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I CALL THIS MEETING OF THE RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL ON COUNCIL MEMBER UL TO GIVE THE INVOCATION AND LEAD THE PLEDGES.
PLEASE JOIN ME FOR THE PRAYER.
DEAR GOD, YOU ARE THE MOST GRACIOUS AND THE MOST MERCIFUL.
WE COME BEFORE YOU WITH THANKFUL HEARTS, FOR THE BLESSINGS YOU HAVE GIVEN US, FOR OUR FAMILIES, AND FOR THE CHANCE TO SERVE THE CITY WE LOVE.
PROTECT OUR HOMES AND OUR COMMUNITY.
BRING US TOGETHER WITH PATIENCE, KINDNESS, AND UNDERSTANDING IN ALL THAT WE SAY.
AND DO WE REMEMBER THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING? PLEASE BRING THEM HEALING, COMFORT AND PEACE.
STRENGTHEN THE FRIENDSHIP AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS AND FAMILIES SO THAT WE CAN GROW TOGETHER IN CARE AND RESPECT.
REMIND US OF THE RESPONSIBILITY WE CARRY TO ACT, UH, TO ACT WITH FAIRNESS, WITH HONESTY, AND ALWAYS FOR THE COMMON GOOD.
GIVE US THE COURAGE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
THE HUMILITY TO SERVE WITH LOVE, AND THE WISDOM TO SEEK UNITY OF OUR DIVISION.
HELP US TO LEAD WITH RESPECT, CLARITY, AND COOPERATION.
ALWAYS STRIVING FOR THE WELLBEING FOR OF EVERYONE.
PS I PLEDGE OF PGIS TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN WILL I JUSTICE BEFORE NOW, THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE LEGEND TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, JUAN.
[3. MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 25, 2025 MEETING]
ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER THREE IS THE MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 25TH, 2025.MEETING MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHIN RIDER, MAYOR.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES AS PUBLISHED.
AND WE'VE GOT A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER DORIAN.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.
[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS AND VISITORS FORUM]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS AND VISITORS FORM.UH, WE ARE IN, IN RECEIPT OF, UH, ONE COMMENT CARD IN ADVANCE OF THE 5:00 PM DEADLINE FOR MR. ERIC STENGEL, SIX 11 CARLTON DRIVE.
IT'S REGARDING, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE TONIGHT.
UM, HE HAS PROVIDED, UH, YOU WITH, UH, HIS COMMENTS AND, UH, POSITION WISE.
UM, HE IS IN FAVOR, UH, I'M SORRY, UH, NO POSITION, UH, NO OPINION.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE TWO SPEAKERS THAT, THAT, UM, HAVE SIGNED UP.
SO, MS. MRO CALLED THEM SHORTLY.
UH, IN ADDITION, REGARDING THE, UH, PUBLIC, UH, HEARING ON THE TAX RATE, I DID WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT FROM THE TEXAS TRANSPARENCY WEBSITE, WE'VE PROVIDED YOU, UH, WITH THE, UH, PRINTOUT FOR BOTH COLLIN COUNTY AND DALLAS COUNTY AND, UH, COL COUNTY.
THERE WERE NO COMMENTS, UH, IN DALLAS COUNTY.
THERE WERE TWO COMMENTS, UH, ONE FROM, UH, TO, UH, JUST, UH, THE NAME IS JUST MARIBEL.
THAT'S ALL THAT'S PROVIDED FROM 1253 DELMONT REGARDING, UH, VOTE YES OR NO, UM, UH, WAS A INDICATED TO VOTE NO.
AND THEN, UH, MR. MS. LAUREN KIDWELL FROM SIX 12 KILLARNEY.
UH, AND REGARDING THE VOTE, UH, THE, UH, SHE INDICATED A YES.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THOSE, UH, TO, UH, YOUR ATTENTION AND LET THE RESIDENTS KNOW THAT THOSE COMMENTS, UH, HAVE ALL BEEN LOGGED WITH YOU.
UM, WE DO HAVE, UH, AS I MENTIONED, TWO VISITORS AS WELL AS, UH, TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT.
SO, UH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THE INSTRUCTIONS.
UH, THIS WILL BE FOR, UH, BOTH PUBLIC HEARINGS.
DURING THIS INITIAL PORTION OF THE MEETING, UH, WE ALLOCATE 30 MINUTES FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE COMMENTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON AGENDA ITEMS. IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, PLEASE WAIT UNTIL THAT PUBLIC HEARING IS OPENED.
IF THERE'S TIME LEFT DURING THIS INITIAL PERIOD, THE REMAINING TIME WILL BE PROVIDED AS A VISITOR'S FORM OPEN TO ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC IN WHICH THE SUBJECT MATTER IS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY.
IF THE FULL 30 MINUTES ALLOCATED FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, IS REACHED, THEN SPEAKERS WHO HAVE SUBMITTED A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD MAY SPEAK AT THE VISITOR'S FORM SCHEDULED.
AT THE END OF THE MEETING, ALL SPEAKERS SHOULD COMPLETE A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD AND SUBMITTED TO THE CITY'S SECRETARY.
SPEAKERS, UH, WILL BE CALLED IN THE 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.
UH, UH, AS INDICATED BY THE TIMERS, WHEN THE TIMERS, UH, BEEP, 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.
SUBMITTING COMMENTS ON THE SAME TOPIC ARE ENCOURAGED TO REDUCE REPETITIVE REMARKS BY INDICATING THEIR COMMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED.
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A REPRESENTATIVE SPEAKER.THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS 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 OR CITY MANAGER MAY RESPOND WITH FACTS OF POLICY OR DIRECT CITY STAFF TO RESPOND TO THE SPEAKER.
AFTER THE MEETING, THE AUDIENCE HAS 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 CITY'S WEBSITE.
AT THIS TIME, I'D ALSO LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE TO SILENCE THEIR PHONE FOR THE DURATION OF THE MEETING.
HELLO, MY NAME IS SAMANTHA FRANKS.
MY ADDRESS IS 2 2 2 5 FLAT CREEK DRIVE, RICHARDSON, TEXAS, OBVIOUSLY.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I'M HERE TONIGHT AS A PARENT AND A COMMUNITY MEMBER TO SPEAK ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT DEEPLY AFFECTS OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CHILDREN.
THE AVAILABILITY OF BOOKS IN OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY THAT DISCUSS COMPLEX AND CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS, PARTICULARLY THOSE SURROUNDING GENDER IDENTITY AND SEXUALITY.
DURING A RECENT VISIT TO OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY, AS WE PASS THROUGH THE PICTURE BOOK AND EARLY READER SECTION, MY YOUNG SON NOTICED A BOOK ON DISPLAY.
THE COVER ILLUSTRATIONS MADE HIM LAUGH, AND IT SHOWED A BOY NOT WEARING CLOTHES.
HE EAGERLY ASKED IF HE COULD CHECK IT OUT WITHOUT HESITATION.
I AGREED, ASSUMING IT WAS A LIGHTHEARTED CHILDREN'S STORY.
TO MY SURPRISE AND TO HIS CONFUSION, THE BOOK SUDDENLY SHIFTED IN THEME.
THE BOY STRUGGLED TO WEAR TRADITIONAL CLOTHING FOR HIS GENDER, AND INSTEAD PREFERRED WEARING HIS MOTHER'S CLOTHES.
I WAS CAUGHT OFF GUARD AND FRUSTRATED THAT I WAS SUDDENLY FACED WITH A CONVERSATION WITH MY CHILD THAT I WAS NEITHER EXPECTING NOR PREPARED TO HAVE IN THAT MOMENT.
I AM NOT ADVOCATING FOR CENSORSHIP, NOR AM I ASKING FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE BOOKS ENTIRELY.
WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS A THOUGHTFUL SEPARATION OF CONTENT SO THAT PARENTS REMAIN THE PRIMARY GUIDES IN THESE INTRODUCTIONS TO SENSITIVE TOPICS.
AS PARENTS, IT IS OUR ROLE TO DECIDE WHEN AND HOW OUR CHILDREN ARE EXPOSED TO SUBJECTS THAT CAN SHAPE THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THEMSELVES AND THE WORLD AROUND THEM.
BOOKS THAT DEAL WITH MATURE OR DEEPLY PERSONAL THEMES SHOULD NOT BE PLACED IN THE SAME SECTION AS EARLY READERS AND PICTURE BOOKS WHERE YOUNG CHILDREN MAY ENCOUNTER THEM WITHOUT CONTEXT OR PARENTAL GUIDANCE.
AS WE SEPARATE MOVIES BY RATINGS AND WEBSITES WITH FILTERS, IT IS REASONABLE AND RESPONSIBLE TO ORGANIZE BOOKS IN A WAY THAT GIVES FAMILIES CHOICES.
BY CREATING A DESIGNATED SECTION FOR BOOKS WITH THEMES OF GENDER AND SEXUALITY, WE CAN STRIKE A BALANCE.
THOSE WHO SEEK OUT THE RESOURCES WILL STILL HAVE FULL ACCESS.
WHILE THOSE WHO WISH TO APPROACH THESE TOPICS AND CONVERSATIONS ON THEIR OWN TIMELINE CAN DO SO WITHOUT WORRY.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT BANNING BOOKS.
IT IS ABOUT RESPECTING PARENTS' RIGHTS, SUPPORTING FAMILIES, AND PROTECTING THE INNOCENCE OF CHILDHOOD, WHILE STILL MAINTAINING ACCESS FOR THOSE WHO WANT IT.
I URGE THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER POLICIES TO ENSURE CHILDREN'S MATERIALS ARE DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE FOR THE SPACE IN WHICH THEY'RE PLACED, AND THAT FAMILIES RETAIN THE ABILITY TO GUIDE THEIR CHILDREN'S EXPOSURE TO THESE TOPICS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE WELLBEING OF OUR CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY.
CHARLIE NEWTON, 2106 GOLDENROD DRIVE, DRIVE BY.
I'M TRYING TO ABIDE BY THE HOME SWEET HOME PROGRAM, AND MY YARD IS LOOKING GOOD.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING EXCITING THAT'S JUST HAPPENED THIS LAST SATURDAY ABOUT PRAY RICHARDSON, PRAY RICHARDSON NOW HAS A NEW LOCATION IN THE HEIGHTS RECREATION CENTER.
HERETOFORE, WE WERE IN THE SENIOR CENTER.
YOU HAD TO BE 50 OR OLDER TO COME AND PRAY, AND YOU HAD TO BE A MEMBER.
NOW, THE HEIGHTS RECREATION CENTER IS OPEN FOR ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO COME PRAY FOR OUR CITY.
WE PRAY TO THE GOD OF THE BIBLE IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
IT'S TOTALLY VOLUNTARY, AND I WOULD ESPECIALLY LIKE TO ASK THE HONORABLE AMAR TO ENCOURAGE ONE STU, ONE CITY COUNCIL PERSON TO ATTEND EACH
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SATURDAY SO THAT YOU MAY ATTEND ONE IN SEVEN WEEKS.AT OUR CHURCH, WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED THE PASTOR'S PRAYER PARTNERS, AND WE'RE DIVIDED UP INTO TEAMS, AND WE PRAY FOR THE SERVICE, THE NINE 15 AND THE 11 O'CLOCK SERVICE.
BUT WE PRAY FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN RICHARDSON AND CITY MANAGER DON MAGAR.
WE LOVE THE WEEK IN REVIEW, AND I WANT TO SAY A WORD FOR MS. ER.
I BET SHE HAS, UH, POSSIBLY DO YOU PUT THAT TOGETHER.
WELL, WE LOVE IT BECAUSE WE GO THROUGH IT EVERY SATURDAY.
WE PRAY FOR WISDOM FOR YOU AND ALL YOUR STAFF.
WE PRAY FOR EVERYBODY ON THE CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE FOLKS, I WORK WITH SCHOOLS AND I'VE BEEN TO SCHOOLS FROM AMARILLO TO TEXARKANA, TO JASPER IN BETWEEN ALL THE WAY TO SAN ANTONIO.
I HAVE YET TO FIND A CITY BETTER THAN RICHARDSON.
THIS IS AN AMAZING PLACE TO LIVE.
AND FOR 18 YEARS NOW, WE'VE BEEN PRAYING FOR RICHARDSON.
AND IT ALL HAPPENED AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT I WENT TO.
AND MY WORDS TO MY WIFE WAS, I WANNA WATCH THIS CIRCUS.
AND IT WAS WHEN A SINFUL BUSINESS CAME INTO OUR CITY AND DID NOT GET THE PROPER PERMITS.
AND THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY DEMANDED A MEETING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
MAYOR GARY SLAGEL WAS THE MAYOR AT THAT TIME.
AND THE COUNCIL WAS THE COUNCIL OF 2007, WHILE THE PEOPLE CAME UP TO THE MICROPHONE AND EXPRESSED THEIR INDIGNATION TO THIS SINFUL BUSINESS RIGHT ON THE SERVICE ROAD.
I DIDN'T COME TO THAT MEETING PLANNING TO SAY ANYTHING.
I DIDN'T GO TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
AND I'M LISTENING TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS RICHARDSON OF RICHARDSON SAY, WE DON'T WANT THIS SI SINFUL BUSINESS IN OUR CITY.
AND I'M JUST SITTING THERE CHEERING, AND THE LINE COMES TO ME ABOUT 50 PEOPLE ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL THAT NIGHT, AND THE COUNCIL DIDN'T SPEAK BACK OR ANYTHING, AND A LITTLE VOICE.
AND AFTER THE THIRD TIME, I SAID, IN MY MIND, I KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
AND I WENT TO THE MICROPHONE AND SUGGESTED TO MAYOR SLAGEL AND THE CITY COUNCIL, I KNOW THIS IS A LEGAL MATTER, BUT THERE IS A GOD THAT'S GREATER THAN ALL THE JUDGES AND ATTORNEYS OF THIS EARTH.
AND I SAID, MR. MAYOR, IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY, LEAD THE CITY IN PRAYER, I WANT TO BE A PART OF IT.
AND THEN THIS CAME OUT OF MY MOUTH AND IT WASN'T PLANNED.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW SOMEBODY, I VOLUNTEER
AND SO FOR 18 YEARS, IT HAS BEEN A JOY TO PRAY FOR THIS CITY.
AND I WANT TO VI INVITE EVERY ONE OF YOU THOSE THAT MAY BE WATCHING THIS ON CABLE TV.
ANYONE HEARING THIS INVITATION AT THE HEIGHTS RE RECREATION CENTER, EIGHT 15 EVERY SATURDAY MORNING TO NINE 15.
COME AND PRAY FOR A CITY THAT GOD IS ABOUT TO DO AMAZING THINGS.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT'S LOOKING TO SPEAK TONIGHT? ALRIGHT,
[5. PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL SERVICE DOG MONTH]
SEEING NONE, I WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE.PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL SERVICE DOG MONTH.
MR. MAGNER, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM, I WANNA WELCOME, UM, UH, MEMBERS OF OUR ANIMAL SERVICES, UH, TEAM, AS WELL AS OUR DIRECTOR OF HEALTH.
UH, WE'RE EXCITED TO PUT, UH, THIS PROCLAMATION ON.
UH, SERVICE DOGS ARE OBVIOUSLY SO IMPORTANT TO, UH, THOSE THAT THEY SERVE AND THEIR FAMILIES, UH, AND ALLOW PEOPLE, UH, TO HAVE SUCH A, A QUALITY OF LIFE THAT OTHERWISE, UH, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE.
AND SO MAYOR, WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE, UH, THAT TEAM HERE.
AND, UH, I DON'T SEE OTHERS, UH, THAT, UH, ARE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WERE, UH, EXPECTED.
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UH, THEY'LL ARRIVE BY THE TIME THAT YOU CONCLUDE YOUR REMARKS AND WE CAN INVITE THEM UP AS WELL.ALRIGHT, WELL, I GET THE HONOR TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION TO YOU AND WE'LL, UH, POSE FOR A PHOTO WITH THE ENTIRE COUNCIL HERE IN A MOMENT.
UH, I'LL START OFF BY SAYING, WHEREAS WE BELIEVE IN THE JOYFUL TRANSFORMATION AND TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF THE HUMAN CANINE BOND AND EXCLU INCLUSIVITY OF ALL CITIZENS.
AND WHERE IN THE UNITED STATES, 70 MILLION ADULTS HAVE A DISABILITY AND ONLY 16,000 SERVICE DOGS FROM ACCREDITED TRAINING PROGRAMS EXIST NATIONWIDE.
AND WHEREAS CAN CANINE COMPANIONS CREATED THE SERVICE DOG FOR PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES 50 YEARS AGO IN 1975, CREATING A NEW KIND OF SUPPORT FOR DISABILITY.
AND WHEREAS K CANINE COMPANIONS IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT ENHANCES THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES BY PROVIDING EXPERTLY TRAINED SERVICE DOGS AND ONGOING SUPPORT TO ENSURE QUALITY PARTNERSHIPS FREE OF CHARGE.
AND WHEREAS CANINE COMPANIONS AND THEIR SERVICE DOGS EMPOWER PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO LEAD LIFE WITH GREATER INDEPENDENCE, BY PROVIDING BEST IN CLASS TRAINING, ONGOING FOLLOW-UP SERVICES, AND A DEEPLY COMMITTED COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT.
AND WHEREAS NATIONAL SERVICE DOG MONTH AIMS TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF SERVICE DOGS AND THE LAWS PROTECTING THEIR HANDLERS.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS CONTINUES TO WORK TOWARD BECOMING AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY IN WHICH ALL CITIZENS AND THEIR TRAINED SERVICE DOGS ARE, ARE EMBRACED.
NOW, THEREFORE, I AMIR OMAR, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS, IN RECOGNITION OF SERVICE DOGS AND THE ADULTS AND CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER TO BE NATIONAL SERVICE DOG MONTH.
I ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO CELEBRATE SERVICE DOGS AND BE RESPECTFUL OF THE RIGHTS TO SAFE ACCESS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AFFORD IT TO THE ADULTS, CHILDREN AND VETERANS WHO LEAD MORE INDEPENDENT LIVES BECAUSE OF THEIR ASSISTANCE.
CONGRATULATIONS, AND PLEASE JOIN ME UP HERE, UP FRONT.
[6. REVIEW AND DISCUSS DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT (DART) UPDATE]
WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, REVIEW AND DISCUSS DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT DART UPDATE.MR. MAGNER, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.
IT'S OUR PLEASURE TO WELCOME, UH, GARY SLAGEL, WHO IS THE, UH, UH, CHAIR OF THE DART BOARD.
UH, GARY IS HERE TONIGHT TO, UH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, MAYBE, UH, FROM A DART PERSPECTIVE OR TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
UM, IT'S NO, UH, SURPRISE TO ANYONE, UH, THAT DART, UH, HAS BEEN IN THE NEWS QUITE A BIT RECENTLY.
THERE ARE MANY, UH, THINGS GOING ON AT THE AGENCY AS THEY, UH, WORK TO CONTINUE TO BE A, UM, EXCELLENT PROVIDER OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION HERE IN NORTH TEXAS.
UM, THERE ARE THREE TOPICS, UH, THAT I'D LIKE TO COVER WITH YOU AND, UM, UH, EACH OF THESE, UH, RELATED TO AN ITEM ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, TWO OF THE THREE I'M GONNA PROPOSE, UH, THAT YOU TAKE ACTION TONIGHT.
AND THE THIRD, I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE AND EXPLAIN WHY I'D LIKE YOU TO MAYBE, UH, POSTPONE, UH, CONSIDERATION.
UM, FIRST, LET ME, UH, TALK ABOUT THE
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT YOU'LL RECALL.UM, WE IDENTIFIED REALLY THREE ITEMS, UH, THAT WE, UH, WOULD LIKE WE WANTED TO WORK WITH DART ON AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
THE FIRST WAS REALLY ENCOURAGING DART TO BE A STRONGER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNER TO US.
UM, AS YOU RECALL, BACK IN THE, THE FALL OF 2024, UH, SEVERAL CITY MANAGERS, UH, CONVENED ON OUR OWN AND BEGAN TO, UM, UM, CONTEMPLATE WHAT, UH, DART'S PARTICIPATION IN ONE OF OUR, UH, TURS OR TIFFS COULD, UH, LOOK LIKE.
UM, GARY AND NADINE, IN MY OPINION, WERE EXTREMELY OPEN TO THIS IDEA.
UM, WE MET SEVERAL TIMES HERE AT CITY HALL, UH, IN SMALL GROUPS WITH, UH, CHRIS HILLMAN, WHO'S THE CITY MANAGER, UH, IN IRVING.
UM, AND AT, UH, UNDER GARY'S LEADERSHIP AND WITH NADINE'S, UH, LEADERSHIP, THE BOARD DIRECTED, UH, THE DART STAFF THERE IN JANUARY, UH, TO CREATE A TEMPLATE I-L-I-L-A THAT THEY COULD SHOP AROUND WITH CITY MANAGERS.
UH, I, ALONG WITH THE MANAGERS FROM IRVING, DALLAS, CARROLLTON, UM, ROULETTE AND GLEN HEIGHTS WERE ASKED TO SERVE IN A, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORKING GROUP THAT DART, UH, HAD HAD CONVENED.
UH, AND WE, YOU CAN SEE THERE, WE MET SEVERAL TIMES, UH, IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH.
UH, UH, TOOK OUR INITIAL WORK AND BROUGHT THAT TO, UH, ALL 13 MEMBER CITIES, UH, THE MANAGERS IN APRIL AND, UH, IN MAY.
UH, AND THEN ULTIMATELY, UM, UH, CONCLUDED OUR, OUR DELIBERATIONS, UH, AND, AND, UH, ARRIVED AT A, A PROJECT, UH, A PLAN THAT, UH, I BRIEFED YOU ON AT THE END OF, UH, APRIL.
UH, SINCE THEN, UM, YOU CAN SEE ON MAY 13, UH, THE DART BOARD WAS, UH, UH, FINALLY UPDATED.
I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE ARE DOWN TO SOME VERY, VERY INSIGNIFICANT, UH, UH, POINTS JUST TO KIND OF, UH, ARRIVE AT CONSENSUS ON.
AND THE ILA WE WILL BE READY FOR ADOPTION, UM, UM, AND, UH, EXECUTION.
SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AFTER THE CITY AND DART ENTER INTO THAT ILA TOGETHER? UM, UM, UM, WE WILL, UH, HAVE A, UH, A FIVE-YEAR TERM, UM, THAT, UH, WILL BE ESTABLISHED FOR, UH, THE, THE ILA.
UM, WE HAVE ALREADY IDENTIFIED ALL THAT ALL THREE OF OUR TIFS QUALIFY, UH, FOR PARTICIPATION, UH, BY DART IN, IN THE, UH, PROGRAM.
UH, WE WILL HAVE TO ESSENTIALLY PUT A PROJECT PLAN TOGETHER, UH, SOMETHING THAT TODD AND AND KENT ARE VERY FAMILIAR DOING.
UH, THEY'LL APPROVE THE, THE AUTHOR AND, AND REQUEST, UH, OR APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR PARTICIPATION IN THAT IT OCCURS.
AND THEN NADINE AND I, UH, WOULD ENTER INTO, UH, WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE IS CALLED, UH, KIND OF A, A CONCURRENCE LETTER.
AND THAT CONCURRENCE LETTER WILL ESTABLISH THE, UH, BASE VALUE FOR THE TIFF.
AND SO ANY, UH, SALES TAX ABOVE THAT BASE VALUE OF THE SALES TAX WILL BE THE SALES TAX THAT WE WOULD SPLIT 50 50 WITH DART.
THE 50, OUR 50%, UH, OF THE SALES TAX THAT DART WOULD OTHERWISE KEEP, WILL GO INTO OUR TIF FUND BALANCE AND BE AVAILABLE TO US TO USE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES.
UM, YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD, UH, ANYTIME WITHIN THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD AFTER THE LETTER OF CONCURRENCE, UH, IS, IS, UH, SIGNED, WILL BE ABLE TO COMMENCE WITH, UH, DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE MAY HAVE, UH, SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT WE WANT TO APPLY THIS TO.
UH, AND, UM, AND THEN EACH OF THOSE PROJECTS, EVEN ONES THAT ARE, UH, STARTED UP UNTIL THE VERY LAST, UH, UH, TIME IN THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD HAVE A 10 YEAR LIFE CYCLE.
SO THIS COULD LAST UP TO 15 YEARS IF WE WERE TO EXECUTE A PROJECT AT THE INITIAL, AT THE, UH, AT THE END PART OF THAT INITIAL, UH, FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
AND SO, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT, UH, ON, YOU CAN SEE HER, UH, CONSENT AGENDA, A TWO, I'M ASKING YOU TO, TO, TO SIGN, PASS A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD AUTHORIZE ME TO EXECUTE THAT ILA AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT MIGHT BE NECESSARY, UH, TO ESSENTIALLY ACTIVATE DART'S PARTICIPATION, UH, IN OUR THREE, UH, TIF, UH, UM, UM, AREAS.
AND THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY START THE FUNNELING OF THOSE, UH, SALES TAX DOLLARS TO US TO USE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES.
'CAUSE, UM, I BELIEVE ON THE, UH, TRAJECTORY THAT WE'RE ON HERE, WE'LL BE PROBABLY THE FIRST, UH, IF NOT ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES TO ACTIVATE, UH, AND TO EXECUTE THE, UH, CHURCH ILA.
UH, BUT ALL CITIES, ALL 13 MEMBER CITIES HAVE TO MAKE THIS DECISION BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
UM, UH, OTHERWISE, UM, YEAH, UH, THEY WON'T BE ELIGIBLE, UH, TO TAKE PART.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS DART DID NOT WANNA ALLOW THIS TO GO OUT TWO OR THREE YEARS AND THEN START THE 10, BECAUSE THEN THE 10 YEAR PERIOD WOULD ACTUALLY START, I'M SORRY, THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD WOULD ACTUALLY START FROM THE EXECUTION, AND IT WOULD GO OUT MUCH FARTHER THAN THE 15TH, UH, THE 15 YEARS.
THIS ASSURES THAT EVERY CITY THAT'S GONNA PARTICIPATE DART HAS THAT DEFINITIVE END STOP OF NO LATER, UH, THAN 15 YEARS.
SO, UH, LET ME PAUSE THERE AND, UH, SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE, ON THE TERMS. COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN.
SO JUST, UH, I THINK THE ONE, SO I, SORRY, I, I READ THROUGH THE, THE AGREEMENT AND THE ONE THING THAT I DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WAS THE GOVERNANCE FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, BUT I THINK THIS KIND OF ANSWERS IT.
SO THIS IS REALLY A ONE ONETIME, SORT OF A ONETIME THING.
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MM-HMM.T WE CAN'T CREATE A TS ONCE OUR TIFFS EXPIRE TO, DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE MM-HMM
AFTER THE 31ST, 2025, NO NEWTS AGREEMENTS WILL BE CREATED BETWEEN DARTON MEMBER CITIES.
IS THAT YOU'RE WELL FOR THE MASTER ILA, SO, SO THAT, THAT IS, THAT'S WHEN THE MASTER ILA HAS TO BE SIGNED BY.
SO SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, UM, IF, LET'S SAY ONCE TIF ONE EXPIRES, 'CAUSE, UM, WELL, ACTUALLY IT WOULDN'T WITHIN THIS TIME PERIOD.
'CAUSE IT'S THE, IT'S ONLY THE FIVE YEARS.
WELL, HYPOTHETICALLY, IF, IF HYPOTHETICALLY IF IT, IF IT, IT DID EXPIRE.
SO, SO THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD WE WON'T, WON'T BE IMPACTED BY, 'CAUSE THE TIF ONE EXPIRES IN THE END OF 2031.
RIGHT? SO THE, THIS WON'T IMPACT US IN ANY WAY, BUT HYPOTHETICALLY, IF A, IF A TS DID EXPIRE WITHIN THIS TIME PERIOD, WE COULD CREATE ANOTHER TS.
OR FOR INSTANCE, IF, IF WE HAD, IF WE MET THE, UM, REQUIREMENTS, UM, IN AN AREA THAT WE DIDN'T CURRENTLY HAVE A TIFF MM-HMM
UH, WE COULD POTENTIALLY, UM, I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT BEING NECESSARY.
I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE, RIGHT, OUR TIF TWO AND THREE, UH, AND, AND, AND ONE COVERS BOTH SPRING VALLEY, UM, THE ONLY STATION THAT'S NOT COVERED IS GALLATIN.
WE REALLY WOULDN'T BENEFIT FROM IT LIKE WE WOULD MM-HMM
AT THE ARAPAHO STATION OR, OR CITY LINE WHERE WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF UNDEVELOPED LAND OR, UM, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY, UH, IN THE FUTURE, MAYBE UTD COULD BE A POTENTIAL MM-HMM
UM, BUT, BUT AGAIN, THE FIVE YEAR THAT WE HAVE TO SIGN THE MASTER ILA BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, UH, BUT THAT DOESN'T PRECLUDE US FROM TAKING ADDITIONAL ACTIONS THAT ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ILA, UM, SUBSEQUENT TO THAT.
AND SO, HYPOTHETICALLY, IF WE DID CREATE A NEW TS THAT IS SEPARATE FROM OUR TIFFS, THE GOVERNANCE WOULD BE REALLY THE SAME AS OUR TIFFS WHERE WE APPOINT THE BOARD.
BUT DART WILL ALWAYS GET A VOTING BOARD MEMBER OR A BOARD MEMBER RATHER.
YEAH, THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM WAS, UH, GOVERNANCE.
UH, JUST AS A REMINDER, STATE LAW REQUIRES, UH, THE DART BOARD TO CONSIDER REAPPORTIONMENT OF THE BOARD DIRECTORS EVERY FIVE YEARS.
UH, AND THAT HAS TO BE DONE PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER ONE OF THAT FIFTH YEAR.
OBVIOUSLY, LIKE MANY THINGS, UH, THE PANDEMIC, UH, UH, COMPLICATED THAT.
AND BECAUSE THE CENSUS WAS, UH, DELAYED, UH, THE LAST REAPPORTIONMENT WAS, UH, UH, BACK IN, UM, OCTOBER OF 2021.
UH, IN ANTICIPATION OF THIS REQUIREMENT, DAR DID, UH, ENGAGE WITH TEXAS A AND M TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE, TTI, UM, THEY ESSENTIALLY, UM, LOOKED AT THE CURRENT POPULATION CHANGES AND PROVIDING, UH, PROVIDED A REAPPORTIONMENT OPTIONS.
FUNDAMENTALLY, NOTHING REALLY CHANGED WITH RESPECT TO, UH, THE ALLOTMENT.
WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S STILL 10 WHOLE BOARD SEATS, WHICH THERE ARE TODAY.
UM, SEVEN FOR DALLAS, ONE FOR RABINE, GARLAND PLAIN NOR RESPECTFULLY.
AND THEN THERE ARE FIVE FRACTIONAL SEATS.
NOW, T THE, UH, TTI, UH, UH, UH, REPORT DID, PROVIDES SEVERAL, UH, DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS AND SCENARIOS FOR HOW, UH, THE REAPPORTIONMENT OF, UM, THE FRACTIONAL SEATS MIGHT, UM, BE APPLIED.
UM, AND THOSE WERE THINGS AROUND, UM, UH, PROXIMITY OF CITIES TO ONE ANOTHER, ADJACENCY, UH, INTEREST, UH, WORKING ON INTEREST, UH, WORKING ON, UH, ISSUES, UH, UH, THAT, THAT WERE SIMILAR.
SO THERE WERE A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT THEY LOOKED AT.
ON AUGUST 15TH, MAYOR MAR AND I ATTENDED A MEETING DOWN AT DARK, UH, HEADQUARTERS WITH OTHER MAYORS AND MANAGERS IN WHICH TTI PRESENTED THIS RECOMMENDATION, UM, GO OFF SCRIPT HERE FOR A SECOND.
IT QUICKLY BECAME APPARENT THAT MORNING, UM, THAT, UH, THERE WAS A MUCH BIGGER ISSUE, UH, AND THAT ISSUE, UH, AMOUNTS TO, UH, EACH CITY, UH, IN DAR STRONGLY HAVING A DESIRE TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND TO HAVE A VOICE, EVEN IF THAT VOICE IS, UH, FRACTIONAL OR PROPORTIONAL, YOU KNOW, TO THAT CITY'S CONTRIBUTION.
AND SO, UH, WE, UH, QUICKLY GRAVITATED THAT MORNING FROM DEBATING WHO SHOULD BE PAIRED WITH WHO AND WHAT MADE SENSE THAT WAY TO REALLY TALKING ABOUT, UM, UH, HOW DO WE FACILITATE A LONG-TERM SOLUTION THAT EVERYBODY WOULD FIND ACCEPTABLE AND ACTUALLY WOULD RENDER THIS POINT MOOT.
AND SO, UH, THANKFULLY THAT DAY, UH, ALL THE CITIES THAT WERE IN, IN ATTENDANCE, AND I THINK ALL WERE THERE, UH, AGREED IN PRINCIPLE TO SEVERAL THINGS.
ONE, THAT WE BELIEVE EACH CITY SHOULD HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
THEY SHOULD HAVE A MEMBER ON THE DART BOARD, AND THAT MEMBER SHOULD BE ENTITLED TO A VOTE THAT WOULD BE PROPORTIONAL OR WEIGHTED.
UM, WE DECIDED THAT DAY THAT THE WAITING WASN'T, UH, THAT THE WAITING METHODOLOGY WASN'T IMPORTANT TO DECIDE AT THIS TIME.
UM, BUT I MEAN, IN, IN, IN REALITY, THERE ARE ONLY A HANDFUL OF DIFFERENT THINGS, RIGHT? I MEAN, THERE'S THE SALES TAX CONTRIBUTION, UM, THAT WORKS REALLY WELL FOR SOME CITIES, UM, LIKE ADDISON, FOR INSTANCE.
UH, THERE'S THE POPULATION, UH, WHICH WORKS REALLY WELL FOR SOME CITIES LIKE GARLAND, UM, OR THERE'S A HYBRID.
AND REALLY, TO BE FAIR, I BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA END UP WITH A HYBRID METHODOLOGY.
UM, UH, THE MEMBER CITIES ALSO AGREED THAT WE WOULD WORK, UH, COOPERATIVELY WITH DART, AND DART AGREED AS WELL, UM, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, AS THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE
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IN THE 90TH SESSION, UM, TO AMEND, UM, THE GOVERNANCE IN A WAY, UH, THAT WOULD BE RESPONSIVE TO THESE DESIRES.UM, UM, ACT AT THE, UH, AT THE, UM, UH, SUGGESTION, UH, MERRIL MAR, UH, ALL THE CITIES AT THAT, UH, MEETING DECIDED THAT, UM, WE SHOULD AT LEAST, UH, TAKE THE FIRST IMPORTANT STEP, UH, DOWN THIS ROAD AND HAVE EACH CITY TRY, UM, UH, TO PASS A RESOLUTION, UM, THAT WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THE FIRST BULLET POINT ON HERE, WHICH IS THAT THE ONE VOTE, UM, ENTITLED EACH CITY BE ENTITLED TO ONE VOTE.
AND EVERY CITY AGREED THAT IF THAT WAS THE CASE AND THAT OCCURRED, UH, THEN WE WOULD JUST FOREGO ANY REAPPORTIONMENT AT THIS POINT.
IT'S WORKED WELL FOR THE, REALLY THE LAST 10 YEARS OR SO.
'CAUSE I BELIEVE THAT'S HOW LONG IT'S BEEN SINCE IT WAS AMENDED.
AND WE WOULD JUST LEAVE IT LIKE THAT FOR, FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
WE'D GO DOWN IN THE 90TH SESSION, HOPEFULLY 13 CITIES PLUS DART MM-HMM
AND THE LEGISLATURE WOULD HAVE NO REASON NOT TO TYPE OUT THE NEW GOVERNANCE MODEL.
AND, UM, AND SO, SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE NOW.
UM, UH, THAT RESOLUTION IS ON YOUR AGENDA.
IT'S CONSENT TO ITEM, UM, A THREE.
AND JUST TO CLARIFY, IT ONLY STATES, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT EACH CITY SHOULD HAVE A MEMBER ON THE DART BOARD ENTITLED TO A WEIGHTED VOTE, THE WAITING TO BE DETERMINED IN THE FUTURE.
UM, I WILL COMMIT AND, UH, FEEL LIKE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT AS WE GET TOGETHER AS A WORKING GROUP, UH, AND THE MANAGERS, AS THE MANAGERS GET TOGETHER AS A WORKING GROUP, AND WE KIND OF WORK OUT WHAT THAT WEIGHTED METHODOLOGY WOULD LOOK LIKE PRIOR TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, SIGNING ON FOR THE CITY OF RICHARD AND SAYING, WE'RE GOOD.
I'LL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU SO THAT, UM, WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT THE, THE METHODOLOGY.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL DO ALL OF THAT WITH THE GOAL IN MIND TO TRY TO KEEP THE NUMBER OF BOARD MEMBERS AS CLOSE TO THE 15 AS IT CAN TODAY.
UH, THE REALITY IS, FOR THAT TO OCCUR, DALLAS WOULD HAVE TO AGREE TO GO FROM EIGHT VOTES, SORRY, UH, FROM EIGHT SEATS TO THREE SEATS.
UM, QUITE FRANKLY, AS, UH, MERRILL, MARK CAN ATTEST TO THIS, UH, PAST, UH, UH, THURSDAY, WE WERE AT A ANOTHER DART MEETING, AND, AND I MADE THAT POINT CLEAR TO THE GROUP THAT REALLY WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY ON THE METHODOLOGY.
THE ONLY OUTSTANDING ISSUE IS HOW MANY SEATS WILL DALLAS END UP WITH.
IF THEY END UP WITH FIVE SEATS, THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO FROM 15 TO 17 AND SO FORTH AND SO ON.
SO, UM, A LOT OF GOOD WORK TO COME ON THAT I BELIEVE WE AGREE, I BELIEVE WE AGREE ON MORE THAN WE DISAGREE, UH, ON, UH, WITH RESPECT TO GOVERNANCE.
AND SO I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT WE CAN, WE CAN GET THIS DONE.
UM, SO THAT'S THE RESOLUTION, UH, ON YOUR, UM, AGENDA TONIGHT.
UM, WE NEED TO GET, ALL THE CITIES NEED TO GET BACK WITH DART BECAUSE, UH, AT THEIR NOVEMBER 18TH MEETING, UH, THEY THERE NEED TO TAKE THE REAPPORTIONMENT VOTE.
AND IF WE ALL GET BACK AND, AND, AND HAVE A BIG KUMBAYA AROUND THIS STRATEGY, I THINK, GARY, WHAT YOU GUYS WILL DO IS YOU'LL JUST VOTE TO LEAVE IT AS IS.
QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE.
UM, YEAH, JUST THANK YOU FOR, FOR BOTH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PIECE AND THIS GOVERNANCE PIECE.
JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR, WE WOULD GO TO THE LEGISLATURE WITH AN AGREEMENT BOTH ON THE NUMBER OF SEATS AND SORT OF THE WEIGHTED VOTE STRUCTURE MM-HMM
SO WE WOULD BE JUST EXACTLY FOR THE SILVER PLATTER, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY GOING TO THE MONEY, THING'S A LITTLE BIT SCARY.
SO, UM, BUT THAT WOULD BE, UH, I GUESS IF, IF WE, EVERYBODY PASSES THE RESOLUTION, WE AGREE ON THE ONE, ONE CITY, ONE SEAT, UM, SCENARIO, FIGURING OUT DALLAS, UM, WHEN, WHEN WOULD WE START WORKING ON THE SORT OF WEIGHTED VOTE PIECE.
SO, UM, AND THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT SEGUE INTO THE NEXT ITEM BECAUSE, UM, ON A TOTALLY DIFFERENT TRACK, UM, UH, WE HAD A MEETING THAT I MENTIONED THIS PAST THURSDAY.
UM, THERE'S A, A NEW, UH,
UM, WE'LL BE GETTING, WE'LL BE PULLING TOGETHER, THAT GROUP WILL START MEETING ON SEPTEMBER THE 18TH.
I, I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A STATE TAX ISSUE.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THE WAY TO GO, SO THAT'S GOOD.
THE LAST ISSUE, UH, IS, UH, THE GENERAL MOBILITY FUND.
SO, RECALL BACK IN MARCH, DART BOARD APPROVED THE RESOLUTION, CREATING THE GENERAL MOBILITY FUND, UM, AND RESPONSE TO SEVERAL THINGS.
ONE WAS, UH, CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, MEMBER CITIES, UM, CONTINUING TO, UM, EXPLORE DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR REDUCING THE SALES TAX FUNDING.
UH, BUT AT THE DIRECTION ALSO OF, UH, THE TEXAS, UH, SEVERAL TEXAS LEGISLATORS, UM, I THINK WHO HAD REACHED OUT TO, UH, TO GARY AND NADINE AND ASKED THEM TO LOOK AT THIS.
UH, THE GMP, AS YOU RECALL, ALLOCATES 5% OF DART'S ANNUAL SALES TAX, UH, BACK TO, UH, SEVEN DONOR CITIES.
AND THESE DONOR CITIES WERE CITIES THAT, UH, IN THE EY STUDY, UH, WERE, UM, IDENTIFIED AS CONTRIBUTING MORE SALES TAX THAN THEY RECEIVE, UH, IN SERVICES.
UM, UM, I WAS, UH, I TOOK PART IN THE, IN THE GROUP, UH, ALONG WITH, AND, UH, SEVERAL OTHER CITY MANAGERS, UH, WHO NOW KIND OF ARE QUITE
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FRANKLY, QUESTIONED IN THE UI STUDY.UH, THE EY STUDY WAS NOT A PERFECT STUDY, BUT I'LL TELL YOU THIS.
WE, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY, UH, DEVELOPING THE METHODOLOGY THAT WENT INTO THE EY STUDY.
AND IT IS A, UH, FAR MORE, UM, I THINK, UM, ACCURATE AND, UM, ALL-INCLUSIVE, UH, COST OF SERVICES ANALYSIS THAN NEVER BEEN DONE AT DART.
SO, WHILE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE THE EY STUDY, IT'S STILL A VERY GOOD STUDY IN MY OPINION.
YOU CAN SEE THE DONOR CITIES ARE ADDISON CARROLLTON, FARMERS BRANCH, ISLAND PARK, RICHARDSON, AND PLANO, UH, AND UNIVERSITY PARK.
UH, THE 5% THAT DART SET ASIDE FOR THE GMP IS ABOUT JUST SHY OF, UH, $42.6 MILLION IN FY 24.
UM, AS YOU RECALL, IN JULY, UH, DART BOARD ASKED DONOR CITIES, SO THE SEVEN CITIES YOU SEE THERE, UH, TO FORMALLY ADOPT A RESOLUTION, UH, STATING, UM, THAT, UH, THEY WERE, THEY WANTED THE, THE GM FUND, GMP FUNDS THAT THEY WERE REQUESTING THE GMP FUNDS.
UM, AND THAT, UH, ESSENTIALLY A COMMITMENT THAT THEY WOULD CEASE, UH, FURTHER EFFORTS OR ACTIONS, UH, FOR LEGISLATION THAT WOULD REDUCE OR DIVERT ANY OF DART'S.
UM, A VOTER APPROVED ONE, SENT SALES TAX, UH, DART, UM, ORIGINALLY ASKED FOR THAT TO BE TAKEN, UM, ADDRESSED BY AUGUST.
UH, HOWEVER, UH, DART DID EXTEND THAT DATE AS, UH, QUESTIONS WERE RAISED, UH, REGARDING EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEEDED, BUT ALSO BECAUSE, UH, THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER INITIATIVES THAT WERE UNDERWAY.
ONE OF THOSE INITIATIVES I DID REFER TO EARLIER, IT WAS THE, UH, INITIATIVE BY, UH, NORTH TEXAS, UH, COMMISSION, UH, CHRIS WALLACE AND, UH, NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, UM, TODD LITTLE WHO HAVE JOINED TOGETHER, UM, MOST RECENTLY TO, TO TO HOST A MEMBER, A MEETING FOR MEMBER CITY MAYORS AND MANAGERS, AS WELL AS DART'S LEADERSHIP.
UH, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND STAFF WERE ALL THERE.
UH, THIS OCCURRED LAST THURSDAY DURING THAT MEETING, ALL 13 MEMBER CITIES AND DART AGREED TO KIND OF RECONSTITUTE A CITY MANAGER WORKING GROUP TO REEVALUATE, UH, OPTIONS RELATED TO THE SALES TAX FUNDING ISSUE, BUT ALSO TO THE GOVERNANCE ISSUE.
UM, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO, UH, SUBSEQUENT TO THIS SEPTEMBER 4TH MEETING, WE'VE HAD SOME EMAILS BACK AND FORTH, AND I THINK, UM, IT JUST MAKES SENSE FOR US TO TRY TO, UH, SINCE WE'RE COMING TOGETHER, UM, TO TRY TO GO AHEAD AND, AND MANAGE BOTH OF THESE, UM, I'LL, I'LL, UH, BE JOINING ON THIS COM COMMITTEE.
I'LL BE JOINING THE, UH, CITY MANAGER FROM DALLAS, WHO HAS COMMITTED TO BE PERSONALLY INVOLVED, UH, AND AS WELL AS THE MANAGERS FROM GARLAND, UH, IRVING PLANO, AND, UM, AND ROULETTE, UH, ALL WILL BE, UH, SERVING ON THE COMMISSION OR THE COMMITTEE WITH ME.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE QUICK ABOUT THIS, UH, UH, CITY MANAGER GROUP IS SCHEDULED TO START MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 18TH.
WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA MEET, YOU KNOW, WE COULD BE MEETING, UH, WEEKLY, UM, YOU KNOW, AS WELL AS DOING OUR OWN KIND OF, UM, UM, STUDY WORK, UH, SUBSEQUENTLY, UH, 'CAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO PRESENT A RECOMMENDATION, AT LEAST A PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATION BY NOVEMBER 1ST.
AND YOU MIGHT SAY, WELL, GOSH, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE HURRY? UM, YOU KNOW, AND CHAIRMAN, UH, SLAGEL CAN SPEAK MORE TO THIS, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A REAL DESIRE, UM, UM, AS SEVERAL DART CITIES HAVE, UH, CONTEMPLATED AN ELECTION TO MAYBE, UM, WITHDRAW FROM DART.
UM, THAT INDICATION WOULD HAVE TO BE SHARED WITH, UH, DART BY ABOUT DECEMBER 1ST, ABOUT SIX MONTHS IN ADVANCE OF THE MAY ELECTIONS.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO IS REALLY EXPEDITE, HOPEFULLY, UH, AT LEAST A FRAMEWORK OR A MODEL, UM, THAT WE CAN BUILD ON.
NOW, THOSE CITIES DON'T HAVE TO CALL THE ELECTION
OBVIOUSLY, THAT WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE DONE, UH, UNTIL THAT FEBRUARY TIMEFRAME FOR A MAY ELECTION.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE, WE GET PAST, UM, UH, NOVEMBER, BUT WE ALL KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT CAN BE TO KIND OF GET PEOPLE TOGETHER AROUND, YOU KNOW, THANKSGIVING THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
SO WE'RE GONNA MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT AGAIN, AT LEAST TO HAVE A PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATION OR SOME KIND OF A FRAMEWORK THAT WE CAN START REALLY WORKING ON.
UM, AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS ALL DRIVING TO TRY TO SLOW DOWN, UM, ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY CITY, UM, YOU KNOW, TO, UM, TO, TO, UH, TO NO LONGER BE PART OF DART.
UM, I HAD INITIALLY PUT THIS RESOLUTION, UH, THE GMP RESOLUTION ON YOUR, UH, CONSENT AGENDA.
IT'S ITEM, UH, A FOUR, AND WITH THE, UH, REQUEST FOR YOU TO GO AHEAD AND AUTHORIZE ME TO ENTER INTO, UM, UH, THE, UH, ILA ACCEPT THE, THE GMP.
UH, HOWEVER, UM, UM, AND, AND, UH, HERE'S A, A FIRST INDICATION OF SOME OF THE, UH, STOP AND GO THAT WE MIGHT HAVE, UH, AS A RESULT OF THE NEW POSTING REQUIREMENT.
I HAD TO POST THIS BY 5:00 PM LAST TUESDAY.
THE MEETING OCCURRED ON THURSDAY.
SO UNLIKE, UH, PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER ONE, I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO AMEND THE, UH, UH, THE AGENDA ON FRIDAY, SO I HAD TO POST IT.
SO WHAT I'M GONNA BE ASKING YOU TO DO TONIGHT IS ACTUALLY TO POSTPONE ANY DECISION ON THIS, ALLOW ME, UH, AND THE REMAINDER, THE, THE REST OF THE CITY MANAGERS TO WORK ON THIS ISSUE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, ALLOW ALSO, UH, RTC, UH, TO CONTINUE ITS WORK ON TRANSIT 2.0.
UH, YOU KNOW, THERE, IT SEEMS TO HAVE, UH, SLOWED SOMEWHAT THERE, BUT THERE'S A, A REAL, UH, URGENCY, UH, IF YOU WILL, ON THE RTC AS WELL NOW TO KIND OF GET, UH, UH, TRANSIT 2.0 BACK ON TRACK AND REALLY HAVE A GOOD DIRECTION, ALL FOR THE SAME REASONS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUR
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RECOMMENDATION DONE BY NOVEMBER 1ST.AND SO, HAVING SAID ALL THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE AGREEABLE TO THIS STRATEGY TONIGHT, WHICH YOU WOULD DO WHEN YOU GET TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, IS MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AS CONSENT AGENDA, UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF, UH, ITEM, UM, 10 A FOUR.
AND SO, UH, MAYOR, I'LL GO AHEAD AND PAUSE THERE AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UM, UH, I'M IN FAVOR OF PULLING IT FROM THE AGENDA.
I THINK THAT THAT MAKES SENSE.
IT ALLOWS YOU TO GO INTO THE WORKING GROUP AS A NEUTRAL PEER, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, THAT WE'VE NOT MADE A DECISION BEFORE.
YOU'VE TAKEN INITIAL STEPS TO TALK TO THAT, THAT WORKING GROUP.
UM, SO I'M, I'M IN FAVOR OF DOING THAT, AND I THINK THAT'S SMART.
I WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
UM, WHAT WE HEARD IN THIS PRESENTATION WAS THAT YOU WERE ON THE WORKING GROUP FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
YOU WERE ON THE WORKING GROUP RELATED TO GOVERNANCE.
YOU'RE ON THE WORKING GROUP RELATED TO THIS.
YOU'RE A TRUE REGIONAL LEADER, AND YOUR VOICE REALLY MATTERS.
AND SO I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO PULL TONIGHT SO THAT WHEN YOU WALK INTO THE ROOM, THAT YOU CAN REALLY SORT OF APPROACH THE TABLE.
THANK YOU, UM, AS A PEER TO YOUR FELLOW, UH, CITY MANAGERS.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR SORT OF RELENTLESS LEADERSHIP ON THIS.
UM, I KNOW YOU WERE INVOLVED IN SORT OF THE PUC CASE THAT WE HAD, AND THIS SORT OF HAS ECHOES OF THAT.
AND, UM, SO YOUR, YOUR LEADERSHIP IS, AND I KNOW YOU'RE NOT ENJOYING ME, LAVISHING AND PRAISE, BUT IT, IT'S, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND SORT OF WHAT YOU DO OUTSIDE OF THESE MEETINGS, UM, HAS A REALLY, REALLY BIG REGIONAL IMPACT.
UM, YOU HAVE AN IMPORTANT VOICE IN THAT ROOM.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
UM, MAYOR SLAGEL, INITIALLY I'LL SAY I WAS, WAS DISAPPOINTED, I THINK, IN THE LETTER THAT WE GOT FROM DART RELATED TO THE GMP.
UM, BUT I DO WANNA COMMEND YOU, UM, AND THE LEADERSHIP AT DART FOR LISTENING.
UM, WHEN YOU GOT A LITTLE BIT OF BIT OF BLOW BACK, UM, AND SORT OF PULLING BACK THE REINS, UM, YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT PARTNER TO RICHARDSON DART HAS.
UM, AS FAR AS, UM, WHEN WE HAVE CONCERNS, UH, DART LISTENS AND ADDRESSES THEM, AND I THINK THAT THIS IS, UH, EVIDENCE, UH, OF THAT YET AGAIN, UM, PERHAPS WE DIDN'T LIKE, UH, AS MEMBER CITIES WHAT WE GOT, UH, FROM DART RELATED TO THE GMP, BUT, BUT YOU'VE LISTENED AND YOU'VE SORT OF SLOWED AND YOU'RE ALLOWING US TO SORT OF WORK THIS OUT ON OUR OWN.
SO I WANNA THANK YOU TOO, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
UM, UM, AGAIN, ALTHOUGH INITIALLY DISAPPOINTED, REALLY GRATEFUL THAT YOU LISTENED AND ARE ALLOWING US TO WORK THIS OUT, UM, FROM A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE, UH, AS MEMBER CITIES.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR LETTING US DO THAT.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU, DAWN, FOR, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
THIS HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE A LOT OF WORK.
UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE THAT YOU RUSH THROUGH AND BRING US ON NOVEMBER 1ST.
UM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I THINK YOU DESERVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME THAN THAT, BUT EVEN IF YOU COME TO US AND SAY, WE'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS AND WE, WE NEED TO LEARN MORE TIME, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE, UM, UM, GOOD TO HEAR.
UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I, I, I'LL GO AHEAD AND JUST SAY A COUPLE WORDS AND, AND I THINK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE DID AN AMAZING JOB, UH, ALREADY, BUT I, I THINK IT'S WORTH SECONDING.
UH, THANK YOU MAYOR LAGEL FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE, UH, AS, AS THE REPRESENTATIVE.
AND YOU'VE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF CRITICAL MOMENTS WITH US, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP, UM, UH, THROUGHOUT.
UM, AND I DO, I DO WANNA SECOND WHAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE SAID, JUST TO PUNISH DAWN MOORE WITH, UH, WITH PRAISE.
BUT, UM, BEING IN THE ROOM, UH, AND, AND SEEING, UH, THE, UH, RESPECT THAT HE, THAT HE, UH, RECEIVES BY OTHERS, UH, IN THE ROOM, UH, IS, IS A GREAT SAFETY NET FOR A BRAND NEW MAYOR.
UH, I'LL JUST SAY THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I CAN, I CAN GO OFF ABOUT TRYING TO MOVE FASTER OR THE URGENCY OF THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION BECAUSE OF ALL THE, UH, DIFFERENT MEMBER CITY ACTIVITY.
UH, BUT THEN TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF STEP BACK AND, AND HAVE HIM, UH, COMMAND THE PRESENCE THAT HE DOES, UH, IN THAT ROOM, UM, IT, IT IS NOTEWORTHY, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, HE HAS BEEN SELECTED TO BE ONE OF THE SIX, UM, TO BE IN THE ROOM TO REALLY HELP US WITH PROBABLY SOME OF THE MOST CRITICAL QUESTIONS THAT MUST GET SOLVED, UM, IDEALLY IN THE NEXT 45 DAYS.
UM, AND SO, UH, I, I COULDN'T BE MORE THANKFUL FOR HIS LEADERSHIP THERE AS WELL.
SO, ALRIGHT, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, UH, JUST, JUST ONE REALLY QUICK YES, PLEASE.
MAYOR SLAGEL, WHILE YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT, GIVEN HOW STRONG AND SUPPORTIVE RICHARDSON'S BEEN FOR DART, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND ANNOUNCE WHEN THE SILVER LINE'S GONNA BECOME OPERATIONAL HERE TONIGHT? YOU COULD MAKE NEWS RIGHT HERE IN RICHARDSON AS COMPARED TO ANY OTHER CITY.
WE COULD MAKE NEWS, WE COULD MAKE NEWS
ARE WE CLOSE? I WILL TELL YOU THAT IT'S, I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE THE ONE ANNOUNCING NECESSARILY THE EXACT DATE, BUT BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, IT WILL BE CLOSE TO RUNNING
IT'S NO, IT'S NEVER BEEN CLOSER.
IT'S NEVER BEEN CLOSER, RIGHT? IS THAT WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THAT? MAYOR LAKE? WE'RE LOOKING, WE HAVE A FEW INVITATIONS OUT FOR PEOPLE TO ATTEND.
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ASKED, UH, UH, THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION WHEN I MET WITH HIM IN AUGUST, IF HE COULD COME AND HE, HE'S GONNA TRY TO DO THAT.SO WE'RE SORT OF WAITING FOR THAT DATE.
BUT WE HAVE, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PLAN IT, WE HAVE SOME, UH, DEFINITE DATES.
AND I MET WITH OUR STAFF LAST WEEK AND THEY SAID, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE DATES, BUT IF YOU TELL ANYBODY, I'LL HAVE TO KILL YOU.
BUT IF YOU WANNA COME BACK AND ANNOUNCE HERE, YOU KNOW, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU BE, YOU KNOW, YOU IT.
COME HERE AND ANNOUNCE IT HERE FIRST.
[7. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT (DCAD) AND COLLIN CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT (CCAD) BOARD REPRESENTATION FOR 2026]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, DAD AND COLIN CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, CAD, BOARD REPRESENTATION FOR 2026.OUR, UH, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, TODD GASTRO, IS GONNA LEAD US ON THIS PRESENTATION.
UH, RECALL, UH, WITHIN THE, THE, UH, LAST, UH, YEAR, WE'VE HAD A CHANGE IN, UH, HOW, UH, OUR APPRAISAL DISTRICTS ARE, UH, POPULATED NOW, UH, HAVING BOTH APPOINTED AND, UH, ELECTED, UH, POSITIONS.
AND SO, UM, VERY INTERESTING BRIEFING LAST YEAR WHEN TODD CAME AND, AND DESCRIBED HOW WE WOULD BEGIN THE TRANSITION.
UH, SO, UM, WHILE, UM, WHILE THIS, UH, MAY SEEM A LITTLE BIT ROUTINE, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT JUST TO SHARE AGAIN WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AS I WENT THROUGH THIS WITH TODD TODAY, I HAD A COUPLE OF AHAS.
UH, SO I THINK THAT, UH, EVEN THOUGH THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S, UM, A WELL IN WAY IN TERMS OF, UH, TRANSITION, IT'S STILL REALLY AN IMPORTANT TOPIC TO REFRESH FOR, UH, FOR US AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO, TODD, UH, THANKS FOR TRACKING THIS SO CLOSELY, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO KINDA SHERIFF, UH, THE BACKGROUND.
SO, UH, WE WILL TRY, UH, LAST YEAR WAS IN FRONT OF YOU, TRY TO MAKE CLEAR SOMETHING THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A, UM, INTERESTING TRANSITION PERIOD.
WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO GETTING ONTO NORMAL CADENCE WITH IT.
HOPEFULLY I'LL, UM, KEEP IT CLEAR TONIGHT.
SO AS YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
UH, SO I WANT TO TOUCH ON THE, UH, GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE FOR EACH OF THE APPRAISAL DISTRICTS THAT WE ARE REPRESENTED BY BOTH DCA AND CCAD.
UM, I WILL TOUCH ON THE TRANSITION PERIOD THAT RESULTED FROM THE LEGISLATIVE, UH, CHANGES FROM TWO YEARS AGO.
UH, I'LL TOUCH ON AND GO THROUGH THIS FALL'S APPOINTMENT PROCESS AND SOME KEY DATES, UH, AND WHAT THAT WILL MEAN FOR THE COUNCIL IN TERMS OF SOME, UH, FUTURE ACTIONS AND THEN WHAT THOSE NEXT STEPS LOOK LIKE.
SO TO START OFF WITH THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE, UH, SO AS YOU KNOW, REPRESENTED, UH, AND RESIDING IN TWO DIFFERENT COUNTIES, WERE REPRESENTED BY BOTH COLIN CAD AS WELL AS DALLAS CAD.
UH, THERE ARE NINE VOTING DIRECTORS FOR EACH OF, UH, THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARDS.
UH, THREE OF THOSE DIRECTORS ARE, UH, ELECTED BY, UH, THE POPULACE, UH, BY A GENERAL ELECTION.
THERE ARE FIVE DIRECTORS THAT ARE APPOINTED BY THE TAXING ENTITIES.
UM, AND I WILL GO INTO EXACTLY THAT PROCESS IN, IN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
THOSE ARE EACH, UH, SERVING FOUR YEARS STAGGERED TERMS. BUT AS YOU'LL SEE DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD, SOME OF THEM ARE NOT FOUR YEAR TERMS UNTIL WE GET, UM, EVERYTHING STAGGERED APPROPRIATELY.
AND THEN ALSO THERE IS ONE, UH, VOTING MEMBER.
SO IT'S THE, UH, TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR FOR EACH OF THE RESPECTIVE COUNTIES.
SO REGARDING BOARD ELIGIBILITY, UH, NO MAJOR CHANGES, UH, FROM A YEAR AGO FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
SO TO BE ELIGIBLE TO BE ON, UH, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, YOU NEED TO BE A RESIDENT, UH, OF THAT COUNTY FOR TWO PLUS YEARS.
UM, THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT, UH, ANY RELATIONSHIPS, BUSINESS INTERESTS, AS WELL AS NOT BEING, UH, DELINQUENT ON YOUR PROPERTY TAXES.
UM, SO JUST TO TRY AND PREVENT ANY SORT OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR SOMEBODY WANTING TO BE ON THE BOARD AS WELL AS WHAT THEY NEED TO DO AS A BOARD MEMBER.
HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR CURRENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR DCA AND CA.
UH, UP AT THE TOP YOU'LL SEE IN BOLD THE TWO THAT, UH, FOR EACH RESPECTIVE BOARD ARE GOING THROUGH, UH, FINISHING THEIR CURRENT TERM AT THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
UH, SO THIS FALL WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS, UH, TO APPOINT TWO NEW MEMBERS TO BOTH DCA AND CCA.
I'LL ALSO DRAW ATTENTION ON DC AD SIDE.
THERE'S A VACANCY FROM ONE OF THE ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS, UH, PLACED TO, THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY HELD BY KENDALL SCUDDER.
UM, HOWEVER, HE DECIDED EARLIER THIS YEAR TO RUN, TO BECOME THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE TEXAS DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
AND THE PARTY RULES, UH, DICTATE THAT YOU CANNOT HOLD ANOTHER ELECTED OFFICE POSITION.
AND SO AS A RESULT OF THAT DECISION TO RUN AND IS NOW THE CHAIRPERSON, UH, HE RESIGNED IN MARCH, 2025 FROM, UH, FROM DCA.
SO THAT POSITION WILL REMAIN VACANT AND IT WILL BE A PART OF THE, UH, GENERAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER, 2026.
THAT'S WHEN THAT WILL BE, UM, THAT WILL BE, UH, FILLED LOOKING AT THE ELECTED DIRECTORS.
SO AGAIN, I TOUCHED, KIND OF ALLUDED TO THIS TRANSITION
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PERIOD.SO, UH, LAST MAY OF 2024, THERE WAS A GENERAL ELECTION.
THERE IS A 30 MONTH TERM, UH, FOR THAT FIRST ELECTION.
AND SO, UM, THOSE THREE SEATS, UH, WILL, UH, THOSE WILL COME UP AGAIN IN NOVEMBER, 2026 AT A GENERAL ELECTION, UH, TO ELECT THREE NEW BOARD MEMBERS TO EACH OF THE CADS.
UM, AND THEN ONE OF THOSE WILL BE A TWO YEAR TERM.
TWO OF THEM WILL BE A FOUR YEAR TERM, AND THEN THEREAFTER THEY'RE GONNA ALL SERVE FOUR YEAR STAGGERED TERMS. BUT THAT STARTS THE STAGGERING EFFECT.
HERE'S A VISUAL OF, OF JUST WHAT WAS ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
SO NO ACTION FROM THE COUNCIL REGARDING THIS.
JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON, SINCE THIS REPRESENTS A THIRD OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WANTED TO, UH, ADDRESS THAT.
NOW FOR THE APPOINTED DIRECTORS, AGAIN, THERE'S A TRANSITION PERIOD WE'RE WORKING THROUGH.
SO LAST FALL WENT THROUGH AN APPOINTMENT PROCESS AND, AND APPOINTED FIVE DIRECTORS.
OF THOSE, THREE OF THEM ARE SERVING A THREE YEAR TERM.
TWO ARE SERVING A ONE YEAR TERM.
SO THE TWO THAT WE'RE SERVING A ONE YEAR TERM, THAT'S THE ONE THAT IS GONNA NOW BE UP FOR A NEW APPOINTMENT THIS FALL.
AND THEN AGAIN, HERE'S THE VISUAL OF THAT TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY.
AND SO AFTER THIS FALL APPOINTMENT PROCESS WILL BE ONTO A NORMAL CADENCE TO WHERE, UH, WE WILL BE GOING THROUGH THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS EVERY TWO YEARS.
WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS ON THE ODD NUMBER OF YEARS WITH THEIR TERM STARTING JANUARY, ONE OF EVEN NUMBERED YEARS FOR THIS FALLS A PROCESS.
SO THE WAY THE VOTES ARE ALLOCATED TO DETERMINE WHO RECEIVES THOSE APPOINTMENTS TO BE ON, UH, THE BOARD FOR THOSE TWO POSITIONS THAT ARE COMING UP AND WILL BE VACANT AS OF DECEMBER 31, THERE'S AN APPORTIONMENT BASED ON THE TAX LEVY WITHIN THAT COUNTY.
AND SO AGAIN, IT'S NOT POPULATION, IT'S NOT TAX RATE, IT'S TAX LEVY.
SO YOU, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT WE REPRESENT AS A PROPORTION OF THE ENTIRE COUNTYWIDE LEVY, UH, WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE UP THERE THAT WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM DCA THAT WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE 20 OF THE 2000 AVAILABLE VOTES.
THAT'S 1000 VOTES PER EACH SEAT.
SO TWO YEARS FROM NOW WHEN THERE'S GONNA BE THREE SEATS AVAILABLE, THERE WILL BE 3000 VOTES AND WE'LL RECEIVE OUR APPORTIONMENT OF THAT.
SO IF YOU JUST DO THE QUICK MATH, WE REPRESENT 1% OF THE VOTE FOR DAD.
UH, WE DO NOT YET HAVE OUR APPORTIONMENT FOR CAD, BUT BASED ON HISTORY, ANTICIPATING THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE 35 OR LESS VOTES OUT OF THE 2000.
SO AGAIN, WELL UNDER 2% OF THE VOTE THERE.
UH, JUST WANT TO GIVE A CONTEXT FOR THE MAGNITUDE OF OUR VOICE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF ELECTING THE, UH, APPOINTING THESE BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, AND THEN I WILL NOT GET INTO THE DATES THERE, UH, FOR THOSE REMAINING BULLET POINTS 'CAUSE I HAVE THAT CLARIFIED, UH, A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OUT.
SO HERE'S A VISUAL JUST SHOWING, UH, SOME KEY DATES COMING UP.
SO, UH, AS I MENTIONED, WE ALREADY RECEIVED THE DCA, UH, ENTITLEMENT, UH, VOTE OF 20 CA.
WE WILL RECEIVE THAT, UH, BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.
IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE ANY, UH, ANY MEMBERS, UH, FROM THE COMMUNITY TO, TO BE, UH, GO THROUGH THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS, UH, AND BE CONSIDERED BY THE TAX AND ENTITIES.
UH, OUR DEADLINE TO DO THAT RESOLUTION WOULD BE NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 13TH, SO THAT WE CAN MEET THE DEADLINE FOR EACH OF THE CADS TO GET THAT IN.
THE CADS WILL THEN PREPARE THE BALLOTS FOR VOTING AT THE END OF OCTOBER.
WE WILL RECEIVE THOSE, UH, AND THEN WE ALREADY HAVE PLANNED FOR TO BRING FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL A VOTING RESOLUTION, UH, ON THE DECEMBER 8TH MEETING WHERE, UH, THE COUNCIL WILL DECIDE, UH, WHO WE WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT AND APPORTION OUR 20 OR YET TO BE DETERMINED NUMBER OF VOTES DEPENDING UPON THE PARTICULAR, UH, CA.
AND THEN THOSE WINNERS WILL BE DECLARED, AND THEN IN JANUARY THEY WILL, THEY WILL, UH, THEY WILL SEEK THE, UH, THEY WILL HAVE THOSE BOARD POSITIONS FILLED.
SO FOR NEXT STEPS, WANNA RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM, FROM YOU ALL THIS EVENING.
AND, AND THEN, UH, WE WILL AS STAFF, WE WILL REVIEW, UH, CANDIDATE NOMINATIONS AS THOSE COME IN.
AND THEN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL, UH, FOR HOW TO, UH, POTENTIALLY UTILIZE, UH, OUR VOTES, UH, YOUR VOTES.
AND THEN, UH, VOTING RESOLUTION FOR BOTH OF THE CAS WILL BE ON THE DECEMBER 8TH AGENDA AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY.
AND WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
UH, TODD, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE LIST THAT LISTS ALL THE APPOINTEES ON THE BOARDS? YES.
I SEE UNDER DC AD PAULINE, WHO'S THE DALLAS COUNTY TREASURER IS APPOINTED, IS THAT STANDARD BECAUSE OF
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HER ROLE IN DALLAS COUNTY? OR IS THAT JUST KIND OF, I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, IS UNDER COLLIN COUNTY, IS THAT THE SAME THING THERE? I DON'T KNOW.THE COLLIN COUNTY PEOPLE IS, SO THE ONLY MEMBER OF EITHER BOARD THAT'S RELATED TO THEIR POSITION IN OFFICE IS THE SAX ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR.
SO THAT, THAT'S THE ONLY, THAT'S THE ONLY ONES, UH, THE REST THEY, UH, THEY WOULD'VE PROVIDED.
WHAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS IS WE GET A RESUME JUST EXPRESSING MAYBE SOME, A LETTER EXPRESSING THEIR INTEREST IN THE POSITION, WHY THEY WANT TO BE ON THE BOARD.
AND THEN FROM THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COUNCILS ALL ALL PLACED THEIR VOTES.
BUT I'M, I'M NOT SURE IF I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION OR NOT.
UM, ARE ANY OF THE PEOPLE UNDER COLLIN COUNTY, ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO'S THE COLLIN COUNTY TREASURER ARE ONE OF THOSE? NO.
COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN? NO, THAT'S FINE.
IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
[8. PUBLIC HEARING FOR PROPOSED TAX RATE OF $0.54218 PER $100 VALUATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026.]
WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, PUBLIC HEARING FOR PROPOSED TAX RATE OF 0.54218 PER $100 VALUATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26.MR. MAGNA, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.
UH, VERY, UM, EXCITED TONIGHT TO HAVE THE FIRST OF OUR TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT'LL ULTIMATELY LEAD UP TO, UH, THE ADOPTION OF FY 26 BUDGET.
UH, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE.
UH, SO, UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO, UH, TONIGHT IS BEGIN WITH A DISCUSSION OF, UH, THE TAX RATE, UH, AND THEN QUICKLY, UH, EVOLVE AND EXPLAIN, UH, BASED ON THAT, UH, TAX RATE, UH, WHAT WE CAN EXPECT IN TERMS OF A, UH, ADOPTED BUDGET.
AND, UH, THEN ULTIMATELY CONCLUDE WITH SOME NEXT STEPS.
UH, HERE WE ARE, AS I MENTIONED, UH, IN SEPTEMBER, THREE KEY ITEMS, UM, TONIGHT, THE TAX RATE NEXT WEEK, THE HEARING ON THE BUDGET, AND THEN YOU'RE VOTE TO RATIFY THE BUDGET.
UM, UH, I MENTIONED, UH, OUR APPROACH FOR TONIGHT, SO LET'S GET RIGHT INTO THE TAX RATE DISCUSSION, UH, AS YOU'VE SEEN PREVIOUSLY, UH, BOTH AT THE, UH, WORK SESSION AND, UH, WHEN I PRESENTED THE BUDGET TO YOU AFTER FILING, UM, WE HAVE A, UH, CERTIFIED VALUE, UH, DOWN JUST, UH, SLIGHTLY, UH, THIS YEAR, ABOUT 1.43, UH, PERCENT, UM, WHEN YOU, UH, CONTROL AND, UH, UM, UM, SUBTRACT THE, UH, TAX INCREMENT FINANCE AND, UH, ADD BACK IN VALUES AND DISPUTE, UH, WHERE, UH, JUST DOWN 0.61%, AND THAT INCLUDES $176 MILLION, UH, OF NEW CONSTRUCTION.
OUR CERTIFIED TAX ROLL IMPACTS THE AVERAGE, UH, HOME VALUE OF ABOUT $483,000.
THE AVERAGE, UH, TAXABLE VALUE BY $411,000.
RECALL THAT JUST OVER 8% OF RESIDENTIAL ACCOUNTS SAW THE MARKET VALUE INCREASE OF 10% OR MORE.
UH, ALMOST, UH, JUST SHY OF 43% OF RESIDENTIAL ACCOUNTS QUALIFY FOR THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
UM, HOMESTEAD CAP, LIMITING THE TAXABLE INCREASES TO 10%.
SO THAT WHAT THAT INDICATES IS THERE'S A LOT, STILL A LOT OF PENT UP VALUE, UM, THAT'S IN THE QUEUE FROM PRIOR YEARS.
UH, THE CURRENT SENIOR TAX EXEMPTION OF ONE 60 EQUATES TO ALMOST A 33% PROTECTION, EXCEEDING YOUR GOAL BY ABOUT 3%.
AND THEN, UM, EXACTLY ONE THIRD OF ALL RESIDENTIAL ACCOUNTS, UH, HAVE, UH, THE, UM, OUR SENIOR ACCOUNTS THIS YEAR.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, SPLIT BETWEEN COMMERCIAL AND, UH, RESIDENTIAL TAX VALUE, UH, MAINTAINING THE 58% FROM LAST YEAR, UH, IN COMMERCIAL, AND THEN 42% RESIDENTIAL, AS WE LOOK AT THE TAX, THE, UH, PROPERTY TAX RATE RECALL, UH, THE RATE IS, UH, TWO PARTS, THE M AND O, WHICH GOES TO THE GENERAL FUND, AND THEN OF COURSE, THE DEBT SERVICE, THE NEW, NEW, NO NEW REVENUE RATE WOULD GENERATE.
IT'D BE THE RATE THAT WOULD GENERATE APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE AS PRIOR YEAR.
AND THEN THE CO COACH, THE VOTER APPROVAL RATES THE HIGHEST RATE THAT YOU CAN ADOPT WITHOUT A MANDATORY, UH, ELECTION.
UM, UM, AS YOU, WE LOOK AT, UH, YOUR OPTIONS, UH, THIS YEAR, YOU SEE, UM, WHAT WE RECOMMENDED AND WHAT YOU CALLED, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING IS THE, UH, CURRENT TAX RATE OF 0.54218.
UM, THAT, UH, THAT, UH, PUTS US JUST BELOW THE AVERAGE OF, UH, THE METROPLEX, UH, COMPARABLE CITIES OF, UH, 56 UH CENTS, UH, TO OUR 54 CENTS.
SO, UH, JUST OVER TWO, UH, CENTS, UH, BELOW, UH, THE AVERAGE, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE TAX RATE COMPARED, UH, TO PRIOR YEARS, UM, MAINTAINING THIS TAX RATE STILL KEEPS US, UH, UH, TO A, A TAX RATE.
UH, THAT WAS, UH, PRE 2006, UH, WHEN THE TAX RATE WAS, UH, INCREASED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE 20, UH, WITH THE 2006 BOND PROGRAM.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE ESTIMATED TAX BILLS, UH, ONE FOR DALLAS COUNTY, ONE FOR COLLIN COUNTY, OF COURSE, ONE OF THE KEY DIFFERENCES THERE, UH, PARKLAND HOSPITAL, BUT, UH, THE RICHARDSON'S PORTION MAKING UP ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE TOTAL TAX BILL IN DALLAS COUNTY, UH, AND, UH, JUST SHY OF, UH, UM, 30% IN COLLIN COUNTY.
SO, UH, BASED ON, UH, THAT, UH, ASSUME TAX RATE, UH, WHAT CAN YOU, UH, AND, AND EXPECT IN TERMS OF A BUDGET, UH, IN THE GENERAL FUND,
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UH, WHERE YOU HAVE THE IMPLICATIONS.UH, OBVIOUSLY, UH, UH, 83, ALMOST 84% OF OUR PR OF OUR REVENUE, UH, IS ASSOCIATED WITH PROPERTY TAXES, FRANCHISE FEES, AND, UH, AND SALES AND OTHER BUSINESSES.
UH, BUSINESS TAXES, UH, YOU'VE SEEN THIS CHART BEFORE WHERE WE HAVE, UH, PROPERTY TAXES ARE, ARE DOWN ALMOST $900,000 THIS YEAR.
YOU SEE, THE MASS MAJORITY OF THAT IS FROM CURRENT TAXES, UH, PRIOR TAXES AND S PENALTIES AND INTEREST, UH, CHANGED, UH, UM, JUST, UH, REALLY INSIGNIFICANT, UH, ELECTRIC FEES, UH, TELEPHONE FRANCHISE FEES, UH, ALL BASED ON, UH, UH, CURRENT TRENDS, UH, GAS FEES, UH, AS WELL, UH, REALLY STOPPING, UH, CONTROLLING FOR THINGS LIKE COVID, UH, WHICH HAS BEEN, UH, OUR PAST, UH, OUR PAST EXPERIENCE, UH, SINCE ABOUT 2022, UH, CABLE FEES, UH, DOWN $258,000 THIS YEAR, UH, AS A RESULT OF SOME NEW LEGISLATION THAT PROHIBITS, UH, FRANCHISE FEES BEING APPLIED TO STREAMING SERVICES.
UH, AND THEN, UH, WATER AND SOLID WASTE FEES UP ABOUT $376,000 BASED ON THE 5%, UH, SALES AND SERVICE FEES, UM, THAT WE USE.
UH, IN TERMS OF, UH, FOR THE USE OF THE CITY'S RIGHT OF WAYS, UH, SALES TAX IS PROJECTED AT $55 MILLION.
UH, UH, AGAIN, UH, THAT IS, UH, AN ADJUSTMENT THAT WE'VE MADE, A CONSERVATIVE ADJUSTMENT THAT WE'VE MADE, UM, UM, UH, IN, UH, REVENUE, UH, UH, FINISHING THE CURRENT YEAR, UH, UM, BE BEYOND THAT NUMBER OR HIGHER THAN THAT NUMBER, BUT, UH, REALLY, UH, ADJUSTING BACK, UM, AND, UH, REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACCOUNT FOR ANY CHANGES THAT MIGHT, UH, UH, BE IN STORE, UH, THE BEVERAGE, UH, SALES, UH, BEVERAGE, UH, TAX AND BINGO, TAX CHANGING, UH, JUST NEGLIGIBLE AS WELL.
AND THEN IN TERMS OF OTHER REVENUES, YOU SEE, UM, LICENSE AND FORFEITURES UP, UM, UH, INTEREST, UH, IS DOWN.
THIS IS THE BIGGEST, UH, NUMBER HERE DOWN ALMOST THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION DOLLARS, UH, DUE TO, UH, EXPECTED RATE CUTS AS WELL AS, UH, LOWER FUND BALANCES.
UM, AND, UH, THE, THE REMAINDER, UM, REALLY JUST NEGLIGIBLE.
WE TALKED WITH, UH, CHIEF VY, UH, ABOUT THE, UH, REDUCTION, UH, IN REVENUES FROM AMBULANCE SERVICES.
UH, AND THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE $500,000 THAT, UH, WE EXPECT TO RECEIVE IN PAYMENT FROM ADDISON, UH, FOR THE NEW, UH, DETENTION CENTER CONTRACT, UH, EXPENDITURES, UH, 67% THERE.
UM, UH, RELATED TO PERSONNEL SERVICES, UH, THAT IS THE GENERAL FUND STORY.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, UH, WHERE'S THE MONEY GO? 75% GOES TO PUBLIC SAFETY, GENERAL GOVERNMENT, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE AND MOBILITY, AS WELL AS RECREATION AND LEISURE.
UH, WE HAD THREE KEY PRIORITY AREAS, UH, PEOPLE, UH, RECALL.
UH, WE RECOMMENDED A FOUR POINT A 5% MERIT PAY, UH, MERIT BASE PAY ADJUSTMENT FOR SWORN POLICE AND FIRE.
UH, TWO POINT A 5% COME IN ON TEN ONE 2% ON APRIL ONE, UH, NON CIVILIANS, I'M SORRY, CIVILIANS IN BOTH POLICE AND FIRE TO RECEIVE A 2.5% PAY INCREASE ON 10, ONE, LIKE GENERAL PERSONNEL, UH, AND STEPS ARE INCLUDED FOR POLICE AND FIRE FOR BOTH SWORN AND NON-SWORN.
ALSO, IMPORTANTLY, INCREASING, UH, THE MINIMUM STARTING SALARY FOR ALL FULL-TIME, UH, EMPLOYEES AND PERMANENT PART-TIME EMPLOYEES FROM 20 TO $21 AN HOUR.
AND THEN THERE'S ABOUT $120,000 FOR MARKET-BASED ADJUSTMENTS.
WE'LL BE STRATEGIC HERE, BUT FOR, UH, POSITIONS THAT EVEN AFTER, UH, THE TWO AND A HALF PERCENT, UH, IN GENERAL PERSONNEL ARE STILL NOT, UH, COMPETING IN THAT TOP, UH, QUADRANT, UH, WE WILL MAKE SOME, UH, TARGETED ADJUSTMENTS THERE TO ADDRESS THAT.
UH, YOU, UH, YOU'RE POSITIONING POLICE AND FIRE PAY VERY STRONGLY AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, AS A RESULT OF THESE CHANGES, UH, UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE OF TWO OUTLIERS, WHICH ALWAYS SEEM TO BE THE CASE, UH, WE ARE EXACTLY WHERE, UM, WE NEED TO BE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
AND, UH, LIKEWISE FOR THE GENERAL EMPLOYEES, VERY STRONG, UH, POSITION, PUBLIC SAFETY CONTINUES TO BE A KEY PRIORITY.
UH, YOU SEE THERE ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLAR CHANGE YEAR OVER YEAR, UH, IN FIRE.
THE KEY, UM, UM, INVESTMENTS INCLUDE, UH, A NEW, UM, UH, CLASS OF RECRUITS, UH, 12 APPRENTICE FIREFIGHTERS, UH, THAT'LL BE COMING ON, UM, TO, UH, FILL, UM, UM, VACANCIES THAT ARE, UH, CURRENTLY, UH, HOVERING IN, I THINK RIGHT AROUND SIX OR SEVEN.
BUT, UH, BY THAT TIME, UH, THAT THEY'RE FULLY ACTIVATED AND AVAILABLE TO US ON THE STREET, UH, WE, WE FULLY ANTICIPATE ALL 12, UM, CONTINUING TO SUPPORT BOTH POLICE AND FIRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH, UH, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL WELLNESS PROGRAMS. UH, YOU SEE ABOUT $340,000 FOR PPE, UH, AND THEN, UM, SEVERAL, UH, CAPITAL AND, AND, UH, UH, VEHICLE, UH, PURCHASES, UH, THROUGH, UM, UH, THE CAPITAL REPLACEMENT FUND, THE, UH, DEBT FUND.
AND THEN, UM, THE, UH, BALLISTIC VESTS, UM, FROM A RESTRICTED PURPOSE FUND ON THE POLICE SIDE, UH, AGAIN, CONTINUED INVESTMENT, UM, IN THE, UH, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH, UH, WELLNESS PROGRAMS. UM, UH, FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES SUCH AS UNIDOS AND CAPITAL REPLACEMENT, UH, UH, FUNDS FOR 13 PATROL CARS, UH, THE, UH, THE OPTIC SITES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BEING SO IMPORTANT.
UH, THE SIDE-BY-SIDE VEHICLE THAT'S BEING PAID FROM.
UM, A RESTRICTED SERVICES, A RESTRICTED PURPOSE FUND, I BELIEVE, UH, THE, UH, SCHOOL, UM, SAFETY FUND.
AND THEN, UM, A, A VERY IMPORTANT MULTI-YEAR COMMITMENT THAT WE'RE MAKING, UH, FOR THE NEW TRAINING CENTER,
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UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY OF PLANO, YOUR PURPOSE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDING OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, IMPRESSIVELY INCREASING OVER 33%.FINAL PRIORITY HERE IS, UH, OF COURSE, INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, SO IMPORTANT, UH, WITH A CHANGE OF ABOUT $500,000.
UM, CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN SCREENING WALLS, BRIDGE RAIL MAINTENANCE, UH, CONCRETE AND ASPHALT REPAIRS THROUGH OUR OPERATIONS, AS WELL AS, UH, EVEN, UH, ABLE TO INCREASE, UH, AND ADJUST FOR SOME INFLATION AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL, UH, MARKINGS AND SIGNS, UH, TO KEEP THAT, UM, IMPORTANT SIX YEAR MARKING CYCLE, UH, THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY.
YOUR GENERAL TRANSFER, UH, FUND, YOUR GENERAL TRANSFER, GENERAL FUND TRANSFER OUTS.
UM, VERY EXCITED THAT WE DID NOT HAVE TO TWEAK THESE AT ALL.
UH, STREETS, ALLEYS, PARKS, MAINTENANCE AND FACILITY MAINTENANCE, ALL REMAINING, UM, THE SAME, UM, STABLE FROM FY 25.
AND THEN A VARIETY OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE COVERED, UH, SEVERAL TIMES, UM, ALREADY IN THAT ROLL UP TO YOUR DEBT PLAN.
OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, UH, YOUR INCREASE IN SPENDING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IS UP OVER 47%.
UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES, CONTINUING THE FULL FUNDING OF THE HOME IMPROVEMENT AND CENTER PROGRAM, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UM, AGAIN, COMBINING, UM, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING TO CREATE INCREASED FLEXIBILITY, UH, FOR TINA AND HER STAFF TO MANAGE THE DEPARTMENT.
UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, FUNDING, STILL OVER $3 MILLION, UH, WITH THE THREE KEY INVESTMENT AREAS, UH, COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF ABOUT $600,000.
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND, AGAIN, OVER $2 MILLION THIS YEAR.
AND THEN, UM, UM, SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, UH, FOR KEY INITIATIVES OUTTA THE TIF FUND, UH, FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE, UH, STRONG, UH, INFLATIONARY PRESSURE.
SO YOU SEE AN INCREASE OF ABOUT $518,000 THERE.
AND THEN A GENERAL GOVERNMENT FUND, UH, DOWN, UH, $1.6 MILLION.
AND REMEMBER, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT COMES FROM THE ASSUMPTION OF $2.2 MILLION IN SAVINGS.
THAT'S A 7% VACANCY RATE, UH, ATTRITION RATE, IF YOU WILL.
UH, PLUS, UM, RIGHT NOW THE ESTIMATED 26 FROZEN POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE, UH, OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, UM, UH, ALL, ALL, UH, WRAPPING UP TO, UM, THAT ONE POINT, UH, $6 MILLION DECREASE, UH, BUT CONTINUING IMPORTANTLY, TO FUND THE NETWORK COMMUNITY MINISTRIES AND THE COUNSELING PLACE, UH, AS WELL AS THE, UH, CHAMBER, UH, IT, UH, INCREASED ABOUT $287,000, UH, TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT, UM, UH, PREDOMINANTLY OUR SYSTEMS REPLACEMENT IN THE LIBRARY, UH, INCREASED OF ABOUT $158,000.
MUCH OF THAT ASSOCIATED WITH MOVING BACK TO, UH, THE LIBRARY, UM, UH, MID AROUND, UH, MAY OR JUNE OF, UH, NEXT YEAR, UH, INCREASE IN, UM, RECREATION AND LEISURE OF ABOUT $500,000, UM, AS, UM, WE CONTINUE, UH, TO, UH, REINVEST, UM, IN OUR, UH, HEIGHTS AND HUFFINES RECREATION CENTER, AS WELL AS THE SENIOR CENTER.
UM, AND THE KEY, UH, KEEPING THE, UH, PROPERTY, I'M SORRY, THE PARK MAINTENANCE, UH, TRANSFER OUT, UH, AT $623,000.
UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE TRANSFER OUT HERE, UH, TRANSFERS OUT HERE THAT WE, UH, JUST, UH, KIND OF COVERED THROUGHOUT THE OTHER, UH, FUNDS.
NOW, WHILE THE WATER AND SEWER FUND, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, THE REMAINING FUNDS TO BE COVERED HERE DO NOT, ARE NOT IMPACTED BY, UH, PROPERTY TAX.
UM, THE PROPERTY TAX IS PART OF A LARGER BUDGET.
SO I JUST WANNA QUICKLY RUN THROUGH, UH, A COUPLE OF IMPORTANT, UM, ELEMENTS TO THESE FUNDS FOR CONTEXT.
UH, WATER AND SEWER FUND REVENUES HERE, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, IT'S, THE WHOLE STORY IS WATER AND SEWER SALES.
UH, RECALL, WE ARE INCLUDING, UH, WE ARE PROPOSING A 6% INCREASE TO BOTH WATER AND SEWER RATES.
UH, THIS IS PREDOMINANTLY TO ADDRESS THE INCREASES THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE WHOLESALE WATER FROM NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF $1.8 MILLION FOR ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF WATER AND THE $5.3 MILLION WE'RE SEEING INCREASE THAT WE'RE SEEING ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, SEWER TREATMENT SERVICES.
UH, IT ALSO INCLUDES ALMOST A MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE IN THE FUNDS, UH, DEBT SERVICE REQUIREMENT, UH, AS WELL AS, UM, THE OTHER, UM, COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE'LL BE MAKING, UH, IN THE GENERAL FUND, UH, FOR WATER EMPLOYEES.
UH, 63% OF OUR EXPENDITURES ARE DEDICATED TO JUST BUYING WATER AND TREATING SEWER.
UH, THE REMAINDER IS DEDICATED TO MAINTAINING OUR OWN WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AS WELL AS OUR, UH, WASTEWATER CONVEYANCE SYSTEM.
UM, AND, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN, UM, IN THE EXPENDITURE ACCOUNTS.
SOLID WASTE, UH, SERVICES FUND, UH, COLLECTION FEES CONSTITUTE 98 5% OF THE REVENUE.
SO A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, UH, SITUATION.
THERE WE ARE ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE, UM, UH, RE UH, PROPOSING A 50 CENT PER MONTH PLUS TAX RATE INCREASE, UH, FOR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS.
THAT'S A 37 CENT PER MONTH INCREASE FOR SENIOR CITIZENS AFTER THE DISCOUNT.
UM, THAT'S ONLY 143,000, UH, DOLLARS CITYWIDE, UH, MUCH MORE IMPACTFUL WHILE THE COMMERCIAL COLLECTION, UH, INCREASES THAT AMOUNT TO ABOUT $560,000 OVER SEVERAL DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT ARE ALL MARKET BASED, UH, INCREASES.
UH, UM, SO, UH, IMPORTANTLY, THEY'RE, UH, KEEPING, UH, COMPETITIVE, UH, RATES IN THE MARKET.
UM, YOU SEE THERE, ABOUT 19% OF ALL OF OUR SOLID WASTE EXPENDITURES ARE THE TIPPING FEES AT THE, UH, MELISSA, UM,
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UH, LANDFILL, UH, AS WELL AS OTHER, UM, IMPORTANT, UM, UM, PURCHASES, UH, KEEPING OUR, OUR FLEET, UH, MAINTAINED, UM, AND OPERATIONAL AS WELL AS, UH, A VARIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS. UH, THE GOLF, UH, AND FUND IS, IS RELATIVELY STRAIGHTFORWARD OF 99% OF THE GOLF FUNDS TOTAL REVENUES, UH, OR, OR, UH, COURSE, UH, OR COURSE REVENUES ACCOUNT FOR THE, FOR 99.3% OF ALL THE, UH, REVENUES.AND THEN, UH, OUR LARGEST DRIVER IN GOLF IS, UH, THE 38% EXPENDITURES FOR PERSONNEL, THE HOTEL MOTEL FUND.
UH, 59% OF ITS TOTAL REVENUES, UM, UH, COME FROM, UM, UH, PRIMARY SOURCES ARE, ARE, UM, THE, UH, HOTEL MOTEL TAX, AS WELL AS REVENUE FROM EISMAN CENTER RENTALS AND EISMAN CENTER PRESENTS.
AND THEN ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, AGAIN, PERSONNEL IS THE STORY HERE WITH ALMOST 37%.
UM, OF COURSE, INCLUDED IN THIS WELL IS, UH, THE, OUR OWN EISMAN CENTER PRESENTS EXPENDITURES.
UH, WE ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING A $1 INCREASE PER MONTH, AND IN THE DRAINAGE FEE, UH, AS WELL AS THE, UH, PROPORTIONATE INCREASE ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, ALL $758,000, UM, WILL BE DEDICATED TO PROJECTS.
THIS WILL ALLOW US TO DO MORE PROJECTS, AND IT WILL ALLOW US TO DO LARGER PROJECTS.
RECALL, THIS IS THE ONLY FUNDING SOURCE WE HAVE, UH, FOR DRAINAGE.
I KNOW AS I LOOK ACROSS THE DAAS HERE, UM, I CAN, UH, WE CAN ALL THINK OF, UH, UH, CITIZEN ISSUES AND CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THIS LAST YEAR.
AND SO, UM, THIS IS ONE WAY WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO START BEING MORE RESPONSIVE, UH, TO THOSE ABSENT, UH, THIS FUND IN THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE FOR DRAINAGE PROJECTS.
WE HAVE TO WAIT, UH, TO, UH, FOR BOND PROGRAMS EVERY FIVE TO SIX YEARS.
UH, THE REIGN IN OPERATING FUNDS, WE COVERED, UH, WITH YOU DURING, UH, MY BUDGET PRESENTATION.
UH, THEY'RE ON PAGES 25 THROUGH 1 0 4 OF THE FILED BUDGET.
UH, YOUR CAPITAL PLAN TIES OFF TO ALL THE BRIEFINGS THAT WE'VE SHARED WITH YOU PREVIOUSLY.
YOU SEE THE GROUND TOTAL OF 64 MILLION, JUST OVER $64 MILLION.
IN TERMS OF FINAL THOUGHTS, AGAIN, UH, REALLY PROUD OF THE DEPARTMENTS.
BOB HAS DONE AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB.
OUR CMO TEAM, OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT A HUNDRED AND, UH, $80 MILLION, $181 MILLION BUDGET, AND IT'S INCREASING $1.2 MILLION OR 0.67%, THAT'S A LOT OF REALLY HARD WORK, UM, BY OUR DEPARTMENTS.
UH, REALLY TOP TO BOTTOM, UH, IF YOU, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A 12, UH, MILLION DOLLARS INCREASE, OR A 3.1%, UH, MIL, UH, PERCENT INCREASE, UH, YEAR OVER YEAR.
UM, $10.3 MILLION OF THAT IS IN WATER AND SEWER.
AND AS WE TALKED ABOUT, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT IS THE COST OF WATER AND THE TREATMENT OF SEWER, ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS IN SOLID WASTE, AND A BIG PORTION, BIG PART OF THAT, UM, IS ASSOCIATED WITH, UM, WITH THE INCREASES, UH, FROM NORTH TEXAS AS WELL.
UH, THE, UH, TYPICAL IMPACTS, UH, TYPICAL TAXPAYER IMPACT STATEMENT, UH, SHOWN HERE, UH, 20 24, 25 VERSUS 25, UH, 26, UH, YOU CAN SEE, UH, THERE, UM, AN INCREASE, UM, OF ABOUT $237 YEAR OVER YEAR FOR PROPERTY TAXES, UH, WATER CHARGES, SEWER CHARGES, UH, THE DRAINAGE FEE AND RESIDENTIAL, UM, UH, SOLID WASTE.
UM, NEXT STEPS, UM, WE WILL, UH, HAVE NEXT WEEK, AS I MENTIONED, A HEARING ON THE TAX RATE, I'M SORRY, HEARING ON THE BUDGET, UH, YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THE, ALL THE VARIOUS, UM, ACTIONS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN TO RATIFY, UM, UH, THE BUDGET.
AND THEN, UM, IMPORTANTLY, UM, UH, THE DRAINAGE FEE, UH, WHICH IS, UH, A WHOLE NOTHER SEPARATE, UH, TRACK, IF YOU WILL, WITH RESPECT TO NOTIFICATIONS.
UM, WE'LL BE, UH, BRINGING THAT BACK TO YOU, UH, AND HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING ON OCTOBER 13TH.
UM, THIS IS STILL IN ADVANCE OF THAT FIRST, UH, DRAINAGE, UM, BILL, WHICH WILL OCCUR IN NOVEMBER.
BUT AGAIN, UM, NOT WANTING TO BE PRESUMPTUOUS HERE AND START TO SCHEDULE, UH, DRAINAGE, UH, PUB DRAINAGE, UH, FEE PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE YOU TAKE THE ACTION OF, UM, UH, RECEIVING THE BUDGET AND, AND ULTIMATELY ADOPTING THE BUDGET WITH THAT, AS WITH THAT, UH, ASSUMPTION THAT WE HAVE NOW ACTUALLY, UH, RATIFIED.
AND SO THAT'S WHY, UH, YOU SEE THE DRAINAGE FEE TAILING JUST A LITTLE BIT HERE.
SO MAYOR, UM, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH THOSE KEY POINTS AGAIN, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY ADVANCES OF THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING.
ALRIGHT, I KNOW WE'VE ALL SEEN THIS, UH, SEVERAL TIMES.
AND, UH, THAT'S PROBABLY WHY WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, IS I THINK YOU, THIS IS THE THIRD OR FOURTH TIME YOU'VE GONE THROUGH THIS.
UM, UH, BUT IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, UH, OUR RESIDENTS GET A CHANCE TO HEAR IT AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE.
SO AT THIS POINT, UH, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, UH, SEE IF THERE ARE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
MAYOR, I DO NOT HAVE ANY CARDS.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE HOPING TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, I'LL TAKE A MOTION.
YES, MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHIN RIDER, MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ALRIGHT, AND COUNCIL MEMBER DORIAN, I'LL SECOND THAT.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHIN, WRITER, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DORIAN.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THAT IS PASSING UNANIMOUSLY.
[9. PUBLIC HEARING, ZONING FILE ZF 25-15, AND CONSIDER AN ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CllY OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS, AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE AND ZONING MAP OF THE CllY OF RICHARDSON, AS HERETOFORE AMENDED, BY GRANTING A CHANGE IN ZONING BY GRANTING A SPECIAL PERMIT FOR A SENIOR ACTIVllY CENTER FOR THE PROPERlY LOCATED AT 1750 E. BELT LINE RD., SUITE 100, RICHARDSON, TEXAS, ZONED LR-M(2) LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT.]
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MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE, PUBLIC HEARING ZONING, FILE ZF 25 DASH 15, AND CONSIDER AN ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE AND ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON BY GRANTING A SPECIAL PERMIT FOR A SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER LOCATED AT 1750 EAST BELTLINE ROAD, SUITE 100, RICHARDSON, TEXAS.MAYOR AND COUNSEL, UH, OUR SENIOR PLANNER, DEREK PETERS, IS GONNA LEAD US, UH, IN THIS BRIEFING.
I WANNA, UH, THANK, UH, UH, TINA FERGUS, OUR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AND ANDREW, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR BEING HERE AS WELL.
AND, UM, UM, DEREK, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR BRIEFING.
ZONING FILE 25 15 IS A REQUEST FOR A SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER FOR A SPECIAL PERMIT FOR A SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER AT 17 17 50 EAST BELTLINE ROAD IN SUITE 100.
SO THE SUBJECT SIDE ITSELF IS PART OF A LARGER SHOPPING CENTER.
THIS IS AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF YALE BOULEVARD AND EAST BELTLINE ROAD.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS IN THE YELLOW OUTLINE, SO IT SHARES THAT PARKING LOT WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE SHOPPING CENTER THERE TO THE WEST.
AND THEN THE SUBJECT SUITE IS IN THE RED AND HAS A STAR ON TOP OF IT THERE IN THE IMAGE.
THE SITE IS ZONE LOCAL RETAIL TOO.
UH, THE PROPERTIES TO THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTH HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED WITH SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND THAT ADJACENT PROPERTY TO THE WEST HAS ADDITIONAL RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES ON IT.
UH, THE PROPERTY TODAY, THE SUBJECT SIDE IS OCCUPIED BY TWO OTHER BUSINESSES, THE THRIFT CITY THRIFT STORE, AND THE DOLLAR TREE.
AND THE SUBJECT SUITE IS THE LOCATION OF THE, UH, WHERE THE TUESDAY MORNING PREVIOUSLY WAS LOCATED IN THAT SHOPPING CENTER IN THE ENVISION RICHARDSON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE.
THIS AREA WAS IDENTIFIED AS A ENHANCEMENT AREA.
AN ENHANCEMENT AREA IS DEFINED AS A STRATEGIC AREA IDENTIFIED AS A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR REINVESTMENT AND OR REDEVELOPMENT.
THIS ENHANCEMENT AREA WAS ENVISIONED AS A MIXED USE CENTER WITH RETAIL OFFICE AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES THAT SERVE THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WE DID NOT IDENTIFY PLACE TYPES FOR THIS AREA OR THE ENHANCEMENT AREAS IN THE ENVISION RICHARDSON PLAN.
INSTEAD, WE, UH, CARVED THESE AREAS OUT FOR FUTURE STUDY.
THE POTENTIAL PLACE TYPES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED INCLUDE NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE, COMMUNITY, COMMERCIAL, AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE AND USES WITHIN THOSE PLACE TYPES DO INCLUDE PUBLIC AND INSTITUTIONAL FACILITIES AND REC RECREATIONAL TYPE USES, UH, LIKE PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT TONIGHT.
SO HERE'S THE SITE AGAIN, THIS IS FROM THE BACK OF THE PARKING LOT FROM BELTLINE ROAD.
YOU SEE THE PARKING LOT AND THEN THE SUBJECT SUITE THERE AT THE END, AGAIN, THERE'S THE SUBJECT SUITE BETWEEN THE DOLLAR TREE IN THE BASKIN ROBBINS.
SO THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A SPEC FOR A SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER, WHICH IS NOT LISTED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE.
THEREFORE, IT, IT IS AN UNLISTED USE AND THEREFORE IS REQUIRED TO OBTAIN A SPECIAL PERMIT IN ANY ZONING DISTRICT.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SPECIAL PERMIT, WE HAVE DEFINED A SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER AND THAT'S SHOWN HERE.
THIS IS A DAY ACTIVITY AND HEALTH SERVICES FACILITY LICENSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, WHICH PROVIDES SERVICES UNDER A DAY ACTIVITY AND HEALTH SERVICES PROGRAM ON A DAILY AND REGULAR BASIS, BUT NOT OVERNIGHT TO FOUR MORE ELDERLY OR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WHO ARE NOT RELATED BY BLOOD MARRIAGE OR ADOPTION.
THIS WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS AN ADULT DAYCARE CENTER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SENIOR ACTIVITIES CENTER PROGRAMS MAY INCLUDE MEAL SERVICES, FITNESS AND EXERCISE PROGRAMS, GAMES AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, ART AND MUSIC PROGRAMS, HEALTH SUPPORT AND SIMILAR SERVICES.
AND THEN AT THIS PARTICULAR SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER, UM, YOU'LL FIND THE BACKUP DOCUMENTATION.
THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED HANDOUTS SHOWING THE POTENTIAL PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES HERE, LIKE YOGA CLASS, DANCE CLASS, MUSIC CLASS.
THEY WILL ALSO PROVIDE DAILY MEALS TO THEIR MEMBERS AND THEY WILL PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION AS AN OPTION AS WELL TO, UH, BRING THEIR MEMBERS TO AND FROM THE FACILITY HERE.
GOING BACK TO THE CONCEPT PLAN AND GOING BACK TO THE SITE, THE SUBJECT SUITE IS 11,500 SQUARE FEET.
THIS SITE IS ALLOCATED 293 PARKING SPACES IN THAT LARGER SHOPPING CENTER AND THERE IS NO STANDARD PARKING RATIO FOR A SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER IN THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE.
SO ABSENT AN ESTABLISHED RATIO, THE PROPOSED RATIO IS SIMILAR TO ANOTHER ASSEMBLY TYPE OF USE LIKE A CHURCH, WHICH REQUIRES ONE PARKING SPACE FOR EVERY THREE SEATS IN THE ASSEMBLY HALL.
YOU'LL SEE, UH, IN THE FLOOR PLAN HERE IN A MINUTE THAT THE MAIN ASSEMBLY HALL CAN SEE APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED UP TO 150 GUESTS AND STAFF.
THEREFORE, 50 SPACES WILL BE REQUIRED WITH THAT PARKING RATIO.
UM, THE FACILITY WILL LI BE LIMITED TO 150 GUESTS AND STAFF AS WELL.
AND AS FAR AS THE 50 PARKING SPACES PROVIDED, THE APPLICANT
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HAS SAID THIS IS MORE THAN, MORE THAN ADEQUATE, CONSIDERING MOST GUESTS WILL ARRIVE TOGETHER AS A GROUP IN A TRANSPORTATION BAN.AND THEN HERE'S THE FLOOR PLAN AGAIN, ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE TOWARDS THE ENTRANCE, YOU SEE THERE'S MORE FREEFORM RECREATION ROOMS. THERE WILL BE A GYM WITH WORKOUT EQUIPMENT.
THEN IN THE CENTER IS THE LARGER ASSEMBLY HALL FOR GROUP ACTIVITIES THAT WILL ALSO FUNCTION AS A CAFETERIA.
AND THEN THERE TOWARDS THE END, TOWARDS THE REAR, THERE IS GOING TO BE A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN IN THE FACILITY THAT WILL, UH, COOK THOSE DAILY MEALS.
UM, ALSO THERE WILL BE A NURSING STATION AND THERE WILL BE SOME LEVEL OF BASIC MEDICAL OVERSIGHT AT THE FACILITY WHERE THEY WILL HAVE A NURSE ON STAFF THAT WILL CHECK BASIC VITALS LIKE BLOOD PRESSURE, WEIGHT, AND RE REMIND THEIR GUESTS TO TAKE THEIR MEDICATION.
AND IN SUMMARY, THESE ARE THE CONDITIONS OF THE SPECIAL PERMIT.
AS I MENTIONED, IT WOULD BE LIMITED TO 150 MAXIMUM GUESTS AND STAFF.
THEY'LL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE 50 PARKING SPACES, AND THE SPECIAL PERMIT WOULD BE LIMITED TO OUR APPLICANT LILY WYNN AS THE SOLE OPERATOR OF THIS FACILITY.
AT THE CPC MEETING, THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION VOTED SEVEN OH TO APPROVE THE REQUEST.
AT THAT MEETING, WE HAD FIVE INDIVIDUALS SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST.
UH, ONE OF, AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE SPEAKERS WAS A CLOSE NEIGHBOR OF THE, UH, FACILITY AND THE REMAINDER OF THOSE THAT SPOKE IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS POTENTIAL MEMBERS OF THE FACILITY, FUTURE MEMBERS OF THE FACILITY.
SO FINALLY, SHOULD THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE ZONING FILE AS AND ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED, YOU MAY APPROVE IT AS PRESENTED WITH THE PRESENTED CONDITIONS, AMENDED CONDITIONS, OR DENY THE REQUEST TONIGHT.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AS WELL.
ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS TO STAFF? COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS, DEREK.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS APPROPRIATE QUESTION FOR YOU OR FOR SOMEBODY LATER, BUT HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE DAYCARE, IS THIS FOR JUST GENERAL SENIORS OR IS THIS LIKE ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES? UM, AND IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, SIMILAR TO DAYCARE, UH, FOR CHILDREN IN THE SENSE THAT IT'S PERMITTED THROUGH THE STATE AND GOES THROUGH THAT PROCESS OR, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY OPEN ONE OF THESE? I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE, THE BUSINESS.
SO STATE OF TEXAS SAYS TO QUALIFY YOU HAVE TO BE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, AND THEN IF YOU FALL WITH UNDER CERTAIN DISABILITIES, OR IF YOU ARE A SENIOR, THEN YOU CAN BE A MEMBER OF THE CENTER.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO VARIOUS, UM, METHODS THAT THE MEMBERS CAN GO THROUGH TO GET THIS PAID FOR THROUGH MEDICAID AND THROUGH MEDICARE THAT THEY MAY QUALIFY FOR.
AND THIS PARTICULAR CENTER MAY HAVE A TARGETED GROUP AMONG THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALLOWED, UM, TO TAKE PART IN ONE OF THE FACILITIES.
BUT THE APPLICANT CAN SPEAK TO THAT AS FAR AS IT'S, WHETHER THAT'S SENIORS OR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THE STAFF? OKAY.
IF THE APPLICANT'S HERE, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME UP AND PRESENT, UH, INFORMATION, BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
HI, MY NAME IS LI GREEN AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF OUR TEAM.
TO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST FOR YOUR APPROVAL FOR OUR SPECIAL PERMIT THAT ALLOW US TO ESP, UH, ESTABLISH MS. MS WYN, DO YOU MIND, UH, GIVING YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE? I'M SORRY.
1 7 5 0 EAST BELT LIVE ROAD, SUITE A HUNDRED.
UM, THIS PROJECT IS VERY CLOSE TO MY HEART.
IT IS DESIRE TO PROVIDE SENIOR WITH A SAFE, SUPPORTED AND JOYFUL PLACE WHERE THEY CAN SPEND TIME, LEARN AND DRIVE.
ALSO, UH, STRENGTHENING FAMILY AND OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
PLEASE EXCUSE MY ENGLISH, IT'S NOT MY, UM, FIRST LANGUAGE AND I'M REALLY NERVOUS RIGHT NOW, SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR THAT.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, OUR POPULATION IS AGING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE TURN 65 EVERY SINGLE DAY.
HERE IS OUR CITY THAT MEAN MORE AND MORE FAMILY ARE LOOKING FOR RESOURCES AND SAFE PLACE FOR THEIR PAR.
MANY OF OUR SENIOR FACE CHALLENGE SUCH AS SOCIAL ISOLATION, LIMITED ACCESS TO WELLNESS AND ACTIVITY OR HEALTH MONITORING, A LACK OF AFFORDABLE OPPORTUNITY TO STAY MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY AT THE SAME TIME, FAMILY OFTEN FEEL THE PRESSURE OF MAKING SURE THEIR LOVED ONE ARE SAFE AND CARE FOR, UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE BUSY AT WORK OR OTHER, UH, RESPONSIBILITY.
THE CENTER IS DESIGNED TO MEET BOTH THOSE NEED FOR SENIOR AND FOR FAMILIES.
WITH, UM, OUR CENTER, WE PROVIDE PROGRAM AND SERVICE THAT TOUCH EVERY PART OF LIFE,
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MUSIC AND ENRICHMENT CLASSES, SENIOR WILL ENJOY ACTIVITY LIKE KEYBOARD, GUITAR, AND KARAOKE CLASSES.MUSIC IS NOT ONLY JOYFUL, BUT PROOF TO BOOST MEMORY, REDUCE STRESS, AND IMPROVE MOOD.
WHETHER SOMEONE IS LEARNING AN INSTRUMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME OR JUST SIMPLY ENJOY SINGING WITH FRIEND MUSIC BUILDS CONNECTION AND LIVE SPIRIT.
WE WILL HAVE NURSE ON SITE AND A CMA AVAILABLE THAT WILL HELP WITH IMPORTANT DAILY NEEDS, SUCH AS CHECK BLOOD PRESSURE, OFFER A HEALTH REMINDER AND ASSISTANT SENIOR IN STAYING ON TRACK WITH THEIR MEDICATION.
THIS WILL GIVE FAMILY PEACE OF MIND.
KNOWING PROFESSIONAL ARE THERE TO WATCH OVER THEIR LOVED ONE.
THE ENTIRE CENTER WILL BE DESIGNED FOR COMFORT AND SAFETY.
SENIOR WILL BE ABLE TO GATHER, CONNECT, AND PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITY WITHOUT WORRY.
THEY WILL HAVE COMPANIONSHIP, SOMETHING MONEY CAN BUY, BUT MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENT IN QUALITY OF LIFE.
THE CENTER IS NOT ONLY FOR THE SENIOR, IT IS FOR FAMILY AND FOR THE THE CITY AS WHOLE PEACE OF MIND FOR THE FAMILY.
FAMILY WILL KNOW THEIR LOVED ONE AREN'T SAFE, ENGAGED IN AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT, THIS EASY STRESS FOR THE CAREGIVER AND ALLOW THEM TO BALANCE THEIR OWN RESPONSIBILITY WITH CONFIDENT.
BY OFFERING MUSIC AND CULTURAL ACTIVITY, WE WILL CREATE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNGER AND OLDER GENERATION TO COME TOGETHER, LEARN FROM ONE OTHER, AND SHARE EXPERIENCE BY INVEST IN SENIOR OUR CITY, SHOW THAT THE VALUES OF THE PEOPLE AT EVERY STAGE OF LIFE.
THIS MAKE OUR CITY NOT ONLY GREAT PLACE TO RAISE CHILDREN, BUT ALSO GREAT PLACE TO GROW.
OH, SOMETHING THAT ATTRACT FAMILY, PROFESSIONAL AND FUTURE INVESTMENT.
I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS THAT I KNOW EVERY VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS COUNCIL.
SAFETY COMPLIANT AND NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT.
WE HAVE TAKEN TIME TO CARE FOR, PREPARE FOR THIS.
OUR FACILITY WILL FOLLOW ALL CITY CALLS AND STATE REGULATION.
WE HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR A PARKING AND SAFE ACCESS.
ALL ACTIVITY WILL BE SUPERVISED AND CONDUCT IN A WAY THAT RESPECTFUL OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS NOT JUST A COMMITMENT ON THE PAPER, IT IS OUR PROMISE TO WORK PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AND WITH OUR NEIGHBOR EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO SHARE A SHORT STORY.
UM, HAPPENED IN LAST AUGUST, ONE OF THE SENIOR AFTER THE MEETING, THEY COME AND TALK TO ME.
SHE SAY WHAT I NEED MOST IS A PLACE TO GO WHERE I DON'T FEEL ALONE.
THAT IS SUCH A SIMPLE REQUEST, BUT IT SPEAK TO A UNIVERSAL TRUTH THAT WE ALL NEED CONNECTION, PURPOSE, AND DIGNITY.
THIS CENTER WILL GIVE OUR SENIOR IS THAT THAT A PLACE TO BELONG, A PLACE TO LEARN, A PLACE TO LAUGH.
AND IN DOING SO, IT WILL LIVE A FAMILY AND THE COMMUNITY AROUND THEM.
I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL FOR THIS SPECIAL PERMIT.
WITH YOUR SUPPORT, WE CAN OPEN A CENTER THAT NOT ONLY ENRICH THE LIFE OF OUR SENIOR, BUT ALSO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR FAMILY AND STRENGTHEN OUR CITY AS A WHOLE.
TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE OUR CITY A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE OF EVERY GENERATION CAN DRIVE.
FROM THE YOUNGEST CHILD TO THE OLDEST SENIOR MAYOR OMAR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TONIGHT AND FOR THE WORK YOU DO EVERY DAY TO GUIDE AND SUPPORT OUR CITY.
I KNOW YOU WERE UH, YOU WERE NERVOUS, BUT YOU DID A FINE JOB.
WE'LL JUST SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? ALRIGHT, UH, SEEING NONE, WE MAY CALL YOU BACK UP, BUT IF, UH, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO HAVE A SEAT.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.
MS. ER, I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO IS WILLING OR INTERESTED IN SPEAKING I SHOULD SAY? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, I'LL TAKE A MOTION.
MAYOR PROTIME, HUTCHEN WRITER MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
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AND COUNCIL MEMBER DORIAN SECOND.ALRIGHT, ANY UH, COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THIS ISSUE? ALRIGHT, MAYOR PROTO HUTCHEN RIDER, IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ZONING FILE ZF 25 DASH 15 AS PUBLISHED.
ALRIGHT, WE'VE GOT A MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? ALRIGHT.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INVESTMENT IN RICHARDSON.
[10. CONSENT AGENDA]
WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA AND, UH, YES, COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE, UH, MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE OTHER, UH, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, MINUS 10 A FOUR.
AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11.
MR. MAYOR, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
DO WE HAVE TO DO ANYTHING FORMALLY TO POSTPONE? DO WE NEED TO REJECT THE OTHER ONE OR NO, JUST BY NOT TAKING ACTION ON IT, THERE'S, THERE'S NO, IT LEADS IT OFF.
[11. REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
ALRIGHT, UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11, REPORTING ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO, UM, A NEWISH ESTABLISHMENT IN TOWN, OAK ISLANDS BREWERY, WHO HOSTED A WATCH PARTY FOR THE MISS AMERICA PAGEANT.
LAST NIGHT WE HAD MS. RICHARDSON WHO BECAME MISS TEXAS, WAS COMPETING IN A PAGEANT AS AN UNLIKELY LOCATION TO HAVE A WATCH PARTY.
UM, I HAVE TO SAY THERE WERE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THERE THAT WERE WATCHING FOOTBALL AND OTHER SCREENS, BUT EVERY TIME MISS TEXAS CAME ON THE SCREEN, THEY ALL CHEERED LOUDLY AND ENTHUSIASTICALLY.
UM, SO I JUST WANNA THANK THEM.
THEY, THEY WANT TO BE KNOWN AS A COMMUNITY AND FAMILY ESTABLISHMENT AND WE'RE ALL ARE WELCOME.
AND SO THIS WAS, UH, SORT OF A STEP IN THAT DIRECTION OF HOSTING SOMETHING YOU WOULDN'T ORDINARILY THINK A BREWERY WOULD.
UM, IN ADDITION, JUST A SHOUT OUT TO, UM, OUR MS. RICHARDSON CROWN, MISS TEXAS AIE, UH, SADIE, UH, SHE MEYER, SHE CAME IN RUNNER UP THIRD YEAR IN A ROW FOR TEXAS.
SHE WAS SUPER INTELLIGENT, JUST A REALLY SMART, UM, AND KIND, KIND PERSON.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE HER AS OUR MISS TEXAS AND OUR MS. RICHARDSON.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, CONGRATULATIONS TO MISS NEW YORK, BUT OH, SHE WAS, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY WANTED HER TO WIN THAT AND SHE WAS SO CLOSE.
UM, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING HER FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND CELEBRATING HER AND HER AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
YEAH, I THINK CONSIDERING HOW MUCH PRESSURE WAS HEAPED ON HER IN HER, UH, SEND OFF AND, AND EVERYTHING ELSE, I THOUGHT SHE, BEFORE THEY SAID NO PRESSURE, JUST WHATEVER SHE WANTED, PRESSURE
UH, BUT, BUT I, I, I ALSO WAS INCREDIBLY PROUD TO WATCH, UH, HER DO WHAT SHE DID.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THE CITY STAFF DID A FANTASTIC JOB HOSTING PM PINTS HOSTING, UH, OUR DELEGATION FROM STARTUP RUNWAY HERE AND JUST COORDINATING A REALLY WONDERFUL, UM, SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT WHERE THEY WERE EXTREMELY COMPLIMENTARY OF THE CITY AND THE WORK OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF WAS DOING.
IT WAS A, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AT THE IQHQ.
YEAH, I THINK, UH, UH, OUR, OUR FRIEND OVER AT STARTUP RUNWAY COULD BECOME A SPOKESPERSON.
UH, ANYTIME HE MIGHT LIKE, UH, HE SAYS ALL THE RIGHT THINGS AND HE SAYS 'EM BRILLIANTLY.
SO, UM, GREAT, GREAT CALL OUT.
UH, ANYBODY ELSE? ALRIGHT, UH, WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS, UH, THIS MEETING WILL BE ADJOURNED AT 7:33 PM.