[CALL TO ORDER]
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WELCOME TO THE MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL. WE ARE FRISCO CITY HALL, THE GEORGE PUREFOY MUNICIPAL CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 6101 FRISCO SCHOOL BOULEVARD AND FRISCO, TEXAS.
IT IS 5:09 P.M. ON TUESDAY, JUNE 16TH, 2026, AND I WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER, WE'RE JOINED BY THE ENTIRE COUNCIL, MINUS MR. ELAD, WHO IS ON VACATION. THAT WILL TAKE US INTO OUR CLOSED SESSION.
[CLOSED SESSION]
ITEM 2 IS RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION 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.
ITEM 2 RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING PROPOSED INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS AND OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS FOR THE USE OF THE COLLIN COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER AND RELATED ISSUES. ITEM 3 RECEIVED LEGAL ADVICE CONCERNING PENDING LITIGATION IN THE CASE TITLED CITY OF FRISCO, TEXAS, VERSUS GERALD RIDGELY, LINDA RIDGELY AND GERALD RIDGELY JR.
PENDING IN CAUSE NUMBER 241976-431. PENDING IN THE 431ST JUDICIAL COURT OF DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS.
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.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS ON THESE ITEMS BEFORE WE RECESS? OKAY. SEEING NONE, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO RECESS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
MOTION BY BRITTANY. SECOND BY ANGELIA. ALL IN FAVOR? PASSES 5-0. WE'RE ADJOURNED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 5:11.
COUNCIL, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO RECONVENE? MOTION BY LAURA.
[Reconvene into Regular Session and take any action necessary as a result of the Closed Session.]
SECOND BY ANN. ALL IN FAVOR? PASSES 5-0. WE ARE ADJOURNED.AND WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 6:51 P.M..
[INVOCATION (to begin approximately at 6:30 p.m.)]
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THIS EVENING WE HAVE PASTOR CONRAD WASHINGTON FROM NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH WILL BE PRAYING FOR US.ASSOCIATE PASTOR CONRAD WASHINGTON JOINED NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH IN FEBRUARY OF 2025.
HE'S A GRADUATE OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATION.
PASTOR WASHINGTON HAS SERVED IN MANY POSITIONS WITHIN VARIOUS CHURCHES OVER THE YEARS.
HE ENJOYS READING, EXERCISING, AND TRAVELING.
HE IS MARRIED TO JANINE AND THEY HAVE 3 ADULT CHILDREN.
AND I ALSO JUST FOUND OUT HE IS A MARINE CORPS VETERAN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, SIR. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.
LET US PRAY. FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU WITH GRATITUDE.
WE THANK YOU FOR MAKING EACH OF US IN THIS ROOM, EVERY CITIZEN OF THIS CITY, IN YOUR OWN IMAGE.
I THANK YOU TONIGHT. OH, GOD, FOR THERE FOR THESE YOUR SERVANTS, OUR MAYOR, OUR CITY MANAGER, CITY STAFF, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I GIVE THANKS FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO BEGIN WITH PRAYER THIS EVENING.
WE REMEMBER THE APOSTLE PAUL WRITING TO THE CHRISTIANS IN ROME, AND IS TEACHING THAT THOSE IN AUTHORITY ARE FIRST AND FOREMOST YOUR SERVANTS, THAT HONORING YOU AND DOING YOUR WILL IS THEIR HIGHEST PURPOSE.
THAT ANY PORTION OF POWER THEY ENJOY IS GIVEN BY YOU AND CAN BE TAKEN AWAY.
SO TODAY WE PRAY FOR EACH OF OUR LEADERS. OH FATHER, I PRAY FOR THEIR WISDOM, THEIR HEALTH, THEIR STRENGTH, AND FOR THEIR COURAGE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND GOOD FOR ALL CITIZENS OF FRISCO.
MAY THE INTERESTS OF OTHERS BE PUT ABOVE THEIR OWN.
I THANK YOU AGAIN, OH FATHER, FOR EVERYONE JOINED HERE THIS EVENING.
ALL THOSE WHO MAKE FRISCO A HOME IN SUCH A WONDERFUL CITY.
AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU SIR. AND FOR OUR PLEDGE THIS EVENING, WE HAVE OUR FRISCO FIRE EXPLORERS TO LEAD US IN OUR PLEDGES.
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS.
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ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. ALL RIGHT.THANK YOU ALL. [APPLAUSE] YEAH. LET'S GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US HERE THIS EVENING.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE EVERYONE TO YOURSELVES TO THE CROWD.
AND I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO TELL US JUST SOMETHING ABOUT THE PROGRAM THAT YOU LEARNED OR YOU WEREN'T EXPECTING, OR REASONS WHY OTHER PEOPLE SHOULD WANT TO BE INVOLVED WITH IT.
ALL RIGHT. OKAY. HI, I'M MOLLIE GALLAGHER. 1 THING THAT I'VE LEARNED FROM THE PROGRAM IS A LOT ABOUT HOW TO BE ON TIME, WHAT RESPECT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT SERVING YOUR COMMUNITY LOOKS LIKE.
AND IT'S GOTTEN ME TO WHERE I AM TODAY. I'M A FIREFIGHTER AND EMT CERTIFIED AS OF MAY.
[APPLAUSE] I'M CAITLIN [INAUDIBLE] AND THIS PROGRAM HAS TAUGHT ME SO MUCH.
NOT ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT, BUT ABOUT MYSELF. EVERY ONE OF THESE FIREFIGHTERS I'VE WORKED WITH HAVE BEEN WITH ME THROUGH IT ALL, AND HELPED ME GROW IN MY SKILLS AND IN MY CONFIDENCE.
[APPLAUSE] I'M [INAUDIBLE] PETERSON. I THINK THE EXPLORERS, WHAT I DIDN'T THINK WAS HOW MUCH TRUST THEY WOULD PUT IN US OF BEING ABLE TO RIDE OUT WITH THEM, OR BEING ON CALLS WITH THEM.
THEY'VE ALSO TAUGHT US A LOT OF SKILLS, AND THE CREW REALLY DOES POUR A LOT INTO YOU.
AND ALSO FIRE EMT AND THROUGH FIRE ACADEMY. IT'S HELPED ME A LOT.
I KNEW A LOT OF SKILLS BEFORE FROM MY CREW TEACHING ME BEFORE ACADEMY EVEN TAUGHT ME.
AND IT WAS REALLY NICE. YEAH. [APPLAUSE] WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED? ANYTHING. HAVE YOU LIKED RIDING OUT WITH MORRISON? YEAH, HE'S. HE GETS TO RIDE OUT WITH THE BATTALION CHIEF AND HE GETS TO GO ON SUPER COOL CALLS.
YOU LOVE THAT A LOT.[APPLAUSE] YEAH, YEAH. HI, GUYS.
MY NAME IS MORGAN LOPEZ. ONE THING I LEARNED FROM THIS PROGRAM IS REALLY THAT COOKING AND CLEANING.
BUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE LIKE IT A LOT DIFFERENT.
SO IT'S GOOD TO LEARN ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS.
SO. [APPLAUSE] MY NAME IS SPENCER MORRIS. THE EXPLORER PROGRAM HAS TAUGHT ME A LOT.
IT'S HELPED ME EXPLORE A CAREER IN THE FIRE SERVICE WHICH I PLAN TO PURSUE.
I AM RECENTLY CERTIFIED AS A FIRE EMT AS WELL.[APPLAUSE] MY NAME IS MADDOX ABNEY AND I'M JUST ABOUT TO COME UP WITH MY FIRST YEAR IN THE PROGRAM, AND SO FAR I'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT HOW TO LIVE MY LIFE THROUGH SOME STRUCTURE AND HOW TO BE RESPONSIBLE, AND HOW TO BE SET UP FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE IN A CAREER THAT I WOULD LOVE TO PURSUE.
[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, LET'S HEAR IT FOR OUR. APPRECIATE YOU.
ALL RIGHT. CAN YOU HAVE THERE FOR THEM? OH, YES.
[APPLAUSE] IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO MOVE HERE TO FRISCO, TEXAS FROM WASHINGTON, D.C.
SO I AM A PROUD FRISCO RESIDENT. MY WIFE AND I, AND I WAS GOING TO PLAY THE PIANO TODAY, BUT I MESSED UP ON THE BUT I JUST WANTED TO LIFT UP THIS WORSHIP SONG.
LORD. IT JUST SAYS. IF THE HIGHEST PLACE I REACH IS AT YOURS BEST THING THAT I SEE IS YOUR GLORY THEN I'VE SEEN IT ALL.
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YOUR LOVE HAS CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER SATISFIED.YOU ARE MY EVERYTHING. IF THE HIGHEST PLACE I'LL REACH THEN I'VE DONE IT ALL.
YOUR LOVE HAS CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER. SATISFIED GOD, YOU ARE YOUR MIND EVERYTHING FATHER BETTER? IS ONE DAY BETTER IS ONE DAY IN YOUR HOUSE. BETTER IS ONE DAY IN YOUR BETTER IS ONE DAY IN YOUR BETTER IS ONE DAY IN YOUR ELSEWHERE.AND THOUSANDS Y'ALL MAY NOT REALIZE HOW BIG OF A TREAT THAT WAS.
THIS IS AN AWARD WINNING SINGER AND SONGWRITER, SO THANK YOU, KEVIN FOR THAT.
OF COURSE, THEY CELEBRATE FORGIVENESS DAY EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN ALL KIND OF LEARN FROM.
AND THEY'VE LIFTED UP THIS COMMUNITY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
AND THEY'VE VISITED WITH ME FOR A COUPLE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO JUST TO THANK ME FOR OUR PARTNERSHIP.
AND I THANK THEM. AND I TOLD KEVIN, BECAUSE IT BECAME A BIT WITH US THAT EVERY TIME HE SHOWED UP IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, I WOULD NEVER LET HIM LEAVE WITHOUT SHOWING OFF THAT GOLDEN VOICE.
SO I WAS LIKE, YOU NEED TO HONOR ME AND SHARE THAT GOLDEN VOICE ONE MORE TIME.
SO THANK YOU FOR BLESSING US. APPRECIATE YOU.[APPLAUSE] ITEM 4 IS ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PROCLAMATION
[Council comment or acknowledgement of proclamations issued by the Mayor.]
SINCE OUR LAST MEETING. COUNCIL ANYTHING OF NOTE? ALL RIGHT. THAT'LL TAKE US TO OUR REPORT SECTION. ITEM 5 IS OUR VISIT FRISCO REPORT.[Visit Frisco May 2026 Sales and Marketing Report.]
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. JUST WANTED IN CASE YOU DIDN'T SEE.IT WAS A GREAT MORNING. IT TOOK US ABOUT AN HOUR AND 5 MINUTES.
I WAS TALKING TO COUNCIL MEMBER PELHAM ABOUT IT.
SO WE DID 1141. THE OTHER THING I WAS GOING TO SHARE REAL QUICK IS JUST WE HAVE OUR CHAT BOT, FRANKIE, THAT IS ON OUR WEBSITE AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE MAY STATS AND I THOUGHT THEY WERE INTERESTING.
IN MAY, WE HAD 2347 USERS AND WE HAD 10 LANGUAGES THAT CAME THROUGH SPANISH, CROATIAN, SWEDISH,
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FRENCH, DUTCH, GREEK, GERMAN, RUSSIAN, TURKISH AND HUNGARIAN.THE TOP INQUIRIES WERE UNIVERSAL KIDS RESORT, SWEDISH TEAM LOGISTICS AND THE 2027 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP.
SO WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF GROWTH IN THAT. WE'RE GOING TO ADD A WEATHER BOT TO IT.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ON MY REPORT.
THIS ISN'T ON YOUR REPORT, BUT WOULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON OUTSIDE? BECAUSE SURE, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY JUST A LITTLE BIT.
AS YOU PROBABLY HAVE HEARD, IT'S NOT EASY TO GET TICKETS AT DALLAS STADIUM.
AND SO ALL OF THE MATCHES ARE BEING BROADCAST, I THINK, EXCEPT IF THERE'S ANY THAT ARE AT 11 P.M.
THOSE WON'T BE BROADCAST. BUT TICKETS ARE FREE.
AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE SAYING YOU COULD SHOW UP AND JUST SEE BECAUSE PEOPLE, BECAUSE THEY ARE FREE TICKETS. NOT EVERYBODY IS SHOWING UP. SO, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITIES INSIDE. THERE'S KIND OF A VIP SECTION AND THEN THERE'S A GENERAL ATTENDANCE AND THE MIDDLE SECTION, BUT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, GREEN SCREENS AND ALL KINDS OF LITTLE FUN SOCCER ACTIVITIES. AND THAT'LL BE GOING ON UNTIL THE LAST GAME ON JULY 14TH.
YEP. SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MARLA, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
GIVE US SOME ARE THERE SOME SNEAK PEEKS THAT YOU CAN GIVE US IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN TERMS OF HOTEL UTILIZATION AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE ANTICIPATE WITH WORLD CUP AND VISITORS COMING IN. SURE. SO, YOU KNOW, IT STARTED OFF A LITTLE BIT SLOW ABOUT 3 OR 4 MONTHS AGO, BUT WE CONTINUE. WE GET A RESEARCH DROPPED IN OUR INBOX EVERY MONDAY MORNING.
AND SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE GROWTH IN ROOM PICKUP THIS LAST.
SO EVERY WEEK IT'S IT'S BEEN DOUBLING LIKE 30% GROWTH, 30% GROWTH.
SO WE'VE STILL GOT SOME ROOM TO GROW IN JULY.
BUT WITH UNIVERSAL IT'S WITH UNIVERSAL KIDS OPENING UP AND WITH A LOT OF SELL OUT DATES THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE, IT'S HARD TO TELL WITH THAT TRAFFIC WHAT'S UNIVERSAL AND WHAT'S WORLD CUP.
SO OUR GOAL IS AT THE END OF THE SUMMER, WHEN WE START DOING OUR 2025 TOURISM RESEARCH STUDY, THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO PULL OUT A SNAPSHOT WITH OUR COMPANY AND SEE IF THEY CAN HELP US KIND OF IDENTIFY THE TRACTION OF BOTH.
BUT IT IS PICKING UP. SO YEAH. YES. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.[APPLAUSE] ITEM 6 IS OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES REPORT.
[Development Services activity monthly update report for May 2026.]
SHAUN. DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. A COUPLE OF THINGS TO MENTION.1 SHOUT OUT TO CODE ENFORCEMENT. THEY DO 1 OR 2 NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUPS PER YEAR.
SO THE ONE THEY OPERATED IN MAY COLLECTED OVER4 TONS OF TRASH.
AND SO THEY COORDINATE THAT WITH ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES.
SO THEY APPRECIATE THEIR WORK. AND THE SECOND THING IS, SINCE YOU ASKED ABOUT LIKE HOTEL ROOMS, WE'VE BEEN MONITORING THE SHORT TERM RENTALS.
SEE IF WE SEE AN UPTICK. WE SAW ABOUT ANOTHER 30 ADDITIONAL REGISTRATIONS COME IN.
SO I'LL GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION NEXT MONTH.
BUT NOT MUCH OF AN UPTICK THAT I WAS EXPECTING.
I EXPECTED IT TO BE MORE THAN THAT, BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
[Fire Department report on incident responses and educational activities for the month of May 2026.]
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. CLAY CARPENTER, ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF. WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE A JULY 1ST.WE WILL BE OPENING REGISTRATION FOR OUR CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY.
THAT WILL BE CLASS 50. AN AWESOME NUMBER THERE AND WE WANT EVERYONE TO BE A PART OF CLASS 50.
SO PLEASE SIGN UP AND GET AN INSIDER'S LOOK AT WHAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ALL ABOUT.
THE CLASS WILL START IN SEPTEMBER AND MEET WEEKLY THURSDAY NIGHTS FOR 8WEEKS.
RECENTLY, AT THE BEGINNING OF JUNE, OUR DEPUTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, ALONG WITH ISD, DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CO PRESENTED ON THE CITY'S SAFER SYSTEM.
SAFER STANDS FOR SITUATIONAL AWARENESS FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
AND THIS WAS A JOINT VENTURE 20 YEARS, ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO NOW BETWEEN ISD AND CITY TO DEVELOP A SYSTEM FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, A MAPPING SYSTEM, A REAL TIME SITUATIONAL AWARENESS SYSTEM FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, BOTH POLICE AND FIRE.
SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO PRESENT THAT AT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE.
AND AGAIN, THE CITY'S IT DEPARTMENT AND GIS, WHICH IS A GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM, PUT THIS SYSTEM TOGETHER AND IT NOW HAS OVER 40 INTEGRATIONS. SO REALLY PROUD OF THAT SYSTEM AND PROUD THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO TELL EVERYONE ALL ABOUT IT.
AND FINALLY, OUR JUNIORS, JUNIOR CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY, WE JUST WRAPPED UP 2 CLASSES WITH THEM.
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40 STUDENTS GRADUATED THE PROGRAM. THIS WAS A WEEK LONG FOR EACH CLASS WHERE THEY, THEY SPENT TIME FROM 9 A.M.TO 3 P.M. WHERE THEY PERFORMED DRILLS AND SIMULATED DIFFERENT FIRE SERVICE SCENARIOS.
IT'S A GREAT RECRUITMENT TOOL, AND WE HOPE TO SEE THEM LATER IN OUR EXPLORER PROGRAM.
AND SPEAKING OF OUR EXPLORER PROGRAM, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT 3OF THE YOUNG EXPLORERS UP THERE ARE IN OUR HIRING PROCESS, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, HIGHLIGHTING THE SUCCESS OF THAT PROGRAM.
SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL SEE THEM MAKE IT THROUGH AND BE BE ON OUR STAFF COME SEPTEMBER WHEN WE PUT, PUT THEM ALL WHEN WE HIRE THEM ALL. SO AGAIN, VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM. AND IT'S A TESTAMENT TO HOW GREAT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ARE IN THE CITY.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR UPSKILLING THEM. AND TO YOUR NEW CAPTAINS AND LIEUTENANTS.
GOOD LUCK. YES, SIR, I APPRECIATE THAT. I WILL LET THEM KNOW THEY SPEND A LOT OF TIME STUDYING FOR THE TEST, AND THEN GOING THROUGH QUITE A DETAILED PROCESS TO SCORE WHERE THEY DID RANK, WHERE THEY DID.
SO VERY, VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT RECENT PROMOTION MONDAY.
SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT. ITEM 8 IS OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT.
[Police Department's crime and statistics reports for the month of May 2026.]
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL DAVID SHILSON, CHIEF OF POLICE.I'LL START WITH WE ARE TRYING RIGHT NOW A SYSTEM CALLED HYPER, WHICH IS AN AI CALL TAKING SYSTEM FOR OUR NON-EMERGENCY LINE. THIS IS FOR NON-EMERGENCIES ONLY.
AND WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH, WITH THIS SYSTEM.
SO, SO FAR, JUST IN THE FIRST FEW WEEKS, IT'S ANSWERED OVER 6000 CALLS ON OUR NON-EMERGENCY LINE.
AND IT DOES A LOT OF THINGS TO, TO KIND OF DIRECT PEOPLE.
SO PEOPLE THAT CALL AND NEED A COPY OF AN ACCIDENT REPORT.
IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY CONNECT THEM TO RECORDS.
IN ADDITION, IT CAN SEND THEM THE LINK ON HOW TO REQUEST A REPORT ONLINE.
SO IT'S PROVIDING A LOT OF USEFUL INFORMATION DIRECTING PEOPLE TO OUR RECRUITING OFFICE, COURT, MUNICIPAL COURT INFORMATION. HOW TO RECOVER THEIR PROPERTY, IF THEY'VE HAD SOMETHING STOLEN FOR THEM FROM THEM.
IT SPEAKS SEVERAL DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. AND THE NICE THING ABOUT THIS, WITH TAKING THAT TYPE OF VOLUME OFF OF OUR DISPATCHERS, IT ALLOWS OUR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS TO FOCUS ON THE HIGHER PRIORITY CALLS.
AND OUR CAPACITY TO FIELD CALLS IS GREATLY IMPROVED AS WELL.
SO A LOT, A LOT OF POSITIVE BENEFITS TO THIS.
AND SO THIS SYSTEM SPEAKS A LOT OF DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AS WELL.
MUCH LIKE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE A JUNIOR POLICE ACADEMY AND THAT IS UNDERWAY THIS SUMMER.
WE DO ABOUT 25 TO 30 STUDENTS PER CLASS. AND THIS GOES ON FOR 8 WEEKS IN THE SUMMER.
AND THE BEST PART ABOUT IT IS IT'S FREE TO OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR LOCAL YOUNG PEOPLE.
SO IF Y'ALL GET PULLED OVER BY A MIDDLE SCHOOLER, YOU CAN BLAME US.
THIS IS A GRANT PROGRAM THAT WE ARE DOING IN COORDINATION WITH THEM WHERE YOU CAN GET A FREE UBER RIDE, AND THE WHOLE GOAL IS TO TAKE INTOXICATED DRIVERS OFF THE STREET, GIVE THEM AN ALTERNATIVE RIDE HOME.
JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND, WE HAD OVER 240 VOUCHERS ACCEPTED, WHICH MEANS PEOPLE MAY NOT HAVE USED IT YET, BUT THEY HAVE IT AVAILABLE IN THEIR UBER ACCOUNT TO USE.
BUT IT COVERS $30 FREE RIDE FROM MANY OF OUR ENTERTAINMENT VENUES TO INCLUDE THE SOCCER CELEBRATION THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT OUTSIDE HERE IN FRONT OF CITY HALL. SO WE'VE SEEN A DRAMATIC DECREASE IN OUR DWI RELATED CRASHES THANKS TO EFFORTS LIKE THESE AND OUR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS OVER THE PAST YEAR. SO JUST ANOTHER WAY WE CAN TRY AND MAKE OUR ROADWAYS SAFER.
WITH THAT, YOU HAVE OUR MAY MONTHLY REPORT. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
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ARE WE SEEING THOSE IN ANY PART OF THE CITY ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS? WHAT'S DRIVING THAT? I DON'T THINK THERE'S A SPECIFIC LOCATION THAT IS THAT WE CAN PINPOINT.BUT I WILL SAY ROAD RAGE IS IS AN ISSUE THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH ON AN ONGOING EFFORT.
SO YOU KNOW, WE HAVE REGULAR INSTANCES WHERE PEOPLE JUST, WHETHER IT'S IMPATIENCE, WHETHER IT'S HOSTILITY ON THE ROADWAYS AND THERE'S WEAPONS INVOLVED IN SOME OF THOSE CALLS, AND THOSE CERTAINLY QUALIFY AS AGGRAVATED ASSAULT.
SO, YOU KNOW, JUST A REMINDER TO TO PEOPLE, IT'S NOT WORTH IT IF SOMEBODY CUTS YOU OFF IN TRAFFIC, IT'S NOT WORTH IT. YOU KNOW, AND CERTAINLY TRY TO AVOID AVOID THOSE CONFRONTATIONS ON OUR ROADWAYS.
THANK YOU. QUESTIONS, CHIEF. THANK YOU.[APPLAUSE]
[Rail District update.]
ITEM 9 IS OUR RAIL DISTRICT UPDATE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL JASON BRODIGAN, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING SERVICES.JUST GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON CONSTRUCTION AND THE RAIL DISTRICT.
HAPPY TO SAY MAIN STREET IS COMPLETE. I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST TIME.
[APPLAUSE] FOLLOWING THAT WITH SOME MORE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE EXPECTATION IS THE PARKING GARAGE IS GOING TO OPEN NO LATER THAN THURSDAY. WOO HOO! [APPLAUSE] I WILL. I WILL PREFACE THAT THE NORTHWEST ELEVATOR IS STILL GOING TO BE OUT OF SERVICE WHEN WE OPEN, BUT WE WILL BE OPEN BY NO LATER THAN THURSDAY.
YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE PICTURE ON THE SCREEN. IT IS A SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL ELEMENT, SO THE NORTH ONE IS DONE AND THEY WILL START BRINGING IN THE FABRIC FOR THE SHADE AND WEAVING THAT IN AND PUTTING THE LIGHTS ON IT.
ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.[APPLAUSE] EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
OUR DIGITAL GIFT PROGRAM IS GOING STRONG. WE LAUNCHED JUNE 1ST.
WE'VE HAD 2300 GIFT CARDS SOLD AND EQUAL AMOUNT MATCHED.
$384,000 OUT OF THE HALF A MILLION THAT WAS SET ASIDE.
SO THEY'RE GOING FAST AND 22% OF THAT HAS BEEN REDEEMED.
SO PRETTY STRONG RESULTS JUST IN 16 SHORT DAYS.
ADVERTISING GRANT HAS BEEN WRAPPED UP. THE DOWNTOWN CIRCULATOR IS IS FORTHCOMING.
AS JASON MENTIONED, THE PROGRESS AT THE GARAGES IS COMING ALONG.
AND CONTINUE TO HAVE COORDINATION MEETINGS WITH OUR PARTNERS, RURAL DISTRICT MERCHANTS, ETC..
THIS IS HOW YOU GET A GIFT CARD. YOU CAN SCAN THIS WITH YOUR PHONE RIGHT NOW OR GO TO THAT WEBSITE.
SO DON'T WAIT. WHEN YOU GO TO THE LINK, YOU'LL COME TO THIS SITE.
YOU CLICK BUY A CARD. YOU CAN BUY AN INCREMENT BETWEEN $25 AND $250 AND THAT WILL BE MATCHED.
THE MATCHING GIFT CARD. THE BONUS GIFT CARD WILL EXPIRE AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
HOWEVER, THE ORIGINAL GIFT CARD YOU BUY WON'T EXPIRE.
HERE IS. THERE ARE LOCATIONS ON THE WEBSITE THAT SHOWS THE PARTICIPATING VENDORS THAT ACCEPT THE GIFT CARDS, SO YOU CAN SHOP THE RAIL DISTRICT AT YOUR LEISURE ONCE YOU PURCHASE YOUR GIFT CARD.
AND ONCE AGAIN PLEASE BUY YOUR GIFT CARD BEFORE THEY'RE ALL GONE.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. I JUST WANTED TO ADD A COMMENT.
I WAS AT THE MERCHANTS ON MAIN MEETING ON MONDAY, AND THE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CREATIVE WAYS THEY WERE ABLE TO USE THE MARKETING GRANTS AND JUST TO SEE JUST THEIR UPPED, YOU KNOW, UPTICK THAT THEY'VE HAD IN SOME OF THEIR CUSTOMERS WAS JUST SUPER ENCOURAGING.
SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW IT'S WORKING AND THEY FEEL VERY POSITIVE ABOUT IT.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR CREATIVE SOLUTIONS. AND I KNOW THE CDC WAS A BIG PART IN THAT TOO.
SO IT WAS AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SHARING.
THANK YOU. ITEM 10 IS OUR COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS.
[Council Subcommittee reports for current activities of the Legislative Committee, Governance Committee, Budget and Audit Committee, Frisco Square Management District, Dallas Regional Mobility Commission, North Central Texas Emergency Preparedness Committee, Frisco Veterans Advisory Committee, North Texas Commission, and Regional Transportation Council.]
DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATES? YES. THE BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE MET FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR THIS BUDGET CYCLE.I CANNOT BELIEVE IT'S ALREADY TIME FOR THIS AGAIN.
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SO WE GOT A VERY HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING UP IN THE NEAR FUTURE.COUNCIL WILL HAVE A FULL UPDATE AT OUR WORK SESSION NEXT WEEK.
SO MORE TO COME FOR ALL OF YOU NEXT WEEK. ANY OTHER UPDATES? THE FRISCO VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. WE JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THERE'S A QUARTERLY VETERANS SOCIAL ON THURSDAY THIS WEEK, THE 18TH AT THE RAILYARD STARTING AT 6 P.M.. SO WE HOPE ALL OF OUR VETERANS CAN COME OUT AND ENJOY THAT TIME.
AND THEN ALSO FRIDAY NIGHT WAS THE FINALS FOR THE YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR ACADEMY'S PITCH NATIONAL PITCH CONTEST HERE IN FRISCO FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER WITH A PARTNERSHIP WITH EDC AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
HE WAS SELLING OUT AT THE PITCH COMPETITION. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE UP HERE SMELLING.
EVERYONE HAS. WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE SMELLING OUR SCENT POPS.
BUT IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE THAT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IS AN INITIATIVE OF THE, OF THE CITY AND HAVING ALL THOSE YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS AND CEOS HERE IN THE CITY WAS A REALLY GREAT THING TO SEE. AND I'LL JUST TELL YOU, I FELT VERY LACKING IN MY WHOLE LIFE AFTER LISTENING TO ALL THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE.
EVERYONE, EVERY ADULT IN THE ROOM DID. SO ANYWAY, ENJOY YOUR POPS COUNCIL.
AND I DO WANT TO PLUG ONE MORE THING ON THE THE VETERAN SOCIAL THIS THURSDAY.
IT IS ACTUALLY. IT WAS THE MAYOR'S IDEA TO START THESE SOCIALS AND THIS WILL BE.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY THE MAYOR'S VETERAN SOCIAL. AND THIS WILL BE THE LAST ONE WITH MAYOR CHENEY.
AND THEY'VE ALSO PARTNERED WITH MELODY OF HOPE.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THEM, THEY'RE A LOCAL NONPROFIT ENABLING MUSICIANS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM. SO THEIR ANNIVERSARY IS GOING TO BE CO-HOSTED.
THEY'VE GOT SOME OF THEIR PERFORMERS, SO IT'LL BE AT FRISCO RAILYARD.
IT'S A LOT OF FUN. SO COME ON OUT. ALL RIGHT.
THAT'S A PERFECT SEGUE. I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT WE HAD AN ELECTION ON SATURDAY.
AND MARK HILL WAS ELECTED TO BE THE NEXT MAYOR.
[APPLAUSE] MARK IS HERE. SO LUCKILY FOR HIM, THIS MONTH IS ONE OF OUR RARE 5 TUESDAY MONTHS. SO HE'S GOING TO GET AN EXTRA WEEK OF REST.
AND HE WILL BE SWORN IN ON THE JULY 7TH MEETING, OUR FIRST COUNCIL MEETING IN JULY.
COUNCIL, ONCE WE HAVE CANVASED THE ELECTION, WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE A WORK SESSION, WHICH MARK WILL ATTEND NEXT WEEK WHERE WE'LL WORK THROUGH SOME TRANSITION PLANS. BUT CONGRATULATIONS AND GOOD LUCK, MARK.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
CONSENT AGENDA CAN BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION A MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL IS REQUIRED TO REMOVE ANY ITEM FOR DISCUSSION AND SEPARATE ACTION.WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD ONE SPEAKER SIGN UP FOR ALL OF THE ITEMS BEFORE WE START PUBLIC INPUT.
WE WELCOME DIFFERING VIEWPOINTS AND ENCOURAGE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
TO ENSURE A FAIR AND PRODUCTIVE MEETING, SPEAKERS SHOULD DIRECT THEIR COMMENTS TO THE AGENDA ITEM.
THE PURPOSE OF PUBLIC COMMENT IS TO PROVIDE INPUT TO COUNCIL ON THE MATTER BEFORE US.
IT IS NOT INTENDED TO DISRUPT THE MEETING OR ADDRESS UNRELATED TOPICS.
IF A SPEAKER DEPARTS FROM THESE EXPECTATIONS, I WILL ASK THEM TO RETURN TO THE AGENDA ITEM.
SO WE AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE ONE PERSON WHO HAS SIGNED UP MARK PALASCIANO.
SO HOW DO YOU GUYS WANT TO DO THIS? AND SO I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON EVERY AGENDA ITEM. DO WE WANT TO RESTART THE CLOCK? EVERY TIME YOU WANT ME TO TELL YOU WHAT NUMBER I'M ON. YOUR TIME HAS STARTED. OKAY. WELL, BEFORE I SPEAK, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW I'M GOING TO KEEP SPEAKING ON EVERY AGENDA ITEM UNTIL YOU PUT THE OPEN, OPEN ITEMS BACK ON. SO ITEM NUMBER 12. FINAL WARNING. NUMBER 12. I'M OPPOSED TO THIS AGENDA ITEM.
I DO NOT THINK AN EXTRA $92,000 NEEDS TO BE PROVIDED FOR AN ALTERNATE PIPELINE ROUTE.
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THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED IN THE ORIGINAL QUOTE. THIS AGREEMENT ALREADY FUNDS $1,030,400, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THE FINER DETAILS OF THIS QUOTE.I'D LIKE TO ENSURE THAT INDIANS ON H-1B VISAS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES.
THAT'S YOUR LAST WARNING. I'M ON THE AGENDA TOPIC. YOU'RE NOT. THAT'S YOUR FINAL WARNING. THIS IS ON THE AGENDA TOPIC. YOU WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE. I'M SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA TOPIC 12. DOES THIS COMPANY SUPPORT EQUALITY AND HAVE TRANSGENDERS ON THE PAYROLL? OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO PAUSE WHILE THE SPEAKER, THE DISRUPTER, IS REMOVED FROM THE MEETING. THANK YOU. SO YOU'RE GOING TO REMOVE ME FROM THE MEETING? ALL RIGHT. DON'T WORRY, GUYS. I'LL LEAVE.
[APPLAUSE] OKAY. COUNCIL. I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION FOR ITEMS 11 THROUGH 25.
SO MOVED. MOTION BY LAURA. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES 5-0. THAT WILL MOVE US TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.
[Public Hearing: A request for a Specific Use Permit for a Commercial Antenna and/or Antenna Support Structure on a portion of one lot on 0.6± acre on the south side of Fields Parkway, 1,150± west of Teel Parkway, and to consider to direct Staff to prepare an Ordinance of the same. Zoned Agricultural. Neighborhood #51. Specific Use Permit Case No. SUP26-0001. Applicant: Diamond Towers V, LLC. (Development Services/JH)]
ITEM 26 IS A PUBLIC HEARING, A REQUEST FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR COMMERCIAL ANTENNA AND OR ANTENNA SUPPORT STRUCTURE ON A PORTION OF ONE LOT ON 0.6 ACRES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF FIELDS PARKWAY, 1150FT WEST OF PARKWAY, AND TO CONSIDER TO DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE OF THE SAME ZONED AGRICULTURAL NEIGHBORHOOD.NUMBER 51 SPECIFIC USE PERMIT CASE NUMBER SUP26-0001.
APPLICANT IS DIAMOND TOWERS V LLC. THANK YOU.
MAYOR COUNCIL JONATHAN HUBBARD, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
AS NOTED, THIS IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST FOR AN ANTENNA OR ANTENNA SUPPORT STRUCTURE.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A 145 FOOT TALL NON-STEALTH TOWER ON THE PANTHER CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT PROPERTY, WHICH IS ONE OF THE PROPERTIES THAT IS PART OF THE MARKETING AGREEMENT THAT THE CITY HAS WITH DIAMOND TOWERS 5 THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVED IN JANUARY OF LAST YEAR.
THE PROPOSED TOWER IS JUST SHY OF 600FT SOUTH OF FIELDS PARKWAY AND BEHIND THE ORNAMENTAL METAL FENCE THAT SURROUNDS THE TREATMENT FACILITY. ALL GROUND MOUNTED EQUIPMENT WILL BE SCREENED WITH AN 8 FOOT MASONRY SCREENING WALL AND SHRUBS SIX FEET IN HEIGHT AT THE TIME OF PLANTING.
AS NOTED WITHIN THE STAFF REPORT, THIS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST DOES COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE CRITERIA USED IN EVALUATING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST. THE ONE ITEM THAT I SPECIFICALLY WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION IS THAT IT COMPLIES WITH ALL OF THE SETBACKS FROM EACH OF THE PROPERTY LINES.
SPECIFICALLY, THERE'S JUST OVER 1200FT FROM THE PROPOSED TOWER TO THE NEAREST RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, TO THE WEST AND TO THE SOUTH, SPECIFICALLY, THAT PROPERTY TO THE WEST.
THERE IS ALSO A 100 FOOT EASEMENT THAT HAS 100 FOOT TALL POWER LINES IN IT.
ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE PROPOSED NON-STEALTH ANTENNA IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL THIS EVENING AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT.
COUNCIL. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. TO OPEN UP PUBLIC HEARING.
MOTION BY LAURA. SECOND. SECOND BY ANGELIA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSES 5 0. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. IS THERE ANYONE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. MOVE TO CLOSE MOTION BY LAURA. SECOND BY AN.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THAT PASSES 5-0. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
COUNCIL. WHAT QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS DO YOU HAVE? JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
SO WILL THIS HELP TO IMPROVE CELL PHONE SERVICE, ESPECIALLY IN THAT AREA LIKE THE ROCK HILL AND.
YEAH. OKAY. SO THAT IS MUCH NEEDED. AND IF YOU CAN JUST PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT OF WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET THAT KIND OF COVERAGE. SURE. SO THERE ARE A NUMBER, IT'S DEFINITELY A GROUP EFFORT RANGING FROM ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, CMO WORKING TO IMPROVE CELL COVERAGE ACROSS THE CITY, NOT ONLY FOR OUR RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR OUR INSPECTORS THAT MAY BE OUT IN THE FIELD MAKING SURE THAT THEIR TABLETS HAVE ADEQUATE SERVICE TO DO THEIR INSPECTIONS AND SUCH.
SO IN ADDITION TO THIS MARKING AGREEMENT WITH DIAMOND TOWERS FOR CERTAIN SITES STAFF, THIS, THIS GROUP OF US HAS ALSO ACTIVELY MET WITH SOME OF THE MAJOR CARRIERS TO REVIEW THEIR COVERAGE MAPS TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE STRATEGICALLY PLACING THESE IN AREAS WHERE, WHERE COVERAGE IS NEEDED.
AND THIS IS, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK ON THIS. YEAH, I DO WANT TO GIVE STAFF CREDIT.
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AND SO YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN STAFF HAS WORKED REALLY HARD ON A COUPLE DIFFERENT ANGLES.1 BEING WE DON'T JUST WANT ANTENNAS ALL OVER OUR CITY.
THE ESTHETICS OF FRISCO IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY OF FRISCO.
AND SO WE DEVELOPED A WHOLE POLICY FOR STEALTH ANTENNAS.
SOME OF THEM YOU MAY NOT EVEN REALIZE THAT THEY ARE ANTENNA COULD BE A FLAGPOLE, COULD BE A CLOCK STRUCTURE, COULD BE OTHER DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE WORK WITH THEM TO BE CREATIVE, TO MAINTAIN FRISCO ESTHETIC, BUT ALSO FIND STRATEGIC AREAS ESPECIALLY IN GROWING AREAS LIKE THIS ONE WHERE THEY CAN USE CITY PROPERTY AND OTHER RESOURCES TO INSTALL ANTENNAS.
SO WE'VE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM OUR RESIDENTS, WE'RE KNOWN AS AN INNOVATIVE CITY.
SO COUNCIL, WHAT OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS DO YOU HAVE? MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION BY LAURA, SECOND BY BURT.
[Public Hearing: A request to consider possible amendments to Zoning Ordinance Subsection 3.02, Use Chart, and Subsection 7.01, Terms and Words Defined, and to consider to direct Staff to prepare an Ordinance of the same. Zoning Case No. ZA26-0004. Applicant: City of Frisco. (Development Services/RR)]
SUBSECTION 3.02. USE CHART AND SUBSECTION 7.01 TERMS AND WORDS DEFINED AND TO CONSIDER TO DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE OF THE SAME ZONING.CASE NUMBER ZA26-0004. APPLICANT IS CITY OF FRISCO.
THANK YOU. STAFF IS PROPOSING THE ADDITION OF COLUMBARIUM AS A LAND USE WITHIN THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
THE ZONING ORDINANCE CURRENTLY HAS CEMETERY OR MAUSOLEUM BUT DOES NOT REFERENCE COLUMBARIUM.
COLUMBARIUM BEING A STRUCTURE SIMILAR TO THIS OR THIS, WHERE THE ASHES ARE PLACED OF THE FOR THE INTERN ENTERING OF THE DEAD. SO CURRENTLY.
TODAY THE CEMETERY OR MAUSOLEUM REQUIRE APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING WITH THE ADDITION OF THE COLUMBARIUM TO MAKE THIS A CONDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARD.
RIGHT. AND TO CLARIFY THAT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THAT IF A PROPERTY HAPPENED TO BE OWNED BY A CHURCH OR A TEMPLE OR A PLACE OF WORSHIP, BUT THEY DIDN'T ACTUALLY HAVE A FACILITY ON THAT PROPERTY, THIS WOULD STILL BE CONSIDERED THE PRIMARY USE AND REQUIRE THE SUP.
SECOND BY ANN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THAT PASSES 5-0.
PUBLIC HEARING. OH, SORRY. I HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT THE VOICE YET.
EVERY TIME SECOND BY BRITNEY. ALL IN FAVOR? PASSES 5 0.
PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. IS THERE ANYONE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. MOVE TO CLOSE. MOTION BY LAURA. SECOND BY ANGELIA.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THAT PASSES 5-0. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
SO WHEN I FIRST READ THIS, I WAS THINKING THAT THIS WAS JUST FOR CEMETERIES OR MAUSOLEUMS, BUT YOU JUST SAID ANY PLACE OF WORSHIP. SO ANY TEMPLE, ANY CHURCH COULD THEN ERECT SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN THEIR PARKING LOT AND NOT REQUIRE A SPECIAL USE. SO THE ANY PLACE OF WORSHIP? YES.
MOSQUE, TEMPLE CHURCH COULD ERECT A CEMETERY, MAUSOLEUM, A COLUMBARIUM ON THEIR PROPERTY BY RIGHT.
BUT YOU ARE CORRECT, IT WOULD NOT REQUIRE AN SUP.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO JONATHAN, THIS IS A THIS IS A STANDALONE. CAN YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN EXACTLY. SO THERE'S ONE SO OFTEN, YOU KNOW, YOU SOMETIMES SEE THINGS LIKE THIS. THE THIS IS MORE OF THE MAUSOLEUM WHERE THIS IS INTERIOR WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT, INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, HAVING THE BODY IN THE GROUND, THEY CHOOSE TO HAVE THE BODY IN ONE OF THESE WALLS IN THE MAUSOLEUM.
THE COLUMBARIUM IS JUST THE ASHES. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU POTENTIALLY MAY PLACE THE URN YOU KNOW, IN A STRUCTURE LIKE THIS. SO THEY ARE, THEY ARE SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER FROM DIFFERENT PLACES OF WORSHIP THAT WE HAVE
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SPOKEN WITH THAT ARE PROPOSING STRUCTURES LIKE THIS.IS IT LIKE A LOCK BOX? I MEAN, ARE THOSE IS IT LOCKED OR.
I'M JUST. YES, THEY ARE SEALED. OKAY, SO THE CHURCH OR PRESUMABLY THE THE RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENT WOULD BE THE OWNER OF OF OF THIS OF. CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT.
SO I AM, I AM BY NO MEANS AN EXPERT IN, IN COLUMBARIUMS. BUT MY IN-LAWS DO OWN A NUMBER OF FUNERAL HOMES ACROSS ARKANSAS AND AND YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU ARE IN, YOU KNOW, BURIED IN THE GROUND, THE CASKET IS IN A VAULT YOU KNOW, A SEALED VAULT.
SO THESE 2 ARE SEALED COMPARTMENTS. SO IT'S NOT LIKE SOMEONE COULD WALK UP THERE WITH A A LOCKBOX KEY AND AND OPEN LIKE THAT. NO. YEAH. THANK YOU. SO, JONATHAN, I WAS JUST GOOGLING WHAT COMMON RELIGIONS, YOU KNOW, ACCEPT CREMATION FOR THEIR DEAD. AND A COUPLE OF THE RELIGIONS THAT POPPED UP ARE SOME THAT I KNOW THAT ARE IN LIKE, THEY HAVE RELIGIOUS FACILITIES INSIDE, LIKE A STRIP CENTER INSIDE A RETAIL STRIP CENTER.
SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT THIS COULD BE ERECTED IN THE PARKING LOT AS LONG AS THEY OWN IT.
SO FOR A PLACE OF WORSHIP, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE PLACE OF WORSHIP WERE YOU KNOW, THE, THE PROPERTY OWNER. AGAIN, IT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO COMPLYING WITH ALL, ALL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
SO WHEN YOU SAY THEY COULD, THEY COULD JUST PUT IT OUT IN THE PARKING LOT.
YOU KNOW, WITH, WITHOUT A PLAN, IT'S, IT'S SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT TO, TO ANSWER THAT.
AGAIN, WE DON'T WE DON'T SEE THEM JUST POPPING UP IN A, IN A PARKING LOT.
SO WHY WOULDN'T WE DO A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR BOTH A PRIMARY AND A SECONDARY USE? SO UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY ARE MORE OF AN ACCESSORY TYPE USE TO PLACES OF WORSHIP, THAT THAT IS WHERE WE SAID, YOU KNOW, TO, TO ALLOW THOSE FACILITIES.
YOU KNOW, IT'S PART OF THEIR KIND OF GENERAL WORKING OR KIND OF BUSINESS MODEL.
THE EXAMPLE THAT THAT I USED WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS IS A HELIPAD.
HOWEVER, IF IT IS PART OF A HOSPITAL, IT'S JUST PERMITTED BY RIGHT.
IT'S JUST PART OF IT'S PART OF THEIR OPERATIONS.
SO, YOU KNOW, IN, IN, IN OUR RESEARCH OF, OF CITING THESE IN THE CITY AND AGAIN, IN SPEAKING WITH A PARTICULAR RELIGIOUS RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION. IT WAS JUST PART OF THEIR, YOU KNOW, I HATE TO SAY BUSINESS MODEL FOR, FOR A RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION, BUT. YEAH, I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THIS BEING IN CEMETERIES AND MAUSOLEUMS. I HAVE CONCERNS WITH THIS GOING IN ANY POTENTIAL RELIGIOUS LOCATION WITHOUT A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
ASK A QUESTION ON THE BACKSTORY OF THIS. SO THE.
SORRY, COULD YOU TURN ON YOUR MICROPHONE? OH, I THOUGHT IT WAS ON.
THERE WE GO. FOR FOR IF WE DID HAVE A MAUSOLEUM OR A CEMETERY, NORMALLY, WOULD THAT PLACE OF WORSHIP NEED TO APPLY FOR AN SUP OR WAS THAT ALWAYS THE CASE FOR BY.
RIGHT. AND WE'RE JUST ADDING THE COLUMBARIUM.
SO TODAY THE. CEMETERY AND MAUSOLEUM REQUIRE APPROVAL OF AN SUP.
SO WE HAD ORIGINALLY GONE DOWN THE PATH OF, YOU KNOW, HAVING COLUMBARIUM AS A SEPARATE LAND USE SEPARATE FROM CEMETERY OR MAUSOLEUM. BUT WHEN WE REALLY STARTED LOOKING AT THE DEFINITIONS AND WHAT IT IS YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT IT POTENTIALLY MADE MORE SENSE TO JUST COMBINE THEM ALL.
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RIGHT. I ALSO DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS WAS DISCUSSED AT LENGTH WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.KEEPING IN MIND YOU KNOW, AND THE FEDERAL ACT THAT DOES PROTECT RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS REGARDING WHETHER OR NOT AN SUP IS POTENTIALLY APPROPRIATE WHEN THE USES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE PLACES.
I HAVE A QUESTION. AND THIS IS PIGGYBACKING OFF OF COUNCILWOMAN COMMENTS ON THIS.
WHAT SORT OF SPAN OF CONTROL DO WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS ARE BEING FOLLOWED? SO IN MY BRIEF GOOGLING OF THIS, BECAUSE I HAD TO LOOK UP COLUMBARIUM, NEVER HEARD THAT WORD BEFORE UNTIL THIS AGENDA.
WHAT HAPPENS IN THE CASE OF A FLOOD OR A STORM OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES? AND I GET IT, IT CREMATED MATERIAL AND STUFF, BUT IT'S STILL LOVED ONES AND IT'S STILL, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL HEALTH HAZARDS, ETC.. WHAT'S SPAN OF CONTROL WOULD THE CITY HAVE? LOOK, I'M NOT NOT TO RUN AFOUL OF [INAUDIBLE] AND ALL THAT, BUT LET'S TAKE THAT OUT OF THE EQUATION JUST PURELY FROM A SAFETY AND HEALTH PERSPECTIVE.
WHAT COULD WE DO TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE SAFEGUARDS? SO TO COUNCILWOMAN ROMMEL'S POINT, IT'S NOT BEING BUILT IN A PARKING LOT OR NECESSARILY WHERE A SEMI TRUCK COULD HIT IT.
AND SO WHERE ARE THESE AGAIN LOCATED? CHURCHES ARE DOING THAT AS PART OF THEIR OUTREACH.
AND WHERE THEY GET LOCATED IS UP ADJACENT TO THE BUILDING OR IT'S IN A KIND OF LIKE A MEDITATION GARDEN OR WHAT? SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THEY'RE NOT STICKING THESE OUT IN THE PARKING LOT BECAUSE THEY'RE HONORING THE DEAD.
AND SO IT GIVES A PLACE FOR FAMILY MEMBERS THAT ARE THERE AT THE CHURCH, A PLACE TO GO TO.
AND AS FAR AS FLOODS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WELL, THIS IS BUILT ON PROPERTY.
IT CAN'T BE BUILT IN THE FLOODPLAIN. SO CEMETERIES AND WHATNOT ARE NOT BUILT IN THE FLOODPLAIN.
THEY GOT TO BE OUTSIDE OF THE FLOODPLAIN. AND OF COURSE THEY DO THE MAUSOLEUMS IN NEW ORLEANS ABOVE GROUND BECAUSE OF THE BEING BELOW THE SEAWALL, YOU KNOW, SEA LEVEL. SO NOW IF SOMEBODY DECIDES, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF A PARKING LOT OF A COMMERCIAL CENTER, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO THAT, BUT HERE'S ANOTHER THING WE HAD TO DISCUSS INTERNALLY.
WELL, SHOULD A CHURCH WANT TO PUT A CEMETERY ON THEIR PROPERTY, WELL, THAT WOULD BE PERMISSIBLE.
BUT THAT'S TAKING AWAY DEVELOPABLE AREA BECAUSE IF YOU GET IN THE TIME THAT WELL, WE NOW WANT TO EXPAND, YOU GOT TO GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE LEGAL PROCESS TO MOVE THOSE GRAVE SITES.
IF YOU PUT IT IN LIKE A COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT, YOU'RE ESTABLISHING A CEMETERY ON THAT PROPERTY.
AND SO IF THEY WANT TO DEVELOP, THAT ADDS ANOTHER LAYER OF COMPLEXITY TO REDEVELOPMENT.
SO I THINK IT BECOMES SELF CONTROLLING. I HAVE NOT HEARD THAT COMING UP AS A ISSUE.
AND IF IT DOES THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL ADDRESS AT THIS TIME.
BUT AS THIS STARTED OUT, COLUMBARIUM HAS BEEN AN ACCESSORY USE TO THE CHURCH.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD USE TO HAVE AND THOUGHT BEST TO JUST ALLOW WHEN YOU DO HAVE A CHURCH ON THE PROPERTY, BUT IF IT'S VACANT PROPERTY, THEN WE WANT TO APPLY THIS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THAT.
SO I HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THAT. ACTUALLY, JUST IF THERE'S A RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION THAT IS OPERATING ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND LET'S SAY THEY'RE RENTING ON THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY AND WOULD THIS SUPPLY IF SUPPOSE THAT YOU KNOW, THE OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY SAYS, OKAY, YOU CAN BUILD A COLUMBARIUM HERE.
NOW YOU HAVE A LOCATION WHERE ESSENTIALLY IT'S BECOME THE DEAD ARE INTERRED OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
IN THAT CASE, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THAT PERSON WERE TO SELL THAT PROPERTY OR TRANSFER THAT PROPERTY? WOULD THAT KIND OF LOCK IN THAT BUSINESS FOR THAT PARTICULAR RENTER? HAS THE CITY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? WELL, IT LOCKS IN THE USE, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS A PROBABILITY SOMETHING COULD LIKE THAT HAPPEN.
IS IT LIKELY? PROBABLY NOT. IF I OWN A RETAIL CENTER AND SOMEBODY'S RENTING OUT TO A CHURCH ON A TEMPORARY BASIS AND THEY WANT TO DO ONE OF THESE, I'M GOING TO SAY, NO, I DON'T WANT THAT ON MY PROPERTY BECAUSE NOW IF I WANTED TO REDEVELOP, THIS IS ON THE PROPERTY, I HAVE TO CONTEND WITH IT.
SO CAN I JUST ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION AS WELL? THE SCP WOULD STILL APPLY IF A TENANT OF A RETAIL CENTER WAS OPERATING A CHURCH OUT OF.
I VIEW THE CHURCH. IF THEY DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY, THEN THEY'RE LEASING THE PROPERTY.
SO THE SCP WOULD KICK IN. THEY HAVE TO OWN THE PROPERTY.
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THEY HAVE TO BE THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. SO KIND OF TO YOUR POINT, IN THAT CASE, THEN THE CHURCH WOULD EITHER HAVE TO BUY THE PROPERTY ALL, ALL OF THE PROPERTY OR NOT PUT A COLUMBARIUM THERE.OKAY. AND THE OTHER THING, IF THEY'RE BUYING A PORTION OF A RETAIL CENTER GOING IN THERE AND THEY WANT TO DO THAT, THERE'S PROBABLY SOME COVENANTS ON THAT PROPERTY THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH THE LANDLORD AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST IN FRISCO.
IS THERE A SPACE LIMITATIONS? COULD YOU HAVE MULTIPLES OF THESE? YES. SO THERE'S NO THERE'S NO LIMITATION. IF ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, ACREAGE THAT A CHURCH OWNS, THEN THIS IS YOU'VE GOT MULTIPLE OF. I'M GOING TO SAY THIS INDUSTRY IS CHANGING UP QUITE A BIT.
I MEAN, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT HAVE THEIR BODIES BURIED WITH THE TREE.
AND SO THE BODY IS USED TO FERTILIZE THE TREE.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT DIFFERENT THINGS.
I MEAN, CEMETERIES, THERE'S NOT AS MANY PEOPLE GO THROUGH CREMATION, A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO THIS IS JUST ONE OF MANY AVENUES THAT SOME PEOPLE CHOOSE FOR THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS.
BECAUSE THE OTHER THING, IF YOU GET WALLS. THE OTHER THING IS GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IS THAT INTERFERING WITH LIKE LAYING OUT THE FIRE HOSE DURING EMERGENCY ACCESS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? SO THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT KICKS IN TO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T SEE MILES AND MILES OF THESE.
THANK YOU JIM. CAN I JUST ASK, HAS THERE BEEN SOMETHING THAT, LIKE, IS THERE CURRENTLY AN APPLICANT, SOMEBODY WHO HAS ASKED FOR THIS? OKAY. BECAUSE THIS IS NEW LANGUAGE.
OKAY. AND THAT'S WHERE THIS ALL STARTED. ALL RIGHT.
AND JUST CLARIFYING, THE CHURCH OWNS THE LAND AND THEY DECIDE TO ERECT A GARDEN, PUT A COLUMBARIUM UP, WHATEVER. I AGREE THAT I THINK THAT BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY RULES AROUND HONORING THE DEAD AND AND AROUND CREMATION AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT I THINK THAT IT KIND OF IS SELF MONITORING OR, YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF TAKES CARE OF ITSELF.
I JUST YEAH, I WAS JUST IMAGINING FIRST BAPTIST ON MAIN STREET HAVING A ROW OF COLUMBARIUM.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. WE JUST WANT A PARKING LOT.
BUT IT COULD WE OWN WE OWN ALL THAT LAND ANYWAY.
BUT BUT I AGREE WITH YOU, JOHN. I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP.
AND IT'S JUST NOT HONORING TO PUT SOMETHING IN A PARKING LOT OF THIS NATURE.
BUT IT WOULD STILL BE AN SUP THAT HAS TO COME BEFORE.
THE CITY HAS TO OWN THE PROPERTY. FOR THIS TO BE AN ACCESSORY USE THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED BY RIGHT, BUT THEY STILL WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT A SITE PLAN, GO THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT GETTING PLACED ACROSS ANY EASEMENTS, BLOCKING ANY ACCESSIBILITY TO THE BUILDING AND SO FORTH.
SO YOU WOULD HAVE SOME LIMITED CONTROL OVER WHERE IT COMES.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S COUNCIL'S MAIN CONCERN IS THE SUP PROTECTS.
ONE OF ITS USES IS TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM THEIR OWN BAD IDEAS.
RIGHT. AND WHEN YOU REMOVE IT, BUT YOU HAVE SOME STAFF LEVEL OF CONTROL.
IF ONE OF THOSE BAD IDEAS PRESENTS ITSELF, THAT.
TAKE CARE OF IT. AND IF THINGS CHANGE, WE CAN ALWAYS REVISIT.
DID I GET THAT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION? DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT? OKAY, THEN I WOULD MOVE TO THAT. WE ADJOURN FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
MOTION BY LAURA. SECOND BY BRITTANY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PASS 5-0. JUST GIVE US A FEW MINUTES. IT SHOULD BE QUICK.
OKAY. I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO RECONVENE. MOTION BY LAURA SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THAT PASSES 5-0. RECONVENED AT 8 P.M., AND WE GOT OUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
LAURA. ANYTHING ELSE? NO, THAT'S ALL FOR ME. WITH AFTER HAVING THAT CONVERSATION A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AND UNDERSTANDING, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT FOR ITEM NUMBER 27.
WE REMAIN THIS WITH AN SUP. SECOND. SO YOUR MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE SUBJECT CHANGING BOTH USES TO REQUIRE AN SUP. OKAY. MOTION BY LAURA.
GOOD. SECOND. SECOND BY BURT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
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THAT MOTION PASSES 5-0. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE.[Public Hearing: A request to repeal Ordinance No. 2025-07-35 consisting of 2,158.6± acres on the northeast and northwest corners of Dallas Parkway and Panther Creek Parkway and on the southwest corner of Legacy Drive and University Drive “US Highway 380” (“Property”), to amend the Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 11-04-09, as amended), to rezone the Property as Planned Development-280, and to consider to direct Staff to prepare an Ordinance of the same. Zoned Planned Development-280. Neighborhood #3, #52, and #53. Zoning Case No. Z26-0001. Applicant: City of Frisco. (Development Services/JH)]
ON THE NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST CORNERS OF DALLAS PARKWAY AND PANTHER CREEK PARKWAY, AND ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LEGACY DRIVE AND UNIVERSITY DRIVE.DEVELOPMENT 280 AND TO CONSIDER DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE OF THE SAME ZONING PLAN.
DEVELOPMENT 280 NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER THREE, NUMBER 52 AND NUMBER 53.
ZONING CASE NUMBER Z26-0001, APPLICANT, CITY OF FRISCO.
AND I ACTUALLY HAVE A CLIENT CONFLICT ON THIS ITEM, SO I'VE FILLED MY PAPERWORK WITH THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, AND I'LL ALLOW ANGELIA TO HAVE FUN RUNNING THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU. JEFF. GO AHEAD JONATHAN. THANK YOU.
PLAN DEVELOPMENT 280 WAS ADOPTED IN APRIL OF 2020 AND AMENDED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022 AND JULY 2025 TO PERMIT A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT ON THIS PROPERTY ACROSS NINE SUBDISTRICTS.
SO CURRENTLY FIELDS RESIDENTIAL 3.A, 3.B, AND TOWNHOMES.
THOSE BEING THE 3 SMALLEST SINGLE FAMILY PRODUCT TYPES REQUIRE A REAR YARD SETBACK FOR THE MAIN STRUCTURE AND THE GARAGE PORTION OF THE HOUSE TO BE THE SAME. LIKE MANY RECENTLY ADOPTED PLAN DEVELOPMENTS, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A MODIFICATION TO ALLOW THE NON GARAGE PORTION OF THE HOUSE TO BE PULLED TO THREE FEET, WHILE THE GARAGE PORTION WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 3FT TO 10FT, OR A MINIMUM OF 20FT. SO WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS? IT ALLOWS THE LIVING SPACE TO BE PULLED FURTHER BACK.
SO YOU ARE CONTINUING TO GET THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT HOME BUILDERS ARE LOOKING TO GET ON THE LOTS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, MAINTAINING THOSE DRIVEWAY LENGTHS TO ENSURE THAT THE CARS ARE NOT OVERHANGING INTO THE ALLEYS.
NEXT, LOOKING AT EXHIBIT P OF THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT, EXHIBIT P IS THE EXHIBIT WITHIN THE PD THAT GOVERNS THE PARKS AND TRAILS AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC PARKS.
SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL WHEN THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT WAS AMENDED IN JULY OF 2025.
THE PARK REQUIREMENT FOR MIDTOWN WEST WAS REMOVED AS OWNERSHIP DID HAVE SOME CONCERN REGARDING POTENTIAL PROTESTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT THEY WOULD THEN NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTROL.
SO NOW THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REMOVE THE PUBLIC HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL IN THIS AREA HERE.
SO WITHIN THE MIDTOWN WEST SUBDISTRICT, THERE WILL CERTAINLY STILL BE SIDEWALKS, PLAZAS, GREEN SPACES, BUT ALL OF THOSE WILL BE PRIVATELY OWNED AND MAINTAINED.
AND THEN THERE WILL STILL BE PUBLIC HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THAT SUBDISTRICT.
IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE HERE, BUT THERE ARE PURPLE AND GREEN LINES REPRESENTING PUBLIC HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS AROUND THAT SUBDISTRICT. SECOND, IS RELOCATING THE PARK WITHIN THE POINT EAST SUBDISTRICT TO ACCOMMODATE SOME DEVELOPMENT.
THERE ARE NO OTHER CHANGES THERE. THE APPLICANT WILL STILL BE MEETING ALL OF THE MINIMUM PARK SIZES, THE MINIMUM AGGREGATE LAND REQUIRED. IT'S JUST RELOCATING THAT PROPERTY OR SORRY, THAT PARK TO THE NORTH.
THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAS SIGNED OFF ON ALL OF THESE REQUESTS.
SO THIS IS WHAT A NEW CLEAN EXHIBIT P WOULD LOOK LIKE.
LASTLY, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO ADD SENIOR INDEPENDENT LIVING AND ASSISTED LIVING AS PERMITTED USES BY RIGHT IN THE FIELDS NORTH AND UNIVERSITY VILLAGE SUBDISTRICTS.
SO IN THE PD TODAY, SENIOR LIVING WOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS FIELDS URBAN LIVING, WHILE ASSISTED LIVING WOULD REQUIRE APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. SO IN ALLOWING THEM BY RIGHT, THE APPLICANT IS STILL STATING THAT THE SENIOR LIVING
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UNITS WOULD COUNT AGAINST THE OVERALL MULTIFAMILY COUNT.HOWEVER, THE ASSISTED LIVING UNITS WOULD NOT.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THIS EVENING. AND THIS ITEM IS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
MOVE TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE.
ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
COUNCIL. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? JONATHAN. WHY WOULD THE ASSISTED LIVING NOT COUNT TOWARDS THE MULTIFAMILY UNIT COUNT.
SO THE ASSISTED LIVING. SO UNDER THE PD TODAY.
ASSISTED LIVING WOULD NOT COUNT TOWARDS THE UNIT COUNT BECAUSE IT'S A ESSENTIALLY A DIFFERENT LAND USE THAT WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO COME THROUGH THE SUP PROCESS. SO KEEPING THAT SAME THOUGHT PROCESS, UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WOULD REQUIRE AN SUP AND IT NOT COUNT BY ALLOWING THEM BY RIGHT THAT THEY, THEY WOULD NOT COUNT EITHER.
AND I DO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THIS IS JUST FOR THE NORTH FIELDS.
AND SO THE NORTH FIELDS AND THE UNIVERSITY VILLAGE SUBDISTRICT.
THOSE SENIOR LIVING UNITS WOULD COUNT AS FIELDS URBAN LIVING COUNT AGAINST THE URBAN LIVING COUNT, AND THEN THEY WOULD ALSO BE REQUIRED TO GET AN SUP FOR ASSISTED LIVING UNITS.
SO WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE TWO SUBDISTRICTS I'VE CIRCLED IN YELLOW.
WHAT WHAT WERE SOME OF THE OTHER REASONS FOR THE SETBACKS? SURE. SO THERE ARE OTHER RECENTLY ADOPTED PDS THAT DO ALLOW THE NON GARAGE PORTION OF THE HOME TO BE PULLED CLOSER TO THE REAR SETBACK LINE, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE GARAGE PORTION OF THE HOME IS NOT PULLED AS CLOSE TO THAT REAR SETBACK, BECAUSE THEN YOU COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE OF CARS OVERHANGING INTO THE ALLEY.
SO THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN TODAY, IT'S JUST THE SETBACK IS THE SAME, YOU KNOW, SO YOU HAVE TO THINK BACK WHEN THE FIELDS PD WAS ORIGINALLY DONE BACK IN BACK IN 2020. YOU KNOW, IT WAS WRITTEN ACROSS 2100 ACRES TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ACCOMMODATE A NUMBER OF THINGS.
AND WHERE THE MARKET WAS AT THE TIME AS YOU KNOW, SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS HAVE ADVANCED, HOME BUILDERS HAVE ADVANCED THEIR PRODUCT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THAT, THAT VARIATION IN THE REAR THAT THE PD DOES NOT ACCOMMODATE TODAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS SO WE'RE REMOVING THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL.
SO WE ARE REMOVING THE PUBLIC HIKING BIKE TRAIL.
SO THIS AREA THAT IS CIRCLED HERE IN BLUE AND PURPLE.
IT'S JUST REMOVING THE PUBLIC HIKING BIKE TRAIL SO IT WILL NOT BE A DEDICATED TRAIL TO THE CITY.
NOW THE THE SIDEWALK WILL STILL BE THERE. THE PLAZAS WILL STILL BE THERE.
THE GREEN SPACE IT WILL ALL STILL BE THERE. IT WILL JUST BE PRIVATELY OWNED AND MAINTAINED.
IT WILL NOT BE A PUBLIC TRAIL THAT IS, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE CITY'S HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL SYSTEM.
BUT AGAIN, THE SIDEWALKS, IT'S ALL IT'S GOING FROM PUBLIC TO PRIVATE.
THAT'S RIGHT. BUT IT'S NOT REDUCING THEIR GREEN SPACE.
CORRECT. THERE'S NO REDUCTION IN GREEN SPACE, SIDEWALKS, PLAZAS, ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.
THAT IS CORRECT. IT WON'T BE DISCONNECTED. THAT IS OUR MASTER PLAN.
CORRECT. THANK YOU. AND THEN MY FINAL QUESTION IS REGARDING THE SENIOR AND ASSISTED LIVING.
YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S NO INCREASE TO THE RESIDENTIAL UNIT COUNT OR.
THERE'S NO EITHER. SO THEY COULD COME IN AND DO ASSISTED LIVING.
AND THAT WOULD NOT COUNT TOWARDS THE OVERALL UNIT COUNT.
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PERMIT. AND IF THEY WERE TO GO THROUGH THAT SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AND HAVE IT APPROVED, IT'S ASSISTED LIVING IS LOOKED AT AS A DIFFERENT LAND USE, LISTED AS A DIFFERENT LAND USE IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE.CORRECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, BECAUSE THAT WAS KIND OF LIKE MY, MY QUESTION ALSO. SO IF AN ASSISTED LIVING UNIT IS PUT ON, SAY THAT NORTH SECTION OF THAT PROPERTY.
RIGHT. JUST WE'LL USE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE. DOES THAT CHANGE THE ZONING TO GO TO MULTIFAMILY OR INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF MULTIFAMILY? SO THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY ZONED FOR THAT USE ANYWAY.
CORRECT. THEY ALREADY HAVE MULTIFAMILY ENTITLEMENTS ON THAT SUB DISTRICT TODAY.
OKAY. THANK YOU. TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT, I THINK IT'S SO KEY HERE THAT WE HAVE A DIVERSE PRODUCT OPTION. AND AS FRISCO CONTINUES TO MATURE, NO PUN INTENDED, BUT THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A DIVERSE PRODUCT TO ALLOCATE FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T EVER WANT TO LEAVE FRISCO.
AS THEY GET OLDER TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES HERE AS WELL.
SO I THINK THAT'S GREAT. SO GOOD JOB TO Y'ALL.
I ABSOLUTELY COULD NOT AGREE MORE WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER.
YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE KIND OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE NOT ONLY THINKING ABOUT HOW TO PROVIDE A SERVICE, BUT ALSO HOW TO INTEGRATE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND HOW TO FURTHER AND FOSTER RELATIONSHIPS AND THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY AS HOUSING DEMAND, HOUSING NEED IS INCREASING FOR ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE.
THIS IS EXTREMELY WELL THOUGHT OUT. AND THE FACT THAT THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT SENIOR CITIZENS AND THOSE WITH ASSIST NEEDS WITHOUT INCREASING THE MODEL WITH THE AMOUNT OF UNITS. THAT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU. COUNCIL READY TO TAKE A VOTE? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
APPROVED. 5-0. THANK YOU. COME ON BACK. MAYOR.
CHENEY. YOU'RE GETTING GOOD AT THIS. THANK YOU.
[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)]
AND ON AND ON. THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO COMPLETE AN UNEXPIRED TERM ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027. I THINK ARE WE TAKING NO ACTION? ARE WE TABLING NO ACTION? WE'RE TAKING NO ACTION ON THIS ITEM TONIGHT. THEN ITEM 30 IS CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION WITH CITY STAFF REGARDING ANY ACTIONS REQUIRED BY CITY STAFF AS A RESULT OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA.[City Council discussion with City Staff concerning any actions required by City Staff as a result of any item on tonight's agenda.]
ANYONE. NOTE ANY ITEMS. ALL RIGHT. LAST ITEM IS GOVERNANCE MONITORING.[Discussion on Governance Monitoring of present City Council Meeting.]
GOVERNANCE MONITORING. WE WE DID VERY WELL TONIGHT.THIS IS MAYOR CHENEY OFFICIAL LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO. [APPLAUSE] I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE HIM MORE FORMALLY IN JULY.
BUT MAYOR, ON BEHALF OF THIS COUNCIL, JUST. I COULD NOT THANK YOU MORE FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
I HAVE COME TO RELY ON IT. EVEN LITTLE THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, RUNNING THESE MEETINGS, THE MOMENT YOU STEP AWAY, I START TO FREEZE, THINKING, I'VE GOT TO HANDLE THIS.
AND JUST ON BEHALF OF THIS COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THIS CITY.
WELL, FOR THE LAST TIME, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
SO MOVED. MOTION BY LAURA. SECOND BY ANN. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES 5-0. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:15. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.