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WELCOME TO THE MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL.
[CALL TO ORDER]
WE'RE AT FRISCO CITY HALL, THE GEORGE [INAUDIBLE] MUNICIPAL CENTER AND COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 6101 ON FRISCO SQUARE BOULEVARD IN FRISCO, TEXAS.ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20TH OF 2020.
AND I'M JOINED BY THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, WHICH WILL MOVE US INTO CLOSED SESSION ITEM
[CLOSED SESSION]
TWO, RECESS IN THE CLOSED SESSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION FIVE FIVE ONE DOT ZERO ZERO ONE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE ITEM A, MEETING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE CITY ATTORNEY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CONFLICTS WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT REGARDING ONE RECEIVED LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.ITEM B, SECTION FIVE FIVE ONE DOT ZERO SEVEN TWO, TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASER VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED ONE E OF FOUR TWENTY THREE S OF THREE EIGHTY WEST OF DNT AND NORTH OF [INAUDIBLE] PARKWAY.
ITEM TWO, SOUTH OF EL DORADO, NORTH OF MAIN, EAST OF LEGACY, AND WEST OF PRESTON.
ITEM C, SECTION FIVE FIVE ONE DOT 087, DELIBERATION REGARDING COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THE CITY HAS RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT OR TO DELIBERATE THE OFFER OR OTHER OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVES TO A BUSINESS PROSPECT.
COUNCIL, CAN I HAVE A MOTION? MOVED. MOTION BY SHONA, SECOND BY JOHN.
WE ARE RECESS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 5:06 P.M..
CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO RECONVENE? A MOTION BY JOHN, SECOND BY WILL.
AYE. OPPOSED. THAT MOTION PASSED SIX ZERO.
RECONVENING THE REGULAR SESSION AT SIX FORTY EIGHT P.M.
AS A RESULT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THERE IS NO ACTION FOR COUNCIL TO TAKE AND I WILL TURN IT OFF TO MS.
[INVOCATION]
HUFFMAN FOR THE INVOCATION PLEDGE.THIS EVENING, FOR THE INVOCATION WE HAVE MR. JIM [INAUDIBLE].
DID I SAY THAT CORRECTLY? IT'S MUSTANG. MUSTANG.
OK. WHO SERVES AS THE COMMUNITY PASTOR AND A NEIGHBORHOOD ADVOCATE AND A NONPROFIT LEADER.
JIM SERVES AS A COMMUNITY PASTOR FOR PRESTON TRAIL COMMUNITY CHURCH HERE IN FRISCO.
HE IS ALSO THE FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LOVING COMMUNITY, A 501C3 PUBLIC CHARITY. HIS WORK IN THE COMMUNITY FLOWS OUT OF THE GREAT COMMANDMENT OF JESUS, OF BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS AND SERVING THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
JIM HOLDS AN MBA DEGREE IN NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT, IS AN ORDAINED MINISTER AND A FREQUENT SPEAKER, BLOGGER AND CONSULTANT TO NONPROFITS, CIVIC GROUPS, CITY GOVERNMENT, SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES ON STRATEGIES TO BETTER ENGAGE AND SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES.
AND SO WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE YOU THIS GREAT.
THANK YOU, SHONA. LET'S BOW AND PRAY TOGETHER, PLEASE.
WELL, DEAR, KIND AND GOOD FATHER.
ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US WHO HAVE GATHERED AT THIS COUNCIL MEETING, WE COME THIS EVENING WITH HEARTS OF GRATITUDE.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE CHANGE WE FEEL IN THE SEASON WITH THE COOLNESS OF THE COMING FALL AIR. WE THANK YOU FOR FRIENDSHIPS AND COLLABORATION SHARED WITHIN OUR CITY AND GOVERNMENT. WE THANK YOU FOR THE RICHNESS AND DIVERSITY OF OUR COMMUNITY, REPRESENTED BY MANY LANGUAGES, SKIN COLORS AND ORIGINS OF OUR FAMILIES.
MAY WE EXEMPLIFY YOUR LOVE OF ALL BY OUR WORDS AND DEEDS.
AND WE GIVE THANKS FOR OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, MAYOR CHENEY AND OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AS YOU HAVE TAUGHT US, WE PRAY FOR THEM.
AND I ASK THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM WISDOM TO GOVERN WELL, THE CONFIDENCE TO DO WHAT IS GOOD AND RIGHT AND A PERSONAL PEACE AND RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU IN THEIR OWN LIVES.
WE TOO, ARE MINDFUL OF THE CURRENT ELECTION SEASON FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND COUNTRY.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE FREEDOMS WE ENJOY TO SELECT OUR LEADERS.
SO MAY WE AS CITIZENS IN LARGE NUMBERS EXERCISE OUR RIGHT TO VOTE.
MAY WE PRAY FOR JUST ALL OF OUR CANDIDATES AND EVERY POLITICAL PARTY.
WE ASK FOR A RETURN OF CIVIL DISCOURSE AND A HEALTHY DEBATE OF IDEAS AND A GOOD AND KIND AND MORAL LEADERSHIP THAT GOVERNS WELL THAT OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN CAN LOOK UP TO AND THAT WE AS A NATION CAN BE PROUD OF.
AND THAT WILL SERVE AS A MORAL STANDARD BEARER FOR US IN THE WORLD.
AND IN THIS TIME OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC, WE PRAY FOR AND SUPPORT ALL THOSE FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED.
WE PRAY FOR A CURE AND PEACE AND COMFORT AND HEALING FOR THOSE BATTLING THIS DISEASE.
WE PRAY FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND MEDICAL PERSONNEL FOR THEIR SAFETY AND WISDOM AS THEY CARE FOR THOSE IN NEED.
AND NOW FOR A WORLD CLASS CITY TO LIVE AND DO BUSINESS WHERE MANY STRUGGLE.
FOR FRIENDS IN A WORLD WHERE MANY WALK ALONE AND FOR FAITH IN A WORLD WHERE MANY WALK IN FEAR, WE GIVE YOU THANKS.
AND PLEASE HELP US TO BE HUMBLE AND KIND.
AND IT IS YOUR MOST BLESSED NAME WE PRAY.
AMEN. AMEN. AND JOINING US THIS EVENING FOR THE PLEDGES, WE HAVE CUB SCOUT PACK 178
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
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RIGHT HERE AND THEN WE'LL DO THE TEXAS PLEDGE OVER HERE OF ALLEGIANCE] WHY DON'T Y'ALL HANG OUT THERE REAL QUICK.HOW ARE YOU ALL DOING? GOOD. ALL RIGHT.
I SEE YOU ALL HAVE SOME ADORING FANS HERE IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF ROWS, I THINK HALF OF OUR AUDIENCE MAY LEAVE ONCE Y'ALL LEAVE, BUT WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE.
WE ARE CELEBRATING A BADGE HERE TONIGHT.
YOU ARE GETTING A BADGE OR JUST--? OK, ANYTHING IMPORTANT HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
COVID. THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER.
ANYTHING ELSE HAPPENING? VOTING. YES.
WE GOT ONE WHO HAD A POSITION VOTING FOR DONALD TRUMP.
OK, SO ANYONE VOTING BIDEN, I GOT TO PLAY 50/50.
THIS IS GOING OFF THE RAILS REALLY FAST.
LET'S DO THIS. I'D LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND SAY KIND OF WHAT GRADE YOU'RE IN AND TELL ME MAYBE SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE LEARNED FROM SCOUTING.
HOW ABOUT THAT? MY NAME'S LAINE.
I'M IN FOURTH GRADE AND I'VE LEARNED HOW TO CUT WITH A POCKET KNIFE.
I'M IN FOURTH GRADE AND I LEARNED HOW TO MAKE A FIRE WITH FLINT AND STEEL.
I'M IN FOURTH GRADE AND I LEARNED HOW TO DO THE STUFF THAT THEY SAID.
MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] AND I'M IN FOURTH GRADE AND I LEARN THE STUFF THAT ALL THESE THREE PEOPLE SAID. DO YOU ALL GO TO THE SAME SCHOOL? NO.
AGAIN, MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] AND I'M IN FOURTH GRADE AND I LEARNED HOW TO MAKE A FIRE OUT OF STICKS. MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] AND I LEARNED HOW TO DO ALL THEIR STUFF.
MY NAME'S [INAUDIBLE] AND I LEARNED HOW TO-- I'M IN FOURTH GRADE AND I LEARNED HOW TO MAKE A CAMPFIRE. MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE], AND I LEARNED HOW TO MAKE FLINT AND STEEL.
MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE], AND I LEARNED HOW TO USE FLINT AND STEEL.
[APPLAUSE] I THINK YOU SPUN YOUR CAPTAIN KIRK MASK.
REPRESENTATIVE PATTERSON IN THE BACK WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO POSE FOR INDIVIDUAL PICTURES. [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING HERE.
[APPLAUSE] NOW PRETTY MUCH SUMS UP HOW THIS MEETING IS GOING TO GO.
OK, SO NEXT WE ARE GOING TO CELEBRATE DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF MIKE HAGAN, 20 YEARS OF SERVICE.
[4. Deputy Police Chief Mike Hagan - Recognition for 20 Years of Service]
MIKE, WHERE ARE YOU AT? COME ON DOWN.[APPLAUSE] BRING ANY FAMILY YOU WANT TO JOIN YOU.
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ALL RIGHT. THE PROCLAMATION READS, WHEREAS MIKE HAGAN BEGAN WORKING FOR THE FRISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT ON OCTOBER 2ND, 2000.AND WHEREAS MIKE HAS BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FRISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S FIELD TRAINING OFFICER SCENARIO PROGRAM.
AND WHEREAS THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, MIKE HAGAN HAS SERVED IN NUMEROUS DIVISIONS AND HELD MANY POSITIONS, INCLUDING FIELD TRAINING OFFICER, SERGEANT IN PATROL AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, TRAFFIC LIEUTENANT, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION LIEUTENANT, SPECIAL INVESTIGATION UNIT AND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER LIEUTENANT, SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIT NEGOTIATOR L IEUTENANT AND DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE SERVICE'S BUREAU AND CHIEF CRIMINAL-- CHIEF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS BUREAU.
SORRY ABOUT THAT. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVEN'T DONE? AND WHEREAS MIKE HAGAN HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL AWARDS DURING HIS TENURE WITH THE FRISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING ROOKIE OF THE YEAR IN 2001, OFFICER OF THE YEAR IN 2003 AND THE CHIEF'S AWARD IN 2014.
WHEREAS MIKE IS ALSO AN [INAUDIBLE] INSTRUCTOR.
IS THAT RIGHT? AND ONE OF THE OFFICERS RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING AND PRESENTING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ACTIVE THREAT TRAINING FOR BOTH FRISCO AND SALINA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
AND HE HAS PRESENTED ON THE TOPIC AT THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY IN CONFERENCE.
AND WHEREAS MIKE IS A DEDICATED FATHER AND HUSBAND WHO ENJOYS SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY AND COACHING AND WATCHING HIS KIDS PLAY SPORTS, AND WHEREAS MIKE TAKES PRIDE IN HIS CAREER AS A POLICE OFFICER AND IN SERVING AND PROTECTING THE CITIZENS OF FRISCO.
HE SAYS ONE OF THE GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS WAS IN 2006 WHEN HE DISCOVERED A SUSPECT PLANNING A SCHOOL SHOOTING AT FRISCO HIGH SCHOOL AND HE WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH OFFICERS TO STOP THAT POTENTIAL ATTACK-- GIVES ME GOOSE BUMPS.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JEFF CHENEY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FRISCO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF FRISCO, DO HEREBY BESTOW SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO MIKE HAGAN FOR 20 YEARS OF SERVICE DEDICATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY IN FRISCO AND PROCLAIM OCTOBER 20TH TWENTY TWENTY AS MIKE HAGAN DAY.
[APPLAUSE] YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOUR BEAUTIFUL FAMILY HERE AND-- WE GOT SOME-- WHAT'S THAT SAY IN THE BACK? I CAN'T READ THAT. OH, MIKE HAGAN DAY.
ALL RIGHT. LOOKS LIKE YOU GOT SOME FRIENDS ARE GOING TO CELEBRATE HERE WITH YOU.
[LAUGHTER] INTRODUCE YOUR FAMILY.
WHAT IT'S MEANT TO SERVE THE CITY FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.
AND YOU KNOW WHICH OF YOUR KIDS IS THE BETTER ATHLETE OR ARE YOU A BETTER COACH? WELL, THAT'S MY SON, SEAN.
THAT'S MY WIFE LESLIE AND MY DAUGHTER SARAH.
MY OLDEST DAUGHTER'S IN LOUISIANA.
BOTH GOOD ATHLETES. I CAN'T PICK.
I'LL JUST SAY I'M A BETTER COACH, HOW ABOUT THAT.
AND I'LL BE WITH FRISCO. IT'S GREAT.
FEELS LIKE YESTERDAY I STARTED.
PROUD OF ALL THE SUPPORT FROM OUR ADMIN THAT SUPPORTED ME IN EVERYTHING I TRIED TO DO AND ATTEMPTED TO DO AND KEEP PROGRESSING MY CAREER.
CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR, Y'ALL HAVE ALWAYS SUPPORTED US.
AND I'M JUST GLAD TO BE HERE AND HOPEFULLY HAVE ANOTHER 18 OR 20 MORE.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GIVE MIKE AND HIS FAMILY ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE, THANK YOU.
[5. Chiropractic Health Month (Texas Chiropractic Association)]
CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH MONTH.WE HAVE ANYONE HERE JOINING US FOR THAT? COME ON UP, GENTLEMEN.
JOHN KEATING WANTED AN ADJUSTMENT WHILE YOU WERE UP HERE TOO.
AND IT READS, WHEREAS THE TEXAS CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION, THE TCA, IS PARTNERING WITH THE AMERICAN CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION, THE ACA, TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH MONTH IN OCTOBER AND ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO TAKE SIMPLE STEPS TOWARDS BETTER MUSCULOSKELETAL HEALTH-- THIS IS GOING TO BE WHEN THESE DOCTOR PROCLAMATION'S.
AND WHEREAS WITH MANY AMERICANS WORKING FROM HOME AND ATTENDING SCHOOL ONLINE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC, THE INCIDENCE OF-- WHAT IS IT? MSK CONDITIONS-- MUCH EASIER-- HAS GROWN DUE IN PART TO AN INCREASE IN SEDENTARY LIFESTYLES, POOR POSTURE AND STRESS.
AND WHEREAS EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, MSK CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN AMONG THE MOST COMMONLY REPORTED MEDICAL CONDITIONS FOR ADULTS AND SENIORS.
AMONG THEM, LOW BACK PAIN IS THE SINGLE LEADING CAUSE OF DISABILITY WORLDWIDE, PREVENTING
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PEOPLE FROM PARTICIPATING IN DAILY AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.AND WHEREAS CHIROPRACTIC CARE IS WIDELY RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE SAFEST NONDRUG NONINVASIVE APPROACHES AVAILABLE FOR THE TREATMENT OF LOW BACK PAIN AND OTHER MSK COMPLAINTS, AND IN ADDITION TO THEIR EXPERTISE IN SPINAL MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTORS HAVE BROAD DIAGNOSTIC SKILLS AND ARE TRAINED TO RECOMMEND THERAPEUTIC AND REHABILITATIVE EXERCISES AND TO PROVIDE NUTRITIONAL, DIETARY AND LIFESTYLE ADVICE.
AND WHEREAS CHIROPRACTORS RECOGNIZE THAT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY CAN IMPROVE SYMPTOMS, DECREASE DISABILITY AND IMPROVE FUNCTION AND WELL-BEING IN A RANGE OF CHRONIC MSK CONDITIONS, IN ADDITION TO REDUCING STRESS AND ANXIETY AND ENHANCING SLEEP AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND WHEREAS CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH MONTH 2020 SERVES AS A REMINDER TO ALL CITIZENS OF FRISCO THAT CHIROPRACTIC SERVICES COMBINED WITH AN ACTIVE, HEALTHY LIFESTYLE, MAY LESSEN OR ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR RISKY OR POTENTIALLY ADDICTIVE TREATMENTS SUCH AS PRESCRIPTION PAIN MEDICATIONS AND SURGERY.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JEFF CHENEY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FRISCO, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 2020 AS CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH MONTH.
YOU GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS? [APPLAUSE] SO MY NAME IS ANDREW [INAUDIBLE], I'M A CHIROPRACTOR.
I PRACTICE OVER HERE IN THE COLONY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS TAKING THE TIME TO DO THIS TODAY.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS, COVID, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SITTING AT HOME, CHANGING THEIR WORKSTATIONS, YOU KNOW, SITTING LITERALLY, I'VE HAD PATIENTS COME IN SITTING ON A COUCH USING THEIR IRONING BOARD AS A DESK.
YOU KNOW, SO WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF POSTURE ISSUES, A LOT OF BACK PAIN, NECK PAIN.
BUT REALLY, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES.
THOMAS AND MYSELF, WE ARE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.
AND I REALLY THANK YOU FOR THE APPROACH YOU GUYS HAVE TAKEN THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A VERY INTERESTING PROCESS TO BE, YOU KNOW, AN ESSENTIAL CHIROPRACTOR DOCTOR THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND HELP PEOPLE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, OUR APPROACH IS JUST TO HELP PEOPLE WITHOUT THE USE OF MEDICATIONS, DRUGS, SURGERY, LESS INVASIVE TO MOST INVASIVE.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SHARE.
DR. THOMAS, YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE.
I MEAN, I THINK YOU SAID IT PRETTY WELL.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN PRACTICING HERE IN FRISCO FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS, AND IT'S TRULY BEEN MY PLEASURE TO HELP AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP IN OUR OFFICE.
YOU KNOW, AND I'M JUST HAPPY THAT CHIROPRACTIC ACTUALLY HAS A MONTH NOW THAT WE'RE BEING RECOGNIZED AS A PROFESSION FOR.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU, JEFF, AND ALL OF YOU GUYS FOR DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB WITH FRISCO. WE REALLY LOVE LIVING HERE AND LOVE DOING BUSINESS HERE.
[LAUGHTER] LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
[APPLAUSE] OK, WE'RE GOING TO JUMP AHEAD REALLY QUICK TO ITEM SEVEN, WHICH
[7. Presentation of Awards to the Frisco Police Department by ESGR (Employer Support to Guard and Reserve Program/Department of Defense).]
IS A PRESENTATION OF AWARDS TO THE FRISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT BY ESGR, THE EMPLOYER SUPPORT TO GUARD AND RESERVE PROGRAM, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.[INAUDIBLE] THANKS A LOT, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, FELLOW FRISCO CITIZENS.
I'M J.P. HOGAN, RETIRED COLONEL U.S.
ARMY. SPENT 30 YEARS AS AN ACTIVE FEDERAL AGENT.
AND IN THAT TIME, I NEVER SERVED IN A GUARD OR ARMY RESERVE ORGANIZATION.
BUT IN 1990, WHEN WE WENT TO THE FIRST GULF WAR, I WAS COMMANDING AN ORGANIZATION IN LOUISIANA CAVALRY SQUADRON FOR THE 5TH INFANTRY DIVISION, AND WE MOBILIZED THE NATIONAL GUARD. AND TO MY SQUADRON CAME 180 CAVALRYMAN FROM LOUISIANA MOSTLY.
INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, I KNEW PROBABLY 30 PERCENT OF THEM BECAUSE I'D SERVED WITH THEM ON ACTIVE DUTY AT SOME PLACE IN THE WORLD BEFORE THAT.
BUT THAT SIX MONTH WINDOW FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGED MY VIEW OF HOW WE AS A NATION DEFEND OURSELVES. THERE'S THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION OF US, GIVE OR TAKE A FEW.
THERE'S LESS THAN TWO MILLION OF US IN UNIFORM TODAY, ANY DAY.
AND THAT'S LESS THAN ONE HALF OF ONE PERCENT OF THE NATION SERVES IN OUR MILITARY IN ONE
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OF THE SERVICES. AND 40 PERCENT OF THOSE MEN AND WOMEN ARE IN GUARD AND RESERVE ORGANIZATIONS. I NEVER DID THAT.BUT AS I DEALT WITH THEM THEN AND I DEAL WITH THEM A LOT NOW, I REALIZE THAT THEY WERE MANAGING A THIRD COMPONENT OF LIFE THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
THEY HAD A JOB IN A COMMUNITY FOR A COMPANY SOMEWHERE.
THAT'S ALL I DID FOR 30 YEARS.
I LEARNED THAT THESE GUYS AND GALS ARE BRINGING A COMMITMENT THAT'S SPECIAL TO THE SPACE.
SO I GOT INVOLVED WITH THE EMPLOYER SUPPORT THE GUARD AND RESERVE PROGRAM NOW 15 YEARS AGO. AND I'M THE NORTH TEXAS REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR THE PROGRAM.
AND WHAT I DO IS ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS I GET TO DO AS A RETIRED COLONEL AND I GET OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND TALK TO PEOPLE WHO ARE IN COMPANIES, THE LEADERS OF THOSE COMPANIES, AND THANK THEM, FRANKLY, FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, BECAUSE WITHOUT THE COMMITMENT ON THE PART OF THE FRISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CHIEF SHILSON, THE MEN AND WOMEN IN THE DEPARTMENT WHO ALSO SERVE IN OUR NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES COULD NOT DO WHAT THEY'RE DOING. AND IF THEY CANNOT COME WHEN WE ASK AS A NATION AND WE'RE SENDING THEM EVERYWHERE, I MEAN, THERE'S ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY COUNTRIES THAT HAVE U.S.
SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AIRMEN AND MARINES IN THEM TONIGHT DOING ALL MANNER OF THINGS.
AND WE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE CURRENTLY DEPLOYED IN THE COVID SUPPORT THING AROUND THIS COUNTRY. THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN ARE DOING SOMETHING INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
NOW INSIDE THE EMPLOYER SUPPORT THE GUARD AND RESERVE PROGRAM, ONE OF THE THINGS I GET TO DO IS I TALK TO PEOPLE AND THANK THEM FOR THAT.
I ALSO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE AWARDS FROM THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, FROM THE EMPLOYER SUPPORT TO GUARD AND RESERVE PROGRAM IN WASHINGTON, D.C., TO THOSE EMPLOYERS AND THE OTHER PEERS WITHIN THAT ORGANIZATION, AN HONORARIUM OF AN AWARD AND SAYS, HEY, THANKS FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BECAUSE IF YOU DIDN'T DO IT, OUR NATION COULDN'T DO IT BECAUSE OUR MILITARY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE CALL.
WE CAN ARGUE OVER BEER ON WHAT WE'RE ANSWERING THE CALL FOR.
BUT WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE FORCE.
COULDN'T DO IT. SO SEVERAL POLICEMEN OVER THE COURSE OF LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAVE NOMINATED THEIR BOSSES INSIDE THE FRISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT TO RECEIVE WHAT'S CALLED THE PATRIOT AWARD, WHICH IS JUST AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT, HEY, HEY, BOSS, THANKS FOR HELPING ME DO WHAT I DO IN SUPPORT OF OUR NATION.
I SAW A COUPLE OF THESE THINGS NOT TOO LONG AGO.
AND AS THE NORTH TEXAS REGIONAL DIRECTOR, I'VE GOT THE POWER TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS OUGHT TO BE ELEVATED A BIT TO WHAT WE CALL AN ABOVE AND BEYOND AWARD.
AND ABOVE AND BEYOND AWARD I'M GOING TO GIVE THE CHIEF SHILSON TONIGHT, AND IT RECOGNIZES THAT, YEAH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HAVE EVERY OTHER EMPLOYER IN THE COUNTRY HAS GOT SOME LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES RELATIVE TO OUR RESERVE FORCE.
FRISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT GOES BEYOND THAT.
THEY DO THINGS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO BY LAW, BUT THEY DO IT ANYWAY BECAUSE THEY'RE SUPPORTING THEIR SOLDIERS.
AND I'M GOING TO GIVE THEM WHAT'S CALLED THE SEVEN SEALS AWARD, WHICH REALLY ADDITIONAL ELEVATION AND SAYS, YOU KNOW, THESE GUYS ARE REALLY SPECIAL.
THEY OUGHT TO BE COMPETING FOR SOME REALLY HIGH DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AWARDS, THE FREEDOM AWARD. AND TONIGHT, CHIEF I'M GOING TO HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN, GET YOU IN THAT FIGHT.
THANK YOU, J.P., APPRECIATE Y'ALL, THANK Y'ALL.
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ALL RIGHT, AND THANK YOU, JP, FOR RECOGNIZING THEM, I KNOW IN THIS DAY AND AGE OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN BLUE LOVE TO HEAR THE COMMUNITY LOVE AND SUPPORT THAT THEY HAVE HERE IN FRISCO.WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM SIX, WHICH IS OUR REPRESENTATIVE, JARED PATTERSON HAS A
[6. Representative Jared Patterson "Tax Payer Award" Presentation to the City of Frisco.]
SPECIAL TAXPAYER AWARD PRESENTATION IN THE CITY OF FRISCO.JARED, HOW DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS? YOU WANT TO SPEAK AT THE MIC OR DO YOU WANT TO COME UP OR GO TO MIC? MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LET ME BE HERE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE, ESPECIALLY ON THIS OCCASION, YOU KNOW, SO MANY GREAT FOLKS WHO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY HERE ALL THE WAY FROM BOY SCOUTS TO VETERANS.
THAT'S A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.
AND I'M HUMBLED TO BE HERE WITH THESE FELLOW FRISCO RESIDENTS.
MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AS YOU ALL KNOW, RESIDENTS OF NORTH TEXAS PAY SOME OF THE HIGHEST PROPERTY TAXES IN THE COUNTRY AND IT'S A PROBLEM.
BUT FRISCO HAS STEPPED UP TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
AND I'M HERE TO CONGRATULATE YOU FOR THAT.
NOT ONLY HAVE YOU PASSED A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR RESIDENTS, BUT YOU'VE ALSO PASSED A SENIOR EXEMPTION. AND THOSE ARE REALLY BIG DEALS, ESPECIALLY TO HELP FOLKS LIKE OUR SENIORS WHO ARE ON A FIXED INCOME.
AND THAT'S GREAT. THROUGHOUT MY DISTRICT, I REPRESENT ABOUT 13 CITIES AND PART OF DENTON COUNTY. AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE WHAT WE ARE CALLING TAXPAYER CHAMPION AWARDS.
AND THOSE HAVE GONE TO TWO CITIES IN THE COUNTY FOR NOT RAISING PROPERTY TAXES THIS YEAR.
IN FACT, FRISCO PASSED A RATE THAT IS BELOW THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, MEANING THE AVERAGE TAXPAYER WILL PAY LESS IN PROPERTY TAXES THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE AS MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF OUR GREAT CITY.
I'M PROUD TO CALL FRISCO HOME.
I'M PROUD TO BE HERE. I'M PROUD OF THE SERVICE THAT YOU ALL DO FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE VERY WELL DESERVED OF THIS AWARD.
AND ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF HOUSE DISTRICT 106, I WANT TO PRESENT YOU WITH THE TAXPAYER CHAMPION AWARD FOR 2020, PRESENTED BY REPRESENTATIVE JARED PATTERSON, AWARDED TO THE CITY OF FRISCO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME BE HERE TONIGHT.
I'M HONORED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, JARED, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE YOU PROVIDE THE RESIDENTS OF FRISCO AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO WITH US AS A COUNCIL TO HELP MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE FOR EVERYONE.
I WANT TO GIVE THE RECOGNITION WHERE THE RECOGNITION IS DUE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY OUR FINANCE TEAM HERE IN THE CITY OF FRISCO, WHICH IN OUR OPINION IS SECOND TO NONE, AS EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE KNOWS.
AND AS YOU KNOW, THE CITIZENS OF FRISCO HAVE VERY HIGH EXPECTATIONS OF US AND OF THIS COMMUNITY. AND THEY DEFINITELY EXPECT THE BEST OF THE BEST.
THEY WANT THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST, YOU KNOW, PROTECTING THEM AS WE'VE HONORED OUR POLICE HERE. AND NEXT MONTH, WE'LL BE HONORING OUR FIRE FOR THE GREAT SERVICE THEY CERTAINLY DO HERE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO WITH THAT, WE'RE CERTAINLY PROUD OF WHAT WE LIKE TO CALL THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, THE MOST AFFORDABLE RATE IN THE ENTIRE DFW METROPLEX, IN OUR OPINION. AND THERE'S A LOT OF HARD WORK THAT GOES INTO THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
I WANT TO THANK OUR BUDGET AND AUDIT TEAM THAT WORKS HARD EVERY SINGLE MONTH AND OUR FINANCE TEAM SPECIFICALLY.
CERTAINLY THE LEADERSHIP OF GEORGE PUREFOY, OUR CITY MANAGER FOR OVER 30 YEARS, YOU KNOW THE CITY WOULDN'T BE ANYWHERE NEAR WHERE IT IS TODAY.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT COMING OUT OF COVID AND WHAT IS NEXT AND WHAT DO WE SEE BEFORE US IN THE COMING YEARS? AND THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY, AS YOU KNOW, AND THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AT THE IN AUSTIN, YOU KNOW, FIGHTING ON BEHALF OF OUR CITIZENS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY AS WELL.
BUT I THINK THAT FRISCO IS POISED TO BE RECESSION RESISTANT AND BOUNCE OUT OF THIS FASTER THAN ANYONE. AND WE THINK THE BRIGHTEST DAYS ARE AHEAD OF US.
WE CAN'T GET HERE SOON ENOUGH BECAUSE WE'VE GOT BIG PLANS HERE FOR THE CITY OF FRISCO.
SO ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY COUNCIL.
AGAIN, JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND SHARING IN THE MOMENT WITH US.
COUNCIL ANYTHING ELSE? [APPLAUSE]
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OK, THAT WILL MOVE US TO REPORT ITEM EIGHT, WHICH IS OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT'S CRIME[8. Police Department's crime statistics and response times for the month of September 2020.]
STATISTICS AND RESPONSE TIMES FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I WANTED TO START WITH JUST KIND OF A QUICK REVIEW.
I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME CONCERNS ABOUT PETLAND EXPRESSED AT RECENT PUBLIC INPUT.
SO I WANTED TO IT WAS KIND OF TIMELY.
WE JUST HAD OUR SECOND INSPECTION OF PETLAND LAST WEEK.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO GO OVER THE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT.
SO WE DID AN UNANNOUNCED INSPECTION ON THE 13TH OF OCTOBER.
AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOUND, THIS WAS OUR SECOND INSPECTION OF THE PREMISES.
OFFICERS, ANIMAL SERVICES OFFICERS OBSERVED THAT THE STAFF WAS ACTIVELY CLEANING WHEN THEY CAME IN. THERE WERE FOUR CANINES IN PRE ISOLATION AND FOUR CANINES IN ISOLATION JUST TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE TWO OF THOSE THINGS.
PRE ISOLATION MEANS THEY'RE THE ANIMALS EXHIBITING SOME SORT OF ILLNESS SYMPTOM BUT HAS NOT BEEN SEEN BY A VET.
ISOLATION IS ANIMALS GOT SOME SORT OF ILLNESS SYMPTOM BUT HAS BEEN SEEN BY A VET AND IS BEING TREATED. SO THEY HAVE TO BE SEPARATED FROM THE REST OF THE ANIMALS.
AND ALL OF THE DOGS AND ANIMALS WERE BEING STORED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS ADOPTED. SO THE VIOLATIONS THAT WERE OBSERVED, THERE WERE FOUR TOTAL VIOLATIONS INVOLVING TWO ANIMALS.
THEY WERE THE VIOLATIONS WERE FOR MEDICATION THAT WAS BEING GIVEN WHEN NOT REQUIRED, AND THEN THE LACK OF DOCUMENTATION ON THE VET INSTRUCTIONS FOR THAT MEDICATION.
SO THERE WAS TWO VIOLATIONS PER EACH ANIMAL.
THEY WERE ISSUED TWO CITATIONS FOR THOSE VIOLATIONS.
AND, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY WHAT THEY THEIR CLAIM WAS THAT THEY HAD ORAL INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE VET, BUT THEY HAD FAILED TO DOCUMENT THOSE INSTRUCTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE. WE ALWAYS GO BACK AFTER AN INITIAL INSPECTION, DO A FOLLOW UP, AND WITHIN 48 HOURS WE DID A FOLLOW UP REINSPECTION AND THOSE VIOLATIONS HAD BEEN RECTIFIED.
SO THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE CORRECTED.
SO AND THE WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE VET WERE ATTACHED TO THE ANIMALS THAT WERE IN QUESTION. SO JUST AS A KIND OF A SUMMARY OF WHAT'S HAPPENED THIS YEAR AT PETLAND, THEY'VE SOLD APPROXIMATELY TWENTY THREE HUNDRED PUPPIES SINCE JANUARY.
ONE HUNDRED OR A THOUSAND SINCE THE LAST INSPECTION, THERE'S BEEN SEVEN TOTAL RETURNS.
SIX OF THOSE WERE DUE TO ILLNESSES AND ONE WAS BECAUSE OF A FAMILY ISSUE.
NONE OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED HAVE BEEN FROM THOSE RETURNED.
SO THEY'VE GOTTEN THREE TOTAL CITATIONS SINCE JANUARY TWO FROM THIS RECENT INSPECTION.
AND THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SUMMARY OF THE LATEST INSPECTION THERE.
SO YOU HAVE THE REST OF THE POLICE REPORT ON CRIME STATISTICS.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING THEM AND WHAT I READ.
SO THE CITATIONS ISSUED HAVE FINES ASSOCIATED WITH THEM AND THEN MUNICIPAL COURT WILL LEVY THE FINE IF THEY'RE FOUND GUILTY.
YOU KNOW, HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH THE POTENTIAL? I DO NOT. AND CHIEF, AS FAR AS ONGOING FOLLOW UP, IS THERE A REGULAR RHYTHM THAT YOU CHECK IN OR I ASSUME THEY'RE NOT PRE NOTIFIED OR ARE THEY OR? THAT'S CORRECT. THESE INSPECTIONS ARE UNANNOUNCED PER THE ORDINANCE.
THEY'RE DONE QUARTERLY. DO WE KNOW I MEAN, YOU LOOK AT NUMBERS, RIGHT, AND YOU SEE KIND OF FIVE OUT OF TWENTY THREE HUNDRED.
I MEAN, DO WE GET ANY COMPARABLE STATISTICS FROM FOR INSTANCE, I MEAN, THE ANIMAL SHELTER, YOU KNOW, ADOPTIONS BEING MADE?
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I WOULD IMAGINE IT'S NOT 100 PERCENT SATISFIED CUSTOMERS AT ANY BUSINESS IN THE WORLD.BUT CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF THRESHOLD THAT YOU WOULD SEE TO SAY, OK, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME FURTHER MITIGATION? YEAH, I DON'T I DON'T HAVE ANY COMPARATIVE STATISTICS FROM A SHELTER.
BUT LIKE YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO HAVE ONE HUNDRED PERCENT.
YOU KNOW, EVERY ANIMAL THAT'S BOUGHT OR ADOPTED AT A SHELTER IS GOING TO WORK OUT.
THERE'S ALWAYS I CAN PERSONALLY SPEAK TO HAVE ADOPTED AN ANIMAL AT A SHELTER AND IT HAD A LOT OF HEALTH ISSUES AND WE HAD TO TAKE IT BACK.
SO YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO HAVE ONE HUNDRED PERCENT, YOU KNOW, SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE SATISFACTION WITH EVERY ADOPTION OR EVERY PURCHASE.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT ITEM? I THINK WE HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO SPEAK DURING CITIZEN INPUT THAT WAS PROBABLY IN LINE WITH THOSE.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THOSE IN CASE THERE'S SOME FOLLOW UP COMMENTS TO THAT.
YES, MA'AM? OK, SO MS. FIELDS, THEN YOU'LL WAIT TO SPEAK DURING CITIZEN INPUT THEN? MS. FIELDS, YOU CAN COME ON DOWN.
SORRY, MR. TAYLOR, MS .FIELDS, YOU CAN COME ON DOWN.
HE SAID WE CAN TAKE YOU AT THE SAME TIME.
IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
I'M THE [INAUDIBLE] COMPUTER REPAIR IN THE RAIL DISTRICT AT 7227 WEST MAIN STREET IN DOWNTOWN FRISCO. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS EVENING. I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF DOING BUSINESS IN FRISCO FOR THE PAST 11 YEARS, AND I BELIEVE FRISCO IS A WONDERFUL CITY AND AS BUSINESS OWNER I REALLY APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK OF THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOSTERING A BUSINESS FRIENDLY AND FAMILY ORIENTED ENVIRONMENT IN THE CITY.
THE REASON I AM HERE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS TO ASK FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER BANNING THE SALE OF ANIMALS FROM PUPPY MILLS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
THIS ISSUE WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION BY MY WIFE, LISA, WHO WAS ACTIVE LOCALLY IN THE ENDEAVOR TO PREVENT THE MISTREATMENT OF ANIMALS.
PETLAND, A BUSINESS IN OUR CITY, IS SELLING ANIMALS FROM KNOWN PUPPY MILLS THAT SUBJECT ANIMALS TO DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS.
AND SOME OF THESE ANIMALS MAY BE SOLD IN A SICK CONDITION TO UNSUSPECTING CUSTOMERS.
THIS HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED BY THE FRISCO PET PROJECT AND HUMANE ASSOCIATION, WHO CAN GIVE THE COUNCIL DETAILS ON THIS MATTER.
I WAS ASTONISHED, TO SAY THE LEAST, TO FIND OUT THIS WAS ALLOWED IN THE CITY OF FRISCO, OF ALL PLACES. BEFORE I HAD DOGS, I WAS AWARE PUPPY MILLS WERE A BAD THING.
OTHER THAN THE OCCASIONAL SARAH MCLACHLAN INFOMERCIAL, IT DIDN'T REALLY HAVE EFFECT ON MY DAY TO DAY LIFE, IT WAS EASY TO JUST TURN THE CHANNEL.
EVERYTHING CHANGED. MY WIFE LISA AND I RESCUED AND ADOPTED OUR FIRST PET.
CHLOE WAS A TEACUP POODLE THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY SEVEN YEARS OLD.
SHE HAD TERRIBLE PROBLEMS WITH HER TEETH AND WAS VERY UNDERWEIGHT AND FRAIL.
SHE WAS A BICHON POODLE MIX AND SHE AND THE VET ESTIMATED THAT SHE WAS TEN YEARS OLD.
BUT DUE TO HER POOR PHYSICAL CONDITION, LACK OF TEETH, THE VET COULDN'T BE SURE OF HER AGE. MEADOW WAS RESCUED FROM A SQUALID PUPPY MILL IN MISSOURI, AND WHEN SHE WAS ONE OF TWO THOUSAND OTHER ANIMALS STUFFED IN CAGES AND LEFT OUTSIDE IN THE ELEMENTS.
MEADOW WAS USED AS A BREEDING DOG AND SPENT HER ENTIRE LIFE IN A CAGE HAVING LITTER AFTER LITTER. I CANNOT IMAGINE HOW MANY PUPPIES SHE HAD IN HER LIFETIME.
HER PUPPIES SOLD FOR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WITH MEADOW'S BODY PAID THE PRICE.
AFTER RESCUING HER, SHE WOULD SIT AND SHAKE IN A CORNER FOR WEEKS.
THE VET BILLS ARE HIGH AND THE REHABILITATION WAS LONG AND ARDUOUS.
DUE TO THE OVERBREEDING, THE VET DISCOVERED SHE DEVELOPED MAMMARY CANCER.
FINALLY, THERE WAS MOLLY. SHE WAS MAYBE TWO YEARS OLD.
SHE WAS SO MALNUTRITIOUS, WE DIDN'T WE'RE WEREN'T EVEN SHE WAS EVEN RECOGNIZABLE AS A POODLE. SHE HAS JUST HAD JUST HAD JUST HAD HAD A LITTER OF PUPPIES SORRY, A RECENT SURGERY THAT WAS INFECTED.
THEY ALL CAME FROM DIFFERENT PUPPY MILLS.
BUT THE ONE THING THEY ALL HAD IN COMMON WAS THAT THEY WERE ALL UNNECESSARILY EXPLOITED AND ABUSED. THIS IS THE PRODUCT OF PUPPY MILLS, INJURED ABUSE AND EXPLOITED ANIMALS.
WE WOULD NEVER ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN TO HUMANS.
WHY WOULD WE LET THIS HAPPEN TO DEFENSELESS ANIMALS? PETLAND IS PICKETED REGULARLY WITH THE MOST RECENT HAPPENING THREE WEEKS AGO ON PRESTON ROAD WITH OVER 50 PROTESTERS ON ONE OF THE MAIN ARTERIES OF THE CITY OF FRISCO.
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THIS IMAGE IS AT ODDS WITH THE FAMILY AND FAMILY AND BUSINESS FRIENDLY PERCEPTION THAT I THINK MOST PEOPLE HAVE OF THE CITY OF FRISCO.THIS IS A BAD LOOK FOR THE CITY.
WE'RE THE HOME OF THE WORLD HEADQUARTERS OF AMERICA'S TEAM, THE DALLAS COWBOYS.
FRISCO IS ONE OF THE MOST DESIRED CITIES TO LIVE AND RAISE A FAMILY IN A CITY OF OPPORTUNITY. FRISCO IS A CITY MOVING FORWARD IN THE 21ST CENTURY, BUT FOR SOME REASON, FRISCO STILL ALLOWS THIS TYPE OF COMMERCE TO HAPPEN WITHIN THE CITY.
THIS WOULD, IT APPEARS FROM TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION.
THEY ARE, AND IT'S A SERIOUS PROBLEM.
MY INTENT HERE IS NOT TO HARM A BUSINESS, BUT CHANGING FOR A FOR SALE TO AN ADOPTION MODEL FOR ANIMALS COULD GENERATE SIGNIFICANT GOODWILL IN THE COMMUNITY, NOT TO MENTION FINDING ANIMALS HOMES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN SHELTERS.
IT MAY HELP REDUCE GIVING CUSTOMERS SICK PETS.
WHEN YOU BUY A PET, YOU ASSUME IT'S HEALTHY AND MANY OF THESE ARE NOT.
IT WOULD END THE PROTESTING AND PICKETING OF THE STORE.
I PERSONALLY HAVE NOT SEEN A REPRESENTATIVE FROM PETLAND REFUTE ANY OF THESE CLAIMS MADE AGAINST IT. AS A BUSINESSMAN MYSELF, I WOULD WANT TO ADDRESS THEM AND MAKE CHANGES IF I WAS SHOWN THIS EVIDENCE. WHY WOULD A BUSINESS RESIST THIS? YOU DO HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF ABOUT THE BUSINESS'S MOTIVATION THEN.
IS IT JUST CHEAP ANIMALS FOR BETTER PROFIT, OR IS THAT OR IS THAT WHAT IS IMPORTANT? WHERE IS THE SOCIAL CONSCIENCE? IS THIS WHAT WE WANT FOR THE CITY OF FRISCO? STOPPING PUPPY MILLS IN OUR COUNTRY IS A DAUNTING TASK, TO SAY THE LEAST.
THERE'S OBVIOUSLY NOT ENOUGH POLITICAL WILL TO ACCOMPLISH THAT CURRENTLY.
THERE'S CURRENTLY TWO. THERE'S STILL TOO MUCH DISINTEREST IN THE WELL-BEING OF ANIMALS IN OUR CULTURE. BUT WE CAN TAKE SMALL STEPS THAT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
AND ONE OF THOSE STEPS IS REDUCING THE NUMBER OF PLACES THAT MILLS CAN SELL THEIR ANIMALS. AND MAYBE SOMEDAY.
OTHER CITIES ARE TAKING UP THIS MATTER TOO.
CURRENTLY THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING AN ORDINANCE TO ONLY ALLOW DOGS AND CATS FROM OTHER SHELTERS TO BE SOLD IN PET STORES, FRISCO HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD IN THIS ISSUE AND TO MAKE CHANGES.
THIS IS MEADOW. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN THE DAY WE GOT HER AT HER FIRST VET VISIT.
YOU CAN SEE HOW SHE LATCHES IS ON TO MY WIFE, LISA.
SHE MAY HAVE NEVER BEEN HELD IN THIS WAY IN HER ENTIRE LIFE.
AS TIME WENT ON, SHE BEGAN TO PLAY WITH OTHER DOGS AND WAS BEGINNING TO SHED HER FEARS OF HER PREVIOUS LIFE. SHE MADE MIRACULOUS PROGRESS.
WE LOVED HER WITH ALL OUR HEART.
WE GAVE THE DIGNITY, GAVE HER THE DIGNIFIED LIFE SHE DESERVED.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE LIFE SHE COULD HAVE HAD IF SHE WAS SPARED THE ABUSE OF THE PUPPY MILL THAT SHE SPENT MOST OF HER LIFE IN.
SHE SUCCUMBED TO HER CANCER LAST YEAR.
THANK YOU, SIR. SORRY, WE HAVE TO KEEP TO OUR STRICT LIMITS.
I WAS ALMOST DONE. I HAD LITERALLY THREE MORE LINES.
THIS IS THIS ISN'T AN AGENDA ITEM.
SO WE CAN'T COMMENT OR BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE'LL GET YOU THE AGENDAS WHERE THIS ITEM WAS DISCUSSED AT LENGTH LAST YEAR WHEN THE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED AND THERE WAS ACTUALLY COMMENTS MADE BY THE BUSINESS OWNER WHO ADDRESSED ALL THE CLAIMS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE BY SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS.
SO THEY DID ADDRESS ALL THOSE.
AND AS WAS MENTIONED, OUR ANIMAL SERVICES CONTROL DOES FOLLOW UP ON ANY KIND OF CLAIM OR ACCUSATION. SO WE'LL GET YOU THAT SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE VIDEOS OF THE DISCUSSION THAT COUNCIL HAD, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS THE PRIVATE BUSINESS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT ENOUGH THAT YOU JUST PUT A FACE ON THIS FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MARLA FIELDS AND I REPRESENT A GROUP ON FACEBOOK, IT'S CALLED FRISCO'S PET PROJECT, AND WE HAVE OVER 1200 FOLLOWERS, MANY OF WHICH ARE YOUR FRISCO RESIDENTS AND ALSO NEIGHBORING CITIZENS IN THE COMMUNITIES AROUND US.
A COUPLE OF THREE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO [INAUDIBLE] AN UPDATE AND SOME OF THE THINGS THEY WERE CONCERNING US JUST A BIT.
FRISCO'S CONTRACT IS IN PLACE UNTIL 2023.
WE KEEP HEARING THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
THE CONTRACT IS IN PLACE UNTIL 2023.
WHILE THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY TRUE AND WE'RE HEARING THAT AS AN EXCUSE NOT TO EXPLORE WHY WE CAN'T BE LOOKING AT A SHELTER NOW.
WELL, ACTUALLY, THE CONTRACT SAYS THAT IT IS UNDER YEARLY REVIEW AND THAT FRISCO ALSO HAS THE OPTION TO OPT OUT WITH 365 DAYS NOTICE.
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SO I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO BE TELLING THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE STUCK IN A CONTRACT UNTIL 2023.SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO REFUTE BECAUSE WE'VE GOTTEN EMAILS THAT SAY JUST THAT. AND IN RECENT DALLAS MORNING NEWS ARTICLE, ONE OF THE CANDIDATES THAT ARE RUNNING SAID THE SAME THING. SO WE NEED TO SQUELCH THAT.
BY THE WAY, CCAS JUST LAST WEEK SAID THEY WERE IN CODE RED FOR THE CATS AND JUST LAST NIGHT THE SHELTER IS FULL AGAIN.
THE NUMBER SECOND THE NUMBER TWO ARGUMENT IS THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH RESCUES OF CATS AND DOGS TO WARRANT THE PRICE OF A SHELTER.
THAT WAS ALSO DISCUSSED BACK IN JUNE OF 2019.
THE SHELTER WAS PRESENTED TO US BY THE CITY STAFF THAT IT WOULD BE SIX MILLION DOLLARS, THAT'S ALL SIX MILLION DOLLARS AND OUR OPERATING COST OF SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY K.
NOW, MIND YOU, WE ALREADY HAVE A MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET.
FOUR HUNDRED OF THAT, NEARLY 400 K GOES TO COLLIN COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES FOR 601 PETS.
WE'VE ALSO HEARD THAT A MAJORITY OF THESE PETS ARE BEING RETURNED TO THEIR CITIZENS AND FRISCO RESIDENTS.
ONLY 169 OF THOSE 601 WERE RETURNED.
FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO WENT BACK TO OVER OUT OF CITY LIMITS TO COLLIN COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES. NOW LET'S LOOK AT THE NUMBERS FOR PLANO.
PLANO'S CATS AND DOGS IN 2019, 6000.
THEY TOOK IN 6000 AND WE'RE ONLY TAKING IN 600 AND ONE.
AT THE COLONY, MUCH SMALLER, TOOK IN OVER A THOUSAND.
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE AND IT DOESN'T ADD UP.
I GET A LITTLE EMOTIONAL WITH THIS, SO THE NUMBERS ARE SLIGHTLY SKEWED IN THAT YOU'RE NOT COUNTING FOR THE ONES THAT THE YOUR RESIDENTS ARE PICKING UP AND PERSONALLY TAKING OVER TO COLLIN COUNTY, YOU'RE NOT COUNTING THE ONES THAT ARE GOING OFF UNTIL GOING TO THE OTHER AREA SHELTERS.
SO WE'VE GOT TO ACCOUNT FOR THOSE NUMBERS AS WELL.
SO THE OTHER RUMOR THAT'S GOING OUT THERE IS YOU'RE NOT HEARING ENOUGH FROM YOUR CITIZENS. THEY'RE NOT SHOWING UP.
WELL, WE CAN UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE REASONS WHY, BUT THEY ARE COMMUNICATING THIS TO US.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY WE NEED TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND WE CAN'T DISCOUNT JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT SEEING THEIR FACES UP HERE THAT THEY DON'T CARE AND THEY DON'T WANT A SHELTER.
WE'VE GOT THE EVIDENCE RIGHT HERE.
AND I'M JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TALKING FOR 126 SECONDS.
FRISCO STEP UP TO THE PLATE, BUILD AN ANIMAL SHELTER AND ADOPTION SHELTER.
LAURA V, PLEASE STOP BUILDING NEW SHOPS AND HOMES IN FRISCO IF YOU CAN'T HELP THE PROBLEM, WE NEED HELP FOR THESE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUCH GREAT HEARTS FOR OUR FURRY FRIENDS.
NICOLE S. THESE ARE ALL FRISCO RESIDENTS.
CATHY N OUR CITY IS ONE OF THE GREATEST CITIES IN THE U.S.
PLEASE STAY ON TOP OF THIS BEFORE THE NEED GETS TOO GRAND.
JULIE C, WE NEED A SHELTER HERE IN FRISCO.
DEBORAH E, WE NEED A PET LOST FOUND IN FRISCO, DESPERATELY.
NINA P. I'VE MADE THE DISTANT TREK ALL THE WAY TO MCKINNEY JUST TO PICK UP MY BLIND PUG.
YEP. THE KIDS KEEP LEAVING OUT, LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN.
HE ESCAPES AND NOBODY BOTHERS TO POST IT ON NEXT DOOR.
ALICE A, BEING IN THE PET INDUSTRY, I'VE HEARD CLIENTS OVER AND OVER TALK ABOUT BEING DIFFICULT TO LOCATE A PET BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO RUN TO ALL THE DIFFERENT SHELTERS.
SHERRY M, FRISCO NEEDS TO GET A SHELTER.
BETSY O, THE SHELTER IS A MUST IN FRISCO.
PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR ANY ADDITIONAL HELP.
[INAUDIBLE] H. A CITY THE SIZE OF FRISCO WITH ITS GROWTH ABSOLUTELY NEEDS AN ANIMAL SHELTER. [INAUDIBLE] W, YES.
AUTUMN C, A SHELTER IS NEEDED IN FRISCO AND I DIDN'T EVEN GET TO THE OTHER PAGES.
ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DURING CITIZEN INPUT? ON A DIFFERENT SUBJECT, MAY I SPEAK ON A DIFFERENT SUBJECT? TOTALLY. THAT IS, I'VE JUST HEARD FROM FRISCO RESIDENTS THAT GIVEN THE PRIVACY ISSUES, THAT THEY FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE SAYING THE ACTUAL ADDRESS BECAUSE IT'S BEING RECORDED.
SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF TOSS THAT OUT THERE IN CASE WE MIGHT WANT TO CHANGE THAT.
THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DURING CITIZEN INPUT? OK. JASON ABODY? AND, KRISTI, YOU MIGHT AFTER HE'S FINISHED, MAYBE AFTER HE'S FINISHED, MAYBE SPEAK, ANSWER THAT QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE ADDRESSES AND PUBLIC INFORMATION AND FREEDOM OF INFORMATION, WHY WE HAVE TO PROVIDE SOME OF THAT.
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HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING, JASON ABODY SEVENTEEN EIGHTY SIX MUSTANG TRAIL, FRISCO, TEXAS, SEVEN FIVE ZERO THREE THREE.IT'S GREAT TO SEE EVERYBODY AGAIN.
I LIVE IN THE TRAILS OF WEST FRISCO, AND I KNOW A LOT OF YOU ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE TRAILS OF WEST FRISCO.
THERE IS A LONG STREET THAT GOES ALL THE WAY AROUND THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE WHOLE SUBDIVISION, AND IT'S GORGEOUS.
AND THERE'S THESE BEAUTIFUL EASTERN RED CYPRESSES THAT LINE THE WHOLE THING.
SO ONE DAY, YOU KNOW, A NEIGHBOR HAPPENS TO BE RUNNING IN AND SCRATCH THEMSELVES AND THEY CALLED CODE ENFORCEMENT AND CODE ENFORCEMENT, ASK THE HOA TO CUT BACK THE CEDARS.
AND THEY DID. AND THEN THEY SAID, NO, YOU HAVE TO DO IT MORE.
BUT WHEN THEY DID IT MORE, THEY BUTCHERED THEM.
SO THEY BUTCHERED THEM ALL ALONG THE WHOLE WAY.
AND IF YOU SEE IT, YOU'LL DRIVE BY AND SEE IT IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY AND IT HAS CREATED A MADE THIS HAPPEN IN SEPTEMBER OF TWENTY EIGHTEEN AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CITY, THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE LANDSCAPING DEPARTMENT RECEIVED COMPLAINTS, YOU KNOW, OF ALL THE, YOU KNOW, PRIVACY ISSUES, INCLUDING MYSELF, PEOPLE CAN JUST SEE RIGHT IN MY BACKYARD AND MY NEIGHBOR IS THE WORST.
AND THEY CAME OUT AND THEY ACKNOWLEDGED IT AND THEY SAID, YES, THIS IS YOU'RE THE WE HAVE A FRISCO ORDINANCE OF A SCREENING THAT YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW.
AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO FINE THE HOA.
AND I FOUND THAT A LITTLE WEIRD, LIKE, OK, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT MAKES US CUT DOWN ALL THE TREES, BUT NOW YOU'RE GOING TO FINE THE HOA.
SO HE CAME OUT AND HE SUBMITTED A LIST OF ALL THE ADDRESSES THAT WERE IN VIOLATION.
MY ADDRESS IS ONE OF THEM, ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS.
AND HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO WORK WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE HOA.
NOW, I UNDERSTAND WORKING WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE HOA, BUT THE PRESIDENT OF THE HOA IS COMPLETELY USELESS.
HE DOESN'T HE DOESN'T REALLY DO ANYTHING.
HE IS I MEAN, HE WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANYWHERE.
WE ACTUALLY CAME TO A POINT WHERE WE MET WITH THE CITY CODE ENFORCEMENT AND NOBODY DID ANYTHING. CODE ENFORCEMENT JUST KIND OF SAT THERE AND IT WAS KIND OF JUST, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. WE'RE NOT GOING TO FIX IT.
IT'S NOT OUR PROBLEM. AND IN MY OPINION, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT CUT THEM DOWN WITHOUT THEY VIOLATED THEIR OWN ORDINANCE WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING THAT THEY DID IT.
SO. WHEN WE ASKED THEM TO CHIP IN THE MONEY BECAUSE THE HOA DOESN'T HAVE ALL THE MONEY NOW TO REPLACE ALL THESE TREES, THE LANDSCAPING COMPANY CAME UP WITH PLANS TO FILL IN CERTAIN AREAS AND CERTAIN AREAS.
AND, OF COURSE, THE HOA PRESIDENT SCRATCHED THAT THING.
SO I WANT TO BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION BECAUSE WE NEED HELP.
I MEAN, WE'RE GOING ON TWO YEARS.
AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE TOLD ME YOU'RE GOING TO BRING THIS TO THE COUNCIL AND THEY'RE REALLY NOT GOING TO CARE. AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW JOHN KEATING, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW MAYOR CHENEY.
I DON'T KNOW IF, YOU KNOW SHONA HUFFMAN.
THEY'RE AMAZING PEOPLE AND THEY'RE PEOPLE OF ACTION.
AND I DO BELIEVE THAT YOU GUYS WILL CHECK THIS OUT FOR US AND SEE DID THE CITY MAKE A MISTAKE? DID THEY CHOP THIS DOWN AND VIOLATE THEIR OWN ORDINANCE AND NOT EVEN UNDERSTAND IT, WHICH IS OK. I MEAN, WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES AND AND APOLOGIZE FOR THEM, BUT WE'RE GOING ON TWO YEARS, AND I KNOW ANYBODY UP THERE WOULDN'T APPRECIATE PEOPLE LOOKING IN THEIR BACKYARD. AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE'RE JUST KEEP GETTING TOLD IT'S GOING TO GET FIXED.
BUT SINCE THE PRESIDENT HE IS ANTI CITY, HE DOES NOT WANT TO WORK WITH THE CITY.
AND I'VE LET THE CITY GUYS KNOW THAT.
AND YOU'RE TALKING TO A GUY THAT LOVES THE CITY.
I MEAN, I RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL.
I RAN AGAINST THIS GENTLEMAN RIGHT HERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION AND ASK YOU FOR YOUR HELP TO REALLY LOOK AT THIS SITUATION.
AFTER THIS, I WILL SEND EVERYBODY EMAIL WITH THE ORDINANCE, WITH HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO.
AND WHEN YOU BACK UP TO A GREEN BELT, LET ME MAKE SURE I'M NOT FORGETTING ANYTHING.
INCLUDE SOME PICTURES, IF YOU COULD.
YEAH, I KNOW I SPOKE TO YOU A LONG TIME AGO AND WE JUST IT WAS HARD TO GET PICTURES BACK IN THE DAY FROM THE OTHER SIDE.
AND SO NOW WE HAVE TONS OF PICTURES, BARE PICTURES.
I MEAN, DRIVE IT, YOU'LL SEE IT.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT OUR PRESIDENT IS NOT GOING TO FIX IT.
AND IF HE'S GOING TO FIX IT, HE'S GOING TO DO THE CHEAPEST POSSIBLE WAY.
HE STARTED TO FIX IT AND HE'S PUTTING THESE LITTLE TWIGS IN.
UNTIL I BLOCK OUR VIEW, I'VE HAD TO SPEND SOME MONEY TO, YOU KNOW, BLOCK MINE FROM THE INSIDE BECAUSE I DON'T TRUST HIM.
BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THE CITY SHOULD HELP US AND FILL IN A LITTLE BIT WHAT THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS. SO PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND I'LL SEND YOU SOME EMAILS AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. AND IF YOU GUYS SAY TO ME, JASON, IT'S YOUR PROBLEM, I'LL LISTEN TO YOU.
I TRUST EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU.
I NOMINATE BRIAN TO TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS.
[LAUGHTER] YEAH, NO, I'M KIDDING.
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NO, THANKS.ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DURING CITIZEN INPUT? JASON, OK.
DID ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF SHILSON AS PART OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S REPORT? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OK, THAT'LL MOVE US TO ITEM NINE, WHICH IS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S MONTHLY REPORT ON
[9. Fire Department Monthly Reports on incident responses and education activities for the month of September 2020.]
INCIDENT RESPONSES AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JUST A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS AS EVERYBODY'S FAMILIAR WITH THE CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES.
EIGHT THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE FIRES IN CALIFORNIA IN TOTAL THAT WERE NAMED WELL, THEY WERE FOUR MILLION ACRES THAT HAVE BEEN BURNED.
PROUD TO SAY THAT TEXAS SENT TWO HUNDRED TWENTY TWO FIREFIGHTERS WITH 58 ENGINES DURING 56 DAYS.
AND WE SENT 12 FIREFIGHTERS THREE DIFFERENT TIMES.
WE SENT GROUPS OF FOUR AND FOR ALMOST A TOTAL OF TWO MONTHS.
AND OUR BRUSH TRUCK, THREE THIRTY ONE HAS BEEN OUT THERE THE WHOLE TIME.
IT'S BACK NOW. THE FIREFIGHTERS CAME BACK THURSDAY FOR THE LAST DEPLOYMENT.
THE BRUSH TRUCK IS BACK AS WELL.
JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THOSE FIREFIGHTERS, NOT JUST FROM FRISCO, BUT ALL OVER TEXAS FOR HELPING OUT CALIFORNIA WAS IT WAS A BIG TASK.
AND I'VE SEEN SOME PICTURES, I THINK, ALONG THE WAY, BUT JUST REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF ALL THEIR EFFORTS OUT THERE HELPING THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
THIS IS TRUCK THREE ENGINE FOUR A PUSH-IN CEREMONY.
THIS IS A TIME HONORED TRADITION FOR THE FIRE SERVICE.
WE GET A NEW APPARATUS, WE PUSH IT IN LIKE THEY DID BACK IN THE DAY.
AS YOU SEE ON THE TOP IS ENGINE FOUR AND THE BOTTOM IS TRUCK THREE.
THEY CARRY ON THE THEME OF VISIT FRISCO WAS SPORTS CITY, USA, WITH THE COWBOYS ON TRUCK THREE AND FC DALLAS ON ENGINE FOUR.
HAD REPRESENTATIVES BOTH THE COWBOYS AND FC DALLAS AT BOTH THE PUSH-INS, ALONG WITH SOME OF YOU AS WELL. SO THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THE PUBLIC, SO THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT.
AND THOSE THAT LADDER TRUCK AND ENGINE WILL SERVE THE CITY OF FRISCO FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. SO ALTHOUGH WE DON'T HAVE THE KIDS JUST YET, NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF VIRTUAL LEARNING GOING ON AT SAFETY TOWN.
SINCE THE TWO WEEKS THAT WE'VE HAD VIRTUAL LEARNING GOING ON, WE'VE HAD 1000 FIRST GRADERS PARTICIPATE IN PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN FIFTH GRADERS IN WEATHER SAFETY.
SO OVER TWO THOUSAND STUDENTS OF FISD JUST IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, [INAUDIBLE] SIGN ON.
LET US KNOW THEY WERE THERE AND THEY GET SOME PROMISE OF SOME JEEP AND BIKE RIDES COMING UP IN THE SPRING, HOPEFULLY.
SO THAT'S BEEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
LIKE I SAID, WE MISS THE KIDS BEING THERE, THE STUDENTS, BUT WE WANT TO REACH OUT TO THEM, MAKE SURE THEY LEARN FIRE SAFETY THROUGH VIRTUAL LEARNING.
THAT'S BEEN A REALLY GREAT PROGRAM.
ALLAN, I NOTICE HOW YOU MADE THE POLICE OFFICER SHORT AND THAT LAST.
ON BEING SHORT. OK, I'M SORRY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER KNOW.
I WASN'T DIRECTING IT AT YOU. I WAS DIRECTING IT THAT MAYBE IT WAS MORE BETWEEN THE FRIENDLY COMPETITION BETWEEN OUR SAFETY DEPARTMENTS.
YOU KNOW, IF WE DIDN'T DO IT ON PURPOSE, WE SHOULD HAVE.
OK, SO [LAUGHTER] WE'LL THINK ABOUT THAT ON THE NEXT SHOW.
UNCONSCIOUS BIAS. YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.
OK, SO THANKSGIVING SAFETY IS THAT TIME OF YEAR, HOLIDAY TIME.
OBVIOUSLY, THANKSGIVING IS THE NUMBER ONE DAY FOR HOME COOKING FIRES.
A COUPLE OF CAUSES. ONE IS UNINTENDED FIRES.
PEOPLE THAT PUT SOMETHING ON THE STOVE AND THEY WALK AWAY AND THEY FORGET IT'S ON THERE.
AND THEN THE SECOND CAUSE IS WITH COOKING EQUIPMENT.
MAYOR WE TALK EVERY YEAR ABOUT THE TURKEY FRYERS.
GREAT WAY TO COOK A TURKEY, BUT YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL.
YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL. YOU DON'T FILL UP THE THE CONTAINER TOO MUCH WITH OIL.
DON'T GO ABOVE THE LINE. THAT'S RECOMMENDED.
SOME TIME PEOPLE DO THEY DROP THE TURKEY IN THERE IT DISPLACES THE OIL AND THERE'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT FIRE.
SO WE JUST ASK EVERYONE OUT THERE, JUST BE SAFE, WATCH OUT THIS YEAR WHEN YOU'RE HAVING THAT THANKSGIVING MEAL, KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR STOVE, KEEP KIDS AWAY FROM THE STOVE, ALWAYS TURN HANDLES AROUND SO THEY DON'T HOLD OUT TO THE EDGE OF THE STOVE WHERE SOMEONE COULD KNOCK THOSE OVER. AND ALSO SOMETHING WE SEE A LOT, TOO, ARE INJURIES WITH KNIVES, COOKING INJURIES, CUTTING THINGS OFF.
BUT REALLY WE WANT TO FOCUS ON THIS YEAR IS ON THE COOKING.
JUST BE REAL SAFE OUT THERE? HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY SEASON, BUT WE WANT EVERYBODY TO BE SAFE . SO THAT I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
THANK YOU, CHIEF. OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE HALLOWEEN COMING UP HERE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AND ANY RECOMMENDATIONS OR TIPS FOR HOW TO CELEBRATE A SAFE HALLOWEEN? ACTUALLY, A GOOD QUESTION, MAYOR.
SO AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THIS FRIDAY NIGHT WOULD HAVE BEEN OUR SAFETY TOWN TRICK OR TREAT EVENT, WHICH IS HUGE.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COME OUT TO SAFETY TOWN EVERY YEAR.
WE'RE NOT HAVING IT THIS YEAR.
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OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS, BUT WE DO HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE.DANA WILL DESCRIBE ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE.
WE HAVE TO TRICK OR TREAT AT SAFETY TOWN COMING UP VERY SOON.
I WAS GOING TO SEGWAY INTO COUNCILMAN KEATING, BROUGHT US SOME GIFT MASKS HERE.
CLEARLY, I'M NOT A STAR TREKER.
[LAUGHTER] I AM REALLY DISAPPOINTED.
CLEARLY, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, SO WE WILL APPEASE JOHN KEATING AND WEAR THIS DURING YOUR PRESENTATION.
BUT YOU HAVE TO GET OUR PICTURE. OK, I'LL DO THAT.
SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE, THE SPECIAL EVENT COMMITTEE FOR THE CITY THAT INCLUDES EVERYBODY FROM FIRE POLICE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, PARKS AND RECREATION, HEALTH CODE ENFORCEMENT, VISIT FRISCO.
ALL OF US HAVE BEEN WORKING ON AN ALTERNATIVE.
AND THAT WILL BE FRIDAY, NEXT FRIDAY, THE 30TH.
IT'S GOING TO BE FROM SIX TO NINE.
IT IS GOING TO BE DRIVE THROUGH ONLY.
IT IS ALSO GOING TO UTILIZE THE WAIT WHILE RESERVATION SYSTEM.
SO WE NEED TO DO THAT SO THAT WE CAN CONTROL THE TRAFFIC, ET CETERA, THAT GOES THROUGH THE PARK. BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE CALLING IT HALL-GLOW-WEEN AND IT WILL BE GOING THROUGH WARREN SPORTS COMPLEX.
DRIVE THROUGH. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE I KNOW YOU RECALL PERHAPS THAT PARKS AND RECREATION PLAY FRISCO FOLKS, WE'RE ENLISTING SOME OF THE BALLOONS GLOW.
SO WE ARE GOING TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE TRICK OR TREAT TRAIL EVENT AGAIN, FREE.
BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A RESERVATION THROUGH THE WAIT WHILE SYSTEM, WHICH IS COMPARABLE.
WELL, IT'S THE EXACT SAME SYSTEM THAT PARKS AND RECREATION IS UTILIZING FOR THE FAC.
SO WE'LL BE UTILIZING THAT AND IT'LL BE FROM SIX TO NINE NEXT FRIDAY WARREN SPORTS COMPLEX.
WE WILL SPREAD THE WORD. ALL RIGHT.
YOU GOT TO GET A PICTURE OF US NOW SO WE CAN TAKE THEM OFF.
[LAUGHTER] CAN YOU GET ALL OF US IN ONE SHOT? THANK YOU, JOHN. YES, THANK YOU.
I'M VERY EXCITED, BUT EVERYONE WORE THE MASKS.
YES, IF I COULD. IF I COULD, CHIEF.
TALKING ABOUT THE CALIFORNIA FIREFIGHTER FIRES.
IT WAS INCREDIBLE. AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE OF REALLY GREAT STORIES THAT CAME OUT OF THAT. ON THE WAY HOME, THE BRUSH TRUCK FOUGHT ANOTHER FIRE ON THE WAY HOME.
CAN YOU JUST TOUCH ON THAT REALLY QUICK? IT'S A WONDERFUL STORY. IF YOU COULD SHARE THAT.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE ANY DETAILS ON THAT.
WELL, I'LL SHARE THEN. THEY FOUGHT A FIRE ON THE WAY HOME BRUSHFIRE THAT POPPED UP.
THEY GOT THE CALL AND RESPONDED IN ANOTHER STATE.
SO ON THE ON THE WAY HOME WAS PRETTY, PRETTY COOL.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY NEAT. AND THEN SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLEW SOME OF OUR GUYS HOME.
YOU CAN TOUCH ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.
THEY REALLY DID. THEY STEPPED UP ON THEY CHARTERED FLIGHTS JUST FOR FIREFIGHTERS OUT OF TEXAS HERE. THEY DID ACTUALLY A COUPLE OF FLIGHTS.
THEY DID ONE OUT OF THE DALLAS AREA.
IT STOPPED AND PICKED UP TO AMARILLO AND I BELIEVE LUBBOCK FIREFIGHTERS AND FLEW IN TO SACRAMENTO. THEY DID THE EXACT REVERSE TRIP.
SO THEY DID AT NO CHARGE WHATSOEVER.
CHARTER FLIGHTS, JUST FIREFIGHTERS ONLY.
THEY DID THAT FOR SEVERAL WEEKS.
SO MANY THANKS TO SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FOR THAT.
WE WERE TRYING TO FIND AN ECONOMICAL WAY TO BRING THEM HOME.
AND WE GOT SOME PRICES ON SOME DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET THEM HOME.
AND THEN SOUTHWEST SAID, HOW'S A HOW'S FREE SOUND? WE SAID, THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
WE LOVE TO DO THAT. SO AND I GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO KYLE MILLS, TOO OUR DEPUTY CHIEF.
KYLE IS THE NORTH BRANCH COORDINATOR FOR [INAUDIBLE] AND KYLE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN WORKING WITH SOUTHWEST AIRLINES AND THEIR STAFF AND GETTING THOSE FLIGHTS FOR TEXAS FIREFIGHTERS.
I WANT TO THANK KYLE AS WELL AS ALL THE PEOPLE INVOLVED AS WELL, BY KYLE WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN THAT, TOO.
AND HE ALSO SPENT A WEEK THERE IN CALIFORNIA WORKING WITH CAL FIRE IN THEIR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER THERE FOR ACTUALLY ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT DAYS.
SO A LOT OF EXPERIENCE GAINED THERE BY OUR FIREFIGHTERS HERE.
WE'RE CALLED OFTEN IN TEXAS TO FIGHT WILDFIRES IN OUR OWN STATE.
SO THE FACT THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO GO THERE FOR THE SECOND YEAR, A LOT OF EXPERIENCE FOR THEM. SO THEY'RE REALLY HONING THEIR SKILLS AND THEY'LL BE READY WHEN OUR STATE NEEDS US
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AS WELL. AND WE'LL BE RIGHT AGAIN OF CALIFORNIA CALLS.WE'RE HERE TO HELP. WELL, THANK YOU, SIR.
YES, SIR. COUNCILMAN KEATING, I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THAT STORY.
AND I THINK THE GOODWILL OF OUR OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS IS BEYOND REPROACH, THAT THEY TAKE CARE OF THAT. CHIEF, I WOULD SEE IF MAYBE FOLLOW UP WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KEATING, GET A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILS AND SEE IF THESE ARE POTENTIALLY BILLABLE HOURS.
[LAUGHTER] I CAN I COULD FIND THAT OUT.
WE'LL FIND OUT. THANK YOU, CHIEF.
THANK YOU. THAT WILL MOVE US TO ITEM 10 DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR
[10. Development Services Monthly Activity update report for month of September 2020.]
THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. WELL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY REMAINS STRONG IN FRISCO, SINGLE FAMILY PERMITTING ACTIVITY WAS UP COMPARED TO A YEAR AGO.SO THROUGH ALL THIS PANDEMIC, IT'S STILL FRISCO REMAINS A BRIGHT SPOT.
THE ELECTRONIC PLAN REVIEW IS STILL PROGRESSING, WE'RE IN THEIR LARGEST PHASE.
IT'S MORE COMPLEX AS IT IMPACTS ALL THE DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED IN DEVELOPMENT REVIEW.
BUT ALL THE STAFF IS TESTING THAT, MAKING SURE IT WORKS AND CONTINUE TO DO SO FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, BUT WE HOPE TO BE TOTALLY DONE BY THE SECOND QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR.
WE'LL PUT A LITTLE FUDGE FACTOR IN.
THERE IS ANYTHING THAT'S COMPLEX USUALLY HIT A FEW BUMPS IN THE ROAD, WHICH WE HAVE DONE, AND THEY HAVE BEEN RESOLVED BY THE CONSULTANTS.
WEST NILE VIRUS IS UP AND AS YOU NOTED IN THE REPORT, WE'VE HAVE THE NUMBER OF POSITIVES THAT WE'VE HAD IS MORE THAN WHAT WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST TWO YEARS OR SO.
SO OTHER THAN THAT, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PERFORMED VERY WELL DURING THIS PANDEMIC.
MEETING ALL THE CHALLENGES OF PROCESSING CASES AND SO FORTH.
SO BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS? BUT, JOHN, THANK YOU FOR TOUCHING BASE WITH MR. ABODY ON HIS ISSUE WITH THE HOA, AND I HOPE WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
THANK YOU, SIR. YEAH, I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
THANK YOU. OK, THAT'LL MOVE TO ITEM 11, THE VISIT FRISCO SEPTEMBER SALES AND MARKETING
[11. Visit Frisco September sales and marketing report and August metrics report.]
REPORT AND AUGUST METRICS REPORT.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGE IN OUR INDUSTRY RIGHT NOW FOR ABOUT THE PAST FIVE WEEKS.
WE STILL REMAIN IN THE MID TO UPPER 20 PERCENT OCCUPANCY DURING THE WEEK AND GETTING INTO 40 TO 45 ON THE WEEKEND AND PRETTY MUCH THE SAME ALL IN THE METROPLEX AND QUITE HONESTLY, NATIONWIDE. SO OUR MARKET ISN'T ANY DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER.
WE STILL HAVE A HANDFUL OF EVENTS FOR THIS LAST QUARTER THAT ARE STILL ON THE BOOKS.
HOPEFULLY THEY'LL STILL HAPPEN.
I KNOW THE HOCKEY EVENT IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT EVENT THAT'S HAPPENING AT COMERICA CENTER. AND WE'VE GOT A SMALLER USA FIGURE SKATING EVENT IN DECEMBER, BUT IT'S NATIONALLY TELEVISED, SO THAT'LL BE GOOD FOR US.
AND THEN A COUPLE OF SMALL GROUPS.
WE ARE STARTING TO SEE SOME OF OUR SPRING GROUPS REBOOK FOR 22 AND 23 AND CANCEL FOR 21.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WON'T SLIDE TOO MUCH.
AND I THINK IF WE CAN JUST GET TO JULY, THAT'S KIND OF THE MAGIC MONTH THAT EVERYBODY'S SAYING NEXT YEAR. SO ANYWAY, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON MY REPORT.
OH, I DID WANT TO REMIND YOU, WE'VE GOT OUR YEAR END MEETING WITH OUR BOARD IN THE COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 10TH.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON A LOCATION RIGHT NOW, A NICE NEW LOCATION.
SO WE'LL PRESENT OUR YEAR END REPORT AND THEN HOPEFULLY VERB, WHO'S OUR AD AGENCY.
WE'RE HOPING THEY'LL HAVE SOME CREATIVE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT TO YOU.
AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF RESEARCH THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING.
THANK YOU. THAT'LL MOVE US TO ITEM 12, WHICH IS THE COUNCIL'S SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS FOR
[12. 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.]
THE CURRENT ACTIVITIES OF THE LEGISLATIVE GOVERNANCE, BUDGET AND AUDIT FRISCO SQUARE MANAGEMENT, DALLAS REGIONAL MOBILITY COMMISSION, NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COMMITTEE.FRISCO VETERANS ADVISORY, NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION AND THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL.
I THINK WE HAD A FEW MEETINGS TODAY WHAT UPDATES DO WE HAVE.
OK, MAYOR. YES, THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MET TODAY.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE COMMITTEE COMPLETED THE REVIEW AND RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO CODE TWO DASH 74 OF THE FRISCO CITY CODE ORDINANCES.
AND WE HAVE A DRAFT OF THAT TO PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL AT A FUTURE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION THAT WE HOPE TO PRESENT IN NOVEMBER.
ALSO DISCUSSED. WHAT IS THAT? THAT IS IN REGARDS TO HOW COMMITTEES ARE AD HOC AND OTHER COMMITTEES ARE ASSIGNED, ETC.
SO WE'LL MAKE SURE TO GET THAT DISTRIBUTED.
ALSO, WE WENT OVER DIFFERENT COMMITTEE TYPES.
THERE ARE SOME ODDBALL COMMITTEES WITH THE TYPE OF SUBCOMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE UNDER OUR CITY STRUCTURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW IN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE DECIDED WE DISCUSSED MAYBE HOW TO BETTER COMMUNICATE WITH OUR BOARDS
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AND COMMITTEES AND GET THAT GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE IN PLACE SO THAT WE'RE REGULARLY HEARING FROM THEM. SO WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THAT AND WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE NEXT MONTH FOR YOU SIR.THE BUDGET AUDIT COMMITTEE MET TODAY AS WELL, MAYOR, WITH TWO REAL FOCUSES.
ONE IS USE OF SOME OF THE CAPITAL RESERVE FUNDS TO OFFSET SOME EXPENSES RELATED TO POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATIONS.
THE OTHER WAS RELATED TO ENSURING WE CAN BE JUDICIOUS IN OUR SPONSORSHIP DOLLARS THIS YEAR, GIVEN THAT MANY OF THE EVENTS ARE GOING VIRTUAL AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STRIKE THE RIGHT BALANCE BETWEEN SUPPORTING THOSE ENTITIES WHILE RECOGNIZING THAT AS THEY'RE VIRTUAL, THEY DON'T TYPICALLY HAVE THE SAME EXPENSE AND DOING WHAT WE SHOULD DO.
IT WAS A GOOD, ROBUST DISCUSSION THERE, BUT I THINK WE CAME UP WITH A DIRECTION FOR CITY STAFF AND I DON'T SEE NELL HERE TO ARGUE OTHERWISE.
[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU WILL. ANY OTHER SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATES.
THE [INAUDIBLE] AND ROB ALTMAN WILL MODERATE THE AMERICA'S FUTURE SERIES MILITARY PITCH DAY ON FRISCO'S VIRTUAL PANEL ON OCTOBER 26TH FROM 5 TO 6 P.M..
SO, ACTUALLY VERY EXCITING THING.
OUR EDC IS PARTICIPATING THIS AS WELL.
HEADLINING GUEST FOR THIS VIRTUAL ROOM IS DEPUTY COMMANDING GENERAL FOR THE U.S.
ARMY RESERVE INNOVATION COMMAND, DR.
ROBERTS [INAUDIBLE] BRIGADIER GENERAL ROBERT GUIDRY.
AND THEN ALSO AND I BELIEVE YOU'VE GOT SOME ARE DOING SOME OPENING REMARKS FOR THAT EVENT, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
JP HOGAN, WHO YOU ALL SAW AND HEARD FROM EARLIER, HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING THIS TO US AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE WITH GIVEN WE ARE A CITY OF INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP. SO IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY.
ALSO, [INAUDIBLE] WILL HOST THE MAYOR'S HOLIDAY SOCIAL ON DECEMBER 10TH.
WE'LL HAVE MORE DETAILS ON THAT LATER.
ANY OTHER UPDATES? OK, ONE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO MENTION IS MANY OF US ARE WEARING OUR PINK TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION, WHOSE HEADQUARTERS HOME IS RIGHT HERE IN FRISCO.
OF COURSE, EVERYONE KNOWS OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.
AND SO WE'RE OBVIOUSLY SUPPORTING OUR FRIENDS THERE.
BUT I BORROWED THIS TIE FROM MR. KEVIN HALE HIMSELF AND MANY OF US HAVE OUR PINK SOCKS ON AS WELL, WHICH YOU CAN'T SEE.
BUT IF YOU HANG OUT, MAYBE YOU'LL SEE THEM AFTER THE MEETING SO.
I DON'T HAVE PINK SOCKS ON. YOU DON'T HAVE PINK SOCKS ON.
BUT WE WANT TO CERTAINLY SHOW OUR SUPPORT FOR THEM AND THEIR WORTHY CAUSE.
WITH THAT THAT WILL BRING US TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
ITEMS PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE IN NATURE AND ARE CONSIDERED NON-CONTROVERSIAL. THE CONSENT AGENDA CAN BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION.MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL IS REQUIRED TO REMOVE ANY ITEM FOR DISCUSSION AND SEPARATE ACTION. COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY VOTE NAY ON ANY ITEM WITHOUT COMMENT.
AND MAY SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD.
COUNCIL YOU HAVE ITEMS THIRTEEN THROUGH TWENTY SEVEN FOR CONSIDERATION.
MOTION BY SHONA. SECOND BY WILL.
AYE. OPPOSED. THAT MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO THAT WILL MOVE US INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.
ITEM TWENTY EIGHT IS A PUBLIC HEARING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION
[28. Public Hearing: A request to amend the Zoning Ordinance Section 3.02.01, Conditional Development Standards concerning the Original Town Commercial district and alcohol uses, and to consider to direct Staff to prepare an Ordinance of the same. Zoning Case No. ZA20-0005. (Development Services/AS)]
THREE POINT ZERO TWO POINT ZERO ONE.CONDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS CONCERNING THE ORIGINAL TOWN COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND ALCOHOL USES AND TO CONSIDER TO DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE OF THE SAME.
THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES THAT REFERS TO THE SELLING OF BEER AND WINE FOR OFF PREMISES CONSUMPTION IS GENERALLY WHAT YOU FIND IN GROCERY STORES AND CONVENIENCE STORES WITH GAS PUMPS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS PLACED INTO THE ZONING ORDINANCE REGARDING THE DOWNTOWN PROBABLY ABOUT FIFTEEN YEARS AGO.
RECENTLY, WE HAD A REQUEST FOR SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO LOCATE IN A PORTION THAT IT WOULD BE IN CONFLICT WITH THIS.
THIS WAS REVIEWED WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY SINCE IT'S CONFLICTS WITH TABC, AS DEFINED TODAY. IT WAS ADVISED THAT WE AMEND THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO REMOVE THIS.
AND SO THAT IS WHAT IS BEFORE YOU.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REVIEWED THIS AND RECOMMENDED BY A VOTE OF 5 0 TO RECOMMEND THE CHANGE.
MOTION BY SHONA TO OPEN SECOND BY WILL ALL IN FAVOR.
AYE. OPPOSE. THAT MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
IS THERE ANYONE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SECOND. MOTION BY BILL TO CLOSE SECOND BY WILL.
AYE. OPPOSE THAT MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO PUBLIC HEARINGS IS NOW CLOSED.
COUNCIL WHAT QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS DO YOU HAVE.
THIS IS MAINLY JUST TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH STATE.
YES, IT IS. ORDINANCES THAT EXIST ALREADY.
YES. AND DEFINE I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE GET CONFUSED WHEN THEY HEAR.
WHAT'S THE ACTUAL TERM BEER AND WINE SALE OFF PREMISES, LIKE, WHAT DOES IT MEAN IN COMMON LANGUAGE? WHAT DOES IT MEAN IN COMMON LANGUAGE? IT MEANS IS NOT A LIQUOR STORE.
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YES, IT'S NOT A LIQUOR STORE.NO LIQUOR, NO SPIRITS, JUST BEER AND WINE.
BOUGHT IN A PACKAGE AND TAKEN HOME.
THAT'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM TWENTY EIGHT.
SECOND. MOTION BY BILL, SECOND BY WILL.
OPPOSE. THAT MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO THAT WILL MOVE US TO ITEM 29.
CONSIDER AND ACT UPON APPROVAL OF AN AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BY
[29. Consider and act upon approval of an amended and restated Master Development Agreement for The Gate by and between City of Frisco, Texas, Frisco Economic Development Corporation, Frisco Community Development Corporation, IGO-USA LP, and IGO-FRISCO 1 LLC. (CMO/RP)]
[30. Consider and act upon approval of a Chapter 380 Agreement by and between City of Frisco, Texas and John Hickman, LLC. (CMO/RP)]
THE GATE BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF FRISCO.FRISCO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, FRISCO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, IGO-US LP AND IGO FRISCO ONE, LLC.
MR. MAYOR, IF I MIGHT RESPECTFULLY REQUEST, COULD WE POTENTIALLY REVIEW ITEMS 29 AND 30 TOGETHER SINCE THEY ARE INTERRELATED? YES, SIR. ITEM 30 IS CONSIDERED AN ACT UPON APPROVAL OF A CHAPTER THREE [INAUDIBLE] AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF FRISCO, TEXAS AND [INAUDIBLE] LLC.
SO JUST READ BOTH OF THOSE AND WE'LL ACT ON THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
FLOOR IS YOURS, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR.
YOU MAY RECALL THAT BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2016, THE CITY COUNCIL AT THAT TIME ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT ON THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS REFERRED TO AND COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE GATE, WHICH YOU CAN SEE HERE IS JUST ON THE NORTH WEST CORNER OF JOHN HICKMAN AND THE DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY. AND THE PROPERTY THAT YOU SEE OUTLINED HERE IN THE DASHED BLUE LINE IS THE ENTIRE PROPERTY. THE PARTICULAR AGREEMENT THAT WAS PASSED AT THAT TIME WAS A MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, ALONG WITH A PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
THAT AGREEMENT HAD VARIOUS PROVISIONS IN IT THAT HAVE NOT BEEN MET YET.
AND SO THAT WAS ABOUT TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
AND THE GROUP THAT IS DEVELOPING THIS, IGO, CAME AND ASKED IF WE WOULD CONSIDER LOOKING AT MAYBE MAKING AN AMENDMENT.
WE SAID, YES, WE WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
BUT WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS ALSO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THE EXISTING AGREEMENT.
AND WE WOULDN'T AGREE TO BRING TO YOU THE EXACT SAME AGREEMENT AND SIMPLY EXTEND IT.
THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO TRY TO EXPLAIN HERE REALLY WHAT THE CHANGES ARE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING. THE RECOMMENDATION HERE IS, IS THAT THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT EXISTED AT THE TIME WILL BECOME NULL AND VOID.
A NEW MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WOULD BE ENTERED INTO.
IN THE OLD AGREEMENT, THE WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IN THE GRAPHIC, THE ENTIRE SITE, EVERYTHING IN THAT DASH BLUE LINE, HAD GRANTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT, BOTH ON AD VALOREM TAX GRANT AS WELL AS A SALES TAX GRANT.
AND SO ANYTHING THAT WAS DEVELOPED IN THERE, THESE PARTICULAR PROVISIONS WOULD APPLY.
WHAT WE HAVE RECOMMENDED AND WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT FOR CONSIDERATION IS THE NEW MASTER DEVELOPMENT OR AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT DOES THE FOLLOWING. WHAT IT DOES IS, AS YOU'LL SEE, UNDER ITEM TWENTY NINE, YOU'LL SEE THE BLUE AND THE PURPLE. IT CARVES OUT AND SAYS THAT THE AD VALOREM TAX GRANT NOW WILL ONLY BE APPLICABLE TO WHAT WE ARE CALLING THE OFFICE LOTS THAT ARE UP NEXT TO THE TOLLWAY.
SO THE AD VALOREM GRANT WOULD BE A 50 PERCENT GRANT BACK AFTER THEY'VE GENERATED AND CREATED THAT TAX AND THEN A GRANT BACK FOR THAT PERIOD, BUT ONLY ON THAT AREA THAT IS POINTED TO WHERE IT SAYS ITEM TWENTY NINE AV TAX GRANT.
THEN IT GOES FURTHER AND IT SAYS THAT UNDER A SALES TAX GRANT, WHICH YOU SEE IN THE PURPLE, ONLY THE RETAIL LOTS THAT ARE OUTLINED THERE IN THE PURPLE, WHICH ARE THOSE FOUR LOTS THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE, THE SALES TAX WOULD BE APPLICABLE BECAUSE AGAIN, THOSE ARE THE ONLY LOCATIONS WHERE THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT RETAIL USE.
NOW, YOU MAY ASK THAT LEAVES TWO LOTS LEFT THAT WE HAVEN'T ADDRESSED.
IT SAYS THE SEPARATE HOTEL AGREEMENT.
WE WILL RECALL SOME TIME AGO THAT WE ENTERED INTO A COMPLETELY SEPARATE AGREEMENT FOR A HOTEL DEVELOPMENT THERE WITH A JMJ.
THAT AGREEMENT WHEN WE BROUGHT IT TO YOU, WE SAID AT SOME POINT IN TIME WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS COMPLETELY CARVED OUT.
SO WE BROUGHT A SEPARATE AGREEMENT FOR THAT.
AND THAT PROPERTY IS NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THIS MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
LASTLY, WHERE YOU SEE SALES TAX GRANT, THIS IS WHERE IT GETS INTO ITEM 30, WHICH IS THE NEXT ITEM.
AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, IGO SOLD THAT LOT, WHICH IS REFERRED TO AS LOT 15 TO A RETAILER.
THAT RETAILER IS GOING TO HAVE RETAIL AND RESTAURANT USE THERE AND IT'S ACTUALLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION TODAY.
BUT WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO WAS CARVE THAT OUT AS A COMPLETELY SEPARATE AGREEMENT.
BUT AGAIN, UNDER THE SAME TERMS, A 50 PERCENT PARTICIPATION IN SALES TAX GRANT BACK FOR THE TERM. SO WHAT YOU WOULD BE CONSIDERING THIS EVENING WOULD BE THE FIRST AGREEMENT, WHICH IS A MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT UNDER THESE NEW TERMS, WHICH GREATLY REDUCES THE
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PROPERTY THAT IS INCLUDED.AND THEN SECOND ITEM WOULD BE ITEM 30 TO HAVE A SEPARATE CHAPTER 380 AGREEMENT WITH THIS PARTICULAR LOT, NEW OWNERSHIP.
ONE MORE SLIDE TO SHOW YOU HERE VERY QUICKLY, IT'S VERY BUSY AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF IT, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS EVERYTHING YOU SEE THERE IN YELLOW ARE THE CHANGES. I'M GOING TO JUMP TO THE BOTTOM LINE.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU BASICALLY ARE REDUCING THE NET POTENTIAL AD VALOREM AND SALES TAX GRANTS FROM 103 MILLION OVER 25 YEARS, POTENTIALLY TO NINETEEN POINT FOUR MILLION IS WHAT WE'RE ESTIMATING.
THAT WOULD BE-- EVEN ADDING BACK IN THE [INAUDIBLE] LOT, WHICH WILL BE ITEM 30, YOU'RE STILL AT ALMOST 80 MILLION, SEVENTY NINE POINT EIGHT MILLION WE'RE ESTIMATING IN LESS GRANT POTENTIAL THAT WOULD BE GOING OUT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS VERY QUICKLY.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I KNOW WE'RE MAKING A LOT OF CHANGES, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE FEEL LIKE THAT BECAUSE THE FACT THAT CERTAIN MARKS WEREN'T QUITE MET YET, THAT IF THEY CAME TO US AND WANTED TO ASK FOR SOME CHANGES, THAT IT WAS REASONABLE THAT WE BOTH HAVE SOME GIVE ON THIS AND THEREFORE WE WOULD BE RECOMMENDING THESE AS WE'VE SUBMITTED THEM, SIR.
I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
RON, COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE PRIOR SLIDE? YES, SIR. A BRIEF MOMENT.
AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THIS IS VERY COMPLICATED AND A LOT OF INFORMATION FOR ANYONE WHO MAY BE WATCHING TO ABSORB.
BUT I GUESS A SIMPLIFIED APPROACH IS THAT THE INCENTIVES FOR THIS PROJECT WERE PUT IN PLACE BEFORE FRISCO ADOPTED OUR PHASING STRATEGY.
THAT IS CORRECT, SIR. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL DID A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IS TO TRY TO CORRECT ISSUES LIKE THIS, WHERE YOU HAVE A PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT INCLUDES RESIDENTIAL COMPONENTS IN IT, THAT WE WERE GETTING FRUSTRATION FROM OUR RESIDENTS THAT THE RESIDENTIAL WILL BE BUILT AND THEN THE OTHER THINGS WOULDN'T FOLLOW.
AND THIS WAS KIND OF EXHIBIT A OF ONE OF THOSE WHERE THAT HAPPENED.
THE INITIAL INCENTIVES WERE BASED LIKE WE USED TO DO THEM ON THE ENTIRE PROJECT, NOT BREAKING THEM OUT BY USES, BUT JUST SAYING IF YOU BUILD YOUR SPECS PER THIS GREAT DESIGN, WE LOVE IT AND THIS IS WHAT WE VALUE THE ENTIRE PROJECT ON.
WHAT THIS DOES IS BASICALLY RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE GIVING NO INCENTIVES TO RESIDENTIAL USES.
SO PULLING THOSE COMPLETELY OUT, THOSE THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN BUILT, BUT THEN BREAKING THE EARNED INCENTIVES OVER THE USES THAT WE WANT TO SEE COME OUT OF THE GROUND.
AND SO WE WANT TO INCENT THE BEHAVIOR.
THAT'S PART OF YOUR JOB AS AN EDC TO SAY, OK, DELIVER THE HOTEL, DELIVER THE OFFICE.
AND BY BEING CREATIVE IN THIS APPROACH TO PARCEL IT OUT, I THINK IT'S A CLEARER AND FASTER PATH TO BUILDING OUT THE USES-- THE DESIRED USES THAT WE WANT TO SEE HERE.
ON TOP OF THAT, AS FAR AS SENDING THE MESSAGE THAT WHEN WE DO NEGOTIATE WITH DEVELOPERS, INCENTIVE PACKAGES, THAT WE EXPECT THEM TO DELIVER ON TIME.
AND IF YOU DON'T, THAT THERE ARE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES TO THAT.
AND SO APPRECIATE YOURS AND THE TEAM'S HARD WORK ON THIS.
AND I KNOW THIS PROJECT IN THE END WILL BE A PHENOMENAL PROJECT.
THE JEWELRY STORE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SEE IT COMING OUT OF THE GROUND RIGHT NOW THAT I HAD A GREAT TAX BASE FOR US AND THESE OTHER USES AS WELL.
I THINK THIS WAS AN EARLY LESSON LEARNED THAT WE CERTAINLY SHIFTED GEARS AND STRATEGY AS A COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THE INCENTIVES WERE TIED TO THE ACTUAL USES THAT WE WANTED.
SO REALLY COMPLICATED DISCUSSION.
BUT COUNCIL ANY OTHER FEEDBACK THAT YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE ON THE ITEM? JUST A COUPLE OF REAL QUICK QUESTIONS, RON.
YES. TO DATE, THERE HAVE BEEN NO INCENTIVES PAID OUT ON THE GATE, IS THAT CORRECT? ZERO. SO WITH THIS STREET RESTRUCTURE, THERE WILL BE ABSOLUTELY NO INCENTIVES THAT WILL GO TOWARDS ANY OF THE MULTIFAMILY THAT'S IN THAT AREA, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. OK, THANK YOU.
OTHERWISE, I THINK YOU ALL DID A GREAT JOB ON THIS AND RESETTING THE EXPECTATIONS AND GETTING THIS. THANK YOU, SIR.
TO SOMETHING THAT THE MAYOR BROUGHT UP JUST TO POINT OUT TOO, ONE ADDITIONAL TRIGGER THAT'S IN THERE WENT ONE STEP FURTHER TO YOUR POINT, MAYOR, ABOUT ON THE OFFICE.
THAT'S REALLY ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS.
THE WAY IT'S DESIGNED NOW IS IT'S BROKEN INTO THE LOTS THAT YOU SEE BROKEN OUT AND IT'S GOT DELIVERY DATES ON THOSE.
AND IF THE DELIVERY DATE IS MISSED, THAT INCENTIVE FOR THAT PARTICULAR LOT BECOMES NULL AND VOID AUTOMATICALLY BY OPERATION OF THE AGREEMENT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ANY ACTIONS.
RON THIS-- I KNOW YOUR SLIDES HAS 2019 UP THERE, I THINK THAT'S A TYPO.
BUT HOW OLD IS THIS? JUST GIVE RESIDENTS PERSPECTIVE OF KIND OF HOW MUCH TIME AND ENERGY YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS.
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THIS IS NOT OBVIOUSLY NOT THE DETAILED, NOT THE INITIAL OR THE FIRST SCENARIO HERE.THIS ACTUALLY GOES BACK A COUPLE OF YEARS AND THIS IS REALLY--.
TWENTY SIXTEEN. OK, THANK YOU.
I THINK THAT HELPS PEOPLE PUT THIS INTO PERSPECTIVE THAT THIS ISN'T FROM LAST YEAR AND WE'RE JUST CHANGING IT NOW.
NO, SIR, THAT EXHIBIT IS ACTUALLY THAT'S HOW LONG IT TOOK TO GET THE CHANGE MADE.
WE DREW THAT EXHIBIT BACK IN OCTOBER, LITERALLY OF LAST YEAR.
THANK YOU. I HOPE THAT THEY KIND OF HELP US MAKE THE POINT THAT IT TAKES A LONG TIME FOR THESE PROJECTS TO COME OUT OF THE GROUND.
WE DO PROVIDE INCENTIVES, NOT TO LIVING SPACE, BUT TO THE COMMERCIAL COMPONENT, SALES TAX REVENUE AND THE GOAL OF A TRUE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
BUT OVER TIME, CLEARLY THERE HAVE BEEN OBSTACLES IN THE WAY.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU RENEGOTIATING THIS AND TRYING TO EXPLAIN WHAT'S A VERY COMPLEX THING TO EVERYBODY AND BRINGING IT TO US TONIGHT.
THANK YOU, SIR. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, I THINK THIS IS REFLECTIVE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP OF THE EDC. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE, INCLUDING THIS 83 MILLION DOLLARS OF SAVINGS. THAT'S SUBSTANTIAL.
I APPRECIATE IT. WELL, I LIKE SAYING THAT, 83 MILLION DOLLARS IN SAVINGS.
WELL, I WILL SAY THAT IT WAS A JOINT EFFORT.
GEORGE AND I SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON IT TOGETHER.
SO WE'LL TAKE ITEM 29 FIRST AND MOTION? MOVE TO PROVE ITEM 29.
MOTION BY WILL SECOND BY JOHN.
AYE. OPPOSED. THAT MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.
MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 30. MOTION BY WILL, SECOND BY JOHN.
OPPOSED. THAT MOTION ALSO PASSES SIX ZERO.
THANK YOU, RON. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
APPRECIATE IT. NOW THAT'LL MOVE US TO ITEM THIRTY ONE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE ADOPTION
[31. Consider and act upon the adoption of an Ordinance amending Ordinance Number 2020-10-70, which continued, renewed, and extended the Amended Declaration of Local Disaster for Public Health Emergency issued by the Mayor on March 19, 2020, and prescribed orders to help abate the COVID-19 public health emergency, and any other declarations or amendments thereto. (CMO)]
OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO ZERO TWO ZERO DASH ONE ZERO SEVEN ZERO, WHICH CONTINUES RENEWED AND EXTENDED THE AMENDED DECLARATION OF LOCAL DISASTER FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY ISSUED BY THE MAYOR ON MARCH NINETEENTH TWENTY TWENTY AND PRESCRIBED ORDERS TO HELP ABATE THE COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY AND ANY OTHER DECLARATIONS OR AMENDMENTS THERE TOO.THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL. YOU HAVE RECEIVED A DRAFT OF THE EMERGENCY ORDINANCE WHICH EXTENDS WHAT YOU LAST ADOPTED AT YOUR MEETING LAST THE FIRST MEETING OF OCTOBER.
THIS ORDINANCE WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT UNTIL THE SECOND MEETING OF NOVEMBER.
INCORPORATES THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS, AS HAS BEEN YOUR PRACTICE FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
AND AGAIN, I'LL REITERATE, THIS IS JUST A CARRY FORWARD ITEM WE HAVE ON OUR AGENDA.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO START REVIEWING THIS MONTHLY, BUT IT'S ADOPTING THE MAYORS, I MEAN, THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS THAT ARE STATEWIDE.
AND SO IT GIVES US ENFORCEMENT IF NEEDED.
WITH THAT, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION COUNCIL.
MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM THIRTY ONE.
MOTION BY WILL, SECOND BY JOHN.
OPPOSED. THAT MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.
THAT'LL MOVE US TO ITEM THIRTEEN TWO, CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION WITH CITY STAFF SPEAKERS]. WE DO HAVE A FEW EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS WE DO NEED TO FINISH UP. SO THOSE THAT ARE HERE IN ATTENDANCE WHEN WE COME BACK, THERE WON'T LIKELY BE ANY ACTIONS THAT COUNCIL TAKES.
SO YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO STAY UNLESS YOU JUST LOVE TO SEE US ADJOURN.
BUT WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO RECESS.
OPPOSED. THAT MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.
WE ARE RECESS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT EIGHT 15 P.M.
. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO RECONVENE? MOTION BY TIM, SECOND BY WILL.
OPPOSED. THAT MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.
WE'LL RECONVENE IN REGULAR SESSION AT 9:02 P.M.
AS A RESULT OF EXECUTIVE NO FOR COUNCIL TO TAKE.
I'LL MOVE US TO ITEM THIRTY, WHICH IS CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION WITH CITY STAFF CONCERNING
[32. City Council discussion with City Staff concerning any actions required by City Staff as a result of any item on tonight's agenda.]
ANY ACTIONS REQUIRED BY CITY STAFF AS A RESULT OF ANY ITEM ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.WASN'T ON THE AGENDA. BUT DURING CITIZEN INPUT, WE HEARD SOME COMMENTS REGARDING THE TRAILS NEIGHBORHOOD AND WORK WITH CITY STAFF.
MAYBE WE CAN GET AN UPDATE ON THAT.
ANY OTHER ITEMS NOTED? AND OTHER ITEMS STARTED UP.
TAKE US ITEM THIRTY THREE, WHICH IS GOVERNANCE MONITORING.
[33. Discussion on Governance Monitoring of present City Council Meeting.]
AND GOVERNANCE MONITORING.TONIGHT, WE HAD A LOT TO GO OVER, QUITE A FEW PRESENTATIONS AND WHATNOT, BUT WE MAKE GOOD USE OF OUR TIME. SO I WILL GIVE US AN A THIS EVENING.
AND I'LL JUST NOTE THAT DUE TO TIME I STARTED THE MEETING EARLY BEFORE COUNCIL MEETING KEATING RETURNED.
SO APOLOGIZE TO HIM FOR STARTING BEFORE YOU CAN GET HERE.
BUT WITH THAT, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
MOVED BY TIM, SECOND BY SHONA.
AYE. THE MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.
WE'RE ADJOURNED AT 9:03 P.M..
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.