May 06, 2024 City Council

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS EFA MOHI.

MOEN UDIN.

POLICE IN FULL RIOT GEAR TO FIRST INTIMIDATE AND THEN ARREST STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS PEACEFULLY PROTESTING AND EXERCISING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

GOOD EVENING.

HONORABLE MAYOR DUBY, RESPECTED CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER AND STAFF.

MY NAME IS EFA MOINE.

I LIVE, UM, ON 6 1 4 ST.

GEORGE IN RICHARDSON.

AND I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT FOR THE PAST 23 YEARS.

AS I MENTIONED THE LAST TIME I STOOD BEFORE YOU.

I AM PROUD TO BE A RICHARDSON RESIDENT, AND I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT AND, UH, THAT THE RICHARDSON OFFICIALS HAVE GIVEN TO OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITIES THAT MAKE UP THIS GREAT CITY.

BUT THE UNFOLDING EVENTS FROM LAST WEEK ON THE CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS HAD GREAT, HAS GREATLY DISAPPOINTED ME AND MADE ME WONDER HOW DEEP THAT THAT SUPPORT ACTUALLY RUNS.

I WAS APPALLED AND HIGHLY DISTURBED BY THE REACTION OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF UTD WHEN THEY CALLED UPON

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UTD SET UP THEIR PROTEST FOR THE SAME REASONS AS HUNDREDS OF OTHER CAMPUSES ACROSS THE NATION.

IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE.

THEY WANT A CEASEFIRE SO THAT THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT PALESTINIANS STOP BEING KILLED.

AND THEY WANT THEIR UNIVERSITIES TO DIVEST FROM COMPANIES IN ARMS MANUFACTURING BECAUSE IT'S THESE SAVIOR MISSIONS THAT, EXCUSE ME, IT'S THESE SAME MUNITIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE AND SENT WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS TO AID IN THE KILLING OF THESE INNOCENT PEOPLE.

IT'S NOT HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS, ETHNICITIES, RACES, GENDERS, AGES, AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS ARE DISAGREEING WITH OUR COUNTRY'S FOREIGN POLICY AND IN TURN THEIR UNIVERSITY'S, UM, INVESTMENTS.

YOU CANNOT AFFECT WHAT HAPPENS AT OTHER UNIVERSITIES.

OF COURSE, I GET THAT.

BUT YOU CAN AFFECT WHAT HAPPENS AT UTD.

THIS IS YOUR JURISDICTION AND IT'S YOUR WATCH.

I DROPPED BY THE UTD ENCAMPMENT ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 1ST, I DELIVERED SOME FRESH TREATS FROM A LOCAL RICHARDSON COFFEE SHOP.

LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I WITNESSED.

I SAW THE ENCAMPMENT WAS MOSTLY SITUATED IN BETWEEN TWO OTHER WALKWAYS.

IT WAS NOT BLOCKING A PATH FOR ANYONE TO BE ABLE TO GET TO WHERE THEY NEEDED TO GO.

I SAW PEOPLE STUDYING.

I SAW PEOPLE EATING AND DRINKING.

I SAW PEOPLE, UH, STUDENTS ENGAGED WITH PEOPLE, UM, PASSING BY IN, UH, CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THE CAMP WAS ABOUT.

UM, I SAW STUDENTS WITH SIGNS AND BANNERS, UH, EXPRESSING THEIR DEMANDS FOR A CEASEFIRE AND FOR A DE UH, DIVESTMENT.

BUT LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I DIDN'T SEE.

THERE WAS DEFINITELY NO RIOT.

THERE WAS NO SCREAMING, NO RUNNING AROUND, NO BREAKING OF THINGS.

UH, NO WINDOWS, NO STEALING, NO PILLING, NO THREATENING OTHERS IN VERBAL OR NONVERBAL WAYS.

IT WAS A TEXTBOOK EMBODIMENT OF A PEACEFUL PROTEST, WHICH IS THEIR RIGHT, AND WHICH THE UTD ADMINISTRATION SHOULD HAVE ALLOWED EVEN IF THEY DISAGREED WITH THEIR DEMANDS.

I WAS ABSOLUTELY DUMBFOUNDED WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT ONLY 30 MINUTES AFTER I LEFT THE CAMP WAS DISMANTLED BY A HUGE FORCE OF POLICE ARMED IN FULL RIOT GEAR.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE POLICE AND RIOT GEAR EXPECTED, NOR THE REASON FOR THE ARMED MILITARY VEHICLE COMING FROM ALLEN AS IT'S MADE ITS WAY THROUGH THE STREETS OF CAMPUS AS IF IT WERE A MILITARY STATE.

LIKE I SAID, IT WAS A VERY PEACEFUL GATHERING AND WITHIN THE RIGHTS OF THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY.

SO I AM STILL QUITE BEWILDERED BY SUCH A HUGE DISPROPORTIONATE FORCE WAS CALLED OUT TO DISMANTLE THIS CAMP AND SILENCE THE STUDENTS AND FACULTY WITHIN IT, WONDERING WHETHER YOU WERE AWARE OF IT OR WHETHER YOU DID ANYTHING TO DEESCALATE THE SITUATION OR SUPPORT THE CONSTITUENTS WHOSE RIGHTS WERE BEING VIOLATED.

THIS IS NOT THE RICHARDSON THAT I KNOW.

IT'S NOT EVIDENT OF THE RICHARDSON, WHICH HAS SPECIFICALLY STATED THAT WE FIRMLY BELIEVE IN THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, SECURITY, AND DIGNITY OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL.

ON THE CONTRARY, THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS WERE BEING WITHHELD, AND THE POLICE WERE ACTUALLY THE ONES CAUSING THE DISTURBANCE AND STRIPPING THE STUDENTS AND FACULTY OF THEIR DIGNITY AND THEIR SECURITY.

DID YOU KNOW THAT AN NYPD OFFICER AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ACCIDENTALLY DISCHARGED FIREARM WHILE TRYING TO CLEAR A PROTEST ON THAT CAMPUS THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED AT UTDA STUDENT COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED.

THE REACTION OF PRESIDENT BENSON AND THE UNIVERSITY WAS COMPLETELY UNCALLED FOR AND PUT OUR STUDENTS, OUR FACULTY, AND OUR COMMUNITY IN HARM'S WAY.

NOT TO MENTION PUTTING RICHARDSON ON THE MAP AS ANOTHER CITY SQUASHING THE RIGHTS OF PEACEFUL CAMPUS PROTESTORS.

PLEASE RESPECTED MAYOR DUBY AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

YOU ARE THE LEADERS OF THIS COMMUNITY.

CAN YOU PLEASE TURN THE AWFUL TIDE AND DO YOUR UTMOST TO REINSTATE AND UPHOLD THE VALUES OF OUR BELOVED RICHARDSON? AND TO EXPECT THAT ALL ENTITIES WITHIN THE CITY WOULD DO THE SAME? I IMPLORE YOU TO DO EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO ENSURE THAT THE RICHARDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN SUCH ACTIVITIES DE DESIGNED TO INTIMIDATE PEACEFUL RESIDENTS OF RICHARDSON.

THAT UTD WILL DROP ALL LEGAL CHARGES AGAINST THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE ARRESTED AND DETAINED, THAT STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO FINISH OFF THEIR COURSEWORK WITHOUT ANY NEGATIVE RAMIFICATIONS, INCLUDING SUSPENSION OR EXPULSION.

THAT FACULTY WILL NOT FACE ANY PROFESSIONAL REPERCUSSIONS FOR SUPPORTING STUDENTS IN THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

AND MOVING FORWARD THAT THE UNIVERSITY WILL EMPLOY MORE DIALOGUE AND BE FAIR AND BALANCED IN ITS TREATMENT OF ITS DIVERSE FACULTY, STUDENTS, UH, STUDENT BODY AND, AND, UH, STAFF, ALL OF WHOM WHO COME TO WORK AND STUDY AND EXCEL IN OUR GREAT CITY.

OH, SORRY.

COULD I SAY MY LESSONS? PLEASE.

IN CLOSING, I FEEL COMPELLED TO REMIND US ALL NOT TO BE DISTRACTED.

NO MATTER WHAT CATCHES THE NEW CYCLES REGARDING STUDENT PROTESTS OR WASHINGTON POLITICS.

LET IT BE CLEAR AND UNDERSTAND THAT THE GENOCIDE AND THE MASCULINE OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS IS STILL IN FULL SWING EVEN AS I SPEAK.

PLEASE CAN WE FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON THE HEART OF THE REASON FOR THE PROTEST, WHICH IS STANDING UP AGAINST GENOCIDE, APARTHEID, AND OCCUPATION, AND DIVESTING FROM THE ENTITY'S, COMPLICIT, AND THESE ATROCITIES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, MS. NEER.

ANY MORE CARDS? NO FURTHER CARDS.

MAYOR, PLEASE NOTE PLEASE NOTE CLAPPING.

THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA GO TO

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[5. RECOGNITION FOR THE WINNERS OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. ESSAY CONTEST AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH ART CONTEST]

ITEM FIVE, RECOGNITION FOR THE WINNERS OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR ESSAY CONTEST AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH ART CONTEST.

MR. GERN, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE, UH, THE WINNERS OF THE, UH, TWO CONTESTS WITH US TONIGHT, AS WELL AS TO HAVE THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS HERE TO, UH, JOIN IN IN THEIR CELEBRATION.

UM, THESE ARE TRULY ACCOMPLISHED STUDENTS THAT HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD TO, UH, BE RECOGNIZED THIS EVENING.

UH, BOTH OF THESE, UH, PROGRAMS, UH, MAYOR LAUNCHED BACK IN, UH, 2021 AND SINCE THEN, GREG SOUL HAS DONE A JUST A WONDERFUL JOB OF, UH, COORDINATING ALL THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS.

SO HE'S GONNA PROVIDE A, A, A BRIEF, UH, SUMMARY OF THE PROGRAM TONIGHT FOR EVERYONE.

AND THEN, UH, FOR THE WINNERS WE WOULD LIKE, UH, AS YOUR NAME IS CALLED, UH, GREG HAS, UH, YOUR PRIZE AND A CERTIFICATE FOR YOU.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE YOU LINE UP RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE SCREEN.

UH, AND THEN AFTER THE LAST WINNER IS CALLED THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, WE WILL JOIN YOU FOR A, UH, A PHOTO TO KIND OF COMMEMORATE THE EVENING.

AND SO, GREG, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE OVER THE YEARS TO UH, SHEPHERD THIS PROGRAM.

AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR BRIEFING.

ALRIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU SIR.

AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE WINNERS OF THIS YEAR'S DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR ESSAY CONTEST AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH ART CONTEST.

SO AS OUR CITY MANAGER HAD JUST EXPLAINED, UH, THIS IS JARED AND HE IS IN THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, UH, AS I CALL OUR WINNERS HERE IN A FEW MINUTES.

UH, YOU'LL COME UP ONE BY ONE, HE'LL PRESENT YOUR CERTIFICATE.

AND THEN, UH, AS, UH, MR. MAGNER HAD SAID, YOU'LL COME RIGHT UP FRONT HERE JUST IN FRONT OF THE SCREEN.

SO GETTING INTO JUST THE KIND OF NUTS, NUTS AND BOLTS OF THE, UH, CONTEST.

THIS OF COURSE MEETS IN WITH YOUR COUNCIL STRATEGIES AND GOALS, UM, UNDER YOUR STRATEGIES THIS WOULD FIT IN WITH, TO HAVE RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS CHOOSE, RICHARDSON IS THE BEST PLACE TO LOCATE, CONTRIBUTE, AND ENGAGE AND UNDER YOUR TACTICS, IT'S REALLY AN ONGOING TACTIC.

TACTIC.

THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BUT OF COURSE, UH, MEETING IN WITH YOUR CURRENT TACTIC TO EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE MULTICULTURAL EVENTS.

SO LOOKING A LITTLE BIT AT THE CONTEST HISTORY, UH, THIS IS OUR, UH, UH, WE HAVE HAD THE, UH, UH, UH, CONTEST SINCE 2021.

AND SO IT WAS CREATED TO PROMOTE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO WHEN WE WERE LOOKING TO CREATE, UH, THIS, THIS CONTEST, WE WERE LOOKING FOR PARTNERS.

WE KNEW THAT WE'D BE LOOKING AT STUDENTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

SO A NATURAL FIT FOR THAT WAS THE RICHARDSON AND PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BOTH OF WHICH SERVE DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY.

AND SO WE HAD REACHED OUT TO THEM TO HELP PARTNER WITH THIS INITIATIVE.

ALSO, UT DALLAS, UH, ANOTHER NATURAL PARTNER WITH THIS, UH, WITH THIS INITIATIVE.

AND THEN OUR CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION, UH, THAT WE HAVE ONE OF OUR, UH, MANY BOARDS OF COMMISSIONS IN THE CITY.

THIS ONE SEEMED TO FIT WELL WITH THIS SPEC SPECIFIC INITIATIVE.

AND LOOKING AT ELIGIBILITY, IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE STUDENTS WHO LIVE HERE.

IT'S ALSO OPEN TO THE STUDENTS WHO COME TO SCHOOL HERE.

SO YOU CAN EITHER LIVE IN RICHARDSON AND GO TO A CAMPUS OUTSIDE, UH, OF THE CITY, UH, WHICH WE DO HAVE SOME STUDENTS DO.

OR YOU CAN LIVE OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY AND COME TO SCHOOL HERE.

YOU CAN BE IN PRIVATE SCHOOL, YOU CAN BE HOMESCHOOLED, YOU CAN BE IN OUR ISDS, DOESN'T MATTER.

UH, YOU ARE ELIGIBLE IF YOU ARE IN THE FIRST TO 12TH GRADE.

SO THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE OUTREACH THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT.

AND WE STARTED OUR OUTREACH IN DECEMBER TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE, UH, SUBMISSION PERIOD WAS GOING TO OPEN UP IN JANUARY FOR THESE CONTESTS.

YOU WOULD'VE SEEN THAT IN RICHARDSON TODAY.

YOU WOULD'VE SEEN THAT IN OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.

YOU WOULD'VE SEEN THAT IN OUR NEWSLETTERS.

LIKE WE CAN REVIEW.

WE ALSO BEGIN, ACTUALLY EVEN EARLIER THAN THAT, TO GET THIS INFORMATION OVER TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS BECAUSE THEY SHARE IT WITH THEIR TEACHERS, WHO THEN ALSO HELP TO GET IT TO THE STUDENTS WHO GET IT TO THE PARENTS, UH, WHO SHARE IT WITH THE TEACHERS, UH, TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS CONTEST IS COMING UP AND THAT THEIR STUDENTS WILL BE ELIGIBLE.

SO LOOKING FIRST AT THE ESSAY CONTEST, AND THIS IS SOME OF THE ENTRY INFORMATION WITH THE ESSAY CONTEST.

IT'S OPEN TO STUDENTS IN THE FOURTH TO 12TH GRADE.

AND THE PROMPT THAT THEY WERE GIVEN THIS YEAR IS, UH, IS THIS DR. KING OFTEN SPOKE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN CREATING A BETTER SOCIETY, DISCUSS THE ROLE YOUTH CAN PLAY IN ADVANCING, ADVANCING THE IDEALS OF DR. KING AND HOW THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE.

UH, THE SUBMISSIONS FOR THIS WAS OPEN FROM JANUARY 1ST TO JANUARY 31ST.

UH, DR.

LUTHER MARTIN LUTHER KING HOLIDAY FALLS WITHIN THE MONTH OF JANUARY.

THAT'S WHY JANUARY WAS, UH, SEEN FOR THIS ESSAY CONTEST.

HERE'S SOME OF THE RULES FOR PARTICIPATING.

SOME OF THE MAJOR ONES.

ONE, IT'S ONE ENTRY PER STUDENT.

UH, WE JUST HAVE ONE FOR, UH, UH, FOR EACH STUDENT TO SUBMIT FOR THIS.

AND THAT WE ASK AND ACTUALLY MANDATE THAT IT'S NOT MORE THAN 500 WORDS.

WE ALSO, IF YOU, AS YOU LOOK DOWN TO, UH, THE LAST ONE, EACH PARTICIPANT, WE, UH, HAVE IT THAT THEY NEED TO GIVE US THE, UH, ABILITY TO REPUBLISH THEIR WORK BECAUSE WE WILL BE SHARING, UH, WHAT YOU'LL BE SEEING SOON HERE IN FUTURE EDITIONS OF RICHARDSON TODAY.

WE ALSO DO IT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.

IN FACT,

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UH, SEVERAL OF THE STUDENTS WINNERS HERE, UH, WE'VE ALREADY SET UP WITH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT, UH, EDITOR CARLOS, SOME OF YOU KNOW CARLOS.

AND HE'LL BE SPEAKING TO THEM TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT THEIR INSPIRATION FOR THEIR WORKS.

AND WE'LL BE SHARING THAT, UH, LATER ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL.

THE JUDGES WERE LOOKING AT THESE CRITERIA, REFLECTION OF THE TOPIC, GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURE, CREATIVITY, CONTENT, VOICE AND ORGANIZATION.

AND THE AWARDS GO IN THESE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

SO THE JUDGING FOR THE ENTRIES BEGAN IN FEBRUARY AND WENT THROUGH, UH, ABOUT MID-MARCH.

AND THE WINNERS ARE CHOSE, CHOSEN FOR GRADES FOUR THROUGH SIX, GRADE SEVEN THROUGH NINE, AND GRADES 10 THROUGH 12.

LOOKING AT THE ART CONTEST NOW, THE, UH, THE ART CONTEST, CONTEST IS OPEN A LITTLE BIT BROADER.

UH, WE GO FROM FIRST TO 12TH GRADE, AND THE PROMPT THAT THESE STUDENTS WERE GIVEN WERE TO CREATE AN ORIGINAL ARTWORK THAT EXPLORES THE ROLE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN PLAY IN SHAPING THE FUTURE AND CONTINUOUS CONTINUING THE LEGACY OF APPRECIATION AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY.

THE SUBMISSIONS FOR THIS WAS A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

THEY OPENED UP ON JANUARY 1ST, AND THEN BLACK HISTORY MONTH FALLS IN FEBRUARY.

AND SO WITH THIS BEING THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH ART CONTEST, THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS WAS THE END OF FEBRUARY, THIS YEAR BEING FEBRUARY 29TH.

RULES, UH, AGAIN, WE ASK FOR ONE ENTRY PER STUDENT ON THIS ONE.

THEY CAN DO EITHER TWO OR THREE DIMENSIONAL WORKS.

AND WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD THREE DIMENSIONAL WORK, UH, WHEN IN THIS, IN THIS CONTEST BEFORE.

SO THEY SUBMIT THOSE.

AND AGAIN, WE, UH, IN ADDITION TO THESE WOR UH, RULES, WE ALSO ASK AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE WILL BE REPUBLISHING THEIR WORK, UH, IN FUTURE OUTREACH THAT WE WILL BE DOING.

SO HERE'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE JUDGING.

UM, THE, THE JUDGE, OR SORRY, I'LL GET INTO THE JUDGES HERE IN A SECOND HERE.

HERE ARE THE CRITERIA FOR THE ART CONTEST.

UH, THEY LOOK FOR ORIGINALITY, ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE, AND THE REFLECTION OF THE THEME AND THE AWARDS ARE BROKEN OUT TO THESE CATEGORIES.

SO THE JUDGING FOR THE ENTRIES BEGAN IN EARLY MARCH.

THEY CONCLUDED ABOUT MID TO LATE APRIL.

AND THOSE GRADE, THE CATEGORIES ARE FOR GRADES ONE THROUGH THREE.

UH, THE NEXT CATEGORY IS FOUR THROUGH SIX, AND THEN SEVENTH THROUGH NINTH GRADE, AND THEN 10TH THROUGH 12TH GRADE.

SO NOW GETTING INTO A LITTLE BIT OF THE JUDGING MENTIONED BEFORE THAT WE LOOK TO OUR PARTNERS AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO, ACTUALLY, ONE OF THE PRIMARY ROLES THAT THEY PLAY IS TO HELP US JUDGE THESE CONTESTS.

AND SO THEY ARE PROVIDED IN ADDITION TO US WORKING WITH, UH, WITH OUR, OUR INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR FINAL ROUND OF JUDGING.

AND SO OUR I-S-D-P-I-S-D AND UT DALLAS ARE INCLUDED WITH OUR CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION.

AND THEN TWO MEMBERS THAT ARE APPOINTED, UH, BY THE MAYOR FOR THIS.

AND SO WE HAVE SEVERAL OF OUR JUDGES THAT I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THAT ARE HERE WITH US IN THE AUDIENCE.

IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME.

AND I SEE A BIG AUDIENCE OUT HERE, BUT I KNOW I'VE MET A FEW OF YOU AND THAT YOU ARE HERE.

WE HAVE, UH, UH, MAYOR APPOINTED.

WE HAVE BYRON PURDY AND JAYLA.

I DID NOT SEE JAYLA, BUT THERE'S BYRON AND, UH, JAYLA ANDERSON WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT WITH RISD.

UH, WE HAVE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER RACHEL, RACHEL MCGOWAN, AND I KNOW SHE'S HERE.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT REGINA HARRIS, I BELIEVE THAT WAS COMING.

AND THERE'S REGINA ALONG WITH TABITHA BRANDHAM, OUR SUPERINTENDENT.

DON'T KNOW IF SHE WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT.

UH, AND SO, UH, APPRECIATE, UH, HAVING YOUR SUPPORT HERE, UH, TO, UH, BE PART OF THE JUDGING WITH PISD.

WE HAVE SHAUNA, UH, CANA AND ZOAB HAAN.

UH, AND GO AHEAD AND STAND US AND WE CAN RECOGNIZE YOU WITH PISD, UH, WITH UT DALLAS.

MAUREEN AGBA, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LITERATURE.

THERE SHE IS.

AND DESIREE JOHNSON.

WAS DESIREE ABLE TO MAKE IT.

I DON'T SEE HER, UH, ASSISTANT TO THE DEAN OF, OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES AND TECHNOLOGY.

AND THEN WITH OUR CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION, WE HAD CYNTHIA ROAN AND BRIAN BENTLEY.

BRIAN, THERE'S CYNTHIA AND BRIAN.

AND, UH, AND THOSE ARE OUR FINALIST JUDGES FOR THE, UH, ART AND ESSAY CONTEST.

I DO WANNA MENTION, AND I KNOW THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT, BUT WITH OUR LIBRARY BOARD, UM, KATHY ZIEGLER, MIRANDA MCCLELLAN, AND TRTA MA OLTRA, UH, THEY ARE ALSO JUDGES WITH THE, UH, THE, UH, WITH THIS CONTEST.

SO NOW STUDENTS, WE'RE GONNA GET TO YOU GUYS.

UH, AND SO BE PREPARED TO COME UP.

I'LL CALL YOU UP ONE AT A TIME.

UH, THESE ARE THE WINNING ARTWORKS.

AND AGAIN, THESE WILL BE REPUBLISHED IN THE JUNE EDITION OF RICHARDSON TODAY, AS WELL AS SHARED ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.

SO OUR FIRST WINNER IS VIRAJ CHOLERA.

SO VIRAJ, IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND COME UP.

SO THIS IS ACTUALLY RAJ'S SECOND TIME BEING HERE.

UH, HE WON THE FIRST, HE WON FIRST PLACE IN THE ART CONTEST IN THE FIRST THIRD GRADE CATEGORY IN 2022.

AND SO HE IS BACK.

AND SO VIRAJ, YOU CAN GO RIGHT UP THERE.

UH, NEXT STEP WILL BE AAL RAJ.

NEIL KUMAR

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A NEIL KUMAR.

NOW REMEMBER THAT NAME, BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA BE HEARING IT AGAIN HERE IN A SECOND.

NOT FOR THE REASON.

YOU MAY THINK THOUGH.

UH, THEN DARIEN TWITTY.

CONGRATULATIONS, DARIEN.

AND, UH, UNFORTUNATELY IN KEY, WANG WAS NOT ABLE IN KEY, UNLESS HE DID MAKE IT.

NO, HE'D SAID THAT, UH, THEY, HE WAS NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE IT.

WE'LL GET HIS CERTIFICATE IN PRICE TO HIM, UH, LATER THIS WEEK.

UH, AND SO THESE ARE THE WORKS AND THESE ARE OUR WINNERS FOR OUR ART CONTEST.

SO NOW WE HAVE THE WORKS FOR THE ESSAY CONTEST.

AND OF COURSE, THIS IS TOO HARD TO READ.

WE JUST WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND PLACE THIS UP.

AND SO, UH, THE FIRST WINNER FOR ESSAY CONTEST IS HFSA ED AND HFSA, IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND COME ON UP.

SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND MENTION HERE, UH, IF THAT NAME SOUNDS FAMILIAR, SHE TOO.

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME FOR HER TO COME UP.

THIS IS NOT THE SECOND TIME FOR HER TO COME UP .

THIS IS THE THIRD TIME SHE HAS COME PLACED AND WON, UH, THE, UH, UH, UH, ART CONTEST IN 2022.

AND, UH, LAST YEAR IN THE FOURTH TO SIXTH GRADE CATEGORY, UH, FOR THE ESSAY CONTEST LAST YEAR.

SO THAT WAS ESSAY CONTEST LAST YEAR.

UM, AND SO THIS IS HER THIRD TIME BEING ABLE TO COME, COME UP HERE.

UH, AND THEN WE HAVE ARJUN VJA, PU ARJUN.

AND FINALLY WE HAVE ANU, AN ANIL KUMAR, ANU ANIL KUMAR.

I CAN SEND ONE OF THESE TOO AS WELL.

SO I TOLD YOU TO REMEMBER THAT LAST NAME FOR THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD SIBLINGS TO GET, UH, TO BOTH PLACE IN THE AWARD.

SO, UH, THIS IS, UH, THIS IS, UH, WELCOME , CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME HERE FOR THAT.

AND SO THESE ARE WINNERS FOR THE ART AND ESSAY CONTEST.

WOULD LOVE TO, UH, GO AHEAD AND WELL AFTER ANY QUESTIONS, UH, GO, WOULD LOVE TO HAVE EVERYBODY COME UP AND WE'LL TAKE A, UH, PHOTO WITH, UH, WITH THE GROUP MAYOR AND COUNSEL IF, UH, IF YOU WANNA JOIN THE WINNERS.

AND THEN PARENTS, I'M GONNA OPEN THE, UH, LITTLE, UH, UH, EXTENSION GATE HERE.

SO IF YOU HAVE ONE PER PERSON, IF YOU WANNA COME AROUND AND TAKE A PICTURE AS WELL, YOU CAN DO THAT.

ALRIGHT, JUDGES, PLEASE, IF OUR JUDGES, SMART JUDGES CAN GO AHEAD AND COME UP AND WE'LL HAVE SAVE THE DAY.

SAVE THE DAY.

ALRIGHT, SO THIS ONE'S GONNA BE FUN THERE.

HAVE YOU COME, STAND RIGHT HERE FOR ME, PLEASE.

AND THEN COUNSEL, WE'RE GONNA GET YOU TO STAGGER.

HAVE YOU COME OUT HERE ON THE OUTSIDE AND OUTSIDE.

HAVE RIGHT HERE ON, ON CRAIG'S GOT A VISION PROFESSIONAL HERE.

YEAH, WHY DON'T YOU COME FRONT, STAND RIGHT THERE.

AND I'LL BE ABLE TO SET THOSE.

ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA TAKE ANOTHER ONE TOO.

AND DON'T WORRY IF IF YOURS DIDN'T COME OUT,

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ALRIGHT, EVERYBODY, LOOK HERE.

I CAN'T SEE YOU.

OR IF YOU CAN'T SEE ME THEN I CAN'T SEE YOU.

I CAN'T SEE CAR.

SO STAY RIGHT THERE.

AND WE'RE GONNA DO THIS A FEW TIMES.

AND BIG SMILES LOOK DIRECTLY INTO THE CAMERA.

NOT TO BLINK OPEN, I THINK.

PERFECT.

SO AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM

[6. CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY INCLUSION AND ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION, BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, CITY PLAN COMMISSION, LIBRARY BOARD, ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT/BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION, AND THE EISEMANN CENTER FOUNDATION BOARD]

SIX ON THE AGENDA.

CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY INCLUSION AND ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION, BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, CITY PLANNING COMMISSION, LIBRARY BOARD ZONING, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS, AND BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION, AND THE EISMAN CENTER FOUNDATION BOARD.

MR. MAGNER.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

AT THE, UH, END OF LAST YEAR, UH, AFTER, UH, MUCH DELIBERATION AND THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION, UH, TWO OF YOUR TACTICS, UH, CAME TO FRUITION WITH THE ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE TO CREATE THE COMMUNITY INCLUSION AND ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION AND THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY ADVISORY COMMISSION.

UM, OVER THE, THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, UH, WE HELD A APPLICATION PERIOD, AND THEN YOU CONDUCTED, UH, SEVERAL INTERVIEWS, UM, TO, UH, SELECT THE CANDIDATES, UH, THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT TO SERVE.

UM, SO WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE THEIR WILLINGNESS TO DO THAT.

JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THE LOGISTICS, UH, BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY INCLUSION ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION AND BICYCLE AND, UH, PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMISSION ARE A NEW COMMISSIONS, UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, THE ENTIRE, UH, COMMISSION, UM, AND BOARD, UH, BE SWORN IN, UH, AT ONE TIME TOGETHER.

UH, WE'RE GONNA ASK THEM SHORTLY, UH, FIRST WITH THE COMMUNITY INCLUSION ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION TO COME FORWARD.

THEY'LL STAND IN FRONT OF THE SCREEN.

UH, C CITY SECRETARY, UH, AMY NEER WILL SWEAR THEM IN.

AND, AND THEN, UH, WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE, UH, COMMUNITY INCLUSION ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION.

FIRST, THEY'LL, UH, RETREAT TO THE BACK OF THE ROOM TO SIGN THEIR, UH, OATH OF OFFICE.

AND THEN WE'LL DO THE SAME FOR THE, UH, PEDESTRIAN AND, UH, BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMISSION.

AND THEN WE'LL HANDLE THE, UH, THREE INDIVIDUAL, UH, SWEARING INS, UH, TO, UH, TO FINISH OUT THIS ITEM.

SO, UM, IF YOU ARE HERE TO SERVE ON THE COMMUNITY INCLUSION ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION, IF YOU DON'T MIND MAKING YOUR WAY UP TO THE, UH, FRONT HERE, WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE SWEARING IN CEREMONY.

THANK YOU, MR. MAGNER.

YOU BET.

AMY, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

YOU CAN DO IT.

YOU MAY DO THE, OKAY.

I'M GONNA, AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE FOR COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE TO MAKE A MOTION.

PLEASE.

UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I MOVE TO APPOINT BARMA RASHMI AS CHAIR AND RAUL HINOJOSA AS VICE CHAIR FOR THE TERM, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.

AND TO APPOINT AUDREY OTIS NEWSOM, KRISTEN CAESAR, AND KRISTEN EKK TO A TERM EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.

AND TO APPOINT SARRAJ OCTAR, GRACE MCCLURE, JESSICA RIVERA LUCAS, AND HASAN SAYEED TO A TERM EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.

SECOND.

ALL RIGHT.

COULD I GET A SECOND, MR. BARRIOS? I SECOND GOT A MOTION.

AND SECOND.

THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

I'M GONNA RECITE THE OATH AND THEN YOU'LL RESPOND.

I DO.

DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT YOU WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF BOARD MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY INCLUSION AND ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION AND WILL TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE.

SO HELP YOU GOD, THANK CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK COUNCIL.

IF YOU JOIN, UH, WE'LL TAKE A, A GROUP PHOTO AND THEN, UH, WE'LL MOVE ON.

AWAKE.

GOOD EXERCISE.

AND SAY THIS LAST TIME.

AND STAGGER AFTERWARDS.

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COME FORWARD AND FIND A SPOT.

PARENTS ON THIS ONE? OH, , YOU NEED TO TELL EVERYBODY.

AND AGAIN, WE'LL LEAVE US A FEW TIMES.

BIG SMILES.

GOOD.

DOING GOOD.

AND LITTLE BIT CLOSER.

KEEP SMILING.

SMILING.

THAT MADE Y'ALL SMILE.

Y'ALL GO SIGN YOUR OATHS WITH PISTOL.

THE IMPORTANT PIECE TO DO.

SIGN YOUR, Y'ALL GO SIGN YOUR OATH WITH PISTOL.

CAN I HAVE THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE NEXT? YES, SIR.

AMY FORGOT TO AND YOU FORGOT TO PUT THIS ONE.

I WILL RECITE THE OATH AND THEY'LL RESPOND.

I DO YOU NEED A MOTION? OKAY.

SO AFTER, OH, I'M SORRY.

WE DO NEED A MOTION.

THIS WILL BE, YES.

HE'S PREPARED TO READ THE MOTION.

IT'S JUST, IT'S ANITA.

AND ALSO, SO AS HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE UP THERE TOO.

HIS MOM SUPPOSED TO BE UP THERE TOO, RIGHT? FOR THIS ONE? 'CAUSE WE HAVE OTHER COMMISSIONS.

AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO GET A MOTION FOR MR. JOE CORCORAN.

I MAKE THAT MOTION, PLEASE.

FOR THANK YOU FOR ADVICE OF A PEDESTRIAN COMMITTEE, ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

I MOVE TO APPOINT BILL CHANCE AS CHAIR FOR A TERM EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2025, TO APPOINT BRENDA HARD WILSON AS VICE CHAIR FOR A TERM EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024, TO APPOINT MATTHEW MARTIN AND DIANE TKE FOR A TERM EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.

AND TO REPORT RICHARD WALINSKI FOR A TERM EFFECTIVE, IMMEDIATELY ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.

ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND MS. JUSTICE.

SECOND.

GOT MOTION TO SECOND.

I WILL RECITE THE OATH AND YOU'LL RESPOND.

I DO, DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT YOU WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF BOARD MEMBER OF THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND WILL TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE.

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COUNCIL NEXT? YES, THERE'S A, YOU COME ON IN.

JUST YOU GUYS, JUST TAKE ONE SMALL STEP BACK.

PERFECT.

ALL.

AND LOOK RIGHT HERE.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE SOMETHING REALLY FUNNY TO SAY ABOUT LAST TIME.

PRETEND I DID.

SMILES, SMILES, SMILES.

GET BACK.

GET BACK IN YOUR SPOTS.

WE'VE GOT ONE MORE PHOTO.

NO.

AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO DO THE ZONING.

NO, EXCUSE ME.

WE'RE GONNA DO THE EISMAN CENTER FOUNDATION BOARD.

AND WE, WE WE'RE GONNA DO THAT AGAIN.

MR. DORIAN TO, UM, MAKE A MOTION, PLEASE.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPOINT ANITA COTHRAN TO THE EISMAN CENTER FOUNDATION BOARD.

WE GOT A MOTION.

DO I GIVE A SECOND? MR. HUSS AND RIDER, WE HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.

ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE MOTION TO SECOND.

I PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO NOW THAT BRINGS US TO HOLD CITY PLAN COMMISSION.

WE GOT IT.

I THINK WE DO.

WE'RE GONNA DO THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION.

MR. HUTCHIN RIDER, WOULD YOU PLEASE GIVE US A MOTION FOR THAT? YES, MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPOINT GARY BEACH TO FILL AN UNEXPIRED TERM AS A FULL MEMBER, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.

AND TO APPOINT REBECCA POYNER AS AN ALTERNATE TO FILL AN UNEXPIRED TERM EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.

THANK YOU MR. SHA SHUL.

SECOND.

I SECONDED.

WE HAVE A MOTION AS SECOND.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU, MS. POINTER.

I'LL HAVE YOU COME UP HERE, PLEASE.

I'LL RECITE THE OATH AND IF YOU'LL RESPOND, I DO.

DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT YOU WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF BOARD MEMBER OF THE CITY PLAN, COMMISSION, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE, SO HELP YOU GOD.

CONGRATULATIONS.

ALL RIGHTY.

THIS TIME, UH, ENTERTAIN MR. BARRIOS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE LIBRARY BOARD.

I MOVE TO APPOINT ANA TOWNSLEY TO FILL AN EXPIRED TERM EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.

AND MR. DORIA, WOULD YOU GIVE ME A SECOND? YES, I'LL SECOND THAT.

A MOTION TO SECOND.

ALL A FAVOR.

SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

I'LL RECITE THE OATH AND YOU RESPOND.

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I DO.

DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT YOU WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF BOARD MEMBER OF THE LIBRARY BOARD AND WILL TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE, SO HELP YOU GOD? I DO.

CONGRATULATIONS.

OKAY, WE WILL MOVE ON TO A MOTION FOR THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION.

MR. SHA SHUL.

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

I MOVE.

I MOVED TO APPOINT LISA FER TO FILL AN UNEXPIRED TERM AS A FULL MEMBER, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.

AND TO APPOINT MOHAMMAD HAFI AS AN ALTERNATE TO FILL AN UNEXPIRED TERM EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.

MR. DORIAN, I SECOND THAT, THAT A MOTION IS SECOND.

GONNA GO TO ITEM SEVEN TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS.

PASSES UNANIMOUSLY I'LL RECITE THE OATH AND YOU RESPOND.

I DO.

DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT YOU WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF BOARD MEMBER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION AND WILL TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE? SO HELP YOU BACK.

[7. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE EISEMANN CENTER PRESENTS 2024-2025 SEASON]

THE EISMAN CENTER PRESENTS 20 24, 20 25 SEASON.

MR. MAGNER.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, WE ARE ALL VERY EXCITED ABOUT, UH, THURSDAY NIGHTS, UH, REVEAL FOR, UH, THE, UH, NEXT YEAR'S EISMAN CENTER PRESENTS.

UM, ALLIE HAYES HAMLIN, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE EISMAN CENTER, IS HERE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A PREVIEW, UM, AND, UH, SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, UH, OUR, UH, PLAN FOR, UH, THURSDAY EVENING AS WELL.

SO, ALLY, THANKS, UH, FOR ALL YOU DO TO GET US HERE TONIGHT, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR THE BRIEFING.

ARE SPENDING BETWEEN 20 AND 25% ON, UM, OF THEIR TICKET SALES REVENUE ON ADVERTISING TO BRING PEOPLE INTO THE THEATER, FOOD AND ARTIST PROVISIONS.

SO, UM, UM, MAYOR, MEMBER OF THE COU, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT MY FAVORITE SUBJECT.

AND THAT IS THE EISMAN CENTER PRESENTS SERIES SEASON FOR 2024 AND 2025.

UM, WE'RE REALLY THRILLED TO KNOW THAT THE EISMAN CENTER PRESENTS SERIES EVERY YEAR SUPPORTS THE CITY COUNCIL'S GOAL OF, TO HAVE, OF HAVING RESIDENTS AND ALL STAKEHOLDERS CHOOSE RICHARDSON AS THE BEST PLACE TO LOCATE, CONTRIBUTE, AND ENGAGE.

AND IT DOES THIS BY CONTINUING TO EXPLORE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN RESIDENTS AND ALL STAKEHOLDERS.

WE BELIEVE THE EISMAN CENTER PRESENTS SERIES DOES THIS BY PROVIDING INCREDIBLE CULTURAL AMENITIES THAT PEOPLE WANNA LIVE NEAR AND BUSINESSES WANNA LOCATE NEAR.

SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EISMAN CENTER PRESENTS CURATORIAL PROCESS.

WE GO THROUGH A PRETTY RIGOROUS PROCESS OF SELECTING THE ARTISTS THAT WILL APPEAR ON THE EISMAN CENTER PRESENTS SERIES.

WE START WITH LOOKING AT ARTISTS FROM ALL ACROSS THE US AND AROUND THE WORLD.

WE EVALUATE THEM FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE AS WELL AS THEIR ARTISTIC MERIT.

WE ALSO RESEARCH THESE ARTISTS' HISTORY IN OF PERFORMANCE, EITHER IN THIS MARKET OR IN SIMILAR MARKETS AROUND THE COUNTRY.

WE ALSO TAKE GREAT PAINS TO REVIEW EACH AND EVERY PERFORMANCE TO ENSURE THE QUALITY AND THE CULTURAL AUTHENTICITY.

AND WE DO THIS BY SEEING AS MANY OF THESE PERFORMANCES LIVE AND AS MANY OF THESE ARTISTS LIVE AS WE CAN BEFORE WE BRING THEM TO RICHARDSON SO THAT WE KNOW FIRSTHAND WE'RE BRINGING THE VERY BEST ARTISTS RIGHT HERE TO THE EISMAN CENTER STAGE IN RICHARDSON, WE WORK REALLY HARD ON, ON ENGAGING ARTISTS WHO WILL CONNECT WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND WHO WILL ELEVATE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THOSE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN RICHARDSON.

WE ALSO SEE ARTISTS WHO WILL OFFER MASTER CLASSES AND SCHOOL PERFORMANCES FOR STUDENTS OF ALL DISCIPLINES BECAUSE ARTS EDUCATION IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST PASSIONS AT THE EISMAN CENTER.

SO, AS I REFLECT ON MY FIRST SEASON AT THE EISMAN CENTER, AS IT'S NOW WINDING DOWN, I THINK WE HAVE ONE PERFORMANCE LEFT, LEE ASHER ON JUNE 7TH.

UM, WE ARE, IT, IT GIVES ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE PAST YEAR, AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A QUICK MOMENT TO POINT OUT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR Y'ALL.

THIS WAS MY FIRST SEASON AT THE EISMAN CENTER, AND WE REALLY DID, I THINK, A GREAT JOB OF EXPANDING OUR PROGRAMS TO INCLUDE MORE DANCE AND MORE MULTICULTURAL OFFERINGS THAN THE EISMAN CENTER HAS HAD IN THE PAST.

WE ALSO HAVE FOUND THAT MANY AUDIENCE MEMBERS WHO CAME TO THE EISMAN CENTER PRESENTS 2324 SEASON CAME TO THE EISMAN CENTER FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, WHICH WAS VERY EXCITING.

JAZZ PROGRAMMING OVERALL WAS FAR MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN WE ANTICIPATED.

WE NEVER BOOK A SHOW THAT WE THINK ISN'T

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GONNA BE SUCCESSFUL.

BUT THE JAZZ PROGRAMS IN PARTICULAR, IF YOU WERE, WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR, THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER OR THE HOTS DEANS, YOU SAW THAT THE AUDIENCES WERE SHOULDER TO SHOULDER.

EVERYBODY WAS DANCING, THE VIBE WAS ELECTRIC.

IT WAS REALLY AN, AN AWESOME, AWESOME THING TO BEHOLD.

EISMAN EDUCATES PROGRAMS ALSO EXPANDED THIS YEAR AS WE REFOCUS THE ENERGY AND THE FOCUS OF SOME OF OUR FULL-TIME STAFF TO BE PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND TAKING OUR ARTISTS OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND WORKING REALLY HARD TO BRING STUDENTS INTO THE EISMAN CENTER TO SEE PERFORMANCES.

WE ALSO MADE THE RETURN OF THE EISMAN CENTER PRESENTS FAMILY PERFORMANCE SERIES A PRIORITY THIS YEAR, AND WE HAD SOME INCREDIBLE ENGAGEMENT WITH AUDIENCE, WITH FAMILIES WHO CAME TO THE EISMAN CENTER, UM, WITH SETTING SIENTA UN ANDRES, UH, CAMPAN TPO O THE ITALIAN THEATER COMPANY.

IT WAS, IT WAS VERY EXCITING AND WE'RE EXCITED TO CONTINUE THAT AS WELL.

ONE OF MY PERSONAL HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE 2324 SEASON, I MUST SAY THOUGH, WAS THE COLLABORATION WITH THE RICHARDSON SYMPHONY.

BRINGING JUDY COLLINS TO PERFORM LIVE WITH THE RICHARDSON SYMPHONY WAS AN ABSOLUTE SPECTACULAR EVENT.

IT WAS OUR TOP TICKET SALE SELLER FOR THE SEASON.

AS MANY OF YOU WERE THERE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE ELECTRIC FEELING.

JUDY COLLINS DELIVERED AN AMAZING PERFORMANCE, AND THE SYMPHONY AS USUAL WERE TOPNOTCH.

SHE EVEN CALLED THEM OUT SPECIFICALLY FROM THE STAGE ABOUT HOW WONDERFUL THEY WERE, WHICH WAS GAVE ME A LOT OF PRIDE IN BEING A MEMBER OF THE RICHARDSON RESIDENCE.

SO, LOOKING AT SOME OF THE LESSONS THAT I LEARNED IN 2324 AND HOW I'M, UM, USING THOSE LESSONS TO INFORM FUTURE SEASON PLANNING, FIRST AND FOREMOST, PERFORMANCES IN THE FALL WILL NOT BE SCHEDULED ON FRIDAYS.

, I'M GONNA DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO AVOID FRIDAYS.

THAT WAS A LESSON THAT I LEARNED THIS YEAR, AND IT WAS A GOOD ONE.

UH, WE'VE ALSO INCORPORATED THE UIL CALENDAR INTO OUR SEASON PLANNING CALENDAR SO THAT WE CAN REALLY WORK AROUND THAT AND NOT MAKE OUR AUDIENCES AND OUR FAMILIES CHOOSE BETWEEN SEEING SOMETHING WONDERFUL AT THE EMOND CENTER OR SUPPORTING THEIR KIDS AT UIL.

THAT'S NOT A CHOICE ANYBODY WANTS TO MAKE.

IT'S, I'VE ALSO SPENT A LOT OF TIME LEARNING ABOUT THE DFW PERFORMING ARTS MARKET, AND PARTICULARLY THE REALITIES OF HOW RADIUS CLAUSES WORK HERE IN THIS MARKET.

A RADIUS CLAUSE IS A RESTRICTION THAT A PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTER, LIKE THE EISMAN CENTER, WILL PUT ON THE ARTIST TO SAY, HEY, IF WE BOOK YOU FOR NEXT SEASON, WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU NOT TO TAKE ANY OTHER PERFORMANCES FOR A 75 MILE RADIUS AROUND EISMAN CENTER.

SOMETIMES IT'S A HUNDRED MILE, SOMETIMES IT'S 150 MILE RADIUS.

WHAT I HAVE LEARNED HERE IN THE DFW MARKET, THOSE RADIUSES CAN BE A LOT SMALLER AUDIENCES HERE JUST DON'T DRIVE AS FAR AS THEY MIGHT IN SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES.

SO IT'S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE FOR US TO BOOK AN ARTIST THAT'S ALSO PERFORMING IN CORSICANA, AND THOSE TWO PERFORMANCES JUST DON'T, DON'T FEED OFF OF EACH OTHER.

IN FACT, THEY CAN COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER REALLY NICELY.

WE ALSO, UM, HAVE ACCESS THANKS TO SOME GREAT WORK BY OUR STAFF, UM, AND SOME WONDERFUL INVESTMENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE.

WE HAVE ACCESS TO FAR BETTER DATA RIGHT NOW THAT WE CAN, THAT CAN INFORM OUR DECISIONS ON PROGRAMMING AND AUDIENCES IN THE FUTURE.

WE'RE ALSO REALLY THRILLED THAT AUDIENCES RESPONDED SO FAVORABLY TO THE CONFIGURATION OF THE BANK OF AMERICA THEATER AS A CABARET SPACE.

AS YOU KNOW, FROM COMING TO MANY PERFORMANCES THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR AT THE EISMAN CENTER, WE PLAYED AROUND A LOT WITH THE CONFIGURATION OF THE BANK OF AMERICA THEATER, WHETHER IT WAS A THEATER IN THE ROUND, WHETHER IT WAS A THRUST THEATER, OR WHETHER IT WAS A CABARET SPACE.

AND WE FOUND THAT OUR AUDIENCES REALLY, REALLY ENJOYED SEEING PERFORMANCES IN THAT CABARET SPACE AND HAVING A COCKTAIL DURING THE SHOW.

AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE BUILDING ON THE SUCCESS OF ENGAGING NEW AUDIENCES IN MORE CULTURALLY DIVERSE PROGRAMMING.

NEXT SEASON, WE'LL CONTINUE TO BRING PROGRAMS THAT HAVE INSPIRED THOSE AUDIENCES TO COME TO THE EISMAN CENTER FOR THE FIRST TIME, BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO EXPAND TO BRING ARTISTS FROM EVEN FURTHER REACHES FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED.

SO TO START OFF WITH THE BUDGET , UM, THE BUDGET FOR THE EISMAN CENTER PRESENTS 24 25 IS, UM, CURRENTLY AT $1,589,890.

THIS IS A BUDGET THAT IS COMPRISED OF MORE PERFORMANCES THAN WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.

AT THE EISMAN CENTER, WE'RE BRINGING ALMOST 30 ARTISTS FOR CLOSE TO 60 PERFORMANCES NEXT SEASON.

UM, OUR CONTRACTUAL AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BUDGET IS COMPRISED OF ARTIST FEES AS WELL AS, UH, PROFESSIONAL FEES THAT WE PAY FOR SERVICES THAT SUPPORT THE SHOWS SUCH AS OUR SECURITY, OUR, UM, TECHNICAL, UH, SUPPORT STAFF, AS WELL AS PIANO TUNERS, THAT SORT OF THING.

OUR EQUIPMENT RENTALS AND SUPPLIES REPRESENT MONEY THAT WE'VE BUDGETED TO RENT AND BACK LINE EQUIPMENT LIKE DRUM KITS AND DOUBLE BASES AND AMPL AMPLIFIERS THAT OUR ARTISTS JUST CAN'T TRAVEL WITH.

YOU CAN'T BRING THAT KIND OF STUFF ON A PLANE.

UM, ADVERTISING, PRINTING AND POSTAGE IS CURRENTLY BUDGETED AT APPROXIMATELY 24% OF OUR TICKET SALES REVENUE.

THAT'S ABOUT INDUSTRY STANDARD RIGHT NOW.

MOST PERFORMING ARTS CENTERS

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THIS IS A BUDGET LINE THAT IS SPECIFICALLY TO SUPPORT THE ARTIST WHEN THEY COME INTO TOWN.

THIS MONEY, UM, PROVIDES FOR THEIR HOTEL, IT PROVIDES, UM, SNACKS AND A MEAL BEFORE EACH PERFORMANCE.

WE FIND THAT A WELL FED ARTIST IS A HAPPY ARTIST AND A HAPPY ARTIST GIVES A GREAT SHOW.

SO , WE DEFINITELY INVEST A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY IN MAKING SURE THEY EAT WELL RIGHT BEFORE THE SHOW.

UM, THIS MONEY ALSO SUPPORTS THEIR, UM, GROUND TRANSPORTATION, UH, TO GET FROM THE AIRPORT OUT TO THE EISMAN CENTER.

THIS BUDGET IS OFFSET BY REVENUES.

AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, OUR TICKET SALES REVENUE GOAL IS JUST OVER 1.4 MILLION.

WE ALSO HAVE A SPONSORSHIP DONATIONS IN GRANTS GOAL OF JUST UNDER A HUNDRED THOUSAND AT 96,000.

SPECIAL EVENTS IN MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE ARE REVENUES THAT ARE GENERATED FROM DOING SPECIAL EVENTS LIKE THE EISMAN EDGE PROGRAMS, THE ACCESS AND INCLUSION PROGRAMS. MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE IS GENERATED BY SELLING ADVERTISING, THE PROGRAMMING AND THAT SORT OF THING.

OUR FRIENDS MEMBERSHIPS ALSO HELP SUPPORT THE EISMAN CENTER PRESENTS, UM, AT ABOUT $25,000 A YEAR.

SO MOVING ON TO THE FUN PART, I AM REALLY THRILLED TO SHARE WITH YOU NOW, UH, THE SIZZLE REEL FOR EISMAN CENTER PRESENTS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF REALLY EXCITING GLOBAL ARTISTS COMING TO THE EISMAN CENTER THIS SEASON.

ALL RIGHT, EXCELLENT.

SO THAT JUST GIVES YOU A REALLY QUICK TWO MINUTE HIGHLIGHT OF EVERY ARTIST THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE PLANNED FOR THE EISMAN SUTER PRESENT SEASON.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF POINT OUT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS BECAUSE IT FLEW BY REALLY, REALLY FAST.

UM, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE HAVE MORE ARTISTS SCHEDULED FOR THE 24 25 SEASON THAN WE HAD IN 2324.

UM, ABOUT 29 ARTISTS, UH, FOR JUST UNDER 60 PERFORMANCES.

OUR JAZZ SERIES THIS SEASON ARE GONNA HAVE ALL FOUR JAZZ PERFORMANCES IN THE BANK OF AMERICA THEATER IN THE CABARET CONFIGURATION.

IT WAS VERY POPULAR.

IT WAS A PERFECT WAY TO EXPERIENCE JAZZ PERFORMANCE.

SO, UM, WE THINK THIS IS GONNA BE A HUGE HIT FOR THE SEASON.

WE ALSO HAVE INCORPORATED SPEAKERS AND COMEDIANS INTO THIS SEASON RIGHT FROM THE START COUNTRY ARTISTS AS WELL.

IF YOU NOTICE, TERRY CLARK, UH, WHO'S AN INCREDIBLE ARTIST AS WELL AS TRAILBLAZING WOMEN OF COUNTRY, WE'RE, UM, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING THESE AMAZING ARTISTS ON OUR SEASON AND GENRE DEFYING DANCE PERFORMANCE.

ONE OF THE DANCE COMPANIES THAT FLEW BY IS A ICS DANCE COMPANY, AND THEY'RE SORT OF A THEATRICAL, CIRCUSY ACROBATIC DANCE COMPANY THAT, UM, DOES INCREDIBLE WORK THAT REALLY TRULY IS GRAVITY DEFYING.

UM, AND THEY ALL DO A PROGRAM BASED ON ALICE IN WONDERLAND.

THIS SEASON IS EVEN MORE CULTURALLY DIVERSE THAN OUR LAST SEASON.

WE'VE GOT ARTISTS THIS SEASON REPRESENTING MEXICO, INDIA, THE POLYNESIAN TERRITORIES, AFRICAN ROOTS, MUSLIM DANCES AND MORE.

WE ALSO HAVE PERFORMANCES THIS SEASON THAT WILL BE PERFORMED IN ENGLISH, SPANISH HINDI, AND PROBABLY SOME OTHER LANGUAGES THAT I'VE YET TO DISCOVER .

BUT

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AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, ARTS EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST PASSIONS AT THE EISMAN CENTER.

SO WITH OUR NEW REDEDICATED FOCUS ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE'VE REALLY SPENT A LOT OF TIME PLANNING FOR NEXT SEASON AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING THESE ARTISTS OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND DOING AS MUCH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH THEM AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

WE LOVE CONNECTING ARTISTS TO THE COMMUNITY FOR THEM TO DO LECTURE DEMONSTRATIONS, MASTER CLASSES, ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY AND DIALOGUE WORKSHOPS, UM, HAVING PERFORMANCES EITHER AT THE SCHOOLS OR BRINGING STUDENTS TO THE EISMAN CENTER FOR A PERFORMANCE AND A LOT OF CULTURAL EXCHANGE.

THIS IS ALL GONNA BE REALLY ROBUST NEXT YEAR, AND WE'RE VERY THRILLED ABOUT IT.

WE HAVE FOUR WEEK LONG ENGAGEMENTS ALREADY PLANNED WITH ARTISTS THAT WILL BE COMING INTO TOWN ON MONDAY AND ENGAGING WITH DIFFERENT STOPS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY ALL WEEK LONG UNTIL THEIR PUBLIC PERFORMANCE ON SATURDAY.

WE ALSO HAVE UP TO FOUR SCHOOL SHOWS ALREADY ON THE CALENDAR FOR EISMAN CENTER NEXT SEASON.

ONE OF THOSE SCHOOL SHOWS WILL BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY IN SPANISH.

WE'RE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND I WILL SAY SOME OF THE GROUPS THAT WE'VE REACHED OUT TO WHEN WE WE'RE THINKING, SHOULD, WE, SHOULD, SHOULDN'T WE, HOW WILL THIS LAND IMMEDIATELY SAID, ABSOLUTELY YES, WE'LL BUY OUT THE WHOLE THEATER.

SO WE'RE REALLY, REALLY THRILLED TO HAVE THAT, UM, THAT SPANISH LANGUAGE PERFORMANCE FOR, UH, SEVERAL SCHOOLS THAT SERVE STUDENTS, UH, THAT, UM, HAVE ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE.

THE OTHER EXCITING THING THAT WE HAVE IS, UH, NEXT SEASON IS THAT WE ARE ELEVATING YOUNG ARTISTS AND VOICES AND TALENTS OF THESE STUDENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY.

AS SOME OF OUR GUEST ARTISTS WILL BE INVITING SOME OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO COME ON STAGE AND PERFORM WITH THEM AT THE PUBLIC PERFORMANCE.

SO THAT'S GONNA BE A VERY EXCITING, UM, BONUS AS WELL.

AND WITH THAT, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL ON THURSDAY TO LEARN EVEN MORE ABOUT THESE WONDERFUL ARTISTS THAT WE'RE BRINGING AND TO HEAR LOTS MORE DETAILS ABOUT, SPECIFICALLY WHICH SHOWS WE'LL HAVE STUDENT ARTISTS AND WHICH OF THESE SHOWS WE'LL BE DOING A LOT MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH AND OTHER REALLY FUN SURPRISES.

I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

AWESOME COUNSEL, MR. BARRIOS.

THANK YOU MAYOR ALLIE.

WOW, I, THIS, THIS IS AMAZING.

I, UH, LAST YEAR I WAS TRULY EXCITED ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR'S SEASON.

AND, UM, YOU JUST KNOCKED OUTTA THE PARK AND I LOOK AT THIS, I GO, OH, WOW.

SHE FOUND A WAY TO TOP IT.

NOT ONLY DID YOU TOP IT, BUT YOU JUST TOPPED IT MANY LEVELS ABOVE, BUT THE INTERACTION, I MEAN, JUST THE DIVERSITY THAT THE INTERACTION OF THE SCHOOL.

WOW.

I LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

AND THE LAST YEAR THERE WAS, UM, THERE WERE, THERE WAS, I FORGET WHAT SHOW IT WAS, BUT, UM, AND I SAW I, US IN DALLAS, I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR.

SHE WAS AMAZING.

UM, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HER AT THE EISMAN.

UM, BUT LAST YEAR, I FORGET WHAT SHOW WAS IN THE FALL THAT I ATTENDED A POST ON FACEBOOK AND THEN SOMEBODY'S LIKE, OH, IT, IT WAS ONE OF THE SPANISH LANGUAGE SHOWS AND JUST PEOPLE WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, THEY, THEY, I GUESS THEY DIDN'T SEE MY PREVIOUS POST, BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT UNTIL AFTER THE FACT.

BUT, UH, I KNOW YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE DOING A GREAT JOB AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I'M EXTREMELY EXCITED.

THANK YOU, MS. JUSTICE.

UM, ALLY, YOU KNOW, I'M A HUGE FAN.

, I, UH, I I GO TO ALL THE SHOWS AND I POST ABOUT THEM AND I, I REALLY DIDN'T THINK YOU COULD TOP YOURSELF FROM LAST SEASON.

IT WAS INCREDIBLE.

YOU KNOW, LIKE RANKING TANKY, I MEAN, JUST WHAT YOU INTRODUCED ME TO, MUCH LESS THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.

I MEAN, IT JUST REALLY, UH, AMAZING, AMAZING WORK BRINGING SUCH GREAT DIVERSITY, UH, IN THE CULTURAL ARTS TO RICHARDSON.

UM, SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

I, IT FLEW BY QUICKLY AND I GUESS WE'LL HEAR ABOUT IT THURSDAY NIGHT, BUT I'M VERY INTERESTED IN THE HIP HOP ORCHESTRA THAT WAS UP THERE.

I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, TO SEE, SEE WHAT THAT'S ABOUT.

UM, BUT IT'S VERY, VERY WONDERFUL WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND I'M SO, SO PROUD.

UM, AS WE ENTER THE SECOND YEAR AS YOU WITH, AS YOU THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE EISMAN CENTER, I'M, I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO SEE CONTINUED, UM, UH, NEW FACES AT THE EISMAN CENTER.

UH, IT WAS GREAT SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE, YOU KNOW, AT JUDY COLLINS, WHO'S 80, STANDING IN HER EYE, HEELS AND THAT AUDIENCE, AND THEN BEING THERE WITH FRANKIE TANKY IN THAT AUDIENCE IN STEP AFRICA AND COMPLETELY DIFFERENT AUDIENCE, I MEAN, EVERY SINGLE TIME.

UM, BUT YOU ARE, YOU'RE BRINGING SUCH, UM, A GREAT ATTENDANCE TO, UH, AND EXPOSURE TO THE EISMAN CENTER.

SO I'M, I'M JUST REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT NEXT SEASON LOOKS LIKE.

THANK YOU, MR. HUSS AND RIDER.

THANK YOU, ALLY.

GREAT JOB.

JUST, UM, ECHO EVERYTHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID.

UM, UH, BRETT, PAT COMING BACK.

UH, THAT'S EXCITING.

THEY WERE FANTASTIC WHEN THEY WERE HERE BEFORE, SO REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT.

THE ONE QUESTION AND, AND IT, IT WENT THROUGH REALLY FAST, LIKE YOU SAID, SO MAYBE I MISSED IT.

ARE WE DOING ANYTHING WITH THE RICHARDSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA THAT FOR, FOR THIS, FOR THIS SEASON? I WAS JUST CURIOUS.

THAT'S BETWEEN, I, WE ARE WORKING ON SOMETHING WITH THE RICHARDSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.

IT HASN'T BEEN CONFIRMED

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YET.

SO WE'RE NOT READY TO ANNOUNCE IT, BUT OH, THAT'S FINE.

NO WORRIES.

ABSOLUTELY.

IT WAS SUCH A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE.

WE DEFINITELY WANNA CONTINUE THAT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS IF WE CAN.

AWESOME.

WELL, AGAIN, ECHO EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID.

FANTASTIC JOB.

VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, MR. CORCO.

ALLIE, JUST FANTASTIC JOB PUTTING ALL THIS TOGETHER.

I WAS REALLY JUST INTRIGUED BY ALL THE, THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DID BEHIND THE SCENES AS THE YEAR WENT ON AND AFTER THE SEASON WAS OVER, TO COLLECT ALL THE DATA AND ANALYZE IT AND HEAR HOW YOU GUYS DO THAT.

I MEAN, THAT'S, THERE'S A WHOLE BUSINESS SIDE TO THIS, RIGHT? THAT, UH, IS JUST SO FASCINATING.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR COMING AND PRESENTING THAT TO US, AND, UM, CONFIRMING WHAT I FEEL LIKE I ALREADY KNEW THAT JAZZ IS, JAZZ IS BACK, RIGHT? AND IF IT EVER LEFT.

AND, UH, AND REALLY INCORPORATING EVERYTHING YOU LEARNED INTO CREATING AN EVEN BETTER 24, 25 SEASON.

THANK YOU, MR. SHA.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, ELLIOT.

SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD JUST SAY ONE SIMPLE THING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S FULL OF ENERGY.

EISMAN CENTER IS TOTALLY FULL OF ENERGY.

YOU'RE WELCOME, MR. DORIAN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR ALLIE, YOU'RE WONDERFUL.

YOU AND YOUR TEAM ALWAYS HAVE DONE JUST A GREAT JOB.

I'VE ENJOYED THIS SEASON.

GOING TO ENJOY THIS SEASON.

AGAIN, WE'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE YOU.

WE'RE GONNA REVIEW AND DISCUSS STATE AND FEDERAL H HOUSING GRANTS.

THANK YOU, COUNSEL.

ALLIE, ONE LAST COMMENT.

I, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION AND AFTER YOUR FIRST YEAR LESSONS LEARNED, YOU WENT AND YOU TRIED TO FIND A WAY AT HOW WE WOULD, I WOULDN'T KNOW THAT YOU NEEDED TO IMPROVE ON ANYTHING, BUT YOU HAVE DONE SOME AMAZING THINGS, AND THE EXCITEMENT ENERGY IS GENERATED HERE TONIGHT.

AND THANK YOU.

AND I'M SURE IT'LL BE A GREAT YEAR.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

SO WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING.

AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM NINE, EXCUSE ME, ITEM EIGHT.

[8. REVIEW AND DISCUSS STATE AND FEDERAL HOUSING GRANTS]

MR. MAGNER, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, OUR ASSISTANT TEAM MANAGER, DENETTE GARCIA, IS GOING TO, UH, LEAD US IN THIS BRIEFING, BUT I'D ALSO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE AND THE DETERMINE OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES, UM, ADMINISTRATOR FOR HER WORK TOWARDS, UH, THIS PRESENTATION.

SO, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, UM, YOU'VE PROVIDED A, UM, TACTIC, UH, TO, UH, EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEDERAL AND STATE HOUSING GRANTS.

AND, UM, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS AND HAD A LOT OF TACTICS IN THERE MIGHT NOT BE ONE AS EXPANSIVE AS THIS TOPIC.

AND, UH, SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO TONIGHT IS, UH, TO WALK YOU THROUGH A SERIES OF WHAT I BELIEVE ARE FOUNDATIONAL, UM, KIND OF ORIENTATIONS, UH, ON JUST HOUSING IN GENERAL, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

UM, SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE BEST PRACTICES THAT WE FOUND IN OUR RESEARCH.

AND THEN, UH, ULTIMATELY, UH, POSE, UH, TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, UH, NEXT STEPS THAT WOULD HAVE US TAKING A RICHARDSON CENTRIC LOOK, UM, AT OUR CURRENT SITUATION, UH, THEREBY REALLY POSITIONING US MUCH MORE, UH, EFFECTIVELY TO, UM, UM, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU IN THE FUTURE ABOUT WHICH OF THESE, UH, PROGRAMS, UM, REALLY WOULD, UH, BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO, UH, WE WILL REALLY HOPE THIS IS, UH, BE A VERY, UM, UM, UH, DIALOGUE ORIENTED KIND OF A BRIEFING.

AND SO, UM, I, I IMAGINE AT, UH, VARIOUS POINTS WE'LL WANNA STOP AND MAYBE DELVE INTO, UH, ONE OR TWO TOPICS A LITTLE BIT MORE DEEP.

AND SO WE REALLY WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT.

UM, THIS IS AN INITIAL KICKOFF BRIEFING, UM, AND IT'S INTENDED TO BE VERY EXPLORATORY WITH YOU, UH, AS WE'VE, UH, CONCLUDED OUR, OUR FIRST ROUND OF, UH, RESEARCH.

AND SO, DANETTE, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE TO GET US HERE TONIGHT.

I KNOW YOU'VE WORKED, UH, REALLY HARD WITH LINDSAY.

UM, AND, UH, AND REALLY, I'LL TELL YOU, THE OTHER THING I'LL TELL YOU IS THAT THIS IS REALLY A, A MULTI-DISCIPLINE, UH, TOPIC.

THIS IS NOT A, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OR COMMUNITY SERVICES OR AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

IT'S ALL OF THOSE AND MANY, MANY MORE DISCIPLINES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN, IN THESE CONSIDERATIONS.

SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

GREAT.

UM, WE, THE MAIN TOPIC OF STATE AND FEDERAL HOUSING GRANTS IS AFFORDABILITY.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR, UM, JUST THANK YOU .

FIRST TIME JITTERS, I SUPPOSE.

UM, SO IN THIS, UH, BRIEFING, WE ARE GOING THROUGH, UM, WE'RE GONNA EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEDERAL AND STATE HOUSING GRANTS.

AND THIS IS ONE OF OUR CITY COUNCIL TACTICS, AS DON MENTIONED.

UM, WE ARE GOING TO LEVERAGE COUNTY, STATE, AND FEDERAL OPPORTUNITIES.

THAT IS OUR CITY COUNCIL GOAL.

AND IN TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WE'RE GONNA START OUT WITH GOING THROUGH SOME GUIDING DEFINITIONS.

UM, SO THESE GUIDING DEFINITIONS WILL HELP US THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION SO WE CAN REFERENCE THOSE AS WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.

ONE OF THE COMMON THINGS WHEN WE DISCUSS, UM, THIS VERY COMPLEX SUBJECT IS THERE ARE MULTIPLE DEFINITIONS.

AND SO FOR THIS, WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, THE GUIDING DEFINITIONS FROM THE, UM, FROM THE OFFICIAL SOURCES.

WE'LL ALSO LOOK AT HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND STATE AND FEDERAL HOUSING GRANTS.

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UM, WE'LL ALSO LOOK AT HOUSING POLICY CONSIDERATIONS AND THEN GO THROUGH AND IDENTIFY, UM, THE, LOOK AT THE IMPORTANCE OF IDENTIFYING HOUSING NEEDS, AND THEN LOOK AT TOOLS, STRATEGIES, AND PROGRAMS. AND THEN WE WILL SUMMARIZE IN THE NEXT, UM, WE'LL, UM, SUMMARIZE EVERYTHING AND THEN GO THROUGH THE NEXT STEPS.

SO SOME OF THE, UM, GUIDING DEFINITIONS.

SO WE HEAR AFFORDABILITY QUITE FREQUENTLY, AND THE DEFINITION FOR THAT IS IT'S THE FEDERAL STANDARD THAT NO MORE THAN 30% OF A HOUSEHOLD'S GROSS INCOME SHOULD BE SPENT ON RENT AND UTILITIES.

ALSO, AMER, UM, THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

WE'RE GONNA BE REFERENCING THIS THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION.

AND THEN, UH, AREA MEDIAN INCOME.

THIS IS THE MIDPOINT OF A SPECIFIC AREA'S INCOME DISTRIBUTION AND IS CALCULATED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.

THEN WE'LL LOOK AT, UM, VERY LOW INCOME IS ANOTHER TERM WE'LL BE USING THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION.

AND IT REFERS TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME THAT IS LESS THAN 50% A A MI, AND THEN EXTREMELY LOW INCOME.

IT REFERS TO HOUSEHOLD INCOME THAT IS LESS THAN THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES OF 30% OF A A MI.

ANOTHER, UM, DEFINITION THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT IS HOUSING STRATEGY, WHICH IS A COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY STRATEGY.

UM, IT'S PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, UM, 24 CFR PART 91, AND WE'LL JUST REFERENCE THIS, I WON'T READ THE WHOLE THING.

ANOTHER IMPORTANT DEFINITION IS FAIR MARKET RENT.

UM, TYPICALLY THE 40TH PERCENTILE OF GROSS RENTS FOR STANDARD RENTAL UNITS OF RECENT MOVERS.

AND THIS, UM, THESE FAIR MARKET RENTS ARE DETERMINED BY HUD ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND REFLECT THE COST OF SHELTER AND UTILITIES.

THE HOUSING WAGE IS THE ESTIMATED FULL-TIME, HOURLY WAGE, AND THAT, UM, THAT WORKERS MUST EARN TO AFFORD A DECENT, UH, RENTAL HOME AT HUD'S FAIR MARKET RENT WITH SPENDING NO MORE THAN 30% OF THE INCOME ON HOUSING.

SO, AS I MENTIONED, UM, THE PURPOSE OF STATE AND HOUSING GRANTS IS FOR, UM, TO HELP WITH HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE METRO AREA IS WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE, UM, ACTUALLY NATIONWIDE AND IN THE METRO AREA, WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE IN AFFORDABILITY ISSUES, NOT ONLY WITH LOW INCOME, UM, INDIVIDUALS, BUT ALSO PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT CONSIDERED LOW INCOME.

AND THEY'RE STARTING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, MOVE INTO THOSE CATEGORIES JUST BECAUSE OF THE HIGH, HIGH PRICING OF, UM, THE ECONOMY.

HOUSING VERSUS SUBSIDIZED HOUSING.

UM, THE COMMON HOUSING AFFORDABILITY GOAL, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE LOOKING AT AFFORDABILITY IN GENERAL, NOT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT RICHARDSON TONIGHT.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WHAT ARE SOME COMMON AFFORDABILITY GOALS THAT, UM, COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND ALSO COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE METRO AREA, WHAT ARE THEY TRYING TO ACHIEVE? AND SO WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE IS THEY'RE TRYING TO MEET THE HOUSING NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING HOUSING THAT'S ADEQUATE IN SIZE, THAT IS ADEQUATE IN DESIGN AND ACCESSIBILITY IN THE CONDITION, THE LOCATION, AND THE PRICING OF THE HOUSING UNIT.

AND THE REASON THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE THE IMPACT OF INSUFFICIENT HOUSING CAUSES A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

UM, FOR ONE THING, FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT, UM, CHOOSE TO LIVE IN RICHARDSON AND, OR EXCUSE ME, CHOOSE TO LIVE, UM, IN ANOTHER COMMUNITY THAT OFFERS HOUSING THAT MEETS THEIR NEEDS, AND SO THEY'LL MOVE.

UM, AND SO THAT CAUSES POPULATION LOSS, DECREASING TAX BASE AND LOSS OF EMPLOYERS, INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO CHOOSE TO LIVE IN RICHARDSON, BUT, UM, RESIDE IN A HOME THAT MAY NOT BE ADEQUATE.

UM, IT COULD BECOME OVERCROWDED OR SUBSTANDARD.

THEY HAVE, THEY SEE AN INCREASED STRAIN ON SERVICES, DECREASED HEALTH OUTCOME OUTCOMES, UM, LOWER PROPERTY VALUES, INCREASED EVICTIONS, AND A DECREASED TAX BASE.

SO I'M GONNA DELVE INTO HOUSING, HOUSING AFFORDABLE TERMINOLOGY JUST A LITTLE BIT DEEPER.

UM, SO HOUSING THAT IS AFFORDABLE.

IT'S HOUSING, UM, WHERE THE HOUSEHOLD IS SPENDING NO MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR GROSS INCOME ON HOUSING COSTS.

AND, UM, HOUSEHOLDS THAT SPEND MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR GROSS INCOME ON HOUSING THEY'RE CONSIDERING IS CONSIDERED COST BURDEN.

AND SO THAT'S A TERM YOU'LL HEAR QUITE FREQUENTLY.

MARKET RATE HOUSING IS HOUSING WHERE THE SALES PRICE OR RENTAL RATE IS DETERMINED BY WHAT HOUSES HOUSEHOLDS ARE WILLING TO PAY.

AND AFFORDABLE

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THAT'S HOUSING WHERE GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY SUBSIDIZES AND INCENTIVIZES OR, OR INCENTIVES ARE PROVIDED TO AN OWNER OCCUPANT OF HOUSING IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE HOUSEHOLD'S HOUSING COST AND RESTRICTED SALES PRICES, RENTS ARE USUALLY ENFORCED THROUGH A DEED RESTRICTION OR CONTRACT NATURAL OCCURRING.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS HOUSING THAT'S OFFERED AT LOWER THAN AVERAGE RENTAL RATES DUE TO ITS AGE, LOCATION, LACK OF AMENITIES AND LACK OF UPKEEP.

UM, THIS IS REFERRED TO AS NOA.

AND NO HOUSING IS OFTEN NOT DECENT, SAFE AND SANITARY.

IF A NOAA PROPERTY IS SOLD AND REHAB, THE RENTS WILL ALSO RISE MIXED IN INCOME HOUSING, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

THAT INCLUDES SOME HOUSING UNITS WHERE THE SALES RENTAL RATE IS RESTRICTED, AND OTHER HOUSING UNITS WHERE THE SALES AND RENTAL RATE DEPENDS UPON UPON WHAT HOUSEHOLDS ARE WILLING TO PAY.

SO THAT'S, UM, TYPICALLY YOUR MARKET RATE.

SO AREA MEDIAN INCOME, UM, THIS IS WHAT, UM, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S THE, IT'S THE MIDCOM, THE MIDPOINT OF AN AREA'S INCOME DISTRIBUTION.

AND IT'S, UM, DETERMINED BY HUD.

IT'S PUBLISHED ANNUALLY BASED ON THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY.

AND IT'S CALCULATED AT SEVERAL LEVELS AT THE STATEWIDE LEVEL, THE COUNTY LEVEL, AND THE MSA METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA.

AND IT'S ADJUSTED FOR HOUSEHOLD SIZE.

IT'S USED TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY FOR HUD PROGRAMS. SO I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THIS CHART AND, UM, THIS CHART IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND.

UM, SO THE MEDIUM FAMILY INCOME, THIS IS TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM HUD, AND THESE NUMBERS ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THESE ARE HOW WE DETERMINE WHETHER THERE IS, UM, AN ELIGIBILITY FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, LOW INCOME TAX ACCREDITS, WHETHER THERE'S ELIGIBILITY FOR, UM, CDBG FUNDING.

SO THESE ARE, UM, IMPORTANT.

SO WHAT, UM, THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME IS DETERMINED BY THE DALLAS, TEXAS HEAD METRO AREA, WHICH, UM, COM IS COMPRISED OF COLLIN COUNTY, DALLAS COUNTY, DENTON COUNTY, ELLIS COUNTY, HUNT COUNTY, KAUFMAN COUNTY, AND ROCKWELL COUNTY.

UM, WHEN YOU LOOK OVER TO THE VERY RIGHT, IT IS, UM, RESTRICTED BY THE NUMBER OF PERSONS, OR IT'S DETERMINED BY THE NUMBER OF PERSONS IN A FAMILY.

AND SO IF YOU, UM, LOOK AT THAT THIRD COLUMN, IT'S THE 2024 INCOME LIMIT.

THE FIRST ONE IS VERY LOW INCOME, SO THAT'S AT 50% A MI.

THE MIDDLE ONE IS EXTREMELY LOW INCOME, THAT'S 30% A MI, AND THE BOTTOM LEVEL IS LOW INCOME, WHICH IS 80% A MI.

AND SO YOU, OF COURSE IT DOES, IT'S NOT IN ORDER, BUT YOU CAN TELL, UM, IT'S ALL PREDICATED BY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE HOUSEHOLD, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT AS WE MOVE FURTHER.

SO I'D LIKE TO GO THROUGH, UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE VISUAL LEARNERS, THIS WILL GIVE US AN IDEA ON HOW WE, UM, COME UP WITH THAT A MI CALCULATION.

SO THIS IS, UM, SO WHAT WE'RE USING IS THE $94,360, WHICH IS RICHARDSON'S MEET RICHARDSON'S, UM, MEETING INCOME, UM, THE 30% FOR HOUSING, UTILITIES, AND RELATING EXPENSES, 20% FOR TRANSPORTATION.

ALL OF THESE PERCENTAGES, THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE, EVERY FAMILY MIGHT HAVE THEIR OWN, UM, THEIR OWN BREAKDOWN IN HOW THEY SPEND THEIR MONEY.

BUT FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING WHETHER A FAMILY'S ELIGIBLE FOR THESE GRANTS, UM, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT 30% THRESHOLD.

SO THIS IS LOOKING AT 30%.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT, UM, 30% OF THE INCOME, THAT'S 28,308.

AND IF YOU TAKE THE MAX MONTHLY RENT AND UTILITY PAYMENTS AND DIVIDE THAT BY 12, THEY CAN SPEND 2,359.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, OF COURSE, THEY MAKE ENOUGH, THEY, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE HOUSING HOUSE BURDENED.

IN THIS NEXT EXAMPLE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS SOMEBODY WHO IS IN THE, UM, WHO IS IN THE 50% A MI RANGE.

AND SO REMEMBER WE WENT THROUGH THAT SLIDE JUST A COUPLE SLIDES AGO SHOWING THAT THAT'S HOW HUD CALCULATES WHAT 50% A MI IS.

SO IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, WE USE THE SAME EXACT BREAKDOWNS.

AND SO FOR THIS FAMILY OF FOUR, THEIR INCOME IS 55,150.

YOU MULTIPLY THAT TIMES 30%, WHICH GIVES YOU 16,545.

SO THAT'S THE, UM, THAT'S THE PERCENTAGE YOU LOOK AT.

UM, YOU DIVIDE IT BY 12, AND THAT NUMBER IS 1,378.

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AND SO THIS SHOWS US, UM, THIS IS WHERE WE GET THAT 50%.

SO THEY ARE HOUSE BIRD HOUSING BURDENED, THEY WOULD QUALIFY.

SO WE JUST LOOKED AT RENTERS.

SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOME BUYERS IN THE AFFORDABILITY FOR LOOKING IN THE, UM, WHOLE CONCEPT OF I MEDIAN INCOME.

AND SO IN THIS ONE, UM, THE ANNUAL INCOME IS 94,360, SO STILL THE SAME.

UM, WE'RE, THESE ARE ALL NUMBERS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE USING THE COMMON NUMBERS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST A SCENARIO.

I DON'T KNOW EXACT, I MEAN, THE INTEREST RATE MAY NOT BE 7% AT THE TIME RIGHT NOW.

UM, I'M WATCHING THAT VERY CLOSELY, BY THE WAY.

UM, SO LONG-TERM AMORTIZATION IS 30 YEARS, AND DOWN PAYMENT IS 20%.

SO THIS DATA WAS PUBLISHED BY THE TEXAS REAL ESTATE RESEARCH CENTER AT A AND M.

AND SO WE DO THIS CALCULATION USING STANDARD UNDERWRITING AND LOAN TERMS THAT A TYPICAL UNDERWRITER WOULD OFFER.

AND SO IN THIS SCENARIO, WITH THE MAXIMUM LOAN OF 194,772, THAT'S WHAT THEY WOULD QUALIFY FOR.

BUT THE AVERAGE SALES PRICE IN RICHARDSON IS FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AS OF Q1 2023 IS 472,494.

SO, UM, THE DOWN PAYMENT WOULD BE 94,499.

SO THERE'S A HUGE GAP THERE, BUT OF 185,223, AND THAT DOESN'T EVEN COUNT THAT THE DOWN PAYMENT, YOU KNOW, IS 94,000.

SO IT'S A YEAR'S SALARY.

SO THIS IS JUST DEMONSTRATING, UM, THE AFFORDABILITY PROBLEM ON THE OWNERSHIP SIDE.

SO WHY IS HOUSING NOT BEING DEVELOPED AT ALL PRICE POINTS? UM, SO THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT I'M GONNA TAKE YOU THROUGH AN EXERCISE OF WHY IT DOESN'T PENCIL OUT FOR DEVELOPERS AND INVESTORS TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND, UM, YOU WERE LOOKING AT TWO DIFFERENT AREAS.

ONE IS THE DRIVERS OF DEVELOPMENT AND REHAB COSTS.

SO THAT'S ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE.

SO AS A DEVELOPER AND INVESTOR IS LOOKING AT A PARTICULAR PROJECT, WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT IS THEIR COST FOR ACQUIRING THE LAND.

THEY'RE LOOKING AT THEIR COST FOR THE SITE WORK AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

THEY'RE LOOKING AT, UM, ALL OF THE PROFESSIONAL FEES, FEES ASSOCIATED CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR LABOR AND MATERIALS, ZONING FEES AND PERMITS AND COST OF CAPITAL.

SO YOU CAN START TO SEE WHERE A LOCAL GOVERNMENT MAY BE ABLE TO IMPACT.

UM, THIS WHOLE SITUATION IS ON THIS LEFT SIDE OF THE DEVELOPMENT, THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING AT, WE'LL GO TO THE RIGHT SIDE.

SO ONCE THE DEVELOPMENT IS, IS BUILT, THEN THEN HAVE THE OPERATIONAL COST.

SO THE OPERATIONAL COSTS ARE THE ONGOING, THE PROPERTY TAXES, UTILITIES, INSURANCE MAINTENANCE, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FEES, AND JUST THE GENERAL COST OF CAPITAL.

SO THAT WOULD BE THE COST OF THEIR MORTGAGE.

SO YOU HAVE THAT ON BOTH SIDES.

UM, SO WHAT I'LL DO HERE, SO THAT JUST, UM, THAT WHAT WE'RE GETTING AT IS WHY THE MARKET RATE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE MARKET RATE VERSUS AFFORDABLE DEVELOPMENT CONSIDERATIONS.

AND SO WHAT I'M TAKING YOU THROUGH HERE IS JUST TO SHOW YOU HOW IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY PENCIL OUT.

SO IN THIS PARTICULAR SCENARIO, ONCE AGAIN, JUST FOR EASE OF USE, WE, UM, JUST USE 90 UNITS.

SO IT'S 90 UNITS AT THE MARKET RATE.

IT'S THE SAME EXACT 90 UNITS AT 60% A MI AND 30% A MI, THE SAME 90 UNITS.

SO, UM, IN THIS SCENARIO, IT DOESN'T, IT'S JUST YOUR AVERAGE DEVELOPMENT.

UM, THE TOTAL DEVELOPMENT COSTS ARE 20,000, UM, 20 MILLION, 500,000, SO 20 MILLION, 500,000 ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE BOARD.

UM, THE RENT FOR ONE BEDROOM IS, SO IN THIS SCENARIO, BREAKING IT DOWN EQUAL ONE BEDROOMS EQUAL TWO BEDROOMS. SO MARKET RATE, 1700 FOR A ONE BEDROOM, 2,500 FOR A TWO BEDROOM.

AND THEN YOU TAKE THAT ACROSS THE LINE, YOU SEE ALL THE AT AFFORDABLE, UH, 30% A MI WE'RE AT $560.

THAT'S WHAT, UM, RENT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO AFFORD AT A MI.

SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE SCENARIO TAKES, UM, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T PENCIL OUT, SO THERE'S NO WAY THAT A DEVELOPER WOULD OR AN INVESTOR WOULD LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING AT WHAT IS THAT INCOME STREAM, NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL IN ADDITION TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT COSTS.

SO THIS SCENARIO HERE, SO THIS JUST BRINGS IT ALL TOGETHER WHEN EVALUATING A PROJECT.

UM, SO WE HAVE

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THOSE GROSS RENTS.

SO THOSE GROSS RENTS THAT WERE CALCULATED MARKET RATE, REMEMBER IT'S THE SAME BUILDING.

SO IN THIS SCENARIO, 2.2 MILLION FOR THE MARKET RATE, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE THOSE LOWER RENTS, IT'S 1.4 MILLION AT 60% A MI AND 665,000, UM, OR 661,000 FOR 30% A MI.

UM, OTHER INCOME, THERE USUALLY IS OTHER INCOME, BUT WE ZEROED THAT OUT JUST TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THIS ILLUSTRATION.

AND SO WE'RE USING THE COMMON 5% VACANCY RATE.

OF COURSE, IT COULD BE HIGHER, IT COULD BE LOWER DEPENDING ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE ECONOMY.

AND SO WITH THAT 50%, 5% VACANCY, WE'RE SUBTRACTING OUT 113,400 FOR THE MARKET RATE, 70,000 FOR AFFORDABLE AT 60%.

AND, AND JUST REALLY QUICK, THE REASON I'M USING 60%, BECAUSE THAT'S THE QUALIFICATION FOR A LOW INCOME, UM, TAX CREDIT, UM, THEN THE AFFORDABLE AT 30% IS 33,000 ZERO, UM, $75.

SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THE EFFECTIVE GROSS INCOME IT WEIGHS OUT HERE.

SO AT MARKET RATE, THE INVESTORS GETTING 2.1 MILLION, WHEREAS 1.3 MILLION AT 60% AND 628,000 AT AFFORDABLE, 30% A MI.

SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE TO, UM, SO THIS IS WHAT IT COSTS US TO BUILD, UM, OR EXCUSE ME.

SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT OUR OPERATING EXPENSES.

SO THESE ARE ON ONGOING EXPENSES.

AND SO OPERATING EXPENSES, WE'RE, UM, LI BRINGING THAT A LITTLE BIT HIGHER ON THE MARKET RATE SIDE, BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT, IT'S THE EXACT SAME BUILDING, EXACT SAME UNITS, THE FINISHES ARE THE SAME, UM, THE 750,000 THAT COMES INTO ACCOUNT.

'CAUSE YOU KNOW, PERHAPS A MARKET RATE HAS A CONCIERGE, THEY HAVE A CONCIERGE, OR PERHAPS THEY HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, A FEW OTHER AMENITIES NOT BUILDING RELATED.

SO, UM, WE DO THAT.

AND THEN WHAT WE COME UP WITH IS OUR NET OPERATING INCOME.

SO DEVELOPERS, WHEN THEY'RE PENCILING THIS, THEY'RE LOOKING AT WHAT IS THAT NET OPERATING INCOME? WELL, YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE 1.4 MILLION TO 128,000, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.

SO IT WOULD BE NUTS FOR ANYBODY TO DO THAT.

UM, SO WE ARE, SO THERE YOU HAVE THE TOTAL DEVELOPMENT COSTS, WHICH REMEMBER THEY'RE EXACTLY THE SAME, IT'S THE SAME BUILDING.

UM, THEN WE TAKE THE FAIR MARKET VALUE, AND THAT'S A CALCULATION THAT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED BECAUSE IT'S THE, UM, THE NOI DIVIDED BY THE CAP RATE.

THE CAP RATE IS DETERMINED IN, UM, SEVERAL DIFFERENT FACTORS.

BUT, UM, BUT HERE YOU SEE ESSENTIALLY THE BOTTOM LINE.

SO IF YOU'RE EVALUATING A DEAL AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PRICE, YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT YOU'RE GONNA MAKE, WE'RE NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, AS A DEVELOPER AND OR AN INVESTOR, WE'RE NOT GOING TO PURCHASE A, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THIS DEAL BASED ON THE BUILDING, WE'RE DOING IT ON, WHAT IS OUR REVENUE IN OR OUR REVENUE STREAM.

SO THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN SEE WHERE THIS ILLUSTRATION, UM, YOU KNOW, SHOWS, SHOWS WHY WE HAVE AN AFFORDABLE, UM, HOUSING, HOUSING PROBLEM.

SO NOW WE'VE LOOKED THROUGH WHAT THE ISSUE IS AND WHY AFFORDABLE HOUSING DOESN'T HAPPEN ON ITS OWN.

AND SO, UM, AS I WAS GOING THROUGH THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING THROUGH SOME OF THE RESEARCH I VISITED WITH, UM, SEVERAL OTHER CITIES WITHIN THE METRO AREA, FIVE TO BE EXACT.

AND WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS THAT, UM, THE APPROACH OF SELECTING PROGRAMS AND THEN JUST HOPING THEY WORK IS NOT, IS NOT WORKING.

AND SO OF ALL OF THESE CITIES, WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE, UM, THEY'RE BEING VERY THOUGHTFUL AND STRATEGIC ABOUT HOW THEY CRAFT THEIR HOUSING POLICIES.

AND SO, UM, WHAT I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH HERE IS, UM, WHAT THEIR, WHAT THE COMMONALITY IN THESE, UM, CITIES THAT I SPOKE WITH IS THEY ARE ALL DOING A HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

THIS HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS GETTING TO WHAT THE HEART IS OF, WHAT IS THE PROBLEM, IS THERE A PROBLEM IN THIS PARTICULAR CITY? AND SO WITHOUT, UM, HAVING THAT COMPLEX DATA OR ALL OF THAT DATA AND BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT IT FROM ALL ANGLES, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO TELL WHICH PROGRAMS WE CAN USE.

AS LINDSAY KNOWS, WE, THERE'S SO MANY PROGRAMS OUT THERE.

UM, THERE ARE SOME THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT SEEM LIKE A SLAM DUNK.

LIKE, WHY AREN'T WE DOING, WHY AREN'T WE JUST AUTOMATICALLY DOING CD, YOU KNOW, ACCEPTING CDBG.

AND SO THIS IS, UM, SO THIS IS, UM, ANYWAY, SO THE HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS TO HELP US IDENTIFY WHAT THE HOUSING PROBLEM IS HERE, SPECIFICALLY IN RICHARDSON,

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IDENTIFY ANY GAPS IN THE RENTAL AND FOR SALE HOUSING MARKET, HELP DETERMINE A NEED FOR A HOUSING POLICY, AND THEN ALSO PRIORITIZE THOSE NEEDS BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING.

SO THE PURPOSE, WHEN IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO THE PURPOSES ASSESSING AND PRIORITIZING HOU HOUSING NEEDS.

UM, SO WHAT THESE STUDIES LOOK, LOOK AT, AND I'VE LOOKED AT THEM ALL, IS IMPACT OF UNIVERSITIES ON, UM, HOUSING AND HOUSING DATA.

SO THAT WOULD BE UNIQUE TO US.

HOUSING NEEDS OF OLDER ADULTS.

YOU SEE OLDER ADULTS WHO ARE GETTING AT THAT POINT WHERE, UM, THEY'RE BECOMING HOUSING COST BURDEN AND THEN THEY MAY BE DISPLACED.

AND SO, UM, DISTRESSED MARKETS, WE LOOK AT THAT AS WELL, LIKE WHERE IN THE MARKET DO WE HAVE, UM, STOCK HOUSING STOCK THAT IS BECOMING DILAPIDATED, LOOKING AT TRANSITIONAL MARKETS, AND THEN THE, UM, JUST THE OVERALL HOUSING NEEDS AND AREAS OF OPPORTUNITIES.

AND SO THEN THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO ASSESS THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND DEVELOP A STRATEGY, ASSESS THE CAPACITY TO IMPLEMENT THAT STRATEGY, AND THEN DEVELOP PROGRAMS, A BUDGET AND GOALS, AND THEN TRACK PERFORMANCE AND REFINE THE STRATEGY.

SO THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, MANY OF THE THINGS AND THE BEST PRACTICES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, UM, IS, YOU KNOW, WE FIRST ASSESS THE PROBLEM AND DETERMINE WHAT EXACTLY IT IS WE NEED TO DO.

UM, JUST REALLY QUICKLY TO GO THROUGH THIS, THIS IS THE KIND OF DATA WE'RE COLLECTING, WE WOULD BE COLLECTING IF WE DID THIS.

THE NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS, HOUSING TYPES, HOUSING COSTS, THE AGE OF THE HOUSING CONDITION, UM, THE CITY INFRASTRUCTURE SURROUNDING, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE AREAS, THE POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD INCOME.

SO WE ARE GETTING ALL OF THIS REALLY ROBUST DATA AND, UM, LOOKING AT IT TO, YOU KNOW, DETERMINE WHAT IS BEST FOR US.

SO I'M GOING TO, UM, GO THROUGH SOME OF THE TOOLS, STRATEGIES, AND PROGRAMS. AND KEEP IN MIND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM ARE GRANTS, SOME OF THEM ARE TAX CREDITS.

UM, THERE ARE SO MANY OF THEM.

UM, HUD HAS A LIST OF, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE GEARED TOWARDS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

AND THAT'S 26, UM, 26 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. SO, UM, SO I'M GONNA JUST START FIRST START WITH SOME, SOME TOOLS ON THE LEFT SIDE.

THESE ARE TOOLS THAT WE WOULD USE IF WE WANTED TO WORK ON THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE, IF WE WANTED TO IMPACT HOUSING ON THAT SIDE.

SO LAND BANKING, COMMUNITY, LAND TRUST, SITE WORK INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS, REMEMBER THOSE, UM, THE OPERATING EXPENSE EXPENSES THAT WE WENT THROUGH.

SO THOSE, SO WE WOULD NEEDED TO FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, DO WE WANNA FOCUS ON ALL OF THEM, SOME OF THEM.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE PRODUCT, PROPERTY, TAXES, ABATEMENTS, EXEMPTIONS, COMMUNITY LAND TRUST, UM, UTILITIES.

AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT TOOLS THAT WE CAN USE.

AND THESE ARE, UM, THESE ARE SOME OF THE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS. LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE OVER 20 AND THEY'RE, THEY EACH HAVE THEIR OWN CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBILITY.

UM, AND SO REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MATCH UP THE HOUSING NEEDS WITH A PARTICULAR TOOL.

THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, UM, THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT ONE.

HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, NATIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND, HOUSING TAX CREDIT FINANCING, QUALIFIED AL AL ALLOCATION PLAN, PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION HOUSING, HOUSING FACILITY CORPORATION, UM, TAX GOVERNMENT FINANCING, AND COMMUNITY LAND TRUST.

SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT TOOLS AND THE, UM, DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. NOW, UM, THIS IS ONE OF OUR, UM, ONE OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT I SPOKE WITH.

THEY, UM, CREATED A HOUSING TOOLKIT AND THEY BROKE THEIR STRATEGY INTO THESE THREE CATEGORIES, THESE BUCKETS, IF YOU WILL.

AND WHAT WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS REALLY ENTICING ABOUT THIS IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, YOU COULD FOCUS IN ONE OF THESE THREE AREAS, PRESERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC MOBILITY.

IT HELPS NARROW THINGS DOWN SO THAT WE'RE NOT ALL OVER THE PLACE.

SO ON THE PRESERVATION SIDE, AND SO THIS IS WHERE LINDSAY'S GROUP WOULD COME IN.

UM, THIS IS THE CDBG, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE USED PRIMARILY FOR PRE PRESERVATION.

WE COULD DECIDE AS A GROUP, YOU KNOW, WE COULD DECIDE AS A COUNCIL THAT, UM, THIS IS WHERE WE WANNA SPEND OUR TIME AND SPEND OUR EFFORT AND RESOURCES IS IN PRESERVATION, MAKING NECESSARY INVESTMENTS INTO EXISTING HOUSING STOCK TO BRING IT TO CURRENT MARKET STANDARDS.

SO HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES.

UM, SO, SO FOR EXAMPLE, SAY THAT YOU HAVE AN OWNER WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO MAINTAIN THE EXTERIOR OF THEIR HOME, AND THEY'RE AT RISK FOR BEING

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CITED FOR CODE VIOLATIONS.

THEY GET FINES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE, THAT'S GOING TO HURT THEM EVEN MORE.

UM, SO WE COULD USE CDBG AND GENERAL FUNDS TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO CAN PERFORM EXTERIOR REPAIRS AND LAWN AND MAINTENANCE.

WE COULD PARTNER WITH LOCAL SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO CAN ORGANIZE VOLUNTEER REPAIR EFFORTS.

SO I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE, UM, BUT THESE ARE JUST SOME REALLY GREAT EXAMPLES OVER WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING.

AND I THINK THE IMPORTANT KEY KEY TO, UM, TO GLEAN WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH THESE IS THAT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DO DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE THE DOER AND DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE THE ONE, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THIS HAPPENS.

WE CAN CONVENE GROUPS, WE CAN CREATE PUBLIC PAR PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, AND WE CAN, UM, USE OUR COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER.

YOU WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS.

CAN I, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? SO ON YES.

JENNIFER'S GONNA, OH, YEAH.

JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON THE LAST ONE.

ARE THOSE THINGS, SOME OF THOSE I THINK WE'RE ALREADY DOING, UH, LINDSAY, WOULD THIS BE LIKE, WE'RE WE'RE ADDING MORE FUNDING TO THAT OR YES.

WHAT, WHAT WAS THE THOUGHT ABOUT? OKAY, I'M SORRY, HOLD ON.

SORRY.

WE DO ALREADY HAVE A VOLUNTEERS YES.

PROGRAM, BUT THE IDEA IS TO THAT YES.

TO ADD MORE FUNDING TO IT.

IS 130,000, AND IF IT APPROVED, IT WOULD TAKE APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS TO COMPLETE THE ASSESSMENT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, OH, I JUST DO WANNA MENTION THE, UM, THE BOTTOM ONE, OWNERS WHO BECOME DISABLED MAY NOT BE ABLE TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO, UM, ADD ACCESSIBLE FEATURES TO THEIR HOMES.

UM, SO THAT'S ANOTHER ONE FOR CDBG FUNDING FOR AN ACCESSIBILITY REPAIR PROGRAM.

UM, SAME THING WITH APARTMENTS.

THERE ARE DISPLACEMENT CONCERNS WITH APARTMENTS.

AND SO ALL OF THESE ARE PREVENTING DISPLACEMENT, PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING, YOU KNOW, GOING INTO A HOMELESSNESS SITUATION.

AND SO THAT HELPS WITH, UM, PD AND FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES.

SO AGING APARTMENT COMMUNITIES WITH DEFERRED MAINTENANCE OR WEAK PROPERTY MANAGEMENT MAY BECOME A VALUE ADD ACQUISITION TARGET.

UM, NEW OWNERS MAY SEEK TO EVICT TENANTS BEFORE MAKING REPAIRS OR MAY RAISE RENT SUBSTANTIALLY AFTER MAKING REPAIRS, WHICH MAY LEAD TO DISPLACEMENT.

SO, UM, THEY'RE DOING SOME REALLY CREATIVE THINGS, CREATING A PROCESS TO IDENTIFY THESE VULNERABLE PO UH, POPULATIONS AND PROPERTIES AND SEEKING TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTIES THROUGH TARGETED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES.

APARTMENT COMMUNITIES WITH LOCAL OWNERSHIP MANAGEMENT MAY SELL TO CORPORATE OWNERS WHO ARE LESS WILLING TO WORK WITH STRUGGLING RENTERS.

SO MAINTAINING REGULAR, UH, REGULAR COMMUNICATION WITH HIGH QUALITY LANDLORDS PROVIDE LOANS OR GRANTS TO EXISTING OWNERS WHO MAY NOT, WHO MAY NEED FUNDING FOR REPAIR IMPROVEMENTS.

AND SO THE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE QUITE A BIT.

UM, SO THAT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTING THE NEW HOUSING UNITS THAT MEET TODAY'S CONSUMER NEEDS.

UM, SO WE CAN, UM, IMPACT IN SOME WAYS THEIR DEVELOPERS CAN'T OBTAIN WELL PRICE FINANCING.

WE COULD DEVELOP A HOUSING COLLABORATIVE TO FOSTER BANKING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LOCAL COMMERCIAL LENDERS AND DEVELOPERS.

DEVELOPERS WHO ARE NOT BUILDING RENTAL UNITS THAT ARE AFFORDABLE FOR 50% A MI HOUSEHOLDS.

AND THOSE WITH LOWER INCOMES PROVIDE GAP FINANCING THAT MAKES DEVELOPMENT OF 50% A MI UNITS FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE.

THE THIRD CATEGORY IS AN ECONOMIC MOBILITY.

SO ECONOMIC MOBILITY SPEAKS TO PROVIDING ACCESS TO MARKET RATE HOUSING FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WITH DIVERSE RANGE, RANGE OF INCOME AND NEEDS.

AND SO SOME EXAMPLES OF THIS ARE LOW INCOME RENTERS WHO AREN'T ABLE TO AFFORD MARKET DRIVEN RENT INCREASES, AND THEY'RE VULNERABLE TO EVICTION, IDENTIFY SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO CAN PROVIDE HOUSING NAVIGATION SERVICES, INCLUDING HELPING RESIDENTS QUALIFY FOR CASH BENEFITS AND FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO AFFORD PURCHASE OR PURCHASE A, START A HOME IN THE CITY DUE TO HIGH MORTGAGE INTEREST RATES.

PARTNER WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS FOR THEIR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND WORKING WITH LOCAL LENDERS TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF FIRST TIME HOME BUYER LOAN PRODUCT.

SO THE, UM, AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

UM, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO REITERATE THAT THERE ARE SUCH A MYRIAD OF HOUSING PROGRAMS BOTH FOR THE FEDERAL STATE, AND THEY HAVE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS, SEVERAL TOOLS AVAILABLE.

THERE ARE SO MANY TOOLS AVAILABLE TO US.

UM, SO IF DESIRED, THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT IS UNIQUE TO RICHARDSON AND WHAT OUR OWN CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES ARE.

THE, UM, ASSESSMENT, WE WOULD INCLUDE THAT AS AN EXPANDED PROGRAM IN THE 2025 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

THE ESTIMATED COST

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AND WITH THAT, I WILL, UH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

DANETTE.

UM, MS. JUSTICE, THANK YOU, MAYOR DANETTE, GREAT PRESENTATION.

I'M CURIOUS IF THE HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT WILL INCLUDE, UM, A DEEPER DIVE OR EXPLANATION TO THE VARIOUS, UH, PROGRAMS THAT YOU LISTED.

YOU KNOW, THE PFCS, THE HIGHLY FINANCE CORPS, THE QUALIFIED ALLOCATION, WHATEVER THEY WERE, OR WILL, WILL THAT BE SOMETHING THAT YOU COME BACK AND PRESENT TO US LATER SO WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THOSE VARIOUS PROGRAMS DO AND HOW THEY WORK? UM, WE, WE COULD DEFINITELY GIVE YOU, UM, COME BACK AND GIVE YOU A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THAT.

UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT MORE IS WHAT IS THE HOUSING DATA? BUT YES, THAT COULD BE ANOTHER, ANOTHER STEP.

YEAH, I MEAN, I, I THINK WE, WE NEED THE DATA BEFORE WE CAN APPLY IT TO WHATEVER THOSE PROGRAMS MAY BE ANYWAY, SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S AN IMMEDIATE NEED, BUT I WOULD LIKE WHEN WE GET THAT DATA.

AND SO SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, I, I THINK WE SHOULD DO THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE DATA AND, AND KNOW WHAT, WHAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS.

UM, AND ONCE WE HAVE THAT DATA, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THOSE VARIOUS TYPES OF, OF OH, I I, OH, SORRY.

YEAH, I, I DO UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.

SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE COMP PLAN WILL BRING SOME SOLUTION WITH IT TOGETHER.

UM, MORE IT IS.

UM, SO YES, AS PART OF THAT ASSESSMENT, UM, THE CONSULTANT, THEY COME AND, UM, GIVE A BRIEFING AND GIVE A FRAMEWORK TO EACH OF THOSE, UM, EACH OF THOSE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS SOUNDS.

AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY WOULD RECOMMEND, UM, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPING A, STARTING A PFC, THEY WOULD GIVE THAT FULL, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION THAT YOU WOULD NEED IN ORDER TO DECIDE.

OKAY, THAT'S GREAT.

THIS IS A TON OF WORK THAT YOU ALL PUT INTO THIS, AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE, THE SORT OF BROAD LOOK AT WHAT'S AVAILABLE AND ALL THE DATA YOU PUT TOGETHER TO REALLY EXPLAIN HOW ALL THIS WORKS.

UM, I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GREAT FIRST STEP AND, AND I'M IN SUPPORT OF DOING A NEEDS ASSESSMENT SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, RICHARDSON WAY PLAN YOUR WORK AND WORK PLAN.

UM, AND SO I THINK WE, WE SORT OF NEED TO KNOW WHAT OUR NUMBERS ARE AND, AND WHAT THE PROGRAMS ARE BEFORE WE CAN TAKE A NEXT STEP.

SO I'M IN SUPPORTIVE OF DOING THAT.

THANK YOU, MR. .

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

AND THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, PRESENTING THESE VERY COMPLICATED TOPICS.

AND I THINK IT IS MORE COMPLICATED, COMPLICATED EVENT, UH, THAN WE THINK.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND ALSO, I THINK ALSO IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE DEPTH OF NEED STUDY.

THE REASON I'M SAYING THIS THING, BECAUSE RICHARDSON, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A UNIQUE SITUATION.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO COPY SOMEONE, EVEN THE NEIGHBORING CITIES, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS.

WE HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS.

WE ARE OLD CITY, SMALL CITY, WE HAVE LIMITED BUDGET.

ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEED TO BE FIXED MOVING FORWARD.

BUT ONE THING I LEARNED THAT DREAM BIG IS NEVER AN ISSUE.

ALWAYS DREAM BIG.

AND THAT'S HOW WE CAN CREATE SOME UNIQUE SOLUTION.

UH, JUST GOING THROUGH THIS DIFFERENT OPTION THAT WE HAVE IS NOT GOING TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEM.

WE'RE GONNA TRY TO FIX PROBLEM ONE SIDE, WE'RE GONNA BREAK THE THINGS ON ANOTHER SIDE, AND THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE AFFORDABILITY.

DEFINITELY SAME TIME WE HAVE PROBLEM WITH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, AND SAME TIME WE HAVE PROBLEM, YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T, IF WE CAN MANAGE THIS THING, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ATTRACT NEW BUSINESSES, INCREASES THE REVENUE FROM THAT SITE.

SO IT'S LIKE EVERYTHING IS, YOU HAVE TO BALANCE IT EVERYTHING VERY CAREFULLY.

UH, AND, UM, THERE MIGHT BE SOME OTHER SOLUTION THAT COULD BE ADDED TO THIS STUDY THAT WOULD BRING SOME SOLUTION.

UH, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT TO MAKE SOMETHING AFFORDABLE, YOU HAVE TO SUPPLY, MAKE SUPPLY HIGHER THAN WHAT WE HAVE TODAY.

UH, WE CAN'T BUILD A BUNCH OF HOUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT POSSIBLE.

UH, SO THAT WE, WE, WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE DEMAND THAT MARKET HAS.

IT'S GOING TO BE, WE NEED TO WORK WITH OTHER CITY WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, SURROUNDING CITIES.

UH, AND, UM, SO WHATEVER STUDY WE DO, WE HAVE TO SEE WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING IN THE, YOU KNOW, SURROUNDING US.

SO THAT WILL GIVE US, OKAY, WE, WE ARE BALANCING THINGS.

UH, SOMETIMES MAYBE WE HAVE BIG LOTS.

EACH ONE, YOU KNOW, MANY OF THE HOUSE IN THE PAST WAS BUILT ON NORTH SOUTH FACE LOT, WHICH IS GREAT.

NOBODY THINKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, NORTH SOUTH FACING LOT ANYMORE.

UH, PROBABLY NEW GENERATION EVEN DON'T KNOW WHY WE SAY NORTH SOUTH FACE BECAUSE OF THE WIND BLOWS CERTAIN DIRECTION AND THE SUNRISE IN THE EAST.

SO THAT GIVES LIKE, PERFECT SETUP FOR A HOUSE WAS NORTH, SOUTH FACED LAND.

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UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COMP PLAN THAT WE ARE UPDATING, UH, THAT WILL BRING, UH, SOME OF THE NEW THINGS IS ABOUT MAYBE WE HAVE TO HAVE NEW, NEW REVENUE SOURCE.

UH, LIKE IT OR NOT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T LIKE TAX TO PAY MORE TAX, YOU HAVE TO HAVE NEW SOURCE.

SOMEBODY ELSE WILL PAY THE TAX FOR YOU.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO SAY EXACTLY WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY, BUT I'M PUTTING, SETTING UP SOMETHING THAT I'LL SAY IN THE FUTURE WITH SOME OTHER DISCUSSION.

BUT I THINK ALL OF US NEED TO REALLY THINK TOTALLY OUT OF THE BOX.

THERE IS A SOLUTION, BUT WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL WHAT WE DO.

UH, UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, BOTTOM LINE, WE HAVE TO INCREASE THE SUPPLY SOMEHOW THE HOUSING SUPPLY SMALLER HOUSING, OTHERWISE LIKE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, SOMEBODY MAKES A YEAR, CAN'T EVEN AFFORD $200,000 HOUSE.

SO, UH, BUT, BUT THE EQUATION, THERE ARE SOME MORE VARIABLE IN IT.

SO, SO IT IS POSSIBLE TO AFFORD $500,000 HOUSE, MAKE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR BECAUSE SOMEBODY WILL PAY, SOMEBODY ELSE WILL PAY A PART OF YOUR MORTGAGE.

SO IF WE CAN COME UP WITH THOSE KINDS OF SOLUTION TOGETHER WITH BUNCH OF VARIABLE IN IT, WE CAN MAKE THE HOUSING AFFORDABLE.

UH, AND THEN, AND ALSO KEEP THE QUALITY, UH, LIFE, WHICH IS INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE CLEANLINESS TWO DAYS A WEEK, TRASH PICKUP.

THESE ARE ALL POSSIBLE.

BUT IF WE CAN REALLY, REALLY HAVE OPEN MIND, THINK ABOUT ALL THE OPTION AND GET A REALLY DETAILED STUDY.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE JUST ONE STUDY, GET A TEXTBOOK, SAY, LEARN ABOUT THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND THEN YOU ARE DONE.

WE HAVE A BOOK, SOMEBODY ELSE GAVE US THIS ON OUR TABLE.

THESE ARE TOOLS, BUT HOW DO YOU APPLY THE TOOLS? IT'S VERY COMPLICATED.

I'M, I'M VERY OPEN-MINDED TO LEARN ABOUT THIS, ALL THIS THING TOGETHER.

BUT I'LL BE, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY I SAY LOTS OF THINGS TODAY, DEFINITELY.

BUT I'M GONNA TRY TO SAY MORE CLEARLY DOWN THE ROAD WITH OTHER PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU, MR. BARRIOS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, UH, DANETTE, GREAT JOB.

UH, ON YOUR, UH, WHAT I BELIEVE IS YOUR FIRST PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL.

SO , UM, GREAT JOB.

I THINK, UH, IT WAS A LITTLE, UM, NOT SO KIND OF, OF DON, I GIVE YOU SUCH A DIFFICULT ONE, BUT, UH, YOU DID A GREAT JOB, .

THIS WAS, UH, THERE WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION HERE, MUCH NEEDED INFORMATION, UH, FOR MYSELF AND I KNOW FOR SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE IN THE HORSESHOE.

UM, WHAT I WANT TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE SAID, I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, YOU GOING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS AND TAKING TIME TO EXPLAIN, UM, THOSE GUIDING DEFINITIONS, I BELIEVE YOU MENTIONED, WAS IT 28 DIFFERENT TOOLS, UH, THAT THEY OFFER UP.

AND AGAIN, I'LL LET ECHO OF WHAT SHE SAID, UH, IN THE FUTURE.

UM, I KNOW THAT THIS STUDY WILL NARROW 'EM DOWN WHEN WE GET THOSE RESULTS AND THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS BACK.

I KNOW I COULD SPEAK FOR MYSELF, I'D LIKE TO MAYBE SEE, UH, WHY THESE WORK AND WHY THEY'RE BEING RECOMMENDED VERSUS WHY IT'S MAYBE SOME OTHERS ARE NOT.

AND IF MAYBE WE CAN HAVE SOME KIND OF INFORMATION.

MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL 28 HERE, BUT, UH, SOME, SOMEWHERE IN THE PROCESS THAT WE CAN BE KIND OF BRIEFED ON SOME OF THOSE.

UM, HOWEVER THAT WORKS OUT REALLY.

I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION.

UH, YOU MENTIONED THERE WERE FIVE CITIES THAT YOU STUDIED.

WHAT WERE THOSE FIVE CITIES TODAY? UM, I SPOKE WITH PLANO, LEWISVILLE, DENTON, UM, FORT WORTH, AND, UM, ANITA.

I SPOKE WITH HER ABOUT FRISCO.

OKAY, COOL.

, UM, ANOTHER GREAT, UH, RESOURCE THAT WE RECENTLY ACQUIRED IN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON.

AND TO BE HONEST, IT WASN'T SOMETHING, WHEN YOU START RUNNING AND START KNOCKING ON DOORS, YOU START, YOU KIND OF THINK, OKAY, I'M GONNA RUN INTO THESE ISSUES.

UM, WHEN I, WHEN I, UM, I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT YOU INCLUDED, UH, SOME OF OUR SENIORS AND SOME OF THE, UH, CHALLENGES THEY'RE FACING, UM, IN HOUSING AND HOUSE AND BEING PRICED OUTTA THE HOUSES THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN.

UM, WHEN I FIRST RAN A FEW YEARS BACK, UM, AND THIS TIME AROUND LAST YEAR, ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS I TRULY ENJOY AND UH, IS KNOCK ON DOORS.

I KNOCKED ON THOUSANDS OF DOORS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP THE MOST WAS THE SUBJECT OF AFFORDABILITY.

WE DO HAVE A LOT OF SENIORS.

UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT TOUCHED MY HEART THE MOST AND PULLED ON MY HEARTSTRINGS IS,

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THIS IS WHAT KIND OF 'CAUSE, BECAUSE YOU GO FROM A BUBBLE AND AS YOU START MEETING PEOPLE, THAT BUBBLE KIND OF EXPANDS AND YOU START BRINGING, OH, I DIDN'T REALIZE THIS WAS AN ISSUE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU START HEARING THINGS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KIND OF SURPRISED ME THAT FIRST TIME, AND I SAW IT WAY MORE THAN I WISH I WOULD HAVE, IS THE AMOUNT OF SENIORS THAT CRIED WITH ME ON THEIR FRONT PORCH, UM, BECAUSE THEY WERE STRUGGLING.

THEY, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER TALKING TO A LADY WHO'S LIVED IN RICHARDSON, I THINK ALMOST 50 YEARS, AND SHE'D BEEN WIDOWED FOR ABOUT 20 SOMETHING AT THAT POINT.

AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE STRUGGLING, AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO, UM, A LOT OF OUR SENIORS WHO ARE STRUGGLING 'CAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW THEY'RE STRUGGLING JUST TO COVER TAXES.

UM, AND THEN THINGS LIKE REPAIRS.

AND I KNOW, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT PROGRAMS IN OUR CITY AND SOME OF OUR NON-PROFITS, UM, HELP WITH SOME OF THOSE.

AND I KNOW LINDSAY AND HER TEAM HELPS WITH SOME OF THOSE.

UM, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ADDING THAT, UM, AND CONSIDERING DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF AFFORDABILITY AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT THERE.

SO I THINK YOUR PRESENTATION IS EXTREMELY HELPFUL, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING SO THOROUGH IN THAT.

AND I ABSOLUTELY WOULD SUPPORT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHERE TO GO WITHOUT KNOWING WHERE YOU'RE AT.

SO, UM, I THINK DATA IS A GOOD THING.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE RESULTS OF THIS IF, UH, OTHERS AREN'T CONCURRENT.

THANK YOU, MR. CORCORAN.

UH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

UH, YEAH, HONESTLY, FANTASTIC JOB.

I KNOW THAT WHEN WE INITIALLY ASKED, HEY, LOOK AT THIS REALLY BROAD TOPIC ON HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, UM, I, I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF, I MAYBE DIDN'T REALIZE HOW BROAD OF AN ASK THAT WAS.

UH, AND THIS PRESENTATION REALLY ILLUSTRATED THE COMPLEXITY OF THAT ASK FOR ME.

SO, UM, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, YOU BRINGING THIS TO US AND PUTTING IT TOGETHER.

AND I CAN ACTUALLY ALSO NOW BETTER APPRECIATE WHY WE NEED MORE INFORMATION FROM A FURTHER STUDY.

UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY IF YOU'D ASKED ME EVEN JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, I WOULD'VE SAID, YEAH, FULL STEAM AHEAD, CHOOSE A PLAN AND JUST GO WITH IT, RIGHT? GO WITH WHATEVER THE MARKET'S DICTATING, AND, AND I CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND WHY WE NEED TO TAKE A STEP BACK NOW AND, AND LOOK REALLY AT WHAT'S BEST FOR RICHARDSON AND WHAT'S, UH, PRUDENT USE.

UH, MAYOR, YOU TOLD ME THIS THE OTHER DAY, PRUDENT USE OF THE TAXPAYER'S DOLLARS, RIGHT? UM, I JUST WANNA ASK A COUPLE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND.

SURE.

SO A STUDY LIKE THIS, UM, IN ADDITION TO JUST BEING BENEFICIAL FOR US, IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT IS NEEDED TO APPLY TO SOME OF THESE, IF I UNDERSTAND THIS RIGHT, IT'S NEEDED TO APPLY TO SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS AND SOME OF THESE GRANTS IF WE WOULD EVEN CHOOSE TO GO DOWN THAT ROUTE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.

SO, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, CDBG FUNDING, YOU DO NEED A CONSOLIDATED PLAN FOR THAT.

UM, SO THIS WOULD BE, UM, WE WOULD DO THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO USE SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE GARNER FROM THAT PLAN AND, UM, BE ABLE TO USE THAT FOR THE STUDY.

OR EXCUSE ME, USE IT FOR THE FUNDING.

YES.

SO, OR THE ENTITLEMENT, AGAIN, I GUESS THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS THAT MM-HMM, FOR YOU, SOME OF THESE OPTIONS TO EVEN BE OPENED UP TO US, WE HAVE TO DO THIS PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

PARDON ME? UM, PORTIONS OF, OF IT.

I, OKAY.

AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE OTHER REALLY SORT OF, MAYBE NOT, NOT QUESTIONED, BUT REQUESTS I HAVE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THE INTERIM, UM, AND MAYBE DON, THIS IS MAYBE MORE TO YOU, UH, YOU KNOW, IF SOMETHING INTRIGUING COMES UP ON A LIMITED BASIS, I JUST, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, ONLY SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU AND YOUR STAFF FEEL EMPOWERED TO STILL BRING THAT TO US SURE.

AND NOT SIT ON IT UNTIL, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER, YOU KNOW, A YEAR DOWN THE LINE THIS IS COMPLETED.

LOT OF THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING IN THE INTERIM MM-HMM.

UM, YEAH, NO, I, I APPRECIATE THAT POINT VERY MUCH.

AND I, I AGREE WITH YOU.

I THINK THAT, UM, EVEN IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS AS WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, CONSIDER DIFFERENT PROPOSALS, UM, I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A BETTER, UM, DIRECTION AND, UM, IF, IF A, AN OPPORTUNITY COMES BEFORE US IN THE INTERIM, WHETHER THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, SIX MONTHS OR, OR A YEAR, I, AND IT'S, IT'S ALIGNED WITH THE DIRECTION THAT YOU'VE GIVEN ME ON PRIOR PROJECTS, THEN WE WILL DEFINITELY BRING THAT BACK FOR CONSIDERATION REGARDLESS OF WHERE WE'RE AT IN THIS PARTICULAR STUDY OR, OR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY OF THE, THE PROGRAMS THAT MIGHT COME OUT OF IT.

NO, IT'S, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, JUST BECAUSE AGAIN, I, I DON'T THINK THE MESSAGE WE SHOULD SEND AT THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY IS MM-HMM.

, HEY, DON'T BRING ANYTHING TO US UNTIL WE DO THIS STUDY.

RIGHT? RIGHT.

IF THEY HAVE A GOOD IDEA THAT THEY THINK WORKS, I MEAN, WE SHOULD HEAR IT.

RIGHT? FOR SURE.

SO, I MEAN, THE ONLY, UH, I THINK THE ONLY LAST THING I WOULD, I WOULD SAY IS THAT I FEEL LIKE THE OTHER THING I GOT FROM THIS PRESENTATION IS THAT THERE ARE A

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AND CAN DO IN THE INTERIM, RIGHT? MM-HMM.

SO, UM, EVERY, A LOT OF THE THINGS ON THAT, UH, SLIDE 16, UH, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK TO IT, BUT SLIDE 16 AND 24, THOSE DIFFERENT TOOLS IN THE TOOLKIT, EVEN IF WE DON'T USE THEM RIGHT AWAY IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN OVERALL LIKE PROGRAM, GRAND STRATEGY, WE CAN STILL DO THINGS TO ESSENTIALLY, UH, I'LL SAY HOLD THE LINE.

RIGHT? RIGHT.

ESPECIALLY ON THAT SORT OF, UH, WHAT'S THE WORD I WAS LOOKING FOR? IT WAS ONE OF THE, UH, PROGRAMS SORT OF THE, UH, THE MAINTENANCE, RIGHT? MM-HMM.

OF WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE, RIGHT.

UM, WE CAN, I DEFINITELY SEE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SORT OF, UH, EITHER BUFF UP OR REALLY KIND OF LEAN INTO SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS SURE.

YOU KNOW, AS WE DECIDE ON A STRATEGY.

I THINK IN THE PRESERVATION, THE DEVELOPMENT REALMS, YOU KNOW, I I I, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE A LOT OF CREDIT FOR THE, THE ZONING THAT WE'VE DONE.

WE'VE, WE'VE REDUCED OBSTACLES THAT OTHERWISE WOULD COST THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY TIME AND MONEY TO OVERCOME.

AND, UM, THOSE ARE, THOSE CAN'T BE DISCOUNTED IN TERMS OF, UM, THE, UM, THE WAY THAT THEY FACTOR THOSE INTO POTENTIAL, YOU KNOW, DEALS.

UH, IT NEEDS TO BE THOUGHT THROUGH AND, AND I, I, I HOPE THAT EVERYONE FEELS THAT WAY MOVING FORWARD AS WE MAKE SOME DECISIONS.

AND, UM, SO I, I AGREE WITH YOU A HUNDRED PERCENT.

I THINK, UM, PROBABLY OUR BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY MOVING FORWARD IF, UH, IF THERE IS ONE IS THE ECONOMIC MOBILITY TYPE OF PROGRAMS. MM-HMM.

, UM, THAT'S WHERE PROBABLY WE, WE WOULD HAVE THE MOST OPPORTUNITY FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR ELEVATING OUR, YEAH.

ENHANCING OUR, OUR CURRENT STRATEGY.

WELL, I THINK ALSO, I MEAN THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TO SUPPORT THE NETWORK AND ALL THE NONPROFITS THAT HELP ALLEVIATE THE COST OF LIVING, UM, FOR INDIVIDUALS RIGHT NOW, UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THE COMP PLAN WITH SORT OF THAT GENTLE DENSIFICATION AND THE VARIED HOUSING TYPES IS REALLY, UH, INTERESTING AND, AND A GOOD WAY TO TACKLE THIS, RIGHT? AGAIN, IN THE INTERIM, THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DID PARTICIPATING IN THE ALL NEIGHBORS COALITION, RIGHT? AND THE COLLIN COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION, UH, THOSE THINGS ARE REALLY KIND OF TIED HAND IN HAND.

SO, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT IN OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, I FEEL LIKE, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS IN PARALLEL TO AN OVERALL GROWTH STRATEGY.

AGREED.

THANK YOU, JILL.

MR. DORIAN.

OH, THANK, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, THANK YOU, ANNETTE, FOR THE PRESENTATION.

IT WAS VERY HELPFUL AND I, I, I THINK IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO UNDERSTAND WHAT SOME OF THE TERMINOLOGY IS.

UM, I, WE USE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE WORD AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SO LOOSELY, AND I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE UNDERSTAND ALL THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF IT.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS A VERY PASSIONATE PROJECT, UM, FOR ME AS WELL.

AND, AND I ECHO WHAT EVERYONE HAS SAID, UM, ON THE, UM, D AND UM, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT ALL OF OUR OPTIONS MOVING FORWARD AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP THIS.

UM, YOU KNOW, RICHARDSON BEING IN A LANDLOCKED AREA, YOU KNOW, YOU, THERE WERE SOME OTHER POINTS YOU MENTIONED YOUR POWERPOINT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PRESERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, REDEVELOPMENT.

I THINK THOSE ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TOOLS BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, WE DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP A SPECIFIC AREA GENERALLY.

UM, AND IF WE DO, WE NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE, UH, INFORMATION THAT, AND, AND, AND GATHER INFORMATION TO SEE WHAT THAT, THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

BUT I THINK THAT WE ALSO, I LOVE THE IDEA, UM, OF LINDSEY'S DEPARTMENT BEING ABLE TO HAVE A LITTLE LATITUDE AND ALLOWING THAT, UH, RESOURCE TO EXPAND.

UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR NOT ONLY THE, UH, THE HOME OR THE OWNERS, UM, THE LANDLORDS, BUT UH, ALSO SOME OF THE ELDERLY.

I THINK THAT'S ALSO SUPER IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE AND ACQUIRE SOME HELP, UM, TO ELEVATE THOSE AREAS AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

I, UM, I THINK, UH, PRESERVATION IS A, I THINK A BIG KEY HERE IN RICHARDSON, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME MORE DISTRESSED BUILDINGS AND NEIGHBORHOODS AND, AND, AND HOW WE DEVELOP THOSE MOVING FORWARD AND, AND WHAT WE DO, UH, TO PROTECT THOSE ASSETS, I THINK IS IMPORTANT.

AND, AND THESE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AT THE MOMENT, AND WE'RE STILL EVALUATING WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DOES THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LOOK LIKE AND, AND WHERE ARE WE TAKING THIS AND, AND WHAT ARE THESE AREAS, UM, OF RICHARDSON GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE, UM, BASED ON, YOU KNOW, DISTRESSED MARKETS AND, AND, UM, UH, THE IMPACT OF, UH, REDEVELOPMENT OR, OR DEVELOPMENT OR TEAR DOWN IN REDEVELOPMENT.

WHERE, WHERE ARE SOME OF THESE ELEMENTS GOING TO BE USED? SO I, I'M, I REALLY FEEL, UH, THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, UH, ON THIS PROJECT, AND IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME TO FIGURE IT OUT.

SO, AND I WANNA BE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL OF OUR RESOURCES AVAILABLE AND ACQUIRE AS MUCH KNOWLEDGE AS WE CAN.

AND BECAUSE WE CAN'T GO GET LAND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T GO, OH, I'M GONNA TURN THAT SECTION OVER THERE IN RICHARDSON INTO THIS.

SO IT REALLY NEEDS TO,

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THANK YOU, MR. REER.

UH, GREAT, GREAT PRESENTATION.

REALLY APPRECIATE THE DEFINITIONAL ASPECTS THAT YOU HAVE OF THIS.

I GUESS THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IN MY MIND IS I ALMOST FEEL LIKE THERE'S KIND OF A BIFURCATION ON THIS.

AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS KIND OF, KIND OF POINTED OUT EARLIER THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE PEOPLE, WE HAVE OUR, OUR CITIZENS THAT ARE ALREADY HERE, WHO, WHO MAY BE NEEDING ASSISTANCE.

AND SO I SEE THAT VERY DIFFERENT, IF YOU WILL, THAN IF WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GONNA GO OUT AND WORK WITH A DEVELOPER TO TRY AND CREATE SOME TYPE OF, OF, UM, PROGRAM.

LET ME JUST SAY THAT FOR A MOMENT.

TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING BY ADDING NEW HOUSING.

SO I GUESS, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS, IS AM I THE ONLY ONE SEEING IT THAT WAY, OR DO YOU KIND OF SEE IT THAT WAY? AND IF, IF, SO THIS, THIS, UM, HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT, I MEAN, I'M, I'M IN A HUNDRED PERCENT AGREEMENT WITH DOING IT, BUT DO WE ALMOST NEED, OR WILL THIS, DO WE HAVE THE, THE, THE RIGHT, UM, WHAT DO I WANNA SAY, THE RIGHT PLAN IN PLACE TO TACKLE BOTH OF THOSE? BECAUSE I SEE THOSE AS VERY, VERY DIFFERENT, IF YOU WILL.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, SIX MONTHS TO COMPLETE, IT'D BE GREAT IF THAT COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED, BUT I JUST, I'M CONCERNED, OR I GUESS I'M JUST QUESTIONING, NOT NECESSARILY SAYING WE NEED TWO STUDIES, BUT DO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KIND OF SAY, OKAY, WE WANNA LOOK AT ONE SIDE OF THE, THE, THE, THE FENCE, IF YOU WILL, WHICH IS WE HAVE, WE HAVE RESIDENTS CURRENTLY HERE WHO MAY NEED ASSESSED ASSISTANCE, EXCUSE ME.

THERE, THERE MAYBE THE AREA NEEDS TO BE, YOU KNOW, WORKED ON, SUPPORTED WHATEVER THE CASE MIGHT BE.

AND THEN THERE'S THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE.

WELL, THERE MAY EVEN BE THREE SIDES OF THE FENCE, WHICH IS, I GUESS YOU CAN'T REALLY DO.

BUT ANYWAY, YOU KNOW MY POINT, UM, WHICH IS, OKAY, WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT JUST NEEDS A COMPLETE REDEVELOPMENT.

AND THEN NUMBER THREE, AND MAYBE TWO AND THREE ARE KIND OF TIED TOGETHER, WHICH IS THERE NEEDS TO BE REDEVELOPMENT AND WE NEED TO WORK WITH A DEVELOPER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

SO I SEE THAT KIND OF AS TWO, I'LL JUST KEEP IT IN TWO BUCKETS.

I KIND OF SEE IT AS, AS TWO DIFFERENT PATHWAYS.

AND I GUESS I'M JUST ASKING THE QUESTION IS THAT, I MEAN, WILL THERE BE LIKE THE ONE ASSESSMENT ON THE ONE SIDE AND THE OTHER ASSESSMENT ON THE OTHER SIDE, SO WE DON'T COMMINGLE THOSE? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE WHAT I'M ASKING? IT DOES MAKE SENSE.

AND, UM, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SO THE STUDIES THAT I'VE SEEN, UM, SO WHAT THEY DO IS THEY, UM, THE PROCESSES THEY FIRST LOOK AT WHAT DOES THE DATA TELL YOU FOR WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY? SO WE MAY, IT MAY COME BACK IN THE STUDY THAT WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE AT RISK FOR DISPLACEMENT AND WE HAVE MORE OF A NEED IN THE PRESERVATION AREA.

SO IN THAT CASE, IT WOULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE THAT THEY RECOMMEND, UM, CDBG FUNDING FOR, UM, ALL PRESERVATION TYPE ACTIVITIES.

SO THOSE TYPE OF THINGS THAT LINDSAY WOULD DO IN HER SHOP.

AND, UM, SO THE STUDY WOULD COME BACK WITH WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND IT'S, UM, GIVING RECOMMENDATIONS AND ALIGNING WHAT PARTICULAR TOOLS WOULD WORK.

SO IT WILL SHOW US WHETHER, SO IT MAY COME BACK AND SAY THERE'S, UM, YOU KNOW, NO NEED FOR DEVELOPMENT, IT'S REDEVELOPMENT AND SHOW US THOSE DISTRESSED AREAS.

AND SO, UM, I DON'T SEE IT AS BEING TWO DIFFERENT PLANS.

I THINK IT'S JUST ONE PLAN AND COMING BACK WITH AN A TOOLKIT ESSENTIALLY.

SO, YOU KNOW, FIRST IT'S THE ASSESSMENT OF TELLING US WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND THEN, UM, GIVING US DIFFERENT TOOLS AND IDEAS OF WHAT WE COULD DO.

AND AT NO POINT DO YOU HAVE TO DO ANY OF THOSE.

UM, BUT IT'S JUST REALLY AN ALIGNMENT.

SO IT'S ALIGNING WHAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH WHAT THE POTENTIAL SOLUTION IS AND WHAT THE POTENTIAL TOOL IS.

CAN I, I, I THINK I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING DANETTE SAID, BUT I THINK IF, IF IT'S THE COUNCIL'S DESIRE TO LOOK AT IT THAT WAY, I THINK WHERE THAT CAN REALLY RESONATE WOULD BE IN THE FINAL PART OF THE REPORT, WHICH WOULD BE THE, UM, IMPLEMENTATION PORTION TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE, THESE ARE THE PROBLEMS WITH PRESERVATION.

BECAUSE REALLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SUPPLY, NEW SUPPLY, IS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EITHER DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT, LIKE YOU SAID.

SO I THINK DANETTE, THERE'S A PROBABLY A WAY THAT WE COULD PRESENT THE STRATEGIES AND THE IMPLEMENTATION PART SO THAT IF YOU ONLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON PRESERVATION, YOU WOULD BE IN THIS WORLD IF YOU ONLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON REDEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT, 'CAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SUPPLY, YOU, YOU WOULD BE IN THIS WORLD OR YOU COULD PICK FROM BOTH.

IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE THINKING TO KIND OF MAYBE PRESENT

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IT? YEAH, I MEAN, I GUESS, I GUESS FROM MY STANDPOINT IS, YOU KNOW, AND I HOPE OTHERS WOULD AGREE WITH ME, MY, MY NUMBER ONE CONCERN IS ALWAYS OUR, OUR CURRENT RESIDENTS.

AND SO, IN MY MIND, YOU KNOW, FIRST FOCUS THAT I WOULD, IF, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IF WE HAVE A POT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO, OR MAYBE TOOLS, HOWEVER YOU WANNA SAY THAT, I OBVIOUSLY ALWAYS WANNA TRY AND HELP AND TAKE CARE OF OUR CURRENT RESIDENTS AND CURRENT SITUATION THAT WE HAVE ALREADY.

RATHER THAN GOING OUT AND TRYING TO DO SOME, YOU KNOW, MASSIVE REDEVELOPMENT, GREEN OR GREENFIELD, IF WE HAVE SPACE LEFT OVER, UH, LIKE COUNCILMAN, UH, DORIAN SAID, UM, THAT'S LIMITED OBVIOUSLY, BUT, SO I GUESS, I GUESS THAT'S WHERE I WAS KIND OF THINKING IN MY MIND IS, IS MAYBE IT, MAYBE IT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ON YEAH.

BECAUSE MM-HMM.

BECAUSE I WOULD, I WOULD CERTAINLY WANT TO TRY TO TAKE CARE OF CURRENT RESIDENTS, CURRENT BUILDINGS, CURRENT.

SURE.

NOT INFRASTRUCTURE, I GUESS, BUT CURRENT STRUCTURES, IF YOU WILL, RATHER THAN TRYING TO CHASE SOME OTHER, I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S NOT IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT, RIGHT.

BUT IF WE'RE KINDA LAYING OUT WHAT, WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE.

, MAYBE THERE'S A BETTER WAY TO SAY THAT IS IF WE SAID, YOU KNOW, AND I, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, DO WE NEED TO HELP? I GUESS I'M GONNA ASK THE, I GUESS WE JUST PUT IT OUT THERE AND SEE WHAT THE CONSULTANT COMES BACK TO US WITH.

OR DO WE TRY TO PUT OUT SOME KIND OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES OR, I'M JUST, AGAIN, I'M JUST ASKING THE QUESTION.

YEP.

I, I THINK, I THINK WITH THIS FEEDBACK, I MEAN, I, I, HERE'S, HERE'S THE, THE, THE, UH, I THINK THE, THE POSITIVE THING ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING, EVEN IF WE DO BIFURCATE IT AND WE HAVE, UH, THE PRESERVATION PIECE AND THEN WE HAVE A DEVELOPMENT REDEVELOPMENT PIECE, THERE'S NOTHING THAT WOULD PREVENT US FROM COM COMING BACK IN WITH YOUR DIRECTION, CO-MINGLING THOSE AND, AND CREATING A PRIORITY OF THE COMPLETE, THE COMPLETE SET OF STRATEGIES, UM, BASED ON YOUR PRIORITIES AND THE IMPLEMENTATION.

SO, UM, LET US TAKE THAT AS HOMEWORK.

AND I THINK DANETTE, I THINK WE CAN, WE CAN, IT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY JUST A MATTER OF THE WAY THAT THE FINAL REPORT IS PRESENTED, UM, IN TERMS OF PRESERVATION VERSUS SUPPLY, UH, OR NEW SUPPLY.

AND, UM, SO CAN, I THINK WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT, AND THEN AS YOU SEE IT IN THAT FORMAT, IF YOU DECIDE THAT, UM, IT'S BETTER COMMINGLED AND THEN PRIORITIZED, WE CAN DO THAT.

OR IF YOU WANNA HAVE IT PRIORITIZED, UM, YOU KNOW, PRESERVATION VERSUS NEW SUPPLY, WE CAN LEAVE IT AS, AS THAT, I REALLY DON'T THINK IN THE END, I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA CHANGE, IT'S NOT GONNA CHANGE WHAT WE FIND, WHAT WE IDENTIFY AS THE, THE PROBLEMS OR OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THEN WHAT STRATEGIES OR PROGRAMS WOULD BE MOST RESPONSIVE TO THAT? I THINK IT'S JUST THE WAY IT'S PRESENTED, REALLY.

GREAT.

THANK YOU, DON, FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

MR. DORIAN, DID YOU, UH, YES.

UH, WELL, I JUST, I WAS GONNA MAKE A MOTION, BUT, UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE A COMMENT TOO.

YOU KNOW, WE JUST, JUST A COUPLE THINGS THAT I'M LOOKING, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST TRYING TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE PICTURE.

YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD A, A $1.6 MILLION TAX LOSS AND, AND, AND, AND, AND THIS, AS PASSIONATE AS I AM ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT DO WE SPEND $130,000 NOW OR DO WE TRY TO GET, UH, THE POSSIBILITY OF GETTING OUR CITY STAFF AND COUNCIL, UM, TO TRY TO, UH, ENGAGE IN A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH AND PUT TOGETHER BETTER PLANNING, UM, AND COME BACK TO THIS A LITTLE LATER AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE, UH, WHAT OUR OPTIONS WOULD ENTAIL.

AND, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I STAND.

SO JUST, JUST TO, UH, I THANK YOU.

I, I APPRECIATE THAT POINT VERY MUCH.

AND SO WHAT I, WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING HERE IS THAT, UM, WE WOULD NOT, UM, WE WOULD NOT FUND THIS AT FY 24.

I MEAN, WE ARE, WE ARE BEING VERY MINDFUL OF SALES TAX TRENDS AND TAKING A NUMBER OF PREEMPTIVE STEPS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THAT.

BUT RATHER THAN FUNDING OUT OF 24 AND THEN HAVING TO GO FIND ANOTHER $130,000 IN POTENTIAL CUTS, WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING IS THAT WE PUT IT IN AS AN EXPANDED PROGRAM FOR FY 25.

UH, YOU'LL HAVE OTHER EXPANDED PROGRAMS TO CONSIDER DURING THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, AND THEN THE COUNCIL CAN PRIORITIZE THOSE EXPANDED PROGRAMS. AND, UM, AND, AND DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH UNALLOCATED WE HAVE WHEN WE COME BACK, UH, YOU'LL FUND UP AS MUCH MANY OF THOSE EXPANDED PROGRAMS AS, AS YOU CAN.

BUT YOU'LL ULTIMATELY, YOU'LL, YOU AS THE COUNCIL WILL DECIDE WHAT EXPANDED PROGRAMS MAKE IT INTO THE BUDGET VERSUS WHICH DON'T.

AND SO THE DETERMINATION ABOUT WHETHER THIS DOES OR NOT WOULD REALLY BE MORE OF A, YOU KNOW, JULY AUGUST DISCUSSION, ULTIMATELY A JULY AUGUST DISCUSSION, IF THAT MAKES, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEP.

KURT.

IS THAT IT? CURTIS? UM, YEAH, I, I COULD MAKE A MOTION, BUT I I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.

WELL, THAT WOULD GIVE, YOU KNOW, PLENTY OF TIME, YOU KNOW, BEFORE YOU FINISH THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE.

SO ONCE THAT UPDATE AND IF WE HAVE THIS PROCESS STARTS, THAT WILL ANSWER, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WILL TIE WHATEVER WE HAVE DONE WITH THAT STUDY.

AND THAT'S THE BENEFIT OF HAVING, DOING THIS THING LATER ON.

NOT JUST NECESSARILY THE BUDGET PURPOSE.

ALSO, UH, TECHNICAL.

YEAH, IT'S A VERY GOOD POINT.

I MEAN, I THINK WE

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IN NOVEMBER-ISH.

I MEAN, WE'LL, WE'LL BE, WE, WE WILL, WE'RE WE'RE VERY MUCH ON POINT ON THE, ON THE COMP PLAN UPDATE AND WE SHOULD HAVE THAT COMPLETED AND PRESENTED AND HOPEFULLY ADOPTED BY NOVEMBER.

AND SO IF WE'RE, I THINK WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THAT HAPPENS BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF THE WORK THEY'LL DO HERE INITIALLY IN THIS STUDY WOULD BE TO, UM, A LOT OF THE DATA COLLECTION AND, AND, AND THAT KIND OF THING THAT WILL BE, WOULD BE NOT RELEVANT OR IMPACTED BY THE COMP PLAN UPDATE.

UM, BUT, BUT TO YOUR POINT, IT'S, YOU'RE VERY RIGHT.

I MEAN, COMING OUT OF THE COMP PLAN UPDATE AND THE KIND OF, UM, HOUSING STRATEGIES THAT MIGHT BE KIND OF BLESSED OR, OR CONTEMPLATED IN THE FINAL DOCUMENT, THAT COULD VERY MUCH IMPACT.

I THINK MORE SO ON THE, THE END OF THIS, UM, THIS, THIS HOUSING, UH, ASSESSMENT STUDY AND THE TOOLS AND THE IMPLEMENTATION, UM, IS, IS WHERE THAT WOULD REALLY BE.

BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

IT WOULD BE, IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD, IT'S A GOOD, UM, IT'S A GOOD, UH, THING TO DOVETAIL ONTO, UM, THE COMPLETION OF THE COMPLAIN.

MR. BURRIS, DID YOU WANNA ADD SOMETHING? YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, I, UH, TO KINDA SPEAK TOWARDS COUNCILMAN HUTCHIN TO SPEAK TOWARDS COUNCILMAN HUTCHIN RIDER'S POINT, YEAH.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR CURRENT CITIZENS, UH, AND RESIDENTS OF RICHARDSON.

UM, THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY HERE WITHIN RICHARDSON, UH, TO, I THINK, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TO DONALD KINDA WHAT HE SAYS, WE WILL SEE WHAT THE DATA SHOWS US.

UH, I SEE IT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S A TWO-LEGGED OR THREE LEGGED, I GUESS TWO LEGGED STOOL.

'CAUSE 3, 2, 3 LEGGED STOOL.

'CAUSE TWO LEGGED STOOLS WOULDN'T BE VERY HELPFUL.

BUT LET'S SAY IT'S THREE DIFFERENT BUCKETS, RIGHT? UH, THIS DATA COMES INTO, UM, I I WOULD IMAGINE THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, IT'LL BE WEIGHTED OR SHOW US SOME KIND OF, HEY, THIS BUCKET IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER PRIORITY THAN OTHERS, AND THIS IS WHAT THE DATA SHOWS.

AND THEN WE KINDA TAKE IT FROM THERE, HOW WE WANNA PRIORITIZE BASED ON WHAT THEY SHOW US AS A PRIORITY.

UH, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE IT'S, IF IT'S THREE BUCKETS OR FOUR BUCKETS OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT IT'S A STRATEGIC CONCURRENT PLAN, YOU KNOW, AND ONE PIECE OF IT MAYBE GO TOWARDS PRESERVATION VERSUS OTHER ONES TOWARDS FUTURE EXPANSION OR, YOU KNOW, FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS.

SO I, I SEE IT AS A, UM, AS CONCURRENT, ASSUMING, YOU KNOW, THEY DO COME BACK SAYING, HEY, IT'S THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE PRIORITIZING.

I THINK ALL OF US, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANYBODY UP HERE THAT WOULD DISAGREE WITH YOU ON THAT SAYING THAT YEAH, OUR RESIDENTS ARE NOT THE PRIORITY.

'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE.

WE WANNA TAKE CARE OF OUR NEIGHBORS.

UH, BUT I THINK IT, I DO SEE IT AS, UM, AND I MAY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE WHAT THE DATA TELLS US, BUT I SEE IT AS, UM, KIND OF CONCURRENT.

WE JUST FIGURE OUT DIFFERENT STRATEGIES FOR THE DIFFERENT MM-HMM.

PATHS TO THE SEVEN GOLD.

I THINK IT, IT CAN EASILY BE CONCURRENT.

IT'S THE PROPORTIONAL THAT IS, WILL BE FIGURED OUT BY THE FINDINGS AND THEN YOUR PRIORITIES, WHICH, WHICH, WHICH ARE THOSE BUCKETS ALL PROPORTION TO EACH OTHER IN TERMS OF INVITATION OF BUDGETS, THE TOOLS, AND, YEAH, EXACTLY.

MR. DORIAN, DID I HEAR YOU SAY YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? I CAN.

WE ARE TO MAKE A MOTION NEXT.

THANKS ARE, YEAH.

I, I THINK REALLY, UM, SO I THOUGHT YOU SAID ABSOLUTELY.

GO AHEAD.

ARE WE, ARE WE MOVING ON OR? WELL, NO, I, I JUST, I THOUGHT HE SAID HE WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION.

REALLY? I, I, I THINK REALLY MORE WE'RE SO, SO I FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOT A CONSENSUS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO PUT THIS IN EXPANDED PROGRAMS FOR CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET DEVELOPMENT.

THAT'S ALL WE NEEDED AT, AT THIS JUNCTURE.

I, I THINK FROM, UM, FROM THAT STANDPOINT, WE'RE GOOD TO GO.

THERE YOU GO.

EVERYBODY GOOD WITH THAT? I THINK WE HAVE A STRONG CONSENSUS.

I THINK EVERYONE IS SAYING THE SAME THING.

AND I, DANETTE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOUR HARD WORK WAS EXCELLENT, AND I THINK IT CLEARED UP A VERY CLOUDY SITUATION FOR US.

AND, UM, WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD ONCE WE GET THERE.

THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER

[9. CONSENT AGENDA]

NINE, CONSENT AGENDA.

CALL FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE MR. CHU.

OKAY, FOR THE CHANGE I'M PUTTING I'M MOVING TO, UH, PUT A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS WRITTEN.

MR. RETTER, I'D LIKE TO SECOND THAT.

GOT A MOTION IN A SECOND.

AGENDA PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

CONSENT.

ALL RIGHTY.

WE'RE NOW TO ITEM

[10. REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST ]

NUMBER 10, REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY ITEMS THEY'D LIKE TO SHARE? MS. JUSTICE? OH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, SO I'M BACK.

I GOT TO ATTEND MY FIRST EVENT, UH, THIS WEEKEND IN CELEBRATION OF AN INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER, UM, WITH THE DEDICATION OF A NEW PRIVATE PARKING RICHARDSON, THE JAY DHY PARK, UM, NEAR THE CANYON CREEK, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, HE'S A 50 YEAR RESIDENT, UM, SORRY, , I SAID PRIVATE PARK.

YEAH, YEAH.

PRIVATE PARK.

UM, UH, HE'S A 50 YEAR

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RESIDENT.

HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FLAG PROGRAM IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

UH, HE WAS THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AND SO THEY WORKED REALLY, UM, CLOSELY WITH THE DEVELOPERS, UH, OF A NEW PROJECT OVER THERE.

UM, AND THEY DONATED THE LAND, UH, TAKE THE CANYON CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AND THEY, UM, HAD THE GREAT THOUGHT TO DEDICATE THE PARK TOO, AN INCREDIBLE VOLUNTEER.

UM, SO, UH, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL CELEBRATION, UM, AND A GREAT USE OF LAND THAT OTHERWISE, UM, WOULD JUST SORT OF, UM, SIT UNLOVED.

UM, AND, AND SO IT WAS, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE TO A GREAT VOLUNTEER IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU, MR. BARRIOS.

UM, LAST THURSDAY, MAY 2ND WAS THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, AND, UH, I HAD THE HONOR JOIN MAYOR MARY PRO TEM AND OUR CITY MANAGER AT, IN THE LOBBY OF THE EISMAN CENTER, WHERE THE INTERFAITH ALLIANCE OF RICHARDSON, UM, CELEBRATED THIS NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.

UM, MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR, UM, PROCLAMATION AND, AND, UH, I HAD THE HONOR OF SHARING A PRAYER WITH THE GROUP, AND THEN VARIOUS FAITH LEADERS FROM THROUGHOUT RICHARDSON, UH, SHARED A PRAYER.

UM, AND IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL EVENT.

RICHARDSON IS TRULY SPECIAL AND IN A VERY UNIQUE AND DIVERSE WAY, AND WE ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT HOW SPECIAL IT IS.

BUT, UM, TO SEE EVENTS LIKE THIS ONE REALLY SEALS AND GETS A TRUE SENSE OF THAT DIVERSITY, AND HOW, WHILE WE MAY HAVE DIFFERENCES, UM, PRAYER SEEMS TO, SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO PASS ALL THAT.

AND I'M A STRONG BELIEVER THAT PERSONALLY, UM, PASSES THROUGH THE DIFFERENCES.

SO I, I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR Y'ALL'S PARTICIPATION, UM, AND, UH, EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THOSE FAITH LEADERS, OUR COMMUNITY WHO CAME TOGETHER FOR THAT.

UM, AND THIS WEEKEND, AS EVERYBODY'S FULLY AWARE, WAS THE COTTONWOOD ART FESTIVAL.

I HAVE THE UNIQUE HONOR OF LIVING RIGHT NEXT TO COTTONWOOD PARK.

UH, THAT'S THE REASON WE MOVED TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WAS BECAUSE OF THE COTTONWOOD ART FESTIVAL.

MY SON AND I, UM, ENJOYED IT BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, AND WE HAD A BLAST.

IT, IT, IT'S ALWAYS GREAT.

WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT WEATHER, BUT THE WEATHER HELD OFF AND IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY GOOD.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON, CLOSE IT OUT.

THERE WAS A GREAT BAN ON STAGE.

I TRULY ENJOYED, I FORGOT HOW MUCH I LIKED MAROON FIVE.

IT WAS A MAROON FIVE, UH, TRIBUTE BAND.

AND I LATER LEARNED ON FACEBOOK THAT APPARENTLY, I GUESS IF NOT ALL, IF NOT PART, IF NOT ALL OF THEM ON STAGE, WERE ACTUALLY RICHES IN RESIDENCE, WHICH I DID NOT KNOW.

AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT HOMEGROWN TALENT ON STAGE.

SO, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED WITH THAT.

I KNOW THAT INVOLVES A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, AND IT WAS AN EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT FESTIVAL.

THANK YOU, MR. HUTCHIN RIDER.

UM, I JUST WANT TO, UM, COMMEND THE, UM, RICHARDSON ISD FOUNDATION.

SATURDAY NIGHT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THEIR, UM, THEY CALL IT THE PROM, UM, WHERE THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE FUNDS AND ALSO TO HONOR THEIR TEACHERS OF THE YEAR.

SO I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF THAT.

AND THEN I'M GONNA GO A LITTLE OFF SCRIPT HERE, AND I HOPE EVERYONE WILL UNDERSTAND MY FOLLOWING STATEMENT.

THIS THURSDAY, MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, KIMBERLY, WILL BE GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE, AND I WAS TALKING TO HER YESTERDAY, AND HER, SHE HAS ONE WISH FOR HER GRADUATION IS THAT IF ANYWHERE ANYONE HAS THE IDEA OF PROTESTING, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE KEEP IT CIVIL, DO IT HONORABLY.

YOU HAVE CERTAINLY EVERY RIGHT IN THE WORLD.

BUT JUST REMEMBER THESE CHILDREN WHO ARE GRADUATING FROM THIS COLLEGE, THAT ARE GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE AND FROM HIGH AND FROM, UH, FROM COLLEGE.

THIS YEAR, IF YOU REMEMBER, FOUR YEARS AGO, THEIR ENTIRE WORLD WAS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.

THEY DIDN'T GET A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, THEY DIDN'T GET A HIGH SCHOOL PROM.

THEY DIDN'T EVEN GET ANY KIND OF, OF CEREMONY TO BE ENTERED INTO COLLEGE.

LIKE EVERY OTHER STUDENT, MYSELF AND PROBABLY EVERYONE SITTING ON THIS DIOCESE, AND ANYONE WHO'S BEEN, UM, HAS EVER GONE THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND, AND BEEN ENTERED INTO COLLEGE, THEY GOT NONE OF THAT BECAUSE COVID WIPED IT COMPLETELY OUT.

AND SO, I'M, I'M, AS A FATHER, I'M BEGGING ANYONE AND EVERYONE HERE WHO'S WHO WOULD HEAR THIS MESSAGE, IF YOU WANT TO PROTEST, CERTAINLY SUPPORT THAT RIGHT UP 100%.

BUT PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, ON BEHALF OF THESE STUDENTS, DO NOT, DO NOT DISTURB THEIR GRADUATION.

I WILL TELL YOU, I'VE TALKED TO HER, I'VE TALKED TO HER FRIENDS, AND THEY HAVE ONE WISH.

AND THAT IS TO HAVE A PEACEFUL GRADUATION THAT THEY CAN EXPERIENCE, ENJOY AND FOR THE REMEMBER FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.

AND I MAY BE OFF SCRIPT A LITTLE BIT, AND IF I AM, I

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APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

BUT PLEASE, ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE STUDENTS GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE, DO NOT DISRUPT THEIR GRADUATION WITH THEIR GRADUATION.

GIVE THEM THIS, THEY MISSED OUT FOUR YEARS AGO.

THANK YOU, MR. CHU.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

UH, I WA YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE LAST TWO WEEKS REALLY NOTHING HAPPENED.

UH, BUT I KNOW THAT, UH, WE HAVE DONE MANY, MANY ACTIVITIES.

UH, BUT BEFORE GOING INTO THAT, I WOULD SAY SOMETHING THAT I WAS NOT REALLY, UH, THINKING THAT I WAS GONNA SAY.

BUT, UH, IT JUST, UH, TO ADD FEW THINGS.

WHAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, UH, MR. KEN HUTCHIN WRITER MENTIONED ABOUT THE GRADUATION PROGRAM.

UH, MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT, THAT I'M FROM BANGLADESH AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M PERSONALLY A STRONG BELIEVER OF DEMOCRACY.

AND BANGLADESH, UH, YOU KNOW, HAD A WAR WITH PAKISTAN, TOOK ARMED THAT, YOU KNOW, FREEDOM.

THAT'S A LONG STORY.

BUT IN 1976, THE ELECTED GOVERNMENT PRESIDENT DIED, OR NOT DIED, WAS KILLED BY RP.

AND WE LOST DEMOCRACY THAT DAY.

AND SINCE THEN, THAT DAY UNTIL EVEN THE YEAR THAT I WAS GRADUATED, 1991, WE NEVER HAD GRADUATION CEREMONY BECAUSE THE UNIVERSITY THAT I GRADUATED FROM, WE NEVER LET THE DICTATOR COME TO THE CAMPUS, EVEN THOUGH BY LAW HE WAS THE CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY, THE TOP OF THE GOVERNMENT.

BUT WE NEVER LET THE CHANCELLOR COME TO THE CAMPUS.

SO HE NEVER HAD GRADUATION CEREMONY UNTIL WE HAD ELECTED GOVERNMENT ABOUT 1996 OR 1991.

I, I FORGOT, I'M KIND OF OLD.

ANYWAY, SO ANYWAY, THE THING IS, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE SEEN THAT DEMOCRACY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE AREN'T STRUGGLE FOR.

SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT MR. KEN HUTCH WRITER MENTION ABOUT NOT HAVING A GRADUATION CEREMONY THAT'S DIFFICULT FOR A STUDENT.

AND NOW THAT, UH, I LOST MY GLASSES OVER THE WEEKEND, LAST WEEK.

SO I'M STRUGGLING.

PRAY FOR ME.

I MIGHT HAVE TO DO SOME FUNDRAISING TO GET MY NEW GLASSES.

UH, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAD OVER THE WEEKEND, THIS JUST WEEKEND, WE HAD THAT COTTONWOOD ART FESTIVAL.

AND, UH, MY YOUNG, YOU KNOW, NINE YEARS OLD DAUGHTER, I DID NOT REALIZE THAT SHE WOULD LOVE THE ART SO MUCH.

SHE PUSHED ME TO COME AGAIN SATURDAY TO SEE THOSE ART PAINTINGS.

AND SHE WAS ASKING ME TO LOOK FOR HER, YOU KNOW, SOME, UH, TEACHER THAT SHE COULD TEACH HER HOW TO PAINT AT HOME.

SO SHE WAS ACTUALLY THERE LOOKING FOR A TEACHER, UH, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING FOR THE PAINTING THERE.

SO THAT'S A GREAT THINGS, YOU KNOW, TO GO, IF YOU MISS THIS YEAR PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR, IT'S A FREE EVENT.

UH, AND FREE IS, DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S NOT THAT HIGH QUALITY, IT'S VERY HIGH QUALITY EVENT.

UH, BUT IT'S HAPPENED TO BE FREE.

SO THAT'S HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, LOOK FOR THE NEXT EVENT AND UH, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING.

BUT I KNOW THAT WE ARE BUSY WITH MANY OTHER EVENTS.

UH, UH, BUT I THINK OVER THE WEEKEND WE HAD A TRIP TO WASHINGTON DC I WOULD JUST MENTION THAT, UH, AND, UH, IT'S A, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT WAS FULL OF, YOU KNOW, EVENT THAT WAS JUST LISTENING PART.

SO EVEN THOUGH NOT, UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OPPORTUNITY TO TALK OR ASK QUESTION, BUT I THINK THE TEAM REALLY LEARN A LOT.

UH, AND, UH, THIS WAS REALLY A MUCH NEEDED EVENT, AT LEAST, UH, ONCE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER LIFETIME.

UH, AND THIS IS HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS, UH, AND THIS IS HOW DEMOCRACY WORKS.

UM, AND, UH, BESIDES THAT, I'LL HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE MENTION SOME OTHER EVENTS, BUT WE HAD, BUT WE, IT, IT'S BEEN A VERY BUSY LAST TWO WEEKS.

UH, SEEMS TO BE IT.

ALRIGHT, MS. EMER, WE HAVE ANY MORE COMMENT CARDS? NO, MAYOR.

IT IS OFFICIALLY 8 24 WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS.

WE CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURN.