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[CALL TO ORDER]
THIS MEETING OF THE RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM I'D ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT, UH, COUNCIL WOMEN JUSTICE IS COUNCIL WOMAN JUSTICE IS OVERSEAS AND JOINING US VIA THE CAMERA.AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA HAND IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER KEN HUTCHER TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE AND PRAYER.
IF YOU PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN PRAYER.
DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AS A RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL AND DO THE GOOD WORK ON BEHALF OF OUR CITIZENS AND OUR, OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ASK ESPECIALLY TONIGHT, FOR PEACE.
PEACE IN OUR CITY, PEACE IN OUR STATE, PEACE IN OUR COUNTRY, AND PEACE IN OUR WORLD.
WE ALSO ASK FOR THE SAFE TRAVEL FOR OUR FELLOW COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE AS SHE TRAVELS BACK SAFELY TO US TO CONTINUE THE GOOD WORK THAT WE ALL COLLECTIVELY DO.
WE PRAY FOR ALL OF THESE THINGS IN YOUR NAME, AMEN.
IF YOU JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE NOW, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, AND THE TEXAS PLEDGE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
[3. MINUTES OF THE MAY 6, 2024 AND MAY 13, 2024 MEETINGS]
THIS TIME I'LL BE LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF MAY 6TH, 2024 AND MAY 13, 20, 24 MEETINGS.MR. HUTCHEN RIDER, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES AS FILED.
GOT A MOTION? CAN I GET A SECOND, MR. CHU? I SECONDED.
ALL IN FAVOR? SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE.
[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS AND VISITORS FORUM]
THIS TIME WE ARE GOING TO GO TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PUBLIC COMMENTS AND AGENDA ITEMS FROM THE VISITOR'S FORUM.CRYSTAL, DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS, MA'AM? WE RECEIVED NO CARDS.
UH, EXCUSE ME, I, I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING.
UM, ITEM NUMBER THREE IS TO HANDLE THE MINUTES OF THE MAY 6TH AND THE MAY 13TH.
DID I NOT DO THAT? WE MOTIONED.
WHAT WERE YOU REFERRING TO, CRYSTAL? THE PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS RECEIVED ONLINE.
WE'RE MAYOR, WE'RE NOT IN RECEIPT OF ANY CARD IN, IN ADVANCE OF THE 5:00 PM DEADLINE, BUT WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THE INSTRUCTIONS AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO CRYSTAL TO CALL.
DURING THIS PORTION OF THE COUNCIL MEETING, 30 MINUTES WAS ALLOCATED FOR MEMBERS OF THE, THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE COMMENTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON AGENDA ITEMS. IF THERE'S TIME LEFT DURING THE INITIAL 30 MINUTES ALLOCATED, THE REMAINING TIME WILL BE PROVIDED AS A VISITORS FORUM OPEN TO ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC IN WHICH THE SUBJECT MATTER IS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY.
BUT THE FULL 30 MINUTES ALLOCATED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS REACHED.
THEN SPEAKERS WHO HAVE SUBMITTED A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD MAY SPEAK AT THE VISITOR FORUM ROOM SCHEDULE.
AT THE END OF THE MEETING, ALL SPEAKERS SHOULD COMPLETE A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD AND SUBMIT IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY BEFORE THE MEETING BEGINS, SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THEY RECEIVED.
WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE STEP TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
ALL SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF FIVE MINUTES IS INDICATED BY THE TIMERS.
WHEN THE TIME BEEPS TIMER BEEPS, THE SPEAKERS SHOULD CONCLUDE THEIR COMMENTS PROMPTLY.
SPEAKERS MUST NOT PHYSICALLY APPROACH MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OR STAFF AND SHOULD REMAIN AT THE PODIUM DURING THEIR COMMENTS.
SPEAKERS WITH HANDOUTS MUST PROVIDE THEM TO THE C CITY SECRETARY FOR DISTRIBUTION SPEAKERS.
SUBMITTING COMMENTS ON THE SAME TOPIC ARE ENCOURAGED TO REDUCE REPETITIVE REMARKS BY INDICATING THEIR COMMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED.
OR BY SELECTING A REPRESENTATIVE SPEAKER.
THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT PROHIBITS THE CITY COUNCIL FROM DISCUSSING OR TAKING ACTION ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA.
CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF WILL NOT AFFIRM OR OPPOSE ANY SPEAKER, UH, COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
THE MAYOR OR CITY MANAGER MAY RESPOND WITH FACTS, A POLICY OR DIRECT CITY STAFF TO RESPOND TO THE SPEAKER.
AFTER THE MEETING, THE AUDIENCE IS ASKED TO REFRAIN FROM APPLAUDING OR OTHER EXPRESSIONS OF SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION, A COPY OF THE COUNCIL RULES OF ORDER AND PROCEDURE.
AND THESE GUIDELINES MAY BE FOUND ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE TO SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONES DURING THE MEETING.
NOW, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO, UH, CRYSTAL BROWN.
AND BY THE WAY, I HOPE I DON'T OFFEND ANYBODY BY, UH, MENTIONING THIS, BUT THIS IS NOT A PODIUM, IT'S A LECTERN.
I'M A PROFESSOR OR WAS A PROFESSOR, SO I'M A STICKLER FOR TERMINOLOGY.
I'D LIKE TO READ THE LETTER THAT
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I HAD PASSED AROUND TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER.AS YOU KNOW, MEMORIAL DAY IS NEARLY UPON US.
FOR THAT REASON, I HAVE DECIDED TO COME BEFORE YOU AT THIS TIME, AND MY CAPACITY AS A 40 YEAR RICHARDSON RESIDENT AND VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES US NAVY TO RESPECTFULLY MAKE THREE REQUESTS IN REGARD TO RICHARDSON, TO MEMORIAL PARK.
AS I'M SURE YOU ALL ALSO KNOW IN THIS PARK, THERE IS A LARGE BLACK POLISHED GRANITE OR MARBLE MONUMENT, WHICH IS DEDICATED.
AND I QUOTE, TO THE HONOR AND GLORY OF ALL THOSE WHO UNSELF UNSELFISHLY GAVE OF THEMSELVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY FOR THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM.
BENEATH IT ARE THE EMBLEMS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, THE MARINE CORPS, THE, UH, NAVY, THE AIR FORCE, AND THE COAST GUARD, IMPLYING THAT THIS MONUMENT AND THIS PARK ARE MEANT TO HONOR INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVED IN ONE OF THOSE BRANCHES NEARBY, IN SET IN A LOW CONCRETE WALL ARE PLAQUES, BEARING THE NAMES AND RANKS OF RICHARDSON RESIDENTS WHO DIED IN SERVICE.
ONE OF THESE PLAQUES BEARS THE NAMES OF THREE SOLDIERS WHO DIED FIGHTING FOR THE CONFEDERACY DURING THE CIVIL WAR OR WAR BETWEEN THE STATES.
AS THE PLAQUE PROCLAIMS AS THE DESCENDANT OF NO FEWER THAN FOUR CONFEDERATE VETERANS, IT PAINS ME TO SAY THAT UNFORTUNATELY, THESE THREE MEN DID NOT DIE FIGHTING FOR THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM.
ON MARCH THE 21ST, 1861, ALEXANDER STEVENS, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERACY MADE IT CLEAR WHAT THESE MEN FOUGHT AND DIED FOR WHEN HE SAID IN A SPEECH THAT THE FOUNDATION OF THE CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT REST UPON THE BELIEF.
AND I QUOTE STEVENS HERE, THAT THE NEGRO IS NOT EQUAL TO THE WHITE MAN.
THAT SLAVERY SUBORDINATION TO THE SUPERIOR RACE IS HIS NATURAL AND NORMAL CONDITION.
END OF QUOTE, IN SHORT, WHAT THESE MEN FOUGHT FOR WAS THE RACIST IDEOLOGY OF WHITE SUPREMACY AND FOR SLAVERY, WHICH IS THE VERY OPPOSITE OF FREEDOM.
NOR DID THEY FIGHT FOR THE UNITED STATES, BUT RATHER AGAINST IT ON BEHALF OF AN ILLEGITIMATE ILL-CONCEIVED REBEL GOVERNMENT THAT WAS DETERMINED TO RIP APART THE RE THE UNION FOR WHICH THEIR REVOLUTIONARY WAR ANCESTORS HAD FOUGHT AND DIED.
FOR THESE REASONS, IT IS CLEAR THAT THE NAMES OF THESE MEN DO NOT QUALIFY FOR INCLUSION ON A PLAQUE IN OUR MEMORIAL PARK AND SHOULD THEREFORE BE REMOVED FORTHWITH.
SECONDLY, THERE IS A MISTAKE ON ONE OF THE PLAQUES WHICH NEEDS CORRECTING.
ALTHOUGH THE WORD VIETNAM MAY APPEAR ON A GOVERNMENT ISSUED GRAVE MARKER OF NAVY AIRMAN APPRENTICE KURT D GREENWALT, HIS NAME DOES NOT BELONG ON THE PLAQUE THAT BEARS A LIST OF THE MEN WHO DIED IN THAT COUNTRY.
APPARENTLY WHEN HIS NAME WAS PUT FORWARD FOR INCLUSION, NO ONE DID THE RESEARCH THAT WOULD'VE REVEALED THAT GREENER WALT DIED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT IN YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK IN 19 75, 2 YEARS AFTER ALL US COMBAT TROOPS HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM VIETNAM.
THEREFORE, HIS NAME SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THAT LIST AND PLACED INSTEAD ON THE LIST OF THOSE WHO DIED IN SERVICE.
FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO PUT FORWARD THE NAME OF CAPTAIN GUY FLOYD LANEY, WHO DIED IN COMBAT IN KOREA FOR INCLUSION ON A PLAQUE, ALTHOUGH HE WAS LIVING ELSEWHERE WHEN HE ENTERED THE SERVICE HE WAS BORN IN RICHARDSON FOR PARTICULARS, I REFER YOU TO PAGE 258 OF VOLUME TWO OF MY SESQUICENTENNIAL HISTORY OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS.
IN CLOSING, I WANNA THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR HOPEFULLY PROMPT ATTENTION TO THESE REQUESTS, AND I ASSUME THAT BEEPING MEANS MY TIME IS UP.
THANK YOU ANY MORE IN THE AUDIENCE? OKAY,
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THANK YOU.[5. PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION FOR BARRY YOUNG, AREA MANAGER OF ONCOR]
THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM FIVE, MR. MAGNER.UM, IT'S OUR, UH, GREAT HONOR TONIGHT TO HAVE, UH, BARRY YOUNG, UH, WITH US.
AND I KNOW, UH, MARY, YOU'RE GONNA, UH, PRESENT A PROCLAMATION ON, UH, FROM YOURSELF AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
BUT I JUST WANT TO, UH, TAKE A SECOND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY STAFF TO THANK BARRY.
UM, BARRY HAS BEEN, UH, A PART OF OUR TEAM, UM, AND HAS BEEN WITH US THROUGH SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT TIMES OUR FACED, UH, A TORNADO, UM, A UH, POWER, SIGNIFICANT POWER OUTAGE AT OUR, OUR NORTH SIDE PUMP STATION, UH, JUST TO NAME A FEW IN, IN RECENT YEARS.
BUT, UH, BARRY HAS BEEN AVAILABLE TO THE STAFF AND TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, 24 7 SINCE, UH, HE BEGAN WORKING WITH US HERE IN RICHARDSON.
AND, UH, HAS JUST BEEN AN AMAZING PARTNER AND, UH, CARES ABOUT OUR CITY EVERY BIT AS MUCH AS, UH, EVERYBODY ELSE AROUND, AROUND THIS ROOM TONIGHT.
AND SO BARRY, IT'S OUR GREAT HONOR TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF SEND YOU OFF.
UM, AND TO, UH, THANK YOU AND, AND SHOW YOUR APPRECIATION.
I ALSO WANNA, UH, WELCOME CHRISTIE, UH, TYRA, UH, WHO IS VARIOUS, UH, GUEST TONIGHT AND, UH, TO, UH, OUR TEAM.
UH, AND WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.
SO MAYOR, I'LL LET YOU TAKE THE PODIUM.
IT'S MY HONOR TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS PROCLAMATION, BUT I'M GONNA READ IT FIRST AND THEN WE'LL HAVE YOU COME UP AND THERE'S A LOT TO READ, SO BEAR WITH ME RIGHT HERE.
WHEREAS WHEN YOUR PRINCIPAL THOUGHTS ARE, HOW CAN I SERVE OTHERS? AND YOU CONTINUE TO BE THE SERVICE THROUGHOUT YOUR YEARS OF 44 CAREER YEARS IN THAT YOU BUILD LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPS, STRONG RESPONSIVE TEAMS, VIBRANT, SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES, YOU BUILD A SERVICE LEGACY.
AND WHEREAS BARRY YOUNG GREW UP IN THE LEWISVILLE FLOWER MOUND AREA, GRADUATED FROM LEWISVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, AND ATTENDED TARRANT COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE IN FORT WORTH AND COOK COUNTY COLLEGE IN GAINESVILLE BEFORE JOINING THE DALLAS POWER LIGHT COMPANY TEAM IN 1979 AT THE TENDER AGE OF 20.
AND WHEREAS CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATING HIS DEDICATION, COMPASSION, AND ENGAGING LEADERSHIP SKILLS, BARRY WAS RECOGNIZED WITH PROMOTIONS THROUGH THE YEARS, INCLUDING LEADERSHIP ROLES IN THE AREA OF CUSTOMER SERVICE, EXECUTIVE REFERRALS, METER READING, SUPERVISOR, CUSTOMER RELATIONS, CUSTOMER OPERATIONS, CLAIMS AND RISK MANAGEMENT, MASS CUSTOMER ISSUES FOR TXU ENERGY.
AND HIS CURRENT POSITION OF SENIOR CUSTOMER SERVICE EXECUTIVE FOR ENCORE, COVERING THE SERVICE AREAS OF GARLAND MURPHY ROULETTE, SAXY, WILEY, AND OF COURSE RICHARDSON.
AND WHEREAS THE LIST OF BARRY'S COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IS VARIED AND EXTENSIVE, INCLUDING SERVICE WITH SEVEN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, FOUR CHAMBER LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS, TWO SCHOOL DISTRICT ONCOURSE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE AND ACTIVE COLONEL COMMISSIONER AIR FORCE B 29 DASH B 24 SQUADRON DALLAS.
AND WHEREAS THROUGH MORE THAN 15 YEARS OF SERVICE, PARTNERED TO RICHARDSON AND OUR COMMUNITY HAS BENEFITED GREATLY FROM BARRY'S PARTICIPATION IN SERVICE, INCLUDING HIS MEMBERSHIP IN THE RICHARDSON ROTARY CLUB, RICHARDSON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, PUBLIC, EXCUSE ME, PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEE, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ANNUAL GOLF CLASSIC COMMITTEE, METHODIST RICHARDSON, MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE AND FOUNDATION BOARD DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, AND RICHARDSON, ISD EXECUTIVE IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
BARRY IS ALSO A PROUD GRADUATE OF LEADERSHIP RICHARDSON, CLASS 25 RICHARDSON, CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY AND CLASS 14 AND RICHARDSON CITIZEN POLICE ACADEMY CLASS 32.
AND WHEREAS BARRY HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS FOR HIS FAITHFUL SERVICE, INCLUDING AX, PERSON OF THE YEAR, TEXAS 83RD, LEGISLATIVE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE RESOLUTIONS, CAN'T READ IT, HR 1805, REGIONAL COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND SERVICE AWARD, AND RICHARDSON MAYOR AND COUNCIL'S PROCLAMATION FOR OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE 2015, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AWARDS.
AND WHEREAS MAY 31ST, 2024 WILL BE A DAY WORTH REMEMBERING FOR BARRY AS HE BEGINS HIS WELL-DESERVED RETIREMENT FROM
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ENCORE ELECTRIC DELIVERY AFTER 44 YEARS, DEDICATED SERVICE WITH PLANS TO RELAX, ENJOY TIME WITH HIS WIFE, CANDACE AND THEIR FAMILY, DO SOME LONG AWAITED TRAVELING AND SPEND LOTS OF TIME WITH THE GRANDKIDS AND GREAT-GRANDKIDS.NOW, THEREFORE, I, BOB DUBY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS, AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE OUTSTANDING SERVICE CAREER OF MR. BARRY J.
YOUNG IN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS.
YOUR POSITIVE AND EFFECTIVE INFLUENCE IS THE NORTH TEXAS AREA, AND SPECIFICALLY RICHARDSON HAS MADE AN ENDURING IMPRESSION AND YOUR LEGACY OF SERVICE WILL SERVE AS AN INSPIRATION TO ALL PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE.
THIS 26TH DAY, MAY 24, BOB, DID BARRY COME UP? YEAH, WE'RE GONNA TRY TWO LANES, UH, ONE HERE, AND THEN WE'LL DO ONE WITH YOU GUYS COVERING JUST TO SEE HOW IT TURNS OUT.
OH, HERE, UH, UH, IN A MOMENT, UH, JENNIFER, I'LL ASK YOU TO SMILE HERE IN A SECOND.
JUST GO LOOK HERE AND THERE WE GO.
ALRIGHT, NOW WE NEED TO DO GO AHEAD.
IT'S, UH, THAT'S OUR FIRST TIME EVER SHOT AFTER THAT.
[6. PRESENTATION AND RECOGNITION OF PUBLIC SERVICES WEEK]
THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM SIX, UH, PRESENTATION RECOGNITION OF PUBLIC SERVICE WEEK.MR. MAGNER, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.
OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICES, ERIC ROBESON'S GONNA MAKE HIS WAY TO THE PODIUM.
UH, TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THE CELEBRATION WE HAVE THIS WEEK, BUT I WANNA PERSONALLY WELCOME, UH, WE HAVE, UH, STAFF MEMBERS, UH, FROM OUR SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT, OUR WATER WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT.
IT'S, UH, OUR STREETS DEPARTMENT, UH, AND, UH, AND OUR, OUR, UH, UM, FOUR ONE ONE, UH, CALL CENTER.
AND, UH, THESE FOLKS ARE COMING OFF A LONG WEEKEND AT WILDFLOWER AS WELL.
AND, UH, SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE
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YOU, UH, TAKING A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AFTER I WORK TODAY TO BE HERE SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE YOU.ERIC, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
THANK YOU MR. MAGNER, MAYOR OF CITY COUNCIL.
UH, IT'S AN EXCITING TIME OF YEAR FOR US.
UM, I ENJOY THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP HERE AND, AND SPEAK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.
UM, JUST KIND OF GO OVER OUR PUBLIC SERVICES TEAM, JUST KIND OF FRESH REMINDER OF WHO WE ARE, UH, WHAT WE DO, UM, OUR, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS DESIGNATION, AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.
UM, SO THE PUBLIC SERVICES TEAM, AS MR. MAGNER ALLUDED TO, WE'RE UTILITIES, SO THAT'S WATER WASTEWATER, UH, PLANT MAINTENANCE, BUT THEY WORK ON ALL OF OUR PUMP STATIONS, ALL OF OUR TOWERS, ALL OF OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER FACILITIES.
UM, THEN OUR SCADA RESPONSE CENTER GROUP, THIS IS OUR GROUP THAT TAKES THOSE CALLS 24 HOURS A DAY, 365 DAYS A YEAR.
I'M ALWAYS THERE TO SOMEONE TO ANSWER THE CALL.
UM, THEN OUR STREETS DOES ALL OF OUR STREETS AND ALLEY MAINTENANCE, OUR STORM DRAINAGE, AND, UH, MOST NOTABLY WHEN IN TIMES OF NEED, OUR INCLEMENT WEATHER, THEY DRIVE OUR SANDING TRUCKS WHEN IT'S ICY OUT ON THE ROADWAY.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR, OUR MOST INFLUENTIAL TEAM DAILY IS OUR SOLID WASTE TEAM, OUR RESIDENTIAL, OUR BAIK, OUR RECYCLING CREW, AND THEN OUR COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE TEAM AS WELL.
UM, IS, IS WHAT MAKES UP OUR PUBLIC SERVICES TEAM.
UM, ANYTIME I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK PUBLIC, I LIKE TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT, UM, PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS WERE, UH, DESIGNATED AS FIRST RESPONDER BY PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH IN 2003.
UM, IN THE INSIGNIA THERE, THAT WAS A, A PUBLIC WORKS FIRST RESPONDER SYMBOL THAT WAS APPROVED IN 2017.
SO WHEN YOU SEE THAT MONIKER, THAT'S, THAT'S OUR INDICATOR THAT OUR, OUR, OUR GOOD WORK, OUR GOOD FOLKS THAT WORK IN PUBLIC WORKS ARE RECOGNIZED BY FEMA AS, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE WINTER WEATHER EVENT THERE.
UM, AND IT'S A DARK PICTURE, BUT I LIKE TO SHOW IT.
THAT WAS US HELPING POLICE AND FIRE ACCESS THE RITZ AND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD AFTER THE TORNADO.
UM, SO WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE ON THE GROUND THERE.
UM, SO IN DOING THAT, EVERY YEAR, THE A PWA SINCE 1960 HAS, HAS TAKEN A WEEK TO, TO RECOGNIZE THE PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS, UH, WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND CANADA.
UM, THIS YEAR IT'S MAY 19TH THROUGH THE 25TH.
SO IT'S THIS WEEK, UH, THE THEME IS ADVANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL, UH, WHICH IS WHAT OUR PUBLIC FORKS PROFESSIONALS TRY TO DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
AND SO AS WE TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME HERE AND, AND BE RECOGNIZED, WE ALSO TAKE, UH, A LITTLE TIME EACH DAY, UH, THIS WEEK TO RECOGNIZE THE TEAM, WHETHER IT'S A SNACK OR AN EVENT, OR, UH, JUST A THANK YOU.
UM, IT'S JUST A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY THANK THESE GUYS FOR WHAT THEY GUYS AND GALS FOR WHAT THEY DO, UM, EVERY DAY.
NOT ONLY FOR THE CITIZENS OF RICHARDSON, BUT UH, FOR PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONAL AS A CAREER EACH DAY.
SO, UM, THANK YOU AGAIN AND WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL RECOGNIZING US, UH, FOR PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.
MAYOR, I'LL JUST ADD, UH, IF ANYBODY LISTENING AT HOME FINDS, UH, WHAT ERIC SAID, EXCITING, WE'RE HIRING
ERIC, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU TO YOUR ENTIRE TEAM FOR WHAT Y'ALL DO.
UM, COUNCIL, ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MAKE A COMMENT OR MR. BARRIOS? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UH, ERIC, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU TO THE CITY STAFF AND ATTENDANCE, UM, WHAT YOU DO DAY IN, DAY OUT.
THE REALITY IS, IT'S ONE OF THOSE JOBS, YOU KNOW, THE VARIOUS JOBS ARE THE JOBS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THEY CAN DO, BUT NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO DO IT.
THE REALITY IS, IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS A LOT, LIKE MOST THINGS, IT'S ALWAYS A LOT MORE DIFFICULT, WAY MORE INVOLVED THAN MOST OF US REALIZE.
UM, I, UH, MY GRANDFATHER WORKED FOR THE CITY OF BROWNSVILLE IN THE STREETS DEPARTMENT, UH, UNTIL HE COULD NO LONGER PHYSICALLY DO IT.
AND HE WENT ON TO, UH, WASH CARS AND FILL POLICE CARS, UH, WITH GAS OF THE CITY.
AND I KNOW THAT, UH, WHAT YOU GUYS DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE EVERY DAY.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH BECAUSE YOU GUYS CATCH A LOT OF NEGATIVITY SOMETIMES.
'CAUSE EVERYBODY WANTS THEIR TRASH PICKED UP ON TIME, NOT EARLY, NOT TOO LATE.
'CAUSE THEY'RE USED TO, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WANTS THEIR ROADS WORKING REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE WEATHER IS OR WHETHER IT'S 3:00 AM AND A PIPE BURST OR, YOU KNOW, NOON WHEN IT'S 105 OUTSIDE, PEOPLE WANT IT FIXED AND WHEN IT FIXED NOW.
SO, UM, BUT WHAT Y'ALL DO MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN, UH, THE LIVES OF PEOPLE.
I KNOW, YOU KNOW, IN MY HOUSE, I, I I KNOW THERE'VE BEEN SEVERAL TIMES WHERE MY WIFE, YOU KNOW, RUNS THE TRASH THERE.
SO SHE COMES IN WITH BIG SMILE, SHE GOES, OH, THE GUY WAVED AT ME TODAY.
HE WAS HAPPY TO BE, I CAUGHT HIM JUST IN TIME AND HE WAVED AT ME OFF THE BACK OF THE TRASH TRUCK.
THOSE KIND OF THE THINGS MAKES A DIFFERENCE FOR THE RESIDENCE OF RICHARDSON.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS KIND OF JOB, YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE ENDLESS THING THAT WE CAN SAY TO THEM.
UH, WE WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND ASSUME THAT THE CLEAR WATER, CLEAN WATER WOULD BE RUNNING FROM THE FAUCET AND, UH, MAKE THE COFFEE, THEN WALK OUT AND DRIVE AND ASSUME THAT THERE WOULD BE NO POTHOLE.
YOU KNOW, THE STREET WOULD BE FINE, TRAFFIC LIGHT WOULD BE FINE.
THIS EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CONSTANTLY A GROUP OF PEOPLE WORKING THERE TO MAKE THIS THING HAPPEN.
AND WE DON'T SEE THAT, LIKE ALL, YOU KNOW, IN FRONT OF OUR EYES.
AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO AND I APPRECIATE WHAT OTHER CITIES
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EMPLOYEE ALSO DO A PUBLIC FOREST DEPARTMENT.UH, BUT ESPECIALLY, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR SOMETHING ELSE RIGHT NOW, UH, RECENTLY I HAVE, I HAVE OBSERVED THAT THE CITY'S POTHOLE REPAIR DEPARTMENT, THEY'RE DOING REALLY GREAT WORK.
THEY'RE NOT JUST FILLING UP THE POTHOLE, THEY'RE MAKING SURE THAT THE SURFACE IS SMOOTH AND IT'S DRAINED PROPERLY, ALL, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE STREET.
SO IT'S A GREAT WAY OF DOING THE POTHOLE REPAIR.
I JUST WANNA ADD IN MY THANKS AS WELL.
YOU GUYS AND GALS DO INCREDIBLE WORK.
UM, IT'S TRULY AN HONOR TO HAVE Y'ALL HERE WITH US THIS EVENING.
I HOPE YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR US.
UM, THE ONE QUESTION I HAVE THOUGH, ARE WE GONNA DO THE, UH, YOU KNOW, I ASKED LAST YEAR AND YOU SAID YOU'D TAKEN OUR ADVISEMENT THAT WE GOT TO COME OUT FOR THE, UH, RODEO THAT Y'ALL DO EVERY YEAR.
SO I WAS JUST GONNA RE-UP THAT AND SAY, CAN WE COME OUT AND DO THE RODEO AS WELL THIS YEAR? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I, DAN SAID HE THINKS HE CAN GET THAT EGG OFF THAT, OFF THAT, UH, CONE.
WASN'T THAT WHAT YOU SAID? I KNOW, I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T
WE'RE CERTAINLY GONNA TRY AND INCORPORATE SOME OF THAT.
THE WEATHER DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S GONNA WANNA COOPERATE FOR US EVERY DAY.
BUT WE'RE CERTAINLY GONNA TRY AND GET IN AS MANY EVENTS AS WE CAN, SO YES.
ALRIGHT, WELL IF YOU DO IT, WE WANT, WE WANT TO COME THIS YEAR.
WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, YOU, WE, WE COULD, WE COULD DO THE EQUIPMENT, DON'T YOU THINK, JUST FOR FIVE MINUTES? YEAH, YEAH.
I DON'T THINK OUR INSURANCE POLICY IS BIG ENOUGH.
NO, I JUST, JUST, UH, SO NERVOUS TALKING.
BUT AGAIN, JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU ALL SO VERY, VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO.
YOU REPRESENT OUR CITY SO WELL.
AND, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE TRULY, I MEAN, I, I TALK TO A LOT OF OTHER COMMUNITIES AND THEY'RE VERY ENVIOUS OF THE FACT OF ALL THE HARD WORK THAT Y'ALL DO AS FAR AS WE, YOU KNOW, WITH US STILL HAVING OUR TWICE A WEEK TRASH SERVICE, OUR BAIC, HOW FAST WE, UH, Y'ALL RESPOND OUT WHENEVER THERE'S AN ISSUE.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF, TRUST ME, I, I I WON'T NAME THE CITIES, THE SOUTH GARLAND THAT ALWAYS SEEMS TO COME UP.
AND, UH, SO YOU GUYS DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
MR. COR WITH, UM, KEN, YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN IT.
DON WAS SHAKING HIS HEAD LITERALLY THE ENTIRE TIME TALKING
NO, NO, NO, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO IT.
I MEAN, I THINK, UH, I WAS GONNA SAY, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THERE'S LIKE THAT STEREOTYPICAL IMAGE OF LIKE FIVE GUYS GATHERED AROUND A HOLE IN THE GROUND AND ONLY ONE OF THEM IS WORKING.
BUT WHENEVER I'M AROUND TOWN, I GOTTA SAY, I ALWAYS SEE Y'ALL WORKING, RIGHT? EVERY TIME YOU PASS, YOU GUYS, YOU ARE ALWAYS WORKING.
WHETHER IT'S RAIN, SHINE, HEAT, COLD, MAN, THAT JUST MEANS IT MEANS SO MUCH.
AND I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT, I HOPE THE COMMUNITY SHOWS YOU THE APPRECIATION Y'ALL DESERVE.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S EVER ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO, TO HELP RAMP THAT UP, YOU HAVE ONLY TO LET US KNOW.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE SEVEN OF US, WE'LL DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO GET THE COMMUNITY OUT THERE IS FOR Y EVEN MORE.
BUT THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
I JUST WANNA SORT OF TAG ALONG WITH THAT.
YOU, YOU GUYS ARE KIND OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS OF PUBLIC WORKS, IS THE WAY I SAY IT.
AND I CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE JEALOUS ABOUT HOW, HOW WONDERFUL OUR, UH, PUBLIC WORK SYSTEM WORKS HAVING TRASH PICKUP TWICE A WEEK, BULK TRACK, TRASH PICKUP.
I MEAN, WHAT CITY DOES THAT? AND YOU GUYS DO SUCH AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
I CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW MANY WONDERFUL THINGS THAT I HEAR FROM A LOT OF THE HOAS AND A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND, AND DITTO WHAT EVERYONE ELSE SAID.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS.
MS. JUSTICE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UH, KEN, UH, STOLE MY LITTLE SPIEL THERE.
I WAS EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THE GAMES THAT WERE GONNA BE PLAYED, UM, UH, AND WHO THE CHAMPIONS WOULD BE.
SO ERIC, NEXT TIME YOU COME BACK, YOU HAVE TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON, ON WHO WON, UH, AND WHAT THE GAMES WERE.
UH, BUT I VERY MUCH AGREE WITH DON.
WE SHOULD NOT BE OPERATING HEAVY MACHINERY.
I HAVE ONE MORE THING I WANT TO ALRIGHT.
SO WHILE I HAVE Y'ALL HERE, I JUST WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER I'M LIKE BIKING OR DRIVING AROUND AND I SEE Y'ALL WORKING, Y'ALL ARE ALWAYS LOOKING SO STERN.
I MEAN, DO YOU WANT US TO STOP AND LIKE SAY CONGRATULATIONS OR THANKS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK? WOULD YOU RATHER US JUST KIND OF LIKE, NOT APPROVINGLY AND KEEP GOING SO YOU GUYS CAN KEEP WORKING? NO PREFERENCE.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT THAT SOUNDS LIKE.
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ERIC.WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR TEAM.
[CALL TO ORDER (THE CITY COUNCIL AND CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION WILL EACH CALL THEIR MEETING TO ORDER)]
TO GO TO, WELL, WE'RE GONNA ASK SANDY POLISH TO CALL TO ORDER THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION TONIGHT, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A JOINT MEETING BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND THE ARCH COMMISSION.SO, SANDY, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CALL THIS TO ORDER.
WELL, I NOW CALL OUR CULTURAL ARTS, OUR JOINT CULTURAL ARTS AND CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER.
AND I WANNA FIRST THANK YOU, UH, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND OUR CITY STAFF FOR, FOR HAVING US.
[7. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE RICHARDSON CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION’S 2024 STATE OF THE ARTS & CULTURAL ARTS MASTER PLAN UPDATE]
YOU KNOW, MY NAME'S SANDY POLISH AND I'M HERE TO PRESENT OUR BIANNUAL STATE OF THE ARTS REPORT FROM 2022 TO 2024 ON BEHALF OF OUR CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION.SO, UM, AND THESE ARE YOUR CO YOUR COUNCIL GOALS, AND WE ARE HAPPY TO SUPPORT YOU AND CONTINUING TO EXPLORE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS AND HELP IN THE TACTIC OF EVALUATING PLACEMAKING INITIATIVES THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITH WAY FINDING AND PUBLIC ART.
UH, FOR AN OVERVIEW, UM, WE'LL TOUCH ON VARIOUS ART EX UH, ACTIVITIES FROM THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION VIEWPOINT AND WHAT OUR ROLE IS IN THAT.
IT HAS BEEN VERY EXCITING FOR THE ARTS COMMUNITY OVER THE LAST, UH, FEW WEEKS AND MONTHS.
UM, SO WE'LL TOUCH ON OUR ARTS PROGRAM, ARTS GRANTS PROGRAM, OUR WORK WITH OUR ORGANIZATIONS, OUR AND COPY CONNECTIONS, ART WORKSHOPS, ALSO PART PUBLIC ART PROJECTS, UM, AND THEN ALSO OUR ARTS WEBSITE, AND THEN AN UPDATE, AND AN INTRODUCTION ABOUT OUR NEW CULTURAL ARTS MASTER PLAN, WHICH WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
BUT FIRST, LET ME INTRODUCE OUR COMMISSION.
UM, WE FIRST HAVE MYSELF, I'M SANDY THERE.
DOWN AT THE END IS ELIZABETH GONZALEZ, OUR VICE CHAIR NEXT COMMISSIONER, BRIAN BENTLEY.
UH, NEXT TO HIM IS COMMISSIONER TED KLIA.
UH, NEXT OUR NEWEST COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER CYNTHIA ROL, DAN AND THEN COMMISSIONER AMY TAYLOR.
ALSO, UNFORTUNATELY, COMMISSIONER KEVIN TEORA COULD NOT JOIN US TODAY.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR COUNCIL LIAISON, CURTIS DO, ALSO FORMER COMMISSION MEMBER AND OUR STAFF LIAISON.
SO WE'RE THRILLED, AND IT IS A GREAT GROUP.
WE, WE DO HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP, AND I'M EXCITED.
OKAY, AS WE GET GOING, I'M GOING TO TRY NOT TO BE REDUNDANT BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE HAD A LOT OF GREAT PRESENTATIONS ON OUR ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND ARTS, UM, PROJECTS COMING UP.
SO, UM, BUT I AM EXCITED AND THE WHOLE COMMISSION IS EXCITED TO BE PART OF BRINGING, UM, RICHARDSON CULTURAL ARTS MASTER PLAN AND THE PUBLIC ART MASTER PLAN TO FRUITION.
SO WITH THAT, UM, WE'LL JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT OUR ROLE IS.
YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WE SERVE AS AN ADVISORY BOARD TO YOU.
UM, WE ALSO, UM, THE COMMISSION STATES THAT WE PROVIDE THIS STATE OF THE ARTS ASSESSMENT, AND HERE WE ARE DOING THAT.
UM, WE ALSO HELP YOU TO, UM, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON EXPENDITURES AS WELL AS BEING THE REVIEW BOARD FOR THE ALLOCATIONS OF THE HOTEL MOTEL TAX, WHICH IS DONE THROUGH OUR GRANT PROGRAM.
WE ALSO SERVE AS AMBASSADORS TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE ARTS, WHICH IS A LOT OF FUN.
I HAD A LOT OF OP, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY THIS PAST ABOUT A WEEK AGO WITH, WITH MAYOR DUBY, UH, AT THE DALLAS CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND IT IS SO, UM, IT'S SO EMPOWERING AND, AND EXCITING TO SEE THE MONEY THAT YOU GRANT TO THESE ORGANIZATIONS BEING, UM, BEING PUT OUT THERE IN THE ORGANIZATION.
THE, THE FAMILIES, THE PARENTS, THE CHILDREN.
THEY WERE JUST ALL REALLY THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO US AND SHARE THEIR ART AND BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE DIFFERENT ORGAN OR THOSE DIFFERENT, UM, OPPORTUNITIES BASED ON THE ARTS FUNDING.
THIS CHART, OUR BIGGEST, UH, PROJECT FOR THE ARTS COMMISSION IS OUR ARTS GRANTS FUNDING.
AND I LOVE THIS CHART, AND I WANTED TO SHARE THE TRENDS BECAUSE, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE HAD, UM, AND ALL OF OUR FUNDING FOR THE ARTS GRANTS COMES FROM YOUR HOTEL MOTEL TAX, RIGHT? UM, AND OBVIOUSLY COD AND THE PANDEMIC REALLY TOOK A BIG HIT.
BUT OVER, UM, THE LAST THREE YEARS FROM COVID TO NOW, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REBOUND AND WE HAVE AN, UH, INCREASE IN 108% OF FUNDS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE TAXES.
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WHICH IS GREAT, THAT ALSO MAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE HAPPY.NOT JUST ARTS COMMISSION, BECAUSE IT'S MORE FUN TO GIVE OUT MORE MONEY FOR SURE, OR TO RECOMMEND THAT, BUT OUR ARTS ORGANIZATIONS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT NEW, UM, NEW INITIATIVES AND ALL OF THAT.
UH, WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE COMMISSION HAS STARTED TO FOCUS ON BACK EVEN IN 2018, WAS TO BALANCE THE, THE NUMBER, THE BALANCE, THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE RECOMMENDED YOU FUND.
UM, INSTEAD OF JUST GIVING MONEY TO EVERYBODY THAT APPLIES.
SO, UM, WE FELT, WE FEEL VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE YOU APPLY DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE GOING TO BE RECOMMENDED TO GET FUNDING.
UM, AND WE ARE WORKING ON BALANCING ACROSS GENRES, UH, VISUAL ARTS, STANCE, THEATER, MUSIC, UM, LITERARY ARTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE, UH, BEEN FOCUSING ON, AND I FEEL LIKE WE ARE MAKING A GREAT PROGRESS ON THAT.
UM, ALSO, JUST ANOTHER, UM, POINT TO NOTE THE, UM, FUNDING IN FISCAL YEAR 2019 AND THIS CURRENT YEAR INCLUDED THE ARTS GRANTS INITIATIVE, WHICH YOU HEARD FROM ELIZABETH ON A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
THAT WAS MY FAVORITE, MY FAVORITE GRAPH.
SO OUR ARTS GRANTS PROGRAMS, IT'S AN OVERVIEW OF THE LAST TWO YEARS.
YEAR 22, 23, BUDGET INCLUDED $305,000 KIND OF ON A REBOUND FROM THE POST PANDEMIC.
UM, AND WE WERE ABLE TO RECOMMEND, UM, ALLOTTING ALL OF THAT TO 21 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS SERVING RICHARDSON.
AND THEN THIS PAST YEAR, UM, YOUR BUDGET INCLUDED $375,000 FOR THE ARTS GRANTS.
AND WE AS A COMMISSION RECOMMENDED AWARDING, UH, 348,500 FOR THE ANNUAL OPERATIONS GRANTS IN THE FALL, AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL 26,500 FOR OUR SPRING INITIATIVE.
AND THESE ARE JUST KIND OF A LIST OF A FEW OF OUR, UH, ORGANIZATIONS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FUND.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF FAMILIAR FACES IN THERE.
A LOT OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, SUCH AS RSO AND CHAMBER MUSIC INTERNATIONAL, THE DALLAS CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTER, RICHARDSON, UM, THEATER CENTER AND, AND THE LOT.
BUT WE DO HAVE SOME NEW FACES, WHICH IS EXCITING, UM, INCLUDING THE ACCOLADE COMMUNITY THEATER, THE TEXANS JAZZ BAND, THE ART, IT'S A PSCI ART EXCHANGE, WHICH WAS THAT INTERACTIVE, UM, PRESENTATION OUT AT THE EISMAN AS WELL AS OUT LOUD, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE, UM, ARTS INITIATIVES GRANTS.
AND THE LATTER TWO REALLY FOCUSED ON VISUAL ARTS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT, AGAIN, WE ARE, WE ARE WORKING ON.
SO MAKING SURE WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO FUND.
UM, AS YOU MENTIONED, UH, THE CULTURAL, THE CULTURAL ARTS INITIATIVE GRANT PROGRAM, UH, ELIZABETH JUST PRE PRESENTED ON THAT, UM, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
SO I WON'T TALK ABOUT THE DETAILS OF THAT.
BUT I DO WANNA TALK, UH, TOUCH ON THE FACT THAT THIS GRANT IS FLEXIBLE AND IT, WE, WE CAN AWARD IT OR WE DON'T HAVE TO AWARD IT.
UM, IN THE PAST, EARLY ON, IT SEEMED LIKE WE WERE DOING IT ABOUT EVERY OTHER YEAR.
UM, AND SO WE DID THIS TO ENCOURAGE UNIQUE CULTURAL OR ARTISTIC OFFERINGS THAT AREN'T NORMALLY BEING PROVIDED, UM, BY THE REGULAR PROGRAM THAT WE FUND.
UM, MOST RECENT AWARDS, UH, WE DID HAVE ONE IN 20 17, 20 19, AND NOW IN 2024, UH, IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS KIND OF UP TO THE COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL.
UM, THIS, THIS PART, PART OF THE FUNDING COULD BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH NEW CITY EVENTS.
UM, WE COULD LIKE, SUCH AS LIGHT UP LOCKWOOD OR THE CORE DISTRICT EVENTS, OR SOME OF OUR LONGSTANDING EVENTS.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID IN 2019 WAS, UH, WE FUNDED THE RSO TO DO A FLASH MOB AT THE COTTONWOOD ARTS FESTIVAL, WHICH WAS REALLY A, A COOL EVENT.
AND SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY IN, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY USING A GRANT LIKE THIS TO DO SOMETHING NEW AND FUN WHENEVER, WHENEVER THE, UM, EVERY OTHER YEAR OR HOWEVER YOU WANNA PUT IT IN THERE.
BUT VISUAL ARTS, AGAIN, IS STILL AN AREA THAT WE'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND USING THIS FUND.
SO, UM, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I REALLY WANTED TO, UH, SHARE WITH YOU IS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND THE NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT USING YOUR ARTS GRANTS FUNDING.
UM, WE STARTED FROM A LOW, IN FISCAL YEAR 21 FROM THE PANDEMIC.
WE WERE DOWN TO ABOUT 250 PERFORMANCES.
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WE SERVICED ABOUT 17,000 PATRONS.AND ALL OF THIS DATA COMES FROM THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THEMSELVES NOW TO, WE'RE TO A HIGH OF 1100 PLUS PERFORMANCES, AND OVER 75,000 PEOPLE THAT WE GET TO SERVE AND TO PERFORM TO.
THE ARTS GRANTS FUNDING CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND BRING DELIGHT TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY HERE.
SO, UM, IT IS GREAT NOT ONLY TO SEE THE FUNDING NUMBERS GO UP, BUT ALSO TO SEE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY IMPACTING.
SO ON THAT SAME THEME OF ECONOMIC IMPACT, THE, UH, IMPACT DOLLARS CONTRIBUTING TO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, AGAIN, COMING FROM OUR LAST, UM, ARTS CYCLE, WE ARE ABLE TO USE THE AMERICA FOR THE ARTS, UH, PROSPERITY, ECONOMIC PROSPERITY CALCULATOR.
WE USE THE DATA PROVIDED BY THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS TO COME UP WITH THESE NUMBERS.
UM, THE TOTAL INDUSTRY IMPACT, WHICH IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY SPENT BY THE, THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS THE AUDIENCES, WHICH IS VERY COOL.
UH, $5 MILLION, $58 MILLION, OR 5.8 MILLION.
UM, THE FULL-TIME JOB EQUIVALENTS, 203 JOBS, FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT, WHICH COULD BE ONE FULL-TIME JOB, TWO PART-TIME, TWO HALF-TIME, FOUR QUARTER TIME, YOU KNOW, AND SO, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
BUT AGAIN, THE MONEY THAT WE, WE ALLOCATE TO THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, UH, FROM OUR FUNDS ARE IMPACTING OUR ECONOMY IN JOBS.
TOTAL INDUSTRY IMPACT, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, AGAIN, AND IT COULD BE FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING AT THE RESTAURANTS OR THE HOTELS.
IT COULD BE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR THESE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IN THAT HOUSEHOLD INCOME.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUE, REVENUE AS WELL COMES FROM THE DOLLARS THAT ARE SPENT BY THE ORGANIZATIONS AND BY THE AUDIENCES.
SO THAT'S QUITE A, QUITE AN IMPACT.
SO, UH, MOVING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO, AS A, AS A COMMISSION AND AS THE CITY, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE, THE MONEY THAT WE, WE GRANT IS WELL SPENT.
UM, AND SO THE COMMISSION AND THE CITY, UM, THIS PAST YEAR, ALTHOUGH WE DON'T ALWAYS DO THIS EVERY YEAR, BUT THIS PAST YEAR, WE MET WITH EACH OF THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT RECEIVED FUNDING TO, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN GET A FACE-TO-FACE WITH OUR CITY STAFF AND OUR, UM, OUR LIAISONS FROM THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION.
AND THEN WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY NEED FROM US, HOW TO, UM, PROVIDE THEM DIRECTION TO SOME RESOURCES, AND ALSO GET SOME INPUT FROM WORKSHOP OR FOR OUR WORKSHOPS AND OUR LUNCH AND LEARNS THAT WE ALSO DO.
AND AGAIN, CONTINUING TO INVEST IN OUR, IN OUR ORGANIZATIONS.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR MONEY IS WELL SPENT, RIGHT? UM, SO WE DO REQUIRE EACH ORGANIZATION THAT RECEIVES FUNDING FROM US TO ATTEND TWO WORKSHOPS A YEAR ON TOPICS THAT SUPPORT THEIR SUCCESS.
UM, AND SO IN THE FALL, UH, WE HAD A, UH, GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES BY KEN WILLIAMS FROM THE TEXAS COMMISSION OF THE ARTS.
AND OUR MOST RECENT WORKSHOP WAS HO HOSTED ON MAY 15TH, UH, BY GREG ORTEL FROM AT THE, UH, COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS.
AND HE'S DISCUSSED CREATING COMPELLING GRANT APPLICATIONS AND BOTH, UM, THANKS TO INPUTS FROM OUR COFFEE CONNECTIONS, WE WERE ABLE TO PICK THOSE GREAT TOPICS, AND WE HAD GREAT RESPONSE FROM THAT.
PEOPLE STAYING LONG AFTER THE WORKSHOPS WERE OVER TO ASK QUESTIONS.
AND SO WE HOPE THAT THAT REALLY HELPS TO SUPPORT THEM IN, UM, CONTINUING PROVIDING THE, UM, CONTINUING PRI PROVIDING THE ENTERTAINMENT FOR OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.
WE ALSO ARE EXCITED TO CONTINUE OUR EDUCATION WITH OUR ARTS ORGANIZATIONS BY PROVIDING SOME LUNCH AND LEARNS THIS SUMMER.
THEY ARE COMPLETELY OPTIONAL, BUT THESE ARE ALSO TOPICS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN OUR COFFEE CONNECTIONS.
UM, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING MARKETING STRATEGIES BY OUR OWN ELIZABETH WOOD FROM THE CITY OF RICHARDSON.
UM, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS AND SPONSORSHIPS, UH, BY STACY ADAMS, UH, FROM THE BUSINESS COUNCIL OF ARTS.
AND THEN WE WILL TALK ABOUT STRATEGIC PLANNING AND WRITING FROM, UH, WHITNEY FROM SUNWEST COMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC RELATIONS.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO PROVIDE THAT FOR OUR ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL.
AND, UM, EACH OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT'LL HELP THEM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR TO GO GET THAT INFORMATION.
SO, SO THAT'S KIND OF IT ON OUR, ON OUR ARTS GRANTS, WE'RE
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GONNA MOVE ON TO PUBLIC ART, AND WE ARE THRILLED TO SUPPORT ALL OF OUR PUBLIC ART PROJECTS, UH, THIS YEAR AND NEXT, UM, YOU'VE JUST RECENTLY HAD UPDATES BY MEREDITH MCKINLEY FROM VIA PARTNERSHIPS, UM, THE CONSULTANT MANAGING THESE PROJECTS.SO I WON'T GO BACK THROUGH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM, BUT I DO WANNA ADD FROM AN ARTS COMMISSION STANDPOINT, AND, UH, THAT THIS IS THE GREATEST NUMBER OF PUBLIC ART PROJECTS THAT, UM, WE HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT AT ONE TIME AS A COMMISSION.
UM, YOUR COMMISSIONERS ARE HAPPILY INVESTING EXTRA TIME TO ENSURE THAT OUR PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS ARE ENGAGING AND WHAT WE WANT FOR THE CITY FOR ALL.
UM, EACH COMMISSIONER IS VOLUNTEERING EXTRA TIME TO SERVE ON A PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE, UM, AS WELL AS REVIEWING ALL THE PRESENTATIONS THAT YOU RECEIVE TO COUNCIL, WHICH IS ACTUALLY REQUIRING SOME EXTRA MEETINGS THAT WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, HAVE ON THE SCHEDULE.
HOWEVER, UM, WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT COMPLAINING BY ANY MEANS.
WE, WE ARE HERE TO SAY THAT WE ARE THRILLED TO BE PART OF THIS WORK, AND, UM, IT IS REALLY EXCITING FOR THE CITY, FOR US AS COMMISSIONERS.
AND, UM, I HOPE FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE LIVING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, AND YOU'RE GONNA BE GETTING SOME MORE UPDATES ON SOME OF THE NEWER ONES IN THE COMING MONTHS, IS THAT RIGHT, MIKAYLA? YEP.
SO THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL BOX, ART CON CONTEST, UM, CONTEST, AGAIN, YOU JUST GOT, YOU JUST HAD A PRESENTATION ON THAT AS WELL.
UM, THIS, THIS ANNUAL, UM, CONTEST IS SUCH A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR CITY, UM, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL THE DETAILS OF JUST THE ONES YOU JUST GOT, BUT OUR MAN CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE HAS CURATED FIVE ROTATING THEMES, UM, THAT WE USE TO KEEP OUR SIGNAL BOXES ON TREND.
UH, THEY, EACH THEME IS CENTERED AROUND FIVE BOXES THAT ARE IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY, AND THE THEMES WERE SELECTED, UH, SPECIFICALLY TO BLEND WITH EACH OF THE AREAS THAT THEY'RE LOCATED IN.
UH, WE PLAN TO REVISIT AND REUSE THESE SAME THEMES EACH YEAR.
SO STARTING IN 2027, WE RESTART WITH WILDFLOWER, SO WE'LL GET NEW, FRESH, UPDATED WILDFLOWER BOXES AROUND THE CITY.
UM, SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE NEW BOXES THAT YOU GUYS JUST APPROVED.
SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE AS A COMMISSION DO, UM, WE SERVE AS AMBASSADORS, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE JUST FINISHED, UH, BEING ABLE TO DO THAT AT THE COTTONWOOD ARTS FESTIVAL, UH, LAST, EARLIER THIS MONTH.
AND IT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL TO ACTUALLY MEET AND GREET ALL THE ARTISTS, THANK THEM FOR BEING THERE AND, AND BEING PART OF THE, YOU KNOW, CREATING A WONDERFUL ART, A VISUAL ART FOR OUR, UH, CITY OF RICHARDSON.
UM, WE ALSO SERVE AS JUDGES FOR THE MLK ESSAY CONTESTS AND ART CONTESTS.
AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE ALSO SERVE ADDITIONALLY AS LIAISONS TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.
SO EACH COMMISSIONER HAS TWO TO THREE DIFFERENT ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE GIVE GRANT FUNDING TO AS A PERSONAL CONNECTION SO THAT WE CAN HELP THEM WITH WHATEVER THEY NEED.
AND WE DO HAVE A WEBSITE, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW THAT WE HAVE ARTS IN RICHARDSON.COM.
UM, THIS WEBSITE WAS CREATED, UM, UH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, MANY YEARS AGO, UM, TO PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR THE ARTS, THE ACTUAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE FUND TO UPLOAD THEIR EVENTS, THEIR PERFORMANCES, AND ALL OF THAT GREAT STUFF.
UM, AND IT ALSO ALLOWS THE COMMUNITY TO SEARCH FOR WHATEVER THEY WOULD LIKE.
SO YOU CAN CLICK ON MUSIC OR, UM, THEATER OR WHAT HAVE YOU, TO FIND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY.
THERE'S ALSO A PUBLIC ART IN RICHARDSON DOWN IN THE BOTTOM THERE THAT YOU CAN CLICK ON TO SEE WHERE ALL OF OUR PUBLIC ART IS LOCATED AS WELL.
THERE IS CROSS MARKETING BETWEEN THE CITY WEBSITE AND THIS ART WEBSITE AS WELL.
UM, WE DO WANT TO INCLUDE THIS AS PART OF THE ASSESSMENT OF OUR UPCOMING CULTURAL ARTS MASTER PLAN, AS IT IS IN NEED OF SOME UPDATING, IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE, SO WE CAN INCREASE ENGAGEMENT, WE CAN MAKE IT MORE USER FRIENDLY FOR BOTH THE STAKEHOLDERS, THE ORGANIZATIONS UPLOADING STUFF, AND THEN ALSO FOR THE, UM, RESIDENTS AND WHOEVER LOOKING AT THE WEBSITE TO GET THE INFORMATION THEY NEED.
AND ALSO TO BE ON TREND WITH THE CITY'S NEW BRANDING.
AND, AND WE WANT IT ALL TO KIND OF GO THIS, THIS, UM, LOGO HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME, IT DOESN'T REALLY SEEM TO MATCH.
SO WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL HAVE LISA AND RICH KIND OF TALK ABOUT THAT.
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A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.AND, UH, LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS OUR CULTURAL ARTS MASTER PLAN.
AND WE ARE THRILLED AS A COMMISSION AND AS A CITY, UH, TO BE EMBARKING ON THIS JOURNEY.
UH, IT'LL SPAN ABOUT 12, 12 MONTHS AND INCLUDE CONNECTIONS WITH OUR COMMUNITY, EVALUATING INFRASTRUCTURE, SOCIAL SETTINGS, SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENTS TO CREATE AN EXCITING PLAN FOR OUR FUTURE.
AND BARRY DUNN, THERE SHOULD NOT BE A SPACE IN BETWEEN THAT.
UM, HAS BEEN CHOSEN TO UPDATE THE CITY'S MASTER PLAN, SO YOU'RE GONNA GET TO HEAR FROM THEM IN JUST A SECOND.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE COMMISSION AND TO THE CITY STAFF FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, UH, TO SUPPORT THE ARTS IN THE RIS RICHARDSON OVER THE YEARS.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE EVOLUTION OF ARTS IN OUR GREAT CITY, UH, WITH THE EMBARK EMBARKING ON THIS NEW CULTURAL ARTS MASTER PLAN.
SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, MR. DORIAN, COULD I, YOU BEING OUR LIAISON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT ON ANYTHING OR ADD ANYTHING AT THIS POINT? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I WOULD, UM, FIRST OF ALL, SANDY AND THE COMMISSION COMMISSIONER, I KNOW THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK TO GET IT TO THIS POINT.
APPROXIMATELY 12 YEARS AGO, WE CREATED THE LAST CULTURAL ARTS PLAN, WHICH I WAS HAPPY TO BE A PART OF, UH, SERVING ON THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION BACK THEN FOR EIGHT YEARS.
AND THAT'S ABOUT WHEN WE PUT THE WEBSITE TOGETHER AS WELL.
IT ALL CAME TOGETHER KIND OF AROUND THE SAME TIME.
IT'S TIME, IT'S TIME FOR IT TO BE UPDATED, IT'S TIME FOR IT TO BE UPDATED,
AND WE HAD A LOT OF FUN DOING IT.
AND, AND I THINK SERVING ON THIS COMMISSION IS, UH, AN INVALUABLE PART OF RICHARDSON.
IT, CREATING AND GIVING BACK TO THE CULTURAL ARTS, UH, TO THE PEOPLE, UH, IS DEFINITELY INVALUABLE.
UH, YOU, THE COMMISSION DOES AN INCREDIBLE JOB COMING UP WITH NEW AND INNOVATIVE IDEAS WITH THE HELP OF OUR CITY STAFF AND OUR LIAISON, MCKAYLA.
AND I THINK HISTORY HAS SHOWN THAT THIS HAS PROGRESSED OVER THE YEARS.
I KNOW THAT IT'S PROGRESSED OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS THAT I'M AWARE OF, AND THE LAST CULTURAL ARTS PLAN AND THE WEBSITE SHOWS THAT WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOING EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
I KNOW FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE HOW MUCH TIME AND EFFORT AND WORK IT TAKES TO GO AND BE A LIAISON TO THE CULTURAL ARTS GROUPS AND TO GO TO THE EVENTS AND GATHER INFORMATION AND BRING THAT BACK TO THE COMMISSION AND EVALUATE HOW TO PROCEED FORWARD.
AND IT'S HARD ALLOCATING FUNDS TO THE ORGANIZATIONS BECAUSE YOU WANT TO DO IT FOR EVERYONE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S JUST NOT THE CASE.
SO YOU, IT'S A HARD DECISION SOMETIMES TO MAKE.
AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK, AND I'M VERY FORTUNATE AND LUCKY TO BE WORKING WITH YOU.
MS. JUSTICE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD SOME COMMENTS? WE WILL LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
NO, I JUST, UH, WANNA ECHO, UM, WHAT COUNCILMAN DORIAN SAID.
UM, I AM A VOCAL ADVOCATE OF THE ARTS, UM, ALWAYS SUPPORTING EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON AT THE EISMAN AND OTHERWISE, SO I'M SUPER APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO, UM, EXCITING, UH, TO SEE THE ADDITIONAL, UH, OFFERINGS THAT YOU BROUGHT BACK, UM, TO US A FEW WEEKS AGO.
SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE CONTINUING TO DO, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING, UH, WHAT THE MASTER PLAN, UM, HAS TO OFFER AND, AND SUGGESTS FOR, FOR HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH THE ARTS IN OUR COMMUNITY GOING FORWARD.
UM, JUST WANTED TO THANK THE ARTS COMMISSION.
I THINK, UH, I'M REALLY, ESPECIALLY FOR ALL THE EXTRA WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO ON YOUR SORT OF INDIVIDUAL COMMITTEES AND SELECTION COMMITTEES AND EVENTS YOU ATTEND, I FEEL LIKE IT'S REALLY EMBLEMATIC OF SORT OF LIKE THE SMALL D DEMOCRACY WHERE LIKE GROUPS OF RESIDENTS COME TOGETHER AND DECIDE WHAT THEIR CITY WANTS TO LOOK LIKE OR WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE PERFORM OR WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE ACTIVE IN THE CITY.
AND SO Y'ALL ARE THOSE RESIDENTS PARTICIPATING IN SORT OF THAT EVERYDAY CITIZEN'S DEMOCRACY PROCESS.
AND, AND I'M, WE'RE ALL GRATEFUL FOR IT.
SO, UM, SO THANK Y'ALL FOR THAT.
I WANTED TO ASK WHAT, UH, AS FAR AS THE CULTURAL ARTS MASTER PLAN, UM, JUST FOR THOSE OF Y'ALL WHO HAVE REALLY BEEN INVOLVED FOR 12 YEARS IN THIS OR MORE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THE LAST PLAN? I MEAN, I'M JUST KIND OF EXCITED TO, AS WE TRANSITION TO THE NEXT PRESENTATION, I WANNA GET SOME CONTEXT AS TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAME OUT OF THE LAST ONE SO I CAN KNOW WHAT, WHAT TO SEE, TYPES OF THINGS TO SEE COME OUT OF THIS ONE.
WELL, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
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DON'T, CURTIS, CURTIS MIGHT BE BETTER OFF ANSWERING THAT BECAUSE HE WAS THERE, BUT I, A LOT OF THE PUBLIC ART AND ALSO JUST THE ENGAGEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY WAS, WAS A BIG PART OF THAT, AS WELL AS THE WEBSITE AND, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT.SO, NO, NO, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU WERE SAYING THAT, YOU, YOU SAID IT.
UM, I BELIEVE AT THE TIME, UM, MICHELLE AND THEN, UH, SHANNA, UM, BRAD, UH, WAS THE LIAISON AT THAT TIME.
AND I THINK AS A GROUP, UH, THE, THE COMMISSIONERS AT THAT TIME, AND OF COURSE SANDY AND I SERVED DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.
AND A LOT OF IT WAS TO START REDEVELOPING AND, AND, AND BRING AWARENESS TO THE ARTS AND ALSO MAKE IT A VERY IMPORTANT, UM, RESOURCE FOR, UH, SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL ART, UH, COM, UH, OUR, OUR GROUPS, UH, LIKE RSO AND THE CORE AND THE BALLET.
BUT I THINK A LOT OF THIS WAS STRATEGIZED ON PUTTING TOGETHER THE WEBSITE.
'CAUSE WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A WEBSITE BACK THEN, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO, TO COLLABORATE AND INTEGRATE AND, AND SHARE INFORMATION.
AND I THINK ALSO ONE OF THE OTHER BIG THINGS IS THE SOCIAL MEDIA STARTED COMING INTO PLAY.
AND I THINK THERE WAS A LOT THAT WAS, UM, INTEGRATED INTO MOVING THAT FORWARD.
SO, UM, THAT WAS SOMETHING I THINK THAT WAS, UH, GENERALLY, UH, THROUGH WORKSHOPS WAS CREATED THROUGH A LOT OF THE ARTS.
THAT'S WHAT CAME OUT OF THE, THE MASTER PLAN.
UH, THAT'S WHEN THE WORKSHOPS STARTED.
SO, I MEAN, THERE WAS A LOT OF LITTLE THINGS.
WE, I'M SURE THERE'S A BIGGER LIST, BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS.
YEAH, JOE, I WOULD, I WOULD JUST ADD, UM, I THINK THE, THE, THE MAIN CONTRIBUTION OF THE FIRST MASTER PLAN WAS FORMALIZING A LOT OF INFORMAL THINGS THAT WERE OCCURRING.
UM, UH, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CITY, THE CONTRIBUTION, UH, FOR ART AND OUR CITY PROJECTS WAS A RESULT OF THAT MASTER PLAN.
SO WE WERE, I THINK WE WERE DOING A LOT OF REALLY GOOD THINGS, AND THIS WAS JUST KIND OF OPERATIONALIZING THEM IN, IN A VERY STRATEGIC WAY.
UM, AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE BUILDING ON THIS TIME.
I, AND I AM SURE THAT OUR REPRESENTATIVES FROM BARRY DUNN WILL TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED AND, AND IF THERE'S SOME THINGS LEFT IN THE CURRENT, UH, CULTURAL ARTS MASTER PLAN THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE INCORPORATED IN THE NEW ONES.
SO WE'LL BE EXCITED TO HEAR FROM THEM ABOUT THAT.
JUST WANNA ADD MY THANKS AS WELL.
UM, PRIOR TO TO THIS LAST TWO YEARS, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE LIAISON FOR THE, UM, ARTS COMMISSION, AND TRULY WAS TWO WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL YEARS.
UM, I LEARNED A LOT, FELT LIKE THAT, UH, COMMISSION WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD.
AND, YOU KNOW, TWO THINGS THAT I WANNA SAY REAL QUICKLY IS, NUMBER ONE IS I'M SO PROUD TO BE PART OF A CITY THAT MAKES SURE, EXCUSE ME, THAT WE PUT DOLLARS IN EVERY PROJECT TO BE ABLE TO PULL OFF PUBLIC ART.
MO YOU KNOW, A LOT OF CITIES DON'T DO THAT.
A LOT OF PLACES DON'T DO THAT.
SO I THINK THAT'S SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
AND THEN THE SECOND THING THAT I WANNA SAY, AND I THINK THIS WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF GREAT WORK THAT THE, THE COMMISSION HAS DONE AT THE CITY HAS DONE, BUT, YOU KNOW, EVEN DURING THE COVID TIME, UM, AND THAT'S WHEN, YOU KNOW, YOU SAW THE BIG DIP BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE HOTEL MOTEL TOOK A MAJOR, MAJOR HIT.
BUT EVEN DURING THAT TIME, THERE WAS ALL KIND OF INNOVATIVE WAYS THAT WE CONTINUED TO WORK THROUGH AND MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT, UM, GROUPS AND, AND ENTITIES THAT PROVIDED THE ARTS TO OUR, TO OUR GREAT CITY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY OF THAT.
THAT WAS A REALLY, IT WAS KIND OF, IT WAS KIND OF A, WELL, IT WASN'T KIND OF, IT WAS A REALLY DARK TIME, BUT EVEN DURING THAT DARK TIME, WE MANAGED TO, TO, TO STAY TOGETHER AND CAN CONTINUE TO PUSH REALLY HARD FOR THE ARTS.
AND SO, AND THIS, AND MANY OF THE, THE COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE, THAT ARE HERE THIS EVENING, WERE A PART OF THAT COMMISSION DURING THAT TIME AND, AND HELPED STEER THAT THROUGH.
SO I, A VERY BIG SPECIAL THANKS FOR DURING THAT TIME AS WELL.
SO PLEASE KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.
PERSONALLY, I'M JUST ABSOLUTELY LOVING THE BOXES RIGHT NOW.
THE, THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL BOXES EVERYWHERE YOU GO NOW THEY'RE POPPING UP AND THEY'RE LOOKING SO, SO GOOD AS COMPARED TO JUST A STEEL BOX IS OUR NO, HE LEFT.
SO I WON'T GET IN TROUBLE FOR MR. NELSON FOR THE, YOU KNOW, HE PROBABLY THINKS THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL, BUT JUST KIND OF PLAIN STEELS, NOT NECESSARILY SO BEAUTIFUL, UM, BUT THE, THE GREAT WORK THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING.
WELL, FIRST, UH, LET ME THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING THIS.
IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY LOTS OF WORK THERE.
AND ALSO WHEN YOU HAVE LIMITED BUDGET,
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THAT'S MAKES THINGS MORE DIFFICULT.UH, I'M SO HAPPY THAT AT LEAST THREE THINGS HAS GONE UP THIS YEAR, WHICH IS, UH, THE BUDGET HAS GONE UP, YOU KNOW, LOOKS LIKE IT, IT MATCHED PRE COVID TIME ALMOST.
UH, JUST DOLLAR, DOLLAR NOT WITH, WITHOUT THE INFLATION.
AND THEN THE NUMBER OF PERFORMANCE HAS GONE UP AND ATTENDEES HAS GONE UP.
SO THESE ARE ALL REALLY GREAT.
UH, YOU KNOW, ONE THING, AND I'M ALSO EXCITED ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, THAT THE CULTURAL MASTER PLAN THAT'S COMING UP THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M ALL FOR PRESERVING THE HISTORY.
UH, WHEN WE DO SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT SHOULD LAST FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
RICHARD, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME HISTORY, BUT WE ARE BUILDING HISTORY.
SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WHATEVER GOES OUT THERE TODAY, I THINK AFTER 500 YEARS, I'M PROBABLY NOT, NOT GONNA BE HERE.
BUT THE PEOPLE WILL BE LOOKING AT THOSE THINGS AND, UH, THEY'LL ENJOY THOSE PUBLIC ARTS.
UH, SOME OF, IF NOT ALL, BUT SOME OF THEM SHOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, WHAT WE SEE IN THE EUROPE NOW, OR EVEN ASIA SOMETIMES, UH, PEOPLE GO THERE JUST TO SEE THOSE, UH, PUBLIC CARS.
SO SINCE WE'RE CREATING SOMETHING, I THINK WE SHOULD INVEST IT REALLY, UH, REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S GONNA BE JUST ANOTHER, UH, ANOTHER WORK.
BUT SO FAR I SEE LOTS OF GOOD WORK HAS BEEN DONE AND CONTINUE THE GOOD WORK.
UH, AND THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSION FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.
UM, SANDY, YOU MENTIONED, UH, THE, UH, FLASH MOB WITH THE D WITH THE RSO AT COTTONWOOD.
I WAS THERE WHEN THAT HAPPENED, NOT KNOWING IT WAS GONNA HAPPEN, AND THAT WAS THE NEATEST THING TO WATCH THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR, UH, BEING A PART OF THAT.
I DID WANNA MENTION THE, THE SIGNAL BOXES AS COUNCILMAN HUTCHIN WRITER SAID, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE HEARD ABOUT THE MOST, THE SIGNAL BOXES AND THE MURALS POPPING UP AROUND TOWN, AND I HEAR A LOT ABOUT THOSE.
AND WHILE WE DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT GREAT THINGS IN THE ARTS, FOR SOME REASON THAT'S BEEN THE MOST RECENT THING IN THE LAST YEAR.
UH, I THINK SINCE I JOINED THE COUNCIL, I'VE REALLY HEARD POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON, UM, MY FAMILY AND I WERE LIVING IN THE GREENWOOD HOOD, GREENWOOD HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE WERE LOOKING AT UPGRADE, AND WHEN MY SON TO A SLIGHTLY LARGER HOUSE, AND MY SON AND I HAD FALLEN IN LOVE WITH COTTONWOOD PARK, AND WE INITIALLY CAME TO COTTONWOOD PARK FOR THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE OF THE COTTONWOOD ART FESTIVAL.
AND THEN WHEN WE REALIZED HOW PRETTY THAT PARK THAT WAS, WE STARTED VISITING AND FEEDING DUCKS AND JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH THE PARK OVERALL.
AND WE WERE LOOKING TO, UH, GET INTO A BIGGER HOUSE.
IT WAS NATURALLY, WE LOOKED IN THE AREA AND BOUGHT SOMETHING RIGHT NEXT TO THE PARK ON COTTONWOOD DRIVE.
AND, UH, WE'RE THERE EVERY YEAR, UH, TWICE A YEAR WE'RE THERE AT THE COTTONWOOD ARTS FESTIVAL.
AND, UM, SO I KNOW FOR OUR FAMILY, THAT MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE, NOT JUST IN OUR ENJOYMENT OF THE ARTS, UH, HERE IN RICHARDSON, BUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WE CHOSE BECAUSE OF THE COTTONWOOD HEART FESTIVAL, UM, THAT BROUGHT US AND INTRODUCED US TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
UM, MY WIFE AND I ARE BIG FANS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE ARTS, UM, DROUGHT NORTH TEXAS, AND I AM ASHAMED TO SAY I'VE NEVER BEEN TO THE WEBSITE.
SO I'M GONNA GO LOOK AT, I'M, I'M GONNA GO VISIT THE WEBSITE LATER TODAY.
AND, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO WHEN IT'S UPGRADE, KEEP OUR EXPECTATIONS LOW.
IT'S NOT, UH, UH, LOW EXPECTATIONS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE, UH, GREAT SUCCESS AND THE GROWTH OF THAT WEBSITE IN THE FUTURE FOR THE CHANGES Y'ALL BRING.
THANK YOU, COUNSEL, FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
MADAM CHAIR, AT THIS TIME, IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADJOURN YOUR PORTION, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE MASTER PLAN, CORRECT? YEAH, SO WE'LL, WE'LL ADJOURN THE, UH, JOINT MEETING SUBSEQUENT TO THE NEXT, UH, PART OF THIS PRESENTATION.
SO IT, IT IS MY HONOR TO NOW WELCOME, UH, RICH AND LISA WITH BARRY DUNN TO SHARE MORE INFORMATION ON THE NEW CULTURAL ARTS MASTER PLAN.
UH, IT'S BEEN, UH, A PLEASURE AND AN HONOR TO ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN IN YOUR CITY FOR THE LAST 36 HOURS.
WE FLEW IN EARLY AND SPENT, UH, A GOOD PORTION OF OUR DAY YESTERDAY AT THE WILDFLOWER FESTIVAL.
AND IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE, REALLY JUST AN AMAZING EVENT THAT I KNOW WAS WINDING DOWN AT THE TIME THAT WE WERE THERE, BUT IT WAS EXTRAORDINARY.
SO, UM, TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PUT THE TIME AND EFFORT INTO THAT, IF THAT'S WHAT ART AND CULTURE LOOKS LIKE IN RICHARDSON, UM, THEN WE ARE, WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO BE PART OF THIS MASTER PLAN PROCESS TODAY.
WE HAD A WINDSHIELD TOUR AND SPENT THE DAY WITH, UH, DEPUTY DOLLAR IN, UH, LOOKING AT SOME OF THE
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OTHER ASSETS THAT ARE, THAT ARE ALL OVER THE CITY FROM THE, THE, UM, UTILITY BOX WRAPS TO, UH, UH, THE EISMAN CENTER, A NICE BEHIND THE SCENES TOUR THERE.AND, UH, AGAIN, INCREDIBLY IMPRESSIVE AT BARRY DUNN.
WE DO WORK ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
WE'RE A NATIONAL CONSULTING FIRM THAT FOCUSES THE AREA OF, OF OUR CONSULTING WORK FOCUSES ON, UH, LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
WE HAVE OTHER AREAS THAT FOCUS ON OTHER AREAS OF GOVERNMENT, BUT WE FOCUS ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
THE PRACTICE THAT I LEAD IS FOCUSED ON PARKS, RECREATION, LIBRARIES, AND ARTS AND CULTURE.
AND TO SAY THAT, UH, THE, THE ART, UM, THE, THE, THE ART THAT WE'VE SEEN AND THE PRIORITY THAT WE UNDERSTAND IS PART OF YOUR PROCESS HERE IN RICHARDSON IS SECOND TO NONE.
AND WE HAVE BEEN IN HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITIES ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES.
SO, UH, AGAIN, I WILL JUST SAY THAT WE ARE PROUD, UH, WE ARE HUMBLED AND WE ARE PRIVILEGED TO BE HERE AS THE CHOSEN CONSULTING FIRM FOR THIS MASTER PLAN.
I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE A LINEUP OF, UH, YOU CAN GO TO THE, YEAH, GREAT.
WE HAVE A LINEUP OF REALLY GREAT CONSULTANTS WHO WILL BE PART OF THIS TEAM, WHO HAVE ALL BEEN PART OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR BEFORE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE BRING TO THE TABLE THAT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, UH, BUT IS ALSO INCREDIBLY VALUABLE IS THAT WE HAVE ALL BEEN ON THE OTHER SIDE.
WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO CREATE, DEVELOP, UH, A A PLAN THAT IS ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTABLE, THAT IS OPERAT THAT CAN BE FULLY OPERATIONALIZED.
AND WE KNOW WHAT THOSE PLANS LOOK LIKE, THAT DON'T WORK LIKE THAT.
SO WE ARE FULLY COMMITTED TO UNDERSTANDING WHO YOU ARE AS A COMMUNITY AND HOW YOU PRIORITIZE, UH, CULTURAL ARTS IN RICHARDSON.
THIS IS YOUR LINEUP OF THE TEAM.
AND THEN WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO RICH NEWMAN, WHO IS YOUR PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECT.
I JUST WANNA START OFF BY APOLOGIZING FOR ALL THE FALSE STARTS, BECAUSE, UH, EARLY ON I JUST KEPT HEARING BARRY YOUNG, AND I WAS JUMPING OUTTA MY SEAT TO COME UP HERE.
BARRY YOUNG, BARRY DUNN, BARRY YOUNG BARRY DUNN THOUGHT I WAS HEARING THINGS.
UM, IT'S, IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE.
UM, AND IT WAS A GREAT, UH, THRILL TO EXPERIENCE THAT FESTIVAL YESTERDAY.
AND, AND GREAT TO SEE MAYOR DOOBY AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DORIAN AT THAT EVENT.
AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT WARM WELCOME.
UM, AS LISA MENTIONED, WE ARE NOT JUST PROFESSIONAL FACILITATORS AND CONSULTANTS.
UM, WE ARE FORMER PRACTITIONERS.
WE HAVE WALKED IN YOUR SHOES AND BEYOND THAT, SOME OF US ARE ARTISTS OURSELVES.
AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS BEAUTIFUL SELF-PORTRAIT I DID, OF ME ENJOYING, UM, A BEVERAGE OF MY CHOICE.
AND THAT IS, UH, FOR THE SAKE OF THIS MEETING, SHINER BACH.
UM, BUT WE, AS, AS A PRACTICING ARTIST, AND OF COURSE, THE ENTIRE TEAM, WE HAVE MUSICIANS, WE HAVE PERFORMERS, UM, WE REALLY, TRULY AT ITS CORE UNDERSTAND THE VALUE AND THE IMPORTANCE ARTS AND CULTURE PLAYS IN A COMMUNITY, NOT JUST ON QUALITY OF LIFE, BUT ON AS AN ECONOMIC DRIVER, ET CETERA.
UM, WE ALL EMBRACE THAT WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
SO I WANTED TO TALK VERY BRIEFLY JUST ABOUT, UM, A FLAVOR FOR WHAT THIS TIMELINE'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.
IT'S ABOUT 12 MONTH PROJECT, UM, AND THE FIRST PHASE IS NOW OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY.
THIS IS THE DISCOVERY PROCESS.
UM, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU MIKAYLA, FOR THAT WONDERFUL TOUR TODAY.
I BLEW ME AWAY WHEN WE TURNED OFF THE ROAD INTO THE, THE CHINATOWN, UH, WITH THE STATUES.
I WAS LIKE, WHAT IS THIS? IT'S AMAZING.
JUST SUCH AN INCREDIBLE AND UNIQUE ASSET FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.
UM, SO MANY GREAT THINGS HERE.
UH, BUT WE WILL BE SPENDING OUR TIME REALLY DIGGING DEEP, GETTING TO KNOW THE CITY, UNDERSTANDING YOUR PRIORITIES, UM, LOOKING AT ALL THE MATERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE PREVIOUSLY.
WE WANNA BUILD UPON, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE SUCCESS OF YOUR INITIAL INAUGURAL PLAN.
HOW, HOW DO WE IMPROVE ON THAT? UM, SO THIS IS REALLY WHERE WE'RE DOING THE BEHIND THE SCENES WORK, UNPACKING EVERYTHING, MAKING SURE, UM, THAT WE HAVE A FIRM GRASP ON IT BEFORE WE ENTER WHAT I CONSIDER A CRITICALLY IMPORTANT PART OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
AND I THINK NOBODY DOES IT BETTER THAN BARRY DUNN.
IF, IF I CAN JUST BOAST FOR A MOMENT.
UM, BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND, UM, THE CHALLENGES AND THE REALITIES OF GOVERNMENT TODAY.
EVERYBODY HAS VERY BUSY LIFESTYLES.
WE WANNA MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE TO CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE GONNA DO A LOT OF IN-PERSON MEETINGS WITH YOUR FOCUS GROUPS, YOUR KEY STAKEHOLDERS, ET CETERA.
BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE.
THAT'S A BIG, UM, SIGNATURE OF BARRY
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DUNN'S PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.UH, IT'S BEEN 12 YEARS SINCE YOU'VE DONE YOUR LAST PLAN, AND WE WANNA UNDERSTAND WHAT HAS CHANGED, UH, BECAUSE THINGS DO CHANGE.
IT'S, IT'S A BEST PRACTICE TO CONTINUOUSLY GAUGE THE CHANGING INTERESTS AND PRIORITIES OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
AFTER 12 YEARS, YOU WOULD THINK, OF COURSE, IT'S CHANGED.
SO WE WANNA UNDERSTAND FIRST AND FOREMOST, HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE HEARING THE VOICES OF EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY? WHO ARE THOSE VOICES THAT AREN'T COMMONLY HEARD? UM, HOW CAN WE REACH PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE? WHEN I MENTION A HYBRID APPROACH, YES, A LOT OF IN-PERSON STUFF, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF STRENGTH BEHIND OUR ONLINE ENGAGEMENT TOOLS AS WELL.
WE HAVE AN ONLINE ENGAGEMENT PORTAL THAT WE DRIVE PEOPLE TO.
WE WANT PEOPLE THAT, UH, MIGHT NOT COME TO A MEETING.
I LOVE SEEING DEDICATED CITIZENS.
NOT EVERYBODY SHARES THAT BECAUSE OF THEIR, THEIR BUSY LIFESTYLES.
AND THEY PREFER TO PARTICIPATE BY PUTTING THEIR FEET UP AND HAVING A SHINER B AND A PLATE OF NACHOS IN FRONT OF THEIR TV.
BUT THEY CAN STILL TAKE A SURVEY, GIVE US VALUABLE FEEDBACK ON WHAT THEY WANNA SEE IN PARKS, UM, I'M SORRY, IN ARTS AND CULTURE.
UM, AND SO WE ARE GONNA PUT TOGETHER A REALLY VIBRANT PACKAGE FOR YOU AND REALLY MAKE PEOPLE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THE PROCESS.
UM, WE WORK REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE ARE REACHING EVERY CORNER OF IT, UM, SO THAT YOU FEEL REALLY COMFORTABLE WHEN WE COME BACK TO YOU AT THE END OF THIS PROCESS, UM, THAT WE HAVE HEARD EVERY CORNER OF THE COMMUNITY.
NOW, THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE NOT THE KIND OF FIRM THAT GOES OFF, HAS A FEW, UH, MEETINGS, DISAPPEARS AND COMES BACK WITH A FINAL REPORT.
WE ARE GOING TO STAY IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH YOU.
WE WANNA TELL YOU ALL ALONG THE WAY WHAT WE'RE HEARING.
ARE WE HEARING THIS RIGHT? AND THERE ARE LOTS OF STEPS.
THIS IS A, A TRUE PARTNERSHIP, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO WORK CLOSELY, UH, NOT ONLY WITH THE COMMISSION, BUT WITH COUNCIL AS WELL.
SO WE DO THAT THROUGH THINGS LIKE A PERSON ON THE STREET INTERVIEWS, POP-UP EVENTS, UH, DRIVING PEOPLE TO OUR VIRTUAL, UH, PROJECT HUB, AND OF COURSE, APPLYING A LENS OF EQUITY, MAKING SURE THAT THOSE VOICES ARE HEARD, RECOGNIZING WHO ARE OUR STRONGEST PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO HELP CONNECT US TO SOME, SOMETIMES THOSE COMMUNITIES CAN BE A CHALLENGE TO REACH.
MAKING THOSE KEY ALLIANCES AND WORKING TOGETHER WITH OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, OUR NONPROFITS, OUR STAKEHOLDERS, TO MAKE SURE WE ARE WELCOMING EVERYBODY TO THE TABLE FOR THIS CONVERSATION, WHICH TAKES US TO OUR THIRD PHASE.
ONCE WE HAVE VERY ROBUSTLY, UM, LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC AND GATHERED THEIR THOUGHTS, THEN WE START PUTTING IT TOGETHER.
UM, AND THIS IS WHERE WE WOULD COME BACK TO YOU AND SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE HEARING.
DOES IT MAKE SENSE? ARE YOU, YOU KNOW, WE WANT YOU TO TRY TO POKE HOLES IN IT.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE OF VALUE TO YOU, OF COURSE.
AND WE'LL DO A VARIETY OF BENCHMARKING AND TRENDS AND ALL THE USUAL STUFF.
BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THESE REGULAR CHECK-INS SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THINGS ARE DEVELOPING.
AND THEN WE COME BACK FOR THE VISIONING PROCESS.
AND LISA, I'LL LET YOU TALK ABOUT VISIONING.
SO WE DO COME BACK FOR, UM, THIS PHASE FOUR VISIONING, AND WE ARE REALLY INVESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT THE VISIONING IS AN IN-PERSON OPPORTUNITY.
UH, THERE'S NOTHING LIKE DOING THIS, THIS KIND OF WORK IN PERSON.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'LL FACILITATE SOME PARTICIPA PARTICIPATORY, UH, WORKSHOPS, IDENTIFYING, PRIORITIZING YOUR MASTER PLAN NEEDS, AND THEN REALLY LOOKING AT REFINING, UH, THAT MISSION, VISION, VALUES, AND THOSE STRATEGIC THEMES THAT ARE GOING TO, UH, SET THE TONE AND BE THE FRAMEWORK FOR YOUR, YOUR MASTER PLAN.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE WILL BE, UH, PRESENTING YOU WITH A FINAL PLAN AS WELL.
UM, AFTER WE'VE GATHERED ALL THE INPUT AND THE FEEDBACK FROM LEADERSHIP AND STAFF, THEN WE PUT IT INTO A FORMER, UH, A FORMAL PROCESS.
AND WE, AND WE ALSO ARE VERY CAREFUL THAT WE HAVE A PUBLIC FACING PIECE OF THIS AS WELL, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY CONTAIN ALL OF THESE, LIKE AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, BUT IN A VERY FRIENDLY FORMAT.
THAT'S A READABLE, APPROACHABLE, NON-THREATENING.
WE DON'T WANT EVERYBODY DOESN'T APPRECIATE 400 PAGES OF APPENDICES.
BUT WE ALSO WANNA BE MINDFUL THAT THIS IS A USEFUL DOCUMENT AND A LIVING DOCUMENT.
AGAIN, WE HAVEN'T DONE OUR JOB IF THIS DOCUMENT SITS ON THE SHELF AND IS NEVER PUT INTO PLAY, WE WANT IT TO, UH, REALLY BENEFIT THIS COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'D LOVE TO SPEAK WITH YOU, BUT I, I KNOW WE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET MANY OF YOU IN PERSON, UH, AT, AT A LATER DATE AND, AND REALLY DIVE DEEP TOGETHER.
UM, COUNSEL, ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, MS. JUSTICE? YEAH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY I DO LOVE 400 PAGES OF APPENDICES,
UM, BUT ALSO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REALLY FOCUSING ON, UM, PUBLIC INPUT AND ENGAGEMENT.
IT IS ONE OF OUR GOALS AND TACTICS
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AS A COUNCIL.SO, UM, I WAS VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT PART OF YOUR PRESENTATION.
IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT, YOU KNOW, ART IS, UH, AND CULTURE IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER.
AND SO WE REALLY NEED TO KNOW, UM, BEYOND JUST THE SEVEN OF US, UH, WHAT WE THINK IS IMPORTANT.
SO THANK YOU, UM, FOR, FOR REALLY FOCUSING YOUR EFFORTS IN THAT AREA.
ANYONE ELSE ON COUNCIL COMMENTS? OKAY, WE'RE GOOD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.
AND IT WAS GOOD MEETING YOU AS WELL, MAYOR.
UM, IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THE, UM, CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION, UH, MEETING MAYOR, WE MIGHT GIVE, UH, A MINUTE OR TWO FOR THE COMMISSIONERS TO, UH, DEPART.
AND THEN, UM, OUR, UH, ENVISION RICHARDSON TEAM.
WE'LL, WE'LL JOIN AND WE CAN BEGIN WITH THE NEXT BRIEF.
SANDY, I WANNA THANK AGAIN, UH, RICH AND LISA FOR BEING HERE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
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THAT, WE ADJOURN OUR JOINT MEETING WITH THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL.[9. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE ENVISION RICHARDSON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE AND COMMUNITY SUMMIT 3]
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM NINE ON THE AGENDA.WE WILL REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE ENVISION RICHARDSON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UPDATE, AND COMMUNITY SUMMIT THREE.
MR. MAGNER, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.
UM, MARK BOWERS AND MONICA HYDE ARE HERE AGAIN TONIGHT.
UH, WE'RE ABOUT TO EMBARK IN A VERY EXCITING, UH, PART OF THE, UH, ENVISION RICHARDSON PLAN, WHICH IS, UH, SUMMIT NUMBER THREE.
AND SO, UH, MARK IS GONNA LEAD A DISCUSSION TONIGHT TO, UH, HELP YOU AND THE COMMUNITY KNOW, UH, WHAT WE HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH, UH, IN THIS PHASE OF THE, UH, UH, UPDATE, AND ALSO HOW THEY CAN GET INVOLVED IN ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FRONTS.
AND SO, MARK AND MONICA, IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU, YOU AGAIN.
AND, UH, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU, MARK, FOR FURTHER BRIEFING.
THANK YOU, DON, AND THANK YOU MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL.
WE'RE REAL PLEASED TO BE BACK, UH, TO UPDATE YOU TONIGHT ON, UH, SEVERAL ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE COMING UP IN THE NEXT, UH, COUPLE OF MONTHS.
UH, SO TONIGHT WE WANTED TO, UH, UH, JUST GO THROUGH SEVERAL TOPICS.
NUMBER ONE, WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT, UH, UH, WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW, AND WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
UH, UH, AND PART OF THAT IS SOME OF THE UPCOMING ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE STARTING ANOTHER COMMUNITY SUMMIT OUR THIRD ROUND, UH, HERE WITHIN ABOUT A, UH, WITH, WITHIN ABOUT THREE TO FOUR WEEKS.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITIES PLANNED, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
AND THEN GIVE YOU A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING AT THAT COMMUNITY SUMMIT THREE, AND THEN HAVE SOME WRAP UP AND NEXT STEPS.
SO, AS FOR WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS, THIS, UH, GRAPHIC SHOULD LOOK, UH, FAMILIAR TO YOU.
UH, WE ARE, UH, NOW IN THE MONTH OF MAY, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE, UH, WE'VE GOTTEN QUITE A BIT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING OUR PLAN DRAFTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, AS WELL AS STARTING TO PUT TOGETHER SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN.
UH, AND FROM THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT STANDPOINT.
UH, WE ARE JUST ABOUT TO EMBARK ON COMMUNITY SUMMIT THREE, UH, WHICH IS GONNA BE TAKING PLACE IN, UH, JUNE AND JULY.
AND THAT'S REALLY GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON CONFIRMING A LOT OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN HEARING AND DRILLING DOWN INTO A FEW ITEMS A LITTLE BIT MORE DEEPLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TRULY SETTING THE NEEDLE WHERE THE COMMUNITY WANTS US TO SET IT ON SOME OF THOSE ITEMS. SO, UH, UH, IF YOU'LL RECALL SOME OF THE GOALS AND OUTCOMES FROM COMMUNITY SUMMIT ONE, UH, COMMUNITY SUMMIT ONE WAS ABOUT LISTENING.
SO WE CAME IN WITH A LOT OF OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY, UH, RELATED TO THEIR DESIRED VISION FOR THE NEXT 20 TO 25 YEARS, SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS THAT THEY SAW, AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WERE FACING, CHALLENGES OR NEED IN OF REINVESTMENT.
AND WE STARTED HAVING SOME VERY PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, UH, NEW HOUSING TYPES AS WE STARTED TO CALL MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING, AND WHERE THEY MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE IN RICHARDSON.
IN COMMUNITY SUMMIT, TOO, IT WAS MORE ABOUT CONFIRMATION.
UH, SO IT WAS CONFIRMING A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD IN THE FIRST, UH, UH, THE FIRST ROUND OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND FROM THAT, AS YOU'LL RECALL, WE DEVELOPED THE PREFERRED VISION STATEMENT, THE, UH, COMMUNITY PRIORITIES OR GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
AND WE ALSO, UH, GOT DEFINITION ON THE, THE PLACE TYPES THAT WE WOULD BE UTILIZING AS A PART OF THE LAND USE MAP IN RICHARDSON, AND RECEIVED ADDITIONAL INPUT, UH, DURING THAT
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PROCESS ON THE ALLOCATION OF THE NEW HOUSING TYPES WITHIN THE VARIOUS PLACE TYPES, AS WELL AS THE PRELIMINARY VISION FOR THE FIVE REINVESTMENT AREAS.SO IN THIS ROUND OF THE SUMMIT, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE GATHERING FEEDBACK RELATED TO SELECT, UH, PLAN ELEMENTS IN THOSE PLAN ELEMENTS THAT WE'RE STARTING TO GET FEEDBACK ON ARE THE FUTURE LAND USE, MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION NEIGHBORHOODS IN HOUSING, NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, AND ENHANCEMENT REINVESTMENT AREAS.
AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE KEY AREAS, UH, WHERE WE'VE, WE'VE STARTED TO DRAW SOME CONCLUSIONS, BUT WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HEADED THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND TRULY CAPTURING, UH, WHAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THOSE AREAS.
SO, UH, BEFORE WE GET INTO MORE DETAIL ON THOSE, WE WANTED TO GO THROUGH, UH, SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT DURING COMMUNITY SUMMIT THREE.
AND AGAIN, UH, THIS, THIS IS GOING TO LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU.
WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE THREE KEY BUCKETS BEING TO HAVE AN ONLINE PRESENT, UH, PRESENCE, TO HAVE TARGETED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AS WELL AS REALLY FOCUS IN ON COMMUNITY EVENTS, UH, AND GETTING FEEDBACK THROUGH THOSE.
UH, SO THE SUMMIT WILL BE KICKING OFF ON FRIDAY, JUNE 7TH, AND CONTINUING THROUGH, UH, SUNDAY, JULY 7TH.
UH, AGAIN, THIS IS THE THIRD OF THREE.
SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE CONFIRM THE DIRECTION THAT WE'VE BEEN HEADED AND HEADING, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HEARING THINGS CORRECTLY, AND THAT TRULY, AT THE END OF THE DAY, UH, THE COMMUNITY WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THIS PLAN AND SAY, YES, THAT'S, THAT'S MY VISION.
UH, THE, THE CONSULTANT FACILITATED DISCUSSIONS AND CAPTURED WHAT I WAS TELLING THEM.
AND THEN FEEDBACK RECEIVED AT THIS SUMMIT WILL INFORM THE FINAL DIRECTION OF THE PLAN, AND WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THAT WITH YOU.
IF YOU'LL RECALL, IN THE PREVIOUS TWO SUMMITS, WE HAD A JOINT SESSION WITH CPC.
SO WE WILL BE HAVING THAT SESSION IN AUGUST, UH, A WRAP UP SESSION TO, TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF YOU ARE GETTING YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED AS WELL AS CPC MEMBERS AT THE SAME TIME.
SO, AS WE TALK ABOUT THOSE VARIOUS BUCKETS OF TOOLS THAT WE'LL BE USING, KEEP IN MIND THAT OUR ONLINE PRESENCE WENT LIVE OVER A YEAR AGO NOW.
UH, WE CONTINUE TO MAKE, UH, UPDATES TO THAT, TO THAT, UH, ENVISION RICHARDSON.COM WEBSITE, UH, ON A VERY REGULAR BASIS.
AND IT'S REALLY BECOME A TRANSPARENT TOOL THAT WE'RE USING TO, UH, PROVIDE, UH, INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE, AS WELL AS WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING SO FAR.
SO IF YOU'LL RECALL, ALL OF THE SUMMARIES FROM EVERY SUMMIT THAT WE'VE HAD, FROM ALL OF THE MEETINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING, PRESENTATIONS FROM COUNCIL FOR COUNCIL MEETINGS, HAVE ALL BEEN, UH, POSTED TO THAT WEBSITE.
AND ALSO IT'S CONFIGURED TO FACILITATE FEEDBACK IN NEARLY A HUNDRED LANGUAGES.
SO ON THE VIRTUAL ENGAGEMENT, UH, THIS ROUND, UH, AS IN PREVIOUS ROUNDS, THAT'S GOING TO BE A CRITICAL COMPONENT FOR FOLKS THAT ARE NOT INCLINED TO COME TO A PUBLIC MEETING OR JUST DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO COME TO A PUBLIC, UH, MEETING BECAUSE, UH, THEY CAN UTILIZE THAT PLATFORM AT THEIR CONVENIENCE ANYTIME OF DAY OR NIGHT.
UH, SO AN ONLINE SURVEY AND AN INTERACTIVE MAP, UH, WILL BE AVAILABLE STARTING JUNE 7TH FOR FEEDBACK FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO PREFER TO PROVIDE INPUT IN THAT MANNER.
UH, AND THEN GENERALLY THE TOPICS AND FORMAT FOR THAT VIRTUAL ENGAGEMENT WILL BE ALIGNED WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THE FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS AS WELL.
SO THAT FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE RECEIVING CAN BE INCLUDED AS, AS A PART OF THE WHOLE FEEDBACK FOR ALL OF THE PROJECT OPEN HOUSES WILL BE IMPORTANT AGAIN THIS TIME.
SO, UH, FOR THIS SUMMIT, UH, UH, WE'RE GOING TO A COUPLE OF OUR WE LOCATIONS THAT HAVE RECEIVED PRETTY GOOD TURNOUTS.
SO, TUESDAY, JUNE 11TH, WE'LL BE AT, UH, THIS LOCATION, RICHARDSON CITY HALL, 2360 CAMPBELL CREEK.
UH, WE'LL BE HERE FROM SIX 30 TO EIGHT 30 IN THE EVENING THAT TUESDAY NIGHT.
AND THEN ON SATURDAY, JUNE 22ND, UH, WE'LL BE AT THE HEIGHTS RECREATION CENTER AT SEVEN 11 WEST ARAPAHOE ROAD.
WE'LL BE THERE FROM 10 TO NOON.
UM, FOR RICHARDSON PUBLIC EVENTS, UH, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN, UH, GETTING THE WORD OUT AT A NUMBER OF EVENTS.
SO, UH, COTTONWOOD ART FESTIVAL ON MAY 4TH AND FIFTH, THE DI DART, UH, BIKE TO WORK DAY, THE CITY OF RICHARDSON BIKE RODEO, AND THE WILDFLOWER FESTIVAL, JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND, UH, WERE VENUES WHERE WE WERE GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WAYS TO PARTICIPATE, AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT ON FAMILY FOURTH ON ON JULY 4TH.
SO, UH, MEETING IN A BOX DISCUSSIONS, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE TWEAKING THIS PROCESS A LITTLE BIT, HOPING THAT WE CAN GET A LITTLE BIT MORE ENGAGEMENT, UH, THROUGH THIS ACTIVITY.
UH, IN THE PAST, WE HAD SET THESE UP TO WHERE, UH, THERE HAD TO BE AN AMBASSADOR THAT WOULD COME TO YOUR GROUP AND FACILITATE A MEETING.
UH, AND, AND SO I THINK THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IF WE JUST WANT TO FACILITATE OUR OWN MEETING WITHOUT GOING THROUGH AN AMBASSADOR TRAINING.
SO WE SIMPLIFIED THE PROCESS A BIT.
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UH, WE'VE SET THESE, UH, MATERIALS UP TO WHERE THEY CAN BE SELF-GUIDED, SO THAT ANY GROUP, UH, THAT, THAT WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE TO HAVE A FACILITATED MEETING, UH, WHETHER IT'S A A GROUP OF FRIENDS, A NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP, UH, A RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION, UH, CULTURAL ORGANIZATION, WHATEVER THAT IS, WE WOULD BE ENCOURAGING THEM TO, UH, DOWNLOAD THESE MATERIALS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE FACILITATED DISCUSSIONS ON THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE IN THE MATERIALS AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO US.NOW, THAT SAID, IF A GROUP DOES PREFER TO HAVE AN AMBASSADOR, WE'RE NOT DOING AWAY WITH THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.
SO WE'RE STILL GOING TO CONTINUE TO UTILIZE THE AMBASSADORS THAT HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO DATE.
UH, SO WE HAVE 28, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ALREADY VOLUNTEERED THROUGH, UH, SUMMITS ONE AND TWO, AND WE'RE STILL RECRUITING AMBASSADORS, SO THOSE FOLKS CAN BE AVAILABLE, OR IF THERE'S, IF, IF THEY HAVE THEIR PARTICULAR GROUPS THAT THEY WANT TO FOCUS ON, THEN THEY CAN HAVE THOSE, UH, DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM AS WELL.
UH, INFORMATIONAL SESSION IS SCHEDULED FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT WANT TO BE AMBASSADORS ON SATURDAY JUNE 1ST, LIKE WE'VE DONE DURING THE PREVIOUS SUMMITS.
AND FOLKS CAN GO TO ASK ENVISIONRICHARDSON@CRC.GOV, UH, FOR MORE INFORMATION IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM OR FACILITATING A MEETING IN A BOX DISCUSSION WITH YOUR GROUP.
SO, UH, SOME OF THE OUTREACH THAT WE'VE, UH, HAD TRYING TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO UTILIZE THE MEETING IN A BOX, UH, THERE'S SEVERAL STAKEHOLDER GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT, UH, FACILITATING A MEETING IN A BOX SESSION.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THOSE TYPES OF GROUPS I TALKED ABOUT, UH, HOAP, UH, PRESIDENTS, UH, THE DIALOGUE INSTITUTE, ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION, UH, JUST A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, THAT ARE CRITICAL PARTS THAT WE, WE WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE, UH, ENGAGE IN, UH, MEETING A BOX DISCUSSION.
BUT THEN WE'RE ALSO HAVING POPUPS, SO THAT'S FOR INDIVIDUALS, UH, THAT WANT TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
SO, THROUGH THESE POPUPS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, UH, BANNERS AND KIOSKS SET UP AROUND THE COMMUNITY, UH, TO BE ABLE TO GIVE PEOPLE AN ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE ONLINE INPUT.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE LIST OF LOCATIONS WHERE THESE, UH, BANNERS AND KIOSKS WILL BE ROTATING AROUND THE COMMUNITY, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN, I IDENTIFIED TO DATE.
AND THEN OTHER PROMOTIONAL EFFORTS, UH, CITY STAFF HAS BEEN, UH, REALLY PUSHING HARD ON GETTING A NUMBER OF OTHER, UH, INFORMATIONAL ITEMS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THIS UPCOMING SUMMIT.
UH, AGAIN, STARTING WITH THE ENVISION RICHARDSON EMAIL UPDATES, BUT THROUGH CITY OF RICHARDSON PUBLICATIONS AND SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, EMAIL NEWSLETTERS, FLYERS AT SCHOOLS, PLACES OF WORSHIP AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS, YARD SIGNS AT NEIGHBORHOOD ENTRANCES, PARKS, AND TRAILS, HOA PRESIDENT'S EMAILS, AGAIN, WE'RE LEANING HEAVILY ON THE HOA PRESIDENTS TO HELP GET THE WORD OUT WITH THEIR ORGANIZATIONS, AS WELL AS THE NA, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP, UH, WHERE WE HAD A PRESENTATION AND INPUT SESSION.
UH, WE, WE TALKED QUITE A BIT ABOUT THE UPCOMING SUMMIT, UH, AS WELL AS LEADERSHIP AND CITIZEN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AND CHAMBER NEWSLETTERS.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO HIT THAT WIDE GAMBIT OF ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THESE PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES.
SO, UH, VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF SUMMIT THREE CONTENT.
AND JUST A REMINDER, UH, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT AT THE BEGINNING ABOUT THE VARIOUS PLAN ELEMENTS THAT, UH, ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ENVISION RICHARDSON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
ESSENTIALLY, THEY'RE THE TOPICS, UH, THAT WILL SERVE AS THE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL CHAPTERS.
UM, THEY'RE REALLY INTEGRAL COMPONENTS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE PLAN, AND THEY'LL PROVIDE MORE DETAIL RELATED TO EACH OF THOSE TOPICS ON STEPS TO ACHIEVE THE DESIRED VISION.
RICHARDSON, ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN, YOU SEE THOSE, UH, ELEMENTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE SCOPE OF SERVICES FOR THE PROJECT.
THE ONES THAT ARE IN BOLD ARE, UH, THE, THE PRIMARY TOPICS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE QUITE A BIT OF DETAIL AND EXPLORATION OF THE COMMUNITY'S DIRECTION, UH, RELATED TO EACH, EACH OF THOSE TOPICS.
BUT THEN WE HAVE SOME SUPPORTING CHAPTERS THAT ARE IN LIGHT TEXT AND ITALICIZED, LIKE COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, WHICH ARE ELEMENTS THAT ARE REALLY GOING TO BE MORE STRATEGIC DIRECTION.
IF YOU'LL RECALL, WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR EACH OF THE PLANNED TOPICS.
SO THOSE WILL BE, THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES WILL BE, UH, KEY COMPONENTS TO THOSE ITALICIZED TOPICS, AS WELL AS SOME ACTION ITEMS, AND A LITTLE BIT OF A DESCRIPTION OF, OF, UH, WHAT THE ISSUES ARE IN THE COMMUNITY WITH RELATED TO EACH OF THOSE ITEMS. SO, AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS PARTICULAR SUMMIT, UH, THERE WERE SOME CRITICAL THINGS THAT
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WE REALLY WANTED TO RECEIVE FOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.UH, NUMBER ONE IS FUTURE LAND USE.
SO IF YOU'LL RECALL, WE WERE WITH YOU, I GUESS, IN APRIL, AND WE SHOWED YOU A VERY PRELIMINARY LAND USE MAP, UH, UH, AND HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE DIRECTION THAT WAS GOING.
WE'VE MADE SOME REFINEMENTS TO IT.
UH, WE'VE MADE SOME CHANGES BASED UPON SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE GOT FROM YOU.
AND, UH, SO BASED UPON THOSE REFINEMENTS, WE'RE TAKING THAT IN A DRAFT FORM, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, FOR ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK AS TO, UH, UH, WHAT'S APPROPRIATE ABOUT IT AND WHAT ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT CHANGING.
AND WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT FEEDBACK AGAIN BACK TO YOU IN AUGUST ABOUT WHAT WE HEARD ABOUT THAT PLAN FROM THE COMMUNITY ON MOBILITY.
WE WANNA GET, UH, MORE PRECISE FEEDBACK ON SOME OF THE SELECTED, UH, ROADWAY CONFIGURATIONS THAT, UH, ARE BEING CONSIDERED AND ON MOBILITY PRIORITIES IN THE COMMUNITY ON NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOUSING.
UH, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING.
UH, WE DID HAVE AN ADDITIONAL WORKSHOP WITH THE, UH, HOA PRESIDENTS.
AND SO, UH, BASED UPON SOME OF THE PRELIMINARY FEEDBACK WE GOT THERE, WE WANT TO TEST THE DIRECTION THAT THAT STARTED TO GO.
SO WE, WE HAD SOME PRELIMINARY DIRECTION WITH COUNCIL.
WE REFINED THAT A BIT WITH THE HOA PRESIDENTS, AND WE WANT TO SEE IF THAT'S HEADED THE RIGHT DIRECTION, OR IF THERE ARE SOME CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO BE MAKING RELATED TO MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING, THE TYPES OF HOUSING AND WHERE THEY OCCUR, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, UH, IS REALLY GONNA BE FEEDBACK ON PRIORITIES IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN FINALLY, ENHANCEMENT REINVESTMENT AREAS.
WE WANT TO GET CONFIRMATION OF THE PREFERRED VISION FOR EACH OF THOSE AREAS SO THAT WE CAN REALLY START TO DOCUMENT THAT IN THE FINAL REPORT AND TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THOSE.
SO IT SHOULD BE A PRETTY INTERESTING DISCUSSION, UH, BOTH AT THE FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS, AS WELL AS THROUGH THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEEDBACK ONLINE AND OTHER, UH, WITHIN THIS SUMMIT.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A LOT OF FEEDBACK, A LOT OF COMMENTS, UH, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SETTING THAT GAUGE AGAIN FOR RICHARDSON IN A, IN A LOCATION THAT'S APPROPRIATE TO THE COMMUNITY DESIRES.
UM, SO NEXT STEPS, AGAIN, THAT COMMUNITY SUMMIT IS SCHEDULED FROM JUNE 7TH TO JULY 7TH.
UH, THE OPEN HOUSES, AS WE MENTIONED, ARE ON TUESDAY, JUNE 11TH AT CITY HALL.
AND ON SATURDAY, JUNE 22ND AT THE HEIGHTS RECREATION CENTER, UH, ONLINE SURVEY.
AN INTERACTIVE MAP WILL PROVIDE INPUT OPPORTUNITIES, EVEN IF THEY'RE UNABLE TO ATTEND ANY OF THE CO, UH, OPEN HOUSES.
AND THEN THE COUNCIL WILL BE BRIEFED ON THE RESULTS OF THE COMMUNITY SUMMIT ON AUGUST 12TH IN A JOINT WORK SESSION WITH THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION.
AND AT THAT POINT, WE WILL HAVE BEEN WORKING, UH, ON SOME DRAFTS OF SOME OF THE PLANNED CHAPTERS, UH, THAT, UH, SO A LOT OF THE INPUT THAT WE'LL BE, UH, PROVIDING TO YOU AT THAT MEETING WILL, UH, THAT, THAT FINAL INPUT YOU GIVE US WILL GO INTO THOSE DRAFTS.
AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER THAT DATE, UH, WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH YOU THROUGH, UH, ANOTHER JOINT WORK SESSION, UH, WHERE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO REVIEW THAT PLAN DRAFT AND THEN, UH, SOME, UH, DISCUSSIONS RELATED TO POTENTIAL ADOPTION.
SO, WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU, MARK AND MONICA, GREAT PRESENTATION.
UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU KEEP THIS FRESH IN OUR MIND.
SO WE ARE, WE'RE RIGHT THERE IN, IN STEP WITH YOU.
SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
SO, COUNSEL, UH, MR. CORCORAN.
SO I SAW IN SOME OF THE, UH, MEETING IN A BOX TARGETS, YOU HAD COMMENTS FOR BETTER TRANSIT AND UTD THERE, BUT OF COURSE, THEY'RE OUT FOR THE SUMMER, DAWN, AS YOU AND I HAVE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED.
SO, WILL THOSE EITHER ORGANIZATIONS OF STAFF OR STUDENTS, UM, WILL THEY BE ABLE TO, OR THINK THEY WOULD HOST THOSE ONLINE? OR ARE THEY ABLE TO HOST THOSE MEETINGS OUTSIDE THE TIMEFRAME THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? HOW'S THAT GONNA WORK? YEAH, THEY CAN, THEY CAN BE HOSTED ONLINE.
AND SO THAT, THAT WAS THE INTENT WITH, WITH SOME OF THOSE MEETINGS TO MAKE IT, MAKE IT SOMETHING WHERE PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE TOGETHER.
JOE, IT WOULD'VE, IT WOULD'VE SIGNIFICANTLY SLID OUR SCHEDULE TO TRY TO KEEP THE, THE THIRD SUMMIT OPEN AND CREATE THAT SAME OPPORTUNITY WHEN THEY RETURN TO SCHOOL.
SO WE, WE'VE TRIED THROUGH BOTH A VIRTUAL OPTION AND, AND ALLOWING THEM TO MANAGE MEETINGS ON THE CAMPUS THEMSELVES, UM, TO OFFER THEM THOSE TWO OPTIONS.
BUT YEAH, THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE CALENDARING AND SCHEDULE WOULD'VE HAD TO SLIDE DOPE.
I, UH, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT.
UM, NO, I THINK THAT IT'S A, UM, IT'S, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THE TOOLS TO ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT.
AND I REALLY, YOU KNOW, JUST AS AN OVERALL COMMENT, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FLEXIBILITY THAT Y'ALL SHOWED.
I THINK THE, THE INSIGHT Y'ALL SHOWED IN CREATING THIS MEETING IN A BOX ENVIRONMENT
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AND PIVOTING AWAY FROM A FULL AMBASSADOR TYPE ENVIRONMENT, UM, IN A WAY THAT ACTUALLY MADE THIS POSSIBLE TO DO THIS ONLINE AND ALLOW THAT PARTICIPATION.SO, UM, THAT'S REALLY TO BE COMMENDED.
I THINK, I THINK MARK AND MONICA AND THE WHOLE TEAM HAVE SET A NEW STANDARD FOR PUBLIC BOTH INPUT AND ENGAGEMENT.
AND I THINK YOU CAN ALREADY SEE IN OTHER PLANNING WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE MODELING WHAT, WHAT, WHAT MARK AND, AND MONICA AND THE TEAM BROUGHT TO US AS IDEAS FOR THIS.
SORRY, WE'RE STEALING YOUR IDEAS.
I REALLY THINK THIS IS SET, THIS HAS SET A NEW STANDARD, UM, FOR BOTH OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC INPUT AND THE WAY WE ENGAGE THROUGHOUT A PLANNING PROCESS.
AND, AND WE'RE PAYING FOR THOSE IDEAS, SO IT'S NOT STEALING THEM.
UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A COUPLE OTHER QUESTIONS REAL FAST THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT.
UH, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS GETTING THOSE, THOSE BANNERS, UH, AND, AND ALSO US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS MAYBE GETTING MATERIAL TO, TO DROP OFF, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT, UH, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS DID AT IT HAD BEEN AT UTD, UH, MAYBE A MONTH OR SO BACK THAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY INGENIOUS WAS HE BROUGHT A BUNCH OF LITTLE FLYERS FOR PEOPLE TO USE THOSE ONLINE RESOURCES.
AND I WAS WONDERING EITHER WITH BOTH, WITH THE BANNERS AND WITH THAT, GIVEN THAT WE'RE ALL INVOLVED IN CHURCHES OR OTHER, YOU KNOW, SOCIETIES OR WHATEVER, I MEAN, WHAT OPPORTUNITIES DO WE HAVE TO GET MATERIALS LIKE THAT? AND I MEAN, I COULD JUST PUT UP A BANNER IN MY CHURCH, YOU KNOW, PENDING APPROVAL, BUT, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT, RIGHT? SURE.
I MEAN, YOU'RE, YOU'RE SOME OF OUR, UH, STRONGEST AMBASSADORS AND SO WE'LL, WE'LL, UH, WORK WITH, UH, CHARLES, AND I'LL GET WITH EACH OF YOU AND FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE THE BEST RESOURCES THAT WE CAN PROVIDE YOU SO THAT YOU CAN UTILIZE AND HELP US GET THE, THE WORD OUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
'CAUSE WE'RE ALSO GOING TO EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AS WELL, JUST AS PART OF OUR NORMAL COUNCIL DUTIES, UM, MIGHT MAKE SENSE FOR US ALL TO CARRY A LITTLE STACK OF THOSE CARDS IN ADDITION TO OUR BUSINESS CARDS.
ON SLIDE 10, UH, RICHARDSON PUBLIC EVENTS, JUST TO, CAN YOU HELP CLARIFY WHEN THOSE POP THOSE EVENTS WE'RE DOING, UM, THAT'S JUST INFORMATIVE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW UPCOMING SESSIONS, CORRECT? BECAUSE I SEE THE PICTURE OF THE RIGHT SHOWS, LIKE A SURVEY TYPE, YOU KNOW, YES.
SCREEN, BUT WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.
I WAS AT COTTONWOOD AND WILDFLOWER, SO I DIDN'T MISS THOSE.
I APOLOGIZE THAT THAT PHOTO WAS FROM THE FIRST COMMUNITY SUMMIT.
IT WAS MORE TO GET THE WORD OUT TO UTILIZE THESE OTHER TECHNIQUES THAT WE HAVE.
SO, SO FOR ANY RESIDENTS, UM, TO CLARIFY FOR ANY RESIDENTS WHO MAY BE WATCHING FROM HOME OR OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEEDBACK OR THE, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING IN THE COMMUNITY THAT'S AT THEIR PLACE OF WORSHIP OR, UH, ONE OF THE, UH, ONLINE OR COME TO THOSE MEETINGS AT CITY HALL AND AT HEIGHTS AS, AS WELL AS ONLINE, AS WELL AS AN INDIVIDUAL, OR IF THEY CHOOSE TO HOST A MEETING IN A BOX OR FACILITATE IT THAT WAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CLARIFYING MR. DORIAN.
UH, MARK, THANK YOU, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
IT WAS, IT WAS, UH, VERY ENLIGHTENING.
UM, I WANTED TO SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPEN HOUSES AND THE HEAVY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
I THINK THIS IS DEFINITELY A CATALYST AND SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO AS, AS A MODEL MOVING FORWARD.
UM, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE PRESIDENT'S, UH, HOAS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
UM, ARE WE, ARE WE PUSHING THEM TO MAYBE PUT, PUT THIS OUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, ON A NEXT DOOR OR ANY OF THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA SITES? 'CAUSE A LOT OF THE, A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE LIKE A FACEBOOK PAGE OR SOME OF 'EM EVEN HAVE AN INSTAGRAM PAGE.
AND I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN MAYBE DIRECTED CURTIS TOMORROW AT THE H OA PRESIDENTS MEETING.
IT'S ON, IT'S PART OF MY UPDATE, AND WE WILL HAVE, UH, KEITH HAS GOT RESOURCES FOR US TO HAND OUT TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT SUMMIT THREE IN THE DIFFERENT WAYS.
I MEAN, THEY CAN, THEY EXPONENTIALLY GET THE WORD OUT, SO WE'LL ASK THEM TO PUT THAT IN THEIR E-NEWSLETTERS OR JUST BLAST IT OUT TO THEIR EMAIL GROUPS.
MS. JUSTICE, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? YOU'RE GOOD.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING.
UH, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE ALL THE BOX CHECKED.
I'M NOT TOO MUCH WORRIED ABOUT YOUR PROCEDURE.
I KNOW THAT AS AN ENGINEER, I HAVE FAITH ON ENGINEERS, UH, WHEN SOMEONE HAS A HISTORY OF, YOU KNOW, GOOD, YOU KNOW, CREDIBLE WORK.
SO NOW I'LL JUST SAY WHAT MY CONCERN, REALLY, I, I SAID THAT IN THE PAST.
I ASSUME THAT EVERY ONE OF YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ALSO.
BUT STILL, I WOULD MENTION, BECAUSE AS AN ENGINEER, I LIKE TO SEE THE END PRODUCT,
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UH, YOU KNOW, START THAT WILL COVER EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.UH, BUT ALSO BEFORE WE SEE THE END PRODUCT, I'D LIKE TO SEE REALLY A VISION THAT SOMETHING'S HAPPENING.
YOU KNOW, THE PRODUCT WILL BE, WILL FULFILL OUR NEED.
THE CONCERN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERN MOVING FORWARD, NOT FOR THIS PLAN.
I'M TALKING ABOUT AS A CITY, WE, WE DO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE DENSITY, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, HAVE A DENSITY IN PLAN WAY, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN LOCATION.
UH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT, WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE SCHOOL.
ALSO, SOME SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSING DOWN OR MAYBE POPULATION WILL INCREASE CERTAIN AREA.
WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SERVE THEM BECAUSE OF THE, UH, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE SCHOOL THERE.
SO IT'S COMBINATION OF LOTS OF THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE NOT HERE FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT WHATEVER WE DO HERE TODAY, IT'LL HAVE IMPACT ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MOVING FORWARD.
UH, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, INFRASTRUCTURE, WE DO HAVE TO LOOK FOR NEW REVENUE SOURCE TO MANAGE THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, DEAL WITH THOSE, UH, PORTHOLES, UH, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T DAMAGE THE TIRE RIGHT AWAY, BUT SOMETIMES DEPENDS HOW FAST YOU DRIVE.
IT COULD HAVE A FLAT TIRE JUST BECAUSE OF THE SMALL PORT PORTHOLES.
UH, AND, UH, SO FINDING A NEW REVENUE SOURCE IMPORTANT AND TO TACKLE THAT, TO MANAGE THAT, WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
UH, THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR NOW.
SAYING ALL THESE THING, I COULD SAY A FEW MORE THINGS, BUT I WOULD COME TO SOME SUGGESTION.
MAYBE YOU CAN COMFORT ME WITH THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE ARE, WE TALK ABOUT MISSING HOUSE, UH, AND THEN WE GIVE THEM SOME OPTION, THIS ADOPTION.
UH, I WOULD SEE IF WE CAN GIVE THEM MORE FLEXIBILITY, YOU KNOW, FOR INPUT.
SAY THAT YOU CAN, YOU CAN REALLY MIX MASS MORE THAN THIS.
YOU CAN PUT THIS THING INTO A DIFFERENT BLOCK.
SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T LET THEM PUT THE LEGO PIECES IN CRAZY PLACES, WE'RE NOT GONNA SEE NICE IDEA.
SO IF WE GET INPUT, UH, FROM PUBLIC OR ANYONE, UH, GET, I WOULD GIVE THEM MORE FLEXIBILITY THAT BE CRAZY, BRIEF, OPEN-MINDED, COME UP WITH ANYTHING.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW STRICTLY THIS DIRECT DIRECTION THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE MIXED, PUTTING FEW THINGS TOGETHER, THOSE PUZZLES, BUT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THOSE STAY INTO THAT BLOCK.
YOU COULD BRING SOME OTHER THINGS INTO THAT, UH, AREA.
SO IN DIFFERENT, I, I HOPE I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M MAKING SENSE BECAUSE I SEE THINGS BEHIND MY HEAD, BUT, UH, I CAN'T REALLY BRING THIS THING PROJECTED TO THE PROJECTOR OUTSIDE, AM I? YES.
DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO YOU? YES, YOU ARE.
I, I, I THINK, UH, WE ARE CERTAINLY THERE, THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT I HEARD YOU TOUCH ON THAT, UH, WE BELIEVE ARE CRITICAL TO THIS PROCESS AND SUCCESS OF THE PLAN.
UM, CERTAINLY, UH, WE HOPE THAT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL POTS OF MONEY, POTS OF GOLD OUT THERE, ADDITIONAL REVENUE SOURCES THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HELP IDENTIFY FOR YOU TO TAP INTO.
BUT A LOT OF THIS IS ALSO ABOUT, UH, MAXIMIZING THE REVENUE SOURCES, A LOT OF THE ONES THAT YOU HAVE, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GROWING THE TAX BASE, WE'RE GROWING SALES TAX, ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, WHICH THIS PLAN, UH, CAN HELP TO DO FROM THE STANDPOINT OF MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING.
UM, IT'S BEEN REAL INTERESTING HAVING CONVERSATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY.
THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF FOLKS THAT SAID, WE OUGHT TO JUST OPEN IT UP FOR EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD AND ANY TYPE OF HOUSING PEOPLE WANT TO PUT, WE'D LOVE TO SEE THAT.
AND THEN AT THE OTHER END, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY CONSERVATIVE AND WORRIED ABOUT IT.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS, THAT'S WHERE I KEEP TALKING ABOUT SETTING THE BAR IN THE RIGHT PLACE FOR RICHARDSON.
IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE WOULD BE ELIMINATING ANYTHING FROM A POSSIBILITY IN RICHARDSON, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO SAY, WHICH ARE THE THINGS THAT WE MAKE VERY EASY TO DO.
NOT TAKING AWAY THE OPPORTUNITY OF OTHERS, BECAUSE YOU STILL HAVE THAT ZONING PROCESS THAT YOU CAN GO THROUGH.
BUT WHAT ARE THE THINGS WHERE THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME CONSENSUS THAT YEAH, WE OUGHT TO JUST GO DO THOSE, UH, TO START WITH AND THEN CONTINUE TO BUILD UPON THAT.
SO, UM, IT'S REALLY SETTING THE BAR IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
UH, AND THAT'S WHY THESE DISCUSSIONS IN THE COMMUNITY ARE SO IMPORTANT, SO THAT WE'RE NOT JUST LISTENING TO ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE.
WE'RE TRYING TO REALLY LET FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY, LIKE WE DID AT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WORKSHOP, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP, THEY HAD DISCUSSIONS AROUND THE TABLES AND THEY HAD VERY DIFFERING OPINIONS ON, UH, HOW THE CITY SHOULD BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING.
BUT IT REALLY HELPED THEM TO SEE
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OTHER PEOPLE'S PERSPECTIVES AND OPINIONS AND SEE THAT THEIR OPINION WASN'T THE CONSENSUS OF EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM.SO, NO, IT IS VERY COMFORTING.
I MEAN, WHAT YOU SAY MAKE, YOU KNOW, I FEEL, I FEEL REALLY GOOD.
YOU KNOW, ONE, ONE PART OF ME IS TELLING ME THAT, YOU KNOW, RELAX, EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY.
BUT AS THE ENGINEER, OTHER PARTS SAY, OKAY, I'M, I'M OKAY, BUT I LIKE TO SEE, UH, YOU KNOW, LITTLE MORE BEFORE I DRIVE A LITTLE FURTHER.
SO IT'S, IT'S THE THING THAT AS A CIVIL ENGINEER, I DON'T LIKE SURPRISE.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S A POSITIVE SURPRISE.
THAT'S WHY I DON'T BUY LOTTERY.
UH, UH, NOW WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE LOVE WALKABILITY.
WE WANT WALKABILITY, EVERYBODY.
BUT YOU KNOW, SOMETHING, JUST AGAIN, REITERATING SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE, YOU CANNOT MAKE PEOPLE WALK.
UH, YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN ELEMENTS SO THAT THEY WILL FEEL LIKE WALKING.
I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT I ALWAYS SAY SOMETIMES TO MY CHILDREN, EVEN THAT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE WANT TO BRING CERTAIN TYPE OF BUTTERFLY IN OUR BACKYARD, WE HAVE TO PLANT CERTAIN TYPE, TYPE OF FLOWER.
SO WE DON'T BRING FORCE THE BUTTERFLY TO COME, AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA STAY THERE.
SO WE HAVE TO CREATE THE GARDEN.
SO, AND EVERYTHING WILL BE TIMED.
SO THAT ONE FLOWER BLOOMS ONE SEASON, THEN ANOTHER ONE THE NEXT, AND WE SEE THE SERIES OF BUTTERFLY CAMPS VISIT OUR GARDEN.
AND, UH, OTHERWISE IT, IT'LL BE A JUNGLE.
SO THAT'S WHY WHAT YOU SAID, THAT CONTROL CERTAIN THINGS, SETTING THE PERIMETER, THOSE ARE THE RIGHT WORD THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.
I THINK THAT'S, UH, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT IS BEING DONE.
UM, DO WE HAVE A FEEL GIVEN WHERE WE'RE SITTING RIGHT NOW, APPROXIMATELY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE OR THE PERCENTAGE AS COMPARED TO OUR POPULATION THAT HAVE, THAT HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO COMMENT AND, AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK? WE, WE HAD THAT INFORMATION IN A PREVIOUS MEETING, AND I, I APOLOGIZE, WE DID NOT UPDATE THAT FOR THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION, BUT WE CAN SURE.
GET THAT INFORMATION TO STAFF SO THAT YOU'LL HAVE THAT.
YEAH, I'M, I'M, I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT LIKE OUR, OUR MAYOR PRO TIM.
I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING A GOOD OVERARCHING VIEW FROM THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE HAVE A GOOD GROSS, GOOD CROSS SECTION IF I CAN USE THAT TERMINOLOGY TO, TO SAY THAT WE'VE GOT EVERYBODY'S INPUT AS MUCH AS PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO PROVIDE INPUT, WE CAN'T GO OUT AND FOR SOMEBODY, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, WANNA, WANNA MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT A GOOD, GOOD CROSS SECTION.
SO I THINK IN OUR JANUARY PRESENTATION, WE MIGHT HAVE HAD TOUCHED ON THAT, AND IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOLLOWING THIS NEXT COMMUNITY SUMMIT TO HAVE UPDATED NUMBERS FOR ALL OF THAT.
BUT, UH, LET ME WORK WITH KEITH AND STAFF AND SEE, UH, WHAT THE LATEST IS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, BUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE GREAT TURNOUT AGAIN THIS TIME.
AND THEN ALSO, AGAIN, KEEP IN MIND THAT WE HAD THE, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, UH, LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP THAT, UH, WE HAD SOME GOOD PARTICIPATION THERE AS WELL.
SO, AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS SORT OF DIRECTED TO BOTH YOU AND DON DON DO, HAVE WE DONE ANY KIND OF LISTENING SESSION WITH CITY STAFF? YOU KNOW, I'M SITTING HERE THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A, A ROOM FULL OF, I'M GONNA GUESS 25, 30.
YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE OUT THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND SO IS OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO IS OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ALL THE DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS SEEING A LOT OF THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE DON'T EVEN SEE, AND MAYBE SOME OF OUR CITIZENS DON'T EVEN SEE 'CAUSE THEY'RE OUT THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
SO, HAVE WE DONE, I JUST DON'T REMEMBER SEEING THAT ANYWHERE.
AND MAYBE Y'ALL HAVE DONE IT AND FANTASTIC.
IF WE HAVE, I JUST DON'T REMEMBER.
REMEMBER SEEING THAT WE'VE TAKEN THAT, THAT ONE ADDITIONAL STEP.
IT WAS, IT WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
WE, UH, WE HAD A, REMEMBER THAT, I'M SORRY, FOCUS GROUP MEETING WITH STAFF.
I, I SLEPT A LITTLE BIT SINCE LAST YEAR, I GUESS.
I I'M SORRY IF I IDENTIFY, REMEMBER THAT.
IT WAS A, IT WAS A PRETTY MUCH AN ALL DAY MEETING AND WE HAD DEPARTMENTS, UH, ROTATE IN AND OUT.
I THINK WE HAD, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, KEITH, I THINK WE HAD ABOUT 60 ATTENDEES FROM CITY STAFF, FROM ALL DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THAT, IN THAT WORK SESSION.
AND KEN, I'LL JUST ADD ONTO THAT.
IT'S, UH, REGULARLY PART OF OUR LEADERSHIP STAFF MEETINGS.
AND WE ASK, UH, WE ASK OUR LEADERS AND OUR, ALL THE WAY DOWN THROUGH OUR MANAGERS TO STAY ABREAST OF WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS.
AND WE'RE ENCOURAGING THEM CONSTANTLY TO CONNECT WITH KEITH AND, AND, AND, UH, SAM AND OTHERS, UH, IF THEY SEE SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD KNOW AND THEY, YOU KNOW, WE, SO WE'RE, WE'RE ALWAYS ASKING THEM FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR INPUT, UM, AND, AND EXPECTING THEM TO KEEP
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TRACKING WITH US THROUGH, THROUGH THE PROCESS.I THINK THAT'S YOU VERY MUCH ALL THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE.
[10. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY PATHWAY TO SILVER DESIGNATION AND COMPLETE STREETS POLICY]
TIME, WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM 10 ON OUR AGENDA REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY PATHWAY TO SILVER DESIGNATION IN THE COMPLETE STREETS POLICY.MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, DIRECTOR OF, UH, TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY.
MARK NELSON IS HERE, AND, UH, DANIEL HARIG, WHO IS OUR MOBILITY AND SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER, IS GONNA TAKE THE PODIUM.
UM, ONE OF YOUR GOALS WAS, UH, TO REALLY POSITION THE CITY, UH, AS POSITIVELY AS WE COULD TO GAIN THE SILVER DESIGNATION, UH, THROUGH, UM, THE, UH, BICYCLE, UH, FRIENDLY DESIGNATION.
AND, UH, DANIEL'S GONNA DESCRIBE TO YOU SOME REALLY, UH, IMPORTANT SHORT TERM ACTION ITEMS THAT, UH, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
UH, TO THAT END, UH, OUT OF THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT YOU ADOPTED ABOUT A YEAR AGO, UH, RIGHT NOW.
SO, DANIEL, LEMME TURN IT OVER TO YOU, UH, TO, UH, RUN THROUGH THIS BRIEFING.
THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE TO GET US TO THIS POINT.
THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.
UM, SO YEAH, WE'LL BE WALKING THROUGH SOME STEPS WE'VE BEEN TAKING TOWARDS THAT SILVER DESIGNATION.
UM, AS WELL AS, UM, REALLY A BIG PIECE OF IS LOOKING AT, UM, ONE OF THE BIG STEPS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THE POLICE STREETS POLICY HERE.
AND SO THIS, UH, REALLY RELATES TO THE TACTIC, UM, TO RENEWING THE BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY, UH, STATUS THAT WE'RE, UH, WE'LL BE APPLYING TO IN JUNE, SO NEXT MONTH.
UM, AND LOOKING AT THAT SILVER DESIGNATION, UH, THIS REALLY GETS BILLED, UH, BUILT UPON OF THE ACT OF TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED LAST YEAR.
SO LAST FEBRUARY, SO JUST SLIGHTLY OVER A YEAR AGO, UH, WE'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTING THAT PLAN, UH, WHICH IS REALLY THAT GUIDE THAT WE'RE USING TO HOW DO WE GET FROM THAT BRONZE LEVEL WE ARE TODAY TO SILVER.
UH, AND THERE WAS A SHORT TERM WORK PLAN WITHIN THAT.
UM, IN THAT LAST CHAPTER, FIVE OF THE DOCUMENT, UM, SPLIT INTO SHORT TERM, MEDIUM TERM, LONG TERM.
UH, SO THAT SHORT TERM IS REALLY WITHIN THE FIRST TWO YEARS.
AND SO I'LL WALK THROUGH A LOT OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IN THAT SHORT TERM WORK PLAN, UM, AS WELL AS A FEW THINGS EVEN IN THE MEDIUM THAT WE'VE BEEN, UH, GETTING STARTED WITH, UH, TO MOVE TO THAT SILVER DESIGNATION.
UH, SO KIND OF UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION AND EVALUATIONS, UH, STANDPOINT, UH, WE'VE BEEN REALLY CHECKING OFF, UH, A LOT OF THINGS AS FAR AS GETTING SOME OF OUR INTERNAL WORKING DOCUMENTS TOGETHER.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE ASSESS STAFF.
WE HIRED A MOBILITY PLANNER TO, UH, ASSIST IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PLAN.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF IN A DRAFT, WHICH, UH, A LITTLE LEGEND FOR YOU HERE.
THE GREEN ONES ARE THINGS THAT WE'VE COMPLETED.
UH, YELLOW ONES ARE IN PRO IN PROGRESS RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND THEN LIKE ON THIS, ON THIS SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM, UH, WE HAVE ONE ACTION.
WE'VE NOT STARTED, AND I'LL GET TO THAT HERE IN A MINUTE.
UH, WE ARE UPDATING THE WEBSITE.
UH, WE'VE KIND OF GOT A DRAFT GOING THROUGH SOME QUALITY CONTROL ON THAT.
UM, AND PLAN TO LAUNCH THAT TO REALLY INTEGRATE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, UH, IN OUR WEBSITE.
UM, UH, BEFORE WE APPLY FOR THE, UH, BICYCLE FRIENDLY, UH, COMMUNITY APPLICATION, WE'VE ALSO STARTED A, UH, BIKEWAY TRAIL COUNTER PROGRAM.
WE BOUGHT SOME MOBILE COUNTERS.
WE HAVE ONE PERMANENT COUNTER, UH, ON CENTRAL TRAIL JUST NORTH OF CAMPBELL.
UH, WE HAVE SOME PORTABLE ONES TO HELP ASSIST IN KIND OF MEASURING HOW MANY CROSSINGS DO WE HAVE AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH USAGE DO WE HAVE, UH, TO START DOING SOME, SOME OF THAT DATA COLLECTION ALSO, AND UNDERSTAND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE USING AND WHERE DO WE NEED TO INVEST OR REINVEST, UH, IN SOME OF OUR TRAILS AND BIKEWAY SYSTEMS. UM, THANKS TO COUNCIL.
AND LAST DECEMBER, YOU CREATED THE NEW BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, AND GOT THOSE MEMBERS APPOINTED, UH, EARLIER THIS MONTH.
UM, AND REALLY THAT KINDA LEADS TO THE, THE LAST ACTION HERE, UH, IS ESTABLISHING THOSE KEY PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
UH, WE'VE BEEN ON HOLD ON THAT MORE SO, UH, BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY WANT TO WORK THROUGH THAT NEW BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, AND WORK WITH THEM TO DEVELOP WHAT ARE THOSE PERFORMANCE MEASURES WE WANNA LOOK AT AS A COMMUNITY, UH, TO MEASURE, UM, PROGRESS AND SUCCESS, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AS FAR AS EDUCATION, ENCOURAGEMENT AND ENCOURAGEMENT, UH, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF, UH, GOOD PROGRESS HERE.
UM, ESTABLISHING A SAFE PROCESS SCHOOL PLAN.
SO WE ACTUALLY JUST HAD A KICKOFF MEETING LAST WEEK, UH, WITH DOVER ELEMENTARY.
UH, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS ON A SAFE PROCESS SCHOOL PLAN FOR DOVER ELEMENTARY.
SO WE'LL DO SOME DATA COLLECTION OVER THE SUMMER.
UH, AND THEN FALL OF NEXT YEAR, WE'LL BE, UH, WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL, DOING KIND OF WALK AUDITS, WALKING, UH, WATCHING THEIR PICKUP AND DROP OFF AND FINDING WHAT ARE, UH, SOME WAYS TO HELP, UH, IMPROVE WALKING AND BIKING, UH, TO SCHOOL AT DOVER ELEMENTARY, AND ESPECIALLY TIED TO THE, THE RIGHT SIZE.
RICHARDSON, ISD, UH, INITIATIVE WHERE, UM, DOVER ELEMENTARY'S GROWING FROM ABOUT 550 STUDENTS TO 800 STUDENTS NEXT YEAR.
UM, IT'LL BE IMPORTANT AS WE START THAT SCHOOL YEAR TO LOOK AT WHAT CHANGES AND KIND OF PATTERNS HAVE CHANGED, UM, WITH NEW APARTMENT COMPLEXES NEARBY, UH, WALKING AND BIKING TO THE SCHOOL, AND WHAT IMPROVEMENTS WE CAN MAKE THERE.
UH, SO IT'S AN EXCITING TIME TO KINDA GET THAT PROGRAM STARTED AND LOOK AT HOW DO WE BUILD ON IT IN THE FUTURE TOO.
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UH, WE'VE ALSO BEEN LOOKING AT OTHER, UH, PARTNERSHIPS.SO WE PARTNERED WITH BIKE DFW FOR THE CITY'S FIRST, UH, CITYWIDE BIKE RODEO.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURE THERE, UH, ON THE RIGHT WHERE, UH, WE HAD, UH, A GOOD TURNOUT THERE AT H HINES PARK, UM, WORKING WITH BIKE DFW TO LEAD THAT PROGRAMS. UM, AND A LOT OF OTHER LOCAL PARTNERS.
WE HAD OUR LOCAL BIKE SHOPS, SO BOTH BIKE MART AND THE BIKE SHOP CAME OUT, UH, TO SUPPORT THE EVENT.
WE HAD, UH, KONA ICE WITH SOME SNOW CONES OUT THERE.
RICHARDSON POLICE CAME OUT, UM, WITH SOME OF THEIR BIKE PATROL OFFICERS TOO, WHICH, UM, I THINK WAS GREAT JUST, UH, FOR THE KIDS TO SEE.
UM, SO OUR TRANSIT PARTNER, THEY CAME OUT, THEY BROUGHT A FULL-SIZE BUS, UH, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY GREAT FOR A LOT OF THE ADULTS WHO MAY BE NERVOUS ABOUT TRYING TO LOAD A BIKE ON THE BIKE, ON THE BIKE RACK IN FRONT OF A BUS.
UM, YOU DON'T WANNA HOLD UP A BUS FOR 10 MINUTES WHILE YOU FIGURE IT OUT.
UM, AND SO WITH THE BUS JUST PARKED THERE, THEY WERE ABLE TO JUST KIND OF LOAD IT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOMEONE WITH A RECUMBENT BIKE, SO HOW DO YOU FIT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF NON-STANDARD BIKES, UH, ON THESE BIKE RACKS AND HOW DO THEY, HOW DOES IT ALL WORK? AND SO, UH, IT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR FOR PEOPLE TO TEST THAT OUT.
WE ALSO WORK WITH POLICE DEPARTMENT ON A BIKE REGISTRATION PROGRAM.
UH, SO PARTNERING WITH A, A NATIONAL NONPROFIT GROUP BIKE INDEX, UM, IT'LL ALLOW IT, IT INTEGRATES WITH SOME OF THE POLICE, UH, SYSTEMS ALREADY, UH, JUST TO HELP KIND OF REDUCE THEFT AND AS WELL AS RECOVERY IF, UH, POLICE DO RECOVER BIKES, UH, TO BE ABLE TO RETURN IT TO THE OWNERS, UM, THROUGH THAT REGISTRATION PROGRAM.
UH, WE'RE ALSO INVESTIGATING, UH, THE POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS, UH, FOR PROVIDING MORE ACCESS TO, UH, BICYCLES MOBILITY.
UH, SO THAT'S KIND OF LOOKING AT BIKE SHARE.
UH, AND WE'VE BEEN COORDINATING WITH UTD AS UTD LOOKS AT HOW TO EXPAND THEIR, UM, MULTIMODAL HUB AT, UH, UTD STATION AS PART OF SILVER LINE.
UM, SO WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM OF, UH, WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT.
UM, AND SO THAT'S KIND OF CONTINUING TO EVOLVE, UM, AS THEY, AS THEY LOOK, BUT THEY'RE STILL A FEW YEARS OUT ON, ON HOW THAT ROLLOUT WILL HAPPEN AS FAR AS PLANNING ENGINEERING.
UM, JUST RECENTLY, UH, WE'VE, UH, UNROLLED THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD BYWAYS IN SOUTHWEST RICHARDSON.
UH, SO IMPLEMENTED SOME, SOME NEW, UM, SYSTEMS OF KIND OF TRAFFIC CALMING, UM, ON STREETS LIKE DUMONT AND WEATHERED, UH, JUST TO SLOW TRAFFIC WHERE, UH, CYCLISTS MAY USE THAT STREET ALREADY, BUT HOW DO WE REDUCE TRAFFIC VOLUMES TO MAKE IT SAFER, MORE COMFORTABLE, UH, WHETHER YOU'RE WALKING, BIKING, DRIVING, LIVING ON THAT STREET.
UM, AND SO, UM, PART OF THAT, UH, REPORT CARD FROM THE BICYCLE, UM, FRIENDLY REPORT CARD FROM LAST, UH, SUBMITTAL WAS TALKING ABOUT THESE NEIGHBORHOOD BYWAYS.
UM, AND HOW DO WE USE THESE STREETS THAT MAY NOT FIT A BIKE LANE OR A TRAIL, UM, HAVE ANOTHER FACILITY THAT WE, WE ADD THAT TRAFFIC CALMING ELEMENT TO IT.
UH, WE'VE ALSO BEEN LOOKING THROUGH OUR REGIONAL SIGNAL TIMING PROGRAM AT, UM, OUR DIFFERENT PRIORITY INTERSECTIONS TO MAKE SURE, UH, WE ARE OUR SIGNAL TIMING'S MATCHING KIND OF BEST PRACTICES FOR WALKING AND BIKING SAFETY AT ALL OF OUR SIGNALIZE INTERSECTIONS.
UM, AND THEN, UH, RECENTLY WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH, THERE'S BEEN RECENT AWARDS ON FUNDING FOR THE COTTON BELT TRAIL, AND SO LATER THIS FALL WE'RE WORKING WITH DART AND THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS TO TAKE THAT TO CONSTRUCTION, LIKELY LATER FALL THIS YEAR WITH CONSTRUCTION STARTING.
AND THEN A COUPLE OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE IN PROGRESS, UH, IS WE DO HAVE, WE DID RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE, UM, ROAD SAFETY PLAN.
UM, OTHER TERM FOR THAT IS A VISION ZERO PLAN.
UM, SO REALLY LOOKING COMPREHENSIVELY AT ALL MODES OF TRAVEL.
UM, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE LOOK AT SAFETY? AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON KIND OF THE AGREEMENTS IN TO GET THOSE IN PLACE FOR THIS PLAN.
UM, SO LIKELY KIND OF EARLY NEXT YEAR, UH, YOU'LL, YOU'LL HEAR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, THAT SAFETY PLAN.
UH, TWO OTHER ONES THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAR ABOUT, UH, VERY SOON ARE THE BICYCLE PARKING ORDINANCE.
AND THEN, UH, TONIGHT WE'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THE, UH, ADOPTING A COMPLETE STREETS POLICY.
SO JUMPING IN NOW TO THE COMPLETE STREETS POLICY.
UH, SO REALLY, YOU KNOW, WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE TALKING THE SAME, SAME LANGUAGE WHEN WE'RE SAYING, WHAT ARE COMPLETE STREETS? WHAT DOES THIS REALLY MEAN? UM, AND SO COMPLETE STREETS, UH, A LOT OF THE LANGUAGE AND KIND OF DEFINITION AROUND IT, UH, TIES BACK TO THERE'S THE NATIONAL, UH, COMPLETE STREETS COALITION.
IT'S A NATIONAL NONPROFIT, UH, NONPARTISAN GROUP, UH, THAT, THAT REALLY INFLUENCES KIND OF THE CONVERSATION AROUND COMPLETE STREETS, UH, NATIONWIDE.
AND A BIG PIECE TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT IS COMPLETE STREETS IS IT'S A PROCESS, IT'S APPROACH.
UM, IT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE PUTTING BIKE LANES ON EVERY STREET.
IT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE, WE HAVE EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE ON EVERY STREET.
UM, BUT IT MEANS IT'S CONTACT SENSITIVE.
IT MEANS WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL MODES, UM, ON EVERY STREET.
UM, AND SOME, SOME STREETS MAY GET IT AND SOME MAY NOT, OR SOME YOU MAY BE LOOKING AT A PARALLEL ROUTE.
UM, UH, AND, AND SO IT'S REALLY JUST THAT APPROACH TO MAKE SURE WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL USERS, ALL ABILITIES, UM, WITH EACH PROJECT, UM, AND KIND OF WEIGHING AND BALANCING, UH, THE, THE BENEFITS TO EACH OF THOSE.
UM, AND HOW DO WE CREATE A FULL NETWORK FOR EACH OF THOSE MODES? THE COMPLETE STREETS POLICY ITSELF, UH, CREATES
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THAT KINDA, THAT VISION, THAT INTENT, THAT FRAMEWORK FOR HOW DO WE CREATE A MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, UH, SO THAT EACH, WHETHER YOU'RE WALKING, BIKING, ROLLING, USING TRANSIT, DRIVING FREIGHT, WHATEVER IT IS, UM, YOU EACH HAVE YOUR OWN NETWORK, UM, AND A LOT OF TIMES OVERLAPPING NETWORKS, UM, TO CREATE THAT MULTIMODAL SYSTEM, UM, AND A LOT.AND THAT IS ALWAYS GONNA BE CONTACT SENSITIVE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE FLEXIBLE BASED OFF THE DIFFERENT CONSTRAINTS WE HAVE OR THE NEIGHBORHOODS WE HAVE, UM, AND THE DIFFERENT STREETS, WHETHER IT'S PLANO AND JUPITER CARRYING HIGHER SPEEDS, HIGHER VOLUMES, MORE, MORE VEHICLE TRAFFIC, UM, COMPARED TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS WHERE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE MORE PEOPLE WALKING AND BIKING, UM, AND KIDS PLAYING.
AND SO THIS POLICY SETS UP THAT ORIGINAL FRAMEWORK, UH, THAT THEN LEADS INTO PRACTICES, UM, SUCH AS THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN, WHICH IS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE ENVISION RICHARDSON, UM, AND OTHER PRACTICES AS FAR AS HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, SCOPE OUT PROJECTS, UM, WHICH THEN LEAD TO THOSE, DEVELOP THOSE PROJECTS, UM, AND ULTIMATELY BUILD, UH, INTO THAT FULL NETWORK, UH, WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
SO I'M GONNA WALK THROUGH KINDA EACH OF THESE ELEMENTS THAT ARE WITHIN THE POLICY, UH, THE DRAFT POLICY THAT WAS, UH, ONE OF THE ATTACHMENTS, UH, FOR YOUR MEETING TODAY.
ONE OF THE BIG PIECES TO UNDERSTAND WITH THIS POLICY IS THIS IS A, IN A LOT OF WAYS, THIS IS FORMALIZING STUFF THAT RICHARDSON ALREADY DOES.
UH, RICHARDSON HAS A, A DEEP HISTORY OF A COMMITMENT TO MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, EVEN BASED ON THE EXTRA TRANSPORTATION PLAN, LOOKING AT OUR SIDEWALK NETWORK, OUR SIDEWALK NETWORK IS NEARLY COMPLETELY BUILT OUT.
UH, A LOT OF THE GAPS ARE, UM, OLDER AREAS THAT MAY BE KIND OF BUCKINGHAM OR, UM, UNDEVELOPED PARCELS.
UM, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S VERY FEW GAPS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK REGIONALLY AT OTHER CITIES, UH, IS VERY RARE.
UM, AND SO JUST THE FACT THAT DECADES AGO, UM, ALL HIS DEVELOPMENT HAD REQUIRED SIDEWALKS WITH IT, UH, JUST TO LOOK AT THAT PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT.
UM, SAME WITH A ROBUST TRAIL SYSTEM, UH, WITHIN RICHARDSON THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
UM, THE COMMITMENT TO DART AS A FOUNDING MEMBER, UM, AND IN 2009, THE FIRST BIKE LANES IN RICHARDSON, UH, ULTIMATELY LEADING TO RICHARDSON BEING THE FIRST, UM, DESIGNATED BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY WITHIN NORTH TEXAS IN 2015.
UM, AND THEN EVEN COMING UP TO LAST YEAR WITH THE, THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, UM, WHICH IS LEADING WITHIN THE REGION, JUST TO THINK OF ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AS A WHOLE.
UM, AND NOT JUST BIKES ALONE, BUT REALLY LOOKING AT IT AS A SYSTEM FOR, FOR ALL.
NEXT, WE MOVE INTO JUST THAT VISION AND INTENT.
UM, SO AGAIN, THAT MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, SO ALL USERS, ALL ABILITIES, UM, AND LOOKING AT THAT, THAT PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, UM, AND MAKING SURE WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL PLANNED, WHETHER ALL STAGES OF PROJECTS.
SO IT'S PLANNING, IT'S DESIGN, IT'S OPERATIONS, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE OPERATE OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS, IT'S MAINTENANCE.
WHEN WE GET TO THOSE REHAB PROJECTS, ARE WE ONLY FIXING THE PAVE, YOU KNOW, THE ROADWAY PAVEMENT? OR ARE WE FIXING EVERYTHING? AND WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE WE TAKING ALONG THE WAY, UH, WHEN WE'RE MAINTAINING THOSE? AND THEN WITHIN THAT VISION INTENT, FIVE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, UM, THAT REALLY DEFINE THAT OF KIND OF BASED OFF THOSE BEST PRACTICES OUT OF THE NATIONAL COMPLETE STREETS COALITION.
UM, AND TYING ALSO WITH KIND OF THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHAT THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES WITHIN THAT PLAN WERE.
UM, REALLY, YOU KNOW, ALL USERS, ALL ALL MODES, UM, TRYING TO PROVIDE THOSE MOBILITY OPTIONS FOR EVERYONE.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU GO TO LAND USE COORDINATION, UH, WITH TRANSPORTATION, MAKING SURE AS WE'RE DEVELOPING ENVISION RICHARDSON, UM, THAT THOSE LAND USES COORDINATE WITH TRANSPORTATION AND VICE VERSA, UM, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, A WALKABLE AREA IS GONNA HAVE WALKABLE STREETS, UM, AND, AND MAKING SURE THOSE, THOSE COORDINATE TOGETHER AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER.
UH, DANIEL, COULD YOU HOLD JUST ONE SECOND? YES.
UM, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE.
DANIEL, I WANNA TELL YOU, I, I REVIEWED THE PLAN, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF IT, BUT, UM, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMPLETE STREETS, IT TOOK ME 45 MINUTES TO GO 1.5 KILOMETERS IN THE BANGKOK TRAFFIC LAST NIGHT.
SO I HAVE TO GET GOING FOR MY, MY MORNING MEETING.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS AND, UM, KAKA, UH, FOR ALL OF YOUR GREAT WORK.
UM, AND, UH, APOLOGIES FOR HAVING TO LEAVE A FEW MINUTES EARLY.
SO IN SECTIONS D AND E, SO GOING INTO THE APPLICATION OF REALLY, WHERE DOES THIS POLICY APPLY? SO IT'S APPLYING TO ALL OF OUR ROADWAYS, UH, WITHIN RICHARDSON.
UH, ONE OF THE OTHER BIG KIND OF PIECES OF THE POLICY IS BY HAVING THIS STATEMENT AS A POLICY STATEMENT BY CITY COUNCIL.
UM, AS THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS COMMUNITY, WE'RE ALSO TELLING OUR, OUR OTHER PARTNERS WHO MAY BE WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY OF WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS, UM, THAT WHETHER TECH DOT'S COMING IN TO DO A PROJECT, UM, OR UT DALLAS OR DALLAS COUNTY, OR WHOEVER IT IS, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE EXPECT
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A MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.WE EXPECT ALL USERS, ALL ABILITIES TO BE CONSIDERED, UH, THROUGH THAT, UH, IN THAT COORDINATION EFFORT, UH, BETWEEN CITY STAFF AND THOSE AGENCIES AS, AS WE WORK ON THOSE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.
UH, AND THEN ALSO THE OTHER PIECE OF IT KIND OF THROUGH THAT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT COMING IN, UM, REALLY LOOKING AT FROM THAT PUBLIC STREET, LOOKING AT NEW DEVELOPMENT AND HOW DO THEY TIE IN? SO IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE WALKING, BIKING, ROLLING IN OUR PUBLIC STREET, HOW DO YOU GET TO THE FRONT DOOR OF THAT BUSINESS? HOW DO YOU GET TO THE FRONT DOOR OF THE GROCERY, GROCERY STORE, THE RESTAURANT, UM, AND, AND MAKING SURE WE'RE LOOKING AT THROUGH THAT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS ALSO.
UM, BUT OF COURSE, IN THESE, THERE'S EXCEPTIONS.
UM, SO THINGS LIKE ORDINARY MAINTENANCE, ORDINARY ORDINARY MAINTENANCE IS, IS DEFINED IN THAT DRAFT POLICY.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, MOWING, SWEEPING, THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH, KIND OF AN INTENSE POLICY AND CHECKLIST TO, TO TRY TO GET THAT WORK DONE.
UM, SAME WITH EMERGENCY REPAIRS OF YEAH, IF THERE'S A WATER MAIN LEAK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA FIX IT.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THAT PROJECT.
UH, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO LOOK AT, UM, A, A WIDER SCOPE, UH, OF, OF WORK, UH, WHEN THOSE, THOSE KIND OF PROJECTS COME ALONG.
UH, THE OTHER ONE IS THINKING INAPPROPRIATE CONTEXT OF, AGAIN, IT'S CONTEXT SENSITIVE.
UM, FREEWAYS LIKE USS 75, YOU KNOW, OUR FRONTAGE ROADS, THEY MAY HAVE SIDEWALKS, THEY MAY HAVE BIKE LANES OR SHARED USE PATHS, UM, BUT REALLY LIKE THE MAIN LANES OF 75 OR GEORGE BUSH.
UM, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO CONSIDER ALL USERS ON THOSE.
UM, AND SO THOSE, THEY HAVE A SINGLE PURPOSE, AND, AND SO TRYING TO DEFINE THAT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT CONTACT SENSITIVE, UM, SOLUTION ON THAT, UH, THE OTHERS PROHIBIT COST IS REALLY LOOKING AT THAT BENEFIT TO COST OF, ESPECIALLY IN RICHARDSON WITH THE BUILT OUT ENVIRONMENT.
YOU KNOW, ADDING, ADDING SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE, UM, IN THE, THE BEST POSSIBLE CONDITION, UM, CAN GET COSTLY.
OR YOU START IMPACTING, YOU KNOW, HOW DEVELOPMENTS ARE, ARE BUILT, OR YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH ACQUISITION YOU HAVE TO GET, UM, TO MAKE THOSE HAPPEN.
AND SO LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THOSE BALANCES AND TRADE-OFFS, UM, UH, TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE COMPROMISES, UM, TO MAKE IT SAFE AND COMFORTABLE FOR EVERYONE.
UM, BUT YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE BEST SOLUTION FOR EVERYONE.
UM, AND SOMETIMES LOOKING AT ALTERNATE ROUTES AS WELL.
UM, BUT ANYTIME THERE IS AN EXCEPTION, UH, AGAIN, THE POLICY CREATES THAT, THAT TRANSPARENCY.
UH, THERE'S DOCUMENTATION AND APPROVAL PROCESS BEHIND IT, UM, THAT IT HAS BEEN THOUGHT THROUGH, UH, EACH AND EACH FOR EACH AND EVERY PROJECT.
UH, SO THE POLICY, UH, AGAIN, KINDA AS A CITY, LETS US ADOPT WHAT ARE THOSE DESIGN STANDARDS, UM, THAT ARE FLEXIBLE, THEY'RE CONTACT SENSITIVE, UM, BUT LOOKING AT, YEAH, WE'RE GONNA DESIGN US 75 DIFFERENT THAN WE'RE GONNA DESIGN A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA DESIGN JUPITER ROAD, UH, DIFFERENT THAN THE STREET IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE.
UM, BUT LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE BEST ONES TO MAKE IT, MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE AND COMFORTABLE FOR EVERYONE.
UH, AND THEN GOING INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION AND THEN PERFORMANCE MEASURES, IMPLEMENTATION, UH, LOOKING AT THAT CHECKLIST, UH, SO KIND OF AS INTERNAL CITY STAFF HAVING A CHECKLIST SO THAT AS WE SCOPE AND DEVELOP PROJECTS, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, MAKE SURE WE'RE LOOKING AT WHERE ARE OUR DART, YOU KNOW, TRANSIT ROUTES TO MAKE SURE WE'RE LEVERAGING THOSE.
IF WE HAVE A PROJECT NEARBY, UH, WHERE'S OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN? AND MAKING SURE IF WE'RE GONNA REHAB THE ROAD, WE'RE LOOKING AT, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPLEMENT PART OF THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, UH, WITHIN THAT REHAB PROJECT AS WELL.
UM, REVIEWING AND UPDATING DESIGN STANDARDS, UH, CITY STAFF'S BEEN UNDERWAY, UH, WITH THINGS LIKE OUR CURB RAMP STANDARDS, UH, FOR, FOR PEDESTRIAN ACCESS.
UM, BUT CONTINUING TO UPDATE THOSE AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE, THEY'RE MEETING BEST PRACTICES, UH, AND THAT COMPLETE STREET SENSE FOR, FOR ALL USERS.
UH, NEXT WEEK, STAFF TRAINING, UH, MAKING SURE STAFF KNOW ABOUT THIS POLICY, KNOW ABOUT THE CHECKLIST, KNOW ABOUT COMPLETE STREETS, UM, AND, AND KNOW WHAT ARE THOSE DESIGN STANDARDS WE NEED TO BE USING GOING FORWARD.
AND THEN PROJECT PRIORITIZATION OF HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE WHICH PROJECTS, UH, COME FIRST, UM, AND, AND HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE LEVERAGE THOSE, UH, DIFFERENT FUNDS.
AND THEN FAIR AND INCLUSIVE IMPLEMENTATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS POLICY IS COMMUNITY WIDE.
UM, IT'S NOT FOR THIS PART OF TOWN VERSUS THAT PART OF TOWN, OR, YOU KNOW, EVERY, EVERY PART, EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, EVERY, EVERY PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
UH, THE EXPECTATION IS WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH A MULTIMODAL, UH, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, THAT THERE ARE MOBILITY OPTIONS FOR EVERYONE IN EVERY PART OF TOWN.
UH, AND THEN INCORPORATING THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THIS POLICY DOCUMENT SETS THAT FRAMEWORK, UM, BUT KIND OF THOSE PRACTICES, UH, REALLY GET BUILT OUT THROUGH THE THOROUGH, THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN, UH, AS PART OF ENVISION RICHARDSON.
AND SO PART OF THIS POLICY REALLY POINTS, UM, TO THE FUTURE PLANNING, PLANNING DOCUMENT IN THAT THOROUGHFARE PLAN WITHIN THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
THIS IS, AGAIN, SIMILAR TO LIKE THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, POINTING TO THE BICYCLE AND
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PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP THOSE PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR COMPLETE STREETS OF WHAT DO WE WANT TO BE TRACKING? WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE, UM, AS WE ADVANCE COMPLETE STREETS, UH, WITHIN RICHARDSON.UM, AND THEN HAVING THAT ANNUAL REPORT THAT TIES CLOSELY WITH THAT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN COMING BACK TO THAT COMMITTEE AS WELL.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION.
AND SO JUST WANTING TO GIVE A COUPLE EXAMPLES OF REALLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, AND SOME THINGS WHERE, AGAIN, HIGHLIGHTING THESE ARE THINGS CITY STAFF AND, YOU KNOW, THE CITY DOES ALREADY, UM, BUT KIND OF FORMALIZING WHAT THAT PROCESS IS AND MAKING SURE IT'S, UH, KINDA IN INSTITUTIONALIZED, UM, IN THAT PROCESS.
UH, SO ONE OF 'EM IS CUSTER ROAD, RECENTLY COMPLETED, UM, YOU KNOW, PREVIOUSLY IS FOUR LANES UNDIVIDED, UM, KIND OF HIGHER TRAVEL SPEEDS.
UM, AND HEARING THAT FROM RESIDENTS OVER THE YEARS.
UM, AND SO LOOKING AT THAT AFTER CONDITION, SO WORKING BETWEEN CITY STAFF OF, HEY, WE NEED TO FIX THE PAVEMENT.
UM, BUT HOW CAN WE MAKE THE ROAD BETTER, UH, FOR ALL USERS, UH, THROUGH THAT REHABILITATION PROCESS? UM, AND SO LOOKING AT ADDING BIKE LANES, RECONFIGURING HOW MANY LANES OF TRAFFIC ARE NEEDED, UH, TO SLOW SPEEDS, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT KIND OF THE BOTTOM PICTURE THERE AT THE SPEED RADAR SIGNS, UM, LOOKING AT THAT TRAFFIC CALMING COMPONENT AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, A RAYS CROSSING WITH FLASHING BEACONS, UH, FOR THE PEDESTRIANS THERE AT THE SCHOOL, UH, AS WELL AS CROSSING TO THE PARK, UM, THERE BEHIND THE SCHOOL.
UH, AND SO, AGAIN, A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMPONENTS, UH, TO LOOK AT ALL USERS, ALL ABILITIES AND, AND LEVERAGE THAT PROJECT THAT ALREADY EXISTED.
UM, BUT TO BENEFIT EVERYONE THROUGH IT.
SPRING VALLEY, UH, THE OTHER ONE NEAR KIND OF GREENVILLE TO ABRAMS AREA, UH, THIS IS KIND OF A SMALLER PROJECT, UH, BUT AGAIN, LOOKING AT, ALRIGHT, IT'S A KIND OF PAVEMENT REHAB PROJECT, UM, LOOKING AT, OKAY, WE LOOKED AT THE PAVEMENT, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SIDEWALKS, UH, WHERE THERE'S LOTS OF KIND OF A DA ISSUES WHERE THERE'S, THERE'S HEAVING, THERE'S, THERE'S BUMPS, THERE'S CRACKS IN THE SIDEWALK.
UM, AND SO LOOKING AT THAT SIDEWALK NETWORK ALSO AND FIGURING OUT, WE DON'T HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHOLE SIDEWALK, BUT LET'S LOOK AT THE, THE ISSUE AREAS AND, AND REPLACE THAT WHILE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PAVEMENT AS WELL.
AND THEN LAST ONE WILL BE GLENVILLE DRIVE.
UH, SO AGAIN, GLENVILLE GETTING FULLY REBUILT, UH, AND A LOT OF THE KIND OF VISIONING PROCESS, UM, IN THE IQ, UM, GOING THROUGH THAT.
BUT LOOKING AT HOW DO WE RIGHTSIZE THAT ROAD WITHIN THE CONTEXT, UM, WHICH IS A MORE INDUSTRIAL AREA.
UM, AND SO HOW DO WE DESIGN THIS IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE, UH, ACCOMMODATE ALL THOSE INDUSTRIAL VEHICLES GOING THROUGH THERE? UM, BUT AS WELL AS PROVIDING OTHER MODES OF TRAVEL, LOOKING TO THE FUTURE OF THE IQ AREA, UH, LOOKING AT BIKE LANES THAT ARE PROTECTED AND KIND OF SEPARATED FROM THOSE, UH, THOSE LARGER TRUCKS, UM, AS WELL AS ENHANCED LIGHTING AND, UM, PEDESTRIAN SIDE, WIDER PEDESTRIAN SIDEWALKS IN THAT AREA.
UM, AND ONE OF THE KEY PIECES OF THIS PROJECT WAS ALSO THE INTERSECTION THERE AT COLLINS, UM, LOOKING AT SHORTER PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS, UM, AND KIND OF SOME OTHER BIKE SAFETY COMPONENTS, UH, WITH BIKE SIGNALS AT THIS PROJECT, UM, AS WELL AS BUS SHELTER IMPROVEMENTS, UH, WITH, THERE'S A BUS ROUTE THAT GOES ALONG COLLINS.
UM, AND SO WITH THAT INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT, UH, ABLE TO ENHANCE THAT FOR BUS SHELTERS, UM, AND BETTER BUS ACCESSIBILITY, UM, IN KIND OF INTERACTION WITH THE BIKE LANE ALONG COLLINS, UM, AND EVEN MORE EFFICIENT ROUTES, UH, FOR, FOR DART SINCE THEY DON'T HAVE TO PULL INTO THE, UH, THE BIKE LANE ANYMORE.
SO, LOOKING AT NEXT STEPS, UM, SO THIS DRAFT POLICY IN FRONT OF YOU, UH, WAS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED BY THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, AFTER THEY REVIEWED IT, AND WE DISCUSSED WITH THEM, UM, AGAIN, JUNE 25TH, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE BIKE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY AWARD.
UH, THAT'S KINDA OUR DEADLINE FOR THAT APPLICATION.
UM, AND THAT TIMELINE, LOOKING AT, IT'D BE DECEMBER BEFORE WE, WE WILL RECEIVE THE FINAL KIND OF FEEDBACK OF WHAT, WHETHER IT'S A BRONZE OR SILVER OR KIND OF WHAT THAT FINAL DESIGNATION IS.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, UPON YOUR CONSIDERATION, UH, OF THIS POLICY, UH, THAT'LL THEN GET INCORPORATED WITHIN THAT ENVISION RICHARDSON AND THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN UP TO QUESTIONS.
DANIEL, GREAT, GREAT PRESENTATION.
AND I, I WILL JUST SAY THIS FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMON SENSE APPROACH TO HOW YOU'RE HANDLING AND LOOKING AT THOSE THINGS.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T FIX EVERYTHING OR SOLVE EVERY PROBLEM.
AND I THINK THE METHODOLOGY OF WHICH Y'ALL ARE GOING THROUGH THE PROJECT IS, IS WELL THOUGHT THROUGH.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO YOU AND MARK FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THAT.
SO, MR. DORIAN, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I, I, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
I THINK IT'S CERTAINLY GONNA ENHANCE THE CITY'S MOBIL MOBILITY.
AND I THINK, UH, AS FAR AS THE AESTHETICS PART OF IT GO, MY QUESTION TO
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YOU, AND MAYBE THIS IS, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE TIME TO DISCUSS THIS, I, I THINK I MIGHT'VE BROUGHT IT UP IN ONE OF THE LAST PRESENTATION.THE, THE LINES THAT WE'RE USING TO DESIGNATE BIKE OR STROLLER OR WALKING ARE, IS, IS THAT A REFLECTED WHITE PAINT? IS THAT THE REASON WHY IT'S WHITE? OR ARE THERE OPTIONS ON CREATING, YOU KNOW, COLOR, MAYBE LIKE A BLACK, YOU KNOW, A MATTE OR GLOSSY BLACK OR, AND OR ADDING COLOR JUST TO, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN SOME OTHER CITIES, UH, THAT HAVE ENGAGED IN SOME DESIGN, JUST, IT'S LIKE DESIGNING A, A CEILING.
I MEAN, THE, THE, UH, THE STREETS, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DESIGN DETAIL AS WELL.
SO, I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK ON THAT? YEAH, FOR, SO FOR LIKE OUR BIKE LANES MM-HMM.
SO YEAH, THE WHITE LINES REFLECTIVITY AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF TESTING METHODOLOGY, HOW THEY BEHIND, HOW THEY CAME TO THAT.
UM, EVEN, EVEN LIKE THE SYMBOL FOR THE BIKE, YOU KNOW, LITTLE BIKE MAN SYMBOL.
UM, THERE IS EVEN DESIGNED BEHIND THAT, UH, THROUGH THAT NATIONAL GUIDELINES.
UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE ARE GUIDELINES.
I KNOW THERE ARE COMMUNITIES, UM, SIMILAR TO HOW THERE'S KIND OF LIKE DECORATIVE CROSSWALKS AND SOME OF THOSE, IT'S A BALANCE BEHIND KIND OF THAT AESTHETIC, UM, VERSUS KIND OF THE SAFETY FEATURES.
UM, AND MAKING SURE YOU DON'T KIND OF BLEND THE TWO IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT CAUSES SAFETY ISSUES.
UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE ARE CERTAIN OPPORTUNITIES OF HOW DO WE MAKE 'EM, UM, MORE CREATIVE IN SOME WAYS, UH, WHERE I KNOW SOME COMMUNITIES, LIKE EVEN LIKE THE BIKE SYMBOL, JUST PUTTING A PONYTAIL ON THE PERSON,
UM, BUT SIMPLE THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE NEVER GOING INTO A REALM THAT WE'RE CREATING A, A SAFETY ISSUE ON THE ROADWAY.
AND I UNDERSTAND SAFETY'S A PRIORITY.
I JUST WONDERED IF THERE WAS SOME OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE SOME AREAS THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, THEY MAKE A REFLECTIVE PAINT IN ALMOST EVERY COLOR NOW.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE COULD CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT AS AN OPTION MOVING FORWARD.
AND I KNOW WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE SAFETY ISSUES AND, UM, OTHER AREAS, BUT, UM, I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT IT FROM A DESIGN STANDPOINT, BEING THE ARCHITECT ON THE BOARD OR THE, THE COUNCIL.
I'D LIKE TO TRY TO STICK TO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE DETAILS BEHIND THAT.
CHRIS, I THINK THERE'S ALSO AN EFFICIENCY FROM AN ECONOMIC STANDPOINT IN WHAT WE DO.
I MEAN, IF YOU, IF YOU START TO GET, IF YOU START, I MEAN, AND THAT IS A, THAT IS A, FOR, FOR US, IT'S, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A CONSIDERATION.
AND HOW DO WE, UM, THE, THE MORE VARIATION YOU HAVE, THE AS YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT MM-HMM,
AND SO I THINK THERE'S A, THERE'S A FINANCIAL CONSIDERATION THAT WE TRY TO BALANCE, BUT, UM, WE CAN, WE CAN DEFINITELY, IF THAT'S AN INTEREST, WE CAN DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SEE WHAT THE TWO WOULD, WOULD, WOULD, WOULD COST IN TERMS OF INITIAL INVESTMENT AND THEN MAINTENANCE.
I A HUNDRED PERCENT SUPPORT THIS.
I THINK YOU'RE DOING A HECK OF A JOB.
UM, THERE'S, UH, TWO THINGS I WANTED TO SHARE REAL QUICK.
ONE, I KNOW FLOYD, UM, RECENTLY HAD THE TWO BIKES, UH, LANES ADDED, I BELIEVE IT WAS FRIDAY, THE SOUTHBOUND LANE WAS ADDED.
THEN MONDAY, THE NORTHBOUND LANE WAS ADDED.
I GOT A CALL, I THINK IT WAS LIKE SATURDAY OR A TEXT, AND SOMEBODY, ONE OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS SAID, HEY, WILL YOU MEET ME OUT AT THE BIKE LANE? UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS COOL.
AND I SAID, SURE, I'LL STOP BY, MEET YOU OUT ON THE WAY HOME FROM CHURCH.
AND, UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS SO COOL.
I SPENT FIVE MINUTES TALKING WITH THIS RESIDENT, UM, RIGHT THERE IN THE, WHAT IS THE RSDS PDC PROPERTY THERE, LOOKING AT THE BIKE LANE THINKING, WOW, THIS IS GREAT.
AND IN THOSE FIVE TO EIGHT MINUTES I WAS THERE, I SAW FOUR DIFFERENT FAMILIES USING THAT BIKE LANE.
AND, UM, AND I WAS LIKE, WOW, THIS ISN'T EVEN, YOU KNOW, DONE YET.
AND I KNOW THE NEXT DAY I GOT A TEXT, UH, SENT TO ME FROM ANOTHER MEMBER, SAID, LOOK, THEY PUT IT IN NORTHBOUND ONE AS WELL.
AND, UH, AND THAT FOLLOWING WEEK, I HEARD FROM MULTIPLE PEOPLE, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY WHO REALLY APPRECIATED THAT.
SO THERE'S NO SECRET I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT A BIKE EXPERT BY ANY MEANS.
UH, UP UNTIL A FEW WEEKS AGO, I THINK IN THE LAST 20 SOME YEARS, I'VE BEEN ON A BIKE ONCE OR TWICE, A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE HAD A DELEGATION TO, UH, WASHINGTON, DC AND ONE OF THE EVENINGS I WASN'T, I WANTED TO GO OUT AND EXPLORE THE CITY MYSELF.
I, WE WERE ALL OUT AT A VENUE, AND I, I SAID, I'M GONNA GO OUT AND DO SOMETHING BY MYSELF.
AND I STEPPED OUT OF THE VENUE AND THERE WAS A BIKE RACK THERE.
I LOOKED AT THE, DOWNLOADED THE APP.
IT WAS ONE OF THESE WHERE YOU RENTED, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS CALLED METRO BIKES.
AND I RENTED A BIKE, WENT AROUND THE MALL, AND I WILL SAY SOMEBODY WHO HAD IT BEEN
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ON A BIKE, I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT, UM, OTHER THAN WHAT I'VE LEARNED AS A MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL OVER THE LAST YEAR, AS FAR AS HOW TO USE BIKE LANES AND SIGNAGE AND THE RULES OF THE ROAD.AGAIN, BY NO MEANS IT MADE SENSE TO ME.
AND I WAS SHARING WITH COUNCILMAN CORCORAN WHEN I GOT BACK.
I WAS EXCITED, I'M SURE TALKING HIS EAR OFF, SAYING THIS WAS NEAT.
I SEE IT IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT.
AND, UH, AND SINCE THEN, I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ON A BIKE ONE MORE TIME.
AND I'M IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING A BIKE.
AND BEFORE OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, I WILL HAVE SAID I'LL BE ON A BIKE MORE TIME SINCE I'M ACTUALLY GETTING A BIKE LATER THIS WEEK.
UM, BUT IT ALLOWED ME TO SNEAK THINGS DIFFERENTLY AND HOW THAT WORKED.
AND ALTHOUGH I HAD NEVER BEEN ON A BIKE AND KNEW NOTHING ABOUT BIKING, THE, UH, GUIDELINES SET IN PLACE IN WASHINGTON DC AND THE USABILITY OF IT MADE SENSE TO ME.
AND IT ALLOWED ME TO DO SOMETHING THAT I HADN'T DONE BEFORE.
AND, UM, I WILL SAY ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICED IS KIND OF WHAT COUNCILMAN DORIAN SAID, THE COLORS, LIKE, I THINK THEY, THEY PAVED THE BIKE, LANE GREEN, I THINK IT WAS.
UM, AND THEN THEY HAD LIKE THE, OH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CALL 'EM, BUT THE CONCRETE THINGS YOU PUT AT THE PARKING LOT SO YOU DON'T RUN OVER THINGS.
THEY HAVE THOSE ON THE SIDE, AND THEY KIND OF SEPARATED, YOU KNOW, NOW OF COURSE, THAT WAS A HIGH TOURIST AREA.
IT WAS IN DC AT THE MALL, SO, UH, AROUND THE WASHINGTON, UM, MONUMENT.
SO IT WAS, IT WAS VERY DIFFERENT TRAFFIC, BUT, UM, IT WAS REALLY NEAT AND IT ALLOWED ME TO SEE THINGS.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING, AND I KNOW THAT, UH, THIS RICHARDSON REMAINS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THIS.
AND, UH, WHILE WE MAY NOT, UH, BE IN DC OR HAVE EVERY TOOL THAT EVERY MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN OUR BIKING, UH, IN OUR BIKE LANES, I, I FEEL LIKE, UH, UNDER YOUR, YOUR LEADERSHIP AND, UM, UNDER, UNDER MARK'S, UH, LEADERSHIP, WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, MAKING GREAT SITES.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK, AND I KNOW THE COMMUNITY APPRECIATES IT BECAUSE I'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT IT.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SAFETY IS, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY THAT IN EVERYONE'S MIND, UH, WHAT WHATEVER WE DO, UH, YEAH.
FOLLOWING A STANDARD THAT'S LIKE WIDELY USED MAKES SENSE.
AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, IF WE PAINT THE WHOLE BIKE LANE WITH DIFFERENT COLOR, I DON'T THINK THAT'S GONNA, UH, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A STANDARD PRACTICE EITHER TODAY BECAUSE PAINT GOES OFF AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE CONTINUOUS MAINTENANCE.
UH, BUT THERE ARE PLACES, UH, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, WE ARE USING THE EXISTING LANE.
WE'RE TRANSFORMING TO BIKE LANE, SO WE'RE NOT DOING ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR THE BIKE LANES.
SO THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT STORY COMPARING WITH, UH, SOME CITIES, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BUILDING NEW STREET, NEW BIKE LANE, SO THEY CAN DO DIFFERENT THINGS.
DIFFERENT WAY FOR US IS MANAGING WHAT WE HAVE, BUT IF WE HAVE SOMETHING NEW STREET, THE STREET REPLACEMENT, DO WE HAVE, OR ARE WE THINKING ANY BRAND THAT WE COULD, UH, USE DIFFERENT, UH, SURFACING IN THAT AREA? NOT PAINTING.
PAINTING IS NOT GOING TO LAST FOREVER BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO PAINT EVERY SO MANY YEARS.
YOU SEE HOW MANY, HOW MUCH WE SPEND JUST PAINTING THOSE FLIN.
BUT WE COULD PROBABLY USE THE CONCRETE WITH DIFFERENT SURFACE, UH, DIFFERENT TEXTURE.
THAT'S SOMETHING PROBABLY WE CAN DO, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR LONG RUN IF WE DO NEW CONSTRUCTION.
SO IF WE HAVE A POLICY THAT WHEN WE DO RESURFACING, MAYBE WE CAN THINK ABOUT SOME NATIONAL STANDARD, HOW THINGS ARE GOING.
UH, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, THE WAY THAT WE HAVE THESE THINGS, AND I THINK THIS IS EVENTUALLY, THIS IS, THIS WILL BE SAFER.
UH, PEOPLE GET USED TO, BECAUSE THEY NEED TO DRIVE A LITTLE SLOWLY, UH, TRAFFIC NEED TO SLOW DOWN WHEN THERE'S A BIKE LANE.
UH, IF YOU HAVE A STRAIGHT LINE, SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I CAN JUST PUT A GAS AND THEN I CAN GO ZOOM FOR THAT DISTANCE.
BUT THAT KIND OF MENTALITY NEED TO CHANGE.
BUT MAYBE WE CAN DO A FEW THINGS TO, UH, MAKE THEM THINK THAT, OKAY, I CAN'T REALLY ZOOM FROM THIS BLOCK.
SO SOME OF THE CON I KNOW THAT YOU ARE, YOU ALL ARE DOING CONTINUOUSLY THOSE KIND OF WORK, MAYBE, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF THINKING THAT OKAY, IN THE FUTURE WE CAN RESURFACE DIFFERENTLY, NATIONAL STANDARDS ARE CHANGING, ANY OBSERVATION? SO WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT SOME.
UM, AND SO I'LL USE GLENVILLE ACTUALLY AS AN EXAMPLE WHERE BOTH THE SIDEWALK AND THE BIKE LANE ARE AT THE SAME LEVEL.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THERE'S A KIND OF A COLOR TEXTURE PAVEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO, JUST TO DIFFERENTIATE KIND OF FROM A, FROM AN A DA SENSE.
UM, BUT WE LOOKED AT A DIFFERENT
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PAVEMENT COLOR, UM, FOR THAT.THE, THE TRAIL PIECE, JUST TO DIFFERENTIATE SIDEWALK VERSUS BIKE LANE.
UM, ONE OF THE ISSUES AGAIN, GOES BACK TO KIND OF THE ECONOMICS OF IT.
UM, AND, AND SOME OF IT BEING THE MAINTENANCE OF IT, UH, THINKING THAT LONG TERM MAINTENANCE WHERE, UM, ALL, ALL F FADES.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE USE A CERTAIN COLOR RIGHT NOW AND WE HAVE TO GO DIG IT UP AND FILL IT IN FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, 10 YEARS FROM NOW, KIND OF COLOR MATCHING IT IS DIFFICULT, UH, VERSUS KIND OF HAVING THAT STANDARD AND SAME KIND OF ECONOMIES OF STANDARD CONCRETE, STANDARD CONCRETE.
UM, AND SO, UM, I KNOW DURING THE BIDDING PROCESS, THEY LOOKED AT, HEY, COULD WE USE A COLOR PAVEMENT HERE? UM, BUT YOU DO SEE HIGHER, HIGHER COST IN THAT.
UM, WE STILL LOOK AT WHAT OPTIONS ARE.
I KNOW SOME COMMUNITIES WILL USE, YOU KNOW, RATHER THAN USING A CONCRETE IN THIS, YOU MAY USE A CONCRETE BASE WITH LIKE AN ASPHALT.
SO YOU'RE GETTING KIND OF THAT, THAT BLACK ASPHALT SURFACE, RIGHT? RIGHT.
UM, WHERE IT'S NOT GONNA GET DEGRADED AS FAST WITH BIKE TRAFFIC VERSUS VEHICLE TRAFFIC.
UM, SO WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT SOME OPTIONS, BUT YEAH, IT IS, IT IS MORE LIMITED TO THOSE FULL RECONSTRUCT SCENARIOS.
UM, AND AGAIN, HOW IT COMBINES CONSTRUCTABILITY SENSE.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING I'LL JUST SAY IS, UH, WHEN YOU'RE USING PAINT, IF A STANDARD CHANGES, IT'S NOT THAT HARD TO COMPLY WITH THAT CHANGE.
I, I MEAN, TAKE A DA RAMPS, FOR INSTANCE.
UM, THE CONSTANTLY EVOLVING AND A DA PLAYS A BIG PART INTO THESE COMPLETE STREETS.
AND SO ANYTHING THAT WE DO WITH THE PERMANENT SURFACE, I GET A LITTLE RELUCTANT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, UH, A NEW STANDARD COMES OUT AND NOW YOU'RE BUSTING OUT CONCRETE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T COMPLY.
AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, OUR APPROACH IN THE PAST HAS, HAS BEEN TO TRY TO, UM, UTILIZE STRATEGIES THAT IF A STANDARD DOES CHANGE, IT'S NOT EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE TO GO BACK AND, YOU KNOW, REMOVE SOME PAINT AND PUT SOME MORE PAINT DOWN.
BUT, UM, COLOR WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE I WOULD JUST, I WOULD WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE EXTREMELY CONFIDENT.
THERE WOULDN'T BE A, YOU KNOW, AN EVOLUTION IN THE WAY THAT THE, UH, NATIONAL STANDARDS APPROACH THAT.
AND SO WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, LARGE SEGMENTS OF, OF CONCRETE.
WE'RE HAVING TO RETHINK HOW WE'RE GONNA DELINEATE, UH, DELINEATE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT WHATEVER THAT PURPOSE OF THAT AREA IS.
I, I AGREE A HUNDRED PERCENT THAT I PERSONALLY DON'T LIKE THE PAIN THINGS BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT ANYWAY.
IT GOES, GOES TO THE STREAM EVENTUALLY, LIKE IT OR NOT.
UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT ENVIRONMENTAL, THEN WE ARE DAMAGING THE ENVIRONMENTAL WITHOUT THINKING THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.
UH, BUT YEAH, IF YOU USE THE NATURAL PRODUCT, UH, TO COME UP WITH, I SAW THE GREEN AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS, YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME LIKE THAT, LIKE YOU SAID, ASPHALT, IT'S MUCH CHEAPER PRODUCT.
YOU CAN USE THAT ASPHALT THERE WITH DIFFERENT CONTRAST.
SIDEWALK IS GONNA BE WIDE, UH, AND DIFFERENT ELEVATION.
UH, BUT MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WATER DRAINS EASILY BECAUSE IN ASPHALT THEY DON'T LIKE WATER, UH, AND DON'T HAVE A STEEP SLOPE.
BUT SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, MY CONCERN THAT IF WE USE DIFFERENT ELEVATION IN ONE AREA, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT SLOWLY WE GO IN THAT ROUTE.
OTHERWISE PEOPLE GET CONFUSED.
UH, YOU KNOW, WALKING INTO WALMART, I GET CONFUSED IF THEY HAVE DIFFERENT SETUP.
UH, I LIKE TO SEE THAT EACH STORE HAS THE SAME, SAME, SAME WAY I CAN GO AND FIND EASILY.
SO THE ROAD THINGS ALSO, LIKE IF WE HAVE DIFFERENT KIND OF DESIGN, UH, PEOPLE GET USED TO DRIVING IN CERTAIN WAY, THEN THEY GET CONFUSED AT WHAT HAPPENED HERE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE, UH, VISITORS OR SOMEONE PASSING BY.
UM, THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE USE ONE STANDARD EVERYWHERE, A CUT AND PAST.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
DANIEL, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
YOU KNOW, OFTEN I JUST, I AGREE WITH ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, SO I FEEL LIKE I JUST SIT HERE AND SAY NO QUESTIONS.
BUT I JUST WANNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY REAL POORLY TO TELL YOU THAT THE WORK YOU DO IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND I KNOW THAT WRITING POLICIES CAN BE A SLOG.
I'M WRITING A TON OF THEM RIGHT NOW IN MY DAY JOB, AND IT'S MUCH MORE FUN TO TALK ABOUT THEM THAN IT IS TO ACTUALLY WRITE THEM.
SO REALLY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.
I WAS GONNA GO ON A LITTLE TANGENT ABOUT WHO IT IMPACTS, WHY IT'S IMPACTFUL.
I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS ILLUSTRATED THAT VERY WELL WITH HIS OWN STORIES, SO, UM, I'LL SAVE MINE FOR SOME OTHER TIME.
JUST WANNA TELL YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU DO.
GOTTA COME BACK TO SOMETHING THAT YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT.
I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IN AS MUCH AS A YEAR AGO, WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS FANTASTIC.
AND WHAT WE'RE ADDRESSING IS WHAT COUNCILMAN BARRIOS TALKED ABOUT, WHICH IS INDIVIDUALS GETTING ON THEIR BIKES, WANTING TO MO HAVE MOBILITY AROUND TOWN.
I STILL GET A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT THE BIKE CLUBS AND ABOUT BEING OUT ON RENTER AND BEING OUT ON HIGH, WHATEVER WE WANNA SAY, HIGH VOLUME, HIGH VELOCITY STREETS.
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IS THIS POLICY? ARE WE, ARE WE DOING ANYTHING TO ENGAGE AND HAVE CONVERSATION WITH THE BIKE CLUBS THAT ARE OUT THERE? I GET A LOT OF COMMENTS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE GREAT CONCERNS.I HAVE CONCERNS FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING TO BE OUT ON SATURDAY MORNING AT 9:00 AM TRAFFIC'S NOT HORRIBLE.
MOST PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, PAYING A LITTLE BIT MORE ATTENTION.
BUT WHEN OUR BIKE CLUBS ARE OUT THERE ON, YOU KNOW, TUESDAY EVENINGS, THURSDAY EVENINGS ON RENTER ROADS, FIVE, SIX O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, HIGH TRAFFIC TIMES, I UNDERSTAND.
I MEAN, I, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER.
I JUST KEEP GETTING A LOT OF FEEDBACK.
AND IT'S LIKE, AND I KEEP SAYING, WELL, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR NEW COMMITTEE, WE HAVE, WE'RE WRITING POLICIES, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS.
I'M NOT HEARING THIS ADDRESS THAT, ARE WE ADDRESSING IT? CAN WE ADDRESS IT? WHAT CAN WE DO? 'CAUSE I GET A LOT OF CONCERNS AND A LOT OF COMPLAINTS.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE I SAY COMPLAINTS.
LEMME NOT SAY COMPLAINTS 'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA BE MISQUOTED.
BUT THERE'S JUST A LOT OF CONCERN BECAUSE THEY DO TAKE A LANE, RENTER'S BUSY, YOU KNOW, UM, NORTH STAR, A LOT OF ACTIVITY OUT HERE ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN, AND IT'S A, IT'S A CONFLICT.
AND, AND I'M JUST CURIOUS, ARE WE, ARE WE, 'CAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T HEAR OR SEE ANYTHING, ANYTHING IN YOUR PRESENTATION, FANTASTIC PRESENTATION, DON'T GET ME WRONG.
BUT THAT'S STILL, THAT'S STILL A, A, A CONCERN THAT'S SITTING OUT THERE WITH, WITH A FAIR NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
YEAH, NO, I, I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND AND, AND HEAR YOU FROM, YEAH.
THE DIFFERENT KIND OF CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD ON THIS AND THIS, THIS POLICY WOULD SAY IF WE'VE GOT A PROJECT ON RENTER THAT YEAH, WE'RE CONSIDERING ALL USERS AND KIND OF ONE OF THOSE USERS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THAT CYCLING GROUP, UM, AND WHAT ARE THEY GONNA USE? BECAUSE CERTAIN SECTIONS OF RENTER, WE'VE GOT RENTER TRAIL, UH, AND THAT'S WHERE WE REALLY TRY TO PUSH PEOPLE IS THAT OFF STREET CONNECTION WHERE SOMETHING LIKE RENTER, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS TO PUT BIKE LANES ON RENTER.
WE GET REQUESTS FOR BIKE LANES ON RENTER, WE GET BIKE LANE REQUESTS ON JUPITER.
UM, BUT THEY'RE FACILITIES THAT JUST DON'T INTERACT WELL WITH, WITH A ON STREET BIKE LANE.
NO, AND I UNDERSTAND EVERY, EVERYTHING YOU'RE PRESENTING TONIGHT IS NOT, I MEAN, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THIS 'CAUSE I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.
WHAT YOU'RE SHOWING ME RIGHT NOW, THIS IS, I MEAN, WHAT WE'RE DESIGNING AND WHAT YOU'RE SHOWING IS EXACTLY WHAT COUNCILMAN BARRIOS DID IN WASHINGTON.
I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT THIS IS ALL DESIGNED TO DO IS FOR THE ONE, TWO SMALL FA SMALL FAMILY, FAMILY, HOWEVER YOU WANNA SAY THAT.
THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SHOWING US TONIGHT, CORRECT? YES.
IT'S FOR SO, SO, AND AGAIN, I I, I MEAN THE ANSWER, AND IF THE ANSWER'S NO, IT'S OKAY.
I'M NOT, I'M JUST, BUT I'M JUST SAYING IS WE'VE, AT SOME POINT, I THINK AS A CITY, WE'VE GOTTA TACKLE THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, AND I, AND I KNOW I'VE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE.
YES, EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO USE THE ROADWAYS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
BUT THERE'S GOTTA BE, WE GOTTA TACKLE THIS.
THERE, THERE ARE SAFETY ISSUES, THERE'S SAFETY CONCERNS.
I'M, YOU KNOW, I, I HEAR ABOUT IT ON A VERY, VERY FREQUENT BASIS AND I, I KEEP ASKING THE QUESTION.
I KEEP HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I THINK WE HAVE DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS.
KIND OF GOING BACK FOR A MOMENT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT AN ART TO ART EXPERT.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE, WE, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE ARTS, UM, COMMISSION TO BE ABLE TO TACKLE THINGS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO US.
AND SO I'M, I GUESS I'M JUST, AND IT'S OKAY IF WE HAVEN'T DONE IT.
I JUST, I THINK, I THINK THIS COMMITTEE, I THINK SOMEHOW WE'VE GOTTA, WE'VE GOTTA TACKLE THAT BECAUSE IT'S, THERE, THERE ARE SAFETY CONCERNS AND I DON'T, YOU KNOW, AND, AND PEOPLE TALK TO ME ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME, AND, AND I KEEP, I KEEP PUT, I KEEP TRYING TO POSITIVELY SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ADOPTING THIS AND ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
AND, AND I THINK, I THINK THERE'S GOTTA BE A, WE GOTTA HAVE AN OPEN DISCUSSION.
ABOUT COUNCILMAN, LET ME LET, IS THAT, IS THAT FAIR WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY? IT'S, IT'S, SO I, I THINK THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE BPAC TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT AND TRY TO ENCOURAGE, UM, THESE, THE GROUPS THAT RIDE, UM, PREDOMINANTLY COMING OUT OF, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, UM, THE, THE RICHARDSON, THE FORMER RICHARDSON BIKE MARK IS WHAT YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF THOSE GROUPS.
I THINK THERE'S A, AN OPPORTUNITY, THE BPAC TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT HOW TO DO THAT IN A WAY THAT IS, UH, COMPLIMENTARY TO THE OTHER USES ON THE ROAD, PARTICULARLY AT THOSE, THOSE HIGH TRAFFIC TIMES.
UM, THE SOLUTION CAN'T BE THOUGH THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE JUST SAY THAT THEY CAN'T USE THE ROAD.
AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING I NO, I KNOW, I'M JUST GONNA, I'M JUST SAYING IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE, IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE AN ENCOURAGING, UM, IT'S GONNA HAVE TO FOCUS ON EDUCATION AND THEN ENCOURAGING THEM TO REALLY TRY TO, UM, BE GOOD PARTNERS ON THE ROAD.
AND, AND TO YOUR POINT, NOT, NOT, NOT NOT USE THE ROAD, RIGHT.
BUT PERHAPS NOT SUGGESTING, RIGHT.
PERHAPS DO IT AT A, YOU KNOW, AT TIMES AND IN WAYS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, COGNIZANT OF, OF WHAT, WHAT'S GOING ON, ON AROUND THEM.
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THINK THAT THERE'S VALUE IN THAT.I THINK THAT THE BPAC COULD TALK ABOUT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT THE BPAC IN THIS SITUATION IS MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE PART OF THOSE GROUPS.
AND SO IT WOULD BE A GREAT, IT WOULD BE A GREAT PERSPECTIVE TO HAVE THEM COME BACK AND SAY, HERE'S WHAT, YOU KNOW, WOULD RESONATE WITH SOME OF MY FELLOW BIKE RIDERS WHO, WHO, WHO TEND TO BE ON THE, UH, YOU KNOW, ON THE STREETS AT, AT THOSE TIMES.
UM, AND MAYBE IT, AGAIN, LIKE WE TALKED PREVIOUSLY ABOUT WORKING WITH THE ORGANIZERS OF THOSE RIDES TO TRY TO, UM, TO TRY TO, TO, TO, TO BE MORE COGNIZANT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY AT THAT TIME ON THE ROADS.
BUT I DO THINK IT'S GONNA BE EDUCATION, IT'S GONNA BE AWARENESS, IT IS GONNA BE EDUCATION, AND THEN ENCOURAGING, UM, UM, THEM TO DO THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND THEN OF COURSE, AND, AND, AND I WOULD THROW ENFORCEMENT IN THERE BECAUSE IF THEY ARE DOING THINGS AS THEY RIDE IN THOSE GROUPS, IF THEY ARE DOING THINGS THAT ARE INCONSISTENT WITH THE LAW, THAT THAT IS DANGEROUS AND IT'S GONNA ADD TO THE LIKELIHOOD OF, OF, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL ACCIDENTS.
AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, EDUCATION, ENCOURAGEMENT, AND ENFORCEMENT ALL NEED TO BE PART OF THAT.
MY, MY NUMBER ONE GOAL IS FOR EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO USE, UTILIZE THE ROADWAYS WORK COLLAB, OR I SAY WORK, RIGHT, COLLABORATIVELY, WORK COLLABORATIVELY, DRIVE COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER.
BUT I, I GUESS, I GUESS I'M NOT, I GUESS MY CONCERN IS, IS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS POLICY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT, IT, IT, I MEAN, YEAH, THIS PO THIS POLICY WOULD BE THE WRONG, I THINK THIS POLICY WOULD BE THE WRONG VEHICLE TO TRY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.
THIS POLICY IS MORE TALKING ABOUT AS WE RETHINK OUR, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH FUTURE PROJECTS, HOW DO WE TAKE ALL THE DIFFERENT USERS INTO CONSIDERATION? UM, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REALLY HERE AT COUNCILMAN HUDSON RIDERS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ESTABLISHED INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S NOT LIKELY TO CHANGE.
IT'S JUST BEING HEAVILY UTILIZED.
AND SO, YOU'RE RIGHT, THIS POLICY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, I'M AGREEING WITH YOU, THIS POLICY IS NOT SPEAKING TO THAT PRO, THAT PROBLEM THAT, OR THAT CONCERN THAT YOU RAISED, BUT I THINK THIS WOULD BE THE WRONG INSTRUMENT TO DO THAT.
I THINK IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE SOME ADDIT SOME DIFFERENT WORK THAT THE BPAC DOES THAT AGAIN, FOCUSES ON EDUCATION, ENCOURAGEMENT, AND ENFORCEMENT.
SO, SO MARK, YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING TO THAT? I MEAN, NO, I MEAN, I, I WELL SAID.
I MEAN, PART OF OUR, PART OF THE A TP IS THAT EDUCATION, ENCOURAGEMENT AND TO WORK THROUGH THAT.
UM, AND EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID, I'M SORRY.
AND I'M SORRY, A TP STANDS FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
OH, SO CAN I, THAT'S PART OF, YES, GO AHEAD.
WELL, I WAS JUST CONCLUDE THAT, THAT, THAT IS IN THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
UH, EDUCATION AND POLICY IS MORE TOWARDS LOOKING MARK FACILITIES MAY CONSIDER IN FUTURE MIC, MICROPHONE.
JUST WORKING, WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE, UH, WITH THE BIKE CLUBS, BIKE MARK, UH, UH, BPAC, AS WELL AS, UH, BIKE FRIENDLY RICHARDSON GETTING, UH, GETTING, GETTING TO WORK WITH THOSE FOLKS.
I, 'CAUSE 'CAUSE IN MY MIND, AGAIN, THAT TO ME, THIS IS ONE OF THE, THE OFFSHOOTS OF WHAT THE, THE BPAC IS, IS UNIQUELY QUALIFIED TO DO.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I JUST KEEP COMING BACK TO IT SAYING, PLEASE, LET'S, LET'S UTILIZE THEM AND LET'S GET KIND OF AS, AS A CITY MANAGER SAID, YOU KNOW, GET EVERYBODY AROUND THE TABLE AND LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.
THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING IS, AND THEN WE CAN COME OUT AND SAY, HEY, WE'VE REVIEWED IT.
HERE'S OUR, I DON'T KNOW IF POLICY'S RIGHT.
WHATEVER, WHATEVER IT SHOULD BE POLICY OR OUR, THESE ARE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS OR WHATEVER IT SHOULD BE, JUST SO WE CAN, 'CAUSE I, I'VE HEARD ABOUT IT NOW FOR, I MEAN, ON MY SIXTH YEAR, I HEAR IT EVERY YEAR IN MY, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AS I WALK AROUND, PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, OH, I NEARLY RUN OVER THE BIKE GROUP.
YOU KNOW, NOT ME PERSONALLY, BUT OTHER PEOPLE WILL SAY THAT TO ME ALL THE TIME.
WHY ARE THEY OUT THERE ON TUESDAY NIGHT? AND I SAID, WELL, THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE THERE.
YOU KNOW, WE GET INTO ALL THOSE KIND OF CONVERSATIONS, BUT WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T ADVANCED THAT.
I JUST DON'T WANNA FORGET ABOUT THAT.
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL COMMIT TONIGHT TO HAVING THAT AS A, AS A, ON THE NEAR ON THE FUTURE, BUT A NEAR EPAC AGENDA, WE CAN HAVE THAT, WE CAN RAISE THAT ISSUE, BRING UP A, YOU KNOW, KIND OF DEFINE WHAT WE'RE HEARING, AND THEN WE CAN LET THE BPAC REFLECT ON THAT AND, AND MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL COMMIT TO PUTTING THAT ON A, A, A NEAR TERM, UH, AGENDA FOR THE BPAC.
I'D LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING TO THIS POINT.
THANK YOU, DON, FOR CLARIFYING ON HIS, ON HIS POINT.
UM, I THINK A BIG PART OF THAT EDUCATION PIECE, EDUCATE, EDUCATE MOST OF US AROUND THIS HORSESHOE OR, YOU KNOW, OUR PRIMARY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IS VEHICLE, UH, A MOTOR VEHICLE.
AND THEREFORE, I THINK IT'S A LOT ALSO WHEN WE ADD TO EDUCATION, NOT JUST EDUCATING THEM ON, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT RULES ARE BEING FOLLOWED AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S EDUCATING US DRIVERS ON HOW TO INTERACT.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE OF US WHO'VE BEEN DRIVING FOR A LONG TIME, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WERE TO GIVE AVERAGE PERSON A TEST ABOUT THE RULES OF ENGAGING WITH, YOU KNOW, UM, BICYCLES, I, I DON'T KNOW IF ALL OF US HAVE THAT.
SO I THINK PART OF THAT IMPORTANT EDUCATION IS IT'S KIND
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OF A TWO WAY, RIGHT? MM-HMM.YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN HU WRITE ALSO OFFER WITH, WITH SOME OF THIS.
AND, UM, WHILE I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS POLICY ISN'T DIRECTLY ADDRESSING THE BIG PELOTONS ON RENTER, I THINK SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING DONE BETWEEN THE A TP AND THIS COMPLETE STREETS POLICY ARE SORT OF ANCILLARY EFFECTS THAT WILL HOPEFULLY WANT SOME OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WE TALKED ABOUT MAKING INTERSECTION SAFER, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THROUGH THIS AND THEN THROUGH SOME OF THE OTHER TRAIL CONNECTIONS THAT ARE COMING ONLINE IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS.
SO SORT OF COMBINED TO CREATE ALTERNATIVE ROUTES AND ENVIRONMENTS THAT THOSE GROUPS FEEL COMFORTABLE RIDING IN.
UM, SO THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS CONDENSED ON RENTER EITHER.
I MEAN, MAYBE I'M JUST SAYING, LIKE, WHILE I THINK THIS IS AN EXCELLENT ITEM FOR BPAC TO ADDRESS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
AND I'M, TRUST ME, I'M A HUNDRED PERCENT ALL IN MM-HMM.
I JUST, I DON'T WANT TO, MY CONCERN WAS, I WAS HEARING WILL, WE'RE WRITING THE POLICY AND YEAH, WE'RE KIND OF HANDS, WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF WALKING AWAY, WE'RE DONE.
AND I MEAN, THAT, THAT WAS KIND OF WHAT I WAS HEARING A LITTLE BIT.
AND I JUST WANTED, YOU KNOW, I WASN'T TRYING TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH, PLEASE UNDERSTAND.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF THIS NEEDED TO OCCUR FIRST.
WE'RE DOING EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
OKAY, NOW LET'S TACKLE THE NEXT ISSUE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE OF, IS WE JUST WEREN'T JUST WASHING OUR HANDS UP AND GOING, OKAY, WELL WE'VE ABSOLUTELY, YOU KNOW, NOT THAT WE EVER THINK WE'RE COMPLETELY SOLVED ANYTHING, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S ALMOST WHAT IT FELT LIKE.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS POINT, POINT TAKING.
AND I, I KNOW THE BPAC WILL BE A GREAT GROUP TO, TO TAKE THAT ON, DANIEL.
[11. CONSENT AGENDA]
BET.WE'LL NOW GO TO ITEM 11, WHICH IS THE CONSENT TO AGENDA.
MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PUBLISHED.
I MEAN, UH, BY MAKES US SLOW ANYWAY, SO, UH, I, I SECOND IT.
ALL IN FAVOR? SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE.
AT PASSAGE UNANIMOUS UNANIMOUSLY.
[11. REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
OKAY.WE'RE NOW GONNA REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST COUNSEL, MR. HUTCHIN, WRITER.
UH, JUST SEVERAL THINGS REAL QUICKLY.
NUMBER ONE IS, UM, AS I, AS I POSTED, UM, LAST WEEK, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO EXPERIENCE WHAT I THINK IS BY FAR THE MOST BITTERSWEET, UH, EVENT THAT I GET TO EVER ATTEND.
UM, WHICH IS THE, THE POLICE, UM, EVENT THAT WE HAVE TO, TO CELEBRATE OUR POLICE OFFICERS, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZE THOSE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIFE IN THE, IN THE LINE OF SERVICE.
AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY, IT'S MY GREATEST THRILL TO BE ABLE TO BE A, A MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL AND REPRESENT OUR CITY AND LETTING OUR, OUR POLICE KNOW.
AND I JUST WANNA, I WANT TO TAKE A SECOND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DIDN'T, WHO HE DIDN'T, DIDN'T, WHO WEREN'T AT THE EVENT, OR MAYBE JUST DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT IT, UM, A HUGE THANK YOU AND A HUGE, UM, I GUESS I'LL SAY REVERSE SHOUT OUT TO OUR MAYOR FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO STRONGLY STATE HOW MUCH WE DO BACK THE BLUE.
SO, MAYOR DUBY, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.
IT WAS AN INCREDIBLY MOVING EXPERIENCE FOR ME, I THINK FOR ALL OF US WHO WERE THERE THAT DAY.
AND I THINK IT WAS, I'VE, I'VE HEARD FROM A FEW OFFICERS THAT THEY WERE VERY, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT JUST, IT'S SO BITTERSWEET.
'CAUSE THEN I, IT KNOW, BOY, WHEN YOU HEAR THOSE BAGPIPES, IF THAT DOESN'T RIP YOUR HEART OUT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DOES.
AND THEN I'LL FLIP IT REAL FAST AND MAKE IT INCREDIBLY POSITIVE ABOUT WILDFLOWER
UM, I THINK WE'RE ALL STILL KIND OF TRYING TO COME OUT OF A POST WILDFLOWER, UM, EXHAUSTION.
BUT, UH, I JUST WANT TO, I JUST WANNA THANK AGAIN THE ENTIRE CITY STAFF.
YOU KNOW, WE GET TO GO, WE GET TO ALL EXPERIENCE IT, WE GET TO SEE THE, A LOT OF THE BEHIND THE SCENES THINGS THAT, THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T GET TO SEE.
AND THE AMOUNT OF DEDICATION, THE AMOUNT OF WORK, THE TEAMWORK FROM, YOU KNOW, PARKS FROM THE CONVENTION VISITORS AND BUREAU, UM, YOU KNOW, THE BEHIND STAGE, UM, WORK THAT IS DONE.
UM, FIRE POLICE, UM, EMERGENCY PREPARED PREPAREDNESS.
I MEAN, JUST SO MANY PEOPLE POUR SO MUCH EFFORTS INTO IT AND IT COMES OFF FLAWLESS.
AND WE ALL GO, WE ALL WALK AWAY AND GO, OH, THAT WAS A GREAT TIME.
AND I JUST, I JUST HOPE EVERYONE KNOWS HOW MUCH, UM, EFFORT THERE IS TO MAKE THIS, TO PULL OFF WILDFLOWER.
AND I JUST WANNA THANK, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I WAS THERE A LOT OF THE HOURS.
UM, AND BY GOD, EVERY TIME I TURNED AROUND, EVERY MEMBER OF OUR CITY MANAGEMENT
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STAFF SITTING OVER THERE, YOU COULDN'T, I COULDN'T TURN THE CORNER WITHOUT WALKING INTO ONE OF 'EM.SO, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS GOTTA BE EXHAUSTED 'CAUSE I KNOW I'M TIRED TONIGHT.
GREAT JOB DOING THE ENTIRE TEAM FOR PUTTING IT ON.
AND, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, I ALSO HEARD A LOT OF POSITIVES FROM SEVERAL OF THE BANDS AND SEVERAL OF THE ARTISTS THAT THEY, THEY, THEY ABSOLUTELY LOVE COMING TO OUR, TO OUR WILDFLOWER FESTIVAL.
IT'S BEEN A, IT'S BEEN A WHIRLWIND WEEK, HAVING BOTH ENDS OF THE EXTREMES, IF YOU WILL.
WELL, I, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SECOND EVERYTHING MR. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, WHATEVER THE NAME, RIGHT? THAT'S IT.
LOOKS LIKE THAT'S THE DIAL, THAT'S THE DIALOGUE.
LOOKS LIKE I'M MEMORIZING NOW.
UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN HUTCHEN WRITER SAID.
SO THOSE ARE ABSOLUTELY GREAT.
BUT I'D LIKE TO BRAG A LITTLE BIT TODAY IS BECAUSE I GRADUATED FROM LEADERSHIP NORTH TEXAS LAST FRIDAY.
I HAD, UH, MY CLASSMATE WAS, UH, COUNCILMAN IAN.
WE WORKED SO HARD LAST NINE MONTHS.
UH, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, WE SWEAT SO MUCH WORKING SO HARD.
UH, SO IT, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS AGE, I'M NOT THAT OLD, I'M STILL YOUNG, BUT I'M SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, FIRST GRADE VERSUS THIS L CLASS 15, IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, IT'S A BIG CHANGE OF THE TIME.
BUT I DID ENJOY THOSE NINE MONTHS.
UH, AND I'M SURE NEXT YEAR WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER COUN, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER JOIN THE PROGRAM.
UH, A COUNCIL MEMBER, THEN VARIOUS, PROBABLY LOOKING AT THAT PROGRAM.
SO, SO THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM AND, UH, JUST WANTED TO BRAG ABOUT IT.
BUT THEN I MANAGED TO GO TO THE, UH, UH, WILDFLOWER IN THE EVENING.
SO, AND THEN OVER THE WEEKEND I HAD SOME FAMILY PROGRAM, SO I ATTENDED THOSE THING.
BUT GRADUATING FROM LEADERSHIP, I'M, UH, NORTH TEXAS LEADERSHIP WAS, UH, REALLY, REALLY GREAT.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND CURTIS ON YOUR GRADUATION.
SIMILAR, COUNCILMAN HUTCH WRITER.
I DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE MORNING, UM, SERVICE, BUT THAT, THAT LATE AFTERNOON WE, UH, ATTENDED RPD, EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION COOKOUT.
MAYOR, I KNOW YOU AND MAYOR PRO TEM AND I WERE THERE.
UM, AND IT WAS, IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO BE AROUND, UH, THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE RICHARDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND JUST TO SEE THE CAMARADERIE BETWEEN THEM AND, UM, AND HEAR HOW THEY CAME TO OUR CITY, HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN SERVING, WHY THEY SERVE.
UM, IT'S ALWAYS AN HONOR AND I, I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THEY DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
UM, AND IN RELATION TO WILDFLOWER, WHICH WE'RE ALL RECOVERING FROM THE, UH, THE VOLUNTEERS, WOW.
I MEAN, STAFF, VOLUNTEERS ALSO.
WE HAVE, SO IT TAKES SO MANY VOLUNTEERS TO RUN THERE.
I'M SURE AT SOME POINT WE'LL HEAR THE NUMBERS ON THAT.
BUT I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF THE GATE, UH, PEOPLE THAT WERE SCANNING, SCANNING WRISTBANDS AS WE WERE WALKING IN.
AND IT, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD TO PAY SOMEBODY FOR EVERY POSITION OF VOLUNTEER DOES, I'M POSITIVE IT WOULDN'T, IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN JUST BECAUSE OF THE, UH, THE, THE VALUE THAT VOLUNTEERS BRING TO, TO A PROGRAM LIKE THAT.
AND THEY TRULY MAKE IT HAPPEN.
WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE VOLUNTEERS.
SO IF THERE ARE ANY VOLUNTEERS OUT THERE LISTENING AND THEY DON'T JUST COME FROM RICH, THEY COME FROM ALL OVER.
UM, AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S GREAT.
UH, NOW I'VE BEEN ATTENDING FOR A COUPLE YEARS.
IT, IT'S GREAT TO, UH, SEE SOME OF THE SAME FAMILIAR FACES.
AND, UM, ON THAT NOTE, WILDFIRE, I HEARD FROM A FEW PEOPLE WHO ARE RICHES IN RESIDENTS.
I'M, AND, UH, I WAS TALKING TO A TEACHER ACROSS THE HALL FROM ME TODAY.
SHE SAYS SHE'S BEEN, UH, HERE IN THE NORTH DALLAS RICHARDSON BORDER AREA FOR MOST OF HER LIFE.
AND SHE HAD NEVER KNOWN ABOUT WILD, THE WILDFLOWER MUSIC FESTIVAL.
SHE'S ON THE DALLAS SIDE OF THE LINE.
UH, BUT, UH, SHE SAID, AND IT'S RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO ME.
AND SHE, UH, SHE WAS A GUEST OF MINE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
AND, UH, SHE ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT.
AND I HEARD SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO ALSO TOLD ME IT WAS THEIR FIRST TIME ATTENDING THIS WEEKEND.
SO, UM, GREAT JOB TO THE STAFF THAT PUTS THAT TOGETHER BECAUSE IT CONTINUES TO DRAW NEW.
WE CONTINUE TO REACH NEW PEOPLE AND BRING IN NEW FACES TO THE WILDFIRE AND, UH, HELPING IT GROW.
I JUST WANNA SAY DITTO TO EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE SAID.
AND, UH, AND YES, THE LEADERSHIP NORTH TEXAS IS AN INVALUABLE PROGRAM.
SO, YES, UH, MR. SHA AND I DID GRADUATE WITH HONORS, BY THE WAY.
UH, ONE THING I WANTED TO MENTION, UM,
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THAT I FAILED TO MENTION A COUPLE, UH, WEEKS AGO, BUT, UM, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A, UH, UH, A SPEECH OR PRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL FOR THE GALEN COLLEGE OF NURSING, UH, THE DALLAS CAMPUS OVER THERE OFF OF RENTER.AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A FULL WALKTHROUGH AND, AND LOOK AT THE NEW FACILITY AND GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WORKS.
AND, UH, IT WAS A GREAT DEDICATION CEREMONY, UH, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, EVERYONE KNEW ABOUT THAT NEW FACILITY.
UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
IT, IT CATERS TO, UH, CREATING A, A, A GREAT EDUCATION FOR THE NURSES.
AND I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED TOO BECAUSE THEY HAD, UH, ARTIFICIAL, UH, THEY HAD ROOM SET UP WITH ARTIFICIAL BODIES AND THE SOUND AND THE MOTIONS AND THE HEARTBEATS AND EVERYTHING WERE ESTABLISHED THROUGH, UH, AI AND, UM, UH, DIFFERENT MODELS.
I CERTAINLY DIDN'T HAVE THAT WHEN I WAS GROWING UP.
I JUST WANNA, CAN I ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, TONIGHT CRYSTAL BROWN AS OUR NEW DEPUTY CITY SECRETARY HAS MANAGED HER FIRST MEETING.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY COOL THING.
AND SO CRYSTAL, THANKS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND FILLING IN UP NOW.
WE, WE APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR EXPERTISE.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE VISITORS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO US? NO MORE VISITORS.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, THIS MEETING, NO MORE ADDITIONAL BUSINESS IS OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED AT 8:51 PM THANK YOU.