[00:00:02] WELCOME TO THE MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL. WE ARE AT FRISCO CITY HALL, THE GEORGIA PURE FORT MUNICIPAL CENTER AND COUNCIL CHAMBER 6101 FRISCO SQUARE BOULEVARD IN FRISCO, TEXAS. IT IS 5.09 P.M. ON TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2026, AND I WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. WE'RE JOINED BY THE ENTIRE COUNCIL THIS EVENING. THAT MOVES [CLOSED SESSION] INTO CLOSED SESSION. ITEM 2, RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSIONS IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 551.001 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. ITEM A. SECTION 551.071, MEETING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE CITY ATTORNEY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CONFLICTS WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT REGARDING 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. 2. RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING CITY OF FRISCO, TEXAS V. GERALD RIDGELY. GERALD RIDGELY JR. AND LINDA RIDGELY, CALLS NUMBER 24-1967-431, PENDING IN THE 431ST DISTRICT COURT OF DENNINGTON COUNTY, TEXAS. ITEM B, SECTION 551.074, PERSONNEL MATTERS, AUTHORIZING CERTAIN DELIBERATIONS ABOUT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY TO BE HELD IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. OH, I'M SORRY. BEFORE I MOVE ON THAT, ALSO UNDER 551.071, WE HAVE AGENDA ITEM. 25, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON WHETHER TO DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE A WRITTEN NOTICE OF APPEAL ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION 6.19 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND OR SECTION 4.02 OF THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE REGARDING ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON ANY SITE PLAN OR PLAT AND ANY WRITTEN NOTICE OF APPEAL MUST BE SUBMITTED TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. AND THEN ALSO ITEM 28, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE APPOINTMENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO FILL A VACANCY FOR PLACE 3 ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. AND ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO COMPLETE AN UNEXPIRED TERM ENDING ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027. ITEM B, SECTION 551.074, PERSONNEL MATTERS, AUTHORIZING CERTAIN DELIBERATIONS ABOUT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY TO BE HELD IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. ITEM 1, DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT DUTIES AND EVALUATION OF MEMBERS TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. ITEM 2, DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT OF MAYOR PRO TEM AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. ITEM 3, DELIBERATION REGARDING CITY COUNCIL MEMBER APPOINTMENTS TO EXTERNAL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. ITEM C, SECTION 551.087, DELIBERATION REGARDING COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE CITY HAS RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT OR TO DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF A FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVE TO A BUSINESS PROSPECT. I HAVE A MOTION. SO MOVED. MOTION BY BYRD. SECOND. SECOND BY ANGELINA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THAT PASSES 5-0. WE ARE RECESSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 5 11. [Reconvene into Regular Session and take any action necessary as a result of the Closed Session.] COUNCIL, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO RECONVENE? SO MOVED. MOTION BY BURT. SECOND. SECOND BY JARED. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THAT MOTION PASSES 6-0, RECONVENED AT 7.27 P.M. AS A RESULT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION, THERE IS NO ACTION FOR COUNCIL TO TAKE, AND THAT WILL TURN US [INVOCATION (to begin approximately at 6:30 p.m.)] TO OUR INVOCATION AND OUR PLEDGE. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY, TO A FULL HOUSE. THIS WILL GET STARTED WITH OUR INVOCATION AND TONIGHT WE HAVE PASTOR SHONDELL GRAY WHO MOVED TO FRISCO FROM THE WASHINGTON DC AREA IN JULY OF 2020 AND WITH HER AND HER HUSBAND THEY FOUNDED GLORY HOUSE OF FRISCO CHURCH A PLACE WHERE GOD IS ALWAYS IN COMPLETE CONTROL AS WELL AS THE FORGIVENESS CAMPAIGN A GLOBAL INITIATIVE INSPIRING A MILLION ACTS OF FORGIVENESS HER AND HER HUSBAND KEVIN HAVE BEEN KEY LEADERS ON THE FRISCO MAYOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. THEY'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 15 YEARS AND HAVE THREE CHILDREN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PRAYING FOR US THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. IT IS AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND I'M A FIRM BELIEVER THAT NOTHING CATCHES GOD BY SURPRISE AND WHEN I WAS SCHEDULED TO DO THE INVOCATION ON THIS PARTICULAR WEEK. I DID NOT KNOW THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE THE DAY AFTER I LAID A GOOD FRIEND TO REST. YESTERDAY, I CELEBRATED THE LIFE OF A FRISCO RESIDENT, A VERY PROUD FRISCO RESIDENT, AMAZING FRISCO RESIDENT. HIS NAME IS TYLER NELSON. AND IT PUTS THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE WHEN YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT REALLY MATTERS. AND SO TODAY AS I PRAY, I'M GOING TO PRAY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF TYLER. HE LIVED AN AMAZING LIFE. I'M SURE HE NEVER THOUGHT THAT HE WAS GOING TO PASS AWAY AT AGE 39, LEAVING THREE [00:05:03] CHILDREN AGE SEVEN, FOUR, AND ONE. AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, IN TYLER'S FINAL DAYS, HE WASN'T THINKING ABOUT OR HIS MIND WASN'T ON WHAT AGENDA ITEMS WERE ON THE COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT. IN TYLER'S FINAL DAYS, HE WASN'T CONCERNED WITH WHO'S ON THE BALLOT. AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO ALL OF THE CANDIDATES THAT ARE IN THE RUNOFF, I DON'T THINK HIS MIND WAS EVEN ON WHO WOULD CLAIM VICTORY ON JUNE 13TH. I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL WITH TYLER JUST A LITTLE OVER TWO WEEKS AGO, AND WHAT I KNOW HIS MIND WAS ON AT THAT TIME WAS, WILL I BE HERE TOMORROW? AND IF I AM, WHOSE LIFE CAN I TOUCH? AND SO I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE TO RECALIBRATE. AND WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT AT THE CORE OF EVERYTHING, WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT, WHAT ARE PEOPLE GOING TO SAY ABOUT HOW WE MAKE THEM FEEL WHEN WE'RE IN THE ROOM? AND THAT'S ALL HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT. EACH PERSON THAT'S IN THE ROOM WITH ME, DO I LEAVE THEM FEELING BETTER? DO I LEAVE THEM FEELING HOPEFUL? DO I LEAVE THEM FEELING FULL OF JOY? AND SO WHEREAS I RESPECT, I PROMISE YOU I DO, I RESPECT THE RIGHT FOR US TO RIP APART POLICY, BUT WHAT I PRAY IS THAT WE DON'T TEAR APART PEOPLE. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS OUR PASSIONS IN A WAY THAT WE DON'T POLLUTE REPUTATIONS. I'M GRATEFUL THAT ALL OF YOU ARE HERE TODAY BECAUSE I LOVE PEOPLE AND I'M EXCITED TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY BECAUSE IT MATTERS. IT DOES MATTER, BUT I AM JUST ASKING TONIGHT. IN HONOR OF MY FRIEND, IF YOUR PASSION CAN BE CONTROLLED, IF YOUR PASSION CAN BE SPOKEN WITH PEACE, AND IF YOUR PASSION CAN BE SPOKEN WITHOUT BEING ARROWS IN THE HEARTS OF YOUR FELLOW RESIDENTS, THAT'S JUST WHAT I'M ASKING TODAY. BECAUSE I WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY, AND I'LL HEAR IT BETTER IF IT'S SAID WITH LOVE. TRUTH SPOKEN IN LOVE IS SO POWERFUL, AND I'LL HEAR IT BETTER THAT WAY, AND I'LL BE ABLE TO PONDER IT BETTER THAT WAY. AND THEN I CAN FORM A PERSPECTIVE THAT MAYBE I DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE IF I HEAR IT THAT WAY. BUT IF I HEAR IT WRAPPED IN HATRED, OR I HEAR IT WRAPPED IN DISGUST, DISGUST OR ANY OTHER THING, IT MAKES IT JUST A LITTLE HARDER FOR ME TO REALLY HEAR THE HEART OF WHAT I KNOW YOU CAME TO SAY AND WHAT YOU CAME TO SAY I DO WANT TO HEAR. SO AS I PRAY TODAY, FATHER GOD, I THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER DAY TO BE HERE. I THANK YOU, LORD GOD, FOR ALL WHO HAVE COME TODAY. AND I PRAY, LORD, THAT YOUR PRESENCE WILL FILL THIS ROOM, THAT IT WILL BE ONE, LORD GOD, THAT ALLOWS EVERYONE TO FEEL YOUR LOVE. I PRAY FOR PEACE, THE PEACE THAT PASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING. I PRAY, LORD GOD, THAT YOU GIVE WISE COUNSEL. LORD GOD, I PRAY FOR OUR LEADERS TODAY. I PRAY THAT YOU STRENGTHEN THEM, STRENGTHEN THEIR HEARTS, LORD GOD. I PRAY THAT ANY HEAVINESS THAT THEY HAVE HAD TO CARRY, I PRAY THAT YOU LIFT IT UP OFF OF THEM. I PRAY THAT THEY ARE REMINDED, LORD GOD, OF HOW MUCH YOU LOVE THEM AND HOW MUCH THEY ARE VALUED, LORD GOD, IN THE MIDST OF CRITICISM AND IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO FACE. I PRAY THAT TODAY THAT THEY WILL FEEL THE VALUE THAT WE DO HAVE FOR THOSE WHO DO COMMIT THEMSELVES TO SERVE IN OUR CITY. AND GOD, I PRAY FOR OUR [00:10:01] CANDIDATES THAT ARE RUNNING, AND I PRAY, LORD GOD, THAT YOU WILL BLESS BOTH OF THEIR CAMPAIGNS. I PRAY, LORD GOD, THAT YOU WILL GIVE THEM INSIGHT AND CLARITY AND PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT THE NEEDS ARE IN THIS CITY. I PRAY THAT YOU WILL SHOW THEM HOW TO REPRESENT THE RESIDENTS HERE WELL, LORD GOD. AND I PRAY, LORD GOD, THAT AT SOME POINT THEY WON'T RUN AGAINST EACH OTHER, BUT THEY WILL JUST RUN FOR FRISCO. AND SO, GOD, I ASK YOU. TO DO WHAT YOU DO SO WELL, AND THAT IS BEING ABLE TO TOUCH EACH ONE OF US INDIVIDUALLY IN A WAY THAT WE KNOW IT'S YOU. AND I PRAY THAT YOU USE US AS VESSELS, LORD GOD, TO SPREAD YOUR JOY, YOUR PEACE, AND YOUR LOVE. AND FOR ANYONE TODAY WHO HAS NOT HEARD IT, I LOVE YOU. AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'RE LOVED, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE. IN JESUS' NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. NEXT, WE HAVE OUR PLEDGE, AND WE ARE BEING HOSTED BY OUR BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF COLLIN COUNTY. IF YOU GUYS WOULDN'T MIND COMING TO THE STAGE. PEOPLE LOVE TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO ALL YOUR ADORING FANS THAT CAME HERE JUST FOR YOU TONIGHT. SWEARING IN A NEW COUNCILWOMAN TONIGHT. SO BRIAN LIVINGSTON IS COMPLETING HIS NINE YEARS OF COUNCIL SERVICE TO THE CITY OF FRISCO. TONIGHT, IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, WE'RE IN BRITTANY KOHLBERG, WHO IS STARTING HER JOURNEY HERE AT THE CITY OF FRISCO. WE'RE GOING TO SEE BRITTANY. THE MISSION THAT YOU GIVE THE NEW COUNCIL PERSON IS WORDS OF WISDOM. THEY START THIS JOURNEY IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THIS IS WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO. INTRODUCE YOUR NAME. YOU CAN SAY WHAT SCHOOL YOU GO TO, WHAT GRADE. AND THEN I WANT YOU TO TURN TO BRITTANY, AND I WANT YOU TO GIVE HER EITHER SOME ADVICE OR WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT AS SHE STARTS THIS JOURNEY. MY NAME IS MASA, AND I GO TO CLARK MIDDLE SCHOOL. I'M IN THE SIXTH GRADE. AND BRITTANY, YOU GOT THIS. DON'T BE SCARED. EVA, AND I'M SEVEN YEARS OLD, AND I GO TO CHRISTY ELEMENTARY, AND I'M IN FIRST GRADE. BRITTANY, I THINK YOU CAN DO THIS. DON'T EVER GIVE UP. MY NAME IS MRS. N. I'M EIGHT YEARS OLD, AND I GO TO ROGERS ELEMENTARY, AND I'M IN SECOND GRADE. AND BRITTANY, DON'T NEVER GIVE UP. I'M SEVEN YEARS OLD AND I GO TO ROGERS AND BRITTANY. I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY [00:15:01] TOO. I'M JOSEPH. I'M IN ROGERS ELEMENTARY. I'M SEVEN YEARS OLD AND I GO TO FIRST GRADE. BRITTANY, DON'T EVER GIVE UP AND JUST BE YOURSELF. THE GARDEN AND BRITTANY I'LL GIVE UP HERE FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. [Leadership Frisco Class XXIX presentation to the City.] SO OUR NEXT ITEM IS LEADERSHIP FRISCO, CLASS 29. IT'S GOING TO GIVE US A QUICK PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE ARE SO PROUD ON BEHALF OF CLASS 29 FOR LEADERSHIP FRISCO, WE WANT TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS CHECK FOR $45,000. WE HAVE RAISED THIS MONEY TO SUPPORT THE FUTURE RENOVATION EFFORTS OF HOPE PARK AND TO CREATE A SHADE STRUCTURE FOR KIDS OF ALL ABILITIES AND WE'RE SO EXCITED. IT WAS SO WE'RE SO PROUD TO BE PART OF THE CITY OF FRISCO AND TO GRADUATE INTO LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU. FRISCO, LET'S GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THANK YOU. PURDY WITH THE FRISCO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THEY'RE TAKING APPLICATIONS RIGHT NOW. SO ITEM SIX IS RECOGNITION OF SERVICE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER [Recognition of Service for Council Member Brian Livingston.] BRIAN LIVINGSTON. SO BRIAN, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AND FAMILY AND COUNCIL IF YOU WANT TO JOIN. ALRIGHT, SO BRIAN LIVINGSTON, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE TALL GUY ON COUNCIL, COMPLETED NINE YEARS. I THINK WE'VE GOT A QUICK VIDEO THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHOW OF SOME OF HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS. [00:21:32] YEAH, IF YOU WANT TO DO IT. CSH AS WE RETIRE ON COUNCIL, BUT BRIAN, YOU AND I HAVE BASICALLY SERVED ALL NINE YEARS TOGETHER. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR. WE'VE GOTTEN TO WORK ON A LOT OF AMAZING PROJECTS TOGETHER. WE SAW HIGHLIGHTED HERE IN THE VIDEO. YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY WHEN YOU CHOOSE TO TAKE THIS POSITION, YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING INTO. BRITTANY, THERE'S STILL A DOOR UNTIL YOU SIT IN THE SEAT. AND IT COMES WITH... A LOT OF CRITICISM. IT COMES WITH A LOT OF BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS. IT COMES WITH A LOT OF SACRIFICE. THAT INCLUDES FAMILY SACRIFICE. I WANT TO THANK YOUR FAMILY FOR LOANING BRIAN TO THE CITY OF FRISCO FOR THE LAST NINE YEARS. AND IT COMES WITH A LOT OF PERSONAL SACRIFICE TOO. THERE'S A LOT OF LATE NIGHTS. YOU'LL SEE THE THE FIRST AND THIRD TUESDAYS AT COUNCIL MEETINGS. IN BETWEEN THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER MEETINGS. THERE'S TALKING TO CITIZENS. THERE'S BEING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. THERE'S ANNUAL WORK SESSIONS. THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO PLANNING THE CITY OF FRISCO, AND SO ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF FRISCO, BRIAN, THAT BENEFITED FROM A LOT OF YOUR TIME AND EFFORTS, I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON RETIREMENT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. MEETING WE ALL THE WAY TO HERE. IT'S BEEN ONE HECK OF A RIDE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING THE FIRST PERSON TO GET ON THE CAMPAIGN WHEN I WAS RUNNING FOR OFFICE, PROVIDING YOUR GUIDANCE, YOUR MENTORSHIP. MOST PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM DON'T KNOW THIS, BUT BRIAN ENDORSED ME. HE GAVE ME THE MOST AMOUNT OF HELP THAT I COULD POSSIBLY IMAGINE. HE SHOWED ME HOW I COULD RUN A CAMPAIGN, WAS THERE AND WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR MY CALLS, WHETHER THEY WERE. ONE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING OR THREE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON, YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE, BRIAN. AND I JUST WANT THE RESIDENTS OF FRISCO TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE LOSING A POINT OF LIGHT TONIGHT, BUT THEY'RE ALSO GAINING ANOTHER POINT OF LIGHT AS WELL. AND BRIAN, HOPEFULLY YOU UNDERSTAND HOW DEEP OF AN IMPACT YOU'VE HAD, NOT ONLY ON DEVELOPING THE CITY OF FRISCO, BUT ITS FUTURE LEADERS. AND FOR THAT, YOU HAVE MY UTMOST RESPECT, SIR. SO I KIND OF WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT TOO. WHEN I FIRST DECIDED TO RUN, I CONTACTED BRIAN AND WE HAD A QUICK SIT DOWN WITH CHRIS AND HE SAID, I'M GOING TO TALK YOU OUT OF IT. AND HE TRIED AND I FOOLISHLY ACCEPTED. BUT NO, BUT BRIAN, YOU REALLY HAVE DONE A GREAT SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. NINE LONG YEARS. YOU'VE OVERSEEN A LOT OF PROJECTS HERE. BEING ON COUNCIL, JUST SO YOU KNOW, IS LIKE DOG YEARS. ONE YEAR IS EQUAL TO LIKE SEVEN, I PROMISE YOU. JEFF WAS CORRECT. JEFF, YOU LOOKED A LOT YOUNGER BACK THEN. [00:25:05] BUT NO, BRIAN, I SINCERELY THANK YOU. WHEN STEPHANIE AND I MOVED HERE 13 YEARS AGO, YOU WERE JUST GETTING STARTED AND YOU HELPED BUILD THE CITY. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. MY FAMILY DOES TOO. AND I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING... BIGGER THINGS DOWN THE ROAD AS WELL. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE. THANK YOU. BRIAN, IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE SERVING WITH YOU FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN SOMEONE WHO WAS WILLING TO LET ME BOUNCE IDEAS OFF OF, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. SOMETIMES YOU WOULD TELL ME I'M CRAZY AND THAT THAT WOULD NEVER WORK AND I APPRECIATED YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHY AND HOW POTENTIALLY THINGS COULD BE IMPROVED. I APPRECIATED YOU ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S WAYS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PUSH THINGS AND MAKE THEM BETTER AND I APPRECIATED YOUR CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM AND HOW YOU BROUGHT THAT TO COUNCIL. LADIES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR DAD WITH US FOR THE LAST NINE YEARS AND YOUR HUSBAND. I KNOW THAT WAS A BIG ASK. ESPECIALLY WHEN I LOOKED AT THOSE PICTURES OF YOU, YOU GUYS WERE BABIES. AND BY THE WAY, ONE'S GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL TOMORROW FOR SHARING HIM WITH US FOR THESE LAST NINE YEARS. SO, BRIAN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE STILL GOING TO GET PHONE CALLS. SO. EXPECT IT SORRY BRIAN AGAIN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND DEDICATION TO THE CITY TO SERVE ON THIS COUNCIL EVERY SINGLE DAY NOT TO MENTION NINE YEARS IS A SACRIFICE NOT ONLY A PERSONAL SACRIFICE BUT A FAMILY SACRIFICE AND FOR YOUR SACRIFICE I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR SERVING THIS GREAT CITY OF FRISCO IT OCCURS TO ME THAT I THINK WE MET WHEN I WAS IN LEADERSHIP FRISCO. HERE. SO IT'S BEEN, WHAT A NICE CAPSTONE TO SIT NEXT TO YOU FOR THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS OF YOUR TERM ON COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR WHISPERING IN MY EAR AND TELLING ME HOW TO PUSH THE RED BUTTON AND ALLOWING, JUST GIVING THE HINTS AND WELCOMING ME SO GRACIOUSLY, ACTUALLY, WHEN I WENT INTO MY FIRST MEETING AS A COUNCIL MEMBER AND KIND OF JUST COACHING ME ALONG A LITTLE BIT. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT. AND I'LL PROBABLY BE CALLING YOU TOO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, NINE YEARS LATER IT'S NOT GOING TO GO AWAY JUST BECAUSE YOU WALKED OFF THE DAYS. BUT I KNOW YOU HAVE GREAT PLANS. THANK YOU, BRITTANY AND GIRLS. BOTH OF YOU, CONGRATULATIONS. TEXAS TECH, LAURA. ALL RIGHT, FRANK, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, I'M HONORED THAT ALL OF YOU CAME OUT HERE TO SEE ME TONIGHT. I WASN'T EXPECTING A CROWD THIS BIG. IT'S NICE TO SEE SO MANY FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS, SOME I'VE LOST CONTACT WITH, SOME THAT PROBABLY CHANGED THEIR MINDS ABOUT SUPPORTING ME AT LEAST ONE ELECTION, SOME OF YOU CAME AROUND TO OTHERS, BUT HOPEFULLY AS MY TIME FROM COUNCIL GETS LONGER AND LONGER, WE REALIZE WE WERE JUST POLITICAL ADVERSARIES AND NOT PERSONAL ENEMIES, AND WE CAN REKINDLE FRIENDSHIPS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN STRETCHED THEN OVER NINE YEARS AND RECONNECT. I WANT TO FIRST CONGRATULATE MS. BRITTANY ON... REPLACING ME, LET'S GIVE HER A HAND. IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WE CONTINUED THE BEAUTY AND BRAINS IN PLACE SIX AND SO THAT'S WHY I ASKED HER TO RUN. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE LAURA AS WELL ON WINNING HER REELECTION. WE HAVE A STRONG COUNCIL MEMBER AND ADVOCATE FOR THE CITY. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS BOTH PAST AND PRESENT, Y'ALL ADDED SOMETHING TO ME. I WOULD LIKE TO, NOT TO DIMINISH ANYONE'S ROLE, BUT I'D LIKE JUST TO POINT OUT TWO PEOPLE. ONE IS FORMER COUNCILMAN JOHN KEATING. HE'S THE FIRST EVER REAL LIFE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER THAT I MET IN PERSON. HE RETURNED MY CALL FIRST AND WE WENT AND HAD COFFEE AND HE TALKED ME INTO CONTINUING WHAT I HAD ALREADY STARTED. AND I DON'T THINK HE'S HERE, BUT COUNCILMAN WILL SOWELL. NO, JOHN'S HERE. YEAH, I POINTED TO YOU. I THOUGHT. I DIDN'T. I DID IN MY EYES AT LEAST. AND FORMER COUNCILMAN WILL SAL, WHO WAS JUST SORT OF ANOTHER MENTOR TO ME. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE. HE'S A LITTLE BIT SHORTER THAN ME. BUT HE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM TELLING ME EXACTLY WHAT HE THOUGHT OF MY THOUGHTS OR OPINIONS, AND I RESPECT THAT MORE NOW, MORE THAN EVER. AND OBVIOUSLY I WANT TO THANK MY WIFE, BRITTANY, FOR PUTTING UP WITH THIS. [00:30:05] FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW HER, SHE'S THE MOST NON-POLITICAL PERSON IN FRISCO. SHE JUST DOES NOT PAY ATTENTION AND DOESN'T CARE UNLESS SOMEONE SAYS SOMETHING MEAN ABOUT ME, AND THEN SHE HIGHLIGHTS IT AND SENDS IT TO ME. AND TO MY TWO DAUGHTERS, WHO HAVE SPENT MORE THAN HALF OF THEIR LIVES WITH ME COMING HERE EVERY FIRST AND THIRD TUESDAY, PLUS OTHER MEETINGS, SO I TRY NOT TO MISS A LOT, BUT I KNOW IT WAS A SACRIFICE, AND I DO APPRECIATE IT, AND LISTEN TO ME TALK ON THE PHONE ABOUT STUFF THAT THEY THINK IS RIDICULOUS. MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO THANK THE CITIZENS OF FRISCO FOR TRUSTING ME FOR NINE YEARS TO REPRESENT YOU. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE, AND I WILL STAY AS INVOLVED AS I NEED TO BE, BUT DON'T EXPECT TO HEAR A LOT FROM ME. I HOPE THAT MY TIME ON COUNCIL IS REMEMBERED FOR, AS COUNCILWOMAN ROMMEL MENTIONED, I TRIED TO MAKE THINGS BETTER. I TRIED TO REPRESENT THE TAXPAYERS AS IF I WAS SPENDING MY OWN MONEY. YOU KNOW, WE GOT THROUGH COVID IN 2020, AND I THINK WE LED THE WAY. I THINK WE... KIND OF SHOWED THE WAY IT CAN BE DONE AND WE GOT THE CITY BACK OPEN AND WE PROTECTED BUSINESSES. WE GOT CRITICIZED FOR IT, BUT I THINK IT WAS THE RIGHT CALL. THAT COUNCIL WAS GOOD. WE OPENED UP A LIBRARY THAT'S LEADING IN THE REGION. IT'S AMAZING WHAT OUR LIBRARY IS THESE DAYS. WE HAVE THE PGA HERE AND THE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP COMING NEXT YEAR THAT'S GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THE CITY. THAT'S AMAZING FROM WHAT IT STARTED AS. AND, YOU KNOW, I WASN'T THE BIGGEST FAN OF IT TO START, BUT WE KEPT PUSHING AND PUSHING. AND I WANTED MORE AND MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED. AND THEN WE GOT A BIG SUPPORTER IN THAT HELPED FUND IT AND MADE THE DEAL A NO-BRAINER. AND WE MONETIZED FLOODPLAIN LAND. AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. BUT THIS IS A TEAM SPORT. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO REALIZE IS WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER. SO FOR BEING A PART OF THIS, IT'S BEEN TRULY AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE SERVING WITH ALL OF YOU. AND IN CLOSING, I'M GOING TO BE REAL BRIEF, BUT I WANT TO SAY THIS. NONE OF US UP HERE ARE NEAR AS BAD IN PERSON AS FACEBOOK MAKES YOU THINK THAT WE ARE. I WOULD INCLUDE MYSELF AND EVEN MAYOR CHENEY IN THAT. A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT YOU HEAR IS JUST NOT TRUE OR EXAGGERATED OR MISQUOTED. SO, YOU KNOW, MY WIFE AND KIDS GOT HERE EARLY WITH SOME FRIENDS. I MEAN I THINK SOME OF YOU, I'M NOT GOING TO POINT OUT PEOPLE, NEED JUST TO LOOK AT YOURSELF AND HOW YOU TREAT OTHER PEOPLE AND JUST BASIC RESPECT AND CIVILITY. ATTACK THE CANDIDATE BUT LEAVE THEIR FAMILIES OUT OF IT AND THAT'S I THINK THAT'S THAT'S IMPORTANT. ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE DONE SINCE THE TIME, OH I MISSED ONE PERSON THAT I DIDN'T SEE HERE I DON'T KNOW HOW I MISSED HIM BUT DENTON COUNTY COMMISSIONER RYAN WILLIAMS. IT REPRESENTS PART OF FRISCO. HE'S A FRIEND, AND HE'S AS TALL AS ME, TOO, SO IT'S FUN TAKING PICTURES WITH HIM. YEAH, NOT FOR YOU. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I DID VERY RECENTLY, ONCE I REALIZED MY TIME WAS COMING TO AN END, IS I GOT OFF OF ALL THESE POLITICAL CHATS AND POLITICAL FACEBOOK GROUPS AND, MAN, LIFE'S BETTER. IT'S 900 PEOPLE AND 30 OR 40 OF YOU ARE ARGUING WITH EACH OTHER AND MAKES OUR CITY LOOK LIKE WE'RE INHABITED BY FOOLS. AND WE NEED TO GET OFF OF THAT. AND WE NEED TO QUIT JUST SAYING THINGS TO BECOME TIKTOK FAMOUS. AND WE NEED TO QUIT JUST TRYING TO... PROMOTE OURSELVES. IF YOU HAVE AN ARGUMENT, BY ALL MEANS, SAY IT. SAY IT LOUD, SAY IT PROUD, BUT JUST REALIZE YOU REPRESENT THE CITY. AND I'M GOING TO ADMIT I'VE BEEN GUILTY OF IT AS ANYONE ELSE. I'M NOT CLAIMING TO BE HOLIER THAN THOU, BUT REALIZE WHEN YOU GET UP HERE AND YOU SPEAK, THAT'S GOING TO BE CLIPPED AND IT'S GOING TO BE SHARED. SO YEAH, I JUST WANT TO CLOSE WITH THAT. I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER, FRISCO. I THINK I, YOU KNOW, I CAN DO BETTER AND I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF WE COULD JUST PAUSE AND THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK. I THINK THAT'S WHAT MY MOM USED TO TELL ME TO DO, AND MY WIFE, AND SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE. BUT THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. I'M GOING TO LET YOU GUYS GET ON WITH THE MEETING BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME COMMENTS TONIGHT. [00:35:20] ALL RIGHT, LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE LIVINGSTON FAMILY ONE MORE TIME. THANK YOU. [Issuance of the Statement of Elected Officer, Oath of Office, and Certificate of Election to Laura Rummel, City Council Place 5. (CSO/KM)] [Issuance of the Statement of Elected Officer, Oath of Office, and Certificate of Election to Brittany Colberg, City Council Place 6. (CSO/KM)] ISSUE THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR LAUREL RUMMEL. AND BRITTANY KOHLBERG. THE CEREMONIAL, LAURA AND BOTH BRITTANY HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED ALL OF THE REQUIRED PAPERWORK, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO READ THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR YOU ALL. REPEAT AFTER ME. I, LAURA RUMMEL, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL PLACE 5 OF THE CITY OF FRISCO, TEXAS. I, LAURA RUMMEL, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL PLACE 5 OF THE CITY OF FRISCO, TEXAS. AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE. AND WILL, 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 CONFLICT OF INTEREST, THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW, THE MISUSE OF OFFICIAL INFORMATION, AND ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS, SO HELP ME GOD. AND COMPLY WITH THE FRISCO CITY CHARTER RELATIVE TO THE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW, THE MISUSE OF OFFICIAL INFORMATION, AND ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS, SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS. AGAIN, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE NOT HERE FOR ME, SO I WILL MAKE THIS VERY QUICK. ONE, IT HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO SERVE HERE IN FRISCO FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME ANOTHER THREE TO SERVE YOU. AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T VOTE FOR ME, I AM HERE TO SERVE YOU. THIS IS A COMMUNITY THAT I DEARLY LOVE. I'VE LIVED HERE FOR OVER 20 YEARS, AND IT'S ONE THAT I WILL DO MY BEST TO ENSURE THAT WE MAINTAIN OUR CULTURE, OUR COMPASSION, AND OUR SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU IN THE FUTURE. AND I'LL TURN IT OVER. OH, AND I HAD MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND UP HERE WITH ME, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO THANK MY PARENTS WHO ARE BACK HERE AS WELL WHO CAME OUT TO SUPPORT ME, WHICH IF YOU DID NOT SEE THEM AT THE POLLS, THEY WERE OUT THERE ALL THE TIME. THANK YOU. OKAY, AGAIN, SHE'S ALREADY COMPLETED ALL THE REQUIRED PAPERWORK, SO WE'RE JUST READING THIS FOR CEREMONIAL PURPOSES. ARE YOU READY? I, BRITTANY KOHLBERG, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL, PLACE 6, OF THE CITY OF FRISCO, TEXAS. I, BRITTANY KOHLBERG, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL, PLACE 6, 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 OF THIS STATE. AND WILL DO MY BEST, EXCUSE ME, DO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO 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 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW, THE MISUSE OF OFFICIAL INFORMATION, AND ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS, SO HELP ME GOD. AND COMPLY WITH THE FRISCO CITY CHARTER RELATIVE TO THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST, THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW, THE MISUSE OF OFFICIAL INFORMATION, AND ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS, SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS. [00:40:02] THANK YOU. I DIDN'T PREPARE A SPEECH, BUT BRIAN STOLE MY JOKE TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR SHOWING UP FOR ME. 26 YEARS AGO, MY FAMILY AND I MOVED TO FRISCO, RAISED BOTH OF MY GIRLS HERE. MY OLDEST DAUGHTER IS NOT HERE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE SHE'S ABOUT TO MAKE US A GRAND, GRANDPARENTS, ABOUT TO HAVE, YEP, AND SHE'S SUPER, SUPER, SUPER PREGNANT. SO WE GAVE HER A PASS, BUT MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, AVA'S HERE AND I'M SO THANKFUL. AND I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, I LOVE THIS CITY SO MUCH. EIGHT YEARS AGO, I SAT IN THIS CITY HALL AT LEADERSHIP FRISCO, WHICH IS PERFECT THAT Y'ALL ARE HERE, AND WATCHED WHAT WAS CALLED CITY GOVERNMENT DAY AND GOT INSPIRED BY JOHN LETTLER AND GOT INSPIRED BY GEORGE PURIFOY AND SAID, I WANT TO DO SOMETHING FOR THIS CITY. AND THAT MOTIVATED ME. TO APPLY FOR PLANNING AND ZONING AND FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF SERVING WITH SOME AMAZING CITIZENS ON PLANNING AND ZONING WHICH ENDED UP LEADING TO THIS ABILITY TO RUN FOR OFFICE. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR PUTTING YOUR TRUST IN ME. I WANT TO THANK THE PAST LEADERS. WE ARE SITTING UNDER THE SHADE TREES OF SOME AMAZING VISIONARIES THAT FOR DECADES BELIEVED IN THIS CITY AND BELIEVED IN YOU ALL AND I HOPE TO BE A PART WITH MY COLLEAGUES. HERE OF PLANTING SOME AMAZING SEEDS FOR OUR FUTURE SHADE TREES THAT WE WILL SIT UNDER. I WANT TO THANK MY HUSBAND FOR BEING SUCH AN AMAZING ROCK IN MY LIFE AND LEADING OUR FAMILY WELL. I CANNOT DO THIS WITHOUT HIM. I HAVE FRIENDS AND FAMILY HERE THAT I JUST WANT TO THANK FOR BEING HERE AND SUPPORTING ME. EVEN MY CHURCH FAMILY THAT PEOPLE FROM VAN ALSTYNE DROVE HERE AND I'M JUST SO THANKFUL. THIS TRULY MEANS A LOT. THIS IS VERY OVERWHELMING. AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL AND FRISCO IS FABULOUS. LET'S KEEP IT SHINING BRIGHT. WE MAY HAVE A FEW PEOPLE WANTING TO COME IN AND OUT. SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE JUST A FEW MINUTE RECESS. AND SO THE FAMILY CAN TAKE SOME PICTURES IF THEY LIKE AS WELL. SO BRITTANY, WE'LL LET YOU BE YOUR FIRST OFFICIAL MOTION. [Recess for Reception.] DO WHAT? OH, I WASN'T LISTENING. ADJOURN FOR A QUICK RECESS. MOTION TO ADJOURN FOR A QUICK RECESS. MOTION BY BRITTANY, SENDING ME TO 6-0. WE'LL GET STARTED IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. [Reconvene into Regular Session.] OKAY, COUNCIL, RECONVENE. 6-0, RECONVENE TO REGULAR SET 8-22 TO OUR REPORT SECTION. [Development Services activity monthly update report for the month of April 2026.] 13 IS OUR DEVELOPMENT. WHAT LORD SAYS BEFORE YOU, YOU. IS THAT SPORTS BUSINESS JOURNAL CAME OUT WITH THEIR 50 BEST SPORTS BUSINESS CITIES AND [Visit Frisco April 2026 Sales and Marketing Report and World Cup updates.] FRISCO WAS LISTED IN THAT. SO WE'RE NUMBER 46 BUT WE'RE GOING TO WORK OUR WAY UP TO THE TOP. BUT IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY'VE DONE FRISCO AS A STANDALONE CITY AND NOT MIXED WITH THE REST OF THE METROPLEX AND SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT AND THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE TOURISM INDUSTRY WITH ALL THE SPORTS RELATED ACTIVITIES HERE. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON MY REPORT. COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE? MARLA, NO QUESTIONS, BUT I KNOW WE ARE PLANNING FOR THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS TO DO SOMETHING WITH SOCCER BALLS, IS IT? CAN YOU GIVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, AND IS THAT [00:45:01] SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BE INVOLVED IN? HAS IT PASSED? I MEAN, UPDATES ON THAT? YEP, IT'S ON JUNE 4TH AT 9 A.M. AT WARREN SPORTS COMPLEX, AND WE'RE GOING TO SPELL OUT 2026. WITH 1,200 SOCCER BALLS. SO THERE'LL ACTUALLY BE AN ADJUDICATOR ON SITE THAT WILL BE MONITORING. AND IF WE MAKE IT AND THE WIND DOESN'T BLOW CRAZY AND THE BALLS STAY IN PLACE, THEN WE'LL GET AWARDED THAT DAY. SO ANYBODY'S WELCOME TO COME. IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. AND REAL QUICK, I DID JUMP OVER ITEMS 11 AND 12, WHICH WAS... NOMINATING THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, WE ACTUALLY DO NOT HAVE TO DO THAT. THAT WILL BE POSTPONED UNTIL [Fire Department report on incident responses and educational activities for the month of April 2026.] AFTER THE MAYORAL ELECTION. THAT'S WHY THOSE WERE SKIPPED OVER. AND THAT WILL TAKE US TO ITEM 15, WHICH IS OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. CLAY CARPENTER, ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF. WE WERE THE TEXAS HEALTH FRISCO HOSPITAL NORTH OF TOWN RECOGNIZED THE FRISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT AS EMS. PROVIDER OF THE YEAR FOR 2025. THEY HIGHLIGHTED A CRITICAL INCIDENT WHERE CREWS RESPOND TO A PREGNANT FEMALE WHO IS EXPERIENCING A SIGNIFICANT MEDICAL EMERGENCY. OUR CREWS IN THE FIELD WERE ABLE TO TREAT HER WITH BLOOD, DELIVERING BLOOD TO HER. SHE WAS LOSING BLOOD QUITE RAPIDLY. WE DELIVERED HER TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE SHE DELIVERED A BABY AND HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME. SO VERY PROUD OF THAT AND BEING ABLE TO DELIVER BLOOD IN THE FIELD. VERY PROUD OF THAT. THEN WE ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WE DID START EIGHT NEW FIREFIGHTERS ON MAY 4TH. THEY ARE WORKING ON WEEK THREE OF A FOUR-WEEK PROBATIONARY FIREFIGHTER ORIENTATION. THESE POSITIONS ARE FILLS FOR RECENT RETIREMENTS AND ALSO ADDED POSITIONS THAT WERE AUTHORIZED FOR 2026. SO THEY WILL SPEND. THIS WEEK AND THE NEXT WEEK, FINISHING OUT THEIR ORIENTATION, LEARNING WHAT IT IS TO BE A FIREFIGHTER IN FRISCO. AND WITH THAT, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FIRE REPORT? THANK YOU. ITEM 16 IS OUR POLICE [Police Department's crime and statistics reports for the month of April 2026.] DEPARTMENT REPORT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. DAVID SHILSON, CHIEF OF POLICE. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE GREAT PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME CONCERNS AND REPORTS ABOUT VISA FRAUD HERE IN OUR CITY, AND I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE OUR SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE OF HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS HERE TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT HSI DOES. GOOD EVENING. TRAVIS PICKARD, I'M THE SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE FOR HSI DALLAS, WHICH COVERS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS AND THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA. APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME A FEW MOMENTS IN FRONT OF YOU HERE THIS EVENING. SO HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS. WE ARE THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATIVE ARM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. OUR PRIMARY FOCUS AND MANDATE IS ON IDENTIFYING, DISRUPTING, DISMANTLING TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGED IN A MYRIAD OF CRIMINAL SCHEMES. TO INCLUDE VISA FRAUD, WHERE THE PRIMARY PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATIVE AGENCY CHARGED WITH COMBATING THAT CRIME. NEXT SLIDE. THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT I WANT TO COMMUNICATE TO THE COUNCIL AND TO THE CITY OF FRISCO, THE EASIEST MECHANISM TO REPORT ALLEGATIONS OF VISA FRAUD, YOU'LL SEE UP THERE ON YOUR SCREEN, THE HSI TIP LINE, 877-4-HSI-TIP. THAT NUMBER IS BANNED 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. CALL THAT NUMBER. YOU CAN REMAIN ANONYMOUS. YOU CAN PROVIDE YOUR INFORMATION. THAT INFORMATION IS IMMEDIATELY COMPILED, DISTRIBUTED TO FIELD OFFICES AROUND THE COUNTRY WITH JURISDICTION OVER THAT PARTICULAR COMPLAINT. YOU ALSO HAVE AN ONLINE WEB FORM AVAILABLE TO REPORT THAT SAME INFORMATION. AGAIN, YOU CAN REMAIN COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS. WE RECOGNIZE THE ISSUE SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. HERE IN NORTH TEXAS, I'VE GOT 300 CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS. INVESTIGATIVE ANALYSTS AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL DEDICATED TO COMBATING THIS THREAT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE TRAVIS BEING HERE [00:50:03] TONIGHT AND I ALSO JUST KIND OF WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY A LOT OF TIMES WE SEE PEOPLE REPORT THINGS, DIFFERENT TYPES OF CRIME, DIFFERENT THINGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE OFFICIAL WAY TO REPORT SUSPECTED VISA FRAUD FROM THE OFFICIAL SOURCE. WE EXPERIENCE THE SAME THING. PEOPLE REPORT THAT THEIR CAR GOT BROKEN INTO ON A FACEBOOK PAGE. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE CALL THE OFFICIAL CHANNELS TO REPORT CRIME. AND SO THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THAT, AND I APPRECIATE HIM BEING HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THEIR MISSION AND MAKE THE INFORMATION KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC. I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS GOING ON AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION SYSTEM WITH FLOC AND JUST TALK ABOUT THE SUCCESSES WE'VE SEEN WITH IT OVER THE PAST YEAR. SO JUST IN 2025, OUR FLOC SYSTEM HAS LED TO 128 ARRESTS AND MOST OF THESE ARE FELONIES. THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE EITHER DRIVING A STOLEN VEHICLE THROUGH OUR CITY. OR SOME OTHER SERIOUS FELONY THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN ABOUT HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THIS SYSTEM. WE'VE RECOVERED 43 STOLEN VEHICLES, LOCATED A MISSING PERSON, AND RECOVERED THREE FIREARMS. AND SO THAT'S JUST IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THIS PROGRAM. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AS ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT WE'RE DOING TO HELP KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE AND WORK SMARTER, USE OUR RESOURCES EFFICIENTLY SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING OUR PART TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. WITH THAT, YOU HAVE OUR APRIL MONTHLY REPORT. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. YOU KNOW, ONE QUESTION I HAVE FOR BOTH OF YOU, MAYBE, IS WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC, OBVIOUSLY, ABOUT THE H-1B VISA PROGRAMS AND WHAT IS THE CITY'S ROLE, YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT A CITY MAY EVEN APPROVE THEM, YOU KNOW, BUT HOW COULD THE CITY OF FRISCO HELP YOU DO YOUR JOB? THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE FRISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ALL THE HELP THAT WE COULD ASK FOR. YEAH, AND I THINK JUST TO REITERATE, REPORTING IT TO THE PEOPLE THAT DO THE ENFORCEMENT, AND CERTAINLY THAT'S WHERE HSI COMES IN AND THAT'S WHERE THIS PARTNERSHIP IS SO IMPORTANT TO US. ALL RIGHT. COUNSEL, WHAT OTHER QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? CHIEF, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU. WITHOUT GOING TOO FAR INTO THE WEEDS, I APPRECIATE YOU ESCALATING ONE OF MY ISSUES. THAT I BROUGHT UP TO YOUR ATTENTION TO OUTSIDE AGENCIES. IT RENEWS THE FACT THAT FRISCO IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES, CORRUPTION-FREE, AND I APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES. DEFINITELY ON THAT. THANK YOU. AND ALSO, REGARDING THE FLOCK CAMERAS, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. THERE WAS JUST AN INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, WHERE 12 PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE SHOOTING AND CREATING MAYHEM IN AUSTIN AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE FLOCK CAMERAS AND THEY CROSSED OVER INTO MANOR, TEXAS WHICH HAD FLOCK CAMERAS THEY WERE INSTANTLY CAPTURED SO THANK YOU FOR DOING WHATEVER YOU CAN TO KEEP OUR CITY SAFE AND OUR RESIDENTS SAFE CHIEF THANK YOU [Rail District Update.] ITEM 17 IS OUR RAIL DISTRICT UPDATE GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MATT DUBOIS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING SERVICES. I'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK CONSTRUCTION UPDATE OF THE THREE PROJECTS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. MAIN STREET, THE OVERHEAD LINES HAVE FINALLY BEEN REMOVED, SO WE'RE NOW FINISHING UP THOSE LAST SEGMENTS OF SIDEWALKS BETWEEN 5TH AND COUNTY ROAD. WE'VE GOT THE LAST PIECE OF THE MEDIAN RAIL THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO IN TODAY, BUT WAS DELAYED BECAUSE OF THE RAIN. WE ANTICIPATE THAT GOING IN THIS WEEK. AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING IF WEATHER PERMITS TO DO OUR FINAL INSPECTION WALK THIS FRIDAY TO COMPLETE THAT PROJECT THE PARKING GARAGE IS IS NEARLY COMPLETE AND IS EXPECTED TO OPEN TO THE PUBLIC THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE WHICH IS GOOD NEWS FOR THREE PLAZA AS WE SAID LAST MEETING THAT PROJECT IS DELAYED WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT A COMPLETION DATE OF AUGUST TO FINISH THAT PROJECT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON, WE CURRENTLY ARE WORKING ON, AND WE'LL BE WORKING ON IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS. WE'RE FINISHING UP HARDSCAPE, AND WE'LL BE INSTALLING PAVERS ALONG ELM STREET. WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON INSTALLING THE RIBBON STRUCTURE, STEEL STRUCTURE FOR THE RIBBON STRUCTURE, WHICH SPANS BOTH THE NORTH SIDE [00:55:02] OF MAIN STREET AND THE NORTH LIVING ROOM ALL THE WAY DOWN ACROSS TO ELM STREET. AND THEN NOW THAT THE OVERHEAD LINES ARE REMOVED ON MAIN, THE FRANCHISE UTILITIES ARE MOVING OVER TO THE PLAZA TO START WORK ON REMOVING THOSE EXISTING POWER POLES. WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT CONSTRUCTION BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO BEN? ANY QUESTIONS? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. QUICK UPDATE FOR YOU GUYS TONIGHT. OUR DIGITAL GIFT CARD PROGRAM WILL BE LAUNCHED ON JUNE 1ST, SO VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO LAUNCH THAT PROGRAM. OUR ADVERTISING GRANT PROGRAM IS CLOSED. WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 45 GRANTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO AWARD OR HAVE BEEN AWARDED. WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON MURAL OPTIONS FOR THE SCHOOL OF ROCK BUILDING. DOWNTOWN CIRCULATORS PLAN TO BEGIN THE FIRST PART OF JUNE. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE GOOD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE RAIL DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD. THE MERCHANTS ON MAIN AND OTHER ENTITIES THAT ARE STAKEHOLDERS DOWN THERE, AND WE ALSO CONTINUE TO WORK ON OUR SPECIAL EVENTS AND PROGRAMMING FOR THE 4TH STREET WHEN IT OPENS. I'LL KEEP IT SHORT. WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? BEN, WITH THE DOWNTOWN CIRCULATOR, WILL THAT BE SOMETHING THAT BUSINESSES CAN BRAND AND WRAP THE CIRCULATOR, OR WILL IT HAVE JUST FRISCO LOGOS? IT'LL BE BRANDED ON THE OUTSIDE THE FRISCO RAIL DISTRICT LOGO. INTERIOR. [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.] ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, BEN. ITEM 18 IS COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS. COUNCIL, ANY UPDATES ON SUBCOMMITTEES? YES. SO REGARDING THE RTC, IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREADY, PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE GOZONE APP. SO IF YOU GO TO DCTA.NET, TO ALL THE RESIDENTS OF FRISCO, YOU HAVE AN OPTION TO BE ABLE TO GET MICROTRANSIT. SO BETWEEN THREE TO FIVE DOLLARS AND ALSO FOR SENIOR CITIZENS, IT'S 50% OFF AND FOR DISABLED PERSONS IT'S ALSO THAT. I REMEMBER WHEN COUNCILMAN ELAD AND I MET THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME. TO SEE THAT GO FROM AN IDEA INTO FRUITION WITH THE ENORMOUS WORK OF THE CITY STAFF. IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO, DOWNLOAD IT. I'VE ALSO REACHED OUT TO SOME OF THE EXECUTIVES THERE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET DCTA, AT LEAST IN THE CITY OF FRISCO, TO PROVIDE FREE TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM A POLLING LOCATION. BECAUSE YOU SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO BE ABLE TO GO VOTE. AND IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT KIND OF MICRO TRANSIT, LET'S WORK WITH OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS TO GET THAT DONE. SO PLEASE DOWNLOAD GOZONE. FROM THE FRISCO VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU ALL THAT MONDAY IS MEMORIAL DAY, WHERE WE RECOGNIZE AND REMEMBER AND MOURN THE MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO DIED WHILE SERVING IN THE ARMED FORCES. MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK AT FRISCO COMMONS PARK AT 9 A.M. ON MONDAY, AND WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PLEASE COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE. AND I WANT TO THANK THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WAR AND FRISCO GARDEN CLUB FOR WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS ANNUAL EVENT THAT THEY PUT FORTH. ALSO ON JUNE 14TH IS THE FLAG DAY CELEBRATION AT 1.30 AT WARREN SPORTS COMPLEX. THIS EVENT IS HONORING OUR FLAG AND CELEBRATING OUR FREEDOM. IT'S VERY APPROPRIATE SINCE THIS IS AMERICA'S 250TH. SO I WANT TO THANK THE AMERICAN LEGION, ALSO THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WAR, AND SCOUTING AMERICA FOR LEADING THIS EVENT ON THE 14TH. IT WILL TAKE PLACE NEAR FREEDOM MEADOW, AND ATTENDEES WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DROP OFF THEIR WORN OR TATTERED FLAGS FOR RETIREMENT, BEING DONE PROPERLY BY THE SCOUTS. AND ALSO SOMETHING THAT'S PROBABLY NOT ON MOST PEOPLE'S RADAR, BUT RECENTLY IN RECENT YEARS, WE HAVE ADDED JUNE 12TH AS WOMEN'S VETERANS DAY. SO DON'T FORGET TO THANK A WOMAN VETERAN IF YOU HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. THANKS. ONE MORE THING. YEAH, I HAVE ONE MORE THING. THIS PAST WEEKEND, COUNCILMAN ANDERSON, THACKER, AND MYSELF, WE WENT AND VISITED. THE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP IN PHILADELPHIA IN 2026. AND IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, THE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP IS GOING TO COME HERE TO FRISCO IN MAY OF 2027. AND THEY PUT ON AN AMAZING EVENT. I WAS SHOCKED. THEY HAVE 3,500 VOLUNTEERS. AND APPARENTLY MOST OF THE VOLUNTEERS FOR FRISCO HAVE ALREADY BEEN PICKED. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED ON THAT. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT EVENT FOR THE CITY OF FRISCO. IT'S GOING TO PUT US ON THE NATIONAL STAGE, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE IN A LOT OF WAYS. BECAUSE HOW GREAT OUR CITY IS. BUT I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP HERE NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD, SORRY JUST TO ADD ON TO WHAT JARED SAID, ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AND PART OF FRIDAY I [01:00:02] WAS ABLE TO SPEND TIME WITH THE POLICE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES AND OUR OWN POLICE AND FIRE THAT WENT OUT THERE. AND JUST VERY ENLIGHTENING TO SEE HOW THEY'RE PREPARING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SAFE AND THAT TRAFFIC MOVES EFFECTIVELY. IT DOES TAKE A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS. THERE'S STILL SOME SLOTS OPEN. I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT FRISCO IS GOING TO PULL THIS OFF AND DO A BRILLIANT JOB. AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAD OUR FIRST LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MEETING IN PREPARATION FOR THIS UPCOMING SESSION. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT BE AWARE, THE STATE OF TEXAS ONLY MEETS ONCE EVERY TWO YEARS. AND THIS COMING SPRING WILL BE OUR LEGISLATIVE SESSION. SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF STARTING TO WORK WITH OUR STATE LEGISLATORS. OBVIOUSLY, THEY WILL NOT BE FINALIZED EITHER UNTIL NOVEMBER. BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO START WORKING ON WHAT DO WE AS A CITY WANT TO ACCOMPLISH? WHAT CONCERNS DO WE HAVE GOING ON HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS? AND WHAT DO WE WANT TO ASK FOR HELP FROM OUR REPRESENTATIVES? SO MORE TO COME ON THAT. TODAY WAS THE KICKOFF, AND WE'LL HAVE A LOT TO BE... TO BE HAPPENING IN THE NEAR FUTURE. [CONSENT AGENDA] ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. OKAY, THAT WILL MOVE US TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. IT'S PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA OR CONSIDERED ROUTINE IN NATURE OR CONSIDERED NON-CONTROVERSIAL. THE CONSENT AGENDA CAN BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION. THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL IS REQUIRED TO MOVE ANY ITEM FOR DISCUSSION IN SEPARATE ACTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY VOTE NAY ON ANY SINGLE ITEM WITHOUT COMMENT AND MAY SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD. COUNCIL, I KNOW WE NEED TO PULL ITEM 25. I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO THAT. MOTION BY SECOND BY JARED. FAVOR? AYE. MOTION 6-0. LOOK FOR A MOTION ON ITEMS 19 THROUGH 24. MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 19 THROUGH 24. SECOND. [Consider and act upon whether to direct Staff to submit a written notice of appeal on behalf of the City council to Development Services, pursuant to Subsection 6.19 of the Zoning Ordinance and/or Section 4.02 of the Subdivision Ordinance, regarding action taken by the Planning and Zoning Commission on any site plan or plat. Any written notice of appeal must be submitted to Development Services. (Development Services)] SECOND BY LAURA, SECOND BY ANGELINA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THAT PASSES 6-0. ITEM 25 IS CONSIDER AN ACT UPON WHETHER TO DIRECT STAFF TO SUBMIT A WRITTEN NOTICE OF APPEAL ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION 6.19 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND OR SECTION 4.02 OF THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE. REGARDING ACTION TAKEN BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON ANY SITE PLAN OR PLAT, ANY WRITTEN NOTICE OF APPEAL MUST BE SUBMITTED TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL, JONATHAN HUBBARD, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. SO JUST TO SET THE STAGE FOR THIS ITEM TONIGHT, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND LEGISLATIVE ITEMS VERSUS ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS. SO LEGISLATIVE ITEMS ARE THE ZONING AND SPECIFIC USE PERMIT CASES. THAT GO BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND ON TO CITY COUNCIL, WHERE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE DISCRETION IN THEIR ACTION ON THESE CASES TO APPROVE THEM, TO DENY THEM, TO TABLE THEM WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT SOMETHING IS GOING TO CHANGE, VERSUS ADMINISTRATIVE. ITEMS. SO THESE ARE ITEMS WHERE THE ZONING ENTITLEMENTS ARE ALREADY IN PLACE, THE USE IS PERMITTED, AND IT IS JUST SUBJECT TO MEETING THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, HEIGHT, SETBACK, OPEN SPACE, PARKING, ETC. SO THESE ARE GOING TO BE YOUR PRELIMINARY SITE PLANS, SITE PLANS, AND PLATS. SO THE ITEMS BEFORE YOU ALL FOR DISCUSSION THIS EVENING, A PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF 423 AND LONE STAR RANCH PARKWAY. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECENTLY APPROVED A PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN FOR THAT PROPERTY, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE ZONING, THE ENTITLEMENTS FOR THIS PROPERTY, WERE PUT IN PLACE IN 1993. YOU HAVE A SITE PLAN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF LEBANON. THE ZONING ENTITLEMENTS FOR THIS PROPERTY WERE PUT IN PLACE IN NIGHT 1984. AND THEN LASTLY, YOU HAVE A FINAL PLAT FOR THE PROPERTY AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF BATSFORD DRIVE AND LEBANON. AGAIN, THE ZONING ENTITLEMENTS FOR THIS PROPERTY WERE PUT IN PLACE IN 2000. SO AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE, THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM WHERE ALL OF THE ENTITLEMENTS ARE IN PLACE. THE USE IS PERMITTED SUBJECT TO MEETING ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. SO REAL QUICKLY, THE LAST THING THAT I WANT TO MENTION ON THIS, ONCE THE ENTITLEMENTS ARE IN PLACE, PROJECTS GO THROUGH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION PROCESS. THOSE START WITH THE PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN. SO THIS PROPERTY HERE AT LONE STAR RANCH IN 423 IS AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THAT PROCESS. SO AFTER A PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN, YOU HAVE SITE PLAN, CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS, BUILDING PERMITS, PLATTING. SO THIS IS AT THE VERY BEGINNING. YOU HAVE THE SOUTH SIDE OF LEBANON. THIS PROJECT HERE. IS AT THE SITE PLAN PHASE. IT WAS ALREADY A PLATTED LOT, SO THEY WERE ABLE TO BYPASS THE PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN AND GO STRAIGHT TO SITE PLAN. SO AGAIN, YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS, BUILDING PERMITS, PLATTING, UNLIKE THIS PROJECT HERE AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF BATSFORD. [01:05:01] THEIR PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN AND SITE PLAN WERE APPROVED IN 2020. THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS WERE APPROVED IN 2024. THEY DID MAKE SOME MINOR MODIFICATIONS THAT WERE RECENTLY APPROVED, BUT WHAT WAS ON THE RECENT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA WAS A PLAT, SIMPLY DEDICATING EASEMENT, BUT ALL OF THE PROJECT ITSELF HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED. I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SO TO JUST, YOU KNOW, MAYBE KIND OF HELP SET THE STAGE, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF MISPERCEPTION ABOUT WHAT COUNCIL IS ACTUALLY DISCUSSING TONIGHT. YOU KNOW, AND WHAT'S ACTUALLY WITHIN OUR AUTHORITY. SO WHEN YOU SAY IN ALL THREE CASES THE ZONING WAS APPROVED MORE THAN 25 YEARS AGO, IN SOME CASES 35 YEARS AGO, THAT ZONING INCLUDED PLACES OF WORSHIP AS AN ALLOWED USE. CORRECT. AND IN OUR ZONING, THERE ISN'T ANY DISTINCTION BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL RELIGION TYPES. CORRECT. THEY'RE ALL PLACES OF WORSHIP. SO ON ALL THREE SITES, SINCE ALL THE ZONING IS IN PLACE, THEN THEY HAVE THE RIGHTS TO BUILD A PLACE OF WORSHIP IN THEIR ENTITLEMENTS AND HAVE HAD SOME FROM BETWEEN 25 AND 35-YEAR-OLD PROPERTIES. CORRECT. NOW, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF TECHNICAL TERMS THAT ARE BEING USED AS FAR AS PRELIMINARY PLATS AND FINAL PLATS THAT THE AVERAGE PUBLIC DOESN'T NECESSARILY UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS AND EVEN EXPERIENCED PEOPLE MAY BE. NEED SOME REFRESHERS AS FAR AS KIND OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN. SO THE REASON THAT THIS IS ON AN AGENDA ITEM 25, SOME PEOPLE MAY SAY, OH, THIS WAS BURIED IN AN AGENDA ITEM THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN READ. WELL, THIS IS HOW THE CITY HAS DONE BUSINESS NOW FOR OVER 25 YEARS WITH THESE ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS THAT WE HAVE. THAT'S REALLY A PLANNING AND ZONING ROLE. WHILE COUNCIL DOES RESERVE THE RIGHT TO APPEAL ANY OF THOSE ITEMS IF THERE'S SOME KIND OF POINT OF DISTINCTION BUT WE HAVE TO FIND A REASON FOR THAT THAT TYPE OF APPEAL SO IN THE ITEMS TONIGHT MAYBE YOU CAN UM SIMPLIFY THAT EXPLANATION AS FAR AS KIND OF WHAT A WHAT EXACTLY A PLOT IS I KNOW YOU KIND OF TOUCHED ON IT IT'S LIKE WHERE THE BUILDINGS GO DO THEY HAVE ENOUGH PARKING IS THERE INGRESS EGRESS SURE YOU KNOW ARE THEY MEETING THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS AND THEN IN YOUR OPINION IN ALL CASES IF THEY'RE DOING SO ABSOLUTELY. SO THIS PROPERTY HERE AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF 423 AND LONE STAR RANCH, THIS IS A PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN THAT WAS RECENTLY APPROVED. SO THE AREA BOUND HERE IN YELLOW IS JUST... ACT OF LAND TODAY A DEVELOPER IS LOOKING TO COME IN AND BULL TRACK SO THEY HAVE SUBMITTED AND RECEIVED APPROVAL OF THIS PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN THAT SHOWS HOW ALL OF THE BUILDINGS HOW THE OPEN SPACE HOW THE PARKING HOW THE ACCESS TO THE ADJACENT THOROUGHFARES CROSS ACCESS BETWEEN THE LOTS THE PERMITTED USES ALL OF THAT LAYS OUT ON THE PROPERTY AND IN THIS CASE IT HAS BEEN FOUND THAT THE SETBACKS, THE HEIGHT, THE POINTS OF ACCESS, THE OPEN SPACE, THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS, AND SO ON ARE ALL BEING MET. THEREFORE THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM. AGAIN THE ZONING IS IN PLACE, THE USES ARE PERMITTED USES. THEREFORE, THIS PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN COMPLIES WITH EVERYTHING I JUST MENTIONED. SO BEFORE YOU MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE, SO ON THIS ONE, IT'S PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN PHASE. CORRECT. SO WHAT WOULD BE THE NEXT STEPS IN ITS PROCESS BEFORE CONSTRUCTION WOULD START? SO THIS PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE HOW THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT LAYS OUT. SO THEN IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, CARVED UP INTO INDIVIDUAL LOTS, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE INDIVIDUAL SITE PLANS SUBMITTED. YOU KNOW, SOMEONE MAY CHOOSE TO SUBMIT A SITE PLAN FOR THE OFFICE BUILDING AND BUILD THAT FIRST, OR A SITE PLAN FOR THE RETAIL ALONG 423 AND BUILD THAT FIRST. AGAIN, THE PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN IS THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GO AND BUILD ALL OF THAT AT ONCE. EVEN THE PLACE OF WORSHIP, THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK? THAT HAS TO COME BACK THROUGH A SITE PLAN. ONCE THAT SITE PLAN IS APPROVED. THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT AND RECEIVE APPROVAL OF CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS THROUGH ENGINEERING SERVICES. THEY WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT BUILDING PERMITS THROUGH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND JUST TO POINT [01:10:01] OUT THAT IT IS WITH THOSE BUILDING PERMITS THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT PHOTOMETRIC PLANS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH THE CITY'S LIGHT ORDINANCE ALONG WITH ALL. ORDINANCES AND CODES AND POLICIES. SO ON THIS ONE I KNOW SOME RESIDENTS ARE HERE SPECIFICALLY ON THIS ONE AND WE'VE GOTTEN SOME EMAILS ON THIS. THERE'S GOING TO BE FUTURE PUBLIC INPUT AS IT CONTINUES THROUGH THE PROCESS. IT WILL COME FORWARD AGAIN I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THOSE FUTURE PLANS SITE PLANS THEY TOO WILL BE ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION'S CONSIDERATION. MOVING ON TO THIS, THIS IS A SITE PLAN. SO THAT PROCESS THAT I JUST EXPLAINED ABOUT A PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN, THIS TRACT HERE WAS ALREADY A LOT OF RECORD ON ITS OWN. THEREFORE, THEY ARE NOT PROPOSING TO CARVE IT UP. THEY'RE GOING TO DEVELOP THIS WHOLE LOT IN A SINGLE PHASE. SO THEY WENT STRAIGHT TO SITE PLAN, WHICH IS WHAT YOU SEE HERE. NOW THAT THE SITE PLAN HAS BEEN... APPROVED, THEY TOO WOULD STILL HAVE TO SUBMIT CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS, RECEIVE APPROVAL OF THOSE FROM ENGINEERING SERVICES, THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT FOR BUILDING PERMITS AS WELL. SO THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS ARE APPROVED BY ENGINEERING SERVICES STAFF. THE BUILDING PERMIT IS APPROVED BY BUILDING INSPECTIONS DIVISION STAFF. SO UNTIL THE END OF CONSTRUCTION, WHEN THEY WOULD SUBMIT. A PLAT TO DEDICATE EASEMENTS, DEDICATE FIRE LANES, WATER EASEMENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT'S THE NEXT TIME YOU WOULD SEE SOMETHING ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR CONSIDERATION. AND THEN LASTLY, THE PROPERTY AT BATSFORD DRIVE AND LEBANON, IT HAS ALREADY GONE THROUGH ALL OF THAT PROCESS THAT I JUST REFERENCED TO THE PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN AND THE SITE PLAN. WERE APPROVED BACK IN 2020. THE CONSTRUCTION SET WAS APPROVED IN 2024. THERE WERE SOME, YOU KNOW, MINOR CHANGES THAT THEY MADE. SO THEY HAD UPDATED PLANS APPROVED. BUT THIS PROJECT IS, AT THIS POINT, ALL OF WHAT I REFERENCED EARLIER, BUILDING SETBACKS, HEIGHT, PARKING, ALL OF THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN REFLECTED ON APPROVED PLANS. AND APPROVED YEARS AGO. SO IT IS THE PLAT RIGHT HERE THAT WAS RECENTLY APPROVED. THIS IS A PLAT THAT IS DEDICATING EASEMENT SO THAT THE FIRE LANES, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT GO AROUND THE BUILDING, PUTTING THOSE IN A FIRE LANE ACCESS AND UTILITY EASEMENT SO THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS ACCESS TO DRIVE ON THOSE FIRE LANES IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THAT THE FIRE HYDRANTS HAVE, YOU KNOW, WATER EASEMENTS AROUND THEM AND SO FORTH. SO AGAIN, THIS IS THAT. AT THE END OF THE PROCESS. MAYOR, REAL QUICK, JONATHAN, COULD YOU PLEASE LET US KNOW THE STATUS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT SPECIFICALLY? SO THIS PROJECT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THANK YOU. OKAY, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE THAT HAD THE LEGISLATIVE? SO THEN TO KIND OF WRAP THIS TOGETHER, I KNOW YOU OPENED WITH THIS. SO, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL IN MANY WAYS HAS TWO ROLES. YOU KNOW, THIS LEGISLATIVE ROLE IS VERY MUCH A POLICY-MAKING ROLE, WHICH IS, YOU A BIG JOB OF THE COUNCIL SETTING THE POLICY FOR THE COMMUNITY. WE ALSO HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE ROLES WHERE WE'RE EXECUTING ON ORDINANCES AND POLICIES SET BEFORE. SO WHAT'S BEFORE US TONIGHT IS NOT A POLICY-MAKING AGENDA ITEM. IT'S A PROCEDURAL ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION BASED ON ZONE. THE POLICY-MAKING HAPPENED 25 AND 30 YEARS AGO. WE'RE FOLLOWING THROUGH. BY LAW, OUR LAWFUL JOBS AS ELECTED OFFICIALS OF THIS COMMUNITY IS TO FOLLOW THE LAW. AND IF THEY MEET ALL THE PARAMETERS OF OUR ADMINISTRATION, THEN BY LAW WE HAVE TO APPROVE THE ITEMS. CORRECT. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE US AN INPUT. EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP IS GOING TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. WE DO HAVE DECORUM RULES. SO IF THERE'S ANY DISRUPTION, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE MEETING. SO EVERYONE'S GOING TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. RESPECT THEIR TIME, EVEN IF YOU DISAGREE WITH WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, AND IF YOU HAVE AN OUTBURST LIKE THAT, YOU WILL BE REMOVED. SO THEN AS WE START CITIZENS INPUT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE COMPLETE A BLUE CARD AND WAIT [01:15:01] UNTIL YOUR NAME IS CALLED. WHEN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. PLEASE SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE AND DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL, NOT TO THE AUDIENCE OR TO OTHER SPEAKERS. TO ALLOW ENOUGH TIME FOR EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE, COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES PER SPEAKER OR 10 MINUTES IF A TRANSLATOR IS NEEDED. THE CITY COUNCIL MAY VOTE TO LIMIT SPEAKING TIME IF A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WISH TO SPEAK ON THE SAME TOPIC. IF SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING ON THE SAME TOPIC, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHOOSE A SPOKESPERSON AND AVOID REPEATING THE SAME COMMENTS. PLEASE NOTE THAT UNDER TEXAS LAW, THE CITY COUNCIL CANNOT GENERALLY DISCUSS OR THIS IS FOR THE LATER CITIZENS INPUT WHEN WE DO OPEN COMMENT PLEASE NOTE THAT UNDER TEXAS LAW THE CITY COUNCIL GENERALLY CANNOT DISCUSS OR RESPOND TO ITEMS DURING CITIZENS INPUT THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA SO CITY COUNCIL MAY PROVIDE FACTUAL INFORMATION I KNOW THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING UH WE WILL REFER TO THE MATTER FOR STAFF FOR FOLLOW-UP OR PLACE THE ITEM ON A FUTURE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION SO WE WILL BE TAKING CITIZENS INPUT BOTH DIRECTLY ON THIS AGENDA ITEM AS WELL AS OPEN TOPICS LATER ON IN THE MEETING. SO FOR SPECIFICALLY ON THE ABILITY TO LIMIT WHEN THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE, EXCUSE ME, FOR THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE SPEAKING TONIGHT, MAYOR, WE HAVE CLOSE TO 50 FOR TONIGHT. ACROSS MANY OF THESE, THERE IS AT LEAST 30 FOR THE. PROBABLY CLOSE TO 40 NOW ON THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM. TO RESPECT EVERYBODY'S TIME WHO'S HERE TO SPEAK, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE LIMIT IT TO THREE MINUTES. SECOND. SECOND BY EVERYBODY. SO WE ARE GOING TO GET STARTED THEN. WE, I WILL CALL TWO PEOPLE AT A TIME SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GET UP TO THE PODIUM AND BE PREPARED TO SPEAK SO WE CAN TRY TO GET THROUGH THESE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. SO, BECAUSE EVERYBODY WANTS TO GET ALONG WITH THEIR EVENING, I'M SURE. SO FIRST PERSON, WE HAVE YOGA. AND FORGIVE ME, GUYS, IF YOU WRITE IN GREEN PEN, I'M GOING TO HAVE A REALLY HARD TIME SEEING ON A BLUE CARD. GADEVA DODD. THANK YOU. AND THEN NEXT WILL BE SUBHA. OYALA. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS YOGA GUDIVADA. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR GIVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF FRISCO FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS, AND I'M WANTING TO TALK IN FAVOR OF GEETHA MANDIR, THE FM 423 AND THE LONE STAR PROPERTY. SO WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS WE ARE TRYING TO BUILD A PLACE OF WORSHIP, NOT JUST A WORSHIP, BUT BE IT MORE AN EDUCATIONAL AND A COMMUNITY-CENTERED INSTITUTION. AND IT'S GOING TO SERVE THE BROADER FRISCO COMMUNITY. SO, YOU KNOW, MANY TIMES TODAY IF YOU LOOK AT IT, YOU KNOW, FAMILIES ARE NOT LOOKING JUST FOR A PLACE OF WORSHIP. THEY'RE JUST LOOKING FOR PLACES WHERE WE CAN FIND CONNECTION, MENTORSHIP, HEALTHY LIFESTYLE, AND A SENSE OF BELONGING. AND PARENTS WANT CHILDREN TO GROW WITH STRONG VALUES, POSITIVE INFLUENCES, AND GOOD CHARACTERS. SENIORS SEEK COMMUNITY AND COMPANIONSHIP, AND YOUNG PEOPLE SEEK GUIDANCE AND PURPOSE. SO THIS CENTER THAT WE ARE TRYING TO WORK ON IS GOING TO PROVIDE ALL OF THOSE. IT'S GOING TO BE A NON-SECTARIAN. WE HAVE ACTIVITIES RELATED TO MEDITATION, MENTAL LIVING, MENTAL SPACE FOR PEOPLE, AS WELL AS WE HAVE CHILDREN-BASED, MORAL-BASED VALUES AND POSITIVE LIVING HABITS. WE'RE ALSO HAVING YOUTH PROGRAMS AND PROMOTING HEALTHY LIFESTYLES AND POSITIVE CHOICES. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A SECTARIAN PLACE OF WORSHIP HERE. IT'S GOING TO BE A NON-SECTARIAN. WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS MORE ON VALUES. WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS MORE ON MORAL CHARACTER AND MAKING FRISKRO AT A LARGE NOT HAVE THESE COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS, GROW THE COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS. SO WE ARE ALREADY SERVING SHELTERS. PROVIDING FOOD, WE ARE HELPING [01:20:05] THE MULTIPLE SERVICE CENTRES, ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES. SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND HAVING THIS CENTRE WILL HELP US TO SERVE MORE AND YOU KNOW COMMIT GROWING FRISCO WITH A BETTER PLACE WITH A LOT MORE OF IT. THANK YOU. SUBA BY ELLA AND THEN NEXT YES A FRISCO AND THEN SULA BERALAPALA AGAIN GREEN WRITING WILL BE NEXT SUBHA WE SAW THIS PERSON GOOD EVENING EVERYONE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING THIS OPPORTUNITY SO I AM ON BEHALF OF GITA MANDIR THE ONE WHICH IS ON FM 423 AND LONE STAR RANCH PARK WHICH IS COMING UP. SO I JUST WANT TO FIRST TELL LIKE THIS IS NOT A SECTARIAN. THIS IS A COMPLETE NON-SECTARIAN TEMPLE. WE DON'T REALLY DO LIKE IT'S NOT LIKE ANYTHING RELATED TO RELIGION. IT IS NOT RELATED TO ETHNICITY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SEE THIS IS COMPLETELY NON-SECTARIAN AND ALSO LIKE TODAY WE SEE LOT OF PROBLEMS EVERYWHERE. LIKE SAY THE MENTAL STRESS. DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, SLEEPING DISORDERS, YOU NAME IT, LIKE EVERYTHING IS THERE. SO WE ARE HERE TO HELP PEOPLE, TO GIVE NICE EDUCATION, AND ALSO LIKE TO MAKE THEM COME OUT OF THESE PROBLEMS. THAT IS THE MOTTO OF THIS TEMPLE. IT'S NOTHING DOING WITH ANY TYPE OF SECTARIAN THINGS. AND ALSO LIKE JUST WANTED TO GIVE THE PROGRAMS WHICH WE DO EVERY WEEK. WE ACTUALLY LIKE A GIVE THOUSANDS OF PLATES OF FREE PRASADAM TO LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE PHYSICAL CITY AND ALSO LIKE WE DO LOT OF YOGA, MEDITATION CLASSES AND ALSO LIKE TO IMPROVE MENTAL WELL-BEING AND LEARN PRACTICAL WAYS TO CONTROL ANGER AND ANXIETY. AND WE ORGANIZE STRESS MANAGEMENT, ANGER MANAGEMENT WORKSHOPS FOR STUDENTS, WORKING PROFESSIONALS, CORPORATE GROUPS INCLUDING PROGRAMS CONDUCTED AT UNIVERSITIES SUCH AS UTD AND UTA. WE TEACH MANTRA MEDITATION AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING PRINCIPLES THAT HELP PEOPLE DEVELOP COMPASSION, RESPECT, POSITIVE HABITS AND LOVING RELATIONSHIPS WITH FAMILIES AND SOCIETY. WE PROMOTE THE PHILOSOPHY OF SIMPLE LIVING AND HIGH THINKING, ENCOURAGING A BALANCED LIFESTYLE CONTROLLED ON HEALTH, RESPONSIBILITY AND PERSONAL GROWTH. WE OFFER VEGETARIAN COOKING CLASSES THAT TEACH HEALTHY, AFFORDABLE AND NUTRITION FOOD PREPARATION FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. WE ALSO CONDUCT LEADERSHIP. AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT CLASSES FOR YOUTH, STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO HELP BUILD DISCIPLINE, RESPONSIBILITY, TEAMWORK AND POSITIVE VALUES. WE TEACH SIMPLE LIVING AND HIGH THINKING. OUR GOAL IS TO HELP PEOPLE BECOME FREE FROM STRESS, ADDICTION, ANXIETY, NEGATIVE HABITS AND TO HELP TO LEAD PEACEFUL AND PRODUCTIVE AND MEANINGFUL LIVES. SO, WE ARE LAW ABIDING CITIZENS AND WE HAVE FOLLOWED ALL THE RULES AND REQUIREMENTS AS PER THE FISCO ORDINANCE. THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, WE WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH THE CITY OF STAFF AND WENT THROUGH NEARLY 40 ITERATIONS OF OUR TEMPLE SITE PLAN TO ENSURE IT FULLY COMPLIES WITH ALL APPLICABLE RULES AND REGULATIONS. WE ALSO COMPLETED A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS AND WE HAVE PROVIDED AMPLE PARKING TO ACCOMMODATE THE VISITORS APPROPRIATELY AND ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS ARE WITHIN THE PERMITTED HEIGHT AND REQUIREMENTS. IN ADDITION, WE ARE CREATING A BEAUTIFUL PARK WHICH IS OPEN TO AND ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY. I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE LAST THING. WE ARE OPEN TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TOO. NEXT WE HAVE RIZAL, AND THEN AFTER THAT WE'LL HAVE SIRI CHAMRAZ. [01:25:03] GOOD EVENING, I'M HERE TO SUPPORT GITA MANDIR. MY NAME IS RAJNIKANTH SIDDHITESH. I LIVE IN 233 ST. FLICKR STREET, FRISCO, TEXAS. SO ACTUALLY THIS PLACE IS TO CREATE A SPACE WHERE PEOPLE FEEL SAFE, SUPPORTED, EMOTIONALLY BALANCED AND PHYSICAL HEALTH. SO, AND WE ALSO ENCOURAGE SOCIAL CONNECTIONS AND SO BASICALLY LIKE AS WE LIKE WE SEE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND LIKE SO MUCH STRESS AS WE SEE AND ANXIETY AND SUPPORT. SO BASICALLY WE ARE TRYING TO GIVE TECHNIQUES THERE THEY CAN ELEVATE THIS AND ALSO WE WANT TO SUPPORT OUR ELDERS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO FEEL SUPPORTED AND WE WANT TO GO AND HELP THEM AND WE ACTUALLY FEED LIKE GIVE THEM FOOD FREE FOOD AND ALSO TALK TO THEM AND FEEL NICE AND WE WANT TO SUPPORT THESE ACTIVITIES FROM A PLACE LIKE THEY CAN COME TO OUR PLACE OR WE CAN ALSO HELP VARIOUS PLACES IN THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO UM LIKE WE WANT TO HELP OUR YOUTH LIKE IF THEY NEED ANY HELP WE'RE GONNA SUPPORT THEM IN VARIOUS WAYS AND ALSO HEALTHY LIVING WE WANT TO SUPPORT THE NUTRITION ASPECTS LIKE FROM THE NATURE WHAT WE CAN LEARN AND HOW TO ENCOURAGE LIKE A NATURAL LIVING SO WE CAN HELP IN THAT AS SIMPLE LIVING HIGH THINKING AND ALSO LIKE I MEAN WE ARE WE LOVE PEACE AND WE WANT TO SPREAD PEACE SO WE WANT TO HAVE NICE GATHERINGS WHERE EVERYONE CAN COME AND ENJOY AND HAVE A FESTIVITY MOOD. SO THIS IS ALL WE WANT TO DO AND WE WANT TO HELP SUPPORT THE CITY. WE ALSO WANT TO HELP OTHER PLACES LIKE PARKS AND HELP THE SOCIETY. SO IN THAT WAY ACTUALLY THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO PROMOTE AND HELP. OUR CITY, FRISCO. I REALLY LOVE BEING HERE AND WANT TO SPREAD THE PEACE. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS SIRI CHAMARAJ. I'M A FRISCO-BORN RESIDENT AND AN FISD STUDENT AND A PROUD MEMBER OF THE JANE COMMUNITY. NOW, I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU A LITTLE STORY. THE STORY OF A LITTLE GIRL WHO WANTED NOTHING MORE THAN TO EXPLORE AND HAVE FUN. A LITTLE FRISCO-BORN GIRL WHO TOOK HER FIRST STEPS IN FRISCO WHILE HER PARENTS WATCHED WITH BEAMING PRIDE. A LITTLE FRISCO GIRL WHO MADE HER FIRST FRIEND, HAD HER FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY, AND CELEBRATED COUNTLESS HOLIDAYS ALL IN THE CITY OF FRISCO. A LITTLE FRISCO GIRL. WHO'D SNEAKILY WAKE UP AT 5 A.M. ON CHRISTMAS TO SEE IF SANTA HAD LEFT ANY PRESENTS THIS YEAR, THEN URGE HER PARENTS A FEW HOURS LATER TO HAVE THE THREE OF THEM GATHER AROUND A COLORFUL GREEN TREE SO SHE COULD SEE WHAT WAS BENEATH THE RED AND GOLD WRAPPING PAPER. TO HER, THIS WAS HER HOME, HER INTIMATE LITTLE FAMILY, HER FRIENDS AND SCHOOL, AND THE FRISCO COMMUNITY SHE WAS PROUD TO BE A PART OF. HOWEVER, SOONER OR LATER, THIS LITTLE GIRL WAS BOUND TO GROW UP. SHE WOULD BEGIN THROWING HERSELF INTO HER SCHOOLWORK, STAYING UP LATE TO FINISH ASSIGNMENTS, AND DISCOVER THAT HER PARENTS HAD BEEN SANTA ALL ALONG. YET SHE REFUSED TO STOP GIVING SCHOOL HER ALL. SHE REFUSED TO BE SHORT OF ANYTHING BUT A PERCEIVED PERFECTION AND SHE 110% REFUSED TO STOP BELIEVING IN SANTA. I AM THIS GIRL AND I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT OUR FRISCO IS ANYTHING SHORT OF BEING AN INCLUSIVE AND DIVERSE COMMUNITY. WHILE BEING A PART OF THE FRISCO COMMUNITY, I'M ALSO A PROUD JANE. A FUNDAMENTAL VALUE ASSOCIATED WITH JANEISM IS NON-VIOLENCE OR AHIMSA. IT'S OUR GOAL TO PRACTICE AHIMSA TO ITS FULLEST. MINIMIZING ANY HARM THAT OTHERS MAY EXPERIENCE BECAUSE OF US. BE IT WALKING ON THE SIDEWALK INSTEAD OF THE GRASS SO THAT YOU DON'T ACCIDENTALLY CRUSH A BUG, NOT EATING ANYTHING WHEN GOING OUTSIDE BECAUSE THERE ARE NO VEGETARIAN OPTIONS AVAILABLE, OR PRAYING TO ASK FOR FORGIVENESS REGARDING ANY UNKNOWN OR ACCIDENTAL HARM ONE MAY HAVE CAUSED. I FEEL PRIVILEGED TO HAVE SUCH A SUPPORTIVE JANE COMMUNITY HERE IN FRISCO, AND I'M PRIVILEGED TO HAVE SUCH A SUPPORTIVE JANE COMMUNITY IN THE CITY I CALL HOME. I WAS BORN HERE IN THE FRISCO-WAYLOR HOSPITAL. I GREW UP HERE IN THE CITY OF FRISCO. AND I'VE PRACTICED MY RELIGION IN THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY. I'M SO EXCITED TO HEAR THAT A FEW MILES FROM THE PLACE I WAS BORN, THE LEGAL CONSTRUCTION OF A JAIN TEMPLE IS IN ACTION. IN SCHOOL, I LEARNED THAT THE FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT GUARANTEES THE FREE, PEACEFUL EXERCISE OF RELIGION. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE PEACEFUL CONSTRUCTION OF A JAIN TEMPLE, [01:30:01] A PLACE WHERE FELLOW JAINS AND I WOULD BE ABLE TO FREELY EXERCISE OUR NON-VIOLENT RELIGION. MY COMMUNITY AND I ARE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO FREELY EXERCISE AND PRACTICE OUR RELIGION IN A PLACE WE PERCEIVE AS OUR HOME. FRISCO IS MY HOME AS MUCH AS IT IS YOURS, SO I IMPLORE YOU TO ENJOY THIS EXCITEMENT AS WELL. HAVING CELEBRATED DEEPAVALI AND MAAVARJANTI, TWO JAIN HOLIDAYS, AS WELL AS CHRISTMAS, I UNDERSTAND THE CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE THESE HAVE WITHIN THE FRISCO COMMUNITY. BEING FAMILIAR WITH THE DIVERSE RELIGIOUS PRACTICES THAT FRISCO HOLDS SERVES TO BENEFIT THE INTELLECTUAL DIVERSITY OF ITS STUDENTS AND OVERALL COMMUNITY. THE TEACHINGS AND GUIDANCE I'VE LEARNED FROM ATTENDING SUNDAY SCHOOL IN MY TEMPLE ARE THINGS I'LL CARRY WITH ME THROUGHOUT MY LIFE. I'VE READ WHITE AND BLUE IN MY VEINS, AND I HAVE AN OM IN MY HEART. I THANK YOU FOR VALUING THE WANTS OF THE JAIN COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. GOD BLESS FRISCO, AND GOD BLESS AMERICA. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, REASONABLE. AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF FAMILY WHO ALREADY IS A PROPER EMPERORY PLACE IS NOT A ROAD STREET. IT IS A QUIET RESIDENTIAL CUL-DE-SAC WHERE CHILDREN PLAY OUTSIDE, RIDE BIKES, WALK DOGS, AND FAMILY GATHER FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FALL FESTIVAL. EVEN THE DEVELOPER INDICATED DURING THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING THAT THEY DO NOT FAVOR UNRESTRICTED CONNECTION AT THIS LOCATION. IF BOTH RESIDENTS AND THE DEVELOPER HAVE CONCERNS, THEN WE RESPECTFULLY ASK CITY TO RECONSIDER WHY THIS CONNECTION IS NECESSARY AT ALL. WE ARE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO CLOSE THE CONNECTION POINT TO THE RETAIL AREA, LIMITING IT TO EMERGENCY ACCESS ONLY. THROUGH A GATED ENTRANCE. EMERGENCY ACCESS CAN STILL BE PRESERVED WITHOUT TURNING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREET INTO A CUT-THROUGH ROAD. ANOTHER MAJOR CONCERN IS PARKING AND SAFETY. AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING, THERE WERE ALREADY DISCUSSIONS ACKNOWLEDGING THAT PARKING MAY NOT BE SUFFICIENT DURING LARGE EVENTS AND THAT SHUTTLE OPTIONS FROM OTHER LOCATIONS MAY NEED IT. AND MAY NEED TO BE CONSIDERED. THAT ALONE TELLS US THAT THE SITE MAY ALREADY PUSH ITS LIMITS. RESIDENTS ARE WORRIED THAT OVERFLOW PARKING WILL SPILL INTO NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS. RESIDENTIAL STREETS SHOULD NOT BECOME PARKING LOTS FOR COMMERCIAL AND EVENT TRAFFIC. ONCE THAT HAPPENS, IT DIRECTLY IMPACTS THE SAFETY OF CHILDREN, PEDESTRIANS, AND HOMEOWNERS. WE ARE ALSO ASKING THE COUNCIL TO REDUCE THE INTENSITY COMMERCIAL PORTION OF THE PROJECT ESPECIALLY NOT ALLOWING TO BUILD A GAS STATION AND CONVENIENCE STORE THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS TYPICALLY GENERATE LATE NIGHT ACTIVITY NOISES DELIVERY TRUCK AND CONSTANT VEHICLE TURNOVERS THEY ARE ALSO MORE PRONE TO ATTRACTING CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES WE DO NOT BELIEVE THOSE USE OF APPROPRIATE DIRECT IN THAT TO A SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES ARE APPROPRIATE INSTEAD OF MAKING THE NUMBER THE NUMBER OF BUILDINGS, WE ASK THE CITY TO PRIORITIZE MORE PARKING SPACES, BETTER TRAFFIC CIRCULATION. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU. AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE HAVE BRANDON. HELLO, COUNCIL, MAYOR. MY NAME IS ANDREW CUCCI. I LIVE AT 720 TELEMARK TRAIL IN THE PRESERVE IN LONE STAR RANCH COMMUNITY. I'M AN HOA BOARD MEMBER, BUT I SPEAK TONIGHT AS A RESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY. I WAS GOING TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE PARKING ISSUES AND TRAFFIC, BUT I'M ALSO GOING TO SPEAK TO SOMETHING THAT ONE OF THE, I BELIEVE, DEVELOPERS SPOKE TO. HE SPOKE ABOUT THINGS ALONG THE LINES OF LIVING ARRANGEMENTS AND STUFF, AND I'M SORRY, I WAS GOING OVER SOME OF MY NOTES, SO I MAY NOT HAVE CAUGHT EVERYTHING HE WAS SAYING. BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS PROJECT NEEDS A SPECIAL USE ZONING FOR THIS PARTICULAR [01:35:02] TEMPLE AND WHAT THEY WANT THERE. NOW, I MAY BE WRONG. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ORDINANCES IN FRONT OF ME. BUT I DO BELIEVE IT NEEDS A SPECIAL USE ZONING, WHICH WOULD BE AN ISSUE FOR THE COUNCIL TO TAKE UP. AS I TALK ABOUT, LET ME TALK ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARKING ISSUE. THE PARKING ISSUE WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP, AND I SPOKE WITH THE TRAFFIC EXPERT ABOUT THAT. AND HE ADMITTED THAT WHEN THERE ARE SPECIAL EVENTS GOING ON AT THE TEMPLE, THAT THERE IS NOT ENOUGH PARKING FOR IT, WHICH WOULD ALSO AFFECT ANYBODY HAVING A BUSINESS THERE. I KNOW SOME MEDICAL CENTERS, IF THERE ARE MEDICAL CENTERS THERE, THOSE WOULD NOT BE OPEN ON THE WEEKENDS, BUT CERTAINLY SOME STORES THAT I BELIEVE THEY WANT TO HAVE THERE WOULD BE OPEN ON THE WEEKENDS. NOW, I WAS ASSURED THAT THIS WAS ALL TAKEN CARE OF, THAT PEOPLE WOULD PARK AT REEDY HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILES AWAY. I KNOW BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER WAS. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO THERE AND DIDN'T. BUT IT'S TWO AND A HALF MILES AWAY, AND THEN PEOPLE WILL BE SHUTTLED OVER. THAT OBVIATES ONE FACTOR, WHICH IS HUMAN NATURE. HUMAN NATURE IS MOST PEOPLE WILL PARK WHERE IT'S CONVENIENT, WHICH MEANS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ALSO HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT AMBULANCES OR FIRE ENGINES GETTING DOWN THE STREETS WHEN THERE ARE CARS PARKED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET. HE ASSURED ME THAT THE STREETS ARE WIDE ENOUGH. YES, THEY ARE. HOWEVER, ALSO, IF YOU'VE EVER TRIED TO DRIVE AN SUV DOWN ANY OF THESE STREETS, WHEN CARS ARE PARKED ON BOTH SIDES, YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DO. AND IT WOULD MAKE, IN A SITUATION WHERE SECONDS COUNT, ANY TYPE OF EMERGENCY, YOU KNOW THAT THAT COULD BE A VERY BAD SITUATION. BECAUSE THAT IS A BIG GAUNTLET TO TAKE. THE LAST THING I WANTED TO BRING UP WAS THE EMERALD LAKE PLACE, WHICH MY WIFE HAD BROUGHT UP EARLIER. THAT AREA, WE WOULD LIKE THAT CLOSED OFF, BECAUSE THAT, YOU ALREADY HAVE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAN, FOUR SEPARATE... INGRESSES AND EGRESSES TO THE SITUATION THERE, TO THE PROPERTY. TO ADD TO THE PROPERTY THERE, THE BACK ENTRANCE THROUGH THE RESIDENTIAL AREA WOULD JUST CAUSE TOO MUCH PROBLEMS WITH TRAFFIC, PROBLEMS WITH PARKING AGAIN. SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. BEFORE YOU START MY TIME, I JUST HAD A QUESTION. I'M NOT SPEAKING TOWARDS THE TEMPLE PROJECT, BUT THE MOSQUE. ARE WE ON THE SAME LINE ITEM FOR THAT? IS THAT OKAY TO START THAT CONVERSATION NOW FOR THAT? OKAY, THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS BRANDON BURDEN. I'VE BEEN A PASTOR IN FRISCO FOR 25 YEARS, AND AS A CHRISTIAN, MY BIBLE COMMANDS ME TO LOVE ALL PEOPLE. EVERY NATION, EVERY TRIBE, EVERY TONGUE. SO I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING TONIGHT THAT I LOVE ALL PEOPLE, AND I LOVE THE MUSLIM PEOPLE, AND GOD LOVES THE MUSLIM PEOPLE, BUT I AM CONCERNED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR IDEOLOGY. IF MUSLIMS MOVE TO AMERICA, THAT IS THE AMERICAN DREAM AND I COMMEND IT. BUT THEY NEED TO ASSIMILATE INTO THE CULTURE AND NOT TAKE IT OVER. THE IDEOLOGY OF ISLAM GOES AGAINST EVERYTHING THAT WE HOLD DEAR AS AMERICANS BECAUSE ISLAM IS A WAY OF LIFE. IT IS MORE THAN A RELIGION. THE DEFINITION OF A RELIGION IS A SYSTEM OF BELIEFS, SYMBOLS, AND PRACTICES FOCUSED ON THE SACRED OR THE SUPERNATURAL. I'M FINE WITH THAT. BUT A POLITICAL GROUP IS AN ORGANIZATION OF INDIVIDUALS THAT UNITE BASED ON SHARED IDEOLOGIES OR POLICY GOALS TO ACQUIRE AND EXERCISE POWER WITHIN A GOVERNMENT. ISLAM IS MORE THAN A RELIGION. IT IS BOTH A RELIGION AND A STATE. IT IS A SOCIO-POLITICAL SYSTEM THAT USES A DEITY TO ADVANCE ITS AGENDA. AND MY MAIN CONCERN IS THAT ISLAM IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH OUR CONSTITUTION. BECAUSE ISLAMIC THEOLOGY DIVIDES THE WORLD INTO TWO SPHERES THAT ARE LOCKED INTO PERPETUAL CONFLICT. AND MY PROBLEM WITH THE IDEOLOGY IS THAT JIHAD IS IMPOSED ON THE UNWILLING. IT'S NOT THROUGH TRYING TO LEAD THEM TO THE RELIGION, IT'S IMPOSING THE BELIEF UPON THE PERSON. AND MY CONCERN IS THAT THAT IS FUNDAMENTALLY OPPOSED TO THE FIRST AMENDMENT WHICH PROTECTS THE FREEDOM OF RELIGION. AND UNDER ISLAM, THIS PRACTICE IS NOT PERMISSIBLE. AND I ASKED THE CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT TO LOOK AT HOW MANY MOSQUES HAVE ALREADY BEEN BUILT IN THE METROPLEX. ACCORDING TO SALATOMATIC, A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO MOSQUE AND ISLAMIC SCHOOLS, THEIR WEBSITE DIRECTORY SHOWS THAT IN DALLAS-FORT WORTH ALONE, THERE'S ALREADY 74 MOSQUES. IN HOUSTON, THERE'S 95, AUSTIN 14, AND IN TEXAS OVERALL, 235 MOSQUES. NOW, IF ALL THE IMAMS TAUGHT IN THOSE MOSQUES WERE THE QURAN, I WOULDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. BUT THEY'RE NOT JUST TEACHING THE QURAN. THEY'RE TEACHING THE HADITHS, THE SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD, AND MUHAMMAD'S BIOGRAPHY, WHICH IS 40% RELIGIOUS [01:40:01] BUT 60% POLITICAL. IT IS A SOCIO-POLITICAL TAKEOVER OF A FORM OF CULTURE. AND IF WE APPROVE MOSQUE NO. 236 IN TEXAS AND EXPAND THIS IDEOLOGY… THEN WE'RE GOING TO REACH A POINT WHERE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT OUR WAY OF LIFE OR OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS ANY LONGER. PLEASE, PLEASE APPEAL THE DECISION TO THE PNC. THANK YOU. BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, I NEED TO REMIND YOU TO NOT FOLLOW THE POLICE SINGLETON. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JACK MALHOTRA. I'M A RESIDENT OF FRESCO. I AM HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR JAN SOCIETY OF TEXAS AND ITS PROPOSED FRISCO COMMUNITY CENTER PROJECT. FRISCO IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING AND MOST DIVERSE CITIES IN THE NATION. OUR STRENGTH AS A COMMUNITY COMES FROM EMBRACING DIFFERENT CULTURES, TRADITIONS, AND FAITHS WHILE WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD A STRONG, MORE INCLUSIVE, AND FAMILY-ORIENTED CITY FOR EVERYONE. THE JAN SOCIETY HAS BEEN PART OF THE NORTH TEXAS COMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS. MEMBER OF THE JAN COMMUNITY INCLUDE PHYSICIAN, ENGINEER, EDUCATOR, HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL, ENTREPRENEURS, BUSINESS OWNERS, AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE DEEPLY VESTED IN THE SUCCESS AND FUTURE OF FRISCO AND NORTH TEXAS. THIS PROPOSED CENTER REPRESENTS MUCH MORE THAN A PLACE OF WORSHIP. IT WILL SERVE AS A LONG-TERM COMMUNITY GATHERING PLACE WHERE FAMILY CAN CONNECT, CHILDREN CAN LEARN, SENIORS CAN ENGAGE, AND RESIDENTS CAN COME TOGETHER FOR EDUCATIONAL, CULTURE, VOLUNTEER, AND FAMILY-FOCUSED EVENTS. IN A RAPIDLY GROWING CITY LIKE FRISCO, SPACES THAT STRENGTHEN FAMILY AND COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER. THE VALUE OF THE JAIN FAITH, COMPASSION, NON-VIOLENCE, EDUCATION, PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY CLOSELY ALIGN WITH THE VALUES THAT HELP MAKE FRISCO ONE OF THE STRONGEST AND MOST WELCOMING CITY IN THE NATION. THE JAIN COMMUNITY IS COMMITTED NOT ONLY TO PRESERVING ITS TRADITION BUT ALSO CONTRIBUTING POSITIVELY. TO THE BROADER COMMUNITY THROUGH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, VOLUNTEERISM, MENTORSHIP AND SERVICE. THE CENTER ALSO REPRESENTS A THOUGHTFUL INVESTMENT IN FUTURE GENERATIONS. IT WILL HELP PRESERVE CULTURAL HERITAGE, SUPPORT YOUTH LEADERSHIP, ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND CREATE A LASTING PLACE WHERE FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN REMAIN CONNECTED TO FAMILY, CULTURE, FAITH AND COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY. PROJECTS LIKE THIS STRENGTHEN THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL FABRIC OF FRISCO. AND REINFORCE OUR CITY REPUTATION AS WELCOMING AND GLOBALLY CONNECTED COMMUNITY. I RESPECTFULLY RESPECT THE CITY COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THE JAN SOCIETY OF TEXAS FRISCO COMMUNITY CENTER PROJECT, AND I APPRECIATE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, SERVICE, AND YOUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO THE RESIDENTS OF FRISCO. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE... SALLY SINGLETON. AND THEN AFTER THAT, TAMOR VANA-DARK. I CANNOT READ YOUR WRITING. HELLO, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SALLY SINGLETON. I LIVE AT 2900 OSTER BAY IN FRISCO LAKES. I MOVED HERE FROM THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF... EXCUSE ME. I HAVE LAKEWOOD. FINDING A HOME TO RETIRE. I MOVED TO FRISCO. I FELL IN LOVE WITH IT. I LOVE THE GRASS AND THE COWS AND NOW WE HAVE ALL OF OUR WONDERFUL BUILDINGS AND THAT'S OKAY. I CAN GO ALONG WITH THAT. BUT WHAT MY QUESTION IS, IS I FEEL LIKE FROM PUBLIC JUST CHATTER OF ALL THAT'S GOING ON, WE GET THE IMPRESSION THAT WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE. IN THE MATTER OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN FRISCO, THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN INPUT [01:45:01] OF WHAT'S GOING ON. THE CONSENSUS OF MANY THAT I HAVE SPOKEN WITH IS THEY AND WE DO NOT WANT A MASK. THERE'S ALREADY ENOUGH, WE FEEL LIKE, THAT PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION, THEY HAVE A PLACE TO GO. BUT WHEN I MOVED TO FRISCO, I DID NOT DREAM THAT IT WOULD BECOME MOSCOW. EVERYWHERE. AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TOLD. WE DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT WE HAVE AN INPUT, THAT YOU ALL ARE LISTENING, BUT YOU DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT. AND THAT MAKES US VERY SAD THAT WE FEEL LIKE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THIS. THE SHEREE LAW, AS I UNDERSTAND, WAS ALREADY VOTED, WAS TURNED DOWN WITH A BIG NO OF 95 PERCENT. OF THE PEOPLE IN FRISCO. IF YOU THINK ABOUT DIFFERENT CITIES THAT ARE SO SPECTACULAR, WERE SO SPECTACULAR, LIKE LONDON AND PARIS, THAT WERE MAGICAL CITIES, AND THEY'RE NOW LOST. I DON'T WANT TO SEE FRISCO LOST. I WANT TO BE HERE THE REST OF MY LIFE, BE PROUD OF FRISCO, AND BE PROUD OF WHAT WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING. AND I HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL CONSIDER IN GIVING US A SAY-SO. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, WHEN DIFFERENT MATTERS COME UP AS LARGE AS THIS IS, MAYBE HAVE A VOTE AND BE ABLE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE TO BE ABLE TO LIVE WHERE THEY WANT TO LIVE. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE TIMUR. YES, MY NAME IS TIMUR KAINAZAROV. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I ALREADY READ THIS REALLY QUICKLY BECAUSE THE TIME IS SHORT. THANK YOU, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS TIMUR KAINAZAROV. I'M A CONCERNED FRISCO CITIZEN. I'M ASKING CITY COUNCIL TO EITHER DENY TABLE OR PLACE MUCH STRONGER CONDITIONS ON THIS PROPOSED LARGE ASSEMBLY USES UNTIL THE CITY CAN CLEARLY SHOW THAT SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS ARE BE PROTECTED. WHAT I MEAN BY THIS? I WON'T BE VERY CLEAR. MY CONCERN IS NOT ABOUT ANYONE'S PRIVATE RIGHT TO WORSHIP. FRISCO IS AN AMERICAN CITY, AND ONE OF THE AMERICAN PRINCIPLES WE SHOULD PROTECT IS RELIGIOUS LIBERTY UNDER THE LAW. BUT RELIGIOUS LIBERTY DOES NOT MEAN THAT EVERY PROPOSED BUILDING BELONGS IN EVERY LOCATION. THE SAME ZONING, TRAFFIC, PARKING, NOISE, SAFETY, AND NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT STANDARDS SHOULD APPLY WHETHER THE APPLICANT IS A CHURCH, MOSQUE, TEMPLE, PRIVATE SCHOOL, BANQUET HALL, OR EVEN A CENTER. MY CONCERN IS THAT LARGE HOUSES OF WORSHIP CAN FUNCTION LIKE HIGH-INTENSITY ASSEMBLY PLACES. THEY BRING PEAK TRAFFIC, LARGE GATHERINGS, OVERFLOW PARKING, SPECIAL EVENTS, NOISES, DELIVERIES, OTHER ACTIVITIES, PRESSURE ON NEARBY RESIDENTIAL STREETS. FRISCO'S OWN ZONING STANDARDS RECOGNIZE THIS BY TREATING PLACES OF WORSHIP AS A DISTINCT LAND USE AND REQUIRE PROPER STREET FRONTAGE AND PARKING. BEFORE APPROVING ANY OF THIS PROJECT, THE CITY SHOULD REQUIRE... A FULL AND INDEPENDENT TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS ESPECIALLY TO FOR PEAK WORSHIP TIMES FRIDAY GATHERINGS WEEKENDS HOLIDAYS FESTIVALS WEDDINGS AND SPECIAL EVENTS WE ALREADY HAVE EXAMPLES IN THE AREA WHERE RESIDENTS HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC NOISE AROUND RELIGIOUS FACILITIES PLACED TOO CLOSE TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THE ONE TEMPLE ON I BELIEVE IT'S ON INDEPENDENT STREET RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF RESIDENTIAL AREA IF A FACILITY IS SURROUNDED BY SUBURBAN HOMES THE BURDEN FALLS ON ORDINARY FAMILIES WHO BOUGHT INTO ORIGINALLY QUIET RESIDENTIAL AREA LIFE. THEY REALLY DEAL WITH CARS CUTTING THROUGH THEIR STREETS, BLOCKED DRIVEWAYS, CROWDED INTERSECTIONS, POSSIBLY LATE NIGHT ACTIVITIES, OUTDOOR SOUND, AND LOSS OF PEACE IN EVERY PLACE WHERE THEY LIVE. IF I LIVED DIRECTLY BESIDES ONE OF THESE HIGH TRAFFIC FACILITIES, I WOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER MOVING. AND I BELIEVE FAMILIES WOULD FEEL THE SAME PRESSURE. I'M ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO PROTECT RESIDENTS FIRST. DO NOT APPROVE THESE PROJECTS UNLESS THESE ARE ENFORCEABLE CONDITIONS. NO ACCESS THROUGH LOCAL RESIDENTIAL STREETS. THE SAFER ARTERIAL ROUTE IS AVAILABLE. ADEQUATE ON-SITE PARKING WITH NO OVERFLOW INTO NEIGHBORHOODS. STRONG LANDSCAPE BUFFERS AND MASONRY SCREENING WALLS. LIMIT AN OUTDOOR AMPLIFIED SOUND. CLEAR OPERATING HOUR RESTRICTIONS FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY. TRAFFIC CONTROL REQUIREMENTS DURING LARGE EVENTS. FRISCO IS GROWING, BUT GROWTH MUST BE ORDERLY. WE SHOULD NOT PLACE LARGE REGIONAL ASSEMBLY CENTERS IN LOCATIONS THAT WERE CLEARLY DESIGNATED FOR SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL LIFE. THESE PROJECTS MAY BELONG ON LARGER TRACTS, LIKE 380, [01:50:02] NEAR MAJOR ROADS OR IN AREAS PLANNED FOR... THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. IN THE INTEREST OF TIME AND RESPECTING EVERYBODY'S TIME, I'M GOING TO, I KNOW THERE'S AN OPTION TO SELECT ONE PERSON WHO CAN SPEAK ON BEHALF. SO IS IT OKAY IF WE DO THAT? AND THAT WAY WE CAN TAKE ALL THE SUPPORTERS FOR THE JN CENTER, NOT SPEAK LATER ON. SO I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST DR. LEAH, WHO'S A PROFESSOR AT UNT, TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF US. THANK YOU. WHAT WAS THAT NAME? LEAH KALMANSON, THANK YOU. LET ME DO START BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND LET ME SAY THAT THE VIEWS AND OPINIONS THAT I WILL EXPRESS HERE ARE ENTIRELY MY OWN. THEY DON'T REPRESENT OR CONSTITUTE THE POLICY OF MY EMPLOYER, SO I'M HERE SPEAKING IN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY. I'M A TEACHER AND A RESEARCHER IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES. I HAVE OVER 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN INTERFAITH ENGAGEMENT, INTERFAITH DIALOGUE, AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING IN RELIGION. I'M NOT A MEMBER OF THE JAIN SOCIETY OF NORTH TEXAS, BUT I HAVE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THIS COMMUNITY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. AND SO I'M HERE JUST TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JAINISM. I'VE SEEN SOME REFERENCE TO THERE BEING TWO HINDU TEMPLES UNDER DISCUSSION TODAY IN FRISCO, BUT IT IS ONE HINDU TEMPLE AND ONE JAIN TEMPLE. THERE ARE, YOU MAY KNOW, THREE ANCIENT RELIGIONS FROM INDIA THAT ARE STILL WITH US TODAY. ONE IS, OF COURSE, HINDUISM, ANOTHER IS BUDDHISM, AND THEN ANOTHER IS... JAINISM, IN SOME SENSES, IT MAY BE THE SIMPLEST RELIGION THAT I CAN THINK OF. ITS CENTRAL TEACHING IS SIMPLY DO NO HARM. TRY TO LIVE YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE IN A WAY THAT CAUSES THE LEAST AMOUNT OF SUFFERING POSSIBLE. THAT MIGHT MEAN BEING KIND TO OTHER PEOPLE AND HUMBLE WHEN ACKNOWLEDGING DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS, AND THAT ITSELF IS ACTUALLY A CENTRAL JAIN PRACTICE. IT MIGHT MEAN BEING VEGETARIAN. IT MIGHT REALLY MEAN A HUNDRED DIFFERENT LITTLE WAYS THAT YOU TAKE TIME TO AVOID CAUSING SUFFERING OR HARM TO ANOTHER PERSON OR EVEN TO ANOTHER LITTLE CREATURE. AND HONESTLY, I'M VERY SOFT-HEARTED ABOUT ANIMALS, MYSELF, AND SO THIS ASPECT OF JAINISM HAS ALWAYS APPEALED TO ME. YOU MIGHT WONDER WHAT HAPPENS AT A JAIN TEMPLE. THERE ARE OFTEN IMAGES OF IMPORTANT TEACHERS FROM THE PAST THERE, AND JAINS WILL SPEND TIME. THEY ARE DEPICTED WHILE MEDITATING, AND JANES WILL SPEND TIME IN FRONT OF THESE IMAGES IN ORDER TO BE INSPIRED BY THEM. ON SUNDAYS, THEY WILL COOK A VEGETARIAN MEAL FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND THEY'LL OFTEN HAVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR CHILDREN. SO A TEMPLE IS A PLACE FOR PEACEFUL CONTEMPLATION, FOR LEARNING, AND FOR COMMUNITY TOGETHERNESS. AND SO I'M JUST GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THIS FASCINATING RELIGION. THANKS. AND JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT I PULLED THE RIGHT CARD, IT IS LEAH COMMINSON. THANK YOU. THERE'S A LOT. OKAY, THEN NEXT WE GET TO YAMIN AHMED. AND THEN FOLLOWING AFTER THAT, WE'LL HAVE JOSE DUARTE. HI, SO I'M YAMIN. I'M A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF FRISCO. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ALMOST SEVEN YEARS NOW. SO MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD OF THE SHOOTING IN SAN DIEGO. THREE MUSLIMS KILLED THAT DAY. THREE LIVES. EXTINGUISHED BY THE FIRE OF ISLAMOPHOBIA. THAT FIRE BURNED FAR FROM HOME, BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, IT BURNS HERE IN FRISCO, AND IT IS GROWING. ANTI-MUSLIM RHETORIC IN THIS STATE HAS EXPLODED IN MY TIME LIVING HERE. EVERY DAY ON THE AIRWAVES, I HEAR POLITICIANS AND MEDIA FIGURES COMPETING, NOT FOR WHO CAN BETTER BEST IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE, BUT WHO CAN MAKE MUSLIMS SUFFER THE MOST. I HEAR LIES THAT WE ARE TERRORISTS, RAPISTS. FRAUDSTERS AND THAT WE DO NOT BELONG HERE. I REJECT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE LIES. THIS IS WHO WE ARE. FRISCO MOSQUE. WE HELD A MASSIVE FUN FAIR AT THE 4TH OF JULY, ENDING WITH US WATCHING THE FIREWORKS TOGETHER. WE ATTEND POOL PARTIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WE CALL HOME. WE COACH, PLAY, AND WATCH SOCCER IN THE FIELDS DOWN THE STREET. WE STAND IN LONG LINES AT BARBECUE JOINTS, WAITING ON A NICE CUT OF BRISKET. WE SHOW UP BECAUSE THIS COMMUNITY IS OURS AND WE ARE PART OF IT. BUT THE AGITATORS SPREADING [01:55:01] THIS FIRE HAVE NOT STOPPED AT MUSLIMS. THEY HAVE GONE AFTER IMMIGRANTS, THE PEOPLE WHO PICK UP NIGHT SHIFTS, WHO START THE SMALL BUSINESSES ON MAIN STREET. THEY HAVE GONE AFTER THE HINDUS AND JAINS, WHO THEY CALL DEMON WORSHIPPERS, WHILE THESE VERY SAME PEOPLE SERVE AS DOCTORS, ENGINEERS, AND TEACHERS. THEY GO AFTER MINORITY GROUP AFTER MINORITY GROUP. SLOWLY SHRINKING THE CIRCLE OF ACCESSIBILITY UNTIL EVEN THE PEDDLERS OF HATE FEEL ITS FIRES. I HAVE STUDIED HISTORY QUITE A BIT AND I KNOW MANY PEOPLE THAT STARTED THESE FLAMES THAT WERE EVENTUALLY BURNED. ROBESPIERRE IN FRANCE, TROTSKY IN RUSSIA, ERNST RÖHM IN GERMANY. THEY ALL STARTED FIRES THEY COULD NOT CONTROL WHICH CONSUMED THEMSELVES. BECAUSE IN THE END, THE FIRES OF DISCRIMINATION DO NOT DISCRIMINATE. I AM URGING THE CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE A STAND. CONDEMN THE BIGOTRY THAT IS BEING IMPOSED ON THIS TOWN. SPEAK CLEARLY ABOUT FRISCO AND WHAT IT REFUSES TO BECOME. THIS CITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN BUILT ON AND IS BEING BUILT BY PEOPLE FROM EVERYWHERE AND ITS STRENGTH HAS COME FROM THIS FACT. HELP US PUT THIS FIRE OUT BEFORE IT TAKES OUT ANYONE ELSE. NEXT WE HAVE CASEY WARD. CAN YOU PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MIC? YEAH, OF COURSE. THANK YOU. WE REJECT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MOSQUE HERE IN FRISCO. IN A DEMOCRACY, THE MAJORITY RULES. AND THE MAJORITY HERE DOESN'T WANT THAT MOSQUE TO BE BUILT. IT'S SIMPLE AS THAT. TODAY, I ASK YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL, TO REJECT THAT PROPOSAL. AND TO ALL OF YOU, YOU HERE, YEAH, YOU'RE POLITICIANS, BUT YOU'RE ALSO HUMANS. I CAN TALK TO YOU LIKE HUMANS. YOU ALSO HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS, YOU HAVE GIRLS IN YOUR FAMILY, YOU HAVE DAUGHTERS, YOU HAVE GRANDDAUGHTERS, AND THEY'RE PROBABLY, MAYBE THEY'LL HEAR THIS OR MAYBE THEY'LL FIND OUT SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO IN ISLAM, THE RELIGIOUS BOOK, THE QURAN, TELLS THEM THAT TWO WOMEN ARE THE EQUIVALENT TO ONLY ONE MAN WHEN TESTIFYING IN COURT, MEANING THAT A WOMAN IS LESS VALUABLE THAN A MAN. IMAGINE THE GIRLS IN YOUR FAMILY HEARING THIS AND KNOWING YOU PROMOTED SOMETHING THAT SEES THEM AS LESS. IMAGINE THEM FINDING OUT YOU'RE HERE TO PROVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF SOMETHING THAT IS USED TO STEP ON THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN ALL OVER THE WORLD. WOMEN IN ISLAMIC COUNTRIES HAVE LESS RIGHTS THAN MEN. FOR EXAMPLE, 8-YEAR-OLD GIRLS ARE FORCED TO MARRY 60-YEAR-OLD MEN AND THEY DON'T HAVE A SAY. THEN THOSE MEN RAPE THE GIRLS AND THEY CRY, OF COURSE, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO GO BACK WITH THEIR FAMILIES, BUT THEIR FAMILIES WON'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THEIR RELIGION APPROVES THAT. WHEN I ASK MUSLIMS TO CONDEMN GROUPS LIKE HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH OR THE TALIBAN, TERRORIST GROUPS THAT HAVE KILLED THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS, WE'RE HAVING MEMORIAL DAY IN A WEEK, SO REMEMBER THAT. THEY WON'T CONDEMN THEM, BECAUSE THEY WON'T BETRAY THEIR PEOPLE OR RELIGION. BUT IF THEY DO CONDEMN THEM, THEY USE SOMETHING THAT IS CALLED TAQIYYA, WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO LIE, IF THAT MEANS THEY'RE GOING TO PROTECT THEIR LIVES OR PROTECT ISLAM. WE ASK YOU TODAY, YOU HAVE US RIGHT HERE, THE MAJORITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT THIS, IT'S SIMPLE AS THAT. AND WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND TO DECIDE IN THE DECISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO AFFECT OUR SISTERS, OUR DAUGHTERS, OUR FUTURE GRANDDAUGHTERS AND ALL THE GIRLS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES AND WOMEN. WE CARE FOR THEM. MUSLIMS SAY ISLAM IS THE RELIGION OF PEACE. MEANWHILE, APOSTASY, WHICH MEANS LIVING THE RELIGION OF ISLAM IN THIS CASE, IS PUNISHED WITH DEATH. IF YOU LEAVE ISLAM, YOU GET THE DEATH PENALTY. YOU GUYS KNOW THAT? NOW I'LL FINISH WITH THREE THINGS FOR EVERYONE TO HEAR. FIRST OF ALL, JESUS CHRIST IS GOD AND THE ONLY GOD. SECOND, THE MAJORITY HAS THE LAST WORD AND WE THE PEOPLE REJECT THIS PROPOSAL. THAT'S IT. CASEY GOOD EVENING. [02:00:01] THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS EVENING. I'M AN 11-YEAR RESIDENT OF THE PRESERVE AT LONE STAR RANCH, DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE PROPOSED MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT AT FM 423 AND LONE STAR RANCH PARKWAY. I WANT TO VOICE MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROPOSED ACCESS ONTO AMBERLEY PLACE, OUR QUIET RESIDENTIAL CUL-DE-SAC USED FOR CHILDREN'S PLAY AND NEIGHBORHOOD EVENTS. THIS ACCESS IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN OTHER RESIDENTIAL ACCESS CONNECTIONS SEEN THROUGHOUT FRISCO. THIS ACCESS WOULD IMMEDIATELY FUNNEL TRAFFIC IN THE DIRECTION OF AN ALLEYWAY AND THROUGH A CUL-DE-SAC, BOTH NOT DESIGNED FOR CONTINUOUS TRAFFIC FLOW. IT WOULD ALSO INTRODUCE COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, CREATING SAFETY RISKS, CONGESTION, OVERFLOW PARKING, AND IMPACTS TO PRIVACY AND PROPERTY VALUES. THE CITY COUNCIL HAS AUTHORITY TO DENY OR CONDITION STREET CONNECTIONS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE. THE AMARILLO PLACE CONNECTION IS CLOSEST TO THE PROPOSED TEMPLE, AND THAT PROXIMITY... WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY INTRODUCE COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE ARE OTHER COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN FRISCO THAT DO NOT HAVE CONNECTIONS TO ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS, AND YOU WOULD NOT BE SETTING A PRECEDENT BY RESTRICTING OR CONDITIONING ACCESS TO AMBERLEY PLACE. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENTS AT THE KROGER ON LEGACY AND LEBANON, THE RACETRACK AT LEGACY AND WARREN PARKWAY, THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH AT ROLLITER AND HILLCREST, AND ST. PHILIP'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH AT STONEBROOK AND DALLAS NORTH HALLWAYS. THAT DO NOT HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESS. UNLIKE STANDARD RETAIL, RELIGIOUS USE CREATES HIGH-VOLUME TRAFFIC SURGES AS CONGREGANTS ARRIVE AND DEPART AT THE SAME TIME. FRISCO RESIDENTS SEE THIS EVERY SUNDAY AS POLICE ARE NEEDED TO MANAGE CHURCH TRAFFIC FLOWS. BECAUSE 423 IS OFTEN HEAVILY CONGESTED, THE MOST LOGICAL EXIT FOR THOSE DEPARTING THE TEMPLE WILL BE LSR PARKWAY, WHICH WILL QUICKLY BOTTLENECK. TRAVERS LOOKING TO AVOID THE CONGESTION WILL CUT THROUGH THE AMBERLEY PLACE JUNCTION. AMBERLEY PLACE IS THE CLOSEST POINT OF INGRESS-EGRESS TO THE TEMPLE. ALSO, UNLIKE STANDARD RETAIL, THE TEMPLE WILL DRAW REGIONAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL VISITORS, EXACERBATING TRAFFIC FLOWS. THE PROPOSED USES WILL ALSO GENERATE HIGH PARKING DEMAND, ESPECIALLY DURING TEMPLE EVENTS, RISKING SPILLOVER INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. PLAN DEVELOPMENT, ZONING, AND SUBDIVISION RULES REQUIRE COMPATIBILITY WITH ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL AREAS. MODIFYING THE AMBERLEY PLACE ACCESS MEETS THAT STANDARD. WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE EXTENSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKING OCCURRING AT THE HANUMAN TEMPLE IN EAST FRISCO. THE PROPOSED SHUTTLE BUS SYSTEM FROM REEDY HIGH SCHOOL FOR THIS PROJECT WILL BE INSUFFICIENT TO PREVENT NEIGHBORHOOD PARKING. HUMAN BEHAVIOR DICTATES THAT DRIVERS WILL CHOOSE CONVENIENT NEIGHBORHOOD STREET PARKING OVER A REMOTE SHUTTLE BUS SYSTEM. FORTUNATELY, THE DEVELOPER, GITA MANDUR, TOLD RESIDENTS FOLLOWING THE MAY 12TH PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING THAT THEY DID NOT REQUEST OR WANT THE AMBERLEY PLACE ACCESS. IT WAS REQUIRED BY THE CITY. SO RESTRICTING AMBERLEY PLACE TO THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES ONLY VIA SECURE GATE CREATES NO HARDSHIP FOR THE DEVELOPER OR RESOLVES OUR MAIN CONCERNS. I'VE HEARD FROM MANY NEIGHBORS AND SO FAR THE CITY ONLY WANTS THIS BY VIRTUE OF ORDINANCE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION RESTRICTING THE AMBERLAND PLACE CONNECTION TO OUR EMERGENCY VEHICLES ONLY AS A SIMPLE IMPACT MODIFICATION. THANK YOU. PROPERTY OWNER 6003 TO CONNECTION MINIMUM ZERO CONNECTIVITY IS ALREADY SATISFIED FOUR TIMES OVER ON TWO DIFFERENT THOROUGHFARES. FIFTH CONNECTION. THE ONE ROUTING COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC INTO OUR RESIDENTIAL CUL-DE-SAC IS THE ONLY ONE OF THE FIVE THAT VIOLATES SECTION 4.07.1 THAT CONNECTIONS AVOID CONFLICTS WITH THE SERVICE AREAS OF NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. ROUTING FUEL TANKERS, DELIVERY TRUCKS, AND 24-HOUR GAS STATION TRAFFIC INTO A RESIDENTIAL CUL-DE-SAC IS THE SAME CONFLICT THE CODE IS WRITTEN TO PREVENT. I'M ASKING THE CITY TO ELIMINATE THE CUL-DE-SAC CONNECTION ENTIRELY. TO REQUIRE A CONTINUOUS TYPE B7 SCREENING BUFFER ALONG THE RESIDENTIAL BOUNDARY PER SECTION 4.03.03. FURTHERMORE, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FILED FOR THE TEMPLE, CONSIDERING THIS LAND IS ZONED RETAIL. AND NOW I'M EVEN MORE CONFUSED, AS IT SOUNDS FROM THE DEVELOPER TALKING EARLIER, LIKE IT'S MORE OF A MENTAL INSTITUTION SLASH HALFWAY HOUSE OFFERING HOUSING AND OVERNIGHT STAYS. SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT'S RETAIL. AND I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT THAT IN MY FRONT. DOESN'T REALLY FEEL VERY SAFE. STUDENT. [02:05:03] THANK YOU. STUDENT. AND THEN AFTER THAT WE'LL HAVE DAN ELMER. GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS CARLY SUDAT. MY FAMILY AND I RESIDE AT 4035 AMBERLEY PLACE, WHICH IS THE HOUSE IN THE CUL-DE-SAC THAT SITS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE OPEN FIELD AT THE CORNER OF FM 423 AND LONE STAR RANCH PARKWAY. WE HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 10 YEARS. AND HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT LAND WOULD EVENTUALLY BE BUILT AND CHANGED, BUT WHEN I, ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE LONE STAR RANCH COMMUNITY, LEARNED A LITTLE OVER A WEEK AGO THAT NINE BUILDINGS, INCLUDING A GAS STATION, DRIVE-THRU RESTAURANTS, AND A TEMPLE, WERE POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE BUILT ON THAT OPEN LAND, I SUDDENLY KNEW THAT LIFE IN OUR QUIET LITTLE CUL-DE-SAC WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME. WITH NINE BUILDINGS PLANNED FOR THIS LOT, I WORRY ABOUT THE INCREASED TRAFFIC THAT WILL SUDDENLY SURROUND OUR OTHERWISE QUIET... QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD AND FORMALLY REQUEST THAT THE COUNCIL DENY THE EXTENSION OF AMBERLEY PLACE INTO THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT. MY HUSBAND AND I INTENTIONALLY CHOSE A HOME IN A CUL-DE-SAC FOR THE SAFETY BENEFITS THAT IT OFFERS, AND WHEN WE PURCHASED OUR HOME, IT WAS OUR UNDERSTANDING IT WOULD REMAIN IN A CUL-DE-SAC. WE WERE NEVER INFORMED THAT THE INTENTION WOULD BE TO EXTEND AMBERLEY PLACE INTO A RETAIL DEVELOPMENT, AND I SEE UNDER SECTION 8.04 OF THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE THAT ALL STUB STREETS SHALL HAVE A SIGN PROMINENTLY POSTED AT THE TERMINUS OF THE STREET TO INDICATE THAT THE STREET WILL BE EXTENDED IN THE FUTURE. IN THE 10 YEARS THAT WE HAVE LIVED ON EMBERLEY PLACE, THERE HAS BEEN NO SUCH SIGN. WHILE I ALSO SEE THE ZONING ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRES INTERCONNECTIVITY BETWEEN ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE PLENTY OF DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF FRISCO WHERE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS DO NOT PROVIDE CONNECTIONS TO COMMERCIAL AREAS. MY KIDS LEARN TO RIDE THEIR BIKES. IN THIS CUL-DE-SAC AND THEY, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER KIDS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, OFTEN ENJOY ROLLER SKATING, DRIVING REMOTE CONTROL CARS, FLYING KITES, AND PLAYING CRICKET THERE. IT IS EVEN USED AS A COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE, HAVING MANY TIMES BEEN USED AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY LOCATION. I WANT TO ENSURE OUR CUL-DE-SAC REMAINS A SAFE PLACE FOR THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IF THE CITY ALLOWS ACCESS TO THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT THROUGH OUR STREET, IT WILL NO LONGER BE SAFE. THE TRAFFIC AND CONSTANT COMING AND GOING OF CARS WILL NOW POSE AN INCREASED THREAT. THERE'S INCREASED RISK OF GETTING HIT BY A CAR, AND NOW THERE'S ALSO THE INCREASED RISK OF CRIME. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CRIME AND CONVENIENCE STORES AND GAS STATIONS HAS LONG BEEN WELL ESTABLISHED, AS THESE TYPES OF ESTABLISHMENTS ARE AMONG THE TOP LOCATIONS FOR VIOLENT CRIMES AND THEFT. MY HUSBAND HAS PERSONALLY WITNESSED MULTIPLE THEFTS AND A VIOLENT CRIME AT THE CIRCLE K JUST A MILE OR TWO DOWN THE ROAD. AND ALLOWING A CUT THROUGH FROM THIS RETAIL DEVELOPMENT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ONLY MAKES IT EASIER FOR VAGRANTS AND CRIMINALS TO ACCESS OUR HOMES, ESPECIALLY THE ONES LINING THE OUTSKIRTS OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. AGAIN, I AM FORMALLY REQUESTING THAT THE COUNCIL PLEASE DENY NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESS THROUGH THE AMBERLEY PLACE CUL-DE-SAC OR AT LEAST PROVIDE FOR RESTRICTED GATE ACCESS FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLE USE ONLY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE DAN ELMER. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS DAN ELMER. I LIVE IN LONE STAR RANCH HERE IN FRISCO. I WANT TO THANK YOU TONIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS, BRITTANY, LAURA. I JUST WANT TO SAY QUICKLY, I BELIEVE THAT THE TWO OF YOU WERE ELECTED AND RE-ELECTED OVERWHELMINGLY BECAUSE YOU BRING STEADY, THOUGHTFUL, RESPECTFUL LEADERSHIP TO OUR CITY. WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, I WAS A REALLY BIG BASEBALL FAN. I STILL AM REALLY A BIG BASEBALL FAN. AND I BECAME A LITTLE LEAGUE UMPIRE. AND I LEARNED HOW TO UMPIRE A BASEBALL GAME, AND I GOT TO GO UP TO THE BIG FIELDS IN THE LITTLE LEAGUE COMPLEX AND UMPIRE BEHIND HOME PLATE FOR MY FIRST GAME. I HAD THE LOUDEST, MOST OBNOXIOUS, I THINK AWESOME, STRIKE THREE CALL. I TOOK CONTROL OF THAT GAME. I THREW OUT ONE OF THE COACHES. I MADE A LOT OF NOISE, AND THEN I WASN'T ALLOWED TO UMPIRE A GAME AGAIN FOR A WHILE. HERE'S WHAT I THINK. IF ANYBODY'S A MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL FAN, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN NAME A MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL UMPIRE. YOU KNOW NAMES LIKE JOE WEST, IF YOU'RE A BIG BASEBALL FAN. YOU KNOW ANGEL HERNANDEZ. WHY? THEY MAKE BAD CALLS AND THEY'RE REALLY LOUD. THEY RUIN THE GAME. I RUINED THAT LITTLE LEAGUE GAME. AND SO I WANT TO CALL ON YOU TONIGHT AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN A SELF-PROFESSED RABBLE-ROUSER IN THE PAST. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU. EVERY SINGLE PERSON ON THIS DAY HAS SPENT TIME WITH ME TO EDUCATE ME ON ISSUES, TO MEET WITH ME AND HEAR MY CONCERNS ON ISSUES, EVEN THOUGH IN THE PAST I'VE SOMETIMES BEEN LOUD. HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO CHALLENGE YOU TO DO. DON'T BE ANGEL HERNANDEZ. THERE'S A LOT OF THOUGHTS ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT [02:10:01] THINGS. I JUST WANT TO LOOK UP HERE. YOUR JOB TONIGHT IS TO CALL BALLS AND STRIKES. YOUR JOB TONIGHT IS TO LEAD, AND YOUR JOB IS TO ENFORCE THE LAW. AND SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU, EVERYONE'S VOICE DESERVES TO BE HEARD, BUT YOUR JOB IS TO LEAD RESPECTFULLY, APPROPRIATELY, AND FOLLOW THE RULES. I WANT TO CLOSE BY SAYING THIS. IT'S A SCRIPTURE I HEARD RECENTLY THAT I THINK IS MOST APT FOR THIS MOMENT. IT'S FROM JAMES 3, VERSE 18. PEACEMAKERS WHO SOW IN PEACE REACH... REAP A HARVEST OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. AND THAT WORD RIGHTEOUSNESS IN THAT CONTEXT MEANS JUSTICE. IT MEANS WHEN WE DO WHAT WE DO IN PEACE, THE RIGHT THINGS HAPPEN. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE PEACEFUL. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU NOT TO BE POLITICAL WITH LEADING THE CITY. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS AND WE'RE REPRESENTING ISSUES TONIGHT AS OUR OFFICIALS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS, DO THE RIGHT THINGS. BASED ON THE LETTER OF THE LAW AND YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS DO NOT CAVE TO POLITICAL PRESSURE AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE A POSITION POSITION ON ANY OF THE DEVELOPMENTS TONIGHT BUT THANK YOU I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO NEXT WE HAVE PAUL JESSEN AND AFTER THAT WE HAVE SHIRU MANAVASKAR ON ONE HAND, GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL, VETERANS AND ROOKIES. WE THANK YOU THAT WE HAVE YOU. SOMEBODY'S GOT TO MAKE DECISIONS. PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST COMMON COMMENTS ABOUT THOSE IN LEADERSHIP IS THEY WILL ALWAYS GET PEOPLE WHO DISAGREE WITH THEM. I KIND OF WONDER WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT. THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH COMMON... SENSE SPOKEN BY SO MANY PEOPLE. JUST SIMPLE RESIDENTS WITH SIMPLE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW A RESIDENTIAL PLACE SHOULD BE IN NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THEY CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY'RE BEING IGNORED. I'VE BOUGHT HOUSES IN FIVE DIFFERENT STATES, AND I ALWAYS HAD TWO QUESTIONS. ONE, WHERE'S THE 100-YEAR FLOODPLAIN? I WANTED TO BUY ABOVE IT. AND THE SECOND ONE IS... WHERE I'M BUYING ARE THE ZONING LAWS CONSISTENT AND UNDERSTANDABLE. I'VE BEEN COMING TO THESE COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR OVER A YEAR. ALMOST EVERY MEETING THERE IS A REQUEST FOR A ZONING LAW CHANGE. DIFFERENT SPECIAL USE PERMITS. AND THE RESIDENTS ARE GOING, WELL, WAIT A MINUTE, IS THE QUESTION I USED TO ASK. IS THAT POSSIBLE WHERE I'M LIVING? OR WE CAN SEE ALL THESE CHANGES. AND AFTER 10 YEARS, AS ONE PERSON SAID AND OTHERS, WHAT'S GOING ON? WHAT HAPPENED? I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS. I WON'T SAY THEM. BUT I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT EXAMPLE HERE AT THE COUNCIL MEETING A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO FROM THE 121 AND THE, WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE PLACE? 121 IN THE WAREHOUSE. AND WHAT WE HAD IS A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING. WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE. RESIDENTS ARE SAYING, WHOA, WE DIDN'T KNOW THIS. WE NEED TO HAVE THIS DONE, THIS DONE. CAN WE PLEASE NOT MAKE DECISIONS? CAN WE HAVE SOME DEEP, A LATER VOTE ON THESE THINGS? CAN WE WAIT TILL THESE, A LOT OF THESE QUESTIONS ARE ASKED? TREMENDOUS QUESTIONS BEING ASKED. AND I'M GOING LIKE, WHAT? THIS IS NOT COMMON SENSE. SO MAYBE THAT NEEDS TO BE EXPLAINED WHY. AND ONE OF THE MAIN PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNICATION IS IF ANYONE CAN POSSIBLY MISUNDERSTAND, THEY WILL. [02:15:02] WE HAVE A LOT OF THAT GOING ON. AND I THINK ONE OF MY FAVORITE VERSES ON THIS, ISAIAH 128, GOD SAYS, COME, LET US REASON TOGETHER. AND FROM WHAT I'M HEARING ON A LOT OF THE TESTIMONIES, THERE'S NOT MUCH REASONING, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE AND HAVE SOME SPECIFIC COMMON SENSE THINGS BE PROMINENT. THANK YOU. BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS. WE HAVE CHIRU BANAVASKAR, POTENTIALLY ONE OF THE JAIN PEOPLE THAT NOBODY WROTE DOWN WHAT THEY ARE. THE NEXT PERSON IS GOING TO BE SARISA BARAHASI. I'M GOING TO KEEP GOING IF I DON'T SEE ANYBODY MOVING. ANILA TARDIA? THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. THANK YOU GUYS SO VERY MUCH. SORRY, I WAS ACTUALLY NOT PLANNING ON SPEAKING TODAY, BUT I WAS VERY OVERWHELMED. OVERALL, I ACTUALLY WANT TO, WELL, I'M JUST GOING TO SPEAK AS LONG AS I CAN AND PRAY TO GOD THAT HE GUIDES ME TO SAY WHATEVER IS BEST. WE'VE GROWN UP IN TEXAS. I AM MUSLIM. MY NAME IS ANILA CHARANIA. WE'VE GROWN UP IN TEXAS ALMOST 50 YEARS NOW, ALMOST 40 YEARS IN HOUSTON, AND ALMOST 10 YEARS IN AUSTIN. MY HUSBAND AND I JUST MOVED TO FRISCO ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO BECAUSE WE'D BEEN HERE IN FRISCO. IT'S SUCH A WONDERFUL PLACE TO BE, AND WE HAD NO CLUE ABOUT THIS THAT I'M SEEING HERE. I DO FOLLOW POLITICS NATIONALLY, SO I HAD KNOWN ABOUT SOME OF THE FALSE PROPAGANDA THAT WAS BEING TOLD ABOUT SHARIA AT THE CONGRESSIONAL LEVEL. AND I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE I'M HERE. I'M A MUSLIM WOMAN. SOMEBODY WAS SAYING WOMEN ARE OPPRESSED. I'M HERE. I'VE HAD MY OWN CORPORATE CONSULTING PRACTICE FOR 25 YEARS, BY GOD'S GRACE. I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN MUSLIM LEADERS OF STATE, PRIME MINISTERS AND PRESIDENTS OF MUSLIM COUNTRIES. AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT YET IN THE U.S. AND THAT'S WHAT I MEAN AS AN EXAMPLE OF A LIE, BUT THAT'S NOT THE REASON I'M HERE. ON MY WAY HERE, I WANT TO SAY THAT IN HOUSTON, I'VE HAD A WONDERFUL... HOUSTON, AUSTIN, EVERYWHERE I'VE LIVED, I'VE HAD A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE WITH MY BEAUTIFUL CHRISTIAN FRIENDS. FRED AND DIANE, I'VE KNOWN THEM FOR OVER 20 YEARS. THEY GO TO CHURCH REGULARLY, WEEKLY, SUNDAYS, TUESDAYS. FRED STILL TELLS ME, DIANE STILL SAYS, YOU ARE HER SISTER FROM ANOTHER MOTHER. AND WE'VE BEEN FRIENDS OF 20 YEARS. I'M GODMOTHER TO TWO INDIAN HINDU CHILDREN. SO, TO ME, WHAT I'M HEARING HERE IS JUST SO FOREIGN. AND I REMEMBER GROWING UP, WE WENT THROUGH 9-11. AND AFTER 9-11, I USED TO TRAVEL FOR WORK BECAUSE I WAS ALREADY WORKING THEN. AND I WAS TRAVELING BACK AND FORTH, AND I STARTED GETTING CHECKED AFTER 9-11, PATTED DOWN BECAUSE OF MY HEADSCARF. AND ACTUALLY, I UNDERSTOOD. I SAID, THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TOLD LIES. THEY'RE BEING TOLD WHATEVER THEY'RE TOLD. AND SO THEY'RE JUST AFRAID. AND THAT'S OKAY. IF THIS IS WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO GET SAFETY, I UNDERSTAND. THEN, LIKE THE SIXTH TIME I TRAVELED, SORRY, I KNOW I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME. THANK YOU, MA'AM. OKAY, CAN I JUST SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SO KIND TO ME. THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE HERE WHO HAVE BEEN REALLY KIND, SO I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE. [02:20:12] SPEAKING TONIGHT, APOLOGIES IF I'M A LITTLE CANDID, BUT I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. UM, I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, AND I AM AGAINST THE PLAN HERE. UM, IS THIS A PLACE OF WORSHIP? IS IT A TEMPLE? OR IS IT A RETAIL CENTER? OKAY, BECAUSE IF IT'S A RETAIL CENTER, AND YOU HAVE RESTAURANTS, PEOPLE LIKE ALL OF US CAN GO THERE, GET SOME FOOD, NO BIG DEAL. IF IT'S A TEMPLE, OKAY, IT'S SPECIFIC TO... THEY'RE PRACTICING RELIGION THERE. OTHER FOLKS WHO DON'T PRACTICE THAT RELIGION PROBABLY AREN'T GOING TO GO THERE, OKAY? NOW, IF YOU'RE COMBINING THE BOTH OF THEM, ARE YOU CREATING A SEGREGATED ZONE? BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME, OKAY? ANOTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP, IF THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD A GAS STATION THERE, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER, GAS STATIONS REALLY MESS UP THE LAND IN THAT AREA. SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA TO ALLOW THEM TO BUILD A GAS STATION IN THAT AREA. I UNDERSTAND THE DESIRE FOR, YOU KNOW, JAIN PEOPLE TO BUILD THEIR TEMPLES, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY WANT TO EXPAND THEIR CULTURE AND, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO PRACTICE THEIR CULTURE. MY QUESTION TO THEM IS, WHAT ABOUT OUR CULTURE AS TEXANS, RIGHT? WHAT ABOUT OUR CULTURE AS FRISCOANS, OKAY? HAVE THEY ASSIMILATED WITH US? HAVE THEY GONE TO A LOT OF FOOTBALL GAMES? ANY RENAISSANCE FAIRS, YOU KNOW, UM, HAVE YOU THANKED A LOCAL VETERAN FOR GIVING YOU THE PEACE AND FREEDOM THAT YOU'RE LIVING IN NOW, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, DO YOU EVEN LIKE WAVE TO YOUR NEIGHBOR WHEN YOU'RE COMING AND GOING FROM YOUR HOUSE WHEN YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING BY? LIKE, DON'T YOU JUST WAVE TO SOMEBODY? LIKE, YOU ALWAYS WAVE TO YOUR NEIGHBORS. UM, SO BASICALLY WHAT I'M SAYING IS, UM, ASKING US AS TEXANS TO ACCEPT ANOTHER TEMPLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN A GROUP HAS NOT ASSIMILATED TO US, IS A LITTLE BIT, IT'S A BRIDGE TOO FAR FOR US TO ACCEPT. THIS IS WHY WE'RE HAVING SUCH A STRONG REACTION HERE. AND, YOU KNOW, TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHAT I'M ASKING FROM YOU IS TO, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO REMAIN, FRISCO WANTS TO REMAIN WELCOMING TO EVERYONE. BUT WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE SEGREGATED ZONES, OKAY? WE WANT TO BE AN AREA WHERE EVERYBODY CAN... GO FREELY. SO, YOU KNOW, JUST WANT TO, YEAH, JUST TO HAVE EVERYONE, WELL, SPECIFICALLY, WE WANTED TO GIVE IT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE SIMILAR TO US, BOTH AS TEXANS AND AS FRISCOANS. THANK YOU. THIS IS THE END OF FRISCO RESIDENTS SPEAKING. WE ARE NOW GETTING INTO OUR VISITORS. YOU ARE, YOU SIGNED UP FOR CITIZENS INPUT, THE OPEN, NOT THE AGENDA ITEM 25. AND YOU ARE? 13 CARDS OF PEOPLE WHO MARK THAT THEY ARE NOT WANTING TO SPEAK. SPEAK LOOKING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO YOU JUST SAID HERE WE CAN TAKE THOSE WE CAN GIVE TO THE CITY SECRETARY IF YOU WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM JUST COME UP AND MARK IT AND WE'LL KIND OF MOVE ON IN THE INTERIM AND THEN WE'LL HAVE YOU COME NEXT MELINDA YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND COME UP SINCE YOU WE'VE GOT YOURS AND THE REST IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM AND YOU MEANT YOU MARKED CITIZEN INPUT WE'LL JUST HAVE YOU UPDATE YOUR CARD SO THESE WERE AND WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT FRISCO RESIDENTS. IF YOU'RE A NON-FRISCO RESIDENT, YOU'RE STILL IN THE STACK TO BE CALLED. OKAY. MY NAME IS MELINDA PRESTON. I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF FRISCO FOR 23 YEARS. AND I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR TONIGHT FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK. MANY ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OUR FRISCO CITIZENS HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN INFLUENCE BECAUSE OF THE ISLAMIC MOVEMENT. BECAUSE OF THOSE CONCERNS, I BELIEVE FRISCO SHOULD TAKE THE TIME TO CAREFULLY REVIEW FUNDING SOURCES, LEADERSHIP, AND TEACHINGS CONNECTED TO ANY NEW ISLAMIC MOSQUES AND PREVIOUS MOSQUES. REMEMBER, THE PROPOSITION TO BAN SHARIA LAW IN TEXAS PASSED BY 95%. [02:25:05] ENSURE THAT NO PLACE OF WORSHIP OR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION IS PROMOTING VIOLENCE, EXTREMISM, HATRED, OR EFFORTS TO UNDERMINE THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. SHARIA LAW IS ILLEGAL IN TEXAS, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT IS NOT BEING TAUGHT IN LOCAL FRISCO MOSQUES. TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY MATTER, AND DUE DILIGENCE SHOULD ALWAYS BE PART OF THE PROCESS. AT THE SAME TIME, WE MUST PROTECT RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS. AND THE RIGHTS OF PEACEFUL CITIZENS OF ALL FAITH. OUR PRIORITIES SHOULD ALWAYS BE THE SAFETY, UNITY, AND PROTECTION OF OUR COMMUNITIES WHILE UPHOLDING VALUES AND FREEDOMS THAT MAKE AMERICA STRONG. BUT WE MUST PROTECT OUR CITIZENS. GUYS, THIS IS, I CAN NAME, YOU KNOW I'M IN POLITICS, THAT'S NO SURPRISE. I CAN NAME PERSON AFTER PERSON AFTER PERSON THAT'S ELECTED WHO'S CALLED ME ON THIS ISSUE. THE CONCERN FOR FRISCO IS... OFF THE CHART. PEOPLE ARE BLOWN AWAY. MY TOWN, MELINDA, THIS IS YOUR TOWN. I KNOW THIS IS MY TOWN. MY TOWN IS BUILDING ANOTHER MOSQUE WITHOUT LOOKING INTO WHO IS THE IMAM THAT'S BEHIND IT. WHAT DOES HE BELIEVE? WHAT HAS HIS JOB BEEN? WHERE HAS HE BEEN? WHAT HAS HE STUDIED? I CAN GIVE YOU A FEW THINGS BECAUSE I'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH. I WOULD LIKE TO SIT WITH YOU GUYS AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS. WE'VE GOT TO PROTECT OUR PEOPLE, OUR CHILDREN, THE NEXT GENERATION. THIS IS, NOW, YOU KNOW, I'M OVER DENTON COUNTY. I'M NOT OVER COLLIN. I'M OVER DENTON. DENTON COUNTY IS MINE, IS MY COUNTY, IS WHAT I WANT TO PROTECT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITIZENS ARE SAFE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS A LIFE THAT IS A HOME, A PLACE TO FEEL SAFE. SAFE, TO WANT TO GO HOME TOO, TO WANT TO COME TO FRISCO TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT, BE ABLE TO EAT AND DO THINGS. GUYS, LET'S DON'T DESTROY OUR CITY. LET'S BE CAREFUL. LET'S TAKE CARE OF DENTON COUNTY FOR ME, FOR OUR PEOPLE, BUT COLLIN COUNTY AS WELL, FOR THE CITIZENS OF COLLIN COUNTY AS WELL. GUYS, IT'S OUR DUTY. DUTY IS OURS. RESULTS ARE GOD'S. YES, THAT IS A QUOTE BY JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, BUT WE HAVE TO FIGHT FOR WHAT WE HAVE. WELL THAT RACE I MISSED ANYBODY LET ME KNOW BUT I PULLED YOU GUYS FROM THE OPEN CITIZENS AND PUT RYAN WILLIAMS I SEE YOU'RE STANDING. SO WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND COME THIS WAY? GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAKING IS MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME? THE SCENARIO IS EDUCATE THE CITIZENS THAT MAY NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU LEGALLY HAVE THE RIGHT TO AND NOT TO DO. WE DO A LITTLE MORE. ADDITIONALLY, YOU GUYS HAVE A LITTLE MORE AUTHORITY THAN WE DO IN THE COUNTY. AND I WOULD ASK YOU AND THE CITIZENS HERE TO ASK OUR LEGISLATION TO GIVE US MORE OF THAT AUTHORITY BACK. IT'S BEEN SCALED BACK FROM US YEAR AFTER YEAR. WE NEED THAT AUTHORITY BACK, THE CITY AND OURSELVES AS THE [02:30:02] COUNTY. SO I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT THIS YEAR IF YOU WOULD GET ON YOUR REPRESENTATIVES AND PUSH THAT HARD. AND THAT INCLUDES THE CITIZENS HERE AS WELL, WHETHER WHAT SIDE YOU'RE ON THIS EVENING. AND I DO WANT TO BE VERY RESPECTFUL TO EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE TONIGHT. IT'S NOT EASY TO GET UP IN FRONT OF THE MIC AND HAVE A CONVERSATION, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'VE NEVER DONE IT BEFORE. AND I REALLY DO RESPECT THESE INDIVIDUALS, WHETHER WHAT SIDE YOU'RE ON HERE THIS EVENING. AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, FOLKS. HEY, WE'VE GOT LIEUTENANT COLONEL LARRY BROCK AND THEN AFTER THAT WE HAVE SRIKANTH REDDY. ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS RETIRED LIEUTENANT COLONEL LARRY BROCK AND I'VE SERVED THIS NATION FOR 29 YEARS. 13 AS AN A-10 WARTHOG PILOT, 4 AS A RECONNAISSANCE PILOT, AND I LIVED UNDER SHARIA IN SAUDI ARABIA FOR 7 YEARS WHERE I PROVIDED INFORMATION TO THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. IN SHORT, I HAVE FOUGHT ISLAM AND THE JIHAD MY ENTIRE ADULT LIFE. I'VE STUDIED MILITARY HISTORY EXTENSIVELY. MANY OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS, BUT THE SS ALSO HAD A WORLDVIEW. THEY BELIEVED THAT GOD GAVE THE GERMANS THE WORLD TO RULE, AND THEY ALSO GAVE THEM A LEADER. ISLAM BELIEVES THE EXACT SAME THING. THE WORLD IS THEIRS TO RULE, AND THEY WERE GIVEN THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD. DURING WORLD WAR II, WE WOULD NOT HAVE ALLOWED THE SS TO BUILD A RECRUITING CENTER. AND ITS SUPPLY AND WEAPONS DEPOT NOR SHOULD WE ALLOW ISLAM TO BUILD THE SAME HERE IN THE UNITED STATES HOW DO I KNOW THEY WILL DO IT I'VE SEEN IT TOO MANY TIMES IN MY TIME IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN NOW I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT MANY OF YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS BUILDING OF A MOSQUE IS PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT I BELIEVE IF YOU APPROVE THIS MOSQUE YOU'RE PUTTING YOURSELF THE COUNCIL AND THE THE CITY AT RISK OF VIOLATING 18 USC 2339 A AND 2339 B. BY AIDING AND ABETTING A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION AND PROVIDING THEM MATERIAL SUPPORT. JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND, WE LEARNED THAT MARK HILL, A MAYORAL CANDIDATE, IS BACKED BY FAISAL SYED, WHO IS A LEADER OF THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION CARE. ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT NO FINANCIAL MONEY CAME TO PURCHASE THIS LAND OR INVOLVED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS MOSQUE CAME FROM CARE OR THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD? WHICH OUR GOVERNOR HAS DESIGNATED AS TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS. EVEN IF YOU WERE CERTAIN, I WOULD ASK ALL OF YOU TO CONSIDER WHETHER YOU WANT YOUR WIVES AND DAUGHTERS TO BE FORCED TO WEAR BURQAS. IF YOU WANT YOUR DAUGHTERS SUBJECT TO MUSLIM GROOMING AND RAPE GANGS, THIS IS THE FRUIT OF ISLAM. THIS IS THE RESULT OF PUTTING MOSQUES IN CHRISTIAN CITIES. ARE YOU WILLING TO STAND UP TO THIS POLITICAL, HOSTILE IDEOLOGY AND SAY TO THEM, THERE IS A PRICE WE WILL NOT PAY, THERE IS A POINT BEYOND WHICH YOU MUST NOT GO? GREAT FORCES ARE ON THE MOVE HERE. AND WITH THIS DECISION, YOU WILL DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT FRISCO WILL BE REMEMBERED AS THE CITY THAT STOOD UP AND TURNED THE TIDE ON THE MUSLIM INVASION, OR WILL YOU CHOOSE THE PATH OF APPEASEMENT AND PASS TO OTHER AMERICANS THE HONOR OF FIRING THE FIRST VOLLEY AGAINST THIS RELIGION? NOW... I TRULY WANT, AND I BELIEVE YOU DO AS WELL, TO SEE THIS ISSUE SOLVED WITH BALLOTS AND NOT BULLETS. YOU MUST VOTE DOWN THIS MOSQUE. THIS IS A VOTE THAT WILL DEFINE YOUR TIME ON THIS CITY COUNCIL. I AM HOPEFUL THAT YOU WILL USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO STRIKE A BLOW FOR OUR FAITH, FOR OUR NATION AGAINST THIS ENEMY IDEOLOGY THAT WISHES TO SEE OUR REPUBLIC DESTROYED. OUR CHURCHES BURNED, OUR MOTHERS, WIVES, AND DAUGHTERS ENSLAVED, AND TO SEE THE LIGHT OF FREEDOM EXTINGUISHED BY MOHAMMEDAN DARKNESS. GOD BLESS YOU. NEXT WE HAVE SRIKANTH REDDY, AND AFTER THAT WE WILL HAVE SAI KRISHNA. BEFORE I START, CONGRATULATE LAURA, BRITTANY CALLED. IT'S A GREAT JOURNEY FOR YOU. SO BEFORE I GIVE MY VIEWS ON THE TEMPLES, I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY MY PAST ASSOCIATION WITH GLOBAL HINDU. SO MY CONNECTION WITH GLOBAL HINDU HERITAGE WAS VERY BRIEF AND OCCURRED PRIOR TO 2015. I MOVED TO FRISCO IN 2013, SEPTEMBER. I WAS NEVER A REGISTERED MEMBER OF THAT ORGANIZATION. THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT DEMOLITIONS OR RELATED MATTERS, I ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS, PARTICULARLY THOSE ACTIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, KAYLA [02:35:02] CAMPBELL AND NICK WRIGHT, TO DIRECT THOSE INQUIRIES TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THAT ORGANIZATION. AND FOR YOUR INFORMATION, THEIR EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS HAPPENED AFTER 2022, WHICH WERE NOT... KNOWN TO BE DON'T MAKE ME RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR PRESIDENT'S COMMUNICATION. IT'S VERY HARD TO PUT THIS INFORMATION HERE. ALSO, MY NAME WAS USED ON THEIR FLYERS WITHOUT ANY INTIMATION OR KNOWLEDGE OF MINE. I USED TO VISIT THE HANUMAN TEMPLE AT THAT TIME. THE HEAD OF THE GLOBAL HINDU HERITAGE FOUNDATION AND THE TEMPLE LEADERSHIP WAS THE SAME INDIVIDUAL. HE HANDLED BOTH. I RESPECT HIM A LOT. I HAVE LIMITED INTERACTION WITH HIM BEYOND THAT. I HAVE NO ASSOCIATION WITH THAT ORGANIZATION. SO REGARDING THE TEMPLES, IT'S IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT INDIANS, BOTH IN INDIA AND ABROAD, DO NOT HARBOR HATRED TOWARDS CHRISTIANS. AND I MYSELF GOT EDUCATED FROM A CATHOLIC SCHOOL. I GREW UP DOING THE PRAYERS, OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, HOLY BE YOUR NAME. THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE. SO UNTIL MY HIGH SCHOOL, I DID THAT. I'M A STRONG SPIRITUAL HINDU. I AM PRACTICING HINDUISM. SO INDIA IS A SIGNIFICANT, INDIA IS A HOME TO A SIGNIFICANT CHRISTIAN POPULATION AND HAS SEEN ESTABLISHMENT OF MILLIONS OF CHURCHES IN INDIA. SO HALF OF TEXAS POPULATION IS CHRISTIAN IN INDIA, HALF OF TEXAS POPULATION, NOT TEXAS, SORRY, US POPULATION IS CHRISTIAN IN INDIA. SO WE HAVE SO BIG CHRISTIAN POPULATION IN INDIA. SO IN FRISCO INDIANS MAKE UP 20% OF THE POPULATION AND CURRENTLY HAVE ONLY ONE TEMPLE, WHICH MAY NOT ADEQUATELY SERVE THE COMMUNITY NEEDS FOR WORSHIP. MORE CONSERVATIVENESS NEEDED TO TAKE RESIDENTS CLOSER TO GOD. SO ON THE TOPIC OF H1, THIS ONE IS NOT NEEDED. SO INDIANS OR HINDUS IN GENERAL DO NOT SEEK SPECIAL TREATMENT OR PROFESSIONAL SPACE, PREFERENTIAL SPACE IN SOCIETY. INSTEAD, THEY STRIVE FOR INTEGRATION, CONTRIBUTE, ALIGN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE BRITTANY AND LAURA FOR RE-ELECTING. TONIGHT, MY NAME IS SAI KRISHNA. I LIVE IN LEXINGTON COUNTRY ON THE QUIET. TODAY'S TOPIC IS VERY INTERESTING AND I WANT TO SAY THAT I AM A PROUD AMERICAN WITH INDIAN ROOTS AND I'M A HINDU. I'M NOT A MUSLIM. SO HOLD ON ONE SECOND. LET ME COMPLETE. I TOOK OATH AS AN AMERICAN. I RESPECT MY CONSTITUTION AND I RESPECT LAW OF THE LAND. IN AMERICA, IT'S ONLY AMERICAN LAW AND NO ROOM FOR ANY OTHER LAWS OR ANY OTHER COUNTRY LAW. AND LIVE LIKE AN AMERICAN. YOU PRACTICE YOUR RELIGION IN YOUR HOME AND YOU PRACTICE WITHIN YOUR BOUNDARIES. WE HINDUS ARE VERY INNOCENT AND WE ARE SOFT-SPOKEN AND NON-VIOLENT. I JUST WANT TO CLEAR THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TONIGHT. DID WE MISS ANYBODY ELSE? EITHER? IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK. I DON'T SEE PERRON COMING. YES. NATHANIEL VAREL FROM AUBREY. AND THEN AFTER THAT WE'LL HAVE KAREN ROTEL AND ALAN. [02:40:01] LET ME KNOW WHEN I CAN START. GO AHEAD. HELLO, MY NAME IS NATHAN VARVEL, V-A-R-V-E-L-L. THE PASTOR AT THE BEGINNING DID SOFTEN MY HEART A BIT, BUT ISLAM IS NOT WELCOME HERE. ISLAM IS NOT A RELIGION THAT WELCOMES PEACE AND LOVE IN ANYONE WHO IS LOOKING FOR MEDITATION. IT IS AN INDOCTRINATION TO BEAT DOWN THOSE WHO THEY DO NOT AGREE WITH. THEY DO NOT INCLUDE WHITE PEOPLE. THEY DO NOT INCLUDE BLACK PEOPLE. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANYONE BUT THEIR OWN MEN, NOT THEIR WOMEN. THEY HATE THEIR WOMEN. THEY CLAIM THEIR MOSQUE ISN'T EVEN A PLACE OF WORSHIP, BUT THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO PLANT MORE BUSINESSES. THAT'S NOT WHAT THE PERMISSION WAS FOR. AND WOULD THEY BE HIRING THEIR OWN PEOPLE, NOT AMERICANS? EVERY AMERICAN HAS A RIGHT TO WORK, BUT YOU'RE EXCLUDING IT ONLY TO THE MUSLIMS, WHICH MIGHT MAKE SENSE IF IT WAS A PLACE OF RELIGION AND, YOU KNOW, CHURCH, BUT IT'S NOT, WHICH IS WHAT THEY'RE TELLING YOU THEY'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING UP MORE AND MORE BUSINESSES. ISLAM IS A RELIGION OF EXCLUSION, LIES, HATE, MURDER, RAPE. TORTURE, SELFISHNESS, AND SATAN. EVEN IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD, THESE PEOPLE ARE CLEARLY EVIL AND DO NOT SHARE ONE COMMON IDEA WITH THE AMERICAN. SHARIA LAW ISN'T THE PROBLEM. IT'S ISLAM. IT'S FUNDAMENTALLY EVIL. THEY'RE PEDOPHILES. THEY'RE WARMONGERS. THEY HATE YOU. THEY WANT YOU DEAD AND YOUR FAMILY DEAD, AND THEY THINK THIS COUNTRY BELONGS TO THEM. THEY MARRY THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, HAVE VERY PROFOUNDLY AUTISTIC CHILDREN. THEY MOVE THEM INTO HOMES, SOMETIMES OCCUPYING 12 PEOPLE TO A HOUSE AT A TIME. THEY SEE STEAL AMERICAN JOBS. THEY STEAL HOMES. THEY'RE STEALING OUR LAND. AND IF YOU GIVE THEM ONE INCH, THEY WILL STEAL ANOTHER THOUSAND MILES. THEY OPERATE ILLEGALLY AND UNDER THE TABLE, PAYING CITY COUNCILS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO APPROVE ILLEGALS MOVING IN AND SETTING UP MORE CRAPPY RESTAURANTS AND OTHER BUSINESSES THAT ACT AS FRONTS FOR MUCH LARGER ILLEGAL FRAUDULENT BUSINESSES. MUSLIMS DO NOT BELONG HERE BECAUSE ISLAM DOES NOT BELONG HERE. ANCHOR BABIES DO NOT MAKE THEM LEGITIMATE AND THEY NEED TO BE DEPORTED. FRISCO IS NOT THEIR HOME. YOU SOLD MY COUNTRY OUT FROM UNDERNEATH ITS OWN PEOPLE. I IMPLORE YOU TO RECONSIDER AND REJECT THIS MOSQUE. IT CAN ONLY BRING TROUBLE. YOU WILL BE BETRAYING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND, OF COURSE, THESE GOOD PEOPLE WHO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS. I'M SORRY YOU WASTED YOUR MONEY, BUT PLEASE, IT'S ONLY MONEY. YOUR PEOPLE ARE WORTH MORE, AND I BET MONEY THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM DON'T EVEN HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE. I'M GOING TO TRY TO TALK REALLY FAST. BEFORE WE EVEN GET STARTED WITH MY COMMENTS, I WANTED TO SAY THAT THE HISTORY OF INDIA IS RIFE WITH A HUGE HOLOCAUST. MORE THAN HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF INDIANS WERE KILLED WHEN THE MUSLIMS CAME OVER THE MOUNTAINS. THEY CALL IT THE HINDU KUSH BECAUSE OF THE MILLIONS OF INDIANS SLAUGHTERED. MOUNTAINS OF SKULLS, PEOPLE KIDNAPPED INTO SLAVERY. IT'S A TERRIBLE HISTORY THAT FEW PEOPLE KNOW. ANYWAY, ON TO MY SPEECH. I WANTED TO, THIS IS A CAUTIONARY TALE OF A MOSQUE THAT WAS BUILT IN NEW JERSEY, 2011. IT STARTED OUT AS A SMALL FAMILY MOSQUE. LET'S SEE, DURING THE PROCESS, THEY DIDN'T START WITH FACTS AND FACTUAL TESTIMONIES. THERE WAS LITTLE INDICATION OF THE REAL RANGE OF ACTIVITIES PLANNED, AND THE DRAMATICALLY HIGHER VOLUME OF PARTICIPANTS THAN WAS UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED TO BY THE CITY OFFICIALS. THE REPRESENTATIVES AND DEVELOPERS MADE MANY PROMISES AND GAVE ASSURANCES NO MAJOR CHANGES WERE PLANNED. HOWEVER, WHAT BEGAN AS A SMALL COMMUNITY CENTER EVOLVED INTO OPENING EVERY DAY FOR ALL FIVE DAILY PRAYERS, EVENING LECTURES, EDUCATION CLASSES, SPORTS, FAMILY NIGHTS, RAMADAN, PARTIES ALL NIGHT. FRIDAY PRAYER SERVICES WERE ONLY ESTIMATED AT 200 ATTENDEES. INSTEAD, THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF SPECIAL SERVICES, HUNDREDS OF CARS COMING AND GOING ALL DAY. MONTH-LONG RAMADAN SERVICES, PARTIES ALL NIGHT. I LIVED IN KUWAIT. I CAN ATTEST TO THAT. SO, AFTER YEARS AFTER IT WAS BUILT, RESIDENTS' COMPLAINTS WERE DOCUMENTED. HEAVY AND DANGEROUS TRAFFIC. CALL TO PRAYER BROADCASTS. DOUBLE AND TRIPLE PARKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND PARKING LOTS. INTRUDERS INTO NEIGHBORHOOD YARDS. UNKNOWN FAMILIES HAVING PICNICS IN NEIGHBORHOOD YARDS. PRAYING ON THEIR SIDEWALKS AND THEIR DRIVEWAYS. INTRUDERS. HEAVY LITTER AND OVERFLOWING TRASH ISSUES, INADEQUATE PORTABLE TOILETS, DUMPING OF CONCRETE AND DEBRIS ONTO PUBLIC PROPERTY, NONCOMPLIANCE WITH FOOD SERVICE REQUIREMENTS, RECKLESS DRIVING, INCREASED POLICE VISITS FOR BURNING OF THE OUTHOUSES DURING RAMADAN. [02:45:03] FREQUENT LATE NIGHT TO EARLY MORNING CAR AND PATRON NOISE, CLASS THREE VEHICLES, SHUTTLES, BUSES, DELIVERY TRUCKS, SEMIS, PARKED IN THE FACILITY, ON THE STREET, AND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, EVEN THOUGH IT'S AGAINST CITY ORDINANCES. RECKLESS DRIVING, BULLYING, PHYSICAL ATTACKS, THREATS, ETC. CITY COUNCIL MEETING NOTES REFLECT THESE CONCERNS WERE BROUGHT UP MONTH AFTER MONTH AND NEVER ADDRESSED. MEETING NOTES INDICATED THAT THE MAYOR, CITY MANAGER, AND CITY ATTORNEY WERE HIGHLY CRITICAL OF THE CONTINUAL YOU CITIZEN COMPLAINTS IN TURN THE CITIZENS WERE HIGHLY CRITICAL OF THE FAILURE OF THE CITY MANAGEMENT TO ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS LACK OF TRUTHFULNESS AND TRANSPARENCY IN THE ESTIMATES LACK OF FACTUAL ESTIMATES OF USE AND TRANSPARENCY FAILURE OF THE CITY TO ADDRESS CHANGES AND IMPACTS OF THE CHANGES TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD FAILURE TO ENFORCE AND PENALIZE CONTINUED ABUSES OF THE AGREEMENT REFUSAL TO TAKE ACTION ON THE PART OF THE CITY COUNCIL THANK YOU GOOD EVENING FRISCO-ISTAN WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING HERE? INVITING THE ENEMY TO EAT AT THE TABLE WITH YOU AND THEY STEAL ALL YOUR FOOD. YOUR CHILDREN WILL GROW UP WITHOUT A PLACE TO BE IN BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEIR JOBS AND YOU SAW THE CHILDREN THAT WERE BROUGHT UP ON THIS STAGE. NOT ONE OF THEM IS A HERITAGE AMERICAN. NOT ONE OF THEM WAS A TEXAN. YOUR REPLACEMENT IS HERE AMERICANS AND IT IS COMING FASTER AND FASTER. THE HINDUS AND THE MUSLIMS ARE TEAMING UP TO TAKE OVER TEXAS. THIS IS NOT MUSLIMS VERSUS HINDUS HERE. THEY ARE HERE TO ERADICATE THE CHRISTIANS. THEY ARE HERE TO DRIVE US OUT OF OUR HOMELANDS. YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, THESE PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO ASSIMILATE. THESE PEOPLE HAVE NOT COME HERE TO BECOME AMERICANS. THEY HAVE COME HERE TO DRAG THEIR THIRD WORLD CULTURE OVER TO OUR COUNTRY. IF JAINISM, IF HINDUISM IS SO GREAT, WHY ARE THEIR COUNTRIES SHITHOLES? THEY ARE BRINGING THIS IDEOLOGY HERE TO TURN THE THIRD WORLD IS NOT A PLACE. IT IS A PEOPLE. IT IS AN IDEOLOGY. IT IS A WAY OF LIFE. IT IS A CULTURE. AND WHEN THEY BRING THEIR PEOPLE, THEIR WAY OF LIFE, THEIR IDEOLOGY AND THEIR CULTURE OVER TO AMERICA, DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO REMAIN AMERICAN? HAVE YOU EVER LOOKED ACROSS THE PLAINS OF TEXAS AND SAID, HMM, I NEED FIVE MILLION JEETS HERE RIGHT NOW TO SHIT IN THE STREET. NO ONE EVER HAS. NO ONE HAS EVER LOOKED ACROSS AND SAID, THE FOOTBALL FIELDS, THE GAMES, ALL OF THE AMAZING COWBOY. I HAVE A FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT, AND I CAN CURSE IF I WANT TO. I CAN TALK IF I WANT TO. NO ONE HAS EVER LOOKED ACROSS THE PLAINS OF TEXAS IN THE FOOTBALL GAMES AND ALL THE AMAZING COWBOY CULTURE AND THE RAW AMERICAN SPIRIT HERE AND SAID, LET'S REPLACE THIS WITH MUSLIMS. LET'S REPLACE THIS WITH HINDUS. TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN FOR TEXANS. HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND SELLING YOUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE? DID YOU SEE THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB? OF AMERICA STANDING ON THIS STAGE. IS IT EVEN RECOGNIZABLE TO WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN THE BOY SCOUTS 15 OR 20 YEARS AGO? IT IS A REPLACEMENT. IT IS NOT RIGHT. JUST BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENING TO WHITE PEOPLE DOES NOT MAKE IT OKAY. YOU GUYS ARE COMPLICIT. THIS IS THE JELLYFISH GENERATION. HALF BOOMER, HALF GEN X. YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT MY CHILDREN'S CHILDREN. YOU ARE SELLING OUT THIS COUNTRY TO PEOPLE WHO DO NOT WANT TO LIVE NEAR YOU. THEY WANT TO BUILD THEIR OWN SEPARATE SEGREGATED ZONES WHERE THEY PRACTICE THEIR RELIGION, THEIR FOOD, THEIR WAY OF DRESS, THEIR LANGUAGE. THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT WHITE CULTURE. THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT AMERICAN CULTURE. THEY DON'T LIKE YOU. THEY WILL REPLACE YOU. THEIR CULTURE IN BOTH MUSLIM AND HINDU IS PEDOPHILIA. AND I HAVE THE CHILD MARRIAGE IN MENSA MARUTI, WHICH IS ONE OF THEIR RELIGIOUS TEXTS. IT SUGGESTS A 30-YEAR-OLD MAN MARRY A 12-YEAR-OLD WOMAN OR A 24-YEAR-OLD MAN IS PERFECT FOR AN 8-YEAR-OLD GIRL. WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU INVITING THESE PEOPLE INTO OUR COUNTRY? THIS IS A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY. NAME ONE OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE THAT'S A HINDU OR MUSLIM. THANK YOU. YOU ALL DESERVE TO BE STRUNG. NO, WE ARE GOING TO TRY. NEXT. ANY OUTBURST, YOU'RE GOING TO BE IMMEDIATELY REMOVED FROM THE MEETING. OUR PEACE OFFICER IS SITTING HERE LISTENING TO EVERYONE SPEAK TO HIM. WE'RE LISTENING TO YOU RESPECTFULLY. [02:50:01] WE REQUEST, DEMAND THAT YOU TREAT US WITH- SPEAK BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. THANK YOU FOR HEARING EVERYBODY AND GIVING EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO SPEAK. YOU MAY BE ASKED- ASKING YOURSELVES WHAT IS A GUY FROM IOWA DOING HERE IN THIS TIME TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE. WELL ACTUALLY I COME FROM TEXAS ROYALTY. MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE TEXAS REPUBLIC. AND FOR A LOT OF YOU THAT MIGHT SOUND CRAZY. WAIT A MINUTE, TEXAS WAS A REPUBLIC. BUT YES IT WAS. AND MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS SAM HOUSTON. ALSO, ANOTHER GREAT-GRANDFATHER OF MINE WAS DAVY CROCKETT, WHO FOUGHT IN THE ALAMO. AND IF I GO BACK EVEN FURTHER THAN THAT, MY GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHERS FOUGHT UNDER GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY. I WAS BORN ON LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE. ALMOST EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS HAS SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMED FORCES. ME, I TOOK A DIFFERENT ROUTE. I WENT INTO MINISTRY, TRAVELED TO 58 COUNTRIES PREACHING THE GOSPEL. I WAS KIDNAPPED AND HELD HOSTAGE IN 2021 BY ISLAMISTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHILE ON A MISSIONS TRIP TO TAKE CARE OF THE COPTIC WIDOWS AND FATHERLESS, IF YOU REMEMBER THE 21 MEN THAT WERE BEHEADED ON THAT BEACH BY ISIS IN LIBYA, I WAS TAKING CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES. MY CHILDREN HAVE LIVED ON THE MISSION FIELD, ON THE FRONT LINES. EVEN MY KIDS, MY OLDEST, ARE EIGHT YEARS OLD. AND THEIR FRIENDS WERE KILLED BY MUSLIMS. I DON'T WANT TO BRING ANY MOSQUE TO TEXAS. EVER. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE ONE HERE. IT'S INCOMPATIBLE WITH WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN AMERICAN. THE OLDEST MOSQUE IN THE UNITED STATES ACTUALLY IS ABOUT 50 MINUTES FROM WHERE I LIVE NOW. WHERE I RAISED MY FAMILY. I'M 29 YEARS OLD. I HAVE SIX CHILDREN. I'M ONE OF 17 CHILDREN, A CATHOLIC FAMILY, MOST OF WHOM LIVE IN THIS AREA, BY THE WAY. MY BROTHER IS MARRIED TO AN INDIAN. SHE WAS A MUSLIM INDIAN. AND WHEN SHE CAME TO AMERICA, SHE CONVERTED TO CATHOLICISM, LEARNED ENGLISH, AND MARRIED HER HUSBAND, MY BROTHER. AND THAT'S WHAT ASSIMILATION LOOKS LIKE. WHEN SHE WAS LOOKING FOR A PLACE OF WORSHIP, SHE DIDN'T SUGGEST BUILDING A MOSQUE. SHE DECIDED TO GO TO A CHURCH, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE WORSHIP AS AMERICANS IN THIS COUNTRY. THE QUESTION IS FOR TEXANS, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE TEXAN? THIS QUESTION IS VERY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE AS WE BUILD TEMPLES IN THIS STATE, WE ARE CHANGING THE LAYOUT AND THE STRUCTURE AND THE FABRIC OF THIS BEAUTIFUL TEXAS STATE. SO LISTEN, THIS IS NOT WHAT WE WANT. CHRIST IS KING. MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA AND STAY TRUE TO YOUR ROOTS. GOD BLESS YOU GUYS. FIGHT FOR IT. HERE AM I AT ANOTHER GIANT INDIAN TEMPLE IN NORTH TEXAS. IF YOU ARE AGAINST CHRIST, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD YOU DO NOT BELONG IN TEXAS IS SEEN GITA MENDIR AND HE SAYS AND I IT IS VERY IMPORTANT PRESERVE AND PRESERVE OUR EXPECT ESPECIALLY IN THIS COUNTRY THE UNITED STATES TALKING ABOUT INDIAN CULTURE HE'S ALSO SEEN IN ANOTHER INTERVIEW TALKING ABOUT PROTECTING THEIR CHILDREN FROM CHRISTIANITY AND YET HERE HE IS IN NORTH TEXAS PROMOTING THE NEW TEMPLE WHY I KNOW I SAID I WAS DONE SPEAKING UP HERE, BUT AFTER AN EXTREMELY OFFENSIVE SPEECH LAST TIME, I COULD NOT STAY SILENT. EVERYBODY WANTS TO SAY HATE HAS NO HOME IN FRISCO. THAT PHRASE NEEDS TO BE CHANGED TO, HATE HAS NO HOME IN FRISCO UNLESS YOU'RE FROM INDIA AND YOU WANT TO COME TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND TELL AMERICANS THAT THEIR COUNTRY IS NOTHING BUT STOLEN LAND AND YOU DON'T NEED TO ASSIMILATE OR HONOR THEIR CULTURE. WHILE THE INDIANS ON TEMPORARY WORK VISAS ARE COMPLETELY CHANGING THE FACE OF TEXAS, TEXAS' LIFE AND CULTURE IS SHRINKING. THERE ARE INDIAN STORES AND SHOPS EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK. DO THE CHRISTIAN AND BAPTIST PASTORS THINK THAT THEIR CHURCHES WILL SURVIVE THIS ONCE ALL OF THEIR MEMBERS ARE BULLIED OUT OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS? SOME PEOPLE ARE ACTING LIKE I WENT OVER TO INDIA AND [02:55:01] STARTED TO DISRESPECT THEIR CULTURE AND THEIR PEOPLE WHILE STANDING ON THEIR SOIL. I'M NOT ARROGANT ENOUGH TO DO THAT. I'M A TEXAN. THIS IS MY HOME. THIS IS MY COUNTRY. THESE PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE AND DISRESPECTING US. THE HYPOCRISY OF THEM GETTING TO SAY, THEY WANT TO PRESERVE THEIR INDIAN CULTURE WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY DESTROYING OURS IS OUTSTANDING. WHILE I WAS WORKING IN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, IT'S LIKE A DAY ON THE PHONE. EVERY DAY WAS AN INDIAN MIGRATION. AMERICA IS NOT STOLEN LAND. IT WAS CONQUERED AND BUILT BY EUROPEAN SETTLERS AND EXPLORERS BECAUSE OF THEIR BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS AND SACRIFICED MY ANCESTORS. I HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO SAY I'M PROUD OF MY COUNTRY, AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE IT TURN INTO INDIA OR ISLAM. TO QUOTE THE ACTOR JAMES WOODS, LET'S GET IT CLEAR ONCE AND FOR ALL, THIS ISN'T ABOUT RACE, FOLKS. IT'S A DEMOCRATIC TRICK. IT'S ABOUT CULTURE. AM I A RACIST? ABSOLUTELY NOT. I'M A CULTURALIST. UNEQUIVOCALLY, YES. YOU CAN'T ASSIMILATE TO THIS CULTURE, VALUES, OR LAWS, OR OUR TRADITIONS. YOU NEED TO GET OUT. WHAT HOLDS AMERICA TOGETHER IS COMMON COMMITMENT TO THE PRINCIPLES THAT BUILT THIS COUNTRY. IF A HOUSE IS DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF, THE HOUSE CANNOT STAND. THE PEOPLE HERE ONLY SEE TEXAS AS AN ECONOMIC ZONE TO DRAIN US OF OUR RESOURCES. THEY COMMIT MASSIVE H-1B FRAUD AND DISRESPECT OUR LAND. I'M STANDING UP HERE SAYING WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE THINKING BUT ARE NOT SAYING. IF YOU GUYS THINK TEXANS ARE HAPPY BEING REPLACED WITH INDIA, YOU GUYS NEED TO HAVE YOUR HEAD CHECKED. THAT AREA IN QUESTION SHOULD BE A PARK OR A CHRISTIAN CHURCH, PRAISE JESUS. GOD BLESS TEXAS. I'M RELATED TO GENERAL JAMES SMITH. HE'S ALSO A MAN IN TEXAS HISTORY. HE HELPED SHAPE THE STATE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. I'M NOT HERE TONIGHT TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT DO. HOWEVER, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE AUDIENCE TO UNDERSTAND WHY AND HOW THIS DECISION CAME TO BE. UNDER CHENEY'S DIRECTION, THIS DECISION WAS MADE MONTHS AGO, BEFORE IT WAS EVER BROUGHT BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE, SO TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE WHY. THE HINDU GROUPS HAVE MET WITH CITY STAFF ROUGHLY 40 TIMES AND HAVE MADE MORE THAN 160 REVISIONS TO THEIR PLANS OVER THE PAST THREE TO FOUR YEARS. MEANWHILE, THE MUSLIM GROUPS BEGAN CONSTRUCTION ON THE MOSQUE BEFORE ANY CITY APPROVALS FROM CITY COUNCIL OR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE. STEEL AND CONCRETE HAVE ALREADY BEEN PUT IN PLACE WITHOUT THE PROPER APPROVALS OR PERMITS. THE CONCERNS SURROUNDING THE MOSQUE EXTEND BEYOND DISAGREEMENTS WITH THEIR MESSAGING OR UNDERLYING AGENDA. THERE ARE ALSO PRACTICAL CONCERNS INVOLVING PARKING, TRAFFIC, AND OTHER DISRUPTIONS. BASED ON THE INFORMATION I HAVE GATHERED, HERE IS THE CONCLUSION I HAVE REACHED. THESE PLANS HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT WE SAY UP HERE TODAY. THE MOSQUE IS BEING APPROVED UNDER THE COVER OF THE TEMPLE PROPOSAL, SO THAT WHEN ALL OF THIS IS SAID AND DONE, YOU CAN GO BACK TO BOTH THE MUSLIM AND THE HINDU COMMUNITIES AND SAY, LOOK WHAT I DID FOR YOU. NOW VOTE FOR MARK HILL. YOU AND MARK HILL DO NOT VIEW THESE COMMUNITIES AS PEOPLE. YOU VIEW THEM AS POLITICAL CHESS PIECES IN YOUR OWN GAME. I ALSO BELIEVE THERE IS REASON TO THINK THAT IF MARK HILL IS ELECTED, HE WILL APPOINT YOU TO MULTIPLE POSITIONS AND OR BOARD SEATS, EXTENDING THE INFLUENCE AND POWER YOU ARE CLEARLY UNWILLING TO LET GO OF. CHENEY, YOU HAVE HAD NINE YEARS TO UNITE FRISCO AND BEYOND. AND YET, UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, THIS IS WHAT THE CITY HAS BEEN DEALING WITH SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AT LEAST. YOU ARE NOT UNITING FRISCO. YOU ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ITS CITIZENS TO ADVANCE YOUR OWN AGENDA, CREATING PROBLEMS AND THEN PRESENTING YOURSELF AS THE ONE TO OFFER SOLUTIONS. AND CHENEY, DON'T BOTHER DENYING YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH MARK HILL'S CAMPAIGN. AFTER ALL, WHEN SOMEONE REFERS TO HIM AS CHENEY 2.0, AND YOU BECOME SO OFFENDED THAT YOU FEEL COMPELLED TO MAKE A FACEBOOK POST RANTING ABOUT IT, DOESN'T THAT REVEAL YOUR OWN LACK OF CONFIDENCE AS A LEADER? I BELIEVE EVERY PERSON IN THIS ROOM AND BEYOND IS A CHILD OF GOD, AND I BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST DIED FOR ALL OF OUR SINS. I DO NOT BELIEVE IN DISHONESTY, UNDERMINING THE PEOPLE, OR USING POSITIONS OF POWER TO ADVANCE PERSONAL AGENDAS. FRISCO HAS THE ABILITY TO GROW AND GROW A GREAT LEGACY AND TO BE KNOWN POSITIVELY ACROSS AMERICA, BUT YOU ARE AT A CROSSROADS OF THAT LEGACY WITH AMERICA WATCHING WHAT HAPPENS HERE TODAY. IF YOU WANT TO BE TREATED LIKE A CHESS PIECE, VOTE FOR CHENEY 2.0. IF YOU WANT TO BE TREATED LIKE A CITIZEN OF FRISCO, VOTE FOR RODVILLE HOWARD. THE CITY OF FRISCO WILL MOVE ON WITHOUT YOU, CHENEY. DON'T LET THE DOORS HIT YOU ON THE WAY OUT. ME. [03:00:27] UM NO NO TRUE ZONING CASE SHIELD, THE TEXAS DIRECTOR FOR RARE FOUNDATION. RARE FOUNDATION BROUGHT THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND LAWSUITS AGAINST EAST PLANO ISLAMIC CENTER AND QUAD CITY MOSQUE IS CONNECTED IN AN ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION WITH EAST PLANO ISLAMIC CENTER. NOW THE EVIDENCE THAT RARE BROUGHT FORTH IS SO COMPELLING THAT OUR GOVERNOR AND ATTORNEY GENERAL OPENED CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND EVEN LOST LAWSUITS AGAINST THEM, INCLUDING A LAWSUIT AGAINST MAYOR MUNTZ FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH TERROR-TIED MOSQUES. WHY THIS EXPANSION IS A RED FLAG? I'M GOING TO BRING ABOUT SOME INFORMATION AND SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT IF YOU CANNOT ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS, THEN I'M GOING TO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU SEND THEM BACK TO PNZ WITH AN APPEAL. THE SHARIA ENFORCEMENT IS CENTRAL TO ICQC. THIS IS NOT A MERE PLACE OF WORSHIP. IT IS A LEGALISTIC ISLAMIC HUB WITH STRICT COMPLIANCE TO SHARIA. YOU CANNOT BE A BOARD MEMBER ON ICQC WITHOUT ADHERING TO SHARIA STRICTLY IN YOUR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIVES. THE IMAM'S LEGAL TRAINING ENABLES DIRECT ISLAMIC GOVERNANCE. MUFTI TAFSIR BACKGROUNDS SUGGEST A PUSH FOR ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE IN LOCAL MATTERS. THE POTENTIAL FOR FOREIGN FUNDING AND IDEOLOGICAL INFILTRATION IS THAT MANY DABANDI-LINKED MOSQUES RECEIVE BACKING FROM PAKISTAN, SAUDI ARABIA, AND GULF STATES. OH, AND BY THE WAY, THE DABANDI, WHICH IS FRISCO MOSQUE, WHICH IS THE AUBREY MOSQUE AND THAT IMAM, THAT'S CONNECTED TO THE SAN BERNARDINO TERRORIST ATTACKS. A GROWING ISLAMIC CORRIDOR IN TEXAS. WITH A RAPID EXPANSION OF MOSQUES IN DALLAS, HOUSTON, AND AUSTIN, THE TEXAS TRIANGLE SUGGESTS A DELIBERATE EFFORT TO ESTABLISH ISLAMIC STRONGHOLDS IN THE STATE'S MOST ECONOMICALLY AND POLITICALLY SIGNIFICANT AREAS. IN COMMERCIAL AND SOCIAL SERVICES DOMINANCE, ICQC'S PLAN TO LEASE OFFICE SPACE, OPERATE CLINICS, AND CONTROL COMMUNITY OUTREACH GIVES IT ECONOMIC LEVERAGE OVER THE AREA. AND BY THE WAY, YOU NEED TO KNOW... THAT THE IMAM WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THE FUNDRAISER FOR ICQC IS NOT ALLOWED IN THE UK BECAUSE HE'S CONSIDERED THAT DANGEROUS. THINK ABOUT IT. THE UK, THAT IS PRETTY MUCH TAKEN DOWN BY SHARIA RIGHT NOW, CONSIDERS HIM TOO DANGEROUS. AND YET HE'S RIGHT HERE AND HE FUNDRAISED FOR THIS MOSQUE EXPANSION HERE IN FRISCO. THIS IS NOT JUST A LOCAL ISSUE, IT IS A NATIONAL ONE. AND THE GROWING PUSH FOR SHARIA WITHIN THE U.S. BORDERS REQUIRES IMMEDIATE EXPOSURE. AND YOUR DUE DILIGENCE. JANE, AND THEN NEXT WE HAVE... HI, MY NAME IS RUPAL SANGHVI AND I'M A SOFTWARE ENGINEER AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE JANE SOCIETY OF NORTH TEXAS PROJECT. BEFORE I START, I WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE COMMONALITY THAT ALL OF US HERE SHARE. EACH OF YOU NOT JUST WISHES THE BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY THROUGH YOUR MERE WORDS, BUT THROUGH ACTION. TO TAKE THREE HOURS OF YOUR EVENING TO BE HERE INSTEAD OF WITH YOUR FAMILY OR RELAX. TO ADVOCATE FOR WHAT YOU EACH BELIEVE IS THE BEST APPROACH. WE EACH MAY HOLD DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES DUE TO THE DIFFERENT LIFE EXPERIENCES WE HAVE HAD, BUT EACH OF US HAS THIS IN COMMON, THAT WE ARE PEOPLE OF ACTION. I RESPECT EACH PERSON HERE FOR THAT DEDICATION AND SINCERITY, AND I DEEPLY HOPE IN THE FUTURE THAT EVEN IF WE HOLD DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON IMPORTANT ISSUES, [03:05:01] WE CAN STILL BE AMICABLE WITH ONE ANOTHER AND INITIATE DISCUSSION EFFORTS TO UNDERSTAND ONE ANOTHER BETTER. AND REFLECT ON WHAT WE HAVE IN COMMON. ADDING ON TO WHAT THE OTHERS HAVE ALREADY SAID ABOUT OUR JANE COMMUNITY, THE WORSHIP CENTER WOULD HELP CONNECT THE COMMUNITY AND CREATE LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THAT WOULD ENABLE US TO GIVE BACK TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. I'D LIKE TO SHARE A QUICK SHORT STORY SHOWING THE IMPACT OF THE JANE COMMUNITY ON HOW WE CAN GIVE BACK. IN 2025, I CAME ACROSS A LENGTHY HANDWRITTEN NOTE NEAR MY APARTMENT COMMUNITY. FROM SOMEONE WHO WAS PLANNING TO END THEIR LIFE THE NEXT DAY. THEY WERE A PARENT WHO WOULD BE LEAVING BEHIND TWO KIDS. THE LETTER HAD NO NAME OR CONTACT INFO. I SEARCHED FOR ANY HINTS OF WHO IT MAY BE FROM OR WHERE IT MAY HAVE CAME FROM. I DESPERATELY CALLED MENTAL HEALTH EXPERTS, FRIENDS, AND CHAT GPT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU FIND A SUICIDE NOTE. IN THE END, I WROTE A NOTE SAYING THAT I WANT THIS PERSON TO LIVE AND THAT THEY ARE LOVED AND NEEDED AND SHARED MY NAME AND EMAIL. THEN I CALLED THE POLICE AND EXPLAINED THE SITUATION AND SHARED THE NOTE WITH THEM FOR NEXT STEPS. I'M NOT SURE IF THE PERSON WAS DISCOVERED AND SAVED, AND THIS IS ON ME FOR NOT FOLLOWING UP, BUT I HOPE I DID SOMETHING TO HELP. I SHARE THIS STORY BECAUSE I FULLY CREDIT THE JAIN COMMUNITY AND THE WORSHIP CENTER THAT ENABLED ME TO KNOW WHAT TO DO IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS THROUGH THE MENTORSHIP, LEADERSHIP, AND VALUES THAT THEY INCULCATED. I'M GRATEFUL TO THEM AND HOPE TO CONTINUE TO GIVE BACK TO MY LOCAL COMMUNITY AS AN UPCOMING SOFTWARE ENGINEER AT A STARTUP CALLED ENABLEU THAT IS WORKING ON CONNECTING PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WITH RESOURCES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. PAUL SANGAVI. AFTER THAT, WE WILL. BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE BEING EXECUTED BY THE ISLAMIC REGIMES IN NIGERIA. I REMIND MYSELF THAT JESUS DIED FOR THEM TOO, AND I TRULY PRAY FOR THEIR SALVATION DAILY. BUT LOVE DOES NOT MEAN SURRENDER. OUR CONSTITUTION DEMANDS ONE LEGAL SYSTEM FOR ALL AMERICANS, ROOTED IN EQUAL RIGHTS, DUE PROCESS, AND THE CLEAR SUPREMACY OF AMERICAN LAW OVER ANY RELIGIOUS CODE. ELEMENTS OF SHARIA, AS PRACTICED IN MANY ISLAMIC INSTITUTIONS, DIRECTLY CONTRADICT CORE AMERICAN PRINCIPLES. EQUAL PROTECTION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS, THE PROHIBITION OF CHILD MARRIAGES, FREEDOM FROM GENDER-BASED DISCRIMINATION, AND THE ABSOLUTE REJECTION OF ANY PARALLEL LEGAL AUTHORITY. APPROVING LARGE FACILITIES. WHERE SUCH PRACTICES COULD TAKE ROOT WITHOUT RIGOROUS INDEPENDENT REVIEW RISKS IMPORTING A SYSTEM THAT UNDERMINES THE VERY OATH YOU TOOK TO DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION. WE CANNOT ALLOW PARALLEL RULES THAT ERODE THE SINGLE SET OF LAWS THAT BIND THIS NATION TOGETHER. I RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU AS LEADERS OF THIS CITY TO DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND EDUCATE YOURSELVES. ON WHAT IT IS THAT YOU ARE ENDORSING. I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU DENY THIS APPROVAL. IT IS OUR DUTY TO PROTECT OUR REPUBLIC, OUR CONSTITUTION, OUR CHILDREN, AND THE NEXT GENERATION OF AMERICANS. OUR COUNTRY DESERVES NOTHING LESS. I HAVE A MINUTE LEFT AND I WANT TO POINT OUT IF ANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE EPIC CITY MOSQUE IN PLANO, AROUND APRIL 6TH OR APRIL 8TH, THE OWNER FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST TWO CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES FROM PREACHING THE GOSPEL NEAR THE MOSQUE. AND ALTHOUGH IT WAS KNOCKED DOWN BY A JUDGE BECAUSE IT WAS A VIOLATION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT, WHY IS [03:10:02] THE OWNER FILING A LAWSUIT AGAINST CHRISTIANS FOR SAYING THE NAME JESUS? AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS IN THE BIBLE THAT IN THE END DAYS THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN. BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE ARE TO BE COMPLACENT AND TO GET THERE QUICKER THAN WE SHOULD. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS KELLY NEIDERT AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TEXAS COALITION FOR KIDS. AS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF NORTH TEXAS, IT'S HEARTBREAKING TO SEE SO MANY PARTS OF FRISCO NOW COMPLETELY UNRECOGNIZABLE. THE CITY AND PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS IN GENERAL HAVE BEEN TRANSFORMED BY RAPID INFLUXES OF FOREIGN IMMIGRANTS, MOST OF WHOM REFUSE TO ASSIMILATE. LET ME BE CLEAR, THE CULTURES OF THESE UNASSIMILATED IMMIGRANTS ARE FUNDAMENTALLY INCOMPATIBLE WITH AMERICAN LIFE AND AMERICAN VALUES. ISLAM IN PARTICULAR IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE U.S. AND TEXAS CONSTITUTIONS. ITS FUNDAMENTAL DOCTRINES AND SHARIA PRINCIPLES CLASH WITH CORE AMERICAN FREEDOMS, INCLUDING EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, AND SEPARATION OF RELIGION AND STATE. MANY MUSLIM-MAJORITY COUNTRIES DEMONSTRATE THIS INCOMPATIBILITY THROUGH SYSTEMIC DISCRIMINATION AND SUPPRESSION OF DISSENTING BELIEFS. WE URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO IMMEDIATELY DENY THE BUILDING OF THIS MOSQUE. YOU TOOK AN OATH TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION, NOW UPHOLD IT. PROTECT FRISCO AND TEXAS VALUES. THANK YOU. NEXT IS AMIT JAIN. NOT SPEAKING? OKAY. THEN WE HAVE SIKAR RAO SANKARA FROM LITTLE GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COUNCIL, MEMBERS, FELLOW RESIDENTS. MY NAME IS RAJSHEKHAR RAO SANKARA. I'M A RESIDENT OF LITTLE LALLAM AND I STAND HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF GITA MANDIR. AND I THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE TO SHARE THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THE GITA MANDIR PROJECT. WE ARE HERE TO REPRESENT THE VALUES OF LEARNING, COLLECTIVE GROWTH, SPIRITUAL GROWTH FOR EVERYONE. THIS IS JUST NOT A BUILDING PROJECT, IT'S A COMMUNITY-CENTERED INITIATIVE DEDICATED TO PROMOTE PEACE, WELL-BEING, CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING, COMPASSION AND HARMONY. IT'S A PLACE. WHERE FAMILIES CAN COME TOGETHER, THEY CAN NURTURE GOOD VALUES, CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT IN THE TIMES OF JOINT DIFFICULTY AND WHERE THE SERVICE TO SOCIETY IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED. MORE IMPORTANTLY, GITA MANDIR WELCOMES EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF THEIR BACKGROUND, RELIGION, ETHNICITY, IT SEEKS TO FOSTER UNITY, MUTUAL RESPECT, VOLUNTEERISM, SPIRITUAL GROWTH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AND WE HAVE SEEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY PLACES OF WORSHIP OF ALL FAITHS STRENGTHEN THE SOCIAL FABRIC BY ENCOURAGING THE MORAL RESPONSIBILITY. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION ON BEHALF OF GITA MANDIR TEAM THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH CITY TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS RAISED BY THE FELLOW RESIDENTS SURROUNDING THIS PROJECT, WHETHER IT PERTAINS TO, YOU KNOW, STOPPING THE ACCESS TO THE INTERNAL ROADS OR TO BUILD A MORE INSULATED WALL. WE ARE HAPPY TO ADDRESS AND MAKE IT A COMMUNITY PROJECT RATHER THAN JUST A GITA MANDIR PROJECT. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE MONIQUE GUNDY FROM DALLAS. NOPE, NOT SPEAKING. OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE PASTOR ROD PARKER FROM COLLINS. AND THEN AFTER THAT WE'LL HAVE PHILIP ANDERSON FROM MESQUITE. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL, MAYOR CHENEY, AND EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT. I'M PASTOR ROD PARKER. AND I'M A CONCERNED NORTH TEXAN. I'M A FATHER, A HUSBAND, AND A PAPA. I'M NOT HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I WANT TO BE. I'M HERE TONIGHT FOR MY CHILDREN, MY GRANDCHILDREN, AND YOURS AS WELL. WHAT KIND OF, I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP OF FRISCO. I GREW UP HERE. I'VE OWNED BUSINESSES HERE. I BUY AND SELL REAL ESTATE, FLIP HOUSES, AND I'M BIVOCATIONAL. I'M AN ENTREPRENEUR. I LOVE TEXAS. I LOVE FRISCO. BUT I'M EVEN LISTENING TO SOME OF THIS STUFF TONIGHT. [03:15:01] ARE YOU KIDDING ME? 25, 30 YEARS THAT WE DON'T CHANGE LEGISLATION? YOU GUYS, I JUST SAY SHAME ON THE LEADERSHIP. BECAUSE LET ME JUST TELL YOU SOMETHING, IT ALL STARTS WITH LEADERSHIP. THE BLOOD WILL BE ON YOUR HANDS. THE BLOOD WILL BE ON YOUR HANDS. AND THERE IS A WAR GOING ON. THERE'S A WAR GOING ON. THERE'S A CULTURE WAR GOING ON. EVERY SECOND OF EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY HOUR OF EVERY DAY, THERE'S A WAR GOING ON. BUT WE WAR NOT, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WE WAR NOT WITH FLESH AND BLOOD. LET'S MAKE IT CRYSTAL CLEAR. HE SAYS WE WAR NOT WITH FLESH AND BLOOD. BUT WE WAR AGAINST PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS OF DARKNESS. THAT'S IT. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'M A... BLOOD-BOUGHT, I'LL SAY THAT FOR THOSE IN THE BACK ROW, I'M A BLOOD-BOUGHT, BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIAN, AND JESUS IS LORD. WE DON'T WORSHIP ALLAH. HE'S DEAD. OUR GOD IS ALIVE, AND HE'S ALL ABOUT LOVE, AND I LOVE EACH AND EVERY PERSON. I REALLY DO. I DON'T LOVE YOUR IDEOLOGY. I DON'T LOVE WHAT YOUR RELIGION BELIEVES, BUT I'LL JUST SAY THIS. I'M GOING TO BE FAIRLY QUICK, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO ECHO. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GREAT THINGS SAID TONIGHT ON BOTH SIDES. BECAUSE I'M SITTING HERE AND I'M GOING, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M NOT AGAINST IMMIGRATION. MOST OF US HERE TONIGHT ARE NOT AGAINST IMMIGRATION. I'M AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. AND I BELIEVE THAT THE LEGISLATION IS CORRUPT. FOR US NOT TO CHANGE LEGISLATION, OUR WORLD IS CHANGING BY THE DAY, BY THE MINUTE. AND WE'RE GOING TO GO 25, 30 YEARS WITH THE SAME LEGISLATION? IT STARTS WITH LEADERSHIP. IT ALWAYS HAS. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, OUR FREEDOM HAS NEVER BEEN FREE. AND IT NEVER WILL BE FREE. AND IT'S TIME FOR THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE WORLD IS ANXIOUSLY WAITING FOR THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS TO RISE. AND IF YOU'LL READ REVELATION, THERE'S A WHOLE LIST OF THINGS THAT'LL GET YOU INTO THE LAKE OF HELL. AND THEY HAVE THINGS LIKE MURDER AND ADULTERY AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS. BUT IT'S KIND OF FUNNY THAT THE FIRST THING ON THAT LIST IS COWARDLY. AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM. THAT'S WHY WE'RE FACING WHAT WE'RE FACING RIGHT NOW IS WE GOT A BUNCH OF COWARDS. AND YEAH, YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED. VOTE FOR RON, I MEAN ROD, BILL HAUER. PHILIP ANDERSON FROM MESQUITE. AND THEN AFTER THAT WE HAVE VIVEK KUMAR FROM PLANO. I DON'T START MY TIME YET. THANK YOU. INTERESTING HEARING WHAT EVERYONE HAD TO SAY. A LOT OF NONSENSE REALLY BECAUSE... WILL YOU PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE? YES, THANK YOU. INTERESTING HEARING WHAT EVERYONE HAD TO SAY TONIGHT. BUT I HEARD A LOT OF NONSENSE. A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, DEFLECTING WITH, OH, FEELINGS, SENSITIVITIES, THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. OR MUSLIM HATE, THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. YOU GUYS CHOSE TO COME HERE. OKAY? WE DIDN'T ASK HIM, YOU CHOSE TO COME HERE, WHICH IS OKAY. BUT... THIS IS ABOUT THE FACT YOU WANT TO MAKE IT SEEM AS IF IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ROUTINE ZONING AND LAWS. IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT. IT'S NOT ABOUT ONE MOSQUE OR ONE ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BEING BUILT. IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT. IT'S ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE ASKED YOU TO SIGN A LEGALLY BINDING DOCUMENT SAYING WE ONLY WANT TO MAKE 10 OR 100 MOSQUES. YOU WOULD NOT SIGN IT. IF WE ASKED YOU TO SURRENDER ANY POSSIBILITY, TO SURRENDER ANY POSSIBILITY OF TAKING OVER THE STATE OF TEXAS, YOU WOULD NOT SURRENDER THAT. AND THAT'S A FACT. EVEN TONIGHT, YOU COULD WALK UP AND YOU WOULD NOT DO THAT. WE ASK YOU TO SURRENDER ANY POSSIBILITY OF TAKING OVER THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. YOU WOULD NOT DO THAT. I DON'T HATE YOU. I'M JUST NOT GOING TO CHOP OFF MY ARMS AND LEGS AND HAND IT OVER TO YOU BECAUSE YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT SENSITIVITIES OR MUSLIM HATE. BECAUSE WE DON'T HATE YOU. WE'RE NOT COMING TO YOUR HOME AND TRYING TO DOMINATE YOU, TRYING TO TAKE OVER YOUR SCHOOLS. YOU'RE DOING THAT TO US. OKAY? THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DON'T REALLY FEEL LIKE WE'RE EQUAL TONIGHT. I FEEL LIKE GENERATIONAL AMERICANS, CHRISTIANS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS ARE GETTING LOOKED DOWN ON. WELL, PEOPLE CAN TALK ABOUT JUST FEELINGS AND HYSTERIA AND CALL THINGS THAT ARE ACTUAL FACTS PROPAGANDA WHEN IT'S JUST TRUE. WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND THE WORLD AND EVEN IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IT'S NEVER JUST ONE MOSQUE BEING BUILT. IT'S JUST ONE AT A TIME, BUT IT'S ALWAYS SIMULTANEOUSLY 10 OVER HERE, 10 OVER THERE. SO THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS. IF WE'RE EQUAL. IF YOU ACTUALLY ARE OUR NEIGHBORS, THEN WHY CAN'T WE JUST TALK HONESTLY? WHY DO WE HAVE THE BULLSHIT AND BE DISHONEST AND PUT ON A WHOLE ACT? SERIOUSLY, JUST PROMISE US THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE OVER OUR CITY, NOT GOING TO TAKE OVER OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THEN WE CAN CALL YOU OUR NEIGHBOR. THE PROBLEM IS YOU WON'T DO THAT. [03:20:01] WE DON'T HATE YOU. WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO HAND OVER OUR HERITAGE, OUR NATIONAL IDENTITY, OUR POSTERITY, JUST BECAUSE YOU CAME OVER HERE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS AND SAY, HAND OVER EVERYTHING TO US OR ELSE YOU'RE HATEFUL. YOU WOULD NEVER DO THAT FOR US, SO WHY SHOULD WE DO THAT TO YOU? WHY WOULD WE DO THAT FOR YOU? NOW I HEARD SOMEONE SAY THAT DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH. SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR. I'M A PERSON OF COLOR. I'M ALSO AN IMMIGRANT. I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR. THAT IS NOT OUR STRENGTH. THAT TALKING POINT IS COMPLETE AND TOTAL GARBAGE FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO DESTROY THIS COUNTRY, WANT TO DESTROY WESTERN CIVILIZATION. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT OUR STRENGTH IS. OUR STRENGTH IS WHEN I SWORE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. YOUR INTERESTS, AMERICANS, BECAME MY INTERESTS. ALL OF THAT, YOUR LIFE, I WANT TO DECIDE THAT I WOULD DEFEND THAT TO THE DEATH. THAT I WOULD STAND WITH YOU THROUGH ALL DIFFICULTIES. THAT IS OUR STRENGTH, NOT PEOPLE COMING HERE AND SAYING, JUST GIVE US ANYTHING, JUST SURRENDER EVERYTHING. THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS. IF WE'RE EATING... THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT, WE HAVE VIVEK KUMAR. AFTER THAT WE HAVE JAMES FILLER FROM LITTLE ELM. OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE MARK PALACIANO FROM GARLAND. AFTER THAT, WE HAVE A JANE DOE. I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE FOR ANOTHER NIGHT OF CHARADES WITH THE FRISCO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TAKING OATHS TO THE CONSTITUTION THAT THEY WON'T PROTECT. THE AMOUNT OF TYRANNY AND TREASON HAPPENING IN OUR LOCAL AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ABSOLUTELY INSANE. AND LET ME PROVE MY POINT. FRISCO IS APPROVING TWO NEW INDIAN TEMPLES, AND I'VE EXPOSED WHO OWNS BOTH OF THEM WITHIN THE LAST WEEK. ONE OF THEM IS BEING FUNDED BY A NON-PROFIT THAT'S BEING LED... BY INDIA'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS ASSET. YEAH, LET ME REPEAT THAT AGAIN. ROHIT GANGWAL IS INDIA'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS ASSET FOR THE BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY. ROHIT IS ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE NORTH TEXAS JANE SOCIETY. THE NORTH TEXAS JANE SOCIETY IS THE OWNER OF THE TEMPLE ON LEBANON THAT YOU'RE APPROVING TONIGHT. THE BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY IS REGISTERED AS A FOREIGN AGENT IN THE UNITED STATES. SO TO CLARIFY, THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS ASSET FOR A FOREIGN AGENT YOU IN THE UNITED STATES IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE NONPROFIT FUNDING THE NEW JANE INDIAN TEMPLE HERE IN FRISCO. DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW CRAZY THAT IS? THE TEXAS I GREW UP IN IS LONG GONE, AND Y'ALL ARE A BIG PART OF THE PROBLEM. AND FOR THE OTHER HINDU INDIAN TEMPLE AT LONE STAR AND FM 423 BEING APPROVED TONIGHT, I EXPOSED HOW MAHESH DARA AND HIS NONPROFIT GITA MANDIR ARE OPERATING H-1B COMPANIES WITH EMPLOYEES REGISTERED TO HOME ADDRESSES WITH NO BUSINESS LISTED. DO ANY OF YOU CARE? NOT SURPRISED. I EMAILED ALL OF YOU TWICE IN THE LAST WEEK SHARING THIS INFORMATION AND TELLING YOU I WAS GOING TO COME TALK ABOUT IT. YOUR TYRANNY IS ON DISPLAY FOR EVERYONE TO SEE. WHEN INDIA'S FOREIGN GOVERNMENT IS ABLE TO OPERATE IN YOUR STATE AND CITY, YOU'VE GOT A HUGE PROBLEM THAT'S NOT BEING ADDRESSED. SINCE TEXAS IS PRETENDING TO INVESTIGATE H-1B FRAUD, LET ME SHARE A FEW THAT SHOULD ALSO BE INVESTIGATED. COVTIS LLC, CEO ROHIT GANGWAL. ROHIT IS ALSO THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS ASSET FOR INDIA'S BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY. COVTIS HAS 12 REGISTERED H-1BS TO THEIR OWN OFFICE. COVTIS ACCEPTED $163,776 IN PPP LOANS THAT WERE FORGIVEN. MOON IT SOLUTIONS, CEO MAHESH DARA, WHO IS ALSO THE VICE PRESIDENT OF NON-PROFIT GITA MANDIR. MOON IT SOLUTIONS HAS 22 REGISTERED H-1BS TO HOME ADDRESSES WITH NO BUSINESS LISTED. MOON IT SOLUTIONS ACCEPTED $483,300 IN PPP LOANS. CLOUD MELLOW CONSULTING AND CELLNET, CEO SHREAN JAIN. CELLNET ACCEPTED $156,000 IN PPP LOANS. CLOUD MELLOW ACCEPTED $389,000. DO SOME OF THOSE NAMES SOUND FAMILIAR TO YOU GUYS? BECAUSE THEY'RE DONATING TO SOME OF YOU. I'VE JUST EXPOSED YOUR TYRANNY TO YOUR FACE. AND IT'S DOCUMENTED FOREVER IN THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING. AND THE BEST PART ABOUT IT IS YOU DID THIS TO YOURSELF. WHEN I CAME HERE LAST YEAR IN APRIL AND ASKED YOU TO HELP ME, BECAUSE I'M A T-MOBILE WHISTLEBLOWER, YOU SHOULD HAVE HELPED ME. INSTEAD, YOU DISRESPECTED ME, DIDN'T TAKE ME SERIOUSLY, AND YOU EVEN USED YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO TRESPASS ME FOR MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT. I'LL SEE YOU ON JUNE 2ND. FIRST OF ALL, MAYOR CHENEY, [03:25:03] THANK YOU VERY MUCH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING FOR PUTTING IT ON THE RECORD THAT IF THERE'S A WAY TO FIND A REASON, IT COULD LEAD TO REASSESSING WHAT IS OCCURRING TONIGHT. SO PLEASE REMEMBER, ALL OF YOU, THAT EVERY DAY YOU TOOK AN OATH TO THE CONSTITUTION. MY FAMILY CAME HERE IN THE 1600S FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. I LOVE ANY CULTURE WHICH ASSIMILATES INTO WESTERN CULTURE AND AMERICAN VALUES. I BELIEVE IN THE FIRST AMENDMENT. I HAVE 50 FRIENDS FROM EGYPT, SAUDI, TURKEY, IRAN. I'VE LIVED OVERSEAS, BEEN TO JORDAN, DUBAI, HAVE A VISA FROM SAUDI, AND WORKED IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WITH THE GOAL TO SUPPORT COUNSEL TO SAY NO WITH CODES TO BACK IT UP. AND I'M GOING TO MENTION YOU TOO, ATTORNEY ABERNATHY. DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE FREE INDIVIDUAL ACCESS TO THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE ETHICS ATTORNEY? CALL HIM ANYTIME AND ASK HIM ANYTHING YOU WANT. TEXAS MUNICIPALITIES DERIVE AUTHORITY TO DENY DEVELOPMENTS. IN CONFLICT WITH YOUR LONG-TERM VISION, WHICH IS IN YOUR COMP PLAN. PLEASE PICK UP A PENCIL. CHAPTER 211 AND CHAPTER 213 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE IS YOUR FRIEND. TEXAS CODE 211.004 MANDATES THAT ALL MUNICIPAL ZONING MUST BE ADOPTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. MANY PEOPLE SAID THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. PAGE 166 OF THE FRISCO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS THE ONLY PAGE THAT DISCUSSES TRAFFIC. AND NEEDED TRAFFIC CIRCULATION AND THAT CHURCHES SHOULD NOT BE LOCATED AT RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION ENTRANCES, PROPOSED QUAD CITIES IS NEXT TO A VERY DENSE RESIDENTIAL AREA, AND SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE DISCUSSED THAT. NEXT TO 11.006 AND 007 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE MANDATES THAT MUNICIPALITIES NOTIFY THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF A PROPERTY. AS OF THREE DAYS AGO, THE NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR TO THE QUAD PROPERTY STATES THEY WERE NEVER NOTIFIED AND HAD NO IDEA IT WAS AN ISLAMIC CENTER. JUST SAY NO, BECAUSE YOU HAVE BENCHMARKS, SOUTH CAROLINA. HOOVER, ALABAMA, KELLER, TEXAS, KAUFFMAN, TEXAS, BROKEN ARROW, OKLAHOMA, HUNT COUNTY, OTHERS HAVE SAID NO, YOU ARE NOT ALONE AND YOU ARE NOT FIRST. LASTLY, MUNICIPAL DISCRETIONARY DECISIONS TO DECLINE A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ARE POSSIBLE. LET'S TALK ABOUT RELUPA. SO THE RELIGIOUS LAND USE AND INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS ACT, RELUPA, CAN BE USED. PLEASE BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THAT. ATTORNEY ABERNATHY, HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE LIVING WATER CHURCH OF GOD VERSUS CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF MERIDIAN? SIXTH CIRCUIT COURT DEEMED THAT THE TOWN PERMIT DID NOT IMPOSE A SUBSTANTIAL BURDEN ON THE CHURCH'S EXERCISE, SO THE DENIAL STOOD. SECOND CASE, CHABAD LUBATOVICH OF LITCHFIELD COUNTY VERSUS BOROUGH OF LITCHFIELD. THE DENIAL OF THE PERMISSION TO LOCATE IN DOWNTOWN DISTRICT WAS CHANNELED. CHALLENGED UNDER RUHLPA, BUT THE COURT REJECTED THE CLAIM AND UPHELD THE MUNICIPALITY DECISION. FRISCO CAN DO THE SAME. WHEN A PROPOSED LAND USE ALSO IS CLASSIFIED AS A CONDITIONAL USE, YOU MUST LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE THE STANDARDS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS. AND SO THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU ALSO HAVE TRAFFIC ISSUES, SAFETY ISSUES, AND NOT ENOUGH POLICE AND FIRE WHICH ARE GOING TO BE REDIRECTING. SURE THAT THE COUNCIL WILL BE AWARE WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, MY NAME IS RYAN SCANLON. THANK YOU FRISCO CITY COUNCIL FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TODAY. I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN DFW, BEEN HERE ALL MY LIFE. A FORMER FC DALLAS SEASON TICKET HOLDER, A FREQUENT VISITOR TO HERE IN FRISCO, AND EVERY DAY I MISS THE DELICIOUS TEX-MEX FOOD OF [03:30:01] CHEETOS THAT WAS RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD. I ALWAYS CHOSE THAT PLACE FOR MY BIRTHDAY FAMILY DINNERS. AND LIKE SO MANY OF US HERE, I'M A DESCENDANT OF IMMIGRANTS TO THIS COUNTRY, SPECIFICALLY MEXICAN AND FRENCH-GERMAN-IRISH IMMIGRANTS, EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS. THE FIRST EUROPEAN SETTLERS CAME TO THIS LAND FLEEING RELIGIOUS PROSECUTION. PROTESTANTS FLEEING THE CATHOLIC STATES OF FRANCE AND SPAIN. CATHOLICS FLEEING BOTH THE PROTESTANT ENGLAND AND NORTHERN GERMAN PROTESTANT NATIONS WITHIN THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE. WHAT DID ENGLAND, FRANCE, SPAIN, AND MOST OF EUROPE ALL HAVE IN COMMON DURING THAT TIME? STATE RELIGION AND LAWS TO PERSECUTE AND RESTRICT THOSE THAT FOLLOW SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE APPROVED STATE RELIGION. THE OPPONENTS OF 25 WANT EXACTLY THAT, TO RESTRICT OTHERS' FREEDOM TO WORSHIP. THEY STAND IN DIRECT CONTRAST TO THE FOUNDING PRINCIPLES OF THIS COUNTRY AND ONE OF THE PRIME REASONS WHY EUROPEANS FLED TO THIS LANDMASS AS REFUGEES IN THE FIRST PLACE. WHAT WE'VE SEEN TONIGHT IS FEAR AND HATRED BORN OF IGNORANCE. THE RESIDUAL SULFURIC STENCH OF WHITE CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM IS ENTERING MY LEFT NOSTRIL AS I SPEAK. A COMPLETE LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE RELIGION THEY SPEAK AGAINST. THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY SAY. HAVE YOU READ SHARIA LAW? HAVE YOU READ THE QURAN? HAVE YOU? OR HAVE YOU JUST HEARD RUSH, TUCKER, OR SOME OTHER BIGOT TELL YOU ABOUT IT? LOVE THY NEIGHBOR? I GUESS THE SAYING REALLY IS TRUE. THERE IS NO HATE LIKE CHRISTIAN LOVE. THIS HATRED FOR OTHERS' RELIGIONS OR ETHNICITIES IS ABSOLUTELY SENSELESS, DISGUSTING, AND TRAGIC, ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS WAS ALL ALREADY APPROVED MORE THAN TWO DECADES AGO. WHAT IS THE USE OF YOUR HURTFUL WORDS TODAY? NOTHING. AGAINST YOUR NEIGHBORS, NEIGHBORS THAT YOUR KIDS ARE GROWING UP WITH, NEIGHBORS THAT ARE PLAYING, THEIR KIDS ARE PLAYING WITH YOUR KIDS. THEY'RE WATCHING MITCH RACHEL TOGETHER. THEY'RE PROBABLY ALL SINGING THE SONG GOLDEN FROM K-POP DEMON HUNTERS. WE'RE ALL NEIGHBORS, AND OUR NEIGHBORS WANT SOMEWHERE TO WORSHIP. AND AS SOMEONE THAT GOES TO MASS EVERY SUNDAY, THAT BELIEVES IN FREEDOM OF WORSHIP, I PROUDLY STAND WITH THEIR WANT. SO, THANKS FOR LETTING ME SPEAK, AND YEAH, THIS IS CRAZY. HELLO, MY NAME IS CAITLIN HOSMAN AND I WASN'T PLANNING ON SPEAKING SO I DON'T HAVE A GOOD SPEECH LIKE EVERYONE ELSE DOES. BUT I WOULD JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISHEARTENING RHETORIC AND HATE SPEECH THAT HAS BEEN SPOKEN TONIGHT. AND I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO CONSIDER WHAT THEY'RE THINKING AND WHAT THEY'RE REALLY SAYING OUT LOUD BECAUSE ARE YOU REALLY GETTING YOUR INFORMATION FROM, YOU KNOW, SCHOLARLY RESOURCES, REPUTABLE NEWSPAPER SOURCES, OR ARE YOU'RE GETTING THEM FROM FACEBOOK. HAVE YOU ACTUALLY VETTED YOUR SOURCES? AND THEN, WHERE DO PEOPLE SEE THAT A MOSQUE IS GOING TO DIRECTLY LEAD TO US HANDING OVER OUR COUNTRY TO MUSLIMS? HAVE YOU ACTUALLY SAT DOWN WITH A MUSLIM PERSON OR A HINDU FAMILY? AND HAVE YOU ACTUALLY HEARD WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN? AND THEN, JUST THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO TALKED TONIGHT. DID THEY SEEM LIKE CRAZY CHILD RAPISTS OR MURDERERS? THEY'RE JUST HUMANS AND SOME PEOPLE ARE REALLY HURT BY THE RHETORIC. I WENT TO PROSPER HIGH SCHOOL AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN. AND IF YOU, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ASSIMILATION OF, YOU KNOW, THE BROWN PEOPLE HERE. BUT I CAN FIRMLY SAY FROM MY EXPERIENCE AT PROSPER HIGH SCHOOL AND UT, THEY ARE FULLY ASSIMILATED HERE. I WAS AN RA AT UT AND I PUNISHED JUST AS MANY PEOPLE FROM BROWN PEOPLE, WHITE PEOPLE, ANY RELIGION FOR DRINKING AND STUFF LIKE THAT. THEY ARE JUST THE SAME. AND SO I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO CONSIDER WHAT THEY'RE SAYING. JUST IMAGINE IF IT WAS HAPPENING IN AFGHANISTAN OR IRAQ WHERE THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, VOTING AGAINST BUILDING A CHURCH THERE. YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE [03:35:01] CONSIDERED CRAZY TO US. SO... I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE SAYING AND JUST, YOU KNOW, VERIFY THEIR SOURCES BEFORE THEY SPEAK. MICHELLE CHANEY. TERRELL. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO START BY APOLOGIZING TO EACH ONE OF YOU. THE GUY IN THE BULLETPROOF VEST SENT ME OVER THE EDGE TO SAY SOMETHING. I WAS DISRESPECTFUL AND I APOLOGIZE. MY NAME IS MICHELLE. I LIVE IN TERRELL, BUT MY WHOLE FAMILY IS FROM FRISCO, OR LIVES IN FRISCO. MY FRIENDS LIVE HERE. MY MOTHER IS BURIED HERE. AND REGARDLESS OF WHERE I GET MY MAIL, FRISCO IS MY HOME. I HAVE HEARD THINGS TONIGHT THAT I FIND HORRIFYING. AND THERE IS AN ASSUMPTION THAT ALL MUSLIMS AND ALL HINDU PRACTITIONERS ARE NOT AMERICAN CITIZENS. THERE IS AN ASSUMPTION HERE AND A BIAS THAT THEY ARE IMMIGRANTS AND THEY DO NOT BELONG. FOR THE RECORD, 1% OF THE U.S. POPULATION IS MUSLIM. 1%, AROUND 1%, IS ALSO HINDU. THESE ARE NOT THREATS TO THIS COUNTRY. OF THAT 1.3% WHO ARE MUSLIMS, 84% ARE U.S. CITIZENS. THEY HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS THAT I HAVE, THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE, THAT EVERY OTHER CITIZEN IN THIS ROOM HAS. PERIOD. END OF STORY. THE UNITED STATES AS A CHRISTIAN STATE. TO BE CLEAR, THERE IS ALSO A CONFUSION THAT THE INDIAN POPULATION IS MUSLIM, AND THE REALITY IS THE VAST MAJORITY ARE HINDU, THE MOST PEACEFUL RELIGION ON THE PLANET. WE REPRESENT SUCH A SMALL GROUP, AND YET WE'RE SITTING HERE TALKING AS IF IT'S A TAKEOVER. ALSO, I WANTED TO MENTION, MOST MUSLIMS LIVING IN THIS COUNTRY EXPLICITLY REJECT VIOLENCE AND EXTREMISM. THAT IS WELL DOCUMENTED BY THE PEW RESEARCH AND OTHER RESEARCH GROUPS IN THIS COUNTRY. LOOK IT UP. YET I'M HEARING THAT MUSLIMS ARE BRINGING DEMONIC INFLUENCES AND SHARIA LAW INTO THIS COUNTRY. THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE. WE ARE PROTECTED BY THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM IN THIS COUNTRY. THE ONE THING I WANTED TO SAY IS, BEFORE I WRAP UP, AS CHRISTIANS, I WOULD ARGUE, WHEN WE USE HOSTILITY AND CONTEMPT AGAINST OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE NAME OF DEFENDING GOD, WE UNDERMINE THE VERY FAITH WE CLAIM TO REPRESENT. WHICH BRINGS ME TO A FEW QUESTIONS. CAN ANYONE POINT TO A SINGLE EXAMPLE WHERE JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF GENERALIZED OR CONDEMNED AN ENTIRE GROUP OF PEOPLE AS UNIVERSALLY EVIL. AND CAN ANYONE POINT TO A SINGLE EXAMPLE WHERE HE ACTED AS IF THE WAY THAT THESE SO-CALLED RIGHTEOUS CHRISTIANS ARE ACTING TODAY? THANK YOU, MA'AM. NO. I NEED THREE HOURS VOTING ON TONIGHT. REVIEW THAT. WHO IS THE NAME? [03:41:11] THREE, IT SAYS THAT THOSE WHO CURSE THE JEWS, I WILL CURSE. GOD SAID THAT. THE MUSLIMS ARE CURSED, ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE. THE MUSLIMS ARE CURSED. AND IF YOU THROW IN WITH THEM, IF WE THROW IN WITH THEM, WE'LL BE CURSED. AND ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THERE'S CANCERS BEING FORMED. AND THERE'S ONE BEING FORMED RIGHT HERE. WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO RIGHT HERE. THE OTHER THING IS, I SAW SOME PEOPLE OVER THERE, THEY WERE JUST KIND OF SMIRKING AND LAUGHING AND HAVING A GOOD TIME. NO MATTER WHAT WAS SAID UP HERE, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY RESPECT AT ALL. AND APPARENTLY NO FEAR FOR GOD. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? THERE WAS A KING. HE DIDN'T HAVE RESPECT FOR GOD AND HE WAS EATEN BY WORMS. NOBODY IN THIS ROOM, IF YOUR BREATH AND YOUR BODY, GOD CONTROLS IT. AND SO IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD... AND VOTE WITH THE DEVIL AND GO WITH HIM, I DON'T KNOW, WHY DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD WIND UP COMING BACK HERE TOMORROW? GOD CAN CONTROL THAT. AND WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, US, WE CAN'T DO THIS. I'M NOT BIG ENOUGH AND STRONG ENOUGH TO DO ANYTHING. I CAN'T CONVINCE YOU OF ANYTHING. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I CAN DO? I CAN PRAY TO GOD, AND I CAN ASK HIM TO DO SOMETHING. AND HE SAYS, MY PEOPLE, CALLED BY MY NAME, IF THEY WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND PRAY TO ME, I WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN AND HEAL THEIR LAND. AND THAT'S WHAT I'D ASK HIM TO DO ABOUT HEAL THAT COUNCIL RIGHT THERE. AND IF SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE GOTTEN RID OF, THAT HE WOULD DO THAT. I CAN PRAY THAT AND LET HIM DO IT BECAUSE I CAN'T REALLY DO ANYTHING. APPRECIATE IT. WERE THERE ANY OTHER PEOPLE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 25? OKAY, GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL. FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS, LAURA, ON YOUR RE-ELECTION, AND BRITTANY, ON WINNING THE ELECTION OF OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBER, WOMEN POWER, ON THE COUNCIL NOW. SO, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WOMEN HERE, LEADING THE FRISCO CITY. I'M HERE... TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE MOSQUE THAT IS BEING BUILT IN FRISCO ICQC AS WELL AS THE TWO TEMPLES AND I STRONGLY BELIEVE IN THE FREEDOM OF PRACTICING THE RELIGION IN THIS COUNTRY I HAVE LIVED IN FRISCO FOR 22 YEARS THIS IS MY HOME THIS IS THE HOME OF ALL THE MUSLIMS AND HINDUS THAT LIVE HERE AS WELL THIS IS WHERE I HAVE RAISED MY FAMILY I HAVE BUILT LIFELONG RELATIONSHIPS AND FRIENDSHIPS AND I'VE WATCHED THIS CITY GROW INTO ONE OF THE MOST VIBRANT AND DIVERSE CITIES IN AMERICA. I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT BECAUSE I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT WHAT KIND OF CITY WE CHOOSE TO BE MOVING FORWARD. FRISCO IS A CITY BUILT BY NEIGHBORS FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, FAITHS AND CULTURES WHO CHOSE TO LIVE TOGETHER WITH RESPECT. HATE HAS NO HOME IN FRISCO, FEAR-MONGERING HAS NO HOME IN FRISCO AND ATTEMPTS TO TURN NEIGHBOR AGAINST NEIGHBOR SHOULD HAVE NO HOME IN FRISCO. THIS PAST WEEK WE WITNESSED THE HORRIFYING SHOOTING AT A MOSQUE IN SAN DIEGO. WORDS MATTER, RHETORIC MATTERS. WHEN PEOPLE ARE CONSTANTLY PORTRAYED AS THREATS, OUTSIDERS OR ENEMIES, IT CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE IGNORANCE GROWS AND HATE BECOMES NORMALIZED. MAYBE NOT EVERYONE WHO SPREADS FEAR INTENDS VIOLENCE, BUT HISTORY HAS SHOWN US THAT HATEFUL RHETORIC HAS CONSEQUENCES. I WANT TO SAY CLEARLY TONIGHT, [03:45:03] MUSLIMS IN FRISCO ARE YOUR NEIGHBORS. WE ARE DOCTORS, TEACHERS, BUSINESS OWNERS, COACHES, VOLUNTEERS AND PUBLIC SERVANTS. WE FOLLOW THE LAWS OF THIS CITY, THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER AMERICAN. AND TO THOSE WHO ARE FEARFUL OF MUSLIMS OR FEARFUL OF SHARIA, I SAY THIS SINCERELY TO ALL OF YOU. COME MEET US, COME VISIT THE MOSQUE, COME ASK US QUESTIONS. COME SEE OUR CURRICULUMS, WHAT WE TEACH IN THE MOSQUE. EVERYTHING IS AN OPEN BOOK FOR EVERYONE TO COME, SIT DOWN, HAVE COFFEE WITH US, BREAK THE BREAD WITH US. AND TO OUR CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR, ROD, I SAY THIS DIRECTLY TO YOU AS WELL. I GENUINELY INVITE YOU TO COME MEET THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY FIRSTHAND, NOT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, NOT THROUGH THE INTERNET CONSPIRACY THEORIES. BUT THROUGH REAL HUMAN INTERACTION, I BELIEVE CONVERSATIONS BUILD UNDERSTANDING FAR MORE THAN FEAR EVER WILL. FRISCO'S FUTURE CANNOT BE BUILT ON SUSPICION AND DIVISION. IT MUST BE BUILT ON TRUTH, DIGNITY, AND HUMAN CONNECTION. THANK YOU. TO REVIEW WHAT'S BEFORE COUNCIL TONIGHT. SO AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE, THE ZONING FOR ALL THE PROPERTIES HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR ALL THREE SITES FOR A MINIMUM OF 25 YEARS, 35 YEARS. THE STATE OF TEXAS GOVERNS THE RULES THAT WE FOLLOW. A PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN IN ONE CASE, AND THIS COUNCIL DOESN'T HAVE THE OPTION TO EVEN CONSIDER THE FAITH OR RELIGIONS THAT ARE CHOOSING TO BUILD IN THESE PLATS. EVEN IF WE WANTED TO, NOT SAYING THAT WE WOULD, THAT IS NOT EVEN SOMETHING THAT THIS COUNCIL CAN TAKE UP. SO ANY FAITH OR RELIGION CAN FOLLOW THEIR STATE RIGHTS AS GRANTED THROUGH THEIR ZONING CASES. AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE REVIEWING. LITTERED THROUGH ALL THOSE COMMENTS, WHICH DON'T PERTAIN TO WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOVERNING ON TONIGHT, THERE WERE, I THOUGHT, A FEW FAIR QUESTIONS ASKED BY THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE ADJACENT, ONE OF WHICH WAS THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS OF THE PLAT, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT WITH PRELIMINARY SITE PLANS. AND COULD YOU EXPLAIN THE PROCESS THAT HAPPENS WITH PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND HOW IT WAS CHANGED FOR... PLACES OF WORSHIP HERE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. OKAY, I'M GOING TO HAVE JOEL TO SPEAK ON A PORTION OF IT, BUT WITH EVERY PLAN THAT COMES IN, WE REVIEW IT WITH THE ORDINANCE, AND THEN WE SUBMIT COMMENTS BACK TO THE APPLICANT FOR ANY DEFICIENCIES FOR THEM TO CORRECT. AND IF THEY DON'T CORRECT IT, THEN WE'LL RECOMMEND DENIAL. IF IT'S REQUIRED BY ORDINANCE TO MEET THAT, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO MEET IT. BUT THERE WAS A CHANGE THAT ENGINEERING HAD MADE LAST YEAR SO JOEL I'LL LET YOU COVER THAT ON THE PARKING UM SO THERE'S TWO LEVELS OF PARKING REQUIREMENTS WITHIN CITY CODE ONE IS THE ZONING ORDINANCE WHICH HAS THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF PARKING THAT LAND USE [03:50:01] WOULD NEED TO DO AND THERE'S ALL THE DIFFERENT LAND USES THAT ARE POSSIBLE THAT LISTS THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF PARKING BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING AND A YEAR AGO WE UM WE CHANGED THE ENGINEERING STANDARDS WHERE THERE'S A REQUIREMENT FOR TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSES, AND WE ADDED... THE LANGUAGE THAT IT'S LIKE THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS IS A PROCESS WHERE WE WILL SEE WHAT KIND OF PARKING YOU, YOU KNOW, DO A STUDY TO SEE HOW MUCH PARKING YOU NEED. AND IF IT'S MORE THAN THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF PARKING THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE ZONING ORDINANCE, YOU'LL NEED TO PROVIDE THAT BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR SITE WILL FUNCTION PROPERLY. SO THIS, I KNOW THERE'S THREE CASES ON HERE. TWO OF THEM, THE MOST RECENT ONES THAT ARE JUST NOW GOING THROUGH THEIR SITE PLANS AND PRIMARY SITE PLANS, HAVE BEEN THROUGH THAT PROCESS WHERE THEY EACH HAD TO CONDUCT A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT. DID A STUDY ON PARKING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DID HAVE ENOUGH PARKING BASED ON HOW BIG THE BUILDING WAS AND HOW IT WOULD OPERATE. AND THEN I KNOW FOR MOST OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL, WE DO HAVE, TYPICALLY IT IS OUR POLICY TO HAVE THE RETAIL CONNECTOR TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE DO HAVE AT LEAST ONE INSTANCE I KNOW WHERE WE MADE AN EXCEPTION BECAUSE A RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION WAS GOING IN AND IT SEEMED LIKE A KIND OF A VALID EXCEPTION. HAS STAFF GIVEN THOUGHTS INTO A SIMILAR APPROACH WITH THAT 423 SITE? YES, BUT I WANT TO MENTION THIS ON THE HISTORY OF THIS STREET STUB THAT WAS DONE ON THE PROPERTY. IT WAS NEVER DONE AS A CUL-DE-SAC. THAT'S SOMETHING THE DEVELOPER CHOSE TO DO SO THEY COULD BUILD ON THOSE TWO LOTS TO ALLOW THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO OPERATE AND NOT HAVE A DEAD-END STREET. THE OTHER OPTION SOMETIMES DEVELOPERS WILL DO ACQUIRE AN EASEMENT OFF-SITE AND DO THE CUL-DE-SAC BULB ON THAT SIDE. BUT THERE WERE SIGNS UP ON THE PROPERTY THAT STATED THAT THIS STREET WOULD BE EXTENDED AT SOME POINT SEVERAL YEARS AGO. IT WAS REMOVED WHEN THE GRAVEL ROAD WAS PUT IN TO THE CITY FACILITY THERE ON THE SOUTHERN END OF THE PROPERTY. ON THIS, YES WE'RE WILLING TO CONSIDER IF THE TEMPLE GOES IN MAKING IT. REQUIREMENT THAT THEY DO THE CROSS ARM THAT WAS DONE FOR THE OTHER CHURCH FACILITY IN THE CITY AND IT WOULD BE BASED ON AN OPTIC ON SYSTEM SO IT WOULD BE EMERGENCY ACCESS ONLY BUT WE HAVE TALKED TO THE APPLICANT THEY'RE WILLING TO DO THAT THAT IS ACCEPTABLE TO THEM THAT SEEMS LIKE A REASONABLE COMPROMISE TO HELP WITH THOSE RESIDENTS CONCERNS ANOTHER QUESTION IS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GAS STATION, IS THAT ALLOWED BY RIGHT OR DOES THAT REQUIRE AN SUP? GAS STATION IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT. IT'S A MAJOR INTERSECTION AND THAT'S WHERE GAS STATIONS ARE LIMITED TO. LIKE THE ONE PERSON MENTIONED ABOUT A GAS TANKER GOING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY'RE GOING TO GO OFF OF THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE TOO CHALLENGING TRYING TO CUT THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET. OKAY, SO IF COUNCIL WANTED TO ENSURE THAT THE OPTICON SYSTEM WAS PUT INTO PLACE, WOULD THAT HAPPEN TONIGHT, OR WOULD THAT JUST BE STAFF DIRECTION FOR THE NEXT FLAT? THAT WOULD BE AT THE NEXT STEP WHEN THEY COME FORWARD WITH THAT. WE'LL TALK WITH THE APPLICANT AND MAKE SURE THAT IS ON THE SITE PLAN. OKAY. AND SO THIS MAY BE A DIRECT QUESTION FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY, BUT TO KIND OF WRAP A BOW UP ON IT. THEY HAVE APPROVED ZONING, THEY'VE COMPLIED WITH ALL CITY ORDINANCES, WE'VE DONE THE TRAFFIC STUDY REQUIRED, THEY'VE MET THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY, THEY'VE MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY ARE ASKED TO MEET FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT, AND SO BY LAW, THE COUNCIL HAS TO APPROVE IT. SO, UNDER THE EXISTING ORDINANCES IN THE CITY OF FRISCO, THE SITE PLAN, THE PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN AND THE PLAT. ARE DETERMINED BY THE PLANNING, ZONING COMMISSION. THIS COUNCIL DOESN'T MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. WHAT THE RIGHT OF THE COUNCIL HAS IS THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS AND THREE DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT CAN APPEAL A DECISION BY P&Z IF IT MAKES A MISTAKE. ONE OF THEM IS THE CITY COUNCIL. THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IS DO YOU APPEAL IT. THE APPEAL NEEDS TO BE BASED UPON, SO THE... STEPS THAT ARE TAKEN IN ORDER TO APPROVE THE SITE PLAN, PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN, AND THE PLATS ARE BASED UPON, QUOTE, OBJECTIVE CRITERIA. IF THAT OBJECTIVE CRITERIA IN THE ORDINANCE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL IS MET, THEN THE LAW SAYS IT'S A MINISTERIAL ACT AND IT'S YOUR OBLIGATION TO APPROVE A MINISTERIAL ACT. IF YOU DON'T APPROVE THE MINISTERIAL ACT, YOU'VE EXPOSED THE CITY TO LITIGATION. [03:55:01] AND DAMAGES. AND I CAN TALK TO YOU ABOUT CASES IN THE METROPLEX WHERE THAT HAS HAPPENED. SO UNLESS THE PNZ OR THE STAFF ARE NOT DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING, IF SOMEBODY HASN'T MET THE REQUIREMENTS, THEN IT'S APPROPRIATE TO APPEAL IT. IF IT ISN'T, THE LAW SAYS THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO APPROVE IT BECAUSE IT'S A MINISTERIAL ACT. THAT MAY BE MORE THAN YOU WANT TO DO, MAYOR, BUT I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT IT. RICHARD, I HAVE A QUESTION. YEP. YOU WERE SAYING THAT WE, THE CITY COUNCIL, CAN'T ASK FOR AN APPEAL? I MEAN, DOES AN APPEAL AUTOMATICALLY TRIGGER A LAWSUIT? NO, IT COULD. I'M SAYING YOU CAN APPEAL WHATEVER YOU WANT TO APPEAL. I'M SAYING THE CONSEQUENCE TO THAT APPEAL POTENTIALLY COULD BE A LAWSUIT. IF YOU DENIED THE SITE PLAN OR THE PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN OR THE PLAT THAT WAS OTHERWISE APPROVED APPROPRIATELY UNDER THE ORDINANCE AND THE JUDGE FOUND THAT YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE OBJECTED TO IT OR OVER ATTEMPTED TO OVERRULE IT THEN YOU'RE POTENTIALLY LIABLE FOR DAMAGES BUT AN APPEAL ISN'T REJECTING IT IT DOESN'T THAT'S ACCURATE THAT'S AN ACCURATE STATEMENT WHAT IS AN APPEAL IS NOT A REJECTION SO AN APPEAL DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN WE'RE REJECTING IT, AND THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN WE'RE GOING TO GET A LAWSUIT. NONE OF IT MEANS YOU'RE NECESSARILY GOING TO GET A LAWSUIT. IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET A LAWSUIT, THOUGH. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? LOOK, I MEAN... YOUR ATTORNEY'S TRYING TO GIVE YOU ADVICE, AND IT GIVES YOU EXPOSURE. YES, I MEAN, BY TAKING THESE ACTIONS, YOU'RE EXPOSING YOURSELF. THAT'S OKAY. I MEAN, THAT'S JUST A CHOICE OF THE COUNSEL. YOU DO THAT EVERY TIME YOU MAKE A DECISION, YOU GOT RISK. THIS IS A RISK HERE. AND THEN, SO SAY, FOR INSTANCE, COUNCIL DID APPEAL IT, THEN IT WOULD COME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL. IT WOULDN'T GO BACK TO P&Z, CORRECT? THAT'S RIGHT. IT WOULD COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL AT A FUTURE MEETING, AND THEN WE'D HAVE THE SAME MEETING. YES. AND IF ALL THE THINGS I JUST SAID WERE THE CASE, WHICH IS THEY'VE DONE, THEY HAVE ZONING ENTITLEMENTS, THEY'VE FOLLOWED ALL OF OUR CITY ORDINANCES, THEY'VE... DONE EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO THEN AT THAT POINT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE COUNCIL REJECTED IT THEN YOU'VE INCREASED YOUR EXPOSURE IF YOU GOT SUED I MEAN IT'S SO THAT'S THAT'S THE CONSEQUENCE AND THAT'S THEN OKAY WELL THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE SO RICHARD I WANT TO I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR SO PERSONAL PREFERENCE IS NOT CONSIDERED A LEGAL OBJECTIVE GROUND FOR AN APPEAL. IT'S MY RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU IDENTIFY WHAT IT IS THAT'S BEING APPEALED SO THAT YOU CAN FOCUS ON THE CRITERIA THAT'S REQUIRED AND WAS THAT CRITERIA MET. BECAUSE IF IT WAS, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON. AND IF YOU DON'T DO THAT, THEN YOU'VE JUST INCREASED YOUR EXPOSURE. NO, I UNDERSTAND. YOU'RE JUST GETTING FARTHER AND FARTHER AWAY FROM WHAT THE LAW SAYS YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. THANK YOU. SO COULD WE MAKE SUGGESTIONS? I'M GOING TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THE 423 AND LONE STAR RANCH PROPERTY SINCE THAT ONE'S ON THE PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN AND WE HEARD FROM THE APPLICANT TONIGHT THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO PUT THE GATE IN AS YOU MENTIONED. AS WE'RE GOING INTO THE FINAL SITE PLAN WE CAN TELL STAFF WE WANT THAT GATE WE WANT THAT GATE AND WE COULD ALSO SAY WHEN YOU GET THE FINAL SITE PLAN PLEASE TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS WITH PARKING BECAUSE THAT IS ALSO AN ADDITIONAL CONCERN AND SO WE COULD NOT APPEAL IT TONIGHT. AND THEN LET THAT GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. IS THAT ACCURATE? OKAY, LET ME EXPLAIN. ON THE GATE PORTION, THERE'S ANOTHER PROCESS FOR THAT THAT'S SEPARATE FROM THIS RIGHT HERE. BUT WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED IT. I'VE STATED ON RECORDS WHAT I'M WILLING TO DO IS HAVE THE GATE THAT'S DONE SIMILAR TO THE OTHER FACILITY. SO THEY WILL NEED TO SUBMIT ME AN UPDATED PLAN. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN HANDLE. ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER. SO NOW THE SITE PLAN, THE SITE PLAN WOULDN'T COME BACK BEFORE UNLESS P&Z DECIDES TO APPEAL AND THEN YOU JUST DECIDE TO APPEAL THE P&Z'S DECISION BECAUSE THE ORDINANCE STATES THAT AS LONG AS THE SITE PLAN IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH WHAT'S APPROVED ON THE PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN, STAFF CAN APPROVE THAT SITE PLAN. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO BEFORE BUT IF THEY INCREASE THE BILLING HYPE. OR THEY MOVE THE BUILDING CLOSER. THIS APPLIES TO WHAT'S CLOSEST TO RESIDENTIAL. THAT'S A MAJOR AMENDMENT. THAT HAS TO GO BACK [04:00:01] BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT JONATHAN COVERED AT THE P&Z MEETING LAST WEEK. I HAVE A QUESTION, JOHN. I HEARD A COUPLE THINGS TONIGHT. I HEARD THE APPLICANTS SAY THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO PUT IN ADDITIONAL SCREENING. THEY WANT TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THEY ALSO WERE AGREEABLE TO THE GATE, WHICH I THINK IS ADMIRABLE ON THEIR BEHALF. BUT I ALSO HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT LODGING IN THE TEMPLE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT CHANGES THE USE OF IT. THAT'S THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF IT. I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT IT, SO THIS IS THE FIRST, AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO EXPLORE. THAT WAS A CONCERN TO ME. BUT I DID APPRECIATE THAT THE APPLICANT WAS WILLING TO PUT IN ADDITIONAL SCREENING, WHICH THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS ASKING FOR, ADDRESSING THE PARKING AND THE SAFETY ISSUES BY HAVING THE GATE AND THE ADDITIONAL SCREENING AS WELL. THE ADDITIONAL SCREENING, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS SPECIFICALLY. BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING THE 8-FOOT WALL. THEY ARE DOING THE LANDSCAPE EDGE ALONG WITH THE 3-INCH CALIBER TREES. THEY'RE DOING AN 8-FOOT WALL ALONG THAT ENTIRE GRAVEL ROAD? WELL, EXCEPT FOR WHERE... IT'LL BE ALONG THE PROPERTY LINE, EXCEPT WHERE YOU HAVE AMBERLEY PLACE, THERE'LL BE A GATE THERE, THE CROSS ARM. I GUESS I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IF THERE'S GOING TO BE LODGING IN THE TEMPLE. YEAH. YEAH. AND THAT MAY BE AN EXTENSION OF THIS CHURCH, BUT WE HAVE TO EXPLORE THAT. AND THIS IS THE FIRST WE'VE HEARD ABOUT IT. SO, SORRY I DIDN'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU. JOHN, WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS EARLIER. MY CONCERN IS... I'VE LISTENED TO MANY RESIDENTS RECENTLY, AND I SHARE SOME SAME CONCERNS ABOUT PARKING. I'VE PERSONALLY WITNESSED TWO SEPARATE PLACES OF WORSHIP. THEY DON'T HAVE SUFFICIENT PARKING, SO THERE ARE OVERWHELMING NEIGHBORING SITES FOR THEIR PARKING. AND I'M WORRIED. THAT THE PARKING THAT I KNOW IT'S APPROVED, BUT LISTENING TO THE CITIZENS, THEIR CONCERNS, AND I HAVE MY OWN CONCERN BECAUSE I'VE WITNESSED IT MYSELF. I'M NOT SURE I THINK AN APPEAL IS APPROPRIATE AT THIS POINT. I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THE CHURCHES THAT ARE PLACES OF WORSHIP THAT YOU'RE MENTIONING. PROVED UNDER DIFFERENT STANDARDS AND LIKE SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED THAT WE HAVEN'T UPDATED STANDARDS. THAT'S FALSE. WE'VE CONTINUALLY HAVE UPDATED STANDARDS WHEN WE FEEL THERE'S A NEED FOR IT. AND SO JUST AS JOEL MENTIONED, TOOK AN EXTRA STEP AND GO IN THIS DIRECTION. AND SO HERE THEY'RE PROVIDING MORE THAN, YOU KNOW, FOUR TIMES THAT WHAT WAS REQUIRED BY ANOTHER ORDINANCE THAT'S PROVIDED ON THE SITE. WILL THERE BE INSTANCES IN WHICH THIS IS TRUE FOR ANY PLACES OF WORSHIP OR FOR THE MOLE, FOR THAT MATTER? WHEN YOU GET INTO CHRISTMAS SEASON, YES, PARKING'S A CHALLENGE. BUT DO YOU TRY TO PARK FOR THAT ULTIMATE AS OPPOSED TO ON AN EVERY DAY, EVERY WEEK? I MEAN, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO. AND SO IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO DO A SPECIAL EVENT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE COORDINATING THROUGH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. GOING THROUGH THE SPECIAL EVENTS COMMITTEE SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REVIEWED PLACE FIRE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES TRAFFIC HEALTH CODE THEY'RE ALL INVOLVED IN REVIEWING THAT TO MAKE SURE IT'S IF IT WAS A SITUATION OF ONCE A YEAR ONCE EVERY FEW YEARS WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING I AGREE WITH YOU BUT HOW DO WE KNOW THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE A WEEKLY THING YOU KNOW WHERE THE TRAFFIC, BUT SPECIFICALLY THE PARKING, THAT IT COULD BE A DAILY OCCURRENCE AS FAR AS WE KNOW. THERE'S NO WAY WE COULD GUARANTEE THAT OR PLACE A CONDITION ON THEM OR TREATING THEM DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER PLACES OF WORSHIP. BUT HOW DO WE ENFORCE? I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT SOME MECHANISMS WHERE THEY COULD PARK OFF-SITE, BUT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO ENFORCE THAT. HOW DO WE ENFORCE THAT IF THEY SAY, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO, THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO SOLVE THE PARKING ISSUE. WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED THAT YET, AND, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE APPROVED AND THEN WE CAN'T ENFORCE IT. I'M GOING TO SAY PART OF THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED, BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING I HAD BROUGHT UP WITH STAFF ABOUT. I'M TALKING ABOUT PARKING, [04:05:01] AND THEY SAID, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO USE THE SCHOOL PARKING LOTS. AND I SAID, WELL, DO THEY HAVE PERMISSION? AND JUST BECAUSE THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO USE IT, YOU JUST CAN'T USE SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROPERTY. OF COURSE. SO I UNDERSTAND THERE'S DISCUSSIONS THAT'S TAKING PLACE, JUST LIKE THE TEMPLE UP ON INDEPENDENCE. THEY WORK WITH HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL. THEY DO. AND THEY COORDINATE WITH THEM. THEY DO. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE SAME THING HERE, BUT... BUT THEY ALSO GO INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH OF THAT, TOO, AND THEY PARK SIGNIFICANTLY THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, TOO. NOW THOSE ARE VERY DIFFERENT CASES BECAUSE THE ONE HE'S REFERRING TO WAS UNDER OUR OWN PARKING COUNT REQUIREMENTS, CORRECT? YEAH. AND SO IN 2025, WE ACTUALLY CHANGED IT. WHICH HAS AND JOEL YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT REALLY INCREASED THE THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND SO THEY'RE MEETING OUR ORDINANCE SO IT'S NOT A VALID REASON FOR US TO ACTUALLY IT'S LATE I'M LOSING THE WORD APPEAL BECAUSE THEY'RE MEETING OUR REQUIREMENT THAT'S RIGHT SO THAT'S NOT A VALID REASON EVEN FOR US TO APPEAL BUT YOU CAN ANSWER I'M SO KIND OF WANT TO ANSWER ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS FIRST IS ABOUT HOW COULD WE ENFORCE IT, SO TO SPEAK. AND SO THERE'S A COUPLE WAYS WE CAN DO THAT. ONE IS WHEN SOMETHING IS A PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN, THAT'S LIKE THE ENTIRE PROPERTY, WHAT IT'S ULTIMATELY GOING TO DEVELOP. AND THEY OFTEN ONLY DEVELOP A FIRST PHASE, YOU KNOW, LIKE PART OF IT. AND THEY'LL NEED TO COME BACK AND DO ANOTHER SITE PLAN TO BUILD PHASE TWO, PHASE THREE, SO TO SPEAK. AND SO DURING THE OPERATION OF PHASE ONE, THIS IS THE MOST COMMON WAY WE ENFORCE THINGS WITH TRAFFIC. IMPACT ANALYSIS AND PARKING THINGS. OKAY, YOU'RE NOT DOING WHAT YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO DO. IF YOU'RE COMING IN TO DEVELOP PHASE TWO, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE YOU DO A LOT MORE. YOU CAN'T DEVELOP PHASE TWO UNTIL YOU FIX WHAT YOU'RE NOT DOING, WHAT WE'VE ALREADY WORKED OUT. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE FOR ENFORCING SOMETHING THAT WE'VE AGREED ON, WHETHER IT BE PARKING OR HOW TO OPERATE YOUR TRAFFIC. BASED ON THOSE SITES, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE'S GOING TO BE A PHASE TWO ON THOSE THREE SITES. THERE'S NOT ENOUGH LAND THERE FOR PHASE 2. WHEN I SAY THAT, IT'S LIKE THE PSP, THE PRIMARY SITE PLAN, SHOWS WHAT THEY ULTIMATELY WANT TO BUILD, BUT THEY DON'T INTEND TO BUILD ALL OF THAT RIGHT AWAY. THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN WITH A SITE PLAN THAT DOESN'T BUILD ALL OF THAT. THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD A PHASE 01, WHICH IS SMALLER THAN EVERYTHING YOU SEE THERE. SO THERE IS GOING TO BE A COUPLE TIMES THAT THEY'LL DO SITE PLANS, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BUILD ALL OF THAT ONCE. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS A PLAN THAT'S GOING TO BE ULTIMATELY EVERYTHING, BUT WE KNOW THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BUILD ALL OF THAT. RIGHT AWAY SO YOU'RE SAYING THE TEMPLE AND THEN THE OFFICE I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ONE ON 423 CORRECT THERE AND I DON'T KNOW THE THE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER SO IS IT GOING TO BE THE TEMPLE FIRST THEN THE OFFICE BUILDINGS IN THE RETAIL WE ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW THOSE DETAILS YET SPECIFICS BUT WE KNOW THAT YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE MULTIPLE LOTS PROBABLY DIFFERENT OWNERSHIP SO THERE'S NO YOU KNOW THEY'RE JUST NOT GOING TO BUILD IT ALL AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE IT'S IT'S A TYPICAL PSP OF A RETAIL CORNER USUALLY IT'S SPLIT UP INTO MULTIPLE LOTS SO THAT YOU SELL ONE LOT TO A RESTAURANT, FOR INSTANCE, OR THE ONE LOT TO THE GAS STATION. IT'S NOT ALL GOING TO BE OWNED BY ONE ENTITY. THAT'S WHEN THEY COME THROUGH THE SITE PLAN PROCESS. THAT BRINGS ANOTHER QUESTION NOW. ANOTHER BIG QUESTION. SO IF THEY BUILD THE TEMPLE FIRST, BASED ON WHAT YOU SHOWED US ON THE PARKING SPACES, HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT THEY'RE BUILDING ON THE PARKING SPACES FIRST? PART OF THAT PARKING WAS FOR THE RETAIL AND FOR THE OFFICE BUILDING, RIGHT? SO AS PART OF THE TRAFFIC STUDY WE DID, THEY HAD TO SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO IN PHASE ONE, HERE'S HOW MUCH PARKING WILL BE NEEDED IN PHASE ONE. SO THE SITE PLAN, OR THE PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, HAS SPLIT THE PROPERTY INTO PROPOSED LOT LINES, AND THERE'S A GOOD CHUNK OF PARKING THAT'S FOR THE TEMPLES. LIKE THE TEMPLE'S IN THE BACK, AND ITS LOT CONTAINS ALL THAT PARKING THAT WRAPS AROUND THE SOUTH SIDE. THAT'S NOT THE PARKING FOR THE RESTAURANTS OR THE OFFICE, THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT'S GOING TO BE BUILT FIRST? I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY. YEAH, WE DON'T KNOW. WE DON'T KNOW A WORD OF THINGS. THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE A PARKING REQUIREMENT FOR EACH USE. BUT EACH LOT THAT DEVELOPS HAS ITS OWN PARKING REQUIREMENT. BUT POSSIBLE. IF THE TEMPLE'S BUILT FIRST, THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO BUILD A SMALL PORTION OF THAT PARKING. NO. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE DIRT AROUND THERE SO OTHER PEOPLE CAN PARK AROUND THE FACILITY? NO, SO WHATEVER THEY BUILD FIRST, WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS PARKING ANALYSIS AGAIN. IT'S LIKE, HERE'S WHAT YOU'RE BUILDING, HERE'S WHAT YOUR STUDIES SHOWED, HERE'S HOW MUCH PARKING YOU NEED. SO IF THEY BUILD A SMALLER TEMPLE RIGHT AWAY... IT MIGHT NEED LESS PARKING THAN THE FULL AMOUNT, BUT IT'S STILL GOING TO PUT IT THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS TO MAKE SURE IT HAS THE PROPER AMOUNT OF PARKING FOR THAT SIZE. SO WHEN ARE THEY GOING [04:10:01] TO DO THE PROPOSAL OF PARKING THEIR OVERFLOW AT REEDY? WHEN IS THAT GOING TO COME INTO PLAY? SURE. SO THAT WAS THE OTHER QUESTION I WANTED TO ANSWER. THERE'S TWO WAYS OF LOOKING AT THE PARKING. THERE'S THE DAILY OR REGULAR WEEKLY SERVICES THAT THEY HAVE, AND THEN THERE'S SPECIAL EVENTS. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE TREAT THEM BOTH DIFFERENTLY. SO IT'S LIKE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SITE HAS THE PROPER AMOUNT OF PARKING FOR THEIR DAILY, WEEKLY, NORMAL SERVICES. BUT WE KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE SPECIAL EVENTS, AND SO THEY HAVE TO WORK OUT A SPECIAL EVENT TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN WITH US TO SHOW THAT IT'S GOING TO WORK. SO, FOR INSTANCE, THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE PROPOSED, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PAY FOR PARKING AT ONE OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOLS, THE CLOSEST HIGH SCHOOL IS REEDY HIGH SCHOOL. AND WE KNOW THAT THE ISD DOES THIS. THEY HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE WHERE THEY RENT OUT THEIR PARKING TO PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DO IT AND EVERYTHING. I HAVE TALKED TO THE ISD TO MAKE SURE, LIKE, DO YOU DO LONG-TERM CONTRACTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THEY DON'T LOCK IN, YOU KNOW, AN ENTIRE YEAR BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW THE SCHOOLS, BUT THEY DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO... THEY HAVE A CONSTANT THING WITH, LIKE, THE OTHER TEMPLE IN INDEPENDENCE WHERE THEY RENT OUT HERITAGE REPEATEDLY, AND IF THEY CAN'T DO HERITAGE FOR SOME REASON, THEN YOU USE THE NEXT HIGH SCHOOL NEARBY. BUT WHAT IS THE TEMPLE GOING TO DO IF IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, DURING A WORK DAY WHEN SCHOOL'S IN SESSION? WHAT DO THEY DO THEN? SO THAT IS PART OF OUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN IS TO SAY YOU CAN'T DO THAT. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE AGREEING THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE THESE EVENTS AT A TIME THAT THE PARKING YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE GOING TO USE IS AVAILABLE. SO IT'S THE SAME THING WITH THE TEMPLE ON INDEPENDENCE, IS THERE'S A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT WHERE THEY PLAN THEIR EVENTS NOW. AND IT'S LIKE, OKAY, YOU HAVE TO WORK OUT THIS PLAN WITH US. IT HAS TO WORK. WE ALL HAVE TO AGREE THAT YOU'RE DOING IT IN A WAY THAT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE THE WORST THING LIKE DOING IT DURING A SCHOOL DAY. SO, BUT I'M BEING DEVIL'S ADVOCATE HERE. HOW DO YOU ENFORCE? THEY SAY, WE AGREE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. THEY DO IT. A THOUSAND PEOPLE SHOW UP. WHAT DO WE DO? DO WE SEND THE POLICE SAYING YOU HAVE TO CANCEL THIS EVENT? THE OTHER KIND OF ENFORCEMENT IS THAT. RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY REALLY CAN'T HAVE THEIR EVENT WITHOUT POLICE BECAUSE THEY HIRE OFF-DUTY POLICE OFFICERS TO DIRECT TRAFFIC. SO IF THEY'RE DOING IT WRONG, LIKE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THAT EVENT AND WE'RE GOING TO SAY, NO, YOU CAN'T DO THAT. AND THERE'S ALSO THE SPECIAL EVENT REVIEW COMMITTEE THAT JOHN MENTIONED, LIKE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET YOUR NEXT EVENT APPROVED IF YOU'RE NOT, IF YOU DIDN'T DO THE LAST ONE THE WAY WE SAID, OR YOU DID ONE WITHOUT TELLING US, YOU KNOW. WE HAVE WAYS OF YOU LIKE, OH, NO, YOU DIDN'T DO THAT RIGHT. YOU'VE GOT TO WORK WITH US. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO THE NEXT ONE UNTIL YOU AGREE TO DO WHAT WE NEED YOU TO DO. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT FACILITY WILL HAVE SOMETHING IN THEIR FILE SAYING THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE A BIG EVENT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY DURING SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY CAN'T DO THE OVERFLOW. RIGHT, BECAUSE AS PART OF THE SITE PLAN PROCESS, THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO A MORE DETAILED SPECIAL EVENT TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN WITH US, AND THAT WOULD BE PART OF IT. IT WOULD SAY. YOU CAN'T HAVE SOMETHING WHEN THE PARKING IS NOT AVAILABLE THAT YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO USE. SO, YES. WE HAVE THAT WITH A LOT OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT, I DON'T KNOW, SAY A SCHOOL THAT HAS SPORTS FACILITIES AND IT'S LIKE YOU CAN'T HAVE AN ALL-NIGHT, OR NOT AN ALL-NIGHT, AN ALL-CAMPUS SCHOOL EVENT PLUS A SPORTING EVENT BECAUSE YOUR PARKING DOESN'T ACCOMMODATE BOTH. SO WE HAVE AGREEMENTS WITH A LOT OF FACILITIES LIKE THAT THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE TOO MANY EVENTS THAT YOU CAN'T HANDLE YOUR PARKING. SO IT'S SIMILAR TO THAT. I'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW THINGS. SO I KNOW A LOT OF TALK HAS BEEN GIVEN ABOUT RELIGIOUS PLACES OF WORSHIP, ETC., ETC., BUT TO ME, ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES WITH THIS ITEM NUMBER 25 IS THAT IT IS AN OMNIBUS. THERE ARE 18 ITEMS HERE THAT RANGE EVERYTHING FROM WAREHOUSES, FREE OFFICE BUILDING, RETAIL SPACES, PARKING GARAGES, A SCHOOL, CHILD CARE CENTERS, DISTRIBUTION CENTERS. LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE. HOTELS, MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING, SURE. SIX OFFICE WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION CENTERS, WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION CENTERS, HOTELS. I MEAN, IT JUST GOES ON AND ON AND ON. AND THERE'S 18 OF THEM THAT ARE STRUNG TOGETHER ON THIS OMNIBUS THAT TO ME, EACH ONE OF THOSE HAS DISTINCTIVE ISSUES THAT WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT. I MEAN, HERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE ACRES ON ON CORNERS OF ROADS, ET CETERA. THAT HAVE TO DO WITH RELIGIOUS THINGS, BUT I JUST REMEMBER A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WHEN WE WERE DEBATING WAREHOUSES GOING OVER IN RICHWOODS, WHERE WE HAD 33 PEOPLE AND 2,200 SIGNATURES. AND I WOULD ARGUE THAT WHILE I RESPECT THE HECK OUT OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD, ONE OF WHOSE FORMER COMMISSIONERS IS SERVING WITH US ON THIS DAIS, THEY ARE NOT THE CITY COUNCIL. THEY SHOULD NOT BE PLANNING THE CITY AND THE NOTION OF THE CITY WITHOUT GIVING THE CITY COUNCIL AN ABILITY TO DEBATE SOME [04:15:02] OF THESE ISSUES. YOU FOR THAT REASON, THANK YOU. HANG ON ONE SECOND, SIR. I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND YOUR DIALOGUE. HANG ON ONE SECOND, MR. MAYOR. HANG ON ONE SECOND. YOU JUST READ ALL THE ZONING, RIGHT? THE ALLOWED ZONING? IS THAT WHAT THAT WAS? HANG ON ONE SECOND, MR. MAYOR. MR. MAYOR. SO, WHILE THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE CASE, MY ISSUE WITH THIS IS WE HAVE HEARD FROM A LOT OF RESIDENTS... TONIGHT AND ONCE YOU ONCE YOU TAKE OUT THE YOU KNOW THE BIASES FROM WHATEVER WHETHER PEOPLE WANT RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS OR NOT WHAT I HEARD TIME AND TIME AGAIN WHERE PEOPLE WERE BRINGING UP REAL ISSUES THAT HAD TO DO WITH SAFETY THAT HAD TO DO WITH PARKING COUNCILMAN ANDERSON COUNCILWOMAN ANDERSON BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT WE JUST HEARD THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE YOU KNOW PEOPLE POSSIBLY STAYING SOMEWHERE. I AM GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPEAL. ITEM 25. WE'RE NOT TAKING MOTIONS YET, BERT. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL FAIR. SO THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFUSED, THAT WOULD, THAT DIALOGUE WOULD CONFUSE EVERYBODY. SO WHAT HE READ OFF WAS WHAT? EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME. CITIZEN INPUT IS DONE. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS READING OFF OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. THOSE, THOSE WERE THE ONES. THAT'S BEEN REVIEWED BY STAFF, RECOMMENDED BY STAFF TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR MEETING THE CITY'S REQUIREMENTS IN WHICH THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE APPROVED THOSE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. THOSE PLANS ARE IN FULL COMPLIANCE. CITY COUNCIL HAS GIVEN THEIR AUTHORITY TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, WHICH THEY HAVE SERVED IN DOING THAT FOR ABOUT THE LAST 23, 25 YEARS. SO THIS IS THE PROCESS THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR A LONG TIME. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE RESULTS THAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED IN FRISCO WHEN YOU DRIVE ABOUT. WELL, TO CLARIFY, PLANNING AND ZONING IS NOT PLANNING THE CITY. ALL THE ORDINANCES PUT IN PLACE WERE VETTED THROUGH A CITIZEN-DRIVEN PROCESS AND ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL. AND SO PLANNING AND ZONING'S ROLE IS TO EXECUTE ON THE ORDINANCES AND POLICIES THAT THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY COUNCIL HAS PUT IN PLACE. THEY'VE DONE THEIR JOB HERE. THE CASE HAS MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS. THAT CITY COUNCIL AND CITY COUNCILS BEFORE HAS PUT INTO PLACE AND THEY APPROVED IT UNDER AN ADMINISTRATIVE ACT AND SO ALL THE ZONING IF YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT ROUTE AND REVIEW EVERY SINGLE ZONING CASE THERE'S A BUNCH OF OTHERS UNDER 25 THAT HAVE ENTITLEMENTS AS WELL. CAN I MAKE A COMMENT? AS A FORMER PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONER FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS OUR CONSENT AGENDA OFTEN LOOKS LIKE A A MIXED BAG. BECAUSE WE AREN'T IN CONTROL OF WHICH APPLICANTS ARE PUTTING IN WHAT CASE AT WHAT TIME. SO OUR CONSENT AGENDAS OFTEN LOOK LIKE EVERYTHING THAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED BECAUSE OUR CITY IS BEING DEVELOPED IN SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS, RIGHT? THOSE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, THEY ARE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL IN NATURE. THEY ARE ALSO ADMINISTRATIVE, AS WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING. I THOUGHT ACTUALLY AS A PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONER THAT THEY WERE NOT ITEMS BECAUSE THEY'RE SO MINOR IF YOU WILL BECAUSE THEY'RE ADMINISTRATIVE AND KIND OF ALMOST A RUBBER STAMP. I WAS ACTUALLY SURPRISED THAT THE APPEAL PROCESS WAS SOMETHING THAT CITY COUNCIL HANDLED AND THAT WAS THAT LED ME TO ACTUALLY ASK JOHN A QUESTION AND WHAT'S THE BACKGROUND OF THAT TELL ME THE BACKSTORY I LEFT ALWAYS LEARNING FROM JOHN WHERE DID THIS ORIGINATE FROM AND BEING THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR 25 YEARS IS THAT DID I QUOTE THAT CORRECTLY? I NEVER WANT TO MISQUOTE YOU. BUT ROUGHLY 25-ISH YEARS. IT WAS INTERESTING TO ME, THE PROCESS. BUT IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, AND AGAIN, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THE PROCESS IS IN CASE THERE WERE, SAY, AN ERROR OR SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED TO SEND BACK BECAUSE WE SAW THAT SOMETHING WASN'T DONE CORRECTLY, IT'S JUST ANOTHER LENS TO LOOK THROUGH, NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT WE WILL DELIBERATE. BECAUSE IT'S NOT A PUBLIC HEARING, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS SO GREAT THAT WE DID HAVE CITIZEN INPUT TONIGHT JUST TO HEAR WHERE EVERYONE LANDS ON THINGS. BUT YOU KNOW AS IT WAS SAID EARLIER, IT'S OUR JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EDUCATING AND THAT WE STAY JUST A STEADY SOURCE FOR OUR RESIDENTS SO THEY KNOW THEY CAN TRUST US WITH INFORMATION AND THEY'RE NOT GETTING THEIR INFORMATION FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES AND THAT THEY CAN HEAR FROM US AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. I THINK THIS PROCESS IS [04:20:01] IMPORTANT. AND AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK, I HOPE THIS ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, WE SEE THIS ALL THE TIME FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS OF PLANNING AND ZONING. IT LOOKS LIKE A MIXED BAG. SORT OF. IT DOES, BUT IT DOESN'T, BECAUSE ON THE ONE HAND, WHILE I TOTALLY RESPECT THE PROCESS OF IT, THIS IS AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT THAT IS BEING ESSENTIALLY ADMINISTRATIVELY PUSHED THROUGH WITHOUT ANY, OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY, LIKE IT WAS EXPLAINED TO US EARLIER. THIS IS ADMINISTRATIVE VERSUS LEGISLATIVE, RIGHT? WELL, IF IT'S ADMINISTRATIVE, WHAT ARE WE DOING ADMINISTRATING? I THINK THAT'S THE ULTIMATE QUESTION THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ESSENTIALLY HAVE, IS IF WE DON'T HAVE GUARDRAILS AND IF WE'RE LISTENING TO CITIZENS THAT HAVE LEGITIMATE CONCERN, WHILE I TOTALLY RESPECT THE FACT THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND I'LL TELL YOU THIS RIGHT NOW, SIR, THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS, 25 YEARS, THAT HAS MADE THIS CITY GREAT HAS BEEN BECAUSE OF IT. HOWEVER, THE CITY IS GROWING AND HAS A LOT OF ISSUES THAT ARE AROUND TRAFFIC AND SAFETY. YES. AND THAT HAS COME UP OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS, SEVEN MONTHS, TIME AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN ON MULTIPLE ISSUES. AND IT IS INCUMBENT UPON ME TO LISTEN TO SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS. I SEE A LOT OF THESE THINGS HERE, AND I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE TRAFFIC, THE SAFETY, SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP, AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK IT HURTS TO HAVE A SECOND LOOK, ESPECIALLY TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS. THAT'S IT. HANG ON JUST A SECOND. ALSO, THIS THING HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR, YOU MENTIONED, 23 YEARS? THE ZONING. WHAT'S ANOTHER 45 DAYS? I WAS REFERENCING THE PROCESS OF THE APPEAL. AND SO, AND I'M ALSO, HANG ON ONE SECOND, I'M NOT DONE. ALSO, I THINK YOU'VE NOTICED TONIGHT THERE'S NOTHING ROUTINE WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING. YEAH. THIS ISN'T ROUTINE. YEAH, EVERYONE'S POLITICIZING IT. NO, THERE'S NO... BECOMING A POLITICAL FOOTBALL IS WHAT IT IS. AND IT'S TIME, AS DAN ELMORE SAID, THAT WE DO OUR JOB AND WE CALL THE BALLS AND STRIKES AND DO OUR JOB. I AM CALLING THE BALLS AND STRIKES, SIR. AND I'M RAISING CONCERNS... NO, SIR, THIS IS POLITICAL THEATER. IT'S POLITICAL THEATER. NO, IT'S NOT. I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION. I NEED TO SPEAK TO MY CITY ATTORNEY. I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION. WE RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION SO I CAN ASK SOME QUESTIONS OF MY CITY ATTORNEY. YOU MADE A MOTION. MOVE TO MEET OUR CITY ATTORNEY. SECOND. SECOND BY LAURA. ALL IN FAVOR? THE MAYOR'S CALLED FOR A VOTE. SORRY. THE MAYOR'S CALLED FOR A VOTE. ANY OPPOSED? YES. AYE. OKAY. PASSES 6-0. WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. OKAY, COUNCIL, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO RECONVENE? SO MOVED. MOTION BY LAURA. SECOND. BY ANGELINA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSES 6-0. RECONVENED. AT 1229 A.M. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE GOT SOME LEGAL QUESTIONS ANSWERED. COUNSEL I THINK WE STILL HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON SOME OF THE OTHER CASES SO I'LL KIND OF OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. I THINK ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS THE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FINAL PLOT PLATT ON ONE OF THOSE BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY... ON THAT LAST PROJECT, CAN YOU JUST REITERATE WHERE WE ARE IN THAT PROCESS? YES. THAT ONE, YES. CAN YOU JUST ONE MORE TIME EXPLAIN IT? I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND IT. AND IF ANYONE ELSE HAS QUESTIONS OUT THERE, MAYBE THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT. THEY HAD A PLUMBER SITE PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED BACK IN 2020 AND A SITE PLAN THAT FOLLOWED THE PLUMBER SITE PLAN. AFTER A SITE PLAN GETS APPROVED, THE APPLICANT SUBMITS CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS TO ENGINEERING. THOSE ARE REVIEWED, AND ONCE THEY'RE RELEASED OR APPROVED, THEN THERE'S A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING IN WHICH THEN THE APPLICANT'S CONSULTANTS WILL GO OUT AND CONSTRUCT ON THE SITE. THE FINAL PLAT THAT COMES IN TOWARDS THE END OF THE PROJECT REFLECTS WHAT'S BEEN BUILT OUT IN THE FIELD. THE EASEMENTS ARE SET. THE REASON WE DO THE FINAL PLAT TOWARDS THE END OF THE PROCESS, BECAUSE SOMETIMES FIELD CHANGES DO RESULT FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER. SO ADJUSTMENTS ARE MADE. SO WE'RE ONLY LOOKING AT THE FINAL PLAT ONCE. BUT THAT FINAL PLAT IS BASICALLY AN AS-BUILT. [04:25:01] NOTHING'S CHANGING ON IT. BUT THAT SITE WAS BUILT ON WITH THE OLD, WE DIDN'T DO THE NEW PARKING ARRANGEMENT, RIGHT? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR. YEAH, AND HERE'S WHY. WHEN A PLAN IS SUBMITTED ON THAT DAY, IT'S REVIEWED BY THE AUDIENCES THAT EXIST AT THAT DAY. WE FOLLOW STATE LAW, THEY ESTABLISH VESTING, SO THAT PROCESS REMAINS UNLESS THAT CHAIN IS EVER BROKEN. HERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE. IF THAT PROGRAM OR THAT PROJECT WAS SUBMITTED AND THEY WITHDREW IT FOR WHATEVER REASON, AND THEY RESUBMITTED IT AT A FUTURE DATE. AND THERE WERE NEW RULES IN PLACE. THEY WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO FOLLOW THE NEW RULES AT THE TIME. SO THAT METHODOLOGY ALWAYS FOLLOWS, REGARDLESS OF WHEN. AS LONG AS YOU STARTED UNDER ONE SET OF RULES, IT HAS TO BE FINISHED BECAUSE OF THE STATE VESTING UNDER IT. I JUST WANTED TO POINT IT OUT THAT THIS WAS APPROVED WITH THE OLD ORDINANCE, I GUESS. NOW, ONE THING THE DEVELOPER DOES HAVE THE OPTION OF DOING, IF AN ORDINANCE IS CHANGED IN THE PROCESS, IT'S THEIR DECISION IF THEY WANT TO USE IT OR NOT. WE CANNOT FORCE IT. WE'RE LIMITED. YES. OKAY. I UNDERSTAND. I JUST WANTED THAT POINTED OUT. CANCEL ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU HAD ON ANY OF THESE CASES FOR US TONIGHT? THE ONE QUESTION THAT I HAD THAT I THINK CAUSED SOME PUBLIC EAR. EARS UP WAS AROUND THE LODGING THAT WAS MENTIONED. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS STAFF IS GOING INTO THE DETAILS OF IT, IF THERE'S LODGING ON IT, THAT BECOMES A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CONVERSATION. YES. WELL, WE'VE GOT TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT IT. WELL, AND COUNCIL MEMBER RUMBLE, ARE YOU TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE PROJECT ON 423? CORRECT, YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE CLARIFICATION. CORRECT. THAT'LL BE PART OF THE PROCESS, THE NORMAL PROCESS THAT YOU GO THROUGH. AND I JUST WANT TO ADD FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM, LET'S SAY WE FIND OUT ONE THING, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT AGAIN ON THE SITE PLAN. THERE'S ALSO WHEN THEY SUBMIT THEIR BUILDING PLANS, WE'LL BE TAKING A LOOK AT IT JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S LINING UP. AND EVEN WHEN THE SITE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AT TIMES WE FOUND NOT ANY PLACES OF WORSHIP, BUT OTHERS. THEY'LL MAKE CHANGES OUT THERE AND SEE IF THEY GET CAUGHT OR NOT. SO WE'RE VIGILANT. GOT A GOOD STAFF. THANK YOU. OKAY, WELL, THE PUBLIC DEFINITELY GOT TO SEE HOW THE SAUSAGE IS MADE TONIGHT. YOU KNOW, I KNOW A LOT OF THE TERMS ARE CONFUSING, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS HOW ZONING WORKS, HOW ENTITLEMENTS WORK, HOW VESTED RIGHTS WORK FOR PROPERTY OWNERS, WHAT THE COUNCIL DOES AND DOES NOT HAVE CONTROL OVER ALONG EACH STEP OF THE PROCESS. WHEN WE'RE ZONING, I MEAN, JUST TO GIVE A... 30,000 FOOT OVERVIEW, YOU KNOW, HOW THIS CITY IS PLANNED AND DESIGNED IS FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT STARTS WITH OUR CITIZEN DRIVEN PROCESS, BUILDING OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WE APPROVED THAT LAST YEAR. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS NOT ZONING, BUT IT IS A ROADMAP FOR THE CITY OF FRISCO AS FAR AS HOW WE WANT TO SEE IT DEVELOP. AND THEN CONSEQUENTLY, AS NEW ZONING CASES COME INTO PLAY, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT YOU ALIGNS WITH OUR CITIZEN ADOPTED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO ZONING CASES DO TAKE QUITE A BIT OF LEGISLATIVE ACTION THAT WE WILL TALK THROUGH MAKING SURE THAT IT FITS THE VISION FOR THE CITY. THEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE ALREADY ZONED AND ENTITLED AND SO THOSE ENTITLEMENTS CARRY FORWARD WITH THE PROPERTY. TEXAS IS A PROPERTY RIGHTS STATE. THE STATE HOLDS THAT VERY DEAR AND AND SO UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF PROPERTY IN FRISCO WAS ZONED DECADES AGO. MANY DECADES AGO AND IF WE HAD A MAGIC WAND AND COULD CHANGE SOME HISTORICAL ZONING, I WOULD HAVE A LONG LIST FOR YOU AS FAR AS THINGS THAT I WOULD LOVE TO GO BACK AND CHANGE AND REIMAGINE, YOU KNOW, AND REDESIGN. BUT WHAT WE DO TRY TO DO IS EVEN ZONING THAT MAYBE WE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY. YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE DECADE-LONG PROCESS, LARGELY UNDER JOHN LETTLER'S LEADERSHIP, TO IMPROVE ON YOU SITE PLANS AND YOU KNOW MULTIFAMILY THAT WE DIDN'T WANT AND OTHER DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS TO TO GET GREAT OUTCOMES AND SO TONIGHT WHAT WAS BEFORE US YOU KNOW LITERALLY THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ACT THAT IS TYPICALLY THE GUIDANCE OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING WE DON'T TYPICALLY PULL THESE OFF I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE PULLED AN ITEM OFF THIS AGENDA ITEM IN MY 18 YEAR CAREER AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO HEAR CITIZEN INPUT BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF QUITE FRANKLY MISINFORMATION ABOUT WHERE WE WERE IN THE PROCESS [04:30:01] BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO HEAR CONCERNS AND I THINK WE DID HEAR SOME VALID CONCERNS FROM THE NEARBY NEIGHBORHOOD AND SO EVEN WHOA OKAY I MEAN THE CLOSING TIME AND SO WITH THAT I THINK THE APPLICANT ALONG WITH STAFF WAS ABLE TO ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS BY WORKING TO CLOSE OFF THAT ENTRANCE POINT I THINK THAT WILL RECTIFY MANY MANY OF THEIR CONCERNS BUT THIS IS JUST KIND OF ONE STEP IN THAT 423'S PROCESS. THEY HAVE TO USE STEPS THAT GET THROUGH THE END ZONING CYCLE. SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT, COUNSEL, I HAVEN'T HEARD, LOOKED AT IT EIGHT DIFFERENT WAYS. I HAVEN'T HEARD A LEGAL ENTITLED WAY TO, BASED ON TALKING TO OUR ATTORNEYS, TO APPEAL. [CITIZEN INPUT (to begin approximately at 7:30 p.m.)] SO, COUNSEL, IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS. LET ME KNOW THE FURTHER ACTION FOR US TO TAKE. OKAY. SO THAT WILL NOW TAKE US TO CITIZEN INPUT. WE DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK DURING CITIZEN INPUT. YES, WE HAVE A FEW TO GO THROUGH. FIRST, WE HAVE JOSH MEEK. NEXT, WE HAVE ANNE GRACE. AND JUST AS A REMINDER. NOW THAT WE ARE IN OPEN CITIZENS INPUT, PLEASE NOTE THAT UNDER TEXAS LAW, THE COUNCIL REALLY CANNOT DISCUSS OR RESPOND TO ITEMS DURING CITIZENS INPUT THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. ALL RIGHT, MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JOSH MEEK. I AM A FOURTH GENERATION TEXAN. I'VE BEEN HERE IN FRISCO FOR ABOUT A DECADE AND A HALF. AND I KNEW TODAY, NOT NECESSARILY WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, BUT THAT SOMETHING NEEDED TO BE SAID. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I'M HERE TODAY. A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW THIS ABOUT ME. I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN A DJ FOR ABOUT 18 YEARS NOW. AND A LONG TIME AGO, I HAD A MENTOR THAT GAVE ME SOME GUIDANCE ON WHAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ACTUALLY DOING AS A DJ. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THROWING ON SONGS AND ENTERTAINING A CROWD, BUT YOU'RE ACTUALLY TAPPING INTO, THROUGH SOUND WAVES, A FREQUENCY, AND YOU'RE CONNECTING WITH EVERYBODY THERE. THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I'M HERE TODAY, BECAUSE THE FREQUENCY THAT'S GOING OUT OF FRISCO, TEXAS RIGHT NOW IS NOT FRISCO, TEXAS. THERE'S A LOT OF WORDS THAT ARE BEING SPOKEN. THEY ARE BEING SHARED AT A NATIONAL LEVEL, AND IT DOES NOT REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO IT IS NOW TIME FOR A LOT OF US THAT FEEL THE WAY THAT I DO, THAT REGARDLESS OF RACE, REGARDLESS OF RELIGION, REGARDLESS OF WHAT PEOPLE BELIEVE, IF THEY'RE HERE, THEY'RE LAW-ABIDING, AND THEY ARE MAKING FRISCO A BETTER PLACE, THEN THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY 100% WELCOME IN FRISCO, TEXAS. SO WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO STANDING UP FOR PEOPLE, THE LADY THAT WAS HERE IN THE GREEN, THIS IS SOMEBODY THAT WAS EMOTIONALLY MOVED. AND I'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, NOT JUST IN FRISCO, THAT ARE SHAKEN BY WHAT'S GOING ON HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT EVEN OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO I PUT OUT A CALL TO ACTION TO ALL OF US THAT FEEL THE WAY THAT I DO TO START COMING UP HERE, SORRY, NOT TRYING TO ADD MORE TIME TO PUBLIC INPUT. BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE START SENDING THESE FREQUENCIES BACK OUT, THAT LIKE I SAID, FRISCO IS THE NUMBER ONE PLACE TO BE. AND, YOU KNOW, ONE THING I WAS THINKING ABOUT TODAY COMING INTO THIS IS LIKE I'M SO GLAD THAT THIS IS WHERE THIS IS HAPPENING INSTEAD OF ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE NATION. I'M SO GLAD THAT IT'S OUR COMMUNITY IS THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO GET TESTED BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO PASS THE TEST. RIGHT NOW THERE'S A NARRATIVE THAT, YOU KNOW. RELATED TO OUR INDIAN POPULATION, RELATED TO OUR MUSLIM POPULATION. AND I'M SO GLAD THAT WE WERE THE ONES THAT GET TO STEP UP AND ANSWER THE CALL THAT EVERYONE IS WELCOME. EVERYONE HAS A RIGHT AS A U.S. CITIZEN TO SAY WHAT THEY NEED TO SAY AND WHAT THEY BELIEVE AND WHAT THEY FEEL, BUT ALSO WHERE THEY PLACE THEIR FAITH. AND I REFLECT BACK TO, YOU KNOW, THE GEORGE FLOYD INCIDENT. AND THERE WAS A BIG UPROAR ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE... PARADES AND THE MARCHES THAT WERE GOING TO BE GOING ON. AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE PICTURES WAS CAPTURED FROM THAT INCIDENT. IT WAS A YOUNG BLACK MALE AND A WHITE FRISCO POLICE OFFICER EMBRACING EACH OTHER. AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO END UP SEEING THE SAME THING WITH THIS EXACT SCENARIO OF DEALING WITH ISLAMOPHOBIA, OF DEALING WITH RACISM. AND I'M SO GLAD THAT WE WANT THAT WERE CALLED UP TO THE PLATE TO KNOCK THIS OUT OF THE PLACE. THAT AMERICA IS WHERE ANYONE CAN STILL COME, ABIDE BY THE LAW, AND BUILD AND CHASE A DREAM. [04:35:01] AND THERE'S NO BETTER CITY THAN FRISCO, TEXAS, TO DO THAT IN THE UNITED STATES. THANK YOU FOR MY TIME. ANNA GRACE SHANKS, GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE. SIMON MATHER. Y'ALL GIVING ME A HARD TIME TONIGHT WITH YOUR WRITING. HI, COUNSEL. MY NAME IS SIMON MATTHEW. I LIVE AT THE COOL SPRINGS APARTMENT COMPLEX. I'M THE CURRENT CHAIR OF THE TEXAS YOUNG DEMOCRATS ASIAN AMERICAN CAUCUS. I'M A ROTARIAN. I'M A NAACP MEMBER. AND MOST YEARS, I'M AN ELECTION JUDGE. I'M AMERICAN BY BIRTH. I'M SOUTH INDIAN BY HERITAGE AND CHRISTIAN BY RELIGION. TODAY WE HEARD A LOT OF RHETORIC. I GOT TO HEAR THAT MANY OF MY CHRISTIAN FRIENDS HERE DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THERE WERE CHRISTIANS IN INDIA FOR 2,000 YEARS. PLEASE GOOGLE ST. THOMAS CHRISTIANS. YOU WILL LEARN SO MUCH HISTORY ABOUT US. WE'VE BEEN HERE. MY UNCLE IMMIGRATED TO AMERICA IN THE 60S DURING SEGREGATION. MY AUNT IMMIGRATED IN THE 70S WHEN THERE WAS A SKILLED NURSING SHORTAGE CRISIS. AND WE NEEDED PEOPLE TO SERVE OUR VETS. SHE WAS THE CHARGE NURSE OF THE PTSD CLINIC AT THE PSYCH WARD AT THE VA. MY OTHER AUNT IS THE CURRENT CHARGE NURSE. MY UNCLE, THE MRI LEAD TECHNICIAN AT THE VA. SO MY FAMILY HAS BEEN HERE FOR AS LONG AS MANY OF THE OTHER FAMILIES. BUT WHY ARE WE HERE? WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT AMERICA IS A COUNTRY OF ALL THE FREEDOMS, RIGHT? THE PURITANS CAME OVER ON THE MAYFLOWER. THEY WERE ESCAPING THEIR ANGLICAN COUSINS AND THEY GOT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. JAMES MADISON WRITES VERY ELOQUENTLY ABOUT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. SO DOES THOMAS JEFFERSON. THESE ARE ALL GREAT PEOPLE WE SHOULD ADMIRE. THAT IS AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM. WHAT WE SAW TODAY, WHILE IT'S FREEDOM, AND WE SAW ONE MR. LANGE CALL ME A JEET, WHICH IS A SLUR, IT IS PEOPLE LIKE HIM THAT CONTINUE THIS KIND OF RHETORIC. WE SAW THE MURDERS THAT HAPPENED TO THOSE VICTIMS AT THE SAN DIEGO MOSQUE. HOW MANY MORE MOSQUES? HOW MANY MORE TEMPLES? HOW MANY MORE SYNAGOGUES? HOW MANY MORE? AND AT WHAT POINT WILL WE SAY, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH? I'M HERE TO HELP YOU, COUNCIL. I WANT TO LEAD AN INTERFAITH ALLIANCE. I WANT TO HOLD AN OPEN HOUSE. SO TALK TO ME. AND FOR ANY SOUTH ASIAN MEMBER HERE, I WANT TO HELP YOU REGISTER PEOPLE TO VOTE. BECAUSE YOUR VOTE MATTERS. AND THEY NEED TO SEE THAT. AND IF THEY DON'T SEE THAT, THEN YOUR VOTE WON'T MATTER UP HERE. SO YOU NEED TO TALK TO ME, CONNECT WITH ME, AND LET'S DO SOMETHING BIG. THANK YOU. SYED ALI. [Consider and act upon adoption of an Ordinance amending Ordinance 06-11-119, adopting a system-wide Technology Fee to fund the modernization of the Land Development and Permitting system. (Development Services/CF)] FIGURED A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE LEFT. OKAY, THEN THAT IS IT. OKAY, THAT WILL MOVE US INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. ITEM 26 IS CONSIDER AN ACT UPON ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 06-11-119, ADOPTING A SYSTEM-WIDE TECHNOLOGY FEE TO FUND THE MODERNIZATION OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT AND PERMITTING SYSTEM. HI, COUNCIL AND MAYOR. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS CRYSTAL SOUTH. CRYSTAL, PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE. SORRY. I AM THE BUSINESS ANALYST FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AND I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ALL AGAIN ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY FEE. SO I WILL TRY TO MAKE THIS QUICK. OKAY. THE PURPOSE OF THE TECHNOLOGY FEE IS TO GET A FUNDING SOURCE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO REPLACE AND... UPGRADE OUR SOFTWARE SYSTEM FOR OUR PERMITTING, LICENSING, AND TRACK IT HAS BEEN IN OUR SYSTEM SINCE ABOUT 2004. IT HAS DEMONSTRATED THROUGH THE YEARS CONSTANT DEFICIENCIES, INCLUDING OUR PAYMENT SYSTEM, WHICH WAS HAVING SOME PROBLEMS A FEW YEARS AGO. IT WAS DUPLICATING PAYMENTS FOR THE CUSTOMERS AND THE APPLICANTS, CITIZENS, AND WE WERE, WE CAME ACROSS IT WHILE WE WERE DOING SOME. RECONCILIATION FOUND IT AND REPORTED THE PROBLEMS AT CENTRAL SQUARE. THIS CAUSES A LOT OF EXTRA WORK FOR BOTH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND FINANCE AND IT AS WE FIX THESE PROBLEMS EACH DAY. IT TOOK CENTRAL SQUARE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO FIX IT. ONCE THEY FIXED IT, THEN THEY THEY SENT OUT A HOT FIX, YOU KNOW, AND WE INSTALLED THE HOT FIX AND GREAT IT WAS ALL WORKING REALLY WELL AND THEN A COUPLE DAYS INTO IT WE FOUND OUT THAT IT BROKE CONTRACTOR REGISTRATIONS. [04:40:02] AGAIN, THAT TOOK TWO YEARS TO FIX. AND THEN RECENTLY THIS PAST YEAR, WE INSTALLED OUR NEXT UPDATE. AND THAT UPDATE CREATED A MAJOR ISSUE FOR OUR BUILDING INSPECTORS. THEY LOST THE ABILITY TO USE OUR MAPPING GIS TO MAP OUT THEIR DAILY SCHEDULES, WHICH INCREASED, YOU KNOW, TIMES. THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO SIT THERE AND DO IT THEMSELVES. REALLY INTERRUPTED OUR EFFICIENCY THERE. AND THIS WAS CITYWIDE. SO ANYONE WHO WAS USING INSPECTIONS. IT'S NOT JUST BUILDING INSPECTIONS, IT'S ALSO ENGINEERING OR PUBLIC WORKS, FIRE, ANYONE WHO WANTED TO SCHEDULE OUT THEIR INSPECTIONS. ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WE HAVE WITH CENTRAL SQUARE AND TRACKIT IS THAT THE WAY THE SYSTEM CURRENTLY IS UP, IT REQUIRES YOU TO HAVE TWO LOGINS. SO EACH CUSTOMER HAS TO LOG INTO THE APPLICATION SYSTEM, AND THEY HAVE TO CREATE THOSE LOGINS AND LEARN THAT TECHNOLOGY. AND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE TO LOG INTO ETRACKIT TO CONTINUE THE PERMIT TO SCHEDULE INSPECTIONS OR DO THEIR CONTRACTOR REGISTRATIONS OR LICENSING. THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR MAJOR COMPLAINTS. FROM OUR CITIZENS WHEN WE DO OUR SURVEYS EACH YEAR. THIS IS ONE OF THE TOP THINGS. IF THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT SOFTWARE, THEY'RE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE LOGINS. SO SYSTEM RELIABILITY. YOU CAN SEE THOSE MAJOR PROBLEMS THAT I POINTED OUT. YOU DON'T SEE ALL OF THE VARIOUS MANY LITTLE PROBLEMS THAT CAUSES US TO DO EXTRA ACTIVITIES ON A DAILY BASIS AS FAR AS TRYING TO GET THOSE ITEMS FIXED. ITEMS THAT SHOULD BE IN THE SOFTWARE WORKING FUNCTIONALLY, BUT CENTRAL SQUARE REFUSES TO FIX THEM. ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT CENTRAL SQUARE AND THE TRACKIT SYSTEM, WE HAVE HAD IT SINCE 2004. THEY USED TO GIVE US KIND OF REGULAR, YOU KNOW, BRIGHT AND SHINY NEW UPDATES ON THE SYSTEM. OUR LAST UPDATE WAS 2016. ANYTHING SINCE THEN HAS JUST BEEN REGULAR HOT FIXES TO FIX A PATCH AND TRY TO FIX OUR OTHER PROBLEMS. WITH THAT HAPPENING SINCE, YOU KNOW, NOTHING HAPPENING BIG SINCE 2016, WE HAVE A FEAR OF DEPRECATION OF THE SOFTWARE THAT IT WILL EVENTUALLY GO. SO ALL OF THESE CHALLENGES REGARDING OUR USABILITY, REPORTING, PROCESS INTEGRATION, OUR OVERALL SYSTEM STABILITY CREATES A LOT OF UNREST FOR STAFF, WORRY FOR STAFF, AND IT AFFECTS ALL OF OUR TIME. AND MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS INCLUDED. IMPLEMENTING THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY FEE CAN HELP ENSURE A STABLE FUNDING SOURCE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PROCURE AND IMPLEMENT A NEW SOFTWARE SYSTEM FOR ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS. I GUESS I SHOULD GO. IMPACTED DEPARTMENTS. SO IT'S NOT JUST DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INCLUDES PLANNING, BUILDING, CODE COMPLIANCE, AND HEALTH. IT IS ALSO ENGINEERING, FIRE, PUBLIC WORKS, RIGHT-OF-WAY, IT IS AFFECTED, FINANCE IS AFFECTED, AND EVEN PARKS. SO IT'S WIDESPREAD. ALL OF THESE DEPARTMENTS RELY HEAVILY FOR THEIR PERMITTING AND INSPECTION OPERATIONAL SOFTWARE NEEDS, OR THEY ARE AFFECTED BY THE RESULTS OF IT. SOME QUICK CORE COMPONENTS AND OVERVIEW ON THE SYSTEM. SO THE SYSTEM RIGHT NOW TODAY WITH OUR PLAN REVIEW SOFTWARE AS WELL AS THE OUTDATED CENTRAL SQUARE TRACK IT SYSTEM AND THE HSGOVTECH SOFTWARE COSTS $423,000 APPROXIMATELY ANNUALLY. TO UPGRADE TO A NEW SYSTEM WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $914,000. THIS WOULD BE A NEW MODERN SYSTEM WITH ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTED. THE ANNUAL TECHNOLOGY FEE PROPOSAL IS AT 6%, WHICH SHOULD GIVE US AN ESTIMATED $925,000 ANNUALLY, WHICH SHOULD COVER BOTH THE COST OF THE PLAN REVIEW SOFTWARE THAT WE'RE ALREADY PAYING FOR IN THE GENERAL FUND AS WELL AS THE NEW SOFTWARE THAT WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO IMPLEMENT. TO OFFSET THE 6%... SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TECHNOLOGY FEE. SO THE TECHNOLOGY FEE IS A PUBLIC SECTOR FEE IMPOSED BY LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO RECOVER COSTS FOR PROVIDING [04:45:01] MAINTENANCE AND UPGRADING TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. THE STATE DOES ALLOW US TO HAVE THIS FEE AND TO IMPLEMENT IT. WE ARE JUST REQUIRED TO MAKE THE FEE REASONABLE AND DIRECTLY RELATED TO WHAT WE ARE SPENDING THE MONEY ON. SO ON THIS ORDINANCE THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR ATTORNEY PUT TOGETHER, IT DOES MENTION EXACTLY THAT THIS FUNDING IS SUPPOSED TO GO TO PAY FOR PERMITTING AND LICENSING SOFTWARE. AND IT'S NOT TO BE FOR PROFIT. WITH THAT SAID, IF WE WERE TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE, IT WOULD REQUIRE US TO COME BACK BEFORE COUNSEL. I WILL TRY TO MAKE THIS REALLY QUICK. SO JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE FEES AND YOU'LL HAVE A LITTLE CHART THERE WITH YOU THAT TALKS ABOUT THE FEES. FOR AN EXAMPLE, MOST HOMEOWNERS, IF THEY'RE GOING TO GET A PERMIT THEMSELVES, IT MIGHT BE A ROOFING PERMIT OR A PLUMBING PERMIT OR A FENCE PERMIT. FOR EXAMPLE, A ROOFING PERMIT COSTS $150 FOR JUST THE PERMIT. THE TECHNOLOGY FEE WOULD THEN BE $9. A PLUMBING PERMIT WOULD COST $57, AND THE TECHNOLOGY FEE WOULD JUST BE $3. THIS IS JUST TO TRY TO SHOW YOU THAT BY DOING THIS FEE AS A PERCENTAGE BASE, IT'S MORE EQUALLY SPREAD ACROSS THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT AND HOW IT AFFECTS THE SYSTEM. FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROJECTS, A NEW CONSTRUCTION HOME RUNS ABOUT $3,000 FOR PERMITTING FEES. AND THAT WOULD RESULT IN A $180 TECHNOLOGY FEE. THOSE PROJECTS DON'T JUST TAKE A FEW DAYS LIKE THE PLUMBING PERMIT OR THE ROOFING PERMIT. THESE TAKE ABOUT SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS, SO THEY'RE IN THE SYSTEM A LITTLE BIT LONGER. OR YOU COULD GO TOWARDS THE COMMERCIAL PERMITS, WHICH RANGE IN AROUND $259,000 FOR PERMIT FEES FOR A LARGE HIGH-RISE THAT WAS BUILT RECENTLY, AND THAT WOULD HAVE INCURRED A $15,000 TECHNOLOGY FEE. THESE PROJECTS. CAN LAST YEARS. WHILE THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF PRELIMINARY SITE PLANS AND SITE PLANS AND GETTING THEIR CONSTRUCTION SETS, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO INSPECTIONS AND FINALIZING. AGAIN, WE HAVE A SLIDE ABOUT MULTIFAMILY. THE FEES ARE VERY SIMILAR WITH THOSE ROUGHLY $260,000 IN PERMIT FEES AND SUCH. I WANTED TO POINT OUT SOME BENCHMARKING FOR US TO KIND OF SEE A PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT OTHER JURISDICTIONS ACROSS THE STATE AND COUNTRY ARE DOING. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT DALLAS, TEXAS IS ON HERE. THEY HAVE A $15 PER PERMIT FEE THAT THEY ADD. SO YOU TAKE THAT $57 PLUMBING FEE PERMIT THAT WE WERE CHARGING $3 FOR THE TECHNOLOGY FEE. THAT SAME PERMIT DOWN IN DALLAS WOULD CHARGE $15. SO THAT'S WHY WE SUGGEST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THIS, THE 6%. FORT WORTH HAS A PER-PERMIT FEE AS WELL, BUT IF YOU GO DOWN TO LIKE BEXAR COUNTY, THEY'RE AT 4.5%. THAT WAS STARTED IN JANUARY OF 2004. I SPOKE FLORIDA RECENTLY. THEY IMPLEMENTED A 3% FEE BACK IN 2020. HOWEVER, THEY ARE INCREASING IT TO 6% BASED ON INFLATION AND SOME OTHER COSTS RELATED TO THE SOFTWARE. STAFF RECOMMENDATION. SO STAFF RECOMMENDS A TAX FEE FOR REPLACEMENT OF OUR CURRENT SYSTEM TO IMPROVE CUSTOMER SERVICE, EFFICIENCIES FOR PERMITTING, BRING BACK OUR MAPPING FOR OUR INSPECTORS SO THEY CAN FIND THEIR WAY AROUND, AND TO SAFEGUARD OUR OPERATIONAL CONTINUITY IN THE FUTURE. THIS RECOMMENDATION REFLECTS A FORWARD PERSPECTIVE ON SERVICE AND DELIVERY AND POSITIONS THE CITY FOR LONG-TERM OPERATIONAL SUCCESS. QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I KNOW IT'S LATE. THE COUNCIL HAS ALREADY DONE A DEEPER DIVE ON THIS ITEM VIA WORK SESSION, WHERE WE TOOK A MUCH DEEPER DIVE INTO THE RATES AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS. A SIMPLE WAY TO EXPLAIN THIS IS WE NEED TO DO TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES, ESPECIALLY FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, TO BRING IT TO A MODERN STANDARD. THERE'S DIFFERING WAYS THAT YOU COULD POTENTIALLY FUND THAT. ONE WOULD BE TO ASK FOR OUR TAXPAYERS TO PAY FOR IT. THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE WHICH IS BEING RECOMMENDED TONIGHT IS TO HAVE THE PEOPLE USING IT ESSENTIALLY PAY FOR IT THROUGH FEES. AND SO AS YOU BRING A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN, THE FEES WOULD BE ADMINISTERED AND THAT'S GOING TO HELP US KEEP OUR SYSTEMS MODERN. IN FACT, THE USERS OF IT HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS AS YOU MENTIONED. SO I THINK THEY'LL GLADLY PAY THE FEE TO GET MODERNIZED ACCESS TO THE CITY OF FRISCO. AND IT'S BEEN BENCHMARKED AGAINST OTHER CITIES AS A VERY COMMON PRACTICE. AS FAR AS HOW [04:50:03] TO FUND THIS TYPE OF STUFF SOFTWARE UPGRADE SO IT SEEMS LIKE A VERY PRUDENT DIRECTION FOR THE CITY TO BE GOING UM TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MAINTAINING THE TECHNOLOGIES LONG INTO THE FUTURE BUT COUNCIL I'LL LOOK SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS NO NO LOOK FOR A MOTION MOTION BY BURKE SECOND SECOND WITH JARED ALL IN FAVOR HI MOTION PASSES 6-0 THANK YOU FOR STAYING LATE ITEM 27 IS [Consider and act upon accepting the resignation of Brittany Colberg from the Capital Improvements Advisory Committee and from Place 3 on the Planning and Zoning Commission. (CSO/JD)] CONSIDER AN ACT UPON ACCEPTING THE OH I'M GONNA NOT MAKE BRITTANY BE AWKWARD ACCEPTING HER OWN RESIGNATION SO 27 IS CONSIDERED AN ACT UPON ACCEPTING THE RESIGNATION OF BRITTANY KOHLBERG FROM THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND FROM PLACE THREE ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION I LOOK FOR A MOTION MOTION BY LAURA SECOND BY AN ON FAVOR I MOTION PASSES 5-0 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ON THE COMMISSION ITEM 28 IS [Consider and act upon the appointment of an individual to fill a vacancy for Place 3 on the Planning and Zoning Commission and on the Capital Improvements Advisory Committee to complete an unexpired term ending on September 30, 2027. (CSO/JD)] CONSIDERED AN ACT UPON THE APPOINTMENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO FILL A VACANCY FOR PLACE THREE ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO COMPLETE AN UNEXPIRED TERM ENDING ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2027. THIS IS ONE OF THE COMMISSIONS WE'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHICH WE DID EARLIER THIS EVENING. COUNCIL'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO ALLOW THE NEXT MAYOR TO ALSO HAVE A VOICE INTO FILLING THESE UPCOMING POSITIONS WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR NEXT FULL COUNCIL SEATED. AND SO I LOOK FOR A MOTION TO TABLE THIS TO THE JULY 7TH MEETING. SECOND. MOTION. TAKE NO ACTION OKAY WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION THANK YOU UM ITEM 29 IS [Consider and act upon accepting the resignation of Jason Hartgraves from Place 2 on the Board of Adjustment. (CSO/JD)] CONSIDER AN ACT UPON ACCEPTING THE RESIGNATION OF JASON HARTGRAVES FROM PLACE TWO ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 29 MOTION BY LAURA SECOND UM SECOND BY ANGELIA ALL IN FAVOR HI THAT PASSES UM SIX ZERO SORRY BRITTANY I'M GONNA HAVE TO LEARN YOUR VOICE COMING FROM DOWN THERE UM WE WANT TO THANK MR HARTGRAVES FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND ITEM 30, [Consider and act upon the appointment of an individual to fill a vacancy for Place 2 on the Board of Adjustment to complete an unexpired term ending on September 30, 2026. (CSO/JD)] WHICH WE'LL ALSO TAKE NO ACTION ON, IS CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE APPOINTMENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO FILL A VACANCY FOR PLACE TWO ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT TO COMPLETE AN UNEXPIRED TERM ENDING ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2026. WE'LL TAKE [City Council discussion with City Staff concerning any actions required by City Staff as a result of any item on tonight's agenda.] NO ACTION. ITEM 31 IS CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION WITH CITY STAFF CONCERNING ANY ACTIONS REQUIRED BY CITY STAFF AS A RESULT OF ANY ITEM ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. DID ANYONE NOTE ANY ITEMS FOR FOLLOW-UP, STAFF FOLLOW-UP? I DIDN'T NOTE ANY. OKAY. I WILL NOTE ONE THAT WE, ON THE ITEM RELATED TO THE 420 PROJECT. THE ARM WE'VE GOT THAT AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS WE'LL LOOK INTO THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT LODGING WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT AS WELL I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE ARE BOTH ON THE RECORD OKAY 32 IS [Discussion on Governance Monitoring of present City Council Meeting.] GOVERNANCE MONITORING THAT'S ME AND I'M GOING TO SAY THAT WE PASSED OKAY IT WAS A VERY COMPLEX MEETING AND IT RAN TILL 1AM AND WE GET AN A ALL RIGHT BRITTANY I'LL GIVE YOU THE HONORS TO MY BRITTANY SECOND BY LAURA ALL IN FAVOR THAT PASSES 6-0. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 1259 A.M. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.