[CALL TO ORDER]
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>> WELCOME TO THE MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL.
WE ARE AT FRISCO CITY HALL, THE GEORGE A. PUREFOY MUNICIPAL CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBERS 6101 FRISCO SQUARE BOULEVARD IN FRISCO, TEXAS.
I WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
WE'RE JOINED BY THE ENTIRE COUNCIL TONIGHT.
[CLOSED SESSION]
THAT TAKES US TO CLOSED SESSION 92.RECESS IN A CLOSED SESSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 551.001, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
ITEM A, MEETING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE CITY ATTORNEY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES AND PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BOARD OF TEXAS CONFLICTS WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT REGARDING, ONE, RECEIVED LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING ETJ DEVELOPMENT ISSUES.
ITEM B SECTION 551-072, TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED ONE, NORTH OF PANTHER CREEK, WEST OF THE TOLLWAY, EAST OF LEGACY, AND SOUTH OF 380.
ITEM 2, NORTH OF SAM RAYBURN, WEST OF DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY, EAST OF LEGACY, AND SOUTH OF STONEBROOK.
ITEM 3, NORTH OF SAM RAYBURN, EAST OF PRESTON, SOUTH OF MAIN, WEST OF CUSTER.
ITEM 4, SOUTH OF EL DORADO, NORTH OF STONEBROOK, WEST OF PRESTON, AND EAST OF THE DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY.
ITEM C, SECTION 551.074, PERSONNEL MATTERS, AUTHORIZING CERTAIN DELIBERATIONS ABOUT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE GOVERNMENT BODY TO BE HELD IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ONE ITEM TO DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT, DUTIES, AND EVALUATION OF MEMBERS TO THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT BOARD.
ITEM D, SECTION 551.087, DELIBERATION REGARDING COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE CITY HAS RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT OR TO DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF A FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVE TO A BUSINESS PROSPECT.
>> SECOND BY TAMMY. ALL IN FAVOR.
>> THAT PASSES SIX, ZERO. WE'RE RECESSED AT 5:41 PM.
COUNCIL, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO RECONVENE?
>> MOTION BY BILL, SECOND BY BRIAN. ALL IN FAVOR?
AS A RESULT OF THIS EXECUTIVE SESSION, THERE'S NO ACTION FOR COUNCIL TO TAKE.
[INVOCATION]
WITH THAT, THAT WILL MOVE US TO OUR INVOCATION AND OUR PLEDGE.GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US TONIGHT.
AT THE START OF EVERY MEETING, WE HAVE A ROTATION OF FAITH LEADERS WHO GIVE AN OPENING INVOCATION.
IF YOU CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE, YOU CAN DO SO AT THIS TIME.
TONIGHT, WE HAVE GRANT TOS, WHO IS FROM FELLOWSHIP CHURCH FRISCO.
FELLOWSHIP CHURCH IS FIRMLY ROOTED IN SCRIPTURE.
THEY BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE SON OF GOD WHO DIED TO SAVE ALL THOSE WHO TURNED TO HIM.
THEY FOCUS ON EQUIPPING BELIEVERS TO GET THAT GOOD NEWS TO THE WORLD AND SUPPORTING THEM AS THEY DO.
GRANT SERVES AS THE CAMPUS PASTOR OF THEIR FRISCO LOCATION. GRANT, ARE YOU HERE?
>> COUNCIL AND MY FELLOW RESIDENTS OF FRISCO.
IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE AT THIS TIME, I'D INVITE YOU JUST TO BOW YOUR HEAD AND CLOSE YOUR EYES WITH ME AS WE HAVE A BRIEF WORD OF PRAYER.
LORD, WE COME TO YOU TONIGHT IN A COUNTRY THAT WAS FOUNDED ON A SHARED BELIEF IN YOU, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE LIBERTIES AND FREEDOMS THAT WE GET TO ENJOY IN THIS GREAT COUNTRY THAT ARE SO WELL PROTECTED BY THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS AND OUR BEAUTIFUL HOME OF FRISCO.
GOD, I PRAY FOR YOUR HAND OF GUIDANCE ON THIS COUNCIL AS THEY MANAGE THIS HOME THAT WE LOVE, AND I PRAY FOR YOUR PROTECTION OVER THEM, AND ULTIMATELY, AND ABOVE ALL ELSE LORD, I PRAY THAT EVERY SOUL HERE WOULD COME TO KNOW YOU, YOUR LOVE FOR THEM THAT YOU DIED FOR THEM TO SAVE THEM, AND WE WAS RAISED BACK TO LIFE SO THEY COULD HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU.
I PRAY THAT THEY WOULD RECEIVE THAT SO THAT THEY MAY HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP, WHERE LIKE ME, THEY COULD FIND ULTIMATE FREEDOM IN JESUS NAME. AMEN.
>> THANK YOU. OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY CUB SCOUTS PACK 2060,
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
IF YOU CAN COME UP ON THE STAGE AND FACE THE FLAG, WHICH IS RIGHT BEHIND US.>> [INAUDIBLE] EVERYBODY ELSE, THOSE ARE SPECIFIC ITEMS.
>> KIDDOS, THE FLAGS BACK THIS WAY.
THERE WE GO. START WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
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>> YOU GUYS HANG OUT. WE WANT TO INTRODUCE ALL OF OUR SCOUTS WHO STAYED LATE WITH US HERE TONIGHT.
I'M GOING TO MAKE A TOUGH QUESTION THAT I ASK ALL OF OUR SCOUTS REALLY EASY.
Y'ALL KNOW Y'ALL ARE ON TV RIGHT NOW? THESE ARE LIVE STREAMED ALL ACROSS FRISCO RIGHT NOW.
I WANT YOU TO SAY YOUR NAME, YOUR SCHOOL, AND YOUR GRADE, AND THEN TELL US YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT FRISCO OR TO DO IN FRISCO.
[LAUGHTER] YOU READY? YOU PASS IT BACK, YOU GRAB IT, YOU PASS IT BACK. NAME?
>> FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY.
WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT FRISCO?
>> THE PARK? GO AHEAD AND PASS. THERE YOU GO.
I GO TO MCSPEDDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
>> YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT FRISCO, OR PLACE TO GO, OR EAT.
>> I LIKE THAT EVERYBODY IS VERY NICE. [APPLAUSE]
>> I GO TO SHAWNEE TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
>> MY NAME IS JANED. I GO TO COCKRELL ELEMENTARY.
>> FAVORITE THING, FAVORITE PLACE. YOU GO [INAUDIBLE].
>> I THOUGHT YOU DID. YOU LOOK LIKE A SWIMMER TO ME. THE POOLS?
I GO TO BRIGHTER HORIZONS ACADEMY.
I'M IN THIRD GRADE, AND MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT FRISCO IS HOW CLEAN IT IS. [APPLAUSE]
I GO TO FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY.
I'M IN THIRD GRADE AND MY FAVORITE THING TO EAT IS ICE CREAM. [LAUGHTER]
>> HI, MY NAME IS ARES, AND I GO TO BLEDSOE ELEMENTARY, AND I'M IN THIRD GRADE.
WHAT I LIKE ABOUT FRISCO IS EVERYTHING. [LAUGHTER]
>> HI, MY NAME IS FARMAN MUHAMMAD.
I'M IN FOURTH GRADE, AND I GO TO FOUNDERS SCHOOL.
ONE THING I LIKE ABOUT FRISCO IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I GO TO FCA, FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY.
I'M IN GRADE 4, AND THE THING I LIKE ABOUT FRISCO IS THAT THEY HAVE GOOD NEIGHBORHOODS.
MY FAVORITE PART OF FRISCO IS HOW THERE'S MANY PEOPLE TO PLAY SPORTS WITH.
I GO TO COCKRELL ELEMENTARY, AND MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT FRISCO IS EVERYTHING.
I GO TO BRIGHTER HORIZONS ACADEMY.
I'M IN FOURTH GRADE, AND I LIKE TO PLAY SOCCER AND FOOTBALL AT THE PARK.
I'M IN FOURTH GRADE AND I GO TO LISCANO ELEMENTARY.
ONE THING I LIKE ABOUT FRISCO IS PROBABLY AN AMUSEMENT PARK OR LIKE THE WATER PARK.
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I'M IN FOURTH GRADE, AND MY FAVORITE THING TO DO IN FRISCO IS SOCCER.I'M IN FIFTH GRADE, AND MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT FRISCO IS HOW KIND-HEARTED THE COMMUNITY IS. [APPLAUSE]
I GO TO [INAUDIBLE] ELEMENTARY, I'M IN FOURTH GRADE, AND I LIKE HOW BIG THE POPULATION IS IN FRISCO.
MY FAVORITE THING IS THE LIBRARY. [APPLAUSE]
I GO TO MOONEYHAM AND THE FAVORITE THING I LIKE TO DO IS PLAY BASKETBALL IN THE BASKETBALL COURTS. [APPLAUSE]
>> LET'S GET SOME OF THE TALLER KIDS HERE.
>> LET'S THANK OUR SCOUTS AGAIN.
[APPLAUSE] COUNCIL, ANY OTHER PROCLAMATIONS SINCE OUR LAST MEETING YOU WANT TO NOTE UP IN THE COMMUNITY?
[Mayor's Youth Council Presentation.]
THAT'LL MOVE US TO OUR REPORT SECTION.THE FIRST ITEM IS OUR MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL PRESENTATION. YES. [APPLAUSE]
>> HELLO, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS NICHOLAS GRIFFIN AND BEFORE WE START, I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE AMAZING OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED TO US TO PARTICIPATE IN MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL.
WE TRULY HAVE LEARNED A LOT THIS YEAR, AND I HOPE THAT WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED IS REFLECTED IN OUR PRESENTATION OF REEL FRISCO.
WE'LL START OUR PRESENTATION WITH OUR INTRO TO PROPOSAL, WHICH WILL BE FOLLOWED BY EVENT DETAILS, RELEVANCE AND VALUE TO THE CITY, AND WE WILL CONCLUDE WITH CITY CONTRIBUTIONS.
WHAT IS REEL FRISCO? REEL FRISCO IS A COMMUNITY FILM SHOWCASE WHERE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND ASPIRING FILMMAKERS SUBMIT SHORT FILMS ON CITY-RELATED PROMPTS.
THE MISSION OF REEL FRISCO IS TO PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR FRISCO'S YOUTH TO EXPRESS THEIR CREATIVITY, CONNECT WITH THEIR CITY'S HERITAGE, AND GROW AS ARTISTS.
THE PROPOSED PROJECT WOULD BEGIN AROUND MID-MAY, WHERE WE WOULD POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVENT TO ATTEMPT TO ATTRACT PRODUCERS.
IN LATE MAY, WE WOULD CLOSE PRODUCER SIGN UP, REACH OUT TO SPONSORS AND JUDGES FOR THE EVENT, AND THEN IN LATE JUNE, WE WOULD CUT SUBMISSIONS FOR REVIEW SO WE COULD HOLD THE FINAL EVENT IN EARLY JULY.
NOW, I'D LIKE TO TURN THE TIME OVER TO ADVITH FOR THE EVENT OVERVIEW.
>> HELLO, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ADVITH SIGAL, AND NOW I'LL WALK THROUGH WHAT THE ACTUAL DAY OF REEL FRISCO WOULD LOOK LIKE.
THE FESTIVAL IS MADE TO BE BOTH PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY-DRIVEN, WHICH WOULD GIVE STUDENTS A CHANCE TO SHINE WHILE ALSO BRINGING FRISCO RESIDENTS TOGETHER IN A CELEBRATION OF LOCAL YOUTH AND CREATIVITY.
WE PLAN TO BEGIN THE EVENT WITH ABOUT 30 MINUTES OF OPEN NETWORKING AND SOCIALIZING.
THIS WILL GIVE PRODUCERS, PARTICIPANTS, FAMILY MEMBERS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS A CHANCE TO CONNECT, EXPLORE THE VENUE, AND ENJOY REFRESHMENTS.
IT ALSO SETS A WELCOMING TONE BEFORE THE FORMAL SCREENING BEGINS.
NEXT, WE'LL HAVE THE MAIN EVENT, THE FILM SCREENINGS.
THIS SEGMENT WILL LAST BETWEEN 1-1.5 HOURS, DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF ACCEPTED SUBMISSIONS AND DURING THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE EACH SHORT FILM BACK TO BACK IN A THEATER STYLE SETTING.
EACH FILM WILL BE INTRODUCED BRIEFLY TO GIVE CONTEXT AND THE AUDIENCE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH THE CONTENT IN A FOCUSED AND RESPECTFUL ENVIRONMENT.
FOLLOWING THE SCREENINGS, WE'LL MOVE INTO THE JUDGING AND AWARD CEREMONY.
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AFTER SCORING IS COMPLETE, WE'LL RECOGNIZE THE TOP FILMS, NOT ONLY TO REWARD THEIR HARD WORK OF THE STUDENTS, BUT ALSO TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FUTURE.>> FOR THE FILM RULES, WE'VE MADE GUIDELINES THAT CREATE FAIRNESS AND CREATIVITY IN THE SUBMISSION PROCESS.
ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS MUST BE CURRENT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN FRISCO OR ATTEND FRISCO ISD, AND EACH SUBMISSION SHOULD BE A 3-5 MINUTE ORIGINAL SHORT FILM, CENTERED AROUND THE THEME OF "FRISCO" ON THE SPECIFIC PROMPT PROVIDED.
SUBMISSIONS WILL ALSO BE CAPPED AT 25 ENTRIES, ACCEPTED BASED ON THE NUMBER OF SUBMISSIONS, ASSUMING THEY ALL MEET GUIDELINES.
NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO JUDGING, WE PLAN ON EVALUATING EACH FILM BY A PANEL OF THREE QUALIFIED JUDGES, SUCH AS ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS AVAILABLE FOR THE EVENT.
THEY'LL BE USING A DETAILED RUBRIC THAT LOOKS AT SEVERAL CRITERIA, INCLUDING CREATIVITY, STORYTELLING, AUDIO AND VISUAL QUALITY, AND HOW WELL THE FILM REFLECTS THE PROMPT.
FOR EXAMPLE, A FILM THAT USES UNIQUE CAMERA ANGLES HAS A CLEAR EMOTIONAL ARC AND CONNECTS STRONGLY TO THE IDENTITY OF FRISCO WILL SCORE HIGHER, AND AT THE END OF THE EVENT, THE TOP FIVE SCORING FILMS WILL BE ANNOUNCED WITH THE TOP THREE RECEIVING INCENTIVES WHICH WILL BE DISCUSSED LATER ON.
NOW THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT WHAT WE MEAN BY [INAUDIBLE] ALLOW ME TO WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE LOGISTICS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO MAKE THIS DREAM A REALITY FOR US.
WITH THE HELP OF MS. LOY, WE HAVE DISCUSSED USING THE FRISCO HERITAGE MUSEUM FOR THE LOCATION OF THIS EVENT.
NOT ONLY DOES IT HAVE VENUES THAT WE CAN RENT, BUT IT ALSO HAS A CLOSE TIE BACK TO THE HEART OF FRISCO.
WE'VE ALSO DISCUSSED WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR US TO USE SEATING, AV RENTALS, AND OTHER DETAILS THAT THE MUSEUM WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE.
I'LL NOW BE HANDING THE STAGE TO NITHYA TO EXPLAIN THE MARKETING BEHIND RIO FRISCO.
>> THANK YOU, ADAVETH. HELLO, COUNCIL.
I'M NITHYA [INAUDIBLE], AND I WILL BE WALKING YOU ALL THROUGH THE MARKETING PORTION OF OUR EVENT.
ON THE SCREEN HERE, YOU CAN LOOK AT A FEW OF THE MARKETING STRATEGIES THAT OUR MARKETING TEAM PUT TOGETHER IN ORDER TO PROMOTE OUR FILMS SHOWCASE.
ON THE FIRST PICTURE, WE HAVE A CERA FLYER WITH ESSENTIAL INFORMATION SUCH AS THE DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION, AS WELL AS A BITLEY AND A QR CODE, WHERE THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED CAN LEARN MORE.
LASTLY, WITH THE RISE OF THE DIGITAL AGE, WE WOULD LIKE TO EMPLOY THE HELP OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS WHERE PEOPLE CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION, STAY UPDATED, AND STAY CONNECTED WITH OTHERS.
WE ALSO HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT OUR INSTAGRAM PAGE WOULD LOOK LIKE, AND ALSO WE CAN EMPLOY THE USE OF OTHER PLATFORMS SUCH AS FACEBOOK AND X.
TO GAIN STRONG PARTICIPATION, THE TOP THREE FILMS WILL RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIP PRIZES THAT CAN BE USED TOWARDS COLLEGE OR EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES.
THE FIRST PLACE WINNER COULD ALSO HAVE THEIR FILM SHOWCASED AT ONE OF FRISCO'S MAJOR EVENTS, WHICH WOULD HAVE THEM HAVE VALUABLE EXPOSURE AND RECOGNITION.
A POSSIBLE EXAMPLE OF THIS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN DISCUSSING WITH THE PARK AND RECREATIONS DEPARTMENT SUPERVISOR, MS. LOY, WAS FRISCO'S 125TH BIRTHDAY EXHIBIT HAPPENING IN 2027.
WE BELIEVE THAT THESE INCENTIVES WILL HELP REWARD CREATIVITY AND INSPIRE STUDENTS TO TAKE PRIDE IN REPRESENTING THEIR CITY.
ALL PARTICIPANTS WILL ALSO RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION SO THAT EVERY STUDENT WILL FEEL APPRECIATED FOR THEIR CREATIVITY AND FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO OUR CITY.
OUR CITY IS KNOWN FOR OFFERING SOME OF THE BEST EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN AMERICA.
HOWEVER, WHILE OUR SCHOOLS ARE AMAZING, MANY OF THE PROJECTS THAT SCHOOL THAT STUDENTS ARE ASSIGNED AT SCHOOL ARE TEMPORARY AND FORGOTTEN AFTER TURNED IN FOUR GRADE.
HOSTING A FILM SHOWCASE WOULD GIVE THE YOUTH OF FRISCO THE DRIVE TO EXPRESS THEIR CREATIVITY AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROCESS OF FILM AND PRODUCTION.
PROVIDING SUCH OPPORTUNITIES WOULD HELP US REACH A WIDER AUDIENCE OF YOUTH AND PROVIDE A NEEDED DIMENSION TO FRISCO'S SPORTS FILLED AGENDA.
IN ADDITION, IF AFTER THE EVENT, THE COUNCIL FELT INCLINED, THE FILM COULD BE PUT INTO FRISCO'S DIGITAL ARCHIVE THAT COULD ALSO BE USED AND SAVED FOR THE UPCOMING HERITAGE EVENT IN 2027.
THAT'S IT FOR THE MARKETING SECTION, AND I'LL NOW HAND IT OVER TO CAMILLA TO EXPLAIN THE BUDGET PORTION OF THIS TOPIC.
>> HELLO, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS CAMILLA GEORGE, AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR FINANCIALS.
FIRST, OUR MAIN FUNDING FOR THIS FILM FESTIVAL WILL BE FROM SOME OF OUR SPONSORS.
IN LOOKING IN PREVIOUS FRISCO EVENTS,
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WE FOUND SOME POTENTIAL SPONSORS FOR THIS EVENT, AND WE FIGURED THAT WE WOULD REACH OUT TO THEM, AND SO SOME OF THESE EXAMPLES WOULD BE RAISING CANES, COLLIN COLLEGE, FRISCO ENTERPRISE, AND FRISCO STYLE.NOW, IN DISCUSSING OUR LOCATION FOR THE EVENT, AS WE SAID, IT WOULD BE HELD AT THE FRISCO HERITAGE MUSEUM, WHICH WE DISCUSSED WOULD BE FREE PROVIDED BY THE CITY.
FURTHERMORE, THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE WOULD HAVE WOULD BE BORROWED BY THE PLAY FRISCO DEPARTMENT, AND ANY OTHER EQUIPMENT THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE FROM THE CITY OR FROM PLAY FRISCO WOULD BE PURCHASED OR RENTED.
NOW, TO LOOK AT SOME OF OUR OVERALL BUDGET.
THE MAIN PORTION OF OUR BUDGET CONSISTS OF THE PRIZES.
AS WE STATED, FOR FIRST PLACE, THE SCHOLARSHIP PRIZE IS GOING TO BE $200, FOR SECOND, IT'LL BE 150, AND THEN FOR THIRD, IT'S GOING TO BE $100.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES FOR OUR JUDGES AS WELL.
NOW THE NEXT LARGEST PORTION OF OUR FUND IS GOING TO ACCOUNT FOR ANY EQUIPMENT THAT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE.
THIS WOULD BE ANY OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE WOULD NEED TO RENT OR PURCHASE THAT THE CITY OF FRISCO DOES NOT ALREADY OWN.
THE FINAL PORTION WOULD BE FOR THE ADDITIONAL MATERIALS.
THIS WOULD INCLUDE LIKE WATERS OR PRINTING FOR THE FESTIVAL PROGRAMS. WITH THIS, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO BASICALLY ACCOUNT FOR ANY OF THE MATERIALS THAT ARE NOT PROVIDED BY OUR SPONSORS, WHICH WOULD MAKE OUR OVERALL BUDGET GO TO $100, AND ANY ADDITIONAL SAVINGS THAT ARE IN THE BUDGET THAT WERE NOT USED WOULD GO BACK TO THE CITY.
AS WE STATED, OUR ASK TO YOU IS TO HAVE THIS FILM FESTIVAL APPROVED.
THIS WOULD MEAN THE APPROVAL OF USING THE HERITAGE MUSEUM, POSTING AND MARKETING ON THE FRISCO CITY WEBSITE, AS WELL AS SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES, AS WELL AS BORROWING ANY MATERIALS, SUCH AS DISPLAY BOARDS AND PROJECTORS FROM PLAY FRISCO OR ANY OTHER FRISCO DEPARTMENTS.
AGAIN, WE HOPE THAT YOU CONSIDER OUR COUNCIL PROJECT FOR APPROVAL.
ON BEHALF OF THE 2024-2025 MAYORS YOUTH COUNCIL, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY IN ALLOWING US TO LEARN AND GROW, NOT ONLY AS STUDENTS, BUT AS CITIZENS OF FRISCO.
WE WANTED TO SPECIFICALLY THANK SOME OF OUR SPONSORS, LIEUTENANT CHO, MS. HORTON AND MS. BARSTOW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
>> WELL DONE. FOR THOSE OF ALL WATCHING, THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PROGRAM FOR THE COUNCIL, AND PART OF ITS PURPOSE IS TO ALLOW US AS LEADERS TO SEE FRISCO THROUGH THE EYES OF OUR TEENAGERS.
THEY HAVE MADE A LOT OF GREAT RECOMMENDATIONS OVER THE YEARS.
THEY ASKED THE QUESTION WHY WE DID NOT HAVE A CROSSING WALK FROM STONEBORER MALL TO RUFF RYDER STADIUM, WHERE EVERYONE HAS TO PARK.
WE LOOKED AT THAT AND SAID, WE NEED A CROSSING WALK THERE.
ALL THE WAY TO ONE YEAR THEY PROPOSED HAVING A COMMUNITY STAGE, AND DID ALL THE RESEARCH FOR IT IN SIMPSON PLAZA, WHICH ULTIMATELY BECAME THE COMMUNITY STAGE THAT WE'RE NOW BUILDING ON 4TH STREET IN DOWNTOWN FRISCO.
THIS PROGRAM STARTS IN SEPTEMBER.
THEY MEET EVERY SINGLE MONTH WITH A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY OF FRISCO FROM OUR PUBLIC SAFETY TO THEY GO THROUGH MOCK PLANNING AND ZONING TRIALS.
THEY LEARN ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHAT PROJECTS LIKE THE STAR AND SO FORTH, WHAT THEY MEAN TO FRISCO, HOW THE NUMBERS WORK, HOW THEY BECOME ECONOMIC ENGINES, AND THEY USE ALL THE LEARNING THAT THEY HAVE AS A COMMUNITY, AND THEY TONIGHT, PRESENT WHAT THEIR VISION IS FOR ONE WAY TO MOVE FRISCO FORWARD.
I LOVE THE IDEA OF CONTINUING TO SHOW FRISCO THROUGH THE EYES OF OUR TEENAGE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN MAYBE HOW THE REST OF US SEE IT.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION, AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER FOR COUNCIL, IF THEY HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU FEEL LIKE YOU COULD EXECUTE THIS YEAR, OR IS IT MORE OF DEVELOPING THE PLAN FOR FUTURE COUNCILS TO PERHAPS EXECUTE? GO AHEAD AND COME UP TO THE MIC.
>> WE DID DISCUSS THIS WITH THE REST OF THE MAYORS YOUTH COUNCIL.
MANY OF US ARE JUNIORS, AND SO WE'D STILL BE HERE OVER THE SUMMER AND INTO NEXT YEAR.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE WOULD BE WILLING TO EXECUTE IF GIVEN PERMISSION.
>> YOU'VE MET WITH PLAY FRISCO STAFF AS WELL AND TALKED THROUGH THE IDEA?
>> WE'VE TALKED WITH LINDSEY LOY, BUT WE WERE TOLD WE WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK WITH ANYBODY UNTIL WE HAD APPROVAL FOR THE PROJECT.
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[LAUGHTER]>> WHAT YOU NEED IS $1,000 TO EXECUTE THE PROJECT?
>> YES. WE WOULD REACH OUT AGAIN TO OUR SPONSORS.
WE'D SEE WHAT THEY'RE WILLING TO GIVE TO US, BUT THAT WOULD BE AROUND THE ESTIMATE.
IF WE COULD RENT, OF COURSE, ALL THE EQUIPMENT AND HAVE THE HERITAGE CENTER FOR USE.
>> WELL, I THINK I'LL GO OUT ON [INAUDIBLE] HERE AND SAY THAT THERE'S COUNCIL MEMBERS UP HERE THAT HAVE BUSINESSES THAT I'M SURE WE'D BE HAPPY TO SUPPORT YOUR COSTS.
>> WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
>> COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I THINK REAL FRISCO IS SO CLEVER.
GOOD JOB ON THAT ON YOUR MARKETING IN GENERAL.
THEN I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE ABOUT THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE THAT FILM IS ACTUALLY A BIG DEAL THIS YEAR, TALKING ABOUT SENATE BILL 22 AND HOW MUCH CAN COME INTO THE TEXAS ECONOMY THROUGH FILM.
YOU'VE HIT ON SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT AT THE CAPITOL.
THE FACT THAT YOU THOUGHT ABOUT FRISCO'S 125TH BIRTHDAY AND HOW WE CAN CELEBRATE IT, SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE HERE.
MAYBE YOU WON'T BE, BUT YOU'LL HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THAT CELEBRATION.
SO THANK YOU FOR THINKING ABOUT OUR CITY.
>> IF THERE'S A LINK, IF YOU EMBED A DONATE BUTTON, YOU WOULD PROBABLY RAISE $1,000 TONIGHT.
>> YEAH. [LAUGHTER] GUYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU ON THE FRONT END, AND I KNOW HOW MUCH TIME YOU HAVE GIVEN TO THIS PROGRAM IN GENERAL.
I KNOW IT MUST HAVE TAKEN A LOT OF EFFORT FOR YOU TO ALL ALIGN ON WHAT YOUR PROJECT WAS GOING TO BE.
I CAN LOOK AT YOUR FACES, AND YOU'RE SAYING, YEAH, IT WAS PAINSTAKING.
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE, IN ADDITION TO YOUR SCHOOL WORK AND YOUR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.
YOU'VE TAKEN THE TIME TO BE A PART OF THIS PROGRAM.
THAT'S AWESOME. I THINK YOU HAVE A GREAT IDEA.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS BEFORE EVERYBODY COMMITS TO $1,000, I THINK YOU'RE SHOOTING TOO LOW.
BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT AND TIME THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE YOU TO EDIT A FILM IS IT'S WORTH FAR MORE THAN $200 FOR FIRST PLACE.
I WOULD ASK YOU TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD BEFORE YOU GET $1,000 COMMITMENT FROM US AND TAKE IT UP A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO PUT IN A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF EFFORT. DON'T GO TOO CRAZY.
BUT TAKE IT UP A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO PUT IN A LOT OF TIME BECAUSE FILM-MAKING IS NO JOKE CAUSE YOU'RE TELLING A STORY, AND YOU'RE TELLING IT THROUGH A LENS, AND YOU'RE HAVING TO EDIT AND GET ALIGNMENT ON CREATING THAT NARRATIVE.
TAKE IT UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT GREAT JOB.
I APPLAUD THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE.
>> YEAH, ADD AT LEAST ONE ZERO.
>> WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAND OUT THE CERTIFICATES.
I THINK THEY HAVE THOSE FOR YOU OUT IN LOBBY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ALL OF OUR STUDENTS UP TO THE STAGE AND ANY COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WORKED WITH THE STUDENTS THIS YEAR TO COME UP AS WELL.
THIS WAS ACTUALLY AN IDEA OF MY DAUGHTER, WHEN SHE SERVED ON THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL TO HAVE A SPECIAL GRADUATION CORD FOR ALL GRADUATES WHEN THEY GRADUATED AT THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL TO WEAR ON GRADUATION DAY.
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[APPLAUSE]>> HAVE THE CARDS WE HAVE, DON'T THEY? [BACKGROUND]
[Library Report on monthly statistics and activities.]
>> ITEM 6 IS OUR LIBRARY REPORT.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS SHELLY HOLLEY, AND I'M THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR.
YOU HAVE OUR REPORT IN FRONT OF YOU, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE SLIDE.
WE GOT OUR CERTIFICATION FOR BEING A TEXAS LIBRARY OF EXCELLENCE.
YOU GET THE AWARD FOR YOUR ACTIVITIES IN 2024, THEY GRANT YOU IN 2025.
SO THAT'S WHY IT ALWAYS LOOKS LIKE IT'S LAGGING BY A YEAR.
WELL, NO, THE STAFF WORKED REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE WE RECEIVED THIS AWARD EVERY YEAR SINCE 2009.
WE'RE DELIGHTED TO HAVE IT ONCE AGAIN OR STILL.
ALSO, WE WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT SUMMER READING IS STARTING ON MAY 21ST, AND IT'LL GO THROUGH AUGUST 12TH.
YOU CAN GO ONLINE ON THE 21ST AND REGISTER.
ACTIVITIES ARE EVERY MONDAY, AND THEN, YOUNG CHILDREN STORY TIMES WILL GO ON WITH THE REGULAR SCHEDULE, BUT THE SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES ARE ON MONDAYS, AND YOU CAN SEE THE SCHEDULE WITH THE QR CODE, OR GO ON TO THE LIBRARY'S WEBSITE.
THERE ARE PRIZES WHEN CHILDREN READ AT CERTAIN LEVELS, READ CERTAIN MINUTES.
AND IN PAST YEARS, THEY'VE GONE WELL OVER A MILLION MINUTES, AND SO WE HOPE THAT HAPPENS AGAIN THIS YEAR.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
>> YOU ARE COMING TO YOUR BUSY SEASON FOR ACTIVITIES, SO I EXPECT IT TO BE FULL THIS SUMMER.
COUNCIL, WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE?
>> I JUST HEARD ONE EVENT THAT YOU HAVE ON YOUR AGENDA THAT I HAD NOT SEEN BEFORE, SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT REED TO ROVER.
>> THIS GOES WAY BACK. WHEN I WAS THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN WAY BACK IN THE MIDDLE AGES, WE WERE DOING READ TO ROVER.
WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE HEART OF TEXAS THERAPY DOGS.
THE POINT OF THE PROGRAM IS FOR CHILDREN WHO NEED OR WANT TO DEVELOP STRONGER READING ALOUD SKILLS.
OFTENTIMES, READING LOUD TO AN ADULT OR ANOTHER PERSON IS AN INTIMIDATING EXPERIENCE, BUT READING TO A DOG IS FUN.
THE DOGS COME IN ON, I THINK IT'S WEDNESDAYS OR SATURDAYS.
I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE SCHEDULE RECENTLY.
YOU CAN SIGN UP, AND YOU CAN SIT WITH A DOG AND READ WHATEVER BOOK YOU WANT TO THEM FOR YOUR HALF-HOUR APPOINTMENT.
THE DOGS ARE ALWAYS ENTHUSIASTIC AND WELL-BEHAVED.
IT WORKS OUT GREAT FOR EVERYBODY.
BUT YES, THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING.
>> I LOVE THAT. I HAVE A GOOD FRIEND THAT'S A SPEECH PATHOLOGIST, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHE HIGHLIGHTS AS WELL, IS THAT THE CALMING EFFECT AND ALSO THE NON-THREATENING ENVIRONMENT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU FOR NOTICING.
[Play Frisco report on activities related to arts, culture, events, park development and operations, natural resources, and recreation services.]
>> THANK YOU. ITEM 7 IS THE PLAY FRISCO REPORT.
>> SORRY, THAT INTRO GOT A WHOLE LOT SHORTER, SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SIT CLOSER NEXT TIME.
[LAUGHTER] GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, SHANNON COATES, DIRECTOR OF PLAY FRISCO.
AS ALWAYS, WE WILL START THE SLIDE DECK, OF COURSE, WITH THE QUESTION, HAVE YOU PLAYED TODAY? WE HOPE THAT YOU HAVE DONE SOMETHING FUN.
I'M GOING TO SIGN UP FOR 30 MINUTES TO READ WITH THE DOG, SO I'M GOING TO ADD THAT TO MY CALENDAR.
I ALREADY LET MY SUPERVISOR KNOW.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIND LOTS OF EXCITING WAYS TO GET PEOPLE OUT, TO KEEP THEM PLAYING.
WE DO HAVE SOME EVENTS THAT ARE COMING UP THAT WE WANTED TO SHOWCASE.
HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER ON MAY 16TH, WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE THE MCKINNEY PHILHARMONIC BRASS QUINTET, WHICH SHOULD BE REALLY EXCITING.
THE SOUND IN HERE, AS YOU KNOW, IS AMAZING.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR VERY FIRST BASS DERBY COMING UP.
IF YOU WEREN'T AWARE, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN FRISCO, ESPECIALLY KIDS, REALLY DO LOVE TO FISH, AND SO WE'RE EXPANDING OUR FISHING EXPERIENCES.
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THEN WE DO HAVE AN EXHIBIT OVER AT THE DISCOVERY CENTER WHICH IS CURRENTLY OPEN CALLED NATURE & FIBERS, AND THAT WILL BE UP UNTIL MAY 31ST.WE HAVE ALSO REFRAMED AN EVENT, SO WE LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS.
INSTEAD OF ROLL WITH THE COUNCIL, IT IS NOW CYCLE THE CITY.
OUR FIRST RIDE WILL BE MAY 10TH FROM 8:00-11:00 AT COTTONWOOD CREEK GREENBELT.
IF RIDERS ARE INTERESTED, IT'S 7.3 MILES, A VERY FUN, EASY RIDING, FLAT-ISH, AND WE WILL MEET AT WAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL PARKING LOT.
WE'VE ALSO STARTED A NEW PROGRAM, SO WE HAD A LOT OF INTERNAL INTEREST FROM SOME OF OUR TEAM TO TRY AND EXPAND OUR OFFERINGS TO REACH MORE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE'VE STARTED A PROGRAM CALLED PLAY FOR ALL.
IT STARTED IN APRIL THIS MONTH, AND WHAT THEY ARE IS THEY'RE REALLY SENSORY KITS OF SORTS.
IF WE HAVE KIDS OR ADULTS, OR PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING INTO OUR SPACES, AND MAYBE LOUD NOISES BOTHER THEM, OR MAYBE THE LIGHTS BOTHER THEM, WE'VE PUT TOGETHER THESE SENSORY-FRIENDLY PLAY EXPERIENCE KITS THAT WE'RE EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY ON.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'VE RECEIVED YOUR TOWELS YET, BUT I WILL MAKE SURE THAT SOME TOWELS MAKE THEIR WAY HERE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY ARE COLLECTIBLE AND HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER.
WE'VE ALREADY HIRED OVER 120 STAFF TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS A FUN, BUT ALSO VERY SAFE TIME.
ADDITIONALLY, BUFFALO RIDGE PARK, I KNOW WE'VE ALL HEARD A LOT ABOUT THIS OVER THE PAST YEAR.
WE'RE MAKING A LOT OF GOOD PROGRESS OUT THERE, AND WE DO EXPECT THIS PARK TO OPEN IN MAY OF NEXT YEAR.
I ADD THIS TO THE LIST OF WE WANT TO GET THIS FINISHED BEFORE THE WORLD CUP.
WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
>> THANKS, SHANNON. COUNCIL, WHAT QUESTIONS?
>> JUST A QUICK COMMENT. THANKS FOR THE PLUG FOR CYCLE THE CITY.
SINCE WE DID REBRAND IT THIS YEAR, WE ALSO MOVED IT UP TO 8:00 AM SO THAT DURING THE HOTTER MONTHS, WE CAN BEAT THE HEAT.
IT WON'T BE OUT QUITE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY IN THAT HEAT.
COTTONWOOD CREEK TRAIL THIS MONTH, WE'VE TRIED TO DO THAT APRIL OF THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR, IT GOT RAINED OUT BOTH TIMES.
WE WILL RIDE THAT TRAIL AT SOME POINT.
>> HOPEFULLY, WE'LL SEE A LOT OF FOLKS OUT THIS YEAR AND LOOKING FOR ANOTHER GREAT SEASON OF RIDING.
>> SHANNON, A LOT OF GREAT ACTIVITY TO GET US TO PLAYING AND MOVING.
I'M CURIOUS, THOUGH. WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY GARDEN LATELY.
IS THAT STILL A THING? I KNOW THAT COUNCIL HAD PLANNED TO ADOPT A GARDEN, AND WE NEVER DID.
I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW IF THAT'S STILL HAPPENING.
>> THE COMMUNITY GARDEN IS STILL A THING, AND WE DO STILL HAVE A BOX FOR YOU IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN COMING OUT AND HELPING US.
DON'T FEEL BADLY, WE HAD OTHER GROUPS THAT ALSO REALLY WANTED TO DO IT.
I THINK SCHEDULING-WISE, IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR THEM.
THE GREAT THING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY GARDEN IS IT'S GARNERED SO MUCH INTEREST FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'VE HAD MANY EAGLE SCOUTS THAT HAVE COME OUT.
IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE IN A LONG TIME, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO AT LEAST GO BY BECAUSE THE TRELLISES THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED, THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE BY MOSTLY EAGLE SCOUTS IN OUR COMMUNITY IS REALLY OUTSTANDING.
[Engineering Services Monthly Report on planning, design, and construction of roadways, traffic control, water utilities, parks, and trails.]
>> ITEM 8 IS OUR ENGINEERING REPORT.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, BRIAN MOEN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING.
FOR OUR MONTHLY REPORT TODAY, IF YOU CAN PROBABLY GUESS, MAYBE, WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS A LITTLE BIT ON TRANSPORTATION.
AS YOU MAY RECALL, FOR US, MAY, JUNE, AND INTO THE FIRST PART OF JULY IS REALLY OUR BUSY TIME OF SEASON, ONE IN TERMS OF SPECIAL EVENT.
THAT BEGINS THIS THURSDAY NIGHT WITH THE ACM AWARDS, FOLLOWED BY YOUR GRADUATIONS WITH FRISCO, PLANO ISD, AS WELL AS LEWISVILLE ISD.
THEN THE SOCCER GAMES AS WELL.
WE'VE GOT THE HALL OF FAME GAME WRAPPED UP IN THERE.
IN JUNE, WE GET INTO THE GOLF TOURNAMENT MIDDLE OF THE MONTH AND THEN WRAP THINGS UP WITH FREEDOM FEST THERE ON JULY 4TH.
CERTAINLY A COLLABORATION WITH US, POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND PUBLIC WORKS AS WE ALL WORK TOGETHER TO PUT ON THOSE EVENTS.
NEXT THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS WE HAD OUR FIRST EVER SIGNALS & SIRENS ROADSHOW OVER AT THE LIBRARY.
THIS REALLY, FOR US, WAS AN EXCITING EVENT.
WE HAD OVER 200 PEOPLE COME THROUGH THE ROOM TO TALK WITH US FROM THE PUBLIC.
WE WORKED TOGETHER WITH POLICE AND FIRE, IT, AND PUBLIC WORKS, SO WE HAD EQUIPMENT THERE. I WAS HANDS-ON.
PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION BUILT US DUSTIES, SO YOU'VE GOT THE POLE WITH THE FLASHING LIGHT AND THE PED BUTTON, AND A LOT OF HANDS-ON INTERACTION WITH THE KIDS AND THE ADULTS TO EXPLAIN HOW THAT EQUIPMENT WORKS.
IT MAKES A TRAFFIC SIGNAL OPERATE.
WE ALLOWED THE FOLKS TO OPERATE THE CAMERAS, SO THE OVER 800 CAMERAS THAT WE HAVE ACROSS THE CITY,
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BRINGING LIVE VIDEO BACK, THEY'RE ABLE TO MOVE THOSE CAMERAS AROUND THERE ON THE LAPTOPS AND SEE HOW THOSE THINGS WORK.WE HAD SOME DRONES THAT WERE THERE, A POLICE CRUISER MOTORCYCLE, SO JUST A LOT OF THINGS.
OUR INTENT BEHIND THAT WAS REALLY FOCUSING ON TWO OF THOSE PROGRESS AND MOTION ITEMS THAT YOU ALL HAD INDICATED EARLIER AT THE START OF THE YEAR TO FOCUS ON TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY AND ALSO TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE USING TECHNOLOGY AS A CITY AND WORKING TOGETHER.
BUT LASTLY, ON THERE, WE ALSO HAD OUR IT GROUP, SO WE HAD SAFER DEMOS.
A LOT OF FOLKS GOT TO SEE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TOGETHER.
BUT WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ON THIS OR [INAUDIBLE] THE REPORT.
>> THIS SIGNALS & SIRENS ROADSHOW, THIS IS THE FIRST ONE WE'VE EVER DONE.
I MEAN, 195 PEOPLE TO COME AND TALK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AND DATA AND SIGNALS, AND INNOVATION, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT TURNOUT.
CAN YOU TELL US MAYBE ONE OR TWO THINGS FROM THE SESSION THAT WE'RE AHAS THAT YOU CAME AWAY WITH FROM INTERACTING WITH THE STUDENTS OR THE ADULTS?
>> SURE. I THINK A LOT OF IT WHEN IT CAME TO DATA, WAS WE HAVE SOME OF THE STUDENTS ASKING US, EVEN THAT WEEK, WE HAD TWO MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS OFFERING TO, HEY, THEY WANT TO USE AI TO LOOK AT SOME OF OUR DATA AND TRY AND DO THINGS.
BUT HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS, SOME OF UNDERSTANDING, OR I THINK A LOT OF THE PUBLIC IN MAYBE HOW THEY THINK A TRAFFIC SIGNAL WORKS AND DISCOVERING THE THINGS THAT ARE THERE, AND I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO THINGS LIKE THIS TO DO A BETTER JOB OF PUTTING THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE.
I THINK IT CHANGED SOME MINDS AND HOW PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THINGS AND WHAT WE HAVE CONTROL OVER AND WHAT WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER.
>> I'D LOVE TO SEE THIS HAPPEN AGAIN, FOR SURE.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
[Public Works Monthly Report on water production, service requests, and stormwater updates.]
ITEM 9 IS OUR PUBLIC WORKS REPORT.>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
GABE JOHNSON, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
GOT A FEW THINGS I WANTED TO COVER.
JUST AS YOU SEE IN OUR TYPICAL MONTH REPORTS, WE DID ABOUT 14,000 SERVICE REQUESTS, AND ABOUT 4,000 WORK ORDERS CAME OUT OF THAT.
A COUPLE OF THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT IN STORMWATER.
YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OUR CHRISTMAS TREE PROGRAM, WHERE WE TAKE ALL THE OLD CHRISTMAS TREES THAT, AFTER THE CHRISTMAS SEASON IS OVER WITH, WE ACTUALLY USE THOSE FOR EROSION CONTROL.
IT'S A GOOD USE OF TREES ACROSS OUR STREAM BANKS.
HOME DEPOT HAD A BUNCH OF SAKRETE THAT GOT RAINED DOWN, THEY WERE GOING TO THROW IT AWAY, SO THEY OFFERED IT TO US FOR FREE, SO WE WENT AND GRABBED A BUNCH OF IT, AND WE'RE USING IT FOR SOME EROSION PROJECTS. THANKS, HOME DEPOT.
WE HAVE ONE IN DOWNTOWN WHERE WE ARE PIPE BURSTING.
IT'S A WAY TO REPLACE PIPE WITHOUT HAVING TO GO DIG A TRENCH, AND SO WE HAD AN OLD SIX-INCH CLAY TILE THAT WE'RE GOING TO PIPE BURST WITH AN EIGHT-INCH IN A NEIGHBORHOOD AND SOME ALLEYS.
IT'S WAY BETTER THAN RIPPING ALL THAT OUT, AND THEY ACTUALLY LAY IT PRETTY FAST.
SOME NEW TECHNOLOGY WE'RE TRYING.
OUR EDUCATORS, THEY'RE ALWAYS IN THE SCHOOL WITH RUFUS, THE RECYCLE DOG, AND THEN THEY ALSO HAD A PROGRAM WHERE THEY WENT AND MARKED A LOT OF OUR STORM DRAIN INLETS IN AN HOA PARKS PLACE.
FINALLY, WE HAD SOME MILESTONES FOR SOME OF OUR FOLKS, AND WE HAD OUR PICK ' EM CHALLENGE TOM PITTMAN, AND PRESENTED HIM WITH A SIGN.
WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT.
>> COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS IN THE REPORT?
>> CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WITH THE PIPES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AGAIN?
>> THAT IS REALLY SIGNIFICANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UPDATING EVERYTHING BECAUSE THE LAST THING THAT FRISCO NEEDS IS A HEADLINE THAT YOU FLUSH YOUR TOILET, AND NOTHING'S GOING ON, OR IT GOES THE WRONG WAY.
>> MY WORST NIGHTMARE, ACTUALLY.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THE WORK THAT IS DONE UNDERNEATH THE GROUND THAT PROACTIVELY IS DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY IS UP TO DATE. THANK YOU.
[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.]
>> ITEM 10 IS OUR COUNSEL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS.
COUNCIL, ANY UPDATES ON OUR SUBCOMMITTEES?
>> A QUICK FRISCO VETERAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE MAYOR SPRING SOCIAL, WE ARE AT FRISCO RAIL YARD ON MAY 15TH, AT 6:30 PM.
THAT THEME WILL BE SALUTE TO SERVICE, AND WE'LL BE HOSTING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MELODY OF HOPE EVENT AT THE SAME PLACE, AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME.
ALSO, THE MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY, WHICH HAS GROWN IN POPULARITY OVER THE YEARS WITH THE CITY, WILL BE ON MEMORIAL DAY ON MAY 26TH AT 9:00 AM AT THE VETERANS MEMORIAL AT COMMONS PARK.
WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO CHECK OUT.
IT'S FRISCOVETERANS AS ONE WORD, AND IT'S AT.NET.
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FINALLY, THIS IS NATIONAL MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH.>> THANK YOU, JOHN. ANY OTHER SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATES?
[CITIZEN INPUT (to begin approximately at 7:30 p.m.)]
THAT WILL MOVE US INTO CITIZEN INPUT.>> A FEW REMINDERS FOR CITIZEN INPUT.
PLEASE FILL OUT A BLUE SPEAKER CARD IF YOU'RE WANTING TO SPEAK.
MAKE SURE THAT YOU SHARE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT PROHIBITS THE CITY COUNCIL FROM RESPONDING TO QUESTIONS OR STATEMENTS MADE DURING CITIZEN INPUT, EXCEPT ONE TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC FACTUAL INFORMATION OR RECITE EXISTING POLICY IN RESPONSE TO AN INQUIRY, TWO, TO DIRECT THE SPEAKER TO VISIT WITH STAFF ABOUT THE ISSUE, OR THREE TO INDICATE THE MATTER MAY BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR A FUTURE MEETING.
>> BILL, BEFORE YOU START NAMING THE CARDS.
I DO WANT TO JUST SHARE A FEW WORDS.
WHEN WE GET INTO ELECTION TIME AND ELECTIONS AND COMPETITIVE SITUATIONS, THERE OBVIOUSLY IS OFTEN A HEIGHTENED SENSE OF FEELINGS IN THE COMMUNITY.
I'D SAY THIS YEAR, THE TEMPERATURE IS HOTTER.
>>... THAN I'VE EVER SEEN IT IN THE COMMUNITY.
I WANT TO PERSONALLY ASK ALL THE CANDIDATES, ALL THE CANDIDATES' SUPPORTERS, IT'S INCUMBENT ON ALL OF US TO DIAL IT DOWN.
THIS SHOULD BE A COMPETITIVE SEASON OF THOUGHT AND DEBATE AND DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE FRISCO A BETTER COMMUNITY AND COME TOGETHER, AND IT SHOULD NOT BE A TIME WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO DIVIDE AND CONQUER THE COMMUNITY.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY BEFORE THE SPEAKERS, I'VE BEEN TO ALMOST EVERY MEETING IN THIS ROOM SINCE IT OPENED IN 2006, AND THE ONE THING THAT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN PROUD OF OF THE CITY OF FRISCO IS, NO MATTER CONTENTIOUS OF AN ISSUE, HOW CONTENTIOUS OF A ZONING CASE, HOW MAD A GROUP OF CITIZENS ARE AT AS A CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE THINGS AREN'T GOING THE WAY THEY WANT THEM TO GO, THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SACRED HALL IN THE CITY OF FRISCO WHERE PEOPLE COME IN AND THEY TREAT EACH OTHER WITH RESPECT, AND WE HAVE OPEN DIALOGUE, AND WE DO SO IN A RESPECTFUL WAY.
I EXPECT THAT TO ALWAYS CONTINUE HERE IN THE CITY OF FRISCO.
IT'S WHY WE HAVE CITIZEN INPUT, AND WE CAN HEAR FEEDBACK AND DIALOGUE AND HAVE A CONVERSATION AND STILL RESPECT EACH OTHER AS NEIGHBORS.
WITH THAT, BILL, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
>> JUST A COUPLE OF LOGISTICAL ISSUES FOR THE SPEAKERS THAT COME UP, YOU'LL HAVE A FIVE-MINUTE TIMER, WHICH IS OUR STANDARD TIME.
YOU'LL GET A 30-SECOND WARNING AT YOUR LAST 30 SECONDS, AND THEN IT'LL BEEP WHEN YOUR FIVE MINUTES IS UP.
WITH THAT, MARC PALASCIANO WILL BE FIRST, AND I AM CERTAIN I'M GOING TO SAY SOMEBODY'S NAME INCORRECTLY TONIGHT.
I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE IF I DO.
BUT AFTER MARK IS GOING TO BE NAYA GINGHAM.
WELL, FIRST, MARC PALASCIANO, T-MOBILE WHISTLEBLOWER, 41-YEAR-OLD LIFELONG TEXAN, WORKED AT T-MOBILE FOR OVER 17 YEARS, LEFT MY CAREER SO I COULD EXPOSE HOW CORPORATIONS ARE DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY FROM WITHIN.
I'M GLAD YOU TALKED ABOUT RESPECT UP AT THE BEGINNING, BECAUSE, I SPOKE HERE AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AND I FOUND A LITTLE DISRESPECTFUL THAT THE VIDEO TURNED TO MY BACK FOR THE MAJORITY OF MY SPEECH.
I WOULD ASK THAT YOU GUYS KNOW I'M HERE BECAUSE I'M BEING SEVERELY CENSORED AS A WHISTLEBLOWER, AND I'M HERE BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT IS PROTECTED ONLINE.
THEY CAN'T SHADOW-BAN ME AND CENSOR ME ON THIS LIVE STREAM AND ON THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
PLEASE DON'T DISRESPECT ME BY TURNING THE VIDEOS TO MY BACK.
I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS COMING ON A NIGHT WHERE IT'S TURNED UP HERE IN FRISCO, BUT TEXAS IS DEFINITELY TURNING BLUE, AND IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS.
I WOULD ASK, FOR THE PEOPLE, THE LIFELONG TEXANS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME, IF YOU WANTED TO TURN TEXAS BLUE, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? YOU MOVE A BUNCH OF FORTUNE 100 COMPANIES HERE.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON HERE IN FRISCO, AND I'M HERE EXPOSING ONE OF THEM, AND THIS IS MY THIRD MEETING.
TAMMY, EARLIER, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE MONEY BEING SPENT FOR MOVIES.
YEAH, OUR STATE OF TEXAS JUST APPROVED $2.5 BILLION TO MAKE HOLLYWOOD MOVIES WHILE I THINK ALL OF US ARE PAYING THE HIGHEST PROPERTY TAXES WE PROBABLY EVER PAID IN OUR LIFE.
THE MONEY ISN'T BEING USED WISELY.
I'M A LIFELONG TEXAN WATCHING THIS STATE JUST FALL APART.
TARRANT COUNTY, THE MOST RED COUNTY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
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ALL THE CANDIDATES THAT THE TARRANT COUNTY GOP BACKED, 0411, THEY GOT WIPED OUT, DIDN'T WIN ANYTHING.IT SHOWS PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY SICK AND TIRED OF HOW POLARIZING THE RIGHT IS AND HOW POLARIZING THE LEFT IS, AND I'M A PERSON THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE.
I DON'T IDENTIFY WITH ANY OF THEM.
I WENT TO THE PROTECT WHITE AMERICANS PROTEST. THAT WAS PRETTY WILD.
THE CARMELO ANTHONY SITUATION HERE IN FRISCO JUST SHOWS HOW DIVIDED THIS IS.
PEOPLE MOVED TO FRISCO TO GET AWAY FROM SITUATIONS LIKE THE CARMELO ANTHONY ONE.
NOW YOU HAVE IT GOING ON HERE WITH THE PROTECT WHITE AMERICANS. IT WAS CRAZY.
I'M GLAD. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO THE FRISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT. I ATTENDED.
THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE, KUDOS TO YOU GUYS FOR APPROVING ALL THAT.
BUT $50,000 WAS SPENT ON UNNECESSARY OVERTIME.
FIFTEEN PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO THAT CLOWNS EVENT OUT THERE.
HE'S A JANUARY 6 INSURRECTIONIST WHO'S GOING FOR SENATE, AND HE CAME OUT TO FRISCO AND USED THIS CITY AS HIS PLATFORM TO GENERATE VOTES FOR HIM AND STUFF, ALL BY DIVIDING AMERICA AND DISRESPECTING AUSTIN METCALF'S STATUS.
ANYWAY, SO THAT'S ENOUGH ABOUT TURNING TEXAS BLUE.
I WAS TALKING ABOUT MY TRIAL DATE THAT WAS GOING TO BE MAY 5.
I WAS HERE PROMOTING HOW I HAVE A FALSE ALLEGATION OF HARASSMENT BY T-MOBILE PRESIDENT JOHN FRYER.
I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE MY TRIAL YESTERDAY, BUT GUESS WHAT? LAST WEEK, FOUR DAYS BEFORE MY TRIAL STARTS, THE STATE PROSECUTION, COLLIN COUNTY REQUESTED TO DELETE 14 WORDS FROM MY CHARGE.
THE SAME 14 WORDS THAT WERE REQUIRED TO CHARGE ME FOR HARASSMENT WERE NOW DELETED FROM MY CHARGE, WHICH MEANS I SHOULDN'T BE CHARGED FOR HARASSMENT IN THE FIRST PLACE BECAUSE THIS CASE IS FABRICATED.
T-MOBILE PRESIDENT JOHN FRYER DIDN'T LIKE ME GOING INTO HIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND EXPOSING HOW T-MOBILE IS DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY FROM WITHIN.
HE WANTED TO CHARGE ME FOR CRIMINAL TRESPASSING, BUT HE COULDN'T BECAUSE HE DOESN'T OWN HIS ENTIRE GATED COMMUNITY.
AT THAT TIME, HE DECIDED TO FABRICATE A CASE OF HARASSMENT ON ME BECAUSE I WAS ALSO TEXTING HIM SOME OF MY MANY STORIES THAT I'VE PUBLISHED AS A WHISTLEBLOWER, AND HE USED THAT AS A WAY TO FABRICATE, HARASS ME, TEXT ME RIGHT ON THE SPOT TO STOP WITH THAT POLICE OFFICER AND CHARGE ME FOR HARASSMENT BECAUSE HE COULDN'T CHARGE ME FOR CRIMINAL TRESPASSING.
THIS IS A FLYER. I WILL BE OUTSIDE OF THE T-MOBILE OFFICE.
SOME OF YOU GUYS MAY HAVE SEEN ME.
I'M THE ONE STANDING ON WARREN AND THE TOLLWAY HOLDING T-MOBILE SIGNS.
BUT THIS IS JOHN FRYER AND GREG WILLIS.
GREG WILLIS IS THE COLLIN COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
JOHN FRYER AND GREG WILLIS ARE FABRICATING A HARASSMENT CHARGE AGAINST A LIFELONG TEXAN TURNED WHISTLEBLOWER.
I'M GOING TO BE AT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE MEETINGS.
I'M GOING TO KEEP COMING BACK.
I SPOKE UP FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS THERE.
TO ALL THE TEXANS, I'M TELLING YOU, YOUR STATE IS FALLING APART, AND IF YOU WANT TO SUPPORT SOMEBODY THAT IS FIGHTING FOR EVERYONE WITHOUT A POLITICAL AGENDA, THAT'S ME.
MARC PALASCIANO, M-A-R-C, P-A-L-A-S-C-I-A-N-O.COM.
HAVE A WONDERFUL NIGHT. I'M SORRY WE HAVE TO DO THIS. BLAME T-MOBILE.
>> THE OTHER THING THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION IS IF YOU'VE PUT IN A BLUE CARD FOR A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM, WE WILL CALL YOU UP DURING THAT AGENDA ITEM, SO THIS IS GOING TO BE INDIVIDUALS SPEAKING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AGENDA ITEM TOPICS. NAYA.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND RESIDENTS OF FRISCO.
MY NAME IS NAVIA GENIGA, AND I'M HONORED TO STAND BEFORE YOU AS A PROUD CITIZEN OF FRISCO CITY AND A VOLUNTEER OF BAPS CHARITIES.
BAPS CHARITIES IS A WORLDWIDE CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION OPERATING IN NINE COUNTRIES ACROSS FIVE CONTINENTS.
EACH YEAR, OVER 100,000 DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTE MORE THAN 12 MILLION HOURS IN SELFLESS SERVICE, SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY.
BAPS CHARITIES ADDRESSES CRITICAL NEEDS IN AREAS SUCH AS HEALTHCARE, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, DISASTER RELIEF, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.
WITH OVER 50 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN NORTH AMERICA, BAPS CHARITIES IS A RESPECTED NAME IN THE WORLD OF NON-PROFIT SERVICE, COMMITTED TO UPLIFTING INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES.
AFTER A 22-YEAR JOURNEY OF ORGANIZING WALKS ACROSS DIFFERENT CITIES IN NORTH TEXAS AND THE DALLAS METROPLEX, BENEFITING SEVERAL LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, WE ARE EXCITED TO HOST OUR ANNUAL BAPS CHARITIES WALK IN FRISCO FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.
THIS COMMUNITY-DRIVEN EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT
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KALEIDOSCOPE PARK IN FRISCO ON SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 2025.WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THIS YEAR'S LOCAL BENEFICIARY, THE AMERICAN LEGION.
THE AMERICAN LEGION IS THE LARGEST US VETERANS ORGANIZATION WITH MORE THAN 1.6 MILLION MEMBERS WHO STRENGTHEN THE NATION THROUGH PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND ADVOCACY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE US ARMED FORCES, YOUTH, AND COMMUNITIES.
WE WARMLY INVITE THE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND ALL RESIDENTS OF FRISCO TO SAVE THIS EVENT ON YOUR CALENDARS, AS YOUR PRESENCE AND SUPPORT WOULD MEAN THE WORLD TO US.
BY PARTICIPATING, YOU'RE NOT ONLY EMBRACING A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE BUT ALSO JOINING A COMMUNITY DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF SERVICE IN HELPING OTHERS.
YOUR INVOLVEMENT IS CRUCIAL, AND EVERY STEP YOU TAKE MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
TO LEARN ABOUT BAPS CHARITIES AND TO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT, PLEASE VISIT BAPSCHARITIS.ORG/DALLAS.
ON BEHALF OF THE BAPS CHARITIES, I SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SHARE THIS EXCITING NEWS TONIGHT. THANK YOU.
>> SUSAN HANSON, I DIDN'T HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER, SO ARE YOU WANTING CITIZEN INPUT OR AN AGENDA ITEM? IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS IT NOW, THEN THAT'S FINE.
AFTER SUSAN IS GOING TO BE JUDY MORRISON.
>> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEN AND MAYOR.
I LIVE AT 8195 SHACKELFORD, FRISCO.
I'M JUST COMING HERE TO SAY THANK YOU TONIGHT.
THE FIRST THING THAT I'M THANKING YOU FOR IS REGARDING THE LONG RANGE PARKS PLAN.
DO I NEED TO WAIT OR IT'S OKAY?
>> IT'S SHORT. YOU MAY RECALL IN NOVEMBER OF 2023, JUST QUITE A WAYS BACK, I SPOKE HERE ALONG WITH MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PEOPLE IN LAWLER PARK AND VOICED CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROPOSED $5 MILLION DOG PARK IN A HEAVILY WOODED AREA OF BACCHUS PARK HERE IN FRISCO.
IT'S RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF RELAY CREEK.
MANY OF YOU TOOK TIME FROM YOUR BUSY SCHEDULES TO COME OUT AND TOUR THE AREA WITH US SO YOU COULD SEE IT.
THE TREES ARE IN FULL BLOOM NOW.
IT WAS ALL DEAD THEN, AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL, SO I'D INVITE YOU TO COME SEE IT.
ANYWAY, I JUST FINISHED READING THE 264 PAGES OF THE PLAN AND THE AGENDA, AND I WAS VERY PLEASED TO FIND THAT THE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ADDRESS AND SUPPORT THE VERY CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE HAD ABOUT THE PROPOSED PARK.
ON PAGE 64, THE FOLLOWING POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS WERE PRESERVE THE TREE CANOPY.
IT SAYS, STRENGTHEN ORDINANCES TO PROTECT EXISTING TREE CANOPY AND REQUIRE NEW PARKS TO PLANT TREES TO REPLACE THOSE REMOVED.
ANOTHER ONE, PROGRAM PARKS TO MINIMIZE RESOURCE DISTURBANCE.
THESE WERE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH SAYS, PRESERVE THE NATURAL RESOURCES AND TREE CANOPY IN AREAS THAT SEE A HIGH LEVEL OF COMPACTION.
ON PAGE 62, THERE WERE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THE ONE THAT PERTAINED, I THOUGHT HERE, WAS PRESERVE TREE CANOPY, STRENGTHEN ORDINANCES TO PROTECT EXISTING TREE CANOPY, AND REQUIRE NEW PARKS TO PLANT TREES TO REPLACE THOSE REMOVED.
ON PAGE 73 IS A LIST OF THE TOP 10 PRIORITIES THAT THEY WANT TO FOCUS ON.
THREE OF THOSE AGAIN, PERTAINED, PRESERVE TREE CANOPY, RESTORE THE HABITAT, AND PROGRAM PARKS TO MINIMIZE RESOURCE DISTURBANCE.
ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, THE PROPOSED DOG PARK IN BACCHUS PARK STILL SHOWS ON HOLD.
HOWEVER, AFTER READING THESE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS, IN THE NEW PARKS PLAN, WE'RE ENCOURAGED AND REMAIN HOPEFUL THAT THEY WILL FIND A DIFFERENT SITE THAT ADHERES TO THEIR NEW POLICIES AND DOESN'T DISRUPT WHAT TREE CANOPY WE HAVE LEFT IN THAT AREA.
MY SECOND THANK YOU IS REGARDING THE EROSION CONTROL PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S CURRENTLY AN EROSION CONTROL PROJECT UNDERWAY ON RELAY CREEK AT THE NORTHERN EDGE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, LAWLER PARK.
WE LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO IT, AND I CAN SEE THE CREWS WORKING FROM MY OFFICE WINDOW.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN THIS PROJECT CAME.
WE WANT TO VOICE OUR APPRECIATION, ESPECIALLY TO SENIOR STORMWATER ENGINEER ANTHONY GARCIA.
HE CAME OUT TO TALK WITH US BEFORE THE WORK STARTED, AND HE, ALONG WITH CARLOS SALINAS, HAVE BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE TO OUR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS.
THE CREWS HAVE BEEN VERY RESPECTFUL OF THE AREA, AS WELL.
NO LITTER, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND WE JUST WANTED TO COMMEND THEM AND THEIR PROFESSIONALISM. THANKS FOR LISTENING.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT IS JUDY MORRISON AND THEN VINNIE PATEL.
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>> GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS JUDY MORRISON, AND I LIVE AT 688 WINTERBERRY LANE, FRISCO 75036.
I'M HERE FOR TWO REASONS, BASICALLY, BUT MY FIRST REASON IS TO THANK YOU ALL, MISS ANGELIA, JOHN, AND WESS, FOR ADDRESSING MY ISSUES THAT I HAD LAST MONTH WHEN I WAS HERE REGARDING SIDEWALK REPAIRS AND MY ISSUES WITH PUBLIC WORKS.
EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED, AND A LOT OF MY ISSUES ARE BEING ADDRESSED.
I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN MY COMMUNITY MAKING SURE THAT I OPERATE FROM A POSITION OF LOVING MY COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I LOVE FRISCO, AND I LOVE THE WAY WE'RE TUCKED IN OVER THERE ON 423.
IT'S REMOTE, AND IT'S LIKE MY OWN LITTLE PARADISE.
WE WANT TO KEEP IT NICE FOR OUR HOMEOWNERS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL ASSISTING ME WITH THAT CAUSE HAD YOU NOT DONE THAT, I WAS JUST PULLING OUT MY HAIR.
>> SECONDLY, I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR IT BECAUSE I'M SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DO IT.
MY WHOLE PURPOSE OF EVEN ADDRESSING IT IS BECAUSE I VOLUNTEER A LOT.
I WAS AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER ON SATURDAY WHEN I STARTED GETTING A BUNCH OF TEXTS AND DIFFERENT THINGS AND PICTURES AND CARICATURES OF PEOPLE.
JUST BE FIRM, FAIR, AND CONSISTENT AS LEADERS WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THE PROBLEMS THAT I SEE THAT ARE STARTING TO EXIST HERE IN FRISCO, IT STARTS FROM THE TOP YOU ALL HAVE TO CLEAN HOUSE.
IF I WERE IN THE POSITION THAT YOU ARE IN, THERE WOULD BE SO MANY PEOPLE GONE.
JUST IMMEDIATELY FIRED BECAUSE THIS IS NOT THE ATMOSPHERE THAT I CAME INTO IN 2006 WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I RETIRED FROM THE STATE PAROLE DIVISION IN CALIFORNIA.
WE LEFT CALIFORNIA ON PURPOSE AND CAME TO FRISCO, TEXAS BECAUSE WE LOVE IT HERE.
I WORK AT THE ELECTIONS, AND I TRY TO GET PEOPLE ELECTED, AND I'M TALKATIVE, I KNOCK ON DOORS.
I DO WHATEVER I CAN TO HELP PEOPLE.
BUT IT'S JUST REALLY FRUSTRATING TO ME WHEN I SEE SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS AND NOBODY SPEAKS UP.
IF YOU DON'T STAND FOR SOMETHING, YOU WILL GO FOR ANYTHING.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM SPEAKING MY MIND.
I'M AT AN AGE NOW. I'M ON THE OTHER SIDE.
ALL I'M TRYING TO DO IS JUST HAVE A LITTLE PEACE AND TRANQUILITY.
BUT I WANT TO LEAVE THINGS BETTER FOR THESE YOUNG KIDS THAT ARE HERE IN FRISCO.
I MET A LOT OF NICE YOUNG PATRIOTS THIS WEEKEND.
THEY WERE DOING A GREAT JOB AT CONVINCING PEOPLE TO VOTE.
THAT'S WHY I DON'T GO TO THE FIRE STATIONS.
I LIKE TO BE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER BECAUSE I CAN CONTROL THINGS OVER THERE.
SMALL. I JUST I'M DISAPPOINTED.
IT HURTS MY HEART, AND I COULDN'T SLEEP BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE WERE THREE OF YOU THERE THAT SHOULD HAVE SAID SOMETHING.
YOU MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP IT, BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE SAID SOMETHING BECAUSE IT WAS WRONG.
GOD BLESS YOU AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
>> VINNIE PATEL, AND THEN I'M GOING TO APOLOGIZE.
I'M GOING TO GET THIS NAME WRONG BECAUSE I CANNOT READ YOUR HANDWRITING.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AS A PROUD INDIAN AMERICAN AND A RESIDENT OF FRISCO, I'M HERE TONIGHT WITH PROFOUND DISAPPOINTMENT AND ANGER REGARDING THE RECENT CIRCULATED AUDIO RECORDING FEATURING COUNCIL MEMBER.
AS SOMEONE WHO CHERISHES BOTH MY INDIAN HERITAGE AND MY AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP, I FIND COUNCIL MEMBERS MEINERSHAGEN REMARKS, NOT ONLY INACCURATE, BUT DEEPLY OFFENSIVE.
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HER SUGGESTION THAT THE INDIAN COMMUNITY IN FRISCO IS NOT WELL INTEGRATED IS A HURTFUL GENERALIZATION THAT IGNORES THE COUNTLESS CONTRIBUTIONS WE MAKE TO THE CITY AS BUSINESS OWNERS, VOLUNTEERS, ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND ENGAGED MEMBERS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.AS THIRD GENERATION AMERICAN CITIZENS, MY CHILDREN ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.
TO HEAR A COUNCIL MEMBER DENIGRATE THE BROADER INDIAN COMMUNITY TO WHICH THEY BELONG IS DEEPLY TROUBLING.
FURTHERMORE, HER CRITICISM OF OUR CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS IMPLYING WE HAVE TOO MANY FESTIVALS FOR TOO LONG REVEALS A TROUBLING LACK OF UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT FOR CULTURAL DIVERSITY.
THEY ARE INTEGRAL PARTS OF OUR HERITAGE, MOMENTS TO CONNECT WITH FAMILY, SHARE OUR TRADITIONS, AND ENRICH THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF FRISCO.
IMPORTANTLY, WE CELEBRATE THESE FESTIVALS WHILE STILL UPHOLDING OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS RESIDENTS OF FRISCO.
WE ENSURE OUR CHILDREN ATTEND SCHOOL, AND WE MANAGE OUR WORK COMMITMENTS UNLIKE SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE HISTORICALLY RECEIVED DECLARED DAYS OFF FOR THEIR CELEBRATION.
MY CHILDREN DESERVE TO GROW UP IN A CITY THAT VALUES AND UNDERSTANDS THEIR HERITAGE, NOT ONE WHERE A COUNCIL MEMBER EXPRESSES SUCH PREJUDICED VIEWS ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY.
IT IS PARTICULARLY DISHEARTENING THAT A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO IDENTIFIES HERSELF AS WHITE IN THIS RECORDING, DESPITE BEING OF KOREAN DESCENT, WOULD PASS SUCH JUDGMENT ON ANOTHER COMMUNITY'S CULTURAL PRACTICES.
THIS ATTEMPT TO DISTANCE HERSELF FROM HER OWN HERITAGE WHILE CRITICIZING OTHERS IS DEEPLY TROUBLING AND FURTHER UNDERSCORES THE DIVISIVE NATURE OF HER COMMENTS.
HER WORDS DEMONSTRATE A FUNDAMENTAL MISUNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AMERICAN, A NATION, ENRICHED BY THE TRADITIONS AND CELEBRATIONS OF ITS DIVERSE PEOPLE.
HER COMMENTS CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE MEMBERS OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY, INCLUDING MY FAMILY, FEEL UNWELCOMED AND DEVALUED IN THEIR OWN CITY.
THEREFORE, I UNEQUIVOCALLY CONDEMN COUNCIL MEMBER MEINERSHAGEN, STATEMENTS IN THIS AUDIO RECORDING.
IT IS CRUCIAL THAT THIS COUNCIL PUBLICLY DENOUNCE THIS DIVISIVE MARKS AND REAFFIRM ITS COMMITMENT TO AN INCLUSIVE FRISCO THAT EMBRACES AND CELEBRATES THE DIVERSE CULTURES OF ITS RESIDENTS.
HOWEVER, WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH.
COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENT HAVE DEMONSTRATED A CLEAR INABILITY TO REPRESENT ALL MEMBERS OF COMMUNITY WITH FAIRNESS AND RESPECT.
THEREFORE, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT SHE RESIGNS FROM HER POSITION ON THE COUNCIL IMMEDIATELY.
MY CHILDREN AND ALL CHILDREN IN FRISCO DESERVE TO GROW UP IN A COMMUNITY LED BY INDIVIDUALS WHO VALUE THEIR HERITAGE AND FOSTER UNDERSTANDING, NOT PREJUDICE. THANK YOU.
>> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR, AND ALL YOUR CITY FOLKS.
I DON'T HAVE A SPEECH PREPARED.
WHAT I WANTED TO SAY IS I LIVE IN FRISCO FOR A REASON.
I HAVE BEEN AN AMERICAN CITIZEN FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS, AND I FEEL VERY SAFE HERE COMPARED TO WHAT I FEEL ANYWHERE ELSE.
THESE LAST FEW DAYS HAVE BEEN VERY TROUBLING FOR ME.
ONE, I'VE SEEN THAT PEOPLE WHOM WE TALK ABOUT AS LEADERS, THEY ARE BEHAVING LIKE HIGH SCHOOL CHILDREN.
I'M SORRY TO SAY THAT. BUT THAT'S TRUE.
I THINK MS. MORRIS PUT IT REALLY WELL, THAT LEADERSHIP COMES FROM THE TOP.
IF WE ARE TO ACT RES RESPONSIBLE, WE HAVE TO HAVE ALL OF YOU RESPONSIBLE.
THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE A CAKE.
BUT THE ICING ON THAT IS THAT WE COME FROM INDIA.
WE CAN CELEBRATE A LOT OF FESTIVALS.
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YOU KNOW, WE CAN CELEBRATE DEVALI.WE CAN CELEBRATE THE MUSLIM FESTIVALS OF EID.
WE CAN CELEBRATE ANYTHING, BUT EVERYBODY HAS TO BE RESPECTFUL OF EACH OTHER.
GUESS WHAT? WE ALL GET TO CELEBRATE THIS TOGETHER.
WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS I WAS IN A SAFE PLACE AND I MADE A COMMENT ABOUT A RELIGION OR A RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL OR SOMEBODY'S FOUNDATION AND I THOUGHT IT WAS NOT BEING RECORDED BECAUSE I WAS IN A SAFE PLACE.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE OWNERS OF THIS.
YOU ARE THE OWNER OF YOUR COMMENTS.
YOU CAN'T SAY I SAID THIS AND THEN SAY, OH, IT WAS SOMEBODY ELSE'S FAULT THAT THEY RECORDED ME, NO.
YOU CANNOT MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS LIKE THIS, AND WE DO WANT AN APOLOGY FOR THESE COMMENTS.
I HAVE BEEN A FRISCO RESIDENT FOR NO MORE THAN 2.5 YEARS.
I'M VERY NEW TO FRISCO, BUT I FEEL THIS IS A HOME TO MANY.
TO MANY INDIANS AND TO MANY PEOPLE FROM OUT OF THIS COUNTRY.
MY REQUEST IS THAT TO TREAT EACH OTHER WITH RESPECT.
THESE ARE ELECTIONS FOR TWO WEEKS, ONE MONTH, TWO MONTHS.
BUT YOU'VE MADE FRIENDS FOREVER, AND YOU GET TO BE A PART OF EACH OTHER'S LIFE FOREVER.
RESPECT THAT AND BE A PART OF THAT RATHER THAN SLANDER PEOPLES, RELIGION, RELIGIOUS BELIEF, CULTURES, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> DANIEL ELMER, AND THEN MONIGO. I APOLOGIZE.
I CAN'T READ YOUR LAST NAME, BUT YOU'LL BE AFTER DANIEL.
>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DAN ELMER.
MY FAMILY AND I LIVE IN LONESTAR RANCH HERE IN WEST FRISCO.
MR. MAYOR, YOU STARTED THE EVENING BY SUGGESTING, AND I THINK CORRECTLY, THAT THE TEMPERATURE IN THIS ELECTION IS HOTTER THAN IT'S BEEN IN THE PAST.
I WOULD SUGGEST IT'S BEEN HOT FOR A LONG TIME.
FAMILY AND I, WE MOVED HERE IN 2019, COVID HAPPENED.
WE HAD NO FAMILY. WE HAD NO FRIENDS HERE.
A CONTROVERSIAL THING HAPPENED ALMOST A YEAR LATER.
THERE WAS A VERY SPIRITED NATIONAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER OF 2020.
AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS A MAYORAL RACE AND TWO COUNCIL SEATS OPEN.
WE NOTICED THE TENSION AND THE NEGATIVITY IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
BUT WHAT SURPRISED US AFTER HAVING LIVED IN MILWAUKEE, CHICAGO, KANSAS CITY, AND NOW FRISCO WAS THE TONE.
THERE WAS SOMETHING NOT RIGHT WITH THE WAY THAT THE CAMPAIGNS WERE HANDLED IN 2020, THE LOCAL CAMPAIGNS.
WE COULDN'T QUITE PUT OUR FINGER ON IT.
WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS OF THE CITY.
WE PAID ATTENTION TO IT, AND WE MOVED ON.
YOU FAST FORWARD, SINCE THAT TIME, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH FIVE FULL ELECTION CYCLES.
WE'VE DISCOVERED A VERY CLEAR THEME.
SOMETHING IS FUNDAMENTALLY BROKEN AMONGST OUR LOCAL LEADERS, OUR MUNICIPAL LEADERS IN FRISCO.
I SHARED A QUOTE IN 2023 AFTER ISD BOARD MEMBERS WERE RECORDED CONSPIRING TO KEEP AGENDA ITEMS OF TWO OF THE MEMBERS OFF THE BOARD, AND I SHARED A QUOTE OR A COLLOQUIAL SAYING FROM MY GRANDFATHER, WHO SAYS A FISH ROTS FROM THE HEAD.
IF YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT PHRASE, MAYBE IF YOU'RE NOT, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE MOVIE, REMEMBER THE TITANS, THERE'S A MOMENT WHERE JULIUS CAMPBELL SAYS TO GARY BERTER A LEADER ON THE TEAM, THE CAPTAIN ON THE TEAM.
HE ESSENTIALLY SAYS THAT ATTITUDE REFLECTS LEADERSHIP CAPTAIN.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG IN THE POLITICAL DISCOURSE IN THE CITY, IT STARTS RIGHT HERE.
I HAVE BEEN APPALLED BY WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THE ELECTIONS OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
THE QUESTIONS COMING OUT OF THE THEME FOR ME AND MY FAMILY ARE AT WHAT POINT DID THE LEADERSHIP IN THIS CITY BECOME MORE CONCERNED ABOUT WINNING AT ALL COSTS THAN IT DID ABOUT HONORING THE WILL AND THE DESIRES OF THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY.
AT WHAT POINT DID HOLDING ON TO POWER, CONTROLLING WHO IS ALLOWED TO RUN FOR OFFICE, QUASHING OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS? WHEN DID THAT BECOME THE STATUS QUO IN FRISCO? BECAUSE IT'S BEEN THAT WAY SINCE I MOVED HERE IN 2019.
THERE HASN'T BEEN AN ELECTION, ONE THAT HASN'T HAPPENED.
THE TEMPERATURE IS MORE HEATED NOW,
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BUT IT'S BECAUSE OF THE WAY THINGS HAVE GONE, AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THE WAY YOU ALL ARE LEADING.THERE IS NO ONE TO BLAME BUT THE PEOPLE ON THIS DAYS.
IF THE TEMPERATURE IS GOING TO BE TAKEN DOWN, IT NEEDS TO BE BY YOU TAKING THAT SERIOUSLY, CHECKING YOUR OWN TEMPERATURE, CHECKING YOUR HEARTS, AND COMING TO THE TABLE IN A WHOLE NEW AND FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT WAY.
I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW AN ISD LEADER IN THE CITY OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS AND HER HUSBAND.
I'VE BEEN INVITED INTO SPACES THAT ARE NOT MY COMMUNITY THAT ARE NOT FOR ME.
THERE ARE TWO JEWISH INDIVIDUALS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
HE DIED WHEN I WAS 1-YEARS-OLD.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN PROUD OF MY JEWISH HERITAGE.
I ATTENDED IN NOVEMBER OF 2024, A HONORING OF THE VICTIMS AND THE HOSTAGES OF OCTOBER 7TH, 2023 HERE IN FRISCO.
THERE WEREN'T ANY LOCAL OFFICIALS PRESENT OTHER THAN ONE OR TWO.
MOST OF YOU ALL WEREN'T THERE.
SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT WAS EXTRAORDINARY TO ME.
THERE WAS ONE LONE PROTESTER, ONE LONE AGITATOR AT THAT EVENT WHO CAME TO SHOUT DOWN THE PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY.
WHAT I SAW IN THE FACES OF MY FRIENDS AND IN THE FACES OF THE PEOPLE IN THAT COMMUNITY WAS FEAR.
I WOULD IMAGINE THAT AFTER WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS, THE PAST WEEKS, IN THIS ELECTION CYCLE OF PAST YEARS, THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE INDIAN COMMUNITY WHO FEEL FEAR.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO IN THE PAST THAT I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW AND SPOKEN WITH WHO HAVE BEEN PERSONALLY ATTACKED.
I MYSELF HAVE BEEN PERSONALLY ATTACKED, AND HAD CONSEQUENCES, REPERCUSSION FOR SHOWING UP TO AN ISD BOARD MEETING AND ASKING THAT THEY DO BETTER.
I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW A FEW OF YOU OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS.
I'VE ENJOYED IT. MS. RUMMEL, I ENJOY SPARRING WITH YOU ABOUT THE ISSUES.
TAMMY, I'VE ENJOYED GETTING TO KNOW YOU.
THIS IS AN UNFORTUNATE SERIES OF EVENTS.
I'VE ENJOYED GETTING TO KNOW YOU.
JOHN, I ENJOYED SPENDING TIME WITH YOU AT THE POLLING PLACES THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND YOU'VE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED ME, AS I'VE TOLD YOU, MR. LIVINGSTON, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN GOOD TO ME.
ENOUGH RETALIATION, ENOUGH ACTIONS BY THIS COUNCIL IN AND OUTSIDE OF THE CHAMBER.
THIS IS A SACRED CHAMBER, BUT THE COMMUNITY IS A SACRED COMMUNITY AS WELL.
OUR RESPECT AND OUR CONDUCT OF OUR LEADERS NEEDS TO EXTEND BEYOND JUST THE WALLS OF THIS HALL.
IT NEEDS TO EXTEND INTO THE STREETS.
WE NEED TO STOP DOING THINGS LIKE THROWING OFF POLITICAL OPPONENTS FROM COMMITTEES AFTER SUPPORTING A POLITICAL OPPONENT IN A PRIOR ELECTION.
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE EVENTS.
>> MANIGO, AND THEN LENA HARTUNAN.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CHENEY, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY.
MY NAME IS DR. MANIGO [INAUDIBLE].
I STAND BEFORE YOU AS A PROUD BLACK WOMAN, AN AFRICAN AND AN AMERICAN.
I HAVE SERVED FOR ALMOST FOUR YEARS ON THE FRISCO SOCIAL SERVICES BOARD, AND I'M ALSO A RESIDENT SINCE 2004.
MY FOUR CHILDREN ARE EITHER MATRICULATING OR HAVE MATRICULATED FROM FRISCO ISD.
I'M A PERSON WHO BELIEVES IN JUSTICE, IN UNITY, AND DIGNITY FOR ALL PEOPLE.
I RISE TODAY IN OUTRAGE, IN DEEP DISAPPOINTMENT OVER THE DISPARAGING REMARKS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER TAMMY MEINERSHAGEN TOWARD COUNCIL MEMBER ANGELIA PELHAM, THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO SERVE IN THIS COUNCIL, IN THIS COMMUNITY.
TO LABEL A BLACK WOMAN AS A BULLY FOR SPEAKING TRUTH, NOT ONLY IS IT UNFATHOMABLE, IT IS DANGEROUS.
BLACK WOMEN ARE NOT BULLIES, WE ARE BUILDERS, WE ARE BELIEVERS, WE ARE BRIDGES, AND WE ARE BRINGERS OF CHANGE.
WE ARE OFTEN MISCHARACTERIZED, MINIMIZED OR SILENCED WHEN WE CHALLENGE THE STATUS QUO.
BUT COMMUNITY, MAYOR, AND COUNCILMEN AND WOMEN, WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED, AND WE WILL NOT BE ERASED.
COUNCIL MEMBER PELHAM HAS SERVED THIS CITY WITH GRACE.
SHE'S SERVED WITH PROFESSIONALISM AND STRENGTH.
SHE DESERVES RESPECT ON HER NAME. NOT SLANDER.
ALTHOUGH THERE IS ONE BLACK WOMAN STANDING HERE TODAY, THERE IS A LEGION OF BLACK WOMAN BEHIND ME, AND WE FEEL THE WEIGHT OF THE INJUSTICE ON HER NAME.
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I ALSO STAND SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH MY INDIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN DENOUNCING THE HARMFUL LANGUAGE USED TO MALIGN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL AND RICH CULTURE.WORDS HAVE POWER, AND WHEN THOSE IN LEADERSHIP USE THEM TO DIVIDE RATHER THAN UNITE, THEY BETRAY THE VERY COMMUNITIES THAT THEY SERVE.
I URGE THIS COUNCIL TO HOLD ITSELF AT A HIGHER STANDARD.
APOLOGIZE, REFLECT, AND JUST DO BETTER.
LET THIS MOMENT BE A TURNING POINT WHERE WE AFFIRM OUR SHARED HUMANITY AND UPLIFT, NOT TEAR DOWN, THOSE WHO DARE TO LEAD WITH COURAGE AND CONVICTION.
>> LENA HARTUNAN, AND THEN BERT THAKAR.
>> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK FRANKLY AND HONESTLY.
I MOVED HERE ALMOST SIX YEARS AGO NOW.
I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN POLITICS, BUT I AM.
I DO LIKE WORKING AT THE POLLS.
WHEN I FIRST WORKED AT THE POLLS HERE, I WAS ALONE AT THE POLLS, STATION 4, TWO WOMEN PULLED UP.
ONE WAS THE INCUMBENT RUNNING FOR SCHOOL BOARD, AND HER BUDDY WHO DECIDED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BULLY ME AND TRY TO RECORD ME.
I DON'T APPRECIATE THOSE KIND OF ANTICS.
YEAR AFTER YEAR, DIFFERENT THINGS GO ON IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN.
THEN YOU, MR. CHENEY, OR MAYOR CHENEY, PULLED UP TO VOTE.
TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY, I WAS THERE WITH TWO OTHER WOMEN.
YOU APPROACHED THE TWO WOMEN, AND YOU IGNORED ME.
GUESS WHAT? I BOUGHT MY HOUSE FROM YOU.
I'M JUST GOING TO SAY ONE THING.
THIS IS A RUDE AWAKENING THIS EVENING, AND YOU NEED TO WAKE UP AND LEARN INTROSPECTIVELY, HOW DO YOU ACT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND IT STARTS FROM THE TOP.
I'LL END WITH THIS BECAUSE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS HAVE BEEN SAID.
DECORUM AND LEADERSHIP STARTS AT THE TOP WITH OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS.
ALL OF YOU SITTING ON THIS DAIS ARE THE PILLARS OF THIS COMMUNITY.
MOCKING AND MALIGNING COMMUNITY MEMBERS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
I PRAY THAT YOU DIG DEEP AND BECOME BETTER STEWARDS BY BEHAVING LIKE GROWN UPS AND NOT MIDDLE SCHOOL BULLIES.
THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND TO BE CANDID WITH YOU.
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
>> MR. THAKAR AND THEN TRACY SHIPMAN WILL BE NEXT.
>> GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. I HAD A SPEECH PREPARED.
I'M JUST GOING TO SPEAK FROM THE HEART.
I'LL NEVER FORGET COMING TO AMERICA.
I WAS ON A PAN AM JET, AND THE LOCKERBIE BOMBING JUST HAD HAPPENED.
I WAS SITTING WITH MY GRANDFATHER AND I REMEMBER I MISSED INDIA BECAUSE MY BEST FRIEND WAS MY COUSIN, HER NAME WAS SEEMA.
WE USED TO RIDE IN THE SCHOOL ON THE RICKSHAW TOGETHER.
SHE'D BUY ME SUGARCANE AND I NEVER SAW HER AGAIN.
I ASKED PAPA, HE'S MY GRANDFATHER.
I ASKED, HEY, HOW DO I TELL WHO'S AN AMERICAN? BECAUSE I WANTED TO HAVE FRIENDS.
HE SAID, THE JAPANESE ARE HARD WORKING, THE GERMANS ARE PUNCTUAL, BUT AN AMERICAN, YOU CAN TRUST THEM WITH A HANDSHAKE.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE DUMBEST ANSWER I'D EVER HEARD. YOU'RE A LITTLE BOY.
MY NAME ISN'T BERT. IT'S A HARTH.
IF YOU NOTICE, MY NOSE IS CROOKED, AND IT'S CROOKED BECAUSE I GOT INTO TO FIGHTS WHEN I WAS A KID, BECAUSE I GET BULLIED FOR IT.
MY MOM CHANGED MY NAME TO ALBERT, SO I WOULDN'T BE BULLIED.
THE REASON I'M SAYING THIS IS BECAUSE NORMALIZING CASUAL INTOLERANCE HAS NO PLACE IN OUR COUNTRY.
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IT DOESN'T. WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES AND WE LEARN TO DRIVE ON.ONE OF MY FAVORITE POEMS BY LANGSTON HUGHES, IT'S CALLED A RAISIN IN THE SUN.
IT SAYS, WHAT IS A DREAM DEFERRED BUT A RAISIN IN THE SUN? DOES IT SHRIVEL UP? DOES IT EXPLODE? I ARGUE THAT OUR FUTURE IS SO BRIGHT.
THE GREATEST THING ABOUT AMERICA, I REMEMBER WHEN I LANDED, AND I SAW ALL THESE GLITTERING LIGHTS.
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I'D SEEN BLACK PEOPLE AND ASIAN PEOPLE.
WHERE I GREW UP, EVERYONE LOOKED LIKE ME. I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT.
I ASKED PAPA, I SAID, HEY, ARE THE STREETS MADE OUT OF GOLD? YOU KNOW WHAT? IN THE UNITED STATES, IT ABSOLUTELY IS.
WE HAVE INGOTS OF POSSIBILITIES, INGOTS OF DREAMS. YOU SAW ALL THOSE KIDS STANDING UP HERE TODAY, AND THE WHOLE FUTURE IS AHEAD OF THEM.
THEY SAID ALL THE THINGS THEY LOVED ABOUT FRISCO.
SOMEWHERE ALONG IN THE PURSUIT OF POWER, WE TEND TO FORGET THAT PERHAPS THE REASON WE'RE ALL DOING THIS IS BECAUSE WE SHARE A COMMON VISION AND THAT VISION IS DEFINED TO IN THE WORDS OF TENNYSON'S POEM, ULYSSES, WHERE HE SAYS, THOUGH I'M NOT NOW THAT STRENGTH, WHICH IN OLD DAYS MOVED EARTH AND HEAVEN, THAT WHICH WE ARE, WE ARE ONE EQUAL TEMPER OF HEROIC HEARTS MADE WEAK BY TIME AND FATE, BUT STRONG IN WILL TO STRIVE, TO SEEK, TO FIND AND NOT TO YIELD.
OUR COMMUNITY IS VIBRANT. IT'S WONDERFUL.
THE SECOND DATE MY WIFE AND I EVER HAD WAS AT PIZZERIA AT TESSA, AND WE WALKED DOWN THROUGH DOWNTOWN FRISCO, AND WE TOTALLY MADE OUT AND I LOVED IT.
AND I SAID, MAN, I CAN'T IMAGINE IF WE COULD LIVE HERE.
DESPITE EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, LOOK, WE GOT SOME CHALLENGES WE GOT TO FIX.
WE CAN STAFF OUR FIRE AND POLICE, WE CAN FIX OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, TAKE CARE OF SMALL BUSINESSES, ALL THAT STUFF THAT YOU'VE HEARD OVER THE LAST 30 DAYS.
LOOK AROUND. LOOK TO YOUR LEFT, LOOK TO YOUR RIGHT.
WE'RE ALL PART OF THIS WONDERFUL TOWN, WHETHER WE AGREE, WHETHER WE DISAGREE.
WE ALL LOVE EACH OTHER. WE'RE ALL NEIGHBORS.
WE LIVE IN THE 14TH LARGEST CITY IN TEXAS, AND WE'RE PRETTY DANG AWESOME.
I ASK YOU TONIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TO GIVE EVERYONE A LITTLE BIT OF GRACE, TO GIVE EVERYONE A LITTLE BIT OF HEALING, WHATEVER HAPPENS HAPPENS. IT'S IRRELEVANT.
YOU KNOW WHAT? I LIKE ALL OF YOU.
THAT'S IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MY NAME IS TRACY REVEL SHIPMAN.
I'M A 30 YEAR RESIDENT OF FRISCO LIVING AT 10141 CALVARY COURT, AND I HAVE SIX WORDS.
I WASN'T PLANNING ON SPEAKING, BUT THE SIX WORDS ARE, OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES.
WE ALL EXPERIENCES TONIGHT THREE DIFFERENT AMAZING, POWERFUL EXPERIENCES, BETWEEN THE SCOUTS, BETWEEN THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL, AND BETWEEN OUR ADVOCATE BACK THERE.
I CAN'T TELL IF SHE'S STILL HERE WHO WAS SPEAKING ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION THAT SHE WANTED TO ADVOCATE FOR.
OUT OF THOSE MOUTHS OF BABES, WE HAD POWERFUL MOMENTS, INSPIRATIONAL EXAMPLES OF POSITIVITY, HOPE, CREATIVITY, VISION, RESILIENCE, RESPECT TOWARD ONE ANOTHER AND KINDNESS TOWARD ONE ANOTHER.
MAY WE LEARN FROM OUR YOUNG LEADERS.
MAY WE LEARN HOW TO SEE OUR BEAUTIFUL COMMITTEE AND OUR COMMUNITY AND WHAT IS POSSIBLE.
WHAT DO YOU LOVE MOST ABOUT FRISCO? EVERY ONE OF THEM HAD AN ANSWER.
YET WHAT I SEE ONLINE DAY IN AND DAY OUT IS WHAT PEOPLE HATE ABOUT FRISCO.
GROWN UPS, TALKING ABOUT WHAT THEY HATE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY, BUT THEY LIVE HERE.
WHAT DID WE LEARN FROM THEM? WE LEARNED HOW TO SEE ONE ANOTHER AND TREAT ONE ANOTHER WITH KINDNESS.
WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT FRISCO? HOW PEOPLE ARE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER.
THESE ARE SECOND AND THIRD GRADE LITTLE BOYS OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES.
A SIGN OF A HEALTHY AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY IS BOTH HOW WE RESPOND IN OUR MOMENTS OF VICTORY, AND PERHAPS MOST TELLINGLY, IN OUR DARKEST MOMENTS.
MAY WE LISTEN AND LEARN FROM OUR YOUNG LEADERS.
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TODAY MY SUBJECT IS A SPIRIT OF THE DEVIL.
THIS IS REVELATION, CHAPTER 16:13, I SAW THREE DRAGON SPIRIT, LIKE FROG COME OUT OF THE MOUTH OF A DRAGON AND BEAST AND THE FALSE PROPHET.
ALREADY SATAN CONTROLS THREE RELIGIOUS POWER.
THE QUOTATION 05,3,4,5,1 SAYS, WHEN THE PROTESTANT SHALL STRETCH HER HAND ACROSS THE GULF TO GRASP THE HAND OF ROMAN POWER, WHEN SHE SHALL REACH OVER THE ABYSS TO GRASP HAND WITH THE SPIRITUALISM.
HERE IS THE THREE POWER, PROTESTANTISM AND ROMAN POWER AND SPIRITUALISM.
UNDER THE THREE FOLD UNION, OUR COUNTRY MEANS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, OUR COUNTRY SHALL REPUDIATE THE EVERY PRINCIPLES OF ITS CONSTITUTION AS A PROTESTANT AND REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT AND SHALL MAKE PROVISION FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE PAPAL FALSEHOOD AND DELUSION.
>> THEN WE MAY KNOW THAT THE TIME HAS COME FOR THE MARVELOUS WORKING OF A SATAN AND THAT THE END IS NEAR.
THE SPIRIT OF WHATEVER FIRST LIE IS IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN.
GOD'S COMMAND IS EVERY TREE OF THE GARDEN YOU MAY EAT, BUT TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GOOD AND EVIL THOU SHALT NOT EAT OF IT.
IN THE DAYS EAT THEREOF, THOU SHALT SURELY DIE.
BUT SATAN SAYS, THROUGH THE SERPENT, UNTO THE WOMEN, HE SHALL NOT SURELY DIE.
GOD SAID, THOU SHALT SURELY DIE, BUT SATAN SAYS, HE SHALL NOT SURELY DIE.
HE SHALL BE AS GOD'S HUMAN BEING FROM THE FIRST ANCESTOR, SO WHOLE WORLD PEOPLE, DECEIVED BY THE SATAN.
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[NOISE]>> MR. LEE, THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL THE CARDS.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
>> THAT'LL MOVE US INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEMS PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE IN NATURE AND ARE CONSIDERED NON-CONTROVERSIAL.
THE CONSENT AGENDA CAN BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION.
MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL IS REQUIRED TO MOVE ANY ITEM FOR DISCUSSION AND SEPARATE ACTION.
COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY VOTE NAY ON ANY ITEM WITHOUT COMMENT, AND MAY SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD.
YOU HAVE ITEMS 11 THROUGH 29 FOR CONSIDERATION.
>> TRY TO SCAN. MOVE TO APPROVE 11 THROUGH 29.
>> SECOND BY TAMMY. ALL IN FAVOR?
[LEGISLATIVE AGENDA]
THAT'LL MOVE TO OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.THESE ITEMS MAY LEGALLY REQUIRE COUNCIL ACTION, BUT BY COUNCIL POLICY SHOULD BE THE CITY MANAGER'S RESPONSIBILITY.
THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA CAN BE ACTED UPON A ONE MOTION.
THE CONCURRENCE OF TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS IS REQUIRED TO MOVE ANY ITEM FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION.
COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY VOTE NAY ON ANY ITEM WITHOUT COMMENT.
MAY SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORDS. ONE ITEM, ITEM 30.
>> SECOND BY TAMMY. ALL IN FAVOR?
[Public Hearing: A request for a Specific Use Permit for Minor Automobile Repair on a portion of one lot on 0.3± acre located 200± feet west of North County Road, 210± feet south of Dena Drive and to consider to direct Staff to prepare an Ordinance of the same. Zoned Planned Development-97-Commercial-2. Neighborhood #11. Specific Use Permit Case No. SUP24-0021. Applicant: Jon Carter Ferguson. (Development Services/JH)]
THAT'LL MOVE US INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA, ITEM 31, AS A PUBLIC HEARING OR REQUEST FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A MINOR AUTOMOBILE REPAIR ON A PORTION OF ONE LOT, 0.3 ACRES LOCATED 200 FEET WEST OF NORTH COUNTY ROAD, 210 FEET SOUTH OF DYNA DRIVE, AND TO CONSIDER TO DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE OF THE SAME.ZONE PLAN DEVELOPMENT 97, COMMERCIAL 2, NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER 11, SPECIFIC USE PERMIT CASE NUMBER SUP 24-0021.
APPLICANT, JOHN CARTER FERGUSON.
JONATHAN HUBBARD, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
AS MANY OF YOU MAY RECALL, THIS APPLICANT SUBMITTED A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR FOR A MAJOR AUTOMOBILE REPAIR FACILITY.
THAT REQUEST WAS DENIED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR, AND WHILE THE APPLICANT CHOSE TO APPEAL THE COMMISSION'S DECISION, THE DENIAL WAS ULTIMATELY UPHELD BY CITY COUNCIL IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
SINCE THEN, THE APPLICANT HAS MADE A REQUEST FOR A NEW SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, AND THAT IS WHAT IS BEFORE YOU ALL THIS EVENING.
WHAT HAS CHANGED FROM THE PREVIOUS REQUEST? THE PREVIOUS REQUEST WAS FOR MAJOR AUTOMOBILE REPAIR.
THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU ALL THIS EVENING IS FOR MINOR AUTOMOBILE REPAIR.
STAFF DID DOUBLE-CHECK WITH THE APPLICANT, THAT THIS WAS NOT A TYPO, AND THAT THEY DID INDEED TO SUBMIT A REQUEST FOR MINOR AUTOMOBILE REPAIR.
THEY DID STATE THAT BASED ON THE FEEDBACK IN THE PREVIOUS REQUEST THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING TO REDUCE THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THIS FACILITY AND TO MEET THE ZONING ORDINANCE DEFINITION FOR MINOR AUTOMOBILE REPAIR.
ONE ADDITIONAL THING TO NOTE IS THAT WHEN THIS WENT BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID MAKE AS PART OF THEIR MOTION TO PROHIBIT ALL MUFFLER-RELATED WORK, SINCE IT IS NOT CLEAR IN THE DEFINITION THAT MUFFLER WORK IS PROHIBITED.
ADDITIONALLY, PREVIOUSLY, THE APPLICANT HAD PROPOSED TO OCCUPY ALL OF BUILDING 6.
BUILDING 6 BEING THE NORTHWESTERN-MOST BUILDING WITHIN THE COBB BUSINESS PARK DEVELOPMENT.
SINCE THEN, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO SPLIT THIS BUILDING INTO TWO SUITES.
THE AUTOMOBILE USE IS ONLY PROPOSED IN THE WESTERN-MOST SUITE OF THIS BUILDING.
WHEN IT COMES TO DISTANCES, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS CASE.
PER THE ZONING ORDINANCE, THERE IS A REQUIREMENT THAT ALL AUTOMOBILE-RELATED USES BE A MINIMUM OF 250 FEET FROM AUTOMOBILE-RELATED USES, AND THAT IS FROM, WHAT IT SAYS IS THE SINGLE FAMILY OR THE RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
TYPICALLY, RESIDENTIAL BOUNDARIES GO TO THE CENTER LINE OF ADJACENT THOROUGHFARES.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE SINGLE FAMILY DOES GO A BIT FURTHER WEST IN THIS AREA.
IT'S NOT UNTIL YOU GET FURTHER SOUTH DOES THAT
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ZONING BOUNDARY REALLY FOLLOW THE CENTER LINE OF NORTH COUNTY ROAD.FROM THE ZONING DISTRICT BOUNDARY, THE SINGLE-FAMILY ZONING DISTRICT TO THE CENTER LINE OF BUILDING 6, WHICH IS THE BOUNDARY OF WHERE THIS SUP IS PROPOSED, IS 215 FEET.
NOW, WHAT IS THE DISTANCE FROM THE BOUNDARY OF THE SUP TO THE NEAREST RESIDENTIAL LOT, OR IN THIS CASE, MEASURED FROM THE MASONRY SCREENING WALL? THAT IS 250 FEET.
WHY HAS STAFF MEASURED TO THE CENTER LINE OF THIS BUILDING? THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH ALL SUPS IN THE CASE OF MULTI-TENANT BUILDINGS, BECAUSE THE USE IS TIED DOWN BY [INAUDIBLE] BOUNDS DESCRIPTION, AND THERE IS NOTHING IN THE SUP THAT WOULD GIVE THIS APPLICANT OR A BUSINESS OWNER AUTHORITY FOR THE AUTOMOBILE-RELATED USE TO EXTEND INTO THE EASTERN-MOST SUITE.
IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE HAS BEEN A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF PROJECT INPUT FORMS RECEIVED ON THIS REQUEST, A NUMBER OF EMAILS RECEIVED.
ALL OF THAT INPUT WAS PROVIDED IN YOUR PACKET FOR REVIEW.
HOWEVER, SOME OF THAT INPUT THAT WAS RECEIVED WAS DUPLICATED.
I DID WORK WITH OUR GIS DEPARTMENT TO ALSO PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH A MAP THAT HIGHLIGHTS WHERE THOSE PROJECT INPUT FORMS WERE RECEIVED, WHAT IS IN FAVOR, AND WHAT IS OPPOSED.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST FOR MINOR AUTOMOBILE REPAIR, SUBJECT TO THE SITE PLAN SHOWN IN EXHIBIT B HERE, THE FACADE PLANS SHOWN HERE IN EXHIBIT C, AS WELL AS PROHIBITING ALL OUTDOOR STORAGE OF VEHICLES.
ALSO, THAT THE PROPOSED WALL SEPARATING THE SUITE, SO SEPARATING THIS BUILDING INTO TWO SUITES, MUST BE CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY BEING ISSUED.
THEN, AS I PREVIOUSLY NOTED, THAT ALL MUFFLER SERVICES SHALL ALSO BE PROHIBITED.
THE APPLICANT IS IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT, AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
>> MOVE TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING.
>> SECOND BY TAMMY. ALL IN FAVOR?
>> PASSES 6-0. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
>> WE HAVE FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE SIGNED UP THIS EVENING.
JUST LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE MEETING, THE TIMER WILL BE ON YOUR RIGHT SIDE.
YOU'LL GET A 32ND WARNING WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT.
I HAVE DOUG EDWARDS IS THE FIRST CARD, AND THEN JEAN WIRZ, I BELIEVE, WILL BE NEXT.
>> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL, AND MAYOR, AND CITIZENS.
I'M HERE TO PROTEST AGAINST THIS.
I FIND IT ADMIRABLE THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE HAS GONE THROUGH GREAT EFFORTS AND PAINS TO MANIPULATE THIS DOWN TO WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE ONE PART OF ONE BUILDING IS ONLY GOING TO DO RADIOS.
BUT THEY'VE NOT IDENTIFIED THE FACT THAT ALL THEY'VE DONE WAS THEY'VE LIFTED THIS UP TO A POLICING ACTION.
SHOULD HE DECIDE TO DO A LIFT KIT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THAT BUILDING, WHICH INFRINGES ON THIS 250-FOOT SUP, WE'LL NEVER KNOW.
WHATEVER GOES ON INSIDE THOSE FOUR WALLS GOES ON INSIDE THE FOUR WALLS, AND THEN EVERYBODY ELSE THAT IT IMPACTS HAS TO PERFORM A LEGAL PROTEST TO THE POLICE AGENCY TO COME.
THE BURDEN IS NOW ON US IS WHAT I'M SAYING, AND THAT'S NOT FAIR.
THE ORDINANCE WAS SET IN PLACE WAY BEFORE ALL OF US WAS EVER HERE, WAY BEFORE OUR HOMES WERE BUILT, AND WAY BEFORE THIS GENTLEMAN EVEN PROPOSED BUYING INTO THIS EFFORT.
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UNFORTUNATELY, THE ORDINANCE STATES AUTOMOBILE.AUTOMOBILE REPAIR IT, NO MATTER WHAT IT IS, WHETHER IT'S AN ANTENNA, A RADIO, A MUFFLER, A LIFT KIT, WHATEVER, IT'S NOT ALLOWED.
AS A HOMEOWNER AND A CITIZEN TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, I'M ALL FOR A PRO BUSINESS, BUT I'M AGAINST NOISE PRODUCTION AND THESE ITEMS THAT PROHIBIT AND IMPACT OUR WAY OF LIFE IN THIS CITY.
YOU GUYS Y'ALL BEEN THROUGH THE RINGER TONIGHT.
I'M NOT ASKING FOR SPECIAL PRIVILEGE, I'M JUST ASKING FOR CONSIDERATION.
PLANNING AND ZONING HAS DONE, LIKE I SAID, VERY WELL ON THIS TO THE APPLAUSE FOR THE MR. FERGUSON, BUT I'M IN PROTEST, AND I ASK FOR YOU TO RECONSIDER THIS. THANK YOU.
>> JEN WIRZ, AND THEN EVELYN VILLARREAL.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CHENEY, COUNCIL MEMBERS, LEADERS, NEIGHBORS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
I'M A RESIDENT, COMMUNITY MEMBER HERE IN FRISCO, TEXAS.
I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM DOUG, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE THIS GENTLEMAN IS TRYING TO BUILD HIS MINOR AUTOMOTIVE, MAJOR AUTOMOTIVE.
CAN YOU IMAGINE WAKING UP, AND I DO THIS AT NIGHT, AND I HEAR CARS GOING UP AND DOWN NORTH COUNTY, LOUD CARS? I THINK, MAN, WOULD IT JUST BE LOUDER TO HAVE THE MOTOR DRILLS GOING? I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT, AND THAT SCARES ME.
YOU'RE CLOSING OUR SCHOOL, STALEY.
WE'RE ALREADY GOING THROUGH SO MUCH IN MEADOW HILL.
PLEASE UNDERSTAND, WE JUST WANT PEACE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
MEADOW HILL IS SO CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN FRISCO.
WE'RE JUST IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERYTHING.
I APPRECIATE HAVING THE SPORTS AROUND US.
I LIKE HEARING THE CONCERTS, BUT WHAT I DON'T LIKE HEARING IS NOISE FROM CARS.
NO MATTER HOW HE SAYS THAT IT'S JUST HE CAN BLOCK IT OR HE CAN MOVE IT, IT'S IN OUR BACKYARD.
I'M GOING TO HEAR IT. I KNOW IT.
THE LAWS AND ZONING WERE SET IN PLACE TO PROTECT US AS RESIDENTS, TO PROTECT OUR INVESTMENT AS HOMEOWNERS.
HELP US PROTECT OUR INVESTMENT IN FRISCO.
CAN HE BUILD IT IN HIS BACKYARD? WHY CAN'T HE BUILD IT SOMEWHERE ELSE? WHY CAN HE BUILD IT IN DOWNTOWN FRISCO? WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE RIGHT NEXT TO A SUBDIVISION? PLEASE CONSIDER THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> EVELYN VILLARREAL, AND THEN SHERRY ANDERSON.
>> HELLO. MY NAME IS EVELYN VILLARDIA, 7419, CHINA BERRY LANE, FRISCO, TEXAS.
I'M GOING TO READ IT SO I DON'T LEAVE ANYTHING OUT.
I UNDERSTAND, THANK YOU MAYOR CHENEY AND THE COUNSEL FOR HEARING ME OUT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE LOUISVILLE OWNER WAS HANDED THIS COMPANY BY HIS FATHER IN THE HOPES THAT HE WOULD ACTUALLY TAKE CARE OF HIS BROTHER WHO LIVES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
LET US ALL BE REMINDED THAT THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE AGAIN TO DEFEND OURSELVES AS A NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS BROTHER WANTS TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE THREE BLOCKS TO WORK, THE CONVENIENCE, THE NO TRAFFIC STRUGGLES, THE EASY ACCESS AND NOW Y'ALL WANT US AS RESIDENTS TO ENABLE THAT ISSUE.
THEY ARE NOW TRYING TO BYPASS THE GUIDELINES BECAUSE THE PLANNING AND ZONING OR THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, INFLUENCED HIM TO PUT A WALL INSIDE THE WHOLE AUTO BODY SHOP.
THE WALL WILL NEITHER BLOCK THE NOISE, BUT COULD BE MADE FROM WHAT? DRYWALL, VINYL GLASS OR SIMPLY A PARTITION TYPE THAT YOU COULD JUST OPEN AND CLOSE AT ANY MOMENT.
YOU WANT THIS BUSINESS TO PUT A WALL AND THEN CALL IT A DAY.
THEY WILL STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONDUCT AUTOMOTIVE BUSINESS FROM THE EAST SIDE AND HOUSE COMPUTERS, RESTROOMS, EQUIPMENT, FOR THE AUTOMOTIVE BUSINESS, HOW ARE WE GOING TO VERIFY AND PROVE THAT THEY ARE NOT USING IT FOR AUTOMOTIVE BUSINESS? IT'S NOT BEING DONE ON THE EAST SIDE OR THE PARTITION WALL, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT HE DOESN'T CUSTOMIZE MUFFLERS AND WORK ON MUFFLERS PERIOD.
YOU ARE GOING TO LEAVE IT UP TO THE RESIDENTS TO HAVE TO POLICE AND PROTECT OUR VERY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE ELECT Y'ALL TO PROTECT.
THE OWNER IS STILL THE OWNER OF THE EAST SIDE AND THE WEST SIDE AUTOMOTIVE BODY SHOP.
NO MINOR, NO MAJOR AUTO BUSINESS.
THE OWNER HAS PROVEN TO BE UNTRUSTWORTHY TWICE, AT LEAST.
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IN OCTOBER 2024, HE STATED THAT THE MUFFLER SHOP WOULD BE OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.ON DECEMBER 3RD, HE STATED THAT HE WOULD BE OPEN MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
IN APRIL 2025, HE STATED THAT HE WOULD SERVICE FOUR PARTS WHEN HE WAS ALLOWED TO SPEAK.
WHEN HE WAS ASKED TO COME BACK TO THE PODIUM AND HE WAS ASKED, WHAT WILL YOU DO IF YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO MUFFLERS AND HE LISTED ABOUT SIX ITEMS. HIS BUSINESS PLANS CHANGE FROM DAY TO DAY.
WE CANNOT TRUST HE WILL OBEY THE NEW POSSIBLE GUIDELINES.
THE VERY GUIDELINES THAT Y'ALL ARE NOW ASKING US TO OVERLOOK AND TO ALTER FOR THIS LOUISVILLE RESIDENT.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, HE STILL DOESN'T MEET THE GUIDELINES.
AT CLOSING, THE OWNER MADE A BAD BUSINESS DEAL, AND HE WANTS OUR FRISCO RESIDENTS TO WRITE HIS WRONGDOINGS.
HE WANTS US AND THE CITY COUNCIL TO LOOK THE OTHER WAY, WHICH WHILE HE TRIES TO BYPASS THE RULES AND GUIDELINES, WE ARE PLEADING WITH YOU TO USE THE WHOLE BUSINESS THAT HE OWNS AND HE OCCUPIES AS THE BUSINESS AT HAND.
PUTTING A WALL OR A PARTITION IN A MUFFLER AUTOMOTIVE STILL MAKES IT MILLER AUTOMOTIVE.
ABOUT THE POLICING, THERE'S A CHURCH ALSO, WHO MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE HAD TO ALSO POLICE ON OUR OWN OR WHEN YOU DO ACTUALLY CALL THE POLICE, MY NEIGHBOR SENT ME SOMETHING THAT SHE HAD TO FILE A FORMAL COMPLAINT THROUGH THE CITY AND WAS ACTUALLY ASSIGNED SOMEONE NAMED MORENO FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AS I SPOKE TO OFFICER JOHNSON THE OTHER DAY FOR OVER AN HOUR, HE STATED THAT IT'S UP TO THE POLICE TO SAY WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY GO AND SPEAK TO THE OWNERS OF EITHER THE MUFFLER SHOP OR THE CHURCH.
THAT LEAVES US WITH, LIKE, WHAT ARE WE TO DO? CONTINUE TO CALL THE POLICE AND HOPE THAT THEY WILL TAKE US, RESIDENTS AND HELP US.
AS I UNDERSTAND THAT HE WANTS TO CONDUCT A BUSINESS, WE HAD PLANNING AND ZONING JOHN KENDALL BEFORE THE LAST MEETING HE STATED, I WENT THERE YESTERDAY AT 4:00 PM AND I STOOD IN FRONT OF THE BUSINESS AT HAND AND I DIDN'T HEAR A THING.
I WONDER WHY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO OCCUPY THAT SPACE.
HOW COULD YOU HEAR ANYTHING WHEN THE BUSINESS ISN'T EVEN IN OCCUPATION RIGHT NOW? THEN HE STATED THAT HE WENT AND HE WENT TO THE 121 BUSINESS AND THAT HE ALSO CALLED THE POLICE AND HE STATED HE WANTED TO OR THAT HE TOOK A RECORD AND CALLED SOMEONE TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY FORMAL COMPLAINTS AND THAT NO ONE HAD FILED COMPLAINTS ON THE BUSINESS THAT HE HAS AT 121.
I'M SORRY, BUT WE'RE PUTTING OUR FAITH IN Y'ALL.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE RINGER TODAY, BUT WE'RE ASKING AS CITIZENS OF FRISCO FOR YOU TO PROTECT US.
>> OKAY. I LOST TRACK OF WHERE I WAS AT, HONESTLY, SHERI ANDERSON, IF YOU HAVEN'T SPOKEN AND THEN JOHN FERGUSON.
>> HI, GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR LISTENING.
JUST FOR THE RECORD, I OPPOSE THE BUSINESS THAT IS GOING IN.
I LIVE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO DOUG AND WE BACK RIGHT UP TO NORTH COUNTY.
THIS IS BASICALLY IN MY BACKYARD.
I HAD A LOT OF THOUGHTS THAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, BUT IT WOULD HAVE REITERATED A LOT OF WHAT THEY HAD TO HAVE SAID, BUT I'M GOING TO SAVE YOU SOME TIME AND NOT GO THROUGH ALL THAT.
MY BIGGEST NOTE THAT I WANT TO BRING TO YOU IS THAT WE ARE BEING PUT IN THE POSITION THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO POLICE WHAT IS HAPPENING WITHIN HIS BUSINESS.
IF WE START HEARING ALL THE THINGS AND EVERYTHING GOING ON, AND HE'S VIOLATING WHAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION APPROVED THEM TO BE.
AS SHE STATED, WE'RE ALREADY HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE CHURCH.
MANY CITIZENS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ARE HAVING A CALL AGAINST THIS CHURCH FOR MONTHS AND THEY ARE GETTING MULTIPLE CALLS MULTIPLE DAYS DURING THE WEEK.
IT'S NOT EVEN JUST ONE DAY A WEEK.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO TAKE COMFORT IN CALLING AND COMPLAINING FOR VIOLATION OF HIS BUSINESS, WHEN WE CAN'T EVEN GET RESOLUTION FOR OUR NOISE COMPLAINT, HOW ARE WE GOING TO TAKE COMFORT KNOWING THAT OUR VOICES ARE GOING TO BE HEARD, AND OUR COMPLAINTS ARE GOING TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
I ASK YOU TO PLEASE RECONSIDER AND NOT APPROVE THIS.
ALSO, I WASN'T PLANNING ON SPEAKING TONIGHT.
I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GOING TO MAKE THE MEETING SO I DIDN'T GET TO DO MY RESEARCH.
BUT THE LAST TIME WE WERE IN FRONT OF YOU, ONE OF YOU SAID THAT YOU DROVE BY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
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YOU WENT AND LOOKED TO SEE EXACTLY HOW CLOSE THIS IS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU OPPOSED IT, YOU SAID, YES, THIS IS TOO CLOSE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND EVEN IF WE CAME BACK, THAT IT WOULD STILL BE DENIED.I HOPE THAT WE STILL STAND BY THAT.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHO SAID THAT, I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO GO BACK AND PULL THE RECORD AND LOOK AT IT, BUT I DO HOPE THAT WE STILL STAND BY THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> JOHN FERGUSON 8469 FAIR OAKS, FRISCO.
WE'VE LISTENED TO THESE NEIGHBORS.
WE'VE MADE CHANGES, MODIFICATIONS, DRASTIC MODIFICATIONS TO TRY TO APPEASE THEM.
OBVIOUSLY, SOME WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE HAPPY, BUT WE ARE GOOD NEIGHBORS.
WE WILL BE GOOD NEIGHBORS, AND WE HOPE YOU SUPPORT OUR PROJECT.
WE BRING SERVICES TO FRISCO, WE BRING TAX REVENUE AND JOBS AND WE HOPE YOU WILL GIVE US YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU.
LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING?
>> COUNSEL, WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE?
>> CAN I GO FIRST JUST REALLY QUICK TO CLEAR UP SOME PERHAPS SOME AMBIGUITY HERE, THERE ARE AT LEAST FOUR JOHNS INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT.
THERE'S JOHN K, JOHN L, JONATHAN AND ANOTHER JOHN K. THIS JOHN K DID NOT SUGGEST BUILDING A WALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS PROJECT.
I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP.
I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS ABOUT THAT.
WHILE WE DO CHALLENGE STAFF AND OUR BOARD MEMBERS TO COME UP WITH CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO COMPLEX PROBLEMS, THIS IS A BIT OF A STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH EVERYBODY.
I'M NOT GOING TO THROW ANYONE UNDER THE BUS AND SAY, PERHAPS, WHERE THIS MIGHT HAVE COME FROM, BUT IT DID NOT COME FROM ME.
AFTER HEARING THE COMMENTS FROM THE LAST TIME YOU GUYS WERE HERE AND FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE, I'M A NO VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT, THANK YOU.
>> JONATHAN, THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AROUND THE CHANGES TO THE BUILDING ITSELF.
THERE WAS A COMMENT ABOUT THE WALL.
>> IS THAT WALL ACTUALLY ON THE SITE DOCUMENTS OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS, LIKE, TAKE IT FOR WHAT IT'S WORSE?
>> WHEN THESE BUILDINGS WERE CONSTRUCTED, OR WHEN THESE BUILDINGS WERE PLANNED OR BUILT, THEY WERE BUILT SO THAT THEY COULD EITHER BE A SINGLE TENANT THAT TAKES THE WHOLE BUILDING OR THEY COULD BE SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE TO BE SUBDIVIDED INTO TWO TENANTS.
IF YOU WERE TO GO OUT THERE TODAY, THERE'S NOT A WALL THERE.
HOWEVER, THE BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED SO THAT A SOLID WALL CAN BE CONSTRUCTED DOWN THE MIDDLE TO TAKE THIS ONE BUILDING INTO TWO SUITES, SO THAT IT COULD OCCUPY TWO TENANTS.
I HAVE CONFIRMED WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE REVIEW THAT ALL OF THAT IS POSSIBLE, THAT IT WOULD BE A SOLID WALL, NOT A SCREEN, NOT GLASS, BUT A SOLID WALL MEETING BUILDING CODE THAT OFFICIALLY SUBDIVIDES THE ONE BUILDING SO THAT TWO TENANTS CAN OCCUPY IT.
AGAIN, IN WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT THROUGH THE REVIEW OF THIS, ALL OF THE BUSINESS OPERATIONS THAT ARE RELATED TO THE AUTOMOBILE USE ARE PROPOSED IN THE WESTERNMOST SUITE, THAT BEING THE BOUNDARY THAT'S WITHIN THE YELLOW HERE THAT'S TIED DOWN IN THE SUP BY METES AND BOUNDS.
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THIS IS THE SITE PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT THAT SHOWS WHERE BUILDING 6 IS.
THEN THERE ARE ALSO EXHIBITS PROPOSED THAT WOULD BE TIED DOWN WITHIN THE SUP ORDINANCE.
SHOULD THIS GET APPROVED, THAT SHOWS THIS ONE BUILDING BECOMING TWO SUITES.
THEN FURTHER AS PART OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION'S MOTION, THEY EVEN FURTHER CLARIFIED THAT THAT WALL BE ADDED PRIOR TO A CO.
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>> OKAY. THEN MY FOLLOW-UP QUESTION IS, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THE APPLICANT AS TO HOW YOU HAVE CHANGED YOUR BUSINESS PLAN BECAUSE I ACTUALLY WAS THE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT SAID I DROVE BY AND I FELT IT WAS TOO CLOSE.
I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU DIRECTLY.
HOW HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR BUSINESS PLAN?
>> WE LISTENED TO THE RESIDENTS AND ADJUSTED THE SCOPE.
THEY DON'T WANT LOUD VEHICLES IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
I TOOK THE SCOPE AND REDUCED IT DOWN AT WHAT I'M GOOD AT.
MUFFLERS WERE ELIMINATED FROM THE VOCABULARY IN WHICH THAT DEFINITION IS GOING TO BE OPERATED AROUND.
>> MAYBE I'M NOT A CAR PERSON, BUT I GUESS I'M NOT FOLLOWING THAT LAST STATEMENT.
CAN YOU SAY IN LAYMAN'S TERMS?
>> PEOPLE ARE YOU'RE GOING TO GET WAY TOO HUNG UP ON THIS MUFFLER DEFINITION.
A MUFFLER IS A PIECE ON A CAR.
LONG TIME AGO, MUFFLER WORK WAS A MASSIVE PIECE OF JUST GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE NOW WITH THE WAY THAT THINGS ARE WITH STAINLESS PRODUCTS BEING INTRODUCED IN THE MARKETPLACE, THEY'RE NOT SERVICED AS MUCH.
I WOULD GO TO TELL YOU THIS 75% OF MY BUSINESS EVEN AT MY OTHER BUSINESS HAS MOVED INTO OTHER AREAS.
I KEEP THE NAME FROM THE HERITAGE.
WE'VE BEEN AROUND SINCE THE '70S.
THERE'S A LOT OF FOCUS ON THIS MUFFLER TERMINOLOGY THAT I'M NOT SURE IF IT IS REALLY FAIR OR CREDITED, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
MUFFLER WORKS. YOU GUYS DON'T NEED TO MAKE CARS LOUD.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I DO, TOTALLY? I'M NOT JUST A MUFFLER SHOP.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? MY OTHER BUSINESSES JUST DON'T DO MUFFLERS.
THEY DO A WIDE VARIETY OF OTHER THINGS.
WHAT WE DID WAS, WE LISTENED TO THE RESIDENT'S INPUT.
THEY SAID, WE DON'T WANT LOUD CARS RUNNING AROUND.
WE TOOK THE SCOPE OF THE BUSINESS, SHRINK IT TO TRY TO APPEASE IT.
I'M GOING TO START WITH A NO, AND I'M GOING TO WORK BACKWARDS TO TELL YOU WHY.
I THINK WE'RE SPLITTING HAIRS HERE.
MY NO IN THE LAST MEETING THAT YOU PRESENTED WAS WE WERE STILL WELL WITHIN THAT 250 REQUIREMENT FOR THE BUILDING TO BE SEPARATED FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THE BUILDING HADN'T CHANGED.
IN TERMS OF LOCATION? IT SOUNDS LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD HADN'T CHANGED IN TERMS OF LOCATION.
I DON'T WANT US TO GET IN THE BUSINESS OF MONITORING HOW A BUSINESS OPERATES, AND I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'D BE PUTTING OURSELVES IN THE PLACE OF DOING IS MONITORING WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE KEEPING TO YOUR COMMITMENT TO HOW YOU SELL AND WHAT YOU SELL.
AGAIN, MATERIALLY, FOR ME, NOTHING HAS CHANGED, SO I'M A NO.
>> CAN I PAUSE AND SAY SOMETHING REALLY QUICKLY REAL FAST? I THINK THERE MAY NEED TO BE SOME CLARIFICATION ON SOMETHING.
THE 6021 ADJACENCY RULE THAT EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE CITING, ALL THE RESIDENTS LOVE TO BRING IT UP AND CITE IT, IT ALSO CITES RESTAURANTS.
THERE ARE NUMEROUS VIOLATIONS IN THE CITY OF THE ADJACENCY RULE, NUMEROUS.
YOU CAN'T COUNT THEM ON A SINGLE SHEET OF PAPER.
YOU GOT TO GO TO FOUR OR FIVE.
THAT BEING SAID, MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS PUT BACK IN 1997, SO I'VE BEEN THERE FOR OVER 20 YEARS, THAT PLAN DEVELOPMENT WAS AN ALLOWABLE C2 USE WITH AN SUP FOR MINOR AND MAJOR AUTOMOTIVE.
THE ADJACENCY RULE IS ERRONEOUS. IT DOES NOT MATTER.
THAT 250-FOOT RULE IS SOMETHING WE'RE TRYING TO APPEASE TO BUT MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE RULE IS, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER BECAUSE THE PD SUPERSEDES ALL THAT.
NOW, OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE NEIGHBORS, WE'VE TRIED TO SAY, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT AND MOVE IT FURTHER AWAY, SO YOU GUYS CAN BE MORE AT EASE, BUT IN REALITY, THAT 250-FOOT RULE IS, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
IT WAS ALL TIED UP IN THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS ALLOWABLE FROM 1997.
I HOPE WE'RE NOT TAKING TOO MUCH, YOU SAY IT'S NOT CHANGING, IT HAS CHANGED.
WE WERE ALWAYS COUNTING FROM THE EXTERIOR WALL OF THAT HOME OWNER THAT ASSOCIATION.
OTHERWISE, I WOULDN'T HAVE GONE BACK THROUGH THIS.
BUT WE WERE ALWAYS COUNTING FROM THERE 250-FOOT, EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE ADJACENCY RULE, MOVED ME OUTSIDE OF THAT RULE AND THAT WAS WHAT GOT CITED AT THE LAST P&Z.
P&Z FLIPPED IT OVER BECAUSE I MET THAT RULE BY FOOTING.
I HOPE I CAN SWAY YOU TO GO THE OTHER WAY.
THAT RULE SHOULD NOT APPLY TO ME ORIGINALLY, BECAUSE OF THE PD SUPERSEDES THE ZONING.
TO THAT POINT, WE DID IT ANYWAY.
I'M MOVING THE BUSINESS FURTHER AWAY TO TRY TO APPEASE AND MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY.
BUT THAT BEING SAID, I HOPE YOU CAN SWAY YOU AGAINST THAT NO AND UNDERSTAND THAT I'M BRINGING A SERVICE TO THE CITY THAT IT DESPERATELY NEEDS.
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>> I AM 100% IN SUPPORT OF SMALL BUSINESSES.
I KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE PROPOSED IS DEFINITELY A SERVICE.
I HAVE A CAR THAT'S CONSTANTLY IN NEED OF SOMETHING.
MY CONCERN IS NOT THE BUSINESS.
IT'S NOT THE NEED. IT IS THE LOCATION. I'M STILL IN NO.
>> FOR YOU, THEN I HAVE ONE FOR JONATHAN.
TELL ME I'M NOT A CAR GUY EITHER.
GIVE ME SOMETHING TO COMPARE THIS TO.
I READ THROUGH THE CRITERIA FOR MAJOR AND MINOR.
HOW'S MINOR DIFFERENT THAN A KWIK KAR?
>> THE DEFINITION PER THE MINOR AND MAJOR IS STILL A LITTLE BIT TO ME, IS VERY OBSCURE AS WELL, BECAUSE IT'S VERY SIMILAR.
YOU WOULD CONSIDER A MINOR AUTOMOTIVE, A KWIK KAR, BUT IT ALSO STATES THE REPLACEMENT OF COMPONENTS TO MEET SAFETY AND EMISSIONS INSPECTIONS.
THAT'S A MASSIVE SCOPE OF WHAT WE DO IN AUTOMOTIVE PERIOD.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.
>> I'M NOT SURE IF IT DID EITHER.
BUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS THE POWER DRILL, THE IMPACT WRENCH WAS MENTIONED.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'RE GOING TO BE USING ALL HOURS OF THE DAY?
>> NO, SIR. OUR STANDARD OPERATING HOURS ARE GOING TO BE 8:00-5:00, 08:00-6:00, DEPENDING ON HOW IT GOES MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
WE'RE NOT OPERATING OUTSIDE OF HOURS.
TRUST ME, MY TEXT HIT THE DOOR AS SOON AS WE IT'S CLOSING TIME?
>> BECAUSE I LIVE CLOSER TO AND MY REASON FOR ASKING ABOUT KWIK KAR IS I LIVE 2.5 BLOCKS AWAY FROM A KWIK KAR THAT'S ON MAIN STREET.
I DON'T EVER HEAR IT. ARE YOU MORE THAN A KWIK KAR? BECAUSE I READ IT, AND IT WAS OIL CHANGE COMPONENTS, AND THAT SEEMS LIKE STUFF THAT KWIK KAR WOULD.
>> NO, I'M NOT GOING TO GENERATE ANY MORE NOISE THAN A KWIK KAR WOULD, NO, SIR.
>> THEN, JONATHAN, THE QUESTION FOR YOU IS A FOLLOW UP TO WHAT HE JUST SAID ABOUT THE 250 FOOT RULE.
>> SURE. MAJOR AUTOMOBILE REPAIR, MINOR AUTOMOBILE REPAIR, ARE BOTH USES THAT ARE PERMITTED BY RIGHT IN THE COMMERCIAL 2 ZONING DISTRICT.
IF THIS PROPERTY WERE ZONED STRAIGHT COMMERCIAL 2 AND AN APPLICANT WERE TO PROPOSE THIS USE, IT WERE OUTSIDE THAT 250 FEET, IT WOULD BE ALLOWED BY RIGHT.
THAT WERE IN WITHIN THAT 250 FEET, EVEN THOUGH IT'S OWN COMMERCIAL 2, IT WOULD BE PROHIBITED.
IN THIS CASE, YOU HAVE A PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS BASE COMMERCIAL 2 ZONING.
HOWEVER, IT GOES ON TO STATE THAT MAJOR AUTOMOBILE REPAIR, MINOR AUTOMOBILE REPAIR, PRETTY MUCH ANY AUTOMOBILE RELATED USE CAN BE APPROVED WITH AN SUP.
BECAUSE THIS DISTANCE REQUIREMENT IS IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE, THIS IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT STAFF USED DURING THE REVIEW OF IT.
THAT'S WHY IT IS REFERENCED IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
THAT IS WHY THERE ARE EXHIBITS LIKE THIS, SHARING WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, SHARING WITH CITY COUNCIL WHAT THOSE DISTANCES ARE FROM THE ZONING DISTRICT BOUNDARY, FROM THE NEAREST RESIDENTIAL LOT.
BECAUSE THERE IS THE ALLOWANCE TO WHERE PANS AND ULTIMATELY CITY COUNCIL COULD ADOPT AN SUP HERE AND OVERRIDE THIS PER SE.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A ZONING ORDINANCE REQUIREMENT.
THIS IS A STANDARD THAT THE CASE WAS REVIEWED AGAINST, AND THAT IS WHY IT IS BEFORE YOU ALL TONIGHT.
>> CAN YOU RESTATE THE SCENARIO WHERE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED BY RIGHT WITHOUT AN SUP?
>> IF THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT WERE NOT ON THIS PROPERTY, IF THE PROPERTY WAS JUST ZONED STRAIGHT COMMERCIAL 2, BOTH MAJOR AUTOMOBILE REPAIR AND MINOR AUTOMOBILE REPAIR ARE PERMITTED BY RIGHT IN COMMERCIAL 2.
IF THIS WAS STRAIGHT COMMERCIAL 2 AND IT WAS OUTSIDE THAT 250 FEET, THEY COULD MOVE FORWARD.
IF IT WERE INSIDE THAT 250 FEET, IT WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED.
THERE WOULDN'T BE AN AVENUE AROUND IT.
BUT AGAIN, TONIGHT, YOU HAVE THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT SITS ON TOP OF STRAIGHT ZONING.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY, THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING.
WE'VE ESSENTIALLY GOT A LAYERED STRUCTURE HERE, COMMERCIAL 2 IS WHERE WE STARTED OUT WITH ALL OF OUR ORDINANCES, AND THEN THERE'S A PLAN DEVELOPMENT LAYERED ON TOP OF THAT THAT DEFINES SOME ADDITIONAL CRITERIA THAT WE WANTED ON THIS PROPERTY WHEN IT DEVELOPED.
>> THAT IS CORRECT. AS I STATED EARLIER, WHY THE DISTANCES ARE TO THE CENTER OF THE BUILDING.
THAT IS BECAUSE THAT IS, AND YOU CAN SEE HERE IN YELLOW,
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THOSE ARE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST.THOSE ARE THE MEETS AND BOUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR THIS SUP.
SHOULD THIS GET APPROVED, THERE IS NO PROVISION WITHIN THE SUP ORDINANCE THAT WOULD ALLOW THIS USE TO ENCROACH INTO THE EASTERN MOST SITE.
THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH ALL MULTI TENANT BUILDINGS ACROSS THE CITY.
WHAT ARE THE BUILDINGS AROUND IT TO THE I'M NOT SURE WHICH DIRECTION I'M LOOKING THAT WAY.
>> NO, YOU'RE LOOKING WEST RIGHT NOW.
>> THERE YOU GO. THAT'S NORTH.
>> PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING YOU'RE SEEING ON THE SCREEN HERE.
BUILDING SIX IS JUST ONE BUILDING WITHIN THE COBB BUSINESS PARK DEVELOPMENT.
ALL OF THESE BUILDINGS ARE YOUR OFFICE SHOW ROOM TYPE BUILDINGS.
WE'VE HAD PLANS APPROVED FOR A MAJOR PHARMACY, LIKE A COMPOUND PHARMACY BECAUSE IT CAN BE AN OFFICE SHOW ROOM LIKE IN HOME AN AUDIO VISUAL COMPANY?
>> THERE'S A BILLIARD STORE AT THE SOUTH.
>> IS THE PROPERTY TO THE, WHAT WAS THAT EAST? IS IT EMPTY?
>> DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S IN BUILDING 7?
>> FOR ME, IT'S BEING CONSISTENT WITH WHAT I DID LAST TIME AND THE CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS.
I APPRECIATE THAT YOU WERE WORKING TO TRY TO MAKE IT DIFFERENT.
HOWEVER, IT'S A CONSISTENCY THING FOR ME.
I SAID NO THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE OF THE USAGE AND THE ISSUES, AND SO IT WILL BE A NO FOR ME.
>> I THINK I CAN PROBABLY COUNT HERE.
I DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS THE FIRST TIME.
I'VE FOUND A COUPLE OF PLACES THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT WE'VE GOT OTHER AUTOMOBILE REPAIR WITHIN 200 FEET.
THE PLACE I TAKE MY CAR IS 200 FEET FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE'S A CALIBER COLLISION OVER ON PRESTON THAT'S LITERALLY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF A WALL OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
I KNOW IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE NOT KNOWING WHAT'S GOING TO BE DONE IN AN AUTO REPAIR FACILITY, BUT I DON'T THINK THIS USE IS GOING TO HAVE THE NOISE ISSUES.
I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT, BUT I THINK I CAN COUNT VOTES AT THIS POINT.
>> SUPPOSE I LOOK FOR A MOTION. OR WOULD WE NOT HAVE A MOTION? I GUESS YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE OR DENY?
>> YOU CAN EVEN TAKE ACTION AND [INAUDIBLE]
>> MOVE TO DENY. ITEM NUMBER 31.
[Consider and act upon adoption of an Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 2025-04-22, approving the 2040 Comprehensive Plan to incorporate 2025 Parks and Recreation Master Plan, Plan Your Play. (Play Frisco/SC)]
ITEM 32 IS CONSIDER AN ACT UPON ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2025-04-22 APPROVING THE 2040 CONFERENCEIVE PLAN TO INCORPORATE 2025 PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN.>> WHILE SHANNON'S COMING UP, I KNOW THIS ISN'T A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON IT, SO.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, SHANNON COATES DIRECTOR OF PLAY FRISCO.
THIS IS, AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR THE PAST YEAR ON THE PLAN YOUR PLAY PROCESS, WHICH OF COURSE IT BUILDS ON THE FOUNDATION OF OUR 2016 PARK AND REC OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN, AS WE'VE SEEN AND HAS BEEN APPROVED THROUGH MULTIPLE STEPS.
THIS IS THE FINAL STEP THAT WE NEED TO AMEND IT INTO THE ORDINANCE.
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THE PLAN RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD AT THEIR REGULAR MEETING ON FEBRUARY 13TH OF THIS YEAR, FOLLOWED BY APPROVAL FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON FEBRUARY 25TH OF THIS YEAR.THIS IS ALSO THE PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON APRIL 1ST OF THIS YEAR.
AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS THE FINAL STEP TO BRING THIS INTO THE ORDINANCE AS OFFICIAL ACCEPTANCE.
>> COUNCIL, ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
>> I BELIEVE ERIC HANSON WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. WE'LL HAVE HIM COME UP.
I LIVE AT 8195 SHACKLEFORD DRIVE IN LAWLER PARK.
I WANT TO COMMENT ON THE PLAY FRISCO REPORT.
I HAVE REVIEWED IT. IT'S A VERY LARGE REPORT, VERY DETAILED.
SOMEBODY SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY ON IT.
NO QUESTION, 99.99% OF IT I DON'T REALLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH.
WHAT I SEE IN THAT REPORT DOES ENCOURAGE ME.
IT SHOWS AN OVERRIDING CONCERN FOR THE PRESERVATION OF A TREE CANOPY.
GOOD, AS WELL AS HEAT MITIGATION, GOOD, RESTORATION OF THE HABITAT, GOOD, ALL OF WHICH I AGREE WITH.
I THINK MANY OF YOU HAVE COME OUT AND WALKED THE PROPOSED LOCATION OF THE SEVEN ACRE $5 MILLION DOG PARK AT BACCHUS PARK.
I THINK WHEN EVERYONE SAW IT, IT WAS DORMANT, NO LEAVES ON THE TREES.
IF YOU HAD COME OUT TODAY, IT WOULD BE EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE.
DENSE, YOU CAN'T HARDLY WALK INTO IT, CERTAINLY NOT SEE THROUGH IT.
THERE'S A LOT OF ANIMAL HABITAT THERE THAT'S A MAJOR CONCERN TO ALL OF US THAT ARE AROUND THAT AREA.
IF I CAN RESTATE MY POSITION FROM 18 MONTHS AGO, WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO A DOG PARK.
WE ARE OPPOSED TO THE LOCATION OF THE DOG PARK.
WE FOLLOWED UP WITH CITY SINCE OUR EARLIER DISCUSSIONS.
THE ONLY ANSWER WE GET IS THAT IT IS ON HOLD.
WHILE I'M ENCOURAGED WITH WHAT WE SEE IN THE REPORT.
UNFORTUNATELY, I REMAIN SKEPTICAL.
I REALLY FEEL LIKE WE'RE BEING PATRONIZED, AND THE DOG PARK WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE IN THE ORIGINAL LOCATION.
I'M HAPPY TO MEET WITH ANY OF YOU NOW THAT THE SEASONS HAVE CHANGED.
I THINK YOU'LL UNDERSTAND OUR CONCERNS EVEN BETTER THAN WHAT YOU SAW BEFORE.
ALTERNATIVELY, IN THE REPORT, WE SAW SOME THINGS ABOUT PROVIDING CANOPIES FOR THE PLAY EQUIPMENT IN THE PARKS.
ROUNDLY SUGGESTED, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A VALUABLE IMPROVEMENT.
THE EXCESSIVE SUMMER HEAT KEEPS MY GRAND KIDS OFF THE EQUIPMENT.
AS SUSAN HAS ALREADY SPOKEN, WE DO HAVE AN EROSION PROJECT GOING ON IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS IN THE CREEK THAT DIVIDES LAWLER PARK FROM BACCHUS PARK.
THE PEOPLE THERE, THE CONTRACTORS, THE CITY, EVERYONE HAS BEEN WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH.
THEY'VE BEEN VERY POLITE, VERY WILLING TO HEAR OUR CONCERNS, FIND SOLUTIONS.
IT'S BEEN A VERY POSITIVE EXPERIENCE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION ON THIS ITEM.
>> SECOND BY TAMMY ALL IN FAVOR?
SHANNON, IF YOU DON'T MIND SEEING A COUPLE OF EXTRA MINUTES TO MAYBE GIVE A SUMMARY ON OUR COUNCIL RECAP. THAT'D BE GREAT.
THANK YOU. ITEM 33 IS CONSIDERED AN ACT UPON ADOPTION
[Consider and act upon adoption of a Resolution directing publication of a Notice of Intention to issue Certificates of Obligation. (Financial Services/DC)]
OF A RESOLUTION DIRECTING PUBLICATION OF A NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL, DERRICK ON CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE CITY.
TONIGHT'S THE KICKOFF FOR THE SUMMER BOND PROGRAM, AS WE DISCUSSED DURING THE FRISCO YEAR 25 BUDGET PREPARATION.
THE ACTION ITEM TONIGHT IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE COS OR CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.
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THE 2A SERIES OR BOND ISSUANCE IS WOULD BE $70 MILLION FOR WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.A MAJORITY OF THAT WOULD BE FOR TANK AND PUMP STATION NUMBER 4.
THE SECOND PROJECT WOULD BE FOR PARKS AND RECREATION, GRAND PARK, $20 MILLION.
THAT'D BE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO THE $20 MILLION AND GO BONDS THAT ARE ALREADY AVAILABLE.
BOTH OF THESE BOND ISSUANCES WOULD BE SELF SUPPORTING, MEANING THE WATER AND SEWER WOULD BE PAID THROUGH WATER AND SEWER RATES, AND THE GRAND PARK WOULD BE PAID THROUGH CDC SALES TAX REVENUE.
THIS IS THE FIRST STEP TONIGHT.
I'LL BRING BACK A PARAMETERS ORDINANCE ON JULY 1ST, OUTLINE THE TERMS ON WHICH THE DEBT COULD BE SOLD.
THEN WE WOULD TAKE BIDS LATER THAT MONTH WITH GETTING FUNDING IN AUGUST OF 2025.
WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> COUNCIL, WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE?
>> SECOND BY TAMMY. ALL IN FAVOR.
[City Council discussion with City Staff concerning any actions required by City Staff as a result of any item on tonight's agenda.]
CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION OF CITY STAFF, CONCERNING ANY ACTIONS REQUIRED BY CITY STAFF AS A RESULT OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
ANY ITEMS NOTED? ITEM 35 IS GOVERNANCE MONITORING.
[Discussion on Governance Monitoring of present City Council Meeting.]
>> I HAD GOVERNANCE MONITORING TONIGHT AND GAVE US AN A.
>> LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
>> SECOND BY BILL. ALL IN FAVOR.
>> PASS IS 6/0. WE ADJOURNED AT 9:35. THANK YOU.
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