Aug 28, 2023 City Council

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GOOD EVENING.

AT THIS TIME, I'D

[CALL TO ORDER]

PLEASE STAND.

THANK YOU.

PLEASE, UH, PRAY WITH ME AS YOU'RE COMFORTABLE.

UH, TONIGHT, THE SERENITY PRAYER.

GOD, GRANT ME THE SERENITY TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE, THE WISDOM TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN, THE STRENGTH TO DO THE CHANGE, THE THINGS I CAN, AND THE WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.

AMEN.

AND NOW THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.

FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES, AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL TEXAS FLAG, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD AND INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU, MS. JUSTICE.

AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE

[3. MINUTES OF THE JULY 10, 2023, JULY 17, 2023, JULY 24-25, 2023 (BUDGET WORKSHOP), JULY 31, 2023, AUGUST 7, 2023, AUGUST 14, 2023, AND AUGUST 21, 2023 MEETINGS]

JULY 24, 20 FIFTH.

JULY 31ST, AUGUST 7TH, AUGUST 14TH, AND AUGUST 21ST.

COULD I GET SOMEONE, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION? MR. HUTCHIN? WRITER? MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PUBLISHED.

THANK YOU.

COULD I HAVE A SECOND, MR. BARRIOS? I'LL SECOND.

THANK YOU.

ALL IN FAVOR, SHOW OF YOUR RIGHT HANDS.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

AT THIS TIME WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR,

[4. VISITORS/ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS]

MR. MAGNA, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF, UM, CARDS THAT WERE, UH, UH, SUBMITTED IN ADVANCE, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.

WE'LL ADDRESS THOSE AT THAT TIME.

AT THIS TIME, I'LL JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UH, MS. KELLY MCGARRY OF 1911 NORTH WATERVIEW HAS PROVIDED THE COUNCIL WITH, UH, COMMENTS REGARDING TRANSCRIBING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.

UH, SURE.

MS. UH, MCGARRY THAT THOSE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND, UM, I'LL LOOK OVER TO OUR CITY SECRETARY TO SEE IF WE HAVE ANY VISITORS ON, UH, NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, NO, WE HAVE NO VISITORS.

WE HAVE ONE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE TO

[5. PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FY 2023-2024 PROPOSED BUDGET. Citizens wishing to address the City Council can submit comments electronically by 5:00 p.m. by utilizing the Public Comment Card found here: www.cor.net/PublicCommentForm.]

2024 PROPOSED BUDGET.

MR. MAGNER SUMMARY, PLEASE.

UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, AS HAS BEEN THE CASE, UH, UH, LAST WEEK AND, UH, THE, THE, UH, AUGUST 15TH WHEN WE PRESENTED THE BUDGET, UH, FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU SEE HERE WE'RE REALLY CONCLUDING THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR, UH, YOUR INPUT AND SUGGESTIONS, UH, THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, AS WELL AS THE COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED, UH, AND THAT I'LL ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, SUBSEQUENTLY TONIGHT.

UM, AGAIN, THE KEY ECONOMIC, UH, FACTORS THAT WE HAVE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION HERE IS, UH, UH, THE HIGHEST INTEREST RATES THAT WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING HERE IN OVER 22 YEARS.

UM, AND, UH, THE IMPACTS THAT THAT'S, UH, HAD ON OUR INFLATIONARY PRESSURES LOCALLY.

UM, ALWAYS MINDFUL OF CONSUMER BEHAVIOR AND THE IMPACT THAT THAT HAS ON, UH, POTENTIAL SALES TAX, UH, REVENUE FOR US.

UM, UH, THE INFLATIONARY PRESSURES NOT JUST ON ON LARGE PROJECTS, BUT THINGS THAT WE USE EACH AND EVERY DAY.

WE'VE SHARED EXAMPLES, UH, IN DATING BACK TO THE, UH, DEEP DIVES IN WORKSHOP WHERE WE'RE SEEING AS MUCH AS 30%, UH, INCREASES YEAR OVER YEAR ON, UH, EQUIPMENT, UH, TOOLS, SUPPLIES THAT WE USE DAILY, UH, TO DELIVER ON OUR CORE SERVICES.

UH, WHILE THE, THE SUPPLY CHAIN, UH, ISSUES GLOBALLY ARE IMPROVING, UH, THERE IS STILL SOME LINGERING EFFECT AND THAT DOES, UH, IMPACT US LOCALLY HERE.

BUT, AND THEN OF COURSE, IMPORTANTLY, UH, THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF OUR MOST VALUABLE ASSET, WHICH ARE THE, THE, THE PEOPLE THAT WORK HERE EACH AND EVERY DAY.

UH, THOSE DRIVERS HAVE LED TO, UH, THREE AREAS, UH, FOCUS FOR THIS BUDGET.

THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.

WE'VE TALKED IN DETAIL, UH, NUMEROUS TIMES ABOUT HOW COMPETITIVE THE NORTH TEXAS JOB MARKET IN THAT'S RESULTING, UM, IN JUST 91 WORKERS FOR EVERY 100 JOBS HERE IN TEXAS, UH, THAT, UH, UH, UH, EMPLOYERS ARE LOOKING TO FILL.

UH, WE'VE NOT BEEN WITHOUT OUR OWN ISSUES HERE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP RIGHT CHART THERE, YOU'LL SEE CURRENTLY, UH, STILL OVER A ABOUT A HUNDRED POSITIONS SHORT, UH, A HUNDRED VACANCIES.

UH, THESE ARE IN, AND, AND SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT POSITIONS WE HAVE IN ON THE FRONT LINE IN OUR PUBLIC SERVICES.

AND, AND THEN IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, YOU SEE THERE, THE, THE DEPARTMENTS AT THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER WITH THE HIGHEST, UH, VACANCIES.

UH, AND THEN, AND THEN IT IS AN ISSUE OF, UH, RECRUITMENT.

UH, YOU CAN SEE HOW OUR APPLICATION TRAFFIC, UH, UM, HAS REALLY IMPACTED OUR ABILITY TO FILL THESE JOBS, NOTWITHSTANDING MANY, UH, IMPORTANT INITIATIVES

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UH, PARTICULARLY ON THE RECRUITMENT OF THE MOST DIFFICULT TO FILL POSITIONS.

UM, AND WITH YOUR GREAT SUPPORT, UH, THIS BUDGET DOES INCLUDE A SIX UP TO A SIX, UH, PERCENT PAY ADJUSTMENT, UH, BASED ON MERIT, UH, FOR, UH, BOTH SWORN AND PUBLIC, UH, UH, SWORN AND NON-SWORN, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY AND GENERAL EMPLOYEES.

IT ALSO IMPORTANTLY INCLUDES, UH, THE STEPS FOR BOTH, UH, UH, POLICE AND FIRE.

UH, AND AGAIN, UH, THAT'S BASED ON MERIT.

AND THEN, UH, EQUALLY IMPORTANTLY, FOR THOSE, UH, WHO ARE ON THE FRONT LINES, WE'RE, UH, IN INCREASING THE MINIMUM WAGE FOR ANY FULL-TIME CITY OF RICHARDSON EMPLOYEE OR PERMANENT PART-TIME EMPLOYEE TO 1889 AN HOUR OR 65%, UH, 65 CENTS ABOVE THE, UH, CURRENT DALLAS COUNTY LIVING WAGE FOR THE COMING YEAR.

AND SO THAT, THAT STRONG COMPENSATION PLAN, UH, DOES A COUPLE OF REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS FOR US, PARTICULARLY ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY SIDE.

YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT, UH, PRIOR TO THE 6% ON THE RIGHT AFTER, AND REALLY BUILDING IN, UM, SOME CUSHION, IF YOU WILL, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THESE, UH, THESE RATINGS ARE A POINT IN TIME.

IT'S THIS POINT IN TIME, BUT WE ALSO KNOW FROM YEARS PAST EXPERIENCE, UH, THAT OTHER, UH, CITIES WILL BE MAKING THEIR OWN MOVES IN THEIR OWN ADJUSTMENTS.

AND WHAT I BELIEVE THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS DONE EACH OF THE LAST TWO YEARS BY SUPPORTING THE 6% STRATEGY IS BUILT IN RESILIENCY, UH, INTO THESE PAY PLANS FOR POLICE AND FIRE.

AND SO WHEN WE DO MOVE, WE WON'T MOVE AS FAR, AND WE, AND WE CERTAINLY SHOULDN'T FALL OUT, UM, AS FAR AS WE DID, UH, THIS PAST YEAR.

AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, FOR IMPORTANT POSITIONS LIKE POLICE OFFICER, WHICH WE CURRENTLY, UH, HAVE, PROBABLY IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY REALM, THE MOST DIFFICULTY BEING 11 OUT OF 13 OF OUR CITIES, UH, COMPARABLE CITIES, UH, FOR SALARIES.

THE GENERAL EMPLOYEES ALSO IMPROVED GREATLY AS A RESULT OF THIS.

AND SO, UM, WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL THAT THIS WILL, UM, HELP US WITH SOME OF THE RECRUITMENT ISSUES WE HAVE.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, FOR RETENTION, YOUR COMMITMENT TO INCREASE LONGEVITY FOR THE FIRST TIME, UM, I THINK SINCE IT WAS ADOPTED, UH, FROM $4 A MONTH TO $8 A MONTH, AND THEN TAKING OFF, UH, THE CAP, WHICH WILL ALLOW EMPLOYEES OF 25 OR MORE YEARS TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE, UH, ESSENTIALLY $96 ADDITIONALLY A YEAR, BUT IMPORTANT AS THEY ARE KEY INGREDIENTS TO HELP US WITH THIS TRANSITION THAT WE SEE OUR ORGANIZATION GOING THROUGH.

UM, YOU, I'VE SAID IT MANY TIMES TO YOU BEFORE, BUT WITH THE HUNDRED POSITIONS WE HAVE CURRENTLY VACANT, IF WE MAGICALLY FILLED THOSE TODAY, WE'D HAVE ABOUT 240 OF OUR A THOUSAND EMPLOYEES, FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES WITH ONE YEAR OR LESS EXPERIENCE, UM, THESE MORE SENIOR, UH, SENIOR AND SEASONED EMPLOYEES.

IT'S CRITICAL THAT THEY REMAIN ON WITH US AND HELP US GET THROUGH THIS TRANSITIONARY PERIOD.

AND WE'RE THANKFUL FOR YOU FOR SUPPORTING THAT PARTICULAR INITIATIVE.

AND THEN THE ADDITION OF A FLOATING HOLIDAY, UM, BOTH A RECRUITMENT AND A RETENTION STRATEGY, BUT ONE THAT BRINGS US MUCH MORE IN LINE, UM, WITH, UH, WHAT WE SEE HERE IN NORTH TEXAS AND ALLOWS, UH, FOR, UH, OUR EMPLOYEES TO CELEBRATE THE DAY THAT THEY FEEL IS IMPORTANT TO THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES, UH, WITHOUT BEING TOO PRESCRIPTIVE ON THAT, ON THE PUBLIC, UH, SAFETY SIDE.

UM, $6.3 MILLION MORE THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, UH, FOR POLICE AND FIRE.

IMPORTANT INITIATIVES LIKE, UH, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS, UH, FOR OUR POLICE, ADDING THE MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS FOR OUR, OUR FIREFIGHTERS.

UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THE RECLASSIFICATION OF THE LIEUTENANT, UH, TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THAT ONE SEASONED, MORE SEASONED, UH, VETERAN ON EACH OF THE, UH, 12 HOUR SHIFTS.

UH, A NUMBER OF INITIATIVES AROUND, UH, APPLICANT TRACKING, UH, PEER SUPPORT TRAINING, UH, FOR PD ON THE FIRE SIDE, THE ADDITION FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW OF NINE FIREFIGHTERS, THREE TO STAFF, A INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT BLOCKER INITIATIVE, UH, WHERE, UH, THESE VEHICLES WILL BE ABLE TO, UH, CREATE A BARRIER BETWEEN, UM, ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND, UH, THE RESPONSE, UH, THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE OF BOTH POLICE AND FIRE TO PROTECT OUR OWN, BUT ALSO TO PROTECT THOSE THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE THERE TO RESPOND TO ON US 75 AND ON GEORGE BUSH.

AND THEN TWO, UH, OVERTIME REDUCTION INITIATIVES.

UM, ADDING A, AN ADDITIONAL, UH, UH, TWO, UH, FIREFIGHTERS TO EACH, UH, SHIFT TO REDUCE THE MANDATORY OVERTIME THAT WE'VE HAD TO DEPEND ON, UH, TOO, TOO MUCH FOR, UH, TOO, TOO OFTEN FOR TOO LONG.

UM, THESE, BOTH OF THESE INITIATIVES AND THE TWO PART-TIME FIRE INSPECTORS, UH, UH, ANTICIPATED TO REDUCE OVERTIME AND TO ACTUALLY BE COST SAVING TO US, UH, ONCE THEY'RE, UH, FULLY IMPLEMENTED.

I MENTIONED THE PHYSICAL WELLNESS, UH, ASSESSMENTS INCLUDED IN PREVIOUS BUDGETS, UH, BUT ADDING TO THAT, THE MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS CHECKS FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS, UH, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE CAPITAL, UH, UH, UH, INITIATIVES FOR BOTH POLICE AND FIRE HERE.

I WON'T BELABOR THOSE POINTS.

AND THEN, UH, IMPORTANTLY, UPGRADING THE, UH, UH, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER TO, WITH SECURITY CAMERAS THAT ARE MORE CONSISTENT WITH OUR OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY CAMPUSES AND FIRE STATIONS, UH, AND WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR US TO, UH, MAINTAIN, UH, HAVING THAT CONSISTENT, UH, SYSTEM.

ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE SIDE.

EQUALLY EXCITING.

UH, JUST SHY OF $3 MILLION MORE IN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT REINVESTMENT THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

UH, YOU SEE THERE, UM, CONTINUED

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BUT THEN ADDING TO THAT, AN ADDITIONAL 50, DO $50,000 FOR BEING ABLE TO KIND OF EXPAND OUR WALL WASHING AND ENTRY FEATURE.

ADDING ENTRY FEATURES TO THE WASHING TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY SIDE.

UM, JUST TO REMAIN CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR, ADDING $244,000 TO THE BASE BUDGET FOR OUR SIGNS, OUR, UH, MARKINGS, UM, AND, UH, AND, UH, BIKE LANES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

UH, AN ADDITIONAL $100,000, UH, IN OUR STREETS DEPARTMENT FOR ENHANCED CONCRETE.

THIS IS GENERALLY LOCALIZED REPAIR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE DO THROUGH OUR CONTRACTOR, THROUGH OUR STREETS DEPARTMENT.

UH, YOU'LL SEE THE $67 MILLION THERE FOR THE 21 G BOND PROGRAM.

WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT.

AN ADDITIONAL, ALMOST $20 MILLION IN COMBINED DEBT AND CASH FUNDING FOR WATER AND, UH, WASTEWATER.

UH, IMPORTANTLY, CONTINUING TO BUILD ON THE C M O M PROGRAM THAT WE AGREED TO, UM, AS PART, AS A, AS PART OF A LARGER INITIATIVE WITH THE WATER DISTRICT.

AND THEN, UH, WE LAID OUT IN OUR DRAINAGE FEED, EAT THAT FOR YOU, THE ACTION PLAN AND THE WORK PLAN FOR THE COMING YEAR.

UM, THIS IS WHERE, UM, I THINK WE CAN ALL TAKE THE MOST PRIDE IN OUR STREET ANNUAL PAYGO STREET PROGRAM, UH, INCREASING THAT BY $1.1 MILLION, UH, UH, VERSUS LAST YEAR, UH, KEEPING OUR, UM, ALLEY PROGRAM AT ABOUT, UH, JUST SHY OF $2 MILLION PER TOTAL NOW, UH, OF ALMOST, UH, SEVEN POINT, UH, $7 MILLION A YEAR.

PEGO BEING INVESTED IN OUR STREETS AND ALLEYS, AND REALLY STARTING TO SEE, UM, THAT, UH, MAKE A DIFFERENCE, UM, IN BOTH PARKS AND FACILITY.

MAINTENANCES, UH, UH, UH, PEGO INCREASING THAT TO ALMOST $600,000 A YEAR, UH, BOTH, UH, REPRESENTING ALMOST, UH, A LITTLE BIT OVER 20% INCREASES YEAR OVER YEAR.

AND THEN, UH, BECAUSE WE DID DEFER, UM, SOME IMPORTANT PROJECTS THROUGHOUT, UH, THE COVID, UH, UM, PANDEMIC, UH, TIME AND ADDITIONAL $250,000 FOR SPECIAL FACILITY MAINTENANCE INITIATIVES, UH, THAT WILL BE UNDERTAKING THIS YEAR.

UM, THEN ON THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY SIDE, A COUPLE OF KEY INITIATIVES COMING OUT OF THE ADOPTION OF THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

YOU SEE THERE, UM, THE FIVE YEAR CYCLE WITH THIS ADDITIONAL, WITH THESE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR OUR SIGNS AND MARKINGS AND FOR OUR BIKE LANES.

UH, AND, AND I THINK THE EXCITING THING FOR THE COMMUNITY HERE IS THAT THEY WON'T NOTICE THESE THINGS, UH, IN A DETERIORATED OR, OR, OR DILAPIDATED, UH, POSITION BEFORE THEY GET REPLACED.

THIS IS A PROACTIVE FIVE YEAR ROTATION OR ORBIT, IF YOU WILL, THAT'LL KEEP THESE LOOKING FRESH.

UH, STREETLIGHT MAINTENANCE ENHANCEMENTS, UM, OUR, UH, SIGNAL, UH, BUDGET, UH, AS, AS WELL AS THE STREET POLICY.

ALL OF THESE IMPORTANT, UM, UM, ACTION ITEMS COMING OUT OF THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, AND THEN OUR ANNUAL RENEWAL OF EQUIPMENT FOR BOTH, UH, TRANSPORTATION AND, UH, STREETS.

IF YOU ADD UP THOSE KEY INITIATIVES, THOSE, THOSE KEY AREAS OF FOCUS AND YOU ACCOUNT FOR THE REQUIRED, UM, ADDITIONAL $4 MILLION TO MAINTAIN OUR 90 DAYS OF FUND BALANCE, WHICH YOU'RE LEFT WITH, IS, UH, JUST ABOUT $2.3 MILLION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WILL BE, UH, INCLUDED.

SO WHEN WE SAY THAT THIS BUDGET IS, UH, FOCUSED ON AND DEDICATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY, INFRASTRUCTURE AND RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT OF OUR MOST VALUABLE RESOURCES, THAT'S, THAT'S A TRUE STATEMENT.

AND, UH, ALL OF, ALL OF THESE KEY RESOURCES BEING DEDICATED TO THOSE THREE AREAS.

SO THE GENERAL FUND, AND, UM, AND JUST A, A QUICK OVERVIEW, THERE IS, UH, AS $15.4 MILLION MORE REVENUE, UH, YEAR OVER YEAR.

THAT'S A, A, A PROPERTY TAX, UH, INCREASE OF THE CATEGORY OF 7%.

THAT INCLUDES MORE THAN JUST THE CURRENT INCREASES, WHICH ARE 7.3%.

UM, THAT DOES, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY, USE, UH, ABOUT 0.01858 OF THE UNUSED INCREMENT, WHICH, UH, WAS OVER OF, UH, 4 CENTS.

SO USING LESS THAN 50% OF THAT, YOU SEE THERE F UH, FRANCHISE FEES UP 12.1% SALES AND OTHER BUSINESS TAXES UP 11, UH, 0.3% FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

BUT AGAIN, JUST BASING, UM, OUR SALES TAX, UH, PROJECTION IS JUST BASED ON 2% GROWTH OVER, UH, OUR F Y I 23 BASE COLLECTIONS, WHICH IS OUR STANDARD CONSERVATIVE APPROACH TO DOING THAT.

AND THEN ALL OF THE REVENUES THERE, UM, JUST ABOUT 10%.

AND THAT INCLUDES THE FEE CHANGES THAT YOU'LL BE ASKED TO CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON.

SO 85% OF OUR REVENUES ARE, UH, ARE, ARE, ARE, UM, UM, ACHIEVED THROUGH THE PROPERTY TAXES, THE SALES AND BUSINESS TAXES, AND THE FRANCHISE FEES.

THAT'S 85%.

UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLE THIS YEAR, YOU'LL SEE, UH, A, A A 24, UH, JUST JUST OVER 24, UH, BILLION DOLLARS CERTIFIED ROLE.

THAT'S UP NINE POINT, UH, FIVE 9%.

BUT WHEN YOU TAKE IN THE VALUES AND DISPUTE, YOU FACTOR IN THE VALUES AND DISPUTE, AND, UM, YOU DEDUCT THE TIFF INCREMENT, WHICH YOU REALLY ARE LEFT WITH, WAS JUST SHY OF $22 BILLION, A 21.8.

UM, AND THAT'S AVAILABLE OBVIOUSLY, UH, TO THE GENERAL FUND, UH, AND FOR DEBT SERVICE.

AND THAT'S AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 7.33% YEAR OVER YEAR.

AND THAT INCLUDES, UH, APPROXIMATELY 150 OR SO MILLION DOLLARS OF NEW CONSTRUCTION.

UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TAX ROLL IMPACTS, YOU SEE THE AVERAGE HOME VALUE IS THE MARKET VALUE NOW AT, UH, JUST OVER 431,000.

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UH, AGAIN, JUST, UH, RIGHT AT THAT, UH, 30% PROTECTION MARK, UH, THAT IS, UH, ARTICULATED IN YOUR FINANCIAL POLICY.

AND THEN ONE THIRD, UH, ALMOST ONE THIRD OF ALL ACCOUNTS.

NOW, UH, ACHIEVING THAT, UH, TAX EXEMPTION JUST SHY OF ONE THIRD AT 31.28%.

UM, OUR RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL VALUE SPLIT NOT CHANGING MUCH, UH, FROM THE PRIOR YEAR STILL, UH, 59.13%, COMMERCIAL 40.87 RESIDENTIAL.

AND THEN THE TAX ON THE CHANGE TAXABLE ROLE CHANGE, UH, YOU SEE RESIDENTIAL, UM, UH, AT 11.89, COMMERCIAL AT 4.57, BUT B P P UP ALMOST TO, UH, 17, UH, OVER 17.5% AT 17 6 4.

UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND, AND WE HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE LAST WEEK WHERE WE WENT THROUGH THIS IN MUCH MORE DETAIL.

UH, THE CURRENT TAX RATE OF 0.56095 IS WHAT THIS BUDGET IS PREDICATED ON, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL BE ASKED TO ADOPT.

UH, THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE WAS DOWN AT ABOUT, UH, ABOUT, UH, THE 0.50 NUMBER.

UH, THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE WITH THE INCREMENT WAS ALMOST, UH, AT, WAS THE, THE, UH, 0.5 NUMBER.

UH, SO, UH, WHILE, WHILE THIS IS, UH, THIS 56 0 9 5 IS, UH, HIGHER THAN THE, UH, VOTER APPROVAL RATE WITHOUT THE INCREMENT, IT'S, UH, UH, UH, THE BETTER PART OF 3 CENTS LESS, ALMOST 3 CENTS LESS THAN THE, UH, VOTER APPROVAL RATE, IF YOU WOULD'VE FACTORED IN ALL THE INCREMENT ON THE EXPENDITURES.

UH, I WON'T SPEND MUCH TIME ON THIS BECAUSE WE TALKED SO MUCH ABOUT THE EXPENDITURES, BUT A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE'LL MENTION IS THE HOME IMPROVEMENT CENTER PROGRAM IS FULLY FUNDED IN THIS, IN THIS PROJECT, WE HAVE IMPORTANT STUDIES LIKE THE ARTS, UH, CULTURAL ARTS, UH, STUDY, AND AN AQUATICS MASTER PLAN UPDATE, UH, STUDY, UH, NEW CULTURAL ARTS POSITION AS A, UH, AS A FULL-TIME POSITION.

FURTHER, UH, SHOWING DEDICATION TO THE ARTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND, UM, AS WE'VE DONE BOTH IN THE, UH, WORKSHOP, IN THE BUDGET PRESENTATION, UH, MANY OTHER, UM, INITIATIVES, UM, THAT ARE RESPONSIVE TO, UH, THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES THAT YOU'VE SET OUT.

75% OF ALL OF THIS REVENUE GOES TO FOUR SIMPLE CATEGORIES, PUBLIC SAFETY, GENERAL GOVERNMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND MOBILITY, AND RECREATION AND LEISURE, I THINK ALL HIGH PRIORITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY.

UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER OPERATING FUNDS, UM, IN THE FILED BUDGET.

UH, PAGES 29 THROUGH 89 REPRESENT THE REMAINING FUNDS, UM, INCLUDING WATER AND SEWER, SOLID WASTE, GOLF, HOTEL, MOTEL, UM, OUR INTERNAL, UH, SERVICE FUNDS, OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, AND OUR CAPITAL FUNDS.

UM, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY ON THE WATER AND SEWER FUND, THERE IS A 3% INCREASE, UH, TO THE CITY'S WATER AND SEWER RATES.

UH, THIS IS TO, UM, ACCOUNT FOR AND BE RESPONSIVE TO, UH, THE 11 OR SO PERCENT INCREASE IN WATER THAT THE WATER DISTRICT SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL BACK WHEN, UH, THEY CAME TO DO THEIR BRIEFING, AS WELL AS ABOUT A 15% ON AVERAGE INCREASE FROM OUR, OUR WASTEWATER PROVIDERS FOR THE TREATMENT, UM, OF OUR WASTEWATER ON THE SOLID WASTE FUND WE'RE, UM, RECOMMENDING.

AND, AND THIS BUDGET IS PREDICATED ON A $1 INCREASE PER MONTH, UH, TO, UM, RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS, BUT IT DOES MAINTAIN THE 26% SENIOR DISCOUNT, AND IT'S A, IT'S PREDICATED ON A 3% COMMERCIAL RATE INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD.

UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE GOLF FUND, AND OF COURSE, COURSE TWO, UH, WILL BE CLOSED FROM JANUARY OF, UH, UH, THROUGH, UH, APPROXIMATELY SEPTEMBER OF 2024.

UM, AND SO THERE IS A, UM, THERE IS A REDUCTION IN THE TOTAL, UM, REVENUE FOR, UH, FOR THIS FUND.

UM, THE, UM, EXPENDITURE IS NOT, UH, AS OFFSET, UH, DUE TO THE FACT THAT MUCH OF COURSE, TOO WILL STILL NEED TO BE MAINTAINED WHILE THE GREENS AND TEE BOXES AND BUNKERS ARE, ARE ADDRESSED.

UM, AND THERE IS A TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO HELP OFFSET THIS, UH, REDUCTION AND ANTICIPATED REVENUE.

BUT THAT WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY, AND IT'LL BE ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY.

UH, IF THAT REDUCTION IN REVENUE ISN'T, UM, ISN'T AS, UH, CONSEQUENTIAL.

UH, THE HOTEL MOTEL FUND IS PROGRAMMED AT $9.3 MILLION.

IT SUPPORTS A, UH, REACTIVATED EISMAN CENTER, A FULLY REACTIVATED EISMAN CENTER, INCLUDING, UH, UH, FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE PRE COVID, A FULLY ACTIVATED, UH, EISMAN CENTER PRESENT SERIES.

UM, WE SPOKE OF THE DRAINAGE FUND, UH, THE, UH, TAXING AND FINANCE, UM, FINANCING FUNDS, UH, SAW ABOUT A 13.6% AV GROWTH.

UM, THAT'S GENERATED ABOUT 14.5 MILLION IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE.

AND THAT IS LARGELY, UH, DEDICATED TO PAYING EXISTING, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, UH, INCLUDING IN, UM, UH, UM, TWO, UH, UM, TIF TWO AND THREE, UM, UH, TO, TO ESSENTIALLY ONE PAYEE THE REMAINDER, UH, UM, BEING FOCUSED ON, UH, SPECIAL PROJECTS LIKE THE BELT AT MAINE, THE OPEN SPACE AND THE DOWNTOWN AREA, AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS TO FURTHER BOTH THE IQ AND THE, UH, CORE DISTRICT MISSIONS.

AND THEN FINALLY, UM,

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UM, THE PROPOSED DEBT ISSUANCE, UH, SERIES 24, UH, YOU SEE THE 67.5 NUMBER, UH, FOR THE 2021 BOND PROGRAM.

YEAR THREE, THERE WAS A $3 MILLION LIBRARY SUPPLEMENT TO, UH, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE ANTICIPATED ON THE CAMPUS ITSELF AS A RESULT OF THE REORIENTATION.

UM, AND, UH, OF, UH, NOW, NOW KNOWN THE REORIENTATION OF, UH, WHERE THE CITY HALL WILL BE LOCATED.

I MENTIONED THE $14.7 MILLION IN WATER AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE.

UH, THE SOLID WASTE EQUIPMENT IS, UH, THE REPLENISHMENT OF OUR, UH, COLLECTION EQUIPMENT AND THEN THE, UH, THE, UH, FIRE EQUIPMENT AT $1.6 MILLION.

SO IF YOU, UH, TAKE ALL THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, AND YOU LOOK DOWN AT THE, THE LAST LINE THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN GRAY THERE, UH, THAT BUDGET FOR F Y 2324 AT, UH, $399 MILLION, AN INCREASE BUDGET TO BUDGET OF ABOUT 12% OR ESTIMATE TO BUDGET OF ABOUT 9.3%.

SO WHAT DOES THIS, UH, MEAN FOR OUR TYPICAL TAXPAYER? UM, ALWAYS VERY MINDFUL OF WHAT, UH, THESE BUDGETS, UH, THE IMPACT THAT THEY HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

ON THE PROPERTY TAX SIDE, IT'S ABOUT, UH, FOR, UM, ABOUT APPROXIMATELY $141, UH, CHANGE, UM, UM, FOR THE, UH, TYPICAL TAXPAYER, UH, $29 AND $14 RESPECTIVELY, UH, INCREASE OF WATER AND SEWER, UH, CHARGES, NO CHANGE IN THE DRAINAGE FEE.

AND THEN ON THE RESIDENTIAL SOLID WAYSIDE, APPROXIMATELY $12 A YEAR.

SO THE TOTAL IMPACT, UH, JUST UNDER $200, UH, TOTAL ANTICIPATED IMPACT, JUST UNDER $200 AT $196, UH, PER YEAR.

UH, MARERE, UH, I, UH, HOPE, HOPEFULLY THAT WASN'T TOO QUICK, BUT WE HAVE, UH, DEFINITELY BEEN THROUGH THIS IN GREAT DETAIL.

UH, THE VIDEO, THE PRIOR PRESENTATIONS ARE ALL AVAILABLE ONLINE AND HAVE BEEN, UH, THROUGHOUT OUR WHOLE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

AND SO, UH, AT THIS TIME, I'LL STAND BY FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR, UM, WE CAN MR. MAGNER, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND TAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.

MR. MAGNER, DO YOU HAVE ANY SUBMITTED CARDS? YES, SIR.

UM, WE RECEIVED A NUMBER OF CARDS IN ADVANCE.

UM, UM, EXCUSE ME, MS. UH, KATHLEEN, BORN OF 1226 NEWMONT DRIVE, UH, SUBMITTED A, UH, A, UH, COMMENT CARD TO YOU ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND TAX RATE.

UH, MR. THOMAS DITTMAN VIA EMAIL, UH, SUBMITTED A, UH, COMMENT OPPOSED TO THE TAX RATE.

UH, AS WE MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, BOTH DALLAS AND COLLIN COUNTY HAVE COUNTY TAX TRANSPARENCY WEBSITES, UH, MR. CHUCK FLETCHER OF 32 33 0 2, FOX CREEK DRIVE, UH, SUBMITTED A COMMENT ON THE COLLIN COLLIN COUNTY SIDE.

AND REMEMBER, THIS IS A SIMPLE YES OR NO AS FAR AS HOW TO VOTE.

AND MR. UH, FLETCHER, UH, REGISTERED, NO.

CARRIE GRUB 5 0 6 SOUTH GROVE ROAD, UH, SUBMITTED A COMMENT ON DALLAS COUNTY, AND THAT IT WAS TO VOTE NO AS WELL.

UM, THAT IS ALL THE CARDS IN ADVANCE OF, UH, 5:00 PM I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY SECRETARY, AMY NEMO FOR SPEAKERS.

SORRY, I'M PUSHING THE WRONG BUTTON.

MICHAEL ROCHESTER.

GOOD.

MY NAME'S MICHAEL ROCHESTER AND I DRIVE AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

MY LAST FIRE DIRECTOR, NO FIRE DEPARTMENTS, WE MADE A LOT OF BOLD DECISIONS.

OH, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

HOPE YOU HEARD EVERYTHING ELSE.

HOPE WE'VE GOT OUR PROTOCOLS AND SOPS JUST LIKE YOU DO, BUT I THINK SOMETIMES WE MAKE SOME BOLD DECISIONS AND, UH, WE CALL THAT DEVIATING FROM THE NORM.

AND, UH, I'VE WATCHED WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE FOR OVER 36 YEARS AND ABOUT RUN OUT OF TIME TO COME HERE AND SAY SOMETHING.

SO, UH, I THINK Y'ALL DID THAT TOO.

I, I'VE WATCHED A WORKSHOP, I WATCHED THE BUDGET.

I'VE DONE IT FOR ALL THAT TIME.

I'VE WORKED AS THE ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT BEFORE.

UM, I SAW MR. MAGNER GIVE YOU THE PRESENTATION IN THE WORKSHOP, AND, UH, THERE WAS A LOT OF CHALLENGE FROM YOU, HIS EXECUTIVE BOARD, TO SAY YOU DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS JUST ENOUGH AND MAYBE DO A LITTLE MORE.

AND, UH, MAN, WAS I PLEASED TO SEE THE TOP LEADER GO, I ACCEPT THAT CHALLENGE.

WELL, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE DO.

AND UH, I JUST WANTED TO STOP BY AND SAY I APPRECIATE IT.

UM, I WON'T

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UM, NOT SO MUCH FOR ME.

I'VE BEEN HELPING YOU OVER 36 YEARS, AND, UM, I'M GONNA LEAVE A LITTLE BIT AFTER SOME OF THESE OTHER TOP JOE.

UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS.

IT'S A BIG DEAL.

UM, I THINK WE GO FREQUENTLY WAY TOO LONG WITHOUT SAYING THANKS.

AND, UH, SOMETIMES THE BOSSES DO SOME THINGS ACTUALLY THAT DESERVE A THANKS MM-HMM.

.

AND SO THAT YOU FOLKS KNOW, THIS BOSS DOES THAT WITH HIS LEADERSHIP TEAM.

AND, UH, IN THE SHORT TIME THAT I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW HIM AT THE TOP, UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S A GIMMICK.

AND, UH, I LOOK FORWARD FOR THESE FOLKS THAT ARE STILL STAYING HERE BEHIND ME.

UM, IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO GO KINDA LATE IN THE GAME, AND YOU GET TO USE THE THINGS THAT JUST GOT SAID, LIKE, THE POINT IN TIME, RIGHT? OR, UM, AN ASSET OR VALUABLE OR PEOPLE, OR ACTUALLY IN THE WORKSHOP, THE WORD HUMAN BEING.

AND, UH, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A NORM.

I THINK I'D LIKE TO THINK I DID THAT AND THINK FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING ON MY TEAM MIGHT FEEL THE SAME WAY.

SO, UM, I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR, UH, GRATITUDE AND THOSE CHALLENGES.

UM, I HOPE YOUR CITIZENRY FEELS THAT THEY'RE GETTING SOME QUALITY SERVICE, UH, UH, AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANKS FOR BEING A DIFFERENCE MAKER.

I HOPE THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN, AND I HOPE THAT'S WHAT IT CONTINUES TO BE OUT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL THE THOUSAND OR SO FOLKS THAT SERVE YOU.

AND, UH, WITH THAT, I'LL LET YOU GET THE BUSINESS, ALL THAT NUMBER CRUNCHING AND LOOK FORWARD TO SOME KIND OF UNANIMOUS APPROVAL OF YOUR ORDINANCE.

4, 4, 6, 8.

THANKS, MUCH THANK, THANK YOU.

AND, UM, I THINK THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU AS WELL.

SO COUNCIL, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT HERE? 36.

36 YEARS.

WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE PART OF OUR TEAM, SIR.

GOOD GIG.

YES, SIR.

ALRIGHT, NO FURTHER CARDS, MAYOR.

NO FURTHER COMMENTS.

GOT ME ALL EXCITED WITH THAT.

UM, , NO MORE COMMENTS.

MAYOR, CAN I MAKE A MOTION? I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

PLEASE JUST TRY TO HELP YOU OUT.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ALL RIGHT, WE GOT A MOTION.

YOU GOT A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.

ALRIGHT, WELL, WE GOT YOU, JOE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT PASSES UNANIMOUS UNANIMOUSLY.

PUBLIC HEARINGS CLOSED.

OKEY DOE.

ALRIGHT, AT

[6. CONSIDER ORDINANCE NO. 4468, APPROVING AND ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2023 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2024.]

MR. BAGER.

GIVE US A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE BUDGET TAX MOTIONS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, UH, MAYOR AND COUNSEL AND, AND, AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.

UH, ITEM NUMBER SIX WILL BE A THREE PART, UH, ITEM.

UH, WE WILL, UH, INITIALLY HAVE A, UH, UH, A VOTE, UH, FOR ALL CITY, UH, TO ON THE, UH, TO APPROVE THE BUDGET ORDINANCE, UH, FOR ALL CITY SERVICES, EXCEPT, EXCUSE ME, SCOREBOARD MAINTENANCE AND, UH, WELLNESS SERVICES, IMMUNIZATIONS, EMPLOYEE SHOTS, AND, AND METHODIST RICHARDSON MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION EVENT SPONSORSHIPS.

UM, SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, MAYOR DUBE, UM, WILL, UM, UM, ABSTAIN ANNOUNCED THAT HE'S GOING TO ABSTAIN.

MAYOR PRO, TE SHAEL WILL TAKE OVER.

UM, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A SECOND VOTE, UH, ON THE BUDGET, UH, FOR SCOREBOARD MAINTENANCE.

SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, MAYOR DEBE WILL RETURN, HE WILL, UM, AGAIN, UM, BE, UH, LEADING THE MEETING, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A THIRD VOTE UNDER ITEM SIX, UH, FOR, UH, THE, FOR A BUDGET, UH, FOR WELLNESS SERVICES, IMMUNIZATIONS, EMPLOYEE SHOTS, ET CETERA.

AND SO, UH, MAYOR DEVY, UH, UH, AS, UH, YOU AND, AND, UH, COUNCILMAN HUTCHIN RIDER, UH, GET TO YOUR, UH, PIECE.

YOU, YOU WILL MAKE YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT AND THEN YOU'LL, UH, JUST EXIT RIGHT OUT THAT DOOR AND THEN WE, UH, WILL COME AND, AND ALLOW YOU TO, UH, LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE ARE DONE WITH THAT PARTICULAR ITEM.

THANK YOU, MR. MAGNER, FOR THE EXPLANATION.

OKAY, CALL FOR A MOTION.

WAIT A MINUTE, THAT'S NOT IT.

WE'RE GONNA CONSIDER NUMBER FOUR, ORDINANCE 4, 4, 6 8, APPROVING AND ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2023, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024.

SO WE GET A MOTION.

ALRIGHT, MR. HUTCHIN, WRITER MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE AND ADOPT A BUDGET WITH ORDINANCE NUMBER 4, 4 6 8 FOR ALL CITY SERVICES, EXCEPT FOR SCOREBOARD, MAINTENANCE, WELLNESS SERVICES, IMMUNIZATIONS, EMPLOYEE SHOTS, AND METHODIST RICHARDSON MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION.

EVENT SPONSORSHIP SLASH ADVERTISING

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MS. JUSTICE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SECOND? SECOND, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL IN FAVOR, SHOW OF YOUR RIGHT HANDS PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

IS THIS WHERE I'M LEAVING RIGHT HERE? YES, MA'AM.

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

DUE TO A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON FILE WITH THE CITY'S SECRETARY, I WILL ABSTAIN FROM THIS DISCUSSION AND VOTE MAYOR PRO TEM SHAM SCHUL WILL CONDUCT THE MEETING WHILE I'M OUT AND I WILL NOW LEAVE THE ROOM.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL JUST WAIT UNTIL MAYOR STEPS OUT OF THE ROOM.

ALRIGHT, WELL, UM, I PROMISE IT IS, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY BRIEF HO, HOPEFULLY.

UH, WELL, I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN THE SECOND MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET.

UH, JUSTICE.

I MOVED TO APPROVE AND ADOPT A BUDGET FOR SCOREBOARD MAINTENANCE FOR THE YEAR OC BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2023 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024.

SO NOW WE HAVE THE MOTION.

NOW SECOND, MR. JOE.

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

I SECOND THE MOTION.

ALRIGHT, WELL WE HAVE A MOTION.

AND SECOND TO APPROVE.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

OKAY, THE MOTION PASSES SIX TWO ZERO WITH MAYOR DOBY ABSTAINING.

NOW, UH, NOW I WILL NOW TURN THE MEETING BACK OVER TO MR. MAYOR DOY.

THANK YOU MAYOR PROTO SAN.

OKAY, MAYOR, DUE TO A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON FILE WITH THE CITY SECRETARY, I WILL ABSTAIN FROM THIS DISCUSSION AND VOTE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALRIGHT.

AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO GET A MOTION.

UM, MR. DORIAN, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I MOVE TO APPROVE AND ADOPT A BUDGET FOR WELLNESS SERVICES, IMMUNIZATION AND EMPLOYEE SHOTS, AND METHODIST RICHARDSON MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION EVENT SPONSORSHIP SLASH ADVERTISING FOR THE YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2023, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024.

OKAY, WE GET A SECOND, MR. BARRIOS, I SECOND THE MOTION.

OKAY, I SHOW OF HANDS.

ALL IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH A SIX OH VOTE WITH MR. HUTCHIN, WRITER ABSTAINING.

OKAY, AT THIS TIME WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER

[7. CONSIDER ORDINANCE NO. 4469, LEVYING THE AD VALOREM TAXES FOR THE YEAR 2023 (FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024) AT A RATE OF $0.56095 PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100) ASSESSED VALUATION ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON AS OF JANUARY 1, 2023.]

CONSIDER ORDINANCE NUMBER 4 4 6 9 LEVYING THE ADD VOL VALERO TAXES FOR THE YEAR 2023, FISCAL YEAR 20 23 24 AT A RATE OF 0.56095 PER $100 ASSESSED VALUATION ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON.

AS OF JANUARY 1ST, 2023.

CAN I GET A MOTION? MR. DORIAN? YOU GOT A MOTION YOUR LIGHT'S ON, SIR? OH, I APOLOGIZE.

OR, ALRIGHT, I MOVE THAT, UH, THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF TAX RATE OF DOLLARS 0.56095, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY 10.86% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE AND ADOPT ORDINANCE.

4, 4, 6 9.

OKAY, WE HAVE A VOTE.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

MR. BARRIOS, I SECOND THE MOTION.

OKAY, WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

OKAY, NUMBER EIGHT, CONSIDER

[8. CONSIDER RATIFYING THE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE REFLECTED IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2023 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2024.]

ALRIGHT, MR. CORCORAN, UH, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

I MOVE TO RATIFY THE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET ADOPTED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2023, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024.

THANK YOU.

GOT A SECOND, MR. HUD RIDER? I WOULD SECOND THAT MOTION.

MAYOR VOTE.

SHOW OF HANDS.

ALL IN FAVOR? THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

OKAY, ITEM NUMBER NINE,

[9. BUDGET CONSENT AGENDA:]

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MR. MAGNER.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, ORDINANCE, UH, NUMBER 44 7 IS, UH, SIMPLY, UH, OPERATIONALIZING THE WATER AND SEWER, UH, INCREASES THAT WE DISCUSSED.

RESOLUTION 2320, THE SAME FOR THE SOLID WASTE, UM, INCREASES.

WE DISCUSSED 2321, UH, BUILDING INSPECTION FEE AND PERMITS, UM, THAT, UH, YOU HAD WERE BRIEFED ON.

AND THEN FINALLY, UH, OR RESOLUTION, UH, 2322, UH, IS ALLOWING FOR, UM, THE, UH, EARLY, UH, PAY OF, UM, SOME, UH, TAX NOTES THAT WE ISSUED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A, UM, A, A DEVELOPMENT, UH, AT THE GAL IN THE GALLATIN AREA.

THIS IS, UH, SIMPLY ALLOWING US TO, UH, UH, DEFEASE THAT SOONER AND, UH, SAVE APPROXIMATELY $150,000 OR SO IN INTEREST BY DOING SO.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR A MOTION THAT NUMBER UNDER NUMBER NINE.

THIS WOULD INCLUDE A AND B.

AND IN UNDER B ONE, TWO AND THREE, COULD I GET A MOTION? MS. JUSTICE? UH, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE BUDGET CONSENT AGENDA AS PUBLISHED AND TO CONGRATULATE MR. MAGNER ON A GREAT BUDGET.

I LOVE IT.

MR. HUTCHIN RIDER.

I WOULD DEFINITELY SECOND THAT MOTION.

OKAY.

WE GOT A MOTION.

AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

CONGRATULATIONS MR. MAGNER.

AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT HAD A PART IN THAT.

THANK YOU.

AWESOME.

I, I THINK WHAT'S SO IMPORTANT IS YOU HEARD AND LOOKED AT THE COUNCIL GOALS, YOUR TACTICS WERE SPOT ON.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND ALL EMPLOYEES COULDN'T BE PRETTY HAPPY ABOUT THIS.

SO I HOPE EVERYONE'S HAPPY AND, UH, WE ARE.

SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD, GOOD MOVE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY.

AT THIS TIME I'M GONNA GO TO ACTION ITEMS.

[10. VARIANCE NO. 23-01, A REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE TO APPENDIX A (COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE) OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON’S CODE OF ORDINANCES: ARTICLE XXII-C, SEC. 22(a) TO WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT TO SCREEN PARKING AREAS FOR RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS FROM THE VIEW OF ADJACENT SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 1620 E. ARAPAHO ROAD, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ARAPAHO ROAD, EAST OF BELL MEADE DRIVE.]

ARTICLE XX ONE 12 DASH C SECTION 22 A TO WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT TO SCREEN PARKING AREAS FOR RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS FROM THE VIEW OF ADJACENT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 1620 EAST ARAPAHOE ROAD ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ARAPAHOE ROAD, EAST OF BEME DRIVE.

MR. MAGNER, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

OUR DIRECTOR OF, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, SAM CHAVEZ HAS JOINED US.

AND SO I'LL TURN THAT OVER TO HIM FOR FURTHER BRIEFING.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

UH, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, THIS MAY BE THE FIRST VARIANCE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS CONSIDERED.

SO I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND BETWEEN A VARIANCE THAT'S CONSIDERED BY CITY COUNCIL AND A VARIANCE THAT'S CONSIDERED BY THE, BY THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.

SO TONIGHT'S VARIANCES, UH, VARIANCES, UH, 23 DASH ZERO ONE AND VARIANCES, UH, 2302 ARE NOT CONSIDERED PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. AND THUS, NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT MANDATED BY STATE LAW.

WHILE VARIANCES CONSIDERED BY THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT REQUIRE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MAIL NOTICES.

SO, VARIANCES THAT YOU'LL BE CONSIDERING TONIGHT, UH, ARE PERMITTED FOR IN THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ZONING ORDINANCE TO SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS SUCH AS PARKING AND SITE DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS WHERE THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND WELFARE WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY SERVED AND THE APPROPRIATE USE OF THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY WILL NOT BE SUBSTANTIALLY INJURED UPON RECOMMENDATION BY THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION AND UL AND ULTIMATELY APPROVAL BY THE CITY COUNCIL, WHILE A VARIANCE OR VARIANCES THAT ARE CONSIDERED BY THE ZONING MORTAR ADJUSTMENT ARE BASED ON PHYSICAL PROPERTY HARDSHIPS.

SO THOSE ARE REALLY THE TWO MAIN DIFFERENCES IN VARIANCES THAT ARE CONSIDERED BY THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND VARIANCES THAT ARE CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, I REALLY LIKE TO LOOK AT VARIANCES THAT ARE CONSIDERED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL AS RELIEF FROM ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS.

AND THERE ARE ONLY REALLY TWO AREAS THAT THOSE VARIANCES OR RELIEF PROVISIONS ARE PROVIDED FOR.

AND THAT IS IN THE PARKING SECTION OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND THE SITE DEVELOPMENT SECTION OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE.

SO LET'S GO ONTO THE FIRST VARIANCE, WHICH IS 23 DASH ZERO ONE.

UH, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A VARIANCE TO ARTICLE 22 C SECTION 22 RELATED TO SCREENING AND OPEN SPACE, UH, SITE DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE, WHICH REQUIRES A RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION LOCATED IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS TO SCREEN PARKING AREAS FROM ADJACENT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS WITH A SIX FOOT WROUGHT IRON FENCE OR MASONRY SCREENING WALL ALONG THE EAST AND SOUTH

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THE PROPERTY ITSELF IS GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF EAST ARAPAHO ROAD, EAST OF, UH, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF EAST ARAPAHO ROAD AND EAST OF NORTH PLANO ROAD.

BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE PROPERTIES AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF EAST ARAPAHO ROAD AND BELLMONT AND BELLMEAD DRIVE THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE.

THAT THAT SPECIFIC SECTION REQUIRES RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS TO SCREEN ALL PARKING AREAS FROM THE VIEW OF ADJACENT SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICTS BY A MASONRY SCREENING WALL, NOT LESS THAN SIX FEET IN HEIGHT OR AS AN ADDITIONAL OPTION, A LIVING SCREEN WITHIN AN EIGHT FOOT WIDE LANDSCAPE BUFFER IN CONJUNCTION WITH A RIGHT IRON FENCE OR VINYL COATED CHAIN LINK FENCE.

IN 2016, THE CITY PLANT COMMISSION APPROVED A LANDSCAPE PLAN FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, WHICH SHOWED THE OPTION THAT WAS CHOSEN BY THE APPLICANT AT THAT TIME, WHICH, WHICH, UH, PROVIDED FOR AN EIGHT FOOT WIDE LANDSCAPE BUFFER, UH, WITH, WITH FOUR FOOT TALL SHRUB ROWS AND A SIX FOOT TALL MASONRY, UH, I'M SORRY, WROUGHT IRON FENCE WITH BRICK PY LASTERS.

SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT THE APPLICANT CHOSE AND THAT WAS APPROVED BACK IN 2016.

HERE YOU SEE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SITE, THE, THE APPROVED DEVELOPMENT PLANS THAT WERE APPROVED IN 2016 WERE NEVER DEVELOPED.

THEREFORE, YOU SEE THE SITE AS IT SITS TODAY, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FROM THE SOUTHWEST CORNER LOOKING EAST ALONG THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE ADJACENCY ISSUE THERE WITH ANY ADDITIONAL PARKING THAT MAY BE PROVIDED ALONG THAT PROPERTY LINE.

AND THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM, UH, THE SOUTHEAST CORNER LOOKING NORTH TOWARD ARAPAHOE ROAD ALONG THE EAST PROPERTY LINE.

SO YOU CAN SEE ALSO THE, THE ADJACENCY ISSUES THERE, UH, AND THE EXISTING, UH, PRIVACY FENCES THAT ARE LOCATED AROUND ALONG THAT AREA.

THIS IS THE PROPOSED VARIANCE EXHIBIT.

IT IS NOT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PLAN OR SITE PLAN FOR THE SITE.

UH, THEY'RE NOT AT THAT STAGE YET IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT OF THE, OF THE PROJECT.

UH, THIS IS PUT IN PLACE IN ORDER TO, TO GIVE US A CONCEPT PLAN TO LOOK AT.

UH, BUT IT DOES SHOW WHAT THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO DO.

NOW WHAT THEY INTEND TO DO IS IN LIEU OF THE VINYL COATED CHAIN LINK FENCE OR A WROUGHT IRON FENCE, THE APPLICANT WILL BE, UH, CONSTRUCTING A AN EIGHT FOOT WIDE LANDSCAPE BUFFER WITH A FOUR FOOT TALL SHRUB ROW ALONG THE EAST AND SOUTH PROPERTY LINES ADJACENT TO THE, UH, PROPOSED NEW, UH, PARKING AREAS FOR THE SITE.

AS PART OF HIS DUE DILIGENCE, THE APPLICANT, UH, REACHED OUT TO THE, TO ABOUT 14 ADJACENT, UH, HOMEOWNERS HAD THEIR NEIGHBORS.

AND OUT OF THE 14, THEY, THEY DID RECEIVE A SIGNED PETITION, UH, FROM 12 OF THOSE 14 NEIGHBORS, UH, SEEING NO, NO ISSUE WITH THE LACK OF A, OF A SCREENING OF A PHYSICAL SCREENING ELEMENT OTHER THAN THE REQUIRED LANDSCAPE BUFFER AND THE, UH, THE SHRUB ROPE.

YOU DO HAVE A COPY OF THAT PETITION IN YOUR PACKET.

I APOLOGIZE FOR THE POOR QUALITY OF THAT, THAT PETITION, BUT THAT WAS THE BEST WE COULD GET IT AT THIS POINT.

SO IN SUMMARY, THE APPLICANT SEEKS RELIEF, AND I'M GONNA USE THAT TERM RELIEF AGAIN.

UH, FROM THE REQUIREMENT TO SCREEN PARKING AREAS FOR RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS FROM ADJACENT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS WITH A SIX FOOT, UH, WITH A SIX FOOT WROUGHT IRON FENCE OR MASONRY WALL ALONG THE EAST AND SOUTH PROPERTY LINE, THE APPLICANT DOES INTEND TO COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENTS TO PROVIDE AN EIGHT FOOT WIDE LANDSCAPE BUFFER AND A FOUR FOOT HIGH EVERGREEN SHRUB ROW ALONG THE SOUTH AND EAST PROPERTY LINES.

OTHER THAN THE PETITION, UH, IN FAVOR OF THE SUBJECT REQUEST IN YOUR PACKET, NO OTHER CORRESPONDENCE HAS BEEN RECEIVED TO DATE ON AUGUST 1ST OF THIS YEAR.

THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST ON A VOTE OF SIX TO ZERO, AND, UH, I KNOW THE APPLICANTS ARE HERE TONIGHT IF YOU, IF YOU CHOOSE TO, UH, ASK THEM ANY QUESTIONS.

AND OF COURSE, UH, I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU.

COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAM? OKAY, SEE YOU.

NONE.

HAVE THE APPLICANT COME UP? ANYBODY WANT TO? THEY DON'T HAVE TO.

YEP.

IF, IF, UH, MAYOR, IF YOU THINK YOU OR THE COUNCIL HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT, I THINK THEY'RE WILLING TO ENTERTAIN THOSE, BUT IF NOT, THEN THAT'S FINE AS WELL.

WELL, BEFORE SAM, BEFORE YOU SIT DOWN, I'LL HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU.

YES, SIR.

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SO THERE IS THAT CODE COMPLIANCE, UH, PORTION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE.

OKAY.

NOW APPLICANT'S AWARE OF THAT? YES, SIR.

IS OKAY.

THANK YOU.

UH, MR. MAYOR? YES.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION? PLEASE? PLEASE DO.