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I CALL THIS MEETING THE RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM NUMBER ONE ON OUR AGENDA WILL BE COUNCIL MEMBER DAN BARRIOS, LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE.
DEAR GOD, WE ASK THAT YOU BE WITH US THIS EVENING, AND WE THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER YEAR THAT YOU ALLOWED US TO BE HERE.
WE ASK THAT THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR YOU BE WITH US, AND YOU GUIDE US THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT YOU BRING PEACE UPON RICHARDSON, THAT YOU GIVE US CLEAR MINDS AS WE HELP GUIDE THE CITY, AND THAT YOU PLACE THE HEDGE OF PROTECTION OVER THE CITY.
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES, AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR ALL.
NOW, THIS TEXAS PLEDGE, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG AT PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
AND I'LL KIND OF GO OFF SCRIPT HERE IF I COULD FOR JUST A SECOND.
THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE, THE LIVE OF EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, WHO IS OUR COUNCILWOMAN FOR NOT COUNCILWOMAN CONGRESSWOMAN FOR 30 YEARS, THREE DECADES.
I, I BELIEVE, AS WE ARE SITTING HERE, THERE IS A WAKE IN HER HONOR AT THIS TIME.
SO, UM, HER CONTRIBUTIONS ARE MANY.
SHE DID NOT REPRESENT THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, BUT SHE REPRESENTED HUMANITY AND MANY, MANY PEOPLE AND SOME MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE OF TEXAS AND TO THE UNITED STATES.
SO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HER AND THANK HER FOR THAT.
ALSO, THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN, I SAY A YOUNG MAN, HOWARD KENNEDY, PASSED AWAY AND HAD A SERVICE TODAY.
AND I HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE OF BEING ABLE TO ATTEND HIS SERVICE TODAY AND HONOR, EXCUSE ME, HONOR HIS LIFE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE CONTRIBUTIONS HE GAVE TO THE CITY OF RICHARDSON.
AND, UH, SO THEY ALL REST IN PEACE, AND WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE AND ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY FOR EVERYTHING THEY DID TO MAKE RICHARDSON AND THIS AREA A MUCH BETTER PLACE.
[3. MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 11, 2023 AND DECEMBER 18, 2023 MEETINGS]
WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER THREE MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 11TH, 2023 AND DECEMBER 18TH, 2023 MEETINGS.MR. RETCH, ANDRE, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE AS PUBLISHED.
WE HAVE A MOTION, MR. BARRIOS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE.
[4. VISITORS/ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS]
OKAY.WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, VISITORS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS.
MR. MAGNER, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND, UH, READ THE INSTRUCTIONS HERE.
ALTHOUGH BASED ON MY VISIT WITH, UM, WITH OUR GUEST PRIOR TO MEETING, I DON'T BELIEVE ANY OF THE, UH, SPEAKERS ARE HERE.
SO, SUBSEQUENT TO READING THE INSTRUCTIONS, I'LL CALL THE, UH, 11 NAMES OUT AND THEN WE'LL SEE IF ANYONE'S HERE TO MAKE COMMENTS.
UH, THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS RECEIVED BY 5:00 PM TO ALLOW VISITORS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC THAT IS NOT ALREADY SCHEDULED FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, IF YOU ARE HERE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, PLEASE WAIT UNTIL THAT HEARING IS OPENED.
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 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'S SECRETARY FOR DISTRIBUTION.
THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS 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, 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 SOLEMN, UH, YOUR CELL PHONES FOR THE DURATION OF THE MEETING.
UM, MAYOR COUNCIL, WE RECEIVED 11, UH, CARDS IN ADVANCE OF TONIGHT'S MEETING.
UM, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE.
THE TOPIC FOR ALL 11 CARDS ARE A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION, UH, ILIO SUMROW OF 26 41 DOTSON DRIVE IN GARLAND, SUBMITTED A CARD, SOPHIA YAAR OF 1675 WEST CAMPBELL ROAD IN GARLAND, SUBMITTED A CARD, ZURAH KA OF 400 SUMMIT DRIVE.
RICHARDSON SUBMITTED A CARD, RA ABDUL 76 0 1 CHURCHILL WAY OF DALLAS, UH, SUBMITTED A CARD.
JACK JACQUELINE, ER 2323 TRELLIS PLACE HERE IN RICHARDSON.
SUBMITTED A CARD, RA SAEED OF 1451 CENTER PLACE DRIVE IN DENTON, SUBMITTED A CARD, PRISCILLA TORRES, 1004 EDGEFIELD DRIVE IN GARLAND, SUBMITTED A CARD, ZI YAMANI, UH, ONE ONE, UH, 10,951.
STONE CANYON, UH, ROAD IN DALLAS.
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RESIG 8 23 YORK, UH, BEACH PLACE IN ARLINGTON.SUBMITTED A CARD, UH, BEER HIGHMORE 13 500.
NOEL DRIVE IN DALLAS, SUBMITTED A CARD.
MC, UH, MAS, UH, BOULEVARD IN DALLAS.
IF ANY OF THOSE FOLKS ARE HERE, UM, THE CITY SECRETARY WILL GIVE YOU INSTRUCTION.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. MAGNER SIN.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THAT HAVE NOT SUBMITTED A CARD? WE HAVE? YES, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
RICHARD STRUCKER 28 0 9, FOX CREEK DRIVE ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA.
TONIGHT IS A, UM, UH, ITEM TO APPROVE THE, UH, PURCHASE OF 20 FLOCK CAMERAS.
UH, I HAVE SOME REAL ISSUES ABOUT HOW THOSE FLOCK CAMERAS ARE GONNA BE USED, THE RETENTION OF THE DATA, THE FACT THAT IT GOES TO THE NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION, UH, CENTER, AND, UH, HOW LONG THAT IS, UH, KEPT.
UH, WHEN YOU BUY THESE CAMERAS, THE CITY CAN, UH, IN, IN THE CONTRACT, IMPLEMENT SOME, UH, RESTRICTIONS ON HOW LONG THAT DATA IS BEING KEPT AND, UH, WHERE THE SURVEILLANCE IS BEING DONE.
SO I, UH, UH, WOULD LIKE YOU TO BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN YOU MAKE THE DECISION WITH REGARD TO THOSE CAMERAS.
UM, ANOTHER ISSUE WITH REGARD TO PROPERTY TAXES, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY IMPACT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU READ IN THE, UH, DECEMBER OR JANUARY ONE, ONE OF THE TWO CITYLINE WAS SOLD FOR $580 MILLION.
IN 2016, IT WAS SOLD FOR, UH, $822 MILLION.
WHAT CONCERNS ME AS FAR AS PROPERTY TAXES GO IS THE FACT THAT WHEN IT WAS SOLD FOR $822 MILLION IN 2016, I WENT OUT TO THE TAX ROLLS FROM COLLIN COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND, UH, IT WAS VALUED AT OVER SEVEN OR LESS THAN 700, OR AROUND $700 MILLION FOR THAT $822 MILLION PURCHASE.
SO IT WAS UNDERVALUED BY ABOUT A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.
WHAT CONCERNS ME IS, IS THAT COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, PARTICULARLY IN THIS DAY AND AGE OF WHEN THERE'S SOME REAL ISSUES WITH, UH, VACANCY RATES AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, THAT THOSE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ARE GONNA BE UNDERVALUED FOR TAX PURPOSES BY THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY INPUT TO THAT OR NOT.
THAT'S DONE BY THE, UH, COLLIN COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT, BUT I HAVE HAD A REAL ISSUE WITH UNDERVALUATION OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IN THE PAST AND OVERVALUATION, FRANKLY, WITH RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY VALUES.
THE OTHER ISSUE THAT HAS COME UP IS WITH REGARD TO A, UH, BILL THAT WAS PASSED IN 2015 WITH RESPECT TO APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND THEM BEING ABLE TO AVOID DEVELOPERS BEING ABLE TO AVOID PROPERTY TAXES FOR 99 YEARS BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING, UH, CONSIDERED AS PUBLIC DEVELOPMENTS.
AND, UH, THERE'S A LOOPHOLE IN THE LAW.
PLANO CITY MANAGER, MR. MAGNER, IF YOU WANNA TALK TO HIM ABOUT THAT WITH HIS HOUSING AUTHORITY, ACTUALLY SUED PLANO, SUED THEIR OWN HOUSING AUTHORITY BECAUSE OF THE ISSUE.
UH, A DECEMBER, I THINK IT'S EITHER 20, UH, DECEMBER 17TH OR 19TH ISSUE, UH, WITH CBS NEWS.
ANDREA LUCIA, UH, HAS AN ARTICLE ON THAT.
IF YOU GOOGLE THAT ARTICLE, YOU'LL SEE WHAT THE ISSUE IS ON THAT.
BUT WITH REGARD TO PROPERTY TAXES AND THE SHIFTING, OR HOWEVER YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO FUND THE BUDGET NEXT YEAR, COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, AND IF THERE'S SOME KIND OF A 99 YEARS, UH, SET OF APARTMENTS IN THIS PARTICULAR CITY AS THEY HAVE IN PLANO, THAT IS EXEMPT FROM PROPERTY TAXES FOR 99 YEARS.
[5. REVIEW AND DISCUSS IT’S TIME TEXAS]
ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM FIVE TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS.OUR DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION OF V FGO IS HERE.
JOINED, UM, BY NUMBER OF OUR STAFF.
UM, JONATHAN WINTERS, OUR, UH, CORPORATE RECREATION MANAGER IS GONNA TAKE THE PODIUM HERE.
BUT I ALSO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, SPENCER DOYLE, OUR, UH, INTERIM ASSISTANCE DIRECTOR AND CHRIS CATONE, ALSO HERE TO SUPPORT, UH, JONATHAN.
I WAS, UH, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT, UH, WE FIRST PARTICIPATED IN IT'S TIME, TEXAS, AND THEN LAST YEAR AS A RESULT OF, UH, ONE OF YOUR TACTICS BEING TO REALLY ENHANCE AND ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY, UM, JONATHAN AND THE WHOLE PARKS TEAM REALLY TOOK IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL.
THEY'RE HERE TO SHARE THAT STORY WITH YOU THIS YEAR ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, THEY'RE GONNA ADD TO THE EXPERIENCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THEN MAYOR, SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE OUR DIRECTIVE OF COMMUNICATIONS, GREG SOUL WILL COME OUT, UH, AS YOU SIGN YOUR PLEDGES.
AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A, A PICTURE TO HELP LAUNCH THIS, UH, EXCITING PROGRAM FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO, JONATHAN, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE TO GET US TO THIS POINT TONIGHT, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR FURTHER BRIEFING.
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ALRIGHT.ALRIGHT, WELL, UH, GOOD EVENING.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR, AND GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.
AND THANK YOU DAWN FOR THAT INTRODUCTION.
UM, AS YOU MENTIONED TONIGHT, I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT ITS TIME, TEXAS.
UM, I DID ENJOY SEEING ALL OF YOU OUT THERE THIS, THIS WEEKEND.
HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOYED THE, UH, THE DISC GOLF COURSE AND GETTING TO MEET OUR, OUR COURSE DESIGNER.
UM, I KNOW HE REALLY ENJOYED MEETING ALL OF YOU GUYS.
SO THE COUNCIL GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM MEETS IS TO HAVE RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS CHOOSE RICHARDSON AS THE BEST PLACE TO LOCATE, CONTRIBUTE, AND ENGAGE.
AND THE COUNCIL'S STRATEGIES THIS PROGRAM MEET ARE TO CONTINUE TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE INCENTIVES AND INITIATIVES TO ATTRACT, RETAIN RESIDENTS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, AS WELL AS PROMOTING AVENUES FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND INPUT.
SO WHAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, UH, TONIGHT WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT IS ITS TIME TEXAS, UM, WEEKLY PRIZES IN WINNERS, EARNING POINTS, AND HOW TO TRACK THEM, UH, ARE RICHARDSON 2024 ACTIVITIES PROMOTING THE CHALLENGE KEY DATES AND HOW ALL OF YOU CAN GET INVOLVED.
SO WHAT IS ITS TIME, TEXAS? I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN IT IN THE PAST, SOME, BUT SOME OF YOU ARE NEW TO THE PROGRAM.
UM, SO IT IS A EIGHT WEEK HEALTH COMPETITION BETWEEN C COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.
UM, IT KICKS OFF TODAY, UH, JANUARY 8TH AND ENDS ON MARCH 3RD.
IT IS COMPLETELY FREE TO PARTI PARTICIPATE IN, AND TEXAS ACROSS THE STATE WILL COMPETE TO EARN POINTS FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES BY EATING HEALTHY, UM, BEING ACTIVE AND STAYING HYDRATED THROUGHOUT THE CHALLENGE.
SO EACH YEAR, CITY AND COMMUNITY LEADERS ACROSS THE STATE SIGN A PLEDGE, A PLEDGE THAT STATES THEIR COMMUNITY WILL ACTIVELY PROMOTE THE CHALLENGE WITHIN THEIR ORGANIZATION AND THEIR AREA OF INFLUENCE.
RECRUIT LIKE-MINDED LEADERS WITHIN THEIR NETWORK TO HELP BUILD A HEALTHIER COMMUNITY AND HOST HEALTH RELATED GROUP ACT GROUPS AND ACTIVITIES TO HELP ENCOURAGE HEALTHY LIVING WITHIN EACH OF THEIR COMMUNITIES.
SO AT TIME TEXAS WILL CELEBRATE, UM, OUR DIFFERENT GROUPS, BOTH WEEKLY AND COMPETITION, BOTH WEEKLY AND, UM, THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COMPETITION BY COMPETITIONS THAT THEY WILL HOST EACH WEEK, UM, GIVING OUT INDIVIDUAL PRIZES.
SO EACH WEEK YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO TAKE ON ONE OF THE, THE COMPETITIONS THAT THIS TIME TEXAS WILL ACTUALLY BE PUTTING OUT TO TWO GROUPS.
UM, YOU CAN SIGN UP, THAT'S OUR WALKING COMPETITIONS OR HYDRATION COMPETITIONS.
UM, AND IF YOU WIN IT, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, THEY MIGHT SEND YOU A A SMALL PRIZE.
UM, AND THEN OUR ON THE LARGER SCALE, ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES, UM, WHOEVER GETS THE MOST POINTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE PROGRAM WILL RECEIVE AWARDS FROM TIME TEXAS TO DISPLAY FOR THE YEAR.
SO HOW DO YOU EARN POINTS FOR THE CITY OF RICHARDSON? UM, SO JUST, JUST SIMPLY BY SIGNING UP, YOU WILL GET 500 POINTS.
SO I KNOW JENNIFER WAS KIND OF ENCOURAGING ALL OF YOU TO PULL OUT YOUR PHONES EARLIER.
SO IF YOU WERE, IF YOU DO THAT, YOU DOWNLOADED THE APP AND THEN SIGNED UP, YOU'VE ALREADY GOT 500 POINTS.
UM, WHEN YOU GO IN THERE, THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A HEALTH PLEDGE.
UH, YOU CAN GET AN ADDITIONAL 500 POINTS FOR THAT.
UM, EACH OF YOUR ACTIVITIES THAT YOU REPORT.
SO WHETHER THAT BE WALKING OR YOU'VE DRANK WATER HAD A HEALTHY MEAL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, UM, WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL 50 POINTS ON TOP OF THAT.
UM, AND THEN ANY OF OUR GROUP ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE OR ANY OF THE CHECK-IN LOCATIONS.
SO THIS YEAR, UM, ALL OF OUR PARK LOCATIONS THE SAME AS LAST YEAR ARE PART OF A LOCATION AREA THAT YOU CAN CHECK INTO.
SO JUST BY GOING OUT TO THE PARK AND CHECKING IN AND STATING THAT YOU WERE THERE, YOU'LL GET AN ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED POINTS.
SO IF I WERE YOU, I'D GO TAKE A WALK IN A PARK, YOU'LL GET A HUNDRED POINTS AND THEN YOU CAN GET YOUR EXTRA 50 ON TOP OF THAT.
JUST A LITTLE TIP FOR YOU THERE.
UM, SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NEW TO THE PROGRAM AND HAVEN'T MAYBE SEEN THE APP TOO MUCH, THIS IS KIND OF THE BASICS OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
UH, SO THE FIRST SCREEN HERE IS JUST HOW YOU'RE CREATING YOUR APP.
UM, SO IF YOU HAVEN'T DOWNLOADED THE THE APP YET, THIS IS WHAT YOU'LL COME TO.
YOU SIMPLY PUT IN YOUR EMAIL, CREATE A LOGIN.
UM, SECOND SCREEN YOU'LL SEE HERE IS ACTUALLY WHERE YOU REPORT YOUR POINTS.
SO YOU SEE A LITTLE KIND OF CAMERA ICON THERE.
IT WILL BRING UP A, A DIFFERENT GROUP OF OPTIONS WHERE YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, DO YOUR WALKING OR DO, UH, OR, UM, REPORT THAT YOU DRANK 16 OUNCES OF WATER, VARIOUS DIFFERENT OF THINGS.
UM, BUT THAT IS WHERE YOU'LL ACTUALLY BE TRACKING YOUR POINTS.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE THIRD SCREEN YOU SEE HERE, THIS IS KIND OF THEIR LIKE INTERNAL SOCIAL MEDIA THAT THEY HAVE WITHIN THE APP.
UM, SO THEY KIND OF BUILT OUT ESSENTIALLY THEIR OWN INSTAGRAM FOR EACH COMMUNITY.
SO ANYONE THAT THAT TRACKS A A OR TRACKS A ACTIVITY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND POST A PICTURE WITH IT, UM, IT WILL SHOW UP ON THIS FEED AND YOU CAN KIND OF GO ON AND SEE WHAT PEOPLE IN RICHARDSON ARE UP TO, UM, AND WHAT ACTIVITIES ARE THEY THEY ARE PARTICIPATING IN THROUGHOUT EACH DAY.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST SCREEN YOU SEE DOWN THERE CHECKING INTO DESTINATIONS.
SO THIS WILL SHOW ALL OF OUR PARKS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR YOU GUYS TO COME OUT AND CHECK INTO.
AND THEN ANY THE LITTLE BLUE DOTS YOU SEE ON THERE WILL REPRESENT UPCOMING EVENTS.
SO, UM, SOME OF THE STUFF WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT IN JUST A LITTLE BIT, UM, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE ON THERE AND SEE WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE HAVE
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A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FITNESS APPS THAT YOU CAN CONNECT TO THE APP ITSELF.UM, PRETTY MUCH WHAT THIS DOES, IT JUST MAKE LIFE A LITTLE BIT EASIER ON YOU GUYS.
SO IF YOU ARE A USER OF ANY OF THESE APPS, YOU CAN CONNECT IT TO IT.
AND AS YOU GO ON AND ACTUALLY TRACK YOUR WORKOUT WITHIN THAT APP, IT WILL TRACK YOUR POINTS AUTOMATICALLY FOR YOU IN THE IT'S TIME TEXAS APP.
IF YOU'VE DONE THIS CHALLENGE BEFORE, IT DOES BECOME SOMETIMES A LITTLE DAUNTING TO GO IN THERE AND TRACK EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING.
UM, SO THIS WILL JUST MAKE LIFE A LITTLE BIT EASIER ON YOU AS YOU GO OUT, GO THROUGHOUT THE CHALLENGE.
SO WHAT DO WE HAVE PLANNED THIS YEAR? UM, HERE IN RICHARDSON, UH, WE HAVE A FREE WALK AND YOGA EVENT ON JANUARY 20TH, HOPING TO SEE ALL OF YOU THERE.
UH, THAT WILL START AT HUFFINES PARK.
UH, WE WILL GIVE A HUNDRED T-SHIRTS OUT TO THE FIRST, UH, A HUNDRED PARTICIPANTS THAT SHOW UP.
UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME GREAT DOOR PRIZES THAT WE'LL BE GIVING AWAY, SUCH AS FITBITS AND MEMBERSHIPS TO OUR REC CENTERS AND SOME OTHER GREAT THINGS AS WELL.
UH, WE'LL HAVE GROUP FITNESS CLASSES ONCE A WEEK AT OUR REC CENTERS.
WE'LL KIND OF ALTERNATE BACK AND FORTH.
THERE'LL BE EITHER AT, UH, 12 OR ONE O'CLOCK EACH WEEK AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE SCHEDULE UP THERE, UM, AS WELL.
AND WE'LL HAVE THIS ALL POSTED ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL, UM, TO, TO WHAT THAT SCHEDULE LOOKS LIKE.
UH, WE'LL BE GIVING OUT TUMBLR CUPS THIS YEAR.
SO THIS YEAR FOR ANY PARTICIPANT, UM, THAT RAISES ENOUGH TO 25,000 POINTS FOR THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, THEY CAN COME INTO ONE OF OUR REC CENTERS AND SHOW PROOF THAT IT'S ACTUALLY FOR HERE AND THEY DON'T LIVE IN PLANO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, UM, AND THEY CAN GET ONE OF THESE, UH, THESE TUMBLR CUPS THAT YOU SEE DOWN HERE IN THE BOTTOM CORNER.
UH, SO WE'LL HAVE THOSE AT, AT EACH OF THE, THE FRONT DESKS THAT THEY CAN COME IN AND, AND OUR GYMNASTICS CENTER AS WELL.
UH, PARK CHECK-INS, JUST LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.
UM, YOU GUYS ARE ABLE TO COME OUT TO ANY OF OUR PARKS AND CHECK-IN, GET THAT EXTRA A HUNDRED POINTS.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BE RUNNING OUR, OUR ANNUAL RECREATION MEMBERSHIP DRIVE THROUGH THE MONTH OF JANUARY TO GET AN EXTRA 20% OFF THAT ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP THIS YEAR AS WELL.
SO, AS WELL AS WHAT WE HAVE PLAYED FOR THE COMMUNITY INTERNALLY.
OUR WELLNESS COMMITTEE HAS ALSO PLANNED A LOT OF EVENTS YOU CAN SEE HERE, UM, TO COUPLE OUR KEEP KEEP OUR EMPLOYEES ON TRACK THROUGHOUT THE CHALLENGE.
SO SOME REALLY GREAT ACTIVITIES THERE.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY'LL, THEY'LL KEEP US HEALTHY IN OUR, BOTH OUR PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR CHALLENGE.
UM, SO REALLY EXCITED TO, TO HAVE ALL THESE THINGS INTERNALLY TO HELP KEEP OUR EMPLOYEES ON TRACK AS WELL.
THEN TO PROMOTE THE CHALLENGE THIS YEAR, WE WILL BE, WELL, WE, WE DID START ACTUALLY BACK IN THE MIDDLE OF DECEMBER DOING A COUNTDOWN ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
UM, SO THAT ALL COINCIDED TODAY.
UH, SO WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE A POST GOING OUT PROBABLY RIGHT ABOUT NOW, UM, THAT WILL REMIND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THIS, UM, ALL STARTING TODAY AND, AND ENCOURAGING THEM ALL TO DONATE OR NOT TO, TO, TO DOWNLOAD THE, UH, THE APP AND GET STARTED ON THEIR HEALTH CHALLENGE FOR THE YEAR.
UH, WE'LL ALSO BE POSTING MARKETING AND SIGNUPS WITHIN OUR FACILITIES, PROMOTING TO OUR H-O-L-H-O-A AND NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP ASSOCIATIONS, UM, PROMOTING TO OUR LOCAL CORPORATIONS, COMPANIES AND PARTNERS, PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS THAT CALL RICHARDSON HOME, UH, PROMOTING ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE WEEK IN REVIEW.
AND RICHARDSON TODAY, UH, WE'LL BE CONNECTING WITH OUR RICHARDSON BASED CORPORATE CHALLENGE COMPANIES.
UM, SO OBVIOUSLY I HAVE A UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL OF THEM, SO I'LL BE SHARING THIS WITH THEM.
UM, WE DID THAT LAST YEAR AS WELL, AND A LOT OF 'EM USED IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY, AS KIND OF A CORPORATE WELLNESS, UM, THING.
OBVIOUSLY A A FREE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO PROMOTE TO ALL OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.
UM, AND THEN AFTER WE ARE DONE WITH THIS, WE'LL HAVE ALL OF YOU COME UP WITH YOUR SIGNED PLEDGES AND TAKE A PICTURE.
SO JUST A FEW KEY DATES TO, UH, TO KEEP IN MIND.
UM, OBVIOUSLY TODAY THE CHALLENGE STARTS.
SO JANUARY 8TH, UM, ON THE 13TH, WHICH IS THIS SATURDAY WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF OUR GROUP FITNESS CLASSES.
AND LIKE I SAY, THIS WILL GO EVERY SINGLE WEEK, UM, ON A SATURDAY, KIND OF ALTERNATING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN OUR TWO RACK CENTERS.
THE JANUARY 20TH DATE IS OUR WALK IN YOGA EVENTS STARTING AT HUFFINES PARK.
AND THEN THE YOGA PORTION OF THAT EVENT WILL FOLLOW DIRECTLY AFTER AT OUR REC CENTER OVER THERE.
AND THEN THE CHALLENGE WILL END ON MARCH 3RD.
SO HOW CAN YOU GUYS GET INVOLVED, UM, PRETTY EASILY, YOU KNOW, MAKE THE COMMITMENT, SIGN UP TODAY, DOWNLOAD THE APP IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY.
I THINK JENNIFER PROBABLY GOT MOST OF YOU, UH, BEFORE WE STARTED HERE TODAY.
I SAW JENNIFER'S LIKE IN SECOND PLACE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO SHE CAN DEFINITELY GIVE YOU SOME POINTERS ON HOW TO DO THOSE IF YOU NEED TO, UH, FOLLOW ALONG, FOLLOW ALONG AND CONTINUE TO, TO CHECK, UH, GIVEAWAYS AND COMMUNITY RANKINGS THROUGHOUT THE CHALLENGE.
UM, AND THEN SHARE, SHARE THIS STORY, I GUESS WITH, WITH ALL OF YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A LOT OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT FOLLOW YOU GUYS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO IF YOU'LL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THESE TWO HASHTAGS, THIS COMMUNITY CHALLENGE AND COMMUNITY CHALLENGE, RICHARDSON, UM, IT CAN HELP US SPREAD THIS, UH, THE AWARENESS OF THIS PROGRAM THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.
SO WITH THAT, THAT IS EVERYTHING I HAVE FOR YOU THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT WITH THIS PROGRAM AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS? EVERYBODY HAPPY? ALRIGHT, JONATHAN, GREAT PRESENTATION.
JUST HAVE A PICTURE, YOU GONNA TAKE THEM THERE? I CAN GET YOU GUYS SIGNING FIRST REAL QUICK.
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UH, WE'LL TAKE A, YOU WANT, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND BRING YOUR PAPERS IN FRONT WRONG.YOU CAN CHECK IF THEY PARKED RIGHT NOW.
CAN WE GET ONE MORE? BIG, BIG SMILE, BIG SMILES.
IS IT SOUVENIR? HUH? WHOA, WHOA,
YOU DROPPED ONE DOWN THERE TOO.
[6. REVIEW AND DISCUSS CLEAN PARKS PROGRAM]
ALRIGHT, PARKS IS GONNA BE BACK UP.WE'RE GONNA REVIEW AND DISCUSS CLEAN PARKS PROGRAM.
MAYOR COUNSEL, OUR DIRECTOR, UH, YVONNE AUGU IS GONNA TAKE THE PODIUM HERE, BUT I ALSO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, SEAN ROGERS, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARK MAINTENANCE.
UM, AS YOU WELL KNOW, UM, OUR PARKS ARE, ARE HEAVILY UTILIZED AND, AND, AND PARTICULARLY AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR.
AND, UH, AS WE BEGIN TO REALLY SEE, UM, SOME OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT USE, YVONNE AND HER TEAM HAVE DONE A JUST AN AWESOME JOB OF COMING UP WITH A CAMPAIGN TO ADDRESS, UH, THE TRASH ISSUE IN PARKS.
AND I KNOW IT SEEMS, UH, IF YOU THINK BACK TO LA THE LATTER PART OF LAST YEAR, IT REALLY WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ON THE MIND OF THE MINDS OF OUR RESIDENTS AS THEY CONTACTED YOU AND MAKE MANY CASES.
AND SO IVANA, I JUST WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU AND, AND YOUR WHOLE TEAM ON THIS EFFORT AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR BRIEFING.
AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT.
THERE WAS A LOT OF EFFORT AND WORK PUT INTO THIS, SO I'M EXCITED TO SHARE IT WITH YOU.
SO BEFORE WE JUMP TOO FAR INTO IT, I JUST WANNA SHARE THAT THIS PROGRAM MEETS OUR CITY COUNCIL STRATEGY OF VALUE PROTECT AND CREATE A POSITIVE RETURN ON CITY RESIDENT AND OTHER STAKEHOLDER INVESTMENTS IN THE CITY AS WELL.
IT MEETS THE CITY COUNCIL TACTIC, IMPLEMENT A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND REDUCE LITTER IN RICHARDSON PUBLIC SPACES.
SO TONIGHT WE WILL COVER THE BACKGROUND, UH, THE PROGRAM PURPOSE, AND THEN THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS, WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE HERE.
AND THEN FINALLY, WE WILL COVER THE REPORTING CONCERNS AND HOW TO GO ABOUT THAT PROCESS.
SO IN REGARDS TO THE BACKGROUND, AS DAWN MENTIONED, WE NOTED AN INCREASE IN IN TRASH IN OUR PARKS FROM STAFF AND RESIDENTS ALIKE.
AND WE WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT.
AND THAT INCREASE IN TRASH INCLUDED THINGS SUCH AS CONFETTI AND MICRO LITTER.
SO THIS TOP PICTURE YOU'LL SEE HAS MICRO LITTER.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS SMALL TRASH THAT IS EXTREMELY HARD TO SEE FROM THE MOWERS.
UM, IT COULD BE FROM GENDER REVEALED CONFETTI GLITTER, IT COULD ALSO BE BOTTLE CAP.
SO AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT'S SO SMALL, IT'S HARD TO SEE, BUT IT DOES CREATE AN ISSUE FOR US.
UH, LOOSE TRASH, OVERFLOWING TRASH CANS, AND THEN TRASH CANS USED FOR NON-PAR USAGE.
AND I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THE FAR PICTURE.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE IS A, UH, LAUNDRY BASKET AND A LARGE TRASH BAG THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING GENERATED FROM SOMEBODY USING THE PARK FOR EVERYDAY USAGE.
AND THOSE ARE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO CONTEND WITH.
AND THEN IN, IN ADDITION TO THAT IS THE EXCESS TRASH THAT'S LEFT BEHIND FROM LARGE PAVILION USAGE.
AND THESE LARGE PAVILION GATHERINGS ARE NOT SCHEDULED GATHERINGS.
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NON-SCHEDULED EVENTS THAT JUST COME OUT FIRST, COME FIRST SERVE TO USE THE PAVILIONS, AND THEN THEY'LL LEAVE TRASH BEHIND.AND WHEN WE HAVE THESE TYPES OF ISSUES, THEY DEFINITELY ARE VERY TIME CONSUMING AND TAKES A LOT OF STAFF ATTENTION TO GO AND CORRECT IT.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS WE MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT IT RIGHT AWAY.
SO IT MIGHT BE WHEN OUR STAFF STUMBLE UPON IT OR SOMEBODY CALLS IT IN TO COMPLAIN ABOUT IT AS WHEN IT'S BEING ADDRESSED.
SO THESE ARE BIG CONCERNS FOR US.
SO THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM IS WE WANNA CREATE ADVOCATES FOR OUR CLEAN PARKS.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US THAT OUR PARKS LOOK GOOD FOR EVERYBODY TO USE.
WE WANNA REDUCE TRASH THAT'S LEFT BEHIND FROM THOSE PAVILION, UH, NON-SCHEDULED USERS.
WE WANNA REDUCE THE MICRO LITTER, UM, ESPECIALLY AROUND SPECIFIC HOLIDAYS AND CERTAIN EVENTS.
AND THEN WE WANNA EDUCATE PEOPLE ON WHAT THE PURPOSE OF OUR TRASH RECEPTACLES, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE BEING USED FOR THE PROPER FUNCTIONS.
AND THEN OVERALL, WE WANNA LEAVE OUR PARTS IN A CLEANER OVERALL, UM, ENVIRONMENT OR ARRAY SO EVERYBODY CAN ENJOY THE PARKS THROUGHOUT EACH DAY THAT WE, WE ARE, UH, IN OPERATION.
AND WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS, WE KNEW THAT WE HAD TO TAKE A MULTI-PRONG APPROACH.
THERE WAS NOT GONNA BE ONE ANSWER FOR THIS ISSUE.
SO LOOKING AT A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH, WE DECIDED TO FOCUS ON AWARENESS, EDUCATION AND RESOURCES.
SO STARTING WITH AWARENESS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP THIS WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.
SO, UH, THIS ENTIRE PROGRAM IS IN CONJUNCTION AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY'S COMMUNICATION TEAM.
BUT WE DEVELOPED A SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN AND THERE ARE GRAPHICS THAT WE WILL BE USING THROUGHOUT THIS, ESSENTIALLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
BUT EACH GRAPHIC WILL HAVE A VARIETY OF TARGETED, UM, CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE SEEN.
AND WE'VE NOTED WE WILL SHARE THESE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT WE WILL ALSO INCREASE THE SHARING OF CERTAIN TOPICS DURING CERTAIN PEAK TIMES.
AND THEN THESE WERE DESIGNED TO BUILD EDUCATION AND AWARENESS.
SO ESSENTIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE, THE TWO EXAMPLES THAT I HAVE ON THE SCREEN, ONE IS FOR EXCESSIVE TRASH, THE OTHER ONE IS FOR MICRO LITTER.
WHEN THESE ARE SHARED, THEY WILL BE SHARED WITH EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION IN THE TEXT OF THE POST ITSELF.
BUT EACH ONE OF THESE WILL ALSO SHARE HOW TO HANDLE AND HOW TO ADDRESS THIS IF YOU STUMBLE UPON IT AT A, A RECREATION, OR I'M SORRY, AT A PARKS FACILITY BECAUSE AGAIN, WE WANNA BUILD ADVOCATES FOR OUR CLEAN PARKS AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO NOTIFY US WHEN THERE ARE ISSUES.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS TO DO THAT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, WE ARE DEVELOPING SOME NEW WEB PAGES, AND THIS IS, AGAIN, CROSSING OVER BETWEEN AWARENESS AND EDUCATION.
UM, THESE WEBPAGES, UM, WILL BE LAUNCHED TOMORROW AND HERE'S THE URL FOR IT.
BUT THEY WILL LIST WHAT THE ESTIMATED SCHEDULED TRASH PICKUP TIMES FOR EACH ONE OF OUR PARKS.
SO YOU CAN GO AND SEE SPECIFICALLY WHAT TIME EACH LOCATION IS TO BE CLEANED UP.
AND IF FOR SOME REASON IT'S NOT, YOU CAN CHECK THE WEBSITE TO SEE WHEN THEY'RE SCHEDULED TO BE THERE.
AND IF IT'S A CONCERN, IT ALSO SHARES HOW TO REPORT CONCERNS.
AND THEN YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS AS WE GO FURTHER INTO THE PRESENTATION, BUT IT HAS INFORMATION ON OUR CLEAN PARK PASSPORT PROGRAM AND THEN SOME EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION ON LITTER AND HOW PEOPLE CAN GET INVOLVED TO IMPROVE OUR, OUR PARK SYSTEMS. AND I DO WANNA SHARE, UM, WITH THIS, WE WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE A GRANT AND SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT TONIGHT ARE COVERED THROUGH THIS GRANT FUNDING THAT WE'VE RECEIVED.
SO WE APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED A GRANT THROUGH THE RICHARDSON ROTARY CLUB MATCHING GRANT FUND.
AND WE DO HAVE A FEW ROTARY MEMBERS HERE, SO THANK YOU, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT.
AND I KNOW THAT A FEW OF THEM ARE WATCHING ONLINE TONIGHT AS WELL.
BUT THIS PROGRAM, THE GRANT FUNDING WAS $5,000 AND IT'S COVERING SIGNAGE, OUR CLEAN PARKS PASSPORT BOOKLETS, OUR SWAG MATERIAL BRANDED TRASH BAGS, AS WELL AS TRASH BAG DISPENSERS.
AND YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THOSE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO THE ROTARY CLUB FOR, FOR THAT GRANT AND THAT PARTNERSHIP.
SO SIGNAGE, THIS IS PART OF OUR EFFORT TO BUILD AWARENESS AS WELL.
UM, THESE WERE DESIGNED TO ASSIST IN EDUCATING, UH, THE PUBLIC ON KEEPING THE AREAS CLEAN IN OUR PARKS IS SHARES THE PURPOSE, WHAT THE TRASH CANS ARE USED FOR INSIDE THE PARKS AS WELL.
AND THEN IT'S PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT LARGE GATHERINGS AND HOW TO SCHEDULE THOSE LARGE GATHERINGS.
AND THEN FINALLY, IT SHARES HOW TO REPORT ISSUES IF YOU SEE IT.
SO THESE SIGNS WILL BE AT VARIOUS PAVILION AREAS.
AND SO IF YOU SEE A PROBLEM, YOU HAVE IMMEDIATE RESOURCES ON HOW TO
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REPORT THAT TO US.IN ADDITION, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT EVERY ONE OF THESE SIGNS HAS A SLOGAN.
IF YOU BRING IT, PLEASE TAKE IT WITH YOU.
THAT IS GEARED TOWARDS THOSE LARGE GROUPS THAT COME AND USE OUR PAVILION.
SO IF THEY HAVE A OVERABUNDANCE OF TRASH, INSTEAD OF BOMBARDING THE TRASH CANS THAT ARE AROUND THERE, WE'RE ASKING THAT THEY BRING THOSE WITH THEM BECAUSE AGAIN, IF IT'S AN UNSCHEDULED RESERVATION THAT SITS UNTIL OUR CLEANING CREW OR OUR THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR OR OUR TEAM COMES OUT TO ADDRESS IT.
THIS NEXT PART THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, UH, THE CLEAN PARK PATROL PASSPORT PROGRAM.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE FELT AS AN EDUCATIONAL APPROACH.
IT WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET THE YOUTH INVOLVED IN THIS PROGRAM, AND THIS WAS A GREAT WAY TO DO IT.
SO WE DEVELOPED A PASSPORT PROGRAM AND EACH OF YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THIS BOOK IN FRONT OF YOU.
UM, THIS IS A EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY BOOKLET.
THE ONE THAT YOU HAVE IS FOR GRADES FIRST AND UP.
WE WILL SOON BE CREATING THE, THE PRE-K TO KINDERGARTEN BOOKLET.
BUT EACH BOOK HAS PARK MAP, A PARK MAP, SOME LITTER FACTS, SO EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION, INBOOK ACTIVITIES TO REINFORCE THAT INFORMATION, CHALLENGES A QUIZ, AND THEN A PLEDGE IN A SIGNATURE SHEET AS WELL.
IT HAS CONTACT INFORMATION IN CASE THE KIDS OR THE FAMILY SEE CONCERNS IN ONE OF THE PARKS.
THEY KNOW HOW TO CALL AND LET US KNOW OR EMAIL AND LET US KNOW HOW TO ADDRESS THOSE.
THIS BOOKLET WILL BE LAUNCHED TOMORROW.
UM, AGAIN, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT AND FEEL THAT IT CAME OUT, IT EXCEEDED OUR EXPECTATION IN, IN THE PROCESS OF IT.
SO AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S CHALLENGES AND FOR THE CHALLENGES, IF THEY COMPLETE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF CHALLENGES, SO KINDERGARTEN AND UNDER HAVE TO COMPLETE FIVE CHALLENGES, FIRST GRADE AND UP COMPLETE EIGHT CHALLENGES.
THEY WILL GET A DRAWSTRING BAG, A WATER BOTTLE STICKERS, AND OTHER VARIOUS PRIZES.
AND YOU'VE GOT A SAMPLE OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN FRONT OF YOU AS WELL.
AND WE WILL BE DISTRIBUTING THESE PASSPORT PROGRAMS OR OUR DAY CAMP PROGRAM.
WE FELT LIKE THAT WAS A, A GREAT SOURCE.
SO IT COULD HELP BE ENFORCED AND MONITORED BY OUR, OUR STAFF AND OUR TEAM, BUT ALSO THROUGH OUR RECREATION CENTERS, OUR GYMNASTICS CENTER, UH, LOCAL DAYCARE CENTERS, AND EVENTUALLY THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO IN ADDITION TO THE AWARENESS AND THE EDUCATION, I MENTIONED RESOURCES.
SO THIS NEXT, NEXT TWO ITEMS THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT FALL INTO THE RESOURCE CATEGORY.
AND THIS FIRST APPROACH IS A PILOT PROGRAM THAT WE WANTED TO IMPLEMENT.
IT'S FOR DISPENSERS AND BRANDED TRASH BAGS.
AGAIN, THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE APPROACH, SO THERE'S NO DATA ON THIS, BUT WE FELT LIKE THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EFFECTIVENESS TO IT, AND WE FELT IT WAS WORTHWHILE, UM, AND HAD POTENTIAL FOR SUCCESS.
AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE, UM, ONCE IT'S IMPLEMENTED TO MONITOR IT, TO TO SEE TRACK IT OF WHAT THE USE IS FOR IT.
BUT IT'S A PILOT PROGRAM THAT WILL DISPENSE TWO, UM, HAVE TWO DISPENSERS LOCATED AT TWO DIFFERENT PAVILIONS.
ONE IS CROWLEY PARK, THE OTHER ONE IS BRECKENRIDGE PARK COMPLEX C, WHERE WE HAVE THE TWO PAVILIONS AT.
UM, THE DISPENSERS WILL HAVE YELLOW BRANDED TRASH BAGS, SO THEY'RE GONNA BE VERY UNIQUE, VERY RECOGNIZABLE.
UM, AND THOSE BAG DISPENSERS, BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE CUSTOMIZED BAGS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CUSTOMIZE THE DISPENSER FOR IT.
SO WE ARE BUILDING, UH, DISPENSERS THAT WILL BE LOCKABLE AND THEY'LL BE HOUSED AT THOSE TWO LOCATIONS.
SO USERS WILL HAVE THAT RESOURCE IN CASE THEY HAVE SO MUCH TRASH THAT IT IS OVERFLOWING.
AND THIS WILL LE LAUNCH LATE JANUARY, EARLY FEBRUARY.
UM, AND WE'RE HOPING IT WILL BE VERY SUCCESSFUL.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.
AND THEN NEXT, EVERY YEAR WE ARE REPLACING TRASH CANS THROUGHOUT EVERY ONE OF OUR PARKS.
THIS YEAR WE DECIDED INSTEAD OF USING OUR CITY FUNDS TO REPLACE TRASH CANS, LET'S TRY A NEW PILOT TRASH CAN.
SO THIS IS A SAMPLE YOU'LL SEE ON THE SLIDE OF WHAT OUR NEW TRASH CANS WILL LOOK LIKE.
WE ARE LAUNCHING THIS AT CROWLEY PARK, NER PARK, BERKER PARK, AND RENER LINEAR PARK.
THE TRASH CAN ITSELF IS DESIGNED TO RE REDUCE TRASH BLOWOUT.
IT'S CLEANER IN APPEARANCE, AND BECAUSE IT'S MADE FROM RECYCLED MATERIAL, WE BELIEVE IT'S GONNA BE MORE DURABLE.
UM, AND IT'S DEFINITELY GONNA HOLD ITS APPEARANCE BETTER OR MAINTAIN ITS APPEARANCE.
IT IS A 60 GALLON TRASHCAN, WHICH MEANS IT IS INCREASING OUR CAPACITY BY DOUBLE.
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SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ORDERED, THEY HAVE JUST RECENTLY ARRIVED, SO THEY WILL BE DEPLOYED IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.AND THEN THE LAST PART OF OUR RESOURCES IS WE'VE INCREASED STAFF MONITORING.
SO AS YOU ARE AWARE, OUR TRASH PICKUP IS HANDLED THROUGH A THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR.
CURRENTLY, THERE IS NO SCHEDULED PICKUPS ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS.
UM, THEY HAVE TWO CREWS THAT ARE DIVIDED AMONG THE CITY AND OUR STAFF IS IN REGULAR COMMUNICATION WITH THIS CONTRACTOR.
BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE IS, AS A, A FIRST ASSIGNMENT, OUR STAFF MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ARE DRIVING THE PARKS AND ENSURING THAT THERE ARE NO ISSUES.
WE WANT IT TO GET AHEAD OF SOMETHING BEFORE IT CAME, BECAME A BIGGER ISSUE.
SO THEY ARE DRIVING THE PARKS, IF THEY SEE SOMETHING, THEY'RE REPORTING IT TO THE CONTRACTOR OR THEY ARE TAKING CARE OF IT THEMSELVES.
SO THIS WAY WE CAN ENSURE THAT THE PARKS ARE READY FOR OUR CUSTOMERS, OUR CITIZENS TO USE 'EM.
AND THEN OF COURSE, I WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO SHARE WITH YOU HOW YOU REPORT CONCERNS, UM, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO GET OUT TO THE PUBLIC FOR EVERYBODY TO KNOW.
BUT WE'VE GOT TWO EMAIL ADDRESSES.
ASK RICHARDSONPARKS@CORE.GOV OR RE@CORE.GOV.
SO IF THERE'S A PROBLEM, IT CAN BE REPORTED TO EITHER ONE OF THOSE AND IT WILL COME STRAIGHT TO OUR TEAM FOR IMMEDIATE ISSUES.
WE ASK THAT YOU REPORT IT THROUGH SCADA OR THROUGH MY RICHARDSON APP THAT WILL BE DEPLOYED TO THE APPROPRIATE STAFF WITH AN VERY SHORT TIMEFRAME SO WE CAN HANDLE IT IMMEDIATELY.
AND THEN OF COURSE, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY DURING BUSINESS HOURS, YOU CAN CALL THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADMINISTRATION OFFICE AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE.
AND IF THERE'S A ISSUE SUCH AS NOISE COMPLAINTS OR UM, A CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THAT'S GOING ON, WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO CALL 9 1 1 IMMEDIATELY.
DON'T EMAIL US, BUT CALL 9 1 1 IMMEDIATELY TO ADDRESS THAT.
SO THAT IS OUR CLEAN PARKS PROGRAM INITIATIVE THAT WE HAVE MOVING FORWARD.
I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.
A GREAT PRESENTATION MR. BARRIOS.
THANK YOU MAYOR YVONNE, AS USUAL, YOU KNOCK IT OUT OF THE PARK.
I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT DOES IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
AND, AND, UH, EVERY TIME WE, AT LEAST FOR ME, EVERY TIME WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, IT'S JUST STEPPING IT UP ANOTHER LEVEL.
UM, THIS BOOK, I, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT PASSED OUT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT BE USED.
IT'S A GREAT JOB ON THE DESIGN OF THE BOOK.
I SAW THERE WAS A QR CODE ON ONE OF THE PAGES.
ANYTIME YOU CAN INVOLVE, UH, TECHNOLOGY INTERACTION LIKE THAT, UH, FROM A TEACHER PERSPECTIVE, OBVIOUSLY, UM, THAT, THAT'S GREAT.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE THOUGHT, PUT IT THAT WENT INTO THAT.
UM, IF THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITY, I'M SURE, UH, SOME, UH, SCOUT GROUPS AND STUFF LIKE THAT WOULD PROBABLY ALSO APPRECIATE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE ONE THAT'S UTILIZING IT FOR MLK CLEANUP DAY.
I WILL SAY FOR THOSE, FOR THOSE WATCHING, UH, OBVIOUSLY KEEPING OUR PARKS CLEAN AS SOMEBODY WHO LIVES NEXT TO A PARK, UH, ALONGSIDE COTTONWOOD PARK, IT'S, IT'S, UH, NOT JUST THE PARK, BUT IT'S A COMMUNITY EFFORT, RIGHT? UM, AND I KNOW PRIOR TO BE EVEN BEING ON THE COUNCIL, SOMEBODY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZED A PARK CLEANUP ONE TIME AND I WENT AND JOINED.
I KNOW THE CITY PROVIDED, UH, SOME BAGS, I THINK SOME THE GRABBER GRIPPER.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CALL THOSE THINGS.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? YES.
UM, IS THAT A TECHNICAL TERM? IT SOUNDS RIGHT.
UM, AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB AND IT WAS, THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER AND AGAIN, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS SUPPORTED BY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
UM, SO I, I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME THE COMMUNITY CAN COME JUMP IN AND, AND HELP CLEAN AND KEEP OUR PARKS CLEAN, IT JUST BENEFITS US ALL.
SO THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO ENCOURAGE THAT AND FOR CONTINUING TO, TO, UH, GIVE US ANOTHER THING TO BE PROUD OF AND IN THE CITY.
THIS IS, AS YOU KNOW, SOMETHING, I ACTUALLY GET EMAIL ABOUT QUITE A BIT,
SO THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY GREAT TO SEE.
I THINK THIS IS SUPER RESPONSIVE TO THE CONCERNS AND SOME OF, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE PILOT PROGRAMS YOU'RE DEPLOYING THE BAGS.
I THINK THAT'S UNIQUE, UM, AND I THINK WILL REALLY HELP ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT I, I RECEIVE CORRESPONDENCE ON.
I THINK THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY GREAT SORT OF FRAUD RESPONSE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A CITYWIDE ISSUE, BUT YOU KNOW, WE, WE HEAR ABOUT IT MORE OFTEN IN, IN SOME AREAS OF THE CITY THAN OTHERS.
AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SORT OF BE CREATIVE AND THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX ABOUT HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THE CONCERNS.
UM, I THINK THE COLLABORATION WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT IS GREAT.
THE SIGNAGE AND THE, THE EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
I THINK IT'S REALLY, REALLY, UM, IT'S JUST SMART WORK
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AND I THINK, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE AT OUR PARKS.UH, YVONNE, I CAN ONLY, UH, ADD TO WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID AND ECHO IT.
YOU KNOW, I, I LOVE THE IDEA OF A LOT OF SMALL SORT OF, UH, EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMS TO REALLY TRY TO FIGURE OUT LIKE A REALLY BIG CITYWIDE WAY TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE.
YOU KNOW, I, I FEEL LIKE INSTEAD OF ONE WAY TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM, YOUR TEAM CREATED SIX TO SEVEN WAYS, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.
UM, I DO HAVE TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
THE, THE FIRST ONE IS, WHEN YOU SAY PEOPLE CAN REPORT AN ISSUE, WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER TO BE LIKE AN, AN ISSUE? IS THAT JUST ANYTHING THAT THEY THINK IS A CONCERN OR ARE THERE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY IF THERE'S A TRASHCAN THAT'S BEEN OVERFLOWING OKAY.
OR HAS BEEN MISSED, OBVIOUSLY.
OTHERS HAVE BEEN PICKED UP AND ONE HAS BEEN MISSED.
OR, UM, ONE OF THE PICTURES ON THAT SLIDE WAS PHIS PARK WHERE WE HAD HEAVY RAINS AND THERE WAS A LOT OF WASHING FROM, UH, TRASH THAT WASHED UP ON THE BANK.
SO THINGS LIKE THAT, IF THEY SEE IT, OKAY, LET US KNOW.
IF IT'S UNSIGHTLY, LET US KNOW SO WE CAN TAKE CARE OF IT.
NO, THAT'S, AND THAT'S HELPFUL BECAUSE I KNOW THAT PRETTY MUCH LIKE SOMEPLACE LIKE SPRING CREEK NATURE AREA, RIGHT? IF I'M IN THERE AT SOME POINT THERE'S GONNA BE TRASH IN A CREEK BED SOMEWHERE.
AND THAT JUST SEEMS LIKE, LIKE A CONSTANT, RIGHT? AND THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT'S VERY, IT'S LIKE VERY DIFFICULT FOR STAFF TO JUST KIND OF CASUALLY GET TO ON A PHONE CALL IF YOU SEE LIKE ONE BAG AND IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUNCH OF BUSHES ACROSS THE CREEK, RIGHT? SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS SORT OF THE APPROPRIATE THING.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S KINDA MY NEXT QUESTION AS WELL.
SO, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY, UM, I, I THINK I'D ACTUALLY REPORTED SOMETHING LIKE THIS JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
AND, UM, THE RESPONSE WAS, HEY, WE'RE ON A, WE'RE ON A SCHEDULE WHERE THERE'S LIKE A DEEP CLEAN OF PARKS EVERY, A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR.
SO LET'S SAY A BUNCH OF TRASH DOES COME THROUGH AND WASHES UP AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS REPORTABLE ISSUE.
SOMEONE EMAILS IT IN OR CALLS IT IN.
AND THEN WHAT DOES YOUR TEAM DO AT THAT POINT? SO SPECIFICALLY WITH CREEKS AND WATERWAYS? YEAH, LET'S, SURE.
LET'S SAY THAT, UM, LET'S TAKE A DIFFERENT HYPOTHETICAL THAN, THAN A STORM, BUT A STORM COULD BE A GOOD ONE TOO.
LET'S SAY THAT THERE WE'RE, AT HINE'S PARK, THERE'S A LOT OF SOCCER GOING ON, AND SOMEONE, SOME GROUP PEOPLE LEAVES TONS OF PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES EVERYWHERE, RIGHT? UH, AT THAT POINT, SOMEONE CALLS IT IN.
WHAT IS YOUR TEAM'S RESPONSE OR WHAT'S THE NEXT RESPONSE? OUR TEAM, DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF DAY, WE'LL EITHER CALL THE THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR TO COME OUT AND CLEAN IT.
OR WE WILL GO OUT OURSELVES AND CLEAN IT.
UM, THE PHOTO THAT WE HAD OF THE HUFFINES MM-HMM.
BUT OUR TEAM IS VERY RESPONSIVE ON IT, AND WE WILL ADDRESS IT HOWEVER WE CAN.
IF, UM, IF ANOTHER HYPOTHETICAL, JUST SO I UNDERSTAND KIND OF LIKE THE DIFFERENT LEVELS.
IF THERE'S JUST A COUPLE PIECES OF TRASH AND IT'S NOT SOME BIG, WHAT, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF LIKE ABNORMAL THING, WHAT, WHAT DOES YOUR TEAM DO AT THAT POINT? UM, IF IT'S A COUPLE PIECES OF TRASH AND IT'S NOT INTRUSIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ENCOURAGE, IF I GO OUT TO A PARK, I'M GONNA PICK UP TRASH.
I KNOW I WORK FOR THE DEPARTMENT, BUT AS A CITIZEN AS WELL, I THINK IT'S MY DUTY.
UM, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE, IF YOU SEE A PIECE OF TRASH, YOU KNOW, HELP US OUT AND PICK THAT UP.
BUT IF THE, IF IT'S A MINOR ISSUE, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED ON THE DAYS THAT THE, UH, THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR COMES OUT.
IF IT'S A DAY THAT THEY'RE NOT OUT, THEN WE WILL HAVE OUR TEAM GO AND ADDRESS THE, THE BIGGER ISSUES OF IT.
SO IF IT'S MINOR, ONE OR TWO PIECES MM-HMM.
FOR THAT CONTRACTOR TO COME OUT.
YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE WORKING HARD TO KEEP OUR CAR CLEANS ALL THE TIME AND COMING UP WITH NEW IDEAS, UH, TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, BUT ALSO SAME TIME, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, CANS OR OTHER PRAYER THAT GOES TO THE CREEK, UH, AT THE POND OF THE PARK, THOSE REALLY NOT NECESSARILY ALWAYS FROM THE PARK, IT COMES FROM OUTSIDE AND, UH, SMALL SYSTEM, IT COMES WITH THE, WITH THE HIGH VELOCITY, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE POND, IT BECOME LIKE LOW ILLA CITY.
IT STAYS THERE AND FLOATS THERE.
SO MOST OF THE CAN AND TRASH AT THE POND OR CREEK AT THE PARK BASICALLY COMING FROM THE ROADS AND OTHER PLACES, UH, THAT WASHES.
SO IT'S A CHALLENGING, HOW DO YOU CLEAN THAT? UH, IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S AN, IT'S A CONTINUOUS PROCESS.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR KEEPING UP WITH THAT.
THANK YOU MAYOR YVONNE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I, I REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, ALL THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT DOES.
I KNOW I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL DO FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND Y'ALL ALWAYS COME UP WITH SOME WONDERFUL THINGS.
AND I LOVE AS, AS, UH, COUNCILMAN JUSTICE
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SAID, THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX, I REALLY LIKE THE ENGAGEMENT OF THE YOUNGER GENERATION GETTING INVOLVED BECAUSE I THINK AS A CITIZEN, YOU SHOULD ALWAYS PICK UP A TRA SOME TRASH IF YOU'VE SEEN IT.AND THEN WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO RICHARDSON AND, UM, I STARTED A TRASH BASH PROGRAM FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE WOULD GO EVERY ONCE A MONTH ON SATURDAY, WE WOULD GATHER SUBGROUP AND WE WOULD GO AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALSO THE PARKS.
'CAUSE THERE'S A COUPLE PARKS IN OUR AREA.
SO WE WOULD GO TO EACH ONE OF THOSE AND PICK THEM UP AND, UH, AND HELP CONTRIBUTE.
BUT THERE ARE A LOT, THERE IS A LOT OF TRASH THAT PEOPLE LEAVE.
'CAUSE THERE, THERE ARE, AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE'S UNRES, UH, RESERVATIONS THAT ARE NOT MADE FOR THE PAVILIONS.
AND PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, HAVING FAMILY ACTIVITIES AND THEY END UP LEAVING A LOT OF TRASH BEHIND.
SO WE TRY TO COME BACK AND, AND FACILITATE THAT WHEN WE CAN.
BUT I THINK BRINGING AWARENESS IS, IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
IS THERE ANY, UH, TYPE OF MAILER BESIDES, YOU KNOW, PUTTING IT IN, UH, RICHARDSON TODAY AND SOME OF THE OTHER, UH, PUBLICATIONS AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA? IS THERE ANYTHING GOING OUT, UH, TO THE HOUSEHOLDS AT ANY TIME? JUST TO BRING LIKE A AIR SHEET? NOT THIS POINT.
WE WILL GAUGE THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM.
UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO APPLY FOR MORE GRANTS TO HELP SUPPORT IT.
UM, AND AT SOME POINT WE MAY CONSIDER PUTTING SOMETHING OUT THROUGH THE WATER BILL INSERTS.
UM, ALSO, DO Y'ALL GET A LOT OF THE DOGGY BAGS? I KNOW THERE'S SOME DOGGY BAG STATIONS AT MOST OF THE PARKS.
DO PEOPLE TYPICALLY THROW THOSE OUT ANYWHERE OR DO, OR DO YOU FIND THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY DISPOSING OF THEM IN THE APPROPRIATE CONTAINER OR CARRYING THEM OFF THEMSELVES? YEAH, TYPICALLY THEY ARE DISPOSING 'EM PROPERLY.
SO EITHER IN THE TRASH CANS OR TAKING 'EM WITH THEM.
I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY HAD SOME, THEY WOULD CONSIDER THAT, RIGHT? YES.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND ALSO THE TRASH THAT FLOWS DOWN INTO THE GUTTER, UH, SEWER SYSTEMS. UM, WHEN IT, WHEN IT TRAVELS THROUGH THE SEWER SYSTEM, IS THERE A PLACE WHERE IT GETS COLLECTED AND DISTRIBUTED OR DOES THAT AND FILTERED BECAUSE THAT'S ON AN AREA THAT I TYPICALLY DEAL WITH.
SO WE, WE HAVE OUR, OUR, UM, STORM SEWER INLET, UH, PROGRAM WHERE WE HAVE CAGES, UH, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER OF LOCATIONS, BUT THEY'RE THE HIGHEST.
UM, THEY'RE THE IN AREAS OF HIGHEST CONCENTRATION WHERE WE TEND TO HAVE TRASH FROM.
AS, AS, UH, MAYOR PRO TIMM SAID, IT'S OFTEN FROM, UM, THE STREETS THAT IT ENTERS INTO THE STORM SEWER, BUT ALSO IN THE, IN THE, UH, SITUATION THAT JOE WAS DESCRIBING IN THE CREEKS, IT'S UPSTREAM.
AND A LOT OF THAT TRASH THAT YOU SEE IN THE SPRING CREEK NATURE AREA COMES FROM OUR FRIENDS TO THE NORTH
UM, AND SO, BUT, BUT WE, WE, UH, WE'LL PROBABLY BE PROPOSING EXPANDING THAT, UH, THAT PROGRAM AGAIN THIS YEAR.
EACH YEAR WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ADD ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS AND IT REALLY DOES HELP SIGNIFICANTLY.
UM, AND, UH, AND WE, I THINK NOW WE'RE ON A, PROBABLY TWICE A YEAR, I THINK WE, WE SERVICE THOSE CAGES IN THE INLETS TO, AND, AND WE'VE, AS WE'VE TALKED IN PAST YEARS, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TRASH THAT WE KEEP OUT OF THE CREEKS AND OUT OF THE, OUT OF OUR WATERWAYS.
I, I APPRECIATE ALL, ALL THAT YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT DO.
I JUST WANNA ADD ON AS WELL, FANTASTIC JOB, GREAT PROGRAM.
REALLY LOVE THE, THE, THE BOOKS FOR, FOR OUR YOUTH.
UM, HOPE THAT WE HAVE 'EM EV EVERYWHERE WE CAN POSSIBLY GET 'EM DISTRIBUTED.
UM, WHICH I KNOW YOU, YOU DISCUSSED, BUT I THINK THAT, I THINK THIS IS JUST SUPER, AND I JUST LOVE, I WAS GOING THROUGH AND JUST ON YOUR QUIZ, I GOT A HUNDRED, I DON'T GOOD
SO I WANTED TO GET THERE BEFORE COUNCILMAN BARRIOS
UM, BUT, UM, BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
I GUESS THE ONLY QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS DO WE ROUTINELY, AFTER SOMEONE RESERVES A PAVILION, DO WE HAVE, DOES ANYONE GO BACK OUT AND CHECK AND IF THEY'VE COMPLETELY MY WORDS, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T CLEAN UP AFTER THEMSELVES, IS THERE ANY RAMIFICATIONS OR ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES SO THAT THEY'RE, SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF PATROL THAT, IF YOU WILL? YEAH.
FOR SOMEBODY WHO HAS ACTUALLY RESERVED THE PAVILION, THERE IS A DEPOSIT FOR IT.
SO THEY DO HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND CLEAN IT, AND THERE'S GUIDELINES OF WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
SO OUR TEAM GOES OUT BEFORE AND AFTER EACH RENTAL TO MAKE SURE THAT ONE, IT'S READY FOR THEM AND TWO, THAT IT'S READY FOR THE NEXT USER OR THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
YEAH, SO, SO IT'S KIND OF THE, IF IF THEY DON'T CLEAN UP AFTER THEMSELVES, THEY DON'T GET THEIR DEPOSIT BACK.
REALLY LOVE WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING.
SO THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH.
JUST ONE MORE THING TO TIE BOTH OF THE PRESENTATIONS TOGETHER.
WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT, UM, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO DO A, A GROUP, UM,
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ACTIVITY, COUNCILMAN CORCORAN AND I, A COUPLE YEARS AGO ORGANIZED A PARK CLEANUP OF THE NATURE PRESERVE AS PART OF IT.SO TO YOUR POINT, IF A NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS TO CREATE A GROUP GROUP ACTIVITY TO GET MORE POINTS, UH, IT'S A GREAT WAY YOU CAN COORDINATE WITH OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT TO DO THAT.
AND YOU GET GROUP ACTIVITY POINTS AND YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN IT'S TIME TESTS AT THE SAME TIME, AND IT'S A REAL WIN-WIN.
UM, IT WAS, I, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT.
[7. PUBLIC HEARING, ZONING FILE 23-14, A REQUEST TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 4.44 ACRES LOCATED AT 2520 N. CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY AND GLENVILLE DRIVE, FROM C-M COMMERCIAL WITH SPECIAL CONDITIONS TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO ACCOMMODATE A 5-STORY APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT.]
ALRIGHT.AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM SEVEN, PUBLIC HEARING ZONING FILE 23 DASH 14, A REQUEST TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 4.44 ACRES, LOCATED AT 25 20 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY IN GLENVILLE DRIVE.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
SAM SAM CHAVEZ IS GONNA PRESENT A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT, AND THEN THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND IS PREPARED TO, UH, MAKE A, UH, PRESENTATION AND THEN ANSWER QUESTIONS, UH, FOR YOU.
SO, SAM, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
UM, THIS IS, DOES THIS NOT WORK THERE? IT'S, YES.
UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS ZONING FILE 23 DASH 14.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS A 4.4 ACRE SITE, UH, LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY IN GLENVILLE DRIVE.
THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, THE TONIGHT IS TO CHANGE THE ZONING ON THE PROPERTY FROM CMM COMMERCIAL TO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT A OF A FIVE STORY APARTMENT PROJECT FOR CONTEXT PURPOSES.
UH, THIS IS AN OBLIQUE AERIAL AND IT'S LOOKING EAST.
IT'S, IT'S, UH, OUTLINED IN A, UH, IN A RED, UH, TRIANGLE.
IT IS AN EXISTING ONE STORY OFFICE BUILDING.
IT'S ABOUT, UH, 20,000 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE.
THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH IS DEVELOPED AS A NINE STORY OFFICE BUILDING PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH ACROSS, UH, GLENVILLE DRIVE IS DEVELOPED AS A TWO STORY OFFICE BUILDING.
UM, PROPERTIES TO THE EAST ACROSS RUTH CREEK PARKWAY ARE CURRENTLY DEVELOPED AS A FIVE STORY APARTMENT BUILDING, A THREE AND FOUR STORY APARTMENT BUILDING ALSO THAT'S ABOUT 17 ACRES IN, IN SIZE.
AND THEN FURTHER EAST OF THAT, UH, PARTICULAR LOCATION IS PROPERTY THAT IS IN, THAT IS ALSO ENTITLED FOR ADDITIONAL MULTIFAMILY, UH, DEVELOPMENT THAT INCLUDES AN APARTMENT COMPLEX AND AN INDEPENDENT, UH, LIVING FACILITY, ALSO IN A MULTI-FAMILY.
THE ITEM IN FRONT OF YOU IS A PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE SITE.
UH, THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSING A TOTAL OF 390 UNITS, UH, THAT EQUATES TO APPROXIMATELY 478 BEDROOMS AT A DENSITY OF 88, UH, DOLING UNITS PER ACRE.
THE PROPOSED BUILDING HEIGHT IS A FIVE STORY, UH, WITH A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 75.
THE NUMBER OF REQUIRED PARKING SPACES ARE 478 SPACES, WHILE 543 SPACES ARE PROVIDED WITHIN THE, THE, UH, STRUCTURED PARKING GARAGE.
AS YOU CAN TELL, THE LANDSCAPE AREA, UH, THERE'S A MINIMUM OF 10% THAT IS REQUIRED, AND THEY'RE PROVIDING 16.5% OF LANDSCAPE AREA IN YOUR PACKET, OR THE BLACK AND WHITE, UH, UH, PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS.
UH, WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU? THE TOP IS, UH, THE PROPOSED APPLICANT'S, UH, TREATMENT OF THE GARAGE FACADE.
BUT IN GENERAL, ALL FOUR ELEVATIONS WILL INCLUDE BRICK, UH, FIBER CEMENT PANELS AND SIDING, AND OF COURSE, UH, METAL CANOPIES WITH METAL BALCONY, UH, RAILS.
BUT THE APPLICANT APPLICANT'S PROPOSED GARAGE TREATMENT OF, OF THAT FACADE WOULD INCLUDE, UH, A BRICK CLAD, UH, CONCRETE SPANDRELS WITH WALL MOUNTED LIGHT, UH, UH, SCOS.
UH, THE LOWER ELEVATION SHOWS YOU THE, THE RECOMMENDED, UH, TREATMENT FOR THAT GARAGE FACADE, WHICH WOULD BE, UH, UH, BRICK CLAD CONCRETE SPANDRELS WITH LIGHTED ANGLE, VERTICAL METAL FINS AND LOUVRES.
SOME OF THE ITEMS TO CONSIDER ON THIS APPLICANT'S REQUEST IS, OF COURSE, THE 2009 FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
IT CURRENTLY DESIGNATES THE SITE AS REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT, WHICH DOES NOT INCLUDE RESIDENTIAL USES, UH, WITHIN THAT COURT, WITHIN THAT CATEGORY.
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BUT MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT IS ENCOURAGED WITHIN AREAS, UH, THAT WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TRANSIT.WITH THAT REGARD, THIS SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LESS THAN AQUAR THAN HALF A MILE NORTH OF THE GALLATIN PARK, UH, DART STATION.
AND IT'S, UH, ACCESSIBLE VIA THE TRAIL, UH, THE CENTRAL TRAIL ALONG, UH, THE DARK PROPERTIES.
UH, IN ADDITION PROPERTIES TO THE EAST, UH, WERE ALSO DESIGNATED AS REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT.
AND THOSE PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN REZONED FROM IM, WHICH IS AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO GET, UH, TO ACCOMMODATE DENSER, UH, MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS.
AND THOSE WERE SHOWN TO YOU IN THAT, IN THAT OBLIQUE EXHIBIT.
ONE ADDITIONAL ITEM IS THAT SINCE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, THIS AREA HAS A POTENTIAL, UH, HAS A POTENTIAL TO BE DESIGNATED OR CLASSIFIED FOR REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT ON THE REVISED FUTURE LAND USE PLAN WITH MULTIFAMILY AS A SUPPORTING SECONDARY LAND USE.
IN ADDITION TO THE PRIMARY LAND USE, WHICH, WHICH WOULD BE OFFICE, UH, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN NO WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE, UH, RECEIVED ON THIS REQUEST.
HOWEVER, THE PROPERTY OWNER TO THE SOUTH OF GLENVILLE DRIVE, UH, DID SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST AT THE, UH, AT THE, UH, CITY PLANT COMMISSION MEETING ON DECEMBER 19TH.
AT THAT MEETING, THE CITY PLANT COMMISSION, UH, VOTED SIX OH TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST, UH, INCLUDING THE, UH, INCLUDING THE ENHANCED, UH, GARAGE FACADE, WHICH IS SHOWN TO YOU PREVIOUSLY WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PORTION OF THE, UH, OF THE, UH, PRESENTATION.
AND I KNOW THE APPLICANTS ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
COUNSEL, YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR SAM? OKAY.
UM, GO BACK ONE SLIDE IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND.
UH, AND I GUESS IT'S TO YOU, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S TO YOU OR DON WITH THE STATE LAW, CAN WE REQUIRE THE ENHANCED GARAGE FACADE WITH THE STATE LAW SAYING THAT WE CAN'T DICTATE FINISHES, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
CAN, CAN THAT BE INCLUDED AS A PART OF THE PD? YOU CAN INCLUDE THAT REC, THE, THE CPC RECOMMENDATION IN YOUR MOTION.
UH, SINCE IT'S MORE OF AN ENHANCEMENT, UH, WE CAN'T DICTATE WHAT THE ACTUAL FACADE OF THAT BUILDING IS, IS, UH, IS APPLIED TO IT, SUCH AS BRICK OR STUCCO.
SO LIKE IT SEEMS COUNCILMAN TREAD, IT WOULD BE, UH, IT WOULD BE A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD MAKE, UM, BUT IT WOULD NOT BE ENFORCEABLE BY CODE.
THAT, THAT WAS MY, PERHAPS THE APPLICANT WOULD CAN KIND OF SPEAK TO, TO THE, UH, DIFFERENCE IN THEIR ELEVATION AND, AND, UH, THE PROPOSED ELEVATION AND MAYBE THERE'S SOME KIND OF A COMPROMISE THAT CAN BE REACHED.
SAM, UH, WHEN I WAS READING THE MATERIAL FOR THIS, IT SAYS THAT THE APPLICANT ALSO INTENDS TO IMPROVE THE EXISTING CONNECTION TO THE EAST ACROSS THE DART RAIL THAT CONNECTS TO THE CENTRAL TRAIL ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE GLENVILLE DRIVE RAIL CROSSING.
UH, SINCE PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE TRAFFIC TO THE CENTRAL TRAIL IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE WITH THE ADDITION OF A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO PROVIDE A STAGGERED FENCE DESIGN WEST OF THE CROSSING TO IMPEDE PEDESTRIAN'S, BICYCLISTS GOING EAST ACROSS THE RAIL CROSSING.
UM, CAN YOU JUST MAYBE LIKE, POINT OUT WHERE THAT WAS ON THE MAP? I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THAT WOULD BE RIGHT AT THIS LOCATION HERE.
SO IN ESSENCE, WHAT THAT WOULD HA WHAT THE PEDESTRIAN OR, OR BICYCLIST WOULD DO IS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO SLOW DOWN IN ORDER TO MANEUVER AROUND A FENCE BARRIER BEFORE THEY GAIN ACCESS AND ACROSS, UH, THE DART RAIL.
NOW THAT SORT OF KIND OF BARRIER SYSTEM HAS BEEN UTILIZED UP IN DENTON AND IT SEEMS TO WORK VERY WELL.
UH, IT CAUSES SOMEONE TO PAUSE BEFORE JUST RANDOMLY GOING ACROSS THE TRACK.
SO IT'D JUST BE LIKE PLACED ALONG THE SIDEWALK? YES, SIR.
I JUST COULDN'T REALLY VISUALIZE WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT OR WHEN I HEARD A FENCE.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS, COUNSEL? ALRIGHT, SEE YOU.
WE'D LIKE TO ASK THE APPLICANT TO COME FORWARD.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
JEFF PATTON, 5 8 3 2 GARDENDALE DRIVE, DALLAS, TEXAS.
UM, WANNA FIRST OFF, THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR TIME TO CONSIDER THE REQUEST.
WANNA THANK SAM AND CHRIS GETTING US TO THIS POINT, UH, IN COLLABORATING AS WELL? I THINK AN INTRODUCTION IS A GOOD START.
JLB PARTNERS WAS FOUNDED IN 2007 OUT OF FAIRFIELD RESIDENTIAL.
MOST OF OUR EXECUTIVES HAVE WORKED TOGETHER FOR OVER 30
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YEARS, SINCE 2007.WE'VE COMPLETED OVER 60 DEVELOPMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH A CAPITALIZATION EXCEEDING $4 BILLION.
MOST OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS HAVE OCCURRED HERE IN TEXAS, SPECIFICALLY IN NORTH TEXAS.
PART OF THAT TRACK RECORD IS AN EXTENSIVE HISTORY HERE IN RICHARDSON.
WE HAVE BUILT FIVE COMMUNITIES HERE UP AT THE CITY LINE DEVELOPMENT THAT EXCEED 1300 UNITS, AND THE CURRENT VALUATION ON THOSE EXCEED $300 MILLION.
UH, THAT RELATIONSHIP LASTED FROM ABOUT 2013 THROUGH 2020.
SO WE DO HAVE A LONGSTANDING HISTORY AND THAT LAST DEVELOPMENT BEING THE REGISTER, WHICH, UH, IS CURRENTLY STILL ACHIEVING THE HIGHEST PER SQUARE FOOT RENTS IN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, WHICH IS JUST INDICATIVE OF THE TYPE OF QUALITY THAT WE BRING TO ALL OF OUR DEVELOPMENTS AND SPECIFICALLY THAT WE WOULD BRING TO THIS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
SAM DID A GREAT JOB OF INTRODUCING THE SITE.
I WILL, UH, TAKE NOTE THAT, UH, WE ARE PROPOSING AGAIN FOR A 390 UNIT MULTI-FAMILY COMMUNITY.
UH, THIS IS A, A SITE THAT IS ZONED TO PLANO ISD SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND SAM PRETTY MUCH COVERED THE REST WE'LL.
HAVE A HANDFUL OF SLIDES CONVEYING THE MESSAGE OF HOW THIS SITE IS NOT GOING TO BE, IN OUR OPINION, DEVELOPED WITH COMMERCIAL OR RETAIL USES HERE IN THE, UH, NEAR MID AND LONG-TERM FUTURE.
AND SO, UH, I WILL BRIEFLY GO THROUGH THESE.
UM, MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY THE, THE VALUATIONS OF OFFICE HAVE, UM, BEEN, BEEN HAMPERED THROUGH COVID-19.
THAT'S THROUGH OCCUPANCY AND JUST CHANGING WORK HABITS, SO THAT'S WHAT THAT SLIDE CONVEYS.
AND THEN THIS SLIDE SHOWS OFFICE VACANCIES AROUND THE SITE, WHICH I SHOW THIS JUST TO CONVEY THAT ANY OFFICE DEVELOPER WOULD, WOULD LOOK AT THIS AND WANT TO SEE THOSE VACANCIES EATEN UP BEFORE THEY WOULD PROPOSE AN OFFICE DEVELOPMENT HERE.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS SOME DIFFICULT ACCESS AS FAR AS RETAIL.
RETAIL REALLY REQUIRES CONVENIENT ACCESS FOR IT TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, TRAFFIC FLOWS FROM THE NORTH BEING THE NAVY LINE AND FROM THE SOUTH BEING THE RED LINE, AND THEN THOSE WHITE ICONS BEING WHERE YOU WOULD EXIT.
SO JUST SOME CIRCUITOUS ACCESS TO GET TO THE SITE AS WELL AS TO ACCESS THE HIGHWAY SYSTEM AROUND THE SITE.
SO I THINK OFFICE DEVELOPMENT, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO GET A DEVELOPMENT HERE.
AND THEN RETAIL BECAUSE OF THE ACCESS, IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO, TO GET PUT INTO PRODUCTION HERE AS WELL.
AND THEN IF WE TAKE A STEP BACK AND LOOK THROUGH THE LENS OF A POTENTIAL RETAIL TENANT OR A POTENTIAL RETAIL DEVELOPER, THEY WOULD WANT TO BE DRAWN TO AREAS THAT ALREADY HAVE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THAT RETAIL.
AND IF WE LOOK AT SEA LINE, IF WE LOOK AT EAST SIDE, BOTH OF THOSE, WHICH, UH, ALREADY HAVE A MIXED USE COMPONENT WITH EMPLOYMENT AND UM, UM, UH, O OFFICE THERE AS WELL.
UH, AND THEN RETAIL, THEY WOULD BE DRAWN THERE BEFORE THEY WOULD BE DRAWN TO, TO THIS SITE.
AND SO WE LOOK AT CITY LINE, IT HAS 42% VACANCY, SO IT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN NEW TENANTS THERE AS WELL AS EAST SIDE.
AND THEN I, I'D FURTHER JUST NOTE THAT ADDING RESIDENTS, HIGH EARNING RESIDENTS TO THIS AREA, WE'LL BOLSTER THE PERFORMANCE OF THE EXISTING RETAIL.
NOW, WHY WE BELIEVE THAT THIS SITE IS WELL SUITED FOR MULTIFAMILY, WE ALWAYS LOOK AT SINGLE FAMILY ADJACENCY AND THE IMPACT THERE.
WE ALSO LOOK AT THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND DOES IT MAKE SENSE IN THE FABRIC OF THE AREA TO ADD A, A DENSITY OF HOUSING? AND WE BELIEVE THAT THIS AREA DOES.
AND THEN WE LOOK AT DEMAND AND THE CITY OF RICHARDSON'S CURRENT OCCUPANCY RATE OF 93% REALLY DOES PROVE UP THAT THERE IS DEMAND HERE FOR, FOR NEW HOUSING.
AND THEN WE BELIEVE THAT WE'RE THE, THE BEST DEVELOPER TO BRING THIS FORTH BECAUSE OF OUR TRACK RECORD OVERALL.
AND THEN SPECIFICALLY OUR TRACK RECORD HERE IN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, IMPACT ON SINGLE FAMILY, WE CAN SEE, UH, IN THIS ILLUSTRATION, THE CLOSEST HOME IS OVER A THOUSAND FEET AWAY ACROSS 75, WHICH WE BELIEVE IS A FANTASTIC BARRIER TO THOSE HOMES.
THE CLOSEST HOME IS, UH, ON THE EAST EAST SIDE OF, UH, PLANO ROAD WITH THE NATURE PRESERVE AS A BUFFER THERE AS WELL.
LOOKING AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE CONTEXT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IF WE TAKE JUST A ONE MILE RADIUS, WHICH IS, IS A PRETTY TIGHT SCOPE, WE CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE, UH, ACCESS TO GREAT NATURE AREAS, UH, WITH THE SPRING CREEK NATURE AREA AND THE, THE TRAIL SYSTEM THERE.
YOU HAVE ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT AND RETAIL AT CITY LINE, AND THEN YOU HAVE ACCESS TO GREAT TRANSPORTATION AND THE DART, DART, UM, STATIONS AS WELL AS THE INTERCHANGE OF 75 AND GEORGE BUSH TOUCHING, UH, ON THE CONTEXT OF BEING ADJACENT TO DART, IT IS A SHORT 10 MINUTE WALK TO THE GALLATIN PARK STATION TO THE SOUTH.
AND THAT WALK IS NOT A WALK ON A TYPICAL CITY SIDEWALK THAT'S ACTUALLY ON THE CENTRAL TRAIL
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THAT TAKES YOU THROUGH THE, UH, GALLATIN WOODLAND PRESERVE.SO THAT'S A, A TREE CANOPY TRAIL THAT'S REALLY NICE AND, UH, WOULD BE A NICE EXPERIENCE FOR, FOR SOMEONE.
Y'ALL ARE VERY AWARE OF THE SILVER LINE, BUT, UH, THAT EXTENSION THERE JUST FURTHER BOLSTERS THIS AS, AS A GREAT PLACE TO ADD DENSITY OF HOUSING.
UH, GALLATIN BEING THE ONE THAT, THE STATION THAT IS WALKABLE, YOU WOULD WALK AND THEN CATCH, UH, A RIDE TO THE, THE BUSH, UH, CITY LINE STATION TO THEN ACCESS SILVER LINE.
BUT REALLY BEING HERE, YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE ENTIRE DFW METROPLEX THROUGH DARK.
LOOKING AT THE NATURE AND THE TRAILS AND PUBLIC AMENITIES, WE REALLY TRY TO FOCUS ON WHERE CAN WE BE ADJACENT TO TRAILS.
WE THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO ADD, UH, DENSE HOUSING ALONG TRAILS AND, AND IN AREAS WHERE THE RESIDENTS CAN UTILIZE THE CITY RESOURCES.
AND SO, YEAH, JUST ADJACENT TO THIS SITE, YOU HAVE ACCESS TO OVER 14 MILES OF INDIVIDUAL TRAILS.
SO SOMEONE COULD, COULD GET A LONG RUN IN, COULD GET ALONG BIKE RIDE AND, AND DOUBLE BACK AND, AND LOOP ON THOSE.
SO, UH, WE THINK THAT IT DOES MAKE SENSE TO, TO ADD HOUSING HERE, UH, FOR THEM TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, OF THESE TRAIL SYSTEMS THAT EXTEND FROM THE CENTRAL TRAIL AND SOUTH RICHARDSON ALL THE WAY OVER TO TO UTD UTILIZING THE, UH, UNIVERSITY TRAIL.
UH, AS WE LOOK AT THE SITE AND TALK MORE ABOUT THE SITE ITSELF.
THIS IS AN ELEVATION SHOWING WHERE OUR AMENITIES WOULD BE AND, UM, WE'LL SEE MORE OF THOSE.
AGAIN, SAM TOUCHED ON, IT'S 4.4 ACRES, 390 UNITS.
THIS WILL BE A FIVE LEVEL MULTI-FAMILY COMMUNITY.
THERE ARE TWO COURTYARDS THERE.
WE HAVE OUR MAIN COURTYARD, WHICH WILL CONTAIN OUR POOL COURTYARD, UH, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE LEASING AND RESIDENT AMENITIES.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR PASSIVE COURTYARD THERE TO THE SOUTH.
THOSE WILL BE ACCESSED OFF OF GLENVILLE DRIVE THROUGH, UH, AN ENHANCED PARKING COURT FOR FUTURE RESIDENTS.
AND THEN OUR CURRENT RESIDENTS AND THEIR GUESTS WILL, WILL BE PARKING IN THAT FIVE LEVEL PARKING GARAGE.
UH, THE MIX OF THIS COMMUNITY WILL BE ABOUT 75%, ONE BEDROOMS, 25%, TWO BEDROOMS. AND AS WE CONSIDER AFFORDABILITY, AND IF WE LOOK AT THE AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME FOR THE AREA AND CONSIDER ANYTHING UNDER THAT BEING CONSIDERED AFFORDABLE, AN EFFICIENCY WOULD BE AFFORDABLE AT $1,800 A MONTH, AND A ONE BEDROOM WOULD BE AFFORDABLE AT 1935 A MONTH.
IF WE TAKE THE MOST RESTRICTIVE OF THOSE TWO AT $1,800, WE WILL HAVE 20 EFFICIENCIES UNDER THAT RATE, AND WE'LL HAVE 91 BEDROOMS UNDER THAT RATE.
AND THAT'S THE, THE $1,800 THRESHOLD.
SO, UH, WE, WE THINK THAT WE'RE GONNA BRING A REALLY HIGH, HIGH, HIGH END BEST IN CLASS DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO PROVIDE SOME ATTAINABLE HOUSING FOR, UH, RESIDENTS HERE IN RICHARDSON.
WORK FROM HOME IS A, A LARGE COMPONENT OF THIS COMMUNITY AS WELL.
90% OF OUR TWO BEDROOMS WILL HAVE A BUILT-IN DESK, NOT JUST AN AREA THAT SOMEONE CAN ADD A DESK, BUT REALLY A NICHE THAT ENABLES THEM TO WORK FROM HOME, NOT FROM THEIR BEDROOM OR FROM THEIR, UH, KITCHEN ISLAND, BUT A DESIGNATED AREA.
SO THAT'S, 90% OF OUR TWO BEDROOMS WILL HAVE THAT.
AND ABOUT 15% OF OUR ONE BEDROOMS WILL HAVE THAT, OBVIOUSLY IN THE LARGER SIZES.
SITE TRAFFIC, THE NAVY LINE WILL BE HOW FUTURE RESIDENTS, NON-RESIDENTS ACCESS THE SITE.
AND THEN THE ORANGE LINE WILL BE HOW OUR, OUR RESIDENTS AND, AND THEIR GUESTS WILL ACCESS THE SITE.
WE DID HAVE A TRAFFIC STUDY COMPLETED, AND BECAUSE OF THE ADJACENCY ON 75, THE IMPACT IS, IS VERY MINIMAL TO THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
THIS IS AN ELEVATION, UH, LOOKING NORTHBOUND ON THE SERVICE ROAD.
THAT'S THE, THE CORNER OF THE SERVICE ROAD IN GLENVILLE DRIVE.
THERE YOU CAN SEE IT'S A HEAVY BRICK FACADE.
UH, IN ADDITION TO BEING HEAVY BRICK, WE, WE REALLY LIKE TO ADD BRICK DETAILING, WHICH IS, IS ABOVE AND BEYOND, BUT IT ADDS A LOT OF CHARACTER TO THE, TO THE BUILDING AND, UH, MAKES IT WHERE IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST A, A PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT, BUT HAS, HAS SOME INTEREST TO IT.
AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW OF THAT ORIGINAL ELEVATION SHOWN.
THIS WOULD BE THE LEASING, UH, COURTYARD AND, UM, THE AMENITIES THERE AS WELL.
THESE ARE CONCEPT IMAGES FROM COMMUNITIES THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED HERE IN TEXAS.
UH, SO THIS WOULD BE A, A LE UH, INDICATIVE OF THE QUALITY THAT WE WOULD BRING HERE FOR THE LEASING LOBBY AND, UH, CLUB CLUB SPACES FOR THE RESIDENTS.
THIS IS ANOTHER FLAVOR OF THAT TRYING TO BRING IN, UM, AMENITIES THAT ARE ACTIVE AS WELL AS PASSIVE.
THIS BEING A, A GOLF SIMULATOR ROOM, THIS HAS KIND OF REPLACED,
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UH, MOVIE AND MEDIA ROOMS IN APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND, AND JUST GIVES RESIDENTS ANOTHER AREA TOGETHER.WE ARE PLANNING ON PUTTING THIS, UH, THIS COMMUNITY.
THIS IS A, A POOL COURTYARD OF SIMILAR SCALE AND OF SIMILAR SIZE IS THE COURTYARD WE HAVE HERE.
AND THE DESIGN HERE IS JUST INTENDED TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE TO MANY PEOPLE TO USE IT ALL AT ONCE.
THIS IS, UH, AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF OUR PASSIVE COURTYARDS.
I KNOW I'M SHOWING YOU A LOT OF GOLF.
UH, I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE GONNA, UH, PUT THE PUTTING GREEN IN HERE, BUT I, I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS.
IT'S JUST INDICATIVE OF, UH, OUR, OUR, OUR DESIGN INTENT IS TO, TO REALLY MAXIMIZE EVERY SQUARE RANCH AND TO TRY TO MAKE THIS A COMMUNITY WHERE RESIDENTS WANT TO MOVE HERE, BUT THEN ALSO THEY WANNA STAY HERE.
THIS IS AN IMAGE OF ONE OF OUR FITNESS FACILITIES WE'VE DONE HERE.
THE INTENTION HERE IS TO JUST BUILD SOMETHING THAT IS AS GOOD OR BETTER THAN ANY FITNESS FACILITY IN THE AREA SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS CAN USE THIS AS SOMETHING TO JUST, UH, CHECK A BOX OFF OF THEIR BUDGET AND JUST USE THE FACILITIES HERE.
AND THEN HERE'S SOME CONCEPT IMAGES OF UNITS.
THIS WE'RE SHOWING HERE, SOME KITCHENS AND, AND A AND A BATHROOM AS WELL.
AND REALLY AS WE LOOK AT THE UNITS WE TRY TO BUILD IN, I MENTIONED THE WORK FROM HOME DESKS.
WE ALSO HAVE DIFFERENT NICHES.
YOU CAN SEE LIKE A TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER AT THE, THE ENTRIES WHERE SMALL TOUCHES THAT ARE NOT TYPICALLY PUT INTO AN APARTMENT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DO THOSE AND THE GLASS INSERTS AND THE, THE CABINETS, ALL OF THOSE SMALL LITTLE UPGRADES ADD UP TO, TO CREATE A REALLY NICE LIVING EXPERIENCE.
SO, TOUCHING ON THE GARAGE, UM, AGAIN, I WANT THIS TO BE COLLABORATIVE.
I WANT THIS TO BE A CONVERSATION.
THIS IS THE GARAGE INTENT THAT WE ARE SUGGESTING AND, AND WE ARE ASKING THAT AS YOU, UM, VOTE.
UH, WE'VE ASKED THAT IT COMES WITH A VOTE OF APPROVAL WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS GARAGE CONCEPT.
THE INTENTION BEHIND THIS IS WE REALLY WANT THE GARAGE TO DISAPPEAR AS YOU'RE, AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE FACADE.
AND SO WHAT WE DID HERE TO TRY TO ACHIEVE THAT IS WE EXPANDED THE HORIZONTAL, UM, BARRIER WALLS TO COVER ANY OF THE CARS.
SO, YOU KNOW, CARS ON THE, THE GRADE WILL NOT BE DRIVING BY AND SEEING ANY CARS IN THE PARKING GARAGE.
SO, SO WE HID THOSE, WE COVERED THE ENTIRE FACADE WITH BRICK TO MATCH THE, THE REST OF THE BUILDING.
AND THEN WE ADDED THE LIGHT SCONCES TO ADD A, A TOUCH OF LIGHT THAT REALLY LOOKS LIKE THE, THE, THE LIT WINDOWS AROUND IT.
SO IT'S, IT'S ADDING LIGHT, BUT IT'S NOT DRAWING TOO MUCH ATTENTION.
ATTENTION WITH THE, THE INTENTION THAT AS YOU'RE GOING BY, THIS JUST KIND OF BLENDS IN WITH THE FACADE.
THIS IS A VIEW, UH, OF THE REAL WORLD, UM, ANGLE HERE AS, AS YOU'D BE COMING DOWN, UH, 75, YOU CAN SEE THERE, THAT CORNER EL ELEVATION IS REALLY NOT A PROMINENT ELEVATION FOR US, BUT WE DECIDED TO REALLY BOLSTER THAT WITH FULL, FULL FACADE, UH, BRICK TO, TO CREATE THAT AS AN ANCHOR THAT DRAWS YOUR EYES SO THAT WHEN YOU, YOU PASS BY THE GARAGE, YOU REALLY DON'T EVEN NOTICE IT'S THERE.
AND THEN THIS IS A VIEW OF THE ALTERNATE.
WE, IN OUR OPINION, THIS DOES DRAW ATTENTION TO THE GARAGE, WHICH IS COUNTER OF, OF OUR INTENTION WITH THE GARAGE.
BUT AGAIN, UH, WANT TO BRING A BEST, BEST IN CLASS, UH, PRODUCT.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL TREAT THIS AS COLLABORATIVE.
AND THEN TOUCHING ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT JUST QUICKLY, UH, THE INCREASE IN ANNUAL TAX REVENUE IS LIKELY TO BE IN EXCESS OF A MILLION DOLLARS, POTENTIALLY 1.2.
BUT THE NUMBER I THINK THAT IS MORE IMPORTANT IS JUST THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ADDING THESE RESIDENTS TO THIS AREA.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE AVERAGE RENT AND THE INCOMES REQUIRED TO AFFORD THOSE RENT, THE MINIMUM AVERAGE RENT IS GONNA BE JUST OVER $70,000.
WHICH WHEN YOU COMBINE THE RESIDENTS AND YOU LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL SPENDING POWER OF, YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 20% OF THEIR INCOME, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE IN THE SCALE OF, YOU KNOW, $6.6 MILLION OF EXPENDABLE INCOME THAT COULD BE INJECTED INTO TO THE SURROUNDING AREA.
WITH THAT, I WRAP UP MY PRESENTATION AGAIN, REQUEST A A VOTE FOR APPROVAL AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
MR. PATTON, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, PRESENTATION, MR. BARRIOS.
CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE, UH, THE CPC RECOMMENDED? I'M GONNA CALL 'EM FINS FOR YES.
FOR LACK OF A BETTER A TERM THERE.
UM, AND I, WHAT IS THE THINKING BEHIND THEY WOULD DRAW MORE ATTENTION? 'CAUSE I'M LOOKING AT LIGHTS IN YOUR RECOMMENDATION.
I'M THINKING LIGHT DRAWS ATTENTION OVERALL.
MY CONCERN IS THAT IT IS, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S A GREAT, YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE A GREAT HISTORY IN RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY.
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I THINK THIS IS A GREAT ADDITION TO THE CITY.UM, BUT I DO HAVE A CONCERN WITH THAT GARAGE BEING ALONG 75.
UH, SO CAN YOU KIND OF SPEAK TO THAT, HELP ME UNDERSTAND FROM A DESIGN STANDPOINT WHERE THE DIFFERENCE THERE IS? YES, SIR.
SO I THINK THAT IN EITHER OPTION, THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE'RE COVERING ARE WE ARE HIDING THE VEHICLES IN THE GARAGE.
SO THAT DOESN'T CHANGE WITH EITHER OPTION.
YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE THE, THE EXTENDED HORIZONTAL WALLS THAT WILL HIDE THE HEADLIGHTS, IT'LL HIDE THE, THE, YOU KNOW, YOU WON'T BE DRIVING ON THE SERVICE ROAD LOOKING UP AND SEEING VEHICLES BECAUSE OF THE ANGLE OF YOUR PERSPECTIVE AND THEN THE EXPANDED, UH, WALLS.
SO I, I THINK THAT THAT IS COVERED IN EITHER SCENARIO.
AND AS FAR AS LIGHT, THESE, THESE WILL BE ILLUMINATED.
UM, AND SO THESE WILL HAVE A LIGHT COMPONENT AS WELL.
UM, AND SO BE BECAUSE OF THEM BOTH HAVING THE ILLUMINATION AND I THINK HAVING IT APPLIED TO THE FACADE, IT, IT DEFINITELY ADDS INTEREST, BUT I THINK THAT BY ADDING INTEREST, IT DRAWS ATTENTION.
AND SO OUR INTENTION IS TO NOT DEEMPHASIZE THAT FACADE.
IF I CAN ANSWER THAT ANY FURTHER, I'D BE HAPPY TO.
OKAY, MR. DORIAN, THANK YOU MAYOR.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I, I I I, I DO LIKE THAT WE'RE, UH, RE REUTILIZING THAT, UM, THAT AREA TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT IS NEEDED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, UM, UH, FROM A DESIGN STANDPOINT, UM, AND TO COUNCILMAN RIO'S QUESTION, UM, ON THE GARAGE, HAVE, HAVE Y'ALL CONSIDERED ANY TYPE OF GREEN, UM, ELEMENTS? UH, I KNOW A LOT OF BUILDINGS ARE NOW INCORPORATING ARTIFICIAL, UM, I'LL CALL IT USE TURF 'CAUSE THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL REFER TO IT AS, BUT THERE'S OTHER GENERAL MATERIALS THAT ARE INCORPORATED TO SOFTEN THE HARDSCAPING, CONSIDERING IT IS, UH, ALMOST ON A ZERO LOT LINE.
HAVE, HAS THAT BEEN TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION ON AN ALTERNATE TWO OR EVEN AN ALTERNATE ONE? YES.
UH, I WILL SAY THAT THE LIMITATIONS OF DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS IT, I CAN SHOW YOU A RENDERING WHERE IT'S COVERED IN GREEN, BUT IN REALITY, THE VINES MIGHT GO TO THE THIRD LEVEL.
UH, AND THEN AT THAT POINT, UH, THE MAINTENANCE OF THOSE SOMETIMES DON'T ALWAYS LOOK AS GOOD AS THE RENDERINGS PROPOSED.
SO I, I'M, I'M, I'M WITH YOU COUNCIL MEMBER.
I, I LOVE GREEN IN NATURE AND HOPEFULLY I EMPHASIZE THAT WITH THE TRAIL.
UM, BUT I JUST DON'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE VIABLE AS A LONG-TERM OPTION, UH, IN THIS APPLICATION.
YEAH, YOU KNOW, I DO LIKE, UH, BRINGING, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU HAVE AN ELEMENT LIKE THE GARAGE AND IT HAPPENS TO BE FACING 75 SOMETIMES BRINGING AN ELEMENT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO IT IS GOOD.
AND TO YOUR POINT, RAISING, UM, RAISING THE T ON THOSE, ON THOSE, UH, BANISTERS I THINK IS A REALLY GOOD DETAIL.
HAVE, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU MIGHT, I'D LIKE TO PLACE AS A CONSIDERATION IS MAYBE CREATING SOME TYPE OF METAL, UM, OR SCREENING, UM, COMPONENT THAT IS ON THE GARAGE.
IT, IT WOULD ONLY NOT ONLY ADD TO THE ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS AND THE ARCHITECTURE ITSELF, BUT JUST SORT OF DEREGULATED AS BEING SORT OF A, UM, A GARAGE OR, OR EMPHASIZING IT AS A GARAGE.
UM, I'D STILL, GOING BACK TO MY GREEN, I IDEA IT'S NOT, YOU WANT TO CLAD THE ENTIRE BUILDING WITH GREEN, BUT WE HAVE SO MUCH HARDSCAPING THROUGHOUT, IT'S JUST WE NEED TO HAVE SOME AREAS WHERE THEY'RE SOFTENED UP, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE NEXT TO A HIGHWAY, UM, WHEN, WHERE EVERYTHING IS HARDSCAPE.
UH, WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY NEXT QUESTION, UM, ON THE LIGHTING.
UM, ARE YOU PLANNING ON INCORPORATING ANY ADDITIONAL LIGHTING ON THE BUILDING OR IN GROUND LIGHTING, UH, THROUGHOUT THE LANDSCAPING? SO I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE, AND I KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS JUST A CONCEPTUAL, BUT I'M JUST WANTING TO TRY TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW ATTRACTIVE WILL IT BE AT NIGHT WHEN YOU'RE COMING INTO RICHARDSON.
OF COURSE YOU'RE GONNA SEE THIS IS GONNA BE ONE OF OUR MAIN BUILDINGS.
SO WHAT'S THE ATTRACTION OF THAT? WHAT TYPE AND STYLE OF LIGHTING AND, AND HOW'S THAT GOING TO BE CREATED? YES, SIR.
SO, UH, YOU'RE, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE ASKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SO I'LL FOCUS THERE.
UH, THE BUILDING WILL BE LIT WITH, WITH WALL-MOUNTED LIGHTS.
UM, AND SO IT WILL ILLUMINATE, UH, MOSTLY FOR SAFETY.
UH, THE, THE, THE GROUND LEVEL, THE, THE SIDEWALK DOWN THERE.
UH, WE HAVE NOT INCORPORATED ANY TYPE OF LED ROPE LIGHTING OR ANY, ANYTHING LIKE THAT ONTO THE BUILDING.
WE WANTED TO TAKE A CLASSIC, UH, TRADITIONAL APPROACH WITH THE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, HEAVY, HEAVY MASONRY, HEAVY, UH, BRICK FACADE.
AND SO WE HAVE NOT INCORPORATED ANY KIND OF, UM, DETAILED LIGHTING, BUT THE LIGHTING WILL, OR THE BUILDING WILL BE WELL LED AND, AND WE WILL BE REQUIRED TO, YOU KNOW, ENHANCE THAT STREET SCAPE WITH LIGHTING TO, TO ENSURE SAFETY.
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THOUGHT ABOUT CREATING SOME TYPE OF LED OR, UH, SOME PHOSPHORUS TYPE LIGHTING ALONG THE EXTERIOR OR THE TOP OF THE BUILDING TO, YOU KNOW, DOWN, YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A LOT OF THE NEON LIGHTS ON THE BUILDINGS TO OUTLINE IT AND CREATE SOME INTEREST AS YOU'RE DRIVING THROUGH TO CREATE SORT OF A, ANOTHER ART ELEMENT TO THE BUILDING.MM-HMM,
AND AS WE BRING THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT CAN BE REVIEWED, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT TO BUILD A TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT EVERYONE WANTS.
AND SO IF THE DESIRE IS FOR US TO INCORPORATE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT'S NOT GONNA CHANGE THE DYNAMICS OF OUR, OUR DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO WE'D BE HAPPY TO BRING SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND, AND WE'LL DEFINITELY TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
I THINK THOSE ARE ELEMENTS THAT PEOPLE DO WANT.
I MEAN, I THINK SOFTENING THE BUILDING SOMETIMES IS, IS A, A, A CREATIVE WAY OF SORT OF CREATING A GREEN ENVIRONMENT, ALTHOUGH IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SYNTHETIC, BUT OTHERWISE IT JUST CREATES A LITTLE BIT OF A, A NICE ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL.
UM, THE OTHER QUESTION IS, IS THERE GONNA BE ANY ROOFTOP UH, ACTIVITIES OR IS, IS THERE ANY LIKE GRILL STATIONS OR ANYTHING ON THE ROOFTOP OR IS IT ROOFTOP JUST ALL MECHANICAL? NO, SIR.
SO THE, UM, ALL OF OUR AMENITIES WILL BE ON THE GROUND LEVEL.
UM, WE WILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE GRILL STATIONS THROUGHOUT BOTH AMENITIES, AND IT'LL BE, UH, MORE HEAVILY AMENITIZED THAN ANY OTHER, UH, DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, I ASSURE YOU.
BUT WE WILL NOT HAVE ANY, ANY KIND OF ROOFTOP AMENITIES.
AND, AND WILL THERE BE ANY TYPE OF, ANY RETAIL ON THE FIRST LEVEL AT ALL THAT RESIDENTS CAN USE ANY, YOU KNOW, NO SIR.
WE, WE DECIDED SO THEY'LL NEED TO GO AND DRIVE AND GET TO A LOCATION YES, SIR.
TO GET WHAT THEY NEED? YES, SIR.
UH, BECAUSE OF, OF THE ACCESS AND JUST THE NOTES THERE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FOUND IN OUR DEVELOPMENTS AT CITY LINE, UH, WE HAD MULTIPLE OF THOSE HAD RETAIL AND THEY WERE ON JUST OFF STATE STREET, YOU KNOW, JUST A HUNDRED FEET OFF STATE STREET.
AND EVEN, EVEN THOSE IN A MIXED USE, VIBRANT ENVIRONMENT, THEY REALLY STRUGGLED.
UH, YOU REALLY HAVE TO BE, UH, ON A, ON A BUSY ROAD WITH GREAT VISIBILITY AND REALLY CONVENIENT ACCESS FOR THE RETAIL TO REALLY WORK.
AND SO WE, WE JUST, WE COULDN'T SOLVE THAT PUZZLE ON THE SITE.
IS THIS THE FINAL SCHEMATIC? UH, SO THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS, WHILE THEY MAY CHANGE SLIGHTLY, ARE CONTROLLED THROUGH THE PD, AND SO I WOULD SAY 97%, UH, THEY ARE GOING TO ADHERE TO THIS ELEVATION.
SO THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME THAT WE SEE THE BUILDING, CORRECT, DON? UH, YEAH, THE, THEY'LL, UH, THE, UH, APPLICANT WOULD GO THROUGH OUR NORMAL DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WITH STAFF, WITH THE COUNSEL.
THIS WILL BE A FINAL APPROVAL TONIGHT.
SO IF WE WERE MAKING, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS ON, ON SOME OF THE ITEMS I'M SPEAKING OF, I GUESS WE'D HAVE TO, UM, PROVIDE THAT TONIGHT.
WELL, AND COUNCILMAN REMEMBER, BASED ON TEXAS LAW, THAT WOULD BE ALL IT IS.
RIGHTAND, WE CANNOT MANDATE ANYAND UNDERSTAND THAT FORM.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT.
WELL, AND MAYBE WHAT I'VE ALREADY SAID IS MY RECOMMENDATION.
I MEAN, IT'D BE PURELY RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO I JUST WANT TO, I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY OF THAT.
WE'VE RUN INTO THIS ON NUMEROUS PROJECTS, SO YEAH, I'M TRYING TO REDESIGN IT, BUT
SO ANYWAY, UM, WELL, THANK YOU.
MR. CHU, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, AND THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
AND CON THANKS FOR, APPRECIATE FOR CONSIDERING RICHARD AS YOUR ANOTHER BUSINESS PLACE, UH, BRING THIS DEVELOPMENT HERE.
UH, NOW COULD YOU, UH, GO TO SOME OF THE ELEVATION THAT, UH, YOU HAVE ALONG THE SERVICE ROAD? UH, YEAH, THOSE, THOSE, THOSE SHOULD BE FINE.
THIS IS ALONG THE SERVICE ROAD, RIGHT? LOOKING NORTH? THIS YES, SIR.
AND, UH, AND THE OTHER ROAD IS GLENVILLE ROAD, RIGHT? CORRECT.
BUT THE SERVICE ROAD ACTUALLY IS NOT REALLY DRAWN, YOU KNOW, THE WAY THAT SERVICE ROAD IS, THIS IS LIKE MORE LIKE ENHANCED SERVICE ROAD.
SO WE WOULD, WE WOULD BE ENHANCING THIS SERVICE ROAD.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE SOME, SOME FLOWERS THERE AT THE, THE CORNER ELEMENT.
WE LIKELY WON'T PLANT EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS, BUT WE WILL LANDSCAPE THIS AREA.
HOW ABOUT THE PAVEMENT? UH, ARE YOU GONNA HAVE, UH, THAT THE LANDS THAT YOU HAVE A LAND THAT IS GONNA HAVE, UH,
THAT, THAT, UH, THAT SIDEWALK IS IT, UH, MEANDERS IS, IS WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING AND DOES ALIGN WITH THE, UH, US 75 FRONTAGE GUIDELINES THAT THE CITY HAS IN PLACE.
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BALCONY THERE IN THE FRONT OF THE SERVICE ROAD? ARE THOSE WALKING BALCONY? WE DO NOT, NO, SIR.THERE'S NO STOOP DIRECT ACCESS, UM, BECAUSE OF IT, IT IS ON A SERVICE ROAD AND FOR JUST SAFETY AND NOT JUST PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, BUT JUST SAFETY INSIDE THE UNIT.
WE DID NOT ADD A, A DIRECT CONTACT THERE.
UH, SO NOBODY'S GONNA THROW FURNITURE FROM THE TOP
I MEAN, I'VE SEEN SOME PICTURE IN THE PAST THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY DROPPED THE SOFA, LIKE FROM THE TOP.
LIKE, IS THAT, IS THERE ANY DOOR, LIKE, OH, OH, I APOLOGIZE.
I, I, UM, I UNDERSTOOD THAT YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT STOOPS ON THE FIRST LEVEL, ON THE, ON THE UPPER LEVELS, THOSE BALCONIES, WHICH DO I, CAN YOU SEE MY CURSOR? OKAY, THESE ARE BALCONIES AND THOSE WILL BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE UNITS, UH, FOR RESIDENTS TO HAVE A, AN OUTDOOR SPACE THAT THEY CAN USE.
UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THROWING ANY KIND OF FURNITURE OFF YOUR BALCONY WOULD DEFINITELY BREAK OUR COMMUNITY GUIDELINES AND, AND OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM WOULD TRY TO POLICE THAT AS BEST AS POSSIBLE.
BUT SOME PEOPLE JUST DO THINGS.
YEAH, I MEAN, IF SOMETHING ALREADY HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, THE ANSWER WOULD BE RIGHT.
IT'S ALREADY HAPPENED, WHAT CAN I DO? MM-HMM.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS JUST ME, BUT PEOPLE NORMALLY NOTICE WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE, ON THE RIGHT SIDE, AND, UH, TRY TO SEE WHAT'S REALLY LOOKS NICE AND NOT, SO THEY'RE GONNA SEE THIS, UH, THIS APARTMENT IF IT BUILDS, UH, OR IF IT GETS APPROVED, THEN IF IT GETS BUILT.
SO HOW DO YOU, I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD LOOK NICE, NOT JUST THE PARKING GARAGE, BUT ALSO THE BALCONIES AND OTHER THINGS? DEFINITELY.
SO I THINK BY BRINGING SO MUCH MASONRY, MASONRY INHERENTLY BRINGS QUALITY.
IT BRINGS, YOU KNOW, LONGEVITY OF MATERIALS AND THE BRICK BANDING, IT SEEMS LIKE A MINOR DETAIL, BUT IT REALLY DOES ADD CHARACTER.
IF WE THINK OF, YOU KNOW, MODERN BUILDINGS THAT JUST LOOK FLAT AND LOOK STALE, UH, THIS, THAT'S, THIS IS THE OPPOSITE OF THAT.
BY ADDING THE BANDING, BY ADDING CHARACTER, THE SMALL TOUCHES, ALL OF THOSE ADD UP TO CREATE A HANDSOME FACADE.
AND THEN I WOULD ADD THAT THIS, THIS CORNER ELEMENT, WE, WE ACTUALLY SACRIFICED SOME BALCONIES ALONG THAT TOP LEVEL, UH, WHICH IT DID, DID HURT OUR, THE ECONOMICS OF THE DEAL.
BUT WE REALLY THOUGHT THAT HAVING THAT, THAT TOP LEVEL BEING FULLY GLASS JUST BROUGHT A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A COMMERCIAL LOOK.
AND SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS A DESIGN DETAIL THAT WE TOOK.
AND THEN WE THINK THAT, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, THOSE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHITE TOWERS OVER THE BLACK BANDING OF THE BASE, JUST USING DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF, OF THE COLORS OF THE BRICK, JUST TYING THE DEVELOPMENT INTO ITSELF.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE THE SIGNAGE THERE, UH, UP THERE ON THE FACADE.
SO WE THINK THAT ALL OF THOSE SEEMINGLY SMALL DECISIONS WILL, WILL COME TO A, IN A REALLY HANDSOME BUILDING.
NOW, THIS WHITE COLOR THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING OR THINKING AT LEAST FOR NOW? YES, SIR.
UH, IF, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE GOOD COLOR WHEN IT BUILDS, BUT SOMETIMES WHEN IT, UH, IN OVER TIME IT CAN GET DARKER, UH, IT CAN STAIN.
UH, SO, UH, AND HAVING THOSE BALCONY, I, I, I THINK THOSE BALCONY HAVE MOST LIKELY ROT IRON GRILL.
DO YOU THINK THIS WOULD LOOK, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING, UH, NOT ATTRACTIVE? I DON'T WANT TO PUT SOME OTHER WORD, BUT THIS IS PROBABLY THE NICE WORD I CAN PUT.
AND I WOULD SAY THAT IN, IN LIEU OF ME JUST SAYING THAT IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK BEAUTIFUL, WHICH I WOULD ARGUE YOU CAN LOOK AT A LOT OF THE DEVELOPMENTS WE'VE DONE AT CITYLINE, AND THOSE HAVE REALLY HELD UP, AND IT'S NOT, IT IS OUR QUALITY THAT WE BUILD, BUT IT'S ALSO JUST THE DYNAMICS OF WHO ARE PURCHASING THESE, THESE COMMUNITIES.
UM, IT, IT'S SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL SIZED INVESTMENT NOW THAT THEY REALLY CAN'T AFFORD TO ALLOW, UH, MULTIFAMILY TO, TO KIND OF FALL INTO DISARRAY A DIFFERENT DYNAMIC THAN IT WAS KIND OF THE SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES MULTIFAMILY, UH, THE ASSET CLASS HAS CHANGED.
AND SO THERE'S A, A HUGE INCENTIVE TO MAINTAIN THE BUILDING AND TO, TO KEEP THE QUALITY UP TO, TO ENSURE THAT THE VALUES DON'T DROP.
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT PUTTING GLASS ALONG THE SURFACE ROAD MORE GLASS? SO MORE GLASS WOULD, WOULD JUST BE INTO THOSE UNITS.
AND, AND I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, I NOTED THE, THE COMMERCIAL ELEMENT THERE ON THE TOP, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, EACH ONE OF THOSE UNITS THERE ALONG THE SERVICE ROAD IN THE BEDROOMS AND IN THE, UH, LIVING ROOM AREAS, THEY ALL GET GLASS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, A UNIT WITH GLASS, AND IT IS A REALLY LIVABLE
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UNIT.SO OUR INCENTIVES ARE DESIGNED TO BRING A LOT OF GLASS THERE.
SO, UH, I THINK THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN AHEAD OF THAT AND WE, WE ARE PROPOSING SOMETHING THAT ALIGNS WITH THAT.
COULD YOU SHOW ME ANY OTHER THINGS? I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME, THIS HAS LOTS OF STUCCO AND BRICK, UH, AND, BUT I DON'T SEE REALLY THAT MUCH GLASS, UNLESS I'M MISSING SOMETHING.
I DON'T HAVE A, A DIFFERENT ANGLE OF THIS, UH, ELEVATION.
BUT, UM, THIS IS, THIS IS A FULL BRICK FACADE.
AND THEN THESE INSERTS ARE, ARE WHERE OUR BALCONIES ARE.
UH, THOSE ARE WHERE WE PUT PANELING.
AND SO THE MAJORITY OF THE, THE FACADE IS GOING TO BE BRICK.
AND THEN THESE WINDOWS HERE, THEY MAY LOOK, UM, UNDERWHELMING IN THE ELEVATION, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THOSE ARE, ARE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, WIDE, YOU KNOW, DOUBLE-HUNG WINDOWS IN THE UNIT.
UM, THE, THE WIDTH OF THOSE AREAS ARE TYPICALLY 12 TO 15 FEET.
AND SO WE'RE NOT GONNA PUT JUST A, A THREE FOOT WINDOW IN THERE.
IT WOULD, IT WOULD LOOK A LITTLE AWKWARD.
SO, SO THOSE, THOSE ARE, UM, SIX, SIX FOOT WINDOWS TO REALLY BRING THE LIGHT INTO THOSE SPACES.
I, I UNDERSTAND, UH, EVEN THOUGH THOSE ARE 15 FEET, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK FROM THE DISTANCE, IT'S GONNA LOOK THREE FEET TO YOU, UH, BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCE, AND IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE THIS, UH, PROBABLY, UH, NOW ARE THOSE, UH, BRICK, THE WHITE IS THE BRICK, OR THERE'S A STUCCO? SO THE, THESE TOWER ELEMENTS ARE FULLY CLAD AND BRICK.
THIS ELEMENT HERE, YOU CAN SEE IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO SEE, BUT THAT IS, THAT'S BRICK ABANDONING.
SO EVERYTHING UNDERNEATH THIS IS BRICK, THIS TOP AREA, THIS WOULD BE, UH, CHE PANELING.
YOU'LL HAVE NO STUCCO ON THE BUILDING.
THANK YOU, MR. HUTCHIN RUDDER.
UM, REALLY LIKE THE, WHAT YOU'VE PROPOSED HERE, UM, AGAIN, I, AS I'VE MENTIONED ALREADY, WE CAN'T DICTATE BASED ON STATE LAW, SO WHATEVER THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, I, YOU KNOW, I TRUST THAT Y'ALL ARE GONNA BRING TOGETHER A, A VERY HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT TO BRING INTO OUR CITY, UM, WORKING WITH SAM AND, AND EVERYTHING FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
UM, UH, YOU KNOW, I JUST JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING THIS IN RICHARDSON AND JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.
MR. BARRIOS, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UM, THIS QUESTION, SAM, I THINK THIS MAY BE A BETTER QUESTION FOR YOU ON THIS, ON THIS, UH, SLIDE HERE, THAT ALONG 75 SERVICE ROAD, WE SEE A CUTOUT INTO THE, WHAT WOULD BE THE PARKING GARAGE.
IS THAT REQUIRED? IS THAT, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE TAKE ON, THEY TAKE ON? HOW IS THAT MANAGED AND WHAT PART OF THAT IS REQUIRED AS FAR AS IS THERE GONNA BE A CUTOUT TO GET THOSE CARS OUT OF THE MAIN TRAFFIC OFF THE SERVICE ROAD? WHAT, I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, HELP ME UNDERSTAND REGULATIONS SURE.
WHAT'S REQUIRED, WHAT THEY'RE OFFERING, WHAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE IS THE D THE DE DECELERATION LANE AND RIGHT TURN LANE THAT ALREADY EXISTS ON SITE.
SO THAT WOULD NOT NEED TO BE CONSTRUCTED BY THE DEVELOPER.
SO THEY'RE UTILIZING WHAT'S ALREADY THERE AND THEY'RE JUST, OKAY.
IF THERE WASN'T THERE, WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING IS REQUIRED? IS THAT MORE THAN LIKELY THAT THAT WOULD BE A REQUIREMENT IN ORDER TO GET THOSE VEHICLES OFF THOSE THROUGH LANES AS THEY'RE MAKING THAT TURNING MAN MANEUVER.
JEFF, I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU, AND IT'S SOMETHING I DON'T THINK I HEARD, AND IF I MISREAD IT OR DIDN'T READ IT, PLEASE HELP ME TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SAFETY SECURITY AS FAR AS TO THE GARAGE ACCESSING THAT.
WHAT IS YOUR PLAN AS FAR AS MAKING SURE THAT THE DWELLING ITSELF IS SAFE TO THE OUTSIDE AND HOW, HOW DOES THAT LOOK? YES, SIR.
MAYOR, UM, SO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY WILL HAVE CONTROL ACCESS POINTS.
SO ANY PEDESTRIAN DOOR THAT GOES FROM A NON-CONTROLLED AREA, SO JUST THE SURROUNDING AREA INTO THE BUILDING WILL HAVE A, A, A LOCK ON, AN AUTOMATIC LOCK THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE INCORPORATED A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY INTO OUR DEVELOPMENTS NOW.
SO YOU CAN UNLOCK THAT WITH YOUR PHONE OR YOU CAN SCAN A QR CODE AND SEND IT TO YOUR FRIEND THAT YOU MIGHT BE VISITING, BUT NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS ANY OF THE PEDESTRIAN DOORS, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, WITHOUT THAT, HAVING THAT, UM, THE LEASING AND AMENITY SPACE, UH, THAT WILL BE OPEN, UH, DURING BUSINESS HOURS WHEN IT CAN BE REGULATED BY OUR MANAGEMENT COMPANY.
BUT THEN AFTER HOURS, THOSE, THOSE DOORS GO INTO THAT SAME MODE WHERE YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY TO GET IN.
THAT BEING SAID, THE LEASING AND AMENITIES WILL BE OPEN TO THE RESIDENTS 24 7, SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GO DOWN THERE
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AND USE THOSE EVEN AFTER HOURS, WHICH IS, IS A BIG PLUS TO OUR RESIDENTS.BUT THEN SPECIFICALLY TO THE GARAGE, THERE WILL BE MULTIPLE, UM, UH, PROTECTION.
THERE WILL BE GATES THERE, UH, THAT ALLOW YOU TO COME IN ON, AND I HAVE A GREAT SLIDE TO SHOW THIS AFTER HERE.
SO THIS IS A DIAGRAM JUST FURTHER SHOWING THE, THE, THE GARAGE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT NAVY LINE, THAT IS IF YOU WERE GONNA TURN INTO THE GARAGE, BUT YOU COULDN'T FIND A PARKING SPOT AND YOU DIDN'T, YOU WEREN'T A RESIDENT AND WEREN'T A GUEST OF A RESIDENT, YOU NEEDED TO GET OUTTA THERE.
SO WE, WE ENABLED THEM TO MAKE THAT INTERNAL TURN TO THEN SAFELY EXIT.
AND YOU CAN SEE HERE AND HERE, THOSE ARE GONNA BE ENTRY GATES INTO THE GARAGE.
AND SO YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT WITH, WITHOUT SIMILAR TECHNOLOGY AS ACCESSING THE PEDESTRIAN, UH, DOORS.
SO THE GARAGE WILL HAVE SOME UNPROTECTED SPACES, BUT THAT'S REALLY FOR OVERFLOW AND FOR GUESTS THAT DON'T GO THROUGH THE, UH, TECHNOLOGY, BUT THE MAJORITY OF, OF OUR PARKING SPACES WILL BE CONTROLLED.
DO DOES THE PARKING GARAGE HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE FLOOR OF THE UNITS? YES, IT DOES.
BUT THE, THE DOORS FROM THE PARKING GARAGE INTO THE BUILDING WILL HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL LAYER OF SAFETY ON IT AS WELL.
I THINK WE ARE THROUGH WITH THAT.
UM, WE'LL NOW OPEN THIS FOR, TO THE PUBLIC FOR ANY PUBLIC HEARING.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT OR PRESENT ON THIS? NO CARDS.
WE HAVE MR. STRIPER, RICHARD STRECKER, 28 0 9 FOX CREEK DRIVE.
UM, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A MUCH OF AN ISSUE WITH YOUR, UH, DEVELOPMENT HERE.
THE ONE THING THAT YOU MIGHT BE COGNIZANT OF THOUGH, IS THIS DEVELOPMENT IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE DART LINE.
ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE SOUTH OF THE RENAISSANCE HOTEL ARE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE DART LINE.
I GO DOWN THAT SERVICE ROAD ALMOST EVERY DAY, SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHERE THE TURN-IN, INTO THE PARKING GARAGE IS OFF OF THE SERVICE ROAD.
BUT IF THEY'VE GOT THOSE TYPE OF GATES WHERE IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CODE OR YOU DON'T HAVE A FOB OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO GET IN, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE BACKUP ALONG THAT SERVICE ROAD RIGHT THERE.
THERE'S PROBABLY ENOUGH LANES ALONG THE SERVICE ROAD THAT, THAT'S NOT PARTICULARLY AN ISSUE, BUT AGAIN, THAT PARTICULAR, UH, DEVELOPMENT IS ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF OF DART, WHEREAS MOST OF THE BUILDINGS THAT YOU'VE DEVELOPED SIMILAR TO THIS ARE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE DART LINE.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? OKAY, THAT'S, SEE, NEED MORE? MR. HUSS RIDER? MAYOR, IF THERE'S NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE MR. SHAM SCHUL.
ALL IN FAVOR OF CLOSING PUBLIC HEARING.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MS. JUSTICE? UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UM, I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO THE QUESTIONS HERE.
I DIDN'T HAVE ANY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS RELATED TO THIS DEVELOPMENT.
UM, I THINK THAT IT MAKES SENSE TO REDEVELOP WHAT'S THERE INTO SOMETHING THAT IS NEEDED IN NORTH TEXAS, MORE HOUSING.
UM, AND SO I THINK THIS DEVELOPMENT MAKES SENSE.
MY QUESTION IS, MY COMMENT, RHETORICAL STATEMENT, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT, UM, RELATES TO, UM, JUST A MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING ENTITLEMENTS IN GENERAL, NOT RELATED TO THIS PROJECT.
I DON'T THINK THIS 390 UNITS IS GONNA TIP THE SCALE BY ANY MEANS, BUT I THINK WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF UNITS ENTITLED ALREADY.
AGAIN, I THINK THERE'S A NEED FOR, UM, FOR THESE UNITS, UH, GIVEN THE GROWTH IN NORTH TEXAS.
SO MY QUESTION REALLY RELATES TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUST SORT OF, UM, BEING MINDFUL OF THE IMPACT ON PUBLIC SAFETY THAT THE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING HAS IN OUR, UH, ON OUR CITY.
UH, WE'RE REALLY MINDFUL, YOU KNOW, FROM, UH, UM, A WATER PRESSURE STANDPOINT, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REDOING THE 8 25 TO TAKE SOME PRESSURE OFF OF THE 7 67 AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
SO AS WE, UH, YOU KNOW, MR. MAGNE, YOU CAN PROBABLY TELL US BETTER HOW MANY ENTITLEMENTS WE ACTUALLY HAVE TODAY, BUT I UNDERSTAND 5,000 OR MORE ENTITLEMENTS FOR MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING ALREADY.
SO HOW'S THAT GONNA IMPACT OUR, OUR, OUR, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT? HOW ARE WE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT THESE NEW RESIDENTS IN RICHARDSON, UM, FEEL SAFE? SO FOR ME, AGAIN, IT'S NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS PROJECT, BUT REALLY JUST A STATEMENT GOING FORWARD WHEN WE SEE PROJECTS LIKE THIS COMING, AND FOR THE ONES THAT ARE ALREADY ENTITLED, HOW I, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE STAFF SORT OF BRING US SOMETHING TO SORT OF INDICATE HOW WE'RE DEVELOPING OUR, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY IN RESPONSE TO WHAT WE KNOW IS COMING.
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WE KNOW 5,000 MORE UNITS, IT'S GONNA REQUIRE US TO HAVE 10 MORE OFFICERS FROM A BUDGETING PERSPECTIVE.I WOULD LIKE US TO SEE, YOU KNOW, LET'S START IMPLEMENTING THAT NOW AS THESE DEVELOP OVER THE, THE, THE COMING YEARS.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE DOING A FIRE, UH, STRATEGIC PLAN, SO THAT MIGHT ADDRESS PART OF THAT QUESTION, BUT ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA ADD TO THAT? UM, YOU KNOW, ABOUT, UH, JUST PUBLIC SAFETY IN GENERAL AS WE RESPOND TO, TO THESE MANY DEVELOPMENTS COMING TO, TO OUR CITY AND TO NORTH TEXAS? UH, YES, THANK YOU.
I IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A VERY, VERY VALID POINT.
UM, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY IT'S NOT JUST MULTIFAMILY.
IT'S, IT'S ALL, ALL GROWTH, BOTH COMMERCIAL, YOU KNOW, INFILL DEVELOPMENT, ALL THOSE, ALL THOSE FACTORS.
UM, I WILL, I WILL SAY THAT TO YOUR POINT ON THE, UH, ON THE, THE FIRE, REALLY EMS SIDE, MORE THAN, MORE THAN FIRE, THE STRATEGIC PLAN WILL GO A LONG WAY TO THAT END.
THAT'S WHY THAT'S WRAPPED UP UNDER OUR COMP PLAN, YOU KNOW, WHICH, WHICH YOU ULTIMATELY DECIDE IN THE FUTURE FOR FUTURE LAND USE, UH, FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY USES WILL PLAY INTO THIS, THIS SITUATION IN ADDITION TO THE, TO THE UNITS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ENTITLED.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, UH, CHIEF, UH, TITTLE WHILE, UH, MAYBE RP D'S NOT GOING THROUGH A STRATEGIC PLAN PER SE, UM, THEY COORDINATE VERY CLOSELY WITH, UH, WITH SAM, UM, ON PROJECTS AS THEY GO THROUGH BOTH PRE-DEVELOPMENT, UH, AS, AS IT GETS TO THIS POINT FOR, UH, FOR THINGS LIKE ENTITLEMENT CONSIDERATIONS, BUT EVEN, EVEN SUBSEQUENT TO THAT AS THEY GO THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
UM, AND SO IT'S A VERY VALID POINT.
IT IS A, IT'S A, IT'S A HUGE COST, UM, AND ONE OF OUR, IF NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT SERVICE WE PROVIDE, UM, PROBABLY SECOND ONLY TO MAYBE SOLID WASTE ON A DAILY BASIS.
UM, BUT, UM, UH, UH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT POINT.
AND, UH, WE WILL GIVE, UM, SOME MORE THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION TO, UM, HOW IN THE FUTURE WE CAN INCORPORATE, UM, THAT, 'CAUSE TO YOUR POINT, IT'S JUST LIKE A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS OR A, OR A UTILITIES IMPACT ANALYSIS.
IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, WE WILL, UH, WE'LL GIVE SOME GOOD THOUGHT TO, UM, AND, UH, BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ARTICULATE AND STRUCTURED A WAY THAT, AROUND THE WAY WE INCLUDE THAT, UM, FOR CONSIDERATION IN THE FUTURE.
YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO, WHAT ARE OUR ENTITLEMENTS APPROXIMATELY? I SAID 5,000 AND ISN'T MORE THAN THAT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT IS, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 5,000.
IT'S, UH, IT'S A LITTLE TRICKY BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT IS WITHIN, UM, SOME OF OUR, UH, SUBDISTRICTS.
UM, AND SO AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, IN SOME OF THE SUBDISTRICTS IN THE BELT AND, UH, THE BELT US, UH, 75 BELT, UM, UM, PD, UM, YOU PROBABLY NEVER ACHIEVE THE DENSITIES THAT ARE ALLOWABLE THERE, UM, BY, RIGHT.
UM, SO, UM, I, I THINK THE NUMBER IS PROBABLY, THE NUMBER'S PROBABLY IRRELEVANT, KIND OF COMPARED TO THE POINTS YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE, WHICH IS, WE HAVE A LOT OF, A LOT OF MULTI-FAMILY THAT CAN COME ONLINE.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT'S, UH, LOOKOUT IN GLENVILLE, FOR INSTANCE, SO WEST, UH, WEST SPRING VALLEY, UH, REMAINING AT PALISADES, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF UNITS THAT COULD COME ONLINE IF, YOU KNOW, IF, IF, IF THE COST OF MONEY GETS RIGHT, AND WE KNOW THE DEMAND'S THERE.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S PROBABLY ONLY A MATTER OF TIME.
AND WE WILL, UM, WE'LL GIVE SOME THOUGHT TO HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT INTO FUTURE.
YEAH, I THINK IT'D BE GOOD IN BRIEFINGS AND I THINK JUST IN FUTURE BUDGETING AS WELL.
PERHAPS WE NEED TO ADD TWO POSITIONS A YEAR.
I DON'T WANT US TO BE REACTIVE 10, 15 YEARS FROM NOW WHEN ALL THESE ARE BUILT AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE PROVIDE THIS SERVICE TO FUTURE RESIDENTS.
SO, UM, SORRY FOR THE SORT OF LITTLE SIDE THERE.
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT AND I'M IN FAVOR OF THANK YOU.
MR. BARRIOS, THANK YOU MAYOR, AND, UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL AND JUSTICE.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT, AND I, IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THINGS HOLISTICALLY, SO I ABSOLUTELY ECHO YOUR, YOUR SENTIMENT AND COMMENTS THERE.
UH, OBVIOUSLY WHAT YOU'VE DONE BEFORE, UH, IN OUR CITY HAS, UH, HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME SO FAR, AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
UM, MY CONCERN IS THE, UM, LOCATION OF PARKING AND THE ENTRANCE ALONG 75.
UM, AND THAT IS MY SOLE CONCERN.
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD OVERCOME THAT CONCERN, LOOKING AT KIND OF WHAT BORDERS IT.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WOULD BE MANY OPTIONS THERE, BUT I AM BLEEDING TO VOTE, UH, KNOWING THIS PURELY JUST BECAUSE I'M REALLY STRUGGLING WITH THAT 75 ENTRANCE.
UM, I THINK I WILL BE IN THE MINORITY ON THIS, I SUSPECT, BUT, UM, IT, IT LOOKS LIKE A BEAUTIFUL, UM, BUILDING.
WE, THIS IS SOMETHING OUR CITY NEEDS.
UH, I JUST, I JUST REALLY WISH THE PARKING SITUATION WE'RE, WE'RE DIFFERENT.
UM, AND, UH, I, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH THAT ENTRYWAY AND THAT 75 PARKING GARAGE.
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MAYOR.THE ONLY THING I'LL SAY IS I, I TAKE THIS EXIT GOING TO AND FROM BASICALLY EVERY ACTIVITY IN MY DAILY LIFE EXCEPT GOING TO CITY COUNCIL, AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN 75 EVEN CLOSE TO BACKED UP TO THIS PROPERTY.
UM, SO AGAIN, JUST ANECDOTAL, BUT, UH, THIS, LIKE I SAID, I, I SEE THIS AT ALL TIMES OF THE DAY AND I NEVER SEE IT TO THAT POINT.
UM, SO, SO, SO IF I CAN JUST, UH, JUST A, JUST A, JUST A, A PERSPECTIVE IS, UH, AS SAM MENTIONED THAT DESAL LANE IS EXISTING TODAY, THAT, UH, DESAL LANE HAS BEEN, UM, CONNECTED TO THE MAIN ENTRY TO THE ONE STORY MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING FOR 20 PLUS YEARS.
UM, IT'S FUNCTIONED VERY, UM, I THINK EFFICIENTLY FOR US THERE.
WE, IF IT WAS, IF THERE WERE ANY ABNORMALITIES IN TERMS OF THE WAY IT PERFORMED AND WE HAD ISSUES, UM, WE WOULD, WE WOULD, THAT WOULD'VE OBVIOUSLY RISEN TO, UM, TO OUR ATTENTION THROUGH OUR TRAFFIC ANALYSIS AND, AND TRAFFIC STUDIES OVER THE YEARS.
UM, I WOULD ARGUE THAT THE ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE, UM, AT A MULTIFAMILY UNIT WOULD BE MORE DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND MORE EVENLY DISPERSED THAN IT WOULD'VE BEEN AT THE HEIGHT OF THAT BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE BUILDING WHEN YOU HAD MULTIPLE DOCTOR'S OFFICES AND, AND OTHER, UH, SO I JUST, I JUST OFFER, AGAIN, AS, AS, AS A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, UH, T DOT APPROVED THAT DESAL LANE THEY WANTED THAT, THAT, THAT LOCATION AT, WITH THAT LENGTH OF, OF, OF CAPACITY.
AND SO, UH, COUNCILMAN VARS, I MEAN, I I JUST SAY FROM A STAFF STANDPOINT, I MEAN, WE'RE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE WAY IT'S FUNCTIONED THESE YEARS AND, AND IT WILL LIKELY FUNCTION BETTER THAN AT THE HEIGHT OF WHEN THAT BUILDING WAS FULLY OCCUPIED, UH, BY MULTIPLE, UH, MEDICAL SERVICES.
UH, GIVEN THAT THOSE ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES PROBABLY WERE MORE, UM, MORE, UM, SIGNIFICANT IN TERMS OF, UH, KIND OF THE CLUSTERING AROUND THE, THE 8:00 AM AND THE 5:00 PM MR. MAGNER, IF I COULD ADD ONE OTHER POINT IS THAT THE PARKING GARAGE REALLY HAS TWO POINTS OF EGRESS AND INGRESS, EAST AND WEST SIDES.
NOW, AS PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, WHAT THE APPLICANT IS DOING IS THEY ARE MODIFYING THE MEDIAN OPENING ON GLENVILLE DRIVE TO ALLOW, UH, TO ALLOW A LEFT TURN LANE INTO THE SITE.
SO NOW REALLY YOU HAVE TWO POINTS OF INGRESS INTO THE SITE AS OPPOSED TO WHAT IT USED TO HAVE BEFORE, WHICH IS REALLY THAT SINGLE POINT OF ACCESS FROM THAT TERM, FROM THAT EXISTING RIGHT TERM BAY.
THAT'S A GREAT POINT, MR. TRO WRITER.
MAYOR, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO ECHO WHAT, UM, COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE, UM, STATED, BUT IT WOULD JUST IN A GENERAL TERM, WE DID SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE OUR, UM, FIRE AND EMS CAPABILITY BY ADDING OUR SIXTH AMBULANCE THIS LAST YEAR.
AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL CALL VOLUME, BY FAR WE'RE VERY MUCH A EMS FIRE VERSUS FIRE EMS. I KNOW CHIEF VY WOULD, HE'S LISTENING AND HE PROBABLY IS LAUGHING THIS MOMENT, BUT ANYWAY, UM, SO I THINK WE DO NEED TO STAY ON TOP OF THAT AND THEN I'M PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION AND SUPPORT.
I WILL COME BACK TO YOU TO SEE WHAT MR. SCHUEL HAS TO SAY.
ALRIGHT, WELL I GET JUST ONE COMMENT HERE.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE SERVICE ROADS ARE MAINLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S CONTROLLED BY TEXT, DO, SO THEY WOULD DO REALLY THOROUGH CHECKOUT BEFORE THEY ALLOW SOMETHING.
SO I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC BACKUP IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
IF THAT'S EVEN HAPPENED, THEN OF COURSE THERE IS A SECOND, UH, SECOND ROUTE THERE.
SO ANYWAY, COUNCILMAN, YOU KNOW, KEN HUTCHEN HAD AL ALREADY MENTIONED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION, SO, UH, I WOULD JUST
SO IN NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, MR. HUTCH RIDER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, PLEASE? YES, SIR.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE APPROVAL OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ZONING FILE 23 DASH 14 OR REQUEST TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 4.44 ACRES LOCATED AT 25 20 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY AND GLENVILLE DRIVE FROM CMM COMMERCIAL WITH SPECIAL CONDITIONS TO PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT TO ACCOMMODATE A FIVE STORY APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT.
IS IT NOT 2312? I WAS READING WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA.
IS IT 14? ALRIGHT, MINE SAYS IS 12.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA, I'M, I'M JUST GOING OFF THE AGENDA.
ALRIGHT, WE GOT A MOTION MR. CHU SECOND.
ALRIGHT, WE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE.
[8. CONSIDER AND ACT ON A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A VARIANCE TO CHAPTER 4 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ALLOW THE SALE OF ALCOHOL FOR ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION WITHIN 300 FEET OF A CHURCH FOR BURGER ISLAND, LOCATED AT 525 W. ARAPAHO ROAD, SUITE #8, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ARAPAHO ROAD, WEST OF CUSTER ROAD.]
OKAY.AT THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM EIGHT.
CONSIDER AND ACT ON A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A VARIANCE TO CHAPTER FOUR OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ALLOW THE SALE OF ALCOHOL FOR ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION WITHIN 300
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FEET OF A CHURCH FOR BURGER ISLAND, LOCATED AT 5 25 WEST ARAPAHOE ROAD.SAM'S GONNA GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE BRIEFING ON THIS AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE AS WELL TO, UH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
UH, THIS IS A VARIANCE, UH, TO CHAPTER FOUR, WHICH IS OUR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CODE OUTTA THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.
A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THE SUBJECT ITSELF.
UH, THE SERVING OR, OR THE SELLING OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE IS GOVERNED BY TWO, TWO ELEMENTS.
FIRST BEING THE TEXAS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CODE, UH, WHICH ALLOWS CITIES AND COUNTIES TO LIMIT SALES OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN PROXIMITY TO CERTAIN USES.
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, UH, AND HOSPITALS.
BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR GRANTING OF VARIANCES, UH, TO SUCH PROXIMITY REGULATIONS IF, IF APPROVED AND REGULATED BY THE CITY, IF IT DETERMINES, UH, IF IT DETERMINES THAT VARIANCE OF BEING THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY.
THE SECOND PART IS CHAPTER FOUR, WHICH IS OUT OF OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES.
UH, IT MIRRORS THE, UH, THE TEXAS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CODE PROHIBITING THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WITHIN 300 FEET OF A CHURCH, SCHOOL, OR PUBLIC HOSPITAL.
UH, AND THE WAY IT'S APPLIED IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, AND WE'LL GET INTO THAT IN THE SECOND SLIDE, IS IF THE USES ARE LOCATED ON THE SAME PROPERTY, THEN THAT DISTANCE IS MEASURED DIRECTLY FROM FRONT DOOR TO FRONT DOOR OF THERE'S USES, THERE HAVE BEEN PRIOR VARIANCE, UH, REQUESTS, UH, APPROVED FOR SIMILAR REQUESTS.
UH, THE FIRST ONE HAPPENED IN 2009, AND THIS IS AN APPROVAL, UH, TO ALLOW A PRIVATE CLUB, UH, TO SERVE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WITHIN 300 FEET OF A CHURCH.
AND THAT WAS AT, UH, ONE 15 EAST MAIN STREET.
THE SECOND ONE WAS ACTUALLY ON THE SAME PROPERTY AS THE, AS A SUBJECT REQUEST THAT WAS APPROVED, UH, BACK IN 2014 TO ALLOW AGAIN, UH, THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WITHIN 300 FEET, UM, OF THE CHURCH.
THE SUBJECT LOCATION IS THE, IS AT THE NORTHRIDGE VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER.
IT'S LOCATED AT 5 25 WEST ARAPAHOE ROAD.
IT'S ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ARAPAHOE, UH, JUST WEST OF CUSTER.
THE REQUEST IS TO APPROVE A VARIANCE ALLOWING THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WITHIN 300 FEET OF Z OF AN EXISTING CHURCH.
BURGER ISLAND IS EXIST IS AN EXISTING RESTAURANT LOCATED IN THAT BUILDING AT THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THAT MULTI-TENANT, UH, RETAIL BUILDING, UH, THAT IS REQUESTING THAT, THAT PRIVILEGE.
UH, BUILDING FOUR ALSO CONTAINS FOUR OTHER CHURCHES.
UH, I IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 180 FEET FROM, FROM BURGER ISLANDS ENTRANCE.
UH, ALL THE OTHER CHURCHES ARE LOCATED FURTHER THAN 300 FEET FROM THE, UH, FROM THE SITE.
THE VARIANCE THAT'S BEING ASKED TONIGHT IS IT IS NOT CONSIDERED A ZONING ACTION.
UH, IT IS ALSO NOT A PUBLIC HEARING AND DID NOT GO BEFORE THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION FOR RECOMMENDATION.
UH, PUBLIC NOTICES WERE SENT AS REQUIRED.
WELL AS, UM, NO PUBLIC NOTICES REQUIRED.
ALTHOUGH WE DID SEND A NOTICE TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE CHURCH ITSELF, UH, IN YOUR PACKET IS, UH, CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE CHURCH.
UH, AND THEY ARE, UH, NOT OPPOSING THE APPLICANT'S EITHER APPLICATION FOR LICENSE, UH, THROUGH TABC OR THE REQUESTED VARIANCE.
CITY COUNCIL, UH, MAY APPROVE THE REQUEST AS PRESENTED, APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS, OR DENY, UH, THE REQUEST.
I KNOW THE APPLICANTS ARE HERE, UH, TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF COUNSEL? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, WE'D ASK THE APPLICANT TO COME FORWARD IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING TO THIS, PLEASE.
HELLO? UH, MY NAME IS BAREND AND I'M THE OWNER OF BERG ISLAND, ISLAND, RICHARDSON, FIVE TO FIVE WEST ARAPAHO.
AND, UH, SO THE REASON FOR ME TO APPLY FOR THE, UM, VARIANCE APPLICATION IS BECAUSE OF MY, UH, CURRENT CUSTOMERS.
THEY HAVE BEEN ASKING ME TO, YOU KNOW, ADD THE, UM, BEER, UH, SO THAT THEY CAN ENJOY BURGERS AND BEER.
AND ALSO THE MAIN REASON IS BECAUSE OF THE INFLATION.
YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS GOING UP AND RATHER THAN INCREASING THE PRICE OF THE BURGERS, UH, WHICH, UH, MY CURRENT CUSTOMERS, THEY DO LOVE THE PRICE.
SO RATHER THAN INCREASING THE PRICE, UH, I'M TRYING TO VENTURE OUT FOR A DIFFERENT, UH, OR MORE REVENUE STREAM SO I CAN KEEP THE PRICES LOW AND ALSO GIVE, RAISE TO THE, UH, MY, UH, EMPLOYEES.
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AND, UH, YEAH, THAT, THOSE ARE THE TWO REASONS FOR ME APPLYING FOR THE VARIANCE.AND, UH, YEAH, I'M HERE FOR THE QUESTIONS.
AND I'M A BIG FAN OF YOUR BURGER.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? OKAY, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION IF WE COULD.
I WOULD MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE, UH, THERE'S NOT LIKE AN ACTUAL NUMBER ON HERE.
UH, ALL MOTION TO APPROVE OF VARIANCE TO CHAPTER FOUR OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, UH, TO ALLOW THE SALE OF ALCOHOL FOR ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION WITHIN 300 FEET OF A CHURCH FOR BURGER ISLAND, LOCATED AT 5 2 5 WEST UPPER HUB ROAD, SUITE EIGHT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF RAPHOE ROAD, WEST OF CUSTER ROAD.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
[9. CONSENT AGENDA]
THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM NUMBER NINE, THE CONSENT AGENDA.AND BASED ON MR. TRUCKER'S COMMENTS TO START THE MEETING TONIGHT, I'M GONNA LIKE TO ASK STAFF TO PULL ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, DEALING WITH FLOCK CAMERAS.
AND LET US HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ON THOSE ITEMS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.
UH, MAYOR, UH, JUST PROCEDURALLY, IF YOU WANT TO, UH, VOTE ON THE REMAINDER OF THE, UM, CONSENT AGENDA FIRST, IF THAT'S THE ONLY ITEM BEING PULLED, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOTE ON THAT, UH, CONSENT AGENDA FIRST, AND THEN WE CAN GO THROUGH IT.
WRITER, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MAYOR A MOTION MAYOR, TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA LESS.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, MR. CORCORAN.
ALL IN FAVOR? SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE.
[9.7. BID #40-24 – WE REQUEST AUTHORIZATION TO ISSUE A PURCHASE ORDER TO FLOCK SAFETY FOR THE PURCHASE OF TWENTY (20) FLOCK SAFETY AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION CAMERAS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $74,900.]
OKAY, NOW COMMENTS ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.MR. MAGNER, WOULD YOU PLEASE PROVIDE SOME HISTORY? YES, SIR.
AND, UH, LET ME JUST, UH, UM, UH, THANK MR. STRYKER FOR HIS COMMENTS AS WELL.
I'LL TRY TO BE RESPONSIVE TO, UH, THE CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED.
UH, THE FLOCK, UM, CAMERA SYSTEM THAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS A AUTOMATED, AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION, UH, CAMERA.
THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE AXON CAMERAS THAT ARE IN THE, IN THE, UH, POLICE VEHICLES TODAY, AS WELL AS THAT ARE USED BY OUR VOLUNTEERS IN THE, IN THE VI UH, VEHICLES THAT DRIVE AROUND.
UM, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MAIN ADVANTAGES OF GOING WITH FLOCK IS THAT IT IS, IT IS INTEGRATED WITH THE AXON CAMERAS THAT ARE IN OUR PATROL VEHICLES.
UM, ESSENTIALLY, UM, WHAT, UH, THESE CAMERAS WILL DO IS THEY WILL, UH, IN ADDITION TO, UH, BEING ABLE TO RECOGNIZE LICENSE PLATES, UM, THEY WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE UNIQUE FEATURES OF VEHICLES, UM, AND, AND THEN BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT TO GENERATE LEADS, UH, FOR, UM, UM, AS INVESTIGATIONS ARE TAKING PLACE, UM, FOR, UM, FOR, UH, CRIMES THAT HAVE BEEN COMMITTED BOTH HERE THROUGHOUT NORTH TEXAS, AND REALLY, UH, THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE UNITED STATES, WHICH IS, WHICH IS NOW UTILIZING FLOCK, UH, FLOCK CAMERAS.
SOME OF THE OTHER ADVANTAGES OF GOING WITH, UH, FLOCK IN THIS PARTICULAR, UM, SITUATION, UM, IS, UH, OUR ACCESS TO, UM, THEIR DATABASE.
UM, RIGHT NOW, TODAY WITHIN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS, UH, METHODIST RICHARDSON MEDICAL CENTER, HUNDREDS OF INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES ARE ALL UTILIZED IN FLOCK CAMERAS, UH, TODAY.
AND WHEN, UH, WE, WE JOIN INTO THIS, UM, INTO THIS SYSTEM, UH, WE NOT ONLY HAVE ACCESS TO, UH, THE VEHICLE INFORMATION THAT'S CAPTURED HERE, WE HAVE VEHICLE, UH, ACCESS TO VEHICLE INFORMATION THAT'S, UH, GENERATED, UH, ALL THROUGHOUT THESE, UH, THESE, THESE COMMUNITIES AND, AND ROLLED UP INTO THIS ONE DATABASE.
UM, I WOULD TELL YOU, I CAN CHANNEL CHIEF TITTLE AS HE DID, UH, IN HIS ANNUAL BRIEFING LAST YEAR, AND THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.
THIS IS A VERY EFFECTIVE, UH, CRIME FIGHTING TOOL.
UM, THE DATA IS ONLY KEPT FOR 90 DAYS.
UM, AND THE RATIONALE BEHIND THAT IS THESE, UH, THIS INFORMATION IS INTENDED TO BE RESPONSIVE TO A CRIME, A CRIME THAT JUST OCCURRED.
AND SO, UH, 90 DAYS IS THE, THE TOTAL LENGTH OF TIME THAT THE INFORMATION WILL BE, BE KEPT, AND THEN IT'S, IT'S NO LONGER KEPT IN THE CLOUD, WHICH IS ALSO PART OF THE SERVICE.
UH, THE STORAGE IN THE CLOUD IS ALSO PART OF THE SERVICE THAT FLOCK PROVIDES FOR THAT VIDEO EQUIPMENT.
SO, UH, MAYOR, TRY TO, UH, HOPEFULLY PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO BE RESPONSIVE.
MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO, TO JUST ADDRESS THIS FROM THE STANDPOINT OF, FROM MY PROFESSIONAL STANDPOINT, UH, APPROXIMATELY, IT'S BEEN ABOUT 14 MONTHS AGO.
UM, I WAS APPROACHED BY OUR METHODIST POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, TO CONSIDER FLOCK CAMERAS, UM, LIKE WAS PRESENTED TONIGHT.
HOPEFULLY I CAN SAY MR. STRECKER AND DON'T CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE, THE, THE, THE SPEAKING AS FAR AS THAT.
UM, I HAD MANY OF THE SAME CONCERNS HE HAD.
UM, AS MR. MAGNER'S ALREADY NOTED, THE DATABASE IS ONLY, IS THERE FOR 90 DAYS.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S HELD ONTO FOR, UM, LONG PERIODS OF TIME.
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UM, THE CONCERN AS FAR AS, UM, IT BEING BACK TO THE, TO THE CENTRAL, UM, REPOSITORY THAT MR. STRECKER SPOKE TO, UM, AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S DUMPED AGAIN AT THAT 90 DAY MARK.UM, I WILL TELL YOU TO DATE, WE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO, THERE HAVE BEEN THREE STOLEN CARS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT ONTO OUR PROPERTY.
WE WERE ABLE TO, THANKS TO FLOCK, UM, ONE WAS OUT OF ALAN.
UM, IT, IT, I'M GONNA USE THE WORDS PINGED THAT MAY NOT BE THE MOST PROFESSIONAL WAY TO, OR MAYBE NOT BE THE MOST TECHNICALLY CORRECT WAY.
ANYWAY, IT PINGED OUR OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO, UM, INTERACT WITH THE VEHICLE.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY THE, THE SUSPECTS WERE GONE, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS RECOVERED.
UM, IN ANOTHER SCENARIO, WE HAD, UM, UH, UH, A VEHICLE OF, OF SUSPICION, UM, THAT WAS BEING INVOLVED IN CATALYTIC, CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFTS.
UM, AGAIN, THE UNIT, THE, I'M SORRY, THE VEHICLE WAS RECOVERED.
UM, THE, THE, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE INVOLVED, UM, WERE AGAIN ABLE TO, TO GET AWAY BEFORE IT WAS ABLE TO, 'CAUSE IT DOES TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR THAT TO PINGING AND GET TO AND THAT WHOLE THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
BUT I WILL JUST TELL YOU THAT TO DATE, OVER THE 14 MONTHS, I'VE NOT SEEN ANY ABUSES OF THE SYSTEM IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM.
AND IT HAS BEEN VERY, VERY EFFECTIVE FROM A CRIME, UM, CRIME FIGHTING PERSPECTIVE AND, UH, AND, AND BEING ABLE TO WORK, UM, VERY COLLABORATIVELY.
UM, AND SO WE ARE ALREADY FROM THE, FROM THE, FROM THE METHODIST, UM, PERSPECTIVE, WE'VE ALREADY TIED IN WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TIE IN TO RICHARDSON BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY YET IN RICHARDSON.
BUT I HAVE TALKED TO CHIEF TUTTLE ABOUT IT, UM, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S HUGELY VITAL IN THE OVERALL, UM, UH, IT'S JUST ANOTHER TOOL, I GUESS I WILL SAY IN THE BELT OF OUR, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO FIGHT CRIME IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH OTHER BUSINESSES AS, AS MR. MAGNER'S, UM, IDENTIFIED UT AND OTHERS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, AGAIN, I WAS A SKEPTIC.
I HAD GREAT CONCERNS, NO DIFFERENT THAN WAS VOICED EARLIER THIS EVENING.
UM, BUT THOSE HAVE BEEN VERY MUCH, UM, UM, RELIEVED FOR ME AND I'VE ACTUALLY SEEN THE VERY, VERY POSITIVE BENEFITS OF HAVING THE FLOCK CAMERAS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF PROVIDE THAT, THAT SUPPORT TO WHAT MR. MAGNER WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT AND TO WHAT CHIEF TILL WANTS TO ACCOMPLISH.
SO I'M, I'M VERY MUCH IN SUPPORTIVE OF, OF APPROVING THIS TONIGHT.
UH, DON, I KNOW SINCE, UH, JOINING THE COUNCIL LAST SPRING, I'VE RECEIVED TWO, MAYBE THREE, UM, KIND OF RANDOM EMAILS FROM RESIDENTS THAT DID HAVE CONCERN ABOUT DATA AND DATA COLLECTION.
USUALLY REFER TO SMART CITIES.
I KNOW A LOT OF CITIES ARE FACING THESE KINDS OF QUESTIONS.
JUST TECHNOLOGY GROWS IN, CITIES GROW, AND WE KIND OF FIGURE OUT THIS BALANCE, RIGHT? AND HOW WE, WHEN EFFICIENTLY MANAGE CITIES AND SAFETY.
UM, THE, THE CAMERAS WE CURRENTLY USE ARE, OR PRONOUNCED AXON.
THE FLOCK CAMERAS ARE STATIONARY.
IT'S, IT'S LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION.
IF, IF, IF, AS MOVING FORWARD, FLOCK AND AXON WILL NOW BE AN INTEGRATED DATABASE THAT CAN SHARE INFORMATION.
SO IN ADDITION, UH, TO SHARING INFORMATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES THROUGH FLOCK WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO HAVE OUR, OUR VOLUNTEERS AND OUR POLICE OFFICERS, UM, SHARE THE DATA THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE GATHERING AND, AND COLLECTING AS THEY ROLL THROUGH THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, SO I, I THINK I'M, HOPEFULLY I'M ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S JUST, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING TODAY.
AS WE, AS THE PATROL CARS ROLL THROUGH THE COMMUNITY, THESE CAMERAS ARE JUST STATIONARY.
THEY'LL BE IN TO START, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU APPROVED THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, WHICH 20 CAMERAS TO BE STRATEGICALLY LOCATED.
UM, THOSE LOCATIONS, I THINK STILL BEING REFINED, UM, EXACTLY WHERE THEY'LL BE.
BUT DOES THAT HELP, OR NO? MAYBE I'M STILL STRUGGLING.
SO WHEN YOU SAY STATIONARY, THEY'RE FIXED TO THE FRONT OF A DASH, CORRECT? ON A, THE AXON CAMERAS ARE IN THE, IN THE CAR, IN THE, THE FLOCK CAMERAS WILL BE STRATEGICALLY LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE ON A POLE, ON A POLE, ON A LIGHT ENTRANCE AND EXITS OF PARKING LOT IS THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE THAT.
AND THE, UH, RESIDENT WHO SPOKE EARLIER HAD A CONCERN THAT THIS DATA IS BEING SENT UP TO OTHER, UH, THE DATA IS SHARED THROUGH THE FLOCK SYSTEM NATIONWIDE.
THAT THAT IS THE, THAT'S THE BENEFIT OF FLOCK, IS THAT YOU NOT ONLY GET THE DEBT, THE INFORMATION FROM THE 20 CAMERAS THAT WE WOULD HAVE.
I MEAN, IF SOMEONE COMMITS A CRIME IN DALLAS, DRIVES NORTH ON PLANO ROAD, INTO PLANO AND INTO ALLEN, WE NOW HAVE THE ABILITY TO TRY TO RECREATE,
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UM, THE, THE ROUTE THEY TOOK, UNDERSTAND THE TIMING THAT THEY, WHERE THEY WERE.IT'S A, IT'S REALLY PUTTING, IT'S, IT'S CRIME FIGHTING.
IT'S, IT'S CONTEMPORARY MODERN CRIME FIGHTING.
IT'S TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER A PUZZLE.
IT'S, IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT A POLICE OFFICER DOES TODAY WHEN THEY GO HOUSE TO HOUSE OR BUSINESS TO BUSINESS AND, AND, AND CREATES A STORY BY USING VIDEO FROM 10 DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS OR 10 DIFFERENT BUSINESSES.
UM, AND AGAIN, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THIS IS ENTIRELY WITHIN THE PUBLIC REALM.
SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO SHINE, YOU KNOW, PUT CAMERAS ON ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
THIS IS, THIS IS THE, UM, THAT THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT THE CITY, UM, HAS ACCESS TO.
SO, SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS.
AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING IT IN LAYMAN'S TERMS SO I CAN UNDERSTAND.
SO
I ENTER COTTONWOOD PARK TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE MY NEPHEW OR YOU KNOW, KIDS, NEIGHBOR'S, KIDS TO THE PARK, RIGHT.
OR MY SON AND HIS FRIENDS OF THE PARK.
UM, WE ENTER THE PARK, LET'S SAY THERE WAS ONE AT COTTONWOOD AT THE ENTRANCE OF COTTONWOOD PARK OR SOMEWHERE ALONG BELTLINE THERE, AS I DRIVE BY OR AS I ENTER THE PARK, IT'S TAKING PICTURES OR SPOT IT GOES INTO THE CLOUD.
IF I WERE TO CREATE, TO COMMIT A CRIME TWO WEEKS FROM NOW.
HE PUTS IT IN, DOES A SEARCH, AND IT POPS UP EVERYWHERE I'VE BEEN, WHETHER IT WAS COTTONWOOD PARK OR YOU KNOW, THE ARAPAHOE STATION OR WHERE SOME, I MEAN, THAT'S, IT WORKS, IT WORKS THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
AND IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT SET UP TO, IT WILL, IT WILL VIEW YOUR LICENSE PLATE IF YOU HAVE, IF YOUR, IF YOUR VEHICLE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN A FELONY SCENARIO, IT PINGS, IF NOT, AH, MOVES ON.
SO IT'S NOT CAPTURING PLATES, IT'S, UH, NO, IT IS, IT IS PURELY IF, IF YOUR VEHICLE'S TIED.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE STOLEN CAR, OKAY.
PERSON, FAMILY, UH, FAMILY MEMBER, SORRY.
UH, A RESIDENT, UM, REPORTED THIS IN ALAN THAT THEIR CAR HAD BEEN STOLEN.
UM, THE PERPETRATORS DROVE IT DOWN.
WE THINK MAYBE THAT WE WERE, THAT THE PARKING LOT WAS BEING UTILIZED AS, 'CAUSE OFTENTIMES THEY'LL SWITCH DRIVERS, THEY'LL SWITCH LICENSE PLATES, THEY'LL DO A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO GET CARS OUT OF, OUT OF COMMUNITY.
CAME DOWN, IT PINGED, IT NOTIFIED OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED PROB I'M GONNA ASSUME THE PERPETRATORS PROBABLY SAW THAT THE POLICE WERE RESPONDING.
SO ONLY IF THERE'S BEEN AN ACTIVE, UM, WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? AN INCIDENT.
IT'S NOT, IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T JUST 'CAUSE YOU DRIVING IN THE PARKING LOT.
IT'S NOT GONNA HOLD YOUR, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR, IS THAT YOUR LICENSE PLATE? YES, SIR.
IT'S, IT'S INTENDED TO BE USED TO INVESTIGATE A, A CRIME THAT OCCURRED.
AND SO IT'S NOT JUST TO COLLECT DATA AND JUST RIGHT.
LOOK AT WHO WENT INTO COTTONWOOD PARK ON ANY GIVEN DAY.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE ADVANTAGE OF, OF THIS IS, IS, IS NOT ONLY IS IT, IS IT ABLE, SO FOR INSTANCE, LET'S SAY A SITUATION OCCURS WHERE SOMEBODY COMMITTED A CRIME IN COTTONWOOD PARK.
SO YEAH, THEY WOULD GET THE, THE, THE, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GO TO, TO THE PARK, PUT IN A TIME, PUT IN A PERIOD OF TIME AND SEE WHAT VEHICLES WERE IN AND OUT OF THE PARK AROUND THAT TIME.
AND THEN THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD USE THAT INITIAL STARTING POINT TO START TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT OTHER, UM, UH, PIECES OF EVIDENCE THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO START TO RECREATE AND GENERATE SOME, UH, POTENTIAL, UM, SUBJECTS OF INTEREST.
AND SO, UH, COUNCILMAN HUTCHEN RIDERS, RIGHT? THIS IS, THIS ISN'T JUST, YOU GO ON, YOU JUST GO ONLINE AND YOU JUST KIND OF WATCH, YOU KNOW, WHO WENT, SOMEBODY WENT THROUGH THIS INTERSECTION ALL DAY JUST TO KIND OF SEE, IT'S, IT'S USED AS A WAY TO, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN A CRIME OCCURS, IT'S USED AS A WAY TO GENERATE LEGITIMATE LEADS SO THAT, THAT THAT CRIME CAN BE INVESTIGATED.
I GUESS I'M, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE FULL INFORMATION.
AND AGAIN, NOT TRYING TO SAY NO, JUST TO UNDERSTAND.
SO IF I WENT, IF I WERE A CRIMINAL AND I WENT TO HIS HOSPITAL TO COUNCILMAN HUTCHIN RIDERS HOSPITAL, I BROKE INTO A CAR.
THEN I WENT DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, THE DART STATION BROKE INTO A CAR, AND I GO OVER TO COTTONWOOD AND MEET UP WITH MY BUDDIES AND SEE WHERE THEY BROKE INTO.
AND WE EXCHANGED LOOT OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, HOWEVER THAT WORKS.
UM, AND I GET, YOU KNOW, CAUGHT RIGHT.
'CAUSE I WAS SPEEDING DOWN BELT LINE LATER THAT NIGHT.
UM, AND YOU'RE TRYING TO TIE THESE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE MY CAR WAS IN THAT.
SO THERE IS INFORMATION BEING STORED A TIMELINE FOR A SPECIFIC TIME.
AND WHAT THEY'RE, AND, AND SO, YEAH, SO IF YOU WERE, IF YOU COMMITTED YOUR THIRD CRIME OF THE NIGHT AT COTTONWOOD PARK, THEY WOULD GO BACK AND FIG AND THEY'D RETRACE YOUR STEPS SO THAT THEY COULD TRY TO PUT YOU AT THE SCENE OF ANOTHER CRIME AT A, AT THE SAME TIME THAT THAT CRIME OCCURRED.
AND THEY WOULD DO THAT BY, IF, IF, IF WE WERE THAT LUCKY THAT YOU TOOK A, A ROUTE THAT ALL THE FLOCK CAMERAS WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE YOU YEAH.
AGAIN, THE SAME, THE SAME THING HAPPENS IF SOMEBODY BREAKS INTO A HOUSE AND THEN DRIVES DOWN THE ALLEY.
THEY GO RECREATE THE, UH, THE PATH THAT THAT
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PERSON LEAVES BY TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER A VIDEO THAT, THAT ARE, UH, AT PRIVATE RESIDENCES, OR IF IT, IF IT HAPPENS AT A BUSINESS, THEY, THEY USE IT, THE, THE, THE VIDEO OF ADJACENT BUSINESS.THIS IS JUST, THIS IS JUST ONE MORE PIECE OF, UH, VIDEO EVIDENCE THAT THEY CAN USE IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALL THAT OTHER VIDEO EVIDENCE THAT EXISTS TODAY TO TRY TO, UM, YOU KNOW, RESOLVE THESE CASES IN A, IN A TIMELY WAY.
THE LAST QUESTION, I APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION JUST, UH, FOR CLARITY'S SAKE, NOT JUST FOR ME, BUT FOR THOSE WHO WATCHING AT HOME AND IN THE ROOM, UM, AND I KNOW IN MY OWN HOME I HAVE SECURITY CAMERAS AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW MM-HMM.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WERE A CRIME THAT COULD BE COMMITTED IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, A POLICE COME AND SAY, HEY, CAN I TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR CAMERAS? OR CAN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT SOMETHING FOR ME? UM, WHAT IS THE BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, OTHER THAN STATIONARY AND ON PATROL VEHICLES? WE'RE NOT, I, I KNOW THE, THE CURRENT CAMERA SYSTEM ON PATROL VEHICLES, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, IF THERE'S A STOLEN CAR THAT DRIVES BY, PICKS IT UP, IT PINGS THE, THE OFFICER IN A VEHICLE THAT STOLEN CAR OR A FELONY WARRANT JUST PASSED BY.
UM, ARE, IS THERE ANY BUILT IN TO THIS CAMERA SYSTEM SIMILAR TO THAT? OR DOES THE OFFICER ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE KIND OF PROACTIVE? UM, IN LOOKING FOR, I GUESS I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT PINGS THIS, THIS, THIS SYSTEM WILL NOT ONLY RECOGNIZE LICENSE PLATES, IT'LL, I I, IF I, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AXON AND THE FLOCK IS THE FLOCK IS A LITTLE BIT MORE SOPHISTICATED.
IN ADDITION TO JUST TAKING A LICENSE PLATE NUMBER, IT CAN ALSO RECOGNIZE DIFFERENT FEATURES OF A VE DIFFERENT, OTHER, OTHER FEATURES OF A VEHICLE.
BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW, A LOT OF CRIMINALS DON'T USE THEIR LICENSE PLATE.
AND SO IT'S ABLE TO FIND, FOR INSTANCE, MAYBE THERE'S A BIG SCRATCH ON THE BACK BUMPER.
AND SO, SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE MAIN DIFFERENCE.
OTHERWISE, IT'S, IN PRINCIPLE IT'S THE SAME THING.
IT'S TRYING TO IDENTIFY VEHICLES THAT WERE SUSPECTED OF BEING, UH, UTILIZED IN A CRIME STOLEN VEHICLES OR, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME OTHER, SOME OTHER REASON WHY THE POLICE WOULD WANT TO, WOULD WANT TO TALK TO THE PERSON DRIVING THAT VEHICLE.
SO IF I WERE WANTED FOR MURDER IN ANOTHER STATE AND I DRIVE INTO KEN'S HOSPITAL, THEN IT WOULD PING, IT WOULD PING HIM AND SAY, HEY, THERE'S, THERE'S SOME, WELL, NOT ME PERSONALLY.
WELL, NOT YOU, I MEAN, YOU'RE NOT GETTING A TEXT TALK YOUR DEPARTMENT.
IT WOULD PING, PING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT THERE'S SOMEBODY IN THE VEHICLE THAT HAS, THAT HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN A SUSPECTED CRIME.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOTIFIED AND THEY RESPOND.
WELL, I APPRECIATE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION YOU, KEN, FOR YOUR, TOO, JUST, JUST SO THE AXION SYSTEM ALSO, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF DUAL FUNCTION.
IT ALSO RECORDS ALL THE ACTIONS AND, AND, AND INTERACTIONS AND, AND, AND OCCURRENCES WITH, WITH OUR, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AS WELL TO, TO BE ABLE TO, SO, SO THERE IS THAT, THAT, THAT THE, THAT THAT THE FLOCK DOES NOT DO.
JUST, JUST SO MY, SO WE'RE TOTALLY, TOTALLY CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT ON THAT.
SO, 'CAUSE IF YOU REMEMBER, EACH OF THE OFFICERS WEAR THEIR A AXION CAMERAS ON THEIR BODY.
SO IF THEY COME UP AND HAVE AN INTERACTION WITH YOU, THEY PULL YOU OVER, LET'S SAY, THAT'S FULLY RECORDED.
SO IF YOU COME BACK AND SAY, OH, WELL, THE OFFICER IMMEDIATELY WALKED UP AND PUNCHED ME, THAT AX CAMERA'S ON THERE TO PROTECT YOU AND TO PROTECT THEM.
SO THAT, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
YEAH, I MEAN THE, THE, THE, THE AXON CAMERA IN THE, IN THE PATROL CAR IS NOT ONLY THE, UM, PLATE RECOGNITION, IT'S ALSO, IT ALSO FUNCTIONS EXACTLY LIKE HIM SAYING JUST LIKE THE BODY CAMERA.
WELL, FROM THE, FROM THE PATROL.
WELL, I UNDERSTAND, UH, SOME RESIDENTS, UM, CONCERN ABOUT DATA AND UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE AS CITIES, UH, BUT I ALSO SEE THE BENEFIT OF IT, UM, NOT JUST IN THIS CITY, BUT I ALSO, I, I JUST WANNA SAY, I DO RECOGNIZE THAT AS WE CITIES BECOME MORE TECHNOLOGISTS ADVANCE, UM, AND AS WE KIND OF FIGURE OUT HOW TO BALANCE THIS MOVING FORWARD, UM, IT'S, IT'S, I FIND IT REALLY FASCINATING HOW WE, UH, I GUESS IMPLEMENT TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE COMMUNITY SAFER AND MORE EFFICIENT.
AND WHILE THIS IS A CONCERN, UM, FOR MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING MYSELF, 'CAUSE I DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF BIG BROTHER WATCHING EVERYTHING, UH, ON A PERSONAL NOTE.
BUT, UH, AT THE SAME TIME, I ALSO SEE THE BENEFITS OF IT IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. JUSTICE.
SO IT'S IN THE CLOUD FOR FLOCK, FLOCK, CLOUD.
WHO CAN ACCESS IT? ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IF THEY ARE PART OF THE FLOCK NETWORK? MM-HMM.
ANYBODY ELSE? LIKE, IF, IF I GET CURIOUS AND I LIKE WANT TO GO ON LIKE, WHAT, WHAT IS, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA LIKE MONITOR
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WHAT'S GOING ON AT COTTONWOOD PARK TO MAKE SURE THAT LEO'S DOING WHAT HE SAYS HE IS DOING.LIKE WHO, WHO CAN ACCESS THE, THE, THE ACTUAL DATA? IS IT ONLY OUR POLICE OFFICERS IN RICHARDSON? OR IS IT, AND ANYONE ELSE WHO SUBSCRIBES AND BY ANYONE ELSE? I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT.
LIKE, IS IT JUST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OR, I DON'T BELIEVE, IF YOUR QUESTION IS, COULD, COULD A CITIZEN WHO HAS A FLOCK CAMERA ACCESS RPDS? MM-HMM.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS TO BE THE CASE.
WELL, PART OF THE, PART OF THE INHERENT FLOCK SYSTEM IS YOU HAVE TO AGREE BETWEEN AGENCIES.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, RICHARDSON PD, WHICH THEY'VE ALREADY DONE, HAS REACHED OUT TO METHODIST PD AND HAVE AGREED.
AND SO METHODIST PD ADVISES FLOCK THAT YES, WE WANT, WE WANT TO BE IN A MY WORDS RELATIONSHIP.
SO SAME THING WE WERE, ALLEN PD METHODIST ALLEN PD CONTACTED METHODIST PD ONCE, ONCE WE BECAME PART OF THE FLOCK SYSTEM.
AND SO THERE HAS TO BE THAT MY WORD INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT VIA FLOCK.
SO YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN, NO.
I MEAN THAT WOULD NOT BE, THAT THAT AGREEMENT WOULD NOT BE HAD BETWEEN A POLICE AGENCY AND, AND YOU SO THAT IT'S, IT'S DESIGNED FOR POLICE FORCES.
UM, YEAH, WHAT I WAS TRYING, BUT I WAS STOPPING TO THINK IS, I DON'T KNOW BEYOND, I, I I, I DON'T KNOW THE RELATIONSHIP BEYOND INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN OR EVEN A, YOU KNOW, A UNIVERSITY OR A METHODIST.
BUT, UM, FOR A, FOR A, WELL, AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER UNI, THE UNI UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, DALLAS HAS THEIR POLICE FORCE.
SO IT'S, IT'S VIA THEIR POLICE FORCE THAT IS, THAT THAT WOULD'VE TO DO, WE'RE IN THE SAME RELATIONSHIP WITH UTD.
SO THAT'S WHY I WE'RE, THAT'S WHY I'M AWARE OF THAT.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, IN PRIVATE BUSINESS THAT HA I I DON'T KNOW THOSE, BUT, UM, THO THOSE, UH, THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, BUT THE, UM, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS EXACTLY, IT CANS, I MEAN, A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL WON'T HAVE ACCESS TO, UM, RPDS VIDEO.
BUT OTHER, BUT OTHER AGENCIES OR POTENTIAL INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS, RP D COULD AGREE TO DO THAT.
SO IT, THE DATA WILL ROLL OFF AFTER 90 DAYS FROM FLOCKS CLOUD.
UM, AND I, I GUESS THAT'S TRUE OF EVERY AGENCY THAT SUBSCRIBES, THAT'S THE STANDARD, OR THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
AND ARE, IS THERE ANY, BUT AGAIN, I I, I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M PER, I, I I DON'T WANT TO, I'M NOT, I'M, I'M NOT GONNA I'S MY UNDERSTANDING, BUT I CAN'T SAY WHAT EVERY AGENCY HAS AGREED TO.
I'M JUST, YEAH, CURIOUS SORT OF THAT'S WHAT WE, THAT'S OUR, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE AGREED TO.
THAT'S THE DATA PRIVACY CONCERN.
LIKE, IS IT LIKE, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU DOWNLOAD IT AND KEEP IT FOREVER? I MEAN, I MEAN, I GUESS IF THERE'S AN ACTIVE CRIME IS, I GUESS THERE'S AN ABILITY TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN OH, ABSOLUTELY.
IF IT'S PART OF A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, THAT WILL KEEP IT AS LONG AS IT'S REQUIRED.
BUT THAT, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY TYPE OF DATA THAT WOULD SORT OF, I GUESS, BE KEPT PAST THE 90 DAY AGAIN, THINKING ABOUT THE DATA PRIVACY, LIKE HOW FAR, RIGHT.
I MEAN, WE, WE, WE ONLY, WE, WE, OUR CONTRACT WITH LAKOS THAT THEY WILL HOLD IT FOR 90 DAYS.
AND IF WE HAVEN'T ACCESSED IT FOR A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION BEFORE THEN, THEN IT WILL GROW OFF.
IS THERE ANY SORT OF SAFETY MECHANISM THAT PREVENTS ANOTHER AGENCY FROM KEEPING OUR DATA LONGER? I MEAN, IF, IF THEY GO, IF THEY HAVE A, WE HAVE THIS MUTUAL AGREEMENT THAT KEN REFERRED TO.
WELL, THEY, THE AGENCY DOESN'T, THE, THE AGENCY DOESN'T POSSESS THE DATA.
COULD THEY, COULD THEY SOMEHOW, COULD THEY, IF WAS PART OF THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THEY COULD DOWNLOAD IT AND KEEP IT THAT, YOU KNOW, I GUESS THAT WE KNOW OF HERE.
RIGHT? WELL, AGAIN, I, I THINK THE DATA THAT WE SENT TO FLOCK MM-HMM.
IF THERE WAS A, A REASON THAT THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD POSSESS THAT DATA MOVING FORWARD.
IT WOULD PRESUMABLY BE FOR A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.
SO I, I THINK THEY WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD USE IT, KEEP THAT DATA FOR AS LONG AS THEY NEEDED TO, BUT OTHERWISE IT WOULD, IT WOULD ROLL OFF.
I WONDER IF THEY'D BE ABLE TO REQUEST IT.
SO IF ANOTHER AGENCY COULD REQUEST THE DATA, DO THEY HAVE TO REQUEST IT, I GUESS IS THE QUESTION? MM-HMM.
SO THEY JUST, THEY'RE NOT JUST, THEY DON'T JUST HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
AND ANYBODY, ANY AGENCY CAN PULL WHAT THEY WANT.
THEY HAVE TO LITERALLY REQUEST IT.
IF IT'S PART OF ANOTHER CITY, IF SOMEONE PROVI OR PERMIT OR, UH, PERMITS A CRIME HERE IN RICHARDSON AND THEN THEY RUN, THEY RUN TO FRISCO.
SO FRISCO, WOULD THEY HAVE TO ASK RICHARDSON TO, THEY WOULD, THEY, THEY WOULD'VE OBTAIN IT FROM FLOCK.
DON, UM, YOU, YOU'VE DONE A HECK OF A JOB TRYING TO ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS.
AND WHILE YOU KNOW A LOT OF DETAILS ABOUT ALMOST EVERY ASPECT OF THIS CITY, IT IS HARD TO KNOW EVERY DETAIL OF EVERY BLADE OF GRASS IN THE CITY, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
UM, IS IT POSSIBLE, AND I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULD, I'M JUST WONDERING IF MAYBE THE COUNCIL OF THIS LEANING TOWARDS THIS, UH, IS THIS SOMETHING WE CAN TABLE OR PUT AND MAYBE HAVE CHIEF AND SEND SOMEBODY FROM IT? MM-HMM.
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THAT, WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS HERE? SURE.IF YOU DON'T WANT THINK ACTION, ACTION.
HOW COUNSEL FEELS ABOUT THAT WE'RE LEAVING IS THAT I CAN'T, COME ON
WE, CHIEF TITTLE GAVE US A BRIEFING ON THIS AND SAID IT WAS TURN, YOU'RE NOT ON, I'M SORRY.
CHIEF TITTLE BROUGHT THIS IN A BRIEFING BEFORE AND WAS PRESENTED.
I I, I MEAN, I'LL JUST TELL YOU, I FEEL STRONGLY WE SHOULD APPROVE IT TONIGHT.
SO I'M, I WOULD, I MEAN, IT, IT IS A VERY, VERY EFFECTIVE, I THINK IF YOU'RE NOT COMMITTING CRIME, IT'S NOT, I MEAN, IT, IT'S NOT GONNA, IT'S NOT GONNA BE USED JUST TO SEE, WELL, WHERE DID JOE GO FOR THE LAST FIVE DAYS OR WHATEVER.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST NOT GONNA, THAT'S NOT HOW THIS SYSTEM IS SET UP.
THERE ARE MULTITUDE OF, OF, OF PROTECT, PROTECT PROTECTIVE LAYERS.
CAN'T GET THE WORD OUT TONIGHT.
UM, AND SO I, I FEEL STRONGLY WE SHOULD PASS IT TONIGHT.
AND THEN HAN YOU'RE AFTER THAT.
UM, I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HUTCH, WRITER ON THAT.
UM, I'VE DONE, WHILE EVERYONE'S BEEN TALKING, I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THESE, UH, FALK ACTUALLY PROVIDES THESE TRANSPARENCY PAGES THAT WE CAN UTILIZE, UM, OR WE CAN SET OUR OWN UP, BUT THEY HAVE AUDITS OF USAGE REPORTS.
UM, YOU CAN VIEW WHAT OTHER AGENCIES HAVE ACCESS TO OUR CAMERAS, WHAT OUR CONTRACT TERM IS.
THIS IS STUFF THAT WE CAN ALL SET UP FOR RESIDENTS AFTER WE ADOPT THIS AND, UM, AND REALLY BE TRANSPARENT WITH HOW WE'RE USING THIS, HOW MANY CAMERAS WE HAVE, ET CETERA.
UM, BUT, BUT YEAH, OTHERWISE WE'RE, WE'RE UNDERSTAFFED.
I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE SOONER WE APPROVE THE BETTER.
I THINK CHIEF, UH, DID, CAME IN THE PAST AND DID EXPLAIN THIS THING.
AND THIS IS VERY EFFECTIVE TOOLS.
THIS IS NOT REALLY SOMETHING WE'LL SOLVE THE PROBLEM BECAUSE IT DETECTS THE VEHICLE THAT'S SOLVED, BUT DRIVER COULD BE ALL DIFFERENT.
SO WE HAVE A LAWYER HERE, EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY DRIVE THE CAR, BUT YOU CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT HE'S THE DRIVER LAW, YOU KNOW, COURT WOULD PROVIDE SOME OTHER INFORMATION.
SO THIS IS A TOOL AND WE, I THINK THIS IS VERY EFFECTIVE.
AND WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, CC CAMERA, SECURITY CAMERA AT HOME JUST TO CHECK ONE DAY'S DATA.
IT TAKES ONE DAY IF YOU WANT TO REALLY CHECK.
SO LOOKING AT THE CAMERA, LOOKING AT THE DATA, SOMEONE LIKE IS GONNA BE THERE IF YOU JUST WANT TO CHECK.
SO IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, LIKE FIND SOMETHING, IT NEED TO BE SPECIFIC, SOMETHING HAPPENS.
YOU SEARCH FOR THAT THING, THE SOFTWARE WILL DO THAT.
OTHERWISE, THE DATA ITSELF IS MEANINGLESS.
IT'S TIME TAKES US, IT'S MONITORING MY MOVEMENT EVERY DAY.
SO, SO IT'S TELLING, YOU KNOW, I'M GIVING ALSO INFORMATION WHEN I'M DRINKING WATER.
SO, UH, SO THIS, THIS IS THE THING THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOUR PHONE HAS BEEN, HAS BEEN MONITORING, LIKE MONITORED 24 HOURS.
UH, YOUR PHONE IS LISTENING TO YOU, THE TV IS LISTENING TO YOU.
I THINK THIS IS ANOTHER TOOLS TO GIVE THE POLICE, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST TO GO, YOU KNOW, TAKE ONE STEP AHEAD.
I THINK, UH, WE SHOULD VOTE ON THIS THING TONIGHT.
I'M NOT REALLY WASTE ANYMORE, BUT IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTION, WE CAN RESTART THIS THING MORE.
BUT THIS IS NOT GONNA CHANGE ANYTHING.
I I'M, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA HAVE TO AGREE.
UH, I THINK THIS IS AN INVALUABLE SERVICE.
I, I DO RESPECT THE FACT THAT EVERYONE, UM, WANTS TO PROTECT THEIR PRIVACY AND SO DO I, I SUPPORT THAT.
UM, AND, AND TO, UH, UH, COUNCIL, SHAM, SILTS, UH, POINT, WE, WE LIVE IN A WORLD NOW WHERE, YOU KNOW, ALEXA AND OUR PHONES AND OUR TELEVISIONS ARE LISTENING TO US ALL THE TIME, IT SEEMS LIKE, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, I DO LIKE THE FACT THAT IT'S AFTER 90 DAYS.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, UH, ELIMINATED UNLESS IT'S USED FOR A CRIME, WHICH OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE TOOLS IN PLACE THESE DAYS.
UM, SO I'M, I'M, I'M IN SUPPORT OF IT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY FOR THE RECORD THAT, UH, I DO UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE, UH, THE PRIVACY OF KEEPING YOUR INFORMATION, UM, PRIVATE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
AS THE PERSON WHO BROUGHT UP WANTING TO MAKE SURE WE STAY ON TOP OF PUBLIC SAFETY AS OUR CITY GROWS, I AGREE THAT WE NEED A, A TOOL LIKE THIS TO HELP.
I I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE DATA PRIVACY IS A CONCERN FOR PEOPLE, AND SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE FACEBOOK AND SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE SMARTPHONES, AND SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE SECURITY CAMERAS BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT ALL THIS DATA COLLECTED ABOUT THEM.
SO THERE IS THAT CONCERN AS WELL.
SO COUNCILMAN CORCORAN, I APPRECIATE THE QUICK RESEARCH THAT YOU DID, AND I THINK MAYBE, UH, TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS, PERHAPS THERE SHOULD BE A TRANSPARENCY PAGE THAT WE PUT ON RPDS WEBSITE ABOUT THE USE OF THESE CAMERAS SO THAT THE FOLKS HA THAT HAVE THOSE DATA, UH, CONCERNS THAT, THAT MAYBE THAT'S A WAY WE CAN BE RESPONSIVE TO THAT CONCERN, UM, IN THE, IN THE IMMEDIATE TERM.
I THINK EVEN IF WE HAVE A BRIEFING TWO WEEKS FROM NOW, UM, THAT THIS
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IS SOMETHING THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS.WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T GET FULLY STAFFED.
AND I'M OVER HERE TALKING ABOUT NEEDING TO ADD MORE POSITIONS POTENTIALLY.
SO, UM, THIS IS A TOOL WE NEED, BUT I DO THINK HAVING THAT EXTRA LAYER OF, UH, TRANSPARENCY FOR THE PUBLIC, UM, WHO MAY HAVE THAT CONCERN IS, IS A GOOD IDEA.
RIGHT? YEAH, I'M, I'M, I'M CERTAIN, I MEAN, RPD HAS A TRANSPARENCY PAGE TODAY.
I'M CERTAIN THAT THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO SHARE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'D JUST SAY, AND JOAN, I I'M SURE WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, AGREEABLE TO CHIEF TITTLE AND, AND I'M CERTAIN HE'D BE WILLING TO SHARE AS MUCH ABOUT THE PROGRAM AS WOULDN'T JEOPARDIZE ANY OF THEIR INVESTIGATIONS OR ANY OF THEIR, THEIR OPERATIONS.
ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU MR. MAGNER.
AND I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO, UM, CONSIDER FLOCK CAMERAS.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, MR. HUTCHEN, WRITER MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A BID, UH, MAKE A BID, MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT BID NUMBER 40 DASH 24, THE AUTHORIZATION TO ISSUE PURCHASE ORDER TO FLOCK SAFETY FOR THE PURCHASE OF 20 FLOCK CA FLOCK SAFETY, AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION CAMERAS FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $74,900.
AND MR. CHU, YOU A SECOND? I SECOND IT.
RAISE YOUR HAND PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THERE IS, I WAS JUST ALRIGHTYY.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THE MAYOR SEASONS.
[10.REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER 10, REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.ANY COUNCIL MEMBER, MR. HUON? WRITER? UM, LIGHT IS QUICK.
COUPLE OF YES, NO, UM, A COUPLE THINGS REAL QUICK IS WE HAD A VERY, VERY BUSY SATURDAY.
UM, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, OFFICIALLY BREAK THE RIBBON, SO TO SPEAK, ON OUR NEW DISC GOLF COURSE.
UM, I LEARNED MORE ABOUT DISC GOLF IN ABOUT AN HOUR THAN I THINK I'VE EVER KNOWN.
UM, I, I THOUGHT THE REGULAR GAME OF GOLF THAT I PLAY WAS INCREDIBLY COMPLICATED, BUT DISC GOLF WAS EVEN MORE COMPLICATED BECAUSE THEY HAVE BASICALLY THEIR DRIVER, THEY HAVE THEIR FAIRWAY DISC, THEY HAVE THEIR PUTTER, THEY HAVE THEIR MID-RANGE, UM, DISC.
IT'S QUITE AN INTERESTING SPORT.
AND WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT OUR, OUR, OUR, UM, OVERALL OUR PARKS, UM, UH, DIVISION.
JUST ANOTHER NEAT OPPORTUNITY OUT IN BRECKENRIDGE TO HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN A NEAT, NEAT, UM, PROGRAM.
AND THEN WE HAD AN ACTUAL PROFESSIONAL TOURNAMENT THAT OCCURRED ON SATURDAY.
IT WAS FREEZING COLD OUT THERE.
I'M HOPE, HOPE EVERYBODY DID OKAY.
'CAUSE UH, I DUNNO, THE MAYOR AND I WERE A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT, WE THOUGHT AT FIRST WE WERE GONNA GET TO THROW IT, BUT THEN WE DECIDED, NEVERMIND AFTER WE SAW HOW FAR THE PROFESSIONALS THREW IT, THAT'S FOR SURE.
UM, BUT JUST REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT WAS THERE.
AND THEN, UM, YESTERDAY HAD, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT QUITE STRONGLY WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, OTHER C CITY, UH, SERVICES ON A SITUATION.
AND JUST ONE ON, ONCE AGAIN, SAY WHAT A PROFESSIONAL GROUP WE HAVE.
AND WE AS A COUNCIL, WE AS A CITY, WE AS A TEAM SHOULD BE VERY, VERY PROUD OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE.
UM, MAYOR, I WANNA START BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS EARLIER IN RECOGNIZING THE DEATH OF, UH, CONGRESSWOMAN EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON.
SHE IS SOMEBODY THAT, UM, I PERSONALLY HAVE HAD A, UM, HANDFUL OF OPPORTUNITIES IN TO, UH, TALK TO OVER THE YEARS.
AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING HER SERVICE TO NORTH TEXAS.
UH, SHE WAS A, UH, BIG PART OF DART IN, IN, UH, IN BRINGING DART TO NORTH TEXAS AND GET ALONG WITH, UH, UH, KATE BAILEY HUTCHINSON, UH, SECURING THAT FINANCING FOR DART.
UM, ON SATURDAY AFTER THAT, AFTER UH, BRECKENRIDGE, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR, UM, THE LIBRARY AND, UM, CITY HALL, UM, THE LIBRARY PARKS IN THE LIBRARY ARE PLAY, HAVE PLAYED A BIG PART IN MY FAMILY.
UM, SO ALL YOU KNOW, I HAVE A 15-YEAR-OLD SON, UH, LEO.
AND, UM, WHEN WE FIRST MOVED TO RICHARDSON, NOT ORIGINALLY FROM HERE, AND WE WERE LOOKING UPGRADE QUESTION WHETHER WE CAN AFFORD A HOUSE IN RICHARDSON.
AND WE CONSIDERED MOVING TO THE WEST SIDE OF KUWAIT THERE FOR ABOUT A DAY.
AND ULTIMATELY IT WAS THAT LIBRARY IN PARKS THAT KEPT US IN RICHARDSON.
AND, UM, AND I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
SO A LIBRARY WILL ALWAYS BE DEAR TO MY HEART AND TO SEE THE CHANGES HAPPENING THERE, UH, IT WAS A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL.
UH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I'M EXCITED, UH, TO SEE THE CITY MOVE FORWARD AND CONTINUE TO GROW AND, UH, THE, UH, INCREASED SERVICES AND THE, UH, THE BETTER PRODUCT WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA HAVE AND, UH, HOPEFULLY SEE MORE, UH, MANY MORE GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE, UM, BENEFIT FROM THAT.
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TO STAFF, UH, NOT JUST LIBRARY STAFF, BUT CITY STAFF AND EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN THAT.AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, SEEING THE END RESULT.
THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO, TIM SCHU.
WELL, LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER DAN BARRIOS MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, THANKS FOR RECOGNIZING, UH, CONGRESSWOMAN EDDIE, BERNIE JOHNSON.
SHE WAS, UH, DEFINITELY A GOOD PERSON AND SHE WAS ONE OF THE KEY MEMBER WHO WORKED FOR THE TAR TO BRING, BRING THIS THING IN THIS AREA.
UH, NOW THAT, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING LAST FEW WEEKS, BUT, UH, WE REALLY WERE BUSY SATURDAY.
BUT I WANTED TO MENTION ONE THING THAT JUST HAPPENED JUST BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS DAY, I THINK, UH, RPD RICHARDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD HAD, UH, YOU KNOW, TO DRIVE FOR THE KIDS, RICHARD AND KIDS, THEY BOUGHT TOYS FROM TARGET.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, AND I APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DO.
AND THEN, UH, THERE WAS ANOTHER EVENT JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS THAT WAS, UH, THE BUSINESS AT BELTLINE AND PLANO ROAD, UH, CALLED BARBECUE BBQ CHICKEN.
MM-HMM,
UH, THEY HAD GIVEN, UH, TWICE TWO KIDS.
UH, THERE WAS, UH, OVER A COUPLE HUNDRED PROBABLY KIDS THERE, AND THEY HAD TONS OF TOYS.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE NOT SEEN THE OTHER BUSINESS DID RECENTLY, BUT, UH, PROBABLY THIS IS, I SAW THIS THE FIRST ONE, BUT I, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE BUSINESS DO THIS THING EVERY YEAR.
UH, INSTEAD OF DOING ONE BUSINESS, WROTE IT TO OTHER BUSINESS AND KEEP IT UP, THAT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL THINGS.
UH, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, YOU KNOW, LAST SATURDAY AS, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, KEN HUTCHEN MENTIONED THAT WE HAD BUSY WEEK.
AND OF COURSE, THE, THIS GOLF COURSE IS SOMETHING THAT I'LL BE GOING SOMEDAY QUIETLY PLAYING TO SEE WHAT MY PERFORMANCE, THEN I'LL BE PLAYING PUBLICLY
I WANNA JUST DITTO WHAT COUNCILMAN HUTCHIN WRITER SAID ABOUT THE DISC, UH, GOLF DISC AND ALSO THE, UH, PLAYGROUND.
SO THAT WAS REALLY A GREAT MORNING, BY THE WAY.
IT WAS FREEZING, BUT THE, THE KEPLER FIELD, UH, WAS, WAS BEAUTIFUL.
UM, DID A VERY NICE JOB ON THE INSTALLATION AND, UM, AND I DEFINITELY ENCOURAGED TRYING TO, TRYING THE DISC GOLF GAME.
AND, UH, I CAN'T WAIT TO GO TRY AND PLAY IT MYSELF, AND I DO MEAN I'M EMPHASIZING THE WORD TRY.
SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT.
WANTED TO ADD ONE OTHER THING.
UM, SAT OR, UH, I BELIEVE, UH, SATURDAY NIGHT WE HAD THE, UH, SPECTACULAR, UH, SENSING DEEP SPACE AT THE ICEMAN.
IT WAS, UH, THE COLLABORATION AND, UH, OF HOW RICHARDSON'S MOVING FORWARD IN THE TECH, UH, INDUSTRY, UH, UH, ESTABLISHING TECHNOLOGY AND ART TOGETHER, UM, AND UNITING THAT, UH, IT WAS VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE AND THOROUGHLY, THOROUGHLY ENJOYED IT.
UM, YOU HAD TO GO IN AND SPEND, AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND GOING TO SEE IT, BY THE WAY.
YOU, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A TICKET.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THE TICKET, BUT YOU DO HAVE TO HAVE A TICKET TO GET IN.
BUT YOU NEED TO, WHEN YOU GO INTO THE, UH, INTO THE AREA, YOU NEED TO STAY FOR AT LEAST 15 TO 20 MINUTES TO REALLY ABSORB IT.
OTHERWISE, YOU JUST CAN'T REALLY GET THE FEELING OF HOW YOU'RE GONNA REACT AND THEN PLAY WITH THE MONITOR.
THE MONITOR ALLOWS YOU TO FIGURE OUT HOW THE TECHNOLOGY WORKS.
SO ANYWAY, THAT WAS SUPER INCREDIBLE.
IT IS EIGHT THIRTY FOUR AND WE WILL CALL THIS MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL ADJOURNED.