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GOOD EVENING.[CALL TO ORDER ]
I CALL THIS MEETING OF THE RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM ITEM NUMBER ONE WILL BE THE INVOCATION GIVEN BY COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR PRO TEM UL, AND HE'LL ALSO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.PLEASE JOIN ME FOR THE PRAYER.
DEAR GOD, YOU ARE THE MOST GRACIOUS AND THE MOST MERCIFUL.
WE THANK YOU GOD FOR THE ABUNDANT BLESSINGS YOU HAVE BESTOWED UPON US AND OUR CITY.
WE ASK YOU GOD, TO HEAL THOSE WHO NEED HEALING AND KEEP FAMILIES CLOSER TO EACH OTHER.
DEAR LORD, PLEASE LET, LET US NOT FORGET THAT WE ARE ELECTED TO SERVE EVERYONE AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SERVING THE COMMON GOOD OF ALL OUR CREATOR.
WE ARE WITNESSING THE WE ARE WITNESSING WAR, POVERTY, AND INJUSTICE AROUND THE WORLD.
DEAR LORD, YOU HAVE CREATED US ALL AND EVERYTHING WE CALL UPON YOUR STRENGTH AND GUIDANCE.
WE ASK YOU TO GRANT US THE WISDOM TO RECOGNIZE THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF OUR LIVES.
DEAR GOD, GUIDE US TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION.
GIVE US THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY WITH EACH OTHER AND GIVE US THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING WE NEED.
AMIN PANCE, TWO TO FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALL TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
[3. PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION FOR MARWAN MAROUF AND THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY]
GONNA DO A PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION FOR MARWOOD, MAROTH AND THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY.MR. MAGNO WILL GIVE US SOME INSTRUCTIONS AS WE MAKE OUR WAY TO THE PODIUM.
MAYOR DUBEE DOES MAKE HIS WAY TO THE PODIUM.
I'D INVITE MR. MAROTH TO JOIN HIM, UH, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, UH, SUBSEQUENT TO, UH, MAYOR DUBBY REED, THE PROCLAMATION, UH, WE'D LIKE YOU, UH, TO JOIN THE MAYOR AND, UH, MR. MARO, AFTER HE HAS A CHANCE TO SAY A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, UH, ANYONE FROM, UH, THE MUSLIM AMERICAN SOCIETY COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO JOIN FOR THE PICTURE, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU TAKE PART AS WELL.
SO, MAYOR, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR THE READING.
THANK YOU, MR. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, RICHARDSON AND THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL HONORED TO RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION TONIGHT.
IT GOES, WHEREAS IN THE FACE OF UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE GLOBAL COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THE RESILIENT AND COMPASSIONATE SPIRIT OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN RICHARDSON AND ACROSS NORTH TEXAS, SHOWN RIGHTLY.
AND WHEREAS UNDER THE INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF MARU, THE PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR OF THE MUSLIM AMERICAN SOCIETY ISLAMIC CENTER IN RICHARDSON, AND WITH THE COLLABORATION OF MORE THAN 20 LOCAL RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS AND ISLAMIC INSTITUTIONS INCLUDED NTX, MUSLIM GIVING, ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION OF NORTH TEXAS AND MUSLIM AMERICAN SOCIETY, THE COMMUNITY ROSE TO THE OCCASION.
AND WHEREAS THE MUSLIM MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN A DEMONSTRATION OF SOLIDARITY AND GOODWILL INITIATED A REMARKABLE EFFORT TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND NOURISHMENT TO THOSE ON THE FRONT LINE OF THE BATTLE AGAINST THE PANDEMIC.
AND WHEREAS THIS COMMEMORABLE INITIATIVE INCLUDED THE DELIVERY OF OVER 100,000 HOT MEALS TO DEDICATED FRONTLINE WORKERS AND INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS THE RICHARDSON METHODIST HOSPITAL, RICHARDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT, RICHARDSON WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT TEAM, RICHARDSON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND MORE THAN 10 HOSPITALS IN NORTH TEXAS.
AND WHEREAS THE BENEVOLENT EFFORTS EXTENDED BEYOND INSTITUTIONAL BOUNDARIES TO TOUCH THE LIVES OF CITY OF RICHARDSON EMPLOYEES AND STAFF ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS AND FACILITIES, ENSURING THEIR WELLBEING DURING THESE CHALLENGING TIMES.
AND WHEREAS THIS SELFLESS COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY WELLBEING ALSO EMBRACED RECENT REFUGEES, THE HOMELESS POPULATION IN DALLAS AND FORT WORTH, AND EXTENDED FURTHER TO THOSE IN NEED BEYOND CITY BORDERS.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BOB DUBY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS,
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DO HEREBY HEREBY PROCLAIM OUR HEARTFELT APPRECIATION TO MARLON MAROU AND THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, AND EXPRESS OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE TO ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN THIS NOBLE ENDEAVOR FOR THEIR UNWAVERING DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY DURING THESE CHALLENGING TIMES, GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE THIS 19TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2024.ALRIGHT, ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE IN THIS VOTE COUNCIL, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND LET'S, UH, STAGGER.
LET'S, LET'S CUT THE PLEASE COME AROUND OVER HERE TO YOUR, TO YOUR LEFT.
AND WE NEED THIS JUST A FEW TIMES.
BIG SMILES, EVERYBODY IN 1, 2, 3.
[4. MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 12, 2024, AND FEBRUARY 19, 2024, MEETINGS, AND FEBRUARY 20, 2024, SPECIAL CALLED MEETING ]
TIME WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 12TH, 2024, AND FEBRUARY 19TH, 2024 MEETINGS.AND FEBRUARY 20, 20, 24 SPECIAL CALLED MEETINGS.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY THE 12TH, 19TH, 20TH FOR SPECIAL CALLED MEETING.
COULD I GET A SECOND, MR. HUTCHIN RIDER? I'LL SECOND THAT.
ALRIGHT, WE GOT A MOTION TO SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE.
[5. VISITORS/ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS]
TO ITEM FIVE, VIS VISITORS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS.WE DID RECEIVE, UH, TWO CARDS IN ADVANCE OF TONIGHT'S 5:00 PM DEADLINE.
UH, MR. MARK SOLOMON OF 1530 HINSDALE DRIVE IN RICHARDSON, UH, WANTED TO, UH, MAKE NOTE OF THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE JIM JACKSON.
UM, MR. MICHAEL SELLMAN OF 2101 LU AND COVE RICHARDSON, UM, SUBMITTED A CARD IN SUPPORT OF A CEASEFIRE, AND MS. JESSICA CHUT
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OF 5 22 BISHOP, UH, IN RICHARDSON, SUBMITTED A CARD, UH, RE RE UH, REGARDING THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT YOU'LL, YOU'LL BE PRESENTED, UH, LATER.BEFORE I READ THE INSTRUCTIONS, I'LL JUST LOOK TO MS. NEWMAN TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY SPEAKERS.
OKAY, LET ME READ THE INSTRUCTIONS.
THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS RECEIVED BY 5:00 PM TO ALLOW ALL VISITORS TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC THAT IS NOT RESCHEDULED FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT, PLEASE WAIT UNTIL, UNTIL THAT PUBLIC HEARING IS OPENED, ALL SPEAKERS SHOULD COMPLETE A COMMENT CARD SUBMITTED TO THE CITY SECRETARY, WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, SPEAKERS SHOULD STEP TO THE PODIUM AND STATE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES AS INDICATED BY THE TIMERS.
SPEAKERS SHOULD REMAIN AT THE PODIUM DURING THEIR COMMENTS.
IF THE SPEAKER HAS HANDOUTS FOR THE COUNCIL, THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE CITY SECRETARY FOR DISTRIBUTION.
THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT PROHIBITS THE CITY COUNCIL FROM DISCUSSING OR TAKING ACTION ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA.
THE MAYOR OR CITY MANAGER MAY RESPOND WITH FACTS, A POLICY OR DIRECT CEASE STAFF TO RESPOND TO THE SPEAKER AFTER THE MEETING.
AT THIS TIME, I'D ALSO LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE TO SOM THEIR CELL PHONE FOR THE DURATION OF THE MEETING.
MS. ER, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO CALL THE SPEAKERS.
I LIVE ON 1 1 3 1 2 PARK CENTRAL PLACE, WHICH IS IN DALLAS.
I, UM, I'M CALLING, I'M HERE AGAIN, CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION.
AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO TALK TO MAKE A REMINDER ABOUT HOW CLOSE THIS ISSUE IS, THAT IT'S NOT A FAR AWAY THING.
IN ADDITION TO AMERICAN TAXES, GOING TO FUND THE BOMBS THAT ARE KILLING AND MUTILATING PEOPLE IN KAZA.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE LOTS OF ISSUES THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE IN THE US THAT ARE DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THOSE.
JUST YESTERDAY, A ACTIVE US, UM, SERVICE MEMBER LIT HIMSELF ON FIRE AND PROTEST, UH, AND HE CLAIMED THAT HE DID NOT WANNA BE COMPLICIT IN A GENOCIDE.
UM, AND HE WAS THE SECOND PERSON TO DO SO BECAUSE OF THE GENOCIDE AND GAZA.
UM, UH, AND THERE WAS ANOTHER PERSON THAT ALSO DID THE SAME THING, UH, TRYING TO BRING ATTENTION TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CONGO JUST A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THAT.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, THERE WAS A MAN WHO WAS FROM DALLAS, WHO WAS STABBED A FEW WEEKS AGO IN AUSTIN, UM, BECAUSE HE WAS PALESTINIAN AND BECAUSE HE HAD ATTENDED A PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTEST, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN THREATS MADE TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF LOCAL MOSQUES IN THE DFW AREA.
SO I AM JUST WANTING TO REITERATE THAT THIS ISSUE IS PRESENT.
IT'S URGENT, AND IT IS RIGHT HERE IN DFW.
SO PLEASE ACT AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
[6. PUBLIC HEARING, ZONING FILE 23-16, A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR A 0.81-ACRE LOT LOCATED AT 512 N. CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, ON THE EAST SIDE OF CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, BETWEEN DAVIS STREET AND RAYFLEX DRIVE, CURRENTLY ZONED MAIN STREET/CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT (INTERURBAN SUBDISTRICT) INCLUDING AN ALLOWANCE FOR OUTDOOR STORAGE BETWEEN THE BUILDING WALL AND BISHOP AVENUE TO ACCOMMODATE THE USE OF THE PROPERTY FOR A WHOLESALE ESTABLISHMENT. ]
MOVE TO ITEM SIX, PUBLIC HEARINGS ONLY.FILE 23 DASH 16 AND REQUEST FOR APPROVAL.
OKAY, MAYOR, THAT'S MICHAEL SEL WHO SUBMITTED A CARD ONLINE.
PLEASE COME FORWARD, GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
2101 LUCERNE COVE, RICHARDSON, TEXAS 7 5 0 8 OH.
THANK YOU, MAYOR DOOBY AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TONIGHT ABOUT WHAT I BELIEVE IS AN URGENT MATTER.
AS A LONGTIME RICHARDSON RESIDENT AND A JEWISH AMERICAN I COM COME BEFORE YOU WITH A HEAVY HEART AND A FEELING OF IMMENSE SORROW TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSAL THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS PUT TO A VOTE, A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION BY GRACIOUSLY PROVIDING THIS TIME, YOU HAVE GIVEN A VOICE TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO EXPRESS THEIR GRIEF, ANGUISH, AND HUMANITY.
AT THIS MOST PAINFUL OF TIMES, NO ONE SHOULD EVER UNDERESTIMATE THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR FELLOW RESIDENTS COMING BEFORE THIS COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL.
SOME HAVE SAID THAT A STATEMENT BY THE CITY COUNCIL CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE WOULD HAVE NO BEARING.
BECAUSE THIS ISSUE RELATES TO AN INTERNATIONAL SITUATION.
HISTORY TELLS A DIFFERENT STORY.
NO MATTER HOW SMALL OR SEEMINGLY INSIGNIFICANT EVERY ACTION
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MATTERS.THOSE WHO HAVE SPOKEN AT PAST MEETINGS HAVE ALREADY MADE A DIFFERENCE.
I AM HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I WAS INSPIRED BY THOSE WHO SPOKE AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
THE ELOQUENT AND HEARTFELT WORDS SPOKEN THAT EVENING UNDOUBTEDLY AFFECTED EACH OF YOU AS WELL.
PERHAPS YOU EVEN SHARED SOME OF WHAT YOU HEARD WITH FAMILY, FOR FRIENDS OR COLLEAGUES FURTHER AMPLIFYING THE IMPACT.
RICHARDSON IS A WONDERFULLY DIVERSE COMMUNITY, AND WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE A CITY COUNCIL THAT EMBRACES THE RICHNESS AND VIBRANCY THAT PEOPLE FROM SO MANY DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS BRING TOGETHER WITHIN OUR CITY.
SOME RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE EXPERIENCING FROM AFAR UNIMAGINABLE TRAUMA CAUSED BY THE VIOLENT LOSS OF FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS DURING THIS CATASTROPHE.
OTHERS HAVE SUFFERED THE TRAUMA OF FINDING OUT THAT FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS HAVE SUFFERED LIFE CHANGING INJURIES, THE LOSS OF THEIR HOMES AND POSSESSIONS, AND THE LOSS OF CLEAN WATER AND FOOD NECESSARY TO SUSTAIN THEIR LIVES.
IS SILENCE A CHOICE? WHEN SILENCE IMPLIES TACIT ACCEPTANCE OF THE ENORMOUS SUFFERING THAT IS TAKING PLACE.
A STATEMENT CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE WILL GIVE SOLACE AND EXPRESS COMPASSION FOR OUR RESIDENTS AFFECTED BY THIS TRAGEDY, AND IT WILL DEMONSTRATE THE SOLIDARITY OF OUR EXCEPTIONAL COMMUNITY CONVEYING OUR SUPPORT FOR PEACE, JUSTICE, HUMANITY, AND LIFE HISTORY.
OVERFLOWS RE REGRETS FOR NOT STANDING UP FOR WHAT IS MORAL, JUST AND RIGHTEOUS.
FOR THE PAST FOUR MONTHS, I HAVE DEVOTED MYSELF TO FOLLOWING THE DAILY EVENTS OF THIS CRISIS.
THE THOUSANDS OF IMAGES OF SUFFERING ARE HORRIFIC, BUT I REFUSE TO LOOK AWAY.
I BELIEVE THAT ONE MUST SPEAK OUT AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE SPEAKING OUT IS ALL THAT MOST OF US CAN DO.
PLEASE DO NOT QUESTION THE IMPORTANCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS CALL TO ACTION.
ACCEPTING A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE WILL FIRMLY CENTER OUR CITY COUNCIL AS A MORAL COMPASS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
IN CLOSING, A RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE CITY, UH, THE RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL PUT FORWARD A CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE SO THAT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER CAN EXPRESS THEIR OPINION AND RECORD THEIR VOTE.
OKAY, WE'LL NOW GO TO ITEM NUMBER SIX AGAIN.
PUBLIC HEARING ZONING FILE 2316.
A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR A 0.81 ACRE LOT LOCATED AT FIVE 12 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY ON THE EAST SIDE OF CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY BETWEEN DAVIS STREET AND REFLEX DRIVE.
MR. MAGNER, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
SAM CHAVEZ IS GONNA PROVIDE THE CITY BRIEFING.
THE APPLICANT, UH, IS HERE AND I BELIEVE HAS A, A BRIEF SHORT BRIEFING AS WELL, AND THEN WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNSEL.
SAM, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. MAGNER AND CITY COUNCIL.
UH, THIS IS ZONING FILE 23 DASH 16.
IT'S A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR PROPERTY LOCATED FIVE 12 CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY.
BUT BEFORE WE GET INTO THE ACTUAL CASE ITSELF, I WANNA GIVE YOU A REAL BRIEF, UH, BACKGROUND OF INFORMATION.
THE INTERURBAN SUBDISTRICT, UH, DOES HAVE A VISION JUST LIKE THE OTHER EIGHT SUBDISTRICTS IN THIS LARGE PD.
AND THAT VISION IS TO CREATE AN EDGY MIXED USE DISTRICT BUILT UPON THE EXISTING BONES OF THE DIS OF THE DISTRICT, FOCUSING ON ADAPTIVE REUSE OF EXISTING BUILDINGS AND TARGETED INFILL DEVELOPMENT.
EXTERIOR BUILDING MATERIALS SHOULD PROMOTE DESIGN, UH, CREATIVITY AND UNIFY THE ECLECTIC STYLE AND VISION FOR THE SUBDISTRICT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID ON, ON PREVIOUS ZONING CASES, WHETHER THEY'RE SPECIAL PERMITS OR PD, WE KIND OF WENT THROUGH WHAT IS A SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE, UH, HERD AND CONSIDERED A FEW, UH, SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN REQUESTS, I'D LIKE TO GO BACK OVER THOSE, UH, ELEMENTS WITH YOU.
SO THE INTENT IS TO ALLOW FOR MODIFICATIONS TO ANY OF THE STANDARDS IN THE CODE OTHER THAN MINOR MODIFICATIONS AS IDENTIFIED IN THAT CODE.
UH, AND IT ALSO ALLOWS APPLICANT, UH, APPLICANT'S, UH, DEVELOPMENT FLEXIBILITY
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TO ADDRESS SPECIFIC MARKET CONDITIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES OR, OR TO CONTEXT.SO SINCE THEY ARE AMENDMENTS TO THE CODE, THEY'RE TREATED AS A ZONING PROCESS AND AS SUCH MAY ONLY BE CONSIDERED BY CITY COUNCIL AFTER THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION FOR ITS RECOMMENDATION, UH, REGARDING THAT REQUEST.
NOW, THERE ARE SOME EVALUATION CRITERIA THAT GO ALONG WITH, UH, CONSIDERING SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS, AND THEY CAN EITHER MEET ONE OR BOTH.
THE FIRST BEING, DOES IT PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE MASTER PLAN APPROACH BY CONSOLIDATING MULTIPLE PROPERTIES TO CREATE A PREDICTIVE MARKET RESPONSIVE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE AREA? OR DOES IT FIT THE ADJOINING CONTEXT? BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE TRANSITIONS OF THE EIGHT SUBDISTRICTS IN THE MAIN STREET CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TWO DISTRICTS ALLOW WHOLESALE ESTABLISHMENTS AND ACCESSORY OUTDOOR STORAGE.
AND THOSE ARE THE INTERURBAN SUBDISTRICT AND THE GATEWAY COMMERCIAL SUBDISTRICT.
AND THERE ARE COMMON ELEMENTS IN, IN BOTH OF THOSE, UH, DISTRICTS, UH, THEY DO REQUIRE A BILL TWO LINE ALONG CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY AND A 10 FOOT SETBACK FROM OTHER STREET FRONTAGES.
AND OUTDOOR STORAGE IS PROHIBITED BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND THE STREET FRONTAGE.
AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, UH, THIS PROPERTY DOES HAVE TWO STREET FRONTAGES ALONG BISHOP AND, AND, AND CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY.
SO LOTS, SO LOTS WITH EXISTING TWO STREET FRONTAGES.
UH, THE URBAN INTER, UH, THE INTERURBAN SUBDISTRICT IDENTIFY THOSE LOTS.
AND THERE ARE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT APPLY TO THOSE LOTS, AND THOSE LOTS ARE HIGHLIGHTED THERE ON THE SCREEN.
AND THOSE LOTS, UH, FRONT ONTO CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY AND BISHOP AVENUE.
SO THESE ARE EXISTING LOTS ALONG CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY BETWEEN REFLEX AND JACKSON STREET, SUBJECT TO, UH, A BILL TO LINE ALONG CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY AND A 10 FOOT SETBACK ALONG BISHOP AVENUE.
SO THE SUBJECT LOT WAS ORIGINALLY COMPRISED OF TWO SEPARATE LOTS WITH STREET FRONTAGE ON CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY AND BISHOP AVENUE.
THE SUBJECT LOTS WERE RE PLATTED INTO, INTO A SINGLE LOT.
NOW THAT SINGLE LOT IS THE SUBJECT OF, OF THE REQUEST TONIGHT.
SO FROM A LOCATION STANDPOINT, IT IS SOUTH OF RAY FLEX DRIVE BETWEEN CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY AND BISHOP AVENUE.
THE SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS FOR A 0.8 ACRE SITE LOCATED IN THE INTERURBAN SUBDISTRICT OF THE MAIN STREET CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY PD WITH, UH, WITH MODIFIED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, INCLUDING ALLOWING OUTDOOR STORAGE TO OCCUR BETWEEN THE PRINCIPAL BUILDING AND BISHOP AVENUE.
UH, SO THIS LOT DOES HAVE TWO STREET FRONTAGES.
HERE'S THE ELEVATION LOOKING, UH, AT THE, UH, WEST ELEVATION OF THE BUILDING.
AND THESE, AND THESE ARE, UH, PHOTOS OF THE EXISTING SITE.
THE, THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS THE EAST ELEVATION OR THE BISHOP AVENUE ELEVATION.
SO YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE EXISTING CONDITION OF THAT BUILDING.
THE PROPOSED CONCEPT IN FRONT OF YOU.
I'VE HIGHLIGHTED THE AREAS THAT THE CODE WOULD ALLOW THE, UH, OUTDOOR STORAGE, UH, TO BE PROVIDED.
AND IT'S, IT'S ESSENTIALLY IN THIS LOCATION RIGHT HERE AND HERE.
SO AS PROPOSED, UH, THE LOT IS A 0.81 ACRE SITE, THE BUILDING AREA, AND IT'S AN EXISTING BUILDING.
IT'S ABOUT 4,200 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE.
IT'S A ONE STORY 20 AND IT'S 24 FEET IN HEIGHT.
UH, THERE IS AMPLE LANDSCAPING PROVIDED AT 16%.
THE OUTDOOR STORAGE THAT THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED BY THE CODE WOULD BE ROUGHLY 708 SQUARE FEET, UH, AS PROPOSED.
THE OUTDOOR STORAGE AREA IS, UH, A LITTLE OVER, UH, 7,800 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE.
UH, THE EXISTING PARKING, THERE ARE 32 PARKING SPACES ON SITE TODAY.
UH, THE APPLICANT'S PROPO IS PROPOSING TO PROVIDE, UH, THREE PARKING SPACES, AND THOSE LO ARE LOCATED AT THE, UH, SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY.
THE NEXT ELEVATION SHOWS YOU, UH, THE WEST ELEVATION AND THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS, UH, TO THE ENTIRE BUILDING.
UH, A LOT OF THE DESIGN ELEMENTS ARE, ARE THROUGHOUT THE BUILT ON ALL FOUR ELEVATIONS, BUT PRIMARILY THE FACADE MATERIALS INCLUDE STOREFRONT GLAZING, MASONRY ENGINEERED ARCHITECTURAL PANELS, PLASTER OR
UH, SO THIS IS A WEST ELEVATION.
THE EAST ELEVATION PRETTY MUCH TAKES ON THE SAME, UH, ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING, UH, FROM THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION THAT THE EAST ELEVATION ALSO MIMIC THE CHARACTER OF THE WEST ELEVATION OF THE BUILDING.
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HAS REVISED THAT ELEVATION.AND THAT'S SHOWN IN THAT, IN THAT, UH, BOTTOM, UH, BUILDING ELEVATION.
SO IT DOES PROVIDE THE, UH, THE MASONRY, THE
UH, AND IT SHOWS THE, UH, THE ARCHITECTURAL, UH, PANELS, UH, METAL PANELS, THE STOREFRONT GLAZING, AND THE OVERHEAD DOOR.
THESE ARE THE NORTH AND SOUTH ELEVATIONS, AGAIN, WITH THOSE SAME TYPES OF MATERIALS AND, AND, AND DESIGN CHARACTERS.
UH, THIS SLIDE ALSO, UH, PROVIDES YOU AN ARCHITECTURAL RENDERING OF THE PROPOSED BUILDING.
THE ARCHITECT AND THE APPLICANT ARE HERE TONIGHT, AND THEY CAN GO AND, AND THEY CAN GO INTO MORE DETAIL.
THAT'S THE BUILDING DESIGN ITSELF.
SO ITEMS TO CONSIDER WITH THIS REQUEST.
THE FIRST BEING, UH, THE ALTERNATE LOCATION OF THE ACCESSORY OUTDOOR AREA, OUTDOOR STORAGE IS ALLOWED AS AN ACCESSORY TO THE PRINCIPAL USE.
IN THIS CASE, THE PRINCIPAL USE WOULD BE A, A WAREHOUSE FACILITY.
HOWEVER, ITS LOCATION, ITS LOCATION CRITERIA MAY NOT BE BE SUITABLE FOR ALL PROPERTIES BASED ON HOW THE BUILDING IS SITUATED ON THE LOT.
AS YOU SAW WITH THIS APP, WITH THIS APPLICATION, THE BUILDING IS NOT CENTERED ON THE LOT, BUT IT'S NOT TO EITHER THE NORTH OR SOUTH ENDS OF THE LOT.
THEREFORE, THE AREA THAT'S, THAT, THAT'S PERMISSIBLE FOR OUT OUTDOOR STORAGE IS VERY LIMITED.
UH, AND THE PROPOSED STORAGE LOCATION REPRESENTS APPROXIMATELY 44% ENCROACHMENT WITHIN THE AREA PERMITTED FOR OUTDOOR STORAGE BY THE INTER, UH, BY THE INTERURBAN SUBDISTRICT.
UH, THEY'RE REQUESTING REDUCED DRIVEWAY SPACINGS ALONG CENTRAL, UH, EXPRESSWAY, UH, MODIFICATIONS TO THE DRIVEWAY WITH BOTH EXISTING AND PROPOSED, UH, A REDUCTION IN THE BUILDING FRONTAGE AND THE BUILDING FRONTAGE.
IT'S A PERCENTAGE BUILDING THAT HAS TO BE WITHIN THE BILL TWO ZONE.
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THAT BILL TWO ZONE APPLIES TO, UH, CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, AND THAT BUILT TWO ZONE IS FROM 10 TO 80 FEET.
1%, UH, IT'S AT 49% AS OPPOSED TO 50%.
AND THEN A REDUCED SETBACK FOR A SECURITY GATE LOCATION ALONG, UM, BISHOP AVENUE CPC VOTED SEVEN OH TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUESTS AS PRESENTED AT THEIR FEBRUARY 6TH, UH, MEETING SUBJECT TO AMENDING THE EAST BUILDING ELEVATION TO, UH, TO MIMIC THE DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BUILDING'S WEST ELEVATION THE APPLICANT DID.
SO, UH, IT IS PART OF YOUR PACKET AND I BELIEVE IS IT'S DETACHED AS EXHIBIT C ONE.
UH, WE DID RECEIVE ONE RES, UH, ONE LETTER IN, IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST.
AND YOU ALSO RECEIVED SOME OTHER, UH, CORRESPONDENCE.
UH, THIS EVENING, UH, CITY COUNCIL MAY APPROVE THE REQUEST AS PRESENTED, APPROVE, APPROVE CONDITIONS OR AMENDED CONDITIONS, OR D DENY THE REQUEST.
I KNOW THE APPLICANT AND THE ARCHITECT ARE HERE, UH, TONIGHT TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, WE'D ASK THE APPLICANT TO COME FORWARD.
PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO PRESENT.
MY NAME'S DAVID ARLEDGE AND I'VE BEEN PREPARING MY SPEECH FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, BUT I'M GONNA GO OFF THE SPEECH.
I'M GONNA GO WITH MY INSTINCTS.
MY DAD WAS A USED CAR DEALER, MADE MY LIVING IN THE CAR BUSINESS.
AND THE RULE IN THE CAR BUSINESS IS IF YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT A CELL, ASK FOR IT.
NOW I'M ASKING YOU TO APPROVE ZONING FILE TWO THREE DASH 16 SO I CAN START.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. ARLEDGE? MR. BARRIOS? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UH, SIR, WHEN THE OUT OUTDOOR STORAGE ARE THESE PALLETS WRAPPED PALLETS, ARE YOU PROPOSING PUTTING UP SOME KIND OF GRID OR METAL OR WHAT, WHAT, WHAT EXACTLY IS OUT OUTDOOR STORAGE TO YOU? THE CODE REQUIRES ME TO PUT UP A FENCE, A SECURITY FENCE, A LANDSCAPE FENCE.
SO YOU WON'T SEE, IF YOU'LL LOOK AT ALL THE GREENERY THAT IS IN THE CODE, THAT'S GONNA BE EIGHT FOOT LANDSCAPE AND A STEEL FENCE, SPECIALLY DESIGNED STEEL FENCE SO THAT THAT ACCESSORY STORAGE IS NOT VISIBLE AND THE STORAGE CANNOT BE TALLER THAN THE
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LANDSCAPE.I'M, SO, I'M, I'M ON THE LANDLORD HERE.
I'M LEASING IT TO AN EXISTING RICHARDSON BUILDING, AND HE'S EXPANDING ONTO THIS PROPERTY.
THANK YOU ANY MORE, MR. DORIAN? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UH, THERE'S, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT THE WEST ELEVATION, UM, IS, OR, OR I, I SHOULD SHOULD SAY, THE EAST ELEVATION'S GOING TO MATCH THE WEST ELEVATION.
IS THAT CORRECT? SO THOSE OVERHEAD DOORS WILL BE CONVERTED INTO LIKE A STOREFRONT.
I HAVE TREMENDOUS HEARING LOSS.
UM, WILL THE EAST, WILL THE EAST ELEVATION MATCH THE, UH, THE OTHER, UH, WEST ELEVATION? AND WILL THOSE BE STOREFRONT OR WILL THOSE STILL REMAIN AS OVERHEAD DOORS? NOW, TO ME, THE WEST ELEVATION IS CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY AND THE EAST ELEVATION IS BISHOP.
IS THAT, IS THAT, ARE YOU ASKING IF I'M GONNA MATCH THE TWO? WELL, THE WEST ELEVATION HAS THE STOREFRONT, THE EAST ELEVATION HAS THE OVERHEAD DOORS.
WILL THOSE REMAIN AS OVERHEAD DOORS? YES, THEY WILL.
BUT THEY'LL JUST, THEY'RE GONNA MIMIC THE DESIGN, UH, FROM THE EAST OR FROM THE WEST ELEVATION, CORRECT? NO, THEY'RE NOT.
AND THE REASON I DID THAT IS BECAUSE THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE STREETS.
YOU LOCK, YOU DRIVE DOWN BISHOP AND BISHOP'S THE BACK END OF ALL THE STREETS THAT FACE.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS, I TELL PEOPLE, MY FRIENDS, I'M PUTTING TWO OF THE PRETTIEST FACES ON TWO STREETS.
I'LL HAVE THE PRETTIEST FACE ON BISHOP AND I'LL HAVE THE PRETTIEST FACE ON NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY.
AND I'M GONNA PUT THIS BEAUTIFUL DRESS AROUND THOSE TWO FACES IN LANDSCAPING.
UM, THE OVERHEAD BACK OVER TO THE OVERHEAD DOORS, IT THE OVER CAN, THE OVERHEAD DOORS BE CONSIDERED AS TO MATCH WHAT'S ON THE WEST ELEVATION, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE, UH, THE GR A GRID SYSTEM.
UM, IT HAS THE BLACK MILLIONS TO MATCH.
THEY MAKE THE OVERHEAD DOORS TO MATCH THAT STOREFRONT SYSTEM? OR IS THAT STRICTLY SOMETHING THAT, UM, THAT YOU DON'T, THAT YOU DON'T WANNA SEE THROUGH? I MEAN, YOU CAN GET AN OPAQUE PIECE OF, I GOT, I'D HAVE TO REFER TO MY ARCHITECT ON THAT.
'CAUSE HE'S, HE'S HELPING ME WITH MY BUDGET AS WELL AS THE DESIGN.
SO I MEAN, UH, I'M TRYING TO MATCH THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I AM IN.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M ON CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY.
WE'VE GOT 166,000 CARS GOING DOWN THAT STREET EVERY DAY.
I WANT TO HAVE THE MOST DESIRABLE PIECE OF PROPERTY.
I WANNA HAVE THE BEST LOOKING PIECE OF PROPERTY ON THE HIGHEST VISIBLE PORTION THAT I CAN.
THE ONLY PEOPLE GOING DOWN BISHOP ARE 18 WHEELERS AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS.
I DON'T THINK I NEED TO PUT THAT SAME FACE BACK THERE ON BISHOP.
I, I I I, I THINK THE BUILDING IS, IS, IS, IS ATTRACTIVE.
I'M JUST TRYING TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON THE OVERHEAD DOORS.
AND THEN, UH, ALSO HAD A COUPLE OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE OUTDOOR STORAGE.
IS, IS THAT JUST OPEN SPACE OR IS THAT ACTUALLY A BUILDING THAT ITSELF, AND IF SO, WHAT IS IT, WHAT IS IT MADE OUT OF THE BUILDING? MM-HMM.
I'M FROM, I LIVE AT 12 93 8 8 59.
'CAUSE I MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP YOU WITH SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS.
UH, SO I'M GONNA GO BACK TO WHAT YOU FIRST STARTED WITH, WITH THE DOORS.
SO THE INTENT, AS I UNDERSTAND IT FOR THE CODE IS FOR US TO CREATE A, A, A FRONTAGE ON BOTH SIDES WHERE WE FRONT BISHOP AND NORTH CENTRAL.
NORTH CENTRAL, UH, HAS A GLASS.
EACH ONE OF THOSE SECTIONS IS A, IS A, WOULD BE A STOREFRONT SYSTEM, ALUMINUM, UH, DARK BRONZE PROBABLY.
AND FINISH ON THE BACKSIDE, THOSE TWO OVERHEAD DOORS YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY NOT GLASS FOR FUNCTIONAL REASONS.
AND, AND WHERE I WOULD, WHERE I'M ARGUING HERE IS THAT THIS IS A, A WHOLESALE BUSINESS.
SO THEY'RE, THOSE TWO DOORS ARE GONNA BE TAKING ON QUITE A BIT OF USE, UH, FROM GUYS IN LARGE TRUCKS LOADING AND UNLOADING MATERIALS, UH, TO USE THAT GLASS SYSTEM THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
ONE WOULD BE EXTRAVAGANT IN COST COMPARED TO WHAT THE FUNCTION IS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, DURABILITY FOR HIS TENANTS.
AND SO THE REASON WE DIDN'T DO IT WITH GLASS WAS ONE FOR COST, BUT MOSTLY FOR FUNCTIONALITY.
I WOULD JUST, JUST, I'M, I'M SAYING THIS OUT LOUD SO PEOPLE, UH, ANYONE LISTENING CAN KIND OF UNDERSTAND THE DESIGN DIRECTION.
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THE GLASS WILL GET BROKEN.I UNDERST I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF THAT WAS AN OPTION.
IF THEY ARE GETTING THAT MUCH USE, I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S POSSIBLE.
IT, IT DEFINITELY CAN BE DONE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S SYSTEMS OUT THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY MAKE A SYSTEM AS BIG AS THEY NEED.
I'D HAVE TO DO SOME RESEARCH ON THAT.
THOSE SYSTEMS ARE, YEAH, THEY DO, THEY DO HAVE AN OVERHEAD DOOR THAT MATCHES THAT STOREFRONT SYSTEM.
SIMILAR, SOME VERY SIMILAR, BUT I DON'T, AND YOU CAN GET DIFFERENT OPAQUE GLASS WHERE YOU DON'T, MOST OF THOSE SYSTEMS AREN'T COILING.
THEY GO UP LIKE THIS ON A RACK ON A, ON A, ON A RAIL.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY MAKE THOSE SYSTEMS. I, I, I MIGHT, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF THEY MAKE 'EM TO BE 16 FEET TALL AT THE SIZE WE'RE USING AND 16 FOOT CLEAR IS A MUST FOR HIS TENANT.
AND I MEAN, WELL FIRST OF ALL, THE USE ALONE, AS YOU SAID, WOULD IT MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE, UM, THE OVERUSE.
BUT MY OTHER QUESTION IS OVER ON THE OUTDOOR STORAGE.
IS, IS THAT, IS THAT A SPECIFIC BUILDING? IS IT MADE OUT? NO, SIR.
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IN THE KIND OF ORANGES, BEIGE COLOR, THOSE ARE JUST RESERVATION OF SPACE OF LAY AVAILABLE FOR STORAGE.
AND I, I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND KIND OF TRY TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION AS WELL.
THE TENANT IS GOING TO BE STORING CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL.
IT'S JU IT'S GONNA BE ON PALLETS MOST LIKELY.
AND, UH, SO, BUT IT'S ONLY FOR WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE ROOM WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE, THE BUILDING TO DO THAT.
SO WE'RE, WHAT WE ARE SHOWING HERE IS JUST TO SHOW MAXIMUM SPACE ALLOWABLE FOR STORAGE.
UH, BUT THERE'S NO DESIGNED SYSTEM FOR THE STORAGE ITSELF.
SO IT'S GONNA BE EXPOSED ALL OPEN.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WILL BE STORED IN THE OPEN AREA? IT'S BUILDING MATERIALS.
JUST ALL BUILDING MATERIALS? YEAH, IT'S JUST BUILDING MATERIALS.
UH, IT, IT COULD BE LUMBER, IT COULD BE STEEL, IT COULD BE ALUMINUM.
IT COULD BE, HE DOES A LOT OF CONCRETE, I DOUBT HE'LL STORE THAT OUTSIDE FOR VERY LONG
BUT THERE'S THINGS, JUST A LOT OF MATERIALS, TILE THINGS LIKE THAT.
IS THE, UH, THE FENCE LINE YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU SAID IT'S ABOUT EIGHT FEET? IT'S EIGHT FOOT TALL.
AND THEN, AND THEN THE, UH, SHRUBBERY, UH, THE, THE, THE LANDSCAPING ALONE IS THAT ALSO GONNA GROW IT? THE DESIGN INTENT IS FOR THAT TO BE EIGHT FEET.
SO WHEN WE GET OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT INVOLVED, I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO 'EM BRIEFLY, WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE SELECTING A SPECIES PROBABLY SOMEWHERE ALONG, PROBABLY SIMILAR TO A HOLLY OR MIGHT BE A HOLLY.
THAT IS, UH, THAT WILL MEET THAT EIGHT FOOT HEIGHT REQUIREMENT.
AND AND IS THAT AN OPEN, UH, IRON UH, FENCE SYSTEM? IT IS A BLACK IRON FENCE, BUT IT IS OPEN.
AND I GUESS MY LAST QUESTION IS, IS THIS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC OR IS IT STRICTLY JUST FOR BUILDERS WHOLESALE? SO IT'S WHOLESALE.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, THEY, THEY MARKET THEIR SERVICES TO CONTRACTORS.
SO YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL WOULD HAVE TO GO TO HOME DEPOT, BUT THE CONTRACTOR COULD COME TO, TO THIS PLACE.
AND GET A, THEY GET A DISCOUNT.
SO, AND YOU HAVE A, A, AN ENCLOSED GATE SYSTEM ON THIS NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY SIDE? YES.
OR I'M SORRY, BACK ON THE BISHOP ARTS, UH, SIDE ON THE BISHOP ARTS, THERE'S A GATE HERE.
IT'S THE SAME, UH, BLACK IRON STEEL AS THE REST OF THE FENCE.
AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT CLOSES OFF, UP AT NORTH RIGHT THERE WHERE YOU SEE THAT ON THE LEFT OF THE BUILDING.
THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THERE THAT, THAT'S, UH, REQUIRED.
I THINK THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.
THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT.
ANY OTHER MR. HUTCHEN RIDER? JUST ONE QUESTION.
YOU'LL ONLY BE PROVIDING THREE PARKING SPACES.
WELL, FOR THIS PARTICULAR LOT AND UNDER THE CODE, NO PARKING IS REQUIRED FOR BUILDINGS 5,000 SQUARE FEET OR LESS.
NO PARKING IS REQUIRED FOR THIS SPACE.
OUR TENANT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF NEED FOR PARKING BECAUSE HIS, THE WAY MOST OF HIS BUSINESS HAPPENS, PEOPLE DON'T PULL UP AND WONDER WHAT'S INSIDE THEIR CONTRACTORS.
MOST OF 'EM ARE REPEAT CLIENTS.
AND THEY ARE, THEY CALL UP AND DO ORDERS.
THEY ORDER THEIR MATERIAL, THEY COME IN AND PICK IT UP FROM HIM DIRECTLY.
SO HE DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF NEED FOR PARKING.
MOST OF HIS CLIENTELE COME IN WITH BIG TRUCKS WITH FLATBEDS AND PICK UP MATERIAL.
AND, AND HOW MANY EMPLOYEES WOULD BE IN THIS SPACE? UH, TWO TO THREE.
BUT HE ALSO HAS ADDITIONAL PARKING ACROSS THE STREET.
HE, HE OWNS THE LOT ACROSS THE STREET.
THAT WASN'T, THAT WASN'T STATED ANYWHERE.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? OKAY.
APPLICANT WILL ASK YOU TO TAKE A SEAT BACK IN THE AUDIENCE AND WE'LL OPEN THIS
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FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.DO WE HAVE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO VISIT WITH US? MS. EMER? I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY CARDS.
MAYOR, ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE NEED TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? OKAY.
WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING WITH A MOTION.
MR. HUTCHIN, WRITER MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
GOT A SECOND, MR. SCHU? I SECONDED.
ALL IN FAVOR OF CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, COUNSEL, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM A RESIDENT, THE RESIDENT, SAME RESIDENT, WHO SUBMITTED THIS, UH, A WHILE BACK BEFORE IT CAME, BEFORE THE CPC.
AND, UM, WHEN I SAW THIS COME UP ON OUR AGENDA, I, UH, SPOKE TO HER TO REACH OUT, TO ASK FOR SOME CLARIFICATION.
A COUPLE THINGS I HAVE ISSUES WITH, UM, OR CONCERNS ABOUT ONE I ONE I WANT TO COMMEND THEM.
THEY DO HAVE BEAUTIFUL DRAWING AND THERE'S SOME OBVIOUSLY THOUGHT OUT PLANS HERE.
UM, PDS IN THE PAST, PDS OBVIOUSLY HAVE A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY INVESTED.
UM, A LOT OF PLANNING GOES INTO THE, INTO THIS.
PREVIOUS COUNCILS HAVE STRAYED FROM PLANS AT ANY OPPORTUNITY THEY HAVE.
AND I, I UNDERSTAND 'CAUSE SOME OF THOSE ARE TOUGH CALLS, RIGHT? 'CAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO REINVIGORATE AREAS AND, AND, UH, TRY TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN.
UM, BUT AS A RESIDENT, UH, WHO SUBMITTED HER COMMENT TO US STATED, WE DO HAVE A RESIDENT RICHARDSON WHO INVESTED NEARBY.
SHE EVEN, UH, RECEIVED A AWARD FOR THE RENOVATIONS THEY COMPLETED.
AND LOOKING AT THIS AND THE WALL AND THE OUTDOOR STORAGE, I DROVE THROUGH THERE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
I WAS LOOKING, ALTHOUGH IT BEEN THROUGH THERE MANY TIMES, AND I JUST REALLY HAVE A HARD TIME WITH THE OUTDOOR STORAGE.
UH, I THINK IT IS KIND OF PERMANENTLY CHANGED THE AREA OF ANY HOPES OF WHAT MAYBE WE WERE HOPING THAT AREA WOULD BECOME AND WHAT PREVIOUS COUNCILS WERE HOPING IT WOULD BECOME.
UM, AND WITHOUT STRONG REASONS WHY, AND THIS RESIDENT BUSINESS OWNER IN THE AREA HAS STRONG REASONS WHY SHE THINKS IT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN.
UM, I'M GONNA HAVE TO DECIDE WITH THE RESIDENT ON THIS ONE JUST 'CAUSE I DON'T SEE ENOUGH HERE TO CHANGE PLANS ENOUGH TO PERMANENTLY CREATE THIS CHANGE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M, I HAVE A A QUESTION FOR STAFF THAT KIND OF MATRICULATED IN MY HEAD BETWEEN WHEN, WHEN SAM SAT DOWN AND, AND NOW, UM, SAM, JUST REAL QUICK.
I I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THIS BEFORE I, I VOTE ON IT.
SO JUST SO I UNDERSTAND, THE AREAS IN THE LITTLE RED DASHES RIGHT NOW, THAT'S WHERE OUTDOOR STORAGE WOULD BE CURRENTLY ALLOWED? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THE REASON IT'S ALLOWED IS BECAUSE IT FACES WHAT IT FACES TWO OTHER BUILDINGS ON EACH SIDE OR WHAT? I I'M SORRY.
WHY ISN'T, SO WHY ISN'T OUTDOOR STORAGE CURRENTLY ALLOWED WHERE THE ORANGE BOXES ARE? BECAUSE, UM, THE AREA THAT IS BEING PROPOSED IS LOCATED IN THE FRONT YARD.
RESTRICTS, UH, THAT OUTDOOR STORAGE AREA IS BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND THE STREET FRONTAGE, WHICH IN THIS, OKAY, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, HAPPENS TO BE THE AREA BETWEEN THE FACE OF THE BUILDING AND, UH, BISHOP AVENUE.
AND SO IT'S TECHNICALLY THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING IS BOTH THE SIDE THAT FACES 75 AND THE SIDE THAT FACES BISHOP.
NO, THAT, THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL.
UM, YEAH, I MEAN THIS PD PASSED, I MEAN TO THE, THE POINT THAT COUNCILMAN CORCORAN WAS JUST MAKING THAT THE OUTDOOR STORAGE IS ALLOWED BY WRIGHT.
I THINK THIS IS A TREMENDOUS ENHANCEMENT, UM, TO WHAT'S THERE NOW.
UM, AND I THINK SLIGHTLY MOVING THE STORAGE FROM WHERE IT IS CURRENTLY ALLOWED BY A RIGHT TO ANOTHER PART OF THE PROPERTY, UM, IT'S NOT PROBLEMATIC IN MY, FROM MY STANDPOINT, THEY'RE GONNA PUT IN EIGHT FOOT SHRUBS THAT ARE GOING TO SCREEN THIS.
UM, THEY'RE PUTTING UP A NICE FENCE.
UM, SO I ACTUALLY THINK THIS IS AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE AREA AND, AND IS IN, IS IN THE SPIRIT OF WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PASSED HERE, WHICH IS ALLOWED OUTDOOR, OUTDOOR STORAGE BY, RIGHT.
SO I, I, UM, DISAGREE, UM, THAT THIS IS SORT OF ALTERING THE, THE PD IN, IN A SUBSTANTIAL WAY.
UM, IT'S A UNIQUE PROPERTY
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SO, UH, I, I'M IN FAVOR OF IT.I THINK IT'S A GREAT ENHANCEMENT FOR THIS AREA.
AND, YOU KNOW, 99.9%, UM, YOU KNOW, LIVES UP TO WHAT WE ORIGINALLY PASSED WITH RESPECT TO THIS PD.
UM, AND, AND GIVEN THE OVERALL ENHANCEMENT TO THIS PROPERTY, UM, AND TO THE AREA, UH, I'M IN FAVOR OF IT.
IF I, IF I COULD INTERJECT ONE THING REAL QUICK, AND SAM, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
IF I, IF I DID MY HOMEWORK AND UNDERSTAND THIS CORRECTLY, I REALLY, LET ME BACK UP.
I REALLY LIKED THE WAY THE FRONTAGE LOOKED, THE NEW DESIGN, THE, UM, THE AMBIANCE OF IMPROVING THIS LOT.
'CAUSE WHEN WE HAD IT BEFORE, IT WAS, IT WAS TWO DIFFERENT SEPARATE LOTS AND WE APPROVED TO PUSH, PUT IT TOGETHER, AND NOW HE'S COMING BACK AND CREATING A PACKAGE AS I PERCEIVE IT, AS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY ATTRACTIVE ON BOTH SIDES.
BUT THE PART I THINK THAT WE'RE MISSING IS THAT HE'S CREATING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A FELLOW BUSINESS ACROSS THE STREET ON BISHOP TO WHERE THAT INDIVIDUAL COULD BE SUCCESSFUL BY PUTTING HIS MATERIALS ON THIS PROPERTY.
ISN'T THAT CORRECT? MY ASSUMPTION FROM SPEAKING TO BOTH THE, UH, THE, THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE FUTURE TENANT IS THAT THEY WILL, THEY WILL OPERATE THESE TWO FACILITIES SIMULTANEOUSLY AND VERY SIMILAR.
SO WE'RE RENTING OUT, THIS FRONT, IN ESSENCE IS RENTING OUT FOR THE GENTLEMAN ACROSS THE STREET IN HIS BUSINESS.
SO IT'S CLEANING UP A LOT ACROSS THE STREET WHILE WE BRING THIS EQUIPMENT AND THIS PRODUCT OVER HERE INTO A SECURE AREA.
SO I'M LOOKING, I THINK WE'RE HELPING THE SITUATION, IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.
BUT ANYWAY, JOE, GO AHEAD AND YEAH, I'M, NO, I'M SORRY, MAYOR.
I JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M, I HAVE ONE MORE, ONE MORE QUESTION.
SO THE SETBACKS ON BISHOP, CAN YOU JUST MAYBE INDICATE ON THIS GRAPHIC HOW FAR WE'RE MOVING THEM UP? ARE, ARE WE MOVING, DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M ASKING? YES, YES.
SO THE NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY SIDE OF THE PROPERTY HAS A BILL TWO ZONE, OR SOME PEOPLE CALL 'EM BILL TWO LINES.
AND THAT'S FROM 10 TO 80 FEET.
SO IT, IT FALLS WITHIN THAT AREA.
THE, BECAUSE IT HAS DOUBLE FRONTAGE, THE SETBACK FOR ANY BUILDING FROM BISHOP IS A, IS 10 FEET.
SINCE THEY'RE NOT CONSTRUCTING ANYTHING, ANYTHING THAT THEY WOULD CONSTRUCT SUCH AS A BUILDING, UH, THE, UH, THE, UH, MINIMUM SETBACK WOULD BE 10 FEET.
NOW, THERE IS A LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG BISHOP AVENUE, AND THAT'S WHERE THAT, UH, HEDGE ROW AND THAT FENCE WILL BE LOCATED.
AND THAT'S ROUGHLY ANYWHERE FROM EIGHT TO 10 FEET IN WIDTH.
AND THAT IS PART OF THE CODE REQUIREMENT FOR THAT AMENITY AREA.
SO I MUST HAVE, SO I GUESS I MISREAD THIS, RIGHT? THERE IS NO REQUEST TO CHANGE ANY SORT OF SETBACK? THAT'S CORRECT.
UH, JUST TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION, UH, IS THERE ANY LIMIT THAT HOW HIGH THE STORAGE COULD BE? SO OPEN SPACE, BUT THE STACKING HOW MUCH HEIGHT THEY CAN GO? IT COULD NOT EXCEED THE HEIGHT OF THE SCREENING DEVICE.
SO IF IT'S SIX, THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT IS SIX.
IF IT'S EIGHT, THEN THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT IS EIGHT.
IT CAN'T GO ANY HIGHER THAN EIGHT.
SO, YEAH, SO THAT'S THE TRICKY PART HERE IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE PICTURE LOOKS REALLY NICE.
ALL THE ELEVATION LOOKS REALLY NICE.
ONE THING IS MISSING THAT THE BUILDING DOES NOT SHOW THAT THE STORAGE IN THE SKETCH, RIGHT? SO IF THAT HAD SOME STORAGE PILE UP, WE COULD SAY, OKAY, YEAH, IT LOOKS NICE.
IT COULD LOOK NICE, IT COULD LOOK HORRIBLE.
DEPENDS HOW THE PROPERTY OWNER THEY MANAGE INTERNALLY, THE STORAGE.
UH, IF IT IS A PILE OF CONCRETE OR STONE SCATTERED EVERYWHERE, PROBABLY NOT GONNA LOOK THAT GREAT.
BUT IF THOSE ARE STACKED NICELY, IT COULD BE A PLACE THAT PEOPLE WOULD GO AND SEE.
SO OVERALL, I THINK IT LOOKS GOOD BECAUSE THE HEIGHT IS MAXIMUM EIGHT FEET.
SO CITY, I THINK CODE ENFORCEMENT WOULD FOLLOW UP, FOLLOW UP WITH THAT, MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T GO HIGHER THAN THAT, AND IT STAYS WITHIN THE BOUNDARY, WITHIN, WITHIN THE LIMIT CLEAN, PROBABLY THAT'S NOT GOING TO AFFECT THE LONG-TERM PLAN OF THAT AREA.
SO IN THAT SENSE, PROBABLY, I, I'LL GO WITH THIS, UH, REQUEST QUI.
UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE A FEW FINAL COMMENTS.
ONE, I REALLY DO LIKE THE BUILDING.
I I THINK THAT, UH, Y'ALL DONE A REALLY NICE JOB ON REDESIGNING THE BUILDING.
I THINK IT ADDS VALUE TO, UH, THE AREA.
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I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE BACK AREA.I DO AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN, UM, SHAUL ABOUT THE OUTDOOR AREA.
UH, IF IT WERE TO GET UNKEPT, IT COULD APPEAR TO BE A LITTLE IN A DISARRAY.
UM, I DO LIKE THE FACT THAT THERE IS AN EIGHT FOOT BUFFER IN WITH THE HEDGE.
UH, AS LONG AS THAT FILLS IN AND CREATES A, UM, A KIND OF, SORT OF A RETAINING WALL, WE'LL CALL IT, OR A SCREENING WALL, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD HELP A LOT, UH, TO CREATE THAT ENTRANCE.
UM, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION ON THE HATCH SIGN OR THE HATCHING ON BOTH SIDES ALONG THE, THAT GREEN LINE, IS THAT, IS THAT FENCE CONTINUE OR ALL, ALL THE WAY ON THE SIDE OF THE PROPERTIES? NO, SIR.
THE, THE APPLICANT IS USING THE BUILDING, THE, THE EXISTING BUILDINGS ALONG THE NORTH AND SOUTH PROPERTY LINES.
NOW, HE WAS AWARE THAT SHOULD THOSE BUILDINGS BE DEMOLISHED OR, OR THOSE ADJACENT PROPERTIES BE REDEVELOPED, THAT HE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR EXTENDING THAT, THAT FENCE LINE AND THAT SCREENING MATERIAL, UH, TO SCREEN THAT OUTDOOR STORAGE AREA? HE WOULD BE, YES.
YEAH, I, I THINK HONESTLY, WITH THE SCREENING WALL AND THE EIGHT FOOT RE REQUIREMENT AND THE ENHANCEMENT TO, UM, THE SPACE, UM, I'M IN, I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS BUILDING.
I THINK THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB TO CREATE A NEW DEVELOPMENT.
SO THANK YOU, MR. HUTCHIN RIDER.
UM, AS I REVIEWED ALL OF THIS, AND AS I DROVE THE PROPERTY, I THINK WITH THE ENHANCEMENTS THAT'LL BE ON NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, WHICH IS REALLY, IN MY MIND, MUCH MORE OF THE, THE FRONT DOOR OF THE, THE PROPERTY THEN BISHOP AVENUE.
UM, AND WITH THE, THE SCREENING THAT WE HAVE THERE, THE FENCING THAT'S BEING IN THERE, I AGREE WITH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE AS FAR AS THE MOVEMENT OF THAT OUT STORE OUTDOOR STORAGE.
I DON'T THINK IT, I DON'T THINK IT INVALIDATES WHAT PAST COUNCILS WERE THINKING WHEN THEY WERE GOING THROUGH THIS.
UM, I'M GOING TO JUST TAKE THE, THE OPPOSITE APPROACH HERE.
I KNOW THAT WHILE I THINK THAT THE AREA, UM, I DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH EVERY ASPECT OF THE VISION THAT WAS PASSED IN THE PAST.
UM, INVESTORS HAVE STARTED INVESTING IN THE AREA BASED ON VERY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS AND VISIONS.
AND I FEEL LIKE THE, THE VISION WASN'T NECESSARILY TO HAVE LOTS LIKE THIS THAT ARE CLOSED IN WITH HIGH FENCES AND LOTS OF OUTDOOR STORAGE.
IT WAS REALLY MORE ABOUT TOTAL RENOVATION OF SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM THAT END, UM, I, I THINK IT IS BETTER TO STICK TO THE ORIGINAL PLAN.
AND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS HAS CONVINCED ME TO DECIDE WITH HIM AND, AND VOTE IN THE NEGATIVE ON THIS ONE.
MR. BARRIOS, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE SOMETHING AND THEN, AND ASK THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS CONSIDER SOMETHING NEW.
UM, I WANNA REITERATE THE MESSAGE.
IF WE PASS SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THIS SENSE TO SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WHO MAY BE WANTING TO INVEST IN THIS AREA, HOW CAN THEY CONTINUE TO INVEST IF WE, EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE GET, WE STRAY FROM THE PATH AND IT'S STRAY FROM WHAT THEY WERE TOLD.
UH, THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE WHERE A LOCAL RESIDENT HAS INVESTED THEIR MONEY INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND, UH, AND, UH, ACCORDING TO A PLAN, AND NOW WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA STRAY FROM THIS PLAN.
IT SOUNDS LIKE, BASED ON OUR CONVERSATION, PERHAPS, UH, COUNCILMAN CORCORAN AND I AREN'T A MINORITY ON THIS, IF YOU ARE LEANING TO VOTE FOR THIS, I ASK THAT YOU AT MINIMAL CONSIDER LIMITING THAT OUTDOOR STORAGE TO EITHER ONE, UH, NORTH SIDE OR WEST SIDE EXTENSION, OR PUSHING IT BACK FURTHER OFF OF, UM, BISHOP AND ALLOWING MORE OF A BUFFER SO THAT THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO THE FENCE LINE.
UH, I, I THINK THAT THAT'S JUST A LOT OF OUTDOOR STORAGE.
I DO NOT KNOW THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS.
OBVIOUSLY AS A BUSINESS OWNER, HE, HE UNDERSTANDS, UH, YOU KNOW, HIS SHIPMENTS DIFFERENTLY.
BUT I THINK FROM THE, FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD SIDE BEING LOOKING AT THAT, I'M IN THE MINORITY ON THIS BOAT, I ASK THAT YOU DO CONSIDER IF YOU WOULD SUPPORT PERHAPS JUST THAT NORTHERN SIDE, WHICH IS THE MORE SQUARE ONE VERSUS THE, UH, SOUTHERN SIDE, SO THAT WE LIMIT AT MINIMAL, LIMIT THAT OUT OUTDOOR STORAGE, IF THIS IS GONNA PASS, WOULD ANYBODY CONSIDER THAT MR. BARRIOS, IF I, IF I COULD ASK, WHAT WAS THE OBJECTION BY THE CITIZEN TO THIS? WHAT DID YOU SAY THAT WAS? WHEN, WHAT WAS IT, WHAT, WHAT WAS IT,
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WHAT IS THE OBJECTION AS OPPOSED TO SAYING I DON'T WANT IT.WHAT WAS THE, WHAT IS THE OBJECTION? SURE.
THE OUTDOOR STORAGE WAS AN OBJECTION.
SHE FEELS THAT SHE IS A BUSINESS OWNER AND A LOCAL RESIDENT WHO HAS INVESTED OUR COMMUNITY ACCORDING TO PLAN TO PD.
BUT SHE, SHE IS NOT INVESTED THERE, RIGHT? SHE'S ACROSS THE STREET, ACROSS CENTRAL, ACROSS BISHOP, THE OLD, UH, FOOD TRUCK AREA WHERE THE FOOD TRUCKS WERE, WHAT DID WE CALL THAT? I FORGET WHAT THAT WAS CALLED.
TRUCK PARK, I THINK IT WAS CALLED, USED TO BE A NURSE, USED TO BE A NURSE, A, UH, KINDERGARTEN BUILDING.
IS THAT CORRECT? PERHAPS PRIOR TO MY TIME? YES, SIR.
I, I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT WAS BEFORE, BUT I KNOW THERE USED TO BE A FOOD TRUCK PARK OR SOMETHING THERE.
AND, UH, IT IS A LAW OFFICE NOW.
THE RESIDENT AND HER HUSBAND, UH, HER HUSBAND'S THE ATTORNEY.
SHE DOES THE OPERATIONAL SIDE.
AND SHE SUBMITTED, SHE HAD SENT ME AN EMAIL.
I CALLED HER BACK, AND THEN SHE RESUBMITTED A COMMENT AND IT IS IN OUR PACKET.
AND SHE, AND AGAIN, WITHOUT, I DON'T SEE ENOUGH REASON HERE TO GO AGAINST HER STRONG ARGUMENTS.
SO I'M ASKING THE COUNSEL TO EITHER RECONSIDER OR AT THE VERY MINIMAL, LET'S MINIMIZE THE OUTDOOR STORAGE IS, IT IS A BALANCING ACT.
AND, AND, UM, I I JUST THINK IT'S IN, IT'S, ALTHOUGH WE DON'T INTEND IT TO BE IN BAD FAITH, I THINK THAT THAT MESSAGE WE CAN SEND TO INVESTORS, ESPECIALLY THOSE SMALL BUSINESS INVESTORS WHO HAVE ALREADY INVESTED IN OUR COMMUNITY, I THINK IT'S A BAD MESSAGE TO SEND, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE VOCALS WHO ARE, AND I, I, UH, WHO ARE INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO BELIEVE THAT MUCH THAT THEY LIVE HERE AND THEY INVEST IN IT VERSUS TAKING THEIR MONEY NORTH OR SOUTH OF HERE.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I THANK YOU MR. CHU.
THANK YOU COUNSEL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
JUST ONE QUESTION TO SEE IF MY UNDERSTANDING IS WRONG OR SOMEBODY ELSE UNDERSTOOD DIFFERENTLY.
WE HAVE 10 FEET BUFFER ZONE THERE IN THE BACK.
UH, LOOKS LIKE THE HEDGE, THE GREEN SPACE, THAT'S THE 10 FEET.
I SEE THAT SCREEN IT LOOKS LIKE.
SO THERE IS A 10 FEET GREEN SPACE THERE, AND THERE WOULD BE HEDGE, LIKE EIGHT FEET.
UH, THOSE TYPICALLY GROWS REALLY FAST.
UH, THE, THE WHATEVER THE HEDGE AND BUSH IS GONNA BE PLANTED THERE, THOSE GROW, GROW REALLY FAST.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES THE GROW GROW REALLY, REALLY FAST.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT A NICE SHIP AND THEY DON'T DIE REALLY EASY.
I DON'T KNOW, HOPEFULLY THOSE ARE THE TYPICAL PLANT THEY'RE LOOKING AT TO PUT THERE.
SO I, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CURRENT CONDITION, I THINK IF THE, DO THE LANDSCAPING THAT SITE, IT'S NOT GONNA BE MUCH VISIBLE FROM BISHOP STREET EITHER.
UH, I WISH THERE WAS SOME KIND OF SKETCH THAT WOULD SHOW THAT THIS IS MY STORAGE THINGS, ALL THIS STUFF I'M DUMPING THERE AND HOW IT LOOKS.
AND, UH, I HOPE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE STORAGE, WHEN THOSE THINGS HAPPEN IN A NICELY ORDERLY MANNER, THAT WOULD PROBABLY, THAT WOULD NOT LOOK, NOTHING, WOULD LOOK REALLY BAD, AND IT WOULD IMPROVE THE CONDITION, CURRENT CONDITION A LOT.
AND IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE THE NEIGHBORS, UH, MUCH, YOU KNOW, BAD BECAUSE THE WAY IT IS IS WAY TOO MUCH CONCRETE IN THE AREA.
AND, UH, IT LOOKS ALL OPEN WIDE.
I THINK THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL CHANGE THE FACE OF THAT AREA MUCH BETTER.
UM, WE JUST HAVE TO, WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, UH, THIS IS GOING TO BE GOOD.
WHO'S NEXT? DO YOU KNOW? I, I WAS, DOESN'T MATTER.
ALRIGHT, MR. RE, MAYOR, IF, IF I CAN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
I, I FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY'S KIND OF HAD THEIR VOICE.
IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR ARE Y'ALL READY FOR A MOTION, MS. JUSTICE? UH, CAN I, CAN I ASK ONE THING, MR. MAYOR? I MEAN, IS THAT, UH, THE REGION? I SAID THAT 10 FEET BUFFER THERE, DID THAT, UH, DID THAT HELP MR. UM, BARRIOS COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIO THAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR SOME BARRIERS? YEAH.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO YOU? 10 10.
UM, I MEAN, I'D SEEN IT WAS 10 FEET.
I'M SIX FOOT THREE, SO WHEN I THINK 10 FEET, THAT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN I AM TALL, I'M SURE.
I THINK OF, AND I'VE SEEN OTHER PROPERTIES WITHIN OUR CITY AND OUTSIDE SEEING WRAP PALLETS STORED OUTSIDE IN AN AREA WITH THE DRIVE THROUGH, WITH THE TRUCKS MOVING UP AND DOWN.
BISHOP, I THINK THAT ADDING THAT MUCH MORE 10 FEET ISN'T A LOT.
I THINK THEY'VE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB AT THE RENDERINGS.
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WHAT THEY'VE DONE.I JUST DON'T THINK IT FITS IN THE SPIRIT OF WHAT WE'VE DONE.
AND I WOULD, IF WE'RE GONNA PASS THIS, I WOULD ASK THAT WE EITHER MOVE IT FURTHER BACK, UM, OR LIMIT IT TO ONE SIDE, MAYBE THAT NORTH SIDE, WHICH IS ON THE RIGHT FROM WHERE WE'RE SITTING, AND NOT USE THAT SOUTHERN SIDE, WHICH IS TO THE LEFT OF WHERE WE'RE SITTING.
I JUST, MS. JUSTICE, DID YOU? I'M SORRY.
MR. DORY NOW SAYS THAT, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UM, COUNSEL MOBAR, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE THINGS AND INTO THE COUNCIL, AGAIN, THE, THE TWO SHADED AREAS.
THE REASON I ASKED THAT QUESTION EARLIER IS, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THERE WERE CONCERN ABOUT EXPOSURE AND ABOUT THE GROWTH OF THAT PLANT, WHETHER IT BE A HOLLY OR, UH, UH, A PONT OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER, WE'RE GONNA END UP PLANTING THERE, THAT GROWS SUPER FAST AND, AND FILLS IN THAT SPACE.
THE TWO, UH, HATCHED AREAS ARE EXISTING BUILDINGS.
SO YOU, YOU, YOU CAN'T SEE INTO, UH, EITHER SIDE OF THE SPACE.
AND ONCE THE FENCE LINE'S UP AT 10 FOOT, WHICH 10 FOOT, BY THE WAY, IS QUITE HIGH, I THINK FOR A FENCE LINE.
I MEAN, EIGHT FEET, I'M SORRY.
EIGHT FOOT IS STILL QUITE HIGH FOR A FENCE LINE.
AND ONCE YOU'VE ADDED, ADDED IN THE HEDGE LINE, AND AS LONG AS THAT FILLS IN QUICKLY, YOU REALLY WON'T HAVE THAT MUCH EXPOSURE TO THE BACK AREA.
I MEAN, YOU DO HAVE A GATE ALSO, UM, THAT SORT OF SHIELDS THAT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE.
SO WE ALL KNOW THAT IT'S FAIRLY COMPACT, AND I AGREE.
I I WOULDN'T WANT TO SEE BUILDING MATERIALS OUT IF, IF WITHOUT THIS TYPE OF DESIGN TO SHIELD IT.
SO JUST WANNA BRING THAT TO EVERYONE'S ATTENTION.
MR. HUTCHIN RIDERS WANTING TO MAKE A MOTION.
DO YOU WOULD WANT TO BE IN OPPOSITE? UH, AND YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING BEFORE HE DOES? NO, MR. MR. MAYOR, IT'S FINE.
ARE YOU SURE? I MEAN, I THINK THAT THE ONLY, THE MAIN POINT COUNCIL MEMBER, DORIAN, ABOUT THE FENCING ISN'T SO MUCH THE HEIGHT.
IT'S THAT ONCE THAT FENCING IS THERE, THIS IS MUCH MORE LIKELY TO STAY IN ITS CURRENT CONFIGURATION AND NOT BE REDEVELOPED INTO SOMETHING ELSE.
WRITER, YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION, PLEASE? YES.
MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE PUBLIC HEARING ZONING FILE 23 DASH 16 AS STATED WITH NO MODIFICATIONS, MS. JUSTICE, UM, AS IT'S PRESENTED ON OUR, JUST A CLARIFICATION ABOUT THE MOTION AS IT'S PRESENTED ON OUR AGENDA, DOES IT INCLUDE THE, THE CPCS RECOMMENDATIONS TO US? OR DO WE NEED TO STATE THAT HERE? UH, YES MA'AM.
YOU WOULD INCLUDE THAT RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSION, OR YOU COULD SIMPLY REFERENCE IT AS, UH, EXHIBIT C ONE, WHICH IS UPDATE EVEN MODIFY MOTIONS.
OKAY, THEN YES, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE PUBLIC HEARING ZONING FILE 23 DASH 16, INCLUDING MODIFICATIONS C ONE.
THOSE OPPOSED? SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE.
[7. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE FIRST QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 20232024 OPERATING BUDGET]
TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE FIRST QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2023.MR. MAGNUM, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.
OUR BUDGET OFFICER BOB, UH, KLE MEYER IS GONNA GO AHEAD AND, UH, SUMMARIZE OUR FIRST QUARTER BUDGET REPORT FOR YOU.
UH, IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO, UH, LET YOU KNOW, UH, AS BOB WILL CONCLUDE HERE, WE'LL IDENTIFY A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT ECONOMIC INDICATORS AND, UH, TRENDS THAT WE'RE TRACKING, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY, UH, ABREAST OF, UH, ANY POTENTIAL IMPACTS THAT WILL HAVE, UH, THIS COMING YEAR.
AND OF COURSE, WE'LL BE VERY MINDFUL OF THOSE AS WE BEGIN OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, UH, FOR FY 21.
SO, BABO, TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR A BRIEFING, UH, ON Q1.
AS DON MENTIONED, OUR PURPOSE TONIGHT IS PROVIDE YOU WITH A REPORT ON PERFORMANCE OF THE CITY'S FIVE OPERATING FUNDS THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER.
AND THAT WILL BE OCTOBER ONE THROUGH SEPTEMBER OR DECEMBER 31ST OF, UH, 2023.
UH, FOR THE MOST PART, UH, WE HAVE A, A, A GOOD REPORT.
THE, UH, THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS THAT WE WILL KIND OF HIGHLIGHT.
UH, MOST OF THE VARIANCES WE'VE SEEN AS IT'S A RESULT OF TIMING, UH, IN THE GENERAL FUND, UH, 46.9 A MILLION DOLLARS OR 26% OF THE RE UH, ORIGINAL BUDGETS REVENUE COMPARED TO 46.1 PER UH, MILLION DOLLARS LAST YEAR.
UM, MOST OF THE, UM, PER, UH, REVENUES ARE PERFORMING AS ANTICIPATED.
ONE THAT WE ARE TRACKING, UH, A LITTLE CLOSER IS SALES TAX.
UM, AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER, WE HAD $10.3 MILLION WORTH OF REVENUE, UH, COMPARED TO $10.3 MILLION WORTH OF REVENUE LAST YEAR.
UH, WHEN WE FOCUSED JUST IN ON THE, UH, 1 CENT SALES TAX, UH, THE FIRST QUARTER ENDED, WHICH IS TWO MONTHS OF REMITTANCE, UH, 78,000 BELOW LA BELOW LAST YEAR, $115,000 BELOW
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THE, UH, TARGET THROUGH THE END OF DECEMBER.UH, SINCE THIS, UH, THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER, BUT, UH, UP UNTIL THIS REPORT, WE'VE RECEIVED TWO MORE REMITTANCE, UH, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY WITH THOSE TWO REMITTANCE.
WE ARE NOW $548,000 BELOW, UH, THE BUDGET AT TARGET THROUGH THE THROUGH FEBRUARY.
UM, AS WE'VE DE UH, DUG A LITTLE DEEPER INTO SOME OF THESE, UH, WE ARE SEEING SOME POSITIVE SIGNS, UM, WHEN YOU EXCLUDE DECEMBER, AS WELL AS REMOVE ANY AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS.
THE OTHER THREE MONTHS WERE ACTUALLY ABOVE LAST YEAR.
UH, SO THERE WAS SOME POSITIVE SIGNS THERE.
AND THEN WHEN WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE SUBCATEGORIES OR CATEGORIES OF SALES TAX, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO SEE THAT MOST OF THEM ARE STILL CONTINUING TO GROW YEAR OVER YEAR, ALTHOUGH THAT GROWTH MIGHT BE SLOWING IN SOME CASES.
THE TWO AREAS WHERE WE DID SEE A DECLINE, UH, WAS IN COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGY LEASING, UH, WHICH WOULD BE, UM, OFFICE EQUIPMENT, UM, PCS, UH, SWITCHES, PRINTERS, THAT KIND OF STUFF.
AS WELL AS, UH, SALES TAX FROM, UH, INSURANCE SERVICES, SUCH AS, UH, UM, APPRAISALS AND CLAIMS PROCESSING.
SO THIS WOULD BE DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.
UM, BUT, UH, WE'RE, RIGHT NOW WE'RE KIND OF SEEING SOME MIXED SIGNS, UH, BUT IT, IT DEFINITELY IS SOMETHING WORTH, UH, PAYING ATTENTION TO.
UM, WITH THAT SAID, UH, OUR DEPARTMENTS CONTINUE TO DO A GOOD JOB OF MONITORING EXPENDITURES, AND WE'RE, WE'RE STARTING TO IDENTIFY, UH, EXPEN OR SAVINGS WHERE WE COULD POSSIBLY OFFSET, UM, UH, A POSSIBLE SHORTFALL IF THAT DOES MATERIALIZE AT YEAR END, UH, THE REMAINING REVENUES ARE PERFORMING AS ANTICIPATED.
UH, THE OTHER TWO OF THE BIG THREE PROPERTY TAXES AND FRANCHISE FEES ARE PERFORMING, UH, JUST AS THEY HAVE IN PRIOR YEARS.
UH, INTEREST EARNINGS, YOU'LL SEE THAT ACROSS ALL, UH, FUNDS.
SOME OF IT IS A RESULT OF, UH, TIMING OF RECORD, UH, RECORDING OF SOME OF THAT INTEREST.
UH, BUT IT IS ALSO OUTPERFORMING, UH, WHAT OUR INITIAL, UH, ESTIMATES WERE ON THAT.
UH, TOTAL EXPENDITURES, UH, 33.3 MILLION OR 20.7% COMPARED TO 30.9 MILLION LAST YEAR, OR 21% LAST YEAR.
ALL CATEGORIES ARE PERFORMING AS ANTICIPATED.
UH, I DID, AS I KIND OF MENTIONED, THERE'S A RESULT OF SOME, SOME OF THE VARIANCES, A RESULT OF TIMING.
AND AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE IN CONTRACTS WHERE YOU, WE SEE WE SPENT $1.1 MILLION THIS YEAR VERSUS 900,000 LAST YEAR.
IT IS JUST TRYING TO STANDARDIZE WHEN SOME OF THEIR CONTRACTS COME UP FOR RENEWAL, AND IT JUST HAPPENS TO HIT THE FIRST QUARTER THIS YEAR VERSUS SECOND QUARTER LAST YEAR.
UM, THE SUPPLIES A MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORY.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR, IT'S GONNA BE HARD TO COMPARE THIS YEAR.
LAST YEAR, LAST YEAR'S CATEGORY DID HAVE SOME EXPENSES, UM, THAT WERE RELATED TO THE CITY HALL FIRE.
UH, SO THAT WOULD MAKE SOME, SOME DIFFERENCES, UH, COMPARING THOSE TWO YEARS.
BUT THE REMAINING CATEGORIES ARE PERFORMING AS ANTICIPATED.
UH, WATER FUND, UH, 28.9 MILLION, OR 27.2% COMPARED TO 24.8% OR 8 MILLION LAST YEAR, OR 23.5%.
UH, AGAIN, INTEREST EARNINGS, UH, IS, UH, UP IN THIS FUND AS WELL.
UH, THE OTHER REVENUE CATEGORY IS BEING IMPACTED BY THE TIMING OF RECORDING OF ANTENNA LICENSES, BUT ONE AREA THAT WE ARE SEEING A VARIANCE IS IN WATER REVENUE.
UH, WATER SALES CONTINUE TO OUTPACE OUR EXPECTATIONS.
UM, OCTOBER AND, AND NOVEMBER, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE, UH, THE, UH, SALES WERE UP IN BOTH OF THOSE MONTHS.
UH, DECEMBER HAS COME DOWN MORE IN LINE WITH OUR EXPECTATIONS, AND WE HAVE, WE'RE ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT JANUARY AND FEBRUARY ARE ALSO MORE IN LINE WITH OUR EXPECTATIONS.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS AS IT GOES ON.
WE ALL KNOW THAT THE SUMMER COULD, CAN REALLY IMPACT OUR REV WATER REVENUE AS A RESULT OF IRRIGATION.
SO IT'D DEFINITELY BE SOMETHING THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AS THE YEAR GOES ON.
UH, TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF 16 OR OPERATING EXPENDITURES IS EXCLUDING TRANSFERS, UH, 16.2 MILLION, OR ROUGHLY 19% COMPARED TO 17.6 MILLION LAST YEAR, OR ALMOST 24%.
UH, THE PERSONNEL CATEGORY WE'RE, WE ARE CONTINUING TO SEE SAVINGS FROM VACANCIES, THOUGH WE HAVE MADE SOME PROGRESS.
LAST YEAR, WE WERE AVERAGING ABOUT 20% VACANCIES.
WE'RE NOW CLOSER TO 15 TO 16%.
UH, THE REMAINING, UH, CATEGORIES, AGAIN, UH, JUST A RESULT OF, UH, TIMING OF RECORDING OF SOME OF THOSE.
PLAN FOR AND BUDGETED FOR EXPENDITURES.
UH, SAW WASTE FUND, UH, 4.6 MILLION, BLESS, OR ROUGHLY 25% COMPARED TO 4.3 MILLION, AND AGAIN, CLOSE TO 25%.
UH, INTEREST EARNINGS, AGAIN, IN THIS FUND ARE UP, BUT THE REMAINING, UH, REVENUE CATEGORIES ARE PERFORMING AS ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER.
UH, TOTAL EXPENDITURES, UH, UH, OPERATING VENTURES, AGAIN, EXCLUDING TRANSFERS 3.3 MILLION OR 25.9% COMPARED TO 2.9 OR 25 POINT, UH, 3% LAST YEAR, UH, VERY SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR'S PATTERNS.
AGAIN, ANY VARIANCES IS A RESULT OF, OF TIMING ISSUE ON RECORDING OF SOME PAYMENTS GOLF FUND.
THIS IS A OF THIS FUND CONTINUES, UH, TO, TO, TO SHOW THE STRONG PLAYOUT AT CHERYL PARK.
UH, 774,000 OR 30% OF OUR, UH, BUDGET REVENUE COMPARED TO 602,000 LAST YEAR.
UM, JUST A REMINDER, UH, THE, THE,
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THE ROUNDS PLAYED FOR, FOR CHERYL PARK WAS BASED ON, UH, COURSE TWO BEING CLOSED FROM JANUARY THROUGH SEPTEMBER.UH, WITH THAT SAID, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, AND DECEMBER, ALL THREE UH, EXCEEDED OUR EXPECTATIONS FOR THE YEAR IN TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF, UH, 588,000, OR ROUGHLY 23% COMPARED TO 604,000 OR 25% LAST YEAR.
UH, ALL THE CATEGORIES ARE PERFORMING AS ANTICIPATED IN THE PER, UH, PERSONAL SERVICES OR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CATEGORY.
IT'S RESULTING OF THE TIMING OF PAYMENTS ON, ON FOR INSURANCE PREMIUMS, AND THEN THE MAINTENANCE CATEGORIES BEING IMPACTED BY PLANNED EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE, UH, AS THE COURSE WENT INTO CLOSURE, UM, UH, BEGINNING IN, IN JANUARY, UH, HOTEL MEL FUND AND OTHER, UH, SOLID FUND, UH, TOTAL REVENUE 1.9 MILLION, OR ROUGHLY 20, UH, ALMOST 21% OF THE TOTAL REVENUE COMPARED TO, UH, 1.7 MILLION LAST YEAR.
UH, THE LARGEST REVENUE SOURCE IN THIS FUND IS HOTEL MOTEL TAXES, UH, CURRENTLY TRACKING AS ANTICIPATE ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT ABOVE, UH, 16,000 ABOVE LAST YEAR, AND 62,000 ABOVE OUR TARGET THROUGH THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER.
UM, TOTAL EXPENDITURES, UH, ONE POINT, ALMOST ONE POINT, UH, 9 MILLION, UH, COMPARED TO, UH, 1.5 MILLION LAST YEAR.
AGAIN, ALL, ALL THE VARIANCES ARE RELATED TO TIMING, WHETHER THAT'S, UH, WHEN THE SHOWS OCCUR OR WHETHER, UH, WHEN WE'VE GOTTEN INVOICES.
SO WE'RE NOT SEEING IT AS IN ANY OF THE FUNDS.
ANYTHING, UH, OTHER THAN, UH, THE, THE SALES TAX, WE'VE TOUCHED ON THAT, THAT REALLY IS LYING OUTSIDE OF WHERE WE ANTICIPATED BEING.
UM, AGAIN, THE FUNDS ARE PERFORMING AS ANTICIPATED.
UM, WE, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE THINGS THAT IT WILL BE ON OUR MIND OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS, INCLUDING, UH, COMMERCIAL PROPERTY VALUES, UM, WHERE THEY'RE GONNA COME IN.
WE'LL START RECEIVING PRELIMINARY VALUES IN MAY, UH, SALES TAX TRENDS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.
UH, WE SHOULD BE GETTING ANOTHER ONE IN ABOUT TWO TO TWO AND A HALF WEEKS, AS WELL AS WHERE INTEREST RATES GOING.
UH, THAT NOT ONLY IMPACTS OUR INTEREST EARNINGS, BUT AS WELL AS AS, UH, SOME OF OUR BORROWING CAPABILITIES.
UM, ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, UM, ARE, UH, CURRENTLY TRACKING ALL OF THEIR EXPENSES AND TRYING TO IDENTIFY ANY AREAS OF POSSIBLE SAVINGS IN RESPONSE TO A POSSIBLE SHORTFALL.
UH, AND WE WE'RE GONNA BE MINDFUL OF THIS NOT ONLY FOR THIS YEAR, BUT WE'RE ABOUT TO LAUNCH ON OUR, UH, PLAN, UH, DEVELOPING OUR PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND THESE WILL BE, UH, TRENDS OR, OR, UH, THEMES THAT WILL CARRY INTO THAT YEAR.
SO, AT THAT POINT, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE? MR. COR? HEY.
DAWN, BOB, UM, WITH THE SALES TAX, I KNOW THAT ON THE LAST REPORT, A LOT OF OTHER CITIES IN DALLAS COUNTY WE'RE EXPERIENCING SHORTFALLS AS WELL.
HAVE YOU GUYS SPOKEN TO ANY OF THOSE OTHER CITY BUDGET OFFICERS OR MANAGERS TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL INSIGHT, UM, FROM THEIR OWN PROCEEDS? NO, WE, WE HAVEN'T REALLY.
NOW, WE, WE DID GO THROUGH THAT REPORT, LOOKED AT WHAT OTHER CITIES WERE SEEING.
UH, WE, WE KNOW THAT, UH, SOME OF THE AREA CITIES HAVE BEEN MORE AFFECTED OR IMPACTED BY SOME OF THE COMP CONTROLLER RULE CHANGES, WHICH WE REALLY HAVEN'T SEEN.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT HAS GOTTEN OUR ATTENTION.
IT'S NOT UNCOMMON, UH, FOR US TO HAVE A COUPLE MONTHS, A YEAR, THREE TO FIVE MONTHS, A YEAR TO WHERE SALES TAX HAS ACTUALLY DECLINED FROM LAST YEAR WHEN YOU SPECIFICALLY, WHEN YOU TAKE OUT THE AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS.
UM, SO, UH, IT, IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING ON OUR RADAR.
UM, AND, AND WE JUST GOTTA LOOK FOR CONTINUED TRENDS TO SEE WHAT WE CAN, UH, FIGURE OUT ON THAT.
DO THEY NORMALLY HAPPEN BACK TO BACK OR, YES.
UH, IN, IN, IN, UM, I THINK IT WAS 21.
UH, WE HAD A STRONG NOVEMBER FOLLOWED BY THREE YEARS OF DECLINED SALES TAX.
AND THEN WE FINISHED THE YEAR UP 4.1 MILLION AS A WHOLE.
SO, SO IT CAN HAPPEN, BUT WE'VE HAD, IN THE LAST 25 YEARS, WE'VE HAD FIVE YEARS THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN A REDUCTION IN SALES TAX.
SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE JUST DISMISS AS, UM, YOU KNOW, HEY, THIS HAS HAPPENED, BUT IT'S HAPPENED BEFORE, AND WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO GO ON.
SO IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT'S ON OUR RADAR.
MS. JUSTICE, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UM, THANK YOU, BOB, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, I KNOW YOU'RE GETTING READY TO START PREPARING OUR BUDGET FOR OUR CONVERSATIONS THIS SUMMER.
AND SO, UM, YOU SORT OF HIT ON WHAT I WANTED TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO, WHICH IS TO CONTINUE TO BE REALLY CONSERVATIVE IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
WE'VE TALKED IN, UH, PREVIOUS BUDGET CYCLES ABOUT PERHAPS, UH, PUTTING MORE EXPENSE TIED TO SALES TAX.
AND, YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH THIS FOR THE MOMENT MAY NOT BE A TREND, IT COULD PICK BACK UP THIS NEXT MONTH, AND THIS COULD BE A NON-ISSUE, I WOULD JUST SORT OF CONTINUE TO URGE THAT CONSERVATIVE APPROACH THAT YOU AND MR. MAGNER AND THE WHOLE TEAM TEND TO TAKE.
I THINK THAT, OBVIOUSLY, THIS SORT OF GIVES US ALL A LITTLE BIT OF PAUSE, AND IT'S SCARY WHEN YOU, YOU GET THIS FIRST REPORT AND IT'S NOT AS GOOD AS YOU WANT, BUT, UM, TO ME, THAT JUST SAYS THAT, THAT YOU BUDGET IN THE RIGHT WAY, AND I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
SO, UM, IN PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT BUDGET, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THAT ENCOURAGEMENT, UM, AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE, THE, THE NEXT REPORT AND HOPEFULLY TRENDING UPWARDS.
AND IF NOT, UM, I KNOW THAT MR. MAGNUM WILL COME TO US WITH SUGGESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE TURN LEVERS
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TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE, WE MEET OUR BUDGET.UM, BUT FOR NOW, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK ANYONE'S HAIR IS ON FIRE, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT A GREAT REPORT, BUT I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU THAT ENCOURAGEMENT FOR, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXT BUDGET.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, I KNOW CITY IS ALWAYS VERY CONSERVATIVE, UH, AND LAST YEAR, I THINK, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THE PROJECTION WAS MUCH LESS THAN WHAT WAS ACTUAL, AND THANKS, BUT NOT THANKS TO THE INFLATION THAT TIME.
UH, IT LOOKS LIKE THE INFLATION HAS PRETTY MUCH STABILIZED.
I'VE BEEN, UH, LISTENING TO THE NEWS, WATCHING THOSE THINGS, HOW THAT'S WORKING, BUT THOSE ARE LIKE FROM THE RADIO COMING OUT, BUT THIS LOOKS LIKE, UH, THE NUMBER FROM THE CITY, WHICH MATCHES PRETTY MUCH WHATEVER THE NATIONAL PREDICTION OR PROJECTION COMING OUT.
SO WITH THAT, I HOPE THAT OUR INTEREST RATE WILL GO DOWN EVENTUALLY WITHIN THE NEXT ONE, ONE OR TWO MONTHS MAYBE.
HOPEFULLY I CAN ALWAYS PRAY AND HOPE.
UH, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? IS THAT, UH, EASY MONEY? WHAT'S YOUR TAKE, UH, ABOUT THE INFLATION, HOW THINGS ARE LOOKING? I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE, WE'RE WE'LL BE GETTING MORE INTO OVER THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS AND MONTHS AS WE DEVELOP IT.
UH, TALKING TO SOME OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, WE ARE STILL SEEING, UM, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN SOME OF THE SUPPLIES THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY'RE, UM, THAT THEY'RE OUT FOR.
UH, SOME OF 'EM ARE STILL DEALING WITH, UH, SUPPLY CHAIN, UH, CHALLENGES, WHICH BECAUSE OF THAT, THAT'S CAUSING DEMAND UP FOR THOSE PRODUCTS, WHICH IS CAUSING THEM TO GO UP AS WELL.
NOT JUST INFLATION, BUT JUST BECAUSE DEMAND'S HIGH.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE ARE, WE ARE MAKING A LIST OF THOSE KIND OF ITEMS. UH, WE, WE HAVE SEEN IN SOME AREAS THAT IT'S STARTING TO, UM, TO LEVEL OUT OR, OR TO MODERATE, MODERATE A LITTLE BIT.
UH, BUT IT DEFINITELY WILL HAVE POSITIVE PRESSURE ON NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
I THINK OVERALL, I LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, UH, I FEEL BETTER HAVING A PRO, YOU KNOW, CONSERVATIVE APPROACH ON THE BUDGET.
UH, IT HELPS OUT AND DOESN'T REALLY, I DON'T FEEL STRESSED OUT THAT WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN.
I FEEL VERY POSITIVE MOVING FORWARD.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, COUNSEL? ALRIGHT, I THINK WE'RE GOOD.
BOB, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
[8. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE RICHARDSON FIRE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT ]
TIME WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM EIGHT, REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE RICHARDSON FIRE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT.UH, CHIEF VY IS GONNA TAKE THE PODIUM AND LEAD THE, UH, BRIEFING, AND I'LL LET HIM INTRODUCE, UH, HIS ASSISTANT CHIEFS THAT ARE HERE TODAY.
BUT, UH, ALWAYS A, UH, VERY IMPORTANT ANNUAL BRIEFING.
UM, OBVIOUSLY PUBLIC SAFETY IS ONE OF, UH, YEAR AFTER YEAR, ONE OF THE, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DRIVERS ON OUR BUDGET.
AND, UM, IT'S, UH, ONE THAT ALSO TAKES, UH, YEARS OF PLANNING IN ADVANCE TO MAKE SURE, UM, THAT WE'RE MEETING THE, UH, COMMUNITY'S NEEDS.
AND I'M ALWAYS, UH, VERY APPRECIATIVE CHIEF VY AND HIS TEAM AND, UM, HOW THEY HAVE THAT, UH, BOTH, UH, SHORT TERM, BUT ALSO, UH, LONGER TERM, UM, APPROACH TO, UH, TO PLANNING AND BUDGETING.
UH, CHIEF CURRENTLY IN, IN THE MIDST OF A STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, THAT HE'LL, HE'LL TALK, UH, WITH YOU ABOUT AS WELL.
AND, UH, SO CHIEF, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU, UH, FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID TO GET READY FOR TONIGHT, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
UH, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR ASSISTANT CHIEFS.
WE'VE GOT ASSISTANT CHIEF, YOUNGER ASSISTANT CHIEF, UH, CENTER, AND ASSISTANT CHIEF CASKEY, OUR FIRE MARSHAL HERE TONIGHT.
ALSO, YOU'LL, YOU'LL MEET THESE GUYS LATER, BUT I'VE GOT, UH, EDUCATION COORDINATOR, EDDIE VALENZUELA AND FIREFIGHTERS REAGAN SHOT AND SPRAY THAT, UH, ARE HERE TO HELP US LATER ON THE TONIGHT.
SO, SO, UH, MAYOR COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TONIGHT.
WE ARE DOING OUR, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2024.
ALL THE NUMBERS I WILL GIVE YOU ARE CALENDAR YEAR 2023 TO, UH, UH, BASICALLY GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT OF LAST YEAR.
UH, THIS REPORT NOT ONLY IS, UH, A GREAT REMINDER OF WHAT HAPPENED AND INFORMS YOU OF THE YEAR, IT'S ALSO REQUIRED OF ME THROUGH NFPA 1710 TO PUBLISH THIS REPORT.
SO, UM, START OFF, WE ARE STILL A ALL HAZARDS FIRE DEPARTMENT OF, WE HANDLE ALL FIRE TYPES, ALL EMS TYPES, ALL RESCUE TYPES.
WE DO FIRE PREVENTION, UM, THROUGH EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT, UH, TACTICAL EMS WITH OUR SWAT MEDICS ASSIGNED TO THE RICHARDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT SWAT UNIT.
UH, WE HAVE A HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MITIGATION TEAM.
WE HANDLE DISASTER RESPONSE AND PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
UH, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT ORGANIZATIONAL CHART HASN'T CHANGED AS FAR AS THE CHART ITSELF.
UH, LAST YEAR YOU GAVE ME NINE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL, THREE FIREFIGHTERS TO MAN, UH, THE BLOCKER UNIT, AND THEN SIX TO, UH, UP OUR STAFFING TO HELP, UH, ELIMINATE THE, UH, NEED FOR MANDATORY OVERTIME.
SO THOSE NUMBERS ARE REFLECTED, BUT THE OVERALL CHART IS THE SAME.
OUR, UM, STAFFING, THAT IS OUR CURRENT STAFFING.
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BOTTOM, SO, SO ON THE LEFT IS OUR, OUR, OUR POSITIONS.IN THE MIDDLE IS THE AUTHORIZED NUMBER FOR THOSE POSITIONS.
AND THEN ON THE FAR RIGHT IS OUR ACTUAL NUMBER.
IF YOU LOOK DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, WE'RE ACTUALLY FOUR PEOPLE OVER.
BUT WHEN WE HIRE TO REFRESH, TO DO A QUICK REFRESH WHEN WE HIRE, IT TAKES US BASICALLY A YEAR AND A HALF TO TRAIN SOMEONE FROM AN ENTRY LEVEL POSITION TO A FIREFIGHTER TRAINED PARAMEDIC.
SO WE ALWAYS OVER HIRE IN ANTICIPATION FOR RETIREMENTS, PEOPLE LEAVING, UM, LONG TERM SICKNESS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO RIGHT NOW, IF IN THE BLUE SECTION AT THE BOTTOM, WE'RE ACTUALLY OVER IN FIREFIGHTERS, THOSE GUYS ARE IN THE ACADEMY.
WE HAVE 18 PERSONNEL IN THE FIRE ACADEMY AT THIS TIME.
SO THAT ACCOUNTS FOR THE, THE OVERAGE, THE, THE BOTTOM NUMBERS.
THAT IS FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES ONLY.
SO THAT HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW.
THAT IS, UH, THREE PART-TIME INSPECTORS POSITIONS THAT, UH, WE HAVE IN THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE.
SO OVER IN THE BLUE, THE 37%, THAT'S ZERO TO FIVE YEARS.
AND THEN THE ORANGE IS, UH, SIX TO 10 YEARS.
WE'RE A VERY YOUNG DEPARTMENT.
AND WHEN THESE NEXT GUYS COME OUT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF YOUTH ON THE, ON THE, UH, THE SCENE.
WE'RE AT A TIME RIGHT NOW, WE'RE AT A CULTURE CHANGE IN THE RICHARDSON FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND IT'S ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD THING WE'RE AT GETTING TO, TO BUILD SOME THINGS INTO THE DEPARTMENT THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO IN YEARS, JUST BECAUSE OF OUR YOUTH AND ABLE TO TRAIN THIS INTO THE PERSONNEL.
SO IT, IT IS A REALLY GREAT TIME FOR US.
OUR RECRUITING AND HIRING IS, IS DOING VERY WELL.
OUR RECRUITING EFFORTS ARE WORKING IN THE CITY.
WE HAVE THE SIGN ON BONUSES, THE LATERAL ENTRY PROGRAM, THE EMPLOYEE REFERRAL PROGRAM, UM, TO SHOW THAT OUR LAST HIRING, WHICH OCCURRED IN JANUARY, STARTED OFF ABOUT AUGUST OF LAST YEAR WITH THE RECRUITING.
WE HAD 594 APPLICATIONS, 586 ACTUALLY SIGNED UP TO TAKE THE WRITTEN TEST.
ONLY 297 SHOWED UP FOR THE WRITTEN TEST.
UH, THEN AFTER IT WAS ALL SAID AND DONE, THROUGH ALL THE REST THROUGH THE PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS, THE, UH, BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS, THE INTERVIEWS THAT THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH, WE HIRED 18 PEOPLE, WHICH IS NOW CLASS 45.
AND WE HAVE A LIST OF 59 REMAINING ON THE LIST.
SO IF WE NEEDED TO, WE COULD GO BACK, BUT WE'D HAVE TO DO THE WHOLE PROCESS EXCEPT FOR THE WRITTEN TEST AGAIN.
SO, BUT OUR EFFORTS ARE, ARE WORKING IN THE CITY FOR OUR TRAINING.
OUR ISO ONE REQUIRES US TO TRAIN A MINIMUM OF 20 HOURS FOR EACH OPERATIONAL FIREFIGHTER, UH, PER MONTH.
SO IN LAST YEAR, THAT WAS 44,518 HOURS REQUIRED OF TRAINING.
WE ACTUALLY HIT 56,121 HOURS OF TRAINING, INCLUDING FOUR HOURS OF E-M-S-C-E PER PARAMEDIC PER MONTH.
SO LOTS AND LOTS OF TRAINING, UM, A LOT OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
LAST YEAR WE REPLACED AMBULANCE 31 AT STATION ONE.
UH, WE PUT AMBULANCE 36 IN SERVICE ON OCTOBER 8TH, I BELIEVE IT WAS 1ST OF OCTOBER.
WE INCORPORATED THE MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATIONS.
THAT'S, UH, YOU GRACIOUSLY GAVE US IN THE LAST BUDGET.
UH, WE RECEIVED OUR GOLD PLUS RECOGNITION FROM THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, MICHIGAN LIFELINE.
AGAIN, WE MAINTAINED OUR HEART SAFE COMMUNITY.
WE RECRUITED, HIRED AND TRAINED 17 FIREFIGHTERS, UH, FOR CLASS 44.
NINE OF THOSE WAS FOR AMBULANCE 36.
SO WE GOT THOSE GUYS TRAINED AND ON THE STREET, UM, TO ALLOW FOR THAT AMBULANCE SCHOOLING SERVICE.
AND WE RECRUITED AND HIRED 18 RECRUITS.
THAT'S THE ONES, AS I SPOKE OF, THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN CLASS 45.
AND WE COMPLETED OUR CFA CLASS 25 WITH 28 GRADUATES FOR OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
THIS IS THE GRAPH I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU OVER AND OVER.
UH, THIS IS A 10 YEAR SNAPSHOT OF OUR CALLS THIS LAST YEAR, 23.
WE WERE ACTUALLY DOWN FROM 22.
UM, WHAT ABOUT 500 OR 700 RUNS OR SO? UM, SO WE WENT FROM 14,755 TO 14 0 18.
WE THINK A LOT OF THAT WAS, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY REAL BIG ICE STAYS.
THAT WAS, I COUNTED FOR A COUPLE OF HUNDRED RUNS AT LEAST OF THAT.
AND THEN OUR EMS TO FIRE RATIO IS 75% THIS YEAR.
THIS IS THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS.
THESE ARE THE, THE 9 1 1 CALLS WHERE WE RESPONDED.
WE STARTED TRACKING IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WAY, WHICH IF YOUNGERS, UH, TALENT AND LOOKING AT THE DATA.
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CALLS, WE ACTUALLY HAD 23,184 APPARATUS RESPONSES.SO THIS REALLY SHOWS MORE WHAT OUR APPARATUS IS DOING, THE WEAR AND TEAR ON THAT APPARATUS THAT, THAT WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT.
SO WHEN WE HAVE A FIRE, WE HAVE MULTIPLE PIECES OF APPARATUS GOING.
WHEN WE HAVE A HEART ATTACK, WE HAVE AN ENGINE AND AN AMBULANCE GOING.
IF IT'S JUST A SICK CALL, THEN IT'S JUST ONE AMBULANCE.
SO WHEN YOU START REALLY ADDING UP ALL THOSE VEHICLES HIT THE ROAD, IT IT MORE THAN DOUBLES.
UM, TO BREAK DOWN, I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU THE, THE, THE DETAILS OF THE CALLS.
SO, OUT OF THOSE 14,000 CALLS LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, THE, THE BUSIEST DAY OF THE WEEK WAS TUESDAY THIS WEEK.
UM, THE MONTHS ARE UP AND DOWN.
THERE'S REALLY NO RHYME OR REASON TO THE MONTHS, BUT THE BUSIEST HOURS REMAIN BETWEEN 7:00 AM AND 10:00 PM.
THAT'S BEEN A CONSTANT YEAR AFTER YEAR THAT'S REALLY DRIVEN BY OUR EMS CALLS.
SO THIS YEAR WE HAD 10,444 EMS CALLS, AND THAT DATA REFLECTS THAT.
SO BEING 75% OF IT, OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA DRIVE THOSE NUMBERS.
LOVE TO SHOW YOU THIS RESPONSE, UH, HEAT MAP THAT IS OUR, ALL, ALL THE CALLS.
AND IT SHOWS THE HEAT MAP OF WHERE WE'RE GOING PRIMARILY.
AND OF COURSE, IT'S DRIVEN BY THE EMS. SO THOSE ARE YOUR MULTIFAMILIES, THOSE ARE NURSING HOMES.
THE JAIL DOWN AT STATION ONE, YOU SEE THAT BUBBLE, THAT'S THE JAIL.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, THOSE ARE PLUMPS OF MULTIFAMILY AND NURSING FACILITIES.
OUR STRUCTURE FIRES ALL OVER TOWN.
UM, THAT'S, THOSE ARE WORKING STRUCTURE FIRES, NOT A STRUCTURE FIRE CALL, BUT ACTUALLY WORKING FIRES SPREAD OUT ALL OVER TOWN.
UM, AND OUR PREVENTION SECTION, UH, STILL DOING THE, OBVIOUSLY ALL THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE NEW DEVELOPMENT, THE PERMITTING, PUBLIC EDUCATION INSPECTION, AND, UH, INVESTIGATIONS REALLY WANT TO DIG INTO THIS SLIDE, ESPECIALLY AFTER LAST YEAR.
BUT THIS IS OUR PROPERTY VALUE SAVED AND LOST.
SO, OF ALL THE FIRES THAT OCCURRED THIS YEAR OF THE STRUCTURES THAT, THAT THEY OCCURRED IN, THE VALUE, THE TOTAL VALUE OF ALL THOSE STRUCTURES WAS WORTH, UH, 117,000,537 BILLION OR THOUSAND.
THE PROPERTY SAVED WAS 113 MILLION, AND WE LOST ABOUT 4.3 MILLION, WAS THE TOTAL LOSS.
SO LAST YEAR WE HAD A QUESTION BECAUSE IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE CITY HALL FIT IN HERE VERY WELL.
SO, UH, CHIEF CASKEY AND I REALLY DUG INTO THIS.
WE GET THESE NUMBERS SO THAT THE OVERALL VALUE, WE JUST GET OFF THE CAD, THE LOSS WE GET FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
SO MANY TIMES WHEN WE'RE GOING OUT AND GETTING THE LOSS VALUE, THEY HAVEN'T PROCESSED THE ENTIRE CLAIMS. IF YOU THINK ABOUT CITY HALL, HOW LONG WAS IT UNTIL WE HAD THE FINAL NUMBER, RIGHT? SO MANY TIMES WE HAVE THE INITIAL NUMBERS.
THIS YEAR I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAD ANY MAJOR COMMERCIAL FIRES.
SO THESE SHOULD BE PRETTY CLOSE RESIDENTIAL'S, PRETTY, PRETTY DEAD ON WHEN WE, WHEN WE GET THOSE NUMBERS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW THAT WORKS.
LAST YEAR, UH, INVESTIGATIONS, WE HAD 44 INVESTIGATIONS, FOUR OFFENSES, AND WE FILED THREE CASES OF ARSON, UM, THAT ARE, I BELIEVE ARE STILL PENDING.
UH, CHIEF CASKET, THEY'RE STILL PENDING.
UH, INSPECTIONS, 821 ANNUAL PERIODIC INSPECTIONS AND 289 PERMIT INSPECTIONS.
THOSE 289 PERMIT INSPECTIONS, THOSE COULD BE A SMALL STRUCTURE LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER.
OR THIS COULD BE AN ENTIRE HOSPITAL OR A HIGH-RISE.
SO JUST, SO 289 ARE ACTUALLY A, A LARGE JOB EDUCATION, ABOUT 4,700 PEOPLE.
AND OUR SOCIAL MEDIA IS DOING VERY WELL.
HOPEFULLY YOU FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND HER, UH, HER TEAM BASICALLY IS, UH, DOING A GREAT JOB.
WE HAVE PEOPLE SENDING HER CONTENT.
EVERYTHING THAT GETS POSTED RUNS THROUGH ONE OF THE CHIEFS, AND WE APPROVE IT BEFORE IT EVER GOES OUT.
UTD, EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSE, STILL VERY PROUD OF THIS TEAM.
UH, THEY ACTUALLY, THE PICTURE BELOW, THEY JUST TOOK AND, UH, REPLACED ALL OF THEIR GOLF CARTS.
THEY'RE UP TO TWO REGULAR VEHICLES NOW.
AND THAT'S THE ENTIRE TEAM UP ON THE TOP RIGHT.
THIS IS THEIR DATA FROM THEIRS, BUT THEIR DAY IS BUSIEST DAY OR THE WEDNESDAYS, AND THEIR TIME IS USUALLY THE AFTERNOON, EXCUSE ME.
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SO MAINLY AROUND FIVE O'CLOCK, FIVE TO 10 IS THEIR BUSIEST TIMES ON CAMPUS.VERY INTER UH, THIS IS WHERE IT SHOWS OFF ALL THE EFFORTS OUT OF ALL OF THEIR CALLS.
THEY HANDLED 346 WITHOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TRANSPORTING.
WE MAY HAVE LANDED ON THE SCENE INITIALLY, BUT THEY HANDLED THE CALL WITHOUT US TRANSPORTING.
UH, MANY OF THESE TIMES THAT WE DIDN'T, WE NEVER EVEN GOT CONTACTED BECAUSE THEIR POLICE TOOK THE CALL, THEY RESPONDED, TOOK CARE OF IT, AND DIDN'T NEED US.
YEAH, 79 CALLS, WHICH WAS 18%, 18 AND A HALF.
WE ACTUALLY WENT AND TRANSPORTED.
AND THEN THEY HAD ONE DEATH THAT, UH, WE HAD TO LEAVE ON SCENE FOR THE MEDICAL EXAMINER, CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY.
LIKE I SAID, WE HAD 28 PEOPLE IN THE LAST CLASS GRADUATED.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP RIGHT PITCHER, THAT'S OUR CHAPLAIN, ADAM CHEEK.
UH, BUT THEY HAD A, HAD A GREAT TIME.
CLASS 26 STARTS ON MAC, MARCH 27TH.
AND THEN THE 10TH WEEK IS THE GRADUATION.
UM, OF OUR WELLNESS, OUR HEALTH AND WELLNESS IS DOING GREAT.
WE'RE STILL DOING THE ANNUAL NFPA PHYSICALS THROUGH ON-DUTY HEALTH.
WE'VE INCORPORATED IN THE MENTAL HEALTH SIDE SIDE OF THAT, THE CHECKUPS.
WE DO MANDATORY PHYSICAL FITNESS, AND WE HAVE THE FITNESS INITIATIVE TO WHERE THEY GET BONUSES, UH, DEPENDING ON THEIR ROAD TIMES, THE MENTAL HEALTH SIDE OF IT, WELLBEING, WE'RE STILL DOING REALLY WELL.
WE HAVE A PEER SUPPORT TEAM LED BY, UH, EDDIE ACTUALLY.
AND WE HAVE OUR TWO DOCTORS, DR.
DEL, IF WE NEED, UH, TO SEND THEM TO, TO HAVE, UH, CHAT WITH THEM.
UM, WE HAVE DEPARTMENT WIDE RESILIENCY TRAINING, EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND OUR FIRE CHAPLAIN PROGRAM BLOCKER UPDATE.
SO IN THE LAST BUDGET, THE CURRENT BUDGET WE TOOK ON THE BLOCKER, CURRENTLY WE'RE STILL BLOCKING WITH FRONTLINE APPARATUS.
UH, POLICE OFFICERS ARE OUT ON THE SCENE.
WE SEND AN ENGINE UP THERE WITH THE TEAM ON IT.
WE'RE STILL DOING IT WITH FRONTLINE APPARATUS.
UM, THIS IS GONNA BE OUR FIRST BLOCKER.
IT'S THE OLD HAZMAT, NEW HAZMAT FIVE WENT INTO SERVICE THIS WEEK, OR LAST WEEK ACTUALLY.
SO WE'RE JUST MAKING SURE THAT ONE IS GOOD TO GO.
IT'S NOT GONNA HAVE TO GO BACK OUTTA SERVICE.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA TURN THIS ONE INTO THE BLOCKER.
SO IT'S THE PERFECT ONE TO, UH, PUT OUT AND BLOCK THE HIGHWAY.
WE'LL, REMARKET, WE'RE GONNA ADD SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHTS, BIG ARROWS ON THE SIDE, BIG ARROWS ON THE BACK, A LOT OF ADDITIONAL REFLECTIVE, UM, PROBABLY PUT IN A NASCAR SEATBELT SYSTEM,
SO, UH, THE PERSONNEL ARE STILL ARE IN THE ACADEMY NOW.
THEY'LL FINISH THE ACADEMY AND EMT SCHOOL ABOUT THE 1ST OF AUGUST AND HIT SHIFT.
THEY'LL COME ON AS EMTS AND MAKE ROOM FOR A PERSON TO GO ON THIS UNIT.
THE APPARATUS RECONFIGURATION SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY MID-JULY.
UH, SOPS AND DISPATCH PROCEDURES ARE CURRENTLY BEING DEVELOPED.
WE KNOW MOSTLY WHAT ALL OF THOSE ARE.
WE JUST GOTTA GET THE CAD SYSTEM TO COOPERATE AND GET EVERYTHING IN WRITING.
AND SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS BLOCKER'S IN SERVICE FULL-TIME ABOUT MID-AUGUST, AND IT'LL TAKE PLACE OF ONE OF THE ENGINES OR AERIALS GOING UP ON THE HIGHWAY.
SO THIS SHOULD BE AT THE BAT, FIRST SERVICE MASTER PLAN.
SO WITH ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENTS COMING IN, THE MULTIFAMILIES, THE COLLEGE IS REALLY GROWING OVER THERE.
UH, WE HAVE MORE BUSINESSES COMING TO TOWN AND ALL THAT.
UH, I LIKE TO SAY IF THIS IS THE WATER LINE, WE'RE UP HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT THE WATER LINE'S MOVING AND WE'VE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AT LEAST PLANS TO MOVE WITH THAT WATER LINE WHEN TIME, THE TIME HAPPENS.
UM, IT TAKES, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT APPARATUS HERE IN A MINUTE, BUT IT TAKES A LONG TIME FOR US TO MAKE A MOVE.
UM, IF WE DECIDED TO BUILD A FIRE STATION, WELL, IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT THREE YEARS PLUS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
IT WOULD TAKE A COUPLE OF YEARS AT LEAST, WELL, ACTUALLY FOUR YEARS NOW, TO GET A FIRE PUMPER, TAKE TWO YEARS TO GET AN AMBULANCE, IT TAKES A YEAR AND A HALF OR MORE TO HIRE SOMEBODY.
SO WE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE THE PLANS AND THEN LOOK OVER HERE, GO BACKWARDS ON OUR TIMELINES.
WHEN DO WE START BUILDING? WHEN DO WE PUT IN A PIECE OF APPARATUS? DO WE NEED ANOTHER AMBULANCE? AND ALL OF THAT.
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I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GET LEFT BEHIND.WE HAVE A PLAN, LET'S MAKE A ROADMAP.
SO WE BROUGHT IN A COMPANY CALLED C-P-S-M-A CENTER FOR PUBLIC SAFETY MANAGEMENT.
THEY DO, UH, STANDARDS OF COVERAGE AND FIRE MASTER PLANS.
UM, WE, I'VE ASKED THEM FOR A 15 TO 20 YEAR MASTER PLAN.
AND IT'S TOTALLY DATA DRIVEN WITH A STANDARDS OF COVERAGE PLAN TO TAKE US INTO THE FUTURE WITH SOME TRIGGERS, HEY, THIS IS STARTING TO HAPPEN AND WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT, IS THAT ANOTHER AMBULANCE? IS IT ANOTHER TRUCK? IS IT ANOTHER STATION? WHAT IS THAT? UM, SOMETHING THAT MAKES SURE WE MAINTAINS OUR, MAINTAINS.
OUR ISO RATING OF ONE PROVIDES RESILIENCY FOR EMERGENCY CALL COVERAGE.
THAT'S HUGE BECAUSE THE MORE AND MORE, WE'RE GETTING TWO FIRES AT A TIME.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHILE WE'RE ON ONE, WE HAVE APPARATUS TO COVER A SECOND.
OUR TIMELINE, WE ACTUALLY STARTED THIS ABOUT NOVEMBER WITH WORKING WITH CPSM.
AND WITH THAT, UH, WE STARTED DUMPING DATA AT 'EM.
THAT IS ALL OF OUR CALL INFORMATION, OUR STATION INFORMATION.
THAT'S, UH, EVERYTHING ABOUT PERSONNEL, OUR APPARATUS.
HOW OLD IS IT? HOW LONG IS IT? UM, THE SIZE OF IT, EVERYTHING THAT WE KNOW.
BASICALLY IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEY NOW KNOW ABOUT RICHARDSON.
UH, WE MET WITH, OR THEY CAME TO TOWN, THEY DID A SITE SURVEY IN JANUARY, ABOUT THREE IN, BROUGHT THREE INDIVIDUALS TO TOWN.
AND WE DID EVERYTHING FROM MEETING WITH SAM AND HIS TEAM TALKING ABOUT ALL THE, THE, THE DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY HERE.
ALL THE ONES ZONED AND PLANNED.
WE DROVE THEM AROUND THE ENTIRE CITY.
WE LOOKED AT ALL THE CONSTRUCTION TYPES.
WE LOOKED AT RAILROAD CROSSINGS, WE LOOKED AT THE COLLEGE, WE LOOKED AT ALL THE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL SITES, EVERYTHING ABOUT RICHARDSON.
THEY NOW KNOW, UH, THEY LOOKED AT OUR FIRE STATIONS, THEY LOOKED AT OUR APPARATUS, THEY TALKED WITH OUR PERSONNEL, MET WITH ALL THE CHIEFS.
WE HAD MULTIPLE DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT EACH PIECE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY SO THEY COULD START WORKING ON THIS REPORT.
THE DRAFT REPORT IS EXPECTED TO BE BASICALLY END OF MAY, 1ST OF JUNE FOR US TO START GOING THROUGH AND THEN HOPEFULLY HAVE A REPORT READY FOR YOU IN LATE SUMMER.
I THINK THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BECAUSE AGAIN, MANY THINGS CAN HAPPEN.
YOU KNOW, COVID BASICALLY TOOK AMBULANCE 36 AND SLOWED IT DOWN TWO YEARS.
AND SO YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE TRIGGERS.
BUT IF WE DON'T AT LEAST HAVE A PLAN, WE'RE GONNA GET LEFT BEHIND OUR APPARATUS.
HERE'S WHERE WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT WITH APPARATUS.
OUR MANUFACTURER'S TELLING US THAT THEY BELIEVE TO GET A FIRE ENGINE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 24 MONTHS, UH, 16 MONTHS FOR AMBULANCES, 12 MONTHS FOR SUPPORT VEHICLES.
THAT'S PICKUP TRUCKS AND CARS.
UH, 59 TO 52 WEEKS FOR AERIAL APPARATUS.
OUR BUNKER GEAR IS ACTUALLY DOWN TO ABOUT 120 DAYS.
THE MANUFACTURERS ARE WORKING TO GET THESE LEAD TIMES DOWN, BUT THEY BELIEVE IT'S GONNA TAKE AT LEAST A COUPLE YEARS TO BRING THIS BACK.
AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THROUGH COVID, A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T ORDER AND THEN THEY STARTED ORDERING.
THEN YOU FIGURED OUT THAT IF I WANT AN ENGINE HERE, I HAVE TO ORDER IT WAY BACK HERE.
I'VE COME TO YOU AND SAID, HEY, I REALLY NEED A TRUCK.
I NEED TRUCK FOUR IN THIS YEAR, SO WE NEED TO ORDER IT NOW.
AND WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING TO 'EM.
SO THEY'RE WORKING TO GET THOSE LEAD TIMES BACK.
BUT WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT IT TAKES FIVE YEARS, YOU KNOW, TO GET A TRUCK, THEN IF WE NEED TO ADD ONE, I CAN'T GET ONE FOR FIVE YEARS.
SO WE HAVE TO PLAN, RIGHT? SO OUR FOCUS GOING FORWARD IS SEVERAL THINGS.
AND THEN HUGELY RIGHT NOW FOR US IS WORKING ON SOLUTIONS FOR THE ELECTRICAL VEHICLE AND LITHIUM BATTERY FIRES.
EVERY GENERATION OF FIREFIGHTERS HAS SOMETHING THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO BACK IN HISTORY, MAN, THE THE FIRST GROUP THAT HAD TO DEAL WITH, THEY BROUGHT GAS INTO A HOUSE, NATURAL GAS.
NOW IT'S A NATURAL, IT'S JUST A THING, RIGHT? BUT WHEN THEY FIRST DID THAT, I'M SURE THE FIREFIGHTERS FREAKED OUT.
UH, IT WAS LIGHTWEIGHT BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.
UM, NOW WE'RE DEALING WITH THE LITHIUM.
WE'RE WORKING HARD WITH THE INDUSTRY TO, TO COME UP WITH WAYS TO DEAL WITH THAT.
WE'VE NOW ADDED, UM, FIRE BLANKETS ON OUR APPARATUS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T PUT A LITHIUM CAR OUT.
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IT GETS GOING GOOD, YOU CAN'T PUT IT OUT.YOU HAVE TO, IT BASICALLY HAS TO BURN OUT.
SO EVEN IF WE DUG A HOLE AND SHOVED IT IN THERE AND FILLED IT FULL OF WATER, IT'S GONNA BURN 'CAUSE IT GENERATES ITS OWN, UH, OXYGEN.
SO WE HAVE BLANKETS TO THROW OVER 'EM THAT WILL HELP SUPPRESS THE FLAMES LONG ENOUGH TO FI LONG ENOUGH FOR US TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO GET IT OUT IN THE OPEN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, TO LET IT BURN OR PROTECT THE CARS NEXT TO IT.
UH, IF IT'S IN A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? WE'RE WORKING ALL THOSE THINGS OUT.
SO WE'RE SENDING PEOPLE TO AS MANY CONFERENCES AND CLASSES ABOUT THIS AS WE CAN TO, TO GET THIS UNDERWAY.
THE INDUSTRY DOES NOT HAVE AN ANSWER YET, BUT WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD IDEAS WE'RE WORKING ON.
WE ALSO WANNA MAINTAIN OUR HEART SAFE COMMUNITY, MAINTAIN OUR ISO ONE, AND HIT COMMUNITY OUTREACH HARD.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU MAYOR, UH, CHIEF, GREAT PRESENTATION.
UM, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS THAT YOU DO ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
I ASSUME THE BLOCKER WILL BE HOUSED AS STATION ONE.
IS THAT THE PLAN? THAT IS THE PLAN.
AND THEN, UM, SECOND THING THAT I DIDN'T SEE THAT I'M, I'M ALWAYS CURIOUS IN, DO YOU HAVE A FEEL FOR THE NUMBER OF MUTUAL AID CALLS, BOTH CALLS THAT ARE COMING THAT WE'RE MAKING TO HAVE, UH, ANOTHER CITY COME IN AND SUPPORT US, AND HOW MANY WE'RE HAVING, UM, OTHER CITIES CALLING US TO SUPPORT THEM? DO YOU HAVE A, DO YOU HAVE A FEEL FOR WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE FOR, FOR THE PERIODS YOU WERE SHOWING US? I, I HAVE A FEEL I DO NOT HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER.
UM, BUT FOR AMBULANCES, SINCE WE OPENED UP AMBULANCE 36, THE CALL FOR MUTUAL AUTO EIGHT FOR AMBULANCES HAS GONE VERY LOW.
AND NORMALLY WHEN WE DO GET THE CALL, ONE OF OUR SIX FREES UP AND TAKES THE CALL.
SO THE MUTUAL AID AMBULANCE RARELY HITS THE TOWN RIGHT NOW.
SO AMBULANCE 36 HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF GETTING US, GETTING US UP TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
WE'RE ABOVE THAT LINE NOW WITH AMBULANCE 36 FIREWISE.
WE'RE REALLY ONLY CALLING THEM WHEN WE GET A HEAVY WORKING STRUCTURE FIRE AND WE HAVE ABOUT 80% OR MORE OF OUR APPARATUS AT THIS FIRE, THEN WE'RE USING FILL IN FIRE COMPANIES.
AND THAT HAPPENS PROBABLY ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH MAYBE.
I, I WAS HOPEFUL THAT WHEN WE GOT AMBULANCE SIX UP, THAT THAT WOULD'VE, THAT WOULD OCCUR.
AMBULANCE SIX HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.
UM, CHIEF, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE FIRE SERVICE MASTER PLAN.
UH, WE HAD A MULTIFAMILY CASE RECENTLY WHERE I JUST SORT OF WENT OFF ON A TANGENT ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT'S THAT WE TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY WITH RESPECT TO MULTIFAMILY HOUSING.
AND SO I THINK IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT THING, UM, THAT YOU'RE DOING AS PART OF THIS PLAN TO ADDRESS NOT ONLY WHAT WE HAVE, BUT THE GROWTH, UM, THAT WE'VE ENTITLED AND CONTINUE TO PRESUMABLY ENTITLE IN THE FUTURE.
UM, SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO, TO SEE THAT PLAN, UM, AND THAT YOU'RE THINKING THAT DIRECTION.
UH, I DO FOLLOW YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND I THINK IT'S GREAT.
UM, I THINK IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, REALLY, REALLY TREMENDOUS.
WE SORT OF ALL SORT OF KNOW WHAT YOU DO, UM, BUT TO BE ABLE TO SORT OF SEE IT ON A DAILY BASIS, THE STRUCTURE FIRES, UM, YOU KNOW, SAVING PEOPLE'S LIVES, SAVING ANIMALS LIVES.
SOME OF THOSE ARE THE, THE GREATEST POSTS OF, YOU KNOW, FIREFIGHTERS GIVING OXYGEN TO CATS.
I MEAN, WHAT DO YOU NOT LOVE ABOUT THAT? THAT'S AMAZING.
UM, AND I ALSO WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON THE, UM, UH, THE RECENT, UM, AWARDS BANQUET THAT WE HAD.
THOSE ARE ALWAYS SO MOVING TO REALLY, AGAIN, SEE THE STORIES ABOUT THE LIFE SAVES OF THESE, UH, FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS ARE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THE FAMILIES THAT COME, UM, THE SURVIVORS
AND TO LISTEN TO OUR AMAZING DISPATCHERS TALK SOMEONE THROUGH, YOU KNOW, A CPR OF THEIR LOVED ONE.
AND SO IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE EVENTS TO ATTEND.
UM, AND I ALSO LEARNED AND WANNA CONGRAT AT THAT EVENT AND WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU ON 30 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU FOR, UM, YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR CITY AND THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
SO, UM, JUST KEEP IT UP AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE, THE MAS, THE, THE MASTER PLAN WHEN YOU BRING IT OUR WAY.
AND ALSO, CHIEF YOUNGER IS 30 YEARS THIS YEAR AS WELL.
AND THANK YOU CHIEF FOR YOUR GREAT PRESENTATION.
UH, LOTS OF GOOD THINGS ALREADY HAS BEEN SAID.
UH, UH, NOW I HAVE FEW QUESTIONS.
UH, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE 20 HOURS PER WEEK TRAINING THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE ISO ONE, I GUESS YOU ARE SAYING IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT, BUT IT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE IT'S BECAUSE WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENED, THERE'S NO CHANCE TO MAKE A MISTAKE THAT TIME.
BUT IS THAT 20 HOURS YOU ARE HAVING ENOUGH MATERIAL, UH, FOR THE TRAINING SO THAT I'M NOT, YOU KNOW,
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I DON'T HAVE, HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.SO HOW THAT WORKS, IT'S EVERY OPERATIONAL FIREFIGHTER.
SO EVERY FIREFIGHTER ASSIGNED TO RIDE SOMETHING THAT'S POINTED OUT AND MAKES A CALL.
NOT MY, UH, STAFF IN THE FIRE MARSHALS, NOT THE CHIEFS.
BUT IF YOU'RE ASSIGNED OPERATIONS, THEN YOU HAVE TO DO 20 HOURS PER MONTH OR FIRE TRAINING, AND THEN WE HAVE TO DO FOUR HOURS PER MONTH OF ALL, EVERYONE THAT IS A PARAMEDIC HAS TO DO FOUR HOURS PER MONTH OF PARAMEDIC TRAINING.
SO ALL IN ALL IS 24 HOURS OF TRAINING PER MONTH, WHICH IS PRETTY INTERESTING BECAUSE SHIFT PERSONNEL WORK 10 OR 10 DAYS A MONTH, RIGHT ON THE SHIFTS.
SO ONE FULL DAY, IT'S NOT, IT'S SPREAD OUT OVER THE ENTIRE MONTH, BUT ONE BASICALLY 24 HOUR SHIFT IS, IS TOTAL TRAINING.
SO IT HAPPENED ON SITE, LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEND OUT SOMEONE OUTSIDE CITY, IT ANY FIRE TRAINING COUNTS.
SO CHIEF DAVIS, OUR, UH, BATTALION CHIEF OF TRAINING, HE SCHEDULES WITHOUT 20 HOURS OF TRAINING.
THAT CAN BE VIDEOS THAT ARE ASSIGNED.
HE HAS A PROGRAM HE CAN ASSIGN EVERYONE, AND YOU WATCH IT AND IT KNOWS YOU DID IT TO CERTAIN, A AMOUNT OF PHYSICAL FITNESS, UM, WORKING OUT THE EQUIPMENT ON THE APPARATUS, ACTUALLY GOING TO THE TRAINING CENTER AND DOING THINGS AT THE TRAINING CENTER.
OR WE MAY BRING IN GUEST INSTRUCTORS TO, TO DO THINGS.
SO ANY, ANYTHING THAT IS FIRE TRAINING AT THE STATION ON THE COMPUTER OR LIVE AT THE TRAINING CENTER COUNTS.
I THINK YOU DID MENTION THIS, UH, THIS PROCEDURE BEFORE IN ANOTHER TIME TO THE COUNCIL.
I JUST, UH, DID NOT QUITE UNDERSTAND.
I, WELL, I PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, FORGOT MOST OF THE THINGS THAT TIME, BUT NOW IT REINFORCES MY UNDERSTANDING A LITTLE MORE.
UH, BUT I MIGHT BE ASKING YOU THE QUESTION IN THE FUTURE FOR
IT'S A TRAINING FOR, FOR ME, I GUESS.
UH, NOW THE BLOCKER, I KNOW YOU EXPLAINED THINGS ABOUT THE BLOCKER THIS TIME.
SO THE BLOCKER IS NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY KIND OF EQUIPMENT INSIDE IS PURELY FOR THE BLOCKING.
IT WILL CARRY, UM, PROBABLY A, A LARGE AMOUNT OF OIL.
SO, SO IF WE GET UP ON THE HIGHWAY ESPECIALLY, AND WE HAVE, HAVE NEED FOR OIL, SO THIS WILL BE A PERFECT VEHICLE TO HAVE A LOT OF OIL SORT THAT JUST GOES TO ALL THE WRECKS.
UH, SO PROBABLY SOME ADDITIONAL BROOM SHOVELS BUCKETS, UM, AND CONES BASICALLY.
BUT IT WILL NOT HAVE ANY FIREFIGHTING CAPABILITIES OR, UM, IT'LL HAVE BASICALLY PROBABLY A EMT LEVEL MEDICAL KIT JUST IN CASE HE RUNS UP OR HE OR SHE RUNS UP ON SOMETHING, BUT IT WILL NOT BE RESPONDING TO MEDICALS OR FIRES.
SO IT'LL BE HAVING SOME KIND OF SUPPLY IN IT, UH, RIGHT.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE JUST EMPTY BLOCKER DRIVING THERE, BECAUSE IF THAT PERSON DRIVING THAT COMES UP ON A EVENT, THEY HAVE TO STOP BY LAW AND, AND TAKE CARE OF IT.
SO THEY NEED SOMETHING, BUT THEY'LL BE BY THEMSELVES.
SO THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT THEY CAN DO.
UH, NOW YOU SAID THAT, UH, THERE IS LIKE A FIVE YEAR BACKLOG TO GETTING NEW, UH, FIRE.
SO FIRE ENGINES, FIRE ENGINES, LIKE ENGINE ONE THAT COMES OUT OF STATION ONE, THOSE ARE 48 MONTHS.
FOUR YEARS, AND THEN ABOUT FIVE YEARS FOR A LARGE AERIAL.
SO TRUCK FOUR, UH, SOMETHING LIKE TRUCK FOUR WOULD BE ABOUT FIVE YEARS.
NOW THAT QUESTION IS, UH, I HEARD THAT NUMBER BEFORE.
I DID NOT THINK THAT DEEP INSIDE.
UH, NOW TO UNDERSTAND THIS, IT DOES NOT TAKE, DOES IT TAKE FOUR YEARS TO BUILD OR IT'S A BACKLOG AND TWO YEAR BACKLOG? THREE YEAR BACKLOG, AND THEY START THE PROCESS CONSTRUCTING AND IT TAKES ABOUT A YEAR TO BUILD HOW THAT WORKS.
THE ACTUAL BUILD OF THE APPARATUS.
WHEN THEY SAY, OKAY, IT'S ON THE LINE, UH, CHIEF YOUNGER, WHAT ABOUT FOUR MONTHS, FIVE MONTHS? IT'S AROUND TWO MONTHS.
ONCE THEY START PUTTING THE, UH, EXTENDED DESCRIPTION ON A JOB LINE, IT'S SUPER FAST.
THEY BUILD IT OFF FROM SCRATCH.
SO WE'RE SETTING IN LINE FOR YEARS FOR THEM TO BUILD ONE IN MONTHS, 46 MONTHS, YOU'RE ON THE LINE AND TWO MONTHS TO GET BILLED.
NOW, THIS IS THE QUESTION I HAVE.
THIS IS LIKE, TO UNDERSTAND THAT IF I CAN ASK THAT QUESTION NOW, I CAN ASK YOU THAT QUESTION.
UH, NOW THAT SITTING THERE 46 MONTHS, LOTS OF THINGS GET CHANGED THAT TIME.
SO WHATEVER YOU ORDER 48 MONTHS BACK, UH, BECAUSE OF ALL THE SITUATION,
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SOMETIMES IT STAYS THE SAME.SO SOMETIMES IT STAYS THE SAME, BUT SOMETIMES THINGS COULD GET CHANGED.
SO DO YOU HAVE ANY OPTION THAT YOU COULD UPDATE THE ORDER SPECIFICATION? WE DO.
UM, WE, WE FACTOR IN CHANGE ORDERS AND A CONTINGENCY, IF YOU WILL.
UM, AND A LOT OF TIMES WHEN SOMETHING CHANGES, WHEN WE CHANGE IT, NOW WE CHANGE.
WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR WHAT WE WERE GETTING, WE'RE CHANGING IT.
WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR WHAT WE'RE GETTING.
UH, PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT IS FOUR YEARS FROM NOW, WE MAY GO TO A TOTAL DIFFERENT AIR PACK SYSTEM.
YOU KNOW, SOMETHING GREAT MAY COME OUT AND IT'S TIME TO REPLACE THOSE AND WE HAVE ONE ON ORDER.
WELL, THE WAY THESE WORK IS WE GO OUT NOW.
SO IF I WAS GONNA COME TO YOU AND I WILL BE COMING TO YOU AND SAY, OKAY, I NEED TO REPLACE THIS APPARATUS IN THIS YEAR.
WE NEED TO GET AHEAD OF IT AND GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE ORDER.
SAME THING WE DID WITH TRUCK FOUR AND UH, ENGINE FOUR, RIGHT? SO WE WILL, WE WILL SPEC IT OUT AS WE BELIEVE WE WOULD NEED IT TODAY, RIGHT? AND WE GET A QUOTE ON THAT, WE PUT CONTINGENCY TO IT, AND THEN WE'LL COME TO YOU FOR APPROVAL.
IT'S NOT UNTIL RIGHT BEFORE IT GOES TO PRODUCTION THAT WE GO TO THE PLANT AND CHIEF YOUNGER AND HIS TEAM GO TO THE PLANT AND THEY DO WHAT'S CALLED A PREBUILT.
AND THEY ACTUALLY SIT THERE WITH, WITH THEM, AND THEY GO THROUGH EVERY LINE OF THE ORDER AND THEY SAY, OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE DON'T WANT IT THIS WAY ANYMORE.
THE CAB NEEDS TO HAVE THESE AIR PACK BRACKETS, WHICH MEANS THE SEATS HAVE TO BE CHANGED TO THIS SEAT AND ALL OF THAT.
AND I BELIEVE, I CAN'T THINK OF A TIME YET WHERE IT DIDN'T FIT INSIDE THE PRICE RANGE.
OKAY? BUT IT'S NOT UNTIL RIGHT BEFORE THAT TWO MONTHS THAT WE GO DOWN, WE DO THE PRE-BUILD, MAKE SURE IT'S WHAT WE NEED FOR THAT DAY, THEN THEY'LL BUILD IT, THEN WE GO DOWN FOR A, UH, PRE-DELIVERY.
IT'S SITTING THERE, WE INSPECT IT AND MAKE ANY CHANGES TO OF, UH, ANY PROBLEMS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE, THEY'VE DONE WRONG AND THEN IT GETS SHIPPED.
SO I FEEL MUCH BETTER THAT, YOU KNOW, KNOWING THAT YOU'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, GETTING SOMETHING FOUR YEARS OLD OR FIVE YEARS OLD, UH, BUT BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S STILL BRAND NEW, NOT SOMETHING NEW OLD SPECIFICATION.
RIGHT? NOW, THIS ISS KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A QUESTION, BUT JUST OBSERVATION.
YOU SAID THAT YOUR, YOU KNOW, PICK TIME IS LIKE 7:00 AM TO 10:00 PM MM-HMM.
I MEAN, THOSE ARE THE BIG THINGS HAPPEN AT 2:00 AM NOT JUST HERE IN THE CITY.
WE JUST HAD RECENTLY VISITED, UH, HUNT HUNTSVILLE, THE PRISON SYSTEM IN TEXAS.
THEY HAD A FIRE AT 2:19 AM AND I WAS SCRATCHING MY HEAD, YOU KNOW HOW THAT MATCHES THE TIME.
AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT WHAT CAUSES THE FIRE.
IT WAS STILL LIKE ELECTRICAL FIRE, LARGE FIRE.
RIGHT? SO IS IT SOMETHING TYPICAL TO HAVE LARGE FIRES AT TWO, 2:00 AM THERE, IS THERE, THERE'S ACTUALLY A BOOK OUT CALLED THE MAGIC OF 3:00 AM
BUT THE, UH, UM, THE, THE REASON THE PEAK IS THERE BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN MOST OF YOUR PEOPLE ARE OUT MOVING AROUND.
THAT'S WHEN THEY'RE HAVING CAR CRASHES.
THAT'S WHEN THEY'RE GETTING IN THE MOST TROUBLE.
THAT'S WHEN THEY'RE, UM, UH, BEING INJURED THE MOST.
THAT'S WHY THAT'S YOUR PEAK TIME, BUT YOU STILL HAVE CALLS 24 HOURS AND IT'S NOT UNHEARD OF AT ALL FOR TO GET MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT FIRES.
OKAY? SO, BUT YES, IT'S LIKE MORE PIGMENTS, MORE LIKE SMALL, SMALL, SMALL THINGS, RIGHT? UH, AND BUT STILL THE LARGE EVENT COULD OR DID, IT DOES HAPPEN AT, UH, DIFFERENT TIME.
IT'S JUST THE NUMBERS ARE LOWER.
BUT THEY DO, THEY DEFINITELY HAPPEN.
I'M TEXTING MR. MAGNER ALL KINDS OF, NOT
CONGRATULATIONS FOR 30 YEARS AND ALL OF YOU AND, AND THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR WHAT YOU DO.
AND, AND I SEE THAT YOU ENJOY WHAT YOU DO.
YOU KNOW, WE HEARD SO MUCH, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, MOVIE LIKE STORY DURING YOUR BANQUET.
UH, IT'S, IT'S REALLY ALL, YOU KNOW, I WAS TOTALLY, MY JAW WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, DROP KIND OF, I COULD, I COULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HEAR THAT, UH, LIFE SOMEONE HAD THE HEART STOPPED AND YOU GUYS HAVE MADE THAT PERSON COME BACK, UH, AND GO HOME WITHOUT ANY MEASURE SIDE EFFECTS, UH, NOT NECESSARILY THIS IS LIKE CHALLENGING THE GOD, BUT IT WAS, IT IS MORE LIKE SHOWING GOD THAT, THAT YOU DO CARE ABOUT HUMAN LIFE AND YOU DO
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TAKE ALL THE STEPS NECESSARY TO MAKE PEOPLE'S LIFE BETTER.UH, SO, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE, I THINK, UH, HOPEFULLY ALL OF OUR HARD SKILLS SOFTWARE AND WE, WE RESPECT HUMAN LIFE, NOT JUST HERE ALL OVER THE WORLD.
AND WE LOOK FOR THE BEST PLACE, NOT MY HOME, NOT OUR CITY, BEYOND OUR CITY, BEYOND OUR COUNTRY, MAYBE SOMEDAY BEYOND OUR PLANET.
THANK YOU CHIEF FOR A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.
UM, BEING MY FIRST YEAR, THIS WAS ON THE COUNCIL FIRST TIME.
I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO, UH, SIT HERE AND TAKE THIS IN ON THIS SIDE OF THE TABLE.
UM, ONE I WANNA COMMEND YOU AND THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE WORK Y'ALL PUT IN EVERY DAY.
UH, I, UH, I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLE WHAT I'VE LEARNED, OBVIOUSLY AS A PRIVATE RESIDENT, YOU KNOW, SO MUCH, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE UH, SPAN OF KNOWLEDGE ONLY GOES SO FAR.
AND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE TRULY UN UNLESS YOU'RE IN FIRE OR YOU KNOW, OR YOU'RE AN OFFICER WHO WORKS CLOSELY WITH FIRE, I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE TRULY UNDERSTAND ALL THE SPECIALTIES, ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF WHAT MAKES UP A FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UH, I THINK I SHARED THAT WITH, UH, WE HAD THE DEBRIEF WHEN, UH, WE, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, DORIAN AND I FIRST CAME ON THE COUNCIL.
WE MET AT THE FIRE STATION ONE AND GOT TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT Y'ALL DID.
AND I THINK I MADE THE COMMENT OF, WELL, PEOPLE KIND OF KNOW WHAT POLICE WORK FOR THE MOST PART DOES.
WE MAY NOT UNDERSTAND IT 'CAUSE WE DON'T WEAR THE UNIFORM, BUT I THINK, BUT NOT EVERYBODY TRULY UNDERSTANDS WHAT FIRE DOES.
UM, AND I, UH, I MADE A COMMENT THE WHERE, UM, MADE A COMMENT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL MEDIA AND JUST THAT NEED TO GET THAT OUT THERE.
AND I WANT TO SAY THAT YOU GUYS, I KNOW WE'RE, I BELIEVE KIND OF JUST STARTING TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA LAST SPRING, AND I'VE SEEN NOTHING BUT BETTER AND BETTER EVERY WEEK.
AND I FEEL THAT THERE'S DEFINITELY MORE ENGAGEMENT.
YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB AT TELLING THE STORY AND DEPARTMENT STORY AND SHARING WITH THE COMMUNITY WHAT Y'ALL DO.
SO HATS OFF TO YOU, UM, FOR THAT.
'CAUSE I THINK THE COMMUNITY REALLY APPRECIATES THAT.
UM, AND I, I'M, I'M SURE THE REST OF THE COUNCIL DOES TOO.
UM, YOU ALL DO INCREDIBLE WORK AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THE, I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS, A COUPLE MINOR QUESTIONS HERE.
UH, I'M, I'M LOOKING AT THE, UH, BY THE WAY, BEFORE I GET INTO THAT FIRST QUESTION, IF I FORGET THE, UH, UH, THE ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
I THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT CALL.
UH, MY WIFE AND I WERE IN, IN ATTENDANCE AND, UM, THAT WAS, THAT WAS EYEOPENING.
AND I KNOW THERE WAS VERY FEW DRY EYES IN A CROWD, AND I KNOW YOU DON'T DO IT FOR THAT PURPOSE, BUT YOU DO IT TO TRULY SHARE AND APPRECIATE.
AND I THINK YOU JUST DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THE FIREFIGHTERS WHO GO IN, BUT YOU TOOK THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE A DISPATCHER AS WELL.
AND THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES TO, UH, THE RESPECT Y'ALL HAVE FOR EACH OTHER AND HOW THAT, HOW Y'ALL WORK TOGETHER.
UM, A QUESTION, YOU HAD 594 APPLICATIONS, 586 SIGNED UP TO WRITTEN TEST, BUT 2 9 7 SHOWED UP.
IS THAT PRETTY COMMON, LIKE THAT, THAT THAT IS THAT, DO PEOPLE DECIDE THEY DON'T WANT TO DO IT? THEY JUST GET POACHED AND DECIDE, WELL, ARE THEY TAKING ANOTHER TEST? LIKE OBVIOUSLY IT DIDN'T AFFECT YOUR ABILITY TO HIRE BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB AT HIRING.
IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT THAT'S AN ISSUE FOR AT LEAST THE LAST THREE TESTS.
IT'S BEEN ABOUT HALF OF THE PEOPLE THAT SIGN UP ACTUALLY SHOW UP AND TALKING WITH OUR HR TEAM AND, AND ALL OF OUR TEAM, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT THE WHOLE DEAL OF PEOPLE HAVE TO PUT IN APPLICATIONS FOR CERTAIN REASONS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S PROBABLY SOME OF THAT.
UM, WE'VE HEARD ALL KIND OF STORIES, BUT YES, IT'S BEEN PRETTY MUCH HALF OF THE PEOPLE THAT SIGN UP ACTUALLY SHOW UP.
THAT'S, THAT'S, I DON'T KNOW HOW MM-HMM.
ALONG THE SAME LINES, I KNOW PDS ACROSS TEXAS AND ACROSS THE NATION ARE FACING HIRING ISSUES.
UM, IS THAT A TREND WITHIN FIRE SERVICE OR ARE PEOPLE STILL WANTING TO BE FIREMEN VERSUS NOT AS MANY PEOPLE WANTING TO GO INTO POLICE SERVICE? SO THERE IS A, UH, LARGE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WANT IN THE FIRE SERVICE.
NOT ALL OF THOSE FOLKS SHOULD BE IN THE FIRE SERVICE
OKAY, SO WE HAVE THAT, PARDON ME.
UM, THE, WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS CITY
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IS THE WAY WE HIRE FIREFIGHTERS FOR US IN OUR HIRING PRACTICES.WE, WE OPEN IT UP TO SOMEONE WHO HAS NO FIRE TRAINING WHATSOEVER OR EMS, AND WE, WE GO OUT AND WE GET THE RIGHT PERSON.
WE, WE HAVE A PERSON THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TO COME AND TAKE CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEN WE GET THAT PERSON, USUALLY WE KEEP THAT PERSON TO RETIREMENT WHERE YOU CAN GO OUT AND LOOK FOR SOMEONE WHO'S ALREADY TRAINED, MAYBE THEY'RE NOT THE RIGHT PERSON, BUT THEY HAVE THE TRAINING.
SO YOU REALLY NARROW YOUR, YOUR, UH, UH, APPLICANT POOL.
BUT WE TAKE OUR APPLICANT POOL AND OPEN IT WAY UP, WE HIRE THE RIGHT PERSON AND WE TRAIN THAT PERSON.
AND NOW THEY'RE VESTED IN OUR DEPARTMENT BECAUSE OF OUR TRAINING.
UM, AND IT DOES WELL, IT'S, IT'S SHOWING A HUGE BENEFIT THAT A LOT OF THE DEPARTMENTS DON'T DO THAT.
THEY GO OUT FOR A TRAINED PERSON BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY, THEY DON'T HAVE TO PUT 'EM THROUGH RICKY SCHOOL.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO PUT 'EM THROUGH PARAMEDIC SCHOOL AND ALL OF THAT.
BUT THESE ARE ALSO THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE HAVING TO TEST 2, 3, 4 TIMES A YEAR TO HIRE THAT 18 PEOPLE.
SO WE FOUND IT MUCH BETTER FOR US TO OPEN IT UP TO A HUGE APPLICANT POOL, HIRE THE RIGHT PEOPLE, TRAIN THEM, GET 'EM ON THE STREET, AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB FOR US FOR MOSTLY A CAREER, UM, WHERE THE TURNOVER RATE GOING THE OTHER WAY IS HIGHER.
UM, SO MORE QUESTIONS ON YOUR LAST SLIDE.
YOUR THIRD POINT IS MAINTAINING HEART SAFE COMMUNITY.
CAN YOU SPEAK ON THAT? 'CAUSE I, I KNOW WHAT IO ONE IS.
I UNDERSTAND COM EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
I UNDERSTAND COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
I'LL BE HONEST, I DON'T KNOW IF I FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT HEART SAFE COMMUNITY IS AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE, UH, NO PROBLEM RESIDENTS AT HOME UNDERSTAND.
SO, HEARTSAFE COMMUNITY DESIGNATION IS THROUGH THE, UH, NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS TRAUMA REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL.
SO IN TEXAS, THERE'S THE GOVERNOR'S COUNCIL ON EMS, AND THEN THAT'S SUBDIVIDED UP AROUND THE, AROUND THE STATE.
OURS IS NORTH CENTRAL, THERE'S OTHERS, UM, THROUGH THAT ORGANIZATION, THERE'S COMMUNITY, AND NOW IT'S SPREAD OUT OVER TEXAS THROUGH ALL THE REGIONAL COUNCILS.
AND THAT WORKS WITH NOT ONLY US, BUT THE HOSPITAL, UH, RESTAURANTS, OUR A ED PROGRAM.
SO IT LOOKS AT A WIDE, UM, TAKES A WIDE ANGLE SNAPSHOT OF THE CITY.
NOT ONLY JUST EMS RESPONSE, BUT THE HOSPITAL'S TIMES ON DEALING WITH HEART ATTACKS.
IT LOOKS AT, YOU KNOW, WE GET POINTS FOR RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE HEART SMART CHOICES.
UH, OUR A ED PROGRAM WHERE WE HAVE A E DS THROUGHOUT OUR COLLEGE TEAM THAT RESPONDS, UH, AND HAS AEDS THROUGHOUT THE COLLEGE AND ALL OF THAT BRINGS IT TOGETHER AND WE GOT THE DESTINATION OF A HEART SAFE COMMUNITY.
THE, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EXPLAINING THAT.
SO THAT, THAT TRULY IS A, IT SOUNDS LIKE A WHOLE COMMUNITY EFFORT THERE.
I HEARD A LOT OF INTERESTING, UM, THE WORKING FOR ON SOLUTIONS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND LITHIUM BATTERY FIRES.
RECENTLY THE COUNCIL TAKE TOOK A TOUR OF THE RECYCLING FACILITY, A REPUBLIC, AND I THINK, I DON'T REMEMBER WHO ASKED THE QUESTION, BUT I THINK IT WAS SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF, IF THERE'S ONE THING YOU WISH EVERYBODY KNEW OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHAT IS IT? AND I REMEMBER HER SAYING, LITHIUM BATTERY.
STOP THROWING 'EM IN THE TRASH BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST CONCERNS.
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS ONE OF YOUR CONCERNS.
BUT I REMEMBER WORKING AT A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT ONE TIME AND MANY YEARS AGO, AND THERE WAS A, UH, A SPECIAL, UM, EXTINGUISHER THAT IF THERE WAS A CHEMICAL USED THIS ONE BECAUSE IT'S, ESPECIALLY FOR CHEMICALS.
AND OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS KNOW WAY MORE ABOUT THAT THAN I DO, BUT, SO THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THAT.
LIKE THIS, THIS IS KIND OF NEWS TO ME.
I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND WHAT LITHIUM BATTERIES ARE FROM THE CONSUMER STANDPOINT, BUT HAVING HER SAY THAT AT REPUBLIC WAS KIND OF EYE-OPENING.
HEARING YOU GUYS SAY THIS, THIS IS KIND OF EYEOPENING.
UM, THE, I GUESS IS THERE STUFF OUT ON THE MARKET? IS THERE, I I MEAN, IS IT TRULY JUST WE'RE LETTING IT BURN OUT? UH, I MEAN, HOW OFTEN ARE WE SEEING THESE? I HELP ME KIND OF WRAP MY HEAD AROUND IT.
'CAUSE I'M SO WE'RE NOT SEEING A LOT YET.
UM, WE ACTUALLY GO IN MARCH TO, UH, WACO FOR A TEXAS CONFERENCE, FIRE SERVICE CONFERENCE TO WHERE TES IS GONNA RELEASE A
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WHITE PAPER ON THIS SUBJECT.AND WE'RE ALL PRETTY MUCH IN AGREEMENT WHAT THAT WHITE PAPER'S PROBABLY GONNA SAY, UH, FOR SURE.
BUT WE BELIEVE THE BEST PRACTICE IS GONNA BE LET 'EM BURN.
UM, LIKE I SAID, YOU CAN'T PUT OUT, ONCE, ONCE THEY GET INTO WHAT'S CALLED THERMAL OVERLOAD, UH, THE BATTERY IS BURNING AND IT CATCHES OTHER BATTERIES ON FIRE, ESPECIALLY IN A CAR.
SO A, A ELECTRIC VEHICLE THAT'S FULLY ELECTRIC HAS HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS, I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER OF LIKE DECEL BATTERIES.
IF THEY HAVE A WRECK, THEY GO EVERYWHERE,
BUT ONCE THOSE THINGS REALLY GET GOING, YOU, YOU, YOU COULD, LIKE I SAID, YOU COULD SUBMERGE IT AND IT'S NOT GONNA GO OUT.
SO IF WE'RE PUTTING SO MUCH WATER ON THEM TO PUT 'EM OUT, UNLESS WE CATCH IT AT THE RIGHT TIME, YOU KNOW, IF WE CATCH IT AND IT'S VERY EARLY STAGES, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET THAT.
BUT ONCE IT'S REALLY BURNING, IT'S OVER.
SO IT'S BEST TO JUST LET IT BURN OUT BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST GONNA MOVE THE PROBLEM WHEREVER IT'S AT.
AND TOW COMPANIES AREN'T GONNA PUT A BURNING CAR UP ON TOP OF A WRECKER.
SO WHAT, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? WE'RE LITERALLY, IF IT'S ON THE HIGHWAY, DO WE HOOK A CHAIN TO IT, DRAG IT OFF TO THE SIDE AND DEAL WITH IT RIGHT THERE? IS IT IN OUR, IS IT IN A HOUSE? WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA DRAG IT OUT OF THE HOUSE, LET IT BURN IN THE DRIVEWAY WITH US CONTAINING IT FOR HOURS AND HOURS.
UM, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE THE BLANKETS NOW, AND THOSE ARE ABOUT $1,600 A PIECE.
IT'S A BIG BLANKET THAT WILL COVER A CAR.
AND THEY'RE WHAT ABOUT 60 POUNDS A PIECE? UM, AND THEY'RE ONLY RATED FOR SO LONG, BUT WE MAY BE ABLE TO SAVE THE CARS NEXT TO IT, OR WE MAY BE ABLE, IF THAT'S IN A GARAGE, WE MAY BE ABLE TO CONTAIN IT LONG ENOUGH TO HOOK A CHAIN ON IT, DRAG IT OUT OF THE GARAGE.
UM, AND, BUT WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THOSE POWER STATIONS IN A GARAGE THAT HAVE THE LITHIUM, YOU KNOW, THE BACKUP AND IT'S LITHIUM.
AND THE, THE INFORMATION, UH, IS STARTING TO COME IN.
UH, FDNY IS PUTTING OUT A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THOSE LITTLE SCOOTERS.
UH, THOSE ARE BURNING UP ALL OVER NEW YORK, AND THEY'RE CATCHING THESE HIGH-RISE APARTMENTS ON FIRE.
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE TAKING THEM UP THROUGH THE APARTMENTS WITH 'EM.
THEY PUT 'EM ON CHARGE, GO TO BED, THEY CATCH ON FIRE.
SO THEY'RE RELEASING A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE, BUT WE'RE JUST LEARNING AND WE WILL FIGURE IT OUT, BUT IT'LL, IT'LL TAKE US SOME TIME.
OUR REAL SCARE IS PARKING GARAGES.
WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH THOSE? MM-HMM,
SO WE DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS YET.
NO, NO ONE AROUND HERE HAS THE ANSWERS YET, BUT WE'RE WORKING BASICALLY WITH A, A TASK FORCE, IF YOU WILL, TO TRY TO WORK IT OUT.
AND FOR LOOKING AHEAD ON THE, UH, OTHER SIDE, NOT JUST RESIDENTIAL.
I GUESS A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THAT ALONG THE SAME LINES IS I KNOW LIKE WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF COMMERCIAL USES, WHETHER IT BE, UM, DIFFERENT VEHICLES, WHETHER GOLF CARTS OR PALLET JACKS, THINGS THAT ARE USING RENEWABLE BATTERIES, AND THERE'S MORE OF A MOVE TOWARDS THAT ON THE INDUSTRIAL SIDE OF THINGS.
UM, ONE OF OUR DATA CENTERS IS LOOKING AT CHANGING THEIR BATTERY SYSTEMS FROM LEAD ACID TO LITHIUM.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY, UM, NOT IN THE BUILDING, THEY'RE OUT BACK, BUT FIRE CODES HAVEN'T CAUGHT UP TO THESE YET.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT DO WE REALLY HOLD THEM TO THESE STANDARDS WHEN WE KNOW IT'S NOT GONNA WORK? AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE ALL THAT OUT.
SO THEY DO WORK WITH US AND WE WORK WITH THEM.
UM, BUT YES, EVEN A GOLF CART, THE LITHIUM BATTERY GOLF CART, WE HAD A HOUSE MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE HOUSE BECAUSE OF LITHIUM BATTERY GOLF CART IN THE GARAGE.
CHIEF, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I THANK YOU.
THANK ASSISTANT CHIEFS AND YOUR TEAMS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU PUT IN.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU COME BACK DURING BUDGET TIME AND EXPLAINING YOUR NEEDS FOR NEXT YEAR.
THANK YOU, MR. WHATEVER YOUR NAME IS, DO
UH, ANYWAY, CHIEF SP POOPY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN, UH, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, AND THANK
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YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.AND YOU CAN, I CAN VOUCH FOR THIS.
I ALWAYS, I TYPICALLY, THE 16, 17, 18, 20 YEARS ALWAYS AMAZES ME.
BUT WHEN YOU REACH 30 YEARS, IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S IMPACTFUL.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE LEARNED, UH, WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH, UM, THE CITIZEN FIRE ACADEMY IS HOW, HOW MUCH EFFORT AND TIME AND THE DUE DILIGENCE IT TAKES TO DO YOUR JOB AND ALL OF YOUR JOBS.
IT'S, I, UH, IT WAS DIFFICULT.
UH, THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT I WASN'T ABLE TO, TO, TO DO, UH, PHYSICALLY 'CAUSE AND I THOUGHT I WAS IN GOOD SHAPE, BUT HONESTLY, YOU DO HAVE TO BE IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE TO, TO MANAGE, UH, A LOT OF THINGS.
SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANT TO SAY, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN.
AND THEN TWO, I WAS GOING TO DISCUSS THE ELECTRIC, UH, VEHICLES AND BATTERIES AS WELL.
BUT, UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THAT PROGRESSES BECAUSE HONESTLY, EVERYTHING THAT WE, UH, HAVE IN OUR HOMES PRACTICALLY RUNS ON A LITHIUM BATTERY, INCLUDING A HANDHELD, YOU KNOW, BLOWER, UH, TO A GOLF CART, TO THE ELECTRIC CHARGE FOR THE VEHICLE.
SO, UM, I'M INTERESTED TO SEE HOW THAT'S GONNA DEVELOP BECAUSE, UH, WE'RE DEFINITELY MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.
SO I, I WISH YOU THE BEST FOR THAT.
I THINK THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR YOU.
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WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE.I LOOKING FOR A MOTION, MR. HUTCHIN RIDER, TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
MAYOR, I'D LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PUBLISHED.
YOU GOT A SECOND? I WILL SECOND IT.
ALL IN FAVOR? SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE.
[10. REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST ]
WE'LL NOW GO TO ITEM NUMBER 10, REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST COUNSEL.ANYONE HAVE SOME MOMENTS TO SHARE? ALRIGHT, MR. SHA.
ALRIGHT, WELL, I'M SURE THAT COUNCIL HAD VERY BUSY, BUSY, BUSY, BUSY LAST WEEK, WHOLE WEEK.
UH, LAST MONDAY, LAST WEEK, MONDAY WE HAD COUNCIL MEETING, AND TUESDAY NIGHT WE HAD SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING.
AND THEN WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR TUESDAY WE HAD, UH, HOA PRESIDENTS MEETING.
THAT WAS SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
I'M NOT A MORNING PERSON, BUT I MADE IT THERE.
UH, AND THEN WEDNESDAY NIGHT, UH, UH, WHAT DO YOU HAD WEDNESDAY NIGHT, CANYON CREEK.
THAT WAS, HOW CAN I FORGET THAT? THAT WAS, THAT WAS REALLY GREAT.
I ENJOYED THEIR, UH, UH, PRO PROGRAM, THAT CANYON CREEK COFFEE WITH THE COUNCIL BY CANYON CREEK, UH, HA AND, UH, THEIR QUESTIONS ARE ALWAYS INTERESTING.
THEY'LL, THEY'LL, THEY TOOK ME BACK, UH, ABOUT 40 YEARS, SO THE QUESTION THEY ASKED ME.
I HOPE, YOU KNOW, UH, SOME OTHER, UH, HOA DO THIS KIND OF THINGS, UH, MEETING WITH THE COUNCIL AND ASK QUESTION, UH, BOTH, BOTH IMPORTANT AND ALSO KNOWING SOME PERSONAL THINGS, ALSO IMPORTANT ABOUT OTHERS.
AND THURSDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY, I AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CARIS DURIAN, WE VISITED, UM, UH, HUNTSVILLE PRISON SYSTEM, TEXAS PRISON SYSTEM THAT WAS PART OF OUR LEADERSHIP NORTH TEXAS.
UH, AND, UH, WE, THE TEAM WENT THERE.
WE LEFT, UH, ABOUT SIX O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING TO GET THE SIX 30 BUS.
AND CA WE CAME BACK HOME ABOUT NINE O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING.
SO VISITING THE PRISON SYSTEM, I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD VISIT ONE DAY, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS HAPPENED.
UH, AND THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, I WOULD NOT SAY WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.
I KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT THE PRISON SYSTEM THAT I, I KNEW BEFORE THAT WAS FROM THE MOVIE.
AND IT DOES LOOK LIKE SOME OF THE THINGS LOOKED LIKE THE MOVIE SET UP.
UH, AND THERE WERE SOME MOVIE WAS REALLY WAS DONE IN THAT SYSTEM THERE IN THE PRISON THERE.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, AND THERE ARE TWO THINGS HAPPENED DURING THAT TIME.
ONE WAS LIKE EMOTIONAL THINKING, OTHER ONE WAS PRACTICAL THINKING.
UH, THE EMOTIONAL PART WAS THAT I'M, SO, I, I IMMEDIATELY, I SAID THAT I'M, I WAS, I'M, I'M SO MUCH BLESSED THAT I WAS BORN IN A NICE FAMILY AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE THERE NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE OF THE CRIME THAT THEY DID, AND ALSO BECAUSE THE PLACE, THEY WERE IN THE WRONG TIME AND THEY WERE IN THE WRONG PLACE IN OUR OPINION.
BUT GOD KNOWS THE BEST WHAT HAPPENED REALLY.
UH, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, BUT THERE ARE FEW THINGS PROBABLY COULD BE DONE BY THINKING OUT OF THE BOX SOLUTION THAT HAS BEEN, THAT PRISON HAS BEEN THERE FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS, MORE THAN A HUNDRED YEARS.
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UH, FEW YEARS BEFORE I WAS BORNUH, SO, SO THAT HAS BEEN THERE AND THAT, THAT HAS CHANGED.
THEY DO LICENSE PLATE, SPECIAL LICENSE, LICENSE PLATE, AND THEY DO, UH, THEY DO REHAB OR, UH, COMPUTER RECONFIGURATION, RECYCLE.
UH, UH, AND THEY DO, UM, MANY OTHER THINGS.
ONE THING I SAW THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING THAT THEY DO, THEY MADE HANDMADE THINGS, UH, CUSTOMIZED LIKE BAG.
I'M SURE COUNCILMAN PROBABLY, UH, COUNCILMAN JUST, UH, JENNIFER, JUST NAME.
SHE MIGHT HAVE BOSS, UH, BOUGHT SOME, UH, DESIGNER HANDBAGS OR SOMETHING THERE.
AND I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER CART PROBABLY WOULD BE BUYING HANDMADE BOOT
SO HE IS BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT.
BUT TO ME THOSE ARE LIKE, UH, WAY, WAY NICE THINGS THEY MAKE THERE.
AND, UH, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, THIS IS A, THIS IS A EXPERIENCE THAT I THINK THAT WAS PROBABLY NEEDED THAT I HAD, AND IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE IN MY, YOU KNOW, WITH ME A LONG TIME.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT THINGS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, IMMEDIATELY NEXT DAY FRIDAY, I, I HAD MY, I HAD A WONDERFUL TIME WITH MY FAMILY
UH, AND IT WAS A GOOD EXPERIENCE.
I MIGHT NEED THAT PERMISSION ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE.
I'M GONNA JUST SAY DITTO ON EVERYTHING THAT MAYOR PRO TIMM JUST SAID.
I LITERALLY DID ALMOST EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE EXCEPT ONE HE DID NOT MENTION.
WE HAD A RIBBON CUTTING AT THE SPRING CREEK METAL MEDICAL, UM, WHICH OPENED UP IN A VERY NICE, UH, FACILITY.
SO I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IF ANYONE NEEDS IMMEDIATE CARE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WITHOUT AN APPOINTMENT TO A DOCTOR, PLEASE ATTEND.
MAYOR, YOU AND I HAD A CHANCE TO HANG OUT A COUPLE TIMES THIS WEEKEND.
UM, AT A COUPLE DIFFERENT EVENTS I'LL LET YOU TALK ABOUT LAST NIGHT.
BUT I DID WANNA MENTION SATURDAY NIGHT.
UH, WE BOTH ATTENDED AN EVENT IN PLANO AT THE CRYSTAL BALLROOM, I BELIEVE IT'S CALLED.
AND THIS IS THE SABRINA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION'S ANNUAL BENEFIT DINNER.
THE SABRINA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION IS A FOUNDATION BASED OUT OF RICHARDSON, UH, PRIMARILY MADE UP, UM, AND ATTENDED BY THE BANGLADESHI COMMUNITY HERE, UH, IN RICHARDSON AND SURROUNDING CITIES.
AND THEY WORK, THE MONEY GOES TO FA EVERYTHING FROM CLEAN DRINKING WATER TO ACCESS, UM, MEDICAL EXAMS, HOUSING FOR ORPHANS, HOUSING FOR SENIORS, UH, BOTH IN BANGLADESH AND IN KENYA.
AND, UH, IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE INVITED, FIRST OF ALL.
AND IT WAS AN HONOR TO, UH, TO GET TO LEARN, UM, ABOUT THE AMAZING WORK THEY DO.
AND I THINK IT JUST GOES TO SPEAK THAT A LOT OF THE WORK, BOTH ON A, UH, ON AN INDUSTRY LEVEL THAT HAPPENS HERE IN RICHARDSON TO THE NONPROFIT, UM, WORK THAT OUR COMMUNITY DOES, GOES SO FAR BEYOND THE BORDERS OF RICHARDSON OF TEXAS OR EVEN THE UNITED STATES, OR EVEN THIS HEMISPHERE.
UM, IT, SO THERE WAS A LOT OF, A LOT OF GOOD HAPPENING BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR, OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I MEAN, IT'S HARD TO ARGUE AGAINST CLEAN DRINKING WATER, SOMETHING THAT, UH, THANKS TO, UM, HERE IN TEXAS, WE, OR AT LEAST HERE IN NORTH TEXAS AND RICHARDSON, WE DON'T HAVE THAT ISSUE.
SO, UM, I REALLY ENJOYED THAT EVENING.
UM, AND I, I, I THOUGHT IT WAS QUITE FUNNY.
EVERYBODY WAS VERY CONCERNED AND ASKING IF IT WAS TOO SPICY FOR US.
BUT MARY, I KNOW YOU AND I BOTH LIKED SPICY FOOD, SO WE COULD HAVE HANDLED IT A LOT MORE SPICY, BUT IT WAS GREAT.
AND, UH, THANK YOU AND I'LL LET YOU SPEAK OVER THE OTHER.
JUST A COUPLE THINGS REAL QUICK.
UM, SOMEONE MENTIONED IT EARLIER, BUT WE DID HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND THE MORNING ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH AT THE, UM, REPUBLIC SERVICES RECYCLING CENTER THAT'S JUST BARELY OVER THE BORDER, UM, ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN OVER IN PLANO.
AND IT'S, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT CARE FOR ALL OF OUR RECYCLING.
AND IT WAS JUST FASCINATING TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THAT FACILITY, SEE WHAT ALL IS FA UH, UM, WHAT IS RECYCLED, WHAT CAN'T BE RECYCLED AND, AND ALL OF THAT.
SO I WOULD JUST, UM, IF, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU NEED A PLACE FOR YOUR CHILDREN TO HAVE A BIRTHDAY PARTY, THEY'VE GOT A REALLY NEAT CENTER THERE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE BIRTHDAY PARTIES AND KIDS CAN LEARN ABOUT RECYCLING.
UM, AND I WALKED AWAY WITH FEW THINGS MYSELF THAT I, I DIDN'T FULLY UNDERSTAND.
AND SO I JUST WANNA THANK, UH, THE FOLKS WITH REPUBLIC FOR TAKING THEIR SATURDAY MORNING AND TOURING THE SEVEN OF US AROUND AND SPENDING TIME WITH US.
AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THAT, WE WENT TO THE FEDERATION OF CHINESE ORGANIZATION, CELEBRATION OF THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON
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AT THE DALLAS CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTER, AND HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT.WE HAD THE, UM, UH, CONSULATE, A REPRESENTATIVE UP FROM HOUSTON, UM, THAT WAS THERE AND SPOKE TO US.
AND SO, JUST A REALLY NICE EVENING AND JUST WANNA, UH, WANNA GO BACK ON SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THIS EVENING.
YOU KNOW, THE, IT'S ABSOLUTELY SPECIAL AND THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.
AND I DON'T WANNA TAKE AWAY IT ALL FROM THE, FROM THE LIFESAVING AWARDS THAT WE SEE AT THE, AT THE, UM, UM, FIRE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL AWARDS, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT FOR EVERY ONE OF THOSE, THERE'S, THERE'S SEVERAL WHERE OUR FIREFIGHTERS GO AND WE CAN'T COLLECTIVELY, IF YOU WILL SAVE SOMEONE, AND THEY SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH THOSE FAMILIES AND WITH THOSE PEOPLE AS WELL.
I MEAN, NOT THAT IN MANY CASES YOU CAN EVEN BEGIN TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAS OCCURRED, BUT, UM, SO I, I THINK THAT'S WHY IT'S, IT, YOU KNOW, I, I ALWAYS, I'M ALWAYS, I'M ALWAYS QUITE GRATEFUL TO SEE ALL OF THOSE SAVES, BUT I ALSO KNOW IN THE BACKGROUND THAT THERE'S MORE THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO SAVE.
AND THE FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE AND EVERYONE WORKED VERY, VERY COLLECTIVELY TOGETHER TO, TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE FAMILIES AS WELL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT.
'CAUSE SOMETIMES WE GET CAUGHT UP ON THE, THE BIG SAVES AND IT IS EXCITING AND EVERYBODY'S EXCITED ABOUT IT, BUT THERE'S THE OTHER SIDE OF IT AS WELL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT.
NOT TO BRING DOWN THE EVENING, BUT JUST WANTED TO, TO MENTION THAT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I'M GONNA THROW IN A FEW, A FEW FOR YOU.
UM, SATURDAY MORNING, IT WAS A REALLY NEAT, UH, ANNUAL EVENT.
IT'S THE FREE HEALTH FAIR THAT'S PUT ON BY THE AMERICAN MUSLIM WOMEN'S PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATION, AND THEY HOSTED IT.
AND THEY DO EVERYTHING FROM CHECKING YOUR GLUCOSE LEVELS TO YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE, TO YOUR BONE DENSITY.
THEY CHECK YOUR EYES, THEY'LL DO ALMOST ANYTHING THERE.
AND IT'S, THEY ARE PHYSICIANS THAT ARE JUST GIVING UP THEIR TIME.
AND THEY DO THIS EVERY YEAR, AND THEY, IT'S A GREAT GROUP OF LADIES.
SO I WANTED TO GET A, GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THEM FOR THEIR COMPASSION AND HEART AND WHAT THEY DO IN OUR CITY.
ALSO, THE, UH, GREATER DALLAS TAIWANESE LUNAR NEW YEAR CHARITY GALA WAS REALLY FABULOUS AND, UM, WAS THERE LAST NIGHT AS WELL.
AND THEN MR. MAGNER AND CHIEF TITTLE AND I, THIS PAST WEEK WENT TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKFORCE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION SYMPOSIUM.
BUT THE INTENTION, IT'S A, UH, REGIONAL EFFORT FOR US TO FIND WAYS TO KEEP THE BEST, RECRUIT THE BEST, AND HAVE THE BEST IN OUR, UH, POLICE FORCES, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTS, FIRE DEPARTMENTS, ALL THE WAY AROUND.
AND THAT WAS ORGANIZED BY, UH, JUDGE CHRIS HILL OF COLLIN COUNTY.
AND THIS IS THE SECOND MEETING I'VE BEEN WITH HIM TO HELP INITIATE THIS EFFORT.
SO I'M REAL EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF BELOW THE RADAR RIGHT NOW, BUT IT IS A, A REAL SERIOUS ISSUE THROUGHOUT THE METROPLEX, BUT IT'S ONE WE'RE GETTING A PRETTY GOOD HANDLE ON AND MAKING SOME GAME PLANS.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I'M GONNA ADD TO IT, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WE'RE, I WOULD LIKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE MEETING.
UM, IT'S 8 24, AND THEN WE WOULD, AFTER DOING THAT, WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND I'LL SAY, LET'S BE BACK IN HERE AT 8 35 TO START EXECUTIVE SESSION.
GOT A MOTION, MR. HUTCHIN RIDER.
ALL IN FAVOR OF CLOSING THE MEETING.
WE'RE GONNA RECONVENE AT 8 35 AND WE'RE THROUGH AT 8 24.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION ]
OKAY.IT'S 8:34 PM WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK INTO SESSION AND THEN WE'RE GONNA NOW CONVENE INTO A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0.076 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING DELIBERATION REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDITS, BRIEFING BY CHIEF OF POLICE REGARDING BUILDING SECURITY AND PROTOCOL.