[00:00:02] WELCOME TO THE MEETING OF THE FRISCO CITY COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT THE GEORGE A. [CALL TO ORDER] PUREFOY MUNICIPAL CENTER, 6101 FRISCO SQUARE BOULEVARD, FRISCO, TEXAS. TODAY IS TUESDAY, AUGUST 18TH, 2026. THE TIME IS 5:04 P.M.. I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. WE ARE JOINED BY FIVE OF THE SIX COUNCIL MEMBERS. COUNCILWOMAN PELHAM IS OUT TODAY. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. THE MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION TO CONSIDER ITEM TWO IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 551 OF [CLOSED SESSION] THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. SPECIFICALLY, COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER SECTION 551.071 CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING THE FRISCO HOUSING AUTHORITY AND RELATED ISSUES. CONSENT AGENDA CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 14. REGULAR AGENDA ITEM 32. SECTION 551.074 PERSONNEL MATTERS, EVALUATION AND DUTIES OF THE CITY MANAGER, MR. WESLEY PIERSON, AND SECTION 551.087 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DELIBERATION REGARDING COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT AND POSSIBLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES. IS THERE ANY CITIZEN INPUT TODAY? SEEING NONE. I NOW CALL FOR A MOTION TO RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. OH. I'M SORRY. I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID. JUST TO BE CLEAR. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU, MR. ABERNATHY. WITH THAT, I LOOK FOR A MOTION TO RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION. SECOND. MOTION BY MISS RUMMEL. SECOND BY MR. ELAD. ALL IN FAVOR? SAY AYE. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. WE ARE NOW RECESSED INTO CLOSED. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. I APOLOGIZE FOR RUNNING A LITTLE BIT BEHIND. WE TRIED OUR BEST. WE WILL GET BETTER AT THIS, I ASSURE YOU. CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECONVENE INTO REGULAR MEETING? [Reconvene into Regular Session and take any action necessary as a result of the Closed Session.] SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION BY MISS RUMMEL. SECOND BY MISS ANDERSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES. FIVE ZERO. INVOCATION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY, FOR OUR INVOCATION. [INVOCATION (to begin approximately at 6:30 p.m.)] TONIGHT, WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T NEED INTRODUCTIONS TO MANY OF US, WHICH IS PASTOR ERNEST MORGAN. HE IS THE LEAD PASTOR OF THE EMPOWERMENT CHURCH, A BIBLE BASED NON-DENOMINATIONAL MINISTRY. HE IS A MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER, WORLD RENOWNED OR WORLD FAMOUS BARBECUE CHEF. AND IF YOU HAVE NOT TRIED IT, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT. ALSO VERY GOOD FRIED FISH AND HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE FRISCO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AS CITIZEN OF THE YEAR. ERNEST AND HIS WIFE CECILY LIVE IN FRISCO AND HAVE TWO AMAZING CHILDREN, ONE OF WHICH JUST GOT MARRIED, AND THEY ADDED A DAUGHTER IN LAW TO THEIR FAMILY JUST RECENTLY. SO ERNEST, THANK YOU FOR PRAYING FOR US TONIGHT, PASTOR MORGAN. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. LET'S PRAY. FATHER, WE THANK YOU TONIGHT FOR YOUR GOODNESS AND MERCY. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE IN FRISCO. LORD, WE GIVE YOU PRAISE AND GLORY FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE. THANK YOU FOR OUR NEW MAYOR AND ALL THE NEW COUNCILMEN AND WOMEN ON COUNCIL TONIGHT. LORD, I PRAY FOR THE SCHOOLS. I PRAY FOR OUR HEALTH AND OUR SAFETY, OUR FIRE AND POLICE. WE PRAY FOR THE CONTINUAL PROGRESSION OF PROSPERITY THROUGHOUT BUSINESS AND THE ECONOMY OF FRISCO. LORD, WE ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO UNIFY US TOGETHER. YOU SAID IN PSALMS 133 WAS GOOD AND PLEASANT THAT BRETHREN DWELL TOGETHER IN UNITY. SO WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE THANK YOU FOR VALUING OUR NEIGHBOR. WE THANK FOR VALUING THIS AMAZING CITY. LORD, WE PRAY GOD THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE OUR MAYOR WISDOM AS YOU CONTINUE TO GUIDE HIM THROUGH THE MUCH NECESSARY THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN. WE THANK YOU AND WE GIVE YOU GLORY. WE GIVE YOU THE PRAISE FOR EVERYTHING. THIS IS OUR PRAYER, FOR CHRIST'S SAKE. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU, SIR, AND FOR OUR PLEDGE THIS EVENING WE HAVE THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF COLLIN COUNTY. SO IF YOU GUYS WOULDN'T MIND, COME UP ON HERE ON THE STAGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE [00:05:05] NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR. TEXAS. FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. STAY UP HERE FOR A SECOND. YEAH. HOW ARE YOU GUYS? Y'ALL DID TERRIFIC. CAN I ARE Y'ALL HAPPY TO GET BACK TO SCHOOL OR IS IT THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL? HOW'S IT ALL FEELING SO FAR? I DON'T LIKE SCHOOL. YOU DON'T LIKE SCHOOL? HOW OLD ARE YOU? 8 OR 9. YOU'RE NINE. I HAVE A SEVEN YEAR OLD AND SHE LOVES GOING TO SCHOOL. SO WHERE DO YOU GO TO SCHOOL AT. BRIGHT ACADEMY. BRIGHT ACADEMY? THAT'S A GREAT ONE. OKAY, WELL, WHAT'S YOUR NAME? AND TELL US WHERE YOU GO TO SCHOOL. SIR, WHAT'S YOUR NAME? MYLA. MYLA. OKAY, HOW ABOUT YOU, ISABELLA? AND WHERE DO YOU GO TO SCHOOL? ROGERS. ALL RIGHT. COOL. IT'S OKAY. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? AND WHERE DO YOU GO TO SCHOOL? CHRISTIE ELEMENTARY. AND WHAT'S YOUR NAME? ELIZABETH. ELIZABETH. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? WHERE ARE YOU? GO TO SCHOOL. I AM LORENZO, AND I GO TO ROGERS. ROGERS. ALL RIGHT. NAME? AND WHERE DO YOU GO TO SCHOOL? MY NAME IS AVERY, AND I GO TO SCHOOL AT ROGERS. ALL RIGHT. CAN WE GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, PLEASE? [APPLAUSE] YOU ALL DID WONDERFUL. ALL RIGHT. COOL. AND SO BEFORE YOU LEAVE, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME FRISCO STICKERS, AND WE WANT YOU TO PUT THEM ON REAL FAST. AND WE'RE GOING TO GET A PICTURE. OH, OKAY. SO THEY JUST SO THEY CAN'T REALLY PUT THEM ON RIGHT NOW THEN. OKAY. YOU JUST HAVE TO HOLD THEM, HOLD THEM THERE SO WE CAN TAKE PICTURES. THEY'RE TEMPORARY TATTOOS, NOT STICKERS. SO. YOU'RE WELCOME. PARENTS, JUST FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH. THIS DESERVES. HOW ABOUT A PICTURE WITH ALL OF COUNCIL DOWN HERE WITH YOU GUYS? COME ON UP, COUNCIL. LET'S DO THIS. THAT'S RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SMILES. AWESOME. WELL THANK YOU GUYS. Y'ALL DID WONDERFUL. WE NOW HAVE A PROCLAMATION. AND FOR MR. GREG VOGT, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME ON UP, SIR? [Recognition of Greg Vogt - 20 Years of Service to the City of Frisco] 20 YEARS OF SERVICE. COME ON UP. [APPLAUSE] YEP. DO WE HAVE THE FAMILY HERE? WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP WITH THEM, PLEASE? COME ON UP. I GOTTA SAY, I LIKE THE COAT. IT'S VERY NICE. YEP. CAN I HELP YOU? YOU GOT IT. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE MR. VOGT FOR BEING A DETECTIVE WITH FRISCO PD AND 20 YEARS OF SERVICE. AND I HAVE A PROCLAMATION I'M GOING TO READ. WHEREAS DETECTIVE GREG VOGT BEGAN HIS SERVICE WITH THE CITY OF FRISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT ON JULY 10TH, 2006, AND THROUGHOUT THE PAST 20 YEARS HAS SERVED THE COMMUNITY WITH EXCEPTIONAL DEDICATION, PROFESSIONALISM AND INTEGRITY, BECOMING AN INVALUABLE MEMBER OF THE DEPARTMENT. AND WHEREAS, PRIOR TO JOINING THE CITY OF FRISCO, DETECTIVE SERVED HONORABLY WITH THE LOUISIANA STATE POLICE. [00:10:03] I'M PUTTING SOME PIECES TOGETHER HERE FOR OVER SEVEN YEARS, CONTRIBUTING HIS EXPERIENCE, DISCIPLINE AND COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY TO THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. AND WHEREAS DETECTIVE VOGT CURRENTLY SERVES IN THE PROPERTY CRIMES UNIT AS AN AUTO THEFT DETECTIVE, APPLYING HIS INVESTIGATIVE EXPERTISE, ATTENTION TO DETAIL, AND COMPREHENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF CRIMINAL TRENDS TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS OF FRISCO, ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PROPERTY RELATED OFFENSES. AND WHEREAS, DETECTIVE VOGT HOLDS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY AND HAS CONTINUED TO ADVANCE HIS PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE BY EARNING NUMEROUS CERTIFICATIONS, INCLUDING THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT MASTER PEACE OFFICER LICENSE, REPRESENTING HIS MASTERY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT SKILLS AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO CONTINUED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. AND WHEREAS, GREG VOGT PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY AS A UNITED STATES MARINE, EXEMPLIFYING HONOR, COURAGE, AND COMMITMENT VALUES, HE CONTINUES TO UPHOLD IN HIS DAILY SERVICE TO THE CITY OF FRISCO. AND WHEREAS, OUTSIDE OF HIS PROFESSIONAL DUTIES, GREG IS A DEVOTED HUSBAND TO RACHEL, HIS WIFE OF 28 YEARS, AND IS A LOVING FATHER TO OLIVIA AND GAVIN. GREG IS KNOWN FOR HIS ENTHUSIASM AS AN AVID COLLEGE FOOTBALL FAN, PARTICULARLY SUPPORTING THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HURRICANES. I'M GOING TO FINISH IT. I'M NOT. I'M CONTINUING. AND THE LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY TIGERS. AND NOW, THEREFORE, I, MARK HILL, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FRISCO, TEXAS, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY BESTOW A SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR 20 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO PUBLIC SAFETY IN AND FRISCO AND PROCLAIM AUGUST 18TH, 2026 AS GREG VOGT DAY. THANK YOU SIR. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. [APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU SIR. CONGRATULATION TO YOU. THANK YOU. OH YES SIR. OPEN THIS BACK. OPEN IT UP. WE'RE GOOD. I SMILE A LITTLE BIT. CONGRATULATIONS, SIR. POP QUIZ? AS A COLLEGE FOOTBALL FAN, HOW MANY WEEKENDS DO WE HAVE LEFT WITHOUT COLLEGE GAME DAY? SATURDAY MORNINGS? WELL, IT DEPENDS ON IF YOU GO ON WITH WEEK ZERO OR WEEK ONE. OKAY, THAT'S A GOOD POINT. SO WHAT ARE WE TALKING WEEK ONE. SO I AM GOING TO BE WEEK ONE IN THE FIRST WEEKEND OF SEPTEMBER. THAT'LL BE THE FIRST GAME I GO TO. ALL RIGHT. SO CLEMSON AT LSU. OH THAT'S A BIG ONE. THAT'S A BIG ONE. CONGRATULATIONS SIR. YES, SIR. WE NOW MOVE ON TO THE REPORTS PORTION OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA? NO. OH, WE HAVE MORE. I THINK THERE'S ANY. ANY COUNTY COUNCIL COMMENT ON IT? COUNCIL? OKAY. BEFORE WE PROCEED, WE HAVE ANY COUNCIL COMMENTS ON ANY PROCLAMATIONS BEING MADE. ANY. OKAY. NOW WE MOVE ON TO THE REPORTS PORTION OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA. AGENDA ITEM SIX. VISIT FRISCO. GOOD EVENING, [Visit Frisco July 2026 Sales and Marketing Report.] MAYOR AND COUNCIL. YOU MAY HAVE NOTED IN OUR REPORT THAT OUR OCCUPANCY WAS DOWN IN JUNE, 2.3 SOMETHING OF THAT SORT. BUT AVERAGE RATE WAS UP. SO OVERALL WE WERE OVER 5% AHEAD IN REVENUE. SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE SPOILER FOR THAT. I WOULD NORMALLY PROVIDE IN MY NEXT MONTH'S REPORT, BUT WE JUST GOT OUR JULY REPORT IN AND WE WERE UP 7% IN OCCUPANCY, 12% IN AVERAGE RATE, AND OVER 24% IN REVENUE. SO MIGHT HAVE STARTED OFF A LITTLE BIT SLOW, BUT PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST JULYS WE'VE EVER HAD. AND THEN I JUST THOUGHT I'D SHARE OUR SYMPHONY PLATFORM THAT WE USE TO LOOK AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT RESEARCH ITEMS. [00:15:04] WE'RE ABLE TO LOOK AT OUR FUTURE ROOMS BOOKING REPORT. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT MAY OF 27 CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK FOR PGA AND COMPARE IT TO SAME TIME LAST YEAR, WE'RE UP ANYWHERE FROM 200 TO 950% MORE ROOM NIGHTS ON THE BOOKS THAN WE WERE AT THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCITING WEEK. AND IT'S NOT JUST THE FOUR DAYS. IT LITERALLY IS ABOUT TEN DAYS OF BUSINESS HERE. SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THINGS LOOK LIKE NEXT YEAR. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ON MY REPORT. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MOVING ON TO ITEM SEVEN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. [Development Services activity monthly update report for the months of June 2026 and July 2026.] MR. LETTELLEIR. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS WITHIN THE REPORT. YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK. AND YOU KNOW, WE PUT IN SOME WHAT THE BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES AND THE RAIL DISTRICT WHAT WHAT WE HAVE DONE WORKING WITH PROPERTY OWNERS THERE TO BRING THEM MORE INTO COMPLIANCE WHEN THEY'RE SEEKING POSSIBLY GRANT FUNDING FROM THE CDC. SO WE'VE BEEN HAVING SUCCESS THERE. BUT WE HAD A STAFF MEMBER. AND SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO TALK TO REGARDING DARELL BAGLEY. AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE TWO OF HIS CHILDREN PRESTON AND CHRISTINA. TWO OF FIVE FROM THE FAMILY AND. AND DARELL PASSED AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY. I'M THE ONE THAT HIRED HIM BACK IN 2001 IN DECEMBER. SO HE WOULD HAVE BEEN COMING UP ON 25 YEARS. AND WHEN I HIRED HIM, I WAS FILLING A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT POSITION. LITTLE DID I KNOW ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT HE WAS BRINGING TO THE TABLE. AND THAT'S WHAT I LIKE TO COVER TONIGHT. THERE'S SOME OF US THAT MAKES AN IMPRESSION NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT. THEY SEE IT EVERY DAY AND TAKE IT FOR GRANTED. BUT DARELL BAGLEY WAS MORE THAN JUST A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT. SO FROM THE FUNERAL, HE'S A NOVELIST, POET, AND HE JUST LOVED ART AND HE WAS INVOLVED IN MULTIPLE THINGS. SO THIS IS HIM IN HIS FIVE YEAR MARK. AND THIS IS AT 20 YEARS WHEN HIS YEARS OF EMPLOYMENT. BUT STREETSCAPES. I'M BIG ON STRAIGHT TREES. I THINK THEY THEY DO MATTER. THEY CONTROL URBAN HEAT ISLAND. THEY ADD VALUE TO A NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WE HAD DONE THESE IN A COUPLE PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS AND WAS TRYING TO MAKE IT STANDARD THROUGHOUT. NOW YOU ONLY CAN DO STRAIGHT TREES WHERE IT'S PROVIDED FOR. YOU CAN'T GO BACK TO OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE UTILITIES ARE IN PLACE AND WON'T ALLOW SIDEWALKS TO CLOSE. BUT DARELL WORKED WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING TO COME UP WITH THE STANDARDS SO WE COULD DO STREET TREES IN NEIGHBORHOODS. AND HERE'S JUST AN EXAMPLE. THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT, HOW THE TREES HAVE GROWN OVER THE YEAR, MAKING A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN HOW NEIGHBORHOOD IS DESIGNED. BUT HE WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS. AND SO WE DO SPECIFY CERTAIN TREES. NOT EVERY TREE CAN GO IN THERE BASED ON THE ROOT SYSTEM. UTILITIES ARE ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY TO MINIMIZE ANY INTRUSION OF TREE ROOTS INTO THOSE UTILITIES. THE FIRST TIME I CAME ACROSS HIS DESIGN SKILLS, I WAS WORKING WITH A DEVELOPER ON WINDING CREEK ESTATES. THE WINDING CREEK ESTATES IS OFF OF CUSTER ROAD, JUST NORTH OF THE KROGER CENTER, AND SO ON. THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY, THERE'S A CREEK THAT COMES THROUGH THE PROPERTY. THERE'S A COTTON GROVE ON THE PROPERTY. AND SO THE DESIGN THAT I GOT WAS JUST A STANDARD GRIDDED LAYOUT. DIDN'T TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE PROPERTY. THAT'S ONE THING THAT PLANNING DOES. AND SO HE CAME UP WITH A DESIGN. NOW WE DIDN'T GO TOTALLY WITH THE DESIGN, BUT WE WENT WITH A LITTLE BIT. THE DEVELOPER AND THEIR ENGINEER WAS WILLING TO WORK WITH US. AND SO IF YOU EVER GET A CHANCE TO GO OUT TO WINDING CREEK ESTATES, IT TURNED OUT TO BE A VERY NICE DEVELOPMENT. ANOTHER ONE IS JUST DOWN THE STREET. THIS IS AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF PANTHER CREEK COURT ROAD ON THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY SLOPES FROM THE BOTTOM RIGHT TO THE UPPER LEFT, AND SO WE'RE PLAYING OFF OF A VIEW CORRIDOR. AND THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE ONE ORANGE LINE GOING TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE PROPERTY. BUT WE HAVE OPEN SPACE. SO IF YOU EVER GET A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING ON THE DESIGN OF THAT AND VILLAGES OF CREEKWOOD. AND THIS IS PROPERTY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF STONEBROOK. IT'S WEST OF 423. THE DEVELOPER ON THAT, HE WAS A FORMER CITY MANAGER ROSS CALHOUN WAS LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY AND NEGOTIATING WITH HIM. AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? [00:20:03] IN SPECIFIC IN SPECIFICS? HE GAVE ME THAT SIT DOWN WITH DARELL. AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. AND SO AGAIN, WORKING WITH THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE PROPERTY, THERE'S A LITTLE TRIBUTARY THAT CUTS THROUGH FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH. AND SO THAT WAS ALL FACTORED IN. AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER ONE OF HIS DEVELOPMENTS. AND THEN AROUND ABOUT 2004, 2005, GEORGE PUREFOY HAD PULLED MYSELF, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAYS, GUYS, WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT WATER CONSERVATION. SO I THOUGHT DARELL WOULD BE A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THAT. AND SO I SAID, I'M GOING TO SIGN YOU THE UP IN THE LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE. AND SO HE WORKED WITH PUBLIC WORKS, ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. AND ONE THING I LIKE TO TELL THE STORY ABOUT HALL PARK DARELL WAS ABLE TO SHOW LARRY LEVY, WHO WAS CRAIG HALL'S RIGHT HAND PERSON. YOU'RE USING 70, 70% MORE WATER ON YOUR IRRIGATION THAN YOU NEED TO. AND DARELL SHOWED HIM THE NUMBERS, SAYS, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO CUT BACK ON WATER. HERE'S THE OTHER THING. WATER RESOURCE ZONES. WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT? WELL, WHEN YOU LOOK AT A WATERSHED, THAT'S BEFORE IT DEVELOPS THAT WATER THAT COMES OUT OF THE SKY WILL TAKE WEEKS MONTHS FOR THAT WATER TO MAKE IT DOWN TO THE CREEK. BUT ONCE THAT WATERSHED IS DEVELOPED, THAT WATER IS GETTING TO THE CREEK IN A MATTER OF HOURS. WHEN YOU GOT ALL THAT VELOCITY GOING, IT CAUSES EROSION. THAT EROSION TAKES SEDIMENT, TAKES IT TO THE WATER RESERVOIRS, AND DECREASES THE CAPACITY OF THE WATER RESERVOIR OVER TIME. AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A FUTURE DISCUSSION ITEM IS THOSE WILL HAVE TO BE DREDGED, BUT CAME UP WITH THESE WATER RESOURCE ZONES. AND SO AND NATIVE VEGETATION. DARELL WAS VERY BIG ON THAT. AGAIN TRY TO CONSERVE WATER. THIS ONE, THIS WAS EARLY IN HIS CAREER. HOMEOWNERS UP HERE JUST SOUTH OF EL DORADO ON THE WEST SIDE OF NORTH COUNTY. ALL THIS LANDSCAPING THAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT WAS SUPPOSEDLY DYING. AND SO I SAID, DARELL, GO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. SO HE DID LOOKED AT IT AND HE GOES, YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T THINK WATER IS REALLY THE ISSUE, BUT I CAN BUY THIS DEVICE FOR $20 AND I CAN GO OUT AND TEST IT. AND I SAID, OKAY, GO AHEAD AND BUY IT AND BRING THE RECEIPT BACK. SO I WENT OUT THERE AND IT SHOWED, HEY, YOU'RE WATERING TOO MUCH. YOU NEED TO CUT BACK ON THE WATER BECAUSE WE HAVE A HIGHER CLAY CONTENT. SO THAT WAS DONE AND THIS IS THE RESULT. HOMEOWNERS DIDN'T HAVE TO SPEND ANYTHING, JUST CUT BACK ON THE WATER LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE. I WENT OVER SOME OF THIS, BUT I DO. ONE HE WORKED WITH GARY HARTWELL. HE WAS THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AT THE TIME. THEY DEVELOPED WHAT WERE CALLED THE EET CONTROLLERS. AND NOW THEY'RE RAIN FREEZE THINGS TO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DON'T NEED A WATER, THE SYSTEM WILL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF. BUT IT WAS DARELL AND GARY HARTWELL WILLING TO WORK ON THAT. A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS. A COUPLE THE LAST AND GETTING CLOSE. BUT ON FRISCO BRIDGES. HAVE YOU BEEN OUT AT FRISCO BRIDGES? HAVE YOU SEEN FRISCO BRIDGES? ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, THE LANDSCAPING IN THE MEDIAN WAS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IT IS TODAY. AND SO WHAT THIS REPRESENTS THE A, B, AND C IS THE LETTERING. THOSE ARE THE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS. SO LIKE B THAT WOULD BE THE INTERSECTION OF PARKWOOD AND WARREN PARKWAY. E WOULD BE GAYLORD AND PARKWOOD. SO THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE OUT THERE TODAY. AND SO WHAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT IS TRYING TO FIND NATIVE LANDSCAPING, BUT ALSO HAVE COLOR IN THOSE MEETINGS. CONCENTRATE MORE AT THE INTERSECTIONS THAN AT MID-BLOCK. AND THE REASON FOR THAT, YOU WILL BE STOPPED THERE EVENTUALLY. RED LIGHT. AND SO THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE TIME TO LOOK AROUND A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO WE'RE CONCENTRATING MORE ON THE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS. THIS IS SOME OF THE PLANT MATERIAL THAT DARELL CAME UP WITH. AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS. SO WE DO HAVE WE'RE DIRT'S EXPOSED GETTING THAT ADDRESSED WITH GROUND COVER. SO HERE ARE SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS. AND HE WAS GOOD AT RENDERINGS. AND SO THIS IS DOCTOR JOHNSON'S PROPERTY. I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH DOCTOR JOHNSON A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. HE WON A COUPLE OF IDEAS. AND SO I HAD DARELL WORK ON THIS. BUT DARELL'S BEEN INVOLVED IN SO MANY OTHER PROJECTS AND THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST ONES. BUT AND THE IDEA OF DOING A CHICANE. CHICANE IS A MORE NARROW ROAD CURVE, A LITTLE BIT TO CONTROL TRAFFIC SPEEDS. SO CAP REALTY LIKES IT. THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF PROPERTIES ALONG FOURTH STREET, AND THE CONNECTION WOULD BE FROM THE PLAZA. AND WHEN THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN WAS UPDATED, WE EXPANDED THE RURAL DISTRICT TO GO SOUTH OF ASH STREET. [00:25:09] ALL OF THAT IS ZONED INDUSTRIAL AND HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY IN THE FUTURE WILL GET THAT ALL REZONED TO SOME FORM OF MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. BUT WE WANT A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO. I MEAN, JUST LIKE WHAT YOU SEE AT THE FORD CENTER AND CRAIG HALL HAVE DONE SOMETHING SIMILAR OF THAT. AND THEN TONIGHT WE HAVE A COUPLE ZONING CASES ON. AND SO HE WAS INVOLVED WITH THAT. BUT WHEN THE ZONING CAME UP AT 423 AND AND UNIVERSITY WAS APPROVED MATT, HERE'S A ZONING EXHIBIT DOING RESTAURANTS OVERLOOKING THE OPEN SPACE. WE DIDN'T WANT RETAIL BACK INTO IT. WHAT YOU HAVE ON THE RIGHT IS WHAT'S BEEN MODIFIED OVER TIME. SO THE APPLICANT CAME IN AND WANTED TO DO THE FITNESS CENTER AND WHAT'S ON THE LEFT. DARELL PROPOSALS TO START THE DIALOG EVENTUALLY. WHAT'S ON THE RIGHT IS WHAT WE AGREED TO. SO THE HEALTH CENTER IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE CREEK AND THE OPEN SPACE TO THE SOUTH. SO THEY HAVE OPENED UP WITH WINDOWS. I DO HAVE PATIO OUT THERE AS WELL. THEY CAN DO YOGA AND ALL THAT STUFF. AND THEN TRADER JOE'S, THIS IS WHAT THEY WERE PROPOSING. NOT MUCH INTERACTION FOR THE PUBLIC, SO IT WAS A AFTERTHOUGHT. DARELL CAME UP WITH A PLAN. I DON'T HAVE THAT IN HERE, BUT IT'S MORE OF A CENTRAL OPEN SPACE. AND SO I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE DARELL FOR ALL OF HIS EFFORTS. I MEAN, THIS IS JUST SHORT. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GIVING HIM JUSTICE ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT HE HAS DONE FOR FRISCO THAT MAY BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED. SO DARELL DID A GOOD JOB. SO WE APPRECIATE HIM. SO YEAH. [APPLAUSE] SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MONTHLY REPORT OR ANYTHING ELSE. THANK YOU, MR. LETTELLEIR. AND THANK YOU TO THE BAGLEY FAMILY VERY, VERY MUCH. WE'RE GRATEFUL. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I JUST I'M VERY MOVED. MR. LETTELLEIR AND TO THE BAGLEY FAMILY. WE OWE YOU A DEBT AS WELL TO EVERYBODY WHO'S SITTING OUT HERE AND THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING. YOU'LL HEAR ME SAY IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN. THE REASON WE ARE AS SPECIAL AS WE ARE IS BECAUSE OF PEOPLE WHO'VE SPENT DECADES CARING ABOUT A PLACE, WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE. THEY'VE PUT THEIR SOUL AND HEART INTO IT. AND JUST FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM EIGHT, FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT. [Fire Department report on incident responses and educational activities for the months of June and July 2026.] GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. CLAY CARPENTER, INTERIM FIRE CHIEF. I'D LIKE TO START OFF TONIGHT LETTING YOU KNOW THAT ON AUGUST 4TH, WE DEPLOYED FOUR OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS TO THE PANHANDLE FOR THE WILDFIRES THAT ARE GOING OUT THERE. WE ALSO SENT ONE OF OUR STATE ASSET TRUCKS. THIS IS TO HELP SUPPORT THE TEXAS INTRASTATE FIRE MUTUAL AID SYSTEM. AND THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR TWO WEEKS, WHERE THEY'VE FOUGHT OVER 4000 ACRES WORTH OF FIRES. THAT'S FIVE DIFFERENT WILDFIRES THAT THEY'VE HELPED IN THAT AREA. TODAY WE SENT OR ACTUALLY YESTERDAY, THEY ARRIVED. TODAY WE SENT FOUR ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTERS TO TAKE THEIR PLACE AND DID A SWAP. SO THE TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE REMAINS AT A LEVEL THREE WILDFIRE THREAT. AND THAT'S A 1 TO 5 SCALE FOR THEM, ONE BEING MINIMAL ACTIVITY, FIVE BEING EXTREME CRISIS. SO WE'RE IN THAT THREE, IT'S KIND OF THAT REGIONAL TYPE THREAT THAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS. AND OUR MEMBERS ARE REPORTING BACK THAT THEY'RE DOING WELL, BUT THEY'RE THEY'RE SEEING A LOT OF A LOT OF FIRE OUT THERE AND A LOT OF HEAT FOR SURE. SO WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THEM AND HAPPY FOR COMING BACK. AND WE'LL BE HERE TODAY OR TOMORROW. NEXT, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A PROGRAM THAT IS ACTUALLY PUT ON BY OUR PARTNERS OVER AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SOMETIMES I LIKE TO GIVE CHIEF SHILSON A FRIENDLY JAB WHEN I CAN, BUT TONIGHT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING REALLY GREAT THAT THEY'RE DOING. AND THAT'S THEIR DRONE AS A FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM. WE CALL IT DFR. AND IRONICALLY, ON AUGUST 7TH, WHEN OUR FIRE CHIEF RETIRED, WE ACTUALLY HAD A FIRE AFTER HIS AFTER HIS CEREMONY. THIS WAS A RESULT OF A LIGHTNING STRIKE. BUT THIS DRONE PROGRAM ACTUALLY IS HOUSED IN THREE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AT OUR STATION EIGHT OR STATION TEN AND ALSO AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THIS STRUCTURE FIRE THAT CAME IN FROM THE LIGHTNING STRIKE ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN DISTRICT TEN, AND IT BEAT US THERE. AND YOU CAN SEE OUR FIRE TRUCK JUST PULLED UP AND YOU CAN SEE THE SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE HOUSE. THIS IS A POWERFUL PROGRAM FOR THOSE OF US WHO AREN'T ALWAYS RESPONDING TO THE SCENE, BUT WE CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON FROM OUR FROM OUR OFFICES AND HELP WITH RESOURCES THAT [00:30:08] WHENEVER IS NEEDED. BUT WE'RE HOPING AFTER THIS, WE CAN ACTUALLY GET THIS IN THE FIRE TRUCKS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE THE TOP PICTURE, THAT'S A THERMAL IMAGING PICTURE. IT ACTUALLY SHOWS WHERE THE FIRE IS IN THAT HOUSE. HAVING THAT INSIDE THE FIRE TRUCK IS JUST GOING TO BE AMAZING. UPGRADE FOR HOW WE'RE DOING BUSINESS. IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR HOUSES IN FRISCO TO HAVE MULTIPLE ATTICS, THREE, FOUR PLUS ATTICS IN THIS CASE, AND IT'S HARD TO CHASE DOWN A LIGHTNING STRIKE. IT SEEMS TO KNOW WHEN PEOPLE AREN'T HOME AND SO IN THIS CASE, IF OUR FIRE OFFICER HAD BEEN ABLE TO ACCESS THIS, WHICH WE HOPE IS COMING VERY SOON AGAIN, HE WOULD KNOW OR HE OR SHE WOULD KNOW EXACTLY WHERE TO GO. SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT PROGRAM, VERY PROUD THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT INVOLVED US AND UTILIZING ONE OF THEIR RESOURCES. AND FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO JUST LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN FOR OUR 2026 COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM PROGRAM. INDIVIDUALS HERE OR THERE. IT'S AN ALL HAZARD TRAINING PROGRAM. AND THEY SUPPORT BASICALLY CRITICAL INCIDENTS. THINK OF A TORNADO OR LARGE SCALE INCIDENTS. THEY HELP INSIDE THE COMMUNITY WHEN THE FIRE RESOURCES ARE OVERWHELMED. THEY COLLECT INFORMATION FROM US, FOR US AND ALSO HELP OUT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. SO THIS STARTS SEPTEMBER 14TH, GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH NOVEMBER 2ND, TWO HOURS ON MONDAY NIGHTS, AND THEN ONE SATURDAY. THAT SATURDAY IS KIND OF A CAPSTONE CLASS WHERE SOMETIMES WE'LL GET THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL TO COME IN AND THEY DO WHAT'S CALLED A MOULAGE AND PRETEND THEY HAVE INJURIES AND THEY DO A FULL SCALE EVENT FOR US. SO IT'S AN AWESOME PROGRAM. WE HAVE ABOUT 77 CERT MEMBERS TODAY. WE'D LOVE TO HAVE A WHOLE LOT MORE. SO THE INFORMATION IS ON OUR WEBSITE OR IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS THAT CAN'T BE ANSWERED ON THE WEBSITE, THEY CAN ALWAYS EMAIL EDUCATION@FRISCOFIRE.COM. THAT'S IT FOR MY REPORT. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM. THANK YOU. CHIEF CARPENTER. COUNCIL. CHIEF, YOU MENTIONED OBVIOUSLY THE FIRES OUT IN WEST TEXAS. I DID SEE SOMETHING THAT SAID WE ARE EVEN AT A BURN RISK BECAUSE OF THE HEAT THAT WE'VE HAD. IS THERE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU WOULD SHARE SO THAT WE DON'T WIND UP IN A SIMILAR SITUATION? SURE. SO OUTSIDE BURNING, PLEASE, PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM OUTSIDE BURNING. BUT YES, IT IS REALLY HOT. BUT WHAT REALLY CONTRIBUTES TO THE INCREASED THREAT IS THE HUMIDITY. AND THE HUMIDITY OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS HAS BEEN IN THE 20S. THAT IS AN EXTREME HIGH RISK SITUATION EVEN FOR US IN FRISCO WHERE WE'RE MORE URBAN AND NOT OUT IN THE PANHANDLE. SO REALLY IT'S JUST AVOIDING OUTDOOR BURNING, AND ANYTHING THAT MIGHT CREATE A SPARK WOULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE A GRASS FIRE. SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE MOST HELPFUL RECOMMENDATION I CAN GIVE YOU. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. LET'S MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NINE. [Police Department's crime and statistics reports for the months of June and July 2026.] POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT. CHIEF SHILSON. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL DAVID SHULMAN, CHIEF OF POLICE. AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE SCHOOL YEAR IS UNDERWAY, AND SO I THOUGHT I WOULD START WITH A COUPLE OF KEY REMINDERS AND JUST SOME SOME EDUCATION FOR BOTH PARENTS AND STUDENTS. LAST YEAR WE INVESTIGATED 78 SCHOOL THREAT INVESTIGATIONS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING IS WE'VE TEAMED UP WITH FISD OUR PARTNERS OVER AT FISD AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU A QUICK ONE MINUTE VIDEO ABOUT SOME OF THE CRIMINAL PENALTIES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH MAKING SCHOOL THREATS. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU TODAY THAT YOUR WORDS HAVE REAL CONSEQUENCES. IF YOU JOKINGLY STATE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BLOW UP A SCHOOL. REST ASSURED, WE WILL FIND YOU. YOU WILL BE ARRESTED AND YOU'RE HEADED TO JAIL. IF YOU WRITE A NOTE THAT YOU'RE BRINGING A GUN TO SCHOOL TOMORROW, THAT'S TERRORISTIC THREAT. THAT'S JAIL TIME BECAUSE IT'S A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR. IF YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO KILL SOME STUDENTS, YOUR FRIENDS OR TOMMY AND SALLY AT THE FOOTBALL GAME, YOU'RE GOING TO JAIL. IF YOU POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA CLAIMING THAT YOU'LL SHOOT UP YOUR CLASSROOM ON A TUESDAY, YOU WILL BE ARRESTED. AND AGAIN IN JAIL. IF YOU REPORT THAT SOMEONE MADE A THREAT, WHEN YOU KNOW THAT THEY DIDN'T JUST TO CAUSE A SCENE OR TO GET OUT OF SCHOOL FOR A DAY, THAT'S GOING TO LAND YOU IN JAIL. SO LET'S BE CLEAR, THERE ARE NO SECOND CHANCES WHEN YOU CHOOSE TO USE YOUR WORDS OR ACTIONS AGAINST OTHERS. IF YOU HEAR SOMEONE SAY OR DO ANY OF THESE THINGS, EVEN IF YOU'RE UNSURE OF THEIR INTENT, REPORT IT. WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THE STOP IT APP OR DIRECTLY TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE WILL BE ABLE TO RESPOND SWIFTLY AND ACCORDINGLY TO ENSURE OUR STUDENTS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY REMAIN SAFE. THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ONE OF THE MANY THINGS THAT OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS ARE TASKED WITH IS INVESTIGATING THOSE SCHOOL THREATS. [00:35:03] AND WE CERTAINLY JUST WANT TO EDUCATE PARENTS AND STUDENTS OF THE CONSEQUENCES THAT COME WITH MAKING THOSE THREATS. YOUR WORDS DO MATTER. I ALSO WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TRAFFIC SITUATION. SO SCHOOL IS STARTING BACK UP. SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR MOTORISTS TO UNDERSTAND THE SCHOOL ZONES ARE ACTIVE AND 20 MEANS 20. AND WE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY. IT IS THE LAW THAT YOU CANNOT HAVE A CELL PHONE DEVICE IN YOUR HAND AS YOU DRIVE THROUGH THE SCHOOL ZONE. SO WATCH OUT FOR THE DISTRACTIONS PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLISTS. AND THEN PLEASE HEED THE CROSSING GUARDS. AS WE WANT TO LOOK OUT FOR THEM AS WELL. I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION FRISCO CAN IS COMING UP ON SEPTEMBER 26TH FROM 5 TO 9 P.M.. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NEIGHBORS TO TO HELP NEIGHBORS AND ONE OF THE VERY EFFECTIVE CRIME STRATEGIES, CRIME CONTROL STRATEGIES IS NEIGHBORS LOOKING OUT FOR FOR NEIGHBORS. AND SO THAT STARTS WITH A RELATIONSHIP GETTING TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE DO THAT IS BY HAVING FRISCO COMMUNITY AWARENESS NIGHT, JUST A CHANCE FOR NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY TO HOST A BLOCK PARTY. THERE'S A LINK THERE. YOU CAN GO ON OUR WEBSITE AND REGISTER A BLOCK PARTY IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I KNOW COUNCIL WILL BE OUT THAT NIGHT AND SO WE'LL POLICE AND FIRE. AND SO WE TRY AND STOP BY EVERY PARTY THAT IS REGISTERED IN THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN SAY HI TO EVERYBODY AND INTERACT WITH OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S JUST ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR LATEST COPY OF THE ANNUAL REPORT IS OUT. IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE. THERE'S A QR CODE RIGHT THERE. YOU CAN CLICK ON IT. IT'LL TAKE YOU STRAIGHT TO IT OR YOU CAN GO OFF OF OUR WEBSITE. THERE'S 54 PAGES OF INFORMATION ABOUT FRISCO PD, SOME DETAILED CRIME STATS, EVERYTHING YOU PROBABLY EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENT. AND THEN CRIME IN THE CITY OF FRISCO IS PROBABLY INCLUDED IN THERE. AND IF IT'S NOT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND WE'LL MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE IT IN THE NEXT EDITION. BUT IT'S A GREAT RESOURCE AND JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW IT'S OUT THERE. WITH THAT, YOU HAVE OUR JUNE AND JULY MONTHLY REPORTS. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCIL. JUST A COMMENT. ACTUALLY, A QUICK QUESTION. ARE THERE ANY NEW SCHOOL ZONES THIS YEAR? THERE ARE PROBABLY DEFINITELY NEW SCHOOL ZONES AND EVEN THE SCHOOL ZONES THAT THAT HAVE BEEN IN EXISTENCE, THERE'S USUALLY SOME TWEAKS TO THOSE. SO I JUST ENCOURAGE MOTORISTS JUST TO, TO KEEP AN EYE OUT. IF YOU'RE ANYWHERE NEAR A SCHOOL MAKE SURE YOU HEED THE SIGNAGE AND WATCH YOUR SPEED. I ALSO WANTED TO COMMENT THAT I'VE SEEN SOME INCREASED PATROLS AND DRIVERS BEING REMINDED TO SLOW DOWN ACTIVELY BY OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO THANK YOU BECAUSE I DO APPRECIATE THAT. YES, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO WANT TO GAIN COMPLIANCE AND WE WANT TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE. CHIEF. CHILD ABUSE, CHILD NEGLECT, CHILD ENDANGERMENT. THESE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE VERY PERSONAL HOT BUTTON ISSUES OF MINE. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR HELPING RESOLVE A CASE TODAY AND SENDING OUT A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT IN THE CITY OF FRISCO, IF YOU ABUSE OR YOU NEGLECT A CHILD, YOU WILL FACE JUSTICE SWIFTLY. AND SO PLEASE EXTEND THE GRATITUDE FOR ME TO THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THAT. AND I HOPE THAT YOUNG CHILD GETS THE HELP THAT THEY DESERVE. THANK YOU SIR. YEAH. IT'S CERTAINLY PROTECTING THE MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY IS TOP PRIORITY. KUDOS TO OUR INVESTIGATORS THAT INVESTIGATED THAT CASE. AND KUDOS TO THE RESIDENT THAT REPORTED IT TO US. IT'S A TEAM EFFORT FOR SURE. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE REPORT TODAY. I THINK WITH WHERE WE ARE AT IN THE SCHOOL YEAR AND CONSIDERING FRISCO ISD HAS 76 CAMPUSES THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND A FEW NEIGHBORING CITIES 60,000 KIDS, THAT'S NOT EVEN INCLUDING THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS OUT THERE. AND SO VERY, VERY IMPORTANT AWARENESS OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY IN TODAY'S AGE. SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALONG WITH FRISCO ISD PARTNERING TO KIND OF DO THIS. AND THE SRO PROGRAM THROUGHOUT OUR CAMPUSES IS PHENOMENAL. AND SO VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT TO JOB VERY WELL DONE. AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION, SIR. THANK YOU SIR. ITEM TEN BRAILLE DISTRICT [Rail District Update.] UPDATE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL JASON BRODIGAN DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING SERVICES. JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON CONSTRUCTION OF THE PLAZA OVER THE LAST WEEK OR SO. THE STAINED GLASS WENT INTO THE GATEWAY STRUCTURES. IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, IT'S LOOKING REALLY GOOD. NICE ADDITION TO THE STRUCTURES AND WE ARE RAPIDLY APPROACHING THE FINISH LINE AS PLANTING AND FURNITURE IS GOING TO START [00:40:08] GOING OUT EVERY DAY. IT'S GOING TO LOOK DIFFERENT EVERY DAY. AND WE ARE TWO WEEKS AWAY FROM TAKING THE FENCES DOWN AND OPENING UP THE PLAZA. BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO BEN, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CONSTRUCTION? THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THERE'S SOME STATISTICS HERE THAT I FOUND INTERESTING, SO I'LL SHARE THEM WITH THE GROUP. THE GIFT CARDS ARE. THERE'S NO MORE BONUS CARDS AVAILABLE, AND THOSE BONUS CARDS DO EXPIRE AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER. SO WE'LL BE SENDING OUT REMINDERS TO FOLKS WHO DO HAVE THOSE CARDS. CONTINUE TO HAVE COORDINATED DISCUSSIONS WITH RURAL DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD, RAIL DISTRICT ROUNDUP AND MERCHANTS ON MAIN AND PLANNING FOR SPECIAL EVENTS, AND ESPECIALLY PLANNING FOR THE OPENING OF THE PLAZA. AS YOU HEARD JASON, JUST SAY REPEAT SLIDE FROM LAST MEETING. BUT THIS SHOWS NO SURPRISE WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE GIFT CARDS WERE PURCHASED BY ZIP CODE FRISCO AND SURROUNDING AREAS, WHICH IS GOOD. A LOT OF FOLKS GOING DOWN TO THE RAIL DISTRICT AND USING THOSE GIFT CARDS, SOME COMPARISON FROM OUR PHASE ONE PROGRAM TO PHASE TWO. SO THIS ONE HIGHLIGHTS PHASE ONE. IT WAS INTERESTING TO ME TO SEE HOW PEOPLE DIVERSIFIED THE BONUS CARD VALUES IN PHASE ONE. CLEARLY, THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE BOUGHT THE $250 CARD, BUT A LOT OF $100 AND A LOT OF $25 INCREMENTS. AND IN PHASE TWO. THERE WAS ONLY REALLY 4 OR 5 INCREMENTS. SO CLEARLY A LOT OF FOLKS PURCHASED THE $250 GIFT CARD. FOLKS ARE ACTIVELY REDEEMING THOSE CARDS STILL, WHICH IS AWESOME. A LOT OF FOLKS VISITING THE RAIL DISTRICT, THESE ARE REDEMPTIONS, KIND OF THE NUMBERS OF REDEMPTIONS FOR PHASE ONE AND TO DATE FOR PHASE TWO, YOU CAN SEE IT'S HEAVILY FAVORED FOR RESTAURANTS. FOLKS LIKE TO GO OUT TO EAT AND, BUT ALSO OTHER BUSINESSES DOWN WHO ARE PARTICIPATING ALSO HAVE A LOT OF VISITORS USING THEIR GIFT CARDS. AND THEN THIS IS A REDEMPTION REPORT FOR BOTH PHASES, KIND OF A CUMULATIVE REPORT ABOUT HOW MANY CARDS WERE REDEEMED AT THESE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S 44 PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES AND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OF GIFT CARDS THAT HAVE BEEN REDEEMED THROUGHOUT PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO. AND AS A REMINDER, PHASE ONE WAS A $350,000 MATCH. AND PHASE TWO WAS A $500,000 MATCH FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. THIS IS A MAP OF THE PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES, AND YOU CAN STILL BUY A GIFT CARD. YOU JUST WON'T GET THE BONUS, AND YOU CAN USE IT OR GIFT IT FOR SOMEBODY'S BIRTHDAY OR ANNIVERSARY. SO WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MR. CITY MAYOR. THANK YOU. NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 11. ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS FOR TONIGHT? [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.] MR. THAKUR OH, GO AHEAD. I WOULD JUST REPORT THAT WE HAD THE YOUR FIRST PURPLE HEART RECEPTION. MAYOR. AND IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED. WE HONORED EIGHT PURPLE HEART RECIPIENTS HERE IN THE CITY. THE FRISCO GARDEN CLUB WAS ALSO ONE OF OUR SPONSORS FOR THAT EVENT. AND IT WAS HELD RIGHT DOWN HERE AT THE ANCHOR BAR AND VERY WELL RECEIVED A LOT OF GOOD COMMENTS, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE FRISCO CITIZENS AND VETERANS TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR FUTURE VETERAN EVENTS THAT ARE COMING UP. WE ALSO HAD A MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER THERE. IT WAS REALLY A TERRIFIC, TERRIFIC EVENT. THANK YOU, MISS ANDERSON. MR. THAKUR. YES. JUST AN UPDATE FROM THE ROTC. THE ROTC HAS SIGNED A TRI PARTY AGREEMENT FOR THOSE WHO WERE AWARE OF THAT. THERE WAS A BIT OF A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHO THE MPO WAS GOING TO BE. A FANCY WAY OF SAYING, WE HAVE FIGURED OUT A SOLUTION IN THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS AND THE ROTC SO WE CAN GET TRANSPORTATION FUNDING AND OPEN BACK UP FOR INVESTMENT. SO AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THAT, WE JUST RECEIVED 1.9 MILLION FOR ENHANCED TRAFFIC LIGHTS THAT HELP AID OUR EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH INTERSECTIONS. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE 2.4 MILLION IN TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CREDITS, WHICH ALLOW US TO ALSO CONTINUE FUNDING OUR GO ZONE AND DCTA PARTNERSHIP. SO THAT WAS DEFINITELY A BIG WIN FOR THE REGION. AND THE FACT THAT IT WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE SHOWS THE POWER OF OUR REGION COMING TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF OUR CITIES. AWESOME. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND TO THE IMPORTANCE OF TRANSPORTATION IN OUR REGION. SO VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SIR. WE NOW MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA PORTION OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA. [CONSENT AGENDA] [00:45:07] ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE IN NATURE AND ARE GENERALLY ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION. A MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL IS REQUIRED TO REMOVE AN ITEM FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND ACTION. COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY VOTE NO ON ANY INDIVIDUAL ITEM WITHOUT COMMENT, AND MAY SUBMIT WRITTEN QUESTIONS FOR THE OFFICIAL RECORD. DOES ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WISH TO REMOVE AN ITEM FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION? YES, MR. MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO PULL AGENDA ITEM 14 FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION? I MEAN, I MAKE A MOTION TO PULL CONSENT NUMBER 14 FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. SECOND. MOTION BY MR. ELAD. SECOND BY MR. THAKUR. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. ITEM 14 IS REMOVED. MISS RUMMEL, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA? PORTION OF THE AGENDA? WE DO NOT. WITH THERE BEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 12 THROUGH 13 AND 15 THROUGH 30. SO MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS NUMBER 12 THROUGH 13 AND 15 THROUGH 30 FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. I KNOW I GOT MOTION FROM MISS COLBERG. I'LL TAKE SECOND FROM MR. THAKUR. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. WE NOW MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA. ITEM 31 PUBLIC HEARING. A REQUEST TO REPEAL ORDINANCE NUMBER 2021-12-68, [Public Hearing: A request to repeal Ordinance No. 2021-12-68 consisting of 104.4± acres on the southwest corner of FM 423 and University Drive “US 380” (“Property”), to amend the Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 11-04-09, as amended), to rezone the Property as Planned Development-254, and to consider to direct Staff to prepare an Ordinance of the same. Zoned Planned Development-254. Neighborhood #50. Zoning Case No. Z25-0013. Applicant: Spiars Engineering. (Development Services/JH)] CONSISTING OF 104.4 ACRES ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF FM 423 AND UNIVERSITY DRIVE, US 380 TO AMEND THE ZONING ORDINANCE, ORDINANCE NUMBER 11-0409, AS AMENDED, TO REZONE THE PROPERTY AS PLANNED. DEVELOPMENT DASH 254 AND TO CONSIDER TO DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE OF THE SAME ZONING PLAN. DEVELOPMENT DASH 254. NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER 50. ZONING CASE NUMBER Z25-0013. APPLICANT SPIRES ENGINEERING. NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO STAFF. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL. JONATHAN HUBBARD, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. SO BEFORE YOU ALL TONIGHT IS A REQUEST TO AMEND PLAN DEVELOPMENT. 254 AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF FM. 423 AND US. 380. SO PLAN DEVELOPMENT 254 WAS ORIGINALLY PUT IN PLACE BACK IN APRIL OF 2016. AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM HERE, IT ENVISIONED A FOOD TRUCK PARK AND FOR SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS DIRECTLY ADJACENT THE CENTRAL OPEN SPACE AREA. THE WHOLE INTENT WAS THAT THOSE RESTAURANTS WOULD BE ORIENTED TOWARDS THAT CENTRAL OPEN SPACE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT, NOT TURN THEIR BACK ON IT. IN 2021, THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT WAS AMENDED TO REMOVE THE FOOD TRUCK PARK AND ONE OF THE SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS TO THE PLAN THAT YOU SEE HERE. BUT AGAIN, THE VISION WAS THAT THOSE REMAINING RESTAURANTS STILL WERE ORIENTED TOWARDS THE CENTRAL OPEN SPACE AND TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT. THE APPLICANT HAS ONCE COME BEFORE THE CITY REQUESTING TO AMEND THE PLAN IN THIS AREA. REMOVING ALL OF THOSE RESTAURANTS AND REPLACING IT WITH A FITNESS CENTER. AS JOHN ALLUDED TO EARLIER WHEN HE WAS TALKING ABOUT DARELL BAGLEY. SO AS WE WERE WORKING THROUGH THE REVIEW OF THIS CASE, IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO STAFF THAT THE ORIGINAL INTEGRITY OF THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS DONE BACK IN 2016 WAS MAINTAINED, AND THAT ANY USE THAT BE ADJACENT, THAT OPEN SPACE STILL BE ORIENTED TOWARDS THAT OPEN SPACE, STILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPEN SPACE. SO DARELL PUT TOGETHER A NUMBER OF PLANS TO HELP FACILITATE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, WHICH ULTIMATELY RESULTED IN THE APPLICANT PROPOSING WHAT YOU SEE HERE. SO THE SOUTHERN END OF THIS BUILDING IS DESIGNED TO OVERLOOK THE OPEN SPACE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT WITH GLASS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING ADDITIONAL GREEN SPACE, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WHERE THEY COULD HAVE OUTDOOR FITNESS CLASSES OR THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT ADDITIONAL GREEN SPACE ALSO DOES TIE DOWN INTO THE CENTRAL OPEN SPACE FEATURE THAT SERVES THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT. SO IN ADDITIONAL IN ADDITION TO THE FITNESS CENTER REQUEST, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF MINOR CHANGES TO THE LANGUAGE TO ENSURE THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ALIGN WITH WHAT HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED ON SITE TODAY FOR THE OVERALL FOUR CORNERS DEVELOPMENT. [00:50:03] STAFF HAS HAD A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS REACH OUT JUST ASKING GENERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, WHY THE ZONING CASE IS. BUT TO DATE, STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY FORMAL PROJECT INPUT FORMS, EITHER IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THIS IS A PUBLIC THANK YOU, SIR. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. CAN I GET A MOTION TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING? MOTION BY MISS COLBERG, SECOND BY MISS ANDERSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. MISS RUMMEL, IS THERE ANYONE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING. SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION BY MISS RUMMEL. SECOND BY MISS ANDERSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. COUNCIL. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR PRESENT A MOTION. SO JUST REGARDING THIS FACILITY WHAT IS THE WHAT IS THE EXPECTED HOURS OF OPERATION OF THIS FACILITY? I KNOW IT ABUTS. YOU GOT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. YOU HAVE A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE BACK. SURE. THE, THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT ITSELF DOES NOT RESTRICT BUSINESS HOURS. THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO OPERATE AS ANY OTHER BUSINESS IN THE CITY. I DON'T KNOW IF THE APPLICANT HAS ANY SPECIFICS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE. BUT AGAIN, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE ARE NOT BUSINESS HOURS THAT ARE TIED DOWN BY ZONING. OKAY. SO WITH THAT HAS THERE I SEE THE PARKING LOT OUT BACK, ETC.. IS THAT ENOUGH FOR IF I CAN? YEAH. LET'S LOOK AT THE KIND OF THE OVERALL. PLAN ON A GREAT, NOT A GREAT OVERALL PLAN, BUT HERE'S THE THE FITNESS CENTER HERE. OKAY, HERE'S THE CENTRAL OPEN SPACE HERE OF AN APARTMENT COMPLEX HERE, AN APARTMENT COMPLEX HERE, H-E-B AND THEIR FULFILLMENT CENTER THERE AND THEN SURROUNDED BY PAD SITES. OKAY, SO THAT THAT GREEN SPACE IS STILL GOING TO BE PRESERVED. IS THAT BLOCK A LOT, BLOCK A LOT? 16. SO YES, THAT BLOCK A LOT. 16 THAT OPEN SPACE IS BACK IN 2016 WHEN THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT WAS ORIGINALLY DONE. THAT IS THE CENTRAL OPEN SPACE THAT THAT SERVES THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT. IT HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED AND IT WILL BE MAINTAINED. THIS IS NOT ENCROACHING INTO THAT AT ALL. THAT IS THE SPACE THAT I WAS SPEAKING TO EARLIER, THAT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THEY WORKED WITH STAFF, THAT THIS FITNESS CENTER HERE CONTINUE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT CENTRAL OPEN SPACE OVERLOOKING IT. KIND OF TAKING ADVANTAGE TO IT. SURE. KIND OF MAKES MAKES SENSE WHEN YOU HAVE A LARGER IMAGE. OKAY, SO WHICH BLOCK IS IT IN IF YOU DON'T MIND JUST POINTING IT OUT RIGHT HERE. THIS IS THE FITNESS CENTER. GOT IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT GREEN SPACE IS NOT BEING TOUCHED. CORRECT. AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. THAKUR. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? COUNCIL. CAN I GET A MOTION TO DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE ON ITEM 31 AS PRESENTED? SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION BY MISS RUMMEL. SECOND BY MR. THAKUR. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. WE NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 32. PUBLIC HEARING. [Public Hearing: A request to repeal Ordinance No. 16-02-09 consisting of 223.9± acres on the southeast and southwest corners of Majestic Gardens Drive and Main Street (“Property”), to amend the Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 11-04-09, as amended), to rezone the Property as Planned Development-199-Retail/Office-1/Office-2/Townhome/Patio Home/Single Family-7 and Planned Development-Retail/Multifamily, and to consider to direct Staff to prepare Ordinances of the same. Zoned Planned Development-199-Retail/Office-1/Office-2/Townhome/Patio Home /Single Family-7. Neighborhood #41.   Zoning Case No. Z25-0008. Applicant: SNS Frisco West Main Station, LLC. (Development Services/JH)] A REQUEST TO REPEAL ORDINANCE NUMBER 16-02-09, CONSISTING OF 223.9 ACRES ON THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST CORNERS OF MAJESTIC GARDENS DRIVE AND MAIN STREET TO AMEND THE ZONING ORDINANCE ORDINANCE NUMBER 11-04-09, AS AMENDED, TO REZONE THE PROPERTY AS PLANNED. DEVELOPMENT DASH 199 DASH RETAIL OFFICE ONE OFFICE TWO TOWNHOME PATIO HOME, SINGLE FAMILY DASH SEVEN AND PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DASH RETAIL, MULTIFAMILY AND TO CONSIDER TO DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE ORDINANCES OF THE SAME ZONING PLAN. DEVELOPMENT. 199 RETAIL OFFICE ONE. OFFICE TWO TOWNHOME PATIO HOME SINGLE FAMILY DASH SEVEN. NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER 41. ZONING CASE NUMBER Z25-008. APPLICANT SACHSE FRISCO WEST MAIN STATION, LLC. NOW TURN IT OVER TO STAFF. THANK YOU. THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU ALL TONIGHT IS TO AMEND PLAN DEVELOPMENT 199 SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MAJESTIC GARDENS DRIVE AND MAIN STREET. [00:55:03] THAT BEING THE 9.4 ACRES HERE SHOWN IN RED, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A SENIOR LIVING FACILITY ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THAT PROPERTY AND A GROCER, TRADER JOE'S, ON THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY CLOSEST TO MAIN STREET. THERE IS LANGUAGE WITHIN THE PROPOSED PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE DEVELOPMENT TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN A SINGLE PHASE. THE SENIOR LIVING BUILDING COULD NOT GET A TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY OR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY UNTIL THE GROCER HAS RECEIVED THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. THERE ARE A FEW THINGS ON THE LAND PLAN ITSELF THAT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT, STARTING WITH THE CENTRAL OPEN SPACE FEATURE. ALL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF OPEN SPACE. AND WE LOOK THAT LOOK FOR THAT TO BE CONSOLIDATED SO THAT ALL OF THE USES CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS. SO RATHER THAN HAVING A GROCER JUST NEXT DOOR TO A MULTIFAMILY BUILDING, THE APPLICANT WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR STAFF ONCE AGAIN, DARELL BAGLEY, TO COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT HAD THAT CENTRAL OPEN SPACE FEATURE IN THE CENTER OF IT THAT BOTH THE GROCER AND RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO THE SENIOR LIVING FACILITY COULD USE, AND REALLY PULLS THE WHOLE FACILITY TOGETHER. NEXT, LOOKING AT HOW THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT FRAMES MAJESTIC GARDENS, IF YOU THINK OF THE SCHOOL ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STREET, THAT BUILDING IS PULLED UP TO THE STREET. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO PULL A PORTION OF THE SENIOR LIVING FACILITY UP TO THE STREET, SO ALONG MAJESTIC GARDENS DRIVE YOU'LL HAVE THE 15 FOOT SIDEWALK. YOU WILL HAVE THE STREET TREES SO THAT THE STREETSCAPE WILL BE MIRRORED ON BOTH SIDES. NOW WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU DO HAVE THE GROCER. THE GROCER IS BACKING MAJESTIC GARDENS DRIVE. HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT IS ADDING ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING AND ENHANCED LANDSCAPING. SO REALLY, WHAT THAT IS GOING TO WHAT THAT'S REALLY MIRRORED AT AFTER IS WHAT YOU SEE ALONG WARREN PARKWAY. THERE'S THOSE BUILDINGS AT THE STAR THAT BACK ONTO WARREN. THAT IS WHAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING FOR THE GROCER. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE APPLICANT WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE YMCA AND THE CHURCH TO THE WEST TO ENSURE CONNECTIVITY AND WALKABILITY FOR THE RESIDENTS AND THE VISITORS. SO INSTEAD OF HAVING THEM WALK ALONG MAJESTIC GARDENS DRIVE AND THEN ALONG MAIN STREET TO ACCESS THE Y OR THE CHURCH, NOW THEY WILL HAVE DIRECT CONNECTIONS INTO THOSE FACILITIES. ONCE AGAIN, REITERATING THAT ALL OF THIS IS TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN A SINGLE PHASE. THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PUBLIC INPUT DONE THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THIS ZONING CASE REVIEW. I KNOW A MINIMUM OF AT LEAST THREE HOA MEETINGS THAT I WAS IN ATTENDANCE AT. TO DATE, STAFF HAS RECEIVED FIVE PROJECT INPUT FORMS OPPOSED TO THIS REQUEST AND TWO IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. HOWEVER, IN YOUR PACKET, THERE WAS A PACKET OF MATERIAL PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT WHERE RESIDENTS HAVE PROVIDED THOSE LETTERS OF SUPPORT DIRECTLY TO THE APPLICANT. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SIR. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING OPEN. CAN I GET A MOTION TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING? SECOND. MOTION BY MR. LLOYD. SECOND BY MISS RUMMEL. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. MISS RUMMEL THERE'S PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. YES WE DO. ALL RIGHT. FIRST, I WILL CALL BILLY RICHTER, AND THEN FOLLOWING AFTER HIM, IT WILL BE MICHELLE. YADIGAR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. I'M BILLY RICHTER. I RESIDE AT 3521 MAIN STREET IN FRISCO. I AM ONE OF THE PASTORS AT GRACE AVENUE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. AND I'M HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE CHURCH AS WELL AS THE FRISCO FAMILY YMCA. WE ARE THE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. AND I'M REALLY HERE JUST TO SAY HOW SUPPORTIVE WE ARE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BRING TO THE COMMUNITY AT THAT PLACE. WE HAVE WORKED WITH THIS DEVELOPER NOW FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS. THEY APPROACHED US AND I JUST HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT THEY ARE RESILIENT AND THEY ARE GREAT COMMUNICATORS AND THEY HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH. [01:00:04] AND I WANT TO ALSO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO COMMEND CITY STAFF, BECAUSE CITY STAFF HAS WORKED EXTREMELY HARD TO BRING ALL OF THIS TOGETHER. THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR THE TRADER JOE'S, BUT ALSO WE BELIEVE THE SENIOR ADULT APARTMENT COMPLEX IS GOING TO BE QUITE A BONUS AS WELL. IT'S A GOOD FIT FOR US AS NEIGHBORS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS PROJECT TO ITS COMPLETION AND APPRECIATE THE WORK OF EVERYONE WHO IS BRINGING THIS ABOUT. THANKS. THANK YOU SIR. OKAY, NEXT IS MICHELLE AND THEN FOLLOWING AFTER THAT IS TRAVIS THOMPSON. HELLO EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. I'M MICHELLE YADEGAR, I'M FROM TRADER JOE'S COMPANY. CAME OUT HERE FROM MONROVIA, CALIFORNIA, REPRESENTING TRADER JOE'S AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WE'RE THRILLED TO BE AT THIS POINT IN THE PROCESS AND VERY EXCITED TO CONSIDER OPENING A STORE AT THIS LOCATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU TRAVIS. AND THEN AFTER HIM WILL BE JAKE PETRUS. WOULD WE BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE WE HAVE ANOTHER REPRESENTATIVE FROM TRADER JOE'S. COULD I INTRODUCE HIM REAL QUICK? DYLAN OJEDA. YES, YES. OKAY. DYLAN, IF YOU COULD COME UP AND SAY HELLO. GOOD EVENING. YOU'RE GETTING A FULL HOUSE HERE OF TRADER JOE'S REPRESENTATIVES. AS MICHELLE, MY COLLEAGUE MENTIONED, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE AT THIS STAGE. VERY EXCITED TO BE POTENTIALLY CONSIDERED AS PART OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION TONIGHT TO HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY MAKE THIS THING HAPPEN. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. AND I THINK WE COLLECTIVELY LOVE YOUR SHIRT. THANK YOU FOR THE RECORD. AND JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE IT ON THE RECORD, BECAUSE I DO HAVE IT ON THE BLUE CARD. IT WAS DYLAN OJEDA. YES. CORRECT. THANK YOU. THANKS, DYLAN. FIRST OF ALL, LET ME MAKE SURE I HAVE IS MY OKAY. THERE WE GO. OKAY. FIRST OF ALL, MY NAME IS TRAVIS THOMPSON. I'M. I LIVE IN CARROLLTON AT 3903 MOURNING DOVE. AND I AM THRILLED TO BE HERE. THIS PROJECT HAS TAKEN IT'S TAKEN A LONG TIME TO GET WHERE WE'RE AT, BUT WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TONIGHT, I FEEL LIKE, IS A GREAT REFLECTION OF THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE LANDOWNER, A THIRD PARTY, YOU KNOW, VERY HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER VENDOR AND TRADER JOE'S, THE CITY STAFF AND THE NEIGHBORS AS WELL AS EVERYONE AT CITY HALL WHO HAS HAD INPUT INTO THIS PROJECT. WE ARE MORE THAN THRILLED TO BE PRESENTING TONIGHT THIS FINAL VERSION OF IT. SO FIRST OF ALL, AS YOU KNOW, THE IDEA OF THIS DEVELOPMENT IS THAT WE'RE BRINGING TOGETHER A VERY HIGHLY DESIRED GROCERY STORE FOR PEOPLE TO SHOP AT, BUT WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING HOUSING FOR FRISCO'S AGING POPULATION. IT WOULD BE AGE RESTRICTED 55 PLUS, AND IT'S A BUSINESS THAT WE ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH. WE'VE BEEN IN FOR OVER 15 YEARS, AND OF COURSE, WE'VE INCORPORATED SOME BEAUTIFUL GREEN SPACE IN THE MIDDLE THAT EVERYONE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY. THERE'S THE SITE YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS WITHOUT GETTING INTO TOO MUCH HISTORY. THE WAY THIS CAME ABOUT REALLY WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST USAGES TO COMPLEMENT NOT ONLY THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT ALSO COMPLEMENTING EACH OTHER. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, IN THE SENIOR HOUSING BUSINESS, SENIORS ARE ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER AMENITIES THAT THEY LOOK FOR IS A GROCERY STORE. THEY WOULD LIKE FOR THEIR GROCERY STORES TO BE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THEIR TO THEIR HOME, TO THEIR NEW RESIDENCE. AND SO BEING ABLE TO BE IN WALKING DISTANCE TO A TRADER JOE'S IS SOMETHING THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO BE THRILLED WITH. AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WE'RE ALSO HAPPEN TO BE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO A CHURCH WITH A LOT OF SENIOR OUTREACH PROGRAMS. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THEIR FALL FESTIVAL, THEIR PUMPKIN PATCH. I MEAN, WE CAN ALREADY ENVISION, YOU KNOW, OUR RESIDENTS WITH THEIR GRANDKIDS THERE AND, AND THEN GOING TO VISIT THE YMCA. IT'S JUST, IT JUST CAME TOGETHER BEAUTIFULLY. IT REALLY DID. SO THIS IS SORT OF THE TIMELINE. YOU SAY, WELL, TWO YEARS, HOW DO WE SPEND SO LONG DOING THIS? IT WASN'T TWO YEARS OF JUST SITTING ON OUR HANDS. [01:05:04] IT WAS TWO WEEKS AT A TIME THAT WE WERE WORKING ON THIS PROJECT WITH LOTS OF INPUT FROM NEIGHBORS, FROM CITY STAFF, FROM PEOPLE AT CITY HALL. AND IT'S BEEN A VERY, VERY IT'S BEEN A SLOW PROCESS, BUT A DELIBERATE ONE. AND THAT'S WHY I THINK WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TONIGHT IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL ADDITION TO THE CITY. SO SOME OF THE BIG CHANGES WE'VE MADE OVER THAT TIME. WE DRAMATICALLY INCREASED THE OPEN SPACE. AND WE ACTUALLY HAD WE MODIFIED SOME OF THE FRONTAGE, WE INCREASED PARKING, WE ADDED PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS. AS MR. HUBBARD POINTED OUT, WE ADDED PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS TO THE CHURCH AND TO THE YMCA WHICH WAS IN COLLABORATION WITH BOTH OF THOSE ENTITIES. AGAIN, EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER. ONE OF OUR VERY FIRST NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS AND SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO GET TO HERE IN A SECOND. WHAT WAS BROUGHT UP TO ME, IT REALLY WASN'T THE USAGE THAT ANYONE HAD A PROBLEM WITH, BUT IT WAS CERTAINLY A CONCERN WITH TRAFFIC. THAT WAS DEFINITELY THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY NEIGHBORS THAT WE MET WITH. AND IT WAS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO AN ADJACENT USAGE AND HOW THEY HAVE CARPOOL FOR THAT SCHOOL. SO TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING I COULD TO UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION, THE FIRST THING I DID WAS GO AND SIT OUT ON OUR SITE AND WATCH TRAFFIC FROM THE SCHOOL A M AND P M CARPOOL TIMES. I ALSO CALLED MR. FITTS, AND THE FIRST THING I ASKED HIM WAS, WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP THE SITUATION? WE FELT VERY STRONGLY THAT OUR USAGE AS SENIOR HOUSING WASN'T GOING TO HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT. IN FACT, AND WE'LL GET TO THIS LATER, IT WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE A POSITIVE. IT WOULD BE BETTER TRAFFIC THAN WHAT WOULD BE OTHERWISE ALLOWED THERE. AND SO WE WORKED WITH MR. FITTS TO ACTUALLY INCORPORATE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG MAJESTIC AS WELL. SO THE SITE ALSO, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THAT SITE, THERE'S ACTUALLY A CONVENIENT VEHICLE ACCESS ALONG MAIN STREET, PRIMARILY FOR THE TRADER JOE'S, BUT WE HAVE SECONDARY ACCESS THAT WOULD BE SHARED ACCESS ALONG MAJESTIC FOR BOTH USAGES. SO IT REALLY SETS UP VERY WELL. WE ALSO HAD ENOUGH ROOM TO ACCOMMODATE TRADER JOE'S GIVING THEM AMPLE PARKING, AND WE'LL GET TO THAT MORE LATER. BUT THEY HAVE MORE THAN AMPLE PARKING. BUT ALSO WE AS A SENIOR HOUSING COMMUNITY WILL ALSO HAVE MORE THAN AMPLE PARKING. BUT THE SITE ALLOWED US TO ACCOMMODATE BOTH USAGES AND THE PARKING NEEDS FOR BOTH. IN ADDITION, WE HAD ENOUGH ROOM FOR THAT CENTRALIZED OPEN SPACE IN THE MIDDLE AND TO SAY THAT THE CENTRALIZED OPEN SPACE THAT WE TO SAY THAT WE PUT SOME THOUGHT INTO IT AS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. WE WENT AROUND AND TRIED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT OPEN SPACE WAS BOTH ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE THAT WANTED TO USE IT AND ALSO INVITING AND THEN OF COURSE, THE CONNECTIONS TO THE CHURCH AND THE YMCA. SO WHY DO WE FEEL LIKE FRISCO NEEDS THIS DEVELOPMENT? WE KNOW THAT TRADER JOE'S IS A VERY SOUGHT AFTER GROCERY STORE, AND WE KNOW WE HAVE HUNDREDS, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT MESSAGES FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, FROM NEIGHBORS THAT EVERYONE WOULD LOVE TO SEE AT TRADER JOE'S. BUT ALSO IN FRISCO, ALL OF OUR INTERNAL STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT THE ACTUAL SENIOR HOUSING OR THE SENIOR POPULATION IN FRISCO FOR THIS TYPE OF PRODUCT IS ACTUALLY UNDERSERVED NOT ONLY FOR TODAY, BUT ALSO OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, TEN YEARS, 15 YEARS. AND SO WE, WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE PROVIDING COMPLEMENTARY USAGES, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, USAGES THAT ARE ACTUALLY NEEDED RIGHT NOW. I POINTED OUT RIGHT THERE THAT THE ACTUAL 62 AND OVER POPULATION WILL INCREASE BY OVER 365% BETWEEN 2020 AND 2030. SO WE'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT RIGHT NOW. THAT SORT OF WAVE OF PEOPLE IN THIS DEMOGRAPHIC. SO WHY IT FITS? WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LIGHTER TRAFFIC NEED THAN WHAT WOULD BE CURRENTLY ALLOWED ON THE SITE. WE ARE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO NEIGHBORHOOD, SORT OF LIGHTER USAGES LIKE THE YMCA, THE CHURCH, A SENIOR HOUSING COMMUNITY. BUT THEN WE'RE PARTNERING THAT WITH A USAGE THAT IS GOING TO BE MORE DESIRABLE AND WILL GENERATE MORE TRAFFIC, WHICH IS THE TRADER JOE'S. BUT IN COMBINATION, THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS ACTUALLY, WE FEEL LIKE VERY, VERY FRIENDLY TO NOT ONLY THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. SO IT'S HARD TO TALK ABOUT ZONING WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT WHAT COULD GO THERE RIGHT NOW. ONE OF THE VERY FIRST PLANS THAT CAME BEFORE US WHEN WE GOT INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT WAS A VERY ZONED RETAIL. SO THE VERY FIRST PLAN THAT WE EXAMINED WAS A COMBINATION OF RETAIL OFFICE, AND THEN IT HAD SOME COMPONENT OF MULTIFAMILY ON THE SECOND FLOOR. THE PLAN THAT WE LOOKED AT WAS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT THERE, WHICH IS ABOUT 84,000FT² OF OFFICE AND RETAIL, [01:10:09] THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED TODAY. AND AS WE'RE GOING TO GET TO LATER, THE THE TRAFFIC WOULD BE HEAVIER, THE USAGE IS MORE IMPACTFUL, AND IT FRANKLY DOESN'T FIT AS WELL IN OUR OPINION. SO THE SETBACK THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING, THE ACTUAL WE ARE GOING TO HAVE PART OF OUR BUILDING WILL BE THREE STORIES, BUT IT'S STILL GOING TO BE 40FT OR LESS. SO WE'RE STAYING WITHIN THE CURRENT HEIGHT RESTRICTION OF THE PD. BUT OUR BUILDING, THE LOWEST POINT OF OUR BUILDING, WHICH IS THE TWO STORY COMPONENT, WILL BE ABOUT 80FT AWAY. AND THEN OUR THREE STORY COMPONENT, WHICH IS STILL ONLY 40FT, WILL BE 150FT AWAY. ON THE LEFT IS WHAT'S CURRENTLY ALLOWED, WHICH WOULD BE A SINGLE STOREY TO BE 30FT. BUT EVEN THEIR TWO STOREY PORTION UP TO 40FT COULD BE AS CLOSE AS 60FT AWAY. SO WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE PROVIDING A BETTER SETBACK THAN WHAT'S CURRENTLY ALLOWED. BUT THIS IS THE REAL KICKER. BASED ON OUR ANALYSIS AS WELL AS THE CITY'S ANALYSIS, OUR USAGE IS GOING TO PRODUCE LESS TRAFFIC. WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, EVEN WITH THE TRADER JOE'S, THE IDEA IS THAT THE SENIOR HOUSING COMPONENT WILL DRAMATICALLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC. SO IT'S ACTUALLY THREE TIMES LESS TRAFFIC THAN WHAT WOULD THAN THE ALTERNATIVE THAT YOU LOOKED AT A FEW MINUTES AGO? WHEN WE WERE WORKING ON OUR TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, WHICH I BELIEVE YOU HAVE ACCESS TO, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH MR. FITTS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE PROVIDING ACTUALLY TOOK INTO ACCOUNT NOT ONLY THE TRAFFIC THAT WE'RE PRODUCING, BUT OUR OPERATING HOURS AS WELL AS FUTURE RETAIL, THAT WOULD BE ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THAT INTERSECTION. AND WE TRIED TO ACCOMMODATE EVERY POSSIBLE SCENARIO TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE ANALYZED IT ALL. AND WE'RE VERY, VERY PLEASED WITH WHAT WE DID. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, MY FIRST QUESTION TO JOEL WAS, HOW CAN WE HELP OUT WITH TRAFFIC THAT WOULD BE COMING FROM THE SCHOOL? AND SO WHAT YOU'RE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT THERE IS THE TRAFFIC FLOW PATTERN FROM THE SCHOOL THAT THE CARPOOL PATTERN. AND SO WHAT WE HAD TO DO IS WORK WITH MR. FITTS AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT COULD WE DO TO HELP. WELL, THE IDEA WE CAME UP WITH, IT'S NOT GOING TO ELIMINATE THE ISSUE WITH THE CARPOOL AND THE TRAFFIC FROM FROM THE SCHOOL, BUT WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE ABLE TO IMPROVE THE NORTHBOUND PORTION OF MAJESTIC BY ACTUALLY WIDENING THAT DIRECTION ON MAJESTIC, SO EFFECTIVELY CREATING A LARGER TURN LANE. SO THAT VEHICLE THAT DRIVERS GOING NORTH OR THEY'RE GOING TO BE HEADING EAST WILL STILL HAVE WILL HAVE MORE SPACE. SO IT WON'T BE BACKED UP AS BAD. IN ADDITION TO THAT, JUST THE OPERATION HOURS OF THE TRADER JOE'S ARE NOT GOING TO BE IN CONFLICT, WILL NOT BE CONFLICTING WITH THE SCHOOL'S MORNING DROP OFF, THE AFTERNOON DROP OFF. THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME TRAFFIC OVERLAP, BUT THAT'S INEVITABLE. BUT WE DO FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE LESS TRAFFIC INTENSE THAN WHAT THE ALTERNATIVE IS. THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED TODAY. AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THE WALKABILITY. ON THE TOP RIGHT IMAGE OF THAT SCREEN IS OUR NEW SIDEWALKS THAT WE'D BE PROVIDING TO THE CHURCH AND THEN TO THE YMCA. THERE'S CONNECTION POINTS FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO BE ABLE TO WALK WITHOUT HAVING TO WALK ALL THE WAY TO MAIN STREET AGAIN, WORKING WITH STAFF, WORKING WITH THE CHURCH AND THE YMCA TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE. IT'S TRULY BEEN A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. SO AGAIN, WHAT THIS MEANS FRISCO WOULD BE GETTING ITS FIRST TRADER JOE'S. WE'D ALSO BE PROVIDING A VERY PEACEFUL, TRANQUIL SENIOR HOUSING OPTION FOR THOSE RESIDENTS THAT WOULD BE IN THAT DEMOGRAPHIC. AND THEN A VERY, A VERY NICE JUST A VERY NICE NEIGHBORHOOD USAGE THAT WOULD FIT WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL FEELING OF THAT AREA. WE HAVE RESIDENTIAL TO THE SOUTH. THERE'S RESIDENTIAL TO THE NORTH. THERE ARE RESIDENTIAL HOMES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACK WITH THE SCHOOL. SO WE FEEL LIKE WE FIT VERY WELL INTO THAT, INTO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SORT OF SETTING. IN FACT, TRADER JOE'S ITSELF PRIDES ITSELF ON BEING A NEIGHBORHOOD GROCERY STORE. SOME QUICK QUESTIONS. I KNOW IT'S BEEN ASKED. COULD YOU JUST DO ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER? ONE ASPECT OF THIS SITE IS IT'S ONE A SITE WE AS THE APPLICANT WE HAVE, WE OWN THE ENTIRE SITE, BUT BECAUSE IT'S A PD TRYING TO AMEND PART OF IT, WE HAVE TO AMEND ALL OF IT. SO THAT'S JUST SORT OF THE LOGISTICS OF THE ACTUAL ZONING. TRADER JOE'S IS OF COURSE AN ALLOWABLE USAGE. IT'S ZONED RETAIL. SO TRADER JOE'S COULD SELL GROCERIES THERE. BUT FITTING THIS DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT. TIMING HAS ALSO BEEN A VERY FREQUENT QUESTION. [01:15:01] UNQUESTIONABLY, TRADER JOE'S WILL BE BUILT FIRST. THEY ARE YOU KNOW, OUR BUILDING IS GOING TO BE 158 UNIT SENIOR HOUSING COMMUNITY. AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A IT'S A MUCH MORE THOROUGH DESIGN PROCESS AS FAR AS IT BEING A NEW SORT OF USAGE. TRADER JOE'S IS A 12,500 SQUARE FOOT GROCERY STORE THAT THEY ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT. BUT THEY ARE LIKELY TO BE THE FIRST IN LINE AS FAR AS THE SITE DEVELOPMENT AND THEIR ACTUAL GROCERY STORE OPENING. THE PD LANGUAGE DOES REQUIRE THAT THE TRADER JOES HAVE THEIR CEO, OR BEFORE THE SENIOR HOUSING COMPONENT IS ALLOWED TO GET A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY THAT TRADER JOE'S WILL HAVE TO GET THEIRS FIRST. SO IT'S CONDITIONED ON ONE ON THE OTHER. AND REALLY, LASTLY, I JUST I'M, I'M REALLY, LIKE I SAID, WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY, WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORS THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, WORKING WITH THE CHURCH, PASTOR BILLY, PASTOR LAURA SETH AND NICKI FROM THE YMCA. THIS HAS BEEN A, ONE OF MY IT'S BEEN A VERY CHALLENGING ZONING PROCESS. I CAN'T SAY THAT IT HASN'T, BUT IT'S ALSO BEEN ONE OF THE MOST REWARDING. WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TONIGHT IS REALLY A REFLECTION OF COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, OF WORKING WITH CITY HALL. MR. HUBBARD AND MR. LETTELLEIR. I CANNOT SPEAK HIGHLY ENOUGH OF THEM. AND WORKING WITH US THEY HAVE BEEN YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS, CERTAIN STANDARDS THAT FRISCO HAS. AND. AND THAT'S WHY FRISCO IS WHAT IT IS. AND WE'RE VERY PROUD TO BE BRINGING THIS TONIGHT, HAVING WORKED SO CLOSELY WITH EVERYONE. AND WE HOPE THAT YOU WOULD FAVORABLY CONSIDER OUR PROJECT. AND I'M, OF COURSE, AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED TO TURN IT OVER TO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I'M CERTAINLY ABLE TO ANSWER AS MANY QUESTIONS AS YOU'D LIKE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE DO HAVE ONE MORE PERSON WITHIN THE APPLICANT GROUP THAT IS REGISTERED TO SPEAK, AND THAT'S JAKE. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I'M JAKE PETRUS, 2774 BANDOLIER LANE, FRISCO, TEXAS. I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS. I, I HAVE A FEELING THAT YOU GUYS MAY HAVE A COUPLE. AND SO I'M, I'M HERE TO TO HELP OUT WITH WITH THE REST OF THE TEAM. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. AND THAT IS ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE HAVE ON THIS. WITH THAT I WILL CALL FOR A MOTION. I MOTION TO TABLE AND CONTINUE UNTIL NOVEMBER 3RD. I SECOND THAT MOTION. OH LOOK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING. ACTUALLY NO, NO. KEEP IT OPEN. OKAY. WE'LL LOOK FOR THEN. I MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING UNTIL NOVEMBER 3RD AND TABLE THIS UNTIL NOVEMBER 3RD. I SECOND THAT MOTION BY MR. THAKUR, SECOND BY MR. ELAD. AND I OPEN IT UP TO COUNCIL FOR ANY DEBATES OR QUESTIONS. COMMENTS? I HAVE 1ST NOVEMBER THIRD. CAN IT NOT BE SOONER? LET'S LEAVE IT FOR NOVEMBER 3RD. IF WE COME BACK, MAYBE. THIRD AND EFFORT FOR SOONER. MOTION IS FOR AN EFFORT. FOR SOONER, EFFORT FOR SOONER. BUT NOVEMBER 3RD. CONTINUE UNTIL NOVEMBER 3RD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE ACT ON THAT? JOHN, COULD YOU ADDRESS THAT, PLEASE? YES. I MEAN, IF WE DON'T TABLE TO A SPECIFIC DATE, THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO RE NOTIFY THE CASE. OH. GOT IT. THEN NOVEMBER 3RD IT IS. THAT'S MY MOTION. AND SO I WILL JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT TALKING TO THE APPLICANT WHATNOT MAYBE NOVEMBER 6TH. SEE WHERE WE'RE AT. OCTOBER. OCTOBER 6TH. OCTOBER 6TH. NUMBER SIX. EXCUSE ME. THEN I WILL CHANGE MY MOTION TO TABLE AND CONTINUE. PUBLIC HEARING TO OCTOBER 6TH. I SECOND THAT MOTION. THANK YOU, MR. LETTELLEIR. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. THAKUR, SECOND BY MR. ELAD BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE. COUNCIL ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS MOTION? AND I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. AYE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. WE NOW MOVE ON TO. [01:20:04] WE NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 33. PUBLIC HEARING. [Public Hearing: First Public Hearing on the City of Frisco Fiscal Year 2027 Annual Budget, including Frisco Economic Development Corporation Fiscal Year 2027 Budget, and Frisco Community Development Corporation Fiscal Year 2027 Budget. (Budget/TA)] FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CITY OF FRISCO FISCAL YEAR 2027 ANNUAL BUDGET, INCLUDING FRISCO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. FRISCO. FISCAL YEAR 2027 BUDGET AND FRISCO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FISCAL YEAR 2027 BUDGET. WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO STAFF. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL TANYA ANDERSON, DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND STRATEGIC PLANNING. PRIOR TO OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF THE FY 27 BUDGET THAT WAS ALREADY PRESENTED IN DETAIL AT THE AUGUST 10TH BUDGET WORK SESSION. THE PROPOSED FY 27 BUDGET WAS DEVELOPED IN ALIGNMENT WITH COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC DIRECTION, OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES AND STATE LAW. THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET PROPOSED FOR FY 27 IS STRUCTURALLY BALANCED AT $318.7 MILLION, MEANING THAT ONGOING REVENUES ARE SUFFICIENT TO COVER ONGOING EXPENDITURES. THIS APPROACH MAINTAINS THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO RESPONSIBLE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. IN ADDITION, THE CITY HAS ALLOCATED $6.6 MILLION FOR ONE TIME EXPENDITURES. THESE ITEMS, WHILE NOT RECURRING, ARE INCLUDED TO ADDRESS SPECIFIC NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR, WITH BOTH THE ONGOING AND ONE TIME ITEMS INCLUDED. THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES TOTALED $325.3 MILLION FOR FY 27. THE PROPOSED TAX RATE OF 0.441289 IS THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE, AND IT'S COMPOSED OF TWO COMPONENTS THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, OR M AND O, AND INTEREST IN SINKING, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE DEBT SERVICE RATE. THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET WAS DEVELOPED USING THE PROPOSED RATE OF 0.303182, ACCOUNTING FOR 69% OF THE TOTAL TAX RATE. AS A RESULT OF THE PROPOSED TAX RATE, THE AVERAGE RESIDENT SHOULD ANTICIPATE AN AVERAGE INCREASE OF $16 PER MONTH IN THEIR PROPERTY TAX BILL. THE CALCULATION OF THE TAX RATE IS GOVERNED BY THE PARAMETERS SET FORTH IN SENATE BILL TWO, WHICH ESSENTIALLY TURNS THE PROCESS INTO A MATHEMATICAL EXERCISE. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE TAX RATE IS NOT SIMPLY SELECTED. IT IS CALCULATED BY DIVIDING THE REQUIRED MONEY OR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE NEEDED BY THE TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE OF ALL PROPERTIES, RESULTING IN THE VOTER APPROVAL. NO TAX RATE BECAUSE SENATE BILL TWO LIMITS REVENUE GROWTH TO 3.5%. IT INCREASES THE APPRAISAL BASE AUTOMATICALLY. INCREASES IN THE APPRAISAL BASE AUTOMATICALLY CAUSE THE RATE TO DECREASE. BASED ON THESE GUIDELINES, THE CITY'S M&O RATE, WHICH SUPPORTS DAILY OPERATIONS, IS CALCULATED AT 30.3182 CENTS. THIS FIGURE ASSUMES THE USE OF THE ALLOWABLE 3.5 REVENUE GROWTH FACTOR ABOVE THE NO NEW REVENUE. M&O RATE OF 29.2930 CENTS PER $100. AFTER DETERMINING THE M&O RATE, THE I&S RATE IS ADDED AND IT RESULTS IN THE STATUTORY CEILING OF 44.128 $0.09, WHICH WAS OFFICIALLY VOTED ON DURING YOUR AUGUST 10TH WORK SESSION. THIS IS THE CEILING TAX RATE. AND SO THIS TAX RATE IS THE MAXIMUM RATE THAT CAN BE ADOPTED. BUT YOU CAN GO LOWER. AND WE WILL HAVE THE THE HEARING ON THE TAX RATE AT OUR SEPTEMBER 15TH MEETING. THE FY 27 BUDGET FOCUSES ON STRATEGIC REINVESTMENT MAINTAINING HIGH QUALITY SERVICES AND ENSURING FRISCO'S LONG TERM SUCCESS. INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL FUND PROPOSED BUDGET IS A 4% MERIT INCREASE FOR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES, ONE STEP FOR PUBLIC SAFETY STAFF AND MARKET BASED SALARY ADJUSTMENTS. THESE INITIATIVES HELP FRISCO'S GROWING NEEDS AND REINFORCES ITS COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY. FUNDING IS ALSO PROPOSED FOR 17.3 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND REQUESTS FOR CAPITAL AND SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS. THESE FUNDS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR SUPPORTING CRITICAL INVESTMENTS IN PUBLIC SAFETY, REPLACEMENT CAPITAL AND EQUIPMENT, PARKS, MAINTENANCE, I.T. SERVERS, LIBRARY MATERIALS, CITY FACILITIES AND THE CITY'S WORKFORCE. [01:25:01] THE GENERAL FUND REMAINS STRONG, WITH AN UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE OF 31%, WHICH IS ABOVE OUR POLICY OF 25%. THE BUDGET IS PROPOSE. THE BUDGET PROPOSAL ALSO INCLUDES ADJUSTMENTS TO REVENUES FOR OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS THAT INCLUDE WATER, SEWER, STORMWATER, ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES. THESE CHANGES REFLECT ESSENTIAL RATE INCREASES REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENSURE RELIABLE SERVICE DELIVERY FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. WATER RATES WILL INCREASE BY 9%. SEWER BY 5%. SOLID WASTE BY 5% FOR OUR COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS ONLY, WHILE RESIDENTIAL TRASH BILLS WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED. THAT 5% IS ONLY FOR COMMERCIAL. AS A RESULT, THE AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL UTILITY BILL IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY $11 EACH MONTH, REFLECTING OUR COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINING SERVICE RELIABILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE OVER THE LONG TERM. THESE BUDGETS ALSO INCLUDE 4% MERIT INCREASES AND MARKET ADJUSTMENTS. THEY ALSO INCLUDE CAPITAL AND SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS FOR IN THE AMOUNT OF $7.9 MILLION. THE UTILITY FUND STAYS HEALTHY AND ABOVE THE DAYS IN CASH POLICY WITH 262 DAYS. THE CITY CONTINUES TO PRIORITIZE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, WITH AN ALLOCATION OF $1.08 BILLION FOR FY 26 THROUGH 27. THE CAPITAL FUND BUDGET SUPPORTS PROJECTS SUCH AS GRAND PARK, NORTH FIELDS PARK, THE REMODEL OF STATION FOUR, AND THE CONSTRUCTION START OF FIRE STATION 11, AS WELL AS ROAD PROJECTS TO INCLUDE FRISCO STREET ROUNDABOUTS AND OTHER OTHER STREETS. OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND ACCOUNTS FOR 31% OF THE PROPOSED TAX RATE, WITH A TAX RATE OF 0.138107. VOTERS DID APPROVE $473 MILLION IN MAY OF 2023. WITH THE FY 27 BUDGET, WE ANTICIPATE DEBT SALE OF 90 TO $110 MILLION AND OUR OTHER FUNDS. WE ALSO INCLUDE PROPOSED MERIT AND MARKET ADJUSTMENTS. FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FUND IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE ESTIMATED REVENUE TOTALING $49.9 MILLION. THESE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES. PLANNED EXPENDITURES FOR THE FUND ARE SET AT $43.6 MILLION, ENSURING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF KEY PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FUND IS PROJECTED TO MAINTAIN AN UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE OF $78.6 MILLION. THIS BALANCE PROVIDES FINANCIAL FLEXIBILITY AND SUPPORTS THE ONGOING SUSTAINABILITY OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS. THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FUND IS PROJECTED TO GENERATE AN ESTIMATED REVENUE OF $43.4 MILLION DURING THE FISCAL YEAR. THESE RESOURCES ARE ALLOCATED TO SUPPORT A BROAD RANGE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES. PLANNED EXPENDITURES FOR THE FUND TOTALED $29.1 MILLION, ENABLING THE CONTINUED ADVANCEMENT OF ECONOMIC INITIATIVES. THE ECONOMIC COOPERATION FUND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION FUND IS EXPECTED TO HAVE AN UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE OF $87.2 MILLION. THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET WILL TAKE PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO OFFER FEEDBACK AND DISCUSS THE BUDGET. THE THIRD PUBLIC HEARING AND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 15TH. FOLLOWING THESE HEARINGS, THERE WILL BE THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET, THE TAX RATE AND FEE ORDINANCES AS PART OF THE CITY'S FISCAL PLANNING PROCESS. THE FY 27 BUDGET WILL OFFICIALLY TAKE EFFECT ON OCTOBER 1ST, MARKING THE BEGINNING OF OUR NEW FISCAL YEAR AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BUDGET. THE BUDGET CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT FRISCO TEXAS.GOV UNDER THE GOVERNMENT TAB. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND ON THE WEBSITE UNDER THE BUDGET WEBSITE, LINKED HERE AND UNDER THE DEPARTMENT TAB. PRIOR TO OPENING OUR THE PUBLIC HEARING, I'D LIKE TO THANK. COUNCIL, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, THE BUDGET AND FINANCE STAFF, AND OUR DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS. WE DEVELOPED THIS BUDGET ALIGNED WITH CITY COUNCIL STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS IN MIND. WE'VE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL FROM A RESIDENT WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET THAT WE WILL ADDRESS TOMORROW. [01:30:04] THANK YOU. AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE COUNCIL ASKS ANY QUESTIONS. I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE COMMENT TO THIS IMPORTANT DATE SLIDE. WE ARE WORKING TO SCHEDULE ANOTHER BUDGET WORK SESSION FOR THE COUNCIL TO DISCUSS THE BUDGET IN DETAIL, WHICH WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. SO IT'S NOT SHOWN HERE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T FINALIZED THAT DATE, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL HAVE. AND BEFORE I OPEN FOR PUBLIC HEARING, I DO WANT TO FIRST SAY THANK YOU TO BUDGET AND FINANCE TEAM AND TO THE CMO'S OFFICE FOR TAKING A LOT OF INFORMATION AND PRESENTING US TO COUNCIL INITIALLY IN A WAY THAT WE CAN DIGEST AND ULTIMATELY MAKE DECISIONS ON. AND SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE A QUICK MINUTE TO TO PUT TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION INTO SOME PERSPECTIVE. COUNCIL RECEIVED THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET ON AUGUST 4TH, FOLLOWED BY A DETAILED STAFF PRESENTATION AT OUR WORKSHOP ON AUGUST 10TH. TONIGHT, AUGUST 18TH, IS THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET TONIGHT IS NOT A FINAL DECISION. A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 1ST, AND WE WILL ALSO HOLD ANOTHER COUNCIL WORK SESSION, AS MR. PIERSON JUST MENTIONED, TO GIVE THE COUNCIL AN ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO WORK THROUGH THE PROPOSALS TOGETHER. ASK QUESTIONS, RECEIVE INPUT FROM PUBLIC. AS YOU ALREADY MENTIONED, WE HAVE GOTTEN ONE ALREADY THAT WE CAN BE. AND I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY THOUGHTFUL AND CAN CONSIDER ADJUSTMENTS BEFORE ANY ADOPTION. THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING AND DECISIONS ARE SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 15TH, WHEN COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET, TAX RATE AND FEE ORDINANCES. UNTIL THEN, THE BUDGET AND TAX RATE REMAIN PROPOSED AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE. WITH THAT, I NOW LOOK FOR A MOTION TO OPEN PUBLIC HEARING. MOTION BY MISS RUMMEL, SECOND BY MISS COLBERG. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. MISS RUMMEL, PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE. YES, SIR. WE HAVE ONE CARD. WE HAVE DAVID ORTHNER. THANK YOU, MAYOR HILL AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS DAVID ORTHNER. I'M A FRISCO RESIDENT. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO RESPONDED TO MY EMAIL AND ENGAGED WITH MY QUESTIONS, PARTICULARLY MISS COLBERG, MISS ANDERSON, MR. RUMMEL, MISS RUMMEL, AND MR. THAKUR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. I ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER RUMMEL POINTING ME TO THE NEARLY 4, 14.8 MILLION IN DEPARTMENTAL REQUESTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DENIED. THAT DEMONSTRATES THAT DIFFICULT DECISIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE, AND I DON'T WANT TO MINIMIZE THAT WORK. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT VOTER APPROVED BONDS CREATE DEBT SERVICE OBLIGATIONS. IF FRISCO NEEDS ADDITIONAL DEBT SERVICE REVENUE TO FUND ROADS, THE POLICE TRAINING FACILITY AND OTHER PROJECTS VOTERS APPROVED, THEN WE SHOULD HONOR THOSE COMMITMENTS. BUT THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM INCREASING THE OPERATING TAX BURDEN. THE PROPOSED GENERAL FUND IS APPROXIMATELY $325 MILLION BEFORE INCREASING THE PROPERTY TAX RATE. I'M ASKING COUNCIL TO SCRUTINIZE THE EXISTING 325 MILLION SPENDING BASE, JUST AS AGGRESSIVELY AS STAFF SCRUTINIZED REQUESTS FOR NEW SPENDING. GENERAL FUND REVENUE IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE FROM APPROXIMATELY 302 MILLION TO 319 MILLION, ABOUT 16.5 MILLION MORE REVENUE. YET WE'RE STILL DISCUSSING INCREASING THE TAX RATE. LOOK AT FLEET REPLACEMENT. FRISCO POLICE HAS A FLEET OF MORE THAN 250 VEHICLES, AND THE CITY HAS MADE SUBSTANTIAL VEHICLE PURCHASES OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. THE CITY'S OWN BUDGET PREVIOUSLY DEFERRED 11 POLICE TAHOE REPLACEMENTS IN FISCAL YEAR 27. BEFORE REPLACING THOSE VEHICLES. COUNCIL SHOULD KNOW THEIR AGE, MILEAGE, ENGINE HOURS, MAINTENANCE HISTORY AND UTILIZATION. IF EXTENDING THE USEFUL LIFE OF SAFE, RELIABLE VEHICLES BY EVEN 1 OR 2 YEARS SAVES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. WHY WOULDN'T WE DO IT? WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING TWO ADDITIONAL PAID HOLIDAYS INCREASING FRISCO FROM 10 TO 12. PLANO PROVIDES NINE. ALLEN PROVIDES NINE PLUS A PERSONAL DAY. MCKINNEY PROVIDES TEN, PLUS A PERSONAL DAY. FOR POLICE, FIRE AND OTHER EMPLOYEES WHO MUST WORK HOLIDAYS, ADDITIONAL HOLIDAYS CAN CREATE HOLIDAY COMPENSATION, BANKED LEAVE AND POTENTIAL OVERTIME OR BACKFILL COSTS. [01:35:02] WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE FULLY LOADED TAXPAYER COST OF THOSE TWO ADDITIONAL TAX OF THOSE TWO ADDITIONAL HOLIDAYS. THESE AREN'T CRITICISMS OF OUR EMPLOYEES, THEY'RE QUESTIONS ABOUT PRIORITIES. FRISCO IS A SUCCESSFUL CITY. OUR REVENUES ARE GROWING, OUR TAX BASE IS GROWING, AND RESIDENTS OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORT EXCELLENT POLICE, FIRE, ROADS, PARKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SHOULD ULTIMATELY REDUCE THE BURDEN ON FRISCO RESIDENTS, NOT BECOME ANOTHER REASON THAT BURDEN CONTINUES TO GROW. I'D LIKE TO JUST READ THAT A SECOND TIME. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SHOULD ULTIMATELY REDUCE THE BURDEN ON FRISCO RESIDENTS, NOT BECOME ANOTHER REASON THAT BURDEN CONTINUES TO GROW. I RECOGNIZE THAT YOU'VE ALREADY MADE DIFFICULT CHOICES. NEARLY 14.8 MILLION REQUESTS HAVE BEEN DENIED. I APPRECIATE THAT. BUT DENYING NEW REQUESTS IS NOT THE SAME THING AS EXHAUSTING THE OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN A $325 MILLION EXISTING GENERAL FUND BUDGET. I BELIEVE THERE IS MORE THAT CAN BE DONE. LOOK HARDER AT VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT SCHEDULES. EXAMINE EXISTING PROGRAMS AND CONTRACTS. QUESTION ADMINISTRATIVE GROWTH. UNDERSTAND THE TRUE COST OF NEW EMPLOYEE BENEFITS. DEFER EXPENDITURES THAT CAN SAFELY WAIT ANOTHER YEAR. NONE OF THAT REQUIRES COMPROMISING PUBLIC SAFETY OR WALKING AWAY FROM VOTER APPROVED COMMITMENTS. SO I'M ASKING YOU TO KEEP GOING. DON'T STOP WITH THE 14.8 MILLION YOU'VE ALREADY DENIED. FIND THE ADDITIONAL SAVINGS NECESSARY WITHIN THIS BUDGET. PROTECT THE SERVICES THAT MAKE FRISCO EXCEPTIONAL. HONOR THE DEBT VOTERS APPROVED, AND DO NOT RAISE THE PROPERTY TAX RATE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. ORTHNER, FOR THE RESPECTFUL AND THOUGHTFUL EMAIL AND COMMENTS. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVED. MOTION BY MISS RUMMEL. SECOND. SECOND BY MR. ELAD. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. COUNCIL. ANY BRIEF QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT THIS EARLY STAGE BEFORE WE MOVE ON? I DO. COULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN? I THINK THAT IT NEEDS TO GO ON RECORD BECAUSE I'M HEARING A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT RAISE OF OUR UTILITY RATES AND HOW THOSE ARE JUST A PASS THROUGH. I DON'T THINK RESIDENTS REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS WORK. I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO GET THAT ON RECORD. OKAY, SO YES, THE UTILITY RATES ARE PASSED THROUGH FROM THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT. WE ARE PASSING THROUGH THE RATE INCREASE FOR WATER. THE SEWER WAS 13% INCREASE, BUT WE'RE ONLY PASSING THROUGH 5%. SO WE'RE DRAWING DOWN OUR FUND BALANCE TO HELP WITH OR TO HELP SUPPLEMENT. TANYA. INCREASE. FOR THOSE OF US BEFORE WE GOT INTO GOVERNMENT REGARDING PASS THROUGH. WOULD YOU MIND JUST EXPLAINING WHAT A PASS THROUGH IS FROM THAT ORGANIZATION THROUGH US? SO THEY HAVE SET RATE INCREASES IN PLACE. AND SO WHEN WE PASS THROUGH, WE'RE JUST THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE PAYING THEM, WE'RE PASSING ON TO OUR RESIDENTS. WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE, MISS ANDERSON? THANK YOU. I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE I'M HEARING SO MUCH FROM RESIDENTS THAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE RAISING OUR UTILITY RATES. AND I JUST DON'T THINK THERE WAS A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING THAT WHEN WE'RE CHARGED A CERTAIN AMOUNT FOR WATER, FOR EXAMPLE, WE JUST PASS THAT COST ON AND THE SAME WITH OTHER SEWER AND TREATMENT PLANTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. EXACTLY. SO WE HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. SO THANK YOU. ANY OTHERS? OKAY. WITH THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEPTEMBER 1ST. WE WILL ALL WORK TOGETHER. UNTIL THEN, MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. AGENDA ITEM 34. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION DIRECTING PUBLICATION OF [Consider and act upon adoption of a Resolution directing publication of notice of intention to issue combination tax and revenue certificates of obligation; and resolving other matters relating to the subject. (Budget/BP)] NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. BRETT PETERSON, DEBT AND TREASURY OFFICER. THE ACTION ITEM TONIGHT IS THE NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION OR COS. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE CITY'S BOND PROGRAM, WHICH WAS DISCUSSED DURING THE FY 26 AND FY 27 BUDGET [01:40:01] PREPARATION. THE TWO BOND ISSUANCES ARE FOR THE FOLLOWING FOR $20 MILLION FOR WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND $18 MILLION FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FACILITY. BOTH BOND ISSUANCES WILL BE SELF-SUPPORTING, MEANING THAT THE WATER SEWER DEBT WILL BE PAID BY WATER, SEWER FEES AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FACILITY. DEBT WOULD BE PAID BY SOLID WASTE FEES. SO THE TIMELINE FOR THIS TONIGHT IS THE FIRST STEP. THE NOTICE OF INTENT WILL BE PUBLISHED TWICE OVER THE NEXT THREE WEEKS. ON OCTOBER 20TH, WE WILL BE BRINGING BACK THE PARAMETERS ORDINANCE TO OUTLINE THE TERMS FOR WHICH THE DEBT CAN BE SOLD, AND THEN SHORTLY THEREAFTER, WE WOULD TAKE BIDS AND LOOK TO FUND IN NOVEMBER. AND SO WITH THAT, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCIL. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? WITH THAT, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION DIRECTING PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AS PRESENTED. MOTION BY MISS RUMMEL. SECOND. SECOND BY MR. ELAD. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU SIR. WE NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 35. CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION WITH CITY STAFF CONCERNING ANY ACTIONS REQUIRED BY STAFF AS A RESULT OF THE ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. DOES ANYONE COUNCIL HAVE ANY SPECIFIC DIRECTIONS FOR STAFF? ANYTHING, MR. PIERSON? NO, SIR. THANK YOU. WE NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 36 DISCUSSION ON GOVERNANCE MONITORING OF PRESIDENT CITY COUNCIL [Discussion on Governance Monitoring of present City Council Meeting.] MEETING. I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY COUNCIL COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION. I HAD GOVERNANCE MONITORING TONIGHT AND WE GOT IN TO HERE AS EFFECTIVELY AS WE HAVE IN A LONG TIME. SO CONGRATULATIONS. MAYOR STARTING TO WRANGLE HERD THE CATS HERE. OVERALL, I THINK WE DID VERY WELL. WE APPRECIATE ALL THE SPEAKERS THAT CAME OUT AND SPOKE TO US AS WELL TO GIVE US THE FEEDBACK AND INPUT. AND I GAVE US AN A. THANK YOU, MISS RUMMEL. CAN I NOW GET WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING. I APOLOGIZE FOR STARTING ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATE, AND WE WILL DO BETTER IN EFFORT IN THE FUTURE. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY ON SEPTEMBER 1ST. SO WITH THAT, CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND. MOTION BY MR. THAKUR. SECOND BY MISS ANDERSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES. WE ARE ADJOURNED. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU OUR FRISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS FOR THIS EVENING. THANK YOU ALL. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.