[00:00:02] WELCOME TO THE MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL. WE ARE AT FRISCO CITY HALL, THE GEORGE A. PUREFOY MUNICIPAL CENTER AND COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 6101 FRISCO SQUARE BOULEVARD IN FRISCO, TEXAS. IT IS 415 ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 19TH, 2025. I WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. WE'RE JOINED BY THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL. THE FIRST ITEM IS ACTUALLY A SOCIAL EVENT. [SOCIAL EVENT] ITEM TWO IS CITY COUNCIL RECESSING THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND PROCEEDING TO A SOCIAL EVENT HELD AT THE FORD CENTER, LOCATED AT 9 COWBOYS WAY, FRISCO, TEXAS, 75034. THE SOCIAL EVENT IS COUNCIL ACTUALLY JOINING THE DALLAS COWBOYS AS WE WELCOME THEM BACK HOME TO START THEIR TRAINING CAMP HERE AT THE STAR IN FRISCO AND START THEIR SUPER BOWL RUN RIGHT HERE WITH THIS FIRST PRACTICE LIVE. IT'S OPEN TO THE FANS THIS EVENING UNTIL 8:00 AND AGAIN TOMORROW FROM 4:30 TO 8. AND IT IS FREE ENTRY, SO WE HOPE OUR RESIDENTS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND GET TO SEE SOME GREAT FOOTBALL. SO WITH THAT I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION. SO MOVED. MOTION BY JOHN. SECOND. SECOND BY LAURA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSES SIX ZERO. WE ARE RECESSED AT 4:15 P.M.. GO, COWBOYS. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO RECONVENE? SO MOVED. MOTION BY JOHN. SECOND BY LAURA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSES FOUR ZERO. WE'RE RECONVENED AT 6:12 P.M.. AND THAT'LL TAKE US IN THE CLOSED SESSION ITEM FOUR RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION. AND COMPLIANCE SECTION 551.001 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE ITEM A, [CLOSED SESSION] SECTION 551.071 MEETING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE CITY ATTORNEY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS, CONFLICTS WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT REGARDING ONE RECEIVED LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING CAMERON KRAEMER VS. CITY OF FRISCO, TEXAS; CAUSE NO. 416-05201-2024; 416TH. JUDICIAL DISTRICT. DISTRICT COURT OF COLLIN COUNTY. ITEM B, SECTION 551.072. TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED ONE NORTH OF EL DORADO, WEST OF PRESTON, EAST OF DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY AND SOUTH OF 380. ITEM C, SECTION 551.074 PERSONNEL MATTERS AUTHORIZING CERTAIN DELIBERATIONS ABOUT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE GOVERNMENT BODY TO BE HELD IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. THERE'S ONE ITEM. CITY COUNCIL DELIBERATION OF THE DUTIES AND EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT OF THE CITY MANAGER AND 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. I HAVE A MOTION. SO MOVED. MOTION BY JOHN. SECOND. SECOND BY LAURA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THAT PASSES FIVE ZERO. WE'RE NOW RECESSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 6:14. COUNCIL, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO RECONVENE? SO MOVED. MOTION BY JOHN. SECOND BY LAURA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSES FIVE ZERO. WE'RE RECONVENING IN REGULAR SESSION AT 7:43 P.M. AS A RESULT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION. THERE IS NO ACTION FOR COUNCIL TO TAKE, AND APOLOGIZE WE'RE RUNNING A LITTLE LATE THIS EVENING. WE HAD TO TAKE A FIELD TRIP TO WELCOME THE DALLAS COWBOYS BACK TO FRISCO. THAT WAS FUN. WOOHOO! AND THEY PROMISED US THEY'RE GOING TO WIN THE SUPER BOWL THIS YEAR. WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER FOR OUR INVOCATION AND OUR PLEDGE. [INVOCATION (to begin approximately at 7:30 p.m.)] OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. BECAUSE WE HAD SUCH A SHORT AGENDA, WE WERE TRYING TO ABBREVIATE SOME THINGS. SO I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO BE THE ONE TO PRAY FOR US THIS EVENING. SO IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME. HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT WE HAVE TODAY FOR THE BLESSINGS TO LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY, THE BLESSINGS TO LIVE IN THIS CITY THE BLESSINGS TO LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT REALLY CARES FOR EACH OTHER. LORD, I PRAY FOR THE ENTIRE COUNCIL AS WE PROCEED OVER THIS EVENING AND I PRAY FOR OUR WISDOM. I PRAY FOR RESPECT AND KINDNESS AMONGST EACH OTHER, AMONGST OUR COMMUNITY, AND IN ALL THAT WE DO. LORD, MAY WE GLORIFY YOU. IN YOUR PRECIOUS NAME I PRAY. AMEN. GOOD JOB. ALL RIGHT. AND NOW I DO SEE WE HAVE SOME SCOUTS HERE. WOULD YOU GUYS MIND LEADING US IN THE PLEDGE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. [00:05:13] APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING. ALL RIGHT. WE GOT TWO GUYS SO I CAN REALLY WORK Y'ALL OVER. [Council comment or acknowledgement of proclamations issued by the Mayor.] NO. I WANT TO. ARE Y'ALL COWBOYS FANS FIRST AND FOREMOST. YES. BOTH OF Y'ALL ARE COWBOYS FANS. OKAY, WELL, THEN WE GOT A TREAT FOR YOU. SO THIS IS OFFICIALLY GAME WORN. SO JOHN KEATING IS GOING TO GIVE UP HIS. AND I'LL GIVE UP MINE. SO YOU CAN HAVE YOUR OFFICIAL COWBOYS PIN. HOW ABOUT THAT? I SHOULD HAVE MADE YOU ANSWER MY QUESTIONS FIRST. BUT I DO WANT YOU TO GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELVES. AND YOU KNOW WHAT SCHOOL YOU GO TO? WHAT GRADE? YOU KNOW WHY YOU LOVE SCOUTING. GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. AND THEN, SINCE IT IS FINALLY FOOTBALL SEASON, WE ALREADY KNOW YOUR COWBOYS FANS. BUT WHAT YOU'RE MOST EXCITED ABOUT FOR THIS FOOTBALL SEASON AND FEEL FREE TO MENTION THAT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IS NUMBER ONE IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL. [LAUGHTER] HI, EVERYBODY. I'M NOLAN FLANAGAN. I'M A SENIOR AT MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL. I'M 17. I'M ABOUT TO TURN 18. SO TRYING TO GET THAT EAGLE DONE. MY PROJECTS ON SATURDAY. SO HOPING FOR GOOD PROGRESS. I'M A BIG FAN OF THE LONGHORNS, TOO. IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD SEASON. AND, YEAH, I'M GLAD TO BE HERE. I'M THANKFUL THAT I Y'ALL HAD ME HERE TO LEAD THE PLEDGE. I'M JOHN FLANAGAN, AND I'M A FRESHMAN AT MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL. I'M IN THE SAME BOAT AS NOLAN WITH SPORTS. BIG FAN OF THE TEXAS LONGHORNS. I THANK YOU FOR LETTING US LEAD US. YOU LEAD YOU GUYS IN THE PLEDGE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS. I DID JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. [APPLAUSE] HOW OFTEN DO Y'ALL. SORRY. HOW OFTEN DO YOU GUYS MEET HERE? ALL RIGHT, WELL, GOOD QUESTION. SO WE MEET TWICE A MONTH IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY. SO THE FIRST AND THIRD TUESDAY OF EVERY SINGLE MONTH. AND THEN WE HAVE LOTS OF OTHER WORK SESSIONS. SO THAT'S NOT THE ONLY MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE. SO WE'VE GOT WORK SESSIONS AND WE'VE GOT SUBCOMMITTEES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT AND CITIZEN MEETINGS. AND SO IT'S A BIG TIME COMMITMENT FOR THOSE THAT CHOOSE TO SERVE HERE. SO IT IS A SURPRISE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHEN I GO TO ALL THE SECOND GRADERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE BIGGEST THING, I'VE GOT A WHOLE SECOND GRADE BIT NOW THAT I HAVE, AND MY FAVORITE JOKE IS FOR THEM TO GUESS HOW MUCH THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MAKE. AND OF COURSE, THEY GUESS LIKE $1 MILLION OR $500,000 OR ALL OF THAT. AND WHEN WE TELL THEM WE MAKE NOTHING, THEY'RE LIKE, WHAT? BUT IT LEADS INTO THE CONVERSATION OF WHAT A VOLUNTEER IS. AND SO THIS IS A VOLUNTEER ROLE. AND IT'S ABOUT SERVICE, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY WHAT SCOUTING LARGELY REPRESENTS. SO YOU'RE WELL ON YOUR WAY. AND MAYBE A FUTURE MAYOR OR COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. LET'S THANK THEM FOR BEING HERE. [APPLAUSE] DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU? AND OH, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE. WE'RE SENDING YOU ALL GEARED UP. THERE WE GO. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR OFFICIAL FRISCO BADGES AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS. OKAY. COUNCIL. ANY OTHER PROCLAMATIONS SINCE OUR LAST MEETING THAT WILL HAPPEN IN PUBLIC? YOU WANT TO NOTE? OKAY. AND WE JUST HAVE A COUPLE FOR CITIZEN INPUT. [CITIZEN INPUT (to begin approximately at 8:00 p.m.)] SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO CITIZEN INPUT. OKAY. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH CITIZENS INPUT, WE ARE ALLOWED TO LISTEN. WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO RESPOND. WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE FACT BASED INFORMATION AS A RESPONSE, EITHER BY COUNCIL OR BY CITY STAFF. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THIS IS FOR US TO LISTEN TO YOU. SO I WILL GET STARTED. WE HAVE THREE CARDS THIS EVENING. I'M GOING TO START WITH JENNIFER LOONEY. WHEN YOU COME TO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AS WELL, PLEASE. AND THEN FOLLOWING AFTER MRS. LOONEY WILL HAVE CHANDEL GRAY. HI. MY NAME IS JENNIFER LOONEY, AND I HAVE LIVED IN FRISCO, TEXAS FOR OVER 25 YEARS AND I RESIDE ON PISA LANE IN BELLA COSTA NEIGHBORHOOD. I APPRECIATE HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. FOR MY FIRST TWO YEARS OF SERVICE. IN ADDITION TO SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL LOVELY PARKS, I AM ALSO A BOARD MEMBER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS GUILD OF FRISCO. IT IS A VOLUNTEER RUN 501C3 NONPROFIT WITH A MISSION TO SUPPORT LOCAL ARTS AND LOCAL VISUAL ARTISTS. [00:10:02] EXCUSE ME, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK SOME OF THE COUNCIL PEOPLE FOR ATTENDING OUR GRAND OPENING AT THE BEACON, THE DISTRICT'S NEWEST RESIDENTIAL BUILDING, WHERE WE PARTNERED WITH DEVELOPER CAP MULTIFAMILY, AND WE PUT PERMANENT ART AS WELL AS A ROTATING ART GALLERY. AND THERE SHOULD BE THREE MORE TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE FUTURE. THE NEXT ONE AT OAK AND SECOND STREET CALLED THE PLATFORM, AND WE WELCOME YOU ALL OUT WHENEVER WE HAVE THE GRAND OPENING FOR THAT AS WELL. BUT I'M ALSO HERE TO INVITE YOU THIS WEEKEND TO THE SECOND ANNUAL ART IN THE ARENA INDOOR FINE ART FESTIVAL THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN OUR COMERICA CENTER AT GAYLORD AND THE TOLLWAY ACROSS FROM HALL PARK, WITH OUR OWN MARLA ROE AS ONE OF OUR ART THAT SPEAKS TO ME, JURORS. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING HER OPINION ON THE BEAUTIFUL ART. THE EVENT IS BEING HELD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MELODY OF HOPE. IT IS A MUSICAL NONPROFIT THAT IS ALSO ANOTHER FRISCO ARTS FOUNDATION GRANT RECIPIENT, AND THEY WILL FEATURE NINE LIVE MUSIC ARTISTS. AND WE WILL FEATURE OVER 50 ART BOOTHS THAT WILL INSPIRE. AND WE HOPE YOU WILL COME WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND ENGAGE WITH US. ADMISSION ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY IS ABSOLUTELY FREE WITH FREE PARKING COVERED PARKING. SO COME CHILL WITH US IN THE AIR CONDITION COMERICA CENTER THIS WEEKEND. ALSO, IF YOU KNOW OF ANY ARTISTS OR ART GROUPS LIKE THE VISUAL ARTS GUILD OF FRISCO THAT WOULD LIKE TO CREATE WONDERFUL CULTURAL ARTS PROJECTS IN OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY. THE FRISCO ARTS FOUNDATION IS NOW ACCEPTING GRANT APPLICATIONS THROUGH THE END OF AUGUST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NOW WE'LL HAVE MRS. GRAY, PLEASE. AND FOLLOWING HER, WE'LL HAVE MR. LEE. YES. GOOD EVENING. I'M CHANDEL GRAY, AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY TODAY. AND I AM HERE BECAUSE SATURDAY, AUGUST 16TH, WAS FORGIVENESS DAY IN FRISCO, TEXAS. AND SO, EVEN THOUGH THE DAY HAS PASSED, THE MESSAGE OF FORGIVENESS DEFINITELY HAS NOT EXPIRED. SO I WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST BE ABLE TO SHARE ON A TOPIC THAT I LOVE, WHICH IS FORGIVENESS. AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT AWARE. FORGIVENESS DAY IN FRISCO, TEXAS WAS PROCLAIMED ON AUGUST 16TH IN 2021 IN THIS VERY ROOM BY OUR WONDERFUL MAYOR CHENEY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. AND IT WAS IN SUPPORT OF A FORGIVENESS CAMPAIGN THAT MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE CALLED FORGIVE AND LIVE TODAY TO INSPIRE 1 MILLION ACTS OF FORGIVENESS. AND WE HAVE FOUR GOALS WHICH ARE TO SEE FAMILIES RESTORED, FRIENDSHIPS REPAIRED, COMMUNITY STRENGTHENED, AND PEOPLE EMPOWERED. THIS YEAR, THE MESSAGE OF FORGIVENESS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ACTUALLY CAME FROM AN INCIDENT THAT I JUST WENT THROUGH. SO ON SATURDAY I WAS JUST DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL. LONG STORY SHORT, I FOUND OUT THAT I HAD AN INFECTION THAT HAD GONE INTO MY KIDNEYS AND THEN MADE IT INTO MY BLOODSTREAM. AND WHEN I WENT IN, I DID NOT KNOW THAT I HAD THIS INFECTION AND ESPECIALLY DID NOT KNOW I HAD AN INFECTION IN THE BLOOD. AND SO WHEN I WAS DISCHARGED A FEW DAYS LATER, I THOUGHT ABOUT IT. AND I REALLY, I REALLY FEEL LIKE DEALING WITH UNFORGIVENESS IS JUST LIKE THAT. SOMETIMES WE MIGHT THINK WE'RE OKAY, BUT WHAT WE THINK DOES NOT ALWAYS EQUAL WHAT WE KNOW IS TRUE. AND WHEN I WENT IN ON WEDNESDAY, I WAS FEELING SO MUCH BETTER. I WAS JUST EXHAUSTED. SUNDAY AND MONDAY I FELT A LITTLE OFF, AND THEN I FELT A LITTLE PRESSURE IN MY ABDOMEN ON TUESDAY. BUT BY WEDNESDAY I WAS KIND OF I THINK I'M ON THE UPWARD END OF THIS, DOING ALL THE MEET THE TEACHER STUFF AND EVERYTHING, AND I WAS ON MY WAY TO LUNCH. I WASN'T EVEN GOING TO GO, AND I JUST FELT THIS NUDGING THAT SAID, GO GET CHECKED. AND WHEN I WENT TO GET CHECKED, OF COURSE, I WAS SURPRISED TO FIND OUT THAT I HAD A BLOOD INFECTION. AND SO SOMETIMES WHEN WE HEAR ABOUT FORGIVENESS, WE MAY SAY, OH, I'M NOT MAD AT ANYBODY, I'M OKAY. BUT WE DON'T REALIZE THAT THERE MAY BE SOMETHING INSIDE OR SOMETHING THAT'S CONNECTED TO US THAT'S NOT OKAY. AND SO THIS YEAR, I WOULD JUST LOVE TO SHARE AND SAY, TAKE SOME TIME REALLY TO DO AN ASSESSMENT AND JUST THINK, IS THERE ANY RESENTMENT? IS THERE ANY BITTERNESS? ARE THERE ANY HURTS THAT HAVE FESTERED THAT PERHAPS IF I DON'T ADDRESS IT, COULD END UP TURNING INTO SOMETHING THAT [00:15:06] COULD REALLY AFFECT THE VERY LIFEBLOOD OF YOUR FAMILY, YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND THE CITY AT LARGE. AND SO THAT IS MY PRAYER FOR THIS CITY. I THINK I HAVE BECOME A SELF-PROCLAIMED FORGIVENESS AMBASSADOR FOR FRISCO. AND AND THIS YEAR ALSO, I DID ALSO WANT TO JUST GIVE A PRACTICAL THING BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY, WELL, HOW DO I KNOW? OR I DON'T EVEN EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START TO DEAL WITH UNFORGIVENESS. AND THERE'S A LOT OF PROTOCOLS, BUT THE ONE THAT I'LL SHARE IN THE INTEREST OF TIME IS DON'T START BY THINKING OF PEOPLE. BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO FORGIVENESS, WE DON'T FORGIVE PEOPLE, WE FORGIVE WOUNDS, AND PEOPLE CAN INFLICT MULTIPLE WOUNDS ON US. SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO ADDRESS EVERY WOUND. SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START, THEN JUST THINK ABOUT ARE THERE ANY WOUNDS THAT STILL KIND OF HURT THAT ARE A LITTLE TENDER THAT MAYBE I NEED TO ADDRESS, OR I KNOW SOMEONE ELSE WHO NEEDS TO ADDRESS IT? SO THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME, AND I AM EXCITED TO KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO HEAL TOGETHER IN THIS CITY. AND ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT ARISES WHERE WE CAN SHARE THIS MESSAGE OF FORGIVENESS, PLEASE DO LET ME KNOW. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE MR. LEE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY IN THIS SESSION. TODAY'S MY SUBJECT IS WHAT IS THE BLESSING IN KEEPING SABBATH DAY SABBATH DAY. SEVENTH DAY. I WILL SUMMARIZE, AND I WILL READ IT. COME UNTO ME, ALL YE THAT ARE HEAVY LADEN. I WILL GIVE YOU REST. REST IN CHRIST. YOU WILL. YOU WILL GET PEACEFUL RESTING IN CHRIST. DELIGHT IN THE LORD. THAT IS A SABBATH KEEPER. KEEPERS OF BLESSING. YOU BECOME SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD BECAUSE YOU SELECT. PLEASE, GOD. SO GOD SELECT YOU. HERE'S YOUR SON AND DAUGHTERS. BUT MORE THAN THAT, NEW NAME WILL BE GIVEN TO THEM. THERE WILL BE FOREVER YOU WILL HAVE A NEW COVENANT PEOPLE YOU WILL BE. WHAT DOES THE COVENANT MEAN? THE BIBLE SAYS. GOD WILL BE OUR GOD. AND HE WILL TAKE CARE OF AND TAKE CARE OF OUR FUTURE AND EVERYTHING. BUT HE WILL GIVE TO THE CHILDREN OF GOD NEW HEART, AND NEW MIND, AND A NEW SPIRIT, SO ALL THEY WILL KEEP. THEY VOLUNTARILY KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND THE STATUTES. IF THEY BECOME A CHILDREN OF GOD, THEN A HERITAGE OF JACOB WILL BE GIVEN TO HIM, BUT THEY WILL DIE. THEIR FATHER'S [00:20:09] HERITAGE MEANS HEIRS. HEIRS OF GOD. JOINT HEIRS WITH CHRIST JESUS. WITHOUT WE GO THERE. A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH. CHRIST AGAIN CANNOT ENJOY EVERYTHING. THAT MEANS JOINT HEIR WITH CHRIST JESUS. SO I WANT TO GIVE YOU HOMEWORK. PLEASE GET A BIBLE IN THE DOWNTOWN SOMEWHERE, A BOOKSTORE, GOOD BOOKSTORE, BIG ONE. I FINALLY FOUND THE BARNES AND NOBLE GOOD BIBLE COUPLED WITH THE LEATHER [INAUDIBLE]. THEN YOU WILL HAVE UNTIL YOUR LIFE DEATH LIFE LEST YOU CAN ENJOY THE KING JAMES VERSION WILL BE RECOMMENDABLE. TRANSLATION IS A VERY ORIGINAL LANGUAGE AND THE ORIGINAL ORIGINAL LANGUAGE, SO IT WILL BE GOOD FOR YOU. AND THANK YOU, MR. LEE. NEXT. NEXT TIME, NEXT TIME. OKAY, THEN. THANK YOU. WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME, MR. LEE. THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT WILL MOVE US TO OUR REPORT SECTION. [Visit Frisco July 2025 Sales and Marketing Report.] ITEM SEVEN IS OUR VISIT FRISCO REPORT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE'VE ATTACHED SOME OF OUR RESEARCH TO OUR REPORT, AND YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE OUR OCCUPANCY IS KIND OF LIKE A LITTLE ROLLER COASTER, BUT OVERALL, THE MARKET IS DOING REALLY WELL. WE'RE ABOUT 10% AHEAD IN REVENUES. SO THINGS CONTINUE TO. WE HAVE BIG MONTHS AND KIND OF FLAT MONTHS, BUT THINGS ARE REALLY WELL. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT SHOWING OUR NEW SCOOPED OUT VERSION OF SPORTS CITY USA IN SEPTEMBER AT OUR PREMIERE EVENT. AND THEN I JUST THOUGHT I'D MENTION, IN ADDITION TO WHAT JENNIFER MENTIONED ABOUT ART IN THE ARENA THE WEEKEND AFTER THAT IS BANANA BALLS, BANANA BALL AT THE WRITERS FIELD, AND THEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER THAT IS DINOSAURS IN THE PARK AT THE DISTRICT AT OMNI PGA. SO THERE REALLY IS JUST A WIDE VARIETY OF THINGS FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO DO OF ALL AGES. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ON MY REPORT. ALL RIGHT COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? MARLA NO QUESTIONS. BUT I DID I SAT ON A PANEL SUNDAY NIGHT, AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THEY ASKED US IS THAT IF YOU WERE TO RECAPTURE THE VISION OF YOUR CITY, WHAT WOULD IT BE? AND I TOTALLY CHEATED AND SAID, USE THE TAGLINE THAT WE WERE USING FOR SPORT CITY USA. AND I SAID, WELL, ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE'VE RECENTLY LOOKED AT IS WHERE GREATNESS GROWS, BEING THE VISION FOR OUR CITY. AND IT WAS HERE THAT THE ENTIRE AUDIENCE WENT, OOH, I LIKE IT. SO IT WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED BY AN ENTIRE CONFERENCE ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT AND SAYING THAT. WE APPRECIATE IT. I THINK IT'S I MEAN, YOU WERE PART OF MAKING THAT DECISION WITH US. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ITEM EIGHT IS OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES REPORT. [Development Services activity monthly update report for the months of June 2025 and July 2025.] TWO THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT. AND IT'S IN THE JULY. SO YOU HAVE JUNE AND JULY. THERE HAVE BEEN IN JULY ADDITION WHERE YOU PUT IN INFORMATION REGARDING THE SHORT TERM RENTAL PROGRAM. THIS IS WHERE WE WILL JUST START REPORTING THIS ANNUALLY IN OUR MONTHLY REPORT INSTEAD OF HAVING A WORK SESSION. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL AGREED TO AFTER WE HAD TWO WORK SESSIONS FOR THE TWO PREVIOUS YEARS. AND SO FOR TWO NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE FOR SHORT TERM RENTALS WAS APPROVED THREE YEARS AGO. AND SO WE JUST DO AN ANNUAL CHECK IN. BUT WHEN THAT STR PROGRAM WAS COLLECTED, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE COLLECTING A HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. WE WORKED WITH MARLA AND HER TEAM ON THAT, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE SOMEBODY IS ON CALL 24 OVER SEVEN AND WITHIN THE REPORT, PLACE CALLS COMPARED TO TWO YEARS AGO TO THIS YEAR, THEY'RE DOWN FROM LIKE 74 TO ABOUT 46. SO THE PROGRAM WAS WORKING. WE DO HAVE A THIRD PARTY VENUE VENDOR THAT GOES OUT AND IDENTIFIES THE PROPERTY. [00:25:06] AND THEN MY CODE STAFF WILL GO THROUGH THOSE AND VERIFY ARE THEY A SHORT TERM RENTAL OR NOT. SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY DOING THAT. AND WHEN WE DO FIND SOMEBODY THAT'S OPERATING THEN WE HAVE THEM GET A PERMIT. THE SECOND IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED ON SYCAMORE STREET, AND THIS IS THE BUILDING THAT WAS RUNNING DOWN PLACE. DAVID SHILSON'S TEAM CONTACTED CODE ENFORCEMENT TO COME OUT. THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT HOARDING HAPPENING ON THE PROPERTY AND THEN TO GET IN CODE OR PLACE THEY CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND SO IT WAS PRETTY BAD INSIDE. YOU HAD MISSING CEILINGS, SUBFLOOR WAS EXPOSED FECES. THE BUILDING HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED HERE WITHIN PROBABLY ABOUT THE END OF THE MONTH. THERE'S TWO BUILDINGS ON THE PROPERTY AND THE PERSON HAD COLLECTED, LIKE 52 CATS. AND SO TEAM THOUGHT THAT SHE MIGHT HAVE COLLECTED SOME NEIGHBOR'S CATS AND NOT KNOW ABOUT IT. BUT THAT SITUATION IS UNFORTUNATE, BUT IS GETTING ADDRESSED. SO BESIDES THAT ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? THE ONLY COMMENTS I'LL MAKE, JOHN, IS I WAS WALKING THE NEW PLAZA IN DOWNTOWN TODAY. SEE, THE STAGE IS COMING UP OUT OF THE GROUND. AND I MEAN, OF COURSE I'VE SEEN IT HUNDREDS OF TIMES ON PAPER, BUT JUST WALKING IN, IN PERSON, IT'S MUCH LARGER IN SCALE THAN IT LOOKS LIKE ON PAPER. LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY LARGE, MAGNIFICENT PLAZA, KIND OF SEEING IT ALL, ALL COME TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, JUST WHEN THE TREES AND EVERYTHING START FALLING INTO PLACE. AND IT'S LIKE WHAT JASON BRAUTIGAN WAS MENTIONING ABOUT. ALL THE UNDERGROUND WORK HAS BEEN DONE. NOW PEOPLE WILL SEE LIKE IT'S MOVING A LOT FASTER, BUT IT'S WHAT'S UNDERGROUND THAT'S GOT TO GET DONE FIRST BEFORE YOU CAN DO WORK ON THE SURFACE. BUT IT'S ALL COMING TOGETHER. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ITEM NINE IS OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT. [Fire Department monthly reports on incident responses and educational activities for the months of June and July 2025.] GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, LEE GLOVER, FIRE CHIEF. AROUND JULY 4TH. WE HAD A VERY BAD SITUATION THAT TOOK PLACE IN KERR COUNTY IN CENTRAL TEXAS WITH FLOODING OF FRISCO. THE CITY OF FRISCO WAS ABLE TO DEPLOY SIX TEAM MEMBERS DOWN THERE. CAPTAIN JOSH CURTIS DEPLOYED WITH TEXAS TASK FORCE ONE CAPTAIN ALLEN WYATT, LIEUTENANT MATT SAPP, DRIVER OPERATOR SHANE ARMSTRONG, AND FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC DAVID BIRDSONG ALL DEPLOYED WITH TEXAS TASK FORCE 2. MEMBERS OF TEXAS TASK FORCE ONE AND TWO FOCUSED ON SEARCH AND RECOVERY EFFORTS ALONG THE GUADALUPE RIVER. SEVERAL CREEKS AND LAKE TRAVIS THAT WERE IMPACTED BY THE FLOODING. SEARCHES WERE CONDUCTED BY BOTH GROUND AND AIR, AND INCLUDED CLEARING DEBRIS AND SEARCHING BOTH LAND AND WATER. FIREFIGHTER JEFF ROSEN DEPLOYED AS A MEMBER OF STRIKE TEAM 162 TO THE TEXAS INTERSTATE FIRE MUTUAL AID SYSTEM, ALSO KNOWN AS TIFMAS, AND ASSISTED WITH IN PROVIDING 911 RESPONSE AREA FOR THE GEORGETOWN AND CEDAR PARK AREAS IN TOTAL. THE CITY OF FRISCO, ALONG WITH THESE FIRE MEMBERS, DEPLOYED FROM JULY 4TH UNTIL AUGUST 9TH. THEN LAST THURSDAY, WE WERE ASKED AGAIN TO DEPLOY TWO MEMBERS BACK TO THE AREA. BOTH LIEUTENANT MATT SAPP AND FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC DAVID BIRDSONG RETURNED TO CENTRAL TEXAS TO WORK AS BOAT OPERATORS FOR DIVE SPECIALISTS AS THEY CONVINCE MORE OPERATIONS. NOW TO THE GOOD STUFF. ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 30TH, THE FRISCO ROUGHRIDERS WILL RECOGNIZE ALL FIRST RESPONDERS FROM THE METROPLEX THAT DEPLOYED TO CENTRAL TEXAS DURING THEIR GAME AGAINST THE SAN ANTONIO MISSIONS. A HILL COUNTY FLOOD RELIEF FUNDRAISING EFFORT WILL BE INCLUDED DURING THIS. AND JERSEYS WORN BY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AFFILIATE CLUBS WILL BE AUCTIONED. FIRST RESPONDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND FOR FREE. THOSE THAT RESPONDED TO THE INCIDENT AND WILL BE RECOGNIZED AT SOME POINT DURING THE GAME. ON SEPTEMBER 12TH, THE FRISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE FRISCO FIREFIGHTER ASSOCIATION ARE PARTNERING WITH THE FRISCO ROUGHRIDERS ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH, TO BENEFIT THE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION FILL THE BOOT CAMPAIGN. SO WE'LL HAVE FIREFIGHTER ASSOCIATION MEMBERS WILL BE COLLECTING DONATIONS AT EACH OF THE GATES. SO WE'LL GET YOU GOING IN AND GET YOU COMING OUT. ANOTHER THING, IF PEOPLE WANT TO, THEY CAN GO ONLINE TO FILL THE BOOT RIGHT THERE ON THE LINK THAT SHOWED ON THE SCREEN. AND THEY CAN DONATE THAT WAY. AND FINALLY, REGISTRATION FOR CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY CLASS 48 IS OPEN AND WE STILL HAVE A FEW SPOTS AVAILABLE. THE FALL CLASS WILL BEGIN ON SEPTEMBER 4TH. IT WILL TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY EVENINGS FOR NINE WEEKS, [00:30:05] AND YOU CAN COME AND LEARN EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. HEY, CHIEF, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK IT WAS INCREDIBLE THAT STRIKE TEAM 162 WAS DEPLOYED TO GO HELP PEOPLE OUT. I KNOW SEVERAL OF THE MEMBERS HERE HEARD FROM ME THAT DAY. AND TO THE FAMILIES OF THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT WENT OUT THERE, PERSONAL GRATITUDE AND YOU KNOW, JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN FOR PROVIDING THAT SERVICE. MUCH NEEDED SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE. QUESTIONS? JUMPING AHEAD. CHIEF, I KNOW THAT JUST COME UP PROBABLY NEXT MONTH OR IN YOUR NEXT REPORT, BUT JUST EXCITED ABOUT ENGINE NINE AND STATION NINE. AND PUSHING THAT TRUCK IN WAS A LOT OF FUN. AND I KNOW WE HAD A GOOD TURNOUT THERE. AND CONGRATULATIONS. THAT'S. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FIVE YEARS IN IN THE MAKING TO GET FROM START TO FINISH TO GET A FIRE TRUCK HERE. SO CONGRATS. THAT WAS COOL. CHIEF, I HAVE A QUESTION. JUST KIND OF BUILDING OFF OF THAT WITH THE NEW FIRE STATION HOW LONG DOES IT TYPICALLY TAKE FOR US TO START SEEING THE RESPONSE NUMBERS? KIND OF REACT TO CUTTING IN THAT NEW STATION. WELL, THE NEW STATION NEEDS TO BE THERE FOR A YEAR. SO WE'LL START COLLECTING DATA FROM MAY WHEN WE MOVED IN. AND WE'RE COLLECTING THE DATA, BUT THERE'S NOTHING TO COMPARE IT TO FROM THE YEAR BEFORE BECAUSE THERE WASN'T A STATION THERE. SO ONCE A FULL YEAR IS UP, THEN YOU'LL START SEEING NEXT MAY YOU'LL START SEEING STATION TENS TIMES. BUT WE CAN SHOW YOU STATION TEN TIME. BUT IT WON'T BE. I WON'T BE ABLE TO COMPARE IT. OKAY. AWESOME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ITEM TEN. THANK YOU CHIEF. [Police Department's crime statistics and response times for the months of June 2025 and July 2025.] ITEM TEN IS OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, DAVID SHILSON, CHIEF OF POLICE. I'LL START WITH WE RECENTLY, JUST LAST WEEK, HAD OUR LATEST PROMOTIONAL AND SWEARING IN CEREMONY. WE SWORE IN OUR NEWEST OFFICERS AND RECOGNIZE THE PROMOTION OF FOUR SWORN INDIVIDUALS, TWO CORPORALS, TWO SERGEANTS, AND THEN OUR NEW PUBLIC SAFETY TECHNICAL SERVICES MANAGER, KYLE KASSEBAUM. WE RECOGNIZED HIM AS WELL. THIS IS JUST PART OF HIGHLIGHTING AND CELEBRATING OUR NEWEST OFFICERS AND ALL THE OPPORTUNITY THAT EXISTS AT OUR DEPARTMENT. INCLUDED IN THAT PRESENTATION, I'M GOING TO BRING THEM ON UP ARE WE SWORE IN OUR TWO NEWEST CANINES. YES, THIS IS OFFICER CHANDLER WITH HIS CANINE PARTNER, MURRAY, AND OFFICER HEPP WITH HIS CANINE PARTNER TEX. AND MURRAY IS NAMED AFTER CHRIS MURRAY, WHO WAS A CADET THAT PASSED AWAY IN DECEMBER OF 16. NEARING COMPLETION OF THE ACADEMY. THESE ARE DUAL PURPOSE DOGS TRAINED IN APPREHENSION SEARCHES NARCOTICS DETECTION. THEY DO QUITE A BIT OF TRAINING, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE. THAT'S AN ONGOING EFFORT. AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF TEX SPEAKS POLISH, BUT I KNOW HE WAS BORN IN POLAND. AND SO THESE ARE OUR TWO NEWEST CANINES. AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT HAVING THEM ON BOARD NOW GIVES US THREE PATROL CANINES. AND WE OF COURSE HAVE OUR WELLNESS CANINE, LYNN. SO AS PART OF OUR GROWING FAMILY AND VERY CRITICAL TO OUR OPERATION THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN BUSY WORKING. SO THANK YOU GUYS. AND THEY'RE SO WELL BEHAVED. THEY DIDN'T EVEN BARK. I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH THAT. SO AND LASTLY, OF COURSE SCHOOL IS BACK IN SESSION. JUST A REMINDER TO OUR MOTORISTS OUT THERE TO HEED THE SCHOOL ZONES. YOU KNOW, KNOW THE RULES RELATED TO PASSING SCHOOL BUSSES OR NOT PASSING SCHOOL BUSSES WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE ACTIVATED. AND THEN SHAMELESS PLUG. I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO YOUR CHILD'S SRO IS FOR, THAT COVERS THEIR SCHOOL. YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE FRISCO PD APP FOR FREE. THERE'S A BUTTON ON THERE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO LOOK UP WHO THAT THAT IS, AND THEN ACTUALLY SEND THEM AN EMAIL JUST INTRODUCING THEMSELVES. BUT I ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO GET TO KNOW THEIR THEIR CHILD'S SROS ON THEIR RESPECTIVE CAMPUSES. WITH THAT, YOU HAVE OUR MONTHLY REPORTS FOR JUNE AND JULY. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. HEY, CHIEF. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW OFFICERS, AS WELL AS THOSE PROMOTED AND TO THE K9 OFFICERS. WOULD YOU MIND GIVING AN UPDATE? LEARNED ABOUT YOUNG TEENAGER WHO HAPPENED TO BE INDIAN WHO WAS SLASHED WITH A KNIFE. DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES ON THAT THAT YOU COULD SHARE? YEAH. SO FIRST LET ME LET ME JUST START BY. I WANT TO OFFER MY SYMPATHIES TO THE FAMILY OF THAT YOUNG MAN. [00:35:03] I KNOW THAT'S VERY UNNERVING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I CAN SYMPATHIZE WITH HIM AS A FATHER. CERTAINLY. I LIVE ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN AS WELL. AND MY DAUGHTER WALKS OUR DOG AS WELL. SO I KNOW IT'S VERY UNNERVING WHEN STUFF LIKE THIS HAPPENS. BUT I WANT TO PROVIDE SOME ASSURANCE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES AND A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE INVESTIGATING THIS, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE IT. AND WE'VE BEEN VERY PROACTIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, SINCE THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED. WE'VE HAD EXTRA PATROLS. WE'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH THE HOA, PROVIDING INFORMATION. WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT AS NEEDED. BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO TRY AND QUICKLY GET THE SUSPECT IN CUSTODY AND CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE, PUT A CASE TOGETHER FOR PROSECUTION. SO CERTAINLY UNFORTUNATE THAT IT HAPPENS. AND I KNOW IT'S VERY UNNERVING TO THE RESIDENTS OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO APPREHEND OUR SUSPECT. COUNCIL ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF OR MURRAY OR TEX. I DID FIND IT IMPRESSIVE AT THE SWEARING IN CEREMONY THAT YOU GOT THEM TO RAISE THEIR PAWS. SO YES, THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE. I DIDN'T GET THEM TO RAISE THEIR PAWS. THE HANDLER DID. I CAN'T TAKE CREDIT FOR THAT FOR SURE. THANK YOU CHIEF. THANK YOU. ITEM 11 IS OUR COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS. [Council Subcommittee reports for current activities of the Legislative Committee, Governance Committee, Budget and Audit Committee, Frisco Square Management District, Dallas Regional Mobility Commission, North Central Texas Emergency Preparedness Committee, Frisco Veterans Advisory Committee, North Texas Commission, and Regional Transportation Council.] ANY UPDATES FROM SUBCOMMITTEES? YES, FROM EFAC, I'VE GOT A REALLY GREAT SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR EVERYONE ON SEPTEMBER 20TH AT THE VETERANS MEMORIAL AT 9 A.M. WE WILL BE DEDICATING OUR PURPLE HEART MONUMENT, DEDICATING IT AND UNVEILING IT. THANK YOU. AND OUR SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER IS RETIRED ARMY CAPTAIN FLO GROBERG, WHO IS A FRISCO RESIDENT AND A RECIPIENT OF THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR. AND OF COURSE, HE'S ALSO RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART, SO I COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF THE WORK THAT EFAC DID AND THE PURPLE HEART COMMITTEE TO BRING THIS TO REALITY. AND VERY, VERY EXCITED TO HAVE CAPTAIN GROBERG ON HAND TO BE OUR GUEST SPEAKER. SO AGAIN, THAT'S SEPTEMBER 20TH AT THE VETERAN'S MEMORIAL AT 9 A.M. AND WE'LL HAVE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS GOING OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND VIA EMAIL OVER THE NEXT WEEK. THANK YOU JOHN. ANY OTHER UPDATES? OKAY, THAT WILL MOVE US INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. [CONSENT AGENDA] ITEMS PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE IN NATURE AND CONSIDERED NON-CONTROVERSIAL. THE CONSENT AGENDA CAN BE ACTED UPON ONE MOTION. A MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL IS REQUIRED TO MOVE ANY ITEM FOR DISCUSSION SEPARATE ACTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY VOTE NAY ON ANY ITEM WITHOUT COMMENT, AND MAY SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD. AND SO YOU HAVE ITEMS 12 THROUGH 27 FOR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS 12 THROUGH 27 I SECOND. JOHN SECOND BY LAURA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSES 6, 0. OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEM 28 PUBLIC HEARING. FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CITY OF FRISCO FISCAL YEAR 2026 ANNUAL BUDGET, [Public Hearing: First Public Hearing on the City of Frisco Fiscal Year 2026 Annual Budget, including Frisco Economic Development Corporation Fiscal Year 2026 Budget and the Frisco Community Development Corporation Fiscal Year 2026 Budget. (Budget/TA)] INCLUDING FRISCO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET, AND THE FRISCO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. TANYA ANDERSON, DIRECTOR OF BUDGET. PRIOR TO CALLING THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE DO HAVE A SHORT VIDEO IN PRESENTATION ON THE PROPOSED 2026 BUDGET. WORLD CLASS SERVICES FOR ITS RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. PRESENTING A BALANCED BUDGET HELPS THE CITY CONTINUE GREAT SERVICES YEAR AFTER YEAR. THE ECONOMY IN FRISCO HAS BEEN RESILIENT AND IT'S DOING BETTER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. FRISCO CITY LEADERS ALSO WANT TO BE PREPARED FOR THE LONG TERM TAKING A CONSERVATIVE APPROACH TO THE BUDGET. IT'S OKAY TO FOCUS ON THE CORE SERVICES AND DO THOSE CORE SERVICES REALLY, REALLY WELL. WITHOUT THOSE CORE SERVICES BEING ELABORATE OR OVER THE TOP. OTHER PRIORITIES INCLUDE BUILDING FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE, TAKING CARE OF CITY STAFF, AND MAINTAINING WHAT FRISCO HAS WORKED SO HARD TO BUILD. THE MEDIAN TAXABLE VALUE IN FRISCO IS NOW NEARLY $513,000, RESULTING IN AN AVERAGE MONTHLY TAX BILL OF $182. THE CITY IS MAINTAINING ITS CURRENT TAX RATE, PROPOSING TO KEEP IT AT 0.425517. MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO. EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO INCREASE THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION RATE TO 20%. THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED BY LAW. RESIDENTS WITH A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION COULD SEE A REDUCTION IN THEIR TAX BILL. SALES TAX ALSO PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE. SALES TAX IS A MAJOR REVENUE SOURCE FOR THE CITY. IT'S THE SECOND LARGEST REVENUE SOURCE IN FY 26. [00:40:04] IT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $75 MILLION. DESPITE ANTICIPATED INCREASES IN SALES TAX REVENUES, FRISCO FACES PRICE HIKES IMPOSED BY THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, WHICH PROVIDES OUR WATER. FRISCO IS REACTING TO NOT DRIVING THE INCREASE IN UTILITY COSTS. THERE ARE SEVERAL PROJECTS THIS YEAR THAT NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT WAS TAKING ON. THE PRIMARY ONE WAS THE PANTHER CREEK TREATMENT PLANT. THAT'S A $200 MILLION PROJECT. THE DEBT SERVICE FOR THAT IS COMING ONLINE IN FISCAL YEAR 2026. AND RESIDENTS WILL PAY ABOUT $1 MORE A MONTH FOR TRASH AND RECYCLING. WITH THESE PROPOSED INCREASES, THE AVERAGE MONTHLY UTILITY BILL WILL GO UP ABOUT $17. THE PROPOSED BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES A 20% RATE HIKE FOR STORMWATER. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO SMOOTH THE RATES TO THE RESIDENT. WE'RE DRAWING DOWN FUND BALANCE TO TO MITIGATE THAT IMPACT, BUT WE DO EXPECT TO SEE RATE INCREASES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 26 GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS BALANCED AT ABOUT $304.7 MILLION. THE GENERAL FUND WE WERE ABLE TO ADD 48 NEW POSITIONS. SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS WILL GET NEW POSITIONS, INCLUDING POLICE, FIRE, PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING. WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO DO MARKETS AND MERITS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. WE ARE SEEING OTHER CITIES THIS YEAR NOT OFFER MARKET INCREASES, OUR MERIT INCREASES. WE ARE ABLE TO DO BOTH THIS YEAR. A PROPOSED KEY PROJECT IS AN ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. THE CITY IS TAKING A HOLISTIC VIEW OF ALL OF ITS ASSETS. IT'S APPLYING A DOLLAR VALUE OF WHAT IT COSTS TO REPLACE THOSE AND WHEN THOSE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. IT'S GOING TO ENABLE US TO PLAN BETTER IN THE FUTURE. MORE THAN $6 MILLION OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD ALSO FUND BUILDING MAINTENANCE, NEW AND REPLACEMENT IT SERVERS AND NEW LIBRARY MATERIALS. THAT'S JUST A PORTION OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND. IT WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE $470 MILLION FOR FACILITIES, AND $228 MILLION FOR PARKS AND TRAILS. FRISCO HAS ALWAYS BEEN FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE WE KNEW GOING INTO FISCAL YEAR 2026 THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE A GOOD YEAR. CARING FOR CITY STAFF, STAYING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND CONTINUING ITS SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS WILL HELP FRISCO REMAIN WORLD CLASS FOR YEARS TO COME. WE BUILT THIS BUDGET USING THE CURRENT AND PROPOSED TAX RATE OF .422517. THE M&O PORTION OF THE RATE IS 0.292775, OR 69% OF THE TOTAL RATE. THE M&O PORTION OF THE TAX RATE FUNDS OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET OF $304.7 MILLION. THAT INCLUDES FUNDING FOR 48 FTE ACROSS 11 DEPARTMENTS. ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE PROPOSING FUNDING FOR $18.6 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND REQUESTS FOR OUR CAPITAL AND SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST PROGRAM FOR NEW AND CONTINUING CAPITAL, NEW EMPLOYEES, AND NEW OPERATING EXPENDITURES. ALL POSITIONS, EQUIPMENT, AND OPERATIONS HAVE A PRIMARY FOCUS OF TAKING CARE OF THE CITY'S ASSETS AND PROVIDING HIGH LEVELS OF SERVICE TO OUR CITIZENS. INCREASES IN THE UTILITY RATES WILL ALLOW THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS TO ADD TEN AND A HALF FTE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING NEW GROWTH AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE CITY AND ADDRESSING EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND IS OVER $1 BILLION, AND IT PROVIDES $470 MILLION FOR FACILITIES, $342 MILLION FOR ROADWAYS AND THOROUGHFARE IMPROVEMENTS, AND $228 MILLION FOR PARKS AND HIKE BIKE TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS. OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND, WHICH IS 31% OF THE PROPOSED TAX RATE OF 0.13274, PROVIDES FOR OUR DEBT SERVICE. VOTERS APPROVED $473.4 MILLION IN MAY OF 2023. WE ANTICIPATE SELLING BONDS OF $98.7 MILLION THIS YEAR TO FUND PROJECTS FOR ROADS, HIKING, BIKE TRAILS, LOGISTICS, SPORTS CENTER, OUR PARKS AND NATURE CENTER, FIRE STATION 11 AND FIRE EQUIPMENT. THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FUND, OR CDC FUND, IS HEALTHY AND INCLUDES APPROPRIATIONS FOR SEVERAL MAINTENANCE ITEMS AT OUR HERITAGE [00:45:09] MUSEUM, DISCOVERY CENTER, FAC, AND VARIOUS PARKS. THIS FUND WILL ALSO PROVIDE $51.8 MILLION FOR POSSIBLE PROJECTS IN FY 26 AND 27. THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FUND IS HEALTHY WITH AN UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE OF $66 MILLION. BOTH THE CDC AND EDC FUNDS WERE COVERED IN DETAIL AT OUR BUDGET WORK SESSION ON AUGUST THE 11TH, AND AT BOTH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE BOARD MEETINGS. IMPORTANT DATES UPCOMING. TONIGHT IS THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET. SEPTEMBER THE 2ND WILL BE OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET. OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE WILL OCCUR ON SEPTEMBER THE 16TH. ALSO THAT NIGHT WE WILL ADOPT THE BUDGET, ADOPT THE TAX RATE AND OUR MASTER FEE ORDINANCES. AND OUR FISCAL YEAR IS STARTS ON OCTOBER 1ST. ALL BUDGET DOCUMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS ARE ONLINE ON OUR CITY OF FRISCO WEBSITE, AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS PRIOR TO OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL RIGHT COUNCIL, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. MOVE TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING. MOTION BY JOHN. SECOND. SECOND BY LAURA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSES SIX ZERO. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. I'M SEEING ONE. THANK YOU. DAN ELMER LIVE IN LONE STAR RANCH SINCE 2019. I HAVE BRIEF COMMENTS TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR A THOUGHTFUL BUDGET, AND THANK YOU FOR A BUDGET THAT ROUGHLY BRINGS OUR TAXES DOWN TO A LEVEL THAT OFFSETS THE FEE INCREASES THAT I FEEL LIKE ARE PROBABLY UNCONTROLLABLE. SO THANK YOU. DAN, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND FILLING OUT A BLUE CARD FOR US. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? SEEING NONE MOVE TO CLOSE. MOTION BY JOHN. SECOND. SECOND BY LAURA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSES SIX ZERO. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. AND COUNCIL, I KNOW THIS IS IN OUR FIRST TIME GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET. WE'VE TAKEN A DEEP DIVE BEFORE, BUT STILL AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY FURTHER COUNCIL QUESTIONS. PRIOR TO TAKING A SEAT, I'D LIKE TO THANK DANA AND HER TEAM COMMUNICATIONS TEAM FOR OUR VIDEO. VERY GOOD. THAT WAS SHOWN TONIGHT. AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR BUDGET STAFF, MANAGED BY BRETT PETERSEN. OUR CFO, DERRICK COTTON, AND OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, MINTA HOVLAND AS WELL AS CMO AND OUR CITY DIRECTORS FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK ON THIS BUDGET. THANK YOU TEAM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ITEM 29 IS A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING AMENDING THE PROJECT AND FINANCE PLAN FOR TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 6, [Public Hearing regarding amending the Project and Finance Plan for Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Number Six, City of Frisco, Texas. (Financial Services/DC)] CITY OF FRISCO. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR COUNCIL REBECCA BARTON, THE COMPLIANCE MANAGER FOR THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HERE TODAY TO PRESENT ON THE FRISCO TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER SIX AMENDMENT. ITEM NUMBER 29 IS THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND THEN ITEM 30 IS THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE FOR THE AMENDED PLAN. JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF TIRZ SIX. IT WAS CREATED IN DECEMBER OF 2020. THE PROJECT PLAN AND FINANCE PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH THAT TIRZ WAS APPROVED IN JANUARY OF 2021. THE CURRENT TERM ENDS DECEMBER 2045. IT HAS 50% AD VALOREM TAXES COLLECTED FROM THE PROPERTIES WITHIN THE ZONE TO FINANCE THOSE PROJECTS. HERE IS A MAP OF THE TIRZ NUMBER SIX, MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS HALL PARK AREA. IT IS ABOUT 175 ACRES AND IS CURRENTLY ZONED OFFICE, RETAIL, RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED USE. THE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED FOR THIS TIRZ TONIGHT COINCIDES WITH THE FIRST SUBMITTED AND REINSTATED MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH HP FRISCO HOLDINGS, WHICH WAS APPROVED ON MARCH 4TH TO 2025, AND THOSE MODIFICATIONS INCLUDE PROJECT UPDATES THAT INCLUDE PARKING FACILITIES, MORE SPECIFIC, A PARKING GARAGE, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF THE PARKING FACILITIES, AS WELL AS MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF PARKS WITHIN THE DISTRICT. THE FINANCIAL AMENDMENTS INCLUDE EXTENDING THE TIRZ FOR 15 YEARS TO END DECEMBER 2060. IT MODIFIES THE 2020 AD VALOREM BASE VALUE, AND THEN ALSO ADDS 50% SALES TAX GENERATION TO THE 2024 BASE VALUE. [00:50:06] THERE IS A FEASIBILITY STUDY ATTACHED TO THE PLAN ON EXHIBIT E THAT KIND OF GOES INTO DETAILS ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER FINANCIAL DETAILS. THE PARKING FACILITIES WILL BE FUNDED FROM BONDS FOR A TOTAL OF 40 MILLION. 3 MILLION OF THOSE WERE ISSUED IN DECEMBER 2021, AND 36.7 WILL BE ISSUED IN OCTOBER. THAT DEBT SERVICE WILL BE SUPPORTED BY FEDC FUNDS OF 7 MILLION, AS WELL AS THE TIRZ REVENUES OF THE 50% PROPERTY TAX REVENUE AND 50% SALES TAX REVENUE, AS WELL AS BACKSTOPPED BY THE DEVELOPER UNTIL THE TIRZ FUNDS ARE SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE APPLICATIONS. THE PARKING FACILITIES, ESTIMATED FOR THE TERM OF THE TIRZ IS A LITTLE OVER 4.8 MILLION. AS WELL AS THE M&O FOR PARKING A LITTLE OVER 19 MILLION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE BEFORE YOU OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND BEFORE THIS, THE TIRZ BOARD ACTUALLY MET AS WELL. THE TIRZ BOARD ALSO HAPPENS TO BE THE CITY COUNCIL. SO WE'VE SEEN THIS PRESENTATION EARLIER TODAY. COUNCIL, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. MOVE TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING. MOTION BY JOHN. SECOND. SECOND BY LAURA. ALL IN FAVOR? PASSES FIVE ZERO. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, MOVE TO CLOSE. A MOTION BY JOHN. SECOND. SECOND BY LAURA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSES FIVE ZERO. THAT'LL TAKE US TO ITEM 30, WHICH IS A COMPANION ITEM. [Consider and act upon adoption of an Ordinance approving an amended and restated Final Project and Finance Plan for Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Number Six. (Financial Services/DC)] CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE, APPROVING AN AMENDED AND RESTATED FINAL PROJECT AND FINANCE PLAN FOR TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER SIX. AND, COUNCIL, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION. MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 30. MOTION BY JOHN. SECOND BY LAURA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THAT MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. ITEM 31. THANK YOU. [Public Hearing: A request to consider possible amendments to the Zoning Ordinance. Zoning Case No. ZA25-0004. Applicant: City of Frisco. (Development Services/JH)] 31 IS A PUBLIC HEARING A REQUEST TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE. ZONING CASE NUMBER ZA25-0004. APPLICANT CITY OF FRISCO. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL JOHN LITTLER, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ACTED AND UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT? FIVE ZERO. COMMISSIONER HOWARD WAS ABSENT, AND WE'RE JUST MAKING SOME CHANGES TO IMPROVE THE ORDINANCE THAT'S ON BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. SO RECOMMEND THAT IF YOU GO AHEAD AND APPROVE IT TONIGHT. THE ORDINANCE IS FOLLOWING RIGHT AFTER THIS. OKAY. COUNCIL, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. MOVE TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING. MOTION BY JOHN. SECOND. SECOND BY LAURA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSES SIX ZERO. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, MOVE TO CLOSE. MOTION BY JOHN. SECOND. SECOND BY LAURA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSES SIX ZERO. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED, AND THAT WILL TAKE US TO THE COMPANION ITEM. ITEM 32. [Consider and act upon adoption of an Ordinance to consider possible amendments to the Zoning Ordinance. Zoning Case No. ZA25-0004. Applicant: City of Frisco. (Development Services/JH)] CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE. ZONING CASE NUMBER ZA 25-0004. APPLICANT, CITY OF FRISCO. COUNCIL IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION ON THIS. I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 32. SECOND MOTION BY JOHN, SECONDED BY JARED. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSES SIX ZERO. ITEM 33. CONSIDER AN ACT UPON ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MASTER FEE ORDINANCE. [Consider and act upon an adoption of an Ordinance amending the Master Fee Ordinance modifying certain fees and charges for Development Services, including Zoning & Development Fees. (Development Services/JH)] MODIFYING CERTAIN FEES AND CHARGES FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, INCLUDING ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT FEES. YES. ON THIS WE DID SOME RESEARCH ON THIS, AND WE'RE JUST INCREASING THE FEES TO COVER THE STAFF COSTS TO PERFORM THE WORK ON THESE ITEMS. COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS? MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 33. MOTION BY JOHN. SECOND. SECOND BY JARED. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THAT PASSES SIX ZERO. ITEM 34. CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION WITH CITY STAFF CONCERNING ANY ACTIONS BY CITY STAFF AS A RESULT. [City Council discussion with City Staff concerning any actions required by City Staff as a result of any item on tonight's agenda.] ANY ITEM ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA? DID ANYONE NOTE ANY FOLLOW UP ITEMS? OKAY. 35 IS GOVERNANCE MONITORING. I HAVE IT. [Discussion on Governance Monitoring of present City Council Meeting.] OH, OKAY. OH, WHAT DO I GIVE? JUST SO YOU GIVE US AN A OR. OH, I GIVE US AN A. YEAH. WELL, SORRY. FIRST TIME DOING THIS. I GAVE US OUT OF ALL THE SECTIONS A 25 OUT OF 25 FOR OUR MEETING. ALL RIGHT. WHICH IS AN A. SORRY, IT'S AN A. [LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT COUNCIL. I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION TO ADJOURN. I NEED TO SIGN IT? MOTION BY BURT. SECOND BY JOHN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THAT PASSES SIX ZERO. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:34. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.