* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:04] GOOD EVENING. I CALLED THIS MEETING OF THE RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM UH, AS YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SEE, WE'VE GOT QUITE A FEW VISITORS, UH, OR GUESTS, UH, AND WE'LL BE DOING A JOINT MEETING WITH THE, UH, CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION HERE IN JUST A MOMENT. UH, BUT BEFORE ALL THAT, WE'RE GONNA DO A LITTLE BIT OF RECOGNITION AND OF COURSE, UH, HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC. UH, [A. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS AND VISITORS FORUM] WE'LL START WITH ITEM, UH, A, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS AND VISITORS FORUM. MR. MAGNER. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE DID HAVE ONE, UM, UH, COMMENT CARD THAT WAS SUBMITTED IN ADVANCE OF THE 5:00 PM DEADLINE BY MS. LORI GARVEY OF FOUR 15 VALLEY COVE DRIVE, UH, REGARDING THE HOME SUITE HOME WORKSHOP THAT WAS HELD THIS WEEKEND. SO, UH, WE PROVIDE YOU A COPY OF THAT FEEDBACK. WE DO HAVE TWO SPEAKERS THAT ARE SIGNED UP. SO, UH, MAYOR, IF YOU'LL INDULGE, I WILL READ THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE SPEAKERS. UH, ALL SPEAKERS SHOULD COMPLETE A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD AND SUBMIT IT TO THE CITY'S SECRETARY. SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THAT THEY RECEIVED. WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE STEP TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. ALL SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO MAXIMUM FIVE MINUTES, AS INDICATED BY THE TIMERS. WHEN THE TIMER BEEPS, THE SPEAKER SHOULD CONCLUDE THEIR COMMENTS PROMPTLY. SPEAKERS MAY 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. SPEAKERS. SUBMITTING COMMENTS ON THE SAME TOPIC ARE ENCOURAGED TO REDUCE REPETITIVE REMARKS BY INDICATING THEIR COMMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED, OR BY SELECTING A REPRESENTATIVE. SPEAKER. THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT PROHIBITS THE CITY COUNCIL FROM DISCUSSING OR TAKING ACTION ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA. CITY COUNCIL AND 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 AS, AS, UH, ASKED TO REFRAIN FROM APPLAUDING OR OTHER EXPRESSIONS OF SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION, A COPY OF THE COUNCIL RULES OF ORDER AND PROCEDURE, AND THESE GUIDELINES MAY BE FOUND ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. AT THIS TIME, I'D ALSO LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE TO SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONES DURING THE, UH, FOR THE DURATION OF THE MEETING. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CITY SECRETARY, AND MANY OF YOU'LL CALL THE SPEAKERS. MAY I HAVE TWO SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR TONIGHT? THE FIRST ONE IS LISA FER. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LISA KUPFER, AND MY ADDRESS IS ONE 12 WAKE DRIVE HERE IN RICHARDSON. AND WHEN YOU SAY, GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER CITY STAFF, I'M HERE TONIGHT, BOTH AS A RICHARDSON RESIDENT AND AS A FAIRLY RECENT CANDIDATE FOR COUNCIL. AND I WANNA RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS WHAT YOU CAN DO TO FOSTER A CULTURE OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT. YOU RECENTLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SELECT A MAYOR PRO TEM. YOUR SELECTION WAS UNANIMOUS, AND I HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF RESPECT FOR MAYOR PROTO HUTCHIN RIDER IN BOTH HIS PROFESSIONAL AND CITY COUNCIL ROLES. THAT SAID, THIS WAS ALSO A DECISION THAT, IN MY OPINION, POINTS TO A MISSED OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE A CULTURE IN SUPPORT OF WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP. DURING THE LAST MEETING, COUNCIL MEMBER BARRY ARFIN EXPRESSED THAT HE WOULD LOVE TO SEE A BLACK WOMAN IN POSITION OF MAYOR WITHIN DFW. THIS IS NOT WITHOUT PRECEDENT. WE HAVE RACHEL PROCTOR, WHO'S MAYOR OF DESOTO, AND OF HER COUNCIL MEMBERS, SIX OF THE SEVEN, UM, ARE ALSO BLACK WOMEN. THEIR ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT HAS NINE MEMBERS, FIVE OF WHOM APPEAR TO BE WOMEN. ADDITIONALLY, A SNAPSHOT OF A FEW OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ALSO HIGHLIGHTS AN INCREASED WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP PRESENCE. WE HAVE MADDIE PARKER, MAYOR FORT WORTH, AND INCLUDING HER FIVE OF 10 OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE WOMEN AND PLANO. OF THE EIGHT PLACES, THREE ARE OCCUPIED BY WOMEN. THEIR MAYOR, PRO TEM IS A FEMALE AND A NATIVE OF TAIWAN. AND THEIR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM IS ALSO A WOMAN IN GARLAND, TEXAS. OF THE NINE PLACES, THREE ARE OCCUPIED BY WOMEN. NOW, IN ALL FAIRNESS, I DID NOT CONDUCT AN EXHAUSTIVE ANALYSIS OF NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPALITIES, AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE CITIES THAT DO NOT HAVE BOARDS AND COMMISSION MEMBER INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THEIR WEBSITE. SO RECOGNITION TO THE CITY OF RICHARDSON FOR DOING THAT. HOWEVER, I MENTIONED THESE CITIES AS EXAMPLES, HIGHLIGHTING THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY HAVE ROOM TO DO BETTER, AND WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 52% OF WOMEN RESIDING IN OUR CITY. WE CAN DO BETTER ENSURING THAT THEY'RE REFLECTED IN OUR GOVERNMENT OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. I TRULY HOPE THAT YOU AS COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL MATCH YOUR WORDS AND CHAMBERS AND OUT IN THE COMMUNITY WITH YOUR ACTIONS. FIND, AS I KNOW EACH OF YOU ARE ACUTELY AWARE, ONLY TWO OF THE SEVEN COUNCIL SEATS WERE CHALLENGED IN THE LAST ELECTION. [00:05:01] MANY OF YOU EXPRESSED GRATITUDE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO SERVE AND THANK THE PUBLIC FOR THE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE. I IMAGINE IF I WERE IN YOUR ROLE, I WOULD DO THE SAME. HOWEVER, I ASK THAT FOR A MOMENT, YOU CHALLENGE THAT THINKING. TAKE A MOMENT TO STEP BACK AND LOOK BEYOND YOURSELF AND YOUR INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS AND ASK YOURSELVES WHY. ASK YOURSELVES WHY SO FEW OF OUR CITIZENS EXPRESS AN INTEREST IN PURSUING PUBLIC OFFICE THROUGH THAT LENS. IS THAT REALLY SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE? WHILE MY EXPERIENCE RUNNING WAS POSITIVE OVERALL, I CAN ALSO POINT TO SOME EXAMPLES OF ACTIONS BY OTHERS THAT WERE QUITE FRANKLY DISHEARTENING, PARTICULARLY WHEN CONSIDERING THE ROLES THESE INDIVIDUALS HOLD WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. WHILE THESE MOMENTS ARE IN THE PAST AND ULTIMATELY HAVE NOT LESSENED MY LOVE FOR RICHARDSON, THEY HAVE INSTILLED A CERTAIN WEARINESS. AS SUCH, I ASK YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER WHAT YOU'LL DO OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS TO FIGHT AGAINST COMPLACENCY AND TO BUILD AN ENVIRONMENT THAT ENCOURAGES HEALTHY CHALLENGE. THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, AND I WISH EACH OF YOU WELL OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. KEPPER. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JUSTIN NET. GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. JUSTIN NEFF, 4 2 5 PLEASANT VALLEY LANE. I'D JUST LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SHARE MY PERSPECTIVE ON THE 2025 CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION'S WORK. THIS COMMISSION SPENT OVER 19 HOURS IN MEETINGS DELIBERATING ALL ASPECTS OF EVERY RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, AND THAT'S JUST COUNTING THE TIME SPENT IN MEETINGS. MANY MORE HOURS OF WORK WERE SPENT OUTSIDE OF MEETINGS BY EACH COMMISSIONER TO ENSURE PREPAREDNESS FOR EACH MEETING AND THE TASK AHEAD. HAVING OBSERVED EVERY SECOND OF EVERY MEETING OF THIS COMMISSION, I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT THIS COMMISSION AND STAFF HAVE BEEN IMMENSELY ACCOMMODATING AND WELCOMING OF PUBLIC INPUT. AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE PRESENTATION, THE COMMISSION ALLOWED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS AT EACH MEETING. THIS COMMISSION DIDN'T JUST ALLOW FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. THEY VALUED THE INPUT WE GAVE THEM. THEY FAIRLY CONSIDERED THE PROS AND CONS OF EACH SUGGESTION GIVEN BY THE PUBLIC, AND I'M VERY IMPRESSED BY THE OUTCOMES OF THIS PROCESS. AS YOU KNOW, THE CHARGE OF THIS COMMISSION WAS TO RECOMMEND NECESSARY AMENDMENTS TO OUR HOME RULE CITY CHARTER. SINCE THEY'RE AN INDEPENDENT BODY MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL, YOU NOW ARE TASKED WITH REVIEWING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND DECIDING WHAT SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER FOR VOTERS TO CONSIDER. THOUGH THE ROLES OF THIS COMMISSION AND THIS COUNCIL ARE SIMILAR REGARDING THIS ITEM, THEY'RE NOT ONE AND THE SAME. I HOPE YOU'LL REVIEW THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AS A BASELINE AND DISCERN WHAT SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE BALLOT. YOU CAN ADOPT THESE AS RECOMMENDED AMEND RECOMMENDATIONS, OR CONSIDER YOUR OWN RECOMMENDATIONS TO PLACE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. WITH THAT IN MIND, I HAVE SOME FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS OF MY OWN THAT I HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER. JUST AS THIS COMMISSION HAS. I'VE MADE SOME SIMILAR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THIS COMMISSION, BUT AFTER HEARING THEIR FEEDBACK, I HAVE AMENDED SOME OF MY RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS FOR INITIATIVE REFERENDUM AND RECALL PETITIONS. I THINK IT'S REASONABLE TO ATTACH THIS THRESHOLD TO THE NUMBER OF VOTES IN THE LAST MUNICIPAL ELECTION, WHEREAS I RECOMMENDED THAT THE COMMISSION CONSIDER A SIGNATURE REQUIREMENT EQUAL TO 25% OF THE VOTES IN THE LAST MUNICIPAL ELECTION. I NOW ASK YOU TO CONSIDER A THRESHOLD EQUAL TO A MAJORITY OF VOTES IN THE LAST MUNICIPAL ELECTION. THIS WOULD ENSURE THAT WE DON'T REQUIRE A NUMBER OF SIGNATURES THAT IS GREATER THAN THE NUMBER OF VOTES THAT WOULD ADOPT SUCH A PROPOSITION. IN LIGHT OF THE DISCUSSION AROUND THE SELECTION OF THE MAYOR PRO TEM LAST MEETING, I APPRECIATE THE SUGGESTION TO ALLOW VOTERS TO DECIDE WHO WILL SERVE AS MAYOR PRO TEM, BUT I DON'T PARTICULARLY WANT TO ELIMINATE A COUNCIL SEAT TO ACHIEVE THIS IF IT'S EVEN PRACTICAL. THE ONLY WAY I SEE TO ACHIEVE THIS WOULD BE TO HOLD ANOTHER ELECTION AFTER THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULTS FOR COUNCILOR CERTIFIED TO ALLOW VOTERS TO CHOOSE A MAYOR PRO TEM FROM THE DULY ELECTED COUNCIL REGARDING THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION FOR INCREASING COUNCIL PAY. I CAUTION YOU TO BE MINDFUL OF HOW THIS WILL APPEAR ON THE BALLOT. SWITCHING FROM A PER DIEM SYSTEM TO A FIXED MONTHLY PAY, WHILE ESSENTIALLY TRIPLING COUNCIL'S PAY MAY NOT BE UNDERSTOOD BY VOTERS, I RECOMMEND YOU SIMPLY INCREASE THE PER DIEM AMOUNT AS THE 2015 CHARTER COMMISSION RECOMMENDED, WHICH RESULTED IN VOTER APPROVAL. I ALSO ASK YOU, AS I ASK THIS COMMISSION TO CONSIDER THE BENEFIT OF A SURETY BOND REQUIREMENT FOR POSITIONS BEYOND JUST THE CITY MANAGER. THIS INSERTS A LEVEL OF PERSONAL LIABILITY TO ENSURE THE FAITHFUL EXECUTION OF THE DUTIES OF OFFICE, AND I THINK IT'S WISE TO CONSIDER THE BENEFITS OF EXTRA CARE BEING EXERCISED FOR CERTAIN STAFF POSITIONS SUCH AS DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS. IN SECTION NINE POINT 12 [00:10:01] OF OUR CHARTER, WE LIST FOUR SPECIFIC DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS THAT CAN BE APPEALED TO THE CIVIL SERVICE APPEALS BOARD. I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER ADDING ANY OTHER DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS THAT AFFECT A PERSON'S LIVELIHOOD, SUCH AS THE REASSIGNMENT OF A WORK SHIFT TO THE LIST OF APPEALABLE DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS. IF A DISCIPLINARY ACTION AFFECTS A PERSON'S TIME WITH THEIR CHILDREN, I WANT THEM TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE HEARD BY THIS BOARD. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TO CLARIFY YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, I HOPE WE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THESE BEFORE THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING ON THESE CHARTER AMENDMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. NEFF. ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? NO OTHER SPEAKERS SIGNED UP. ALRIGHT, [B. PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION FOR DR. RICHARD BENSON, 5TH PRESIDENT OF UT DALLAS AND RECOGNIZING HIS 45-YEAR CAREER IN ACADEMIA] UH, IN THAT CASE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM B, PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION FOR DR. RICHARD BENSON, FIFTH PRESIDENT OF THE UT DALLAS OF UT DALLAS, AND RECOGNIZING HIS 45 YEAR CAREER IN ACADEMIA. MR. MAGNER, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UH, WE ARE EXTREMELY, UH, PROUD AND EXCITED TONIGHT TO HAVE, UH, UH, DR. RICHARD AND, UH, LESLIE BENSON JOIN US TONIGHT, AS WELL AS, UH, KEY MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET, DR. RAPHAEL MARTIN, DR. CALVIN JAMESON, UH, AMANDA RACO AND GABRIELA PATE. UM, AS, UH, DR. BENSON AND THE MAYOR MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE PODIUM, UH, DR. BENSON, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, UM, SINCE UH, LATE 2016, WE'VE HAD THE GREAT, UH, PLEASURE, MY PREDECESSOR DAN JOHNSON BEFORE ME, UM, OF, UM, UH, OF, OF BEING COLLEAGUES, UH, WITH YOU AND YOUR TEAM. AND, UM, I CANNOT IMAGINE A, UM, MORE, UM, PERFECT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A TOWN AND GOWN TO SIGNIFY, UM, HOW THESE, UH, TWO, UH, ENTITIES CAN COME TOGETHER AND TO REALLY MULTIPLY, UH, THE EFFECT, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR, IN THIS CASE, FOR THE ENTIRE REGION HERE IN NORTH TEXAS. UH, YOUR LEADERSHIP THROUGH, UH, UH, COVID AS WE, UH, WORKED ON THE IQ HQ, UH, YOUR LEADERSHIP FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, NEARLY A DECADE, UH, WORKING ON NORTH SIDE, UH, AND WHAT THAT'LL MEAN TO, UH, THE, THE SILVER LINE MOVING FORWARD, UH, YOUR IMPACT IS GOING TO BE FELT FOR, FOR MANY, MANY, UH, DECADES TO COME HERE AT UT DALLAS AND RICHARDSON AND ALL OF NORTH TEXAS AS A GREAT DEBT OF, OF GRATITUDE. SO MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT, UH, WITH DR. BENSON. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO I'M GONNA READ FROM THIS PROCLAMATION, IF YOU'VE GOT A FEW MINUTES. I DO . ALRIGHT. UH, WHEREAS DR. RICHARD C. BENSON HAS SERVED AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNI UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS SINCE 2016, JULY OF 2016, PROVIDING VISIONARY LEADERSHIP AND AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AND WHEREAS DR. BENSON CHAMPIONED THE ELEVATION OF THE ARTS ON CAMPUS LEADING TO THE MERGER OF THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES, AND THE SCHOOL OF ARTS TECHNOLOGY AND EMERGING COMMUNICATION, WHICH ULTIMATELY LED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HARRY W. BASS JR. SCHOOL OF ARTS, HUMANITIES AND TECHNOLOGY IN RECOGNITION OF A GENEROUS PHILANTHROPIC GIFT. AND WHEREAS UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, UT DALLAS STRENGTHENED ITS COLLABORATION WITH UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER, LEADING TO THE OPENING OF THE $120 MILLION, 150,000 SQUARE FOOT TEXAS INSTRUMENTS BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES BUILDING FURTHER SOLIDIFYING UTDS REPUTATION AS A HUB FOR CUTTING EDGE RESEARCH AND HEALTHCARE COLLABORATION. AND WHEREAS DR. BENSON HELPED FORGE A KEY PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN UT DALLAS AND THE CITY OF RICHARDSON ON ESTABLISHING THE NEW HEADQUARTERS FOR THE RICHARDSON INNOVATION QUARTER, FOSTERING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND, AND FURTHER ADVANCING RESEARCH THROUGH CREATIVE COLLABORATION. AND WHEREAS DURING HIS TENURE, UT DALLAS EXPERIENCED RECORD BREAKING STUDENT ENROLLMENT SURPASSING 30,000 STUDENTS IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2023, REPRESENTING A 60% INCREASE FROM 2013 TO 2023, POSITIONING UT DALLAS AS THE FIFTH FASTEST GROWING DOCTORAL DEGREE GRANTING PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN THE UNITED STATES, AND ENHANCING THE CITY OF RICHARDSON'S REPUTATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE. AND WHEREAS DR. RICHARD BENSON'S EXTRAORDINARY CAREER HAS BEEN MARKED BY VISIONARY LEADERSHIP AND STEADFAST DEDICATION TO INNOVATION, AND A DEEP COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC AND COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT, BENEFITING NOT ONLY UT DALLAS AND THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, BUT THE NATION AS A WHOLE. NOW, THEREFORE, I AMIR OMAR, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND HONOR DR. RICHARD C. BENSON WITH SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE. WE CELEBRATE HIS MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, COMMEND HIS LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS, AND WISH HIM A JOYFUL [00:15:01] AND REWARDING RETIREMENT. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THANKING DR. BENSON. THANK OH, THANK YOU ALL. THEY DON'T DO THIS FOR ME AT AT UTD. BY THE WAY, , I DON'T GET TOO MANY STANDING OVATIONS. UM, I SHOULD HAVE PREPARED BETTER. UH, I'M GONNA SPEAK FROM THE HEART. UM, I, I LOVE RICHARDSON. I LOVE UTD. UM, I CAN HARDLY THINK OF A BETTER TOWN GOWN RELATIONSHIP, AND I'VE SEEN SOME GOOD ONES IN A, IN A LONG CAREER. BUT, UM, I, I KNEW FROM THE MOMENT WE GOT HERE THAT RICHARDSON WAS GOING TO BE A VERY SPECIAL PLACE FOR ME, FOR MY WIFE LESLIE. UM, AND JUST, UH, TO ADVANCE OUR CAREER. AND, AND GOODNESS GRACIOUS KNOWS THAT UTD HAS INDEED, UH, ADVANCED MARVELOUSLY OVER THESE, UH, NINE YEARS. AND I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE MY, MY KEY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE SITTING OVER THERE. SO, AMANDA, CALVIN, RAFAEL, GABBY, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE REPRESENTATIVE OF, OF A WONDERFUL, UH, TOP TIER TEAM THAT WE HAVE AT UTD THAT HAS REALLY HELPED DRIVE, UH, UTD, UH, FORWARD. UH, PROBABLY THE HARDEST THING I NEED TO DO IS JUST KNOW WHEN TO SAY YES, UH, TO, TO THEIR GOOD IDEAS. I ALSO, UM, HAVE TO SAY A WORD OR TWO ABOUT LESLIE, MY, MY WIFE. SO WHEN I FIRST MADE MY VERY FIRST PRESENTATION, YOUR PREDECESSOR, DAN JOHNSON. UH, SO FIRST OF ALL, I WAS HERE TO BRAG ON UTD, WHICH I'VE GOTTEN RATHER GOOD AT, UH, OVER THE LAST DECADE. AND OF COURSE, I WAS BRAGGING ON DAVID DANIEL AND WHAT HE HAD LEFT BEHIND. MY JOB WAS TO KEEP IT GOING. BUT, SO AS I WAS WELCOMED BY THIS WONDERFUL BOARD AND YOUR PREDECESSORS, UH, DAN SAID, YOU KNOW, THE BEST THING THAT YOU'VE DONE IS YOU BROUGHT LESLIE HERE, UH, IT IS TRUE BECAUSE I MEAN, ALMOST FROM, FROM THE FIRST DAY THAT SHE WAS HERE, SOMEHOW WE GOT ROPED INTO THE RICHARDSON SYMPHONY, WHICH HE NOW LEADS, UH, ON THEIR BOARD. UM, RICHARDSON REEDS, UH, SHE'S THE INCOMING PRESIDENT OF THE, THE ROTARY, UH, EAST, UH, RICHARDSON, EAST ROTARY CLUB. AND SO, AGAIN, MY WIFE HAS BEEN QUITE THE CITIZEN OF RICHARDSON, UH, MORE SO THAN ME, UH, TO, TO BE FRANK. SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU, LESLIE, FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE. AND AS I SAY, UM, IT, IT'S JUST BEEN WONDERFUL TO BE HERE IN, IN RICHARDSON. I'VE OFTEN SAID THAT THERE'S A LOT OF COLLEGE PRESIDENTS, AND MAYBE EVEN EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM WHO WOULD TRADE PLACES WITH ME IN A HEARTBEAT. UH, BECAUSE, UH, FIRST OF ALL, UTD IS ON A GREAT TRAJECTORY. I LIKE TO THINK WE STILL ARE. BUT TO BE HERE, UH, TO BE IN THIS PART OF TEXAS, TO BE IN RICHARDSON, IT, IT, IT REALLY DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT. SO, UH, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL, UH, FOR BEING A GREAT HOME, UH, TO RICHARDSON. I'VE MET THE NEXT PRESIDENT AND HE'S A WONDERFUL MAN. HE, HE'S ALSO GOT A WONDERFUL WIFE AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO ENJOY THEM, UM, AS, AS WELL. SO, UH, IT'S NOW MY TIME TO, UH, PASS THE REINS OFF TO NEW LEADERSHIP. BUT AGAIN, AND, AND I TOLD HIM JUST THIS MORNING HOW FORTUNATE HE WAS TO BE COMING INTO THE CITY OF RICHARDSON. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK, UH, DR. BENSON. WE'D LIKE TO INVITE YOUR TEAM AND, UH, TO JOIN THE COUNCIL AND, AND, UH, FOR, HOW ARE YOU? MY FIRST ONE. MY FIRST ONE, SO, ALRIGHT, SO MAYOR, I CAN PUT YOU RIGHT HERE, PLEASE. WAY FORWARD. AND THEN COUNCIL, WE HAVE OUR NORMAL SPOTS. SO ONE SECOND. PROBABLY TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER. KEEP HIM OVER. SMILE. PERFECT. THANKS SO MUCH. THANK, [00:20:02] THANK YOU. THEY ALL WORE MAROON. I DIDN'T, NOT MAROON THAT. THAT'S OKAY. I LIKE HAVE MARILLO. YES, MAR. I WOULD NEVER BE MAROON. [C. RECOGNITION FOR THE WINNERS OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL BOX ART CONTEST] ALL RIGHT, WE'LL, UH, MOVE ON TO, UH, ITEM C, RECOGNITION OF THE WINNERS OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL BOX. ART CONTEST. MR. MAGNA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. MAYOR COUNCIL. UH, WE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL GUESTS WITH US TONIGHT, UM, TO BE CELEBRATED FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE. OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, MIKAYLA DOLLER, IS GONNA LEAD THIS BRIEFING, BUT I SEE HER WAY IN THE BACK. AND I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, KAYLA JOHNSON, WHO IS OUR KAYLA STANDUP. AND THERE SHE IS. SHE'S OUR, UH, PLACEMAKING, UM, MANAGER AND HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB, UH, ALONG WITH MCKAYLA AND, UH, ON, ON THIS PROGRAM THIS YEAR. WELL, CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE WHO'S ABOUT TO BE RECOGNIZED. AND, UH, MAYOR, AFTER EVERYONE HAS, UH, BEEN, UH, ACKNOWLEDGED, WE'D LIKE THE COUNCIL TO TAKE ANOTHER PHOTO TO CELEBRATE, UH, THE GOOD WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE. THANK YOU, MIKAYLA. ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE, UH, TONIGHT, PRESENTING THESE TO YOU AND REALLY BEING ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME WONDERFUL ARTISTS THAT ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT, UM, WILL SOON HAVE ARTWORK IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. THIS INITIATIVE FALLS UNDER THE CITY COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC GOAL TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN RESIDENTS AND ALL STAKEHOLDERS. AND THE TACTIC IS RELATED TO THE PLACEMAKING INITIATIVES THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITH WAYFINDING AND PUBLIC ART. A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT THE PROGRAM. SO THIS IS A PROGRAM YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, AND IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE CITY OF RICHARDSON BY THE KIWANIS CLUB IN 2021. WE CREATED THE PROGRAM AND IT'S NOW SPONSORED BY THE RICHARDSON ROTARY CLUB. AND EACH YEAR WE REVIEW PROPOSALS, UM, FROM A SELECTION COMMITTEE, AND THEN THE CITY WORKS WITH WINNING ARTISTS TO FINALIZE THE ARTWORK FOR VINYL WRAPS ON THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL BOXES. THE CALL FOR ARTISTS LOOKED LIKE THE GRAPHIC ON THE RIGHT THIS YEAR. WE HAD, UM, THE APPLICATION LAUNCH ON MARCH 3RD AND END THE END OF APRIL. SO THEY HAD TWO MONTHS TO PUT TOGETHER THEIR ARTWORK. THE FINALISTS ARE DETERMINED BY THE SELECTION COMMITTEE BASED ON THE THEME CREATIVITY AND ARTISTIC MERIT. AND EACH OF THE WINNERS RECEIVES A $200 STIPEND, A HUNDRED DOLLARS FROM THE CITY, AND THEN A HUNDRED DOLLARS MATCH FROM THE ROTARY CLUB. AND THEY ALSO GET TO BE RECOGNIZED BY COUNCIL FOR SUBMISSION CRITERIA. THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT AN APPROPRIATE DIGITAL IMAGE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT WE HAVE TO MANIPULATE THE IMAGE TO GO ONTO THE ACTUAL, UM, TRAFFIC SIGNAL BOX. THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE A COMPLETE APPLICATION, ORIGINAL WORKS ONLY, OR ACCEPTED. THEY CANNOT CONTAIN ANY COPYRIGHT COPYRIGHTED OR TRADEMARKED IMAGES, AND THEY CAN'T CONTAIN ANY COMMERCIAL LOGOS OR REPRESENTATION OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS, SIGNALS, OR OTHER TRAFFIC INITIATIVE OR, UM, IMAGES FOR OUR COMMUNICATION STRATEGY. WE HAVE A ROBUST COMMUNICATION STRATEGY AROUND THIS, BUT REALLY THE THING THAT GETS THE MOST SUBMISSIONS, I THINK THESE DAYS, ARE THE EXISTING TRAFFIC SIGNAL BOXES IN THE COMMUNITY. SO AS WE WERE PROMOTING IT THIS YEAR, WE HEARD A LOT OF, WELL, I SEE THOSE AND THEY LOOK GREAT. UM, SO WE'RE REALLY, UM, GROWING THIS INITIATIVE THROUGH EACH YEAR. THIS YEAR WE HAD 37 SUBMISSIONS THAT THE SELECTION COMMITTEE WAS ABLE TO CONSIDER, AND THE SELECTION COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF OUR CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION MEMBERS AND SANDY PAYLESS IS HERE REPRESENTING THEM TODAY. AND THEN OUR RICHARDSON ROTARY CLUB, UM, TWO MEMBERS FROM THERE. AND THAT WAS MARK SOLOMON THIS YEAR. AND SAMANTHA MILLS, WHO IS HERE REPRESENTING ROTARY AS WELL, YOU CAN SEE HERE THE 2025 SIGNAL LOCATIONS AT THESE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS. AND THEY ARE IN THE ORANGE COLOR, BUT MOST OF ALL YOU CAN SEE EACH YEAR. SO THESE ARE ON A FIVE YEAR ROTATION BECAUSE THAT'S THE LIFESPAN OF THE VINYL WRAPS. AND NEXT YEAR WILL BE THE FIFTH YEAR IN THE PROJECT. AND THEN IN 2027, WE WILL GO BACK TO THE LOCATIONS THAT WE BEGAN WITH IN 2022 AND REPLACE THOSE PIECES OF ARTWORK WITH THE SAME THEME, BUT UPDATED ART FOR THE PIECES. AND YOU CAN REALLY SEE WHERE THESE PIECES ARE SPREAD ACROSS THE COMMUNITY. SO WE'VE TRIED TO, UM, NOT ONLY IDENTIFY PROMINENT LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE VERY VISIBLE, BUT ALSO SPREAD THEM IN AREAS WHERE, UM, ALL RESIDENTS ARE ABLE TO SEE THEM. SO FIRST OFF, WE HAVE JENNIFER GEIGER WITH A COLORFUL SYMPHONY. JENNIFER IS ACTUALLY, UM, OUT OF TOWN, BUT SHE IS WATCHING. SO, HELLO JENNIFER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUBMISSION. SECOND, WE HAVE EMILY ADAMS, WHO IS HERE, IF EMILY WILL COME ON UP. AND SHE SUBMITTED [00:25:01] BUTTERFLY SQUARED. EMILY IS A RICHARDSON RESIDENT AS WELL. NEXT WE HAVE CHRISTINA BU, AND SHE SUBMITTED BUTTERFLY GARDEN. SHE IS A RESIDENT BUT WAS AT WORK, SO SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT THIS EVENING AND WILL BE RECEIVING HER CERTIFICATE AS WELL. NEXT WE HAVE EMILY PAINTER, WHO IS WITH US THIS EVENING TOO. SHE'S ALSO A RICHARDSON RESIDENT AND SHE SUBMITTED FLORA AND FAUNA. AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE JOCELYN ZUTO WITH WINGS OF CHANGE, AND SHE IS HERE AS WELL. AND THOSE ARE OUR 2025 TRAFFIC SIGNAL BOX ART WINNERS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN ANSWER THOSE. OTHERWISE WE WILL TAKE A GROUP PICTURE WITH THE WINNERS. ACTUALLY, AM I MISSING, AM I MISSING PEOPLE NAKED THESE TOGETHER? NO. NO. ALRIGHT, WELL NEXT. BYE. BIG SMILE AND TRY NOT TO ONE MORE. GOOD. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. OH, I KNOW, I KNOW. EXACTLY. BE THERE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT. ALL RIGHT. SO, UM, THE COUNCIL IS NOW GONNA CONVENE INTO A JOINT WORK SESSION WITH THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION AND, UH, COMMISSIONER BRIGHT, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'LL CALL THIS MEETING OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION TO ORDER AT 6 28 6 20 8:00 PM [D. CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION APPROVAL OF THE MAY 29, 2025 CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES] OUR FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE MAY 29TH, 2025 CHARTER REVIEW, COMMISSION MINUTES, UH, MEETING. RATHER, YOU GUYS HAVE ALL RECEIVED A COPY OF THE MINUTES IN YOUR PACKAGE. AND I APOLOGIZE FOR HAVING MY BACK TO YOU. I THINK I NEED TO SPEAK INTO THIS MIC, THOUGH. SO, UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES FROM THAT MEETING? IF NOT, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A VERY LOUD MOTION TO APPROVE A MOTION. WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE LAST MEETING. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE MAY 29TH, 2025 MEETING. UH, IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAY NO. MOTION CARRIES. MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BRIGHT. UM, [E. PRESENTATION OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL] SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM E, PRESENTATION OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL. COMMISSIONER BRIGHT, THANK YOU AGAIN, MAYOR. UM, MR. MAGNER, WERE YOU GONNA MAKE, UH, GO AHEAD. MR. UH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, NO, NO, NO WORRIES AT ALL, MARY. THANK YOU. UH, JUST A, A COUPLE OF QUICK NOTES, UH, UH, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, UM, AND REALLY FOR, UM, FOR OUR VISITORS TONIGHT AND, AND FOR THE PUBLIC. UM, THE PURPOSE OF TONIGHT'S MEETING, OBVIOUSLY IS, UH, FOR THE COMMISSION WHO HAVE BEEN, UH, HARD AT WORK NOW OVER THE COURSE OF 11 MEETINGS, UH, TO PRESENT ITS FINAL REPORT TO, TO YOU COUNSEL. UM, I WANT TO, UH, KIND OF CREATE A PATH FORWARD SO EVERYONE KNOWS WHERE WE GO FROM, UH, THE MEETING TONIGHT, UH, BOTH ON [00:30:01] JUNE 9TH AND JUNE 16TH. WE HAVE RESERVED TIME ON THE AGENDA FOR YOU TO BEGIN, UH, YOUR DELIBERATION AND DISCUSSION, UM, UM, IN, IN RESPONSE TO WHAT YOU RECEIVE TONIGHT ON, UH, JUNE 23RD, WE'LL BE HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, WHERE, UM, CITIZENS CAN ONCE AGAIN COME AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK, UH, NOT ONLY TO WHAT THEY, UH, HEAR FROM THE CHARTER COMMISSION TONIGHT, BUT ALSO, UH, THE NEXT TWO WEEKS THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO DECIDE LOOKING FORWARD. UM, WE WILL HAVE, UH, A, A, UH, FALL AFTER YOUR SUMMER BREAK. WE'LL HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, DISCUSSION AND DIALOGUE ON JULY 21ST. AND THEN UL ULTIMATELY, UM, YOU'LL NEED TO MAKE YOUR DECISION BY AUGUST 18TH ON WHETHER, UH, YOU CALL AN ELECTION AND ON WHAT, UH, PROPOSITIONS OR PROPOSED CHANGES YOU SEND. AND SO, UM, UM, REALLY WANT TO JUST KIND OF, UH, CR CREATE THAT PATH FORWARD FOR EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND, UH, REALLY THE PURPOSE OF, UH, TONIGHT'S MEETING, BUT AS WELL AS WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT IN THE FUTURE. I ALSO WANNA JUST TAKE A, A OPPORTUNITY MAYOR TO, TO THANK OUR, UH, CITY SECRETARY M EMER, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UH, DANETTE GARCIA, UH, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, PETE SMITH, WHO'S NOT HERE TONIGHT. AND OUR ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY, UH, JOE GODA. UM, I THINK, UH, THEY'VE DONE A, A JUST A SPLENDID JOB OF WORKING WITH THE COMMISSION, UH, STAFFING, UM, THIS OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL MONTHS. AND, UH, I KNOW THEY'LL ALL BE INSTRUMENTAL AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, AND HELP YOU ARRIVE AT YOUR DECISION BY THAT, UH, AUGUST 18TH TIMEFRAME. SO, UM, CHAIR BRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR, UH, ALLOWING ME TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS THERE. AND MAYOR, THANK YOU AS WELL, AND I'LL, UH, TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR YOUR REPORT. THANK YOU, MR. MAGNER. UH, TO THE COUNCIL, WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF THE RICHARDSON AND PROVIDE THE FINAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 2025 CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION. UH, THE CHARGE TO THE COMMISSION FROM YOU WAS TO REVIEW THE CHARTER FOR PURPOSES OF RECOMMENDING AMENDMENTS AS NECESSARY TO CAUSE THE CHARTER TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL AND STATE LAW WHERE CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCIES EXIST TO REVIEW THE CHARTER FOR PURPOSES OF RECOMMENDING AMENDMENTS AS NECESSARY TO CLARIFY EXISTING CHARTER SECTIONS TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF THE CHARTER, AND TO REVIEW THE CHARTER FOR ANY OTHER PROVISIONS IN THE CHARTER AS THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION DETERMINES NECESSARY. IN ADDITION TO THE COUNCIL'S CHARGE, THE COMMISSION REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS, STAFF, AND LEGAL RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY WITH THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS. IN SECTION 3.01 A, WE DISCUSSED THE LENGTH OF CITY COUNCIL TERMS, WE CONSIDERED STAGGERED TERMS, AND AFTER MANY, AND, AND CHANGING THE, UH, UH, UH, LENGTH OF TERMS. AND AFTER MANY MONTHS OF RESEARCH DATA COLLECTION BENCHMARKING, NO CHANGES ARE RECOMMENDED TO THAT SECTION WITH RESPECT TO SECTION 3.01 B, THE TERM RESET FOR COUNCIL MEMBER, FOR A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT IS ELECTED TO THE MAYOR POSITION. WE LIKEWISE HAD NO CHANGES TO RECOMMEND TO THAT SECTION. WITH RESPECT TO SECTION 3.04, COUNCIL COMPENSATION, WE RECOMMENDED CHANGES, WHICH I'LL GO INTO THIS EVENING. UH, WITH RESPECT TO SECTION 18.01, THE PERSONAL FINANCIAL INTEREST WITH RESPECT TO INCENTIVE PROGRAMS AND ITS APPLICATION TO CITY OFFICERS, WE HAVE RECOMMENDED CHANGES THAT WE WILL GO OVER TODAY. SO WE HELD 11 MEETINGS, I BELIEVE, INCLUDING THIS MEETING, AND WE HAD ONE PUBLIC HEARING. AND AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH MEETING, AS MRNE POINTED OUT, UH, THERE WAS A PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION WHERE CITIZENS WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. UH, WE'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR SELECTING THE INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVED ON THIS YEAR'S CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION. IN MY OPINION, YOU MADE A WISE DECISION IN SELECTING EACH MEMBER, AND I WOULD SAY THAT BECAUSE OF THEIR DEDICATION, CONCERN, AND CONCERN, FOREIGN COMMITMENT TO THE CITY AND ITS CITIZENS, THEY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF REVIEWING THE EXISTING CHARTER, RESEARCHING AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO OUR GROUP AND TONIGHT TO THE CITY COUNCIL. IF I MAY, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE CHARTER COM CHARTER COMMISSION MEMBERS SEATED NEXT TO AND, UH, BEHIND ME. AND IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND AS I CALL YOUR NAME. UH, FIRST VICE CHAIR KIM QUIRK, WORK, AN RISD TEACHER OF THE YEAR. JENNIFER BAKER. GOTTA GET THAT IN. DORIS BENNER. AND AGAIN, FORGIVE ME WITH MY BACK TO YOU GUYS. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. LISA DUNN, IAN GANI, CHIP PRATT, RICHARD STRECKER, JEREMY THOMASON, JERRY WALKER, AND TERRY ZIEGLER COULD NOT BE WITH US. UH, TONIGHT HE'S OUT OF THE COUNTRY. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE. IT WAS AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE SERVING WITH EACH [00:35:01] OF YOU. UH, I WILL SAY, AND LET THE COUNCIL KNOW THAT EACH COMMISSIONER CAME TO THE MEETINGS PREPARED, AND WE WORK WELL TOGETHER AS A GROUP, UH, BECAUSE THEY WERE DILIGENT, THOROUGH, COURTEOUS, AND PROFESSIONAL, WHICH MADE OUR WORK EASIER AT EVERY MEETING. ONE OR MORE OF THE COMMISSIONERS ACTUALLY TOOK TIME TO DO PERSONAL, EXTENSIVE PERSONAL RESEARCH, RESEARCH, TALK TO INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND SHARE DI TO BRING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO OUR GROUP TO ENLIGHTEN US. UH, WHEN THE COUNCIL COMMISSIONERS WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE A MEETING, THEY SENT IN COMMENTS TO AMY OR TO MR. SMITH AND, UM, UH, THAT WERE SHARED WITH THE COMMISSIONERS AT OUR MEETINGS. IN ADDITION, UH, IN FOLLOW UP TO CERTAIN MEETINGS, THEY SENT EMAILS TO STAFF TO ALLOW US TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS AND GO OUT AND FIND MORE INFORMATION. UH, VICE COURT CHAIR. AND I ALSO SERVED ON THE COMMISSION IN 2014 AND 2015, AND I MADE A COMMENT AT OUR VERY FIRST MEETING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS WE HAD. I THINK IT WAS MAYBE 83 RECOMMENDATIONS, I DUNNO IF I THINK THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME SORT OF A RECORD, STATE RECORD FROM THE COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL. THEY WENT TO THE VOTERS. AND, UH, AT THAT MEETING, AFTER I MADE THAT COMMENT, COMMISSIONERS THOMASON AND DUNN, UH, MADE A STATEMENT. AND THE MESSAGE I RECEIVED WAS THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY RECOMMENDATIONS WE HAVE OR HOW LONG OUR MEETINGS ARE AS WE ARE HERE FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES TO REVIEW AND MAKE THE NECESSARY RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE THE CHARTER. THIS WAS A STATEMENT WITH WHICH ALL COMMISSIONERS AGREED AND SET THE TONE FOR OUR WORK. WE ALL HAD PREDISPOSITIONS COMING INTO THIS PROCESS. HOWEVER, WITH THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, WE HAD VIGOROUS DISCUSSIONS, WHICH ALL COMMISSIONERS PARTICIPATED IN AND WERE HEARD, AND WE DID NOT DISMISS ANY IDEAS OR COMMENTS WHETHER THEY WERE EMAILED, MAILED, OR PRESENTED IN PERSON. AND I'VE ALSO BEEN TOLD THAT ALL OF OUR VOTES ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE'RE MAKING TONIGHT WERE YOU MET UNANIMOUS. UH, THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE DID NOT HAVE DISCUSSION OR DISAGREEMENT, BUT WE DID COME TO THE CONCLUSION ON THE VOTES THAT WE MADE. WE'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER, DON MAGNER AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, INCLUDING ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER DANETTE GARCIA. WE'D LIKE TO THANK CITY SECRETARY AMY ER, AND DEPUTY CITY SECRETARY CRYSTAL BROWN, PETE SMITH AND JOE GARITA, THE CITY ATTORNEYS AND ALL OF YOUR STAFFS, MS. ER AND MS. BROWN AND THE CITY ATTORNEYS MADE SURE WE HAD THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS. AND, UH, THIS INCLUDED DATA COLLECTED FROM OTHER CITY CHARTERS THROUGHOUT NORTH TEXAS BEST PRACTICES, RELEVANT STATE LAW. AND THEY PROVIDED NOT ONLY INFORMATION THEY THOUGHT WOULD BE HELPFUL, BUT, UH, AS I STATED BEFORE, INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONERS ALSO REQUESTED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND THEY WENT AND RESEARCHED AND PROVIDED THAT TO US FOR OUR MEETINGS AS WELL. SO ON SEVERAL, UH, OCCASIONS, WE REQUIRED MORE INFORMATION, MOVE MEETING DATES, AND EXTENDED DISCUSSIONS AND DECISIONS, UH, SO WE CAN COME TO THE BEST DECISION FOR THE CITY. UH, THERE WERE ALSO SEVERAL ME MEETINGS WHERE, EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY. IN ADDITION TO MAKING SUGGESTED OR POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS BEFORE OUR MEETINGS IN THE FORM OF MEMOS AT THE MEETINGS, THE CITY ATTORNEYS, PETE SMITH, JOE GARITA, AND NICK NICHOLS JACKSON DID NOT DISMISS OR PAY LIP SERVICE TO OUR QUESTIONS. UH, THEY GAVE INFORMED AND INSIGHTFUL RESPONSES AND WENT BACK AND CONDUCTED MORE RESEARCH WHEN NECESSARY. AND DID, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, PROVIDED US WITH MORE DATA BEFORE WE MADE OUR DECISIONS, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR, UH, INSIGHT AND HELP. THERE WERE ALSO SEVERAL MEETINGS WHERE DEPARTMENT HEADS WERE THERE WERE PRESENT, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THE PROCESS AND AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS WITH RESPECT TO CHARTER PROVISIONS ON THE AGENDA THAT PERTAINED TO THEIR PARTICULAR AREA. MR. MAG MAGNER ATTENDED SEVERAL MEETINGS AND ANSWERED QUESTIONS AND PROVIDED INPUT. JOSE MORENO, THE HR DIRECTOR, ATTENDED A MEETING AND ANSWERED QUESTIONS. CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER KENT FILE, ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR, TODD GASTRO AND BUDGET, BOB BUDGET OFFICER BOBMEYER ALSO ATTENDED A MEETING ON THE TOPICS RELEVANT TO THEIR AREA. UH, WE'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE CITIZENS WHO WERE NOT ON THE COMMISSION, BUT WHO ATTENDED THE MEETINGS AND WHO SPOKE DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF THE MEETING. UH, WE THOUGHT THIS WAS VERY IMPORTANT AND VERY INSIGHTFUL. WE RECEIVED WRITTEN COMMENTS FOR EACH MEETING, WHICH WERE REVIEWED AND TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY THE COMMISSION. AND JUSTIN NEFF, WHO SPOKE TONIGHT IS A CITIZEN, ATTENDED ALL OF THE MEETINGS, I BELIEVE, SPOKE AND PROVIDED COMMENTS AT ALL. BUT ONE MEETING, I THINK, AND, UH, I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE LET MR. N KNOW WE DO APPRECIATE HIM AND ALL THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED AS CITIZENS IN THIS PROCESS. TO THE COUNCIL, YOU HAVE THE DETAILED REPORT OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. UH, WE'RE PROUD OF THE WORK, THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS. WE REVIEWED EACH SECTION AND DISCUSSED IN DETAIL, AND AS STATED, UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED EACH RECOMMENDATIONS [00:40:01] OR IN CERTAIN INSTANCES, WE LEFT SOME SECTIONS AS THEY WERE AS NOTED IN THE REPORT. WE ARE PLEA PLEASED TO PRESENT THIS TO THE CITY COUNCIL. WE'RE NOT GONNA GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE REPORT AND POWERPOINT PRESENTATION TONIGHT. UH, YOU HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF YOU. BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE A FEW ARTICLES AND SECTIONS WE REVIEWED AND MADE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE REMAINING CHANGES AS STATED IN THE REPORT. PRIMARILY ADDRESS MODERNIZATION FOR, UH, ELECTRONIC MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS, INSURANCE, CONSISTENCY AND THE LANGUAGE, AND MAKING SURE WE'RE CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW OR RETITLING OR REMOVING CERTAIN SECTIONS. AND WE'LL ALSO GET INTO A SECTION WHERE WE, HOPEFULLY WE'LL MAKE THAT EASIER IN THE FUTURE FOR THE COUNCIL TO CHANGE THE MORE NON THE NONS SUBSTANTIVE PARTS OF THE CHARTER, THE, UH, MORE SUBSTANTIVE PARTS OF THE CHARTER THAT WE RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO MS. NEER. IF WE CAN PULL UP THE, I GUESS ARTICLE THREE IS THE FIRST SECTION I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS. CITY COUNCIL SECTION 3.04. WE DISCUSSED COMPENSATION AND WE RECOMMENDED AN INCREASE IN COUNCIL COMPENSATION FROM A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER MEETING TO $1,200 PER MONTH AND LEFT INTACT THE PROVISION, ALLOWING REIMBURSEMENT OF NECESSARY EXPENSES. UH, YOU KNOW, BETTER THAN I THAN WE DO THAT. AND WE UNDERSTAND AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE MANY HOURS BY THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR THAT ARE SPENT AT DOING THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES. UH, AND THIS RECOMMENDATION IS NOT INTENDED TO TRY TO COMPENSATE YOU FOR THAT TIME, BUT TO RECOGNIZE HOW MUCH TIME IS ACTUALLY SPENT. UH, ONE OF THE REASONS WE DIDN'T DO IT PER MEETING IS YOU DO MORE THAN MEET, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF HOMEWORK. THERE ARE A LOT OF, UH, OTHER THINGS YOU ATTEND. AND SO TO DO IT PER MEETING AS HAD BEEN DONE IN THE PAST, WE THOUGHT WOULD NOT, UH, BE A GOOD RECOGNITION OF ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. WE ALSO, UH, REVIEWED SURVEYS AND MS. EMER PROVIDED, UH, SURVEYS FROM OTHER CITIES ON COUNCIL COMPENSATION. AND, UH, WE LOOKED AT SOME CITIES THAT WERE IN LINE IN TERMS OF POPULATION AND MEETINGS AND, AND, UH, UH, REQUIREMENTS FOR THEIR CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR. AND WE BELIEVE THAT WHAT WE RECOMMEND THE $1,200 PER MONTH IS IN LINE WITH OTHER CITIES WITH SIMILAR POPULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. ARTICLE FOUR IS THE NEXT SECTION I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS BRIEFLY. THIS IS ON NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL. WE, UH, BELIEVE THAT SECTION ON RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FOR DISTRICTS NEEDED SOME CLEANUP, AND WE RECOMMENDED ADDING A ONE YEAR RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT BEFORE RUNNING IN A PARTICULAR DISTRICT. AND THIS IS IN SECTION, I BELIEVE, 4.02 AND 4.04. WITH RESPECT TO ARTICLE FIVE, RECALL OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE THOUGHT THAT THIS SECTION NEEDED MORE SPECIFICITY AS FOR WHAT THE MAYOR OR COUNCIL MEMBER COULD BE RECALLED FOR AND DEFINING THE GROUNDS FOR A RECALL PETITION. SO THAT'S THE REASON WE WANTED TO BRIEFLY DISCUSS THAT SECTION. UH, THE NEXT, UH, ARTICLE IS ARTICLE 18, THE GENERAL PROVISIONS, AND THIS IS ONE THAT THE COUNSEL WANTED US TO LOOK AT AS WELL. AND THIS RELATES TO CONSIDER TO THE AUTHORIZING, AUTHORIZING THE COUNCIL TO ALLOW BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR CITY ECONOMIC INCENTIVE PROGRAMS. THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE AT THIS POINT. AND SO WITH RESPECT TO THIS SECTION AT THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTIONS, WE LOOKED AT THE, THIS, THIS PROVISION AND THOUGHT IT MIGHT UNNECESSARILY UN UNFAIRLY EXCLUDE BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES FROM THE PROGRAM. NOW, AT MINIMUM, WE RECOMMEND ALLOWING THE COUNCIL TO ENACT AN ORDINANCE, ALLOWING APPOINTED MEMBERS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN A, IN AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM. WE CONSIDERED A SIMILAR PROVISION WITH RESPECT TO EMPLOYEES, BUT WE COULD NOT, UH, WE DID NOT COME TO APPROVE IT, COME TO APPROVE THAT RECOMMENDATION. HOWEVER, IF THE COUNCIL CHOOSES TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION, WE DID PROVIDE A PROVISION THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO INCLUDE EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS, UH, IN THE INCENTIVE PROGRAM. SO THAT'S ALSO PROVIDED. UH, ALSO IN ARTICLE 18, WE RECOMMEND ADDING A CON CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT PROVISION IN THE EVENT OF A DISASTER. AND THAT'S STATED IN 18.09 IN SECTION 18.10. UH, AND WE KNOW THAT THE CITY ALREADY HAS A CODE. CITY COUNCIL ALREADY HAS A CODE OF ETHICS, BUT WE RECOMMENDED ADDING A REQUIREMENT TO ENACT AND REVIEW THE CODE OF ETHICS FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND ACCORDED MEMBERS OF CITY BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES. AND THAT'S, AGAIN, THAT'S AN 18.10. [00:45:01] FINALLY, IN SECTION 19.06, AND THIS IS THE PART I WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT MIGHT MAKE IT EASIER IN THE FUTURE FOR COUNCIL TO CORRECT THINGS THAT ARE NON SUBSTANTIVE. UH, WE RECOMMEND ADDING A PROVISION TO ALLOW NONS SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO BE MADE BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE WITHOUT HAVING TO CALL AN ELECTION. AND THESE ARE CHANGES SUCH AS RENUMBERING ARTICLES, SECTIONS, SUBPARAGRAPH, MAKING SPELLING AND, AND PUNCTUATION CORRECTIONS. SO, UM, AGAIN, UH, WE ARE NOT GONNA GO THROUGH THE WHOLE REPORT TONIGHT. YOU GUYS HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU. UH, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION OF THE REPORT. AND AGAIN, WE SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY. UH, THAT CONCLUDES THE SERVICE OF THE 2025 CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, AND I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER. BACK OVER TO MR. MAGNER. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. VERY WELL DONE. WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU AND EVERYONE ON THE COMMISSION HAS, UH, UNDERTAKEN THESE, UH, MANY, MANY WEEKS. AS I MENTIONED, UH, MAYOR COUNSEL, UH, JUNE 9TH AND, UH, JUNE 16TH HAVE BEEN RESERVED, UH, TIME ON THE AGENDA FOR YOU TO DISCUSS, UH, THE REPORT THAT YOU JUST RECEIVED. IN ADDITION, I'LL LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, IN THE, UH, INFORMATION THAT WE'LL BE POSTING IN ADVANCE OF YOUR JUNE 9TH MEETING, WE WILL HAVE A FULL RED LINE OF, UH, THE CHARTER. SO, UH, HERE YOU SEE THE EXCERPTS THAT THE COMMISSION, UM, HAS, UM, OFFERED UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. WE'LL HAVE THAT FULL, UH, CHARTER RED LINE AVAILABLE FOR YOU AS WELL AS ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WHO WANTS TO, TO VIEW THAT. AND AGAIN, THAT'LL BE IN ADVANCE OF THE JUNE 9TH MEETING. UM, AGAIN, UM, SUBSEQUENT TO, UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WITH SOME ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE FROM YOU, UM, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, UH, PETE SMITH AND OUR ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY, JOE GRITA, WILL BEGIN PREPARING PROPOSITIONS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. UM, WE WILL REVISIT THOSE, UH, AFTER THEY'VE HAD SOME TIME TO COMPOSE THOSE ON JULY 21ST. AND THEN, UM, WE HAVE CURRENTLY SCHEDULED AUGUST 11TH FOR YOU TO, UM, UH, CALL AN ELECTION IF THAT'S WHAT YOU OPT TO DO. AND, UH, MAYOR, UH, THAT'S ALL, UH, WE HAVE IN TERMS OF, UH, NEXT STEPS. I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU FOR, UM, ANY, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. SURE. UH, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, LOTS OF COMMENTS AND THOUGHTS ON, ON WHAT YOU PRESENTED, BUT I'LL SAVE THAT FOR THE OTHER MEETINGS. BUT JUST A COUPLE OF SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COMMISSION'S SORT OF THOUGHT PROCESS OR DECISION MAKING ON, UH, A COUPLE OF THESE. UM, THE FIRST ONE, UH, YOU DID NOT RECOMMEND A CHANGE TO, UM, UH, 3.01 B RELATED TO, UM, THE SORT OF TERM RESET IF YOU BECOME MAYOR. I'M CUR I'M CURIOUS ABOUT, UM, THAT WAS SOMETHING I WAS SORT OF THINKING ABOUT. TRADITIONALLY, I WOULD THINK YOU WOULD WANT A COUNCIL MEMBER TO POTENTIALLY RUN FOR MAYOR. UM, AND SO TO, TO ENCOURAGE POTENTIALLY PROVIDING A LITTLE BIT MORE RUNWAY, UM, FOR SOMEONE WHO'S ON COUNCIL, BUT TO THEN BECOME MAYOR. IT'S DIFFICULT TO DO NOW IF YOU HAVE FOLKS THAT HAVE SERVED FOR A LONG TIME. SO I'M, I'M CURIOUS IF YOU CAN PROBABLY JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THOUGHT ON SORT OF THE COMMISSION'S THOUGHTS ABOUT WHY IT, PERHAPS IT'S AS SIMPLE AS WE DON'T WANT SOMEONE ON THERE FOR 18 OR 20 YEARS. I MEAN, THAT'S FINE, BUT I'M JUST SORT OF CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT THE DECISION WAS THERE. WELL, WITHOUT, UH, GOING INTO ALL THE DETAILS, I DON'T, I NEED TO PULL THE PROVISION UP, UH, IN FRONT OF ME TO REVIEW THAT. BUT AS I RECALL, AS I RECALL, UM, WE WERE, UM, MS. COURT, DO YOU WANT TO TACKLE THAT ? SORRY, , THE OVERALL CONSENSUS WAS THAT YOU'RE TREATING THE MAYOR LIKE A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL. WE CALLED THEM A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL. SO WHY WOULD THERE BE ANY SPECIAL CONSIDERATION FOR SOMEBODY WHO DECIDES TO RUN FOR MAYOR, TO YOUR POINT, TO NOT HAVE ANYBODY IN PLACE FOR 18 OR 20 YEARS? YEAH. OKAY. SIMPLE. FAIR. FAIR ENOUGH. UM, THANK YOU, MS. CORK, . UM, THE, THE, THE COMPENSATION SEEMED HIGH TO ME. I KNOW THAT YOU SORT OF BENCHMARKED IT TO, UH, OTHER CITIES AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. UM, WHY DID 1200 FEEL RIGHT TO YOU? THAT WAS MORE IN LINE, I THINK THE CITY OF ALLEN, THEIR NUMBER OF MEETINGS THEY HAD AND THE, UH, COMPENSATION THAT THEY WERE PROVIDING. AND IN ADDITION, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, TYING IT TO THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS AND YOU DIDN'T SAY WHY IS IT, YOU KNOW, TIED TO THE MEETINGS? YOU, YOU DIDN'T COMMENT ON THAT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT, UH, 1200 WE THOUGHT WAS A REASONABLE AMOUNT. AND, AND WE HAVE SURVEYS FROM ALL OVER, FROM CITIES ALL OVER NORTH TEXAS, AND THE AMOUNTS RANGED, UH, SOMEWHERE HIGHER, SOMEWHERE WERE LOWER. BUT WE FELT THAT THAT WAS THE, UH, THE, THE SUITES OF SPOTS, SO TO SPEAK, WE WANT HAD SOME WHO WANTED A HIGHER AMOUNT. AND, UH, WE THOUGHT THAT, UH, 1200, IT WOULDN'T BE AS SU MUCH OF A SHOCK TO THE CITIZENS. BUT AGAIN, UH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU RUN AND YOU SERVE, UM, IN A VOLUNTARY CAPACITY WITHOUT WANTING COMPENSATION. HOWEVER, WE RECOGNIZE THAT [00:50:01] YOU DO SPEND A LOT OF YOUR TIME, UH, THAT YOU COULD BE DOING OTHER THINGS. UH, YOU DID SIGN UP FOR IT, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF TIME SPENT. THERE'S A LOT OF TIME THAT'S NOT ON THE BOOKS THAT'S SPENT DOING WHAT YOU DO. AND WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, THE CODE OF ETHICS AND THEN THE PERSONAL FINANCIAL, UM, INTEREST. UM, I, I LIKE THE THINKING BEHIND IT BEING A, A REQUIREMENT THAT WE HAVE A CODE OF ETHICS, ADDING THAT AND THEN SORT OF SAYING THAT YOU CAN, UH, BOARDS AND COMMISSION MEMBERS CAN POTENTIALLY BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF INCENTIVES AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, I THINK COULD CREATE AN APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETIES. THOSE TWO, WHEN I READ THEM SORT OF BACK TO BACK, SEEMED A LITTLE BIT TO CONFLICT WITH EACH OTHER. SO I'M CURIOUS WHAT THE THINKING THAT THERE IS ABOUT HAVING A REQUIREMENT FOR A CODE OF ETHICS TO REMOVE ANY APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY POTENTIALLY, AND THEN ADDING A PROVISION THAT THAT COULD LEAD TO AN APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY. WE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. AND I THINK THE ONLY, UM, ECONOMIC INCENTIVE PROGRAM, I THINK THERE'S ONLY ONE RIGHT NOW. AND SO, UM, I, I THINK I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE IF THERE ARE OTHER PROVISIONS THAT COVER THAT, BUT THE, IT'S, IT, IT IS UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO ENACT AN ORDINANCE TO ALLOW THAT. AND, UM, UH, UM, I I'M NOT SURE IF THERE ARE OTHER PROVISIONS THAT WOULD, UH, IF, IF AN EMPLOYEE WORKS IN THIS SECTION THAT'S OVERSEEING THE PROGRAM, FOR EXAMPLE, I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED. AND, AND, UH, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF THERE ARE OTHER SECTIONS IN THE CHARTER OR SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY'S ORDINANCES THAT COVER THAT, BUT FOR SOME REASON I'M THINKING THERE WAS THAT, THAT THAT WOULD, WOULD NOT ALLOW THAT MM-HMM . UH, TYPE OF TYPE OF THING. BUT GO AHEAD, JOHN. AND, AND THAT THAT ABILITY FOR Y'ALL TO, UH, PASS AN ORDER IS NOT SAYING THAT YOU HAVE TO, BUT IT GIVES YOU THAT ABILITY, WHICH WOULD ESSENTIALLY OVERRIDE, IF YOU WILL, AS IT STANDS NOW, YOU CAN'T GO IN AND AMEND, AMEND THAT, THAT PROVISION. YOU DON'T HAVE THAT AUTHORITY, BUT YOU CAN, YOU CAN MAKE CARVE OUT AN EXCEPTION WITH THAT ORDINANCE FOR THAT IF THAT WAS YOUR DESIRE. IT DOESN'T MANDATE IT, BUT IT GIVES YOU THAT, THAT ABILITY TO DO THAT. YEAH. OKAY. UM, I'LL LET SOMEBODY ELSE ASK A QUESTION. THANKS. WONDERFUL. COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN. OH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, I JUST HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. SO FIRST QUESTION, UM, AND BOTH OF THESE I THINK ARE MORE FOR CITY STAFF, JUST TO CLARIFY MY KNOWLEDGE OF THINGS. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A CIVIL SERVICE APPEALS BOARD, BUT MM-HMM . I DON'T RECALL EVER ACTUALLY APPOINTING ANYONE TO THAT BOARD ON THE, THE COURSE OF THE FOUR YEARS I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL. CAN SOMEONE JUST CLARIFY FOR ME WHAT, HOW WE APPOINT MEMBERS OF THAT BOARD? THEY ARE MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD THEMSELVES. RIGHT. OKAY. SO THERE'S THREE MEMBERS THAT COMPRISE THAT BOARD FROM THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD. THANK YOU. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS JUST ON THE TIMELINE. I, I, FIRST OFF, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THE CHARTER COMMISSION HAS DONE. I LOVE THE, UM, PROPOSITIONS YOU'VE PUT BEFORE US. I DON'T HAVE ANY, ANY ISSUES, AND I CERTAINLY DON'T THINK THAT ANYTHING ELSE, UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY TO ADD, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN CHATTER AMONGST THE COMMUNITY AND MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT POTENTIAL OTHER ITEMS THAT DID NOT GET INCLUDED IN THESE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR, FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR THOSE MEMBERS. WHAT WOULD BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE TIME FOR THIS COUNCIL TO, UM, TO START BRINGING THOSE UP AND FOR US TO DEBATE THOSE, UH, THE NEXT NEXT MONDAY NIGHT? I MEAN, THE, THE IDEA NEXT MONDAY NIGHT IS, IS TO TAKE YOUR FEEDBACK, UH, INPUT ON NOT ONLY WHAT THE COMMISSION HAS PROVIDED YOU, BUT ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO DISCUSS IN ADVANCE OF, UH, YOU KNOW, BEGINNING TO HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY DRAFT THE PROPOSITIONS FOR A, FOR A POTENTIAL ELECTION, UH, BEING CALLED IN AUGUST. SO, UM, NEXT WEEK. YEP. I APPRECIATE THAT. IT JUST HELPS ME, UH, MENTALLY PREPARE FOR THAT MEETING, IF YOU WILL. , COUNCILMAN DOREEN, YOU TURNED ON YOUR LIGHT EARLIER, BUT ARE YOU, DID IT GET ANSWERED? I DID, BUT, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, JUSTICE PRETTY MUCH COVERED SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD. FAIR ENOUGH. MAYOR PRO TIMM HUTCHIN RIDER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, THIS IS TO TO CITY MANAGER MAGNER. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT SURETY BOND, AND NOW I'M READING IN HERE WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT PUBLIC OFFICIAL LIABILITY COVERAGE. AGAIN, I'M THINKING ABOUT IT FROM PUTTING ON MY PROFESSIONAL HAT FOR A MOMENT. UNDER MOST LIABILITY INSURANCE, THERE'S WHAT'S CALLED DNO OR DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS INSURANCE. DO WE, DO WE CARRY THAT? AND DOES THAT SUPER, I DON'T WANNA SAY SUPERSEDE, BUT DOES THAT COVER WHAT IS AN INTENT? WHAT IS THE INTENT OF THIS? AND IF SO, IS THIS A DUPLICATION? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I, I GUESS MY CONCERN IS OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO HAVE APPROPRIATE COVERAGE THAT THAT GOES WITHOUT SAYING, BUT I DON'T WANNA DUPLICATE A TRIPLICATE, TRIPLICATE COSTS IN, IN TRYING TO PUT SOMETHING IN HERE THAT WOULD CAUSE US TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS VERY REPETITIOUS. SURE. AND SO I'M JUST, I'M, I'M ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION BECAUSE I'VE NOT HEARD OF, IT SAYS PUBLIC OFFICIAL LIABILITY COVERAGE, THAT THAT'S A NEW TERM TO ME. AND SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED, BUT NOT DUPLICATIVE [00:55:01] OR SURE. TRIPLE TRIP. SURE. SO, SO, UM, THE LIABILITY IS, IS A, IS A, IT'S, IT'S A NOW ANALOGOUS TO, UH, ERRORS IN OMISSIONS INSURANCE. MM-HMM . IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT'S, IT REFERS TO. UM, LET ME ASK, UH, JOE, UM, THIS IS, I THIS HAS BEEN A, I THINK A, UH, YOUR QUESTION'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. IT'S BEEN, IT'S A QUESTION THAT'S BEEN POSED, UH, BY, UH, MY PREDECESSOR DAN JOHNSON, MYSELF, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, UH, AND NOW, UM, THROUGH THE DISCUSSION THAT'S OCCURRED AT THE, UH, CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, UM, JOE, IF YOU WANNA MAYBE KIND OF, UH, DRAW A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE ERRORS AND OMISSION INSURANCE THAT EVERY MEMBER OF OUR, UH, CITY LEADERSHIP TEAM IS COVERED BY AND, UH, THIS SURETY BOND. YES. SO ESSENTIALLY, YOU ESSENTIALLY DO HAVE A, A POLICY IN, IN PLACE THAT, THAT YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD HAVE COVERAGE FOR ALL THOSE THAT THAT DEAL WITH, WITH FINANCES. AND I THINK THAT SOME OF THE, THE PREVIOUS CHARTER PROVISIONS AND QUESTIONS CAME UP, AND YOU GUYS CAN CHIME INTO WITH THE CHARTER COMMISSION ABOUT, WELL, THERE WERE CERTAIN POSITIONS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THOSE POSITIONS. IS THAT REALLY NECESSARY? IS THAT COVERED? IS THAT COVERED UNDER, UNDER THE, YOU KNOW, UNDER THE GEN GENERAL INSURANCE POLICY THAT WE HAVE? AND WE CHECKED WITH, UH, THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL, UH, LEAGUE RISK POOL TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS COVERAGE ON IN THOSE CERTAIN AREAS. UM, SO FOR INSTANCE, UM, AS FAR AS THE CITY MANAGER GOES, CITY, CITY MANAGER HAS COVERAGE, BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO GONNA BE, THERE'S GOING TO BE TIMES THAT THEY ACT INTENTIONAL, UH, WILLFUL INTENTIONAL THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE COVERAGE, IT WOULD FALL OUTSIDE OF COVERAGE. SO THERE'S, THERE'S THESE OTHER POLICIES IN PLACE THAT WOULD COVER THEM IN THOSE, IN, THAT WOULD COVER THE CITY IN THOSE INSTANCES. SO Y'ALL WANNA CHIME IN ON WHAT, SO IS THAT SURETY BOND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. YES. SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE SAYING THAT IN ESSENCE THERE IS DNO INSURANCE YES. YES, YES. CORRECT. FOR, FOR EVERYONE THAT'S IN A MANAGEMENT POSITION, IN ESSENCE WITHIN THE CITY. IS THAT, IS THAT A TRUE STATEMENT? YES. I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. NO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE REFER TO IT ERROR IN AS ERRORS IN OMISSIONS. ERRORS IN EMISSIONS. OKAY. AND SO THE SURETY, IT'S LIKE, WELL, WHY, WHY WOULD YOU HAVE THAT FOR THOSE, WHY WOULD YOU HAVE A SURETY BOND FOR THOSE POSITIONS THAT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE NEED TO HAVE AS SURETY BOND FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T DEALING IN THE FINANCES OR, OR, OR THE POSSIBILITY OF STEALING, STEALING MONEY. THAT'S WHAT THAT'S GONNA, THAT'S WHAT'S THAT'S GONNA COVER FOR THOSE INTENTIONAL ACTS. SO, SO, UH, MAYOR PERAM, I THINK THAT THE DISTINCTION, AND JOE, PLEASE, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU MY LAYMAN'S VERSION OF THIS. IF I MAKE A MISTAKE AND IT'S AN ERROR WE'RE COVERED TODAY, IF I DELIBERATELY DO SOMETHING ILLEGAL, THEN THE ERRORS IN OMISSIONS INSURANCE WOULDN'T COVER IT. IS THAT TRUE, JOE? THAT'S CORRECT. AND A BOND, A SURETY BOND, IF I DID DO SOMETHING ILLEGAL, A SURETY BOND, UM, WOULD, UH, PROVIDE THE, THE CITY WITH AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF COVERAGE. SO I, SO I GUESS, I MEAN, IN, IN THEORY THEN YOU COULD HAVE WITH, WITHOUT A SURETY BOND COVERAGE, I MEAN THAT, THAT, GIVEN WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, THEN THERE IS AN A LEVEL OF EXPOSURE THAT WE WOULD HAVE IF, IF, IF THE ONLY THING THAT'S BEING REQUIRED CURRENTLY IS THAT THE, THE SURETY BOND IS PURELY ON YOU. I MEAN, AGAIN, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO IMPUNE ANYONE, SO PLEASE DON'T TAKE IT THAT WAY, BUT KENT, AS THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, I GUESS WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, ONE OF OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO, WHO DEAL WITH FUNDS THAT WOULD HAVE THAT, THAT ABILITY TO POTENTIALLY DO SOMETHING I'LL SAY WILL AND A WANTON ON IN, IN THE AREA OF FINANCES. SO, SO, I MEAN, I GUESS MY, MY QUESTION IS, IS, OR IS THAT A TRUE STATEMENT? IF THAT'S NOT A TRUE STATEMENT, PLEASE CORRECT ME. I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THIS IS AN AREA, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHATTER, BOTH, I THINK WITHIN THE COMMISSIONS AMONG SOME OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AMONG THE COMMUNITY, AND I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS IT IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. MM-HMM . UM, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ONE THING IF, IF YOU DO SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, VERY WILLFUL. OKAY. WE HAVE, WE HAVE YOU COVERED, I PRESUME, UNDER THE ITY BOND. BUT IF, AGAIN, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO PICK ON KENT, SO KENT, PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR THIS PART, BUT IF, IF YOU DO SOMETHING, I GUESS CURRENTLY UNDER THE, WHAT YOU'RE CALLING ERRORS AND EMISSIONS, IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED. IS THAT CORRECT? WOULD THIS BE HELPFUL TO HAVE LIKE A COMPARISON FOR US NEXT WEEK? AND WE'RE ACTUALLY DEBATING ? I, I THINK THAT WOULD BE, AND I SWEAR WE, I WAS GONNA ASK BE NICE, WE CAN PUT SOMETHING THAT, SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR YOU. OKAY. YEAH, THAT'D BE HELPFUL. UNDERSTAND WHAT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THEY HAD A VERY IN DEPTH CONVERSATION ON THE SAME EXACT TOPIC. SURE. YEAH. PERFECT. OKAY. HAPPY TO DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS. COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR, UH, CHAIRMAN BRIGHT. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND TO THE ENTIRE, UH, COMMISSION FOR YOUR WORK OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. I KNOW, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION FROM WHAT I HEAR, AND, UH, I APPRECIATE WHAT Y'ALL HAVE BROUGHT TO US SINCE THIS IS THE, THE ONE TIME WE KIND OF GET YOU ALONGSIDE US. I WANNA KNOW KIND OF SOME OF THE, THE SPIRIT OR THE DISCUSSION THAT HAPPENED. I'M LOOKING AT SECTION FOUR POINT [01:00:01] 1401 POWER INITIATIVE. UH, EARLIER WE HAD A SPEAKER KIND OF, UH, MENTION THIS. UM, CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME INSIGHT AS TO WHAT SOME OF, I KNOW THE 10% STATE, THE SAME, REALLY, IT LOOKS LIKE THE PART WE ADDED WAS EITHER A VRN OR A DATE OF BIRTH IN THE LANGUAGE. CAN YOU KIND OF GIVE ME AGAIN, JUST KIND OF WHAT SOME OF THE DISCUSSION AROUND THE 10% OF TOTAL QUALIFIED VOTERS VERSUS SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WERE DISCUSSED, JOE, JOE BEFORE, UM, MAYBE THE COMMISSION, UH, A SHARE RESPONSE. IS THIS NOT IN, IS THIS NOT NECESSARY TO BECOME CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW? YES. OKAY. SO THE ANSWER IS TO BE, THIS IS A, THIS IS A CLEANUP TO BECOME CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW. THE, FOR THE SECOND PART, FOR THE VOTER REGISTRATION NUMBER AND DATE OF BIRTH. OKAY. SO SPECIFICALLY TO THE 10%, OR I'LL WAIT FOR JOE TO RESPOND. HOLD ON. WHAT'S, UH, 1401? YEAH, THIS IS THE, THE, THE 10, THE 10% JOE, DO YOU MIND TURNING ON YOUR MICROPHONE? YES, THANK YOU. THE, THE, THE 10%, UM, IS THAT, THAT IS THE 10% IS NOT THE STATE LAW REQUIREMENT. OKAY. THE, THE 10% THAT'S UP THERE, THAT, THAT'S FOR THE INITIATIVE AND A PETITION TO BE SUBMITTED TO CITY SEC, SEC CITY SECRETARY, WHICH I'LL CONTAIN THE FULL TEXT OF THE PER PROPOSED ORDINANCE SIGNED BY THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY, EQUAL NUMBER TO AT LEAST 10% OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF QUALIFIED VOTERS ON THE DATE OF THE LAST REGULAR INITIAL ELECTION. THAT'S THE WAY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. WHY DID THEY COME TO THAT? WELL, YEAH, I WANTED TO KNOW CHAIRMAN'S IN THERE RIGHT. KIND OF THE DISCUSSION AROUND THAT. BUT TO CLARIFY WHAT CITY MANAGER MAGNAR WAS SAYING, UH, THE STATE LAW PIECE, I'M GUESSING IS THE ADDITION OF THE VOTER REGISTRATION NUMBER OR DATE OF BIRTH, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S THE STATE, THAT'S THE ONLY THING I SAW CHANGE. THAT'S THE STATE LAW. BUT THE 10%, THE 10% DID NOT CHANGE. THAT'S STILLS STILL THE SAME. THEY JUST CHANGED THE, THE WAY IT WAS WORTH, OR CHAIRMAN AT LEAST, AT LEAST 10% WAS ADDED. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN BARRIS. WE DISCUSSED, UH, DIFFERENT NUMBERS AND I THINK MR. UM, MR. THOMASON DID QUITE A BIT OF MATH ON THIS ONE TO COME UP. UM, BACK TO, TO THE CONCLUSION THAT 10% WAS THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER. UM, WE DID HAVE LOTS OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS. WE LOOKED AT OTHER PERCENTAGES. WE LOOKED AT WHETHER, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD CONSIDER A PERCENTAGE OF, OF THE, THE VOTERS WE CONSIDERED MR. NET'S SUGGESTED ALTERNATIVES. UH, THAT 10% IS JUST A NUMBER WE THOUGHT WAS, WAS REASONABLE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE, MR. COURT, IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT. AND WE DIDN'T WANNA BASE IT ON A MOST RECENT ELECTION. 'CAUSE THAT MEANS YOU COULD BE RECALLED BY 800 PEOPLE THAT JUST FELT FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG. SHOULD BE QUALIFIED VOTERS, NOT QUALIFIED VOTERS IN THE LAST ELECTION. OKAY. THAT WAS AN OVERARCHING FEELING. SO IT SOUNDED LIKE Y'ALL WENT BACK AND FORTH AGAINST, AROUND VARIOUS OPTIONS AND THERE WASN'T ENOUGH MEAT THERE TO SAY WE'RE GONNA CHANGE WHAT WAS ESTABLISHED PRIOR. IS THAT FAIR TO SAY? THAT'S ACCURATE. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. LET ME, LET ME, AND I APPRECIATE THE POINTS YOU'RE MAKING. UM, THE ONLY CH BUT LET'S JUST CLARIFY FOR EVERY, THE ONLY CHANGE IN THIS 1401 IS TO COMPLY WITH STATE LAW, CORRECT? RIGHT. YES. THAT WAS THE ONLY CHANGE. THE 10% I GUESS IS NOT CHANGING, BUT YEAH. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WELL, I WANNA THANK YOU CHAIRMAN BRIGHT, UH, VICE CHAIR QUIRK, AND OBVIOUSLY THE ENTIRE, UH, CITY CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION. UH, I AM INCREDIBLY THANKFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE. OH, I SEE. UH, WE'VE GOT COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, INE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO YEAH. HAVE A COMMENT? YEAH. I, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU, UH, CHAIRMAN BRIGHT AND, UH, THE TEAM. YOU GUYS HAVE DONE REALLY GREAT JOB. SPEND ALL THESE HOURS BACK AND FORTH DISCUSSING, BECAUSE ALL THE DISCUSSION, ALL THE TOPICS CAME UP, YOU KNOW, THOSE HAS, EACH ONE OF THEM HAS THEIR OWN, YOU KNOW, PROS AND CONS. SO, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, COMING UP WITH, YOU KNOW, BEST SUGGESTION WAS IMPORTANT. I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE THAT. I REALLY TRULY APPRECIATE THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT. WITH, UH, WITH NO OTHER COMMENTS, I JUST WANNA FINISH WHAT I WAS, UH, THINKING HERE, WHICH WAS JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS, UH, LIKE IT OR NOT, UH, YOU GUYS ARE A PART OF RICHARDSON HISTORY NOW, WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND, AND THE EFFORT YOU'VE PUT IN, UH, AS, AS MANY IN OUR AUDIENCE KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING ONCE EVERY 10 YEARS. UH, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DID. ALL THE HARD WORK, UH, REALLY DO APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF [F. ADJOURNMENT OF CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION PORTION OF THE JOINT MEETING] YOU. UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN TO, UH, MOVE ON TO ITEM F UNLESS YOU HAD A, [01:05:01] AN ITEM. UH, YES SIR. IF, UH, I THINK CHAIRMAN BRIGHT IS GONNA, UH, CLOSE OUT OR ADJOURN, EXCUSE ME, THE, UH, CHARTER COMMISSION MEETING AND THEN, UM, IT'S TOTALLY UP TO YOU IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE A SHORT RECESS. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MR. MAGNER, WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 7:05 PM THANK YOU. AND I'M GONNA CALL A BRIEF RECESS, UH, UH, ALSO AT 7 0 5 WITH THE, UH, PLAN TO BE BACK AT SEVEN 10. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, WE WILL RECONVENE THIS COUNCIL MEETING AT 7:10 PM [H. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND BOARD LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS] UM, ITEM H IS WHAT'S NEXT, WHICH IS TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND BOARD LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS. UH, MR. MAGNER, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS IS A, UH, A, UH, A TASK THAT, UH, UH, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL UNDERTAKE AT THE START OF EVERY, UM, UH, TERM. UM, UH, YOU HAVE, UH, COUNCIL HAS BEFORE IT, UM, A HANDOUT, UM, INDICATING, UM, THE, UH, THREE COMMITTEES, UH, OKAY. UM, MAYOR, I THINK HAS IT TO PASS AROUND. OKAY. UH, GIMME TWO SECONDS. LET ME FINISH MY THOUGHT AND WE'LL GET IT FOR YOU. UM, , UM, YOU HAVE, UH, THREE, THREE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS, FIVE LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS, AND THEN SEVERAL REGIONAL ASSIGNMENTS. UM, AND, UM, SO, UH, UH, UM, MAYOR MAR HAS, UM, THE FORM TO HAND OUT AND, UH, I THINK WOULD, UH, REQUEST THAT YOU, UH, RETURN IT TO HIM PRIOR, UH, TO THE END OF THE WEEK AT 5:00 PM AND, UH, HE WILL TAKE THE WEEKEND, UM, AND, UH, MONDAY TO ASSESS. AND THEN, UM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAKE THE ASSIGNMENTS, UH, FORMAL NEXT, UH, MONDAY, JULY, JUNE 9TH. AND I DO APOLOGIZE, UM, UH, MAYOR, WE WILL HAVE THOSE, UH, HANDOUTS TO PASS OUT TO YOU SHORTLY. NO PROBLEM. SO, JUST, JUST LIKE, UH, UH, DON SAID WE'LL JUST, WE'LL GET A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF 'EM, MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE HAVE YOU GUYS', UH, THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS. IF YOU HAVE SECOND CHOICES OR ANY KIND OF ADDITIONAL REASONING, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PUT THAT ALL ON THE SHEET AND WE'LL TAKE IT FROM THERE. UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING ON THAT? OKAY. [I. REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST] SEEING NONE, I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO, UH, ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. ANY ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST? MOST DEFINITELY MAYOR PRO TEM, HUTCHIN RIDER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, ON SATURDAY THE 24TH AM MAYOR, AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND, UM, UH, TWO VERY GREAT EVENTS. I WANNA FIRST OFF CONGRATULATE, UM, THE FOLKS FROM ERITREA ON THEIR 34TH INDEPENDENCE DAY OF ERITREA COMMUNITY PICNIC. UM, THE MAYOR AND I SPENT A COUPLE HOURS THERE, UM, CELEBRATING WITH THE GOOD FOLKS OF ERITREA, UM, THEIR INDEPENDENCE DAY. IT WAS, UM, INCREDIBLY FASCINATING. I HAVE A NEW LOVE OF ERITREAN COFFEE. UM, WE GOT TO WATCH, UM, ONE OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS SPEND ABOUT, GOSH, IT HAD TO BE ABOUT AN HOUR, ROASTING THE BEANS, DOING THE WHOLE, AND THE COFFEE WAS FANTASTIC. APPARENTLY THEIR BEANS DIRECTLY FROM ERITREA. UM, I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE I CAN FIND THEM IN SOMEWHERE IN RICHARDSON, OR AT LEAST THE GREATER DFW AREA, AND I'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND THEM THAT FIND THEM YET. BUT, UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM. AND THEN, UM, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, GO TO THE ARABIAN VILLAGE IN RICHARDSON FOR THEIR COMMUNITY AND BUS BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT EVENT. UM, REALLY GREAT EVENING SPENDING TIME, UM, WITH, WITH OUR GOOD FOLKS OVER AT THE PATIO AT THE ARABIAN VILLAGE, UM, AND CELEBRATING THE, THE RECENT ELECTION OF ALL OF US. UM, AND SO, UH, WANT TO THANK, UM, THE COMMUNITY FOR, FOR PUTTING ON THIS EVENT. WE HAD SOME INCREDIBLE FOOD. UM, AND, UM, JUST A, JUST A GREAT EVENING. SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THEM, UM, FOR THEIR HOSPITALITY AS WELL. THANK YOU. WONDERFUL. COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, ON, I'M TRYING TO FIND THE DATE HERE. ON WEDNESDAY THE 21ST, UH, MYSELF, COUNCILMAN CORCORAN AND COUNCILMAN SHAEL ATTENDED THE CUTX SPARK BRANCH AWARD CEREMONY. UP IN, THAT WAS IN ALLEN, BUT C-C-U-T-X WORKS WITH RISD. THEY'RE A GREAT PARTNER OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, BUT THEY WORKED CLOSELY WITH RSD WITH THE, UH, SMART BRANCH OF NER HIGH SCHOOL, AND IT WAS THEIR YEARLY AWARDS, UM, DINNER. AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE SOME OF OUR LOCAL RICHARDSON STUDENTS, UM, AND THE AMAZING WORK THAT CUTX IS PARTNERING WITH RSD AND OUR COMMUNITY TO OPEN UP OPPORTUNITIES FOR, FOR OUR RESIDENTS. UH, SO THAT WAS WONDERFUL. UH, AND WE TRULY ENJOYED THAT. THE LAST SATURDAY, UM, MANY, I THINK MOST OF US WERE THERE. UH, WE WERE AT THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY RIBBON [01:10:01] CUTTING AT BEYOND THE BAR, WHICH IS THE ALCOHOL FREE BAR SHOP OWNED BY THE ROBINSONS HERE, RICHARDSON RESIDENTS THAT, UH, HAVE THEIR, UH, ALCOHOL FREE BOTTLE SHOP IN DOWNTOWN RICHARDSON. AND IT WAS THEIR TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY. CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM. UH, THEY'VE BEEN GREAT NEIGHBORS OVER THE YEARS AND FELLOW PTA PARENTS OR THEIR KID IS THE SAME AGE AS MINE. SO WE'VE, WE'VE GOTTEN KNOW THEM WELL OVER THE YEARS, UM, BUT CELEBRATED TWO YEARS. AND AS WE ALL KNOW, IT'S TOUGH FOR SMALL AND LOCAL BUSINESSES TO SURVIVE, UM, ANYWHERE THESE DAYS. IT'S A VERY TOUGH ROAD. SO CONGRATS TO THEM ON TWO YEARS AND WE WISH THEM MANY MORE YEARS OF GROWTH HERE IN RICHARDSON. WONDERFUL. COUNCIL MEMBER DORIAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, YEAH. IN ADDITION TO CELEBRATING THE, UH, SECOND YEAR OF BEYOND THE BAR, UH, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF, UH, GO, UH, STOPPING BY, UH, ONE OF OUR NEWEST, UM, TENANTS ACTUALLY IN DOWNTOWN, UH, CORE DISTRICT, UH, CALLED OUTDOOR TEXAS. IT'S A T-SHIRT AND CAP SHOP. THEY MOVED THEIR, UH, ORGANIZATION FROM DALLAS TO RICHARDSON. UH, INTRODUCED, UH, MYSELF TO, UH, BRANDON, THE OWNER AND HIS SALES ASSOCIATE, JEN. VERY NICE. I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE TO GO BY AND TAKE A LOOK. UH, THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE POTENTIALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, AS WE, YOU KNOW, PROGRESS, UH, THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN RICHARDSON AREA. SO VERY, VERY NICE. AND AFTER THAT, UH, THERE WAS ALSO THE GRAND OPENING OF, UH, OF THE, UH, OAK HIGHLANDS BREWERY ON SATURDAY. AND I'M NOT KIDDING YOU, THERE WERE PROBABLY ABOUT 300 TO 400 PEOPLE THERE. IT WAS PACKED. UH, EVERYONE'S HAVING A REALLY GOOD TIME. IT WAS JUST A GREAT TURNOUT. SO I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE FREQUENT FREQUENTING THAT AS WELL. SO THREE GREAT BUSINESSES RIGHT DOWN IN THE CORE DISTRICT. WONDERFUL. ANY OTHER ITEMS? UM, SO I'LL ADD AN ITEM MYSELF. UH, MY SON GRADUATED JUST, UH, UH, BEFORE, UH, LAST WEEKEND AND IT WAS OBVIOUSLY MOMENTOUS, UH, IT OCCASION FOR, FOR MYSELF AND, AND FOR OUR FAMILY. AND SO I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD OF, UH, ANSON FOR, UH, GRADUATING AND, UH, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT STAGE OF HIS LIFE. UM, I WILL AT STANFORD . YES. UH, DON'T LEAVE THAT PART OUT. DOESN'T IMPRESS STAN STANFORD'S, STANFORD'S A COOL SCHOOL TO GO TO. UM, I I WILL SECOND A COUPLE OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE MENTIONED EARLIER. UH, OUTDOOR TEXAS, I AGREE WITH YOU, UH, IS JUST SUCH A, A WONDERFUL NEXT STEP FOR OUR CORE DISTRICT AND A, AND A WONDERFUL NEW BUSINESS THERE. UH, SEEING BEYOND THE BAR MAKE IT, UH, TO TWO YEARS AND THRIVING ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY. UH, ALSO JUST REALLY POSITIVE, UH, MOVEMENT FOR, UH, FOR THE CORE. AND THEN I, I WILL SAY TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, IF YOU GET, UH, AN INVITE, UH, IN THE COMING YEARS TO CELEBRATE, UH, UH, INDEPENDENCE DAY WITH THE ERITREAN COMMUNITY, YOU WILL NEVER BE RECEIVED IN ANY MORE GLAMOROUS WAY OR NEVER FEEL MORE LIKE A ROCKSTAR THAN THE WAY THEY, UH, THEY TREAT, UH, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, UH, THAT, THAT SHOW UP. IT WAS, UH, INCREDIBLY KIND AND GENEROUS OF THEM AND THE FOOD WAS QUITE EXCELLENT. SO, UM, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, UH, I WILL MOVE, ADJOURN THE MEETING AT SEVEN 18. OH, I'M SORRY. HOLD ON ONE MOMENT. SAY WE CAN DO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. OH, [EXECUTIVE SESSION] UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT REMINDER. ALRIGHT, SO IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0 8, 7 1, AND TWO OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO A CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO DELIBERATE, UH, COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM A BUSINESS PROSPECT, OR TO DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF A FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVE TO A BUSINESS PROSPECT PROJECT RODEO. THE TIME IS SEVEN 18. OKAY. COUNSEL WILL RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AND TAKE ACTION IF ANY ON MATTERS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE TIME IS 8 0 4. DO I HEAR A MOTION? COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE? I MOVE THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE AUTHORIZED TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON WITH PROJECT RODEO TO PROVIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DIRECTION PROVIDED DURING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS OR INSTRUMENTS RELATED THERETO. SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DORIAN. YES. I'LL SECOND THAT. MAYOR, THANK YOU. UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALRIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED. ALRIGHT. IT IS A SEVEN ZERO VOTE. ALL WERE IN FAVOR, UH, WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 8 0 5. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.