKED WITH IN THE COMMUNITY. THE AGREEMENT BEFORE WE START BUILDING IS NOT WITH LARGER ORGANIZATIONS.

AND IF THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO US THIS EVENING DO NOT COME TRUE, THEN THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT THESE OTHER LARGER ORGANIZATIONS WILL STEP IN. AT THAT TIME. THAT'S THE KEY ISSUE HERE. THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT THE LARGER ORGANIZATIONS WILL DO THAT BEFORE WE START BUILDING. BEFORE WE START GOING FORWARD, THOSE THINGS HAVE TO BE IN PLACE.

THIS ORGANIZATION OF FRISCO LIVE. HAS ALL OF THE BENEFITS OF THE REVENUE, AND THE CITY IS LEFT HOLDING ALL OF THE RISK.

THERE'S NO MSA THAT WILL BE IN PLACE BEFORE THE RESIDENTS VOTE IN THREE WEEKS.

THERE'S NO DETAILS OF THAT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND.

AND THAT'S A KEY ISSUE WITH JUST ITEM NUMBER 26 THIS EVENING.

I ALSO BELIEVE THAT USING EDC FUNDS FOR THIS IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE USE FOR THE EDC FUNDS.

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YOU CAN SAY THIS DOES A BETTER JOB OF THAT, BUT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT HAVING TO BRING THIS TYPE OF THING TO THEIR COMMUNITY AS WELL.

LOOK AT PLANO. THEY WERE ABLE TO FULLY BRING IN CHASE TOYOTA, SEVERAL OTHERS WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE THIS.

IT WAS FINE TO HAVE IT IN THE REGION. SO AGAIN, THE ISSUE THAT I HAVE IS THAT THIS FRISCO LIVE IS NOT AS HEAVILY CAPITALIZED.

IF THE ASSUMPTIONS DON'T COME TRUE. THE ONES WHO ARE GOING TO BE LEFT HOLDING THE BAG IS THE FRISCO RESIDENTS.

DAVID WONG.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS DAVID WONG.

I LIVE AT 13715 GIBRALTAR LANE HERE IN FRISCO.

SO MY, SO I MOVED TO THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA, TO THE PLANO AREA IN 1982, AND I ATTENDED PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

AND THEN AFTER I WENT TO COLLEGE IN HOUSTON, I MOVED BACK AND MY WIFE AND I BOUGHT A HOUSE JUST SOUTH OF 121 IN PLANO, AND WE LIVED THERE FOR 27 YEARS. AT THE END OF 27 YEARS, WHEN OUR KIDS GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, MY WIFE AND I DECIDED, HEY, WE NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE.

IT'S TIME TO MOVE FROM WHERE WE LIVED FOR 27 YEARS AND SEE WHAT'S AROUND.

SO WE LOOKED AT MOVING TO FAIRVIEW, ALLEN, JUST BASICALLY ALL THE CITIES AROUND.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE BOUGHT A HOUSE ON PANTHER CREEK IN PRESTON.

AT THAT TIME IN 2020, BECAUSE OF THE PJ AMERICA AND UNT, AND MY KIDS HAD GONE TO FRISCO ISD, K THROUGH 12, SO ALREADY WANTED, I ALREADY LIKED WHAT WAS IN FRISCO WITH RESPECT TO THE STAR, TOYOTA STADIUM AND ALL THAT. SO I THINK THAT THIS ART CENTER, THERE ARE PEOPLE I AM PART OF A CONSTITUENCY THAT YOU PROBABLY DON'T HEAR FROM VERY MUCH BECAUSE I'M RELATIVELY NEW TO FRISCO, AND PEOPLE WHO JUST MOVED TO THIS COMMUNITY DON'T SHOW UP AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND DON'T TYPICALLY VOICE WHAT THEY WHAT THEIR OPINIONS ARE.

SO AS A RELATIVELY NEW RESIDENT OF FRISCO, I'M TELLING YOU, THE REASON I MOVED TO FRISCO WAS BECAUSE FRISCO COULD DO PROJECTS LIKE THIS.

OKAY. I COULD HAVE MOVED TO PLANO. I COULD HAVE MOVED TO FAIRVIEW, MCKINNEY, ANY OTHER PLACES.

BUT ONLY FRISCO IN THE AREA COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

SO I THINK THAT THIS PROJECT IS REALLY VISIONARY, REALLY IMPORTANT FOR FRISCO BECAUSE IT IT'S ALMOST IF IT THIS IS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ONLY FRISCO CAN DO.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT FRISCO'S ROLE IN THE REGION OVER THE NEXT 15 TO 20 YEARS, WE'RE GOING TO BE THE CENTER OF A REGION THAT PROBABLY HAS ABOUT 8 TO 10 MILLION PEOPLE. SO I WANT TO REALLY SEE THIS PROJECT HAPPEN BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS WHY I CAME TO FRISCO.

I CAME UP HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED THAT THIS PROJECT IS BASICALLY BEING ATTACKED BY MYTHS.

OKAY. SO WHAT WE'VE HEARD SOME OF THE THE BIGGEST MYTHS I'VE HEARD IN TALKING TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OTHER PEOPLE AROUND THE CITY ARE THINGS LIKE, HEY, THE MONEY THAT'S USED FOR THIS PROJECT COULD BE USED FOR FIRE AND POLICE.

WELL IT CAN'T. THE MONEY THAT'S BEING USED CANNOT BE USED FOR OTHER THINGS.

AND SO THAT'S A HUGE MYTH. I HOPE THAT THIS PROJECT IS NOT JUDGED BY THAT TYPE OF MYTH.

ANOTHER ANOTHER MYTH IS THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST MYTH THAT THAT I HEAR ALL THE TIME.

SO YEAH. SO I REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL.

OH, ANOTHER MYTH IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE VOTING ON TONIGHT IS THE CITY SPENDING MONEY.

THAT'S NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING TONIGHT IS JUST TO APPROVE GOING MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS ORGANIZATION TO BE THE PROSPECTIVE OPERATOR.

AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT THAT'S SIGNED DOWN THE ROAD.

AND I AM KNOWING JOHN LETTELLEIR AND EVERYONE ELSE IN THIS ROOM.

I KNOW THAT WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE AGREEMENT ARE A BUNCH OF GUARANTEES ON THE LARGER ORGANIZATIONS BEHIND BROADWAY, FRISCO TO FINANCIALLY BACK THIS. AND I KNOW THAT THE DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT IS STILL A YEAR OR SO AWAY, WHICH PROBABLY GIVES CITIZENS PLENTY OF TIME TO HOLD THE CITY TO THE, YOU KNOW, THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE, TO MAKE SURE COUNCILMAN LIVINGSTON THAT THOSE GUARANTEES ARE IN THAT DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.

IF I WAS REPRESENTING THE CITY, I WOULD MAKE SURE THAT I HAD GUARANTEES BY THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TO BACK THIS FINANCIALLY.

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SO THAT'S JUST THAT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF ANOTHER MYTH THAT I THINK IS OUT THERE THAT JUST NEEDS TO BE THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE OVERCOME IN ORDER TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD.

SO ANYWAYS, I'M HERE TONIGHT. I AM SUPPORTIVE OF YOUR VOTING FOR THIS ORGANIZATION TO BE THE OPERATOR TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM, AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT BEING COMPLETED IN FRISCO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE JOSH MEEK.

MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JOSH MEEK AND I RESIDE AT 6901 CINNABAR DRIVE HERE IN FRISCO, TEXAS. TONIGHT, I AM HERE TO ASK THAT YOU VOTE IN APPROVAL FOR AGENDA ITEM 26.

THE PROJECT IS MADE UP OF OUR FRISCO TRIED AND TRUE RECIPE OF PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS.

AND TONIGHT IS A BIG MILESTONE IN SECURING A CRITICAL PARTNER FOR THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROJECT.

I ASKED FOR APPROVAL TONIGHT THROUGH THIS, FOR THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE WE ARE BUILDING MORE THAN JUST THE FACILITY.

WE ARE BUILDING COMMUNITY. RECENTLY, ME AND MY TWO BOYS, AGES 12 AND EIGHT, WENT TO A TEXAS LEGENDS GAME AT COMERICA, AND UPON LEAVING THAT FACILITY, WE SAW A PICTURE OF A CIRQUE SHOW THAT WAS ACTUALLY THERE IN COMERICA, AND WE ACTUALLY TALKED THE ENTIRE WAY HOME IN THE CAR ABOUT ALL THE SHOWS THAT WE'VE BEEN TO AND HOW MUCH FUN WE'VE HAD AT THOSE SHOWS.

AND THEN WE MOVED INTO THE DISCUSSION ABOUT BROADWAY COMING TO FRISCO BACK WHEN HAMILTON WAS ALL THE RAGE.

WE LOOKED AT BUYING TICKETS TO GO ALL THE WAY TO NEW YORK CITY TO SEE HAMILTON.

THE SMILES AND THE MEMORIES THAT WE'VE SHARED JUST AT THE CIRQUE SHOWS IS ENOUGH FOR ME TO ADVOCATE FOR MY CHILDREN AND OTHER CHILDREN IN FRISCO THAT NEED TO BE IN TOUCH WITH THIS MAGICAL MOMENT OF BROADWAY. RECENTLY, WE ALSO HAD A KICKOFF OPPORTUNITY.

WE HAD A KICKOFF EVENT AT TOYOTA STADIUM, AND AT THAT EVENT IT WAS DISCUSSED ABOUT HOW WE HAVE PITCHES FOR LITTLE KIDS AND, YOU KNOW, ASPIRING ATHLETES OF YOUTH, YOU KNOW, PLAYING ON THOSE FIELDS THAT THEN GO UP INTO THE DEVELOPMENT LEAGUES FOR FC DALLAS TO THEN PLAY ON THE PITCH INSIDE OF TOYOTA STADIUM FOR PROFESSIONAL MATCHES AND THEN LAND AT THE NATIONAL SOCCER HALL OF FAME.

AND IT'S A STRAIGHT LINE FROM THOSE FIELDS TO THE PITCH TO THE HALL OF FAME.

I SEE THIS AS THE SAME OPPORTUNITY, EXCEPT FOR ARTS AND TOUCHING ANOTHER POINT OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAS NOT BEEN PROPERLY ADDRESSED OVER THE YEARS.

ALSO TONIGHT, AS PRESENTED BY THEATER PROJECTS, IT ALSO GIVES THAT SAME LINEAGE IN THE ASPECT OF KIDS WORKING THEIR WAY FROM THE BOX OFFICE TO BACKSTAGE TO ON STAGE AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.

IT GIVES THESE KIDS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE MOST PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES.

WE ALSO HAVE A COMMUNITY HALL AND PARTNERSHIP WITH PROSPER ISD AND ALSO OUR FRISCO EDUCATION.

SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT IS GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THIS.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SO MANY ECONOMIC BENEFITS THAT ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BENEFIT FRISCO.

IT IS ONLY GOING TO STRENGTHEN TO THE WEST. FIREFLY PARK AND TO THE SOUTH FIELDS WEST, AND IS ONLY GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW OUR SALES TAX, WHICH IN FUNDING, WHEN WE GENERATE SALES TAX, 1% OF ALL SALES TAX GENERATED GOES TO THE CITY, WHICH CAN GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND TO PAY FOR POLICE AND FIRE.

THE OTHER 1% IS THEN SPLIT BETWEEN THE CDC AND THE EDC.

TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN PROJECTS LIKE THIS, TO CREATE HIGH CALIBER EXPERIENCES FOR OUR FRISCO RESIDENTS.

THERE ARE JUST WAY TOO MANY BENEFITS FOR US TO OVERLOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT EXPLORE AND CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH OUR PARTNERS ON THIS PROJECT. TONIGHT, FOR MY FAMILY AND MANY OTHER RESIDENTS OF FRISCO THAT I HAVE SPOKEN TO, I ASK THAT YOU VOTE IN APPROVAL OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA ITEM 26 AND CONSIDER TO ACT IN FAVOR. KEEP THIS ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY ALIVE, NOT ONLY FOR MY KIDS, BUT MANY OF THE OTHER PARENTS OF KIDS THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO THAT WANT TO SEE THIS IN FRISCO.

ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE BUILDING MORE THAN A FACILITY.

WE ARE BUILDING COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

LASTLY, WE HAVE BOB CAMPBELL.

GOOD EVENING, MISTER MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. MY NAME IS BOB CAMPBELL.

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I ALWAYS FOLLOW JOSH. HE ALWAYS SAYS EVERYTHING I WAS GOING TO SAY.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO AGREE WITH EVERYTHING JOSH SAID.

AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE FOR ITEM NUMBER 26.

I'M NOT GOING TO PONTIFICATE A LOT ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE A BIG MEETING NEXT WEEK, AND I'M SURE WE'LL ALL HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO PONTIFICATE NEXT WEEK.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THIS. I CAN'T IMAGINE ANOTHER CITY IN THE COUNTRY, MAYBE ANOTHER CITY IN THE WORLD, THAT COULD ATTRACT AN OPERATOR LIKE THIS WITH THE PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND THAT THEY BRING AND THE OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE THAT WOULD COME INTO A CITY LIKE THIS AND ACCEPT OPERATIONAL RISK ON A PROJECT LIKE THIS.

SO THEY MUST HAVE A HECK OF A LOT OF FAITH IN FRISCO, TEXAS, COLLIN COUNTY, THE NORTH TEXAS REGION, OUR GROWTH THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPERIENCING, AND THE TREMENDOUS MARKET THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FULFILL THEIR PERFORMANCE DREAMS FOR THE DALLAS AREA. THE FORT WORTH AREA AND NOW COLLIN COUNTY AND NORTH TEXAS.

SO I JUST THINK IT'S AN AMAZING ANNOUNCEMENT THAT YOU'RE MAKING TONIGHT WITH AN AMAZING GROUP OF PEOPLE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, BOB. THAT'S IT.

ALL RIGHT. IT WASN'T A PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE COMMENTS.

I'LL JUST HAVE A FEW BRIEF COMMENTS. AS BOB MENTIONED, WE'LL HAVE MORE TIME FOR DISCUSSION NEXT WEEK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING.

I DO WANT TO YOU KNOW, FIRST PUBLICLY THANK OUR CITY MANAGER, WES PEARSON AND EA HOPPY AND THE REST OF THE CITY STAFF THAT'S BEEN WORKING SO HARD ON THIS PROJECT FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.

SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING ARE TRULY UNWARRANTED.

I GRADE THEM WITH AN ABSOLUTE A-PLUS AS FAR AS EXECUTING WHAT COUNCIL HAS ASKED THEM TO EXECUTE, WHICH WAS TO MOVE A PROJECT FROM A DREAM THAT ALMOST SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE.

IN A STEP BY STEP SEQUENTIAL PROCESS FROM MILESTONE AFTER MILESTONE, TO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE COULD CONFIDENTLY PUT IT ON A ON THE BALLOT FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO CONSIDER FOR THE FUTURE OF THEIR COMMUNITY.

SO I APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS, REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME IN MAY.

YOU KNOW, I THANK YOU PERSONALLY BECAUSE I WILL SAY THIS FOR ALL MY TIME, THIS IS THE HARDEST ENDEAVOR WE'VE EVER TRIED TO DO.

AND THE FACT THAT WE ARE HERE AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY IS TRULY REMARKABLE AND A TESTAMENT TO ALL OF Y'ALL'S WORK.

BUT IT'S NOT DONE. AND THAT'S MAY DOES NOT MEAN THAT THIS PROJECT IS DONE.

AND SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT.

MAY IS TO GET TO THE NEXT MILESTONE, AND IT'S TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE PROCESS.

IT'S TO CONTINUE TO OVERCOME OBJECTIONS. MANY OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WE'VE HEARD COUNCIL HAS BROUGHT THAT UP FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, SAYING, I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR THE PROJECT UNTIL THESE OTHER MILESTONES, TILL WE HIT THE FUNDRAISING MILESTONE, TILL WE HAVE THE FULLY EXECUTED PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT, UNTIL WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE BACKING IS ON THEIR OPERATIONAL AT RISK MODEL, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS COUNCIL IS THINKING ABOUT AND ASKING ABOUT, AND WE SHARE THOSE KINDS OF THINGS TO PUT INTO PLACE BEFORE WE WOULD EVER GET TO THAT FINAL DAY WHERE WE'RE READY TO PUT A SHOVEL IN THE GROUND, THAT THIS ENTIRE THING HAS BEEN BUTTONED UP, IT'S READY TO GO. WE'VE MITIGATED ALL THE RISKS THAT WE CAN, AND IT'S A PROJECT THAT WE CAN EXECUTE.

THERE'S NO GUARANTEE. I MEAN, KEY ISSUE, NO GUARANTEE.

FC DALLAS COULD HAVE MOVED OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AND LEFT AN EMPTY STADIUM.

THEY DIDN'T. WE NEGOTIATED A LEASE AND A REDO OF THE STADIUM.

BUT WHEN YOU'RE IN THE SPORTS BUSINESS, YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN A 30 YEAR BUSINESS.

SO THERE IS NEVER ANY GUARANTEE ON ANY PROJECT THAT WE DO.

I WOULD SAY GOING INTO A VOTE, THIS IS PROBABLY THE CLOSEST THING WE'VE HAD TO A GUARANTEE.

YOU KNOW, GOING INTO A VOTE YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN IN MY OPINION, A VERY TRANSPARENT PROCESS, AS HAS BEEN SAID. SOME OF THE FAVORITE PROJECTS, THE STAR, THE PGA YOU KNOW, YOU NAME IT.

THE PUBLIC DIDN'T SEE THE DOCUMENTS UNTIL AFTER THE VOTE, YOU KNOW, AND THEY STILL CELEBRATED THOSE PROJECTS AND ENJOY THEM.

I DO THINK THESE PROJECTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO SURVIVE PUBLIC SCRUTINY AND PUBLIC DEBATE AND HAVE THESE PUBLIC CONVERSATIONS AND ANSWER QUESTIONS AND USE THE PUBLIC TO MAKE THEM STRONGER. AND, OH, THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA. I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THAT. WE NEED TO PUT THAT IN OUR AGREEMENT. ALL THESE THINGS ARE STRENGTHENING US AND STRENGTHENING THE

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AND ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS FAILED TO VOTE AND NEVER CAME TO THIS COMMUNITY.

THAT WOULD BE REALLY SAD FOR THIS COMMUNITY. THIS WOULD BE A VERY DIFFERENT COMMUNITY WITHOUT THOSE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THESE HIGH ASPIRATIONAL PROJECTS.

AND SO I WELCOME EVERY SINGLE QUESTION I WANT EVERYONE TO STRESS TEST.

I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, THROW YOUR BEST AT US BETWEEN NOW AND WHAT IS ELECTION DAY? MAY 2ND, MAY 3RD, MAY 3RD. AND I KNOW THAT BEING IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS, AS LONG AS I HAVE, I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY NAIVE STATEMENT.

BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT THOSE THAT ARE RUNNING FOR OFFICES AND RUNNING FOR OFFICES HERE DON'T LOOK AT THIS PROJECT AS A POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY. THEY RESEARCH THE PROJECT, THEY UNDERSTAND THE PROJECT, AND IF IN THE END, THEY'RE AGAINST THE PROJECT FOR VALID REASONS, THERE'S VALID REASONS TO BE AGAINST THE PROJECT.

BUT THIS IS, AGAIN, A 100 YEAR DECISION. AND THE RESIDENTS AND THE GENERATIONS THAT COME AFTER ALL OF US ARE MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANY SINGLE VOTE.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MY COUNCIL. YOU KNOW, THESE ARE BIG PROJECTS THAT TAKE LONGER THAN JUST A FEW WEEKS FOR SOME THAT HAVE BEEN TUNING IN FOR THAT AMOUNT OF TIME. WE'VE SPENT YEARS ON THIS.

SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE DOING THE RESEARCH AND SPEAKING WITH OUR STAFF IF YOU'RE CONFUSED ON SOME THINGS, BUT WE HAVE OUR APRIL 7TH PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE COME AND ATTEND THAT AND ASK YOUR QUESTIONS THERE AS WELL.

REMEMBER IN 2015, THIS PROJECT AND JUST THE CONCEPT OF THE ART CENTER HAD NOTHING.

IT REALLY HAD NO PLAN, NO PARTNER, NO OPERATIONAL PLAN.

NO BUSINESS PLAN. NO LAND. DIDN'T EVEN HAVE REALLY COUNCIL SUPPORT.

BUT SOMEHOW THE CITIZENS SAW AND UNDERSTOOD THE VISION AND STILL PASSED IT THROUGH.

NOW WE ARE SO MUCH CLOSER. WE DO HAVE A LOT OF THE DETAILS.

IT'S COME TOGETHER. AND NOW EVEN THE PARTNER THAT WE'RE THE PARTNERS COMING TO THE TABLE AND THE CAPITAL WITH PROSPER ISD, WITH BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA AND BROADWAY DALLAS, SO THAT WE ARE NOT IN COMPETITION WITH DALLAS.

BUT WE ARE WE ARE IN COMPETITION WITH THEM. BUT THE JOHN GORE FOUNDATION, IT IS PHENOMENAL TO HAVE AN ENTITY LIKE THAT LOOKING AT FRISCO. PHENOMENAL. IT'S JUST AS PHENOMENAL AS THE PGA.

WHEN THEY WERE LOOKING AT FRISCO OR THE DALLAS COWBOYS IN THE ARTS WORLD, IT IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE TO HAVE THE JOHN GORE FOUNDATION LOOKING AT FRISCO.

SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE GET TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS POTENTIALLY GOING TO INCLUDE THIS CULTURAL ICON IN OUR COUNTRY. THE LOI PROCESS, WE HAVE TO THINK OF IT.

I MEAN, IT IS THE CLOSEST WE CAN GET TO A CONTRACT WITHOUT FRISCO BEING AT THE TABLE.

I MEAN, WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY AT THE TABLE YET. WE ARE THE ONES CALLING ALL THE SHOTS.

WE'RE SAYING IF YOU WANT TO WORK WITH US, YOU HAVE TO TAKE ALL THE RISK.

PLUS YOU HAVE TO PAY US, BUT WE'RE NOT AT THE TABLE YET.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING OUR VOTERS IN MAY. DO YOU WANT US TO BE AT THE TABLE? DO YOU WANT US TO CONTINUE THESE CONVERSATIONS? AND IT'S MORE LIKE THIS IS THE CLOSEST WE CAN GET TO A RING ON HER FINGER TO GET THE ENGAGEMENT IN MAY.

AND IT'S STILL NOT THE MARRIAGE. WE'RE NOT THERE YET.

WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS TO STILL ANSWER, AND COUNCIL WILL PRESS INTO THOSE.

AND WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU ABOUT WHAT ELSE YOU NEED FROM US.

BUT THIS IS NOT THE END RIGHT HERE. THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.

AND I THINK WE NEED TO ALSO STRESS THE 50 CENT'S COMING TO THE CAPEX OF EVERY TICKET AND THEN THE $0.50 OF EVERY TICKET ALSO GOING TO COMMUNITY ACCESS AND EDUCATION. THIS IS ALSO PHENOMENAL.

WE'VE NOT SEEN THIS IN ANY OTHER PARTNER. IMAGINE IF THE STAR OR FC DALLAS OR PGA, IF ANYBODY ADOPTED A $0.50 PER TICKET ON ANYTHING IN PERPETUITY, GOING BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY. THAT IS A BIG COMMITMENT TO OUR CITY.

AND THEN A 20 YEAR CONTRACT PLUS A TEN YEAR EXTENSION, ANOTHER HUGE COMMITMENT.

THEY ARE NOT SAYING, WELL, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS AND WE WANT TO PUT TOGETHER THIS SLOPPY LOI.

NO, THIS IS A BIG COMMITMENT TO OUR CITY. SO I COMMEND THE BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA AND THE JOHN GORE FOUNDATION FOR COMING TO THE TABLE SO STRONGLY WITH YOUR

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AND, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT, I WILL BE DEFINITELY IN FAVOR OF THIS.

THANK YOU, DAMIEN. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YEAH. I'LL JUMP.

I'M SURE WE'RE ALL GOING TO SAY SOMETHING AT SOME POINT. JUST TO KEEP IT ON THIS END AND WE'LL MOVE BACK.

I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW, AFTER THE LAST VOTE THAT NIGHT, I WAS THE VICTIM OF A OF A VICIOUS ATTACK.

VERBALLY TOLD I WAS MEAN AND DUMB. THAT WAS FROM MY 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WHO LOVES BROADWAY, WHO GREETED ME AT THE DOOR TO TELL ME WHAT SHE THOUGHT.

SO THIS IS NOT GOING WITHOUT SOME PUNISHMENT ON MY PART.

I WANT TO THANK THE CITY. I WANT TO THANK WES AND A FOR EA, SORRY, FOR ANSWERING A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

I ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS, AND I'LL ASK THEM IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS, AND I APPRECIATE IT.

I ASSUME YOU PROBABLY HAD A LITTLE BIT OF HELP IN ANSWERING SOME OF MY QUESTIONS, SO I DO APPRECIATE IT.

VERY THOROUGH ANSWERS. I'M GOING TO REMAIN CONSISTENT WITH MY VOTES, WHICH PROBABLY DOESN'T SURPRISE ANYBODY.

MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS OBVIOUSLY I ADDRESSED IT TODAY ABOUT THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT COUPLED THAT WITH MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE THAT'S A WEIRD SENTENCE, BUT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PERFORMANCE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND THE ADDITIONAL CAPITAL, WHAT I THINK WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CAPITAL THAT HAS TO COME IN TO SUPPORT THIS FROM, FROM THE CITY, WHETHER IT'S EDC, CDC OR WHATEVER.

AND I KNOW I HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE WES THE AUTHORITY TONIGHT TO DO IT.

AND I BELIEVE HE'LL NEGOTIATE THE BEST CONTRACT THAT HE CAN.

BUT I BELIEVE THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ITEMS THAT IS, THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

AND IT JUST WASN'T ADDRESSED IN THE LOI, WHICH JUST BOTHERS ME.

SO UNTIL IT PASSES AND OR FAILS, IF IT PASSES IN MAY, I'LL BE THE BIGGEST SUPPORTER OF IT AND I'LL DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO MAKE IT STRONG. BUT I WILL CONTINUE AND NOT BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS TONIGHT.

YEARS AGO, I SAT UP HERE AND I VOTED AGAINST THE ARTS PROJECT, AND IT WAS A PROJECT THAT WASN'T IN FRISCO.

IT WAS FULLY FUNDED WITH TAXPAYER DOLLARS. THE FUNDRAISING COMPONENT WAS A JOKE.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A FOUR CITY EXERCISE. IT WAS.

IT ENDED UP BEING THREE. IT SHOULD NOT HAVE MOVED FORWARD.

THERE WERE SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE, SUPPOSEDLY, THAT WERE IN PLACE TO PREVENT THAT.

IT SEEMED TO CONTINUE ON ITS OWN AND IT, IT DID BECOME POLITICAL, I THINK, AS EVERYBODY IS FULLY AWARE. AND CAME BACK ON THE BALLOT AND WAS DEFUNDED.

IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN TEXAS HISTORY THAT'S EVER HAPPENED. I DON'T THINK IT'S EVER HAPPENED AGAIN. AND AT THE TIME, I MADE A COMMITMENT, A PROMISE. I SAID, LOOK, IF THIS IF WE CAN EVER FIND A WAY TO DO THIS WHERE IT'S NOT A BURDEN ON THE HARD WORKING FRISCO TAXPAYER, WHERE IT IS IN FRISCO, WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE PARTNER AND WE HAVE SOME BACKSTOPPING ON THIS AND SOME BOUNDARIES AND GUARDRAILS TO KEEP IT FROM MOVING FORWARD. IF IT ISN'T EXACTLY WHAT WE PROMISED TO THE CITIZENS, THEN I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF IT.

AND HERE WE ARE 15 YEARS LATER. IT TOOK THE CITY OF FRISCO, THE MOST INCREDIBLE CITY IN AMERICA.

15 YEARS TO GET HERE. THIS IS NOT AN OVERNIGHT THING.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR TO BENEFIT SOMEBODY'S CAMPAIGN OR TO PUSH SOME AGENDA FORWARD.

THIS HAS BEEN 15 YEARS IN THE MAKING. FROM THE DAY THAT OTHER PROJECT ENDED, THIS DREAM BEGAN, AND THAT'S ALL IT WAS. AND THERE'S AN OLD SAYING ABOUT A DREAM THAT ISN'T BASED IN REALITY OR DOESN'T HAVE A SOLID VISION BEHIND IT, IS JUST A HALLUCINATION. AND THIS IS NO LONGER ANY KIND OF A HALLUCINATION OR FANTASY.

THIS IS LITERALLY A DREAM COME TRUE. WE DON'T WANT TO BE PLANO.

PLANO SPENT $1 BILLION. THAT'S BILLION WITH A B ON DART THAT NOBODY USES.

OUR CITIZENS A LONG TIME AGO DECIDED WE'RE NOT GOING TO SPEND MONEY.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO SET IT ON FIRE WITH PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

WE'RE GOING TO USE IT TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES.

AND THAT'S THE MAGIC. THAT'S THE GOLDEN GOOSE OF FRISCO.

THAT'S THE SECRET SAUCE IS OUR EDC AND OUR CDC AND HOW THEY FUND OUR PARKS AND, YES, PROVIDE INCENTIVES TO CORPORATIONS.

AND I'M VERY FOND OF MY VERY CLEVER SAYING, MY ONE BRILLIANT MOMENT WHERE I SAID, YOU KNOW,

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AND WE DELIVERED ON THAT PROMISE. WE SAID, YES, WE WOULD LOWER YOUR TAXES FIRST.

WE SAID YES, WE WOULD DO POLICE AND FIRE FIRST.

WE SAID YES, WE WOULD DO ROADS FIRST. WE WOULD DO PARKS FIRST.

WE WOULD DO GREEN SPACE FIRST. WE WOULD STRENGTHEN OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WE WOULD BECOME A REGIONAL PARTNER. THIS COLLABORATION WOULD BE A THING.

AND HERE WE ARE TODAY, 15 YEARS LATER, WE CHECKED ALL THE BOXES.

WE DID EVERYTHING WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO, AND NOW WE STAND HERE.

AS THE MAYOR SAID, PERHAPS OUR GREATEST MOMENT THAT FAR EXCEEDS ANYTHING THE STAR HALL PARK, THE PGA UNIVERSAL STUDIOS THAT ANY OF THOSE COULD, COULD GIVE TO US ALONE, OR EVEN PERHAPS COMBINED. THIS IS TRULY A MONUMENTAL PROJECT.

IT IS TRULY ONE THAT, YES, IT IS DIFFICULT TO GET OUR HEARTS AND MINDS AROUND, BUT IT IS WORTH IT.

IT IS WORTH IT. THIS CITY IS WORTH IT, AND ALL OF YOU ARE WORTH IT.

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, YOUR CHILDREN AND YOUR GRANDCHILDREN ARE WORTH IT.

I AM IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT. I GUESS I'LL GO NEXT.

I AGREE WITH JOHN AND THE MAYOR. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS I'D LIKE TO TOUCH ON, AND THE MAYOR TOUCHED ON IT BRIEFLY WITH THE RISKS THAT WE HAVE WITH SOME OF OUR TEAMS. I'D LIKE TO POINT IT OUT FROM A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT DIRECTION. THE COWBOYS LEFT VALLEY RANCH TO COME HERE.

SO THEY HAVE LEFT BEFORE. THAT IS ALWAYS A RISK.

PGA, BECAUSE OF THE EFFORTS OF OUR MAYOR AND A FORMER COUNCILMAN, LEFT FLORIDA TO COME TO FRISCO.

SO THEY HAVE, IN FACT, LEFT BEFORE. THOSE ARE RISKS THAT WE FACE EVERY CITY FACES.

BUT WE DO A GOOD JOB WITH THOSE PARTNERS, AND WE DO A GOOD JOB OF FINDING WAYS TO RETAIN THEM.

FC DALLAS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE. THEY WERE ONE OF THE ORIGINAL MLS SOCCER TEAMS. DALLAS BURN I THINK THIS WAS PROBABLY THEIR FIRST ACTUAL STADIUM UP HERE.

AND WE'VE MANAGED TO WORK WITH THEM AND AND MAKE IT SO THEY WANT TO STAY.

THOSE ARE THE KIND OF PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE BUILD.

I'VE HEARD OUT IN THE PUBLIC. WELL, IF WE IF WE DO THIS, WE MIGHT NOT HAVE ENOUGH EDC FUNDS TO DO SOME OTHER PROJECT.

WE SAID THE SAME THING WHEN WE APPROVED THE DALLAS COWBOYS.

I REMEMBER THE SAME CONVERSATIONS WHEN WE APPROVED THE PGA.

I REMEMBER THE SAME CONVERSATIONS WITH TIAA. WELL, IF WE GIVE THESE INCENTIVES TO TIAA, WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO DO THE NEXT ONE.

THOSE ARE RISK BASED DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER.

THERE COULD BE A PROJECT THAT POPS UP A YEAR FROM NOW, BUT WE DON'T KNOW THAT IF WE WERE TO WAIT FOR EVERY POSSIBLE GUARANTEED PROJECT TO COME FORWARD, THEN WE'D NEVER DO ANYTHING. WE WOULD NEVER HAVE THE PHENOMENAL FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE TODAY.

SHOULD WE HAVE THE DETAILS BEFORE WE BUILD? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

WE WILL HAVE THE DETAILS OF ALL OF THIS WORKED OUT BEFORE WE PUT A SHOVEL IN THE GROUND.

THERE'S A MULTITUDE OF OF OFF RAMPS AND MILESTONES AND THINGS YET TO COME.

WE'RE VOTING ON IT NOW BECAUSE WE NEED THE CITIZENS TO DECIDE IF THEY'RE ON BOARD WITH THIS OR NOT.

AND PARTLY BECAUSE STATE LAW CHANGED, WE COULDN'T DO PROJECTS LIKE WE DID WITH FC DALLAS NOW OR PGA WITHOUT VOTES.

STATE LAW CHANGED THOSE THINGS FOR EVERYBODY.

SO WE'RE IN A NEW IN A NEW WORLD, A NEW DYNAMIC.

AND TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, WE'VE HAD MORE INFORMATION PUT TOGETHER ON THIS THAN I CAN EVER RECALL.

YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO THE OTHER ARTS PROJECT THAT FROM 2011, THERE WAS A HOPE AND A DREAM THAT BROADWAY WOULD COME TO THAT CENTER.

BUT BROADWAY IS HERE NOW. THEY'VE SIGNED THE AGREEMENTS.

THEY'VE SIGNED ON THE DOTTED LINE. THEY'RE WILLING TO MOVE FORWARD.

THAT'S A MASSIVE CHANGE. THAT'S A BIG CHANGE FROM TEN YEARS AGO.

THAT'S A BIG CHANGE FROM THREE YEARS AGO. I MEAN, THAT JUST SHOWS HOW MUCH CAN CAN DEVELOP IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND THE AMOUNT OF INCREDIBLE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

I DO BELIEVE THIS IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

I THINK THIS WILL ABSOLUTELY ATTRACT MORE BUSINESSES TO THE AREA.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BOOST FRISCO, JUST LIKE OUR OTHER PROJECTS HAVE, HAVE BOOSTED US.

SO I GUESS I'LL JUST SUMMARIZE FOR NOW THAT. YEAH, I'M IN I'M IN FAVOR OF SIGNING THE LOI.

IT'S NOT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN WHEN YOU APPLY FOR A MORTGAGE.

YOU GET A COUPLE SHEETS OF PAPER THAT GIVE YOU AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT THINGS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

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IT TAKES TIME TO WORK OUT ALL OF THOSE DETAILS.

THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. WE'VE GOT THAT THE ESTIMATE PUT TOGETHER.

WE'VE GOT THE FRAMEWORK. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO WORK OUT THE DETAILS BEFORE WE CLOSE THE DEAL AND BEFORE WE PUT THE SHOVEL IN THE GROUND.

I THINK TO SAY THAT THIS IS A COMPLEX DEAL IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

THIS IS CERTAINLY, PROBABLY THE THE THE MOST DIFFICULT.

MOST COMPLEX DEAL THAT THE CITY HAS ENCOUNTERED FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.

BUT THAT'S NOT WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMETIMES THE HARDEST THING TO DO IS TO GET PEOPLE TO STICK TO THE PROCESS.

AND THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE VOTING ON TONIGHT IS A SPECIFIC STEP FOR THE LOI, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT VOTING ON WHETHER OR NOT TO GO FORWARD WITH THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER TONIGHT.

THAT IS LEFT TO THE VOTERS IN MAY TO MAKE THAT DECISION, BUT THIS IS A STEP IN THE PROCESS.

THIS IS NOT A FINAL STEP. THIS IS NOT A BINDING STEP.

THIS IS A STEP IN THE PROCESS. THIS STEP ENABLES US TO BE PREPARED IN THE EVENT THAT OUR VOTERS SAY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO MOVE AHEAD WITH I WILL I WILL SAY THAT BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEXITY OF THIS PROJECT, I ENCOURAGE THE RESIDENTS OF FRISCO TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK, TO RESEARCH THIS PROJECT, TO SELL THIS PROJECT WITH ALL PROS WOULD NOT BE HONEST, AND IT WOULD BE DECEITFUL TO DO THAT. TO SELL THIS PROJECT WITH ALL CONS WOULD BE DISHONEST AND NOT PRUDENT TO DO THAT AS WELL.

THIS PROJECT INHERENTLY HAS PROS AND CONS, AND I THINK IF YOU SAT DOWN WITH ANY GROUP, YOU CAN COME UP WITH A LIST OF PROS.

IF YOU SAT DOWN WITH ANOTHER LIST, ANOTHER GROUP, YOU COULD COME UP WITH A LIST OF CONS.

THAT'S THE NATURE OF THE DIFFICULTY OF THIS PROJECT.

AND SO TO TAKE A BALANCED APPROACH AND SAY, YES, THERE ARE RISKS.

YES, THERE ARE BENEFITS. DO THE BENEFITS OUTWEIGH THE RISK? AND I THINK THAT'S A DECISION THAT THE VOTERS WILL HAVE TO MAKE IN MAY.

BUT WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS TONIGHT IS WE ARE VOTING ON A LETTER OF INTENT.

WE'RE NOT EVEN VOTING ON AN OPERATOR AGREEMENT.

THERE ARE DEAL POINTS, AS WAS STATED EARLIER, THAT NEED TO BE BUILT INTO THIS DOCUMENT.

THERE'S MORE TEETH THAT WILL BE BUILT INTO THIS DOCUMENT.

SO WE'RE NOT EVEN VOTING ON A FINAL OPERATING AGREEMENT.

IT IS SIMPLY A STEP ALONG THE PROCESS. IN THE EVENT THAT WE HAVE OUR VOTERS SAY THIS IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO, WE ARE PREPARED. AND SO I AM IN FAVOR OF VOTING ON THIS TONIGHT.

SO I HATE GOING LAST BECAUSE SO MUCH OF EVERYTHING HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID.

BUT I DO JUST WANT TO REITERATE A COUPLE OF POINTS.

NUMBER ONE, WE HEAD TO THE BALLOT IN THREE SHORT WEEKS, AND WE OWE IT TO OUR VOTERS FOR YOU GUYS TO KNOW EVERYTHING THAT WE KNOW.

AND NUMBER ONE, WITH THIS OPERATING AGREEMENT AND THE LETTER OF INTENT TO MOVE FORWARD, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SHARING.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS WAS WELL THE CITY DOESN'T NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN RUNNING AN ARTS CENTER.

WE COMPLETELY AGREE. THAT'S WHY WE'RE PUTTING THIS FORWARD.

AND ULTIMATELY THIS THIS AGREEMENT OF THIS INTERESTED PARTNER IS WHAT'S GOING TO HELP US GET TO THE FINAL DETAILS.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS UP TO YOU, THE VOTERS, AS TO WHETHER WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS NEXT STEP.

AND THAT'S JUST THE NEXT STEP. THAT IS THE INITIAL FUNDING OF THE CONSTRUCTION FROM A PIECE OF IT.

WE ALSO STILL HAVE THE FUNDRAISING THAT HAS TO COME IN BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.

BUT THIS LETTER OF INTENT GIVES CLEAR INDICATION TO OUR CITIZENS, THE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PUT FORWARD AND GIVE YOU GUYS THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON IT. SO ULTIMATELY, I AM SUPPORTIVE AND SUPPORTIVE OF THIS BECAUSE I THINK YOU GUYS DESERVE TO KNOW ALL OF THE DETAILS.

AND ULTIMATELY, WE'LL LISTEN TO THE WILL OF THE VOTERS HERE IN A FEW WEEKS.

GREAT. THANK YOU. MAYOR, IF I MAY, JUST REAL QUICK, WE DO HAVE COPIES OF THE LOI.

THE EXECUTED LOI HARD COPIES. IF ANYBODY WANTS A COPY OF THAT TONIGHT BEFORE THEY LEAVE.

AND WE WILL PUT THAT ON THE CITY WEBSITE FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS.

STARTING TOMORROW. AND THERE ARE OTHER THERE'S OTHER INFORMATION THAT CAME OUT TONIGHT THAT WILL SERVE TO UPDATE OUR FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS THAT WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AS WELL. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR. CAN WE, BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE, COULD WE QUICKLY SPEAK TO THE UPCOMING ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE PUBLIC? THAT WAS ON THERE, BUT JUST TO WRAP IT UP, IT MIGHT BE EVERYTHING.

SO UPCOMING PUBLIC SESSIONS WE HAVE, I'M GOING TO CHEAT OFF OF MY PHONE.

SORRY. WE HAVE. OH, PERFECT. THANK YOU. THIS THURSDAY, 430 TO 6 P.M.

CENTRAL, THERE IS A ONLINE OPEN HOUSE. THIS IS BASICALLY ON A ZOOM LINK.

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SO THAT IS THURSDAY, 4:30 TO 6 P.M.. WE'LL BE COVERING SOME OF THE PRESENTATION ELEMENTS FROM TONIGHT AND THEN REALLY JUST ANSWERING QUESTIONS.

WE HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING BACK HERE MONDAY 6 P.M., FOLLOWED THE FOLLOWING WEEK BY AN IN-PERSON OPEN HOUSE AT THE LIBRARY IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM. THIS WILL BE MONDAY, APRIL 14TH FROM 5 P.M.

TO 8 P.M. ALL THE INFORMATION WILL BE THERE. ALL THE UPDATED FAQ AND DETAILS WILL BE THERE.

WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME IN AND ASK YOUR QUESTIONS AND THEN WE'LL FOLLOW UP.

A FINAL ONLINE OPEN HOUSE ON THURSDAY, APRIL 17TH, AGAIN FROM 430 TO 6 P.M.

CENTRAL. SAME DETAILS AS THE EVENT THIS THURSDAY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. CAN I JUST ASK ONE QUESTION JUST FOR ANYONE THAT'S LISTENING? WHAT IS THE ON THE FORMATS, THE OPEN HOUSES PEOPLE JUST MEET AND MINGLE WITH THE CONSULTANTS.

IS THAT HOW THEY CAN ASK INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS? IS IT A PRESENTATION? YES. WE ARE BASICALLY JUST THERE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION.

SO IT IS COME IN AS YOU'RE ABLE. PEOPLE TEND TO SPEND 20 MINUTES COMING AND ASKING QUESTIONS.

THERE'S USUALLY 2 TO 4 CONSULTANTS AND PROJECT TEAM MEMBERS.

THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER WHATEVER QUESTIONS THAT YOU NEED ANSWERED, AND THEN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL BE THE FULL BLOWN PRESENTATION.

ONE OF YOUR CORRECT LONG, LONG, DETAILED, DETAILED, DETAILED.

YES, IT WILL BE A COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION ON MONDAY.

COMPREHENSIVE, THAT'S A NICER WORD. SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO OFFEND YOU WITH THAT.

IT'S ALL GOOD. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION ON THIS ITEM.

MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 26. SECOND. SECOND BY BILL.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES FIVE ONE.

ITEM 27 IS CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION WITH CITY STAFF CONCERNING ANY ACTIONS REQUIRED AS A RESULT OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA.

[City Council discussion with City Staff concerning any actions required by City Staff as a result of any item on tonight's agenda.]

OKAY. I HAD GOVERNMENTS MONITORING TONIGHT, AND I GAVE US AN A, AND I LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

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