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[CALL TO ORDER]
I CALL THIS MEETING OF THE CHARON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM VISITOR[A. VISITORS/ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS]
AND PUBLIC COMMENTS CARD.MR. NER, UH, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF, UH, CARDS SUBMITTED, UH, IN ADVANCE OF THE 5:00 PM DEADLINE, SO I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE BEFORE I READ, UH, THE, UH, VISITOR INSTRUCTION.
UM, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND READ ALL OF THESE 'CAUSE I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHO IS HERE, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET 'EM ALL.
MS. CARLA SULLIVAN OF 9 26 EAST BERKELEY DRIVE.
UH, SUBMITTED A COMMENT CARD ON THE, UH, TOPIC WAS, UH, SHORT-TERM REYNOLDS, MR. UH, GALE WILLIAMS OF 9 21 EAST BERKELEY DRIVE.
MS. CHERIE FLEIN, NINE 18 EAST BERKELEY DRIVE.
PHIL AND JENNIFER BALL, 9 23 BERKELEY PLACE.
THE TOPIC WAS SHORT-TERM RENTALS, MELISSA CAMPBELL OF 9 31 EAST BERKELEY PLACE.
UH, THE TOPIC WAS SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
DANELLE ESTRADA, NINE 13 EAST BERKELEY DRIVE, THE SAME TOPIC.
AND FINALLY, MS. MARY BETH HAWKS, 9 22 EAST BERKELEY DRIVE.
AND THE TOPIC WAS SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
UH, BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY SECRETARY TO CALL THOSE THAT ARE IN, UH, ATTENDANCE, LEMME JUST READ THIS, UH, QUICKLY.
UH, 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, UH, FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, ALL SPEAKERS SHOULD COMPLETE A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD AND SUBMIT IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED.
SPEAKERS SHOULD STEP TO THE PODIUM AND STATE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES AS INDICATED BY THE TIMERS.
SPEAKERS SHOULD REMAIN AT THE PODIUM DURING THEIR COMMENTS.
IF THE SPEAKER HAS HANDOUTS FOR THE COUNCIL, THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE CITY SECRETARY FOR DISTRIBUTION.
THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT PROHIBITS THE COUNCIL FROM DISCUSSING OR TAKING ACTION ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA.
THE MAYOR OR CITY MANAGER MAY RESPOND WITH FACTS, A POLICY OR DIRECT CITY STAFF TO RESPOND TO THE SPEAKER AFTER THE MEETING.
AT THIS TIME, I'D ALSO LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE TO SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONES, UH, DURING THE DURATION OF THE MEETING.
UH, MS. EMER, MAYOR, WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS THAT HAVE INDICATED THEY'RE SPEAKING TONIGHT.
CARLA SULLIVAN IS THE FIRST ONE.
HELLO, I'M CARLOS SULLIVAN AT 9 2 6 EAST BERKELEY DRIVE.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO STAND UP HERE THIS EVENING TO DISCUSS AN ISSUE I FEEL IS SO IMPORTANT FOR THE CITIZENS.
I'M HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF SEVERAL OF MY CONCERNED NEIGHBORS, SOME OF WHOM ARE HERE TONIGHT, AND URGING THE CITY OF RICHARDSON TO BAN ALL SHORT-TERM RENTALS SUCH AS AIRBNB AND VRBO AND SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.
MY NAME IS CARLA SULLIVAN, AND MY HUSBAND AND I ARE NINE YEAR RESIDENTS AND HOMEOWNERS IN THE COLLEGE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE BONDED WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AFTER OUR TORNADO WENT THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN 2019.
WE SPENT WEEKS AFTERWARD CLEANING UP DEBRIS AND GETTING TO KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS.
SINCE THIS INCIDENT, I DEVELOPED A GREATER FONDNESS FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD AND FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN CONNECTED COMMUNITIES SUPPORT AND LOOK AFTER EACH OTHER.
THIS IS THE DYNAMIC ON MY STREET.
I'M AWARE THE CITY OF RICHARDSON HAS A LOOSE SHORT-TERM RENTAL REGULATIONS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THE CITY IS UNDER THE ERRONEOUS IMPRESSION THAT WE CANNOT PROHIBIT REZONED SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
RIGHT NOW, THE CITY ONLY REQUIRES ANNUAL REGISTRATION BY PAYING A FEE AND PROVIDING NAMES, ADDRESSES, EMAILS, AND PHONE NUMBERS OF BOTH THE HOMEOWNER AND A LOCAL EMERGENCY CONTACT.
THEY ALSO REQUIRE THE EMERGENCY CONTACT TO RESPOND ONSITE WITHIN A ONE HOUR OF COMPLAINT BEING MADE AND REQUIRE POSTING INFORMATION INSIDE THE RESIDENCE ABOUT CODE OF CONDUCT, CITY ORDINANCES, AND THE LAYOUT OF THE RESIDENCE, SHOWING THE LOCATION OF EXITS AND FIRE EXTINGUISHERS.
I BELIEVE THIS IS ALL GOOD AND WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE AT A HOTEL, BUT I DO NOT FOR A SECOND, THINK THAT THIS WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM RESIDENTS HAVE WITH SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
LET ME BRIEFLY SHARE WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS DIRECTLY NORTH AND SOUTH OF US RECENTLY ACCOMPLISHED.
CITIZENS IN DALLAS FINALLY SUCCEEDED IN PERSUADING THEIR CITY COUNCIL TO PASS AN ORDINANCE, EXCLUDING SHORT-TERM RENTALS FROM ALL SINGLE FAMILY ZONE NEIGHBORHOODS.
NEW SHORT-TERM RENTALS HAVE BEEN BANNED, AND THEY'RE WORKING ON REGULATING EXISTING ONES.
I BELIEVE THIS IS GOING TO OPEN A DOOR FOR SHORT-TERM HOMEOWNERS AND INVESTORS TO ESTABLISH THEIR BUSINESS IN RICHARDSON SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.
AN INVESTOR IS RENOVATING A HOME DIRECTLY NEXT DOOR TO ME, WHICH WILL SOON BECOME AN AIRBNB.
THIS IS A FIVE BEDROOM, THREE BATHROOM HOUSE WITH A POOL AND PLENTY OF OUTDOOR SPACE IN THE BACKYARD FOR ENTERTAINING.
HERE ARE SOME OF MY CONCERNS THAT I AND MANY OF MY STREET HAVE.
DISRUPTIVE NEIGHBORS, STRANGERS, RUMMING THE STREETS AT ALL HOURS, CLOGGED PARKING, PROPERTY DAMAGE, AND SAFETY.
LET ME CLOSE THIS STATEMENT WITH AN ANECDOTE FROM A FAMILY MEMBER WHO WAS DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY AN AIRBNB IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AS I SHARE THIS STORY, IMAGINE
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HOW YOU WOULD FEEL KNOWING THAT THIS ACTIVITY IS HAPPENING IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, OR WORSE YET, RIGHT NEXT DOOR ON THE STREET.IN MY PARENTS' NEIGHBORHOOD IN PLANO, A YOUNG LADY WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN THE ALLEYWAY, THE SITE OF AN AIRBNB PARTY.
THEIR NEIGHBOR'S PARKED CAR WAS RUN INTO AND HIT SO HARD THAT IT ENDED UP PARTIALLY IN THEIR OWN FRONT YARD.
THE FRONT LAWN OF THE AIRBNB WAS ALWAYS TRASHED, ESPECIALLY AFTER A WEEKEND OF NONSTOP PARTYING.
BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET WERE LOADED WITH PARKED CARS THAT YOU COULD ONLY, THAT YOU COULD HARDLY PASS THROUGH WITH YOUR OWN CAR.
ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION, SINCE MAY, 2019, THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 250 REPORTED SHOOTINGS IN AIRBNB HOMES IN THE US, AND MANY MORE HAVE GONE UNREPORTED.
AND AIRBNB SPENDS $50 MILLION ANNUALLY TO KEEP BAD NEWS OUT OF THE PRESS.
AND A TYPICAL SHORT TERM RENTAL BRINGS IN FOUR TO 500 STRANGERS TO A NEIGHBORHOOD WITHIN A SIX MONTH PERIOD.
FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO JUST SEARCH THE INTERNET FOR AIRBNB HORROR STORIES.
HERE ARE A FEW, JUST WITHIN A, UM, A FEW MINUTES OF OUR METROPLEX, DALLAS POLICE OFFICERS MAKE AN ARREST IN A BROTHEL OPERATING IN PLANO NEIGHBORHOOD AND BUST A SEX TRAFFICKING GREEN AT A SHORT-TERM RENTAL IN DALLAS GUNFIRE.
DURING A PARTY AT A SHORT-TERM RENTAL, DEADLY WEEKEND, DALLAS SHOOTING HAPPENED AT A SHORT-TERM RENTAL.
WHY SHOULD WE PERMIT OPPORTUNITIES FOR CRIME AND CREATE MORE WORK FOR THE RICHARDSON POLICE? HOW DOES THIS BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY? HOW IS AN AIRBNB OWNER INVESTED IN MAKING THE COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE? THESE ARE QUESTIONS I HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER ANSWERING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU ENACT A BAN ON ALL SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
GAIL WILLIAMS. GAIL WILLIAMS. I'LL JUST DITCH WHAT SHE SAID.
I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS HOUSE, AND I JUST WANTED MY VOICE.
MS. WILLIAMS, WOULD YOU PLEASE, IF YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ANY COMMENTS, WOULD YOU PLEASE, UH, MAKE 'EM AT THE PODIUM? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME.
WE JUST NEED TO GET IT ON RECORDING.
CARLOS STATED EVERYTHING BEAUTIFULLY AND SAID ANYTHING THAT PLEASE, I WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE ADDED.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR I AM GAIL LIGHTFOOT WILLIAMS. I LIVE AT 9 21 EAST BERKELEY DRIVE IN RICHARDSON.
UH, I JUST WANTED MY PRESENCE.
I WANTED MY VOICE TO BE HEARD WITH THIS.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME, AND CARLA STATED EVERYTHING BEAUTIFULLY.
SO I'M SORRY THAT I MIGHT'VE ADDED A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA TIME TO THIS.
SO WERE YOU FLESHING? HI, I'M SHARIF RIN AT NINE 18 EAST BERKELEY DRIVE.
RICHARDSON, UH, I'M NOT A GOOD SPEAKER, SO I'LL READ THIS AS WELL AS I CAN.
UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT ALREADY KNOW, THE HOUSE AT 9 28 EAST BERKELEY IN COLLEGE PARK HAS RECENTLY BEEN BOUGHT BY AN INVESTOR WHO LIVES IN SALINA, TEXAS, WHO PLANS TO MAKE IT INTO A SHORT-TERM RENTAL.
SINCE RICHARDSON IS NOT A VACATION DESTINATION FOR MOM AND DAD AND THE KIDS, THIS MEANS IT WILL BE A PARTY HOUSE OR WORSE.
AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? LOUD MUSIC UNTIL THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING FIGHTS DRUNKS THE STREET LINED BUMPER TO BUMPER WITH CARS, AND AFTER THE PARTY, EMPTY ALCOHOL BOTTLES AND CANS AND SOLO CUPS AND OTHER TRASH ALL OVER THE STREET AND THE NEIGHBOR'S YARDS.
AND IT WON'T STOP WITH JUST THIS ONE HOUSE BECAUSE IT WILL DRIVE THE DECENT QUIET HOMEOWNERS TO MOVE.
AND MORE INVESTOR INVESTORS WILL BUY THESE HOUSES AND THE SITUATION KEEPS GETTING WORSE.
LIKE A CANCER THAT JUST KEEPS GROWING AND SPREADING THE TIME TO STOP IT IS NOW WITH SOME LAWS OR ORDINANCES PROHIBITING SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING ZONES, PLANO AND DALLAS HAVE ALREADY HAD TO PROHIBIT SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE THEIR SITUATIONS GOT SO BAD.
HOW BAD MIGHT IT GET? YOU MAY ASK.
ONE OF THE SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN PLANO WAS BEING USED AS A BROTHEL.
ANOTHER PLANO SHORT-TERM RENTAL HAD A PARTY WHICH TURNED VIOLENT AND ENDED IN A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING WITH BULLET DAMAGE TO NEIGHBORING HOUSES.
ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING BAD THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE CAN HAPPEN IN SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
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WOULD PROBABLY NOT WANT TO LIVE NEXT TO A HOTEL.BUT HAVING A SHORT-TERM RENTAL NEAR YOUR, NEAR YOUR HOME IS WORSE THAN HAVING A HOTEL THERE.
BECAUSE HOTELS HAVE MANAGERS AND OTHER EMPLOYEES ON SITE TO HANDLE BAD GUESTS AND HOTELS HAVE PARKING LOTS FOR THEIR GUESTS.
UNLIKE THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL PEOPLE WHO PARK ALL OVER THE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS AND HAVE NO ONSITE MANAGEMENT TO KEEP THINGS UNDER CONTROL, OUR ONLY OPTION WILL BE TO CALL THE RICHARDSON POLICE WHEN THINGS GET OUT OF HAND.
AND WOULDN'T THE POLICE RESOURCES BE BETTER UTILIZED TO RESPOND TO MORE VIOLENT CRIMES LIKE ROBBERIES, MURDERS, ASSAULTS, ET CETERA? BUT WE NEIGHBORS WILL HAVE NO ONE TO CALL.
BUT THE POLICE, WHEN THE PROBLEMS BREAK OUT AT THE SHORT TERM RENTAL, THE SHORT TERM RENTALS ARE INCREASING EXPONENTIALLY WHERE THERE ARE NO LAWS TO STOP THEM.
THEY ARE DESTROYING NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THE OWNER INVESTORS DON'T LIVE HERE AND THEY DON'T CARE.
IT'S JUST A SOURCE OF INCOME TO THEM, BUT IT WILL DESTROY OUR PEACE AND QUIET AND PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
JUST DO A GOOGLE SEARCH FOR SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN YOUR ZIP CODE, AND YOU WILL SEE HOW MANY ARE ALREADY IN OPERATION IN RICHARDSON.
I DID A SEARCH JUST FOR 7 5 0 8 1 AND WAS DISAPPOINTED TO FIND MANY MORE SHORT-TERM RENTALS THAN I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED.
PLEASE, FOLKS, LET'S PUT A STOP TO THE SHORT-TERM RENTALS NOW, BECAUSE THE SITUATION IS ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE, YOU MAY NOT FEEL CONCERNED BECAUSE THERE ARE NO, THERE ARE NONE ON YOUR STREET NOW, BUT THERE WILL BE.
DON'T THINK THIS WON'T HAPPEN HERE IN RICHARDSON.
THESE PROBLEM, SHORT-TERM RENTALS ARE PROBABLY IN A BAD AREA OF PLANO.
NO, THE BROTHEL WAS LOCATED IN A VERY NICE HOUSE ON LAS PALMAS DRIVE IN PLANO, WHICH LOOKS REMARKABLY SIMILAR TO COLLEGE PARK IN RICHARDSON.
PLEASE DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.
YOU WILL SEE HOW BAD THINGS CAN AND WILL GET WHEN SHORT-TERM RENTALS COME INTO YOUR NICE, QUIET, SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M SURE THE INVESTORS WHO OWN THE SHORT-TERM RENTALS FEEL THAT SENSE.
THEY'RE, THEY, IT'S, THEY OWN THE PROPERTY THEY CAN DO AS THEY PLEASE WITH IT, BUT THEIR GREED WILL DESTROY THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THESE PROPERTIES ARE LOCATED.
IF WE DON'T GET SOME KIND OF LAWS PASSED TO PROHIBIT IT.
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE CITY GOVERNMENT, SO PLEASE, THOSE OF YOU WHO DO, PARTICULARLY OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, LET'S DO WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE TO STOP THESE SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
WE CANNOT ALL AFFORD TO MOVE TO EXCLUSIVE GATED COMMUNITIES OF MILLION DOLLAR PLUS HOUSES WITH HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS AND COVENANTS TO KEEP THE SHORT-TERM RENTALS OUT.
WE ARE JUST AVERAGE WORKING PEOPLE AND SOME RETIREES TRYING TO LIVE OUT OUR GOLDEN YEARS AND PEACE AND SAFETY.
WE DEPEND ON THE CITY LAWS AND ORDINANCES TO KEEP RICHARDSON A NICE PLACE TO LIVE FOR ALL ITS RESIDENTS.
PLEASE HELP AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
[B. PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION FOR GICELA ALEMAN]
NOW, ITEM NUMBER B, PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION FOR SILA HEIN.MR. MAGNER, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.
UH, LET ME JUST, UH, FIRST ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, OBVIOUSLY, UH, THAT, UH, MAYOR DUBBY IS, UH, WAS UNABLE TO, UH, ATTEND THE MEETING TONIGHT.
UH, HE HAD A FAMILY EMERGENCY THAT, UH, REQUIRED HIS ATTENTION.
SO I KNOW WE ALL KEEP, UH, THE MAYOR AND HIS FAMILY AND OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AS THEY WORK THROUGH THAT DIFFICULT ISSUE.
UM, AS A RESULT, UH, AS I TALKED TO THE MAYOR WHEN HE WAS, UH, DELIVERING THAT MESSAGE TO ME AROUND FOUR 30 OR SO, HE ASKED THAT, UH, ON HIS BEHALF THAT I GO AHEAD AND PR UH, READ THE PROCLAMATION AND THEN, UM, AND, UH, THEN THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, UH, SHARE SOME THOUGHTS AND, AND FEEDBACK AND THEN WE'LL TAKE THE, UH, PICTURE.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, LET ME, UH, LET ME GO AHEAD AND MAKE MY WAY TO THE PODIUM AND, UH, I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE IN A WHILE.
AND, AND THEN AFTER VISITING WITH THE MAYOR, UH, REALLY SET THE, UH, THE EVENING IN, IN MOTION.
UH, MS. SOLOMON, WOULD YOU JOIN ME AT THE PODIUM? AND, UH, WELCOME TO ALL OF YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT THEY CAN, THEY COULD JOIN YOU TONIGHT.
UM, SO, UH, IT'S MY, UH, MY HONOR TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU ON BEHALF OF, UH, MAYOR DUBY AND THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO WHEREAS ON MAY 6TH, 2023, TRAGEDY STRUCK AT THE
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ISLAND OUTLET MALL WHEN A GUNMAN OPENED, FIRED OPEN FIRE ON INNOCENT AND UNSUSPECTING STORE PERSONNEL AND PATRONS CHANGING LIVES FOREVER.AS NINE LIVES WERE LOST AND SEVEN PEOPLE WERE INJURED, AND WHEREAS OUT OF OUT FOR A BIT OF SHOPPING WITH HER DAUGHTER, GLIA ALMAN UNKNOWINGLY ARRIVED AT THE MALL SHORTLY AFTER THE DEVASTATING CHAOS HAD ENDED.
AND WHEREAS RECOGNIZING THE SEVERITY OF THE SITUATION, MS. ALMAN WOULD USE HER SKILLS AS A NURSE TO SAVE THE LIFE OF ANOTHER SHOPPER, PRETTY PATEL, WHO WAS STRUCK IN THE BACK BY A BULLET WHILE SHOPPING WITH HER FAMILY.
AND WHEREAS MS. SOLOMON SELFLESSLY AND WITHOUT HESITATION TOOK IMMEDIATE ACTION IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION, AND AS SHE SUCCESSFULLY RENDERED AID TO MS. PATEL, AND AT THE REQUEST OF, OF POLICE OFFICERS ON THE SCENE, TRANSPORTED HER TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM ULTIMATELY SAVING HER LIFE.
AND WHEREAS THIS DEDICATED AND CARING RICHARDSON RESIDENT SHINES BRIGHT AS AN EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE OF COMPASSION AND BRAVERY FOR ALL TO FOLLOW.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY IS HONORED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE SOUTH SANDY CITIZEN GISELA ALLMAN, WHO PERSONIFIES THE TRUE MEANING OF HERO AND WHOSE KINDNESS AND GENUINE COMMITMENT TO THE WELFARE OF OTHERS IS A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION TO EVERYONE.
NOW, THEREFORE, I DON MAGOR ON BEHALF OF, UH, MAYOR BOB DUBY OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE CECILIA ALLMAN FOR HER EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS AND EXTEND OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION AS WE HONOR AND RECOGNIZE HER LIFESAVING ACTIONS.
I PRESENT THIS TO YOU ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR.
UM, MAYOR SHAEL, IF, UH, IF, UH, THIS WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE TIME FOR YOU AND THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, TO MAKE, UH, REMARKS.
AND THEN, UH, WE WILL OFFER MS. HOLON THE OPPORTUNITY AND THEN WE WILL TAKE THE, UH, PHOTOGRAPHS.
I MEAN, YES, MS. JUSTICE, UH, THANK YOU, UH, MS. ALLMAN.
I THINK WE ALL WONDER IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, WHETHER WE'LL BE THE FIGHT OR FLIGHT REACTION.
UM, AND YOU SET SUCH AN AMAZING EXAMPLE FOR YOUR DAUGHTER AND FOR EVER ALL THE CITIZENS IN RICHARDSON BY YOUR ACTIONS THAT DAY.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, BEING HERE TONIGHT TO ALLOW US TO HONOR YOUR HEROIC ACTIONS AND TO COUNCILMAN BARRIOS FOR BRINGING IT TO OUR ATTENTION.
UH, IT'S AN HONOR TO HAVE A RESIDENT LIKE THIS IN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WONDERFUL ACTIONS.
ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER, MISS MR. DAN BARRIOS.
UH, MS. ALEMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.
WHEN I, WHEN I FIRST HEARD YOUR STORY, I WAS ABSOLUTELY TOUCHED, UH, TO HAVE A FELLOW NEIGHBOR HERE AT RICHARDSON.
UH, YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE SOME PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AS, AS A NURSE, AND, BUT ABOVE AND BEYOND JUST BEING A PROFESSIONAL, I THINK YOU SHOWED THE THE CARING HEART WE ALL KNOW OUR NURSES HAVE, BUT, UH, YOU WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR THAT.
WE, WE THANK YOU AND ARE PROUD TO CALL YOU OUR NEIGHBOR AND RESIDENT RICHARDSON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR, UH, AS COUNCILWOMAN SAID, I MEAN, WE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WOULD DO IN THAT SITU.
I MEAN, WE ALL LIKE TO THINK WE WOULD, WE WOULD DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND DO WHAT WE CAN TO HELP OTHERS, BUT UNTIL YOU'RE FACED WITH THAT SITUATION, YOU NEVER KNOW.
AND YOU OBVIOUSLY, UH, DID THE RIGHT THING THAT MANY OF US MAYBE COULDN'T HAVE DONE.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO, TO OTHERS.
ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER JOE, MR. JOE CARPENTER.
UM, MS. ALAMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL, ALL THAT YOU DID THAT DAY.
UH, I THINK WE READ ABOUT SOCIETY FRAYING AND PEOPLE LOOKING AFTER ONLY THEMSELVES SO MUCH IN THE NEWS.
AND SO NOT ONLY DID YOU SAVE A LIFE, BUT YOU'VE REALLY UPLIFTED AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY WITH WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
AND I, I REMEMBER READING THAT YOU HAD CREDITED THIS TO DIVINE INTERVENTION AND WHILE THAT MAYBE, SO IT DOESN'T DIMINISH IN ANY WAY, THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE THERE THAT DAY AND YOU SAVED A LIFE AND YOU'VE SET A POSITIVE EXAMPLE FOR EVERYBODY.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, MR. KEN HUTCHEN, WRITER.
UM, AS HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID, SO MANY OF US WOULD, WOULD, UH, QUESTION WHETHER WE WOULD FIGHT OR FLIGHT.
I MEAN, IT'S OBVIOUSLY AN ACTUAL REACTION TO CARE FOR YOURSELF, BUT TO TRULY DO WHAT, UM, YOU DID AS A TRUE HONOR TO YOURSELF, TO YOUR FAMILY, TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
AND I KNOW I SHARE WITH ALL OF, ALL OF OUR, MY FELLOW COUNCIL PEOPLE THAT WE ARE TRULY HONORED TO HAVE YOU HERE TONIGHT.
CONGRATULATIONS FOR WHAT YOU DID.
I'M SO SORRY YOU HAD TO DO THAT HORRIBLE SENSELESS ACT.
UM, I WON'T GO THERE BECAUSE WE'RE HONORING YOU TONIGHT.
BUT I'M SORRY YOU WERE PLACED INTO THAT SITUATION, BUT THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID.
THANK YOU FOR SAVING THAT LIFE AND IT'S A TRUE HONOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT CELEBRATING YOU AND THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU DID.
ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER CARTESIAN.
UH, I, I AGREE WITH ALL OF OUR, UH, OUR COUNCIL LEADERS.
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IT, UH, IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT IT'S PEOPLE LIKE YOU THAT MAKE OUR CITY, UH, LOOK WONDERFUL.AND HONESTLY, IT'S DIFFICULT WHEN YOU HAVE TO MAKE A SPUR OF THE MOMENT DECISION WHETHER YOU ARE GOING TO HELP OR WALK AWAY.
SO I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOU AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING ALL OF US LOOK GREAT.
ALRIGHT, NOW, YEAH, IT'S TRULY, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE, YOU KNOW, YOU TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
AND, UH, NOW LET'S GO AND HAVE SOME PICTURES WITH HER.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE, UM, YEAH, I THINK MAYBE JUST THANK YOU.
IF YOU WANNA MAKE SOMETHING, I, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE AND BE RECOGNIZED FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AS A PART OF THE MEXICAN COMMUNITY, PROUDLY LIVING IN RICHARDSON, I LOVE THIS CITY, I REALLY DO.
AND I FEEL SO HONORED TO BE HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR KIND WORDS AND FOR TAKE THE TIME FOR DO THIS.
LET'S NOW HAVE A SETTLEMENT IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO, UM, IN THE CENTER THERE.
WOULD YOU LIKE ANY OF YOUR FAMILY TO BE WITH YOU? YEAH.
JACKIE, YOU GOOD?
[C. REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST ]
REPORTS ON THE ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST COUNCIL MEMBERS.UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DAN BARRIOS.
UM, SATURDAY MORNING THE GREENWOOD HILLS ELEMENTARY, P T A HELD A BIKE RODEO AND IT WAS, UH, I I ATTENDED FOR ABOUT AN HOUR OR SO AND GOT TO SEE A LOT OF KIDS WHO FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, MANY WHO ARE STUDENTS AT GREENWOOD HILLS ELEMENTARY, P T A PUT IT TOGETHER.
THEY HAD SOME TEACHERS OUT THERE AND OTHER PRINCIPALS OUT THERE.
AND OUR OWN RICHARDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS OUT THERE.
THEY HAD SET UP A, UH, THEY WERE GIVEN FREE HELMETS.
THEY HAD A, UH, OBSTACLE COURSE SET UP IN THE PARKING LOT.
WAS REALLY NEAT IS THEY HAD SOME YIELD SIGNS AND THEY NOTICED THAT THE KIDS WERE NOT STOPPING AT THE STOP SIGN.
SO THE R P D WAS RES STATIONED NEXT TO THE STOP SIGN TO ENFORCE THE STOP SIGN AND TEACH KIDS TO MAKE TREES STOP FULL.
IT WAS, IT WAS HILARIOUS AND I LOVED IT.
UM, BUT IT, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.
SO HATS OFF TO GREENWOOD HILLS ELEMENTARY, P T A AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY WHO, UM, EVEN THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT NECESSARILY INVOLVED WITH P T A, BUT PART OF
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THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.AND IT WAS JUST A GREAT EVENT FOR ALL.
WONDERFUL COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN HUTCHEN, WRITER.
UM, ON WEDNESDAY WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, MANY OF US HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR THE TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, OUR FAB, UM, PLANT RIGHT HERE IN RICHARDSON AND IT WAS INCREDIBLY FASCINATING.
IF YOU EVER GET THE CHANCE TO GO OUT THERE AND TAKE THE TOUR, I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.
UM, IT'S TRULY GOING TO, UM, THIS, THIS PLANT.
THE, OUR FAB ONE AND TWO ARE TRULY GOING TO HELP TO, UM, ALLEVIATE THE CURRENT, UM, BACKLOG NEED OF CHIPS, ELECTRONIC CHIPS, UM, FOR ALL THINGS FROM CARS TO MUSIC, EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN THAT YOU NOW USE AS CHIPS.
AND SO I JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS AT TI FOR HAVING US.
REALLY THANK DON MAGNER AND OUR MAYOR FOR ARRANGING THAT.
UM, AND SO APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO JUST SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.
UH, MY WIFE LAST WEEK HAD MAJOR SHOULDER SURGERY AND SO THIS WEEKEND I WAS A LITTLE OUT OF
BUT, UH, WE'RE GETTING THROUGH IT.
BUT I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR ATTENDING EVENTS THAT I COULDN'T MAKE 'CAUSE I WAS TAKING CARE OF HER.
SO, UM, THANK YOU ALL VERY, VERY MUCH.
YES, WE ALL PRAY FOR YOUR WIFE SO THAT SHE GETS BETTER SOON.
COUNCIL MEMBER JENNIFER JUSTICE, PLEASE.
UM, TUESDAY WAS VERY EXCITING.
WE HAD THE ANNUAL RICHARDSON REEDS ONE BOOK EVENT.
UM, SHELBY, SHELBY VAN PELT WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE TO DATE.
SHE WAS HILARIOUS, SHE WAS THOUGHTFUL AND HER BOOK REMARKABLY, REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES IS, UH, IT WAS HER DEBUT NOVEL AND IS EXCELLENT.
IF YOU HAVEN'T READ IT YET, GO GET IT.
AND HER PRESENTATION, LIKE I SAID, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT TO DIS ANY OF THE, THE PRIOR, SHE WAS JUST SO FUNNY AND SO RELATABLE, UM, HOW SHE JUST BASICALLY TRIPPED INTO BEING THIS BESTSELLING AUTHOR.
UM, AND SO ANYWAY, SHE WAS WONDERFUL.
AND JUST A COUPLE OF FORWARD LOOKING THINGS.
TOMORROW'S NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
SO GO OUT INTO YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
THERE'S 120 SOME ODD PARTIES, SO THERE'S LIKELY ONE, UM, ON YOUR CUL-DE-SAC OR ON YOUR STREET, UM, SO, OR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
UM, AND THEN THIS WEEKEND WE HAVE TWO, UH, EXCITING EVENTS.
WE HAVE COTTONWOOD, UH, STARTING SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
UM, I'LL BE THERE SUNDAY CHECKING OUT CHALK, THE WALK, THE NEW EVENT, UH, THIS YEAR.
AND THEN, UM, THE RICHARDSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA HAS THEIR OPENING CONCERT THIS WEEKEND, SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR TICKETS, YOU CAN STILL GET THOSE.
UH, ACTUALLY THE R S O UH, SYMPHONY, UM, THEIR, UH, OPENING NIGHT IS, UH, SATURDAY.
SO IF YOU CAN PLEASE TRY TO ATTEND.
UM, ONE OTHER, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THE, UH, TEXAS INSTRUMENT, UM, WALKTHROUGH.
UM, IT WAS VERY EDUCATIONAL AND IT WAS JUST NICE TO SEE OUR PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN TI AND RICHARDSON.
THAT WAS, UH, UM, VERY, VERY NICE.
UM, ON SATURDAY WE HAD THE ASIAN, UM, AMERICAN CULTURAL FESTIVAL, UM, DOWN IN THE, UH, DALLAS CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UH, IT WAS A DAY FULL OF EVENTS.
UM, THE LION DANCE, UH, LOTS OF VENDORS FROM ADJOINING CITIES, UM, OR ADJOINING BORDERS.
AND, UH, ANYWAY, JUST REALLY, REALLY LOTS OF HIGH ENERGY.
THE WEATHER WAS GOOD AND I THINK EVERYONE HAD JUST A REALLY, REALLY NICE TIME AND IT'S SUCH A GREAT EVENT.
YOU KNOW, THEY HAD TWO EVENTS A YEAR, ONE IN FEBRUARY, AND THEN OF COURSE THIS ONE IN THE, UH, WE'LL CALL IT THE FALL.
BUT, UH, IF YOU EVER GET AN OPPORTUNITY, PLEASE UH, TRY TO ATTEND.
WELL, IT WAS, UH, RESEARCH IN CHINESE CHINATOWN.
UH, AND I KNOW THAT WITH THIS PAST WEEK WE'VE BEEN SO MUCH BUSY.
UH, BUT THERE WAS ANOTHER EVENT, UH, SUNDAY.
IT WAS, UH, GONE BY RICHARDSON INTERFAITH ALLIANCE AND THEY HAD PREPARED OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND MEAL THAT DAY.
SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE ALL, UH, MOST OF US ATTENDED THAT.
WELL, WITH THAT NOW NEXT ITEM WE HAD EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT COUNCIL WILL NOT BE CONDUCTING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AS PLANNED.
THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR FUTURE DATE AND WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS.
THIS MEETING IS ADJO AT 6:29 PM.