WELL, GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT FOR OUR TOWN HALL MEETING. 
          [1 Welcome by Mayor Jeff Cheney]
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MY NAME IS JEFF CHENEY, THE MAYOR OF FRISCO, JOINED BY OUR CITY MANAGER, GEORGE PUREFOY. 
          GEORGE LOVES TO DO THESE THINGS. 
          IT'S HIS FAVORITE THING TO DO. 
          I'M SURE HE'LL BE VERY CHATTY TONIGHT, BUT HE IS REALLY HERE JUST TO CORRECT ME WHEN I GET THINGS WRONG. SO THANK YOU, GEORGE, FOR JOINING ME. 
          ALSO JOINED BY SOME COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          SO SHONA HUFFMAN IS GOING TO BE MONITORING OUR FACEBOOK QUESTIONS FOR OUR FACEBOOK AUDIENCE. I'VE BRIAN LIVINGSTON HERE AS WELL. 
          SO OUR IN-AUDIENCE MEMBERS, YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS A COUPLE OF WAYS. 
          YOU CAN EITHER COME UP TO OUR MIC AND ASK YOURSELF OR IF YOU WANT TO WAVE DOWN BRIAN OR BILL WOODARD, WHO IS HERE JOINING US AS WELL. 
          I KNOW JOHN KEATING IS ON HIS WAY. 
          HE'LL BE HERE LIVE IN OUR AUDIENCE ALSO. 
          AND TIM NELSON IS WATCHING VIA FACEBOOK. 
          AND SO FOR THOSE THAT HAVE NOT ATTENDED, THERE ARE THREE WAYS THAT YOU CAN LISTEN TO THIS TOWN HALL. ONE IS IN PERSON. 
          AND WHILE WE HAVE A SMALLER CROWD THAN NORMAL, WE DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE JOINING US HERE LIVE. 
          ALSO VIA FACEBOOK, SO IT IS LIVE VIA FACEBOOK. 
          AND WE ACTUALLY CALL OUT TO EVERY RESIDENT THAT WE HAVE, A PHONE NUMBER FOUR IN OUR CITY. 
          AND USUALLY WE HAVE OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT ARE JOINING US VIA PHONE CALL. 
          SO WE'LL BE TAKING QUESTIONS VIA ALL THREE METHODS. 
          WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS THIS EVENING. 
          HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND START IS WE HAVE THREE VERY QUICK VIDEOS TO GIVE US SOME UPDATES ON, A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT WILL TAKE ROUGHLY FOUR TO FIVE MINUTES. 
          AND THEN FROM THERE, WE'LL START JUMPING RIGHT INTO YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR MEDIA TEAM TO START THE VIDEOS. 
          [4 Elections]
I'M CITY SECRETARY KIRSTI MORROW. 
          WE FACE NEW CHALLENGES THIS YEAR AS WE PREPARE TO VOTE. 
          DUE TO THE HEALTH CRISIS, THE CITY OF FRISCO POSTPONED THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD EVERY MAY TO THIS NOVEMBER. 
          EARLY VOTING STARTS TUESDAY, OCTOBER THE 13TH, AND RUNS THROUGH FRIDAY, OCTOBER THE 30TH. 
          EARLY VOTING HOURS VARY BASED ON COLLIN OR DENTON COUNTY RESIDENCY AND WHICH DAY OF THE WEEK YOU VOTE. 
          DURING EARLY VOTING, YOU CAN VOTE AT ANY POLLING LOCATION IN YOUR COUNTY. 
          COLLIN COUNTY OFFERS THREE LOCATIONS FOR EARLY VOTING IN FRISCO. 
          COLLIN COLLEGE, FIRE STATION EIGHT ON ROLATER ROAD AND THE GROVE AT FRISCO COMMONS. 
          THERE ARE FOUR FACILITIES OPEN FOR EARLY VOTING IN DENTON COUNTY, THE FRISCO GOVERNMENT CENTER ON FM423 AND FIRE STATIONS FOUR, SIX AND SEVEN. 
          ELECTION DAY IS NOVEMBER 3RD, WITH POLLS OPEN FROM SEVEN A.M. 
          TO SEVEN P.M.. 
          THERE WILL BE 24 POLLING LOCATIONS IN FRISCO ON ELECTION DAY. 
          IF YOU LIVE IN COLLIN COUNTY, YOU CAN VOTE AT ANY POLLING LOCATION IN COLLIN COUNTY. 
          IF YOU LIVE IN DENTON COUNTY, YOU MUST VOTE IN YOUR COUNTY PRECINCT ON ELECTION DAY. 
          KEEP IN MIND, CITY AND SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTIONS WILL BE TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THE ELECTION BALLOT. WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GET OUT AND VOTE IN THEIR LOCAL ELECTION FOR VOTING HOURS AND A FULL LIST OF POLLING LOCATIONS ON ELECTION DAY, GO TO FRISCOTEXAS .GOV/ELECTIONS. I'M MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE, ART MALDONADO. 
          [5 Adaptive Reuse Projects (Library, Courts)]
THE CITY OF FRISCO IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON TWO PROJECTS THAT ARE REPURPOSING BUILDINGS OWNED OR DONATED TO THE CITY. 
          IT'S CALLED ADAPTIVE REUSE, THE PROCESS OF REUSING AN EXISTING BUILDING FOR A PURPOSE OTHER THAN FOR WHAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT IN AUGUST. 
          CONSTRUCTION CREWS STARTED THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE FORMER SENIOR CENTER NEAR CITY HALL TO BECOME THE NEW MUNICIPAL COURT BUILDING. 
          THE EXTERIOR WILL LOOK DIFFERENT, MORE STATELY, THE INSIDE MORE SPACIOUS WITH TALLER CEILINGS. THE 14 YEAR OLD BUILDING WILL BE EXPANDED TO ABOUT 24000 SQUARE FEET, MORE THAN DOUBLE THE SPACE THE MUNICIPAL COURT CURRENTLY WORKS IN ON MAIN STREET. 
          BOND FUNDS PAID FOR THE 10 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT THAT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE BY LATE 2021. AND I'M FRISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY DIRECTOR SHELLEY HOLLEY. 
          VOTER APPROVED BOND FUNDS WILL ALSO PAY FOR THE NEW FRISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY THAT WILL REPURPOSE A FACTORY SPACE NEAR THE DISCOVERY CENTER. 
          ONCE IT BEGINS, CONSTRUCTION WILL TAKE LESS THAN TWO YEARS. 
          AFTER RESEARCH AND INPUT FROM RESIDENTS, THE CITY DECIDED TO REDEVELOP A BUILDING ONCE USED FOR AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING AND NOW OWNED BY THE FRISCO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WHO DONATED THE BUILDING TO THE CITY FOR USE AS A LIBRARY. 
          THE 100000 SQUARE FOOT PLUS FORMER ROCKET FACTORY ALREADY HAS A REINFORCED SLAB TO SUPPORT THE LIBRARY'S LARGE AND HEAVY BOOK COLLECTION. 
          A SECOND FLOOR MEZZANINE WILL ALSO BE BUILT, BRINGING THE LIBRARY TO 145000 SQUARE FEET OF SPACE. THE PROJECT WILL COST ROUGHLY 62 MILLION DOLLARS, A SMALLER PRICE TAG COMPARED TO OTHER OPTIONS. THE CITY LOOKED AT BUILDING A NEW LIBRARY. 
          ESTIMATES WERE APPROXIMATELY 83 MILLION DOLLARS PLUS THE PRICE OF LAND OR TO EXPAND THE CURRENT LIBRARY, WHICH WOULD HAVE COST EIGHTY MILLION DOLLARS WITH 500000 LESS SQUARE FEET. WORK IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN 2021. 
          I'M ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER BEN BREZINA. 
          [6 PGA Update]
IN ABOUT TWO YEARS, GOLFERS WILL BE ABLE TO PLAY AT THE PGA OF AMERICA'S NEW HOME. 
          THE TWO CHAMPIONSHIP COURSES AND SHORT COURSE ARE STARTING TO TAKE SHAPE IN NORTH FRISCO, 
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AND CONSTRUCTION RECENTLY STARTED ON THE CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS. 
          THE ONE HUNDRED AND SIX THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT FACILITY WILL INITIALLY BE HOME TO ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY CORPORATE EMPLOYEES. 
          ONCE COMPLETE, THE HEADQUARTERS WILL SERVE AS A DESTINATION FOR THE NEARLY 29000 PGA MEMBERS. PLUS THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP LINKS THE PGA OF AMERICA OMNI STILLWATER WOODS, A JOINT VENTURE BY OMNI RESORTS AND HOTELS WITH STILLWATER CAPITAL AND WOODS, THE CITY OF FRISCO AND THE FRISCO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          THE PROJECT BRINGS WITH IT AN ESTIMATED ECONOMIC IMPACT OF MORE THAN 2.5 BILLION DOLLARS TO FRISCO OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS. 
          PROJECT LEADERS HOPE THE FUTURE HOME OF THE PGA OF AMERICA WILL OPEN IN THE SUMMER OF 2022. OK, WELL, THOSE ARE SOME QUICK UPDATES, A FEW OF THOSE THAT I WANT TO TOUCH ON THE FIRST WAS THE ELECTIONS. 
          THE ELECTIONS LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THIS YEAR, JUST LIKE EVERYTHING IN TWENTY TWENTY. SO WE'RE USED TO HAVING OUR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN MAY. 
          OF COURSE, NOW THEY'LL BE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. 
          SO MAKE SURE YOU GO ALL THE WAY DOWN THE BALLOT AND VOTE IN YOUR LOCAL ELECTIONS. 
          THERE'S A FEW WAYS TO GET TO KNOW YOUR LOCAL CANDIDATES. 
          THERE WAS ACTUALLY A FRISCO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FORUM THIS EVENING THAT THEIR LINK IS GOING TO BE POSTED ON FACEBOOK AND YOUTUBE. 
          SO YOU CAN GO WATCH THAT LINK TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CANDIDATES OR THEY ALL HAVE FACEBOOK PAGES AND WEBSITES. 
          AND PLEASE GET TO KNOW YOUR CANDIDATES. 
          WE HAVE A FEW HERE IN THE AUDIENCE WITH US THIS EVENING. 
          SOMETHING GIVES ME A HUNCH. 
          WE MAY HEAR FROM A FEW OF THEM TONIGHT WITH POSSIBLE QUESTIONS, BUT MAKE SURE YOU VOTE IN EARLY VOTING AGAIN, STARTS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. 
          SO STARTS NEXT TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13TH. 
          REGARDING THE REUSE PROJECTS, I DID WANT TO TOUCH ON THAT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, AS A CITY LIKE FRISCO GROWS, AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE FASTEST GROWING CITY IN THE COUNTRY. 
          A LOT OF THE TIMES WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO KEEP UP WITH THAT GROWTH AND HOW DO WE EXPAND AND MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR FACILITY REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND SO A FEW TRICKLE DOWN PROJECTS THAT HAPPENED WAS WE USED TO HAVE A SENIOR CENTER AND WE HAD OUTGROWN THAT SPACE. 
          AND SO WHAT THE CITY HAD TO DO IS PUT A STRATEGIC PLAN INTO PLACE AS FAR AS HOW WE MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR SENIORS, OUR MUNICIPAL COURT AND OUR LIBRARY. 
          AND SO WHAT WE DID IS THE GROVE WAS A FACILITY THAT OPENED EARLIER IN THE YEAR. 
          SO THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE IT, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL NEW SENIOR CENTER AT FRISCO COMMONS PARK. SO THAT'S A PROJECT WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF. 
          IT'S CURRENTLY CLOSED DUE TO COVID RESTRICTIONS, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO REOPEN IT SOON. 
          AND SO WHAT THAT DID IS IT FREED UP THE OLD SENIOR CENTER, WHICH, AS THE VIDEO MENTIONED, IS BEING REPURPOSED FOR OUR NEW COURTS BUILDING. 
          SO IT'D BE A PERFECT USE OF THAT FACILITY. 
          WHAT THAT'S GOING TO DO IS IT'S GOING TO FREE UP THE OLD COURTS BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN FRISCO. AND SO ANY OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN WATCHING THESE TOWN HALLS HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS CITY KNOW THAT WE'RE VERY BULLISH ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN DOWNTOWN FRISCO, IN THE REAL DISTRICT. AND THAT'S GOING TO GIVE US ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO GET A NEW TENANT IN THAT SPACE TO AND CONTINUE TO GROW THE VIBRANCY THAT'S HAPPENING IN DOWNTOWN. 
          AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE FRISCO LIBRARY HAD OUTGROWN ITS SPACE HERE AT CITY HALL. 
          AND SO WE'RE USING OUR OLD BUILDING TO EXPAND THAT. 
          SO THAT WILL BE VOTED ON HERE SHORTLY. 
          AS FAR AS APPROVING THOSE BONDS AND GETTING THAT PROJECT STARTED, IT'S GOING TO BE A STATE OF THE ART PROJECT. I SEE SHELLEY IN THE BACK NODDING AND WAVING AND FIST BUMPING. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE A LIBRARY. 
          IT'S ALREADY WON AN AWARD, AN ARCHITECTURAL AWARD, JUST BASED ON THE RENDERINGS THAT IS IN PLACE. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO GATHER. 
          AND SO THE CHALLENGE THAT COUNCIL GAVE THE LIBRARY IS TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT NEXT GENERATION LIBRARY LOOKS LIKE, THAT WE DID NOT JUST WANT TO BUILD A PLACE FOR BOOKS, THAT WE WANTED TO BUILD, A PLACE THAT EVERYONE CAN GATHER, COME MEET EACH OTHER, HAVE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES. 
          AND I CHALLENGED HER. I SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M NEVER GOING TO GO TO THE LIBRARY, CHECK OUT A BOOK. SO MY CHALLENGE IS, IF YOU CAN FIND A REASON FOR ME TO GO TO LIBRARY OTHER THAN CHECKING OUT A BOOK THEN YOU HAVE SUCCEEDED SO THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THOSE PLANS AND WHAT'S COMING. SO MORE TO COME ON THAT IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND WITH THAT, I KNOW WE ALREADY HAVE A TON OF QUESTIONS, SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GO TO 
          [7 Telephone Format - Question and Answer Topics ( In accordance with S441.042 of the Act, The City Council's response to the questons posed during this portion of the meeting shall]
A COUPLE OF CALLERS FIRST. 
          SO, DANA, I'LL TURN IT TO YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND AGAIN, ON THE PHONE, I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE, IF YOU'RE LISTENING ON OUR PHONE AUDIENCE PRESS ZERO TO GET IN LINE WITH YOUR QUESTION, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO TAKE AS MANY QUESTIONS AS WE CAN. 
          SO PLEASE TRY TO BE RESPECTFUL OF EVERYONE'S TIME. 
          AND JUST STICK TO A QUESTION TONIGHT. 
          ALSO, PRESS SEVEN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR E-MAIL UPDATES, YOU CAN GET OUR E-NEWSLETTER BY PRESSING SEVEN. 
          AND LET'S GO TO TOM ON THE PHONE FIRST. 
          TOM, YOUR LIVE, PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION. 
          YES, HI. ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I MENTIONED THE FACT THAT WITH ALL THE GROWTH IN FRISCO, ESPECIALLY ON THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF IT, KING ROAD NEEDS TO BE WIDENED. 
          IS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION OR PROGRESS ON THAT? WELL, PAUL KNIPPEL'S USUALLY OUR MOST POPULAR STAFF MEMBER AT THESE TOWN HALLS, SO HE IS 
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HERE TO ADDRESS THAT. YES, THERE ARE PLANS TO WIDEN KING ROAD, WHERE IT'S CURRENTLY AN ASPHALT SECTION. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A COST SHARING AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF LITTLE ELM THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. 
          THAT ROAD SPLITS THE CITY LIMITS BETWEEN BETWEEN LITTLE ELM AND THE CITY OF FRISCO. 
          AND SO WE NEED TO WORK WITH THEM TO GET THAT PROJECT DONE. 
          BUT IT IS CONTEMPLATED TO BE ONE OF THE FOUR LANE ROAD. 
          WE JUST DON'T HAVE IT ON OUR NEAR TERM PLAN AT THE MOMENT. 
          WE NEED TO WORK THINGS OUT WITH OUR NEIGHBOR. 
          WHAT WOULD BE A REALISTIC EXPECTATION WITHOUT NAILING IT DOWN AS FAR AS TIMELINE? I WOULD SAY THREE TO FIVE YEARS. 
          OK. ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, PAUL. PERFECT, THANK YOU SO MUCH, PAUL. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, TOM, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK NEXT TO... 
          WE'RE GOING TO HAVE [INAUDIBLE] LIVE ON THE PHONE RIGHT NOW. 
          [INAUDIBLE] YOU ARE LIVE. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION? ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. 
          AS A RESIDENT OF FRISCO FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS. 
          I'VE NOTICED THAT ILL-KEPT CITY LANDSCAPING AND THE MOWING. 
          THE GRASS IS NOT VERY PRETTY. 
          CAN WE SHARE WHAT MIGHT BE PREVENTING THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR LANDSCAPING? THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          IS THAT WILL SOWELL ON THE PHONE? [LAUGHTER] I SAY [INAUDIBLE] BECAUSE ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL, HE IS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR MEDIANS. 
          AND SO IT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT THE CITY OF FRISCO HAS TAKEN UP HERE RECENTLY. 
          A FEW THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE ACTUALLY TESTING SOME NEW MEDIAN DESIGNS TO MAKE THEM EASIER TO MAINTAIN, TO HAVE A STANDARD IN PLACE. 
          AS FAR AS THE BEAUTIFICATION OF OUR MEDIANS, RESIDENTS OF FRISCO HERE HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS. THEY HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS ABOUT WHAT THE CITY LOOKS LIKE, RIGHTFULLY SO. 
          AND WE WOULD CERTAINLY AGREE THAT IN SOME AREAS OUR MEDIANS HAVE NOT BEEN LIVING UP TO THOSE EXPECTATIONS. 
          STAFF IS WORKING ON SOLUTIONS, YOU KNOW, TOWARDS THAT TO HAVE A BETTER SCHEDULE ON THE MOWING. BUT IT STARTS WITH THE PLANNING PROCESS TO REALLY MAKE THOSE EASIER TO MAINTAIN. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT FEEDBACK. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CERTAINLY WORKING ON. 
          ALL RIGHT, WE WILL GO TO A FACEBOOK QUESTION. 
          WE ACTUALLY HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT I'M GOING TO COMBINE THAT HAVE TO DO WITH VOTING. ONE WAS IF YOU HAVE A MAIL-IN BALLOT FOR COLLIN COUNTY, WHERE CAN YOU DROP THAT OFF? AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS WHAT STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE DURING EARLY VOTING? I'M ASSUMING KEEPING SAFE BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC WOULD BE THEIR QUESTION. 
          OK, TO ANSWER THE FIRST QUESTION, WHERE CAN YOU DROP YOUR BALLOT IF YOU HAVE A MAIL IN BALLOT FOR COLLIN COUNTY, THE ONLY PLACE THAT YOU CAN DROP THAT BALLOT IS AT THE COLLIN COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATION OFFICE, AND THAT IS THAT 2010 REDBUD BOULEVARD IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS. 
          AND THEY HAVE EXTENDED OFFICE HOURS AS WELL SO THAT YOU CAN DROP THAT BALLOT OFF AS FAR AS SAFETY CONCERNS FOR COVID DURING THE VOTING ELECTION SEASON. 
          THERE ARE NUMEROUS THINGS BEING DONE TO HELP PROTECT VOTERS AND ELECTION WORKERS FOR PREVENTING THE SPREAD. 
          THEY ARE TESTING THE POLL WORKERS AND THE ELECTION OFFICERS EVERY DAY BEFORE THEY COME IN TO THE VOTING FACILITIES. 
          FURTHERMORE, THE CITY OF FRISCO FOR THE CITY OF FRISCO FACILITIES THAT INCLUDES THE FIRE STATIONS AND THE GROVE ARE HAVING A NIGHTLY CLEANING OF THOSE FACILITIES JUST TO ENSURE THAT THOSE ARE KEPT CLEAN FOR OUR CITIZENS. 
          IN ADDITION, THE COUNTY'S SO DENTON COUNTY AND COLLIN COUNTY ARE ACTUALLY HAVE THEIR OWN PROCEDURES THAT THEY ARE DOING. 
          SO AS FAR AS WIPING DOWN EQUIPMENT, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE SOCIALLY DISTANCED, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE WEAR THEIR MASK AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE OVERALL IS KEPT SAFE. ALL RIGHT, THIS IS KRISTI MORROW, CITY SECRETARY, AND JUST TO EXPLAIN, AS FAR AS THE ELECTIONS, WE DON'T ACTUALLY ADMINISTER THE ELECTIONS, YOU KNOW? THAT IS CORRECT. SO THE CITY ELECTIONS ARE ADMINISTERED BY COLLIN COUNTY AND DIDN'T COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SHONA, YOU HAD SOME OTHER QUESTIONS? AND IF ANYONE IN AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION, JUST KIND OF MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE MIC AND I'LL MAKE SURE I WON'T MAKE YOU STAND TOO LONG. 
          IS THE CITY PLANNING TO LIMIT FAMILIES BEING ABLE TO TAKE THEIR CHILDREN OUT TRICK OR TREATING THIS YEAR? NO. SO AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S COVID RESPONSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN, YOU KNOW, THE APPROACH WITH VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE. 
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YOU KNOW THAT WE FOLLOW THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS AS FAR AS WHAT THEY PUT INTO PLACE, YOU KNOW, BUT QUITE FRANKLY, THERE'S A LOT OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY THAT GOES INTO KEEPING YOUR FAMILY SAFE AND YOUR CHILDREN SAFE. 
          AND SO WE CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE ANY FAMILY THAT'S GOING TO BE OUT TRICK OR TREATING TO TAKE THOSE PRECAUTIONS THAT THEY FEEL THEY NEED TO TAKE AND CERTAINLY THOSE THAT ARE CHOOSING TO GIVE OUT CANDY TO DO THE SAME. 
          HI MAYOR, MY NAME IS GAYLE STEVENS, WE'VE BEEN IN FRISCO FOR FOUR YEARS AND PLANO FOR 20 YEARS, SO WE'RE VERY, VERY FAMILIAR AND ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          I AM, AS SO MANY OF US, PROBABLY ALL OF US ARE DEEPLY, DEEPLY CONCERNED WITH THE WORLD TODAY, WITH TODAY'S AMERICA, WHICH COMES DOWN TO WHERE YOU ARE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT LEADERS NEED TO RISE ABOVE THE THE DIVISIVENESS THAT'S GOING ON FOR THE WELFARE AND THE WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          MY INITIAL QUESTION WAS ABOUT GOVERNOR ABBOTT'S PROCLAMATION WITH THE VOTER SUPPRESSION, WHICH GOES TO LEADERSHIP AND CREATING DIVISIVENESS. 
          BUT THEN, AS I RESEARCHED, FURTHER DISCOVERED THAT REALLY THE THREE COUNTIES THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THAT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STATE ARE DALLAS, HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY AND TRAVIS AUSTIN. 
          SO NOTHING IS DIFFERENT FOR US. 
          SO I DO THINK THAT HAVING ONE LOCATION IS NOT DOES NOT ENCOURAGE PEOPLE VOTING. 
          I WAS LISTENING TO THE FRISCO CITY COUNCIL, THE CHAMBER EVENT TODAY, AND I THINK IT HAS TO BE CLEAR THAT EVERYBODY IS CONCERNED ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND POLICE PROTECTION. 
          IT DOESN'T BELONG TO ONE PARTY OR ONE WAY OF THINKING. 
          AND WITH ALL THE ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN THE COUNTRY, VIOLENCE. 
          YES, IT'S IMPORTANT, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES THAT [INAUDIBLE] ETHICS, LYING, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND I'M GOING TO ASK YOU, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WE LOVE FRISCO. 
          IT'S A GREAT COMMUNITY. 
          WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE CURRENT ONES, AS WELL AS THE ONES WHO WILL COME ON BOARD TO HELP TO BUILD COLLABORATION SO THAT POLITICS AND VIEWS ARE NOT SEEN AS BELONGING TO ONE PARTY VERSUS ANOTHER, BUT THAT THESE WE ARE AMERICANS TOGETHER. 
          WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN AMERICANS TOGETHER. 
          WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ADVANCE OURSELVES IN OUR COUNTRY AND OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          TO SO WHAT ARE YOU DOING AND WHAT DO YOU PROPOSE TO BE DOING TO HELP TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER? OK, WELL, GOOD TO SEE YOU, GAYLE, AND THANKS FOR THE QUESTIONS. 
          THERE ARE ACTUALLY A LOT OF GREAT THOUGHTS IN THAT I'M GOING TO TRY MY BEST TO UNPACK ALL THOSE IDEAS AND THEN YOU YOU CALL ME OUT ON ANYTHING THAT I MISSED IN THOSE THOUGHTS. 
          YOU KNOW, BUT AS FAR AS I'LL START WITH THE LAST ONE FIRST, WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL COLLABORATION, YOU KNOW, I AM VERY BLESSED WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT I GET TO SERVE WITH AND THAT WE WORK VERY WELL TOGETHER. 
          THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE ALWAYS AGREE. 
          AND HAVING HEALTHY DEBATE AND DIALOG IS ACTUALLY A GOOD THING. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE BETTER DECISIONS ARE MADE. 
          YOU KNOW, I LOVE TO TELL THE STORY OF I HAD A REPORTER LAST YEAR COME HERE AND WE KNEW HE WAS WRITING A GOTCHA STORY. 
          AND HIS THEME WAS, I SEE IN FRISCO THAT THERE'S ALWAYS 6 0 VOTES, THERE'S ALWAYS SIX ZERO VOTES. AND WHAT THAT MEANS TO ME IS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT AND THAT THERE'S NOT TRANSPARENCY AND YOU'RE NOT MAKING BETTER DECISIONS. 
          AND SO HE STARTED DOING THIS INTERVIEW AND HE CAME IN AND, YOU KNOW, HE WAS TRYING TO GET ME WITH SOME GOTCHA QUESTIONS. 
          IN THE END, WHAT I TOLD HIM WAS, YOU KNOW, IT'S MY JOB AS THE MAYOR TO GET TO A VOTE, TO GET TO A FINAL RESOLUTION. 
          AND I CAN USUALLY READ THE TEA LEAVES AND I CAN SEE THAT, OK, THIS ONE'S A FOUR TWO I COULD CALL IT A DAY. LET'S CAST THE VOTE AND LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA. 
          BUT IN MY OPINION, I DON'T THINK THAT'S HOW THE BEST DECISIONS ARE MADE, BECAUSE IF I HAVE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE AGAINST AN ITEM, IF BILL AND BRIAN ARE AGAINST AN ITEM, WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHY AND LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN GET YOU TO A YES. 
          WHAT IS YOUR OBJECTION THAT YOU HAVE TO THIS? AND IF WE CAN OVERCOME THAT OBJECTION AND EVERYONE ELSE IS STILL A YES AND IT'S NOW A FIVE ONE VOTE, THAT'S A BETTER DECISION. 
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AND THEN IF I CAN GET BILL'S CONCERNS ADDRESSED, THEN WE'VE GOT A SIX ZERO. 
          THAT'S A BETTER OUTCOME. 
          THE BEST ANALOGY OF THAT IS THE PGA PROJECT. 
          THAT PROJECT, WHEN IT STARTED, EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL MEMBER HAD A PASSIONATE DISAGREEMENT WITH THE PROJECT THAT WE HAD TO WORK THROUGH FROM WHAT HAPPENED IN THE NORTHWEST COMMUNITY PARK TO THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO IT, TO HAVING THE TRAILS. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE WERE JUST SO MANY DIFFERENT OBJECTIONS TO IT, TO GUARANTEEING TOURNAMENTS. AND EVERYONE WAS LIKE, I'M A NO UNTIL WE SOLVE THIS. 
          IN THE END, WE DID. AND SO MY RESPONSE BACK TO THAT REPORTER IS GETTING TO SIX ZERO VOTES MEANS YOU ACTUALLY WORK THROUGH OBJECTIONS. 
          YOU'RE LED TO BETTER OUTCOMES. 
          AND SO THAT'S HOW WE WORK AS A COUNCIL. 
          AND I THINK IT WORKS VERY WELL. 
          I'VE SERVED ON COUNCILS WHERE IT WASN'T LIKE THAT. 
          I'VE SERVED ON COUNCILS WHERE IT WAS VERY DIVISIVE AND IT'S NOT NOW. 
          AND SO I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT KEEPING IT THAT WAY. 
          NOW WE'RE LIKE BROTHERS AND SISTERS. 
          WE SOMEDAYS WE'RE CRANKY AT EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW AND THAT HAPPENS. 
          BUT WE WORK WELL TOGETHER. 
          SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME AS WE ELECT NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF THEM SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE THAT THEY WOULD PICK UP ON THAT AND THEY WOULD SEE THAT. 
          AND THOSE THAT ARE SEEING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OTHER CITIES BECAUSE THAT IS NOT NORMAL. 
          YOU CAN LOOK AT EVERY CITY THAT TOUCHES FRISCO AND THEY'RE HAVING A VERY DIFFERENT ELECTION CONVERSATIONS IN THEIR CITY'S VERY DIVISIVE IN IT. 
          AND QUITE FRANKLY, THAT'S WHY I THINK FRISCO CONTINUES TO SUCCEED, BECAUSE THE BUSINESS PARTNERS SEE THAT. 
          THE PEOPLE WANTING TO MOVE HERE SEE THAT. 
          AND THEY'RE LIKE, I WANT TO GO TO A COMMUNITY THAT I KNOW IS GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE AND THAT'S GOING TO GET THINGS DONE AND THAT WORKS TO GET TO SOLUTIONS. 
          AND SO I ABSOLUTELY COULDN'T AGREE MORE WITH THAT. 
          AND I RAMBLED ON THAT ONE. SO I MISSED THE OTHER FOUR QUESTIONS. 
          SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO REMIND ME REALLY QUICK. 
          JUST THE COLLABORATION IT TAKES ALL OF US AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO TAKE ALL OF US. 
          AND WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP FOR THE ENTIRE CITY IS EVEN MORE CRUCIAL, NOT ONLY FOR YOURSELF, BUT FOR YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL. 
          YEAH, AND I'LL TOUCH ON THAT BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT. 
          SO ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE ADVOCATE FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS TO BE IN MAY IS FOR THE VERY PURPOSE THAT LOCAL ELECTIONS DO NOT BECOME PARTISAN. 
          AND I THINK WE ARE ABSOLUTELY SEEING THE RESULTS OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE HAD NOVEMBER ELECTIONS EVERY SINGLE YEAR. 
          AND THERE IS NO QUESTION THIS HAS BEEN THE MOST PARTISAN ELECTION THAT WE HAVE EVER HAD IN FRISCO, AT LEAST AS FAR AS THE DIALOG THAT'S OUT THERE SURROUNDING THE ELECTIONS. 
          QUITE FRANKLY, ALL OF US OUR ELECTED MYSELF, EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL MEMBER, WE DON'T REPRESENT A SELECT 5000 OR 10000 PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP TO VOTE FOR US. 
          WE REPRESENT ALL 200,000 PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY. 
          WHETHER YOU VOTED FOR ME OR NOT, WHETHER YOU LIKE ME OR NOT, IT'S STILL MY JOB TO REPRESENT YOU, LISTEN TO YOU AND SUPPORT YOU. 
          AND WE MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE, BUT THAT'S PART OF THE DIALOG. 
          AND I THINK THIS COUNCIL DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF THAT, AND I CERTAINLY HOPE IT STAYS THAT WAY. THANK YOU. 
          GREAT QUESTION. THANK YOU. WE'VE GOT A CALLER HERE. 
          ABSOLUTELY, LET'S GO BACK TO THE PHONES NOW, WE'VE GOT [INAUDIBLE] WHO'S ON COIT AND ELDORADO. [INAUDIBLE], YOU ARE LIVE ON THE LINE. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION. 
          HI. YEAH, MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] RESIDENT OF FRISCO FOR SIX YEARS. 
          THE QUESTION IS ABOUT SOME OF THE COMMUNITY PARK PROJECTS THAT WERE STARTED BUT APPEAR TO BE HALTED. THE EXAMPLE COMES TO MIND IS THE NORTHEAST COMMUNITY PARK. 
          ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO YOU GUYS WERE UP TO 40 PERCENT. 
          BUT SINCE THEN IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ACCORDING TO THE MASTER PLAN. 
          I MEAN, A LOT OF WORK THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE, BUT THE PROJECT SEEMS TO BE HALTED. 
          OK, SO I THINK THAT IT WAS NORTHEAST COMMUNITY PARK, THE STATUS OF THAT. 
          I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. 
          NORTHEAST COMMUNITY PARK ACTUALLY IS MOVING FORWARD FOR THE PHASE TWO DEVELOPMENT. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF BEING ABLE TO HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO GET CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN IN 2021. 
          BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT PHASE TWO TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE IN PHASE ONE AND THEN TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF IT. 
          CONSTRUCTION WILL PROBABLY TAKE, I WOULD IMAGINE, BETWEEN 12 AND 18 MONTHS, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AND ACTUALLY HAVE CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AND DESIGN THROUGHOUT THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. 
          OK, WE HAVE ANOTHER CALLER. 
          THANK YOU, RICK. SURE. EXCELLENT. 
          THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. NEXT UP, WE HAVE KEVIN. 
          I'M GOING TO REMIND EVERYONE YOU CAN PRESS ZERO ON THE KEYPAD ON YOUR PHONE TO GET IN LINE WITH YOUR QUESTIONS TONIGHT IF YOU'RE LISTENING OVER THE PHONE. 
          RIGHT NOW KEVIN, GO AHEAD. 
          YOU ARE LIVE. YES. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE THE MAYOR AND ALL OF THOSE ON THE TEAM THERE FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING IN FRISCO. MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE LIBRARY. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THE RIGOR OF THE ANALYSIS AND MAKING SURE THAT THE 62 MILLION DOLLARS IS, YOU KNOW, IS THE MOST EFFICIENT USE OF OUR TAX DOLLARS. 
          MY QUESTION IS WHETHER WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF ANALYSIS ON THE TRENDING OF USAGE IN THE 
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FUTURE. WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, GIVEN THAT WE'RE NOW IN THE YEAR 2020, THERE'S A LOT OF TRENDS ABOUT E-BOOKS AND KINDLE. 
          MAYBE THERE'S NOT AS MUCH USAGE. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE USE THE MONEY AS WISELY AS WE CAN. 
          YEAH, I DON'T WANT TO STEAL SHELLEY'S THUNDER, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, SHE'S LAUGHING BECAUSE COUNCIL IS BEATING HER UP OVER THIS QUESTION OVER THE YEARS AND SHE ALWAYS COMES BACK WITH AN ANSWER. 
          BUT, SHELLEY, WHAT IS [LAUGHTER] I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. 
          AND AS KEVIN WAS THAT IT KEVIN. 
          THE LIBRARY IS VERY CONCERNED THAT WE MAKE SURE WE'RE PROVIDING FOR THE RESIDENTS WHAT THEY WANT. WE HAVE BEEN VERY AGGRESSIVE WITH OUR E-BOOKS AND OUR OTHER ELECTRONIC SERVICES. SINCE COVID WE HAVE SEEN A BIG JUMP IN THE USE OF E-BOOKS. 
          IN FACT, THOSE ARE NUMBERS I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING TO THE COUNCIL TOMORROW AS A PART OF MY REPORT. BUT WHAT WE FIND, AS THE MAYOR NOTED EARLY ON, IS THAT THE LIBRARY IS USED FOR MORE THAN JUST CHECKING OUT BOOKS. 
          IT'S NOT JUST A BOOK WAREHOUSE. 
          IT IS A PLACE WHERE THE COMMUNITY ENJOYS A SENSE OF COMMUNITY, WHERE THEY MEET AND GREET, WHERE REMOTE WORKERS COME AND HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE PLACE TO WORK, WHERE CHILDREN GATHER. 
          WE HAVE A READY TO READ RAILROAD FOUR ENHANCING KINDERGARTEN PREPAREDNESS FOR VERY YOUNG CHILDREN. WE HAVE CLASSES ON COMPUTERS. 
          WE DO 3D PRINTING. 
          WE HAVE A MAKERSPACE. 
          SO THERE'S A WIDE VARIETY OF SERVICES THE LIBRARY OFFERS BEYOND BOOKS. 
          AND WE'VE BEEN VERY FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE WE'RE PROVIDING THE SERVICES THE COMMUNITY DEMANDS. EVEN AT THE HEIGHT OF COVID, WHEN THE LIBRARY WAS FORCED TO CLOSE DOWN, ONLY 50 PERCENT OF OUR CIRCULATION WAS TIED TO E-BOOKS. 
          AND SO THERE IS A STRONG TRADITION AND DESIRE FOR PRINT. 
          AND SO WE ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT IN HOW WE COLLECT, WE KEEP SOME OF THE MOST EXTENSIVE DATA OF ANY OF THE LIBRARIES IN NORTH TEXAS ON THOSE TRENDS. 
          AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THOSE WITH YOU IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THEM. 
          I DON'T WANNA PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT ANY OF THOSE NUMBERS YOU CAN RATTLE OFF AS FAR AS HOW MANY TRANSACTIONS WE HAVE IN A GIVEN YEAR, OR MONTH, IT'S ASTRONOMICAL. 
          MOST PEOPLE WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT. 
          IT IS. AND I'LL TELL YOU THAT EXCEPT FOR AT THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC, PRINT HAS ALWAYS BEEN TWO THIRDS OF OUR CERT COMPARED TO A THIRD IN DIGITAL. 
          SO THOUGH DIGITAL IS TAKING HOLD, IT WON'T REPLACE PRINT IN PROBABLY THE REST OF MY CAREER, WHICH I HOPE IS FOR A WHILE. 
          [LAUGHTER] I THINK WE HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON LIBRARY ON FACEBOOK. 
          WE DO. SINCE THE BUILDING WAS DONATED FOR THE LIBRARY, DID THAT SAVE ANYTHING ON THE 62 MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET OR IS THAT BEING PUT TOWARDS SOMETHING ELSE? SO I THINK THE KEY QUESTION IS, ONCE THE BUILDING WAS DONATED, IS THAT GOING TO MAKE THEN THE CONSTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF IT CHEAPER THAN WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED? CONSTRUCTION WILL BE CHEAPER AS THE NUMBERS WERE MENTIONED. 
          WE'RE ACTUALLY LEASING THAT SPACE TO A COMPANY. 
          AND SO THEY ARE MOVING OUT OF THAT PROPERTY. 
          SO IT'S GOING TO BE A REUSE THERE. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER BENEFIT THAT IT'S GOING TO GIVE US IS IT'S GOING TO FREE UP SPACE HERE IN CITY HALL AS OUR CITY PERSONNEL NEEDS GROW. 
          AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BUILD TO EXPAND INTO CITY HALL FOR ADDITIONAL POSITIONS AND WE WON'T HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER BUILDING FOR THAT. 
          ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT. NO, THAT COVERS IT. 
          ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY CALLERS, [INAUDIBLE]? YES, ABSOLUTELY. 
          LET'S GO BACK TO THE PHONES. 
          I'LL SAY AGAIN, PRESS ZERO TO GET IN LINE WITH YOUR QUESTIONS, JUST LIKE JOAN DID. 
          JOAN, GO AHEAD. YOU'RE LIVE. 
          HI. GOOD EVENING. I HAD A CALL ON, YOU SPOKE ABOUT THE VOTING LOCATIONS. 
          BUT A QUESTION, WILL ALL PARTIES BE VOTING AT THE SAME PLACE AS IN THE PAST? IT HAS BEEN SEPARATED, DEMOCRATS VERSUS REPUBLICANS AND DID NOT FIND THAT OUT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE AND SHOWED UP AT THE WRONG PLACE TO VOTE AND FELT LIKE THIS WAS NOT COMMUNICATED. OKAY OUR CITY SECRETARY IS HERE TO ANSWER THAT. 
          SO TYPICALLY IT'S ONLY YOUR PRIMARY ELECTIONS THAT ARE SPLIT OUT BASED ON DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN. SO THIS PARTICULAR ELECTION AND ALL CITY ELECTIONS THAT OCCUR IN MAY, YOU CAN GO AND VOTE AT ANY LOCATION IN YOUR COUNTY AND THERE WILL NOT BE A SPLIT BETWEEN DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS. 
          AND WE HAVE ALL THOSE LOCATIONS ON THE CITY WEBSITE. 
          ALL OF THOSE LOCATIONS ARE LISTED ON OUR WEBSITE FRISCOTEXAS.GOV/ELECTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, KRISTI. AGAIN, IF THERE'S ANYONE IN THE HOUSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION, JUST MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE TO THE MIC. 
          OKAY, WE HAVE ANOTHER CALLER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          BACK TO THE PHONES NOW, WE HAVE BETTY. 
          BETTY, YOU ARE LIVE ON THE LINE. 
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GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION. ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. THIS IS BETTY. 
          AND A FEW I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHEN TO EXPECT THAT BECAUSE I KNOW EARLY VOTING IS ON THE 13TH BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF I'LL RECEIVE THAT BEFORE THEN OR NOT. 
          IT REALLY DEPENDS, THE ABSENTEE BALLOTS ARE BEING CURRENTLY MAILED OUT. 
          AND I DO KNOW THAT OUR COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATORS ARE MAILING THOSE BALLOTS UP EVERY DAY. THE BEST ADVICE THAT I CAN GIVE YOU IS TO CALL EITHER COLLIN COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATION OR DENTON COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATIONS TO ASK THEM TO CHECK YOUR STATUS OF YOUR ABSENTEE BALLOT. 
          SO YOU HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHEN TO ANTICIPATE THAT BALLOT TO SHOW UP. 
          IF YOU'RE IN COLLIN COUNTY YOU CAN CALL 972-547-1990. 
          AND IF YOU'RE IN DENTON COUNTY, YOU CAN CALL 940-349-3200. 
          THANK YOU. I THINK WE'VE GOT ANOTHER CALLER FOR VOTING. 
          YOU'RE POPULAR TONIGHT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. LET'S GO RIGHT TO TG IN FRISCO ASKED THAT I READ THIS QUESTION. 
          SAYS IS THERE ANY TIME FOR SENIOR CITIZENS TO VOTE EARLY? CURRENTLY, THERE ARE NO SELECT TIMES FOR SENIOR CITIZENS TO VOTE EARLY, IT IS BASED OFF OF ALL THE NORMAL VOTING HOURS, WHICH IS ON OUR ELECTION PAGE ON FRISCO, TEXAS.GOV/ELECTIONS. IF YOU DO HAVE A DISABILITY, THOUGH, AND YOU NEED TO PERHAPS NOT WAIT IN LINE AS LONG AS YOU CAN REQUEST THAT THE ELECTION JUDGE AT THAT FACILITY WHERE YOUR VOTING ASSIST YOU IN THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET AHEAD OF THE LINE. 
          OK, ALL RIGHT, WE CAN GO TO FACEBOOK. 
          SO ONE THING WE'VE HEARD ABOUT A LOT DURING COVID OR ACTUALLY KIND OF THE SHUT DOWN TIME AND PEOPLE STAYING HOME WAS THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT MORE RACING ON THE TOLLWAY OR ON PRESTON LATE IN THE EVENING. 
          IS THERE SOMETHING BEING DONE TO CURTAIL THIS? AND IF SO, WHAT IS BEING DONE? WELL, AS CHIEF SHILSON IS COMING UP HERE, I'LL JOKE THAT, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL AT OUR WORK SESSION, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOLVING TRAFFIC AS ONE OF OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITIES THIS YEAR. AND THAT WAS A BIG COMPLAINT WE WERE GETTING FROM OUR RESIDENTS. 
          AND THEN KIND OF POST COVID GEORGE JOKED THAT, WELL, I'VE SOLVED THAT ONE. 
          [LAUGHTER] BUT I GUESS PART OF THE BYPRODUCT OF SHONA'S QUESTION IS THAT WITH LESS CARS ON THE ROAD, THERE'S PROBABLY MORE OF THAT HAPPENING. 
          YEAH, SO THE MAIN LANES OF THE TOLLWAY ARE DPS' JURISDICTION. 
          THEY PATROL THAT. 
          WITH THAT SAID, WE ARE AWARE OF SOME OF THE RACING ISSUES RELATED TO KIND OF THE LESS TRAFFIC AND, YOU KNOW, MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO DO THAT. 
          WE HAVE WORKED WITH DPS PROACTIVELY HERE IN JUST RECENT WEEKS TO MONITOR SOME OF THAT GOING ON. WE'VE ISSUED SEVERAL CITATIONS OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS RELATED TO SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS. AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND WORK WITH THEM TO MONITOR THE RACING STUFF. I WILL SAY THAT OUR NUMBER OF CRASHES ARE DOWN SINCE, YOU KNOW, COVID HAS STARTED. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, THE UNFORTUNATE THING IS WITH LESS CARS, THAT THE CRASHES THAT WE'RE HAVING ARE SEEMINGLY MORE SEVERE IN NATURE. 
          SO IT IS DEFINITELY A CONCERN, SOMETHING WE'RE MONITORING AND WORKING WITH DPS ON. 
          THANK YOU CHIEF. 
          DO WE HAVE ANOTHER FACEBOOK QUESTION. 
          CAN YOU TELL US WHAT'S BEING DONE TO PREPARE FOR A SECOND WAVE OF COVID THIS FALL? SO, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS AND WE HAVE A COMPLETE EMERGENCY TEAM THAT INCLUDES CERTAINLY CHIEF SHILSON, CHIEF PILAND AND DR. 
          GAMBER, OUR LOCAL HOSPITALS IT EXTENDS OUT TO OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY, OUR ISD. 
          SO WE COLLABORATE AS AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM. 
          YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE WE'VE LEARNED A LOT CERTAINLY GOING THROUGH THE THE COVID PANDEMIC AS FAR AS BEST PRACTICES, AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU POTENTIALLY CURL BACK CROWDS SAFELY. 
          YOU KNOW, I THINK WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT, WE NEVER WANT TO GET TO A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE TO HAVE A SHUTDOWN AGAIN. I MEAN, THAT IS MY PERSONAL POSITION THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT A SHUTDOWN EVEN ASSISTED WITH ANYTHING BUT DID A PAUSE BUTTON FOR US TO KIND OF LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PANDEMIC. I THINK WHAT YOU'LL SEE AS FAR AS PLANS COME IN, AS FAR AS KIND OF A RED LIGHT, YELLOW LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT, SO TO SPEAK, AS FAR AS HOW YOU CAN PULL BACK ON CERTAIN AREAS, GO TO MASKING AND GO TO 50 OR 70 PERCENT CAPACITY, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. 
          BUT OUR EMERGENCY TEAM IS WORKING WITH ALL THOSE PARTNERS TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR IT. 
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ALL RIGHT. HAVA DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION RELATED TO THAT. 
          WELL NOT TO THAT NO. 
          OK, YOU CAN GO AHEAD. 
          OK, FANTASTIC. MY NAME IS HAVA JOHNSTON. 
          HI MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAD A REAL QUICK QUESTION YESTERDAY, THE FRISCO PET PROJECT, PEOPLE WERE OUT HAVING ANOTHER PROTEST WITH LOTS OF WONDERFUL RECEPTION OUT THERE. AND SINCE WE PASSED THE NEWER ORDINANCES LAST SPRING, WE STILL HAVE MORE VICTIMS COMING FORWARD ALMOST DAILY NEW STORIES. 
          THEY'RE STILL SELLING SICK PETS. 
          WE'RE STILL DEALING FRISCO HOME OWNERS AND PET OWNERS ARE STILL DEALING WITH THESE TRAGEDIES AND EXPENSES. 
          SO ULTIMATELY, THE QUESTION IS, AT WHAT POINT CAN WE STRENGTHEN THAT RULE AND ACTUALLY ENFORCE IT? WE CALL OUT ANIMAL SERVICES. 
          THEY COME, THEY FILE A REPORT. 
          BUT THAT'S REALLY ALL THAT'S BEING DONE. 
          SO REALLY, THE QUESTION IS WHERE ARE THE TEETH IN THAT AND HOW DO WE REALLY MAKE A CHANGE? YEAH THANK YOU. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF WE, CHIEF YOU WANT TO TACKLE SOME OF THAT. SO THE ORDINANCE SAYS IT'S REALLY ONLY BEEN IN EFFECT FOR PROBABLY EIGHT MONTHS OR SO, SO IT'S BEEN VERY LIMITED IN TIME. AND SO REALLY WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE'VE HAD, WE'VE INVESTIGATED EACH ONE. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A COUPLE OF MINOR VIOLATIONS THAT WERE CORRECTED BY PETLAND. 
          WE'VE DONE SOME INSPECTIONS THERE. 
          AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE. 
          AND BEEN WORKING WITH OUR ANIMAL SERVICES STAFF AND GETTING THOSE VIOLATIONS TAKEN CARE OF. BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M ONLY AWARE OF TWO OR THREE SPECIFIC COMPLAINTS AND THOSE WERE ADDRESSED OR, YOU KNOW, WE NEVER GOT CONTACTED BACK BY THE COMPLAINANT. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY WHAT I CAN OFFER AS FAR AS AN UPDATE. 
          AND THOSE ARE FINE. BUT LIKE THE ACTUAL INSPECTIONS AND THAT'S WHAT WE EXPECT ANIMAL SERVICES TO DO AND FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE THAT. 
          MOREOVER, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT THEM CONTINUOUSLY SELLING SICK PETS TO PEOPLE IN FRISCO? WELL, I'LL SHARE WITH YOU ONE OF THE ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT CAME IN RELATED TO THE SELLING OF SICK ANIMALS. 
          YOU KNOW, THE GENTLEMAN THAT BOUGHT IT ACTUALLY SIGNED OFF ON THE FACT THAT THE ANIMAL WAS HEALTHY. AND THEN HE CAME BACK LATER AND SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THE ANIMAL MAY HAVE BEEN SICK. AND SO THAT WAS REALLY KIND OF AN UNSUBSTANTIATED ALLEGATION AGAINST THE PET STORE. 
          WE LOOK AT ALL THOSE COMPLAINTS AND WE LOOK AT THE RECORDS THAT ARE PROVIDED TO US. 
          WE TALK TO THE VETS THAT ARE INVOLVED AND WE TRY AND VET WHETHER OR NOT THE ANIMAL REALLY WAS SICK AT THE TIME OF SALE. 
          AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          AS OF NOW, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTEN, LIKE I SAID, TWO OR THREE COMPLAINTS. 
          WE'VE LOOKED INTO THOSE AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE RESOLVED ALL OF THEM. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU HAVA. 
          YOU HAVE SOME FACEBOOK. 
          YOU KNOW WE DE. DO YOU WANT TO START HERE? SURE. OK, SO ANOTHER QUESTION IS, COULD YOU GIVE US A BRIEF WELL, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A BRIEF ON THIS ONE STATUS OF GRAND PARK, BUT THEN ALSO PEARSON PARK, MAYBE START WITH PEARSON PARK. 
          PEARSON PARK. PEARSON PARK OFF OF TEEL. 
          YES, THE PEARSON PARK GOT STARTED AND REMAINS UNFINISHED. 
          WE HAD A CONTRACTOR DEFAULT. 
          WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE SURETY ON THAT TO RECOVER COSTS AND GET IT. 
          WE'VE GOT THE SITE SECURED, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A MECHANISM IN PLACE YET TO FINISH THE JOB. 
          SO WE'RE WORKING TO TRY TO CLOSE THAT AND GET IT DONE. 
          AND SO GRAND PARK, WHICH I JOKE HAS BECOME THE URBAN LEGEND OF FRISCO. 
          I DO HAVE GOOD NEWS TO DELIVER, WHICH IS THAT WHAT'S BEEN HOLDING BACK THIS PROJECT ALL THESE YEARS IS THE RESOLUTION OF EXIDE AND THE CLEANUP OF THAT PROPERTY AND THE CREEK. 
          FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING, EXIDE ACTUALLY DECLARED BANKRUPTCY. 
          YOU KNOW, I WAS PROUD TO BE ON THE COUNCIL THAT WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO GET FRISCO'S DIRTY LITTLE SECRET, A BATTERY RECYCLING PLANT RIGHT IN THE HEART OF OUR CITY, CLOSED WITHOUT LITIGATION, WITHOUT IN THE COURTROOM, AS JOHN KEATING WOULD SAY, WE DID IT IN THE BOARDROOM AND NOT THE COURTROOM. 
          I LOVE THAT LINE, JOHN, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO GET THEM CLOSED. 
          AND IT'S STILL BEEN GOING ON FOR BASICALLY ANOTHER TEN YEARS AS FAR AS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET IT TO A FINAL RESOLUTION, TO BE ABLE TO START THE CLEAN UP. 
          POOR GEORGE PUREFOY IT'S BEEN ALMOST A FULL TIME JOB FOR HIM. 
          AND WE JOKE THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO GO CELEBRATE WHEN WE HAVE A SINGLE COUNCIL MEETING WHERE WE DON'T DISCUSS EXIDE AT SOME POINT, BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE THAT WE'VE HAD ONE IN OVER TEN YEARS WHERE WE DIDN'T DISCUSS EXIDE. 
          TOMORROW NIGHT ON OUR AGENDA, WE ARE VOTING FOR RESOLUTION OF EXIDE WHERE WE WILL ACTUALLY OWN THE PROPERTY. 
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WE'LL GET OUR SURETY BOND TO CLEAN IT UP AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO START WORKING WITH TCEQ TO FINALLY START MAKING THIS PROJECT MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO I KNOW I WILL BE CELEBRATING WITH THE REST OF COUNCIL TOMORROW WHEN WE CAST THAT VOTE FOR AFTER TEN YEARS IN THE MAKING US FILING TO HAVE A PATH FORWARD ON EXIDE. 
          [APPLAUSE] AND SO, YES, IT'S REALLY EXCITING. 
          GETTING EXIDE RESOLVED IS PROBABLY NOT SOMETHING FIFTY YEARS FROM NOW THAT WILL BE LISTED ON THE TOP TEN FRISCO ACHIEVEMENTS. 
          I CAN TELL YOU PERSONALLY, IN MY MIND, IT WILL PROBABLY BE NUMBER ONE AS FAR AS GETTING THAT RESOLVED SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AS A COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT WAS A TEN YEAR CHALLENGE THAT COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN A FIFTY YEAR CHALLENGE. 
          AND SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT AFTER TOMORROW IS WE'RE GOING TO VERY QUICKLY START MAKING PLANS TO HAVE NEW ATTENTION TO GRAND PARK. 
          SO THE RENDERINGS THAT YOU'VE SEEN ONLINE WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO START FROM SCRATCH BECAUSE GRAND PARK, QUITE HONESTLY, IS DIFFERENT THAN THAT, BECAUSE NOW THAT WE HAVE THE EXIDE PROPERTY, IT'S NOT JUST 300 ACRES ANYMORE, IT'S 600 ACRES, BOTH ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE WEST SIDE OF THE TOLLWAY. 
          IT'S NOW ANCHORED IN THE HEART OF IT WITH THE FRISCO LIBRARY AND OUR MUSEUM DISTRICT AND OUR RAILROAD MUSEUM. 
          WE NOW HAVE TRAILS THAT CAN TAKE YOU ALL THE WAY TO LAKE LEWISVILLE, ALL THE WAY TO THE RAIL DISTRICT AND ACTUALLY HAVE VEINS THAT GO TO EVERY PART OF THIS COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE STAR AND SO FORTH. 
          IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE THE HEART OF THIS CITY. 
          AND WE'RE GOING TO START PLANNING THAT PROJECT, I WOULD SAY IMMEDIATELY. 
          BUT I'LL GIVE GEORGE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK. 
          BUT 2021, YOU'RE GOING TO START HEARING A LOT ABOUT GRAND PARK. 
          AND NELL MAY THROW HER SHOE AT ME. 
          BUT I AM REALLY HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN START MOVING FORWARD WITH A SHOVEL IN THE GROUND ON SOME PART OF THIS PROJECT BY THE END OF 2021. 
          SO GRAND PARK, IS FINALLY, FINALLY, FINALLY GOING TO START. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. DO WE HAVE ANY CALLERS THAT YOU NEEDED TO GET TO. 
          WE HAVE SEVERAL, BUT MAYBE IF FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTENING, THERE'S A LOT OF CHATTER THAT'S GOING ON ON FACEBOOK RIGHT NOW AND I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THIS, THERE'S A LOT OF CHATTER GOING ON RIGHT NOW THAT IS DIRECTED TO CANDIDATES. 
          IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN INFORMATION ABOUT CANDIDATES, PLEASE GO TO THEIR WEB SITES. 
          PLEASE GO TO TALK TO THEM INDIVIDUALLY. 
          THE CITY HALL, TOWN HALL IS NOT THE BEST PLACE FOR THAT. 
          AND WE DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS THAT WE DO WANT TO TRY TO GET TO. 
          AND IT'S HARD TO GET TO THOSE QUESTIONS WITH ALL THE OTHER COMMENTS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH. SO FREE SPEECH, SAY WHAT YOU NEED TO SAY, BUT MAYBE GO AND DIRECT THOSE DIRECTLY TO THOSE CANDIDATES INDIVIDUALLY. 
          SO THE NEXT QUESTION IS, LAST TIME WE FILLED BILLBOARDS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THERE WERE A LOT OF CANDIDATES FOR BOARDS AND A LOT OF APPLICATIONS FOR BOARDS. 
          ARE WE CONSIDERING MORE BOARDS TO ALLOW MORE RESIDENTS TO SERVE, OR ARE WE TRYING TO COME UP WITH MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE RESIDENTS TO BE INVOLVED SO THAT WE CAN USE MORE OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT ARE COMING IN? I MEAN, ABSOLUTELY. 
          IN FACT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT DURING THIS LAST SESSION, WE HAVE A GREAT PROBLEM HERE IN FRISCO, WHICH IS WE HAVE A LOT OF REALLY TALENTED PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO GIVE THEIR TIME TO THIS COMMUNITY. 
          AND QUITE FRANKLY, IT GETS FRUSTRATING WHEN WE DON'T HAVE PLACES FOR REALLY TALENTED PEOPLE. IN OUR LAST BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS APPLICATION PROCESS WE HAD 32 SEATS THAT WERE OPEN ON OUR VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. 
          OF THOSE 32 SEATS, 28 WERE PEOPLE THAT SERVED IN THEIR SEATS AND HAVE REAPPLIED TO STAY ON THOSE SEATS. SO ASSUMING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO A GOOD JOB AND GET REAPPOINTED, YOU REALLY ONLY HAD FOUR SEATS. 
          FOR THOSE FOUR SEATS WE HAD A HUNDRED AND THIRTY FRISCO RESIDENTS APPLY FOR THEM. 
          ALL EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE, ALL WHO TOOK TIME TO FILL OUT A VERY DETAILED APPLICATION. 
          AND SO WE HAD TO TURN AWAY ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE RESIDENTS. 
          AND WE DON'T WANT THEM TO FEEL DISENFRANCHISED AND WE WANT THEM TO FIND WAYS TO TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY CHALLENGE. 
          I THINK TIM NELSON IS THE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT RAISED HIS HAND AND SAID HE'S GOING TO KIND OF LEAD THAT CHARGE AS FAR AS LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN PLUG MORE OF OUR RESIDENTS IN. 
          WE'RE GOING TO START LOOKING AT MAYBE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT PERHAPS YOU NEED TO HAVE ATTENDED CITY HALL 101 OR FRISCO POLICE OR FIRE ACADEMY OR LEADERSHIP FRISCO AT THE CHAMBER OR SOME TYPE OF PROGRAM, BECAUSE USUALLY WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THOSE, YOU MAY FIND THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A DIFFERENT PASSION TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT BECOMES KIND OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE RAISING THEIR HAND AND SAYING, HEY, MAYOR, HEY, COUNCIL, I WANT TO GIVE BACK WHERE CAN YOU PUT ME? AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PASSION IS. 
          AND SO THEY ALMOST HAVE TO FIND THEIR PASSION. 
          SO DEFINITELY WORKING TOWARDS THAT. 
          WE'RE GOING TO GO TO A CALLER. EXCELLENT, I'D LIKE TO DO A LAST CALL FOR E-MAIL UPDATES 
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BEFORE WE GET TO NANCY. 
          LAST CALL TO PRESS SEVEN PROVIDE US YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IF YOU'RE ON THE PHONE, WE CAN ADD YOU TO OUR E-NEWSLETTER AND YOU'LL GET THAT REGULARLY. 
          LET'S GET NANCY LIVE ON THE LINE. 
          NANCY, YOU ARE LIVE PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION. 
          HI I WAS ACTUALLY WONDERING WHEN THE SIDEWALKS NEAR FRISCO LAKES WERE GOING TO BE FIXED, I THINK A NUMBER OF THEM HAVE BEEN REPORTED QUITE A WHILE AGO. 
          BUT I WAS ALSO WONDERING, MY SIGNIFICANT OTHERS TRIED TO REGISTER TO VOTE IN DENTON COUNTY. HE SENT AN APP IN EARLY SEPTEMBER. 
          HE'S NOT HEARD ANYTHING AND HE'S NOT REGISTERED. 
          AND SO WE RE-MAILED ANOTHER APPLICATION ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, AND I'VE CALLED AND THEY CAN'T TELL ME WHEN HE WILL BE PUT INTO THE SYSTEM. 
          THEY SAID THEY HAVE LIKE THREE OR FOUR THOUSAND PEOPLE. 
          I'M CONCERNED THAT HE WILL BE DISENFRANCHISED. 
          AND SO I DON'T KNOW WELL, I TRIED TO [INAUDIBLE] STATIC [INAUDIBLE] TONIGHT. 
          LET'S GO. GO AHEAD FOR AN ANSWER. 
          OK, I THINK MAYBE WE LOST THE CALLER THERE. 
          ON THE SIDEWALKS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU TOP OF MIND HAVE THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL PAUL. 
          WE MAY NEED TO GET HER E-MAIL ADDRESS. 
          THE CALLER CAN CALL ME DIRECTLY AT 972-292-5410 AND I WILL CHECK ON THOSE PARTICULAR REQUESTS. BUT MAYBE IN GENERAL, AS FAR AS OUR SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, I KNOW WE CAN LOG THOSE TO THE MY FRISCO APP CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. THE MY FRISCO APP IS A REALLY CONVENIENT WAY TO LOG SIDEWALK REPAIR REQUESTS AND OTHER PAVEMENT REPAIR REQUESTS. 
          WE DO HAVE A LARGE BACKLOG OF NEIGHBORHOOD SIDEWALK REPAIRS IN THE QUEUE. 
          THE CITY'S BEEN REALLY GOOD ABOUT FUNDING FOR THOSE REPAIRS. 
          WE JUST HAVE DIFFICULTY IN THE MARKETPLACE RIGHT NOW GETTING CONTRACTORS THAT ARE RELIABLE. THE VOLUME OF WORK IS MORE THAN WHAT OUR INTERNAL CREWS CAN HANDLE. 
          BUT WE TRY TO BE RESPONSIVE AND WE KEEP THEM ON THE LIST AND REALLY SEVERE SIDEWALK PROBLEMS WE WILL GO AND ADDRESS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. 
          BUT WE DO. THE MY FRISCO APP IS A GOOD PLACE AND WE FOUND SOME OTHER CONSTRUCTION WAYS INSTEAD OF REMOVING AND REPLACING WHERE WE WERE INTRODUCING A CUTTING METHOD WHERE WE KIND OF SHAVE OFF SOME OF THE THE PROBLEMS OF OFFSET SIDEWALKS. 
          AND IN THE PAST, WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT DUE TO AESTHETIC REASONS. 
          BUT WE'RE KIND OF GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE WE WANT TO PUT THIS INTO PLACE AND USE THAT TO ADDRESS THIS BACKLOG. 
          BUT AGAIN, MY PHONE NUMBER IS NINE SEVEN TWO TWO NINE TWO FIVE FOUR ONE ZERO. 
          AND I'LL LOOK THOSE UP SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CALLER. 
          AND THEN, KRISTI, AS FAR AS THE REGISTRATION, WE'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW ANYTHING, UNFORTUNATELY, ON THAT, ARE WE FROM OUR SIDE? THERE HAVE BEEN AN UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF PEOPLE REGISTERING TO VOTE AT KIND OF TOWARDS THE END OF THIS ELECTION CYCLE, PER SAY, FOR VOTER REGISTRATION. 
          AND I KNOW THAT ALL OF OUR COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATORS ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO TRY TO GET ALL OF THOSE VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS PROCESSED. 
          THERE COULD BE A DELAY. 
          THOSE VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS THAT YOU GET TYPICALLY HAVE THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S ADDRESS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. 
          SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THOSE APPLICATIONS ARE MAILED TO AUSTIN FIRST, THEN THEY'RE FILTERED OUT BASED ON WHERE YOU LIVE, TO WHAT COUNTY, AND THEN THEY'RE FILTERED BACK TO YOUR COUNTY FOR THEM TO PROCESS. 
          THAT DOES TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND IT'S NOT AN INSTANTANEOUS TYPE OF THING. 
          SO I WOULD JUST SAY, PLEASE BE PATIENT. 
          OUR COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATORS ARE DOING ALL THAT THEY CAN. 
          THEY'VE HIRED EXTRA WORKERS TO HELP WITH THIS PROCESS. 
          AND I WOULD JUST KEEP CALLING, WHICH IS THE ADVICE THAT THEY GAVE TO ME, TO CHECK YOUR STATUS, TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE REGISTERED. 
          WE WILL GO TO ANOTHER PHONE CALLER RIGHT NOW AND A REMINDER PRESS ZERO [INAUDIBLE]. 
          WE'VE GOT SANDRA LIVE ON THE PHONE. 
          SANDRA GO AHEAD. CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN HEAR YOU. 
          AND GO AHEAD. CAN YOU HEAR ME. 
          YES, YOU'RE THERE. SANDRA, GO AHEAD. 
          I WASN'T SURE. YES I'M JUST CONCERNED A LOT OF TIMES [INAUDIBLE] IS QUITE OLD, AS OLD 
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[INAUDIBLE] AND THERE'S TWO QUESTIONS. 
          ONE I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF WE CAN HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT THE TREES HAVE A 20 FOOT BREADTH WHERE YOU'RE NOT RIDING A BIKE AND GETTING HIT BY A BRANCH OR BECAUSE THE EROSION ON MOST OF THE TREES AND WE'RE PLANTING THEM WAY TO CLOSE TOGETHER. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHO IS DECIDING HOW TO PLANT TREES. 
          BUT YOU HAVE TO ALLOW AT LEAST TWENTY FIVE FEET PER TREE FOR LONGEVITY. 
          AND WE ARE JUST WASTING TAXPAYER MONEY ON TREES THAT ARE PLANTED SO CLOSE TOGETHER AND THEN TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE NOT THERE IS EROSION UNDERNEATH IT. 
          IT'S JUST A MESS. 
          AND SIDEWALKS ARE A MESS AND JUST CAN WE FIX THAT. 
          I MEAN TREES SHOULD BE PLANTED MORE THAN 25 FEET APART FOR ONE AND MULTIPLE SPEAKERS] 20 FOOT HIGH. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          ALL RIGHT JOHN DO YOU WANT TO. WE HEAR YA. LET'S DO AN ANSWER. AS FAR AS TREES, WE DO HAVE A MINIMUM SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS GENERALLY FROM TWENTY FIVE TO THIRTY FIVE FEET APART ON CENTER, AND WE DO REQUIRE THAT THEY HAVE A MINIMUM CLEARANCE OVER SIDEWALKS AND STREETS, GENERALLY ABOUT 14 FEET OVER STREETS SEVEN FEET OVER SIDEWALKS. 
          NOW, THERE MAY BE TREES IN WHICH PROPERTY OWNERS OR DEVELOPERS MAY HAVE PLANTED. 
          IN ADDITION, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY DO ON THEIR OWN. 
          BUT PER WHAT'S REQUIRED BY THE CITY, WE DO HAVE MINIMUM STANDARDS THAT WE DO MEET WHY THE CALLER HAS SPECIFIED. 
          THANK YOU JOHN. CAN WE CAN WE FOLLOW UP ON SOMETHING AS A QUESTION AND I'LL TRY TO MAYBE ASK THIS THE WAY THE RESIDENT ASKED IT. 
          IT WAS, CAN WE PLANT A TREE IN THE ROAD? THEY USE THE TERM VIRGE, WHICH IS UNFAMILIAR TO ME. 
          SO MAYBE THE MEDIAN THAT'S IN FRONT OF THEIR HOME AND THEY'RE WANTING TO KNOW IF THEY CAN PLANT A TREE IN THAT MEDIAN, THE ROAD MEDIAN THAT'S IN FRONT OF THEIR HOME. 
          NOW, THEY MAY BE TALKING BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AN THE BACK OF THE CURB. 
          IF THEY'RE TALKING IN FRONT OF THEIR HOMES, OLDER SUBDIVISIONS, THE ANSWER IS NO. 
          THE NEWER SUBDIVISION WE REQUIRE THAT SIDEWALK TO BE SET BACK FURTHER FROM THE BACK OF THE CURB. WE ALSO KNOW WHERE THE UTILITIES ARE AND SO ACCOMMODATIONS ARE MADE TO PLANT THOSE STREET TREES. BUT ONCE YOU GET IN THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY NEED TO CHECK FIRST TO SEE IF THEY CAN. 
          SOMETIMES THEY'LL PLANT ORNAMENTAL TREES. 
          BUT FOR SHADE TREES DO NOT RECOMMEND THAT IN THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS AND BY DEFINITION, OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS, I'M REFERRING TO PROBABLY THE ONES BUILT BEFORE BEFORE 2014 AS A GENERAL AVERAGE. 
          SO I THINK BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND THE CURB. 
          FOR THAT WAS IT. THANK YOU JOHN. 
          WE GOT A CALLER. ALL RIGHT, PERFECT, LET'S GO TO ANOTHER CALLER. 
          ANOTHER REMINDER, PRESS ZERO [INAUDIBLE] QUESTIONS [INAUDIBLE] AS POSSIBLE. 
          WE ASK THAT YOU STICK TO YOUR QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THAT. 
          AND THIS ONE COMES FROM DELORES, WHO, ASKED THAT I READ HER QUESTION, DELORES SAYS, WHAT DO RESIDENTS WHO DON'T HAVE INSURANCE OR WHO ARE LOW INCOME, WHERE DO THEY GET THEIR VACCINATIONS? AND AGAIN, THAT'S FROM DELORES. 
          I DIDN'T HEAR THAT. WHERE DO THEY. 
          SERVICES MAY BE A GOOD PLACE TO REACH OUT TO. 
          WE HAVE SOME GREAT SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HELP WITH THAT. 
          IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION, WITH ME THERE MAYBE ONE, WE HAVE TO RESEARCH A LITTLE BIT MORE AS FAR AS IF THERE'S OTHER COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES. 
          THAT I KNOW WE HAVE A FEW CHURCHES IN TOWN THAT ALSO KIND OF RAISE THEIR HAND TO TO OFFER THAT AS WELL. BUT IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE, YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION WE WILL RESEARCH THAT SOME MORE FOR YOU. OKAY DO WE HAVE FACEBOOK. 
          INFORMATION. THANKS SO MUCH. 
          WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE. THIS IS HONESTLY A QUESTION I'VE NEVER SEEN ASKED BEFORE, SO KUDOS TO THAT. WE OFTEN HEAR RESIDENTS COMPLAIN ABOUT DOG WASTE AROUND NEIGHBORHOODS AND PEOPLE LEAVING DOG WASTE AS THEY WALK THEIR PETS. 
          HAS THE CITY EVER CONSIDERED PLACING DOG WASTE STATIONS IN NEIGHBORHOODS EITHER AT A FREE COST TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOA'S OR AT A REDUCED COST TO THE HOA'S? UNFORTUNATELY, CITY GOVERNMENT CANNOT SOLVE EVERY PROBLEM. 
          [LAUGHTER] I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE PUT THEM IN OUR PARKS, MANY OF OUR PARKS AND OUR TRAIL SYSTEMS TO HELP ACCOMMODATE THOSE. 
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I WOULD SAY THAT I KNOW WE HAVE SOME PET LOVING CANDIDATES HERE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WE ADVOCATE CERTAINLY FOR PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. 
          AND QUITE FRANKLY, OUR RESIDENTS SHOULD BE CLEANING UP AFTER THEIR DOGS. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF THE END OF THE STORY. 
          ANOTHER QUESTION, CAN WE PARTNER WITH THE HUMANE SOCIETY THAT IS ON MAIN STREET RATHER THAN TAKING STRAYS TO THE MCKINNEY ANIMAL SHELTER? YEAH THE ANIMAL SHELTER QUESTION IS ONE THAT WE'VE GOT AND I THINK WE'VE RESEARCHED THAT IN DEPTH PROBABLY FIVE TIMES JUST IN THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE MAYOR, WE PERIODICALLY LOOK AT IT, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, AS WE RENEW OUR CONTRACTS WITH COLLIN COUNTY. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE TAKING A REGIONAL APPROACH AS A COUNTY. 
          THERE IS A FURTHER DISTANCE TO IT. 
          BUT QUITE FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME PROS TO THAT WHICH OUR ANIMAL CONTROL TEAM ACTUALLY EXHAUST THEIR EFFORTS AS FAR AS RETURNING THE DOG TO THE HOMEOWNER, RETURNING THE PET TO THE HOMEOWNER. 
          SO BEFORE THEY WILL ACTUALLY TRANSPORT TO MCKINNEY. 
          AND SO THEY HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THAT. 
          AND THAT IS DEFINITELY A POSITIVE OF THE APPROACH THAT WE TAKE, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS USING NEXT DOOR, USING OTHER TOOLS, DRIVING AROUND, KNOCKING ON DOORS, VERSUS, QUITE FRANKLY, SOME COMMUNITIES THAT MAYBE HAVE A SHELTER CLOSER JUST IMMEDIATELY TAKE THEM THERE. 
          SO THERE'S CERTAINLY PROS AND CONS TO THAT. 
          WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COST OF RUNNING THEM, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY FINANCIALLY AT THIS POINT, IT HASN'T MADE SENSE. OUR CITIZEN BOND COMMITTEE REVIEWED IT AND DIDN'T THINK IT WAS AN APPROPRIATE TIME. 
          WHERE THERE'LL BE A TIME WHERE, YOU KNOW, FRISCO IS LARGE ENOUGH TO HAVE THEIR OWN. 
          THERE PROBABLY IS. 
          WHEN THAT WILL BE IS CERTAINLY UNDECIDED. 
          I THINK OUR NEXT BOND COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW IT AGAIN, AS WELL AS OUR POPULATION GROWTH. 
          PERSONALLY, YOU KNOW, FRISCO HAS MADE OUR MARK WITH PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. 
          AND SO I THINK A LONG TERM APPROACH TO IT. 
          IN FACT, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT THIS WEEK WITH OUR EDC TEAM WITH A POTENTIAL CONTACT THAT WE HAD IN THE ANIMAL INDUSTRY THAT WAS VERY INTERESTED IN FRISCO, THAT, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT SOME TYPE OF PRIVATIZATION PARTNERSHIP OR A PUBLIC FACILITY COULD MAYBE BE IN A PRIVATE FACILITY THAT CATERED TO ANIMALS AND CREATE A TRUE ANIMAL DESTINATION. 
          SO I THINK THERE'S SOME BIGGER IDEAS THAT ARE OUT THERE. 
          AND THAT'S KIND OF HOW FRISCO LIKES TO DO THINGS, RIGHT, IS WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO OPEN DOORS ON A SHELTER. 
          WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO LOOK FOR THE THE BIGGER IDEA THAT'S OUT THERE. 
          AND I THINK THERE IS ONE OUT THERE. 
          IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THE PROBLEM OF WASTE WATER THAT IS RUNNING FROM RICHWOODS AND FLOODING INTO BECKY'S HORSE RESCUE? I HAVE NOT HEARD THAT QUESTION THAT ISSUE BEFORE, AND I'M GETTING SOME BLANK STARES, SO THAT MAY BE A NEW CONCERN. 
          BUT I WOULD JUST WANT TO MAKE THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN WASTE WATER, WHICH IS USUALLY KNOWN AS SEWAGE, WHICH COMES OUT OF A HOME NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH STORMWATER, WHICH IS RUN OFF AS A RESULT OF RAIN. 
          AND I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY WASTEWATER RUNOFF ON THE GROUND ANYWHERE IN FRISCO RIGHT NOW. 
          BUT WE DO HAVE STORMWATER DRAINAGE THAT EXITS RICHWOODS AND FLOWS TO THE SOUTH TOWARD 121. THAT IS IT'S A CONTROLLED DISCHARGE. 
          IT WAS ENGINEERED. 
          IT'S INTENTIONAL. 
          IT NATURALLY OCCURS THROUGH THAT PROPERTY. 
          THERE'S BEEN SOME OTHER ONGOING ISSUES WITH REGARD TO PONDS THAT WERE ON THAT PROPERTY AT ONE TIME. I THINK THE OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY HAS ADDRESSED THOSE IN COOPERATION WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS. SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF WHAT I KNOW ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW, MAYOR. 
          AND IF THEY WANT TO LEAVE THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION, THAT CAN BE ONE WE CAN LOOK INTO FURTHER. YES. 
          IT WAS STORMWATER. THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT. 
          OKAY. WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE CALLER QUESTIONS, DO WE? WE HAVE ONE QUESTION BUT I BELIEVE YES, ABSOLUTELY. 
          LET'S GO TO ERIC. 
          ERIC, YOU ARE LIVE RIGHT NOW. 
          GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION. YES [INAUDIBLE] THIS IS ERIC, MY QUESTION IS, [INAUDIBLE] CURRENTLY FALL UNDER A ZIP CODE 75068. 
          IS THERE PLANS IN THE FUTURE FOR RESIDENTS TO FOLLOW UP [INAUDIBLE]. 
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OK, I THINK I GOT THE QUESTION, WHICH IS THERE'S A SMALL PART OF FRISCO, KIND OF WEST OF 423 THAT IS IN FRISCO CITY LIMITS. 
          IT HAS A LITTLE ELM ZIP CODE. 
          SO WE ARE AWARE OF THAT ISSUE. 
          WE'VE ACTUALLY WE HAVE A DEDICATED CITY STAFFER THAT IS WORKING WITH THE USPS ON THAT AS FAR AS GETTING THAT ZIP CODE CHANGED TO A FRISCO ZIP CODE. 
          IT IS TRICKY BECAUSE IT'S NO GUARANTEE AND I MAY BUTCHER THE DETAILS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN ABOUT SIX MONTHS, BUT YOU KIND OF GET ONE SHOT TO APPLY FOR IT. 
          AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S ALL BUTTONED UP. 
          AND IF IT GETS DENIED, YOU HAVE TO WAIT TEN YEARS BEFORE YOU CAN APPLY FOR IT AGAIN. 
          AND OF COURSE, TEN YEARS FROM NOW, THERE'LL BE MORE HOMES BUILT AND LESS LIKELY TO GET APPROVED. SO ESSENTIALLY, IT'S KIND OF A ONE SHOT DEAL THAT WE HAVE TO TRY TO GET THE ZIP CODE CHANGED. 
          COUNCIL REVIEWED IT. COUNCIL SUPPORTS THE CHANGE. 
          WE'RE SUPPORTING HELPING THE RESIDENTS DO IT. 
          AND THAT'S WHY WE DEDICATED A CITY STAFF PERSONNEL TO WORK WITH THE RESIDENTS AND THE POST OFFICE TO TRY TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO INFLUENCE THAT OUTCOME. 
          SO THAT IS A WORK IN PROCESS. 
          AND IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE YOUR INFORMATION, WE CAN GET YOU THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR OUR CITY STAFF THAT ARE IN CHARGE OF THAT PROJECT SO YOU CAN GET REGULAR UPDATES. 
          YES, MA'AM. MY QUESTION IS, I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY PLANS TO BUILD ARTIFICIAL TURF, ATHLETIC FIELDS AS A WAY TO ATTENUATE THE NUMBER OF PRACTICES THAT ARE CANCELED BECAUSE OF WEATHER CLOSURE AND TO STAY COMPETITIVE WITH OUR NEIGHBORING TOWNS THAT ALREADY HAVE THEM. YEAH, GREAT QUESTION. 
          WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE OPTION OF ARTIFICIAL TURF OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND IT HAS PLUSES AND IT HAS SOME CHALLENGES TO IT. 
          A LOT OF THE CHALLENGES DEAL WITH TEMPERATURE IN MANY WAYS. 
          AND IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH ANY OF THE ARTIFICIAL TURF FIELDS THAT ARE IN FRISCO TODAY. 
          IF YOU'RE THERE IN LATE AUGUST WHEN MANY LEAGUES BEGIN, SOMETIMES THE TEMPERATURE THAT CAN BEGIN THERE WILL BE OVER A 115 DEGREES TENDS TO BE A DIFFICULT SURFACE. 
          THEY HAVE IMPROVED THEM AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT. 
          THE COST OF THEM IS ALSO VERY HIGH. 
          AND WHERE YOU HAVE CERTAIN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY WHERE IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE TO UTILIZE THAT, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHWEST AND AREAS THAT REALLY ENCOUNTER A LOT OF WEATHER ISSUES, IT'S EASY TO RESCHEDULE GAMES AND THAT TYPE OF THING. 
          WE DON'T GET AS MUCH. 
          NOW OF COURSE, AS SOON AS I SAY THAT, WE'LL HAVE FOUR DAYS OF RAIN AND TWO WEEKENDS INCLUDED. SO, YOU KNOW, IT ALWAYS VARIES. 
          BUT FOR THE MOST PART, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LOOKED AT IT. 
          WE MAY DO IT AT SOME POINT IN THE NEAR FUTURE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC PLANS FOR A SPECIFIC PARK WHERE WE WOULD DO THAT AT RIGHT NOW. 
          AND THAT'S ACTUALLY A QUESTION I'VE BEEN GETTING HERE MORE RECENTLY. 
          I THINK MAYBE BECAUSE SOME SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES RECENTLY HAVE ADDED THESE TO THEIR ASSETS. SO I KNOW WE'RE ABOUT TO GO THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS FOR NORTHWEST COMMUNITY PARK. AND SO MAYBE IT'S A GOOD TIME FOR KIND OF A FRESH LOOK ON THAT TO KIND OF WEIGH THE PROS AND CONS OF IT AS WE BUILD, YOU KNOW, A NEW PARK OUT THERE. 
          IT'S KIND OF A TAKE AWAY FROM THIS OF IT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY ALSO FOR, YOU KNOW, WE DID A METHODOLOGY SHIFT ON HOW WE BUILD OUR PARKS. 
          AND SO HOW WE USED TO BUILD OUR PARKS WHEN WE HAD WARREN PARK IS OUR FIRST PARK. 
          SO WE PROGRAMMED IT WITH FIVE BASEBALL FIELDS, FIVE SOCCER FIELD, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING. AND SO WE WERE GOING DOWN THE PATH OF EVERY TIME THAT WE ADD A NEW PARK, WE JUST RINSE AND REPEAT THAT SAME FORMULA. 
          AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I WAS BASICALLY IN EVERY PARK IN THE METROPLEX WITH MY TWO BOYS THAT WERE PLAYING BASEBALL EVERY WEEKEND. 
          SO WE GOT TO SEE EVERY PARK, YOU KNOW, AND WE REALIZED THAT WE WERE NEVER PLAYING A TOURNAMENT HERE IN FRISCO. 
          WE WERE ALWAYS GOING TO ANOTHER COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO WE STARTED LOOKING AT IT DIFFERENTLY, SAYING MAYBE EACH REGIONAL PARK NEEDS TO HAVE A SPECIALTY. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE IDEA WHERE WE KIND OF FLIPPED THE SWITCH ON BACKUS, WHERE WE'RE SAYING, OK, LET'S MAKE BACKUS PREDOMINANTLY BASEBALL, WHERE IT CAN HAVE 12 FIELDS AND BE ABLE TO HOST TOURNAMENTS. 
          AND LET'S LOOK AT NORTHEAST COMMUNITY PARK AND LET'S DO MORE LACROSSE AND MORE FOOTBALL. 
          YOU KNOW, AND WHAT IF FFL COULD HAVE ALL THEIR GAMES AT ONE PARK ON A SATURDAY, YOU KNOW, AND FAMILIES LIKE MINE THAT AT ONE POINT HAD THREE KIDS IN THE FFL. 
          AND OUR SATURDAYS LOOK SOMETHING LIKE WE CAN BOTH MAKE MASON'S GAME AT NINE, BUT THEN WE HAVE TO DECIDE WHICH KID IS OUR FAVORITE. 
          AND I'M GOING TO ZACH'S GAME AND DANA'S GAME, GOING TO CAITLIN'S CHEERLEADER. 
          AND MAYBE WE'LL MEET AT SONIC AND SWITCH KIDS AND THEN GO TO THIS FIELD. 
          IT JUST WASN'T THE BEST EXPERIENCE AS A FAMILY. 
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AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT METHODOLOGY SHIFT IS GOING TO HELP THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, ESPECIALLY WITH MULTIPLE KIDS. 
          THAT'S A LONG WAY TO SAY THAT I DO THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LOOK AT PRACTICE AND MAYBE TURF COMPONENTS AT ONE PARK LIKE THAT WHERE WE KNOW WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE SOME LEVEL OF FIELDS IN SERVICE. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF GIVEN ME A GRAIN OF THOUGHT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR FOR SHARING THAT. 
          AND I'LL SHARE THAT WITH THE PARKS CIP TEAM AS WELL. 
          I AGREE THANKS. 
          OKAY WE GOT ANOTHER FACEBOOK. 
          WE SPOKE TOO SOON. IS FRISCO CONCERNING THE TENNIS PARK THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT IN GRAND PARK, INCLUDING THINGS LIKE PICKLEBALL AND CRICKET. 
          AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONSIDER DOING. 
          PROGRAMMING? YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO REIMAGINE ALL OF GRAND PARK. 
          AND SO WE WILL CERTAINLY BE SOLICITING COMMUNITY INPUT FOR THE PARTS AN THE PIECES THAT THAT GO INTO THAT PARK. 
          YOU KNOW, I WAS ON THE LAST PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR GRAND PARK, AND EVEN WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THE WAY YOU THINK ABOUT PARKS HAS CHANGED. 
          YOU KNOW, AND SO YOU SEE KIND OF THESE WORLD CLASS PARKS AROUND THE COUNTRY WHERE THEY DIVIDE THESE LARGE SCALE PARKS INTO ROOMS AND DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES. 
          YOU LOOK AT A KLYDE WARREN PARK THAT HAS ALL THESE DIFFERENT LITTLE ROOMS AND EXPERIENCES, OR YOU GO TO MILLENNIUM PARK IN CHICAGO AND SEE HOW THEY DIVIDED THAT OUT. 
          AND YOU ALWAYS WANT TO GO AROUND THE CORNER AND SEE WHAT'S AROUND THERE. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF MORE THE MINDSET THAT WE'RE THINKING OF GRAND PARK IS WHERE IT'S DIVIDED INTO ALL THESE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES, WHETHER IT'S SOMEONE VISITING OUR COMMUNITY OR YOU LIVE HERE, THAT THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN EXPERIENCE ALL THE ELEMENTS OF THE PARK IN A SINGLE DAY THAT YOU ALWAYS WANT TO KIND OF COME BACK FOR MORE OR YOU CAN EXPERIENCE THE PARK IN DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          MAYBE ONE DAY YOU'RE INTERACTING WITH THE WATER FEATURE, MAYBE ANOTHER DAY YOU'RE USING THE HIKE TRAIL. MAYBE ONE DAY YOU'RE RIDING BIKES. 
          MAYBE ONE DAY YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, LISTENING TO A LIVE CONCERT OUT THERE. 
          YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE LESS PROGRAMMED TOWARDS ATHLETICS. 
          YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S WHAT OUR LARGE COMMUNITY PARKS ARE. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE SOME ELEMENTS OF PICKLEBALL DEPENDING ON THAT. 
          BUT I THINK WHERE YOU'LL SEE MORE OF THAT IS THE PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WE BOUGHT FROM BRINKMAN ON PRESTON ROAD THAT'S GOING TO BE ATTACHED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS. 
          SO THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE LARGEST PARK ACQUISITION PROJECT OTHER THAN GRAND PARK THAT THE CITY HAS EVER MADE. 
          TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEA OF SCALE, WARREN PARK, WHICH ANYONE WHO'S BEEN TO WARREN PARK, WARREN PARK IS HUGE, RIGHT? YOU DON'T EVEN WANT TO WALK FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER. 
          IT'S SO BIG. WARREN PARK IS ONE HUNDRED ACRES. 
          AND SO THIS PARK ON PRESTON ROAD, WHICH WILL BE MORE SPORTS FIELDS, IT'S KIND OF THE PLANNED AND MORE OF THESE KIND OF ELEMENTS. 
          I THINK IT'S 300 ACRES, IS THAT EVEN TAKEN OUT THE UNT PART. 
          WARREN PARK. AND THAT ONE WILL REALLY PROBABLY BE OUR KIND OF OUR CORE PROGRAM PARK WITH MORE FIELDS SUCH SUCH AS THAT. 
          AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW. 
          WE JUST STARTED AS FAR AS MASTER PLANNING NORTHWEST COMMUNITY PARK, WHICH WILL ACTUALLY BE UP CLOSE TO THE PGA ALONG TEEL. 
          SO WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH THE ELEMENTS FOR THAT PART OF THE COMMUNITY AS FAR AS WHAT IT NEEDS AND, YOU KNOW, THANKFUL TO BILL WOODARD THERE WHEN WE WERE NEGOTIATING THE THE PGA DEAL, WE WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO LOSE A LARGE CHUNK OF THAT PARK TO ACCOMMODATE THE GOLF COURSE. BUT HE KIND OF PUT HIS FOOT DOWN ON THAT. 
          AND TO MY EARLIER POINT, AS FAR AS OVERCOMING OBJECTIONS, YOU KNOW, ENOUGH TIME AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL WAS PUT INTO IT WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO PRESERVE ALL THAT ACREAGE, YOU KNOW, OF THE PARK AND NOT LOSE ANY OF IT. 
          SO THAT'S COMING. 
          ANOTHER FACEBOOK. SPEAKING OF PARKS, CAN WE HAVE A DOG PARK ON THE EAST SIDE? YEAH, I THINK WE'LL CONTINUE TO ADD THOSE ELEMENTS. 
          IT'S FUNNY FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH, THE FRISCO DOG PARK IS ACTUALLY PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL PROJECT IN FRISCO HISTORY. 
          AND I USED TO JOKE THAT YOU KNEW PEOPLE WERE GOING TO SHOW UP TO COUNCIL MEMBER IF YOU HAD AN ALCOHOL VOTE OR YOU HAD A DOG VOTE AND IT TOOK YEARS. 
          IT ACTUALLY TOOK A GRASSROOTS EFFORT OF LOCAL CITIZENS. 
          IT WAS FRISCODOGPARK.ORG, I FORGET HER NAME. 
          SARAH MAYBE. WAS IT SARAH WHERE SHE JUST WAS ADAMANT ABOUT IT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WE WORKED TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO MAKE IT COME TO FRUITION. 
          AND I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY LESSON IN THAT WE HAD A LOT OF COMMUNITY DISAGREEMENTS WITH BUILDING A DOG PARK BECAUSE PEOPLE FELT LIKE WE SHOULD NOT BE SPENDING TAXPAYER MONEY FOR A PARK FOR DOGS. 
          OF COURSE, THE ARGUMENT WAS IT IS NOT A PARK FOR DOGS, IT IS A PARK FOR PEOPLE WITH DOGS. 
          AND THAT THESE PEOPLE THAT USE A DOG PARK USUALLY DON'T EXPERIENCE PARKS IN ANY WAY. 
          AND WE WANTED TO BUILD A CULTURE OF FITNESS AND SO FORTH. 
          LONG STORY SHORT, WE KEPT GOING DOWN THE PATH. 
          THEY CAME TO COUNCIL ONE NIGHT AND PRESENTED AN IDEA. 
          FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN AT PHILLIPS PARK, THERE'S A WATER TOWER THERE WITH A FIELD 
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AROUND IT. IT'S KIND OF NOT REALLY USED BECAUSE A PARKING LOT SURROUNDS IT. 
          THEY SENT US A PROPOSAL THAT SAID JUST PUT UP A CHAIN LINK FENCE AROUND THIS WATER TOWER IN THIS FIELD THAT'S NOT GETTING USED. 
          AND LET US JUST CALL IT A DOG PARK SO WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING. 
          AND THAT NIGHT, EVEN THOUGH I WAS SUPPORTIVE, IN FACT, I WORKED WITH SARAH MANY TIMES AS FAR AS MAKING THIS COME TO REALITY, I, ALONG WITH THE REST OF COUNCIL, VOTED NO. 
          AND I SAID THAT NIGHT, I SAID, IF WE BUILD YOU THIS TEMPORARY DOG PARK, THIS WILL BE YOUR PERMANENT DOG PARK. AND THEY LEFT SPITTING MAD, GOT NASTY EMAILS. 
          SURE ENOUGH, LATER, A YEAR LATER, THE DOG PARK AT 4TH ARMY CAME AVAILABLE. 
          THAT LAND, IT WAS PERFECT LAND. 
          IT OVERCAME EVERY OBJECTION. 
          THE OBJECTIONS YOU HEARD WERE NEARBY RESIDENTS WOULD SMELL THE DOG FECES. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THE BARKING. 
          WHY ARE YOU USING REAL ESTATE FOR DOG PARK? WELL, THIS WAS A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT LITERALLY COULD BE USED FOR NOTHING ELSE. 
          IT WASN'T NEAR RESIDENTIAL. 
          NO ONE CARED. IT HAD TERRAIN TO IT. 
          IT WAS PERFECT. 
          AND SO THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE USED THE DOG PARK KNOW THAT IT'S A PHENOMENAL FACILITY. 
          IT'S NOW BECOME ONE OF OUR BEST USED PARKS IN THE CITY AND WE'VE GOTTEN ZERO OBJECTIONS ABOUT IT. SO, YOU KNOW, LONG STORY SHORT, I THINK THE NEXT TIME A DOG PARK COMES BEFORE US, IT WILL BE LESS CONTROVERSIAL THAN THE FIRST ONE. 
          BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THERE WILL BE ADDITIONS ADDED TO THE EAST SIDE. 
          I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE MAY EVEN LOOK AT A COMPONENT IN GRAND PARK. 
          I MEAN, I THINK WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, BUT THERE CERTAINLY IS FURTHER NEED FOR THAT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE'RE STARTING TO SEE A LOT OF PRIVATE PLACES, ADD THEM AS WELL. 
          A LOT OF MULTIFAMILY HERE ARE ADDING DOG PARKS TO AS AN AMENITY. 
          SO WE KNOW PEOPLE IN FRISCO LOVE THEIR PETS. 
          WE HAVE ANOTHER FACEBOOK QUESTION. 
          IT SEEMS LIKE TREES ARE BEING TAKEN OUT ON LEBANON AND ALSO ON PARKWOOD, AND THEN THAT WE ARE ALLOWING, I THINK, IS THE COMMENT THAT WAS USED, THE TREES TO DIE ALONG SOUTH LEGACY. 
          SO CAN WE PLEASE GET AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE TREES AND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO TAKE CARE OF THEM OR WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE TREES ALONG LEGACY? YEAH, AS WE EXPAND A LOT OF OUR MEDIANS, A LOT OF TIMES THOSE TREES HAVE TO BE REMOVED BECAUSE THEY'LL DIE DURING THE ROADWAY EXPANSION. 
          FOR INSTANCE, ALONG MAIN STREET WHEN THAT EXPANSION WAS DONE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A LOT OF TREES AND WE HEARD FROM A LOT OF RESIDENTS. 
          WELL ALL THOSE TREES WERE ACTUALLY RELOCATED TO PARKS IN OUR CITY. 
          SO THEY WEREN'T JUST DISPOSED OF. 
          AND SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A COMMON WAY THAT WE DO THAT. 
          AS FAR AS HAVING TO REPLANT THOSE, AS FAR AS THE TREES ALONG LEGACY, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WHEN IS THAT COMING BEFORE US AS FAR AS THAT EXPANSION? FIRST PART OF NEXT YEAR. SO FIRST PART OF NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A COUNCIL DECISION AS FAR AS THE EXPANSION OF LEGACY AND WHAT HAPPENS WITH THOSE TREES. 
          I THINK EVEN REPLACING THE PAVEMENT, I THINK WHAT WE'VE HEARD IS PROBABLY WOULD HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THEM TO BEGIN WITH. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, LEGACY DRIVE IS CERTAINLY A CORRIDOR INTO OUR CITY. 
          IT'S A GATEWAY TO OUR CITY. 
          AND I KNOW COUNCIL HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT MAKING SURE THOSE KEY GATEWAYS, YOU KNOW, MAINTAIN, YOU KNOW, PRISTINE LOOK AND HAVE THAT SENSE OF ENTRANCE. 
          SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT IDEAS FOR THAT. 
          WE HAVE ANOTHER CALLER. YES, WE DO. 
          LET'S BRING AARON LIVE [INAUDIBLE] HERE PLEASE. 
          GO AHEAD, AARON YOU ARE LIVE. 
          HI. I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION. 
          TALKING ABOUT OHIO DRIVE NEAR WHERE LA HACIENDA TRAIL OR REGAN STREET, I GUESS IT'S TECHNICALLY CALLED WHERE IT CONNECTS. 
          IT'S YOU KNOW, MAYBE A QUARTER MILE NORTH, THE NEW ROUND ABOUT AT [INAUDIBLE] OHIO. 
          [INAUDIBLE] A 200 FOOT STRETCH BY THE AUTO SHOP THERE ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE THAT JUST IS NOT [INAUDIBLE] SIDEWALK NORTH OF IT BUT YOU JUST HAVE THIS VERY HARD [INAUDIBLE] PATH BETWEEN THE TWO. AND I WAS JUST WONDERING WHEN FRISCO IS GOING TO BUILD THAT. 
          I KNOW YOU TYPICALLY LIKE TO WAIT FOR LAND TO BE THE DEVELOPED AND HAVE A DEVELOPER TAKE CARE OF THAT. BUT IT APPEARS TO BE CITY OWNED AND YOU CAN SEE HOW OFTEN THAT GRASS WALK THROUGH IS USED JUST FROM STUDENTS WALKING FROM THE APARTMENTS NEAR THE 121 AND WARREN, UP TO THE COLLEGE. YES. 
          I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION. 
          IF THE CALLER WOULD RESTATE THAT TO. 
          OHIO AROUND THE ROUNDABOUT, THE SIDEWALK CONNECTION NOT HAPPENING. 
          NOT THERE. OK, I'LL HAVE TO CHECK INTO THAT ONE SPECIFICALLY. 
          IN GENERAL, WHERE WE HAVE SIDEWALKS ALONG ARTERIAL ROADWAYS, EITHER WE BUILD IT WITH THE ROADWAY OR IT GETS BUILT WHEN DEVELOPMENT ADJACENT COMES INTO PLACE. 
          SOMETIMES WE DO BUILD SIDEWALKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHERE THERE IS A CLEAR PEDESTRIAN NEED. WE'LL PUT THOSE ON AN ANNUAL SIDEWALK PROGRAM. 
          AND THIS ONE MAY IF THERE'S A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC THERE NOW, IT MAY BE ON THE LIST. 
          I DON'T KNOW. I HAVE TO FIND OUT IF THE CALLER WOULD LEAVE THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION. 
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I'LL FIND OUT AND GET BACK TO HIM. 
          OKAY THANK YOU, PAUL. WE HAVE ANOTHER CALLER. 
          WE SURE DO LET'S [INAUDIBLE] TIM UP LIVE. 
          TIM, YOU ARE LIVE SIR PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS STOPPED PROGRESSING AT WADE. 
          I THINK IT WAS CALLED WADE PARK AND I BELIEVE IT ALSO HAD A WHOLE FOODS BEING SET UP. 
          AND IS THERE ANY PLANS FOR THAT RETURN DEVELOPMENT. 
          WELL, I WOULD HAVE LOST THE OVER UNDER ON IT TAKING AN HOUR AND 15 MINUTES TO GET A QUESTION ON WADE PARK. 
          [LAUGHTER] WE HAD ONE ON FACEBOOK, TOO, SO YOU GET IT DOUBLE. 
          SO WADE PARK WAS A DEVELOPMENT. 
          STAN THOMAS DEVELOPMENT HAD THAT PROPERTY UNDER CONTROL, GAMMA DEVELOPMENT OR WAS THE LENDER ON THE PROPERTY? THEY HAVE TAKEN THE PROPERTY BACK. 
          THEY WERE IN ACTIVE DISCUSSIONS TO DEVELOP THE PROJECT AND ACTIVELY WORKING WITH THE CITY OR EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT AND ARE LOOKING AT WHETHER THEY WANT TO DEVELOP IT THEMSELVES, WHETHER THEY WANT TO GET A CO- DEVELOPER. 
          YOU KNOW, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WADE PARK IS STILL A VERY HOT PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF FRISCO. IF YOU TOOK A WHO'S WHO NAME OF DEVELOPERS IN THE DFW AREA, THEY WOULD LOVE TO GET THEIR HANDS ON THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY JUST BECAUSE IT IS JUST PRIME LOCATION. 
          YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE SILVER LINING, I WOULD SAY, REGARDING WADE PARK IS THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE PUT INTO THAT PROPERTY. 
          THERE'S A REASON THAT YOU DON'T PARK'S SUBGRADE MANY DEVELOPMENTS. 
          AND THE REASON IS, IS THREE TO FOUR TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE TO PUT YOUR PARKING GARAGE SUBGRADE THAN IT IS TO USE ACTUALLY SOME OF YOUR PROPERTY OR MAYBE MORE THAN THAT AND MAYBE 10 TIMES MORE. I MEAN, IT'S A BIG NUMBER TO DO SUBGRADE PARKING. 
          AND WHAT THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO WHEN YOU DO SUBGRADE PARKING IT ALLOWS YOU TO [INAUDIBLE] THE DEVELOPMENT EVEN MORE WHERE YOU CAN HAVE MORE OPEN SPACE TO IT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT WASTING THAT SPOT FOR PARKING OR PARKING GARAGES. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF CERTAINLY THE INVESTMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE IN THAT AS FAR AS BUILDING THAT INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          NO QUESTION IN MY MIND THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A WORLD CLASS DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND AS IT MOVES FORWARD, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO SEE IT DEVELOP INTO A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT IT'S DEFINITELY AN EYESORE NOW, THERE'S NO HIDING THAT I WISH WE AS A CITY HAD MORE CONTROL OVER PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT. 
          I WOULD SAY THAT SINCE GAMMA HAS TAKEN IT OVER, THEY HAVE BEEN VERY WILLING TO WORK WITH THE CITY AS FAR AS CLEANING UP THE PROPERTY AND WORKING WITH OUR CITY STAFF. 
          AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE. 
          SO THAT IS DEFINITELY A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          BUT I SHARE THE SENTIMENT WITH OUR RESIDENTS IS THAT WE'RE ANXIOUS TO SEE THAT PROPERTY START MOVING FORWARD AGAIN. 
          I THINK COVID REALLY, QUITE FRANKLY, HAS KIND OF HIT A PAUSE BUTTON ON ALL DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          AND SO THERE IS KIND OF A TEMPORARY PAUSE AS PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT'S NEXT IN THE DEVELOPMENT WORLD. 
          BUT I WOULD EXPECT WE'D START SEEING SOME PROGRESS ON THAT EARLY NEXT YEAR. 
          WE HAVE SOMEONE ASKING SOME NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE SPEED BUMPS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          WHY IS IT THAT SOME NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE THEM AND IS IT POSSIBLE FOR OTHER NEIGHBORS TO GET THEM AS WELL TO HELP CONTROL THE SPEED? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY SPEED BUMPS IN ANY NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          IT'S THE CITY'S POLICY THAT WE DO NOT DO THEM. 
          THERE'S A VARIETY OF REASONS FOR THAT. 
          ONE IS THE WEAR AND TEAR ON VEHICLES, NOT JUST CITY VEHICLES, BUT CERTAINLY RESIDENT VEHICLES AS WELL. 
          PART OF IT IS EMERGENCY RESPONSE. 
          CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, ALL OF US, IF WE HAD AN UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT WHERE WE NEEDED EMERGENCY CARE, IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE WHETHER THAT AMBULANCE CAN GET TO YOUR HOUSE IN FOUR MINUTES OR FIVE MINUTES. 
          AND SO THAT HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF THE POLICY AS WELL. 
          WE DO LOOK AT OTHER TRAFFIC CONTROL MITIGATION EFFORTS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR LONG LENGTH ROADS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT CONNECT TO MAIN THOROUGHFARES. 
          YOU LOOK AT PLANTATION DRIVE. 
          WE HEARD ABOUT SHADDOCK CREEK LANE. 
          YOU LOOK AT VENETO. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME OF THESE KIND OF CORE STREETS THAT WERE BUILT UNDER OLD STANDARDS THAT CONNECT LONG STRETCH WAYS, WHICH TEND TO BE KIND OF OUR PROBLEM STREETS, SO TO SPEAK. JOEL FETES ON OUR STAFF HE'S LOOKING AT SOME UNIQUE IDEAS AS FAR AS GOING BACK AND RETROFITTING SOME ROUNDABOUTS AND SOME OF THOSE LOCATIONS OR SOME OTHER IDEAS AS FAR AS HOW WE CAN CONTROL SOME SPEEDS ON THOSE. 
          OUR NEW DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ARE VERY DIFFERENT THAT HAVE BEEN PUT INTO PLACE AS FAR AS DOING SHORTER BLOCK LENGTHS AND OTHER SPEED CONTROL MECHANISMS. SO AS NEW DEVELOPMENTS COME ON THE GROUND, WHAT WE EXPECT TO HAVE LESS OF THAT ISSUE IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE ARE GOING BACK TO TRY TO SOLVE SOME OF THOSE OLDER ROADS. 
          WE ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION ON HERE AND WE'RE GOING TO ATTACH THE LINK TO THE CITY WEB 
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PAGE ABOUT THE BUILD OUT WHERE WE ARE PROJECTED TO BE. 
          AND SO THAT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THIS NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD OF WHAT THE CITY WEB PAGE SAYS BUT THE CITY WEB PAGE SAYS ANYWHERE BETWEEN THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND AND THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND FOR THE PROJECTED BUILD OUT PAST 2030. 
          UNLESS IS THAT AN UPDATE FROM. 
          THAT'S IT. OK, SO THAT'S THE UPDATE FROM CITY PLANNER. 
          I DIDN'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT AND MAKE YOU HAVE TO GUESS, BUT WE'RE PUTTING IT ON THE WEBSITE. WE'RE ADDING IT TO THE FACEBOOK COMMENT RIGHT NOW. 
          AND I WILL SAY THAT TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT IS THAT IS A DIFFERENT NUMBER THAN IT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO. SO IN A WORK SESSION PROBABLY FIVE YEARS AGO AS A COUNCIL, WE TOOK A LOOK AT, OK, WHERE WE WERE HEADED TOWARDS A POPULATION. 
          AND WE ALL KIND OF HAD THAT JAW DROPPING MOMENT WHEN I THINK STAFF THREW OUT LIKE A FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY TO POSSIBLY FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PERSON NUMBER. 
          JOHN HAD A HEART ATTACK. 
          I THINK I FAINTED. AND IT WAS VERY EYE OPENING THAT, OK, WE NEEDED TO PUT IN POLICIES IN PLACE AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, BUILD A SUSTAINABLE BUILD OUT OF OUR POPULATION. 
          AND SO A LOT OF WORK HAS GONE INTO THE LAST FIVE YEARS AS FAR AS REDUCING, YOU KNOW, THAT NUMBER. JUST SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT I MEAN, WE LOOKED AT EVERYTHING FROM, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY AVERAGE ACRES OF PARK PER RESIDENT SHOULD WE HAD, HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN OUR LIBRARY SERVICE. YOU KNOW, ALL THESE DIFFERENT QUALITY OF LIFE COMPONENTS TO REALLY KIND OF LOOK AT AS FAR AS SAYING, OK, FOR EVERY PERSON WHO LIVES HERE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU BECOME A FRISCONIAN WHAT IS A SUSTAINABLE POPULATION NUMBER WHEN WE'RE DONE THAT THE LAST PERSON WHO GETS HERE HAS THE SAME STANDARD OF LIVING HERE IN FRISCO, AS YOU KNOW, THE HUNDRED THOUSANDTH PERSON THAT LIVED HERE. 
          AND IF YOU BUILD IT, OBVIOUSLY TO DENSE, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU START ERODING THAT QUALITY OF LIFE, NOT JUST FOR THE NEW PEOPLE, BUT FOR EVERYBODY. 
          AND SO WE SPENT A TON OF TIME IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THAT AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE KIND OF ROLLED BACK AND WE FEEL LIKE KIND OF THE LOW THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND NUMBER IS THE RIGHT FIT FOR FRISCO. WE HAD SOMEBODY ASK BRIEFLY ABOUT WHEN WILL FRISCO GET ITS OWN DMV. 
          LET'S CALL OUR STATE LEGISLATORS AND [LAUGHTER] I KNOW WE WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT. 
          WE'RE CONTINUING TO ADD CITY SERVICES. 
          WE WORKED WITH DENTON COUNTY CERTAINLY TO GET A COUNTY BUILDING HERE. 
          WE'VE WORKED WITH OUR POST OFFICE TO GET THINGS HERE. 
          BUT I DO HEAR THAT REQUEST A LOT. 
          I THINK WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT SERVICE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND I HAVE ONE FINAL QUESTION AS FAR AS THAT HASN'T BEEN ASKED YET OR ANYTHING ALONG THAT IT WAS, COULD WE GET SOMETHING LIKE AN ARBOR HILLS NATURE PRESERVE PARK INSTEAD OF I'M GUESSING INSTEAD OF PROGRAM PARKS, THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S MORE THE NATURE TRAIL TYPE LEFT ALONE PARKS. 
          YES. AND SO FOR WHOEVER ASKED THAT QUESTION, I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO GO LOOK AT OUR LONG TERM TRAIL NETWORK PLAN. 
          I THINK IT'S LIKE A THOUSAND PAGES, WHICH REALLY DETAILS EVERY TRAIL MILE THAT'S PLANNED HERE FOR THE CITY. THAT IS A PASSION OF THIS COUNCIL TO CONNECT EVERYTHING THROUGH A TRAIL NETWORK, TO HAVE THAT QUALITY OPEN SPACE AND IT NOT ALL BE PROGRAM. 
          SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT CERTAINLY WITH GRAND PARK AS IT BEING KIND OF THAT NATURE TYPE ELEMENT? YOU KNOW, WE'VE LOOKED AT EVEN IDEAS FOR LIKE AN ARBORETUM POTENTIALLY THERE, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT MORE PASSIVE PARK SPACE. 
          WE DO HAVE SOME FRISCO COMMONS PARK IS A GREAT HIDDEN GEM IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT, WHICH IS A BEAUTIFUL, KIND OF MORE PASSIVE PARK AND HIKE TRAILS THROUGH THE WOODS. SO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO LOOK AT THAT. 
          BUT AS WE EVEN SEE KIND OF IN THIS COVID PANDEMIC, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THE OUTDOORS, ARE USING THE TRAILS AND AND HAVING THAT AS A PRIORITY. 
          SO THAT'S ONLY MAKING US KIND OF UP OUR GAME THERE EVEN MORE AS WE CONTINUE. 
          OK, THAT'S IT FOR THE CALLERS. 
          OK, ANYONE ELSE IN HOUSE THAT HAD ANY QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK THEY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE? SO GAYLE. 
          JUST GOING TO SAY THINK IT IS A GREAT THANK YOU FOR THAT PLUG. 
          SO CITY HALL 101 IS A GREAT PROGRAM, WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TAKE IT. 
          WHEN IS I THINK DID IT JUST START. 
          THIS NEW CLASS JUST STARTED AND IS OFFERED TWICE A YEAR, I BELIEVE. 
          BUT KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR IT. 
          WHEN WOULD THE NEXT CLASS BE? DO WE KNOW? IT'LL BE IN THE SPRING. 
          OK, SO THE NEXT CLASS WILL BE IN THE SPRING. 
          AND WE USUALLY HAVE 30 OR 40 RESIDENTS THAT GRADUATE FROM IT I'D SAY EVERY SINGLE SESSION. AND WITHOUT FAIL, ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THEM SAY IT WAS JUST AN INCREDIBLY WORTHWHILE CLASS FOR THEM TO GO THROUGH. 
          YOU KIND OF LOOK AT LEARN ALL THE COMPONENTS OF THE CITY. 
          YOU HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE THAT REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO SEE THE FIRE SAFETY CENTER AND ACTUALLY GO EXPERIENCE THAT. 
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YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER AS FAR AS HOW CITY GOVERNMENT WORKS. BUT YOU'RE GOING TO LEARN EVERY COMPONENT OF THE CITY. 
          SO IT'S A REALLY FASCINATING PROGRAM. 
          SO I KNEW THERE WOULD BE A FINAL QUESTION, SO I WASN'T QUITE READY TO GO. 
          SO HI JEFF NO IT'S NOT A QUESTION. 
          I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT. 
          I CHAIRED THE FRISCO CENSUS COMMITTEE FOR 2020. 
          AND NOW THAT THAT'S COMPLETE, I JUST WANTED TO SAY GOOD JOB, FRISCO. 
          WE DID SEVENTY THREE POINT ONE PERCENT. 
          GIVEN JUST OUR CIRCUMSTANCES, I WISH WE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER. 
          BILL I DON'T KNOW IF WE BEAT YOUR NUMBER IN 2010 OR NOT. 
          I DON'T REMEMBER WELL, WE WON 2020, SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU SADAF. SO OFF ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN ANSWER? OK, WELL, AGAIN, I WILL REALLY REITERATE ONE LAST TIME THAT WE HAVE LOCAL ELECTIONS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. PLEASE GET TO KNOW YOUR CANDIDATES THAT ARE RUNNING FOR OFFICE. 
          WE HAVE TWO COUNCIL RACES THAT ARE ON THE BALLOT AND WE HAVE ONE ISD LOCAL ISD RACE THAT IS ON THE BALLOT. SO GET TO KNOW THEM. 
          VOTE PLEASE VOTE. 
          EARLY VOTING AGAIN STARTS HERE JUST WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. 
          THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO TUNED IN. 
          AND THANKS FOR OUR CITY STAFF, EVERYONE BEING HERE AND BEING AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. 
          AND WE'LL CALL IT A WRAP. 
          WE HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT. 
          SO IF YOU WANT TO TUNE IN AGAIN, YOU DIDN'T GET ENOUGH TONIGHT. 
          TUNE IN TOMORROW NIGHT FOR OUR COUNCIL MEETING. 
          AND WITH THAT, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.