[CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:02] GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO THE MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL. WE'RE AT FRISCO CITY HALL, THE GEORGE A. PURIFOY MUNICIPAL CENTER AND COUNCIL CHAMBER, 6101 FRISCO SQUARE BOULEVARD IN FRISCO, TEXAS. IT IS 5:15PM ON TUESDAY, MARCH 3RD, 2026 AND I WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. WE ARE JOINED BY THE ENTIRE COUNCIL THIS [CLOSED SESSION] EVENING AND I MOVE US INTO CLOSED SESSION. ITEM 2 RECESS IN THE CLOSED SESSION COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 551.001, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE ITEM A, SECTION 551.071 MEETING WITH CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE CITY ATTORNEY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESS PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CONFLICTS WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT. REGARDING 1. RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING PROPOSED INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS AND OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS FOR THE USE OF THE COLLIN COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER AND RELATED ISSUES. ITEM 2 RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING POSSIBLE SENTIMENT REGARDING ZITO VERSUS CITY OF FRISCO. CAUSE NUMBER 493-01-4467, 2025 PENDING IN THE 493RD JUDICIAL COURT AND CALLING COUNTY TEXAS. ITEM B, SECTION 551072 DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED ONE NORTH OF STONEBROOK, WEST OF PRESTON, EAST OF DALLAS, NOR TOLLE AND SOUTH OF EL DORADO PARKWAY. ITEM C, SECTION 55107 FOR PERSONNEL MATTERS AUTHORIZING CERTAIN DELIBERATIONS ABOUT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY TO BE HELD IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. ONE ITEM DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT OF MAYOR PRO TEM AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL COMMITTEES. ITEM D, SECTION 551087 DELIBERATION REGARDING COMMERCIAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE CITY HAS RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT OR TO DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVE TO A BUSINESS PROSPECT. CAN I HAVE A MOTION? SO, MOVE. MOTION BY JOHN, SECOND BY ANGELIA IN FAVOR. AYE. PASSES 6-0 RECESSED AT 5:16PM. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO RECONVENE? MOTION BY JOHN SECOND BY LAUREL IN FAVOR. PASSES SIX ZERO RECONVENE FROM REGULAR EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 06:50 AND THERE IS ACTUALLY SOME ACTION WE DO NEED TO TAKE. YES, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 2A2 ON THE CLOSED SESSION DISCUSSION TO APPROVE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE BETWEEN THE CITY OF FRISCO, TEXAS AND ZITO IN CAUSE IN CASE NUMBER 4930-146722-02220 25 ALL RIGHT. MOTION BY ANGELIA, SECOND BY LAURA IN FAVOR. AYE. THAT PASSES 6-0 AND THAT WILL MOVE US TO OUR INVOCATION AND OUR PLEDGE. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. IT'S NICE TO SEE A FULL HOUSE. OKAY. [INVOCATION (to begin approximately at 6:30 p.m.)] THIS EVENING FOR OUR INVOCATION, WE HAVE. NATHAN GUMBINER IS THE LEAD PASTOR OF CONNECT CHURCH IN FRISCO. IN 2007, WHILE STILL IN SEMINARY, GOD PLACED A CALL ON HIS LIFE TO PLANT A CHURCH. IN 2019, NATHAN AND HIS WIFE ALLYSON MOVED TO FRISCO. CONNECT CHURCH WAS LAUNCHED ON EASTER WEEKEND 2022. NATHAN'S GREATEST DESIRES IS TO SEE THE KINGDOM OF GOD EXPAND IN FRISCO THROUGH THE MULTIPLICATION OF BELIEVERS, LEADERS AND CHURCHES. NATHAN AND ALLYSON HAVE FOUR CHILDREN. RHETT, SADIE, MILES AND JUDE. AND DO WE HAVE A GUEST WITH US TONIGHT? HI, RHETT. WELCOME. THANK YOU, PASTOR. LET'S PRAY. FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH GRATITUDE FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AND PARTICIPATING IN THE LIFE OF THIS GREAT CITY, FRISCO. FATHER, THANK YOU FOR FRISCO. THANK YOU FOR THE FAMILIES THAT MAKE IT UP, THE BUSINESSES, THE SCHOOLS, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, AND FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO CALLS THIS COMMUNITY HOME. FATHER, TONIGHT WE LIFT UP MAYOR CHENEY. FATHER, I WANT TO PRAY SPECIFICALLY FOR HIM TONIGHT THAT OVER THESE NEXT FEW MONTHS, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD GIVE HIM THE STRENGTH TO FINISH WELL. AND, FATHER, AS HE FINISHES HIS THIRD TERM OF SERVING THIS CITY AS MAYOR, YOU WOULD GIVE HIM THE ABILITY TO REST AND HAVE PEACE IN HIS LIFE. FATHER, WE PRAY FOR WES AND HIS ENTIRE TEAM AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF THIS CITY COUNCIL. FATHER, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GRANT THEM WISDOM BEYOND THEIR OWN UNDERSTANDINGS, CLARITY IN THEIR DECISION MAKING, COURAGE AND INTEGRITY TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND HUMILITY AS THEY LEAD OUR CITY. HELP THEM TO STEWARD WELL THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE'VE ENTRUSTED TO THEM. FATHER, OUR LAST FEW CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS HAVE CAUSED QUITE A STIR ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND IN THE NEWS. FATHER PAUL URGED HIS READERS THAT THERE WOULD BE [00:05:02] NO DIVISION AMONG THEM, BUT THAT THEY WOULD BE PERFECTLY UNITED IN MIND AND THOUGHT. AND THAT ALMOST SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE IN A TIME WHEN DISAGREEMENT CAN SO EASILY BECOME DISUNITY. I PRAY YOU WOULD HELP US TO REMEMBER THAT DIFFERING PERSPECTIVES DO NOT NEED TO DIVIDE US. WOULD YOU TEACH US TO LISTEN WELL, TO SPEAK WITH GRACE, AND TO SEEK THE GOOD OF THIS CITY? I PRAY THAT THE CHARACTER OF THIS ROOM AND THIS COMMUNITY WOULD BE SHAPED BY THE FRUIT OF YOUR SPIRIT, LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS AND SELF-CONTROL. DON'T LET THESE JUST BE WORDS WE SAY, BUT LET THEM BE REALITIES THAT ARE LIVED OUT AS WE DELIBERATE, AS WE DISAGREE, AND AS WE DECIDE TOGETHER. FATHER, YOUR WORD REMINDS US THAT CHRIST HAS DESTROYED ALL DIVIDING WALLS OF HOSTILITY. WHERE THERE ARE TENSIONS TONIGHT, WHERE THERE ARE MISUNDERSTANDINGS WHERE THERE ARE EVEN BARRIERS BETWEEN PEOPLE. WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD BRING RECONCILIATION, TEAR DOWN WALLS THAT SEPARATE NEIGHBORS FROM ONE ANOTHER, REPLACE SUSPICION WITH TRUST AND HOSTILITY WITH RESPECT. AND ABOVE ALL, WOULD YOU REMIND EVERY PERSON IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT, EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER, EVERY STAFF PERSON, EVERY CITIZEN WHO'S HERE, WHO'S GOING TO SPEAK OR SIT AND LISTEN, THAT EVERY PERSON IS MADE IN THE IMAGE OF ALMIGHTY GOD. YOUR WORD TELLS US THAT YOU KNEW US BEFORE YOU FORMED US IN THE WOMB AND THAT YOU HAVE KNOWN AND ORDAINED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR DAYS BEFORE OUR BIRTH. YOU DECLARE THAT YOU CHOSE AND PURPOSED YOUR PEOPLE IN CHRIST BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD. SO, FATHER, TONIGHT, LET THESE TRUTHS SETTLE DEEPLY INTO OUR HEARTS, THAT NO LIFE IS ACCIDENTAL, NO PERSON IS INSIGNIFICANT, NO VOICE IS HERE WITHOUT DIGNITY. MAY THAT REALITY THAT EACH OF US IS KNOWN BY YOU, FORMED BY YOU AND VALUED BY YOU, GOVERN HOW WE TREAT ONE ANOTHER, HOW WE SPEAK AT THIS PODIUM TONIGHT, AND HOW WE SERVE THIS COMMUNITY TOGETHER GUIDE THIS MEETING. DIRECT EVERY WORD THAT IS SPOKEN. LET WHAT IS DONE HERE TODAY CONTRIBUTE TO THE EXPANSION OF FRISCO AND THE WELL-BEING OF ALL OUR CITIZENS. IT'S IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE TROOP 178 TO LEAD US IN OUR PLEDGE. IF YOU'LL COME TO THE STAGE. 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 HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. ALL RIGHT THANK YOU ALL. HOLD ON REAL QUICK. GOT A BIG GROUP TONIGHT, BUT THAT FITS FOR THE. Y' ALL CAN ALL BE SEATED. THANK YOU. THAT FITS FOR THE BIG PACKED HOUSE. THEY ALL CAME TO SEE Y' ALL TONIGHT. BUT I ALWAYS LOVE TO GIVE OUR SCOUTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. AND I ALWAYS ASK ALL A TOUGH QUESTION. SO, THE ONE THAT'S ALWAYS STANDING NEXT TO ME WHEN I SAY THAT GETS A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS. THE REST OF YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT. SO JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF. NAME, SCHOOL, MAYBE AGE. AND YOUR QUESTION TONIGHT IS. SO, TONIGHT'S A SPECIAL MEETING BECAUSE WE'RE SAYING GOODBYE TO A LONGTIME COUNCIL MEMBER, MR. JOHN KEATING, WHO SERVED THIS COMMUNITY FOR ALMOST 15 YEARS. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE WELCOMING IN A NEW COUNCILWOMAN, ANN ANDERSON, WHO WILL BE STARTING HER JOURNEY TONIGHT AS FAR AS SERVING THE CITY IN THIS CAPACITY. SO, YOUR QUESTION IS. I WANT YOU TO GIVE MS. ANDERSON A WORD OF ADVICE AS SHE STARTS ON THIS JOURNEY TO BE A COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THIS COMMUNITY. OKAY, YOU READY? ALL RIGHT. SO, MY NAME [00:10:02] IS CALIN, AND I'M A SENIOR AT INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL. AND A WORD OF ADVICE THAT I WOULD GIVE IS STAY CALM IN THE TOUGH SITUATIONS. MY NAME IS BOSSON. I AM A SOPHOMORE AT INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL. AND A WORD OF ADVICE IS DON'T GIVE UP. MY NAME IS SAHISH. I'M A SOPHOMORE AT INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL, AND A WORD OF ADVICE I WOULD GIVE IS DON'T OVERTHINK. MY NAME IS MANISH. I'M A FRESHMAN AT EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL, AND I SAY, MAKE YOUR CITIZENS PROUD. HELLO, MY NAME IS RITHVIK, AND I'M A SOPHOMORE AT INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL. MY WORD OF ADVICE WOULD BE DO YOUR BEST. HELLO, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS SWAROOP. I'M A SOPHOMORE AT INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL, AND A WORD OF ADVICE I HAVE IS THAT PEOPLE ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, SO DON'T LET THAT STOP YOU. HI, MY NAME IS ANIRUDH. I'M A SOPHOMORE AT INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL, AND A WORD OF ADVICE THAT I'D GIVE IS ALWAYS PERSEVERE. HELLO, I'M SURESH. I GO TO SEVENTH GRADE AT NELSON MIDDLE SCHOOL. WORD OF ADVICE IS DON'T GIVE UP. HELLO, MY NAME IS SRIRAM SIVA. I'M A SOPHOMORE AT INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL, AND A WORD OF ADVICE THAT I WOULD GIVE IS ALWAYS TO FIND A SOLUTION, EVEN WHEN IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT AT FIRST. MY NAME IS UTKARSH, AND I'M IN SEVENTH GRADE IN LAWLER MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND A WORD OF ADVICE WHICH I WOULD GIVE IS DON'T LET ANYONE JUDGE OR STOP YOUR DREAMS. BASICALLY. MY NAME IS NILKANT NARNE, AND I'M A SIXTH GRADER AT LAWLER MIDDLE SCHOOL. MY ADVICE IS THERE MAY BE TOUGH CHALLENGES, BUT YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO GO THROUGH THEM. HELLO, MY NAME IS RISHI. I'M A FRESHMAN IN EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL, AND MY WORD OF ADVICE IS TO HEAR EVERYONE ELSE BEFORE MAKING A DECISION. MY NAME IS DYLAN. I'M A SIXTH GRADER AT WORTHAM INTERMEDIATE. MY WORD OF ADVICE IS TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND STAY CALM. WE'VE GOT SPECIAL FRISCO PINS FOR THEM BEING SUCH GOOD SPORTS. YEAH, JUST TAKE THEM AND THEN Y' ALL CAN HAVE SOME. THANK YOU AGAIN, GUYS. WHAT'S NEXT IS THE CALEA. [CALEA Commissioner Presentation to Frisco Police Department] ALL RIGHT, NOW WE HAVE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION FOR A CALEA AWARD. I DON'T KNOW. THEY'RE COMING UP. LET'S WELCOME OUR GUESTS HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, ONE OF BIALYS GOING TO SPEAK? SURE, SURE. YES, MY NAME IS ED DRAIN. I'M THE CHIEF OF THE PLANO, TEXAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I'M ALSO A COMMISSIONER FOR AN ORGANIZATION CALLED THE COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, OR CALEA. CALEA IS A LAW ENFORCEMENT BODY THAT WAS STARTED IN 1979 BY FOUR MAJOR LAW ENFORCEMENT GROUPS. THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE, THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF BLACK LAW ENFORCEMENT EXECUTIVES, THE NATIONAL SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION, AND THE POLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORUM. AND THE PURPOSE OF CALEA IS TO ESTABLISH BEST PRACTICE STANDARDS AND POLICIES ACROSS LAW ENFORCEMENT. THERE ARE SOME STATE LEVEL ACCREDITING BODIES, BUT CALEA IS THE ONLY NATIONAL BODY. YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FRISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS [00:15:01] BEEN ACCREDITED SINCE 2008. SO, THIS MOST RECENT TRIP IN JACKSONVILLE THIS PAST YEAR, THAT WAS THEIR FIFTH REACCREDITATION ON THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SIDE OF THE HOUSE. AND FOR THEIR COMMUNICATIONS CENTER, THEY WERE FIRST ACCREDITED IN 2017. SO, THIS IS THEIR SECOND REACCREDITATION. THERE ARE OVER 18,000 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE UNITED STATES. FEWER THAN 1,000 HAVE REACHED THIS LEVEL OF ACCREDITATION. AROUND 8 TO 900. SO, THIS IS A MAJOR, MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR YOUR CITY AND FOR YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO, ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMISSION CHAIRMAN, MATT PACKARD, COLONEL OF THE COLORADO STATE POLICE, AND OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CRAIG HARDLY, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE CHIEF SHILSON AND AMY WILLIAMS AND THEIR ENTIRE TEAM FOR A JOB VERY WELL DONE THERE. THANK YOU, ED. APPRECIATE THAT. IT'S SURE. NO, IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE AS YOUR POLICE CHIEF. AND THIS IS REALLY JUST A TESTAMENT TO THE GREAT MEN AND WOMEN THAT WE HAVE SERVING IN OUR DEPARTMENT. AND I THINK REALLY THE BIG TAKEAWAY IS THIS IS A HIGH STANDARD THAT WE HAVE TO MEET AND WE'VE BEEN MEETING IT FOR 15 YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MEET IT FOR THE CITIZENS OF FRISCO. SO REALLY JUST A GREAT TEAM EFFORT. APPRECIATE AMY WILLIAMS, OUR ACCREDITATION MANAGER. I SAW HIM IN THE BACK. HENRY HILL, OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER THAT JUST RECENTLY RETIRED. HE WENT TO JACKSONVILLE TO ACCEPT THIS RE ACCREDITATION. AND SHELLY, OUR NEW COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER. SO JUST AN HONOR TO BE HERE. HONOR TO MEET THIS STANDARD AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MEET IT FOR YOU. OKAY, AND ITEM FIVE IS, ITEM FIVE IS [Council comment or acknowledgement of proclamations issued by the Mayor.] COUNCIL PROCLAMATION SINCE THE LAST MEETING. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO UPDATE, MAYOR JEFF, I DON'T HAVE A PROCLAMATION, BUT I DO WANT TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF RECOGNITION TONIGHT IN THE SPIRIT OF ONE OF OUR KEY AREAS OF RECOGNITION, WHICH IS BEING THE BEST PLACE TO RAISE AN ATHLETE. I AM NOT SURE IF WE HAVE MS. TORI ARROYO IN THE CHAMBERS WITH US. IF YOU COULD JUST STAND. TORI IS THE MOTHER OF ELIJAH ARROYO. AND ELIJAH GRADUATED FROM FROM INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL IN 2021. AND TORI, HER SON ELIJAH HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY AS THE TIGHT END NUMBER 18 WITH THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS IN THE SUPER BOWL. AND SO, WE WANTED TO. SO, WE JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT FRISCO GROW SUPER BOWL PLAYERS. SO, THANK YOU MS. ARROYO AND PLEASE GIVE OUR BEST TO ELIJAH. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WOULD JUST LIKE TO CALL FOR A FEW MOMENTS OF SILENCE. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SERVICE MEMBERS. A FEW SERVICE MEMBERS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN ACTION OVER THIS LAST WEEK. AND I'D LIKE US TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE THAT WAS MADE BY THEM. AND IN ADDITION, THERE WAS A HORRIFIC TERRORIST ATTACK THAT HAPPENED IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. AND THREE SO FAR HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES. ONE IS JORGE PEDERSON, 30 YEARS OLD. AND THEN TWO, RYDER HARRINGTON WHO WAS 19 YEARS OLD WAS GOING TO TEXAS TECH AND HIS WHOLE FUTURE IN FRONT OF HIM. AND A YOUNG 21-YEAR-OLD LADY SAVITHA SHAN, WHO WAS GOING TO UT AND HAD HER WHOLE FUTURE IN FRONT OF THEM. ACTS OF TERRORISM DO NOTHING BUT CREATE FEAR. BUT A COMMUNITY LIKE FRISCO WILL TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THAT ANY LIFE IS LIFE THAT IS WORTH REMEMBERING. SO PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT AND PLEASE SAY A PRAYER FOR THEIR FRIENDS, THEIR FAMILY AND EVERYONE WHO KNEW THEM. THANK YOU. SPEAKING OF [Reedy High School Choir] [00:20:03] OUR TALENTED HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, WE HAVE HERE IN FRISCO, WE DO HAVE A TREAT FOR YOU THIS EVENING. WE HAVE THE REEDY HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR WHO IS GOING TO TO DO A QUICK PERFORMANCE FOR US. I INVITE YOU ALL TO THE STAGE. YEAH, YOU CAN WHOOP ALL YOU WANT. I'LL SAY THIS WAS THEY GOT TO PERFORM FOR THE FRISCO ISD TRUSTEES ON THEIR LEADERSHIP CELEBRATION NIGHT. AND I KNOW ANGELIA AND SOME OTHERS WERE SO INSPIRED THAT WE WANTED TO SHARE THEIR GIFTS AND IN A COUNCIL MEETING. SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'LL TURN IT TO Y'ALL. [00:28:52] GREAT JOB, GUYS. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU ALL. THAT WAS GREAT. THANK YOU. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU FOR THAT TREAT AND WE APPRECIATED THE ENCORE PERFORMANCE. ALL RIGHT, [Recognition of Service for Council Member John Keating.] WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ALONG AND OUR NEXT ITEM IS I'LL ASK COUNCIL TO JOIN ME ON STAGE ALONG WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KEATING AS WE RECOGNIZE HIM. [00:30:04] AND ANY FAMILY HERE THAT WANTS TO JOIN US. YEAH, COME ON UP. ALL RIGHT, SO I THINK WE FIRST HAVE A TRIBUTE VIDEO THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHOW. SO, WE'LL CUE THAT. DAD. WISH I COULD BE THERE TONIGHT AND SORRY I CAN'T BUT CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF FRISCO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALWAYS BEING A ROLE MODEL TO RYAN AND I AND SHOWING US WHAT IT MEANS TO SERVE OTHERS, NOT ONLY FOR OUR COUNTRY, BUT FOR THE CITY THAT RYAN AND I GREW UP IN AND CALLED HOME. YOU TAUGHT US WHAT IT MEANS TO SERVE OTHERS BY GIVING BACK YOUR TIME, TALENT AND TREASURE. AND YOU'VE DONE THAT NOT ONLY FOR OUR COUNTRY, BUT ALSO FOR THE GREAT CITY OF FRISCO. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. THANK YOU. AND LET'S GO WIN A MERRY RACE. HI. JOHN KEATING. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER. PLACE 1. VERY PROUD OF THE RECOGNITION FRISCO GIVES OUR VETERANS AND THE COMMITMENT TO BE VETERAN READY AND VETERAN FRIENDLY. WHEN PLACING THE MONUMENT, WE ENSURED IT POINTS TO TRUE NORTH, NOT MAGNETIC NORTH. BECAUSE IN THE MILITARY, IF YOU KNOW WHERE NORTH IS, YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND YOUR WAY HOME. WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH UNT. KIND OF WHAT MAKES FRISCO A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO COME LIVE, WORK, PLAY A SHOT, GET A SHOT. IT WOULDN'T BE AN OFFICIAL SELFIE. VERY PLEASED WITH THE WAY THE CITY CITIZENS STAFF HAVE PERFORMED DURING COVID IN THIS PANDEMIC. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE WORK SESSIONS THAT I THINK IS REALLY GOING TO STAND OUT. AMY HUNTER, HE PATRIOTS. WHAT ABOUT THE PACKERS? YEAH. REGISTER TO VOLUNTEER@FRISCOTEXAS.GOV/ HOMETOWN HUDDLE. FORTUNATELY, MY JACKET FITS PERFECTLY. WHETHER YOU PLAY GOLF FOR NINE, THIS DESTINATION RESORT IS FOR YOU IN THE HALL. CINDERELLA STORY FORMER CITY COUNCILMAN BECOMES MASTER CHAMPION. JOHN, I'VE SEEN YOUR GOLF SWING. YOU GOT A LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE MASTERS CHAMPION. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW QUICK WORDS AND IF ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO AS WELL. SO, YOU KNOW I WAS FIRST ELECTED IN 2007, MY FIRST REELECTION IN 2010, JOHN KEATING WAS ON THE SAME BALLOT. AND THE RUMOR I HAD BEEN HEARING FOR MONTHS WAS THAT A KEATING, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHICH ONE WAS GOING TO RUN AGAINST ME. AND SO, I DIDN'T LIKE THE GUY BECAUSE I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO RUN AGAINST ME. AND THEN I MET WITH, OH, NO, I'M NOT GONNA RUN A GOOD YEAR. I'M RUNNING ANOTHER PLACE. AND WE BECAME REALLY GOOD FRIENDS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL THAT YEAR. BACK THEN, WORDS WITH FRIENDS WAS STILL A GAME. AND SO, WE WOULD HELP OURSELVES THROUGH CAMPAIGN SANITY WITH PLAYING EACH OTHER IN WORDS WITH FRIENDS EVERY DAY. AND I ALMOST ALWAYS BEAT HIM UNTIL ONE DAY, ALL OF A SUDDEN, I COULDN'T BEAT HIM ANYMORE. AND THEN I LEARNED THAT HE HAD FOUND A CHEATING APP SO THAT HE COULD BEAT ME WITH WORDS WITH FRIENDS. I'M LIKE, HOW'D YOU BECOME BRILLIANT OVERNIGHT? BUT HONESTLY, I'VE, YOU KNOW, BEEN ABLE TO SERVE ALONGSIDE JOHN NOW FOR, YOU KNOW, EVER SINCE THEN. I MEAN, GOING ON ALMOST 16 YEARS NOW, I'VE BEEN IN THE TRENCHES WITH HIM FOR SOME REALLY MAJOR DECISIONS, SOME REALLY EXCITING PROJECTS, SOME REALLY TOUGH DECISIONS THAT WE'VE HAD TO DO OVER THE YEARS. YOU KNOW, AND I'LL SAY ABOUT JOHN IS THAT, YOU KNOW, HE ISN'T SOMEONE WHO JUST FILLED A SEAT UP HERE ON CITY COUNCIL. HE WAS TRANSFORMATIVE. HE WASN'T AFRAID TO MAKE THE HARD DECISIONS. YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE HARDER THE PROJECT, THE MORE WE WANTED TO CHASE IT. AND HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS, THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE FOR VETERANS. HE HAS ESSENTIALLY LED THE CHARGE, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT. AND I COULD RATTLE OFF EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE LAST DECADE, BUT IT'S BEEN QUITE, QUITE A LOT. SO, FRISCO IS DEFINITELY A BETTER PLACE BECAUSE JOHN KEATING SERVED THIS COMMUNITY. ONE FUNNY STORY THAT I'LL. I HAVE TO END IT ON A FUNNY STORY, WHICH IS WE ALWAYS JOKE ABOUT THE JOHN KEATING EXPERIENCE AND HOW HE ALWAYS ENDS UP ON THE FRONT PAGE OR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUPER BOWL. HE, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HAPPENS THAT WAY WITH JOHN. SO, THE NIGHT THAT WE WERE APPROVING THE PGA TO COME TO FRISCO, WE HAD A PACKED HOUSE. EVERYONE WAS EXCITED WITH ANTICIPATION, AND JOHN WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. AND I [00:35:02] THINK HE THOUGHT THE MEETING STARTED AT 5:30, AND IT STARTED AT 5. AND JOHN WENT WITH HIS OWN DOLLAR TO BUY COWBOY HATS FOR EVERY ALL THE PARTNERS SO THAT WE COULD COMMEMORATE THE SPECIAL OCCASION WITH COWBOY HATS. AND SO, WE'RE ALL SITTING HERE WAITING, AND I'M TEXTING JOHN, WHERE IS HE? AND HE'S LIKE, I'M FIVE MINUTES AWAY, WHICH REALLY PROBABLY MEANT 15. AND I WAS LIKE, EVERYBODY IS WAITING ON YOU. AND HE DIDN'T REALIZE. HE WAS LIKE, WHY IS JEFF BUGGING ME? AND SO, ALL OF A SUDDEN, HE WALKS IN THROUGH THE SIDE DOOR AND REALIZES HE HAS A PACKED HOUSE LIKE THIS. AND WE'RE ALL QUIET, AND WE'RE ALL STARING AT HIM, AND HE'S LIKE. HE FREAKS OUT. AND HE'S WEARING A RIDICULOUS SWEATER THAT I JOKED THAT HE DIDN'T THINK HE WAS GONNA WEAR IT TO THE FRISCO CHAMBER EVENT BEFORE, WHICH IS THIS GREEN PUTTING GOLF SWEATER UNDERNEATH HIS SUIT. HE COMES IN WITH HIS COWBOY HAT, SLAMS MINE DOWN IN FRONT OF ME, AND THAT'S THE FREAKING PICTURE THAT MAKES THE FRONT OF THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS AND EVERY SINGLE PUBLICATION ACROSS AMERICA ABOUT THE PGA. IT HAS GONE DOWN IN HISTORY. AND THAT IS THE FULL JOHN KEATING EXPERIENCE. JOHN, YOU'RE MY FRIEND. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR THIS COMMUNITY. IT'S BEEN A GREAT RIDE. EVERYBODY'S AFRAID TO GO FIRST. SO, WHEN I FIRST DECIDED I WAS GOING TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL, I SENT AN EMAIL, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE IN THE HOUSE THAT THIS APPLIES TO, I APOLOGIZE FOR CALLING YOU OUT. I SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERYBODY ON COUNCIL AND SAID, HEY, I'M THINKING ABOUT RUNNING FOR COUNCIL. I WANT TO MEET WITH YOU. AND ONE OF THEM REPLIED, AND IT WAS JOHN KEATING. SO, HE WAS THE FIRST REAL LIVE CITY COUNCILMAN THAT I EVER GOT TO HAVE COFFEE WITH, SIT AND TALKED ABOUT THINGS. AND THEN WE TRAVELED TO ROCKWALL A COUPLE TIMES TOGETHER DURING YOUR STATE REP RACE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ENJOYED. I'VE ENJOYED SITTING NEXT TO HIM. IT'S A. IT'S AN ADVENTURE. YEAH, SOMETIMES IT'S. IT'S QUITE INTERESTING. WE'VE HAD UPS AND DOWNS. BUT, YOU KNOW, I DO CONSIDER YOU A FRIEND. AND I GUESS WE WANT TO TELL A FUNNY STORY. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY? SO, THIS IS WHAT I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER UNTIL THE DAY THAT I DIE. WE WENT TO A DINNER AT A ITALIAN RESTAURANT AND WE HAD GUESTS OF TWO STATE REPS. THEN. WAS THERE ANOTHER ELECTED OFFICIAL THERE? IT WAS A LOT OF IMPORTANT PEOPLE, STATE LEVEL, TWO STATE REPS SITTING ACROSS FROM JOHN, WHICH BECOMES CRITICAL IN THIS STORY. AND IF YOU REMEMBER, IF YOU KNOW JOHN, HE HAD NECK SURGERY, AND THIS WAS POST NECK SURGERY, AND HE STILL WAS HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE SWALLOWING AND HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE BREATHING. AND AT ONE POINT, HE GETS A LITTLE TICKLE IN HIS THROAT, I GUESS, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN SPAGHETTI COMES FLYING ALL OVER OUR STATE REPS. THERE'S SOME SPAGHETTI HANGING HERE ON ONE OF THEM. THERE'S SOME IN HIS GLASS. AND I LOOK OVER AT JOHN AND HE JUST LOOKS AT HIM AND GOES, SORRY. SO THAT'S A STORY I'M ALWAYS GOING TO REMEMBER OF YOU, OF ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU DID IN FRISCO. I'M GOING TO REMEMBER YOU SPITTING PASTA ALL OVER OUR STATE REP DELEGATION. SO, JOHN, BEST OF LUCK. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. BEFORE WE START TO ROAST JOHN, I JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN, A THANK YOU TO REEDY HIGH SCHOOL. WHEN I HEARD YOU, YOU REPRESENT THE BEST OF FRISCO. AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THAT. YOU REPRESENT WHAT'S GOOD AND RIGHT. SO, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND REMINDING US OF WHO WE REALLY ARE. SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW, TO MY BROTHER FROM ANOTHER MOTHER, JOHN KEATING. MAN, WHEN I SAY BROTHER FROM ANOTHER MOTHER, I REALLY DO MEAN IT. JOHN AND I HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT TOGETHER, NOT JUST ON COUNCIL, BUT SOMETIMES AWAY FROM COUNCIL, LONG HOURS, LONG CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD. AND SO, JOHN, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN TO ME. YOU ARE TRULY A SPECIAL FRIEND TO ME, AND I THANK YOU FOR OPENING THE DOOR FOR ME. WHEN I RAN FOR COUNCIL, THERE WERE DOORS THAT WOULD NOT HAVE OPENED FOR ME HAD JOHN KEATING NOT HELPED OPEN THOSE DOORS. SO, I THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT I THANK YOU FOR BEING JUST A GENUINE, TRUE FRIEND. IF YOU KNOW JOHN, YOU KNOW JOHN HAS A BIG HEART. HE'S GONNA PROBABLY BE CRYING IN JUST A FEW SECONDS. AND SO THAT'S WHAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT JOHN IS JOHN IS AUTHENTIC, AND I LOVE HIM FOR THAT. SO, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO THE CITY, TO THE VETERANS OF THE CITY, FOR GIVING YOUR TIME, YOUR TALENT, YOUR TREASURE, [00:40:01] YOUR FAMILY TIME. YOUR BOYS HAVE GROWN UP ONLY PREDOMINANTLY SEEING YOU SERVE IN THIS CITY. SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THIS CITY. JOHN, WE WOULD NOT BE WHO WE ARE AS A CITY WITHOUT YOU. AND THEN MY FUNNY JOHN STORY, NOT NEARLY AS GROSS AS BRIAN'S STORY. MY FUNNY JOHN STORY IS JOHN AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING TOGETHER IN FRONT OF THE STAR TWO CHRISTMASES AGO FOR THE SALVATION ARMY. AND WE WERE CHARGED WITH RAISING MONEY FOR THE SALVATION ARMY. AND SO, WE BOTH HAD ON OUR SANTA EARS, OUR ELF EARS, AND WE HAD OUR BELL, AND WE WERE RINGING THE BELL AND WE JUST KEPT GETTING LOTS OF MONEY. AND PEOPLE KEPT POINTING AT JOHN AND I'M LIKE, DUDE, WHAT IS THIS? LIKE, WHY ARE THEY POINTING AT YOU AND NOT ME? AND I QUICKLY REALIZED THAT THEY THOUGHT THAT JOHN WAS TROY AIKEN. AND HE KNEW THAT AND HE PLAYED WELL INTO IT. AND I THINK WE PROBABLY RAISED MORE MONEY THAN ANYBODY THAT NIGHT BECAUSE PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY WERE GIVING TO TROY AIKEN, AND JOHN JUST NEVER CORRECTED THEM. SO, THANK YOU, JOHN, FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO THE CITY. YOU WILL BE GREATLY MISSED. I GUESS IT'S MY TURN. SO, IF PEOPLE, A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL. TIMES WILL SAY THAT, OH, COUNCIL AGREES ON EVERYTHING. I GUARANTEE THAT IS NOT ACCURATE. AND JOHN AND I, WE HAVE HAD SOME PRETTY INTENSE DEBATES OVER THE YEARS, REALLY ANGRY ONES SOMETIMES. BUT WE USUALLY CALLED EACH OTHER AT THE END OF THE NIGHT AND SAID, LOOK, I STILL RESPECT YOU. I STILL CONSIDER YOU A FRIEND. AND WE WOULD TALK ABOUT. WE'D CALM DOWN, WE WOULD TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES, AND WE WOULD TRY TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY, WHAT'S GOING ON. AND SIMILAR TO WHAT ANGELIA SAID, HE WAS ONE OF THE VERY FIRST PEOPLE THAT WHEN I SAID THAT I WANTED TO RUN FOR COUNCIL, THAT HE STARTED HELPING ME WITH INFORMATION. HE MADE SURE I HAD THE DECENT UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WAS GOING ON. HE SUGGESTED I COME TO CERTAIN THINGS FROM WORK SESSIONS TO BE ABLE TO GET MORE EDUCATED. AND EVEN THROUGH ALL OF OUR FIGHTS, HE WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE VERY FIRST PEOPLE THAT CAME TO ME AND SAID, I HAVE AN IDEA THAT'S GOING TO HELP YOU FOR YOUR PASSION PROJECT. HE WAS THE ONLY ONE ON COUNCIL THAT CAME FORWARD WITH AN IDEA. SO, THANK YOU. SO, JOHN ALSO WAS THE FIRST COUNCIL MEMBER WHO MET WITH ME WHEN I DECIDED I WAS GOING TO RUN. BRIAN AND JOHN ACTUALLY WERE THE TWO WHO MET. AND I REMEMBER YOU CHALLENGED ME ONCE AND YOU SAID, DON'T BE DUMB. LET'S JUST SET THE BAR. SET THE BAR LOW ENOUGH, OKAY. THAT I NEVER WAS ABLE TO PUNCH ABOVE. BUT, JOHN, THE AMOUNT OF WORK YOU'VE DONE FOR VETERANS, THE AMOUNT OF IDEAS THAT YOU'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL, TALKING ABOUT AGENDA ITEMS AND GIVING ME DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, ALWAYS FIGURING OUT A WAY TO FIND SOLUTIONS AS OPPOSED TO THE MORALITY OF AN ISSUE. IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING JOURNEY. I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW. I'M GOING TO MISS YOU ON COUNCIL. IT'S BEEN A FUN RIDE ALONG THE WAY. I CAN IMITATE JOHN KEATING PRETTY WELL, SO. WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE A G U T PUNCH. SO, FROM ONE VETERAN TO ANOTHER, I'M JUST GOING TO RENDER A SALUTE TO YOU, MAN, AND IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU, MAYOR. WELL, JOHN, I DON'T HAVE ANY STORIES. I'VE ONLY BEEN SERVING WITH YOU A SHORT TIME, BUT YOU HAVE BEEN VERY WELCOMING WHEN WE DID GET TOGETHER, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. FRISCO DEFINITELY IS A MUCH BETTER CITY SINCE YOU CAME ON BOARD AND SERVED FOR SO LONG, AND WHO KNOWS, MAYBE YOU GET TO SERVE LONGER. AND SO, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ME BEING A CITIZEN AND ALSO SERVING WITH YOU AS WELL ON CITY COUNCIL. WELL, DAD, I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS. YOU KNOW, A FEW WORDS COME TO MIND WHEN I THINK OF YOU. AND SO, YOU KNOW, LEADER, SERVANT, AND DAD. SO, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, UPHOLDING LEADERSHIP, SERVITUDE, AND FATHERHOOD TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY. THANK YOU FOR SERVING THE CITY, [00:45:01] NOT ONLY THE CITY OF FRISCO, BUT OBVIOUSLY OUR GREAT COUNTRY. YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN A GREAT DAD, GREAT ROLE MODEL, AND I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER PERSON TO HAVE HELD THE POSITION THAT YOU'VE BEEN IN FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS. AND I KNOW FRISCO IS A BETTER PLACE BECAUSE OF YOU. SO, THANK YOU FOR THAT, SIR. IT'S TIME. READY TO. IT'S TIME NOW. SIT BACK AND RELAX. I MADE A FEW NOTES AND I'M GONNA TRY NOT TO CRY. I'M GLAD Y' ALL ARE HERE TONIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. I KNOW IT'S NOT ALL JUST FOR ME, BUT FOR A BRIEF MOMENT I JUST KIND OF WALKED IN THE DOOR AND I THOUGHT, MAN, THIS IS SO COOL. THERE'S A CHOIR HERE, EVERYBODY'S GETTING AWARDS. LIKE, THIS IS AWESOME. SO, I WILL TRY TO BE QUICK. I DID WANT TO SEE SHARE A COUPLE LITTLE THINGS, BUT, YOU KNOW, I HAD 13 YEARS IN THE ARMY. COMBAT VETERAN WHO HAVE DESERT SHIELD AND YOU KNOW, I'VE SPENT 25 YEARS HERE IN FRISCO. I HAVEN'T LIVED ANYWHERE ELSE FOR AS LONG A TIME. AND MAY OF 99 FIRST CAME TO FRISCO AND WAS WITH MY REALTOR. IT WASN'T, WASN'T JEFF. AND WE CAME DOWN FROM THE AIRPORT AND WE CAME TO A FLASHING FOUR-WAY RED LIGHT AND IT WAS THE INTERSECTION OF 121 AND DNT AND HE STOPPED THE CAR. THERE WERE NO OTHER CARS AROUND. THERE WAS NOTHING. THE FORD DEALERSHIP HAD JUST BROKEN GROUND. AND WE JUST SAT RIGHT THERE AT THE INTERSECTION FOR A SECOND AND HE LOOKED AT HER AND HE SAID, LOOK, I KNOW THERE'S NOTHING HERE NOW, BUT IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, THIS IS ALL GOING TO BE DEVELOPED AND IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING. AND RIGHT THEN A TUMBLEWEED BLEW ACROSS THE ROAD AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, LET'S TURN THE CAR AROUND AND GO BACK TO THE AIRPORT. BUT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. KEPT GOING. AND IF YOU TRIED TO GET THROUGH DNT 121 LATELY, DON'T STOP. I KIND OF. I WAS WRITING SOME NOTES HERE AND I'VE SERVED WITH 16 DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS, THREE FIRE CHIEFS, THREE POLICE CHIEFS, TWO CITY MANAGERS AND TWO MAYORS. THE POPULATION HAS GONE. IN 2000 IT WAS ABOUT 33,000 AND TODAY IT'S AT ABOUT 251,000. IT'S BEEN A REMARKABLE JOURNEY. IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE YOU IN THIS CAPACITY. EVERYBODY SAYS, WELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PROJECT AND WHAT ARE YOU MOST PROUD OF? AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT WE DID TOGETHER AS A TEAM. I AM VERY PROUD OF HOW EVERY ONE OF THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THOSE POLICE CHIEFS, THOSE FIRE CHIEFS, THOSE MAYORS, THOSE CITY MANAGERS ALL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE FRISCO A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL OF US. FRISCO IS A PLACE WHERE WE BUILD BRIDGES, NOT WALLS. AND I'M MOST PROUD OF. MOST PROUD OF MY TWO SONS, ZACH AND RYAN. ZACH REGRETS HE CAN'T BE HERE, BUT HE DID CUT A VIDEO FOR US. VERY, VERY PROUD OF THEM BOTH. THEY'RE PART OF THAT COMMITMENT TO CREATING A FULL LIFE CYCLE CITY WHERE YOU CAN COME HERE, RAISE A FAMILY, START A BUSINESS, WATCH YOUR KIDS GROW UP, GO TO COLLEGE HERE, SEND THEM OFF TO SCHOOL, AND HOPE THAT THEY COME BACK HERE AND THE CYCLE STARTS OVER. THEY START A FAMILY, THEY BUY A HOUSE, THEIR KIDS GO SCHOOL HERE. SO, ZACH AND RYAN ARE BOTH WONDERFUL EXAMPLES OF THAT. BOTH WENT K THROUGH 12 HERE IN THE FRISCO ISD. BOTH ARE GRADUATES OF FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL. THEY'VE DONE AN INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE JOB. BOTH ARE WITH FRITO LAY, FOLLOWING THE FAMILY FOOTSTEPS, AND IN THIS AREA AND UP HERE OFTEN ENOUGH. SO, IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY, AND IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THEM HERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. JOINED BY MY FIANCÉ, MARCIA, HER FAMILY, ALSO LONGTIME FRISCO [00:50:01] RESIDENTS HERE FOR A LONG TIME, ACTIVE WITH ALL OF OUR SPORTS PROGRAMS. VERY PROUD OF SPORTS CITY USA. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, JEFF, FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP, A WONDERFUL NEIGHBOR, AN INCREDIBLE MAYOR, WONDERFUL ROLE MODEL FOR OUR COUNCIL, FOR ME, FOR OUR FAMILIES, AND TO THE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT ARE AT HOME WATCHING, THE HUSBANDS AND WIVES OF ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OF OUR CITY STAFF, OUR POLICE OFFICERS, OUR FIREFIGHTERS. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE AND FOR BEING A CHAMPION FOR ALL OF US. WE CAN COME UP HERE AND GET THIS WORK DONE WHILE YOU GUYS ARE TAKING CARE OF THE HOME FRONT. SO, THANK YOU ALL AGAIN AND HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON. SO, IF ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LOVE ONE OF THESE CRYSTAL PLAQUES FOR YOURSELF. YOU ONLY HAVE TO GIVE 15 YEARS OF YOUR LIFE FOR ONE OF THESE. SO, JOHN, I'D LOVE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU. AND LET'S TRY TO TAKE A GROUP PICTURE HERE. Y' ALL CAN LOOK RIGHT HERE REAL QUICK. ONE, TWO, THREE. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU AGAIN. DON'T FORGET YOUR MAIN POINT. YEAH, I'M TAKING THAT. YOU WANT ME. DO I STILL SIT HERE RIGHT NOW? ALL [Issuance of the Statement of Elected Officer, Oath of Office, and Certificate of Election to Ann Anderson, City Council Place 1. (CSO/KM)] RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. AND NOW WE'LL WELCOME ANN ANDERSON AND FAMILY FOR HER OFFICIAL SWEARING IN. OKAY, EVERYONE, JUST FOR THE RECORD, MS. ANDERSON HAS ALREADY COMPLETED ALL THE REQUIRED PAPERWORK BEFORE THIS, SO THIS IS MORE CEREMONIAL THAN ANYTHING ELSE. OKAY, YOU READY? OKAY. I, STATE YOUR NAME. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM. I, ANN ANDERSON, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM. THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL PLACE 1 OF THE CITY OF FRISCO, TEXAS THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL PLACE 1 OF THE CITY OF FRISCO, TEXAS AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER OF THIS STATE AND WILL THE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE AND COMPLY WITH THE FRISCO CITY CHARTER RELATIVE TO THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST, THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW, THE MISUSE OF OFFICIAL INFORMATION, THE ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS, SO HELP ME GOD. AND COMPLY THE WITH THE FRISCO CITY CHARTER RELATIVE TO THE COMPLETE CONFLICT OF INTEREST, THE OPEN MEETINGS LAWS, THE MISUSE OF OFFICIAL INFORMATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS, SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY, SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE. OH, YOU [00:55:01] WANT TO. SO, WOW. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START. I WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING REALLY PROFOUND. AND YOU KNOW WHAT KEEPS GOING THROUGH MY MIND IS LINCOLN'S SACRAMENTO INAUGURAL ADDRESS WHEN HE SAID HE STARTED WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE AND ENDED IT WITH CHARITY. IT WAS RIGHT AFTER THE CIVIL WAR AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT UNITY, AND THE CHOIR GOT UP AND SANG. Y' ALL DON'T KNOW. I WAS A JAZZ CHOIR KID. SO, WHOOP. KAREEN TEXTS ME AND TELLS ME ONE OF HER. HER KIDS THAT SHE DIRECTED IS IN THE CHOIR. AND ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT WAS UNITY IN OUR CITY. I AM SO THANKFUL FOR THE TRUST THAT THE CITY AND THE CITIZENS HAVE PUT IN ME TO REPRESENT YOU ON THESE DAYS. AND I COULDN'T, I COULD NOT BE MORE GRATEFUL. IT IS A HEAVY BURDEN AND IT IS AN IMPORTANT SERVICE. BUT AS THE JC CREED SAYS, SERVICE TO HUMANITY IS THE BEST WORK OF LIFE. AND IT TRULY IS. I AM BEYOND THANKFUL FOR ALL OF THE SUPPORTERS. FOR CINDY AND KAREN AND MAYOR JEFF EVERY FRIDAY MORNING AT LA FINCA. THAT'S WHERE DREAMS HAPPEN. AND FOR MY FAMILY, WHO GAVE UP LATE NIGHTS, EARLY DAYS. I DON'T COOK ANYMORE. I DON'T REALLY NEVER DID. BUT TRULY, TRULY AM THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE CITY OF FRISCO. WE'VE BEEN HERE A LITTLE OVER 20 YEARS. NOT IT WASN'T A TUMBLEWEED JOHN, BUT IT WAS. IT WAS A LOT OF DIRT ROADS. AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT? THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CITY. MOST OF US HAVE PROBABLY MOVED HERE FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE. I AM SO THANKFUL TO BE YOUR FRISCO CITY COUNCIL WOMAN ON PLACE 1 AND I CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO WORK. THANK YOU. OH, MY [Recess for Reception.] FIRST OFFICIAL MOTION IS FOR US TO ADJOURN IN FOR A BRIEF RECESSION. YES, BY AN. JOHN. HE'S NOT. HE'S NOT A COUNCIL MEMBER ANYMORE. YEAH, WELL, I'LL STILL SECOND IT. SECOND 6-0. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BRIEF RECESS. THANK [Reconvene into Regular Session.] YOU. COUNCIL. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO RECONVENE? SO, MOVED. MOTION BY. WAS THAT BURT? BURT? SECOND. SECOND BY ANGELIA ON FAVOR PASSES 6-0. [CITIZEN INPUT (to begin approximately at 7:30 p.m.)] WE'RE RECONVENED AT 7:59PM AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE RIGHT INTO CITIZEN INPUT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. THERE IS A LOT OF CITIZENS INPUT TONIGHT, BOTH FOR THE GENERAL PART AND FOR THE LATER AGENDA ITEMS. WE ARE ONLY CALLING FOR THE GENERAL ITEMS AT THIS POINT IN TIME. WE WILL ADDRESS THE AGENDA ITEMS WHEN WE DISCUSS THAT PARTICULAR TOPIC. SO, WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR RESIDENCE. I WILL CALL TWO PEOPLE AT A TIME TO TRY AND HELP US DO THIS A LITTLE MORE EXPEDIENT. SO, IF YOU ARE THE SECOND PERSON I CALL, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TOWARDS THE MICROPHONE OR BE PREPARED TO GET UP AND GET TO THE MICROPHONE QUICKLY. FINALLY, THERE WILL BE FIVE MINUTES FOR YOU TO SPEAK. THERE IS. THE TIMER IS ON RIGHT HERE FOR YOU TO SEE. BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SO MANY AND IT'S OUR BEST PRACTICE, WE WILL BE CUTTING YOU OFF RIGHT AT FIVE MINUTES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. THE FIRST PERSON I HAVE IS PRAVAL KOLLIPARA. AND THEN NEXT WE HAVE BILLY ECHOLS RICHTER. WE HAVE PRAVAL. DO WE NOT HAVE THIS ONE? I STILL DON'T SEE ANYBODY COMING. OKAY, SO THEN WE ARE GOING TO GO TO PASTOR ECHOLS-RICHTER. I'M ONE OF THE PASTORS AT GRACE AVENUE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH HERE IN FRISCO. I AM ALSO ONE OF THE CURRENT CONVENERS OF THE FRISCO INTERFAITH ALLIANCE. I HAVE LIVED AND WORKED IN FRISCO FOR 27 YEARS AND MY ADDRESS IS ON THE CARD. TONIGHT. I AM COMING BEFORE YOU BECAUSE I WANT TO SAY FIRST OF ALL A WORD OF GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION TO YOU AND TO WHAT THIS CITY HAS BECOME OVER THE LAST 27 YEARS. ONE OF THE GREAT JOYS OF MY LIFE IS [01:00:01] TO HAVE SEEN WHAT'S HAPPENED IN FRISCO OVER THE LAST 27 YEARS. I HAVE SEEN CITIZENS AND LEADERS OF THIS COMMUNITY THAT HAVE DREAMED OF BUILDING A WORLD CLASS CITY. AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED. WE HAVE ATTRACTED WORLD CLASS ORGANIZATIONS AND WORLD CLASS BUSINESSES. WE HAVE BUILT WORLD CLASS FACILITIES. WE HAVE CREATED WORLD CLASS PLACES TO LIVE AND TO WORK AND TO PLAY I BELIEVE WE HAVE A WORLD CLASS SCHOOL SYSTEM AND WE HAVE TWO WONDERFUL WORLD CLASS INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION HERE IN THE CITY. MOST OF ALL, WHAT I AM PROUD OF IS THAT WE IN THE LAST 27 YEARS HAVE CREATED REALLY WONDERFUL, INNOVATIVE WORLD CLASS PARTNERSHIPS. AND SO, IT'S NO WONDER THAT PEOPLE HAVE COME TO THIS CITY. PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND ALL OVER THE WORLD HAVE COME TO FRISCO BECAUSE OF THIS DREAM AND WHAT HAS BEEN LIVED OUT. BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT IN RECENT WEEKS, COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE DURING THE PUBLIC SESSION OF CITY COUNCIL HAVE BEEN VERY DISTURBING. WE HAVE HEARD DISGUSTING AND DISPARAGING COMMENTS ABOUT SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS WHO WORK AND LIVE RIGHT HERE IN OUR MIDST. PARTICULARLY, WE HAVE SEEN PEOPLE CALLED OUT WHO ARE DESCENDANTS OF THOSE FROM SOUTH ASIA. THERE HAVE BEEN UNFOUNDED ACCUSATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AND THERE HAVE BEEN HATEFUL, BIGOTED RHETORIC THAT HAS BEEN VERY DAMAGING AND HAS MADE OUR NEIGHBORS SOMEWHAT AFRAID. BUT TONIGHT, TONIGHT I AM HERE WITH A WHOLE HOST FROM THE FRISCO COMMUNITY TO TELL A DIFFERENT STORY. WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO SAY THAT EVERYONE IS WELCOME HERE AND THAT THIS WELCOMING SPIRIT IS WHAT MAKES THIS COMMUNITY GREAT. IT IS IN THE MIDST OF THAT TONIGHT YOU SEE MANY OF US ARE WEARING BLUE. BLUE IS THE COLOR OF UNITY AND HARMONY AND PEACE. AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE. WE ARE THANKFUL FOR OUR NEIGHBORS WHEREVER WE COME FROM. AND SO TONIGHT WE WANT TO GIVE THANKS FOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT ARE MADE BY ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS IN OUR BUSINESSES, IN OUR SCHOOLS, IN OUR CIVIC ACTIVITIES AND IN OUR RESPECTIVE HOUSES OF WORSHIP. WE ARE HERE TO SAY TONIGHT THAT WE WILL NOT TOLERATE THIS KIND OF HOSTILITY AND DISRESPECT THAT WE HAVE WITNESSED IN THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS. IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS, I HAVE HEARD A TERM THAT I AM VERY DISTURBED BY. I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING AN INDIAN INVASION. FRIENDS, WE ARE NOT EXPERIENCING AN INDIAN INVASION. WE ARE EXPERIENCING AN INVASION OF IGNORANCE. AND IN THE MIDST OF THAT TONIGHT, WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS THERE IS GOOD NEWS. WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. THE HUMORIST WILL ROGERS SAID ONE TIME THAT EVERYONE IS IGNORANT ONLY ON DIFFERENT SUBJECTS. AND IF I COULD PARAPHRASE ROGERS, I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT EVERYBODY IS IGNORANT ONLY ABOUT DIFFERENT PEOPLE. SO, THE BEST THING THAT WE CAN DO IS TO GATHER AS NEIGHBORS. THE BEST THING WE CAN DO IS MEET WITH ONE ANOTHER, LISTEN TO ONE ANOTHER, COOPERATE WITH ONE ANOTHER AND BREAK BREAD WITH ONE ANOTHER. WE ARE NOT HERE. WE ARE NOT HERE TO LIVE IN SUSPICION AND FEAR OF OUR NEIGHBORS. NOW, THIS IS THE VERY PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE FRISCO INTERFAITH ALLIANCE HAS BEEN FORMED, AND THIS IS WHAT WE TRY TO DO AT MOST OF OUR MEETINGS AND EVENTS. AND ALSO, I REALIZE THAT THIS IS THE PURPOSE OF THE FRISCO MULTICULTURAL COMMITTEE, WHICH HAS IN ITS PARTICULAR EVENTS MANY THINGS THAT CELEBRATE THE FABRIC AND THE DIVERSITY THAT WE ALL SHARE. TONIGHT, I SIMPLY ASK THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER FOR FRISCO SO THAT FRISCO WILL CONTINUE TO BE KNOWN AS A CITY OF HOSPITALITY, NOT A CITY OF HOSTILITY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE RAFIA MUNIR. AND THEN NEXT WILL BE LUKE THOMPSON. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS. MY NAME IS RAFIA MUNIR, AND I'M AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF ISLAMIC CENTER OF FRISCO. AND MY CHILDREN GO TO [01:05:01] LIBERTY AND EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL IN FISD. EVERY DAY I WORK WITH FAMILIES WHO HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES. THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY DON'T QUITE FIT, THAT THEY ARE TOO DIFFERENT, THAT THERE IS NO ROOM FOR THEM. MY JOB IS TO MAKE THAT ROOM. THIS WORK HAS TAUGHT ME THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I KNOW ABOUT COMMUNITY. WE ARE ONLY AS STRONG AS OUR WILLINGNESS TO STAND UP FOR ONE ANOTHER, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS UNCOMFORTABLE. TONIGHT IS UNCOMFORTABLE, AND TONIGHT MATTERS. SPEAKERS HAVE COME TO THIS PODIUM WITH FEAR AND SUSPICION ABOUT PEOPLE THEY DO NOT KNOW. CONCERNS HAVE BEEN RAISED. AND LET'S BE HONEST, ARE THERE INDIVIDUALS ANYWHERE WHO HAVE DONE THINGS WRONG? YES, IN EVERY COMMUNITY, IN EVERY BACKGROUND, AND IN EVERY FAITH. BUT HERE IS THE QUESTION WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES. WHY ARE WE PUNISHING THE ONES WHO DID EVERYTHING RIGHT? THE FAMILIES LIVING ON OUR STREETS FOLLOWED EVERY RULE. THEY BUILT THEIR LIVES HERE THE RIGHT WAY. THEY CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY EVERY SINGLE DAY. TO HOLD THEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIONS OF OTHERS IS NOT JUSTICE. THAT IS THE GUILT OF ASSOCIATION. AND WE ARE BETTER THAN THAT. AND THEN THERE ARE THE PROTESTS IN FRONT OF A TEMPLE, A HOUSE OF WORSHIP, A PLACE WHERE FAMILIES GO TO BOW THEIR HEADS AND ASK FOR THE SAME THINGS THAT EVERY PERSON IN THIS ROOM ASKS FOR. HEALTH, SAFETY, AND PEACE. PROTESTING IN FRONT OF A TEMPLE IS NOT PATRIOTISM. IT IS INTIMIDATION. AND IT HAS NO PLACE IN THIS COMMUNITY. SO, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHO ACTUALLY LIVES NEXT DOOR. BECAUSE SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY, SOME OF US SEEM TO HAVE FORGOTTEN OUR INDIAN NEIGHBORS ARE THE CARDIOLOGISTS AT OUR HOSPITALS. THEY ARE THE CHILDREN ON THE HONOR ROLL AT FISD SCHOOLS. THEY ARE COACHES ON THE SOCCER FIELDS. THEY ARE TEACHERS IN OUR CLASSROOMS AND PARAPROFESSIONALS FOR OUR SPECIAL NEEDS AND DISABLED KIDS. THEY ARE THE ENGINEERS BEHIND THE TECHNOLOGY OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES DEPEND ON. AND THERE'S THE SMALLER SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ON OUR MAIN STREETS, THE PARENTS IN THE BLEACHERS ON THE FRIDAY NIGHT GAMES. THEY VOLUNTEER, THEY GIVE TO FOOD BANKS, THEY SERVED ON PGA'S, THEY PAY TAXES. AND THEY FOLLOW THE LAW AND HAVE CHOSEN THE CITY AS THEIR HOME THE SAME WAY EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM HAS CHOSEN TO BE. AND MANY OF THEM STEPPED INTO THE EMPTY SPACES, THE ROLES AND THE JOBS THAT WERE OPEN AND WAITING THAT NO ONE ELSE WAS LINING UP TO FILL. DIFFERENT FAITHS, DIFFERENT CULTURES. THAT IS NOT A WEAKNESS OF THIS COMMUNITY. THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS COMMUNITY. THE INDIAN COMMUNITY ITSELF IS A BEAUTIFULLY DIVERSE COMMUNITY. HINDUS, MUSLIMS, CHRISTIANS, SIKHS AND PARSIS, AND MORE. THERE ARE INDIAN MUSLIMS WHO SHARE OUR FAITH. THERE ARE INDIAN CHRISTIANS WHO SHARE YOUR TOO. WHEN FEAR GETS DIRECTED AT THE INDIAN COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, IT CASTS A WIDE AND CARELESS NET OVER THE PEOPLE WHOSE ONLY COMMON THREAD IS WHERE THEIR FAMILIES CAME FROM. HAVE WE MET THEM? REALLY MET THEM? BECAUSE ANYONE WHO HAS MET THEM ALREADY KNOWS THE ANSWER. WHAT WE FIND IS NOT A THREAT. WHAT WE FIND IS A NEIGHBOR. AND ON THE QUESTION OF JOBS, LET'S BE HONEST ABOUT THAT TOO. NO ONE CAN SIMPLY TAKE WHAT IS MEANT FOR SOMEONE ELSE. OPPORTUNITY IS NOT A FIXED PIE. WHEN THIS COMMUNITY GROWS, WHEN NEW BUSINESSES OPEN, WHEN HOSPITALS STAY FULLY STAFFED, WHEN THE SCHOOLS HAVE THE TEACHERS AND PARAPROFESSIONALS THEY NEED, EVERYONE BENEFITS. THE FEAR THAT SOMEONE ELSE'S GAIN IS YOUR LOSS IS THE OLDEST AND THE MOST DIVISIVE LIE IN POLITICS. I WOULD ASK THIS COUNCIL TO TAKE TWO STEPS. FIRST, HOST INTERCULTURAL COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT BRING NEIGHBORHOODS TOGETHER. SECOND, WORK WITH FISD TO ENSURE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION. EDUCATION REFLECTS THE FULL FABRIC OF THIS COMMUNITY. BEFORE THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, BEFORE THE NEXT PROTEST, BEFORE THE NEXT SPEECH, AT THIS PODIUM, LET'S MAKE ONE COMMITMENT AS A COMMUNITY. GO INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO AN INDIAN NEIGHBOR. KNOCK ON A DOOR, ACCEPT AN INVITATION, SIT DOWN AND SHARE A MEAL. WHAT YOU WILL FIND IS NOT WHAT FEAR TOLD YOU. YOU WILL FIND A NEIGHBOR. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, WE'VE GOT LUKE THOMPSON. NEXT, WE'LL HAVE SUNITHA CHERUBU. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS LUKE THOMPSON. MY ADDRESS IS ON THE CARD. I'M THE PASTOR OF FIRST UNITED METHODIST [01:10:01] CHURCH HERE IN FRISCO. I GREW UP JUST SOUTH IN PLANO, AND ONE TIME WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, I WAS IN BOY SCOUTS AND WE WENT HIKING IN PHILMONT IN NEW MEXICO. WE WERE HEADED DOWN THE TRAIL AND WE KEPT GOING AND GOING AND GOING UNTIL FINALLY THE GUIDE SAID, THIS CAN'T BE RIGHT. WE HAVE GONE OFF THE PATH. WE MISSED THE SIGN. AND HAVING LISTENED TO MANY OF THE THINGS SAID IN THIS ROOM OVER THE PAST COUPLE MEETINGS. I'M CONCERNED THAT THERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE IN FRISCO MISSING THE SIGN. SO, I'M GRATEFUL TO BE HERE WITH SO MANY THAT ARE PAYING ATTENTION. WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, I MISSED SOME SIGNS ON YOUTUBE. I STARTED TO HEAR THINGS LIKE WHAT HAD BEEN SAID IN THIS ROOM RECENTLY. OUR COMMUNITY IS CHANGING TOO FAST. IT'S BAD FOR OUR SOCIAL COHESION. I COULD SEE MY COMMUNITY WAS CHANGING AND THE ARGUMENT WAS PRESENTED REASONABLY. AND SO SOON ALGORITHMS SHOWED ME OTHER THINGS THAT SOUNDED LIKE WHAT I HAVE HEARD HERE. THEY IMMIGRANTS WON'T ASSIMILATE TO OUR CULTURE, THEN THEY ARE TAKING OUR JOBS, THEY ARE REPLACING US. AND THEN THEY ARE UNEDUCATED AND EASY TO CONTROL. AND THEN THIS DID NOT HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT, IMPLYING A CONSPIRACY. AND THE SOLUTION AT THE END OF THAT RABBIT TRAIL WAS ALWAYS THAT THEY NEED TO GO. WHICH LED TO WORSE THINGS. FOR EXAMPLE, BEING ABLE TO HEAR THINGS LIKE WHAT HAD BEEN SAID HERE ABOUT WANTING RHODESIA NOT GLOBAL ZIMBABWE AND RECOGNIZING IT AS A CALL FOR A WHITE NATION. THAT PHRASE GOT A LOT OF CLAPS IN THIS ROOM. RHODESIA WAS A WHITE RULED EUROPEAN COLONY, ZIMBABWE THE INDEPENDENT AFRICAN NATION THAT SUCCEEDED IT. WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I DID NOT SEE THE SIGNS. I DID NOT SEE HOW MY FEAR WAS BEING HIJACKED BY BAD ACTORS. I DID NOT SEE HOW WHITE NATIONALISM FRAMED THE STORY OF MY COMMUNITY AROUND REPLACEMENT TO LURE ME AND OTHERS INTO SEEING THE WORLD AS US VERSUS THEM AND SEEING IMMIGRANTS AS THE CAUSE OF EVERY ISSUE. THEY NEVER SAID US MEANT WHITE, BUT IN THEIR STORY IT CERTAINLY DID. I DID NOT SEE THE WARNING SIGNS, BUT I WAS LUCKY TO BE FRIENDS WITH DIVERSE PEOPLE WHO REMINDED ME TO SEE THE WORLD WITH GOD'S EYES. IMMIGRANTS AND THE CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS WHO REMINDED ME OF A DIFFERENT STORY, ONE THAT I WAS WALKING AWAY FROM. IT'S A PRETTY FAMOUS STORY IN MY FAITH TRADITION. A MAN CAME TO JESUS AND WANTED TO FRAME THE WORLD AS US VERSUS THEM. AND HE ASKED JESUS, WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR? AND JESUS SAW THE WARNING SIGN. THE MAN WAS AN ISRAELITE WHO HATED SAMARITANS, A FOREIGN NATION. AND THE MAN WANTED TO LURE OTHERS INTO HATING THEM TOO. SO, JESUS TOLD A STORY ABOUT A BEATEN ISRAELITE AND A SAMARITAN IN THE ISRAELITES COUNTRY. INSTEAD OF RUNNING AWAY IN FEAR THAT THE BANDITS MIGHT HURT HIM TOO, THE SAMARITAN CHOSE TO BE CURIOUS AND WENT TO INVESTIGATE. THE SAMARITAN SAVED THE BEATEN MAN'S LIFE. AND AT THE END OF THE STORY, JESUS HELPED THE MAN TO SEE EVERY SINGLE PERSON IS ALREADY OUR NEIGHBOR, WHETHER THEY LIVE HERE OR ACROSS THE WORLD, WHETHER THEY ARE WHITE OR BROWN, AND WE SHOULD LOVE THEM WITH OUR WORDS AND ACTIONS. I'M HERE TODAY WITH THE INTERFAITH ALLIANCE BECAUSE OF GOOD SAMARITANS WHO TAUGHT ME WHAT TO DO WITH MY FEAR. IT IS NOT TO GET RID OF PEOPLE, IT IS NOT TO RESENT THEM. IN GOD'S CREATION, THERE IS ALWAYS ENOUGH TO GO AROUND. THOSE PEOPLE TAUGHT ME TO LOOK FOR THE SIGN POINTING TOWARD LOVE, TO LOOK AT THE SIGN OF CURIOSITY. IF PEOPLE ARE SCARED OF CHANGE, LET US NOT BE AFRAID, BUT CURIOUS SO WE CAN GO ON THE PATH FORWARD TOGETHER. I GREW UP NEARBY, BUT I AM NEW TO THIS COMMUNITY OF FRISCO AND I DO SEE SOME WARNING SIGNS, BUT MOSTLY I SEE BEAUTY. A BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE THAT LOOKS LIKE ALL OF THE PEOPLE HERE BEHIND ME. FRISCO'S DIVERSITY IS WHAT MAKES IT A WORLD CLASS CITY. I'M NEVER GOING TO GO TO A PGA RESORT THAT'S OUT OF MY PRICE RANGE. I'M GLAD FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT CAN, BUT FRISCO'S DIVERSITY IS WHY I WANT TO BE HERE. I'M HOPING TO HAVE KIDS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AND I WANT THEM TO GROW UP IN A PLACE LIKE THIS BECAUSE OF FRISCO'S DIVERSITY. I WANT THEM TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT I DID, THAT WHEN THEY INEVITABLY STRAY FROM THE PATH OF LOVE, I WANT THEM TO BE SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE, DIVERSE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT SHOW THEM THE WAY OF CURIOSITY SO THEY CAN LOVE MY NEIGHBORS LIKE MY NEIGHBORS TAUGHT ME. AND SO, CITY COUNCIL AND PEOPLE IN FRISCO, I WOULD ASK US TO RECOGNIZE AND SHOW OTHERS THE WARNING SIGNS. I WOULD ASK US ALL TO RESPOND TO FEAR OF CHANGE WITH CURIOSITY SO WE CAN GROW WITH LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER INSTEAD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE SUNITA CHERUVU. AND THEN NEXT [01:15:02] WE HAVE NEIL WHITE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SUNITA CHERUVU AND I WANT TO THANK YOU, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY FAMILY HAS BEEN IN FRISCO FOR OVER 15 YEARS AND WE'VE RAISED OUR CHILDREN HERE WITH THEM, ATTENDING K THROUGH 12 IN FRISCO ISD. WE LIVE, PRAY, WORK AND PLAY HERE. I'M PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN, PROUD TO BE A FRISCONIAN OF INDIAN DESCENT AND PROUD TO BE A HINDU. AND I'VE BEEN WELCOMED HERE. THROUGHOUT AMERICAN HISTORY, NEARLY EVERY IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY HAS FACED MOMENTS OF FEAR, MISUNDERSTANDING AND EVEN HATE FROM THE IRISH, ITALIANS, ASIANS, LATINOS. YET TIME AND AGAIN, THESE SAME COMMUNITIES HAVE BECOME PILLARS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR ECONOMY AND OUR SHARED IDENTITY. CAN YOU IMAGINE AMERICA WITHOUT ST. PATRICK'S DAY? WE USED TO HAVE GREEN BAGELS AT WORK JUST FOR THAT DAY. OR A WORLD WITHOUT PIZZA OR SPAGHETTI. OR WEEKLY DINNERS WITHOUT TACO TUESDAYS. WE MIGHT HAVE THAT A COUPLE TIMES A WEEK, ACTUALLY. OR TEENAGERS NOT HAVING BOBA TEA RIOTS. BUT ALL THOSE THINGS, AND MUCH MORE, COME FROM THE CULTURES, THE MANY DIFFERENT CULTURES THAT CALL AMERICA HOME. CHANGE HAS ALWAYS TESTED US. WHEN PEOPLE FEEL UNCERTAIN, IT CAN BE TEMPTING TO LOOK FOR SOMEONE TO BLAME. BUT HISTORY TEACHES US A POWERFUL LESSON. PATIENCE BUILDS PROGRESS, WHILE HATE ONLY DEEPENS WOUNDS. OUR CITY IS STRONGEST WHEN WE CHOOSE EMPATHY OVER FEAR, UNDERSTANDING OVER RUMORS, AND UNITY OVER DIVISION. AT THE SAME TIME, WE MUST BE HONEST. CHANGE CAN FEEL PERSONAL. WHEN NEW FAMILIES ARRIVE, WHEN LANGUAGES SOUND DIFFERENT, WHEN NEIGHBORHOODS BEGIN TO SHIFT, IT'S OKAY TO FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE. IT'S OKAY FOR NEIGHBORS TO FEEL WORRIED. THOSE FEELINGS DO NOT MAKE SOMEONE BAD. WHAT MATTERS IS HOW WE RESPOND TO THEM. DISCOMFORT SHOULD NEVER TURN TO HOSTILITY. GROWTH WILL COME WITH CHALLENGES, AND THEY DESERVE REAL SOLUTIONS THROUGH PLANNING AND DIALOGUE. THE HEALTHIEST WAY FORWARD IS TO SEPARATE REAL ISSUES FROM ASSUMPTIONS. BLAMING AN ENTIRE GROUP OF PEOPLE DOES NOT FIX ANY PROBLEMS. IT ONLY CREATES NEW ONES. THE ANSWER TO CHANGE IS NOT RESENTMENT. IT IS PARTICIPATION IN CITY MEETINGS, IN COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS, AND IN SHAPING SOLUTIONS TOGETHER. WE MUST ALSO REMEMBER THAT FEAR GROWS IN SILENCE WHEN WE DO NOT KNOW ONE ANOTHER. RUMORS CAN TAKE THE PLACE OF FACTS. A SIMPLE CONVERSATION CAN DO MORE GOOD THAN A HUNDRED ARGUMENTS ONLINE. WHEN NEIGHBORS MEET NEIGHBORS, STEREOTYPES CAN FADE AND SHARED VALUES EMERGE. MOST FAMILIES, WHETHER THEY ARRIVED HERE GENERATIONS AGO OR JUST LAST YEAR, WANT THE SAME THINGS. SAFETY, OPPORTUNITY, GOOD SCHOOLS, A PLACE TO CALL HOME. COMMUNITIES DO NOT TRANSFORM OVERNIGHT. HISTORY SHOWS US THAT WHAT FEELS UNFAMILIAR TODAY OFTEN BECOMES TOMORROW'S NORMAL AND OFTEN TOMORROW'S STRENGTH. EVERY WAVE OF NEWCOMERS BEFORE US HAS FACED SUSPICION. IN EVERY WAVE EVENTUALLY BUILT THE AMERICA THAT WE CALL HOME TODAY. WE MUST ALSO PRACTICE RESPECT IN DAILY LIFE. IF SOMETHING TRULY AFFECTS YOUR DAILY LIVING, ADDRESS IT CALMLY, DIRECTLY, NOT THROUGH STEREOTYPES OR ANGER. OUR CITY'S STORY IS NOT ONE OF REPLACEMENT, BUT OF EXPANSION, OF MAKING ROOM FOR MORE VOICES, MORE IDEAS, MORE OPPORTUNITY, AND A LARGER SENSE OF COMMUNITY. ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND OF THE INTERFAITH ALLIANCE, THE FRIENDS, LEADERS AND NEIGHBORS. SOME WHO I ONLY CAME TO KNOW RECENTLY ALL ACROSS FRISCO, WHO HAVE REACHED OUT AND LENT SUPPORT. SO TODAY, AS OUR COMMUNITY EXPERIENCES CHANGE AND NEGATIVE FORCES IN VOICES LET US CHOOSE PATIENCE OVER PANIC, EMPATHY OVER FEAR, AND DIALOGUE OVER DIVISION. IF YOU ARE FEELING DISCOMFORT AND WANT TO LEAN IN, TO ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE WHO WILL LISTEN, TO UNDERSTAND, WITH SYMPATHY, EVEN WHEN THEY DON'T AGREE WITH YOU. IF YOU WANT TO BUILD A BRIDGE, REACH OUT TO THE FRISCO INTERFAITH ALLIANCE. THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY WILL BE BRIGHTER BECAUSE OF IT. THANK YOU. RIGHT NEXT, [01:20:10] WE HAVE NEIL WHITE. AND THEN WE HAVE MARK PALACIANO. I'M PASTOR NEIL WHITE. I'M THE PASTOR AT REJOICE LUTHERAN CHURCH IN FRISCO, LOCATED RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE HINDU TEMPLE. AND I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 13 YEARS. AND THERE WERE SOME SURPRISES WHEN I CAME TO FRISCO 13 YEARS AGO. I GREW UP IN SAN ANTONIO, AND I'D SPENT A LOT OF TIME MOVING AROUND THE COUNTRY, FIRST WITH THE ARMY AND THEN WITH MINISTRY. BUT WHEN I CAME BACK TO TEXAS FOR THE FIRST TIME, I WAS IMMEDIATELY REMINDED OF ONE OF MY PROFESSORS WHO LOVED TO TALK ABOUT CRICKET. I NEVER IMAGINED THAT WHEN I STOOD OUT WELCOMING PEOPLE IN FRONT OF MY CONGREGATION, THAT I'D BE WATCHING CRICKET BEING PLAYED. AND AGAIN, THAT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO BE CURIOUS. NOW, THERE'S ONE THING ABOUT BEING A PERSON OF FAITH. MY FAITH TELLS ME TO LOVE MY NEIGHBOR. AND BOTH OF OUR COMMUNITIES, REJOICE LUTHERAN CHURCH AND THE HINDU TEMPLE, WERE FOUNDED ABOUT THE SAME TIME, RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO EACH OTHER. WE'VE HAD A PARTNERSHIP SINCE 1998, AND WE'VE LEARNED HOW TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR. WE'VE LEARNED TO LIVE WITH EACH OTHER. SOMETIMES IT'S CHALLENGING. I MEAN, THAT'S THE REALITY. NEIGHBORS ARE NEIGHBORS. THEY AREN'T ALWAYS PERFECT. THEY DON'T ALWAYS THINK LIKE US. THEY DON'T ALWAYS ACT LIKE US, BUT THAT'S WHO WE ARE. AND SO, I WANT TO DO ONE MORE THING. AND AGAIN, AS A PERSON WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED WITH INTERFAITH HERE IN FRISCO SINCE WE STARTED, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF YOU ACTIVE IN THAT, TOO. I'VE SEEN A LOT OF YOU AT OUR EVENTS, AND I THANK YOU FOR THE WAYS IN WHICH YOU'RE ENGAGED IN THE LIFE OF THIS COMMUNITY. YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE. I'M THANKFUL FOR THE WAYS IN WHICH OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE ENGAGED IN THE LIFE OF THIS COMMUNITY AND THE WAYS IN WHICH THEY GET TO KNOW THE COMMUNITY. I'M THANKFUL FOR THE WAYS IN WHICH OUR SCHOOLS GET TO KNOW EACH AND EVERY STUDENT AND GET TO KNOW WHO THEY ARE AND WORK WITH THEM. AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THE WAYS IN WHICH YOU HAVE CREATED FRISCO TO BE WHO IT IS TODAY. IT'S BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF CHANGE IN 20 YEARS, AND YOU'VE BEEN SHEPHERDS OF THAT. AND SO, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR WAY IN WHICH YOU HAVE LED THE CITY INTO ITS FUTURE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE MARK PALACIANO. AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE'LL HAVE BRAD ELDRIDGE. ALL RIGHT. HELLO, TYRANTS. I'M BACK. 13 BOY SCOUTS OPENED UP THE MEETING TODAY. ALL INDIAN KIDS. IS THAT WHAT DIVERSITY LOOKS LIKE TO YOU IN FRISCO, TEXAS? I'VE SEEN THAT HERE MULTIPLE TIMES, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S NOT A MIX OF DIFFERENT RACES. I ALSO NOTICED THAT THE GROUP OF PEOPLE HERE IN BLUE SHIRTS, VIRTUE SIGNALING, ARE MOSTLY GEN X AND BOOMERS WHO ARE COMPLETELY IGNORANT AND DISCONNECTED FROM THE ISSUES THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS ARE EXPERIENCING IN AMERICA. MOST OF THESE PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY RETIRED AND DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW H1B IS TAKING JOBS FROM AMERICAN CITIZENS AND HOW YOUNG ADULTS COMING OUT OF COLLEGE CAN'T GET JOBS AFTER TAKING ON COLLEGE DEBT. NOW, LET ME ASK, HAVE YOU ALL DECIDED ON OPENING UP THE INDEPENDENT ETHICS REVIEW AND TO MAYOR JEFF CHENEY? NO. NO RESPONSE. I DIDN'T THINK YOU WOULD. WHICH MEANS ALL YOU SHOULD RESIGN FROM YOUR POSITION BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO BE TRANSPARENT AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE ABUSING YOUR POSITION TO BENEFIT YOUR OWN FINANCIAL WEALTH? RAISE YOUR HAND. WELL, WE KNOW AT LEAST A FEW OF YOU ARE LYING. I KNOW THIS IS MAYOR JEFF CHENEY'S LAST YEAR IN OFFICE AND HE'S RIDING OUT INTO THE SUNSET WITH HIS, WHAT, $80 MILLION NET WORTH IN HIS REAL ESTATE BUSINESS THAT HAS DONE OVER $2 BILLION IN SALES. I'VE HEARD MAYOR CHENEY WAS A BELOW. MAYOR CHENEY WAS A BELOW AVERAGE REAL ESTATE AGENT PRIOR TO BEING THE MAYOR. WHAT A COINCIDENCE. HIS BUSINESS STARTED BOOMING AFTER BECOMING THE MAYOR AND FRISCO EXPERIENCED A RECORD AMOUNT OF GROWTH. FOR THOSE OF US THAT HAVE COMMON SENSE, WE KNOW JEFF CHENEY HAS USED HIS POSITION TO BENEFIT HIMSELF WITH HIS OBVIOUS CONFLICT OF INTEREST. WE'RE WORKING OUR WAY TOWARDS ACCOUNTABILITY, AND I HOPE ONE DAY WE SEE IT. HAVE YOU ALL REACHED OUT TO ANY STATE OR FEDERAL AGENCIES FOR ASSISTANCE WITH INVESTIGATING THE MASSIVE H1B ABUSE YOU HAVE HERE IN FRISCO? I DON'T THINK SO. I BET YOU HAVEN'T. BUT AT LEAST I'VE GOT FRISCO TRENDING WORLDWIDE BECAUSE OF THIS CONVERSATION. AND OBVIOUSLY I GOT THIS ROOM FILLED UP. BURT, HAVE YOU ASKED YOUR DONOR WHY HE HAS 23 COMPANIES REGISTERED TO ONE ADDRESS? FRISCO IS RAPIDLY CHANGING INTO A CITY THAT WILL HAVE A MAJORITY INDIAN CITY COUNCIL IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE ELECTION CYCLES. BURT IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF IT. HOW THE GAME WORKS. HE RAN FOR CONGRESS ON CLOSING IMMIGRATION LOOPHOLES FOR HISPANICS, WHILE HE NOW COMPLETELY IGNORES THE LOOPHOLE ALLOWING HIS OWN PEOPLE TO MOVE HERE. BURT EVEN CALLED AMERICA JUST AN IDEA. AND AT THE LAST MEETING, FRISCO HAD AN INDIAN LADY THAT MOVED HERE FOUR YEARS AGO ADVOCATE TO CHANGE THE SPEECH LAWS AT FRISCO CITY COUNCIL MEETING. SHE COULDN'T HAVE PROVED MY POINT ANY BETTER. I'M A LIFELONG TEXAN USING MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT PROTECTED UNDER TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. AND SHE'S COMING HERE TO TRY AND SILENCE ME LIKE A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM ARE. AND TO MAKE IT EVEN WORSE, YOU GUYS [01:25:01] ALREADY ANNOUNCED YOU'RE LOOKING INTO CHANGING THE CITIZEN INPUT PROCESS BECAUSE YOU WANT TO SILENCE YOUR CRITICS. YOU ALL ARE TYRANTS AND YOU'RE ULTIMATELY GOING TO BE THE DOWNFALL OF FRISCO, TEXAS. I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL PEOPLE REALIZE IT IN A FEW YEARS FROM NOW. SOME PEOPLE THINK I'M BEING RACIST FOR CALLING OUT INDIANS TAKING OVER FRISCO. BUT IT'S THE REALITY OF HOW A WESTERN CIVILIZATION COUNTRY IS BEING DESTROYED FROM WITHIN BY SPECIFIC FOREIGN INFLUENCE. GO LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN EUROPE. THERE'S PLENTY OF EXAMPLES FOR AMERICANS TO LEARN FROM, BUT MOST ARE TOO BLIND OR WOKE TO SEE IT. I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST INDIAN PEOPLE AND I HAVE QUITE A FEW, QUITE A FEW OLD SCHOOL INDIAN AMERICANS SUPPORTING ME BECAUSE I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH A CULTURE COMING TO AMERICA THAT IS NOT ADOPTING AMERICAN VALUES. AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF EXAMPLES OF THAT GOING ON IN FRISCO. A LOT OF AMERICANS CONFUSE DIVERSITY WITH WEAKNESS, ALLOWING THEIR COMMUNITY BEING TAKEN OVER FROM FOREIGN INFLUENCE. LIKE A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE GIGGLING DURING MY SPEECH. ON TOP OF THE INDIAN TAKEOVER IN FRISCO, THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER ISSUE IN COLLIN COUNTY WITH THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH IN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN THIS AREA. AND LET ME BE CLEAR, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MUSLIMS AND I HAVE FRIENDS THAT ARE MUSLIMS. BUT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE EPIC CITY AGENDA OF BUILDING THEIR OWN AREA IN INSIDE TEXAS SUPPORTING SHARIA LAW. MOST MUSLIMS ARE GOOD PEOPLE BUT THEIR LEADERSHIP IS THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE A HIDDEN AGENDA TO ATTACK AMERICAN'S WAY OF LIFE. AGAIN, THIS GOES BACK TO MY PRINCIPLE OF HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE CULTURE COMING TO AMERICA THAT IS NOT ADOPTING AMERICAN VALUES. AMERICA IS A COLLAPSING COUNTRY. AMERICA IS A COLLAPSING CIVILIZATION AND FRISCO IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW IT HAPPENS. ALL BECAUSE OF AMERICA'S WEAKNESS. LOOK AT JOHN KEATING. HE KNOWS HE NEEDS THE INDIANS VOTE TO WIN SO HE WAS PANDERING TO THEM AT AN INDIAN GUY'S HOUSE LAST SATURDAY. KEATING CALLS ME RACIST WHILE HE'S BEING A WEAK MAN. THAT WILL CREATE HARD TIMES FOR FRISCO RESIDENTS. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN THE INDIAN POPULATION BECOMES 50% OF FRISCO? BYE BYE, KEATING. HELLO, NEW INDIAN MAYOR. GAME OVER, FRISCO. THE SAD REALITY IS THAT I KNOW I'M TELLING YOU WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BEFORE IT HAPPENS. IF YOU'RE A FRISCO RESIDENT, YOU'RE SITTING BACK, NOT SUPPORTING PEOPLE LIKE ME SPEAKING UP. THEN I HOPE YOU KNOW YOU'RE PART OF YOUR OWN DEMISE. AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE I'M RIGHT ONE DAY. AND AS A WHISTLEBLOWER, AND AS A REMINDER, I'M A T MOBILE WHISTLEBLOWER, EXPOSING THE WORLD'S MOST VALUABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY AND MANY UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACTIONS. FROM T MOBILE ON WARREN PARKWAY IN FRISCO, TEXAS, YOU NO LONGER LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES OF CORPORATIONS. BEFORE YOU DO THAT, JUST REAL QUICKLY, FOR ANYONE CURIOUS, IF ANYONE THINKS ANY COUNCIL MEMBER IS DOING ANY WRONGDOING, WE HAVE MULTIPLE PROCESSES FOR THAT. THERE'S A TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION THAT RULES ON THAT. AND THE CITY OF FRISCO HAS ACTUALLY ENACTED HIGHER STANDARDS THAN EVEN THE STATE REQUIRES. AND THERE'S FURTHER PROCESS WITH THE CITY OF FRISCO. WE HAVE CLEAR DEFINED ROLES WITH HOW ANY OF OUR BUSINESSES MAY IMPACT WITH CITY BUSINESS. AND IF ANYONE HAS A CONFLICT, WE HAVE FORMS THAT WE MAKE PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD AND YOU CAN PULL THOSE FORMS. ON TOP OF THAT, EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER IS REQUIRED TO ACTUALLY TURN INTO THE CITY SECRETARY A PERSONAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT THAT LISTS EVERYTHING THEY OWN. SO, YOU CAN GO TO CITY SECRETARY AND YOU CAN FIND OUT EVERY STOCK THAT IS, IN MY CASE, KIDS. 529 PLAN EVERY PARTNERSHIP THAT I'M A PART OF, EVERYTHING THAT WE OWN. YOU COULD CERTAINLY CALCULATE MY NET WORTH PROBABLY PRETTY CLOSELY. AND WHILE I'LL TAKE IT AS A COMPLIMENT, THEY THINK MY LITTLE SMALL BUSINESS THAT COULD, COULD GET UP TO THAT KIND OF VALUE. THERE'S PROBABLY 3 DECIMALS THAT NEED TO BE MOVED TO, TO, TO THE LEFT. BUT I, I WILL SAY, WHEN PEOPLE TAKE SHOTS OF ME, I'M. I'M PROUD THAT I OWN THREE SMALL BUSINESSES HERE IN FRISCO AND WE EMPLOY 25 FRISCO RESIDENTS. BRAD, LET'S GO. BRAD ELDIDGE. AND THEN NEXT, DONNA SCHMITLER. GOTTA MOVE THIS DOWN. OKAY. FRISCO NUMBER ONE. OKAY. MY NAME IS BRAD ELITCH AND MY WIFE AND FOUR KIDS MOVED HERE IN 2006. AND NOW WE'RE EMPTY NESTERS WITH NINE GRANDCHILDREN. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF PARTICIPATING IN FRISCO CHAMBERS LEADERSHIP FRISCO PROGRAM CLASS 22. AND I CAME AWAY WITH A DEEP RESPECT FOR THE VISIONARY LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAVE HAD THE PAST THREE DECADES IN BOTH THE CITY STAFF, GEORGE PURIFOY, AND MANY OTHERS. HENRY HILL YOU NAME THEM AND THE CITY, MAYOR AND COUNCIL THAT HAVE BEEN JUST EXTRAORDINARY. MIKE SIPS WAS HERE TONIGHT AND OTHERS THAT, YOU KNOW, REPRESENT AN INCREDIBLE LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP HERE. AND THEN WE HAVE THE PAST TWO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS DISRUPTED BY THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS HEADLINE, FRISCO RESIDENTS DIVIDED [01:30:01] OVER H1B VISAS. INDIAN TAKEOVER AT COUNCIL MEETING. I'M SORRY THAT YOU AS A COUNCIL HAD TO ENDURE THAT. THE DIATRIBE FROM OUR OUTSIDE GUEST SPEAKER DID GET ME WONDERING IF HE'S TILTING AT THE WRONG ETHNIC GROUP. WHEN ASKED WHAT THE THIRD MOST SPOKEN LANGUAGE IN TEXAS IS. AND I ASK THIS QUESTION OFTEN, PEOPLE TYPICALLY THROW OUT ANOTHER EUROPEAN LANGUAGE. IT IS ACTUALLY VIETNAMESE. IF YOU GO TO THE LATEST CENSUS BUREAU, IT SAYS THAT PEOPLE OF HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN MAKE UP APPROXIMATELY 40.2% OF THE POPULATION OF TEXAS, MAKING THEM THE LARGEST DEMOGRAPHIC GROUP IN THE STATE, SLIGHTLY OUTNUMBERING NON-HISPANIC WHITE TEXANS ROUGHLY, WHICH IS ROUGHLY 39.8%. WE ARE FUNDAMENTALLY A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS. WAYS OF THEM FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD HAVE CONTINUED TO THIS DAY. AND AS A NATION, WE HAVE BEEN ALTERNATELY WELCOMING AND NASTY TO THESE WAVES. THE NATION GOT KNOTTED UP OVER THE IRISH, THE ITALIANS, THE POLES, EASTERN EUROPEANS. FDR REFUSED TO ADMIT REFUGEE JEWS FLEEING THE NAZIS PRIOR TO WORLD WAR II BECAUSE WE WERE JUST TOO BURDENED BY OUR OWN DEPRESSION. AND THEN THERE'S THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT PASSED IN 1882. THEY DIDN'T EVEN REPEAL IT UNTIL 1943. YET IMMIGRANTS STILL COME. I RAN A MANUFACTURING PLANT FOR 10 YEARS DOWN IN CARROLLTON, AND I DESCRIBED OUR CREW AS THE UNITED NATIONS. FIRST WAVE WAS NORTHERN EUROPEANS FROM MINNESOTA, WISCONSIN AND ILLINOIS FLEEING THE NASSAU WINNERS. AND WHEN THEY CAME DOWN HERE, THEY WERE CALLED DAMN YANKEES. NEXT WERE THE MEXICANS SEEKING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. THEY WERE THE CORE OF MY MACHINE CREW, AND THEY LOOKED DOWN ON THE GUYS WHO DIDN'T SPEAK SPANISH. THE NATION. THEN WE HAD THE VIETNAMESE AND THE CAMBODIANS, THE SOMALIS AND THE ETHIOPIANS, THOSE GUYS FLEEING BAD GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL WARS. AND THEN MY FINAL GROUP CREWS, I HIRED SIX GUYS WHO WERE ALL IRAQI INTERPRETERS FOR THE U.S. ARMY. SO, MY CREW WAS TRULY THE UNITED NATIONS. AND THEN YOU HAVE GRACE CHURCH, FRISCO, JUST IN BACK OF THE CITY HALL HERE. MY WIFE AND I CAME HERE AS PART OF THAT CHURCH PLANT BACK IN 2006. AND WE WERE AT THE TIME, EMBARRASSINGLY WONDER BRED WHITE. WE WANTED TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY. AND SO, WE PRAYED THAT WE COULD BECOME DIVERSE. AND WE WERE FORTUNATE TO HAVE ONE AFRICAN AMERICAN COUPLE AND ONE KOREAN COUPLE THAT CAME AND WERE DETERMINED TO HELP US BUILD DIVERSITY. AND TODAY WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM 35 NATIONS TRULY REPRESENTATIVE OF EVERY TRIBE, COLOR AND TONGUE. SO, WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE INDIAN ETHNIC COMMUNITY HERE IN FRISCO SINCE AS A MINORITY, THEY HAVE THE HIGHEST AVERAGE EDUCATION AND THE HIGHEST AVERAGE INCOME OF ANY MINORITY GROUP IN THE US. NICE THAT THEY DECIDED TO LAND HERE IN FRISCO BECAUSE WE'RE A BETTER COMMUNITY FOR IT. UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE A BABY BUST IN THE US WE HAVE A BIRTH RATE OF 1.6 PER FEMALE WHEN 2.1 IS MERE REPLACEMENT RATE. AMERICA HAS TO HAVE IMMIGRANTS TO AVOID THE DEMOGRAPHIC FATES OF CHINA, EUROPE AND THE REST OF THE DEVELOPED WORLD. WITH THIS LOW BIRTH RATE, IMMIGRATION IS OUR NATION'S SALVATION, AN ASSIMILATION. AMERICA'S CORE COMPETENCY. NO OTHER NATION ON THE PLANET HAS FIRST- AND SECOND-GENERATION IMMIGRANTS SAYING THEY ARE, FOR EXAMPLE, FRENCH OR KOREAN OR JAPANESE, YOU NAME IT. HERE IN AMERICA. AM I DONE? YES, SIR. OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THEN NEXT WE'LL HAVE DENISE CRAWFORD. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. DONNA SCHMITLER, 7037 WHITE ROCK COURT, FRISCO, TEXAS. AS PRESIDENT OF THE HERITAGE ASSOCIATION, I ALWAYS GET UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT THE HERITAGE ASSOCIATION. AND WHEN I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT, I TALK ABOUT THE FRISCO GARDEN CLUB. FRISCO'S OLDEST CIVIC OR ORGANIZATION SINCE 1932. BUT TODAY I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HERITAGE. I AM A MEMBER OF A FAMILY OF IMMIGRANTS. MY FATHER'S FAMILY, 11 CHILDREN. THEY CAME FROM ITALY AND THEY [01:35:02] WERE TREATED HORRIBLY. GUINEAS, WOPS, BRICKS THROWN THROUGH THEIR STORE. GO HOME. WE DON'T WANT YOU HERE. THEY WENT BACK TO ITALY AND THEN THEY CAME BACK TO THE UNITED STATES. AND OF THE 11 BROTHERS AND SISTERS, NEW YORK CITY FIREMAN, NEW YORK CITY POLICEMAN, DOCTOR, LAWYER. MY THREE OLDEST UNCLES STARTED CONSOLIDATED WHOLE SOIL FLORIST IN NEW YORK CITY, WHICH WAS NO EASY TASK. A NURSE AND A TEACHER. MY LATE HUSBAND'S MOTHER CAME FROM POLAND. WE HAVE A PICTURE OF HER, 15 YEARS OLD, AT ELLIS ISLAND, HOLDING A SUITCASE WITH ALL HER POSSESSIONS. SHE CAME BY HERSELF. SHE MET A YOUNG MAN THERE WHO LIVED IN A VILLAGE IN POLAND 20 MILES AWAY. THEY DIDN'T MEET BECAUSE NEITHER ONE OF THEM EVER LEFT THEIR VILLAGE. YEARS LATER, THEY GOT MARRIED. THAT'S WHAT AMERICA IS. MY GRANDMOTHER WAS GERMAN. EVERYBODY HAS COME FROM SOMEPLACE. I CAME TO FRISCO 19 YEARS AGO. MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD MY STORY BECAUSE THIS IS MY 245TH COUNCIL MEETING SINCE 2007 WHEN I MOVED HERE. AND YES, I WAS APPALLED TO HEAR WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE LAST TWO MEETINGS. I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW BECAUSE FRISCO, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, MY COMMUNITY IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME AND IT MADE IT. IT'S BEEN MY PLEASURE TO SERVE HERE SO QUICKLY. THE HERITAGE ASSOCIATION IS CELEBRATING FRISCO'S 125TH BIRTHDAY. YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LITTLE ABOUT THAT. AND WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THE PLAY FRISCO CULTURAL ARTS, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE SELLING LANTERNS TO CELEBRATE AMERICA 250. SO, YOU WILL BE HEARING MORE FROM ME, BUT I AM VERY PLEASED TO BE HERE AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE. AND WELCOME ANN ANDERSON. VERY EXCITED TO SEE YOU THERE. ALL RIGHT, DENISE CRAWFORD. AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE'LL HAVE PAUL JESSEN. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DENISE CRAWFORD. I HAVE LIVED IN FRISCO FOR 25 YEARS AND SERVED AS PASTOR OF NEW START CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE HERE IN OUR CITY. I'M HERE TONIGHT BOTH AS A NEIGHBOR AND A PASTOR TO SPEAK A WORD OF CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MEETINGS, COMMENTS WERE MADE DURING THE CITIZEN INPUT. THEY'VE CAUSED A LOT OF PAIN. I'VE SAT WITH INDIAN FAMILIES WHO LIVE, WORK AND RAISE THEIR CHILDREN IN THIS CITY, AND THEY HAVE TOLD ME PLAINLY THEY FEEL UNWANTED HERE. THAT SHOULD CONCERN EVERY ONE OF US. OUR INDIAN NEIGHBORS ARE NOT TAKING ANYTHING FROM THIS COMMUNITY. THEY ARE BUILDING BUSINESSES SENDING THEIR CHILDREN TO OUR SCHOOLS, PAYING TAXES AND INVESTING IN THE FUTURE OF FRISCO THE SAME AS THE REST OF US ARE DOING. THEY ARE NOT STRANGERS TO BE TOLERATED. THEY ARE NEIGHBORS TO BE VALUED. I BELIEVE EVERY PERSON BEARS THE IMAGE OF GOD. OUR INDIAN NEIGHBORS BEAR THAT IMAGE, TOO. AND WHEN ANY NEIGHBOR IS MADE TO FEEL UNWANTED, SOMETHING IN THE FABRIC OF OUR COMMUNITY TEARS A LITTLE. TO OUR INDIAN COMMUNITY MEMBERS, YOU ARE NOT OUTSIDERS. YOU ARE NEIGHBORS. AND YOU BELONG HERE. YOU ARE WORTHY OF LOVE AND RESPECT. AS YOU'VE SEEN TONIGHT, MANY CHURCHES YOUR COMMUNITY, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOU AND WE STAND WITH YOU IN FRIENDSHIP. I WANT TO THANK THIS COUNCIL FOR YOUR STEP LEADERSHIP AND FOR REFUSING TO LET OUR CITY BE DEFINED BY VOICES OF DIVISION. I PRAY THAT FRISCO WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AS A UNITED COMMUNITY WHERE DIFFERENCES ARE NOT DIVIDING LINES, BUT PART OF THE STRENGTH THAT BINDS US TOGETHER. IN A TIME WHERE DIVISION IS EASY, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MODEL WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR NEIGHBORS TO STAND TOGETHER. THANK YOU, PAUL JESSEN. AND THEN NEXT WE HAVE HARRY BRIGMAN. HENRY BRIGMAN. EXCUSE ME. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. THEY TRAIN MICROPHONES. I'VE BEEN COMING TO COUNCIL MEETINGS HERE FOR WELL OVER A YEAR, AND IT HAS BEEN A VERY INFORMATIVE, ENTERTAINING EXPERIENCE. I AM A [01:40:02] FIRM BELIEVER IN WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS IN ISAIAH 1:18. COME, LET US REASON TOGETHER. NOW, IN MY UNDERSTANDING, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE THINKS. OKAY, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT. LET US REASON TOGETHER AND DO IT PROPERLY. NOW, I'VE BEEN HERE 20 YEARS, AND TWO OF MY FAVORITE BUMPER STICKERS. ONE SAYS, I WASN'T BORN HERE, BUT I GOT HERE AS QUICK AS I COULD. AND THE OTHER ONE IS THAT YOU SEE ON THESE MASSIVE MOTORHOMES ON ROAD TRIPS. WE ARE SPENDING OUR CHILDREN'S INHERITANCE, AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO DO THAT. BUT FRISCO HAS A KIND OF. A DIFFERENT KIND OF A CITY IN THAT IT HAS BASICALLY GROWN FASTER PERHAPS THAN SOME PEOPLE LIKE. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND. BY THE WAY, CAN I JUST MAKE A QUICK OBSERVATION FOR THE. FOR THE CITY COUNCIL? BECAUSE I LIKE PRACTICAL THINGS THAT YOU'VE SEEN IN MY LIGHT. OKAY, THAT'S GOING STRAIGHT AHEAD, AND THIS ONE GOES STRAIGHT DOWN. AND THEN IF I NEED BOTH OF THEM, WHICH I DO HERE, THEY'RE BOTH ON. THE REASON I SAY THAT IS I KIND OF REPRESENT THE OLDER GENERATION, SENIORS WHO NEED A LITTLE MORE LIGHT. AND IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET MORE LIGHT OUT IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING SO THAT WHEN WE COME IN, WE CAN SEE BETTER? JUST THOUGHT I'D MENTION THAT. JOHN. JOHN. HE'S GONE. JOHN. JOHN. WHERE? JOHN. WELL, JOHN, IF YOU'RE LISTENING OR IF YOU LOOK AT THIS LATER, THANK YOU. HE HAS BEEN AN INTERESTING RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. HE. A LOT OF TESTIMONY HERE ABOUT HOW YOU GUYS, SOME OF YOU. HE WAS THE FIRST ONE TO TALK TO YOU. HE ALMOST NEVER MISSES SAYING HI TO ME, WHICH IS KIND OF NICE. AND WE DON'T TALK ANYTHING EXCEPT JUST, HEY, HOW YOU DOING, MAN? STUFF, WHICH AREN'T. PETE. AND THEN SOMEHOW, STRANGELY, THERE WAS $1,000 PUT OUT HERE ON THIS AS SORT OF AS A TOKEN DEMONSTRATION FOR. LET'S BE SURE WE REMEMBER THE MAIN STREET BUSINESSES AND GET THEM REIMBURSED PROPER, PROPERLY. AND THE NEXT THING I KNOW, JOHN IS COMING DOWN AND HE PUTS $100 ON THERE. SO NOW WE GOT 11. THEN HE WENT BACK UP, AND THEN HE CAME BACK DOWN AGAIN AND HE BROUGHT $200. AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT IS A STIMULUS AND WILL HELP THE COUNCIL FINALLY GET TO THE PLACE WHERE THEY REIMBURSE THOSE BUSINESSES, NOT BECAUSE THEY WENT OUT OF BUSINESS, BECAUSE THEY WERE BAD IN BUSINESS, BUT BECAUSE THEY GOT SCREWED BY THE PROCESS. AND, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES. WE JUST NEED TO FIX IT AND TAKE CARE OF IT. AND, ANN, THIS IS YOUR FIRST MEETING. NOW WE MET SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THAT OR NOT. I WAS SITTING RIGHT BEHIND YOU, AND WE WERE JUST TALKING TOGETHER BECAUSE WE HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON. WE'RE BOTH CITIZENS OF FRISCO, SO I HAVE NOT REALLY GOT A CHANCE TO KNOW YOU, BUT I'VE GOT A CHANCE TO KNOW YOUR DAUGHTER KARINA. SO REAL SWEETHEART. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU FOR THAT. SHE'S A GOOD CITIZEN FOR FRISCO. IF THE. FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS TAKEN SERIOUSLY, THEN WE HAVE TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO SPEAK. UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT IS CALLED HATE SPEECH IS REALLY SPEECH OTHER PEOPLE HATE. THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT, BUT IT'S NOT HATE SPEECH. THEY CALL IT THAT, BUT IT'S NOT. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I GOT A MINUTE. OH, GOOD. I GOT ONE MORE MINUTE. SO, THERE IS A NEED FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO ONE ANOTHER AND ALLOW EACH OTHER TO BLOW OFF STEAM AND DO THIS AND DO THAT. OKAY, COOL. THAT'S IT. ONE OF MY FAVORITE LINES IS, I COULD BE WRONG. UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES I AM. BUT SOME OF YOU MAY BE WRONG AND OTHERS IN THIS AUDIENCE MAY BE WRONG ON WHATEVER. THAT'S WHY WE COME TOGETHER AND TALK. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. OOH. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. THINK I'M GONNA CHANGE. AND SO, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO ALL RAISE YOUR HAND AT THE SAME TIME. YOU READY? HOW MANY ON THE CITY COUNCIL REALIZE YOU MESSING AROUND, DOING WHATEVER, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU FOUND A WHOLE BRAND-NEW WAY OF THINKING? I'M CHANGING MY MIND. DIDN'T EVERYBODY? THERE'S A CHANCE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO RAISE YOUR HAND. OKAY, I HAVE. AND IT'S TIME FOR ME TO SAY THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT. AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, SINCE TWO SEPARATE PEOPLE WERE ASKING FOR RESPONSES FROM CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT, WE ARE ACTUALLY NOT ALLOWED TO RESPOND [01:45:01] DURING CITIZENS INPUT. ANYTHING THAT IS ON A AGENDA ITEM, WE ARE ALLOWED TO RESPOND AND DISCUSS. BUT ANYTHING FROM CITIZENS INPUT, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO RESPOND. HENRY BRIGMAN. AND THEN NEXT WE HAVE MARTIN PETETTI. GOOD EVENING. I'M HENRY BRIGMAN. MY WIFE AND I HAVE LIVED AT 7050 MAPLE STREET FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS. JUST A MILE DOWN THE ROAD FROM HERE. UNLESS SOMEONE TONIGHT IS A FULL BLOOD INDIGENOUS AMERICAN, WE'RE ALL DESCENDANTS OF IMMIGRANTS, OR PERHAPS RECENT IMMIGRANTS OURSELVES. MANY OF US. MANY OF US HAVE ANCESTORS, THOSE OF US WITH THE WHITE SKIN WHO CAME FROM EUROPE DURING THE POTATO FAMINE. AND OUR FAMILY LEGACIES ARE RICH WITH STORIES ABOUT HOW OUR ANCESTORS WERE TREATED SO HORRIBLY BECAUSE THEY WERE NEW. IT SEEMS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO BE THE LAST ONE IN THE CASTLE BEFORE THEY DRAW UP THE DRAWBRIDGE. AND IT JUST DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY IN REAL LIFE. OUR TENDENCY TONIGHT IS PROOF THAT OUR ANCESTORS MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS. BECAUSE HERE WE ARE. AND LOOK WHAT THEY DID FOR US. AT LEAST SEVEN OF THE 39 MEN WHO SIGNED AND RATIFIED OUR CONSTITUTION ON JULY 4, 1776 WERE FOREIGN BORN. THEY WROTE THESE WORDS IN THE PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION. WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL, THAT THEY ARE ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR WITH CERTAIN UNANABLE RIGHTS, THAT AMONG THESE ARE LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. I'M A RETIRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER. THE CHILDREN THAT I HAD WHO CAME FROM INDIA, WITHOUT EXCEPTION, WERE AMONG MY VERY BEST STUDENTS. I REMEMBER ONE OF THOSE PARENTS WHO WAS A CARDIOLOGIST. HE CAME TO VISIT ME DURING PARENT TEACHER NIGHT AND HE SAID, YOUR JOB IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN MINE. I JUST TAKE CARE OF THE BODY, YOU TAKE CARE OF THE MIND. I HAD BOTH OF HIS CHILDREN AS STUDENTS, AND THEY'RE BOTH NOW DOCTORS THEMSELVES. ONE OF THEM IS A RESEARCH DOCTOR AT HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL. AS A CHRISTIAN, I BELIEVE IN THE WISDOM OF THE SCRIPTURES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. LEVITICUS 19:34 VERY CLEARLY SAYS THE FOREIGNER RESIDING AMONG YOU MUST BE TREATED AS YOUR NATIVE BORN. LOVE THEM AS YOURSELF, FOR YOU WERE FOREIGNERS IN EGYPT. I'M THE LORD, YOUR GOD. WE WERE TALKING SUNDAY AT CHURCH ABOUT LOVE. AND EINSTEIN SAID THAT LOVE IS NOT FALLING IN LOVE IS NOT AN ACTION OF THE FORCE OF GRAVITY. IT'S A CHOICE WE MAKE. JESUS SAID WE'RE TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR. THAT'S A CHOICE WE'RE TO MAKE. THE GOLDEN RULE SAYS WE'RE TO TREAT EACH OTHER LIKE WE WANT TO BE TREATED OURSELVES. JESUS SAID THAT WE WEIGH THE WAYS WE TREAT THE STRANGER OR THOSE IMMIGRANTS AMONG US IS THE WAY WE'RE TREATING HIM. I URGE EVERYONE HERE TO MEET SOMEONE OF A DIFFERENT SKIN HUE, A DIFFERENT NATIONALITY, A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE, DIFFERENT RELIGION. WE SAW THAT GROUP FROM FRISCO, FROM HIGH SCHOOL HERE IN ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS. THEY SANG IN JUST SUCH BEAUTIFUL, PERFECT HARMONY TOGETHER IN UNISON. THEY DID THAT BECAUSE THEY KNOW EACH OTHER, THEY ASSOCIATE WITH EACH OTHER, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY RESPECT AND LOVE EACH OTHER. AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO TOGETHER. IF YOU DON'T KNOW SOMEBODY WHO'S DIFFERENT FROM YOU, MAKE IT AN EFFORT TO DO THAT AND YOU WILL FIND OUT. HEY, THEY'RE JUST LIKE ME. THEY HAVE [01:50:03] THE SAME NEEDS AND DESIRES THAT I DO. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE MARTIN PADETTI. AND THEN NEXT WE HAVE KELLY SMITH, FELLOW FRISCO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND RESPECTED MAYOR. MY NAME IS MARTIN PARETI. I LIVE IN MAJESTIC GARDENS IN WEST FRISCO. AND I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE DAN ANDERSON FOR VICTORY. AND IN OUR PERSONAL CONVERSATION SHE MENTIONED SHE'S A CHRISTIAN AND A REPUBLICAN. I WISH YOU WILL CONTINUE THAT PATH GOING FORWARD AS WELL. AND ALSO, THE JOHN KEATING MENTIONED HE IS NOT BUILDING WALLS, BUT HE'S BUILDING THE BRIDGES. THIS NIGHT I WANTED TO REMIND YOU ALSO NEED TO BUILD THE BRIDGES FOR THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY. NOT FOR INTERNATIONAL. EVERYBODY ELSE WE WANTED TO DO. WE WANTED TO SPREAD THE LOVE. BUT AMERICANS ARE LEFT BEHIND. IN ENTIRE STORY. AMERICANS ARE LEFT BEHIND. SO, I COME FROM INDIA. IT'S MOST DIVERSE COMMUNITY. WE ALL LIVE TOGETHER. I GREW UP IN MUSLIM COMMUNITY. EVERY DAY I WOKE UP LISTENING TO AZAN MUSLIM PRAYER. AND WE HAD A GREAT HINDU FRIEND. WE ALL LOVE IN PEACE. BUT WHEN PEOPLE SAYS AGAINST THE H1B VISA FRAUD. WE ALL TALKED ABOUT H1B. H1B INDIANS ARE COMING INVASION. THEY'RE NOT TARGETING ABOUT INDIAN COUNTRY COMMUNITY. KEEP IN MIND THEY'RE NOT TARGETING ABOUT INDIAN COMMUNITY. THE PEOPLE THE AMERICANS ARE LOSING THE JOBS. WE TALKED ABOUT TEXAS FLAG. WE CELEBRATED ALAMO. YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE THERE IS A VICTORY AND THE DEATH LETTER THAT HOW THE AMERICANS ARE FOUGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY. THEY ARE DIED FOR THIS COUNTRY. THE GENERATIONS. GENERATIONS. GENERATIONS. I CAME AS AN IMMIGRANT TO. TO LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY. I DIDN'T. MY PARENTS ARE LIVING IN INDIA. MY PARENTS DIED IN INDIA, GRANDPARENTS DIED IN INDIA. BUT KEEP IN MIND AMERICA IS BUILT ON JUDEO CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES. THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF RELIGION. WE ALL LOVE. WE WANTED TO LOVE THE PEACE. BUT WHAT I WANTED TO REMIND THIS NIGHT MAYOR RIGHT? SO ONE OF THE BIGGEST LIE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TOLD AMERICANS ARE NOT TALENTED ENOUGH. AMERICANS ARE NOT TALENTED ENOUGH. CAN WE REMIND ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM. AMERICANS ARE TALENTED ENOUGH OR NOT? SO, THIS IS HOW THE AMERICANS ARE PEOPLE ARE DISPLACED. YOU KNOW, DALLAS MORNING NEWS PUBLISHED 06,000AMERICANS ARE REPLACED. SO, THIS CANNOT LET IT HAPPEN. WE WERE. THEY WANTED THE FAIR TREATMENT AMONG ALL OF US. SO, IF YOU GO TO. IN MY, IN MY WORKPLACE. WHEN I CAME IN 2004, I WAS ONLY ONE IMMIGRANT. NOW IF YOU SEE IN ANY OFFICE, YOU DON'T SEE AMERICAN AT ALL. THE AMERICANS ARE DISPLACED. THEY'RE LOSING THE JOB. THE TREATMENT ARE NOT EQUAL. ONE SAID THE PEOPLE ARE LOSING THE JOBS AND OTHER PEOPLE IN LUXURY LIFE. THEY'RE HAVING FIVE HOMES, LUXURY CARS. THESE ARE NOT EQUAL. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THIS IS NOT AGAINST HATE ON THE INDIAN PEOPLE. THIS IS NOT AGGREGATE OF ANY FOREIGNERS. WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE FAITH TREATMENT. WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE JOBS WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR TO BUILD THEIR COMMUNITY. WHO DIED FOR THIS COMMUNITY. SO. AND ALSO, I WANTED TO REMIND DIVERSITY IS A STRENGTH. WE THE DIVERSITY. WE ALL WANTED TO LOVE THE DIVERSITY. WE TALKED ABOUT THE GOOD SAMARITAN. AND I WANTED TO REMIND ONE VERSE FROM THE DEUTERONOMY 23 AND. AND 4. IT SAYS THIS IS A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY NOT HARD TO DIGEST THIS WORD. FOREIGNERS WHO LIVE IN YOUR LAND, IN YOUR LAND WILL GAIN MORE AND MORE POWER WHILE GRADUALLY YOU LOSE YOUR VOTES. AND THEY WILL HAVE A MONEY TO LEND YOU, BUT YOU WILL HAVE NONE TO LEND THEM. IN THE END THEY WILL BE YOUR RULERS. THIS IS WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED IN EUROPE. THIS IS WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED IN THE PARIS. THIS IS WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED IN THE LONDON. THEY LOST IDENTITY. THE COUNTRIES LOST IDENTITY. AMERICA LOST AN IDENTITY. TEXAS LOST AN IDENTITY. FRISCO LOST IDENTITY. WE WANTED TO REBUILD THIS COUNTRY THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLE. WE WANTED TO LOVE EACH OTHER. CHRISTIANS ARE NOT FOR HATE. PEOPLE ARE SPREADING THE HATE AGAINST WHITE PEOPLE. WHITE PEOPLE ARE THE MOST LOVING PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. WE WANTED TO SPREAD THE LAW. WE WANTED TO SPREAD THE LAW AND BUILD THAT COUNTRY AND LIVE EQUALLY AND LOVE EACH OTHER. AND I PRAISE GOD FOR GIVING THIS OPPORTUNITY. I WANT THE FRISCO CITY COUNCIL TO STAND FOR THAT. AND IT'S NOT AN INTERNATIONAL ISSUE. AND IF YOU CAN DO ANYTHING TO COOPERATE FOR H1B FRAUD INDICATION, GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. AND ALSO SHOW THE EMPATHY AND SYMPATHY FOR AMERICANS WHO ARE LOSING THE JOBS. BUILD THE BRIDGES NOT WITH ALL OTHER COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY WHO DIED FOR THIS COUNTRY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK KELLY SMITH. AND THEN NEXT WE HAVE ROBINSON SAMUEL. NOBODY. OKAY, ROBINSON SAMUEL THEN. AND THEN AFTER THAT WE'LL HAVE DANIEL ELMER. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. NO ONE IS ACCIDENTAL. [01:55:02] NO ONE IS INSIGNIFICANT. EVERYONE MUST BE TREATED WITH DIGNITY. THESE ARE THE WORDS I HEARD AS I ENTERED THIS HALL. THE GENTLEMAN SPOKE THESE WORDS AS A PART OF HIS PRAYER. IT'S A GOOD REMINDER TO ALL OF US TO HUMBLE OURSELVES AND PRACTICE SERVANT LEADERSHIP. JESUS SHOWED US HOW, HOW WE CAN DO THAT. TODAY I WANT TO ADDRESS TO MY INDIAN FRIENDS OVER HERE AND TO ALL CHRISTIANS IN THIS CITY. MY NAME IS SAMUEL. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN INDIA AS A CHRISTIAN. NOW I'M A PROUD US CITIZEN. THE REASON I AM SAVED BY THE GRACE OF GOD IS BECAUSE SOMEONE, MAYBE A WESTERN MISSIONARY TOOK JESUS WORDS SERIOUSLY AND MADE A DECISION TO SHARE HIS LOVE TO MY ANCESTORS IN INDIA. A WHOLE GENEALOGY OF PEOPLE NOW SAVED BECAUSE OF THAT ONE ACT OF LOVE. I INVITE ALL MY CHRISTIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS HERE. WHETHER YOU ARE WHITE, BLACK, BROWN, ASIAN, ALL CHRISTIANS IN THE CITIZEN TO CONSIDER THE WORDS OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS. HE SAID, HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL, BUT THE LABORERS ARE FEW. GOD IS BRINGING THE HARVEST TO YOU HERE IN FRISCO. WILL YOU BE ONE OF THOSE LABORERS FOR HIM? MANY VOICES MAY PROVOKE YOU AND CAUSE US TO DIVIDE AND HATE ON INDIANS AND OTHERS OTHER CULTURE. BUT DON'T GET DISTRACTED. KEEP YOUR EYES SET ON JESUS AND LOVE PEOPLE. I REQUEST YOU TO TAKE SMALL EFFORTS TO TRUST PEOPLE OF OTHER CULTURE. AND YOU WILL BE SURPRISED TO SEE HOW OPEN AND WELCOMING THEY ARE. MY FRIENDS HENRY, IRIS, KURT AND DENISE CAN TESTIFY OF THAT FACT. FINALLY, I WANT TO ADDRESS MY INDIAN FRIENDS HERE. LET'S NOT BE DISHEARTENED. LET'S CONTINUE TO BE FRIENDLY AND POLITE. LET US SHOW OTHERS THAT WE MEAN WELL, THAT WE LOVE OTHERS, LOVE TO ASSIMILATE. WELCOME, EVERYONE. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF US TO DEVELOP AND IMPROVE THE TRUST. LET'S STAND AGAINST INJUSTICE, CORRUPTION AND SCAMS THAT OTHERS SO THAT OTHERS DON'T POINT FINGERS AT US. LET US BE GOOD CITIZENS. NEWSTADT CHURCH WELCOMED ME WITH OPEN ARMS. IF YOU FEEL DEJECTED, FEEL FREE TO COME AND FIND COMFORT, JUST AS MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN COMFORTED BY THEM. THANK YOU, JOHN KEATING, FOR SAYING THAT THE CITY IS ABOUT BUILDING BRIDGES AND NOT WALLS. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. WE'VE GOT DAN ELMER. AND THEN NEXT WE HAVE EMILY ROTENBERG. GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL DAN ELMER. I LIVE IN LONE STAR RANCH. MY ADDRESS IS ON THE CARD. JEFF BURT, COUNCIL. YOU ALL KNOW THAT I'M AN OPINIONATED CITIZEN. YOU KNOW THAT I'M NOT AFRAID TO COME UP HERE AND SHARE TERSE FEEDBACK AND DIRECT FEEDBACK. I APOLOGIZE TONIGHT THAT YOU'VE HAD TO, YOU KNOW, DEAL WITH THE. THE FEEDBACK. JEFF, THE ATTACK ON YOU AND YOUR BUSINESS. SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE YOU SHOULD BUY STEAK OR SOMETHING FOR ME NEXT TIME THAT WE HAVE A CHANCE TO CONNECT. BUT I. I'VE BEEN PERTURBED AS SOMEONE WHO GIVES REALLY DIRECT FEEDBACK AND WHO CAN SOMETIMES SKEW TOO NEGATIVE AS A HUMAN BEING. AND I'M OBVIOUSLY NOT AN INDIAN PERSON. MY HERITAGE IS EUROPEAN, IT'S AUSTRIAN, IT'S JEWISH. I'M NOT SURE WHICH ONE OF THOSE HERITAGES HAS LED TO THE RECEDING HAIRLINE IN THE BALD SPOT. I'M GOING TO CHOOSE TO THINK. I THINK IT'S THAT NOT ALL THE WINGS THAT I EAT, BUT I AM. MY GRANDMOTHER FLED AUSTRIA AND MOVED HERE AND OPENED A BAR IN A SMALL TOWN IN WISCONSIN. AND I MOVED TO FRISCO IN 2019. I AM A WHITE GUY AND SINCE I'VE MOVED TO FRISCO, I MOVED HERE FOR A JOB. I FOUND ANOTHER JOB. I'VE DOUBLED MY INCOME. I'VE ACTUALLY ALMOST 3X MY INCOME. I'VE ALMOST 3X MY NET WORTH IN 6 YEARS. I WANT TO BE AROUND PEOPLE WHO ARE SUCCESSFUL. I WANT TO BE AROUND PEOPLE WHO ARE COMPETITIVE. IF THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY IN FINANCE, PLEASE COME SAY HI AT THE END [02:00:02] OF THE MEETING. BECAUSE INDIAN COMMUNITIES IN FRISCO ARE SAFE. THEY HAVE HIGH INCOMES, THEY CONTRIBUTE TO OUR CITY. AND THERE'S A LOT THAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER TO GROW TOGETHER. WE'VE. ONE OF THE BENEFITS THAT THE CITY OF FRISCO AND LIVING HERE HAS GIVEN TO US IS THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY RETIRE. MY WIFE, SHE HOMESCHOOLS OUR KIDS. AND THE LESSON THAT WE HAD THIS WEEK FOR OUR SON WAS TO WATCH SOME OF THE FOOTAGE FROM THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING. AND THE THING THAT STRUCK ME WAS THERE WAS A YOUNG BOY WHO WAS SITTING OVER HERE, I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE, WHO CAME UP AND FELT THE NEED TO DEFEND HIMSELF FOR LIVING HERE. THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS. I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER. I THINK WE CAN COME TOGETHER. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE DISCOURSE. AND SO, I'M A LITTLE. I'M RAMBLING A LITTLE BIT. I'M A LITTLE DISCOMBOBULATED BECAUSE I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO. BUT I WANT TO DO ONE THING. I WANT TO CORRECT A NARRATIVE THAT I HEARD IN ONE OF THE. THE SPEAKERS. YOU ALL CAN'T RESPOND. I CAN. I'VE ATTENDED THE WORK SESSIONS ON CITIZEN INPUT. THERE IS NO ONE ON COUNCIL. THERE IS NO ONE IN THE CITY WHO IS CALLING FOR PEOPLE TO BE CENSORED, WHO IS CALLING FOR AN EFFORT TO LIMIT PEOPLE'S FREEDOM OF SPEECH. IN FACT, THERE IS A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT FOR YOU TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT ANYTHING, TO PUT IT ON AN AGENDA. AND WHAT I'VE HEARD IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT STANCES ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE COME TOGETHER AND HAVE PASSIONATE DEBATE AND THINK ABOUT MAXIMIZING FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUT MAKING SURE THAT MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE SEEN, HEARD, AND THAT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A CIRCUS TO OUTSIDE VOICES IN FRISCO. BECAUSE WHEN WE ARE SITTING HERE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THIS NONSENSE, WHAT HAPPENS IS WE MISS OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT. WE MISS OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH BECAUSE PEOPLE OUTSIDE DEVELOPERS GO, IS FRISCO INVESTABLE OR NOT ANYMORE? AND SO, I'M THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. AGAIN, I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE. I APOLOGIZE FOR. SOMETIMES MY FEEDBACK IS SO POINTED BECAUSE I THINK YOU ALL ARE DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB. AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT. I WAS GOING TO START WITH A JOKE, ANGELIA, FOR YOU TO SAY PUT THREE MINUTES ON THE CLOCK AND KICK ME OUT. BUT NOW I'M ALREADY TO FOUR MINUTES. BUT JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS DEBATE. I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE PART OF JUST A REGULAR DISCUSSION AND A REGULAR CADENCE. APOLOGIES. I JUST TALKED THE WHOLE TIME SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE EMILY ROTENBERG AND THEN I GOT A MESSAGE THAT PRAVAL KOLLIPARA WAS HERE DID COME BACK SO. OKAY, GOOD. WE'LL GET PUT YOU UP NEXT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL, STAFF AND FELLOW ATTENDEES. I COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT REGARDING TWO ISSUES THAT I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT. FIRST AND FOREMOST IS OUR ANIMAL COMMUNITY. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT WE HAVE A FULL PROFESSIONAL FEASIBILITY STUDY COMPLETED BEFORE WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH YOUR IDEAS FROM THE CITY STAFF IN THE LOA WITH NICOLE WIGGLEBUTTS AND THE VETERINARIAN SUBLETTING SPACE FROM HER. I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND MY ENTIRE TIME TALKING ABOUT PETS TONIGHT, BUT I AM GOING TO SPEND MY ENTIRE ALLOTTED TIME. I AM ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO MAKING CHANGES TO THE CITIZENS COMMENTS AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. EACH OF YOU RAN FOR THESE POSITIONS AND EACH OF YOU KNOW AND UNDERSTAND WHAT ALL IS INVOLVED IN HOLDING THESE POSITIONS. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE DISCUSSIONS THE COUNCIL IS HAVING REGARDING CHANGES TO THE CITIZEN INPUT IN THE FEBRUARY 17 WORK SESSION. FIRST, I WILL SAY I WAS AT THE TOWN HALL MEETING FEB. 2 AND SPOKE ON MULTIPLE ISSUES. I WAS NOT AT THE FEBRUARY 3 COUNCIL MEETING AND I DO NOT SUPPORT MUCH OF WHAT I HEARD WHEN I WATCHED THE VIDEO. MAYOR CHENEY HAS BEEN QUOTED AS SAYING IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN WHERE AGITATORS HAVE MOVED ALONG, BUT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY LIKELY THAT THIS IS NOT GOING AWAY. THIS THIS BEGS THE QUESTION, IS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AGITATING OR BOTHERSOME? DEMOCRACY DOESN'T WORK ON A LOYALTY PUNCH CARD. CITIZENS AND COMMUNITIES ARE NOT ELECTION PROPS TO WIN AND TO BE DISCARDED WHEN WE ARE INCONVENIENT. BEING IN PUBLIC OFFICE REQUIRES HEARING FROM PEOPLE WHO YOU DISAGREE WITH. I HAVE PREVIOUSLY SPOKEN AT THIS PODIUM SAYING MANY OF YOU HAVE A TRANSPARENCY PROBLEM. THESE PROPOSALS SEEM TO FURTHER DECREASE TRANSPARENCY AND TRUST IN YOU, OUR ELECTED LEADERS. THE MESSAGE YOU ARE SENDING IS YOU ARE WELCOME TO VOTE, DONATE, CELEBRATE GROWTH AND SIT AT 4 TO 5 LIGHTS WESTBOUND EL DORADO AT THE PRESTON INTERSECTION DURING TRAFFIC OR DURING RUSH HOUR. BUT YOU CAN'T CHALLENGE OUR POWER OR AUTHORITY. 23 SPEAKERS IN THE CITY OF SAY, 250,000 IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET. IT'S 0.0000 19 STATISTICALLY INSIGNIFICANT. ELIMINATING PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA [02:05:01] ITEMS IS A HUGE SHIFT. I HAVE THE RIGHT TO COME TO EACH AND EVERY CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND ADVOCATE FOR A FULL FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR WHAT OUR ANIMAL NEEDS ARE. PUBLIC COMMENT EXISTS TO ALLOW US TO RAISE ISSUES AND RED FLAGS BEFORE DECISIONS ARE FINALIZED. THE FIRST AMENDMENT DOES NOT PROTECT SPEECH ONLY WHEN IT'S CONVENIENT, CONCISE OR AGREEABLE. IT PROTECTS PERSISTENCE AND IT PROTECTS DISSENT. IT PROTECTS WHO REFUSES TO QUIETLY ACCEPT A DECISION THAT AFFECTS THEIR HOME, THEIR TAXES OR THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. WHAT RESIDENTS ARE WORRIED ABOUT ISN'T A PROBLEM. THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL WHO PREFERS NOT TO LISTEN TO OR WANTS FEWER RESIDENTS ENGAGING IS THE PROBLEM. MOVING AN AGENDA NON AGENDA COMMENTS TO THE END OF THE MEETING DISCOURAGES PARTICIPATION PUSHING SPEAKERS TO THE END OF THE MEETING SHOULD NOT BE A CONTEST OF WHO HAD THE MOST CAFFEINE. IF THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO CAN SPEAK ARE THOSE WHO CAN WAIT FOUR TO FIVE HOURS ON A TUESDAY NIGHT, THAT DOESN'T EXPAND CITIZEN ACCESS. I REMEMBER BEING AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILD WAITING TILL 1AM OR 2AM IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT IRVING CITY HALL BECAUSE THERE WAS AN AGENDA ITEM IMPORTANT TO MY MOTHER. REDUCTION TO ACCESS DISPROPORTIONATELY SILENCES CRITICAL VOICES OR COMPLEX ISSUES. LIMITING NON AGENDA COMMENTS TO EVERY OTHER MEETING IS RATIONING SPEECH DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS, TAXATION, ZONING CONFLICTS POLICING ISSUES DON'T HAPPEN EVERY OTHER MONTH. THESE ARE ONGOING AND CONTINUOUS. LIMITING ACCESS TO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ONLY WEAKENS ACCOUNTABILITY. REQUIRING ID TO SPEAK IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE. THE US SUPREME COURT HAS REPEATEDLY AFFIRMED THE IMPORTANCE OF ANONYMOUS SPEECH. REQUIRING IDS TO SPEAK AT PUBLIC MEETINGS DISCOURAGES PARTICIPATION FOR CITY EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS OR RESIDENTS AFRAID OF RETALIATION. REQUIRING SPEAKER CARDS TO BE FILLED OUT IN FULL, INCLUDING PERSONAL DATA THAT CAN BE DISCOVERED BY A PEER REQUEST DISCOVERS PARTICIPATION DISCOURAGES PARTICIPATION. DEADLINES TO TURN AND SPEAK FOR CARDS ELIMINATES THOSE WHO ARE SITTING IN THE MEETING AND HEAR SOMETHING THEY WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT IN REAL TIME. DEMOCRACY IS DYNAMIC, MOVING THE LECTERN DECREASES THE VISIBLE PRESENCE OF THE PUBLIC ITSELF. WHEN PEOPLE AT HOME CAN SEE RESIDENTS ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, IT CAN ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO PARTICIPATE. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOT DECORATIVE OR CEREMONIAL. WHEN RESIDENTS BEGIN TO FEEL THAT SPEAKING IS INCONVENIENT, RISKY OR OVERLY BURY OR CATTLE OR FUTILE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT DECREASES. HANG ON JUST ONE SECOND. IN A FACEBOOK POST FOR MAYOR CHENEY, DISCUSSION ENSUED THAT ONLY FRISCO RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO SPEAK AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. FRISCO DOES NOT EXIST IN A VACUUM. WHEN DENTON ANIMAL SERVICES MURDERED AN ELDERLY YELLOW LAB WEARING A TRACKING COLLAR WITH A MICROCHIP 29 MINUTES AFTER HIS MOM, COURTNEY GILCHRIST, CALLED AND WAS TOLD THE SHELTER WAS CLOSED, THAT DAY AND SHE COULD GET HIM THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE ANIMAL ADVOCATES RALLIED. JOHN GIRLCREASE WENT TO PICK UP THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE DOG HE WATCHED BEING BORN AT HIS HOUSE 13 YEARS BEFORE AND WAS HANDED GUNNER IN A BLACK TRASH BAG. WE RALLIED MEETING AFTER MEETING AND WERE EVEN ESCORTED OUT BY THE POLICE. TIME'S UP. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. PRAVAL KOLLIPARA, MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. NOW, BEFORE I START, I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE COURAGEOUS PEOPLE BEHIND ME. I THINK I CAN. I THINK I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY AND THAT IT BRINGS US HOPE TO SEE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T EVEN AFFECTED OF OUR COMMUNITY TO STAND UP FOR US. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, GUYS, SO MUCH FOR THAT. BUT I'M GOING TO SWITCH GEARS A LITTLE BIT. I WANT TO BEGIN PERSONALLY. FOR MANY FAMILIES IN FRISCO, INCLUDING MY OWN, THIS WEEKEND WASN'T A NORMAL WEEKEND. SUNDAYS AT MY HOUSE USUALLY BEGIN SLOWLY. MY PARENTS CALLING ME DOWNSTAIRS, A WALK TOGETHER, A HEARTY BREAKFAST. BUT THIS SUNDAY WAS DIFFERENT. INSTEAD OF WAKING UP TO BREAKFAST, I WOKE UP TO FRANTIC MESSAGES ABOUT A MASS SHOOTING ON 6TH STREET IN AUSTIN, A PLACE WHERE MY BROTHER AND MY CLOSE FRIENDS GO ALMOST EVERY WEEKEND IN FEAR. I STARTED CALLING MY BROTHER, THEN MY FRIENDS, THEN FAMILY, JUST TRYING TO HEAR THEIR VOICES TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE ALIVE. THAT FEELING, THAT RUSH OF DREAD BEFORE SOMETHING, BEFORE SOMEONE PICKS UP IS SOMETHING NO TEXAN SHOULD EXPERIENCE AS ROUTINELY AS WE DO. AND YET, HERE WE ARE. SO, I DON'T STAND HERE TONIGHT JUST SAD. BUT I STAND HERE TONIGHT ANGRY. ANGRY THAT FAMILIES IN AUSTIN ARE PLANNING FUNERALS INSTEAD OF WEEKEND DINNERS. ANGRY THAT YOUNG PEOPLE CANNOT GATHER IN PUBLIC WITHOUT FEAR. ANGRY THAT MASS SHOOTINGS HAVE BECOME SO COMMON THAT THEY BARELY SHOCK US ANYMORE. WE ARE TOLD THIS IS COMPLICATED. WE ARE TOLD THIS IS INEVITABLE. WE ARE TOLD THIS IS THE PRICE OF FREEDOM. BUT IT IS NOT. TEXAS NOW LOSES MORE THAN 04,000 LIVES EACH YEAR TO GUN RELATED DEATHS. [02:10:01] FIREARMS ARE NOW ONE OF THE LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS IN THE STATE. OVER THE PAST DECADE, TEXAS GUN DEATH RATE HAS NOT FALLEN, BUT HAS RISEN SIGNIFICANTLY. THIS IS NOT A NATURAL DISASTER. IT IS NOT LIGHTNING FROM THE SKY OR A HURRICANE. IT IS A POLICY FAILURE. AND IF WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, WE CANNOT KEEP PRETENDING THAT THIS TOOL OF VIOLENCE IS IRRELEVANT. NOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT CITY COUNCILS IN TEXAS FACE STATE PREEMPTION LIMITS, BUT LET'S BE CLEAR. WE ARE NOT POWERLESS. THIS COUNCIL CAN STILL PASS A FORMAL RESOLUTION URGING THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE TO ADOPT UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS AND AN EXTREME RISK PROTECTION LAW, PUBLICLY ADVOCATE REPEATEDLY FOR CLOSING LOOPHOLES IN PRIVATE GUN SALES FUND AND DISTRIBUTE GUN LOCKS AND EXPAND SAFE STORAGE EDUCATION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS. INVEST IN YOUTH INTERVENTION AND COMMUNITY VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS BEFORE CRISIS ESCALATE. EXPAND MENTAL HEALTH CORRESPONDER PROGRAMS SO CRISES ARE ADDRESSED BEFORE THEY BECOME HEADLINES. AND FINALLY, PUBLISH TRANSPARENT ANNUAL REPORTING ON GUN RELATED INCIDENTS IN FRISCO SO OUR RESIDENTS SEE DATA, NOT JUST CONDOLENCES. THESE ARE NOT AMBITIOUS ACTIONS. THESE ARE COMMON SENSE POLICIES. THESE ARE NOT SYMBOLIC GESTURES. THESE ARE DELIVERABLE STEPS WITHIN YOUR AUTHORITY. BUT HERE'S THE TRUTH. THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS WITHOUT POLICY ARE EMPTY. WE REGULATE CARS. WE REGULATE PHARMACEUTICALS. WE REGULATE ALCOHOL. BECAUSE WHEN SOMETHING HAS THE POWER TO KILL SOCIETY SET STANDARDS. WHY SHOULD FIREARMS TOOLS DESIGN FOR LETHAL FORCE BE TREATED AS THE ONE EXCEPTION? THIS IS NOT ABOUT PARTISANSHIP. IT IS ABOUT COURAGE. IT IS ABOUT WHETHER WE ARE WILLING TO SAY THE STATUS QUO IS UNACCEPTABLE. BECAUSE IF WE DO ANYTHING, IF WE DO NOTHING, IF WE SHRUG AND MOVE ON, WE ARE DECIDING THAT THE NEXT FRANTIC PHONE CALL IS ACCEPTABLE. AND IT SIMPLY ISN'T. OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES BETTER THAN FEAR. OUR CHILDREN DESERVE BETTER THAN LOCKDOWN DRILLS AS NORMAL CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES. AND THE FAMILIES GRIEVING TONIGHT DESERVE MORE THAN SILENCE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, [Consider and act upon the nomination and election of Mayor Pro-Tem. (CSO/KM)] THAT'LL MOVE US BACK TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. ITEM 11 IS CONSIDER AN ACT UPON THE NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF MAYOR PRO TEM. AND I'LL LOOK FOR MOTION. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE COUNCILWOMAN ANGELIA PELHAM FOR MAYOR PRO TEM. MOTION BY BRIAN. SECOND. SECOND BY LAURA. ALL [Consider and act upon the nomination and election of Deputy Mayor Pro-Tem. (CSO/KM)] IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. THAT MOTION PASSES 4 TO 2. AND ITEM 12 IS CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF A DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE COUNCILWOMAN LAURA RUMMEL AS DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEMPLE BRIAN [Library Report on monthly statistics and activities.] SECOND. SECOND BY ANGELITA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. THAT MOTION PASSES 4 TO 2. TAKE US TO OUR REPORTS SECTION. ITEM 13 IS OUR LIBRARY REPORT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SHELLEY HOLLEY AND I AM THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR. I'M PLEASED TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT. JUST A REMINDER THAT YOUR PUBLIC LIBRARY IS ACCREDITED AND WE CONTINUE TO EARN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF EXCELLENCE IN LIBRARIES AWARD. THE FRIENDS ARE CELEBRATING THEIR 35TH ANNIVERSARY. THEY ARE THE FOUNDING GROUP FOR THE FRISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY AND THEY'RE DOING A SPECIAL EVENT TO WHICH THE PUBLIC IS INVITED ON THURSDAY AT 2 O' CLOCK ON THE TERRACE OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. SO, WE'D LOVE TO SEE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US. ALSO, WE'VE GOT SPECIAL ACTIVITIES FOR SPRING BREAK. YOU CAN SEE THE FULL CALENDAR ON THE LIBRARY'S WEBSITE, BUT THERE'S JUST A TEASER FOR THE WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES THAT WILL BE GOING ON. I AM HAPPY [Play Frisco report on activities related to arts, culture, events, park development and operations, natural resources, and recreation services.] TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SHELLY COUNCIL, WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ITEM 14 IS OUR PLAY FRISCO REPORT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL SHANNON COATES, DIRECTOR OF PLAY FRISCO. I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE AND HAPPY TO HEAR ALL THE CONVERSATION TONIGHT. AND AS I PUT THIS SLIDE UP, I'D JUST LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WHEN WE'RE [02:15:01] ASKING THE QUESTION, HAVE YOU PLAYED TODAY? THE REASON THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU THAT IS NUMBER ONE, BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT REASONS. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT PHYSICAL HEALTH. IT'S ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH. IT'S ABOUT WELL-BEING IN GENERAL. AND SO, IF I WERE TO GIVE ANY ADVICE, AS THE MAYOR ASKED THE BOY SCOUTS EARLIER, I WOULD SAY MY ADVICE IS TO ASK YOURSELF EVERY DAY, HAVE I PLAYED? AND IF YOU HAVE NOT, PLEASE FIND TIME TO WITH THAT. THIS IS OUR 30 YEARS OF PLAY, SO YOU WILL SEE SOME AMAZING T SHIRTS AND DIFFERENT THINGS COMING OUT. VERY SHORT. I WANTED TO TAKE JUST A QUICK OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY LOOK BACK TOWARDS OUR EMPLOYEES AS THEY'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR MANY THINGS RECENTLY. WE DID FIND OUT THAT WE HAVE THE BEST TRUCK AND TRAILER DRIVERS IN THE WHOLE STATE OF TEXAS. SO, IF ANYBODY NEEDS THAT SKILL SET, THEY DO WORK FOR PLAY FRISCO. SO, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THEM. AND ALSO, OUR NOCTURN ART TRAIL WAS AWARDED THE ARTS AND HUMANITY AWARD AT THE STATE LEVEL. ADDITIONALLY, LESLIE RAINEY, WHO'S THE SUPERVISOR OVER AT THE GROVE, AS SHE'S ENCOURAGING PLAY FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, SHE IS NOW OUR TRAPS NORTH REGION REPRESENTATIVE FOR LEISURE AND AGING SERVICES. SO, ANOTHER GREAT WIN FOR FRISCO. AND THEN AT THE DFW PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION, WE WERE AGAIN RECOGNIZED FOR AS WITHIN ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT AWARD AND ALSO AN ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AWARD FOR MONARCH VIEW PARK. WITH ALL OF THAT, I WOULD SAY WE DO INVITE YOU TO COME PLAY. AND WE TRY TO REACH PEOPLE IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS. SO, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE THAT I KNOW YOU'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO, NOCTURNE IS MAKING A RETURN. IT WILL BE AT FRISCO COMMONS PARK THIS YEAR. WE'VE GOT OVER AT THE HERITAGE A REALLY AMAZING DISPLAY, THE DIVINE NINE. IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET OVER THERE, IT'S UP UNTIL MARCH 27TH. OF COURSE, OUR FESTIVAL OF COLORS FAN FAVORITE, MARCH 14TH. SO, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE UNTIL MARCH 27TH OVER AT THE FRISCO DISCOVERY CENTER, A BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY OF ARTWORK. IF YOU'VE NOT YET SEEN THE MURAL ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE DISCOVERY CENTER. IT'S THE SAME ARTIST THAT DID THAT MURAL WITH ALL OF THAT. ONE FINAL THING I WANT, I WOULD SAY ON PAGE TWO OF YOUR REPORT THERE IS REFERENCE TO SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING WITH THE ROTARY CLUB ON CALLED THE PEACE POLE PROJECT. THERE IS ONLY ONE SO FAR IN FRISCO AT KALEIDOSCOPE PARK. WE ARE GOING THROUGH AND LOOKING AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. WE'RE LOOKING AT FRISCO COMMONS PARK RIGHT NOW AND THEN ALSO THE FRISCO HERITAGE CENTER. AND WHAT THESE ARE, THEY'RE GLOBAL SYMBOLS FOR PEACE, UNITY AND DIVERSITY. THERE ARE OVER 250,000 OF THEM IN OVER 180 COUNTRIES. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE COMING TO YOU SOON. WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. COUNCIL WITH QUESTIONS. SHANNON, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I WANT TO COMMEND YOUR TEAM FOR LOOKING AT THE PEACE POLL. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE PEACE POLL OVER AT KALEIDOSCOPE PARK IS THE FIRST ONE IN NORTH TEXAS. I THINK IT'S DONE IN MAYBE FOUR DIFFERENT LANGUAGES THAT ARE SPOKEN HERE IN TEXAS OR IN, IN OUR AREA. SO, THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AT THAT. THAT'S A PASSION OF MINE TO SEE US HAVING MORE PEACE POLLS THROUGHOUT FRISCO. SO, I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THEY'RE FOCUSED ON. [Budget Status Report for January 31, 2026.] THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ITEM 15 IS OUR BUDGET STATUS REPORT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL. DERRICK COTTEN, CFO, YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE JANUARY 26TH BUDGET REPORT. HAPPY TO REPORT EVERYTHING IS TRACKING AS EXPECTED AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. DERRICK, I'M EXCITED TO SEE SALES TAX UP OVER YEAR OVER YEAR. ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR THAT'S DRIVING IT SEEMED TO BE AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH RELATIVE TO PRIOR YEARS. IT WAS, IT WAS UP 13% FROM THE PREVIOUS COMPARABLE YEAR. WE SAW VERY STRONG HOLIDAY SALES IN RETAIL, BUT WE'RE ALSO SEEING CONSTRUCTION IN THE NORTHERN PART OF FRISCO. AND THOSE SALES TAX ARE REALLY KIND OF HELPING US OUT THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS. WE HOPE THAT CONTINUES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS AS WE BUILD OUT THAT NORTHERN CORRIDOR. BUT THAT'S REALLY CONTRIBUTED REALLY TO THE LAST TWO MONTHS. WE SAW 9% INCREASE AND A 13% INCREASE. [Public Works monthly report on water production, stormwater updates, and service requests.] OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ITEM 16 IS OUR PUBLIC WORKS REPORT. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND COUNCIL GOT A FEW SLIDES TO TALK ABOUT. JUST A REMINDER, THESE ARE OUR JANUARY METRICS. JUST A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS STAFF. THEY DID A GREAT JOB DURING THE EVENT. THEY PUT OUT OVER 1,800 TONS [02:20:01] OF SAND THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE EVENT. AND THEN ONCE THE EVENT IS OVER, OUR STORMWATER TEAM GOES BACK AND SWEEPS UP THE MAJORITY OF IT, NOT THE MAJORITY OF IT, BUT AS MUCH AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER IS. IT'S PROBABLY CLOSE TO 400 TONS. THEY'RE ABLE TO SWEEP UP AND THEN TRANSPORT TO THE LANDFILL. SO AGAIN, AROUND THE CLOCK. BIG THANKS TO THOSE GUYS. REMINDER MARCH IS OUR ANNUAL MAINTENANCE FOR NORTH TEXAS IS WHEN THEY CHANGE THEIR DISINFECTANT TO GO TO CHLORINE. SO, FOR 30 DAYS YOU MAY HEAR SOME PEOPLE OF ODOR AND TASTE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. AND THEN AT THE END, IT'LL BE BACK TO THE NORMAL TREATMENT PROCESS. CLEAN IT GREEN IT MAY. EXCUSE ME. MARCH 11TH REGISTRATION OPENS. FIXED LEAK WEEK MARCH 16TH TO THE 20TH. IF YOU'D LIKE A RAIN BARREL, PLEASE FOLLOW THE LINK. SALE ENDS MARCH 30TH. AND THEN APRIL 1ST, OUR SPRING WATERING BEGINS. AND THEN JUST AS A REMINDER, THE CITY WILL BE ON A HOLIDAY APRIL 3RD. WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS GAVE JUST ONE COMMENT. YOU CALLED IT SPRING HOLIDAY. WE CALL IT SPRING HOLIDAY JUST BECAUSE IT'S IN ALIGNMENT [Engineering Services Monthly Report on planning, design, and construction of roadways, traffic control, water utilities, parks, and trails.] WITH THE FISD HOLIDAY. HAPPY EASTER, EVERYBODY. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. SEVENTEEN IS OUR ENGINEERING REPORT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. BRIAN MOEN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING. GOT A LITTLE PRESENTATION HERE TONIGHT. THERE WE GO. LAST WEEK WE CELEBRATED ENGINEERS WEEK. SO, A LOT OF OUR STAFF SPENT TIME TOGETHER, CELEBRATED SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD AS A TEAM AND TOOK TIME TO APPRECIATE EACH OTHER AND OUR EFFORTS. AND THEN WITHIN OUR TRANSPORTATION GROUP, A LOT OF OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN RECENTLY ON OUTREACH AND TELLING OUR STORY. SO LAST WEEK WE HAD THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL. ACTUALLY, TWO WEEKS AGO WAS ON FEBRUARY 18TH, VISITED THE EOC. WE HAD LEGACY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ENGINEERING STUDENTS, HAD ABOUT 11 YOUNG FEMALE STUDENTS INTERESTED IN ENGINEERING, CAME TO THE EOC TO VISIT. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING AN EVENT AT THE KATE CENTER FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING. WE'LL BE THERE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS COMING UP IN MARCH AND THEN SOME FURTHER OUTREACH THINGS. WE HAVE THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY COMING FRIDAY TO VISIT WITH US AND LOOK AT HOW WE'RE OPERATING OUR OPERATIONS CENTER JOINTLY WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE THINGS THAT WE DO ALSO WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR SECOND ANNUAL SIGNALS AND SIRENS ROADSHOW. WE'LL BE OVER AT THE LIBRARY ON APRIL 28TH. WE'LL BE THERE FROM 3PM TO 7PM I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. HEY, BRIAN, JUST A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT INTERNSHIPS. A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME REGARDING POTENTIAL INTERNSHIP OPTIONS WITH THE CITY, SPECIFICALLY IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT AS WELL. ANY PROGRESS OR SUPPORT YOU NEED ON THAT? SURE. WE'VE GOT ONE THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO HIRE. WE HAVE OPENING RIGHT NOW. WE'RE ACTUALLY AN INTERVIEW PROCESS. SO, WE'LL HAVE TWO SUMMER INTERNS AND THEN WE'RE OPEN TO THINGS THAT WE DO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE'VE DONE SOME THINGS WITH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE PAST AND THEN ALSO HAVE DIFFERENT MENTORING PROGRAMS AND THINGS THAT WE'LL DO. SO, IF IT DOESN'T TURN [Rail District Update.] INTO AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, CERTAINLY A LOT OF THE STAFF IS WILLING TO HELP MENTOR YOUNG PEOPLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ITEM 18 IS OUR RAIL DISTRICT UPDATE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MATT. MATT DUBOIS WITH ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING SERVICES. I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON THE DOWN RAIL DISTRICT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. FIRST, WE'LL TALK ABOUT MAIN STREET. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FINISHING THOSE LAST FINAL DETAILS OF MAIN STREET. IF YOU'VE DRIVEN DOWN THERE LATELY, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SOME WORK GOING ON THE SIDEWALKS BETWEEN 3RD AND 5TH THAT'S IN PREPARATION FOR THOSE RAISED PLANTERS. WE HAVE THEM ON SITE AND SHOULD BE INSTALLING THOSE HOPEFULLY THIS WEEK IF THE WEATHER HOLDS OUT. IF NOT THIS WEEK, NEXT WEEK. WE'VE BEEN PREPPING THE MEDIANS FOR THE MEDIAN RAILS. WE'VE GOT THE FOUNDATIONS AND THE BRICKS IN THERE AND JUST AWAIT FOR THE DELIVERY OF THOSE MEDIAN RAILS. THE LAST BIG ITEM THAT WE ARE WAITING ON, WE'RE COORDINATING WITH THE FRANCHISE UTILITIES TO WORK TO REMOVE THEIR OVERHEAD LINES ON MAIN STREET. ONCE THOSE ARE REMOVED AND THE POLES REMOVED, WE'LL COME BACK AND FINISH THOSE AREAS AROUND THE POLES WITH THE FINAL PAVEMENT SIDEWALK SECTION, FOURTH STREET PLAZA. WE CONTINUE TO POUR CONCRETE. IF YOU'VE HAPPENED TO NOTICE, ON THE NORTH SIDE, WE DID POUR A CONCRETE SLAB THERE WHICH WILL BE COVERED EVENTUALLY [02:25:01] WITH THE BRICK PAVERS. THAT'S THE FIRST STEP IN STARTING TO SEE STUFF COMING OUT OF THE GROUND MORE AND MORE IN THE PLAZA. IT'S GOING TO FEEL LIKE WE'VE STEPPED ON THE GAS AND WE'RE SUDDENLY YOU'RE GOING TO START SEEING STUFF WEEK TO WEEK COMING OUT. WE'RE HOPING TO GET ANOTHER POUR ON THE SOUTH SIDE AT 4TH AND MAIN TOMORROW IF WE CAN GET IT AHEAD OF THE WEATHER COMING IN. WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE PUBLIC RESTROOM FACILITIES TO FINISH THAT BUILDING AND THE PERFORMANCE STAGE. ONCE WE HAVE THE SLABS COMPLETED, WE'LL START BRINGING IN THE STRUCTURE FOR THAT RIBBON STRUCTURE, SHAPE, STRUCTURE THAT GOES FROM THE NORTH SIDE TO THE SOUTH SIDE, WHICH SHOULD BE IN THE COMING WEEKS AND YOU'LL START SEEING SOME TREES GOING IN, BEING PLANTED INTO THE PLAZA. THE PARKING GARAGE IS GETTING VERY CLOSE. THE EXTERIOR IS DONE ON MOST OF THE SIDES OF THE GARAGE THAT YOU CAN SEE. THEY WERE STILL WORKING ON THE MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING SYSTEMS. THEY ARE FINISHING OUT THE SHELLS OF THE FUTURE RETAIL SPACE ON THE NORTH SIDE WHICH WILL OPEN UP TO THAT EXTENSION OF BOXCAR ALLEY. AS WELL AS COMPLETING THE STAIRWELLS. THE NEXT THING YOU'LL START SEEING AROUND THE GARAGE AS PART OF THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE. THE SIDEWALK ADJACENT TO THE GARAGE ON ELM STREET AND THIRD STREET, FROM THE FACE OF THE GARAGE TO THE BACK OF CURB AND THAT'LL BE A COMBINATION OF HARDSCAPE AND LANDSCAPE THAT YOU START SEEING. BEFORE I BEN TO COME UP TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER UPDATE RELATIVE TO DOWNTOWN, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING CONSTRUCTION? ARE WE STILL ON TRACK FOR END OF MAY? YES, MA'AM. WE ARE STILL TARGETING TO HAVE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION OF THE PLAZA AND THE GARAGE BY THE END OF MAY SO THAT WE'RE READY FOR THE GRAND OPENING IN JUNE. JUST A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT CONNECTIVITY IN DOWNTOWN. I KNOW IT'S A BIG DESIRE FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE. WIFI IN DOWNTOWN, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS STILL ON THE RADAR? I CAN'T ANSWER THAT FOR THE WHOLE AREA. MAYBE VIN HAS MORE TO DO WITH THAT. BUT I WILL TELL YOU, WE ARE, WE ARE PUTTING ELEMENTS OF WIFI INSIDE THE PLAZA FOR THE PUBLIC USE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. JUST A QUICK UPDATE. THE GIFT CARD PROGRAM, PHASE TWO HAS EXPIRED AT THE END OF FEBRUARY. I'M HAPPY AND EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE SOME OF THE RESULTS OF THE PROGRAM HERE. ALMOST $200,000 DIRECT INVESTMENT WITH THESE GIFT CARDS THAT WE HANDED OUT, BLUE CARDS AND COPPER CARDS. THE COPPER CARDS INTENDED FOR NON-RESTAURANT USE. YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE THERE ON THE BOTTOM THREE BULLETS. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FIRST PHASE THAT WE DID THIS, WHERE WE MAILED THEM OUT, WE LEARNED, WE PIVOTED, WE HAD 28% REDEMPTION RATE WITH PHASE ONE. PHASE TWO, WE'RE AT 66%. SO, A LOT MORE OF THOSE CARDS WERE SPENT. GRAND TOTAL 371,000 DIRECT INVESTMENT BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. THE RECIPIENTS WERE THOSE BUSINESSES THAT PARTICIPATED. YOU CAN SEE HERE, THEY'RE SORTED BY COPPER CARD USE. SO, FRISCO MUSIC CENTER, SO SOCCER CITY. THEY'VE ALL BENEFITED FROM THE COPPER CARDS. THE RESTAURANTS PRIMARILY WERE REDEEMED BLUE CARDS. THE DIGITAL GIFT CARD PROGRAM, THE BONUS PROGRAM ALSO EXPIRED AT THE END OF FEBRUARY. WE'VE HAD $656,600 WORTH OF GIFT CARDS PURCHASED AND ABOUT 84% OF THOSE HAVE BEEN REDEEMED. THERE'S TWO TYPES OF GIFT CARDS. THERE'S A BONUS GIFT CARD AND THERE'S A GIFT CARD THAT YOU PURCHASED. THE BONUS GIFT CARD WAS A MATCHING GIFT CARD. THAT'S THE GIFT CARD THAT EXPIRES. YOUR OTHER GIFT CARD DOES NOT EXPIRE. SO, YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT OF THE BONUS GIFT CARDS PURCHASED $328,000 WORTH. 96% OF THOSE HAVE BEEN REDEEMED. SO, $315,000 WORTH OF MATCHING CDC DOLLARS SPENT DOWNTOWN. OUR ADVERTISING PROGRAM WAS A HUGE SUCCESS. WE HAD OVER 41 BUSINESSES THAT TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE $3,000 ADVERTISING GRANT. WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF GOOD COMMENTS ABOUT THAT FROM OUR RAIL DISTRICT VENDORS AND BUSINESSES. YOU CAN STILL BUY A GIFT CARD. THERE'S JUST NOT A MATCHING COMPONENT. WE'RE LOOKING AT ANOTHER MATCHING COMPONENT AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE GRAND OPENING. AS MATT HAD MENTIONED IN JUNE. WE STILL HAVE A PRETTY ROBUST ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN OCCURRING WITH THE FRISCO EDC ADVERTISING ON BILLBOARDS AROUND THE METROPLEX. AND THE VISITORS AND CONVENTION BUREAUS CONTINUES TO PUSH SOCIAL MEDIA, HAVE EVENTS. HERE'S SOME SOCIAL MEDIA IMPRESSION. NUMBERS, ERROR ENGAGEMENTS. THEY'VE ALSO HAD RELATIVE RATES WITH TEXAS MEDIA MEMBERS, TEXAS MONTHLY, ET CETERA. SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. BEN, HAVE WE HAD ANY UPDATE [02:30:02] ON WHAT THE CDC IS PLANNING TO DO WITH THEIR RECENT. AND WHEN THEY REALIGN THEIR BUDGET FOR MARKETING, DO WE KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO? AND TIMING AND EFFORT. I KNOW THAT'S A SURPRISE QUESTION. SO, YOU DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER? THAT'S FINE. JUST. WE WILL. I'D LIKE TO KEEP UPDATED ON THAT AND KNOW WE WILL TALK TO THEM AT THE MARCH 24TH CDC AGENDA ABOUT THAT. OKAY. JUST GIVE US AN UPDATE TO FOLLOWING COUNSELING. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY, THANK YOU. AND IT WILL BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT WE WERE DOING. SO. SO IT'S. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE LIKE THEM DOING ONE. ONE THING, CITY DOING SOMETHING ELSE. IT'S ALL GOING TO BE ONE HAPPY FAMILY OF ACTIVITY. RIGHT. I JUST. I GUESS MY QUESTION WAS HOW WE'RE [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.] GOING TO USE THEIR FUNDS WOULD BE A BETTER QUESTION. RIGHT. BUT. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, ITEM 19 IS COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS. COUNCIL, WHAT UPDATES DO YOU HAVE? SO, THIS PAST WEEK, I ATTENDED THE FIRST OF THREE MEETINGS FOR THE NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION. FOR THOSE OF YOU DON'T KNOW, IT'S A REGIONAL MEETING OF ALL THE LOCAL CITIES IN NORTH TEXAS. THEY DISCUSS VARIOUS TOPICS LIKE LEGISLATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC SAFETY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND FRISCO. WE HAVE A BOARD SEAT ON THAT. AND ALSO IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS, MYSELF AND COUNCILMAN THAKUR ARE GOING TO ATTEND A NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION TRIP TO D.C. TO TALK TO OUR LEGISLATORS TO TRY TO GET MORE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER THINGS THAT I JUST MENTIONED FOR THE CITY OF FRISCO. AND WE WANT TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO ALL THE OTHER CITIES AS WELL. THANK YOU, JARED. ANYTHING ELSE? YES. SO, WITH THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL, THAT IS A COUNCIL THAT IS FOCUSED ON THE TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY ISSUES ACROSS THE NORTH TEXAS REGION, IN THAT CORPUS, WE'VE MANAGED TO ENSURE NOW THAT DENTON COUNTY FINALLY GETS A PIECE OF THE PIE. I SPOKE ABOUT IT A LITTLE BRIEFLY LAST MEETING, BUT $65 MILLION HAS BEEN ALLOCATED NOW FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN DENTON COUNTY, WHICH IS MUCH NEEDED. BUT ALONG WITH THAT, THERE'S A DEVELOPMENT ON A SUBCOMMITTEE TO DEFINE WHAT TRANSPORTATION 2.0 LOOKS LIKE SO WE CAN DEVELOP MICRO TRANSIT OPTIONS. SO, WORKING REALLY HARD TO GET THAT OUT OF THE COMMITTEE. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ENDED UP DISCOVERING, WITH THE ENORMOUS HELP OF THE CITY MANAGER AND HIS OFFICE, THE ENGINEERING TEAM, A POTENTIAL MITIGATION FOR FLOODS AND FLOODING IN OUR CITY. SO. SO HOPEFULLY THAT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BRING A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF TO THE STONEBRIAR COMMUNITY AND SOME OF THESE OTHER AREAS. THE CITY'S WORKING DILIGENTLY ON THAT. I WANT TO SHIFT GEARS A LITTLE BIT AND CALL OUT MAYOR JEFF CHENEY FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON AN ISSUE THAT IS VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO ME, MENTAL HEALTH, AND SPECIFICALLY MENTAL HEALTH FOR VETERANS. PAT FALLON'S OFFICE WITH MELANIE ROYER REACHED OUT ALONG WITH A GENTLEMAN NAMED JOHN REDMOND IN THE COMMUNITY WANTING TO ESTABLISH AVENUES FOR VETERANS WHO ARE DEALING WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE MAYOR NOT ONLY HELPED TO ORGANIZE THAT, BUT ALSO LED REALLY SOME REALLY AMAZING SOLUTIONS TO GO FORWARD. AND I WAS REALLY HONORED, JEFF, THAT YOU HAD ASKED ME TO HELM THAT AND TO CARRY IT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. SO JUST [CONSENT AGENDA] WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR. THANK YOU, BURT. APPRECIATE THAT. COUNCIL, ANY OTHER UPDATES? OKAY. THAT WILL MOVE US TO 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 SINGLE ITEM WITHOUT COMMENT AND MAY SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD. COUNCIL, YOU HAVE ITEMS 20, 20 THROUGH 36 FOR CONSIDERATION. MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS 20 THROUGH 36. MOTION BY ANGELIA. SECOND. SECOND BY JARED. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THAT PASSES. 6-0. THAT'LL MOVE US 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 IN ONE MOTION. THE CONCURRENCE OF TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS IS [Consider and act upon adoption of an Ordinance amending the Frisco Code of Ordinances 06-03-31, adding Article VII (Temporary Authorization for Tattoos and Body Piercing at Events); establishing regulations on temporary tattooing and body piercing at events. (Development Services/GU)] REQUIRED TO REMOVE ANY ITEM FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND ACTION. COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY VOTE NAY IN ANY SINGLE ITEM WITHOUT COMMENT. MAY SUBMIT [Public Hearing: A request to repeal Ordinance No. 2024-04-20 consisting of 264.2± acres on the northwest corner of Dallas Parkway and PGA Parkway (“Property”), to amend the Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 11-04-09, as amended), to rezone the Property as Planned Development-272-Office-2/Retail/Residential, and to consider to direct Staff to prepare an Ordinance of the same. Zoned Planned Development-272-Office-2/Retail/Residential. Neighborhood #53. Zoning Case No. Z25-0010. Applicant: Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. (Development Services/JH)] WRITTEN COMMENTS AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD. COUNCIL. YOU HAVE ONE ITEM, ITEM 37. MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 37. MOTION BY LAURA. SECOND. SECOND BY ANGELIA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSES 6-0. THAT'LL TAKE US TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. ITEM 38 IS A PUBLIC HEARING. A REQUEST TO REPEAL ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-04-20, CONSISTING OF 264.2 ACRES ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF DALLAS PARKWAY AND PGA PARKWAY TO AMEND THE ZONING ORDINANCE NUMBER 11-04-09 AS AMENDED TO REASON THE PROPERTY'S [02:35:01] PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 272 OFFICE 2 RETAIL RESIDENTIAL AND TO CONSIDER DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE OF THE SAME ZONE PLAN DEVELOPMENT 272 OFFICE 2 RETAIL RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER 53. ZONING CASE NUMBER Z25-00-10. APPLICANT KIMLI HORN AND ASSOCIATES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCIL JONATHAN HUBBARD, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED A PLAN DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE FOR THIS PROPERTY IN APRIL OF 2022 AND SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED THAT PD IN APRIL OF 2024 TO ACCOMMODATE A MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE FIREFLY DEVELOPMENT. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO AMEND THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS TO ONE, REVISE THE PHASING LANGUAGE AND TWO, ADOPT A COMPREHENSIVE SIGN PACKAGE. REGARDING THE PHASING LANGUAGE, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO REDUCE THE PHASE ONE COMMERCIAL SQUARE FOOTAGE FROM 650,000 SQUARE FEET TO 450,000 SQUARE FEET AND PROPORTIONATELY REDUCE THE NUMBER OF BUY RIGHT RESIDENTIAL UNITS FROM 1400 UNITS TO 966 UNITS. SO ASIDE FROM THE TOWNHOMES, WHICH ARE NOT SUBJECT TO ANY PHASING REQUIREMENTS, ANY ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE EARN UP PROVISION THAT IS WITHIN THE PD TODAY. ADDITIONALLY, AS PART OF THESE NEGOTIATIONS, THE APPLICANT IS AGREEABLE TO REDUCING THE OVERALL NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS FROM 2200 UNITS TO 2100 UNITS. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. MOVE TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND MOTION BY LAURA. SECOND BY BURT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THAT PASSES. SIX ZERO. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NONE. MOVE TO CLOSE. MOTION BY LAURA. SECOND. SECOND BY ANGELIA. IN FAVOR. AYE. THIS PASSES SIX ZERO. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. COUNCIL, WHAT QUESTION QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? [Public Hearing: A request to repeal Ordinance No. 2025-03-16 and grant a Specific Use Permit for an Office/Warehouse/Distribution Center on one lot on 98.1± acres on the north side of SH 121, 1,015± feet west of Independence Parkway, and to consider to direct Staff to prepare an Ordinance of the same. Zoned Highway with a Specific Use Permit for an Office/Warehouse/Distribution Center and Commercial-2. Neighborhood #26. Zoning Case No. SUP25-0009. Applicant: BGE, Inc. (Development Services/JH)] NONE. I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION BY BURT. SECOND. SECOND BY LAURA ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THAT PASSES. SIX ZERO. ITEM 39 IS A PUBLIC HEARING OR REQUEST TO REPEAL ORDINANCE NUMBER 20250316 AND GRANT A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR AN OFFICE WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION CENTER ON ONE LOT ON 98.1 ACRES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF STATE HIGHWAY 121, 1015FT WEST OF INDEPENDENCE PARKWAY. AND TO CONSIDER DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE OF THE SAME ZONED HIGHWAY WITH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR AN OFFICE WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION CENTER AND COMMERCIAL TO NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER 26. ZONING CASE NUMBER SUP 25 0009. APPLICANT IS BGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO, BEFORE I GET INTO THE ACTUAL TECHNICAL PART OF THIS REQUEST, I DO WANT TO GO OVER THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS, JUST BRIEFLY. STAFF HAS BEEN MADE AWARE THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS WHO HAVE STATED THAT THEY DID NOT RECEIVE THE REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY TAKES VERY SERIOUSLY. SO, STAFF HAS GONE BACK AND DOUBLE CHECKED ALL OF THE PUBLIC NOTICES THAT WENT OUT AND ALL REQUIRED PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO RECEIVE A NOTICE WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION BOUNDARY. ALL OF THOSE NOTICES DID GO OUT. THOSE WERE POSTMARKED 11 DAYS PRIOR TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND THEY WERE SENT TO THE ADDRESS ON FILE WITH THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOUR MAILING ADDRESS IS IN ANOTHER CITY OR ANOTHER STATE, THAT'S WHERE THAT NOTICE WOULD HAVE BEEN SENT. IF YOU ARE A RENTER, FOR EXAMPLE, EXAMPLE, IT WOULD HAVE GONE TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. SO JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THAT STAFF DID GO BACK AND DOUBLE CHECK THAT ALL OF THE NOTICES FOR THIS CASE WERE SENT OUT CORRECTLY. REGARDING THE CASE ITSELF, THIS IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR AN OFFICE WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION CENTER. THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED AN OFFICE SORRY, A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR AN OFFICE WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION LAST YEAR ON THE PROPERTY SHOWN HERE IN RED. THE APPLICANT IS UNDER CONTRACT TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST. THEREFORE, THIS REQUEST BEFORE YOU ALL THIS EVENING IS TO RESCIND THE SUP THAT WAS APPROVED LAST YEAR AND TO ADOPT OR HAVE GRANTED A NEW SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR AN OFFICE WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION CENTER ON THE PROPERTY BOUNDED IN YELLOW. SO REALLY, WHAT IS OFFICE WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION CENTER AND WHY IS THE APPLICANT BEFORE YOU ALL THIS EVENING REQUESTING THIS SUP? IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THE ZONING ORDINANCE DEFINES AS OFFICE SHOWROOM AND OFFICE WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION CENTER. SO, OFFICE SHOWROOM, OFFICE WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION CENTER, VERY SIMILAR. [02:40:01] HOWEVER, THE WAREHOUSING FACILITIES WITHIN OFFICE SHOWROOM ARE CAPPED AT 50%. SO, IF THE APPLICANT HAS ANY INTENTIONS OR REQUESTS THE FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO GO OVER THE 50%, THAT IS THE REQUEST FOR THE OFFICE WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION CENTER. SO, OFFICE SHOWROOM IS PERMITTED BY WRIGHT IN THE COMMERCIAL 2 AND HIGHWAY DISTRICT. AND AGAIN, THE OFFICE WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION CENTER REQUIRES THE SUP THAT IS BEFORE YOU ALL THIS EVENING. SO, WITHIN THIS SUP REQUEST, WHAT HAS STAFF AND THE APPLICANT DONE? SO, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT IN THE EXHIBITS. SO, ALL OF THE, ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE TIED DOWN IN EXHIBITS AND WILL BE INCLUDED AS EXHIBITS IN THE ORDINANCE. SO, WHAT IS BEING HEARD TONIGHT IS ULTIMATELY WHAT IS EXPECTED TO BE CARRIED OUT AND DEVELOP. IF THE APPLICANT IS LOOKING TO ULTIMATELY CHANGE SOMETHING, THEY WOULD ESSENTIALLY COME BACK THROUGH THIS PROCESS AGAIN AS THEY ARE DOING THIS EVENING WITH THE PROPERTY IN RED, WANTING TO EXPAND IT TO THE PROPERTY IN YELLOW. SO JUST TO GO OVER A FEW OF THOSE THINGS, THERE IS A DETERMINED LAYOUT AND WE'LL LOOK AT A PLAN HERE IN A MOMENT THAT ALLOWS PRIMARY BUILDING ENTRANCES TO REALLY FOCUS ON THE OPEN SPACE AND INTERNALIZE THE TRUCK DOCKS. IT LOOKS AT INTERNAL CIRCULATION WHERE DRIVEWAYS ARE LOCATED, PROVIDES ADDITIONAL TREES FOR SCREENING. SO, THE BUILDING ITSELF, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, BUILDING ONE, THERE'S A LABEL THERE OF 370. THAT IS TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF CR68 THERE'S A 40-FOOT EASEMENT OF CR68. SO TOGETHER THAT'S 413FT. SO, BUILDING ONE IS THE CLOSEST BUILDING TO A RESIDENTIAL LOT AND IT'S AT 413FT. SO, WHAT HAS THE APPLICANT DONE THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE EXHIBIT SHOULD THIS GET APPROVED? SO, THE APPLICANT HAS INCREASED THE REQUIRED 15-FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF LEBANON ROAD FROM 15FT TO 50FT AND IT HAS A DOUBLE ROW OF TREES. AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE IN SEVERAL AREAS, WHEN YOU COMBINE THAT OPEN SPACE OR SORRY WHEN YOU COMBINE THAT LANDSCAPE BUFFER WITH PORTIONS OF THE APPLICANT'S OPEN SPACE, YOU HAVE UPWARDS OF OVER 200FT BETWEEN LEBANON ROAD AND THE BUILDING ITSELF. TYING DOWN FACADE PLANS. SO RATHER THAN HAVING LONG NON INTERESTING SOLID WALLS THAT ARE GOING TO FRONT RIGHT OF WAY, THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING ADDITIONAL GLAZING IN INSTANCES THAT ARE FACING RIGHT AWAY. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT YOU SEE HERE IN YELLOW, BUILDINGS 1, 3, 5, 7 AND 9 AND THEN BUILDING 10 AT THE BOTTOM, ALL BUILDINGS THAT WILL FACE LEBANON. AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE ENDS OF THE BUILDINGS AND IN THE FRONT OF BUILDING 10 ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN THAT HAVE INCREASED GLAZING THEN THEY WOULD RATHER MORE THAN WHAT THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED, YOU KNOW, IF THIS WERE TO JUST COME IN BY RIGHT SIDE IS ALSO LAID OUT TO MINIMIZE VIEW DOORS FROM LEBANON AND SURROUNDING RIGHT AWAY. SO, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE'S AN INCREASED LANDSCAPE EDGES, THERE'S ADDITIONAL OPEN SPACE. BUT ALONG 121 YOU SEE THIS KIND OF AREA CARVED OUT. THAT'S FUTURE PAD SITES FOR POTENTIAL RETAIL DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S ANOTHER MECHANISM WHERE BAY DOORS ARE GOING TO BE SCREENED. AND FURTHER, IN ALL INSTANCES WHERE BAY DOORS COULD STILL BE POTENTIALLY VISIBLE, THE APPLICANT IS COMPLYING WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE PROVIDING THOSE 14-FOOT WING WALLS WITH THE ENHANCED LANDSCAPING IN FRONT OF THOSE. AGAIN, FURTHER TO MINIMIZE THE TRUCK DOCKS. LASTLY, BUILDING HEIGHT RANGING FROM 36FT TO 40FT. SO, THESE ELEVATIONS THAT I REFERENCED A SECOND AGO, ALL RANGING IN HEIGHT FROM 36FT TO 40FT AGAIN WILL BE TIED DOWN AS EXHIBITS SHOULD THIS SUP BE APPROVED. SO, ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, YOU HAVE COMMERCIAL 2 ZONING WHICH HAS A MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT OF 40FT. HOWEVER, ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY THAT DOES HAVE HIGHWAY ZONING THAT DOES HAVE UNLIMITED HEIGHT. THE HIGHWAY ZONING DISTRICT DOES HAVE UNLIMITED HEIGHT. HOWEVER, IT'S CAPPED AT 40FT WHEN WITHIN 200FT OF RESIDENTIAL ZONING. HOWEVER, AS I MENTIONED THIS IS, YOU KNOW THE CLOSEST BUILDING [02:45:02] IN THE COMMERCIAL IS 417 SO 413FT. SO, THE HIGHWAY ZONING IS WELL BEYOND THE 200FT. BUT AGAIN, SHOULD THE SUP GET APPROVED ALL OF THE BUILDINGS ARE CAPPED AT THE 40FT BECAUSE THESE WILL BE TIED DOWN AS EXHIBITS INTO THE SUP. WE HAVE HEARD A LOT FROM THE SINGLE-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTH. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ALL OF THIS ZONING, THE COMMERCIAL TWO ZONING, THE HIGHWAY ZONING WAS IN PLACE PRIOR TO THE RICHWOOD SUBDIVISION ZONING. WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF THINGS FROM THOSE RESIDENTS THAT I'VE ADDRESSED SO FAR THIS EVENING. BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT ITEMS RELATED TO AIR POLLUTION, LIGHT POLLUTION, NOISE. SO, REGARDING AIR POLLUTION, POLLUTION IS GOING TO OCCUR WITH ANY DEVELOPMENT. YOU KNOW US LIKE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF VEHICLES TRAVELING UP AND DOWN 121 ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS, WIND CHANGES THAT THAT POLLUTION COULD BE COMING FROM SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENTS AND POTENTIALLY NOT EVEN THIS DEVELOPMENT LIGHT POLLUTION. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE LIGHTING STANDARDS. SO MAXIMUM POLES ON THE PROPERTY 30FT. ALL LIGHTING SOURCES ARE TO BE SHIELDED AND A HALF FOOT CANDLE OF LIGHT SPILLAGE OVER AT THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY LINE. AGAIN, MAKING SURE ALL OF THEIR LIGHT STAYS ON THEIR PROPERTY AND DOES NOT BLEED OVER TO ADJACENT PROPERTIES. REGARDING NOISE, THIS, THIS DEVELOPMENT LIKE ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT WILL BE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE CITY'S NOISE ORDINANCE WHICH IS ENFORCED BY THE CITY'S POLICE DEPARTMENT. YOU CAN CALL THE NON-DISPATCH OR. SORRY, THAT'S A NON-EMERGENCY LINE. IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL ENFORCE THAT ORDINANCE. HOWEVER, CITY STAFF DOES MAKE ALL OF THE CONTRACTORS AND THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM AWARE OF THOSE ORDINANCE DURING THE PERIOD CONSTRUCTION MEETING. AND IF THERE'S ANY COMPLAINTS OF THE CONTRACTOR STARTING BEFORE WORK HOURS, THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING, SOMETHING THAT STAFF WILL ALWAYS FOLLOW UP WITH ON AS WELL. THERE HAS BEEN QUITE A BIT OF PUBLIC INPUT ON THIS. SO HERE IN A MOMENT, I'M GOING TO BRING JOEL FITTS UP HERE TO SPEAK ON A NUMBER OF TRAFFIC RELATED ITEMS. BUT WHILE HE'S MAKING HIS WAY UP HERE, I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT WHEN THE PACKET WENT OUT, THERE WERE 229 PROJECT INPUT FORMS THAT HAD BEEN RECEIVED THAT WERE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET. AND EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON WE SENT OUT AN EMAIL WITH 109 ADDITIONAL PROJECT INPUT FORMS IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE TIME THAT THE PACKET WAS PUBLISHED UNTIL TODAY. AND WITH THAT I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JOEL FOR A MINUTE. JOEL FITTS, TRANSPORTATION PLANNING MANAGER WITH THE ENGINEERING, CIVIL ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. SO, WHENEVER A NEW DEVELOPMENT IS BROUGHT BEFORE US, WE ALWAYS TAKE A LOOK AT IT IN TERMS OF ITS DENSITY AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF TRIPS THAT IT WILL GENERATE, AS WELL AS THE CONCENTRATION OF ITS TRIPS, BOTH IN NUMBER OF DRIVEWAYS AND IN TIME TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS WE HAVE OR ANY CONCERNS THAT WOULD REQUIRE A TRAFFIC STUDY. SO, THE FIRST STEP IS TO TAKE THE INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS TRIP GENERATION MANUAL, WHICH IS THE MANUAL THAT ALL CITIES USE TO ESTIMATE HOW MUCH TRAFFIC ANY FUTURE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL GENERATE. SO, WE PLUGGED IN THE WAREHOUSE OFFICE LAND USE SIZE INTO THE MODELS AND IT GENERATES, IT SAYS, IT ESTIMATES IT GENERATES 04,600 TRIPS IN A DAY. AND IT ALSO TELLS US HOW MANY TRIPS IN A PEAK HOUR, WHICH IS 466 TRIPS IN THE PM PEAK HOUR. AND IT ALSO WILL TELL US HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE TRUCKS. BECAUSE FOR THE WAREHOUSE LAND USE, THERE'S SPECIFIC STUDIES HAVE BEEN DONE TO SEE HOW MANY TRUCKS OCCUR AND WHAT WHAT'S OFTEN MISCONSTRUED IS THEY THINK THAT WE THINK THAT THE PM PEAK HOUR, LIKE THAT'S ALL TRUCKS, BUT IT'S NOT BECAUSE THE TRUCKS ARE THE BUSINESS OF THIS FACILITY AND THAT BUSINESS TAKES PLACE OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY. IT'S NOT CONCENTRATED INTO THE A.M. OR P.M. PEAK HOURS. INSTEAD, WHAT IS CONCENTRATED THERE IS THE EMPLOYEES COMING AND GOING FROM THE FACILITY. SO, THE MAJORITY OF THE 466 ARE PASSENGER CARS. NIT TRIP GENERATION ESTIMATES ABOUT 30 OF THOSE. SO, AS A COMPARISON, WE LOOK AT THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN TO SEE WHAT DOES IT SHOW IN [02:50:01] THAT AREA AND IT SHOWS A MIXED-USE CENTER. SO IF WE TAKE THE IT TRIPS GENERATION MANUAL AND PLUG IN THE LAND USES THAT WOULD BE ON THAT SAME SIZE OF SITE, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE MULTIFAMILY SHOPPING, OFFICE, RETAIL, RESTAURANTS AND SO FORTH, AND WE PLUG IN ALL THOSE LAND USES ON THE SAME SIZE AND IT TELLS US THAT THAT WOULD JUST GENERATE ABOUT 48,000 TRIPS IN A DAY, WHICH IS MORE THAN 10 TIMES THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT THIS PROPOSAL WOULD GENERATE. AND LOOKING AT THE PM PEAK HOUR, IT WOULD GENERATE OVER 5,000 TRIPS IN THE PEAK HOUR AND THE PM PEAK HOUR, WHICH AGAIN IS MORE THAN 10 TIMES AS MUCH TRAFFIC AS THE PROPOSAL WOULD GENERATE. AND AS A REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE, THIS PROPOSAL SITE ACTUALLY IS THE SAME SIZE AS STONEBRIAR MALL. AND SO, WE KNOW THAT STONEBRIAR MALL GENERALLY GENERATES 51,000 TRIPS IN A DAY. AND SO, BOTH OF THESE COMPARISONS, BOTH A MIXED-USE CENTER AND A STONEBRIAR MALL ON THE SAME SIZE PROPERTY, TELLS US THAT WHAT IS PROPOSED TO BE HERE GENERATES SIGNIFICANTLY LESS TRAFFIC THAN WHAT COULD BE THERE. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE NEAR THE IMPACT OF SOME OTHER LAND USES THAT COULD BE ON THE PROPERTY. SO, WHEN WE KNOW THAT IT GENERATES SO MUCH SIGNIFICANTLY LESS TRAFFIC, AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE EXHIBIT THAT WE'VE BEEN SHOWN SHOWS THE FULL BUILD OUT WITH FOUR LANE PROPOSED LEBANON ROAD ON THE NORTH SIDE, ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS BUILT AROUND IT FOR THE, FOR THE FINAL CASE, INCLUDING MAJOR TRAFFIC SIGNALS ON ALL FOUR CORNERS. AND ALSO KNOWING THAT THE TRUCKS, THE TRUCK TRAFFIC WILL HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE ON RAMP AND OFF RAMP FROM SH121 TO SAN MARTIN. WE DIDN'T REQUIRE A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS AT THIS STAGE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WE NEEDED ANSWERED AT THAT STAGE. BUT IF DURING THE SITE PLAN PROCESS, THEY PROPOSED TO BUILD IT IN PHASES AND MAYBE NOT BUILD ALL THE DRIVEWAYS OR BUILD ALL OF LEBANON ROAD, THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD DO A TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY TO SEE WHAT INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD NEED TO BE IN PLACE TO SUPPORT WHATEVER DEVELOPMENT AT THAT STAGE IN THAT PHASE. NEXT, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT TRUCK ROUTES. SO ABOUT 17 YEARS AGO WE PASSED AN ORDINANCE THAT DEFINED TRUCK ROUTES IN THE CITY. AND THAT'S WHAT THE DASHED LINES ARE. THOSE ARE THE ROADS THAT ARE THE ONLY ARTERIALS THAT IT'S LEGAL TO DRIVE A TRUCK THROUGH THE CITY OF FRISCO. IT'S ILLEGAL TO DRIVE A TRUCK THROUGH THE CITY ON ANY OF THE OTHER ROADWAYS. AND SO, THE ONLY WAY YOU COULD DRIVE ON THIS OTHER ROAD AS IF YOU WERE MAKING A DELIVERY SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY, AND YOU NEEDED TO GET OFF THE TRUCK ROUTE. BUT OTHERWISE, IF YOU'RE DRIVING THROUGH THE CITY OR FROM YOUR FACILITY OUT OF THE CITY, YOU HAVE TO DRIVE ON A TRUCK ROUTE. SO, WHEN WE SEE A DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS BEING TRUCK RELATED, WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO SEE IT BEING NEXT TO A TRUCK ROUTE. THAT MEANS IT DOESN'T HAVE TO DRIVE ALONG ANY OTHER ROADWAYS THAT AREN'T TRUCK ROUTES TO GET TO AND FROM THE FACILITY. AND THIS ONE ALSO HAS THE BENEFIT OF BEING ON THE SH121 FRONTAGE ROAD BETWEEN KUWAIT AND INDEPENDENCE IN A WAY THAT TRUCK TRAFFIC CAN BE ON SAM RAYBURN TOLLWAY AND EXIT ON THIS OFF RAMP AND GO TO ONE OF THE. IT'LL HAVE FIVE DRIVEWAYS ON SH121. SO, IT CAN GO OFF THE OFF RAMP, GO TO THE FRONT-END ROAD AND TURN INTO ONE OF THE DRIVEWAYS. AND IT NEVER HAS TO GO THROUGH ONE OF THE CITY'S TRAFFIC SIGNALS, FOR INSTANCE, TO GET TO THE SITE. SAME THING. WHEN A TRUCK LEAVES THE SITE, IT CAN DRIVE ON ONE OF THE DRIVEWAYS ONTO THE FRONTAGE ROAD AND THEN DRIVE ONTO THE ON RAMP, ONTO SAM RAYBURN TOLLWAY AND AGAIN, NEVER DRIVE THROUGH ONE OF OUR INTERSECTIONS. NOW, OF COURSE, WHAT IF THEY'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE. SEE IF I'M GOOD AT DRAWING ON THIS. SO, IF THEY NEED TO GO IN THE OTHER DIRECTION, THEY CAN EXIT AND GO AND U TURN, GET ON THE OTHER SIDE AND THEN GET ON THE ON RAMP. AND THAT WAY THEY GO THROUGH THE U TURN AT THE INTERCEPT INTERSECTION WITH COIT. THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL. YOU KNOW, UNDER THE HIGHWAY WE HAVE THOSE BIG U TURN LANES. SAME THING. IN THE OTHER DIRECTION THEY COULD USE THOSE U TURN LANES. SO AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE LIKE THIS SITE IN TERMS OF TRUCK ACTIVITY BECAUSE IT REALLY DOESN'T ADD ANY TRUCK TRAFFIC THROUGH THE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS OF 121 IN KUWAIT AND 121 IN INDEPENDENCE. AND ALSO, WE ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT 121 AND SAN MARIA BRADY AND TOLLWAY ARE DESIGNED BY TXDOT AND NTTA FOR TRUCK TRAFFIC AND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC. AND THEY HAVE STANDARDS BASED ON WHAT SPACING THERE SHOULD BE FROM DRIVEWAYS, FROM ON RAMPS AND OFF RAMPS. AND WE ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT EVERY DEVELOPMENT FOLLOWS THOSE STANDARDS, AND THOSE STANDARDS TAKE INTO ACCOUNT TRUCKS. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO JONATHAN. THANK YOU. THIS ITEM IS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION. JONATHAN, REAL QUICK, BEFORE WE OPEN CITIZEN INPUT, CAN YOU JUST BRIEFLY TOUCH ON THE GUIDING DOCUMENTS THAT WE USE TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR A CITY? SO, FOR INSTANCE, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE ZONING ORDINANCES IN PLACE, WHICH THIS ONE WAS ZONED. BUT CAN YOU SPEAK TO ALSO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS, HOW THAT'S A CITIZEN DRIVEN PROCESS THAT WE JUST COMPLETED THAT [02:55:02] LOOKS AT A CITY KIND OF WHAT THE WAS LOOKING AT IT FROM A LAND USE PERSPECTIVE AND KIND OF GIVE SOME COUNSEL, SOME INPUT ON THAT. CAN I ADD ONE MORE THING TO THAT? AS WELL AS YOU DO THAT, PLEASE ALSO HELP US UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ZONING PROCESS AND THE SITE PLAN PROCESS. I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. TALK ABOUT THE COMP PLAN PIECE OF IT. SO, ON THE COMP PLAN, COUNCIL HAS ALWAYS APPOINTED A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT ASSISTS STAFF AND THE CONSULTANT TO DEVELOP THE PLAN. AND SO, WHEN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS DEVELOPED, ESPECIALLY THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, TRAFFIC, AS JOEL HAS EXPLAINED IT, DOES A PRELIMINARY TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS ON THAT LAND STUDY. SO, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN A ZONA CASE COMES FORWARD AND IT'S IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, IT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE. THERE'S NOT A NEED FOR IT UNLESS SOMETHING'S UNUSUAL ABOUT IT. THAT'S ONE SECOND. AND THIS IS A NOTE WE HAVE TO PUT ON THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, WHICH THE STATE REQUIRES. THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN DOES NOT CHANGE ZONING. SO, AS JONATHAN POINTED OUT IN HIS PRESENTATION THAT C2 ZONING HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 1993. THE HIGHWAY ZONING HAS BEEN IN PLACE ABOUT 2000. AND SO THAT LAND USE PLAN DOESN'T CHANGE THE ZONING. SO, WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS AN APPLICANT THAT'S REQUESTING A SPECIFIC USE BASED ON THE ZONING THAT IS PROVIDED. THIS IS STILL A LEGISLATIVE MATTER FOR YOU TO APPROVE OR DENY. BUT THE ZONING'S IN PLACE AND THE APPLICANT HAS THE RIGHT TO MAKE THE REQUEST FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, REGARDLESS WHAT THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN RECOMMENDS. AND THEN ONE, ONE FOLLOW UP, WHAT, WHAT COUNCIL IS BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER TONIGHT IS THE APPLICANT HAS THE RIGHT TO BUILD THIS PRODUCT BY RIGHT IF THEY CAP THEIR WAREHOUSE AT 50%. CORRECT. IF THEY CHOSE TO DO THAT, WE WOULD LOSE THE ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE THINGS LIKE THE OPEN SPACE, THE FURTHER SETBACKS, THE ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING, SCREENING, A LOT OF THINGS THAT STAFF WORKED REALLY HARD TO NEGOTIATE TO MAKE IT A BETTER PROJECT IN EXCHANGE FOR ALLOWING TO GO UP TO 80% OF WAREHOUSE. I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE 80% CAME FROM BECAUSE JONATHAN, I WAS, YOU KNOW, BASED ON INFORMATION THERE. SO. AND IT'S ANYTHING THAT'S OVER 50, IF IT'S OVER 50% AND THE APPLICANT'S NOT SURE IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE USING, GOING OVER 50%. THEY HAVE DONE OTHER PROJECTS. THEY JUST WANT TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. AND IT'S ACTUALLY COMMISSIONER RUIZ THAT ASKED ME THE QUESTION ABOUT MAYBE LIMITING THE AMOUNT OF STORAGE TO MAYBE 60, 65%. I'M GOING TO TELL MY RESPONSE TO WARREN IS WHAT I'LL TELL YOU, YOU DRIVE BY ONE OF THESE, THESE BUILDINGS, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW HOW MUCH STORAGE IS IN THE BUILDING. AND SO, THE NEXT DAY, WARREN WENT DRIVING ALONG SEVERAL OF THESE PROJECTS ALONG 121. AND TO HIS CREDIT, HE RESPONDED BACK, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T TELL. I CAN'T TELL IF IT'S 50, 60, 40, 20. SO WE'RE GETTING SOMETHING TIED DOWN IN THIS DEVELOPMENT, AS YOU POINTED OUT, MARIN JONATHAN DID IN HIS PRESENTATION THAT THIS WILL BE TIED DOWN IN THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S OVER AND BEYOND WHAT'S REQUIRED BY THE CITY'S MINIMUM DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. AND AGAIN, I WANT TO SPECIFY LIKE ALONG LEBANON ROAD, THAT'S A 15-FOOT LANDSCAPE EDGE, SO THEY CAN BRING, YOU KNOW, THEY WON'T HAVE TO HAVE ALL THEIR OPEN SPACE THERE AND WHATNOT. BUT THIS IS A HUGE BENEFIT. AND HAVING THAT BUILDING FURTHER AWAY THAN WHAT COULD BE, IT'S A PLUS. AND ONE THING REAL QUICK THAT I'D LIKE TO ADD AS IT PERTAINS TO THE COMP PLAN AND THE GUIDING DOCUMENT, SO IT'S PROBABLY BEST TO LOOK AT THE LOCATOR MAP AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE CURVE THERE. SO FUTURE LEBANON ROAD HAS ALWAYS BEEN LOOKED AT AS THE DIVIDING LINE, BOTH IN OUR CURRENT FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND HISTORICALLY AS RESIDENTIAL USES TO THE NORTH AND COMMERCIAL USES ON THE SOUTH. SO, YOU KNOW THAT THAT LINE IS FUTURE LEBANON ROAD. AND THIS IS, AS JOHN SAID, THE ZONING ITSELF WILL REMAIN COMMERCIAL TO AND HIGHWAY. THIS IS NOT A ZONING CASE TO CHANGE ZONING. THIS IS RATHER A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT THAT'S ESSENTIALLY PUT ON TOP OF THE ZONING, YET IT'S ALL ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS. SO AGAIN, JUST TO, JUST TO REASSURE EVERYONE, EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS EVENING WILL BE TIED DOWN IN THE ORDINANCE. SO, AS THE [03:00:02] APPLICANT MOVES ON TO THE NEXT STEPS OF PRELIMINARY SITE PLANS, SITE PLANS, CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS, ALL OF THOSE WILL BE REVIEWED AGAINST THIS SUP ORDINANCE AND REQUEST REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDINANCE. I'VE GOT A QUICK QUESTION. WHAT WAS IT BEFORE THEY. THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE EXEMPTION. WHAT, WHAT WERE THEY GOING TO BUILD THERE BEFORE? SO, WHEN THIS CASE WENT THROUGH LAST YEAR, YEAH. IT WAS ONLY FOR THE PROPERTY IN RED SO STILL AN SUP FOR OFFICE WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION CENTER. HOWEVER, THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST WAS NOT ON THE TABLE AT THE TIME, WAS NOT PART OF THE DISCUSSION. HOWEVER, I UNDERSTAND THAT PROPERTY OWNER HAS APPROACHED THEM AND THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY STARTED DISCUSSIONS AND SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS, THIS MIGHT WORK. THEREFORE, THEY HAVE SUBMITTED A NEW REQUEST, WHICH IS THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU ALL THIS EVENING, TO RESCIND WHAT WAS APPROVED LAST YEAR AND ESSENTIALLY SPREAD OUT THAT OFFICE WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION CENTER OVER 90, 98 ACRES RATHER THAN 28 ACRES. AND COULD THEY DO, COULD THEY DO IT? DID THEY SPECIFY THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GO UP TO 50% IN THE ORIGINAL ONE BEFORE? SO, IN THE ORIGINAL ONE, THAT, THAT TOO WAS FOR OFFICE WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION CENTER, WHICH WOULD GIVE THEM THE FLEXIBILITY TO GO OVER THE 50%. AS JOHN SAID, YOU KNOW, DRIVING BY THEM, THOSE, THEY COULD HAVE 20%, THEY COULD HAVE 60%. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S UNKNOWN AS THEY ARE GETTING TENANTS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEIR TENANTS MAY HAVE 20%, SOME OF THEM MAY HAVE 30%, SOME OF THEM MAY HAVE 80%. HOWEVER, IF THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IS NOT IN PLACE, IT IS CAPPED AT 50%. SO, THIS IS NOT SAYING THEY WILL ABSOLUTELY HAVE EVERYTHING OVER 50%, BUT IF THE SUP IS APPROVED, THEY COULD. SO JUST FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER. TO YOUR POINT, JARED, THE EAST PORTION OF THE PROPERTY, COUNCILS ALREADY VETTED THIS AND APPROVED IT ALONG WITH PLANNING AND ZONING. SO, THEY CAN BUILD THAT BY RIGHT IN, IN THE RED, IN THE YELLOW, UNDER THE C2 ZONING, THEY CAN STILL BUILD THIS PRODUCT, BUT CAPPED IN THAT ZONE TO THE 50%. SHOULD WE DO THAT, THEN WE LOSE THE ABILITY THEN TO NEGOTIATE ALL THE BENEFITS THAT STAFF HAS NEGOTIATED. THAT'S THE TRADEOFF. SO BASED OFF WHAT. SORRY, GO AHEAD. MY REAL QUICK QUESTION, BASED OFF WHAT JOEL SAID, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IF THEY GO ABOVE THE 50% WAREHOUSE BASE, IT WILL LOWER THE TRAFFIC COUNT. THAT IS CORRECT. THE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TRIP GENERATION RATES FOR THE PART, I'M JUST GLAD I UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU SAID. I'VE BEEN UP HERE NINE YEARS. I'M NOT CLAIMING I'M ALWAYS UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU SAY. SO, I'M JUST, I'VE WON THE NIGHT, SO I'M GOOD. IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THE, THE WE THINK OF MAYBE THE WAREHOUSE BEING A MORE INTENSIVE USE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A MUCH LESS TRAFFIC USE. SO, THE HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF THE BUILDING THAT'S WAREHOUSE REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG, BIG CHUNK OF THE BUILDING THAT'S JUST HOLDING STUFF. THERE'S NOT MUCH ACTIVITY. YOU KNOW, A TRUCK ONCE IN A WHILE SO YES, THE HIGHER THE AMOUNT OF WAREHOUSING, THE LOWER THE AMOUNT OF TRIPS. THAT IS TRUE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. SO. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, ARE THERE, DO WE KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE ANY LAST MILE, IF THIS IS GOING TO BE USED FOR ANY LAST MILE DISTRIBUTION LIKE SAY, YOU KNOW, PACKAGE DELIVERY OR FOR PURPOSING? I THINK THAT THAT QUESTION IS PROBABLY BEST ANSWERED BY THE APPLICANT. BUT I DO UNDERSTAND FROM THE HOA MEETINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT THEY DON'T KNOW NECESSARILY ANY OF THEIR TENANTS. HOWEVER, THEY DO HAVE OTHER FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, ON THE 121 CORRIDOR THAT THEY CAN CERTAINLY SPEAK TO. SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, DO WE HAVE ANY POTENTIAL GUARANTEES THAT THIS WILL NOT BE USED FOR LAST MONTH? SO, WHAT DO I MEAN BY THAT? LIKE AN AMAZON WAREHOUSE OR FOR FEDEX? SO, TO THAT POINT, SIR, WITH THAT TRAFFIC STUDY THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TALKING, TALKING ABOUT, THAT GOES OUT THE WINDOW, RIGHT? IF IT ENDS UP BEING IN THAT. SO, ARE THERE ANY GUARANTEES THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE USED? BECAUSE THAT'S VERY SCALABLE, RIGHT? THE TRIP GENERATION RATES DOESN'T REALLY CHANGE IF YOU SAY IT'S SUDDENLY, YOU KNOW, AN AMAZON OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BECAUSE AGAIN, WHAT YOU'VE DONE IS YOU'VE CONVERTED THE BUILDING TO MOSTLY HOLDING STUFF. AND YES, THERE ARE VEHICLES DELIVERING THAT STUFF, BUT, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE BUILDING IS JUST HOLDING STUFF. WHEREAS IF PART OF IT IS FOR OFFICE ACTIVITY, THERE'S PEOPLE COMING AND GOING THROUGHOUT THE DAY TO VISIT THAT OFFICE AND CONDUCT BUSINESS AND SO FORTH. SO, IF IT'S ALL 100% WAREHOUSING, IT ACTUALLY WILL HAVE LESS TRAFFIC BECAUSE IT WON'T HAVE CUSTOMERS COMING AND GOING. IT'LL JUST HAVE THE TRUCKS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. SO, DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA OF HOW MANY [03:05:02] SEMI-TRUCKS OR HOW MANY TRUCKS ARE COMING IN OR WILL BE COMING IN AND OUT OF THAT WAREHOUSE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT? NO, BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFIC TENANTS. BUT IT, WHICH IS AGAIN, THE INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS, WHAT THEY DO IS THEY DO, THEY CONDUCT STUDIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY OF DIFFERENT LAND USES AND THEY'VE STUDIED A LOT OF WAREHOUSE PROJECTS AND FROM THAT THEY COME UP WITH AVERAGE RATES AND NOT ONLY HOW MUCH TRAFFIC, BUT HOW MUCH OF IT IS TRUCK TRAFFIC. SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, SIR, IF WE DON'T KNOW THE TRUCK VOLUME, THEN I'M STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE UNDERSTANDING THE TRAFFIC CONSIDERING THAT THE COMPARABLES THAT YOU GAVE WERE STONEBRIAR MALL THAT WERE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. SO, THE REASON WE DID THOSE COMPARISONS IS BECAUSE HERE'S THE SIZE OF LAND AND THE SAME SIZE OF LAND, YOU COULD FIT THIS OTHER KIND OF LAND USE AND THEY WOULD GENERATE THAT MUCH TRAFFIC. SO, WE'RE JUST SHOWING THAT THAT'S WHY THIS HAS SO MUCH LESS TRAFFIC THAN IF YOU DEVELOPED IT AS AN OFFICE PARK OR A SHOPPING CENTER. WE JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT THIS HAS A LOT LESS TRAFFIC. BUT THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT JUST A TRUCK OR WAREHOUSE SLASH OFFICE LAND USE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE EXACT LAND USE WILL BE OR THE EXACT TRIPS WILL BE UNTIL WE KNOW THE NUMBER OF TENANTS AND EVERYTHING. BUT AGAIN, THERE'S STUDIES THAT DO AVERAGES PLUS WE THEN AFTER THOSE NUMBERS WERE PUBLISHED, THE APPLICANT STUDIED ONE OF THEIR EXISTING FACILITIES WHICH IS ON 121 IN LOUISVILLE TO THE WEST OF US. IT'S ABOUT HALF THE SIZE OF THIS FACILITY. AND THEY COUNTED ALL THE TRAFFIC IN AND OUT IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD AND ALSO DURING THE A.M. AND P.M. PEAK PERIOD. AND FROM THAT THEY COUNTED THE TRUCKS AS WELL AND THEY CAME UP WITH AN AMOUNT AND THEN WE DOUBLED IT BECAUSE THIS ONE WOULD BE TWICE AS BIG. AND IT CAME OUT TO BE ABOUT 3,700 TRIPS IN A DAY, WHICH IS A LITTLE LESS THAN WHAT OUR ESTIMATE WAS. AND THEIR NUMBER OF TRUCKS WAS. THEIR NUMBER OF TRUCKS WAS, IF YOU SCALED IT UP TO DOUBLE THE SIZE WOULD BE 590 TRUCKS IN A DAY. SO THAT'S A REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE THE TYPE OF THING THEY DEVELOP. SO, WE LIKE THAT, WE LIKE TO SEE. SHOW US A REAL EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING. AND OF COURSE, THE NUMBERS COULD BE SLIGHTLY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER BASED ON DIFFERENT. BUT THAT'S NOT A GUARANTEE. YEAH, THAT'S JUST. AND THEN. SO, WITH THAT, THAT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER RESTRICTIONS ON THE SUP SUCH AS MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF DOCKS, WHAT THE TRUCK HOURS ARE GOING TO BE? IS THIS GOING TO BE 24 HOURS A DAY? I MEAN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL STUFF. I UNDERSTAND WORKING CONSTRUCTION WITH ANY DEVELOPMENT. BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, DO WE HAVE ANY LIMITS ON THOSE NOISE THRESHOLDS, WHAT THOSE OPERATING HOURS ARE GOING TO BE AND HOW MANY MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF DOCKS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE? YEAH, I'D LIKE TO. HANG ON A SECOND. I'D LIKE TO ADD TO THAT THAT BECAUSE I'VE TALKED TO SOME FRISCO RESIDENTS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY AND SIMILAR PROJECTS, TRUCKS ARE COMING 24 HOURS A DAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. AND THAT THAT'S A REAL CONCERN OF MINE. HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT AS OPPOSED TO JUST CALLING I'M GOING TO LOOK AT RICHARD A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE'VE HAD THIS COME UP BEFORE. YOU CAN'T TRADE ONE BUSINESS DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER BUSINESSES. THINK OF ALL THE RETAIL THAT BACKS UP TO RESIDENTIAL. THEY CAN HAVE DELIVERIES 247 ALL THE TIME. AND THIS, I MEAN AS JILL POINTED OUT, THE TRAFFIC FOR THE TRUCKS IS THIS SIDE IS GEARED TOWARDS COMING OFF OF 121. SO, EVERYTHING IS BEING STEERED IN THAT DIRECTION. SO, WADE STAFF WAS DOING THE BEST IS IN WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT TO STEER ALL THAT TO THE SOUTH. THIS IS A PRETTY GOOD DISTANCE AWAY, AS JONATHAN MENTIONED, OVER 400FT AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL. THAT'S A GOOD DISTANCE. I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE. NOW YOU KNOW, JUST THE LAST THING ON. ON LIGHT, LIGHT OVER SPILLAGE. WE GOT THAT ADDRESS, SO PRETTY SOLID THERE. BUT. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO OUR CITIZEN INPUT. WE MAY HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS. SO COUNCIL, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION. LOOK FOR A MOTION. SO, MOVED. MOTION BY BERT. SECOND. SECOND BY LAURA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES. SIX ZERO. I THINK WE HAVE MORE THAN 10 CARDS. CORRECT. WE HAVE OVER 20 CARDS. SO, IN OUR PRACTICE THAT WE TYPICALLY DONE IS WE'VE NARROWED THAT DOWN TO THREE MINUTES FOR THE SAME TIME TOPIC. OKAY. MOTION BY LAURA TO NEAR TO 3 MINUTES. SECOND BY BRIAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. NO. NO. NAY. OKAY, SORRY. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? NAY. THAT PASSES FOUR TO TWO. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THEN SIMILAR TO HOW WE DID THE AGENDA OR EXCUSE ME, THE CITIZENS INPUT EARLIER, WE ARE GOING TO NAME TWO PEOPLE AT A TIME. PLEASE COME UP AND THE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR RESIDENCE AND THEN WE WILL WATCH THE CLOCK FOR YOUR TIME. LAURA, WOULD YOU MIND CLARIFYING THAT IT'S THREE MINUTES NOW. THAT'S [03:10:01] WHAT WE JUST VOTED ON, CORRECT? YES, FOR THREE MINUTES. AND THE FIRST PERSON IS GOING TO BE SAI KRISHNA. THE NEXT ONE IS MOONEY JANAGARANJAN. IS HE OKAY? YOU NEED HELP. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CHENEY AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY OFFICIALS. MY NAME IS SAI KRISHNA AND I LIVE AT 13059 AZRA TRAIL, FRISCO, TEXAS 75035. I STAND BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AS A RESIDENT WHO BELIEVES DEEPLY IN THE VISION THAT BUILT THIS CITY. MR. MAYOR CHENEY, I WANT TO BEGIN WITH DEEP RESPECT ACKNOWLEDGING YOUR CONTRIBUTION IN SHAPING FRISCO YOUR JOURNEY ABOUT 18 YEARS, NINE YEARS AS A COUNCILMAN AND NINE YEARS AS A MAYOR. YOU HAVE TAKEN FRISCO INTERNATIONAL PROMINENCE. FRISCO IS KNOWN FOR DISCIPLINED GROWTH, STRONG NEGOTIATION AND PROTECTING THE RESIDENTIAL QUALITY OF LIFE. WE SAW YOUR COURAGE AND LEADERSHIP AT BRINKMAN RANCH. WHEN THERE WAS A POTENTIAL FOR NEARLY 10,000 APARTMENTS. THIS CITY DID NOT SIMPLY ACCEPT THE MAXIMUM DENSITY. THROUGH STRONG NEGOTIATION AND RESOLVE, THAT NUMBER WAS REDUCED TO APPROXIMATELY 2200 UNITS. THAT WAS LEADERSHIP. THAT WAS BALANCE. THAT PROTECTED THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESIDENTS. AND THAT SAME PRINCIPLE IS WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR TONIGHT. ON MARCH 4, 2025, UNDER YOUR COUNCIL LEADERSHIP SUP 240013 WAS APPROVED ALLOWING FOUR WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS. THEN ON MARCH 16, 2025, THE ZONING NUMBER WAS CHANGED TO SUP 250009 WHICH NOW EXPANDS THE SCOPE TO INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL 80 ACRES FOR WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT. IN A MATTER OF DAYS, THE SCALE SHIFTED DRAMATICALLY. THAT IS NOT A MINOR AMENDMENT. THAT IS A TRANSFORMATION IN INTENSITY. AND THIS EXPANSION SITS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM ESTABLISHED MULTIMILLION DOLLAR RESIDENTIAL HOMES. FAMILIES INVESTED HERE BASED ON PLANNING FRAMEWORK AND LONG-STANDING ZONING INTENT OF THIS AREA. MANY WERE UNAWARE THAT THE SCALE COULD EXPAND THIS SIGNIFICANTLY THIS QUICKLY. WE ARE NOT OPPOSING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS ABOUT CUMULATIVE IMPACT. THIS IS ABOUT PRECEDENT. AND PERHAPS MOST CONCERNING IS PLANNING AND ZONING ADVANCE. THIS EXPANSION WITHOUT CONDUCTING A COMPREHENSIVE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY. HIGHWAY 121, INDEPENDENCE PARKWAY AND QUIET ROAD ARE ALREADY HEAVILY CONGESTED CORRIDORS. WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENTS GENERATE HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC. INCREASED SAFETY RISK, INFRASTRUCTURE STRAIN AND 24-HOUR OPERATIONAL IMPACT STUDY MUST PRECEDE EXPANSION. INFRASTRUCTURE MUST PRECEDE INTENSITY. TRANSPARENCY MUST PRECEDE APPROVAL. MAYOR CHENEY, YOUR LEADERSHIP HAS PROVED BEFORE THAT FRISCO DOES NOT ACCEPT MAXIMUM BUILT OUT SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS ALLOWED. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATE AS A TIME. YEAH, OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE IT ALL. MOONEY'S ON HIS WAY. THE NEXT ONE. NEXT ONE IS SHRIKANTH REDDY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MUNI JANAGARAJAN AND I LIVE AT 6869 SHADOW GLEN DRIVE, FRISCO, TEXAS 75035 IN RICHWOODS. I'M HERE TO VOICE MY STRONG OPPOSITION TO THE CASE. SUP 250009 WHILE MY FRONT DOOR MAY SIT JUST OUTSIDE THE 200-FOOT NOTIFICATION LINE, THE 24X7 NOISE, LIGHT AND INDUSTRIAL TRAFFIC FROM A 98-ACRE DISTRIBUTION CENTER WILL BE FELT BY EVERY SINGLE FAMILY IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS LAND IS CURRENTLY DESIGNATED FOR RETAIL AND BUSINESS PARK USES. THAT WAS A COMMITMENT TO THE RESIDENTS OF RICH WOODS THAT THIS CORRIDOR WOULD BE DEVELOPED WITH PROFESSIONAL OFFICES AND MEDICAL SERVICES USES THAT PROVIDE HIGH VALUE JOBS AND OPERATE DURING THE BUSINESS HOURS. BY GRANTING THIS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, YOU ARE CHOOSING TO ABANDON THAT VISION. YOU ARE TRADING CLASS A PROFESSIONAL SPACE FOR INDUSTRIAL LOGISTICS. A 98-ACRE REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION HUB OPERATING 24X7 WITH HEAVY CLASS 8 TRUCKS IS [03:15:01] FUNDAMENTALLY INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE PREMIER RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. WE SUPPORT THE ORIGINAL ZONING. WE DO NOT SUPPORT THIS INDUSTRIAL DEVIATION. I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS THE FAILURE OF NOTIFICATION PROCESS. MANY OF THE NEIGHBORS WITHIN THE 200-FOOT BUFFER RECEIVED NO WRITTEN NOTICE. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHY IS THIS FRISCO STICKING TO THE BARE MINIMUM, BARE LEGAL MINIMUM. IN PLANO, RESIDENTS WITHIN 500FT RECEIVE A COURTESY NOTICE BECAUSE THE CITY RECOGNIZED THAT MASSIVE PROJECTS HAVE MASSIVE FOOTPRINTS HERE IN FRISCO. FOR A 98-ACRE INDUSTRIAL SITE RIGHT NEXT TO RICHWOODS. THE CITY NEVER NOTIFIED A TINY SLIVER OF RESIDENTS WITHIN 200FT. BY STICKING TO THE BARE LEGAL MINIMUM, THE CITY IS EFFECTIVELY SILENCING THE VERY PEOPLE WHO WILL BE THE MOST IMPACTED BY THE TRAFFIC AND NOISE OF THE DISTRIBUTION CENTER. WE DESERVE THE SAME TRANSPARENCY OUR NEIGHBORS IN PLANO RECEIVE. MIXING HUNDREDS OF HEAVY-DUTY FREIGHT TRUCKS WITH OUR SCHOOL COMMUTES. AND NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY IS AT RISK. WE SHOULDN'T TAKE. I ASK YOU TO DENY THIS SUP AND UPHOLD THE ORIGINAL ZONING THAT RESPECTS THE FAMILIES OF RICHWOODS. AT THE VERY LEAST, I ASK YOU TO POSTPONE THIS HEARING UNTIL ALL THE IMPACTED RESIDENTS ARE PROPERLY NOTIFIED AND FULL TRAFFIC SAFETY STUDIES PRESENT TO US. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR PROTECTING OUR QUALITY OF LIFE. THANK YOU. WE HAVE SRIKANTH AND THEN WE NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SRIRAM KRISHNAN. SO GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND ALL THE COUNCILMEN. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY. YEAH, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY. SO, BEFORE I GET INTO SUP25 0009 I'M VERY SADDENED BY THE KILLINGS AT THE AUSTIN CAMPUS. MAY ALL THE SOULS THAT PASSED AWAY REST IN PEACE. SO, CONGRATULATIONS ANN FOR GETTING INTO THE CITY COUNCIL. ACTUALLY, ANN IS A GOOD HUMAN BEING AND DESERVES TO BE IN CITY COUNCIL. SO, OUR ASK IS SUP ON SUP 250009 WAREHOUSE PROJECT MAY NEED REVIEW AGAIN BEFORE IT GETS AN APPROVAL. EVERY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBOR TO THIS PROJECT THINKS THE SAME. THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC SAFETY, THE AIR POLLUTION BEING ADJACENT TO THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS. SO, THE INGRESS AND EGRESS OF THE LOCAL DELIVERIES WILL USE NORTHBOUND EXIT ON LEBANON WHICH CONNECTS KUAI AND INDEPENDENCE. THIS WOULD MAKE LOT OF CONGESTION WHEN THE LOCAL DELIVERY TRUCKS PASS THROUGH THE DENSE SCHOOLS' ZONES. SO HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. ONE IS BEING ASKED ALREADY TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS. SO, TRUCKS ENTERING AND EXITING VIA 121. HOW WOULD THE TRAFFIC ON NEW LEBANON BE IMPACTING THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL SCHOOLS? WOULD THERE BE FURTHER ZONING CHANGES ON NORTH OF LEBANON BECAUSE OF WAREHOUSE VOLUME EXPANSION? THAT IS ONE. AND THE SECOND ONE IS PROPERTY IMPACT ANALYSIS. THIS IS COMPARING PROPERTIES THAT ARE BESIDE THE WAREHOUSE AND NOT BESIDE THE WAREHOUSES. SO, THIS IS NOT JUST A YEAR OVER YEAR INCREASES. SO, WE NEED TO HAVE AN ANALYSIS ON THIS PROPERTY. ARE THE HOMES GOING DOWN ON THE PRICES? THAT'S WHY AREA SO NOT OPPOSING THE PROGRESS OR THE GROWTH BUT CLEAR TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITIES AND UNTIL THEN PLEASE DEFER THE DECISION TO GIVE AN APPROVAL TO THE SUP 250009 THANKS SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY. I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SRI RAM KRISHNAN AND THEN NEXT WE HAVE RAGHU. NO LAST NAME WAS GIVEN. GOOD EVENING HONORABLE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SRIRAM 12870 TALL GRASS TRAIL. MY CONCERNS RELATE TO THE PROCEDURAL ISSUES THAT HAVE AFFECTED PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND THE FAIRNESS OF THIS FIRST, THE STAFF MEMORANDUM TO THE [03:20:01] MAYOR AND COUNCIL INCORRECTLY STATED THAT COMMUNICATION RESPONSIBILITIES ON ZONING AND SUP MATTERS FALL ON THE HOA. THAT IS NOT ACCURATE. THIS SHIFTED ATTENTION AWAY FROM THE SUP ITSELF AND REDIRECTED CITIZEN ENERGY TOWARDS QUESTIONING THE HOA INSTEAD OF EVALUATING THE SUP. SECOND, THIS MISUNDERSTANDING BEGAN AT THE PNZ MEETING WHEN A COMMISSIONER SUGGESTED RESIDENTS SHOULD SPEAK TO THE HOA IF COMMUNICATION HAD NOT OCCURRED AND STAFF SUPPORTED THAT VIEW. THIS PROCEDURAL ERROR SHAPED THE TONE OF THE DISCUSSION AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE COMMISSION NOT FULLY ENGAGING WITH THE MOTION TO DEFER THE VOTE SO THE APPLICANT AND THE FUTURE NEIGHBORS COULD HAVE MORE DIALOGUE. THIRD, WHEN THE MOTION WAS MADE TO POSTPONE THE SUP TO MARCH 10, THE PNC CHAIR DID NOT CALL FOR A SECOND. I UNDERSTAND A CHAIR IS NOT REQUIRED TO ASK FOR ONE, BUT EARLIER MOTIONS WERE HANDLED THAT WAY AND EVEN THE MOTIONS AFTER THESE PARTICULAR MOTIONS WERE HANDLED THAT WAY. CHANGING THE PROCEDURE FOR THIS ITEM UNDERMINES THE CONFIDENCE AND FAIRNESS AND TRANSPARENCY. EVEN IF THE MOTION WOULD NOT HAVE PASSED, IT DESERVED CONSISTENT TREATMENT. AS JUSTICE LORD HEWITT SAID, JUSTICE MUST NOT ONLY BE DONE, BUT MUST ALSO SEEM TO BE DONE. FOURTH, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT OMISSION IS THE LACK OF DISCLOSURE THAT THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING AN INCREASE IN VARRO'S USE FROM BELOW 50% TO ABOVE 50%. THIS IS THE CENTRAL ISSUE OF THE SUP AND THE STAFF REPORT DOES NOT CONTAIN THIS DETAIL. WITHOUT THIS CLEARLY STATED, NEITHER THE PUBLIC NOR THE COUNCIL COULD TAKE A FULLY INFORMED DECISION. THIS RESPONSIBLE THE RESPONSIBLE PATH IS TO REMIND US BACK TO PNZ FOR PROPER DISCLOSURE. FOURTH, FIFTH, THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS ARE SERIOUS. 48,000 CARS ARE NOT EQUAL TO LIKE 700 COMMERCIAL TRUCKS. THE ABSENCE OF TAA RAISES REAL QUESTIONS ABOUT SAFETY, CONGESTION AND QUALITY OF LIFE. FOR THESE REASONS, AND OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROCESS, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL REMAND THIS ORDINANCE TO THE PNC COMMISSION SO THE PROCEDURAL ISSUES CAN BE CORRECTED AND THE MISSING INFORMATION ADDRESSED. ANNE BROUGHT UP PRESIDENT LINCOLN. PRESIDENT LINCOLN ALSO LIKE REMINDED US THAT OURS IS A GOVERNMENT OF PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE AND THAT PRINCIPLE MATTERS HERE TODAY. THE FAITHFUL RESPONSE FROM THIS COUNCIL IS TO UNANIMOUSLY SEND THIS SUP. REMIND THIS SUP TO THE PNC COMMISSION FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, SERVICE AND CONSIDERATION. WE HAVE RAGHU AND THEN NEXT WE HAVE MARTIN MUKESH PARNA. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS IS RAGHU SARVEPALI LIVING AT. THIS IS RAGHU SARVE PALI LIVING AT 5601 RACY LANE. I HAD A CONCERN TILL THIS EVENING. NOW I HAVE EVEN BIGGER CONCERN AFTER HEARING THE CITY MEMBERS. SO, THE INITIAL APPROVAL WAS 50% BUT NOW THERE ARE ABOVE 50% THERE'S NO CAP SO THEY CAN EVEN GO 100% TECHNICALLY IF IT IS APPROVED. SO THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT OUR PROPERTY VALUES. I'M TOO TALL FOR THIS. SO THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT OUR PROPERTY VALUES IF THERE IS NO CAP FOR THE WAREHOUSE PERCENTAGE ALSO. OTHER CONCERN I HAVE IS THE 121 ROAD. THE FRONTAGE ROAD IN FRONT OF THIS PROPERTY IS ONLY TWO LANE. SO, I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN. I TALKED TO SO MANY CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE. THEY'RE NOT CONSIDERING THIS IS THE SHORTEST LANE I'VE SEEN ON 121. SO, THERE'S SO MANY UNKNOWNS FOR ME AT THIS TIME. TRAFFIC UNKNOWN, TENANTS UNKNOWN, TYPE OF BUSINESS UNKNOWN, OPERATIONAL HOURS UNKNOWN, PERCENTAGE OF WAREHOUSE VERSUS OFFICE UNKNOWN. BECAUSE THEY CAN GO UP TO 100%, THEY'RE ASKING ABOVE 50. WHAT IS ABOVE 50. SO, WITH LOT OF THIS ANNOUNCED, RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING COUNCIL TO POSTPONE THIS, HAVE FOR THAT DISCUSSIONS AND ADDRESS THE RESIDENT CONCERNS ESPECIALLY WHO IS LIVING NEXT TO THE PROPERTY AND THEN TAKE A DECISION. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE AFTER HIM WE'LL HAVE NEERAJ. EXCUSE ME SIR. PURIM. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MUKESH PARNA AND I LIVE IN RICHWOOD'S FRISCO. I THANK THE [03:25:02] OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT. THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS ADJACENT TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND DIRECTLY IMPACTS OUR COMMUNITY. SINCE I RAN FOR FRISCO CITY COUNCIL MANY RESIDENTS REACHED OUT TO ME FOR HELP. I BELIEVE IN CIVIL CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THAT SPIRIT. I RESPECTFULLY SHARE THAT I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS PROPOSED SUP. THIS IS NOT ANTI-GROWTH BUT IT IS PRO SMART GROWTH. I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS PROPOSAL REPRESENTS THE BEST USE OF THIS LAND. WAREHOUSES SERVE A PURPOSE BUT TYPICALLY HAVE A LOWER COST PER SQUARE FEET WHICH MEANS LOWER VALUATIONS AND POTENTIALLY LESS-LOWER LONG TERM ECONOMIC RETURN TO THE CITY COMPARED TO OFFICE AND CORPORATIONS WHICH BRING BETTER TAX BASE OVER TIME. THIS PROPOSAL OF 80% WAREHOUSE SHIFTS TO A TYPICAL INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE MODEL THAT IS FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT FROM A BALANCED 5050 CONCEPT. WAREHOUSING BRINGS MORE TRUCKS, INTENSIVE OPERATIONS, TRAFFIC, DELIVERIES, NOISE AND ALL HOURS OF TRAFFIC AND POPULATION. AND ALL THIS NEAR TO A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. IN ADDITION TO THE CONCERNS AROUND LAST MILE DELIVERY TRAFFIC THAT BY ITSELF CAN THROW ALL THE CITY MENTIONED CALCULATIONS OF 4800 TRAFFIC THROUGHOUT THE WINDOW. WHEREAS OFFICE CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS BRING HIGHER PAYING JOBS, DAYTIME POPULATION, LOCAL SPENDING AND A STRONGER LONG TERM TAX BASE. PLUS, AN ECOSYSTEM OF RESTAURANT RETAILS AND SERVICES THAT BENEFIT EVERYONE. REGIONAL CITIES LIKE PLANO AND MCKINNEY ARE ATTRACTING CORPORATE OFFICES AND INNOVATION DRIVEN EMPLOYERS. AT&T CONTINUES TO EXPAND IN PLANO. MCKINNEY IS POSITIONING ITSELF FOR AI AND TECHNOLOGY FOCUSED COMPANIES. FRISCO IS 90% BUILT. THE LEFTOVER 10% OF LAND IN FRISCO, ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY 121 ARE PRIME OPPORTUNITIES TO ATTRACT CORPORATE AND INNOVATION-BASED EMPLOYERS THAT ARE ACTIVELY MOVING TO TEXAS. ALSO, WHEN THE ZONING SHIFTS TOWARDS HEAVIER INDUSTRIAL INTENSITY NEAR RESIDENTIAL HOMES, IT REDUCES PREDICTABILITY. PREDICTABILITY MATTERS WHEN FAMILIES ARE INVESTING THEIR LIFE SAVINGS INTO THEIR HOUSE. MY INTENTION TONIGHT IS NOT CONFRONTATION. IT'S A THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION. DOES THIS SUV ALIGN WITH FRISCO'S LONG TERM ECONOMIC VISION AND IS IT TRULY THE BEST USE OF THE LAND? EQUALLY IMPORTANT IS THE TRUST IN THE PROCESS. MANY RESIDENTS FELT THE PNG VOTED MOVED QUICKLY WITHOUT ENOUGH TIME TO DIGEST THE LONG-TERM IMPLICATIONS. WITH ALL THE UNKNOWNS THAT WE DISCUSSED HERE TODAY, WE ARE SIMPLY ASKING FOR A PAUSE TO RE-EVALUATE. PLEASE CHOOSE THOUGHTFUL PLANNING AND COMPATIBILITY OVER SPEED AND CONVENIENCE. PLEASE CHOOSE LONG TERM CHARACTER OF FRISCO OVER THE SHORT-TERM DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY. AND THEN NEXT WE'LL HAVE VARA PRASAD MENTORI. MY WARMEST WELCOME TO MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF FRISCO AND RESPECTED MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS NEERA SRIPRAM, I LIVE ON 12867 AVANTI DRIVE IN FRISCO AND I MOVED INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IN 2014 WHICH WAS ONE OF THE SAFEST AND THE FASTEST GROWING NEIGHBORHOODS. NOW WE ARE AT NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER 26 WHICH RICHWOODS IS A PART OF IS NOW TURNING INTO THE EPICENTER OF POLLUTION, NOISE AS WELL AS CONFUSION. I'D LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THREE POINTS THAT I'VE GOT HERE. THE FIRST ONE IS WITH RESPECT TO THE MOVE FROM 28 ACRES TO 98 ACRES, YOU'RE TRYING TO CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF EAST FRISCO. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY DEALT WITH. A LOT OF CARE AND LOVE BECAUSE WE'VE COME HERE RESPECTING ALL THE TRUST WE'VE PLACED IN THE LEADERS AT FRISCO CITY COUNCIL. THE SECOND THING IS WITH RESPECT TO THE SAFETY, THE PART THAT THE CITY'S REBUTTAL CLAIMS IS THAT WAREHOUSE GENERATES LESS TRAFFIC THAN A RETAIL CENTER. AS A PLANNER WOULD TELL YOU, VOLUME IS JUST A VANITY METRIC. WEIGHT AND MASS ARE THE REALITY. THE RETAIL TRAFFIC CONSISTS OF FAMILIES THAT GO IN SUVS. THE SUP INTRODUCES 4800 DAILY TRIPS BY HEAVY DUTY DIESEL TRUCKS. THESE ARE 80,000-POUND VEHICLES WHICH HAVE HUGE TURN RADIUS AND, IN A PLACE, WHERE THERE ARE A LOT OF TEENAGERS THAT ARE DRIVING WHETHER THEY ARE COMING FROM VANDAVENTER OR CENTENNIAL. THIS IS A HUGE RISK. AS WE GO THROUGH, WE AREN'T ADDING CARS, WE'RE JUST ADDING INDUSTRIAL DANGER. THE NEXT ONE IS WITH RESPECT TO THE INVISIBLE IMPACT OF THE NOISE. IF YOU HAVE A CENTER LIKE THIS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE NIGHTLONG SOUNDS, DOCKING SOUNDS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE RELATED TO THIS. NOT TO STOP AND THINK ABOUT THE 20% INCREASE IN NITROGEN DIOXIDE WHICH IS ONE OF THE BIG HARMFUL GASES THAT COME COMES OUT OF THESE IDLING TRUCKS, INCLUDING THE DIESEL [03:30:02] PARTICULATE MATTER. THE LAST ONE I WOULD SAY IS WE CAME HERE FOR FAIR STANDARDS AND GROWTH AND THAT WAS THE PROMISE FROM FRISCO. WE CONTINUE TO LOVE THE CITY. THE LAST THING WE WOULD WANT TO DO IS PUT OUR FAMILY IN HARM'S WAY. WE HAVE A FEW HOUSES LEFT IN RICHWOODS. WE WOULD LOVE FOR SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO COME AND STAY WITH US WHEN THIS IS BUILT. BUT I'M SURE YOU DON'T WANT TO. SO, I JUST WANT TO CLOSE WITH A QUOTE I HEARD IN A MOVIE CALLED WEDDING SEASON. IN THE MOVIE THEY SAY JUST LET YOUR LOVE BE GREATER THAN YOUR FEAR FOR YOU. I URGE LET YOUR LOVE FOR THE SERVICE TO ITS FRISCO CITIZENS BE GREATER THAN THE FEAR OF TAKING UP THIS SUP AND APPROVING IT. LET'S DO THE RIGHT THINGS BY THE CITY OF FRISCO. SPECIFICALLY, RESIDENTS OF EAST FRISCO. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. ALL RIGHT, VERA PRASAD. AND THEN AFTER THAT WE'LL HAVE SEAN MUGAM, WHICH THERE'S NO LAST NAME ON THAT ONE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS VARA PRASAD MUTURI. I LIVE IN RICHWOODS COMMUNITY. MY HOME ADDRESS IS 13217 DULUTH, FRISCO, TEXAS 75035. I THINK MY COLLEAGUE, MY FRIENDS AND MY RELATIVE, MY ALL RESIDENTS ALREADY COMMUNICATED THIS THING. I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT ALL THOSE THINGS? JUST I RESPECTFULLY ASKED THE COUNCIL TO RECONSIDER ADDING ADDITIONAL WAREHOUSES WAREHOUSE USED NEXT TO OUR COMMUNITY. I UNDERSTAND THAT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT ARE PART OF FISCAL FUTURE AND MOST RESIDENTS SUPPORT THOUGHTFUL DEVELOPMENT THAT BENEFITS EVERYONE. HOWEVER, WAREHOUSE OPERATIONS ARE VERY DIFFERENT FROM TYPICAL COMMERCIAL USE. THEY BRING HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC. INCREASED NOISE AND ACTIVITY THEN OCCUR AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY AND NIGHT. THIS TYPE OF IMPACT DIRECTLY AFFECTS THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE FAMILIES WHO LIVES IN RICHWOODS AND NEARBY 121 AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. RICHWOOD IS A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY WITH MANY FAMILIES AND CHILDREN. ADDING LARGE SCALE WAREHOUSE USED NEXT TO HOMES CREATES LONG TERM CONCERNS FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY, NOISE AND OVERALL NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER. I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO CONSIDER DEVELOPMENT OF OPTIONS THAT BETTER ALIGN WITH THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY HERE AND TO CAREFULLY THINK ABOUT THE LONG-TERM IMPACT ON THE FAMILIES WHO CALL THIS AREA HOME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. SEAN MUGAM AND THEN NEXT PADMA ANN. HELLO, THIS IS SHANMUGAM BALAR SANKARAN. I LIVE IN 14045 DURAN CROSSING. I COULD SEE MY HOME IN THIS MAP ITSELF. I'M LIVING IN RICHWOODS AND FIRST OF ALL THANKS FOR GIVING OPPORTUNITY AND THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR SERVICING FOR YOUR SERVICE. SO, I MOVED TO THE FRISCO ABOUT 10 YEARS BEFORE AND WHEN I MOVED AFTER THAT. FRISCO IS ONE OF THE CITY WHICH IS THE FINALIST FOR AMAZON CORPORATE SECOND HEADQUARTERS. I WAS SO HAPPY FOR THAT. BUT IT DIDN'T TURN OUT THAT IS ABOUT 100 ACRES AMAZON WAS ASKING FOR BUILD A CORPORATE AIRCRAFT THAT WOULD HAVE CHANGED THE WAY FRISCO PHASE FOREVER. BUT THIS HUNDRED SQUARE FEET INDUSTRY IS ALSO GOING TO CHANGE THE FRISCO SPACE FOREVER IN A DIFFERENT WAY. AND THEY ARE BUILDING ABOUT A MILLION SQUARE FEET OF WAREHOUSE AND THEY ARE LIKE THEY ARE ASKING A BLANK CHECK APPROVAL FROM CITY LIKE GOING ABOVE 50. SO, LIKE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS SAID IT CAN OPERATE 24 7. IT'S A BLANK CHECK APPROVAL RIGHT THE MOMENT IT IS BUILT OUT AND THE BUILDER WILL BE MORE KEEN ON GIVING GETTING A TENANT. OKAY, DO IT. DO IT AS THEY ARE NOT GOING TO CARE ABOUT THE RESIDENTS NEARBY AND IF ANYTHING, WE START COMPLAINING. IT'S ALL PATCHWORK. CITY HAS TO DO IT. AND CONSIDERING IT'S LIKE LAST MILE DELIVERY LOT OF TRAFFIC IS GOING IN AND IN BETWEEN THE KUIT ROAD AND IF YOU SEE THE KUIT ROAD, THE BAILEY SCOTT HOSPITAL, TWO CHURCHES AND TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, TWO MIDDLE SCHOOL, ONE HIGH SCHOOL IN KITE, ONE HIGH SCHOOL IN. THERE ARE A LOT OF SCHOOLS WITHIN A ONE AND A HALF MILE SURROUNDINGS AND LAST MILE DELIVERY. IT'S GOING TO IMPACT ALL OUR KIDS SAFETY AND EVERYTHING WE ARE GOING TO COMPROMISE AND TRUCK IS REALLY NOT FAMILY FRIENDLY. LIKE IF I TAKE AN EXAMPLE, LIKE IF YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN A BOOKIES [03:35:02] HIGHWAY CONVENIENCE STORE THAT DOES NOT ALLOW TRUCK BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IN THE BUSINESS MODEL. TRUCK IS NOT A FAMILY FRIENDLY BUT APPROVING THIS IS GOING TO BE TRUCK EVERYTHING IS UNKNOWN. LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE ASKING FOR BLANK CHECK APPROVAL AND IF YOU GIVE IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE LIVING STANDARD FOREVER AND IT IS NEVER REPAIRABLE. I REQUEST FRISCO TO CONSIDER THE EXISTING RESIDENTS INPUT RATHER THAN SUPPORTING THE UPCOMING BUILDER DEVELOPMENT. AND WHO IS ASKING BLANK APPROVAL AND OBVIOUSLY THE LANDOWNER IS ALSO TRYING TO DO SO. GIVE A PRIORITY TO THE RESIDENTS. GIVE A PRIORITY TO OUR KIDS WHO MOVED HERE TO HAVE BETTER EDUCATION, BETTER SAFETY. THANK YOU. PADMA. COMING. AND THEN NEXT WE HAVE ROMPALREADY RESPECTED MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY. MY NAME IS PADMA ANNE. I LIVE ON 13141 KETTLE CAMP ROAD IN FRISCO 75035. I LIVE IN RICHWOOD'S COMMUNITY AND LIKE MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS HAVE SPOKEN TODAY I HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS AND I STRONGLY URGE YOU NOT TO GIVE THIS SUP YOUR APPROVAL TODAY. PLEASE SEND IT BACK TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. I HAVE HEARD THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING THAT HAPPENED TWO WEEKS AGO. EVERYBODY IS MAKING IT LOOK LIKE WAREHOUSE IS THE BEST THING THAT CAN HAPPEN NEXT TO RICHWOODS ON MONTH 21. IF WAREHOUSE IS A GOOD THING IT WOULD BE NEXT TO FIELDS STAR LEGACY. IT CAN BE THE BEST THING THAT CAN HAPPEN TO A NEIGHBORHOOD. THE NUMBER OF. THEY'RE COMPARING THE TRAFFIC, THE NUMBER OF CARS AND IT'S NOT EQUAL TO THE HEAVY DIESEL ENGINES THAT THIS WAREHOUSE WILL BRING. SO PLEASE CONSIDER NOT VOTING, NOT APPROVING THIS EVEN 5050 WAREHOUSES WOULD BRING MORE OFFICE STAFF AND MORE HIGHER TAX, HIGHER PAYING JOBS. AND I HOPE YOU KEEP IT AT 5050 AND NOT GO UP TO 80 OR 100. LIKE SOMEBODY SAID, EVERYTHING IS UNKNOWN AT THIS POINT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE RON PAUL AND THEN NEXT WE'LL HAVE KASHMIRA CONTRACT. GOOD EVENING MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS RANPAL REDDY. I LIVE IN RICHWOODS AT 5994 BRAVES ROAD, FRISCO, TEXAS 75035. I'M HERE TODAY TO SHARE ABOUT 02,000 RESIDENTS' PERCEPTION ABOUT THIS PROJECT. WE ROLLED OUT A PETITION OR A SURVEY TO THE RESIDENTS. FRISCO RESIDENTS, NOT ONLY THE RICH WOODS BUT SEVERAL COMMUNITIES AROUND THE RICH WOODS HAVE EXPRESSED THE CONCERNS AND THEY ARE STRONGLY OPPOSING THE PROJECT AT THIS MOMENT. THE WAY THE DEVELOPER IS PLANNING TO BUILD IT IS 2,000 RESIDENTS. IT'S NOT A SMALL NUMBER. SO, I STRONGLY URGE EVERY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER TO CONSIDER THESE RESIDENTS' CONCERNS. I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE DETAILS OF THE PROJECTS MYSELF BECAUSE NONE OF US HAVE BEEN PROVIDED ENOUGH TIME TO UNDERSTAND THE DETAILS OF THE PROJECT AND NONE OF THE RESIDENTS WERE PROVIDED ANY KIND OF NOTICES. AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS SINCE WE HEARD ABOUT IT. AND I PERSONALLY INVITED ANN ANDERSON YESTERDAY TO MY HOME TO DISCUSS ABOUT THIS PROJECT. AND THANK YOU ANN FOR COMING OVER AND UNDERSTANDING THE CONCERNS AND DISCUSSING THE PROJECT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOU FOR TAKING THE OATH TODAY AND BECOMING A COUNCIL MEMBER. WISH YOU ALL THE BEST. I HOPE YOU SERVE TO THE CITY. AND SHE LIVES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND SHE UNDERSTANDS SOME OF THE CONCERNS WE HAVE. AND THE MAJORITY OF THE ESPECIALLY RICH WOODS RESIDENTS, WE WANT TO BE CALLED AS RICH WOODS, NOT POOR WOODS AFTER THIS WAREHOUSE IS BUILT. SO, WE ARE PROUD TO SAY THAT WE LIVE IN RICH [03:40:02] WOODS AND SEVERAL COMMUNITIES AROUND US SAY THAT WE ARE LIVING CLOSE TO THE RICHWOODS AND I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WE HAVE TO SAY WE LIVE BEHIND 100 ACRES WAREHOUSE. I DON'T WANT TO TELL ANYBODY THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT. NOW MY ASK TONIGHT IS QUICKLY FOUR THINGS. TRY TO KEEP AT 5050 SO THAT IT CAN GENERATE BETTER JOBS. AND THE SECOND THING IS GIVE US MORE TIME AND EXPLAIN TO THE RESIDENTS WHY THIS SUP IS BENEFICIAL TO THE RESIDENTS AS WELL AS THE CITY. AND THIRD, EXPLORE ADDITIONAL CONCESSIONS FROM THE DEVELOPER WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT BETTER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE KASHMIRA COMING AND THEN NEXT. KUMAR K. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS KASHMIR. A CONTRACTOR AND I'VE LIVED IN FRISCO FOR OVER 20 YEARS. I'VE LIVED IN WEST FRISCO WHEN IT WAS CORN FIELDS AROUND ME AND NOW, I'VE MOVED TO EAST FRISCO PROBABLY IN 2013. YES, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN AND I HAVE SEEN REALLY FRISCO GROW. I'VE NEVER REALLY COME TO A COUNCIL MEETING. I HAVE NEVER SAID ANYTHING. BUT TODAY I FEEL VERY STRONGLY AND THAT IS WHY I'M HERE. I LIVE ON BOY LANE, 13730 BOY LANE IN THE RICHWOODS COMMUNITY. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE DEVELOPMENT IN EAST FRISCO. HOWEVER, THIS PROPOSAL REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT INTENSIFICATION FROM WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED. THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT REFLECTED A 5050 MIX OF WAREHOUSE AND STOREFRONT USERS ACROSS JUST FOUR BUILDINGS. THE REVISED PLAN NOW PROPOSES 11 BUILDINGS WITH APPROXIMATELY EVEN MORE THAN 80% NOW A YEAR OF WAREHOUSE AND PROBABLY VERY LITTLE TO NOTHING STOREFRONT. THAT IS A MAJOR SHIFT IN LAND USE INTENSITY. MY QUESTION IS, IS THIS DEVELOPER FORMALLY REQUESTING OVER 80% WAREHOUSE RATIO AND WILL THAT PERCENTAGE BE LOCKED INTO THE SUP BECAUSE THAT CHANGE MATERIALLY ALTERS THE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY IMPACT. WAREHOUSES GENERATE MORE TRAFFIC THAN RETAIL. RETAIL PRODUCES MOSTLY PASSENGER VEHICLES SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WAREHOUSES GENERATE CONCENTRATED TRUCK MOVEMENTS, INCLUDING BOX TRUCKS, FLATBEDS AND 18 WHEELERS, OFTEN, SOMETIMES EVEN DURING PEAK HOURS. HEAVY TRUCKS REQUIRE WIDER TURNING RADIUS, LONGER STOPPING DISTANCES, SLOWER ACCELERATION. THIS REDUCES EFFICIENCY AT THE INTERSECTION, INCREASES DELAYS AND POTENTIAL CONFLICT POINTS. 121 SERVICE ROAD NEAR COIT AND INDEPENDENCE ALREADY EXPERIENCES PEAK HOUR CONGESTION. INCREASING THE WAREHOUSE RATIO TO 80% WOULD DEFINITELY CONCENTRATE HEAVY VEHICLES ON CORRIDORS SERVING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, AFFECTING QUEUES AND OVERALL TRAFFIC FLOW. ADDITIONALLY, AT THIS STAGE, THE DEVELOPER DOES NOT KNOW WHO HIS TENANTS ARE, DOES NOT KNOW THE HOURS OF OPERATION. THEY HAVE NO IDEA. SO, WHEN A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS WAS SHOWN TO ME TODAY, THAT JUST DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO ME BECAUSE YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THE RENTERS ARE. THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY. GROWTH IS GOOD, BUT IT MUST ALIGN WITH INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU PAUSE, THINK ABOUT IT, RELOOK AT THE DATA, AND THEN MOVE THE PROPOSAL FORWARD IF YOU NEED TO. THANK YOU, KUMAR. AND THEN NEXT WE HAVE SRINIVAS RADHI KELLAM. HEY, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF. MY NAME IS KUMAR. I TOO LIVE IN RICHWOODS, LIKE MANY OF MY FELLOW RESIDENTS HERE. AND I AM HERE TO ALSO OPPOSE THIS. SUP250009 SO BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, INITIALLY WHEN I CAME IN, I THOUGHT IT WAS THIS 80% THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO GET TO. BUT WHAT WE SEE HERE IS THEY'RE ASKING FOR A BLANKET APPROVAL WITH NO CONDITIONS AT ALL. YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE WE CAN GO UP TO 100%, WE CAN DO WHATEVER WITH THESE 11 BUILDINGS. AND THAT THAT IS A BIG CONCERN BECAUSE THEY ARE NOW GOING TO BE LIKE INDUSTRIALIZED WAREHOUSES HERE NEXT TO NEIGHBORHOODS, RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND SCHOOLS. SO, I WAS DRIVING AROUND LUNA ROAD IN CARROLLTON LAST WEEK AND THERE WAS A WHOLE 1 MILE [03:45:01] STRETCH OF ALL WAREHOUSES LIKE THIS. YOU KNOW, VERY LITTLE OFFICE SPACE, MOST OF IT WAREHOUSES. IT WAS LIKE A ONE-MILE STRETCH. BUT WHEN I LOOKED AROUND, THERE WAS NO RESIDENCES ANYWHERE NEAR THEM. AFTER THE WAREHOUSES, THERE WAS SOME RETAIL SHOPPING OUTLETS AND THEN THE RESIDENCES CAME. SO, THERE WAS A BUFFER. SO, YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT A GOOD THING FOR A CITY LIKE FRISCO TO HAVE THESE INDUSTRIALIZED WAREHOUSES RIGHT NEXT TO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND SCHOOLS PARTICULARLY, AND THE TRAFFIC THAT IT GENERATES. RIGHT. SO, WHEN WE SAW THIS PRESENTATION, EVERYTHING AGAIN IS OPEN ENDED. THEY DON'T KNOW THE TENANTS, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF TRAFFIC IT BRINGS. THEY DON'T KNOW THE HOURS OF OPERATION. NOTHING IS KNOWN AT THIS POINT. BUT THEY WANT AN OPEN-ENDED APPROVAL ON BUILDING THESE 11 WAREHOUSES. SO, ONCE THESE 11 ARE BUILT, THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO AFTER THAT. YOU KNOW, WHAT HAVE WE HAD TO LIVE WITH IT? SO THAT IS A SERIOUS CONCERN FOR US. AND IF YOU LOOK AT FRISCO, LIKE SOMEONE SAID, IT'S ALREADY 90% BUILT AND IT'S ALL VERY GOOD. SO, WE DON'T WANT TO DROP THE BALL RIGHT NOW. SO LET US TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND PRUDENTLY MAKE A DECISION. AND WHAT IS A CITY, RIGHT? IT IS NOT JUST BUILDINGS AND ROADS. IT IS PEOPLE. AND WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE HERE HAVE CONCERNS, I WOULD REQUEST YOU ALL TO PLEASE LOOK INTO IT AND VOTE THIS SUP DOWN. THANK YOU. APE SRINIVAS. THEN FOLLOWING AFTER THAT WE'LL HAVE JOHN MCNALLY. OKAY, SORRY, SOMEONE THROW THE CARD. ALL RIGHT, JOHN MCNALLY. AND THEN AFTER THAT WE'LL HAVE KUMAR NANDRAGAL. JOHN. JOHN, LAST CALL. ALL RIGHT, KUMAR NONTAGAM. GOOD EVENING. I REPRESENT THE RETAIL DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS IN FRONT OF THE WAREHOUSES ON 121. SO, I THINK AS A NIBER, WE DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES. WE SUPPORT THE SUP AND WE ARE TRYING TO WORK WITH THE EAST GROUP TO GET THE PROJECT GOING. AND I THINK WE ARE TRYING TO PUT SOME RETAIL PAD SITES ACROSS THE 121DEVELOPMENT. SO, IF IT'S OKAY WITH THE CITY TO APPROVE THE SUP, WE ARE HAPPY TO WORK WITH EACH GROUP AND WE SUPPORT THE SUP. THANK YOU. OKAY, JOHN HARRIS. AND THEN NEXT, RAJAN RATHAN SALABATA. SORRY I CAN'T READ YOUR WRITING. IT'S CROSSING OVER EACH OTHER AFTER THAT. I'M JOHN HARRIS AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE WACO TRUST THAT OWNS THIS PROPERTY. AND IN ADDITION TO OWNING THIS PROPERTY, THEY'RE GOING TO OWN THE 80 ACRES ACROSS THE STREET TO THE NORTHWEST OF LEBANON ROAD AS WELL AS THE CORNER OF COIT121. AND BEFORE WE WENT DOWN THIS ROAD, WE LOOKED AT THESE WAREHOUSES AND OTHER TOWNS AND LOCATIONS AND PERSONALLY WE'RE PERFECTLY COMFORTABLE WITH IT. THE 80 ACRES WE HAVE BETWEEN, BETWEEN COIT AND THE VERTICAL PART OF LEBANON ROAD, Y' ALL WILL BE THE JUDGE THAT MAY SUPPORT 300, 400 SINGLE FAMILY UNITS OR A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL OF SOME KIND TO BE BROUGHT UP AT A LATER DATE. BUT IN NO WAY DO WE THINK IT WILL JEOPARDIZE THE VALUE OF THAT FUTURE RESIDENTIAL LAND. THIS PROPERTY WAS OWNED 25 PLUS YEARS AGO. I'M NOT 100%, BUT I'M 98%. THOSE OLD ZONING CASES BACK THEN HAD LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT YOU ABIDE BY THE DEVELOPMENTS GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS AS THEY EXIST TODAY. AND FRISCO GOT SMART AND THEY PUT IN A CLAUSE THAT SAID OR AS THEY MAY BE AMENDED. I DON'T BELIEVE THIS OLD ZONING HAS THAT. SO, MY RIGHT, WE HAVE THE NEW WAREHOUSE BUT HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES AS THEY EXISTED MAYBE 25 PLUS YEARS AGO. WE'VE ALREADY AGREED WITH FRISCO THAT WE WILL ABIDE BY ALL YOUR DEVELOPMENT CENTERS THAT EXIST TODAY OR AS THEY MAY BE AMENDED. SO, I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY, BUT WE'RE PLEASED WITH THAT BECAUSE WE WANT QUALITY AS WELL. AGAIN, IT'S ALREADY ZONED C2. WE'RE [03:50:01] ECSTATIC THAT I'VE HEARD COMPLAINTS ABOUT TRAFFIC. IN OUR OPINION, THE TRUCK TRAFFIC WILL BE LIMITED PREDOMINANTLY TO 121. IF YOU'RE GOING EASTBOUND. EXCUSE ME, WESTBOUND ON 121, THERE'S AN OFF RAMP TOWARDS THE EASTERN SIDE OF THIS PROPERTY. IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE, COME EXIT HERE AND GO WEST. THERE'S AN ON RAMP RIGHT THERE. OR I'LL CALL IT WORST CASE, YOU MAY HAVE TO MAKE A U-TURN AT COIT TO IMMEDIATELY GET BACK ONTO 121. SO, INGRESS AND EGRESS FOR CALL IT THE TRUCK TRAFFIC IN OUR OPINION IS IDEAL. I DON'T. WE DON'T THINK IT WILL INTERFERE WITH COIT WHATSOEVER. LOOKING AT THEIR PLAN, THE SETBACKS THEY HAVE ON LEBANON AND WE LOOKED AT THIS AS IT APPLIES TO FUTURE RESIDENTIAL. WE THINK ARE FANTASTIC. 100-TO-200-FOOT GREEN SPACE WITH DOUBLE ROWS OF TREES ALONG LEBANON ROAD. WE. SO ANYWAY, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT FOR OUR CONCERNS AND WE WERE PERFECTLY SATISFIED WITH WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO. THE THOUGHT OF MORE STORAGE AND MAYBE A LITTLE LESS OFFICE. TO US, IT EQUATES TO LESS TRAFFIC. SO ANYWAY, SORRY, I'M NEW AT THIS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. RAJAN RATHNA SABHATHI, RESPECTED MAYOR, ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS RAJAN RATNA SABHAPATI. IF YOU GIVE EMPHASIS FOR EACH VOWEL, YOU CAN PRONOUNCE MY NAME. RATNA SABAPATI. THANKS, LAURA, AND NICE MEETING YOU. OTHER DAY IT WAS GOOD. I MOVED TO TEXAS IN 1987 AND LIVED IN PLANO AND MOVED TO FRISCO IN 2014. AND I HAVE SEEN THE GROWTH OF PLANO, HOW THEY INCENTIVIZED IN LEGACY AND BRINGING A LOT OF BUSINESSES IN THAT AREA BUSINESSES TO PLANO CITY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FRISCO DO THE SIMILAR THING RATHER THAN TRYING TO BRING YOU KNOW THE WAREHOUSE CAMPUS HERE. LOOK FOR HIGH END BUSINESSES, OFFICES OR SOFTWARE COMPANY OR AI DEVELOPMENT TYPE OF THING. THAT'S WHAT THAT LAND SHOULD BE USED FOR RATHER THAN FOCUSING ON DOING THIS. THAT'S ONE SUGGESTION AND ONE WHAT FRISCO CAN DO IT AND THAT CAN BRING HIGH REVENUE AS WELL AS BRING MORE JOB OPPORTUNITIES. SECONDLY, I HAVE BEEN SINCE MOVED IN 2014. I HAVE SEEN MANY ON THE INTERSECTION OF INDEPENDENCE AND 121 AND AS WELL AS QUIET 121 MANY ACCIDENTS HAVE FATAL ACCIDENTS HAVE HAPPENED. AND NOW INTRODUCING THIS WAREHOUSE AND I SEE THAT THREE LANE EXIT OUT OF 121 COMING TO HERE AND THIS BECOMES A TWO LANE ONE. AND AS IT IS, YOU KNOW WE HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING, YOU KNOW MAKING A RIGHT TURN ONTO THE SERVICE ROAD ON 121 FROM INDEPENDENCE AND NOW THIS CAR IS GOING TO GOING TO MAKE MORE ACCIDENTS. AND I REALLY WOULD LIKE YOU KNOW CITY AND THEN SEE WHETHER YOU CAN EXPAND THAT ROAD TO THREE LANES OR IF NOT AND SEE DO A PROPER, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC STUDY ON THIS ONE. BUT I STRONGLY OPPOSE YOU KNOW BRINGING YOU KNOW WAREHOUSE CAMPUS INTO THIS FRISCO AREA. LOOK FOR A HIGH-END OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. KRISHNA PROLIMITH. HELLO. GOOD EVENING, ALL. THANKS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR FOR GIVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK THIS EVENING. YOU KNOW I THINK EVERYBODY TALKED IN OUR ENOUGH ABOUT THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION. NICE. WHEN YOU BRING THOSE WAREHOUSES NEXT TO BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY HOW IT LOOKS LIKE YOU KNOW WHEN THE JEFF CHENEY MAYOR WHEN YOU KNOW WHEN HE FIRST CONTESTED, YOU KNOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RICHWOODS COMMUNITY. WOW, WHAT A GREAT COMMUNITY. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S WHAT IT COMPLIMENTED. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S WE'RE CONTINUING THAT MOMENTUM. AT THE SAME TIME BUILDING THIS KIND OF INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR TO YOUR BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD IS REALLY, REALLY PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE THE FRISCO NAMES FROM THE BEGINNING IS ONE OF THE BEST BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY AND AMAZING NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE BEST MADE IN HOME VALUE APPROXIMATELY 650,000 TO $1 MILLION. THAT MEANS ONE HOME VALUE PROPERTY TAX IN OUR CITY GETS AVERAGE $3,025. AND ON TOP OF THAT THIS [03:55:02] NEIGHBORHOOD SURROUNDED BY 10 THREE HIGH SCHOOLS, FOUR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. THAT MEANS APPROXIMATELY 7,600 TO 9,000 STUDENTS GO IN AND OUT EVERY DAY ACROSS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. INNOCENT FAMILIES, SMALL FAMILIES AND BIG, BIG TRUCK ROAMING AROUND THAT BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT TO STAY IN THAT COMMUNITY. AND ONCE WE HEAR THIS NEWS, YOU KNOW THESE KIND OF INDUSTRIAL CORRIDORS COMING TO THE MAYOR JEFF CHENEY VISION, WHAT HE BUILT IN THIS BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY IS UNREASONABLE. AND ON TOP OF THAT AND SEE IF YOU IMAGINE RIGHT, IT'S THE IT STARTED LAST YEAR JUST 28 ACRES. THE APPROVAL CAME JUST LAST YEAR UNDER SEA TO 28 ACRES. BUT TODAY WITHIN NINE AND A HALF MONTHS IT'S GONE APPROVAL FOR 98.6 ACRES. AND THERE'S LOT OF SOME OTHER GENTLEMAN SAID KUMAR, THERE'S LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE ANALYSIS IS REQUIRED. BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. SO THAT'S REQUIRED TO HAPPEN AS WELL. AND ON TOP OF THAT, IF YOU BUILD THIS IS NICE BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY, WHAT ALL YOU NEED IS 257 HOUSES. BECAUSE 257 HOUSES INTO 750K THAT GIVES WHAT IS THE PROPERTY TAX REQUIRED THIS COMMERCIAL ENTITY IS PAYING TO THE CITY. SO AS EVERYBODY SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE LAST PART OF THE FRISCO CITY. YOU KNOW, JUST KEEP IT BEAUTIFUL GREEN AND AMAZING NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THAT'S ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, BIG ORNAMENT FOR OUR MAYOR. JEFF CHENEY IS GOING TO RETIRE SOON. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. I HAVE A NUMBER OF BLUE CARDS THAT HAVE SAID THAT THEY DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK OR DID NOT MARK ANYTHING AT ALL. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT IS LEFT TO SPEAK? YES, ALL THE FORMALITIES OUT OF THE WAY. YOU GUYS ARE GREAT. OH, I SAID I'M NOT GOING TO BE AT ALL FORMAL ABOUT THIS. I'VE BEEN A FRISCO RESIDENT FOR 23 YEARS. LIVED IN EAST FRISCO WHEN IT WAS NOTHING. TRAFFIC WORST ACCIDENTS HAVE HAPPENED IN THE TIME SPAN THAT I HAVE LIVED THERE OF 121 IN INDEPENDENCE, 120 IN KUWAIT AS OF LAST EVENING, 5:30PM THIS MORNING, 6:30AM INVOLVING TRUCKS, CARS, NAME IT. PROJECT LOOKS FANTASTIC ON PAPER, LOOKS FANTASTIC. BUT I DO SUPPORT AND THIS IS NOT JUST RICHWOOD ISSUE. INDEPENDENCE AND KUWAIT COMING SOUTH FEED PROSPER MCKINNEY. I'M A REAL ESTATE AGENT. I'M JUST TELLING YOU I HAVE FRIENDS WHO TRAVEL DOWN THAT ROAD THAT THOSE ROADS ARE NONSENSE. THEN THEY COME DOWN TO 121 AND GO TO TNT OR 75 TRUCKS ARE GOING TO DO THE SAME. JUST REEVALUATE THE PNC FEE AND EVERYTHING. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND MA', AM, IF YOU COULD PULL OUT A BLUE CARD PLEASE WITH OUR CITY SECRETARY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS WE HAVE. I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC INPUT. WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICK BEFORE THE COUNCIL VOTES. WE'RE NOT VOTING YET AND WE'RE NOT TAKING PUBLIC HEARING. WE'RE JUST CLOSING. I'M SO SORRY GUYS, IT'S LATE. MOVE TO CLOSE PUBLIC. PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND MOTION BY ANGELIA. SECOND BY BURT. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. PASSES 6-0. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. AND BEFORE WE PASS IT TO COUNCL, I DO, YES, LIKE TO JUST MAKE A FEW COMMENTS BASED ON WHAT WAS STATED. SEVERAL PEOPLE MENTIONED THAT THEY WERE PROMISED, LIKE OFFICE RETAIL. IF THEY WERE PROMISED THAT, NO ONE COULD PROMISE THAT. SO, NO ONE FROM CITY STAFF, COUNCIL OF PLANNING, A ZONING COMMISSION COULD HAVE DONE THAT. THAT JUST MAY HAVE BEEN A SALES REP. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR TO EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE THAT WHEN THEY'RE BUYING PROPERTY, THERE'S VACANT PROPERTY. NO ONE WILL KNOW WHAT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO GET BUILT UNTIL IT'S ACTUALLY DEVELOPED. AND I'VE DEALT WITH THIS THROUGHOUT MY CAREER ON THE PROPERTY THAT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LEBANON THAT IS ZONE AGRICULTURAL. SO, WHEN SOMEBODY WANTS TO DEVELOP, YES, [04:00:01] YOU CAN DEVELOP LIKE 2 ACRE SIZE LOTS ON IT. BUT MORE THAN LIKELY I'LL COME IN FOR RESIDENTIAL ZONING. THAT IS WHAT THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN RECOMMENDS. JONATHAN COVERED THAT IN THE PRESENTATION. BUT THAT AREA IS DESIGNATED FOR RESIDENTIAL WITH LEBANON BEING THE DIVIDING BETWEEN COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL. STATEMENT WAS MADE THAT PROCEDURAL ERRORS WERE MADE AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. OUR ESTEEMED CITY ATTORNEY, RICHARD ABERNATHY WAS ACTUALLY AT THAT MEETING. THERE WERE NO PROCEDURAL ERRORS. THERE WAS A MOTION TO TABLE THE ITEM THAT WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONE. THERE WAS NO SECOND. SO, YOU GO TO THE NEXT MOTION. SO, THE MOTION WAS TO GO AHEAD AND RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF IT. THE COMMISSION DIDN'T FEEL NECESSARY TO TABLE IT. THIS CASE FOLLOWED THE SAME PROCESS THAT WE DO FOR ALL OF OUR ZONING CASES. AND THAT'S IT. I JUST WANT TO CLEAR OUT THOSE FACTS. RIGHT. THANK YOU, JOHN. YOU KNOW, A FEW COMMENTS THAT I'LL MAKE. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NATURAL WHEN YOU SIT IN THESE SEATS AT THE DAIS TO WANT TO PLEASE PEOPLE. AND YOU LOVE IT WHEN YOUR RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, LEAVE HOME HAPPY. THAT'S GOOD FOR POLITICS, IT'S GOOD FOR CAMPAIGNS, IT'S GOOD FOR, YOU KNOW, YOUR PERSONAL INTERESTS. BUT WHEN WE'RE TRUSTED WITH THESE POSITIONS, IT'S OUR JOB AND IT'S OUR DUTY TO GOVERN. AND SO, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOVERNING AND POLITICKING. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS TAKING ALL THE INFORMATION, WHICH INCLUDES FOR SOME OF US, YEARS OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MEETINGS AND CITIZEN INPUT MEETINGS AND COMMUNITY SURVEYS AND VISITING OTHER CITIES AND UPDATING ORDINANCES AND SETTING A VISION FOR THIS, THE CITY. I WAS VERY GRATEFUL FOR SOME OF THE POSITIVE COMMENTS BECAUSE THE CITY HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB DOING A LONG-TERM PLANNING FOR THE, FOR THE CITY AND SO MANY OF YOU THAT SPOKE HERE TONIGHT, THIS MAY BE THE ONLY TIME YOU EVER ATTEND OR PARTICIPATE IN A COUNCIL MEETING IN YOUR LIFE. AND SO THAT BECOMES VERY CHALLENGING FOR US. RIGHT. BECAUSE IF SOME PEOPLE DON'T AGREE, THAT'S THE ONLY MEMORY THAT YOU'LL HAVE OF US INDIVIDUALLY IS HOW WE VOTED ON THE ONE ISSUE THAT YOU SHOWED UP AND POTENTIALLY CARED ABOUT. I HAVE BEEN ACCUSED, I THINK, OF BEING TOUGH ON DEVELOPERS. THAT'S SOMETHING I'M VERY PROUD OF. I'VE GOT ONE SHAKING HIS HEAD. I THINK THEY WOULD PROBABLY SAY MORE WORDS ABOUT ME THAN BEHIND MY BACK, THAN THAT. BUT THAT IS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN VERY PROUD OF OVER MY CAREER, IS WE HAVE BEEN VERY TOUGH. I WOULD ARGUE WE HAVE BEEN AMONG THE TOUGHEST IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. AND THAT IS WANTING THE RIGHT PROJECTS AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS BUILD. THIS CITY IS BUILT OUT FOR THE FUTURE AND NOT JUST APPROVING EVERY SINGLE PROJECT. I'VE ALSO BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH THAT I ACTUALLY WORKED ON THE RICHWOOD ZONING CASE, AND WHEN WE DID THE RICHWOOD ZONING CASE, WE GOT A LOT OF CITIZEN INPUT WITH SOME OF THE. A LOT OF THE SAME CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT KIND OF TRAFFIC IT WAS GOING TO BRING TO IS FRISCO AND COULD WE SUPPORT A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT LARGE AND THESE ROADS AREN'T BUILT. AND SO, PART OF THAT WAS THE EDUCATION OF SAYING, WE HAVE PLANNED THIS CITY FOR ALL OF THESE LAND USES. WE KNEW THAT RICHWOODS WOULD BE AN INCREDIBLE ASSET TO THE EAST SIDE OF FRISCO, AND WE WOULD PLAN AND BUILD OUT AROUND IT. AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME. AND. AND I CAN GIVE YOU DOZENS OF EXAMPLES THAT THE FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN IS A REAL THING. WHEN PEOPLE HAVE A LARGE PIECE OF PROPERTY NEAR WHERE THEY LIVE AND IT COMES IN FOR ZONING, WHETHER IT'S SOME OF OUR INFAMOUS WALMART CASES THAT WENT TO 2 AND 3 IN THE MORNING TO THE FURNITURE STORE ON 121 TO ANYTIME A GROCERY STORE GOES IN. YOU KNOW, WE HEAR A LOT OF THESE SAME CONCERNS. WE'VE ASKED STAFF THESE QUESTIONS MAYBE HUNDREDS OF TIMES IN DIFFERENT ZONING CASES, AND WE'VE SEEN THEM BE BUILT. AND I COULD SAY THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE TIME, ONCE THEY'RE BUILT AND THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE NEAR THEM CAN SEE THEM, THEN THEY REALIZE FRISCO CITY STAFF KIND OF KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND THEY'RE PRETTY SMART. YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME CHALLENGES. THERE'S SOME REAL CHALLENGES WITH THIS PROPERTY. WHEN YOU START THINKING OF WHAT'S THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF THIS PROPERTY. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD LOVE TO ENVISION YOU KNOW, GRANDIOSE THINGS ON THERE. THE REALITY OF THE SITE IS IT HAS A FLOODPLAIN THAT CUTS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY, BISECTS IT INTO TWO. IT'S GOT AN ODD SHAPED ROAD THAT WILL BE OUR FUTURE LEBANON ROAD. THAT CREATES AN ODD LOT SITUATION [04:05:03] WHICH LIMITS THE POTENTIAL USES FOR THE, FOR THE PROPERTY. WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 121 IS VERY MUCH BEING DESIGNATED AS A CORRIDOR THAT SUPPORTS THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS. WAREHOUSE. I THINK WHEN YOU HEAR THAT LIKE, AND I JUST MENTION IT TO PEOPLE, THE INITIAL REACTION IS I THINK PROBABLY WHAT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM THAT CAME TO SPEAK IS, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS, OH, WAREHOUSE, THAT SOUNDS SCARY. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY WENT OUT AND VISITED SOME OF THESE OTHER PROJECTS THAT THEY'VE DONE. YOU KNOW, I'M FAMILIAR WITH A LOT OF THEM OBVIOUSLY IN THE BUSINESS THAT I AM FAMILIAR, VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PRODUCT. AND OF COURSE, THE FRISCO STANDARD IS MUCH HIGHER THAN OTHER CITIES. SO EVEN IF YOU WENT AND LOOKED AT ANOTHER ONE IN A DIFFERENT CITY, IT WOULDN'T LOOK LIKE WHAT WOULD POTENTIALLY BE BUILT IN FRISCO. I WENT TO THE 101 I'VE BEEN TO MANY TIMES WITH A PROJECT IN LOUISVILLE. I WENT THERE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, SAT IN MY CAR RESPONDING TO EMAILS FOR 30 MINUTES. AND IT'S A SMALL SAMPLE SIZE, BUT IN THAT 30-MINUTE WINDOW, I WAS THE ONLY CAR THAT CAME AND WENT. DIDN'T SEE A SINGLE TRUCK COME OR GO. YOU KNOW, IT SUPPORTS BUSINESSES LIKE I HAD A FRISCO POOL BUILDER CALL ME THIS WEEK AND SAID I HAVE TO BUY MY POOL EQUIPMENT AND I STORE THEM IN LOUISVILLE BECAUSE I HAVE A PLACE TO DO IT IN FRISCO. AND IF THIS PROJECT'S BUILT, I'LL WANT TO LOOK AT A SITE LIKE FRISCO. YOU KNOW, YOU SEE TYPES OF BUSINESS, SMALL BUSINESSES THAT AV COMPANIES, THEY HAVE A SHOWROOM THAT CAN SHOW DEMO MEDIA ROOMS, BUT THEN THEY NEED THE WAREHOUSE FOR THEIR EQUIPMENT THAT THEY'RE SELLING. YOU KNOW, YOU SEE KITCHEN, APPLIANCE, YOU KNOW, COUNTERTOPS, OTHER TYPES OF BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, BASEBALL, BATTING, KIDS. THERE'S ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF USES. IT'S A QUALITY USE. WHEN I LOOK AT IT FOR THIS SIDE, I THINK KIND OF THE KEY DIFFERENTIATOR IS I DO THINK IT'S A GOOD USE FOR THE SITE. IT'S A MID-BLOCK PROPERTY ON A MAJOR DISTRIBUTION HIGHWAY. WE CAN ENFORCE SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE HAD ABOUT TRUCKS. YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD SHARE THOSE SAME CONCERNS IF ACTUALLY TRUCKS WERE GETTING OUT AND GOING AROUND RESIDENTIAL STREETS AND GO THROUGH SCHOOLS. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN ENFORCE ON OUR TRUCK TRAFFIC PLAN THAT WE HAVE. BUT THE MAIN THING TO REITERATE IS THE DEVELOPER DOES NOT NEED CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL TO BUILD THIS PROJECT. THEY CAN ACTUALLY BUILD A FAR WORSE PROJECT. AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE DENIED WOULD BE A FAR WORSE PROJECT THAT WAS BEING BUILT. WE'D PROBABLY LOSE THE OPEN SPACE ALONG LEBANON. MAYBE THEY WOULDN'T WORK WITH US AS WELL AS FAR AS THE SCREENING RESTRICTIONS. AND SO, I GIVE CREDIT TO STAFF. I THINK I. I'VE READ EVERY EMAIL THAT I'VE BEEN SENT THIS WEEK, EVERY COMMENT THAT Y' ALL MADE TONIGHT, AND A COUPLE OF HOURS OF CITIZEN INPUT. BUT I THINK STAFF HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF ADDRESSING THOSE QUESTIONS. I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT BASED ON THE CONCESSIONS THAT CITY STAFF GOT. AND I KNOW IT'S EASY FOR MAYBE PEOPLE TO FEEL LIKE THE MAYOR OR ANY OTHER PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T OPPOSE THIS PROJECT, DIDN'T LISTEN. BUT I CAN SAY THAT COULDN'T BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH IS, YOU KNOW, WE LISTEN TO THE CONCERNS AND IT'S OUR JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ALL ADDRESSED. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ALL ADDRESSED ADEQUATELY AND SUFFICIENTLY. AND I BELIEVE THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS MET OUR STANDARD THAT IS ABOVE AND BEYOND. THIS WILL BE THE NICEST PROJECT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THESE. THEY WOULD PROBABLY SAY THAT THEY'LL EVER BUILD IN THEIR COMPANY'S HISTORY. PROBABLY BE THE ONLY TIME THEY COMMIT OPEN SPACE TO A PROJECT LIKE THIS AND CORRIDORS. AND SO, I THINK FOR THIS LAND USE, I THINK. I THINK IT'S A RESPONSIBLE CHOICE. SO, WITH THAT, I'LL CANCEL. I'LL LEAVE IT TO Y' ALL FOR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. WE START WITH YOU SINCE YOU SPOKE. YEAH, YEAH, YOU'RE WELCOME. IT'S EARLY. IT'S GOOD TO GO EARLY BECAUSE BY THE TIME YOU HIT THE END, EVERYONE SAID EVERYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF SAYING. SO, I, I'VE, AS THE MAYOR SAID, I'VE READ THE. THE EMAILS. I HAVEN'T REPLIED TO ALL OF THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE NUMEROUS. I HAVE SPENT TIME WITH EACH GROUP LOOKING AT THE PROJECTS AND TALKING ABOUT IT AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS. I WENT AND COUNTED SIMILAR TO THE MAYOR. I HAVE SEVEN CLIENTS THAT ARE IN FACILITIES SIMILAR TO THIS. AND I AGREE WHEN YOU HEAR WAREHOUSES, IT'S BAD. I HEARD THE TERM INDUSTRIAL. THIS ISN'T GOING TO LOOK INDUSTRIAL. WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THEM AND I'VE WALKED ON THEM, ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS CAME UP WHEN I WAS VISITING CLIENTS. AND I LOOK A LOT OF THEM USE IT FOR OFFICE AND IT'S STORAGE OR DISTRIBUTION OR ASSEMBLY TO MOVE OUT. AND THERE HAS BEEN SOME 18 WHEELERS THAT [04:10:01] HAVE COME THROUGH THE PARKS THAT I'VE BEEN IN. BUT A LOT OF THE TIME I'VE NOTICED IT'S SMALLER BOX TRUCKS AND IT'S JUST. THERE'S JUST NOT THE. NOT THE TRAFFIC THAT I THINK WAS BEEN MENTIONED HERE A LOT. ONE THING THAT I WANT TO CLARIFY WITH STAFF IS I BELIEVE WHEN WE DID THE FIRST PHASE, WE SAID THAT NOT ONLY WILL THE TRUCKS BE ON 121 JUST BECAUSE OF EASE, BUT ALSO IF YOU LOOKED AT. IF THEY DID FIND THEIR WAY ON LEBANON, THE TURNS ARE HARDER TO MAKE. IS THAT CORRECT OR DID I MAKE THAT UP? IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AS EASY FOR THEM TO COME IN THROUGH THOSE WAYS AS IT WOULD BE TO USE THE 121. TECHNICALLY THAT'S TRUE. WE REQUIRE THAT ALL DRIVEWAYS BE BUILT TO A CERTAIN STANDARD WHICH DO ALLOW TRUCKS TO GO IN AND OUT. BUT THE ONES ON 121 ARE JUST A LITTLE BIT BIGGER JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE MORE LEEWAY. SO, IN A WAY IT'S TRUE. BUT A TRUCK COULD USE THE ONES ON ONE ON LEBANON. IT'S JUST THAT IT WOULD BE ILLEGAL TO DO SO BECAUSE OF OUR TRUCK. IT WOULD BE ILLEGAL AND A LITTLE MORE RIGHT OF A CHALLENGE. HAVE BEEN RIGHT TWICE. RIGHT. THEY'D HAVE TO. THEY HAVE TO DRIVE MORE CAREFULLY THAN THE ONES ON 121. OKAY. SO JUST TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP IT SHORT BECAUSE IT'S GETTING LATE. I SUPPORT THIS. IT'S A. IT'S A GREAT PROJECT. IT WILL GIVE FRISCO JOBS THAT WE CURRENTLY. I DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE ABLE TO GET BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF THIS PRODUCT. I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT LOCATION. I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT DEVELOPER AND I COMPLETELY SUPPORT THIS. YOUR TURN. IT'S NOT SAYING GREEN. THERE YOU GO. OKAY, SO CAN. CAN YOU CLARIFY PLEASE, JOHN? C2 OR HIGHWAY ZONING. EITHER OF THOSE COULD BE WAREHOUSES. RIGHT. BECAUSE THERE'S ASSUMPTION, I THINK THAT THIS COULD BE BUILT UP AS BUSINESS OFFICE OR HIGH-RISE OFFICE OR MEDICAL AND. BUT IT COULD BE WAREHOUSE. YES. OKAY. I MEAN I JUST THINK THERE'S. THAT'S MISINFORMATION OUT THERE. I'VE SPENT HOURS LEARNING ABOUT THIS. I'VE SAT WITH EAST GROUP. I'VE YOU KNOW, THIS GENTLEMAN OVER HERE SAID. MENTIONED ABOUT HOW WHEN THIS WAS ZONED 25 YEARS AGO, WHAT THE LANGUAGE SAID IN THE ZONING WAS. I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHECK. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S PUT AN OLD PLAN WELL, ALL ZONING IS AS, I MEAN ORDINANCES DO CHANGE AND SO DO. WE DON'T WANT TO BE TIED DOWN TO 1998 OR 93, 2005. SO, IT'S A LOT EASIER. AND I DON'T AGREE WITH THE LEGAL OPINION NEITHER. SO, DON'T AGREE WITH WHOSE LEGAL OPINION? OKAY, JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT. THE GENTLEMAN THAT SPOKE AND INTERPRETED THE OR SO. SO, THIS WEEK I HAVE DRIVEN TO MCKINNEY AND SPENT TIME SITTING AT THEIR PROPERTY ON HARDEN ROAD. I'VE SPENT TIME AT THEIR LOUISVILLE PROPERTY. I KNOW THAT THEY ARE DEVELOPING THE SPACE OVER BY FANNIN THAT WE, THAT WE DISCUSSED LAST YEAR. I THINK HERE IN COUNCIL, THE. I'VE LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, I, I HAD TO KIND OF BE LIKE, OKAY, 413FT. HOW, HOW FAR IS THAT? IT'S A FOOTBALL FIELD. RIGHT. INCLUDING END ZONES. RIGHT. FOR THOSE OF US WHO CAN'T IMAGINE HOW BIG 413FT IS, IT'S A LITTLE MORE THAN A FOOTBALL FIELD. IT'S. IT'S A BIG SPACE IS THE POINT. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THIS PROJECT. MY ONLY DIFFICULTY IS THAT I THINK THERE'S SO MUCH MISINFORMATION THAT THE COMMUNITY IS BELIEVING THINGS THAT ARE NOT TRUE. AND I, AND THAT'S WHERE I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONCERN IS I THINK THE COMMUNITY 2000 RESIDENTS ARE SAYING, HEY, WE WANT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING TO BE PUT THERE. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS PRODUCT THOUGH. I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD LOCATION. THE TRUCK ROUTES ARE GOOD. WHEN I SAT AT THOSE DEVELOPMENTS OVER IN MCKINNEY, I THERE WERE A COUPLE OF LARGE TRUCKS. BUT I'M ON A NON-PROFIT BOARD AND THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF WAREHOUSE THAT FRISCO FAST PACKS OR REFRESH NORTH TEXAS USES. AND WE HAVE BOX TRUCKS, A BOX TRUCK THAT, THAT WE USE ONCE A WEEK. SO, I THINK IT'S A GOOD PRODUCT. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, I DON'T LIVE IN RICH WOODS, I LIVE IN PLANTATION, BUT THIS IS KIND OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD. SO ANYWAY, I LIKE THE PRODUCT. I THINK RESIDENTS MAKE A GOOD POINT THAT THEY JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND BETTER AND MORE CLEARLY WHAT'S BEING BUILT TO THE SOUTH OF THEM. NOW. THERE'S PROBABLY BEEN IN THE FIVE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL MAYBE THREE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DONE THAT HAS HAD THIS KIND OF COMMUNITY SENTIMENT AND OUTPOURING. AND I CAN'T UNHEAR THAT. I CAN'T UNSEE THAT. AS I THINK ABOUT THE PROJECT AND THE CALIBER OF THE BUILD OUT THAT THE EAST GROUP IS PROMISING. I DON'T [04:15:01] DISAGREE WITH THE DIRECTION OF WHERE IT'S HEADED AND IF THEY STICK WITH EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE COMMITTED, IT WOULD BE A NICE FACILITY. HOWEVER, THERE IS THE PEOPLE ELEMENT AND THAT IS WHAT CONCERNS ME AS I THINK ABOUT THE NUMBER AND JUST THE SHEER VOLUME OF ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION. I JUST NOTED IN THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD HERE TONIGHT, PERCENT OF WAREHOUSE VERSUS SHOWROOM PROXIMITY FROM THE BUILDING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE NUMBER OF DOCKS THAT ARE VISIBLE, TRUCK ENTRANCES, TRUCK ROUTES, TRAFFIC TRIPS PER DAY. TIA STUDIES GREEN SPACE, OPEN SPACE, BUILDING EXTERIOR QUALITY, AESTHETICS, CALIBER OF TENANTS, NOISE CONCERNS, AIR QUALITY ISSUES, SAFETY CONCERNS, PROPERTY VALUES, BUILDING HEIGHTS. THAT'S A LOT TO DIGEST. AND WHEN YOU HAVE OVER 330 RESIDENTS THAT HAVE SUBMITTED CONSULTANTS CONCERNS AND YOU HAVE WHAT, 30 THAT CAME OUT TONIGHT, I WOULD SAY THAT WE NEED TO DO ANOTHER PASS AT COMMUNICATION. I KNOW THAT WE'VE DONE WHAT WE ARE OBLIGATED TO DO RELATIVE TO COMMUNICATION, BUT I WOULD SAY THE DEVELOPER NEEDS TO GO BACK AND HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATION, BRING THESE RESIDENTS ALONG TO ANNE'S POINT. THERE'S A LOT OF MISINFORMATION OUT THERE. I'VE HEARD IT, I SEEN IT, AND I'VE TALKED TO RESIDENTS WHO REALLY CARE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY WHO'VE SAID, LOOK, WE, WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD ENOUGH TIME TO PROCESS IT OR THERE'S INFORMATION THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY CORRECTING AS WE TALK TO RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY. SO, WHILE I AGREE WITH THE DIRECTION OF THE PROJECT, I THINK THAT IT WILL BE A HIGH CALIBER BUILD OUT, I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO GIVE EAR TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF RESIDENTS WHO HAVE A CONCERN WITH THIS. AND I THINK WE'D BE TONE DEAF CONSIDERING WHAT WE'VE DEALT WITH IN THE PAST TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS AROUND THE INDIAN COMMUNITY AND UNDERSTANDING THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF RICHWOODS. FOR US TO PASS BY THE FACT THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS SOME CONCERNS AND LET'S GO BACK AND HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATIONS ON THIS TOPIC. SO, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF CLARIFICATIONS THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, THAT WE TOUCH ON AS WELL BEFORE WE GET INTO WHATEVER COMES NEXT. I HEARD ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS SAID, YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL NEEDS TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE A DECISION ABOUT BETTER USE FOR THIS PROPERTY. WE DON'T OWN THIS PROPERTY. THIS IS NOT OUR DECISION TO MAKE. SO, I WOULD, WOULD ASK SPECIFICALLY FROM STAFF. I'VE GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU, IF YOU DON'T MIND. THAT I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND AS WELL ON THE, ON THE OWNERSHIP OF THIS. AGAIN, THE WAREHOUSES COULD BE BUILT TODAY WITHOUT OUR APPROVAL. THEY COULD BUILD THOSE RIGHT NOW. WE'VE ESTABLISHED THAT AND SAID THAT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT AGAIN, THE WAREHOUSES COULD BE BUILT TODAY. IF FOR WHATEVER REASON THE WAREHOUSES WERE NOT BUILT. WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVES FOR THIS SPACE SPECIFICALLY IN THE ZONING OF WHAT'S BEING CONSIDERED? OKAY, SO NO BUILDINGS ON THE PROPERTY, VACANT. IT COULD DO RETAIL, YOU COULD DO OFFICE. A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT USES. I'M NOT GOING TO NAME ALL THE PERMITTED USES, BUT ALL OF THOSE WOULD BE ON THE TABLE. BUT IT WOULD BE MULTIPLE STORIES HIGH ON THE HIGHWAY. YOU IT'S UNLIMITED HEIGHT EXCEPT FOR THAT PORTION THAT'S WITHIN 200FT. THEN IT'S LIMITED TO 40, 40FT, TWO STORIES BUT AFTER THAT THEY GO ON UP. BUT ON THE C2 THAT'S LIMITED, THAT'S CAPPED AT TWO STORES 40FT. SO, ON THE HIGHWAY SIDE OF IT, WHERE THEY COULD HAVE A 15-STORY BUILDING GO UP THAT THEN OVERLOOKS INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFICALLY. AND I, I WOULD THINK THAT'D BE SOMETHING THAT OUR RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE EVEN LESS THAN SPECIFICALLY SOMETHING THAT IS LOW VIEWPOINT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ASKED FOR SPECIFIC. ACTUALLY, LET ME GET BACK TO THAT HERE IN A SECOND. THE SECOND THING THAT I WANTED TO CLEAR UP WAS AROUND PROPERTY RIGHTS. THERE WERE QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS THAT I GOT VIA EMAIL THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO REDO THIS ZONING BECAUSE IT'S TOO OLD. JOHN, CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN PROPERTY RIGHTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, PLEASE? SO, ON THE ZONING, THERE'S A THING CALLED ECONOMIC BACK EXPECTATIONS. SO, SOMEBODY BUYS THE PROPERTY WITH THE ZONING IN PLACE THERE. I DON'T WANT TO GETS ALONG THE LINES OF VESTING WHERE THEY BOUGHT INTO THAT. RICHARD CAN COVER THE TOPIC. BUT BASICALLY, TAKING THAT ZONING AWAY FROM THEM, THAT COULD BE DAMAGING TO THEM. THEY CAN BRING SUIT TO THE CITY, WE PAY AND THEY GET THE ZONING BACK ESSENTIALLY. SO, AN EQUIVALENT OF THAT FOR A PERSON WOULD BE [04:20:02] LIKE IF YOU WERE TO BUY A LOT TO BUILD A HOUSE ON AND THEN SOMEONE TOLD YOU CAN'T BUILD IT, WE WANT TO MAKE IT INTO ALL GREEN SPACE. THAT WOULD BE THE. ESSENTIALLY WHAT'S BEING. THAT WOULD BE A TAKING. RIGHT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO, THEN THE COUPLE OF ASKS THAT I HAD SPECIFICALLY ON THIS PROJECT WERE, WERE TWO THINGS WAS ONE WAS AROUND BEING ABLE TO SHOW A VISUAL OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE FROM THE RICHWOOD SIDE. WERE WE ABLE TO GET THAT? I THINK YOU ASKED. WE DID NOT GET THAT QUESTION. WE HEARD IN A CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD WITH THE APPLICANT THAT THEY WERE PROVIDING SOMETHING. OKAY. SO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DIRECT THAT TOWARDS THEM. OKAY. SO, THEN MY FOLLOW UP QUESTION IS WE HAD ALSO TALKED ABOUT PUTTING SOME COMMUNICATION TOGETHER FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO, OF ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT THE FACTS OF THE CASE, NOT. AND HELPING TO CLARIFY SOME OF THE MISCONCEPTIONS. YEAH. SO, WE SENT OUT THE EMAIL THAT I SENT TO Y' ALL THIS MORNING. THAT'S SOMETHING JONATHAN, JOEL AND I WORKED ON THE LAST TWO DAYS. I SAID, YOU LET ME. I SENT YOU TWO EMAILS LAST WEEK ABOUT INFORMATION AND THE COMMENT THAT YOU MADE, LAURA. WE REARRANGED THAT INFORMATION AND DID THAT. SO, AFTER I HAD SENT THAT TO YOU, THAT'S ABOUT 10 PAGES TO YOU TODAY. WE WAITED ABOUT 10 MINUTES, AND THEN JONATHAN SENT IT OUT TO THE RICHARDS HOA BOARD TO DISSEMINATE. OKAY. SO THEN ON THAT, ONE OF THE CLARIFICATIONS THE HOA BOARD HAD ASKED US TO MAKE WAS THAT WAS THE RESPONSIBILITY ON THEIR SIDE. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE AGREEABLE TO. TO DISSEMINATE THAT INFORMATION NOW AT THIS. FOR THIS PIECE? WELL, HERE'S. THERE'S BEEN DISAGREEMENT. THEY. THE PRESIDENT OF THE HOA THAT SPOKE TODAY, HE SPOKE. SPOKE TO ME AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AFTER IT WAS OVER, AND. AND HE ADMITTED THAT HE DID NOT SEND IT OUT TO THE RESIDENTS. AND THEN I HEAR WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY. THAT WASN'T THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE HOPE COMMUNICATION WOULD TAKE PLACE WHOEVER THE APPLICANT OF STAFF IS MEETING WITH, BUT WE'RE NOT CONTACTING ALL THE HOME OWNERS. THERE'S JUST NO WAY. THAT'S JUST A LOT OF PROPERTY OWNERS. SO, WE RELY ON THEM TO COORDINATE. AND THEN THEY PROVIDED A EMAIL DATED FEBRUARY 9 THAT THEY SENT TO Y', ALL, AND THEY SAID THERE WAS A. WHAT, ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR, THAT THEY DIDN'T SEND THE INFORMATION OUT. BUT THAT'S COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE HOA AND ITS RESIDENTS. OKAY. BUT WE ARE RELYING ON THEM TO PUT OUT THIS. PAID THIS COMMUNICATION. YES. WE DON'T HAVE THE EMAIL FOR EVERYBODY. SO, WHEN I SENT THAT OUT, THEIR HOA MANAGEMENT COMPANY DID RESPOND TO ME THAT. THAT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO ALL OF THEIR RESIDENTS. AND I HAVE HAD RESIDENTS THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO SAY, HEY, WE GOT THIS. HERE'S SOME OF OUR QUESTIONS. AND I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THOSE. SO, IT DID GET OUT TODAY. SO, IT IS PROBABLY FAIR TO SAY THAT PROBABLY. PROBABLY NOT EVERYONE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHECK THEIR EMAIL, BUT IT WAS SENT OUT, AND I DO HAVE CONFIRMATION FROM SOME THAT THEY DID GET IT BECAUSE THEY REACHED OUT TO ME. OKAY. SO, I ALSO THINK THAT THIS IS A. I THINK THE DEVELOPER HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB OF WORKING WITH US. WHEN THIS FIRST CAME OUT AND THERE WAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS, THERE WERE SOME. SOME VERY SPECIFIC THINGS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS ASKING FOR THE ADDITIONAL TREES, THE, THE ADDITIONAL SCREENING, MAKING SURE THAT THE LIGHTS WERE, YOU KNOW, FOCUSED DOWN AND NOT HITTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN MET. AND SO, I DO THINK THIS, THIS IS, THIS DEVELOPER IS TRYING TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS. SO, I DO THINK THAT THERE IS THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN GET THAT COMMUNICATION OUT TO THEM AND HELP THEM TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT. BUT I DO LIKE THIS PROJECT. I THINK IT CAN BE VERY VALUABLE TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS I THINK IT'S A GOOD USE. THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE INTERFERING WITH THE, WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS ASKED SPECIFICALLY WAS AROUND VALUES TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS. ONE OF OUR PNZ COMMISSIONERS ACTUALLY DID THE RESEARCH AND LOOKED AT HOMES NEAR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I ACTUALLY HAVE A FRIEND WHO. HER BACKYARD BACKS UP TO ONE OF THE LOUISVILLE WAREHOUSES IS. AND SO, I LOOKED IT UP. EVERY YEAR IT'S GONE UP. THERE'S BEEN NO, NO DETRIMENT TO HER HOME VALUE AT ALL. SO, WITH THIS BEING ESPECIALLY BEING A WHOLE FOOTBALL FIELD AWAY AND THE GREEN SPACE THAT'S BEING PUT IN BETWEEN, [04:25:02] YOU GUYS HAVE A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY, GORGEOUS COMMUNITY. I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT THAT AT ALL. SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS FOR TONIGHT. I PROMISE NOT TO BE TOO LONG. I'M GOING TO PIGGYBACK OFF WITH ANGELIA SAID THERE'S JUST TOO MANY QUESTIONS. WAY TOO MANY QUESTIONS. I WILL TELL YOU I TRAVEL THAT CORRIDOR, THE COIT INDEPENDENCE ON THE 121 BETWEEN INDEPENDENCE AND COIT. AND I WILL TELL YOU IT IS THE SEA OF HUMANITY THAT TRAVELS THAT TO DISCOUNT. TO DISCOUNT THAT A TRUCK, AN 18-WHEELER IS NOT GOING TO CAUSE ANY ISSUES IS WRONG. DO YOU KNOW HOW I KNOW THIS? MY WIFE GOT IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE SOMEONE HIT HER AT COIT IN 121. AND I'M NOT SURE A PROJECT LIKE THIS HAS SATISFIED THE COMMUNITY. ANGELIA IS CORRECT. THERE'S OVER 2,000 PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP AND SAID, HEY, LET'S TAKE A BREATH. LET WE DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR PROJECT AS WELL AS YOU DO. DO I THINK IT'S A GOOD PROJECT? IT APPEARS TO BE AN EXCELLENT PROJECT, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN COMMUNICATED EFFECTIVELY TO THE RESIDENTS. AND WHAT IS THE RUSH? FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THIS WAS. THIS LAND WAS IN HANG. THIS WAS STARTED IN 1993 IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. AM I RIGHT ABOUT THAT? JOHN? I HEARD 1993 EARLIER. C2 ZONING WAS 93 AND ABOUT 2000 WAS THE HIGHWAY. SO, WE'RE TALKING 23 YEARS LATER. WE'RE JUST NOW DOING AN SUP. SO, I THINK WE SHOULD TABLE THIS FOR NOW, SO, THAT THE RESIDENTS, WE'RE TALKING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RESIDENTS HERE. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT FOUR AND FIVE PEOPLE. WE'RE TALKING, I MEAN, 30 CAME TONIGHT, BUT I GUARANTEE YOU THERE'S WAY MORE IN THE 2000 THAT SIGNED UP. I BET THERE'S EVEN MORE THAT DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING. AND SO, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE AT THIS JUNCTURE. AND I THINK WE AS A CITY COUNCIL NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, WHAT'S THE RUSH? LET'S TABLE IT FOR NOW. LET'S GET THE DEVELOPER WITH THE CITIZENS, THE RESIDENTS OF THE HOA. I THINK ONCE THEY GET TOGETHER. WE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER AND I HEARD CITIZEN AFTER CITIZEN SAY WE NEED TO GET TOGETHER AND TALK. WE NEED TO TALK. I HEARD THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND I THINK THAT'S VERY APROPOS FOR THIS PROJECT. I DON'T THINK IT'S A BAD PROJECT, BUT I DO THINK IT NEEDS TO BE COMMUNICATED BETTER. AND SO, I THINK WE SHOULD TABLE AT THIS POINT. SO, MY, MY CONCERNS DON'T LIE WITH THE PLANNING NECESSARILY OF THE PROJECT OR THE DEVELOPMENT OF IT, BUT IT'S A SCALE AND THE, THE, THE WAY IT'S. IT IS BEING PRESENTED AND THE PRECEDENT THAT IT ALSO SETS. SO, COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY APPROVED A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR ROUGHLY 28 ACRES. NOW WE'RE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE AND EXPAND THAT TO ALMOST 100 ACRES. THAT FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGES THE INTENSITY, THE DYNAMICS, THE SHAPE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. AND AT THE SAME TIME, THIS PROPOSAL, AND I GET IT, THIS GOES BACK AND FORTH ABOUT A TRAFFIC STUDY. THE COMPARATORS THAT WERE BEING USED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ARE, IN MY OPINION, HYPOTHETICAL AND MIXED USE IN TERMS OF WHAT IS ACTUALLY BEING PRESENTED. WE'VE HEARD FROM RESIDENT AFTER RESIDENT AFTER RESIDENT THAT THE 3,000 TO 5,000 VEHICLES THAT ARE GOING TO BE GOING BACK AND FORTH ARE GOING TO BE HEAVY USE, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL VEHICLES, TRUCKS, DIESEL TRUCKS, CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES GOING [04:30:02] BACK AND FORTH. AND I GET IT, IT'S ON THE 121FRONTAGE ROAD OUT THERE. BUT JUST LIKE JARED SAID, IT'S THE. WHAT DID YOU CALL IT? THE. IT'S THE SEA OF HUMANITY, OF HUMANITY GOES UP AND DOWN THAT ROAD AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE A BIT OF A SPILLOVER. NOT TO MENTION THAT ONCE AN OFFICE OR A WAREHOUSE OR AN SUP IS GOING TO BE GRANTED, ESPECIALLY OF THE SCALE, THE OPERATIONAL INTENSITY OF THE SITE COULD EVOLVE WITHOUT ANY GUARDRAILS. SO, I BROUGHT UP THE NOTION OF IS THIS GOING TO BE A LAST MILE HUB? AND I BROUGHT THAT UP FOR A VERY SPECIFIC REASON, BECAUSE. IF THIS DOES TURN INTO A FEDEX OR SOME SORT OF PARCEL FACILITY BETWEEN MORNING HOURS, 5 TO 8AM, WHEN YOU'RE TAKING YOUR KIDS, YOU'RE DROPPING THEM OFF TO SCHOOL OR WHATEVER, AND IN THE AFTERNOONS DURING RUSH HOUR, WHEN THEY, YOU KNOW, WHEN THOSE KIND OF THINGS ARE NOT REALLY GUARANTEED AND CODIFIED BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHO THE OWNERS ARE GOING TO BE, IT BRINGS UP A LOT OF HYPOTHETICALS. AND LOOK, AT THE END OF THE DAY TO ME, LEARNING ABOUT WHAT SPECIFIC USE PERMITS ARE, YOU KNOW, THIS SHOULD BE A LAST CASE SCENARIO. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BECOME THE NORM. THIS SHOULD BE THE EXCEPTION TO THE RULE. AND APPROVING SOMETHING OF THIS MAGNITUDE WITHOUT SAFEGUARDS, OPERATIONAL LIMITS, LOOK, A TRAFFIC STUDY, TO UNDERSTAND IT TRULY FROM THE IMPACT OF WHAT IT IS, IT RAISES LEGITIMATE CONCERNS ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY, ABOUT THE PRECEDENT ALSO THAT IT SETS FOR FUTURE PROJECTS. AND LOOK, WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF TRUST WITH THIS, WITH THE DEVELOPER, WITH THE PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN PUT FORWARD, ALSO OPERATING FROM THE NOTION OF BEING FEARFUL THAT SOMETHING IS GOING TO SUPPLANT THIS, THAT'S GOING TO BE WORSE IS NOT THE RIGHT TACT TO TAKE. WE SHOULD NOT BE HELD. HOSTAGE BY THE FEAR OF THE DEVELOPER THAT DOESN'T WANT TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ULTIMATELY, 2012 PEOPLE SO FAR HAVE SIGNED THIS MAYOR PRO TEM. YOU BRING UP AN EXTRAORDINARY POINT THAT YOU'VE DEALT WITH THIS HISTORICALLY IN THE PAST WITH CERTAIN ISSUES. WHAT COUNCILMAN ELAD BROUGHT UP ALSO IS A FACT THAT, AND I'M GOING TO SAY IT, I DON'T EVER THINK IT'S A BAD THING FOR A CITY COUNCIL TO LISTEN TO ITS RESIDENTS. STANDING IN THE BACK IS COMMISSIONER COHEN. AND I, I WATCHED THAT MEETING. MR. COHEN, I'M VERY INCLINED ACTUALLY WITH WHAT YOU SAID, THAT IT'S RUSHED. WE DON'T THINK IT'S A BAD PROJECT, BUT IT'S RUSHED. I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE SAGACITY IN THAT STATEMENT WAS, YOU KNOW, CAN'T BE UNDERPINNED. WHAT WE ARE HEARING IS THAT THE DATA DOESN'T MATCH THE NARRATIVE. THERE'S SO MANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS, SO MANY QUESTIONS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN, THAT HAVE NOT BEEN CONVEYED BY THE DEVELOPER. AND WHATEVER PROTOCOLS WERE FOLLOWED AT THE END OF THE DAY GOT LOST. OVER 02,000 PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED. AND WHILE I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A GOOD PROJECT, IT DOES NEED FURTHER INFORMATION. AND FOR THAT I TOO WOULD BE VERY AMENABLE TO TABLING THIS, GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT, ALLOWING RESIDENTS TO COME MEET THE DEVELOPER. SO, THANK YOU, JOHN, AND MAYBE I'LL INVITE THE DEVELOPER. CAN YOU KIND OF RUN DOWN KIND OF THE COMMUNICATION EFFORTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED AND THE OPPORTUNITIES ON THIS CASE WHERE WE'VE HAD PUBLIC INPUT AND INVITED RESIDENTS TO SPEAK. AND IF THE DEVELOPER HAS MADE AN EFFORT TO MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY. SURE. SO, PRIOR TO THE SUBMISSION OF THE SUP REQUEST, I DO KNOW THAT THE EAST GROUP MET WITH THE RICHWOODS HOA BOARD. THAT IS THE INSTANCE WHERE THE LETTER THAT WAS SENT TO MARION COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 9TH REFERENCED THAT THAT INFORMATION THAT THEY LEARNED IN THAT NOVEMBER 5TH MEETING WAS NOT SHARED WITH THE RESIDENTS. YOU KNOW, JUST ADMINISTRATIVE OVERSIGHT. IT DID NOT GET SHARED. AFTER THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL HOA MEETING THAT WAS WELL ATTENDED WITH. WITH RICH WOODS. JOEL AND MYSELF WERE ALSO IN ATTENDANCE THAT. THAT EVENING. WHEN YOU SAY WELL ATTENDED, I MEAN THERE WERE PROBABLY 50 PLUS PEOPLE [04:35:03] AT THAT. AT THAT MEETING, WHICH IS WELL ATTENDED FOR THE. THE HOMIE HOA MEETINGS THAT. THAT I TYPICALLY ATTEND FROM IT FROM A NOTICING STANDPOINT, JUST TO HIT ON THAT BEFORE THE DEVELOPER COMES UP HERE. SO, THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO NOTICE ON THE CITY WEBSITE NOW. SO THAT WAS DONE. ZONING SIGNS WERE PLACED ON THE PROPERTY. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, ALL REQUIRED PUBLIC NOTICES WERE SENT. STATE LAW IS 200FT. THE CITY OF FRISCO SENDS TO 225FT TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF THAT 200 IS HIT. AND THEN WE DO SEND A COURTESY NOTICE TO ALL HOAS WITHIN 1500FT. SO, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING THAT YOU HAD, YOU AND JOEL WERE THERE? THAT'S CORRECT. HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THE MEETING LASTED? THREE HOURS. THREE HOURS? YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY THREE AND A HALF. THREE, THREE AND A HALF HOURS. IT WAS ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF OVER THEN THE END TIME. SO HOW OFTEN ON ZONING CASES DO WE DO THAT? SO, IT'S VERY RARE. SO, IT IS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO HAVE HOA MEETINGS, TO HAVE THE DEVELOPER SCHEDULE AN HOA MEETING WITH THE RESIDENTS PRIOR TO THE SUBMISSION OF A ZONING CASE. SO, I WOULD SAY A LARGE MAJORITY OF APPLICANTS DO THAT. THEY MEET WITH THE HOAS. THEY ARE GENERALLY, LIKE I SAID, NOT WELL ATTENDED. A FEW PEOPLE SHOW UP. WE KIND OF ANSWER SOME GENERAL QUESTIONS. BUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WAS SPENT, AND THERE'S BEEN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT BY STAFF AND THE EAST GROUP DEVELOPER RESPONDING TO EMAILS SINCE THAT MEETING, BECAUSE WE DID ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY HAD RESIDENTS THAT WERE NOT ACTUALLY IN THE MEETING. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS THAT WERE ON ZOOM. SO, THEY HAD AN HOA REPRESENTATIVE. I THINK IT WAS THE INDIVIDUAL FROM THEIR MANAGEMENT COMPANY THAT COMPILED ALL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAD RECEIVED AND THOSE WERE SENT OUT. SO, I KNOW ETH GROUP HAS RESPONDED TO ALL THOSE QUESTIONS AS WELL. HAVE YOU EVER DONE MULTIPLE MEETINGS LIKE WHERE YOU'VE GONE BACK TO A NEIGHBORHOOD AGAIN AFTER DOING SOMETHING LIKE A THREE-HOUR MEETING? YES. WHAT WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF A CASE? SO, WHEN THE, WHEN I WAS WORKING ON THE EDGE STONE ZONING TO THE NORTH, THE TRIANGULAR PIECE, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT COULD BE. SO, THERE WERE, THERE WERE TWO OR THREE MEETINGS ON THAT. NOT NEARLY AS LONG JUST BECAUSE THE LIST OF CONCERNS THAT HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP WERE NOT NEARLY AS LONG, THAT WAS REALLY FOCUSED ON DENSITY. SO, THE BUT, NUMBER OF MEETINGS, IT IS FAIR TO SAY YES. AND THEN ANY ROUGH NAPKIN MATH, APPROXIMATION OF KIND OF HOW MUCH STAFF TIME KIND OF RESPONDING TO CITIZEN CONCERNS AND INQUIRIES OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS? YEAH, IT'S FAIR. JOHN AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS EARLIER TODAY. I MEAN IT'S VERY FAIR TO SAY EVERY BIT OF 50 PLUS HOURS JUST IN THE LAST THREE BUSINESS DAYS, NOT INCLUDING THE WORK WE DID OVER THE WEEKEND. OKAY. AND THIS THE TEAM, THE TIME THAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN, DO YOU FEEL LIKE THE MESSAGE IS BEING HEARD? I FEEL, YEAH, I BELIEVE IT IS. IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT THE MESSAGE THAT IS BEING PROVIDED BY ANY. I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR THE DEVELOPERS BUT SPEAKING FOR STAFF BY JOEL AND MYSELF AT THE HOA MEETING. WHAT IS REFLECTED IN THE STAFF REPORT, WHAT IS REFLECTED IN THE EMAILS, WHAT IS REFLECTED IN THE FACT SHEET THAT WAS SENT OUT TODAY? I DO BELIEVE IT IS HEARD BY SOME AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR JOEL, BUT I DID HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH JOEL. SO, WHEN WE WALKED AWAY FROM THAT HOA MEETING LAST OR THE ONE THAT WE ATTENDED TO, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE KEPT BRINGING IT BACK TO THIS TIA AND WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THIS TIA. AND WE WALKED AWAY FROM THAT MEETING FEELING VERY CONFIDENT THAT THE RESIDENTS FULL OF UNDERSTOOD THE TRAFFIC AND THE TIA JUST BECAUSE IT WAS SPOKEN SO MUCH. SO, TO HEAR THE VERY NEXT DAY THAT THEY STILL WANTED A TIA CAUGHT US A LITTLE BIT [04:40:02] BY SURPRISE. DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO FROM THE DEVELOPER SIDE OUTREACH EFFORTS THAT YOU'VE. SURE, YEAH. LIKE HAS BEEN SAID. AND DAVID HICKS WITH EAST GROUP, THE DEVELOPER APPLICANT, WE DID HAVE A MEETING WITH THE HOA BACK IN THE HOA BOARD BACK IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR. THAT WAS A COMMUNICATION THAT WE DID OUT OF COURTESY THAT WE THOUGHT WAS BEING A GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD. SOMETHING TO POINT OUT, WE ARE LONG TERM OWNERS. WE'RE NOT A DEVELOPER THAT BUILDS AND FLIPS. SO, WE WANT TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS WITH OUR NEIGHBORING HOAS, NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNERS. SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE DO AS PART OF A STANDARD PRACTICE ANYWAY. SO, WE DID THAT. DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS AT THAT POINT. AND REALLY, I GUESS THE FEEDBACK REALLY CAME AT PNZ A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. AND WHEN DID YOU SAY THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING WAS THAT YOU? THE ORIGINAL ONE WITH THE HOA BOARD IN NOVEMBER OF 25. THEN WITHIN THAT PNC MEETING WAS SUGGESTED AS A CONDITION, I THINK, YOU KNOW, AND WE WENT ON RECORD AND SAID WE WOULD BE GLAD TO SIT DOWN WITH A MORE OPEN HOA, HAVE A TOWN HALL TYPE OF MEETING, TRY TO GIVE MORE INFORMATION. BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE SEEING OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND SPREAD IN SOCIAL MEDIA FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND OTHER CITIZENS IS A LOT OF MISINFORMATION AND FALSE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THEY THINK OUR PROJECT IS VERSUS WHAT IT REALLY IS. THE TYPE OF TENANTS WE ATTRACT, THE TYPE OF BUILDINGS THAT WE DESIGN BOTH AESTHETICALLY, ARCHITECTURALLY, BUT ALSO FROM SOME OF THE BUILDING CHARACTERISTICS LIKE ABUNDANT GLASS, MULTIPLE STOREFRONTS, THE SHALLOW DEPTH OF THE BUILDINGS, MULTIPHASE NATURE OF THE BUILDINGS. WE'RE REALLY THERE TO ATTRACT TENANTS RANGING BETWEEN 10 AND 50,000 SQUARE FEET IS REALLY WHAT WE DO. AND TO SAY THAT OUR DEVELOPMENTS HAVE THIS HIGH VOLUME OF HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC IS JUST FALSE FOR BUILDINGS THAT ARE DESIGNED LIKE THIS. AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW THE TENANTS AT THIS POINT, BUT WE CAN GIVE EVIDENCE OF OTHER DEVELOPMENTS OF SIMILAR NATURE ALONG THESE 121 CORRIDORS IN THIS DFW MARKET. SO, I THINK THAT FEAR AND WHEN PEOPLE SAID, AND I THINK A COUPLE OF YOU EVEN MENTIONED THAT EARLIER, WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORD WAREHOUSE OR INDUSTRIAL, THAT'S A SCARY THOUGHT FOR SOME. SO, I THINK WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, YOU KNOW, EVEN GET THE MESSAGE OUT IS WE ARE OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY DEVELOPMENT OF OUR ASSET CLASS, WHICH IS CATERING TO US BUSINESS PARK ENVIRONMENT. CHASING CORPORATE TYPE OF TENANTS THAT REALLY USE FLEXIBLE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE WOULD BE A BETTER TERM BECAUSE SO MANY OF OUR USERS AND TENANTS USE THEIR WAREHOUSE FOR MANY, MANY OTHER REASONS BESIDES A TRADITIONAL STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION. AND I COULD GO ONTO A LIST OF, OF MANY DEFENSE INDUSTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL SHOWROOM, TRAINING FACILITY. SO, THERE'S LOTS OF USES. SO, THE RESTRICTION THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THROUGH THIS SUP IS REALLY TO GIVE US FLEXIBILITY TO HELP YOU ALL AS FRISCO TO CHASE BUSINESSES THAT DON'T FIT IN TRADITIONAL OFFICE SPACE. THERE'S A LOT OF QUALITY BUSINESSES AND WE SEE THIS THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE PORT PORTFOLIO, WHICH AS A COMPANY WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE SUN BELT STATES OF THE UNITED STATES, MAJOR MARKETS, THAT OUR PRODUCT TYPE IS SOMETHING THAT IS SO UNIQUE AND HIGH QUALITY THAT TO SAY A DISTRIBUTION HEAVY VOLUME DISTRIBUTION USE, THEY COULDN'T AFFORD OUR SPACE. TO BE HONEST, WE'RE THE HIGHEST CLASS AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE SO ATTRACTED TO FRISCO AND WE HAVE MULTIPLE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON HERE IN THIS TOWN IS BECAUSE OF THE HIGH-QUALITY NATURE. SO YOU'RE GETTING THE BEST IN CLASS OF THIS ASSET CLASS HERE IN YOUR TOWN, IN A PLACE THAT'S MID-BLOCK WHERE HONESTLY I THINK THE BUFFERS ASSOCIATED THAT WE'VE DONE AND I WANT TO COMMEND STAFF FOR REALLY PUSHING US AND CHALLENGING US BECAUSE BEFORE WE EVER GOT TO PNZ, BEFORE WE EVER GOT HERE, THIS IS EIGHT, NINE MONTHS OF WORK AND MULTIPLE ITERATIONS OF PLANS. AND GIVEN THE [04:45:03] HIGH-QUALITY NATURE OF THIS AREA, THE THINGS THAT WERE NEGOTIATED AND COLLABORATED WITH STAFF, LIKE THE DOUBLE ROW OF TREES, THE ORIENTATION AND POSITIONING OF THE OPEN SPACE ALONG LEBANON ROAD AND CLOSEST TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS DONE BY DESIGN WHERE THE STAFF HAS YOUR BACK AS CITIZENS, AS RESIDENTS OF RICHWOODS. THE STAFF IS SAYING, HEY, LET'S GIVE THEM MORE BUFFERS. EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, A FOOTBALL FIELD WITH THE END ZONES IS 360FT I BELIEVE. IS THAT THE MATH? SO, WE'RE AT 413FT, I BELIEVE MORE THAN A FOOTBALL FIELD OR FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT AREN'T FOOTBALL FANS, A FULL-LENGTH SOCCER, FIFA, YOU KNOW, REGULATION SOCCER FIELD IS THAT SAME DISTANCE. SO, I THINK WE'VE REALLY HEARD A LOT OF THOSE CONCERNS AND FELT LIKE THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED WITH THE COLLABORATION AND THE CHALLENGES THAT STAFF PUT BEFORE US TO MAKE THIS AMONG THE HIGHEST QUALITY DEVELOPMENTS. AND I COULD HONESTLY SAY THAT WITH JUST THE GREEN SPACE ALONE THAT FRISCO REQUIRES VERSUS OUR OTHER MARKETS EVEN, AND I APPRECIATE THE THOROUGHNESS OF MANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT VISITED SOME OF OUR OTHER PROJECTS. BUT I WOULD SAY THOSE MUNICIPALITIES DON'T HAVE THE GREEN SPACE REQUIREMENT THAT FRISCO HAS. THEY DON'T HAVE THE LANDSCAPE ENHANCEMENTS THAT THIS PROJECT WILL HAVE. SO, THIS IS, IS AMONG, WILL BE AMONG THE NICEST PROJECTS WE HAVE ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY. AND WE'RE PROUD TO CALL FRISCO HOME AND WHAT YOU SEE HERE. AND THIS IS TARA WARREN, OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER WHOSE CRITICAL COMPONENT ON THE TEAM THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED IN MORE OF THE TECHNICAL DESIGN NATURE OF THIS PROJECT WITH OUR CONSULTANTS, ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS AND, AND WE'RE THE SAME FACES THAT YOU'LL SEE MONTHS FROM NOW, YEARS FROM NOW WHEN THERE'S QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. AS A LONG-TERM OWNER. OUR TEAM WANTS TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND WE BELIEVE IT'S A PROJECT YOU GUYS CAN BE PROUD OF FOR MANY YEARS AND THERE'S GOING TO BE BUSINESSES THAT PRODUCE GREAT JOBS THAT AREN'T JUST TRUCKS. SO, I DON'T HAVE REALLY ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY, BUT WANTED TO JUST. WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE THINK IT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS WILL BE PROUD OF AND BE ABLE TO CHASE SOME BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THIS SPACE FOR NOW. SO GOING BACK TO THE COMMUNICATION, I WOULD ADD TO THAT THE INFORMATION THAT HE JUST GO AHEAD, TONY. THANK YOU. ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT DAVID JUST PRESENTED AND YOU HAD ASKED ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION OF THAT. WE, WE DID REVIEW THIS, A SUMMARY OF THAT WITH THE HOA BOARD BACK IN NOVEMBER WHEN WE MET WITH THEM. WE MET WITH THEM FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THE BOARD AND THE HOA AND THEN AGAIN AFTER WITH THE HOA TOWN HALL, WE DID AGAIN PRESENT THE SAME INFORMATION. WE RECEIVED ABOUT 34 QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE OF THAT TOWN HALL MEETING, I WOULD SAY 80% OF THEM SURROUNDING A TRAFFIC AND A TIA REQUEST. AND WE RESPONDED TO THAT AT THE MEETING, ANSWERED THOROUGHLY THROUGH THAT, THROUGH THAT MEETING AND COMMUNICATED THAT INFORMATION, BUT HAVE HEARD AGAIN THE SAME QUESTIONS AGAIN THROUGH THE COMMENTARY THIS EVENING. SO, I DO, I DO FEEL THAT WE HAVE ANSWERED A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION AND BEEN VERY CLEAR IN THAT AND HOW IT PERTAINS TO THIS PROJECT TO THIS POINT. OKAY, I MAY HAVE MISSED THE DATE. SO, HOA NOVEMBER THEN WHEN WAS THIS THREE-HOUR MEETING? THAT WAS FEBRUARY 21ST, THE 17TH, FEBRUARY 17TH. IT WAS THE, THE TUESDAY AFTER OUR PNZ MEETING. SO, I MEAN I AGREE WITH ALL THE COUNCIL COMMENTS ABOUT PUBLIC INPUT, MAKING SURE WE'RE HEARING FROM OUR RESIDENTS, ANSWERING EVERY QUESTION. JUST TO SUMMARIZE, IN THIS CASE, NOT ONLY DID WE APPROVE YOUR CASE BACK MARCH OF 2025, THAT WAS ON THE WE HAD WENT THROUGH A PLANNING AND ZONING PROCESS, A CITY COUNCIL PROCESS THAT WAS JUST THE ORIGINAL, I THINK 20-ACRE SITE OR WHATEVER. THEN WHEN THE LAND ADJACENT BECAME AVAILABLE AND YOU WERE LOOKING TO MAKE A LARGER PROJECT, YOU MET WITH THE HOA IN NOVEMBER. CORRECT. GAVE THEM THE INFORMATION. WE HAD A PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING. WHEN, WHEN WAS THE BETWEEN FEBRUARY 10TH, FEBRUARY 10TH. THAT'S WHERE YOU GOT THE FIRST ROUND OF A LOT OF CITIZEN IMPACT FEEDBACK. AND YOU HAD A THREE-HOUR MEETING WITH THE RESIDENTS AND THE HOA GOING AN HOUR AND A HALF BEYOND THREE AND A HALF HOUR MEETING. WE HAD, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HOURS WERE ON THIS TONIGHT. YOU KNOW, [04:50:02] I GUESS THE, THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR COUNCIL IS WHAT IS THE BAR WE'RE TRYING TO REACH FOR? WHAT IS ENOUGH CITIZEN INPUT? BECAUSE THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM THAT CAME TO SPEAK TONIGHT THAT IF WE HAD FIVE MORE MEETINGS WITH THE HOA, THEY WOULD STILL COME BACK AND BE AGAINST IT. THEY'RE GONNA. THEY'RE CONVINCED THEY'RE AGAINST IT. RIGHT. AND THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S THEIR RIGHT TO BE AGAINST IT AND TO SHARE THAT FEEDBACK WITH US. YOU KNOW, STAFF HAS SPENT 50 HOURS JUST THE LAST THREE DAYS RESPONDING TO EMAILS. HAVE Y' ALL BEEN RESPONDING TO EMAILS THAT YOU GET FROM CITIZENS ALSO? WE HAVEN'T BEEN GETTING DIRECT FROM CITIZENS. AT LEAST I HAVEN'T PERSONALLY, BUT I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN CORRESPONDING WITH STAFF, THEIR QUESTIONS AS PART OF THEIR RESPONSE. SO, WE'RE GOING TO SEEK MORE CITIZEN INPUT. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? MR. MAYOR, CAN I ASK, JUST VERY QUICK, I KNOW WE'VE ALL HAD OUR TERM, BUT CAN I JUST ASK? YEAH. THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT I'M BASING MY DECISION OFF THE RIGHT THING IS IF WE TABLE IT OR DECLINE IT, HEAVEN FORBID, THEY CAN BUILD AN INFERIOR PRODUCT IMMEDIATELY. NO MORE APPROVAL FROM US. THEY CAN. NO GREEN SPACE, NOT AS NICE FINISH, BUILD OUT, NOT AS NOT HELP ME HERE, WORD MATERIALS. THEY CAN DO THAT? IF WE DECLINE IT OR WE TABLE IT, YES. I MEAN, WHAT YOU'RE GETTING HERE, I'M NOT SAYING THEY WOULD. I'M SAYING THEY COULD. AND I WOULD SAY YES, THEY THIS SUP DOES GET APPROVED. THEY MAKE A BUSINESS DECISION. THEY COULD GO WITH A DIFFERENT PRODUCT. I WILL SAY THERE WOULD HAVE TO MEET THE 10% OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT, BUT YOU COULD GET A DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT PRODUCT HERE. OKAY. AND WE WOULDN'T GET A LOOK AT. WE WOULDN'T GET ANOTHER LOOK AT IT. AND THE SECOND THING THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M HEARING IS I BELIEVE ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS. AND IF ANYONE DISAGREES WITH ME, I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR THEM. ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. AND I DON'T SEE THAT ANY OF OUR QUESTIONS ARE UP FOR CHANGE. I DON'T SEE THE ANSWERS. THEY'RE NOT CHANGING. WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS TO CLARIFY WITH THE RESIDENTS, TO TRY TO GET THEM TO UNDERSTAND IT TO THE LEVEL WE DO. THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S IN FLUX. IS THAT. IS THAT A CORRECT STATEMENT? I MEAN, THAT'S IT. I DIDN'T KNOW ANY TRUE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. SO, WE'VE ASKED TO GO BACK TO THE RESIDENTS TO EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW. AND I BELIEVE IF THAT'S THE CASE, IF WE DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THE ANSWERS OUT TO OUR RESIDENTS. WE ARE, WE WERE BEING UNFAIR TO THE DEVELOPER AT THAT POINT. THAT'S, THAT'S MY TAKE. AND I, I MEAN IN MY NINE YEARS ON COUNCIL, I HAVE NEVER SAID WE'RE BEING UNFAIR TO THE DEVELOPER. I MEAN, I WOULD SAY I DO AGREE THAT WE DO WANT TO CLEAR, CONTINUE TO CLEAR UP THE MISCONCEPTIONS OF THE PROJECT. RIGHT. AND GET THE COMMUNITY COMFORTABLE WITH IT AND NOT BE FEARFUL OF THE PROJECT. TO PIGGYBACK ON BRIAN'S POINT, I HAVEN'T NOTICED AS ANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS, I'D GIVE DIRECTION STAFF THAT I WANT ANSWERED. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, MY PERSONAL PREFERENCE WOULD BE FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD ON VOTING ON THIS ITEM AND JUST GET A COMMITMENT FROM THE DEVELOPER THAT YOU HAVE AT LEAST ONE MORE MEETING AFTER THIS WITH THE HOA JUST TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND YOU KNOW, ANSWER THEIR CONCERNS. CAN I MAKE A MOTION? MAYBE AS A POTENTIAL COMPROMISE. I, I WOULD SAY BEFORE WE MAKE THE MOTION AGAIN, I, AS I STATED BEFORE, MY ISSUE IS NOT WITH THE PROJECT, IT IS WITH THE COMMUNICATION. MAYOR, YOU ASK AN IMPORTANT QUESTION. WHAT'S THE BAR? I THINK THERE IS NO BAR. EVERY SITUATION IS VERY DIFFERENT WHEN YOU ARE DOING ANY KIND OF CHANGE MANAGEMENT. YOU WILL LEARN. COMMUNICATE, COMMUNICATE, COMMUNICATE. AND SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T OVER COMMUNICATE ENOUGH. I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO GO OUT AND HAVE THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT MEETINGS. I AM SAYING THOUGH, WE HAVE SEEN AND HEARD ENOUGH ANXIETY AND MISINFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOPIC THAT IS WORTHY OF YOU GOING BACK AND HAVING COMMUNICATION. 50 PEOPLE RELATIVE TO 3 OR ACTUALLY 330 IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE SUBMITTED FORMS OF CONFUSION. AND LIKE I SAID, I'VE TALKED TO WELL-MEANING PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DEDICATED TO THIS COMMUNITY WHO STILL HAD QUESTIONS. SO, WHETHER WE APPROVE IT TONIGHT AND YOU GIVE US YOUR WORDS, YOU'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND HAVE A COMMUNICATION SESSION. I WOULD ENSURE, I WOULD ONLY IMAGINE THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE SHOW UP TO THIS NEXT SESSION TO GET THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED. I WOULD ALSO SAY SHOW PICTURES, DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE TO COMMUNICATE TO THESE PEOPLE. WE'RE KNOWN FOR GREAT PARTNERSHIPS IN FRISCO. THAT'S NOT JUST WITH DEVELOPERS, THAT'S WITH, WITH OUR RESIDENTS. AND SO, WE OWE IT TO OUR RESIDENTS TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH THIS. [04:55:01] WILL THEY BE 100%? MAYBE NOT. BUT I WANT TO FEEL COMFORTABLE IF I'M GOING TO VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND COMMUNICATE WITH THE RESIDENTS. AND IN MY MIND, ONE COMMUNICATION IS NOT ENOUGH. SO, I WOULD RECOMMEND GOING BACK TO THESE RESIDENTS HAVE PICTURES. SHOW THEM THE QUALITY OF YOUR BUILD OUT, THE AESTHETICS OF YOUR BUILD OUT. I LISTED 10 OR SO QUESTIONS THAT YOU'VE ANSWERED FOR US. GO BACK. WE NOW HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS IN WRITING THROUGH A FACT SHEET. SOME PEOPLE LEARN THROUGH AUDIBLE HEARING. SOME PEOPLE LEARN THROUGH READING. HAVE A FACT SHEET IN FRONT OF YOU. GO BACK THROUGH COMMUNICATION 101. GO THROUGH EVERY QUESTION. SHOW PICTURES IF YOU HAVE TO, FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED TO SEE THE AESTHETICS OF YOUR BUILD OUT, BUT DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE. AND SO, WHETHER I VOTE TONIGHT OR NOT, AND I. I DON'T WANT TO FEEL RUSHED, LIKE I HAVE TO VOTE AND I'M NOT GOING TO BE HELD HOSTAGE THAT IF I DON'T VOTE TONIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND DO A SUBSTANDARD PROJECT THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE. SO, I WILL NOT VOTE BASED ON THAT. BUT I AM COMFORTABLE VOTING. IF YOU GO BACK AND COMMIT THAT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING WITH THESE RESIDENTS TO GET THEM AT LEAST COMFORTABLE OR ANSWER MORE QUESTIONS BECAUSE THERE IS STILL MISCOMMUNICATION OUT THERE. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'D BE WANTING TO. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A FAIR REQUEST. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE MULTIPLE COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH. EVEN WHEN THE ORIGINAL SUP FROM 2024, WE DID HAVE A MEETING WITH THE HOA. SO, I THINK, UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN WE HAD THE NOVEMBER MEETING, THE COMMUNICATION DIDN'T GET DISTRIBUTED TO THE RESIDENTS. AND SO, A LOT OF THEM FINDING OUT LATER. BUT I WAS WOULD. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WE WOULD DEFINITELY. AND I'M GOING TO PIGGYBACK OFF ANGELIA, TOO. AND I'M GOING TO ANSWER BRIAN'S QUESTION. OR WOULD HE COMMENT? I'M NOT GOING TO BE HELD HOSTAGE EITHER. THERE'S NO RUSH. THERE'S NO RUSH. NO RUSH. THIS THING HAS BEEN BUILDING. AND THEN THE OTHER GUY, THE OTHER GROUP WANTED TO SELL TO YOU GUYS. THERE'S NO RUSH. LET'S GO BACK. AND IT'S NOT. BRIAN MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT FAIRNESS. WELL, I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR THAT THE HOA DIDN'T COMMUNICATE WITH THEM. THAT'S NOT FAIR. BUT THAT'S NOT MEAN. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE TREATED WORSE. THAT JUST MEANS, OKAY, WE TAKE A BREATH, WE GO BACK AND WE ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS FULLY. AND THEN THEY DON'T COME BACK AND SAY, WELL, WE REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND. I'M NOT DISAGREEING THAT I WASN'T AT THE MEETING. MAYBE YOU DID ANSWER IT AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE MISUNDERSTOOD IT. BUT THEY'RE HERE NOW. THEY DID SIGN A VERY LENGTHY PETITION. VERY LENGTHY AND I CAN ASSURE YOU HAD EVERYBODY IN THAT COMMUNITIES KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON, WE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE HAD 10,000. OKAY, SO I, I AGAIN I, I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT WE TABLE THIS AND WE CAN COME BACK LATER. WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE ALSO FOR A WHILE, JUST LIKE YOU ARE, I PROMISE SO. OR AT LEAST ANOTHER TWO YEARS WITH THAT, WITH THAT ALSO BEING SAID, YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN ME AND THE CITY MANAGER TALKING A LITTLE BIT. THAT WAS IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO BRIAN'S COMMENT. I DO ALSO AGREE WITH THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCILMAN ELAD THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE HELD HOSTAGE BECAUSE OF THE NOTION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD A SUBSTANDARD PRODUCT JUST BECAUSE IT IS YOUR PROPERTY, IT IS YOUR RIGHT TO DEVELOP WHATEVER YOU WANT, BUT ULTIMATELY YOUR NAME IS GOING TO GO ON IT. AND I, LOOK, I'VE MET WITH YOU ALL AND I'VE SEEN WHAT THE COMPANY IS ABOUT, WHAT THE DEDICATION IS, THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL. NO ONE'S I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, I AM NOT SITTING UP HERE AND CRITICIZING YOUR PRODUCT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT IS THE DIRECT COMMUNICATION THAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING. AND IT'S NOT JUST RICHWOODS. IT'S ALL THE JARED'S WIFE TALKED TO ME ABOUT IT. SHE DOESN'T EVEN LIVE IN RICHWOODS, YOU KNOW. AND SO, THE WORD OF THIS IS THE DATA IS NOT MATCHING THE NARRATIVE. AND THIS SUP. IT'S FROM THE 90S TO TABLE THIS FOR A LITTLE BIT AND TO GO BACK AND TALK TO THE COMMUNITY TO GET THEM ALIGNED WITH YOUR VISION TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PRODUCT ACTUALLY IS? YOU KNOW, ARE THERE ANY ASSURANCES RIGHT NOW THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A LAST MILE HUB FOR FEDEX. RIGHT. ARE THERE ASSURANCE. BUT YOU CAN'T PREDICT THAT BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THE CUSTOMER IS GOING TO, TO BE. RIGHT. IS THERE ANY, YOU KNOW, AFFIRMATION THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE 24 HOURS A DAY AND THAT PEOPLE, YOU DON'T KNOW THAT YET BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THE CUSTOMER IS GOING TO BE. RIGHT. SO, THESE ARE THE KIND OF QUESTIONS THAT'S JUST TWO THAT I'M BRINGING UP RIGHT NOW. SO, BUT THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE YOUR QUESTIONS AND THIS IS A SEVEN-PERSON BODY. BUT MR. [05:00:02] MAYOR, IF I MAY. I DIDN'T FINISH. SO, WITH, WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, I DO THINK THAT IT IS ABSOLUTELY REQUISITE THAT MORE COMMUNICATION HAPPEN. THE COMMUNICATION HAPPENED ON IN FEBRUARY 17TH. YOU HAD A THREE-HOUR MEETING. WHATEVER HAPPENED GOT LOST IN TRANSLATION IS ONE THING. THE HOA BEFORE THAT, YOU KNOW THE APPROVAL HAPPENED ON WHAT, FEBRUARY 10TH. AND I GET IT, STUFF MOVES FAST. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR TWO AND A HALF DECADES. SO, WHAT IS THE HARM IN TABLING THIS AND GOING BACK, SPEAKING TO THE RESIDENTS SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY HAVE THEIR QUESTIONS ANSWERED ONE LAST TIME? THEN YOU CAN COME BACK TO US AND BE LIKE, LOOK, WE SPOKE, THIS IS WHAT WE PRESENTED. IT'S UP TO THEM TO LISTEN. THEN 2000 SOME ODD PEOPLE WON'T BE AS UPSET BECAUSE THEY FEEL THEY'VE BEEN LEFT OUT OF THE PROCESS. JUST TO CLARIFY, MAYOR, SORRY, THE SUP HAS NOT BEEN IN PLACE FOR DECADES. THIS SUP IS A NEW SUP THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED. THERE WAS AN SUP ON A SEPARATE THING LAST YEAR. YES, THE ZONING HAS BEEN IN PLACE FAR IN ADVANCE THAN FROM THIS. SO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE FACTUALLY, EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT I, I REDACT WHAT I SAID ABOUT THE SUP. BUT THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 25 PLUS YEARS, SO. SO, ONE THING I DO WANT TO CLARIFY. I HAVE NEVER HEARD THIS DEVELOPMENT GROUP EVER HOLD THE CITY HOSTAGE OR THREATEN TO BUILD ANYTHING SUBPAR. THOSE ARE JUST DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE AS A BODY AS FAR AS POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVES. I DON'T WANT Y' ALL TO GET THROWN UNDER THE BUS THAT Y' ALL WERE SAYING THAT AND THREATENING US. AND SO, YES, NO ONE IS, NO ONE IS BEING HELD HOSTAGE. WHAT I THINK I HAVE HEARD TONIGHT IS THAT IF YOU WILL COMMIT TO FOLLOW UP COMMUNICATION WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT YOU HAVE ENOUGH COUNCIL SUPPORT ON THAT. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'D BE WILLING TO COMMIT TO? YES. ON RECORD? WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY DO THAT AND WE'D LOVE TO SHARE SOME OF THE DETAILS ABOUT SOME OF THE UNIQUE BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE AND SOME OF OUR OTHER PRODUCTS. SO, BRIAN, I'LL LET YOU MAKE YOUR MOTION THAT YOU PLAN TO MAKE. THANK YOU. I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 39 WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE DEVELOPER HOSTS ANOTHER MEETING WITH THE HOA AND RESIDENTS TO DISCUSS THE PROJECT AND ANSWER ANY OPEN QUESTIONS. CAN I ADD TO THAT MOTION, BRIAN? ABSOLUTELY. I JUST WANT TO ADD A TIMELINE TO THAT. SO AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S REASONABLE, BUT. WELL, IT WOULDN'T COME BACK BEFORE US FOR FINAL APPROVAL SO THAT WE COULD SAY THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN UNTIL THEY'VE DONE THIS. OKAY. YEAH. SO, THANK YOU. TYPICALLY, THE ORDINANCE WOULD BE BACK BEFORE YOU AT YOUR AUGUST 7TH MEETING. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. JOHN, YOU SAID. JOHN, I'M SORRY, YOU SAID AUGUST 7TH. OH, YES, APRIL. I'M SORRY, APRIL, IT'S GETTING LATE. I HAVEN'T HAD ONE OF THESE LATE-NIGHT MEETINGS IN A WHILE. SO THAT WOULD BE APRIL 7TH, BUT WE'LL PROBABLY GO TO THE APRIL 21ST. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR, AS YOU MAKE THAT MOTION TO HAVE A DISCUSSION. IT'S. I'M GOING TO LOOK TO THE HOA. THEY HAVE TO COMMIT. WELL, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN PROJECTS WHERE A PROJECT GETS STALLED BECAUSE SOMEONE CAN'T MEET FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER. SO JUST LIKE WHAT HAPPENED AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ASKED BOTH GROUPS TO GET TOGETHER IN THE NEXT WEEK, AND THEY DID. THAT'S WHEN THEY HAD THE MEETING ON THE 17TH. SO, I WOULD ASK ALL OF YOU TO HAVE YOUR MEETING HERE IN THE TWO WEEKS FROM NOW TO HAVE THAT MEETING. AND WE'LL SHOOT FOR THE. PROBABLY THE APRIL 21ST TO HAVE THE ORDINANCE BACK BEFORE YOU. AND WE CAN STATE IN THE STAFF REPORT IF THEY'VE HAD THAT MEETING WHAT THE STATUS OF THAT MEETING WAS SO WE CAN SAY PRIOR TO COMING BACK TO COUNCIL, WE NEED TO HAVE THAT. I DON'T WANT TO SET AN EXACT DATE, BUT WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT. BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO BE ON THE RECORD FOR EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM THAT THEY COMMIT TO HAVE A MEETING HERE IN THE NEXT. THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. OKAY. SPRING BREAK AND THINGS TRAVEL. YEAH. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, ON MY MOTION IS TO APPROVE ITEM 39 WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS A MEETING WITH THE HOA AND THE RESIDENTS PRIOR TO US VOTING FOR IT ON WHATEVER DATE THAT IS ON THE ORDINANCE. ON THE ORDINANCE. OKAY. MOTION BY BRIAN. I'LL SECOND THAT. SECOND BY ANGELIA. ALL [Public Hearing: A request for a Specific Use Permit for a Mini-Warehouse/Self-Storage facility on a portion of one lot on 5.3± acres on the east side of Parkwood Boulevard, 320± feet north of Lebanon Road and to consider to direct Staff to prepare an Ordinance of the same. Zoned Commercial-1. Neighborhood #23. Specific Use Permit Case No. SUP25-0004. Applicant: Animas Civil Engineering, LLC. (Development Services/RR)] IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. THE MOTION PASSES. 4. 2. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND YOUR COMMENTS. WHAT ARE WE ON? 40. OKAY. ITEM 40 IS A PUBLIC HEARING OR REQUEST FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A MINI WAREHOUSE CELL STORAGE FACILITY ON A PORTION OF ONE LOT ON 5.3 ACRES ON THE EAST SIDE OF PARKWOOD BOULEVARD. EXCUSE ME. IF Y' ALL COULD JUST HOLD YOUR COMMENTS UNTIL YOU GET OUTSIDE. THANK [05:05:01] YOU. IF YOU CAN JUST HOLD YOUR COMMENTS TILL YOU GET OUTSIDE. LET ME START OVER. THANK YOU. IF YOU COULD. IF Y' ALL COULD TAKE YOUR COMMENTS OUT INTO THE HALLWAY, PLEASE. THANK YOU. ITEM 40 IS A PUBLIC HEARING REQUEST FOR SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A MINI WAREHOUSE SELLER STORAGE FACILITY ON A PORTION OF ONE LOT ON 5.3 ACRES ON THE EAST SIDE OF PARKWOOD BOULEVARD, 320FT NORTH OF LEBANON. AND TO CONSIDER TRICK STAFF TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE OF THE SAME ZONE COMMERCIAL ONE NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER 23, SPECIFIC USE PERMIT CASE NUMBER SUP 250004 APPLICANT IS ANIMUS CIVIL ENGINEERING, LLC. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ROLAND REAR, SO I'M THE PLANNING SUPERVISOR. AND SO, THE APPLICATION THAT IS BEFORE YOU ALL THIS EVENING IS FOR A REQUEST FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A MINI WAREHOUSE SLASH SELF-STORAGE FACILITY TO ACCOMMODATE FOR AUTOMOBILE GARAGES. SO, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING SIX GARAGE BUILDINGS TOTALING 77,538 SQUARE FEET AND WHICH HAS A HIGH OF A MAXIMUM OF 29.3FT. SO, THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE SEVEN PARKING SPACES PER THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND. I'M SORRY, SIX PARKING SPACES FOR THE ZONING ORDINANCE. THE APPLICANT IS CURRENTLY PROVIDING 17 PARKING SPACES WHICH IS SUFFICIENT FOR THE FACILITY. SO, THE APPLICANT IS ORIENTING THE BUSINESSES WHERE THERE IS LIMITED VISIBILITY OF THE BAY DOOR FROM PARKWOOD BOULEVARD. THE BUILDINGS ARE PROPOSED TO BE CONSTRUCTED TO COMPLY WITH THE CITY'S BUILDING MATERIALS. SO, THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS AGREED TO SIGN THE VOLUNTARY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WHICH IS ALSO ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID VOTE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR THIS ITEM AT THE FEBRUARY 10 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING. SINCE THAT MEETING, WE HAVE RECEIVED AN INQUIRY FROM A RESIDENT THAT HAS BEEN PLACED IN TOUCH WITH THE APPLICANT TO ADDRESS SOME CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE. AND SO, THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION THIS EVENING IS FOR APPROVAL SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS LISTED IN THE STAFF REPORT. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. MOVE TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING. MOTION BY LAURA. SECOND BY BURT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSES 6-0. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. IS THERE ANYONE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? WE DO HAVE TWO PEOPLE WHO HAVE LISTED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. SO, DAN ELMER. HE SAYS NO. HE'S GOOD. THANK YOU, MIKE. MICHAEL. SCAR BUNCH. I'M SORRY, SCARBOROUGH. I NEED MY GLASSES. IS THIS LATE AT NIGHT? GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, MY NAME IS MICHAEL SCARBOROUGH WITH LTH DEVELOPMENT GROUP HERE ON BEHALF OF THE LUXURY CAR GARAGE PROJECT THAT'S BEFORE YOU. WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT IN AN EFFORT TO TRY TO KEEP THIS CLO SHORT. WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE TIME WE'VE HAD THE STAFF. WE'VE WORKED HAND IN HAND WITH THEM TO COME UP WITH A PROJECT THAT I THINK IS SUPERIOR THAN WHERE WE STARTED AS LAUNDRY. I MENTIONED WE DID HAVE ONE CITIZEN REACH OUT TO US REGARDING SOME MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO SOME PARKING AND LANDSCAPING WHICH WE'VE CONVEYED TO OUR LAUNDRY. AND WE'D BE WILLING TO WORK WITH STAFF AS WE GO THROUGH THE REMAINING PROCESS WITH THAT. WE'RE JUST VERY THANKFUL TO BE HERE AND WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO MORE FOR PUBLIC HEARING. MOTION TO CLOSE BY LAURA. SECOND. SECOND BY JARED. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THAT PASSES. 6-0. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. COUNCIL, WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? I HAVE THE QUESTION ON THE SCREEN AND IN THE LANDSCAPING. THERE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE RIGHT OF THIS. THERE'S APARTMENTS TO THE NORTH OF IT, BUT. BUT TO THE EAST OF IT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD. WHAT SCREENING ARE YOU LOOKING TO PUT IN THE. SO, THE APPLICATION. THE APPLICANT WILL BE REQUIRED TO PUT IN THE REQUIRED 8-FOOT MASONRY WALL WHICH IS ACCOMPANIED BY A 15-FOOT LANDSCAPE EDGE WITH SHADE TREES PLANTED 30FT ON CENTER. THANK YOU. WHAT ABOUT TRAFFIC GOING IN AND OUT OF THAT AREA? SO, IN TERMS OF HOW THEY OPERATE, THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS SHARED WITH US THAT THEY DON'T INTEND TO HAVE TRAFFIC IN AND OUT. PEOPLE ARE STORING THEIR VEHICLES THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU FERRARI. OKAY. ANY [Public Hearing: The Parks and Recreation Department is pursuing exemption from state regulation under section 42.041(b)(14) of the Texas Human Resources Code to offer youth recreation programs and consider and act to direct Staff to prepare an Ordinance of the same. (Parks and Recreation/BS)] OTHER QUESTIONS THERE? NONE. I'LL LOOK FOR MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION BY BURT. [05:10:01] SECOND. SECOND BY JARED. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THAT PASSES, 6-0. CONGRATULATIONS. THANKS FOR STAYING LATE WITH US. ITEMS 41, 41. THANK YOU. IS A PUBLIC HEARING. THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT IS PURSUING AN EXEMPTION FROM STATE REGULATION UNDER SECTION 42.041 B14 OF THE TEXAS HUMAN RESOURCES CODE TO OFFER YOUTH RECREATION PROGRAMS AND TO CONSIDER DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE OF THE SAME. GOOD MORNING COUNCIL IN THERE. MY NAME IS BLAIR SCHUYLER, RECREATION SERVICES MANAGER WITH PLAY FRISCO. THIS SUMMER WILL BE OUR FIFTH SUMMER OF CAMP PLAY FRISCO, WHICH IS OUR IN-HOUSE SUMMER CAMP HOSTED AT THE FRISCO ATHLETIC CENTER. LAST SUMMER WE HOSTED 668 CAMPERS WHICH WAS A 94% CAPACITY OVER A 10-WEEK PERIOD. WITHIN THAT THE CAMPS, WE ALSO FACILITATED 14 FIELD TRIPS, HOSTED ON SITE WORKSHOPS AND IN ADDITION WE HAD OVER 560 REGISTRANTS ON OUR WAIT LIST THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SUMMER. SO THAT'S JUST A TRUE TESTAMENT TO OUR TEAM DEDICATION, CURRICULUM, ETC. THIS 2026 STANDARDS OF CARE DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON JANUARY 9, 2026. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS AND IF NONE, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION. MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 41. MOTION 42. 42. SORRY. OH, WAIT. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. YEAH, I. SORRY, I'M CROSS EYED AT THIS POINT. YEAH. MOVE TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING ON 41. MOTION BY LAURA, SECOND BY ANGELIA. IN FAVOR. AYE. THIS PASSES, 6-0. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. IS THERE ANYONE TO [Consider and act upon adoption of an Ordinance approving a Standard of Care for certain youth programs. (Parks and Recreation/BS)] SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NONE. MOVED. CLOSE. MOTION BY LAURA. SECOND. SECOND BY ANGELIA. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. THAT PASS 6-0. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. NOW COUNCIL, I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION UNLESS THERE'S QUESTIONS. MOTION BY BURT. SECOND BY JARED. ON PAPER. AYE. THIS PASSES, 6-0. ITEM 42. CONSIDER AN ACT UPON [Presentation and acceptance of the Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), Auditor’s Report, Single Audit Report and Citizens Financial Report. (Financial Services/MH)] ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A STANDARD OF CARE FOR CERTAIN YOUTH PROGRAMS. THIS IS THE. THE. I'LL JUST LOOK FOR COMPLIMENTARY MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 42. SECOND MOTION BY LAURA. SECOND BY BURT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THAT PASSES, 6-0. ITEM 43, PRESENTATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, AUDITORS REPORT, SINGLE AUDIT REPORT AND CITIZENS FINANCIAL REPORT. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN. MINTA HOVLAND, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES. I AM EXCITED TO PRESENT TO YOU THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT AND RELATED REPORTS. OUR AUDITORS, FORVIS MAZARS, MET WITH THE BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE ON FEBRUARY 17 AND PROVIDED THE REQUIRED AUDITOR COMMUNICATIONS. THIS YEAR'S AUDIT WAS A SUCCESSFUL ONE. THERE WERE NO FINDINGS OR DISAGREEMENTS WITH MANAGEMENT. FORVIS ISSUED AN UNQUALIFIED OR CLEAN OPINION. THIS IS THE HIGHEST-LEVEL OPINION YOU CAN RECEIVE. IT MEANS THAT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WERE PRESENTED FAIRLY IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS AND THERE ARE NO ADJUSTMENTS REQUIRED BY THE AUDITORS. AS OF SEPTEMBER 2025, WE CAN REPORT THAT ALL CITI FUNDS HAVE A POSITIVE FUND BALANCE, ARE WITHIN BUDGET PROJECTIONS AND ARE IN OVERALL GOOD FISCAL HEALTH. THE COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT AND CITIZENS FINANCIAL REPORT ARE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE UNDER THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT PAGE. I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK OUR AUDIT FIRM, FORVIS MAZARS, SPECIFICALLY DAN BARONE AND MEGAN HOLYFIELD FOR THEIR WORK TO COMPLETE THIS YEAR'S AUDIT. THIS IS OUR LAST YEAR WITH FORIS AS CITY CHARTER REQUIRES WE CHANGE FIRMS EVERY FIVE YEARS. THEY HAVE BEEN AN OUTSTANDING TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS WHO PROVIDE EXTENSIVE EXPERTISE AND IMPECCABLE SERVICE. IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH THEM THROUGHOUT THIS ENGAGEMENT. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR OUTSTANDING FINANCE AND BUDGET TEAMS. WITH SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO OUR CONTROLLER, MARY ANNE GALANG AND OUR FINANCIAL REPORTING MANAGER, ADAM WATKINS. WE HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM OF DEDICATED STAFF WHOSE DAILY COMMITMENT TO OUR CITY'S CORE VALUES, POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND INTERNAL CONTROLS ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A SUCCESSFUL AUDIT LIKE THIS EACH YEAR. FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK DERRICK COTTEN AND TANYA ANDERSON FOR THEIR GUIDANCE AND LEADERSHIP. YOU HAVE THE REPORT. I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE REPORT? I LIKE FOR A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 43. SECOND MOTION BY LAURA. SECOND BY JARED. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THAT PASSES. 6-0. ITEM 44. MAYOR, REAL QUICK. I'M SORRY. [Consider and act upon adoption of an Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 2025-09-45, approving the City of Frisco Fiscal Year 2026 Budget. (Budget/TA)] THIS IS EXCEPTIONAL WORK AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE EXCELLENCE OF OUR TEAM. I KNOW IT'S LATE, BUT THEY DO AN AMAZING JOB AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. ITEM 44 IS CONSIDER AN ACT UPON ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 20250945 APPROVING THE CITY OF FRISCO FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. TANYA ANDERSON, DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND STRATEGIC PLANNING. BEFORE YOU IS A PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE 20 FISCAL YEAR [05:15:01] 2026 BUDGET. THE INITIAL BUDGET WAS APPROVED AT THE SEPTEMBER 16, 2025 MEETING AND SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED ON DECEMBER 2, 2025. THE SECOND BUDGET AMENDMENT ADJUSTS REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES IN THE JOURNAL FUND FOR VARIOUS ITEMS. NOTABLY, IT ALSO ADDS SIX FTE FIREFIGHTERS FOR STATION 11. OTHER FUNDS IMPACTED BY THIS AMENDMENT INCLUDE A TRANSFER TO THE CAPITAL RESERVE FUND FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO REACH THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED BALANCE OF $28 MILLION, WHICH IS 10% OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES IN THE GENERAL FUND, THE PUBLIC LEASE FUND, TERSE FUND SIX AND SEVEN AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUND. SUMMARIES AND EXHIBITS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO DETAIL THE RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS. WE DID SPEAK WITH BUDGET AND AUDIT ABOUT THIS AT THEIR LAST MEETING. ALL ADJUSTMENTS MAINTAIN FUND BALANCES WITHIN THE CITY'S [Consider and act upon adoption of an Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 2025-09-46, approving the City of Frisco Community Development Corporation Fiscal Year 2026 Budget. (Budget/TA)] FINANCIAL POLICIES GUIDELINES. THIS IS A CONSIDERING ACT AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 44. MOTION BY LAURA, SECOND BY BURT ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSES 6-0. ITEM 45 IS CONSIDER AN ACT UPON ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 20250946 APPROVING THE CITY OF FRISCO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET. THIS ITEM PROPOSES TO AMEND THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FUND BUDGET INITIALLY APPROVED BY YOU ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2025 AND AMENDED ON DECEMBER 2, 2025. THIS SECOND AMENDMENT INCLUDES ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES FOR ADJUSTMENTS TO OPERATION LINE ITEMS, CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE EXIDE REMEDIATION PROJECT. THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES WILL NOW BE JUST OVER $243 MILLION. BOTH THE BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD CORPORATION BOARD HAVE [Consider and act upon adoption of an Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 2025-09-47, approving the City of Frisco Economic Development Corporation Fiscal Year 2026 Budget. (Budget/TA)] REVIEWED THIS AMENDMENT. THIS IS THE CONSIDERING ACT AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 45. MOTION BY LAURA SECOND BY BURT ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSES 6-0. ITEM 46 CONSIDER AN ACT UPON ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2202050947 APPROVING THE CITY OF FRISCO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET. THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FUND BUDGET THE ORIGINAL BUDGET WAS APPROVED BY YOU ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2025 AND AMENDED ON DECEMBER 2, 2025. THIS NEW AMENDMENT ADJUSTS FY26 EXPENDITURES FOR OPERATING COSTS, ONGOING CAPITAL PROJECTS, INCENTIVES AND FUND TRANSFERS. THE TOTAL OF EXPENDITURES FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FUND WILL BE JUST OVER $67 MILLION. BOTH THE BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE AND THE EDC BOARD REVIEWED THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT DURING THEIR RESPECTIVE MEETINGS. THIS IS A CONSIDERING ACT AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY [Consider and act upon appointments to City Council Committees. (CSO/KM)] OF YOUR QUESTIONS. COUNCIL, IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, I JUST WANTED. JUST WANTED TO SAY TO PIGGYBACK OFF WHAT WES SAID ABOUT FINANCIAL SERVICES, TANYA, YOU AND YOUR TEAM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 46. SECOND MOTION BY LAURA. SECOND BY BURT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSES 6-0. ITEM 47, CONSIDER AN ACT UPON APPOINTMENTS TO CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEES. AND MS. RUMMEL IS GOING TO READ THOSE CHANGES OFF FOR US. DO I HAVE TO READ ALL OF THEM OR DO I HAVE TO READ THE CHANGE CHANGES? JUST DO THE CHANGES, PLEASE. OKAY. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THIS PAPER AFTER WE'RE DONE. SO. OKAY. CHANGES ARE ONTO THE FRISCO SQUARE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD. ANN ANDERSON WILL BE TAKING OVER THE POSITION BY JOHN KEATING. SHE WILL BE ALSO BE TAKING ON THE FRISCO VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. IN REPLACE OF JOHN KEATING. SHE IS GOING TO BE REPLACING BURT THAKUR ON THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. BURT THAKUR IS GOING [City Council discussion with City Staff concerning any actions required by City Staff as a result of any item on tonight's agenda.] TO BE REPLACING BRIAN LIVINGSTON ON THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. I WILL ALSO BE JOINING TAKING OVER THE POSITION FROM JOHN KEATING FOR LEGISLATIVE. [Discussion on Governance Monitoring of present City Council Meeting.] EVERYTHING ELSE STAYS THE SAME. MOTION BY LAURA. SECOND. SECOND BY BRIAN. ALL IN FAVOR THAT PASSES 6-0. ITEM 48 IS CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION WITH CITY STAFF CONCERNING ANY ACTIONS REQUIRED BY CITY STAFF AS A RESULT OF ANY ITEM ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. ANYONE NOTE ANY FOLLOW UP? OKAY. 49 IS GOVERNANCE. I HAD GOVERNANCE TONIGHT. I GAVE US AN A GREAT MEETING. FROM THE CHOIR TO THE RECOGNITION OF COUNCILMAN KEATING, TO THE SWEARING IN OF COUNCILWOMAN ANDERSON, TO THE HEALTHY DEBATE ON ITEM NUMBER 39 OVERALL A. ALL RIGHT. I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION TO ADJOURN BY BRIAN. [05:20:01] SECOND BY BURT. ALL IN FAVOR? THAT PASSES 6-0. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 12:21AM THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.