* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [ CALL TO ORDER ] [00:00:07] WELCOME. WE HAVEN'T MET IN TWO WEEKS. I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU. A WARM, WELCOMING PARTY TONIGHT. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO BE, YOU KNOW, APPRECIATED. SO AT THIS TIME IT'S 6:00 PM I CALL THIS MEETING THE RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. AT THIS TIME, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CURTIS DORIAN WILL DO OUR INVOCATION IN OUR PLEDGE. WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER. LORD, BEFORE WE GO INTO THIS MEETING, WE STILL OURSELVES BEFORE YOU. WE THANK YOU FIRST OF ALL. WE RECOGNIZE HOWEVER, THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO US THE CONCEPT OF GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO PROTECT US AND TO LOOK AFTER THE COMMON GOOD OF OUR CITY. WE SEEK TO REPRESENT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE. HELP US IN ALL THAT WE DO TONIGHT AND ALL MEETINGS TO COME BIND US TOGETHER WITH ONE ANOTHER SO THAT WE MAY BE ONE MIND, ONE SPIRIT, AND ONE HEART. HELP US FULLY UNDERSTAND BEFORE ANSWERING QUESTIONS, HELP US VALUE AND APPRECIATE THE ONES WE ARE ABOUT TO MEET. BEFORE THINKING OF OUR OWN CONCERNS AND ANXIETIES, GRANT US PEACE AND GIVE US SPIRIT OF KINDNESS AND TRUTH. AMEN. AMEN. AND PLEASE JOIN US WITH THE AMERICAN FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. AND LET'S JOIN US FOR THE TEXAS FLAG. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE AND INDIVIDUAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. DORIAN. AT [3. MINUTES OF THE JUNE 12, 2023 AND JUNE 19, 2023 MEETINGS ] THIS TIME WE WOULD LIKE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. LET ME LOOK HERE, MAKE SURE OF JUNE 12 AND JUNE 19. GOTTA GET A MOTION TO DO SO. I MAKE A MOTION. ALL RIGHT. WE GOT JOE COUNCILMAN JOE COCHRAN. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. MR. MAYOR, I MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. THANK YOU AS WRITTEN. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THOSE. WELL, I GOT MR. HUTCHIN RIDER AHEAD OF YOU. MR. HUTCHIN RIDER, PLEASE. I WILL SECOND THOSE MINUTES AS PUBLISHED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COULD I GET A VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR, JOE. HANDS PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. AT THIS TIME, IT'S [4. VISITORS/ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS ] A TIME FOR OUR VISITORS, AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS. I'D LIKE FOR OUR CITY MANAGER TO, UH, MAKE A FEW COMMENTS AND, UH, WELCOME OUR VISITORS TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UM, I WILL READ OUR INSTRUCTIONS FOR OUR VISITORS. THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS RECEIVED BY 5:00 PM AND TO ALLOW VISITORS TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC THAT IS NOT ALREADY SCHEDULED FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT. IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON THAT, PLEASE WAIT TO, THAT ITEM IS ON THE AGENDA. ALL SPEAKERS SHOULD COMPLETE A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD AND SUBMIT IT TO THE CITY'S SECRETARY. WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED. SPEAKER SHOULD STEP TO THE PODIUM AND STATE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES AS INDICATED BY THE TWO TIMERS. SPEAKERS SHOULD REMAIN AT THE PODIUM DURING THEIR COMMENTS. SPEAKERS, UH, SUBMITTING COMMENTS ON THE SAME TOPIC SHOULD REFRAIN FROM REPETITIVE REMARKS AND MAY WISH TO CONSIDER A REPRESENTATIVE SPEAKER. IF THE SPEAKER HAS HANDOUTS FOR THE COUNCIL, THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE CITY SECRETARY FOR DISTRIBUTION. THE TEXAS OPEN MEDIANS ACT PROHIBITS THE CITY COUNCIL FROM DISCUSSING OR TAKING ACTION ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA. THE MAYOR, CITY MANAGER MAY RESPOND WITH FACTS OF POLICY OR DIRECT CITY STAFF TO RESPOND TO THE SPEAKER AFTER THE MEETING. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ALSO REMIND EVERYONE TO SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONES DURING THE MEETING. UH, MAYOR, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF CARDS THAT ARRIVED, UH, IN ADVANCE OF THE 5:00 PM DEADLINE. I'LL GO AHEAD AND ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE. SO THESE ARE FO THESE ARE, UM, VISITORS THAT ARE NOT SPEAKING TONIGHT. DONNA FLORES OPPOSES NRA UH, RELOCATION. ALLISON DRAKE OPPOSES NRA RELOCATION. UH, CAROL WOODWARD, UH, SUPPORTS THE NRA RELOCATION. JOAN, UH, BONY OPPOSES THE NRA RELOCATION. DON ROSE SUPPORTS THE NRA, UH, RELOCATION. PAT GRIFFIN OPPOSES NRA RELOCATION. UH, LAUREN WORT, UH, SUPPORTS THE NRA RELOCATION. ANDREW, UH, SUCKY SUPPORTS THE NRA RELOCATION. AND SANDY EDGAR OPPOSES THE NRA RELOCATION. ALL THE OTHER CARDS ARE SPEAKER CARDS. UH, MAYOR, I'LL MAKE ONE PRIOR, UH, ONE MORE, ONE ADDITIONAL COMMENT BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO AMY NEER TO START CALLING OUR, OUR SPEAKERS. UM, AS YOUR CITY MANAGER, I WANT TO CONFIRM FOR YOU WHAT I'VE TOLD YOU IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THE CITY OF RICHARDSON HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED BY THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION REGARDING THEIR POSSIBLE RELOCATION TO NORTH TEXAS, NOR IS THE CITY WORKING WITH [00:05:01] ANY REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL AND ANY REAL ESTATE CONSIDERATION WITHIN THE CITY. LI THESE CITY LIMITS, UH, UH, RELATED TO THE NRA EARLIER TODAY, I'LL REPORT TO YOU THAT A SENIOR STATE FARM EXECUTIVE, UH, CONTACTED ME BECAUSE HE HAD LEARNED OF THE MISINFORMATION BEING SHARED ABOUT THEIR CITYLINE SITE. THIS IS AN EXECUTIVE WE'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH FROM, UH, BEING STATIONED HERE IN RICHARDSON. PREVIOUSLY, QUOTE, WE HAVE LONG-TERM LEASES IN PLACE AND ARE NOT ACTIVELY MARKETING SPACE FOR SUBLEASED AT CITYLINE END. QUOTE, THAT QUOTE, BIAS, UH, STATE FARM'S PUBLIC, UH, INFORMATION OFFICE HAS ALSO BEEN PROVIDED TO LOCAL MEDIA. FINALLY, ANDREW ALDERMAN WITH NRA ISSUED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. TEXAS REMAINS A PREFERRED CHOICE FOR A FUTURE HQ THAT SAID, THE NRA BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS NOT MADE ANY DECISION, AND THE ASSOCIATION HAS NOT IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH ANY PROPERTY IN TEXAS. IT IS NOT ACCURATE THAT THE NRA IS RELOCATING TO RICHARDSON. END QUOTE. ALL THREE PARTIES TO THIS ALLEGED REAL ESTATE DEAL HAVE CONFIRMED THERE IS NO DEAL TO SPEAK OF AT THIS TIME. I THINK THE ALL THREE REPORTS TAKEN IN TOTALITY DEMONSTRATE THAT THE PRIOR NEWS RE UH, NEWS MEDIA REPORTS ON THIS SUBJECT WERE INCORRECT. I HOPE THAT THIS SHED SOME LIGHT ON, UH, THE SITUATION FOR OUR VISITORS AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL AND OUR COMMUNITY MAYOR. UH, AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY SECRETARY TO START CALLING THE VISITORS. BEFORE AMY INVITES OUR SPEAKERS, I'D LIKE TO ADD ONE THING. ANY AND ALL SPEAKERS TONIGHT, AS YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, WE ASK THAT YOU BE RESPECTFUL. WE ASK THAT YOUR DECORUM IS IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER AND THAT YOU SPEAK ON THE TOPIC THAT'S HERE. UM, IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY AS THE MAYOR TO RUN THIS MEETING, AND WE WILL RUN IT IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER. SO WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO SAY, WE WANT YOU TO SAY IT. IT'S FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUT PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL. THANK YOU, MS. NEER. MAYOR, I'LL CALL THREE SPEAKERS AT A TIME SO THEY CAN PREPARE TO SPEAK NEXT. THE FIRST ONE IS REVEREND THOMAS GIBBONS. I KNOW HE'S HERE, HE'S OUT IN THE HALL. NEXT WILL BE DONNA FLORES. YES. AND JAN MCDOWELL. GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU. I'M TOM GIBBONS. I LIVE AT 1 0 6 HYDE PARK DRIVE IN RICHARDSON. LET ME SAY VERY QUICKLY THAT I MOVED TO RICHARDSON IN 1990, NEARLY 34 YEARS AGO. I'VE SERVED ST. BARNABAS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH FOR 27 OF THOSE YEARS AND AM NOW RETIRED, YET I SERVE AS PASTOR EMERITUS. THERE. I AM ALSO VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF COMPASSIONATE D F W, WHICH IS A 5 0 1 C THREE OR ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO COMPASSIONATE ACTION. WHILE HAVE BEEN, I HAVE BEEN PART OF THE BOARD OF COMPASSIONATE D F W EVER SINCE ITS BEGINNINGS, ITS INITIAL PURPOSE WAS SIMPLY TO URGE INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS AND MUNICIPALITIES TO SIGN THE CHARTER OF FOR COMPASSION THAT WAS PROMULGATED IN 2009 BY KARIN ARMSTRONG. WHEN I WAS BOARD CHAIR AT NETWORK OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES SOME YEARS AGO, THE BOARD ENDORSED THE CHARTER FOR COMPASSION RICHARDSON BECAME, AT LEAST IN NAME A COMPASSIONATE CITY THROUGH NOT JUST THE WORK OF THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT THROUGH THE EXCELLENT OFFICES OF THE FORMER MAYOR PAUL VECHER AND DON MAGNER. WHEN MY WIFE AND I BEGAN LOOKING FOR A HOME IN WHICH TO RAISE OUR FAMILY BACK IN 1990, WE FOUND PLACES WE LIKED IN DALLAS. WE FOUND PLACES WE LIKED IN PLANO, AND WE FOUND PLACES WE LIKED IN RICHARDSON. THERE WERE LOTS OF REASONS WE BOUGHT HERE, BUT ONE OF THEM WAS ALONG WITH OTHER CITIES, THE FACT THAT PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE DEMOCRATIC OR REPUBLICAN LABELS WHEN THEY RAN FOR THEIR OFFICES. BUT MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT WAS THE FACT THAT THERE WEREN'T A BUNCH OF POLITICAL TROPES. EVERY TIME AN ELECTION CAME BY, I FELT THAT WAS A WONDERFUL THING. OVER THE YEARS, I HAVE HAD VERY CLOSE FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, CONGREGANTS AND OTHERS WHO HAD DIFFERING VIEWS FROM ME, ALMOST IN COMPLETELY. WE HAVE MANAGED TO REMAIN RESPECTFUL TO ONE ANOTHER, CONTINUE CONVERSATION, AND TO DO SO WITHOUT A LOT OF INCENDIARY NONSENSE. [00:10:01] I JU JUST NOW HEAR DON MAGNER REED THE NEWS REPORTS INDICATING THAT STATE FARM IS NOT NECESSARILY IN TALKS WITH THE NRA. I'M DELIGHTED TO HEAR THAT IN RECENT NEWS REPORTS, IT HAS SEEMED LIKE REALLY STRANGE THINGS ARE GOING ON IN TERMS OF THE LEASING OF TWO OF THEIR BUILDINGS AT CITYLINE. AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, THE PRESENT NRA IS JUST NOT THE SAME ORGANIZATION. IT WAS WHEN IT BEGAN, OR WHEN I WAS A CHILD 50 YEARS AGO. THEN IT WAS SAFE USE OF RIFLES AND LOTS OF TARGET PRACTICE. IT IS MORPHED HOW INTO A CORROSIVE AND DIVISIVE FORCE ASSOCIATED WITH AMERICAN RIGHT WING POLITICS. THIS IS AN EXTREME CORROSIVE AND DIVISIVE FORCE. I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICAN WORLD OF POLITICS. THIS IS NOT THE KIND OF ORGANIZATION THAT SHOULD EVER MAKE ITS HOME IN THIS CITY, OR FOR THAT MATTER, ANYWHERE IN NORTH TEXAS AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. RECOGNIZING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL REALLY HAS NO WAY TO DO ANYTHING IN TERMS OF DIRECT ACTION ON THIS. I SIMPLY ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU WHO SHARE THE POINT OF VIEW THAT I HAVE TO CONTACT STATE FARM, WHO DOES HAVE A GREAT DEAL TO DO WITH WHETHER OR NOT THERE WILL BE NEGOTIATIONS. THE E S G EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE IN PART IS A PLACE WHERE I WOULD LODGE MY CONCERNS AND WILL DO SO. E S G, OF COURSE, ALL OF YOU KNOW, RIGHT? ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE AND SOCIAL IS THE PART THAT I'M MOST CONCERNED ABOUT BECAUSE STATE FARM CLAIMS AND SOMETIMES REALIZES IN EFFECT THAT THEY ARE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND ENGAGE IN IMPROVEMENTS FOR THIS COMMUNITY. HOWEVER, I WOULD URGE THAT THEY NOT CON CONTINUE OR EVEN BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE NRA. PERHAPS THAT'S A WAY OF RECOGNIZING THAT THEY ARE IN FACT BEHAVING LIKE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER IS JACQUELINE COUNTS, FOLLOWED BY JAN MCDOWELL. OKAY, UH, NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE ARTHUR COOPER. I'M JAN MCDOWELL. IF, IF THIS NUMBER TWO IS GONNA GO, I'M READY TO GO. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JAN MCDOWELL. I LIVE IN CARROLLTON, BUT I DID GROW UP IN RICHARDSON MORE ON THAT IN JUST A MINUTE. BUT MY INTEREST NOW IN SPEAKING UP ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON AND WHAT I THINK IS IN ITS BEST INTERESTS IS THAT I AM VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN REPRESENTING A GOOD PORTION OF RICHARDSON IN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS. SO MY HISTORY WITH RICHARDSON, MY FAMILY MOVED TO RICHARDSON WHEN I WAS IN THE THIRD GRADE. I WENT THROUGH ALL THE RICHARDSON I S D SCHOOLS AT HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY, WEST JUNIOR HIGH, AND RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL. UH, STAY IN TOUCH WITH MANY OF MY RHS CLASSMATES. STILL TO THIS DAY, I WAS VERY INVOLVED IN RICHARDSON FROM SWIMMING ON THE CITY SWIM TEAM AS A KID, AND THEN LATER LIFEGUARDING AT THE CITY POOLS. MY SUMMERS IN HIGH SCHOOL. SO MY, YOU KNOW, I EXPERIENCED RICHARDSON AS A CHILD AND AS THEN A YOUNG ADULT. AND WHAT I SAW IN RICHARDSON WAS A CITY WHERE FAMILIES WANTED TO GO AND HAVE FUN AND BE INVOLVED AND TAKE THE KIDS AND DO THINGS AS A COMMUNITY. AND TO ADD ANYTHING TO EVEN CONSIDER ADDING ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE DIVISIVE AND STRESSFUL AND ADD POTENTIAL DANGER AND, AND DESTRUCTION, UH, IS JUST INCOMPREHENSIBLE TO ME. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE RICHARDSON REMAIN AS THE BRIGHT, VIBRANT CITY THAT, THAT I KNEW AS A KID, THE CITY THAT I STILL SEE TODAY THAT'S GROWING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS WITH ALL THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK. AND I WOULD LOVE TO REPRESENT IT IN WASHINGTON AND BE PROUD TO BE BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. ARTHUR COOPER, ADAM POULTER, ANDREA REED. [00:15:15] AGAIN, THAT WAS ARTHUR COOPER, ADAM POULTER AND ANDREA REED. UM, I AM ARTHUR COOPER, A RESIDENT OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS. TO ALLOW THE NRA TO BASE IN TEXAS IS A SLAP IN THE FACE. FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN HARMED BY GUN VIOLENCE, WE HAVE A GUN PROBLEM. MORE THAN 300 MASS SHOOTINGS HAVE BEEN RECORDED THIS YEAR. AND AS YOU KNOW, ON AN ALLEN, TEXAS WITH AN AR 15 LIKE WEAPON, THE NRA IN MY OPINION, IS THE PROXIMATE CAUSE OF OUR GUN PROBLEMS. AND THEY SEEM TO NOT BE WILLING TO LIFT A FINGER TOWARD A SOLUTION. WHAT HAS CHANGED? PRIOR TO THE 1990S, IT WAS ILLEGAL TO CARRY A HANDGUN IN PUBLIC. THE NRA HAS AGGRESSIVELY STRIPPED AWAY GUN LAWS FOR 40 YEARS. UNDER ANN RICHARDS, THE N NRA WAS REBUFFED. BUT IN 1995, BUSH PERSUADE WAS PERSUADED TO PASS A CONCEALED CARRY LAW. 10 YEARS AFTERWARD, THE VIOLENT CRIME RATE WAS 17% HIGHER A STAND YOUR GROUND LAW WAS PASSED IN 2017. AN 8% RISE IN HOMICIDE RATES TYPICALLY COMES WITH STAND YOUR GROUND LAWS AS THEY OVERRIDE THE DUTY TO RETREAT. THEN IN 2016, OPEN CARRY WAS PASSED AND IN 2021 PERMITLESS CARRY WAS PASSED. THAT IS NO PERMIT IS REQUIRED OR TRAINING IS REQUIRED TO CARRY A GUN. THIS IS ROUGHLY THE EQUIVALENT OF WALKING INTO A BAR AND HANDING OVER ONE EVERYONE A LOADED HANDGUN. YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN A SHOT WILL RING OUT. NO ONE KNOWS WHAT GUN VIOLENCE PERMITLESS CARRY WILL PRODUCE. BUT SO FAR IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD. AND THE PRESENCE OF THE NRA WILL MAKE TEXAS A MORE DANGEROUS PLACE. EVEN OUR POLICE ARE NOT SAFE AND THERE ARE ONLY A COUPLE OF PLACES WHERE YOUR FAMILY WILL BE SAFE. ONE IS IN AN AIRPORT WHERE NO GUNS ARE ALLOWED. TWO IS ON AN ARMY BASE THAT IS OPERATED UNDER THE STRICT DISCIPLINE OF A WELL REGULATED MILITIA. THANK YOU. ADAM POULTER, ANDREA REED, VIRGINIA LEBLANC. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL. MY NAME'S ADAM POLTER, 41 80 CREEK HOLLOW DRIVE, CARROLLTON, TEXAS. UH, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE POSITION THAT Y'ALL ARE IN. UH, MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW I'M A FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER IN CARROLLTON MYSELF. I RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S VERY LITTLE THAT A CITY COUNCIL CAN DO TO PREVENT A COMPANY OR ORGANIZATION LIKE THE NRA MOVING INTO A CITY IF THEY'RE MOVING INTO AN AREA THAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO BY. RIGHT. WHAT I WOULD ASK AND SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF MY PERSONAL OPINION OR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IS THAT THE CITY DOES WHAT IT CAN, UH, TO ENSURE THAT NRA DOES NOT FIND A WELCOME MAT HERE IN RICHARDSON. [00:20:01] I THINK LAST YEAR AFTER WHAT OCCURRED IN UVALDE WITH THE CARNAGE THERE AND ALL THE, THE SMALL CHILDREN AND TEACHERS THAT DIED THERE AT THE HANDS OF A ASSAULT STYLE WEAPON, A TYPE OF WEAPON THAT THE NRA ACTIVELY SUPPORTS AND LOBBIES AGAINST. ANY RESTRICTIONS RELATED TO THOSE. I THINK MOST OF US, I SAW HOW APPALLING THAT WAS. UH, MYSELF, I'M A VETERAN, FORMER MILITARY. I SAW COMBAT. I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THOSE WEAPONS CAN DO. I KNOW FULL WELL THAT THEY DON'T BELONG IN CIVILIAN HANDS. HAVING BEEN ON CITY COUNCIL, I DON'T WANT, DID NOT WANT OUR POLICE OFFICERS TO HAVE TO GO UP AGAINST SOMEBODY ARMED WITH A ASSAULT WEAPON WITH HIGH POWERED AMMUNITION THAT COULD PIERCE BODY ARMOR. SO JUST THIS YEAR, AND IT'S ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED, WE HAD THE SHOOTING AT THE OUTLET MALLS IN ALLEN, AND NOW IT GOT EVEN CLOSER BECAUSE I WAS INVITED TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL FOR THE CHO FAMILY MEMBERS THAT WERE SHOT DOWN AT, AT THE ALA MALL. AND WE HAD THAT, HAD THAT FUNERAL IN CARROLLTON. AND UNTIL YOU HAVE BEEN AT A FUNERAL AND SEEN THAT THREE FOOT COFFIN ROLLED BY FOR THAT BOY THAT WAS SHOT DOWN, THEN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU'RE JUST NOT INFORMED ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND THE VIOLENCE AND THE CARNAGE THAT THESE WEAPONS CREATE AND THAT THE NRA IS EXCESSIVELY RESPONSIBLE FOR PROLIFERATING. SO BACK TO RICHARDSON AND THE PLACE NRA HAS HERE. I WOULD ASK THAT CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR AND STAFF, PARTICULARLY YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM, WORK WITH STATE FARM. THEY ARE, THEY'RE VERY VETERAN FRIENDLY. I'VE SEEN THAT FIRSTHAND. THEY ARE A VERY GOOD COMMUNITY PARTNER. IF THEY'RE LOOKING TO, TO FIND NEW TENANTS FOR OUR CITYLINE, HELP THEM HELP THEM FIND IT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M SURE YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS VERY CAPABLE OF DOING. AND DO WHATEVER IT TAKES ON YOUR, YOUR SIDE WITHIN YOUR CAPABILITIES TO NOT ALLOW THE NRA TO FIND A WELCOME HOME HERE IN NORTH TEXAS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANDREA REED, VIRGINIA LEBLANC. LISA VENTURA. JERRY MERRICK. CAROL LAFAYETTE. BLAIR BLAIR TAYLOR. HI, I'M JERRY MERRICK, 35 51 WILSHIRE WAY, RICHARDSON, TEXAS. I MOVED TO RICHARDSON 10 YEARS AGO AND I LIVE AND WORK AT CITYLINE. WHEN I SAW THE ARTICLE ABOUT THE NRA TOURING ONE OF THE STATE FARM BUILDINGS AND POSSIBLY RE RELOCATING THEIR HEADQUARTERS, MY HEART SUNK THE CITY OF RICHARDSON. AND SPECIFICALLY, UH, THE COMMUNITY OF CITYLINE IS SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT A COMFORTABLE SETTING THAT BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER, BRINGS THE BEST A CITY HAS TO OFFER, BRINGS IN BUSINESSES THAT PROMOTE COMMUNITY, THAT GIVES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY A SENSE OF COMMUNITY IS WHY I MOVED HERE. THE NRA REPRESENTS ANYTHING BUT THE NRA PROMOTES THE CELL AND USE OF FIREARMS. THEY HAVE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP IN WASHINGTON BY THEIR THROATS WITH DONATIONS AND DEMANDS. WHEN CHILDREN ARE GUNNED DOWN IN THEIR CLASSROOMS, THE NRA TWEETS DON'T TAKE, OUR GUNS DON'T TREAD. ON OUR SECOND AMENDMENT, THEY TWEET MEMES, MAKING FUN OF OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT AND OF THOSE THAT BELIEVE OUR CHILDREN ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE CELL OF GUNS. IS THIS THE KIND OF ORGANIZATION WE WANT TO WELCOME TO RELOCATE TO THIS CITY? THE NRA DOES NOT BRING A COMMUNITY TOGETHER. THEY ONLY DIVIDE BECAUSE THEY ARE POLITICALLY MOTIVATED BY MONEY AND POWER. RICHARDSON, TEXAS IS BETTER THAN THAT, AND I KNOW REPRESENTS [00:25:01] SO MUCH MORE. GOOD. THE NRA MOVING IN WILL ONLY DARKEN THE CITY AND TARNISH THE PROGRESS THE CITY HAS MADE IN BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER. PLEASE DO NOT WELCOME AN ORGANIZATION THAT WILL SEND OUR COMMUNITY BACKWARDS. BE THE LEADERS WE NEED TO INVEST IN THE CITY WHERE COMMON INTERESTS THAT BIND US HELP BUILD OUR FUTURE OF A WELCOMING CITY FOR EVERYONE THAT WANTS TO LIVE AND RAISE FAMILIES. THANK YOU. CAROL LAFAYETTE. BLAIR TAYLOR, BRIAN WILLIAMS, BLAIR, GO AHEAD. HI, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS BLAIR TAYLOR. I WORK IN RICHARDSON. I LIVE IN THE AREA AND I HAVE KIDS IN RICHARDSON, I S D. TODAY I'M COMMENTING ON BEHALF OF THE TEXAS CHAPTER OF MOMS DEMAND ACTION FOR GUN SENSE IN AMERICA. I SERVE AS THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH LEAD FOR THE DALLAS COUNTY CHAPTER FOLLOWING A LEGISLATIVE SESSION WHERE TEXAS LAWMAKERS REFUSE TO ACT TO PROTECT THEIR CONSTITUENTS. THE NRA IS NOW PROPOSING TO MOVE TO TEXAS, THE SITE OF COUNTLESS DAILY GUN DEATHS AND MASS SHOOTINGS LIKE EL PASO, MIDLAND, KILLEN, SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, SANTA FE, ALLEN, JUST TO NAME A FEW. THE NRA HAS ALWAYS CHOSEN TO DOUBLE DOWN ON THE DEADLY POLICIES THAT FUEL GUN VIOLENCE. AND THIS PROPOSED MOVE IS TONED DEAF IN TIMING AND INSENSITIVE IN MOTIVATION, NOT OUT OF CHARACTER. FOR NRA LEADERSHIP. DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2022 ALONE, MORE THAN 400 PEOPLE WERE KILLED BY GUNS IN THE D F W AREAS. THE FINAL NUMBERS ARE MUCH HIGHER. IN TEXAS AS A WHOLE, GUN LAWS HAVE BEEN LOOSENED EVERY LEGISLATIVE SESSION FOR 20 YEARS, 100 BILLS, UM, TO BE EXACT PASSED AND BACKED, UM, BY NRA POLITICIANS AND NR PUSHED BY NRA LOBBYISTS. FIREARM DEATHS HAVE INCREASED YEARLY TO RATES NOT SEEN SINCE THE MID 1990S. AT THIS MOMENT IN THIS COUNTRY, GUNS ARE THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS. AND NRA LEADERSHIP WOULD HAVE YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AN ACCEPTABLE COST RELATED TO THEIR BASTARDIZED VERSION OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT. BUT IT ISN'T. IT IS THE COST OF PRIORITIZING GUN SALES ABOVE PUBLIC SAFETY. THE NRA IS ATTEMPTING TO RELOCATE TO TEXAS NOT BECAUSE OF GREAT OPPORTUNITIES OR RENEWED COMMITMENT TO GUN SAFETY, BUT RATHER BECAUSE OF THEIR FAILED ATTEMPT AT BANKRUPTCY LITIGATION MAKING IT NECESSARY. THEY HAVE SEEN MEMBERSHIP DUES DROP, UH, TO THE TUNE OF 24 MILLION. UM, AND WITH THAT, THEY'VE HAD TO DECREASE, UM, FUNDING FOR THINGS LIKE EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SUPPORT PROGRAMS WHILE INCREASING LEGAL RELATED EXPENDITURES. IT'S NOT A GOOD FINANCIAL DECISION FOR THE NRA HEADQUARTERS TO FIND A PLACE IN TEXAS. THE NRA PRIORITIES NOT GUN SAFETY. IT IS GUN SALES. TEXAS LAWMAKERS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE DONE MORE HARM THAN GOOD WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING US SAFER. WE'RE NOT NAIVE. WE KNOW THAT YOU AS THE CITY COUNCIL DO NOT HAVE THE FINAL SAY IN WHETHER THE NRA MOVED TO RICHARDSON OR ANY SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. BUT IF YOU HAVE A HAND IN THEM OPTING OUT OF, OF THIS COMMUNITY, WE THANK YOU. WHAT YOU DO HAVE IS VISIBILITY, LEADERSHIP, AND POWER TO SET THE TONE AND SET AN EXAMPLE AS A MOM, AN EMPLOYEE IN EDUCATION, AND AN ACTIVE VOLUNTEER IN GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION, I ASK THAT YOU USE YOUR POWER TO STATE FIRMLY AND UNEQUIVOCALLY THAT THE GUN LOBBY IS NOT WELCOME HERE. THAT THE CITY OF RICHARDSON VALUES COMMUNITY AND COMPASSION. I WOULD ASK THAT YOU MAKE IT CLEAR TO K D C, THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS LIKELY TO LEASE TO THE NRA IN ANOTHER CITY, THAT IN CHOOSING TO GIVE THE NRA OFFICE SPACE ANYWHERE THEY MIGHT NEGATIVELY, UH, BE, THEY MIGHT ENCOUNTER NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES IN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON AS WELL. THERE'S SO MUCH THAT IN THIS SITUATION THAT IS BEYOND OUR CONTROL. BUT WE ARE ASKING FOR YOU TO TAKE A STAND AGAINST THE GUN LOBBY AND A STAND FOR THE FAMILIES OF THE RICHARDSON AREA. I INVITE YOU AS CITY LEADERS TO PARTNER WITH THE BE SMART FOR KIDS PROGRAM AND OFFER EDUCATION TO ADULTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SECURE GUN STORAGE AND WATCHING FOR THE RISK OF SUICIDE IN KIDS AND TEENS. I INVITE YOU TO INITIATE A PROGRAM TO DISTRIBUTE SECURE STORAGE INFORMATION AT PUBLIC BUILDINGS, AT LIBRARIES, AT REC CENTERS, AND TO PARTNER WITH BE SMART AND THE RICHARDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND LET'S MAKE GUN LOCKS FREE AND READILY AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE ONE. THOSE ARE ACTIONS THAT ARE WITHIN YOUR POWER, THEY'RE WITHIN YOUR CONTROL, AND THEY WILL INCREASE PUBLIC SAFETY. UH, AS YOU THINK ABOUT ALL OF THIS AND THE REACTION OF EVERYONE THAT'S COME, WE ASK THAT YOU DO WHAT IS IN YOUR CONTROL. TAKE A STAND AGAINST THE GUN LOBBY AND A STAND FOR OUR FAMILIES. BRIAN WILLIAMS, JIRA HUTCHINS, CASSANDRA HERNANDEZ, BRIAN WILLIAMS, JIRA HUTCHINS, CASSANDRA HERNANDEZ, [00:30:06] JENNY LOUGHLIN. OKAY, MR. MAYOR, UH, SENIOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS EVENING. MY NAME IS DR. BRIAN WILLIAMS AND I AM RUNNING FOR CONGRESS IN TEXAS 32. I APPLAUD THE FACT THAT THE NRA IS NOT LOCATING THEIR OFFICES WITHIN THIS DISTRICT. LET'S BE CLEAR THAT ALL OF THE DISTRICT LINES ARE WELL DEFINED. OUR COMMUNITY IS NOT. WE RECOGNIZE THAT WITH THE SHOOTING IN ALLEN. WE ALL AGREE FOR THAT. SO LET'S THINK WHAT WE CAN DO MOVING FORWARD. MY BACKGROUND, I AM AN AIR FORCE VETERAN. I HAVE TRAINED ON THE M 16 AND NINE MILLIMETER UNDERSTOOD THOSE TO BE WEAPONS OF WAR. THEY HAD NO PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITIES IN HANDS OF UNTRAINED CIVILIANS. I'M ALSO A TRAUMA SURGEON. I HAVE PRONOUNCED TOO MANY CHILDREN DEAD ON ARRIVAL DUE TO GUN VIOLENCE. AND I'VE HAD TO SIT ACROSS FROM TOO MANY MOTHERS AND FATHERS GRIEVING AFTER I TOLD THEM ABOUT THE LOSS OF THEIR CHILDREN. AS A PROFESSOR OF SURGERY, I HAVE PUBLISHED RESEARCH ABOUT THE IMPACT OF GUN VIOLENCE AS WELL AS SOLUTIONS TO REDUCE THE HUMAN TOLL OF GUN VIOLENCE. AS AN AUTHOR, I'VE ALSO WRITTEN A BOOK ABOUT THOSE SAME ISSUES, BUT I'VE SEEN WHAT IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I SERVED IN WASHINGTON AS A HEALTH ADVISOR TO SENATOR CHRIS MURPHY. AND LAST YEAR WE PASSED THE MOST SIGNIFICANT GUN SAFETY LEGISLATION IN THE GENERATION. AND THAT WAS DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH GUN OWNERS AND SECOND AMENDMENT ADVOCATES. SO IT'S POSSIBLE FOR US TO COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO ITS BEST FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR CHILDREN. SO ALTHOUGH THE NRA IS NOT GOING TO LOCATE HERE IN RICHARDSON, THIS IS NOT THE END. WE MUST CON CONTINUE TO PUSH TO KEEP NORTH TEXAS SAFE. SO I ASK YOU AFTER THE TODAY IS OVER, TO CONTINUE TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR COMMUNITIES AND PLACE THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN ABOVE THE INTERESTS OF THE NRA WHO FOCUS MORE ON WHAT THE GUN LOBBY WANTS AND ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE THE CHANCE I SPEAK TO YOU ALL THIS EVENING. J HUTCHINS, JERA HUTCHINS. MY NAME IS JARED HUTCHINS. I'M A NORTH TEXAS RESIDENT. UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT. I'M A FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR. I'M A GUARDSMAN. I'M A HOME INVASION VICTIM AND I'M A RAPE SURVIVOR. I HAD A REALLY LOVELY CONVERSATION ACTUALLY IN THE LOBBY WITH, UH, A LADY FROM MOM'S DEMAND ACTION, UH, A TEACHER HERE IN RICHARDSON. AND I'VE HEARD TESTIMONY BEFORE MINE, AND I HAVE TO SAY I DON'T 100% DISAGREE WITH WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, BUT HERE IS WHERE LOGIC HAS TO COME INTO PLAY WHEN WE ARE STANDING FIRM FOR PROBABLY OUR MOST IMPORTANT, RIGHT, WHICH IS THE SECOND AMENDMENT. WE ARE DOING IT ALL TOO OFTEN IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMEONE ELSE'S MOST EGREGIOUS PAIN. AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT AND WE GET THAT AND WE SYMPATHIZE WITH YOU AND WE EMPATHIZE WITH YOU AND WE LOVE YOU. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT YOU TO KNOW. BUT WE ALSO CANNOT LET THE SECOND AMENDMENT GO AWAY. OTHERWISE WE WOULD HAVE NO RECOURSE. WE WOULD HAVE NO WAY TO DEFEND OURSELVES. WE WOULD HAVE NO WAY TO DEFEND OUR FAMILIES, OUR HOMES, OUR BUSINESSES, OUR KIDS. SO WHAT IS THE SOLUTION HERE IN TERMS OF THE NRA? I WILL TELL YOU, AS A FORMER NRA MEMBER, AND AS SOMEONE WHO WAS A BREATH AWAY FROM HAVING A LEADERSHIP POSITION IN THE NRA IN VIRGINIA, THE NRA IS NOT THE PROBLEM AT THE BOTTOM. THE PROBLEM WITH THE NRA IS AT THE TOP. THE PROBLEM WITH THE NRA IS WAYNE LAPIERRE, WHO HAS HELD, WHO HAS HELD HIS POSITION FOR WAY TOO LONG, HE IS CORRUPT. THERE'S A BOOK THAT'S BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT HIS CORRUPTION AND YET HE STILL REMAINS ON THE BOARD. THE NRA IS THE ONE OF THE OLDEST CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE HAVE. AND I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE REVIVED. I THINK IT NEEDS TO GO BACK TO WHAT IT WAS, [00:35:01] WHICH WAS EDUCATION. AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. WE NEED EDUCATION. OUR GOVERNMENT ISN'T OUT HERE LOBBYING FOR GUN EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE, AND THAT'S THE THING THAT'S MISSING. WE GET, WE HAVE TO EDUCATE BEFORE WE LEGISLATE. OKAY? THE STAND YOUR GROUND LAW SAVED ME FROM BEING MURDERED IN MY HOUSE. I I WAS ABLE TO DEFEND MYSELF. SO I THINK THAT WHERE WE'RE COMING TOGETHER ON THIS IS EDUCATION IS NEEDED. AND IT STARTS WITH ALL OF YOU SITTING IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS AT THE CITY LEVEL ADVOCATING FOR THIS. AND THEN WE TAKE IT TO THE TOP BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE WERE EDUCATED ON THIS EARLY IN LIFE AS YOUNG ADULTS, AS TEENAGERS, WE DIDN'T SEE THESE MASS SHOOTINGS HAPPENING. AND THESE MASS SHOOTINGS WOULDN'T BE HAPPENING IF PEOPLE STOOD UP, CARRIED EVERY DAY AND SAID, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THIS ANYMORE. WE'RE GONNA COME TOGETHER. WE'RE GONNA HELP PEOPLE THAT HAVE MENTAL PROBLEMS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S TWO HORNS ON THE SAME GOAT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE GONNA DEFEND OURSELVES AGAINST THIS VIOLENCE BECAUSE WE DON'T DESERVE IT. I AGREE WITH THE GOOD REVEREND THAT THE NRA HAS BEEN CORRUPTED, AND I THINK THAT IF WE'RE GONNA BRING THE NRA TO TEXAS, AND I THINK WE SHOULD, IT NEEDS TO GET OUTTA COMMUNIST NEW YORK, AND IT NEEDS TO COME TO A PLACE WHERE IT CAN BE REVIVED AND REVITALIZED. OKAY? AND I THINK THAT IF WE DID IT, WE SHOULD DO IT ON THE CONTINGENCY THAT WAYNE LAPIERRE BE VOTED OUT OF HIS POSITION AND REPLACED WITH BETTER LEADERSHIP SO THAT THE NRA CAN BE BACK TO WHAT IT WAS. BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO SAVE THIS ORGANIZATION BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE HAVE. NOBODY WANTS VIOLENCE IN HERE, DO WE? SO WE HAVE TO COME TOGETHER AND INSTEAD OF DRIFTING APART AND UNDERSTAND THAT EDUCATION IS THE ANSWER. AND IF YOU ARE UNEDUCATED ON FIREARMS, IF YOU ARE UNEDUCATED ON HOW THEY WORK, I WOULD ASK YOU TO CONTACT SOMEONE. CONTACT ME. THERE ARE FIREARMS INSTRUCTORS IN THAT CROWD RIGHT NOW WEARING BLUE SHIRTS. AND WE NEED YOU, WE NEED YOU TO GET EDUCATED AND WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND STAND AGAINST THIS VIOLENCE. AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT THIS IS GOING TO COME EVEN CLOSE TO ENDING BECAUSE MORE LEGISLATION IS NOT GONNA HELP US. WE DON'T EVEN ENFORCE THE LEGISLATION WE ALREADY HAVE. THE PROBLEM IS STRAW PURCHASES NOT BEING THE NOT BEING INDICTED STRAW PURCHASES NOT BEING INDICTED. THAT'S A PROBLEM. OKAY? THE PROBLEM IS PEOPLE NOT USING SAFE STORAGE TECHNIQUES IN THEIR HOME. YOU WANNA KNOW WHY? BECAUSE THEY'RE PROBABLY UNEDUCATED. IT ALL COMES BACK TO EDUCATION. SO LET'S COME TOGETHER AND DO THAT INSTEAD OF SAYING THAT THE NRA, ONE OF THE MOST PRECIOUS ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR HISTORY ISN'T WELCOME IN THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS. THANK YOU. JENNY LAUGHLIN, OR I'M SORRY, CASSANDRA HERNANDEZ. JENNY LAUGHLIN. SANDY HA ON. HI. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. UH, MY NAME IS CASSANDRA HERNANDEZ. I ACTUALLY LIVE IN FARMER'S BRANCH AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, MY FAMILY, AND MY FATHER WHO IS NO LONGER HERE. I STAND BEFORE YOU TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT I PERSONALLY KNOW FIRSTHAND WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO FACE A LIFE DESTROYED BY GUN VIOLENCE. TO WATCH THE RIPPLE EFFECT ON MY COMMUNITY, MY FAMILY, ON MYSELF, MYSELF, ALONG WITH SO MANY IN THIS ROOM, IN THE ROOM RIGHT ON THE SIDE OF US, HAVE JOINED A GROUP WE NEVER WISH TO BE PART OF SURVIVORS, AND ULTIMATELY FIGHTERS FOR THE MANY WHO WON'T UNFORTUNATELY JOIN US DUE TO THE FAILURE OF OUR LEADERSHIP TO ACT. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE MY DESPERATION AND NEVER SEEN ANOTHER FAMILY GO THROUGH WHAT MINE HAS, GIVES ME THE STRENGTH TO BE PRESENT. SO NOT ONE MORE LIFE CAN BE TAKEN FROM US AND TO STAND AGAINST THOSE WHOM HAVE HELP CREATE THE GUN CULTURE WE FIND OURSELVES IN HERE IN TEXAS, WE'VE SEEN SO MUCH LOSS AND TRAUMA FROM MASS SHOOTINGS. MOST RECENTLY HERE IN ALLEN IN MAY WHEN EIGHT WERE KILLED AND SEVEN WERE INJURED IN 2022, WE LOST 21 CHILDREN AND TEACHERS AND 17 INJURED IN UVALDE. IN 2019, WE LOST 23 PEOPLE, UH, IN EL PASO AND 22 OTHERS WERE WOUNDED BECAUSE THEY LOOKED LIKE ME. HERE IN DALLAS, POLICE OFFICERS WERE KILLED. FIVE AND NINE OTHERS WERE WOUNDED. AND I WAS ABLE TO STAND ALONGSIDE THE BLUE GUARDIAN THIS PAST WEEKEND AND RUN FOR THE BLUE AND SEE HOW MUCH THEY THEMSELVES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED [00:40:01] BY GUN VIOLENCE. I, AND THAT'S JUST TO NAME A FEW. THIS DOES NOT EVEN INCLUDE ALL OF THE GUN RELATED DEATHS AND INJURIES HAPPENING DAILY IN THIS STATE. IT'S WELL KNOWN THAT ANYWHERE THE A NRA HAS BEEN CHAOS AND DIVISION USUALLY FOLLOWS RICHARDSON AND NORTH TEXAS AS A WHOLE CANNOT AFFORD THE DISRUPTION TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT THAT PRESENCE BRINGS. I PLEAD THAT YOU CONSIDER ANY DECISIONS REGARDING THE NRA GOING FORWARD WITH MINE AND SO MANY OTHERS CONCERNS IN MIND. NO AMOUNT OF PROFITS WILL WASH OFF THE BLOOD SPILLED BY THIS ORGANIZATION AND THE SECOND AMENDMENT, IT DOESN'T TRUMP MY RIGHT TO LIVE. THANK YOU. JENNY LOUGHLIN, JENNY LOUGHLIN, SANDY HAHN, CRYSTALLINE ROBERTS. UH, EXCUSE ME, MA'AM, I WAS GOING TO SPEAK DURING ITEM 11. WOULD THAT BE ALL RIGHT? THAT'S FINE. THANK YOU. WHAT WAS YOUR NAME? SANDY. OKAY. HI, I'M CRYSTALLY ROBERTS AND EXCUSE ME, I'M A RESIDENT OF RICHARDSON. UM, I HAVE LIVED HERE FOR ALMOST 19 YEARS AND I'M JUST SPEAKING FROM MY STANDPOINT AS A RESIDENT. I, THERE'S NOT ANYBODY WHERE IN NORTH TEXAS THAT I WOULD, UM, RATHER LIVE. RICHARDSON IS MY COMMUNITY. UM, I FEEL SAFE HERE. I FEEL LIKE IT'S COLLABORATIVE, IT'S COHESIVE, IT'S DIVERSE, IT'S FAMILY FRIENDLY AND HAS CONTINUED TO GROW IN THESE DIRECTIONS SINCE I PURCHASED MY FIRST HOME IN 2004 WHEN I WAS IN MY TWENTIES, UM, I WELCOMED INTO MY SPOUSE, INTO MY HOME, AND LATER OUR TWO CHILDREN. AND I HAVE INVESTED COUNTLESS HOURS, UM, OF MY TIME BY NURTURING THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN THIS COMMUNITY THROUGH MY VOLUNTEER WORK. UM, AND ALL THE WHILE THE RICHARDSON COMMUNITY HAS GROWN IN DEPTH AND STRENGTH OVER THE YEARS AS OUR FAMILY'S BUBBLE, WHICH USED TO BE PRETTY BIG. IT USED TO BE THE DALLAS AREA. IT HAS SHRUNK TO REALLY BE RICHARDSON BECAUSE RICHARDSON MEETS OUR NEEDS AS A COMMUNITY. IT HAS GREAT TRAILS TO WALK, BIKE, AND EXPLORE FANTASTIC AND DIVERSE AND DELICIOUS FOOD. UM, GREAT SCHOOLS, A WELCOMING FAITH, COMMUNITY RENOWNED ART FESTIVALS, GOOD FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT, AND GREAT FINE ARTS VENUES. UM, WE FEEL SAFE VISITING ALL OF THESE VENUES, INCLUDING THE RESTAURANTS AND THE MARKETS AT CITYLINE. I MENTION ALL OF THIS AS I KNOW THAT RICHARDSON IS WORKING ON ITS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BECAUSE OUR FAMILY APPRECIATES THE CULTURE AND THE RESOURCES THAT OUR CITY HAS CURATED FOR US AS RESIDENTS. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO OUR CITY CONTINUING TO BE A SAFE FAMILY FRIEND, FRIENDLY, SUCCESSFUL, AND COHESIVE COMMUNITY. HOWEVER, FACILITATING THE MOVE OF A DIVISIVE ORGANIZATION LIKE THE NRA THAT FUNDS POLITICIANS WHO OPPOSE SAFER GUN LAWS AND THAT HAS BEEN EMBROILED IN LEGAL TROUBLES DUE TO A MULTITUDE OF ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN PRACTICES, SUCH AS LIKE VIOLATING CAMPAIGN LAWS TO QUESTIONABLE EXPENDITURES AND BUSINESS PRACTICES WOULD GO AGAINST WHAT I HAVE COME TO KNOWN AS THE CHARACTER OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON. THE MOVE OF SUCH A POLARIZING ORGANIZATION INTO RICHARDSON WOULD KEEP MY FAMILY AND MANY OTHERS FROM FEELING COMFORTABLE VISITING THE MANY DELICIOUS VENUES AT CITYLINE AND WOULD BRING AN OMNIPRESENT CLOUD TO RICHARDSON DURING THIS GUN VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC THAT THE NRA SEEMS TO PERPETUATE THROUGH THEIR LOBBYING EFFORTS. I ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO NURTURE THE COHESIVE AND COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT THAT RICHARDSON HAS WORKED SO HARD OVER THE YEARS TO DEVELOP AND OPPOSE ANY FUTURE REQUESTS OR CURRENT, UM, BY THE NRA THAT WOULD FACILITATE THE NRAS HEADQUARTERS RELOCATION TO RICHARDSON. UM, THANKFUL THANK [00:45:01] YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO TO THOUGHTFULLY DEVELOP THIS COMMUNITY IN RICHARDSON THAT MY FAMILY CALLS HOME CAT VARGAS, KYLE BROWN, JOANNE GROSS HART, KAT VARGAS, KYLE BROWN, JOANNE GROSS HART, ANTHONY CONDI, SARAH PACK, ALLISON ADAMS. ALLISON'S HERE. GOOD EVENING, I'M KYLE BROWN. UH, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, UH, COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE COUNCILMAN. UM, I'M KYLE BROWN. MY WIFE AND I RAISED THREE KIDS THROUGH RICHARDSON SCHOOLS PROFESSIONALLY, I'VE BEEN WORKING IN AND AROUND RICHARDSON'S TELECOM AND AND, UH, TECHNOLOGY CORRIDOR SINCE THE 1990S. I'M ALSO A WEST POINT GRADUATE, A FORMER US ARMY CAPTAIN AND I'M ALSO A GUN OWNER. AND, UH, I ALSO REPRESENT GIFFORD'S GUN OWNERS FOR SAFETY AS COMMUNITY LEADERS. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A UNITED STAND FOR GUN VIOLENCE PROTECTION, SORRY. GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION. AS WELCOMING AND HOSPITABLE AS RICHTON IS, WE SHOULD MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE DO NOT WELCOME THE NRE, THE NRA TO OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS TEXAS. WE SUPPORT GUN RIGHTS AT THE SAME TIME. WE ALSO UNDERSTAND COMMON SENSE AND RESPECT THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT ACCOMPANIES FIREARM OWNERSHIP. D NRA USED TO AGREE WITH US, BUT NOW THEIR AGENDA IS NO LONGER IN THE MAINSTREAM. THERE ARE GUNS FOR EVERYONE EVERYWHERE WITH NO REGARD FOR TRAINING OR CAPACITY OR MENTAL STABILITY HAS HAD A CHILLING CAUSE AND EFFECT. IT'S NO ACCIDENT. THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN AGES FIVE TO 18 IS NO LONGER CAR ACCIDENTS. BUT GUN RELATED INCIDENTS, RICHARDSON RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN AND LIKE TO GO SHOOTING WITHOUT EMBRACING THE NRAS AGENDA. WE AS A COMMUNITY CAN STAND UP FOR GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION IN A, IN A VARIETY OF WAYS THAT DO NOT, UH, THAT DO NOT EMBRACE, UM, SORRY . WE AS A COMMUNITY CAN STAND UP FOR GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION IN A NUMBER OF WAYS. I CHALLENGE YOU ALL TO BE A CATALYST IN THIS EFFORT BY MAKING IT CLEAR THAT THE NRA DOES NOT HAVE A HOME IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. ARE THERE SPEAKERS WAITING THAT I PREVIOUSLY CALLED? UH, HELLO EVERYONE. HELLO CITY COUNCIL MAYOR. UH, MY NAME IS ANTONIO LASE AND UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION, UH, MADE AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING THAT THE NRA, UM, DOES NOT PLAN TO MOVE TO THE CITY OF RICHARDSON. SO I WILL KEEP THIS SHORT. UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT THE NRA IS NOT A CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION. INSTEAD, THEY ARE A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD SARAH. GO AHEAD. HELLO. HELLO. UM, MY NAME IS SARAH PACK AND I LIVE AT 1711 DUKE DRIVE IN THE DUCK CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD OF RICHARDSON. I'M A WIFE AND A MOTHER OF TWO YOUNG CHILDREN AND EVERY DAY THAT I SEND MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL, I LIVE IN FEAR THAT SHE MAY BE SHOT TO DEATH. DUE TO THE ONGOING AND HORRIFIC GUN VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC IN THIS COUNTRY AND ESPECIALLY IN THIS STATE, [00:50:01] THIS IS A UNIQUELY AMERICAN EPIDEMIC THAT HAS MADE FI FIREARMS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH OF OUR CHILDREN AND TEENS, AND ONE THAT OUR POLITICIANS ROUTINELY REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT. THE NRA IS AT THE HEART OF THAT INACTION. IT USES FEAR-MONGERING AND FALSE NARRATIVES TO CONVINCE ITS FOLLOWERS THAT ANY FORM OF REGULATION ON GUN OWNERSHIP OR POSSESSION WILL COMPLETELY STRIP THEM OF THEIR RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS. EVEN COMMON SENSE LAWS AND REGULATIONS LIKE RAISING THE AGE TO PURCHASE AND POSSESS AN AR 15 FROM 18 TO 21, WHICH RECENTLY MADE IT OUT, I BELIEVE, MADE IT OUT OF COMMITTEE ONLY AFTER THE TRAGEDY IN ALAN AND STILL HASN'T BEEN PUT TO VOTE IN THE FULL TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. HAD THIS LAW BEEN IN PLACE IN MAY, 2022, THE THEN 18 YEAR OLD UVALDE SHOOTER WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PURCHASE THE ASSAULT RIFLE. HE USED TO MURDER INNOCENT CHILDREN AND TEACHERS. WE'D NEED LAWS AND REGULATIONS LIKE THIS TO HELP PROTECT US, TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN. THEY WON'T SOLVE EVERY PROBLEM. NO ONE'S SAYING THEY WILL, BUT THEIR START A START THAT WE NEED. TWO OF THE FIRST THREE WORDS OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT ARE WELL REGULATED. WE'VE SEEN AND CONTINUE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN REGULATIONS AND LAWS DESIGNED TO KEEP US SAFE ARE CONTINUALLY STRIPPED AWAY. THE N NRA BEARS A GREAT DEAL OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DANGER WE ARE IN EVERY TIME WE LEAVE OUR HOUSES TO GO TO SCHOOL, TO WORK, CHURCH, THE GROCERY STORE, THE PARK, THE MALL, THE MOVIE THEATER. IT'S ENDLESS. IT IS A DANGEROUS ORGANIZATION AND IT CANNOT BE SYNONYMOUS WITH OUR CITY. IT WILL NOT ONLY DRIVE PEOPLE AWAY LIKE MYSELF, IT WILL STOP OTHERS FROM MOVING HERE, HURTING OUR ECONOMY. I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO PREVENT THE NRA FROM EVER CONSIDERING OR MAKING ITS HOME OUR BELOVED COMMUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD EVENING, MAJOR MAYOR DUBBY MAYOR PRO TEM SHAMU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NAME IS VIRGINIA LEBLANC. MOST PEOPLE KNOW ME AS JENNY I REC RESIDE AT 25 0 8 SPRINGWOOD LANE, RICHARDSON, TEXAS 75,082. MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE LIVED IN THIS WONDERFUL CITY SINCE 1973. WE RAISED TWO WONDERFUL CHILDREN IN A CITY THAT HAS OFFERED OUR FAMILY A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE PAST 50 YEARS. I HAVE BEEN MOVED TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU BECAUSE I LEARNED FRIDAY THAT YOU'RE DELIBERATING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION AND I WAS TOLD IN CLOSED SESSION. SO I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT. I BELIEVE THAT THIS CITY ADHERES TO THE PRINCIPLES OF OPEN GOVERNMENT AND TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION WITH THEIR RESIDENTS. THAT IS WHY I'M HERE. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU TODAY. I STAND BEFORE YOU TO VOICE MY STRONG OPPOSITION TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION HEADQUARTERS IN RICHARDSON. I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT LOCATING THE NRA HEADQUARTERS IN OUR COMMUNITY WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS THAT FAR OUTWEIGH ANY POTENTIAL BENEFITS FOR OUR CITY. FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE NRAS MISSION AND ADVOCACY STAND IN DIRECT OPPOSITION TO THE PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE. THE ORGANIZATION HAS CONSISTENTLY OPPOSED EVEN THE MOST REASONABLE ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS THE ONGOING GUN VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC IN OUR NATION. NOR HAVE THEY OFFERED SUPPORT TO THE FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY THE VAL, BY BY VIOLENCE IS BY BRINGING THE NRA HEADQUARTERS TO RICHARDSON, WE WOULD BE SIGNALING OUR ACCEPTANCE OF THEIR EXTREME AND UNCOMPROMISING STANCE, THEREBY UNDERMINING EFFORTS TO PROMOTE A SAFER COMMUNITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND THOSE OF OUR NEIGHBORS. [00:55:02] I ASK YOU TO THINK BACK TO SATURDAY MAY 6TH, 2023, EIGHT PEOPLE DEAD AND SEVEN INJURED LESS THAN 15 MILES FROM OUR CITY. I ARGUE THAT EVEN THOUGH THIS EVENT DID NOT HAPPEN IN OUR CITY, OUR SAFE COMMUNITY IS GETTING SMALLER BY THE DAY. BOTH OUR GRANDDAUGHTERS WORKED AT THE OUTLET MALL AND ALLEN, I BEG YOU TO HONOR ALL FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY THE FAMILIES WHO LOST THEIR LOVED ONES ON THAT TRAGIC DAY, AND PROMOTE A SAFER COMMUNITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND THOSE OF OUR NEIGHBORS BY OPPOSING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NRA HEADQUARTERS IN OUR BEAUTIFUL, PEACEFUL CITY. THE PRESENCE OF THE NRA HEADQUARTERS IN RICHARDSON WOULD PERPE PERPETUATE THE DEVICE OF NATURE OF THE GUN CONTROL DEBATE. WE LIVE IN A TIME WHEN OUR SOCIETY NEEDS UNITY, CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE TO TACKLE THE PRESENT ISSUES FACING US. BY INVITING THE NRA TO ESTABLISH THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE ARE EFFECTIVELY ENDORSING AN ORGANIZATION THAT THRIVES ON POLARIZING RHETORIC AND OBSTRUCTING ME MEANINGFUL PROGRESS. THEIR MOVE TO OUR CITY WOULD ONLY SERVE TO DEEPEN THE DIVISION IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HINDER OUR ABILITY TO FIND COMMON GROUND ON IMPORTANT MATTERS OF PUBLIC SAFETY. RICHARDSON HAS ALWAYS STOOD FOR OUR ABILITY TO ALWAYS FIND COMMON GROUND AND ON IMPORTANT MATTERS FACING US. PLEASE COMMIT TO CONTINUING DOING SO. MOREOVER, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NRA HEADQUARTERS HERE WOULD HAVE SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WHILE SOME ARGUE THAT EVEN THOUGH THE NRA IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, THEREFORE TAX EXEMPT, IT WOULD BRING JOBS AND STIMULATE LOCAL BUSINESS BUSINESSES, WE MUST CONSIDER THE POTENTIAL NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES THE NRA HAS FACED SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC SCRUTINY. MA'AM, IF YOU COULD PLEASE WRAP UP. THANK YOU. SURE. LAST, WELL, BASICALLY WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO DO IS TO, UH, FOR THE CITY OF RICHARDSON AND FOR ALL OF YOU TO CLEARLY INDICATE THAT THE NEGLIGENCE OF AND PROMOTE THE SAFER COMMUNITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND THUS OF OUR NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JOANNE. GROSS HART AND ALLISON ADAMS, ARE YOU SPEAKING? AFTERNOON? THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY OFFICIALS. MY NAME'S ALLISON ADAMS. I LIVE AT 1 14 90 SCHAEFFER ROAD CHURCH, TEXAS. I DROVE UP HERE FROM SAN ANTONIO TODAY. UM, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT SEVERAL CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AS WELL AS GO TO THE STATE DURING OUR LEGISLATIVE PROCESS THIS YEAR. I'VE HEARD A LOT OF ARGUMENTS BOTH SIDES. I'VE HEARD SOME VERY VALUABLE OPINIONS FROM BOTH SIDES, BUT I HAVE TO AGREE WITH THE FACT THAT EDUCATION IS OUR PRIMARY GOAL IN ALL OF THIS. WE CAN'T TAKE AWAY THE ABILITY TO DEFEND OURSELVES, BUT WE TRULY HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO COME TOGETHER AND DEFEND OURSELVES AS WELL AS EDUCATE SO THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE FEARFUL ABOUT THE NEXT SHOOTING, FEARFUL ABOUT THEIR FAMILIES CAN COME TO TERMS WITH VIABLE SOLUTIONS. I'M WITH THE DC PROJECT AND I'VE HEARD SOME VERY IMPORTANT, UM, COMMENTS TODAY ABOUT EDUCATION. AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO AT THE DC PROJECT IS WE BELIEVE IN EDUCATION. WE BELIEVE IN THE EDUCATION FOR SAFETY, FOR GUN HANDLING, GUN STORAGE. WE SUPPORT ANY ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES THAT. UH, WE WILL CONTINUE NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS HERE IN RICHARDSON WITH THE NRA TO CONTINUE TO BE A BIPARTISAN GROUP AND SUPPORT EDUCATING EVERYONE SO THAT WE ALL CAN COME [01:00:01] TO THE TABLE WITH THE RIGHT KNOWLEDGE AND BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE A CONVERSATION SO THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH VIABLE SOLUTIONS. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN A LIFE MEMBER OF THE NRA FOR QUITE SOME TIME. MY GRANDFATHER WAS IN RRA. UM, I WAS AFFECTED BY THE SUTHERLAND SPRINGS SHOOTING WITH UM, FRIENDS AND I ALSO THROUGH OUR CHURCH, UH, GOT TO MEET FAMILIES WHO HAD FAMILY MEMBERS IN UVALDE. SO IT TOUCHES ALL OF US IN SOME FORM OR FASHION. THERE'S SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THERE WAS THREE DEGREES IN MY SEPARATION WITH THE INDIVIDUALS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES. IT IS VERY SAD. WE HAVE COMPASSION. THOSE OF US WHO ARE GUN OWNERS, WE TRULY HAVE COMPASSION FOR THE SITUATION, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE SOLUTION THAT KEEPS EVERYONE SAFE. WE WANNA KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. WE ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF VIOLENCE OF ANY KIND. THE NRA HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE OVER A HUNDRED YEARS AND SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS, UH, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, THEY'VE HAD SOME OF THE GREATEST TRAINING FOR OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. I'M AN NRA COACH AND AN NRA INSTRUCTOR THROUGH THAT COACHING PROGRAM. I COACH KIDS ALL THE TIME ABOUT SAFETY AND KIDS ARE REALLY GOOD AT LEARNING WHEN YOU TEACH THEM. WE HAVE TO TAKE THE TIME TO TEACH OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR CHILDREN, EVEN ADULTS THAT OWN GUNS. THEY'VE GOT TO KNOW ABOUT SAFE STORAGE. THEY'VE GOT TO KNOW ABOUT PROPER STORAGE. WE'VE GOT TO CUT DOWN ON AUTO THEFT FROM OUR FIREARMS BEING IN OUR AUTOS. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE NEED TO ADDRESS. BUT DE DENYING THE NRA THE OPPORTUNITY COME INTO A STATE WHERE JUST A LITTLE LESS THAN HALF OF ITS TOTAL MEMBERSHIP COMES FROM TEXAS, IS AN OPPORTUNITY LOST BECAUSE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO COME TOGETHER WITH AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS THE RESOURCES. MAYBE THEIR LEADERSHIP IS NOT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE AT THIS POINT, BUT THE NRA IS NOT THE LEADERSHIP. THE NRA IS PEOPLE LIKE ME AND EVERYONE ELSE OUT THERE, WHETHER THEY'RE LAW ENFORCEMENT INVOLVED IN IT, THEY'RE INSTRUCTORS THAT'S PE WHEN YOU DEMONIZE THEM, YOU DEMONIZE US CUZ THE NRA IS US. IT'S THE ONES WE'RE ON THE FRONT LINES HELPING EVERYONE THAT WE CAN. AND I CAN TELL YOU WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MONEY. MOST OF THE TEACHING THAT I DO WITH KIDS, I DO IT FOR FREE. I HAVE ANOTHER FULL-TIME JOB, BUT I DO IT BECAUSE I CARE. AND THERE'S A LOT OF INSTRUCTORS OUT THERE THAT TEACH FROM THE HEART AND THEY CARE ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE TURN TO THEM FOR ADVICE AND KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM. AND WE ARE MORE THAN READY TO SIT DOWN WITH ANY GROUP ORGANIZATION THROUGH THE DC PROJECT AS INSTRUCTORS, AS PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE FRONT LINES AND JUST VISIT AND HAVE GOOD COFFEE, TEA AND CONVERSATION. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT. SO WHATEVER HAPPENS TODAY WITH THE DC PROJECT, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO REACH OUT AND EDUCATE. FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US THROUGH DC PROJECT INFO AND START LEARNING MORE. I'M GONNA YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME CUZ WE HAVE A LONG NIGHT AHEAD OF US. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE FOUR MORE SPEAKERS ON THIS TOPIC AND MS. HAHN, YOU WERE GONNA SPEAK ON ITEM 11. YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM WOULD BE NOW. OH, OKAY. OKAY. ITEM 11 IS ABOUT THE ZONING CHANGE FOR THE MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT. UM, MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY. UM, MY NAME IS SANDY HANNEY AND I'VE LIVED IN RICHARDSON FOR 18 YEARS AND I'VE BEEN A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL PRACTICING MASSAGE THERAPIST FOR 23 YEARS HERE IN RICHARDSON AND I, I'M ALSO STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH MY FRIENDS IN ORANGE. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO STAND IN SUPPORT OF THE PROFESSIONAL REPUTATION OF THE MASSAGE THERAPY PROFESSION AND ASK THAT YOU RECONSIDER THE ORDINANCE LIMITING NEW BUSINESSES IN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON. OURS IS A PROUD AND PROFESSIONAL HEALTH HEALTHCARE PROFESSION, WHICH ENHANCES EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING IS PRACTICED PRIVATELY IN SPAS AND IN DOCTORS AND CHIROPRACTORS OFFICES. AND I WOULD SUSPECT THAT A LARGE PORTION OF YOU HAVE ENJOYED MASSAGE THERAPY. UM, PERHAPS YOU'RE UNAWARE THAT SINCE THE CITY'S LEGISLATION OF 2016 REGARDING THIS, THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS ISSUED ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION IN THE FORM OF TEXAS OCCUPATIONAL CODE 4 5 5 1 5 2 5, WHICH IS PURSUANT TO HOUSE BILL 1865 AND BECAME EFFECTIVE ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2019. IN THIS BILL, MASSAGE THERAPISTS ARE ALREADY REQUIRED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS TO OBTAIN 500 HOURS OF TRAINING, FINGERPRINTING AND BACKGROUND CHECKS, TESTING AND LICENSURE AND ONGOING CEU EDUCATION, UH, UM, FOR [01:05:01] BY ANNUAL LICENSE RENEWALS, AS WELL AS OBTAINING TRAINING IN SPOTTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND DISPLAYING A CERTIFICATE OF, UM, HAVING SUCH A COURSE AS WELL AS ALL PROFESSIONAL LICENSES ON DISPLAY IN THEIR OFFICES. WHILE I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR OR AGAINST THIS PARTICULAR APPLICANT, I DON'T KNOW HER, I IMPLORE THAT THE LAW BE CHANGED TO RESPECT THE STANDARDS AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS IN PRE-QUALIFYING SUCH ESTABLISHMENTS. THEY'VE ALREADY DONE THE WORK FOR YOU AND WAIT UNTIL CRIME IS COMMITTED BEFORE PRESUMING ILLEGAL INTENT. OUR PROFESSION SHOULD NOT BE SINGLED OUT AND AUDITING FOR LICENSE. LICENSE SHOULD LICENSES SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT SCREENING AND SAVE THE CITY A LOT OF WORK. UM, ALL PROFESSIONS HAVE THEIR BAD APPLES. A CPA CAN COMMIT, UM, UH, EMBEZZLEMENT. UM, A BANKER CAN LAUNDER MONEY. I MEAN, POLICE OFFICERS CAN BREAK THE LAW. EVERY PROFESSION HAS ITS BAD APPLES. AND I'M JUST ASKING THAT OUR PROFESSION NOT BE, UM, YOU KNOW, HELD AS GUILTY BEFORE PEOPLE HAVE DONE ANYTHING. IT'S A WELL-RESPECTED, LONGSTANDING PROFESSION. I, AS WELL AS THE STATE OF TEXAS, TAKE HUMAN TRAFFICKING OR VICE CRIMES COMMITTED BY THOSE ALLEGING TO PRACTICE MASSAGE AS SERIOUSLY AS THE CITY DOES. AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE PURSUIT OF SUCH CRIMINALS AND TO THE DETECTIVES AND OFFICERS WHO FIND AND PROSECUTE SUCH CRIME. WE CARE ABOUT THE REPUTATION OF OUR PROFESSION AND THOSE CRIMES ARE COMMITTED AGAINST OUR PROFESSION, NOT BY IT. UM, BUT CRIMES ARE ONLY COMMITTED BY A TINY FRACTION OF THOSE CLAIMING TO PRACTICE MASSAGE WHO MIGHT NOT EVEN BE LICENSED OR TRAINED. IT IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT CRIMINALS WOULD PURSUE THE EDUCATION AND LICENSING AND BACKGROUND CHECKS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO PRACTICE. AGAIN, I ASK THAT CITY LEGISLATION BE BROUGHT IN CONFORMANCE WITH STATE LEGISLATION, WHICH ALREADY COVERS, UM, THE THINGS THAT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT AND NOT PUT UNNECESSARY BARRIERS TO OUR PROFESSION THAT DON'T APPEAR TO HAVE CAUSE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HAVE FOUR MORE CARDS ON THE PREVIOUS TOPIC. REVEREND KATHY SWEENEY, MINDY KAY, RAY COREY, BLAKE AND SHAUNA FEELY. DID MAYOR DUBBY, I CALLED YOU EARLIER. CITY COUNCIL. OKAY. GUESTS AND STAFF. I'M THANKFUL TO BE HERE AS A 28 YEAR RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON AS A PARENT OF TWO CHILDREN WHO CAME THROUGH RICHARDSON SCHOOLS AS AN ASSOCIATE PASTOR OF ARAPAHOE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, WHICH IS AT ARAPAHOE AND COIT IN RICHARDSON, TEXAS. AND AS A PROUD LEADERSHIP, RICHARDSON GRADUATE CLASS 36, I'M PRETTY SURE I I HAVE ENCOUNTERED MANY OF YOU IN THE PAST. IN THE FUTURE, I'M, I'M SURE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO MEET, BUT I WANTED TO BRING TO YOU TODAY THE, UH, ACTIVITIES OF THE LAST WEEK FROM MANY OF YOUR, UH, CONSTITUENTS WHO HEARD ABOUT THE NRA, UH, SAW THE ARTICLE IN THE, IN THE PAPER AND, UH, ORGANIZED TO SPEAK. OVER THAT TIME, UM, FOUR OF US, UH, IN THE GROUP HAVE, UH, FORMED A STATEMENT THAT WILL BE GOING OUT NOT JUST TO THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, BUT TO ALL CITIES IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA. YOU JUST GET TO BE THE FIRST . UM, THOSE FOUR, UH, INDIVIDUALS ARE MYSELF, CRYSTAL AND ROBERTS, WHO YOU HEARD FROM BEFORE, ALMOST MUSCA MUSCA AND, UM, ANGIE YARBOROUGH. EACH OF THOSE ARE AFFILIATED WITH THE, THE NORTH TEXAS AREA OR OUR CITIZENS OF RICHARDSON. SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS READ THE STATEMENT THAT WE HAD, UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS HAS BEEN SIGNED BY AT LEAST 600 PEOPLE IN TWO DAYS AND THAT, UH, IN THREE DAYS, SORRY. AND THAT THIS DEEPLY REFLECTS THE CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY AND, UM, WISHES OF, UH, THE PEOPLE OF RICHARDSON AND SOME OF NORTH TEXAS. BUT THE PEOPLE IN NORTH TEXAS LIVE HERE, THEY WORK HERE OR THEY COME TO EAT AND, UM, ENTERTAIN HERE. SO HERE IS THE STATEMENT THAT WE'LL BE GOING OUT TO ALL TO THE CITY AND COUNTY OFFICIALS AND BUSINESS LEADERS OF NORTH TEXAS. WE CONCERN CITIZENS OF NORTH TEXAS OPPOSE THE PROPOSED STATE FARM SUBLEASE OF SPACE AT THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN THE CITY LINE DEVELOPMENT OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS TO THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION, THE N R A. WE ALSO OPPOSE THE N R A MOVING TO OTHER CITIES IN NORTH TEXAS. WE ARE CITIZENS, EMPLOYEES, BUSINESS PARTNERS, PARENTS, TEACHERS, MEMBERS OF [01:10:01] FAITH ORGANIZATIONS AND MORE. WE ARE CONSUMERS, THE SERVICE INDUSTRY, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, FIRST RESPONDERS AND MECHANICS. WE ARE NEIGHBORS. WE ARE A STRONG CARING COMMUNITY AND WE STRONGLY OPPOSE THE R R NRA RELOCATION TO NORTH TEXAS. THE NRA IS A DECISIVE, DELIBERATE, AND DISHONEST ORGANIZATION THAT NOT ONLY PROMOTES INCREASED GUN SALES AND USE, BUT ALSO LOBBIES AGAINST COMMON SENSE GUN LAWS. THE ASSOCIATION IS EMBROILED IN LAWSUITS FILED BY THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMITTEE AND NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONDUCT, ILLEGAL USE OF FUNDS BY TOP EXECUTIVES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. IN 2021, THE N R FILED FOR FEDERAL BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION ONLY TO HAVE THE CASE DISMISSED AFTER A FI SHORT FIVE MONTHS BECAUSE THE FILING WAS NOT MADE IN GOOD FAITH THAT SAME YEAR, THE ASSOCIATION SPENT 21% OF ITS EXPENSES ON LEGAL FEES AND RELATED COSTS. HISTORICALLY, THE NRA INVITES DIVISION AND UNREST TO THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH ITS HEADQUARTERS ARE LOCATED. SINCE THE DECEMBER 14TH, 2012 MASS SHOOTING AT SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONCERNED CITIZENS HAVE ORGANIZED MONTHLY PROTESTS OUTSIDE THE CURRENT NRA HEADQUARTERS IN FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA. PROTESTORS RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT WHAT THEY AND WE BELIEVE TO BE THE NRAS COMPLICIT AND OFTEN VERY ACTIVE ROLE IN THE GUN VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC IN THE UNITED STATES. WE BELIEVE THAT THESE PROTESTS WILL BE MADE WHEREVER THE NRA IS LOCATED, CAUSING DISTURBANCE TO NEARBY COMMUNITIES AND BUSINESSES AT BOTH RETAIL AND OFFICE. WE ARE ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO THE KIND OF DISRUPTION IN NORTH TEXAS THAT AN NRA OFFICE OR HEADQUARTERS WOULD BRING. WE'RE AMONG THE MORE THAN 80% OF AMERICANS WHO FAVOR BACKGROUND CHECKS, MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING AND MINIMUM AGE REQUIREMENTS FOR GUN OWNERS. WE STAND WITH 77% OF AMERICANS WHO FAVOR A 30 DAY WAITING PERIOD FOR GUN PURCHASES. AND WE AGREE WITH 61% OF AMERICANS WHO ARE IN FAVOR OF BANNING ASSAULT WEAPONS. WE CALL ON YOU OUR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, BUSINESS LEADERS, AND FELLOW CITIZENS TO DO EVERYTHING WITHIN THEIR POWER TO KEEP THE NRA CORPORATE OFFICES OUT OF NORTH TEXAS. WE HAVE SIGNED THIS PETITION STATEMENT TO ADD OUR VOICES TO THE MANY WHO OPPOSE AN NRA MOVE INTO NORTH TEXAS AND WE ASK YOU TO TAKE ACTION. I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND I'LL SHARE THIS WITH THE SECRETARY MINDY RAY. I'LL SEND YOU THE MR. MAYOR. HELLO, MY NAME IS MINDY RAY AND I'M A NORTH TEXAS RESIDENT. UM, DROVE OVER FROM FORT WORTH, SO THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THAT. NRA IS NOT COMING TO RICHARDSON AT THE BEGINNING. UM, I WAS GONNA LEAVE AND SO I DECIDED I WANTED TO SAY TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT AND SAY A FEW WORDS. UM, IF SOMEONE WALKS INTO THIS LOBBY OR ANY LOBBY, ANY ROOM, ANY RESTAURANT, ANY CHURCH, ANY SCHOOL OR NOWADAYS SIMPLY GOING DOWN THE ROAD TO DO AS MUCH DAMAGE AS POSSIBLE TO ME OR MY FAMILY, I CHOOSE NOT TO ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN TO ME AND TO YOU IF I CAN. MOM'S DEMAND ACTION DOESN'T SPEAK FOR THIS MOM. I WANNA BE ABLE TO PROTECT MY FAMILY IN THIS WORLD OF INCREASING VIOLENCE. I'M A MOTHER AND I'M AN EDUCATOR. AS A FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR, I TRAIN MOTHERS. I'M A WIFE, I TRAIN WIVES. I'M A SISTER. I TRAIN SISTERS. I TRAIN EDUCATORS TO CARRY IN THE CLASSROOM AND PROTECT OUR CHILDREN FOR EVERY SCHOOL THAT WILL HAVE IT. I EDUCATE. AR 15 STANDS FOR ARMA LIGHT RIFLE. IT'S NOT AN ASSAULT RIFLE AND IT'S BY NO MEANS AUTOMATIC. MOTHERS, DAUGHTERS, SISTERS, HUSBANDS, BROTHERS. I TRAIN CHILDREN, FIRST RESPONDERS AND I TRAIN GOOD LAW ABIDING CITIZENS. WE ARE NOT THE ONES OUT THERE CREATING THESE HEINOUS ACTS OF VIOLENCE. WE ARE RESPONSIBLY ARMED CITIZENS. I STAND AND TRAIN SIDE BY SIDE WITH OUR PEACE OFFICERS, OUR CONSTABLES AND I SHOOT JUST AS WELL AS THEY DO. AND IN FACT, THERE'S A LADY IN HERE THAT IS A MASTER INSTRUCTOR AND I'M HONORED TO KNOW HER MOM'S DEMAND ACTION DOES NOT SPEAK FOR THE RAPE VICTIMS THAT I TRAIN, NEVER TO BE A VICTIM AGAIN. THEY DON'T SPEAK FOR THE CHILDREN THAT I TRAIN AS WELL, MANY OF WHOM ARE COLLECTING SCHOLARSHIPS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT OUT [01:15:01] THERE CREATING VIOLENCE WITH ALL OF THE GUNS THAT THEY USE. THEY'RE USING THEM FOR GOOD. I TEACH FIREARMS SAFETY FIRST. AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE ON NO MATTER WHO WE ARE. SO, YOU KNOW, IN RESPONSE TO CHILDREN BEING GUNNED DOWN, THERE ARE ALSO CHILDREN BEING LIFTED UP. THERE ARE CHILDREN TRAINING, THERE ARE CHILDREN WINNING SCHOLARSHIPS, AND THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE DOING VERY GOOD WITH GUNS, NOT JUST THE BAD. AND SO REALIZING THAT THE NRA ISN'T COMING HERE IN THAT PLATFORM WAS ADDRESSED IN THE BEGINNING. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND SAY THAT I EDUCATE FIRST. SAFETY FIRST. THANK YOU. COREY. BLAKE. COREY, BLAKE. HELLO, MY NAME IS COREY BLAKE. I'M A RESIDENT OF NORTH TEXAS. I WANNA THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY TO SPEAK, UM, OUR FREE SPEECH. UM, I AM AN NRA CERTIFIED RANGE SAFETY OFFICER. I TOOK A CLASS, UM, TO, TO HELP PEOPLE BE SAFE AT THE RANGE. UM, AND I, I DO IT. UM, MY FRIEND BACK HERE TRAINED ME, ACTUALLY. UM, I WAS JUST AT A MATCH THIS PAST WEEKEND WITH 50 OTHER SHOOTERS, 150 GUNS, AND NO ONE GOT HURT. UH, THE NRA HELPS TEACH SAFETY. THEY HAVE MANY PROGRAMS FOR THAT REASON. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU, SHAUNA. FEELY MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THE REST OF THE STAFF MEMBERS AND POLICE OFFICERS HERE. MY NAME IS SHAUNA FEELY AND I'M A RESIDENT OF RICHARDSON FOR ALMOST 21 YEARS. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN SO ELOQUENTLY TONIGHT, BUT I WANTED TO SAY THAT ONE PERSON THAT MENTIONED LOGIC, USING LOGIC WHEN IT COMES TO DISCUSSING THE NRA AND GUNS, THE PROBLEM IS, IS WE'VE GROWN TOO COMPLACENT IN THE LANGUAGE THAT WE'VE USED TO DESCRIBE THE PROBLEM WITH GUNS AND GUN VIOLENCE. WE USE THE TERMS THAT ALMOST GO IN ONE EAR AND OUT THE OTHER. AND THAT IS ASSAULT RIFLES AND THE WORDS GUN VIOLENCE. IT'S MORE THAN THAT. THESE ARE SLAUGHTERING GUNS AND THEY HAVE NO PLACE IN ANY COMMUNITY, AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE A PART OF NORTH TEXAS. SO THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT THE NRA MAY CALL YOU TO DISCUSS MOVING THEIR HEADQUARTERS TO RICHARDSON, TEXAS. AND IF I, AND IF THEY DO, I HOPE THAT YOU REMEMBER THAT THE LANGUAGE THAT WE'RE USING IS TOO SOFT AND TOO STALE, AND THAT WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT SLAUGHTERING GUNS AND THEY HAVE NO PLACE HERE. THANK YOU. OUR LAST SPEAKER THAT SIGNED UP IS LISA VENTURA. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR DUBY, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND FELLOW CITIZENS. I'M LISA VENTURA. I RESIDE IN ARLINGTON, TEXAS. UM, MY OPINION THAT LAWFUL BUSINESSES AND LAWFUL ORGANIZATIONS SHOULD BE FREE TO RENT SPACE AS THEY DESIRE, WHETHER THEY ARE POLITICALLY BASED OR NOT. THE LANDLORD SHOULD BE FREE TO RENT OUT THEIR SPACE AS THEY PLEASE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THEIR CONTRACT. AND THE ZONING. OPPOSING POLITICAL GROUPS SHOULD NOT DEFINE WHAT A LANDLORD CAN AND CANNOT DO WITH THE PROPERTY THEY OWN AND MANAGE. SO TONIGHT, WE ARE DISCUSSING THE NRAS POSSIBLE MOVE TOON TEXAS, UM, AND OPPOSING POLITICAL GROUPS ARE RALLYING AGAINST THIS MOVE. I BELIEVE THAT THEIR REASONS ARE MOSTLY INVALID FOR THESE OBJECTIONS. THEY HAVE PUBLISHED A PETITION STATING CONCERNS OF [01:20:01] THE NRA BEING DIVISIVE, DELIBERATE, AND DISHONEST. WELL, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT. AND THEY'VE ALSO MENTIONED PROMOTING GUN SALES. WELL, THE NRA DOESN'T SELL GUNS. WE ARE ALL AGAINST THE HARSH AND INVASIVE GUN CONTROL LAWS BEING PROMOTED BY THIS GROUP. THEY STATE THAT SINCE THE NRA IS BEING SUED OR THEY HAVE SOME CORRUPTION, UM, THAT THEY SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO BE HERE. WELL, I'M SORRY, BUT EVIL CRIMINALS ARE NOT CAUSED BY INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES. UM, THAT'S A CRIMINAL MATTER. AND MORE FOR THE POLICE AND THE LOCAL DA. I AM AN NRA INSTRUCTOR, AND I BELIEVE IN EDUCATION, NOT IN LEGISLATION. I'M CONNECTED TO THE NRA FOR BOTH BUSINESS AND PERSONAL REASONS. I WOULD PERSONALLY BENEFIT FROM HAVING THE HEADQUARTERS LOCATED HERE THAT I COULD AB OBTAIN MY EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS MORE EASILY. I COULD HAVE BETTER ACCESS TO THE NRA TRAINERS AND UTILIZE THEIR MANY RESOURCES FOR TRAINING AND EDUCATION. I TRAIN PEOPLE IN GUN SAFETY, IN MARKSMANSHIP, HUNTING AND COMPETITION REGARDLESS OF THEIR POLITICAL AFFILIATION OR THEIR SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS. MANY OF MY STUDENTS ARE THEMSELVES VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE, AND THEY WANT THE ABILITY TO PROTECT THEMSELVES. THE NRA PROVIDES PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT WOMEN IN SELF-DEFENSE, SELF-AWARENESS, AND HOW NOT TO BE A VICTIM. THE YOUTH I TRAIN ARE TAUGHT TO RESPECT FIREARMS AND HOW TO USE THEM SAFELY FOR SPORT, FOR HUNTING AND COMPETITIVE PURPOSES. MANY OF THE YOUTH I TRAINED WENT ON TO COMPETE AT THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS, INCLUDING MY DAUGHTER WHO RANKED THIRD IN RIFLE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. SOME OF MY STUDENTS HAVE PHYSICAL DISABILITIES. ONE IS HALF BLIND IN ONE EYE. THE NRA HAS MATERIALS FOR MY USE TO HELP THEM AS WELL, AND SUPPORTS MANY YOUTH PROGRAMS IN EDUCATION AND COMPETITION. THE NRA PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS OF WHICH MY DAUGHTER WAS A RECIPIENT AND ENABLED HER TO TAKE CLASSES IN COLLEGE HERE. UM, THE NR OTHER NRA PROGRAMS INCLUDE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING COMPETITIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND A LAW ENFORCEMENT INSURANCE DEATH BENEFIT FOR OFFICERS KILLED IN A LINE OF DUTY. MANY OF MY STUDENTS ARE THE VERY ARMED SECURITY GUARDS THAT PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS. IN CONCLUSION, FAIR MONERING PETITIONS SHOULD NOT BE A DECIDING FACTOR IN ALLOWING LAWFUL BUSINESSES TO MOVE HERE, ESPECIALLY ONE LIKE THE NRA, WHICH PROVIDES NUMEROUS POSITIVE BENEFITS TO EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY AND WOULD BE A GREAT ASSET TO HAVE HERE IN THE GREAT CITY OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AGAIN, EDUCATION, NOT LEGISLATION. NO FURTHER CARDS, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MS. NEER. [5. PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDER A SPECIAL PERMIT APPLICATION TO ALLOW A MOBILE FOOD VENDING TRAILER TO OPERATE AT 101 S. COIT RD., DAL-RICH TOWNE SQUARE SHOPPING CENTER, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ORDINANCE NO. 4329. ] AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, BUT I THINK WE'LL PAUSE A LITTLE BIT. ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE, YOU'RE NOT BEING RUDE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO EXIT AT THIS TIME, WILL GIVE YOU THAT OPPORTUNITY BEFORE WE GET STARTED. ADVISES THAT THEY INTEND TO PROMOTE THE RICHTON LOCATION THROUGH VARIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS TO THEN, IN ORDER TO VENT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. HERE'S A LOCATION MAP OF, OF WHERE THEY INTEND TO SET THE, THE MOBILE TRAILER. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S KIND OF, UH, WEDGED IN BETWEEN THERE AND THE PARKING LOT BETWEEN BIG SHUCKS AND COTTONWOOD MARKET. SECOND, UH, EXCEPTIONALLY THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IS, UH, THE MO THE, UH, MOBILE VENDING ORDINANCE SAYS IT CAN ONLY VEN FROM A MOTORIZED VEHICLE OR A MO MO, UH, FOOD TRUCK. UH, THE APPLICANT DOES INTEND TO VEND FROM A TRAILER. UH, THE TRAILER WILL, HOWEVER, BE REMOVED DAILY FROM THE PROPERTY. THE THIRD ISSUE IS THEY, UH, ORDINANCE REQUIRES THAT THE VENDOR VEND BETWEEN 7:00 AM AND 6:00 PM AND THE APPLICANT HAS STATED THAT THEY DESIRE TO OPERATE LATER THAN SIX P, MAY MAY OPERATE LATER THAN 6:00 PM. SOME CONSIDERATIONS, UM, THE LOCATION OF THE TRAILER COULD BE PROBLEMATIC. UH, THE POTENTIAL TRAFFIC IMPACT IN THE PARKING LOT LOCATION IS ADJACENT TO DRIVE AISLES IN THE PARKING LOT. THERE COULD BE A SAFETY CONCERN FOR PATRONS WALKING TO THE TRAILER OR DINER IS US UTILIZING PROPOSED TABLES THAT THE, UH, VENDOR INTENDS TO USE. UH, ANY ADDITIONAL STIPULATIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER TONIGHT COULD CAUSE ENFORCEMENT CONCERNS WITH, UH, REQUIRING DAILY SITES TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THERE'S COMPLIANCE. AND, UH, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THE POSSIBILITY OF COMPETITION THAT EXISTS WITH BRICK AND MORTAR BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALREADY AT THE SHOPPING CENTER. THIS IS THE FIRST ONE WE'VE, UH, FIRST REQUEST WE'VE HAD OF THIS SINCE WE PASSED THE ORDINANCE IN 2020. AND ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT A ZONING CASE, WE DID REACH OUT WITH COURTESY NOTICES SIMILAR TO HOW WE, UH, IN SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO IN ZONING CASES TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET. UH, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY CORRESPONDENCE, PRO OR AGAINST, [01:25:01] UH, THIS CONSIDERATION. UM, SHOULD THE CITY COUNCIL DESIRE TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST, IT WOULD, WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE, UH, SPECIAL PERMIT IN INCLUDE A, A CLAUSE THAT WE CAN BE, IT CAN BE REVOKED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IF TO DETERMINE THE TRAILER VIOLATES ANY, ANY OTHER ORDINANCES OR LAWS, UM, FROM THE CITY. UH, WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO THE APPLICANT. THANK YOU, MR. ALLSUP. UM, BEFORE I LET THE COUNCIL ASK YOUR QUESTIONS, I JUST, WELL, I'D LIKE TO ASK A COUPLE. I'M REAL CONCERNED WITH THE SAFETY ASPECT OF THIS. WE RECENTLY IN A DIFFERENT SHOPPING CENTER HERE IN RICHARDSON, I RECEIVE SEVERAL COMMUNICATIONS REGARDING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS AS FAR AS SAFETY, AS FAR AS THE MOVEMENT AND THE WAY THAT, UH, VEHICLES TRAVEL AND MOVE THROUGH THOSE PARKING LOTS. UM, YOUNG KIDS, TEENAGERS THAT ARE WORKING AT NIGHT, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE CARS SPEEDING THROUGH AND SO FORTH. IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT SAFETY IN THE PARKING LOTS IS NOT REALLY THERE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE SET MARKED STOP SIGNS AND SET MARKED, YOU KNOW, RIGHT OF WAYS AND THOSE TYPE THINGS THAT ARE HONORED. AND BECAUSE IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY, THAT THAT POSSIBLY IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY MANAGE AND CONTROL AND CAN REGULATE. DO YOU SEE THAT AS TRUE? AND DO YOU SEE THAT BEING AN ISSUE WITH THIS, UH, A LITTLE BIT. AND YOU MENTIONED THE TABLES. I MEAN, HOW COULD WE KEEP CARS FROM GOING THROUGH TABLES AND SO FORTH? SO, I'M, I'M COMPARING TWO THINGS AND SOMETHING WE JUST RECENTLY ADDRESSED, AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE MIGHT BE ADDING SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT AND HOW TO CONTROL IT. YEAH, I, I WOULD SAY IT'S, IT'S A POSSIBILITY AND A CONSIDERATION WORTH, WORTH THINKING ABOUT. UM, THERE'S NOTHING IN THE SPECIALTY PERMIT PROCESS OR IN OUR ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRES ANY KIND OF TRAFFIC DIVERSION OR TRAFFIC CONTROL MECHANISMS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. UH, BUT IT CAN CERTAINLY BE A PART OF A SPECIAL PERMIT THAT, UH, IT THAT, UH, THAT YOU GRANT TO BE A, BE A COMPONENT OF THAT IF YOU WISH, DEALING WITH THE FOOD AND SO FORTH. UM, HOW WILL THIS IMPACT THE OTHER RESTAURANTS IN THAT, IN THERE, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PAYING RENT, LEASING A SPACE AND DOING THAT, AND YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S JUST TAKEN AWAY FROM THOSE RESTAURANTS THAT WE ARE ALREADY HOUSING THERE. IS THAT A ISSUE? IS THAT, DO YOU SEE THAT BEING AN ISSUE? YEAH, A AGAIN, IT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE, UM, ON A MONETARY OR, OR BUSINESS IMPACT LEVEL. UM, THE, THE APPLICANT MAY HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THAT MAY BE. UM, AND THAT MIGHT BE A GREAT QUESTION FOR THEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. ALLSUP? MR. BARRIOS? YES, I HAVE, UM, A COUPLE QUESTIONS, UM, AND SOME LATER FOR THE APPLICANT. UM, DID TO, DID WE REACH OUT, DID YOUR OFFICE REACH OUT TO THE NEIGHBORS OR DID THE APPLICANT REACH OUT? WE DID. WE DID. WE SENT LETTERS, YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, SECOND, THE, UM, AND THIS IS IN RELATION WHAT THE MAYOR WAS ASKING. DID WE CHECK WITH, UH, IS THAT, I GET THEM CONFUSED. IS IT UCK UCKS OR BIG SHUCKS THAT'S THERE? IT'S BIG, BIG CHUCKS. BIG CHUCKS, OKAY. BIG CHUCKS. I KNOW THEY'RE, I KNOW THEY'RE ONE COMPANY OF FOOD AND I'VE EAT THERE ALL THE TIME AND I ALWAYS, MY WIFE LAUGHS AT ME THAT, AGAIN, I'M CONFUSED. BUT, UM, HAVE THEY SPOKEN AT ALL REGARDING, IF THEY'RE CONCERNED? CUZ I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY OTHER FISH PLACE IN THAT AREA AS FAR AS COMPETITION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? YEAH, WE, WE DID NOT MAKE DIRECT CONTACT WITH ANY OF THE TENANTS OF THE SHOPPING CENTER. UM, SO WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY FEEDBACK FROM THEM DIRECTLY? NO. JUST THE PROPERTY OWNERS. OKAY. DID WE, UM, AND THIS MAY BE, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S A QUESTION FOR YOU OR FOR THE APPLICANT LATER. I WAS LOOKING AT THE DIAGRAM. CAN WE GO TO THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS WHERE THEY WILL BE PARKED? OKAY. SO THEY'RE IN THAT BLUE SECTION. MY HOUSE IS RIGHT OFF THIS PICTURE. SO I SHOP IN THIS CENTER. OH, BETWEEN MY WIFE AND I, WE'RE PROBABLY THERE FIVE, SIX TIMES A WEEK. UH, WE EITHER EAT OR, OR SHOP THERE AT COTTONWOOD. UM, SO WE'RE IN THERE QUITE A BIT. MY SON'S A BIG FAN OF THAT DOLLAR STORE. HE STOCKS UP ON CANDY THERE ALL THE TIME. AND I WILL SAY ALL THE PLACES IN THAT SHOPPING CENTER, THAT SEEMS TO BE THE BUSIEST LITTLE INTERSECTION. SO MY CONCERN IS KIND OF THE LOCATION OF IT. DID WE CONSIDER AN OTHER LOCATION BECAUSE I'VE, THERE'VE BEEN MANY TIMES WHERE I'M BACKING UP FROM THE DOLLAR STORE AND JUST THE CROSS TRAFFIC IN THAT PARTICULAR SPOT IS THE WORST SPOT IN THAT ENTIRE SHOPPING CENTER. UM, AS FAR AS THE CROSS TRAFFIC THERE AND CARS [01:30:01] BACKING UP, IT'S THE BUSIEST LITTLE CORNER. YEAH. YEAH. SO THIS, THIS IS THE LOCATION THAT THE, THE APPLICANT PROVIDED US. OKAY. SO, UM, SO THAT'S AN QUESTION. IT WASN'T UP FOR US TO CONSIDER, BUT AGAIN, THAT, THAT'D BE A GREAT QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NO, THANK YOU MR. CORBIN. GREAT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA ASK EITHER YOU MR. MAYOR OR DAWN OR UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SAMSEL JUST, UH, REMIND ME, I KNOW THAT IN THE, UH, THE BUSINESS RETAIL COMMITTEE LAST YEAR MM-HMM. , WE MENTIONED TALKING ABOUT LOOKING AT, I THINK IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, WE TALKED ABOUT THE HOURS OF OPERATION, BUT WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE. RIGHT. SO THAT WAS, UH, FOR FOOD TRUCKS. OKAY. THAT WAS THAT, THAT IT'S ACTUALLY A DIFFERENT SECTION. THIS IS MOBILE VENDORS. THEY, THEY WOULD NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO SERVE JUST, UH, UH, THE, UM, EMPLOYEES OF THE LOCATION. I MEAN, THIS, THIS IS A PROPOSING TO BE, TO ESSENTIALLY FUNCTION LIKE A BRICK AND MORTAR FROM A TRAILER IN THE PARKING LOT. SO IT'S, IT'S A DIFFERENT ORDINANCE. SO WE DID, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. WE DID TALK ABOUT MODIFYING THE HOURS, BUT THAT WAS FOR, UH, THE FOOD TRUCKS UNDER THE FOOD TRUCK ORDINANCE. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. NOT SEEING ANY MORE COMMENTS, MORE QUESTIONS? YES, I'M SORRY. YES, MS. MAYOR PROTEL. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. AND WELL, THAT'S VERY INTERESTING. UH, DO, DO YOU KNOW IF THE, THE THE FOOT TRUCK, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, THE TRAILER THEY HAVE, DO THEY HAVE ANY LIKE ACTUAL, UH, LIKE LOCATION, THEY OFFER THIS KIND OF BUSINESS? NOT FROM THE TRAILER. UH, I'M MEANING THEY MIGHT BE BETTER POSED TO THE A TO THE APPLICANT. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. IF, IF YOU, IF I, UH, DO YOU, WELL, YOU PROBABLY DON'T HAVE ANY ANSWER FOR THIS QUESTION. DO WE HAVE ENOUGH SPACE THAT BUSINESS COULD RENT OUT TO OFFER THIS KIND OF BUSINESS? WOULD YOU HAVE ANY SHORTAGE ON LIKE, YEAH. THERE, THERE ARE SOME VACANCIES IN THAT SHOPPING CENTER, UM, AND THE APPLICANT KNOWS THAT EXACT NUMBER. UM, BUT YEAH, THERE'S, THERE ARE SOME, THERE ARE SOME VACANCIES, UH, IN THE BRICK AND MORTAR SUITES THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THAT SHOPPING CENTER AND MAYBE OTHER SHOPPING CENTERS AROUND THE CITY. THERE'S PLENTY AVAILABLE. RIGHT? MM-HMM. . THANK YOU MR. BARRIOS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I APOLOGIZE. I DID FORGET ONE LAST QUESTION AND I BELIEVE, UM, DON, THIS MAY BE A BETTER QUESTION FOR YOU. UM, I KNOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE ENVISION PROCESS AND WE JUST HAD AN OPEN HOUSE THIS PAST WEEKEND, AND PART OF ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WAS IDENTIFIED AS A POTENTIAL REINVESTMENT ZONE THAT WE'RE KIND OF CONSIDERING AS PART OF THAT PLAN IS THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE SHOPPING CENTER, I BELIEVE. UH, IT'S KIND OF THAT AREA IN THE AREA INTO THE NORTH OF IT LONG COIT. SO IF WE WERE TO APPROVE THIS, WHAT, WHAT KIND OF FLEXIBILITY DO WE HAVE LATER MM-HMM. IN THE PROCESS? UM, IF THAT DOES BECOME SOMETHING UPON FURTHER STEADY IN A YEAR OR TWO FROM NOW, SURE. YOU KNOW, ARE WE GONNA KIND OF BE STUCK WITH IT, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM? I EXCUSE THAT TERM STUCK. IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU DON'T PUT A TERM, IF, IF YOU DON'T ASSOCIATE A TERM WITH THE SPECIAL PERMIT, THEN YES. YEAH, IT WOULD BECOME, I MEAN, UNLESS THEY WOULD, UNLESS THEY WOULD OPERATE, UM, IN A WAY THAT WAS INCONSISTENT WITH THE PERMIT AND YOU CALLED IT UP AND REVOKED IT FOR THAT REASON. IF YOU DON'T TIME, IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T PUT A TIME LIMIT ON THE PERMIT, THEN IT'S, IT'S, UH, JUST LIKE, UH, UM, BY RIGHT ZONING AT THAT POINT. SO, SO WE COULD SAY TO REVIEW IN SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR MM-HMM. , UM, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY IN A YEAR FROM NOW, THAT PROCESS WOULD BE A LOT MORE YEAH. FOR, UH, I GUESS KNOWN IF THAT'S GONNA BE A CONSIDERATION. OKAY. SO WE DO HAVE THAT OPTION. THANK YOU, BILL. IF THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE, WE'LL ASK THE APPLICANT TO PLEASE COME FORWARD. SURE. JUST USE THE ARROW FORWARD. FORWARD. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. UH, I RESPECT FOR YOUR TIME. I WAS GONNA MAKE SOME JOKES, BUT I, I THINK I'LL STAY AWAY FROM THAT , BUT I DID THINK THAT ALL THAT, THE CROWD THAT WAS OUT THERE WAS FOR US . UH, WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY I REPRESENT, SO I WORK WITH WHITESMAN AND, AND WE OWN THE SHOPPING CENTER, OR WE REPRESENT THE OWNED, IT OWNS THE SHOPPING CENTER. AND I APPRECIATE THE COUNCILMAN'S, UH, SUPPORT OF THE SHOPPING CENTER. HE INDICATED HE SHOPS THERE A LOT. I, WE'VE GOT A FRIENDLY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF RICHARDSON. WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY OF RICHARDSON DOES TO HELP US WITH THAT SHOPPING CENTER. AS YOU KNOW, THIS SHOPPING CENTER ACTUALLY HAD A WHOLE FOODS, AND AT ONE POINT IN TIME THEY MOVED OVER TO, UH, THE TOLLWAY AND BELTLINE AND OUR HEARTS WERE BROKEN. BUT WE'VE DONE A, I THINK WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB AND YOU GUYS HAVE TO TELL ME, UH, IN TERMS OF JUST TRYING TO REPURPOSE THE SHOPPING CENTER, AND WE LIKE TO THINK OF IT AS A VERY ECLECTIC SHOPPING CENTER. AND IT, AND IT PLAYS WITH A LOT OF THE THEMES THAT ARE IN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, FOR INSTANCE, THE COTTONWOOD FESTIVAL THAT'S BEHIND THE SHOPPING CENTER. WE HAVE [01:35:01] A FARMER'S MARKET THAT IF YOU'RE OUT THERE ON A SATURDAY MORNING IS WELL ATTENDED AND IS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. AND, AND SO OUR COTTONWOOD MARKET, WHILE IT STARTED OUT AS RICHARDSON MERCANTILE, WE CHANGED IT TO THE COTTONWOOD MARKET, THE PREVIOUS OPERATOR, THEY WEREN'T DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB WITH IT. WE BROUGHT IN NEW OWNERSHIP AND OPERATORS, AND NOW WE SEE A LOT MORE TRAFFIC. IT'S, IT SEEMS EXPERIENTIAL. AND WE'VE ALSO BROUGHT IN SOME NEW LEASES IN THE SHOPPING CENTER. AND WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT THE FOOD TRUCK, WHILE THE FOOD TRAILER SEEMS LIKE IT'S A ONE-OFF OPPORTUNITY, DARREN MCGRADY, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD HIS BACKGROUND, BUT LET ME JUST FLIP THROUGH HERE. SO THIS IS, I WON'T TAKE YOU THROUGH THE SITE PLAN, YOU KNOW, THE SITE PLAN, BUT DARREN MCGRADY, HE WAS THE, UH, THE CHEF FOR THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND AND, UH, PRINCESS DIANA, AND I THINK HE WAS THERE FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS OR SO. UM, HE IS, HE'S PRETTY FAMOUS AND HE'S A PRETTY BIG DEAL. I MEAN, DARREN MCGRADY, UH, HIS FOOD IS FANTASTIC. AND, UH, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BRING SOMEONE OF THAT ILK AND THAT, THAT CALIBER TO THE SHOPPING CENTER. THE, THE FOOD TRAILER IS REALLY, UM, ANCILLARY AND COMPLIMENTARY TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN COTTONWOOD MARKET. WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO BRING DARREN TO PUT IN A TEA ROOM INTO COTTONWOOD MARKET. UM, AND I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH CHOCOLATE ANGEL THAT'S AT, UH, CAMPBELL NERA. I MEAN, MELISSA, SHE DOES A FANTASTIC JOB. AND WE ACTUALLY TRIED TO GET MELISSA TO OPEN UP IN OUR CENTER, BUT HER HANDS ARE FULL AND SHE'S GOT OTHER THINGS GOING ON. AND SO WHEN WE'VE HAD A LONG TIME RELATIONSHIP WITH DARREN AND ASKED HIM IF HE, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERED PUTTING THE TEA ROOM AND, AND COTTONWOOD MARKET, AND WE TALKED AROUND IT AND AROUND IT, AND FINALLY ALL THE PLANETS ALIGNED WHERE DARREN AND HIS PARTNER, TIMOTHY JOHNSON, WHO'S HERE, THEY OPENED UP ONE OF THESE FOOD TRAILERS UP IN VANCOUVER, C VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON. AND THE REVIEWS ON IT HAS BEEN FANTASTIC. AND SO WITH THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE'VE GOT WITH DARREN AND NOW WITH TIMOTHY, THE IDEA IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO START AS DOW RICH BEING SORT OF THE EPICENTER FOR HAVING THIS FOOD TRAIL IN THE TEA ROOM. AND THEN WITH WEITZMAN, WE HAVE SHOPPING CENTERS ALL THROUGHOUT DFW AND ALL THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND TIMOTHY AND DARREN ARE INTERESTED IN TRYING TO SEE THAT THESE FOOD TRAILERS ARE AROUND THE CITY OF, OF, AROUND THE DFW MARKET. SO WE THINK THAT DARREN HAVING DARREN IN THAT NAME, AND THIS SORT OF, UM, UH, A MYSTIQUE ABOUT HAVING BEEN THE CHEF FOR THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND AND PRINCESS DIANA, AND ALL HE DOES WOULD BE CERTAINLY A TRAFFIC GENERATOR FOR THE CENTER. YOU, I THINK SOMEONE, YOU ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT HOW DOES THIS IMPACT THE OTHER TENANTS IN THE SHOPPING CENTER. WE TAKE, UH, OUR TENANT MAKES VERY SERIOUSLY, AND WE TRY TO BRING COMPLIMENTARY TENANTS TO THE SHOPPING CENTER. THE FISH AND CHIPS IS DIFFERENT THAN BIG SHUCK. BIG SHUCK SERVES SHRIMP, IT SERVES, YOU KNOW, CRAB LEGS. IT SERVE THAT, THAT SEAFOOD IS ABSOLUTELY DIFFERENT THAN FISH AND CHIPS, DIFFERENT TEXTURE, DIFFERENT TASTE TO IT. SO WE FEEL LIKE THIS WOULD JUST BE COMPLIMENTARY. AND AGAIN, IT'S GONNA BE COMPLIMENTARY TO THE TEA ROOM AS WELL. THIS IS JUST GIVING SOME MORE PUBLICITY WITH RESPECT TO WHO DARREN IS. HE'S WRITTEN A LOT OF BOOKS AND, UH, HE'S GOT A COMPANY CALLED EATING ROYALLY. UH, HE DOES, HE'S HAD, UM, HE'S SERVED DINNER FOR PRESIDENTS AND HEADS OF STATES. HE DOES A LOT OF CATERING WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE IN AFFLUENT NEIGHBORHOODS, IN AFFLUENT HOMES HERE IN D F W. SO DARREN, I MEAN, HE'S JUST NOT ANY OTHER CHEF. HE'S, HE'S A PRETTY BIG DEAL. UM, DID I, I MEANT I MISSED SOMETHING. I'M BERNARD SHAW. I DIDN'T SAY THAT. I'M BERNARD SHAW. I JUST THOUGHT I'D SAY THAT. UM, BUT THIS IS WHAT SOMETHING OF THE THINGS THAT DARREN MIGHT DO IN THE TEA ROOM. UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S WELL APPOINTED. THE PRESENTATION IS GREAT. WE ACTUALLY HAD A, UH, WITH WINSTON'S BRITISH FISH AND CHIPS, UM, THE CHAIRMAN OF OUR COMPANY HAD A BIRTHDAY PARTY ON JUNE 6TH. AND SO AS A RESULT, WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE A LITTLE PARTY, YOU KNOW, INTRODUCING THE FISH AND CHIPS ACTUALLY TO THE RICHESON MARKET. AND IT WAS WELL ATTENDED. I THINK I MAY HAVE A PICTURE IN HERE. UM, THAT'S DARREN AGAIN. THOSE ARE THE FISH AND CHIPS. THIS IS WHAT ONE OF THE TRAILERS IN, IN VANCOUVER, SEATTLE LOOKS LIKE. AND ON THE INSIDE THE FISH AND CHIPS. UM, AND JUST SAID, UH, DARREN AND TIMOTHY ARE BRINGING A BRITISH FOOD INVASION TO D F W. UM, THIS WAS, UH, PICTURES TAKEN AT THE, UM, PARTY THAT WE HAD ON JUNE THE SIXTH. AND AGAIN, IT WAS WELL ATTENDED. EVERYONE JUST LOVED FISH. IN FACT, WE RAN OUTTA FISH AND CHIPS. THEY, THEY, THERE WERE, THERE WASN'T ENOUGH TO GO AROUND, BUT EVERYBODY LOVED IT, UM, [01:40:02] INSIDE OF THE FOOD TRAILER THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE AT, UH, AT DO RIDGE. UM, SORRY. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HA, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BY ALL MEANS, YOU CAN AN I'LL TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. I'VE GOT TIMOTHY HERE BECAUSE HE IS MORE ON THE OPERATIONAL SIDE. UM, I HOPE I'VE ADDRESSED IN THIS PRESENTATION SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP. BUT I'M HAPPY IF YOU WOULD JUST FIRE AT ME AGAIN. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER. COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, THANK YOU MR. SHAW. I WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. I'M A BIG FAN OF FISH AND CHIPS, BUT I'M A BIG FAN OF SAFETY. SO CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW THIS WOULD OPERATE, UM, ABSOLUTELY. IN THE PARKING LOT? ABSOLUTELY. SO WHEN WE, WE SET IT UP, OBVIOUSLY, WE SET IT UP IN FOR THE PARTY, IT, WE BLOCKED OFF EVERYTHING. AND WITH THE SHOPPING CENTER THAT'S OPERATING ON A DAY IN AND DAY OUT BASIS, AND THE HOURS THAT THEY'D OPERATE, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT. WE ARE OPEN TO NOT HAVING THE FOOD TRAILER IN THAT LOCATION. WE COULD MOVE IT TO THE NORTH OF COTTONWOOD MARKET WHERE THE PARKING LOT, THERE'S MORE PARKING IN THAT AREA, OR WE COULD MOVE IT FURTHER TO THE SOUTH DOWN BY, UH, JUST PAST DOLLAR TREE. SO, AND IF WE NEEDED TO, WE COULD BLOCK IT OFF AND FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW WE'D HAVE TO BARRICADE IT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE SAFE IN THAT REGARD. IF WE HAVE TO PUT STOP SIGNS IN THE SHOPPING CENTER, WE DO HAVE SPEED BUMPS. BUT I AGREE, IT JUST SAFETY IN PART, IN SHOPPING CENTERS, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT ALL THE TIME. WE'RE ALWAYS PUTTING IN SPEED HUMPS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE JUST TEMPER THEIR SPEED. UM, PEOPLE SEEM TO BE IN A HURRY FOR SOME REASON. DOES I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THERE'S ONE IN VANCOUVER OR SEATTLE. DOES IT OPERATE IN THE SAME MANNER IN A PARKING LOT, OR HOW DOES IT OPERATE THERE? TIMOTHY, WHERE'S THE ONE, WHERE'S THE ONE IN VANCOUVER? WHERE'S IT OPERATING? PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE. WELL, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE AND I THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROPRIATING TIME, UM, UP THERE. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. I'M SORRY. THAT'S NAME IS TIMOTHY JOHNSON. I'M THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF WINSTON'S BRITISH FISH AND CHIPS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND, UH, UP THERE IN THAT PARTICULAR, UH, SITUATION, WE ARE IN A, THE PARKING LOT OF A CHURCH. AND THAT CHURCH HAS, HAS, IS STRONG CIVIC OUTREACH TO, UM, FEEDING THE POOR AND DEALING WITH THE HOMELESS. AND SO WE CONTRIBUTE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM WITH EXTRA FOOD. SO WE'RE DOING MORE UP THERE IN THE CIVIC SENSE THAN THAN JUST SELLING, UH, FISH AND CHIPS. BUT IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT SCENARIO. AND I, I REALLY WANNA HONESTLY, UH, COMPLIMENT YOU AS A CITY AND HOW YOU'VE, UH, RIDDEN YOUR LAWS HERE. I'VE DEALT WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT LAWS IN DIFFERENT STATES FROM THE STATE TO THE COUNTY TO THE LOCAL. AND WHAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN HERE REALLY ADDRESSES A NUMBER OF ISSUES, UM, LIKE YOU MIGHT SEE IN AUSTIN. AND I WAS ACTUALLY HONESTLY VERY IMPRESSED. WE'VE BEEN LICENSED IN PLANO, WE'VE BEEN LICENSED IN DALLAS. AND, BUT THE PROCESS YOU HAVE HERE AND THE, AND THE ORDINANCE YOU HAVE HERE IS REALLY SET FOR CLEANLINESS, FOR SAFETY, AND REALLY WELL THOUGHT OUT. AND THE REASON WE, UH, PROPOSE THAT LOCATION BEHIND CHUCKS IS BECAUSE, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WAS EXPRESSED TO US IS THAT THEY DID NOT WANT THIS TO BE RIGHT UP ON THE HIGHWAY AND DISTRACT TRAFFIC. AND SO WE CHOSE THE HIDDEN PLACE. WE EXAMINED THE WHOLE, UH, SHOPPING CENTER, AND THAT SEEMED TO BE NUMBER ONE, THE MOST HIDDEN PLACE FROM THE ACTUAL VIEW OF THE STREET. AND THEN ALSO FROM TRAFFIC WISE, WE TRIED TO KIND OF BE AS FAR DISTANCE FROM EACH OF THE ENTRIES AS POSSIBLE, KINDA LIKE RIGHT THERE IN THE, IN THE MIDDLE. SO, AND THEN, UH, IN TERMS OF, UH, BEING THERE WE'RE NOT FREELOADERS. WE, UH, WE, WE PAY, WOULD PAY 25,000 A YEAR, UH, FOR THAT LOCATION. AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE ANOTHER BUSINESS, WINSTON'S TEA ROOM THAT WE HAVE, UH, JUST SIGNED LEASES ON INSIDE THE MALL. SO THIS IS MORE IN LINE TO A PARTNERSHIP OR AN ANCILLARY OUTSIDE EXTENSION OF WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING INSIDE. SO I I, I APPRECIATE THAT. SO IN SEATTLE, IT'S, IT'S IN A CHURCH PARKING LOT, SO I GUESS FOR ME THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. MM-HMM. IT'S NOT A COMMERCIAL SPACE WHERE THERE'S CONSISTENT TRAFFIC. AND SO I, THAT GOES BACK TO MY SAFETY CONCERN. [01:45:01] UH, SO I'M GONNA MULL IT OVER FOR, UH, AS I LET MY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ASK QUESTIONS. BUT THAT'S MY BIGGEST, UH, HANGUP AT THE MOMENT. BUT I THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT SOUNDS DELICIOUS. SO, , BEFORE WE GO OVER HERE, LET ME, ARE YOU GOING TO OFFER THE FISH AND CHIPS AS A ITEM IN THE TEA ROOM? NO, BUT WE HAVE A CROSSOVER OF OTHER BRITISH FAIR THAT WE ARE GOING TO OFFER AND, UH, PASTRIES AND THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS. THERE'LL BE A CROSSOVER BETWEEN WHAT IS OFFERED OUT IN THE FOOD TRAILER AND THEN WHAT IS OFFERED INSIDE, UM, IN THE TEA ROOM. SO, SO EXPLAIN, ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE THOSE PRODUCTS IN THE TRAILER AND PUT 'EM INSIDE? AND THEY WILL MAKE THEIR PRODUCTS INSIDE? THEY'RE, AND TAKE OUTSIDE? UH, THE, THE PASTRIES THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT ARE MADE RIGHT HERE BY A LOCAL, UM, UH, BRITISH, UH, BAKING COMPANY. AND, UH, THE FISH AND CHIPS WE COOK RIGHT ON SITE. WE ALSO HAVE A COMMISSARY KITCHEN ONE HALF A MILE AWAY OVER IN THE SPRING CREEK, UH, VILLAGE CHOPPING CENTER. SO WE HAVE A FULL PROFESSIONAL KITCHEN, LITERALLY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. SO THANK YOU MR. BARRIOS. UM, YOU DID ADDRESS, EXCUSE ME, THE QUESTION I HAD FOR STAFF EARLIER REGARDING IF YOU CONSIDERED OTHER LOCATIONS. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU ARE OPEN TO OTHER POSSIBILITIES WITHIN THE SHOPPING CENTER, ? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. YES. UM, I THANK YOU FOR THAT, FOR THAT. UM, AND I WILL SAY, AS A SIDE NOTE, I KNOW THE FISH AND CHIPS PLACE JUST NORTH OF THERE, CLOSED DOWN NOT TOO LONG, LONG AGO FISHING. YES. YES. SO, UM, SO I KNOW THERE'S SOME PEOPLE, PROBABLY SOME THAT I KNOW THEY ARE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY WHO THEY WILL BE HERE, THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING ANOTHER. WHAT'S THAT? WE WERE PRAYED IN. YEAH. . UM, I HAVE, MY QUESTION IS, UH, WE, WE SHOWED PICTURES OF THE GENTLEMAN WHO WAS THE, THE CHEF, AN AUTHOR. UH, IS THIS A FRANCHISE? ARE THESE ALL CORPORATELY OWNED? HOW MANY LOCATIONS DO YOU HAVE IN THE US AND IS THE TEA ROOM A SEPARATE COMPANY OR IS THAT THE SAME SEPARATE? NO, IT'S ALL PART OF THE SAME COMPANY. WE HAVE, UH, FIVE OUTLETS. THREE OF THEM ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. AND WE ARE REALLY DEBATING ABOUT THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF FRANCHISE BECAUSE WITH HIS NAME AND LIKENESS AND ALL THE RESTS WE HAVE, OR WHAT HE SERVED, THE ROYAL FAMILY AND BUCKINGHAM PALACE HEADS OF STATE AROUND THE WORLD, WE HAVE A HUGE BAR TO MAINTAIN AND JUST SELLING TO PEOPLE TO GET A LUMP SUM OF MONEY. BUT THEN TRYING TO POLICE THE QUALITY LEVEL DOESN'T REALLY APPEAL TO US. WE ARE MORE, WE'RE BEING DRAWN TOWARDS ORGANICALLY, UM, EXPANDING FROM WITHIN AND NOT PUTTING IT IN THE HANDS OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T SHARE THE, UM, THE PASSION OR THE, OR THE, UH, ACUMEN THAT WE HAVE FROM WITHIN. OKAY. SO, SO I HEARD YOU SAY YOU HAD FIVE AND THEN THREE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION? YES. OKAY. ARE ANY OF THOSE IN THE DFW AREA? I KNOW YOU MENTIONED, UH, CANADA, UH, OR WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE? BUT YEAH, NO, UH, THAT'S , VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON. VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON. OKAY. YES. AND, UH, THAT MAKES MORE SENSE. SO WE HAVE TWO, UM, WE HAVE TWO IN VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON. WE'RE JUST FINISHING UP ANOTHER FOOD TRAILER RIGHT NOW. AND THEN HERE WE HAVE, UM, UM, A FOOD TRAILER THAT WE HAVE, UM, BEEN KIND OF VACILLATING BACK, BEEN FORTH BETWEEN DALLAS AND, UM, UM, PLANO. BUT WE'RE ONLY DOING THAT TEMPORARILY. UH, WHILE WE WAITED FOR THIS MEETING. OUR HEART IS TO BE HERE FULL-TIME. AND SO THIS MEETING, YOU KNOW, , I FEEL LIKE I'M STEALING TIME FROM SUCH AN IMPORTANT TOPIC JUST BEFORE US, BUT THIS IS DEEPLY INGRAINED IN OUR HEARTS TO BE HERE. UH, THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS. COUNCILMAN HUTCHIN, WRITER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS I, I CAN UNDERSTAND IF YOU WERE LOOKING AT DOING THIS FOR, LET'S SAY, SIX MONTHS TO PROVE A CONCEPT MM-HMM. , AND IF YOU WERE COMING TO US SAYING, COULD WE PLEASE HAVE THIS TRAILER FOR SIX MONTHS, NINE MONTHS, WHATEVER THE TIMEFRAME WOULD BE IN ANTICIPATION, THAT IF IT WAS A SUCCESS, THEN YOU WOULD LOOK TO HAVE A, A PERMANENT SPACE ACTUALLY [01:50:01] BUILT OUT IN, IN THE, IN THE SHOPPING COMPLEX. I'M NOT HEARING THAT, BUT PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT DOING IS HAVING THIS FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME TO, I'M SORRY TO PROVE THAT WINSTON'S, UM, UH, FISH AND CHIPS WOULD BE A SUCCESS AND THEN AFTER WHAT, I'M SORRY, WHATEVER, WHATEVER YOUR TIMEFRAME WOULD BE, SIX MONTHS, NINE MONTHS TO PROVE THAT THE, THE CONCEPT WORKS THAT YOU WOULD THEN BUILD A PERMANENT ESTABLISHMENT. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE, IS THAT, IS THAT THE END GAME OR, UM, BECAUSE I GUESS I HAVE THE, I GUESS I HAVE, LET ME JUST KIND OF FINISH MY POINT AND THEN YOU CAN ANSWER ME. SURE. BECAUSE MY CONCERN WOULD BE IS IF WE SAY, WELL, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS, THIS MOBILE TRAILER PERMANENTLY, UNLESS I FORGET WHAT EXACTLY WHAT THE, THE BILLS IS, UNLESS THERE WAS BROKEN ORDINANCES OR LAWS OR WHATEVER THE CASE MIGHT BE. THE CONCERN I WOULD HAVE IS THEN WE WOULD START TO BECOME VERY QUICKLY A MOBILE TRAILER PARK COMMUNITY WITH THESE POPPING UP EVERYWHERE. AND THEN WE'RE GOING, GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE COME TO US AND SAY, WELL, OKAY, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW DO, HOW, HOW ARE WE GOING TO LEASE ADDITIONAL SPACES? I MEAN, I, I WOULD BE ALL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CAUSE I'M, I'M, I'M A REALLY BIG PERSON ABOUT BEING ABLE TO PROVE CONCEPTS BEFORE YOU TAKE THE, THE, THE DIVE, IF YOU WILL, UM, FOR, FOR A, A PERMANENT ESTABLISHMENT. BUT, SO I GUESS THAT'S MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, IS DO YOU SEE THIS JUST AS A SIX AND NINE MONTH TO PROVE THAT FISH AND CHIPS WILL SELL IN RICHARDSON, AND THEN YOU WOULD COME BACK AND WORK WITH MR. UH, BARNARD, UM, TO, TO COME UP WITH A PERMANENT LOCATION WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE, THE, THE IN, WITHIN THE, UH, SHOPPING CENTER? OR, OR, OR IS THIS, YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE HERE FOR FIVE YEARS OUT OF YOUR, OUT OF YOUR TRAILER? HELP? HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT. THAT IS AN EXCELLENT QUESTION, AND I CAN SHARE WITH YOU PROOF OF CONTENT IN FOUR MONTHS, OUR FIRST TRAILER, ONLY SELLING HALF OF A MENU BECAUSE WE WANTED TO PROCESS PEOPLE, NOT HAVE THEM STAND THERE. AND I WANT, LITTLE THAN THAT, WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO MOVE PEOPLE THROUGH. WE DID OVER HALF A MILLION IN FOUR MONTHS, ONE TRAILER, HALF A MENU, THE PROOF OF CONCEPT. I, I THINK WE'VE MET THAT AND ARE MEETING THAT IN TERMS OF LONGEVITY, WHAT OUR VISION IS, IS TO HAVE A CENTRAL KITCHEN THAT COULD ALSO SERVE AS A TAKEOUT TO MINIMIZE TRAFFIC OVER IN. THAT'S WHY WE'RE BUILDING A BRICK AND MORTAR OVER, UH, TAKEOUT, NOT SIT DOWN, UH, IT'S OUR CENTRAL KITCHEN, OUR STORAGE, EVERYTHING. IT'S, IT'S THE HEADQUARTERS, BUT THE FRONT CAN BE AN OUTLET THAT DOES TAKEOUT TO REDUCE TRAFFIC IN THE TRAILER. BUT THEN, UH, IN ABOUT A 30 TO 40 MILE HALO, THAT CENTRAL KITCHEN SERVED PERHAPS SIX TO EIGHT OR 10 IN A STAR WHEEL. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DALLAS METROPLEX. THERE WOULDN'T BE MORE THAN ONE PROBABLY RIGHT IN RICHARDSON PROPER, BUT OUT IN FAR MORE EXTENDED, UM, YOU KNOW, 10, 15, 20, YOU KNOW, WE, WE THINK THE CONCEPT COULD BE UP TO 30, 35 MILES, SOMEWHERE IN THAT AREA. SO WE GO TO REGIONS. SO IN VANCOUVER, WE'RE BUILDING THE CENTRAL KITCHEN RIGHT NOW, THE BRICK AND MORTAR. AND THEN WE ALREADY HAVE ONE FOOD TRAILER THERE. WE'RE GONNA PUT ANOTHER ONE OVER. WE'RE BUILDING OUR STAR WHEEL. AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO DOWN HERE. OUR CENTRAL KITCHEN IS RIGHT ACROSS, IT'S RIGHT THERE ON THE BELTLINE. SO, POINT, POINT OF CLARIFICATION, JUST TO, TO TO MAKE SURE WE'RE RESPONSIVE TO THE QUESTION. YEAH. YOU DON'T INTEND TO TRANSITION FROM THE TRAILER TO A SPOT IN DORICH? NO. WE, WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL SETUP. WE HAVE A A, WE HAVE A HIGH QUALITY RV RENTAL RIGHT UP THE STREET AND ON THE PLANO EXPRESSWAY REC NATION, AND WE HAVE AN UNDERCOVER PARKING. WE GO THERE, SERVICE SANITIZE, FILL IT UP, GET UP, EVERYTHING IS THERE, PROPANE, UH, DEALING WITH GRAY WATER, GETTING IT REFRESHED AND READY FOR BUSINESS EVERY DAY. AND THEN WE GO TO LOCATION AND THEN WE GO BACK AND, AND SO WE ARE LOOKING AT HAVING THESE, THESE AS A REGULAR PERMANENT PART OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD. BUT IN RESPECT TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT THE EXPANSION UP NORTH, OR YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE TIED INTO, [01:55:01] WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY WORK WITH YOU IN WHATEVER KIND OF AN AGREEMENT. UH, WE WANNA WORK WITH YOU, UH, IN THIS SITUATION. WE WOULD, IN THE, IF WE WERE GRANTED TO PERMIT, IT WOULD BE WITH RESPECT TO, UH, THE POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. WE WOULD WORK WITH YOU IF THE LOCATION THAT WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW, IF THAT NEEDED TO BE ADJUSTMENT. WE ARE VERY FLEXIBLE. WE JUST WANT TO BE RIGHT HERE. UM, CAN I SAY YOU SAY ONE THING, UM, THIS WE CHOSE THOUGH, CAUSE OF THE NAME, BRAND NAME MARKET ASSOCIATED SHIP, THE WHOLE TEA ROOM. IT JUST KINDA ROUNDS OUT THIS WHOLE NOTION OF COMPLEX ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHOPPING CENTER. SO I, I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN THAT YOU HAVE OTHER LANDOWNER OR SHOPPING CENTER TO SAY, WELL, I WANT FOOD TRAILER HERE, I WANT FOOD TRAILER. MM-HMM. , BUT I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE THE AUTHORITY. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT TRYING TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU DO, BUT YOU THE AUTHORITY TO LIMIT WHATEVER. IT'S THAT YOU, SO, UM, IT'S ALMOST LIKE, PLEASE DON'T TAKE THE, IT'S ALMOST LIKE JEWEL SHOW UP AT, AT A LOCATION WHERE YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT. THAT'S KINDA A GUARANTEE, IS THAT'S WHAT THIS CONCEPT IS. AND WE JUST THINK THIS IDEA AND WE, WE HAVE NO IDEA. BUSINESSES, THEY FEEDBACK, I'M SORRY, BUSINESSES, THEY HAVE THEIR, UM, GEEZ, BUSINESSES HAVE THEIR, THEIR THEIR LIFELINE. AND SO IT MAY, IT MAY LAST FOR 10, 15 YEARS. IT MAY LAST FOR A YEAR, WHO KNOWS. I MEAN, BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD KIND OF TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, DARREN MCGRADY IS ABLE TO BRING TO THE SHOPPING CENTER AT THIS POINT. AND SO THE LANDLORD IS SUPPORTIVE OF IT. UH, AND IF WE CAN MEET ANY REQUIREMENTS THAT CITY COUNCIL WOULD HAVE, WE, WE'D LOVE TO KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THIS WORK. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, HOW MANY TABLES DO YOU ALL PLAN ON HAVING? SO, I, I WOULD SAY THEY, THEY'RE NOT GONNA REALLY, WE HAVE A PATIO OUTSIDE WHERE WE HAVE, WE'RE PUTTING A PATIO OUTSIDE THE COFFEE SHOP THAT'S ON THE SIDEWALK. BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE IT MAY BE PICKING UP IN, WE DON'T EXPECT THEM TO BE EATING IN THE PARKING LOT. OKAY. THEY'LL EAT IN THE TEA ROOM, THEY'LL, THEY'LL EAT IN THE COFFEE SHOP AREA ON THE INSIDE. I'M SORRY, I MUST HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THERE WOULD BE LITTLE TABLES OUTSIDE IN THE PARKING LOT THAT PEOPLE WERE, OKAY, NOW LET, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. I'M SORRY, BUT LET, LET ME JUST CLARIFY. EXCUSE ME. LEMME JUST, SO, SO JOE, THEY, THEY ARE, THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED UNLESS YOU PROHIBITED IT. OH, I SEE. OKAY. CAUSE THAT'S, YEAH, THAT'S WHERE I GOT IT FROM. OH, OKAY. IT'S, THAT WAS JUST A PROBLEM. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH, THAT WAS, YEAH. AND I HAVE AN EXCELLENT CASE IN POINT TOO. UM, IN THE CITY OF VANCOUVER, WE BUILT A BEAUTIFUL, WELL, YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND GUYS, IT RAINS 200 DAYS OUTTA THE YEAR UP THERE. SO WE HAD TO HAVE, WE BUILT A 20 BY 30 CARPORT, METAL CARPORT IN FRONT BECAUSE WHO'S GONNA STAND IN THE RAIN TRYING TO ORDER ILL IF THERE'S NOT A COVERING. AND SO WE PUT DOWN PICNIC BENCHES AND WE HAD EIGHT PICNIC BENCHES AND THE CITY CAME TO US AND SAID OUT, OUT, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BUILD UP TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, RIGHT THERE. THEY WANT HIM TO ORDER THE FOOD AND THEN DISPERSE, YOU KNOW, SOME LEVEL, UH, OF DISPERSING. SO WE HAVE THE COVERING THERE, BUT WE'VE TAKEN OUT THE TABLES. OKAY. SO, SO JOE, IT IT IS FOR THAT VERY REASON, IT IS ALLOWED. SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO PROHIBIT IT AS A SPECIAL CON, AS A CONDITION OF THE SPECIAL PERMIT IF YOU DID NOT WANT TO HAVE THAT LATITUDE. OTHERWISE, THERE'S NOT A LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF TABLES. THEY CAN PLACE SOME. I SEE. SO, SO YOU, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY DON'T WANT THE TABLES RIGHT TO BEGIN WITH OR THEY DON'T NEED THEM, SO, CAUSE YOU HAVE THE PATIO OWNERSHIP, YOU LOVE PATIOS BY RESTAURANTS AND COFFEE SHOP. IT HAS INDOOR OUT RECEIVING LIKE THAT. IT'S VERY ADJACENT TO WHAT THE COFFEE, COFFEE SHOP IS AND PATIO PUTTING OUT THERE, BUT WE'RE NOT OUT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THANKS DON FOR THE CLARIFICATION AS WELL. OKAY, THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? MAYOR PROTI, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. UH, AGAIN, THIS IS VERY INTERESTING. UH, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE, AND OF COURSE, I MEAN, HAVING FOOD TRUCK OR TRAILER, THIS KIND OF THINGS IS, IT CATCHES PEOPLE'S EYE, IT BRINGS THE YOUNG FAM YOUNG PEOPLE TO THE PLACE. AND, UH, [02:00:02] I MEAN THIS TEMPORARILY, THIS BUSINESS DEFINITELY WILL DO GREAT. LIKE YOU SAY, HALF A MILLION WITH THE HALF MENU. UH, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS, YOU KNOW, IN THE PARKING LOT, SAFETY IS A BIG ISSUE. UH, IF THIS WAS DESIGNED AND YOU WOULD HAVE BRING A SITE PLAN THAT WOULD SHOW EXACTLY HOW THE TRAFFIC WOULD BE MOVING, UH, HOW THE, HOW THAT WOULD BE COMPROMISED, YOU KNOW, LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAINTAINING A SAFETY, LIKE IF THIS, THERE WAS A PAD, BUSINESS PAD THAT YOU COULD PUT LIKE A, INSTEAD OF BUILDING A STRUCTURE, IF YOU HAD THIS THING THERE AS A TRAILER OR FOOT TRUCK, UH, AND YOU WOULD SAY THAT YOU KNOW, HOW THE TRAFFIC IS MOVING, THEN THAT WOULD BE ONE THING, BUT BRINGING, NOT HAVING A SOLID PLAN HOW YOU WANT THAT EVEN, YOU KNOW, I, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE FLEXIBLE ON THE LOCATION, BUT ALSO THAT'S MY CONCERN BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT REALLY THOUGHT OUT THE DETAIL ABOUT, UH, ALL THE TRAFFIC, HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK OUT. PROBABLY ASSUMING THAT CITY WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT, OUR COUNCIL WILL LOOK AT THAT. UH, THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN. I MEAN, THIS FOOD IS GREAT. DEFINITELY. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU THINK THIS BRAND IS A GREAT BRAND. ABSOLUTELY. THIS IS A GREAT BRAND, BUT SO DOES OTHER BRAND ALSO. UH, SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT THINK TIFFANY IS A GREAT BRAND, BUT FOR SOME PEOPLE DOLLAR STORES ARE IS GREAT PLACE. SO I RESPECT ALL THOSE. UM, AND BUT SAFETY FOR THOSE, YOU KNOW, IS A BIG CONCERN FOR ANY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, EPIPHANY OR DOLLARS OR BOOK. UH, SO, YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU REALLY THOUGHT A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE TRAFFIC, HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK OUT? WELL, YOU GOTTA REMEMBER, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, THIS COPPERWOOD MARKET FESTIVALS THERE EVERY SATURDAY. AND IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, 10 TIMES LARGER THAN JUST HAVING, UH, ABSOLUTELY. I I, I'VE ATTENDED THERE MULTIPLE TIMES. I LOVE THAT. AND IT'S NOT ROPED OFF, RIGHT? THAT SATURDAY, SATURDAY EVENT IS GREAT, BUT YOU BLOCKED OFF THE TRAFFIC FOR THAT? NO, NOT REALLY. I MEAN, IT'S ORGANIC. OH. FOR THE SATURDAY IT'S ORGANICALLY BLOCKED OFF, BUT IT'S NOT, WE HAVEN'T PUT CLOTHES EXACTLY ORGANICALLY. SO HOW THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN HERE. YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THAT ONCE YOU PUT, IT'S GONNA BE, FIRST OF ALL, YOU GOT BERRIES BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT LANDSCAPE BARRIERS WHERE THEY'RE GONNA PARK THE TRAILER AND SO NOW PEOPLE ARE JUST GONNA PARK THEIR CARS AND THERE'S, PEOPLE ARE WALKING, PEOPLE WALK FROM THE STORES TO THE PARKING LOT ALL THE TIME AND THE, THE CARS, YOU KNOW, RESPECT THE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC IN THE SHOPPING CENTER AND THE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC RESPECTS THE CARS. SO I, I DON'T TO THINK THAT HAVING THAT TRAILER THERE IN MY, JUST MY HUMBLE OPINION, I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA CREATE THAT HUGE OF A SAFETY CONCERN WHEN WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE NATURAL, UH, ACTIVITY TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW. YEAH. FOR HAVING THAT DAILY. NO, I CAN'T JUST VISUALIZE THAT. UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T HAVE THAT, UH, VISION RIGHT NOW. YEAH, BUT YOU GOTTA REMEMBER, I, I DON'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF, BUT REMEMBER THE, THE MARKET IS 10 TIMES BIGGER. IT, IT HAS 10 TIMES MORE TRAFFIC THAN THIS WILL POTENTIALLY PROVIDE. ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, SO, SO I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT MORE, I MEAN, I'M NOT TRYING TO TALK OURSELVES OUTTA HAVING THE FESTIVAL HERE, THE THE FARMER'S MARKET, BUT I MEAN, WE'VE ALREADY GOT A PROVEN CONCEPT OF HAVING TRAILERS AND VENDORS IN OUR PARKING LOT WHERE PEOPLE SHOP AND THEY WALK IN A FRIENDLY MANNER. SO I'M NOT, I'M NOT, I'M, I'M HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING TO THE HURDLE WHERE I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE MORE SAFETY CONCERNS, BUT I MEAN, I'M GONNA LEAVE IT UP TO THIS GROUP TO FIGURE OUT OR DECIDE WHETHER I'M WRONG OR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE'RE NOT GONNA BE IN, HAVE A PROBLEM. WELL, THANK, THANKS FOR, FOR YOUR ANSWER ON THAT ONE. BUT THE THING IS, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU ARE PROBABLY CONVINCED DEFINITELY OTHERWISE YOU WOULD NOT HAVE BROUGHT THIS THING UP. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALSO, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AT LEAST FOR ME TO VISUALIZE OR UNDERSTAND HOW THIS THING WORK WILL WORK. UH, BUT YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO ARGUE ABOUT THE FARMER'S MARKET THING THAT YOU HAVE. I LOVE THAT CONCEPT. I'VE BEEN THERE A FEW TIMES, BUT THERE'S A MUCH BIGGER AND, UH, AND TEMPORARY JUST ONCE A WEEK I GUESS, RIGHT? SATURDAY. YEAH. SO IS IT IT'S IN THE BUSINESS PART OF THE DAY ON A SATURDAY, RIGHT? UH, AND, AND WESTON'S PARTICIPATING THAT ON, SIR. OKAY. NO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO. WE'LL ASK THE APPLICANT AND GO AHEAD AND TAKE A SEAT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS US OR MAKE COMMENT AT THIS TIME FROM THE AUDIENCE. I PROMISE I DIDN'T START THE FEEDBACK. I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS HERE. OKAY. ANYBODY WANTS TO SPEAK IN FAVOR? OKAY. MR. HATCHER RIDER, IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, I WOULD MAKE A, IF WE'RE PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ON THE TOPIC. COME ON. NO, NO, IT COMES AFTER. SORRY. THANK YOU. MY APOLOGIES. OKAY, WE THAT WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. [02:05:01] DO I HAVE A SECOND? MR. SHAUL HAS A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR OF CLOSING PUBLIC HEARING. RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL RIGHT. UNANIMOUS. OKAY, MR. BARRIOS DISCUSSION? YES, SIR. UH, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS IS, THIS IS NEIGHBORHOOD I SHOP, UH, YOUR SHOPPING CENTER ALL THE TIME. MY ENTIRE FAMILY DOES. AND, UM, WE ATTEND, WE BUY OUR SOURDOUGH AT THE MARKET ON SATURDAYS. UH, WE'VE ATTENDED THERE MANY, MANY TIMES AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE SOME OF THE, THE, THE NEW SHOPS THAT ARE COMING IN. I DON'T HAVE, DIDN'T DO THE CALCULATION, BUT THEY'RE ABOUT 60, 70%, UH, FULL ON THAT SHOPPING CENTER. I MEAN, I DO HAVE CON SOME MAJOR CONCERNS THERE ABOUT ITS LOCATION. UH, I AND MY, I AM LEANING TOWARDS NOT, NOT APPROVING THIS JUST BECAUSE OF THE PRECEDENCE IT SETS. UH, IF THEY WOULD'VE COME AND SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE INTERESTED IN BUILDING A FOOD TRUCK PARK BET, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THIS AND THE PARK AND MAYBE DRAWING IN SOME OF THAT. I, TO BE HONEST, I I FEEL LIKE I WOULD BE, UH, MUCH MORE IN FAVOR OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT VERSUS KIND OF A ONE-OFF SETTING PRECEDENCE. UM, THE LOCATION IS A MAJOR CONCERN. UH, I WOULD ASK, I WOULD URGE THE REST OF THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING THIS, UM, THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER THE LOCATION AND AT MINIMAL CONSIDER A, UH, SIX MONTH, UH, TYPE TIED TO IT. UM, AND ALTHOUGH I WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO BUY MY WIFE SOME FLOWERS ON THE WAY HOME TONIGHT, CUZ SHE WOULD, UH, IF SHE WERE IN MY SEAT, SHE'LL BE VOTING FOR THIS. I'M INCLINED TO VOTE AGAINST THIS. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS BUSINESS IN OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT BUSINESS IN MY BACKYARD. THIS WOULD BE A WONDERFUL BUSINESS I WOULD FREQUENT. UM, BUT THE CONCEPT OF SETTING PRECEDENTS FOR A TRAILER, UM, I'M STRUGGLING WITH THAT. UM, IF IT WERE IN THE SHOPPING CENTER, IF IT WERE, YOU KNOW, THE CONCEPT OF A TRUE A FOOD TRUCK TYPE PARK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I, I WOULD BE AT, I WOULD BE A HUNDRED PERCENT AND YOU WOULD HAVE MY BUSINESS. AND IF THEY COME BACK AND EVER DECIDE OPEN SOMETHING WITHIN THE SHOPPING CENTER, THEY WOULD HAVE MY BUSINESS ABSOLUTELY AS A NEIGHBOR. UM, BUT I AM STRUGGLING WITH ITS LOCATION AND LOOKING FORWARD AND SETTING PRECEDENCES FOR THIS. THANK YOU FOR MR. HUTCHIN WRITER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, KIND OF TAGGING ON TO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, BARRIO SAID THE, THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT OF FOOD TRUCKS OR FOOD TRAILERS WAS UNIQUENESS, SPECIALTY, OCCASIONALLY, THOSE TYPE OF OF WORDS IS WHAT HAD, HAS ALWAYS BEEN DISCUSSED WHEN YOU FOOD TRUCKS OR FOOD TRAILERS. UH, AGAIN, SORT OF TO MY QUESTION, IF, IF, IF THERE WAS A QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT FISH AND CHIPS WORKS AT THE DOLL RIDGE TOWN SQUARE, AND THIS WAS, WE WANT TO TRY THIS FOR SIX MONTHS AND THEN WE WANT TO BUILD A BRICK AND MORTAR ENTITY, WHATEVER THAT WOULD BE, 1500 SQUARE FEET, WHATEVER, WHATEVER WOULD BE APPROPRIATE SIZE, YOU KNOW, I COULD, I WOULD BE MUCH MORE IN FAVOR OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT THIS IS REALLY SKIRTING ALL OF WHAT TRADITIONALLY WHERE WE HAVE BRICK AND MORTAR RESTAURANTS, UM, THAT ARE, THAT ARE THERE TO SERVE ON A DAILY BASIS. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS TRAILER IS ASKING TO DO, IS TO BE THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR SIGNIFICANT TIMEFRAME, EVEN INTO THE EVENINGS. UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE, WE HAVEN'T EVEN TALKED ABOUT IT, OF COURSE, DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS IT'S LIGHT UNTIL, OH, WHAT IS IT NOW? EIGHT 15? BUT IN THE WINTER MONTHS, IT GETS, STARTS GETTING VERY DARK AROUND FIVE O'CLOCK. AND I'M SURE THE ARGUMENT WOULD BE THAT THERE'S, UH, APPROPRIATE PARKING LOT LIGHTS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD PROTECT PEOPLE. BUT THIS IS A REALLY A, A REALLY MAJOR SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN WHAT HAS TRADITIONALLY HAPPENED WITHIN THE, THE, IF YOU WILL, FOUR WALLS OF THE CITY. AND I RECOGNIZE THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE THE POWER TO BE ABLE TO SAY YES TO THIS NOTE OF THAT, BUT I'M NOT REALLY SURE IF WE, IF WE PASS THIS THIS EVENING, HOW THEN IF, IF ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW, JOE'S CORN DOG SHOP, HE DECIDES TO START THAT AND WANTS TO PULL UP A TRAILER OVER AT WHEREVER, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE SAY YES TO THIS AND THEN TURN AROUND WITH THE SAME FACT CASE AND SAY TO JOE, NO. SO I, I THINK OPENING THIS PRECEDENCE TONIGHT REALLY GIVES ME REAL CAUSE FOR PAUSE. UM, AGAIN, IF IT WAS GOING TO BE, HEY, WE WANNA BRING THIS IN, WE WANNA TRY IT FOR SIX MONTHS, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THIS WORKS BEFORE WE PUT THE INVESTMENT IN, I, I'D BE MUCH MORE WILLING TO, TO CONSIDER THAT. BUT AT THE MOMENT, I'M, I'M NOT SEEING A STRONG ENOUGH CASE AS TO WHY WE WOULD WANNA PASS THIS AND OPEN UP A WHOLE BRAND NEW PRECEDENT. SO I'M, [02:10:01] I'M, I'M LEANING TOWARDS, UM, JOINING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS AND, AND, AND BEING NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS. THANK YOU MR. CORCORAN. HEY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YOU KNOW, I, UM, I THINK WE HAVE TO BE ALLOWED TO EXPERIMENT AS A CITY AND ALLOW OURSELVES TO EXPERIMENT. UH, YEAH, THIS SHOPPING CENTER IS OVER PARKED. UH, IN FACT, THIS WHOLE CITY IS OVER PARKED. MOST OF OUR STUDIES SAY THAT THERE'S 75 EXCESS SPACES. WE HAVE AN OPERATOR, UH, OR AT LEAST AN OWNER OF THE SHOPPING CENTER WHO HAS EXPERIENCE EXPERIMENTING. UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S IN THEIR INTEREST TO DRIVE OUT EXISTING BUSINESSES. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, SOME OF YOU'LL REMEMBER I VOTED AGAINST SOLID AND GO WITH A SIMILAR SITUATION. UM, MY DIFFERENCE THERE IS THAT THAT WAS A PERMANENT STRUCTURE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IF WE PUT A TIME LIMIT, AND I THINK IF WE, IF WE DID APPROVE IT, WE'D HAVE TO, THE RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO WOULD BE TO PUT A TIME LIMIT ON IT. IT CAN DISAPPEAR AS IF IT WAS NEVER THERE, RIGHT? UM, IT'S AS FAR AS THE SAFETY CONCERN, THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TABLES. SO WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE, UH, THAT INCREASED FOOTPRINT THERE. IF WE KEEP THE TIMES LIMITED, UH, WE DON'T, WE DON'T MODIFY THOSE. I THINK THIS IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR US TO EXPERIMENT AND SEE IF SOMETHING WORKS AND WE CAN KEEP THAT TIME LIMIT ON THAT PERMIT. AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THE MECHANICS THERE, BUT, AND KEEP THE TIME LIMITS THAT IT COMES BACK BEFORE THIS SAME COUNCIL LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT ISSUES. IF THERE ARE ANY THAT HAVE COME UP AND DECIDE TO REVOKE IT AND SAY THE EXPERIMENT DIDN'T WORK, BUT MY FIRM OPINION IS JUST THAT WE, WE KEEP THESE RESTRICTIONS ON IT. AND AGAIN, IF IT DOESN'T WORK, IT'S NOT A BRICK AND MORTAR STORE, IT'S AS IF IT WAS NEVER THERE A YEAR LATER. MAYOR PROM . WELL, IF THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT TOTALLY AGAINST THAT FOOD TRUCK OR FOOD TRAILER, IF IT WAS ACTUALLY DESIGNED FOR THAT KIND OF KIND OF BUSINESS, THE LOCATION IT WAS DESIGNED, I WOULD BE OKAY WITH THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, EVEN, YOU KNOW, HAVING SOMETHING HAPPENED THERE AND THEN SAY NO, IT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. SO WITH THIS PLAN, UH, I THINK TO ME IT'S NOT CLEAR PLAN. UH, AND IT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, I'M AN ENGINEER. I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, NORMALLY I TRY TO VISUALIZE THINGS I CAN'T. I SEE THE WHOLE THING IS A BLANK TO ME. SO TO ME I THINK THIS IS INCOMPLETE AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. THAT'S MY, MY OPINION. THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, I AGREE WITH A LOT THAT'S BEEN SAID. I, I AGREE THAT IT'S WORTH EXPERIMENTING AS WELL, BUT I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING FROM MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS IS THAT PERHAPS THIS ISN'T THE PLACE TO EXPERIMENT. UH, NOT THAT WE WOULDN'T WANT POTENTIALLY TO HAVE A TRAILER LIKE THIS IN OUR CITY. I THINK EVERYBODY AGREES. AARON AGREES THAT FISH AND TRIPS ARE, ARE GREAT, BUT THAT THIS DOESN'T SEEM TO MAYOR PRO CHAEL'S POINT, UH, TO BE A FULLY BAKED PLAN. UM, AND SO I THINK THERE IS CONCERN ABOUT SAFETY AND CARS GOING THROUGH THERE. UM, AND THE POINT WAS REALLY WELL TAKEN AND, UM, IT WAS IN MY NOTES HERE TO, TO TALK ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE FACT THAT THIS IS A, A STUDY AREA WE HAD IN THE PAST THAT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO YET. AND A STUDY AREA THAT AT LEAST FOR THE TIME BEING, HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A POTENTIAL FUTURE STUDY AREA. AND ALTHOUGH WE COULD CALL BACK A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, WE'VE NOT DONE THAT BEFORE. UM, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T MEAN, AGAIN, WE COULDN'T PRECEDENT SET THERE AND CALL BACK A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, BUT IT'S NOT BEEN DONE BEFORE. UM, SO IT SOUNDS, YOU KNOW, LIKE I CAN'T SPEAK FOR MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT PERHAPS WE'RE NOT, IT'S, IT'S, UH, UH, NOT HERE, NOT NOW, NOT THIS PARTICULAR PLAN. SO I WOULD URGE THAT WHOEVER MAKES THE MOTION THAT PERHAPS WE DO IT WITHOUT PREJUDICE, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN BRING THIS TRAILER BACK TO A DIFFERENT PART OF THE CITY OR TO A DIFFERENT SHOPPING CENTER THAT WE THINK MIGHT MAKE MORE SENSE, UM, IN RICHARDSON. YEAH. UH, JUST, JUST ONE CLARIFICATION. THE SPECIAL PERMIT IS NOT SUBJECT TO PREJUDICE. THE PREJUDICE. YEAH. SO YOU WON'T HAVE TO DO, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO BRING BACK A SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT PLAN OR ANYTHING. THIS IS IN THE CZ. OKAY. OKAY. GREAT. RIGHT. THIS IS UNDER CHAPTER 12. THANK YOU CLARIFYING MR. BARRIOS. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. DON, CAN YOU CLARIFY IF WE WERE TO PUT A SIX MONTH TYPE? I KNOW COUNCILMAN CORCORAN, UH, I'M ALL FOR EXPERIMENTING. UH, AND, AND I DON'T, AND WHILE I, I THINK COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE AND I AGREE ON A LOT OF THINGS. I, FROM WHERE I STAND, IT'S NOT A, NOT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD TYPE THING. I JUST HAVE A HARD TIME SENDING PRECEDENTS, WHETHER IT'S IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD OR ACROSS TOWN OR ANYWHERE, UM, ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS. UM, BUT IF WE WERE TO TIE A SIX MONTH, WHAT IS THE PROCESS IN SIX MONTHS? DO THEY NEED TO COME BACK BEFORE THE COUNCIL? IS IT AN AUTOMATED WITHIN STAFF? HOW DOES THAT RIGHT. SO, OR AGAIN, IS THAT ALL BY AMENDMENTS? MM-HMM. ? YEP. GREAT QUESTION. SO, UM, IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T PUT A TIME, UM, LIMIT ON IT, THEN YOU, UH, COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE IS CORRECT. YOU COULD ALWAYS CALL IT UP, BUT YOU CAN PUT A TRIGGER IN TO WHERE YOU, YOU ESSENTIALLY TELL STAFF, ONE YEAR FROM NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE A UPDATE [02:15:01] BRIEFING ON THIS. AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING. WE CAN COME BACK AND, YOU KNOW, SHARE LESSONS LEARNED OR THERE HAVE BEEN, HAVE THERE BEEN ISSUES, HAS, HAS IT BEEN PROBLEMATIC? ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT YOU'D WANNA KNOW? UM, AND, UM, WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE, WE HAVE, UM, IN TERMS OF THE LANGUAGE, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, REVOKE IT. YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU MAY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE APPLICANT MAY SEE A YEAR. I, I WOULD SAY SIX MONTHS IN MY OPINION, WOULD BE A LITTLE SHORT TO HAVE THOSE LESSONS LEARNED. I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A YEAR WHERE YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO KIND OF SEE A WHOLE, UH, DIFFERENT SEASONS, UH, TO, TO COUNCILMAN HU RIDER'S POINT, YOU SEE DIFFERENT SEASONS AND, AND HOW IT BEHAVES AND HOW IT, HOW IT, UH, REACTS. UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IF, IF, IF THE, UH, CONDITION WAS MADE TO NOT HAVE ANY OUTDOOR SEATING, UM, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD HELP A LOT WITH SOME OF THE, UM, MM-HMM. , UH, SAFETY CONSIDERA OR SAFETY CONCERNS THAT WE HAD. UM, YOU KNOW, WE COULD ALSO, AS, AS WE LOOK AT THAT, UM, YOU SEE WHERE IT SAYS LOT THREE, THERE, THERE ARE TWO ISLANDS WITH APPROXIMATELY 16 PARKING SPACES BETWEEN THE TWO. UM, YOU COULD, YOU COULD ESSENTIALLY SAY THAT ALL OF THAT PARKING HAD TO BE FORFEITED WHEN THE TRAILER WAS THERE AND REQUIRE THEM TO PARK THE TRAILER ESSENTIALLY BETWEEN THE PARKING SPACES, THEREFORE GIVING YOU A TOTAL OF ABOUT 18 TO 20 FOOT BUFFER, BOTH TO THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH. UM, AND, AND SO, SO WE COULD WORK WITH THE, WE COULD WORK WITH THE APPLICANT, UM, AND KIND OF, UH, FORMALIZE SOME OPERATING PARAMETERS. UH, BECAUSE IF YOU, I THINK IF YOU HAD IT IN THE CENTER, IF YOU KIND OF THINK OF THAT AS A BIG RECTANGLE OR SQUARE, I GUESS MM-HMM. , IF, IF YOU HAD THE TRAILER RIGHT IN THE CENTER, IF YOU ADD UP THE PARKING SPACES, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A 20 FOOT BUFFER ALL THE WAY AROUND. AND SO IF THERE ARE NO TABLES, IF THAT'S JUST FOR A LINE FOR SOMEBODY TO STAND IN LINE, PICK UP SOMETHING TO GO, AND THEY HAVE TO EAT IT EITHER MM-HMM. , YOU KNOW, IN THE PATIO AREA, OR THEY HAVE TO EAT IT OFF PREMISE, I THINK THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD HELP US WITH A LOT OF THE CONCERNS WE WERE HAVING. UH, YOU KNOW, HAVING TABLES AND HAVING, THAT'S GONNA BE A WHOLE NOTHER, UM, THING EVERY DAY. IT'LL BE A DIFFERENT CONFIGURATION. AND, UM, BUT WE COULD EVEN, WE COULD EVEN BE VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT WHERE THE TRAILER HAD TO BE PARKED AND THEREFORE WHERE THE LINE WOULD GENERALLY FORM IN STAGE. BUT, UH, BUT, BUT THE ANSWER IS ABSOLUTELY YES. YOU CAN SAY, WE WANNA REVIEW THIS IN ONE YEAR FROM TODAY'S DATE, AND WE WOULD BRING IT BACK AND WE'D BRIEF YOU, UH, ON HERE'S, HERE'S THE SITUATION. THE APPLICANT WOULD'VE TO BE EYES OPEN THAT IF YOU DECIDED NOT TO RENEW IT, THEN YOU DECIDE NOT TO RENEW IT. AND, AND THAT'S YOUR, THAT'S AT YOUR DISCRETION. MR. CORCORAN. SORRY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. JUST TO CLARIFY TOO, DON, UM, I WASN'T TRYING TO IMPLY THAT WE'RE NOT NORMALLY GOOD AT EXPERIMENTING, SO I, YOU AND YOU AND THE REST OF CITY STAFF ARE, ARE FANTASTIC AND HAVE BROUGHT SOME REALLY COOL STUFF TO US LATELY. YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TIM. UH, WELL, YOU SUGGESTED THAT IF YOU TAKE OUT SOME PARKING, UH, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IF YOU TAKE OUT THAT, UH, HOW MANY PARKING YOU SAY I SEE THAT, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S 16 SPACES, 16 SPACES MM-HMM. , WOULD THAT BE ENOUGH? GIVING PEOPLE BACKING OUT, BACKING FROM THE ADJACENT PARKING? UH, YEAH. YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE IN THE AREAS DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH TO THE 18 SPACE, OR 16 SPACES THAT I'M REFERRING TO, IT'D ACTUALLY BE LESS CONGESTION DURING THAT TIME. BECAUSE IF YOU WERE IN ONE OF THE DRIVE, IF YOU WERE IN ONE OF THE PARKING AISLES TO THE NORTH OR SOUTH, THERE WOULD BE NOTHING DIRECTLY BEHIND YOU. IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE FREE AND CLEAR. YEAH. TO ME IT LOOKS LIKE YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO TAKE A LOT MORE PARKING. UM, I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, I'M JUST STILL TRYING TO SEE THAT IF YOU HAVE. WELL, AND THE OTHER THING IS, I MEAN, AGAIN, WE, WE COULD, YOU COULD JUST DIRECT STAFF TO, UH, SET A SERIES OF REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PLACEMENT OF THE TRAILER AND WHAT WE WOULD, WHAT WE WOULD IN INSIST ON. UM, AND, AND IF THE APPLICANT WASN'T OKAY WITH THAT, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE JUST WON'T MOVE FORWARD WITH THE THE ORDINANCE. YEAH, BECAUSE I MEAN, IF YOU TAKE OUT, I MEAN, IS THAT GONNA BE, IF YOU TAKE OUT, SAY, I MEAN EACH PARKING SPOT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 18 BY EIGHT FEET PROBABLY, OR NINE FEET? UH, NINE, UH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. SO, SO IF YOU TAKE OUT THOSE, I DON'T KNOW, I JUST CAN'T, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASON I WAS ASKING THAT IF THERE WAS A SITE PLAN, IT SHOWS EXACTLY, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK WITH THAT. I'M STILL HAVING DIFFICULTIES TO UNDERSTAND, UH, HOW THAT WILL WORK. IF YOU TAKE OUT, LIKE YOU SAID, THAT I THINK YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO TAKE, TAKE OUT LOT MORE THAN THAT PARKING, UH, BECAUSE IF YOU PUT IT THERE AND PEOPLE WILL BE WALKING OVER HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK OUT. UM, ANYWAY, I, I JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND REALLY, UM, THESE THINGS. THANK YOU. [02:20:01] I THINK IT'S STILL COUNCIL WOMAN JUSTICE. YEAH, I'M, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A COMPROMISE AND ATTEMPTING TO FRANKENSTEIN IT TOGETHER. UM, HERE, I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF JUST CONTINUING IT SO THAT THEY CAN BRING A SITE PLAN WHERE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FEEL COMFORTABLE. OKAY, IT'S SAFE. THERE WILL BE NO TABLES. THIS IS EXACTLY WHERE IT'LL BE, AND IT CAN ONLY EVER BE HERE AND TRAFFIC WILL BE BLOCKED. UM, CAN WE CONTINUE? THAT'S, THAT'S MY CONCERN, IS I, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOT GREAT APPLICANTS HERE AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE TRYING TO DO GREAT THINGS AND, YOU KNOW, BRING QUEEN CHEF AND ALL THESE THINGS. BUT YEAH, POINT, POINT WELL TAKEN. I MEAN, HAVING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF SOME OF THE COUNCIL'S CONCERNS, WE CAN GO BACK AND TRY TO, UM, CREATE A PLAN THAT'S ACCEPTABLE TO THE APPLICANT AND TO CITY STAFF PRESENT THAT TO YOU TO SEE IF, IF, IF IT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO YOU. BUT WHAT I'M HEARING IS FOR SURE THERE'S A ONE YEAR TIME LIMIT, UM, TO TO, TO AT LEAST REEVALUATE IT. UM, AND THEN THE OTHER PREDOMINANT ISSUES WOULD BE HOW DO WE CREATE A, UH, SAFE PLACE TO PARK AND STAGE THE LINE, CUE THE LINE, AND TO, TO, TO EVERYBODY'S SATISFACTION. MAYOR, IF I COULD ADD ON ONE MORE POINT ON TO, IF WE'RE GONNA TRY AND DO THAT, IS I, I HAVE CONCERNS IF WE'RE GONNA GO PAST 6:00 PM ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTER MONTHS, THE LIGHTING, I'M SORRY. I'D REALLY WANT THAT REVIEWED TO SAY, CUZ I, I, I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN TO DEL RIDGE MANY TIMES, BUT I'VE NEVER TAKE, I MEAN, I DIDN'T GO IN SPECIFICALLY LOOK AT THAT SPOT AND LOOK AT THE LIGHTS TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT, SO I WOULD ALSO ASK THAT WE TAKE A, TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF THERE'S APPROPRIATE BEFORE WE WOULD EXTEND PAST 6:00 PM YES, SIR. OKAY. MR. DORIAN? YEAH, I JUST WANT TO, UH, ADD TO THIS. I'VE LISTENED TO OUR, MY FELLOW COUNCILMEN AND WOMEN, UM, AND AGREE WITH A LOT OF THOSE, UH, AREAS. ONE, I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE RICHARDSON SHOULD BE INNOVATED AND WE SHOULD TRY NEW THINGS. AND THIS IS AN AREA THAT IS ON THE CUSP OF RICHARDSON IN DALLAS, WHICH I'M ASSUMING THAT THE PRIMARY FOCUS ON THIS LOCATION WAS TO OBTAIN THAT, THAT, UH, THAT GROWTH. UM, IT, I, THE ONLY THING ON THE TIME LIMIT, IF WE, I I DO AGREE THAT WE SHOULD CREATE A TIME LIMIT, UH, AND DOES THE LEAST TIE IN TO THE TIME LIMIT. AND THE OTHER THING WOULD BE THE LIGHTING AND TO SEE A TRAFFIC PLAN STUDY. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD RULE IT OUT COMPLETELY. I THINK WE SHOULD OFFER THIS AS OPTIONS AND HAVE THEM COME BACK TO COUNSEL FOR REVIEW. THANK YOU MR. BARRIOS. UM, I AGREE WITH A LOT OF, UH, WHAT COUNCILMAN HUTCH RIDER SAID ABOUT LIGHTING. I HAVE BEEN THERE MANY TIMES, UM, PROBABLY MORE TIMES THAN I SHOULD ADMIT, UH, TO EAT LATE IN SOME OF THOSE PLACES AND IT DOES GET DARK. UM, IT'S NOT AN EXTREMELY, UM, STRONGLY LIT PARKING LOT THE ONE YEAR. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, TO, UH, DON AND STAFF FROM WHERE I STAND, THAT'S PUSHING IT FOR ME, I WOULD MUCH PREFER, BUT I'M OPEN IN THE SPIRIT OF INNOVATION AND IN THE SPIRIT OF, YOU KNOW, UH, I WOULD PREFER BE MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE WITH A SIX TO NINE MONTH PERIOD. UM, I YOU MENTIONED THE TWO ISLANDS THERE BETWEEN BIG CHUCKS AND, UM, OH, IT'S NOT A DOLLAR STORE, IT'S A DOLLAR 25 STORE. WHAT DO WE CALL THAT? WHAT'S UH, DOLLAR TREE? DOLLAR TREE? UM, THOSE TWO SHORT ISLANDS I THINK IS A BIG STICKLER FOR ME. UM, EVEN IF WE BLOCK THOSE OFF, JUST THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC AND IT WOULD ALSO LIMIT THAT PARKING TO COFFEE AND TO DOLLAR TREE AND WHATEVER POSSIBLE BUSINESS MAY BE COMING INTO EIGHT SPOT 82 IN THE FUTURE. UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT MOVED OVER. IF WE'RE GONNA CONSIDER THIS IN THE FUTURE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT MOVED OVER MAYBE TO WHERE THE DOOR TO THE COTTONWOOD MARKET IS, WHICH IS YOU HAVE THE TWO SHORT ISLANDS, THEN YOU HAVE MOVING TO THE RIGHT TOWARDS MCDONALD'S. YOU HAVE THE FIRST LONG ONE THAT TOUCHES BIG CHUCKS AND MAYBE THAT SECOND ONE, WHICH PUTS IT RIGHT KIND OF TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE DOOR. AND I THINK THAT ALSO TIES ALONG THE BORDER WHERE THE SATURDAY MARKET IS. UM, AND I JUST THINK IT'S A BETTER LOCATION. MY ONLY CONCERN WITH MOVING IT THERE IS MORE VISIBILITY INDUSTRY, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S, FOR ME, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A STICKLER, UH, A STICKING POINT. IS IT BEING VISIBLE FROM THE STREET? UM, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY, ANY OF THOSE BUSINESS WILL COMPLAIN ABOUT THE INCREASED VISIBILITY OF ANYTHING IN THAT, IN THAT SHOPPING CENTER. BUT PUTTING THOSE TWO ISLANDS, THAT'S A BIG NO FROM WHERE I STAND, UM, ON THOSE SHORT TWO, THE TWO SHORT ISLANDS IF WE WANNA CALL 'EM. UM, BUT, SO YEAH, JUST TO CLARIFY WHERE I, SO, SO MAYOR, IF THAT'S, UM, THE CONSENSUS, WHAT WE'LL NEED IS A MOTION, UH, TO CONTINUE, UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING. IT DOES. WE DO NOT NEED IT TO BE DATE SPECIFIC CUZ IT'S NOT CZI BASED. MM-HMM. AND, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL GET WITH THE APPLICANT [02:25:01] AND, UH, SEE HOW QUICKLY WE CAN GET BACK IN FRONT OF YOU WITH A PLAN FOR, FOR YOU TO CONSIDER. DO WE NEED TO ASK THE APPLICANT IF THEY AGREE, ARE OKAY WITH THIS GREAT IDEA. I JUST WANNA SAY IN TERMS OF BEING OPEN, WE WERE ONLY THINKING ABOUT BEING OPEN AS LONG AS LIKE THE DELRIDGE UH, UM, LIKE COTTONWOOD MARKET. WE FOUND OUT THAT GOING LATER THAN LIKE SEVEN IS JUST, WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA AND IT'S NOT. WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY COOPERATING WITHIN LOCATION TIME, UM, THE, UH, TEMPORARY PERMIT FOR MORE EVALUATION. MM-HMM. , THANK YOU. OKAY. MR. HUDSON, WRITE IT. MAYOR, I'D LIKE, I'D LIKE, BEFORE YOU MAKE, ARE YOU ABOUT TO MAKE A MOTION? I WAS GONNA SAY, CAN I MAKE A MOVE? JOE, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE YOU WANT? I WAS GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO, OKAY. MR. CHEN RIDER. OKAY, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MO MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE ON THE, UH, SPECIAL PERMIT APPLICATION TO ALLOW MOBILE FOOD VENDING TRAILER TO OPERATE AT 1 0 1 SOUTH COY ROAD. DOW, DOW RIDGE TOWN SHOPPING SQUARE SHOPPING SIN CENTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH ORDINANCE NUMBER 43 29 TO ALLOW CITY STAFF AND THE APPLICANT TO WORK OUT A MORE DEVELOPED PLAN AND BRING FORTH AT A LATER DATE. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A SECOND, MR. CORCORAN? I SECOND IT. OKAY. WE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND. CAN SHOW A HANDS IN FAVOR. ALL RIGHT. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. THANK Y'ALL. ALL RIGHT. AT [6. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE NETWORK OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES ] THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM NUMBER SIX TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE NETWORK OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES. THANK YOU MAYOR. MAYOR AND COUNSEL, UH, UH, THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE NETWORK, ABBY KAUFMAN'S, MAKING HER WAY TO THE PODIUM TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A, UH, WHAT WE HOPE TO BE ON GOING FORWARD. IT'LL BE AN ANNUAL BRIEFING, UM, NETWORK, OBVIOUSLY ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT PARTNERS HERE AT THE CITY. UH, IN SO MANY DIFFERENT RESPECTS, WE WORK TOGETHER TO BETTER SERVE THE COMMUNITY. AND SO, ABBY, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR, UH, PUTTING THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE A VERY FAMILIAR FACE, THE INCOMING CHAIR OF THE NETWORK BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UH, MARTA GOMEZ FRY, AND THEN A NEW FACE, AMANDA PELLS, WHO IS THE CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER. AND, UH, ABBY WILL TALK MUCH MORE ABOUT THAT. ABBY, THANKS AGAIN FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR FURTHER BRIEFING. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, MR. MAGNER, MR. MAYOR AND COUNSEL TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS EVENING AND HIGHLIGHT THE INCREDIBLE PARTNERSHIP THAT NETWORK AND COMMUNITY MINISTRIES HAS BOTH IN OUR RICHARDSON COMMUNITY AND, AND WORKING WITH THE CITY OF RICHARDSON. UM, THIS EVENING'S PRESENTATION IS ACTUALLY A GREAT PREVIEW, AS WE JUST CONCLUDED, OUR FISCAL YEAR 23 ON JUNE 30TH. SO YOU WERE THE FIRST TO SEE MANY OF THESE NUMBERS AND UPDATES FROM OUR ORGANIZATION. AND I ALWAYS WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT, TO SPEAK ABOUT BOTH THE MISSION OF NETWORK AND WHY NETWORK EXISTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WHY YOUR INVESTMENT IN NETWORK IS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE, UM, PART OF STRENGTHENING THE COMMUNITY THAT WE JOINTLY SERVE HERE IN RICHARDSON. SO I START ANY PRESENTATION ON NETWORK OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES WITH OUR MISSION BECAUSE THIS IS OUR NORTH STAR AS AN ORGANIZATION. AND WHAT WE DO EVERY SINGLE DAY IS TO ADVANCE THIS MISSION FOR OUR NEIGHBORS AND THAT'S SIMPLY TO CARE COACH AND EMPOWER OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED AS THEY SEEK AN IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE. I LOVE OUR MISSION. I'VE WORKED IN SOCIAL SERVICES FOR OVER A DECADE AND THIS ONE RESONATES MOST SIGNIFICANTLY WITH, SIGNIFICANTLY WITH ME. NOT JUST BECAUSE I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THIS GREAT ORGANIZATION, BUT BECAUSE IT FOCUSES ON SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. THE FIRST PART IS CARING. AS YOU'LL SEE IN OUR PRESENTATION, MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS WHEN THEY TURN TO NETWORK FOR THE FIRST TIME, UM, THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FOOD IN THEIR PANTRY. THEY'RE ABOUT TO BE EVICTED FROM THEIR APARTMENT. THEY DON'T KNOW HOW THEIR UTILITY BILL IS GOING TO BE PAID. AND THAT MEANS THAT THEY HAVE TURNED TO US FOR HELP. SO WE'RE GONNA CARE. UM, WE BUILT IN MECHANISMS AS AN ORGANIZATION AND IN OUR PROGRAMS TO COACH IDEALLY OUR NEIGHBORS, YOU KNOW, WANT TO LEARN ALONGSIDE US AND ULTIMATELY BE EMPOWERED TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT OR HAVE AN IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE. I ALSO LOVE THAT PART OF OUR MISSION IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE CUZ YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT SO MANY OF OUR PROGRAMS, SOME ARE FOCUSED ON SELF-SUFFICIENCY, BUT SELF-SUFFICIENCY ISN'T OBTAIN FOR EVERY ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. IF I'M A SENIOR ON A FIXED INCOME, UM, AND I HAVE DIFFERENT MEDICAL DISABILITIES OR OTHER DISABILITIES THAT PRE PROHIBIT ME FROM PRISON, UH, WORKING IN OUR WORKFORCE, UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE YOU HAVE QUALITY OF LIFE, EVEN IF SELF-SUFFICIENCY IS NOT AN OPTION FOR YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT OUR ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA IS AS AN ORGANIZATION. SO YOU'LL SEE THIS MAP HERE. FIRST AND FOREMOST NETWORK, WHEN WE WERE CHARTERED IN 1985, WAS CHARTERED TO SERVE THE 14 ZIP CODES IN THE RICHARDSON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO THAT INCLUDES THE ENTIRETY OF RICHARDSON AND 75 0 8 0 7 5 0 8 1 [02:30:01] AND 75 0 8 2. AND THEN MANY OF, UM, OUR AREAS THAT SURROUND US IN GARLAND AND DALLAS THAT SHARE, UM, OUR MIGHT BE OUR CLASSMATES OF OUR CHILDREN. THEY MIGHT SHOP AT OUR LOCAL, UM, TOM THUMBS OR OTHER GROCERY STORES AND THEY PARTICIPATE FULLY IN OUR ECONOMY IN THIS CITY. WE ALSO HAVE INCOME CRITERIA TO MAKE SURE THAT NETWORK IS ACCESSIBLE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT MOST. AND THAT INCOME CRITERIA YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE CHART NETWORK SERVES THOSE WHO ARE 185% OR MO MORE BELOW THE FEDERAL POVERTY LINE, WHICH ACTUALLY MEANS YOU'RE ABOVE THE POVERTY LINE. AND FOR A FAMILY OF THREE, THAT'S $3,500 A MONTH OR ABOUT $42,000 A YEAR. I HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE MY FIRST JOB OFFER OUT OF MY MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAM WAS FOR $35,000 WITH NO BENEFITS. SO IF I'M A SINGLE MOTHER WITH TWO CHILDREN, THIS IS ACTUALLY A VERY REALISTIC INCOME FOR MANY HOUSEHOLDS IN OUR COMMUNITY. OUR NETWORK NEIGHBOR IS AS DIVERSE AS OUR RICHARDSON COMMUNITY IS. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT, UM, OUR RACIAL BREAKDOWN, WE SERVE ALL DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, RACES, AND ETHNICITIES AS Y'ALL KNOW, UM, RACE IS ONE THING. ETHNICITY IN THE US CENSUS DEFINITION IS WHERE HISPANIC INDIVIDUALS ARE CAPTURED. SO THAT IS BROKEN OUT A LITTLE MORE FULLY HERE ON OUR CHART. AND THEN WE ALSO SERVE PREDOMINANTLY MORE FEMALES THAN MALES BECAUSE, UM, SINGLE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLDS TEND TO BE HEADED MORE TRADITIONALLY BY FEMALE MEMBERS. OUR NEIGHBORS COME TO US FROM ALL DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS. AS A SOCIAL SERVICES ORGANIZATION PROVIDING BASIC NEEDS, IT MAKES SENSE THAT MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS COME TO US IN A TIME OF UNEMPLOYMENT NEEDING HELP AS THEY'RE BRIDGING THE GAP WHILE SEEKING, UM, THEIR NEXT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY, WHICH WE HAVE SERVICES TO HELP ADDRESS. BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO VERY INTERESTING TO LOOK AT THAT 24% OF OUR NEIGHBORS WHO COME TO NETWORK AS EMPLOYED, AND THEY ARE, UM, A LARGE POPULATION HERE IN OUR CITY, WHAT'S CALLED ALICE ASSET LIMITED INCOME CONSTRAINT AND EMPLOYED OR WORKING POOR, WHERE SIMPLY IT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH AT THE END OF THE MONTH TO MAKE, UM, ALL OF YOUR BILLS HAPPEN. SO FOR EXAMPLE, ACCESSING A FOOD PANTRY IS THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE WAY FOR A FAMILY TO STRETCH THEIR BUDGET IN ANY GIVEN MONTH, MUCH HARDER TO COME BUY EXTRA MONEY LYING AROUND OR TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE. BUT FOOD PANTRIES ARE A GREAT WAY THAT A FAMILY WHO JUST ISN'T ABLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET, UH, CAN STRETCH THEIR BUDGET FURTHER. AND THEN OUR NEIGHBORS AS A WHOLE, UM, THEY, THEY ARE MAKING ABOUT $1,400 A MONTH IN THEIR TOTAL INCOME. 92% OF THAT INCOME IS ALLOCATED TOWARDS HOUSING COST. AND HERE, UM, OUR NEIGHBORS, THIS IS FROM OUR NEIGHBOR DATA, ARE SHOWING $1,256 A MONTH IN HOUSING COST. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE AVERAGE WRITTEN RICHARDSON AS OF THIS MONTH IS $1,812. SO, UM, MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE VERY MUCH BURDENED BY THEIR RENT IN, UH, THEIR RENTAL OR THEIR MORTGAGE. UM, AND IT IS DEFINITELY CAUSING WHAT IS, WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO OUR RICHARDSON SERVICE AREA SPECIFICALLY ACCOUNTS FOR ALMOST 116,000 INDIVIDUALS IN OUR CITY. IT'S ABOUT 44,000 UM, HOUSEHOLDS. AND WHAT'S INTERESTING IS YOU'LL SEE THESE TWO TRENDS IN THE CENSUS REFLECTED IN WHO WE SERVE IN NETWORK, THE FIRST BEING FOREIGN BORN PERSONS. UM, I'LL LATER DETAIL HOW MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS COME TO US FROM, UH, DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AS MIGRANTS OR REFUGEES OR ASYLUM SEEKERS. AND THEN ALSO TO THAT POINT THAT I JUST MADE, THAT WE ARE SEEING A LARGER PROPORTION OF MEN OVER WOMEN. IT'S BECAUSE ABOUT ONE IN FOUR OF OUR HOUSEHOLDS HERE IN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON ARE SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS. AS I SHARED 185% OR MORE BELOW THE POVERTY LINE IS WHAT QUALIFIES A NETWORK NEIGHBOR. AND I SHARE THESE STATISTICS IN ANY PRESENTATION I GIVE BECAUSE PART OF OUR MISSION AT NETWORK IS EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY FOR OUR NEIGHBORS. UM, THESE STATISTICS, I HAVE A VERY HARD TIME SOMETIMES SEEING FROM MY FRONT PORCH HERE IN RICHARDSON, TEXAS, OR AT MY DAUGHTER'S DAYCARE OR AT THE OTHER PLACES I FREQUENT AS, UM, A SHOPPER OR, UM, AS A PATRON. AND SO I ALWAYS LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THESE, THESE BECAUSE I THINK TOO OFTEN WE THINK ABOUT POVERTY IN BROADER CONTEXT AND WE DON'T THINK THAT IT IS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND IT IS, UM, AS A WHOLE, UM, WITHIN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON VARIES ZIP CODE BY ZIP CODE OF HOW MANY HOUSEHOLDS LIVE IN POVERTY. UM, BUT OUR BIGGEST CONCENTRATION IS IN 7 58 0. AND THIS ACCOUNTS FOR ALMOST 2300 HOUSEHOLDS. UH, SIMILAR IN CHILDREN. ONE IN FIVE CHILDREN IN DALLAS COUNTY LIVES IN POVERTY. UM, THAT MEANS ONE IN FIVE CHILDREN IN DALLAS COUNTY IS FOOD INSECURE. AND THAT'S AS A MOTHER A STATISTIC THAT I ALWAYS FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE SHARING. UM, WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH PREVALENCE IN OUR RICHARDSON COMMUNITY, THANKFULLY. UM, BUT ABOUT 17% OF OUR CHILDREN AND 75 0 81 [02:35:01] DO LIVE IN POVERTY. THIS PEOPLE 65 PLUS IS ALWAYS INTERESTING AS WELL. SO MANY OF OUR SENIOR NEIGHBORS WHO TURN TO NETWORK ARE ON A FIXED INCOME. UM, AND AS THE POVERTY THRESHOLDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE, MANY OF THOSE 65 PLUS ARE NOW BEING ADDED INTO THIS STATISTIC. AND THEN LASTLY, THIS ALICE, THAT THRESHOLD OF WORKING POOR OR PEOPLE WHO ARE ONE PAYCHECK AWAY FROM CRISIS, UM, WE ARE SEEING A LARGE PORTION OF OUR RICHARDSON NEIGHBORS AND POVERTY. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHO'S IN RICHARDSON IN POVERTY AND WHO'S IN ALICE, ABOUT ONE IN FOUR OF OUR NEIGHBORS IN THIS CITY HAVE A NEED FOR NETWORK SERVICES AND WE ARE THERE FOR THEM. SOME OTHER BARRIERS THAT OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE AND WHY WE, WHEN I TALK ABOUT OUR SERVICES HERE IN A MINUTE, UM, SERVE IN THIS WAY IS FOOD INSECURITY. SO WE DO HAVE A FOOD PANTRY, WHICH YOU'LL SEE SHORTLY. MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE RECEIVING SNAP ASSISTANCE, WHICH IS, UM, OUR FORM OF FOOD STAMPS FEDERALLY. AND MANY OF THOSE WHO ARE RECEIVING SNAP DO HAVE CHILDREN IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD. THE NEXT ONE ON HOUSING COSTS, GOING BACK TO THE HOUSING BURDEN THAT OUR NEIGHBORS SIMPLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO MAKE AND MEET AT THE END OF THE MONTH. UM, IN OUR SERVICE AREA, UH, 47.9% OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE SPENDING MORE THAN 30%, UM, OF THEIR MEAT HOUSEHOLD INCOME ON BRENT. AND THEN THIS LAST IS TO TALK ABOUT HERE IN A MINUTE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR EXPANDED SERVICES, POOR MENTAL HEALTH DAYS, WHERE ABOUT 12% OF OUR RICHARDSON COMMUNITY IS EXPERIENCING WHAT THE US CENSUS DEFINES AS A POOR MENTAL HEALTH DAY, WHERE, UM, THERE ARE 14 OR MORE CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF POOR MENTAL HEALTH IN A YEAR. AND SO THAT TYPICALLY INDICATES A NEED FOR SOME TYPE OF MENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTION FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL. BUT BECAUSE OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE LIMITED INCOME, THAT MENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTION IS NOT ALWAYS READILY ACCESSIBLE TO THEM. SO THAT IS WHY WE EXIST. NOW, WHAT DO WE DO TO HELP ALLEVIATE OUR NEIGHBORS AND SERVE OUR NEIGHBORS? UH, I FIRST WANNA SHOW AN ORGANIZATION CHART CUZ IT SOMETIMES HELPS CLARIFY HOW NETWORK WORKS. THERE'S ME AND THEN I HAVE FOUR CHIEFS, A CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, UH, TINA FLOYD, WHO OVERSEES OUR COMMUNICATIONS MARKETING EVENTS, UM, AND HER TEAM UNDER THERE, A CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, LEANNE MILLS, WHO OVERSEES OUR STAFF ACCOUNTANT, OUR BUILDING ENGINEER, AND BASICALLY ALL OF THE OPERATIONAL COMPONENTS OF NETWORK. OUR NEWLY HIRED CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER, AMANDA PELLS, WHO'S HERE WITH US THIS EVENING. UM, AND SHE OVERSEES OUR STABILIZATION TEAMS, OUR INTAKE AND MENTAL HEALTH WILL BE EMBEDDED UNDER HER PROGRAM. AND THEN OUR CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER, LAUREL STANLEY ABBI ABBI, WHO OVERSEES OUR MORE, UM, EMERGENCY AND BASIC NEEDS AS WELL AS OUR SENIORS PROGRAM. AND AMANDA AND LAUREL WORK JOINTLY ON OUR FAMILY. UM, PROGRAMMING THIS ORGANIZATION CHART DOES NOT REFLECT, UM, OUR AMERICORPS MEMBERS, OUR AMERICORPS VISTAS, OUR INTERNS OR THE 80 PLUS VOLUNTEERS A DAY THAT NETWORK USES FOR FRONTLINE UM, SERVICES. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT 50% OF OUR STAFF LIVE IN NETWORK SERVICE AREA. 36% OF OUR NETWORK EMPLOYEES LIVE IN RICHARDSON, AND MORE THAN 90% OF OUR VOLUNTEERS LIVE WITHIN OUR SERVICE AREA. SO THESE ARE ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS, NOT JUST OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED, BUT OUR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE COMING TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO SERVE OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED. MANY TIMES THE FIRST PERSON REASON SOMEONE TURNS THE NETWORK IS FOR THEIR BASIC NEEDS. THEY'RE, UH, PANTRY IS EMPTY, THEY AREN'T ABLE TO AFFORD BACK TO SCHOOL SHOPPING FOR THEIR CHILDREN. AND THAT IS TYPICALLY WHAT BRINGS A NEIGHBOR THROUGH OUR DOOR. SO WE HAVE FOOD ASSISTANCE THROUGH TWO DIFFERENT VEHICLES. THE FIRST IS OUR BRICK AND MORTAR COMMUNITY MARKET. IT'S A CLIENT CHOICE FOOD PANTRY SET UP LIKE A GROCERY STORE, WHICH NEIGHBORS CAN VISIT TWICE A MONTH. AND THEN WE KNOW THAT TRANSPORTATION IS A BARRIER FOR SO MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS. AND SO WE HAVE A MOBILE CLIENT CHOICE FOOD PANTRY ON WHEELS CALLED OUR MOBILE MARKET THAT VISITS SIX TITLE ONE RICHARDSON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. AND THEN DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS ALIGNS WITH THE SUMMER FEEDING SITES CLOTHING. WE ALSO HAVE A CLOTHING CLOSET THAT'S SET UP LIKE A THRIFT STORE. AND SO OUR NEIGHBORS CAN COME IN AND HAVE THE DIGNITY OF CHOICE, WHETHER THAT DIGNITY OF CHOICE IS FOR AN INTERVIEW, A DATE NIGHT, BACK TO SCHOOL SHOPPING. ALL OF US LIKE TO PICK OUT, UM, THE CLOTHES THAT WE WANNA WEAR. I KNOW I THOUGHT LONG AND HARD ABOUT WHAT I WAS WEARING TONIGHT. UM, AND OUR NEIGHBORS ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE FITTING ROOM. SO IT IS A FULL CLOTHING EXPERIENCE. WE ARE ALSO ABLE TO PROVIDE UTILITY ASSISTANCE AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE, CHILDCARE ASSISTANCE, WHICH IS SUCH A BARRIER FOR OUR NEIGHBORS. UM, IT'S A BARRIER FOR ANYBODY WHO'S WORKING. I PERSONALLY HAVE A CHILD IN DAYCARE AND I WRITE THAT CHECK EVERY WEEK. IT IS NOT INEXPENSIVE AND WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE REFERRALS. SO FOR ANYTHING THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO SERVE AT NETWORK, WE HAVE A BRAS BRA, A BROAD NETWORK OF OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO ARE ABLE TO STEP IN AND SERVE OUR NEIGHBORS. I SHARE SOME PICTURES BECAUSE IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OR YOU HAVEN'T BEEN IN A WHILE, IT'S ALWAYS HELPFUL FOR VISUAL. [02:40:01] SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE SOME VISUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE. SO THIS IS OUR MOBILE MARKET. UM, THIS AREA RIGHT HERE, UH, IS THE DOOR THAT OPENS AND NEIGHBORS ARE ABLE TO SHOP, UM, COME ON AND SHOP. IT'S SET, SET UP AS A GROCERY STORE ON EITHER SIDE, UM, AND HAVE THEIR GROCERIES CHECKED OUT. AND HERE'S OUR COMMUNITY MARKET WITH OUR SHELVES FULLY STOCKED. MANY OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD FIND IN A GROCERY STORE. WE HAVE FRESH PRODUCE, WE HAVE MEAT, WE HAVE MILK AND EGGS, PEANUT BUTTER. AND WHEN POSSIBLE, WE LIKE TO PROVIDE HYGIENE ITEMS AS WELL. THOSE ARE MOST IN DEMAND ITEMS. AND ALSO THE HARDEST TO KEEP ON THE SHELF OUR CLOTHING CLOSET. SO YOU CAN SEE OUR CHECKOUT DESK AND HOW OUR SHELVES ARE ORGANIZED, JUST LIKE IN ANY TYPICAL THRIFT STORE OR MAYBE A TJ MAX OR A MARSHALLS. SO NEIGHBORS COME TO US OFTEN IN CRISIS. OUR GOAL IS TO MEET THAT CRISIS IMMEDIATELY TO CARE. AND THEN IDEALLY OUR NEXT STEP IS TO COACH. AND WE PRO DO THAT THROUGH OUR ROBUST STABILIZATION SERVICES. I WON'T READ OUT ALL OF THESE BULLET POINTS, BUT BASICALLY WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS WE TRY AND HELP A NEIGHBOR UNDERSTAND THEIR BUDGET, WHAT THEIR CAREER GOALS ARE, AND CONNECT THEM TO EITHER, UM, RESUME DEVELOPMENT, CONTINUING EDUCATION, CHILDCARE, IF THEY CHILDCARE IS A BARRIER FOR THEM TO RETURNING TO EMPLOYMENT, JOB READINESS, SKILLS TRAINING. UM, IF IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE YOU'VE BEEN OUT OF THE WORKFORCE, A MOCK INTERVIEW AND RESUME DEVELOPMENT IS SO CRITICAL. AND THEN MENTAL HEALTH IS A NEW ASPECT OF OUR PROGRAMMING. I'LL TALK ABOUT MORE. WE'RE EMBEDDING THAT IN STABILIZATION BECAUSE MENTAL HEALTH IS A COMPONENT OF STABILIZATION, BUT NOT THE END ALL BE ALL FOR STABILIZATION. AGAIN, SOME PICTURES HERE, WE HAVE TWO OF OUR STABILIZATION COACHES AS THEY WERE GETTING READY FOR A RECENT PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL. UM, WE TYPICALLY HOLD A PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL LEADING UP TO OUR CAREER FAIRS, WHICH WE HOST TWICE A YEAR WHERE OUR NEIGHBORS CAN COME IN AND GET TARGETED RESUME ADVICE, UM, AND FEEDBACK, INTERVIEWING SKILLS, AND SELECT A PROFESSIONAL WARDROBE FOR THAT UPCOMING CAREER FAIR. WE ALSO PROVIDE HEADSHOT. SO IF YOU WANNA UPDATE YOUR LINKEDIN PROFILE AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO ELIMINATE EVERY BARRIER INTO ACT, BEING AN ACTIVE JOB SEEKER. AND THEN, UH, TWICE A YEAR, WE HOST, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE CITY OF RICHARDSON PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED HERE, A JOB FAIR AT NETWORK, UM, WHERE LAST YEAR, OUR LAST CAREER FAIR, WE HAD 21 EMPLOYERS PRESENT OVER 75 JOB SEEKERS. AND FOR SO MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS, IT'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO FACE TO FACE WITH A RECRUITER. SO YOU'RE NOT A FACELESS INDEED APPLICATION IN THE SEA OF HUNDREDS, BUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT. UM, OUR JOBS THAT ARE STAFFED OUT OF HERE INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM OUR CITY, MANAGE OUR CITY MANAGEMENT JOBS TO, UM, RICHARDSON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES, CATERING COMPANIES, AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. SO, UM, IT REALLY IS FOCUSED FOR ANY JOB SEEKER. UM, AND IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. OUR NEIGHBOR, OUR SENIORS PRESENT SOMETIMES SOME UNIQUE BARRIERS FOR QUALITY OF LIFE. AND SO WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL SERVICES AVAILABLE TO THEM. SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD SERVICES WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THROUGH OUR, UH, HOME FOOD DELIVERY. WE PARTNER WITH DOORDASH AS WELL AS VOLUNTEERS TO MAKE SURE THAT NEIGHBORS WHO MIGHT BE HOME BOUND HAVE GROCERIES DELIVERED TO THEIR FRONT DOORSTEP. AND WE HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED LOADS OF LOVE THAT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL HYGIENE ITEMS, ADULT DIAPERS, PET CARE ITEMS FOR OUR NEIGHBORS, UH, WHO ARE LIVING ON A FIXED INCOME. WE CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION AND REFERRAL, UM, THAT COMES VERY MUCH IN HANDY WHEN SOMETIMES NEIGHBORS ARE UNABLE TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY AND MIGHT NEED TO MAKE THE NEXT STEP INTO LIVING ARRANGEMENTS. WE HAVE A HANDYMAN PROGRAM THAT PARTNERS FREQUENTLY WITH THE CITY OF RICHARDSON. IF THERE'S A CODE VIOLATION, FREQUENTLY WE'RE CALLED TO GO MOW GRASS TRIM TREES, FIXED FENCES, CLEAN GUTTERS. IT CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS CHANGING A LIGHT BULB. AND I KNOW THAT SOUNDS SILLY, BUT WE RECENTLY WENT OUT ONTO A CALL TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB. AND FOR THAT WOMAN, IT WAS THE ONE SOURCE OF LIGHT IN THAT ROOM. SHE COULDN'T REACH IT. AND THAT 20 MINUTES THAT THEY SPENT CHANGING THE LIGHT BULB REALLY IMPROVED HER QUALITY OF LIFE. WE CALL OUR SENIORS, WE MAKE COMPANION CALLS JUST TO CHECK IN, SAY HELLO, SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING. AND THEN EVERY THURSDAY WE HOST A SENIOR'S DAY AT NETWORK COMPLETE WITH A WARM LUNCH. THAT MIGHT BE THE ONLY MEAL THAT THEY SHARE TOGETHER, UH, WITH SOMEONE THAT WEEK. WE OFFER, UM, EXERCISE CHAIR YOGA, EVERYTHING FROM GETTING YOUR DOCUMENTS IN ORDER TO PARTNERING WITH METHODIST RICHARDSON MEDICAL CENTER ON HEALTH TOPICS. UM, AND IT'S A GREAT SOCIALIZATION OPPORTUNITY. THESE ARE FROM OUR RECENT PROGRAMMING AT THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY TIME. UM, OUR SENIORS HERE, YOU CAN SEE THEY WERE DOING A WORD SEARCH AFTER THEY HAD BUILT SOME CHRISTMAS CARDS, AND WE HAD SOME WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS CAROLERS COME IN AND SERENADE. THIS PROGRAM HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY WHERE JUST IN THE PAST YEAR, WE'VE GONE FROM ABOUT 30 SENIORS IN REGULAR ATTENDANCE TO ALMOST 70 IN REGULAR ATTENDANCE EVERY THURSDAY. AND NETWORK IS MEANT TO BE A COMMUNITY BUILDER. UM, AND OUR NEW FACILITY, WHICH OPENED IN SEP SEPTEMBER OF 2021, IT THAT SPACE ENABLES [02:45:01] US TO BUILD COMMUNITY. SO WE DO THAT THROUGH TOY LAND, WHICH IS A TOY STORE THAT WE SET UP IN OUR COMMUNITY ROOMS STARTING IN, UM, NOVEMBER OF EVERY YEAR WHERE NEIGHBORS CAN SHOP FOR TOYS. AND EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT CHRISTIAN, DOESN'T MATTER, MAYBE YOU NEED THEM FOR A BIRTHDAY OR ANOTHER HOLIDAY THAT YOU WANT TO CELEBRATE. WE OFFER FAMILY EVENTS FROM BACK TO SCHOOL, BASHES, UH, HALLOWEEN MOVIE DAY, UH, THE SPRING BREAK, MOVIE NIGHT, ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS. WE OFFER AFTERSCHOOL ART CLASSES THREE DAYS A WEEK TO ANY R A S D STUDENT WHO CAN JOIN US. WE SPONSOR THE R A S D BACKPACK PATCH WITHIN OUR BUILDING. WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE RICHARDSON ADULT LITERACY CENTER AND RICHARDSON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR G E D E S L AND MICROSOFT SUITE COURSES. AND THEN OUR COMMUNITY ROOM AND OTHER PARTS OF OUR FACILITY ARE AVAILABLE FOR RENT. SO FOR EXAMPLE, TO BE LIKE ME, WHICH WAS FOUNDED BY RICHARDSON RESIDENT, HOLLIS OWENS CONDUCT SOME OF HER PROGRAMMING AT OUR FACILITY ON FRIDAYS WHEN WE'RE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC AT NETWORK HERE IS TOY LAND. THERE'S NOTHING QUITE LIKE A PILE OF TOYS AT THE HOLIDAY SEASON. WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE SOME OF OUR MEMBERS OF OUR CITY STAFF HERE, UM, UNLOADING TOYS AND GETTING THE ROOM SET UP. AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF OUR FAMILY EVENTS, BREAKFAST WITH SIENNA HAD OVER 50 FAMILIES IN, IN ATTENDANCE. UM, WE HAD OUR VERY OWN, UM, CANYON CREEK SANTA COME AND, UM, VISIT AND TAKE PICTURES WITH CHILDREN. AND THEN, UM, OUR BACK TO SCHOOL BASH IS, UH, OR OUR SUMMER KICKOFF BASH, I'M SORRY, IS ON THE RIGHT WHERE WE HAD, UM, THE RICHARDSON Y M C A BRING THE TECH TRUCK OUT, KONA ICE SERVED HOT DOGS, GREAT GAMES, AND JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR NEIGHBORS TO COME AND BUILD COMMUNITY. UH, LIKE I SAID, WE JUST FINISHED OUR FISCAL YEAR, SO PLEASE NOTE THE ASTERISK. THESE ARE PRELIMINARY AND AUDITED, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY SURE THAT WE'RE RIGHT ON TRACK WHERE WE ARE. UM, THESE, WE DON'T HAVE A TOTAL NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED NEIGHBORS SERVED FOR THE YEAR, BUT WE DO HAVE THEM BY PROGRAM. SO, UM, 13,000 INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED, UH, A LOT OF FOOD FROM OUR FOOD PANTRY. THIS YEAR. WE DISTRIBUTED OVER 2.3 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY MARKET. 92% OF THAT FOOD WAS CONSIDERED NUTRITIOUS, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND WE'RE ONLY ABLE TO DO THAT THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WITH ENTITIES LIKE NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK, UM, AND OUR GENEROUS COMMUNITY GARDENS AND MEMBERS THAT DONATE FOOD TO OUR COMMUNITY MARKET. UM, 9,200 SHOPPED OUR CLOTHING CLOSET. 682 SENIORS, UM, CAME AND RECEIVED SERVICES FROM SENIORS NET 556 OF OUR NEIGHBORS ENGAGED IN STABILIZATION SERVICES. AND THEN WE, BECAUSE OF THE, JUST THE NATURE OF OUR MOBILE MARKET, WE AREN'T NECESSARILY ALWAYS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE UN DUPLICATE THOSE NUMBERS. SO, UM, 17,475 DUPLICATED HOUSEHOLDS WERE SERVED AT 684 OFFSITE DISTRIBUTIONS. WE OFFER ALL OF THESE SERVICES WITH AN EMPHASIS ON WRAPAROUND CARE. WE WANT TO STABILIZE THE WHOLE NEIGHBOR. SO 14% OF OUR NEIGHBORS WERE SERVED BY MORE THAN ONE PROGRAM AREA, AND, UM, ALMOST THREE-FOURTHS, OR MORE THAN THREE-FOURTHS OF OUR NEIGHBORS RECEIVED MORE THAN ONE SERVICE WITHIN THAT PROGRAM AREA. SO IF I AM RECEIVING SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY MARKET, I'M ALSO GOING TO THE CLOTHING CLOSET, WHICH SHOWS THAT NEIGHBORS ARE ACCESSING OUR SERVICES THE WAY THAT THEY'RE INTENDED TO BE. SOME TRENDS THAT WE'RE SEEING AT NETWORK, UM, WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE. UM, THAT'S FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS. WE SERVED OVER 1700 NEW FAMILIES THIS YEAR, UM, AND THEY ACCOUNTED FOR ALMOST 13,000 UNITS OF SERVICE. WHAT I MENTIONED WHEN I SAID FOREIGN FOREIGN POPULATIONS, THIS IS WHERE THE STATISTIC COMES BACK. 20.1% OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE SELF-REPORTED REFUGEE MIGRANT OR ASYLUM SEEKER HOUSEHOLDS. UM, AND THEY REPRESENT A DIVERSE RANGE OF COUNTRIES, UM, FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE. AND WE HAVE 19 DISTINCTIVE LANGUAGES THAT ARE BEING SPOKEN IN OUR FACILITY AT ANY GIVEN TIME. I WON'T READ THIS IN ITS ENTIRETY, BUT WE HAVE SO MANY NEIGHBOR SUCCESS STORIES LIKE MIMI, WHERE THEY CAME TO NETWORK FOR ONE THING AND THEY FOUND SO MUCH MORE. UH, MIMI INITIALLY CAME TO NETWORK, UM, WHEN SHE NEEDED HELP WITH FOOD, AND THEN SHE CAME BACK, UM, FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND WE HELPED WITH THAT REFERRAL TO ADDITIONAL LIVING OPTIONS. AND THEN SHE CAME BACK AGAIN, AND NOW SHE'S AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN OUR SENIORS DAY PROGRAMMING. SO, UM, IT JUST IS AN EXAMPLE THAT NETWORK CONTINUES TO BE THERE FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS REGARDLESS OF THEIR PHASE OF LIFE AND WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE. WHAT ARE WE FOCUSED ON FOR THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR? WE ARE, UM, WHAT WE ADDRESS AT NETWORK IS SO MANY ASPECTS OF BASIC NEEDS AND THE MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS, BUT WE'RE MISSING SOME KEY CRITICAL COMPONENTS. AND JUST BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF CRISIS AND TRAUMA THAT SO MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS WALK INTO NETWORK WITH THE DAY THAT YOU, YOU RUN OUT OF FOOD, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT A GOOD DAY. UM, [02:50:01] WE HAVE SEEN JUST THROUGH ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE, OUR COMMUNITY IMPORTANCE, THE RESEARCH THAT MENTAL HEALTH IS A CRITICAL PORTION OF OUR SERVICES THAT WE NEED TO BE EXTENDING TO OUR NEIGHBORS. UM, SO WE ARE WORKING ON THAT AS WELL AS BUILDING UPON OUR STABILIZATION PROGRAM. AS I SAID IN THE ORG CHART, WE HAVE 80 PLUS VOLUNTEERS A DAY THAT WE RELY ON TO HELP, UM, MAKE NETWORK THE ORGANIZATION IT IS. SO WE'RE OVERHAULING OUR VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE TO MEET THE INCREASED DEMAND, UM, AND WE'RE DIVERSIFYING OUR STAFFING MODEL. SO NETWORK WILL BE INCORPORATING FOR AMERICORPS, UM, SERVING TERMS OF SERVICE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEPTEMBER, WE'VE RECENTLY RENEWED OUR MOU WITH AMERICORPS VISTA TO HELP ON CAPACITY BUILDING. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN CREATE INTENTIONAL, ADDITIONAL INTENTIONAL PARTNERSHIPS IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, THAT PROVIDE TRAINING GROUNDS AT NETWORKS FACILITY. WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK ON OUR STAFF BECAUSE OUR FRONTLINE STAFF ARE WHO ARE THE ONES IMPACTING OUR NEIGHBORS MOST SIGNIFICANTLY. AND WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT OUR FULL-TIME STAFF. UM, AND PART OF THAT, UH, MIRRORS SOME PRIORITIES THAT THE CITY ALREADY HAD IN MOTION NETWORK RECENTLY ADOPTED A GROUND FLOOR WAGE OF $18 AND 25 CENTS FOR FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES. REGARDLESS OF WHAT POSITION YOU WORK IN, YOU ARE GUARANTEED TO MAKE THAT WAGE. YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO LIVE IN POVERTY TO WORK WITH PEOPLE IN POVERTY. UM, AND WE'VE IMPROVED OUR EMPLOYEE BENEFITS TO ENSURE THAT OUR STAFF HAVE ACCESS TO INCREDIBLE MEDICAL CARE, SHORT-TERM DISABILITY, LONG-TERM DISABILITY, VISION, UM, AND DENTAL BENEFITS. SO WE ARE, CAN CONTINUE TO BE A COMPETITIVE EMPLOYER. WHEN PEOPLE SAY I WANNA WORK AT NONPROFIT, THEY WANNA WORK AT NETWORK AS WELL. AND WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING TO DIVERSIFY OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO REPRESENT OUR NETWORK, UH, NEIGHBOR PROFILE AND VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS. WE ARE HONORED THAT, UM, MR. MAGNER AND CHIEF TITTLE HAVE BOTH AGREED TO COME SERVE ON OUR BOARD AND EXOFFICIO CAPACITY IN OUR UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, JUST AS WE CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF RICHARDSON AND JOINTLY SERVE OUR RESIDENTS. SO I'VE ALLUDED TO THIS A LOT, SO I'LL JUST NOW GET TO IT. UM, MENTAL HEALTH EXPANSION, AS I SAID, THE TIMES THAT PEOPLE COME TO NETWORK, THEY, THEY COME WITH A VARIETY OF BACKGROUND OF TRAUMA, OF CRISIS OF NEED. AND SO, UM, WE'VE HEARD A LOT TONIGHT ABOUT, UM, THE RECENT, UM, SHOOTING AT THE ALLEN OUTLET MALL. AND I WANNA SHARE AN EXAMPLE OF WHY WE FEEL SO STRONGLY THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR PROGRAMMING. WE HAD A RICHARDSON BASED NEIGHBOR, UH, WHO WAS WORKING THERE AND SHE WAS ACTUALLY WORKING AT THE FAT BURGER. AND SO WHEN THE OUTLET MALL SHUT DOWN BECA IN THE WAKE OF THE SHOOTING, HER EMPLOYMENT WAS GONE AND SHE HAD ALSO WITNESSED THE HORRORS AND ATROCITIES OF THAT DAY. WE COULD HELP WITH EMPLOYMENT, WE COULDN'T NECESSARILY HELP WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT. UM, THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE. SO MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS IS ASYLUM SEEKERS AS REFUGEES, AS PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN TRAPPED IN CYCLICAL OR SYSTEMIC POVERTY, WHICH IS IN AND OF ITSELF A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE, HAVE SO MANY, SO MANY MENTAL HEALTH BARRIERS TOWARDS THAT QUALITY OF LIFE TOWARDS SELF-SUFFICIENCY. AND SO WE ARE FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL PART OF OUR WRAPAROUND SERVICE DELIVERY THAT IS MISSING, THAT WE CAN ADDRESS IN THIS MOMENT. IT'S GOING TO INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM INTAKE AND CRISIS INTERVENTION, MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, TRAUMA COUNSELING, TREATMENT PLANNING. AND IT'LL ALL HAPPEN IN THE CONTEXT OF NETWORK WHERE THEY HAVE ALL OF THESE OTHER SERVICES AVAILABLE THEM TO THEM. SO WE'RE ABLE TO TREAT THE WHOLE PERSON, WHICH IS A REALLY INCREDIBLE, UM, ASPECT OF OUR MISSION AND JUST HELPS US ADVANCE IT MORE FULLY. SOME OF THE REASONS WE FEEL SO STRONGLY ABOUT THAT IS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE POPULATION SERVED BY NETWORK, THEY DON'T TYPICALLY HAVE ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. THESE ARE GONNA BE FREE OF CHARGE. YOU DON'T NEED INSURANCE, OH GOSH, EXCUSE ME. YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE, UH, THE ABILITY TO PAY, UM, AND YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SACRIFICE QUALITY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T AFFORD IT. SO WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PROVIDE QUALITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR $0. AS PART OF THIS, WE HAVE, UM, BROUGHT IN A CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER, AMANDA, WHO HAS JOINED US THIS EVENING. AND WHAT MAKES THIS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY IS THAT AMANDA ALSO HAS THE CREDENTIALING THAT ENABLES NETWORK TO BECOME A TRAINING GROUND FOR OTHER MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HAS THE EXPERIENCE EXCLUSIVELY IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS OF WORKING WITH NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE SIMILAR BARRIERS TO NETWORKS NEIGHBORS. SO THE THERAPISTS THAT I MIGHT SEE AS A CEO OF AN ORGANIZATION HAS A VERY DIFFERENT APPROACH THAN SOMEONE WHO'S WORKING WITH SOMEONE WHO MIGHT BE TRAPPED IN SYSTEMS OF POVERTY, WHO MIGHT BE DEALING WITH, UM, TRAUMA, UM, AND SO MANY OTHER THINGS. SO SHE HAS THE VIEWPOINT AND THE UNDERSTANDING TO MEET OUR NEIGHBOR'S BARRIERS. UM, IN THOSE SESSIONS, OUR ADDITIONAL STAFFING INCLUDES A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR ASSOCIATE OR SOMEONE OF SIMILAR CREDENTIALING AND AN INTAKE SPECIALIST TO HELP WITH THAT SUPPORT. [02:55:01] AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. UM, SO FOR OUR INITIAL PROGRAM, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT A THREE YEAR WHERE WE CONTINUE TO BUILD UPON THIS, UM, BRINGING IN CLINICAL INTERNS, THE AMERICORPS MEMBERS THAT I MENTIONED. TWO OF THOSE WILL BE DEDICATED TO STABILIZATION AND THOSE CAN BE DEPLOYED IN MENTAL HEALTH. UM, WE'RE EVEN LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN PURSUE A PARTNERSHIP WITH RAS D AROUND THEIR CHWS STUDENTS THAT ARE RECEIVING THEIR C H W CREDENTIALING IN THEIR HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE TO BE PART OF A BROADER INTERDISCIPLINARY HEALTH TEAM. UM, AS PART OF THIS, WE ARE ASKING FOR AN INCREASE TO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE STUDY OF RICHARDSON, AND I'M HAPPY TO DISCUSS THAT MORE IN A MOMENT. BUT THE WHY IS IT BENEFITS OUR COMMUNITY. WE'RE ALREADY PROVIDING MANY ASPECTS OF WRAPAROUND CARE AND THIS IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT THAT IS MISSING FOR THAT. UM, AND ANYTIME WE INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY IN THIS WAY, IT DOES CREATE A STRONGER COMMUNITY. IT DOES CREATE A MORE ENGAGED WORKFORCE. IT DOES INCREASE ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY AS OUR COMMUNITY. SO WE'VE, WHAT WE KNOW JUST FROM RESEARCH IS FOR EVERY $5, UM, THAT, UH, EVERY DOLLAR THAT'S INVESTED IN MENTAL HEALTH IS A $5 RETURN ON OUR ECONOMIC BENEFIT. WE ALSO KNOW THAT ACCESSIBLE MENTAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES LIKE THESE, UM, OFTENTIMES WHEN WE CAN TREAT THE NEIGHBOR BEFORE IT ESCALATES INTO FULL-BLOWN CRISIS, IT CAN DEFINITELY REDUCE THE BURDEN ON OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO ARE SERVING OUR COMMUNITY SO DILIGENTLY. UM, AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT MENTAL HEALTH IS SUCH A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF OUR OVERALL HEALTH AND WELLBEING WHERE, UM, IT CAN REDUCE THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT ADMISSIONS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES THAT ARE NEEDED. AND LASTLY, SO MANY TIMES THIS IS CALLED UPON IN OUR COMMUNITY AND JUST THERE IS THE NEED OUTPACES WHAT OUR COMMUNITY IS ABLE TO PROVIDE. AND SO WE CAN BE, UM, A DIRECT REFERRAL SOURCE FOR BOTH THE CITY AND OUR NUMEROUS LOCAL PARTNERS. UM, I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT QUICKLY THAT, UM, WE OBVIOUSLY ARE A VERY STRONG PART OF THE FABRIC OF THIS COMMUNITY. AND JUST TO CONCLUDE WITH SOME WONDERFUL PHOTOS OF THOSE, UH, WHO, UM, WHO SERVE NETWORK AND WHO SERVE ALONGSIDE US. WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT, UM, WE ARE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY WITH A WILDFLOWER, UM, MUSIC FESTIVAL AND ART FESTIVAL WITH A GUITAR AUCTION. IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF, UM, HOW ART AND COMMUNITY CAN COME TOGETHER EVEN TO SUPPORT FOOD PANTRIES AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. UH, WE'VE GOT OUR FRIENDS OVER AT STATE FARM WHO JUST RECENTLY COMPLETED A DAY OF SERVICE CREATING SNACK PACKS, WHICH IS PART OF OUR SUMMER PROGRAMMING FOR YOUTH CALLED BIG MEALS FOR LITTLE KIDS TO MAKE SURE KIDS HAVE EASILY ACCESSIBLE MEALS THAT THEY CAN EAT AT HOME DURING THE DAY WHILE THEIR CAREGIVERS MIGHT BE AT WORK. AND WE'VE GOT MEMBERS OF OUR FAITH COMMUNITY WHO INVEST ACTIVELY IN NETWORK, UM, AND ALL DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS OF OUR FAITH COMMUNITY. SO WE'VE GOT FIRST UNITED METHODIST RICHARDSON, WHO WAS WITH NETWORK RECENTLY, UM, AND RCC WAS A GREAT PARTNER IN OUR PEANUT BUTTER DRIVE THAT WE HAD EARLIER THIS FISCAL YEAR. SOME LOVELY MEMBERS OF OUR RICHARDSON FIRE DEPARTMENT AND IT'S NOT BE, I JUST COULDN'T FIND ANY PICTURES OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS I WAS PUTTING THIS PICTURE TOGETHER. I APOLOGIZE, CHIEF, I APOLOGIZE. NEXT YEAR I'LL BE UP AND PROMINENT. I KNOW BOTH OUR R P D AND OUR R F D ARE INCREDIBLE IN SUPPORTING NETWORK IN SO MANY WAYS, BUT ESPECIALLY AROUND THE HOLIDAY WHEN I THINK THERE'S SOME FRIENDLY COMPETITION OF WHO CAN BRING THE MOST TOYS. AND, UH, SO THIS IS JUST FROM R F D THIS YEAR, BUT PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS ANOTHER PICTURE OF R P D SIMILAR TO THIS THAT WAS JUST NOT IMUS IMMEDIATELY ACCESSIBLE IN OUR SHAREPOINT. UM, WE ARE SO FORTUNATE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF RICHARDSON ON OUR HOLIDAY PARADE. UM, WHAT A FUN EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN FIND ME, MS. KAUFMAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S A GREAT DEEP DIVE FOR US AND IT'LL HELP US AS WE GO INTO OUR EVALUATION AND BUDGETING IN THE NEAR FUTURE. UM, THANK YOU MS. FRY AND MS. PES FOR YOUR, FOR JOINING US. AND I DON'T KNOW OF ANYONE, ANY COMMENTS. UH, NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, UH, THANK YOU ABBY AND EVERYONE THAT ATTENDED TONIGHT AND PROVIDING THIS WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. IT'S WITHOUT A, WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT NETWORK IS SUCH A INVALUABLE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER DORIAN, MR. RIOS, ABBY, SIMILAR. UM, I, I GREW UP HISPANIC AND POOR AND I KNOW THERE WAS BIG STIGMA, UH, WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, BUT SPECIFICALLY WITHIN OUR OWN CULTURE AND COMMUNITY ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH. SO, UM, AND AS SOMEBODY WHO, IF IT WEREN'T FOR ORGANIZATIONS LIKE WHAT YOU DID AND SOME OF THE WORK, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UH, AS FAR AS I REMEMBER STANDING IN LINE FOR BLOCKS [03:00:01] CHEESE AS A KID AND GOING TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CUZ THAT'S WHERE SANTA CAME AND USED TO GIVE PRESENTS CUZ SANTA DIDN'T SHOW UP AT MY HOUSE AND WENT TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO IF WE WEREN'T FOR LIKE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE YOU, LIKE THE WORK, POLICE AND FIRE DO IN THAT REGARD TO SOCIAL SERVICES, I KNOW I WOULD NOT BE HERE SITTING TO STAY US TODAY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK, NOT JUST FOR WHAT YOU DO EVERY DAY, BUT FOR THE VISION THAT YOU HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR NEIGHBORS IN RICHARDSON. UH, SO I, I THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. I AM A MEMBER OF FIRST NINE METHODIST RICHARDSON, SO I DID ENJOY SEEING THAT PICTURE WHERE PROBABLY HALF MY SUNDAY SCHOOL WAS THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE I WAS , BUT APPARENTLY HALF MY SUNDAY SCHOOL WAS IN THAT PICTURE. I'M SURE I WAS BUSY DOING SOMETHING, BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU COUNSEL ABBY, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. BEST OF LUCK AND WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING, PARTNERING WITH YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AT THIS TIME, [7. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE COMMUNITY CRIME MAP ] WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE COMMUNITY CRIME MAP. MR. MAGNER, MAYOR. THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UH, VERY HAPPY TO HAVE, UH, UH, CHIEF TITTLE JOIN US TONIGHT. ALSO, UH, MIKE ZURICH, WHO'S OUR MEDIA RELATIONS SPECIALIST, AND PROBABLY THE GUY WITH THE COOLEST TITLE TONIGHT, INTELLIGENCE SERGEANT CORLEY . IT'S A GREAT TITLE. UH, THIS IS A IMPORTANT PIECE OF PUBLIC, UH, OUTREACH AND I WANT TO THANK, UH, CHIEF TIM AND HIS WHOLE TEAM ON, UH, BRINGING THIS TO US AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY ENHANCE OUR, UH, ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THEIR, UH, THEIR ABILITY TO ACCESS INFORMATION OUR 24 7 AT THE CLICK OF A BUTTON. SO CHIEF, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO SHARE THIS, THIS EXCITING INFORMATION. MR. MAGNER, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR, UH, ALLOWING US THIS TIME TO, UM, EXPRESS WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE AT THE RICHARDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT. JUST FOR THE RECORD, UH, UH, MIKE WISE ORRICK IS OUR PIO OUT P I O GUY ALSO, AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT HE HAS A PHOTO OF ME DELIVERING TOYS AND HELPING OUT AT NETWORK. SO ANYWAY, JUST, JUST FOR THE RECORD THERE. UM, SO WHAT ARE WE DOING? WE'RE IMPROVING OUR COMMUNITY PUBLIC INTERACTION, UM, WITH OUR CRIME MAPPING. AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS REALLY TO IMPROVE OUR BUSINESS PROCESSES UP, UM, DATE OUR TECHNOLOGY, INCREASE EFFICIENCIES AND CERTAINLY PROMOTE, UM, TRANSPARENCY. AS WE SPEAK ABOUT THAT TRANSPARENCY. I JUST WANNA SHARE THIS WITH YOU, THAT THIS PLATFORM IS A LEXI NEXUS COMMUNITY CRIME MAP. UM, SPECIFICALLY FOR US HERE IN RICHARDSON, IT'S MEANT TO GIVE THE CITIZENS A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE CRIME THAT IS REPORTED TO THE RICHARDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT. SOME OF THE CRIME WILL BE OMITTED, I E UM, WHEN JUVENILES ARE SUSPECTS OR JUVENILES OR VICTIMS. UM, AGAIN, THIS WILL SHOW CRIME THAT IS REPORTED. ALSO, THERE WILL BE SOME CHANGES PERHAPS IN A SPECIFIC CRIME. SO IF YOU REPORT A CRIME THAT'S A BURGLARY AND THROUGHOUT THE, UM, COURSE OF THAT INVESTIGATION, IT TURNS OUT THAT WE RECLASSIFY THAT AS A THEFT OR SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM THAT, THEN WE ABSOLUTELY WILL RECLASSIFY THAT. SO A NEIGHBOR MAY TAKE AND LOOK AND SEE WHAT THEY SAW DOWN THE STREET YESTERDAY, AND THEY SEE ON OUR CRIME MAPPING THAT IT'S A BURGLARY. YET A WEEK LATER AFTER THE DETECTIVE HAS INVESTIGATED THAT WE MAY GO BACK AND CLASSIFY OR RECLASSIFY THAT AS A THEFT AND THEN THEY WILL LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, HEY, WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT BURGLARY? WELL, IT WAS RECLASSIFIED BASED ON THE ELEMENTS OF THE CRIME. SO AGAIN, JUST A LITTLE BIT TRANSPARENCY THERE, BUT BY ALL MEANS, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE DETAILS OF THAT ON SOMETHING SPECIFIC, YOU CAN CONTACT THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS UNIT OR YOU CAN SEND AN EMAIL TO ASK RICHARDSON AND, UM, OFFICER ZURICH WILL MORE THAN LIKELY, UH, BE RESPONDING TO THAT. SO, UM, AGAIN, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, TRANSPARENCY ON THAT. SO WHAT DO WE DO? CURRENTLY? CURRENTLY WE, UM, EMAIL A A REPORT ON A WEEKLY BASIS. I WILL TELL YOU THIS SYSTEM THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT WE ARE MOVING AWAY FROM IS VERY ANTIQUATED. UM, CITIZENS CAN SUBSCRIBE THROUGH A PD WEBSITE AND THEN OF COURSE THEY, UM, CAN CHOOSE THE AREAS OF RICHARDSON IN WHICH THEY ARE INTERESTED. HOWEVER, MOVING TO THE LEXISNEXIS UM, WEB APPLICATION, THIS DATA CAN BE TRANSMITTED ON A DAILY BASIS. THE DATA IS AVAILABLE THROUGH A INTERACTIVE MAP, A DATA GRID, AND THEY CAN EVEN, UM, DO CHART ANALYSIS. [03:05:01] UH, MULTIPLE FILTERS WILL ALLOW AN INDIVIDUAL TO CUSTOMIZE THEIR DATA AND ALSO PROVIDE VISIBLE LAYERS. UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, A CITIZEN CAN SUBSCRIBE TO PERIODIC EMAILS FOR THOSE REPORTS, UM, REGARDING THE DATA THAT THEY WISH TO OBTAIN. SO THE URL ADDRESS IS COMMUNITY CRIME MAP.COM, BUT WHERE ELSE CAN YOU FIND THAT? YOU CAN GO TO OUR HOMEPAGE AND AS YOU SEE IN THE, UH, UM, OUTLINED RED CRIME STATS, UM, TAB, YOU CAN ACCESS THAT LEXISNEXIS, UM, WEBSITE AND, UM, RUN YOUR SEARCH THERE. BY THE WAY, DID I MENTION THAT WE ARE HIRING, AS YOU CAN SEE, BY THE, BY THE, UM, HOMEPAGE. SO WHAT'S THAT GONNA LOOK LIKE ONCE YOU HIT THAT, YOU CAN ENTER YOUR ADDRESS AT THE TOP. I WANT YOU TO ALSO NOTE THAT YOU ARE SEEING ICONS OF OFFENSES WELL BEYOND RICHARDSON, RIGHT? SO THE NEAT THING ABOUT THIS IS ON ONE SIDE OF THIS SYSTEM IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BUT ON ANOTHER SIDE OF THIS SYSTEM IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE UTILIZE, HENCE, UM, SERGEANT COREY CORLEY AND HIS INTELLIGENCE UNIT AS WELL AS, UM, OTHER OFFICERS IN, IN THE DEPARTMENT GAINING INTELLIGENCE AND DOING RESEARCH AND ANALYZING CRIME, NOT ONLY IN OUR CITY, BUT WHAT ABOUT THOSE BORDERS JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF OUR CITY AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OTHER CITIES SUCH AS GARLAND PLANO IN DALLAS, WHO ALSO USE THIS SAME TOOL. SO YOU CAN ENTER THAT ADDRESS FOR YOURSELF, CHOOSE A FILTER. WHAT ARE THOSE? FILTERS HAVE A VARIETY OF OFFENSES. AND SO YOU CAN PICK THE FILTERS THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN. UM, IF YOU BELIEVE OR HEAR THAT THERE IS A CERTAIN CRIME THAT OCCURS IN YOUR COMMUNITY OR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU CAN GO AND LOOK FOR THAT AND CHOOSE JUST THAT. SO THAT WILL MINIMIZE YOUR, UM, YOUR SEARCH. IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU CAN PUT A RADIUS, YOU'LL SEE THE DARK AND GRAY AREA. YOU CAN PUT A RADIUS THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN AND YOU CAN SEARCH SIMPLY THAT. UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU CAN HOVER OVER THE ICON AND OFF TO THE FAR RIGHT YOU WILL SEE SPECIFICS OF THAT CRIME. YOU WILL SEE ALSO AT THE TOP RIGHT VARIOUS THINGS AS IT RELATES TO GRIDS AND OR CHARTS. WHEN I TALK ABOUT DATA GRID SORTING, UM, OPTIONS, HERE'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF THAT, JUST ANOTHER FORMAT OR WAY THAT YOU CAN, UM, GAIN THAT DATA AND HAVE IT AT YOUR FINGERTIPS. SO WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO? WE TALKED ABOUT SIGNING UP FOR A ROUTINE, UM, OR PERIODIC, UM, EMAIL THAT IS SENT TO YOU AUTOMATICALLY. YOU CAN DO SO BY JUST WHAT I'M SHOWING YOU HERE AND SEE THE BELL UP AT THE TOP KIND OF AN ALARM, IF YOU WILL. AND THAT'S HOW YOU WOULD SIGN UP FOR THIS EMAIL CRIME REPORT. UM, EVERYTHING IS RELATIVELY SELF-EXPLANATORY ONCE YOU GET TO THAT POINT. SO HERE'S THE REALLY NEAT THING ABOUT THIS. IN ADDITION TO WHAT I HAVE BRIEFLY SHOWN YOU, YOU CAN GO IN AND THERE'S A VARIETY OVER A DOZEN TUTORIALS THAT THIS PROGRAM OFFERS TO YOU SO THAT YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT IT AND YOU CAN TAILOR YOUR NEEDS, UM, AND SEE WHAT THIS PROGRAM ACTUALLY DOES FOR YOU AND REALLY HAVE, UM, GREAT ACCESS TO THE CRIME DATA THAT WE UH, HAVE HERE IN RICHARDSON. THAT BEING SAID, OUR PLAN IS TO ROLL THIS OUT TOMORROW AND SO WE CERTAINLY WANTED TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU, UH, TONIGHT, BUT ALSO WE'LL ROLL IT OUT TO TOMORROW. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WILL BE PUSHING OUT INFORMATION, UM, ON A SUNDAY EMAIL THAT OUR OLD SYSTEM SENDS OUT ON SUNDAY. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT ONLY UNTIL THE END OF THIS MONTH, BUT, UM, OFFICER ZURICH WILL INCLUDE A REDIRECTION, IF YOU WILL, UM, TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO RECEIVE THAT OLD SYSTEM AND DIRECT THEM TO THIS NEW SYSTEM. AND SO, UM, WE ALSO PLAN ON, UM, HAVING A SMALL TUTORIAL ON THIS, ON NATIONAL NIGHT OUT KICKOFF. AND [03:10:01] UH, SO WE WERE REALLY PROUD ABOUT, UM, MOVING FORWARD AS IT RELATES TO TECHNOLOGY AND AGAIN, AS IT RELATES TO TRANSPARENCY AND PROVIDING A GREATER, UM, ACCESS TO OUR COMMUNITY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CRIMES AND INCIDENCES OCCURRING IN THEIR UH, NEIGHBORHOODS. THAT BEING SAID, I WILL CONCLUDE CHIEF TITTLE GREAT PRESENTATION. ONE QUICK QUESTION. HOW QUICKLY DO YOU POSE TO THIS MAP AND DO YOU HOLD BACK WHEN A PARTICULAR CRIME IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED? SO ONCE THE OFFICER INCLUDES AND ENTERS ALL OF THE REPORT DATA FROM PATROL, IT WILL THEN GO TO THE SUPERVISOR FOR REVIEW. ONCE THAT SUPERVISOR, UM, ENTERS THAT, THAT OFFENSE REPORT, HE OR SHE WILL THEN CHECK IT AS REVIEWED AND IT GOES INTO OUR UPLOAD OF OUR RMS SYSTEM. AND IT WOULD THEN BE AVAILABLE. SO IT, IT COULD BE 30 MINUTES, IT COULD BE THREE OR FOUR HOURS. THANK YOU. AND SERGEANT CORLEY, CAN YOU CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THAT? UM, MAKE SURE YOU CAN HEAR ME HERE. NO, THAT'S CORRECT. THIS THING, UM, AUTOMATES AND UPDATES AT LEAST THREE TIMES A DAY. SO LIKE YOU SAID, BASICALLY AS THEY'RE BEING APPROVED, IT'S GOING IN PRETTY QUICKLY. THANK YOU. SO IF THERE ARE DETAILS ABOUT A CRIME THAT WE'RE STILL TRYING LOOSE ENDS OUT THERE, WE WOULDN'T PUT THIS OUT THERE UNTIL WE HAD SOLVED IT OR WE KNEW IT. IS THAT ACCURATE? OR AM I JUST NO, NO, SIR. THAT WOULD BE INACCURATE. THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE THE TIDBITS OF THE, UM, GENERAL LOCATION. THE TYPE OF OFFENSE IS, IS NOT GOING TO PROVIDE SUSPECT INFORMATION, NOTHING OF THAT NATURE. IT'S NOT GOING TO PROVIDE, PROVIDE. SO THE DETAILS WILL BE LEFT OUT. ABSOLUTELY, SIR. SO IT'S JUST AN IDENTIFICATION OF A CRIME. IT WOULD BE A BURGLARY OCCURRED AT THE 500 BLOCK OF X, Y, Z STREET AT SUCH AND SUCH TIME. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT, MR. BARRIOS. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. CHIEF. I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE MY SUNDAY MORNING EMAILS AND I LIKE TO LOOK THROUGH THE CRIME, UH, EMAILS. UM, WHEN IT SWITCHES OVER, DO I NEED TO RE-ENROLL OR WILL THAT HAPPEN ON THE BACK END AND I'LL JUST KIND OF ROLL OVER TO THE NEW SYSTEM? NO, SIR. YOU WILL NEED TO RE-ENROLL AND JUST AS I SHOWED IN RIGHT. THIS PAGE RIGHT HERE IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO DO. OKAY. AND, AND WE WILL PASS, I APOLOGIZE. WE WILL, I'M ASSUMING THAT, UH, INFORMATION OFFICER WILL PASS THAT ON VIA FACEBOOK AND OTHER FORMS OF MEDIA TO NOTIFY PEOPLE WHO MAY BE RECEIVING THE EMAIL CURRENTLY. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. BUT WHEN YOU RECEIVE YOUR UPDATE THIS COMING SUNDAY, THAT INFORMATION WILL BE INCLUDED IN THAT UPDATE ON SUNDAY, AND WE WILL RUN THAT UPDATE ON EACH SUNDAY THROUGH THE END OF THIS MONTH. ALL RIGHT. CAN I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? ABSOLUTELY. WELL, UH, THIS COMMUNITY CRIME MAP.COM, THAT'S THE NATIONAL, I GUESS, RIGHT? UH, WEBSITE. IT IS. AND HOW DOES THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS GOING TO ROLL OUT THIS THING, UH, TOMORROW, IF YOU KNOW. CORRECT. THAT'S WHAT THE PLAN, SO WHAT'S REPORTING THAT TODAY? IS THAT SOMETHING GONNA BE CHANGED TOMORROW? I MEAN, THEY'RE REPORTING SOMETHING TODAY. MM-HMM. , RIGHT? OR EVEN YESTERDAY, THEY HAVE SOME REPORT OUT THERE. UH, I KNOW THAT'S FOUR TOTAL DOLLARS. THEY'RE ALL REPORTING TO THE SAME SYSTEM. SO, SO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITY THAT HAS DATA ON THIS, THEY MUST SUBSCRIBE TO THE LEXI NEXUS AND BE IN A CONTRACT WITH THEM. WE ARE IN A CONTRACT WITH THEM. IF THEY DO NOT HAVE LEXISNEXIS, THEIR DATA WILL NOT BE UPLOADED INTO THE SYSTEM. AND SO YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GO TO THAT PARTICULAR CITY AND SEE, UM, WHAT THEY HAVE, BECAUSE ABSOLUTELY. IT'S NOT IN THE LEXISNEXIS SYSTEM, UM, ON THE COMMUNITY CRIME MAPPING.COM. BUT, UH, LET ME, UH, UM, I THINK, UH, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GONNA RUN THE TWO SYSTEMS FOR A WHILE? I THINK THAT MIGHT BE THE QUESTION. OKAY. YEAH. FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT, YEAH. WE ARE ALREADY RUNNING THIS SYSTEM, AND TOMORROW THIS WILL BE LIVE AND TO THE PUBLIC FACING SIDE, AND SO EVERYONE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THIS SYSTEM TOMORROW MORNING. SIMULTANEOUSLY, THOUGH, WE ARE GOING TO MAINTAIN THE OLD SYSTEM, BUT WE ARE ONLY GOING TO MAINTAIN THAT OLD SYSTEM UNTIL THE END OF JULY. OKAY. GOT YOU. YEAH, AND IT WILL GIVE PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT [03:15:01] OF TIME TO TRANSITION OVER TO THIS NEW SYSTEM. GOTCHA. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU CHIEF. GREAT PRESENTATION. I THINK AT THIS TIME, WE'LL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK, LET COUNSEL HAVE A CHANCE TO, UH, REFUEL OR WHATEVER YOU MIGHT NEED TO DO, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK. WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE NIGHT, SO, UH, HANG TIGHT. [8. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE FY 2023-2024 STREETS AND ALLEYS MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES ] IT IS 9 27. WE'RE GONNA BRING THIS MEDIUM BACK TO ORDER. AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM EIGHT, REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE PHYSICAL YEAR, 23, 24 STREETS AND ALLEY'S, MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UH, THE NEXT THREE BRIEFINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT, UH, DEEP DIVES THAT, UH, WE HAVE, UH, SCHEDULED, UH, IN ADVANCE OF YOUR WORK SESSION IN JUST, UH, BUDGET WORKSHOP IN JUST TWO WEEKS. UM, WE CONTINUE TO SEE IN OUR CORE INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, AREAS, UM, UM, SOME REALLY STRONG DRIVERS ON, UH, COST. AND WHAT WE'RE I'D LIKE TO DO FOR YOU IN EACH OF THESE AREAS TONIGHT IS EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, ABOUT THOSE DRIVERS AND HOW, UM, WE'RE TR WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY BATTLING, UH, EACH, EACH AND EVERY DAY TO KIND OF, UH, KEEP, CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME AMOUNT OF SERVICE OR THE SAME AMOUNT OF WORK WITH THE LIMITED RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE OF THE COST PRESSURES, UH, FROM, UH, INFLATION, UH, AND OTHER, OTHER FACTORS. AND SO WE'LL QUICKLY RUN THROUGH THESE, UH, DEEP DIVES. THESE WILL BUILD ONTO, UH, OTHER BRIEFINGS THAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK, ALL LEADING RIGHT UP TO THE BUDGET WORKSHOP. UH, UH, JIM DLAC, OUR DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND NICK COLE, WHO'S OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. UH, YOU MET NICK A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. I'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO, UH, JIM FOR FURTHER BRIEFING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR COUNCIL, IT'S AN HONOR TO PRESENT OUR PROGRAM TO YOU THIS EVENING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UH, QUICKLY TONIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH, UH, LOOK AT A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN OUR ANNUAL MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FOR STREETS AND ALLEYS AND SIDEWALKS. WE'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT THE CAPITAL ASPECT OF ALL THE WORK THAT'S GOING UNDER UNDERWAY PRETTY QUICKLY. UH, STREET MAINTENANCE, IT'S A CYCLE. AS OUR STREETS GET OLDER, THEY DETERIORATE, THEY GET MORE AND MORE WORN. UH, WE TRY TO DO MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES THAT ARE DICTATED BY THE CONDITION OF THAT PAVEMENT. AND WE START OFF WITH A NEW STREET. AND WE HAVE SIMPLE, UH, MAINTENANCE PRACTICES SUCH AS GRADE RESTORATION AND CONCRETE CEILING TO KEEP MOISTURE OUT OF IT. UH, WE DO ASPHALT OVERLAYS AND WE LOCALIZE REPAIR FULL DEPTH CONCRETE REPLACEMENT, UH, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE OVERLAYING IN CONCRETE REPLACEMENT, UH, FULL REPLACEMENT AT THE END OF THE PROJECT AS PART OF OUR OVERALL BOND PROGRAM. SO AS THE AGE OF THE STREET INCREASES, THE REPAIRS INCREASE AND THE COST INCREASES. SO, UH, GENERALLY YOU'LL FIND THAT OUR STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE GONNA SUMMARIZE IN THIS PRESENTATION ARE ALL FOUND ON THIS TRIANGLE CHART THAT I THINK IS ONE THAT WE'VE PRESENTED A FEW TIMES. NOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE MAINTAIN OUR STREETS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT. UH, THEY PERFORM A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK FOR US ON A DAY IN AND DAY OUT BASIS FOR DOING A LOT OF THE WORK, UH, NOT ONLY FOR, UH, SOME OF THE PAVEMENT LEVELING AND, AND SPOT REPAIRS THAT THEY HELP US WITH, BUT THIS YEAR THEY'VE ACTUALLY ENTERED INTO AN ANNUAL CONTRACT, AND THEY'RE HELPING US WITH SOME OF OUR, UH, ANNUAL CONTRACT WORK FROM, THEY'RE DOING LOOKOUT FROM US, 75 PLANO ROAD, NORTH STAR ROAD. WE'RE ALSO USING THEM TO IDENTIFY A COUPLE OF HOTSPOTS. THERE'S A, ON CAMPBELL AND SPRING VALLEY, UH, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING A, UH, SCHEDULE FOR DOING CRACK CEILING ON JUPITER ROAD. UH, WE'LL BE UTILIZING A CONTRACT WITH GRAND PRAIRIE. WE ALSO, UH, THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, OUR, OUR MARIO WITH OUR PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT UTILIZES STREET LEVELING A FOAM INJECTION UNDERNEATH OUR PAVEMENT TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP OUR GOOD PAVEMENT IN AS GOOD A CONDITION AS POSSIBLE, KEEP IT FROM HOLDING WATER IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND ALONG OUR ARTERIALS. WE ALSO USE PREVENTATIVE AND OPERATIONAL IMPACTS, UH, TO, WITH OUR ASPHALT OVERLAYS. THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT WE UNROLLED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE ASPHALT OVERLAY ALREADY ON THEIR STREETS FROM WHEN THEY WERE OVERLAID IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES AND, AND, AND PART OF THE NINETIES. UH, WE'RE TRYING TO GO BACK INTO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, IDENTIFY THOSE STREETS THAT ARE GOOD CANDIDATES FOR, FOR THAT WORK WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF EXPENSIVE UTILITY REPAIR NEEDS UNDERNEATH. UH, WE WANNA GO INTO A MILL OVERLAY AND PUT THAT CONCRETE, UH, REPAIRS IN FULL DEPTH CONCRETE REPAIRS UNDERNEATH THE ASPHALT WITH A FRESH OVERLAY. IT'S BEEN A REALLY POPULAR SERVICE, AND WE DO ABOUT TWO TO THREE OF THESE STREETS EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. AND WE'RE GONNA DO A COUPLE MORE STREETS THIS YEAR, LIKE ALL OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND, AND, UH, SERVICES. WE'RE EXPERIENCING COST INCREASES OVER THE PAST YEARS. UH, WE'VE PUT A FEW EXAMPLES TOGETHER OF CONCRETE, UH, SIDEWALKS AND ALLEY PAVEMENTS. I REALLY WANT TO HIT ON THAT MIDDLE ONE THERE. THAT EIGHT INCH CONCRETE PAVEMENT IS WHAT GOES INTO MOST OF OUR ARTERIALS AND MOST OF OUR, UH, COLLECTORS. UH, SIX INCH PAVEMENT GOES THROUGHOUT MOST OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. WE'VE, WE'VE SEEN 60% INCREASES OVER THE LAST YEAR ON OUR CONCRETE ROADS. AND SO WHEN WE GET THESE BIDS IN OUR, WE HAVE TO SCALE BACK OUR SCOPE TO STAY WITHIN THE BUDGETS THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED. AND SO I'LL POINT TO THIS SLIDE A COUPLE OF TIMES LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT TOPIC [03:20:01] THAT, UH, IT'S JUST HARD TO IMAGINE HOW MUCH WE'VE SEEN CONCRETE PRICES JUMP UP OVER THE LAST YEAR. WITH THAT, I'LL GO OVER OUR, OUR BRIEF BUDGET ON WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR OVERALL MAINTENANCE. WE SPEND ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THIS YEAR, LAST YEAR. UM, AND WE'VE SPENT A GOOD CHUNK OF THAT ON OUR ARTERIAL STREET PROGRAMS AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREET PROGRAMS. WE'VE GOT THAT PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THE CRACK CEILING AND FOAM LEVELING THERE UP TOP. UH, PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE METHODS THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT ARE IDENTIFIED AND, AND OUTLINED IN HERE. STREET OPERATIONS IS WHERE WE SHARE SOME COST OF WITH, UH, OUR PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND THEY ALSO WORK WITH TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY ON PUTTING STRIPING DOWN ON ALL THE STREETS THAT WE TEAR UP WHEN WE'RE REPAIRING THEM. SO, UH, THE ASPHALT OVERLAY PROGRAM, WE CARRY ABOUT 450,000 A YEAR. OUR ANNUAL STREET MAINTENANCE SNAPSHOT FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. UH, WE HAVE WORK THAT'S PROGRAMMED AND READY TO GO ON ARAPAHOE ROAD AND SPRING VALLEY. UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY PARTNERING IN THAT WORK WITH DALLAS COUNTY. WE'RE GONNA BE BRINGING BACK TO YOU AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US, UH, DALLAS COUNTY, SEEING THE SAME COST INCREASES THAT I JUST MENTIONED A LITTLE EARLIER. UH, WE'RE GONNA BE EXPANDING OUR, UH, OUR PSA WITH DALLAS COUNTY TO INCREASE THEIR FUNDING SHARE, UH, TO THE TUNE OF $450,000. IT'S 50 50, SO OUR COST ON ARAPAHOE CAME IN AT ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS OVER WHAT WE ORIGINALLY BUDGETED. DALLAS COUNTY WAS REALLY HELPFUL IN COMING BACK AND OFFERING TO SHARE THAT COST WITH US. SO, UH, WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT BACK TO YOU FOR, FOR APPROVAL AND LEVERAGING THAT. UH, AS SOON AS WE GET THAT APPROVED, WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR WAITING AND READY TO GO. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WRAPPING THAT UP. UH, MOST OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE, UH, HOWEVER, IS UNDERWAY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND ON OUR COLLECTOR STREETS AND, AND WORKING WITH PUBLIC SERVICES OUR NEXT FISCAL YEAR IN FY 24. WE'RE PROSE POSING THAT WITH ASSUMING A A THREE AND A HALF INDEX OF BUMPING THIS UP TO ABOUT 4.8 MILLION. THAT HELPS US WITH A LOT OF THESE COSTS, BUT IT'S NOT HELPING US NECESSARILY KEEP UP. I'LL SHOW YOU ON THIS NEXT SLIDE, WHAT, WHAT THIS IS GONNA, UH, DO FOR US. UH, WE'RE GONNA BE PICKING UP AND COMPLETING RENTER WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HAVING TO SCALE BACK SCOPE. THAT WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE PROJECTS WE STARTED ON LAST FISCAL YEAR. WE SCALED BACK SOME OF THE SCOPE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD DO THE WORK WITH, UH, THAT WE WERE LEVERAGING THE DOLLARS AGAINST DALLAS COUNTY ROADS WITH. UM, AND WE'RE GONNA GO BACK IN THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND PICK UP THE REMAINING PORTION OF RENTER ROAD. WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE LEVERAGING MORE DALLAS COUNTY FUNDING ON BELTLINE ROAD AND PICKING UP THE OTHER HALF OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD REGION THAT WE STARTED THIS YEAR. UH, WE'VE GOT A FEW ASPHALT OVERLAY STREETS THAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING AS WELL. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA ON THE FAR LEFT OF THOSE TABLES THAT I PRESENTED EARLIER, UM, THAT GOES BACK TO F Y 20. AND THIS IS THE SAME SLIDE THAT WE PROJECTED IN F Y 20 WITH A BUDGET OF 4.18 MILLION. WE WERE PICKING UP THREE NEIGHBORHOODS, FOUR COLLECTOR STREETS, AND TWO ARTERIAL STREETS. AND THAT WAS WITHOUT LEVERAGING DALLAS COUNTY FUNDING. SO IT REALLY MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO SEE AND CONTRAST THAT WITH WHAT WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING NOW WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND LEVERAGING DALLAS COUNTY FUNDING. SO OUR W THE INDEXING IS IMPORTANT AND, AND WE'RE DOING GREAT WORK WITH THIS. UH, BUT WITH THE COST INCREASES THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING, IT'S, IT'S JUST NOT KEEPING UP OUR CAPITAL PLAN FOR OUR STREETS RIGHT NOW. UH, THIS IS ALMOST WHAT YOU SEE ON THE MAP, THE ENTIRE BOND PROGRAM WHEN IT COMES TO STREETS, UH, WITHIN THE 21 BOND PROGRAM. WE'VE GOT CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY FOR, UH, CUSTER ROAD, WEST PRAIRIE CREEK, AND FOR GLENVILLE, ALMOST EVERYTHING ELSE IS BY THE END OF THIS, UH, SEPTEMBER, BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, NEARLY EVERYTHING WILL BE UNDER DESIGN. UH, WE HAVE, I THINK GLENVILLE, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE WEISS WATER, UH, PRESENTATION, WE'RE TIMING THAT WORK, BUT WE WILL BE STARTING DESIGN ON THAT THIS FALL. BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS UNDER DESIGN. WE'RE ANTICIPATING LAUNCHING ON CONSTRUCTION ON MUCH OF THIS WORK NEXT YEAR. UH, WE'LL BE EXPECTING, UH, CUSTER NORTH OF, UH, OF CAMPBELL TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, UM, BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR. AND SO, UH, A FEW OF OUR NOTABLE PROJECTS THAT WE'LL SHARE ARE WEST PRAIRIE CREEK DRIVE FROM CAMPBELL TO COLLINS GLENVILLE DRIVE FROM CAMPBELL TO ARAPAHOE. IT'S UNDERWAY, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THAT WORK FINALLY GOING FORWARD. OKAY, WHAT WEST PRAIRIE CREEK IS GONNA BE WRAPPING UP LATER THIS YEAR. CUSTER ROAD FROM CAMPBELL TO ARAPAHOE IS, IS STILL GOING, UH, BUT WE ARE GOING TO GET IT DONE. UH, WE'RE WORKING HARD WITH THAT CONTRACTOR TO BRING THEM, BRING THEM ALONG. AND THEN WEST SHORE DRIVE IS ONE THAT I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF COMMENTS ON. PEOPLE ARE ASKING ABOUT WHERE THAT'S AT. WE'VE GOT A GREAT, UH, DESIGN UNDERWAY FOR THAT. WE'RE EXPECTING TO GO OUT TO BID LATER THIS YEAR AND HAVE THAT UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR AS WELL. MOVING ON TO OUR ALLEY PROJECTS, UH, THIS, UH, IS OUR ALLEY MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, AND LAST YEAR WE PRESENTED, UH, STRATEGY THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO PROGRESS FORWARD WITH, WITH REGARD TO TRYING TO BE MORE PROACTIVE WITH OUR ALLY MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS, UH, BASED ON A REGIONAL BASIS GOING IN. AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN TARGETING ALLEYS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH CITY WORKS, WHERE OUR PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAD GONE IN AND MADE ASPHALT PATCHES AND REPAIRS. THOSE BECAME OUR TARGETS FOR GOING IN AND MAKING FULL DEPTH CONCRETE REPAIRS USING THIS ALLEY REPAIR PROGRAM FUNDING. UM, WE WERE ACTUALLY GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE THE CITY WORKS FOLLOW-UPS. WERE NOT USING ENOUGH OF THAT, UH, ALLEY PROGRAMMING FULLY. SO WE'RE ON A MORE PROACTIVE [03:25:01] BASIS GOING ON A REGIONAL PROGRAM, MUCH LIKE WE'RE DOING WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS, GOING INTO THOSE ALLEYS, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE'VE SEEN A, A RECENT WORK ORDER OR NOT ON THE, ON THE CONDITION AND MAKING REPAIRS FOR ALLEYS WITHIN THOSE REGIONS. AND SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE BLUE REGIONS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND WE'RE WRAPPING THAT UP. WE SHOULD BE DONE WITH THE ALLEY PROGRAM LATER THIS MONTH. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO STARTING WHAT'S SHOWN IN RED NEXT YEAR FOR OUR ALLEY CAPITAL PROGRAM. WE HAVE ONE ALLEY THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THE WAI ALLEY, BUT IT'S MORE PROBABLY REFERRED TO AS LA MESA. UM, ALL OF OUR OTHER SEGMENTS OF ALLS THOUGH, UH, THIS FISCAL YEAR ARE UNDER DESIGN, AND WE'RE ABOUT TO START LAUNCHING ON SEVERAL OF OUR GROUPS OF ALLY PROGRAMS. SO YOU'RE GONNA START SEEING US COMING BACK TO YOU WITH AWARDS ON MANY OF THOSE PROGRAMS BY THE END OF THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR. UH, IN F Y 24, WE WILL LARGELY HAVE THE ENTIRE BOND PROGRAM COMPLETED OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH REGARD TO ALLY. SO IT'S A REALLY GOOD STORY WITH THAT, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO FINALLY BE SEEING SOME PROGRESS WITH, WITH THOSE LARGER PROJECTS IN OUR ALLEYS. MOVING ON TO OUR SIDEWALK CAPITAL PLAN STATUS. UH, I WANTED TO JUST TOUCH ON WHY WE'RE DOING OUR SIDEWALK PROGRAMS. UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION ONLINE. A LOT OF THE INFORMATION HERE ON THIS SLIDE IS WHAT YOU CAN, UH, SHARE WITH YOUR RESIDENTS. WE DON'T FIX EVERYTHING IN OUR SIDEWALKS. WE IDENTIFY THINGS THAT ARE GREATER THAN ONE INCH OR MORE ON TRIP HAZARDS, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO GO BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR SIDEWALKS AND BARRIER FREE RAMPS ARE, ARE TRULY A BARRIER FREE RAMP. AND MEETING CURRENT ADA STANDARDS, WE GET A LOT OF CALLS AND QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT WHY ARE WE TAKING OUT A RAMP THAT DOESN'T LOOK BROKEN. UH, AND IT IS, TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU SEE HERE ON THIS SLIDE OF HOW WE HAVE DIAGONAL RAMPS THAT POINT PEOPLE TO THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION, AND WE'RE CHANGING THAT TO TRY TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN CROSS STRAIGHT ACROSS AND NOT BE ROLLED OUT OR GOING STRAIGHT OUT INTO THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. THAT'S ONE OF THE KEY ASPECTS OF THAT, UH, CHANGE IN DESIGN. WITH REGARD TO OUR PROGRAM STATUS, WE'RE CURRENTLY IN F Y 23 AND WE, AND THE GRAY AR GREEN AREA IS THERE. YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. WE HAVE THE WEST SIDE OF RICHARDSON, UH, MOVING ALONG. AND THAT CONTRACT IS WRAPPING UP OUR COMMERCIAL SIDEWALKS IN REGION, UH, ONE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF COLLINS. AND, UM, UH, BETWEEN PLANO AND 75, WE'RE ACTUALLY WRAPPING THAT UP. NOW. THE, THE SIDEWALKS THEY'RE DOING ALONG PLANO ROAD ARE SOME OF THE LAST SIDEWALKS WITHIN THAT REGION. AND THEN WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS, UH, THE WORK ON THE PANHANDLE ON THAT FIRST CONTRACT, COMPLETED THE CONTRACTOR VERY CLOSE. AND WE'RE WORKING, UH, MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THAT CONTRACTOR TO, TO GET THAT WORK COMPLETED. UH, WE WILL BE LAUNCHING ON, UH, FY 24 AS SOON AS, UH, WE, WE BEGIN THE NEW FISCAL YEAR. UH, WE'LL, WE'RE WORKING ON THOSE DOCUMENTS NOW TO BE ADVERTISING AND HOPEFULLY SELECTING GOOD CONTRACTORS FOR THE REST OF THAT WORK. AND THEN COMPLETING THAT IN F Y 25, THE LAST BIT OF THE PANHANDLE WITH OUR SIDEWALKS. AND THEN JUST BEFORE IN CLOSING, IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING WITH OUR DEPARTMENT, UH, TO UPDATE AND TO PROVIDE BETTER TOOLS FOR MAPPING. IF YOU GO TO WW CORE, UH, CORE.NET, UH, PROJECT MAP, YOU CAN FIND ALL OF OUR BOND PROGRAM PROJECTS, OUR WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS, ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE IN OUR PLANNING AND OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION. IT'S A GREAT RESOURCE. IT PROVIDES ENOUGH INFORMATION IN THERE FOR PEOPLE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WHEN IT'S PROGRAMMED AND WHAT NUMBERS TO CALL IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT ON OUR STREET PROJECTS, UM, OF OUR 28 PROJECTS THAT WE SHARED EARLIER, UH, WE ARE LEVERAGING ABOUT 16%, ABOUT ALMOST 20 MILLION OF, OF OUR FUNDING, UH, IS ACTUALLY FROM DALLAS COUNTY ARPA OR FROM FEDERAL GRANTS. AND SO WE'RE REAL EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE, UH, PERCENTAGE OF OUR PRO OF OUR COSTS ON THESE PROJECTS. UH, ACCEPT YOUR FEEDBACK. UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO COMMENCING THIS PROGRAM AND CONTINUING ON WITH, WITH OUR 21 BOND PROGRAM AND FINISHING UP THESE IMPORTANT PROJECTS. AND WE ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK AND PROVIDING, UH, GREAT UPDATES TO YOU AS WE MOVE ALONG THESE PROJECTS. MAYOR, I I JUST WANNA ADD, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, JIM AND JIM AND HIS TEAM HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB, UM, KEEPING UP WITH THIS WORKLOAD THAT THEY HAD. I MEAN, YOU, YOU RECALL, UM, WE WENT FROM LITERALLY IN A NIGHT, WE WENT FROM A, YOU KNOW, A MODEST 20 MILLION REMODEL OF CITY HALL TO A NEW CITY HALL AND, AND MULTIPLE CAMPUS IMPROVEMENTS, AND REALLY CHANGED THE DYNAMIC OF LIBRARIAN. SO JIM'S DONE A GREAT JOB OF BALANCING ALL THESE. THE OTHER THING I WANNA SAY IS JUST KIND OF, KIND OF PUT A PIN IN THIS IDEA ABOUT THE COST ESCALATION ISSUES THAT WE'RE FACING. UM, WE WERE DOING ON AVERAGE, UH, BACK SAY 13, 14, ALL THE WAY THROUGH ABOUT 17, 18, UH, TWO NEIGHBORHOODS. SO WE WERE GOING IN FULL DEATH, CONCRETE REPLACEMENT, REMOVING ALL THE ASPHALT AND WA LEAVING THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS IN, IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE. OVERALL, WE'RE DOING A HALF A NEIGHBORHOOD, I MEAN, HALF A, A HALF A ZONE A YEAR NOW BECAUSE OF THE COST. WE HAVE 30, WE HAD 30, SO 33, 36 ZONES. UM, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE DOING BETTER THAN WE DID A DECADE AGO, BUT WE'RE STARTING TO LOSE GROUND AGAIN. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY WANT TO BRING TO YOU FOR CONSIDERATION, THIS BUDGET DEVELOPMENT CYCLE, IS A COUPLE OF IDEAS THAT WE HAVE, UH, ABOUT HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO [03:30:01] EXCEED, UH, THE 3.5% GROWTH, WHICH IS THE INDEX WE'VE BEEN USING BASED ON THIS SB TWO THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. THAT NEEDS TO BE MORE LIKE SEVEN, PROBABLY PERCENT, OR MAYBE EVEN EIGHT OR 9%, JUST THINKING TWO YEARS. WE'RE FALLING BEHIND ALMOST, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE DOING THREE AND A HALF AND WE'RE SEEING SEVEN, 8% UNTIL IN TWO YEARS, WE'RE FALLING BEHIND, UH, YOU KNOW, SEVEN, 8% OVER THE CO COURSE OF THOSE TWO, IF WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT, IT'LL BE EASY TO DO THIS BRIEFING CUZ THOSE MAPS WON'T HAVE VERY MANY LINES OR, OR, OR NEIGHBORHOODS ON 'EM AT ALL. AT, AT THE WAY WE'RE SEEING THE COST ESCALATE. SO THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE MAIN DRIVERS THAT I SHARE WITH YOU. UM, UM, AND, AND, BUT WE, WE BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME CREATIVE WAYS OF POTENTIALLY LEVERAGING SOME, UM, SOME MAYBE, UM, OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME, SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE WON'T HAVE IN THE FUTURE. WE, WE COULD POTENTIALLY LEVERAGE THAT AND DEDICATE IT SOLELY TO THESE, UH, GENERAL FUND TRANSFERS TO THESE, UM, SPECIAL, UM, UH, ACCOUNTS TO DEAL WITH STREETS, ALLEYS, EVEN, EVEN FACILITIES AND, AND, AND CAP OTHER CAPITAL EQUIPMENT, COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU JIM. GREAT PRESENTATION. I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE, UM, STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM WITH RESPECT TO THE ARTERIAL AND THE COLLECTOR STREETS. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S BEEN A STUDY DECLINE ON FUNDS TOWARDS COLLECTOR STREETS AND A REALLY LARGE INCREASE TOWARDS ARTERIAL. WHAT IS THAT? ARE WE JUST DONE WITH COLLECTOR STREETS SO WE DON'T NEED TO FOCUS ON THOSE AS MUCH ANYMORE? OR WHAT'S THE SORT OF THOUGHT THAT TREND? WE, WE'VE PUT QUITE A BIT INTO COLLECTOR STREETS IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, BUT WE'VE REALLY FOCUSED ON TRYING TO LEVERAGE DALLAS COUNTY FUNDING WITH THAT TYPE B FUNDING MM-HMM. . AND SO THAT HAS REALLY BEEN DRIVEN SOME OF OUR DIRECTION ON, ON TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE CAPITALIZE ON THIS WINDOW FOR THAT EXTRA FUNDING. WE WILL BE COMING BACK AND DOING BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL COLLECTORS. UH, WE ALSO HAVE GOT QUITE A FEW LARGE COLLECTORS FOR RESIDENTIAL IN THE BOND PROGRAM AS WELL. SO THAT'S, THOSE ARE SOME REALLY GOOD PROJECTS. OKAY. YEAH, I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS AN INTERESTING TREND THE WAY THAT THOSE ARE, ARE GOING. SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS SPECIFIC REASON. THANK YOU. GOOD QUESTION. THANK YOU MAYOR PROTIUM. ALRIGHT. UH, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. WELL, THANKS FOR BRIEF, BUT YOU KNOW, WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. IF YOU CAN CLARIFY A COUPLE THINGS, UH, FOR LOTS OF PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND, UH, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ONE NEIGHBORHOOD STREET VERSUS 0.5 NEIGHBORHOOD STREET? I MEAN, HOW DO YOU, CAN YOU LIKE, LET ME GO BACK TO OUR, QUICKLY, TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD REGIONS AND, UH, SO WE CAN SEE THAT AGAIN PICTURE FOR, FOR AN EXAMPLE, UH, THIS GRAY SHADED REGION THAT SHE, OR GREEN SHADE SHADED REGION HERE, WHAT THE AREA THAT WE'RE DOING NOW TO THE NORTH IN BLUE THAT WE'RE COMPLETING, THAT WAS ONE REGION IN OUR MAP. AND SO IF WE GO BACK TO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT REGIONS THAT WE WERE DOING, YOU, YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY WERE MUCH LARGER REGIONS WE'RE NOW ONLY ACCOMPLISHING ABOUT HALF OF EACH REGION, AND WE'RE SPENDING MORE THAN ALMOST DOUBLE WHAT WE USED TO SPEND ON AN ENTIRE REGION WITHIN THOSE. SO JUST TAKE YOU BACK TO THE VERY INIT THE, THE VERY ORIGIN OF THIS PROGRAM, WHAT WE DID IS WE WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE CITY AND, UM, THAT WE CREATED AREAS OF THAT ESSENTIALLY WOULD COST ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT. SO SOME AREAS IN A PANEL AND VERY LARGE, SOME IN SOUTHWEST WHERE WE STARTED, WERE VERY SMALL. SO WE, WE WOULD, WE WOULD ALWAYS AT LEAST DO ONE FULL AREA A YEAR UNTIL RECENTLY WHERE WE'VE STARTED TO HAVE TO BREAK THOSE, THOSE ZONES, IF YOU WILL, DOWN INTO HALF OR, OR SOME, SOME, UH, SEGMENT LESS JUST TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT WITH WHAT WE COULD, WHAT WE COULD ALLOCATE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ZONE PROJECT FROM THAT BUDGET FOR THAT YEAR. THAT MEANS LIKE HALF OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD OR HALF OF THE SUBDIVISION? WELL, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S MORE OF A ZONE, ZONE ZONE. IT'S THERE, THERE WERE 33, I THINK ZONES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY. SO IT COULD, IT COULD COVER MULTIPLE NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, OR IT COULD SPLIT A NEIGHBORHOOD IN HALF JUST DEPENDING ON HOW IT WAS DRAWN. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT IT COULD PUT, UH, SOME NUMBER THERE, SAY LANE MILE, SAY FOR PAVEMENT, INSTEAD OF SAYING THIS MANY, IT CAN SAY LANE, LANE MILE. SURE. UH, LIKE SAID MAYBE WE HAD, UH, 10,000 LANE MILE IN THE PAST. NOW WE ARE DOING ONLY 3000 LANE MILE. UH, BECAUSE SOMETIMES SOME NEIGHBORHOOD COULD BE BIGGER, SMALLER, I DON'T KNOW. I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE, WE, WE COULD ABSOLUTELY TELL YOU HOW MANY MILES OF STREETS THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING WITHIN EACH NEIGHBORHOOD ON A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD BASIS. UM, WE CAN ALSO JUST GO STRAIGHT TO HOW MANY SQUARE YARDS OF CONCRETE WE'RE PUTTING IN. YEAH. IT, IT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MISLEADING. IF YOU DO LANE MILE, IF YOU DO LANE MILES, RIGHT. IF YOU DO ANYTHING LINEAR, BECAUSE YOU CAN, YOU CAN CLAIM YOUR, YOU, YOU'VE DONE A BLOCK AND YOU CAN DO, YOU KNOW, TWO LOCALIZED REPAIRS ON THAT BLOCK AND IT'S DONE. OKAY. YOU GO TO THE NEXT STREET, YOU MIGHT HAVE 10 LOCALIZED REPAIRS. OKAY. OKAY. AND SO I THINK THE, I THINK THE MEASURE THAT WE, WE, WE FOUND TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE IS THE SQUARE YARDS. YEAH. PROBABLY SOME, SOME VOLUME OKAY. VERSUS A LINEAR SQUARE YARD, BUT YEAH. OKAY. I THINK THAT PROBABLY MORE PREPARED THAT WAY WE CAN COMPARE THINGS MUCH EASIER. UH, AND HOW ABOUT THE COST, THE BID? IS THAT STABILIZED NOW? DROPPING A LITTLE BIT? WHAT'S YOUR OBSERVATION? THE COST? THAT NUMBERS THAT [03:35:01] WE'RE SEEING, I WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO OPENING UP SOME BIDS. I'VE, EVERYTHING THAT I'VE HEARD IS CONCRETE COST ITSELF IS STABILIZING LABOR THOUGH, TO PUT IT IN, IS STILL GOING UP. OUR BIG CHALLENGE IS STILL GETTING PEOPLE TO BID THE WORK. AND IF WE COULD GET A MORE COMPETITIVE BIDDING ENVIRONMENT, I THINK THAT WOULD HELP A LOT. UM, WITH THE NUMBER OF OUR CONTRACTS, WE'RE LUCKY TO GET ONE OR TWO BIDDERS STILL. UM, ON SOME OF OUR WATERLINE PROJECTS THAT WE OPENED UP EARLIER THIS YEAR, I WAS REAL EXCITED. WE HAVE FOUR OR FIVE BIDDERS. I THINK ONE WE HAD EIGHT OR NINE ON. AND SO IT WAS, START STARTING TO SEE MORE BIDDING ON OUR PROJECTS, I THINK IS THE REAL KEY TO SEEING SOME OF THOSE COSTS AT LEAST STABILIZING. YEAH. IS THERE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S CHALLENGING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO, I MEAN, HOW WE CAN GET MORE BID BECAUSE, UH, THERE ARE MORE WORKS LOOKS LIKE, I MEAN, WORKS ARE MORE, MORE THAN LAST YEAR. SO RECESSION OR NOTION, I THINK THIS TIME THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF THIS KIND OF WORK. NO. IS ANY SUGGESTION THAT HOW WE CAN GET MORE BID? I KNOW THAT WE WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH OUR PROJECT ENGINEERS TO CALL THEIR CONTRACTORS TO BE AS AGGRESSIVE AS WE CAN TO INVITE THEM TO, TO COME TO OUR PRE-BID MEETINGS. UH, WE GO THROUGH AND, UH, REACH OUT TO ALL OF THE CONTRACTORS THAT WE WORK WITH. WE, WE TRY TO BE AS PROACTIVE AS WE CAN DURING THAT, UH, BIDDING EFFORT. WE GIVE OUR BIDDERS AN EXTRA TWO, THREE WEEKS SOMETIMES JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T JUST RUN UP AGAINST A DEADLINE THAT THEY CAN'T REACT TO. AND SO THEY CHOOSE NOT TO BID OUR PROJECTS. WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF THINGS TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE, UM, MORE AGGRESSIVE BIDDING ON OUR PROJECTS AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE A FEW MORE BIDS COMING IN, BUT NOT ON EVERYTHING. WE OPENED A BID EARLIER THIS WEEK AND WE GOT ZERO BIDS. IT WAS ON OUR BRIDGE RAIL MAINTENANCE. WE WERE TRYING TO GET THAT UNDERWAY. BUT JIM, EVEN BEFORE YOU PUT IT OUT TO BID, YOU GUYS ARE BEING THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THE WAY YOU ORGANIZED PROJECT. I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE TRYING TO, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOING ABOUT CREATING THE SCOPE OF A PROJECT TO, TO BE THE MOST DESIRABLE FOR SO WELL BEYOND EVEN STARTING THE BID PROCESS. YOU GUYS ARE BEING REALLY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW THEY CAN MAKE IT MORE APPEALING OR MORE ATTRACTIVE. UM, SO I THINK THEY'RE DOING THAT ON THE FRONT END AS WELL. YES, WE ARE. NOW, HOW ABOUT, IS THAT SOMETHING LIKE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT RESIDENTS, WE ALL LIKE TO SEE CONSTRUCTION DONE VERY QUICK, BUT THAT'S, UH, SOMETHING LIKE A RED, RED FLAG FOR THE CONTRACTORS NOWADAYS BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN SO BUSY AND THEY CAN'T COPY TO THE TIME. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, THAT YOU ARE, UH, PUTTING SOME FLEXIBILITY ON THE CONSTRUCTION DURATION, UH, IS THAT WOULD IMPROVE THE BIDDING OR IT'S NOT? SO IT WOULD BE INTERESTING IF WE LET THE CONTRACTORS, UH, WE COMPETE SCHEDULE AS WELL AS PRICE. RIGHT NOW MOST OF OUR CONTRACTS, WE COMPETE PRICE ALONE AND WE DICTATE WHAT WE BELIEVE IS A REASONABLE SCHEDULE TO COMPLETE THE AMOUNT OF WORK BASED ON OUR WORK HISTORY. COMPETING SCHEDULE WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE KIND OF AN INTERESTING APPROACH ON SOME OF OUR LOW BID WORK. BECAUSE SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IF THEY'RE ALREADY COMMITTED SOMEWHERE DOING THE WORK, THAT CONTRACTOR IS NOT GOING TO TAKE ANY MORE WORK UNTIL THEY SEE THAT OKAY, WE CAN COMMIT SOME LABOR INTO THAT BECAUSE WE CAN'T REALLY HIRE MORE LABOR. UH, AND SOMETIMES, I DON'T KNOW, SOME CITIES PROBABLY DOING THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE DOING IT SOMETHING NO. JUST TO THINK ABOUT. VERY INTERESTING IDEA. THANK YOU. YEAH. MR. BARRIOS, YOU HAVE COMMENT? YEAH. WELL KIND OF PIGGYBACK WHAT MAYOR PROTAN WAS ASKING. I'M TRYING TO GRASP, CAUSE THIS IS, I THINK THE SECOND TIME IN A FEW WEEKS WHERE JUST IN CONVERSATION I'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS BIDDING, RIGHT? HOW DO WE INCREASE COMPETITION? OBVIOUSLY COMPETITION IS GOOD FOR ANY MARKET. UM, I I GUESS I'M NOT CLEARLY SEEING WHY WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF BIDS. CAUSE I HAVE NO DOUBT YOU, YOU MAKE THIS ATTRACTIVE AND I, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE GREAT AT WHAT YOU DO. UM, IS THIS AN INDUSTRY, IS THIS A NORTH TEXAS ISSUE? IS IT, IS IT, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, IS IT BECAUSE THEY'RE CONTRACTORS ARE SCARED TO HIRE OR CAN'T FIND PEOPLE SO THEY DON'T WANNA OVER COMMIT TO CONTRACTS? WHAT'S KIND OF THE UNDERLYING ISSUE IN THIS INDUSTRY THAT I I I THINK ACROSS, I THINK ACROSS ALL AREAS OF OUR REALMS, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THE COMPETITION. I MEAN, WE'RE GROWING LEAPS AND BOUNDS. THERE'S SO MUCH NEW WORK THAT THAT'S AVAILABLE DOING RECON DURING, DURING RECONSTRUCTION AS, AS, UH, COUNCILMAN SCH GONNA TELL YOU IS MORE COMPLICATED. IT'S MORE TIME CONSUMING. AND SO ALL US BEING EQUAL, THE LIMITED, YOU KNOW, SUPPLY, UH, THAT'S OUT THERE, UM, IS, IS OPTING FOR THE JOBS. THEY CAN DO THIS, YOU KNOW, QUICKEST AND MAKE THE MOST MONEY ON. RIGHT. AND WHEN YOU'RE REBUILDING, YOU KNOW, CUSTER BETWEEN ARAPAHO AND CAMPBELL, THAT'S NOT AN EASY JOB. AND SO THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, AND SO IT REALLY IS, IT'S A COMPETITION THING. YOU KNOW, I THINK WE, WE SEE IT IN THE BUILDING REALM RIGHT NOW AS, AS WELL AND, AND, AND CONS. AND, AND IT'S NOT, IT'S VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION. IT'S HORIZONTAL CONSTRUCTION. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A BLESSING TO BEING IN PROBABLY THE MOST, MOST, [03:40:01] UH, PROBABLY NOTEWORTHY METROPLEX IN, IN THE COUNTRY, IF NOT THE WORLD. AND THEN THERE'S THE DOWNSIDES OF THAT. YEAH. AND THE, AND AND FINDING WOR FINDING FOLKS TO DO THIS, THIS CORE INFRASTRUCTURE IS HARD. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE A IN REAL ESTATE BUYER, SELLER MARKET MM-HMM. IT'S BUYER MARKET RIGHT NOW. SO THEY WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE CHOOSY AND THEY HAVE, HAVE TO LEVERAGE AND SOMETIMES WE'LL HAVE, OKAY. RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, JIM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM ON YOUR HARD WORK AND PUTTING TOGETHER THIS AT THE SAME TIME OF HAVING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE'RE GONNA MOVE OUR BODIES IN OFFICE AND, AND FIGURE OUT A NEW SCOPE FOR CITY HALL AND ALL THE THINGS. Y'ALL HAVE DONE AMAZING WORK IN A SHORT TIME. UH, I DON'T THINK THE COMMUNITY REALLY UNDERSTANDS THE MAGNITUDE AND PRESSURE THAT WAS ON YOU AND YOUR TEAM, AND YOU'VE COME OUT THROUGH IT SHINING VERY BRIGHTLY. SO I WANT TO CON, UH, CONGRATULATE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK. IT, IT'S, I THINK EVERYONE ON THE COUNCIL WILL AGREE THAT WE NOTICE IT, BUT THE COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC REALLY DON'T NOTICE IT, ESPECIALLY IF THEY HIT A POTHOLE OR THEY HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND I THINK ONE THING ABOUT THE, UH, SUPPLY CHAIN AND THINGS IS ALSO ANOTHER REASON THAT SOME OF THESE CONTRACTORS ARE NOT BIDDING BECAUSE THEY'RE LIMITED SOMETIME TO THE AMOUNT OF CONCRETE OR THE AMOUNT OF PRODUCT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DELIVER OVER A 24 HOUR PERIOD, THEY GET SHUT DOWN. SO IT'S A REAL DIFFICULT WHEN YOU HAVE TO PUT YOUR MAN HOURS INTO IT AND FIGURE WHAT YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH AND IT'S COSTING THEM MORE MONEY AS WELL AS I UNDERSTAND IT. SO I APPRECIATE THE JOB YOU'RE DOING AND YOU HAVE NO MORE [9. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE FY 2023-2024 FLEET OPERATIONS OVERVIEW ] QUESTIONS. WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE AND WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE PHYSICAL YEAR 20 23, 24 FLEET OPERATIONS OVERVIEW. MR. MAGNER. THANK YOU MA'AM. MAYOR, COUNSEL, WITHOUT A DOUBT, ANOTHER AREA YOU'RE GONNA SEE, UM, A SIGNIFICANT COST ESCALATION IS, IS IN OUR FLEET. UH, WE'VE BROUGHT TO YOU, UM, PREVIOUSLY, UH, TAHOES, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT FIRE APPARATUS AND THE, THE, UH, THE, NOT ONLY THE COST OF THESE, UH, VEHICLES AND THIS EQUIPMENT, BUT THE TIME, UH, THE TIMELINE FOR HAVING THEM DELIVERED IS REALLY BECOMING A FACTOR FOR US. A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, WE CREATED THE CAPITAL EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND, UH, MOVING A LOT OF OUR ANNUAL PURCHASING OFF OF, UM, THE, UH, CO. AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE THE LAST FEW YEARS IS HAD HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF REALLY PERFECT THAT. UM, KEITH IS GONNA RUN YOU THROUGH JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE, THE FLEET AND THEN GIVE YOU AN OUTLOOK NOW, NOW TOTALING, UM, BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE PURCHASES, UH, STARTING TO GET UP IN THE 5 MILLION A YEAR RANGE. AND SO A BIG PART OF OUR BUDGET STORY. AND SO WE WANTED TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME TONIGHT DOING THAT. KEITH, UH, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. COUNSEL, UH, WE WANNA RUN THROUGH JUST A QUICK OPERATIONS OF FLEET. I'LL DO THIS PRETTY QUICKLY. I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE TOUR THE FLEET AREA IN THE PAST THROUGH, UH, UH, VARIOUS OPPORTUNITIES. UH, SO YOU MAY BE PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH IT. WE'LL TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT FLEET OPERATIONS AND THEN WE'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT THE CAPITAL ELEMENT, UH, BOTH THE VEHICLES THAT WE'RE GONNA RECOMMEND FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AND SOME INFLATIONARY PRESSURES THAT WE'RE RUNNING INTO. UH, ONE THING I WANNA HIGHLIGHT HERE, UH, PICTURED THERE IN THE CENTER OF THIS SLIDE IS THE OLDEST, UH, PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE IN THE FLEET, UH, THAT WAS PURCHASED IN 1983, AND IT'S STILL RUNNING AND OPERABLE, UH, THAT TRACTOR. UH, SO WE DO HAVE AT LEAST ONE UNIT THAT IS NOW CELEBRATING ITS 40TH BIRTHDAY. UH, OUR FLEET OPERATIONS ARE VERY BROAD. WE HAVE A LOT OF SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT THAT YOU DON'T SEE DAY IN, DAY OUT IF YOU'RE JUST A, UH, A LOCAL, UH, AUTOMOBILE, UH, DEALERSHIP. UH, EVERYTHING FROM BACKHOES, UH, TO JET VACS, CONCRETE TRUCKS, AND THE DUMP TRUCKS THAT PROVIDE OUR SAND SPREADERS AS WELL. DURING THE WINTERTIME, UH, WE MAINTAIN A VERY LARGE OPERATION OUT THERE AT FLEET. WE HAVE A GENERAL WAREHOUSE, UH, AN AUTOMOTIVE WAREHOUSE WITH JUST AUTOMOTIVE PARTS, AND THEN THE FLEET BASE THEMSELVES ARE VERY LARGE. IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO TOUR THOSE, UH, OUT AT THE SERVICE CENTER, OUR FLEET TEAM, UH, WE HAVE 15 TECHNICIANS WHO WORK ON THE VEHICLES. UH, TWO SERVICE PORTERS WHO WORK ON A PART-TIME BASIS HELP US GO DELIVER, UH, VEHICLES BACK AND FORTH TO OTHER OUTSIDE REPAIR YARDS, AS WELL AS PICK UP PARTS AS NEEDED, UH, TO WAREHOUSE TECHNICIANS WHO SERVICE, UH, THE REST OF THE CITY. AND THEN OUR FIVE SUPERVISORY STAFF, INCLUDING THE FLEET MANAGER. UH, WE DO ALL SORTS OF PREVENTATIVE AND MAINTENANCE, UH, REPAIRS OUT THERE. OUR TECHNICIANS ARE PRETTY MUCH CAPABLE OF DOING ANY KIND OF REPAIR. WE ONLY HAVE SIX SERVICE BAYS THOUGH, UH, 18,000 SQUARE FEET. UH, WE ALSO OUT THERE HAVE, UH, THREE UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS FOR FUEL, TOTALING 70,000 GALLONS. THAT'S SPLIT EQUALLY BETWEEN UNLEADED AND DIESEL IN AN EMERGENCY SUCH AS A HURRICANE OR OTHER WEATHER RELATED DISRUPTION THAT COULD PROVIDE UP TO TWO MONTHS SUPPLY FOR THE CITY. SO, UH, WE ARE WELL-STOCKED WITH FUEL IN AN EMERGENCY. UH, I MENTIONED [03:45:01] ALREADY THE WAREHOUSES THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR, UH, GENERAL WAREHOUSE AND AUTOMOTIVE WAREHOUSE. AND THEN ONE OF THE KEY THINGS WE USE IS OUTSIDE REPAIR FACILITIES. THOSE THIRD PARTY SHOPS WE'RE UTILIZING FOR ANY KIND OF WARRANTY WORK, UH, SPECIALIZED ENGINE WORK, HIGH HYDRAULICS, AND EVEN, UH, COSMETIC WORK THAT WOULD BE TIME CONSUMING OR, UH, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIALTY THAN WHAT WE'RE USED TO. UH, LOOKING AT THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET FOR THE FLEET, THESE ARE THE MAIN KEY DRIVERS. NOT QUITE THE FULL FLEET BUDGET, BUT THIS IS KIND OF, UH, THE MAJORITY OF IT. UH, YOU'LL SEE THERE THAT OUR LARGEST COST IS OF COURSE OUR PERSONNEL, UH, FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY FUEL AND OUTSIDE REPAIRS. UH, FUEL IS SOMETHING THAT'S OUT OF OUR CONTROL. UH, WE PAY MARKET-BASED PRICES, UH, ALTHOUGH WE ARE A REGIONAL CONTRACT TO HELP KEEP THE MARKUP, UH, AS CLOSE TO COST AS POSSIBLE. UH, OUTSIDE REPAIRS, UH, WE DID SEE THAT, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS CHART, WE SAW A SPIKE LAST YEAR JUST BECAUSE WE HAD OUR OWN STAFFING CHALLENGES AND WE STILL NEEDED TO GET VEHICLES OUT THE DOOR. UH, BUT YOU CAN SEE JUST EACH YEAR THOUGH, THAT THE COST OF OPERATING THAT FLEET CONTINUES TO GO UP JUST LIKE ANY OTHER, UH, OPERATION THAT WE HAVE HERE AT THE CITY. UH, LOOKING AT OUR FLEET CAPITAL, SOME OF THE VEHICLES THAT, UH, WE'LL BE RECOMMENDING AND SOME OF THE INFLATIONARY PRESSURES, UH, IT'S NOT A COINCIDENCE THAT THESE ARE SOME OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE VEHICLES THAT WE HAVE IN THE FLEET. THE FIRE APPARATUS IS GONNA BE THE LARGEST SINGLE COST, UH, VEHICLE THAT WE HAVE FOLLOWED VERY CLOSELY, UH, BOTTOM RIGHT BY THE MATERIALS HANDLER THAT WE USE IN BAIC, UH, OR JUST EVEN A SIMPLE REAR LOADER. UH, YOU'LL SEE SOME PRICES HERE ON SOME FOLLOWING CHARTS IN A MOMENT. UH, LOOKING AT THE FLEET COMPOSITION, UH, WE HAVE 635 UNITS. THAT'S BOTH VEHICLES AND, UH, SPECIALTY EQUIPMENT. SO WHEN YOU THINK OF SOME OF THAT EQUIPMENT, UH, IF YOU HAVE AN AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, YOU MAY ALSO HAVE A BALER FOR THAT AS WELL AS A MOWER. SO THAT WOULD BE THREE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT TOTAL IN THAT EXAMPLE. THAT'S ALSO WHY PARKS IS THE NUMBER ONE, UH, UH, LARGEST FLEET THAT WE HAVE, UH, BY AREA, UH, FOLLOWED VERY CLOSELY BY POLICE. UH, W UH, SOLID WASTE WATER, SEWER FIRE, ALSO VERY SIGNIFICANT. ALL HAVE AT LEAST 50 UNITS EACH. AND THEN GENERAL GOVERNMENT IS KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYBODY ELSE, AND THAT'S EVERYBODY FROM THE EISMAN WHO HAS ONE VEHICLE, UH, TO A STREET DEPARTMENT THAT MAY HAVE CLOSER TO 40, UH, UH, UNITS THERE. UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT VEHICLE REPLACEMENTS, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF CRITERIA THAT WE USE FOR VEHICLE REPLACEMENT, YEARS OF SERVICE, UH, ACCUMULATED MILES, UH, OR HOURS, UH, DEPENDING ON IF IT'S A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, UH, WHAT KIND OF OPERATING COSTS ARE WE EXPERIENCING? UH, IS IT CHEAPER TO ULTIMATELY BUY A NEW VEHICLE OR CAN WE JUST KEEP REPAIRING THE VEHICLE AND GET MORE GOOD LIFE OUT OF IT? AND JUST KIND OF OUR OWN RELIABILITY, DOWNTIME EXPERIENCE WITH THOSE VEHICLES. UH, THE MAJORITY OF VEHICLES THAT WE REPLACE ARE ACTUALLY ROTATED IN THE RESERVE, AND I'VE GOT SOME EXAMPLES HERE ON THIS SLIDE. UH, THE TYPICAL LIFE CYCLE OF COMMON CITY VEHICLES, AND I WON'T TOUCH ON ALL OF THEM, BUT FOR EXAMPLE, A PATROL SUV, UH, THAT'LL BE ON PATROL FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS OR ROUGHLY 120,000 MILES. AND THEN WE'LL ORDER A NEW ONE TO GO ON PATROL. THAT ONE THOUGH WILL BE CYCLED DOWN TO A SECONDARY USE AND WILL BE GIVEN TO ANOTHER OFFICER. OR IT MIGHT BE IF IT WAS, UH, ONE OF THE CHARGERS, IT MIGHT BE GIVEN TO A DIFFERENT, UH, CITY DEPARTMENT. UH, THINGS LIKE A FIRE ENGINE, WE USE IT EIGHT YEARS FRONTLINE, AND THEN WE CAN USE THOSE EIGHT YEARS RESERVE OUR SOLID WASTE VEHICLES, UH, TYPICALLY AN EIGHT YEAR FRONTLINE. AND THEN WE TYPICALLY USE THOSE ABOUT FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS FOR RESERVE. SO WE DO KEEP OUR VEHICLES A VERY LONG TIME. UH, SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING IN THE FLEET WORLD, UH, ARE SHARED WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHEN IT'S JUST INFLATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT WE HAVE SOME OF OUR OWN CHALLENGES AS WELL. UH, MR. MAGNER, UH, MENTIONED LEAD TIMES ARE LONGER THAN NORMAL. UH, LAST OCTOBER YOU HAD A FLURRY OF ITEMS ON YOUR AGENDA, UH, FOR FLEET VEHICLE PURCHASES. MOST OF THOSE VEHICLES HAVE NOT EVEN BEEN BUILT BY THE MANUFACTURER YET, AND CERTAINLY MOST OF THEM HAVE NOT BEEN DELIVERED. UH, SO WE'RE NOW TALKING ONE YEAR LEAD TIMES FOR SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS, UH, A PICKUP TRUCK, UH, WHICH TO US IS JUST AMAZING. USED TO BE THAT THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD TAKE MORE THAN A YEAR TO BE DELIVERED WAS A FIRE APPARATUS. NOW EVERYTHING TAKES AT LEAST A YEAR. IT SEEMS LIKE ALSO SOME MANUFACTURERS AREN'T EVEN HONORING THE PO PRICING ANYMORE. UH, YOU APPROVE A PURCHASE AT ONE PRICE. UH, WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE HERE FOR A MOWER THAT WE ORDERED AT 140 3012 MONTHS LATER WHEN THEY DELIVERED IT TO US. UH, THEY TOLD US THAT THEY HAD TO HAVE 155,000 OR THEY WOULDN'T SHIP IT TO US. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE DEALING WITH. UH, INDUSTRY STAFFING AND RECRUITING IS ANOTHER HUGE CHALLENGE FOR US, BUT IT DOESN'T JUST IMPACT US AT THE CITY AND THE SERVICES WE OFFER. IT'S ALSO, UH, IMPACTING THE MANUFACTURERS WHO ARE MAKING THE VEHICLES. THEY'RE MAKING THE PARTS. AND IT'S ALSO THESE REPAIR FACILITIES THAT WE'VE HAD TO COME TO RELY ON FOR SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE. WE ALSO STILL ARE STRUGGLING WITH LIMITED AVAILABILITY ON PARTS WITH MICROCHIPS, SUCH AS LIKE A POWERTRAIN MODULE. UH, OTHER ITEMS CAN HAVE OR UPS AND DOWNS [03:50:01] AS WELL. AND ON THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES, I'M GONNA SHOW YOU SOME ISSUES WE'RE REALLY SEEING WITH THE VEHICLE COSTS, UH, AND THE ESCALATION THERE. UH, I WON'T TOUCH ON EVERY SINGLE VEHICLE, BUT, UH, EACH OF THESE SLIDES COVERS A 10 YEAR PERIOD. THESE ARE OUR BASE VEHICLE COST ONLY. UH, SO WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE IS, UH, FOR INSTANCE, A FRONT LOADER 10 YEARS AGO COST 227,000. UH, WE'VE GOT ONE THAT WE, UH, WILL BE RECOMMENDING. WE PURCHASED THIS NEXT YEAR FOR 408,000, UH, A KNUCKLE BOOM, 144,010 YEARS AGO, 310,000. NOW THAT'S THAT MATERIAL HANDLER, UH, THAT I SHOWED YOU ON AN EARLIER SLIDE. THAT ALSO IS BECAUSE WE HAD TO HAVE A LARGER CONFIGURATION TO MEET THE NEEDS AND THE DEMANDS THAT WE HAVE IN THE BAIC OPERATION. IF WE WANT TO GET INTO THE BIG MONEY, IT'S GONNA BE SPECIFICALLY FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, AMBULANCES. NOW THE ICUS, UH, ARE RUNNING 325,000 ROUGHLY HERE IN 2024. AND THE FIRE PUMPERS 1.1 MILLION, THE LEAD TIMES ON THE FIRE PUMPERS AND THE AMBULANCES ARE SO LONG, UH, THAT WE'RE STARTING TO ORDER AMBULANCES AND APPARATUS IN THE CURRENT YEAR THAT WE KNOW WILL NOT BE EVEN DELIVERED UNTIL FISCAL YEAR 2025. UH, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE AN ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT TO ORDER, UH, THE 2024 AMBULANCE. WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND ORDER IT TONIGHT SO THAT WE HOPE WE CAN GET IT IN 2024. SO SOME DEPARTMENTS ARE BEING VERY PROACTIVE ABOUT TRYING TO MAKE SURE AND LAYER IN THESE ORDERS AND WORK WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT DOUBLING UP ON PAYING FOR TWO APPARATUS OR TWO AMBULANCE IN A GIVEN YEAR, BUT AT LEAST WE MAY BE ORDERING SOME EXTRAS SO THAT WE'RE LADDERING THEM OUT APPROPRIATELY AND GETTING DELIVERY AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME PERIOD. UH, PARKS DEPARTMENT. ANOTHER, UH, GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT. UH, THE 155,000 MOWER, UH, THAT WE, UH, ORDERED AT 143,000 WILL NOW BE 175,000 FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. UM, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF THAT GOING ON AS WELL, NOT NECESSARILY THE YEAR OVER YEAR, BUT THE ESCALATION THAT WE SEE, WHETHER IT BE FROM CHANGING EMISSION STANDARDS, LIMITED AVAILABILITY OR OTHER ISSUES, IS REALLY DRIVING THE TOTAL COST OF OUR FLEET PURCHASES UP. UH, MR. MAGNER ALSO MENTIONED, UH, THAT UH, PRIOR TO FISCAL YEAR 2019, WE ANNUALLY WOULD ISSUE FOUR YEAR CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION FOR MOST OF OUR VEHICLE PURCHASES EQUIPMENT AND SOME OTHER CAPITAL ITEMS. UH, EXCEPTIONS WERE EIGHT YEAR CERTIFICATES FOR SOLID WASTE AND HEAVY FIRE EQUIPMENT THAT WE KEEP IN SERVICE LONGER. AND THEN VEHICLE, UH, FOR AND EQUIPMENT FOR WATER HAVE ALWAYS BEEN CASH FUNDED OUT OF THE WATER OPERATIONS. BUT IN FISCAL YEAR 2019, WE CREATED THE CAPITAL REPLACEMENT FUND, WHICH IS, UH, FUNDED THROUGH ANNUAL TRANSFERS FROM THE GENERAL FUND. NO DIFFERENT FROM THE, UH, STREET, UH, WHAT WE USED TO CALL THE PENNY PROGRAM. UH, THE NEW FUND REPLACED THE ANNUAL ISSUANCE OF FOUR YEAR COS UH, SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT SHORT TERM, UH, CO PROGRAM ANYMORE. IN FISCAL YEAR 23, THAT WAS ABOUT 4.8 MILLION IN FUNDING THAT INCLUDED FLEET VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT, IT EQUIPMENT, AND THEN VARIOUS CAPITAL NEEDS FOR ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS COMPETING TOGETHER. AND EACH YEAR AS THE VEHICLE COSTS, UH, GO UP, THEY CONTINUE TO BE A HIGHER PIECE OF THAT PIE. SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THAT. FUNDING. UH, THE FUNDING FOR NEXT YEAR IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 5 MILLION SUBJECT TO FINAL TAXABLE VALUES FOR OUR RECOMMENDED FLEET PURCHASES. WE'RE RECOMMENDING 44 UNITS, 35 OF THEM WILL BE OUT OF THAT CAPITAL REPLACEMENT FUND. THAT'S EVERYTHING FROM 14 PATROL CARS, A TOYOTA PRIUS FOR FIRE, A COUPLE OF BACKHOES, UH, AND SOME ADDITIONAL UNITS. THAT'S GONNA BE ABOUT 2.5 MILLION OUT OF THE 5 MILLION THAT WILL BE ALLOCATED FOR ALL CAPITAL FUNDING, UH, FOR THAT SHORT TERM EQUIPMENT. UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE EIGHT YEAR FIRE CO. UH, THAT'S THE PUMPER TRUCK, WHICH YOU'VE ALREADY ORDERED AND APPROVED. AND THE AMBULANCE THAT, UH, UH, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE TONIGHT, THAT'S 1.6 MILLION. UH, THEN WE HAVE THE EIGHT YEAR SOLID WASTE CO. UH, SO THAT'LL BE PAID FOR OUT OF THE SOLID WASTE FUND. UH, WE'VE GOT FIVE VEHICLES THERE, ABOUT $1.6 MILLION. AND THEN, UH, TWO VEHICLES IN THE WATER AND SEWER OPERATING FUND AT 140,000. UH, TOTAL COST FOR ALL OF THE VEHICLES WE'RE RECOMMENDING 5.8 MILLION, UH, ALL IN. AND WITH THAT, I'LL OFFER UP ANY QUESTIONS EVEN AS I COMMENT THAT I AT LEAST GOT A, UH, FIRE APPARATUS AND A, UH, A PATROL SUV NEXT TO EACH OTHER IN THIS PHOTO. KEITH. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. GREAT PRESENTATION. UM, ANYONE, MR. COR CORCORAN. HEY, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. I'M SORRY, KEITH. UM, YES, GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR GOING THROUGH ALL THIS AND, AND KEEPING IN A FAST CLIP ON THE EIGHT YEAR. I, I JUST HAVE A, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ON THE EIGHT YEAR, YOU SAID ON THE EIGHT YEAR SOLID WASTE CO THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE WATER AND SEWER FUND. DID I HEAR YOU? I'M, I'M SORRY IF I MISSPOKE. OKAY. UH, THE EIGHT YEAR SOLID WASTE CO WILL BE PAID FOR BY THE SOLID WASTE FUND. UH, [03:55:01] OKAY. YES, I'M STILL, BUT ISN'T A CO SOMETHING THAT WE JUST ISSUE ON ITS OWN, THAT IT DOESN'T COME FROM A CERTAIN FUND. I'M, WE ISSUE THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AND THEN WE ALLOCATE OUT, UH, THE PROCEEDS TO EACH OF THE VARIOUS FUNDS AND THEN THE FUNDS ARE EXPECTED TO PAY THAT BACK. SO IF WE ISSUE COS ON BEHALF OF SOLID WASTE, SOLID WASTE OPERATION PESOS BACK, WE ALSO, UH, WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT A FEW WEEKS ISSUE WATER COS FOR, UH, THE WATER, UH, UH, CAPITAL NEEDS THAT, UH, WAS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED A FEW WEEKS AGO, THOSE WILL COME FROM THE WATER. I SEE. YEAH, I, I APOLOGIZE SOMETIMES WITHOUT THE SPREADSHEET IN FRONT OF ME, IT'S HARD TO VISUALIZE THE MONEY FLOATING BACK AND FORTH, BUT I, I DO APPRECIATE I GET IT. THANK YOU. SURE. SO THE DEBT SERVICE, BECAUSE OF THE COST, YOU SEE THE ESCALATION AND THE COST OF THE SOLID WASTE VEHICLES IN PARTICULAR, THE DEBT SERVICE IS REALLY A DRIVING FACTOR IN, UH, THE RATE, UH, WE HAD TO ADOPT LAST YEAR AS WELL AS WHAT WE'RE PREPARING TO PRESENT THIS YEAR. YEAH. THANKS DON. APPRECIATE IT, MR. SAM. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT PRESENTATION. BUT I'M NOT TOO EXCITED ABOUT THE INFORMATION THOUGH, UH, BECAUSE THE COST, YOU SEE THE 10 YEARS IS ALMOST DOUBLE SOME OF THE THINGS. SO THE CONCERN IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD 2034, WE SHOULD NOT BE WORRIED ABOUT THAT FAR, BUT I, I'M WORRIED ABOUT THAT FAR. SO HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK OUT ANY, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE PROBABLY RETIRING DEFINITELY MORE THAN WAY EARLIER. SO, BUT MOVING FORWARD, YOU KNOW HOW THAT WILL IMPACT. HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT ANYTHING LIKE THAT? WE HAVE, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE VERY CAREFUL ON WHAT WE DO RECOMMEND, UH, FOR REPLACEMENT. BUT WE, AS WE LOOK AHEAD, WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT EVENTUALLY WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES, THEY WILL DRIVE DOWN THE COST OF EMISSIONS, UH, CONTROLS AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL STABILIZE VEHICLE PRICING. UH, EVENTUALLY I THINK WE'LL SEE SOME OF OUR LARGEST EQUIPMENT THAT WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR ELECTRIFICATION. UH, MUCH LIKE KIND OF YOUR EVERYDAY PASSENGER VEHICLE IS, THOSE TECHNOLOGIES AREN'T NECESSARILY THERE YET, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE TO LOOK TO AND MONITOR IN THE FUTURE. HOW WAS THIS, UH, HISTORICALLY, LIKE BEFORE 2014? UM, HAS THERE EVER BEEN PRICE LIKE STABLE? UH, WE DID HAVE AN ERA KIND OF, UH, BETWEEN 2009, 2014 WHERE YOU DIDN'T SEE PRICES GO UP THAT MUCH. HOWEVER, THE FLIP SIDE IS, UH, DURING THAT SAME TIME PERIOD YOU HAD A MAJOR RECESSION, UH, WITH THE GREAT RECESSION. SO PEOPLE WEREN'T NECESSARILY BUYING VEHICLES, SO MANUFACTURERS DIDN'T HAVE THE DEMAND, UH, THAT THEY HAD, UH, LIKE YOU HAVE TODAY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. BARRIOS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND KEITH, I'M JUST, OBVIOUSLY I'M ONE OF THE NEW GUYS ON THE COUNCIL, SO I'M JUST TRYING TO COMPARE TO WHAT I KNOW, UH, AS FAR AS BUSINESS. SO IN BUSINESS, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW YOU'RE GONNA BUY, UH, A GOOD THAT'S, UM, YOU NEED TO REPLACE AN EIGHT OR 10 YEARS AND THEN YOU START SQUIRRELING THEM MONEY AND, YOU KNOW, DE UH, DEPRECIATION RESERVE. IS THAT HOW THIS CAPITAL REPLACEMENT FUND WORKS? IS IT SIMILAR TO WHAT A I'M JUST TRYING TO, OR HOW YOU, YOU SEE WHAT THE CONNECTION I'M TRYING TO MAKE? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I'M TRYING TO, IS THAT WHAT IT IS? AND THAT IS A PROXY FOR THAT. YEAH. UH, UH, FOR THE KIND OF DEPRECIATION CONCEPT, IT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE A ONE-TO-ONE MATCH, BUT THE IDEA IS THAT EACH YEAR WE'RE REPLENISHING A SMALL PORTION OF THE FLEET AND CONSTANTLY ROLLING IT. CERTAINLY SOME VEHICLES LIKE A A PATROL CAR, UH, WE'LL BE BUYING MUCH MORE FREQUENTLY. YOU'LL ALWAYS SEE A PATROL CAR. UH, THIS YEAR WE'RE PICKING UP A COUPLE OF BACKHOES. WE MAY NOT ORDER BACKHOES FOR ANOTHER FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS JUST BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THOSE, UH, SPECIFIC VEHICLES. AND OUR FLEET OPERATION DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO THREAD IN THOSE VERY LARGE PURCHASES IN YEARS WHERE WE MAYBE DON'T HAVE OTHER LARGE ITEMS SO THAT WE'RE NOT COMING TO YOU ALL AT ONCE AND SAYING, HEY, THIS YEAR WE NEED TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE BACKHOE FLEET. CAN WE HAVE 10 MILLION THIS YEAR WHERE LAST MILLION LAST YEAR WAS 5.8 MILLION? SO WE TRY TO BE VERY MINDFUL AND THREAD THOSE IN AS WELL. YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT WITH THE FIRE, UH, PLAN THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY EACH YEAR YOU'RE GONNA ORDER ONE FIRE APPARATUS, ONE AMBULANCE, AND MAYBE SOME ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT AS WELL. SO, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TRY VERY HARD TO PLAN FOR. UH, WE DO HAVE A KIND OF A REPLACEMENT, UH, CYCLE THAT WE GO THROUGH AND MONITOR WITH EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS. I MEAN, THE GOAL IS NO SPIKES OR DIPS, RIGHT? I MEAN, IF YOU CAN, SO THAT'S EXACTLY MARKET. YEAH. YEAH. I MEAN THAT'S EXACTLY, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY, THEY, THEY SPEND A LOT OF THE PLANNING WORK GOES INTO TRYING TO NORMALIZE IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TODAY TO DO THAT BECAUSE YOU SEE SOME OF THE, THE, THE SWINGS AND THE, PARTICULARLY SOME OF THE LARGER APPARATUS COULD REALLY THROW A WHOLE YEAR OFF IF WE DIDN'T, IF WE DIDN'T DO THAT. AND I'M ASSUMING YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, ACCOUNTING FOR FUTURE INFLATION, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, IN THE LAST, YOU KNOW, WELL THAT'S, THAT'S THE POINT OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THE STREETS. IT'S THE SAME POINT HERE, YOU SAID. SO [04:00:01] THE DIFFERENCE IN YEAR TO YEAR, IF WE ONLY INDEX IT, THREE AND A HALF PERCENT IS ONLY ABOUT $180,000. THAT'S NOT LONG-TERM. THAT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE. I MEAN, YOU JUST, YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION, RIGHT? AND SO WE'RE GONNA ON, ON ALL OF THESE TRANSFERS OUT, WHETHER IT'S STREETS AND ALLEYS, WHETHER IT'S THIS FUND, WHETHER IT'S FACILITIES, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO COLLECTIVELY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THREE AND HALF PERCENT YEAR AFTER YEAR, WE WILL, WE WILL START DOING LESS OR BUYING LESS OR ACCOMPLISHING LESS, OR WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE THAT A LOOK STRATEGICALLY EACH YEAR AT WHAT, WHAT NEEDS THE LARGER INJECTION THAT YEAR TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN, NOT, NOT TO MENTION, TRY TO HOPEFULLY GROW IN OUR CORE INFRASTRUCTURE, GROW AND EVEN DO MORE WORK AS WE, AS WE GET OLDER. MM-HMM. , THANK YOU. YEP. THANK YOU, KEITH. THANK YOU. GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. AND I THINK THAT WILL HELP US TREMENDOUSLY AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH A BETTER UNDERSTANDING. [10. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE FY 2023-2024 FACILITIES SERVICES MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES ] AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 10. WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS, UH, REVIEW AND DISCUSS PHYSICAL YEAR 23, 24 FACILITY SERVICES, MAINTENANCE STRATEGY. THANKS, MAYOR. I WON'T, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I WON'T REPEAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS BRIEFING, BUT I'LL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE W RIGHTLY SO WE ARE, WE'RE LOOKING AT FACILITIES AS, AS IMPORTANT OF AN ASSET AS ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. AND, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT A BUILDING LIKE THIS, YOU LOOK AT THE FIRE STATIONS, YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE'LL HAVE IN A, A CITY HALL AND A LIBRARY, UM, IT, IT, IT'S IN EVERYONE'S, UH, BEST INTEREST TO REALLY BE MINDFUL OF THE MAINTENANCE OF THESE BUILDINGS. I WANNA, UH, IF, IF YOU DON'T KNOW RAY GINTHER, HE'S OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF, UH, CAT PROJECTS OVER FACILITIES. HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB OF REALLY, UH, COMING OUT OF HIS PRIVATE SECTOR WORK, REALLY DONE A GREAT JOB OF HELPING US KIND OF MODERNIZE CONTEMPORARY, UH, CONTEMPORARY, UH, UH, THINKING AROUND FACILITIES. AND SO, UH, JIM'S GONNA RUN THROUGH THIS, BUT RAY, THANKS FOR BEING HERE AND, UH, AND HELPING WITH THIS. INDEED. THANK YOU. WE LOOK FORWARD TO QUICKLY RUNNING THROUGH A HIGH OVERVIEW OF OUR FACILITY SERVICES AND WHAT WE DO AND A BRIEF REVIEW OF OUR BUDGET, TALK ABOUT OUR CURRENT STATUS THIS YEAR AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING NEXT YEAR. AS WELL AS TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, OUR FACILITIES STAFF. UH, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 35 STAFF THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING CARE OF APPROXIMATELY 41 OCCUPIED FACILITIES THAT IN TOTAL OVER ABOUT A MILLION SQUARE FEET. UH, WE'VE GOT A 5.34 MILLION BUDGET THIS YEAR, AND WE RELY HEAVILY ON OUR OUTSIDE SERVICES. ABOUT 30% OF OUR BUDGET IS THERE FOR RELYING ON MANAGING THOSE WORKLOADS WITH ONLY 35 PEOPLE WITH A MILLION SQUARE FEET. UM, WE HAVE AN OUTSIDE CONTROLS, UH, OR OUTSIDE SERVICES HELP US WITH A NUMBER OF SPECIALTY ITEMS LIKE ELEVATORS, GENERATORS, SOME OF THE UNIQUE IDENT UH, THINGS, BUT WE ALSO RELY ON OUTSIDE SERVICE TO HELP US WITH CUSTODIAL SERVICES AND FLOOR MAINTENANCE. SO QUITE A RANGE OF OUTSIDE SERVICES. IN FY 22, UH, WE WERE VERY GRACIOUSLY GIFTED, UH, THE FACILITY MAINTENANCE FUND, AND WE'VE BEEN PUTTING THAT TO GOOD WORK OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING THAT FORWARD. UH, IT'S ALLOWING US TO TAKE ON PROJECTS THAT ARE MORE CAPITAL INTENSIVE, BUT NOT NECESSARILY FUNDED BY DEBT. IT ALLOWS US TO ALSO LOOK AT MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN TAKE PORTIONS OF THAT AND TACKLE SOME LARGER PROJECTS THROUGH BETTER PLANNING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT. UM, WE ALSO ARE, ARE BENEFITED BY OTHER DEPARTMENTS, OPERATING BUDGETS AND ALSO SOME, UH, SPECIAL MAINTENANCE INITIATIVES FROM THE END OF YEAR SAVINGS THAT ALLOW US TO COMBINE THOSE TO EQUIP, PUT TOGETHER QUITE A GOOD SCOPE OF PROJECTS AND IMPROVEMENTS. UM, LIKE OTHER PROJECTS AND, AND EXPENSES THAT WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS EVENING. UH, FACILITY SERVICES HAS EXPERIENCED A LOT OF THE SAME THINGS. OVERALL, WE'RE ABOUT 21% OVER WHERE WE WERE ABOUT A YEAR AGO IN OUR AVERAGE COST PER CALL FOR H V A C PLUMBING ELECTRICAL SERVICES. UH, JUST GOING BACK TO 21, 22, 23, YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE'RE FORECASTING FOR 24 IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET TO, TO TRY TO UP, UH, MAKE UP FOR SOME OF THAT, UH, COST. IT'S ALL DUE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THE LEAD TIMES THAT KEITH WAS JUST MENTIONING AND, AND FACILITIES, AIR CONDITIONING, EQUIPMENT GENERATORS THAT ARE ALL EXPERIENCING SOMETIMES A YEAR OR MORE TO HAVE THOSE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT DELIVERED AND, AND PUT INTO SERVICE. AND SO, UH, A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE ON OUR LIST HERE ARE PROJECTS THAT WE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED OVER A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF AGO, AND WE'RE JUST NOW SEEING COMPLETED AND WE'RE GETTING CAUGHT UP. UH, BUT WHENEVER PROJECTS RUN LONG LIKE THAT, WE ALSO LOOK AT HIGHER COSTS WHEN THEY, ONCE THEY START DOING THE WORK. SO IT'S A COMPOUNDING FACTOR. THE EQUIPMENT TAKES LONGER AND THE COST TO INSTALL IT TAKES LONG, IT COSTS MORE AS WELL. UH, WE'VE ALSO FOUND THAT WITH OUR, OUR NEWER FACILITIES, UM, JUST THE NUMBER OF BADGE READERS, THE NUMBER OF CAMERAS, THE NUMBER OF SECURITY AND THINGS, UH, WE'RE FINDING THAT TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE THINGS, WE'RE MAKING A LOT MORE CALLS THAN WE USED TO. SO OUR BUDGET, I'VE MENTIONED THIS YEAR IN F Y 23, OUR CURRENT BUDGET IS ABOUT 5.3 MILLION, UH, IN OUR, AND THAT WAS OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET. WE'RE FAIRLY NEUTRAL ON OUR FACILITIES LABOR. WITH THAT, WE'RE PROPOSING THIS CURRENT YEAR, UH, THE NUMBER THAT I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO, WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT 20% INCREASE IN OUTSIDE SERVICES IN THE MIDDLE, OUTSIDE SPECIALTY MAINTENANCE COSTS THERE, GOING FROM WHAT WE PROJECTED THIS [04:05:01] PAST FISCAL YEAR TO BE JUST OVER $700,000 TO JUST OVER $900,000, A 27% IN INCREASE. A LOT OF THE NUMBERS THAT WE JUST SHOWED YOU ON THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE ARE, ARE NESTED WITHIN THAT. AND WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING THOSE EX, UH, COST INCREASES THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO ABSORB THOSE AND, AND, AND RAY'S DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB OF, OF WORKING WITH OUR VENDORS AND TRYING TO KEEP UP, UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY IN OUR, IN OUR BUDGET TO KEEP, KEEP THINGS MOVING SMOOTHLY AND, AND TO, TO KEEP OUR FACILITIES, UH, OPERATIONAL AND, AND SAFE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. ONE THING TOO, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT, UM, THIS YEAR WE HAVE OUR ENERGY UTILITY BILLS. A LOT OF ENERGY COSTS SPIKED OVER THE PAST YEAR. WE'VE SEEN THOSE STARTING TO STABILIZE A LITTLE BIT. WE'RE ACTUALLY AT A POINT IN OUR CONTRACT WHERE THIS FALL, WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU WITH, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ENTER INTO A NEW AGREEMENT FOR OUR NEXT, UH, ELECTRIC PURCHASE AGREEMENT. UM, AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING THAT BACK TO YOU. AND, AND WE'RE ESTIMATING RIGHT NOW A SLIGHT INCREASE ON THAT, BUT, BUT, BUT NOT TOO GREAT OF ONE. SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN TAKING CARE OF, UM, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK AT THE EISMAN CENTER. THAT WAS A GREAT PROJECT TO FINISH THAT ROOF. UH, I THINK FOR THE FIRST TIME WE'VE GONE SEVERAL MONTHS WITHOUT A CALL, , UH, AFTER A RAIN, UH, WHICH IS A GREAT RELIEF. WE'VE SPENT A TON OF TIME. UH, RAYS GUYS HAVE BEEN REALLY BUSY IN THE SERVICE CENTER, REPLACING A LOT OF AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT, UH, AND CHILLERS. UH, WE'VE ALSO BEEN HELPING OUT AT THE GYMNASTICS CENTER AND REC CENTERS DOING AMPING WORK AND EVEN PULLING TIME CAPSULE OUT OF THE, UH, OUT OF THE GROUND A COUPLE WEEKS AGO BEFORE OUR HUNDRED 50TH CELEBRATION. THESE ARE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE UNDERWAY. LIKE I SAID, WE'VE COMPLETED A LOT OF WORK THIS YEAR, BUT SOME OF THESE WORKS GO BACK TO FY 22 WITH COM WITH THE INITIATION OF OUR FACILITY MAINTENANCE FUND. UM, BUT WE'RE MAKING RAY'S GETTING CAUGHT UP WITH US ON, ON THESE PROJECTS, AND WE'VE STILL GOT SEVERAL THAT ARE UNDER DESIGN AND UNDER CONSTRUCTION. UH, WE'RE ABOUT TO WRAP UP SOME, A LOT OF GOOD WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER AT THE FLEET SERVICES, UH, AS WELL AS REPLACING A LOT OF MORE FAN COIL UNITS AND AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT AT THE SERVICE CENTER. AND WE'RE DOING SOME WORK AT FIRE STATION SIX TO ACCOMMODATE THAT ADDITIONAL AMBULANCE AND AND STAFF THERE. UH, WE ALSO LAUNCHED ON A GENERATOR MASTER PLAN THAT YOU'LL SEE IN OUR NEXT BUDGET, UH, PROJECT SLIDES THAT, UM, WE ACTUALLY HAD, ONCE WE HAVE OUR MASTER PLAN, I IDENTIFIED AND, AND READY TO GO. UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING THAT AND, UH, UPDATING YOU. AND, UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 3 MILLION CURRENTLY ALLOCATED TO PURCHASE GENERATORS. THOSE GENERATORS ARE ALL RUNNING ABOUT A YEAR TO A YEAR AND A HALF ON LEAD TIMES RIGHT NOW. SO THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE LONG TERM PROJECTS THAT WE'LL BE WORKING TOGETHER WITH YOU ON TO, TO BRING FORWARD. UH, BUT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GOOD WORK, MORE WORK AT THE SERVICE CENTER PLAN, UH, THE POLICE STATION BUILDING ROOF REPLACEMENT ON THE SUPPORT BUILDING, THE OLDER PORTION, UH, AS WELL AS A LITTLE BIT OF WORK TO DO SOME DECK REPAIR AT THE RICHEST WOMEN'S CLUB, UH, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER PROJECTS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER, OTHER DEPARTMENTS. OUR CAPITAL PLAN, UH, WE AREN'T BRINGING ANY NEW PROJECTS, THANKFULLY TO YOU THIS FALL. UM, I, WE'VE GOT A LOT UNDERWAY AS YOU GUYS WERE NOTING EARLIER. UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WRAPPING UP, UH, A COUPLE OF PROJECTS, UH, WITH JUST MINOR AIR CONDITIONING WORK. RAY'S BEEN REALLY BUSY WITH, UH, THE ROOF REPLACEMENT AND, UH, A COUPLE OF PROJECTS, UH, BUT FIRE STATION FIVE AND THE ANIMAL SHELTER, OUR 21 BOND PROGRAM PROJECTS. WE'RE WRAPPING UP THE DESIGNS ON THOSE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING THOSE TO YOU FOR CONSTRUCTION APPROVAL, UH, HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR LIBRARY RENOVATION PROJECT WITH OUR CMAR SELECTED. WE'RE SEEING THOSE BIDS COMING IN AND, AND PROVIDING YOU UPDATES OVER THE NEXT YEAR AS WE COMPLETE THE DESIGN ON THAT, AS WELL AS OUR NEW CITY HALL CAMPUS IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE BRIEFED YOU ON. UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK TO YOU AND PROVIDING A LOT OF UPDATES ON THOSE PROJECTS. BUT ALL IN THOSE FACILITY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, TOTAL, ALMOST 150 MILLION. WE'VE BEEN BUSY. SO AT THIS POINT, I CERTAINLY WELCOME ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU MAY PROVIDE AND LOOK FORWARD TO PUTTING THAT INTO OUR REPORT PLAN COMING UP. A LOT OF NUMBERS THERE. SO IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE ADDING THEM UP, IF YOU LOOK AT THE INCREASE IN THE OPERATING BUDGET THAT'S PROPOSED JUST TO BE ABLE TO COVER THE EXISTING COSTS, YOU LOOK AT ABOUT $250,000 ADDITIONALLY REQUESTED FOR WORK JUST AT FIRE STATIONS, JUST IN THE FACILITIES OPERATING. WE'RE LOOKING AT A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, UH, YEAR TO YEAR. UH, JUST, JUST TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF ADDRESS SOME SIMPLE, PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD THINGS AT THE FIRE STATIONS, UH, ABOVE FOUR FIRE STATIONS, I THINK. AND THEN JUST HOLD KIND OF STEADY ON THE OPERATION SIDE. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE TOTALITY, HOPEFULLY THE TOTALITY OF ALL THREE OF THESE BRIEFINGS TONIGHT WITH SOME THAT, UH, PARKS AND IT NEXT, NEXT WEEK REALLY START TO KIND OF BUILD AND KIND OF, I, I SEE 'EM AS LITTLE, LITTLE CLOUDS IN THE AIR, RIGHT? MM-HMM. , YOU GOTTA TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO KIND OF PUT ALL THIS TOGETHER AS WE MOVE INTO A BUDGET WORKSHOP THAT FOLLOWING WEEK. SO HOPE THIS HAS BEEN HELPFUL TONIGHT. THANK YOU, DON. APPRECIATE IT. MAYOR PROTI AGAIN. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. LOTS OF ZEROES AFTER NUMBERS. , UH, ONE QUESTION, YOU KNOW, LIKE HAVING SO MUCH MONEY THAT TO SPEND, AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS, YOU KNOW, HELPING ON THE PROJECTS, BUT STILL YOU HAVE TO HAVE ENOUGH MANPOWER TO MANAGE THAT PROJECT. MM-HMM. , HOW THAT'S [04:10:01] WORKING, LIKE MANAGING IS THAT WE BROUGHT ON BOARD, UH, UH, UH, OUR GENERAL ENGINEERING CONSULTANT. THEY'RE CERTAINLY HELPING WITH THE BOND PROGRAM WORK AND WITH THE FIRE STATION, WITH OUR LARGER PROJECTS. UH, RAY HAS BEEN A VERY BUSY GUY, UH, AND SO HAS BEEN, UH, WORKING WITH OUR VENDORS TO TRY TO GET THE ROOF CONTRACTS IN AND THE AIR CONDITIONING WORK GOING. UM, WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH A BIT OF A REORGANIZATION WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT AND, AND RAY, WE'RE TRYING TO GET HIM SOME HELP WITH, UH, A NEW SUPERINTENDENT AS WELL, UH, THAT WE'VE RECENTLY PROMOTED. BUT IT'S BEEN A VERY BUSY PROCESS, UH, AS NOTED EARLIER, UM, THE GENERAL ENGINEERING CONSULTANT HAS BEEN VERY, VERY HELPFUL, ESPECIALLY ON THE VERTICAL SIDE OF THIS, UM, AS WELL AS THE HORIZONTAL. UH, BUT, BUT THEY'VE GOT GREAT SKILLS ON THE VERTICAL SIDE, SO THAT'S COURSE. SO NOBODY'S BURNING OUT, JUST, JUST IF THEY THEY DO RIGHT. GETS THEM RIGHT BACK ON . ALRIGHT, COUNCILMAN DORIAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. FIRE JOKES HERE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, JIM, I JUST, UH, ACTUALLY HAVE A VERY SIMILAR QUESTION. UM, ARE SOME OF THESE, UH, AS WE WERE DISCUSSING EARLIER ABOUT, UH, FINDING HELP OR FINDING, UH, COMPANIES THAT WILL CONTRACT THIS, IS ANY OF THIS DONE IN-HOUSE OR IS ALL OF THIS OUTSOURCED EMBED? LIKE I SAID, ABOUT 30% OF OUR BUDGET IS RELYING ON OUTSIDE HELP. WE DO QUITE A BIT OF WORK. OUR, OUR TEAM, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO DO MORE AND MORE OF THE AIR CONDITIONING WORK INTERNALLY BECAUSE WE'RE JUST FINDING IT IS A WHOLE LOT MORE COST EFFECTIVE. AND IF WE CAN GET THE EQUIPMENT, WE STILL ARE WAITING MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS TO GET EQUIPMENT ARRIVING. UH, BUT, BUT OUR GUYS ARE EXCITED TO TAKE ON SOME OF THOSE FAN COIL REPLACEMENTS AND DOING SOME OF THE WORK THAT YOU SAW IN THE PHOTOS OF, OF THEM UP IN THE BUCKETS WORKING ABOVE THE CEILING. SO, YEAH. WELL, THAT MAKES SENSE. I MEAN, I TOTALLY, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHEN IT COMES TO THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE OF THAT AND, UH, PART OF THE MAINTENANCE. AND IT IS NICE TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF IT INTERNALLY AND OUTSOURCING IT. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE TO HAVE KIND OF A HYBRID SITUATION TO MAKE IT WORK OUT, BUT I WAS REALLY ALL I WANTED, I JUST, THAT WAS ALL I HAD. THANK YOU. A LOT OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE DEAL WITH NOW, WE HAVE NO CHOICE. UH, THEY'RE SO TECHNICAL AND, AND SOPHISTICATED AS WELL. WE DO ENTER INTERIOR WORK WHEN WE CAN. THANK YOU, MR. DORIAN, JIM RAY, THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. I'M SURE WE WILL HAVE SOME MORE CHALLENGING, UH, I'M SORRY, SORRY, I I WAS GONNA ASK A SIMILAR QUESTION TO WHAT COUNCILMAN DORIAN ASKED. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT, I'M, I'M ASSUMING WE'RE, WE DO COST ANALYSIS WHETHER WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING IN-HOUSE OR AHA, ESPECIALLY AS THAT COST CONTINUES TO GROW, WHAT IS THE BIGGEST LIMITING FACTOR? IS IT FINDING TRADESMEN? IS IT THE INITIAL INVESTMENT ON EQUIPMENT RELATED TO THAT SPECIFIC TRADE? YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE, I GUESS THE PROHIBITING FACTORS BEHIND SOMETHING, BRINGING SOMETHING IN HOUSE? BECAUSE IS THAT CREATING A NEW KIND OF SUBDEPARTMENT WITHIN? NO, NO, NO, NO. AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT QUESTION, BUT I, I WOULD SAY IT EXTENDS BEYOND FACILITIES BECAUSE WE'RE FINDING IS JUST TO, JUST TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF GET SOMEBODY IN THE SEAT. WE'RE HAVING TO BE WILLING TO TAKE SOMEONE WITH SIGNIFICANTLY LESS EXPERIENCE, MAYBE EVEN NO EXPERIENCE. I MEAN, YOU, IT'S IN FLEET, RIGHT? WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT APPRENTICESHIP, WE'RE LOOKING AT FACILITIES, ALL OF THE TRADES, UM, UM, UM, YOU REALLY HAVE TO BE WILLING TO TAKE SOMEBODY WITH SIGNIFICANTLY LESS EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE AND TRAIN THEM UP AND KIND OF GROW YOUR OWN INTERNALLY. AND SO WHILE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS, UM, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE THINGS HAPPENS, RETENTION THEN BECOMES A HUGE THING, RIGHT? JUST LIKE FOR POLICE OFFICERS AND YOU INVEST ALL THAT TIME AND ENERGY AND RESOURCES AND TRAINING THEM, AND THEN IF YOU DON'T RETAIN 'EM, IT'S A, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOSING BATTLE. AND SO, BUT, UM, AND THEN OF COURSE SOME THINGS ARE REQUIRED TO BE, UH, UH, UM, FARMED OUT, UM, UH, FIRE EXTINGUISHERS, UH, ELEVATORS. YEAH, I MEAN, THOSE THINGS ARE, WE, YOU CAN'T DO THOSE, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS IN HOUSE TO COMPLY WITH STATE LAW. YEAH. OKAY. JIM, THANK YOU MUCH. GREAT. THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE YOU. [11. CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 4467, AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE AND ZONING MAP BY GRANTING A CHANGE IN ZONING BY GRANTING A SPECIAL PERMIT FOR A MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1551 E. SPRING VALLEY ROAD, RICHARDSON, TEXAS, ZONED LR-M(2) LOCAL RETAIL. ] ALRIGHTY. WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM NUMBER 11. IT'S AN ACTION ITEM. WE'RE GONNA CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 4, 4 67, GRANTING A SPECIAL PERMIT FOR A MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT FOR THE PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 1551 EAST SPRING VALLEY ROAD, RICHARDSON, TEXAS, ZONED L R M TWO, LOCAL RETAIL. MR. MAGNER, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, THIS, UH, UM, ITEM WAS, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS HEARD PRIOR TO YOUR SUMMER BREAK, UM, THAT WE'VE PREPARED ORDINANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTION THAT NIGHT, AND IT'S BACK ON FOR, UH, YOUR, YOUR FINAL VOTE. THANK YOU, MR. HUTCHIN RIDER. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 44 67 AS PUBLISHED. ALL RIGHTY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND ON THAT? SECOND, MS. JENNIFER. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHTY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND WE GET A MOTION [04:15:01] TO APPROVE THIS SHOW OF HANDS. ALL RIGHT. WE GOT A SIX ONE VOTE. ARE YOU OPPOSING THIS? ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A SIX ONE VOTE WITH MR. BARRIO OPPOSING IT. THIS PASSES. THANK YOU. [12. CONSENT AGENDA: ] OKAY, THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 12, WHICH IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA. AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW AT THIS MOMENT TO, AS I READ THROUGH THIS AND AFTER SEEING THE PRESENTATION THAT WE JUST HAD, LOOKING AT THE ESCALATION OF PRICES AND THE DIFFERENT THINGS, THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS WHERE WE ARE PAYING QUITE A BIT OF MONEY ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND I WANNA JUST, UH, I REMIND EVERYBODY, ESPECIALLY OUR CITIZENS, IF THEY'RE OUT THERE LOOKING AND SAYING, BOY, THOSE ARE BIG PRICE TAGS THAT ALL OF THESE ITEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED ALREADY AND HAVE LOOKED AT DEEPLY BY OUR PREVIOUS COUNSEL AND OR OUR CURRENT COUNSEL. SO THESE ARE ITEMS THAT HAVE, ARE NOT JUST HERE IN A BLANKET, YES OR NO. THIS IS A, ALL ITEMS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR PRICE, HAVE LOOKED AT, BEEN LOOKED AT AND APPROVED BY COUNSEL ALREADY. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE THAT ARE CONCERNED WITH, WOW, WHY WOULD YOU PUT THAT LARGE ITEM ON A PERCENTAGE IN THEM AND JUST TRY TO GO THROUGH IT? WELL, THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN LOOKED AT CAREFULLY IN THE PAST BY OUR PREVIOUS COUNSEL AND OR THIS COUNSEL. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, MR. HUTCHIN, WRITER MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PUBLISHED. THANK YOU, SIR. JOE, I SECOND IT. ALL RIGHT, WE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL. SHOW OF HANDS IN FAVOR. ALL RIGHT, THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, MR. MAGNER. OKEYDOKE. [13. REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST ] ALL RIGHTY. AT THIS TIME, ITEM 13 IS GONNA REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. DO I HAVE ANYONE READY TO SHARE MS. JUSTICE, UH, PARADES AND PICNICS AND FIREWORKS? OH, MY, THAT'S WHAT WE DID ON THE 4TH OF JULY, . OH, AND YOU DID IT WELL, MR. CORCORAN. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. TWO THINGS REALLY QUICKLY. THE FIRST IS THAT I, UH, HAD THE HONOR OF ATTENDING THE COLLIN COLLEGE BOARD OF, UH, TRUSTEES RECEPTION FOR FRED MOSES AND STACY DONALD, AS THEY ROTATED OFF, THAT WAS ON JUNE 22ND. AND JUST SAYING IT'S, IT'S HARD BEING ELECTED OFFICIALS SOMETIMES. UM, YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF HOURS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AND SO JUST HATS OFF TO THEM FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE AND WE WISH THEM WELL, WHATEVER THEY DO IN THE FUTURE. AND THEN, UH, ON JULY 1ST, UM, I WENT TO DR. CHARLIE BARKER'S MEMORIAL SERVICE, UM, AT ST. BARNABAS PRESBYTERIAN. AND HE WAS, WE DON'T HAVE A TON OF TIME TO TALK ABOUT HIM NOW, BUT MAN, WHAT A GUY. UM, FOUNDER OF COMPASSIONATE DFW RICHARDSON, INTERFAITH ALLIANCE FOUNDING MEMBER, AND JUST REALLY A, A HUGE FORCE FOR GOOD IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND HE WILL BE SORELY, SORELY MISSED. THANK YOU, SIR. NEPRO, TIM. ALRIGHT. YEAH, YOU KNOW, WE HAD, UH, TWO WEEKS SUMMER VACATION , BUT, UH, THAT VACATION WAS REALLY, REALLY WONDERFUL. YOU KNOW, WE ARE BUSY ALL, ALL THOSE TWO WEEKS, BUT I WANTED TO MENTION ONE GREAT THING THAT HAPPENED, JUNE 30, IF YOU REMEMBER, THAT WAS A FRIDAY, UH, THAT AFTERNOON WE ATTENDED, UH, A MEETING, A LUNCHEON THAT'S, UH, NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT 57TH INTERVAL, GENERAL ASSEMBLY, LUNCHEON MEETING. AND THAT MEETING THERE IS TWO GOOD, GREAT THING HAPPENS, NOT JUST GOOD THING ONE IS, UH, OUR COUNCIL, OMAN, JENNIFER JUSTICE, WAS ELECTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AND THAT'S BIG. THAT'S BIG. THAT'S THE BIG AND WONDERFUL, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE ARE SO EXCITED AND PROUD OF HER AND THAT POSITION PRE PREVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, OUR FORMER MAYOR PRO TEAM, JANET DPE HELD THAT POSITION OR ONE OF THE POSITION THERE ARE. SO, UH, THANKS TO HER FOR SERVING THOSE FEW YEARS. I APPRECIATE THAT. BUT ANOTHER GREAT THING HAPPENS THE SAME AFTERNOON. THAT WAS, UM, UH, FIRST CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CITY CHARON FOR WINNING THAT, UH, SIDE AWARD FOR THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. SO EXCELLENT WORK, MARK NELSON, AND OF COURSE THE DEPARTMENT THAT SUPPORTED HIM. AND, UH, BUT TOP OF THAT, OF COURSE, THE CITY MANAGER HAD TO LEAD THAT. AND COUNCIL, I THINK WE CAN TAKE SOME CREDIT THERE TOO, . SO IT WAS, IT WAS A WONDERFUL, UH, WONDERFUL, UH, NEWS. SO I I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THOSE TWO THINGS. YES, WE HAVE THAT, THAT'S RIGHT. WE HAVE THE BOOK. SO, AND OF [04:20:01] COURSE WE HAD LOTS OF PARA AND ANYONE ELSE PROBABLY CAN TALK ABOUT THE OTHER PARENT AND OTHER THINGS. THANK YOU, SIR. MR. DORIAN, UH, THANK, THANK Y'ALL FOR MENTIONING THOSE THINGS. IT WAS A REALLY BUSY WEEK OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS, BUT I'LL JUST MENTION ONE. UH, THAT WAS THE MISS AMERICA AND THE MISS TEEN NIGHT, WHICH WAS REALLY NICE. MISS TEXAS, MISS TEXAS, I'M SORRY, MISS TEXAS. THANK YOU. MAYBE SHE'LL BE, MAYBE SHE'LL, MAYBE SHE WILL BE. I THINK SHE DECIDED THAT SHE IS GONNA MOVE THAT DIRECTION. BUT ANYWAY, YES, THANK YOU, MISS TEXAS. AND, UM, MISS TEEN. AND THEY ALSO JOINED US AT THE 4TH OF JULY EVENT, UM, WHICH WAS VERY NICE. SO ANYWAY, I GOT A CHANCE TO TALK WITH HER FOR A WHILE, AND SHE'S A REALLY NICE GIRL. SHE'S GOT A LOT, SHE'S GOT A, UH, UH, A GOOD LIFE AHEAD OF HER. SO ANYWAY, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. THANKS. THANK YOU MR. BARRIOS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, ON MONDAY THE 26TH, MYSELF AND A COUPLE OF CITY STAFF, UM, I BELIEVE, UH, OUR, UH, CITY MANAGER AND ONE OF OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS, CHARLES WAS ON THE CALL. WE, IT'S THE ESPANZA TASK FORCE, WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS. AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO SPRING VALLEY, UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE, AND WE, WE CONTINUE THOSE EFFORTS, UM, PRIOR, UM, COUNTS, UH, MAYOR PROAM, UH, DEPUY WAS, UM, WAS HELPING WITH THAT. AND, UM, I, I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT WORK WITH THE CITY AND WITH, OF COURSE, WITH THE SUPPORT AND INVOLVEMENT OF OUR CITY STAFF AS WE WORK TOWARDS BUILDING THAT PARTNERSHIP ALONG THE SPRING VALLEY CORRIDOR. UM, LAST WEEK I HAD THE HONOR OF, UH, TOURING THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, UH, OF RICHARDSON, WHICH IS RIGHT ALONG THE BELTLINE. IN ALL HONESTY, I WAS A CLUB KID AS A, AS A CHILD GROWING UP IN, IN BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS. I ATTENDED THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB FOR A WHILE. AND, UM, WHILE I HAD PASSED THAT LOCATION MANY TIMES I'D NEVER BEEN IN THERE. AND, UM, I SCHEDULED A MEETING AND, UH, HAD THE HONOR OF MEETING MR. MORRIS, WHO'S THE DIRECTOR THERE, AND, UH, LEARNING ABOUT, UM, THE SUMMER CAMPS THEY DO, AND, UH, THE INVOLVEMENT IN THE PEOPLE THEY BRING FROM ALL OVER RICHARDSON. AND SO IT WAS REALLY NEAT TO SEE THE POSITIVE CHANGE HAPPENING IN, UH, YOUNG PEOPLE'S LIVES THROUGHOUT RICHARDSON, THROUGH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. NO MORE SHARING. I WILL, UM, GO ON. IT'S A LITTLE LATE. I WILL NOT SHARE. SO I'M GONNA, I'VE BEEN TO MANY THINGS. OKAY. . [EXECUTIVE SESSION ] UM, AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL WILL NOW CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 10:34 PM IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 5 51 0.087 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, NEGOTIATIONS, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND WEST BELTLINE ROAD SLASH US 75 AREA. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY CONTRARY TO SOME OF THE BELIEFS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH NRA. OKAY? SO WE ARE NOT GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.