Oct 13, 2025 City Council

AND THEN, UH, OFF TO THE RIGHT, THEY WOULD EXIT THE, UM, SCHOOL GROUNDS ON AMHERST AVENUE AND LITERALLY IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I'M HERE.

UH, FOR BUSES, BUS TRAFFIC'S EVEN WORSE, I THINK BECAUSE, UM, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MAP, THE BLUE LINE, WHICH IS HOUSE NUMBER SEVEN, MY NEIGHBOR, UM, THE BUSES WILL, WILL COME DOWN AMHERST, I ASSUME, AND MAKE A VERY HARD TURN, UH, INTO THE SCHOOL PROPERTY, COME ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE SCHOOL AND DROP THE CHILDREN OFF AT FIVE, AT THE VERY BACK OF THE SCHOOL.

I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY GET FROM FIVE TO ONE, BUT I GUESS THE SCHOOL HAS FIGURED THAT OUT.

I'M ASSUMING THAT THE SCHOOLS HAVE ONE ENTRY POINT.

I DON'T KNOW.

I THOUGHT THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE ENTRY POINT TO THE SCHOOLS FOR SECURITY REASONS, BUT MAYBE I'M, MAYBE I'M WRONG.

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN TO SCHOOL.

UM, AND THEN I'M NOT SURE HOW THE BUSES EXIT BECAUSE, UM, EITHER WAY, EITHER TO THE RIGHT DIRECTLY BY THE SCHOOL, THEY'RE GONNA BE RUNNING INTO THE PARENT DROP OFF TRAFFIC, OR IF THEY GO OFF TO THE OTHER EXIT, THEY HAVE THE SAME ISSUE BEHIND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH, UM, THE OTHER PARENT TRAFFIC COMING IN.

SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE, THE ROUTING WASN'T KEPT SIMILAR TO WHAT IT, WHERE IT'S AT NOW, WHERE AT LEAST THE ROUTING COULD COME, UH, AS OPPOSED TO AMBERS COULD COME STRAIGHT OUT TO APOLLO, WHICH IS DESIGNED FOR THAT KIND OF TRAFFIC.

UM, I THINK IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE.

UH, OBVIOUSLY IT'S A, IT'S A NUISANCE FOR ME AND MY NEIGHBORS.

UM, I THINK IT'S GONNA CAUSE A LOT MORE CONGESTION ON AMHERST, SYRACUSE, UM, ANY OF THESE SMALL STREETS THAT WEREN'T HERE BEFORE, UH, TRAFFIC WITH BUS TRAFFIC AND CAR TRAFFIC, BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY PRIOR TO THIS LAYOUT WAS TO COME DOWN, COME DOWN PLANO ROAD OR YALE, THE LARGER ROADS TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE SCHOOL.

SO NOW YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET, TO GET TO AMHERST, SEVERAL OTHER SMALL STREETS THAT THE BUSES AND CARS CAN COME THROUGH.

UM, I TALKED TO THE, THE, UH, PLANNING, NOT THE PLANNING, BUT THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND SHE ASSURED ME THAT THERE WOULD BE NO, NO PARKING.

'CAUSE RIGHT NOW WE PARK ON THE STREET OF AMHERST.

SO SHE SAID THAT WOULDN'T CHANGE, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE, UM, I CHECKED IT OUT AND I DON'T SEE HOW A BUS CAN COME IN AND OUT THAT STREET WITHOUT, WITH ANOTHER CAR PARKED ACROSS THAT T-BONE SECTION.

UM, I CHECKED A LOT OF OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE AREA.

I CAN FIND NO OTHER SCHOOL WITH A EGRESS SIMILAR TO THIS.

UM, MOST SCHOOLS, THE EGRESSES HAPPEN ON A DIVIDED HIGHWAY, OR AT THE VERY LEAST, IF THEY'RE ON A SMALLER RESIDENTIAL STREET, THEY'RE AT THE SIDE OR THE BACK OF THE HOUSES.

NONE, NONE, NONE EXACTLY IN THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE.

SO, UM, LEMME SEE HOW MUCH MORE TIME I HAVE.

UM, UM, I, I ALSO, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, I, I REALLY HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING THAT PARENTS ARE GONNA, ARE GONNA COME IN BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT.

THEY'RE GONNA PARADE BEHIND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

IF YOU LOOK, FOLLOW THAT RED, RED LINE, YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW, HOW DISCOMFORTING IT'S GONNA BE FOR THE PARENTS.

AND I REALLY DON'T BELIEVE THEY'RE GONNA DO THAT.

I THINK THE PARENTS ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO WHAT THEY DO NOW.

THEY'RE GONNA PARK ON APOLLO IF THEY CAN.

IF NOT, THEY'RE GONNA PARK ON ONE OF THE OPPOSING SIDE STREETS, PARK WITH THEIR KIDS OUT, AND THEY'RE GONNA CROSS THE STREET AS THEY DO NOW AND TO COME INTO THE SCHOOL.

SO I, UM, I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WANT TO, WHY THEY WANNA DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

I THINK IT'S THE WRONG APPROACH.

IT COULD BE MUCH BETTER LAID OUT.

I DON'T THINK IT IMPROVES THE TRAFFIC, I DON'T THINK IT IMPROVES THE SAFETY.

UM, AND THAT, UH, MAKES MY MY NEIGHBORHOOD A NUISANCE.

UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANKS.

OH, ON THE, ON THE, I'M SORRY, ON THE HANDOUT ON THE FRONT, YOU HAVE, UH, THE, THIS IS OFF THE WEBSITE.

THIS IS OFF THE PDF, THAT'S, UM, ISSUED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD.

AND THEN ON THE BACK, I JUST HAVE, HAVE MARKED UP ONE JUST TO SHOW WHERE, WHERE YOU CAN JUST RUN A A, A ROAD STRAIGHT FROM THE PARKING LOT NOW UP TO A, UP TO APOLLO ROAD TO EGRESS.

AND THEY COULD DO THE SAME THING WITH THE BUS LANE.

THEY REALLY WANTED TO CHANGE IT.

CURRENTLY THE BUS LANE COMES IN, BEHIND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, GOES DOWN BY THE SCHOOL AND DROPS OFF RIGHT THERE.

AND ADJACENT TO THE SCHOOL, YOU HAVE, UM, THE, THE HUFFINES PARK AND YOU HAVE A HUGE PARKING LOT THAT'S NOT USED DURING SCHOOL HOURS.

SO THERE'S LOTS OF ROOM THERE IF THEY WANTED TO MANAGE A WAY FOR BUSES TO COME IN AND OUT MORE EFFICIENTLY.

THANK YOU MR. RY.

IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? NO FURTHER CARDS.

MAYOR, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO HAS NOT FILLED OUT A CARD BUT WOULD LIKE TO STILL SPEAK THIS EVENING? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, WE

[5. PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION FOR JACOB PALISCH, A RICHARDSON, TEXAS, NATIVE AND PITCHER FOR THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX]

WILL MOVE ON TO

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ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION FOR JACOB PAL.

A RICHARDSON, TEXAS NATIVE AND PITCHER FOR THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX.

MR. MAGNER, THANK YOU MAYOR.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, MAYOR, AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM, I'LL INVITE JACOB TO, UH, JOIN YOU.

UH, ON BEHALF OF THE WHOLE CITY COUNCIL AND OUR WHOLE CITY TEAM, I WANNA WELCOME THE POLISH FAMILY.

UH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED, UH, TO HAVE YOU HERE TONIGHT.

AND AFTER THE MAYOR PRESENTS THE PROCLAMATION, UH, WE'D LIKE TO INVITE THE FAMILY UP TO TAKE, UH, PICTURES WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO MAYOR, THANKS.

I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

THANKS FOR, UH, GIVING THIS.

WELL, THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT.

ABSOLUTELY.

WELL, I, I COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED, UH, ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, PRESENT TONIGHT'S PROCLAMATION.

UH, WE'VE BEEN, I THINK, WAITING FOR SEVERAL WEEKS FOR YOU TO GET BACK HOME AND, AND FOR US TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS.

SO, UH, THERE'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT OF EMBARRASSMENT HERE, UH, BUT YOU HAVE, UM, UH, MY FAVORITE SCHOOL OF ALL TIME, UH, REPRESENTED AS WELL AS, UH, MY NEW CLOSE TO FAVORITE SCHOOL OF ALL TIME, UH, THAT I'LL GET TO REFERENCE.

SO, UH, I'M EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE, UH, AND, AND TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE THINGS AS WELL AS EVERYTHING ELSE YOU'VE BEEN DOING.

SO, UH, WE'LL START OFF WITH A PROCLAMATION WHERE WE START OFF WITH, WHEREAS JACOB BENJAMIN PAL WAS BORN ON AUGUST 19TH, 1998 IN RICHARDSON, TEXAS, AND RAISED IN CHERYL PARK NEIGHBORHOOD, WHERE HE STILL PROUDLY CALLS HOME WHEN HE IS NOT COMPETING ON BASEBALL DIAMONDS ACROSS THE NATION.

AND WHEREAS JACOB ATTENDED JESUIT COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL OF DALLAS, WHERE HE DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF AS A THREE SPORT ATHLETE AND A RESPECTED LEADER, BOTH ON THE FIELD AND IN THE CLASSROOM.

AND WHEREAS IN 2016, JACOB LED JESUIT TO ITS FIRST EVER UIL SIX, A STATE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP EARNING STATE TOURNAMENT, MVP HONORS AND COMPILING AN OUTSTANDING RECORD THAT INCLUDED AN 11 IN ONE MARK AND A 0.64 ERA 117 STRIKEOUTS AND TWO NO HITTERS.

AND WHEREAS JACOB CONTINUED HIS ACADEMIC AND ATHLETIC EXCELLENCE AT MY SECOND FAVORITE UNIVERSITY, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, WHERE HE EARNED A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE IN 2021, WHILE HELPING LEAD THE CARDINAL BASEBALL TEAM TO THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES AND EARNING MULTIPLE ALL AMERICAN AND ALL PAC 12 HONORS.

AND WHEREAS UPON COMPLETING HIS UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE, JACOB PURSUED GRADUATE STUDIES AT MY FAVORITE UNIVERSITY, TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY, EARNING A MASTER OF SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS FROM THE MAYS BUSINESS SCHOOL IN 2023, WHILE AGAIN EXCELLING IN THE BASEBALL ON THE BASEBALL FIELD, EARNING ALL AMERICAN RECOGNITION, AND HELPING THE AGGIES REACH THE 2022 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES.

AND WHEREAS IN 2022, JACOB SIGNED A PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL CONTRACT WITH THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX ORGANIZATION WHERE HE HAS STEADILY RISEN THROUGH THE RANKS, EARNING MULTIPLE DISTINCTIONS, INCLUDING THE WHITE SOX MINOR LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE MONTH, AND SOUTHERN LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE MONTH HONORS IN MAY OF 2025.

AND WHEREAS ON JUNE 20TH, 2025, JACOB'S HARD WORK AND DEDICATION WERE REWARDED BY THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX SELECTED HIS CONTRACT FROM AA, UH, BIRMINGHAM, AND HE MADE HIS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL DEBUT ON JUNE 21ST, 2025 IN TORONTO, CANADA, PROUDLY REPRESENTING HIS HOMETOWN OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS ON BASEBALL'S BIGGEST STAGE.

NOW, THEREFORE, I AMIR OMAR, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND JACOB JAKE PALISH FOR HIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS, HIS COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE, AND HIS REPRESENTATION OF OUR COMMUNITY WITH PRIDE IN INTEGRITY AND DISTINCTION GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE THIS 13TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025.

CONGRATULATIONS, SIR.

IF, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, WE, UH, TRADITIONALLY LOVE TO GET A, A PHOTO WITH OUR ALL STARS HERE, UH, UH, AT THE RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL.

SO IF YOU'LL JOIN US HERE IN THE MIDDLE, WE'LL WE'LL GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF.

YEAH, THAT'S AWESOME.

AND FAMILY, USUALLY YOU GUYS CAN JUMP IN AS A SECOND PICTURE IF YOU LIKE.

WE'RE GONNA DO ONE WITHOUT THE, AND WE'LL DO ONE.

THAT'S SANDY .

A LOT OF ROOM SIDE, SO WE'LL SHIFT OVER, WE'LL SHIFT OVER THIS ONE THEN.

AND BIG SMILES, BIG SMILE.

THAT SPOT RIGHT THERE.

ALL RIGHT, CAM.

UH, ALRIGHT, SO LET'S SEE HERE.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND MAKE A SPOT IN BETWEEN FOR EVERYBODY.

UH, ACTUALLY WE HAVE

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UH, ACTUALLY NO, YOU TWO GO RIGHT HERE.

YEAH, THERE A SPOT TO YOU BETWEEN YOU AND THAT'S HOT, BIG SMILES, SMILE.

AND WE'RE GOOD, THAT'S ALL.

ALRIGHT, ALWAYS FUN.

UH, CELEBRATING ONE OF OUR OWN.

UM,

[6. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS, BY AMENDING THE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE, APPENDIX B TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING THE DRAINAGE UTILITY SYSTEM SCHEDULE OF CHARGES. ]

WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS.

AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS BY AMENDING THE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE, APPENDIX B TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING THE DRAINAGE UTILITY SYSTEM SCHEDULE OF CHARGES.

MR. MAGNA, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AS PART OF THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, UH, FOR FY 26, THE CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSED RAISING THE DRAINAGE UTILITY FEE.

THE INCREASE WOULD BE USED TO FUND ADDITIONAL DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT WITHIN, UH, IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY.

A PUBLIC HEARING UNDER STATE LAW IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE FEE.

UH, CHARLES GOFF IS GOING TO, UH, PRESENT A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE DRAINAGE PLAN FOR FY 26, AND THEN YOU'LL OPEN UP, UP, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THANKS, DON.

UM, SO I'LL JUMP RIGHT IN HERE.

UH, AS A, A REMINDER, OUR DRAINAGE UTILITY PROGRAM HAS, UH, THREE, UH, MAIN COMPONENTS, UH, CONTRACT SERVICES, UH, WHICH WE USE FOR A VARIETY OF MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP, UH, UPKEEP INITIATIVES, UH, AS WELL AS STUDIES AND ASSESSMENTS TO IDENTIFY, UH, FUTURE NEEDS, UH, CITY OPERATIONS, WHICH, UH, FUNDS THE, THE ACTIVITIES YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN.

AND THEN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, UH, PROJECTS, WHICH, UH, ADDRESS, UH, FLOOD PREVENTION AS WELL AS EROSION PROTECTION.

UM, AS MR. MAGNER MENTIONED, UM, THIS SLIDE MAY LOOK FAMILIAR.

IT'S FROM EARLIER IN THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

UH, WE, UH, DISCUSSED THAT, UH, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF COST PRESSURES, UH, ON THIS FUND, UH, THAT ARE A COMBINATION OF JUST THE AGE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND, AND INCREASED NEEDS, UH, INFLATION, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, INCREASE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.

SO, IN RESPONSE, STAFF PROPOSED A A DOLLAR PER MONTH, UH, INCREASE IN THE RESIDENTIAL FEE THAT WOULD INCREASE IT FROM, UH, $5 AND 25 UH, CENTS, UH, A MONTH TO 6 25, UH, PER MONTH.

AND AN EQUITABLE INCREASE, UH, ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, UH, FROM 14.70 CENTS, UH, TO 17.50 CENTS PER, UH, A HUNDRED SQUARE FEET OF IMPERVIOUS AREA.

AND YOU CAN SEE AT THE, THE BOTTOM OF THAT CHART RIGHT THERE, THAT ADDS ABOUT $750,000, UH, TO THE FUND ANNUALLY.

UH, THIS SLIDE SHOWS A LITTLE HISTORY OF, UH, THE FUNDING OF THE WORK PLAN FOR THOSE THREE COMPONENTS THAT I, I PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED.

AND, AND THE LAST TWO COLUMNS SHOW A COMPARISON OF, UH, FY 26 IF THERE WAS NO INCREASE, AS WELL AS WITH THE PROPOSED, UH, UH, RATE INCREASE.

UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, BECAUSE OF THE, THE PRESSURES WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, CONTRACT SERVICES, UH, UM, UH, GOES UP SIGNIFICANTLY, UH, IN FY 26.

AND THAT CAUSES, UM, THE, UH, PROJECTS LINE TO HAVE TO DECREASE, UH, WITHOUT AN INCREASE IN, UH, THE FEE.

AND WITH THE, THE, THE, UH, PROPOSED FEE INCREASE, WE'RE ABLE TO, TO MAINTAIN, UH, APPROXIMATELY WHAT WE WERE DOING LAST YEAR FROM A PROJECT STANDPOINT AND REALLY, UM, UM, HAVE FUNDS TO DO PROBABLY ABOUT TWO OR THREE MORE SMALL PROJECTS, OR PERHAPS SAVE THIS UP, UH, FOR A YEAR OR TWO TO DO SOME, SOME LARGER PROJECTS.

UH, WE'LL DETERMINE THAT AS WE WRAP UP THE ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY, UH, UNDERWAY.

UH, AND SO, UH, AS AGAIN, AS MR. MAGNER MENTIONED TONIGHT, YOU'LL HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, VOTE ON THE ORDINANCE, UH, AND THEN THE FEE INCREASES WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE, UH, WITH THE FIRST BILLING IN NOVEMBER.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? ALRIGHT, WE WILL, UH, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.

I HAVE NO CARDS, MAYOR.

AGAIN, SORRY, I LIVE IN, I LIVE IN, UH, DUCK CREEK.

IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS, MR. STECKER? SURE.

JUST GO ON UP AND IF YOU'LL FILL OUT A CARD AFTERWARDS, YOU CAN, NO QUESTION.

I'M NOT SURE ABOUT CONTRACT SOURCES.

SO,

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SO THE, I'M SORRY IF YOU, I'M SORRY, I APOLOGIZE.

I, I DIDN'T SEE WHO YOU WERE EXACTLY, BUT I NOW DO, IF YOU'LL GIVE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

SURE.

UH, MY, MY NAME IS JAMES AMBERG.

ADDRESS IS 3 1 8 AMHERST AVENUE, RICHARDSON, TEXAS 7 5 0 8 1.

UM, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE RE RENOVATING, UM, DUCK CREEK BY HUFFINES, AND THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF, UM, A LOT OF WORK.

I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THAT'S WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS, IN THIS.

NO, SIR.

THAT WAS A 2021 BOND PROGRAM PROJECT.

IT'S SIMILAR CONTRACT SERVICES, THOUGH.

IS THAT THE SAME? NO, SIR.

CONTRACT SERVICES ARE THINGS THAT ARE MORE OPERATIONAL.

UH, THE, THE PROJECT YOU'RE REFERRING TO AS A CAPITAL PROJECT.

OH, OKAY.

THAT WOULD BE MORE IN LINE WITH THE THIRD LINE OR THE THIRD ROW ON THE PRIOR SLIDE.

OH, OKAY.

I, SO, SO, OP THE, THE, UH, LINE YOU'RE REFERRING TO, THE ROW YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS MORE OF A OPERATIONS, SO, OKAY.

SO JUST FOR GRINS, WHY THE, WHY THIS, WHY THE INCREASE IN THE CONTRACT SERVICES? UM, WE'RE SEEING, UM, ANYWHERE FROM, UH, YOU KNOW, ON THE LOW END, 10 TO 15, ALL THE WAY UP TO 30% INCREASES DUE TO INFLATIONARY PRESSURES.

SEVERAL OF THESE CONTRACTS WERE RENEGOTIATED, UH, FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, UH, AS WELL AS EXPANDING SOME OF, UH, SOME OF THE, UH, MORE OPERATION SERVICES OPERATIONAL.

SO RAW, RAW MATERIALS LIKE STEEL AND OTHER THINGS HAVE GONE UP A LOT OF, YES, SIR.

ACROSS, REALLY ACROSS THE BOARD.

ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? ALL RIGHT.

HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

YES.

MAYOR PRO TAM HUTTER.

MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHISO, SECONDED.

ALRIGHT, WE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

UH, ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT.

WE COULD USE A MOTION IF THAT'S THE CASE.

MAYOR PRO TIMM HUTCHIN RIDER MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON BY AMENDING THE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE APPENDIX B TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING THE DRAINAGE UTILITY SYSTEM SCHEDULE OF CHARGES.

ALRIGHT, I'VE GOT A MOTION AND COUNCIL MEMBER SHAM.

I SECOND IT.

WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALRIGHT, IF NOT, UH, ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON

[7. CONSIDER CASTING A BALLOT FOR TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE REGION 13 DIRECTOR. ]

TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

CONSIDER CASTING A BALLOT FOR TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, REGION 13.

DIRECTOR MR. MAGNER.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, AS YOU KNOW, UH, TML IS COMPRISED OF 15 REGIONS, EACH WITH ONE REPRESENTATIVE SERVING ON THE BOARD.

UH, EVEN NUMBERED REGIONS HOLD ELECTIONS IN EVEN NUMBERED YEARS WITH, UH, EACH TERM LASTING TWO YEARS.

UH, THE UPCOMING TERM WILL BEGIN ON OCTOBER 34TH, 2025, UH, UPON A GERMAN OF THE TML ANNUAL CONFERENCE, AND THEN CONCLUDE ON OCTOBER 15TH, 2020 SEVENTH, UH, IN PRIOR YEARS ELECTIONS FOR REGIONAL DIRECTORS WILL CONDUCTED DURING THE, UH, REGIONAL MEETING.

HOWEVER, FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS TO THE TML CONSTITUTION APPROVED IN 2023, THESE ELECTIONS ARE NOW ESSENTIALLY ADMINISTERED BY TML.

EACH TML MEMBER CITY IS ENTITLED TO ONE VOTE, WHICH MUST BE CAST IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MAJORITY VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S GOVERNING BODY.

SO IF THIS IS SEEMS NEW AND, AND, UH, NEVER BEFORE, UM, A HANDLE IN THIS MANNER, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE.

UM, UH, MAYOR, UM, AND COUNSEL, AS PART OF YOUR PACKET, YOU RECEIVED, UH, UH, THE BIOGRAPHIES OF THE FOUR CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR, UH, THIS POSITION.

AND, UM, UH, I'VE, UH, SCHEDULED THIS, UM, BRIEFING TIME FOR YOU TO DELIBERATE AND, UH, DECIDE HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO CAST, UH, THE CITY OF RICHARDSON'S VOTE.

SO MAYOR, TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU.

SURE.

UM, I, I GUESS I'LL START BY, I, I'VE GOT A COUPLE COMMENTS I COULD START, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IF ANYONE ELSE HAS ANY COMMENTS, WE CAN.

AND, AND THOUGHT ABOUT THIS AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD, I WOULD AGREE WITH THE ASSESSMENT THAT MAYOR MAYS IS, IS A GOOD CHOICE FOR US.

SO, UH, I'LL, I'LL JUST START OFF BY SAYING, UM, I DID NOT REALIZE THE RULES HAD CHANGED THE WAY THEY HAD, UM, AND IN ADVANCE OF KNOWING THAT THE RULES HAD CHANGED THE WAY THEY HAD, I THOUGHT THEY WOULD JUST DO A, DO A VOTE AT TML.

UM, UH, I WAS ASKED BY ONE OF THE CANDIDATES, UH, MAYOR WEST MAYS, UH, IF I WOULD ENDORSE HIM.

UM, AND I DID.

UM, SO I WILL JUST SPEAK THAT I THINK, UH, UH, MAYOR MAYS WOULD BE AN AMAZING PERSON FOR THIS PARTICULAR ROLE.

UM, HE NOT ONLY GREW UP IN A SMALLER TOWN AND HAS KIND OF AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE SMALL TOWN NEEDS, UH, BUT AS MAYOR, HE, UM, ALSO HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD A CITY, UH, THAT DEALS WITH A LOT OF THE SAME THINGS WE DO.

UM, HE IS ALSO CURRENTLY THE, UH, PRESIDENT OF THE METROPLEX MAYORS ASSOCIATION.

SO HE'S VERY MUCH, UH, RESPECTED BY OTHER MAYORS IN THE REGION.

UM, AND I JUST THINK HE WOULD MAKE FOR A REALLY GREAT NEW VOICE, UH, FOR, FOR OUR PARTICULAR, UM, TML REGION.

SO THOSE WERE MY THOUGHTS AND, AND MY FEELINGS ABOUT, UM, MAYOR MAYS.

COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN.

HEY, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

I, UM, YEAH, I'VE DEFINITELY ASKED AROUND ABOUT THE DIFFERENT CANDIDATES

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I THINK THAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KLOWSKI HAS, HAS DONE A GOOD JOB AS THE INCUMBENT.

I THINK THAT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR ROTATING OUT LEADERSHIP AT THE TOP.

I THINK THAT CAPEL IN PARTICULAR HAS HAD SOME UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES WITH SORT OF LEGISLATIVE IMPACTS TO THEIR OWN BUDGET THAT HE COULD REALLY SPEAK WELL TO AT SORT OF A MORE REGIONAL LEVEL.

AND THEN SORT OF JUST, JUST FINALLY ON THAT, I MEAN, TML AS AN ENTITY HAS A LOT OF PRESSURES RIGHT NOW AND IS BEING ASKED TO DO A LOT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH LIMITED SUCCESS, I WOULD SAY THIS LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

UM, SO WITH, WITH ALL THAT, I MEAN, I, I CONCUR WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH US CASTING OUR VOTE FOR, UH, WEST MAYS.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.

COUNCIL MEMBER DOREEN.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, TO SAVE TIME ON REITERATING EXACTLY WHAT YOUR COMMENTS WERE, ALONG WITH COUNCILMAN CORCORAN.

I'M, UH, UH, ALSO SUPPORTING, UH, MAYOR MAYS, UM, TO REPRESENT, UH, TMLI THINK, UH, HIS LONGEVITY EXPERIENCE AND, UH, WHAT HE BRINGS, UM, TO NORTH TEXAS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, I FIGURE WILL BE A GOOD, UH, TRANSITION TO THE, FOR THIS POSITION.

SO I'M SUPPORT OF MAYOR MAYE.

WONDERFUL.

COUNCIL MEMBER , I'LL JUST MAKE IT BRIEF.

I'LL DO YOU MIND LOWERING YOUR MICROPHONES? I'M SORRY.

OH, OKAY.

UH, I'LL JUST MAKE IT BRIEF.

I THINK I, UH, PRETTY MUCH SECOND WHAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JOE SAID.

SO WONDERFUL.

UH, BEFORE WE HEAR THE MOTION, I JUST WANNA APOLOGIZE FOR COUNSEL OR TO COUNSEL THAT HAD I KNOWN THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE VOTING ON THIS AS A BODY, I WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN INVOLVED IN ENDORSING.

UM, HE DID RECEIVE THE ENDORSEMENTS OF SOMETHING LIKE ANOTHER DOZEN MAYORS, UH, THAT WERE ON THE REQUEST LIST.

BUT, UM, I, I WOULDN'T HAVE ACTED, UH, AHEAD OF TIME HAD I KNOWN THAT THIS WAS GONNA COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL.

AND SO, UH, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, UM, UH, BEING A NEW PROCESS.

I JUST WASN'T FAMILIAR WITH IT.

SO, UH, AND I'LL LISTEN TO A MOTION IF THERE IS ONE.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

DORIAN? YES.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, UH, IN SUPPORT OF MAYOR WEST MAYES, WEST MAYES AS OUR, UH, AS TML UH, 15 REGION, UH, 13TH 13, I'M SORRY, 13 REGENT AS A BOARD, UH, ANNUAL BOARD CONFERENCE AND DIRECTOR.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.

AND, UH, MAYOR PRO TIMM HUTCHIN RIDER SECOND.

ALRIGHT, WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER DORIAN, A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO, TIMM HUTCHIN RIDER.

ANY DISCUSSION, IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

SO WE WILL, UH, LET MAYOR MAZIE, I THINK, HAD STARTED CALLING IN OUR EARLIER MEETING, BUT I DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE.

I WAS INUNDATED WITH, UH, GIRL SCOUT QUESTIONS AND COULD NOT ANSWER HIS, HIS PHONE CALL.

SO I'LL LET HIM KNOW THAT HE, UM, RECEIVED OUR SUPPORT.

UM, ALRIGHT,

[8. CONSENT AGENDA]

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PUBLISHED.

ALRIGHT, MAYOR PRO TAMM HUTCHIN RIDER SECOND.

ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE, A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TAMM HUTCHIN RIDER.

ANY DISCUSSION, IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AND WE WILL

[9. REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST ]

MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE, WHICH IS A REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE.

UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, JUST, I'M SURE OTHERS WILL WANNA TALK ABOUT IT TOO.

BUT JUST A SHOUT OUT TO, UM, UH, SERGEANT ALCORN AND ALL OF RPD FOR AN AMAZING, UH, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

I'LL LET OTHERS SPEAK TO THEIR EXPERIENCE, BUT IT WAS FANTASTIC AS ALWAYS.

UM, AND THEN I WANNA REMIND FOLKS NOT TO SLEEP ON THE EISMAN CENTER PRESENT SERIES AT THE EISMAN.

UM, AMAZING PROGRAMMING HAPPENING.

WE'VE HAD TWO PROGRAMS ALREADY THIS SEASON.

UM, THE ONE THAT I ATTENDED THIS WEEKEND WAS JUST REALLY FANTASTIC.

IT WAS, YOU KNOW, A MIX OF MUSIC AND, UM, UH, JUST, UM, LIGHTING THAT MADE THE EXPERIENCE REALLY INTERESTING, DANCE AND SPOKEN WORDS, SO JUST A REALLY, REALLY NEAT EXPERIENCE THAT I HAD NOT HAD BEFORE.

UM, AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT I THINK ALLIE AND HER TEAM ARE TRYING TO INVENT, UH, TO, TO BRING INTO THE EMAN OVER THERE A WHOLE NEW AUDIENCE THAT I HADN'T SEEN AT THE EMAN BEFORE.

SO, I, I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO ONLINE AND, UM, AND GET YOUR TICKETS.

UH, TRY AND GO TO SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULDN'T ORDINARILY GO TO.

I KNOW SOMETIMES OUR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, ARE AVAILABLE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT SORT OF THE DIRECTION OF THE EMAN OR, OR, OR THE EXPERIENCES THAT YOU MAY HAVE IF YOU GO TO THE EMAN.

SO, I, I HIGHLY, HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS AMAZING CULTURAL ARTS FACILITY IN YOUR BACKYARD.

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UH, LAST THURSDAY ON THE NINTH, UH, CITY MANAGER AND I WERE ABLE TO GO AND SPEAK TO THE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION IN NORTH TEXAS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE HIM A QUICK SHOUT OUT.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK ABOUT THE WONDERFUL THINGS HAPPENING IN RICHARDSON AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

UH, LOOKING FORWARD NEXT WEEK IN IS HUFFINES.

SO ANYBODY WATCHING HOME, PLEASE COME JOIN US OUT AT HUFFINES, UH, FOR THAT.

AND, OH, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY FELLOW LR CLASSMATES WHO ARE IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT.

SO I THINK DOUBLING THE SIZE OF OUR AUDIENCE TONIGHT.

SO THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE.

THAT'S IT.