* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS JOINT SESSION OF THE RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO PASS BATON TO OUR CHAIR, MARSH FROM THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION. CALL THEM TO ORDER, PLEASE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WOULD CALL THIS, UH, MEETING OF THE, UH, RICHARDSON CITY PLAN COMMISSION, UH, TO ORDER ALSO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'RE GONNA [A. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE ENVISION RICHARDSON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE] GO TO ITEM A TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE ENVISION RICHARDSON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE. MR. MAGNER, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR, MAYOR COUNCIL, AND, UH, OUR CITY PLAN COMMISSION MEMBERS, UH, WELCOME TONIGHT. UH, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I DO WANNA MAKE NOTE AS WE BEGIN OUR, UH, JOINT MEETING BETWEEN THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION. UM, I WANTED TO, UH, JUST NOTIFY ALL OF OUR, UH, GUESTS TONIGHT THAT THE, UH, VISITORS PORTION OF TONIGHT'S MEETING WILL BEGIN, UH, WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL RECONVENES IN, UH, ITS REGULAR WORK SESSION. UH, THAT ITEM WILL BE, UH, FIRST ON THE WORK SESSION AGENDA. SO, UH, JUST STAND BY FOR THAT IF, UH, IF YOU WILL, UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UM, WE'RE GONNA JUST, UH, QUICKLY INTRODUCE OUR TEAM, UH, THAT WE HAVE TONIGHT. MARK BOWERS, OF COURSE, AND MONICA HYDE, WHO ARE OUR PROJECT LEADS. UH, FROM OUR TEAM, SAM CHAVEZ AND, UH, KEITH CRU. AND, UH, AMBER POLAND. AND OF COURSE, CHARLES, UH, CHARLES GOFF FROM OUR CMO OFFICE, UH, REALLY SHEPHERDING, UH, THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT. UM, I, I VISITED WITH, UH, THE MAYOR AND, AND, UM, UM, CHAIRMAN MARSH. UH, BEFORE THE MEETING, I JUST WANNA PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF INSTRUCTION ABOUT HOW WE'LL GO THROUGH, UH, TONIGHT'S BRIEFING. WE REALLY HAVE THREE MAIN MISSIONS FOR YOU TONIGHT. UH, ONE, UH, IS, UH, TO CONFIRM AND ACCEPT YOUR, UH, FEEDBACK AND SUGGESTIONS RELATED TO THE VISION, THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, AND OF COURSE, UM, THE, UH, FUTURE LAND USE, UH, PLAN AT THE, UH, SO, SO THREE MAIN SECTIONS AT THE CONCLUSION OF EACH OF THOSE SECTIONS. UM, WE WILL PAUSE AND ASK SOME CONFIRMING QUESTIONS OF THE COUNCIL AND THE PLAN COMMISSION. UH, THE MAYOR IS GOING TO, UH, UH, UH, MANAGE THE MEETING, UH, AT THAT POINT, UH, UH, PLAN COMMISSION FIRST WILL CALL ON YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY, UH, FEEDBACK, UH, UH, OR SUGGESTIONS, UH, ON ANY OF THOSE THREE COMPONENTS. AND THEN, UH, COUNCIL, THE MAYOR WILL THEN TURN, UH, TO YOU AND, UH, AND ALSO TAKE YOUR FEEDBACK AND SUGGESTIONS. UH, AS YOU'LL SEE, IT'S, UH, SOME OF THESE MAY MORE OF A, BE MORE OF A CONFIRMING, UH, EXERCISE THEN, UH, ANYTHING. AND SO, UM, IF YOU HAVE, UH, UH, FEEDBACK AND SUGGESTIONS, WE'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE. BUT, UH, OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT COMPELLED, UH, UH, TO SPEAK OR, OR TO PROVIDE ANY IF YOU, IF YOU'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE DIRECTION WE'RE HEADED AND, AND YOU'RE SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT THE, UH, WHAT THE TEAM IS PRESENTING TO YOU TONIGHT. SO, MARK, THANKS SO MUCH TO YOU, MONICA, AND AGAIN, OUR WHOLE TEAM FOR GETTING US HERE. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART AS WE MAKE IT THROUGH, UH, SUMMIT NUMBER TWO AND LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, THE BRIEFING. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU, DON. AGAIN, AS DON SAID, MY NAME IS MARK BOWERS. I'M A PLANNER AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT WITH LEY HORN AND THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE ENVISION RICHARDSON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE. UH, SO AGAIN, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THIS TIME THAT, UH, YOU'RE SPENDING WITH US TONIGHT. 'CAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE HEARING IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO PROVIDE US SOME FEEDBACK ON, UH, AREAS WHERE WE MAY BE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION OR AREAS WE MAY NEED TO TWEAK. UH, SO, UH, THIS EVENING, WE JUST WANTED TO GO THROUGH SEVERAL THINGS. WE WANT TO GO THROUGH A SUMMARY OF THE, UH, COMMUNITY SUMMIT. TWO, THE ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, AND THE PARTICIPATION THAT TOOK PLACE, AND GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF, OF, OF THE RESULTS OF THAT. UH, WE WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, STRATEGIC DIRECTION. IT'S A TERM THAT WE'VE BEEN USING SINCE THE FIRST OF THIS, UH, PROJECT AND SHARE WITH YOU HOW, WHAT, WHAT STRATEGIC DIRECTION IS THE ROLE IT PLAYS IN THE PROJECT, AND HOW TONIGHT'S REALLY A CRITICAL POINT WHERE WE START TO, UH, CONFIRM THAT BASIC DIRECTION SO THAT WE CAN LAUNCH MANY OF THE REST OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPONENTS BASED UPON THAT DIRECTION. UM, AND THEN WE WANT TO GO THROUGH THE DRAFT PREFERRED VISION STATEMENT, UH, DRAFT PREFERRED GUIDING PRINCIPLES, AND WE WANT TO INTRODUCE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL RELATED TO THE, UH, LAND USE DIRECTION TONIGHT. IT'S AT A HIGHER LEVEL, WE'RE CALLING IT A PREFERRED SCENARIO. UH, SO, AND THAT INCLUDES THE PLACE TYPES AS WELL AS THE DRAFT PREFERRED LAND USE SCENARIO. AND THEN WE'LL WRAP UP AND DISCUSS NEXT STEPS. UM, SO A FEW THINGS THAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE TONIGHT. AGAIN, WE WANNA PROVIDE THAT OVERVIEW TO COUNCIL AND CCP, CPC OF THE ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY SUMMIT. TWO, WE WANNA RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM YOU, UH, FROM COUNCIL AND CPC REGARDING THE FINAL DIRECTION FOR THE PREFERRED, PREFERRED VISION STATEMENT AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES, AS WELL AS FEEDBACK, UH, RELATED TO THE DIRECTION FOR THE PREFERRED LAND USE SCENARIO. SO, OUR TIMELINE, UH, YOU'VE SEEN THIS MANY TIMES THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. UH, WE'RE A RIGHT AT THE HALFWAY POINT, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT BEYOND THE HALFWAY POINT, UH, TO WHERE WE'VE, UH, GONE TO THE COMMUNITY, WE'VE COLLECTED INFORMATION, WE'VE SET UP THAT BASIC STRATEGIC DIRECTION. WE'RE HERE TO CONFIRM THAT TONIGHT. AND ONCE WE CONFIRM THAT OR MAKE ANY TWEAKS TO THAT, THEN WE WILL START DEVELOPING THE [00:05:01] DRAFT PLAN COMPONENTS BASED UPON THAT DIRECTION, AS WELL AS STARTING TO POPULATE SOME THINGS THAT WE THINK WOULD BE IMPORTANT ITEMS TO BE CONSIDERING FOR IMPLEMENTATION TO HELP IMPLEMENT THE PLAN AS IT GOES FORWARD. UH, THE NEXT ROUND OF COMMUNITY INPUT WILL BE IN THE JUNE JULY TIMEFRAME. SO THAT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OVER OVERVIEW, UH, REALLY THIS, THIS SECOND PHASE, UH, COMMENCED ON OCTOBER 1ST WITH COMMUNITY SUMMIT TWO, AND WE RECEIVED FEEDBACK WITHIN THAT SUMMIT ALL THE WAY THROUGH SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH. UH, WE THEN DOCUMENTED A LOT OF THAT FEEDBACK. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU IN YOUR PACKETS. UH, UH, BUT IT'S PRETTY DETAILED. THE, THE, THE LEVEL OF EFFORT THAT WE WENT TO AND THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT FROM THE COMMUNITY. UM, WE'RE ESTIMATING THERE WERE ABOUT 1100, UH, INDIVIDUAL TOUCH POINTS WITHIN, UH, THAT COMMUNITY SUMMIT. NUMBER TWO, UH, WHICH WHEN YOU COMBINE THAT WITH COMMUNITY SUMMIT ONE, UH, GIVES US ABOUT 2,500 TOUCH POINTS TO DATE WITH FEEDBACK THAT WAS PROVIDED TO THE, TO THE GROUP, TO THE, UH, CONSULTANT TEAM. UM, IT'S THE SECOND OF THREE ROUNDS, AS I DISCUSSED A FEW MINUTES AGO. UH, THE, THE FINAL ROUND WILL, UH, TAKE PLACE, UH, JUNE, JULY TIMEFRAME, AND EACH ROUND IS INCLUDED, AN ONLINE PRESENCE, UH, TARGETED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AS WELL AS SOME COMMUNITY EVENTS. AND AS WE TALK ABOUT THAT ONLINE PRESENCE, UM, THE WEBSITE WENT LIVE ON MARCH 20TH, 2023. AND SINCE THAT TIME, UH, WE'VE RECEIVED, AS OF LAST FRIDAY MORNING, OVER 12,000 UNIQUE VISITS TO THAT SITE. AND AGAIN, THAT IS THAT BASIC PLATFORM THAT WE'RE UTILIZING TO, UH, JUST FIRST, FIRST STAGE, GET THE WORD OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, AND, AND BE THAT PORTAL FOR THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROCESS. UM, SO THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT WE, WE ADDED TO THAT PROCESS OF, UH, GETTING MATERIALS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO ADVERTISE, UH, THE PLAN AND THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEEDBACK. DURING ROUND TWO, UH, WE, UH, UH, PUSHED REALLY HARD ON MARKETING MATERIALS THIS TIME WITH YARD SIGNS, UH, FOR PEOPLE THAT MAY BE DRIVING OR WALKING BY. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE LOCATIONS WHERE THEY WERE PROVIDED. UH, DURING THIS LAST ROUND, 1500 RACK CARDS WERE HANDED OUT, UH, AT PUBLIC EVENTS, CITY FACILITIES, STAFF PRESENTATIONS. UH, STAFF WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING OUT, UH, MULTIPLE NIGHTS A WEEK AND MEETING WITH FOLKS TO GET THOSE MATERIALS OUT AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND AMBASSADORS. UM, AS A PART OF THAT MARKETING OUTREACH, UH, UH, THE INFORMATION WAS DISTRIBUTED THROUGH A NUMBER OF AVENUES. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THOSE RICHARDSON TODAY, WE CAN REVIEW. UH, ALSO REACHED OUT TO APARTMENT, UM, MANAGERS AND HOMEOWNER, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, CULTURAL AND RE RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, THE CHAMBER, AND THEN THE EMAIL LIST THAT WE'VE BEEN, UH, BUILDING UPON FOR ENVISION RICHARDSON. AND AS WE TALK ABOUT THOSE CIVIC, CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, LIST HERE OF THE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE, UH, REACHED OUT TO, AGAIN, TO GET THE WORD OUT AND TRY TO GET PARTICIPATION FROM AS MANY OF THOSE GROUPS AS WE COULD IN THE PLANNING PROCESS. THROUGH THAT LAST ROUND, UH, POP UP OUTREACH, YOU'LL RECALL, WE HAD THE POPUP KIOSK, UH, THAT, UH, ESSENTIALLY CONSISTED OF BANNERS WHERE PEOPLE COULD, UH, GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT, BUT ALSO, UH, GET A LINK TO THE ONLINE SURVEY. AND WE EXPANDED THE NUMBER OF FACILITIES WHERE THOSE POPUPS WERE MADE AVAILABLE. THIS TIME, YOU SEE THINGS LIKE THE EISMAN CENTER, UH, UTD AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, UH, CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTER, ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION OF NORTH TEXAS, AND MANY MORE, UH, UH, WHERE WE TRIED TO GET THAT WORD OUT. UM, AND THEN ALSO THE CITY EVENTS. UH, IF YOU'LL RECALL, WE, WE ALWAYS TRY TO, UH, ALIGN ENGAGEMENT WITH THOSE EXISTING EVENTS. WE'VE ALWAYS FOUND THAT IT'S VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE CAN GET A LOT OF PEOPLE TO, UH, PICK UP THE INFORMATION IF WE GO TO EVENTS THAT PEOPLE ARE ALREADY GOING TO, RATHER THAN TRYING TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO COME TO A STANDALONE PLANNING MEETING. UH, SO, UH, YOU CAN SEE, UH, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER AND ON INTO NOVEMBER, UH, THE VARIOUS EVENTS, UH, UH, THAT CITY STAFF PARTICIPATED IN TO BE ABLE TO GET THE WORD OUT. UH, EITHER ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GO TO THE WEBSITE AND DO THE ONLINE INPUT OR GO TO SOME OF THE MEETINGS. UH, AND AGAIN, STAFF PRESENTATIONS AND APPEARANCES, UH, WHERE STAFF WENT TO SOME OF THOSE NIGHT MEETINGS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER WITH THE, UH, ROTARY CLUB, THE CHAMBER BUSINESS NETWORK, UH, RICHARDSON, CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY, AND OTHERS. AND THEN THOSE COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS THAT WE TOUCHED ON. UH, WE HAD TWO OPEN HOUSES, UH, ATTENDED BY ABOUT A HUNDRED [00:10:01] PEOPLE. UM, THE FIRST ONE WAS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10TH FROM SIX 30 TO EIGHT 30. WE TYPICALLY DO THOSE WHERE WE'LL HAVE ONE ON A, A WEEKDAY EVENING, AND ONE ON A SATURDAY MORNING, UH, HOPING THAT WE CAN, UH, GET PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO SHOW UP AT A TIME THAT'S CONVENIENT TO THEM. THE SECOND ONE WAS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28TH AT THE HEIGHTS RECREATION CENTER. WE INTENTIONALLY TRIED TO PUT 'EM IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY. UH, AND THEN WE HAD FEEDBACK STATIONS, UH, THAT FOCUSED ON THE PRELIMINARY VISION STATEMENT, THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, PLACE TYPES, AND THEN WHAT WE'RE CALLING MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A BIT MORE IN A FEW MINUTES, AS WELL AS, UH, UH, REINVESTMENT AREAS AND VISIONING FOR THE REINVESTMENT AREAS. SO, UH, I APOLOGIZE, I WISH IT WAS A LITTLE EASIER. WE, WE HOPED WE WOULD HAVE THESE ACTUAL MAPS TO BRING IN FOR YOU TO LOOK AT, BUT WE WERE TOO EFFICIENT AND WE PULLED THE PINS OUT OF THEM. SO, UH, OPEN HOUSE, UH, NUMBER ONE, REALLY WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO IS WE HAVE PEOPLE PLACE PINS ON THE MAP ON WHERE THEY LIVE AND WHERE THEY WORK. UH, AND WE WERE PLEASED THAT WE HAD PRETTY GOOD DISTRIBUTION FROM, UH, MULTIPLE AREAS AROUND THE COMMUNITY. WHEN YOU COMBINE THE COM, UH, UH, RESULTS FROM WORKSHOP NUMBER ONE AND WORKSHOP NUMBER TWO. UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD THE ONLINE INPUT. UM, WE WILL BE, UH, WE WERE ENCOURAGED BY CITY STAFF TO CONSIDER AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UH, GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FROM FOLKS ON WHERE THEY LIVE AND WHERE THEY WORK IN THE COMMUNITY AS WE GO INTO THE THIRD ROUND OF PUBLIC INPUT, UH, TO BE ABLE TO, UH, HAVE EVEN MORE BACKGROUND FOR YOU RELATED TO THAT. SO THE VIRTUAL ENGAGEMENT, AGAIN, THAT STARTED ON, UH, OCTOBER 1ST. UH, TOPICS AND FORMAT GENERALLY MIRROR THOSE TOPICS THAT I TALKED ABOUT AT THE OPEN HOUSE. UH, AND WE HAD ABOUT 600 ONLINE RESPONSES THIS ROUND. UH, THROUGH THAT ONLINE ENGAGEMENT, AGAIN, WE TYPICALLY SEE IN COMMUNITIES WHERE WE'LL GET A LOT MORE FEEDBACK WITH THE ONLINE ENGAGEMENT. THAT'S WHY, WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO, UH, GIVE PEOPLE TO ENGAGE AND, AND COMMENT ON THE SAME MATERIALS THAT THEY WOULD IF THEY WERE AT A PUBLIC MEETING AND THEN MEETING IN A BOX DISCUSSION. SO WE'VE, UH, AT THIS POINT, WE'VE HAD, UH, 19 COMMUNITY MEMBERS VOLUNTEER AS PROJECT AMBASSADORS. UH, UH, FACILITATED SIX DISCUSSIONS WITH APPROXIMATELY 30 COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS A PART OF THIS SECOND ROUND. UH, QUESTIONS WERE AVAILABLE IN NEARLY A HUNDRED LANGUAGES USING GOOGLE TRANSLATE ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE. UM, AS WE LOOK AT THIS, WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE A LOT MORE FEEDBACK FROM THE, UH, THESE TYPES OF AMBASSADOR MEETINGS. UM, THESE MEETINGS ARE QUITE A COMMITMENT. THEY'RE A LOT MORE IN DEPTH THAN WHAT YOU MIGHT DO AT A PUBLIC MEETING. WE ASKED THE AMBASSADORS TO REALLY FACILITATE OPEN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE GROUPS AND, AND PROVIDE THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HEARD FROM THE GROUPS. SO THE FACT THAT THERE WERE 30 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WE WOULD LOVE, WHILE WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE, THOSE 30 PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATED, UH, REALLY TOOK SOME TIME TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO US IN DETAIL. UH, SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT FOR WAYS, UH, TRY TO GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE AMBASSADORS ON IF THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE MIGHT DO SOME THINGS SO THAT, UH, THAT FINAL ROUND, WE CAN EVEN PUSH THOSE NUMBERS HIGHER FOR THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GET. SO, UM, THE NEXT PIECE, UH, I'LL GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF, UH, STRATEGIC DIRECTION AND WHEN WE USE THAT TERM, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND THE ROLE THAT THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION PLAYS IN THE PLAN. AND THEN I'M GONNA LET MONICA WALK THROUGH IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, UH, SOME OF THOSE PRELIMINARY ELEMENTS OF THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION. SO, IN ESSENCE, THE WAY WE, UH, SET UP THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE HERE IS WE GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY FIRST ROUND ON THESE COMMUNITY SUMMITS. WE ASK A LOT OF OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS, IF YOU'LL RECALL. UH, WE, WE TELL YOU MUL, WE'VE TOLD YOU MULTIPLE TIMES THAT WE BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT THE VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF RICHARDSON NEEDS TO BE THE COMMUNITY'S VISION AND NOT THE CONSULTANT'S VISION. AND THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO THAT IS BY GOING OUT AND ASKING A LOT OF OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS, GETTING FEEDBACK, GOING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, CONFIRMING WHAT WE HEARD, AND SAYING, DID WE GET THIS RIGHT? IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU SAY YOU, YOU DISAGREE, WE MISHEARD YOU, AND WE NEED TO TWEAK? SO REALLY, THAT FOUNDATION OF THAT BASIC DIRECTION FROM THE COMMUNITY IS WHAT WE CALL STRATEGIC DIRECTION. SO WE, WE TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND IT, IT'S IN THE FORM OF A VISION STATEMENT, WHICH YOU'VE SEEN, UH, DRAFTS OF, UH, PREVIOUSLY GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND A PREFERRED LAND USE SCENARIO. I WILL TELL YOU THAT, THAT LAND USE SCENARIO IS NOT THE FINAL LAND USE PLAN. IT'S REALLY A SNAPSHOT TO SAY, THIS IS THE BASIC SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE THINK WE'RE HEADED, [00:15:01] AND WE WILL DEVELOP IT IN MORE DETAIL AS WE GET INTO THE NEXT ROUND. AND SO, AS WE, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS CHECKPOINT TONIGHT ON ARE WE HEADED THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH THE, WITH THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION? BECAUSE ONCE WE HAVE THAT IN PLACE, THE INTENT IS THAT ALL OF THESE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPONENTS START TO HANG OFF OF THAT DIRECTION. IT'S REALLY PROVIDING US THE BASELINE, AND THEN WE'RE STARTING TO REALLY FILL IN DETAILS AND, AND ADD RICHNESS TO THE PLAN AS WE GO FORWARD THROUGH EACH OF THESE PLAN COMPONENTS. UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO HEAD WITH THIS. AND I'M GOING TO LET MONICA NOW, UH, WALK THROUGH THE FIRST TWO ELEMENTS OF THAT STRATEGIC DIRECTION. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. UM, AND I'LL, AS MARK SAID, I'LL TALK ABOUT THE VISION STATEMENT AND THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, AND I'M GONNA TRY NOT TO BELABOR THIS BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE ALL HEARD IT A COUPLE OF TIMES, AT LEAST BEFORE, AND HAD MATERIALS TO REVIEW AS WELL. SO, IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, THE VISION STATEMENT IS THE ONE THAT IS THE MOST BROAD IN TERMS OF ITS PERSPECTIVE ON THE ENTIRE PROJECT. AND WE'VE KIND OF CALLED IT, UH, A, A PHRASEOLOGY FOR THE DESTINATION, THE PLACE WE WANT TO REACH, UH, IN THE NEXT 20 OR 25 YEARS. AND YOU MAY REMEMBER ALSO THAT WE, WE COMPOSED THIS VISION STATEMENT OR DRAFTED IT BASED UPON INPUT THAT WE GOT FROM THE FIRST COMMUNITY SUMMIT, UH, IN THE OPEN HOUSES IN PARTICULAR, BUT ALSO IN THE ONLINE, UH, EXERCISES. AND WHAT WE DID WAS TAKE, UH, WE CREATED A WORD CLOUD, UH, OUT OF SOME OF THE MOST COMMONLY, UH, WORDED, UM, UH, PHRASES. WE ASKED PEOPLE TO GIVE US A WORD OR TWO TO DESCRIBE RICHARDSON IN 20 OR 25 YEARS. AND THEN WE TOOK THOSE WORDS AND WE DRAFTED THE VISION STATEMENT. AND HERE IT IS. AND, UH, WHAT YOU SEE IN HIGHLIGHTING ARE WORDS TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM THAT WORD CLOUD. SO I'M, I'M JUST GONNA READ IT VERY QUICKLY. RICHARDSON IS A DYNAMIC, DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY WITH A SMALL TOWN FEEL. NOT SAYING WE'RE A SMALL TOWN, SAYING WE HAVE A SMALL TOWN FEEL AND BIG CITY AMENITIES WHERE PEOPLE ARE CONNECTED AND ENGAGED. AND THE TERM THAT WAS ACTUALLY, UH, IN THE GORD CLUB WAS INVOLVED. BUT WE'VE BEEN USING THAT TERM ENGAGED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. SO, UH, THAT'S THE ONE WE HAVE IN THE STATEMENT. DECISION MAKING IS COLLABORATIVE AND INNOVATIVE, AND FISCAL, SOCIAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES ARE MANAGED SUSTAINABLY. SUSTAINABLE WAS A BIG WORD IN THE WORD CLOUD. IT'S A SAFE, LIVABLE, AND ATTRACTIVE PLACE WITH OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES TO GROW. OKAY? SO THAT'S WHAT WE CAME UP WITH BASED UPON THE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY IN ROUND ONE OF THE COMMUNITY SUMMITS. UM, DURING THE SECOND SUMMIT, WHAT WE DID WAS ASK PARTICIPANTS TO READ THAT STATEMENT, WHICH IS COMPOSED OF SEVEN PHRASES, AND TELL US FOR EACH OF THOSE PHRASES, IF THEY AGREED WERE NEUTRAL OR DISAGREED ON THE CONTENT OF THE PHRASE. AND IN LOOKING AT THE RESULTS, SIX OF THOSE SEVEN PHRASES GOT MORE THAN 60% AGREEMENT. SO NEARLY TWO THIRDS AND THREE OF THEM ACTUALLY GOT MORE THAN 80%. AND HERE'S THE TABLE THAT JUST SUMMARIZES THAT. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE ONES THAT GOT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF AGREEMENT WERE ONE, SIX, AND SEVEN. THOSE WERE THE ONES THAT WERE OVER 80%. AND THEN, UM, THEN THERE WERE TWO, THE TWO PHRASES, LET'S SEE, IT WAS TWO, THREE, AND FIVE GOT IN THE SIXTIES. AND THEN THE, THE ONE THAT WAS A BIT OF AN OUTLIER IS NUMBER FOUR THERE ABOUT DECISION MAKING. UH, BUT IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THEM, IF YOU TAKE THE, THE SUM OF THE AGREE AND THE NEUTRAL, SO THE PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T HAVE A STRONG OPINION ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, REALLY, IT ALL LOOKS EVEN BETTER. SO WE WERE PRETTY PLEASED WITH THE WAY IT TURNED OUT. WE FELT LIKE WE HAD A PRETTY HIGH LEVEL OF SUPPORT. SO WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO THIS EVENING IS TO ASK YOU, UH, SINCE WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY NOW, UH, TWICE ON THIS OVERALL ISSUE, UH, WE WANT TO KNOW, UH, DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE STATEMENT THAT CAPTURES THE COMMUNITY'S VISION FOR 20 OR 25 YEARS FROM NOW? AND MAY WE GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AS OUR VISION STATEMENT FOR THE PROJECT. THANK YOU, MARK. THANK YOU, MONICA. I'LL DEFER TO CHAIRMAN, UH, MARSH AND SEE OF ANYONE WITH THE CPC WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT OR ASK QUESTIONS. IT'S HARD GOING FIRST, UH, BUT I, I, I DID STUDY THIS QUITE A BIT, AND I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS. SO, UM, I, FIRST OF ALL, I, I THINK IT'S A CHALLENGE TO, UH, TAKE ALL OF THOSE WORDS AND CRAFT THEM INTO A MEETING MEANINGFUL VISION STATEMENT THAT MAKES SENSE. AND I THINK THERE ARE CERTAIN WORDS, ALTHOUGH THEY, THEY APPEARED AS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE. I THINK THAT THE CONTEXT IN WHICH THEY WERE PRESENTED MAY HAVE NOT NECESSARILY BEEN THE [00:20:01] INTENT. UM, SO AS AN EXAMPLE, SUSTAINABILITY, WHEN I THINK OF SUSTAINABILITY, I THINK OF, YOU KNOW, GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, UM, AND, AND, UH, CLEAN AIR, CLEAN WATER, YOU KNOW, IT'S LASTING. SO APPLYING THAT TO HOW WE MANAGE OUR FISCAL AND SOCIAL, UM, RESOURCES, I THINK IT APPLIES TO NATURAL RESOURCES SOMEWHAT, BUT I, I'M NOT SURE LIKE HOW YOU MANAGE FISCALLY IN A SUSTAINABLE FASHION. MM-HMM, . UH, SO TO ME IT FELT A LITTLE BIT OUT. I, WHEN I THINK OF, UH, MANAGING, UM, ALL OF THOSE THINGS, I WOULD THINK BEING MORE EFFICIENT AND OR EFFECTIVE MIGHT BE BETTER WORDS THAN NECESSARILY SUSTAINABLE. I THINK SUSTAINABLE COULD BE USED IN A DIFFERENT CONTEXT. UM, I, I THOUGHT IT WAS ALSO A LITTLE TROUBLING THAT SOME OF THE, THE MIDDLE, YOU KNOW, FOUR WERE, YOU KNOW, 50 TO 60% AGREED AND NOT HIGHER. SO THAT TO, TO ME, THAT SUGGESTS MAYBE THERE'S A BIT OF CONFUSION, UM, ABOUT THEM. SO I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE STRUGGLE WITH WHAT IS A SMALL TOWN FEEL, SO HOW DO YOU IMP IMPLEMENT THAT OR, UH, TAKE THAT INTO GUIDING PRINCIPLES, FOR INSTANCE. BUT I LIKE IT. I LIKE IT, AND I AGREE WITH IT. I JUST THINK SOME PEOPLE HAVE SOME TROUBLE WITH IT. UM, THE, THE WHERE PEOPLE ARE CONNECTED AND ENGAGED, AND AGAIN, I HAD INVOLVED, UM, I THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S AN ASPIRATION, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF APATHY AND, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE PEOPLE, RESIDENTS MORE CONNECTED, ENGAGED, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT. UM, BUT, UM, AND THEN, UM, AS FAR AS DECISION MAKING, I THINK THE, THE PROBLEM WORD THAT STRUCK ME AS KIND OF OUT OF PLACE WAS INNOVATIVE. AND AGAIN, I THINK OF INNOVATION AS MORE OF OUR HISTORY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BUSINESSES BEING FOUNDED HERE. I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK OF DECISION MAKING, YOU KNOW, THE IMPORTANCE IS TO BE INNOVATIVE IN THE DECISION MAKING. I THINK IT SHOULD BE COLLABORATIVE, AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE TRANSPARENT AND ETHICAL. BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT, AGAIN, I THINK THE INNOVATION IDEA OR BEING INNOVATIVE IS A LITTLE OUT MISPLACED WITH DECISION MAKING. SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS. THANK YOU. MR. MARSH. YOU GOT ANYONE ON THERE? COMM? ANY COMMISSIONERS? WANT TO ADD SOME THOUGHTS? WELL, I THINK THAT, THAT BRIAN SPOKE REAL WELL FOR WHAT MANY OF OUR FEELINGS WERE. UH, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF, UH, UM, POSSIBLE SUGGESTIONS TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT BRIAN BROUGHT UP. THE, THE SMALL TOWN FEEL, I THINK IS, IS NOT ENOUGH OF A DESCRIPTION. I'D LIKE, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HEAR A LOT IN RICHARDSON IS WE'RE A LOT OF SMALL NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MAKE A GREAT CITY. AND I THINK THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WORD IN THERE AT SOME POINT MIGHT BE USEFUL. UM, PERHAPS IN, IN LIEU OF THE SMALL TOWN FEEL. UM, THE SUSTAINABILITY, UH, IS SOMETHING THAT'S PROBABLY, UM, UH, NOT A TERM THAT'S USED, UH, OTHER THAN RECENTLY IT'S BEEN USED MUCH MORE FOR, UM, ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCE DESCRIPTIONS. UM, MAYBE IT'S A REFLECTION ON MY AGE, BUT SUSTAINABILITY, USED TO BE, UH, UH, SOMEHOW RELATED TO, UM, NOT OVERSPENDING. AND, UH, MAYBE THERE'S A BETTER TERM TO ADD TO THAT, THAT WOULD, UH, GET THAT CONNOTATION. UM, I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER. THAT'S A LEGITIMATE QUESTION. IF SOMEONE COULD COMMENT ON THAT, UH, I CAN TELL YOU HOW THAT PHRASE CAME TO BE, IF THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE, WE TALKED ABOUT WHETHER WE NEEDED TO PROPOSE A SUSTAINABILITY, A SEPARATE CHAPTER. AND THE WAY WE LANDED WAS WE'RE GOING TO WEAVE A THREAD OF SUSTAINABILITY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PLAN. BUT WHEN I WAS RESEARCHING THE APPROACH TO SUSTAINABILITY, THOSE THREE PLANKS, FISCAL, SOCIAL, AND NATURAL RESOURCES OR ENVIRONMENTAL, ARE IN, IN, YOU KNOW, NO MATTER HOW MANY WAYS YOU TRY TO DEFINE SUSTAINABLE, THOSE ARE ALWAYS GONNA, THOSE ARE ALWAYS IN THERE. THEY'RE KIND OF THE BASICS. [00:25:01] THERE MAY BE OTHERS AS WELL, BUT THAT'S, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO BE ARGUMENTATIVE AT ALL. I'M JUST TELLING YOU THAT'S HOW IT LANDED, THE WAY IT LANDED. OH, SO I, I UNDERSTAND THAT. I, IF, IF, UM, IF THAT CAN BE UNDERSTOOD, UH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU ALL SEEING NO MORE, JOE, COMMISSIONER JOE, GO AHEAD. YEAH. UH, NOTHING BIG. I THINK, ACTUALLY, IT'S GREAT. UH, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU GO IN A GOOD DIRECTION, LITTLE WORDSMITHING. IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS, THE PROCESS, I'M SURE YOU'RE VERY, UH, FAMILIAR WITH IT. AND ACTUALLY THE, I ACTUALLY HAD THE ONLY COMMENT THAT KIND OF KEN BROUGHT UP. I FEEL LIKE YOU PUT THOSE THINGS IN AND THEN YOU PUT THE SUSTAINABILITY IN THERE JUST BECAUSE IT'S IN THE WORD CLOUD. BUT I, I THINK, I FEEL LIKE WHAT YOU WANNA SAY IS WE MANAGE, YOU KNOW, UH, THOSE THREE, THREE THINGS RESPONSIBLY. I, I THINK THAT'S REALLY LIKE, KINDA WHAT YOU GO INTO. AND I, I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE CLUNKINESS MAYBE 'CAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO FORCE SUSTAINABILITY IN, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT'S WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. AND YOU COULD JUST SAY RESPONSIBLY MANAGE, YOU KNOW, UH, RESOURCES. I, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT SOLVES ANYTHING FOR ANY OF THIS OR MAKES KEN HAPPY, BUT THAT, THAT WAS MY THOUGHT. , THAT WAS . THAT, THAT'S LIKE, WHEN I LOOKED AT IT, I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BASICALLY SAYING YOU'RE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. YEAH. THAT'S NOT REALLY THE OBJECTIVE, I'M SURE, BUT . BUT, UH, UH, YES, THAT'S THE FEELING THAT I, UH, YEAH, I THINK HOPE FOR. THANK YOU ANY MORE, COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, GOING TO DISAGREE, , I, I LIKE THE WORD SUSTAINABILITY. I THINK WHEN YOU CAME TO US IN OUR LAST JOINT SESSION, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION AROUND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? ARE WE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT OTHER ASPECTS? AND SO I, I I, I LIKE IT. I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BE SUSTAINABLE FROM A FISCAL STANDPOINT, RIGHT? WE, LET'S NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, SELL DEBT. WE CAN'T AFFORD TO SELL AND LET'S NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, COMMIT TO BUILDING FACILITY THAT WE CAN'T, UH, KEEP UP. YOU KNOW? I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S, TO ME, I THINK THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY A VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING, IS MAKING SURE THAT GOING FORWARD OUR, OUR BUDGET IS SUSTAINABLE, OUR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE'RE DOING IN, IN BUILDING NEW FACILITIES OR IN OUR PARKS THAT WE'RE BEING ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE. SO I, I LIKE THAT. UM, I SHARE, UM, IN, IN ONE RESPECT, UH, UH, CHAIRMAN MARSHA'S CONCERN ABOUT SOME OF THE LOW NUMBERS. BUT I WILL SAY, I WAS ACTUALLY THOUGHT THAT THE FACT THAT WE GOT NEARLY TWO THIRDS OF PEOPLE AGREE ON ANYTHING IN TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT IS FANTASTIC. UM, QUITE FRANKLY. AND SO TO ME, I, I WAS LIKE, OH, WOW, THIS IS REALLY GOOD. BUT THAT, THAT ONE, THE DECISION MAKING IS COLLABORATIVE AND INNOVATIVE. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE BARELY GOT THERE. IT'S SORT OF FLATLINED. UM, AND I WONDER IF, IF WE, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO, TO COMMUNICATE BETTER IN THAT ONE SENTENCE, WHAT WE MEAN. UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY PART OF THE VISION WHERE I THOUGHT, OKAY, THE COMMUNITY MAYBE ISN'T GETTING IT. MM-HMM. . UM, SO WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE THAT ONE SECTION OF THE VISION CLEARER, RIGHT? UM, BUT OTHERWISE, I WOULD SAY I, I THINK AGAIN, UH, JOKING ASIDE, THE FACT THAT NEARLY TWO THIRDS OF OUR COMMUNITY AGREED ON MOST OF THESE STATEMENTS IS FANTASTIC. UM, AND I THINK THAT THAT MEANS THAT THEY REALLY DO BY AND LARGE APPROVE OF WHAT, UM, WE HAVE AS SORT OF AN ASPIRATIONAL VISION HERE. MM-HMM. . SO, UM, I, I LIKE EVERYTHING. I JUST THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT FOUR AND FIGURE OUT IF WE CAN GET THAT UP TO TWO THIRDS OR MORE. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE A SUGGESTION FOR HOW TO DO THAT HERE. UM, BUT THAT, THAT'S MY PRELIMINARY FEEDBACK. I THINK IT'S REALLY, REALLY GREAT TO SEE SO MUCH OF OUR COMMUNITY, UM, PROVIDING, UM, SUPPORT FOR, FOR THIS VISION. MM-HMM. , AND I SHOULD SAY THAT ALONG WITH THIS STATEMENT, WHEN YOU GET THE FINAL TEXT OF THE REPORT, THIS IS, THERE'LL BE A NARRATIVE THAT GOES ALONG WITH THIS. AND I, RIGHT NOW MY THOUGHT IS THAT WE OUGHT TO TALK ABOUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE PHRASES SEPARATELY SO WE COULD BE ABLE TO DELVE INTO SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE HARD FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO LINK HOW LAND USE PLANNING AND INNOVATIVE DECISION MAKING GO TOGETHER. AND SO I DO THINK THERE'S GONNA NEED TO BE SOME ASSISTANCE IN GETTING PEOPLE THERE, RIGHT? I, I WAS SURPRISED WHEN I READ IT THAT IT WAS SO LOW 'CAUSE OF, OF THAT, THAT SORT OF STANDPOINT, RIGHT? YEAH. LIKE, WE DO WANT OUR DECISION MAKING TO BE INNOVATIVE, RIGHT? LIKE, WE HAVE VERY LITTLE LAND LEFT AND THEN, AND WHEN WE ARE, UH, RENOVATING OR, UH, REPURPOSING PROPERTY, WE, WE DO WANNA BE INNOVATIVE IN THE, THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE. AND SO I THINK, UM, I I, I WAS SURPRISED THAT IT WAS SO LOW, BUT CLEARLY IT'S NOT LANDING WITH, WITH THE COMMUNITY. SO YEAH. AND THAT'S WHY I THINK MAYBE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF NEUTRALS, IT WAS THE HIGHEST ONE HIGHEST NEUTRAL. SO MAYBE PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW QUITE WHAT TO DO WITH IT. EXACTLY. THEY WEREN'T THAT, THAT, THAT'S MY CONCERN IS THAT I FEEL LIKE, AGAIN, TWO THIRDS OF OUR COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, FEELS LIKE THEY REALLY AGREE WITH THIS VISION EXCEPT FOR THAT ONE PIECE. 'CAUSE PERHAPS THEY'RE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. YEAH. SO IF IT IS, WE'RE, WE'RE ABLE TO EXPLAIN IT. MM-HMM. , UM, I THINK THAT'S OKAY. BUT ALSO I THINK JUST READING THE VISION STATEMENT, STANDING ALONE, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND YEAH. UH, WHAT IT MEANS. SO I THINK [00:30:01] FIGURE OUT HOW TO TWEAK THAT. BUT I, BUT KEEP THE, THE SORT OF, UH, SPIRIT OF WHAT WE MEAN BEHIND IT, BECAUSE I, I DO THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. WE NEED INNOVATIVE DECISION MAKING AND COLLABORATION AND, AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. SO, UM, I'M, I'M REALLY PROUD OF THIS AND REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THE, THE RESULTS. THANK YOU, MS. JUSTICE. MONICA, THANK YOU FOR THE EX EXPLANATION. AND I, I WOULD THROW ONE THING OUT TALKING ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY, THAT I THINK THE ONE PIECE THAT HADN'T REALLY BEEN BROUGHT BACK TO THE FOREFRONT IS THE FACT THAT THIS IS A 20 TO 25 YEAR SUSTAINABLE PLAN OR VISION. AND I THINK WHEN YOU ADD THE YEARS ON THERE, IT HELPS DIGEST PART OF WHAT YOU'RE MAYBE NOT DIGESTING. SO AT LEAST IN MY MIND, SO ANYWAY, MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION PATIENTLY COMING BACK AGAIN. AND, BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, LIKE WITH SO MUCH EFFORT STILL, I SEE THAT MAYBE YOUR EXPERIENCE, YOU CAN EXPLAIN THAT WITH SO MUCH EFFORT, WE HAVE STILL SO LITTLE FEEDBACK, UH, OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, EVEN THOUGH THOSE ARE LIKE A HUNDRED PEOPLE ATTENDED THOSE OPEN HOUSE, BUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE, UH, YOU KNOW, IS THAT TYPICAL NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE OTHER PLACES OR THIS IS NOT THE SCREEN? YEAH, SO I, I WILL SAY THAT, UH, FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS LIKE THAT ARE NOT, UH, NOT AS MAINSTREAM AS THEY WERE IN THE PAST WHEN YOU WERE DOING THIS TYPE OF PROJECT. THERE IS STILL A A, THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WANT TO GO FACE TO FACE AND TALK TO THEIR NEIGHBORS AND BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. BUT OVER THE LAST 10, 12, 15 YEARS, WE'VE SEEN THINGS REALLY RAMP UP WITH THE ONLINE INPUT, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT WE'VE SEEN HERE AS WELL. SO AS WE LOOK AT THINGS, WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT ALL OF THE INPUT THAT'S RECEIVED, AND NOT JUST HOW MANY PEOPLE SHOWED UP FOR A MEETING IN A BOX, OR HOW MANY PEOPLE WENT TO A FACE-TO-FACE MEETING. I WILL SAY THAT, UH, IN RICHARDSON ON PREVIOUS PROJECTS THROUGH THE YEARS, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, 50 TO 70 PEOPLE AT A PUBLIC MEETING THAT WE WOULD HAVE ON A PLANNING PROJECT WAS, WAS PRETTY MUCH THE NORM. YEAH. ALRIGHT, THAT'S GOOD. LET ME ASK YOU SOME QUESTION, BUT BEFORE I ASK YOU A QUESTION AGAIN, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO QUESTION TO SEE IF I UNDERSTAND THINGS CORRECTLY. UH, SO IF YOU CAN GO TO YOUR SLIDE NUMBER 22 THAT TELLS YOU WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE, ACTUALLY THE VISION STATEMENT? THIS ONE? UH, THIS IS SLIDE 24, I BELIEVE IT'S 22. OKAY. SO THIS IS, IT SAYS THAT THE VISION STATEMENT FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS A DESCRIPTION OF THE FUTURE COMMUNITY WANTS TO ACHIEVE YES. SOMETHING THE FUTURE. NOW, IF WE GO BACK TO, UH, GO TO SLIDE 24, AND WHEN I READ ALL THESE THINGS, THIS IS LIKE ALL LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT TODAY RICHARDSON, UH, IT, IT IS MEANT TO DESCRIBE THE RICHARDSON THAT WILL BE IN 25 YEARS, WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS IN 25 YEARS. SO THAT STATEMENT WOULD SAY THAT IN 25 YEARS OR WITHIN NEXT 25 YEARS, WE WOULD LIKE TO SET THAT THIS IS WHAT WE ARE. YEAH. WHEN 25 YEARS HAS PASSED, THIS IS US. OKAY. EVEN THOUGH I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WHATEVER WE HAVE ON THOSE STATEMENT, THOSE ARE MORE OR LESS CORRECT TODAY, WE CAN TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL IN 25 YEARS. UH, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING LIKE, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT REALLY WAITING FOR 25 YEARS. THIS HAPPEN. MANY, MOST OF THE THINGS ARE ALREADY HAPPENING TODAY. WE ARE FOLLOWING THIS GUIDELINE, BUT HOW CAN WE TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL? THAT'S SOMETHING PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M JUST NOT GETTING IT, OR, UH, NO, NO. UH, MAYOR PER I THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. I THINK IF YOU GO BACK FOR A SECOND, PLEASE, I DON'T, I I THINK WE ARE, UM, ALL OF THESE THINGS TODAY, BUT YOUR ACCOUNT, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR VISION FOR THE CITY AND YOUR GOALS AND THE INSTRUCTIONS YOU'VE GIVEN US, THE WORK PLAN THAT WE'RE BRINGING BACK TO YOU IS TRYING TO MAKE US BETTER IN ALL THESE RESPECTS. AND IT'S THAT INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENT YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR THAT WILL ONE DAY GET US TO THIS 25 YEAR POINT. I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT'S WHAT WE'LL BE IN 25 YEARS, BUT IT'S WHAT WE'RE STRIVING TO BE EVERY DAY. AND I, I THINK IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S INTERESTING TO ME, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, WHICH WAS DONE COMPLETELY IN A COMPLETE SEPARATE PROP, UH, PROCESS THAN YOUR GOALS, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S FAIRLY GOOD ALIGNMENT WITH YOUR GOALS. AND THE THINGS THAT ARE IN LIKE, LIKE THINGS LIKE SUSTAINABILITY, THINGS LIKE INNOVATION, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE COMMON THEMES THAT YOU SEE OVER AND OVER IN YOUR, IN YOUR GOALS. AND SO I THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF CONFIRMING THAT THROUGH THIS COMPLETELY SEPARATE PROCESS, YOU HAD THAT ALIGNMENT. BUT I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. I MEAN, YOU CAN SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE IN 25 YEARS. WE'RE, WE'RE EVERY ONE OF THESE ELEMENTS, [00:35:01] WE ARE, WE HAVE A ELEMENT OF US TODAY. IT'S THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND GET BETTER AND BETTER AT EACH OF THESE. WE'LL BECOME MORE DIVERSE, WE'LL BECOME MORE INCLUSIVE. AND WE HAVE STRATEGIES IN YOUR WORK PLAN RIGHT NOW ON ALL OF THESE POINTS. I BELIEVE THAT'LL HELP US, WILL HELP US, UM, EXCEL MORE AND MORE IN ALL THESE WAYS UNTIL ULTIMATELY, YEAH, I MEAN THERE ARE, OKAY. I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSING A LOT MORE, PROBABLY ALL GET MORE CLARIFICATION AFTER WE DISCUSS A LITTLE MORE THINGS. BUT TO ME, I FEEL LIKE THAT MAYBE SOME VISION NEED TO BE THAT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO ACHIEVE OVER THE YEARS. AND WE CAN SAY, OKAY, SOMETHING WAS NOT HA WAS NOT HERE THIS TIME, BUT WE THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD BE IN THE FUTURE. UH, ONE THING IS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE CAN SAY THE WALKABILITY. I LIKE TO SEE THE WHOLE CITY A HUNDRED PERCENT WALKABLE, UH, SAFE, WALKABLE CITY THAT ACHIEVE WHAT? I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE THAT THING TODAY. WE HAVE WALKABILITY. SOME PLACES WE'RE WORKING ON IT BIKE, WE ARE WORKING ON THE BIKE TRAIL. WE, WE DON'T HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT. SO THAT TRAIL PARK, ALL THOSE CONNECTED MOST, MOSTLY, BUT STILL NOT ALL CONNECTED. UH, SO SOME OF THE THINGS, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE CANNOT ACHIEVE OVERNIGHT. IT TAKES TIME. SO, SO IF, IF I, COULD I JUST DRAW ONE MORE ANALOGY TO YOUR GOALS? THE, THE, THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES ARE, ARE LIKE YOUR TACTICS. AND IF YOU LOOK IN THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, YOU WILL SEE REFERENCES TO WALKABILITY, YOU'LL RECEIVE REFERENCES TO DOING ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT CAN RESULT IN WALKABILITY. THIS IS THE VISION, LIKE YOUR BIG, YOUR BIG VISION AND YOUR GOALS. THE, THE, THE, THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES TO ME ARE LIKE YOUR TACTICS. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'LL DO TO ACHIEVE THIS VISION. AND SO I THINK AS YOU LOOK AT THE 59 GUIDING PRINCIPLES, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF, A LOT OF, UH, DISCUSSION AROUND MORE SPECIFIC THINGS LIKE MAKING THE CITY MORE WALKABLE THAT WOULD TIE BACK TO, TO THE VISION. YEAH. AND AT ATTRACT IN PARTICULAR, ATTRACTIVE AND LIVABLE WALKABILITY IS A LARGE PART OF THAT. AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE THINGS WE'RE GONNA NEED TO EXPLAIN IN THE NARRATIVE, BUT I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT. YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO BE CLEARER. AND IF, OH, I'M SORRY. NO, NO, GO AHEAD. IF I COULD SAY SOME, ONE MORE THING TO PUT IT MAYBE IN PERSPECTIVE, EVERY COMMUNITY WE GO TO IS LANDING AT A DIFFERENT PLACE WITH THIS. AND, UM, THERE ARE SOME COMMUNITIES THAT ARE REALLY, YOU KNOW, GREENFIELD COMMUNITIES WITH A LOT OF AREA LEFT TO DEVELOP. AND WHAT WE FIND IN SOME OF THOSE COMMUNITIES IS THE VISION IS EXTREMELY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THEY ARE TODAY. AND WE, WE TEE UP THE QUESTION, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE COMMUNITY TODAY? WHAT, WHAT WORD WOULD DESCRIBE IT IN THE FUTURE? AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS IN RICHARDSON, IT WAS SOMEWHAT SURPRISING, BUT NOT COMPLETELY SURPRISING TO ME THAT A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE SAID YOU ARE TODAY WERE WHAT THEY WANTED THE COMMUNITY TO BE IN THE FUTURE. AND I, I THINK THERE WAS SOMEWHAT A CONSCIOUS DECISION THAT WE REALLY LIKE WHO WE ARE AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER. BUT THAT WAS MY TAKEAWAY FROM IT. THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER THINGS, UH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THAT COUNCIL AND CPC SAYS, WE, WE ALSO WANT TO INCLUDE THESE THINGS. WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IN THE COMMUNITY, DIDN'T BRING THEM UP. THERE'S THE POTENTIAL TO DO THAT. BUT I WASN'T COMPLETELY SURPRISED THAT IT, IT TELLS ME THAT PEOPLE LIKE WHO THE CITY IS, AND WE DON'T WANNA CHANGE THAT CHARACTER GOING FORWARD. NO, THAT'S GOOD. I THINK I GET IT. UH, WOULD THAT BE MORE APPROPRIATE THAN ADDING ANOTHER SENTENCE? NOT THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SENTENCE THERE, UH, UH, THAT SAYS THAT, UH, THIS IS WHAT RICHARD IS TODAY, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE IT TO NEXT LEVEL EACH DAY, EVERY DAY, MOVING FORWARD, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO THAT, SO THAT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, DON'T THINK THAT, HEY, THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE THIS AND THEY DON'T THINK THAT SOMETHING DOESN'T NEED TO BE DONE. SO CHAPTER CLOSE. AND I DON'T LIKE SOMETHING LIKE, WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. SO IT'S LIKE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THINK SO MANY DIFFERENT WAY, UH, WE HAVE DIFFERENT EYES AND WE LOOK THINGS DIFFERENT ANGLE. LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE SUSTAINABILITY. THIS IS A GREAT PART. YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS ABOUT WHATEVER WAS IN THE PAST AND WHATEVER IS BEING USED TODAY. ALL TRUE. AND IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE 25 YEARS OR MORE LIFE, YOU NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING SUSTAINABILITY. IT COULD BE THE MONEY THINGS, OR IT COULD BE, IT COULD BE BUDGET, IT COULD BE WATER. SO, AND WE USE, WE USE LOTS OF NATURAL RESOURCES, AND WE DO HAVE TO GIVE MESSAGE OUTSIDE THAT WE DO CARE ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND WE DELIVER 1 MILLION GALLON PER DAY WATER TO CERTAIN BUSINESS TO PRODUCE CERTAIN THINGS. UH, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT, YOU KNOW, HARTING THE RESOURCE, BUT FOR THE SAKE OF [00:40:01] SECURITY AND OTHER THINGS, NATIONAL SECURITY, WE, WE WOULD DO WHATEVER IT TAKES, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT SOME OF THE THINGS BECOME LIKE RECYCLE, IMPROVE DOWN THE ROAD. UH, BUT IT JUST, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE WORD ITSELF PROBABLY. SO LET, LET US TAKE THAT AS HOMEWORK. WE'LL GO BACK AND FIGURE OUT, I, THE, THE, I THINK THE, THE, UM, I THINK THAT THE SPIRIT OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT ALL THESE THINGS ARE TRUE. WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AND CONTINUE TO GROW AND CONTINUE TO GET BETTER. WE'LL FIGURE OUT, WE'LL TAKE THAT AS HOMEWORK, AS A WAY TO SHOW THAT THIS ISN'T STATIC, THAT THIS IS CONSTANTLY EVOLVING, AND WE'LL COME, WE'LL COME BACK WITH SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT. AND THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THE INNOVATIVE DECISION MAKING. SO I THINK IT COULD BE INNOVATIVE, I MEAN, INNOVATIVE SOLUTION WITH TRANSPARENT DECISION MAKING, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THE SOLUTION IS INNOVATIVE DECISION MAKING IS TRANSPARENT. THAT'S WHAT I, SO IT JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE, WE SEE THINGS WITH OUR OWN LENSES AND UH, THAT'S WHY, AND WE'RE SENDING THIS THING OUT TO 70,000 PRESIDENTS PLUS THE BUSINESSES. SO 70,000 PEOPLE PLUS BUSINESSES, THEY'RE GONNA LOOK AT THINGS 70 DIFFERENT, 70,000 DIFFERENT WAY. SO IF WE CAN COME UP WITH SOME REALLY, YOU KNOW, NICE THING THAT WE ALL AGREE, LIKE I SAID, TWO FAR. SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I THINK THAT WILL GIVE GOOD MESSAGE OUTSIDE 20. THANK YOU, MS. JUSTICE, DO YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING QUICKLY? OH, YEAH. JUST ON SUSTAINABILITY TO THE POINT, MONICA, THAT YOU MADE, UM, ABOUT LEAVING IT THROUGH. I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO VERSUS HAVE A SEPARATE CHAPTER BECAUSE AGAIN, IT MEANS SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. AND THEN JUST TO ADDRESS, UM, MAYOR PER TIM'S POINT, I, I, TO ME, IT'S NOT PROBLEMATIC THAT THE VISION THAT WE HAVE HERE ACTUALLY KIND OF DESCRIBES THE CITY WE HAVE TODAY. I THINK IT WOULD BE FANTASTIC IF WE HAD A CITY THAT WAS DIVERSE AND DYNAMIC AND THE WAY THAT IT IS NOW AND, AND MAYBE MORE SO IN THE FUTURE. SO I, I DO THINK IT CAN BE ASPIRATIONAL. SO I THINK THE FACT THAT IT, THAT IT KIND OF LINES UP WITH, WITH HOW WE STEER OURSELVES TODAY IS NOT, NOT A PROBLEM. UM, 'CAUSE AGAIN, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF DIFFERENT COUNCILS. THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE IN RICHARDSON, AND IF WE MAINTAIN THIS FEELING, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BETTER INNOVATIVE ABOUT THE WAY THAT WE DO THINGS, I, TO ME, I THINK THAT THAT'S GREAT AND IT'S, IT'S A GOOD ASPIRATION AND A GOOD VISION. UM, AND, UH, SPEAKS, I THINK, I DON'T REMEMBER WHO SAID IT. IT SPEAKS TO THE FACT THAT, THAT OUR RESIDENTS, LIKE THE CITY THAT THEY LIVE IN TODAY, IT THE FACT THAT THEY CREATED A VISION, UM, THAT SORT OF, UH, ALIGNS WITH WHAT CAP, SO C SENSE. THANK YOU MR. BARRIOS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, EXCUSE ME. I WANNA KIND OF SIMILAR, WHAT COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE MENTIONED THIS, THE SUSTAINABILITY I REALLY LIKE, UH, TO ME THE WORD SUSTAINABILITY DOES MEAN FISCAL, SOCIAL, AND NATURAL RESOURCES. UM, I THINK SOMETIMES WE THINK, YOU KNOW, THE FISCAL BEING FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE AS A CITY, UH, WHICH WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF BEING FINANCIALLY STABLE. THAT'S THE FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY, SOCIAL, I THINK OF THAT. UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS OF A, THE CULTURE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A RESIDENT OF RICHARDSON. WE KNOW WE HAVE PEOPLE LIKE THE MAYOR WHO WAS RAISED HERE AND HAS LIVED HIS ENTIRE LIFE HERE. THEN WE HAVE PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO WEREN'T, WEREN'T RAISED HERE, MOVED HERE AS SOON AS WE CAN, OR RAISE OUR OWN FAMILIES HERE. UM, AND I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE OF THAT CULTURE, WHICH IS THAT SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY. IT'S WHAT WE LIKE. I THINK IT SOMEHOW TIED TO WHAT SOME PEOPLE MAY SAY THAT SMALL TOWN FEEL, UH, FOR SOME PEOPLE. SO I, I REALLY LIKE THAT WE DO MENTION FISCAL, SOCIAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES. AND I, I ECHO THAT SUSTAINABILITY, UM, IS A GREAT WORD TO HAVE IN THERE. THE LINE ABOUT DECISION MAKING IS COLLABORATIVE, INNOVATIVE, UM, LOOKING AT THE DATA, THAT'S THE NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT I THINK PEOPLE STRUGGLED WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THE OTHERS. UM, IT'S SOMETHING I HEARD ABOUT PERSONALLY, UH, I KNOW WHEN I WAS RUNNING LAST SPRING. UM, SO, SO I KNOW IT'S ON A LOT OF PEOPLE'S MINDS. AND I THINK MAYBE THERE'S A, UM, YOUR TWO BIGGEST, AND I DON'T HAVE THE DATA IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I REMEMBER ONE OF THE, ONE OF OUR HOMEWORKS WAS SHOWING THE, UH, AGE GROUPS OF WHO RESPONDED. AND THERE WAS LIKE THAT 35 TO 45, I THINK, WHICH IS MY AGE GROUP. I'M 43. AND THEN THERE WAS THE SLIGHTLY OLDER GROUP, I THINK IT WAS LIKE SKIPPED A GROUP AND THERE WAS ANOTHER HIGH RESPONDING GROUP THAT WAS A LITTLE OLDER. UM, SO MAYBE SOME OF THAT IS JUST DIFFERENCE IN, UH, AGE OR GENERATIONS THERE. UM, BUT GOING BACK TO THAT LINE OF DECISION MAKING IS COLLABORATIVE AND INNOVATIVE. I THINK THAT'S GREAT. UM, WHERE PEOPLE ARE CONNECTED AND ENGAGED. AGAIN, I THINK IT'S TIED TO THAT. I THINK THAT THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS A COUNCIL LOOKING AT THAT GOING FORWARD. AND HOPEFULLY FUTURE COUNCILS WILL SEE THAT, THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN GROW ON AS WELL WHEN WE, UM, LOOK AT THINGS LIKE TACTICS AND VISIONS NEXT TIME AROUND. [00:45:01] UM, THE, THE ONLY PART THAT I KIND OF STRUGGLE WITH, AND AGAIN, THIS MAY JUST BE A DAN ISSUE, THIS MAY JUST BE A, UM, BUT THE SMALL TOWN FEEL. AND I'M WONDERING IF IT'S, I, I'M STRUGGLING WITH THAT BECAUSE I'LL BE HONEST, WHEN I THINK SMALL TOWN FEEL THAT'S, I'M THINKING THAT'S KIND OF BACKWARDS LOOKING, UH, TO ME. AND I'M THINKING WE'RE A FIRST RING SUBURB OF ONE OF THE, IN ONE OF THE LARGEST CITIES, UH, IN THE COUNTRY. AND TO HAVE THAT SMALL TOWN FEEL THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT WHAT COMES TO MIND WHEN I THINK OF RICHARDSON. UM, IT'S NOT WHAT I WOULD HOPE THAT WE FEEL 25 YEARS AGO. 'CAUSE TO ME, SMALL TOWN FEEL ISN'T NECESSARILY A POSITIVE. UM, BUT I'M WONDERING, AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT ANY WORDS INTO, UH, MAYOR PRO TEMS MOUTH HERE, BUT I'M WONDERING, WHEN I WAS HEARING MAYOR PRO TEM SPEAK, I WAS THINKING, WELL, IS IT NOT MAYBE FORWARD LOOKING ENOUGH? UM, IS THAT WHAT MAYBE I WAS GATHERING FROM WHAT HE WAS SAYING? AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO SAY. IF IT'S NOT FORWARD THINKING ENOUGH WHEN I THINK A SMALL TOWN FEEL, I'M THINKING, LOOKING BACKWARDS VERSUS LOOKING FORWARD. UM, BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND, I THINK THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT KIND OF SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY AND I'M TRYING TO BALANCE THAT WITH THE SMALL TOWN FEEL. SO I'M STRUGGLING WITH THAT TERM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I HAVE HEARD THAT TERM MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS IN RICHARDSON. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME, UH, USE THAT TERM. UH, SO YEAH. CAN WE GO BACK TO, OR IT'S, IT'S RIGHT UP THERE ABOVE DIVERSE, IF YOU SEE THAT ON THE LEFT, AND I THINK A LOT OF IT WAS ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU KNOW, BEING FEELING LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS, YOU KNOW, A ALMOST A SMALL COMMUNITY UNTO ITSELF. UM, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKED. AND, AND, AND THEY WERE LIKE, WE DON'T WANNA LOSE THAT. THAT WAS THEIR COMMENT. WE DON'T WANNA LOSE THE SMALL TOWN FEEL THAT WE'VE HAD HERE. CAN I? SO STRONG NEIGHBORHOODS MAYBE IS WHAT THEY WERE SAYING. CAN I, MR. RICHARD RUDDER? YEAH, LET ME COMMENT ON THAT. UM, I, I THINK, 'CAUSE I'VE, I'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO THEY DO FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A SMALL TOWN FEEL, AND IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT BACKWARD LOOKING. I THINK YOU'RE, I THINK, I THINK YOU'RE THINKING IN SOME WAY THAT THAT'S A, A TERM ABOUT GOING BACK TO THE SIXTIES OR SEVENTIES, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. WHAT THEY LOVE IS THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, IN A LOT OF CITIES, YOU CAN'T WALK UP AND GET YOUR WATER. YOU CAN'T WALK UP TO A HUMAN BEING AND GET YOUR WATER CONNECTED, RIGHT? YOU CAN'T WALK UP AND INTERACT WITH YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. YOU CAN'T INTERACT. IT'S, IT'S ALL NOW DONE VIA THE INTERNET AND WAYS THAT IS VERY, MY WORDS DEHUMANIZED. AND SO I HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE DO HAVE A SMALL TOWN FEEL THAT YOU KNOW, YOUR NEIGHBOR, THAT YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR COUNCIL PEOPLE, YOU KNOW WHO YOUR MARRIAGE IS, YOU KNOW WHO YOUR CITY MANAGER IS, YOU KNOW WHO YOUR POLICE CHIEF IS, YOUR FIRE CHIEF. YOU'VE, YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH BEING ABLE TO WALK TO YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND INTERACT WITH PEOPLE. AND THAT'S STILL PEOPLE LIKE THAT SMALL TOWN AMERICANA, IF YOU WILL. I'M GONNA USE THAT WORD FOR A MOMENT. UM, WHETHER THAT'S THE BEST WORD TO USE OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW. BUT I, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE, ANY OF US WANT TO LOSE THAT. UM, AGREED. YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY, THE PERFECT EXAMPLE WHEN WE WERE ON WITH, WITH, UH, CHERYL PARK, THEY TALKED ABOUT CHERYL PARK, HOA, THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW PEOPLE STILL LOVE TO GO OUT TO THE PARK IN CHERYL PARK. SO I DON'T MEAN, I DON'T MEAN THAT FUNNY, IT'S JUST WHAT, AND, AND THEY ALL INTERACT AND THEY LOVE THAT, AND THEY LOVE THAT ASPECT OF RICHARDSON THAT THEY'RE STILL ABLE TO DO THAT. SO WHETHER SMALL TOWN IS THE BEST WORDS, I'M NOT GONNA, I'M NOT GONNA BEGIN TO ARGUE THAT BY ANY STRETCH, BUT THEY DO, YOU KNOW, THEY LOVE THAT FEELING. AND I HEAR THAT OVER AND OVER EVERY, EVERY, UM, HOA MEETING I GO TO PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THAT ALL THE TIME. SO, YEAH. UM, AND IT, I WONDER, SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE REASON I, I JUST WANTED TO, I, I'M NOT DEBATING YOUR WORDS. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A MAYBE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE TO THAT. NO, AND I, I TOTALLY GET THAT PART. AND THAT WAS NOT AT ALL, ALL LOST, UH, ON ME. UM, I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE KIND OF LIKE SUSTAINABILITY, LIKE BRIAN WAS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S A DISCONNECT ON THE WORD OF THE USAGE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A, A, UM, WHAT THE DIVIDING, UH, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S AN H THING, IF IT'S A WHATEVER BACKGROUND THING. UM, BUT YEAH, I, I WOULD AGREE. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH ANY WHAT YOU SAID. AND I, I AGREE THAT'S PART OF WHAT MAKES RICHARDSON SO SPECIAL. UM, I JUST, I WONDER IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE WE CAN DO THERE, AND I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT. UH, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE I, I LIKE, UM, BUT THAT DOES FEEL A LITTLE BACKWARD LOOKING TO ME. AND I WAS JUST WONDERING WHEN MAYOR PERM WAS [00:50:01] MENTIONING THAT, IF THAT'S KIND OF WHAT MAYOR PERM CAN MENTION, THAT'S WHAT HE MEANT, IS IT, IT DIDN'T FEEL LOOKING FORWARD ENOUGH. UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. HUTCHER. RUTTER. JUST ONE OTHER COMMENT, MAYOR, UM, TO THAT SENTENCE, IF YOU COULD GO, IS IT ONE MORE SLIDE OR TWO MORE SLIDES? I'M SORRY, I LOST TRACK. THAT'S OKAY. THERE WE GO. WHAT I'M WONDERING IS, IS, AND I, I TRIED TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF WORDSMITHING AND I'LL ADMIT THAT, UM, BUT WITH INNOVATIVE DECISION MAKING BASED ON INPUT AND COLLABORATION, BECAUSE I THINK, I THINK THAT OFTENTIMES PEOPLE DON'T SEE, I MEAN, WE GET A LOT OF INPUT BEFORE WE COME TO THIS MEETING, BUT WE DON'T TURN TO THE AUDIENCE AND COLLABORATE OVER A DECISION. SO I THINK SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO TO THINK ABOUT COLLABORATION WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DECISION MAKING. BUT I THOUGHT IF WE MAYBE WITH A LITTLE BIT OF WORDSMITH WITH, IN INNOVATIVE DECISION MAKING BASED ON INPUT AND COLLABORATION, THAT THAT MIGHT WORK MORE CAPTURE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAY THERE. AND WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA HAVE NAYSAYERS. I MEAN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT COUNCILMAN, UH, BARRIOS AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IS A LOT OF TIMES WE, WE HEAR, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE NUMBERS, YOU HEAR PEOPLE WHO EITHER HAVE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WILL, A SIGNIFICANT THOUGHT IN THIS OR THEY WANNA MAKE INPUT INTO IT, OR THEY'RE ONES WHO WE HEAR ALL THE TIME FROM IN SOCIAL MEDIA, AND THE AVERAGE PERSON WHO LIVES DOWN MY BLOCK, I CAN GUARANTEE YOU I'VE TALKED TO 'EM, THEY DON'T KNOW WE'RE DOING THIS TONIGHT, THEY HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THIS, THEY NEVER WILL LOOK AT IT. THEY ENTRUST US TO KEEP OUR CITY SAFE, TO KEEP IT, YOU KNOW, ENGAGED, CONNECTED, THEY'RE REASONABLY HAPPY. AND, AND SO I THINK WE ALWAYS HAVE TO BALANCE THAT OUT GIVEN THAT WE, YOU KNOW, BASED ON YOUR NUMBERS, OUT OF, I THINK IT'S 122,000 PEOPLE WE NOW HAVE IN THE CITY, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, UM, THAT WE GOT A VERY, VERY, VERY SMALL SLICE OF PEOPLE. AND SO I THINK WE ALL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MY NEIGHBORS THAT LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME, THEY'RE NEVER GONNA BE IN THE AUDIENCE. THEY'RE NOT GONNA WATCH CITY COUNCIL WHETHER THAT'S RIGHT, WRONG, OR INDIFFERENT. I'M NOT MAKING ANY KIND OF VALUE STATEMENT. I'M JUST PUTTING OUT WHAT THE REALITY IS. AND SO WE'VE GOTTA KEEP THAT IN BALANCE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS THAT WE DON'T, SOMETIMES WE, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU HEAR JUST PEOPLE WHO ARE CONSTANTLY PINGING YOU VERSUS WE'VE GOTTA REPRESENT THE WHOLE CITY. AND SO I THINK, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DO FEEL THAT WE'RE INNOVA THAT WE DO IN INNOVATIVE DECISION MAKING, THAT WE DO GET INPUT AND WE DO DO IT COLLABORATIVELY. WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA HAVE THOSE NAYSAYERS. AND, YOU KNOW, TO THE VISIONARY POINT, WE CAN ALWAYS, THERE'S NO DOUBT WE CAN ALWAYS DO THINGS, YOU KNOW, MORE, MORE TRANSPARENT, HAVE MORE INPUT, BE MORE COLLABORATIVE. I MEAN, THAT'S ALL, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE IN A MARRIAGE AFTER A HUNDRED YEARS OF MARRIAGE, YOU'RE PROBABLY, YOUR SPOUSE IS STILL GONNA SAY TO YOU, YOU COULD BE MORE COLLABORATIVE, YOU COULD LISTEN MORE, YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE CASE. SO I THINK THAT, UM, I THINK WE'VE GOTTA KIND OF BALANCE THAT OUT AS WE'RE PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. OVERALL, I, I LIKE IT. I THINK THERE'S JUST A FEW PLACES WE PROBABLY JUST NEED TO WORDSMITH A LITTLE BIT, BUT OVERALL, I THINK IT'S, IT'S VERY POSITIVE. AND I JUST THROW OUT THAT ONE SENTENCE TO KIND OF CONSIDER, UM, BECAUSE I DO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GOING BACK TO, TO, TO, TO COMMISSIONER, UM, UH, SOUTHARD. I THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, I, THAT SMALL TOWN, WE, WE HAVE BIG CITY AMENITIES, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. AND IT'S AN, YOU KNOW, AND SOMETIMES YOU JUST GET INTO A LITTLE BIT OF WORDSMITH IN THE SMALL TOWN VERSUS THE BIG CITY. I THINK THAT'S, MAYBE THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE Y'ALL WERE GOING FOR, WAS JUST TRYING TO HAVE THAT, YEAH. CONTRAST THAT WORD, UH, WHAT AM I TRYING TO SAY? WORD OPPOSITION. YEAH. I BELIEVE IS HOW YOU SAY THAT. MM-HMM, . UM, BUT IT IS, IT IS ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS. IT'S, I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE A VERY HOA DRIVEN COMMUNITY, WHICH IS, WHICH IS UNIQUE AND IT'S VERY POSITIVE, VERY, VERY POSITIVE. SO I THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN STILL CAPTURE THAT. 'CAUSE PEOPLE DO LOVE THAT SMALL TOWN FEEL THAT AMERICANA, THAT YOU KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOR, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE AROUND YOU, YOU INTERACT IN YOUR HOA, YOU GO TO YOUR DIFFERENT EVENTS. SO ANYWAY, JUST MY THOUGHTS, MY COMMENTS OVERALL, I THINK YOU GUYS DID A, A VERY, VERY GOOD JOB. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK ON THIS. THAT'S FOR SURE. THANKS. THANK YOU, KIM. MR. DORIAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANNA ECHO, UM, COUNCILMAN HUT WRITER. I, I AGREE. I KNOW MAYBE SMALL TOWN PHIL MIGHT NOT BE THE NEW WORD MOVING FORWARD, BUT HONESTLY, THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE FEEL AND IT'S CONNECTIVITY. IT IS A SMALL TOWN FILL WITH, UH, BIG CITY AMENITIES OR ENVIRONMENT. SO I THINK IT IS A PART OF THE, NOT ONLY THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, WHERE ELSE CAN YOU GO TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL YOUR CITY MANAGER OR YOUR MAYOR, OR YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, OR, YOU KNOW, WALK UP AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, [00:55:01] PAY YOUR WATER BILL AND TALK TO A REAL PERSON OR GET A, GET SOMEONE TO ACTUALLY ANSWER THE PHONE. I THINK THAT PEOPLE ENJOY LIVING HERE IN RICHARDSON DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT DOES FEEL LIKE A COMMUNITY, MEANING THAT MIGHT BE SMALL TOWN. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT'S KEPT ME HERE ALL THESE YEARS BECAUSE I LIKE THE COMMUNITY. I, IT MAKES IT, IT DOES FEEL KIND OF SMALL TOWN, BIG CITY, BUT BY ALL MEANS, IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE A SMALL TOWN. I MEAN, WE'RE INNOVATIVE. WE ARE NOW SUSTAINABLE. UH, WE MIGHT EVEN WANT TO ADD A LITTLE ECO-FRIENDLY THERE FOR THE FUTURE. 'CAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING WE DEFINITELY NEED TO STRIVE FOR. AND THAT IS BASICALLY A SUBLINE UNDER SUSTAINABILITY. MM-HMM. , WHICH, UH, INCLUDES ANY, YOU KNOW, UH, FORWARD THINKING AND BIKING, WALKING TRAILS TO MAKE IT MORE INTERACTIVE. SO I DO LIKE THE FACT THAT WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY KEEP SOME OF THAT FIELD AS THAT WE ARE STILL A DESTINATION CITY AND SOMEWHERE THAT PEOPLE FEEL A PART OF THE COMMUNITY TO THE POINT WHERE YOU'RE NOT IN A LARGER CITY AND YOU DON'T HAVE THAT CONNECTIVITY AND LOSE IT COMPLETELY. SO THAT'S JUST MY FEELING ON THAT. AND AGAIN, IF WE DECIDE TO TAKE THE SMALL TOWN FEEL, UM, WORD OR WORDING AND, YOU KNOW, REDEVELOP THAT, THAT'S FINE. I DO KIND OF LIKE KEEPING THE SMALL TOWN SOMEWHERE IN THERE, JUST BECAUSE I THINK THAT REPRESENTS A LOT AND THE MAJORITY OF THE FOLKS HERE IN RICHARDSON AT THE MOMENT. SO WE CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY. AND HONESTLY, YOU KNOW, I KNOW I'M PROBABLY GONNA BE HERE ANOTHER 20 OR 25 YEARS, SO I MIGHT STILL BE REPRESENTING THAT SMALL TOWN, PHIL. SO WE'LL SEE. ANYWAY, THANK YOU. AND Y'ALL DID A REALLY GOOD JOB, BY THE WAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR DORIAN, MS. JUSTICE, YOU GOT ANOTHER COMMENT PLEASE? SO MUCH TO SAY . YEAH, SO ON THE SMALL TOWN FEEL, I THINK COMMISSIONERS SOUTHERN GOT IT RIGHT. I THINK IT'S REALLY ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM ALL OF US. SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A NEIGHBORLY FEEL. YEAH, YOU CAN GO NEXT DOOR, YOU CAN GET A CUP OF SUGAR FROM YOUR NEIGHBOR, BUT YOU ALSO CAN GO DOWN THE STREET AND, YOU KNOW, ENGAGE IN, IN, YOU KNOW, INNOVATIVE INDUSTRY IN OUR CITY. MM-HMM. . SO I, I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO, IS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL. AND I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY COUNCILMAN UH, BARRIOS IS SORT OF SAYING IT. MAYBE IT FEELS SORT OF MAYBE ANTIQUATED, YOU KNOW? AND SO MAYBE THERE'S A, A WAY TO, TO COMMUNICATE THAT, UM, IN A DIFFERENT WAY. AND I THINK IT GOES TO NEIGHBORHOODS AS COMMISSIONER SOUTHERN SAID. UM, AND THAT WAS ANOTHER WORD THAT'S MISSING HERE THAT WAS IN THE CLOUD. UM, SO MAYBE IT'S A WAY TO JUST SORT OF TWEAK THAT SLIGHTLY. AND THEN I WANNA SAY I LIKE THE CHANGE FROM INVOLVED TO, UH, ENGAGED. UH, I THINK THAT THAT ENCOMPASSES A LOT MORE. SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A THUMBS UP ON THAT. I LIKE THAT, THAT SELECTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, MR. CHAIRMAN MARSH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT OR ADD? NONE FROM ME. ALRIGHT. MR. HUTCHEN RIDER. JUST ONE LAST POINT. MAYBE IT'S WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD, A NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIVITY FEEL, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE IT, IT REALLY IS ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS. IT'S THEIR, THEIR AND THE CONNECTION. THE CONNECTION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO MAYBE IT IS THE, WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTION, NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIVITY FEEL. MAYBE THAT'S A SMALL TOWN NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIVITY FAILED . OH WOW. . I, I WAS TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM SMALL TOWNS SINCE PEOPLE SEEM TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. THAT'S ALL I WAS TRYING TO DO. SO MAY, MAY, MAYBERRY. THERE WE GO. YEAH. HOW ABOUT PLEASE? OH, NEIGHBORLY. I THOUGHT YOU SAID MAYBERRY. SORRY, I MISHEARD THAT ONE. ABSOLUTELY. HEY, KEN, WE, WE, UH, COUNCIL WITH STRONG, STRONG NEIGHBORHOODS. IN A NEIGHBORLY FEEL, THAT'S A LOT OF WORDS, BUT WITH A, WITH A SMALL TOWN FEEL, WITH NEIGHBORLY FEEL MAYBE VERSUS SMALL TOWN. I THINK WHAT ALL OF Y'ALL ARE DESCRIBING IS, IS THE RICHARDSON WAY WE'RE DEBATING, WHICH WE TALK ABOUT. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY REALLY KNOWS WHAT THE RICHARDSON WAY IS OTHER THAN SOME OF US IN THIS ROOM. BUT MR. PURDY, YOU GOT A COMMENT, PLEASE. JUST A QUICK, UH, COUPLE COMMENTS, JUST GET MY THOUGHTS TOGETHER HERE ON PAPER WAS LOOKING FOR STRONGER WORDING AROUND EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY. REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY WORDSMITHING SUGGESTIONS, BUT I KNOW THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMEWHERE WE WANT TO LAND IN 20 TO 25 YEARS. ALSO WAS LOOKING FOR ANY TYPE OF BENCHMARKING OR BRANDING THAT WE COULD ADD INTO THE STATEMENT LIKE MAKING UTD, THE MIT OF TEXAS. I THINK THAT WOULD BE ATTRACTIVE AND AN ASPIRATIONAL GOAL FOR NOT ONLY OUR UNIVERSITY SYSTEMS, BUT EVEN, YOU KNOW, ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL SYSTEMS. AND THEN LASTLY, DO WE HAVE A PRODUCT THAT WE WANT TO KIND OF HANG OUR HATS ON IN THE NEXT 20 TO 25 YEARS? I KNOW FLORIDA MAKES GREAT ORANGE JUICE. WHAT IS RICHARDSON GOING TO BE DOING IN THE NEXT 20 TO 25 YEARS? THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, I THINK MARK [01:00:01] AND MONICA, I THINK WE'VE GOT A THUMBS UP OVERALL. YOU GOT A FEW WORDSMITH ITEMS, BUT, UH, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT TOPIC. OKAY, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, SO THE, UH, THE SECOND, UM, TIER AND THE TRIANGLE WE LOOKED AT EARLIER HAD TO DO WITH THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, WHICH ARE BASICALLY, UM, IT'S TAKING THE, UH, VISION STATEMENT AND THEN STARTING TO THINK ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW WE, UM, TURN THAT INTO SOME ACTIONS EVENTUALLY. AND SO AGAIN, WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY TWICE NOW THAT'S HOW WE GOT HERE. AND, UH, WHAT ONCE TOGETHER THEIR, THEIR INPUT AND THEN WANTS TO, UH, TAKE THAT INPUT, TRANSLATE IT INTO A SET OF PRINCIPLES AND SEE WHAT THEY FELT ABOUT 'EM. AND I THINK YOU CAN THINK ABOUT THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, AS, YOU KNOW, AIMED AT DECISION MAKING AND ACTION TAKING. OKAY. TO ACHIEVE THE VISION THAT WAS, UH, OR THAT WE END UP WITH EVENTUALLY HERE. OKAY. AND YOU REMEMBER THAT WE HAD 10 DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF PRINCIPLES. AND I KNOW YOU'VE GOT THE HANDOUT OF THE MATERIALS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO YOU. THEY'RE ONLINE AS WELL AT THE VISION RICHES WEBSITE. BUT THOSE ARE THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS PRESENT THIS LIST OF, UH, 59 GUIDING PRINCIPLES, WHICH IS A LOT UNDERSTOOD. AND WE GAVE PEOPLE OPPORTUNITIES, AGAIN, IN PERSON OR ONLINE TO RESPOND TO THEM. AND WE ASKED THEM TO CHOOSE BETWEEN VERY IMPORTANT, SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT AND NOT IMPORTANT ON EACH OF THEM. AND THAT WAS RELATED TO WHAT ROLE THAT PRINCIPAL IS GONNA PLAY IN GETTING US TO THAT END STATE. THAT, THAT VISION. AND WE HAD, UH, BETWEEN 360 AND 525 PEOPLE REACTING TO EACH OF THOSE PRINCIPLES. 'CAUSE NOT EVERYBODY REACTED TO EVERY SINGLE ONE. AND, UM, THE, WE FELT LIKE IN THE END, THE RESPONSE AGAIN WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE LIST OF PRINCIPLES THAT WE, WE PRESENTED. SO OF THE 59, 38 OF THEM WERE RATED AS VERY IMPORTANT OR SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT BY AT LEAST 90% OF THE PEOPLE THAT RESPONDED. AND 18 MORE WERE RATED THE SAME WAY, VERY OR SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT BY 80 TO 89% OF THE PEOPLE THAT RESPONDED. SO THAT'S 56 OF THE 59 WERE ASSIGNED A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF IMPORTANCE. THE TWO THAT WERE RATED, UH, BETWEEN 70 AND 79%, ONE HAD TO DO WITH, UM, ADDITIONAL HOUSING TYPES. AND I, IT'S HARD TO SAY, WAS IT BECAUSE OF, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ADDITIONAL HOUSING TYPES, WAS IT BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, ADDRESSING, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS DEMANDS FOR SUPPLY AND AFFORDABILITY AND THAT SORT OF THING? HARD TO SAY. UM, BUT THE OTHER ONE WAS ABOUT HIGHER DENSITIES AND MIXED USES AT RAIL STATIONS, WHICH, AND SO OTHER PLACES TURNED UP TO BE A PRIORITY FOR FOLKS. BUT, YOU KNOW, THEN I STEPPED BACK AND I THOUGHT, WELL, IT'S STILL VERY IMPORTANT TO SOMEONE IMPORTANT TO 70 TO 79% OF THE PEOPLE. SO THAT'S STILL VERY HIGH. SO THAT'S 58 OF THE 59, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT ARE, UH, RECEIVED RATINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN THE ONE THAT REMAINED, UH, WAS, WAS, UH, IMPORTANT TO AT LEAST 65% OF THE FOLKS. SO I THINK THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES APPEAR TO BE PRETTY, UM, PRETTY ON POINT IN TERMS OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE, UM, EXPECTING US TO USE TO GET TO THE PLACE WE WANNA BE. SO IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, THE HANDOUT THAT YOU HAVE HAS SOME YELLOW HIGHLIGHTING IN IT. AND THAT WAS AS A RESULT OF US TAKING THE SET OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES TO DEPARTMENT HEADS. ALL THE RELEVANT DEPARTMENT HEADS, AND I DON'T MEAN ANY DEPARTMENT HEADS IRRELEVANT, BUT HR HAS LESS OF A, YOU KNOW, INTER RELATIONSHIP WITH LAND USE PLANNING THAN, THAN, UH, POLICE AND FIRE, FOR EXAMPLE. THEY HAVE SPECIAL CONCERNS. SO WE TOOK THEM TO THEM AND ALSO TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CONSULTANT TEAM THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL TOPICS. AND SO THERE ARE A FEW REFINEMENTS, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW. AND WE CONSIDER THEM EITHER, UH, YOU KNOW, MINOR REFINEMENTS OR IMPROVEMENTS. ONLY ONE NEW PRINCIPLE WAS ADDED. AND IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE WORD COUNT, 95% OF THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE IS STILL IN PLACE. SO OVERALL, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES REMAIN LARGELY INTACT. HERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES. I WON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON 'EM. IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST ONE, UH, DEVELOP AND PRESERVE A SAFE, EFFICIENT, ACCESSIBLE, WELL MAIN TRANS MAINTAIN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. WE HAVE A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE DON'T HAVE ONE, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO RE PRESERVE IT. SO THAT'S WHY WE MADE THAT DISTINCTION. WE'VE NOT MIS MENTIONED ACCESSIBILITY, SO THAT'S KIND OF A NEW CONCEPT THAT WE WANTED TO BE SURE TO INCLUDE. AND THE ONE ON NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOUSING, THE CITY HAS MORE THAN ONE TOOL TO HELP MAINTAIN THE VALUE AND INTEGRITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS. WE HAD MENTIONED THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A VERY POSITIVE, UH, IN, UH, INCENTIVE, UH, FOR HOME IMPROVEMENTS. THAT'S ALSO A TOOL. UH, THE THIRD ITEM THERE IS THE ONE THAT'S NEW THAT WAS REQUESTED BY FIRE DEPARTMENT, [01:05:02] UH, EMERGENCY SERVICES IN GENERAL. AND THEN THE LAST ONE, THE FIRST PART IS SOMEWHAT LIKE, UH, THE MOBILITY TRANSPORTATION. WE DON'T HAVE ZERO CONNECTIONS. WE'VE ALREADY DEVELOPED SOME CONNECTIONS, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO EXPAND THEM SOME. AND THEN THE LAST THING IS JUST TYING TOGETHER PREVIOUS PLANNING EFFORTS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH, WITH OUR GOALS FOR THE FUTURE. SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE, WE FELT WERE VERY APPROPRIATE TO GO IN HERE. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY NOT TOO SURPRISING OVERALL THAT WE HAD GOOD RESPONSE FROM THE COMMUNITY. 'CAUSE IN ESSENCE, THEY GAVE US ALL THE INPUT. WE WROTE THESE FROM WHAT THEY TOLD US. SO OUR QUESTION TO YOU THEN IS ARE THE, UM, ARE THE REVISED GUIDING PRINCIPLES WITH THE EDITS, THE ONES THAT WE ARE PREPARED TO TAKE FORWARD WITH US AS WE GO UPON, YOU KNOW, GO ABOUT OUR JOURNEY TO FINISHING UP THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU CHAIRMAN MARSH, ANY COMMENTS OR ANY FROM YOUR COMMISSIONERS? UH, ONE IDEA, JUST A SUGGESTION WAS TO, UH, PERHAPS RANK, UH, EACH OF THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES IN, UM, HOWEVER YOU WANNA DO IT. ASCENDING ORDER BY RANK AVERAGE OR DESCENDING ORDER BY PERCENTAGE. THE IMPORTANCE. SO YOU KINDA HAVE THE, THE ONES WITH THE HIGHEST SCORES, BEST SCORES LISTED FIRST. YEAH. THOSE ON THE, DID YOU SEE THE RANKING THAT WAS IN THE MATERIALS THAT YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. SO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT AS IT WAS PRESENTED IN THIS PACKAGE, UH, LIKE UNDER LAND USE MM-HMM. , UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ONE THAT GOT THE HIGHEST MARKS WAS FURTHER DOWN THE LIST. OKAY. I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. OKAY. JUST KIND OF START WITH THE ONE THAT'S GOT THE MOST IMPORTANCE, HIGHEST RANK. OKAY. AND THEN DESCEND FROM THERE JUST TO SHOW, TO GIVE PRIORITY TO THAT GUIDING PRINCIPLE FOR THAT WHATEVER THAT LAND USE. OKAY. OR WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE. UM, SO I, AND I THINK IF YOU, IF YOU DO THAT, ONE OF THE THINGS I DID, I'M, I'M A NUMBERS GUY, SO I LIKE ADDED EVERYTHING, ALL THE SCORES UP AND DID AN AVERAGE, AND THEN I RE-RANK EVERYTHING. AND, UH, I WAS A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED AS TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT CAME OUT AS BEING MORE IMPORTANT. LIKE, UH, COMMUNITY FACILITIES HAD THE HIGHEST SCORE OVERALL. SO, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS GUIDING PRINCIPLES, THAT'S WITH THE, ALL THE VOTES WE GOT. COMMUNITY FACILITIES WAS NUMBER ONE. SO MAYBE FROM, YOU KNOW, THAT TELLS US A LITTLE BIT SOMETHING OF WHAT THE RESIDENTS ARE THINKING. AND AS FAR AS WHAT THE CITY'S CHARGE IS, IS LIKE IN THEIR MIND, EVERYBODY, ALMOST EVERYBODY AGREED. YEAH. THAT'S, THAT'S A FOCAL POINT. UM, YOU KNOW, CITY FACILITIES IMPLEMENTATION WAS SECOND HIGHEST, BUT I WOULD STILL PUT THAT TOWARDS THE END BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF EVERYTHING ELSE. BUT, UH, AND THEN THIRD WAS, UM, UH, WAS, UM, PARKS, TRAILS AND OPEN SPACE. AND FOURTH WAS COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE. SO LAND USE CAME IN FIFTH. I MEAN, AND AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING A RANGE WHERE WE'RE TALKING 96% APPROVED TO 89. SO EVERYTHING HAD A REALLY HIGH REMARK MARKS, BUT, UH, THE LAST WAS MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION OUT OF ALL THESE. SO I, I JUST FOUND IT INTERESTING TO KIND OF GO THROUGH AND ADD UP ALL THE SCORES AND SORT OF REORIENT WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT BASED ON, UM, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE ANY BIG ISSUES WITH ANY OF THE CHANGES, YOU KNOW, THAT WERE MADE. UM, SO, UM, I'LL PASS IT OFF TO SOMEBODY ELSE FOR NOW. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT, COUNSEL. MR. HUTCHEN RIDER, UH, JUST YOU GO BACK. I'M SORRY, KEN. OH, I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T SEE YOU. OH, COME ON, KEN. I WAS A LITTLE SLOW. . NO, YOU'RE GOOD. UM, I THINK IN, IN SUMMARY, YOU COULD SAY, WE COULD SAY THAT YOU LISTENED REALLY WELL TO WHY PEOPLE LIKE TO LIVE IN RICHARDSON AND PUT INTO WORDS BETTER THAN THE INDIVIDUALS COULD. UH, THESE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT ARE THE REASON WHY PEOPLE DO LIKE AND WILL LIKE TO LIVE IN RICHARDSON. ALL RIGHT. MR. HUTCHIN RIDER, CAN YOU GO BACK? I THINK IT'S TWO SLIDES. I'M NOT MISTAKEN. YEAH, RIGHT THERE. WHOOP. NOPE. THAT'S JUST ONE SLIDE. SO IT IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A WORDSMITH. IT, IT FEELS VERY AWKWARD TO SAY DEVELOP AND PRESERVE. I THINK WE EITHER NEED TO ADD FURTHER, DEVELOP OR REFINE, ENHANCE SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. MM-HMM. . BECAUSE IF, IF SOMETHING HASN'T BEEN DEVELOPED, [01:10:01] YOU CAN'T VERY WELL PRESERVE IT. SO I, I THINK TO YOUR POINT, WE HAVE, UM, A LOT OF SAFE, EFFICIENT, ACCESSIBLE, AND WELL MAINTAINED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. IT PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE ENHANCED. IT NEEDS TO BE FURTHER DEVELOPED. WHAT, WHAT, WHATEVER IT JUST THAT WORD THAT, THAT WORD THERE. AND THEN UNDER PARK TRAILS AND OPEN SPACE DEVELOP AND EXPAND CONNECTIONS FURTHER DEVELOP OR FURTHER ENHANCED SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. MM-HMM. IT JUST, IT JUST FEELS AWKWARD TO ME NOT TO NOT TO HAVE THAT IN THERE BECAUSE I, I JUST THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S JUST MISSING THAT, THAT OUT OF THERE. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE WHAT I'M SAYING? YES, TO ME IT DOES. YES. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. . ALRIGHT, MR. CORCORAN. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UH, WHAT, FIRST OFF, I MEAN IT'S, I THINK THAT WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT POINTS, IT'S UM, IT'S EASY TO ENCOMPASS, UH, ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT WE'D WANT TO SEE, RIGHT? I MEAN, THERE'S JUST SO MUCH IN HERE. AND SO YET, I MEAN, THAT SAID, I DID HAVE TWO, TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU ON, ON THE CONTENTS. UM, THE FIRST BEING I SEE ESPECIALLY, UH, IN THE COMMENTS ON LISTENING SESSION ONE, I MEAN, I SEE I SAW WALKABLE MM-HMM. , THAT WORD MENTIONED A TON. AND I DON'T SEE IT IN ANY OF THESE. UH, HOW MANY GUIDING PRINCIPLES DID YOU SAY? LIKE 36, 56, 59 MM-HMM. . AND SO I'M WONDERING IF WE'RE THINKING, AND THIS IS KIND OF A QUESTION OF BOTH MY COLLEAGUES, UH, CONSULTANTS, BUT, UM, DOES SOME OF THE OTHER WORDS IN HERE COVER THAT AND THAT WHY, THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT IN THERE? UH, IS THAT, WAS THAT Y'ALL'S THOUGHT OR? WELL, I, UH, LET, LET ME LOOK AND SEE. OKAY. IF WE CAN MAKE IT SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO ASK US THAT QUESTION SO THAT IT'S CLEARER. OKAY. I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE ARE PROBABLY SOME CONCEPTS IN THERE, BUT WHY NOT JUST SAY IT CERTAINLY THERE'S A A, A WAY TO SHOOT POINT IT INTO ONE OF THESE MM-HMM. SINCE THE, THERE WAS SO MUCH FEEDBACK WITH THAT ONE SPECIFIC WORD. RIGHT. UH, AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION WAS, ONE OF THESE SAYS, UH, WE ARE GOING TO, IT'S IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOUSING. IT SAYS ADDRESS SUPPLY DEMAND, AFFORDABILITY AND WORKFORCE RECRUITMENT, RETENTION CHALLENGES BY ENCOURAGING ADDITIONAL HOUSING TYPES APPROPRIATE TO RICHARDSON AND I, OH, IT'S ON THE SLIDE RIGHT THERE. YES. UM, YOU KNOW, I GUESS WHAT'S THE IDEA BEHIND APPROPRIATE TO RICHARDSON WAS MY CLARIFYING QUESTION. OKAY. IS THERE SOMETHING THAT'S INAPPROPRIATE TO RICHARDS MAY BE AS FAR AS HOUSING TITLE, THERE, THERE MAY BE. AND THAT'S PROBABLY, I, I WOULD EXPECT AFTER THIS PROCESS IS OVER, YOU'RE GONNA SEE YOUR PLANNING STAFF LOOKING AT, UH, THE VARIOUS HOUSING ZONING DISTRICTS AND, AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS TO TRY TO SEE WHAT, WHAT WE MIGHT WANT TO ADD. BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE TINY HOMES AREN'T APPROPRIATE IN RICHARDSON. THAT'S A DISCUSSION THAT WOULD NEED TO BE TO OCCUR. NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING WE CAN, YOU KNOW, PUT A, PUT A NAIL IN AT THE END OF THIS PROCESS. BUT THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS THAT ARE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER, UH, A FURTHER AND DEEPER LOOK AFTER THIS PROCESS IS OVER, JOE, WE'LL, WE'LL GET INTO THAT. UM, OKAY. AS EARLY AS APRIL, WHEN WE BUILD ON THE TACTIC THAT WE HAD TO EXPLORE, UH, FEDERAL AND STATE, UH, HOUSING PROGRAMS AND OPTIONS, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL START TO ALREADY GET INTO THAT DISCUSSION VIA SOME OF THOSE, UH, EXPLORING SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS, UH, AND, AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE, UH, THROUGH PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS LIKE PFCS LIKE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY. AND SO I THINK, UM, MONICA'S RIGHT THERE MAY BE LONGER TERM WORK, BUT I THINK THE TACTIC THAT YOU'VE IDENT THAT YOU IDENTIFIED IN YOUR GOALS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TO, UM, EXPLORE THOSE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES WILL, WILL PROVIDE THE ON-RAMP FOR THAT DISCUSSION. OKAY. I CAN ACCEPT THAT ANSWER. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU . WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS. MR. DOR, MR. DORIAN. OH, SORRY. UM, I, I, I, I'D LIKE THE MAJORITY OF THESE EDITS, I JUST HAD ONE ADDITIONAL COMMENT OVER AND ABOVE EVERYONE ELSE'S, UM, UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHERE IT SAYS FOCUS ON RETAINING AND ATTRACTING RETAIL, UH, MAYBE POSSIBLY ADDING SOMETHING TO INCREASE FOCUS, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY FOCUSING ON IT AND MAYBE WE WANT TO INCREASE OR FURTHER INCREASE FOCUS ON RETAINING AND ATTRACTING RETAIL OFFICE AND SERVICE USE DESIRED BY THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S IT FOR NOW. I MAY COME BACK. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU MS. JUSTICE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING ACCESSIBILITY. I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT CAME FROM, BUT THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THAT, UM, IN OUR MOBILITY SECTION. UM, AND I THINK MAYBE THE, UH, COUNCILMAN CORCORAN'S POINT, UH, I AGREE THAT MAYBE THE WORD WALKABILITY NEEDS TO BE THERE. I THINK THE INCLUSION OF OF THE REFERENCE OF THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN WAS A GOOD ONE BECAUSE I THINK IT KIND OF GETS TO SOME OF THAT. BUT I, I HEAR YOU ON LIKE NEEDING, YOU KNOW, WORDS IN THOSE WORD CLOUDS THAT WERE REALLY IMPORTANT. SO I, I, I LIKE THAT, UH, POTENTIAL CHANGE. AND THEN I LIKE THE NEW PRINCIPLE A LOT. UM, WE, [01:15:01] WE WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY, RIGHT? AND SO LIKE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAIN BEEN, YOU KNOW, A CASE RECENTLY. WE NEED TO DEVELOP SUSTAINABLY, YOU KNOW, BOTH FROM A WATER PERSPECTIVE AND, AND FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY PERSPECTIVE. MM-HMM. TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THOUSANDS OF POTENTIAL, UH, MULTIFAMILY HOUSING UNITS ENTITLED, LET'S MAKE SURE EXACTLY THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, EMERGENCY SERVICES THAT CAN RESPOND TO, TO THOSE, UH, APPROPRIATELY. SO I REALLY LIKE THE, THE NEW PRINCIPLE THAT WAS ADDED AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. BARRIOS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I HAVE, THERE'S TWO BULLET POINTS. FIRST OF ALL, GREAT JOB. UH, THESE ALL LOOK GOOD. THERE ARE TWO POINTS THAT I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THEM. UM, BUT THEY'RE BOTH UNDER COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE. IT'S THE, BUT, UH, AND MAYBE THIS IS THE TEACHER COMING OUT IN ME, BUT I KNOW I TEACH WITH RISD, UH, DURING THE DAY. AND, UM, WE, UH, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT PREPARING STUDENTS FOR WHATEVER MAY COME, UH, NEXT IN THEIR LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, WHETHER IT BE TRADITIONAL FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR TRADE SCHOOL, TECH SCHOOL, UM, ART SCHOOL. AND LOOKING AT THIS THIRD FROM THE BOTTOM, THE CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH UTD DALLAS COLLEGE. UM, WHILE THESE ARE ALL EXCELLENT, UH, UH, PARTNERS FOR US, AND, UH, THEY'VE, THEY'VE SERVED OUR COMMUNITY WELL, I WAS WONDERING IF MAYBE WE COULD ADD SOMETHING THERE THAT MAYBE KIND OF BROADENS THAT. UM, BECAUSE WHEN WE THINK OF PEOPLE LIKE WEST COAST, COAST UNIVERSITY, UM, AND WHATEVER ELSE MAY BE POPPING UP, I KNOW RECENTLY WE APPROVED A, UH, WHAT WAS IT, A BARBER COLLEGE, I THINK IT WAS, UH, THERE, THERE WAS A BARBER COLLEGE, THERE WAS A, YOU KNOW, SOME KIND OF OTHER NAIL COLLEGE OR SOME, UM, THESE TRADE SCHOOLS THAT ALSO MAKE GREAT PARTNERS AND PROVIDE THAT KIND OF NEXT LEVEL PREPARATION FOR COMMUNITY AND OUR WORKFORCE. UH, SO WHILE I HAVE NO PROBLEM SPECIFICALLY MENTIONING THOSE, MAYBE WE COULD ADD SOMETHING THERE TO KIND OF BROADEN THAT SO THAT WE CAN SHOW THAT HEY, WE'RE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH THOSE EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS, UH, WHETHER IT'S BE THOSE WE HAVE NOW OR WHATEVER MAY COME IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS. AND THAT SAME COMMENT ALSO KIND OF CARRIES OVER TO THE NEXT BULLET POINT WHERE WE SPECIFICALLY, UH, MENTIONED METHODIST RICHARDSON. AND AGAIN, WONDERFUL PARTNER, GREAT HOSPITAL, CORNERSTONE OF OUR COMMUNITY. UM, BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE, UM, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE MAY, UH, COME, YOU KNOW, WHETHER COMMUNITY CLINICS OR WHATEVER ELSE MAY, MAY COME IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS. UM, BUT IT JUST FELT ODD THAT WE SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED PARTNERS BY NAMING THOSE TWO BULLET POINTS WITHOUT BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE INCLUSIVE OR BROAD RANGE FOR WHAT MAY COME IN THE FUTURE AS WELL. OKAY. AGAIN, NOT TO EXCLUDE OR TO SAY THAT WE DON'T WANT SPECIFICALLY CALL THOSE OUT, BUT JUST ALSO, UH, BE AWARE THAT SOME OF THAT MAY CHANGE OR NEW PLAYERS MAY COME TO THAT GAME OR THINGS MAY CHANGE. AND WE'RE OPEN TO THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TIM. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. AND THANK YOU AGAIN. UH, I JUST ADJUST THE ONE LITTLE THINGS THAT, UH, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KEN HAS ALREADY MENTIONED, IT'S ABOUT THAT, UM, DEVELOP AND PRESERVE IS SAFE, EFFICIENT, ACCESSIBLE, AND WILL MAINTAIN TRANSPORT, MAINTAIN TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. SO THIS ONE, I DID UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEANT BY DEVELOP AND PRESERVE, UH, WHICH MEANS WHENEVER SOMETHING, UH, IS BROKEN, YOU ARE GONNA READ, READ, DESIGN, REDEVELOP THAT, AND SOMETHING THAT'S WORKING, PRESERVE THAT PART. PROBABLY THAT'S WHAT YOU WENT LARGE, BUT ALSO, UH, DON'T MAKE CHANGES TO THE EXISTING SYSTEM THAT CREATE PROBLEMS THAT DON'T ALREADY EXIST. LIKE DON'T CUT OFF A STREET. UM, AND SO THAT THERE'S NOT CONNECTIVITY ACROSS THE COMMUNITY FOR SOME, FOR SOME REASON, THAT KIND OF THING. YEAH. SO I THINK IT'S, IF WE CAN, I DON'T KNOW, EVEN IF I SAID THAT, UH, IMPROVE AND MAINTAIN BOTH IS LIKE, IF YOU IMPROVE, HOW CAN YOU MAINTAIN, UH, SAME, LIKE IF THOSE WORK COMES TOGETHER, IT'S CONFUSING. SO IF YOU HAVE IMPROVE AND THEN MAINTAIN WHAT WE HAVE, UH, JUST TO GET LITTLE MORE CLARIFICATION MAYBE ON THAT, THAT SENTENCE. UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, ER QUALITY IS A GOOD THING THAT YOU HAVE THERE. NEXT BULLET POINTS. UH, BUT DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE, UH, BUT THAT'S MOBILE AND TRANSPORTATION. UH, BUT SAME THING. DOES THAT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE WATER QUALITY? TALK ABOUT, I MEAN, ARE WE FOCUSING ON THE PR ONLY OR THE WATER COULD BE POLLUTED WATER QUALITY THAT SOMEWHERE ELSE THERE? UH, LET'S SEE. [01:20:02] YES, IT'S UNDER, ISN'T UNDER COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE. YES. IT'S, UH, IT'S, YOU SEE THE HIGH, THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHTED THE BRAND NEW PRINCIPLE RIGHT UNDERNEATH IT. IT'S UNDER NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. MONICA. OH, I'M SORRY, ON PAGE. IT, IT'S UNDER COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE ALSO. OKAY. PAGE FOUR, THE SECOND. OKAY. BULLET FROM THE TOP. OKAY. SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THIS AR QUALITY COULD, COULD GO WITH THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, UH, BUT IT COULD BE ON BOTH SIDES. UH, IT GOES TOGETHER THOUGH. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. PROTO, CHAIRMAN MARSH, I, I FORGOT I HAD JUST THREE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. UH, FIRST ONE WAS UNDER LAND USE, UM, IT WAS THE LAST BULLET. UM, IT TALKS ABOUT US UTILIZING AN APPROACH TO PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DESIGN THAT IS SUSTAINABLE, RESILIENT, AND PROMOTES PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. I'M, I'M JUST CURIOUS, THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY KIND OF THREW ME THERE. YOU KNOW, IF I, AGAIN, I'M THINKING OF ABOUT A SPECIFIC USE CASE OF A OFFICE BUILDING OR AN APARTMENT BUILDING OR A DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT. AM I SUPPOSED TO CONSIDER PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS FOR THAT SPECIFIC TYPE OF LAND USE? WHEREAS, SO IT JUST SEEMED ODD THAT, UM, OUR APPROACH TO PLANNING DESIGN SHOULD PROMOTE THAT. I CAN SEE THAT IN THE CASE OF A PARK OR OPEN SPACE OR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY, CERTAINLY IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING A WALKABLE PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT MM-HMM, MAKES SENSE. BUT YEAH, I, I THINK IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE SITE SPECIFIC, BUT IT'S MORE MEANT TO BE, YOU KNOW, UH, COMMUNITY A WHOLE COURAGE, BIKING TRAILS WALKING. YES, EXACTLY. KIND THE, THE WALKABILITY THING WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IN THE CONNECTIVITY. YEAH. CONNECTIVITY, RIGHT? YEAH. AND, UM, UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, DID YOU ALSO ADD A NEW BULLET THAT SAYS DIVERSIFY THE LOCAL BUSINESS MIX? LET'S SEE. UH, IT'S, I DON'T REMEMBER IF THAT'S A BRAND NEW ONE. IT'S BEEN IN SOME, IT'S WAS IN SOME EARLIER DRAFTS BECAUSE I, I DIDN'T SEE ANY SCORE FOR IT OR RANK. OKAY. IT, THAT MAY BE A NEW ONE. I MAY HAVE NOT JUST HIGHLIGHTED IT. I THINK WE HAD IT IN THERE. WE TOOK IT OUT AND MAYBE WE WERE ASKED TO PUT IT BACK IN. I, I WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT. OKAY. WELL, THAT, THAT'S JUST ONE. I DIDN'T, I COULDN'T FIND A SCORE WHERE EVERYBODY OKAY. ANYBODY RESPONDED TO THAT. OKAY. REMARK. AND IT SEEMED, SEEMED LIKE AN ABBREVIATED, UH, GUIDELINE. UH, IT WAS PROBABLY THE SHORTEST GUIDELINE OF ANY IN THIS DECK. MM-HMM. TO DIVERSIFY THE LOCAL BUSINESS MIX. AND, UM, I MEAN, I THINK WE HAVE A FAIRLY DIVERSE, MUCH MORE DIVERSE BUSINESS MIX THAN WE DID MAYBE 20 YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE MORE TECHNOLOGY ORIENTED. MM-HMM. . SO, UM, THAT WAS PROBAB, THAT WAS MEANT, AND I, I CAN TELL YOU WHAT IT WAS MEANT TO. UH, AND THERE WAS A, THERE WAS ORIGINALLY ANOTHER PHRASE ON THERE AND TALKED ABOUT SUPPORTING NOT ONLY LARGE CORPORATIONS, BUT SMALL BUSINESSES TOO. SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES TOO. YEAH. TO ME IT JUST, I THINK THAT NEEDS A LITTLE BIT MORE STUDY BECAUSE I DON'T, AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PIECE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BUT, UM, CERTAINLY THERE COULD BE CASES WHERE WE NEED TO INTENSIFY THE MIX OF CERTAIN BUSINESSES THAT MIGHT BE IN OUR FUTURE THAT, UM, THAT WE MIGHT, MIGHT WANNA ENCOURAGE. SO, UM, AND THEN THE LAST ONE WAS, AGAIN, ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IT WAS, UH, ABOUT ENGAGE, UM, ABOUT THE RE EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS TO MAINTAIN RICHARDSON'S ATTRACTIVE AT ATTRACTIVENESS TO BUSINESS. MM-HMM. . UM, I WOULD PROBABLY ALSO INSERT, UM, IN ADDITION TO EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS OR PROVIDING INCENTIVES WHICH MAY NOT INVOLVE SPENDING MONEY, BUT GIVING BREAKS, TAX BREAKS, WHATEVER, . THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. YOU ARE VERY WELCOME. ALRIGHT, NO MORE COMMENTS. ALRIGHT, LET'S GO ON TO THE THIRD SECTION. THANKS, MONICA. SO THE, THE THIRD SECTION IS, UH, THE KIND OF THE THIRD, UH, LEG OF THE STOOL, I GUESS RELATED TO THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION IS RELATED TO THE LAND USE SCENARIO. UM, AND THAT SCENARIO IS BUILT UPON WHAT WE CALL PLACE TYPES. UM, SO AS, AS YOU THINK ABOUT TRADITIONAL LAND USE PLANNING GOING BACK 30, 40 YEARS, UM, THE EXACT USE, UH, THAT YOU WERE IDENTIFYING THROUGH THAT LAND USE PLANNING, UH, WAS VERY SPECIFIC. AND THERE WOULD BE, UH, [01:25:01] YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT HAVE A PARTICULAR AREA THAT YOU SAID, OKAY, THIS CAN ONLY BE THIS TYPE OF USE WITHIN THIS AREA. AND OVER THE LAST 10, 15 YEARS, WE'VE STARTED TO TRANSITION, UH, TO A PLACE TYPE APPROACH. A PLACE-BASED APPROACH THAT LOOKS LIKE COMMON, LOOKS AT COMMON CHARACTERISTICS OF AREAS, BUT ALSO STARTS TO THINK ABOUT, UH, WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE SECONDARY OR SUPPORTING USES THAT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE TO SUPPORT AN OVERRIDING PLACE TYPE. AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IS IF YOU LOOK AT, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS AND YOU LOOK AT A, A PREDOMINANTLY SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED RESIDENTIAL, UH, TYPE OF PLACE, THERE CERTAINLY MAY BE OTHER USES THAT IN A LIMITED SCALE ARE APPROPRIATE, FOR INSTANCE, THE CORNER STORE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UH, A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT, UH, IN RICHARDSON IS UP IN CANYON CREEK. THERE'S A RELATIVELY SMALLER RETAIL CENTER UP THERE THAT REALLY BECOMES THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SHOPPING AREA RIGHT THERE, UH, FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THAT AREA. AND SO THAT'S THE TYPE OF THING WE HAVE IN MIND. UM, NOW IF WE WERE SO SPECIFIC THAT WE CAME IN TO DEVELOP A LAND USE PLAN AND SAID, YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO, UH, UH, SAY THAT 95% OF THIS AREA, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, AND 5% OF IT IS GOING TO BE COMMERCIAL OR RETAIL TO SUPPORT IT, AND WE'RE GONNA LOCATE IT ON THIS CORNER, I CAN GUARANTEE YOU WE WILL PROBABLY GET IT WRONG BECAUSE THE REAL ESTATE FACTORS WILL SAY, NO, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THAT, COME, UH, CORNER DUMMY, WHY DID YOU PUT IT OVER HERE? AND SO THIS PLACE-BASED APPROACH REALLY STARTS TO CREATE SOME FLEXIBILITY, UH, FOR DECISION MAKING TO TAKE PLACE AND SAY, OKAY, THIS IS, THIS IS THE INSTRUCTION BOOK WE'RE GIVING. THIS IS THE DIRECTION WE WANT TO BE GOING. UH, NOW LET'S USE GOOD JUDGMENT TO IDENTIFY IS THIS IN KEEPING WITH THOSE, WITH THOSE RULES AND THAT GUIDEBOOK THAT WAS PREPARED. SO AGAIN, UH, THOSE PLACE TYPES RE REFLECT THE PALLET OF DEVELOPMENT, UH, THAT WE WILL USE TO ILLUSTRATE THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN THE COMMUNITY. UM, THEY REPRESENT A VARIETY OF PLACES THAT CURRENTLY EXIST OR COULD EXIST IN UNDEVELOPED OR REDEVELOPED AREAS OF RICHARDSON. I THINK THE KEY THING HERE IS A LOT OF THIS IS CALIBRATED BASED ON WHAT EXISTS TODAY. UH, THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE. UH, SO A LOT OF, A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY IS BUILT OUT. UH, THEY DON'T INDICATE SINGLE LAND USES, UH, THEY, AND THEY DESCRIBE THE DESIRED CHARACTER OF A PLACE THAT CAN INCLUDE THE MIX OF LAND, USES, SCALE, PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE, AND OTHER ASPECTS THAT ARE CRITICAL TO ESTABLISHING THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA. SO THE PLACE TYPES THAT WE STARTED TO DEVELOP BASED UPON A, AN EVALUATION OF THE CHARACTER IN PLACES EXISTING IN RICHARDSON. UH, AND, AND AGAIN, EVERY ONE OF THESE, NONE OF THESE ARE A NEW PLACE TYPE THAT DOESN'T EXIST TODAY. WHAT WE TRIED TO DO IS GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT VARIOUS AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY AND SAY, HOW DO WE START TO DRAW THOSE DIVISIONS AND IDENTIFY, UH, WHAT AREAS HAVE SIMILARITIES AND WHAT AREAS ARE DIFFERENT. SO WE'VE BROKEN THEM INTO, UH, SOME KEY CATEGORIES. THE FIRST BEING THE RESIDENTIAL PLACE TYPES. AND ON THE RESIDENTIAL WE'VE GOT THREE DIFFERENT ONES. THE FIRST ONE IS WHAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER YOUR TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED NEIGHBORHOODS OR NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL. UH, WE SAY IT'S PREDOMINANTLY SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED, BUT IN SOME COMMUNITIES MAY CONTAIN SMALL RETAIL OFFICE OR PERSONAL SERVICES BUSINESSES. COMPACT RESIDENTIAL STARTS TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION, UH, TOWARDS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER DENSITY WITH COTTAGE HOMES, TOWN HOMES, DUPLEXES. AND AGAIN, THE WAY THE CITY IS LAID OUT TODAY, WE CAN LOOK AT SOME DISTINCT AREAS AND IDENTIFY WHERE, WHILE, WHILE THOSE AREAS MAY BE CONNECTED, THEY'RE CERTAINLY STANDALONE. UH, THOSE COMPACT RESIDENTIAL AREAS TEND TO BE SEPARATE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL AREAS. AND THEN THE THIRD ONE ON THE RESIDENTIAL, UH, STANDPOINT IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE. AND THAT'S WHERE YOU TRULY GET INTO THAT MIXED USE ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU HAVE, UH, THE RESIDENTIAL, SOME RETAIL RESTAURANTS, MAYBE SOME OFFICE, UH, THAT ARE TAKING PLACE WITHIN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD, WITHIN THE SAME PLACE TYPE. NOW, THAT'S NOT TO SAY IT HAS TO BE A MIXED USE BUILDING THAT'S VERTICAL, WHERE THE GROUND FLOOR IS RETAIL OR OFFICE, AND THE UPPER FLOORS ARE RESIDENTIAL. CERTAINLY SOME OF THOSE MAY BE STANDALONE BUILDINGS THAT ARE IN PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER, UH, THAT ARE REALLY FORMING THAT PLACE IN THAT DISTRICT. SO THEN WE TRANSITION TO THE NEXT, UH, STEP THERE WITH THE, THE RETAIL PLACE TYPES. AND WE'VE GOT THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE AND THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL. AND THE KEY DISTINCTION BETWEEN [01:30:01] THOSE TWO IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE IS TYPICALLY THOSE, UH, ATTRACTING THOSE TYPES OF BUSINESSES, UH, THAT THERE MAY BE MULTIPLE OF THEM AROUND THE, THE CITY, BUT THEY'RE FOCUSED ON DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS IN DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIC AREAS. UH, AND SO, UH, UH, THOSE ARE REALLY THERE TO SUPPORT THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS IN A, A SMALLER, A SMALLER DISTANCE FROM THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS VERSUS THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL, WHICH, UH, WERE IDENTIFIED TEND TO HAVE BIGGER BOXES, TEND TO HAVE BIGGER FLOOR PLATES OF THE BUSINESSES, UM, AS WELL AS TEND TO BE MORE OF A REGIONAL DESTINATION THAN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE MIGHT BE. SO CONTINUING ON THAT TRAIN OF THOUGHT, UH, WE LOOKED AT SOME EMPLOYMENT PLACE TYPES, AND CERTAINLY RICHARDSON HAS ITS SHARE OF REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT. BUT SOMETHING THAT WE SAW AS VERY UNIQUE IN RICHARDSON THAT WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF, UH, COMMUNITIES IS THAT INDUSTRIAL BASE, WHICH THROUGH VARIOUS PLANNING STUDIES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE LEADING TO THIS, UH, WE'VE REALLY HEARD IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON INNOVATION AND ADAPTIVE REUSE OF THOSE BUILDINGS. AND SO WE THOUGHT THAT THAT WORD INNOVATION WAS REALLY APPROPRIATE TO THAT PLACE TYPE BECAUSE OF THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE ENVISIONED TO BE ABLE TO COME INTO THOSE AREAS. AND THEN WE START TO TALK ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE PLACE TYPES. SO WE HAVE THE TRANSIT VILLAGE, THE INSTITUTIONAL CAMPUS, AND PARKS AND OPEN SPACE. AND I WILL TELL YOU, WHEN WE'VE WORKED IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, THESE THREE OFTENTIMES DO NOT APPEAR AS PLACE TYPES. SO MANY COMMUNITIES IN NORTH TEXAS DON'T HAVE A TRANSIT VILLAGE, THEY DON'T HAVE TRANSIT, THEY DON'T HAVE RAIL. AND SO THE, THE, UH, POTENTIAL TO HAVE A TRANSIT VILLAGE DOESN'T EXIST. THE INSTITUTIONAL CAMPUSES THAT YOU HAVE WITH UTD, AND TO YOUR POINT EARLIER, OTHER INSTITUTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, WE FELT REALLY HAD THE POTENTIAL TO STAND ON THEIR OWN. UH, THAT'S CERTAINLY PART OF THE STORY WE THOUGHT YOU WOULD WANT TO TELL ABOUT RICHARDSON GOING FORWARD. AND THEN PARKS AND OPEN SPACE IN SOME COMMUNITIES, I HATE TO SAY WE BURIED IT, BUT PARKS AND OPEN SPACE WERE KIND OF LIKE, WE TALKED ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY. IT WAS JUST THAT DNA THAT FLOWED THROUGH ALL OF THE PLACE TYPES. BUT IN LOOKING AT RICHARDSON, IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR DNA AND SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR PATTERN WITH THE CREEKS AND THE WAY NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ORIENTED AROUND CREEKS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT IT BE A STANDALONE PLACE TYPE AS WELL, AND SOMETHING TO BE CELEBRATED IN THE COMMUNITY. UM, SO THOSE, THOSE ARE THE KEY PLACE TYPES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED. NOW AGAIN, WE LOOK AT OTHER COMMUNITIES. WE CATERED THESE TO, TO RICHARDSON. OTHER COMMUNITIES MAY HAVE AN AIRPORT, UH, THEY MAY HAVE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS, BUT, BUT WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT THIS BEING A LAND USE UPDATE OR A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE THAT WE REALLY FOCUS IN ON WHAT'S MAKING RICHARDSON, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT UNIQUE PLACE THAT IT IS TODAY AND TRY TO DEVELOP THE PLACE TYPES IN A WAY TO SAY, WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE TRYING TO ENHANCE IT. SO THOSE ARE THE BASIC PLACE TYPES. AND IF YOU'LL BEAR WITH ME, I'M GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT LIKE AN EYE DOCTOR I THINK, AND, AND TALK ABOUT HOW WE STARTED TO PUT TOGETHER THIS PREFERRED LAND USE PLAN. SO THERE, UH, AND, OR I'M SORRY, THE PREFERRED LAND USE SCENARIO, NOT THE LAND USE PLAN, I'LL MAKE THAT DISTINCTION IN A FEW MINUTES. SO THE SCENARIO IS THAT HIGHEST LEVEL FRAMEWORK THAT'S JUST, OKAY, THIS IS THE GENERAL DIRECTION BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR AS WE CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE GONNA BUILD UPON. BUT THE ATTRIBUTES THAT WE CONSIDERED AS WE DEVELOPED THIS MAP WERE EXISTING ZONING, EXISTING LAND USE. UH, AND, AND THEN BASED UPON THOSE ATTRIBUTES, WE STARTED TO DEVELOP THOSE AS THE DRAFT PREFERRED LAND USE SCENARIO. SO AS WE WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT THAT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SERIES OF SLIDES THAT SAY, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT'S ON THE GROUND TODAY THAT WE THOUGHT WAS CREATING A CERTAIN CHARACTER, AND HERE'S HOW WE THEN CATEGORIZED IT GOING FORWARD. SO THAT FIRST THING ON THE GROUND IS THOSE THINGS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT TO RICHARDSON CITY FACILITIES, HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS, AND, UH, INCLUDING UTD AND OTHER, OTHER INSTITUTIONS LIKE THAT. SO THIS MAP IS ACTUALLY SHOWING FROM YOUR LAND USE, UH, FROM THE LAND USE STANDPOINT WHERE THOSE THINGS EXIST. AND THEN IN THE NEXT SLIDE WE STARTED TO PUT THOSE INTO TWO SEPARATE PLACE TYPES. THE FIRST ONE BEING PARKS AND OPEN SPACE, AND THE SECOND ONE BEING INSTITUTIONAL CAMPUS. AND SO REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT, WHAT'S ON THE GROUND. SO THE NEXT, UH, ATTRIBUTES WE LOOKED AT WERE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED NEIGHBORHOODS, [01:35:01] BUT WE ALSO LOOKED AT SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT HAPPEN, UH, WITHIN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. YOU'VE GOT SOME PATIO HOME PATIO HOMES IN SOME OF THOSE YOU HAVE DUPLEXES THAT MAY BE A PART OF SOME OF THOSE. YOUR OLD PLAN TALKED ABOUT GROUP QUARTERS, ESSENTIALLY THAT'S A, A UNIQUE NAME FOR SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES. SO THOSE THINGS THAT WERE IN YOUR LAND USE PLAN CALLED GROUP QUARTERS, UH, UH, THAT WERE TYPICALLY IN SOME OF THOSE SINGLE FAMILY AREAS WE IDENTIFIED. AND SO THOSE KEY THINGS, WE STARTED TO, UH, CONGLOMERATE AND PUT 'EM WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL PLACE TYPE. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ADDITIVE PROCESS THAT'S STARTING TO FILL IN THE MAP. THE THIRD ONE WE LOOKED AT WAS TOWN HOMES AND MULTIFAMILY. SO SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED, WHICH WOULD BE THE TOWN HOMES, UH, THE MULTIPLE FORMS OF MULTIFAMILY THAT WE SEE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND WE STARTED TO PUT THOSE IN THE COMPACT RESIDENTIAL PLACE TYPE. AND AS YOU LOOK AT THOSE DESCRIPTIONS, FOR THE MOST PART, THEY'RE ALIGNING WITH, WITH, WITH, UH, THAT VISION. SO THE NEXT ONE, WE HAD TO LOOK AT IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. WE HAD TO DIG AND WE STARTED LOOKING AT SOME OF YOUR AREAS THAT HAD COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL, UH, AND, AND LOOKED AT HOW DO WE DIFFERENTIATE THOSE. SO IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN I TALKED ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE, WE SAID IT'S REALLY THOSE SMALLER SHOPPING AREAS THAT MAYBE ARE SERVING A PORTION OF YOUR CITY AND A FEW NEIGHBORHOODS IN YOUR CITY, BUT MAYBE NOT BE A DESTINATION CITYWIDE AND CERTAINLY NOT REGIONALLY. UH, SO YOU CAN SEE AN EXAMPLE WE PUT IN THERE IS BUCKINGHAM ROAD AND JUPITER ROAD AND THE, THE RETAIL CENTER THERE VERSUS, UH, UH, DOWN THE ROAD AT CAMPBELL AND COT, UH, COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL, UH, WHICH IS A LOT, UH, A MUCH LARGER AREA THAT HAS BIGGER BOXES, UH, MUCH MORE PARKING ASSOCIATED WITH IT. UH, PROBABLY SUPPORTING MULTIPLE NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND MAYBE EVEN SOME FOLKS FROM OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY. AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT AS COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL. AND THEN THE THIRD ONE IS WHERE YOU'VE GOT THAT MIX OF THE RESIDENTIAL AND THE RETAIL STARTING TO HAPPEN EITHER IN THE SAME BUILDING OR IN PROXIMITY WITH DIFFERENT BUILDINGS. AND SO WE STARTED TO IDENTIFY THOSE AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE, WHICH IS THE PINK COLOR YOU SEE ON THE MAP, THE RED COLOR BEING COMMUNITY, COMMERCIAL, AND UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE BEING THE BROWN COLOR. AND AT THIS POINT YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME OF THOSE FILLING IN TO YOUR PREVIOUS, UH, REINVESTMENT AREAS LIKE THE MAIN STREET DISTRICT. UH, UH, YOU'LL START TO SEE IT IN INNER URBAN, SOME OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS WHERE THOSE PLACE TYPES ARE STARTING TO LAND NOW. UH, AND THEN WE GET INTO, UH, THE, THE INNOVATION INDUSTRY. THAT BUILDING FORM, AGAIN, AS YOU LOOK AT THE STUDY FOR, UM, FOR, UM, UH, ARAPAHO, FOR, UH, COLLINS, ARAPAHO FOR THAT DISTRICT, IT HAD MULTIPLE PLACE TYPES THAT CAME OUT OF IT. A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THIS INNOVATION INDUSTRY AS THAT WAS THE VISION FOR THE AREA, BUT THERE WAS ALSO A, A TRANSIT VILLAGE THAT WAS ENVISIONED THERE AND SOME OTHER PLACE TYPES THAT, UH, THAT, UH, WERE ENVISIONED FOR THAT AREA. BUT THIS IS THE BULK OF THAT AREA, THE IQ DISTRICT. AND THEN THE REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT IS REALLY GETTING INTO SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE YOU SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, AT, AT CAMPBELL AND GREENVILLE, WHICH ARE TRULY EMPLOYMENT FOCUSED. AND SO WITH THOSE TWO, YOU START TO SEE HOW THOSE TWO ARE LANDING ON THE MAP WITH THE KIND OF, UH, MAU COLOR, I GUESS, AND MORE OF THE PURPLE COLOR. AND SO THAT STARTS TO MAKE UP ONCE YOU ADD THE TRANSIT VILLAGE. UH, AND IN THIS CASE WE'RE SHOWING ARAPAHOE, UH, ARAPAHOE CENTER. NOW THAT'S NOT WHAT'S CURRENTLY THERE TODAY. YOU DO HAVE THE TRANSIT, BUT NOT THE VILLAGE. BUT CERTAINLY THE VISION IS FOR THAT VILLAGE TO FORM. AND SO YOU START TO SEE THOSE LANDING AT YOUR KEY TRANSIT STATIONS UP AND DOWN THE CORRIDOR AND, AND NOT JUST THE CORRIDOR OR ALONG 75, BUT CERTAINLY THE NEW ONES OVER AT UTD AND AND OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. SO THAT IS THE BASIS FOR BUILDING THE LAND USE SCENARIO. AND IT WAS BASED UPON EITHER WHAT'S ON THE GROUND TODAY OR THOSE THINGS THAT HAVE COME OUT OF THESE PREVIOUS STUDIES IN OUR VISION AND WHERE WE'RE, UH, WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THAT IS WE WILL BE TAKING THAT FORWARD AND ADDING ALL KINDS OF LAYERS OF RICHNESS TO IT. UH, THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS OUT THERE ABOUT MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING. WHERE SHOULD THAT OCCUR? WHAT TYPE OF MISSING MIDDLE SHOULD BE IN EACH PLACE TYPE, UH, ADUS WHICH WE'VE KINDA LUMPED WITH MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING, UM, AND, AND SECONDARY PLACE TYPES. ALL OF THAT WORK IS STILL TO BE DONE. WE'VE GOTTEN GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, [01:40:01] BUT AT THIS POINT, THIS IS THAT BASIC FRAMEWORK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD UPON. AND THEN WE WOULD ADD THAT RICHNESS TO THE PLACE TYPES AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE GOT WRONG ON THE MAP SOMEWHERE, UH, WE WOULD MAKE THOSE CHANGES AS WE HAVE CONTINUED DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY GOING FORWARD. SO THE GENERAL QUESTION WE HAVE FOR FEEDBACK IS DO YOU GENERALLY AGREE WITH THE DIRECTION OF THE, UH, DRAFT LAND USE SCENARIO? AND CAN WE MOVE, MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT TO START TO ADD THAT LEVEL OF RICHNESS AND DETAIL, UH, UH, AS A PREFERRED LAND USE SCENARIO SO THAT WE COULD DEVELOP IT AS A PRELIMINARY LAND USE PLAN FOR THE COMMUNITY TO REVIEW. THANK, THANK YOU MARK. CHAIRMAN MARSH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO KICK THIS OFF AGAIN PLEASE? MY ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS YES. YES, I LIKE IT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, ANY COMMENTS? KEN, PLEASE? I'LL, UH, I'LL, I'LL SORT OF ADD TO THAT. YES, I, I THINK THAT'S TRUE AND I EXPAND JUST A LITTLE BIT SAYING IN SEVERAL AREAS. WE HAVE ALREADY EVOLVED INTO THAT AND I THINK THAT THAT, UH, YOUR EFFORTS TO, UM, HELP GIVE US BETTER GUIDELINES WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THANK YOU, KEN. COUNSEL, ANY COMMENTS? NUTS, MR. BARRIOS? THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. WHEN, WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THE MAP AND COLORS, I'M, I'M STRUGGLING BETWEEN, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE AND NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE. UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE CITY AT CLAYTON SPRING VALLEY, WE HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE. WHY WOULD, I GUESS, CAN YOU HELP REITERATE OR HELP CLARIFY, UM, WHY WOULD WE MAKE SOMETHING LIKE THAT? LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE VERSUS NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE? 'CAUSE I'M THINKING WHAT'S THERE NOW AND UH, I, I LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND I FREQUENT THAT CORNER QUITE A BIT, UM, TO EAT AND MOSTLY JUST TO EAT. I EAT A LOT, UH, BUT I, I FREQUENT MUCH RESTAURANTS RIGHT AT THAT CORNER. MM-HMM. AND I, I'M THINKING WHEN I THINK OF NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE, THE LAST THING I'D WANT TO DO IS, UM, GET RID OF THAT AREA FOR SOMETHING ELSE. SO CAN YOU KIND OF HELP US, UM, KIND OF UNDERSTAND THE THOUGHT THERE BE, AND ALSO A PART OF THAT IS WHEN I LOOK AT CAMPBELL SOUTH AND WEST OF 75, UM, WHICH I, I SEE VERY LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES IN THERE YET ON THE EAST SIDE WE HAVE A BUNCH AND WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT NORTH OF CAMPBELL. UM, AND I'M JUST TRYING TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND THERE WHERE THE BALANCE IS THERE. UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL, NOT A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. YEAH, UNDERSTOOD. SO, SO DOWN TO SPRING VALLEY AND CO. IT, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THAT PARTICULAR AREA AS YOU'LL RECALL, WAS PART OF THAT, THAT WEST SPRING VALLEY STUDY THAT TOOK PLACE AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE REZONING THAT CAME OUT OF THAT. MY GUT SAYS THAT WHAT WE LOOKED AT RIGHT THERE, UH, 'CAUSE REMEMBER WE BROKE OUT THE EAST SIDE OF THAT AND SAID WE WANT TO RE-LOOK AT THAT. UM, BUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE SHOWING NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE THERE, I THINK IS BECAUSE THAT OUR THOUGHT WAS THAT'S MORE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE VISION AND THE ZONING THAT CAME OUT OF THAT, UH, THAT PROCESS. UM, THAT IT MAY NOT BE EXACTLY WHAT'S ON THE GROUND TODAY, BUT THAT WAS PART OF THAT WEST SPRING VALLEY VISION AND THE ZONING DOCUMENTS THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE. SO THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THIS PROCESS CAN'T LOOK AT THAT AND SAY SHOULD IT BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT I, OUR STARTING POINT WAS LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE STUDIES TO SAY HOW DO WE BUILD UPON WHAT THOSE STUDIES. OKAY. AND YEAH, AND JUST NORTH OF THERE AT BELTLINE AND COTE, WE LOSE THAT AS WELL FROM NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES INTO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL. I JUST WANNA, YOU KNOW, PLAY STREET COUNCILMEN. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DO HAVE THAT BALANCE IN PLACE. THREE MM-HMM. , WHICH IS BASICALLY CAMPBELL SOUTH AND 75 WEST, BECAUSE IT, IT SEEMS THAT, UM, WE LOST NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES THERE AND THAT'S, THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US. AND ON THE WEST SIDE OF KUWAIT, WHILE THERE'S SOME OF THAT, WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE ALL THAT AWAY TO DALLAS. YEAH. UH, YOU KNOW, UM, YEAH. AND, UH, AND JUST TO CLARIFY, WE WILL BE SPEAKING REGARDING THE, UH, REINVESTMENT ZONES IN A FUTURE MEETING THAT IT'S NOT ED THAT'S CORRECT. ATION, THAT'S, YEAH, I DO, I DO WANNA FOR FUTURE SO THAT, UH, I, AND WE'LL DISCUSS THIS AGAIN WHEN WE DISCUSS THAT. I DO HAVE, UH, SOME CONCERNS I'VE SHARED PREVIOUSLY ABOUT TWO OF THEM, MOSTLY IN REGARDS TO THE, UH, RESIDENTIAL AREAS. AND I HOPE THAT WHEN WE SEE THAT IN THE FUTURE, WHEN WE HAVE, WHEN WE'RE READY FOR THAT DISCUSSION, [01:45:01] UH, THAT WE WOULD SEE HOW MANY DOORS ARE IMPACTED AND, UM, ON REZONING THAT, 'CAUSE I'M, I'M, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT DISPLACEMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND, UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT AND, UH, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE TO ME AND I THINK TO A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS. UM, SO I HOPE WHEN WE HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, WE LOOK AT, HEY, THIS AMOUNT OF DOORS THAT ARE GONNA BE, SO JUST, JUST TO CLARIFY YOUR SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHERE WE WERE SHOWING THE NUMBER SPRING VALLEY FIVE, AND THEN BOWSER YEAH. UM, AREA. SO, OKAY. BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO I BELIEVE THAT INCLUDE, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S A CONVERSATION FOR ANOTHER DAY. YEAH. I JUST WANNA PUT OUT UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE TIME TO PREPARE THAT. AND I DON'T SURPRISE YOU THE NIGHT OF SAYING, HEY, HOW MANY DOORS ARE AFFECTED, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE AFFECTED, THAT KIND OF THING. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU MR. CORCORAN. HEY, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. SO I'M, YOU KNOW, DAN, AT, AT FIRST I LOOKED AT ALL OF THESE AND I SAID, OH, THIS SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF REALLY, UM, REALLY GOOD WAYS TO KIND OF COMPARTMENTALIZE AND AGGREGATE A LOT OF OUR VERY SPECIFIC ZONING RULES AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC PLACE TYPES AND USES AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT I'M KIND OF JUST STRUGGLING WITH, WITH SOME CLARIFICATION ON SOME OF THESE NOW. SO I MEAN, I REMEMBER IN THE STUDY IT SAID, AND WHEN WE, WHEN YOU IN YOU TALKING ABOUT RICHNESS IN DETAIL, THAT ALL OF THESE PLACE TYPES HAVE, HAVE THE PRIMARY USES, WHICH YOU EXPLAINED IN THE CHARTS YOU'VE GIVEN US, BUT THERE'S ALSO POTENTIAL FOR ALL THESE SECONDARY USES WHICH RESIDENTS RATED. SO, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IF, UM, IF SOMETHING IS COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL VERSUS NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE, OR MAYBE EVEN BETTER EXAMPLE LIKE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE VERSUS NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE. BUT IN A NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE AREA, IF THERE WAS A SECONDARY USE FOR MAYBE SOME LOW RISE OR, OR HIGH RISE MULTIFAMILY, RIGHT? YOU COULD STILL SEE THOSE THINGS POP UP HERE AND THERE. YEAH. IS THAT THE INTENTION OF ALL OF THAT? SO, UH, YEAH. AND SO AS WE TALK ABOUT THE SECONDARY USES, THERE'S, AND I, I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED THE SLIDE THAT IS THE SUMMARY SLIDE AFTER THE DISCUSSION BEFORE, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. OKAY. THERE ARE A FEW, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE RECEIVED INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY. ONE OF THOSE IS MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING. WE GOT REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY. WE NEED TO DIG INTO THAT AND REALLY START TO UNDERSTAND IT TO SAY THIS IS OUR FIRST PASS AT HOW WE SUGGEST INCORPORATING THAT INTO THE PLACE TYPES. OKAY. WHICH ONES RECEIVE WHAT, YOU KNOW, AND, BUT THE COMMUNITY DID WEIGH IN ON THAT. UM, SECONDARY USES IS SOMETHING THAT WE ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE COMMUNITY IN ON MM-HMM. PARTICULARLY RELATED TO SOME OF THE REINVESTMENT AREAS. BUT IN GENERAL, WE'VE GOTTEN SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WE WANNA INCORPORATE. SO AS YOU LOOK AT THIS, THE THING THAT'S MISSING AND THE, THE REASON IT SAYS SCENARIO AND NOT A LAND USE PLAN, MM-HMM. IS IT'S, IT'S THAT BASIC PATH FORWARD SAYING YEAH, PRIMARY USE WISE, THIS IS STARTING TO MAKE SENSE, IT'S STARTING TO LAND HERE, BUT THE DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS. MM-HMM. . WE NEED TO DIG INTO THOSE THINGS. THE THIRD THING IS THE VISION FOR EACH OF THOSE REINVESTMENT AREAS THAT ARE NOW HOLES IN THE DONUT AND WEEDING THROUGH WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY THERE TOO, AND MAKING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. AND THEY'LL ALSO BE SOME MARKET. UH, IT IS NOT JUST GONNA BE THE COMMUNITY'S VISION, BUT WE NEED TO WEIGH THAT AGAINST MARKET FORCES AND SAY, YEAH. YOU KNOW, HOW CAN THAT REALLY WORK? SO THAT'S STILL TO COME AT THIS POINT. WE'RE AT 5,000 FEET. HOPEFULLY WHEN WE GET TO THE LAND USE PLAN, WE'LL BE AT 2000 FEET. UM, YEAH, FOR SURE. I GUESS I WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, I GUESS WHEN TO ANSWER THE FEEDBACK DISCUSSION QUESTION. YES. MM-HMM. , I THINK THAT AS A MAP OF THE PRESENT STATE AND AS A WAY TO CATEGORIZE DIFFERENT THINGS MM-HMM, THIS, THIS WORKS, THIS IS VERY SERVICEABLE PROBABLY. IT'S, I THINK IT'S A, A WAY TO, TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY PARCEL OUT EVERY SINGLE THING AND MAKE IT OVERWHELMINGLY DETAILED AT THE ONSET. SO I, I CAN APPRECIATE IT FOR THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, I, I DO THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM FOR, FOR NUANCE IN A LOT OF THIS, AND THAT'S, I'M SORRY, I'M JUST, I'M ALSO THINKING YEAH. OUT LOUD HERE, BUT I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD THING AND IT MEANS THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO SACRIFICE FOR, I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO HEAR FROM YOU IS JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING, FOR EXAMPLE, IN ONE OF THOSE CORNERS MENTIONED IS NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE VERSUS COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL. IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO LOSE OUT ON SOMETHING ENTIRELY BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS THAT POTENTIAL FOR THAT SECONDARY USE HERE, HERE. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S THE INTENT OF THE SECONDARY. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'M TRYING TO, TO GAUGE FROM YOU GUYS IS, IS HOW LIKELY IS THAT WITH THIS PLAN? AND YOU KNOW, WHAT, IF THAT'S THE INTENT AND, AND ALSO, UH, TO ADD TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, WHEN WE GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, [01:50:01] WE WILL HAVE, UH, WE WILL HAVE A BASIC PLAN THAT STARTS TO ADD THAT DETAIL RELATED TO SECONDARY USES RELATED TO MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING. AND WE GET FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR PEOPLE TO BE MARKING UP ON THE MAP. NO, I THINK THIS OUGHT TO BE THIS PLACE TYPE INSTEAD OF THAT PLACE TYPE. THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY SAYING, ARE WE COMFORTABLE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN START TO MOVE FORWARD FOR THE COMMUNITY TO REACT TO IN THE NEXT SPACE? YEAH. I, I THINK IT IS FOR SURE. I DID, THE ONE THING I THOUGHT WAS REALLY FUNNY THOUGH, IS A LOT OF PEOPLE ACTUALLY RATED LIKE INDUS INNOVATION INDUSTRY AND THEY PUT INDUSTRIALS LIKE NUMBER SIX OR SEVEN, OR THEY THOUGHT IT DIDN'T GO IN THE INDUSTRIAL SECTIONS, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS REALLY INTERESTING. SO I'M, I'M KIND OF CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT ZANY OR OR WEIRD THINGS COME OUT OF THIS WHEN WE TAKE IT TO THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF EXACTLY THE FEEDBACK WE GOT. THANK YOU, JILL. MS. JUSTICE, THANK YOU MAYOR. YEAH. TO COUNCILMAN CORPORATE'S POINT AND COUNCILMAN BARRIOS. I THINK THAT THE, I THINK THE CONCERN, AT LEAST AS IT PLAYED OUT IS AS THIS PLAN GETS A LITTLE DATED THERE, THERE CAN BE A BIT OF RIGIDITY TO THE PLAN, RIGHT? LIKE, AND IF WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT'S NEIGHBORHOOD TO SERVICE IN THE FUTURE IN A PLACE THAT SAYS IT'S MIXED USE, YOU KNOW, HAVING THE SECONDARY USE OR THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE USEFUL TO SAY, WELL, NO, ACTUALLY 10 YEARS AGO WHEN WE DEVELOPED THIS PLAN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DIDN'T INTEND FOR IT TO BE RIGID AND WE HAVE THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND, AND YOU KNOW, IT, THESE ARE GUIDING PRINCIPLES. UM, AND SO YEAH, I THINK THAT THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE SECONDARY USES WILL BE HELPFUL FOR THAT. UM, BUT YOU KNOW, TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, YES, I, I THINK THAT THIS CAPTURES IT AND I I DO THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE, AGAIN, FOR COUNCIL 10 YEARS FROM NOW, YOU KNOW, NOT TO FEEL LIKE THEY SAY NO, NO, COUNCIL 10 YEARS AGO SAID THAT IT HAD TO BE MIXED USE WHEN YOU HAVE A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, UH, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE THAT, THAT SORT OF DETAILED FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, UH, INCLUDED, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH A SECONDARY USE OR OTHERWISE WOULD BE GOOD. UH, JUST FOR FUTURE PLANNING PURPOSES. YEAH. AND, AND TO YOUR POINT, AGAIN, UH, ALL OF THIS TOGETHER, THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION WITH THE VISION STATEMENT, THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, UM, WE TELL COMMUNITIES THAT THERE, THERE, THERE WILL BE THINGS THAT COME FORWARD IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS THAT WE OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T KNOW WOULD EXIST TODAY. AND SO IF IT'S NOT STATED ON THIS PLAN THAT YOU SHOULD ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN, THEN CERTAINLY THESE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT MONICA'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND THE VISION STATEMENT SHOULD ALLOW CPC AND COUNCIL TO LOOK AND SAY, YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT THE COMMUNITY SAID THEY WANTED TO SEE. EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY ON THE LAND USE PLAN AND IT SHOULD BE SUPPORTED. THAT'S THE FLEXIBILITY WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD IN. I THINK. I THINK THAT'S GREAT TOO. AND THE FACT THAT THIS WILL BE SORT OF LIVING, SO IF PDS ARE PLANNED AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, THAT'LL BE, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT THAT'LL BE REALLY HELPFUL TO SAY, WELL, WE HAD THIS IDEA, IT CHANGED A LITTLE BIT. WE HAD THIS PD AND THIS NEW THING THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT GOES REALLY WELL WITH THAT. SO THE FACT THAT IT'S THIS LIVING DOCUMENT, I THINK WOULD, WOULD, IS GONNA BE REALLY HELPFUL TOO, UH, FOR, YOU KNOW, FUTURE COUNCILS AND CPCS AND PLANNING. YEAH. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU COUNSEL. WELL, I'D ADD ONE THING AND MAYBE MR. MAGNER WOULD LIKE TO EXPOUND ON THIS. I THINK GOING BACK TO OUR GOALS THE COUNCIL GOALS, WE HAVE SAID WE WANT TO BE MORE USER BUSINESS FRIENDLY WITH DEVELOPERS AND MAKE THINGS MORE COHESIVE FOR THE COMMISSION, CDP SEAT, WHATEVER YOU ARE, , , CPC, AND THE COUNCIL TO ADDRESS THESE THINGS IN A MORE PROFESSIONAL, MORE EFFICIENT WAY. SO EXPLAIN A COUPLE REASONS AND HOW THIS METHODOLOGY IS GONNA CHANGE AND MAKE US MORE, UH, PRODUCTIVE AND MORE EFFICIENT. SURE. WELL, I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, IT'S GONNA HOLD UP AIT AND SAY, THIS IS REALLY WHAT THE CITY IS LOOKING FOR, AND THAT'S GONNA HELP SAM AND HIS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS, IT'LL, IT'LL BE A GOOD, UH, GOALPOST FOR US ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FRONT. SO I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IS, UM, THIS IS AN, AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT UPDATE. UM, AND, AND I, I THINK MARK SAID IT REALLY WELL. THIS MAP IS A SNAPSHOT. UM, IF, IF THERE'S SOMETHING, I MEAN, THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE IQ, THE ADAPTIVE REVIEWS OF BUILDINGS THAT WE THOUGHT WERE OUTDATED INDUSTRIAL FOR INNOVATION, FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. THAT WASN'T A THING THE LAST TIME WE DID A, A COMP PLAN UPDATE. AND SO I, I THINK MAYOR, TO YOUR POINT, IT'LL PROVIDE, UM, INCREDIBLE FLEXIBILITY. IT'LL PROVIDE VERY, VERY, UM, UM, UM, GOOD, UH, SWIM LANES FOR FUTURE COUNCILS AND STAFF TO, TO UNDERSTAND, UM, WHERE WE, UM, CAN BE WHEN SOMETHING NEW PRESENTS ITSELF AND IT'LL PROVIDE A MORE ORDERLY PROCESS FOR SAM AND FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM. PERFECT. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR. OKAY, SO, UH, THIS WAS THE SLIDE I MENTIONED. UH, FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, THE FLUFF AS SOME PEOPLE CALL IT IN DEVELOPING THAT THE PREFERRED LAND USE [01:55:01] SCENARIO IS GOING TO REALLY BE THE BASIS FOR THAT. UH, IT, IT'S OUR LAUNCHING POINT, BUT THEN TO THAT WE NEED TO, UH, BASED UPON FURTHER ANALYSIS OF WHAT WE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY SUMMIT TWO, WE'RE GOING TO START TO DRILL INTO THE PLACE TYPES. WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE TYPES AND LOCATIONS OF MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING APPROPRIATE FOR RICHARDSON, WHICH OF THOSE PLACE TYPES RECEIVE WHICH TYPES. WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT THE PREFERRED, UH, SECONDARY LAND USES AND VISION WITHIN EACH PLACE TYPE. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE PREFERRED VISION FOR EACH OF THE FIVE REINVESTMENT AREAS. SO THAT'S THAT LEVEL OF RICHNESS I WAS TALKING ABOUT. SO AGAIN, FOR THE COMMUNITY, THE COMPLETE SUMMARY OF COMMUNITY SUMMIT TWO FEEDBACK, IT'S AVAILABLE@ENVISIONRICHARDSON.COM. IF YOU GOT YOUR CAMERA, UH, GET THAT QR CODE, UH, THE CONSULTANT TEAM WILL TAKE THE FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL TONIGHT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE COUNCIL AND COMMISSION THE WORK AND THOUGHT YOU PUT INTO THIS AND BEGIN DEVELOPING SPECIFIC PLAN ELEMENTS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION. AND COUNSEL WILL BE BRIEFED ON APRIL 8TH. UH, WE'LL COME BACK WITH THE NEXT SNAPSHOT, UH, BUILDING UPON THE INPUT AND SOME OF THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, UH, REGARDING THE PLAN COMPONENTS PRIOR TO GOING TO COMMUNITY SUMMIT THREE, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE JULY OF THIS YEAR. SO AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TONIGHT, MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MARK. THANK YOU MONICA. Y'ALL DID A GREAT JOB AND I THINK YOU GOT A PRETTY MUCH CONSENSUS WITH A FEW LITTLE BIT OF FINE TUNING, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO CONVENE THIS. I WANT TO THANK THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR Y'ALL'S [B. ADJOURNMENT OF CITY PLAN COMMISSION PORTION OF THE JOINT MEETING] INPUT. YOU HAVE A COMMENT, SIR? I WAS JUST GONNA ADJOURN MY, MY TEAM IF THAT'S OKAY. I THINK THAT'S A WONDERFUL PLAN. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? STICK AROUND, NOTHING ELSE FROM THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION, THEN WE'RE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS [C. RECESS] AND WE'RE GONNA CONVENE AND OPEN BACK UP AT 8 0 5. OKAY, THAT GIVE YOU ABOUT EIGHT, NINE MINUTES. ALRIGHT, [CALL TO ORDER] I'D LIKE TO RECONVENE INTO SESSION AT THIS TIME. IT IS 8:06 PM AND [D. VISITORS/ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS] OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO DO VISITORS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS. AND MS. NEER, BEFORE WE GO TO THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT REAL QUICK IF I COULD. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND THE ENTHUSIASM WE HAVE HERE. I WOULD LIKE TO PUBLICLY SAY THAT I BELIEVE EVERYONE ON THE COUNCIL HAS MET PRIVATELY OUTSIDE OF OUR NORMAL WORK DAYS, OUTSIDE OF OUR NORMAL COUNCIL MEETINGS WITH MANY OF YOU, AND WE'RE HONORED TO DO THAT. WE'VE HEARD YOUR PLEAS, WE'VE HEARD YOUR PASSION, WE HAVE HEARD EVERYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO DO. THE CITY COUNCIL OF RICHARDSON HAS ISSUED A STATEMENT PUBLICLY. IT HAS BEEN PRINTED AND THAT IS OUR POSITION. IT'S A MATTER OF WHAT YOU WANT. AND WHAT WE'VE DONE, I THINK ARE VERY, VERY SIMILAR. WE BELIEVE IN HUMANITY. WE DO NOT BELIEVE IT IS OKAY TO KILL. WE DO, WE WANT THE WAR TO STOP. AND I WANT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF Y'ALL TO KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WE'RE HONORED TO LISTEN TO YOU. THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, I THINK UNDERSTAND THIS COUNCIL. THEY VOTED FOR US. THEY KNOW WHAT WE STAND FOR. WE'VE GOT MULTIPLE SPEAKERS TONIGHT. I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT I THINK 10 OF THE 12 OR SO ARE ALL FROM OUT OF THE CITY. AND I ONLY SAY THAT NOT TO BE CRITICAL, BUT TO LET YOU KNOW YOU'RE WELCOME AND WE ARE HERE TO LISTEN. BUT PLEASE KNOW WE'VE MADE A STATEMENT AND WE BELIEVE THAT THAT IS VERY EXPRESSIVE OF THE ATTITUDE OF THIS COUNCIL AND WHAT OUR BELIEFS ARE. AND WE BELIEVE IN KINDNESS, WE BELIEVE IN FAIRNESS, AND WE BELIEVE IN TAKING CARE OF MANKIND. NOW, THAT'S NOT EXACTLY OUR STATEMENT, BUT IT'S FAIRLY CLOSE. SO MR. MAGNER, IF YOU WOULD, UH, TAKE OVER PLEASE. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. AND LET ME, UH, READ THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE VISITORS TONIGHT. THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS, WHICH I'LL DO SHORTLY RECEIVED BY 5:00 PM AND TO ALLOW VISITORS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC THAT'S NOT ALREADY SCHEDULED FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH WE HAVE NONE TONIGHT. ALL SPEAKERS SHOULD COMPLETE A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD AND SUBMIT IT TO THE CITY'S SECRETARY WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED. SPEAKER SHOULD STEP TO THE PODIUM AND STATE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES AS INDICATED BY THE TWO TIMERS. SPEAKER SHOULD REMAIN AT THE PODIUM DURING THEIR COMMENTS. IF THE SPEAKER HAS HANDOUTS FOR THE COUNCIL, THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE CITY SECRETARY, UH, FOR [02:00:01] DISTRIBUTION. THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT PROHIBITS THE CITY COUNCIL FROM DISCUSSING OR TAKING ACTION ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA. THE MAYOR OF THE CITY MANAGER MAY RESPOND WITH FACTS, A POLICY OR DIRECT CITY STAFF TO RESPOND TO THE SPEAKER AFTER THE MEETING. UM, I'M GONNA READ THE CARDS THAT WERE SUBMITTED WHERE NO SPEAKER IS PRESENT. UM, MS. UH, LULEA BARKO OF 5 2 2 1 SPICEWOOD DRIVE IN MCKINNEY IS NOT SPEAKING. SHE SUBMITTED A CARD ON CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION, ASMA EUNICE OF 7 43 BRICK ROW. UM, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S HERE IN RICHARDSON. UH, SUBMITTED A CARD ON THE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION AND MR. ZAYA OSDI OF 6 0 8 TRAIL LAKE, UH, DRIVE, UH, NOT ALSO NOT SPEAKING, BUT SUBMITTED A, UH, CEASEFIRE RE RESOLUTION, UH, COMMENT CARD AND THEN MRS. KELLY PRITCHARD MCGARRY, UH, NO ADDRESS PROVIDED. UM, SUBMITTED A COMMENT CARD ON THE CITY HALL AND THE PLANNING, UH, ENVISION RICHARDSON. UM, UH, CITY SECRETARY IS GONNA CALL THE SPEAKERS. I DO WANNA ENCOURAGE THE SPEAKERS, UM, UH, AS YOU HAVE YOUR MAKE YOUR COMMENTS, UM, IF, UH, IF THE COMMENTS ARE REDUNDANT OR ARE VERY UNSTATED, THE POINTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE TO KEEP YOUR COMMENTS, UH, CONCISE AND, UH, OUTTA RESPECT FOR THE OTHER VISITORS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT THAT, THAT ALSO WANNA MAKE COMMENTS. SO MS. NEER ATTORNEY OVER TO YOU TO START CALLING THE SPEAKERS. THANK YOU MR. MAGNER. I WILL CALL THREE NAMES AT A TIME. AHMED AQUA AMIR WAAN. YASMINE AKI. THANK YOU. AH, 4 4 8 TIFFANY TRAIL. DEAR STEAM CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THE DELIBERATE TARGETING OF JOURNALISTS AND ZA AND TO REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT AND ADOPTING AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION. TRUTH IS THE BEDROCK UPON WHICH OUR DEMOCRACY STANDS. IT IS THE ANCHOR THAT KEEPS US GROUNDED IN OUR PURSUIT OF JUSTICE. TRUTH IS NOT A GUARANTEE, IT IS A TREASURE HARD WON BY THE RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF THOSE WHO DARE TO QUESTION, TO INVESTIGATE AND TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE TIDE OF SILENCE AND SUPPRESSION. THE REALITY OF THIS TREASURE WAS WELL UNDERSTOOD BY THE PREDECESSORS UPON WHOM OUR VERY NATION WAS FOUNDED. IN 1735, JOHN PETER ZENGER, A NEW YORK PRINTER, FACED LIBEL CHARGES FOR PUBLISHING ARTICLES CRITICAL OF THE COLONIAL GOVERNOR WILLIAM COSBY. HIS EVENTUAL ACQUITTAL BY A JURY WAS NOT ONLY OF VINDICATION FOR HIM, BUT ALSO MARKED THE BEGINNING OF A NEW AND ENDURING ERA IN AMERICAN HISTORY WHERE THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS WAS REC, RECOGNIZED AS A NON-NEGOTIABLE ELEMENT OF A FREE AND DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY. IT IS WITH THE HIS, WITH THIS HISTORY IN MIND THAT THE FRAMERS INTENT ON FORMING A MORE PERFECT UNION, ESTABLISHING JUSTICE AND SECURING THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY FOR OURSELVES AND OUR POSTERITY UNDERSCORED THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF A VIGILANT AND FREE PRESS IN THE VERY FIRST AMENDMENT OF OUR CONSTITUTION. IN OUR MODERN ERA, JOURNALISTS LIKE DANIEL PEARL, BOB WOODWARD, AND CARL BERNSTEIN ARE THE MORAL COMPASSES THAT GUIDE OUR SOCIETY TO THE SHORES OF IN, OF INALIENABLE FREEDOM. WOODWARD AND BERNSTEIN'S EXPOSE OF THE WATERGATE SCANDAL ENCAPSULATES THE ESSENCE OF JOURNALISTIC COURAGE AND THE IMPERATIVE TO SAFEGUARD THE TENETS OF JUSTICE AND LIBERTY THROUGH NESS, RIGOROUS SCRUTINY OF POWER. THE ASSASSINATION OF DANIEL PER WHILE INVESTIGATING THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE S SHOE BOMBER, RICHARD REED AND ALIDA SERVE AS A SOBERING REALITY. THE FREEDOMS WE CHERISH ARE NOT FREE. AS OF JANUARY 30TH, 2024, THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS REPORTS THAT AT LEAST 92 JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA WORKERS HAVE BEEN KILLED SINCE THE LATEST CONFLICT AND IN ZA BEGAN. I'M NOT HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED. MY TIME WOULD EXPIRE BEFORE I COULD SAY ALL OF THEIR NAMES. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT ONE MAN WHO INTIMATELY UNDERSTANDS THE COST OF DELIVERING THE TRUTH. THE EL JA, THE EL JAZEERA BUREAU CHIEF IN ZA CITY BEGAN HIS CAREER AS A NEWS CORRESPONDENT IN 1998. THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, HE HAS ACTED AS THE VOICE OF PHILISTINE, COVERING THE SECOND ADA AND LIFE UNDER OCCUPATION IN ZA EVENTUALLY WINNING THE PEACE THROUGH MEDIA AWARD IN 2013 WHEN THE WAR STARTED, WAEL DID NOT HESITATE TO REPORT ON THE CONFLICT UN UNFOLDING IN HIS LIFELONG HOME, DRIVING DIRECTLY INTO ACTIVE CONFLICT CONFLICT ZONES TO SHOW THE WORLD WHAT WAS HAPPENING THROUGH CARPET BOMBING, SHELLING, DRONE STRIKES AND THE ARMORED INFANTRY INCURSION IN TEZA WHILE STOOD STEADFAST IN HIS DUTY TO DELIVER THE TRUTH TO THE WORLD. HOWEVER, THE COST OF THIS DEDICATION BECAME TRAGICALLY PERSONAL. ON OCTOBER 28TH, 2023, WHEN AN AIRSTRIKE CLAIMED THE LIVES OF HIS WIFE, 7-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, 15-YEAR-OLD SON, AND EIGHT OTHER RELATIVES, A HEART RENDERING VIDEO CAPTURED WHILE IN A HOSPITAL KNEELING BEFORE THE BODY BAGS OF HIS FAMILY. HIS GRIEF PALPABLE AS HE MURMURED MURMURED, THEY TAKE REVENGE ON US WITH CHILDREN. MAL MAL, NO WORRIES, NO WORRIES. A MOMENT OF PROFOUND SORROW THAT ECHOED THE PLIGHT OF COUNTLESS OTHERS IN ZA BY NOW, ZA WAS USED TO IT. ON DECEMBER 15TH, 2023, [02:05:02] WHILE COVERING THE HAIFA SCHOOL, AIRSTRIKE AND HAN EUNICE WITH HIS COLLEAGUE SAM ABCA, THEY CAME UNDER MISSILE FIRE. THE ATTACK LEFT WHILE INJURED AND TOOK THE LIFE OF BUKA. DESPITE HIS WOUNDS WHILE RETURNED TO THE FRONT LINES, HIS HANDS BANDAGED AROUND THE MICROPHONE. CONTINUING TO DOCUMENT THE RELENTLESS ASSAULTS ON ZA. ON JANUARY 7TH, 2024 WA SON AND FELLOW JOURNALIST HAMZA WAS KILLED IN AN AIRSTRIKE FOLLOWED BY THE LOSS OF HIS TWO NEPHEWS. IN ANOTHER AIRSTRIKE, THE NEXT DAY WA STORY OF SACRIFICE WILL BE ETCHED INTO THE HALLS OF JUSTICE BUILT BY THE MARTYRS OF AMERICAN FREEDOM FROM JOHN PETER ZENGER, WHOSE 18TH CENTURY TRIAL LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR PRESS FREEDOM TO DANIEL PEARL, WHOSE SELFLESS PURSUIT OF TRUTH LED TO HIS ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN THEIR MEMORY AND HONOR, I IMPLORE YOU TO SUPPORT AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION TO SAFEGUARD THOSE COURAGEOUS ENOUGH TO REPORT FROM THE FRONT LINES AND SECURE THE TREASURE OF OUR LIBERTY. WITH MY REMAINING TIME, I EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE SHOWN THEIR SUPPORT AND ARE ENGAGING WITH OUR COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE UPCOMING TEACH-IN ON FEBRUARY 18TH. YOUR COMMITMENT TO LEARNING AND FOSTERING COMMUNITY DIALOGUE IS A TESTAMENT TO THE VALUES WE HOLD DEAR. THANK YOU FOR EXEMPLIFYING THE VERY PRINCIPLES OF LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. WE SEEK TO UPHOLD YOUR ACTIONS, AFFIRM OUR PLACED IN RICHARDSON AND SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE. ALL ARE WELCOMED IN RICHARDSON. I WANNA BE SURE THAT YOU KNOW AS WELL, YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME IN MY MOSQUE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, MAKE PEACE PREVAIL AND PHILISTINE AND ACROSS OUR GREAT NATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AMIR WA DAWN, THAT'S THE ACTUAL SOLUTION. OKAY? OKAY, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL, PEOPLE AND MEMBERS. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER ME FROM THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, UM, WHILE I'M BACK AND I BROUGHT SOME FRIENDS WITH US THIS TIME. UM, JUST TO SHOW YOU GUYS THAT IT'S NOT JUST ONE OR TWO PEOPLE THAT THIS AFFECTS OR CARE ABOUT THIS. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE, UH, IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT DO CARE ABOUT THIS TOPIC. UM, ONE CORRECTION THAT I HEARD WAS THAT THERE ARE ONLY TWO OUT OF 12 PEOPLE THAT ARE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY THAT ARE SPEAKING TONIGHT. I KNOW OF FOUR PERSONALLY. SO IF THERE ARE FOUR RESIDENTS AT LEAST, UM, THAT WILL BE SPEAKING TODAY THAT ARE FROM RICHARDSON, FYI, UH, MY NAME IS AMIR WAAN. UH, I LIVE IN 4, 4 8 TIFFANY TRAIL. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS ACTUALLY MY YOUNGER BROTHER. SO, UM, WE ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS TOPIC AND WE WILL BE HERE CONSISTENTLY. UM, SO LET'S GET FAMILIAR, RIGHT? UM, THE PEOPLE SITTING IN THE CHAIRS BEHIND ME ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY. THEY ARE OUR FRIENDS, OUR FAMILY, OUR NEIGHBORS. UH, THESE ARE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT REPRESENT A DEVICE, DIVERSE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WITH VARIED RELIGIOUS, CULTURAL AND ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS ALL HERE IN SOLIDARITY TODAY TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS AND DEMAND. OUR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND SAFEGUARD THE PEACE AND UNITY OF THIS GREAT CITY. A COALITION OF MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY HAS PUT TOGETHER A RESOLUTION FOR UNITY AND PEACE THAT CALLS FOR AN END TO THE VIOLENCE IN THE HOLY LAND. THE DRAFTED RESOLUTION HAS BEEN METICULOUSLY WORDED AND PREPARED IN SUCH A WAY THAT REFLECTS AND ENCOMPASSES THE FEELINGS AND SUFFERING OF ALL PARTIES AFFECTED FROM STATEMENTS PROVIDED TO ME BY THE CITY REPRESENTATIVES. I'VE BEEN INFORMED THAT THE CITY OF RICHARDSON DOES NOT TYPICALLY PASS RESOLUTIONS ABOUT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE, BUT I COME TO YOU AS A LIFETIME RESIDENT OF RICHARDSON, SOMEONE WHO WENT TO SCHOOL HERE AND RECEIVED A RICHARDSON EDUCATION AND BUILT BONDS AND FRIENDSHIPS WITH THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY. I COME TO YOU URGING YOU TO REALIZE HOW PROFOUNDLY THIS CONFLICT IMPACTS THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY, MUSLIM, CHRISTIAN, JEW, ARAB, AND CAUCASIANS ALIKE. MANY OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS CROWD TODAY HAVE PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS. AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW ONE, WELL NOW YOU DO. I STAND BEFORE YOU AS SOMEONE WHO MOURNS THE LOSS OF A 12-YEAR-OLD RELATIVE AHMED WAAN WHO WAS SHOT IN THE WEST BANK SIX WEEKS AGO. A COUSIN I NEVER GOT TO KNOW AND I NEVER WILL, AND EVEN MY FAMILY WHO HAVE [02:10:01] NOT BEEN KILLED OR MARTYRED, BUT BUT ARE AFFECTED BY THE DAILY HUMILIATION OF LIVING UNDER APARTHEID, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE STILL HERE, I MOURNED THEM BECAUSE OF THE GREAT SUFFERING THEY ENDURE THE STRESS OF HEARING OF YET ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER WHO HAS BEEN UNLAWFULLY DETAINED WITHOUT CHARGES AND DISAPPEARED INTO ONE OF THE MANY ISRAELI MILITARY DETENTION FACILITIES USED STRICTLY FOR THE INCARCERATION OF , ONLY FOR THEM TO SHOW BACK UP DAYS OR WEEKS LATER IN TATTERED CLOTHING, SKINNY AND DEHYDRATED, BRUISED AND BLOODIED. AND IN THE CASE OF MY COUSIN MARWAN WITH CIGARETTE BURNS ON BOTH OF HIS ARMS, AND THEN THERE IS MY COUSIN BEAL, WHO WAS SHOT BEHIND THE EAR WITH A RUBBER BULLET, WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY LODGED IN HIS BRAIN, CAUSING HIM TO BE PERMANENTLY CONFINED TO A WHEELCHAIR AND IMPAIRING HIS MOVEMENT VISION AND HEARING ANY OF THESE INCIDENTS THAT I'VE MENTIONED HAS CAUSED MAJOR DISTRESS, ANXIETY, AND A GENERAL SENSE OF BEING ABANDONED BY OUR GOVERNMENT LEADERS. THESE ARE ALL EVENTS THAT HAVE AFFECTED ME AND MY FAMILY HERE IN RICHARDSON AND IN MY ONLY, AND I'M ONLY ONE OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED IN THE SAME EXACT WAY AS ME. WHERE IS OUR JUSTICE? WHERE'S THE SUPPORT FROM OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS? YOU GUYS? WHAT IS THE CITY DOING TO PROTECT AND SAFEGUARD ALL RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY? WE HAVE A VERY LARGE POPULATION OF MUSLIMS AND JEWS IN RICHARDSON, AS WE ALL KNOW. AND NOW IS THE TIME FOR US TO COME TOGETHER AND FIND COMMON GROUND IN THESE TRYING TIMES AND TO BREAK AWAY FROM THE NORMALCY OF ISOLATION. NOW IS THE TIME FOR UNITY BETWEEN THE GREAT CITIZENS OF RICHARDSON. THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR FOR YOUR TIME. I URGE YOU GUYS TO, UH, READ THROUGH THE RESOLUTION THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU AND I REQUEST THE SAID DOCUMENT TO BE ENTERED IN THE OFFICIAL RECORD AND TO BE CONSIDERED FOR ADOPTION. WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE CITY MANAGER, AND THE MAYOR, AS WELL AS THE RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND WORKER AND STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS TO ENDORSE THIS RESOLUTION. AND MARK MY WORDS, WE WILL BE BACK AND WE HOPE THAT RICHARDSON CHOOSES TO BE THE FIRST CITY IN TEXAS TO ADOPT SUCH A RESOLUTION MARKING A HISTORIC MOMENT AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR GREAT CITY TO SHINE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME GUYS. THANK YOU. YASMINE AKHIL. YASMINE AKHIL. THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS, AK AAM, DANIEL ZU, HAMAD EL SAFADI. I MY DEAR RESPECT TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M HERE TODAY, SIR. SIR, PLEASE NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. VERONICA LAM, 1 0 4 3 6 LAKE PARK DRIVE, HEARST, TEXAS. THANK YOU MY DEAR RESPECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M HERE TODAY TO URGE YOU ALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE AND PERMANENCY FIRE. AND GAZA TODAY MARKS 121 DAYS OF, OF THE ONGOING GENOCIDE AND ETHNIC CLEANSING OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. AND WHILE I APPRECIATE THE COOPERATION OF THE RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL TO SPEAK WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ATTEND A TEACH-IN, I STILL FIND IT ABSOLUTELY SHAMEFUL THAT AFTER 121 DAYS OF A GENOCIDE, THAT A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION IS STILL NOT AN ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA. THE OFFICIAL DEATH TOLL OF MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN CURRENTLY STANDS AT 30,000 AND IS CONSTANTLY RISING. THE PEOPLE OF GAZA HAVE BEEN ENDURING DAILY CARPET BOMBING THE OBSTRUCTION OF VITAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND IMPOSED FAMINE WITHOUT ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER, FOOD, ELECTRICITY, FUEL, MEDICAL SUPPLIES, OR ANY SUFFICIENT HUMANITARIAN AID WHATSOEVER. MANY PALESTINIANS ARE NOW ALSO DINING FROM STARVATION DISEASE AND HYPOTHERMIA DUE TO THE BLOCKADE, AND YET THERE IS NO END IN SIGHT. JUST TO PUT THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE, OVER 29,000 BOMBS HAVE BEEN DROPPED ON AN AREA THAT IS LESS THAN HALF THE SIZE OF RICHARDSON. 1.9 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INTERNALLY DISPLACED AND CRAMMED INTO THE STREETS OF AN AREA THAT IS THE SIZE OF THE DFW AIRPORT, ALL WHILE MEMBERS OF THE CURRENT ISRAELI ADMINISTRATION ENGAGE IN PLAINLY GENOCIDAL LANGUAGE AND MAKE THEIR INTENT OF ETHNIC CLEANSING. PUBLICLY KNOWN WITH IMPUNITY, USING 4 BILLION OF OUR TAX DOLLARS A YEAR AS THEY INTENTIONALLY MURDER OVER 30,000 INNOCENT PEOPLE. I GET UP EVERY SINGLE DAY ABSOLUTELY SICK TO MY STOMACH WITH THE GRAPHIC IMAGES COMING OUT OF GAZA. [02:15:01] MY FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND I ARE HERE BECAUSE WE DEEPLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE HUMANITY AND SUFFERING OF ANOTHER CIVILIAN POPULATION. WE CANNOT SLEEP, WE CANNOT EAT, WE CANNOT LAUGH, WE CANNOT CELEBRATE WITHOUT THINKING OF THE BRUTAL VIOLENCE THAT THE PEOPLE OF GOD ARE ENDURING. THAT IS WHY I ASK THIS COUNCIL TO PLEASE NOT LOOK AWAY. WE ASK THAT YOU HELP US ANSWER THEIR PLEA FOR HELP. MY DEAR COUNCIL MEMBERS, OUR DEEP SYMPATHY AND GRIEF GOES BEYOND POLITICAL AFFILIATION. IT IS CLEAR THAT OUR PARTY LEADERSHIP ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS AISLE HAS ABANDONED THEIR VERY HEARTS AND HUMANITY BY FAILING TO CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE AND AN END TO THIS GENOCIDE. BUT WE, THE PEOPLE HAVE NOT. THE SAME POLITICIANS WHO CLAIM TO HAVE A PRO-LIFE STANCE DOMESTICALLY IN DEFENSE OF THE UNBORN, HAVE NOT ONLY BEEN SILENT AS 52,000 PREGNANT WOMEN AND 1.2 MILLION CHILDREN AND ZA ARE PUT AT RISK OF DEATH, DISEASE AND STARVATION, BUT HAVE ALSO FAILED TO CALL FOR A RESOLUTION AND STAND IN SUPPORT OF THE IS OF AND STAND IN SUPPORT OF ISRAEL'S INDEFENSIBLE ACTIONS AND THE POLITICIANS WHO CLAIM TO CHAMPION WOMEN'S RIGHTS. HEALTHCARE AND EDUCATION EQUITY HAVE ALSO BEEN SILENT WHILE WOMEN AND GAZA ARE FORCED TO USE RAGS AND INSTEAD OF MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS, WHILE SCHOOLS PACKED WITH HUNDRED OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED CIVILIANS ARE BOMBED WHILE DOCTORS ARE FORCED TO CARRY OUT AMPUTATIONS WITHOUT ANESTHETIC. MEANWHILE, REPORTERS ON THE GROUND LIKE IN GAZA, LIKE BASAN PLA MO, AND RISK THEIR LIVES DAILY TO REPORT ON THE DIRE STATE OF EMERGENCY THAT THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE ARE IN, IN ENGLISH, JUST SO THAT US AMERICANS CAN LISTEN. I'M SICK AND TIRED OF SCREAMING INTO THIN AIR, ALL FOR ZERO RESULTS. I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT YOU HAVE A SHRED OF HUMANITY LEFT IN YOU TO CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE AND NOT ALLOW YOUR MORALS OR HUMANITY BE BOUGHT BY MONEY. I WOULD LIKE TO THINK MY REPRESENTATIVES ACTUALLY SPEAK FOR ME AND THE REST OF OUR COMMUNITY AS YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND NOT A ZIONIST LOBBY WHO'S USING OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO KILL CHILDREN DAILY. I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO TRUST OUR POLITICIANS TO DO THE RIGHT THING TO SUPPORT LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL AND BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY FOR ONCE IT IS WELL PAST TIME THAT RICHARDSON JOINED THE 48 CITIES IN THE US THAT HAVE PASSED A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION. WE, YOUR CONSTITUENTS WOULD LIKE TO FIRMLY REMIND YOU THAT WE WILL REMEMBER THE CHOICE YOU MADE DURING THIS MOMENT OF HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AND INDEFENSIBLE AGGRESSION TOWARDS PALESTINIANS, WHETHER YOU CHOOSE TO SUPPORT A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION OR NOT. AND IF YOU DON'T, WE WILL NOT REMEMBER YOUR NAME ON THE BALLOT IN THE NEXT ELECTION. MILLIONS OF LIVES ARE CURRENTLY HANGING IN THE BALLOT AND WE ARE AT A CRITICAL MOMENT IN HISTORY. IF YOU WERE TO ASK YOURSELVES, WHAT WOULD I HAVE DONE DURING THE HOLOCAUST? WELL, YOUR DECISION NOW IS A CLEAR INDICATION OF WHAT IT WOULD BE THEN. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE GENOCIDE OF GAZA TODAY AND THE HOLOCAUST IS THAT WE STILL HAVE TIME TO PUT AN END TO THIS. YOU HAVE THE POWER TO PUT AN END TO THIS GENOCIDE. THE ONLY QUESTION IS WHETHER YOU CARE MORE ABOUT THE VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE OR YOUR PAYCHECK. THANK YOU DONYA SWER. IT'S NOT VERY CLOSE, BUT IT'S GOOD. THIS IS IMAN AL. I LIVE IN 3 0 5 RYAN COURT. INO. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UH, HOST US AGAIN, MR. MEIN. COUNCILMAN, I START BY FROM OUR LAST MEETING BACK IN DECEMBER. WE, WE ARE SAME GROUP. WE FELT THAT YOU REACH, WE REACH YOUR HEART. AND TO MY SURPRISE, THE FOLLOWING DAY I WAS HONORED TO SEE YOU GUYS AGAIN IN MY MASK. MR. MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN CAME TO MY MASK, EPIC AND YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT PEOPLE'S ENGAGED AND ALL THAT, WHICH IS GREAT. AND THEN WHEN I RAISED MY HAND TO ASK YOU A QUESTION, OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING HERE. YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO SEE IN OUR MASSAGE, BUT WHAT DID YOU DO ABOUT THE CEASEFIRE? SO KINDLY THE MAYOR ANSWERED AND IT'S RECORDED THAT WE WILL HAVE SOMETHING THAT ALL THEM, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY WILL LIKE AND ALL THIS, WHICH I STILL DIDN'T SEE IT, BUT WHAT REALLY TROUBLES ME, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL YOUR RESPECT, YOU UH, MAYOR, YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT'S THE, YOU KNOW, LIKE CONTRADICT OF WHAT I LEARNED HERE IN JUSTICE. YOU SAID WE DON'T THINK ABOUT WHATEVER WE SAY WILL IMPACT ANY GLOBAL DECISION. SO LET ME TELL YOU WHAT MANY PEOPLE HERE IN DALLAS, IN RICHARDSON, IN AMERICA AND EVERYWHERE ELSE, WHAT THEY DID AND SACRIFICE BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED THAT THEY WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. MANY PEOPLE, I I SAID THAT LAST TIME, LOST THEIR JOB BECAUSE THEY SUPPORT JUSTICE. INCLUDING, IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER [02:20:01] OUR PRINCIPAL IN MACMILLAN HIGH SCHOOL WHO IS LIKE, NOT PALESTINIAN, NOT MUSLIM, HE'S A TYPICAL WHITE GREAT PRINCIPAL. ALL WHAT HE DID STOOD IN NEUTRAL AND ALLOWED STUDENT TO SUPPORT JUSTICE IN PALESTINE. AND WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM? HE LOST HIS JOB. YES, HE LOST HIS JOB BECAUSE HE STAY NEUTRAL. 13 PEOPLE GOT ARRESTED WHEN JOE BIDEN CAME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T WANT THEM TO DEMAND JUSTICE FOR PALESTINE. THEY SACRIFICED THAT AND THEY WERE ABLE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THEY WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY LOST THIS JOB. I WAS BANNED FROM MY OWN COMMUNITY CENTER BECAUSE I TALK ABOUT JUSTICE, BUT I DON'T CARE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. BUT IT'S VERY TROUBLESOME, THE GREAT COUNTRY THAT I LEARNED HERE HOW TO FIGHT JUSTICE. I SEE THE MER SAID, WHATEVER WE DO, IT'LL NOW GO INTO AFFECT OUR, YOU KNOW, GLOBAL DECISION. AND I'LL TELL YOU NOW, I LEARNED THIS HERE, MR. MAYOR, THAT WE WILL AFFECT. 'CAUSE I I LEARNED IT FROM MUHAMMAD ALI, DR. KING AND I LEARNED IT FROM EVERY SINGLE GREAT AMERICAN HEROES THAT SUPPORT JUSTICE. HE BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. SO IF WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHY YOU DON'T, YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND IF YOU THINK THAT LOCAL ISSUES IS NOT TIED TO GLOBAL AND JUSTICE OR PALESTINE, THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH MONEY WE SEND TO, YOU KNOW, TO TO, TO KILL THOSE PEOPLE. WE SEND THEM 14 BILLION AND THERE IS ANOTHER 17 BILLIONS COMING VERY SOON. SO WHATEVER GREAT PROJECT THAT WE ALL HEARD THAT YOU WILL TAKE, IT'LL BE, CAN BE POSTPONED BECAUSE 17 BILLIONS OF YOUR MONEY WILL GO TO BOMBING. SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO HERE, IT WILL AFFECT, IF YOU GUYS SAID CEASEFIRE, IT'LL AFFECT US HERE. AND I, AS I SAID LAST TIME, I'M NOT ONLY ASKING FOR JUSTICE FOR PALESTINE, I'M NOT ONLY ASKING TO, YOU KNOW, PROTECT PEOPLE. I'M ASKING TO PROTECT OUR DREAM HERE IN AMERICA TO SUPPORT JUSTICE. THIS IS WHAT I LEARNED AND THIS IS WHAT I TEACH MY KIDS SINCE THEY WERE TWO YEARS OLD, THEY WERE IN THE STREETS TO FIGHT FOR JUSTICE THAT THEY LEARN HERE. SO IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT, YOU CAN IMPACT ANYTHING. SO WHY WE ARE HERE, WHY WE HAVE CITY COUNCIL AND ORGANIZATION AND BOARD COULD BE IF WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T. AND I'M TELLING YOU THAT OUR HANDS, YOU KNOW, LIKE TRY TO MEET WITH YOU GUYS BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN AMERICAN DREAM THAT YOU GUYS DON'T BELIEVE , YOU KNOW, DO CEASE FIRE NOT ONLY FOR PALESTINIAN, DO CEASE FIRE FOR RICHARDSON, FOR YOUR KIDS, FOR YOUR GRANDKIDS, YOU KNOW, NOT YOUR OWN OWN POCKET. AGAIN, WE ARE HERE NOT TO CRITICIZE. WE ARE HERE TO WORK TOGETHER, BUT WE ARE HERE TO REMIND YOU ABOUT OUR CONSTITUTION. OUR DREAM THAT WE TEACH IS IN THE BOX IF ANYONE CARE AND WE ARE HERE TO TEACH EVERYONE THAT YES, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THANK YOU DONYA WAITER, DONYA WAITER. NEXT WILL BE BEIR AND NO SORRY. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DANIEL ZOE, THREE FOUR A APACHE TRAIL. I WANT TO PRESENT A FEW OF THE MANY CLAIMS MADE BY ISRAEL SINCE OCTOBER 7TH ATTEMPTING TO JUSTIFY THE KILLING OF PALESTINIANS FIRST CLAIM. NO HOSPITALS HAVE BEEN BOMBED. I HAS ASSERTED IN THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE THAT NO HOSPITALS HAVE BEEN TARGETED AND BOMBINGS. HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, NEARLY 600 ATTACKS ON HOSPITALS AND OTHER CRUCIAL MEDICAL FACILITIES HAVE OCCURRED IN THE REZA STRIP SINCE OCTOBER 7TH. THESE ATTACKS HAVE IMPACTED 94 HEALTHCARE SITES, INCLUDING 26 HOSPITALS, SECOND CLAIM, HOLOCAUST, AND NEVER AGAIN. NOTHING COULD EVER JUSTIFY COMMITTING GENOCIDE AGAINST ANY GROUP OF PEOPLE. A TRAGEDY FROM 80 YEARS AGO DOES NOT GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO OPPRESS AND MASSACRE ANOTHER GROUP OF PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. THIRD CLAIM, SELF-DEFENSE PURPOSELY STARVING 2 MILLION PEOPLE AND CAUSING A FAMINE IS NOT SELF-DEFENSE DISPLACEMENT AND ETHNIC CLEANSING OF 2 MILLION PEOPLE IS NOT SELF-DEFENSE [02:25:01] FLATTENING ENTIRE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS IS NOT SELF-DEFENSE BOMBING HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS, MOSQUES, AND CHURCHES IS NOT SELF-DEFENSE. 30,000 CIVILIANS ARE NOT SELF-DEFENSE TARGETING JOURNALISTS AND DOCTORS IS NOT SELF DEFENSE. COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT IS NOT SELF-DEFENSE DETAINING PALESTINIANS BEFORE OCTOBER 7TH IS NOT SELF-DEFENSE FOURTH CLAIM, SOUTH AFRICA IS THE LEGAL ARM OF HAMAS . THAT'S HONESTLY VERY FUNNY BECAUSE I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY HERE. THEY DID NOT GIVE ANY EVIDENCE AND THEY JUST SAID IT AND PRESENTED IT ONCE AGAIN AT THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE. ANY COUNTRY THAT STANDS WITH PALESTINE IS CONSIDERED TO THEM A LEGAL ARM OF HAMAS FIFTH CLAIM. THEY STARTED IT ON OCTOBER 7TH. I DO NOT EVEN NEED TO TALK ABOUT MORE THAN 75 YEARS OF MASSACRES. I PROMISE YOU, BEFORE OCTOBER 6TH, IT WAS NOT RAINBOWS AND SUNSHINES FOR US. OUR PRISONERS WHO WERE RELEASED FROM ISRAEL WERE HELD CAPTIVE BEFORE OCTOBER 7TH. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY AN OCCUPIER WHO IS OPPRESSING OTHER HUMAN BEINGS HAS THE RIGHT TO BE PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WHEN THEY HAVE BROKEN MANY HUMANITARIAN LAWS. AND I CAN GO ON AND MENTION THE MANY MORE LIES THAT ISRAEL HAS COME UP WITH, BUT WE WOULD BE SITTING HERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. EARLIER TODAY, THE ISRAELI ARMY DROPPED LEAFLETS FORMING CIVILIANS AND RAFA. THEY ARE GOING TO BE BOMBED. MIND YOU, RAFA IS THE SOLE REMAINING CITY IN ZA WITH OVER 1 MILLION DISPLACED PALESTINIANS. DO YOU HEAR ME WHEN I SAY THIS? THEY ARE INFORMING THEM OF THE HORRORS SOON TO COME. OUR CITY IS FUNDING THE MANY HORRORS OF WHAT IS ISRAEL IS COMMITTING TO MY FAMILY. IT'S BEEN FOUR MONTHS. WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? A FEW DAYS AGO, CHICAGO, ONE OF THE LARGEST CITIES IN THE NATION, PASSED A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION JOINING MANY OTHER MAJOR CITIES SUCH AS SAN FRANCISCO, ATLANTA, DETROIT, AND DEARBORN. WE URGE YOU TO SPEAK OUT AND DEMAND AN IMMEDIA CEASEFIRE AS IT ALIGNS WITH THE DESIRE OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS. THANK YOU MAYOR. NOR IS A ONAN 1210 HOWARD LANE, GARLAND, TEXAS. DEAR COUNCIL MEMBER, SALA KU. MY NAME IS NOR ZAN AND I'M A PALESTINIAN AMERICAN THAT IS A RESIDENT OF DALLAS. I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, BUT I'M CERTAINLY SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING SILENCED. MY LATE FATHER AT A YOUNG AGE INSTILLED IN ME THE LOVE FOR HUMANITY, TRANQUILITY AND JUSTICE. HE TAUGHT ME TO SPEAK AGAINST OPPRESSION, TO ALWAYS BE A VOICE FOR THOSE WHO ARE VOICELESS AND EVEN IF I WERE STANDING ALONE, TO ALWAYS ENSURE THAT I STAND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF JUSTICE. YOU SEE US PALESTINIANS BEING HERE. WE REPRESENT GENERATIONS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN, THAT HAVE SEEN THE ABSOLUTE WORST TRAUMAS AS WE REMAIN HOPEFUL FOR OUR FREEDOM AND OUR SOVEREIGNTY. EVERY SINGLE PALESTINIAN AS A FAMILY MEMBER WHO WAS MURDERED, WRONGFULLY, IMPRISONED, DISPLACED, OR EXILED BY ISRAEL. EVERY SINGLE PALESTINIAN HAS A STORY AND WE'VE LISTENED TO OUR GRANDPARENTS TELL US STORIES AS WE HAVE NOW BECAME THE STORY. I HAVE A FEW STORIES THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE. WHEN I WAS FOUR YEARS OLD, THE IDF RAIDED MY GRANDFATHER'S HOME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND MADE MY ENTIRE FAMILY SIT ON THE STAIRS WITH HUGE GUNS POINTED AT US AS THEY SEARCHED FOR SOMEONE FROM OUR VILLAGE. I WAS TRAUMATIZED AND FEARFUL AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO HAD NEVER BEEN A WITNESS TO ANY ATROCITY LIKE THIS IN MY EARLY LIFE. THEY DID THAT TO SCARE US FROM EVER EVEN THINKING ABOUT RETURNING TO VISIT PALESTINE. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE TIME WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER WHERE I WAS PRAYING AT THE MOSQUE IN JERUSALEM ON ONE OF THE HOLIEST NIGHTS IN ISLAM. THE NIGHT OF POWER AS ISRAEL KNEW WOULD BE A BUSY DAY AND THEY TEARGASSED ALL OF THE WORSHIPERS AND DISRUPTED US PRAYING AS THEY ARRESTED HUNDREDS OF PALESTINIANS INCLUDING WOMEN AND CHILDREN FOR NO REASON. LET'S TALK ABOUT TODAY HOW I'M BEING CENSORED AND TORMENTED BY ISRAEL IN REGARDS TO MY SCHOOL AND MY WORKPLACE. JUST BECAUSE MY TWEETS HAVE REACHED MILLIONS IN REGARDS TO ME JUST ADVOCATING FOR THINGS LIKE GENOCIDE IS BAD OR PEOPLE BEING STARVED IS NOT COOL. I HAVE BEEN POSTED ON MANY ISRAELI PLATFORMS AND I'VE BEEN THREATENED HER HUNDREDS OF TIMES FOR EXPRESSING MY OPINION AND CONCERNS WHEN IT COMES TO PROVIDING BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS TO PEOPLE. PALESTINE IS A FEMINIST ISSUE, A HUMANITARIAN ISSUE, AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE, A DISABILITY RIGHTS ISSUE, A RACE ISSUE, AND A COLONIAL ISSUE. IT IS ALL CONNECTED. ISRAEL KILLED A CHILD IN GAZA EVERY 10 MINUTES. DID YOU KNOW THAT THE GAZA STRIP IS THE LARGEST CHILDREN'S CEMETERY IN THE WORLD? ZA IS THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACE IN THE WORLD TO BE A CHILD. THERE ARE NO HOSPITALS LEFT IN ZA. ISRAEL IS BOMBED. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. NINE OUT OF 10 PEOPLE IN ZA DON'T EAT EVERY DAY. ZA IS NOT STARVING. ZA IS BEING DELIBERATELY STARVED BY ISRAEL. ZA IS NOT IN A FAMINE. THE MEDIA CALLS IT A FAMINE. IT'S NOT. IT'S A SYSTEMATIC STARVATION OF MILLIONS OF PALESTINIANS BY ISRAEL. [02:30:01] IT'S GENOCIDE, NO WATER, NO ELECTRICITY, NO FUEL, NO MEDICINE, NO COMMUNICATIONS, NO INTERNET, NO HOMES, NO TENTS, NO WARMTH, NO CLOTHES, NO FOOD, NO MONEY, NO ESCAPE, NO LIFE, NOTHING, NOTHING BUT DEATH. THOSE WHO DIDN'T DIE FROM BULLETS AND AIRSTRIKES ARE NOW DYING FROM THE BLOCKADE. ISRAEL RECEIVES APPROXIMATELY $20 MILLION A DAY FROM AMERICAN TAXPAYER. MONEY FUNDING A GENOCIDE IS COMPLICITY. THE HARDEST PILL TO SWALLOW IS THAT I LIVE IN A COUNTRY THAT PAYS FOR DESTRUCTION OF MY COUNTRY AND MY PEOPLE. PEOPLE ARE DIVIDED INTO TWO CATEGORIES. YOU EITHER AGAINST THE GENOCIDE, GAZA, OR YOU'RE FOR THE GENOCIDE. GAZA, THERE'S NO IN BETWEEN. THE PEOPLE OF DZA ARE DOCUMENTING THEIR OWN GENOCIDE ON INSTAGRAM FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD TO SEE WHAT KIND OF DYSTOPIAN CONCEPTION IS THAT. CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT CRIMES THEY COMMITTED AGAINST PALESTINIANS WHEN WE DIDN'T, WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE PHONES TO RECORD? ISRAEL BECAME A COUNTRY BY KILLING PALESTINIANS AND STEALING THEIR LAND. PALESTINE WILL NEVER DIE. PALESTINE WILL ALWAYS EXIST BECAUSE WE WILL ALWAYS EXIST. PALESTINIANS DESERVE JUSTICE. THEY DESERVE FREEDOM. THEY DESERVE THEIR LAND BACK. THEY DESERVE THEIR HOMES BACK. THEY DESERVE THEIR RIGHT TO RETURN. THEY DESERVE THEIR ANCESTRAL LANDS. THEY DESERVE THE WORLD TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. AND IF Y'ALL ARE GETTING SICK OF OUR PROTESTS FOR PALESTINE, WELL WE ARE GETTING SICK OF OUR PEOPLE IN PALESTINE BEING MASS MURDERED. DEAR AMERICAN ISRAEL, YOUR NINE 11 AND YOUR OCTOBER 7TH IS OUR 24 7 SINCERELY PALESTINE AND TO THE DEAR PEOPLE OF DZA, THIS FIGHT IS NOT OVER UNTIL YOU ARE FREE TODAY. I FIGHT FOR YOU, BUT I PROMISE YOU TOMORROW MY CHILDREN WILL. AND IF YOU HAVE A MORAL VIRTUE OR A MORAL CONSCIENCE, THEN YOU HAVE GOT TO STAND WITH THE PEOPLE OF PALESTINE AND CALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE AND TO DEFEND ISRAEL. NOW, HONESTLY, WHY WOULD YOU SAY NO TO HIS? HE'S FIRED. ANYWAYS. FREE SAVE PALESTINE. WE'RE GONNA SIT HERE. MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR LA MARZA. OKAY, MY HEAD 30 29. THANK YOU. I AM MUSTAFA. I AM MUSTAFA. THE NEXT THREE WILL BE YASMINE AKIEL. I'M IN AWA, ALEXANDRA FREIGHTER. HELLO, MY NAME IS AYA, AND TODAY I STAND BEFORE YOU AS A ADDRESS PLEASE. OH, 79 15 GRAYSTONE DRIVE. THANK YOU. TODAY I STAND BEFORE YOU AS A PROUD PALESTINIAN UNITING WITH MY FELLOW PALESTINIANS WITH A HEARTFELT PLEA FOR CEASEFIRE. MY ACADEMIC BACKGROUND IS IN PSYCHOLOGY. I GRADUATED MY MASTER'S AND MY BACHELOR'S IN PSYCHOLOGY. THE REASON BEING I WANTED TO BECOME A VOICE FOR MY PEOPLE AND TO SHED LIGHT ON THE ENDURING TRAUMA FACED BY GENERATIONS AND GENERATIONS OF PALESTINIANS FOR THE PAST 122 DAYS, WE'VE WITNESSED THE COLLECTIVE GRIEF OF FATHERS, MOTHERS, ELDERS, AND CHILDREN THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND NEWS REPORTS. HEARTBREAKINGLY OVER 15,000 CHILDREN ARE NOW ORPHANED, FORCED TO NAVIGATE LIFE'S COMPLEXITIES ALONE WITH ONE CHILD LEFT TO TAKE CARE OF HIS FIVE YOUNGER SIBLINGS, ONE OF WHOM IS STILL BEING BREASTFED. COUNTLESS FAMILIES MORE IN THE LOSS OF LOVED ONES WITH SOME LEFT WITH NO CHOICE BUT TO MARRY, TO MARRY MULTIPLE FAMILY MEMBERS TOGETHER WITH ONE FAMILY. PLACING 17 MEMBERS IN A MASS GRAVE FIT FOR 11 THE CHILDREN OF PALESTINE AND GRAPPLE WITH ANXIETY DEPRESSION IN A FORMER PTSD THAT TRAGICALLY OFTEN REACHES THE POSTAGE ONLY AFTER THEY'RE MARTYRED THE CONSTANT SOUNDS OF EXPLOSIONS, THE LOSS OF LOVED ONES AND THE UNCERTAINTY OF THEIR FUTURE CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE NORMALCY IS A DISTANT DREAM. IT IS OUR MORAL DUTY TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND ADDRESS THE PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA THAT THESE CHILDREN ENDURE DAILY. NOW LET'S CONSIDER THE ADOLESCENTS WHO INSTEAD OF VISIONING A FUTURE HOPE FULL OF HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS ARE BURDENED BY DISPLACEMENT, FORCED TO FLEE THEIR HOMES SEVERAL TIMES. THESE YOUNG MINDS CARRY THE WEIGHT OF SHATTERED DREAMS AND THE PAIN OF SEPARATION FROM THEIR ROOTS. THE CONCEPT OF HOME BECOMES A DISTANT MEMORY REPLACED BY THE HARSH REALITY OF REFUGEE CAMPS IN 2022, A STUDY SHOWED THAT 80% OF INDIVIDUALS IN THAT STUDY SHOWED VARIOUS SIGNS OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS WITH 50% REPORTED TO HAVE COMPLIMENTED, CONTEMPLATED SUICIDE. AND THAT THREE OUT OF FIVE CHILDREN WERE SELF-HARMING ADULTS IN PALESTINE WHERE THE BA, WHERE THE BEAR, THE WEIGHT OF TRAUMA AS WELL NAVIGATING A REALITY MARKED BY THE HAUNTING ECHOES OF WAR, PERSUASIVE INSECURITY, AND THE TEARS [02:35:01] AND SCREAMS OF THEIR CHILDREN. THIS TRAUMA IS NOT ONLY PERSONAL BUT ALSO COLLECTIVE PASSED DOWN THROUGH GENERATIONS AND GENERATIONS. THE IMAGES AND REPORTS EMERGING FROM GAZA DEPICT A DIRE SITUATION WITH COUNTLESS LIVES AT STAKE. AND DREAMS CUT SHORT, FAMILIES ENDURE UNIMAGINABLE HARDSHIPS. CHILDREN FACE TRAUMA THAT WILL SCAR THEM FOR A LIFETIME. AND BASIC NECESSITIES ARE DANGEROUSLY SCARCE. INDIVIDUALS ARE FORCED TO RESORT TO DESPERATE MEASURES OF SURVIVAL, EVEN CONSUMING CONTAMINATED WATER IN ANIMAL FEED. TO EVERY PERSON IN THIS ROOM, I URGE YOU TO LEARN THE NAMES OF OUR MARTYRS, TO READ THEIR STORIES AND TO PRAY FOR THE FAMILIES AND FOR PALESTINE, OUR PEOPLE ARE COUNTING ON US. REMEMBER, THE PEOPLE UNITED WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED. NOW, TO MY COUNCIL MEMBERS, I IMPLORE EACH OF YOU TO HEAR OUR CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE. NOW ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. MY PEOPLE ARE PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, PSYCHOLOGICALLY, AND EMOTIONALLY EXHAUSTED. CEASEFIRE NOW AND FREE PALESTINIAN. THANK YOU. YASMINE NAGI. EXCUSE ME, I'M CALLING THEM FROM THIS LIST. YEAH, PLEASE SIT DOWN UNTIL I CALL YOUR NAME YASMINE AKIEL IMAN EL AWA. I GUESS I I DID LIKE THE STATE BOTH. THAT'S IMAN AWA, ALEXANDRA F FREIGHTER. IF ANY OF THESE NAMES ARE PRESENT, PLEASE COME TO THE SPEAKER. MY NAME IS ALEXANDRA. I LIVE ON MARY CIRCLE IN RICHARDSON. WE SEE THE NUMBERS EVERY DAY. I'M CERTAIN YOU SEE THEM TOO. AND EVERY DAY SINCE OCTOBER 7TH, WE HAVE SEEN THESE NUMBERS GROW AT AN INCONCEIVABLE RATE. 500 CIVILIANS KILLED 1000 CIVILIANS, KILLED 5,000 CIVILIANS, KILLED 15,000, KILLED 30,000 HUMAN BEINGS, KILLED OVER 12,000 OF THEM BEING CHILDREN, AND NONE OF THAT NUMBER HUMMUS. ALL IN THE SPAN OF 120 DAYS WITH NO END IN SIGHT. 12,000 CHILDREN IN 120 DAYS. I WILL LET YOU DO THE MATH ON THAT. 120 DAYS OF NONSTOP MURDER, KIDNAP STARVATION, DEHYDRATION, AND INHUMANE LIVING CONDITIONS. NUMBERS HAVE A SNEAKY WAY OF TURNING PEOPLE INTO STATISTICS. WHETHER THOSE NUMBERS ARE PLASTERED ON A SCREEN, WRITTEN ON A REPORT, OR TATTOOED ACROSS AN ARM. WE LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS AND WE THINK, GEE, THAT'S A LOT. AND THEN WE GO ABOUT OUR DAILY LIVES. BUSINESS AS USUAL, WE HAVE BECOME NUMB TO THE NUMBERS, REDUCING THE LIVES OF PEOPLE TO NUMBERS ROBS US OF OUR HUMANITY. I PRESENT YOU WITH A FEW MORE NUMBERS. 15,000 BOMBS, 3000 GDAS, AND OVER $14 BILLION. THESE ARE OUR NUMBERS. THESE ARE THE NUMBERS OF THE AID. OUR GOVERNMENT, OUR TAX DOLLARS, OUR STATE HAVE PROVIDED TO WAR CRIMES SINCE THIS CURRENT MASSACRE BEGAN. ANOTHER $17.6 BILLION IN MILITARY AID AND ASSISTANCE IN ISRAEL IN THEIR GENOCIDE HAS BEEN PROPOSED. DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE OVER 650,000 US CITIZENS WHO ARE HOMELESS RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S ESTIMATED IT WOULD COST $20 BILLION TO END THIS ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS AND OUR HOME. AND INSTEAD WE ARE SENDING 10 BILLION, 11 BILLION MORE THAN THAT TO SLAUGHTER CHILDREN IN SOMEONE ELSE'S. BUT WHAT CAN WE DO? I THINK THE ANSWER SEEMS FAIRLY OBVIOUS. ALL A TO ISRAEL MUST STOP. WE AS TEXANS HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR STATE, TO OUR NATION, TO OUR OWN HUMANITY, TO SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. NO MORE MONEY FUNDING WAR CRIMES. NO MORE WEAPONS SENT TO SUPPORT ETHNIC CLEANSING. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD [02:40:01] THE CHARGE IN TEXAS TO MAKE A STATEMENT THAT RICHARDSON WILL NO LONGER PARTICIPATE IN THE COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT OF MILLIONS OF INNOCENT LIVES AND DEMAND A PERMANENT CEASEFIRE. MAKE IT CLEAR THAT NOT A SINGLE NUMBER THAT IS ADDED TO THAT LIST OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF LIVES WILL BE ON THE CONSCIENCE OF THE RESIDENTS OF RICHARDSON BECAUSE WE WILL NOT FUND THE GENOCIDE OF THE PEOPLE OF PHILISTINE ANY LONGER. WE AS A CITY, AS A STATE, AND AS A NATION MUST COME TOGETHER AND REFUSE TO TAKE PART IN ANOTHER HOLOCAUST. HONORED MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL, I AM HERE TO PLEAD WITH YOU, TO MAKE OUR GREAT CITY A BEACON OF HOPE FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE TOO AFRAID TO STAND FOR WHAT IS RIGHT. I HAVE A FEW MORE SECONDS, SO I'M, I'M JUST GONNA TALK. I'VE LIVED IN RICHARDSON MOST OF MY LIFE. I'VE, I'VE MOVED PLACE TO PLACE, BUT I ALWAYS MIGRATE BACK HERE. THIS IS MY HOME AND I'M PROUD THAT THIS IS MY HOME AND I SEE THAT YOU CARE, BUT WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IT'S THE ONLY WAY ANYTHING WILL HAPPEN. EACH CITY, EACH STATE, WE HAVE TO SAY, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. I HAVE KIDS. HOW CAN I RAISE MY CHILDREN IN A PLACE THAT I KNOW CONDONES THIS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, PLEASE CUL FOR CEASEFIRE. KYLE LAWRENCE. I AM AHAD SODI AND I LIVE AT 3 3 9 1 3 BLACKJACK, CLEAN, GOOD EVENING IS TEAM COUNCIL MEMBERS. I STAND BEFORE YOU AS A HUSBAND, AMERICAN BEARING THE HEAVY WEIGHT OF RECENT TRAGEDIES THAT HAVE OCCURRED TO MY FAMILY AND COUNTLESS OTHERS IN ZA IN THE PAST FOUR MONTHS. MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES HAVE FORCED ME TO CONFRONT A STAGGERING REALITY. A REALITY WHERE I'VE WITNESSED 171% MORE FAMILY LOSSES THAN AN AVERAGE PERSON DOES IN THEIR LIFETIME. THIS ISN'T JUST A NUMBER, IT IS A DEVASTATING TESTAMENT TO THE EXTREME IMPACT THIS GENOCIDE HAS HAD ON THE LIVES OF MY FAMILY. JUST THREE WEEKS AGO AS I TUNED INTO THE NEWS, I NEVER EXPECTED TO SEE MY FAMILY NAME DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN. CONFUSION TURNED TO SHOCK WHEN THE REPORTER REVEALED THAT THE RUBBLE SHOWN WAS ONCE THE HOME OF MY FAMILY. AND BENEATH IT, MY LOVED ONES WERE BURIED. IMAGINE AS TEAM COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE HEART-WRENCHING EXPERIENCE OF IT, OF DISCOVERING SUCH NEWS THROUGH A MEDIA BOT BROADCAST, THE SHEER HORROR OF REALIZING YOUR FAMILY'S FATE THROUGH A TELEVISION SCREEN. JUST LAST WEDNESDAY, MY COUSIN RONA CELEBRATED HER BIRTHDAY IN A WAY SHE NEVER IMAGINED BY PRAYING THAT IT WOULDN'T BECOME HER DEATH DAY. THIS IS THE REALITY MY FAMILY'S DEALING WITH. THE POSSIBILITY THAT EVERY MOMENT OF JOY COULD QUICKLY END WITH A LOSS OF ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER. ON A CALL WITH MY AUNT, SHE TOLD ME THAT HER SON, HER SON ME, WHO IS ONLY FOUR YEARS OLD, ASKED HER THE LAST QUESTION ANY MOTHER WANTS TO HEAR FROM HER CHILDREN. HE ASKED IF IT WAS TIME FOR HIM TO DIE. HE HASN'T EVEN HAD A CHANCE TO LIVE HIS LIFE. AND HE'S ALREADY TERRIFIED OF DEATH ME IN HIS SIBLINGS AND HAS ADNAN. RONA AND AHMED ARE NOW GRAPPLING WITH THE HARSH REALITY OF LIFE WITHOUT THEIR FATHER WHO WAS TRAGICALLY MURDERED ON NEW YEAR'S DAY. IMAGINE THE BURDEN PLACED ON THE OLDEST SON AHMED, WHO AT, AT THE AGE OF A TEENAGER, JUST LIKE MYSELF, NOW SHOULDERS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BEING THE MAN OF THE FAMILY. THE ISRAELI MISSILE NOT ONLY ROB THEM OF THEIR FATHER, BUT THRUST AHMED INTO A ROLE WHERE HE MUST NOW FULFILL THE ROLES OF A, OF A PROVIDER PROTECTOR AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT FOR HIS MOTHER AND SIBLINGS. HE STARTED 2024, NOT WITH A PROMISE OF A HAPPY NEW YEAR, BUT WITH AN UNSETTLING SET OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND CHALLENGES. ESTEEM COUNCIL MEMBERS I'VE LAID BARE THE DEEPLY PERSONAL TRAGEDIES THAT HAVE STRUCK MY FAMILY AND COUNTLESS OTHERS IN ZA. NOW AS I STAND HERE, THE WEIGHT OF MY GRIEF AND THE PAIN OF MY PEOPLE LINGER IN THE AIR BEGGING FOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND JUSTICE. BEFORE I CONCLUDE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A HEARTFELT REQUEST. I ASK EACH COUNCIL MEMBER TO TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT NOT JUST ON THE STATISTICS AND STORIES I'VE SHARED, BUT ON THE HUMAN LIVES, LOST LIVES OF INNOCENT FATHERS, SONS, DAUGHTERS, AND MOTHERS. PLEASE GIVE MY FAMILY A LIFE WHERE THEY DON'T WAKE UP TO THE SOUNDS OF BOMBS AND BULLETS WITH THE PAIN SO FRESH [02:45:01] IN MY HEART, I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THOSE OF YOU WHO CONDEMN THE MURDER OF THE INNOCENT MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY, RAISE YOUR HANDS IN SOLIDARITY AGAIN, I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THOSE OF YOU WHO CONDEMN THE MURDER OF THE INNOCENT MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY, RAISE YOUR HAND IN SOLIDARITY. WOW. AMEN. I PRAY THAT YOU ALL FIND IT IN YOUR HEARTS TO BE HUMAN AND MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU, KYLE LAWRENCE, KYLE LAWRENCE, CARINA GUERRERO, AND CIA CUMMINGS, KYLE LAWRENCE AT 29 0 6 OWEN LANE. I WORK HERE IN RICHARDSON. UM, I'M HERE TO PLEAD WITH THE CITY COUNCIL TO HELP OUR COUNTRY DERAIL FROM A VERY DANGEROUS PATH. UH, FRANCIS BOYLE, THE ONLY US JURIST OF WON A CASE OF GENOCIDE AT THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE. THE ICJ AMONG HUNDREDS OF OTHER INTERNATIONAL LAWYERS AND SPECIALISTS AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY SAID THAT HE BELIEVES THAT THE SOUTH AFRICA CASE WILL ULTIMATELY WIN AGAINST ISRAEL AND THE ICJ. THAT OUR GOVERNMENT IS CURRENTLY IN VIOLATION OF BOTH THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS ON GENOCIDE AS WELL AS THE UNITED STATES OWN DOMESTIC LAW THAT IT HAS ON HUMAN RIGHTS. THE ICJ HAS ALREADY FOUND THAT SOUTH AFRICA BROUGHT FORTH A PRIMA FASCI CASE OF GENOCIDE AND BY AN OVERWHELMING MARGIN OF THE US LED COURT AND HAS RULED FOR PROVISIONAL MEASURES FOR ISRAEL TO STOP ITS GENOCIDAL ACTS, MEASURES WHICH THEY HAVE IGNORED. JUST LAST WEEK, A GROUP BROUGHT A CASE AGAINST OUR OWN GOVERNMENT AND OUR OWN COURTS UNDER OUR OWN DOMESTIC LAW OF GENOCIDE. WHILE THE JUDGE FOUND THAT THE CASE COULD NOT MOVE FORWARD ON PROCEDURAL GROUNDS, THAT IT WAS CONSIDERED A POLITICAL QUESTION IS GENOCIDE BY DEFINITION IS A POLITICAL ACT. UM, HE FOUND THAT THE CASE OF THE GENOCIDE HAPPENING AND THE US' ROLE IN IT WAS VERY PLAUSIBLE AND HE ENCOURAGED THE PETITIONERS TO CONTINUE THEIR ADVOCACY TO BRING IT TO AN END. THE UNITED STATES IS ISOLATING ITSELF FROM THE WORLD EVERY DAY. IT CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THESE ACTIONS OF ISRAEL. SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE UNITED STATES OR THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL, AMERICA'S USED ITS VETO POWER 88 TIMES 56 OF THOSE TIMES, OR 65% OF THE TIMES. IT WAS TO VETO A RESOLUTION AGAINST ISRAEL'S ACTIONS, INCLUDING MANY OF THOSE BEING RESOLUTIONS SUPPORTED BY THE WORLD CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE. IN JUST THE PAST FEW MONTHS, THIS SHOULD GIVE US PAUSE THAT WE'RE EXERTING THE MOST POWERFUL DIPLOMATIC LEVER IN THE WORLD. UM, NOT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, BUT FOR A CLIENT STATE. AND IN THIS CASE, UH, FOR ONE THAT IS VERY PLAUSIBLY COMMITTING GENOCIDE. ACCORDING TO THE WORLD'S HIGHEST COURTS, THIS GENOCIDE AGAINST A PEOPLE WITH THE MID SUPPORT IN THEIR STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM AND SELF-DETERMINATION AMONG THE ENTIRE GLOBAL SOUTH AND ESPECIALLY THE ARAB AND MUSLIM PEOPLE, HALF 1,000,000,002 BILLION PEOPLE RESPECTIVELY. DO WE WANT TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THE WORLD THAT FOR THE MURDER OF A FEW HUNDRED CIVILIANS, WE OR OUR ALLIES WILL GENOCIDE YOU, THAT WE'LL DO WHATEVER HUMANITARIAN DOCTOR AND SPECIALIST HAS SPENT A CAREER IN WAR ZONES AND HAS SEEN THE SITUATION IN GAZA, IT'S CALLED THE MOST HORRIFIC THING THAT THEY HAVE EVER WITNESSED IN THEIR ENTIRE LIVES. I'M EXTREMELY HESITANT IN ASKING FOR FOREIGN INTERVENTIONS FROM OUR GOVERNMENT TODAY. I STAND BY THAT CONVICTION AND I'M NOT ASKING FOR THE US TO INTERVENE. THE PROBLEM IS THAT INSTEAD OF INTERVENING TO STOP A GENOCIDE OR NOT INTERVENING, WE'RE INTERVENING TO ENSURE THAT IT CONTINUES THROUGH CRUCIAL MILITARY DIPLOMATIC AND ECONOMIC SUPPORT. MANY ISRAELI OFFICIALS HAVE AFFIRMED THAT THEY, THAT IS ONLY POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO CONTINUE THESE ACTIONS THROUGH OUR INTERVENTIONS. JUST HOURS AGO, NICARAGUA ANNOUNCED IS BRINGING A SECOND ICJ CASE AGAINST MANY OF THE COUNTRIES INVOLVED IN SUPPORTING THIS GENOCIDE. WHILE IT'S NOT CLEAR THE EXACT POLITICAL REASON, THE US UH, IS NOT INCLUDED AS A DEFENDANT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BUT WHAT IS CLEAR IS THAT THE US HAS TAKEN THE MOST BRUTAL AND PERVASIVE POSITION IN SUPPORTING THIS CATASTROPHE. THE ASK TODAY IS SIMPLY THIS, FOR THE US TO STOP INTERVENING TO MAKE GENOCIDE HAPPEN, THE MOST EFFECTIVE [02:50:01] WAY OF DOING THIS IS BY FORCING A CEASEFIRE. ISRAEL CAN ONLY CONTINUE ITS MILITARY ACTIONS WITH OUR BACKING AND SUPPORT. ULTIMATELY, WE'LL BE A NATION KNOWN FOR HAVING A DESPOTIC FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WHEN AGAINST THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE TO TAKE STEPS DIPLOMATICALLY, ECONOMICALLY, AND MILITARILY TO ENSURE THAT GENOCIDE CONTINUES. OR WE'LL BE A NATION WHO PROTESTED AT EVERY STEP FROM THE STREETS TO CITY COUNCIL'S RESOLUTIONS AND TO THE BALLOT BOX USING EVERY POSSIBLE MEASURE IN OUR DEMOCRACY TO END IT. YOU'RE CONTRIBUTING TO THIS MESSAGE AND OUR PLACE IN THE WORLD, OUR REPUTATION AS BEING ONE TYPE OF COUNTRY OR THE OTHER. THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT IS, WHICH ONE IS IT? I EXERT YOU TO CREATE A RESOLUTION FOR CEASEFIRE NOW. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS KARINA GUERRERO. ADDRESS, 1 4 2 5 5 PRESTON ROAD, DALLAS, TEXAS. I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE IN THE LAST 121 DAYS, I HAVE WITNESSED INNOCENT PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS BEING SUBJECTED TO CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AS A RESULT OF COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT. THIS WILL FOREVER LEAVE ME QUESTIONING THE RATIONALE BEHIND THE INACTION AND EXCUSES MADE BY OUR LEADERS TO AVOID FURTHER LOSS OF LIFE AND THE LOSS OF HUMAN DIGNITY. THERE SHOULD BE NO CONTROVERSY IN SPEAKING OUT AGAINST INJUSTICES, BEING COMMITTED AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE OR ANY GROUP FOR THAT MATTER. WE ARE SIMPLY ASKING YOU TO BECOME UPSTANDERS DEFENDERS AND ADVOCATES OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN DIGNITY. THE TIME IS NOW TO MOVE TOWARDS THESE VALUES AND PRESENT A RESOLUTION FOR CEASEFIRE. UM, IN THE TIME THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER A CHECKLIST THAT WAS POSTED ON DAY 84 OF THE GENOCIDE, UM, POSTED BY WEAR THE PEACE WE HAVE NOW WITNESSED. BODIES RETURNED TO GAZA WITH ORGANS REMOVED, DEAD BODIES THROWN INTO ICE CREAM TRUCKS, CHILDREN WITH NO LEGS OR ARMS, GRANDFATHERS KISSING THEIR DEAD GRANDKIDS EYES. HOSPITALS BOMBARDED WITH AIRSTRIKES, MASS GRAVES OF MOTHERS AND FATHERS CHILDREN OF EMPTY BOWELS BOWLS WAITING FOR SCARCE FOOD DAUGHTERS SEEING THEIR FATHERS BURN IN FRONT OF THEM. AND AGAIN, THIS WAS ON DAY 84. WE HAVE BEEN ASKING WHAT ATROCITY WOULD BE THE FINAL STRAW, WHAT ATROCITY WILL MAKE THE WORLD SAY. ENOUGH. THE ANSWER IS CLEAR. THERE IS NONE. THANK YOU. CIA CUMMINGS. HELLO, MY NAME IS CIA CUMMINGS. I LIVE AT 1 2 9 SOUTH CLARK ROAD. TO WHOM IT MAY OR MAY NOT CONCERN, LIBERATION IS A GROUP PROJECT. IF YOU LOOK AROUND THE ROOM, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS HERE ASKING FOR JUST THAT LIBERATION. I WAS AT THE STATEWIDE PROTEST AT THE AUSTIN CAPITOL YESTERDAY, AND ONE OF THE SPEAKERS MADE A POINT OF CALLING THE MOTHERLAND BY ITS NAME, INE NOT THE NAME, THE COLONIZERS USED FROM NOW. FROM FROM NOW ON, I'LL BE USING THE NAME INE INSTEAD OF PALESTINE. A FIRE IN PALESTINE IS ASKING THE BARE MINIMUM AND IT'S NEEDED ON BOTH SIDES TO SPARE LIVES. THE IDEA THAT PALESTINIANS SHOULD ALL BE BOMBED TO SAVE THE ISRAELI HOSTAGES IS FRANKLY A STUPID ONE. CARPET BOMBING AT RANDOM SAVES NOBODY. I'M HERE EXPRESSING OUR NEED TO DO OUR PART IN THIS GROUP PROJECT I STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH FELL STEAM. SOLIDARITY IS NATURAL. YOU SEE IT IN THE SKY AS THE WATER DROPLETS FORM TO MAKE A CLOUD. BIRDS FLY TOGETHER IN FLOCKS. EACH BLADE OF GRASS FORMS A FIELD. EACH TREE CONTRIBUTES TO THE WOODS IN THE FOREST. EACH STUDENT IS PART OF A CLASS. IT TAKES TWO TO MAKE A FAMILY. EACH COUNCIL MEMBER CONTRIBUTES TO THE ENTIRE CHAMBER THE SAME WAY THAT EVERY PENNY IN TAXES GOING TOWARDS GENOCIDE. WE NEED TO COLLECTIVELY PUT AN END TO IT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. HERE I HAVE BILLS, RENT, GROCERIES, AND OTHER EXPENSES TO PAY, AND I'D RATHER FOOD NOT BE TAKEN OUT OF MY CHILDREN'S MOUTHS SO THAT CHILDREN CAN CONTINUE TO BE KILLED IN PHILISTINE. THAT BEING SAID, I HEAR MANY POLITICIANS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS TO MAYORS SAY THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO PUT AN END TO THE GENOCIDE AND CALL FOR CEASEFIRE. IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE OUTSPOKEN RACIST ONES, JUST [02:55:01] THE NEUTRAL ONES WHO WOULD RATHER BE IGNORANT AND COMPLICIT THAN INFORMED AND WILLING TO TRY. IT IS A COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY. WE SHARE THIS WORLD. THEIR FAMILY IS MY FAMILY, AND MY FAMILY IS THEIRS. I SAW A CHILD THAT WAS PULLED OUT FROM THE RUBBLE WHO LOOKED ALMOST EXACTLY LIKE MY YOUNGEST SON. HE HAD BLONDISH HAIR. HE WAS LIGHTER SKINNED. AND IT REALLY PUTS IT INTO PERSPECTIVE THAT JUST AS EASY AS IT COULD BE, PALESTINE, WE NEVER KNOW WHERE IT COULD BE NEXT. I MEAN, ISRAEL OPENLY EXPRESSES THEIR, THEIR DESIRE TO COLONIZE EVERYWHERE, BUT SEEING THOSE IMAGES OF THOSE KIDS AS A MOTHER, IT'S INFURIATING. AND THEN EVERY TIME WE SPEAK AT THESE MEETINGS, I JUST SEE BLANK STARES. AND I WONDER IF YOU WOULD STARE BLANKLY OVER THE CASKET OF YOUR CHILD IF YOUR CHILD WAS DEAD. I WONDER IF YOU WOULD HAVE THAT SAME STARE. IT IS A COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY. YOUR FAMILY IS OURS AND OURS IS YOURS. FREE PALESTINE. I'VE CALLED ALL THE NAMES I HAVE MAYOR. ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE CARE TO SPEAK? OKAY, THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. YES. YEAH, I, I JUST, UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF IS PROHIBITED FROM INTERACTING WITH THE AUDIENCE. UH, THIS VISITOR SECTION IS FOR THE VISITORS TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL. THERE'S NO INTERACTION PERMITTED UNDER TEXAS, UH, OPEN MEETINGS ACT. AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, BUT OTHER, OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM OTHER CITIES, WE ACTUALLY INTERACT. SO I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE STATE. I'VE BEEN TO OTHER MEETINGS. SIR, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO ME AFTER THE MEETING, IF YOU'D LIKE TO STATE TO THE END OF THE MEETING, I'D BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS IT WITH YOU. NOT RAISE YOUR HAND, ASK ABOUT OKAY. NEXT ON THE AGENDA. ALL NEXT [E. REVIEW AND DISCUSS NEW RICHARDSON CITY HALL PROJECT UPDATES] ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM E. WE WILL REVIEW AND DISCUSS NEW RICHARDSON CITY HALL PROJECT UPDATES. MR. MAGNER. THANK YOU MAYOR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UH, OUR DIRECTOR OF, OF, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS AND ENGINEERING. JIM DU LUCK'S GONNA TAKE THE PODIUM. UH, WE ARE VERY EXCITED TONIGHT, UH, FOR THE NEXT TWO BRIEFINGS. UM, JIM AND AND HIS TEAM, AGAIN, LED BY CHARLES OUT OF OUR CMO, UH, HAVE REALLY BEEN WORKING HARD TO, UH, TAKE COMMUNITY INPUT AND, UH, FEEDBACK INTO, UH, CRAFT, UH, THE CONCEPTS THAT WE'LL SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT FOR THE NEW CITY HALL. UH, WE'VE BEEN REALLY PLEASED IN THE, IN THE PAST WEEKS TO SHARE WITH YOU, UM, THE, UH, WORK, UH, THAT LED UP TO, UH, THE FINAL, UH, CONCEPTS FOR THE LIBRARY WHERE WE'RE GONNA REALLY OPEN UP THE EAST AND SOUTH ELEVATIONS, ADD A, A REALLY KEYNOTE, UH, FEATURE ON THE SOUTH ELEVATION WITH THE STAIRS. AND, UM, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HOW THE ARCHITECTS HAVE, UH, TAKEN THAT WORK AND THEN EVOLVED IT INTO THIS NEW, UH, CITY HALL CONCEPT FOR YOUR, UH, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT. SO JIM, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE TO GET US HERE, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR FURTHER BRIEFING. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, MR. MAGNER, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UH, AS MR. MAGNER STATED, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO UNVEIL SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR THE LAST SIX, EIGHT MONTHS, UH, AS WE'VE COMPLETED A LOT OF PUBLIC OUTREACH WORK UM, WE WANNA SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE RESULTS OF THAT OUTREACH EFFORT AND SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF OUR LATEST CONCEPTS FOR THE MUNICIPAL CAMPUS, UH, WITH OUR REFINEMENTS THROUGH SCHEMATIC DESIGN. ALSO, UH, OUR CITY HALL AND EXTERIOR DESIGN, AS WELL AS, UH, AN OVERVIEW OF THE INTERIOR LAYOUT. WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BUDGET AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING YOUR INPUT AND FEEDBACK GOING OVER OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES. UM, WE ARE WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THESE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE AS PART OF OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH EFFORT. UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE BUILT BASED ON, UH, A LOT OF THAT, UH, VISION AND INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC, UH, AFFIRMING THESE GUIDING PRINCIPLES. UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PRODUCE A COMPREHENSIVE VISION, UH, COL PROMOTE COLLABORATION AND INNOVATION THROUGH THE DESIGN OF THIS PROJECT. UM, AND ALL OF THESE CONCEPTS AND, AND ASPECTS OF OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES HAVE BEEN WELL RECEIVED. WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SOME OF THAT PUBLIC INPUT AFFIRMING THAT, UH, AS WELL. BUT, UH, INCLUDED WITH OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES ALSO, UH, IS THE ABILITY TO REDEVELOP THIS MUNICIPAL CAMPUS IN A MANNER THAT HELPS CATALYZE OUR ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT ALONG ARAPAHOE ROAD. UH, AND I THINK AS YOU SEE THE, UH, UNVEILING OF THE, UH, DRAWINGS THIS EVENING, THAT, THAT WE'VE REALLY CHECKED A LOT OF THESE BOXES AND, UH, INCORPORATED THE, THE, THE INPUT IN, INTO THIS WHOLE PROCESS. UH, AS FAR AS OUR SCHEDULE, [03:00:01] WE HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD TO STAY ON SCHEDULE WITH THIS PROJECT TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE ARE, UH, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESIGN PROCESS. WE'RE WRAPPING UP AND COMPLETING THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN NOW, AND WE'RE ENTERING INTO THE EARLY PHASE OF DESIGN DEVELOPMENT. UM, THAT PROJECT, UH, WE'RE EXPECTED TO WRAP THAT UP LATER THIS SPRING AND THEN GO INTO CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE HOPING TO LET OUT, UH, WITH SOME EARLY, UH, UH, CONSTRUCTION PACKAGES THAT WILL HOPEFULLY ALLOW US TO FURTHER EXPEDITE AND ACCELERATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT. UH, WE DO EXPECT CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN IN FULL, UH, FOR THE NEW BUILDING COMING UP OUT OF THE GROUND, UH, BY THE LATER PART OF THIS YEAR, UM, AND BE COMPLETED IN THE EARLY PART OF JANUARY, 2027. OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND SUMMARY OF INPUT FOR ROUND ONE. UM, RECALL WE WENT BACK IN JUNE AND JULY OF 2023, AND THAT WAS OUR FIRST EFFORT TO GO OUT AND REALLY SEEK THE, THE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AT A HIGHER LEVEL. UH, WE GOT GREAT INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND PARTICIPATING WITH A LOT OF THE SAME, UH, PUBLIC OUTREACH EFFORTS THAT THE COMP PLAN MENTIONED EARLIER. UM, WE RECEIVED THE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UH, THE BUILDING AND SITE AND, AND INPUT. UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR BUILDING IS WELCOMING, UH, THAT IT'S VISIBLE AND SAFE. UH, SUSTAINABLE WAS SOMETHING THAT WE SAW A LOT IN, NOT JUST THE QUESTIONS WE ASKED, BUT ALSO IN ADDITIONAL OPEN COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED. UH, THE DESIRE WAS ALSO TO SHOW US A BUILDING THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE MODERN, UH, WITH THE BALANCE OF GLASS AND MASONRY. THAT'S, THAT IS WORKING WELL AND COMMUNICATES WELL WITH THE LIBRARY. UH, AND WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A COUNCIL CHAMBER THAT IS CELEBRATED AS A FOCAL POINT AND IS EASY, EASILY RECOGNIZABLE ON THE CAMPUS. UH, WE TOOK THOSE, UH, INPUT FROM THE CAMPUS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LOCATE THE BUILDING CLOSER TO ARAPAHOE ROAD. UH, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE PROVIDE, UH, SAFE, UH, OPEN SPACE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND FOR ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION. UH, WE WANTED AND HEARD RESOUNDINGLY TO PROTECT THE TREES, AND I THINK, AGAIN, THIS EVENING, YOU'RE GONNA SEE AS WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THIS PROCESS THAT, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE REALLY WORKED HARD TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THE PUBLIC OUTREACH AND COMMENTS ON THIS. WE TOOK THAT SECOND ROUND. WE TOOK THIS FIRST ROUND AND WENT AND DECIDED WE NEEDED A LITTLE BIT MORE GUIDANCE ON SOME OF THE, OF THE WORK AS WE GOT INTO THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN PROCESS. AND SO, AS PART OF THAT SECOND ROUND, WE USED THAT FIRST ROUND TO INFORM THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE FORMULATED. UH, WE AGAIN, PREPARED ONLINE SURVEYS AND HELD, UH, TWO OPEN HOUSES IN OCTOBER ON THE 10TH AND THE 28TH. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ONLINE SURVEYS IN THE OPEN HOUSES WERE VERY SIMILAR IN FORMAT. SO WE ASKED THE SAME QUESTIONS ONLINE THAT WE PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC IN, IN OUR FORMAT ON, UH, IN, IN THE OPEN HOUSES. AND SO WE, WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD GET APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON, AND THAT THE INFORMATION WE WERE SHARING AND AND RECEIVING WAS CONSISTENT THROUGH THAT. WE SOUGHT OUT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE THOUGHTS FOR THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, UM, THOUGHTS ON THE MUNICIPAL CAMPUS, WHAT THE DESIRED ATTRIBUTES WERE FOR THE NEW CITY HALL BUILDING, AND HOW THAT RELATIONSHIP, A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THAT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY HALL AND THE LIBRARY. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PUBLIC ART AND ALSO SITE AMENITIES. THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES OVERWHELMINGLY WERE, UH, SUPPORTED BY THE PUBLIC THAT WE REVIEWED EARLIER. THE ONE WAS THE LAST COMMENT REGARDING THE ADDRESSING THE CATALYZING OF ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT ALONG ARAPAHOE ROAD. IT STILL RECEIVED STRONG SUPPORT, BUT NOT QUITE AS MUCH, UH, IN LOOKING AT THAT DATA AND OUTPUT. WHAT WE SAW WAS, I THINK THERE WAS A LACK OF, I THINK, UH, CLARITY OR A LITTLE BIT OF UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN? AND SO, UH, THAT WAS WHAT WE KIND OF PICKED UP, UH, CERTAINLY FROM THE PEOPLE THAT WERE PRESENT AND WERE ASKING US QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. AND THEN THROUGH THE ONLINE, WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO PERHAPS HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL INPUT OR CONVERSATION. I THINK THAT LED TO SOME OF THE, THE LACK OF CLARITY. BUT THERE WAS STILL A STRONG SUPPORT FOR ALL OF OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES WITH REGARD TO OUR MUNICIPAL CAMPUS. UH, AGAIN, RESOUNDINGLY WE HEARD OVER AND OVER WAS TO PRESERVE THE TREES AND TO PROTECT THE LEADERSHIP GROVE. AND THAT WAS, HAS BEEN A PRIORITY, UH, FOR US AS WELL. THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, UH, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF MIXED RESULTS ON, ON THE PARKING. I THINK SOME PEOPLE WERE WANTING TO MAKE SURE WE HAD ADEQUATE PARKING FOR THE NEEDS THAT WERE THERE, BUT ALSO DIDN'T WANT THAT TO COME AT THE EXPENSE OF, OF OUR TREES OR SOME OF THE OTHER OPEN SPACE THAT WAS THERE. UH, WE WERE, UH, THERE WAS A DESIRE FOR HIGH QUALITY OPEN SPACES AND AMENITIES, UH, AND THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A TREND TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS CONSISTENCY AMONG MOST OF THE SITES AND THE FURNITURE THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS, ALTHOUGH IT WAS A FAIRLY GOOD MIX ON, ON THAT, ON THAT INQUIRY THAT WE MADE. UH, WITH REGARD TO CREATING DIFFERENT SPACES OR HAVING A MORE HOMOGENOUS APPEARANCE THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS, UH, WE HAD SEVERAL COMMENTS, UH, TO REMOVE THE DRIVE BETWEEN THE PLAZA AND THE GREEN. UH, AND SO WE'VE TRIED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE ADDRESSED THOSE CONCERNS, UH, WITH THE DESIGN THAT WE'RE, UH, FURTHERING FOR YOU TO CONSIDER. UH, CONCERNS ABOUT THE LIMITED ACCESS TO THE CAMPUS, UH, WE HEARD THAT PEOPLE WANTED, UH, ANOTHER POINT OF INGRESS AND EGRESS, AND TO DO SO IN A SAFE MANNER. UH, AND, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS. UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE ALLOWED FOR RAINWATER TO PERMEATE INTO THE SOILS THROUGH PER, UH, PERMEABLE PAVEMENT. UM, NATIVE AND DROUGHT TOLERANT SPECIES AND [03:05:01] PLANT MATERIALS, AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ACCESS FOR HER ED CHARGING STATIONS AND BIKE PARKING. UH, THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT THAT WE SHARED WITH YOU LAST SUMMER THAT WE, UH, CAME DOWN. UH, IT ORIGINALLY ONLY HAD THE TWO POINTS OF ENTRANCE, UH, THAT YOU'LL SEE. ONE OFF OF CIVIC CENTER, ONE OFF OF BELL GROVE. UH, WE DID NOT HAVE A SECONDARY OR, UH, AN ACCESS OFF OF ARAPAHOE ROAD. WE DID HAVE THE DRIVE CONNECTING THE TWO BUILDINGS. A LOT OF THAT HAS NOT CHANGED. HOWEVER, WE HAVE MADE SURE THAT WE'VE PROTECTED LEADERSHIP GROVE, UH, AND MADE AND MINIMAL IMPACTED LEADERSHIP GROVE. UM, AS FAR AS THE BUILDING GOES, WE'VE MADE SURE TO KEEP THE BUILDING AT A MINIMUM 15 FEET. FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S 20 OR MORE FEET AWAY FROM, FROM ALL OF LEADERSHIP GROVE AND THOSE TREES. WE ARE STILL ASSESSING SITE IMPACTS WHEN IT COMES TO UTILITIES FOR WATER AND SEWER SERVICES, AS WELL AS, UH, SOME DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GONNA HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED. UH, BUT WE ARE WORKING TO MINIMIZE ANY AND ALL IMPACTS TO, TO THE TREES ON THE ENTIRE CAMPUS, BUT ESPECIALLY LEADERSHIP GROWTH, UH, TRAFFIC CALMING ON THAT DRIVE THAT WE RECEIVED SOME MIXED COMMENTS ON ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT SHOULD STAY OR GO. UH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE INSTALL SOME TRAFFIC CALMING, UH, ELEMENTS POTENTIALLY ALONG THERE, UM, WITH REGARD TO THE SHAPE OF IT, POSSIBLY HAVING, UH, SOME, UH, A PILLOW TOP SECTION TO HELP CALM THAT TRAFFIC A LITTLE BIT MORE. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT ARE STILL BEING FURTHERED AND, AND AND CONSIDERED, UH, BUT CERTAINLY ALSO HAVING BOLLARDS AT THE ENDS OF THAT DRIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE DO WANT TO USE IT FOR, UH, FOR A WIDE LARGER, UH, PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ACROSS FROM THE NORTH CAMPUS, UH, TO THE SOUTHERN HALF, UH, THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS A SAFE AREA FOR PEDESTRIANS TO MOVE AROUND. UH, WE DID ESTABLISH THE THIRD ENTRANCE THERE ON BELL GROVE. AND SO, UH, WE WERE TRYING TO BE RESPONSIVE TO MAKING SURE THAT THERE WERE SOME EXTRA POINTS OF INGRESS AND EGRESS FOR TRAFFIC TO GET IN AND OUT IN A SAFE MANNER. UH, WE PRESERVED THE WILDFLOWER FIELD THAT'S UP THERE ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER, CLOSE TO ARAPAHOE IN 75. AND THEN WE ALSO, ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD OVER AND OVER IN PERSON, PERSON WAS, WHAT ABOUT US DURING THE ELECTION TIME PERIODS? WE WANT A COMFORTABLE OR A CONVENIENT PLACE TO SIT DOWN AND SOME AMENITIES THAT ARE THE PROPER DISTANCE AWAY FROM, FROM CITY HALL. SO THAT, UH, WE IDENTIFIED, UH, CONVENIENTLY IN THAT ONE SPOT THERE UNDER NUMBER FIVE, WHERE WE HAVE ACTUALLY SOME BENCHES AND SEEDING TODAY WITH SOME OF THE TREES, PRESERVING THAT AND LEAVING THAT IN PLACE LARGELY INTACT, UH, TO ACCOMMODATE THAT REQUEST AS WELL. SO I THINK YOU'LL FIND THAT, UH, WE'VE REALLY WORKED HARD TO, TO REFINE THIS LAYOUT AND TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS, UM, THE CONCERNS AND, AND DESIRES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED TO US THROUGH OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH PROCESS. WITH REGARD TO CITY HALL, SOME OF THE OUTPUT, UH, INPUT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, UM, STARTED OFF WITH JUST SOME OF THE BUILDING, UH, OUT OUTSIDE APPEARANCE LOOKS, UH, AS FAR AS THE TOP, THE ORIENTATION OF THE BUILDING, WHETHER THAT SHOULD BE, UH, HAVING THE TALL SECTION ON THE EAST SIDE OR THE WEST SIDE CLOSER TO THE FOUNTAIN, UH, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF, UH, DESIRE TO HAVE THAT ON THE EAST SIDE. AND SO YOU SEE THAT IN THE DRAWINGS THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU THIS EVENING, UH, THAT WE'VE ACCOMMODATED THAT BY SHOWING THE, KEEPING THE TALLER PORTION OF THE BUILDING CLOSER TO 75. UM, AND AS WELL, THERE WAS AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THAT REALLY LIKED THAT STEPPED OPTION. THAT SPOKE WELL TO THE, TO THE LIBRARY AESTHETIC. AS FAR AS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LIBRARY AND, UH, CITY HALL. UH, WE WERE INQUIRING MORE IN DETAIL ABOUT THE GLASS THAT WAS BEING USED, UH, WHETHER OR NOT THE STAIR TOWER WAS A COMPONENT AND A, A VISUAL AESTHETIC THAT WAS DESIRED TO CARRY OVER TO THE NEW CITY HALL, AS WELL AS THE STYLE OF THE ENTRY. AND YOU'LL FIND THAT, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE RESPONSES TO ALL OF THESE WERE THAT WE PREFER TO HAVE THAT WITH THE STAIR TOWER, PERHAPS BEING 50 50, UH, WITH A HEDGE TOWARDS DESIRING IT. UH, BUT THE OTHER TWO, WE CERTAINLY RECEIVED A POSITIVE, FAVORABLE INPUT TO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT THE NEW BUILDING SPEAKS TO THE LIBRARIES NEW DESIGN THAT WE'RE INCORPORATING THAT IN, IN, IN, YOU'LL SEE THAT REFLECTED IN SOME OF OUR, UH, NEXT DRAWINGS. AND THEN SUSTAINABILITY WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HEARD OVER AND OVER FROM A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN PERSON AND THROUGH OUR OPEN COMMENTS AS WELL. AND SO WE WERE INQUIRING ABOUT WHAT WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT SUSTAINABLE ELEMENTS TO THE PEOPLE THAT, UH, WERE INTERESTED IN THAT. UH, WE, WE HEARD OVERWHELMINGLY THAT SOLAR PANELS FROM THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE IDENTIFIED THAT AS ONE OF THEIR TOP, TOP DESIRES WAS TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO OUR BUILDING. UM, WATER HARVESTING AND, UH, SOLAR WATER HEATING WAS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT WAS CONSIDERED VERY INTERESTING AS WELL. UH, DEEP OVERHANG PORSCHES AND SOME FORM OF SHADING WITH THE SCREEN, BUT NOT THE SHADING FINS THAT WE IDENTIFIED THERE ON THE BOTTOM. AND THIS IS THE CONCEPTUAL VIEW. THIS IS THE, UH, DRAWING THAT, UH, WE BELIEVE OUR CONSULTANTS, UM, HAVE PUT TOGETHER THAT SPEAKS VERY WELL TO, UH, ALL OF THESE DESIRES. AND THAT THE ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRATION OF THE RICHARDSON CITY HALL AND THE LIBRARY BLENDS THE PHYSICAL FORUM AND THE CIVIC FUNCTION OF THIS NEW FACILITY. UH, WE CONSIDER IT TO BE PROMINENT AND VISIBLE FROM BOTH ARAPAHO AND FROM 75. UH, IT SHARES A SIMILAR DESIGN [03:10:01] FOR THE ENTRY. UH, IT DOES CARRY SOME OF THE SAME AESTHETICS FOR THE STAIRWELL, AND ALSO HAS THAT CANTILEVER THIRD FLOOR FROM THAT STEPPED OPTION THAT WAS IDENTIFIED AS A DESIRED FORM FROM THE LIBRARY. I, WE DON'T WANT TO READ TOO MUCH INTO THE COLORS AND THE SHADING. WE LEFT THOSE INTENTIONALLY, UH, KIND OF BLAND AND AND NEUTRAL BECAUSE WE ARE STILL RESOLVING AND REFINING THOSE MATERIALS AND AESTHETICS AS WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT WHAT THOSE OPTIONS ARE AND HOW THOSE MATERIALS, UH, SHOULD SPEAK WITH THE LIBRARY, AND ALSO HOW THEY WORK WITHIN THE AVAILABLE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE. UM, AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH AS WE CONTINUE THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. UH, THIS IS THE VIEW OF THE CITY HALL AS IF YOU'RE STANDING MORE OR LESS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CAMPUS AND LOOKING TO THE NORTHEAST. AND IT'S THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE PROPOSED CITY HALL WITH THE MAIN ENTRANCE. AND YOU CAN SEE THE PROMINENT COUNCIL CHAMBER THERE STICKING OUT, UH, AND BEING VERY CLEAR AS TO THE INTENT AND USE OF THAT SPACE. THIS IS A VIEW AS IF YOU WERE STANDING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CAMPUS CLOSE TO ARAPAHOE AND LOOKING SOUTHEAST. UH, THIS IS THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE BUILDING. AND ON THIS CORNER, AGAIN, IT'S A PROMINENT BUILDING THAT YOU CAN SEE FROM ARAPAHOE ROAD. UM, IT HAS A CLEAR CIVIC FORM, AND IT'S EASILY IDENTIFIABLE. COUNCIL CHAMBER LOCATION. UH, THAT RECESSED SECOND FLOOR ELEMENT ALLOWS FOR AN OUTDOOR SPACE THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE NORTH SIDE, WHERE WE HAVE A STAFF BREAK ROOM. THE MAIN BREAK ROOM FOR THE FACILITY, UH, FOR STAFF IS ON THAT SECOND FLOOR AND, AND SHADED BY THE FLOOR ABOVE IT. UH, AND WITH ACCESS TO THE ROOF IN THAT SPOT, UH, THIS DESIGN IS STILL BEING REFINED AS WE COMPLETE THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN PHASE AND BEGIN FURTHER DESIGN DEVELOPMENT. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY EXPLORING STILL TO, TO IN THIS PROCESS, UH, IS, UH, JUST A MORE EFFICIENT WAY TO POSSIBLY MANEUVER, UH, STAIRWELL ACCESS IT, WHETHER IT SHOULD BE ON THE NORTH END AND EXTERIOR TO THE BUILDING, OR IF THERE'S A WAY TO MORE EFFICIENTLY INCORPORATE THAT INSIDE THE BUILDING. SO THERE ARE STILL CHANGES AND SOME THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT SEE DIFFERENTLY ON THE NEXT VERSION OF THIS THAT WE SHARE WITH YOU. UM, BUT WE, WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT, UH, THE OVERALL LOOK, SHAPE, AND FEEL OF THE, OF THE BUILDING. UH, AND THIS IS A VIEW FROM THE SOUTHEAST. IT'S AS IF YOU'RE LOOKING NORTH AND WEST FROM THE FRONTAGE ROAD. UM, AND SO THIS IS KIND OF THE, THE BACKSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRY AND THE, THE STAFF ENTRANCE OR THE, THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING THERE. UH, WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF BACK OF HOUSE ON THE, ON THE EAST SIDE INTO THE NORTH. IT'S GONNA BE, UH, SCREENED. UM, BUT ALSO THAT'S WHERE WE'LL HAVE, UH, A LOT OF THE, UH, EQUIPMENT FOR, UH, A GENERATOR AND, AND SOME OF THE OTHER EQUIPMENT THAT'S NOT REALLY SHOWN IN HERE. WE'RE STILL DEVELOPING, UH, ALL OF THESE FINAL SITE PLANS, BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OVERALL BUILDING SHAPE AND FORM. UH, AND THE ARTICULATION THAT YOU SEE WITHIN THE OVERHANGS AND THE SHADE THAT THEY PROVIDE. THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL AERIAL VIEW THAT HELPS, UH, SHOW, UH, OUR CAREFUL PLANNING, UH, SHOWS THAT VISIBILITY OF CITY HALL FROM BOTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY AND ARAPAHOE. AND IT EMPHASIZES THAT CIVIC CAMPUS AND PRESENCE TO THE PASSERBY THAT, UH, HELPS SHARE THE, THE, THE SIZE AND MAGNITUDE OF THE NEW CITY HALL AS COMPARED TO THE LIBRARY. BUT THE TWO DO SPEAK WELL TO EACH OTHER IN SHAPE AND FORM INSIDE THAT BUILDING. NOW, WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE OUTSIDE. UH, WE HAVE THREE LEVELS. THE MAIN LEVEL IS APPROXIMATELY 40, 45,000 SQUARE FEET. IT'LL HOUSE THE COUNCIL CHAMBER MEETING ROOMS, UH, ASSOCIATED NOT JUST WITH THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, BUT ALSO LARGER, UH, CONFERENCE ROOMS THAT YOU SEE THERE IN THE PINK. UH, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE OUR ONE STOP SHOP, WHICH IS LARGELY, UH, THE BUS, UH, BUSINESS FOR MOST OF THE RESIDENTS AND CON CITIZENS THAT ARE COMING IN TO USE CITY HALL ON A REGULAR BASIS. THEY'LL BE ABLE TO WALK IN AND CONVENIENTLY ACCESS WATER, CUSTOMER SERVICE, HEALTH BUILDING INSPECTIONS, COMMUNITY SERVICES. WE'LL HAVE THE CONVENTION VISITORS BUREAU ON THE FIRST FLOOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES THERE ON THE SECOND FLOOR. UH, WE'LL HAVE THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, OUR ENGINEERING AND CAPITAL PROJECTS, TRANSPORTATION, MOBILITY AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. AND THEN ON LEVEL THREE, WE'LL HAVE THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, THE CITY SECRETARY, COMMUNICATIONS, FINANCE BUDGET, AND IT, THAT'S QUITE A BIT, LOOKING MORE CLOSELY AT THE FIRST FLOOR, WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED, UH, AGAIN, THAT, THAT ONE STOP SHOP. AND THE CONVENIENCE THAT YOU CAN SEE IS YOU JUST WALK INTO THE LOBBY AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO STRAIGHT TO A COUNTER AND TALK TO EITHER, UH, BUILDING INSPECTION, UH, HEALTH AND, AND, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND WATER CUSTOMER SERVICE, UH, VERY QUICKLY AND CONVENIENTLY THERE. UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE GOT THE LARGE MEETING ROOMS ON THE, IN THE PINK THERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE, SO THAT IN THE EVENT THAT PERHAPS WE HAVE A, A JOINT MEETING LIKE WE HAD TONIGHT, OR A LARGER AUDIENCE, UH, EVEN THAT COULD BE SPILLOVER OR USE FOR, FOR, UH, FOR POTENTIAL MEETINGS IN THAT SPACE. IT'LL BE SET UP AND TO ACCOMMODATE THE VIDEO AND, AND TO SET UP OUR MEETINGS, UH, THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT, UM, UH, THAT WOULD NORMALLY OCCUR IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. UH, ZOOMING IN A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL WITH YOU. UM, BECAUSE IT IS A PROMINENT DESIGN ELEMENT, UM, IT HAS A SEATING CAPACITY OF APPROXIMATELY 170. MANY OF THOSE [03:15:01] SEATS ARE FIXED, BUT THERE ARE SOME SEATS THAT ARE ALSO, UH, ABLE TO BE MOVED AND, AND TAKEN OUT FOR MORE FLEXIBILITY AND USE OF THAT SPACE. UM, THE RAKED SEATING, THERE'S APPROXIMATELY A ONE FOOT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LOWER LEVEL WHERE, UH, SPEAKERS WOULD GO DOWN TO SPEAK AND ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AT THE DIES. UM, BUT IT'S NOT SUCH A GREAT, UH, HEIGHT, BUT A SLIGHT HEIGHT TO VARIANCE THAT THAT HAS A RAKED SLOPE FOR THE FIXED SEATING COMING DOWN TO THAT LEVEL. UM, THERE'S ABUNDANT NATURAL LIGHT WITH WINDOWS FROM THE WEST SIDE, AS WELL AS, UH, EVEN WITH THE LOBBY, THERE'S PROPOSED LIGHT TO COME INTO THAT LOBBY THAT, UH, WILL ALLOW SOME LIGHT IN FROM THAT SIDE AS WELL. BUT, UH, THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF LIGHT COMING INTO THIS SPACE. UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ENHANCED TECHNOLOGY AND IMPROVED SECURITY THROUGH THE WAYS THAT WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO ENTER AND EXIT THE FACILITY. UH, WE'LL ALSO HAVE THE ADDITIONAL CONFERENCE ROOM FOR EXECUTIVE SESSIONS AS NEEDED TO THE NORTH. AND IT, THIS WILL SUPPORT BOTH BUSINESS AND WORK SESSIONS WITHIN THAT COUNCIL CHAMBER SPACE, UH, AS, AS DESIRED OUR PROJECT BUDGET. UM, MOVING ON THE PROJECT BUDGET, WE, WE STARTED THIS PROJECT VERY QUICKLY, AS YOU KNOW, UM, WE IN THE FALL OF 2022, AND WE PUT THIS ESTIMATE TOGETHER VERY QUICKLY IN ORDER TO GO OUT TO A BOND PROGRAM AND SEE IF WE COULD, UH, GET THE APPROVAL OF THE VOTERS. UM, THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH IN, IN DEVELOPING INITIAL ESTIMATES, UH, WE RECEIVED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF INPUT, INCLUDING MORE DETAILED SPACE PROGRAMMING. UH, WE'VE FURTHER EVALUATED GROWTH AS WELL AS THROUGH THE PUBLIC OUTREACH THAT WE'VE RECEIVED. WE'VE IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF SPACES WHERE THAT 96,000 SQUARE FOOT ESTIMATE THAT WE LED OUT WITH, UM, IS COMING UP A LITTLE BIT LOW, BUT, BUT NOT TOO LOW. BUT WE'RE, WE'RE BUSTING, UH, A LITTLE BIT AT THE SEAMS THERE, UH, BUT FURTHER OPTION OF HAVING US, UH, WITH A STEPPED OPTION AND ADDITIONAL STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, AS WELL AS A LOT OF THE UNCERTAINTY THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH WITH OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK AND THE DESIGN TEAM TRYING TO RESPOND TO THOSE ONLINE SURVEYS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACCOUNT FOR THE MATERIALS AND GLASS AND THE STONE THAT'S DESIRABLE, AS WELL AS THAT WE ENCOUNTER AND INCLUDE, UH, SUSTAINABLE ELEMENTS AND FEATURES WITHIN THIS PROJECT. UH, NOTWITHSTANDING THIS, UH, THE ABOVE INPUT, WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH THE DESIGN AND BUDGET, UH, AND FURTHER REFINING THIS PROCESS. UH, WE ARE FORTUNATE THOUGH, HOWEVER, THAT IN SOME OF THE RESOLUTION OF THIS PAST, UH, UH, WINTER, UH, GOING INTO THE BACK IN DECEMBER, UM, BECAUSE OF THE TENANT IMPROVEMENT ALLOWANCE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COORDINATE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING INTO THIS SPACE, AS WELL AS WITH RESOLVING OUR, UH, FINAL INSURANCE PROCEEDS, UH, WE'VE NETTED AN ADDITIONAL FUNDING CAPACITY OF APPROXIMATELY $6 MILLION THAT COULD HELP US ADDRESS SOME OF THESE NEEDS. UH, WE'VE UPDATED THIS BUDGET, UH, FROM OUR EARLY ESTIMATE IN JANUARY, 2023 THAT PUT TOGETHER AN $85 MILLION AND CONTEMPLATED AN $85 MILLION PROJECT. UM, WE'VE HAD INCREASES IN OUR SOFT COSTS. WE'RE HOLDING OUR F, F AND E FOR FURNITURE AND FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT FOR, UH, STEADY. OUR CONSTRUCTION BUDGET HAS GONE UP APPROXIMATELY $10 MILLION FOR A TOTAL INCREASE, UH, FROM A TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COST OF 66 MILLION TO 78.1 MILLION. UH, WE CAME IN A LITTLE BIT OVER ON OUR RELOCATION EXPENSES AS WE TALK ABOUT AN UPDATE ON THE LIBRARY HERE SHORTLY. WE, IT'S KIND OF BALANCED OUT A LITTLE BIT ON, ON SOME OF THE SAVINGS THAT WE SAW THERE. UH, BUT WE'VE APPLIED MUCH OF OUR ESCALATION AND CONTINGENCY TO TRY TO KEEP THIS IN CHECK, BUT WE STILL ARE TOO EARLY IN THE DESIGN PROCESS TO RELEASE ALL OF THAT ESCALATION AND CONTINGENCY. UM, BUT CONTEMPLATING THAT ADDITIONAL $6 MILLION FROM TENANT IMPROVEMENT ALLOWANCE AND INSURANCE PROCEEDS, UH, WE ARE CONTEMPLATING MAKING THAT BUDGET, UH, FOR THIS, THIS FEBRUARY, 2024, UH, FROM $85 MILLION UP TO $91 MILLION. WE'RE WELCOMING YOUR FEEDBACK AT THIS POINT IN THE PRESENTATION, UM, THROUGH OUR PROGRESS OF DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT WITH YOUR INPUT, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH DESIGN, UH, AND REFINE THOSE. AND FOR FOLLOW UP, UH, WITH ADDITIONAL, UH, DESIGN REFINEMENTS AS WE HAVE THEM, CERTAINLY WELCOME YOUR, YOUR INPUT. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION QUESTIONS, PLEASE, MR. BARRIOS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, JIM, GREAT JOB. THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR STAYING LATE AND, UH, UM, YOUR TIME. THE, CAN YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE 12 WHERE IT SAYS THE UPDATED SCHEMATIC DESIGN? I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I, I, UH, UNDERSTAND IT. SO ON THE, UM, THAT NUMBER THREE, THE THIRD CAMPUS ENTRANCE, YES. SO LET'S SEE. SO THAT'LL, THAT'LL BE ENTRANCE. WILL THAT BE TWO WAY OR THAT SOLELY FOR PEOPLE COMING EAST ON BELL GROVE AND TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT? HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE TRAFFIC FLOW THERE. IT'S ESSENTIALLY THE DRIVEWAY THAT'S THERE TODAY, AND IT WILL ALLOW FOR A TWO-WAY ENTRANCE AND TWO-WAY EXIT AT BOTH THOSE LOCATIONS ON BELL GROVE. OKAY. WHAT, AND I SEE THE SIDEWALKS. [03:20:01] I KNOW YOU DISCUSSED THAT. I WAS KIND OF READING AND LISTENING AT THE SAME TIME. WAS THERE SOMETHING ELSE MAJOR THERE THAT I MAY HAVE MISSED? EVERYTHING ELSE BASICALLY IS THE SAME. I SEE SOME COLOR CHANGES, MAYBE SOME TREES DIFFERENT. LOOKS LIKE A FEW MORE TREES WERE ADDED TO THE MEDIAN. OKAY. NEXT QUESTION. UM, THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE BIG CHANGE THERE, IT LOOKS LIKE, RIGHT? NO, I THINK, UM, YEAH, WE'RE FURTHERING THE DESIGN. WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCURATE. UM, ARTICULATION AND, AND SHAPES OF, OF THE RADIUS THAT ACCOUNT FOR FIRE APPARATUS TO ACTUALLY NAVIGATING THROUGH THE SITE. AND, UH, SOME OF THE LANDSCAPING, UH, PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN EVOLVED ARE ALSO INCORPORATED IN THERE HELP. THANK YOU. UM, HELP ME UNDERSTAND ON THE, WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT PROJECT BUDGET, EXPLAIN TO ME SOFT COSTS. I, I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT, I HELP, HELP US. AND FOR THOSE WATCHING UNDERSTAND SOFT COSTS. I DON'T WANT ANYBODY WALKING AROUND THINKING WE'RE GONNA SPEND AN EXTRA $1.1 MILLION ON A PIECE OF PUBLIC ART. OR IS THAT NO. UH, PUBLIC ART BUDGET WE MET WITH AND PRESENTED LAST SUMMER AS THE SAME PUBLIC ART BUDGET, IT IS CARRIED WITHIN THAT SOFT COST. SO PUBLIC ART IS PART OF THAT. IT'S ALSO THE COST THAT WE SPEND FOR OUR DESIGN AND CONSULTING SERVICES THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH HELPING US GET TO THIS POINT. AND THAT WILL CONTINUE WITH THE DESIGN AND SEE US THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION OF THE BUILDING. UM, WE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF CONSULTANTS, UH, THAT ARE HELPING US MANAGE THIS PROJECT. NOT JUST DESIGN IT, BUT ALSO MANAGE IT. UM, WE HAVE CONSULTANTS THAT ARE HELPING, GIVEN THE MAGNITUDE AND SIZE OF THIS PROJECT. WE HAVE AUDITORS THAT ARE MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THE EXPENSES THAT WE'RE INCURRING ARE BEING CHECKED AND, UH, WE'RE NOT, UH, INCURRING AND PAYING EXPENSES FOR FEES AND, AND ANYTHING THAT THE CONTRACTOR, UM, WE'RE JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE CROSS OUR T'S AND DOT OUR I'S ON THIS. SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF CONSULTANTS BEYOND JUST THE ARCHITECT'S TEAM YEAH. THAT HELP US AND ALL OF THEM COMBINED, UH, COME UP TO THAT TOTAL. SO THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE, SO THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. SO THAT'S MANAGEMENT, KIND OF THOSE OVERHEAD COSTS OF A PROJECT OF THE SCALE THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE WHAT WE, PEOPLE MAY CONFUSE WITH SOFT GOODS SUCH AS CHAIRS AND TABLES AND DESKS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT ARE WHERE WE CARRY, UH, OFFICE FURNITURE AND THE FURNITURE THAT YOU'LL SEE INSTALLED IN THE LOBBY AND THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. RIGHT. AND, UH, EVEN SOME OF THE SITE FURNISHINGS, UM, WILL, WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THAT. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, JIM. SURE. MR. DORIAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, JIM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I LIKE HOW THIS IS COMING TOGETHER. IT'S, UH, ON, ON THE SCHEMATIC ONE, I NOTICED THAT THE PLAZA, I'M CALLING IT THE PLAZA. UM, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, REDESIGN THERE, UM, SOME EMPHASIS MADE ON THE, AROUND THE FOUNTAIN. UM, WHICH I KNOW THIS IS NOT DETAILED OUT AT THE MOMENT. I JUST REALIZED THIS IS JUST CONCEPTUAL. BUT, UM, I JUST NOTED A NOTICED A FEW CHANGES THERE. IT'S MAINLY JUST LANDSCAPING, PROPOSED LANDSCAPING. YES. OKAY. PREDOMINANTLY LANDSCAPING INTO, UM, I THINK THERE IS SOME EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A COHESIVE, UH, CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CITY HALL AND THE LIBRARY. MM-HMM. , UM, AND WHAT THAT PLAZA COULD LOOK LIKE. UH, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING, UH, MUCH OF THE EXISTING TREES, UH, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PLAZA. UH, AND THEN ALSO I THINK YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE, UH, THE TIPS TO THE, UM, TO THE LEADERSHIP GROVE AND TO THAT THE, THE DIRECTION OF COMING OFF FROM THE FOUNTAIN AND, AND THE RADIAL. UM, WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH, AGAIN, SOME OF THE REFINEMENTS, UM, WILL FURTHER BACK, UH, FURTHER HELP US REFINE AND, AND SEE WHAT PORTIONS OF THIS, UH, WE CAN INCORPORATE INTO OUR BASE SCOPE FOR THE PROJECT. UH, WE CERTAINLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SUCCESSFUL CAMPUS THAT, THAT ACCOMMODATES THE PARKING AND THE SAFETY AND, AND GIVES US THE SPACE THAT WE NEED TO, TO, TO WORK WITH THESE BUILDINGS. BUT IT'S STILL UN TO BE DETERMINED AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE'LL BE ABLE TO COMPLETE EVERYTHING ON THIS OVERALL SCOPE. UM, YEAH. AS WE'RE REFINING OUR BUDGETS AND SCHEMATIC. JIM, I THINK ONE ADDITIONAL, UM, AND MAYOR PRO TIM, I THINK YOU SUGGESTED IT WAS THE CONNECTIONS. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE SIDEWALK CONNECTIONS OUT TO ARAPAHO, TO THE PLAZA. SO WE ADDED THOSE FROM THE PRIOR, UH, CONCEPT AS WELL, I THINK. MM-HMM. , YES. AND THAT'S THROUGH LEADERSHIP GROVE. YEAH. AND I, AND I, AND I LIKE THOSE. UM, I THINK IT ADDS A LITTLE MORE, AND FIRST OF ALL, TAKING OUT THE, THE ENTRY FEATURE THERE AND CREATING JUST ONE LARGE PLAZA, I THINK IS MUCH MORE ATTRACTIVE AND DESIRABLE. AND ALSO IT LIMITS, UH, YOU KNOW, THE ENTRY INTO OFF OF, UH, CIVIC CENTER DRIVE AS WELL AS BELL GROVE. UM, ON THE, UH, THE NEW SCHEMATIC, LET ME, LEMME GET OVER HERE. OH, JUST ON THE, UM, STAIR STEPPING, UM, SO THE, THE MOST POPULAR WAS THE STEPPED, UM, [03:25:01] YES. OPTION. OKAY. OVERWHELMINGLY, YEAH. I REALLY THINK THAT IS A, AND AND THE CHOICE TO PUT THE, THE TALLER PORTION TOWARD 75 IS, IS, HAS THAT BEEN CONFIRMED? YES, YES. WE ARE PROCEEDING WITH, WITH THAT OPTION. IT WAS A LITTLE CLOSER TO 50 50, BUT THE NOD WENT TOWARDS, UH, THE EAST AND WE KEPT WITH THAT. YEAH. IT MAKES THE, UH, PLAZA LOOK, UH, A LITTLE MORE, UH, ELIMINATED. UM, ON, ARE WE, ARE WE DEFINITELY GOING WITH THE SOLAR PANEL? IS THAT, IS THAT PART OF THE AREA WHERE IT'S A COMMON AREA FOR THE CITY STAFF, THE OUTDOOR AREA? IS THAT WHERE THE SOLAR PANELS ARE GOING? THE AREA THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT AND DISCUSSED INCORPORATING SOLAR PANELS WOULD BE ACTUALLY THE THIRD FLOOR ROOF. OKAY. THAT WOULD BE UP WITH THE MECHANICAL SYSTEMS AND LESS VISIBLE NECESSARILY TO THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SECOND FLOOR ROOF POTENTIALLY BEING OPEN TO PEOPLE USING THE PATIO, UH, AND THE BRAKE AREA. BUT IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED. UM, SOLAR PANELS ARE SOMETHING THAT WE ARE PRICING AND WE'RE WORKING TO SEE WHAT PORTION OF, OF THE SOLAR, UH, PANELS WE CAN AFFORD TO INSTALL AND, AND HOW THAT, UH, THERE ARE MANY OTHER WAYS THAT WE'RE INCORPORATING, UH, SUSTAINABLE ELEMENTS, UH, JUST INTO THE BASE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING, BUT ALSO, UM, AND THE MATERIALS, THE EQUIPMENT, UM, HOW WE SOURCE THE, THE PRODUCTS. UM, THERE'S A NUMBER OF WAYS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ADDRESSING SUSTAINABILITY ON THIS. OKAY. AND THE, UH, THE OPEN AREA THERE, WHERE IT IS, IT'S ON THE SECOND LEVEL, UH, WHERE THERE'S, UH, OUT OUTDOOR SEATING AREA. IT SAYS SOLAR PANELS ON HERE, BUT, BUT, UH, THAT'S MORE OF A SCREENED, UM, AREA. CORRECT. JUST A GLASS SCREEN TOP. I THINK IT'S ON PAGE 16. COME BACK TO RIGHT THERE WHERE IT SAYS SOLAR PANELS. IS THAT, THAT LOOKS LIKE, IS THAT THE OUTSIDE SECOND LEVEL? YEAH, I THINK THESE ARE PICTURES THAT WE SHARED ACTUALLY WITH OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH BEFORE WE HAD ANY REAL CONCEPTS TO PUT IN FRONT OF, OF RESIDENTS, SUSAN. SO, WELL, I THINK THAT'S JUST A PERGOLA THAT BRINGS IN AND INCORPORATES SOME SOLAR PANELS ON IT. RIGHT. WELL, I, LIKE I SAID, I LIKE THE DIRECTION. I THINK IT LOOKS GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU BRUCE. MS. JUSTICE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I THINK IT LOOKS GREAT. UM, I THINK IT'S RESPONSIVE TO THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK, SO, UM, I'M EXCITED, UM, ABOUT, ABOUT THAT. UM, I THINK THE STEPPED LOOK GIVES IT, UM, A LOT OF INTEREST, IF YOU WILL, FROM SORT OF AN ART OR ARCHITECTURAL STANDPOINT. UM, I JUST, UH, JUST CON CONCERNED ABOUT THE BUDGET, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE OVERRUN AN ADDITIONAL $6 MILLION, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WENT OUT TO BOND PART OF, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, THE DISCUSSION WAS THAT INSURANCE PROCEEDS COULD OFFSET THE AMOUNT OF DEBT WE WOULD HAVE TO SELL. SO, I MEAN, I JUST, I WANNA PUSH BACK A LITTLE BIT AND, AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE? UH, YOU KNOW, WE, UM, I GET THERE ARE GONNA BE COST OVERRUNS AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, BUT I GUESS I WANNA JUST CHALLENGE US TO FIGURE OUT POTENTIAL DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES. 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE COMMUNICATED TO THE PUBLIC WE WOULD TRY AND DO HERE. UM, IS IS SELL LESS DEBT IF POSSIBLE. ABSOLUTELY. SO, NO, I, I I, I, I REALLY WANNA HONOR THAT DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD. UM, YOU KNOW, I I WOULD SAY WE PUT TOGETHER THAT $85 MILLION ESTIMATE MM-HMM. AND, UH, AND PROBABLY ABOUT THREE MONTHS TIME. YEAH. UM, YOU KNOW, WE COULD, WE COULD, WE COULD HAVE THE $85 MILLION BUDGET TODAY, BUT WHAT WE WANTED, WHAT WE'RE GO TO THAT SLIDE, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO, THE POINT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK ABOUT, FOR INSTANCE, THE STEPPED OPTION ABOUT HOW, UH, IMPORTANT SUSTAINABILITY WAS TO THE COMMUNITY. SO A BIG PART OF THIS $6 MILLION WOULD BE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE THREE THINGS. NOW, IF YOU, IF YOU SAID, WE WANT TO HOLD TO THE $85 MILLION, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE THESE THREE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION, I THINK WE'RE PREPARED TO DO THAT. BUT, BUT WE, WE, WE, WE WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE THAT ADDITIONAL TI UH, THE TENANT IMPROVEMENT, UH, ALLOWANCE. AND THEN OF COURSE THE, THE INSURANCE PROCEEDS TO COME IN STRONGER THAN THAN WE HAD ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED. I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE, THIS IS GONNA, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A COUPLE OF FORKS IN THE ROAD LIKE THIS. I THINK IT'S NOT ONLY GONNA BE THIS $6 MILLION, IT'LL LIKELY BE SOME OF THE, THE, UM, RESERVE THAT WE SET ASIDE. AND I THINK REALLY WHAT MY OPINION TELL, PLEASE, PLEASE GIVE ME THE FEEDBACK IF YOU WOULD RATHER ME TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH. I DON'T WANNA ASSUME ANYTHING. WHAT I WANNA DO IS I WANNA BRING IT TO YOU AS, AS, AS THE COUNCIL AND SAY, THIS IS THE CHOICE. AND, UM, SOME, SOME, SOME OPTIONS YOU MAY SAY SOLAR PANELS FROM SAY, MAY SAY, YEAH, WE WANNA DO SOLAR PANELS AND WE'RE WILLING TO PAY, YOU KNOW, THE MILLION ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THAT THAT WOULD TAKE, EVEN IF THAT DOES PUT US OVER THE ORIGINAL BUDGET AND WE STARTED EATING INTO EITHER THE 6 MILLION OR THE RESERVE. BUT, UM, THERE, THERE ARE GONNA BE A LOT OF TIP BALLS THAT WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH. UM, I THINK IF, IF I TOLD JIM AND THE TEAM TO, TO, TO HOLD IT AT 85 MILLION, MANY OF THESE THINGS WOULD BE OFF THE TABLE. AND AGAIN, I, I WAS REALLY PROUD OF THESE GUYS AND THE WAY THEY, THEY NEGOTIATED THE TI ALLOWANCE. UM, AND SO WE FIGURED THAT THAT [03:30:01] BEING PART OF THE BIGGER PROJECT, WE WOULD TRY TO START BEING RESPONSIVE TO SOME OF THE PUBLIC, UH, DIRECTION THAT WE RECEIVED AND, AND TRY TO, YOU KNOW, TRY TO SEE HOW MUCH WE COULD DO WITH THAT. YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT APPROACH TO, I MEAN, I, I WOULD CERTAINLY RATHER YOU PRESENT ALL THE OPTIONS, UH, THAN TO MAKE ANY ASSUMPTIONS. AND I'M, I'M NOT SUGGESTING WE DON'T DO THESE THINGS. I JUST HAVE THAT CONCERN LY OF SORT OF WHAT WE TOLD THE PUBLIC WE WOULD DO WITH RESPECT TO OUR, THE BOND AND THE, AND INSURANCE. SO I, I WANNA BE MINDFUL OF THAT. AND THIS BUDGET ALSO CONCERNS ME A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE'VE TAKEN 5 MILLION OFF OUR CONTINGENCIES. SO LIKE, DO WE FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT ESCALATION AND CONTINGENCY OR IS THIS GOING TO BE SORT OF, THAT WAS ALWAYS PART OF THE, I WAS ALWAYS, YOU'LL SEE IT IN THE, THE LIBRARY TOO. THAT WAS ALWAYS PART OF THE PLAN. WE, WE ESTIMATED THE ESCALATION AND CONTINGENCY KNOWING THAT WHEN WE ACTUALLY STARTED PUTTING HARD NUMBERS TO THE PROJECT. SO THAT'S WHY YOU JUST SEE THAT IT SAYS $10 MILLION MORE CONSTRUCTION BUDGET. MM-HMM. . BUT REALLY 5 MILLION OF THAT, OR 5.4 MILLION OF THAT IS COMING FROM THE ESCALATION LINE. RIGHT. SO WE'RE REALLY JUST KIND OF MOVING, IT'S REALLY ONLY ABOUT FOUR, FOUR AND A HALF MILLION MORE ON THE CONSTRUCTION. YEAH. UM, BUT, UM, BUT, BUT I, I THINK, I THINK THAT FROM A CONTINGENCY STANDPOINT, BOTH, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE CONTRACT, THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AND THEN OUT, OUT OF THE CONTRACT, LIKE JIM, JIM GO TO THAT BUDGET'S BETTER MAYBE THAT'D BE, UM, UM, BUT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT FIVE, THE $5.5 MILLION FROM THE ESCALATION CONTINGENCY. YEAH. THAT'S ALREADY UP IN THE CONSTRUCTION BUDGET. SO THAT WAS ABLE TO OFFSET HALF OF THAT $10 MILLION. YEAH. THAT'S ALL. AND YOU'LL SEE THE SAME THING ON THE LIBRARY. I MEAN, I, I THINK IT LOOKS GREAT. THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN. AND YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SUGGESTING WE DON'T DO IT. I JUST SORT OF WANNA SORT OF HONOR THE FACT THAT'S THAT'S WHAT ABSOLUTELY. WE TOLD THE PUBLIC AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT US TO SORT OF BACK OURSELVES INTO A CORNER GIVEN WE'RE, YOU KNOW, SURE. WE HAVEN'T EVEN BROKEN GROUND YET. WE HAVEN'T TORN DOWN THE WHOLE BUILDING. I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF SORT OF THINGS TO COME UP IN THE FUTURE. ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S, THAT'S MY CONCERN. JUST TWO OTHER, TWO OTHER NOTES ON THAT. SO, UM, I BELIEVE, AND, AND I THINK THE TEAM BELIEVES THERE'S AT LEAST SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME GRANTS, FOR INSTANCE, UM, YOU THINK ABOUT THE TIMELINE OF THESE, THESE PROGRAMS, SOLO GRANTS, OTHER KIND OF, UM, SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT, UH, GRANTS FROM, FROM EVEN EVEN OUR UTILITIES ALL THE WAY UP POTENTIALLY THROUGH. SO WHILE WE'RE KIND OF PROGRAMMING THESE, WE'RE GONNA LOOK REALLY HARD TO TRY TO FIND THOSE. THE OTHER THING IS I WOULD SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF SOME OF THOSE AREN'T KNOWN AS WE ENTER INTO THEIR PROJECT OR AWARD, FOR INSTANCE, THAT FIRST GMP, WE'LL BE SELLING DEBT OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS, RIGHT? SO IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL LATER, EVEN AFTER WE AWARD THAT FIRST GMP, IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING A GRANT OR WE WE OBTAIN SOME OTHER FUNDING SOURCE TO HELP OFFSET IT, WE CAN STILL ALWAYS REDUCE THE DEBT WE SELL IN THE SECOND OR THIRD YEAR. AND SO, UM, IT'S GONNA BE A, IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY DYNAMIC PROJECT AS WE, WE, WE AWARD THE, WE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE FINALIZE WHAT THAT OR THAT SCOPE WILL BE. WE AWARD THAT AND THEN WE TRY TO, WE TRY TO PUT, UH, FUNDING STRATEGIES IN PLACE, I THINK ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE PROJECT. AND, AND THAT WASN'T THAT DIFFERENT THAN, THAN THE CITY. I MEAN THE UH, UH, POLICE STATION AND, AND FIRE STATION ONE. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. YEAH. I MEAN, I WOULD, I I THINK THAT'S GREAT. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT. LET'S FIND WAYS THAT WE CAN FUND THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, ON SOMEBODY ELSE'S TIME IN OUR OWN. SO, UH, I, I WOULD PUSH YOU TO DO THAT, BUT I MEAN, I, JIM, IT LOOKS GREAT. THE WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS IS AWESOME. AND I, I THINK IT'S RESPONSIVE TO THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK. AND SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY CONCERNS. IT JUST MAKES, MAKES ME A LITTLE NERVOUS THAT WE'RE ALREADY 6 MILLION ABOVE WHERE WE SAID WE WERE GONNA BE. AND YOU KNOW, WE, WE ORIGINALLY ONLY PUT, I THINK, 10 ASIDE TO SORT OF HANDLE THESE SORTS OF THINGS. SO I, YOU KNOW, I, WE HAVEN'T DIPPED INTO THAT YET, BUT I'M HEARING THAT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE COMING. SO, UM, MM-HMM, , YEAH. FIND SOMEBODY ELSE'S MONEY. THAT SOUNDS LIKE A FANTASTIC IDEA. LET'S DO THAT. UM, BUT IT'S GREAT, JIM, GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. CERTAINLY. GREAT. THANK YOU MR. CORCORAN. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. SORRY, WAIT, I'M SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, JUSTICE GOT ME A LITTLE CONFUSED. ARE WE TAKING OUT, I DON'T SEE ANYWHERE. ARE WE TAKING OUT MORE DEBT FOR THIS ESCALATION? NO. WHAT, WHAT WE PROMISED WAS THAT DEPENDING ON WHAT OUR INSURANCE RECOVERY WAS, WE MAY SELL LESS DEBT BECAUSE THE INSURANCE WOULD OFFSET OH, SELL LESS DEBT. I SEE. OKAY. I UNDERSTAND. IF WE MAY SO FAST NOW, WE'RE NOT YES, NO, I'M ON THE SAME PAGE. YEP. OKAY, COOL. NO, THAT, THAT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE I, I DEFINITELY AGREE THAT WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT TAKING ON MORE DEBT OR DOING COS OR THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT COMMENT WAS COMING FROM NOW. 'CAUSE I I DIDN'T SEE IT ON HERE AND I GOT, I WAS LIKE, WHAT AM I MISSING? OKAY. UM, THE OTHER, UH, THE OTHER PART I WOULD SAY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I DO, I DO THINK THAT, I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S A TOTAL OFFSET, BUT I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE WOULD ARGUE THAT SOME SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES MAY PAY FOR THEMSELVES OVER TIME, BUT MAYBE NOT MILLIONS . BUT, BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO TO CONSIDER. BUT WHEN I, MY LAST QUESTION AND, AND I DO THINK IT LOOKS GREAT. I MEAN IT'S, IT'S AMAZING THAT THE FIRST SORT OF STAB FOR US AT CREATING CONCEPT ART FOR THE NEW CITY HALL JUST LOOKS SO COOL. AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE DESIGN, ALL THE FEATURES AND THESE SORT OF LIKE ROOF SPACES AND SORT OF LIKE, LIKE THE, THE PLANT LIFE AROUND IT. EVERYTHING JUST LOOKS AWESOME. SO [03:35:01] I I, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT THIS LITTLE TURNAROUND ALL THE WAY BACK AT THAT UPDATED SCHEMATIC DESIGN CONCEPT. UM, BESIDES CIRCLE FOUR, I'M JUST, IS THAT FOR THE FIRE APPARATUS? IS THAT WHY THAT'S THERE? OR WHAT WAS THE DECISION BEHIND THAT? WE WILL HAVE, UM, THE NEED TO SERVICE VEHICLES BACK THERE AS FAR AS TRASH PICKUP AND COLLECTION. UH, FIRE DOES NEED TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS BACK THERE. NOW THEY CAN DRIVE THEIR APPARATUS UP CAREFULLY AND BACK IT OUT COMPLETELY. BUT, UH, PROVIDING A FEW PARKING SPACES AND ACCOMMODATING A BIT OF A TURNAROUND THERE DOES, DOES MAKE IT A MUCH MORE FUNCTIONAL SPACE. AND WE TRY TO MINIMIZE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, THAT'S ALL I HAD. THANK YOU. THAT LOOKS AWESOME MR. SHAUL. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WELL GREAT. I MEAN, WE CAN SEE THINGS MORE NOW TODAY, BUT I APPRECIATE NOW QUESTION, LET ME ASK YOU SOME QUESTION ON THE, SO SOME OF THE VIEW THAT YOU HAVE, CAN YOU SHOW ME SOME OF THOSE? UH, YEAH, THIS ONE, THIS IS FINE. NOW WE HAVE THIS, UH, KIND OF WHITEISH COLOR AND THE BRICK. IS THAT THE BRICK THAT WE ARE REUSING FROM THE WHOLE BUILDING? NO, NO. WE ARE INTENTIONALLY TRYING TO BE VERY NEBULOUS OR NON-COMMITTAL ABOUT WHAT THE EXTERIOR MATERIALS WILL BE AT THIS MOMENT. OKAY. SO I APOLOGIZE. UH, BUT THE CONTRAST IS REALLY TO JUST HELP SHOW A LITTLE BIT OF THE CONTRAST THAT I THINK THE ARCHITECTS WANT TO ESTABLISH WHEN WE DO PUT, PUT MATERIALS ON THIS. UH, BUT WE, IT IS TOO EARLY FOR US TO, TO COMMIT TO WHETHER IT'S BRICK STONE OR, UH, POTENTIALLY SOME CONCRETE OR A COMBINATION OF ALL OF THE ABOVE. UM, OKAY, GREAT. I MEAN, THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THE BRICK COLOR, THE OTHER COLOR, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS GOOD, BUT AGAIN, NOT NECESSARILY, I'M NOT STUCK TO THAT COLOR PUBLIC OPINION IN THIS MATTER. I MEAN, ALL SO FAR, THE FEEDBACK YOU GOT FROM THE PEOPLE, AND THIS IS THE PRODUCT FROM THAT MAJORITY REALLY SPEAKS, UH, LOUDLY AND CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL ALWAYS BRING SOMETHING NICE PRODUCT. SO, BUT I'M GLAD THAT THIS IS NOT REALLY, YOU ARE NOT SETTLED ON THE COLOR OF THE BRICK. UH, NOW, NOW GO, LET'S GO ON THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE, THAT YOU HAVE FIVE AREA, ONE THROUGH FIVE, UH, SITE PLAN. YEAH. NOW THE FIVE, THAT'S, THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART FOR PEOPLE , UH, NOW, AND I, I LOVE TO SEE PEOPLE WALK ALONG THE ARAPAHO AND COME FROM THAT SIDE. UH, THAT'S WHY THAT I WANTED TO SEE THAT LEAD WALK THERE. AND UH, IF THERE'S SOME OTHER BUSINESSES ON OTHER SIDE AND MAYBE OTHER SIDE FROM THE 75 PEOPLE WILL BE WALKING, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL FIND A SAFE WAY TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE PEOPLE WALK AROUND MORE. SO, AND THERE WILL BE MORE GATHERING COMING FROM THAT SIDE. SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THIS IS NOT REALLY FIXED PIPE IS NOT GOING TO BE THE ELECTION, UH, AREA THAT IT COULD BE HUNDRED FEET, SOMETHING LIKE THAT? YOU, YOU CAN, NO, IT, IT'S NOT THE ONLY PLACE THAT YOU CAN ELECTIONEER, YOU CAN ELECTIONEER ANY A HUNDRED, IT'S A HUNDRED LINEAR FEET FROM THE, THE FRONT DOOR. SO YOU COULD ELECTIONEER AND THE PLAZA, YOU COULD ELECTIONEER AND, AND THE, UH, LEADERSHIP GROVE OR EVEN EVEN IN THE GREEN AREA IF YOU WANTED TO CATCH FOLKS FROM THE SOUTH, I THINK THAT'S JUST, UH, BECAUSE OF THE, THE PROXIMITY TO THAT MAIN ENTRANCE, THAT'S A, A DESIGNATED PLACE WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE A, A BENCH OR TWO AND YOU KNOW, THERE'D BE SOME TREES FOR COVERAGE AND SO, BUT, BUT YOU COULD, IT'S NOT THE ONLY PLACE YOU CAN ELECTION YEAR. IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST ONE. OKAY. JUST, YEAH, JUST WANTED TO GET THE CLARIFICATION BECAUSE THOSE AREA LIKE, YOU KNOW, NICE AREA TO HANG OUT AND HAVE PEOPLE TALK TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, GREAT THINGS THAT WE WOULD HAVE IN THE FUTURE, UH, FOR PUBLIC GATHERING. NOW REGARDING THE SOLAR PANEL, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN PUT TOGETHER THAT NORMALLY WHENEVER ENGINEER DESIGN SOMETHING, NOT NECESSARILY JUST, JUST THE CONSTRUCTION COST IS THE MAIN THING. IT'S ABOUT 20 YEARS, UH, THAT INCLUDES MAINTENANCE BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHY WE PUT ASPHALT STREET VERSUS CONCRETE STREET, WE LOOK AT THE LIFE LONG MAINTENANCE. RIGHT. AND EVEN THOUGH ONE MIGHT BE LITTLE MORE TODAY, BUT THE OTHER ONE MAKES SENSE FOR LONG TERM. UH, SO SOLAR PANEL, YOU KNOW, IF WE PAY 13 CENTS PER KILOWATT, THAT'S GONNA BE A LOT MORE IN THE FUTURE. UH, SO WITH THAT THING, I THINK, I THINK THE ELECTRICITY THAT THE, THAT COST IS GONNA OFFSET THE PANEL COST. SO, BUT WE NEED TO SEE THE NUMBERS. CAN I JUMP IN ON THAT? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT FIN'S TRYING TO SAY IS, CAN WE GET A RETURN ON INVESTMENT? SURE. ON, ON THE SOLAR PANELS. YEAH. WE, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT BECAUSE I KNOW SEVERAL CITY HALLS AND SEVERAL OTHER CITIES, UH, BASICALLY IT WAS NEVER PAYBACK. [03:40:01] AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE LOOK AT IT. ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, I'M NOT SAYING THAT SHOULD BE THE COMPLETE GUIDING DECISION, BUT RIGHT. TO FIN'S POINT, THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED. A RETURN ON INVESTMENT. IF WE CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT THAT ABSOLUTELY. AND BRING THAT IN, THAT THAT'LL BE PART OF KIND OF THE, THE OPTIONS WE PROVIDE. YES, SIR. I THINK, I THINK, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. I JUST WANTED GIVE YOU THOSE WORDS. THANKS YOU, MR. HUDSON WRITER. SO YEAH, WE HAVE THAT SUM NUMBERS WE CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT JUSTIFIES TO DO WHAT, UH, EVEN THAT FOUNTAIN THAT WE HAVE THAT USE MINIMUM ELECTRICITY. SO IF THAT COULD BE A SOLAR OR SOMETHING THAT MM-HMM. IT'S NOT CRITICAL IF IT STOPS SOME IT STOPS. SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE CONTINUOUSLY TAKING THE POWER FROM OUTSIDE. UH, IF SOLAR WORKS, IT'LL HAVE THE SHINY SUNNY DAY. UH, IT, THE FOUNTAIN WILL WORK. IF IT IS RAINING, FOUNTAIN WILL STOP. SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT JUST LOOK AT THAT, THOSE SMALL OPTION, I THINK THIS WILL REDUCE COST MAINTENANCE COST, OPERATING COST, UH, BUT I GUESS TEXT WOULD NOT ALLOW ANY ACCESS FROM THEIR SIDE. UH, THAT'S PROBABLY TOO CLOSE TO REP POWER ON US. 75. YEAH. FROM 75 SERVICE ROAD, UH, FASTER. I, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT. YOU MEAN WE DID INQUIRE AND IT, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD, UH, ACCOMPLISH THAT TXDOT WOULD ALLOW, BUT WE DO NOT BELIEVE IT'S THE SAFEST DECISION TO MAKE WITH ACCESSING THERE IN THAT COURT AT THE FRONTAGE ROAD. YEAH, I THINK PD HAD A REAL CONCERN. I MEAN, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE EXISTING SITUATION WHERE FOLKS ARE DOING THE TEXAS U AND THEN TRYING TO GET OVER TO, UM, TO BELL GROVE IF THEY WERE TRYING TO GET OVER EVEN IN A SHORTER DISTANCE. UM, I THINK IT, AND IT AND, AND WITH NOW WITH TWO BELL GROVE, UM, ACCESS POINTS, YEAH. IT'S NOT THAT MUCH FARTHER TO TRAVEL JUST TO COME. I JUST WANTED TO ASK THAT QUESTION JUST SO THAT IT STAYS IN THE RECORD THAT THAT WAS EVEN LOOKED MM-HMM. AND IT'S NOT SAFEST. SO JUST FOR THE RECORD, I ASKED THAT QUESTION. SURE. UH, NOW SINCE THE BUDGET THINGS, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE ALMOST A HUNDRED MILLION. UH, I HAD A DREAM THAT WE COULD HAVE SOMETHING ELSE. UH, BUT I'M NOT, I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU, BUT I'M GONNA JUST MENTION THIS THING THAT IN THE FUTURE IF WE WANT TO HAVE UNDERGROUND PARKING AND DROP OFF AREA INSTEAD OF COMING FROM THE SURFACE PARKING 20 YEARS FROM NOW, THINGS COULD CHANGE. MONEY COULD BE THERE A LOT MORE FROM OTHER, OTHER SOURCES AND THERE COULD BE SOME OTHER NEED TO HAVE SOME OTHER, OTHER STRUCTURES. SO, AND EXPANSION OR SOME OTHER BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING HAPPENS. SO IF WE TAKE OUT THE PARKING AND PUT UNDERGROUND PARKING, THEN IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SET UP TODAY, UH, THEN DROPPING OFF AREA IS NOT GONNA BE POSSIBLE IN THE MAIN CITY HALL. BUT, SO THERE WAS WAY THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE LIKE A SMALL PORTION, COULD IT BE UNDERGROUND USED FOR SOMETHING ELSE, UH, TODAY, BUT IN THE FUTURE, THAT AREA COULD HAVE BEEN LIKE, YOU KNOW, MADE POSSIBLE THAT PARKING EXPANSION UNDERGROUND AND THAT COULD BE USED AS DROP OF AREA, UH, FOR THAT. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S GONNA ADD SOME COST. MM-HMM. , I'M NOT, UH, ASKING TO DO THAT. YEAH, . BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING NEW YOU CAN DO A LOT MORE FOR THE FUTURE, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT BUDGET IS IMPORTANT THING THAT WE NEED TO FOLLOW. UH, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT, BUT LOOKS LIKE AT, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR THIS CONCEPT DESIGN LOOKS GREAT. I THINK HAVING THAT STEP, STEP THINGS ON THE, FROM THE 75, UH, THE VIEW IS, IS GREAT. UH, I THINK WE CAN BE ALL PROUD OF THAT KIND OF VIEW. SO THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. AND OF COURSE PUBLIC OPINION REALLY SOMETHING STRONG. THAT WAS GOOD. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCILMAN HUTCHIN RIDER. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, JUST TWO QUICK QUESTIONS. FIRST QUESTION IS, IS JIM ON, YOU MENTIONED GENERATOR, ARE WE GEN, ARE WE GOING TO SIZE THE GENERATOR TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE SOME LEVEL OF HVAC, BOTH HEATING AND COOLING FOR THE BUILDING OVERALL, OUR PLAN IS TO FULLY SUPPORT THE ENTIRE BUILDING OFF OF THE GEN SET. OKAY, GREAT. I WAS GONNA SAY, 'CAUSE SO MANY TIMES PEOPLE WILL PUT IN A GENERATOR, YOU DON'T DO THAT. AND EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE ELECTRICITY, THE BUILDING'S NOT INHABITABLE, SO, OKAY. YEP. GREAT. UM, THE ITEM TWO THAT YOU HAVE ON THERE, TRAFFIC CALMING WITH REMOVABLE BOLLARDS. WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE DESIGN? I I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE REMOVABLE BOLLARDS ARE AT EACH. I MEAN, I KNOW WHAT THEY ARE, BUT I MEAN, WHAT ARE WE PROPOSING? I MISSED THAT POINT. THE, THE KEY THING IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE DO WANT TO ENGAGE THE PLAZA, BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH HALFS OF IT, THAT WE CAN RESTRICT PEDESTRIAN OR RE RESTRICT VEHICULAR ACCESS THROUGH THAT CENTER DRIVE VILE AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SAFE FOR WHATEVER USE WE WANT, UH, TO, TO HAVE FOR AN EVENT OR FOR, UH, AN ACTIVITY. UM, WE'RE ALSO CONTEMPLATING DIFFERENT WAYS [03:45:01] THAT WE CAN IN, IN, UH, INCLUDE TRAFFIC CALMING, UM, WHETHER IT'S A PILLOW TOP TYPE SETTING THAT WOULD SLIGHTLY ELEVATE IT JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE DRIVING ON AN ELEVATED SECTION, UH, FOR SOME DISTANCE BEFORE IT KIND OF RAMPS YOU BACK DOWN GENTLY. BUT, UM, JUST THINGS THAT MAKE YOU ALERT AND HEIGHTEN, UH, TO THE FACT THAT YOU'RE IN A, A HIGHLY PEDESTRIAN AREA. JIM KIND OF POINT OUT, I DUNNO IF YOU COULD DO IT WITH THE CURSOR, WHERE THE REMOVABLE BALLARDS WOULD BE AND HOW THAT WOULD CREATE A SECURE AREA FOR BOTH THE PLAZA AND YEAH. PERFECT. SO, SO RIGHT THERE AND ON THE, YEAH, ON THE WEST END HERE, THOSE LITTLE, UH, DARK DOTS, RIGHT? AND THEN ON THE EAST SIDE HERE, THOSE WOULD ALL BE BOLLARD LOCATIONS THAT WE WOULD HAVE PLUGS IN THE GROUND. WE COULD PULL THEM OUT, BRING STEEL POSTS IN REINFORCED AND, AND SET THEM UP SO THAT WE DISCOURAGE AND PREVENT THAT VEHICULAR ACCESS THROUGH BOTH, BOTH ENDS OF, AND THE IDEA THERE, JIM, IS THAT THAT WHOLE AREA THEN BECOMES YES. PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED AND YOU CAN USE THE, THE PLAZA AND THE GREEN SPACE, RIGHT? RIGHT. CORRECT. BUT YOU, YOU'VE GOTTA A ROW OF TREES THERE. SO ARE PEOPLE NOT GONNA HAVE TO, HOW, HOW, HOW WOULD I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT ROW OF TREES THERE. IF THAT'S WHAT, IF THAT'S WHAT I'M SEEING THERE. WE EXPECT HOW YOU ACTIVATE ALL OF THAT. THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE MY CONFUSION COMES IN BECAUSE I, I UNDERSTAND THE BOLLARDS AND WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING, AND I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT IF YOU ACTUALLY HAD THAT ALL CONNECTED. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WITH THAT ROW OF TREES, YOU REALLY ARE DISCONNECTING BETWEEN THE TWO. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE WHAT I'M ASKING? I THINK IT'S, I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I THINK WITH THE, WITH THE SCALE AND THE LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT WE'RE PROVIDING RIGHT NOW, THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEDESTRIANS TO EASILY MANEUVER ACROSS, UH, THIS, BOTH ON BOTH THE, THE SOUTHERN LAWN SECTION AS WELL AS, UH, THE NORTHERN SECTION. UH, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE DENSE AND ELEVATED. THIS IS EXISTING TODAY AND WE WANT TO KEEP THAT GRADING AS, AS CLOSE TO EXISTING AS POSSIBLE. UH, BUT THROUGH THIS SECTION AS WE LANDSCAPE THIS, UH, WE ANTICIPATE THERE WILL BE SOME PAVED, UH, CUT THROUGHS BETWEEN THESE TREES. THE INTENT WILL, WILL PROBABLY LINE UP WITH THESE CUT THROUGHS AS WELL TO ALLOW, UH, VISUAL CORRIDORS AND CUES THROUGH THERE. OKAY. IF WE DO THAT, THEN THAT WOULD MAKE A WHOLE LOT MORE SENSE TO ME. 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'D HAVE TO COME OUT, GO AROUND, YEAH. ALMOST GO AROUND THE BOLLARDS AND THAT WOULD DEFEAT THE PURPOSE OF THE BOLLARDS. SO. AGREED. THAT'S THE REASON I WAS ASKING. SO YEAH, AGREE. THANKS JIM. I APPRECIATE IT. SURE. GREAT JOB. OVERALL. I, I, I REALLY AGREE WITH EVERYONE ELSE. I LIKE HOW THIS IS MOVING FORWARD, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. BARRIOS. THANK YOU MAYOR. JIM, CAN WE GO TO SLIDE 16 REAL QUICK? UM, THE, UH, I KNOW WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED, A FEW OF US HAVE MENTIONED THESE SOLAR PANELS, BUT JUST FOR, UH, THE PUBLIC AND FOR, FOR US HERE, NONE OF THIS IS QUITE OFF THE TABLE, CORRECT? NO. AND THIS IS STUFF THAT WILL BE BROUGHT TO US ON A CASE BY CASE, OR MAYBE WE'RE GONNA BE GIVEN A MENU SAYING THIS IS WHAT IT'S GONNA COST, THIS HOW WE WOULD UTILIZE IT. THIS IS THE ROI, BASED ON THIS INVESTMENT DOWN THE ROAD THAT'S GONNA BE PRESENTED TO US AS A COUNCIL, I'M ASSUMING AT SOME POINT YES. FURTHER DOWN. CAN YOU KIND OF TELL US THAT PROCESS? WHAT'S THAT GONNA, I JUST DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO WHO MAY BE WATCHING OR LISTENING TO HOME SAYING, WELL, THE COUNCIL TALKED ABOUT SOLAR PANELS, NONE OF THIS OTHER STUFF IS GONNA HAPPEN. THEY'RE GONNA PUT ALL THIS MONEY TOWARDS SOLAR PANELS AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA GET, THEY'RE ENTERING IT BLINDLY. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR RETURN IS. SO CAN YOU KIND OF JUST GO THROUGH THAT FOR US REAL QUICK? SURE. I, I THINK THERE ARE MANY SUSTAINABLE ELEMENTS THAT WE WILL BE INCORPORATING INTO THE BASE PLAN. OKAY. WHETHER IT'S THE THICKNESS OF THE WALLS, THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY, THE DECISIONS WE MAKE ON THE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT THAT WE USE, UH, THERE WILL BE SOME ELEMENTS. I THINK SOLAR PANELS ARE PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST OBVIOUS AND EASY TO POINT TO THAT HAVE AN INDEPENDENT COST THAT WE CAN SELECT TO INCORPORATE INTO THE PROJECT OR NOT INCORPORATE INTO THE PROJECT AT, IS IT A SMALLER PERCENTAGE OF THE OVERALL, UH, UH, ELECTRICAL CONSUMPTION OF THE FACILITY, OR DO WE TRY TO MAXIMIZE AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN? AND, UH, I THINK THERE IS A GOOD DISCUSSION THAT WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING ON THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR SOLAR PANELS. UM, THERE ARE, UH, THIS WATER HARVESTING I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO EXPLORE. AND THE, THE LONG TERM MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION COSTS OF WATER HARVESTING MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT HAS US LOOKING A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY AT THAT, BUT PERHAPS DECIDING AND EVEN BRINGING TO YOU OUR RECOMMENDATION TO EITHER SUPPORT IT OR NOT SUPPORT IT AND PUT COST TO THAT BASED ON SOME OF THAT ADDITIONAL RESEARCH THAT, THAT WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH AS WE REFINE OUR DESIGN THROUGH DESIGN DEVELOPMENT. AND, AND TO CLARIFY, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF RESEARCH THERE THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. IS THAT DONE THROUGH, WHO DOES THAT RESEARCH? UH, WE BRING IN, UH, AND THEN CONSULTANT THAT ESPECIALLY DEALS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS SUCH AS THIS IS SUSTAINABILITY FACTORS OR IS IT OUR ESTABLISHED CONSULTANTS? CAN YOU KINDA SPEAK ON THAT? OUR, OUR ARCHITECTS HAVE SUB CONSULTANTS, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL PLUMBERS. UM, THAT WILL HELP US WITH A LOT OF THE SYSTEMS THAT, THAT HAVE A GOOD RETURN ON INVESTMENT, UH, [03:50:01] WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY CALCULATE, UM, POTENTIALLY WHAT THAT RETURN WOULD BE, UH, BASED ON CHANGES TO THE ENVELOPE AND THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF, OF WHETHER IT'S THE GLASS OR, UH, THE MECHANICAL SYSTEMS WHERE IT'S SOLAR PANELS OR, UH, SOLAR HOT WATER HEATER OR WATER HARVESTING. UM, WE WORK WITH NOT ONLY THE CONSULTANTS TO OUR, UH, DESIGNERS, BUT THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK HELPS US VALIDATE ALL OF THE COSTS ON THAT. AND THEY HELP US MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT REAL COSTS FROM AN OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE AND LIFECYCLE COSTS. SO, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A TEAM EFFORT. UH, WE'RE RELYING ON, ON ALL OF THOSE. UH, IF THERE'S ANY EXPERTISE THAT OUR CONSULTANTS DON'T FEEL COMPLETELY COMFORTABLE WITH, THEY MAY SUGGEST BRINGING IN ANOTHER, UH, CONSULTANT THAT, THAT WILL HELP US ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS. BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THAT WOULD BE, UH, A VERY LIMITED CASE BASED ON THE, THE EX THE EXPERTISE OF THE TEAM THAT WE PUT TOGETHER. ALRIGHT. UH, THANK YOU. UH, AS FAR AS, YOU SAID HE WAS GONNA COME TO US, COME BACK TO US ON THESE SYSTEMS. DO WE, AND JUST DON, I DON'T KNOW, IS THIS SIX MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD? IS THIS THREE MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD MORE OR LESS? KIND OF WHAT THE TIMELINE ON THAT IS? WELL, IT, IT MAY BE MULTIPLE TIMES, UM, ACTUALLY, UM, THROUGH, THROUGH THE PROCESS. BUT JIM, DON'T YOU KIND OF, UM, WHY DON'T YOU GO BACK TO THE, THE SCHEDULE SLIDE, IF YOU DON'T MIND? SURE. AND KIND OF POINT, IF YOU DON'T MIND, POINT OUT WHERE THE, THE KEY, THE KEY CHECK-INS WILL BE. SO OUR, OUR REAL GOAL RIGHT NOW IS TO COMPLETE THIS DESIGN DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS WHERE WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THE EXTRA HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS AND TALKING ABOUT LIFECYCLE COSTS OF THE DIFFERENT PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING, UH, THE MATERIALS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE OPTIONS FOR EXTERIOR CLADDING AND THE INTERIOR FLOORING AND, UH, WALLS AND, UM, THE DIFFERENT SELECTIONS THAT WE'LL MAKE ABOUT, UH, MUCH OF THE EQUIPMENT. AND SO AS WE COME OUT OF THIS DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND WE GET ONE OR TWO MORE ESTIMATES FROM OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK AS WELL AS OUR THIRD PARTY ESTIMATOR, THAT'S HELPING US VALIDATE THE CONSTRUCTION COST ESTIMATES THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK. UM, THAT WE'RE GONNA LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING SURE THAT BEFORE WE LAUNCH INTO THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT DEVELOPMENT, THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED A GOOD BASE SCOPE THAT WE THINK IS GONNA DELIVER A, A COMPLETE BUILDING THAT WILL WORK AND FUNCTION. UH, AND IT'S AT THAT POINT IN TIME THAT WE SHOULD IDENTIFY SOME OF THOSE ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT WE CAN PUT DOLLARS TO AND BRING BACK TO YOU WITH A FEW MORE DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT WE WANT DO WITH THE BUDGET AND HOW TO HANDLE THAT. AND WE CAN EVEN TAKE SOME OF THOSE THROUGH CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT, UH, AND DECIDE ON BID DAY WHAT THE ACTUAL COST IS, UH, AS TO HOW MUCH OF OUR CONTINGENCY WE STILL HAVE LEFT AND WHAT WE CAN AFFORD TO BUY. UM, WE MIGHT, THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES THAT WE'VE BEEN SURPRISED ON BID DAY AND A BAD WAY, AND WE CAN'T AFFORD ANYTHING ELSE, WHICH IS WHY WE CARRY THE CONTINGENCY. UH, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH, GOOD ESTIMATORS. WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING MORE CONTRACTORS BIDDING OUR WORK. UM, THE WORD THAT WE'RE GETTING IS IT'S STILL A VERY COMPETITIVE MARKET OUT THERE, BUT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME OF THAT ESCALATION TAME DOWN A LITTLE BIT. UH, SO WHILE THE COSTS ARE STILL HIGH, UH, THEY'RE NOT CONTINUING TO, UH, ESCALATE EXPONENTIALLY AS WE'VE SEEN THEM OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. YEAH. SO, UH, WE'RE ENCOURAGED BY THAT AND LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK THIS SUMMER, UH, AND HAVING MORE INFORMATION IN HAND TO SHARE WITH YOU ON THAT. AND WE'LL, WE'LL IDENTIFY FOR YOU THAT THE DECISIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO TRY TO BID IT AS AN ALTERNATE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANNA SPEND ALL THE MONEY ON THE DESIGN, BUT THERE MAY BE SOME THAT WE CAN, WE CAN REALLY WAIT UNTIL THE VERY END OF THE BID PROCESS TO DECIDE IF WE WANT 'EM IN OR NOT. YEAH. AND TO KIND OF THANK YOU FOR THAT TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON, WANT TO COUNSEL AND JUSTICE'S QUESTION EARLIER REGARDING BUDGET. OBVIOUSLY IN A PROJECT THIS SIZE, THERE'S CAN BE THINGS THAT ARISE AND THINGS THAT CHANGE IN THIS KIND OF TIME PERIOD. WHERE DO YOU SEE AS THE WINDOWS, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HEARD 6 MILLION, UH, INCREASE. WHERE DO YOU SEE KIND OF THE, THE BIG OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS PROJECT TO KIND OF INCREASE IN THIS? LIKE, ARE WE LOOKING AT SAY, OKAY, THIS PHASE IS WHERE WE MAY SEE AN INCREASE, OR, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANT TO SAY, WELL, WE'RE GONNA HAVE INCREASES 'CAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW. BUT WITHIN A PROJECT THERE'S ALWAYS CERTAIN ASPECTS THAT, UH, WHERE YOU MAY SEE A LARGER HURDLE, IF WE MAY. I, I THINK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, GETTING TO THE POINT THAT WE ARE NOW LAUNCHING ON THIS OVER A YEAR AGO WITH AN ESTIMATE, UM, AND REALLY SEEING AND DEVELOPING, UH, THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH WITH PUBLIC OUTREACH AND A MORE REFINED SPACE PROGRAM, FITTING THAT SPACE PROGRAM INTO THE BUILDING THAT, THAT WE NEED. WE, UH, REALLY, I THINK THIS TO ME WAS THE MOST, UH, ANXIOUS. I WAS ABOUT WHERE ARE WE BUDGET WISE AND TRUSTING THOSE ARCHITECTS TO LAY SOMETHING OUT THAT WAS CLOSE TO WHAT WE WERE TARGETING. UM, I THINK THE NEXT BIG UNCERTAINTY IS WHEN WE BID THE JOB, AND THAT'S WHEN YOU FIND OUT HOW CONSERVATIVE OR HOW, UH, ON POINT YOUR ESTIMATORS ARE WITH CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK, AND EVEN YOUR THIRD PARTY ESTIMATORS WITH HOW IN TUNE THEY [03:55:01] ARE WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE BIDDING THE WORK. SO, UM, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING THROUGH THIS DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, UH, TO YOUR POINT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE TO, TO PUSH BACK NOT ONLY ON FINDING ADDITIONAL SOURCES, BUT ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REFINE THIS AND MINIMIZE THE COST AS WELL, AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING WISE DECISIONS WITH MATERIALS. UM, MAKING SURE THAT IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT WE CAN BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH THE LAYOUT AND, AND STRENGTH THE SPACE SO THAT WE GET CLOSER TO THAT 96,000 SQUARE FEET. ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE STILL IN, IN FLUX RIGHT NOW. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE DESIGN TEAM TO TRY TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THAT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JIM. MR. DORIAN. THANK YOU, JIM. UM, IS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION, UH, TO APPLY FOR LEAD CERTIFICATION IN, IN THIS DESIGN DEVELOPMENT STAGE? ARE WE PROJECTING THAT OR IS THAT NOT ON THE TABLE AT THE MOMENT? LEAD CERTIFICATION IS NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE, UH, DECIDED TO PURSUE UP TO THIS POINT. UH, OUR GOAL IS TO BE LEAD LIKE AND TO TAKE A LOT OF THE SAME STEPS THAT WE'VE DONE ON OUR LEAD BUILDINGS THAT WE'VE, WE'VE CERTIFIED. UM, I THINK IN THE PAST, THROUGH MY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS ON SEVERAL BUILDINGS THAT ARE LEAD NOW, UM, THERE'S TREMENDOUS VALUE IN DOING IT, BUT I THINK, UM, THERE ARE SOME ASPECTS TO IT THAT, THAT HAVE, UM, ALLOWED BY WE WANT TO COME BACK AND BY NOT GOING LEAD, WE CAN FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON, ON THINGS THAT WE THINK ARE GONNA PROVIDE THE BEST RETURN ON INVESTMENT, UH, BUT ARE STILL VERY RESPONSIVE AND, AND SUSTAINABLE AS WELL. UM, MUCH AS, YOU KNOW, MUCH OF THE LEAD CERTIFICATION ELEMENTS FROM 12, 15 YEARS AGO ARE NOW BAKED INTO THE CODE. MM-HMM. THAT JUST TO GET OUR PERMIT, WE'RE DOING WHAT WAS ALMOST A SILVER LEAD CERTIFIED 10, 12 YEARS AGO. UM, SO, UH, WE'VE INCORPORATED A LOT INTO JUST THE BUILDING CODE THAT WE'VE ADOPTED IN OUR FOLLOWING. UH, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE VERY SENSITIVE TO ALL OF THE ASPECTS OF LEAD, UM, WITH REGARD TO, UH, THE MOBILITY ON HOW PEOPLE ACCESS AND UTILIZE THE SITE AND THE CAMPUS, THE MATERIALS THAT WE USE. UH, WHEN WE DEMO THE BUILDING, WE'LL BE VERY CONSCIENTIOUS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE DISPOSE OF THOSE WASTE APPROPRIATELY AND RECYCLE WHERE WE CAN. SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF LEAD LIKE COMPONENTS, UH, AND THIS IS WHAT WE DID VERY SUCCESSFULLY ON THE, UH, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY CAMPUS PROJECT. MM-HMM. . YES. VERY NICE. YEAH, I, UH, I, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, CREATE ADDING THOSE, UH, ALTERNATES AT A LATER DATE, YOU KNOW, PROPOSED WATER HARVESTING AND SOLAR PANELS AND THE OVERHANG, UH, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I LIKE ALL OF THOSE OF COURSE. BUT, UM, JUST, I'M JUST CURIOUS. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU. SURE. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TIM. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. JUST, UH, ONE LAST COMMENTS HERE. UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT I SAY EARLIER, THAT THIS IS WHAT I HAVE SEEN WHEN I WAS EVEN KID. WHEN SOMEONE BUILT A HOUSE, NOT HOUSE SOME STRUCTURE. UH, IT, UH, YOU KNOW, AFTER SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY, IT SHOULD BE THERE LONG, LONG, LONG TIME. PEOPLE WOULD, I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD LOVE THIS BUILDING. SO WE NEED TO, IF WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT THIS THING THE WAY THAT PEOPLE WOULD LOVE IT, PEOPLE WOULD, PEOPLE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA LOVE IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, LAB DOESN'T COME BY FORCE. IT'S A NATURAL THINGS. SO, SO I THINK WE'RE HEADING THAT WAY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT SPENDING THAT $90 MILLION, UH, TODAY, IF SOME, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE TO BUILD THIS THING 20 YEARS FROM NOW, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE $91 MILLION. IT'S GONNA BE A LOT MORE THAN THAT. AND, UH, SO IF WE CAN PROTECT OUR FUTURE ALSO SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT REDOING SOMETHING THAT WE DID TODAY. I LOVE TO SEE THIS BUILDING STAY A HUNDRED YEARS OR MORE, AND MAINTENANCE SHOULD BE THERE, DEFINITELY, BUT NOBODY HAVE TO REALLY TAKE OUT SOMETHING BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE IT. SO IF WE CAN DO THAT, I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER RETURN OF INVESTMENT THAT, UH, PEOPLE, UH, OUR GRANDKIDS WILL APPRECIATE THAT WE, WHAT, WHAT WE HAVE DONE TODAY. UH, SO I THINK WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THOSE KIND OF THINGS TOO. UH, AND AS YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, REMODELING IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN BUILDING SOMETHING NEW. IF YOU HAVE TO PUT A PUT UP A, YOU KNOW, BATHROOM TODAY IN YOUR HOUSE, IF IT WAS A NEW CONSTRUCTION, IT WOULD BE PROBABLY 10 PERSON COST THAN THE REMODELING COST. SO IT COULD BE LIKE THAT. SO YOU UNDERSTAND MR. DORIAN. RIGHT. OKAY. SO YEAH, THAT'S JUST A COMMENT THAT, UH, LOVE TO SEE THIS THING. PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, LOVE WOULD LOVE THIS BUILDING. THIS WILL BE, UH, STRUCTURALLY SOUND. SMALL FIRE IS NOT GOING TO CAUSE MAJOR DAMAGE. FLOODING WOULD NOT CAUSE MAJOR DAMAGE. WE CAN REPLACE THINGS EASILY. UH, SOME OF THE MANUAL, YOU KNOW, THAT IF, YOU KNOW, REMOVE AND REPLACE IS EASY, SOME OF THE THINGS, IT'S MUCH EASIER TO FIX. [04:00:01] SO THESE KIND OF THINGS, I KNOW LEAD CERTIFICATION IS, YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY THAT IMPORTANT IF WE CAN GO, THE LEAD LIKES WORK, BUT IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO SEE THAT, UH, IF WE DO SOMETHING TODAY, IT'S NOT GONNA CAUSE MAJOR CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, REMODELING COST IN THE FUTURE. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK EVERY LITTLE THINGS. AND, UH, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE SPENT THAT MUCH MONEY ON ANY STRUCTURE IN MY, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T SEEN LAST 20 YEARS, UH, IN CHAR PROBABLY. RIGHT? SO THIS IS SOMETHING NEW FOR THE CITY STAFF ALSO. SO, UH, HOPEFULLY YOU AND OTHERS NOT GONNA BE OVERLOADED WITH SOME OTHER WORK. PEOPLE WILL FOCUS ON THIS ONE, UH, DEDICATED, UH, BECAUSE THAT WOULD SAVE SO MUCH MONEY DOWN THE ROAD. UH, SMALL MISTAKE CAN COST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, BUT, UH, HAVING ENOUGH STUFF WOULD SAVE LOTS OF MONEY. I JUST WANTED TO SEE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE GOOD SLEEP. GIVE INSTRUCTION. . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK [F. REVIEW AND DISCUSS RICHARDSON PUBLIC LIBRARY RENOVATION PROJECT UPDATES] YOU. WELL, JIM, TAKE YOU A DEEP BREATH, PLEASE. WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM F REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE RICHARDSON PUBLIC LIBRARY RENOVATIONS AND PROJECT UPDATES. MR. MAGNER, MAYOR, I WILL KEEP THIS SHORT. UH, JIM AND, UH, CHARLES HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. UH, WE'VE GOT AN IMPORTANT, UM, ACTION ITEM COMING UP ON YOUR AGENDA IN THE, IN THE NEXT WEEK. AND SO JIM'S GONNA KIND OF LAY OUT THE PATH FORWARD FOR THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO SPEAK ABOUT THE LIBRARY RENOVATION PROJECT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU MR. MAGNER AND COUNCIL. UM, WE WILL DISCUSS BRIEFLY THE SCHEDULE THIS EVENING AND, AND TOUCH ON, UH, THE OVERALL LIBRARY DESIGN. JUST LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE GREAT RENDERINGS AND PHOTOS THAT WE'RE EXCITED TO, TO BRING TO YOU IN THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS. UH, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK PROCESS AS WE CONTEMPLATE THE AWARD OF THE FIRST GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE CONTRACT ON THE COUNCIL CONSENT I'VE DONE FOR NEXT WEEK. UM, AND THEN WE'LL GO OVER THE LIBRARY, BUDGET UP ON THAT AND GET YOUR FEEDBACK. SO OUR SCHEDULE, WE'RE MUCH FURTHER ALONG IN THIS SCHEDULE THAN WE WERE FOR THE PROJECT THAT WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING WITH CITY HALL. WE'VE COMPLETED THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT PHASE. WE BID THE PROJECT BACK IN DECEMBER AND EARLY JANUARY. OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK HAS SPENT THE LAST FOUR, SIX WEEKS SCRUBBING THEIR BIDS AND, AND REVIEWING THEIR CONTRACTS WITH THE CONTRACTORS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAD ALL OF THE SCOPE WORKED. UM, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, GOT THE BEST VALUE FROM THOSE SUB CONSULTS AND CONTRACTORS THAT THEY WERE WORKING WITH. UH, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF, OF, AND, AND READY TO BEGIN ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION WORK TOWARDS THE RENOVATION. UH, WE'VE ACTUALLY STARTED, UH, WITH SOME OF THE ASBESTOS ABATEMENT. YOU GUYS WERE THE FIRST ONES TO HELP US KICK OFF THE DEMOLITION, SO, SO CONSTRUCTION'S TECHNICALLY UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW. UM, BUT WE DO NEED TO GO THROUGH AND, UH, REVIEW THE, UH, THE GMP WITH YOU SHORTLY. BUT, UH, SO FAR THIS PROJECT IS MOVING ALONG ON SCHEDULE. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, OPENING UP THIS LIBRARY IN JANUARY OF 26TH AT THE LATEST. UH, WE HOPEFULLY WILL COME IN A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF THAT SCHEDULE, BUT, UH, WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACCOMMODATE, UH, SOME POTENTIAL CHALLENGES THAT THAT MAY COME UP WHENEVER YOU'RE DEALING WITH A RENOVATION, MR. CENTRAL, AS YOU WERE JUST POINTING OUT, YOU JUST DON'T KNOW. UH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE ACCOMMODATING A LITTLE BIT EXTRA TIME AND, AND, UH, CONTINGENCY WITHIN OUR BUDGET TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WELL POSITIONED TO HANDLE ANYTHING THAT COMES OUR WAY OVER THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF. GOING BACK TO JUST WHERE WE STARTED WITH OUR LIBRARY, UH, GUIDING PRINCIPLES, MAKING SURE THAT WE PROVIDE A VISION AND A GOAL THAT ALLOWS US TO TRANSFORM OUR RICHARDSON'S ICONIC, UH, BUILDING INTO A VIBRANT, FLEXIBLE, 21ST CENTURY LIBRARY THAT SERVES ALL OF OUR RICHARDSON RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS. UH, WE'RE MAKING SURE MUCH LIKE OUR CITY HALL STRUCTURE AND CAMPUS, THAT WE'RE PROVIDING A SAFE, WELCOMING AND SECURE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR LIBRARY PATRONS. UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S VERY CLEAR WHERE TO GO FOR THE FRONT DOOR. THAT WAY FINDING IS EASY THROUGHOUT THE, THE USE AND, AND ENJOYMENT OF THE LIBRARY SPACE. UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN ADAPTABLE AND COLLABORATIVE SPACE FOR OUR TEENS AND FOR OUR YOUNG CHILDREN AND ADULTS ALL ALIKE. UH, WE WANT TO ENHANCE THAT PUBLIC EXPERIENCE OVERALL WITH PEOPLE USE USING OUR FACILITY. AND AGAIN, WITH THIS DESIGN, WE'VE, UH, BEEN WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCORPORATE, UH, ENERGY EFFICIENT ELEMENTS AND WITH OUR SYSTEMS AND WITH OUR DESIGNS, UH, AND THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH AN ENVELOPE AND MECHANICAL SYSTEMS THAT, THAT HELP ADDRESS THAT WITHIN OUR FACILITY. SOME OF THE PHOTOS, UH, RENDERINGS THAT WE SHARED WITH YOU DURING THE DESIGN PROCESS, NO CHANGES REALLY TO THOSE. UH, JUST A REMINDER OF, OF THIS GREAT, UH, FACADE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT ON THE EAST SIDE AND THE ABILITY TO BRING IN THAT, THAT LIGHT ON THE THIRD FLOOR, RESPONSIVE TO THE PUBLIC OUTREACH EFFORTS THAT WE DID EARLY IN THE DESIGN PROCESS. UH, THE GREAT, UH, CHANGES TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER WITH A NEW ENTRANCE AND, UH, LIGHT COMING IN ON THE THIRD FLOOR. ABOVE THAT, UH, YOU'LL ALSO SEE THE STAIR TOWER AND THEN THAT DROP OFF, MAKING IT VERY CONVENIENT AND SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO PULL UP AND, AND ACCESS THAT FRONT DOOR WITH, WITH THEIR CHILDREN, WITH THEIR ELDERLY FAMILY MEMBERS OR WHOMEVER. UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS LIBRARY IS EASY TO USE. [04:05:01] AND SO YOU CAN SEE WE'VE UPDATED THE, THE SITE PLAN USING THE ONE THAT WE JUST SHARED WITH YOU FOR THE CAMPUS THAT KIND OF REFLECTS THAT REVISED GEOMETRY THAT, THAT MEETS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT NEEDS AND, AND OTHER, OTHER REQUIREMENTS, PERHAPS THE BOOK DROP OFF ALSO ON THE WEST SIDE, UH, NOT FAR FROM WHERE THE ENTRANCE IS KNOWN AS TODAY. MORE IMAGES OF THE INTERIOR OF OUR, UH, RENOVATED LIBRARY SPACE WITH THE CHILDREN'S SPACE THERE ON THE, ON THE RIGHT WITH THAT GRAND CIRCULATING STAIRCASE GOING UP TO THE SECOND FLOOR WHERE THE CHILDREN'S AREA CONTINUES IN THE MUCH LARGER, UH, CHILDREN'S SPACE THAT'S BEING PROVIDED. UH, THE GREAT ENTRANCE THERE WITH A NEAT, A NEAT FLOOR WHERE IT IDENTIFIES THE MAP AND SOME OF THE STREETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, OF, OF THE TOWN OF RICHARDSON, THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, THE OLD TOWN OF RICHARDSON. UH, BUT, UH, THEY INCORPORATED ADDITIONAL LIGHT ON THAT THIRD FLOOR. UH, JUST GREAT RENDERINGS. UH, THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK PROCESS, AS WE'VE REVIEWED WITH YOU ON, UH, I THINK TIMES BEFORE, BUT JUST, UH, TO GO OVER ONE MORE TIME. THEY ALLOW US TO INCORPORATE THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER DURING THE DESIGN PROCESS, GIVING US THOSE ESTIMATES, GIVING US CONSTRUCTABILITY REVIEWS. WE SELECTED VALVE FOUR BD CONSTRUCTION AS OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK. UH, AND WE AWARDED THAT CONTRACT TO THEM LAST SUMMER. THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR DESIGN TEAM AND PROVIDING ESTIMATES, HELPING US GET TO THIS POINT, BIDDING THE PROJECT FOR US BACK IN DECEMBER AND ASSEMBLING THIS GMP THAT WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU NEXT WEEK. UM, AFTER A SELECTION PROCESS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE AWARDED THAT IN JUNE OF 2023. THE GMP PROCESS, I, I DESCRIBED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, HOW OUR CONTRACTOR VALOUR, THEY HAD TO GO OUT AND COMPETITIVELY BID OUR PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS JUST LIKE WE WOULD IF WE WERE GOING THROUGH A NORMAL TRADITIONAL HARD BID PROCESS. UH, THEY HAVE TO ADVERTISE THEIR PROJECT FOR THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME, UH, BRING IN COMPETITIVE BIDS AND REVIEW THEM. THEY MUCH LIKE WE DO ON COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSALS, UH, VALUE NOT JUST PRICE, BUT ALSO QUALIFICATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE BRINGING IN THE MOST QUALIFIED SUB SUBCONTRACTORS TO WORK ON OUR PROJECT. AND AT THE END OF ALL OF THIS, UH, ASSUMING WE DON'T CHANGE THE GOALPOSTS ON THEM UNTIL WE TELL THEM WE WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT, UH, THEY'RE GONNA DELIVER THE PROJECT FOR US IN THE AMOUNT THAT WE AWARD THAT. UH, AND SO, UH, THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING FOR AWARD, UH, FOR THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR THE RENOVATION OF THE LIBRARY IS $31,422,783. UH, THIS INCLUDES OWNER'S CONTINGENCY AND CONTRACTOR'S CONTINGENCY WITHIN THERE. AS WE MENTIONED DURING RENOVATIONS, WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE WHAT WE COULD ENCOUNTER. AND SO WE HAVE INCLUDED, UH, UPWARDS OF COMBINED BETWEEN BOTH THE CONTRACTORS' CONTINGENCY AND OWNER'S CONTINGENCY NEARLY, UH, 10% CONTINGENCY WITHIN THAT 31 420 $2,000 G GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE. SO IF ALL GOES SMOOTHLY, UM, WE'D LOVE TO SEE SOME OF THAT COME BACK TO US WHEN THE CONTRACT'S OVER WITH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK PROJECTS. WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN DOLLARS COME BACK AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT, UH, SOME MORE THAN OTHERS. UM, BUT, UH, IT IS NOT UNCOMMON THAT, UH, WE SHOULD SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THIS COMING BACK TO US IF, IF ALL GOES SMOOTHLY, UH, BUT THEN, UH, WE COULD ENCOUNTER SOMETHING ELSE DURING CONSTRUCTION THAT MAY EXCEED THAT. WE DON'T THINK SO. WE'VE TRIED TO BE VERY CONSERVATIVE IN OUR ESTIMATES. UH, WITH REGARD TO OUR OVERALL BUDGET, WITH THIS RECOMMENDED GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE, IT BRINGS OUR OVERALL CONSTRUCTION COST UP TO 31.8 MILLION. UH, THAT'S 31.8. IT'S SLIGHTLY HIGHER. IT'S ABOUT 350, $400,000 MORE THAN THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE BECAUSE OF OUR ASBESTOS ABATEMENT WORK THAT IS UNDERWAY WITH CACTUS ENVIRONMENTAL. SO, UH, COMBINED ALL IN, WE'RE AT $31.8 MILLION. UH, WE'RE SLIGHTLY OVER ON OUR SOFT COST BY ABOUT $200,000 AND OUR F, F AND E, UH, BECAUSE OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH REGARD TO OUR OVERALL BUDGET, UM, WE ARE CONTEMPLATING BRINGING IN NEW SHELVING FOR THE UPPER FLOORS IN THE LIBRARY. UH, IT WILL HELP US MAKE A QUICKER MOVE AND HAVE NICER SHELVES THAT HAVE SOME OF THE NEWER FEATURES THAT THE LIBRARY WOULD LIKE. UH, WE'RE ALSO SEEING, UH, THROUGH SOME OF THE FURNITURE, UH, CHOICES THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED RIGHT NOW, UH, A POTENTIAL UPTICK IN SOME OF THE COST OF THOSE FURNITURE MATERIALS. SO, UH, THERE IS A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE F, F AND E, UM, BUT ON OUR RELOCATION EXPENSES, UH, YOU SAW ON THE CITY HALL RELOCATION WORK THAT WE WERE A LITTLE BIT OVER ON THIS ONE, WE'RE ABOUT $300,000 UNDER RIGHT NOW. SO OVERALL, WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO EVEN ON WHERE WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE ON MOVING INTO THIS FACILITY, UH, BETWEEN BOTH, BOTH PROJECTS. UH, AND WE'RE STILL CARRYING A REMAINING CONTINGENCY OF $2 MILLION THAT'S ASSIGNED OR UNALLOCATED TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION AND OR TO THE, TO THE SOFT COST FOR THIS PROJECT. SO, UH, AGAIN, I THINK WE'RE WELL POSITIONED ON THIS PROJECT TO RECOMMEND THE, UH, GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE THAT, THAT WE PRESENT IT, UH, AND THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA NEXT WEEK FOR $31,422,783. SO, UH, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO, UH, FIELD THEM FROM YOU. WE ARE UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW WITH INTERIOR DEMO DEMOLITION AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL WORK. UH, WE EXPECT CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN NEXT MONTH IN MARCH AND BE COMPLETED IN JANUARY OF 26. AWESOME. THANK YOU, JIM. MAYOR PRO, TIM. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AGAIN. UH, COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THAT BUDGET THAT YOU HAD? YEAH, [04:10:01] I, YOU PROBABLY SAID THAT I MISSED IT. IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN AGAIN THAT, UH, ESCALATION DUE TO FIRE DELAY. SO THAT'S ZERO. UH, THAT MEANS THERE IS NO ESCALATION 'CAUSE OF THAT. SO WHEN WE SHARED SOME OF THOSE PROJECT BUDGETS, UH, BACK IN JANUARY OF 23, WE WERE SHARING DOLLARS ON WHAT IT WOULD COST IN JANUARY 23. AND THEN WE CARRY AN ADDITIONAL COST FOR, UH, I THINK AT THAT POINT IN TIME, UM, WE WERE SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF SEVEN TENTHS OF A PERCENT PER MONTH. UM, ALMOST EIGHT 9% ESCALATION IS, IS WHAT WE WERE ESTIMATING AND FORECASTING, UH, DUE IN PART BECAUSE OF THE, THE TIME WE LOST BY NOT DESIGNING AND PROGRESSING OUR PLANS, UM, WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE RIGHT COURSE OF ACTION WOULD BE, UH, PLUS CARRYING THAT OUT TO THIS POINT NOW WHERE WE'RE UNDER, UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT THAT CONSTRUCTION COST THAT YOU HAVE 26 MILLION VERSUS 31 MILLION? UH, BUT YOU KNOW, SIGHTING ENHANCEMENT THAT YOU HAVE THAT'S INCLUDED ALREADY THERE, SO IT'S STILL, THERE IS LITTLE COST. SO, SO THE ESCALATION, THE $5.3 MILLION IS ZEROED OUT TODAY BECAUSE WE'VE USED THE MONEY THAT WE BUDGETED IN THAT BUDGET BACK IN JANUARY OF 23 OH, TO ACCOUNT FOR THE ESCALATION THAT OCCURRED IN THESE OTHER LINE ITEMS. YES. RIGHT. AND, AND WE DID THE SAME THING WITH THE CITY HALL BUDGET THAT WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT, SO, GOTCHA. SO, OKAY. YEAH, I WAS, OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD QUESTION. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? WE LIKE IT. EXCELLENT. AWESOME. OKAY, WELL THANK Y'ALL. [G. REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST] ALRIGHT, THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM G REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. ANYBODY, MR. HUTCHIN, RIDER, UH, JUST QUICKLY, SEVERAL OF US HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO CHASE OAKS CHURCH'S LOCAL GOOD FOOD PANTRY, GRAND OPENING AND RIBBON CUTTING ON SATURDAY MORNING, UH, JANUARY 27TH. AND, UM, REALLY GREAT EVENT. THEY ARE NOW IN WHAT IS THE OLD NETWORK OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES BUILDING. UM, GREAT, GREAT SERVICE BEING OFFERED. UM, JUST A, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND TIME WITH THEM AND, UM, AND, AND BE ABLE TO, TO DO THAT. AND THEN JUST WANNA SAY AGAIN, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF POSITIVES AND THEN IT'S LATE TONIGHT, BUT THE, UH, STATE OF THE CITY, ONCE AGAIN, JUST WANNA SAY FANTASTIC JOB, GREAT JOB FROM GREG. UM, I THOUGHT THE WHOLE COUNCIL DID A GREAT JOB. MARY DID A GREAT JOB, AND THANKS AGAIN FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN IT IN THE WAY THAT YOU ALLOWED US TO DO IT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, MR. DORIAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I, UH, JUST WANT TO KIND OF ECHO OFF OF COUNCILMAN HUTCHIN RIGHT HERE. THE ONE OF THE STATE OF THE CITY I THOUGHT WAS EXCEPTIONAL. I, I THINK IT GOT A GREAT RESPONSE AND PEOPLE REALLY DID ENJOY IT. AND, UM, THE FORMAT WAS, WAS GREAT. IT WAS NEW, IT FRESH AND EXCITING. SO, UM, I GOT NOTHING BUT GOOD RESPONSE. AND THEN TWO, UM, THE, WE ALSO WENT TO THE SAIGON MALL EVENT, UM, LAST WEEK. THAT WAS INCREDIBLE. UM, IT'S, WE JUST, WE JUST, I MEAN, IT WAS, I HAD AN EXTREMELY, UM, FUN ARRAY OF FIRECRACKERS AND, UM, AND AND ALL THE, UH, LINE DANCING AND EVERYTHING. SO IT, IT WAS JUST A LOT OF FUN AND A GREAT, LIKE I SAID, A REALLY GREAT TURNOUT. AND THEN ALSO, I THINK WE ALSO WENT TO, UM, THE OAKS CHURCH TOO. AND, AND THAT WAS ALSO, IT WAS SO NICE TO HAVE ANOTHER, UH, FOOD BANK. UH, SO THEY KIND OF TOOK THE SAME, THEY TOOK THE SAME LOCATION AS, YOU KNOW, THE PREVIOUS NETWORK. SO NOW WE ALSO HAVE THAT TO CONTRIBUTE. SO THAT PUTS THREE, TWO OF THAT AREA. AND THEN WE HAVE NETWORK. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CORCORAN. UH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UH, A COUPLE THINGS. TOMORROW THE SYMPHONY IS HAVING A FUNDRAISER AT FISH CITY GRILL. SO IF YOU BUY SOMETHING FROM FISH CITY GRILL IT, IT WILL DONATE A PORTION OF THAT TO THE SYMPHONY. GO OUT AND SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SYMPHONY THERE. AND THEN ALSO ON JANUARY 30TH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BAR AND I HAD A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE JANG MINHO, UH, RECEPTION AND TOUR. SO, UH, WE ATTENDED HIS BIG NATIONAL TOUR, A KOREAN POP STAR. UH, I DON'T KNOW, WHAT DID THEY DESCRIBE HIM? IT'S LIKE JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE OF SOUTH KOREA, SOMETHING I'VE BEEN SAYING. THE ELVIS OF SOUTH KOREA, THE ELVIS, I DON'T KNOW. BUT MY WOMEN LOVED HIM. IT WAS, IT WAS, I MEAN, IT WAS JUST SUCH A COOL EXPERIENCE. UM, I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY LITTLE LIGHTS AND FLASHES AND EVERYTHING IN THE HEISMAN CENTER, UM, NOT JUST ON STAGE, BUT FROM THE AUDIENCE AS WELL. SO ANYWAY, REALLY NEAT CULTURAL EXCHANGE OPPORTUNITY. AND, UH, DON, WHAT WAS THE [04:15:01] CITY THAT HELPED BRING THAT HERE? WAS IT CARROLLTON? CARROLLTON? SO BIG SHOUT AND THANK YOU TO CARROLLTON FOR PARTNERING WITH US ON THAT EVENT. THANK YOU, MS. JUSTICE. ALL THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, UH, SPEAKING OF THE RSO, UH, THEY HAD TWO AMAZING CONCERTS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. UH, A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES THIS PAST WEEKEND, THAT GOOD VERSUS EVIL. THE THEMES WERE GREAT. THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB. THE PLACE WAS PACKED. UM, AND THEN THE WEEK BEFORE THAT, THEY BACKED UP, UH, THE AMAZING JUDY COLLINS, WHO WAS 84 YEARS OLD IN HIGH HEEL BOOTS, STANDING ON STAGE FOR TWO HOURS. MM-HMM. . AND SHE SAID IF THIS IS HER 55TH ALBUM, THAT SHE WAS JUST WON A GRAMMY FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST AN INCREDIBLE WOMAN. AND IT WAS SO NEAT TO HAVE HER AT THE EISMAN. AND THAT SAME VEIN, UM, REST IN PIECE OF CHEETAH RIVERA, WHO WAS JUST HERE IN JUNE. UM, WE LOST A LEGEND JUST, UH, THIS LAST WEEK. AND IT WAS AMAZING TO BE ABLE TO SEE HER AT THE EISEN CENTER LAST YEAR. AND THEN ONE FORWARD LOOKING THING, THERE'S THE LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION AT DFW CHINATOWN ON SUNDAY FROM 11 TO THREE. IT'S A GREAT COMMUNITY EVENT, SO COME OUT AND CELEBRATE WITH US. THANK YOU, MR. CHU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND THANK YOU AGAIN, UH, FOR THE STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS, UH, FOR INCLUDING THE WHOLE COUNCIL. AND, UH, DEFINITELY I HAD LOTS OF POSITIVE COMMENTS FROM LOTS OF PEOPLE. UH, LOTS OF PEOPLE MEANS I, YOU KNOW, IT'S MORE THAN FEW. I COULD, YOU KNOW, COUNT. UH, BUT UH, OVERALL I JUST ALSO WANTED TO THANK GREG AND HIS TEAM AND ALL OTHER CITY STAFF INVOLVED. UH, DOING THIS IS VERY STRESSFUL FOR THEM. HAVING ALL THE COUNCIL AND THE, YOU KNOW, LIVE, YOU KNOW, UH, BY ALL MEANS, BY ALL MEANS, DEFINITELY. AND WHO'S GONNA GO OFF SCRIPT AND WHAT, EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THE BIG, BUT ALL CAME OUT REALLY GREAT. UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY NO THANKING WIFE IS GREAT, BUT THAT PUTS OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS NOT THANKING THEIR WIFE FOR . UH, BUT ALSO IT WAS MOM. UH, BUT THAT'S GOOD. NOBODY COMPLAINED ABOUT THE MOM . UH, SO ANYWAY, I THINK EVERYTHING CAME OUT REALLY GOOD. I APPRECIATE GREG. UH, NOW I, I THINK HE CAN SLEEP A LITTLE BIT FOR IT A FEW DAYS. UH, BESIDES THAT, I THINK, UH, LOOK FORWARD, UH, CELEBRATING THE LUNAR CHINESE NEW YEAR AGAIN. THIS, UH, 11TH, RIGHT? FEBRUARY, YEAH, 11 TO THREE. YEAH, SUNDAY, ON SUNDAY. UH, IT'S GREAT FUN, CHINATOWN. SO PLEASE, UH, COME AND JOIN. UH, LOTS OF DRAG ON DANCE, HOPEFULLY THERE. AND IT MIGHT NOT HAVE FIRECRACKERS THAT DAY. WE HAD THAT, UH, IN THE SAIGON MALL. UH, SO IT'S, IT'S FUN TO LIGHT UP THAT FIRECRACKERS THERE. SO SEE YOU SUNDAY. THANK YOU, MR. BARRIOS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ALONG WITH OTHERS, UH, THEY'VE STATED AT THE, UH, STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS, THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY MY FIRST ONE, UH, TO BE A PART OF AS A NEW MEMBER OF COUNCIL. AND, UH, NOT ONLY WAS IT ENJOYABLE, BUT I, I, I GOT SO MUCH FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED AND PEOPLE WHO'VE WATCHED ONLINE. AND AGAIN, TO ECHO WHAT EVERYBODY SAID, THE FORMAT. UM, SO I WANNA PERSONALLY THANK YOU, MAYOR. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE ASKING ME ABOUT, ABOUT THAT FORMAT AND THE CHANGE, AND, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU WANT TO INCLUDE US AS A COUNCIL, AND I, I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT AND I'M SURE THE OTHERS DO AS WELL. AND, UH, WE WERE GLAD TO EMBRACE THAT. AND SO THANK YOU FOR, UM, SHARING THAT WITH US AND FOR ALLOWING US TO BE A PART OF THAT BECAUSE, UH, I THINK IT WORKED OUT REALLY WELL. AND I HOPE THAT FUTURE COUNCILS, UM, AND, UH, FUTURE MAYORS AND, UH, GET THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS WONDERFUL. UM, THE, THIS LAST SATURDAY THERE, THERE WERE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS THAT HAPPENED. UH, COUNCILMAN COR MENTIONED THAT SOUTH KOREAN POP STAR. UM, THAT WAS DEFINITELY THE LIVELIEST CROWD I THINK I'VE EVER SEEN AT THE EISMAN. IT WAS, IT, I'VE GOT VIDEOS OF IT TOO, IF Y'ALL WANNA SEE THAT LATER. UM, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD, UH, THIS PAST SATURDAY I ATTENDED THE TALEND CULTURAL FOUNDATION'S 2024 LINEAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION. IT WAS HELD AT CHASE OAKS CHURCH IN PLANO. UH, BUT IT WAS, UM, IT WAS NEAT TO SEE ALL THE VARIOUS, UM, CHINESE, UM, ARTS, I GUESS IS THE WAY TO PUT IT. EVERYTHING FROM DANCE TO POP TO CLASSICAL MUSIC AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. UM, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND ANY OF IT 'CAUSE IT WASN'T IN ENGLISH, BUT IT WAS ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING TO WATCH. SO, UH, GLAD TO BE A GLAD TO HAVE THAT COMMITTEE, UH, HERE IN RICHARDSON AND ALWAYS HAVE AN OPEN DOOR TO US AS A COUNCIL AND AS A CITY. SO, UH, THANK YOU TO THEM FOR INVITING US. THANK YOU. WELL THANK EACH ONE OF Y'ALL FOR PARTICIPATING AND AGREEING TO PARTICIPATE. Y'ALL WERE ALL ROCK STARS, AND THAT'S THE MESSAGE I'VE BEEN SEEING SINCE LAST MAY. WHAT A GREAT COUNCIL [04:20:01] WE HAVE. AND Y'ALL ARE AN AMAZING TEAM, SO THANK YOU. AND I MEAN THAT FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. SO IT, IT WAS FUN. GREG AND HIS TEAM ARE AMAZING. THEY, I MEAN, THEY, THEY HIT IT OUT OF THE PARK AND SO THEY'RE THE ONES THAT WE GIVE THE CREDIT TO FOR SURE. BUT, UH, Y'ALL WERE AMAZING AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. UM, IT'S TRUE, TRULY A TEAM EFFORT. I'D ALSO LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT AT, UH, UT DALLAS, THEY'RE HAVING THEIR COMMUNITY APPRECIATION ON SATURDAY, AND BOTH THE BOYS AND GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAMS PLAY BACK TO BACK AND THEY HAVE A LITTLE LUNCHEON AND STUFF. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE CITIZENS TO GO OUT AND SUPPORT OUR COMETS AND SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO TO, UM, BE VICTORIOUS, UH, ON SATURDAY. UM, I AGREE. I WAS AT, UM, A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES FOR THE ORCHESTRA THE OTHER NIGHT, AND IT WAS FABULOUS. AND THE GUEST, UM, PRESENTER, UH, GARY CO. COGI COGI, HE IS A MOVIE CRITIC AND HE HAD WORKED FOR THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND WFAA AND HE WAS AMAZING. I, AND I TALKED TO HIM AFTERWARDS AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE LIKE THE, UM, PAUL HARVEY WITH THE REST OF THE STORY. HE JUST PULLED IT ALL TOGETHER AND IT, IT WAS A GREAT NIGHT. SO, LORI, GREAT JOB, CLAY, GREAT JOB AS OUR CONDUCTOR. AND, UM, I EVEN KNEW SEVERAL SONGS. I WANNA GO AHEAD AND SAY THAT. UM, SO THERE YOU GO. THAT WAS GREAT. AND I'D LIKE TO SEND OUT A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MR. JERRY CHILDRE, OFFICER ERY. THANK YOU. WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK IN THE CITY UPRIGHT, STANDING RIGHT AND PROTECTING US. UH, HE'S BEEN OUT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND WITH SOME HEALTH ISSUES AND HE HAS BEEN RELEASED TO PROTECT US. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE, BUDDY. THANK YOU. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE GONNA ADJOURN THIS MEETING. IT IS OFFICIALLY 10 31. HAVE A GREAT EVENING. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.