Mar 04, 2024 City Council Work Session

THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM B, REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE RICHARDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT 2023 ANNUAL REVIEW.

[B. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE RICHARDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT 2023 ANNUAL REVIEW]

MR. MANGER, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

UM, I'M VERY EXCITED TO, UH, HAVE, UH, CHIEF TITTLE AND HIS COMMAND STAFF HERE, AND I'LL LET HIM DO, UH, THE INTRODUCTIONS.

I WANNA THANK GARY, UM, OVER THE, THE PAST, UH, SEVERAL WEEKS.

HE AND I HAVE BEEN, UM, REALLY, UM, DISCUSSING, UM, THE KEY COMPONENTS THAT, UH, I'D, I'D LIKE TO, UH, HAVE HIM VISIT WITH YOU ON TONIGHT.

AND OBVIOUSLY STAFFING, UM, OUR TALENT AT THE FOREFRONT OF ALL OF, UH, OUR CONSIDERATIONS OF GARY'S GONNA COVER THE CRIME SCENE, UH, I'M SORRY, CRIME STATS, UH, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY RELATIONS.

UM, REALLY, I, I WANTED TO REALLY FOCUS IN ON OUR RESPONSE TO A NUMBER OF SALIENT ISSUES.

UH, YOU KNOW, UM, UM, THINGS LIKE, UH, MENTAL HEALTH IN THE COMMUNITY, HOMELESSNESS AND, UH, OTHER ISSUES THAT HE WILL COVER.

AND I'M REALLY EXCITED.

UH, GARY'S REALLY FOCUSED THIS YEAR ON SEVERAL OF THE, UH, DIVISIONS THAT, UH, MAYBE NOT AREN'T NORMALLY AS, UH, PROMINENT IN HIS ANNUAL REPORT.

AND SO, UH, UH, YOU'LL GET TO KIND OF LOOK BEHIND THE SCENES ON THOSE.

AND THEN, UH, PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN OUTLOOK.

UH, THE REASON WE DO THESE ANNUAL BRIEFINGS IS NOT JUST TO LOOK BACK, UH, AT THE PAST YEAR, BUT REALLY TO START SIGNALING, UM, AND IDENTIFYING THINGS THAT, UH, WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF, PARTICULARLY AS WE ENTER INTO THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THIS SUMMER.

AND SO, UH, GARY, UM, THANK YOU AND THANK YOUR TEAM FOR ALL, ALL THAT YOU DO, AND, UM, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR FURTHER BRIEFING.

THANK YOU, MR. MAGNER, AND, UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AND SHARE, UM, ONE OF MY, UM, MOST ENJOYABLE TOPICS.

AND THAT'S CERTAINLY TALKING ABOUT THE RICHARDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHAT THE MEN AND WOMEN ARE DOING AT THE RICHARDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HOW WE ARE BEST SERVING THIS COMMUNITY AND, UH, AND CERTAINLY THIS COUNCIL.

SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

UM, I'M GONNA JUMP RIGHT INTO IT AND TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL HAVE SEEN, UM, SINCE I'VE BEEN IN THIS ROLE AS CHIEF.

AND THAT IS CERTAINLY MY FOCUS, UM, AREAS, AND THAT IS ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, COMMUNICATION AND PARTNERSHIPS, MANAGEMENT AND EFFICIENCIES AND COACHING AND PERFORMANCE, WHICH LEADS US RIGHT INTO THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE.

I KNOW THIS IS A, IS A LITTLE BIT TIGHT TO READ, BUT I WILL JUST SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE MAIN POINTS ON THIS.

UM, BACK IN OCTOBER, WE HAD A BIT OF STRUCTURE CHANGE WHEN, UM, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE A FIRST OF, UM, ASSISTANT CHIEF OF POLICE, AND THAT IS MIKE BUSIER.

MIKE IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT, AND, UM, CERTAINLY HAS, UH, TAKEN ON THE ROLE AS A DESIGNATED NUMBER TWO, UM, SECOND TO ME, AND I SO APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, MATCHING UP WITH, UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF KOBE EWT IS NOW ASSISTANT CHIEF KEITH COLER.

AND SO CERTAINLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE CHIEF EWT AND CHIEF COLER HERE AND THEIR RESPECTIVE ROLES SERVING OVER THEIR RESPECTIVE BUREAUS.

UM, FANTASTIC TEAM THAT I FEEL LIKE WE'VE PUT TOGETHER AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE OF CARRYING FORWARD THIS PARTICULAR TEAM.

UM, ADDITIONALLY, WHAT HAVE WE DONE? AS YOU RECALL, IN CURRENT BUDGET, WE REQUESTED A SEVENTH PATROL LIEUTENANT, I'M SORRY, SEVENTH LIEUTENANT, FOURTH LIEUTENANT IN PATROL.

AND AS, AS WE TALK THROUGH THE ORG CHART AND THE, AND THE STRUCTURE OF IT, UM, RECALL THAT WE ARE ON FOUR HOUR SH I'M SORRY, FOUR 12 HOUR SHIFTS.

AND SO THOSE 12 HOUR SHIFTS, UM, REALLY NEED TO COINCIDE WITH A LIEUTENANT OVER EACH SPECIFIC SHIFT.

AND SO AS SOON AS THE PERMISSION FOR THAT ADDITIONAL LIEUTENANT WAS GIVEN, WE,

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UH, ANNOUNCED A, A TEST COMPETITIVE TEST.

UM, THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THAT COMPETITIVE PROCESS, THEN SERGEANT TOM COOK ROSE TO THE TOP, AND ON JANUARY 4TH WE PROMOTED TOM COOK TO LIEUTENANT.

SO TOM IS ON DAYS, UM, AS A ROOKIE LIEUTENANT AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT HE WILL DO FOR US, BUT LET'S ALSO THINK ABOUT THE CHANGE IN THE ORGANIZATION AS IT RELATES TO SERGEANTS.

THE TURNOVER, THE ATTRITION THAT WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS IN THE DEPARTMENT HAS ALLOWED FOR A TOTAL OF EIGHT SERGEANTS OF OUR 22 TOTAL SERGEANT POSITIONS TO BE PROMOTED OVER THE LAST 17 MONTHS.

NOW, JUST THINK ABOUT THAT, EIGHT NEW SERGEANTS OUT OF 22, 8 NEW SERGEANTS OUT OF THE 12 EXISTING SERGEANT POSITIONS IN PATROL.

AND SO JUST ANOTHER REASON TO HAVE A WATCH COMMANDER SLASH LIEUTENANT OVER EACH OF THOSE 12 HOUR SHIFTS SO THAT WE HAVE 24 7 COVERAGE BY LIEUTENANTS, SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD BEFORE, BUT ALSO THERE TO COACH, MENTOR, AND SHAPE THE NEW SERGEANTS WHO HAVE RECENTLY BEEN PROMOTED.

SO AGAIN, EIGHT SERGEANTS OVER 17 MONTHS.

UM, AND, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE WITH THEM AS THEY GROW.

UM, LASTLY AS IT RELATES TO THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART IS RECALL CAPTAIN SIDLE THAT WE HIRED IN FROM CALIFORNIA, UM, ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF, ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO.

SO HE HAS BEEN SITTING IN THE SERVICES BUREAU, UM, WORKING AND LEARNING THE ORGANIZATION THERE, AND JUST TODAY WAS HIS FIRST DAY TO BE ASSIGNED AS THE PATROL CAPTAIN.

SO REMEMBER, UM, CAPTAIN GERHART HAS BEEN IN PATROL AS CAPTAIN FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND SO WE MOVED HIM OUT TO GET SOME EXPERIENCE ELSEWHERE IN THE, UM, DEPARTMENT AND HAVE MOVED CAPTAIN SIDLE INTO THAT PATROL FUNCTION.

AS CAPTAIN.

AS WE TALK ABOUT, AS WE TALK ABOUT THESE, UM, THESE SHIFTS AND THE PATROL FUNCTIONS, WE HAVE SPLIT OUR DEPARTMENT, OUR CITY, INTO THREE SECTORS.

AND SO THESE SECTORS, UM, REALLY PARALLEL WITH THE STAFFING AS IT RELATES TO OUR SERGEANTS.

SO WITH THOSE 12 SERGEANTS IN, UM, IN PATROL, AND THEN WITH THEM WORKING THE 12 HOUR SHIFTS THAT THEY WORK, ULTIMATELY YOU HAVE A SERGEANT FOR EACH SECTOR ON DUTY.

AND SO WE JUST FEEL THAT THAT NUMBER AND THE DIVISION OF THE CITY WORKS VERY WELL FOR THAT PURPOSE.

AH, THE STAFFING SLIDE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I AM PROUD, VERY PROUD, UM, TO ANNOUNCE TODAY.

IF YOU WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THE 9 1 1 DISPATCHER.

UM, OF ACTUAL FIELD POSITIONS COMPARED TO AUTHORIZED POSITIONS, UM, WE ARE FULL UP NOW.

WE LOOK BACK INTO NOVEMBER-ISH, MAYBE OCTOBER.

UM, AND WE WERE 10 DISPATCHERS DOWN, 10 OUT OF 25 DISPATCHERS DOWN.

AND TODAY I STAND HERE PROUDLY TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE ARE FULL UP NOW, AS I HAVE HAD CONVERSATION WITH OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. MAGNER HAS SHARED, UM, AS I HAVE REQUESTED, WE CANNOT LET OUR FOOT OFF THE GAS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE HERE IN A FEW MINUTES I'LL SHOW YOU SOME OF OUR ATTRITION NUMBERS AS IT RELATES TO 9 1 1 DISPATCHERS.

AND WE HAVE GOT TO CONTINUE FULL STEAM AHEAD BECAUSE RETIREMENTS ARE AROUND THE CORNER.

UM, WE'VE GOT SEVERAL IN THE TRAINING PROCESS, AND WHILE I AM VERY OPTIMISTIC ON THEIR ABILITIES, UM, THE, THE REALITY IS, UM, ONE OF THOSE NEW, UH, DISPATCHERS WHO ARE ON TRAINING CERTAINLY MAY NOT COMPLETE THAT COMPLETE THAT TRAINING PROCESS.

SO AGAIN, JUST PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE.

UM, SWORN PERSONNEL REFLECT BACK TO THAT OCTOBER, NOVEMBER TIMEFRAME, AND WE WERE 14 DOWN.

UM, I COME TO YOU THIS AFTERNOON, EVENING, AND WE ARE SITTING AT SEVEN DOWN.

THIS NUMBER IS SO FLUID, SO FLUID.

WE HAVE 18 WHO ARE IN TRAINING NOW WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 18

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IN TRAINING INCLUDES THEY'RE IN THE ACADEMY.

IT ALSO INCLUDES THEY'RE IN FIELD TRAINING AND, AND IT ALSO INCLUDES THAT THEY'RE ON INDIRECT TRAINING.

AND SO THE VARIOUS PHASES OF, UM, TRAINING 18 OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN TRAINING.

SO FLUID, SO FLUID THAT WE HAVE ONE, UM, WHO WAS DOING VERY WELL IN FIELD TRAINING CAME IN, UH, ON HIS MONDAY, I BELIEVE, WHICH WAS WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY, AND SAID, THIS JOB ISN'T FOR ME.

AND SO WHILE HE'S STILL ON THE BOOKS, UM, HE, UH, HE WILL BE A NUMBER EIGHT AS IT RELATES TO OUR OPENINGS.

NOW, THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE PROCESS, WE ARE FULL STEAM AHEAD AS IT RELATES TO HIRING, UM, DETENTION.

YOU SEE, YOU SEE THERE THAT WE ARE TOO SHORT.

I'LL SHOW YOU A SLIDE HERE IN A FEW MINUTES THAT SHOWS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LATERALS AND THE SUCCESS THAT WE HAVE HAD WITH OUR LATERAL PROGRAM ACROSS THE BOARD.

UM, BUT AS WE TALK ABOUT BEING TOO SHORT IN DETENTION, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT WE MAY NOT LOSE A, A, A COUPLE IN THE, UH, UPCOMING SIX MONTHS OR SO.

SO WE HAVE TO BE DILIGENT AND CAN CONTINUE THE PROCESS OF HIRING.

SO WHAT ARE WE DOING AS IT RELATES TO HIRING? UM, ONE, I WILL TELL YOU SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE CHANGED IN THE PROCESS IS LOOKING FOR EFFICIENCIES BACK IN THE LATE FALL, UM, CALLED IN THE TEAM AND WE STARTED WITH THE SECRETARY AND WE SAID, WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE YOUR PROCESS MORE EFFICIENT? SHE, AS WELL AS THE OTHER MEMBERS IN PERSONNEL AND BACKGROUNDS AND RECRUITING STARTED TALKING AND STARTED TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE THEIR JOB EASIER, HOW WE CAN MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT, HOW WE CAN UTILIZE TECHNOLOGY TO DO THAT.

ANOTHER THING THAT WE DID IS TESTING.

WE HAVE ALWAYS PRIDED OURSELVES ON THE FACT THAT YOU WALK INTO THE RICHARDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU CAN TAKE THE TEST ANY DAY, BUSINESS WEEK, YOU CAN COME IN AND TAKE THE TEST.

WE HAVE THEN REALIZED THAT IF WE SET A TIMELINE OR A DATE AS A TARGET DATE, WE GET MORE ATTENTION AND COMMITMENT.

IF YOU SET THE DATE, PEOPLE WILL COMMIT.

AND WE'VE RECOGNIZED THAT IN ADDITION TO DOING THAT AND ANNOUNCING THOSE DATES TO BETTER COINCIDE WITH OUR ACADEMY CLASSES, WHAT WE ARE ALSO DOING IS GIVING A WORKSHOP IN ADVANCE TO THAT CIVIL SERVICE EXAM.

WE'RE ALSO FOCUSING ON THE EXAM, WHAT THE APPLICANT CAN EXPECT ON THAT EXAM, BUT ALSO RIGHT AFTER THEY PASS THAT EXAM, THEY MOVE TO THAT 2000 METER ROW.

WE HAVE THE ROW MACHINE SET UP IN THE WORKSHOP, SO IF THEY WANNA CRAWL ON THAT ROW MACHINE AND SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO ROW, THEY CAN DO THAT.

AND THEN THEY HAVE A FEW WEEKS TO PREPARE BECAUSE TECHNIQUE IS EVERYTHING.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT.

UM, BUT WE'RE DOING THOSE TYPES OF THINGS SO THAT WE BETTER PREPARE THE APPLICANT.

UM, AND THEN ULTIMATELY THEY COME IN, THEY TAKE THE TEST, THEY JUMP FROM THE TEST, THEY GO TO THE ROW MACHINE AND SUCCESS.

A COUPLE OF SATURDAYS AGO, WE HOSTED A MORNING TEST.

WE'D ALREADY COMPLETED A WORKSHOP.

UM, CHIEF BUSIER WENT AND SPOKE TO THE WORKSHOP AND, AND AS THE, THE ENTIRE GROUP THERE THAT SATURDAY MORNING, I SPOKE TO THE APPLICANTS BEFORE THE TEST, WE HAD 50 PEOPLE SHOW UP IN THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM.

50 PEOPLE, 30 PLUS FINISHED SUCCESSFULLY BOTH THE WRITTEN TEST AS WELL AS THE ROW.

WE HAVE 30 PLUS INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MOVING THROUGH THE BACKGROUND PROCESS, RECOGNIZING, RECOGNIZING THOSE ARE NOT THE NUMBERS THAT WE WILL HIRE OUT OF THIS GROUP, BUT RECOGNIZING ALSO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD IN A LONG TIME.

SO I REALLY, REALLY, UH, SEND A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR BACKGROUNDS, OUR RECRUITING CHIEF PUIT AND HIS OLD TEAM.

JUST A GREAT JOB THERE.

SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE HIRING INCENTIVES.

SO AS WE ALL KNOW, IN JUNE OF 22 IS WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS OF INCENTIVES.

UM, LOOK AT OUR NUMBERS ON LATERALS OVERALL, AND JUST TO BREAK THAT DOWN, UM, SEVEN WERE HIRED

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IN 22 5 IN, UM, I'M SORRY, THAT WOULD BE SIX AND 22.

FIVE AND, UM, 23.

AND WE'VE ALREADY HIRED TWO IN TWO MONTHS.

AND, UM, 24.

AND THEN OF COURSE THE POLICE OFFICER, WHAT I'M REFERENCING, ULTIMATELY AS THE NEWBIE, UM, CERTAINLY MAKING GAINS THERE STILL WITH THE INCENTIVE, NOT FOR LATERAL, BUT SIMPLY AS A NEW POLICE OFFICER.

AND THEN SUCCESS THERE ON OUR DISPATCHERS.

UM, SINCE THAT INCEPTION OF THE INCENTIVE ON LATERALS, WE HAVE HIRED FOUR WITH NEWBIE DISPATCHERS.

WE HAVE HIRED EIGHT.

SO AGAIN, MAKING SOME GREAT GAINS THERE, BUT ALSO LOOK AT THE DISPATCHER, NEWBIES, MY TERM, UM, FOR 2024, WE HAVE HIRED FIVE IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS.

UM, FANTASTIC WORK WITH MORE TO COME ON THAT.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE TOP OF THIS CHART, COMPARING 22 TO 23 AS IT RELATES TO APPLICANTS APPLIED.

AND YOU'LL SEE THE OPPOSITE WHEN WE GET TO SWORN PERSONNEL, BUT THAT 2 35 APPLICANTS APPLIED IN 22 VERSUS THE 5 37 AND 2023.

THAT IS TRULY, I THINK, RESHIFTING OR ENCOURAGING THE FOCUS ON THE NEED FOR DISPATCHERS, UM, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE MARKETING TECHNIQUES ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND, UM, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

AND CERTAINLY SOME OF THE WORK THAT OUR RECRUITING AND THAT CONSTANT CONTACT AND MAKING THE APPLICATION PROCESS, NOT JUST AN APPLICATION, BUT A, A TRUE RECRUITMENT.

IF YOU'RE LOOK IN THAT BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE EXPERIENCED IN 2022.

WE HAD 11 DISPATCHERS LEAVE US.

AND SO WE ARE CERTAINLY, UM, CONTINUING TO RECOVER FROM THAT.

LUCKILY WE HAVE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE, UM, HOLDS FOR US.

AND SO KEEPING OUR FOOT ON THE GAS AS THAT, UM, GOES, WE'RE, WE'RE CERTAINLY PLANNING TO DO SWORN STAFFING.

INTERESTING THAT WE REMAIN IN THE SIX HUNDREDS IN APPLICANTS APPLIED FROM 21, 22 AND 23.

BUT TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE.

TESTED A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE IN PERCENTAGES, I THINK, UH, UH, JUST A TAD THERE FOR 23 VERSUS 22, BUT ALSO LOOK AT THE PAST TEST.

UM, I THINK SOME OF THAT GOES BACK TO THIS WORKSHOP THAT WE TALK ABOUT.

BUT OVERALL, THE GOAL IS THAT BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER, AND THAT IS APPLICANT'S HIRED AND SO PROUD TO SAY THAT OF THAT 6 69, UM, 14 HIRED, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO FORGE ON.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT IS WE'RE GOING TO PRESS ON, WE'RE GOING TO RECRUIT, WE'RE GOING TO BE AGGRESSIVE IN THAT RECRUITING, BUT AT THE SAME TIME IN RICHARDSON PD, WE ARE NOT DESPERATE.

WE ARE NOT DESPERATE.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN OUR STANDARDS, WE'RE GONNA MAINTAIN THE QUALITY, AND WE'LL FORGE AHEAD A SLIDE JUST TO SHOW A LITTLE BIT OF THE ATTRITION AS WE TALK ABOUT FORGING AHEAD.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF, UH, OF THOSE THAT WE HAVE LOST IN THAT BOTTOM, UM, AS IT RELATES TO ATTRITION FOR 21 12, 22 13, AND 2316.

SO PLANNING, PLANNING FOR THAT ATTRITION IS AN ABSOLUTE MUST.

AND AS WE LOOK AT BEING SHORT, UM, ULTIMATELY EIGHT RIGHT NOW, AND, UH, POSSIBLY LOSING DOUBLE DIGITS FOR THE YEAR OF 2024, WE TRULY NEED TO FORGE AHEAD BECAUSE IF WE LOSE SIMPLY 10 AND WE'RE EIGHT DOWN AND WE HIRE WHAT WE DID IN 23, WE'LL STILL BE SHORT.

AND SO STILL FORGING AHEAD, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DILIGENT IN OUR EFFORTS AND NOT LETTING OUR FOOT OFF THAT GAS.

SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE YEARS OF SERVICE OF THE SWORN OFFICERS AND THEIR TIME IN SERVICE, SPECIFICALLY AT RPD.

SO AS WE CRAFTED THIS SLIDE, UM, CHIEF BUSIER AND I REMINDED ONE ANOTHER THAT WE ACTUALLY ARE IN THE SIX TO 10 YEARS ON THIS.

SO, UM, JUST TAKE, TAKE INTO ACCOUNT A FEW OF THOSE DIFFERENCES THERE.

BUT FOR THE BULK OF IT, UM, THIS IS VERY ACCURATE FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN AS THEY SERVE AT RPD,

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UM, 30%, 30% OF OUR SWORN WORKFORCE WITH FIVE OR FEWER YEARS ON, AND THEN KICK IN, UH, A TOTAL OF 48% WITH 10 OR LESS SO RELATIVELY YOUNG IN THAT TENURE AT RPD, BUT THEN AGAIN, FLIP OVER TO THE BACKSIDE OF THAT.

AND, UM, WE'VE GOT ROUGHLY 15% WITH 26 PLUS IN.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, STAFFING AT BOTH ENDS OF THE SPECTRUM THERE.

BUT AS I REFERENCED THE NEW SERGEANTS AND THOSE EIGHT NEW SERGEANTS, WE'RE SEEING A SHIFT AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE A SHIFT, AND WE HAVE TO PREPARE FOR THAT SHIFT AS IT RELATES TO MAKING SURE THAT WE TRAIN UP, UM, AND, AND TEACH AND COACH THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE COMING IN TO LEAD OUR ORGANIZATION FOR THE FUTURE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IT RIGHT AS WE DO.

SO, CHANGE GEARS JUST A LITTLE BIT.

THIS CURRENT BUDGET YEAR, YOU ALL AFFORDED US THE OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE, UM, AND ACTUALLY CREATE A PEER SUPPORT BUDGET.

AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THE MEN AND WOMEN AND THE JOB THAT THEY DO, UH, IS A DIFFICULT JOB.

AND MOVING INTO A PEER SUPPORT PROGRAM THAT IS VERY MUCH PARTNERED WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, CERTAINLY RECOGNIZING THAT WE'RE NOT ONE AND THE SAME.

WE HAVE DIFFERENT ISSUES, DIFFERENT CONCERNS, BUT RECOGNIZING SOME OF THE TRAINING THAT THEY EXPERIENCE AND THAT WE EXPERIENCE WITH THEM, UM, WE CAN SPEND OUR MONEY TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND DILIGENT IN THAT PARTNERING WITH THE SAME PROFESSIONALS THAT THEY DO, AND ALSO OUR PEER PEER SUPPORT OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES.

THEY THEN HAVE SOME PEOPLE TO HELP EDUCATE AND HELP BOUNCE THINGS OFF OF THEM AS IT RELATES TO HOW DO I HANDLE THIS? HOW DO I, HOW DO I HANDLE THAT? BUT AGAIN, WE'RE GROWING THAT PEER SUPPORT TEAM, NOT IN NUMBER, BUT IN QUALITY AND CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT THAT WILL BRING FOR US.

UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE IS, UH, CERTAINLY TEACHING CLASSES WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, AS IT RELATES TO DEPARTMENT-WIDE RESILIENCY.

UM, WE HOST THOSE DOWN IN THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM, UM, ALSO, UH, SPOUSAL WORKSHOPS SO THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT CAN BRING THEIR SPOUSES, UH, TO THE WORKSHOP.

AND WE HAVE A PROFESSIONAL WHO COMES IN AND EDUCATES ULTIMATELY THE SPOUSE ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEIR SIGNIFICANT LOVED ONE EXPERIENCES WORKING FOR A POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UH, MY WIFE LORI AND I WENT TO THE FIRST ONE AND, UM, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT, UM, WAS NOT UNIQUE TO US, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE EYE-OPENING EXPERIENCE OF THOSE SPOUSES WHO WERE ENGAGING IN CONVERSATION WITH OTHER SPOUSES IN THE BUSINESS, IF YOU WILL, IT WAS, IT WAS NICE TO SEE.

AND I THINK THERE WERE GREAT GAINS MADE BY THAT.

AND SO, UH, WE LOOKED FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO GROW THAT HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAM.

AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS UNIQUE TO RPD CURRENTLY IN OUR EXISTING BUDGET, AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AS YOU SEE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR MOST VALUABLE RESOURCE AS IT RELATES TO THE RICHARDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO TAKE CARE OF THEM, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN BETTER TAKE CARE OF US.

AND SO THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAM IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE DELVED INTO.

AGAIN, TAKING A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE, WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THE SAME VENDOR, UM, ON DUTY FOR THAT PURPOSE.

UH, THIS INCLUDES A BLOOD AND URINE, UM, TEST AS WELL AS A PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT.

THEY CAME ON SITE TO MANAGE THE, UM, BLOOD AND URINE ANALYSIS FOR US AND WORK THAT UP.

THEY DID THAT, UM, ABOUT SIX WEEKS AGO, AND THEY ARE ON SITE WITH US NOW TO FINISH UP THE PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT.

UH, I PERSONALLY HAVE MINE THIS FRIDAY MORNING.

SO, UM, IF, UH, Y'ALL SEE A FIRE DEPARTMENT RUN OVER TO THE PD, UH, Y'ALL, Y'ALL MAY KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT ANYWAY, BUT SERIOUSLY, THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE OF THE EMOTIONAL SIDE OF THINGS FOR OFFICERS AND, AND, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES, BUT ALSO THE RIGORS THAT IT PUTS OUR BODIES THROUGH.

UM, AND JUST SOMETHING THAT I, I BELIEVE STRONGLY IN CRIME STATS.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT

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THAT BOTTOM NUMBER UNDER 2023 YEAR TO DATE ON THE VIOLENT CRIME, 149 OFFENSES, 10% DROP COMPARED TO 166 PREVIOUS YEAR, RECOGNIZING THE IMPACT THAT WE'RE MAKING ON PEOPLE'S LIVES.

SEXUAL ASSAULTS DROPPED ROBBERIES OF INDIVIDUALS, DROPPED ROBBERIES OF BUSINESSES DROPPED, AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS INCREASED BY A TOTAL OF FIVE, UM, PROUD OF THE WORK THE MEN AND WOMEN ARE DOING, AND I CHALLENGE THEM TO CONTINUE THAT TREND AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THIS YEAR OF 2024.

TAKING A LOOK AT THE PROPERTY CRIMES, SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS THERE AS WELL, BUT LET'S FOCUS ON THAT FOR A MINUTE.

BURGLARY OF HABITATION, INCREASED BURGLARY OF BUILDING INCREASED AUTO THEFT, INCREASED THEFT FROM VEHICLES, DECREASED BY OVER A HUNDRED THEFT OF VEHICLE PARTS, SIGNIFICANT DECREASE.

GEE, WHAT DO WE THINK THAT WAS? MAYBE A LITTLE CATALYTIC.

CONVERTER OR TWO, RIGHT? SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, AND LET'S TALK ABOUT THE REDUCTION OF CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, UH, OR REDUCTION OF THEFTS.

WE HAD 108 IN A, AND I'M REPEATING MYSELF IN A SLIDE THAT YOU'LL SEE EVENTUALLY, BUT WE HAD 108 CATALYTIC CONVERTERS STOLEN COMPARED TO HIGH THREE HUNDREDS, UM, IN 2022.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT OCCURRED? BECAUSE I'M GONNA TELL YOU WE CAN'T STAND HERE AND, AND TAKE CREDIT FOR ALL OF IT.

YOU PASSED A CITY ORDINANCE.

THE LEGISLATURE HARDENED THE TARGET, UM, HAD A HUGE OPERATION WITH THE FBI IN WHICH ONE OF OUR MEMBERS, UH, OF THE PD WAS HIGHLY INVOLVED IN, UM, OPERATION PALLADIUM NIGHTS, UH, SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF ARREST AND, UM, SEIZED OVER $9 MILLION WORTH OF INVENTORY, STOLEN INVENTORY AND CASH.

UM, REALLY, UH, PUT THE BRAKES ON A MAJOR OPERATION THERE.

BUT WE'LL ALSO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION JUST THE MARKET VALUE, THE MARKET VALUE OF THE PRECIOUS METALS FOR WHICH THEY WERE STILL IN CATALYTIC CONVERTERS.

AND SO WE'LL TAKE ALL OF THOSE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION, AND WE WILL CERTAINLY ENJOY THAT REDUCTION, UM, IN CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFTS.

SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE AND WHAT THAT MEANS TO US.

149 VIOLENT CRIMES, AS I REFERENCED EARLIER, CERTAINLY DOWN FROM THE 1 63 AVERAGE.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE BURGLARY OF HABITATION.

I TOLD YOU WE WERE UP FROM 65 TO 84, BUT THAT 84 IS JUST A COUPLE DOWN FROM 2020 AT 87 AND A COUPLE DOWN FROM 2021 AT 86.

WE HAD A GREAT YEAR IN 2022.

TAKE A LOOK AT OUR BURGLARY OF BUILDINGS.

UM, INTERESTING POINT THERE WITH THE 268 OF THOSE WERE ACTUALLY STORAGE UNITS THAT ARE SEPARATED FROM THE DWELLING IN BACKYARDS AND OR CONSTRUCTION SITES.

17 OF THAT 200 WERE APARTMENT STORAGE UNITS, AND 16 OF THOSE WERE DETACHED GARAGE, UM, APARTMENTS, OR I'M SORRY, APAR DETACHED APARTMENT GARAGES.

CONTINUING DOWN THAT LIST THOUGH, TAKE A LOOK AT THE THEFT FROM VEHICLE.

AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS IN 2020 OF SEVEN TWENTY TWO, SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWENTY ONE, AND DOWN 101 FROM LAST, UH, THE PREVIOUS YEAR OF 2022 TO FIVE 13, THAT FIVE YEAR AVERAGE

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ON BMV BURGLARY OF MOTOR VEHICLE, UM, THAT FIVE YEAR AVERAGE OF FOUR, I'M SORRY, SIX 40.

UM, SIX.

LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BURGLARY OF MOTOR VEHICLE.

UM, BEFORE I GET INTO ACTUALLY, UM, STOLEN CARS, GET A FEW POINTS HERE FOR ME.

UH, 222 OF THOSE INCIDENTS OCCURRED IN PARKING LOTS OR GARAGES.

UM, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY TOOK IN THAT 513.

UM, THEFT FROM, FROM THE VEHICLE 70 WERE BAGS WITH A LAPTOP OR COMPUTER.

SO HOW MANY OF US DO THAT? UM, I'M PROBABLY GUILTY MORE THAN I WANT TO ADMIT.

61 WERE TOOLS OF SOME SORT.

UM, 59 IS WHERE A WALLET WAS LEFT IN THE VEHICLE, 60 IN WHICH A PURSE WAS TAKEN, AND 31 FIREARMS. ACTUALLY, WE HAD 31 INCIDENTS OF FIREARMS IN WHICH A TOTAL OF 40 FIREARMS WERE STOLEN FROM VEHICLES.

SO AGAIN, JUST TO KINDA GIVE YOU A NUMBER AND A BREAKDOWN AS TO, TO HOW THAT, THAT FELL OUT, LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT BIG NUMBER OF STOLEN CARS.

UM, LITTLE BIT UP, CERTAINLY MORE THAN I'M PROUD TO SAY, BUT UP TO THAT FOUR FORTY TWO, A HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE OF THOSE VEHICLES WERE TRUCKS OR LARGE SUVS.

UM, WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THE KIA, UM, UM, TREND, IF YOU WILL.

WE HAD 53 KIA PRODUCTS STOLEN ALONG WITH 41 HYUNDAI PRODUCTS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAD 59, UM, THEFTS OF HIGH END PERFORMANCE VEHICLES.

AND SO, UH, AGAIN, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS, ROLL THROUGH SOME OF THESE SLIDES BASICALLY REPRESENTING, UM, WHAT WE'VE JUST SHARED.

SOMEDAY I WILL TAKE THIS SLIDE OUT, BUT I JUST CAN'T BRING MYSELF TO DO THAT JUST YET.

BUT LOOK AT 2009 OF 500 RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES.

SO, UM, YOU HEARD ME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TRENDS.

UM, JUST IN PICKUPS ALONE, 25% WERE STOLEN PICKUPS.

UH, YOU HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THAT 31 AND BMVS WITH A TOTAL OF 40 FIREARMS STOLEN.

YOU HEARD ME REFERENCE THE 108 CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFTS.

TAKE A LOOK AT THAT NUMBER ON THE VERY BOTTOM.

25 RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES, NO FORCED ENTRY.

UM, AND THEN GOING BACK TO THE VERY TOP 30% OF, UH, ALL STOLEN VEHICLES WERE GM PRODUCTS.

WHAT ARE WE SEEING IN 2024 AS IT RELATES TO TRENDS? APPLIANCES ARE, ARE BEING STOLEN FROM, UM, VACANT HOMES.

AND SO WHAT WE SEE IS THAT HOMES GETTING READY TO BE SOLD OR, OR PREPARED TO BE SHOWN.

AND, UM, AND THEY'RE GOING IN AND TAKING THOSE, UM, APPLIANCES, UTILITY COMPANIES ACROSS NORTH TEXAS ARE EXPERIENCING, UM, COPPER THEFTS AGAIN.

AND SO WE'RE SEEING THAT ON THE RISE.

AND STRANGELY, OR MAYBE NOT SO STRANGELY, JUST LIKE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, AS WE SEE THE PRICE VALUE ON VARIOUS METALS GO UP, SO DOES THOSE PARTICULAR CRIMES, UM, GMC PRODUCTS CONTINUE TO BE THEFT? UH, TARGETS ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT BOTTOM ONE, AND I, I REFERENCED THE, UM, 59 THEFTS OF HIGH-END PERFORMANCE VEHICLES.

THEY'RE USING THESE ONBOARD DIAGNOSTICS AND USING TECHNOLOGY AGAINST US TO MAKE THESE, UH, TO STEAL SOME OF THESE CARS.

SO AGAIN, JUST BEING AWARE OF, UM, THOSE TOPICS, CALLS FOR SERVICE.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE CITIZEN INITIATED CALLS FOR SERVICE 2023.

WE HAD 64,399 MORE THAN WE HAVE HAD, UM, CERTAINLY DATING

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BACK THE LAST FIVE YEARS MORE THAN WE'VE HAD DATING BACK THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THAT AVERAGE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE OF 60,000, YET WE HAD 64,000, BUT YET WE HAD FEWER OFFICER INITIATED CALLS FOR SERVICE.

SO WHAT DOES THAT TELL US? IF WE THINK ABOUT THIS, WE HAD CRIME THAT DECLINED, YET OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE INCREASED.

SO ONE OF THE WAYS THAT I SEE THAT IS WE ARE RESPONDING TO CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR NON-TRADITIONAL POLICING NEEDS, MAYBE I SHOULD SAY NON-TRADITIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT NEEDS, BECAUSE THE BOTTOM LINE, THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE RICHARDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE ARE POLICING AND THE CHANGE IN THE PROFESSION HAS MOVED FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT FOCUS TO A POLICING FOCUS, A SERVICE ORIENTED FOCUS.

AND WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT AT THE RICHARDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THAT 64,000 REPRESENTS A COMMUNITY WHO IS COMFORTABLE WITH THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THEY'RE COMFORTABLE CALLING THE RICHARDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I'M OKAY WITH THAT NUMBER.

I AM ABSOLUTELY OKAY WITH THAT NUMBER.

AND, UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY WITH GREAT PRIDE.

LET'S TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY RELATIONS JUST A LITTLE BIT.

YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT SLIDE AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THAT COMMUNITY RELATIONS TEAM DOES, AND YOU'LL CHECK, CHECK.

I'VE DONE THAT.

I'VE BEEN THERE.

I KNOW WE DO THAT.

THIS IS A MULTITUDE OF PRODUCTS.

IT'S A MULTITUDE OF SERVICES THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO, AND IT REALLY IS WHY WE POSSIBLY HAVE 64,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE IS BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY EXPECTS THESE THINGS OUT OF US, AND WE STAND PROUD TO CONTINUE DOING THAT.

SO WE THREW THE MAP UP EARLIER AS IT RELATES TO THE SECTORS, RIGHT, THOSE THREE SECTORS, AND WE CONTINUE THAT MODEL, IF YOU WILL, FOR OUR COMMUNITY RELATIONS UNIT.

UM, WE HAVE A NEW COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICER, UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT JERRY CHILDRE IS NOT IN THE ROOM RIGHT NOW, BUT HE MAY BE IN THE BUILDING.

BUT, UM, THROUGH A COMPETITIVE INTERVIEW PROCESS, JERRY APPLIED FOR THAT POSITION, UH, THAT VACANT POSITION I MIGHT ADD, AND, UH, AND WAS SELECTED.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO JERRY BEING ON THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS TEAM AND, UH, AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.

WE ALSO ARE PARTNERING WITH, UH, SOME OF OUR PART-TIME OFFICERS AND PUTTING THEM IN PARTICULAR PLACES OF, UH, OF NEED AND OF ASSISTANCE BASED ON SOME OF THEIR COMMITMENT TO, TO BEING A PART-TIME OFFICER.

THIS REFLECTS THE CRIME WATCH PATROLS FOR THE ENTIRE CITY, JUST THE COLORS THEMSELVES.

AND, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE SUCH A LARGE VOLUME OF ASSISTANCE FROM OUR CRIME WATCH PATROLS.

AND, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DRIVE THAT.

OUR COMMUNITY CRIME MAP, UM, WE CERTAINLY UPGRADED THIS AND THE ABILITY FOR CITIZENS TO GET ONTO OUR WEBSITE, TO GO TO A WEBSITE TO SEE AND REVIEW OUR CRIME IN MANY FORMATS AND, AND TO CREATE, UM, UM, ALMOST PRESENTATIONS OR GRIDS THEMSELVES, SOMEWHAT INTERACTIVE.

UH, I HAVE IT ON, ON MY PHONE SO THAT I GET THIS UPDATE ON A FIVE MILE RADIUS, AND I GET THAT EVERY MORNING.

AND SO SOMETHING THAT, UM, I ENJOY, UH, MAYBE I SHOULDN'T SAY ENJOY, BUT CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT I APPRECIATE THE, UM, AVAILABILITY OF, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ROLLED THIS OUT ON A TUESDAY AFTER PRESENTING THIS TO YOU ALL AS A COUNCIL ON A MONDAY EVENING.

AND, UH, WE CONTINUE TO GET SUPPORT AND APPRECIATION FOR THIS.

AND EVEN BETTER YET, UH, NO COMPLAINTS.

SO, UH, WE, WE CERTAINLY LIKE THAT.

BUT, UM, ANOTHER MECHANISM JUST TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY INFORMED.

BUSINESS CRIME WATCHES.

YOU KNOW, AS I WAS LOOKING

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THROUGH THIS, UM, AND THROUGH THE NUMBERS, UH, RECOGNIZE THAT 38 REGISTERED CAMERAS FROM OUR BUSINESSES.

UM, I WILL TELL YOU THIS, THAT I'M GOING TO CHALLENGE MYSELF AND THE TEAM.

UM, WE NEED TO INCREASE THAT, UH, THE BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY FROM BOTH RESIDENTIAL AS WELL AS, UM, OUR, OUR BUSINESS SECTOR.

I CERTAINLY WANT TO INCREASE THAT NUMBER OF VOLUNTEER BUSINESS VIDEO CRIME WATCH.

SO, WE'LL, WE'LL, UM, CONTINUE TO PUSH THAT OR INCREASE THE, THE PUSHING OF, UM, THE, TO OUR CRIME WATCHES FOR OUR BUSINESSES, VOLUNTEERS AND POLICE SERVICE.

YOU'LL SEE WE'VE ACTUALLY GAINED ONE FROM 2022 TO 23, UM, BUT OUR NUMBERS OF DONATED HOURS HAS DROPPED.

AND SO I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO RECRUIT THE PAID EMPLOYEES, UM, WE NEED TO INCREASE AND STEP UP OUR, UM, EFFORTS AS IT RELATES TO RECRUITING FOR OUR VOLUNTEERS, AND CERTAINLY THOSE FIELD OP VOLUNTEERS WHO DO SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB FOR US PROVIDING SERVICES THAT A CITY THIS SIZE, UH, JUST NORMALLY DOES NOT PROVIDE.

AND, UM, WE, WE RELY ON THEM HEAVILY AND, UM, HAVE HIGH REGARD FOR WHAT THEY DO FOR US AND THE COMMUNITY.

AND, UM, WE WILL, UH, STRIVE TO, TO INCREASE THE VOLUNTEERISM AS, AS WELL AS SPECIFICALLY THE FIELD OPS VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, YOUTH CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS FROM 21, 22 AND 23.

UM, WE MADE A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE FROM 21 TO 22 AND HELD, HELD OUR OWN PRETTY WELL FROM 23 VERSUS 21.

UM, I'M CHALLENGING THE TEAM TO GO OUT THERE AND REALLY PUT THAT NUMBER 40 IN OUR SITES AND SEE HOW CLOSE WE CAN GET TO THAT FOR THIS UPCOMING SUMMER.

AND, UH, I KNOW IT'S A CHALLENGE, BUT, UH, OUR YOUTH REALLY ARE, UM, OUR FUTURE AND WE FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT THAT.

BUT ALSO JUST DEVELOPING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ESTABLISH THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, UM, WITH THE, THE YOUTH OF OUR COMMUNITY, HELPING THEM, UM, BETTER UNDERSTAND POLICING, BUT ALSO, UH, HEY, LET'S START RECRUITING WHILE WE CAN.

RIGHT? YOU NEED US, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE WILL FOREVER, UM, WORK TOWARDS AND BUILDING THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH A HISPANIC POPULATION, THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE EVENTS WE HAVE HERE.

UM, WE JUST EXPERIENCED A COOKIES AND COPS ON FEBRUARY 28TH, AND THAT WAS HOSTED AT THE MCDONALD'S THERE AT COT AND BELTLINE.

AND JUST SHARE A LITTLE BIT, UM, ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR EVENT.

WE HAD A, UM, RECRUIT OF OURS ON AND OFF DAY AS WE SEND THIS OUT, UH, TO THE, TO THE DEPARTMENT, UH, RECRUIT SHOWS UP TO THE EVENT, UM, SPANISH SPEAKING RECRUIT, AND HE WANTS TO BE INVOLVED.

AND, UM, SO APPRECIATE HIS APPROACH.

SO APPRECIATE HIS INTENT.

BUT A LITTLE BIT OF STORY ABOUT HIM.

UM, WE STOLE HIM FROM ALASKA, BUT ALASKA GOT HIM FROM MEXICO WHERE HE WAS AN ATTORNEY IN MEXICO.

AND SO, STRANGE WAY TO GET TO RICHARDSON, TEXAS AND RICHARDSON, R TO RPD.

BUT WE'VE GOT A YOUNG MAN WHO IS COMMITTED, UM, TO POLICING, COMMITTED TO RPD AND, UH, IS CERTAINLY LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH THE HISPANIC, UM, COMMUNITY, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

UM, ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT, THAT WE DO.

AND IT, IT'S JUST PART OF OUR DNA.

UM, I'M GONNA HAVE TO FALL ON MY SWORD HERE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA GET THERE OR WE'RE GONNA GET BACK THERE, BUT, UH, WE'LL SEE, WE'LL SEE IF THE TEXAS RANGERS WHEN THAT WORLD SERIES AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW BACK TO BACK, BUT, UM, I'M WISHFUL THINKING ON THAT.

BUT, UH, I KNOW IT'S A CHALLENGE, BUT, UM, WE ARE COMMITTED TO NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

IT'S SUCH A FUN EVENT.

IT'S SO FUN FOR EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM.

IT'S FUN FOR RPD, IT'S FUN FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND, UM, WE'LL CONTINUE, UH,

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ENJOYING THAT THAT NIGHT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TOOK ON RECENTLY IS JUST REACHING OUT AND PARTNERING WITH SPECIAL OLYMPICS LAW ENFORCEMENT, TORCH RUN, UM, SPECIAL OLYMPICS, TEXAS.

THEY WERE IN THE, UH, CITY HERE AT THE BOWLING LANES.

AND, UM, SOME OFFICERS, UH, VOLUNTEERED TO GO DOWN AND WORK WITH THE ATHLETES, ENGAGED WITH THE ATHLETES.

AND AGAIN, JUST MAINTAINING THAT, UM, PARTNERSHIP WITH THOSE THAT, UH, WE ARE INVOLVED WITH AND SUPPORTING CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM.

I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THIS PARTNERSHIP, UM, THAT WE CONTINUE TO ENJOY WITH METHODIST.

UH, OUR CIT TEAM, WE BROUGHT THIS, UM, TEAM ON IN 2021 OR 2020, I FORGET WHICH, BUT SOMETHING THAT IS SIGNIFICANT FOR WHAT WE DO AT THE PD, BUT ALSO SIGNIFICANT FOR WHAT WE DO IN THE COMMUNITY.

YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE NUMBERS THERE RELATIVELY CONSISTENT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

UM, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT METHODIST AND, UM, THEIR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TEAM OVER THERE HAVE, HAVE COMMITTED TO 18, UM, HUNDRED CALLS, UH, THAT THEY HAVE MADE, BOTH WITH THEIR NURSE AND SOCIAL WORKER WHO ARE DEDICATED TO, UM, TO THIS ENDEAVOR AND PARTNERING WITH US 96 HOME VISITS THAT WE HAVE TRIAGED AND PARTNERED WITH THEM, UM, ON VISITING THE PATIENTS.

AND WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

HOMELESS ENGAGEMENT.

UM, THIS IS OUR HELP TEAM THAT WE BUILT OUT, UM, IN 2022.

THIS TEAM CONSISTS OF SIX OFFICERS.

UH, THEY CONDUCT OUTREACH WITH, UH, A RESOURCE OF OUR CALLING.

THEY GO OUT ON SCENE, INTERACT WITH THEM, UM, DETERMINE WHAT TYPE OF RESOURCES THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO THEM, UH, ENGAGE WITH OUR CALLING, WHO ACTUALLY ARE ON SCENE WITH THE RPD OFFICERS.

AND SOMETIMES THE, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY ENGAGE WITH ARE RESISTANT TO SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES, BUT ALSO IF THEY'RE WILLING TO DO SO, UM, WE CERTAINLY SET THEM UP WITH THAT.

WE ALSO LOCATE ENCAMPMENTS AND WE GAIN, UM, UH, CLEANUPS AS IT RELATES TO THOSE WHO CAN HELP US WITH THE CLEANUPS, WHETHER IT BE CITY, WHETHER IT BE DARK, UM, WHOMEVER, WHETHER IT BE THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNER.

UM, ALSO WHEN NECESSARY, WE TALK ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WHEN WE TAKE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTION AS AS NEEDED, UM, MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT RPD, WE'VE UTILIZED OUR LOBBY DURING THOSE SEVERE WINTER WEATHER MONTHS OR, OR NIGHTS I SHOULD SAY.

AND WE PROVIDE THAT.

UM, BOTH MYSELF AS WELL AS, UH, MR. MAGNER.

WE ARE CONTINUING TO STAY ACTIVE IN OUR, OUR EFFORTS IN THE REGION, UM, UTILIZING DALLAS COUNTY HOUSING FORWARD, AS WELL AS THE HOMELESS COALITION OUT OF COLLIN COUNTY.

UM, I BELIEVE IT'S LATER IN THIS WEEK THAT BOTH HE AND I WILL BE, UM, IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS DEALING WITH, UH, UH, DOWNTOWN DALLAS INCORPORATED AND THE CITY OF DALLAS, AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS ON HOW WE CAN, UH, LEVERAGE OUR RESOURCES BETTER AND, UH, ADDRESS THIS AS A BROAD AREA, UM, ISSUE AND CONCERN AND, UH, HOPEFULLY MAKE SOME, MAKE SOME, UH, INROADS THERE.

JUST A FEW PHOTOS AS IT RELATES TO THE HELP TEAM.

UM, 256 CONTACTS IN 2023, WE ADDRESSED 32 ENCAMP ENCAMPMENTS, UM, CLEANING THOSE UP AND SOMEWHAT, UH, BEAUTIFYING OUR CITY AS IT TAKES CARE OF, UH, SOME OF THOSE ISSUES AND, AND BLIGHT AND TRASH, ET CETERA.

SO, UM, TRYING TO MAKE PROGRESS WHERE WE CAN, AS MR. MAGNER, UH, REFERENCED, HIGHLIGHTING A FEW WORK GROUPS THAT QUITE FRANKLY, UM, ARE NOT ALWAYS IN OUR FOCUS, AND WE MISS OUT ON RECOGNIZING THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY DO AND CRIME SCENE.

UM, THEY DO A FANTASTIC JOB.

THEY WERE DISPATCHED TO CRIME SCENES OF, OF SOME SORT 693 TIMES, AND THAT MAY SIMPLY BE THE DUSTING FOR FINGERPRINTS, BUT IT MAY BE SOMETHING MUCH MORE SEVERE THAN THAT AS WELL.

UM, 265 PERSONS IDENTIFIED THROUGH OUR LATENT WORKSTATION, WHICH TIES IN WITH DPS.

UM, THAT IS THE FIFTH HIGHEST IDENTIFICATION NUMBER FOR RPD HISTORY IN A YEAR.

UM, ALSO LOOKING AT

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165 IDENTIFICATIONS THROUGH, UH, NON-TRADITIONAL, OR I SHOULD SAY NON, UM, WORKSTATION MEANS.

AND WHEN I, WHEN I SAY THAT ONE IS VERY MUCH INTEGRATED THROUGH TECHNOLOGY, AND THE OTHER IS, UM, THE, A LITTLE BIT OF THE OLD SCHOOL WAY, UM, THEY HOSTED A 40 HOUR T COLE INTERMEDIATE CRIME SCENE SCHOOL FOR THREE OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

AND WE CONTINUE TO REACH OUT AND BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR YOUTH AND, UH, CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY AND YOUTH POLICE ACADEMY AND LEADERSHIP RICHARDSON, PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE, WHO WOULD GUESS THAT WE HOUSE 80,000 PLUS PIECES OF PROPERTY WE TURN OVER IN A REVOLVING DOOR, IF YOU WILL, 16,000 PIECES JUST IN 2023 ALONE.

WE DO AN ANNUAL PORTION OF AN AUDIT EVERY YEAR FOR THE INTEGRITY OF THAT, UM, PROPERTY ROOM.

BUT WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDERGOING A FULL-BLOWN AUDIT, AGAIN, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN THE CREDIBILITY AND THE INTEGRITY OF THAT PROPERTY ROOM AND THE PROPERTY THAT WE PROTECT.

SOME OF IT BEING FOUND PROPERTY, SOME OF IT BEING LOST PROPERTY, SOME OF IT BEING, UM, ABSOLUTE NECESSARY FOR EVIDENCE IN, IN VARIOUS CRIMES THAT ARE YET TO COME AS IT RELATES TO THE COURT PROCESS.

BUT, UM, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT 79,000 PIECE THAT WAS UP TO, UM, OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND PRIOR TO MOVING IN THE NEW BUILDING.

SO WE HAD TO WORK THAT DOWN, UM, THROUGH A MAN TO A MANAGEABLE POINT.

AND, UH, WE DID THAT AS WELL.

UM, DETENTION.

SO THIS WOULD'VE BEEN A COUPLE OF BUDGETS AGO, BUT THIS IS KIND OF THE WAY, UM, FLEET WORKS RIGHT NOW AND HAS BEEN WORKING.

WE HAD ORDERED AND OR PURCHASED AND ORDERED A, UH, A NEW TRANSPORT VAN, SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD.

WE HAVE FINALLY RECEIVED THAT VAN, AND WE HAD TO TAKE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF VAN THAN WHAT WE HAD PLANNED ORIGINALLY, BUT WE HAVE FINALLY GOTTEN OUR HANDS ON A TRANSPORT VAN, AND NOW THE VENDOR IS, UH, OUTFITTING THAT VAN FOR, UM, SEPARATION AND PROPER TRANSPORT OF PRISONERS SO THAT WE, UM, IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH DSO AS WELL AS THE COUNTY, WELL, COLLIN COUNTY, IF THEY DO NOT COME IN A TIMELY FASHION, THAT WE CAN, UM, ASSIST AND, AND TRANSPORT PRISONERS OF OUR OWN SIMPLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING OUT, GETTING THEM OUT OF OUR FACILITY IN A TIMELY FASHION.

AND, UH, AND MITIGATING ANY CONCERNS THERE.

UM, BODY-WORN CAMERAS.

WE ARE NOW GOING TO PLACE BODY-WORN CAMERAS ON OUR DETENTION OFFICERS.

UM, SOMETHING THAT IS A BEST PRACTICE, QUITE FRANKLY, AND SOMETHING THAT CATCHES US UP AND, UM, AND TECHNOLOGY AND BEST PRACTICES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND, UM, WORKING WITH OUR OFFICERS AND, UH, MOVING THAT FORWARD IN APRIL.

UM, QUITE FRANKLY, NEXT, NEXT MONTH, UM, TASER AXON, UM, PRODUCT TASER SEVEN.

WE HAVE PURCHASED FIVE TASERS FOR OUR DETENTION OFFICERS.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE TASER IS, IS QUITE FRANKLY, IT'S A TOOL AND IT'S A TOOL SO THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TO GO HANDS ON.

AND, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, AGAIN, IS EXPERIENCED NATIONWIDE AND HAS BECOME A BEST PRACTICE AS WELL.

AND SO, AGAIN, JUST MOVING FORWARD AND MOVING RPD FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MANAGING AND, UM, AND WORKING AS IT RELATES TO BEST PRACTICES AROUND THE NATION, BOTH IN THE FIELD, UH, CRIME SCENE, DETENTION, YOU NAME IT.

BUT TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THE CREDIBILITY THAT THIS DEPARTMENT HAS, UH, ENJOYED FOR MANY YEARS.

OUR DRONES TOP LEFT, YOU WILL SEE ESSENTIALLY A, UH, AN INVENTORY OF OUR FLEET OF DRONES, UM, NINE THERE.

AND WHAT'S REALLY AMAZING IS TAKE A LOOK AT THE DEPLOYMENTS OF OUR DRONES.

UM, WE DEPLOYED 321 TIMES.

WE LOCATED 86 INDIVIDUALS, BUT TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE NATION AT THEIR OPERATIONS OF DEPLOYMENT AND WHERE WE MATCH UP TO THEM BASED ON THEIR SIZE.

TECHNOLOGY IS A WONDERFUL THING.

TECHNOLOGY IS USED BY

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THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE RICHARDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO LEVERAGE RESOURCES AND THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE, UM, AT, AT OUR, AT OUR FINGERTIPS, AND, UM, HELP US DO A BETTER JOB AS WE TALK ABOUT TECHNOLOGY.

WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A DISPATCH REFRESH.

UM, VESTA REFRESH WAS COMPLETED, UM, JUST LAST MONTH.

THAT IS BOTH AT OUR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LOCATIONS, AND THIS PARTICULAR REFRESH IN FEBRUARY WAS THE FIRST OF THREE FOR US TO BECOME COMPLIANT, UM, FOR NEXT GEN 9 1 1.

UM, THE NEXT STEP WILL BE OUR NICE RECORDING SOFTWARE FOR PHONES AND RADIOS THAT WILL INTEGRATE INTO OUR CAD SYSTEM, BUT ALSO WE HAVE THE FINAL STEP, WHICH WILL BE IN, UM, IN APRIL.

AND THAT IS GOING TO SWITCH FROM COPPER LINES TO FIBER MAKING CALLS QUICKER, UM, MORE RELIABLE.

BUT TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE BENEFITS.

UH, THIS IS GOING TO BE INSTRUMENTAL IN WHAT WE CAN OFFER TO A CALLER IN THE FUTURE.

WE WILL BE ABLE TO GAIN PERMISSION WITH PERMISSION FROM THAT CALLER TO ACCESS HIS OR HER CAMERA ON THEIR PHONE, AND THE DISPATCHER CAN THEN SEE WHAT THE CALLER IS SEEING SO THAT THEY CAN RELAY THAT INFORMATION TO POSSIBLY A POLICE OFFICER OR A FIREFIGHTER.

THEY CAN DESCRIBE A CRASH SCENE, THEY CAN DESCRIBE A FIRE, THEY CAN DESCRIBE THE STYLE OF SMOKE, BUT ALSO THAT SAME SYSTEM AND THAT UPGRADE WILL TRANSLATE IN TEXT MESSAGING 135 LANGUAGES SO THAT WE WILL BE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO BETTER COMMUNICATE WITH THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING EMERGENCIES.

NEW RADIO SYSTEM.

UM, CERTAINLY A HEFTY PRICE TAG TAG ON THAT, BUT LUCKILY WE DON'T DO IT.

BUT, UM, ONCE A DECADE OR OR SO, UM, 17 MILLION ON THAT PROJECT, UH, RUNNING BY.

UM, IT, BUT IF WE, IF WE LOOK BACK TO 2012 IS WHEN WE COMMISSIONED OUR EXISTING, UM, SYSTEM, THIS WILL ULTIMATELY BRING US AND MAINTAIN THE P 25 STANDARD THAT IS NATIONWIDE.

UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 344 RADIOS IN THE PD.

UM, LOOKING AT THE NUMBER AND VOLUME OF THOSE RADIOS, UH, FOR THE ENTIRE CITY IS, IS ROUGHLY 8 85.

UH, JUST SOME OF THE, UM, TOPICS THAT THE, UH, THE PROJECT WILL, WILL MOVE FORWARD IS CERTAINLY A RADIO SITE SURVEY AND MOTOROLA IS, IS RUNNING THAT FOR US.

WE ACTUALLY ARE RUNNING UP TO, UH, UH, DISPLAY WITH THEM.

UM, CHIEF PT, YOU'RE I BELIEVE ATTENDING THAT AS WELL.

AND, UM, THAT WILL BE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, CORRECT? NEXT WEEK.

NEXT WEEK.

OKAY, VERY GOOD.

UM, BUT AGAIN, JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE AND ARE PARTNERING WITH OUR IT, UM, TEAM AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THE VENDOR AND KNOWING ACTUALLY THE PRODUCT THAT WE'RE TRULY GETTING AND, UM, ENSURING THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE THE PRODUCT FOR US FOR THE FUTURE DIGITAL FORENSIC ROOM.

SO IN THE BUILDING AS WE DESIGNED THAT BUILDING, WE ESTABLISHED AN AREA FOR A FORENSIC ROOM AS IT RELATES TO TECHNOLOGY.

AND IN TODAY'S TIMES, INVESTIGATIONS ARE CERTAINLY TECHNOLOGY DRIVEN, WHETHER IT'S AN IPAD, WHETHER IT'S A CELL PHONE, WHETHER IT'S A FULL-BLOWN DESKTOP TECHNOLOGY.

UM, AND CRIME UNFORTUNATELY GO HAND IN HAND, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE THE TOOLS TO DOWNLOAD THAT INFORMATION.

WE HAVE TO HAVE THE TOOLS TO MANAGE THAT POTENTIAL EVIDENCE.

WE HAVE TO HAVE THE TOOLS THAT CAN HANDLE THE VOLUME.

WE HAVE TO HAVE THE TOOLS THAT CAN HANDLE THE PROTECTION OF THAT BECAUSE JUST LIKE THAT PROPERTY ROOM THAT I SHOWED YOU EARLIER, THE INTEGRITY OF THIS ROOM AND THE INTEGRITY OF THE COMPUTERS AS WELL AS THE SOFTWARE THAT WE UTILIZE TO EXTRACT THAT INFORMATION, WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN CHAIN OF CUSTODY AS WELL AS THE INTEGRITY OF THE, OF THAT DATA.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE WORKING ON CURRENTLY

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TO, UM, TO BETTER, UH, MANAGE THAT, THAT TECHNOLOGY THAT WE ENCOUNTER THROUGH INVESTIGATIONS.

AS WE TALK ABOUT TECHNOLOGY, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FLOCK SAFETY CAMERAS FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW.

UM, THEY SHOULD BE INSTALLED IN THE NEXT 45 DAYS.

AND SO WE ARE VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

AND LET ME REMIND YOU, IT'S JUST FOCUSING ON THE LICENSE PLATE READERS PORTION, BUT ALSO AN ENTIRE PHOTO, UM, OF, OF, UH, VEHICLES.

SOME OF THE CAMERAS CAN MANAGE ONE DIRECTION OF TWO LANES WHILE OTHER UPGRADED CAMERAS CAN MANAGE, UH, ONE DIRECTION UP TO THREE LANES.

AND WE WILL BE WORKING WITH FLOCK TO STRATEGICALLY PLACE THOSE, UM, AROUND THE CITY.

WE WILL HAVE 20 CAMERAS, BUT WE MAY HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT CAMERAS AT ONE GENERAL LOCATION SO THAT WE'RE CATCHING TRAFFIC GOING BOTH DIRECTIONS.

UM, AGAIN, THIS IS INFORMATION SHARED ONLY WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.

ONLY LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL HAVE ACCESS TO OUR INFORMATION, UM, TO THE DATA.

AND UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL PARTNER WITH ALL OF THE OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN THE AREA, INCLUDING, UM, QUITE FRANKLY, UTD POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS THEM ALREADY AS WELL AS METHODIST, UM, UM, POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND SO WE WILL BE SHARING THAT INFORMATION, BUT AGAIN, THAT IS ONLY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

UM, PERSONNEL POWER, DMS, WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT HIRING.

WE TALKED ABOUT RECRUITING.

UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS HELPING MANAGE SOME OF THAT, BUT IT'S ALSO HELPING MANAGE OUR ACCREDITATION PROCESS AND OUR POLICY PROCESS.

SO WE WILL MANAGE, UM, OUR POLICIES IN POWER DMS. IT WILL ALSO HELP US TRACK, UM, THOSE WHO HAVE TESTED OVER THOSE POLICIES.

IT ALSO WILL HELP US TRACK THE TRAINING RECORDS OF, UM, EXISTING OFFICERS AS WELL AS NEW RECRUITS.

BUT IT WILL ALSO HELP MANAGE OUR FIELD, UM, TRAINING PROCESS ONCE THE RECRUITS GET OUT INTO THE FIELD AND, UH, AND DO THAT.

BUT AGAIN, UM, SEE A BIT OF A TREND HERE, LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY WHERE WE CAN BE MORE EFFICIENT IN THE PD AS WE TALK ABOUT THAT.

GUARDIAN ALLIANCE TECHNOLOGIES IS ANOTHER COMPANY THAT WE ARE, UM, INTERACTING WITH AND UTILIZING THROUGH A APPLICANT TRACKING PROCESS, WE CAN GO INTO THIS SYSTEM AND OBSERVE THE STATUS OF THEIR PERSONAL HISTORY STATEMENT, WHICH IS A LENGTHY STATEMENT BECAUSE WE NEED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION ON A, ON A POLICE RECRUIT, BUT WE CAN SEE WHERE ARE THEY AT IN THAT COMPLETION OF THAT DOCUMENT.

IT HELPS US THAT WAY.

IT ALSO HELPS US, UM, ENGAGE IN CONVERSATION OR TEXT MESSAGES, COMMUNICATE BETTER WITH THEM.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE HEARD RECRUITS AND, AND NEW HIRES TALK ABOUT IN A POSITIVE FASHION AS IT RELATES TO RPD, IT IS WE INTERACT WITH THEM AND WE TREAT THEM LIKE AN INDIVIDUAL.

AND WE ARE IN THAT CONSTANT COMMUNICATION.

IT TRULY IS A RECRUITMENT.

UM, WE LOOK BACK OR, OR LOOK AT, UM, COLLEGE RECRUITMENT OR WHATEVER, WHETHER IT'S SPORTS OR ACADEMICS, IT IS A RECRUITMENT AND WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN HERE.

SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND I KNOW LAST WEEK, RFD, UM, PRESENTED JUST A BIT ON THIS, AND SO YOU WILL CERTAINLY RECOGNIZE INTENTIONALLY THAT PHOTO.

UH, JUST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT, THE, THE RELATIONSHIP WITH FD AND PD AND CHIEF PUY AND WHAT HE IS DOING FOR US.

UM, JUST A GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND WE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT PARTNERSHIP.

BUT THIS BLOCKER IS TRULY PART OF THAT AND VERY REFLECTIVE OF THE SUPPORT THAT WE GET FROM OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.

HOW MANY OF US HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS ARMORED RESCUE VEHICLE? AND HOW LONG AGO WAS THAT? SO MR. MAGNER, I ACTUALLY SAVED THIS BIT OF INFORMATION, BUT FRIDAY AFTERNOON WE RECEIVED WORD THAT THIS THING IS JUST ABOUT READY.

SO WE ARE PLANNING A, UH, A SMALL CONTINGENT TO GO UP TO THE FACTORY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED, UH, WHAT WE'VE ASKED THEM TO ACCOMPLISH.

AND WE SHOULD HAVE POSSESSION OF THIS, UH, CHIEF LUCIER EARLY SPRING.

FANTASTIC.

SO, UM, FINGERS CROSSED, FINGERS CROSSED.

UM, HERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO THE FUTURE ON, AND YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THESE, UH, SUBSEQUENT SLIDES

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AS I LOOK TO THE FUTURE.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO ADD AS WE ENGAGE, UM, WITH OUR COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THE HOMELESS HEALTH, UM, TEAM OR, OR THROUGH OUR CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF BRINGING IN A MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST TO BE HOUSED AND WORK WITH AND FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT TO REPLACE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH METHODIST.

THIS IS SOMETHING TO CONTINUE TO GROW THIS PROGRAM AS WE ENGAGE, UM, THROUGH OUR HELP TEAM AS WE ENGAGE WITH THOSE IN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY, AND USE THIS INDIVIDUAL TO BE RIGHT THERE IN-HOUSE, TO TRIAGE WITH OUR OFFICERS, TO ENGAGE WITH OUR OFFICERS, BUT ALSO TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS SOME OF THE RECORDS THAT ARE NEEDED TO BE ACCESSED AND DO THAT FROM A PD EMPLOYEE STANDPOINT, BEING CA CERTIFIED AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

GETTING INTO OUR RMS SYSTEM AND DOING THINGS THAT WOULD MUCH, UM, BETTER HELP US ALIGN RESOURCES AND SERVICES, UM, TO THESE INDIVIDUALS.

UM, AGAIN, THAT IS SOMETHING TO, UM, BOLSTER THE PARTNERSHIP WITH METHODIST AND CERTAINLY NOT REPLACE TAKE ME HOME PROGRAM.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO, TO CREATING.

UM, SOME OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE NATION HAVE SIMILAR PROGRAMS TO THIS, AND WHAT WE WOULD USE THIS PROGRAM FOR IS IF AN INDIVIDUAL OR A FAMILY WANTS TO ENTER THEIR LOVED ONE INTO THIS SYSTEM, IT IS FOR THOSE WHO MAY HAVE, UM, MEMORY LOSS.

IT'S FOR THOSE WHO MAY WANDER.

IT'S FOR THOSE WHO HAVE CHALLENGES OR NEEDS, UM, AND WE CAN ENTER THEIR INFORMATION INTO THE DATABASE AND IF THEY BECOME LOST, OR SOMETIMES IF THEY BECOME FOUND, WE CAN HAVE THAT INFORMATION AT OUR FINGERTIPS ON SOME OF THEIR MEDICAL CONCERNS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW TO CONNECT THEM, UM, UH, WITH THEIR LOVED ONES.

AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, CREATING AND MOVING FORWARD WITH.

ANOTHER TOPIC THAT, UM, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH IS JUST LOOKING AT PATROL EFFICIENCIES.

AND SOME OF THE EFFICIENCIES THAT, UM, WE, WE WANT TO ADDRESS IS THE CONTROLLED ACCESS TO OUR APARTMENT COMPLEXES, OUR SINGLE FAMILY, UM, COMMUNITIES, BUT ALSO OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITIES.

AND WE HAVE ROUGHLY 50 PLUS, UM, CONTROLLED ACCESS POINTS IN, IN THE, UM, IN THE CITY MOVING ACROSS THE CITY.

BUT ALSO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS MANAGE THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY RELATIONS TEAM, MANAGE THOSE ACCESS CODES AND BE PROACTIVE IN MANAGING THOSE CODES.

JUST THE OTHER DAY, AT A COMMUNITY, UM, UM, APARTMENT MANAGERS MEETING, THAT WAS ONE OF THE POINTS OF CONVERSATION THAT I HAD WITH THE MANAGERS, IS TALKING ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT THEY HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GAIN OR GET US THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE, THE CODES TO, TO THEIR, UM, COMPLEXES.

AS WE SEE TURNOVER, WE NEED THAT INFORMATION, BUT WE, COMMUNITY RELATIONS WILL BE PROACTIVE IN GOING OUT AND GETTING THAT.

UM, WE WILL ALSO, I, I, I REFERENCED, I REFERENCED OUR EIGHT NEW SERGEANTS IN PATROL, RIGHT? AND SO THOSE EIGHT, WE NEED TO BETTER, UM, INFORM THEM AND BETTER TRAIN THEM ON SOMETHING THAT WE CALL THE NOX BOX SYSTEM.

AND THAT NOX BOX IS A KEY IN THEIR PATROL SUPERVISOR CARS.

AND IF AN OFFICER NEEDS ACCESS TO SOMETHING THAT THEY, HE OR SHE CANNOT GAIN ACCESS TO, AND THAT NOX BOX KEY WORKS ON THAT, THEN THAT SUPERVISOR WILL BE THERE TO RESPOND.

BUT THIS GOES BACK TO HAVING THOSE SUPERVISORS IN THE FIELD AND SERVICEABLE, BECAUSE WHAT WE WILL HAVE A LIEUTENANT ON DUTY AND THAT LIEUTENANT WILL BE THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THAT WATCH.

UM, ALSO WITH THE INFLUX OF LATERALS AS WELL AS NEWBIES AND, AND THE DEPARTMENT MAKING SURE THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE AWARE OF OUR KNOX BOX SYSTEM, BUT ALSO REFRESHING EXISTING MAPS OF, UM, OF OUR PROPERTIES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE.

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UM, FOR, FOR OUR OFFICERS TALKING ABOUT LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, HAD TO THROW IN A LITTLE BIT OF A MONEY ITEM HERE, BUT JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THAT POLY LIGHT ON THE FAR LEFT COST.

$22,000 IN 2000 TO REPLACE THAT IS GONNA COST US 45,000.

WHY DO WE NEED IT? IT CAPTURES LATENT PRINTS ON GLASS.

WE WOULD ACTUALLY DEPLOY THIS TOOL TO A CRIME SCENE.

IT INCREASES SEARCH CAPABILITIES, IT HELPS PHOTOGRAPH BRUISES THAT CANNOT BE SEEN TO THE NAKED EYE.

IT HELPS PHOTOGRAPH GUNSHOT RESIDUE, PRESERVES TRACE EVIDENCE.

BUT I'M GONNA SHOW YOU A FEW PICTURES AS TO WHAT IT WILL DO.

SO THAT TOP LEFT HAND CORNER, YOU SEE THE PLAID SHIRT, YOU SEE THE STAIN.

THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT REMOVES THE PLAID TO ACCENTUATE THE STAIN.

THE NEXT PHOTO ON THE TOP, AGAIN, THE PLAID THAT HAS GUNSHOT RESIDUE, THAT HAS BECOME VERY EVIDENT ON THAT BOTTOM PHOTO AFTER THE PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY REMOVES THE PLAID.

BUT LOOK AT THE BIOLOGICAL STAINS.

LOOK HOW OBVIOUS THAT IS AFTER UTILIZING THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THE OBSCURED WRITING, UM, WHETHER IT'S A NOTE, WHETHER IT'S INFORMATION, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO PUT THIS SLIDE ON IT AND, UM, AND EXTRACT THE, THE MESSAGE, IF YOU WILL.

SO I WILL TELL YOU AS I CLOSE, UM, MY FINAL SLIDE, I STAY FULLY COMMITTED TO THESE FOUR AREAS OF FOCUS.

UM, WE AS A DEPARTMENT STAY FULLY COMMITTED TO THIS.

UM, IT WAS REFRESHING TO HEAR IN MY LIEUTENANT INTERVIEWS, UH, THE FACT THAT THE LIEUTENANTS OR THOSE APPLICANTS FULLY UNDERSTAND, UM, THESE CONCEPTS AND CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE HALLWAYS AND EVEN IN MEETINGS.

UM, I, I HEAR OCCASIONALLY, UM, WELL, CHIEF, IT'S ABOUT COMMUNICATION AND PARTNERSHIPS.

THEN OF COURSE I HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MANAGEMENT AND EFFICIENCIES, AND THEN I HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COACHING, AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I'M TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AND GAIN THE MEN AND WOMEN'S, UM, RESPECT, BUT ALSO THEM HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF MY VISION AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND MAKE, UH, THE RICHARDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT BETTER, UM, THAN IT EVEN IS.

UM, WITH THAT, I WILL CONCLUDE AND, UM, TAKE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.

CHIEF, GREAT PRESENTATION AS ALWAYS.

THANK YOU, UH, MR. CORCORAN.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

UM, CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION FOR, FOR ALL THE INFORMATION AND THE REALLY COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF EVERYTHING YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON AND ARE GONNA WORK ON.

UH, I AM REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THOSE DISPO DISPATCHER SPOTS BEING FILLED.

I KNOW THAT THAT WAS A, A REALLY TOUGH SITUATION WE WERE IN LAST YEAR.

UM, AND SO REALLY SPEAKS HIGHLY TO THE RECRUITMENT EFFORTS Y'ALL ARE ARE WORKING ON AND AND HAVE IMPLEMENTED.

ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISPATCHERS TO THAT ROLE TO BE SORT OF A PIPELINE TO A, A SWORN OFFICER OR AN OPPORTUNITY TO MIX RECRUITMENT POOLS? IS THAT A THING THAT, THAT IS, THAT IS A FANTASTIC QUESTION.

AND THE RESOUNDING ANSWER IS ABSOLUTELY YES, SIR.

UM, WE HAVE, UH, AND CHIEF, YOU, YOU MAY HAVE A NUMBER BETTER THAN I, BUT I BET WE HAVE SEVEN POLICE OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN DISPATCHERS AT RPD MM-HMM.

IS THAT NUMBER ABOUT RIGHT.

UM, BUT YES, WE, WE CERTAINLY USE THAT AND WE USE OUR DETENTION ROLE ALSO MM-HMM.

, UM, TO, TO MOVE THEM INTO THAT FULL-TIME POLICE OFFICER POSITION.

SO YES, SIR.

IS THERE EVER, LIKE, ARE THERE EVER RECRUITS THAT MAYBE CAN'T QUITE MAKE IT FOR WHATEVER REASON, PHYSICAL FITNESS TEST OR THE WRITTEN TEST TO OFFICER THAT WOULD DO A DISPATCHER FIRST AND THEN GO OVER? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT'S HAPPENED? WE HAVE HAD INDIVIDUALS COME TO OUR APPLICANT, UM, OUR ORAL REVIEW BOARD.

WOULD INVITE YOU TO LOOK AT COMMUNICATIONS AS A DISPATCHER OR EVEN A PUBLIC SERVICE OFFICER.

, AND, UM, QUITE FRANKLY, THE CHAIR WILL, WILL SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANT YOU MM-HMM , BUT NOT RIGHT NOW FOR, FOR OUR POLICE OFFICER.

AND, UM, WE WOULD, WE WOULD INVITE YOU TO, TO LOOK AT DETENTION.

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UM, AND I ALSO THINK IT'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD TO HEAR, UH, THE FOCUS IN THIS PRESENTATION.

I REALLY SEE IT THIS YEAR IN, IN CONTRAST TO OTHER YEARS.

NOT THAT YOU HAVEN'T FOCUSED ON EFFICIENCIES IN OTHER YEARS, BUT THE THEME OF THIS REALLY IS EFFICIENCIES.

AND, UM, I THINK EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING WITH APPLICANT PIPELINE IS, IS FANTASTIC.

I MEAN, YOU'RE REALLY PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS TO TRY TO GET RECRUITMENT TO WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE.

AND WHEN I SEE THINGS LIKE BUSINESS CRIME, WATCH THE FLOCK CAMERAS, POWER DMS, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST REALLY, I'M REALLY ENCOURAGED BY THE FOCUS ON EFFICIENCIES AND I WANNA SEE MORE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, GOING INTO THIS YEAR AND FUTURE YEARS.

BECAUSE HONESTLY, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS FOR SWORN OFFICERS ARE KIND OF, THEY'VE KIND OF STAYED THE SAME RIGHT.

OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, IF NOT LONGER.

SO WHAT WE'RE DOING, FINDING THOSE EFFICIENCIES, SO WE DON'T, IF WE CAN'T FIND THE OFFICERS RIGHT, WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO DO WITHOUT THEM.

AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT, RIGHT? FORTUNATELY OR, OR FORTUNATELY, I MEAN, HOWEVER YOU WANNA LOOK AT THAT.

UM, AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT IT'S A NATIONWIDE PROBLEM.

UH, CHIEF, MY, MY OTHER QUESTION, SORRY, IS WHAT IS OUR COMPETITIVE EDGE COMPARED TO THE SUBURBS, TO THE NORTH OF US IN COLLIN COUNTY? I MEAN, I CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE COMPETITIVE IT MAYBE IS COMPARED TO OTHER PLACES AROUND THE COUNTRY OR, YOU KNOW, OTHER LARGER CITIES.

BUT WHAT ABOUT THOSE, THOSE OTHER CITIES TO THE NORTH OF US? YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS.

SOME IS REPUTATION, OKAY? SOME IS REPUTATION OF THE CITY, UH, SOME IS REPUTATION OF THE DEPARTMENT.

UM, SOME IS A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING.

MM-HMM, , UM, SOME CERTAINLY, UH, IMPACTS THE INCENTIVES THAT WE'RE PAYING, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT ONE SINGLE THING.

AND SOME IS CERTAINLY THE ANNUAL SALARY AND THE TOP OUT.

UM, THOSE COLLECTIVELY ADD VALUE TO THE RICHARDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UM, IN ADDITION, IN ADDITION TO THAT, I THINK THE REPUTATION THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE FIGHT CRIME, WE ARE NOT, WE ARE NOT SITTING ON THE SIDELINES AND BEING REACTIVE.

AND I THINK MEN AND WOMEN WHO WANT TO BE IN POLICING RECOGNIZE THAT, UM, MEN AND WOMEN THAT WE HAVE HIRED AS LATERALS, THEY RECOGNIZE THAT AND THEY, THEY WANT TO DO THAT.

THAT'S WHAT THEY HAVE SIGNED UP FOR.

BUT THEY ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO THAT WITH COMPASSION.

MM-HMM, , THAT'S, NO, THAT'S A GREAT ANSWER.

I JUST, IT HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT WE'RE DOING DIFFERENTLY RIGHT.

THAN EVERYONE ELSE, AND WHAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE ON THIS SIDE.

UH, AS FAR AS KINDA A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC QUESTION, WHEN WE DOCUMENT THOSE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, CAN YOU JUST REMIND ME WHAT DO WE DO WITH THAT INFORMATION ONCE WE HAVE IT? DO WE SEND IT OFF TO A LARGER ORGANIZATION OR A LARGER DATABASE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? WE ARE, WE ARE NOT SO MUCH DOCUMENTING THE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AS IT RELATES TO ANY DATABASE OTHER THAN OUR RECORDS MANAGEMENT DATABASE, WHICH HAS OUR OVERALL REPORT SYSTEM.

AND SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT THEY ARE A, A, A HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL.

BUT WHATEVER INCIDENT THAT WE'RE OUT THERE, UM, MANAGING ON IN THE FIRST PLACE, WE, WE BASICALLY DOCUMENT THAT WE CHECK, CHECK A BOX AS IT RELATES TO THEIR CONDITION.

IF, IF IN THE FUTURE THERE WAS AN ORGANIZATION THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, WAS AROUND DFW THAT WAS HERE TO HELP TACKLE, TACKLE THE HOMELESS POPULATION IN, IN THE REGION, AND THEY SAID, HEY, ALL THESE POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE COLLECTING THIS INFORMATION.

UM, IS THERE, ARE WE, DO WE HAVE CAPABILITY TO SHARE THAT IF WE NEED TO, TO, TO HELP WITH THAT REGIONAL EFFORT? OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP PRIVATE? OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? WE DO NOT HAVE TO KEEP THAT PRIVATE.

THERE ARE CERTAIN PIECES THAT WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO KEEP PRIVATE, BUT WE CAN MANAGE THAT, OR WE CAN BE THE FACILITATOR OF THAT.

UM, WITH THE PROPER, UM, COMMUNICATION.

BUT, BUT BOTH ON OUR HOMELESS OUTREACH AS WELL AS OUR, UM, UM, CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM, WE, WE TREAT THOSE VERY SIMILAR IN GATHERING THAT INFORMATION, BUT WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT BOXES AND SOMETIMES WE CHECK BOTH BOXES ON ONE INDIVIDUAL BECAUSE THEY, THEY MATCH, UM, BOTH OF THOSE SCENARIOS.

GREAT.

GOOD TO KNOW.

AND THEN, UH, FINALLY MY LAST QUESTION, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE DRONE DEPLOYMENT NUMBERS, I UNDERST WHEN IT COMES TO THE NUMBERS YOU SHARED WITH DRONE DEPLOYMENT CHIEF.

YES.

I, UM, LIKE I SEE THE NUMBERS, I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF US HAVING THE SAME NUMBER OF DRONE DEPLOYMENTS AS LAPD IS.

OR LOOKING FOR A SUSPECT, LOOKING FOR A LOST INDIVIDUAL, WE, WE WILL PUT THAT DRONE UP AND WE ARE, THOSE DRONES ARE IN THE FIELD, AND SO WE HAVE QUICK DEPLOYMENT OF THOSE DRONES.

WHAT KIND OF EFFICIENCIES ARE WE GAINING WITH THOSE DRONES? WE WILL THROW A DRONE UP ANYTIME THAT WE NEED TO, AS IT RELATES TO SOMEONE'S ON THE GROUND, WHETHER IT'S OFFICER SAFETY ISSUE

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AND SO IT'S A VERY EFFICIENT PROCESS TO PUT THAT DRONE UP.

UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, IF WE HAVE ANY TYPE OF EXTENDED PERIOD OPERATION WORKING, WE HAVE A TAHOE THAT IS OUTFITTED WITH A LARGE SCREEN THAT WE CAN, WE CAN FEED THAT DRONE FOOTAGE INTO THAT SCREEN SO THAT WE CAN, UM, HAVE SUPERVISOR ON SCENE TO WATCH AND MAKE DECISIONS OPERATIONALLY AND APPLICATION WISE.

YEAH, I, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANCE BEHIND WHAT YOU'RE SHOWING US AND, AND WHY, YOU KNOW, FROM OUR END, THE EQUIPMENT WE INVEST IN, HOW IT'S, HOW IT'S BEING USED ON YOUR END AND, AND AGAIN, WHY YOU'RE SHOWING THAT NUMBER.

BUT THAT'S, BUT I THINK YOU'VE HIT ON, UM, SOME OF MY INTENT AND THAT IS THE EFFICIENCIES THROUGH TECHNOLOGY.

NO, AND I THINK THE NUMBERS REALLY THAT YOU'VE SHOWN US DON'T LIE, RIGHT? I MEAN, OVERALL, THE STORY THAT WE HAVE, UM, WHAT I'M GETTING FROM THIS IS THAT OUR STORY IS QUITE POSITIVE, RIGHT? OVERALL CRIME IS DOWN, THE SWORN OFFICER NUMBERS ARE STEADY, BUT OUR OTHER CRITICAL PERSONNEL ARE ALL HIRED TO PRETTY MUCH WHERE WE NEED THEM TO BE, RIGHT? WE CAN'T STOP PUSHING, BUT THEY'RE WHERE WE NEED THEM TO BE IN THE MOMENT.

UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'M REALLY ENCOURAGED, WE HAVE PROGRAMS HERE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE AND THAT WE'RE PLANNING ON EXPANDING THOSE, AND YOU HAVE A PLAN TO EXPAND THOSE.

UH, I THINK THERE'S A NARRATIVE OUT THERE THAT, UM, THAT IS BEING PUSHED FROM THE STATE GOVERNMENT, ESPECIALLY THAT WHERE ALL OF OUR URBAN COMMUNITIES ARE, THESE ARE BELEAGUERED AND OVERRUN WITH CRIME.

AND I THINK IT'S REALLY A DISSERVICE TO THE WORK Y'ALL ARE DOING AND THE WORK THAT THIS DEPARTMENT IS DOING.

UM, YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT I CAN SEE FROM THIS, UH, ENTERING SUBURBS, WE'RE STILL VERY COMPETITIVE WHERE IT COUNTS.

RIGHT? AND THAT'S, UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S IMPORTANT.

AND I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT STORY TO GET OUT THERE.

LET ME JUST, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, LEMME JUST ADD ONE THING.

I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.

SO ONE OF THE MEETING THAT WE'RE GOING TO ON FRIDAY IS BEING, UH, UH, THURSDAY ACTUALLY IS BEING SPONSORED BY HOUSING FORWARD.

AND SO WE, WE ARE EVALUATING THEIR HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH ABBY AND THE NETWORK TO DECIDE EXACTLY WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO START TO HELPING POPULATE DATA REGIONALLY.

'CAUSE THAT'S REALLY WORKING WITH COLLIN COUNTY, UH, HOMELESS COALITION AS WELL AS HOUSING FORD.

THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE EMPHASIS IS ON RIGHT NOW.

SO WE CAN REALLY START BETTER APPRECIATION, UH, APPRECIATING REGIONALLY, UM, THE EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM AND HOW REGIONALLY WE CAN, WE CAN WORK TOGETHER.

SO WE'RE NOT DOING IT, WE'RE NOT DOING IT JUST YET.

BUT I THINK THAT, UH, CHIEFS EXPRESS A, A, A WILLINGNESS TO, TO DO THAT.

THE BIG QUESTION IS, IS IT US OR IS IT THE NETWORK, OR IS IT A COMBINATION? AND HOW DO WE BEST REPRESENT RICHARDSON AND GET THE MOST ACCURATE DATA INTO THAT SYSTEM? YEAH.

DON, YOU HIT THE INTENTION OF MY QUESTION.

THANK YOU, ON THE HEAD, SO THANK YOU.

THAT'S FANTASTIC.

GET DORIA PLEASE.

UH, THANK YOU, CHIEF TITTLE, YOU, IT, UH, SUCH AN INSPIRATIONAL JOB IN EXPLAINING EVERYTHING.

IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HEAR ALL THESE POSITIVE THINGS, AND IT'S REASSURING THAT THE CITY IS HEADED IN A CONTINUED, UH, POSITIVE, UH, FLOW.

UH, A LOT OF THINGS RESONATED WITH ME.

AND, BUT ONE THING THAT YOU SAID TONIGHT DID, ESPECIALLY, AND IT'S SOMETHING I FEEL LIKE HAS CHANGED OVER THE LAST FIVE TO 10 YEARS, AND THAT'S POLICING, YOU MENTIONED, UH, THAT YOU, Y'ALL, YOU FEEL THAT YOU CAN POLICE NOW, YOU'VE GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE YOU CAN POLICE.

'CAUSE THE PEOPLE, THE RESIDENTS ARE MORE COMFORTABLE WORKING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND I THINK THE OUTREACH THERE IS INCREDIBLE BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, 10 PLUS YEARS AGO, PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ARE INTIMIDATED BY A POLICE, UH, DEPARTMENT.

AND I THINK EVERYTHING THAT, UH, THAT YOU'VE PUT TOGETHER AND THE TEAM, UM, HAS REALLY RESONATED WITH OUR, WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

AND IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD THAT PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE AND FEEL A PART OF IT, RATHER THAN THEY FEEL AFRAID OF IT.

SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, HATS OFF TO ALL OF YOU FOR THAT.

I, UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THAT WAS, THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS THAT RESONATED WITH ME AND A LOT OF POSITIVE THINGS.

AND I COULD SIT HERE ALL NIGHT AND TALK ABOUT THEM, BUT THAT WAS JUST ONE THING I'VE NOTICED MYSELF, HONESTLY, EVEN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, I'VE NOTICED THE, THE COMMUNITY IMPACT, UH, HOW, UH, THE RESIDENTS ARE ENGAGED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR TODAY, MR. BARRIOS.

FOR MANY DIFFERENT HOMELESS, UH, OUTREACHES THROUGH MY CHURCH OR THROUGH OTHER NON-PROFITS.

CHIEF, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

AND, UH, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND THANK YOU ON A COUPLE THINGS.

ONE, THE, UH, ONE THING THAT YOU MENTIONED WAS THE SERGEANT PROMOTIONS.

I THINK THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT AND THE TEAM YOU HAVE THAT, UH, TAKES TIME TO, UH, NURTURE AND TRAIN INTERNALLY TO, TO ALLOW FOR, UM, THOSE OFFICERS TO RISE UP INTO THAT POSITION.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

UM, THE, THE HOMELESSNESS AND THE HELP.

ANOTHER THING, I WANNA THANK YOU ON THAT.

I KNOW, UH, THE FIRST TIME I, OVER THE LAST 20 PLUS YEARS, I'VE VOLUNTEERED

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AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S CLOSE TO MY HEART.

AND I KNOW IN 2019, I MEAN, MY SON AND I ARE THE KIND OF PEOPLE WHERE WE GO TO QUICKTRIP, WE'RE MAKING FRIENDS WITH THE HOMELESS GUY OUT IN A PARKING LOT.

THAT'S JUST WHO WE ARE.

AND, UH, BOTH OF US DO THAT ALL THE TIME.

AND IN 2019, I WAS HEARING KIND OF FROM THAT COMMUNITY OF FRIENDS OF MINE WHO WORK IN A NONPROFIT ABOUT NOT, UM, MAYBE NOT THE BEST INTERACTIONS, BUT I'VE HEARD A LOT OF POSITIVES ABOUT INTERACTIONS.

I THINK THAT'S, UM, JUST SPEAKS TO THE, THE EFFORTS OF YOUR LEADERSHIP AND OF THE DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE AND THE LEADERSHIP UNDER YOU THAT, UM, THERE'S EFFORTS BEING MADE THERE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT AN EASY POPULATION THAT ALWAYS COMES NATURAL TO EVERYBODY TO WORK WITH.

SO I THANK YOU FOR CONTINUALLY CHALLENGE YOURSELF AS A DEPARTMENT, UM, AND MAKING POSITIVE EFFORTS IN, IN THAT REGARD.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS AROUND SOME OF THE CRIME STATISTICS.

JUST THE, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE, WHEN YOU, DURING THE THEFT OF BUILDING AND YOU MENTIONED STORAGES, A LOT OF 'EM WERE LIKE DETACHED GARAGES OR STORAGE UNITS IN THE BACK OF THE YARD THAT DOESN'T FALL UNDER PROPERTY THEFT.

THAT'S THEFT TO BUILDING.

'CAUSE WHEN I INITIALLY, BEFORE YOU SAID THAT I THOUGHT THEFT OF BUILDINGS, I THOUGHT, OH, BUSINESSES, BUT THEN I DIDN'T SEE A SEPARATE CATEGORY FOR BUSINESSES.

SO ARE THERE A LOT OF THEFT IN BUSINESSES? I MEAN, WHY WOULDN'T THAT JUST FALL UNDER IF MY STORAGE UNIT IN THE BACKYARD? I DON'T HAVE ONE.

BUT IF I DID HAVE ONE AND THAT WE'RE BROKEN INTO, WHY WOULDN'T THAT FALL UNDER? NO, I, I THINK THAT'S A FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC QUESTION.

BUT LET ME SHARE WITH YOU THAT THE WAY NATIONWIDE, THAT THOSE PARTICULAR CRIMES ARE DIFFERENTIATED.

SO IF IT IS A RESIDENCE AND THE RESIDENCE IS BROKEN INTO, THEN WE WILL CONSIDER THAT A RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY.

IF THE GARAGE IS ATTACHED TO THE RESIDENCE, THEN IT'S CONSI AND THE GARAGE IS BROKEN INTO, THEN IT'S CONSIDERED A RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY.

IF THE GARAGE IS A DETACHED FROM THE RESIDENCE, THEN IT IS CONSIDERED A BUSINESS.

AND IT, IT HAS, IT HAS BEEN THAT WAY NATIONWIDE FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER.

AND THAT'S 37 YEARS OR ALMOST.

SO, UM, AT, AT ANY RATE, THAT'S, THAT'S THE DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN BUSINESS BURGLARY AND RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHEN YOU HAVE A STORAGE SHED, UM, THAT IS LIKE A, A STORAGE LOCK FACILITY THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A RESIDENCE, I'M SORRY, A, UM, BUSINESS BURGLARY AS WELL.

BUT ALSO WHEN YOU HAVE, UM, STORAGE CONTAINERS MAYBE AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE, THAT WOULD ALSO BE A BUSINESS BURGLARY AS WELL.

SO IT'S NOT THE TRADITIONAL BUSINESS AS WE LOOK AT A BRICK AND MORTAR, UM, LOCATION THAT IS THE ONLY BUSINESS BURGLARY.

DOES THAT HELP AT ALL? YES.

YES IT DOES.

UM, THAT KI THAT KIND OF SURPRISED ME THERE ON SOME OF THAT.

SO THANK YOU.

UM, ONE THING I DID NOT SEE, AND I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO HAVE THESE NUMBERS OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD 'CAUSE I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS UP THERE.

I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING REGARDING DRUGS.

UM, I'M ASSUMING IF, IF ANY RESIDENTS WATCHING WOULD WANT TO DETAIL THIS, ALL FULL CRIMES AND STATISTICS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHETHER WE'RE TREND UP OR DOWN? I KNOW SO MUCH IS TIED TO DRUGS AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT OUR ARRESTS ARE TRENDING IN AN UPWARD FASHION, BUT WE'RE RELATIVELY FLAT YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.

UM, I WILL TELL YOU THAT, UM, VAPING IS, AND THC VAPING HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY.

AND UH, SO WE HAVE SEEN A RISE IN THAT.

UM, ONE THING I DIDN'T SEE ON HERE, BUT I DID WANNA COMMEND YOU GUYS ON JUST 'CAUSE AS, AS A TEACHER, I SEE IT ON THE RSD SIDE, IS YOUR PARTNERSHIP AN INCREASED PARTNERSHIP WITH RISD? AND I THINK THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY NOT JUST FOR THE STUDENTS, BUT FOR YOU GUYS TO ALSO HELP BUILD THAT PARTNERSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY AND BUILD A PIPELINE OF POSSIBLE FUTURE 9 1 1 OPERATORS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A THING OR TWO TO SHARE ABOUT THAT, BUT I DIDN'T SEE IT UP THERE AND I THOUGHT THIS IS SOMETHING I WAS ACTUALLY PROBABLY SHARED TWO OR THREE TIMES IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, I THINK WITH RESIDENTS.

UH, 'CAUSE I'M SEEING SO MUCH OF THE KIDS TALK ABOUT IT.

SO THERE IS CERTAINLY THAT PIPELINE AND WE HAVE THAT PIPELINE FROM OUR SROS, UM, TO THE KIDS ON EVERYTHING JUST BROAD.

BUT IT, IT GOES BACK TO THAT RELATIONSHIP AND THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE KIDS FROM THE SROS AND ANY OFFICERS FOR THAT MATTER, BUT ALSO RECRUITING THEM FOR THAT YOUTH POLICE ACADEMY IN THE SUMMERTIME AND GETTING THEM ENGAGED THERE AND THEN JUST CONTINUING TO WORK THAT THROUGH THE SYSTEM.

AND, UM, AND SEEING WHAT GENERATES FROM IT.

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AND, UM, THERE'S A, UH, RSD HAS A PTECH PROGRAM LIKE AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT.

I DON'T KNOW WHO'S INVOLVED, IS THAT YOU AND I BELIEVE THAT IS NOTED SOMEWHERE IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT WE ACTUALLY PRESENT TO THEM IN OUR MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM AND, UH, AND GIVE THEM A TOUR OF THE BUILDING, ET CETERA.

BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ENGAGED WITH AS WELL.

THAT'S GREAT.

CHIEF, INCREDIBLY POSITIVE PRESENTATION.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH OH AND THE TAKE ME HOME PROGRAM.

LOVE THAT.

UM, I MEAN, ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP, HELP, UM, GIVE OUR OFFICERS INFORMATION THAT CAN HELP MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THAT'S GREAT.

UM, I WANT TO THANK YOU.

I WAS LOOKING AT THE SLIDE ON PATROL EFFICIENCIES.

I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN, UM, PRIOR TO JOINING THE COUNCIL, I, I CAME AND SPOKE TO THE COUNCIL AND THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ON, ON MY HEART.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU, UM, FOR THE STEPS YOU'VE TAKEN AND YOUR ENTIRE DEPARTMENT, RPD DOES A LOT OF GREAT THINGS.

ONE THING THAT SPEAKS FOLLOWING ABOUT LEADERSHIP IS SAYING, HEY, WE KNOW WE'RE PERFORMING AT THIS HIGH LEVEL.

WHERE DO WE HAVE THOSE LITTLE PIECES WHERE WE COULD JUST TAKE IT ONE STEP HIGHER AND ONE STEP BETTER? AND I, I FEEL THAT, UH, NOT JUST THAT, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT TECHNOLOGY AND SO AS EFFICIENCIES AS COUNCILMAN CORCORAN MENTIONED EARLIER, Y'ALL ARE KNOCKING OUTTA PARK.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THAT.

APPRECIATE SO MUCH ALL THE WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR MEN AND WOMEN ARE DOING, UM, YOUR ENTIRE, UM, CHIEF RANKS THAT ALL THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING.

UM, JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

FIRST OFF, I'M, I'M ALWAYS AMAZED WHEN I LOOK AT Y'ALL'S AND FIRE DEPARTMENT STATISTICS WHEN I TRY TO CORRELATE Y'ALL'S HIRING WITH, I'LL SAY PRIVATE SECTOR.

AND WHEN I SEE 669 APPLICANTS APPLIED, BUT ONLY 159 TESTED.

I I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, I KNOW, I'M SURE THERE'S SOME COMPONENT THAT DON'T SHOW UP FOR THE TEST, BUT WHAT OTHER, WHAT ARE THE OTHER ISSUES THAT Y'ALL ARE SEEING OR RUNNING INTO? BECAUSE THAT'S A, THAT'S A HUGE NUMBER TO HAVE.

669 PEOPLE APPLY AND ONLY 159 GET TO THE TEST.

YOU KNOW, THAT FIRST APPLICATION THAT IS SUBMITTED TO HR, UM, THEY APPLY, BUT THEY SIMPLY DON'T MAKE THE CUT EVEN ON THAT FRONT END.

UM, THERE WILL BE SOMETHING IN JUST A, A SHORT BRIEF APPLICATION THAT THEY'RE GONE RIGHT THERE.

AND IT CAN BE WHETHER IT'S AN ARREST OR AN EXPERIENCE IN THEIR LIFE.

UM, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONE.

UM, I WILL TELL YOU THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAD, AS I REFERENCED THE 50 THAT SHOWED UP, UH, THAT SATURDAY MORNING, UM, IT'S, IT'S NOT A NUMBER IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT JUST IN REFERENCE, WE HAD 70 PLUS SAY THEY WERE GOING TO BE THERE.

AND SO IT'S THINGS LIKE THAT TO WHERE, WHERE'S THE OTHER 20? AND SO IT, IT SHOWS THE FACT THAT THERE MAY BE SOME INTENT.

SOME PEOPLE MAY WANT SOMETHING AS IT RELATES TO A JOB, AS IT RELATES TO A POLICING PROFESSION, BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, EITHER THEY DON'T CUT IT ON THE FRONT END, THEY LOSE THEIR COMMITMENT OR NEVER HAD IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

UM, AND QUITE FRANKLY, THAT'S WHY I THINK WE HAD 1100, 1200 GOING BACK TO THE, THE 19 NINE, UH, 2019 AND 2020, UM, IS JUST THEY WANTED A JOB AND NOT TO BE A POLICE OFFICER.

AND THEN I GUESS KIND OF FROM THAT AS WELL, 'CAUSE YOU, YOU, YOU SAID SOMETHING AND I, IF THEY'RE FALLING OUT EARLY, EARLY ON FOR AN ARREST OR SOMETHING IN THEIR BACKGROUND, THEN WHAT IS, WHAT CAUSES THEM, AGAIN, YOU HAD 81 THAT PASSED THE TEST, BUT ONLY 24 THAT PASSED THE ORAL BOARD INTERVIEW AND THEN 17 THAT PASSED BACKGROUND.

SO WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE BACK, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU SAY THAT THEY'RE, 'CAUSE YOU SAID THEY, THEY FALL OUT BECAUSE OF AN ARREST OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHICH I WOULD ASSUME IS PART OF A BACKGROUND CHECK.

BUT THEN DOWN LOWER YOU ALSO TALK ABOUT BACKGROUND CHECK AGAIN, WE, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE WHAT I'M ASKING? NO, IT, IT DOES.

WE CAN SEND THEM AND WE CAN SET THEM IN FRONT OF THAT BOARD.

UM, AND EVEN BEFORE THEN, WE WILL GO OVER THEIR PERSONAL HISTORY STATEMENT WITH THEM AND THEY WILL RECOGNIZE THROUGH THE COURSE OF QUESTIONING ABOUT THEIR PERSONAL HISTORY STATEMENT, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE FIT OR MEANT TO BE A RICHARDSON POLICE OFFICER.

AND SOMETIMES THEY FIGURE THAT OUT ON THEIR OWN.

AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO INFORM THEM OF THAT.

SOME OF THOSE THAT DO NOT FIGURE IT OUT ON THEIR OWN, AND WE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH

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INVITING THEM TO THAT ORAL BOARD.

THEY COME TO THE ORAL BOARD.

AND QUITE FRANKLY, WHEN WE GET BEYOND 50% MOVING FORWARD AFTER THAT ORAL BOARD, WE'RE HAPPY, WE ARE ABSOLUTELY HAPPY.

WE DO NOT GO INTO AN ORAL BOARD EXPECTING, UM, A HUNDRED OR EVEN 80% SUCCESS MOVING FORWARD AFTER THAT.

DOES THAT HELP A LITTLE? IT DOES.

IT HELPS.

AND, AND SOMETIMES IT'S JUST, IT'S SOME OF THEIR MATURITY.

SOMETIMES IT IS HOW THEY RESPOND TO THE QUESTIONS.

SOMETIMES IT IS.

UM, AND WE DON'T EXPECT THEM TO COME IN, UH, WITH, WITH SUBJECT MATTER EXPERIENCE, ESPECIALLY THE THE NEW ONES.

UM, BUT WE EXPECT SOME SOLID ANSWERS.

WE EXPECT SOME DEDICATED DEDICATION AND DILIGENCE PUT FORTH FOR THAT INTERVIEW.

GREAT.

UM, A SUGGESTION, YES SIR.

AS YOU, AS YOU ROLL OUT THE ENHANCED DISPATCH REFRESH THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER, UM, IS WORKING WITH CHIEF PUY, UM, AND MAYBE TRY PROVIDING ADDITIONAL TRAINING TO DISPATCHERS FOR MEDICAL EMERGENCIES WHERE THEY COULD TURN THE CAMERA ON, SEE WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE PATIENT AND BE ABLE TO RELAY THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE AGAIN, I THINK WE'VE HEARD IT WHEN WE'VE GONE TO THE BANQUETS AND OTHER SITUATIONS WHERE THEY DO A FANTASTIC JOB WHEN SOMEONE'S IN FULL CARDIAC ARREST.

BUT IF THERE'S OTHER MEDICAL EMERGENCIES GOING ON, IF THE DISPATCHERS COULD SEE IT ON THE CAMERA, IT COULD HELP THEM WALK THROUGH STEPS THAT COULD BE TAKEN PRIOR TO EITHER Y'ALL'S AND OR EMS FIRE'S ARRIVAL.

I THINK THAT'D BE A HUGE POSITIVE THAT COULD BE ADDED TO, TO THIS.

AS YOU ROLL THAT OUT, I REALIZE YOU GOT A LOT TO ROLL OUT, SO I DON'T EXPECT IT TOMORROW BY ANY STRETCH, BUT I JUST WANNA THROW THAT OUT THERE THAT I, I THINK THAT COULD BE SOMETHING VERY, VERY BENEFICIAL BY BEING ABLE TO USE THE, THE RESIDENTS CAMERA TO SEE WHAT'S, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THAT MEDICAL EMERGENCY.

OR SOMEONE WHO IS ARMED AND TRAINED AS IT RELATES TO AN EMPLOYEE.

NO, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, YOU DIDN'T SPEAK ON THIS AND, AND I THINK IT WAS COUNCILMAN BAR BARRIOS WHO STARTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, BUT I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, ABOUT THE FENTANYL CRISIS AND OTHER DRUG CRISIS, AND I'M, I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT ARRESTS ARE THE, THE ANSWER, BUT ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AS A DEPARTMENT TO TRY TO, TO DEAL WITH THAT? AND THEN I WANT TO, I'M GONNA TIE IT TO MY SECOND COMPONENT.

'CAUSE THIS IS AN AREA THAT I THINK I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, AND I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW.

I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE LEGISLATURE CAME OUT AND PROVIDED, I FORGET HOW MUCH FUNDING.

IT'S VERY SHORT, SHORT OF WHAT I KNOW IS NEEDED IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND SO NOW ON EVERY CAMPUS, OR SUPPOSED TO BE ON EVERY CAMPUS, THERE'S A ARMED SECURITY OFFICER THAT'S NOT AN SRO, WHICH I KNOW THERE'S NO WAY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT, BUT I'M, I'M, I'M, I GUESS I'M CONCERNED, I'M CURIOUS AND I'M QUESTIONING WHAT KIND OF COMMUNICATION, WHAT KIND OF WORKING RELATIONSHIP ARE WE ABLE TO BUILD, TRYING TO BUILD, CAN BUILD WITH THESE ARMED SECURITY OFFICERS? I THINK THOSE, I THINK ARE ARMED SECURITY PERSONNEL MAYBE IS A BETTER WORD TO USE.

I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T USE THE WORD OFFICER.

I FORGET EXACTLY HOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S, I THINK WITH THE, I I KNOW I, I KNOW I'VE, I'VE HEARD AND I'VE SEEN, AND YOU HAVE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST ABOUT HOW THE SROS ARE REALLY ABLE TO GET IN AND, AND MY WORDS, YOU KNOW, BE A PART OF THE SCHOOL.

I DON'T GET THE SENSE IN TALKING WITH PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THESE HIRED ARMED SECURITY PERSONNEL ARE ABLE TO GET AT THAT SAME LEVEL.

PART OF IT IS JUST THEY'RE NOT TRAINED, THEY'RE NOT EXPERIENCED.

THERE'S, I MEAN, THERE'S A MYRIAD AND WE CAN PROBABLY TALK ALL NIGHT ABOUT, ABOUT THE, THE ISSUES.

BUT GIVEN THAT THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE, IS THERE, IS THERE AN APPROACH THAT WE'RE TAKING EITHER NOW COMING UP IN THE FUTURE OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES? 'CAUSE I DON'T, MY SENSE IS, IS THAT, AND I HOPE I'M WRONG ABOUT THIS, I'M NOT SURE THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE MORE FUNDING COME THROUGH TO REALLY BOOST, IF YOU WILL, THE OVERALL QUALIFICATIONS FOR THOSE, FOR THOSE PERSONNEL.

SO I KNOW THAT'S, THAT'S A LARGELY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF KIND OF WORDED QUESTION.

BUT IF YOU CAN MAYBE UNPACKAGE THAT A LITTLE BIT FOR ME.

LET, LET ME TOUCH ON THE, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM FIRST, THEN I'LL TOUCH ON, UM, THE FENTANYL ISSUE.

UM, SO SCHOOLS AS IT RELATES TO HB THREE, AND THAT IS REQUIRING, UM, AN ARMED OFFICER OR ARMED PERSONNEL IN A SCHOOL PERIOD.

UH, WE CERTAINLY HAVE OUR SROS IN RISD MM-HMM, , UM, FROM, FROM JUNIOR HIGH UP.

WHAT IT REQUIRES THOUGH IS THE HB THREE IS A SECURITY LEVEL THREE SECURITY OR A SCHOOL MARSHAL, UM,

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AND SO OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE RISD SECURITY TEAM, UM, STANDS EXTREMELY STRONG.

AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THAT, BOTH WITH OUR SROS AS WELL AS WHAT THEY DO AT RISD AS IT RELATES TO MANAGING THEIR SECURITY TEAM.

THAT IS A CONTRACT, UM, SERVICE, IF YOU WILL.

THIS IS GOING TO BE JUST A, A LITTLE BIT OF A, A LEARNING CURVE, IF YOU WILL.

AND SO CERTAINLY RECOGNIZE YOUR CONCERN.

AND I THINK THAT IS A SHARED CONCERN, UM, BECAUSE AS I REFERENCED EARLIER, SROS BUILD REPUTATIONS, THEY ALSO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS.

AND SO WE STRIVE AND ARE PROUD TO BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.

UM, I THINK SOME OF THE PROOF IS STILL IN THE WORKS AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS NEW MODEL OF, UM, PROTECTION OR ARMED EMPLOYEES, ARMED INDIVIDUALS IN THE SCHOOLS.

AND SO I THINK, I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE TOO EARLY TO SAY WHAT THE RESULT IS GOING TO BE, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT THEIR ROLE AND THEIR NOTED ROLE IS TO STOP THE THREAT.

AND, UM, AND I THINK IT STOPS AT THAT.

BUT I'LL, I'LL, I'LL KIND OF LOOK FORWARD TO THAT CONTINUED FUTURE AND SEE WHERE IT TAKES US.

YOU BET.

AND THE SROS DO A FANTASTIC JOB.

SO DON'T MISS, I'M, I'M PURELY TALKING ABOUT THE, THE CONTRACTED FOLKS.

I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT OUR SRO SROS WHEN I ASK THOSE QUESTIONS.

YES, SIR.

SO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU'RE, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I WAS CLEAR ON THAT.

I THINK THIS NO, I, I CERTAINLY DO, BUT THANKS FOR CLARIFICATION.

BUT I, I THINK IT'S JUST SUCH A NEW MODEL AND IT'S NEW FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED AND, UH, I THINK THERE'S SOME GROWING PAINS AND WE'LL HAVE TO, WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT TOGETHER.

BUT, UM, AS IT RELATES TO, UM, TO DRUGS, UH, I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THAT, UH, IN THE RECENT PAST WE HAVE HAD A FENTANYL POISONING, AND THAT PARTICULAR POISONING LED TO A DEATH.

AND I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THAT OUR WORK WITH THE DEA, OUR WORK WITH OUR TASK FORCE OFFICER, WITH THE DEA, UM, MOVED FORWARD AT VARIOUS LEVELS OF SECURING ARREST.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE FEDERAL PROSECUTION OF THOSE IN INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED.

AND I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT AND, AND GO FROM AND GO FROM THERE.

BUT WE ARE AGGRESSIVE IN OUR APPROACH, BUT AGAIN, WE UTILIZE OUR PARTNERSHIPS, OUR FEDERAL PARTNERSHIPS, UM, TO FIGHT CRIME.

THANK YOU, SIR.

I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

YES, SIR.

MAYOR PROTO.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

THANK YOU CHIEF FOR THIS DETAILED PRESENTATION.

I ENJOY YOUR PRESENTATION EVERY YEAR.

UH, I DO HAVE FEW QUESTIONS, BUT YOU HAVE AL, AL ALREADY TOUCHED A FEW OF THEM.

UH, ONE THING I WAS GONNA ASK YOU, UH, NOT TO GET YOU ANOTHER LONG CONVERSATION, JUST, JUST TO, UH, TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SCHOOL ISSUE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SECURITY OFFICER THERE, UH, AND ARMED OFFICER VERSUS SRO IS DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO NOT GOING TO ASK YOU HOW THEY'RE MANAGING THAT.

THE QUESTION WOULD BE THAT, HOW THAT IMPACTING RPD, UH, ARE YOU MONITORING, I'M SURE YOU'RE MONITORING THAT, IF YOU CAN, UH, GUIDE US A LITTLE BIT THAT HOW, WHAT, WHAT WE WOULD BE EXPECTING DOWN THE ROAD, UH, THAT SITUATION.

SO, SO ON THAT, AGAIN, WE, WE HAVE THAT FANTASTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH RISD.

THEY HAVE A SECURITY TEAM THAT MANAGES THEIR SECURITY AND ENGAGES AND INTERACTS WITH OUR SROS, UH, ON A DAILY BASIS.

WE STAY ENGAGED WITH THEM AND THEN THEY ENGAGE WITH THAT SECURITY FORCE VENDOR, IF YOU WILL.

AND CERTAINLY WE DEFER TO THEM, TO RISD ON ENGAGING, UM, THAT SECURITY FORCE AND, AND LEAVE IT, LEAVE IT TO THEM FOR THAT, WHATEVER THEY NEED FROM US.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO ACQUIESCE IN THAT, IN THAT WAY AS WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO, TO ACCOMMODATE RECOGNIZING THAT WE CANNOT, UM, INCREASE OUR SRO WORK GROUP, UM, BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE THAT WORK GROUP THAT WE HAVE TO STAY DEDICATED TO FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.

BUT, UM, I, I'M VERY COMFORTABLE AND CONFIDENT THAT, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE THAT SOLID RELATIONSHIP WITH RISD AND, UM, I THINK

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AND, UH, IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT OF A LEARNING CURVE FOR ALL OF US.

SO, SO FAR NOTHING NEW REALLY CAME OUT FROM THAT NEW KIND OF DATA? NO, SIR.

I GOT A FEW OTHER QUESTION.

UH, NO, THE STATISTICS THAT YOU HAVE, THOSE LOOKS GREAT.

WHEN YOU SEE THE NUMBERS DROPPING, WHICH ONE, I'M SORRY.

ALL THE STATISTICS THAT YOU HAVE WHEN, WHEN YOU ANYONE SEE THE NUMBER IS DROPPING? IT FEELS GOOD.

YES.

UH, IT'S OBVIOUS.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT I KNOW THE POPULATION IS ALSO GROWING UP.

SO WE HAVE THE POPULATION GROWTH AND THOSE NUMBERS ARE REALLY RAW NUMBERS.

I BELIEVE THERE IS NO, IT'S NOT NOR NORMALIZED ACCORDING TO THE POPULATION BECAUSE, UH, DO YOU HAVE LIKE ANY TRACK THAT OKAY, THIS, THIS YEAR WE HAD THIS MUCH POPULATION THAT YEAR WE HAD, ARE YOU FOLLOWING UP? SO IN INTERESTING CONVERSATION THAT CHIEF BUSIER AND I HAD EARLIER IN THE DAY, AND THAT IS RECOGNIZING THAT OUR POPULATION IS, IS AROUND THE 1 22 MARK NOW, UM, REFLECTING BACK TO AROUND THE ONE 19 MARK, I BELIEVE IN 19, RIGHT? BUT, BUT ALSO JUST SEEING, SEEING THE CHANGES AS, AS WE'RE NOT MOVING THAT NEEDLE TOO MUCH ONE WAY OR THE OTHER AS IT RELATES TO POPULATION.

I THINK WE HAVE TO ANTICIPATE THAT THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW IN THIS CITY.

HOW RAPIDLY, I DON'T KNOW, BUT MY INTENT IS TO CONTINUE TO, TO PUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS AS IT RELATES TO HIRING AND TRAINING, BUT ALSO LEVERAGING THOSE RESOURCES FROM A TECHNOLOGY STANDPOINT AND, AND OTHER PARTNERS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS NO, IT, IT DID.

UH, BECAUSE YOUR NUMBERS REMAINS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME POPULATION IS GOING UP, AND I WOULD EXPECT THAT PRESSURE WILL BE COMING MORE, UH, BECAUSE OF THE POPULATION GROWTH AND DIFFERENT INCIDENTS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE ABOUT 93,000 CALL MM-HMM.

AND, UH, THAT, THAT MAKES IT ABOUT LIKE 254 CALLS PER DAY.

AND WE HAVE ABOUT 120,000 PEOPLE HERE IN THIS TOWN.

SO 93,000 CALL 120, I HAVE NOT CALLED YOU LAST ONE YEAR A FEW YEARS.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHO IS, WHO ARE CALLING THOSE, YOU KNOW, MAKING THOSE CALLS.

THAT'S THE, ARE YOU GETTING CALLS FROM SAME PLACES MULTIPLE TIMES? I'M SURE OTHERWISE, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT MANY CALLS COMING.

WE, WE, WE CERTAINLY SEE THOSE HIGH VOLUME CALL LOCATIONS OR CALL AREAS.

BUT I ALSO, UM, MUST, MUST REMIND US ALL THAT THAT DAYTIME POPULATION HERE IS, IS JUMPING TO ABOUT 180,000 IF, IF MY RECOLLECTION, UH, IS, IS CORRECT.

BUT WE ARE, WE ARE MANAGING THAT NUMBER DURING THE DAYTIME.

AND SO, UH, LOOKING AT OUR, OUR CALL VOLUME, OUR CALL VOLUME PEAKS AT 4:00 PM IN THE AFTERNOON, UH, WITH HIGH FREQUENCY, UM, ON FRIDAYS, UM, ONLY, UM, WITH, WITH MONDAYS, I BELIEVE BEING SECOND TO THAT.

SO IT, IT'S NOT THE TRADITIONAL ONLY ON THE WEEKENDS DO WE HAVE AN INCREASE IN CALLS FOR SERVICE, BUT UM, IT CERTAINLY DRIVES US, UH, DURING THOSE DAYTIME HOURS AS AS WELL.

NO, THAT'S GREAT.

SO IS, UH, NOT GREAT THAT YOU PICKS UP THAT TIME, IT CREATES THAT I GOT THE INFORMATION.

UH, DO YOU HAVE A DATA THAT YOU COULD LIKE SEPARATE IT THAT IS HAPPENING LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS TIME, SO BECAUSE YOU WOULD BE NEEDING MORE RESOURCE THAT TIME AROUND THOSE, YOU KNOW, IS THAT ENOUGH RESOURCE YOU HAVE DURING THOSE TIME? BIG TIME.

SO AS I REFERENCED THE 12 HOUR SHIFTS, RIGHT, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO MOVE THOSE RESOURCES AND, AND BE ATTRACTIVE AS, AS A WORKFORCE BECAUSE THE 12 HOUR SHIFTS ARE CERTAINLY IMPACTING THE ATTRACTIVENESS FOR RECRUITS.

UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY COMMON IN POLICING, UH, RIGHT NOW.

AND THE LESS TENURED, IF YOU WILL REALLY ENJOY THOSE 12 HOUR SHIFTS SO THAT THEY CAN ENJOY TIME OFF, UM, IN, IN THREE AND SOMETIMES EVEN FOUR DAYS AT A, AT A TIME.

AND SO WE HAVE TO STAY, UH, WITH THAT 12 HOUR SHIFT.

IF WE HAD THE PERFECT SHIFT.

I MEAN, WE HAD, WE HAD WORKED FOR FOUR HOURS AND, AND THEN SEND THEM HOME FOR TWO AND BRING THEM BACK FOR ANOTHER FOUR.

BUT I SAY THAT A LITTLE BIT IN, UM, IN JEST, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK WORKING THAT 12 HOUR SHIFT AND, AND BREAKING IT DOWN BETWEEN SIX, UM, A AND SIX P AND THEN WITH AN OVERLAP AT SEVEN A AND SEVEN P IS PROBABLY THE BEST USE OF OUR RESOURCES

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RIGHT NOW.

NOW THIS IS, UH, JUST A QUESTION YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE ANSWERED.

JUST A THOUGHT.

WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS THING TRADITIONALLY SO MANY YEARS RECENTLY.

ME AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, CURTIS, DORIAN, WE VISITED, UH, TEXAS PRISON SYSTEM.

AND I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS PRISON THERE FOR SO MANY, SO MANY YEARS LONG BEFORE I WAS BORN EVEN, I GUESS, UH, SO, AND WE ARE DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

UH, AND, UH, IS THERE ANY, LIKE, NOW THE QUESTION WAS THAT HAVE, CAN, IS THERE ANY OUT OF THE BOX THINKING PEOPLE ARE MAKING, UH, TO THINK THAT YOU KNOW HOW TO SOLVE SOME OF THE PROBLEM DIFFERENT WAY? UH, SO FOR YOU, THE QUESTION WOULD BE, UH, YOU KNOW, IF SOMETHING HAPPENED, YOU HAVE A RESOURCE, THEY GO AFTER THOSE PROBLEM, UH, THEN THEY SOLVE THESE THINGS.

SO THE BEST WAY WOULD BE LIKE, IF NOTHING HAPPENS AND EVERYBODY SITS AROUND NOTHING, NOBODY HAS TO DO NOTHING AND EVERYTHING IS PERFECT.

UH, AND ABSOLUTELY, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE PERFECT PLACE BECAUSE WE ARE HUMAN.

UH, BUT WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER.

LIKE, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN CITY CAN DO OR OTHER CITY CAN DO, OR POLICE DEPARTMENT OR SOMEBODY CAN THINK ABOUT THAT, UH, THAT WOULD MAKE, UH, YOU KNOW, THINGS HAPPEN LESS TO AVOID, UH, HAPPENING, LIKE THE AI IS COMING, ARTIFICIAL, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, UH, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

IF YOU DEPLOY A FEW THINGS THAT WOULD PROBABLY AVOID, UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, UH, OUT, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE THINGS LOOKS LIKE COMING FROM OUTSIDE OUR CITY, UH, WHATEVER IS HAPPENING.

UH, SO IF YOU WOULD DEPLOY A FEW THINGS, MAYBE THAT WOULD MAKE, UH, LESS CRIME IN THIS, UH, AREA, LESS TRAFFIC ISSUE IN THE AREA, MAYBE THEY'LL BE DRIVING FASTER SOMEWHERE ELSE.

NOT IN OUR CITY LIMIT.

SO ANY, ANY THOUGHT? HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT ANYTHING? I DON'T KNOW.

SO, SO I WILL, I WILL TELL YOU THIS, YOU HAVE NOT ONLY ASKED THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION, YOU HAVE ASKED THE BILLION DOLLAR QUESTION.

OH, BECAUSE I, I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THE CRIMINOLOGISTS AROUND THE COUNTRY, CRIMINOLOGISTS AROUND THE WORLD, ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SOME OF THESE THINGS TO ACCOMPLISH.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I CERTAINLY SAY, AND, AND, UM, IT IT'S NOT UNCOMMON IS WE CANNOT ARREST OUR WAY OUT OF, UM, THE SITUATIONS THAT WE'RE IN AS A SOCIETY.

WHAT I WILL ALSO SAY IS LOOKING AT ALL OF THE PROGRAMS, LOOKING AT ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT WE DO IN RICHARDSON TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY, I BELIEVE IS WORKING AND I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO NOT JUST STAY THE COURSE, NOT JUST STAY THE COURSE, BUT AS COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIO SAID, CONTINUE TO WORK TO, TO, TO PUT THE CHERRY ON TOP MY WORDS, BUT TO CONTINUE TO GROW JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE.

NOT BEING SATISFIED WITH GOOD, BUT, BUT ONLY ACCEPTING GRADE.

NO, THAT'S GOOD.

YOU'RE MAKING PROGRESS EVERY YEAR.

I'M VERY MUCH HAPPY WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PROUD OF THEM.

AND EVEN AFTER THAT, YOU ALL ARE MAKING BETTER AND BETTER EVERY DAY AND CONNECTING WITH THE RESIDENTS MORE AND MORE.

SO, UH, AND ABSOLUTELY, I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE REALLY HAPPY.

UH, I SEE ALL OVER THE CITY, I HEAR FROM PEOPLE.

SO THIS IS ABSOLUTELY MUCH BETTER, UH, PLACE THAN, UH, YESTERDAY AND EVERY DAY WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS.

UH, SO NOW I'M GONNA HAVE SOME SPECIFIC COMMENT ABOUT, I MEAN, QUESTION ABOUT THE, THE, WHAT DO YOU CALL THE DRONE? SO THE DRONE THAT YOU HAVE IS ONLY THE FLYING DRONE, RIGHT? IS THAT, SO YOU HAVE BASICALLY DJI I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE OTHER ONE.

THE AUTO EVO, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING, I GUESS I, I THINK TWO OF THE ONES THAT YOU SEE THERE ARE LARGE IN SIZE.

THEY'RE STABLE SO THAT THEY CAN WITHSTAND WIND.

UM, ONE OF THOSE TWO HAVE THE, UM, INFRARED AND ZOOMING THE THERMAL IMAGING, UM, TECHNOLOGY ATTACHED TO IT.

THEN WE'VE GOT, I BELIEVE ABOUT FOUR THAT ARE MUCH SMALLER THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY FLY INTERNALLY OR IN INSIDE A BUILDING, UM, USING THOSE TO CLEAR A HOME, UH, TO CLEAR A BUILDING, TO CLEAR A RESIDENCE, ANY, ANYTHING IN CLOSE QUARTERS.

AND THEN WE HAVE A FEW THAT ARE JUST SIMPLY IN THAT MIDDLE GROUND THAT WE CAN DEPLOY ON A DAILY OR A NIGHTLY BASIS.

GREAT.

YOU ALREADY ANSWERED MY, THE QUESTION THAT I WAS GONNA ASK YOU THOUGH.

THOSE MINI DRONE THAT BASICALLY USED FOR FLYING IN INDOOR, UH, OKAY, THAT'S

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GOOD.

UH, ANY OTHER THOUGHT ABOUT BUYING ANY OTHER DIFFERENT KIND OF DRONE THAT NOT JUST, UH, FLYING, IT'S MORE LIKE, UH, CRAWLING.

SO, SO I THINK OUR SWAT TEAM HAS A LITTLE BIT OF THAT CAPABILITY AND A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE THERE.

UM, BUT I'LL ALSO SHARE WITH YOU THAT I HAVE, UH, HAVE GIVEN DIRECTION TO ONE OF OUR PATROL LIEUTENANTS WHO OVERSEES THE DRONE PROGRAM IS WE HAVE SET THE TONE WITH OUR DRONE TECHNOLOGY AT RICHARDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT.

DON'T LET UP.

AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CUTTING EDGE, MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, ARE UTILIZING WHAT IS OUT THERE ON THE MARKET, UM, KEEPING, KEEPING IN MIND THAT WE HAVE TO BE EFFICIENT AND WE HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE WITH WHAT WE HAVE, BUT CONTINUE TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THAT TECHNOLOGY.

NOW THIS IS MY LAST QUESTION.

UH, UH, YOU KNOW, DURING OUR LAST DEAR MC MEETING LAST WEEK, WE, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE FEDEX USING DRONE TO SHIP THEIR PRODUCTS, UH, AND SOME OTHER WALMART IS USING AND SOME OTHER CITY, UH, PRECO, MAYBE SOME OTHER CITY THEY'RE USING THAT, UH, IN, IN RESEARCH.

IS THERE ANY, UH, THINGS HAPPENING LIKE THAT DELIVERING THE PRODUCT WITH DRONE? I SIMPLY DON'T KNOW THAT.

UH, OKAY.

SO, UH, THAT, I DON'T KNOW.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY WOULD BE COMING, UH, NEAR FUTURE IF NOT, OR, UH, AND, UH, THERE WAS SOME SUGGESTION THAT CITY COMES UP WITH THEIR POLICY AND ALL THIS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO THAT BECAUSE OF COURSE THE STATE HAS A TENDENCY TO MAKE RULES AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DEFINITELY WOULD LOVE TO MAKE RULES.

SO WE ARE ON THE BOTTOM.

THANK YOU CHIEF, UH, GREAT PRESENTATION.

I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THE EXPANDED MENTAL HEALTH ROLE.

I THINK THAT'LL BE REALLY INTERESTING.

I'M GLAD TO HAVE SOMETHING IN HOUSE THAT WILL HELP PARTNER, UH, WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE, AT THE HOSPITAL.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT FOCUS AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING THAT, UM, ON THE HEALTH PROGRAM.

REMIND ME OF, IS THAT AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM? IS IT MANDATORY? I CAN'T REMEMBER.

IT IS MANDATORY.

WE LOOK AT THOSE ATTRITION NUMBERS, 12, 13, AND 14 RESPECTIVELY FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, OR MAYBE 12, 13 AND 16, WE NEED TO BE HIRING FOR THOSE ATTRITION NUMBERS.

AND, UM, IT'S NOT AN INCENTIVE.

IT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE OFFER AND, UH, AND AGAIN, GOING BEYOND OFFERING IT, BUT HAVING THE EXPECTATION THAT THE EMPLOYEE UTILIZES THAT IT IS DEDICATED TO SPECIFIC, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES, MEANING OUR SWORN PERSONNEL AS WELL AS OUR DETENTION OFFICERS, INCLUDING OUR DISPATCHERS AND CRIME SCENE TECHNICIANS.

AND SO, UH, WE HAVE HAD A GREAT AMOUNT OF SUCCESS WITH THOSE AND, AND THE COMPLIANCE OF THAT.

AND, UM, WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THE FEEDBACK AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GET, RECOGNIZING THAT THIS INFORMATION GOES TO THEM AS THE INDIVIDUAL AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND WE DID QUITE A BIT OF, UM, EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNICATION AS IT RELATES TO WHEN WE ROLLED THIS OUT.

YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION AT THE END, THAT IT'S, IT'S FOR THE EMPLOYEE'S BENEFIT, NOT SO THAT YOU CAN SORT OF BIG BROTHER THEM ABOUT THEIR HEALTH.

UM, AND THEN, UH, LASTLY, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT A COUPLE OF TIMES ON THIS PANEL, UM, ABOUT, UM, SORT OF RESILIENCY AND STRATEGIC PLANNING, PARTICULARLY AROUND OUR, YOU KNOW, UM, ENTITLEMENTS FOR MULTIFAMILY HOUSING.

AND SO YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB ON RECRUITMENT AND SORT OF TRYING TO MAINTAIN, BUT I'M WONDERING WHAT YOU'RE THINKING, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS OUT FROM NOW IF, IF THERE'S STRATEGIC PLANNING HAPPENING WITH YOU AND YOUR TEAM ABOUT HOW WE MEET THE NEEDS OF, UM, SORT OF WHAT'S ALREADY ENTITLED TO BE BUILT IN OUR CITY AND, AND YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE GONNA RECRUIT FOR THOSE SORT OF THINGS.

SO CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SORT OF THE FORWARD LOOKING, UM, STRATEGIC PLANNING AND, YOU KNOW, UH, FROM A BUDGETING PERSPECTIVE FOR US, YOU KNOW, DO WE NEED TO BE ADDING POSITIONS, YOU KNOW, OVER THE NEXT FEW BUDGET CYCLES AND, AND WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS THERE? NO, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND I WILL SHARE THIS WITH YOU AS IT RELATES TO WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.

AND THAT IS WITH US BEING EIGHT DOWN, UM, YOU KNOW, KEEPING IN MIND THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE WENT FROM 1 69 ALLOCATED TO THAT 1 73 CURRENT ALLOCATED.

UM, WE'VE JUST GOTTA, WE'VE GOTTA GET TO THAT 1 73 AND NOT JUST TO THAT 1 73, BUT TAKING THAT 1 73 AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT 18 WHO ARE ON TRAINING RIGHT NOW ARE THAT 1 73 THAT IS DEPLOYED BECAUSE HAVING 1 73 MINUS ULTIMATELY 18, EVEN IF WE WERE FILLED, WE'VE, WE'VE GOTTA RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE GOT TO GET TO THE 1 73 FIRST.

HOWEVER WE CUT THAT, THAT HAS GOT TO BE SUCH A FOCUS FOR US.

ONCE WE HIT 1 73, WE'VE GOT TO GET TO THAT ATTRITION NUMBER.

AND AS

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NOW, CAN, CAN I REASONABLY GROW? IF, IF YOU ALL SAID GET ANOTHER 50 NO WAY IN THE WORLD, RIGHT? AND SO I, I THINK WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS JUST BE STEADY AT FILLING WHAT WE'VE GOT AND NOT JUST FILLING WHAT WE'VE GOT, BUT ANTICIPATING FOR THE EXPECTED, UM, ATTRITION, BUT ALSO ANTICIPATING FOR THE NUMBERS WHO WILL BE, UM, IN THE TRAINING PIPELINE AND GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT 1 73 FOR THAT, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY BE A VERY TEMPORARY TIMEFRAME.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MAKES NO, IT MAKES SENSE.

I JUST WOULD, I I GUESS ENCOURAGE YOU TO, AGAIN, THINKING 10, 15 YEARS FROM NOW AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND WE HAVE MORE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING BUILT AND JUST THE POPULATION GROWS TO, UH, COUNCILMAN CHAEL'S POINT, UM, YOU KNOW, I I THINK THAT THERE'S SORT OF A DELTA THERE BETWEEN HOW MANY OFFICERS YOU PROBABLY NEED TO, YOU KNOW, MEET THAT POPULATION.

AND SO I, I GUESS I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU IN BUDGET CYCLES, YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT THIS ONE, WE'RE NOT GONNA ADD 10 THE NEXT TIME, BUT, YOU KNOW, THINKING OVER THE NEXT 10 TO 15 YEARS, DO WE NEED TO BE ADDING POSITIONS, UNDERSTANDING IT'S HARD TO FILL THE POSITIONS WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED, BUT I JUST WANT US TO BE, I GUESS, THINKING ABOUT THAT AS WE GROW.

HOW DO WE MEET THE NEED OF, UM, THE CURRENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS IN OUR CITY, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT EVERYONE FEELS SAFE AND, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR RESPONSE TIMES STAY, UM, AS GOOD AS THEY ARE AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT ABSOLUTELY DOES.

AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH UTD, UM, ON PERHAPS ENGAGING IN A STAFFING STUDY.

MM.

UH, I DON'T THINK THAT I WANT TO LET GO OF THAT MONEY JUST YET TO PAY FOR THAT STAFFING STUDY BECAUSE OF THE PREDICAMENT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.

I WANT TO GET US TO WHERE, UM, WE NEED TO BE AND, AND TO WHERE WE'RE REASONABLE AND THEN ENGAGE IN THAT CONVERSATION AGAIN.

YEAH, NO, I, I THINK THAT'S THE, BUT CERTAINLY ON MY MIND.

YEAH, I MEAN WE'VE DEFINITELY, AND WE'VE ADDED FOUR POSITIONS, SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S STILL SOME, SOME ROOM TO GROW IN, IN THE CURRENT STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE.

I JUST WANNA, AGAIN, THINKING YES MA'AM, MANY, MANY COUNCILS FROM NOW, UH, PROBABLY A DIFFERENT CHIEF FROM NOW, BUT LIKE PLANNING FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

'CAUSE I MEAN, WE, WE CAN'T ABSORB 10 NEW OFFICERS IN A YEAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO I JUST WANNA BE THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE GROW IN A, IN A SMART MANNER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE AT LEAST AUTHORIZED AND THEN, YOU KNOW, HAVE A LOFTY GOAL OF GETTING US TO 180 5 OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.

UM, BUT DOING THAT IN A SLOW, SLOW MANNER THAT THAT'S, UH, A LITTLE MORE ABSORBABLE, UH, THAN WAITING UNTIL WE NEED THEM 10 YEARS FROM NOW.

SO YES, MA'AM.

NO, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNSEL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

I, I'M GONNA ASK ONE QUESTION JUST FOR A CLARIFICATION OF A GOOD CHIEF KIND OF TOUCHING ON SOME OF THE THINGS MAYOR PRO TIM ASKED REGARDING THE DRONES.

AND I THINK THE DRONES ARE AN EXCITING TOOL.

I MEAN, THEY REALLY ARE, AND I APPRECIATE AND SUPPORT YOUR USE OF THOSE DRONES, BUT I THINK IT, THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO PROBABLY KNOW THAT WHEN THOSE DRONES ARE WORKING AND THEY'RE FILMING, IT'S KINDA LIKE THE CAMERAS AT THE RED LIGHTS.

WE NO LONGER HAVE THOSE AND WE'RE NOT RECORDING.

SO THAT FOOTAGE IS USED IN TIME SPACES.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE KEEP IN STORE.

SO I WILL TELL YOU THIS, THAT FOOTAGE IS, IS PARALLEL TO OUR DASH CAMERAS AND PARALLEL TO OUR BODY-WORN CAMERAS, WE, WE MAINTAIN POSSESSION OF THAT FOOTAGE FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME.

IF WE NEED IT FOR AN INVESTIGATION, WE WILL FLAG THAT FOR RETENTION AND WE WILL FLAG THAT TO, TO PUT IT WITH THE CASE FILE AS WE FILE WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

BECAUSE THAT ULTIMATELY BECOMES PART OF THAT PROSECUTION PACKAGE.

AND IT'S PART OF THE INVESTIGATION, BUT THE RANDOM THINGS THAT ARE NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO THAT INVESTIGATION, HYPOTHETICALLY, YOU FLY OVER THE APARTMENT COMPLEX OR SOMEONE'S BACKYARD AND THEY HAVE A SWIMMING POOL AND THEY'RE IN THE BACKYARD OR WHATEVER.

WE'RE NOT FILMING THOSE TYPE THINGS, IS WHAT I'M SAYING.

SO THERE IS A PRIVACY PIECE OF IT.

THERE IS A PRIVACY PIECE, BUT THAT INFORMATION IS, IS VIDEOED, BUT IT FALLS OFF YES.

FROM A RETENTION STANDPOINT.

THAT'S MY POINT.

THAT'S WHAT I WANTED YOU TO SAY.

IN ADDITION, IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A TRACKING MECHANISM OF EVERYONE WHO MAY HAVE VIEWED THAT.

PERFECT.

OR PEOPLE THAT MIGHT HAVE MEDICAL ISSUES COULD PUT A LOCK BOX ON THEIR FRONT DOOR.

ONE PROGRAM THAT I BELIEVE WE STILL HAVE THAT YOU DID NOT MENTION, AND IF YOU DID MENTION, I, I DON'T THINK I HEARD IT.

WE HAVE A, LIKE A SENIOR CITIZEN HELP TYPE PROGRAM WHERE THE SENIORS

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AND IF THERE'S NO COMMUNICATION OR A CHILD THINKS THEIR PARENTS NEED ASSISTANCE, YOU COULD GO IN AND YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO OPEN THAT FRONT DOOR WHEN THE KEY IS HUNG THERE.

ALRIGHTYY, AT THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM C, REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE PARKS AND PARK AMENITIES NAMING PROCESS.

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

CAN YOU SHARE ABOUT THAT AND TALK ABOUT THAT? 'CAUSE I THINK THAT IS A FABULOUS PROGRAM THAT Y'ALL HAVE SAVED MANY LIVES THROUGH THE YEARS BY BEING ABLE TO BE THERE.

SO WITH PERMISSION OF THAT PROPERTY OWNER, AND SOMETIMES IT IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CHILDREN OF THAT PROPERTY OWNER, UH, WE WILL GO OUT AND PUT A BOX ON THEIR, ON THEIR, UM, HOME IN A CONCEALED LOCATION THAT WILL HAVE A KEY THAT WILL GAIN ENTRY INTO THEIR RESIDENCE.

AND IF WE ARE UNABLE OR A LOVED ONE IS UNABLE TO, UM, MAKE CONTACT WITH THEM, AND IF IT BECOMES A CONCERN OF THAT LOVED ONE, WE WILL GO OUT AND MAKE ENTRY WITH THEIR ALREADY IDENTIFIED PERMISSION, UM, TO, TO DO A WELFARE CHECK ON THEM.

UH, THAT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT OUR VOLUNTEERS AND PATROL, UM, MAINTAIN FOR US AND DO A FANTASTIC JOB OF THANK YOU.

I JUST THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND I THINK IT IT VERY BENEFICIAL TO OUR, UM, TO OUR SENIORS OR OTHER NEEDY INDIVIDUALS.

[C. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE PARKS AND PARK AMENITIES NAMING PROCESS]

MR. MAGNER.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UM, WITH THE ADOPTION OF YOUR, UH, RULES OF ORDER AND PROCEDURE LAST WEEK, I WANTED TO BRING THIS ITEM BACK.

AS YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT YVONNE IS GOING TO, UH, COVER FOR YOU WITH RESPECT TO HOW WE WOULD RECOMMEND IN THE FUTURE, UH, NEW PARKS, UM, EXISTING PARKS AND PARK AMENITIES, AND ACTUALLY ANY CITY ASSET, UM, WOULD, UH, NAMING CONSIDERATIONS WOULD BE HANDLED, HAS BEEN INFORMED, UH, QUITE A BIT BY, UM, THE, UH, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT YOU'VE ADOPTED FOR HAVING OTHER ITEMS, UM, UM, INTRODUCED AND THEN, UH, OFF OFFERED UP TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

AND SO, UM, YVONNE, THANKS FOR PUTTING THESE THOUGHTS TOGETHER.

UM, YVONNE'S ALSO GONNA TALK ABOUT SOME, UH, NAMING RIGHTS AND THEN KIND OF, UH, CONCLUDE BY JUST REFRESHING FOR, UM, COUNCIL AND, AND EVERYBODY WATCHING KIND OF OUR, UM, SPONSORSHIPS, UH, AND PHILANTHROPY WEBPAGE AND HOW THAT KIND OF TIES INTO SOME MORE ROUTINE, REGULAR OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR DONATIONS TO BE CONSIDERED.

SO IVONNE, AGAIN, THANKS FOR ALL YOU'VE, UH, DONE TO GET THE BRIEFING TOGETHER TONIGHT.

I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

OF NAMING ANY EXISTING AMENITY CAN BE CONSIDERED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE MAY BE A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN ORDER TO RENOVATE OR UPGRADE THOSE AMENITIES.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL AND MAYOR FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT.

UM, SO AS DAWN MENTIONED, WE ARE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE PARK NAMING PROCESS.

AND JUST AS A, A REMINDER, THIS COVERS THE CITY COUNCIL STRATEGY OF DOCUMENT AND CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE BUSINESS PROCESSES.

SO OUR PURPOSE FOR TONIGHT, AS DON HAS ALREADY MENTIONED, IS TO ESTABLISH A PROCEDURE FOR CITY COUNCIL TO INTRODUCE NAMING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONSIDERATION FOR OUR PARKS, AS WELL AS ESTABLISH A CRITERIA FOR NAMING PARKS, RECREATION FACILITIES, AND PARK AMENITIES AFTER INDIVIDUALS.

AND FINALLY, TO ESTABLISH A PROCEDURE FOR CITY COUNCIL TO INTRODUCE NAMING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONSIDERATION OF OTHER CITY ASSETS.

AND AS OUR OVERVIEW TONIGHT, WE ARE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE PARKS COMMISSION ORDINANCE, UM, AND IDENTIFYING THEIR DUTIES AND ROLES, IDENTIFYING NAMING OPPORTUNITIES, DISCUSS HOW NAMING OPPORTUNITIES OCCUR, UH, NAMING PROCESS FOR OTHER CITY ASSETS, AS WELL AS NAMING CONSIDERATIONS, SIGNAGE SAMPLES, NAMING RIGHTS, AND ADDITIONAL PHILANTHROPIC OPPORTUNITIES, AS WELL AS NEXT STEPS.

SO THE FIRST THING I WANNA MENTION WITH YOU OR SHARE WITH YOU IS OUR PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION THROUGH OUR CITY ORDINANCES HAS A LIST OF POWER AND DUTIES.

ONE OF 'EM IS NAMING OF PARKS IT SHALL MAKE.

AND WHEN IT SAYS IT SHALL, THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION SHALL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE NAMING OF PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES OR OTHER AMENITIES, AS SUGGESTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

SPECIFIC CRITERIA FOR EACH NAMING WILL BE ESTABLISHED BY THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FOR CONSIDERATION.

SO, AS DON HAD MENTIONED FROM OUR PREVIOUS MEETING DISCUSSING THIS ITEM, WE WENT THROUGH AND LOOKED AT AMENITIES, UM, INCLUDING NEWLY BUILT OR PRE-EXISTING FEATURES.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT OUR PREFERENCE IS TO NAME NEW AMENITIES PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION, SUCH AS BRIDGES, PAVILIONS, PICNIC AREAS, OR ANY OTHER ITEM THAT'S LISTED ON THIS SLIDE.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT AN OPTION

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AND AS YOU SEE ON OUR LIST HERE, WE'VE GOT SEVERAL ITEMS, AS I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THINGS LIKE WALKING TRAILS, SPORTS FIELDS, OR COURTS, DECK AREAS, FACILITY CLASSROOMS AND GYMNASIUMS. AND THEN TO TALK ABOUT HOW OUR NAMING OCCURS, THE NAMING PROCESS, UH, CAN OCCUR FROM TWO DIFFERENT WAYS.

ONE THROUGH A NEW PARK DEVELOPMENT OR TWO FROM A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, RECOMMENDING A NAMING CONSIDERATION.

AND WHAT THAT RECOMMENDATION, THERE NEEDS TO BE A MEMO WITH TWO SUPPORTING CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT'S GIVEN TO THE CITY MANAGER.

ONCE WE HAVE THAT PROCESS OF WHATEVER'S GONNA TRIGGER THE NAMING CONSIDERATION, THE PROCESS IS CONSISTENT, UH, FOR EITHER DIRECTION THAT IT COMES FORWARD.

SO ONCE WE HAVE THAT NAMING RECOMMENDATION, OR A NEW PARK IS BEING DEVELOPED AND STAFFED, COMES UP WITH A LIST OF NAMES, IT WILL GO FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF TO CONSULTING WITH OUR CITY MANAGEMENT TEAM.

FROM THERE, IT WILL GO IN FRONT OF OUR PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEMBERS, AND THEY WILL REVIEW THE SUGGESTED NAMES AND VOTE ON A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL.

THEN FROM THERE, STAFF WILL COME HERE AND BRIEF CITY COUNCIL WITH THE NAME THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED BY THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION.

FROM THERE, CITY COUNCIL HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON THAT NAME.

AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT NAMING PROCESS FOR OTHER CITY ASSETS, UM, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR PARKS AND RECREATION.

IT DIFFERS SLIGHTLY BECAUSE OF OUR ROLE WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION.

UM, IN LIGHT OF THAT, COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD FOLLOW THE OUTLINE ESTABLISHED FOR, UH, SUBMITTING A CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM.

SO NAMING OPPORTUNITIES WOULD BE PROPOSED IN A WRITTEN REQUEST MADE TO THE MAYOR, ACCOMPANIED BY WRITTEN SUPPORT BY AT LEAST TWO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THOSE ITEMS WOULD BE PLACED ON A CITY COUNCIL AGENDA, UM, FOR A FUTURE DISCUSSION.

AND THEN THE SAME PROCESS, UH, ESSENTIALLY THIS WOULD BE THE SAME PROCESS FOR REQUESTING ANY TYPE OF AGENDA ITEM THAT YOU WOULD FOLLOW FOR THIS.

AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT NAMING CONSIDERATIONS, UM, PRIOR TO PROJECT COMPLETION, GENERALLY DURING THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT STAGE OR CONSTRUCTION PROCESS, STAFF WILL DEVELOP A LIST OF IDEAS.

UM, THAT LIST IS DEVELOPED THROUGH RECOMMENDATIONS, WHETHER WE'VE HAD TOWN HALL MEETINGS, UM, PUBLIC INPUT MEETINGS, OR JUST VISITS ON, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT THE PROJECT IS ENTAILING.

WE'LL GET FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC THERE.

AND THEN WE'LL ALSO GET COMMENTS JUST THROUGH EMAILS OR DIFFERENT, UH, CORRESPONDENCE WITH OUR, OUR PUBLIC.

SO WE'LL TAKE THAT INPUT, WE COMPILE IT.

WE'LL ALSO HAVE SUGGESTIONS THAT WE'LL BRING FORWARD.

UM, AND THEN THAT INFORMATION IS PRESENTED, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, TO CITY COUNCIL, AND THEN PRESENTED TO OUR PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION TO DISCUSS AND SELECT A NAME.

FROM THERE, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL FOR A FINAL APPROVAL.

AND JUST AS A REMINDER, I'D LIKE TO TO POINT OUT THAT IN RECENT PARK NAMINGS WE HAVE NAMED, UM, PARKS AFTER A GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE.

IN ADDITION, SOME OF OUR PROPERTIES THAT, UH, MIGHT HAVE A PARK OR A OPEN SPACE ON PROPERTY THAT'S NOT OWNED BY THE CITY, WE TRY TO AVOID CALLING IT A PARK TO, UM, ALLEVIATE ANY POTENTIAL CONFUSION.

AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO NAMING AFTER AN INDIVIDUAL, IT'S THAT CONSIDERATION IS BASED ON AN HONOR OR SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ON AN HONOR.

SOMEONE, UM, WHO HAS MADE A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY OR TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, UM, OR IS KNOWN FOR SOME SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENT WITHIN OR ASSOCIATED WITH THE CITY.

AND THEN SPECIFIC NAMING REQUEST WILL BE SHARED WITH THE PARKS AND REGULATION DEPARTMENT OR CITY MANAGER, AND AGAIN, DISCUSSED, UM, THROUGH THE PROCESS I'D MENTIONED BEFORE.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SELECTED FOR NAMING WILL BE LIMITED TO ONE FACILITY OR AMENITY.

THEN I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU SOME SIGNAGE OPTIONS.

UM, THESE ARE TWO SAMPLES OF WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST FOR SIGNAGE, UH, FOR AMENITY NAMES.

ONE IS THE KEPLER BALL FIELDS.

THE OTHER ONE IS THE TWIN RIVERS BRIDGE SIGNAGE FOR BOB AND LYNN TOWNSEND.

THE SIGNAGE IS GONNA BE BASED ON THE TYPE OF AMENITY AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNED DISPLAY.

UH, SO THIS IS GONNA VARY BASED ON THAT LOCATION THAT WE HAVE AND, AND THE AMENITY THAT WE HAVE, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE.

AND THAT IS ALL TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION DURING OUR PLANNING PROCESS.

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AND THEN NAMING RIGHTS.

NAMING RIGHTS ARE SOMETHING THAT IS FAIRLY NEW FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.

UM, OUR PRIME EXAMPLE THAT WE HAVE IS THE ANN EISMAN INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND.

THIS WAS A PROJECT, UM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EAST ROTARY CLUB AND THE EISMAN FAMILY NAMING RIGHTS I DO WANNA POINT OUT ARE DIFFERENT THAN SPONSOR NAMING OPPORTUNITIES.

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ARE GENERALLY A SHORT TERM NAMING, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO WITH WILDFLOWER, UH, FESTIVAL AND SOME OF OUR OTHER EVENTS.

THOSE NAMING RIGHTS, UM, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE ARE MORE OF A CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION, SO A LONG TERM NAMING PROCESS.

NOW, THESE TYPES OF INDIVI OR INITIATIVES CAN BE USED FOR ANY CITY ASSET, UM, AND THEY WILL BE HANDLED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.

SO EACH ONE OF 'EM HAS A POTENTIAL OF BEING VERY DIFFERENT.

AND SO ANYTIME THAT WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE WOULD NEGOTIATE THAT WITH THE, THE GROUP OR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT BRING IT FORWARD.

UM, OF COURSE, BEFORE ANYTHING IS, UH, DECIDED UPON ANY NAMING RIGHTS WOULD BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.

AND THEN WE JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THE ADDITIONAL, UM, OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY OF RICHARDSON CITIZENS OR BUSINESSES.

AND THIS IS FOUND ON OUR CITY OF RICHARDSON WEBSITE.

UM, THESE ARE NOT NAMING OPPORTUNITIES, BUT THEY ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC TO CONTRIBUTE IN SOME FASHION TO ANY OF THE LISTED ITEMS. AND YOU CAN SEE, UM, ON THE WEB, ON THE BOTTOM GRAPHIC, IT HAS SEVERAL DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT YOU CAN PICK FROM.

UM, BUT THESE COVER MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS AND HAVE MULTIPLE OPTIONS WITHIN EACH.

UM, THERE'S A WIDE VARIETY OF OPTIONS.

SOME OF THEM ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION SIDE DO HAVE A DEDICATION PLAQUE.

UM, BUT ALL OF THESE ITEMS DO NOT REQUIRE CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS.

SO, UH, THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC TO ENGAGE AND, AND DONATE IN ANY OTHER WAY, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT.

AND THEN OUR NEXT STEPS, ESSENTIALLY RECEIVE YOUR FEEDBACK TONIGHT AND THEN DEVELOP A FORMALIZED POLICY THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO PUT FORWARD FOR REVIEW.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY INFORMATION I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, AND I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, YVONNE.

COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS MR. BARRIOS? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU YVONNE, SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS.

UM, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.

SO, ONE FOR CLARIFICATION ON, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NAMING, LET'S SEE, I'M TRYING TO FIND THE SLIDE.

OKAY, SO THE, HOW NAMING OPPORTUNITIES OCCUR, SLIDE ONE OVER.

THERE WE GO.

NAMING PARKS, OPEN SPACES, AND AMENITIES OCCURS THROUGH EITHER NEW YORK PARK.

SO WE ARE, MY UNDERSTANDING, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT PROPOSING CHANGING THE WAY WE NAME PARKS CURRENTLY.

IT'S ABOUT A FEATURE GEOGRAPHIC AREA, RIGHT? UH, WE'RE NOT SAYING WE'RE GONNA OPEN THAT UP TO RENAME HEIGHTS PARK OR COTTONWOOD PARK OR BRECKENRIDGE PARK TO, 'CAUSE I'M, THAT'S, WE'RE NOT PROPOSING THAT.

THAT IS NOT BEING PROPOSED.

HOWEVER, THIS IS THE, THE TRIGGER MECHANISMS OF HOW A PARK OR AN AMENITY IS NAMED.

SO I WANTED TO POINT OUT TO YOU OUR PROCESS, OUR CURRENT PROCESS, THIS SECOND PART OF HOW CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN RECOMMEND A NAME THAT WAS A NEW ADDITION THAT AMY HAD BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE GROUP IN FEBRUARY THAT WAS OUTLINED.

IS THAT CORRECT? ON, UH, YEAH.

THE BOTTOM PART FOR THE TWO, THE MEMO WITH TWO SUPPORTING CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THAT'S, THAT'S, I MEAN, THIS AND, AND, AND THE, UH, THE NAMING RIGHTS, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S ESSENTIALLY USING THE EXACT SAME, UH, PROCESSES YOU WOULD, UH, TO GET ANY OTHER ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT'S NOT CURRENTLY .

BUT, UH, DAN, NUMBER ONE IS ONLY FOR A NEW PARK.

SO, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, NOBODY'S TALKING ABOUT NAMING AND RENAMING A PARK.

IT'S A, IT'S A NEW PARK DEVELOPMENT, AND SO IT'S ONLY FOR NEW PARKS.

I WOULD, I WOULD HOPE PERSONAL THOUGHT ON THAT ONE PIECE, I WOULD, UM, HOPE THAT MAYBE WE CAN STICK TO HOW WE CURRENTLY NAME PARKS AND THEN MAYBE JUST, OH, YOU KNOW, THE AMENITIES WITHIN IT, THEN THAT BE PART OF THE NAMING PROCESS.

UH, BUT WHAT, NUMBER ONE, THE, THE FIRST, THE FIRST PART OF THIS IS HOW WE DO IT CURRENTLY.

FACILITIES, OR OTHER AMENITIES.

SO WE'RE NOT SUGGEST, WE'RE NOT SUGGESTING CHANGING ANYTHING FOR NAMING A NEW PARK OR NAMING ANY AMENITY WITHIN A NEW PARK.

I COULD TAKE YOU BACK TO THE PARKS COMMISSION ORDINANCE.

THIS IS A ORDINANCE THAT HAS BEEN IN PLAY FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

IT CLEARLY STATES FOR PARKS, RECREATION,

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SO THIS PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED OTHER THAN ADDING THE CITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION.

ALRIGHT.

UM, COUPLE CLEAR.

UH, AND THIS IS DON OR YVONNE.

I WOULD, I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, FOR US TO CONSIDER KIND OF ADDING SOMETHING IN THERE ABOUT SOME CLARITY ON WHAT RESIDENTS SHOULD DO, WHETHER THEY COME AND SPEAK DURING AN OPEN SESSION, WHETHER THEY SHOULD EMAIL THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHETHER IT'S A FORM THEY FILL OUT ONLINE, LIKE IF THE RESIDENTS WANT TO, YOU KNOW, IF, I DON'T KNOW, HEIGHTS PARK NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS TO, UH, THEM CONSIDER LONGTIME NEIGHBORHOOD LEADER FOR A, UH, BASKETBALL COURT WE'RE PUTTING IN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE PARK.

UM, SO THERE'S CLEAR WHATEVER THAT COMMUNICATION IS.

SO THERE'S SOME CLEAR COMMUNICATION TO RESIDENTS ABOUT WHAT THAT PROCESS FOR THEM TO INITIATE IS.

UM, JUST THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, TRANSPARENT IN THAT, UM, QUESTION.

THE, ONCE IT GETS TO THE POINT ON THIS SAME SLIDE WHERE YOU'RE SHOWING THE, THE PROCESS, UM, CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO NAME PARK, UM, I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST, IF NOT ALREADY, THAT IT BE SOMETHING THAT WE PUT AS AN AGENDA ITEM FOR DISCUSSION SO THAT IT'S CLEAR, UM, TO RESIDENTS, HEY, NEXT WEEK WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS NAMING THE PAVILION, THE, UH, YOU KNOW, JENNIFER JUSTICE PAVILION, OR YOU KNOW WHAT, WHATEVER THE, THE SITUATION MAY BE, RIGHT? HUH? YOU VOTE FOR THAT? SO, SO IT, IT, IT WILL DEFINITELY UNDER BOTH SCENARIOS, IT WILL DEFINITELY BE AN ACTION ITEM THAT WILL BE POSTED AND AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO, TO SEE IT.

JUST LIKE WHEN, YOU KNOW, A PARK IS NAMED NOW.

UH, WOULD THOSE GENERALLY, ARE THOSE GENERALLY PART OF CONSENT AGENDAS? ARE THEY, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER IF WE VOTE, UM, IF, IF THERE'S SO, SO THERE'S A STEP BEFORE THAT.

I MEAN, IT SAYS COUNCIL VOTES TO NAME, BUT WE WOULD BRIEF YOU AND THEN COME BACK WITH THE ACTION ITEM, UM, ON A SUBSEQUENT BRIEFING.

SO, I MEAN, IF THERE'S CONSENSUS AMONGST THE COUNCIL, I WOULD NORMALLY PUT IT ON A CONSENT AGENDA.

BUT IF YOU WOULD RATHER NOT, UH, AND, AND, AND RECALL WITH OUR NEW SYSTEM, A, A, A RESIDENT, BOTH AT THE NIGHT OF THE INITIAL BRIEFING AND THE NIGHT OF THE ACTION ITEM, WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BEFORE, UM, IN, IN THE INITIAL, UM, FIRST 30 MINUTES AND HAVE THE, HAVE THE CHANCE TO SPEAK ON, ON THE ITEM.

SO THERE'D BE A, THERE'S A CHANCE FOR PUBLIC INPUT BOTH AS YOU, AS THE INITIAL CONSIDERATION IS HAD BY THE COUNCIL SUBSEQUENT TO THE PARKS COMMISSION SENDING IT TO YOU.

AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO SPEAK ON THE NIGHT OF THE ACTION ITEM.

THE SLIDE NAMING CONSIDERATIONS.

THE, THANK YOU, DON.

BULLET 0.3, UH, MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY OF RICHARDSON AND RICHARDSON PARKS.

YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME CITIES, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY A PRESIDENT, YOU KNOW, STOP STOPS BY RICHARDSON FOR A VISIT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

PEOPLE MAY SAY, HEY, THE PRESIDENT CAME TO TOWN.

LET'S NAME SOMETHING THAT OUR, OUR PRESIDENT THEY VISITED.

THEY MAY NOT BE FROM RICHARDSON, THEY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN A BUSINESS LEADER OR, OR A NONPROFIT LEADER IN OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT, UM, I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, ARE WE SPECIFIC ENOUGH ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT, ABOUT WHAT WE WENT TO? AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS.

I'M JUST SAYING THIS, SO THAT THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF I THINK WE AS A COUNCIL NEED TO BE PART OF THAT DISCUSSION IS HOW SPECIFIC DO WE WANNA BE WHEN LIMITING THAT? AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I JUST KIND OF WANT TO GO THROUGH MY LITTLE NOTES HERE, THEN I'LL LET OTHERS CHIME IN HERE.

UM, LET'S SAY FOR EXAMPLE, WE NAMED THE JENNIFER JUSTICE PAVILION.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LIFE EXPENSES EXPECTANCY OF A PAVILION.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

I'M SURE SEAN KNOWS THESE THINGS OFF THE TOP OF HIS HEAD, BUT LET'S SAY IT'S 10, 15 YEARS, I'M JUST PICKING NUMBERS OUTTA THE AIR.

UM, IN 15 YEARS, WE'LL NEED TO REDO THAT PAVILION.

IT'S GONNA BE TORN DOWN.

IS IT REMAIN THE JENNIFER JUSTICE PAVILION OR IS IT UP FOR CONSIDERATION? LIKE, WHEN IS THE, WHAT IS THE EXPECTANCY OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT? SURE.

UM, AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW, HAVE THE ANSWER.

IT'S JUST SOMETHING I THINK THAT WE AS A COUNCIL NEED TO DISCUSS.

SO THAT, AND THE KIND OF THE HEART, IN CASE ANYBODY'S LISTENING BEHIND THIS IS, I DON'T WANT, I THINK THIS IS AN AWESOME THING WE'RE DOING IN CONSIDERING, AND I JUST, UH, WHATEVER OUR DIRECTION IS COLLECTIVELY, UM, SOMETIMES WHEN

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WE GET INTO STUFF LIKE THIS, IF WE DON'T GET SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, IT CAN RAISE QUESTIONS.

AND I THINK THE MORE SPECIFIC WE CAN BE, I THINK THAT LESS HEARTACHE IN THE FUTURE, I GUESS IS A WAY OF SAYING IT.

AND IF I COULD INTERJECT SOMETHING, I'M SORRY, DAWN.

UM, THIS AMENITIES LIST THAT, THAT WE PUT TOGETHER, ONE OF THE REASONS YOU DON'T SEE CERTAIN ITEMS ON THERE IS THE LIFE EXPECTANCY.

THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT OUR TEAM DISCUSSED PRETTY HEAVILY.

SO THESE ARE VERY LONG-TERM ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED HERE.

GREAT POINT.

DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE DISCUSSED ON THAT ARENA AS WELL.

SO, SO, YOU KNOW, I I, THE INITIAL CONVERSATION AROUND THIS, THERE WERE DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS ABOUT HOW SPECIFIC WE NEEDED TO BE IN TERMS OF THE CRITERIA.

THIS CRITERIA IS INTENDED TO BE GUIDANCE.

IT'S NOT INTENDED TO BE, IT'S NOT INTENDED TO BE OPERATIONALIZED IN AN ORDINANCE.

IT'S NOT INTENDED TO BE A POLICY.

THE REALITY IS, IS, UM, NOW THAT THERE'S A FORMAL WAY FOR A COUNCIL PERSON TO INTRODUCE, UM, A NAMING CONSIDERATION, THE COUNCIL HAS THE RIGHT TO CONSIDER THAT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS AND APPLY WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, CRITERIA IT DEEMS APPROPRIATE.

AND SO I THINK WHAT, WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO WITH TAKING THE INITIAL INPUT WAS TO CREATE A PROCESS FOR THE INTRODUCTION AND THE ORDERLY CONSIDERATION, NOT NECESSARILY, AND THEN PROVIDE SOME GUIDANCE, BUT NOT NECESSARILY TRY TO ANTICIPATE EVERY SCENARIO THAT COULD, THAT COULD COME UP.

AND WITH RESPECT TO YOUR, YOUR QUESTION OF THE RENAMING, AGAIN, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE, I MEAN, HISTORICALLY I WOULD SAY, UM, HUFFINES HEIGHTS REC CENTERS, UH, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD PROBABLY, WE COULD PROBABLY GO THROUGH OTHERS.

THE NAME GENERIC GENERALLY STAYS WITH IT AS IT'S RECONSTRUCTED OR REBUILT.

BUT AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING, UH, COUNSEL AT THAT TIME COULD, COULD TAKE AND CONSIDER.

I THINK WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE TEED UP THE FORUM FOR THE DISCUSSION AND HAVE THAT BE AN ORDERLY PROCESS SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW THAT CONVERSATION WOULD BE HAD AND, AND AT WHAT POINT IN A NAMING CONSIDERATION IT WOULD BE, UH, IT WOULD BE UNDERTAKEN.

THE COUNCIL AGENDA, NAMING SOMETHING I, AMENITIES THAT WILL OPEN THE DOOR FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME AND SPEAK.

MR. SCHUEL, THANK YOU, MR. ROME.

MAYOR.

UH, WELL, THANKS.

UH, I THINK PRETTY MUCH THIS COVERS PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING.

UH, UH, AND, UH, THIS IS REALLY, I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT, DON'T JUST MENTION THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A GUIDANCE, UH, EVEN, UH, EVEN, UH, YOU KNOW, RE RE RENAMING NAMING, WE CAN'T REALLY PUT EVERYTHING ON THE PAPER NOW BECAUSE IN THE FUTURE COUNCIL SITUATION MIGHT BE DIFFERENT DURING THOSE TIME.

EVEN SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN IN THE HEIGHTS AREA THAT PEOPLE, PROB PROBABLY EVERYONE WANTS TO RENAME WITH SOMEONE WE DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW, 50 YEARS FROM NOW, SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN.

SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, PUTTING EVERY SCENARIO ON THE PAPER IS GONNA BE DIFFICULT.

UH, BUT RIGHT NOW, THE WAY IT IS, I THINK THIS IS, UH, PROBABLY GOOD THINGS.

AND IT'S NOT EVEN LIMITING ONLY THE RETURN RESIDENCE, BECAUSE IT SAYS SHOULD BE ONLY BE, IT'S NOT THAT NEED TO BE ONLY, IT SAYS, IF THE LAWYER READS IT, ITEM NUMBER THREE, THAT BULLET 0.3, THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DAN BARRIOS WAS SAYING THAT, UH, IT, IT SAID THAT SHOULD ONLY BE CONSIDERED IT.

IT'S NOT THAT, IT DOES NOT SAY THAT IT CANNOT BE CONSIDERED.

SO THERE IS A, THERE IS A, YOU KNOW, LOOPHOLE THERE THAT IT COULD BE DIFFERENT WAY IF SOMETHING HAPPENED IN, YOU KNOW, UNUSUAL SOMETHING HAPPENED.

BUT ONE THING I WOULD SAY THAT I LOVE HISTORY.

SO IF YOU DO SOMETHING, THE HISTORY NEED TO BE THERE.

AND BECAUSE WE CANNOT STAND ON ANYONE, ANY PLACE WITHOUT SOMETHING IGNORING THE PAST.

SO SOMETHING GOOD HAPPENED IN THE PAST, I WOULD LOVE TO REMEMBER THESE THINGS.

DARK THINGS.

I DON'T WANT TO CELEBRATE THE DARK THINGS, DEFINITELY, BUT I DON'T WANT TO TOTALLY WIPE OUT THAT NOTHING HAPPENED LIKE THAT IN THE PAST.

UH, BECAUSE WE DON'T LEARN, IF WE DON'T LOOK AT THE HISTORY, WE DON'T LEARN ANYTHING.

WE START IGNORING A GROUP.

EVEN THOUGH I THINK THAT I LOVE DIVERSITY, BUT MY MIND IS ALWAYS IGNORING ONE GROUP.

BUT I LOVE 99%.

SO IF YOU, IF WE DON'T FOCUS ON, IF WE DON'T FOCUS ON THE HISTORY AND ACKNOWLEDGE AND LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE THINGS, AND WE JUST STARTED PICKING ONE THING, CHOOSING WHAT TO CHOOSE, THEN IT'S A PROBLEM.

SO, UH, NAMING, YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD STAY MY OPINION AS LONG AS THE RICHARDSON STAYS, AND WHICH WOULD BE, I THINK, ENDLESS IN FINITE YEARS.

UH, SO, BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, DOWN THE ROAD COUNCIL PEOPLE, WE CAN'T REALLY CONTROL EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE SITUATION.

SO BY CONSIDERING ALL THIS, I THINK THIS IS GOOD.

UH, I'M GLAD THAT NOW, YOU KNOW, IF THAT GETS INTO

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I MEAN, AT LEAST NOT NECESSARILY THEY'LL COME AND SPEAK, BUT THEY WILL HAVE OPTION CHOICE TO COME AND SPEAK ABOUT IT.

AND WE'LL HAVE A CHA, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN PUBLICLY FROM EVERYONE OR WHOEVER CHOOSE TO COME INSTEAD OF GETTING A CALL FROM OUTSIDE, WHICH WILL STILL HAPPEN, BUT AT LEAST WE'LL HEAR FROM EVERYONE IN THE COUNCIL.

SO I THINK THIS IS GOOD THINGS.

I, THIS PROCESS IS GREAT.

THIS TAKES OUT LOTS OF QUESTION THAT WE HAD IN THE PAST, BUT MOVING FORWARD, I THINK, UH, UH, WE CAN ADJUST THINGS, UH, YOU KNOW, IF NEED TO.

BUT SO FAR, I, I SEE THAT WE COVER PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED.

THAT'S MY OPINION.

MR. CORCORAN.

HEY, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

NO, I DEFINITELY, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, BARRIOS, TO YOUR POINT ON IF THIS THIRD BULLET POINT IS SPECIFIC ENOUGH JUST TO GET THAT DISCUSSION POINT OUTTA THE WAY SINCE YOU PROPOSED IT.

I MEAN, I THINK IT'S, I THINK THAT'S REALLY GOOD GUIDANCE, BUT I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN'T, OR WE DON'T HAVE A DESIRE TO PUT THAT IN A SPECIFIC ORDINANCE.

BUT I MEAN, IF YOU'RE, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I THINK THAT'S PLENTY SPECIFIC ENOUGH, RIGHT? UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK WHAT WHAT IS INTERESTING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THEORY IT'S, OR IN PRACTICE, WE CAN DEBATE, NAMING, RENAMING ANYTHING, JUST 'CAUSE THAT'S THE WAY THE LAW WORKS, RIGHT? I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT THE DOOR HAS ALWAYS BEEN OPEN FOR A COUNCIL MEMBER TO PROPOSE, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS JUST FOR WHATEVER REASON, HAVEN'T WALKED THROUGH THAT DOOR TO DO IT.

AND I, I THINK THAT THAT'S JUST THE REALITY, RIGHT? WE CAN'T PLAN FOR EVERY, EVERY CONTINGENCY.

THE ONLY, THE ONLY GOOD THING THAT I WOULD, OR NOT ONLY GOOD THING, THE ONLY ADDITIONAL POINT I WANTED TO MAKE ON ALL OF THIS IS THAT I'M JUST REALLY HAPPY.

AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THAT PARKS COMMISSION HAS THAT SORT OF, UM, FIRST OPINION, SO TO SPEAK, ON A LOT OF THIS.

I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING THEY'RE REALLY IN THE WEEDS ON, THAT THEY, THEY STUDY ALL THE DIFFERENT PARKS AND HAVE A MUCH MORE, UM, NARROW FOCUS, WHICH IN A WEIRD WAY, GIVES 'EM A BROADER PERSPECTIVE ON A LOT OF THIS STUFF.

AND I'M, I'M GLAD THAT STUFF IS THERE.

THANK YOU, JOE.

MR. HUTCHER, WRITER.

I WOULD CONCUR WITH WHAT, UM, COUNCILMAN CORCORAN SAID AS FAR AS, I THINK, I THINK THE THIRD BULLET ITEM IS, IS APPROPRIATE.

AND I WOULD NOT WANT MORE SPECIFIC SPECIFICITY THERE.

THE ONE QUESTION I HAVE, AND, AND IVANA BE THE FIRST ONE TO ADMIT, WE GET BOMBARDED WITH THOUSANDS OF POINTS OF INFORMATION.

SO I MAY HAVE MISSED IT, BUT MY CONCERN IS, MY RECOLLECTION IS THE FIRST TIME I HEARD ABOUT THE DISC GOLF PARK GOING IN, IN BRECKENRIDGE WAS IN IT WHEN IT APPEARED ON MY CALENDAR THAT SAID WE WERE HAVING A RIBBON CUTTING FOR IT.

SO MY CONCERN IS, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE, GOING BACK TO, YOU KNOW, NAMING NEW PARKS, OPEN SPACES AND AMENITIES, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE AS A COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY KNOWS, HEY, WE'RE GONNA BE, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING SOMETHING, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, DIS SORRY, DISC GOLF, WHATEVER THE CASE MIGHT BE.

I MEAN, THE REALLY, REALLY BIG, BIG ITEMS GET HIGHLIGHTED, BUT I THINK A LOT OF THE AMENITIES THAT WOULD BE VERY, VERY APPROPRIATE FOR NAMING OPPORTUNITIES, I THINK IT GETS CAUGHT UP IN THE MINUTIA.

SO HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN? BECAUSE AGAIN, IF I MISSED IT ON A DISC GOLF, YOU KNOW, I'LL SAY THAT UP FRONT, BUT THE FIRST TIME I REMEMBER SAYING, OH, WOW, WE'RE GETTING A DISC GOLF COURSE IS WHEN I SAW WE WERE HAVING A RIBBON CUTTING AND IT GOT PUT ON MY CALENDAR, UM, THAT WE NEEDED TO BE OUT THERE ON A SATURDAY MORNING.

SO, CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THAT? YEAH.

SO WITH THE DISC GOLF, THAT WAS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT, UM, IT'S A SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNT SMALL PROJECT THAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD.

UM, I FORGET THE MONTH THAT WE BROUGHT IT FORWARD, BUT THAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD, UM, PRIOR TO US HAVING THE RIBBON CUTTING DATE ACTUALLY SET, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.

BUT LARGER PROJECTS LIKE INNER URBAN COMMONS AND TWIN RIVERS, THOSE, YOU RECEIVED A BRIEFING WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE, THE LARGE CONSTRUCTION.

HOW WE PRESENT THAT AND BRING IT FORWARD.

AND THOSE, WE ALSO SHARED WITH YOU WHAT AMENITIES ARE INVOLVED IN IN THOSE PROJECTS.

UM, GRANTED WHEN A PROJECT STARTS, UM, WE HAVE A BUDGET AND THEN WE HAVE A CONTINGENCY BUDGET.

AND SOMETIMES IN THOSE CONTINGENCY DOLLARS ARE EXTRA AMENITIES LIKE A SECOND PAVILION.

UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AS WE GET FURTHER INTO THE PROJECT, WE'LL KNOW WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY AFFORD TO, TO PUT THROUGH THE PROJECT ITSELF.

UM, SO WITH THOSE, I WOULD SAY THAT WOULD PROBABLY COME ABOUT DURING SOME OF THE UPDATES THAT WE HAVE ON THOSE PROJECTS.

UM, BUT LIKE I MENTIONED, THE, THE BIGGER PROJECTS, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE BRING FORWARD WITH A BRIEFING PRIOR TO THAT CONSTRUCTION START.

SO WE CAN MAKE A POINT THAT WITH THE SMALLER PROJECTS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BRING IN FRONT OF CITY COUN OR CITY MANAGEMENT TO DETERMINE

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YEAH, IF WE, IF WE CAN, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IN MY MIND THAT DISC GOLF COURSE WOULD'VE BEEN A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO, TO BRING FORTH, UM, POTENTIALLY A NAMING FOR SOMEONE.

UM, BUT I, BUT BY THE TIME IT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD AND, YOU KNOW, UH, THE REAL, THE SIGNS THAT HAD BEEN PURCHASED IN THE WHOLE NINE YARDS, AND SO NOW TO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT, I THINK, I THINK A LOT OF THOSE SMALLER AMENITIES WOULD BE, WOULD BE VERY GOOD OPPORTUNITIES.

AND SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, THAT WE HAVE THOSE, UH, AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE AND EVERYONE.

SO THAT IF, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I I, I'LL STAY ON, ON, ON, ON COUNCILMAN BARRIOS AS EXAMPLE IS, IF, YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS FROM NOW, WE WANT TO NAME, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING FOR COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE, YOU KNOW, SHE MAY, SHE MAY NOT QUALIFY FOR SOMETHING AS LARGE AS KE KEFLER BALLPARK, BUT MAYBE SHE'D BE VERY APPROPRIATE FOR THE BRIDGE AT BRICKEN RIDGE PARK SOMEDAY.

'CAUSE SHE'S OUT IN PLACE TOO.

I'M JUST, AGAIN, I'M MAKING ALL THIS UP, SO DON'T, DON'T ANYBODY TAKE ANY OFFENSE.

UM, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T THINK, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T GET, WE DON'T GET NOTIFIED OF THOSE SMALLER THINGS.

AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR NAMING OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN SAY THANK YOU TO SOMEBODY IN A MEANINGFUL, ALBEIT SMALLER THAN KEFLER BALLPARK OR NAMING A FULL PARK OVER SOMEBODY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD ASK FOR IF YOU COULD.

UM, SECOND THING IS, IS CAN YOU GIVE US AN IDEA, 'CAUSE I GET ASKED THIS FROM TIME TO TIME ON THE PHILANTHROPIC, CAN YOU GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT THE RANGE OF, OF DONATION FOR SOMEONE TO, TO HAVE SOMETHING IN THIS PHILANTHROPIC, BECAUSE I, I JUST THINK THAT IT'S A QUESTION I GET FROM TIME TO TIME AND I DON'T REALLY KNOW THE ANSWER TO IT.

SO IN THIS PROCESS, YOU KNOW, TODAY WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT LIKE THE, THE BUSH CENTRAL PARKWAY.

UM, THE LOWEST OPTION IN THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY ONE OF SET YOUR PRICE, UM, UP TO A HUNDRED DOLLARS, UM, ALL THE WAY UP TO $17,000.

SO THERE'S A WIDE VARIETY, THERE'S OPTIONS FOR, FOR ANY BUDGET LEVEL OR DESIRE OF WANTING TO GIVE BACK.

UM, AND IT, IT REALLY, WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THIS, YOU CAN REALLY PICK SOMETHING THAT SERVES YOUR HEART MORE, OR THE PERSON, THE DONOR'S HEART MORE OF WHAT THEY WANNA GIVE BACK AND MAYBE AN AREA THAT THEY'RE A LITTLE MORE PASSIONATE ABOUT.

SO THE FACT THAT THERE'S THINGS IN THE ARTS AREA OR ANIMAL SERVICES, UM, AND THEN OF COURSE PARKS AND NATURE ELEMENT, WE EVEN HAVE A DONATION OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN, UH, DAY CAMP PROGRAMS. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD PICK THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT YOU'D LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE.

SO IT VARIES QUITE A BIT.

MR. MAGNER, DID YOU WANNA MAKE A COMMENT? NO, I CAN, I'LL JUST SAY THIS HAS BEEN A VALUABLE EXERCISE FOR STAFF AS WELL.

I MEAN, I THINKING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF HOW YOU WOULD INTRODUCE THE CONSIDERATION, BUT ALSO KIND OF GOING THROUGH AN INVENTORYING, IF YOU WILL, AND CREATING A, A LIST OF, UH, PROJECTS AND TYPES OF, UH, AMENITIES.

SO TO, TO YVONNE'S POINT, I MEAN, I THINK THE, THE SHORT ANSWER IS WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT THOSE GET TO YOU IN A TIMELY WAY.

AND I THINK THIS PROCESS HAS HELPED US, UM, KIND OF ORGANIZE, UH, IN, IN, IN TERMS OF, UM, THE TYPES OF, UM, AMENITIES.

'CAUSE IT'S MOSTLY AMENITIES AND SMALL PROJECTS, REALLY.

AND SO, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE HYPERSENSITIVE TO THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO YOU EARLIER IN THE PROCESS.

AND THEN THAT WAY, IF THERE IS AN NAMING OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU WANNA TRY TO SEIZE, WE CAN DO THAT.

AND, AND I APPRECIATE IT.

PLEASE DON'T TAKE IT AS I WAS BEING CRITICAL.

IT'S JUST, I, I ABSOLUTELY, I JUST USED IT AS AN EXAMPLE BECAUSE THAT WOULD'VE BEEN ONE I THINK WE COULD'VE REALLY TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF.

AND IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S OKAY.

I'M MR. BARRIOS.

50 THINGS THAT NOW PEOPLE WANT PLAQUES ON.

UM, THERE ARE TWO MORE THINGS I THOUGHT OF ONE WHILE, UH, COUNCILMAN HUTCHIN RIDER WAS SPEAKING, UM, IN HIS COMMENTS HE MENTIONED, UM, LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR NAMING THINGS.

UM, NOW THAT WE HAVE AN OFFICIAL PROCESS IN PLACE, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS IN A, IN A PUBLIC FORUM.

IS THIS SOMETHING WHERE WE SHOULD, I HATE TO USE THE WORD LIMIT, BUT THE LAST THING I'D WANT IS TWO MONTHS FROM NOW, UH, YOU GUYS BE BOMBARDED WITH, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF RECOMMENDATIONS WITH NAME, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE HUNDRED NAMES BECAUSE EVERYBODY THINKS EVERYTHING SHOULD BE NAMED.

AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, FOR A SMALL PARK, I USE COTTONWOOD BECAUSE THAT'S MY NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.

WE HAVE A HUNDRED NAMES FOR, YOU KNOW,

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HOW DO WE, AND I DON'T KNOW, AGAIN, DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT HOW DO WE MANAGE THAT GOING FORWARD? SO THAT ONE, I THINK WHEN THINGS GET FLOODED, SOMETIMES THINGS CAN LOSE THE VALUE, RIGHT? YOU OVER SATURATE THE MARKET.

SO HOW DO WE LIMIT THAT SO THAT, THAT WE HONOR THOSE THAT DESERVE THAT COMMUNITY FEELS, DESERVES RECOGNITION WITHOUT FLOODING, WITH RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND I DON'T KNOW, AGAIN, SO IF YOU WANNA, SO, SO A RECOMMENDATION'S DIFFERENT THAN AN ACTION.

AND THE WAY YOU CAN LI THE WAY YOU CAN CONTROL THAT IS IT'S ONLY SEVEN PEOPLE IN THE ROOM HERE GET TO MAKE THAT DECISION ABOUT NAMING SOMETHING.

AND SO SELF-REGULATION AMONGST THE COUNCIL IS, IS WHAT'S GONNA CONTROL NOT OVER, UM, NAMING THINGS AND HAVING, HAVING PARKS BE FLOODED WITH PLAQUES.

BUT IN TERMS OF THE, IN TERMS OF THE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS, I APPRECIATE THE SENSITIVITY AROUND THE WORK PLAN.

'CAUSE WE, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF TACTICS AND, AND PROJECTS WE'RE WORKING ON.

I WOULD JUST SAY WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO WORK THOSE IN.

UM, I WOULD WORK WITH, WITH MAYOR DUBBY, AND WE WOULD, WE WOULD WORK THE, THE, UM, REQUEST TO HAVE NAMING CONSIDERATIONS INTO THE AGENDA IN A, IN A TIME, YOU KNOW, MOST TIMELY WAY THAT WE COULD, BUT BE MINDFUL OF ALL THE OTHER AGENDA ITEMS, PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT WE MUST DO IN A, IN LIKE BUDGET, IN A, IN A SPECIFIC TIMELINE.

UM, I THINK IF, IF THAT BECOMES AN ISSUE, I PROMISE THAT, I PROMISE YOU, I WILL LET YOU KNOW , UH, THAT, UH, THAT IT'S OVERWHELMING US FROM A, FROM A AGENDA PLANNING STANDPOINT.

BUT, UM, I THINK TO TO, TO THE, THE BEAUTY IN THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE OUTLINED HERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU SEVEN GET TO CHOOSE, UM, WHEN TO NAME SOMETHING.

AND I THINK THAT THE CONTEXT OF OF YOUR PAST ACTIONS WILL INFORM YOUR FUTURE ACTIONS.

AND YOU'LL HAVE A SENSE OF IF IT'S GETTING TO BE TOO MUCH OR IF IT'S THE RIGHT BALANCE, UH, OR IF IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S, IF IT'S, UM, IF IT'S NOT GOING THE WAY THAT YOU HAD HOPED.

ONE LITTLE, SORRY, WERE YOU GONNA SAY SOMETHING THERE? I THOUGHT YOU WERE THROUGH.

I WAS GONNA, NO, SIR.

I'VE GOT TWO MORE, TWO MORE THING.

UM, DAWN, WHEN WE ADOPTED, I, ALL OF MY, THE CALENDAR NEEDS TO FLOW THE LAST WEEK, THE WEEK BEFORE, UM, PROCEDURES, UH, WHEN WE, THE PART WHERE COUNCIL GOT THINGS ON AGENDAS, AND I KNOW WE'RE KIND OF MIRRORING THIS TO FLOW ALONG WITH THAT SPIRIT AND WITH THAT PROCESS, UM, IF A COUNCIL MEMBER GOT SOMETHING ON AGENDA, YOU WERE GONNA MAKE A REMARK THAT, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN BARRIOS ALONG WITH TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS SUBMITTED THIS PUBLICLY, ACKNOWLEDGED IT A PUBLIC ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, RIGHT? CAN WE DO SOMETHING SIMILAR FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS? ABSOLUTELY.

BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY, OBVIOUSLY, IF, YOU KNOW, THE THREE OF US CAN, JOE AND I AGREE ON NAMING THE PAVILION, JENNIFER JUSTICE, THE, THE, NOT EVERYBODY MAY BE WATCHING THOSE, UH, PUBLIC PARK MEETINGS.

SURE.

AND, UH, THAT WOULD AT LEAST PUT A FLAG ON SO PEOPLE ARE LIKE, HEY, THEY AGREED ON SOMETHING.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA COME UP.

AND AT THE SAME TIME ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THAT WAS, THAT NAME WAS YEP.

HAPPY, HAPPY TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE IT.

APPRECIATE THAT.

AND WE DIDN'T, I, I MENTIONED EARLIER, BUT I JUST KIND OF WANNA REITERATE, I, UM, 'CAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR ANYBODY ELSE MENTION, BUT SUPPORT OR AGAINST THE, UM, PROCESS AND EXPECTATIONS FOR RESIDENTS TO SUBMIT.

UM, I, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'D LIKE TO, UM, MAYBE IF IT'S JUST A ONE LINE, YOU KNOW, ANY RESIDENT WISHING TO SUBMIT A NAME EITHER MUST, YOU KNOW, HAS THE OPTION OF REACHING OUT TO THEIR COUNCIL MEMBER OR, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING ON IT DURING, UH, COMMENT SECTION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND NOW I WILL, I'M DONE.

MR. COR, I'M SORRY, I'M JUST COUNCILOR ROBERTS, I'M JUST KIND OF CONFUSED.

SO WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT PARKS NEEDS TO, WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS FOR PARKS TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE WEBPAGE JUST SAYING, EXPLAINING THE OPPORTUNITY TO NAME SURE.

NAME THINGS AND SAYING EMAIL YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER OR FILL OUT THIS FORM FOR PARKS.

THAT'S, THAT'S EXACTLY, JUST SO IT'S CLEAR AS FAR AS, 'CAUSE IT'S CLEAR IN HOW WE CAN NAME A BENCH AFTER SOMEBODY.

IT'S CLEAR HOW, YOU KNOW.

HAVE A CHANCE TO SAY THINGS FIRST BEFORE IT CAME TO US? 'CAUSE WE COULD SAY YES OR NO TO THEIR RECOMMENDATION AS WELL.

LIKE, I THINK CITY OF RICHARDSON RICHARDSON HAS, DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB AT MAKING ALL THIS INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE.

SO IF WE COULD JUST ADD A LINE OR TWO JUST SO THAT IF SOMEBODY WERE TO GO, THEY COULD SAY, OKAY, IT'S NOT JUST COUNCIL, BUT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.

OR THIS IS THE VENUE IF WE SO CHOOSE TO DO SO.

AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OPTION, BUT THE, YOU KNOW, THAT MEANS A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCI GETTING 50 SIGNATURES, OR IF IT JUST TAKES ONE PERSON OR WHATEVER THAT IS, OR JUST SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS EMAILING THEIR COUNCIL MEMBER, THEN THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

I JUST THINK WE NEED TO ADD A LINE IN THERE.

WELL, AND CLARIFY THAT BEFORE I LET GO THE NEXT ONE.

JUST OUT OF CLARIFICATION, WOULD WE NOT, IF WE WERE TO ADD SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WOULD WE NOT SAY THEY HAD TO CONTACT THE PARKS COMMISSION FIRST? DIDN'T WE NOT SAY A WHILE AGO THAT WE WANTED PARKS TO

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IS THAT NOT WHAT WE SAID EARLIER? I, I THINK, UM, AM MAYOR, IF I MAY, I THINK, UM, I MEAN, WE COUNCILMAN, UM, WE, WE CAN DEFINITELY, UH, PUT SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF IF, YOU KNOW, IF, IF, IF A RESIDENT OR A GROUP OF RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE TO, UH, RECOMMEND, UH, A, UH, PARK AMENITY OR OTHER CITY ASSET BE NAMED AFTER THERE'S SOMEONE, THE MOST APPROPRIATE THING IS FOR THEM TO CONTACT THE COUNCIL OR TO COME DOWN IN THE VISITORS FORUM, UM, PORTION NOW OF THE MEETING.

AND, AND TO, TO PUT THAT REQUEST OUT THERE.

BECAUSE ULTIMATELY IT WOULD TAKE THE COUNCIL, UH, A COUNCIL PERSON AND TWO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS TO, UH, FOLLOW THE PA FOLLOW THE PROCEDURE WE JUST OUTLINED.

BECAUSE THE ONLY OTHER WAY IT'S GONNA GET TO THE PARKS COMMISSION IS, IS IF IT'S A NEW PARK OR A NEW PARK AMENITY.

AND SO, YES, SIR.

SO, SO, BUT I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT LIKE ANY OTHER ISSUE, I MEAN THAT THE, THE MOST APPROPRIATE THING IS TO COME SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL DIRECTLY, UH, IN A, IN A PUBLIC SETTING LIKE THIS, OR TO REACH OUT TO AN INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER, ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS VIA EMAIL OR SOME OTHER METHOD OF COMMUNICATION TO EXPRESS THE INTEREST IN HAVING A, A AMENITY OR, OR SOME OTHER FEATURE ASSET NAMED AFTER SOMEONE.

YEAH, BECAUSE LET ME JUST GO AHEAD.

AND AN IRONY WOULD BE IS IF I WANTED TO PUT, IF I WANTED SOMETHING TO BE CONSIDERED, I'D HAVE TO GET TWO CITY COUNCILMAN TO JOIN ME.

OTHERWISE, I WOULD JUST, I TO WHAT, IF I UNDERSTAND WHAT COUNCIL COUNCILMAN BARRIOS WANTS, I WOULD JUST TURN IT IN AS AN INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN, IT WOULD HAVE THE SAME WEIGHT.

, YEAH.

WELL'S.

IT'S ALMOST GETTING A THIRD PATH HERE.

IT FEELS LIKE A THIRD PATH.

THAT'S MY CONCERN.

SO I, I DON'T, I, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE PROPOSING, BUT I WOULDN'T WANNA SEE A THIRD PATH THAT, THAT'S MY CONCERN.

IT DEFINITELY WAS NOT OKAY.

PROPOSING I, AND I WASN'T CLEAR, SO THAT'S WHY I JUST WANTED A CLARIFICATION.

I WASN'T PROPOSING ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHATEVER THAT IS.

THAT'D BE CLEAR.

LIKE, WE OBVIOUSLY JUST DISCUSSED THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, BUT IF, IF THAT IS THE PATH, THE BEST PATH IS TO CONTACT A COUNCIL MEMBER JUST ADDING A LINE SOMEWHERE IN THE WEBSITE SAYS, PLEASE CONTACT THE COUNCIL.

OR, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO REACH OUT AND COPY KEN, JOE AND I, AND YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THREE IN HOPES THAT WE CAN, OBVIOUSLY WE NEED THREE PEOPLE TO GET IT TO THE PARKS.

UH, THEN THEY CAN EMAIL THE THREE OF US SAYING, WOULD YOU SUPPORT US, YOU KNOW, IN THIS MR. SHEHU.

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

WELL, I MEAN, MY QUESTION IS, IS IT THAT WE ARE SERVING PEOPLE, WHATEVER WE DO HERE, WE LISTEN FROM OUTSIDE OUR CONSTITUENTS, AND THEN THAT'S WHAT WE BRING OVER HERE.

WE DON'T, WE DON'T, IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IF I DON'T KNOW, THIS IS WHAT, THIS IS WHAT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M SERVING PEOPLE, I'M LISTENING WHAT THEY WANT, AND I'M BRINGING THOSE THING UP HERE.

THEY WANT THEIR STREET FIXED PORTAL FIXED.

THEY WANT SERVICES TRASH PICKED UP.

EVERYTHING WE DO, WE LISTEN FROM THEM.

WE, WE FOLLOW THE PROCEDURE.

SO IF WE SAY THAT YOU CAN DO THIS THING ON THIS ONE, WHY WE SHOULD NOT SAY ON ANOTHER ONE, THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE THE VOICE FOR OTHER PLACES PRETTY MUCH UNDERSTOOD IN THIS CITY THAT EVERYTHING WE DO HERE IS BASED ON WHAT THEY WANT THERE.

SO IF WE SPECIFY SOME PLACES, THAT MEANS HE SAID THAT WE'RE SUGGESTING THAT YOU CAN SAY ON THIS ONE, YOU BETTER NOT SPEAK TOO MUCH ON OTHER ISSUE.

I DON'T KNOW.

THIS IS, I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE THAT THIS SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN DOING REALLY GREAT JOB OVER THE YEARS, UH, YOU KNOW, FOCUSING ON ACTUAL WORK, NOT RENAMING OR NAMING PARKS.

IT HAPPENED JUST ONE TIME RECENTLY IN MY EXPERIENCE.

AND I THINK WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON REALLY, WE HAVE GOOD POLICY.

I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL.

BUT WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING SO FAR, FOCUS ON THE FUTURE, UH, AND, UH, GIVE BEST SERVICES THAT NOT, NOT JUST NECESSARILY FOR THE CITIES, OTHER PEOPLE, IT'S US.

WE ARE GETTING THE BENEFIT OURSELF TOO.

WHEN TRASH PICKED UP FROM MY NEIGHBORS, I'M GETTING THE BENEFIT BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE TO SEE THAT TRASH.

SO I THINK, I THINK OVERALL, I THINK OUR, WE DON'T HAVE TO SPECIFY EVERY PLACE, UH, BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY MUCH UNDERSTOOD.

AND THAT'S HOW WE SORT OF, UH, THAT'S MY OPINION.

MS. JUSTICE.

WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR THAT THEY TO CONTACT US ANYWAY.

UM, COUNCILMAN SHAEL STOLE MY THUNDER A LITTLE BIT, BUT THAT'S WHAT GOING, I WAS SORT OF GETTING AT, I I, WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY IS, I THINK THIS IS A, A BIT OF MUCH A DO ABOUT NOTHING.

UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY RARELY GOING TO COME UP, RIGHT? SO I THINK THAT WE'VE SET SORT OF HIGH LEVEL GUIDANCE FOR WHAT WE WOULD HOPE THIS COUNCIL AND FUTURE COUNCILS WOULD FOLLOW, UM, TO COUNCILMAN CHAEL'S POINT, YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE, YOU WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THERE BEING FLOODGATES, BUT THEN ALSO WANTING TO OPEN THE FLOODGATES POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S GOTTA BE A BALANCE THERE.

I, I DON'T KNOW, UM, THAT IT'S NECESSARY TO SORT OF ADD THIS, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, EXTRA STUFF TO THE WEBSITE ABOUT HOW TO CONTACT YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER ABOUT THIS.

I MEAN, AS COUNCILMAN SEL SAID, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S

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UH, THEY'RE NOT, FOR THE MOST PART, I WOULD SAY FOLKS AREN'T SHY ABOUT DOING IT WHEN THERE'S AN ISSUE OR IF THEY HAVE AN IDEA.

AND SO, I, I, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW.

ALL OF THIS IS A BIT MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY GREAT POLICY AND A GREAT, UH, SORT OF GUIDANCE FOR US TO HAVE.

UM, YOU KNOW, IF THIS COMES UP 10 TIMES IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS, I WOULD BE SURPRISED.

UM, SO I'M GLAD WE HAVE THIS GUIDANCE.

I'M, I'M GLAD THAT IT WAS GOOD EXERCISE FOR YOUR STAFF TO SORT OF UNDERSTAND WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, GO FORTH AND CONQUER.

AND I THINK THAT IT'S GREAT THAT OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT WILL BE LEADING THE WAY.

WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM NUMBER D, LETTER D PRESENT AND DISCUSS TREE PROTECTION AND MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS, AND THE TREE CITY USA CERTIFICATION PROCESS.

SO IN SUMMARY, WE'RE GONNA LEAVE IT LIKE IT IS.

THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING.

YVONNE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, MR. MAGNER.

[D. PRESENT AND DISCUSS TREE PROTECTION AND MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS AND THE TREE CITY USA CERTIFICATION PROCESS]

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, CHARLES GO IS GONNA LEAD, UH, THE BRIEFING, BUT I DO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, JIM DULAC, UH, SAM CHAVEZ, UH, YVONNE AND SEAN, UH, SEAN ROGERS.

THIS HAS REALLY BEEN A MULTIDISCIPLINARY, UM, UH, APPROACH TO, UH, BRINGING YOU THIS BRIEFING TONIGHT.

AND, UH, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THE PROTECTIONS THAT WE'RE, UH, UM, GOING TO BE RECOMMENDING, UM, AND IMPROVING, UM, OUR, UH, TREE PROTECTIONS AROUND OUR, OUR PROJECTS IMPLEMENTING, UM, MEDIATION, UM, REQUIREMENTS FOR, UM, UM, PRIVATE PROJECTS, AND THEN ULTIMATELY, UM, ACHIEVING A REALLY NEAT, UH, CERTIFICATION THAT I THINK THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE REALLY PROUD OF.

SO, CHARLES, THANKS FOR, UM, ALL THE WORK THAT YOU AND, AND TO THE WHOLE TEAM.

THANK YOU AS WELL FOR PUTTING THE BRIEFING TOGETHER TONIGHT.

AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

UH, THANKS, DON.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

COUNSEL.

UM, TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION IS DRAWN DIRECTLY FROM THE WORK PLAN YOU ADOPTED LAST FALL.

IT, IT DIRECTLY TIES TO, UH, THE COUNCIL TACTIC TO DEVELOP CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS AND POLICIES REGARDING TREE PLACEMENT AND PROTECTIONS, UH, THAT REDUCE THE IMPACT OF THOSE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ON EXISTING TREES.

THEN ALSO, UM, TO DISCUSS THE PROCESS TO OBTAIN THE, THE TREE CITY CERTIFICATION, WHICH WILL, UM, COVER EACH OF THOSE TOPICS, UH, TONIGHT.

UM, THE FIRST OF WHICH, UH, IS, UM, SOME UPDATES TO OUR STANDARD DETAILS, UH, THAT DICTATE HOW, UH, CONTRACTORS DO, UH, WORK ON OUR PROJECTS.

UH, THEN WE'LL REVIEW, UH, OUR CURRENT, AS WELL AS SOME PROPOSED TREE PROTECTION AND MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS.

AND THEN LASTLY, UM, TALK ABOUT THE TREE CITY USA CERTIFICATION AND OUR PLAN TO OBTAIN THAT RECOGNITION.

UH, FIRST, WITH REGARDS TO THE STANDARD CONSTRUCTION DETAILS, AS I MENTIONED, UH, THESE ARE THE, THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS THAT ARE ESTABLISHED, UH, TO DEFINE EXPECTATIONS FOR CONTRACTORS THAT ARE WORKING EITHER IN THE RIGHT OF WAY OR ON CITY PROPERTY OR ON OTHER CITY INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, PROJECTS.

UM, WITH REGARDS TO, TO LANDSCAPING AND TREES PREVIOUSLY, UH, OUR STANDARD DETAILS WERE SILENT ON THESE TOPICS, AND WE WOULD RELY ON THE, UH, SPECIFIC CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS THEMSELVES, UH, TO, UH, DICTATE, UH, ANYTHING THAT WAS NECESSARY WITH REGARDS TO TREES OR LANDSCAPING THROUGH CALL OUTS OR SPECIAL NOTES.

UM, AFTER WE'VE HAD SOME TIME TO, TO REFLECT ON THAT, WE THINK, UH, THERE ARE, ARE MORE EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATED, UH, THROUGH INCLUSION IN OUR STANDARD DETAILS.

THIS KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS THEIR IMPORTANT, IT'S CLEAR FOR, UM, UM, CONTRACTORS TO, UH, SEE THEM AND UNDERSTAND THEM.

UM, AND AS THE NAME SUGGESTS, IT STANDARDIZES THEM AMONG ALL OF OUR, UH, PROJECTS.

AND THEN IF THERE ARE ANY UNIQUE CONSIDERATIONS, THOSE CAN THEN BE CALLED OUT ON THE SPECIFIC, UH, PROJECT PLANS.

AND SO, UH, WHAT WAS PASSED OUT TO YOU IS, UH, IS THE, THE SHEET THAT INCLUDES ALL THE PAGES OF OUR STANDARD DETAILS.

UM, AND THEY COVER THINGS LIKE, UH, CARE FOR TREES AND OTHER VEGETATION DURING CONSTRUCTION, UH, ENHANCED PROTECTION MEASURES, UH, FOR WORKING YOUR TREES, REQUIREMENTS FOR PLANTING NEW TREES, AND THEN IMPORTANTLY, COMMUNICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTRACTORS, UH, IN THE EVENT THAT TREES DO NEED TO BE REMOVED.

AND SO, UH, WE HAVE UPDATED THOSE.

WE, WE, UH, PUBLISHED THOSE ON OUR WEBSITE AT THE BEGINNING OF LAST MONTH, AND IT'S BEEN, IT'S EARLY, BUT, UM, I THINK WE'VE HAD GOOD SUCCESS WITH 'EM SO FAR.

UH, DIVING IN A LITTLE DEEPER JUST TO, UM, KIND OF REFLECT ON, UH, A FEW OF THE, UM, UH, HIGHLIGHTS, UH, ON THOSE, NOT TO GO THROUGH EACH OF THEM INDIVIDUALLY, BUT JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT YOU'LL FIND IN THERE IS, UH, WITH REGARDS TO TREE PROTECTION, OBVIOUSLY IT STATES THAT THEY HAVE TO BE INSTALLED PRIOR TO ANY CONSTRUCTION WORK AND THEN MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS THAT, UH, IF THERE WAS WORK GOING ON AROUND TREES, BUT NOT WITHIN THE DRIP LINE OF THE TREE, THEN WE WOULD EXPECT SOME SORT OF FENCING TO GO AROUND THE TREE AND THEN ACCESS TO BE LIMITED, UH, WITHIN THAT FENCE TO, TO, TO MAINTENANCE OF THE LANDSCAPING OR ANY, UH, RANDOM TRASH, UH, THAT MAY BLOW IN THERE TO REMOVE THAT.

UM, IF YOU ARE HAVING TO DO WORK, UH, WITHIN THE DRIP LINE OF THE TREE, THEN WE, UH, EXPECT THAT THERE'S SOME PROTECTION OF THE TRUNK OF THAT TREE THROUGH BOARDS THAT, UM, THAT WOULD HELP GUARD AGAINST ANY CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY IMPACTING THAT TREE.

UH, IF THERE'S EXCAVATION THAT'S NEEDED NEAR ROOTS, UH, THE,

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THE DETAILS GO INTO HOW THAT OCCURS SO THAT THOSE, UM, THAT DIGGING IS CLEAN AND IT MINIMIZES ANY DAMAGE TO THE ROOT STRUCTURE TO GIVE THAT TREE THE BEST CHANCE OF SUCCESS.

UH, AND THEN AGAIN, FOR, FOR TREES THAT HAVE TO BE REMOVED, UH, IT REQUIRES THE CONTRACTOR TO MARK THOSE TREES AND THEN GET APPROVAL FROM THE CITY, UH, A MINIMUM OF 14 DAYS NOTICE, UH, BEFORE THOSE TREES ARE REMOVED.

UH, SO THAT'S OUR REVISIONS TO, UH, THE STANDARD CONSTRUCTION, UH, DETAILS THAT WE'VE BEEN USING FOR A MONTH NOW.

UM, A ANOTHER ELEMENT OF OF THIS EXERCISE, UH, WAS TO FOCUS ON, UM, HOW DO WE PROTECT, UH, TREES NOT JUST ON OUR PROPERTY OR IN THE RIGHT OF WAY OR ON OUR PROJECTS, BUT ALSO ON, UH, PRIVATE PROPERTY.

UH, WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE, UM, REGULATIONS ON THE BOOKS IN CHAPTER 2 25.

IT'S THE TREE PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION CODE.

HOWEVER, THOSE ALSO ONLY ADDRESS, UH, TREES ON, UH, PUBLIC PROPERTY.

UM, AND IT, IT JUST STATES THAT THE, THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS HAS THE AUTHORITY AND CONTROL AND SUPERVISE, UH, THE CARE OF THOSE TREES.

UM, WE SURVEYED, UH, APPLICABLE ORDINANCES IN EACH OF OUR COMPARATOR CITIES.

AND, AND WHILE THEY EACH HAVE THEIR OWN FLAVOR, THERE'S, UH, REALLY THREE CONSISTENT POINTS THAT WE FOUND THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE ORDINANCES.

AND THAT'S THAT, UH, THEY SOMEHOW DEFINE AND DIFFERENT SIZES AND SPECIES OF TREES, AND SOME THEY PROTECT, SOME, UH, ARE LEFT UNPROTECTED.

UH, IT CREATES THEN REQUIREMENTS TO REPLACE THOSE THAT ARE PROTECTED.

UM, IF, IF THOSE ARE REMOVED, THEY HAVE TO MITIGATE THOSE IN SOME WAY.

AND THEN ALSO, UM, EVERY CITY WE LOOKED AT OFFERS SOME SORT OF FINANCIAL PAYMENT IN LIEU OF REPLACEMENTS.

SO IF THERE'S SOME, UH, REASON YOU COULD NOT, UH, UM, OR DID NOT WANT TO MAKE UP THE REQUIRED MITIGATION ON THAT PROPERTY, THERE'S, UH, A FUND THAT CAN BE USED THAT, THAT A, A PROPERTY OWNER CAN CONTRIBUTE TO, UH, FOR PLANTING ELSEWHERE, UH, IN THE CITY.

SO BASED ON THIS SURVEY, UH, STAFF IS, UH, UH, PROPOSING AN ORDINANCE, UH, THAT, THAT WOULD DO THE FOLLOWING.

FIRST, IT WOULD APPLY TO, UH, ALL PROPERTIES EXCEPT DEVELOPED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.

UH, THERE'S SOME STATE LEGISLATION ON THE BOOKS THAT REALLY PREEMPTS HOW CITIES CAN REGULATE A TREE REMOVAL ON, UM, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

AND SO ALL OF THE CITIES THAT WE, UH, SURVEYED, UH, EXEMPT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES FROM REGULATION, AND, AND WE WOULD SUGGEST TO DO THE SAME, UM, AS WITH ALL ORDINANCES, THERE'S, THERE'S A PENALTY TO VIOLATING THAT ORDINANCE.

UH, WE PROPOSE THAT TO BE $2,000 A DAY PER TREE OR PER VIOLATION.

UM, SO THAT WOULD, UM, UH, ENCOURAGE, UH, COMPLIANCE.

AND THEN AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S, THERE'S SOME DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS FOR TREES.

SO WE WOULD ESTABLISH THREE CLASSIFICATIONS OF TREES.

FIRST WOULD BE YOUR PROTECTED TREES.

UH, THESE ARE ANY TREE THAT WOULD MEASURE, UM, SIX CPER INCHES.

AND A CPER IS BASICALLY THE DIAMETER OF THE TREE MEASURED AT ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF FEET TALL.

UM, AND SO IF YOU'RE OVER SIX CPER INCHES, UH, YOU WOULD, UH, THAT TREE WOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS PROTECTED, UM, UNLESS IT IS ON THE UNPROTECTED TREE LIST.

AND THESE ARE TREES THAT FOR VARIOUS REASONS ARE, ARE CONSIDERED UNDESIRABLE.

UM, THEY COULD BE INVASIVE, UH, THEY COULD BE BRITTLE AS THEY AGE.

UH, THERE'S A WHOLE HOST OF REASONS WHY THEY COULD BE ON THE UNDESIRABLE LIST.

YOU SEE THOSE TREES HERE.

THERE'S ALSO KIND OF A CATCHALL AT THE END THAT SAYS OTHER TREES THAT ARE CLASSIFIED AS INVASIVE AS NEW SPECIES KIND OF COME AND GO TO THE REGION.

UM, THERE ARE ENTITIES THAT KEEP TRACK OF THOSE AND CREATE THAT LIST, SO WE WOULD JUST MIRROR WHATEVER THEY SAY.

AND THEN THE THIRD CLASSIFICATION, UH, IS CALLED A SPECIMEN TREE.

THIS WOULD BE ANY PROTECTED TREE, UH, THAT GROWS, UH, TO BE, UH, UH, OVER 24 CPER INCHES, UH, AGAIN IN DIAMETER.

UM, THIS, THIS WILL BECOME AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

UH, AND THEN EXCEPTIONS TO THIS, UH, THERE WOULD BE AN ALLOWANCE FOR, YOU KNOW, IF A TREE IS DAMAGED OR DISEASED OR IT'S IN SOME SORT OF DANGEROUS CONDITION THAT IT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED.

UM, A PROPERTY UNIT COULD, COULD APPLY FOR A PERMIT FOR THAT AND, AND STAFF WOULD ALLOW THOSE TREES TO BE, UH, TO BE REMOVED WITHOUT BEING MITIGATED.

AND THEN PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC UTILITY, UH, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE PROJECTS WOULD ALSO BE, BE EXEMPTED FROM THIS.

THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE CITY, ALTHOUGH LATER IN THE PRESENTATION WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT OUR APPROACH WILL BE TO, UH, COMPLYING, UH, WITH THIS ORDINANCE.

SO, UM, THE MITIGATION THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS FOR EVERY PROTECTED TREE, AGAIN, THOSE ARE THE TREES THAT ARE SIX CALIBER INCHES UP TO 24 CALIBER INCHES.

UH, WOULD BE FOR EVERY, UH, CPER INCH THAT IS REMOVED FROM A PROPERTY, YOU HAVE TO ADD BACK A CPER INCH.

SO IT'S A ONE-TO-ONE, UM, MITIGATION.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF, IF YOU HAVE AN EIGHT INCH CPER TREE THAT, THAT, UM, THAT IS REMOVED, UH, THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD HAVE TO PUT BACK A TOTAL OF EIGHT CPER INCHES.

THAT COULD BE ONE EIGHT CALIBER INCH TREE.

THAT COULD BE TWO FOUR CPER INCH TREES, A FIVE AND A THREE.

WE DO HAVE AN, AT THE BULLET ON THE BOTTOM MENTIONS THAT WE DO HAVE AN EXISTING REGULATION ON THE BOOKS THAT SAYS THAT THE MINIMUM SIZE, UH, IS THREE CALIBER INCHES.

SO THAT WOULD APPLY TO THIS ORDINANCE AS WELL.

SO, UH, YOU'D HAVE TO START WITH THREE AND KIND OF WORK YOUR WAY UP FROM THERE.

UM, AND THEN SPECIMEN TREE, JUST BECAUSE THOSE ARE LARGER TREES, WE WANT TO INCENTIVIZE, UM, THE, THE PROTECTION OF THOSE TREES.

THOSE WOULD HAVE A, A, A KIND OF A TWO TO ONE RATIO.

SO, OR A ONE TO TWO RATIO,

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I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY.

UH, FOR EVERY ONE INCH OF SPECIMEN TREE THAT'S REMOVED, YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK WITH TWO CALIBER INCHES OF OTHER TREES AGAIN.

SO IF IT'S 24 INCHES, THAT WOULD BE 48 INCHES THAT YOU'D HAVE TO, TO REPLANT.

AND THEN LASTLY, I MENTIONED THAT THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE, UH, A PAYMENT IN LIEU OF MITIGATION.

WE WOULD PROPOSE TO, TO INCLUDE THAT AS WELL.

THIS JUST GIVES PROPERTY OWNERS SOME FLEXIBILITY IN HOW THEY DEVELOP THEIR PROPERTY.

UM, THIS WOULD GO INTO, UM, A FUND OR ACCOUNT THAT COULD BE USED FOR OTHER, UH, TREE OR LANDSCAPE PLANTINGS AROUND THE COMMUNITY.

UM, ALMOST, UH, EVERY CITY THAT WE, THAT WE, UH, SURVEYED, UH, HAD A $200 PER CALIBER PER INCH, UM, UH, FEE.

SO WE WOULD, AGAIN, PROPOSE TO, TO USE THAT TO BE IN LINE WITH OUR COMPARED TO CITIES.

AND JUST A HYPOTHETICAL, HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE OF, OF HOW THIS WOULD APPLY.

IF YOU HAD A, A PROPERTY THAT HAD 60 TREES ON IT, TOTAL LENGTH, 480 CALIBER INCHES, IF YOU JUST WANTED TO CLEAR, CUT THAT FOR SOME REASON AND NOT GO BACK WITH ANY, UM, TREES, WHICH IF YOU'RE DEVELOPING THAT, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO BACK WITH TREES FOR OUR LANDSCAPE REGULATIONS.

BUT IF YOU JUST WANTED TO CUT 'EM DOWN FOR SOME REASON WITHOUT DEVELOPING IT, UH, THAT WOULD TOTAL ABOUT $96,000 TO, TO MITIGATE THOSE TREES.

BUT IF YOU WANTED TO PUT SOME BACK, THEN YOU COULD HAVE A BALANCE OF MITIGATION AND THEN PAYING INTO THE FUND AS WELL.

AND THEN FINALLY, SOME ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS, UH, FOR THE ORDINANCE, IT WOULD BE THE DE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT THAT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR RECEIVING AND APPROVING THE TREE REMOVAL PERMITS, BUT THEY WOULD WORK CLOSELY IN CONSULTATION WITH THE ARBORISTS THAT ARE ON STAFF AND OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT.

UM, FOR KIND THE TECHNICAL, UH, GUIDANCE ON THE TREES, UM, IF THERE ARE ANY DISAGREEMENTS RELATED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE DETERMINATION MADE, UM, THROUGH THIS ORDINANCE, IT WOULD BE APPEALABLE TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.

THAT IS THE SAME FOR ALL DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.

IF THERE'S SOME SORT OF DISAGREEMENT, SAY, UH, SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, THOUGHT THIS TREE WAS DISEASED AND SO THEY'RE REQUESTING TO REMOVE IT, AND STAFF DIDN'T THINK IT WAS DISEASE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UH, THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT WOULD BE THE ARBITER OF, OF THAT.

UM, HOWEVER, IF, IF A PROPERTY OWNER FOUND THEMSELF IN A SITUATION WHERE THAT THEY THOUGHT THAT THE REQUIREMENTS WERE ONEROUS ON THEIR PROPERTY FOR SOME REASON, MAYBE THAT'S A HEAVILY WOODED PROPERTY, OR, UH, SOMETHING, THEY COULD ALWAYS COME TO COUNSEL AND REQUEST A WAIVER TO THE MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS AND NOT HAVE THOSE APPLIED OR HAVE A DIFFERENT, UM, UM, TYPE OF MITIGATION REQUIRED, UH, UH, APPLIED TO THEIR PROPERTY.

AND THEN, UM, ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT TREES REQUIRED BY MITIGATION WOULD ALSO COUNT TOWARDS THE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS.

SO IF YOU'RE PLANTING TREES ALONG THE FRONTAGE OF YOUR PROPERTIES OR WITHIN THE PARKING LOTS OF YOUR PROPERTIES, THOSE WOULD ALL COUNT TOWARDS, UM, ANY TREES THAT YOU WERE HAVING TO PLANT FOR MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, BEING A MOSTLY DEVELOPED CITY, I, I THINK, UH, IN ALL OF, ALL OF THE, UH, OR IN MOST OF, OF THE CASES THAT, THAT WE COULD COME UP WITH, UH, IN STAFF, UH, WE THOUGHT THAT THE TREES NECESSARY TO MEET THE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS WOULD, WOULD PRETTY MUCH COVER ANY MITIGATION REQUIREMENT.

AND THEN LASTLY, ONCE THE ORDINANCES ADOPTED, THE CITY, UH, WOULD UTILIZE THE, THE NEW REQUIREMENTS IN OUR, UM, CAPITAL PROJECT PLANNING.

UM, SO WE WOULD EITHER, UM, MITIGATE THOSE TREES AROUND THE PROJECT OR JUST BUDGET AS PART OF THE PROJECT TO, TO PAY INTO THAT MITIGATION FUND.

UM, AGAIN, CAN'T THINK OF A CASE WHERE THIS, THIS WOULD, WOULD BE THE CASE, BUT IF FOR SOME REASON THE CITY COULD NOT MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS, OR THERE WAS SOME SORT OF BUDGET CONSTRAINT WHERE WE FELT THAT THAT WAS AN ONEROUS, UH, REQUIREMENT, CITY STAFF WOULD PRESENT THE PROJECT TO COUNCIL FOR THEIR APPROVAL AND REQUEST A, A WAIVER, BASICALLY JUST LIKE ANY PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD.

SO THAT WOULD COME TO YOU ALL FOR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL IF WE WERE GONNA, UM, VARY FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF, OF THIS ORDINANCE.

AND THEN LASTLY, THE, THE LAST PART OF THIS, UH, THE TREE CITY, UH, USA CERTIFICATION.

JUST A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT WHAT THIS IS.

UM, IT WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION, UM, BACK IN 1976.

AND IT'S JUST A WAY FOR, UM, COMMUNITIES TO, TO PUBLICLY DEMONSTRATE THEIR COMMITMENT TO PRESERVING TREES.

UH, AND, UH, ACCORDING TO THEIR WEBSITE AT, AT THIS POINT, THERE'S ABOUT 3,600 COMMUNITIES IN ALL 50 STATES THAT, UH, OBTAIN THE CERTIFICATION EVERY YEAR.

UM, AND THERE ARE FOUR REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT.

FIRST, THERE'S MAINTAINING A TREE BOARD.

WE HAVE A TREE BOARD.

IT'S A, IT'S A STAFF COMMITTEE, UH, THAT HELPS US DETERMINE KIND OF BEST PRACTICES FOR MANAGING, UH, OUR, OUR URBAN FOREST, UM, HAVE A TREE ORDINANCE.

WHAT WE HAVE NOW ON THE BOOKS, UH, COUNTS.

UH, IF COUNCIL DECIDES TO ADOPT THIS, THIS WOULD JUST KIND OF FUR FURTHER BOLSTER THAT ORDINANCE.

UH, BUT THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD ACCOUNT AND THEN SPEND AT LEAST $2 PER CAPITA ON, UH, THE PRESERVATION OF OUR URBAN FORESTRY.

WE SPEND ABOUT, UH, $2 AND 61 CENTS.

SO WE, WE MEET THAT REQUIREMENT.

SO THE, THE ONLY THING THAT WE DON'T, UH, CURRENTLY DO IS CELEBRATE ARBOR DAY.

FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE, UM, FAMILIAR WITH ARBOR DAY, IT'S, UH, CELEBRATED THE LAST FRIDAY IN APRIL.

UH, AND THIS, UH, YEAR, IT'D BE APRIL 26TH.

AND SO WHAT WE WOULD PLAN TO DO IN ORDER TO, UH, GET THIS CERTIFICATION IS BRING A PROCLAMATION, UH, AT THE APRIL 22ND COUNCIL MEETING, KIND OF CELEBRATING AND PROCLAIMING ARBOR DAY, UH, IN, IN RICHARDSON.

AND THEN, UH, PARKS IS WORKING TO SCHEDULE A, A KIND OF CEREMONIAL TREE PLANTING, UM, EVENTS ON ARBOR DAY THAT WOULD COUNT TOWARDS THE CELEBRATING ARBOR DAY REQUIREMENT.

AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE WOULD APPLY, UH, FOR THE

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CERTIFICATION AND WOULD FULLY EXPECT TO RECEIVE THAT.

SO NEXT STEPS ON THIS, UH, WE WOULD CONTINUE TO UTILIZE, UH, UPDATED CONSTRUCTION, UM, DETAILS.

UH, AND THEN BASED ON COUNCIL INPUT TONIGHT, UH, FINALIZE AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE TREE PROTECTION AND MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS, AND BRING THAT BACK ON A FUTURE AGENDA, UH, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

UH, AND THEN, UH, ON THE APRIL 22ND AGENDA, HAVE THE ARBOR DAY RESOLUTION, UH, HAVE THE ARBOR DAY TREE PLANTING AND LIKE I MENTIONED, APPLY FOR THE TREE CITY, UH, USA CERTIFICATION.

AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU, CHARLES.

MR. HUTCHER, WRITER, JUST TWO QUESTIONS.

GREAT PRESENTATION AND DEFINITELY WANNA SEE US DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SAVE TREES.

UH, ONE QUESTION THAT I HAD IS ON PAGE FIVE OR SLIDE FIVE, YOU HAD AS THE LAST POINT THAT THE CONTRACTOR WOULD HAVE TO GIVE CITY STAFF 14 DAYS.

I'VE DONE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION THINGS HAPPEN.

THERE DEFINITELY OUGHT TO BE IN A NOTICE PERIOD.

14 DAYS SEEM SEEMS ONEROUS ON THE SURFACE TO ME.

AND TRY TO STRIKE A BALANCE THERE SO THAT YOU DON'T SHUT A JOB DOWN FOR 14 DAYS BECAUSE DURING PRE-CONSTRUCTION, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, A TREE IS NOT IDENTIFIED.

ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THAT OR AM I BEING OVERLY CONCERNED ABOUT IT? , I MEAN, SEVEN DAYS SEEMED REASONABLE TO ME.

I MEAN, IT CONTRACTOR SHOULD BE ABLE TO MARKET TREE AND 'CAUSE IT, IT SAYS RECEIVE APPROVAL, SO IT HAS TO COME TO Y'ALL.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S GOTTA BE, Y'ALL HAVE TO WORK A PROCESS.

SO I MEAN, IN, IN ACTUALITY, IT WOULD BE EVEN FURTHER THAN 14 DAYS THE WAY YOU'RE LAYING THIS OUT.

SO THAT COULD BE, TO ME, THAT SEEMS, SEEMS ONEROUS ON A CONTRACT, AND I'M TRYING TO BALANCE IT.

, PLEASE UNDERSTAND.

THAT I, I'M, I'M JUST TRYING TO BALANCE.

AND SO I'M, I'M JUST WONDERING IF MAYBE YOU OUGHT TO THINK ABOUT THAT 14 DAYS AND MAYBE TAKE THAT DOWN TO MAYBE SEVEN, BECAUSE WITH THE PROCESS AND EVERYTHING, IT WOULD PROBABLY WORK OUT CLOSER TO 14 DAYS.

SURE.

WE, WE CAN, WE CAN CONSIDER THAT.

UH, YOU KNOW, THE THING WE HAD IN MIND HERE WAS, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE RECEIVE NOTICE, OFTENTIMES THERE'LL BE A COMMUNICATION PIECE TO THIS WHERE WE WANNA GET OUT IN FRONT OF IT, THE, UM, REMOVAL OF THOSE TREES WITH SOME SORT OF COMMUNICATION PLAN TO THE, THE COMMUNITY.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO BUILD IN HERE.

UM, TYPICALLY IN OUR PROJECTS, WE HAVE A, UM, ABOUT A THREE WEEK LOOK AHEAD IN THE SCHEDULE.

SO, UM, IF, IF THE PROJECTS ARE ARE, ARE, ARE BEING, UM, MANAGED AND THAT COMMUNICATION IS ONGOING, WE THINK WE WOULD HAVE THAT NOTICE KIND OF ANYWAYS IN THOSE THREE WEEK LOOK AHEADS, UH, THIS WOULD BE KIND OF A FINAL, FINAL CHECKOFF.

UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN, UM, RE-LOOK AT THAT, UH, IF, IF NECESSARY OR, OR ADD, YOU KNOW, SOME LANGUAGE THAT IN CASE OF EMERGENCIES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY.

I, I JUST WOULD HATE TO BOX US INTO A BOX.

THE OTHER QUESTION IS, IS OBVIOUSLY ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE, EVERYTHING YOU PUT FORWARD MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

WHAT ABOUT IN THE EVENT, GOD FORBID WE END UP WITH ANOTHER TORNADO GOING THROUGH PART OF OUR CITY AND AFFECTING TREES.

AND YOU HAVE, WE HAD BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL THAT HAD A LOT OF TREE DAMAGE.

AND I DO KNOW, JUST HAVING GONE THROUGH THIS NOT TERRIBLY LONG AGO, INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE NOT AS, THEY, THEY, THEY DON'T TAKE THE SAME VALUE OF WHAT A TREE IS WORTH AS COMPARED TO TRYING TO REPLACE IT.

AND SO IN THE EVENT, IT'S ONE THING, IF YOU'RE DOING IT AS A PLANNED PART OF CONSTRUCTION, MM-HMM, , I SEE IT A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

AND MAYBE I'M THE ONLY ONE, BUT I WOULD, I JUST AT LEAST WANNA PUT IT OUT THERE FOR DISCUSSION THAT IN THE EVENT OF A MAJOR STORM, DO WE NEED SOME KIND OF FLEXIBILITY AH, SORRY, FLEXIBILITY ON THAT AS WELL.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE WHAT I'M ASKING? YES.

I THINK, I THINK IF THERE WAS A, A TREE OR, OR, OR SEVERAL TREES THAT WERE DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF A STORM, I THINK THAT WOULD QUALIFY UNDER ONE OF THE EXCEPTIONS OF, OF WHERE THOSE TREES COULD BE REMOVED, UH, WITHOUT HAVING TO MITIGATE THOSE TREES.

THAT, THAT WOULD BE, I JUST DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN HERE THAT, THAT, THAT TALKED ABOUT THAT.

SO I JUST, WHENEVER, WHENEVER I SEE THESE THINGS AND I DON'T SEE SOMETHING THAT SAYS, KEN, WHAT, WHAT WE'D LIKELY DO, I MEAN, LIKE WE DID IN 2019 WITH THE TORNADO, THEY'D PROBABLY BE A SERIES OF, UM, ORDINANCES THAT WE WOULD TEMPORARILY EXEMPT.

UH, I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S EXACTLY THE STRATEGY WE USED.

ASSUME WOULD HAVE A, BE MUCH MORE, UH, MANY MORE TREES POTENTIALLY IMPACTED AND THEN, AND THEN SAM, I MEAN, WE COULD PROBABLY HAVE YOU GUYS A ONE-OFF CONSIDERATION, MID-PROJECT OR SOMETHING.

WE WOULD USE OUR THAT'S FINE.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE, WE WOULD JUST USE OUR EMERGENCY.

I MEAN, PARTICULARLY IF IT WAS A TORNADO OR SOMETHING OF THAT MAGNITUDE WHERE WE PROBABLY DECLARE A DISASTER AGAIN, WE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO WAIVE CERTAIN, UH, ORDINANCES.

AND SO, UM, I THINK ON, ON A LARGE SCALE, ON THE, ON A SMALL SCALE, I DO, I DO THINK THE DAMAGED PROVISION THERE, THE, THE EXCEPTION THAT IF A TREE IS DAMAGED, UM, IF IT WAS A, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SOME STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OR SOMETHING THAT, THAT TOOK OUT MAYBE JUST A BLOCK THAT WE COULD APPLY THAT AND UTILIZE IT AS WELL.

YOU KNOW, UM, I THINK YOUR POINT ON THE 14 DAYS IS, IS A GOOD ONE.

MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WE COULD CONSIDER IS MAYBE THE INITIAL PERMIT, UH, WHICH WOULD, YOU WOULD

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YOU COULD PROBABLY TURN THAT AROUND A LOT QUICKER.

NO, DEFINITELY.

THE INTENT WOULD BE, OF COURSE, UH, WHEN THAT PERMIT COMES IN, IT'S GONNA COME IN AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, REVIEW PROCESS, WHICH TYPICALLY IS THREE TO SIX MONTHS OUT BEFORE THEY EVEN START CONSTRUCTION, BECAUSE THEY STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS.

SO IT'S DURING THAT TIME THAT WE WOULD IDENTIFY WHAT TREES, UH, NEED TO BE PROTECTED, HOW THEY'RE GONNA BE PROTECTED, AND THAT WOULD GIVE THE DEVELOPER AMPLE TIME TO GO OUT AND TAG THOSE TREES AND PUT UP THOSE, UH, PROTECTION MEASURES, ALLOW US TO GO OUT AND VERIFY, YES, THIS IS A TREE THAT WAS PROTECTED AND THIS IS HOW YOU, AND, AND THIS IS HOW YOU'RE PROTECTING IT.

SO I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME.

WE'LL, WE'LL WORK, WE'LL WE'LL THINK ABOUT SOME LANGUAGE THAT IF IT WAS A, A ONE-OFF DURING CONSTRUCTION, THAT IT'S NOT A 14 DAY, I MEAN, YOU, YOU GUYS CAN TURN THAT AROUND.

YEAH, NO, NOT DEFINITELY.

JUST IDENTIFY THOSE, EVERYTHING.

WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL COME BACK WITH SOME LANGUAGE IN THE ORDINANCE.

THAT'S, THAT'S FINE.

MR. SHA SH THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

WELL, THIS IS GREAT.

I MEAN, DOCUMENTING THE PROCESS OF THIS, I TOTALLY SUPPORT THIS.

UH, YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY WHEN YOU HAVE PROCEDURE, HUMAN NATURE DON'T LIKE IT.

BUSINESS OWNERS DON'T LIKE THE PROCEDURE, EVEN THOUGH THEY FOLLOW THE PROCEDURE, GIVE THEM PROCEDURE.

THEY ALL SAID THAT, I NEVER HAD THIS PROCEDURE, I NEVER WANNA, I DON'T WANNA FOLLOW IT.

THIS IS HUMAN NATURE.

SO, BUT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING NEW.

UH, AS LONG AS WE COMMUNICATE WELL, THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT ABOUT NOT BUSINESS FRIENDLY, THIS IS BUSINESS FRIENDLY, AND THIS IS LONG TERM, UH, PROCESS.

SO I, I, YOU KNOW, I'M TOTALLY OKAY WITH THIS.

EVEN, YOU KNOW, UH, WHEN YOU STARTED CONSTRUCTION, YOU SHOULD ALREADY HAVE IDENTIFIED THE TREES THAT'S ALREADY IN THE PROCESS.

PUBLIC PROJECTS ARE MUCH, TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN THE PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS.

UH, ANY KIND OF PUBLIC PROJECTS I HAVE BEEN DOING, UH, IN THE PAST, WE IDENTIFIED THE TREE ONLY WITH THE SIZE.

I MAKE SURE THE SERVER DO THAT.

BUT NOW THE CITIES, THEY'RE ASKING THE, THE TYPE OF TREE NAME OF THE TREES THEY WANT TO MANY CITIES, THEY'RE ASKING THAT MAKE IT TABLE WHAT KIND OF TREE SIZE WOULD BE TAKEN OUT, UH, OR EVEN NOT EVEN TAKEN OUT.

SO OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE ENDANGERED SPECIES THERE, IF YOU DON'T IDENTIFY THAT EARLY CONTRACTORS, THEY'RE GONNA SAY, I FOUND SOMETHING.

I NEED TO TAKE IT OUT.

I'LL BE TAKING INTO.

AND BY THE TIME YOU FIGURE THAT OUT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT RARE, UH, IT'S GONNA BE TOO LATE.

UH, BUT WHEREAS YOU COULD PROBABLY EASILY SAVE THE TREE DURING CONSTRUCTION, CONTRACTORS DON'T LIKE TREES.

FIRST THING THEY LIKE TO DO IS CLEAR THE LAND.

IT'S EASY TO MOVE.

IT'S TOO LATE BY NEED TO THAT.

SO HAVING THIS, UH, PROCESS IS GOOD, AND GIVING ENOUGH TIME TO THE STAFF IS IMPORTANT.

AND, UH, SO IS THIS SOMETHING PART OF THIS PRESENTATION HERE, OR THIS IS SOMETHING FOR INFORMATION ONLY? THIS PAPER THAT WAS SENT OUT, UH, IT'S FOR, FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

IT WAS INCLUDED AS PART OF THE EXHIBIT, BUT YOU CAN'T READ IT FROM THE SLIDE.

BUT THIS IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AND, UH, IT IS OUR ACTIVE STANDARD DETAIL.

THAT'S, THAT'S WONDERFUL.

I GOT FEW COMMENTS.

THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE, IT'S GREAT THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE MAKING SURE THAT THE TREE IS PLANTED AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT TREE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, OKAY, AFTER, UNTIL THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE.

BUT IF YOU MENTION LACK OF WATER, THEN YOU'RE DEBATING WITH THE CONTRACTORS.

HE IS GONNA SAY, IT DIED BECAUSE OF WIND BLOW.

THIS THING, TEMPERATURE DROPS.

SO IF WE HAVE A POLICY THAT SAYS THAT THE TREE NEED TO STAY ALIVE, ACCEPTABLE WHEN THE PROJECT IS HANDOVER, SO INSTITUTE SPECIFY THAT IF IT IS BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF WATER, THEN UH, YOU WILL BE BUYING THAT TREE CITY WOULD BE BUYING THE TREE END OF THE PROJECTS.

SO I WOULD, I WOULD, YOU KNOW, THAT'S BULLET NUMBER, BULLET POINT NUMBER FOUR ON THAT ONE.

IF WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AND CLARIFY THAT IT SHOULD BE REPLACED REGARDLESS, THEN CONTRACTOR WILL BE REALLY PAYING ATTENTION, UH, MORE.

AND THERE IS ANOTHER ONE THAT IT SAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THE TREE WAS SPOTTED DURING CONSTRUCTION, THEN, THEN IT'S THE ISSUE.

BUT THAT WOULD BE TOO LATE.

I MEAN, WE NEED TO HAVE A POLICY THAT, UH, I IDENTIFIED THE TREE BEFORE, BUT AGAIN, DURING CONSTRUCTION, YOU MIGHT FIND, SOMEBODY SAYS IT'S A MAPLE TREE, BUT THERE'S SOME OTHER TREE.

UH, IT COULD HAPPEN, MYSTIC COULD HAPPEN.

THAT'S DIFFERENT THINGS.

I DON'T WANT TO PUT TOO MUCH STRICT POLICY, UH, GIVE SOME FLEXIBILITY TO THE CONTRACTOR,

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BUT IF YOU CAN COME UP WITH SOME WORDING, THAT CONTRACTOR WOULD GET SOME MESSAGE THAT THEY HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHAT THEY DO.

THAT'S ALL WE CARE, YOU KNOW, LIKE SINCERE EFFORT.

NOBODY'S GONNA PERFECT.

WE MAKE MISTAKES, BUT IF WE DON'T PUT OUR SINCERE EFFORT, THAT'S WHEN, WHEN YOU HAVE 20 TREES DAY BEFORE, NEXT DAY IS GONE.

UH, BECAUSE JIM, TALK, TALK FOR A SECOND ABOUT, SO, SO WITH THIS IN, UH, UH, MAYOR PROTO WITH THIS IN PLACE, TALK FOR A SECOND ABOUT YOUR CONTRACT, I'M SORRY, YOUR CONSTRUCTION INSPECTORS AND HOW THIS WILL NOW GIVE THEM THE ABILITY TO HAVE A MORE DIRECT CONVERSATION WITH, WITH, UH, UH, BUILDERS AND, AND CONTRACTORS.

UM, AS, UH, CHARLES MENTIONED EARLIER, JUST HAVING THESE STANDARDIZED AND, AND BUILT INTO THE CONTRACTS AND THE PLANS THAT ARE, THAT ARE IN THEIR HANDS ON A DAILY BASIS MAKES IT EASIER FOR US TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS IN THE FIELD.

AND BEING ABLE TO, UH, FOLLOW UP WITH THE FUTURE ORDINANCE AND, AND IDENTIFY, UH, THE PENALTIES FOR NOT FOLLOWING OUR ORDINANCE AND FOLLOWING THESE REQUIREMENTS, I THINK WILL EVEN BE MORE IMPACTFUL, UH, AS WE'RE DISCUSSING THESE ISSUES OUT IN THE FIELD.

UH, BUT BEING ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE, TO THE ISSUE OF, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, UH, IRRIGATION, UH, PROTECTING THE TREES, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE AREN'T PARKING UNDER THE TREES.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT, UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOUR, WHEN YOUR JOB IMPACTS A LARGE AREA THAT OUR, OUR DESIGNERS SOMETIMES ARE FOCUSED MORE ON WHERE OUR ROADS ARE OR WHERE THE UTILITIES ARE.

UM, AND THE STAGING AREAS OFTENTIMES ARE NOT AS DETAILED OR SOMETIMES ARE IDENTIFIED BY A CONTRACTOR, UH, INDEPENDENT OF OUR WORK.

THEY'LL GO TALK TO A PROPERTY OWNER AND SAY, CAN I USE YOUR CORNER PROPERTY TO, TO STAGE AND STORE MATERIALS? WE'LL HAVE THESE STANDARD STANDARDIZED DETAILS TO, TO WORK WITH THEM CLOSELY THROUGHOUT THE STAGING AND, AND IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS AS WELL.

UH, ARVIN, LET ME THROW IT TO CHARLES REAL QUICK.

CHARLES, WOULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT, HOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT, UH, JIM'S DESCRIBING ON, ON IN THAT REALM? AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA ALSO HAVE THIS IN THE ORDINANCE, AND THEN, SO GO AHEAD AND EXPLAIN THAT.

SO, SO, SO MANY OF THESE THAT, THAT WOULD APPLY TO, TO PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION AS WELL, WE'LL INCLUDE IN THE, THE MITIGATION AND PRESERVATION ORDINANCE AS, UH, PROTECTIONS THAT WE WOULD EXPECT EVEN PRIVATE, UH, CONTRACTORS TO, TO COMPLY WITH AS WELL.

NO, THAT'S GOOD.

HAVING THIS DRAWING AND ALL THIS ON HAND, THAT'S, THAT DEFINITELY WILL WORK MUCH, MUCH BETTER.

UH, AND THEN, AND JUST, JUST A QUESTION.

UH, THE TEMPORARY WATER, WHO PAYS FOR THE TEMPORARY WATER DURING CONSTRUCTION? CONTRACTOR? THE CONTRACTOR WOULD, SO THEY, DURING CONSTRUCTION, THEY PICK UP A METER, UH, FOR THE FIRE HYDRANT.

AND THEN THEY USE THAT EITHER METER OR USING A KIND OF A WATERING TRUCK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

OH, YEAH.

SO, SO, OKAY, THAT'S FINE.

SO THEY'LL BE MAKING SURE THAT, OKAY.

I THINK THAT'S PRETTY MUCH STANDARD THOUGH.

THANK YOU, MR. DORIAN.

UH, JUST CHARLES, THANK YOU FOR THIS, UH, PRESENTATION AND, AND, UH, AND THE, AND THE DRAWING.

IT'S VERY, VERY HELPFUL.

AND I, AND I, AND I DO LIKE THIS ORDINANCE AND, AND, AND I'M, FOR ONE, I DO LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, PRESERVE THE ENVIRONMENT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BEING IN THAT INDUSTRY.

AND TWO, A COUPLE POINTS THAT WAS MADE FROM COUNCILMAN HUTCHMAN HUTCHIN HUTCHIN WRITER.

UM, I DO THINK THE TIMELINE THERE NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED BECAUSE, UH, IN THE REAL WORLD OUT THERE, YOU DO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHEN THOSE THINGS HAPPEN.

AND THEN GENERALLY SPEAKING, AND TO YOUR POINT, UM, COUNCILMAN SHA SCHU TO TYPICALLY MAPPING OUT A PROPERTY, FOR EXAMPLE, IF, IF THERE'S A DEVELOPMENT GOING IN, UM, AND THE DEVELOPER AND OR CONTRACTOR WANT TO, UH, PUT IN, I DON'T KNOW, LET'S JUST SAY A, A, A SMALL LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, AND THERE'S, IT'S, IT'S WOOD, IT'S A WOODED AREA, GENERALLY SPEAKING, IF IT HAS TO GO THROUGH PLATTING.

AND THEN, UM, AND THEN SURVEYS, INDEPENDENT SURVEYS, UM, IS, IS THERE CURRENTLY A PROCESS WHERE THE DEVELOPER OR DESIGNER OR ARCHITECTURAL FIRM OR A COMBINATION OF ALL WILL LOOK AT HOW THE PLATING SETS AND MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS DETERMINING WHAT TREES THEY WANT? AND I'M ONLY SAYING THIS BECAUSE I'M, WE'RE, I'M DEALING WITH THIS RIGHT NOW WITH A PROJECT OF MY OWN, AND IT IS, UH, THERE WERE SO MANY BEAUTIFUL TREES ON THE PROPERTY.

IT'S ABOUT THREE ACRES.

SO WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING IS ADJUSTING HOW WE WERE GOING TO FRAME THE LOTS JUST TO PROTECT SOME OF THE TREES, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE TREES WERE, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE 30 YEAR, 34-YEAR-OLD TREE.

SO WE WANTED TO PROTECT THOSE.

AND, AND I JUST THOUGHT MAYBE SOME OF THE PROCESS THERE, I MEAN, ALL THESE SCENARIOS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT COME UP UP, BELIEVE ME.

GETS, WHAT CANOPY GET LIFTED AND WHAT GETS MAINTAINED, UM, AND HOW, HOW THE WATER DISTRIBUTION'S GOING TO WORK.

BUT THE PRE-PLANNING AND GOING OUT WHAT WE CALL MAPPING, YOU KNOW, ADJUSTING SOME THINGS, IF IT'S BEING PLANTED, THAT'S ONE STORY.

'CAUSE YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROTECT AND, AND, AND RETAIN SOME OF THOSE, UM, HEALTHIER AND MORE MATURE TREES.

THE OTHER THING TOO IS LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT

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SO I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT PLAY A ROLE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, AND, AND, AND MAYBE THERE'S SOME CLARIFICATION IS, WAS IS THERE A PROCESS THERE THAT COULD BE LOOKED AT PRIOR TO THAT? SO TO SET TO SALVAGE SOME OF THOSE TREES AND, AND, AND IT, AND WOULD YOU BE CONSIDERED, WOULD YOU CONSIDER THAT AS AN OPTION? YEAH, SO, UH, I THINK AS, AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, UM, UM, IN ADDITION TO A LANDSCAPE PLAN, YOU'D, YOU'D HAVE FOR WITH THIS, YOU'D HAVE TO DO A TREE SURVEY.

SO AS, AS MAYOR PERAM WAS TALKING ABOUT, YOU'D GO OUT, YOU'D SURVEY THE TREES, YOU'D KNOW, UM, WHAT SIZE THEY WERE, IF THEY WERE PROTECTED OR NOT.

UH, AND THEN YEAH, BY, BY IMPLEMENTING A, A STANDARD TO WHERE YOU HAD TO MITIGATE TREES THAT YOU WERE TAKING OUT OR PAY INTO A FEE.

I THINK OUR INTENT AND OUR HOPE IS THAT DEVELOPERS THAT ARE COMING IN TO BE A LITTLE MORE MINDFUL OF THE EXISTING TREES AND MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, THERE'S STILL A PATH FORWARD IF THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.

UH, BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT, THAT THIS WOULD AT LEAST MAKE THEM STOP AND PAUSE AND, AND THINK ABOUT, UM, WHETHER IT MAKES MORE FINANCIAL SENSE FOR THEM TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO SAVE THOSE TREES.

I, I, I, I WOULD JUST BUILD ON THAT, JUST THINKING, I THINK SAM'S LIGON, I MEAN, I, I THINK IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE ASKING THIS THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS, IF THEY'RE ENCOURAGING THAT KIND OF THING THAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED, WHERE YOU, YOU IDENTIFY TREES AND YOU TRY TO WORK AROUND THEM, I THINK THAT THAT DOES OCCUR.

MM-HMM, , AND IT DOES, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY AT THE ZONING STAGE, IF WE DO HAVE TO GO THROUGH A ZONING STAGE, WE START TO IDENTIFY THOSE TREES UP FRONT.

WE SPEAK WITH THE DEVELOPER APPLICANT ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SAVING THESE TREES.

WHY CAN'T THEY BE SAVED? UH, SO WE'D IDENTIFY THOSE UPFRONT.

IF IT DOESN'T REQUIRE ZONING, WE'RE STILL DOING THE SAME THING.

THEY STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

IF WE DO NOTICE THERE ARE SUBSTANTIAL TREES ON THE PROPERTY, WE ARE GOING TO REQUIRE A TREE SURVEY AND THAT'LL IDENTIFY CALIBER SPECIES WHERE IT, UH, AND WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED WITHIN THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.

AND WHERE WE CAN, WE WILL, WE WILL ASK THAT THOSE LOT LINES BE ADJUSTED OR THAT STREET IF IT'S POSSIBLE, UH, AND HAVE THAT, UH, REALIGNED IN ORDER TO POSSIBLY, UH, PRESERVE A LARGE SPECIMEN TREES.

SO, SO THE DIFFERENCE MOVING FORWARD IS WHEN SAM HAS THAT CONVERSATION WITH HIM AND THEY IGNORE 'EM, NOW THERE'S A CONSEQUENCE.

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S, I LIKE THAT IT'S SAM AND HIS TEAM TRYING TO CONVINCE THEM TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND, AND TO TRY TO MAP IT AND WORK AROUND IT.

NOW, NOW THERE'S A CONSEQUENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

IT'S, YOU'RE, YOU HAVE TO PLANT MORE TREES OR YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY, UM, PUT SOME DOLLARS INTO THE, INTO THE FUND.

NO, I LIKE THAT AND I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

AND I, I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS PART OF THAT MAPPING PROCESS AND, AND MAKE DEVELOPERS DO WANT TO COME IN, JUST CUT DOWN ALL THE TREES, IT'S A LOT EASIER TO BUILD.

BUT, UH, I THINK SOMETIMES MAKING THE ADJUSTMENTS AND LOOKING AT THE, LOOKING AT THE VALUE OF, UH, OF, OF, OF THE TREES AND THE FOLIAGE AND WHATEVER WE HAVE THERE, UH, SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO, UH, SERIOUS CONSIDERATION.

AND I UNDERSTAND GENERALLY TOO, AS, AS THE SURVEY AND OR PLATING OCCUR, OR WE'LL JUST CALL IT A SITE PLAN FOR THE MOMENT, UM, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY BEFORE SOMETHING IS, UH, PLATTED, THEY USUALLY THE TREE SURVEY'S DONE FOR THE SITE PLAN, AND YOU CAN ADJUST IT BEFORE IT GOES INTO PLATING.

BUT THAT WHOLE PROCESS ARE PAID.

THE A TO I'M SURE.

I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT WE DO HAVE A PROCESS THERE TO NO, SIR.

UH, NO, WE DEFINITELY ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO IT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING BECAUSE WHAT WE CONSIDER A DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS A SITE PLAN, LANDSCAPE PLAN, TREE SURVEY, PLAT CIVIL PLAN.

SO ALL THAT COMES IN AS ONE PACKAGE.

SO WE LOOK AT IT AS A WHOLE, NOT PIECE BY PIECE.

SO WE SEE THE, THE RESULTS OF A GRADING PLAN AND WHAT IMPACT IT HAS ON TREES, ON, ON DRAINAGE.

SO WE SEE ALL THOSE UP FRONT.

WELL, GOOD, I APPRECIATE THAT.

ONE OTHER LAST QUESTION, UH, ANOTHER, IT MENTIONED THERE'S A WAIVER.

THE WAIVERS NOT, WOULD NOT BE THE SAME THING AS GETTING A VARIANCE, WOULD IT? IF, I MEAN, I KNOW WHAT A WAIVER IS, I KNOW WHAT A VARIANCE IS, BUT JUST, JUST WANTED TO GET CLEAR ON THE, IT'S NOT REALLY A VARIANCE, IT'S JUST A WAIVER TO SAY, I WANT TO, I'LL WAVE THE RIGHT OF THESE CUTTING THESE TREES DOWN.

THAT IS CORRECT.

IT, IT'S, IT'S SPECIFIC A, IT'S SPECIFICALLY A WAIVER FROM ANY OF THE REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS I WANT TO CUT DOWN ALL THE TREES.

GOT IT.

MR. MARIOS, THANK YOU.

LOWERING IT WOULD GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY TO, TO ADDRESS THE UNEXPECTED.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, THANK YOU CHARLES AND SAM AND EVERYBODY ELSE INVOLVED IN THIS.

UM, I'LL JUST COUPLE THINGS.

ONE, THE 14 DAY PERIOD, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, IS CAUGHT AND IT'S KIND OF STANDARD.

UH, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THAT'S, UH, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING.

IT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'VE DONE.

UH, SO THAT SHOULDN'T BE, THAT BE A GIVEN ISSUE, RIGHT.

THE 14 DAYS.

UH, I THINK IF, IF PROJECTS ARE GOING, UM, WELL, IT SHOULDN'T BE THAT BIG OF AN ISSUE, BUT, BUT

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I WOULDN'T PUT ANY, UH, UNDUE EXTRA ON STAFF TO LOWER THAT.

UH, AS FAR AS, NO, I, I DON'T THINK I, I, I REALLY DON'T THINK IF THERE'S, I MEAN, I MEAN, I THINK OF OUR OWN PROJECTS.

I MEAN, WOULD WE WANNA BE HELD UP FOR 14 DAYS BECAUSE WE FOUND ONE TREE THAT HAD TO COME OUT UNEXPECTEDLY? SO I THINK AN EXPRESS PERMITTING APPROACH TO THE, THE ONE-OFF TREE IS VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH OUR BUSINESS FRIENDLY APPROACH.

I THINK KNOWING WHAT I KNOW ABOUT JUST DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, I THINK WE'LL FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

I THINK THE ORIGINAL ONE BEING, UH, MINIMUM, YOU KNOW, THE INITIAL PLAN COMING IN WITH PROBABLY WAY MORE THAN 14 DAYS IN ADVANCE.

BUT, UM, I, I, I THINK, I THINK WE CAN STRIKE A GOOD BALANCE HERE THAT WE WON'T UNNECESSARILY HOLD A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT UP JUST BECAUSE WE SAID 14 DAYS.

UM, AND, AND, UM, I, I, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S HIGHLY ALIGNED WITH OUR, OUR APPROACH TO TRYING TO REALLY BE BUSINESS FRIENDLY AND, AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, MANAGE THE PERMITTING EFFICIENTLY.

SO I, I, I'LL TAKE, WE, WE TAKE THAT CHALLENGE AND WE'LL BRING YOU SOMETHING BACK THAT I THINK IS RESPONSIVE.

UM, CHARLES, IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT WE'RE ASKING HERE, THIS ISN'T ANYTHING NEW OUT OF THE BLUE THAT WE'RE JUST, THIS IS STUFF WE'VE BEEN DOING AND NOW WE'RE JUST KIND OF CODIFYING IT TO GIVE IT AS A TOOL TO SAM AND SAM'S TEAM TO CONTINUE THE WORK IN AN OFFICIAL WAY.

I MEAN, THIS ISN'T, WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T HAD FORMAL MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS.

WE'VE TRIED TO ENCOURAGE IT, BUT, BUT THIS PUTS SOMETHING ON THE BOOKS THAT, UM, THAT GIVES SOME EXTRA TEETH TO THAT CONVERSATION, IF YOU WILL.

UM, THE ONLY THING THAT I, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IN HERE AND I JUST DIDN'T SEE IT.

I WILL ADMIT LOOKING AT THIS MAKES ME WONDER IF IT'S TIME FOR ME TO GET GLASSES .

SO IF IT'S IN HERE, I APOLOGIZE IF I MISSED IT, BUT, UM, REC, I, I, ONE, I WAS SAD TO SEE THE COTTON WOODS AND, UH, AND, UH, BOARS ARE, UM, ON THE UNPROTECTED TREE LIST, BUT I GET IT.

UM, DO WE HAVE, ON THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT, DO WE HAVE A LIST OF LIKE RECOMMENDED TREES? I KNOW WE'VE HAD, UH, CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WATER, YOU KNOW, NATIVE OR DAP I FORGET THE OTHER TERM.

EXCUSE ME.

I'M, I'M NOT A TREE EXPERT BY ANY MEANS, BUT TREES THAT HAVE SPECIES THAT HAVE BEEN ADAPTED TO THE AREA.

AREA, YES.

OR, UM, DO WE HAVE THAT LIST AND IF SO, IS THAT PART OF THIS RECOMMENDATION THAT WE'LL HAVE THAT LIST? IS IT THAT GONNA BE REMAIN PART OF THE UNOFFICIAL SIDE? YEAH.

YES, SIR.

IT, IT'S FOUND, IT'S FOUND IN OUR TREE, UH, IN OUR LANDSCAPE POLICY.

GO TO ITEM E REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.

THERE IS A LIST OF, OF PREFERRED TREES.

A LOT OF 'EM ARE NATIVE.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T GO BACK AND AMEND THAT LIST.

AND, UH, SO WE, SO WE'LL DEFINITELY INCLUDE THAT, THAT THAT PREFERRED TREE LIST, UH, WITH THE ORDINANCE.

AND I THINK IT SENDS A STRONG MESSAGE AND A BELIEF IN WHAT WE, UH, AS A CITY STAND FOR AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN SAYING FOR A LONG TIME.

SO THANK YOU.

THAT'S A GOOD PRESENTATION.

WE'LL

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MR. CORCORAN.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

ON, I BELIEVE IT WAS ON THURSDAY NIGHT, UH, COUNCILOR BARRIOS AND I WERE, HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE RICHARDSON BICYCLE COALITIONS FIRST MEETING, UH, HELD AT HAPPY HIPPIE BREWING COMPANY.

IT'S A RECENTLY FORMED GROUP OF BICYCLE ADVOCATES HERE.

UH, DANIEL HERRICK TOOK THE BRUNT OF ALL THE QUESTIONS AND PRESENTATION.

HE DID A FANTASTIC JOB, UH, AS ALWAYS.

BUT DAN AND I WERE THERE AS BACKUP AND WE DID PRETTY GOOD TOO.

SO, UM, ULTIMATELY THOUGH IT'S A REALLY ENTHUSIASTIC GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO REALLY CARE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY AND, UM, I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THEY DO.

THANK YOU, SIR.

MR. HUTCHEN RE, UH, THAT SAME EVENING, I THINK IT WAS IN CONFLICT WITH THAT MEETING WAS OUR VERY FIRST KICKOFF OF PM PINTS AND OUR OWN CITY MANAGER, DON MAGNER, PARTICIPATED.

AND I THOUGHT THE OVERALL THE PROGRAM WAS FANTASTIC.

SO CONGRATULATE THE CITY AND STAFF AND EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE PM PINTS ON THURSDAY EVENING.

THANKS.

THANK YOU, MR. BARRIOS.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

JUST, UH, LOOKING FORWARD FOR ANYBODY WATCHING WHO HAS NOT, JUST FOR A QUICK REMINDER TOMORROW, UH, IS THE DATE OF VOTE.

SO IF THEY HAVE NOT VOTED, PLEASE GO OUT, PICK HOW YOU WANNA VOTE AND UH, LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS, COUNSEL? ALRIGHT, WE WILL MOVE ON.

ALRIGHTYY, WE HAVE NOW HAVE VISITORS FORUM CONTINUED.

MSS NEER, DO WE HAVE ANYONE WANTING TO SPEAK? NO CARDS, MAYOR.

ALRIGHT.

NO CARDS AT THIS TIME.

WE WILL OFFICIALLY ADJOURN THIS MEETING.

IT IS 9:34 PM HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.