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[CALL TO ORDER]
THE ORDER FIRST ON OUR AGENDA.COUNCIL MEMBER CURTIS DORY WILL LEAD US PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND OUR PRAYER.
WE THANK EVERYONE GATHERED HERE TONIGHT.
HELP US VALUE AND APPRECIATE THE ONES WE'RE ABOUT TO MEET.
MAY WE LISTEN AND HEAR FROM EACH OTHER.
FILL THIS MEETING WITH YOUR PRESENCE.
LORD, WE ASK FOR THIS IN YOUR GLORY AND PRAISE.
UNITED STATES PLEDGE, 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, AND LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL THE TEXAS FLAG, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS ONE, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE.
[3. MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 12, 2024 AND AUGUST 19, 2024 MEETINGS]
TIME WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 12TH OF 20 AUGUST 12TH, 2024, AND AUGUST 19, 20, 24.MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES AS PUBLISHED.
GOT A MOTION, MR. SHAM? I SECOND GOT A MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR? SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE.
MINUTES PASS UNANIMOUSLY BRINGS
[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS AND VISITORS FORUM]
US TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS AND VISITORS FORUM.WE ARE IN RECEIPT OF A, UH, NUMBER OF CARDS THAT I'LL ACKNOWLEDGE.
UM, AND THEN FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, I'LL READ SOME INSTRUCTIONS.
MR. YUN BLACKMAN OF SIX 11 BIRCH HAS SUBMITTED A CARD IN SUPPORT, UM, FOR ZONING FILE 24 18, UH, PAT KINDER OF, UH, ONE 14 EAST KAUFMAN STREET IS SUBMITTED A CARD NEUTRAL.
THE REMAINDER OF THE CARDS, MAYOR AND COUNSEL WILL BE IN SUPPORT.
SO I'LL ACKNOWLEDGE THE, UM, THE, UH, UH, CARD HOLDER, UH, ELIZABETH KUHN OF 4 32, GRACE DRIVE.
SARAH MANASHI OF 58 28 HARVEST HILL, CORY TIDE OF 55 35 RIDGEDALE AVENUE.
LAUREN HUNT OF 1213 SAVOY, UH, LANE, JAMIE GREENWALT OF 52 95.
FLINT, UH, ROAD, ROANOKE, WHITNEY GOLDSTON, 1615 MUNICIPAL WAY, OCTAVIA VENTURAS, 47 0 8.
ABBOTT, UH, AVENUE, TAMARA JONES, 7 0 2 WEST ARAPAHOE, CARLY PRUITT, UH, 43 0 1 NORTH HAVEN, ASHLEY, A 41 91 WALNUT GROVE PROSPER.
INWOOD, EDITH WRANGLE 30, UH, 65 MARK TWAIN FARMER BRANCH.
1212 CHESTERTON AND RICHARDSON, AGAIN.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WILL BE, UH, PARTICIPATING IN PUBLIC HEARINGS, UM, UM, IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK IN A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, PLEASE WAIT UNTIL THAT PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN, IF THERE'S TIME, UM, LEFT DURING THE INITIAL 30 MINUTES ALLOCATED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.
UM, UH, FOR, UH, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS. THE REMAINING TIME WILL BE PROVIDED AS A VISITORS FORUM OPEN FOR ANYONE WISHES TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC IN WHICH THE SUBJECT MATTER IS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY.
IF THE FULL 30 MINUTES ALLOCATED FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT IS REACHED, THEN SPEAKERS WHO HAVE SUBMITTED A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD MAY SPEAK AT THE VISITOR'S FORUM SCHEDULED.
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 AN ORDER THAT THEY'RE 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.
WHEN THE TIMER BEEPS, THE SPEAKER 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 CITY SECRETARY FOR DISTRIBUTION.
UM, SPEAKERS SUBMITTING COMMENTS ON THE SAME TOPIC OR ENCOURAGED TO REDUCE REPETITIVE REMARKS BY INDICATING THEIR COMMENTS HAVE ALREADY 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 STAFF WILL NOT AFFIRM OR OPPOSE ANY SPEAKER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
THE MAYOR, 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 DURING THE MEETING.
A COPY OF THE COUNCIL RULES OF ORDER AND PROCEDURE, AND THESE GUIDELINES MAY BE FOUND ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
UM, AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE TO SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONES FOR THE DURATION OF THE MEETING.
MS. ER, IS THERE ANYONE HERE FOR THE VISITORS, UH, SECTION OR FOR AGENDA ITEMS? ALL THE CARDS I HAVE ARE FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS.
[5. PRESENT PROCLAMATION AND REVIEW AND DISCUSS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH]
WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PRESENT A PROCLAMATION AND REVIEW AND DISCUSS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS WEEK, PREPAREDNESS MONTH.WE ARE VERY PLEASED TONIGHT TO HAVE OUR DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, ALICIA GIMBEL WITH US.
UH, SHE'S ALSO GONNA INTRODUCE A NUMBER OF, UH, HER STAFF THAT ARE, HAVE
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JOINED US TONIGHT.THIS IS, UM, A VERY SPECIAL TIME FOR EMER THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL.
WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO, UH, LET ALICIA DO A, A REPORT OF, UH, SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THEY'VE BEEN UP BY, ESPECIALLY WHEN, UH, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE ALICIA AND HER TEAM THIS YEAR.
THEY WERE, UH, VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN THE RESPONSE TO THE MAY 28TH STORM.
AND IN FACT, UM, THE REASON THE CITY OF RICHARDSON WAS ABLE TO, UH, RESPOND, UM, SO TIMELY IN SUCH AN ORDERLY WAY, WAS ALL THE PLANNING WORK THAT ALICIA AND HER TEAM HAVE DONE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
THOSE, UH, PLANS ARE, UH, DEVELOPED, THEY'RE EVOLVED, AND THEY'RE TESTED, UM, IN TIMES WHEN, UM, WE CAN LEARN FROM THOSE THINGS.
AND, UH, THAT HELPS US PERFORM SO MUCH BETTER, UM, WHEN IT REALLY MATTERS.
SO, LETS, ALICIA, THANKS FOR BEING HERE, AND I'LL LET YOU INTRODUCE YOUR TEAM AND THEN, AND THEN DO THE, UH, REPORT.
CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? PERFECT.
UM, COUNCIL AND, UH, MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
UH, WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH.
IT IS THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, SO THIS TIME I GET TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BEFORE IT, UH, COMES INTO PLAY.
SO IT'S REALLY OUR OPPORTUNITY AS A DEPARTMENT TO, UH, PROMOTE PREPAREDNESS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, TO ENCOURAGE, UM, OUR RESIDENTS, OUR HOUSEHOLDS, BUSINESSES, UM, FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY, AND ALL OTHERS, TO LOOK AT HOW THEIR, THEIR PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS COULD IMPROVE OR THINGS THAT THEY MIGHT DO OR REFRESH, UM, TO BE READY FOR ANY DISASTER THAT COMES OUR WAY.
SO, UM, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
UM, ESPECIALLY LIVING IN TEXAS, UH, THE WEATHER IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST THREATS.
SO, UM, WE'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF THE THINGS WE COULD DO TO BE MORE PREPARED AND SOME OF OUR EFFORTS AS A DEPARTMENT TO DO THAT.
UM, SO OF COURSE, THIS IS IN LINE WITH YOUR COUNCIL GOALS, UM, FOR US TO, UH, BE THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE, UM, TO LOCATE, CONTRIBUTE, AND ENGAGE.
UH, AND ALSO FOR US TO BE EFFICIENT, IMPROVED, INF EFFECTIVE, UH, AND TO CONTINUE TO ALWAYS LOOK AHEAD TO THINGS THAT WE COULD DO TO IMPROVE TOGETHER.
SO, UM, FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, FOR OUTPUT, UM, FOR OUR STATE AND FEDERAL OPPORTUNITIES, WE REALLY WANNA MAKE THE MOST OF OUR RESOURCES, UM, THINGS THAT ARE BROUGHT TO BEAR.
SO WE USE AS MANY PROGRAMS AS WE CAN, UM, TO HELP GET THE WORD OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH IS JUST ONE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, BUT YEAR ROUND, UH, PREPAREDNESS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN AD CAMPAIGN THAT IS DEVELOPED BY OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.
UM, THEY COME UP WITH ALL OF THESE GRAPHICS, AND THIS IS THE PACKAGE THAT YOU GUYS WILL SEE AS PART OF NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH.
SO WE HIGHLIGHT, UM, STEPS THAT YOU CAN TAKE TO BE MORE PREPARED, TO BE INFORMED, TO BUILD A KIT OF EMERGENCY SUPPLIES, TO MAKE A PLAN, UH, AS A FAMILY, AS A BUSINESS, UH, AND TO REALLY GET INVOLVED.
SO, UM, LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO VOLUNTEER, TO ENGAGE, UM, AND TO BE MORE PREPARED AS A COMMUNITY.
SO THIS IS THE GRAPHICS PACKAGE THAT OUR WONDERFUL COMMUNICATIONS TEAM HAS PUT TOGETHER FOR THAT.
SO, MONITORING, ALERTS AND AWARENESS.
WHAT ARE WE AS A DEPARTMENT AND WE AS A CITY DOING TO HELP FOLKS STAY MORE INFORMED, RIGHT? THAT'S THE FIRST STEP.
UM, SO WE REALLY PROVIDE THOSE WEATHER EMAILS OF ALERTS.
UH, WE PROVIDE ALERTS TO RESIDENTS THAT SIGN UP AND OPT IN.
THEY CAN OPT IN FOR WEATHER ALERTS, UM, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, MISSING PERSONS.
WE REALLY WANT TO BE ABLE TO ACTIVATE THOSE RESOURCES, WELLNESS CHECKS.
I NEED PEOPLE TO REGISTER FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.
SO, UM, SO WE HAVE PROVIDED 427 ALERTS THIS YEAR.
WE'VE GOT SOME STATS FOR YOU, THREE SIREN ACTIVATIONS, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE USE OUR RACI VOLUNTEERS, UM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM FOR THE SKY WORN ACTIVATION.
SO, UM, WEATHER MONITORING IS A BIG PART OF WHAT WE DO.
IT'S SOME OF THE BIGGEST THREATS THAT WE FACE IN TEXAS.
HAIL, HIGH WINDS, UM, AND THOSE SORTS OF THREATS THAT COME TO US.
SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BEING MORE INFORMED AND SIGNING UP FOR THOSE ALERTS AND NOTIFICATIONS WOULD REALLY BE A, THE FIRST STEP IN KNOWING WHAT TO DO.
UM, THE NEXT THING WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR, UH, IS THIS REALLY FOCUS ON EMPLOYEE SAFETY, FACILITY SAFETY, UM, AND HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THAT SO THAT EVERY TIME YOU'RE IN ONE OF OUR CITY FACILITIES, IT'S SAFER.
UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CROWD MANAGEMENT, THINGS LIKE HANDS-ONLY CPR AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO REALLY MAKE AN IMPACT AND POSSIBLY SAVE A LIFE, UM, OR OPERATE MORE SAFELY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WE'VE OFFERED 16 TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS.
UM, AND WE CONTINUE TO BOLSTER THOSE EFFORTS SO THAT OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE THAT MUSCLE MEMORY AND THEY'RE ABLE TO RESPOND QUICKLY.
SO OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH EFFORTS, THINGS THAT WE DO IN THE COMMUNITY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PREPARE.
UM, WE'VE HANDED OUT MORE THAN 4,000 BAGS THIS YEAR, UH, AS A DEPARTMENT OF FIVE.
SO, UH, WE DO HAVE VOLUNTEERS THAT HELP US IN THIS EFFORT, UM, TO STUFF THOSE BAGS TO GET THEM READY.
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UM, AND WE FOCUS ON ALL AGE GROUPS WITH ABOUT 50 EVENTS WITHIN THE LAST 12 MONTHS.SO THAT'S ALWAYS AN ONGOING NUMBER AS FAR AS PROMOTING PREPAREDNESS.
THINGS THAT YOU COULD DO AS A HOUSEHOLD OR A BUSINESS IS TO BUILD A KIT OF SUPPLIES, THINGS THAT YOU COULD USE FOR AN EMERGENCY, AND THAT'S WHAT WE PUT IN THOSE BAGS.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA BE HANDING THOSE OUT THROUGH THE LIBRARY CONNECTION, UH, AND ENCOURAGING OUR RESIDENTS TO STOP BY THE LIBRARY, GRAB A BAG ON YOUR WAY OUT OF CHECKOUT.
UM, AND IT GIVES YOU SOME RESOURCES TO GET STARTED FOR AN EMERGENCY KIT, LIKE AN EMERGENCY BLANKET, A GLOW STICK, FIRST AID KIT, A FEW OTHER ITEMS. SO IT'S JUST INTENDED AS A, A KICKSTART TO DO THAT AT HOME.
A NEW INITIATIVE THAT WE'RE ACTIVATING THIS YEAR, SO TO SPEAK, WITH SUPPORT OF STATE FARM WITH A GRANT FROM THEM, IS THE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PASSPORT.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS SO YOU CAN COMPLETE ALL THE TASKS, UM, AND YOU COULD RECEIVE A CHALLENGE POINT.
I HAVE ONE OF ONE, UH, AND WE'RE, WE'RE ACTIVATING THIS OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
SO, UM, ANYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WANTS TO COMPLETE THE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PASSPORT PROGRAM FOR THEIR FAMILY, FOR THEIR HOUSEHOLD, UH, COULD GET THE CHALLENGE POINT AS PART OF THEIR REWARD.
SO, UM, THAT'S IN PARTNERSHIP WITH STATE FARM.
AGAIN, USING ALL OF OUR RESOURCES TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PREPARE.
OKAY, SO DON TALKED ABOUT WHERE DOES THIS ALL LEAD, RIGHT? UM, AND ULTIMATELY IT BOILS DOWN TO HOW QUICKLY WE CAN RESPOND AND RECOVER WHEN WE HAVE A REAL INCIDENT THAT HITS OUR CITY.
SO THE MAY 28TH WINDSTORM OBVIOUSLY RESULTED IN SOME REALLY CITYWIDE POWER OUTAGE ISSUES, UM, SOME LONGER TERM IMPACTS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I JUST WANNA TOUT THE WORK THAT OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS DID THAT OUR, UM, PARTNERS DID TO RESPOND AND RECOVER FROM THIS STORM.
UM, SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF THE STATS.
UH, I KNOW IT'S A LOT TO LOOK AT ON ONE SCREEN, BUT FOR EXAMPLE, WELLNESS CHECKS.
WE DID 44 OF THOSE IN PERSON DOOR TO DOOR, MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS THAT REGISTERED VIA 2 1 1 AND STEER ARE OKAY, RIGHT? SO, UM, SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT EFFORT FOR US.
AND ONE, ONE THING WE WANNA HIGHLIGHT, ALRIGHT? SO OUR RECOVERY AT A GLANCE.
UH, WE DO THIS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A LOT OF NONPROFIT ENTITIES THAT WE CALL TO THE TABLE.
WE BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS FOR YEARS, UH, AND WE REALLY COUNT ON THOSE PARTNERS TO COME WHEN WE CALL AND WHEN WE NEED IT.
SO, UH, THINGS LIKE OPERATION BARBECUE RELIEF, PROVIDED MEALS AND OTHERS, UH, COME TO THE TABLE TO HELP WITH DEBRIS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY LIKE MINUTEMAN.
UM, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY RECOVER MORE QUICKLY AND USE THOSE RESOURCES.
ALRIGHT, SO I'M ALWAYS AFRAID TO PUT A LOGO ON A SCREEN 'CAUSE I CAN'T FIT THEM ALL.
UM, BUT IT'S JUST A FEW OF OUR PARTNERS THAT I MENTIONED THAT COME, COME TO THE TABLE FOR US ON A REGULAR BASIS.
WE'RE ALSO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS.
I'LL BE SPEAKING THERE LATER, YOU KNOW, IN SEPTEMBER, UH, TO THEIR CAPSTONE COURSE.
SO THERE IS AN ENDLESS LIST OF PARTNERS, UM, THAT WE WORK WITH.
UM, AND WE JUST APPRECIATE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.
WE KNOW THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT WE DO ALONE.
UM, BUT MY CITY STAFF, AS DAWN MENTIONED, ARE BEHIND ME HERE.
I'VE GOT SCOTT GREESON, OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, COPY, THANK YOU,
THEN I'VE GOT SARAH FISHER, UM, OUR ADMIN STAFF, RYAN STEELE, OUR PREPAREDNESS OF MITIGATION COORDINATOR, PREPAREDNESS AND RESILIENCE.
AND I THINK I'VE GOT MATT MAYBE IN THE CORNER.
HE'S, HE'S GOT HIS, UH, DAUGHTER WITH HIM TONIGHT AS WELL.
AND MATT DOES OUR RESPONSE AND RECOVERY EFFORTS.
SO WE'RE REALLY, REALLY, UM, APPRECIATIVE OF THIS TIME TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH AND TO BRING THESE EFFORTS AND HIGHLIGHT A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME MORE PREPARED.
SO JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT WHAT YOU HAVE AT HOME, THINGS LIKE WATER, UH, NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS, WHAT YOU COULD DO TO BE MORE PREPARED FOR YOUR PETS, FOR YOUR HOUSEHOLD.
ANYTHING ELSE? SO WITH THAT, I'LL LEAVE IT FOR QUESTIONS FOR THE COUNCIL, AND THEN WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A PROCLAMATION.
ALICIA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR ALICIA? MR. BARRIOS? THANK YOU, MAYOR ALICIA, UH, CONGRATULATIONS, Y'ALL, YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE TEAM DID SUCH A GREAT JOB ON, UH, NOT JUST THROUGHOUT THE YEAR PREPARING, BUT, AND IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, UH, EVERYTHING YOU GUYS HAVE DONE.
I KNOW LAST WEEK I WAS AT AN EVENT AT ST.
BARNABAS CHURCH WHERE THEY WERE DOING A VACCINATION EVENT AND Y'ALL HAD A TABLE THERE.
UH, THERE, THERE WERE, UM, A FEW TABLES AND YOU GUYS WERE THE TABLE FROM THE CITY THAT, UH, SENT SOMEBODY OUT AND WERE ABLE TO HAND OUT THINGS.
UM, SO AS I WAS TAKING A TOUR, SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING SO INVOLVED AND HAVING THOSE TOOLS AVAILABLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, 'CAUSE IT PROVIDES VALUABLE INFORMATION AND OUTREACH.
SO THANK YOU AND GREAT JOB COUNCILMAN CORCORAN.
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YOU MAYOR ALICIA, THANK YOU SO MUCH.UM, I CAN SAY IT'S JUST BEEN AMAZING LEARNING ABOUT ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO, UH, SINCE, SINCE I WAS ELECTED TO COUNCIL, RIGHT? AND, UM, JUST THAT JOURNEY WHERE YOU, YOU WALK US THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN, ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, REIMBURSEMENTS Y'ALL HAVE TO APPLY FOR, RIGHT? EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL DO TO MAKE SURE OUR CITY'S RESILIENT.
AND HONESTLY, I MEAN, AS WE KNOW, TOUGH WEATHER EVENTS, UM, ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE COMMON, RIGHT? JUST AS THE YEARS GO BY.
AND SO IF ANYTHING, THE IMPORTANCE AND THE, THE MAGNIFYING GLASS ON YOU AND YOUR TEAM IS ONLY GONNA INCREASE.
AND SO, JUST, JUST SO YOU KNOW, AND YOUR TEAM KNOWS Y'ALL HAVE OUR BACKS ON, OR RATHER, WE HAVE YOUR BACKS BOTH
THANK YOU, JOE MAYOR, PRO TEAM, YOU, MR. TAR MAYOR.
AND THANK YOU ALICIA, AND THANK YOU ALICIA AND YOUR TEAM, AND THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT, THEY'RE SUPPORTING YOU.
IT IS A COMBINED EFFORT AND, UH, UNFORTUNATELY EVERY YEAR WE ARE HAVING, YOU KNOW, SOME KIND OF MEASURE, UH, ISSUE.
UH, NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT OTHER THAN WHAT YOU ARE DOING RIGHT NOW.
SO, YOU KNOW, REPORTING, RECORD KEEPING, UH, PREPARING THIS, THESE ARE VERY CHALLENGING AND YOU GUYS ARE DOING REALLY GREAT AND, UH, YOU'RE MAKING BETTER EVERY YEAR.
I APPRECIATE AND IS, IF THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN DO OR I CAN DO, ALWAYS THERE.
THANK YOU, MR. HUTCH AND WRITER.
THANK YOU, MAYOR ALICIA, GREAT JOB.
UM, JUST REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH YOU.
UM, BOTH CITY COUNCIL AND THEN MY PROFESSIONAL JOB AND JUST EVERY WHICH WAY.
UM, I WILL DARE SAY THAT WE ARE THE ONLY CITY THAT CAN TAKE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ALSO PUT A LITTLE BIT OF COMEDY AND HUMOR IN IT.
SO VERY APPRECIATIVE OF SCOTT AND HIS HUMOR.
I ALWAYS HAVE TO POINT THAT OUT.
UM, FORTUNATELY IT LOOKED LIKE WE MIGHT HAVE SOME INGREDIENTS FOR TACOS THIS AFTERNOON, BUT WE DIDN'T GET TACOS.
SO, UM, THAT'S ALWAYS A, A POSITIVE AND I WILL NEVER, AS LONG AS I LIVE, FORGET THAT.
UM, BUT I JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS NICE WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, DARK CLOUDS, AND THEN THERE'S THAT LITTLE BIT OF HUMOR THAT COMES IN AS WELL, JUST TO KEEP US ALL EVEN KEEL.
SO YOU, YOU DO A FANTASTIC JOB.
YOUR TEAM DOES A FANTASTIC JOB.
CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU.
WE APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE TEAM SO VERY MUCH, AND ALL OF, ALL OF OUR CITIZENS DO.
EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY NOT KNOW YOU, I PROMISE YOU THEY SUPPORT YOU AND THEY APPRECIATE YOU.
WITH THAT, NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU AS WELL.
AND AT THIS TIME, ALICIA, IF YOU'D ASK YOUR TEAM TO COME FORWARD, WE'LL TAKE A GROUP PICTURE.
AND WE WILL ACKNOWLEDGE AND RECOGNIZE YOU FOR NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH.
WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF COUNCIL AND OUR CITY LEADERSHIP.
WE KNOW HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
EVERYBODY CELEBRATE THE MONTH.
LET'S, LET'S HOLD YOU FOR A SECOND.
AND THREE SMILE, SMILES, NOLING, THERE WE GO.
[6. REVIEW AND DISCUSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ]
GO TO ITEM NUMBER SIX ON OUR AGENDA, REVIEW AND DISCUSS[00:20:01]
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS.IT IS MY PLEASURE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME TO, UH, INTRODUCE CHRIS SHACKLET AS OUR DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AS I SAID IN THE, UH, IN MY, UH, ANNOUNCEMENT LAST WEEK WHEN I, UH, APPOINTED CHRIS AND MADE IT OFFICIAL, UH, CHRIS HAS BEEN A EXTREMELY VALUABLE PART OF THIS ORGANIZATION FOR MORE THAN 17 YEARS.
HE'S HAD, UH, A GREAT IMPACT IN, UH, A LOT OF, UH, THE, UH, SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT AREA PLANS THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER.
AND, UH, THIS LAST, UH, EIGHT MONTHS OR SO, HE'S DONE, UH, AN ARTFUL JOB OF MERGING, UH, BOTH HIS KNOWLEDGE OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING, ALONG WITH OUR UNIQUE APPROACH TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND IT'S, UH, PROVEN TO BE, UH, JUST A TREMENDOUS 2024 AS A RESULT.
SO CHRIS, UH, WE ARE EXTREMELY PLEASED, UH, FOR YOU TO, TO BE SERVING IN THIS NEW ROLE.
AND, UH, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO TALK ABOUT YOUR INTERNATIONAL TRIP.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TONIGHT, UH, TO TELL YOU ABOUT OUR RECENT, UH, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TRIP TO INDIA.
UH, THIS TRIP ALIGNED WITH THE CITY COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC GOAL OF PROMOTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, THAT BENEFITS THE WHOLE CITY, UH, ALONG WITH THE TACTIC OF LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO FURTHER CELEBRATE DIVERSITY AND MAKE IT AN ECONOMIC DRIVER IN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON.
UH, THIS IS A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF, UH, WHAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING TONIGHT.
IN THIS PRESENTATION, I'LL TALK ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THE TRIP AND THE ALIGNMENT WITH, UH, OUR DIFFERENT STRATEGIES IN THE CITY.
UH, WE'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF THE CITIES THAT WE VISITED, ALONG WITH THE RECAP, THE TYPES OF MEETINGS AND SITE VISITS THAT WE HAD, UH, AND THEN FINISH UP WITH THE RECAP OF, UH, THE MEETINGS, THE VISITS, UH, THE INDUSTRY SECTORS WE MET WITH.
AND THEN, UH, ULTIMATELY SOME NEXT STEPS AND A PARTNERSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT.
UM, SO, UH, THIS WAS A TRIP THAT WAS, UH, CITY OF RICHARDSON'S STAFF, UH, WENT ON AND WENT WITH, UH, A GROUP CALLED STARTUP RUNWAY.
UH, THIS IS A BUSINESS THAT FOCUSES ON FOSTERING AND FACILITATING INDIA BASED BUSINESSES, UH, THEIR EXPANSION AND GROWTH WITHIN THE US MARKET.
UH, THIS GROUP SEEKS TO PROVIDE AN ECOSYSTEM WHERE THEY CAN PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE, LEGAL, MARKETING, SALES SUPPORT, UH, TO, TO SEVERAL STARTUP COMPANIES WITH THE IDEA BEING THAT, UH, FOR STARTUPS IT MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO HIRE ON ALL THE MARKETING, LEGAL, SALES PROFESSIONALS THEY NEED IMMEDIATELY.
SO, STARTUP RUNWAY PROVIDES THAT, UH, THAT FRAMEWORK TO HELP THEM HELP THEM GROW AND HELP THEM GET STARTED.
UH, ALTHOUGH THEY'RE CALLED STARTUPS, IN THIS CASE, STARTUP RUNWAY DOES, UH, WORK WITH COMPANIES THAT ARE TYPICALLY ALREADY GENERATING A PRODUCT OR SERVICE, UH, THAT IS GENERATING REVENUE.
UH, THEY'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR AND HAVE A MINIMUM OF 25 EMPLOYEES, UH, IN INDIA.
SO THEY'VE ALREADY, UH, PROVEN, UH, YOU KNOW, A A CERTAIN LEVEL OF SUCCESS SO FAR.
UH, AND THIS PROGRAM IS COLLABORATING WITH HUNDREDS OF COMPANIES IN INDIA.
AND WHAT THAT DOES, UH, WHAT THAT DOES IS IT PROVIDES SOME ASSURANCE THAT, UH, THAT COMPANIES ARE WORKING WITH WILL ALIGN WITH, UH, WITH CITI, UH, TARGET INDUSTRIES AND SECTORS.
UH, ON THIS TRIP, WE WERE, UH, ACCOMPANIED, UH, BY MAHESH NLA, WHO'S THE FOUNDER, AND CEO OF STARTUP RUNWAY, UH, ALONG WITH SOME OF HIS TEAM MEMBERS.
UM, SO BEFORE WE GET INTO THE DETAILS OF THE TRIP, I DID WANNA POINT OUT, UM, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, THE, THE MISSION, UH, THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, AS WELL AS THE VISION FOR THE RICHARDSON IQ.
UH, SO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN MISSION IS TO GROW RICHARDSON'S VIBRANT ECONOMY BY PROVIDING CREATIVE SOLUTIONS, UH, AND RESOURCES FOR BUSINESS.
AND, UH, SOME OF OUR STRATEGIES AND GOALS WITHIN OUR ECONOMIC STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNED, UH, VERY WELL WITH THIS TRIP.
UM, AND THAT WAS, UM, ONE, TO CREATE A DIVERSE AND RESILIENT ECONOMY WITH A GOAL THERE OF INCREASING THE CAPACITY TO DELIVER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, SERVICES WITHIN RICHARDSON.
AND SPECIFIC ACTION ALIGNING WITH THIS, WITH THIS TRIP WAS, UH, ATTRACTING, UH, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, UH, TO THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, AS WELL AS, UH, OUTREACHING TO INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSES TO HELP THEM GROW, UH, IN THE UNITED STATES.
UH, OUR OTHER STRATEGY FROM OUR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE LOOK, LOOK AT IS FOSTERING INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY.
UH, WITH THAT, THERE'S A GOAL OF DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS THAT SUSTAIN PROGRAMMING FOR, UH, INNOVATIVE, UH, STARTUP ACTIVITY AS WELL AS LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS.
UH, AND THEN ALSO ONE OF THE ACTIONS THAT WE LOOK AT, UH, TO FACILITATE THIS STRATEGY IS, UH, DIFFERENT INCENTIVE POLICIES THAT WE CAN, UH, THAT WE CAN EVALUATE, REEVALUATE TO UNDERSTAND, UH, HOW WE CAN, UM, LOOK AT DIFFERENT FUNDING MECHANISMS FOR, FOR THE STARTUP COMMUNITY TO GROW THAT ECOSYSTEM.
UM, SO WITH THAT, WE'LL, UH, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TRIP.
UH, LAST JULY, UH, GREG, SO OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND MYSELF, UH, TOOK A 10 DAY TRIP, UH, TO INDIA.
UH, WE WENT ALONG WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM STARTUP RUNWAY AS WELL AS RYAN, LLC.
AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS TRIP WAS TO DEVELOP A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH STARTUP RUNWAY.
UH, AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE BUSINESS, UH, FACILITATING THOSE COMPANIES, UH, GROWTH INTO THE US MARKET.
UH, ON THIS TRIP, WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH MANY, UH, POTENTIAL PARTNERS.
THIS INCLUDES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, UNIVERSITY LEADERS,
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AS WELL AS POTENTIAL INVESTORS AND OTHER BUSINESS LEADERS.UH, DURING THE TRIP, WE VISITED SEVERAL, UH, INCUBATOR SITES, MANUFACTURING ZONES, RESEARCH CENTERS, AND MANU AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
AND REALLY, UH, AGAIN, THE OVERALL GOAL OF THIS TRIP WAS TO STRENGTHEN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIES WITHIN INDIA, UH, AND THEN ALSO START TO, UH, CREATE OR PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK FOR, UH, FOR KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE.
UM, SO, UH, WITHIN THE, UH, FOR THIS TRIP, OUR FIRST, UH, FIRST SIX DAYS WE WERE IN, UH, IN HYDERABAD.
UH, THIS WAS THE CAPITAL CITY OF THE STATE OF TELE GHANA.
AND THIS IS A THRIVING IT HUB WITH OVER 2000, UH, FUNDED IT COMPANIES.
UM, THEY, THE SECOND, THEY'RE THE SECOND LARGEST IT EXPORTER FROM INDIA, UH, AND THEIR HOME TO T HUB AND T WORKS.
AND, UH, THIS, THIS GROUP HAD A STRONG STARTUP ECOSYSTEM IN INDIA, AND THIS REPRESENTED 6% OF, UH, INDIA STARTUPS.
UH, AND THEY HAVE DIVERSE ECOSYSTEM THAT INCLUDE BUSINESS TO BUSINESS, UH, SAAS OR, UH, SERVICE OR SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE, AS WELL AS MANUFACTURING, UH, FINANCIAL TECH AND IT COMPANIES.
UM, AND BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THOSE MEETINGS, I DO WANNA JUMP BACK HERE AND JUST POINT OUT ONE OTHER THING HERE.
UH, I WANTED TO TOUCH ON THIS A LITTLE BIT HERE, AND WE'LL DISCUSS THIS MORE, UH, LATER ON IN THE, UM, IN THE PRESENTATION.
BUT, UH, NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, STRATEGIC PLAN, WE ALSO HAVE THE VISION FOR THE IQ.
AND THIS GOES BACK, UH, SEVERAL YEARS WHEN WE WERE DOING OUR VISIONING PROCESS WITH THE COLLINS ARAPAHO, UH, STUDY AND REZONING.
AND THIS REALLY, THE GOAL HERE WAS TO TRANSFORM THE 1200 ACRE RICHARDSON IQ INTO A PREMIER TECH HUB IN TEXAS.
AND THIS WAS GOING TO BE DONE BY STIMULATING COLLABORATION ACROSS, UH, ACROSS DIFFERENT BUSINESSES, ATTRACTING NEW JOBS, AND THEN STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN THE CITY, UH, UTD AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I MENTIONED THAT AS WE GO THROUGH AND DISCUSS, UH, THE DIFFERENT MEETINGS THAT WE HAD.
UM, UH, AND WE'LL TOUCH ON ON THE, THE IQ VISION HERE A LITTLE BIT TOWARDS THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION.
UH, SO IN HYDERABAD, UH, OUR FIRST FULL DAY THERE, UH, WE DID, UH, WE DID HAVE CONDUCT A ROUND TABLE WITH, UH, THE INAUGURAL COHORT, UH, THAT STARTUP RUNWAY WAS WORKING WITH LOOKING TO RELOCATE TO THE UNITED STATES.
UH, SO WE GOT TO MEET WITH, UM, SEVERAL STARTUP COMPANIES THAT WERE INVOLVED IN ANYTHING FROM LOGISTICS TO SEMICONDUCTORS, UM, TO, UH, VARIOUS ADVANCES IN THE FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY MARKETS, UH, AND MEET WITH THEM AND HEAR WHAT THEIR COMPANIES, UH, WERE DOING AND WHAT THEY WERE ALL ABOUT.
UH, THAT EVENING WE HAD A DINNER WITH, UM, SEVERAL HIGH NET WORTH INDIVIDUALS, UH, VENTURE CAPITAL REPRESENTATIVES, AS WELL AS MANY, UH, INCUBATOR ECOSYSTEM LEADERS.
UH, THE FOLLOWING DAY AT HYDERABAD, WE HAD A ROUND TABLE, UH, WHERE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY AS WELL AS STARTUP RUNWAY AND OTHER, UH, OTHER INCUBATOR LEADERS WITHIN, UH, INDIA MET WITH 150 COMPANIES AND PROVIDED INSIGHTS, UH, INTO THE NORTH TEXAS AND RICHARDSON MARKET.
AND THEN ALSO GOT TO HEAR SORT OF, UH, SOME OF WHAT THOSE COMPANIES WERE WORKING ON IN INDIA.
UH, AND THIS WAS, UH, REALLY, UH, THE PURPOSE OF THIS WAS TO SUPPORT COLLABORATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION.
UH, THE FOLLOWING DAY IN HYDERABAD, WE GOT TO VISIT TWO VERY IMPRESSIVE FACILITIES.
THE FIRST WAS, UH, T HUB, AND THIS IS INDIA'S LARGEST INCUBATION CENTER.
UH, IT'S ALMOST A 600,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY THAT SUPPORTS UP TO A THOUSAND STARTUPS.
UM, SO AGAIN, WHILE WE WERE THERE, WE GOT TO TALK WITH T HUB, TALK ABOUT, UH, WHAT THEY'RE DOING, WORKING WITH, UH, LOCAL STARTUPS, LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS, AND GOT TO LEARN ABOUT HOW THEY'RE, UH, SUPPORTING THEM WITHIN THAT FACILITY.
AND AFTER THAT VISIT, WE WENT OVER TO T WORKS, WHICH IS INDIA'S LARGEST PROTOTYPING CENTER.
UM, SO THIS IS, UH, THIS IS A MAKER SPACE THAT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE LARGEST MAKER MAKER SPACES YOU'RE EVER GOING TO SEE, WHERE THEY HAVE VERY ADVANCED, UM, DEVELOPMENT OF PROTOTYPES.
AND THIS, UH, THIS FACILITY PROVIDES MENTORSHIP, PROVIDES RESOURCES TO, UH, HUNDREDS OF COMPANIES THAT ARE LOOKING TO, UH, DEVELOP NEW PRODUCTS, PROTOTYPE THEM, AND WORK THEM TOWARDS, UH, COMMERCIALIZATION.
UH, AND THEN ALSO, UH, IN HYDERABAD, WE WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, UH, FOR INDIA THERE IN HYDERABAD, AGAIN, DISCUSSING, UH, POLICY AND REGULATIONS, UH, AROUND, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS TALKING ABOUT POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN, UH, INDIA AS WELL AS THE NORTH TEXAS AREA AND THE CITY OF RICHARDSON.
UH, THE FOLLOWING DAY, WE HAD, UH, SEVERAL, SEVERAL MORE MEETINGS THE FOLLOWING DAY.
UH, FIRST WAS WITH APOLLO GROUP HOSPITAL.
UH, THIS IS A, THIS IS A GROUP IN INDIA THAT HAS OVER 70 HOSPITALS WITH OVER 10,000, UH, 10,000 BEDS THROUGHOUT INDIA.
UH, THIS ROUND TABLE WAS CONDUCTED WITH, UH, SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE LEADERSHIP FOR THE HOSPITAL THERE.
AND, UH, REALLY THE GOAL OF THAT MEETING WAS TO, UM, DISCUSS POTENTIAL COLLABORATION FOR POTENTIAL KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE PLATFORMS, AGAIN, BETWEEN THE CITY, UH, AND APOLLO GROUP, AS THEY ARE DOING, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY DO A, THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH, A LOT OF ANALYSIS, AND THE AMOUNT OF DATA THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE AND, AND PROVIDE WITHIN A, UH, KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE PLATFORM, UH, WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING.
UH, LATER THAT DAY, WE MET WITH, UH, NANDINI MALU.
THIS WAS THE WIFE OF THE DEPUTY
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CHIEF MINISTER OF THE STATE OF LEN GHANA.THIS IS, UH, TANTAMOUNT TO THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS.
UM, SO IT WAS, IT WAS GREAT TO MEET WITH HER AND HER FAMILY.
AND REALLY, THEY, THEY ARE VERY INTERESTED IN TEXAS, VERY INTERESTED IN NORTH TEXAS, AND WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN THEY CAN PROMOTE FUTURE COLLABORATIONS, UH, BETWEEN THEIR, THEIR, THEIR STATE OF TELE GHANA, AS WELL AS THE CITY OF RICHARDSON.
UH, AND THEN THE FINAL VISIT THAT DAY WAS WITH THE, UH, THE IT MINISTER OF GAN GAN, SHAR BABU DILLA.
UH, AND WE DISCUSSED, UH, STARTUP ECOSYSTEM POLICIES, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND REGULATIONS SO MUCH MORE, UH, THIS CENTERED MORE AROUND GOVERNMENTAL, UH, REGULATORY TYPE, UH, DISCUSSIONS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ARE THOSE REGULATIONS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, BENEFICIAL OR MAYBE HINDERING, UH, STARTUP IN ENTREPRENEUR COMMUNITIES? UH, SO AFTER THOSE FIRST SIX DAYS, UH, WITHIN HYDRO BADD, UH, WE FLEW FROM HYDERABAD TO CHENNAI.
THIS IS IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION, UH, OF INDIA.
AND THIS IS THE CAPITAL CITY OF THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU.
IT IS THE HOME TO THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, OR IIT MADRES CAMPUS.
UH, IT'S A PREMIER INNOVATION CENTER SUPPORTING OVER 350 STARTUPS, BUT ALSO, UH, A PREMIER, UH, EDUCATIONAL FACILITY.
UH, AND MANY TIMES IN, IN SPEAKING WITH, UH, NOT ONLY REPS FROM THAT FACILITY, BUT ALSO, UH, REPS THROUGHOUT, UH, INDIA THAT WE MET, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY VERY MUCH COMPARE THIS, UH, TO, TO MIT HERE IN THE STATES.
SO, UH, A LOT OF, A LOT OF INNOVATION, A LOT OF HIGH LEVEL EDUCATION GOING ON AT THIS FACILITY.
UH, CHENNAI IS ALSO THE HOME TO STARTUP, TO MIL NADU INNOVATION HUB.
THIS IS THE STATE'S ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM.
UH, AND THAT STARTS TO BECOME A THEME THAT YOU SEE AS YOU GO AND MEET WITH MANY OF THESE CITIES AND THESE REPS, IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, STATE SPONSORED, UH, UNIVERSITY SPONSORED, UH, PROGRAMS AROUND SUPPORT OF, UH, INNOVATION STARTUPS AND ENTREPRENEURS, UH, THEIR HOME TO, UH, SEVERAL LARGE IT COMPANIES SUCH AS INFOSYS, HCL, AND ACCENTURE.
AND AGAIN, UH, A HOME TO A GROWING ECOSYSTEM OF, UH, SAAS COMPANIES.
UH, IN THOSE MEETINGS, UH, WE WERE HERE JUST FOR ONE DAY, UH, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH THE LEADERSHIP AT STARTUP TN, OR STARTUP TOIL NDU.
AND THIS, AGAIN, IS THE FACILITY THAT'S FOCUSED ON, UH, BUILDING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM.
UM, AND AGAIN, A GOVERNMENT LED, UH, EFFORT THERE.
AND THEN WHEN WE WENT TO IIT, AGAIN, THAT WAS A PREMIER INNOVATION CENTER SUPPORTING OVER 350, UH, DEEP TECH STARTUPS, OR THESE ARE STARTUPS THAT ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT JUST DOING SURFACE LEVEL TECHNOLOGY WORK.
THEY ARE GETTING INTO, UH, YOU KNOW, VERY, UH, INTENSE INNOVATION IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND REALLY LOOKING, UH, LOOKING TO THE FUTURE IN THE TYPES OF SERVICES AND PRODUCTS THAT THEY'RE CREATING.
UH, AND ALSO AT THIS INSTITUTE, UH, AGAIN, IT IS A UNIVERSITY OF PROVIDING EDUCATION IN THE FIELDS OF ENGINEERING, UH, COMPUTER AND DATA SCIENCE, MATH, CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS, AS WELL AS, UH, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
UH, THE FOLLOWING DAY, WE, UH, LEFT SHANA AND FLEW TO VKA PUTNAM, OR VIZA, AS IT WAS, UH, USUALLY REFERRED TO.
UH, THIS WAS A KEY INDUSTRIAL HUB ON THE EAST COAST OF INDIA.
HAD A LARGE STEEL AND REFINERY, UH, SECTOR THERE AT THEIR, UH, LARGE V*G PORT.
UH, THIS IS HOME TO, UH, MANY, MANY FAC EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, AS WELL AS GOVERNMENT FACILITIES HOME TO ANDRA UNIVERSITY.
THIS IS ONE OF INDIA'S OLDEST UNIVERSITIES, UH, AS WELL AS THE, AND PRADESH MED TECH ZONE, THE UNDER PRADESH INNOVATION SOCIETY, AND THE HOME OF THE AH, H UH, AH, HUB PFIZER INNOVATION CENTER.
AGAIN, UH, IN THESE MEETINGS, WE HELD LARGE ROUND TABLES WITH MEMBERS OF, UH, OF THESE, OF THESE GROUPS, OF THESE SOCIETIES, UH, A MTZ.
THIS IS ACTUALLY THE LARGEST MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ECOSYSTEM, UH, DESIGNED FOR PROTOTYPING, TESTING, UH, AND MANUFACTURING IN INDIA.
UH, THEY HAD A 270 ACRE CAMPUS.
NOW, IT HAS NOT ALL BEEN BUILT OUT YET, BUT A LARGE PORTION OF IT WAS BUILT OUT, AND IT WAS, AND IT WAS DONE, UH, SEVERAL BUILDINGS, DOZENS OF BUILDINGS, AND, AND 342 DAYS.
UM, SO WHEN THEY DECIDED THEY WERE GOING TO MOVE ON THIS, IT WAS BUILT, IT WAS BUILT QUICKLY, AND THEY HAVE, UH, THEY HAVE STARTED, UH, WITH ALL THIS PROTOTYPING AND MANUFACTURING IN THIS FACILITY.
UH, WE DID HAVE A ROUND TABLE, AGAIN, WITH, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE IN THE TOP RIGHT PHOTO WITH SEVERAL OF THE, UM, STARTUPS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THE A MTZ.
AND AGAIN, FOCUSING ON, UM, FOCUSING ON WHAT STARTUP RUNWAY PROVIDES, AND THEN ALSO, AGAIN, PROVIDING INFORMATION ON THE NORTH TEXAS AND RICHARDSON MARKET.
UH, NEXT WE WENT TO A PIS OR THE UNDER PRADESH INNOVATION SOCIETY.
UH, THERE, THIS, UH, WE MET WITH, UH, AROUND A HUNDRED IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL STARTUPS, UH, THROUGH SORT OF A LARGE, UH, CONFERENCE ROOM ROUND TABLE, UH, AGAIN, A PIS AND THIS IS ANOTHER STATE AGENCY FOSTERING INNOVATION AND, UH, FOR ENTREPRENEURS AND STARTUPS.
AND AGAIN, UH, THIS WAS ALSO SOMETHING WE SAW WAS THE IDEA OF CREATING THESE, CREATING THESE FACILITIES, CREATING THESE PROGRAMS WHERE, UH, THE CITY, THIS, OR THE STATE, IN MANY CASES HERE, BUT ALSO ACADEMIA AND PRIVATE BUSINESS, AS WELL AS INVESTORS, WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO CREATE, UM, TO CREATE THESE FACILITIES, TO CREATE THESE PROGRAMS WHERE, WHERE INNOVATION AND STARTUPS CAN REALLY, UH, WHERE
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WHAT THEY'RE DOING CAN REALLY BE FOSTERED.UH, THE SECOND DAY IN VIZA, WE WENT TO, AH, HUB.
THIS IS A LEADING INNOVATION CENTER, UH, AND THEY HAVE ADVANCED, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE THERE FOR DIVERSE STARTUPS, AND THEY'RE FOCUSING REALLY THERE ON AI, UH, IOT AND BLOCKCHAIN.
UH, THIS GROUP, AGAIN, PROVIDES MENTORSHIPS AND FUNDING FOR STARTUPS.
UM, AS YOU'LL SEE ON A LOT OF THESE SLIDES WE TALK ABOUT, THERE'S ALWAYS, THERE ARE, ALL OF THESE FACILITIES ARE LARGE SUPPORTING, YOU KNOW, A FEW HUNDRED UP TO A THOUSAND STARTUPS, UH, AND ALWAYS LOOKING TO FOSTER COLLABORATION AMONG THE PUBLIC PARTNERS OF THE STATE AND ACADEMIA, AS WELL AS, UM, AS, UH, THE INDUSTRY.
UH, DURING THIS VISIT, WE WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH ADDITIONAL STARTUPS WHO WERE WORKING IN THE FACILITY AND TEST, AND ACTUALLY, WE WERE ABLE TO GET TO TEST SOME PROTOTYPES THERE, AS SHOWN IN THE PICTURE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT THERE WITH AN E-BIKE PROTOTYPE THAT THEY, ONE OF THEIR STARTUPS WAS DEVELOPING.
FINALLY, OUR LAST DAY, DAY 10 OF THE TRIP, WE FLEW, UH, FLEW ACROSS INDIA TO THE WEST COAST OVER TO MUMBAI.
THIS IS THE CAPITAL CITY OF THE STATE OF MAHARASTRA IN ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST CITIES.
IT'S THEIR FINANCIAL CAPITAL IN INDIA, AND HOME TO THE MUMBAI STOCK EXCHANGE.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THEY HAVE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF COMPANIES, INCLUDING MANY CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS IN MUMBAI, AND REPRESENT ABOUT 13% OF THE OVERALL NUMBER OF STARTUPS WITHIN INDIA.
UH, AND WHILE WE WERE ON THAT TRIP, WE WERE SCHEDULED TO MEET WITH THE, UH, PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF THE STATE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, UH, ON THAT FINAL DAY THERE, THIS IS A SUMMARY, UH, JUST SORT OF GOING, UH, GOING THROUGH THE NUMBERS OF THE TRIPS.
SO, OVER THAT 10 DAY, UH, OVER THE 10 DAY TRIP, WE WERE, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO VISIT FOUR CITIES AND INTERACT AND HAVE, UH, INDIVIDUAL INTERACTIONS OR GROUP INTERACTIONS WITH OVER 400 COMPANIES.
UM, SO AS WE, YOU KNOW, AS WE HAVE MULTIPLE ROUND TABLES, MULTIPLE INCUBATOR SITE VISITS, MANUFACTURING ZONE VISITS, WE WERE ABLE TO JUST MEET WITH, AGAIN, MEET WITH GOVERNMENT, MEET WITH ACADEMIA, MEET WITH BUSINESS LEADERS, INVESTORS, AND REALLY START TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY WERE, UH, PROGRAMMING THIS STARTUP AND ENTREPRENEUR ENVIRONMENT.
UH, WHILE WE WERE THERE, UH, MANY OF THE INDUSTRY SECTORS THAT WE MET WITH, UH, MOST OF THEM FELL WITHIN INTO THESE 14 SECTORS.
UH, AND REALLY FOR ALL OF THESE INDUSTRY SECTORS, THEY ARE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA ALIGN WITH ONE OR MORE OF OUR, UH, FIVE TARGET INDUSTRIES AS DETAILED IN OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, STRATEGIC PLAN.
UH, SO WITH THAT, UH, WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE CITY OF RICHARDSON STARTUP RUNWAY ARE GOING TO BE JOINING TOGETHER IN A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP TO BOOST INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN RICHARDSON.
AND WERE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THEY WILL LAUNCH THEIR FIRST LOCATION IN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, UH, AT THE IQHQ.
WELL, THEY, WHERE THEY WILL VERY SOON, UH, BEGIN HOSTING THE FIRST COHORT OF COMPANIES.
SO THOSE COMPANIES THAT WE MET WITH A MONTH AGO IN THAT FIRST VISIT, THEY, THEY KNEW THEY WERE WORKING WITH STARTUP RUNWAY.
THEY KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO BE THEIR FIRST COHORT, BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW AT THE TIME THAT, UM, THAT THE CONS, THERE WAS A CONSIDERATION FOR RICHARDSON.
AND NOW, UH, NOW THEY'LL BE AWARE OF THAT.
AND SO WE'LL BE HOLDING A LAUNCH EVENT AND RIBBON CUTTING, UH, AT THE IQHQ TOMORROW MORNING.
AND REALLY, UH, THIS IS GONNA JUST BE A REALLY EXCITING EVENT WHERE THE CITY OF RICHARDSON AND O OTHER LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES CAN GET TOGETHER, CAN WELCOME STARTUP RUNWAY AND, AND JUST BEGIN THE PARTNERSHIP AIMED AT COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY, WITH UTD, AS WELL AS THE INTERNATIONAL ENTREPRENEUR INNOVATION AND STARTUP COMMUNITY.
UM, SO THAT'S TOMORROW, AND THEN IT'S THE LAUNCH EVENT, AND THEY MOVE IN.
AND SO THE NEXT QUESTION IS KIND OF WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? SO THEY'RE IN THERE, WHAT DO THEY DO AFTER THAT? ARE THEY JUST IN THERE AND WE'RE DONE WITH IT? NOW? WE HAVE, THERE'S A LOT, A LOT MORE THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AFTER THAT.
SO ONCE THESE COMPANIES ARE SELECTED TO, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THE STARTUP RUNWAY ECOSYSTEM, THEY WILL, THEY WILL MOVE HERE, OR ONE OR TWO REPRESENTATIVES WILL MOVE HERE, AND THEY WILL LOCATE WITHIN THE STARTUP RUNWAY, UH, LEASE SPACE WITHIN THE IQHQ, AND IT CAN BE ANYWHERE FROM THREE TO SIX MONTHS.
UH, THE GOAL IS THAT THEY DEVELOP THEIR, UH, US, UH, SALES AND BUSINESS CHANNELS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND ONCE THEY'VE DONE THAT, ONCE THEY'VE DEVELOPED A COUPLE CUSTOMERS, THOSE COMPANIES WILL MOVE OUT OF THE STARTUP RUNWAY SPACE AND INTO MORE TRADITIONAL LEASE SPACES.
UH, AND AS WE GO BACK TO WHAT STARTUP RUNWAY'S MODEL IS, THEY WORK WITH HUNDREDS OF COMPANIES WHERE THEY'RE VETTING APPLICATIONS, UH, VETTING WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO ENSURE THAT IT ALIGNS WITH OUR TARGET INDUSTRIES.
UM, THOSE COMPANIES ARE IN THE PIPELINE AND READY TO GO SO THAT WHEN COMPANIES DO, DO, UH, ARE SUCCESSFUL AT THE IQHQ, AND THEY MOVE OUT, THERE'S ANOTHER COHORT OR ANOTHER GROUP OF COMPANIES READY TO FOLLOW IN RIGHT BEHIND THEM AND, AND START THAT PROCESS OVER AGAIN.
SO IT'S NOT JUST BRING EIGHT OR 10 COMPANIES OVER, MOVE THEM OUT, AND THEY'RE DONE.
THEY HAVE A CONTINUOUS PIPELINE FOR THAT THAT'S GOING TO FACILITATE THAT STARTUP GROWTH IN THE CITY.
THE GOAL FOR THE CITY, UH, IN THIS PARTNERSHIP, UH, WILL BE TO ASSIST THOSE COMPANIES RELOCATING FROM THE IQ HQ AND, AND HELP THEM RELOCATE WITHIN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON.
UH, I THINK OUR GOAL IS THAT WILL, THEY WILL MOVE HERE.
THIS WILL BE THE, THE FIRST PLACE THEY COME TO AND KNOW WE WILL, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BE IN THE HEART OF THE IQ.
AND THESE ARE BUSINESSES THAT ARE, ARE REALLY PRIMED FOR AS THEY GROW TO GROW WITHIN THE IQ.
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UH, TO ASSIST THEM IN EXPANDING WITHIN THE CITY AND, AND, AND THE IQ AREA.UH, WE ALSO PLAN ON COLLABORATING WITH STARTUP RUNWAY TO SEEK, UH, SEEK OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE PARTNERSHIPS THROUGHOUT THE REGION, UH, AS WELL AS LEVERAGE PARTNERSHIPS WITH STARTUP RUNWAY TO FURTHER ATTRACT, UH, ADDITIONAL INDIA, INDIA BASED BUSINESSES TO THE CITY.
UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF STARTUPS THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH, BUT THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF COMPANIES THAT WE MET, EVEN COMPANIES THAT WERE PART, THAT WERE PART OF THIS THINKING THEY MIGHT BE PART OF STARTUP RUNWAY.
THESE ARE COMPANIES THAT MAY ARE ALREADY LARGE ENOUGH THAT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO BE PART OF THIS ECOSYSTEM, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THAT'S NOT, UH, THOSE AREN'T COMPANIES THAT ARE STILL ATTRACTED TO THE NORTH TEXAS AND RICHARDSON REGION REGION.
SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S A, A THIRD GOAL OF OURS.
AND LAST, UH, UH, A GOAL IS A LITTLE BIT MORE FUTURE, UH, LOOKING ON THIS WOULD BE TO EXPAND AND IMPLEMENT THE STARTUP RUNWAY MODEL IN ADDITIONAL COUNTRIES WHERE THE CITY, UH, TO PROMOTE CITY'S INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, STARTUP RUNWAY'S ALREADY STARTED TALKING ABOUT, UM, LOOKING INTO DOING THIS IN, IN INDIA.
UM, THAT'S WHERE MAHESH IS FROM, AND THAT'S WHERE HE IS.
HE'S BUILT THIS INITIAL FRAMEWORK, BUT HE WAS LOOKING TO EXPAND THIS TO OTHER COUNTRIES.
SO THAT, UH, THAT IS A, A FUTURE LOOKING GOAL, UM, THAT WE ARE, UH, HOPING TO PARTNER WITH STARTUP RUNWAY ON.
UH, JUST A FEW CLOSING THOUGHTS.
UH, AS I MENTIONED, UH, BRIEFLY AT THE BEGINNING, THERE WAS THE VISION FOR THE, THE IQ AREA, WHICH WAS TO, UM, CREATE A PREMIER TECH HUB, UH, UH, IN TEXAS WITHIN THE RICHESON IQ.
SO, JUST KIND OF WANT TO GO BACK AND SORT OF, YOU KNOW, TIE THIS ALL TOGETHER IN THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, IN 2022, THE CITY AND UTD, UM, PARTNERED IN THE OPENING OF THE IQHQ FACILITY, AND THIS WAS REALLY MEANT TO BE A LIVING LABORATORY EXPERIMENTAL IN NATURE, AND REALLY FOSTERING GROUNDBREAKING TECHNOLOGY.
AND OVER THE LAST WEEK, SINCE LAST MONDAY NIGHT, WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 5G LAB UNTIL TODAY, UH, THAT VISION IS BECOMING MORE FULLY, UH, REALIZED THAN IT EVER HAS BEEN BEFORE.
UH, THE UTD 5G LAB IS A COLLABORATION WITH AT AND T VERIZON AS WELL, AT AND T AND VERIZON, ALONG WITH ALL OF THEIR CUSTOMERS AND THEIR PARTNERS, UH, TO GROW THE INNOVATION, UH, THE INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM IN THE IQ.
BUT ALSO STARTUP RUNWAY IS GOING TO BE PROVIDING A SOFT LANDING SPACE FOR INDIA BASED COMPANIES, UH, LOCATING TO GROW THEIR BUSINESSES, UH, IN THE UNITED STATES.
SO AS WE LOOK AT WHAT THAT, THAT INITIAL VIEW WAS OF COLLABORATING ACROSS BUSINESS, ATTRACTING NEW JOBS, AND CREATING STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS WITH UTD, THE CITY AND BUSINESSES, UH, BOTH OF THESE ARE HITTING, THEY'RE HITTING ON ALL OF THOSE.
AND IN ADDITION, UH, THE PARTNERSHIP, UH, WITH STARTUP ONE RUNWAY IS GONNA CONTINUE TO FURTHER THAT VISION, WHILE ALSO STRENGTHENING THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIES, UH, WITH INDIA, AGAIN, THE WORLD'S FIFTH LARGEST ECONOMY.
UH, SO THAT'S REALLY FURTHERING OUR GOALS OF PROMOTING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THE FACILITATION OF RELOCATION OF STARTUPS, ENTREPRENEURS, AND INNOVATIVE BUSINESSES WITHIN RICHARDSON, UM, IS, IS GONNA BE A, A IS GONNA PROVIDE A GREAT POTENTIAL FOR SUCCESS.
AND STARTUP RUNWAY HAS SET THIS UP IN A WAY TO WHERE THESE BUSINESSES ARE COMING OVER AND THEY'RE PROVIDING THEM WITH ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE MARKET ACCESS AND ALL OF THAT SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED, THAT A TRADITIONAL STARTUP OR EVEN A SMALL BUSINESS MAY NOT BE ABLE, UH, TO HAVE THE MEANS FOR, UH, AT THE, AT THE OUTSET OF THEIR BUSINESS.
AND LASTLY, UH, WE REALLY FEEL LIKE THIS IS CREATING A MODEL THAT DEMONSTRATES HOW INNOVATION AND COLLABORATION, UH, AMONG A VARIETY OF PARTNERS CAN TRANSFORM, UH, THE RICHARDSON IQ INTO THAT PREMIER TECH HUB.
THIS IS REALLY A GREAT WAY TO SHOW, UM, SHOW THIS IS WHAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT DOING IN THE IQ.
THIS WAS OUR GOAL AND OUR VISION.
AND NOW IN OUR, IN OUR FACILITY WHERE WE PARTNER WITH UTD, WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WITH, WITH, WITH THE CITY, WITH ACADEMIA, AS WELL AS, UH, THE BUSINESS PARTNERS.
UM, SO IN CLOSING, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, UH, THIS LAUNCH EVENT TOMORROW, UH, SHOULD BE A GREAT EVENT.
AND, UH, STARTUP RUNWAY I THINK IS GONNA BE REALLY, UH, SURPRISED AND, AND, UM, EXCITED ABOUT JOINING US AT THE IQHP TOMORROW.
SO WITH THAT, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
CHRIS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN ON YOUR NEW TITLE.
WE APPRECIATE IT, MS. JUSTICE.
UM, I ECHO THE MAYOR'S COMMENTS.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
UM, YOU, YOU'RE INVIGORATED, I THINK, BY THE NEW POSITION AND SORT OF THE CHALLENGE, AND IT COMES ACROSS THAT YOU'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
AND, UM, JUST WANNA SAY TO THE PUBLIC, THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT, BECAUSE WE'VE NOW FILLED UP THE IQ HQ, AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE ENVISIONED WHEN WE OPENED IT.
AND SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND ALL OF YOUR STAFF, DAWN, FOR WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
SO I THINK THIS IS REALLY, REALLY EXCITING.
UM, AND I, I THINK THAT THIS PARTNERSHIP IS GONNA BE AMAZING.
I LOVED LIVING, UH, YOUR TRIP VICARIOUSLY ON LINKEDIN, UH, STARTED RUNWAY, DID A GREAT JOB OF POSTING EVERYTHING THAT YOU WERE DOING.
AND SO I FELT LIKE I WAS ON THE JOURNEY ALONG WITH YOU.
UM, SO KUDOS TO THEM FOR REALLY A WHO, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S DOING THEIR
SO, UM, THEY'RE, I THINK, CLEARLY IS EXCITED ABOUT COMING HERE AS WE ARE ABOUT THEM, UH, JOINING US AT THE IQ HQ.
AND I CAN'T ENCOURAGE YOU ENOUGH TO, TO CONTINUE TO, TO FIND MODELS LIKE THIS.
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SEE WHERE THIS GOES.UH, CHRIS, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
IT WAS, UH, UH, REALLY EYE-OPENING.
SO I, I ECHO, UH, EVERYTHING, OUR MAYOR AND, UH, COUNCILMAN, OUR COUNCILWOMAN.
UM, JUSTICE SAID, I, I DO WANNA ALSO SAY CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.
I KNOW THAT EVERY TIME I HEAR SOMEONE THAT HAS WORKED FOR THE CITY FOR 16 PLUS YEARS, I JUST, IT COMES AS NO SURPRISE BECAUSE I'VE ACTUALLY WORKED WITH YOU FOR THE PAST 16 YEARS AND SO MANY OTHER PROJECTS.
SO, UM, I'M, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS COLLABORATION.
AND I, I WANNA, UH, JUST SAY ONE OR ASK A QUESTION JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS, GENERALLY, THESE COMPANIES ARE GONNA SORT OF INCUBATE OVER IN INDIA AS THEY, UH, AS THEY PRODUCE AND, AND SORT OF SOLIDIFY ALL THEIR, ALL THE WORKING PARTS, AND THEN THEY'LL BE RELOCATED HERE TO RICHARDSON.
IS THAT BASICALLY HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK? OR, OR IS THERE GONNA BE A PORTION OF THAT HERE AT THE IQ AND, AND HOW WILL THAT TRANSFER? RIGHT.
SO, SO IN THIS MODEL, THESE COMPANIES WILL BE, THEY'LL, THEY'LL BRING OVER JUST AN INITIAL REPRESENTATIVE OR TWO.
AND AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL COMPANIES THAT ALREADY HAVE A PROVEN, UH, PRODUCT OR SERVICE THAT THEY ARE GENERATING REVENUE FROM IN INDIA.
SO THEIR, THEIR, THEIR GOAL IS TO COME OVER HERE AND BEGIN THEIR GROWTH OF THE UNITED STATES, AND TO BUILD UP THAT CUSTOMER BASE SO THAT THEN THEY CAN BEGIN TO GROW IN WHATEVER THEIR, WHATEVER THEIR TARGET SECTOR OR TARGET INDUSTRY IS WITHIN, UH, WITHIN THE CITY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
THAT'S OUR HOPE THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY COME TO THE IQHQ AND THEN WHEN THEY MOVE OUT, WE'RE ABLE TO RETAIN THEM HERE IN THE CITY.
WELL, THE GOOD SIDE OF THAT IS THAT, UH, WE HAVE, UH, POTENTIALLY COULD FILL UP SOME OF OUR OFFICE SPACE, RIGHT,
UH, I'VE KNOWN YOU OVER 14 YEARS WHEN I WAS WITH THE, I WAS A MEMBER OF THE ZBA, SO I HAVE SENIOR PRESENTATION AND OF THE UNDERSTANDING OF AS A CITY PLANNER.
SO I DON'T HAVE ANY DOUBT ABOUT YOUR CAPABILITY AFTER 14 YEARS THAT I KNOW YOU.
SO I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT, YOU KNOW, GREAT THINGS THAT YOU ARE NOW LEADING THIS, UH, DEPARTMENT AND, UH, ALSO THIS, UH, NEW, THE STARTUP RUNWAY, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT BUSINESS MODEL MODEL IS VERY, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING NEW TO ME, BUT IT'S UNIQUE.
AND ALSO I THINK I SEE THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY THERE.
I'M EXCITED AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEE HOW THIS THING EVOLVE.
I'M VERY, YOU KNOW, OPTIMISTIC.
UH, CHRIS, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN FOR THE PROMOTION, UH, THE NEW TITLE.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND GREG WHO BOTH TAKE TIME, NOT JUST OUT OF YOUR EVERYDAY, UH, ACTIVITIES HERE IN THE CITY, UM, BUT TO TAKE THAT TIME TO, UH, GO, UH, TRAVEL ACROSS THE WORLD, UM, LOOKING FORWARD.
AND I GOTTA SAY, WHILE I'M ONE OF THE NEWER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE A YEAR AND A HALF.
I, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE, WHETHER THE MEMBER AS A MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL OR JUST AS A WATCHER FROM PREVIOUS COUNCIL, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT'S COME ACROSS IN A LONG TIME THAT I'VE BEEN THIS EXCITED ABOUT.
THE POTENTIAL THIS, THIS PROGRAM HAS IS HUGE.
UH, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, HERE IN THE PAST, UH, WEEKS AND MONTHS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST DUE TO, YOU KNOW, POST COVID AND WHAT, WHAT IT MEANS FOR ECONOMY, UH, NATIONALLY AND LOCALLY.
AND, AND THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, CALCULATE.
I DON'T KNOW IF CALCULATED RISK IS THE RIGHT WAY TO SAY IT, BUT THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS YOU HAVE TO TRY YOUR HAND AT.
UM, THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS YOU LOOK AT, YOU, YOU TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT, AND IT HAS THE POTENTIAL OF REALLY POSITIVELY IMPACTING OUR ECONOMY FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO COME.
SO THANK YOU, UH, YOU BOTH FOR THIS TRIP, BUT ALSO, I KNOW THIS WASN'T JUST SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT AND YOU WEREN'T THE ONLY ONE, DON, I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE INVOLVED MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
SO FROM WHERE I STAND, I'M EXCITED, AND I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S MADE ME, UH, QUITE THIS EXCITED ON THE ECONOMIC FRONT, UM, AND HOPEFUL FOR WHAT, WHAT THE FUTURE MAY HOLD, UH, FOR RICHARDSON AND FOR ALL IN NORTH TEXAS, REALLY.
UH, BUT I THINK WE AND RICHARDSON ARE REALLY GOING TO, UH, BENEFIT FROM SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN, IN YOUR TRIP.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CORCORAN.
YEAH, CHRIS, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE REALLY EVER HAD ANY PARTNERSHIP QUITE LIKE THIS BEFORE, OR AT LEAST NOT IN A LONG TIME.
AND SO IT IS, UM, AS COUNCILMAN BARRIO SAID, I MEAN, THIS IS A REALLY INTERESTING AND, AND REALLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT I, WHAT I THINK IS REALLY INTERESTING TOO IS, UH, THEY'RE GONNA REALLY BE ABLE
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TO KEEP US COMPETITIVE IN THE MARKET OUTSIDE OF NORTH TEXAS.UM, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE EVERY TIME WE TALK, WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT COMPETING WITH MAYBE NEIGHBORING CITIES OR KIND OF REGIONALLY, BUT JUST PUTTING THIS INTO PERSPECTIVE, I START THINKING HOW WE HAVE TO COMPETE GLOBALLY OR NATIONALLY AT LEAST TO GET THE BUSINESS THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING IN THERE TO LOOK AT.
AND I'M JUST KIND OF WONDERING, I MEAN, AS A CITY OF 120,000 PEOPLE KIND OF GOING INTO THESE HUGE TECH HUBS AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, I MEAN, WHAT WAS THAT? CAN YOU JUST MAYBE ELABORATE KIND OF WHAT KIND OF RECEPTION Y'ALL GOT THERE? LIKE HOW DID THEY STACK US UP COMPARED TO THE COMPETITION, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE COMPETITION IS PLACES LIKE CHICAGO OR NEW YORK OR YOU KNOW, SOME CITY IN CALIFORNIA? YEAH, SO IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM, YOU'RE RIGHT.
WHEN IT, WHEN IT WOULD COME UP IN, IN DISCUSSION OR DURING A ROUND TABLE, HOW LARGE IS RICHARDSON? AND YOU TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 120, 125,000 PEOPLE, I MEAN, THEY'RE, IT ALMOST DOESN'T COMPUTE BECAUSE OVER THERE EVERY ONE OF THESE CITIES IS IN THE MILLIONS.
SO, UM, SO IT WAS, YOU KNOW, EVEN DISCUSSING THE WHOLE REGION, YOU KNOW, THE DFW REGION BEING SMALLER THAN A LOT OF THESE CITIES.
UM, BUT AS SOON AS THEY HEARD WHAT WE WERE DOING, WE WERE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF RICHARDSON BEING A CITY, YOU KNOW, SORT OF ROOTED IN INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY BACK, YOU KNOW, BACK TO THE FIFTIES AND TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE THROUGH OUR HISTORY.
AS WE WENT THROUGH, THROUGH THOSE PRESENTATIONS, YOU COULD SEE THAT THEY REALLY, THEY REALLY STARTED TO SEE THAT IT, WHAT, IT DIDN'T REALLY MATTER THE, THE SIZE OF RICHARDSON, BUT, UM, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIP, UH, WITH UTD, THAT'S SOMETHING THEY ALL UNDERSTOOD.
UT YOU SAY UTD, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO SAY UT DALLAS, UTD, MOST PEOPLE WE TALKED TO, THEY KNEW THAT THEY KNEW THE QUALITY, UH, OF EDUCATION AND PROGRAMMING AT UTD.
SO WHEN THEY HEARD THAT WE PARTNER WITH THEM, THAT THEY ARE IN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, WHICH MADE SURE TO
SO THEY WERE, AND AGAIN, I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UM, WHEN THE FOUNDER MAHESH MM-HMM,
YEAH, NO, THAT'S REALLY, I APPRECIATE PUTTING THAT IN PERSPECTIVE AND JUST ANOTHER REASON OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH UTD IS SO CRUCIAL, BUT I'M EXCITED FOR RICHARDSON TO BE THE RUNWAY IN THE STARTUP RUNWAY, SORT OF, YOU KNOW, MONIKER THERE.
AND I'M, I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE BIG THINGS THAT COME FROM THIS.
UM, ECHO EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID, JUST A SLIGHT DIFFERENT QUESTION.
I KNOW BACK A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, WE HAD MADE A VERY STRONG PUSH INTO THE JAPANESE AND HONG KONG MARKETS, AND SO INCREDIBLY EXCITING, WANNA SEE THIS GO AS FAR AS IT POSSIBLY CAN, BUT DO WE STILL HAVE THAT ON OUR VIEW SCREEN? DO WE STILL, DO WE HAVE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES KIND OF LIKE THIS STILL WITHIN, WITHIN THOSE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WERE ESTABLISHED QUITE A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO? RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, NOTHING SPECIFICALLY LIKE THIS, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT IN TERMS OF JUST SORT OF OUR, OUR DAY-TO-DAY DISCUSSIONS, WE, WE HAVE, WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH REPRESENTATIVES, UH, FROM JAPAN AS WELL AS MANY OTHER, UH, COUNTRIES FROM, YOU KNOW, EUROPE AND ASIA.
AND I THINK ONE OF THE, UH, EXCITING PARTS ABOUT STARTUP RUNWAY IS THAT WHILE THIS IS SUCH A SORT OF A, A NOVEL CONCEPT THAT WE HADN'T REALLY HEARD ABOUT BEFORE THE IDEA THAT THEY ARE ALREADY PLANNING, UM, PLANNING ON HOW THEY CAN EXPAND THIS FRAMEWORK AND THIS PROGRAM TO TO OTHER COUNTRIES.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH WE WERE VERY, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY VERY FOCUSED ON INDIA ON THIS ONE, WE STILL, UH, MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE DISCUSSING INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THAT WE'RE STILL SORT OF, UM, MAKING SURE WE'RE KEEPING UP WITH THOSE OTHER RELATIONSHIPS.
THINK THIS IS ABSOLUTELY EXCITING.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.
THANK YOU, COUNSEL, FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
I'D LIKE TO ADD, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE THINGS.
FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK GREG FOR GOING ON THE TRIP AS WELL.
UH, GREG AND CHRIS MADE A GREAT TEAM AS FAR AS PULLING THIS TOGETHER AND SOLIDIFYING OUR DESIRES.
AND I, YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE SIZE OF RICHARDSON AND USING OLD COACHING CLICHE, IT'S NOT THE SIZE OF THE TOWN, BUT IT'S THE SIZE OF THE FIGHT IN THE TOWN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
OR I THINK THERE'S THE DOG IN THERE TOO, BUT NEITHER HERE NOR THERE.
THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS WE HAVE HAD TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, SHIFT COVID, YOU MENTIONED COVID A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE HAD TO SHIFT OUR IMPORTANCE AND WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO, BUT BE TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS, THE STARTUP RUNWAY, BUT ALSO COUPLE THAT WITH VERIZON AND COUPLE THAT WITH AT AND T AND TO, FOR THE UT DALLAS TO GET A $44 MILLION GRANT.
WE'RE ON OUR WAY IN A BIG WAY.
AND WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING TO PUT EXCLAMATION MARKS ON THAT AND GET US ROLLING, I WANT TO THANK YOU.
UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID WE LOST OUR VISION TO HOW WE WERE IMPLEMENTING THIS, BUT WE DIDN'T LOSE A VISION.
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AND THE NEW PERSPECTIVE IS A WINNING FORMULA.AND I WANNA THANK Y'ALL FOR THAT, AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA DO SOME GREAT THINGS.
I JUST, I JUST WANT TO ADD, UH, ONE THING.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COUNCIL DESERVES A GREAT DEAL OF CREDIT.
UM, IT'S, IT WOULD'VE BEEN VERY EASY TO BECOME IMPATIENT, UM, BUT THE WISDOM THAT, UM, YOU DEMONSTRATED BY, UM, ALLOWING US TO WORK THROUGH, UM, A YEAR OF DISPLACEMENT, UH, FROM THE CITY HALL FIRE BACK IN AUGUST OF 22.
I MEAN, RECALL NOW, THIS BUILDING OPENED UP ONE MONTH AFTER THE FIRE.
AND WE, UH, WITH VERY FEW OPTIONS OTHERWISE HAD TO COMMANDEER THIS SPACE FOR, TO KEEP OUR BASIC AND OUR CORE CITY SERVICES, UM, IN, IN OPERATIONS.
AND SO, UM, WHEN, WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AT THE TIME THAT WE WERE ABLE TO TRANSITION TO THIS SPACE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT EVEN QUITE YET AT A YEAR.
AND, UM, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS THESE, UH, TWO PROJECTS NOW FOR THE LAST, UM, SIX TO TO EIGHT MONTHS.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE DONE SOME, SOME REALLY GOOD WORK, BUT THE COUNCIL REALLY HAS SET THE TONE FOR THAT, UM, BEING PATIENT AND NOT JUST, UM, UM, TAKING THE FIRST OPPORTUNITIES THAT PRESENTED THEMSELVES, BUT WAITING FOR THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE TWO CORPORATE GIANTS IN THE TELECOM REALM, LIKE AT T AND VERIZON.
ALL OF THEIR PARTNERS AND ALL OF THEIR CUSTOMERS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THIS BUILDING IN UT DALLAS ON A DAILY BASIS AS A RESULT OF THE PATIENCE AND THEN THE WISDOM TO, UM, TO PARTNER WITH, UH, WITH, UH, UH, STARTUP RUNWAY.
AND TO TAKE A CHANCE, UH, COUNCILMAN BARRIOS AS YOU, AS YOU MENTIONED, TO TAKE A CHANCE ON A NEW STRATEGY AND A NEW APPROACH TO, UM, UH, TO EXPANDING OUR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS PRESENCE.
AND THEN IT'S NOT JUST EXPANDING THAT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS PRESENCE HERE AT COUNCIL MCC CORCORAN, TO YOUR POINT, IT'S OPENING UP NEW MARKETS TO OUR BUSINESSES THAT ARE HERE TODAY THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE NOT, NEVER WISE OTHER BEEN EX OTHERWISE BEEN EXPOSED TO.
UM, SO COUNCIL, I, YOU, YOU DESERVE, UH, AN AWFUL LOT OF CREDIT.
AND, AND, UH, I, I KNOW APPRECIATION AS WELL, UH, BECAUSE THIS COULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT, WITHOUT YOUR PATIENCE AND, AND YOUR WISDOM TO, UH, TO, TO TRUST THE PROCESS AND TO, TO KNOW THAT WE WERE GONNA, UM, GET TO WHERE WE NEEDED TO BE SLAM DUNK.
[7. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE CODE OF ETHICS, CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 1 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES]
THANK YOU.THIS TIME WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE CODE OF ETHICS CHAPTER TWO, ARTICLE ONE OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.
UM, DANETTE GARCIA, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, IS GONNA LEAD THIS BRIEFING FOR US.
UH, THIS IS A, UM, A, UH, A REGULAR, UM, EVERY TWO YEAR REVIEW OF THE CODE OF ETHICS THAT, UH, THE COUNCIL IS REQUIRED TO DO BY THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE, I WAS DEF BACK IN 2010.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED.
WE'VE, UH, INCORPORATED THAT, UH, INTO THE CODE OF ETHICS.
AND THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE'D ALSO LIKE TO, UH, DISCUSS THAT CAME OUTTA SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
AND SO, DEAR UH, DANETTE, I'LL, UH, TURN OVER TO YOU FOR FURTHER BRIEFING.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
UM, THIS ITEM, IN ADDITION TO, UM, A, A REQUIRED REVIEW EVERY TWO YEARS, IT IS ALSO A CITY COUNCIL TACTIC AND ALIGNED WITH THE CITY COUNCIL GOAL TO HAVE CLEAR, EFFECTIVE, EFFICIENT, AND CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVED AND CONSISTENTLY APPLIED PROCESSES AND POLICIES.
TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS ITEM, THE CODE OF ETHICS WAS FIRST ADOPTED IN 2010, AND WE, UM, AS I SAID, IT IS REQUIRED THAT WE REVIEW THIS POLICY OR REVIEW THIS ORDINANCE EVERY TWO YEARS.
THE LAST REVIEW WAS CONDUCTED IN OCTOBER OF 20, UH, 2022.
DURING THAT REVIEW, THERE WERE NO AMENDMENTS MADE, AND THEREFORE WE, UM, ADOPTED A RESOLUTION STATING THAT WE DID REVIEW THE POLICY PREVIOUS TO THAT IN 2020 OCTOBER OF 2020.
WE DID HAVE, UM, SOME AMENDMENT, SOME CHANGES DURING THAT ORDINANCE 43 61, AND THOSE AMENDMENTS WERE RELATED TO FILING OF TEXAS LOCAL, LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL CONFLICTS, DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS, ALSO GRANTING THE CITY ATTORNEY SUBPOENA POWER DURING INVESTIGATIONS AND REQUIRING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE CODE OF ETHICS.
SO IN THIS CURRENT REVIEW, WE DO HAVE SOME SUGGESTED AMENDMENTS FOR, UH, CITY COUNCIL REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION, AND TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF SOME OF THE, UM, ITEMS AND THE FEATURES SECTIONS WITHIN THE ORDINANCE.
UM, THERE'S THE TITLE AND APPLICATION, THE PURPOSE DEFINITIONS, UM, STANDARDS OF CONDUCT, ADDITIONAL STANDARDS.
SOME OF THOSE ADDITIONAL STANDARDS ARE, UM, SOME VOTING, UM, ON FUNDING REQUEST.
IF YOU'RE ON A BOARD OR A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, VOTING ON LAND USE MATTERS IF THE MEMBER HAS SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST IN FILING OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
UM, THERE'S ALSO THE COMPLAINTS AGAINST OFFICERS, AND IT GOES THROUGH ALL OF THE VIOLATIONS SHOULD, UM, SHOULD ONE OF THE AFFECTED OFFICERS, UM, COMMIT A VIOLATION.
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THERE'S ALSO INTERPRETATIONS OF THE CONTENT.UM, THERE'S A REQUIREMENT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WE REVIEW THIS, AS I SAID, EVERY TWO YEARS.
AND THEN ALSO TOO, THAT ALL OFFICERS ACKNOWLEDGE THE CODE OF ETHICS.
SO WHO DOES THIS APPLY TO? THIS IS APPLICABLE TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND ALL CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
UM, IT ALSO APPLIES TO CITY OFFICERS WHILE THE PERSON HOLDS THE POSITION OR OFFICE.
AND, UM, ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND, CITY EMPLOYEES ARE NOT COVERED UNDER THIS POLICY.
THEY ARE COVERED UNDER, UM, A DIFFERENT SEPARATE POLICY, UM, IN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON PERSONNEL MANUAL AND ALSO SOME IN THE CITY CHARTER.
UM, ANOTHER ITEM TO MAKE NOTE OF IS THE, UM, INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS ARE NOT COVERED BY THIS POLICY.
SO AS WE GO THROUGH THE ORDINANCE AMENDMENT CONSIDERATIONS, UM, THIS LIST WAS GENERATED THROUGH REVIEW OF OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UM, THROUGH STAFF REVIEW OF OTHER CITIES AND THEIR POLICIES, AND ALSO THROUGH APPLICABLE STATE STATUTES AND, UM, FEEDBACK FROM THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO, UM, I'M GOING TO JUST BRING THIS LIST.
I'M GONNA GO INTO MORE DETAIL, UM, ON EACH ONE OF THESE CONSIDERATIONS.
UM, SO THIS IS THE FIRST LIST AND, UM, I'LL COME BACK TO THIS AT THE END SO THAT WE CAN SUMMARIZE EVERYTHING.
BUT, UM, REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS TWO SECTIONS.
UM, MOSTLY THE COMPLAINTS AGAINST OFFICERS.
SO THOSE ARE SOME AREAS THAT WE'RE CHANGING.
THERE WAS ONE ITEM THAT WE CHANGED, JUST, UM, ADDING IN THE WORD LOCAL IN FRONT OF GOVERNMENT.
AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD BY, BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY.
UM, SO A VERY INCONSEQUENTIAL CHANGE.
UM, AND WE WILL GO THROUGH THE REST.
UM, THE OTHER CONCERNS DEF SOME DEFINITIONS AND STANDARDS OF CONDUCT.
OKAY, SO IN THIS FIRST ONE, UM, SO THE PROPOSED CHANGE IS THAT WE CHANGE THE TIMEFRAME FOR THE MAYOR AND COUNSEL, UM, TO CONVENE A MEETING.
SO THIS IS WHEN THERE IS A COMPLAINT AGAINST AN OFFICER.
THE, UM, CITY ATTORNEY HAS 15 DAYS TO BRING THIS COMPLAINT FORWARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND WHAT WE ARE CHANGING IS INSTEAD OF GIVING JUST 15 DAYS FOR, UM, A MEETING TO CONVENE, WE ARE CHANGING THAT TO NO SOONER THAN 15 DAYS AND NO LATER THAN 30 DAYS.
THE NEXT ITEM IS A CHANGE TO THE NUMBER OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS REQUIRED TO MEET, TO CONSIDER THE ALLEGED VIOLATION FROM THREE TO TWO.
UM, AND I HAVE THAT CHANGE IN YELLOW, UM, BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOKED THROUGH THIS, WHAT WE DETERMINED WAS THAT THE NUMBER WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE RULES OF PROCEDURE THAT YOU ADOPTED IN FEBRUARY OF 2024.
AND SO FOR CONSISTENCY, WE, UM, DID NOT MAKE THAT CHANGE.
HOWEVER, THAT'S YOUR PURVIEW SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO CHANGE THAT.
UM, SO THAT'S WITH THE MAYOR OR ANY THREE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, EXCLUDING THE MAYOR CAUSING SUCH A MEETING TO, TO BE CONVENED.
SO THAT, UM, WAS BROUGHT FORWARD.
HOWEVER, STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS WE, WE LEAVE THAT INTACT.
THE NEXT ITEM IS, UM, STILL UNDER COMPLAINTS AGAINST OFFICERS.
AND THIS ONE IS CHANGING THE FINE FROM $200 TO $500 SHOULD THE AFFECTED OFFICER NOT PRODUCE, UM, DOCUMENTS, INFORMATION, OR ANY OTHER EVIDENCE THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY REQUEST FOR A SUBPOENA.
AND SO THAT'S, UM, THE LANGUAGE THERE.
AND THEN ANY OTHER, UM, IN ANY OTHER REFERENCE FROM THAT 200 TO 500, WE INCLUDED THAT AS WELL IN YOUR, IN YOUR RED LINE.
THE, UM, THIS ITEM IS ALSO IN COMPLAINTS AGAINST OFFICERS, BUT IN SECTION TWO DASH SEVEN D.
AND IN THIS ONE, WHAT WE ARE DOING IS ADDING LANGUAGE, SPECIFICALLY STATING THAT THE AFFECTED OFFICER IS PERMITTED TO SEEK THEIR OWN LEGAL REPRESENTATION.
BEFORE THAT INFORMATION, IT WAS IMPLIED, BUT WE ARE SPELLING THIS OUT MORE CLEARLY, GIVING THE AFFECTED OFFICER THE RIGHT TO ATTEND THE HEARING, MAKE A STATEMENT, UM, AND THEN ADDING THAT THEY WOULD, UM, HAVE THE OP OPTION OF REPRESENTING THEMSELVES OR REP BEING REPRESENTED BY LEGAL COUNSEL.
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE LIST, UM, THE PROS WAS PROPOSED, WAS ADDING LANGUAGE, INCLUDING TEMPORARY BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
UM, AS WE LOOKED THROUGH THE REVIEW TO, UM, VET THIS REQUEST, WE, UM, FOUND THAT THAT WAS ALREADY INCLUDED IN DEFINITIONS UNDER OFFICER AND OFFICIALS.
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SEE THERE IN YELLOW, IT SAYS ON A TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT BASIS.SO, UM, SO WE FELT THAT THAT WAS ALREADY INCLUDED.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S IN YELLOW.
IT'S NOT AN ACTUAL RED LINE IN THE PACKET IN THE RED LINE.
FINALLY, UM, WELL ALSO, SO THE NEXT ONE IS, UM, CL UH, THE REQUEST WAS TO CLARIFY THE TERM, UM, SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST IN SECTION TWO DASH FOUR STANDARDS OF CONDUCT.
AND, UM, OUR STAFF RESPONSE IS THAT WE DO HAVE A CLEAR AND ROBUST DEFINITION IN THE DEFINITION SECTION FOR SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST.
IT'S, UM, INCLUDES THE OWNERSHIP OF 10% OR MORE OF THE VOTING STOCK OR SHARES OF A BUSINESS ENTITY.
SO, UM, THAT'S CLEARLY DEFINED.
UM, SO IT'S JUST NOT REFERENCED IN THAT STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AREA.
SO TO WRAP THIS UP, THIS IS THE LIST OF ALL OF THE ITEMS, THE FOUR ITEMS IN THE GREEN BOX.
THOSE ARE THE ITEMS THAT YOU WILL FIND RED LINED IN THE PACKET.
AND, UM, THE LAST TWO, NUMBER FIVE AND NUMBER SIX, THOSE WERE THE ITEMS THAT WE SAID WERE ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE.
THEREFORE, IT WOULD BE REDUNDANT TO INCLUDE THEM FURTHER.
SO THE NEXT STEPS ARE THAT WE CONFIRM, UM, COUNSEL DIRECTION ON THE SUGGESTED AMENDMENTS.
AND THEN, UM, FROM THERE, IF, UM, YOU, YOU HAVE NO CHANGES TONIGHT, WE WILL, UM, CONFIRM AND HAVE OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT, UM, OR LEGAL TEAM AMEND THE ORDINANCE, FINALIZE THAT, AND WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO CONSIDERATION FOR CONSIDERATION ON SEPTEMBER 23RD.
AND THEN UPON ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE, UM, SINCE THERE ARE CHANGES MADE, OUR CITY SECRETARY WILL PROVIDE THAT TO ALL OF OUR OFFICERS WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION FOR THEIR REVIEW AND SIGNATURE.
AND THEN WE'LL TRACK THIS FOR, FOR THE REVIEW, UM, IN 2026.
AND WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER CONSIDERATIONS, UM, THAT WE WANTED TO BRING FORWARD.
SO THIS, UM, IS A CONSIDERATION, NOT NECESSARILY FOR THE CODE OF ETHICS, UM, BUT POSSIBLY FOR, TO INCLUDE IN THE COUNCIL RULES OF ORDER AND PROCEDURE.
AND THESE GUIDELINES WOULD BE NUMBER ONE, MEETING WITH PROPERTY OWNERS, DEVELOPERS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS THAT HAVE FORMAL ACTION SCHEDULED FOR CONSIDERATION BY COUNCIL, AND MEETING WITH PROPERTY OWNERS, DEVELOPERS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS THAT WISH TO DISCUSS TOPICS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION IN THE FUTURE.
AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE, AND I AM OPEN TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE OR TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE PREVIOUS ITEMS. DANETTE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, PRESENTATION COUNSEL, MS. JUSTICE.
I HAVE A QUESTION ON, UH, THE PROPOSED CHANGE TO 2.7 D ON ADDING THE SORT OF, UM, YOU CAN REPRESENT YOURSELF OR YOU'RE REPRESENTED BY LEGAL COUNSEL.
YES, I THINK I WOULD JUST SORT OF CLARIFY THERE WHO'S PAYING, PAYING FOR THE LEGAL COUNSEL? I, YOU KNOW, JUST TO MAKE CLEAR, UM, THAT MM-HMM,
I ASSUME THE CITY'S NOT FLOATING THAT BILL, SO I THINK WE SHOULD ADD, UM, CLARIFYING LANGUAGE THERE.
OTHERWISE, I'M FINE WITH THE CHANGE.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO CLARIFY.
YEAH, WE CAN ADD THAT, CLARIFY CLARIFICATION.
UM, AND THEN, YEAH, I HAVE COMMENTS ON THE, THE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE RULES REDLINE CHANGES, IF ANYBODY OKAY.
I'LL, I'LL WAIT FOR THAT PART.
COUNCILMAN HUTCHIN RIDER, DID I, JUST ONE QUESTION.
CAN YOU GO BACK ON THE, THE, THE TIMEFRAME? I JUST WANNA BE REAL CLEAR 'CAUSE I SEE THIS COME UP MM-HMM.
WE HAVE STATED HERE NO SOONER THAN 15 BUSINESS DAYS AND NO LATER THAN 30 DAYS.
SO IS THAT 30 DAYS, IS THAT STILL BUSINESS DAYS OR CALENDAR DAYS? 'CAUSE IT COULD BE INTERPRETED EITHER WAY.
A GOOD CATCH THAT ACTUALLY IS SUPPOSED TO BE BUSINESS DAYS.
SO I THINK WE, AND IT'S IN THERE A COUPLE OF TIMES.
I DON'T REMEMBER ALL THE SLIDES THAT IT'S ON, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, BECAUSE IT COULD, SOMEONE COULD INTERPRET IT THE OTHER WAY THAT IT WAS 15 BUSINESS DAYS AND NO LATER THAN 30 CALENDAR DAYS.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE YES, CRYSTAL CLEAR ON THAT IF WE COULD.
YEAH, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
WE DO BE CONSISTENT WITH THAT.
AND I, UH, SECOND COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE'S COMMENT ABOUT THAT CLARIFYING LANGUAGE, UM, OKAY.
FOR WHO'S PAYING QUESTION DANETTE ON THE BOTTOM OF THIS SLIDE.
AGAIN, YOU MENTIONED IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I FOLLOWED ALONG A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE WAY.
EXPLAIN TO ME THE YELLOW LINE HERE.
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TO CHANGE THE NUMBER OF, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS REQUIRED TO MEET, TO CONVENE FROM THREE TO TWO.AND IN OUR COUNSEL RULES OR PROCEDURES THAT WAS ADOPTED IN FEBRUARY OF 2024, UM, IF I RECALL, COUNSEL DID DELIBERATE ON WHETHER TO MAKE THAT NUMBER TWO OR THREE.
AND IN THE END, UM, I BELIEVE THAT YOU, YOU SETTLED ON, UM, ANY THREE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND SO IT WAS OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST OUR LOGIC TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE TWO WERE CONSISTENT.
SO, UM, THE MAYOR ALONE COULD MEET, OR THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS TOGETHER, ANY THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO, SO THE MAYOR CAN MEET WITH DOUBT.
THREE, IT'S, IT'S NOT TO MEET, IT'S TO CONVENE A MEETING.
THE MAYOR CAN CONVENE C CALL THE MEETING.
IT'S NOT A MEETING OR MEAN, IT'S NOT HOW MANY WE'LL MEET.
MS. JUSTICE, OR DO I NEED TO GO TO CURTIS? I JUST, ANOTHER QUESTION ON THIS, ON THIS SLIDE, I THINK COUNCILMAN HUTCH WRITER'S POINT WAS A GOOD ONE, BUT I WOULD, I ACTUALLY THINK I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR CALENDAR DAYS INSTEAD OF BUSINESS DAYS.
I THINK THE SPIRIT OF THE WAY THAT IT WAS WRITTEN BEFORE WAS THAT WE WANTED THESE COMPLAINTS TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL, OR, YOU KNOW, OUR CITY ATTORNEY ATTORNEY QUICKLY.
30 BUSINESS DAYS IS A LONG TIME.
THAT'S LIKE SIX WEEKS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND SO I THINK THAT THAT IS, UM, A REALLY A, A BIGGER CHANGE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
I THINK, LIKE I SAID, USUALLY IF IT'S A COMPLAINT, YOU WANT IT TO BE RESOLVED QUICKLY.
I THINK 15 BUSINESS DAYS TO 30 CALENDAR DAYS ALLOWS YOU TO OBTAIN COUNSEL AND, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE THIS HEARD.
BUT 30 BUSINESS DAYS, IN MY OPINION, UM, IS NOT IN THE SPIRIT OF WHAT THIS, YOU KNOW, UH, ORDINANCE IS ABOUT.
UM, SO I, I'M FINE WITH THE CHANGE, BUT I WOULD SAY 15 BUSINESS DAYS AND NO LONGER, NO LATER THAN 30 CALENDAR DAYS WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE HERE.
MR. DORIAN? WELL, I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO COMMENT ON THE SAME THING.
IF THAT'S, IF IT'S BUSINESS DAYS, DO WE NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ANY HOLIDAYS AS WELL? AND, AND WILL THAT CON, WILL THAT COUNT OR CALCULATE AS CALENDAR DAYS AND OR BUSINESS DAYS? JUST TO BE CLEAR, MR. CHU YEAH, I WAS GONNA JUST ADD THAT, THAT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IF IT IS A LONG HOLIDAY TIME, THAT 30 CALENDAR CALENDAR DAYS COULD BE ABOUT 15 BUSINESS DAYS, UH, PRETTY MUCH ROUGHLY.
IF IT IS DURING THE CHRISTMAS TIME AND OTHER HOLIDAYS, THEN THOSE AREN'T BUSINESS DAYS.
UM, THOSE AREN'T BUSINESS DAYS, SO THEY WOULDN'T COUNT.
UM, SO I NO THAT THEN, THEN 30 CALENDAR DAYS PROBABLY WOULD BE CLOSE TO 15 BUSINESS DAYS OR MAYBE 20 BUSINESS.
GIVING, GIVING SOME FLEXIBILITY.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA.
MR. BARRIOS? YEAH, I I WAS GONNA SAY I SUPPORT COUNCILMAN JUSTICE ON THAT.
UM, AND I DID WANT, YEAH, I AGREE.
ANYTHING THAT IS A CITY OR NATIONALLY, UM, RECOGNIZED HOLIDAY SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED THAT OBVIOUSLY.
'CAUSE THOSE AREN'T CONSIDERED BUSINESS DAYS.
I I SEE COUNCILMAN JUSTICE'S POINT ON THAT.
I I AM JUST THINKING ABOUT IT.
SORRY, I THOUGHT I WAS, KNEW WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY THEN.
SO I THINK THE SUGGESTION WHEN IT WAS MADE WAS SO THAT A COUNCIL PERSON THAT MAY NEED TO, UM, DECIDE ON HOW THEY'RE GONNA REPRESENT THEMSELVES OR ENGAGE SOMEONE TO REPRESENT THEM WOULD HAVE ADEQUATE TIME ON THE FRONT END, 15 BUSINESS DAYS, DEPENDING ON THE CALENDAR, COULD BE AS MANY AS 19 DAYS.
SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS, THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN NOW IS THAT SOMETIME BETWEEN ESSENTIALLY 19 DAYS AND 30 DAYS, THE HEARING WOULD HAVE TO BE HELD.
THEN THE 15 BUSINESS DAYS AND 30 CALENDAR DAYS WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO, TO HAVE IT WRITTEN.
I MEAN, THE WAY IT WAS PREVIOUSLY WRITTEN, YOU COULD TECHNICALLY DO IT WITHIN ONE BUSINESS DAY OR SOMETHING.
SO I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION.
I JUST, FOR ME, IT SHOULD BE CALENDAR 30 CALENDAR DAYS INSTEAD OF BUSINESS DAYS, UNLESS YOU THINK TWO WEEKS IS ADEQUATE TO, TO KIND OF PERFECT A, A REPRESENTATION STRATEGY.
NO, I MEAN, I THINK FOR ME THIS IS, IT'S FINE.
IT'S JUST WHETHER IT'S 30 BUSINESS DAYS OR CALENDAR DAYS.
AND I THINK THAT FOR, FOR ME, IT'S CALENDAR DAYS TO LIVE UP TO THE SPIRIT OF WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN THIS ORDINANCE.
IT SHOULD BE CALENDAR DAYS, UM, TO, TO NOT SORT OF OKAY.
15 BUSINESS DAYS AND TH 15 BUSINESS DAYS AND NO LATER THAN 30 CALENDAR DAYS.
AND, AND JUST TO CLARIFY, I JUST WANTED TO YEAH, I WANT THAT CRYSTAL CLEAR BECAUSE IT, IT CAN GET CONFUSING.
IT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT I HADN'T NOTICED BEFORE, AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE.
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I, ON THE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS OF QUESTIONS YEAH, I JUST, UM, I'M JUST SORT OF CURIOUS ABOUT THIS.WE TALK A LOT ABOUT, UM, SORT OF OUR UNWRITTEN RULES.
AND SO I WAS, I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT WHETHER THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT, THAT SHOULD BE IN AN ETHICS ORDINANCE AND THAT'S WHY IT'S ON HERE TONIGHT.
UM, OR IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT PUTTING IN OUR RULES OF ORDER, UM, THIS IS HOW WE OPERATE NOW.
UM, AND SO I, I WANTED TO BRING THIS FORWARD FOR THE COUNCIL TO DISCUSS.
UM, I'M IN FAVOR OF, YOU KNOW, US INCLUDING IN SOMETHING IN OUR PROCEDURES ABOUT, FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES, ABOUT SORT OF NOTING, UM, VIA AN EMAIL OR SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU MET WITH A DEVELOPER ABOUT A POTENTIAL CASE, UM, YOU KNOW, ON THIS DATE AND DISCUSSED X, Y, Z.
AGAIN, I THINK IT'S JUST A GOOD TRANSPARENCY PRACTICE, AND I'D BE CURIOUS WHAT OTHERS ON THE COUNCIL THINK ABOUT THAT, MR. CORCORAN? YEAH, I MEAN, I, I THINK THIS GETS, LIKE, IT, IT COULD GET REALLY SPECIFIC.
SO I DON'T, I, I GUESS I'M IFFY ABOUT IT JUST BECAUSE THIS SLIDE DOESN'T REALLY TELL ME TOO MUCH, EXCEPT THAT WE NEED TO MAYBE CLARIFY SOME GUIDELINES.
SO I'M, I'M POINT IS I THINK IT'S THE DISCUSSION THAT IF, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE IT COUNCIL MEMBER, LIKE I'M, I'M ABSOLUTELY FINE HAVING IT MM-HMM.
UM, JUST AS FAR AS THE SENTIMENT, I'M, I'M STILL PRETTY IFFY ABOUT IT THOUGH.
YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THE POINT WAS LIKE, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD INCLUDE IN ETHICS OR DO WE REALLY THINK THIS IS MORE, UM, A POLICY PROCEDURE? AND IF SO, WE COULD HAVE THAT, TO YOUR POINT, HAVE THAT DISCUSSION YEAH.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT, UM, YEAH, I MEAN, IF, IF IT'S JUST THE BLACK AND WHITE, IS THIS ETHICS OR ORDER AND PROCEDURE, IT'S ORDER AND PROCEDURE.
AND DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD BE HAVING A DISCUSSION? I GUESS, BUT YOU'VE SAID YES, SO YEAH, I MEAN, I, I THINK IF ANYONE WANTS TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON ANY TOPIC ABOUT WHAT WE DO, I'M FINE WITH THAT.
SO IN THAT PRINCIPLE TOO, SURE.
IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU SPECIFICALLY WANNA BRING UP, I'M OPEN TO HAVING THE DISCUSSION.
THAT'S A GREAT IDEA THAT HAVING THAT, UH, PROCEDURE GUIDELINES IS GREAT THINGS, BUT NOT NECESSARILY, YOU KNOW, REPORTING EVERYTHING WITH EMAIL THAT I MET WITH THIS PERSON.
UH, YOU ARE SETTING UP YOURSELF LIKE SOME KIND OF THING THAT IF YOU FORGET TO REPORT THE SMALL THINGS, AND THIS HAPPENED, THIS WAS JUST A REGULAR, YOU KNOW, NORMAL THINGS THAT WAS NOT IMPORTANT.
ONE MOMENT YOU FORGOT ABOUT THAT, AND THEN YOU ARE SETTING UP YOURSELF A TROUBLE, BUT REPORTING OTHER WAY, MAYBE DEFINITELY WE CAN COME UP WITH SOME IDEA THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY, COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY BUSINESS OR FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH ANYTHING THAT COULD BENEFIT HIM FROM THAT DEVELOPER OR THAT BUSINESS WITHIN THE CITY OR OUTSIDE INDIRECTLY.
SO JUST TO AVOID CONFLICT OF CON INTEREST.
SO IF YOU FIND OTHER EFFECTIVE WAY, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
OR EVEN SIGN A DOCUMENT, EVERY PROJECTS, EVERY CASE COME UP THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY THINGS WITH THAT DEVELOPMENT, NO FINANCIAL INTEREST, I'LL BE HAPPY.
BUT I THINK WE NEED TO DISCUSS EVERY PROS AND CONS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DECIDE SOMETHING TODAY, UH, YOU KNOW, WE GO LIKE 2, 3, 4, 5 YEARS AND THEN NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS COME, THINGS CHANGE.
SO IT'S BETTER NOT TO MICROMANAGE THAT MUCH DETAIL, BUT FINDING SOME WAY TO HANDLE THAT.
I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
WE NEED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF GUIDELINE.
MR. HUTCH, ANDRE, I, I HAVE NO, NO PROBLEM WITH THIS.
I, I THINK IT PROBABLY FITS BETTER UNDER THE RULES OF ORDER AND PROCEDURE.
UM, AND, AND THEN I GUESS IT'S JUST WHAT THE GUIDELINES WOULD, WOULD STATE IN THAT.
SO I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHTS.
I'M, I'M NOT OPPOSED IF SOMEONE FEELS SUPER STRONGLY THAT IT NEEDS TO BE IN THE ETHICS POLICY, BUT I THINK, I THINK IT PROBABLY FITS BETTER IN THE RULES OF ORDER AND PROCEDURE.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I THINK JUST SO LONG AS THE GUIDELINES ARE REAL CLEAR AND WE UNDERSTAND, SO WE KNOW WHAT IT IS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, AND, AND WE GET NOTIFIED AS I, YOU KNOW, AND I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER TO MR. MAGNER IS, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL JUST NEED TO BE SUPER CLEAR IF, IF IT SAYS SOMETHING LIKE WE NEED TO DISCLOSE OR WHATEVER THE GUIDELINE WOULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES WE DON'T KNOW NECESSARILY WHEN THEY'VE OFFICIALLY FILED VERSUS WHEN THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT FILING.
SO JUST AS LONG AS THAT'S, THOSE GUIDELINES ARE, ARE, ARE KIND OF CLEAR AND WE GET THAT KIND OF NOTIFICATION JUST SO NOBODY, YOU KNOW, FALLS INTO TRACK.
'CAUSE WE ALL GET PHONE CALLS, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME THERE'S A CASE COMING UP.
I SHOULDN'T SAY ANYTIME OFTENTIMES WHEN THERE'S A CASE COMING UP.
SO I JUST, YEAH, I, I I THINK IT OUGHT TO BE IN THE RULES OF ORDER AND PROCEDURE.
BUT I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T FIGHT IT IF
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SOMEBODY FELT STRONGLY THAT THEY WANTED IT IN THE ETHICS.YEAH, I JUST WANNA, I JUST WANNA REITERATE ALSO, I, I AGREE.
I THINK THIS REQUIRES FURTHER DISCUSSION BECAUSE THIS COULD BE MISINTERPRETED, UH, OR MISCONSTRUED IN SO MANY WAYS.
AND, AND THERE'S A LOT OF DETAILS BEHIND THIS.
I DO AGREE THAT THE RULES OF ORDER AND PROCEDURES WHERE THIS NEEDS TO LIE, BUT, UH, I, I HAVE TO AGREE THAT WITH EVERYONE, UM, UM, THE DIOCESE THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY CONSIDER HAVING ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ON DEFINING THAT AND, AND HOW, BECAUSE TO YOUR, TO, UH, COUNCILMAN HUTCHINS RIDER'S, UH, POINT IS THAT SOMETIMES YOU JUST DON'T, YOU DON'T KNOW.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO KIND OF DEFINE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
I, I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THE SPIRIT BEHIND, UM, WHAT I, I THINK YOU'RE, YOU'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.
AND YEAH, I, I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY WARRANTS, UM, SOME FURTHER DISCUSSION.
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF QUESTIONS POPPING UP IN MY HEAD WHEN I, WHEN I SAW THIS COMING UP.
UM, AND I THINK IT DEFINITELY WARRANTS FURTHER DISCUSSION AS PART OF THE COUNCIL RULES OF ORDER AND PROCEDURE.
UH, I KNOW WE JUST ADOPTED IT THAT THIS SPRING, UH, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS WHEN WE REVIEWED THAT THIS BEING, YOU KNOW, ON STAFF'S RADAR TO, TO BE PART OF THAT DISCUSSION WHEN WE REVIEW IT, I'M CURIOUS, I KNOW THIS MADE IT ONTO, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE IT MADE IT ONTO THE POWERPOINT, THIS WASN'T JUST SOMETHING THAT WAS ADDED AT THE LAST SECOND, IT PROBABLY WENT THROUGH STAFF AND DISCUSSIONS.
WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE, DON, THAT YOU FELT NEEDED TO BE ADDED TO THIS IN REGARDS TO HOW IT RELATES TO ETHICS OR COUNCIL RULES OR ANYTHING THAT'S NOT ON HERE THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF AT THIS TIME? OR ANY YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO THAT? NO, NO, I THINK IT'S, IT'S ON HERE BECAUSE, UM, AS I, UM, REQUESTED AND RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM FROM COUNCIL, THIS WAS A TOPIC THAT VERY EASILY TO COUNCILMAN HUT, HUNTER'S POINT COULD HAVE BEEN IN, IN THE ETHICS ORDINANCE.
SO I THINK IT, IT'S, IT'S IN THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE IT WAS KIND OF A TIP BALL, IF YOU WILL, WHERE IT WAS GONNA LAND.
UM, I'M HERE TO CONSENSUS THAT IT MAY BE, UM, IT MAY, UH, BE, BE BETTER TO, UH, LOCATE IT IN THE, IN THE RULES OF ORDER AND PO AND POLICY AND PROCEDURE.
UM, AND SO, SO WE'RE HAPPY TO, TO TAKE THAT DIRECTION AND, UM, REFINE THIS A LITTLE BIT AND BRING THE COUNCIL A, UM, MORE, UM, ARTICULATE KIND OF RECOMMENDATION WITH RESPECT TO THAT.
UM, I DO, I WOULD LIKE SOME CLARIFICATION.
NOW, WE'RE, WE'RE 18 MONTHS AWAY FROM THE NEXT TIME WE'RE SUPPOSED TO UPDATE THIS.
JUST BECAUSE IT SAYS YOU MUST EVERY TWO YEARS DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T, UM, ON A MORE FREQUENT BASIS LOOK AT, LOOK AT THE, UM, THE, UM, RULES OF PROCEDURE.
SO I'M, WE'RE HAPPY TO, TO ADD THIS TO AN AGENDA, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AFTER WE HAVE SOME TIME TO REFINE IT SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THE CONVERSATION MOVING FORWARD.
AND, UM, WE CAN KIND OF TAKE THIS AS, AS A ONE-OFF.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S YOUR LATITUDE AT ANY TIME DURING THE TWO YEARS BETWEEN THE, THE, THE REQUIRED UPDATES IS AS WELL WITH THE CODE OF ETHICS FOR THAT MATTER.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST THE, THAT'S THE MINIMUM YOU HAVE TO REVIEW IT.
IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T SAY THAT'S THE ONLY TIME.
SO I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY GET THIS BACK ON FOR SURE BY THE, BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
UM, AND, UM, MY, MY RECOMMENDATION ON FOLLOWING THAT IS MAY BE WHEN DID WE PASS THIS? FEBRUARY, MARCH FE, UH, FEBRUARY, 2024 OF THIS YEAR.
UH, THE, UH, COUNCIL RULES OF ORDER WAS IN FEBRUARY.
SO MAYBE THE COUNCIL RULES OF ORDER WAS IN FEB? YES.
SO MAYBE ALONG THE ONE YEAR REVIEW, SINCE IT WAS SOMETHING NEW TO US, REVIEW IT ONE YEAR LATER THAT, THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.
IF OTHERS FEEL STRONGLY OTHERWISE, I MEAN, I'M NOT GONNA FIGHT IT, BUT ONE YEAR I THINK WOULD BE, WOULD BE FAIR AT THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
I'LL JUST ADD ONE THING, MR. MAGNER, THAT I'M NOT REAL, I'M NOT REAL SURE WHAT YOU'RE HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH BY THIS.
I THINK MOST EVERYONE ON THE COUNCIL HAS A PRETTY GOOD MORAL COMPASS ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
I HATE TO PUT LANGUAGE IN HERE THAT WOULD CAUSE A COUNCIL MEMBER TO SAY, OH NO, I FORGOT.
OR SOMETHING HAPPENED BECAUSE I COULD BE AT THE LOCAL GROCERY STORE, SOMEONE COME UP, WHICH HAPPENS FREQUENTLY AND SAY, HEY, I'M PLANNING ON, UM, SELLING MY HOUSE AND I WANT TO DO X, Y, Z OR DO THIS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? NOW, THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO US, BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN I'M IN A SCENARIO WHERE SOMEONE'S ASKING FOR HELP OR ADVICE, OR MAYBE YOU HAVE NOTHING MORE THAN JUST A PROCESS.
WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR ME TO GO THROUGH AND NOW I'D HAVE TO PUT THIS DOWN, OR REMEMBER I PUT THIS DOWN THAT WE HAD A DISCUSSION BECAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY COME IN FRONT OF IT AND I MAY NOT EVEN KNOW THEY'RE COMING IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL AT THAT POINT.
UM, I TRUST THE COUNCIL AND I, I'M NOT REAL CERTAIN WE NEED TO GO THAT FAR, BUT, UM, DEVELOPERS CALL I, AND I'LL EVEN SAY IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
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MR. MAGNER AND I MEET WITH DIFFERENT COMPANIES THROUGHOUT THE MONTH WITH NO IDEA EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN OUR CITY.AND SO WE HAVE THOSE MEETINGS.
WE DON'T MAKE ANY PROMISES, BUT EVERY ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS WOULD'VE TO GO INTO THIS, I THINK, POSSIBLY.
SO I THINK INTEGRITY AND YOUR MORAL COMPASS NEED TO BE CONSIDERED.
NO, I, I THINK THAT IT, IT WARRANTS A, A FURTHER CONVERSATION.
REALLY, IT WAS TONIGHT, IS THIS AN ETHICS THING? IS THERE ANY INTEREST IN TALKING ABOUT IT? AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK MR. MAGNER'S RIGHT ABOUT THAT.
YEAH, I THINK THERE'S INTEREST IN TALKING ABOUT IT, AND I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU AT ALL.
I THINK WE HAVE AN UNSPOKEN RULE RELATED TO SOME OF THESE THINGS.
IS THIS SOMETHING WE SHOULD PUT IN WRITING IN THE PROCEDURE? UM, AND I AGREE THERE ARE LOTS OF WAYS THAT IT COULD GO SIDEWAYS.
SO I THINK IT WARRANTS A FURTHER DISCUSSION, PROBABLY NOT TONIGHT, SINCE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ALL DON'T THINK IT REALLY RELATES TO THE ETHICS ORDINANCE, BUT I, YOU KNOW, TO COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN BARRIOS POINT, I WONDER IF MAYBE A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR, MAYBE THE NEW COUNCIL CAN DECIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN REVISIT IT AS A NEW COUNCIL AND SEE IF THEY WANNA UPDATE THEIR PROCEDURES IN ANY WAY.
AND MAYBE IT CAN THEN BE ON A TWO YEAR ROTATION AT THAT POINT.
UM, AS A BRAND NEW COUNCIL, YOU DECIDE HOW TO UPDATE YOUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
THAT WOULD BE SORT OF MY THOUGHT AND RECOMMENDATION.
BUT I'M SEEING A LOT OF NODDING GOING ON DOWN THERE, JENNIFER.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT RECOMMENDATION.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA RECOMMEND WE MOVE ON.
DANETTE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND HARD WORK ON THAT.
[8. PUBLIC HEARING, ZONING FILE 24-17, A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL PERMIT FOR A PRIVATE SCHOOL ON AN 8.6-ACRE LOT CURRENTLY ZONED LOCAL RETAIL LR-M(2) LOCATED WITHIN AN EXISTING BUILDING AT 1301 ABRAMS ROAD, ON THE EAST SIDE OF ABRAMS ROAD, NORTH OF WALNUT STREET.]
PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. NUMBER EIGHT, PUBLIC HEARING ZONING FILE 24 DASH 17, A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL PERMIT FOR A PRIVATE SCHOOL LOCATED 1301 ABRAMS ROAD ON THE EAST SIDE OF ABRAMS ROAD.MR. MAGNER, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.
UH, DEREK PETERS, OUR SENIOR PLANNER IS GOING TO LEAD THE NEXT TWO BRIEFINGS, BUT, UH, MAYOR, IF I CAN JUST TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, OF, UM, UH, A MINUTE HERE.
UH, TONIGHT IS VERY SPECIAL NIGHT TONIGHT IS, UH, SAM CHAVEZ'S LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
SAM IS WRAPPING UP A, UM, STELLAR 35 YEAR CAREER, UM, IN PUBLIC SERVICE.
AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN, UH, REALLY BLESSED THE LAST DECADE AND A HALF TO HAVE SAM BE PART OF OUR TEAM.
SAM HAS WORKED ON SOME AMAZING PROJECTS.
HE'S WORKED ON CITY LINE, UH, AND CREATED, UH, THE FORM-BASED ZONING FOR THAT, UH, OVER A CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.
UH, HE'S WORKED ON SO MANY OF OUR REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, SO MANY OF OUR SPECIAL REDEVELOPMENT AREAS, UM, AND THE, THE VISIONING WORK, THE ENTITLEMENT WORK.
AND SO, SAM, I KNOW I WANTED TO GIVE THE COUNCIL AN OPPORTUNITY JUST TO MAYBE SHARE ANY, ANY THOUGHTS THEY HAVE OR JUST ANY APPRECIATION OR COMMENTS THAT THEY WOULD BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH THE ZONING.
MR. CORCORAN? YEAH, MR. MAYOR SAM, I'M GONNA MISS YOU.
I MISS ALL THE TEXAS TECH BANTER AND LUBBOCK COMMENTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A FRIEND LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU SIT BESIDE KEN, WHO'S RABID AGGIE OVER HERE.
I MEAN, REALLY, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN FANTASTIC AND I'M SO HAPPY TO HAVE HAD MY COUNT YOU THERE ON MY COUNCIL JOURNEY TO REALLY HELP GUIDE ME AND, AND GUIDE THIS COUNCIL.
MS. JUSTICE, YEAH, I ECHO THE COMMENTS.
AND ALSO THE, ALL THE TEXAS TECH STUFF AS WELL.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO ALWAYS, SO FOOTBALL SEASON'S ALWAYS A BLAST AROUND HERE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, LOVE HEARING YOUR STORIES, UM, UH, OF YOUR TIME AT TEXAS TECH.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR AMAZING WORK.
UM, I KNOW ALL THE PEOPLE BEHIND YOU ARE SORT OF NODDING AND DIDN'T APPRECIATE THAT YOU WERE LEAVING.
UH, YOU'RE, UH, RELATED TO PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AND THE IMPACT YOU'VE NOT ONLY HAD ON US, BUT ON THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
UM, YOU, WE OWE YOU A DEBT OF GRATITUDE AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU DO IN YOUR RETIREMENT.
I HOPE YOU PLAY A LOT OF GOLF.
DITTO EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID AS AN AGGIE TO A, TO, TO A TEXAS TECH RED RADAR.
I'M NOT, I'M NOT EVEN GONNA GO THERE.
BUT, UH,
YOU HELPED, YOU'VE HELPED US, UM, IN SO MANY WAYS, CLARIFY THINGS.
'CAUSE THIS STUFF CAN GET VERY CONFUSING VERY FAST, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER AND WE'LL ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOU ABOUT YOU, SAM.
UM, IF, UM, I HOPE RETIREMENT IS FANTASTIC FOR YOU, AND IF YOU EVER NEED A FOURTH ON FOR A GOLF OUTING, GIMME A CALL.
ALRIGHT, MAYOR PROTO, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
WE'LL HAVE, I'M GONNA SPEAK FROM MY HEART.
FIRST, NEED TO CLARIFY THIS TEXAS TECH THINGS.
UH, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO FEELING ABOUT TEXAS TECH.
NOTHING
UH, BUT I DO, YOU KNOW, HAVE ONE EXPERIENCE THAT MY SON WAS, YOU KNOW, HE HAD A, UH, INTERVIEW FOR HIS MEDICAL SCHOOL IN TEXAS TECH, AND I WENT WITH HIM AND I WAS LIKE, FROM DALLAS TO TEXAS.
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COTTON FIELD AND, UH, WIND TURBINE.SO I WAS VERY, YOU KNOW, I WAS SHOWING HIM THAT I'M EXCITED HE SHOULD GO FOR IT, BUT IN MY MIND, I WAS PRAYING THAT HOPE HE DOESN'T CHOOSE THAT PLACE.
SO, BUT HE DID NOT CHOOSE THAT PLACE.
UH, BUT I DON'T MIND HEARING ABOUT GOOD THING ABOUT TEXAS TECH, BUT I JUST DON'T HAVE IT.
ONE THING I'LL TELL YOU THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I HAVE, UH, WORKED WITH YOU SINCE 2010 WHEN I WAS WITH ZBA, YOU AND CHRIS.
YOU MET LIFE VERY EASY, UH, RELAXING.
NOT THAT I WAS RELAXING WATCHING A MOVIE, BUT RELAXING THAT IT WAS NEW THINGS FOR ME, BUT STILL I ENJOYED.
AND, UH, WITH ALL THE DETAILED BACKGROUND INFORMATION THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PUT, THOSE ARE VERY HELPFUL.
AND HOPEFULLY WHOEVER IS GONNA BE COMING NEXT, WE WE'LL DO AT LEAST THAT LEVEL WORK.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO COMPARE, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT TECHNOLOGY, YOU GET SOMETHING TODAY, TOMORROW, YOU GET BETTER THAN THAT.
SO EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE GREAT, I WISH, AND I HOPE THAT WE GOT EVEN BETTER TECHNOLOGY IN THE FUTURE,
UM, SO ABSOLUTELY, I ENJOY WORKING WITH YOU, AND YOU, YOU WERE A GREAT, UH, ASSET FOR THE CITY AND YOUR WORK SPEAKS FOR IT.
I DON'T HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.
THIS IS YOUR CASE THAT COMING UP.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD WITHOUT
THANK YOU, MAYOR SAM, IT'S BEEN A GREAT HONOR.
GET TO, TO, UH, KNOW YOU IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF.
UM, YOU ARE A TRUE PROFESSIONAL, GREAT AT WHAT YOU DO, WELL, RESPECTED, NOT JUST AMONG THE COUNCIL AND STAFF, BUT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS OR RESIDENTS.
AND IT, IT TRULY HAS BEEN AN HONOR.
NOT EVERYBODY MAY KNOW FOR EVERY COUNCIL MEETING WE HAVE, WE HAVE DINNER IN THE BACK, THE SENIOR STAFF AND, AND COUNCIL BECAUSE WE USUALLY ALL RUN FROM, FROM OUR DAYTIME JOBS AND WE RUSH HERE TO, SO WE GRAB A BITE RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING.
AND, UH, YOU AND I HAVE HAD A FEW CONVERSATIONS AROUND, YOU KNOW, LIVES, WE'RE WAITING TO GET OUR FOOD.
AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO LEARN FROM SOMEBODY WITH YOUR EXPERIENCE.
I'VE TRULY, UM, ENJOYED OCCASIONALLY GETTING A CHANCE TO PICK YOUR BRAIN AND, YOU KNOW, ASKING YOU WHY THIS OR WHY THAT, WHY WOULD YOU KNOW SOMEBODY TAKE THIS APPROACH VERSUS THIS APPROACH? AND, AND, UM, THE VALUE YOU'VE BROUGHT TO THIS CITY AND YOUR, YOUR DEDICATION TO THIS CITY AND WHICH YOU'VE CREATED WILL IMPACT FOR DECADES AND DECADES TO COME.
AND, UM, I KNOW NOT JUST, IT WASN'T JUST YOUR PROFESSION, BUT IT'S A, IT'S A LABOR OF LOVE AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CITY, UH, AND TO, UH, THE NEXT GENERATION, I GUESS AS THE WORK YOU'VE DONE WILL IMPACT FOR YEARS TO COME.
SAM, DITTO ON FOR WITH EVERYONE WHAT THEY SAID.
I JUST WANNA SAY, UM, I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO MISS YOU.
I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU SINCE I'VE LIVED HERE IN RICHARDSON, ACTUALLY, AND WE'VE WORKED ON A LOT OF PROJECTS TOGETHER FROM MY PRIVATE PRACTICE.
SO I, UH, YOU'VE BEEN INVALUABLE TO THE CITY AND I, IT WILL DEFINITELY NOT BE THE SAME WITHOUT YOU.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE LABOR OF LOVE THAT YOU'VE SPENT OVER THE YEARS.
AND, AND AGAIN, WE'LL MISS YOU AND I HOPE THAT YOU REALLY FIND SOME REALLY GOOD TIME TO HAVE FUN IN YOUR RETIREMENT.
SAM, ONE LAST LITTLE STATEMENT HERE.
I GUESS I REALLY APPRECIATE THE VALUE YOU BRING TO THE TABLE AND WHAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH YOUR YEARS.
BUT ONE THING YOU DO FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IN YOUR BUSINESS AND ARE NOT ENGINEERS LIKE MR. ORPHAN HERE AND SO FORTH, YOU TAKE IT DOWN TO SIMPLICITY TO WHERE EVEN ALL OF US CAN UNDERSTAND IT.
AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT OFTENTIMES NEEDED.
EVERY ONE OF YOUR CASES, THEY COME ACROSS, WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON, AND THAT TAKES A SPECIAL PERSON TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH EVERYONE AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EXPERTISE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT, AND I'D LIKE EVERYONE TO JOIN ME WITH A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR SAM.
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A SPECIAL PERMIT AT 1301 ABRAMS ROAD.IT'S A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL PERMIT FOR A PRIVATE SCHOOL BY CORAM DEO ACADEMY.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF ABRAMS AND WALNUT STREET.
THE PROPERTY IS OWNED LOCAL RETAIL TOO.
THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH HAS BEEN DEVELOPED WITH THE CHURCH TO THE EAST IS AN OFFICE.
TO THE SOUTH IS THE CITY OF DALLAS AND A CONVENIENCE STATION.
AND TO THE WEST ACROSS ABRAMS IS A PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RICHARDSON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THEY HAVE SOME ADMINISTRATION FACILITIES HERE, AS WELL AS SOME UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY.
THESE PHOTOS SHOW THE SITE TODAY, UH, AS SEEN FROM THE NORTH AND SEEN FROM THE EAST.
AND THESE PHOTOS SHOW THE SITE AS SEEN FROM ABRAMS ROAD.
SO THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO REPURPOSE THE CHURCH WITH A PRIVATE SCHOOL.
THE CHURCH IS APPROXIMATELY 70,500 SQUARE FEET AND IS TWO STORIES, AND THE SITE IS 8.6 ACRES.
HOWEVER, ONLY FIVE OF THOSE ACRES ARE WITHIN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON.
AS THE SITE DOES, UH, STRADDLE BOTH THE CITY OF RICHARDSON AND THE CITY OF DALLAS, UH, THE CORRUM DEO INTENDS TO REPURPOSE THE FACILITY, UM, WITH A PRIVATE SCHOOL THAT PROVIDES SCHOOL FOR AGES PRE-K THROUGH GRADE 12.
THEY'LL BE RELOCATING FROM ONE OF THEIR CAMPUSES WITH AN INITIAL ENROLLMENT OF 440 STUDENTS.
THEY EXPECT A MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT AT THIS CAMPUS OF 748 STUDENTS IN THEIR STUDENT BODY.
UH, HOWEVER, THEY DO OPERATE ON A ROTATING SCHEDULE.
SO STUDENTS ARE ONLY IN CLASS AND ON CAMPUS TWO TO THREE DAYS OUT OF THE WEEK AND THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK, THEY COMPLETE THEIR INSTRUCTION AT HOME.
SO ONLY ABOUT HALF OF THE STUDENT BODY WILL BE ON CAMPUS PER DAY.
SO AT A MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT OF ABOUT 748, UH, WE HAVE CONDITIONED THIS SPECIAL PERMIT TO LIMIT THE CAMPUS TO 400 AND STUDENTS PER DAY.
SO THIS IS THE CONCEPT PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
UH, AS I MENTIONED, THE SITE IS 8.6 ACRES.
THE BUILDING IS SHOWN IN ORANGE.
THE APPLICANT WILL BE ADDING SOME SITE MODIFICATIONS TO ACCOMMODATE THE SCHOOL, INCLUDING THREE ADDITIONAL OUTDOOR PLAYGROUND AREAS THAT ARE SHOWN IN GREEN TO THE NORTH OF THE BUILDING.
UH, THEY'LL BE INSTALLING AN EIGHT FOOT TALL FENCE AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE SITE TO PROVIDE A SECURED AND, UH, ENCLOSED CAMPUS.
THE SITE PROVIDES 201 PARKING SPACES JUST ON THE CITY OF RICHARDSON SIDE ALONE.
AND THE APPLICANT HAS SAID THIS IS ENOUGH PARKING TO SUPPORT THE STAFF, FACULTY, STUDENTS, AND VISITORS.
AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY HAVE ANOTHER 160 PARKING SPACES ON THE CITY OF DALLAS SIDE.
I'M GONNA ZOOM IN ON THE CONCEPT PLAN TO SHOW WHAT IS THE CITY OF RICHARDS SIDE, RICHARDSON SIDE, UH, WHERE YOU SEE THAT THE BUILDING AND ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE ON THE CITY OF RICHARDSON SIDE.
ALSO, THEY'LL BE ADDING A STORM SHELTER TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE BUILDING.
THE APPLICANT PROVIDED A CIRCULATION PLAN, WHICH HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT 79 79 CAN CARS CAN QUEUE ON SITE, UH, DURING ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL.
ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL WILL BE STAGGERED.
SO ARRIVAL WILL START AT EIGHT, GO TO EIGHT 30, AND DISMISSAL WILL START AT 2:45 PM AND END AT 4:00 PM AND THAT WILL BE STAGGERED DEPENDING ON GRADE LEVEL.
UH, ACCESS TO THE SITE IS PROVIDED BY TWO DRIVEWAYS ON ABRAMS. THE PRIMARY, WHAT I'M GONNA CALL THE PRIMARY DRIVEWAY IS THE SOUTHERNMOST DRIVEWAY.
UH, THIS IS THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE WE'LL CALL WHERE CARS WILL ENTER THE SITE CIRCULATE THROUGH THE SITE THROUGH A DESIGNATED PATH TO DROP OFF STUDENTS AT EITHER THE WEST OR THE EAST ENTRANCE OF THE BUILDING.
AND THEN THEY'LL EXIT THE SITE TO THE NORTH, UH, TO RICHARDSON COLLEGE DRIVE, WHICH IS A SHARED ACCESS EASEMENT TO THE NORTH OF THIS PROPERTY.
SO ON BOTH OF THOSE DRIVEWAYS, UH, THE APPLICANT WILL BE INSTALLING A NO LEFT A SIGN THAT INDICATES NO LEFT TURNS DURING ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL TIMES SO THAT CARS ARE NOT ATTEMPTING TO MAKE THAT LEFT TURN MOVEMENT WHEN THEY'RE GOING ACROSS ABRAMS AND ATTEMPTING TO GO SOUTH.
UH, THAT WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED DURING ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL TIMES.
THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION VOTED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM AT THEIR AUGUST 7TH MEETING.
UH, AT THE TIME THE CITY HAD RECEIVED 201 WRITTEN COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
I BELIEVE WE RECEIVED ONE MORE THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.
AND THE CITY COUNCIL MAY APPROVE THE REQUEST AS PRESENTED WITH CONDITIONS OR DENY THE REQUEST AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TONIGHT AS WELL TO PRESENT THEIR CASE.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, ERICA.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT ARE DIFFERENT IN THIS PRESENTATION THAT YOU JUST PRESENTED THAN WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY? YES SIR.
I WILL POINT OUT THAT PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS ONLY ONE, NO LEFT TURN SIGN ON ABRAMS ROAD, UH, THAT WAS AT THE SOUTHERNMOST DRIVEWAY.
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BOTH DRIVEWAYS WILL HAVE THAT NO LEFT TURN DURING PEAK HOURS.COUNSEL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? OKAY, SEEING NONE, I WOULD ASK THE APPLICANT TO COME FORWARD IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR DO ANY MORE PRESENTATION.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I RESIDE AT 5 1 6 WEST SHORE DRIVE, RICHARDSON, TEXAS 7 5 0 8 0.
I SERVE AS A VOLUNTEER, AS A, A VOLUNTEER ROLE FOR THE MEMBER OF THE CORRUM DEO BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
AND IN MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE, I'VE BEEN DOING COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.
ACTUALLY WORKED QUITE A BIT IN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON.
WE WERE INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FIVE OF THE MULTIFAMILY AND MIXED USE COMMUNITIES AT CITYLINE, UH, UH, BACK OVER THE, THE YEARS.
AND SO IT'S BEEN A JOY TO WORK WITH SAM OVER THOSE TIMES AND DEREK NOW, AND, UH, HE'S JUST FURTHER, UH, MA MADE THAT APPARENT IN HIS DEALING WITH THIS CASE.
AS WE START THIS EVENING, I'M GONNA HAVE JOHN JORDAN COME UP AND JUST SHARE A FEW THINGS ABOUT THE SCHOOL AND THEN I'LL COME BACK AND SHARE A FEW COMMENTS THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY.
MY NAME IS JOHN JORDAN, LIVE AT EIGHT 14 WESTWOOD DRIVE IN RICHARDSON, TEXAS 7 5 0 8 0.
AND I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SERVING AS THE HEADMASTER OF OUR DALLAS CAMPUS.
WE HAVE SEVERAL OF OUR FAMILIES AND STAFF AND STUDENTS HERE, UH, AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE RICHLAND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION CLOSEST TO THE PROPERTY AND ARI CHURCH, THE CURRENT OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY AS WELL.
OUR PRESIDENT, DR. JEFF JOHNSON IS HERE AND OUR ARCHITECT NICK LEWIS, IN CASE YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THEM AS WELL.
UM, BUT IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN.
SO WE, UH, EXIST TO TRAIN ETHICAL SERVANT LEADERS AND WISE THINKERS WHO WILL SHAPE CULTURE FOR THE GLORY OF GOD.
ALL OF OUR OFFERINGS, ACADEMIC ATHLETICS AND FINE ARTS AND EVEN OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS ARE GEARED TOWARDS THAT PURPOSE.
WE CERTAINLY PURSUE INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE, BUT MORE THAN THAT, WE PURSUE WISDOM AND VIRTUE SO THAT WE TRAIN GRADUATES WHO ARE NOT JUST SMART, BUT ALSO WISE THAT THEY HAVE NOBLE MEANS AND NOBLE AIMS FOR ALL OF THEIR, UM, KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY'RE DEVELOPING OVER TIME.
WE ARE A FULLY ACCREDITED CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY MODEL SCHOOL.
THIS WOULD BE MOVING OUR EXISTING DALLAS CAMPUS TO A NEW SCHOOL PROPERTY HERE AT 1301 ABRAMS. WE JUST CELEBRATED OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY AS A SCHOOL SYSTEM.
OUR FACULTY ARE EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELD.
THEY ARE GIFTED TEACHERS, MAJORITY OF THEM HOLD ADVANCED DEGREES IN THEIR FIELD, AND ALL OF THEM ARE REQUIRED TO PURSUE THE ASSOCIATION OF CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS MASTER TEACHER CERTIFICATION THROUGHOUT THEIR TIME WITH US AS A PRIVATE RELIGIOUS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, WE ARE ENTIRELY PRIVATELY FUNDED.
THERE ARE NO FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL TAX DOLLARS.
UM, IN, IN FACT, QUITE THE OPPOSITE ARE RICHARDSON RESIDENTS AMONG US PAY THEIR TAX BILL LIKE I DO, PAY THEIR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BILL LIKE I DO AND THEN PAY OUR TUITION LIKE I DO.
UM, WE DO BELIEVE IN AN EXCELLENT PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND OUR FAMILIES PAY INTO IT AND THEN DON'T RECEIVE THOSE SERVICES AND THEN PAY US AS WELL.
UH, OUR DALLAS CAMPUS, AS WAS MENTIONED FOR THIS UPCOMING ACADEMIC TERM, HAS 480 TOTAL STUDENTS, SO ABOUT 240 ON CAMPUS AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
AND WE HAVE A STEADY, UH, SEVEN YEAR GROWTH PLAN TO GET US TOWARDS OUR MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT, WHICH WOULD CAP AT ABOUT 360 ON CAMPUS AT A TIME AND A PERMITTED CAP.
WE JUST WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO WITH THE PERMIT TO GO PAST 400 STUDENTS ON CAMPUS AT A TIME.
SO I'D LOVE TO HAVE BRIT COME BACK UP AND WALK US THROUGH, BUT WE ALL JUST STAND READY FOR QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AT THE END.
UM, WANNA JUST REVISIT A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY OF THE TRACK.
IN AUGUST OF 2023, WE CONTRACTED WITH THE BE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH TO PURCHASE THIS BUILDING.
IN THE FALL OF 23, WE BEGAN MEETING WITH CITY STAFF TO ENSURE THAT WE UNDERSTOOD THE PROCESS FOR OUR SUP REQUESTS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THAT'S WHEN WE BEGAN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH, REACHING OUT TO EVERY SINGLE ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNER AND RICHLAND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TO OUR EAST JANUARY.
WE SUBMITTED OUR ORIGINAL SUP REQUEST FOR STAFF REVIEW AND ADDRESS THE COMMENTS THAT CAME FROM THAT.
IN MARCH, WE PRESENTED TO CPC AND RECEIVED CPC APPROVAL OF SEVEN OH, AND THEN IN APRIL OF 24, WE WERE BEFORE YOU PREVIOUSLY, AND THAT WAS WHEN OUR REQUEST WAS DENIED.
AND AT THAT MEETING, YOU GUYS PROVIDED MANY COMMENTS ABOUT YOUR CONCERNS WITH OUR REQUEST.
AND SO WE'VE SPENT THE SUMMER REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THOSE CONCERNS AND ENSURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING THEM IN A MEANINGFUL WAY.
IN AUGUST 10TH, WE WENT BACK BEFORE CPC AND RECEIVED A SEVEN OH VOTE.
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HERE AGAIN BEFORE YOU.AND SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THE COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD FROM THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING BACK IN APRIL.
THE COMMENTS CENTERED AROUND THE VIABILITY OF A POTENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT OF THIS CORNER IN THE FUTURE.
UM, WE ALSO HAD A DISCUSSION AROUND TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS ONTO ABRAMS. AS WE LOOKED AT ALL THE COMMENTS, THIS WAS THE ONLY COMMENT THAT WE SAW THAT ACTUALLY REQUIRED A PLAN CHANGE, WHICH WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED.
NEXT, THERE WAS CONCERN ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF A SCHOOL USE AND THE FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT OR DEVELOPMENT OF THE RISD LAND TO THE WEST, AND THEN FINANCIAL IMPACTS OR POTENTIAL FINANCIAL IMPACTS ON OUR REQUEST WITH RISD.
AND THEN LASTLY AND PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANTLY, IMPACT ON RICHLAND NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE SURROUNDING OWNERS.
SO I'D LIKE TO SPEND SOME TIME JUST WALKING THROUGH THOSE AND HOW WE HAVE VIEWED THOSE COMMENTS.
THIS IS A BUILDING THAT IS BEAUTIFUL AND HAS DECADES OF LAFAYETTE LEFT BUILT IN 1995 BY BENE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
THEY HAVE CARED FOR THIS STRUCTURE.
WELL, THEY'RE A THRIVING CONGREGATION.
THEY'RE NOT A DYING CONGREGATION.
THEY'RE MOVING BECAUSE THEY ARE GROWING AND THEY'RE BUILDING A NEW FACILITY WHERE THEIR CONGREGANTS ARE UP NORTH.
THE INTERIOR OF THIS SPACE HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED.
THIS IS NOT A REDEVELOPMENT PLAY.
THIS IS THE SANCTUARY THAT WE WOULD BE USING ON A DAILY BASIS AS WE OPERATED HERE AS A SCHOOL.
SECONDLY, VEERING DESIRES TO SELL TO AN INSTITUTION THAT WOULD CONTINUE ITS MISSION.
AND SO THEY DESIRE FOR THE BUILDING TO CONTINUE IN ITS USE, EITHER A CHURCH OR SCHOOL OR SOMEBODY THAT WOULD USE THE BUILDING AS IT IS.
AND THIS TRANSACTION IS BASED ON BUILDING PRICING AND NOT REDEVELOPMENT PRICING.
NEXT WAS THE CONCERN ABOUT TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS, WHICH WAS A VERY REASONABLE CONCERN.
UH, THIS WAS THE ONLY COMMENT THAT HAD A PLAN MODIFICATION.
AND SO WE HAVE UPDATED OUR CONCEPT PLAN TO INCLUDE THE SIGNAGE, RESTRICTING LEFT TURN LANES ONTO ABRAMS. WE ALSO HAVE COMMITTED TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF RICHARDSON POLICE FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL IF AND WHEN THEY'RE AVAILABLE.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT ON OUR CURRENT CAMPUS.
WE HAVE A PROHIBITED LEFT TURN LANE ONTO HILLCREST AND WE HAVE A CITY OF DALLAS POLICE OFFICER THAT IS THERE EVERY DAY, MORNING AND EVENING FOR PICKUP.
AND THEN WE'VE INCLUDED THIS REQUIREMENT ON OUR CONCEPT PLAN AND IN OUR TRAFFIC STUDY AS IT RELATES TO THE IMPACT OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS ON THE RASD LAND, IF AND WHEN THEY EVER DECIDE TO SELL THAT PROPERTY.
THE FOCUS HERE WAS REALLY IS THERE, ARE THERE USES THAT COULD NOT BE BUILT THERE DUE TO TABC REQUIREMENTS AND ALCOHOL SALES? WE HAVE RESEARCHED THAT AND WE'VE WORKED WITH SAM AND STAFF AND OUR USE AS A SCHOOL THERE HAS NO NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE ABILITY TO HAVE ALCOHOL SALES ON THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST.
NEXT, THERE WAS THE FINANCIAL FINANCIAL IMPACTS TO RISD.
AND AS JOHN MENTIONED, WE ARE A PRIVATE SCHOOL.
UH, WE TAKE NO STATE OR FEDERAL FUNDING.
IT'S ACTUALLY RESTRICTED IN OUR BYLAWS AS AN ORGANIZATION.
CDA IS FUNDED BY ITS FAMILIES, MOST OF WHOM LIVE IN RICHARDSON, ISD.
UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE WE HAVE BEEN IN RICHARDSON, ISD SINCE 2017.
WE'RE NOT A NEW INSTITUTION THAT'S COMING INTO RICHARDSON, ISD.
UH, AFTER THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN APRIL, WE WENT AND SAT DOWN WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT OF OUR ISD AND THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT HAD A GREAT MEETING.
AND IN THAT MEETING IT WAS EXPRESSED THAT RISD WAS NOT OPPOSED TO OUR INITIAL APPLICATION.
AND THAT RISD HAS TAKEN A, A NEUTRAL POSITION ON OUR CURRENT APPLICATION.
I THINK THAT'S SOLIDIFIED BY THE FACT THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN OUR NOTIFICATION ZONE AND WE HAVE HAD ZERO LETTERS OF OPPOSITION TO OUR REQUEST.
LASTLY WAS JUST THE IMPACTS ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS.
WE HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT TO NEIGHBORS SINCE, UM, LAST FALL.
UH, BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT TO US.
WE'VE BEEN IN VALUE VIEW NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SINCE 2017.
WE HAVE A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION FROM THE HOA OF VALLEY VIEW NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW WE'VE RESPONDED, WHAT WE HAVE PROMISED, WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH WHAT WE HAVE PROMISED.
WE WANT TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
SO WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH OUR NEIGHBORS SINCE FALL OF 23.
WE'VE MET WITH RICHLAND NEIGHBORHOOD PARK ASSOCIATION ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AS RECENTLY AS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO JUST TO, UH, WALK THROUGH SOME QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD HAD.
AND AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM RICHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FROM ABERFELDY PROPERTIES WHO OWNS THE BUILDINGS TO THE EAST OF US FROM THE GUARA SIKH TEMPLE, WHO IS THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER TO THE NORTH FROM EMANUEL DENTAL, WHO IS A BUSINESS OWNER JUST TO THE EAST OF US FROM MANY NON-AFFILIATED CDA RICHARDSON RESIDENCE.
AND THEN FROM CDA AFFILIATED FAMILIES LIVING IN RICHARDSON AND LIVING IN RISD.
AND WE HAVE NO LETTERS OF OPPOSITION TO OUR CASE.
AND SO WE FEEL THAT WE HAVE LISTENED AND THAT WE HAVE APPROPRIATELY TRIED TO ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS THAT YOU BROUGHT UP IN APRIL.
AND, AND WE HAVE AMPLE ADJACENT OWNER SUPPORT AND NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT.
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A PROPER USE AND A FANTASTIC BUILDING THAT HAS DECADES OF LIFE LEFT IN IT.WE, WE BELIEVE THAT IT'S A USE THAT'S ACCRETIVE TO THE FUTURE VITALIZATION OF THIS AREA, THAT, THAT IT ACTUALLY HELPS AND BENEFITS THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO OUR REQUEST THIS EVENING IS THAT YOU WOULD APPROVE THE SUP REQUEST FOR QUORUM DE TO BE AT 1301 ABRAMS, AND IN LIEU OF HAVING A PLETHORA OF PEOPLE COME UP AND SPEAK AND SAY THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS IF YOU'RE HERE THIS EVENING, AND, UH, HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE CORAM REQUEST, IF YOU COULD JUST PLEASE STAND UP.
WE DO HAVE A FEW FOLKS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THAT AREN'T ASSOCIATED WITH CDA, SO I'M GONNA ALLOW THEM TO SPEAK.
UM, BUT, UH, WE WILL NOT HAVE ANY OTHER CDA MEMBERS SPEAK.
AND SO WE'LL, WE'LL SAVE Y'ALL'S TIME SO YOU DON'T GET HOME AT MIDNIGHT, SO, OKAY.
AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I GOT, I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU.
OF THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT, YOU, YOU'RE AT THREE DIFFERENT CAMPUSES, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.
HOW MANY OF THOSE ENROLLED CURRENTLY LIVE IN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON? WELL, SO OUR, THE CAMPUSES DON'T INTERRELATE.
SO THE FLOWER MOUND CAMPUS HAS 750 STUDENTS IN IT.
THEY ALL LIVE IN AROUND FLOWER MOUND.
THE COLLIN COUNTY CAMPUS HAS 580 OR ISH KIDS AT IT.
THEY ALL LIVE UP IN NORTHERN COLLIN COUNTY.
UM, THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, OR THE SCHOOL HERE IN RICHARDSON.
I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY FAMILY? RIGHT AROUND 55, 60% OF OUR FAMILIES AT THE DALLAS CAMPUS WITHIN THE CITY OF RICHARD CITY PROBLEM.
SO THEY'RE ALREADY WILLING TO GO TO YOUR CURRENT CAMPUS WITHOUT COMING TO THIS CAMPUS? 'CAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY IN ATTENDANCE AND ENROLLMENT.
AND AS AN INSTITUTION, WE ARE LOOKING TO FIND A PERMANENT HOME.
WE'RE CURRENTLY A LEASE AT OUR OTHER FACILITY, AND SO WE WILL BE MOVING.
AND SO THAT, THAT'S WHY WE ARE LOOKING FOR A NEW LOCATION.
SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION AFTER THIS CAME BEFORE US THE FIRST TIME WAS THE DEED RESTRICTIONS AROUND A LOT OF BUILDINGS AND HOW THAT MAY IMPACT REDEVELOPMENT.
I WAS JUST HOPING YOU COULD ELABORATE ON THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
THERE ARE DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT AFFECT THE CITY OF DALLAS LAND, THE CHURCH, UH, AB, THE TH SITE THAT WE'RE BUYING THE SIKH TEMPLE TO THE NORTH, AND ALL OF THE ABERFELDY OFFICE BUILDINGS THERE.
THOSE WERE PUT ON THE PROPERTY IN 1985 DURING THE SAVINGS AND LOAN CRISIS.
UM, THEY HAVE A LOT OF USES THAT ARE NOT ALLOWED, RESIDENTIAL BEING ONE OF THEM.
UM, THERE'S DIFFERENT COMMERCIAL USES THAT AREN'T ALLOWED.
THERE ARE DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE GONNA IMPACT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES OF THIS SITE.
WE'LL ASK YOU TO TAKE A SEAT, BRI, SIR, AT THIS TIME, UH, WE'LL OPEN THIS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK IF THERE ARE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THE FIRST ONE WILL BE, UM, WAN BLACKMAN.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR DUPE, CITY COUNCIL, ESTEEMED EMPLOYEES.
THIS IS MY THIRD TIME TO SPEAK BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL.
I ISSUE SUCH AS THIS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU WOULD NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
UH, YUAN BLACKMAN, SIX 11 BIRCH LANE, RICHARDSON, TEXAS 7 5 0 8 1.
AND I RISE BECAUSE THIS IS CONCERNING TO ME AS A RESIDENT OF RICHLAND PARK.
BY THE WAY, I'M IN SUPPORTIVE OF THE DARE UH, RUM DAY SCHOOL TO BE BUILT THERE IN, IN SO MUCH AS WE HAVE TO BACKTRACK AND UNDERSTAND WHY I'M HERE SPEAKING TODAY.
'CAUSE I DO A LOT OF WORK WITH THE RISD.
I WORK IN A SEPARATE ISD ACROSS THE WAY.
AND THAT'S WHERE MOST OF MY FOCUS IS.
AND, AND I KNOW, AND I THANK YOU, BY THE WAY, FOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE SPOKEN WITH ME AT LENGTH ABOUT ISSUES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, BECAUSE THESE THINGS COME UP.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS.
WHETHER IT WAS THE A TP PASSED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, REJECTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, CAME BACK AROUND WITH A LOT OF WORK AND EFFORT TO GET THAT PASSED, WHETHER IT WAS THE CAR WASH NEXT TO KROGER, THAT WE WERE PROMISED BY THE MAYOR AND SEVERAL FOLKS THAT WE WANTED BETTER THINGS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO THAT PROPERTY RIGHT NEXT TO THE KROGER PARKING LOT THAT WAS GONNA BE A A CAR WASH, WAS TRADED IN FOR A RETENTION POND FOR AN 88, UH, UH, TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENT ON THE STINGRAY, UH, SOCCER FIELDS AS THEY HAVE MOVED ON AS WELL, UH, TO OTHER PLACES.
SO, SO THIS ONE THEN BRINGS UP TO MIND WHERE PASSED THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND THEN THE CITY COUNCIL VOTES IT DOWN AGAIN.
THIS JUST SEEMS TO BE ABSURD TO ME THAT
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WE WOULD HAVE HELD PLANNING COMMISSION.'CAUSE WHY WOULD THE PLANNING COMMISSION LOOK AT OUR ISSUES IN GREATER DETAIL THAN WE DO IN THE CITY COUNCIL? BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE TIME THERE AND THEN COME BACK THROUGH AND JUST OVERRIDE WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
SO I QUESTIONED THE MAYOR AND I QUESTIONED A FEW CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AS TO IF THERE'S DEALINGS GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IF THERE'S SORT OF POWER PLAYS GOING ON FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE PROPERTY.
THERE'S SOME PLANS, AND I'M TOLD BY SEVERAL MEMBERS THAT THERE ARE, BUT I CAN'T BE PRIVY TO THEM OR THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE FOR RELEASE BECAUSE THEY'RE TAKING PLACE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
SO I TELL YOU, WHEN I SAY TO RISD, WE NEED OPEN GOVERNMENT AND OPEN HONESTY.
I SAY THE SAME THING TO MY CITY.
WE NEED OPEN GOVERNMENT AND OPEN HONESTY.
IF THERE ARE OTHER PLANS BEING DONE AND DEVELOPED, THEN LET US KNOW ABOUT THEM.
LET US KNOW WHAT DEALS ARE BEING MADE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WOULD STOP SOMETHING FROM WHAT I CAN TELL A FABULOUS ORGANIZATION, A PRIVATE SCHOOL.
NONETHELESS, I'M A STAUN SUPPORTER OF PUBLIC SCHOOL, BUT ALSO SUPPORT THE RIGHTS OF FOLKS TO MOVE INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, TO INVEST IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
LIKE A TP WANTED TO DO, LIKE THE CAR WASH FOLKS WANTED TO DO, LIKE CORRUM DEAM NOW WANTS TO DO.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE THE PENINSULA, AND I SAY PENINSULA DOWN THE END, SOMEBODY USED THAT TERM THE OTHER DAY.
AND I, I, I'M GONNA CO-OPT THAT BECAUSE WE SEEM TO BE A LITTLE PENINSULA DOWN THE END.
IT'S BEING LEFT OFF OF CONSIDERATION OR BEING MISMANAGED.
AND SO I'M, I'M, I'M APPEALING TO YOU PLEASE TO GET WHATEVER THIS DEALING IS SORTED OUT BECAUSE ELECTIONS ARE COMING UP AND THERE'S A GENTLEMAN WHO WILL BE RUNNING FOR THE MAYOR'S SPOT, AND I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS GENTLEMAN.
AMIR OMAR, I THINK HAS A PLAN FOR OUR CITY.
HE HAS, HE HAS THE, THE, THE SCRUPLES TO GET THINGS DONE IN A WAY THAT'S OPEN AND HONEST.
I'VE MET WITH HIM SEVERAL TIMES MYSELF AND I, I'M JUST SAYING TO THE PEOPLE OF RICHON, ALL THE FOLKS HERE TODAY, TO THINK ABOUT WHERE IS OUR CITY GOING IN THE FUTURE? THIS IS BUT EXEMPLAR OF, OF THE, THE DISORGANIZATION THAT I SEE.
AND IT'S FRUSTRATING ME FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW.
AND IF I DON'T STAND UP AND SAY NOTHING, AND I TRY TO RELY ON SOMEBODY ELSE TO DO IT, THEN SHAME ON ME.
SO I WANT MY VOICE TO BE HEARD.
BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU, I WON'T SIT QUIETLY BY AND WATCH THIS MISMANAGEMENT TAKE PLACE.
WE MUST DEVELOP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'VE GOT THE SEAGULLS, UH, UH, SHOP.
THERE'S BEEN SHUT DOWN FOR HALF A DECADE.
WEEDS GROWING IN THE PARKING LOT.
WHAT'S THE FUTURE FOR THAT BUILDING? WHAT'S THE FUTURE FOR, FOR RICHARDSON? WHAT DO WE WANT OUR CITY TO LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE? THESE FOLKS CAME ALONG WITH A LOT OF MONEY, A LOT OF INVESTMENT.
THEY STARTED THIS PROCESS A YEAR AGO, AND WE VOTED NO, MINUS ONE, OF COURSE.
WHY, WHY ARE WE SAYING NO TO BUSINESSES COMING INTO OUR CITY? DO WE WANT THIS REPUTATION? OR IS IT TIME FOR A CHANGE? IS IT TIME FOR OUR RICHES AND NEIGHBORS TO STAND UP AND SAY ENOUGH TO STAND UP AND SAY IT'S TIME TO VOTE, TO STAND UP AND SAY, WE ARE GONNA WORK FOR CAMPAIGNS THAT'LL ACTIVELY WORK AGAINST US.
I DON'T HAVE TIME IN MY DAY TO CHECK UP ON EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE.
I WANT TO TRUST MY GOVERNMENT.
I WANT TO TRUST MY LEADERS TO LEAD.
AND SOME OF YOU, BY THE WAY, DO A FINE JOB.
BUT SOME OF YOU, I HAVE TO QUESTION.
AND SINCE THE CHILDREN IN THE ROOM ALWAYS SAY I'M MAD IS I'M NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE.
'CAUSE WE NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT WHAT IS OUR FUTURE? HOW DO WE GET THERE? AND I HOPE MY FOLKS HERE FROM RICHARDSON FROM ALL OVER RICHARDSON WILL VOTE IN THE NEXT ELECTION AND VOTE IN GREAT NUMBERS AND GET THEIR FRIENDS UP TO VOTE.
BECAUSE UNTIL WE MAKE THOSE CHANGES, WE'LL KEEP SEEING THE SAME THING HAPPEN.
I KNOW IT'S A HARD MESSAGE TO HEAR, BUT YOU NEED TO HEAR IT.
AND, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, MY NAME IS CHARLES CHUNG, UM, AND I'M, I'M THE SENIOR PASTOR AT SEMINARY
UM, I LIKE TODAY TO SPEAK TO YOU, UH, ON BEHALF OF OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM AND OUR ENTIRE CONGREGATION.
AS WE BEGAN TO PROCESS OUR RELOCATION, SELLING OUR BUILDING WAS IMPORTANT STEP, UH, FOR OUR CONGREGATION, BOTH FINANCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY.
WE ED, UH, THE PROPERTY ON JUNE OF 2022.
LAST, UH, FOUR, WE ENTERED INTO THE CONTRACT WITH LUM DE ACADEMY.
WE ARE VERY, UH, PLEASED AND EXCITED THAT LUM DALE ACADEMIA WILL CONTINUE TO USE THIS PROPERLY TO EDUCATE STUDENT IN A FAITH-BASED CHRISTIAN SCHOOL.
THEY HAVE, UH, DEMONSTRATED HIGH ETHICAL, UH, STANDARD, UH, IN EVERY ASPECT OF, UH, OPERATION, AND WE ARE IN FULL SUPPORT OF THEIR JOINING REQUEST.
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ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, SERVICE TO, TO THE CITY OF RICHARD CHARLESON.I'M 5 2 3 STEEL MEADOW DRIVE, UM, RICHARDSON 7 5 0 8 1.
UM, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE RICHLAND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
JOHN JORDAN, THE HEADMASTER OF THE DALLAS CAMPUS OF THE CORE, DO, UH, ACADEMY, HAS BEEN VERY PROACTIVE IN REACHING OUT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
HE ATTENDED OUR, ONE OF OUR LAST BOARD MEETINGS TO, UH, PRESENT DETAILED, UM, INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCHOOL THEY WERE PROPOSING TO RELOCATE AT THE EXISTING CHURCH ON ABRAMS AND WALNUT RICHARDSON.
THE, UH, THE BOARD HEARD THE REPORT, ASKED QUESTIONS, THEN VOTED UNANIMOUSLY, UNANIMOUSLY TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.
UM, I HAD SOME CONCERNS WHEN I, I SAW TOO WHAT, WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL WAS VOTING AGAINST.
UM, THIS, WE FEEL THIS IS A VERY POSITIVE ADDITION TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, IT'S, UM, IT, THEY'RE DOING AN AMAZING JOB OF, YOU KNOW, KEEPING THE PROPERTY, UM, IN, UH, WHAT IT'S, IT'S MEANT TO BE, TO BE, UH, THIS SCHOOL IS 25 YEARS OLD.
IT'S A QUALITY ORGANIZATION AND I THINK IT WILL BE GOOD FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, ALSO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE SCHOOL, UM, AND, UH, BEING AFFECTING RISD FOR THE FEW NUMBERS OF STUDENTS THAT IT WILL BE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, EDUCATING THEIR, COMPARED TO THE 37,000 STUDENTS THAT ARE IN RISD, THIS IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT'S GONNA HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THAT.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS THE TRAFFIC PATTERN.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WILL BE NO IMPACT ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE ALREADY HAVE ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THERE, AND IT'S LIKE 20 MINUTES IN THE MORNING AND 20 MINUTES AT NIGHT.
EVEN IF WE DO HAVE A FEW CARS, BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT DO GO TO THAT SCHOOL.
WE HAVE SIGNS THROUGHOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF TRAFFIC.
BUT, UM, THEY'VE ANSWERED ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS AND WE DO NOT WANT ANOTHER EMPTY BUILDING.
UM, YOU KNOW, A CHURCH BUILDING, IT'S EITHER GONNA BE BOUGHT BY ANOTHER CHURCH OR SCHOOL.
WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER EMPTY BUILDING.
WE SELL, WE HAVE THE SIEGELS BUILDING, WE HAVE SIX EMPTY, UM, BUSINESSES.
AND, UH, UNDER THE, UH, PUBLIC STORAGE BUILDING, THERE'S PLENTY OF DEVELOPMENT THAT CAN GO ON THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT LAND, YOU KNOW, THAT THE CHURCH IS, IS ON.
SO, UM, AS I WAS SAYING, THE, UH, OUR BOARD, THE ORIGINAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BOARD, UH, UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTS THIS SCHOOL.
UH, I'LL BE LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MR. CORCORAN, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MR. HUTCHIN, WRITER, I'LL SECOND THAT.
ALL IN FAVOR OF CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, COMMENTS, WHATEVER, MS. JUSTICE? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY I WAS ABSENT, UH, LAST TIME IN THIS CASE, UH, CAME BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
UM, AND I, I DID WATCH THE MEETING, UM, AND I WAS, UH, APPRECIATED SOME OF THE CONCERNS RELATED TO, UM, THE IMPACT ON RISD.
I HAVE SINCE REACHED OUT TO LEADERS IN RISD.
UM, AND I, I, I THINK THAT THIS IS NOT THE, UM, SORT OF MODEL THAT RASD IS WORRIED ABOUT.
UM, POTENTIALLY DEPENDING ON WHAT OUR LEGISLATURE DOES RELATED TO VOUCHERS AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
I THINK THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF HARD QUESTIONS AS COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO ASK IN FUTURE, UH, SPECIAL USE PERMITS.
THIS SORT OF ESTABLISHED SCHOOL WITH A, UM, I GUESS I'LL CALL IT UNIQUE, UM, UH, HYBRID MODEL, I DON'T THINK, AGAIN, IS GOING TO ATTRACT A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM RASD.
SO, I, YOU KNOW, I, I APPRECIATED ALL THE COUNCIL'S COMMENTS LAST TIME.
UM, I, I, AND AGAIN, AND I APPRECIATED THE CONCERN FOR RISD.
UM, I JUST THINK THAT, UM, THIS IS NOT THE, THE TYPE OF SCHOOL, UH, THAT, THAT WE OR RISD SHOULD BE, UH, CONCERNED ABOUT.
THERE IS A SCENARIO IN THE FUTURE WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF CHARTER SCHOOLS WHO DON'T HAVE THE BACKGROUND, WHO DON'T HAVE THE CURRICULUM, WHO DON'T, UH, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE REALLY JUST INTERESTED IN WHATEVER MONEY MAY COME THEIR WAY.
UH, WE NEED TO ASK HARD QUESTIONS OF THOSE SCHOOLS.
I DON'T THINK THIS IS THAT SCHOOL.
UH, THERE ARE ALREADY RSU STUDENTS IN ATTENDING THIS SCHOOL, AND I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S GONNA PULL AWAY A LOT OF ATTENDANCE.
UM, I JUST SORT OF DISAGREE WITH SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS.
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UM, SO I, I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS APPLICATION.I, I, AFTER TALKING TO FOLKS IN RISD, I DON'T THINK, UM, THIS IS REALLY THE TYPE OF MODEL THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT AS A MEMBER OF THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE, UH, WILL SAY, HAVING SPOKEN TO RISD, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS THE SORT OF MODEL THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT.
AND WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT ASKING HARD QUESTIONS OF ANY FUTURE, UH, LESS ESTABLISHED, UH, SCHOOLS THAT COME BEFORE US.
YEAH, FROM THE, THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE, I, WHEN WE LOOK AT ONE, THE INTENTION OF THE SELLER AND THE FACT THAT THEY, THEY MOST LIKELY DON'T INTEND TO SELL TO ANOTHER ORGANIZATION THAT DOESN'T FURTHER THAT MISSION, UM, THAT'S ALREADY SORT OF ONE SPEED BUMP TO ANY REDEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD HAPPEN OTHERWISE.
AND THEN THE, THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, WHICH I MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THIS ONE PLOT OF LAND IN THE CONTEXT OF THAT ENTIRE SORT OF, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY FIVE OR SIX OR SEVEN BLOCK AREA WITH THE DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE SUBJECT, THAT ARE IMPOSED ON THIS PROPERTY, ALSO IMPACTING SO MANY OTHER PARCELS AROUND IT.
I ALSO FEEL LIKE IT JUST MAKES THE REDEVELOPMENT MUCH MORE LIMITED AND MUCH MORE DIFFERENT THAN THE VISION THAT I HAD SORT OF ORIGINALLY, UM, ORIGINALLY HAD FOR THE AREA, RIGHT? AND, AND I WOULD SAY DIFFERENT THAN HOW WE AS A CITY HAVE TYPICALLY LOOKED AT AREAS WE WANT, UM, REDEVELOPED AND REINVESTED IN.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT REASON, I'M ALSO MORE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS NOW THAN I WAS IN THE PAST.
UH, THIS IS WHAT I HAVE NOT DONE IN THE PAST, BUT I'M GONNA ASK SAM A QUESTION.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? PRETTY STUPID QUESTION, BUT I'M GONNA ASK YOU, DO YOU SEE ANYTHING, ANY NEGATIVE IMPACT, UH, YOU KNOW, BEING THIS, THIS BEING THERE ON ANY OTHER FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA? WHAT'S YOUR EXPERIENCE OF THIS WHOLE SO MANY YEARS? THE ACTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT NOW IS DESIGNATED AS NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL, WHICH WOULD ONLY ALLOW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, UH, THE PREFERRED FUTURE LAND USE PLAN THAT, THAT, UH, YOU'LL BE, UH, ENGAGING IN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
ALSO MAINTAINS AT NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, RESIDENTIAL ENTITLEMENT.
HOWEVER, IF YOU REMEMBER, THE PREFERRED LAND USE SCENARIO IS IN IN THE PLACE TYPE NAME.
SO IN THIS PARTICULAR, UH, LOCATION, IT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL PLACE TYPE, BUT THEY'RE ALSO PRIMARY AND SECONDARY USES.
THE SECONDARY USES DO NOT ALLOW ANY SORT OF NON-RESIDENTIAL LAND USE.
SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM THAT STANDPOINT, YOU'D BE IN KEEPING WITH THE CURRENT FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND THE PREFERRED LAND USE PLAN.
NOW, AS FAR AS, UH, ONSITE, UH, CIRCULATION, THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM TO HANDLE QUEUING.
TYPICALLY WHEN WE LOOK AT PRIVATE SCHOOLS OR EVEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 'CAUSE WE ALSO LOOK AT, AT PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WELL, NOT FROM A ZONING STANDPOINT, MORE FROM A, UH, OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT IS THAT WE RUN INTO ISSUES WITH QUEUING AND THE, IN THE, IN THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH DEPTH IN THE PROPERTY TO ACCOMMODATE THE QUEUING.
THIS PROPERTY HAS A LOT OF QUEUING SPACE, NOT ONLY WITHIN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON'S, UH, ACREAGE, BUT ALSO WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. SAM CHAVEZ.
UH, NOW MY OBSERVATION, YOU KNOW, MY CONCERN WAS LIKE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
LOOKS LIKE JOE ALREADY HAS, UH, MENTIONED FEW THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE
SO, UH, LOOKS LIKE THAT'S NOT GOING TO, MOST LIKELY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
THE NOBODY KNOWS THE FUTURE, BUT MOST LIKELY THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN BASED ON THE OBSERVATION.
AND ALSO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD, THE RISD PROPERTY, UH, IF SOMETHING HAPPENED, ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT, I SEE THAT ONE OF THE MOST RESTRICTIVE WOULD BE LIKE FUTURE ALCOHOL CELL IN THAT PROPERTY.
SO LOOKS LIKE THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY IMPACT ON OTHER SELLING ALCOHOL OR ANY OTHER PRODUCT, BE BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOL BEING THERE.
OR EVEN IF IT IS THERE, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE WILLING TO, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PUT THE OBJECTION.
THOSE KIND OF THINGS, IF MY UNDERSTANDING IS RIGHT, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
SO, AND YOU KNOW, THAT BUILDING IS REALLY GOOD.
IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY NICE LOOKING BUILDING.
UH, I DRIVE PRETTY OFTEN IN THAT AREA, AND I NEVER SAW THAT PROPERTY IS MESSY PROPERTY.
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ALWAYS KEPT VERY NICE AND CLEAN.I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED BY THE OWNER.
YOU KNOW WHAT, HOWEVER, HOWEVER, WHERE THEY'RE KEEPING IT, THEY'RE KEEPING IT VERY CLEAN.
EVEN AFTER THE TORNADO WE HAD LAST TIME, THEY PRETTY MUCH CLEAN UP THAT AREA PRETTY QUICK.
UH, THE OTHER CONCERN, OR THE OTHER ISSUE I HAD IS THAT PARKLAND IS GOING TO BUILD, UH, ANOTHER STRUCTURE THERE.
UH, I DON'T KNOW WHEN, BUT IT'S GOING TO COME.
UH, THAT'S, UH, IT'S OUTPATIENT CENTER.
THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD IN THAT CORNER, WALNUT HILL AND ABRAM CORNER.
UH, BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ON THE DOLLAR SIDE.
UH, BUT I THINK THIS IS SCHOOL PROBABLY WILL PUT A SHIELD, WE'LL WORK AS A SHIELD ON THIS SIDE OF WALNUT HILL, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME TRAFFIC, UNWANTED TRAFFIC AT NIGHT FROM THE DALLAS SIDE THAT CAUSED SOME TROUBLE.
I THINK THIS SCHOOL PROBABLY COULD CREATE, UH, THIS IS THE POSITIVE SIDE THAT I SEE THAT COULD CREATE SOME SHIELD IN THE RICHER SIDE.
SO MY HOPE WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS LOOK FOR A SOURCE OF ADDITIONAL REVENUE FOR THE CITY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE, OUR ROADS AND NOT JUST THE ROAD UNDERGROUND UTILITIES, THOSE ARE IN A BAD SHAPE.
SO IF WE CAN GET SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUE, WE CAN FIX THOSE THINGS FASTER.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, AND I WAS, I, I ALWAYS IMPRESSED WITH THE SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE WAY THEY DO THE BUSINESS.
AND I HEAR LOTS OF POSITIVE THINGS FROM OTHER PEOPLE ABOUT THE SCHOOL, UH, STRUCTURE.
UH, IT'S NOT GOING TO, IT'S NOT A COMPETITION.
I NEVER THOUGHT THAT THAT IS COMPETITION TO ANY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT.
BUT EVEN IF IT IS A COMPETITION, SOMETIMES IN OPEN MARKET, YOU KNOW, BEST SURVIVE.
SO
UH, SO, UH, WITH ALL THIS, I THINK, UH, I, I, I LOOK FORWARD FOR THIS PROJECT TO GO MOVE FORWARD, AT LEAST MY OPINION.
SO, UH, I'LL BE, UH, SUPPORTING THIS.
UM, FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING THIS EVENING.
UM, I WANNA EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT KIND OF TO MR. BLACKMAN'S COMMENTS.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE, I'VE CONSISTENTLY SAID, AND WHEN I MET, AND I THINK THE, THE HEADMASTER AND OTHERS WOULD, WOULD SAY THAT I WAS VERY CONSISTENT.
AND WHAT I SAID TO THEM AFTER WHEN WE MET AFTER THE FIRST ROUND OF MEETINGS IS, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS LOOK TO SEE WHAT DOES THE COMMUNITY WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN? AND, AND WHERE I, WHERE I PUT A LOT OF EMPHASIS IS ON NEIGHBORHOOD INPUT, INPUT.
SO I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THAT AT THE FIRST MEETING, WE HAD NO OFFICIALS FROM THE CURRENT CHURCH.
WE HAD NO INFORMATION ON THESE DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED NOW.
WE HAD NO NEIGHBORHOOD INPUT, NO ONE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS HERE.
AND WE HAD, THERE HAD BEEN NO DISCUSSION WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO WHEN, WITH ALL OF THAT LACK OF INFORMATION, IF YOU WILL, IT CAME DOWN TO, WELL, WELL, HOW IS THIS PROPERTY GONNA WORK? WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN? AND I'LL BE VERY HONEST WITH Y'ALL, YOUR ARCHITECT DID NOT DO YOU ANY FAVORS.
AND I TOLD THE HEADMASTER, AND I WHOLE TOLD THE PRESIDENT OF THAT, UM, I DON'T MEAN IT DISRESPECTFULLY, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF, WELL, MAYBE WELL, THIS, THAT, WELL, WHEN I PERSONALLY START HEARING THAT, IT RAISES QUESTIONS IN MY MIND OF WHAT ARE WE ULTIMATELY GONNA GET BECAUSE WE GET ONE SHOT AT THIS.
IF WE, IF WE, IF WE APPROVE IT, AND THEN SOMETHING DRASTICALLY GOES WRONG, THE NEIGHBOR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE GONNA BE COMING BACK, COMING BACK TO US SAYING, WHAT IN THE WORLD DID YOU GUYS DO? SO I JUST WANNA KIND OF RESPOND TO THAT A LITTLE BIT.
JUST TO HELP Y'ALL UNDERSTAND.
NO ONE HAS AN ACT TO GRIND AGAINST DALEO ACADEMY.
THERE'S NO, NOTHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
WE JUST TRY TO MAKE OUR DEAD LEVEL BEST DECISION THAT WE CAN MAKE INDIVIDUALLY.
'CAUSE THERE'S SEVEN OF US, WE ALL GET A VOTE AND, AND, AND WEIGH A LOT ON WHAT'S PRESENTED AT THE MEETING UNLESS THERE'S WORK DONE OUTSIDE.
SO, I'M GONNA TURN AWAY FOR A MOMENT, NOT DISRESPECTFULLY, BUT JUST SAY TO EVERYONE, ONCE AGAIN, I, I WANT TO ASK ANYONE WHO'S LISTENING TO THIS MEETING TONIGHT, IF YOU'RE GONNA COME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL AND WANT SOMETHING ZONED AND IT'S BUTTING UP AGAINST A NEIGHBORHOOD, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLY ACTIVE HOA SYSTEM.
I THINK IT'S THE, WE'VE, WE'VE SAID IT BEFORE.
I THINK IT'S THE SECRET SAUCE OF RICHARDSON.
WE WANT TO HEAR, BECAUSE AGAIN, I'LL VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT.
I DON'T LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE GONNA BE AFFECTED BY THIS.
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TO THE AREA, I'LL SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT I'M NOT GONNA BE THE ONE WHO'S GONNA BE IMPACTED BY THE, BY THE TIMES THAT, THE 20 MINUTES THAT WAS DISCUSSED, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.SO I RELY A LOT ON OUR HOAS AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO PROVIDE US INPUT.
SO I WILL TELL YOU THAT BASED ON THE FACT, AND I, AND I WANNA APPLAUD AND SAY A VERY BIG THANK YOU TO, TO ALL OF THE REPRESENTATIVES, UM, FROM CORRUM DEO ACADEMY FOR, FOR GOING OUT.
AND NUMBER ONE, THANKS FOR MEETING WITH ME.
THANKS FOR, FOR LISTENING TO MY INPUT AND GOING OUT AND DOING EXACTLY WHAT I, WHAT I SUGGESTED DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T ORDER YOU OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I JUST SAID, HERE'S WHAT I WOULD HIGHLY SUGGEST.
IF YOU WANNA SEE THIS GET PASSED, THIS IS WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
SO BASED ON THAT, I'LL BE CHANGING MY VOTE AND VOTING IN THE, UH, UH, AFFIRMATIVE FOR THIS.
BECAUSE AGAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE EVERYONE COMING TONIGHT, AND I REALLY, REALLY THANK YOU FOR NOT HAVING EVERYBODY SPEAK.
UM, BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IF, IF, IF YOU KNOW, IF ANYONE, ANYONE OUT IN THE AUDIENCE, ANYONE LISTENING TONIGHT, ANYONE WHO READS THIS, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE MEET WITH OUR HOAS, MEET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE IMPACTED.
'CAUSE WE WANT TO HEAR, WE WANT TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO RUN INTO YOU ON, ON THE STREET OR HAVE HIM CALL ME, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, SIX MONTHS FROM NOW AND GO, WHY IN THE WORLD DID I, WHY IN THE WORLD DID YOU VOTE FOR THIS? DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT DID TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD? YOU KNOW? WELL, NO, DIDN'T KNOW Y'ALL HAD CONCERNS UNLESS YOU COME AND, AND TELL US.
SO ANYWAY, UM, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF RESPOND.
SO, SO YOU UNDERSTOOD, EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD WHERE, WHERE WE, WHERE WE COME FROM FOR THE MOST, OR LEMME REPHRASE THAT.
I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR ANYBODY ELSE.
SPEAK FOR MYSELF WHERE I'M COMING FROM WHENEVER I LOOK AT THESE CASES.
SO AGAIN, BASED ON THE FACT THAT, THAT Y'ALL DID YOUR HOMEWORK, AND I APPRECIATE IT VERY, VERY MUCH, I WILL BE CHANGING MY VOTE TO A YES TONIGHT.
THANK YOU, MR. RE, MR. BARRIOS, YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD, PLEASE? UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UM, THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO STAFF AND, UH, CORUM DALE FOR BRINGING THIS BACK BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
UH, I FEEL THAT THIS PRESENTATION, THERE WAS A LOT OF CLARIFICATION AND Y'ALL ADDRESSED A LOT OF OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS' CONCERNS, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
UM, I AM A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER, AS MANY PEOPLE KNOW, AND I 100% SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION.
BUT I ALSO AM A FATHER OF A 16-YEAR-OLD WHO, UH, AND I THINK ANYBODY WHO HAS BEEN A PARENT KNOWS THAT SOME OF THE HARDEST DECISIONS YOU'LL MAKE IS IN REGARDS TO PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, IN REGARDS TO THE EDUCATION OF YOUR CHILD.
AND, UH, I KNOW AT LEAST THAT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE AS A PARENT, UM, OF A NOW JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL.
AND I, UH, THOSE ARE TOUGH DECISIONS AND PARENTS DON'T TAKE THAT LIGHTLY.
I KNOW THAT A LOT OF, UH, FROM THE HEADMASTER, UM, IS A RICHARDSON RESIDENT, A LOT OF STAFF.
UH, I KNOW A TEACHER, UH, WHO LIVES A COUPLE BLOCKS THAT WERE HERE EARLIER.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE STILL IN THE CROWD, BUT I KNOW A TEACHER THERE AT THE SCHOOL.
AND, UM, A LOT OF MEMBERS OF, UH, PLACE THREE WHO ATTEND SCHOOL THERE.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A RSD AND BRISSON SCHOOL.
THAT WAS, UH, LAST TIME, AND I 100% SUPPORT, UH, AND WILL VOTE, UM, FOR IT AGAIN.
AND, UH, I THINK SOMEBODY ELSE HAS A COMMENT.
BUT WHEN THE TIME COMES, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
MR. SAMWELL, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD FEW THINGS HERE, A COUPLE MORE SENTENCE.
UH, IT'S ABOUT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL.
UH, I STRONGLY SUPPORT PUBLIC SCHOOL.
I KNOW MOST OF YOU ARE PRIVATE SCHOOL, AND MY CHILDREN WENT TO PUBLIC SCHOOL OR ALL RISD.
SO I'M A STRONG SUPPORTER OF NOT JUST THE PUBLIC SCHOOL RISD SCHOOL SYSTEM.
AND, UH, I DID EXPERIMENT WITH MY CHILDREN AND I'M VERY MUCH PROUD OF THEM, UH, WHAT THEY HAVE ACHIEVED.
UH, I HAVE 29 YEARS, AND THE YOUNGEST IS, UH, ABOUT TO BE 10.
THE SUPPORT THAT I HAVE RECEIVED FROM RISD IS TEACHERS, UH, ADMINISTRATION IS AMAZING.
I LOOKED AT PROS AND CONS, ALL THIS, AND, UH, I FOUND MORE BENEFIT BEING THE PUBLIC SCHOOL THAN THE PRIVATE.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF PUTTING THEM IN THE PRIVATE SCHOOL NEXT DOOR.
I DID NOT DO THAT EVEN THOUGH I SERVED AS A CHAIRMAN OF THAT INSTITUTION.
BUT I PUT MY CHILDREN TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE I WANTED TO PUT THEM INTO THE, INTO THE REAL WORLD TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, AND KEPT MY EYE AND MY WIFE, BOTH OF US LOOKED AT THEM CONSTANTLY, WATCH THEM, DID NOT LEAVE THEM A HUNDRED PERCENT OUT.
BUT I WATCH THEM EVERY DAY CLOSELY.
I SPEND TIME UNTIL THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING WITH MY
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SON, WITH MY DAUGHTER, MAKING SURE THAT WHENEVER THEY NEED ME, I CAN BE THERE TO SHOW THEM SUPPORT.AND, UH, END OF THE DAY WHAT HAPPENED.
I HAVE MORE GRAY HAIR, BUT I HAVE PEACE IN MY MIND.
THEY ALL ARE TURN OUT TO BE GOOD.
AND I'M VERY THANKFUL TO RSD SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THEIR TEACHERS, AND EVERYBODY CONSIDER RASD.
BUT I SAW YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE SHOULD HAVE A CHOICE, BUT I THINK, UH, YOU SHOULD LOOK FOR, I THINK DAN SHOULD LOOK FOR, UH, BECAUSE I THINK HE HAS ONLY ONE SON.
UH, I HAVE ONE, ONE SON, BUT THREE DAUGHTERS.
IT, IT, AND REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
I THINK EVERYONE PRETTY MUCH SAID EVERYTHING THAT I WAS ALREADY THINKING.
AND I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE, REITERATE, UH, TO, UH, COUNCILMAN HUTCHIN WRITER.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT WHEN COMING TO COUNCIL FOR A ZONING CHANGE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO SPEAK TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
I ORIGINALLY, I, UH, DECLINED THIS, UH, VOTED AGAINST IT BECAUSE I WAS LISTENING TO WHAT THE NEIGHBORS WERE ASKING FOR.
AND PEOPLE WERE ASKING FOR MULTI-USE.
THEY WANTED A PLACE TO HAVE, TO HAVE COFFEE, TO HAVE RESTAURANTS, AND THEY WANTED AREAS THAT THEY COULD, YOU KNOW, WE HOPEFULLY HAVE FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
AND I HAD MADE A COMMENT THAT SOME OF THE, UH, POTENTIAL, UH, MATCH MASTER PLAN, UH, OPTIONS WOULD MAYBE LEND THAT.
SO DURING THAT TIME, I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
UH, I'VE ALSO TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THE LAND USE AND WHAT THAT WOULD DO TO DEFINE THAT AREA AND, UM, AND, AND THE INVESTMENT THAT, UH, THAT YOU ARE PUTTING INTO THE COMMUNITY.
SO I'M, I'M OBVIOUSLY I LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, CHANGING THAT, UH, DECISION, BUT I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO SEE WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOODS WANT BECAUSE THEY DRIVE THE FORCE AND THEY DRIVE WHAT'S NEEDED IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND, AND, AND RIGHT NOW, THAT AREA IS LANDLOCKED.
I MEAN, I CALLED IT EARLIER, YOU MIGHT'VE MENTIONED THE PENINSULA.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE BUCKINGHAM, TEXAS OF RICHARDSON.
AND THERE'S NOT REALLY ANYWHERE TO GROW OR TO BUILD ANYTHING AT THIS POINT.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT, UH, THERE ARE SEVERAL BUILDINGS THAT ARE EMPTY AT THE MOMENT THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, AND THOSE WILL BE ADDRESSED.
BUT, UH, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE BEST, YOU KNOW, SUITED FOR THAT AREA.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CONVEY MY, MY CONCERNS AND THOUGHTS.
UM, THIS COUNCIL, KNOWING WHAT THE SCHOOL POSITION IS NOW, AND WITH SEVERAL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS BEING ON THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE, WE DO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RISD AND THE PLANO ISD BECAUSE THOSE ARE WITHIN OUR BOUNDARIES.
SO WE DO LISTEN AND A SCENARIO WHERE WE DID NOT HAVE ALL THE FACTS LAST TIME, I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT THEY BE CONSIDERED AND HEARD.
AND WE'LL ALWAYS TRY TO CONSIDER AND HEAR WHAT OUR PARTNERS AND WHAT OUR, UH, INDIVIDUALS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY HAVE TO SAY.
HENCE, NEIGHBORHOODS WHO STEPPED UP THIS TIME.
CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF THAT WAS STATED EARLIER, UM, THIS COUNCIL DOES A LOT OF HOMEWORK, DOES A LOT OF RESEARCH.
WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS TAKING PLACE AT THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION.
WE DO KNOW WHAT THEY VOTE ON, AND WE DO LOOK AT THE FACTS AND READ THE DOCUMENTS.
SO TO STATE THAT, UH, WE DON'T IS I THINK, A LITTLE INSULTING.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CLARIFY THE FUNDING BY THE STATE OF TEXAS AS IT RELATES TO PUBLIC EDUCATION.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY RECEIVE YOUR TAXES, BUT THEY'RE NOT RECEIVING THE AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE BECAUSE THESE 400 PLUS STUDENTS ARE NOT IN THEIR SCHOOLS.
SO THEY ARE IMPACTED FINANCIALLY.
I WILL SAY THAT FOR THE RECORD, BECAUSE THERE'S AN AVERAGE OF THE SEATS IN THE SEATS IF YOU'LL TAKE IT PERSONALLY LIKE THAT.
AND SO I WANNA SAY THAT IT DOES IMPACT THEM, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US TO REALIZE WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT 'EM.
NOW WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL BE LOOKING FOR A MOTION FOR, WELL, I GOTTA CLOSE THIS, DON'T I? ALRIGHT, LET'S DO THIS WITH NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
ALRIGHT, THEN I'LL BE LOOKING FOR A MOTION, PLEASE.
MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ZONING FILE 24 DASH 17 AS STATED.
GOT A MOTION ON THE TABLE MR. CORCORAN.
I SECOND GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR IN FAVOR? ALL OF ALL IN FAVOR SHOW.
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RAISE YOUR HANDS.AT THIS TIME, AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA GO TO PUB,
[9. PUBLIC HEARING, ZONING FILE 24-18, A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO ALLOW A NON-RESIDENTIAL MIXED-USE HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER COMPRISED OF MULTIPLE BUILDINGS IN LIEU OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON 1.33 ACRES, INCLUDING 0.042 ACRES FOR A TOTAL OF 1.37 ACRES CURRENTLY ZONED MAIN STREET/CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT (MAIN STREET SUB-DISTRICT) LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF E. KAUFMAN STREET AND S. TEXAS STREET.]
UH, TO ITEM NINE, PUBLIC HEARING ZONING FILE 24 DASH 18.A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO ALLOW A NON-RESIDENTIAL MIXED USE HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER, LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF EAST KAUFMAN STREET.
UH, DEREK S IS GONNA AGAIN PRESENT, UH, THE CITY'S, UH, THE CITY'S PRESENTATION.
THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND HAS A PRESENTATION AND I THINK A, UH, SHORT VIDEO TO PRESENT, UH, AS WELL.
SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND, UH, TURN IT OVER TO DEREK FOR OUR PRESENTATION.
ZONING FILE 24 18 IS A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE NEST WELLNESS VILLAGE.
SO TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT FOR THE SUBJECT SITE ITSELF, UH, THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE MAIN STREET CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY FORM BASED CODE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
AND IT IS WITHIN THE MAIN STREET SUB-DISTRICT.
UH, THE VISION OF THAT SUB-DISTRICT IS TO CREATE A MULTI-GENERATIONAL, ECLECTIC HEART FOR THE COMMUNITY, BASED ON A MIX OF USES AND CULTURES TO PERMIT A MIX OF OLD AND NEW ARCHITECTURAL STYLES AND TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL ENTERTAINMENT DESTINATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, IN ADDITION, THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN A SUB SUB AREA OF THE SUB DISTRICT.
UM, THIS IS A BLOCK THAT WAS CARVED OUT FOR JUST RESIDENTIAL USES.
UH, THIS BLOCK IS BOUND BY KAUFMAN STREET TO THE NORTH TEXAS STREET TO THE WEST PHILLIPS STREET TO THE SOUTH IN GREENVILLE AVENUE TO THE EAST, WHICH I'LL SHOW ON THE AERIAL IMAGE HERE IN A MOMENT.
AGAIN, THIS BLOCK IS LIMITED TO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OR MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
UH, GIVEN THAT 50% OF THAT DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES RESIDENTIAL, ALSO THE MAIN STREET SUBDISTRICT ALLOWS FOR A SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WHICH ALLOWS FOR MODIFICATIONS TO THE CODE STANDARDS TO ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.
SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST INTERSECTION OF EAST KAUFMAN STREET IN SOUTH TEXAS STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS REPRESENTED BY THE NEST.
THEY'RE SEEKING A SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN WITH MODIFIED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND ADDITIONAL USES TO ESTABLISH A HEALTH AND WELLNESS VILLAGE.
UH, THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS A PUBLIC AND SHARED PARKING LOT.
UH, TO THE EAST IS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO THE SOUTH IS A MULTIFAMILY APARTMENT.
AND TO THE WEST ACROSS TEXAS STREET IS THE DART RIGHT OF WAY AND THE CENTRAL TRAIL HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL.
SO THESE IMAGES SHOW THE SITE TODAY.
IT'S, UH, COMPRISED OF FOUR UNDEVELOPED LOTS.
AND IN THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE CENTRAL TRAIL BEHIND OR IN FRONT OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, THE VISION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT IS WHAT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BY THE APPLICANT IS A MASTER PLANNED RETAIL DEVELOPMENT THAT PROVIDES RETAIL OPTIONS, SERVICES, PERSONAL SERVICES, UH, THAT ARE CATERED AND CENTERED AROUND HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND THE FAMILY.
THEY'LL ALSO OFFER SPECIAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
HOURS OF OPERATION WILL BE SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, 8:00 AM THROUGH 8:00 PM IN LOOKING AT THE SITE ITSELF, THIS IS THE CONCEPT PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
THERE WILL BE SEVEN INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS, UH, THAT WILL PROVIDE 18,000 SQUARE FEET IN RETAIL SPACE.
THE SITE WILL BE GATED AND ENCLOSED.
SO IN ORDER TO ENTER THE SITE OR ENTER ANY OF THE BUILDINGS, GUESTS WILL BE ASKED.
UH, GUESTS WILL GO THROUGH THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE, WHICH IS THE LARGER BUILDING FACING KAUFMAN STREET TO THE NORTH.
THEN ON THE INSIDE OF THE SITE, THE, UH, THE BUILDINGS ARE ORIENTED TOWARDS THE INTERIOR.
AN OUTDOOR COURTYARD IN THE CENTER OF THE SITE.
THIS IS APPROXIMATELY A 10,000 SQUARE FOOT COURTYARD, UH, FINISHED WITH SYNTHETIC TURF.
UM, IN ADDITION, THERE WILL BE COMMUNITY GARDEN IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE SITE.
I'LL POINT OUT HERE, UH, THERE HAS BEEN AN UPDATE TO THE CONCEPT PLAN SINCE THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION MEETING.
THE APPLICANT HAS WORKED WITH THE, UH, NEIGHBORS, UH, TO UPDATE THE SITE PLAN.
AND I'LL PULL OUT HERE THAT THE DUMPSTER IS NOW LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SITE.
AND THE, UH, ALLEY REMNANT SHOWN IN RED IS A PROPOSED LOADING ZONE.
AND THAT'S IN THE, UH, NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SITE.
SO YOU MAY NOTICE THERE'S NO PARKING ON THE SITE ITSELF.
THERE'S NO ONSITE PARKING PROVIDED.
THE MAIN STREET SUBDISTRICT DOES ENCOURAGE ON STREET AND SHARED PARKING.
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THE APPLICANT, UM, UH, SORRY, LET ME BACK UP THERE.THE CODE DOES REQUIRE FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT TO PROVIDE 60 PARKING SPACES.
SO THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING AN EXCEPTION TO PROVIDE 42 PARKING SPACES.
AND THESE WILL BE PROVIDED ON, ON STREET, ON TEXAS STREET AND ON KAUFMAN STREET.
AND, UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY'VE UM, REQUESTED THEY TO SUPPLEMENT THOSE PARKING SPACES WITH THE SHARED PARKING PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND IN THE PARKING LOT DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH OF THIS SUBJECT SITE, UH, NORTH OF KAUFMAN.
UH, ALSO A COMPONENT OF THAT PARKING EXCEPTION REQUEST IS THE STREET SCAPE REQUIREMENTS ALONG TEXAS STREET.
THE CODE, UH, CALLS FOR THE FUTURE, UH, FOR TEXAS STREET TO BE, UH, RECONSTRUCTED WITH PARALLEL PARKING ON BOTH SIDES.
UH, HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT HAS PROPOSED TO MAINTAIN PARALLEL PARKING ON THE WEST SIDE, BUT INSTEAD, UH, PROVIDE PERPENDICULAR PARKING ON THE EAST SIDE OF TEXAS STREET.
I'LL ZOOM IN ON THE CONCEPT PLAN WHERE YOU GET A BETTER VIEW OF THIS.
UH, WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IS THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY ON TEXAS STREET, WHERE THE APPLICANT WILL BE DEDICATING A FEW MORE FEET TO WIDEN THE RIGHT OF WAY ON TEXAS STREET TO ACCOMMODATE THE PERPENDICULAR PARKING AND TO MAKE SURE THEY ACCOMMODATE, ACCOMMODATE THE REQUIRED AMENITY ZONE AND SIDEWALK IN THIS AREA.
UH, THESE ARE THE CHARACTER RENDERINGS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY ARE PROPOSING A BUNGALOW STYLE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE, UH, TO, TO MEET THE CHARACTER AND THE SCALE OF THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
I WILL HAVE A WRAPAROUND PORCH, AND THIS IMAGE IS SUSTAINED FROM THE INTERIOR COURTYARD.
AS I MENTIONED, THIS AREA IS DESIGNATED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE ONLY.
THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING APPROVAL OF ADDITIONAL USES.
MANY OF THESE LISTED HERE, OR MOST OF THEM, ARE ALREADY ALLOWED IN THE MAIN STREET SUB-DISTRICT.
UM, SO THESE ARE USES SUCH AS ART, GALLERY, BAKERY, RESTAURANT, RETAIL, AND OFFICE TYPE USES.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY'RE SEEKING APPROVAL FOR SPECIAL EVENTS AND FOR AN OPEN AIR MARKET SUCH AS A FARMER'S MARKET, THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION VOTED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM AT ITS AUGUST 7TH MEETING.
UH, AT THE TIME WE HAD TWO WRITTEN COMMENTS IN SUPPORT AND ONE COMMENT WITH, UH, THAT WAS NEUTRAL AND IT DID HAVE CONCERNS.
AND THOSE COMMENTS ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR STAFF REPORT.
AND FINALLY, THE CITY COUNCIL CAN TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST AS PRESENTED WITH CONDITIONS OR TO DENY THE REQUEST.
AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT AS WELL.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? MR. CHU? THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.
UH, WONDERFUL PRESENTATION QUESTION.
I KNOW THIS QUESTION, UH, CAME UP BEFORE, BUT WANNA, WANTED TO UNDERSTAND AGAIN, THOSE PARKING THAT'S OUT THERE PROPOSED.
SO THOSE ALL WILL REMAIN AS PUBLIC PARKING, NOT, NOT, UH, NOTHING WOULD BE PRIVATE PARKING, CORRECT? THIS, THIS WILL BE ALL PUBLIC.
THE, THE PARKING WILL BE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
IT WILL BE CONSIDERED PUBLIC PARKING.
UH, MEANS IN THE FUTURE IF PEOPLE COMES FOR OTHER EVENTS, OTHER THINGS, THEY CAN PARK STILL THERE.
THEY CAN, BECAUSE THE ADDITIONAL AREA THAT'S GIVEN TO THE RIGHT OF WAY, IT WOULD BE OFFICIALLY DEDICATED TO THE STREET RIGHT OF WAY.
IT WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE CITY.
OH, STREET IS RIGHT, RIGHT AWAY.
NOW I SEE ON THE LANDSCAPE YOU HAVE TREES ON THE WEST SIDE, ALSO ON TEXAS STREET.
THOSE WOULD BE PLANTED THERE BY THE, BY THIS DEVELOPMENT.
WE MAY WANNA ASK THEM THAT, THE SPECIFICS OF THAT, BECAUSE THAT IS THE DART RIGHT OF WAY.
UH, I'LL HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE STREET SCAPE ALSO TO SEE WHAT THE STREET SCAPE, UH, CALLS FOR IN THIS AREA.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT CALLS FOR ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING, SO I'LL HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT.
YEAH, I MEAN, THIS LOOKS NICE WHEN YOU PUT IT ON THE PICTURE LIKE THAT, BUT IF IT IS MISLEADING SOMETIMES IN THE FUTURE I WOULD NOT LET OWNER TO PUT ANYTHING THAT'S NOT INTENDED TO DO.
UH, I NOTICED ON THE ALLEY, UH, AREA, THERE'S CURRENTLY, THERE'S NOT AN ALLEY.
THERE IS THERE, THERE IS A REMNANT OF AN ALLEY THAT MAY NOT HAVE EVER EXISTED, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S AN AREA THAT'S OVERGROWN.
I DON'T THINK IT WAS EVER IMPROVED AS AN ALLEY, BUT IT APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN AN ALLEY THAT CONTINUED THROUGH THIS BLOCK.
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ONE TIME.SO THEY'RE JUST, WE'RE JUST GONNA REPURPOSE THAT INTO CREATING, THAT'S THEIR INTENTION.
A PORTION OF IT FOR, FOR LOADING DOCK.
IT'S, SO IT'S GONNA TERMINATE INTO THE FACILITY? IT WOULD, BECAUSE THE O THE REMNANT OF THE ALLEY IS ALL THAT YOU SEE THERE IN RED.
THAT IS THE ONLY PORTION OF THE ALLEY THAT STILL REMAINS.
I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE PROPERTY AND THE AREA.
I JUST WAS JUST, JUST DIDN'T RECALL THE, THE ALLEY RIGHT OFF THE TOP.
UM, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT TALKS ABOUT WHERE THE, WHAT, WHAT IS ALLOWED? NO MA'AM.
I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T CATCH WHAT SLIDE NUMBER WAS THAT? THAT RIGHT THERE.
SO CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND DEFINITION OF PERSONAL CARE SERVICES? SO THAT'S LIKE WHAT WOULD BE INCLUDED A BEAUTY SALON? I BELIEVE A BEAUTY SALON IS CALLED PERSONAL CARE SERVICES IN THIS CODE.
SO THAT WOULD FALL UNDER THAT.
AND HEALTH CLUB WOULD BE SPECIFICALLY A WORKOUT FACILITY? YES, WE DO HAVE HEALTH CLUB DEFINED AS WELL IN OUR CODE.
SO THAT WOULD BE SPECIFICALLY A WORKOUT FACILITY.
BUT IT, IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT BASED ON THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSED TYPE OF HEALTH CLUB.
IT'S VERY, UM, BOUTIQUEY SMALL, SMALL NUMBERS.
UH, BUT SHE CAN, YOU KNOW, BUT SHE CAN BETTER EXPLAIN THAT, THAT THAT CONCEPT.
SO I'LL, I'LL JUST WAIT FOR THE REST OF MY QUESTIONS THEN UNTIL THE APPLICANT COMES UP.
UH, DEREK, I'VE GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE YOU WERE AT JUST BEFORE THIS? UH, WHERE IT SHOULD? THAT ONE BACK.
SO I DROVE THIS YESTERDAY AND I WAS, I WAS STRUGGLING TO KIND OF ENVISION THE WIDTH OF THE CURRENT ROAD, LIKE WHAT'S CURRENTLY BLACKTOP ASPHALT.
UM, IT DOESN'T SEEM VERY WIDE THERE.
SO ARE WE SAYING THAT MAYBE YOU COULD SHOW ME WITH A POINT OR SOMETHING WHERE EXACTLY THE CURRENT BLOCK TOP OR THE ROAD IS AND HOW MUCH WIDER IS IT GONNA BE ON EITHER SIDE? 'CAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT MORE FLAT SPACE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROAD THAT WE COULD KIND OF GO INTO THAT AREA, BUT THEN THERE'S DARK THAT COMES IN PRETTY CLOSE THERE AND THEN THERE'S THE DITCH.
UM, SO CAN YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN THAT, WHERE THAT LINE IS? I WAS STRUGGLING TO KIND OF LOOK AT, LOOK AT WHAT WE WERE SENT AND KIND OF VISUALIZE THAT.
ONE OF THESE ARE GONNA BE BETTER, BUT YOU PROBABLY SEE, LET'S SEE, IT'S THE DASHED LINE.
IT'S A DASHED LINE SHOWING THE ORIGINAL.
UH, THIS ONE SHOWS IT A LITTLE BETTER.
THIS DASH LINE SHOWS THE ORIGINAL, UM, AND THE CURRENT DAY LIMITS OF THE RIGHT OF WAY.
SO THE STREET ITSELF IS PROBABLY 22 FEET WIDE.
THE 11 FOOT LANE ON EITHER SIDE.
UM, AND THEN THIS IS THE, THAT RED LINE IS THE CURRENT DATE PROPERTY LINE.
SO THE RED LINES ARE THE CURRENT ROAD? NO SIR.
WHAT WILL EVENTUALLY HAPPEN IS THAT ENTIRE CROSS SECTION FOR TEXAS AND A PORTION OF KAUFMAN WILL BE TOTALLY RECONSTRUCTED TO MEET THAT DEVELOPMENT STANDARD.
SO WHAT WE HELD CONSTANT WAS THE CENTER LINE AND WE HELD CONSTANT THE WEST RIGHT OF WAY LINE SINCE WE COULDN'T, COULDN'T ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY FROM DART.
SO WE WENT EAST WITH IT TO ACCOMMODATE THE PERPENDICULAR PARKING.
WHEN YOU DRIVE DOWN TEXAS, IT'S, IT'S NARROW AND THERE'S BAR AND THERE'S A BAR DITCH ON EITHER SIDE.
SO THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL PROMPT THE RECONSTRUCTION OF TEXAS OKAY.
OF THAT PORTION OF TEXAS IN, IN FRONT OF ITS PROPERTY.
SO BASICALLY THEY'RE GONNA ALLOW THAT EATING INTO THE CURRENT PROPERTY IN ORDER TO BUILD.
SO YOU'LL HAVE A BRAND NEW ROAD.
THE OTHER PART I I BELIEVE IS COUNCILMAN DORIAN MAY HAVE ASKED SOMEBODY ASKED ABOUT THE ALLEYWAY.
I'M STILL STRUGGLING TO FULLY BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND.
SO I KNOW THERE'S REMNANTS OF AN ALLEY AND I HAD SEEN THAT AND PERHAPS LATER, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WILL BE ADDRESSED LATER OR NOT, BUT THERE, ONE OF THE COMMENTS IN OUR PACKET FROM THE RESIDENT TO THE EAST OF THAT WAS THE DESIRE FOR PART OF THAT ALLEY.
CAN YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN THAT OR HAS THERE BEEN ANY TALKS ABOUT THAT? DO YOU KNOW MR. MAG OR YOU WANT YEAH.
SO I, I THINK THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WOULD BE DETERMINED AFTER, UH, THE DON FALL APPLICATION WAS CONSIDERED BY THE COUNCIL.
THERE ARE A VARIETY OF STRATEGIES THAT WE COULD USE, BUT
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THOSE WOULD'VE TO BE NEGOTIATED.AND I, I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE AT THAT AT THAT POINT YET.
SO LAST BUT NOT LEAST, YESTERDAY WHEN I DROVE THE AREA KIND OF, I POSTED ON A FACEBOOK AND I WAS TALKING TO A RESIDENT OUT OF SOMETHING DIFFERENT HE BROUGHT UP, HE SAID, WELL YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN SOME TALK ABOUT THE DENSITY OF THAT AREA AND YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T QUITE AS DENSE AS WE'RE GOING ELSEWHERE IN THE CORE.
I LOVE THIS PLAN, I THINK IT'S GREAT.
UM, BUT IF THIS WERE, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD OR HOWEVER LONG THAT THEY OUTGROW IT OR IT DOESN'T DO AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE EVERYBODY'S HOPING, UM, BY APPROVING THIS WE STILL HAVE WHAT IT'S CURRENTLY, WHAT'S CURRENTLY ALLOWED.
I MEAN, WE'RE NOT DOING AWAY WITH ANYTHING.
PEOPLE CAN STILL COME BACK AND I GUESS WE STILL HAVE OPTIONS FOR MORE DENSE IN THE FUTURE IF, IF SOMETHING DOESN'T QUITE PAN OUT.
ARE YOU ASKING IF THE EXISTING ZONING THAT'S IN PLACE TODAY CORRECT.
REMAINS IN ZONING AND THIS IS JUST LIKE CORRECT.
SAME ANSWER, CORRECT? YEAH, YOU ARE CORRECT.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT 'CAUSE THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, I GUESS THAT'S THE ONLY THING I HEARD FROM SOMEBODY WHO BROUGHT THIS UP IN PART OF A LARGER CONVERSATION AND UM, ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
OKAY ERICA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
THIS TIME WE ASK THE APPLICANT TO PLEASE COME FORWARD.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD.
COURTNEY GOWAN AND MY ADDRESS IS THREE 18 SOUTH EDGEFIELD, DALLAS, TEXAS.
COURTNEY GOWAN AND MY ADDRESS IS THREE 18 SOUTH EDGEFIELD, DALLAS, TEXAS, BUT NOT FOR LONG.
I'M CURRENTLY UNDER CONTRACT FOR A NEW HOME IN RICHARDSON.
WELCOME TO THE NEST WELLNESS VILLAGE, RICHARDSON'S NEWEST DESTINATION FOR WELLNESS, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY.
ENJOY A CUP OF COFFEE WHILE LETTING YOUR KIDS PLAY IN OUR COURTYARD.
SHOP YOUR FAVORITE WELLNESS BRANDS AND INVEST IN YOUR SELF-CARE.
AT OUR WELLNESS BRAND PARTNERS, A SPACE BUILT AROUND INTERGENERATIONAL WISDOM AND MOTHERHOOD.
CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY AT OUR WEEKLY CLASSES, EVENTS, AND FARMER'S MARKET.
JOIN US IN BUILDING A VIBRANT INTERGENERATIONAL COMMUNITY HERE IN RICHARDSON, THE NEST WELLNESS VILLAGE, WHERE EVERY GENERATION FIND ITS HOME.
VISIT US TODAY AND BECOME PART OF SOMETHING TRULY SPECIAL BEFORE WE GET STARTED.
DOES ANYBODY NEED A WELLNESS BREAK? STRETCH.
'CAUSE I WANT YOU SHARP FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
ANYBODY NEED TO STAND UP? GET YOUR BRAIN MOVING, GET THAT CORTEX FIRING.
OKAY, COME ON, STRETCH IT OUT.
UM, EVERYTHING THAT YOU BRING, IT'S TRULY AMAZING TO SEE, UH, THE DEDICATION THAT YOU HAVE TO THE CITY.
AND, UH, I WOKE UP WITH SO MUCH PEACE THIS MORNING BECAUSE I REALIZED THIS PROJECT ISN'T ABOUT ME.
IT'S ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE THAT WE'VE BEEN SERVING FOR 10 YEARS.
UM, SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.
I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE BEDTIMES FOR YOUR CHILDREN, UM, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE HERE.
UM, IT'S MAKES ME WANNA CRY THAT PEOPLE ARE HERE.
UM, I WANNA START WITH A QUESTION FOR YOU GUYS.
DO YOU REALIZE HOW TRULY SPECIAL YOUR CITY IS? I'VE HAD THE HONOR
I'VE HAD THE HONOR TO SEE YOUR CITY GROW FROM THE PERIPHERY FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS.
AND WHAT I'VE SEEN IS AS PEOPLE COME INTO OUR NEST IN ADDISON, ONE COMMON THING COMES UP WHENEVER THEY'RE DECIDING TO BUY A HOME OR MOVE INTO THE COMMUNITY OR EVEN HOW THEY FIND OUR OFFICE.
IT'S THAT WE MOVED INTO RICHARDSON TO RAISE A FAMILY AND TO GO TO THE SCHOOLS AND TO COME INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY FEEL SAFE, WELCOME AND THEY FEEL IS A GOOD FIT FOR THEM.
SO IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO WATCH YOUR CITY GROW OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS AND HOPEFULLY I CAN SPUR SOME GROWTH FROM THE INSIDE OUT.
COURTNEY GOWAN AND I AM THE HEART AND VISIONARY FOR, UH, THE NEST WELLNESS VILLAGE.
I'M A WEST TEXAS GIRL, FOURTH GENERATION CATTLE FARMER FROM ABILENE, TEXAS.
UM, I HAVE BEEN RUNNING A PRIVATE PRACTICE IN PRENATAL AND PEDIATRIC CHIROPRACTIC FOR 10 YEARS, CALLED FREE TO BE.
AND FOR EIGHT YEARS I'VE BEEN RUNNING A MATERNAL WELLNESS CENTER CALLED THE NEST THAT YOU'LL HEAR A LITTLE
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BIT MORE ABOUT.UM, I ALSO OWN AND OPERATE A GLOBAL TRAVEL COMPANY WHERE WE TAKE DOCTORS ALL OVER THE WORLD TO GET THEIR CONTINUED EDUCATION.
JUST GOT OFF A FLIGHT FROM SWITZERLAND TO CATCH ME AMANOS IN TWO WEEKS.
IT'S A TOUGH LIFE, SOMEBODY'S GOTTA DO IT.
UM, AND THEN I ALSO OWN AND OPERATE A NONPROFIT, UH, WHERE WE FOCUS ON PEDIATRIC RESEARCH.
UM, AND THEN I ALSO AM THE MATERNAL HEALTH EXPERT FOR GOOD MORNING TEXAS.
YOU CAN CATCH ME THERE THURSDAY MORNING THIS THURSDAY, EIGHT 15 IF YOU WANNA WATCH.
UH, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY I AM A SINGLE MOTHER TO THREE DAUGHTERS, UM, AMELIA CAPRI AND LUNA.
THEY ARE FIVE, SEVEN, AND NINE AND THEY ACTUALLY ATTEND CORAM DEO.
SO GOD HAS HAD HIS HAND IN THIS WHOLE PROJECT AND I HOPE TO SHARE YOU THE STORY, UM, AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE PROJECT.
UM, SO THIS IS THE VISION YOU GUYS, WHENEVER WE WENT TO, UH, LOOK AT REDEVELOPMENT, WE LOOKED AT RICHARDSON.
AND I WILL SKIP FORWARD AND I'LL COME BACK TO THIS SLIDE, BUT I JUST WANNA SHARE WITH YOU OUR HISTORY.
UM, FOR 10 YEARS I'VE BEEN RUNNING A MATERNAL WELLNESS CENTER.
UH, TWO YEARS INTO MY PRIVATE PRACTICE, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE OVER A THREE STORY HISTORIC, UH, VICTORIAN HOME IN ADDISON.
AND, UM, I TOOK A LEAP AND I DID IT.
AND DURING THAT TIME, WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW IS I WAS SUFFERING FROM SEVERE POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION.
AND DURING THAT TIME OF BUILDING THIS COMMUNITY AROUND ME, I WAS ABLE TO BE PULLED OUT OF THAT DEPRESSION.
AND I SAW FIRSTHAND THE POWER OF COMMUNITY AND IMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH.
AND SO THIS IS VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART AND I MADE IT A MISSION THAT NO WOMAN WOULD EVER HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT ALONE AGAIN.
SO WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT BUILDING AND EXPANDING THE NEST CURRENTLY OFFERS PRENATAL AND PEDIATRIC CHIROPRACTIC, UH, MASSAGE, ACUPUNCTURE, OZONE IVS, P PELVIC FLOOR PT, PEDIATRIC PT, HOMEOPATHY AND NUTRITION SPA SERVICES.
AND WE OFFER CLASSES AND EVENTS THAT SUPPORT FAMILIES' GROWTH AND ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION FOR NEW MOTHERS.
UM, SO WE WENT TO, UH, EXPAND THIS VISION AND, UH, WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE EXPANDING? YOU TAKE YOUR PATIENT, UH, DISTRIBUTION MAP AND UH, WE SEE ABOUT 1200 PATIENTS A MONTH.
AND WHAT I LOOKED AT THAT ASTOUNDED ME IS THAT 80% OF OUR 1200 PATIENTS RESIDE IN RICHARDSON.
SO THE ONLY LATERAL MOVE THAT MADE SENSE WAS TO TRULY START LOOKING AND ENVISIONING IN RICHARDSON.
AND WE'RE BASED IN FAMILY AND COMMUNITY.
SO AS A DOCTOR, I LIKE TO KINDA LOOK AT NUMBERS AND STATISTICS AND RESEARCH.
AND WHAT I SAW IS YOUR CITY'S INCREDIBLE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS, I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS, BUT I REALLY WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT OF ALL THE CITIES IN DALLAS, UH, YOU GUYS HAVE SOMETHING VERY SPEC SPECIAL.
SO AS I STARTED LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, YOU HAVE 45,200 HOUSEHOLDS IN RICHARDSON.
OVER 65% OF YOUR HOUSEHOLDS RESIDE WITH FAMILY.
AND, UH, WE ALL HEAR THAT PEOPLE ARE MOVING INTO THE DFW AREA AT AN ASTOUNDING RATE, CORRECT? BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE 280 BIRTHS PER DAY IN THE DFW METROPLEX? SO EVERY FAMILY IS GROWING EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOR? THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A SPACE TO RAISE THEIR FAMILY.
AND MOTHERS THAT WILL TELL YOU FIRSTHAND ARE LOOKING FOR A COMMUNITY TO SETTLE INTO.
AND THAT FEELS THAT IT BRINGS OTHER MOTHERS TOGETHER, FAMILIES TOGETHER TO TRULY, UH, SUPPORT THEIR WELLBEING.
SO WHEN WE WERE DESIGNING THE ETHOS OF THIS PROJECT, THE NUMBERS SUPPORTED IT.
OUR PATIENT DISTRIBUTION MAP SUPPORTED IT.
SO WE WENT FULL FORCE INTO DEVELOPING AND PURSUING RICHERT SIM.
SO I'M GONNA GO BACK TO THIS VISION SLIDE.
YOU HAVE THE CORE DISTRICT, AND WHAT I SEE IS POTENTIAL.
YOU'VE HAD A PLAN FOR 15 YEARS THAT NOBODY HAS MOVED ON, AND I'M READY TO MOVE ON IT.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS IS GONNA BE THE HEARTBEAT OF THAT DISTRICT.
SO KEEP THAT IN MIND WHENEVER YOU'RE LOOKING AT PARKING THING, UH, PARKING PLANS AND IDEAS AND DIFFERENT STRUCTURES AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
JUST KNOW THAT THIS IS DEVELOPING THE DISTRICT AND TO, IF WE BUILD MULTIFAMILY, BECAUSE THIS COULD BE AN AMENITY TO THAT MULTIFAMILY, IT COULD BE A DRAW FOR THESE PEOPLE SAYING, YEAH, I LIVE IN RICHARDSON AND I WALK ACROSS THE STREET AND I GET MY COFFEE AND I CAN GET MY NAILS DONE.
OR I CAN BUY MY NEW PLANT, OR I CAN GET A COFFEE FROM STAYCATION AND ENJOY AND LET MY KIDS RUN AND PLAY.
IT'S GONNA BE A DRAW TO BRING PEOPLE TO THAT CITY AND TO DOWNTOWN AND TO SPUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOUR GREATEST ASSET OF YOUR CITY IS FAMILY.
AND THIS IS WHAT THIS DEVELOPMENT SUPPORTS.
UM, YOU CAN'T PUT A DEEP EL IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR DISTRICT.
I'M NOT TELLING YOU WHAT TO DO, BUT I'M TELLING YOU WHAT I OBSERVE.
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I REALIZE THAT IF YOU CAN TAKE SOMETHING THAT IS SO PURE AND BEAUTIFUL AND BRING IT TOGETHER, YOUR CITY IS ONLY GONNA MULTIPLY.AND SO THE WHERE DID THIS INSPIRATION COME FROM? WHERE DID THIS CRAZY LADY GET ALL OF THESE IDEAS? UM, I WILL TELL YOU THAT IT CAME FROM A LOT OF TRAVELS.
UM, AND MAYBE A FEW TOO MANY TRIPS TO WACO.
UM, ANY OF YOUR WIVES DRAG YOU DOWN TO THE SILOS IN MAGNOLIA OR HUSBANDS OR ANYBODY
THEY BUILT IN A DUSTY TOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SILOS, PEOPLE FLYING FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD TO SEE THIS.
AND SO I TOOK THE INSPIRATION OF BUILDING THE COMMUNITY OF MAGNOLIA.
AND THEN HAS ANYBODY BEEN TO CABO? HAVE YOU BEEN TO FLORA FARMS?
ACTUALLY, SAM GAVE US OUR DRIVER FOR CABO.
UM, SO I LOVE THIS ORGANIC, UM, FARM DEVELOPMENT IN CABO.
IT'S CALLED FLORA FARMS. IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S ACTUALLY WHERE JENNIFER ANDERSON GOT MARRIED.
AND SO THERE WAS A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL INSPIRATION FOR THIS PROJECT.
THE FINE DETAILS THAT TOUCHES THE LANDSCAPE, THE ARCHITECTURE, UH, THAT WE'LL TAKE FROM THAT.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, UH, A EUROPEAN PIAZZA.
SO WHENEVER YOU GO TO EUROPE, ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS IS GO TO THE SMALL WELLNESS V OR TO THE SMALL VILLAGES.
AND WHAT DO YOU SEE? YOU SEE GRANDPARENTS SITTING DOWN MAYBE ENJOYING A GLASS OF WINE, MAYBE READING A BOOK.
YOU SEE KIDS PLAYING SOCCER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.
YOU SEE A INTERGENERATIONAL LIFESTYLE THAT IS BEING CELEBRATED AND IT'S BEEN THERE FOR TRADITIONS.
SO THIS WAS A HUGE INSPIRATION WHENEVER DESIGNING THIS PROJECT.
SO WHAT ARE OUR CORE VALUES? OBVIOUSLY FAMILY, WE ALIGN IN THAT RICHARDSON, THE FAMILY CORE VALUE IS ALIGNED.
WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF HAVING A DOCTOR BE YOUR DEVELOPER? DID YOU KNOW THAT A NEWBORN TAKES IN TWICE AS MUCH OXYGEN AS A NORMAL ADULT? SO WHATEVER ENVIRONMENTS THAT WE'RE BRINGING OUR NEWBORN BABIES INTO ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTING THEIR HEALTH FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.
AND SO THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE BUILT WITH WELLNESS AS ITS FOUNDATION, WATER, LIGHTING, UM, AIR PURIFICATION, EVERYTHING.
THEY'LL BE IN ALIGNMENT AND CONGRUENT IN SETTING THE STANDARD FOR WELLNESS, EXPERIENTIAL RETAIL DEVELOPMENT.
UM, MOTHERHOOD AND FATHERHOOD WILL BE CELEBRATED.
UH, WE WANNA CELEBRATE ENTIRE FAMILIES.
UM, BUT WE DO WANT TO SUPPORT MOTHERS 'CAUSE THEY DO MAKE A LOT OF OUR FINANCIAL DECISIONS IN THE HOUSEHOLD.
IF YOUR WIFE LIKES TO SHOP A LOT.
AND THEN THEY ALSO MAKE A LOT OF THE MEDICAL CHOICES IN THE HOUSEHOLD.
IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE STUDIES AND, UH, ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THIS IS THE SOUL OF THE PROJECT IS IT'S INTERGENERATIONAL.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS THAT THE NONPROFIT THAT I OWN IS GONNA BRING TOGETHER ACTIVE SENIORS AND PAIR THEM AND HAVE THEM BE TOGETHER WITH NEW MOTHERS AND NEWBORNS.
THEY TOOK A NURSING HOME IN SEATTLE AND THEY PUT A DAYCARE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED? BOTH IMPROVED THE SENIORS, THEIR MIND, THEIR MENTAL HEALTH, THEIR DEPRESSION.
AND THEN THE CHILDREN, WHAT HAPPENED? THEY WERE MORE ENGAGED BECAUSE THE SENIORS WERE WITH THEM.
THEY REALIZED THAT TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.
AND SO WHENEVER YOU PAIR THOSE TWO TOGETHER, THERE'S SOMETHING REALLY BEAUTIFUL THAT HAPPENED.
NOW I'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK ON PROJECTS ALL ACROSS THE US THAT ARE PUTTING SENIOR CENTERS AND COLLEGE CAMPUSES.
AND DID YOU KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS? THERE WAS NO CURATED PROGRAMS THAT YOU COULD BRING THESE TWO SEASONS TOGETHER.
AND SO WHAT DOES THE NEST DO? IT BRINGS IN THESE TWO GENERATIONS TOGETHER AND IT INTEGRATES AND WEAVES.
SO WE DO HAVE A CLASSROOM SPACE WHERE ELDERS CAN SHARE THEIR WISDOM WITH NEW MOTHERS.
THEY CAN SHARE THEIR WISDOM BECAUSE OF THE 1200 PATIENTS THAT WE SEE EVERY SINGLE MONTH, GUESS WHAT? I GET A LOT OF FEEDBACK.
AND I HAVE A LIVING LABORATORY OF WHAT MOTHERS NEED AND THE TRENDS THAT ARE GOING.
AND I TELL YOU THAT A LOT OF OUR WOMEN ARE MAKING SOURDOUGH.
A LOT OF THEM ARE MAKING KOMBUCHA.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU, THERE IS A TREND TO LIVE A MORE NATURAL LIFESTYLE.
AND THEN THAT IS WHAT WE'RE SUPPORTING AND CELEBRATING.
AND WE'RE ALSO HONORING THE WISDOM THAT THE ELDERS HOLD.
SO COME WITH ME ON THE VISION OF THE EXPERIENCE OF THE NEST AS YOU COME IN.
THE 4,000 SQUARE FOOT MAIN BUILDING, UH, HAS A BEAUTIFUL COFFEE SHOP.
WE ARE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH STAYCATION AND WE WOULD LOVE THEM TO BE WITH US 'CAUSE THEY HONOR OUR HEART, UM, AND VISION FOR SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY AND MOTHERHOOD.
AND, UM, AS THEY COME IN HERE.
SO AS YOU WALK THROUGH HERE, UH, YOU HAVE A RETAIL SPACE STAYCATION, AND YOU WALK OUT INTO THE BACK PORCH AND YOU SEE A BIG OPEN TURF.
UH, WE'LL TELL YOU AS A MOTHER OF YOUNG DAUGHTERS THAT IT IS A LITTLE BIT STRESSFUL IF YOUR KIDS ARE RUNNING AROUND AND THERE'S NO GATES OR NO FENCES.
SO THIS WILL BE COMPLETELY SECURE TO ALLOW A MOTHER JUST TO
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SIT, COMMUTE WITH OTHER MOTHERS AND ALLOW THEIR CHILDREN TO ENJOY AND HAVE FUN.AND IT'S A TRUE PLACE FOR MOMS TO COME TOGETHER.
UM, SO AS YOU WALK OUT INTO THESE, YOU'LL GUIDE THROUGH THE SIX BUNGALOWS.
EACH OF THEM ARE 2000 SQUARE FEET DIVIDED INTO A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.
YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MAKES ME EXCITED ABOUT IS THAT THIS FILLS A VOID FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO INFLUX INTO RICHARDSON, OR IT GIVES RICHARDSON LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT ALIGN WITH OUR VALUES TO COME IN AND BE SUPPORTED IN AN ECOSYSTEM.
I'VE SEEN THIS FIRSTHAND BY MY INITIAL OFFICE WAS A 500 SQUARE FOOT BASEMENT OF A HOUSE THAT FLOODED TWICE.
AND THEN AS I KIND OF CREATED THIS WHOLE ECOSYSTEM OF BUSINESSES, MY MY PERSONAL BUSINESS TO NEXT.
AND SO IT IS OUR MISSION TO BRING IN SMALL BUSINESSES AND ALLOW THEM TO BE SUPPORTED IN A SPACE WHERE THEY CAN GROW, THRIVE, AND DEVELOP.
AND THEY ALL HAVE UNDERLYING CORE VALUES OF WELLNESS AND COMMUNITY.
AND THEN THE COMMUNITY GARDEN AS YOU WALK THROUGH, UM, AND YOU GO TO THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY, UH, WE WANNA HONOR THE KINDER'S VISION OF BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE, I THINK THEY SAID THE FIREFLIES, LIKE, IT'S LIKE A REALLY BEAUTIFUL FAMILY LEGACY, UM, THAT WE WANNA HONOR AS WELL.
AND EVEN IN THE GARDEN AFTER THEN, THE KINDERGARTEN WAS VERY SWEET
UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANT TO REALLY CREATE A SPACE, UM, WHERE YOU CAN GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY AND INCREASE.
YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU INCREASE YOUR MENTAL HEALTH WHENEVER YOU PUT YOUR HANDS IN DIRT.
I KNEW THAT AS A RANCHER AND A FARMER AS A YOUNG AGE, BUT NOW I SEE IT IN OUR MOTHERS.
SAY, HEY, GET OUTSIDE, GET BAREFOOT.
LET YOUR HANDS TOUCH SOME DIRT.
UM, SO THIS WILL BE A SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO COME AND GROW SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.
UM, SO THE PLAN, I'VE CONSTRUCTED A TEAM THAT I REALLY DO FEEL LIKE IS THE BEST TEAM, UH, FOR THIS PROJECT.
I HAVE DAVID HARRELL THAT, UH, WE ALIGNED ON A LOT OF VISIONS AND HE'S BEEN DEVELOPING RICHARDSON FOR 15 YEARS.
AND I THOUGHT HE WAS A SOLID PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS.
I HAVE A RICHARDSON BASED ARCHITECT, UH, SCOTT MERRICK.
AND HE HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE IN ALIGNING THE VISION AND MAKING IT COME TO LIFE GO EASY ON HIM ON THE PLANS.
HE'S BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD ON THESE
UM, AND THEN THE MOST EXCITING PART IS THAT SOMEBODY CAUGHT THIS VISION AND IT HIT HIM IN THE HEART.
AND WE ARE FULLY FUNDED THROUGH A PRIVATE INVESTOR.
SO YOU APPROVE THIS AND LET'S BREAK SOME GROUND AND LET'S START BU BUILDING DOWNTOWN RICHARDSON AND SPRING OF DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BEEN NEEDED FOR 15 YEARS.
THE ECOSYSTEM THAT WE HAVE, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU JUST FOR A BRIEF MOMENT BEFORE YOU HAVE SOME TIME FOR SOME QUESTIONS.
UM, THEY'RE COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT ALIGN AND, UH, THEY ALL COME TOGETHER IN A BEAUTIFUL VISION.
EACH BUNGALOW WILL HAVE A THEME.
UH, THESE ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE IF THEY NEED TO, BUT THIS IS JUST ME PUTTING IDEAS DOWN.
BEAUTY HOUSE, GREENHOUSE, WELL HOUSE, HEALING HOUSE, THERAPY HOUSE, AND A PLAYHOUSE.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, EACH OF THESE WILL COME TOGETHER AND BRING BUSINESSES TOGETHER THAT ALIGN AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER, AND THEN ALSO SUPPORT THE ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM OF BUSINESS.
AND I WILL TELL YOU, WE ARE IN TALKS WITH MANY BUSINESSES THAT ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THIS PROJECT.
AND WE EXPECT TO BE FULLY LEASED BY THE END OF OCTOBER.
SO MOVING IN PRE-LEASE BEFORE, UH, CONSTRUCTION BEGINS, WE HAVE, WE'LL HAVE AN EVENT SPACE.
UM, THIS IS NOT A HEALTH CLUB, BUT IT IS A SPACE FOR US TO COME TO TOGETHER AND HAVE YOGA CLASSES, MAYBE SENIOR FITNESS CLASSES.
UM, MOM'S GROUP, RICHARDSON MOM'S GROUP HAS BEEN A HUGE, UH, BLESSING TO US.
SO WE WANT TO BE, HAVE A SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER.
NO, WE'RE NOT HOSTING WEDDINGS.
NO, WE'RE NOT HOSTING BIG, UH, BASHES THAT WILL GO ON.
UM, OUR HOURS WILL HONOR THE FAMILY HOURS.
UH, WE ARE ALCOHOL FREE ESTABLISHMENT AND FOCUSED ON WELLNESS.
AND SO WE'LL FOLLOW THE RHYTHMS OF 8:00 AM TO 8:00 PM FOLLOW RESIDENTIAL LIGHTING CODES.
SO IT FEELS LIKE A TRUE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, UM, AS YOU MOVE IN.
BUT YOU'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE THAT RETAIL EXPERIENCE, UH, COMMUNITY EVENTS.
I WANNA CREATE THIS CITY TO BE AN INCREDIBLE SPACE FOR FAMILIES TO MOVE INTO.
AND THEY SAY, I WANNA MOVE INTO RICHARDSON BECAUSE OF THE NEST WELLNESS VILLAGE, BECAUSE THAT'S A PLACE THAT IS EASY FOR ME TO GET TO, FOR ME TO COME, HAVE MY KIDS HAVE SOME COFFEE, GET MY PEDICURE, MANICURE, WHATEVER IT IS.
UM, BUT THERE ARE ALSO SOME AMAZING COMMUNITY EVENTS.
SO FARMER'S MARKET WILL LIMIT IT TO 15 VENDORS INSIDE THE COURTYARD.
UM, SO A SPACE EVERY SATURDAY FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND ENJOY IN THE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT, UM, OUTDOOR YOGA CLASSES.
LOOK AT, THEY OFFER FREE YOGA CLASSES.
THE COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER, THEY MOVE, THEY CELEBRATE WELLNESS.
UM, I'VE ALSO BEEN TEACHING YOGA FOR 15 YEARS.
IT'S A BIG PART OF MY ECOSYSTEM AS WELL.
UH, SENIOR LED WORKSHOPS WHERE SENIORS CAN COME IN AND THEY CAN SHARE THEIR WISDOM AS WE SPOKE ABOUT MOM'S GROUP MEETUPS AND EVEN, UH, FAMILY MOVIE NIGHTS.
SO, RICHARDSON, I INVITE YOU, LET'S PARTNER AND LET'S BUILD SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL TOGETHER.
NOW I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, SO I'M GONNA HAVE MY TEAM SUPPORT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
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YOU, DR.THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I, I, I REALLY LOVE THE CONCEPT AND I THINK IT'S, UH, IT'S INTERESTING AND I THINK THE, UH, THE GENERAL LAYOUT OF THE DESIGN I THINK IS ALSO INTERESTING.
BUT I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, UH, JUST TO GET, JUST TO GET SOME CLARITY.
UM, ONE STAYCATION CURRENTLY ON THE CORNER, WILL IT NOW MOVE INTO THE MAIN HOUSE OR THE, WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE THEM TO BE, AND I WILL SAY THAT THEY ARE A LITMUS TEST TO WHAT YOUR DOWNTOWN IS CAPABLE OF.
YOU GO THERE ANY SATURDAY MORNING, YOU SEE 10, 20, 30 MOMS AND THEIR CHILDREN OUT THERE.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN WE CHOSE RICHARDSON, WAS IT LOOK WHAT STAYCATIONS ALREADY DONE.
AND SO WE, NICOLE AND I HAVE SAT DOWN AND WE'VE TALKED AND CHATTED, AND UH, WE, I, I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING TILL THE CONTRACT IS SIGNED AND MONEY'S IN THE BANK
AND SO
UH, BUT I ALSO WANT TO HONOR EVERYBODY'S VISION.
SO YES, SO STAYCATION WILL REMAIN IN.
IT'S, UH, I MEAN, THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE OUT OF THEIR LOCATION AND MOVE INTO THIS LOCATION IF THAT'S THE PLAN.
SO THAT'S OUR VISION AND OUR DREAM, AND WE'RE GONNA DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO TOGETHER.
BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT BASICALLY TO TRY TO GET THERE? YES.
WE DON'T HAVE SIGNED COMMITMENTS OR LEASES YET.
UH, BUT WE DO, UM, HEAVILY SEE STAYCATION AS A BIG ANCHOR TENANT FOR US.
I WOULD ALMOST FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A COFFEE ESTABLISHMENT IN THE FACILITY MM-HMM.
I COMPLETELY, I NEVER WANNA COMPETE.
UM, AND I THINK IT ALSO SOLVES A PROBLEM TOO, BECAUSE IF WE ARE GONNA MOVE FORWARD IN DEVELOPMENT AND CREATE MULTIFAMILY IN THAT AREA, STAYCATION NEEDS A NEW HOME ANYWAYS.
WELL, AND ON THE PLAN, AND I HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT.
DID DID IT INCLUDE THE HOUSE, THE STAYCATION? WHERE STAYCATION IS LOCATED NOW? IT'S ACROSS THE PARKING LOT, SO THAT WILL JUST OKAY.
UH, 'CAUSE THERE IS A PARKING LOT THERE.
I JUST WANT TO JUST AREA A VERY LARGE PARKING LOT.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WHAT THE FUTURE WAS FOR THAT HOME.
UM, YOU ALSO MENTIONED THE FARMER'S MARKET AND, AND THERE'S, YOU SAID THEY'RE, I THINK IT'S, I READ 15 VENDORS.
UM, WHERE ARE THOSE VENDORS COMING FROM? MM-HMM.
ARE THEY JUST, ARE THEY LOCAL OR JUST COMING FROM AROUND? YEAH, SO IN OUR NEST CURRENTLY WE SELL THINGS LIKE ELDERBERRY, LOCAL HONEY, UH, LITTLE BOUTIQUE STORES THAT OUR MOMS HAVE JUST AS A SIDE, UH, GIG THAT MAYBE THEY ENGRAVE THINGS, UH, CREATE BALLOON ARCHES, JUST DIFFERENT THINGS THAT MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO AT LEASE A RETAIL SPACE, BUT THEY STILL WANNA BE SUPPORTED BY THE COMMUNITY AND THEIR SMALL BUSINESS.
AND SO THAT GIVES THOSE SMALL, SMALL BUSINESSES THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND BE A PART OF OUR ECOSYSTEM AS WE SUPPORT THEM AS WELL.
WELL, SO THEY'LL COME IN AND JUST SET UP SHOP LIKE MM-HMM.
AND WE'LL HAVE IT VERY CURATED.
UM, I LIKE THINGS TO BE BEAUTIFUL, AND SO THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE PROVIDE, UH, THE SUNSHADE TENTS THAT ALL LOOK SIMILAR, THE TABLES THAT ALL LOOK SIMILAR.
AND SO YOU WALK INTO THIS LOOKS LIKE A GARDEN PARTY, A BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE.
I THINK WE HAVE ONE FARMER'S MARKET AT RICHARDSON ON, ON THE CAMPBELL SITE, WHICH IS I THINK OPEN ON THE WEEKENDS ONLY, WHICH IS GREAT.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S ON CAMPBELL OR, UH MM-HMM.
IT IS ON CAMPBELL, ISN'T IT? GO AHEAD.
SO, UH, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN.
UM, YOU ALSO MENTIONED, UH, THE LEASES FOR OCTOBER.
UM, DO YOU, YOU SAID THAT YOU'RE ALREADY GONNA HAVE THOSE, UH, PROCURED.
BOTH PRIOR TO, PRIOR TO STARTING OR BREAKING GROUND.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE EVERYTHING PRE-LEASED BEFORE WE BREAK GROUND, SO WE CAN TAKE IN, UM, TO CONTEXT WHAT OUR TENANTS NEED AND TAKE IN THEIR FEEDBACK.
AND WHAT TYPE OF TENANTS ARE THERE? UM, SO AS WE GO THROUGH, WE WILL KEEP OUR ADDISON LOCATION AS A BOUTIQUE LOCATION.
UM, THOSE ARE WELLNESS BASED BUSINESSES THAT WE'VE CURATED THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR EIGHT YEARS WITH US.
AND THEN OUR NEW TENANTS WILL BE, UH, FOCUSED ON THESE THEMES OF THE BUNGALOWS.
SO BEAUTY HOUSE, UM, I CAN'T NAME ANY NAMES, UH, JUST FOR, UM, DISCRETION AND, UH, THINK OF GETTING MAYBE A BLOWOUT AND A PEDICURE, UH, GREENHOUSE.
UH, THINK OF SOMETHING WHERE YOU, UM, WANNA GO BUY A NEW PLANT AND MAYBE A NEW POTTERY.
UM, AND MAYBE SOMEBODY THAT WILL OFFER POTTERY CLASSES, UM, TO THAT AND THEN A WELL HOUSE.
AND SO, UM, WHERE YOU CAN GO IN AND YOU CAN GET, UM, OZONE IV, UH, ANY TYPE OF WELLNESS BASED SERVICE,
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UH, THAT COMES IN THERE IN A NATURAL BEAUTY STORE, UH, REST HOUSE.UM, SO THINK MASSAGE THERAPY AND SELF-CARE BUSINESSES IN THIS HOUSE, THERAPY HOUSE FOCUSED ON MENTAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL THERAPY, SPECIFICALLY PELVIC FLOOR, PHYSICAL THERAPY, UH, PLAYHOUSE, THINK OF PEDIATRIC DENTIST AND PEDIATRICIANS.
UM, AND THEN THE GARDEN WILL OBVIOUSLY BE OPEN TO ALL.
AND I KNOW THERE'S AOP GENERALLY PART OF OUR, OUR MAIN DISCUSSION.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK ABSOLUTELY IN FRONT.
I KNOW WE'RE LITERALLY LOOKING AT THIS FROM A ZONING STANDPOINT, BUT, MM-HMM.
UM, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR RIGHT NOW.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND THINK, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING RESEARCHING AS THANK YOU FOR STAYING LATE,
NO, THIS IS, THIS IS, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE ALL THINK THAT RICHARDSON IS, UH, AN AMAZING PLACE.
I'M GLAD THAT YOU JOINED THE TEAM THERE.
SO, UH, BUT, UH, SOME QUESTION, UH, I'M GONNA GO A LITTLE BACKWARD.
YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE EXPECTING THIS THING TO BE LIST BY PRE-RELEASED BY OCTOBER, UH, OF THIS YEAR.
SO THIS IS NOW THIS AUGUST MM-HMM.
UH, AND, UH, I'M SURE THAT PROBABLY YOU HAVE DISCUSSED THIS THING WITH YOUR POTENTIAL LACEY AND CORRECT.
THEY PROBABLY KNOW THE RATE AND ALL THIS.
THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE A RECORD.
I KNOW IT SOUNDS SHOCKING, UH, BUT I HAVE, UH, HAD A DECADE LONG OF EXPERIENCE IN THE WELLNESS SPACE IN DALLAS.
AND, UM, I HAVE SOME GREAT PEOPLE THAT HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS.
AND THIS STARTED AS A DREAM ON A NAPKIN TWO YEARS AGO.
AND SO I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR TWO YEARS AND IT'S MADE, UM, QUITE A FEW BUSINESSES VERY EXCITED.
SO, NO, THAT'S REALLY AWESOME.
IF YOU CAN LEASE THIS PRE-LEASE THIS THING IN A TWO MONTHS, UH, THEN THAT WOULD BE A RECORD.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO SEE WHAT YOUR SECRET OR DOING.
SO, UH, NOW I'M GONNA GO TO MY ORIGINAL QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, THIS AREA, YOU KNOW, THIS IS LIKE, YOU SAW THAT ONE OF THE REQUIREMENT WAS LIKE 50% RESIDENTIAL MIXED USED.
SO MOST LIKELY YOUR NEXT DOOR, THE EAST SIDE, SOME PROPERTY THAT YOU HAVE, THOSE COULD BE IN THE FUTURE, MULTI-STORY, MULTIFAMILY, MIXED USE.
UH, TOTALLY DIFFERENT STRUCTURE THAN WHAT YOU HAVE THE SHAPE IT COULD BE PARTICULARLY MM-HMM.
SO, AND YOUR COMMUNITY GARDEN WOULD BE FACING THAT BUILDING.
AND I WILL ALWAYS SAY, WE'LL HONOR THE KINDER'S LEGACY.
THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR 81 YEARS, UM, AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM.
BUT AS THE DEVELOPMENT GROWS IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY, UM, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAYBE EVEN WORK WITH THE ARCHITECT AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE BUILDING.
LET'S MAKE IT ALL BEAUTIFUL AND ALL SYNERGISTIC TO WHERE WHEN YOU WALK INTO RICHARDSON DOWNTOWN.
SO YOU WALK INTO MAGNOLIA, YOU'RE LIKE, WOW, THIS IS LIKE A COMMUNITY AND A SPACE THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.
AND SO, UM, I WOULD LOVE TO WORK IN SYNERGY WITH DEVELOPERS TO CREATE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.
THIS IS LITTLE BIT TRICKY, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SAID BEAUTIFUL, IT'S ALL LIKE SO RELATIVE, YOU KNOW,
BECAUSE YOU ARE, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE PROFICIENT.
THAT'S WHY I'M TELLING YOU THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THIS THING MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE.
SO YOU THINK CERTAIN THINGS BEAUTIFUL.
SOMEBODY ELSE THINK THAT, OKAY, THIS IS CUTE, BUT THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.
SO, AND OF COURSE, CUTE AND BEAUTIFUL, EVEN THOUGH ENGLISH, IT'S TOO MANY.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S OVERALL VISION IS DEFINITELY, WE'RE LOOKING AT MORE DENSE INTO THAT AREA, OF COURSE.
UH, AND IF THIS WAS PART OF A BIGGER PROGRAM, BIGGER PRO PROJECT, IF THIS WOULD BE THERE, AND THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER 300 UNITS, MULTI STORY BUILDING NEXT DOOR TOGETHER, IT'S LIKE ONE DEVELOPMENT.
YOU WOULD NOT EVEN HAVE TO COME BACK FOR, YOU KNOW, UH, TO GET THIS, UH, SPECIAL PERMIT OR ZONING CHANGE BECAUSE MM-HMM.
AND I WILL SAY I SAT DOWN WITH THE DEVELOPER OF BISHOP ARTS AND WE WERE CHATTING, AND HE SAID ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS, UM, THAT WE DID THAT WAS A WIN FOR US, IS WE CREATED AMENITY FREE APARTMENTS BECAUSE WE BUILT IN OUR AMENITIES INTO OUR CITY.
AND SO THAT MADE ME THINKING IS WHENEVER YOU'RE BUILDING MULTI-FAMILY, IF YOU CAN CREATE THE AMENITIES THAT ARE RIGHT OUTSIDE YOUR DOORSTEP, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO ANYWHERE, YOU CAN SAVE THAT DEVELOPER QUITE A BIT OF MONEY.
AND SO IF WE CAN BUILD AMENITIES INTO THE CITY THAT CAN BE BUILT AROUND, UH, I THINK THAT'S A BIG WIN.
I MEAN, IF THAT'S WHAT I'M TELLING, THAT IF IT WAS LIKE ONE PACKAGE, IF, IF WE KNEW THE FUTURE, HOW THAT'S GONNA SHAPE UP.
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BRAINER.WE'RE JUST COMING UP WITH DECISION QUICKLY.
BUT WE'RE GOING LIKE LITTLE BIT BACKWARDS SOMETIMES.
AND THAT'S WHAT MAKE THINGS CHALLENGING.
WHEN WE WORK HERE TOGETHER, WE DO LOTS OF RESEARCH.
I HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING BACKDOOR DECISION, DISCUSSION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, END OF THE DAY, COUNCIL COMES, COUNCIL MOVES OUT, VISION STAYS, OUR CITY STAYS ALWAYS.
WE ALL LOVE OUR CITY AND WE WANT THIS THING TO HAPPEN SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.
SO, SO IF SOMEBODY THINK ABOUT OTHER WAY, THEY NEED TO DO REALLY A THOROUGH RESEARCH.
WHEN YOU GOOGLE SOMETHING, DON'T PUT JUST PARTIAL WORD.
AND ASSUMING THAT THAT WILL POP UP YOUR RIGHT ANSWER, OF COURSE, IT'LL TOTALLY MISLEAD YOU IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
SO I'M SURE MANY OF YOU, OR AT LEAST ONE OR TWO OF YOU PROBABLY HAVE SEEN THAT YOU GOT ANSWERED.
THAT'S A TOTALLY WRONG ASSUMPTION.
SO, SO YOU ALL, YOU KNOW, WE ALL, YOU KNOW, THE VISION THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE IN THE, YOU KNOW, BY THE PAST COUNCIL, I, I THINK PRETTY MUCH IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS THERE BECAUSE OF PEOPLE'S, YOU KNOW, DREAM.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT DREAM COME TRUE.
AND, UH, SO IF YOU THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, NEXT DOOR TO YOU, HAVING ANOTHER MULTI-STORY IS NOT GOING TO BE AN ISSUE.
YOUR PIECE IS, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE JUST THINKING THAT THIS IS GONNA BE AN AMENITY FOR THE MULTI-FAMILY OR MAYBE TOWN HOMES.
UH, AND BY THE WAY, THE SOUTH SIDE OF YOUR PROPOSED PROPERTY, I MEAN DEVELOPMENT, I DON'T THINK THAT'S, UH, MULTIFAMILY.
THAT'S, UH, THAT'S NOT APARTMENT.
THAT'S UH, I THINK THAT'S TOWN HOMES, RIGHT? YEAH.
DO YOU STAY IN SOUTH OF THIS PROPERTY? YEAH.
THOSE ARE SOUTH IS SOUTH IS MULTIFAMILY.
SO IS THAT THAT NEW ONE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? YEAH.
NO, THAT'S TO THE EAST, UH, MAYOR PRO TIM OHS TO THE EAST ON KAUFMAN.
IT'S THE BROWN, THE BROWNSTONE DEVELOPMENT EAST SOUTH CORNER.
THE BROWNSTONE DEVELOPMENT IS ON THE EAST SOUTH.
I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS BOTH OF THOSE.
AND IF, WHENEVER THAT DOES HAPPEN, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ME 250 MORE CUSTOMERS TO THE NEXT
AND THEN THE APARTMENTS WOULD BE A BEAUTIFUL ADDITION TO THE CONCEPT, UH, FOR ACTIVE SENIOR LIVING.
IT COULD BE NOT JUST SENIOR LIVING.
IT COULD BE SOMEONE COULD BE LIVING YOUNGER.
SO, UH, NOW I HAVE FEW, COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL WAIT.
UNTIL SOMEBODY ASK ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
UM, A FEW QUESTIONS, UM, UM, FOR YOU, UM, NUMBER ONE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE CLASSICALLY TRAINED AS A CHIROPRACTOR, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.
UM, CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHO ALL IS ON YOUR STAFF? THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE A PART OF YOUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF FOR THIS ORGANIZATION? YES.
SO FREE TWO B IS A SEPARATE ENTITY.
WE WOULD KEEP OUR LOCATION IN ADDISON.
I WAS A PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY, AND I'M CURRENTLY A CLINIC BASED INTERN DOCTOR FOR THE UNIVERSITY PARKER UNIVERSITY HERE IN DALLAS.
AND SO WE TRAIN STUDENTS AND WE ALLOW THEM TO COME SHADOW.
AND I ALSO HOST SEMINARS, UH, FOR DOCTORS NATIONALLY AND GLOBALLY.
UM, SO WE ARE ABLE TO UTILIZE A SPACE, UM, TO COME IN AND TEACH OUR DOCTORS AS WELL.
I SAY THAT ALL BECAUSE, UM, WE WILL HAVE CHIROPRACTORS, UM, THAT WILL BE WORKING IN THE NEST, AND WE'LL HAVE A SEPARATE ENTITY, UH, CHIROPRACTIC BUSINESS IN THE NEST DEVELOPMENT AND THE WELLNESS VILLAGE.
AS WE GROW INTO THE NEST, WE'LL HAVE A OPERATIONS TEAM HEADED BY HANNAH FELIZ, UM, WHO'S GOING TO BE RUNNING OPERATIONS.
WE'LL HAVE SUPPORT STAFF, WE'LL HAVE INTERNS, UM, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE, UM, ANYBODY ELSE THAT WE SEE FIT THAT NEEDS TO BE RUNNING AND SUPPORTING RETAIL, COFFEE, UM, AND ALL THE OTHER BUSINESSES FOR SUPPORT.
CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND, UM, THE PRENATAL COMPONENT OF THIS MM-HMM.
WHAT, WHAT IS, WHAT IS ENVISIONED FOR THAT? I THINK A BIG PART, UH, THIS HEART AND VISION WAS ME PERSONALLY, UM, TO BUILD SOMETHING AROUND MOTHERHOOD.
UM, MOTHERHOOD IS SOMETHING THAT TRANSCENDS EVERY SINGLE CULTURE.
EVERYBODY COMES FROM MOTHER, EVERYBODY CELEBRATES A MOTHER AND A LOT OF US HONOR OUR MOTHERS.
UM, SO THE PRENATAL CONCEPT IS WHERE THIS WAS BIRTHED.
UM, I WAS ABLE TO WORK ON HIGH LEVEL PROJECTS WITH HARVARD.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE SAW IS THAT THERE'S A MATERNAL HEALTH CRISIS IN THE UNITED STATES HAPPENING.
SO ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACES IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD TO GIVE BIRTH.
WE HAVE THE HIGHEST MATERNAL MORTALITY
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RATE, AND THERE'S A TRUE GLOBAL CRI UNITED STATES CRISIS AND MATERNAL HEALTH.AND SO WHENEVER I GOT TO SEE HIGH LEVEL WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR MATERNAL HEALTH STATUS, I KNEW THAT WE COULD CREATE CHANGE.
UM, I SAY WE CREATE CHANGE ONE MOTHER AT A TIME, ONE VISION AT A TIME, UH, ONE CHILD AT A TIME.
UH, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS AT A 10,000 FOOT VIEW, YOU SEE THAT MOTHERS, WHEN YOU HEAL THE MOTHER, YOU HEAL THE WORLD BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE ALL COME FROM.
AND THAT'S THE SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE.
UH, WE DON'T LEAVE OUT THE DADS
UM, I AM A SINGLE MOTHER, SO THAT IS, I OPERATE IN MY, THAT'S MY LENS AND MY REALITY.
UH, BUT WE DO SUPPORT THE FULL COMMUNITY, UM, THE CHOICE AND ALSO FATHERS IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
SO, UH, PRENATAL WAS JUST THE FOUNDATION AND THE INSPIRATION FOR THE CONCEPT.
SO, SO WHAT EXACT SERVICES UNDER THE, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF PRENATAL WOULD YOU SPECIFICALLY OFFER HERE? I THINK THEY COULD OFFER ALL OF THEM.
UM, SO I DESIGNED THIS CONCEPT ON SOMETHING THAT, HEY, IF I CAME ON A SATURDAY MORNING, WHAT WOULD I WANT TO DO? I WOULD WANT MY KIDS TO BE ABLE TO RUN AROUND.
I'D EITHER WANNA GET ADJUSTED A MASSAGE, A SPACE FOR ME TO TAKE SOME SELF-CARE, UH, GRAB A COFFEE, UH, MAYBE HAVE A TACO, AND THEN BE ABLE TO SIT AND COMMUTE WITH OTHER WOMEN.
SO, YES, I SAW THAT FACE
AND SO IF YOU SEE ANYTHING LIKE TACO DELI, HOLY KOMBUCHA, UH, TRIBAL, YOU SEE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES, UM, THEY CREATE A KIOSK THAT ALLOWS A FOOD COMPONENT THAT IS SUPPORTING THEIR BUSINESS AS WELL.
UH, THAT'S WHERE THE TACO, I'M, I'M HUNGRY TOO.
I'M SORRY,
BUT, UM, IT WAS, UH, SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN ALL COME AND ENJOY A SERVICE OF THEIR LIKING AND WILL SUPPORT ALL PRENATAL.
SO THAT'S NOT THE CLASSICAL DEFINITION OF PRENATAL.
I'M, I'M, I'M TRYING TO DRIVE DOWN EXACTLY.
FROM A PRENATAL WOMAN WALKS IN, IS PREGNANT.
IS THERE, IS IT AS FAR AS THE, THE CLASSICAL PRENATAL CARE? OH, I'M SORRY.
NO, WE DO NOT HAVE OBGYNS ON STAFF NOR MIDWIVES.
UH, SO THEY WOULD NOT BE GETTING, I'M SORRY.
UM, THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING.
I'M CLEAR THAT, BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAY THE WORD PRENATAL, I, THAT TAKES IN A WHOLE DIFFERENT, THAT TAKES IN A WHOLE DIFFERENT WORLD THAN THE MEDICAL LENS OF PRENATAL IS YOU COME IN, UH, FOR YOUR CHECKS, YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE, YOUR GLUCOSE TEST.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE FIT TO OFFER.
UH, THIS IS TRULY A RETAIL EXPERIENCE INSPIRED BY MOTHERS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
I'M JUST TRYING TO, TO UNDERSTANDS, UNDERSTAND THAT.
UM, AND THEN UNDER THE PEDIATRIC HEALTHCARE BUS BUSINESS, UM, CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND, WHEN YOU SAY BOUTIQUE AND HOLISTIC, AND THEN YOU MENTIONED PEDIATRICIANS, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AGAIN MM-HMM,
UM, SO OFTENTIMES IN, IN OTHER, OTHER, UM, COMMUNITIES I'VE LIVED IN, UM, THERE HAS BEEN, NOT THIS, BUT MM-HMM.
AND IT'S BEEN VERY ANTI-VACCINATION.
AND SO, UH, I'M, THAT'S MY VERY SPECIFIC QUESTION IS, IS IF A, IF A PEDIATRICIAN OR, UM, SOME OTHER BUSINESS COMES INTO HERE AND OFFERED PEDIATRIC SERVICES AND SAY THEY HAD A PEDIATRIC CLINIC, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WOULD FORBID THEM FROM OFFERING, UM, VACCINATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT? NO, WE NEVER WOULD.
FROM A HOLISTIC STANDPOINT, NO, SIR.
AND ONE OF OUR LARGEST REFERRALS IS SHINE PEDIATRICS HERE IN RICHARDSON.
AND THEY ACTUALLY SEND THEIR DOCTORS TO SHADOW UNDER US, AND WE HELP TRAIN THEIR DOCTORS AS THEY GO IN THROUGH THEIR INTERNSHIP.
SO WE HAVE VERY CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, AND THEY DO VACCINATE.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL NEVER TELL A BUSINESS OR ANOTHER DOCTOR HOW TO PRACTICE.
AND WE WILL ALWAYS HONOR THAT.
AND THEN LAST QUESTION, KIND OF GOING BACK TO THE WHOLE PRENATAL AND WHERE, WHERE YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE APPROVED TODAY.
YOU HAVE A VISION OF A BIRTHING CENTER.
IN THIS, THAT'S TOO MUCH RISK, TOO MUCH LIABILITY.
I'M JUST, I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE, I LIKE THE FUN ASPECTS OF MOTHERHOOD.
AND AGAIN, I HAVE NO, I DON'T HAVE TO PLANTS IN YOUR HOUSE,
LOVE PLANS, LOVE COFFEE, EVERYTHING YOU'RE DESCRIBING.
I, I, I JUST WANTED, I, I JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND.
PEOPLE TAKE OFF AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT PRENATAL AND OTHER, AND WELLNESS AND WOMEN, WOMEN'S CARE AND ALL OF THAT, IT START, IT CAN BLOSSOM, NO PUN INTENDED,
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NIGHT.DON'T EXPECT GOOD JOKES THIS TIME AND I IN THERE, BUT I, THAT'S WHY I JUST WANTED TO REALLY UNDERSTAND.
SO IT'S, THANK AND I THINK I SHOULD FOR YOUR FEEDBACK.
I THINK I SHOULD REPLACE THAT WITH MOTHERHOOD.
I JUST, I, AND AGAIN, I'M NOT, I'M NOT BEING CRITICAL.
I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT'S ALL.
'CAUSE THIS IS A NEW QUESTION CONCEPT.
UM, I THINK THAT WAS ALL MY QUESTIONS.
HAVE YOU BEEN TO MAGNOLIA? NO, I HAVE NOT.
I DIDN'T
YOU'RE SOMETHING YOU SAID EARLIER ABOUT WOMEN MAKE A LOT OF DECISIONS.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT ABOUT THAT.
I UNDERSTAND
I APPRECIATE YOU CLARIFYING ALL THAT FOR ME.
UH, OBVIOUSLY, UH, UNDERTAKING LIKE THIS REQUIRES A CERTAIN BACKGROUND UNDERSTANDING OF A NICHE MARKET UNDERSTANDING OF EVERYTHING THAT SURROUNDS THAT.
AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU HAVE THAT, NOT JUST EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION, BUT KNOWLEDGE OF THE BUSINESS ASPECT OF THAT MARKET.
I, I THINK IF IT WERE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER NORTH, I MAY HAVE SOME FURTHER QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, IF IT WERE A BLOCK OR TWO NORTH KIND OF, UH, CLOSER TO MAIN STREET.
BUT I THINK THE LOCATION IS A GREAT TRANSITION POINT FROM YOUR MULTI-FAMILY TO THE SOUTH, SOME SINGLE, UM, FAMILY HOMES ON THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST, AND THEN AS IT TRANSITIONS TO THE NORTH, INTO THE COER.
SO I THINK THIS KIND OF BUILDING AND KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE ASKING HERE MAKES A GOOD TRANSITION INTO THAT DOWNTOWN AREA.
UM, I THINK THE ONLY TWO ISSUES I WOULD HAVE, UH, IS IF ONE, UH, STAYCATION FULLY MOVES THERE AND I CAN NO LONGER GO, 'CAUSE I'M A MALE, 'CAUSE I'M A BIG FAN OF STAYCATION.
ASIA, HEY, WILL YOU LEAD OUR DAD'S GROUP
AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED IT EARLIER THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH THEM.
UH, I DO GIVE YOU KUDOS FOR, UM, WHERE WE'VE ALREADY, I KNOW ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS A DUMPSTER.
I KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF MY BIG ONES, AND IT WAS MOVED.
I AGREE TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER.
SO THAT SHOWS THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO GO THERE IN CONVERSATION AND, AND, UH, AND YOU'VE MENTIONED THIS EVENING PRIOR THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO HONOR THAT FAMILY.
AND I, I THINK JUST BEING THAT GOOD NEIGHBOR, I KNOW THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT LIGHTING, I THINK IN THE LETTER, UM, RECEIVED FROM, AND I'M SURE IT WILL PROBABLY BE MENTIONED LATER, BUT AS WE LOOK AT THOSE THINGS, UM, THAT WE REALLY JUST WORK ON BEING THAT GOOD NEIGHBOR.
I, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF DESIRE HERE FROM A, THE COMMUNITY, FROM SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
I THINK THERE'S A BIG DESIRE, RICHARDSON TO BUY LOCAL TO, UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, ANY GIVEN DAY AT STAYCATION, YOU, YOU KNOW, I LOVE THE FACT THAT KIDS ARE RUNNING AROUND THE BACKYARD.
I, ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY THE LINES WERE SO LONG, I GOT BACK IN MY CAR AND LEFT.
IMAGINE MAGNOLIA YOU CAN ENJOY.
I WAS SCARED AWAY BY THE LINES.
AND, UM, AND I KEPT ON THE ROAD.
I LOVE THE IDEA OF SMALL BUSINESS.
I LOVE THE IDEA OF HAVING A PLACE FOR YOUNG FAMILIES.
I LOVE THE IDEA WHERE IT CONNECTS DOWNTOWN, UH, WITH SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT'S IN THE PLANS AND SOME OF THE STUFF THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED.
UM, AS THEY COME ONLINE, IT'LL JUST GIVE YOU A BIGGER CUSTOMER BASE.
I, I LOVE YOUR BACKGROUND AND YOUR KNOWLEDGE, AND OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE, UH, THE PERSONALITY AND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UH, VARIOUS ASPECTS NEEDED TO SUCCEED IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
SO, UM, YEAH, IT'S FROM THE ZONING POINT, AGAIN, IF WE WERE FURTHER NORTH, I, I MAY HAVE SOME FURTHER QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK POSITIONING IS GREAT AND I THINK IT MAKES A GOOD TRANSITION.
UM, WE ARE VERY WILLING TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND WE WANNA BE AMAZING NEIGHBORS AND HONOR THEIR LEGACY AND FAMILIES.
AND THAT'S WHY WE ADDRESSED A LOT OF THE RHYTHMS OF THE BUSINESS, UM, TO FOLLOW.
WE'RE NOT HOSTING BIG PARTY RAGES OR OPEN PAST EIGHT, UM, RESIDENTIAL LIGHTING.
AND, UM, DAVID WILL TELL YOU, WHENEVER I FIRST CAME UPON THIS VISION, I WAS TAKING MY GIRLS TO GYMNASTICS IN RICHARDSON.
I GOT THERE AN HOUR EARLY AND I WAS LIKE, OH, I'VE ALWAYS HEARD A STAYCATION.
AND I WENT AND PARKED IN THE PARKING LOT FACING THE LAND, AND I SAW MY LITTLE NAPKIN DRAWING JUST POOF, COME TO LIFE.
AND EVER SINCE THEN, I, I AND I, I KNOCKED ON SCOTT SANDERS DOOR AT 8:00 PM ON A NOVEMBER NIGHT AND I SAID, HEY, CAN I TALK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR LAND? HE IS LIKE, YOU WERE CRAZY
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MM-HMM.BUT THAT'S HOW THIS WHOLE STORY WAS THROUGH VISION.
AND, UH, WE, DAVID AND I WENT AND LOOKED ALL OVER RICHARDSON.
SO I WAS LIKE, IT HAS TO BE RICHARDSON.
I'VE DONE THE STUDIES, I SEE THE VISION, I SEE EVERYTHING FROM BEGINNING TO END, AND I JUST KEPT COMING BACK TO THIS PIECE OF LAND BECAUSE IT IS TUCKED.
UM, IT IS PROTECTED, IT'S VERY SERENE, IT'S VERY PEACEFUL, AND WE WANT TO HONOR THAT.
AND, UM, IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFERENT IF I WAS DOING A ZERO LOT LINE DEVELOPMENT, UM, THAT BACK DIRECTLY UP.
UH, BUT EVEN WITH THE RELOTTING, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HONORING THEIR FENCE LINED, UH, THE ZONING, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BEING FAIR AND THAT, AND, UM, GIVING THEM WHAT THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR 80 YEARS.
SO WE DON'T HONOR THAT LEGACY.
UM, I HAVE JUST TWO QUESTIONS AND REALLY, I, I ASK HIM IN RELATION TO THE, THE FACT THAT ONCE WE, ONCE WE APPROVE THIS AND YOU BUILD THIS, RIGHT? THE MM-HMM.
AND, UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, TO THAT END, I THINK MY FIRST QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, DURING THE, DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT IS REALLY HOT OUTSIDE, DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON HOW YOU WOULD USE THIS SORT OF CENTRAL STRIP OF LAND RIGHT HERE? ABSOLUTELY.
UM, COULD YOU SHARE THOSE WITH US? YEAH, FOR SURE.
JUST SOME, UM, A LOT OF OUR EVENTS, AND THAT'S A VERY VALID POINT.
THIS IS CALIFORNIA ONE HAPPENS TOO EXPENSIVE, BUT
UM, BUT I WILL SAY THAT THE HEAT, UM, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT EARLIER THIS WEEK AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW A LOT OF OUR PROGRAMS AND MEETINGS, ESPECIALLY MOMS, UM, THEY GET UP EARLY WHEN THEY'RE KIDS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE KIDS, BUT IF YOU REMEMBER THEM RUNNING IN AT 6:00 AM MOM, MOM, MOM, LET'S GO.
AND A LOT OF THE STAY AT HOME MOMS MM-HMM.
AND SO THOSE HOURS BETWEEN SEVEN, 8:00 AM TO ABOUT 10:00 AM IS COOL.
AND THAT'S AN AREA FOR MOMS TO COME AND ENJOY.
UM, I LOVE THE IDEA OF MR. FANS, UM, CREATING A LITTLE BIT OF A COOLING ASPECT.
AND THEN, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING SPACE IN THE TURF THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PUT SHADE UMBRELLAS, UH, WITH SEATING UNDERNEATH IT.
SO ADDRESSING THE TEXAS HEAT IS IMPORTANT.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A BIG COMMUNITY SPACE INSIDE THE BUILDING.
UM, SO WE CAN DEFINITELY HONOR PEOPLE THAT STILL WANT TO ENJOY THE COMMUNITY ASPECT AND THOSE TWO OR THREE MONTHS A YEAR, UM, AS IT IS HOT.
BUT YES, WE DO TAKE THAT IN CONSIDERATION.
I JUST DON'T, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT Y'ALL TO BE LIKE, SURPRISINGLY UNSUCCESSFUL BECAUSE THE HEAT REALLY EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, PREVENTS US FROM USING THIS YES.
AND I HATE TO KEEP COMING BACK TO THIS, BUT IF YOU GO TO MAGNOLIA, UM, YEAH, I'LL GO IN THE DEAD HEAT OF THE SUMMER.
THERE'S LIKE, DADS OUT THERE SWEATING, CARRYING SHOPPING BAGS LIKE
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD CREATE.
I'VE GOT A COUPLE TRIPS TO SAN ANTONIO IN MY FUTURE.
UM, MY LAST QUESTION OR REALLY CONCERNS, I, I READ AND I I COULDN'T GET THE FULL PICTURE FROM THE CPC NOTES IN YOUR PRESENTATION, SO I JUST WANNA GET A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION.
THE, I READ THAT YOU'RE RETAINING THE BUILDING IN ADDISON, RIGHT? CORRECT.
UM, AND SO THIS IS REALLY JUST AN EXPANSION ONTO THAT.
SO DO YOU ANTICIPATE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE 12,000 OR OR MORE, LIKE WHAT KIND OF TRAFFIC DO YOU ANTICIPATE THIS IN A GOOD WAY, RIGHT? CUSTOMERS COMING IN FROM THE OUTSIDE AND COMING INTO THE MM-HMM.
NOT JUST FROM RICHARDSON, BUT OUTSIDE AND HONESTLY, I THINK OUR ADDISON NUMBERS WILL DIP.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BUILD MARKETING STRATEGIES AROUND.
AND THEN TO SUPPORT THAT, UM, ESPECIALLY TEACH ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO YOUNG DOCTORS AS THEY'RE COMING IN.
EVERYBODY THAT I WAS CRAZY WHEN I OPENED IN ADDISON.
BECAUSE IT'S A RESTAURANT DISTRICT AND THE FACT THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD A THRIVING MATERNAL WELLNESS CENTER IN A RESTAURANT DISTRICT ON A BASEMENT OF A OLD BUILDING THAT'S KIND OF FALLING APART.
BUT I THINK THAT THE RICHARDSON LOCATION WILL THRIVE, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
AGAIN, THE REASON, THE REASON I ASK IS JUST IN THE, IN THE CONTEXT OF RIGHT.
WHAT ELSE? EVERYTHING IS A TRADE OFF, I THINK IS ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT, SOMETHING THAT CAN SAID EARLIER AS WE GET ONE SHOT, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS GOES IN HERE, THAT IT'S SUCCESSFUL AND THAT IT'S, IT'S A VALUE ADD IN THAT SENSE AS OPPOSED TO WHATEVER ELSE COULD BE THERE.
SO, AND I WILL ADD DEVIL'S ADVOCATE AND SAY, IF THIS DOES FAIL, IT'S A PERFECT EITHER SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY RIGHT.
OR SMALL BOUTIQUE APARTMENT COMMUNITY THAT CAN ACTUALLY PROVIDE A LOT OF VALUE AS WELL.
WELL WE'VE HAD, YEAH, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF TALK ABOUT INFILL DEVELOPMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND I CAN, I CAN SEE THIS BEING
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REPURPOSED INTO SOMETHING, UM, PRETTY EASILY.I JUST HAVE A COUPLE MORE QUESTION.
UH, YOU MENTIONED THAT, UH, YOU'RE EXPECTING THIS THING TO BE LEASE PRE-RELEASED BY OCTOBER, THEN YOU WOULD START.
I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT, OR DO YOU, I MEAN, WHEN YOU ARE PLANNING TO ACTUALLY START, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT CONDITION UPON PRE-LIST OR YOU'LL, YOU'LL JUST NO, IT'S A GOAL.
I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT
AND THEN, BUT THIS DOES NOT HOLD US BACK FROM DEVELOPING AND MOVING FORWARD.
IT'S JUST A GOAL THAT I THINK WOULD BE A REALLY COOL THING, UM, TO BUILD THE EXCITEMENT AROUND THE COMMUNITY WITH THOSE BUSINESSES.
SO, SO IT IS NOT PRECONDITION YOU WOULD START THE CONSTRUCTION, EVEN IF IT'S NOT REGARDLESS.
THAT WILL STAY THERE AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
NO PLAN OF CHANGING THAT IN THE FUTURE, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK THAT'S A REALLY, SITE PLAN WILL STAY IF IT IS APPROVED.
CAN, CAN YOU RESPOND TO THE QUESTION PLEASE? NO ROOSTERS.
BUT IF WE COULD PUT A CHICKEN COUP BACK THERE.
CAN YOU RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTION? JUST THANK YOU.
THE, UH, CONCEPT PLAN WOULD CONTROL WHAT ELEMENTS ARE ON SITE.
SO IF THE GARDEN, UH, GOES AWAY AND THEY PROPOSED ANOTHER BUILDING, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK IN THROUGH, UH, THIS, UH, SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROCESS.
NOW CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SITE PLAN? I WANNA SEE, UH, THE, EACH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY AND THE FENCE LINE AND THIS.
CAN YOU, IS THERE ANY WAY YOU CAN ZOOM THIS? SO, OH, NO, THERE'S NOTHING TO ZOOM.
SO, SO IT'S NOT GOING TO, SO LET ME ASK YOU, SO WHAT'S THE, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THE PROPERTY LINE AND THE BUILDING, HOW MUCH SPACE THERE? UH, ON THE TEXAS SIDE? NO, IT'S ON THE EAST SIDE.
UH, THAT'S THE, UH, SCOTT MAREK, UH, LIMIT 2 9 4 4 FOREST HILLS.
UM, IF YOU CAN USE THE POINTER.
AND ARE YOU REFERRING TO THIS SIDE? NO, NO, THE OTHER SIDE BETWEEN THE PROP, UH, BETWEEN FAMILY? YEAH.
UH, WHAT'S THE GAP JUST IN THERE? I BELIEVE IT'S 10 FEET, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE FIVE, I THINK IT'S A 10 FOOT SETBACK OVER HERE.
NOW THIS IS A QUESTION AGAIN FOR SAM.
I'M GOING TALK, IT'S A 10 FOOT SETBACK.
NOW, THE QUESTION FOR SAM, UH, YOU KNOW, BRICK WALL, I THINK THAT'S BY DEFINITION IF ALL GOES FINE, THIS IS THE BRICK WALL THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A BRICK WALL, RIGHT? CORRECT.
AND, UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING, UH, UH, FENCE, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
SO WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF HAVING A BRICK WALL? ANY IDEA THAT IS A SEPARATION FROM, LET'S SAY, NON-RESIDENTIAL TO EXISTING RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS TYPICAL FOR, FOR, FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT.
NOW, WHAT THE APPLICANT IS REALLY REQUESTING IS THAT THEY WILL TAKE DOWN THE EXISTING BOARD ON BOARD FENCE THAT CURRENTLY BELONGS TO MR. KINDER, AND THEY'LL REPLACE IT WITH A BRAND NEW FENCE.
SO IN LIEU OF THE WALL, THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY SAYING, LET US HAVE A WOODEN SCREENING WALL, WHICH WILL BE, WHICH WILL ALSO BE THE PRIVACY FENCE FOR THE KINDERS.
NOW, I THINK THERE IS ANOTHER CONDITION OUT THERE.
IF YOU HAVE SINGLE FAMILY AND THEN YOU HAVE, UH, OTHER THAN SINGLE FAMILY, YOU ARE SAYING THAT THE BRICK WALL IS THE CONDITION, RIGHT? IF IT'S SINGLE FAMILY TO SINGLE FAMILY NOW NO, NO.
IF IT IS SINGLE AND COMMERCIAL, OKAY, THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT BRICK WALL.
BUT IF THERE IS A 10 FEET GREEN SPACE AND A FENCE, THAT FENCE DOES NOT HAVE TO BE BRICK WALL.
IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, IT WOULD STILL REQUIRE THE SEPARATION.
NOW HERE'S THE, HERE'S THE ISSUE, IS THAT THE ZONING ON THE PROPERTY, REMEMBER THE ZONING ON THE UNDERLYING ZONING IS NOT CHANGING.
UH, ARE STILL RESIDENTIAL IN NATURE.
BUT THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT IS NON-RESIDENTIAL.
SO FROM A PLAN, FROM A BASIC PLANNING STANDPOINT, WE LOOK AT IT AND SAY, IN ORDER TO CREATE THAT KIND OF SEPARATION AND KIND OF PRIVACY AND BUFFERING, LET'S REQUIRE
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THEM TO ERECT THE SCREENING WALL.SO NOT HAVING A BRICK WALL, HOW DO YOU SEE ANY NEGATIVE? NO, SIR.
TYPICALLY WHAT YOU GET BEHIND RESIDENTIALS, YOU GET A SERVICE DRIVE OR YOU GET ADDITIONAL PARKING.
NOW, THOSE SCREEN WALL, YOU KNOW, THOSE SIT BOARD THAT YOU HAVE, SOMETIMES THEY PUT THOSE AS LIKE SOMETIMES, UH, DEPENDING ON THE QUALITY, SOMETHING ARE VERY GOOD, GOOD QUALITY, SOLID QUALITY.
UH, THERE IS NO KNOT SOMETIMES.
HOW DO YOU CONTROL THAT? IF THERE IS A KNOT ON THE BOARD, SOMETIMES DOWN THE ROAD, THOSE WILL FALL, AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA CREATE HOLE IN THE FENCE.
SO HOW DO YOU CONTROL THOSE THINGS? BECAUSE IT'S BASED ON THE, ON THE STANDARD GRADE OF THE MATERIAL THAT YOU, THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL ORDERS.
YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A GRADE ONE, IT'S A, IT'S A GRADE TWO GRADE ONE'S TYPICALLY NOT GONNA HAVE A LOT OF KNOTS IN IT, BUT IT'S WOOD, RIGHT? SO YOU HAVE, THAT'S NOT A CON, THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS CONDITION.
THAT'S NOT, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT SPECIFYING THE TYPE, THE GRADE, THE GRADE OF WOOD OR ANYTHING.
SO MARICO, THERE'S, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO CONTROL FOR THAT.
IF, IF A KNOT IT FALLS OUT, UM, THAT WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THE, THE CHAPTER SIX FENCE MAINTENANCE STANDARDS.
SO IT WOULD, IT WOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE.
ONLY IF, ONLY IF THE ONLY IF THE, IF IF THE FENCE STARTED TO DETERIORATE TO THE POINT THAT YOU HAD MISSING OR, OR BROKEN SLATS, UM, YOU HAD, YOU KNOW, MISSING HORIZONTAL RAILS OR DETERIORATED WOOD, THEN WE COULD GET, WE COULD GET INVOLVED.
BUT NOT, NOT FOR, NOT JUST FOR A, A KNOT, FOR INSTANCE.
WE WOULD ALWAYS, UH, CONSIDER THE KINDER'S DESIRE OF WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE ON THEIR PROPERTY, AND THEN WE EXPECT TO KEEP PRISTINE MAINTENANCE.
YEAH, I'M, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE SOMETIMES I KNOW THAT WE CAN'T SPECIFY YOU THE MATTER HERE, OF COURSE, BUT WE HAVE TO FACE THE CONSEQUENCE DOWN THE ROAD.
IF SOMETHING HAPPENED, THEN WE'RE STUCK WITH THE SITUATION.
THE BEST WAY TO DO IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, AVOID THAT, UH, SITUATION.
IT'S LIKE IT UP SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE DOCTOR.
UH, SO, BUT WE CAN, WE, WE COULD SPECIFY IF IT WAS A BRICK, THEN THERE IS NO, WELL, I, I THINK TO SAM, I THINK THAT WAS, I, I, I THINK THAT WAS THE QUESTION.
I THINK YOU WERE ASKING SAM EARLIER, WHAT IS THE ADVANTAGE OF REQUIRING A BRICK OR MASONRY? IT'S NOT BRICK, IT'S MASON, MASON MASONRY WALL BETWEEN COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL.
AND TRADITIONALLY THE, THE RATIONALE HAS BEEN, IT, IT IS MORE DURABLE AND IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA HAVE A LONGER LIFE WITH LESS MAINTENANCE.
AND SO THEREFORE YOU DON'T HAVE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE WITH A TRADITIONAL WOOD FENCE.
SAM, WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT? THAT'S CORRECT, YEAH.
AND, UH, DAVID HARRELL, 3 8, 2 4 SLEEPY LANE, DALLAS.
UH, OBVIOUSLY THERE WERE A NUMBER OF CONSIDERATIONS AS TO WHY WE WENT WITH A WOOD FENCE.
ONE OF THEM WAS DISCUSSIONS WITH THE KINDER FAMILY, WHO, I'M NOT GONNA PUT WORDS IN THEIR MOUTH, DON'T WANT A CINDER BLOCK WALL BETWEEN THEM AND THEIR RESIDENTS.
SO PART OF THIS CONSIDERATION, A ECONOMIC, BUT B, THAT WE WANT TO KEEP THIS A MORE RESIDENTIAL FEEL.
AND I PERSONALLY WOULDN'T WANT MY BACKYARD TO GO FROM A NICE WOOD FENCE WITH TREES ON IT TO HAVE TO RIP DOWN ALL THE TREES, PUT A LARGE FOOTER IN, ERECT AN EIGHT FOOT CINDER BLOCK WALL, AND NOW I'M STARING AT AN UGLY WALL.
SO THAT WAS A MAJOR CONSIDERATION POINT.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. DORIAN.
IS IT PET OR DOG FRIENDLY? MM-HMM.
I MIGHT COME TO ASK YOU GUYS FOR DOG PARK AT SOME POINT.
UM, IF THERE WERE DOGS OR PETS AVAILABLE, IT WOULD BE IN A VERY CONTAINED AREA.
BUT IF SOMEONE'S WALKING THEIR DOG AND THEY'RE COMING TO THE FARMER'S MARKET TO SHOP MM-HMM.
PROBABLY A DOG ON A LEASH POLICY.
I'M NOT, I'M NOT SAYING FOR THEM JUST TO, YOU KNOW, RUN AROUND.
JUST, I MEAN, IF SOMEONE'S WALKING THEIR DOG AND THEY MAY WANT TO YEAH.
STOP BY AND GRAB, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY.
SOME VEGETABLES OR, OR WHATEVER FROM WHATEVER VENDOR.
THEY, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY DOG FRIENDLY, NOT TO TURN IT INTO A DOG PARK AND LET THEM RUN.
IT'S MORE, CAN YOU, CAN YOU BRING YOUR ANIMAL, MOSTLY DOGS WILL BE ON A, A LEASH, BUT CAN YOU BRING YOUR ANIMALS AND, YOU KNOW, PERUSE THE, THE FACILITY AS THE VISION, AS THE VISIONARY? I WOULD SAY YES.
'CAUSE THAT'S MY FAVORITE THING.
I TAKE MY DOG AROUND BISHOP ARTS AND WE GET LIKE, ALL THE SHOP OWNERS HAVE LITTLE DOG TREATS.
AND IT'S JUST LIKE A REALLY SWEET EXPERIENCE TOO, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE VERY, UM, IMPORTANT TO THE RESIDENTS.
DOCTOR, WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU TO TAKE A SEAT, PLEASE.
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WE'LL NOW OPEN THIS TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.MS. MS. EMER, ANY? YES, WE HAVE FOUR CARDS, MAYOR.
PAT KINDER, ONE 14 EAST KAUFMAN STREET, RICHARDSON, 7 5 0 1.
UH, THANK YOU FOR WHAT I KNOW IS A LATE EVENING.
SO THANK YOU, UH, APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S TIME.
I DID SEND IN, UH, A CARD, OR I GUESS I SENT IN A COMMENT ONLINE LAST NIGHT, AND I THINK SOME OF THE CONCERNS I HAD MENTIONED THERE WERE, UM, ADDRESSED WITH WHAT I SEE IN THE PRESENTATION TODAY.
WHEN I HAD SENT IN THE COMMENTS, IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS AN OLD VERSION OF THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT WAS STILL SHOWING THE DUMPSTER.
THE, THE VERBIAGE WAS CORRECT, BUT THE, THE, THE VISUAL WAS WRONG.
SO SOME OF THE CONCERN I HAD WAS THE DUMPSTER LOCATION.
IT WAS STILL SHOWING A SIX FOOT TALL, UH, FENCE.
AND I SEE THAT THAT'S BEEN, UH, ADDRESSED.
SO I DON'T WANNA SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THAT.
UH, JUST BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME QUESTIONS AROUND THE, UH, THE FENCING THOUGH.
AND I DID JUST WANT TO, UH, COMMENT ON THAT WHEN YOU, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO GO TO THE, THE OVERVIEW, THE SLIDE THAT HAS THE CONCEPT LAYOUT, JUST SO I CAN MAYBE BETTER DESCRIBE IT WHILE WE'RE TALKING THERE.
WE, UH, MY WIFE AND I OWN THE HOUSE ON, UH, AT ONE 14 EAST KAUFFMAN, WHICH IS THE PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT, UH, TO THE DEVELOPMENT ON KAUFFMAN STREET TO THE EAST.
AND THEN MY AUNT OWNS THE HOUSE THAT'S IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST OF THAT.
SO WE HAVE TWO OF THE THREE HOMES THAT ARE ON THE COFFIN SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
AND IF YOU COME AROUND ON PHILLIPS STREET, WHICH IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE THERE, UM, FURTHER SOUTH THAN THE, THAN THE PICTURE EXTENDS HERE, BUT WHERE TEXAS COMES DOWN AND MAKES THE TURN ONTO PHILIP STREET.
UH, MY FATHER AND MY MOTHER OWN THE PROPERTY AT 1 21 EAST PHILLIPS STREET.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE HOUSE THAT'S ONE 19 EAST PHILLIPS STREET.
SO WE HAVE FOUR OF THE FIVE, UH, HOMES THAT ARE STILL ON THE, UH, ON THE PROP, ON THE, THE BLOCK.
AND THEN MY WIFE AND I ALSO OWN THE PARKING LOT THAT USED TO BE THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, AND THEN HAMILTON PARK BAPTIST CHURCH PARKING LOT THAT'S ON THE CORNER OF GREENVILLE AND PHILLIPS STREET.
SO WE OWN PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE BLOCK AND THEN TO THE, UH, THE CORNER THERE TO, UM, PHILLIPS STREET IN GREENVILLE.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE, AS BEEN MENTIONED, WE'VE BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, MY DAD'S BEEN THERE SINCE THE MID 1940S, SO IT'S ABOUT 80 YEARS THERE.
UH, HE ACTUALLY WENT TO THE RICHARDSON SCHOOLS WHEN IT WAS THE RED BRICK ADMIN BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET WAS FIRST THROUGH 12TH GRADE, SO HE WENT THERE FOR THE FIRST SIX YEARS OF SCHOOL AND THEN GRADUATED FROM RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH WAS THEN BECAME RICHARDSON JUNIOR HIGH, WHICH IS WHERE I WENT TO JUNIOR HIGH.
UH, MY AUNT, MY DAD, MY, UH, WIFE, MY SISTER AND I ARE ALL PRODUCTS OF THE RICHARDSON SCHOOL SYSTEM.
ALL GRADUATED FROM RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL AT VARIOUS TIMES.
UH, MY WIFE, UH, AND MY SISTER ARE BOTH PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS, HAVE BOTH TAUGHT FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
AND INTERESTING CONNECTION TO CORRUM DEO.
WHEN I WAS COACHING MY DAUGHTER'S SOFTBALL TEAM OVER IN FLOWER MOUND, UH, PROBABLY OVER HALF OF THE GIRLS ON OUR TEAM ACTUALLY WENT TO CORAM.
EVEN OUR KIDS WERE PUBLIC SCHOOL KIDS, SO GOT AN INTERESTING CONNECTION TO THAT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TOWN.
UH, SOME OF THE THINGS I JUST WANTED TO MENTION JUST BRIEFLY, JUST BECAUSE I THINK THEY ARE IMPORTANT FOR THE, FOR THE COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND WHEN THE MAIN STREET, UH, REDEVELOPMENT ZONING WAS BEING CONSIDERED 15 YEARS AGO.
I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER THE TIMING NOW, BUT IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FELT, UH, I'LL JUST ADMIT FAIRLY UPSET ABOUT AT THE TIME IS ONE OF THE FIRST CONCEPT DRAWINGS WE SAW WAS AN EXTENSION OF MCKINNEY STREET GOING STRAIGHT THROUGH THE BLOCK ALL THE WAY DOWN TO PHILLIPS, WHICH OF COURSE CUT RIGHT THROUGH MY AUNT'S PROPERTY AND OUR PROPERTY, AND VERY MUCH FELT LIKE SOMETHING THAT WAS JUST LAID OUT AND DRAWN INTO THE PLANS WITHOUT ANY CONSIDERATION OR INPUT.
AND WE HAD TO HAVE A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS AND A LOT OF MEETINGS WITH, WITH THE CITY AND COMING TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT MAY BE THE CITY'S VISION, BUT THAT'S NOT OUR VISION FOR THE, FOR THE BLOCK.
AND WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A YEAR, FIVE YEARS, 10 YEARS, 80 YEARS IS A LONG TIME.
THAT'S NOT JUST A DROP IN THE BUCKET.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT A LONGSTANDING TENURE OF BEING ON THE, THE PROPERTY.
AND WHEN I HEAR ABOUT SO MANY OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GONNA BE GREAT THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED FOR THE NEST, AND SO MANY OF THE THINGS THAT I SEEM TO HEAR EVERYONE TALK ABOUT REALLY ENJOYING FROM STAYCATION, YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE.
THAT'S WHY WE ENJOY BEING THERE.
WE HAVE INTERGENERATIONAL EVENTS.
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, MY KIDS ARE OVER THERE PLAYING CARDS AND DOMINOES AND GOING OUT AND PLAYING IN THE BACKYARD, AND MY PARENTS ARE STILL THERE, AND WE HAVE BIG FAMILY BIRTHDAY PARTIES AND EASTER CELEBRATIONS AND, UH, HALLOWEEN PARTIES AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT ARE THERE.
SO I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY EASY IF YOU THINK ABOUT A TRADITIONAL SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD TO THINK, OKAY, THIS IS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, THIS IS WHAT WE EXPECT,
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YOU KNOW, IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.BUT EVEN THOUGH THIS IS AN AREA THAT HAS BEEN ZONED FOR SOME DIFFERENT USES THROUGH THE CITY, UH, ZONING PROCESS, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY REFLECT THAT WE ANTICIPATE IT BEING A NEIGHBORHOOD OR A BLOCK THAT'S IN TRANSITION, PROBABLY AS QUICKLY AS A LOT OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM WOULD THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE 15 YEARS AGO.
THE THOUGHT IS WE'D BE 15 YEARS HERE AND WE'D SEE SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE SEE NOW.
UM, INSTEAD, YOU KNOW, WE JUST PUT IN BRAND NEW, UH, HVAC SYSTEM AT THE HOME THERE ON FA ON KAUFMAN STREET.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, IN THE BUSINESS OF PLANNING TO STICK AROUND.
SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN ON THIS BLOCK IN THE YEARS TO COME, UH, AT LEAST AS LONG AS, YOU KNOW, MY, MYSELF AND MY KIDS ARE AROUND, WE'RE NOT REALLY PLANNING ON THERE BEING MULTI-FAMILY APARTMENT OR, UH, TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENT ON THE PROPERTY'S IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THIS.
WE WOULD MUCH PREFER THE BOARD ON BOARD WOOD PRIVACY, FENCE, KEEPING IT MORE OF A, UH, A HOME TYPE FEEL.
VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE DUMPSTER BEING RELOCATED TO THE OTHER CORNER.
AND I GUESS THE ONLY POINT THAT I REALLY KIND OF RAISE HERE, OTHER THAN JUST TRYING TO PLANT THOSE SEEDS IN THE, YOU KNOW, IN THE, IN THE MINES OF THE COUNCIL, WHEN YOU'RE CONSIDERING OTHER, UH, UH, WHAT MIGHT BECOME OF THIS BLOCK DOWN THE ROAD, THE, THE ALLEY REMNANT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, AND I UNDERSTAND THE REASON THAT IT HAS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE ZONING THAT, UH, MR. CHAVEZ HAS EXPLAINED.
YOU KNOW, THEY NEED TO CONSIDER ALL THE LAND THAT COULD BE BECOME PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE SPECIAL, UH, PERMIT, SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, WE DO FEEL LIKE AS THE OWNERS OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTY, THAT WE SHOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IF THE CITY DOES DECIDE TO ABANDON AND QUICK CLAIM THAT, AND WE WOULD SEE THAT HALF OF THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO US.
MY CONCERN IS THAT WHEN I SEE THE CONCEPT LAYOUT, IT APPEARS THAT IT HAS ALREADY BEEN DETERMINED THAT THIS WOULD BE A LOADING AREA FOR, UM, THE NEST.
SO MY, UH, I KNOW MR. MAGNER HAD MENTIONED THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE WOULD NEED TO TALK ABOUT FROM A, YOU KNOW, NEGOTIATION LATER ON.
AND AS I HAVE EXPRESSED IN SOME WRITTEN AND VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH A FEW OF THE MEMBERS, UH, HERE THAT ARE ON THE COUNCIL, UH, THERE IS ANOTHER REMNANT THAT'S OVER ON THE PHILLIPS STREET SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS NOT CONTEMPLATED HERE IN THE ZONING, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN AS WE TOTALLY SURROUND IT WITH MY PARENTS' PROPERTY AND OUR, OUR PARKING LOT.
SO JUST THROW THAT OUT AS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
BUT IT IS A BIT OF A CONCERN WHERE IT APPEARS BASED OFF OF THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT IT'S ALREADY BEING CONTEMPLATED.
THE, THE ENTIRE AMOUNT OF THE ALLEY REMNANT ACREAGE WOULD BE DEDICATED TO THE NEST AS OPPOSED TO POTENTIALLY BEING SPLIT WITH THE OWNERS ON EACH SIDE OF THAT.
SO THOSE ARE MY PRIMARY CONCERNS FOR HERE.
I THINK EVERYTHING ELSE I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY AROUND DRAINAGE AND LIGHTING, AND I'M SURE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE WORKED THROUGH, YOU KNOW, IF THIS, UH, DEVELOPMENT GOES FORWARD.
RACHEL MCPHERSON, 1 39 SPRING STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK.
UH, I'VE SPENT ABOUT TWO YEARS IN THE RICHARDSON AREA, UM, AS AN INVESTOR IN CONSIDERATION AND IN DEEP STUDY OF THE NEST OF DR.
COURTNEY GOWAN OF SOME OF THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE PROPOSED.
UM, AND AS AN INVESTOR IN THE CONCEPT, THERE WERE TWO REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS THAT ALL OF OUR, UM, FINANCIAL INTEREST WOULD BE VESTED ON.
ONE IS THAT
SO, UM, THE, THE PRE-LEASING, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS VERY ASTUTE, UM, IS ACTUALLY REFLECTIVE UPON WHAT WAS REALLY DRIVING THIS CONCEPT IS THE DEMAND OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE HEART.
WHEN YOU'RE IN NEW YORK CITY AND I'VE DEVELOPED PROPERTIES IN THE SOUTH AND SOMEONE SAYS, OH, WE'RE GONNA BUILD IT BASED ON THE DEMAND OF THE COMMUNITY.
WE REALLY WANTED TO EXPLORE IF THAT WAS TRUE OR NOT.
SO I HAD PERSONALLY WITNESSED OVER THREE DAYS OF DR.
GOWAN IN THE LAST TWO YEARS IN HER PRACTICE, AND INTERVIEWED OTHER OF HER PROPOSED TENANTS, INCLUDING A MEETING WITH STAYCATION
AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU THE MOST, THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT IS SO INSPIRING, AND IT DOES SOUND A LITTLE CHEESY, BUT IN THIS TOWN, THIS TOWN IS EXTREMELY COMMUNITY AND FAMILY ORIENTED.
UM, EVEN BEING HERE TONIGHT HAS TAKEN ME BACK TO MY OWN, UM, PARENTS ARE ON CITY COUNCIL.
MY DAD SPENT YEARS ON A PLANNING BOARD.
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BOARD.SO IT'S BEEN REALLY AN HONOR TO BE HERE AND TO SAY WE SCRUBBED THIS CONCEPT UP ONE SIDE AND DOWN ANOTHER.
UM, WE ALSO ATTENDED ONE OF DR.
GOWANS NATIONAL, UH, TRAINING EVENTS.
WE HAVE ACTUALLY SPONSORED THE STUDY FROM HARVARD PUBLIC SCHOOL OF HEALTH.
SHE'S EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY HUMBLE ABOUT HER LEADERSHIP IN THE MATERNAL, UH, HEALTHCARE AND WELLNESS.
AND THIS IS A CONCEPT WE SEE NATIONAL VISION FOR WITH A HEART TO REALLY HAVE SOMEONE THAT CAN TAKE IT AND OWN IT AND GIVE THAT VISION TO OTHERS FOR THE FUTURE.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE GETTING TO KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY.
UM, THIS CONCEPT HAS FULL 100% SUPPORT AND BACKING AS WELL AS A NATIONAL VISION.
LOOKING OVER IT, I THINK IT'LL BE A REALLY BEAUTIFUL CONCEPT FOR THE RICHARDSON AREA.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS FOR, UM, GIVING ME TIME ON YOUR PANEL TONIGHT.
THANK YOU, MS. ER, CASEY CUMMINGS.
HI, CASEY CUMMINGS, 1214 ASHLAND DRIVE, 7 5 0 8 0.
UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE AND FOR GIVING ME THE TIME.
UM, I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR A LOCAL NONPROFIT CALLED ALL MOMS. WE SUPPORT AND PROVIDE COMMUNITY FOR MOMS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE HERE IN RICHARDSON.
I'M IN A UNIQUE POSITION TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE COMMON REQUESTS OF MOMS AND FAMILIES, AND THIS IS WHY WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE NEST VILLAGE, I KNEW IT WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE RICHARDSON LANDSCAPE.
I'M IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THIS DEVELOPMENT.
MOTHERS ARE CONSTANTLY ASKING FOR PLACES THEY CAN GO AND TAKE THEIR KIDS THAT ARE FENCED IN, UM, THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO HAVE PLAYGROUNDS, AND THEY WANT MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENJOY SERVICES, POTENTIALLY WITH ACCESS TO SHORT-TERM CHILDCARE.
ALL OF THESE THINGS WOULD BE POSSIBLE AT THE NEST VILLAGE.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT RICHARDSON IS HOW FAMILY FRIENDLY IT IS.
THE NEST WOULD BE AN EXTRAORDINARY DRAW TO OUR CITY FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE.
THE POTENTIAL FOR RICH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AT A PLACE SUCH AS THIS IS HIGH, AND MY OPINION, THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE A PERFECT PLACE FOR GROUPS LIKE MINE TO MEET AND CONNECT IN A TIME OF GREAT DIVISION.
WE NEED ENVIRONMENTS SUCH AS THESE TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
THE CONCEPT OF INCLUDING MULTI-GENERATIONAL AND INTERFAITH PROGRAMMING IS HIGHLY DESIRABLE FOR RICHARDSON FAMILIES.
AND MY ORGANIZATION IS ONE OF THOSE THAT NEEDS A NEUTRAL LOCATION TO PROVIDE THESE PROGRAMS. FOR ALL THESE REASONS, I AM INSPIRED BY AND IN FAVOR OF THE APPROVAL OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
I, I JUST WANT TO SAY TO MY SUPPORT, I DON'T THINK I NEED TO SPEAK, I THINK, UH, THE PASSION THAT SHE SHOWED.
CAN YOU GIVE YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE, SIR?
YOU, YOU MAY, YOU MAY FILL OUT A GO AHEAD AND SPEAK, AND AFTERWARDS PLEASE FILL OUT YOUR COMMENT CARD, PLEASE.
HELLO, MAYOR COUNSEL, MY NAME IS BLAIR MOLLNER.
I LIVE AT 2 0 1 SOUTH WEATHER DRIVE, RICHARDSON, TEXAS 7 5 0 8 0.
UM, I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF RICHARDSON FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS, AND TODAY I WANNA SHARE MY PERSONAL STORY OF HEALING AND EXPRESS MY UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR THE NEST WELLNESS VILLAGES VILLAGE
THIS ESTABLISHMENT HAS HAD A PROFOUND IMPACT ON MY LIFE AND THE LIVES OF COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO RICHARDSON, I WAS BURDENED WITH DAILY ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, SLEEP ISSUES, AND CHRONIC PAIN.
DESPITE VARIOUS PRESCRIPTIONS, I FELT HOPELESS AND NOTHING SEEMED TO ALLEVIATE MY SUFFERING.
SEEKING AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO HEALING, I DISCOVERED THE NEST FREE TO BE CHIROPRACTIC AND DR.
GOWANS CARE, I GAINED A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MY NERVOUS SYSTEM IMPACTED MY OVERALL WELLBEING.
THROUGH CONSISTENT CARE, I GRADUALLY REGAINED A, REGAINED A SENSE OF SELF, AND WAS ABLE TO REDUCE AND ELIMINATE MY RELIANCE ON OTHER MEDICATIONS.
THIS TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE MOTIVATED ME TO EXPLORE ADDITIONAL HOLISTIC MODALITIES.
FAST FORWARD A FEW YEARS, MY HUSBAND AND I FACE CHALLENGES.
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CONCEIVING DR.GOWAN, WITH HER EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF HOLISTIC PROVIDED PROVIDERS GUIDED US TOWARDS FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE, ACUPUNCTURE, AND OTHER THERAPIES TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSE OF OUR STRUGGLES.
THANKS TO HER SUPPORT AND EXPERTISE, WE WERE OVERJOYED TO FINALLY BECOME PREGNANT.
THROUGHOUT MY PREGNANCY, I RECEIVED REGULAR CARE AT THE NEST, INCLUDING PHYSICAL THERAPY, PRENATAL, MASSAGE, AND ACUPUNCTURE.
THESE THINGS GREATLY CONTRIBUTED TO MY OVER WELL OVERALL WELLBEING.
I FIRMLY BELIEVED THAT WITHOUT THE NEST AND DR.
GOWAN, MY WI MY LIFE WOULD'VE TAKEN A DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT TURN.
AFTER SEVEN YEARS OF BEING A PATIENT, MY HUSBAND, DAUGHTER AND I CONTINUE TO BENEFIT FROM THE EXCEPTIONAL CARE PROVIDED BY THE NEST.
FROM THE EARLY DAYS OF MY DAUGHTER CORA'S LIFE, DR.
GOWANS CHIROPRACTIC CARE IMPROVED HER BREASTFEEDING LATCH, SLEEP PATTERNS, AND SUPPORTED HER IMMUNE SYSTEM.
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NEST EXTENDS FAR BEYOND INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCES.
EACH TIME I VISIT, I'M GREETED BY A WAITING ROOM FILLED WITH PREGNANT MOTHERS, NEWBORN BABIES, ENERGETIC TODDLERS, AND INDIVIDUALS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE.
THE NEST AND FREE TO BE CHIROPRACTIC ARE NOT MERELY PROVIDERS OF ADJUSTMENTS.
THEY'RE CATALYSTS FOR HEALING FAMILIES.
THEIR COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING THE FAMILY MODEL, PROMOTING THE WELLBEING OF MOTHERS AND CHILDREN, OFFERING QUALITY CARE AND PROVIDING A SAFE SPACE FOR ALL IS TRULY EXTRAORDINARY.
RICHARDSON WOULD BE INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A BUSINESS LIKE THE NEST WELLNESS VILLAGE THAT ENRICHES THE LIVES OF ITS RESIDENTS AND PROVES OUTCOMES FOR GENERATIONS AND FOSTERS A SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY ARE URGE THE COUNCIL TO RECOGNIZE THE IMMENSE VALUE OF THE NEST WELLNESS VILLAGE AND EXTEND SUPPORT AND RESOURCES TO ENSURE ITS SUCCESS IN PROMOTING THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
PLEASE FILL OUT A CARD FOR US.
I'D BE LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MR. SAM SCHUL, I PUT A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
GOT A MOTION, MR. HUTCH? WRITER? SECOND.
THAT MOTION GOT A MOTION? AND SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BY COUNSEL? MR. SHAM? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR DON.
YOU KNOW, OR MAYBE SAM, UH, THE ALLEY PORTION THAT THERE IS THAT DEDICATED TO THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY OR THIS STAGE AS THE ALLEY SO THAT IN THE FUTURE, IF ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT HAPPENED ON THE HIS SIDE, THEY COULD ALSO USE THAT IF, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT COULD HAPPEN.
AGAIN, THIS IS A CONCEPT PLAN.
THERE'S BEEN NO COMMITMENT BY THE CITY TO DEDICATE THE ALLEY, UM, IN ANY, ANY WAY.
AND THAT WOULD BE A NEGOTIATION AND A STRATEGY WE WOULD DISCUSS SUBSEQUENT TO THE APPROVAL.
SO THERE'S A STILL POSSIBILITY THAT LEAVE THAT ALONE SO THAT, UH, FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, WHETHER THEY WILL NEED IT OR NOT, WE DON'T KNOW.
UM, I DIDN'T ASK ANY QUESTIONS DURING THE PRESENTATION.
I WAS LISTENING AND THE QUESTIONS I DID HAVE WERE ANSWERED PRIMARILY RELATED TO, UH, IT'S A HARD RETAIL MARKET OUT THERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HEARD GOOD NEWS, UM, ABOUT WHAT YOU PLAN TO DO TO DO HERE.
UM, AND THEN, UM, ALSO QUESTIONS, UH, RELATED TO, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPER DEVELOPMENT AROUND THERE, IT IS ZONED FOR MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING IN SOME PLACES.
AND SO YOU, YOU DON'T SEEM CONCERNED THAT IF THAT WERE TO DEVELOP THAT WOULD BE A BAD THING, MORE LIKELY A GOOD THING FOR YOUR, YOUR PROJECT.
SO, UH, I DID A LOT OF LISTENING BECAUSE MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED.
I AGREE WITH SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT COUNCILMAN BARRIOS MADE EARLIER.
I THINK THAT THIS IS, UH, AN INTERESTING COM UH, CONCEPT.
AND I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, I, UH, THE MULTI THAT THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT THIS LIVES UP TO THE VISION OF THIS AREA.
I THINK THAT IT SUPPORTS IT REALLY WELL.
UM, IF MULTIFAMILY HOUSING DOES HAPPEN TO GO UP ACROSS THE STREET, OR EVEN THE STUFF THAT'S DEVELOPED ON, UH, ON MAIN STREET, I THINK THIS WILL BE A GREAT THING FOR, FOR FOLKS TO WALK TO.
UM, ALTHOUGH FOCUSED ON MOTHERHOOD, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING IN THERE, UH, YOU KNOW, WOULD, WOULD BE REALLY GREAT FOR ALL RESIDENTS REGARDLESS OF THEIR MOTHERHOOD STATUS.
AND SO I THINK THAT IT REALLY SPEAKS TO A BROADER COMMUNITY EVEN.
UM, AND SO I, I THINK, UM, I I'M IN FAVOR OF IT.
I THINK IT'S INTERESTING AND, AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE VISION, IT'S CERTAINLY NOT SOMETHING THAT COULDN'T BE, UM, SORT OF REVISITED AND REDEVELOPED INTO SOMETHING ELSE.
UM, SO, UH, I THINK IT'S AN INTERESTING CONCEPT AND I'M GLAD IT'S GONNA BE FULLY LEASED UP AND GO FORTH AND CONQUER AND MAKE IT INTO THE NEXT MAGNOLIA.
I HAVE ABSOLUTELY ZERO CONCERNS ABOUT THE VISION.
I THINK IT FITS IN REALLY WELL WITH A DIVERSE RANGE OF BUSINESSES AND A DYNAMIC DOWNTOWN, AND I'M ALL FOR IT.
UM, DON, THE QUESTION FOR DON, THE ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER, I KNOW ONE OF THE CONCERNS IN THE LETTER FROM MR. KINDER WAS ABOUT PEOPLE POSSIBLY WALKING ACROSS
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AND LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE PUTTING BUSHES OR SOME KIND OF GREEN SCAPE THERE.IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO, THAT REQUIRE REQUIRED BECAUSE IT'S SHOWN? IS THAT LIKE, I I, AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE DOCTOR WOULDN'T COME THROUGH WITH WHAT, WHAT'S SHOWN AS FAR AS, I JUST DON'T WANT US TO SAY, OH, WE FORGOT, AND NOW WE HAVE PEOPLE WALKING ACROSS, UH, MR. KINDER'S YARD.
SO THE, THE CONCEPT PLAN WILL BE TRANSITIONED INTO A FULL SITE AND, UM, LANDSCAPE PLAN.
AND SO WE'LL ENSURE THAT, THAT, THAT COMPONENT IS, IS INCLUDED.
UM, YEAH, THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE JUST, UH, I, I THINK THAT THE APPLICANT WILL THROUGH AND OOPS, SORRY.
AND HONOR, UM, THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE KINDER FAMILY AND THE HISTORY OF THAT BLOCK.
UM, SO I, I SEE NO PROBLEM WITH THIS.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT ADDITION AND, UH, PROVIDE SOME, UH, NEAT AMENITIES AND SOMETHING JUST TO HELP US STAND OUT FURTHER.
READY TO MAKE A MOTION? ANYBODY ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY.
PLEASE MAKE A MOTION, MS. JUSTICE, UH, MOVE TO APPROVE ZONING FILE 24 18 AS PRESENTED.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
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THAT LEADS US TO ITEM NUMBER 10, CONSENT AGENDA.I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PUBLISHED.
CAN I GET A SECOND, MS. JUSTICE? SECOND.
[11. REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST ]
TO ITEM 11, REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.ANY MS. CHEN, WRITER MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR VERY, UM, GOOD FRIEND JOHNNY LEE OVER IN CHINATOWN FOR INVITING US LAST NIGHT TO THE SHOE LONG CON HOTSPOTS.
I SAID AS FAST AS I COULD, JUST IN CASE I MESSED IT UP.
I HAD NEVER BEEN TO A HOT POT BEFORE, UM, SO I REALLY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT.
BUT WALKING IN, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS WALKING OUT, I DEFINITELY WILL BE BACK.
IT WAS AN INCREDIBLY, IT'S AN EXPERIENCE.
IT'S TRULY A, A COMPLETE EXPERIENCE OF GOING AND JUST ENJOYING A, A REALLY NEAT CONCEPT.
SO, UH, IT WAS A SOFT OPENING LAST NIGHT.
I THINK THEY'RE OPENING UP IN SEPTEMBER, IF I UNDERSTOOD IT CORRECTLY.
AND SO CONGRATULATIONS TO, TO JOHNNY AND TO EVERYONE, UM, ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.
AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS OPENING UP, UH, PERMANENTLY.
UM, UH, JUST A FORWARD LOOKING EVENT.
THE RICHARDSON REAL HEROES EVENT IS AT THE EISMAN, UH, ON, UH, THURSDAY.
SO I ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO, TO ATTEND AND HONOR SOME AMAZING HEROES IN OUR CITY.
ANY OTHER STATEMENTS? MR. SHA? UH, I THINK LAST WEEK, AUGUST 20TH, IN THE MORNING WE HAD, UH, THAT PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, FALL SEMESTER KICKOFF EVENT.
THAT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH RISD AND CITY OF RICHARD AND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
SO I'M GLAD THAT PROGRAM CAME BACK.
THOSE, UH, IT'S AWESOME PROGRAM FOR THE RISD STUDENTS.
EVERYONE WHO ARE INVOLVED MAKE THIS THING POSSIBLE.
I, UH, JUST WANTED TO SAY, I SPENT THE ENTIRE DAY SATURDAY, UH, WITH THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION AND, UH, INTERVIEWING THE, UH, ART PARTICIPANTS THIS YEAR.
AND, UH, I ALWAYS, IT'S, I FELT LIKE I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR SO MANY YEARS, BUT IT'S ALWAYS SO MUCH FUN JUST TO, JUST TO SEE EVERYBODY AND HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY.
I JUST WANNA THANK EVERYBODY AND THANK MCKAYLA AND, UH, THE CULTURAL ARTS, UH, TEAM FOR, YOU KNOW, DOING THEIR JOB.
SEE YOU NO MORE WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS.
THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 10:04 PM THANK YOU.