Mar 02, 2026 City Council Work Session

THAT'S BETTER, I THINK.

IS SO SUBSTANTIAL THAT IT REQUIRES THE LEVEL OF A CIVIL ENGINEER, A CIVIL ENGINEERING FIRM, TO, WITH A SPECIALTY IN HYDROLOGY, TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND ADDRESS THE PROBLEM.

UM, MY NAME'S LAUREN PKA, AND I LIVE AT 3009 SUN VALLEY DRIVE, RICHARDSON, TEXAS 7 5 0 8 2.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE STORM WATER FLOODING ISSUE HAPPENING IN MY SUBDIVISION AND THE SUBDIVISION IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF MINE.

I LIVE IN THE KNOWLES AT BRECKENRIDGE, AND THE SUBDIVISION IMMEDIATELY SOUTH IS GREENFIELDS.

UM, I SPOKE ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK, BUT THERE IS A, UH, ONGOING STORM WATER PROBLEM BETWEEN OUR TWO SUBDIVISIONS WHERE WATER FROM AT AT LEAST BEGINNING IN A NUMBER OF HOUSES IN GREENFIELDS, IS, UH, FLOWING INTO THE KNOLLS AT BRECKENRIDGE AND ESSENTIALLY MAKING A GIANT RIVER THAT ENDS AT MY PROPERTY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL, WHERE I HAVE A, UH, ONLY SO MUCH CAPACITY TO ACTUALLY LIKE, RELEASE THE WATER ON MY PROPERTY BECAUSE I HAVE AN HOA SCREENING WALL THAT BASICALLY PROVIDES A PHYSICAL BARRIER THAT PREVENTS MOST OF THE WATER FROM HIS, LIKE LEAVING MY PROPERTY.

UM, AND I'M TRYING TO GET SOME HELP, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I HAD A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER OUT TO LOOK AT THIS DRAINAGE PROBLEM WHO HAS TOLD ME THAT THE PROBLEM

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UM, AND I'M ASKING THE CITY'S HELP TO HOPEFULLY TRY TO ARRANGE THAT.

I'VE ALREADY REACHED OUT TO SOME OF THESE SUCH FIRMS AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN, BUT BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE INVESTMENT OF THE CITY IN BEING ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED, BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS INVOLVES AT LEAST EIGHT DIFFERENT HOMEOWNERS ACROSS TWO DIFFERENT SUBDIVISIONS.

UM, AND JUST TO KIND, KIND OF PROVIDE, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE CONTEXT IS MARCH 2ND, AND THIS WEEKEND IT IS GOING TO RAIN SPRING IS MY LEAST FAVORITE TIME OF THE YEAR BECAUSE I LITERALLY CHECK THE WEATHER IN FEAR.

UM, IF THERE'S EVER GOING TO BE MORE THAN A THIRD OF AN INCH OF A RAIN IN AN HOUR, I DO NOT SLEEP.

I DO NOT WORK SOMETIMES BECAUSE I HAVE TO BE OUT IN MY YARD UNCLOGGING THE DRAIN.

THAT IS THE ONLY PLACE WHERE THE WATER CAN ESCAPE FROM MY PROPERTY.

UM, IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE WATER FROM REACHING THE FOUNDATION OF MY HOUSE.

UM, I HAVE DRIVEN HOME FROM VISITS WITH FAMILY ON CHRISTMAS DAY BECAUSE I FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE RAIN IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, AND I CANNOT EXPRESS TO YOU THE NUMBER OF TIMES OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS SINCE I BOUGHT MY HOUSE THAT I HAVE SPENT OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF A THUNDERSTORM IN, IN A ABSOLUTE RIVER OF WATER DIGGING THROUGH DE LIKE LAWN DEBRIS FROM A HOUSE THAT PROBABLY IS SO MANY HOUSES ABOVE MINE.

AND I'M KIND OF JUST AT MY WIT'S END ABOUT WHAT CAN I EVEN DO.

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO ADDRESS THIS, LIKE, WE KIND OF SUFFERED IN SILENCE FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS, AND THEN WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO ENGAGE EVERY ORGANIZATION, EVERY PUBLIC UTILITY, EVERY POSSIBLE AVENUE THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THIS, THIS LAST YEAR.

UM, BUT AGAIN, UH, DESPITE ALL OF OUR EFFORTS LAST YEAR ON VALENTINE'S DAY AND MY HOUSE STILL FLOODED, I STILL SPENT TWO AND A HALF HOURS OUT IN THE, IN THE RAIN PULLING GRASS AND LEAVES OUT OF THE WHOLE SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO KEEP THE WATER AWAY FROM MY FOUNDATION.

UM, SO AGAIN, JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT IF THIS PROBLEM FEELS LIKE IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BIGGER THAN ONE PRIVATE CITIZEN CAN POSSIBLY ADDRESS AND INVOLVES SO MANY MORE, SO MANY, LIKE SUCH A LARGE PORTION OF THE CITY THAT I FEEL LIKE THE CITY HAS A VESTED INTEREST IN AT LEAST HELPING FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO.

AND, UM, AND I'M, THAT'S ALL THE HELP THAT I'M ASKING FOR HERE.

UH, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, UH, MS. PCCA, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR COMMENTS THIS EVENING.

AS, UH, WE HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT BRIEFLY, UH, JUST BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED, I WANNA REASSURE YOU THAT, UH, CHARLES GOFF IN MY OFFICE, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER OVER BOTH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS WILL BE PERSONALLY HANDLING, UM, THIS MOVING FORWARD FROM OUR OFFICE.

AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO REACHING OUT TO YOU TOMORROW AND, AND BEGINNING A DIALOGUE AND, UH, HELPING, UH, COORDINATE.

'CAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

IT'S GONNA TAKE COORDINATION OF MANY, UH, DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND PROBABLY SOME EXTERNAL, UH, SUPPORT ON THE ENGINEERING FRONT, AND WE WE'RE COMMITTED TO DOING THAT, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.

US HAVE LIVED THERE SINCE THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS CREATED IN THE MID NINETIES, AND OTHERS HAVE COME MORE RECENTLY.

THANK YOU, MS. PECO.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ELLEN BEAMER.

YES, GOOD EVENING.

THE HOMEOWNERS IN THE SPRING PARK MEADOWS NEIGHBORHOOD, SOME OF WHOM MS. MS. FEER, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU.

DO YOU MIND STARTING WITH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND THEN, OH, OKAY.

SURE.

YOU'RE STARTING, YOU'RE RESTARTING THE CLOCK THOUGH, RIGHT? I'M VISUALLY RESTARTING IT.

JUST CHECKING.

YES, MA'AM.

ELLEN BEAMER, 1802 MEADOW COVE DRIVE, RICHARDSON, 7 5 0 8 1.

WONDERFUL.

AGAIN, THE HOMEOWNERS IN THE SPRING PARK MEADOWS NEIGHBORHOOD, SOME OF WHOM ARE HERE THIS EVENING, WOULD YOU STAND? AND OTHERS WHO HAVE SUBMITTED COMMENTS ONLINE, UM, ARE DISMAYED THAT THERE ARE NOW FOUR SHORT TERM RENTAL PROPERTIES IN OUR SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD OF 86 HOMES.

MANY OF

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BUT IT'S A FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD.

ALL FOUR OF THESE STR ARE WITHIN 750 FEET OF EACH OTHER.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED THE CITY SECRETARY, MY HOME IS INSIDE THAT CIRCLE.

ONE STR HAS EXISTED FOR SEVERAL YEARS BECAUSE THE LAST THREE, BUT THE LAST THREE HAVE ALL POPPED UP IN THE LAST YEAR.

THEY'RE ALL LISTED WITH EITHER AIRBNB OR VRBO OR BOTH.

DID YOU KNOW THAT EACH OF THESE PLATFORMS LISTS OVER 300 PLACES IN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON? OF THE FOUR IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THE CITY HAD REGISTERED THREE OF THEM.

THE FOURTH DIDN'T BOTHER.

HE JUST ILLEGALLY CONVERTED HIS GARAGE TO A GAME ROOM, BROUGHT IN A LOT MORE BEDS AND OPENED A BUSINESS.

WE READ THE CITY'S ORDINANCE NUMBER 44 38.

THAT INCLUDES THE PURPOSE OF STR THE CITY SPEAKS OF PROMOTING PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY IN GENERAL WELFARE AND CLAIMS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SEEKS TO PROTECT PROPERTY VALUES AND PREVENT PROPERTY DAMAGE.

BUT SO FAR WE CAN SEE, AS WE CAN SEE, THE CITY REGULATIONS HAVE NO TEETH.

WE HAVE SOME IDEAS TO BEGIN WITH.

WE WANT TO KNOW WHY SDRS ARE ALLOWED IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.

THESE ARE BUSINESSES OPERATING IN NEIGHBORHOODS.

OTHER CITIES IN THE AREA ONLY ALLOW STR IN AREAS ZONED FOR BUSINESS, RECREATION OR ENTERTAINMENT.

RICHARDSON COULD IMPLEMENT A MORATORIUM ON NEW SDRS WHILE IT STUDIES THE ISSUE AS PLANO DID DALLAS, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE PER BEDROOM IN THE TOTAL PER HOUSE, WE REALIZED THAT SOME DECISIONS THAT OTHER CITIES MADE IN THE AREA ARE IN LITIGATION, AND THAT'S EXPENSIVE.

IT'S ALSO EXPENSIVE TO HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS FLIPPED INTO RENTALS AND HOMEOWNERS MOVE ELSEWHERE.

THE LOCATION OF STRS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SEEM TO HAVE BEEN DELIBERATELY CHOSEN AS THEY'RE ALL EITHER IN A CUL-DE-SAC OR ON A CORNER TO MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF SPACE THEY CAN USE FOR PARKING.

BUT THAT DOES NOT PREVENT PEOPLE FROM PARKING IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSES.

THE CITY'S BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR FLYER THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE IN EACH RENTAL PROPERTY IS SADLY IRRELEVANT TO SOME RENTERS.

BE RESPECTFUL, BE KIND, BE TIDY.

IT NEEDS TO SOUND A LITTLE MORE SERIOUS.

RENTERS ARE TOLD THEY CANNOT PARK THEIR VEHICLES IN FRONT OF THE RENTAL PROPERTY, UH, ANY PROPERTY EXCEPT THE RENTAL FROM TWO TO 8:00 AM WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF THE TIME? I CAN TELL YOU WHERE THEY'RE PARKING AND WHY AREN'T THE RULES ABOUT PARKING IN CUL-DE-SACS INCLUDED HERE? IS THERE ANY LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF CARS THAT CAN BE PARKED AT A RENTAL PROPERTY? APPARENTLY NOT.

THE CITY'S PROCESS IS FOR A BUSINESS TO REGISTER WITH THE CITY, NOT APPLY FOR A PERMIT, AND TO PAY A $100 ANNUAL FEE, WHICH IS RIDICULOUS.

IT COSTS LESS TO RENT A PAVILION FOR THE DAY AT BRECKENRIDGE PARK THAN TO REGISTER AN SDR FOR A YEAR.

THERE SHOULD BE AN APPROVAL PROCESS BEFORE AN SDR CAN OPEN FOR BUSINESS IN A HEFTY PENALTY IF THEY'RE LISTED ON A PLATFORM PRIOR TO CITY APPROVAL.

HOW CAN THE CITY INSPECT THESE PROPERTIES AND ABSORB THE COST OF DOING SO? WELL, IT CAN'T THE WAY THINGS ARE.

WE WANT THESE PROPERTIES TO BE PHYSICALLY INSPECTED ANNUALLY AND PERMISSION TO DO SO ALONG WITH THE COST OF INSPECTION SHOULD BE COVERED IN THE APPLICATION FORM IN THE PROPERTIES ANNUAL FEE.

LOOKING AT PICTURES ON A RENTAL PLATFORM WON'T NECESSARILY TELL YOU ABOUT THE ILLEGAL GAME ROOM, THE STATE OF THE BACKYARD, POOL AND LANDSCAPING.

HOW ELSE WILL YOU KNOW HOW MANY BEDS ARE ACTUALLY IN THESE RENTALS? ONE IS CURRENTLY BEING ADVERTISED AS SLEEPING UP TO 24 PEOPLE, AND ALL OF THEM ADVERTISED MORE BEDS THAN WOULD BE EXPECTED IN A RESIDENTIAL HOME.

ONE RENTAL IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WILL RENT THE PROPERTY TO ANYONE OVER 18.

THESE HOUSES WERE ALL ORIGINALLY FOUR BED, THREE BATH HOMES FOR FAMILIES.

THESE STR ALL TOUT OUR QUIET FAMILY FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE ACTIVELY SUBVERTING IT.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE DON'T WANT ANY MORE STRS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.

WE'RE NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE NUMBER WE ALREADY HAVE.

WE WANT YOU TO TOUGHEN UP CITY REQUIREMENTS AND MAKE STR BUSINESS OWNERS PAY MORE AND WORK HARD TO MAINTAIN THEIR

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PROPERTIES AND MONITOR THEIR RENTERS.

WE'RE COUNTING ON YOU TO MAKE US RICHARDSON HOMEOWNERS THE PRIORITY, NOT BUSINESSES THAT ARE RUINING OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND THREATENING OUR PROPERTY VALUES.

THANK YOU, MS. BEAMER.

PETER WEISEL.

UH, GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS PETE WEISEL.

UH, OUR ADDRESS IS 2 9 2 8 FOREST HILLS LANE, SEVEN FIVE, UH, OH EIGHT OH.

SO I, I'M NOT GOING TO, UH, REPEAT A LOT OF WHAT ELLEN SAID.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS, UH, WHAT WELL SAID.

I DO HAVE A FEW THINGS.

UM, WE HAVE A HOUSE NEXT DOOR TO US THAT'S BEEN, UH, FOR SALE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

IT'S BEEN SOLD, IT'S BEEN FLIPPED.

IT HAS BEEN A, UM, PARTY HOUSE.

UH, WE HAD TWO INSTANCES.

UH, THE FIRST WAS, UH, NOVEMBER THE 26TH.

UH, THEN A WEEK LATER ON DECEMBER THE SIXTH, UH, WE HAD THE SAME SITUATION, UH, OCCUR.

UH, WE HAD 45 CARS UP AND DOWN BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.

WE HAD KIDS AND I'M, I'M TALKING KIDS, THESE ARE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, A LITTLE BIT OLDER, ROAMING ALL UP AND DOWN THE STREETS.

UH, IT WAS LOUD, IT WAS UNSAFE.

WE HAVE NEIGHBORS THAT COMPLAINED ABOUT THEIR PHYSICAL SAFETY.

UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S LOUD.

IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO MOVE UP AND DOWN THE STREET.

UM, SO THOSE ARE TWO INSTANCES THAT WE'VE HAD, AND I KNOW THERE ARE A WHOLE LOT MORE THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE CITY.

SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE Y'ALL TO DO IS TO REVIEW THE CURRENT CITY CODE AND REQUIREMENTS FOR A SHORT TERM RENTAL.

UH, I'M ASKING THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS BE STRONGLY CONSIDERED OR ACTED UPON.

UH, AGAIN, TIGHTEN THE ZONING LAWS.

AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE LIVE IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA.

UH, THESE ARE BUSINESSES THAT DON'T BELONG THERE.

UH, ENFORCE THE PERMITS AND REQUIRE THEM, UH, REVIEW THEM BI-ANNUALLY.

REQUIRE AN OWNER TO HAVE A CURRENT CONTACT PHONE NUMBER AND BE ABLE TO BE ON SITE WITHIN AN HOUR AND A HALF.

AND I, I THINK THAT'S CURRENT, OR AT LEAST I REMEMBER READING THAT.

UM, BUT IN BOTH INSTANCES, WE WERE UNABLE TO CONTACT THE OWNER.

UH, I DID MESSAGE THE HOST, UH, WHICH PROVED TO BE, UH, UNHELPFUL, UM, LIMIT THE NUMBER OF RENTALS IN THE CITY OR IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, AND REQUIRE STRICTER RENTAL TERMS TO INCLUDE PHOTO ID AGE REQUIREMENT AGAIN, THAT WAS ADDRESSED, UH, AND RENT AND A LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF GUESTS.

SO I STRONGLY ASK THAT YOU REVIEW WHAT THE CITY OF RICHARDSON DOES AND LET'S NOT CONTINUE THIS.

BY THE CITY OF RICHARDSON BACK IN 2022 ARE APPRECIATED, THEY FALL SHORT.

THANK YOU, MR. WEISEL RA RACHEL UPSON.

GOOD EVENING.

I'M RACHEL UPSON, 22 0 4 OWENS BOULEVARD, 7 5 0 8 2.

UH, I HAVE CONTACTED ALL OF YOU BEFORE REGARDING ISSUES WITH SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD OWENS PARK, UH, SPECIFICALLY REGARDING A SHORT-TERM RENTAL DIRECTLY BEHIND MY HOME AND ONE RIGHT NEXT DOOR.

THERE IS ALSO A THIRD ONE AROUND THE CORNER FOR US.

TO THOSE OF YOU WHO RESPONDED TO MY CONCERNS, I THANK YOU.

WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH SHORT-TERM RENTAL ISSUES FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS NOW.

THE TWO SHORT-TERM RENTALS SURROUNDING US ARE OWNED BY INVESTORS, ONE OF WHICH LIVES OUTTA STATE AND IS USING A MANAGEMENT COMPANY THAT HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH.

THE OTHER IS AN INVESTOR THAT OWNS AND OPERATES MULTIPLE AIRBNBS.

NEITHER ARE RICHARDSON RESIDENTS, NOR ARE THEY HOMEOWNERS.

I WOULD SAY.

THEY ARE BUSINESS OWNERS OPERATING WHAT ARE ESSENTIALLY HOTELS IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

WHILE THE REGULATIONS ENACTED

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AN ANNUAL $100 REGISTRATION FEE CANNOT BEGIN TO FINANCIALLY COVER THE NUMBER OF TIMES MY HUSBAND, OUR NEIGHBORS AND I HAVE CONTACTED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR ED COLEMAN FOR DRUG USE, LOUD POOL PARTIES, NOISE AND DOMESTIC DISTURBANCES AT THESE PROPERTIES.

NOR COULD IT COVER THE NUMBER OF TIMES WE'VE HAD TO CONTACT LINDSEY TURMAN AND CODE ENFORCEMENT FOR GARBAGE ALL OVER THE ALLEYWAY FROM SAID PARTIES OR OTHER GARBAGE RELATED ISSUES, INCLUDING DIRTY DIAPERS IN THE ALLEY AND ON NEIGHBORING DRIVEWAYS.

WHILE ED COLEMAN AND LINDSEY TURMAN HAVE BEEN SO VERY HOPEFUL HANDLING THESE SITUATIONS, I AM SURE THEY'RE TIRED OF HEARING FROM US AND MY EXPERIENCE.

THESE PROPERTIES ARE A DRAIN ON AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND WE, THE RESIDENTS ARE STARTING TO FEEL LIKE WE ARE THE NUISANCE.

WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT SHORT-TERM RENTALS SURROUNDING OUR HOME WOULD POTENTIALLY BE GRANDFATHERED IN AGAINST ANY NEW RESTRICTIONS PUT IN PLACE, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROLIFERATION OF THESE PROPERTIES IF MORE IS NOT DONE SOON, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WORLD CUP AROUND THE CORNER AND THEIR PARTNERSHIP WITH AIRBNB AND THE INCENTIVES THEY'RE OFFERING FIRST TIME HOST.

IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF THAT, PLEASE LOOK INTO IT.

AS A SIDE NOTE, THIS MAY PARTIALLY EXPLAIN WHY PROJECTED HOTEL OCCUPANCY RATES SEEM SOMEWHAT LOW FOR THE WORLD CUP IN RICHARDSON.

UH, SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN PREVIOUS MEETING.

SO ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY AND MY NEIGHBORS, I ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER SOME OPTIONS SUCH AS ZONING CHANGES TO KEEP THESE PROPERTIES OUT OF OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS DENSITY RESTRICTIONS, A HIGHER ANNUAL REGISTRATION FEE, AND PLATFORM ACCOUNTABILITY FOR STARTERS.

FURTHER, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THE CITY HAS NOT HOSTED A PUBLIC FORUM OR CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF RESIDENCE ON THIS ISSUE.

I KNOW THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED NUMEROUS CONCERNS AND COMPLAINTS ABOUT SHORT-TERM NEIGHBORHOODS AND OR ABOUT SHORT TERM RENTALS AND NEIGHBORHOODS.

I'M WILLING TO BET YOU HAVE RECEIVED MUCH LESS FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS SAYING THAT THEY WANT SHORT TERM RENTALS AND THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THEY ARE SO GLAD THAT RICHARDSON HAS SO MANY OF THEM.

WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE CITY IS CONCERNED ABOUT LAWSUITS FROM SHORT-TERM RENTAL OPERATORS OR LOBBYISTS, I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE LOOK AT SOME OF THE TEXAS CITIES THAT HAVE RECENTLY BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN COURT SUCH AS PLANO, GRAPEVINE, ARLINGTON, AND FORT WORTH.

SHORT-TERM RENTALS ARE NOT ADDING VALUE TO OUR CITY.

THEY'RE NOT MAKING RICHARDSON SAFER, AND THEY'RE NOT HELPING SEND CHILDREN TO OUR SCHOOLS.

WHILE THEY MAY BRING PEOPLE HERE TEMPORARILY WHO MIGHT GO EAT AT A RESTAURANT OR SHOP AT A LOCAL STORE, THEY'RE ALSO DRIVING PEOPLE AWAY PERMANENTLY.

AND WHO ALSO SUPPORTS THE LOCAL ECONOMY, RESIDENTS AND VISITORS STAYING AT PROPER HOTELS.

I MYSELF GREW UP GOING TO RICHARDSON SCHOOLS AND I'M A BURTNER GRADUATE.

IN 2019, I CONVINCED MY HUSBAND TO MOVE HERE FROM FORT WORTH WITH OUR SMALL CHILD FOR THE SCHOOLS AND NEIGHBORHOODS.

HAD WE KNOWN WHAT WAS COMING WITH SHORT-TERM RENTALS SURROUNDING OUR HOME, WE WOULD'VE CHOSEN DIFFERENTLY AS THIS HAS TRULY HAD A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.

I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW OFTEN OUR DOCTOR, WHO IS NOW EIGHT, TELLS US THAT SHE WISHES WE HAD NEIGHBORS NEXT DOOR AGAIN.

SHE USED TO DRAW SIDEWALK CHALK PICTURES FOR, FOR OUR NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE SINCE MOVED.

NOW SHE HARDLY WANTS TO GO OUTSIDE.

WE'VE CONSIDERED MOVING OUTTA RICHARDSON, BUT NOT ONLY IS OUR HOME NOW DEVALUED, WHO WANTS TO BUY A HOME THAT HAS A SHORT TERM RENTAL IN THE BACKYARD AND NEXT DOOR? WOULD ANY OF YOU LIKE TO BUY OUR HOME AND LIVE WITH THE REALITY EVERY DAY AND THE ISSUES WE HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH, WE DID NOT CHOOSE THIS.

WHY WOULD ANYONE ELSE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS ISSUE? THANK YOU, MS. UPSON.

NO FURTHER CARDS, MAYOR.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? OKAY.

ALRIGHT, WE, UH, ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM B AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA DO ITEM B AND C BACK TO BACK.

UH, THEY WILL BE, UM, I'LL JUST READ 'EM OFF NOW AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE.

UH, AFTER THE TWO PROCLAMATIONS THAT WE'LL BE PRESENTING, UH, TO THESE, UH, FINE INDIVIDUALS, WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO THE SHORT TERM RENTAL DISCUSSION.

SO, UH, FIRST

[B. PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION FOR UT DALLAS WOMEN'S CHESS TEAM FOR WINNING THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S COLLEGIATE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP ]

ITEM B, UH, PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION FOR UT DALLAS WOMEN'S CHESS TEAM FOR WINNING THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S COLLEGIATE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP.

AND THEN DIRECTLY AFTER THAT, I WILL BE DOING ITEM C, WHICH IS PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION FOR NAVEEN GENAL SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, MVP'S TEAM FOR WINNING FIRST PLACE AT THE 2025 NBA CASE COMPETITION WORLD FINALS.

MR. MAC? YES, SIR.

CUT TO, TO THE RIGHT, AS THE MAYOR READS THE NEXT PROCLAMATION, UH, THEN WE WILL HAVE, UM, UH, THE GENERAL SCHOOL MANAGEMENT TEAM COME UP.

AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM, I'LL JUST TO KIND OF EXPLAIN FOR OUR GUEST, UH, FIRST OF ALL, WELCOME UT DALLAS.

AND, UH, WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU ALL HERE WITH US, UH, TO CELEBRATE THESE TWO IMPORTANT, UH, RECOGNITIONS TONIGHT.

UH, THE MAYOR IS GOING TO, UH, READ THE FIRST PROCLAMATION AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE CHESS TEAM, UH, JOIN, UH, THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, UH, IN THE CENTER HERE FOR A PHOTO COUNCIL.

AFTER THAT, IF YOU'LL JUST STEP TO

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AND THEN AT THE VERY END WE'LL TAKE ONE LARGE PICTURE WITH, UH, BOTH, UH, OF THE GROUPS, UH, AND THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO MAYOR, UH, THAT'LL BE HOW WE'LL KIND OF, UH, HANDLE THIS.

UH, NEXT COUPLE ITEMS. I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER YOU.

WONDERFUL.

UH, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE, UH, TWO ITEMS I MAY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIP A LITTLE BIT OF WATER FROM MY FAVORITE, UH, GLASS.

SO I THINK THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE, APPROPRIATE MOMENT.

UM, ALRIGHT.

SO WE'LL START OFF WITH, UH, WHEREAS THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS COMET CHESS TEAM ACHIEVED A HISTORIC AND EMPHATIC VICTORY BY WINNING THE INAUGURAL NATIONAL COLLEGIATE WOMEN'S CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP HELD ON NOVEMBER 22ND THROUGH 23RD OF 2025.

AND WHEREAS THE COMETS DEMONSTRATED EXTRAORDINARY SKILL PREPARATION AND COM COMPETITIVE EXCELLENCE FINISHING WITH 24 TOTAL TEAM POINTS AND OUTPACING SECOND PLACE WEBSTER UNIVERSITY BY FOUR AND ONE HALF POINTS.

AND WHEREAS WOMEN, INTERNA WOMAN INTERNATIONAL MASTER NON, UM, I APOLOGIZE IF I MESS UP SOME OF THESE NAMES.

KUS, UH, DKU LED ALL COMPETITORS BY SEVEN POINTS FROM NINE MATCHES EXEMPLIFYING LEADERSHIP CONSISTENCY AND CHAMPIONSHIP LEVEL PLAY.

WOMAN, GRAND MILEY, JADE ETTE, AND WOMAN GRAND ANASTASIA PAR.

PAR ZENA MADE DECISIVE CONTRIBUTIONS AS THE COMETS CLAIMED THREE OF THE TOP FOUR INDIVIDUAL FINISHES TO SECURE THE NATIONAL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY.

AND WHEREAS THE LEADERSHIP OF GRAND JULIO CATA SADOR, UH, DIRECTOR OF THE UT DALLAS CHESS PROGRAM, ALONGSIDE THE TRAINING EXPERTISE AND GUIDANCE OF GRAND MIKAIL AND OV COACH OF THE UT DALLAS CHESS PROGRAM AND THE DEDICATION OF THE STUDENT ATHLETES RESULTED IN A DOMINANT PERFORMANCE AGAINST TOP COLLEGIATE COMPETITION NATIONWIDE.

AND WHEREAS THIS ACHIEVEMENT STANDS AS AN INSPIRATION TO STUDENTS, ATHLETES, AND SCHOLARS, AND A TESTAMENT TO THE DEDICATION AND EXCELLENCE OF UT DALLAS WOMEN'S CHESS.

AND WHEREAS THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS OF DALLAS IS A VALUED INSTITUTION WITHIN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, AND THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF ITS STUDENTS BRING DISTINCTION, PRIDE, AND NATIONAL RECOGNITION TO THE UNIVERSITY AND TO THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES.

NOW, THEREFORE, I AMIR OMAR, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS COMET CHESS TEAM FOR WINNING THE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE WOMEN'S CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP AND FOR BRINGING DISTINCTION, PRIDE AND NATIONAL RECOGNITION TO THE UNIVERSITY AND TO THE CITY OF RICHARDSON.

CONGRATULATIONS LADIES.

ALRIGHT.

THE COUNCIL WILL JOIN ME OVER HERE AND IF Y'ALL WANNA COME ON OVER, WE'RE GONNA LINE UP RIGHT OVER HERE FOR A PHOTO PRACTIC.

COOL.

ON TO THE NEXT PROCLAMATION.

KEEP SMILING, KEEP SMILING,

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SMILING.

GONNA BE ONE MORE SET OF PHOTOS ON THAT FOR ME.

KEEP THOSE SPOTS.

HI.

CONGRATULATIONS.

WE'LL HAVE THE CHEST, IF YOU CAN, CAN COME THIS WAY.

SO GO AHEAD AND STAND OVER HERE.

OH, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE

[C. PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION FOR NAVEEN JINDAL SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT MVP'S TEAM FOR WINNING 18T PLACE AT THE 2025 MBA CASE COMPETITION WORLD CUP FINALS ]

DO WE HAVE OUR MBA STUDENTS HERE? IF Y'ALL LIKE, YOU CAN COME ON OVER HERE RIGHT BEHIND ME.

I'M GONNA START READING WHILE Y'ALL ARE ASSEMBLING.

HOW ABOUT THAT? WHEREAS THE CITY OF RICHARDSON IS PROUD TO BE THE HOME OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS, WHOSE MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM AT THE NAVEEN GENAL SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT EARNED INTERNATIONAL DISTINCTION BY WINNING FIRST PLACE IN THE 2025 MBA CASE COMPETITION WORLD CUP FINALS.

AND WHEREAS THE JIMAL SCHOOL TEAM KNOWN AS THE MVPS CONSISTING OF MATTHEW TURNER, LOLA IAN, JOHN HANICK, AND JOHNNY DURSTY AND ASCA JAWAD DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND COLLABORATION BY OUTPERFORMING 237 TEAMS. LEMME SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME.

237 TEAMS FROM LEADING UNIVERSITIES WORLDWIDE, INCLUDING YALE UNIVERSITY, CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, HEC PARIS, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.

AND WHEREAS FROM THOSE 237 TEAMS ACROSS THE GLOBE, ONLY 50 WERE SELECTED TO COMPETE.

AND JUST FIVE TEAMS ADVANCED TO THE FINAL ROUND OF PRESENTATIONS HELD ON NOVEMBER 21ST, 2025, HIGHLIGHTING THE EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENT OF THE JINDAL SCHOOL TEAM.

AND WHEREAS THE COMPETITION CHALLENGE TEAMS TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLAN TO EXPAND THE NATIONAL FOOTPRINT OF KAVA, A MEDITERRANEAN FAST CASUAL RESTAURANT CHAIN REQUIRING INNOVATION, ANALYTIC RIGOR, RIGOR, AND THE ABILITY TO PERFORM UNDER INTENSE COMPETITIVE PRESSURE.

AND WHEREAS LISA SCHATZ, SENIOR ASSISTANT DEAN AND DIRECTOR OF MBA PROGRAMS HAS EMPHASIZED THAT THE GENERAL SCHOOL MBA EXPERIENCE IS INTENTIONALLY DESIGNED TO CULTIVATE TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE, EXPERTISE, DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES, REAL WORLD APPLICATION AND COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP QUALITIES, QUALITIES EXEMPLIFIED BY THIS WINNING TEAM.

NOW, THEREFORE, I AMIR OMAR, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS, THE NAVEEN GIDEL SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND ITS MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM FOR THEIR REMARKABLE ACCOMPLISHMENT AT THE 2025 MBA CASE COMPETITION WORLD CUP FINALS.

AND CONGRATULATE THE M-V-B-M-V-P TEAM'S, UH, MVP'S TEAM FOR BRINGING THE INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION, PRIDE AND DISTINCTION TO THE CITY OF RICHARDSON.

CONGRATULATIONS TEAM.

AS THEY'RE ASSEMBLING, THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO POINT OUT THAT MY ALMA MATER, MBA WAS ALSO FROM UT DALLAS.

AND SO IT'S AN EXCEPTIONALLY PROUD MOMENT.

ARE CAPTAINS.

IS THAT WHY WE'RE HERE? THEY LOOK LIKE,

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ALRIGHT.

AND LOOK FORWARD.

BIG SMILE, BIG SMILES.

TAKE A FEW MINUTES AGAIN.

CAMERA, TRY NOT TO MOVE.

ONE MORE SET FOR RIGHT AFTER ME.

ALRIGHT, SO NOW WE'RE DOING ONE STAY WHERE YOU'RE AT, STAY WHERE WE'RE AT.

ONE LARGE PHOTO.

SO WE'LL HAVE, UH, OUR CHEST TEAM COME IN PLACE.

AND LET'S HAVE EVERYONE HERE PUT A SPOT BETWEEN, AND THAT'S, WE'RE IN BETWEEN, WE TRY TO MAKE FRONT ONE MORE FIRST AND THEN OUR TALL FOLKS, WE'RE NOT HAVING THAT ROOM ON THE FRONT.

SO I HAVE YOU GUYS COME BACK HERE, PLEASE.

NO, NO, YOU'RE GONNA GET BACK THERE.

THE AND, AND FOUR, FOUR.

LET'S TRY.

SO REAL QUICK, WE MOVE REAL QUICK.

ALL OUR A, BA RIGHT OVER HERE.

ALL OUR TESTS RIGHT OVER HERE.

GIMME ONE PERSON FROM CHEST AND ONE PERSON FROM MOVING YOUR TEAM.

CAPTAINS ARE, I'M GONNA HAVE YOU GUYS RIGHT HERE.

SORRY, WHERE'S OUR OTHER? AND THEN FORWARD, UH, TO YOUR RIGHT, JUST A LITTLE BIT FORWARD HOLD.

YOU GOOD? THERE WE GO.

WITH ITEMS B AND C COMPLETE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO

[D. REVIEW AND DISCUSS UPDATE ON SHORT-TERM RENTAL REGULATIONS ]

ITEM D, WHICH IS TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS UPDATE ON SHORT-TERM RENTAL REGULATIONS.

MR. MAGNER, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I WANNA WELCOME TONIGHT OUR DIRECTOR OF, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES, LINDSEY TURMAN, OUR POLICE CHIEF, UH, GARY TITTLE, AND OUR ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY, JOE GARITA.

UM, ALL THREE ARE GONNA HAVE A PART IN THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT.

I'D LIKE TO JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU A, A SENSE OF WHAT WE'D LIKE TO TRY TO ACCOMPLISH.

UH, FIRST WE'RE JUST GONNA, UH, PROVIDE A, A GOOD REMINDER TO YOU OF, UH, THE CURRENT PROGRAM, UM, AND THE REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH OPERATING AN STR IN THE CITY TODAY.

UH, THEN LINDSEY, UH, AND CHIEF TITTLE ARE GOING TO, UH, COVER SOME OF THE ACTIVITY FROM THE PAST TWO YEARS TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF, UH, THINGS LIKE THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS WE'VE RECEIVED, THE NUMBER OF ISSUES, UH, THAT, UH, WE'VE EXPERIENCED, AND, UM, UH, THE, THE, UH, SERIOUSNESS OF THOSE ISSUES, UH, FROM BOTH A CODE AND A POLICE PERSPECTIVE.

UH, AND THEN, UH, JOE IS GONNA LEAD US IN A BRIEFING OF, UH, UH, SEVERAL LEGAL UPDATES.

UM,

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AND, UH, THEN FINALLY, UM, YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU A RED LINE OF THE CURRENT STR ORDINANCE.

JOE IS GONNA RUN, UH, ESSENTIALLY, UM, SECTION BY SECTION, UH, THROUGH THE RED LINE AND PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME CONTEXT AND AN EXPLANATION OF WHY WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE, THE ENHANCEMENTS TO THE CURRENT ORDINANCE THAT WE ARE.

AND, UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, WE, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO ANY, UH, DISCUSSION THAT YOU WOULD HAVE AND, AND WE'LL ALL BE AVAILABLE, UH, FOR QUESTIONS.

AND SO, UH, TO THE WHOLE TEAM, THANKS FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

UH, LINDSAY, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO GET US STARTED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL AND TO OUR CITY MANAGEMENT OFFICE FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME AND VISIT ABOUT SHORT-TERM RENTALS TONIGHT.

UH, AS IT TIES BACK TO A COUNCIL TACTIC, OF COURSE, WE WANT TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE, UH, INNOVATIVE INTEGRITY AND VITALITY PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD DESIRABILITY AND ENCOURAGE REINVESTMENT.

DAWN DID MENTION THAT THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT, I WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT OUR CURRENT SHORT-TERM RENTAL REGULATIONS.

OUR CHIEF OF POLICE, GARY TITTLE, WILL TALK ABOUT THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY RELATED TO RENTALS, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE LEGAL UPDATE FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY, JOE GOA.

SO, JUST AS A REMINDER, A SHORT TERM RENTAL IS A PROPERTY THAT IS WHOLLY OR PARTLY RENTED FOR A PERIOD, NOT LONGER THAN 30 CONSECUTIVE DAYS, WHICH IS THE BIG DIFFERENTIATING FACTOR IN OUR LONG-TERM, IN OUR LONG-TERM RENTAL PROGRAM HERE.

UM, IT APPLIES TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING GARAGE, APARTMENT, GUEST HOUSE, OR A UNIT IN A MULTI-UNIT BUILDING, INCLUDING AN APARTMENT, A CONDOMINIUM, A COOPERATIVE, OR A TIMESHARE.

CURRENTLY IN RICHARDSON, WE HAVE 92 SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTIES AS REGISTERED, AND WE HAVE 43 SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTIES PENDING REGISTRATION.

WE ARE LOOKING AT NEW SOFTWARE, WHICH WILL ENABLE BETTER PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION, UH, IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.

THESE DO NOT INCLUDE PREMISES THAT, UM, ARE USED FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES, INCLUDING EDUCATIONAL, HEALTHCARE, RETAIL, RESTAURANT, BANQUET SPACE, OR AN EVENT CENTER PURPOSE.

SO WHERE ARE WE TODAY? SO ALL STR MUST BE REGISTERED, AND THEY CAN DO THAT AT WWW.CO.NET/STR.

ALL SHORT-TERM RENTALS MUST PAY AN ANNUAL REGISTRATION FEE OF A HUNDRED DOLLARS, UM, TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A SHORT-TERM RENTAL, YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION ONLINE, WHICH INCLUDES OWNER INFORMATION, OPERATOR INFORMATION, AGENT INFORMATION, AND YOU MUST HAVE AN EMERGENCY LOCAL CONTACT THAT CAN GET TO THE PROPERTY WITHIN ONE HOUR OF A PHONE CALL.

UH, ALL APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A DEPICTION OF THE FLOOR PLAN WITH THE LO WITH THE LOCATION OF FIRE SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND EMERGENCY EXITS, AND, UH, A SWORN STATEMENT BY THE OWNER THAT ALL ITEMS REQUIRED IN THE ORDINANCE HAVE BEEN MET.

THE CITY DOES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT INTERIOR INSPECTIONS OF SHORT TERMINALS IF REQUESTED AND APPROVED BY PROPERTY OWNERS OR TENANTS OR A SEARCH WARRANT IS OBTAINED.

REGISTRATION CAN BE REVOKED BY THE DIRECTOR OR THE DESIGNEE, UH, FOR SEVERE AND OR REPEATED VIOLATIONS, ANY REVOCATION CAN BE APPEALED TO THE CITY MANAGER.

WE HAVE UPDATED OUR BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR GUIDE JUST A LITTLE BIT.

THE MOST COMMON COMPLAINTS WE GET AT SHORT-TERM RENTALS ARE, OF COURSE, TRASH, NOISE AND PARKING.

SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE TRY TO HIGHLIGHT IN THIS.

BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR GUIDE.

WE DID UPDATE THE PARKING TO INCLUDE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO PROPERLY PARK AT CUL-DE-SACS.

UM, THE CODE COMPLAINTS, AS YOU CAN SEE, PARKING AND TRASH ARE OUR BIGGEST CATEGORIES.

UH, OF COURSE THESE COMPLAINTS ARE ONES THAT I RECEIVED TOO, SO SOME OF THEM INCORPORATE NOISE AND OTHER NUISANCE VIOLATIONS LIKE FENCES OR BARKING DOGS.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN THIS OVER TO OUR CHIEF OF POLICE, GARY TITTLE.

THANK YOU LINDSEY.

AND, UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UM, SO AS WE LOOK AT THIS FROM THE PD PERSPECTIVE, UM, THE NUMBERS TELL A STORY IN, IN MY OPINION, RIGHT HERE AS WE LOOK AT THE 2025 NUMBERS, WE'VE HAD 38 CALLS FOR SERVICE OUT TO, UM, 26 SEPARATE LOCATIONS.

AND SO YES, THAT REFLECTS, UM, MAJORITY OF THOSE CALLS FOR SERVICE.

OF THOSE 38 ARE SINGLES.

UM, SOME DO REPRESENT DOUBLE CALLS FOR SERVICE, AND WE'VE GOT A COUPLE THAT DID GENERATE THREE CALLS FOR SERVICE TO A SPECIFIC UNIQUE PROPERTY IN 2024.

THOSE NUMBERS WERE HIGHER, 78 CALLS FOR SERVICE TO, UH, TO THE PD ON 46, UM, PROPERTIES.

KEEPING THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, UH, IN 2025, WE RESPONDED TO ABOUT, UH, 52,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE

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FROM THE COMMUNITY.

SO WHAT DID THOSE CALLS FOR SERVICE LOOK LIKE, UM, TO THOSE SHORT, SHORT-TERM RENTALS? UM, AS YOU SEE IN THE, UH, BLUE COLUMNS, UM, FOR 2025 REPRESENTING, UH, DISTURBANCES WAS OUR PRIMARY CALL.

THAT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TO LOUD MUSIC, UM, TO PEOPLE, UM, BEING LOUD AND NOISY IN THE BACKYARD, FRONT YARD, ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.

THEN, UM, A CATCHALL BEING A MISCELLANEOUS AND THEN RESIDENTIAL ALARM GOING OFF A TOTAL OF ONE OF THOSE IN 2025, UH, COMPARED TO SIX AND 24.

AND THEN SUSPICIOUS PERSONS PARKING VIOLATIONS, THREE AND 20, 24, 1 AND 25, UM, FRAUD.

UM, PROBABLY SOME TYPE OF CREDIT CARD ABUSE.

UH, UM, TWO OF THOSE IN EACH, UH, 24 AND 25.

AND THEN AS YOU, UH, AS YOU SEE ON DOWN, UM, INVESTIGATION, THAT WOULD BE A FOLLOW UP INVESTIGATION FROM EITHER PATROL OR A DETECTIVE.

UM, MINOR ACCIDENT, UH, NEED OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OF SOME SORT.

AND THEN, UM, A UAS IS, UM, DEPLOYING A, A DRONE.

SO GENERALLY WHAT WE DO ON SOMETHING OF THIS NATURE IS IF A PROPERTY IS HAVING AN ONGOING ISSUE, WE IDENTIFY THAT THROUGH CALLS FOR SERVICE.

UM, OBVIOUSLY WE COORDINATE WITH LINDSAY AND HER TEAM AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND, UM, WE, UH, RESEARCH THAT FROM OUR RESPECTIVE, UH, UH, DEPARTMENTS.

UM, WE COME UP WITH A GAME PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COVERING, UM, THE ISSUES AS A WHOLE.

AND THEN MOST OFTEN, UM, IT WOULD IN, UM, INCORPORATE A VISIT WITH A CONCERNED CITIZEN SO THAT, UH, WE CAN GET THEIR PERSPECTIVE.

AND THEN WE MAKE A DETERMINATION ON WHETHER OR NOT TO MEET WITH THE SHORT TERM, UM, RENTAL PROPERTY MANAGER.

UM, OWNERSHIP.

UM, THIS HAS BEEN THE, THE MOST EFFECTIVE STRATEGY THAT WE'VE HAD, UH, USING IT JUST A FEW TIMES.

BUT, UM, WE HAVE, UH, TRIED TO MAKE THIS A PARTNERSHIP BOTH BETWEEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO INCORPORATING, UM, COMMUNITY SERVICES THERE.

AT THIS TIME, I'M GONNA PITCH IT TO OUR, UH, CITY ATTORNEY, UH, JOE GODA.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

SO, AS FAR AS THE OTHER LEGAL UPDATES GO RELATED TO SHORT TERM RENTALS, UM, WHAT WE KNOW IS WE'RE STILL, AND I I THINK THIS WAS THE SAME ANSWER SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS, WE'RE STILL OPERATING IN A GRAY AREA WHEN IT COMES TO CASE LAW AND COURT'S DECISIONS ON HOW FAR CITIES CAN GO.

UM, AS IT RELATES TO REGULATING SHORT-TERM RENTALS.

I MEAN, WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT WE CANNOT COMPLETELY PROHIBIT SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN ALL ZONING DISTRICTS.

UH, WE KNOW THAT AS A FACT, MOST OF THE CASE LAW FALLS, A TOTAL PROHIBITION, UM, WOULD NOT BE PERMISSIBLE.

AND ESSENTIALLY THE REASONS BEHIND A LOT OF THESE, UM, THESE COURT DECISIONS IS THE COURTS FIND THAT THERE'S A, THAT WE HAVE A, THAT PEOPLE HAVE A PROPERTY INTEREST OR A RIGHT IN THEIR HOMES.

UM, AND SO THESE COMPLETE BANS AREN'T BEING, AREN'T BEING UPHELD AS FAR AS, UH, WHAT ABOUT RESTRICTING THEM IN CERTAIN ZONING DISTRICTS OR BASED ON DENSITY.

YOU'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE CITIES, UM, THAT ARE NOW LOOKING AT, UH, RESTRICTING THEIR ORDINANCES, EITHER WHETHER IT'S DENSITY RELATED OR CERTAIN ZONING ZONING DISTRICTS.

BUT AGAIN, WE'RE STILL OPERATING IN THAT GRAY AREA.

YOU HAVE THE CITY OF DALLAS, DALLAS CASE OUT OF, OUT OF THE, UH, DALLAS COURTS, WHICH IS ACTUALLY NOW ON APPEAL AT THE SUPREME COURT, UH, TEXAS SUPREME COURT.

YOU HAD A RULING OUTTA TARRANT COUNTY, WHICH IS CONTRARY TO THE RULING OUT OUT OF DALLAS COUNTY.

AND REALLY THE, THE DECISION THAT'S GONNA BE BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT, IF IT, IF THE SUPREME COURT ACTUALLY, UM, RULES ON IT IS WHETHER OR NOT, OR HOW FAR CAN WE GO, CAN WE GO WITH THESE PRO WITH THESE PROHIBITIONS? UM, WE DO KNOW BASED ON, BASED ON THE CASES IN THOSE CITIES THAT HAVE PLACED RESTRICTIONS ON SHORT-TERM RENTALS AND HAVE REPLACED THOSE RESTRICTIONS IN, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTIAL AREAS, IS THEY'VE DOC, THEY'VE, THEY'VE DONE STUDIES AND THEY'VE DONE DOC DOCUMENTED THE REASONS WHY THEY'RE PUTTING THE PROHIBITIONS ON SHORT-TERM RENTALS.

FOR EXAMPLE, ARLINGTON, ARLINGTON DID A STUDY, THE CITY OF PLANO DID A STUDY, UM, AND THEY LOOKED AT DIFFERENT THINGS.

THEY LOOKED AT, UH, THE PUBLIC INPUT WAS VERY IMPORTANT.

UM, AS FAR AS WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS ON THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES, WHAT ARE THE POLICE CALLS, UH, THAT ARE COMING TO, THAT ARE OCCURRING AT THE SHORT-TERM RENTALS, UH, ESSENTIALLY COMPLIANCE ISSUES.

SO AGAIN, IF THERE ARE GONNA BE ANY TYPES OF RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE GONNA BE IN PLACE, WE DO KNOW THAT THOSE RESTRICTIONS NEED TO BE BACKED BY SOME TYPE OF STUDY OR SOME TYPE OF FINDINGS.

UM, THAT THOSE RESTRICTIONS ARE, THERE'S A LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENTAL PURPOSE IN THOSE, UH, RESTRICTIONS, THAT THOSE RESTRICTIONS WOULD BE SUPPORTED, UM, BY, BY THOSE FINDINGS.

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SO WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF IMPOSING BROAD RESTRICTIONS? WELL, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CITIES SUCH AS DALLAS, WHAT WERE THE CONSEQUENCES OF IMPOSING THOSE BROAD RESTRICTIONS? OBVIOUSLY, THAT THEY, THAT THERE WAS A LAWSUIT.

UM, AND AGAIN, THE COURTS GO BACK TO RECOGNIZING THIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT FOR PEOPLE TO LEASE THEIR PROPERTY.

UH, AND WHAT ARE THE, WHAT ARE THE CLAIMS USUALLY THAT ARE GONNA, UH, COME ABOUT? IF YOU PUT A RESTRICTION IN AND THE RESTRICTION IS TOO BROAD, USUALLY IT'S GONNA BE A, A TAKINGS CLAIM.

SO, UH, WHAT WE DID IS WE WENT THROUGH YOUR CURRENT ORDINANCE AND AT LEAST LOOKED AT A MINIMUM.

WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, AT LEAST TO IMPROVE THE ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS TODAY? AND THIS IS MAINLY, UM, LOOKING AT IMPROVEMENTS.

IT WOULD BE FROM AN, FROM AN ENFORCEMENT STANDPOINT, THAT WOULD HELP THE CITY, UH, ENFORCE THESE.

AS, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A VIOLATION OF A SHORT-TERM RENTAL, UM, THAT'S IN OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES, IT'S A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR, FINAL ONLY OFFENSE, $500, UM, OR LESS FOR, FOR, UM, AN OFFENSE OR THE ABILITY TO HAVE YOUR, UM, YOUR, YOUR PERMIT OR YOUR REGISTRATION, UM, BASICALLY REVOKED, UH, USUALLY REVOKED FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, WHILE THE COURTS HAVE NOT UP UPHELD A PERMANENT REVOCATION FROM A PARTICULAR SHORT-TERM RENTAL.

SO SOME OF THE, UM, AREAS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, UH, BEEFING UP A LITTLE BIT IS STARTING WITH THE DEFINITIONS AND THE DEFINITION OF AN OWNER, EXPANDING THAT DEFINITION TO CLEAR, CLEARLY IDENTIFY, UH, WHO IS THE OWNER AND WHO IS THAT RESPONSIBLE PARTY, UH, CAST A LITTLE BIT OF A WIDER NET AS FAR AS THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.

UH, THE APPLICANT MUST NOW INCLUDE ALL ADVERTISING LINKS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER.

AGAIN, THAT HELPS THE CITY, UM, TRACK DOWN WHO ARE THESE PROPERTY OWNERS AND THAT THE OWNER SHALL UPDATE THE CITY WITHIN 72 HOURS OF ANY CHANGES TO A REGISTRATION.

ALSO, AGAIN, IMPORTANT, YOU'VE HEARD SOME OF THE CITIZENS TALK ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES AND, AND THEY'RE TRYING TO GET AHOLD OF SOMEBODY.

UM, THE CITY RUNS INTO THE SAME PROBLEMS TRYING TO FIND SOMEBODY, UM, THAT WE CAN GET TO RESPOND, UH, TO THESE SHORT TERM RENTAL ISSUES.

AGAIN, GUESS GUEST SAFETY NOTIFICATION AS A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT, WHICH WOULD BE A COPY OF THE CURRENT INVALID REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE MUST BE DISPLAYED AT THE PROPERTY HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX.

UH, THE, THE COURTS HAVE BEEN CLEAR, UH, IN THE ABILITY OF THE CITY TO, UH, BASICALLY, UM, CHARGE THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX.

SO THESE WOULD BE NEW PROVISIONS THAT WOULD REQUIRE, UH, THE OWNERS OF THESE SHORT TERM RENTALS TO COLLECT AND REMIT ALL APPLICABLE HO HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES.

UH, BASICALLY IN COMPLIANCE, UH, WITH, UH, WITH STATE LAW.

AND THEN WE'RE REALLY, UM, CHANGING THE REVOCATION OF REGISTRATION PROCESS.

BASICALLY, THE DIRECTOR WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO REVOKE A REGISTRATION OF A SHORT-TERM RENTAL BASED ON A CERTAIN CRITERIA.

AND THEN WE ARE ALSO GONNA LAY THAT CRITERIA OUT.

SO YOU, IT'S KIND OF ONE STOP SHOPPING.

YOU GO TO THE CODE AND YOU HAVE ALL THE, ALL THE VIOLATIONS THAT ARE LISTED IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.

SO WE'RE GONNA CLARIFY AND EXPAND THE GROUNDS FOR REVOCATION OF A SHORT-TERM RE UH, REGISTRATION PERMIT ESTABLISHED, AND SPECIFIC CRITERIA FOR WHEN AND WHY A REGISTRATION, UH, CERTIFICATE MAY BE REVOKED.

AGAIN, THE COURTS HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR IN THAT YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO READ THAT ORDINANCE AND DETERMINE WHAT ARE THE REASONS FOR REVOCATION.

THEN THE DIRECTOR WILL, WILL HAVE THE REASONS THERE FOR REVOCATION.

THEN THAT HOMEOWNER WOULD HAVE A RIGHT TO APPEAL THE REVOCATION BY THE DIRECTOR.

AS FAR AS THE REVOCATION APPEALS, UH, CLARIFY THAT THE OWNER APPEALS PROCESS FOR THE REVOCATION OF THE SHORT TERM RENTAL PERMIT, UH, THE ACTUAL STEPS, THE TIMELINES, THE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS, A HEARING PROCEDURE, AND THAT WOULD ACTUALLY SATISFY THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE THAT'S REQUIRED FOR A REVOCATION.

'CAUSE AGAIN, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, YOU'RE TAKING AWAY A PROPERTY, RIGHT? SO YOU NEED TO HAVE A DUE PROCESS, UH, IN THE ORDINANCE IF YOU'RE GONNA TAKE AWAY THAT PROPERTY, RIGHT? THEN WE HAVE THE SEPARATE OFFENSE SECTION.

THE OFFENSES, NOT ONLY WOULD THE OFFENSES BE A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR OFFENSE, UM, BUT ALSO THEY WERE, WOULD ALSO ENUMERATE THE REASONS FOR, UH, POSSIBLE, UM, UH, PULLING OF THE PERMIT.

AND SO REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, LOOKING AT TONIGHT IS STAFF GETTING FEEDBACK FROM YOU.

AS FAR AS THE CURRENT SHORT TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE, THE, UH, THE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'VE MADE, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO, UH, TRACK THE LEGAL CASES.

AS I MENTIONED, THE DALLAS CASE IS CURRENTLY, UH, BRIEFING WAS DUE BEFORE THE, UH, SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS, UH, EAR EARLIER THIS MONTH, ACTUALLY LAST MONTH, FEBRUARY.

AND SO WE'LL BE TRACKING THAT CASE, UM, AND, AND SEE WHERE THAT CASE GOES AND IF IT GIVES US ANY MORE SHEDS, ANY MORE LIGHT ON HOW FAR WE CAN GO WITH THE REGULATIONS AND THE RESTRICTIONS OF THE REGULATIONS IN DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICTS.

UM, AGAIN, UH, AND THE CITY IS LOOKING AT ALSO PROCURING AND IMPLEMENTING NEW, UH, SHORT-TERM RENTAL SOFTWARE.

STAFF MAY TALK ABOUT THAT, THAT SOFTWARE WILL ALSO HELP TRACK THE NUMBER OF SHORT TERM RENTALS, UM, THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY, UH, WHICH WOULD BE A GREAT ADVANTAGE COMPARED TO, I GUESS, THE SYSTEM THAT WE'RE USING NOW TO TRACK THE SHORT TERM RENTALS AND THEN, UM, REPORT BACK AND GIVE ANY UPDATES TO COUNCIL AS NECESSARY.

MAYOR, I, I, I, UH, JUST WANT TO ADD, UH, JOE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

UM, THERE WERE SEVERAL, UH, COMMENTS THAT I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF ADDRESS PROACTIVELY THAT WERE MADE DURING THE VISITOR

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SECTION.

SO THE, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION OF, UM, HAVING A RESTRICTION TO CAP THE NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS PER ROOM.

THE CITY, UH, DOES HAVE THAT ABILITY TO DO TODAY.

WE CAN CAP THE NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS BY LIVING, UH, THE AMOUNT OF LIVING AREA THAT'S PROVIDED, THE AMOUNT OF DINING AREA, THE, UH, NUMBER OF SQUARE FEET IN THE BEDROOM, A A VARIETY OF OTHER, UH, MEASURES.

AND SO WE ARE, WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT TODAY, UM, AND, AND APPLY THOSE SAME REGULATIONS THAT WE APPLY TO, UH, RENTAL REGISTRA, I MEAN, UH, RE UM, UM, SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL HOMES OR MULTI-FAMILY HOMES, WE CAN APPLY TO THE SITUATION.

UM, THE, UM, PARKING ISSUE IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE, UH, HAVE AVAILABLE AND, AND ARE ABLE TO ENFORCE TODAY.

THE SAME PARKING RESTRICTIONS, UH, THAT ARE, UM, APPLIED TO ALL, UH, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING AREAS APPLY HERE.

SO THAT'S THINGS LIKE PARKING TOO FAR FROM THE CURB, PARKING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC, UM, AND THEN AGAIN, PARKING OVERNIGHT BETWEEN, UH, TWO AND 8:00 AM RECALL.

THAT IS A POLICY DECISION THAT OUR PRIOR COUNSEL MADE, UM, THAT THEY DID NOT WANT TO RESTRICT, UM, SOMEONE'S ABILITY TO, UM, UH, TO HAVE GUEST OVER.

IT COULD BE, UH, YOU KNOW, ANY, FOR ANY VARIETY OF REASONS PRIOR TO 2:00 AM.

UH, AND AS, UH, UM, OH, THERE, IT'S AS, UH, AS, UH, OUR CITY ATTORNEY CAN AFFIRM TO YOU, THERE IS NOT AN ABILITY, A LEGAL ABILITY TO, UH, APPLY ONE SET OF PARKING RESTRICTIONS BASED ON THE OCCUPANT OF THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME.

IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S ON A ZONING DISTRICT BASIS.

AND SO, UH, ANY RESTRICTION THAT WOULD BE APPLIED TO A SHORT-TERM RENTAL WOULD ALSO HAVE TO BE APPLIED TO OTHER SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

AND SO THAT WAS THE SAME DILEMMA.

THE PRIOR COUNSEL WAS, UH, TRYING TO BALANCE HOW DO YOU ALLOW FOLKS TO HAVE, UM, THE ABILITY TO HAVE GUESTS OVER, BUT NOT ALLOW IT TO BE A, A PERMANENT OVERNIGHT PARKING SITUATION EVERY NIGHT.

AND I'LL TELL YOU, FOR THE MOST PART, CITYWIDE, THIS HAS BEEN AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR US, UH, DEALING WITH, UM, UH, OTHER, UH, SIMILAR ISSUES.

AND THEN I'D LIKE TO CITY ATTORNEY TO JUST, UM, UH, TALK A LITTLE BIT.

UM, THE COUNSEL SET THE A HUNDRED DOLLARS, UH, APPLICATION FEE THAT WAS, UH, YOUR PRIOR COUNSEL, BUT THE PRIOR COUNSEL'S DESIRE TO HAVE THAT, UH, TO BE CONSISTENT AND SIMILAR WITH THE SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL REGISTRATION, UH, FEE.

UH, AGAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, UH, JOE CAN ELABORATE ON THIS, THE FEE IS NOT INTENDED TO BE PUNITIVE.

IT'S INTENDED TO BE REASONABLE AND, UH, A, UM, A RECUPERATION OF THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING THE SERVICES.

AND SO, UM, THOSE WERE THE OTHER, UH, POINTS THAT I WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE PROACTIVELY ADDRESS THAT WERE MENTIONED EARLIER.

ALRIGHT, UH, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS.

I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER, DORIAN, YOU'VE GOT YOUR LIGHT ON.

I, I DO.

AND HOW DO WE DO THAT? UM, THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION ON HAVING A CURFEW, UH, DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS OR GUESTS, IF YOU WILL, CAN BE IN A HOME VERSUS A STANDALONE ST.

IF YOU DON'T MIND, UH, POINTING OUT, OH, THANK YOU.

SORRY.

LET ME BRING IT.

NO PROBLEM.

YEAH, I, UH, I JUST, THERE'S, I KNOW THIS IS A, A VERY SENSITIVE SUBJECT AND WE'VE BEEN KIND OF JUST, UH, LISTENING, OR AT LEAST I KNOW I HAVE AND I KNOW THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE, UH, OVER THE PAST YEAR OR SO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE MOVING FORWARD? AND EVEN THOUGH I, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE A HOMEOWNER SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO WHAT THEY WANT WITH THEIR HOME, AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T AFFECT ANY RESIDENTS, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR DEVALUE THE HOMES, I THINK IT'S INEVITABLE THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE ST IN THE FUTURE.

UH, HOW THAT, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DETERMINE.

UH, NOT THAT WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS TONIGHT, BUT WE'RE HOPEFULLY GONNA GIVE SOME FEEDBACK TO SEE HOW WE CAN CONTROL IT.

I ALSO WANT TO STATE, UM, THERE'S TWO TYPES OF ST THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

ONE AN STR CAN BE AN ENTIRE HOME.

SOMEONE CAN RENT OUT AN ENTIRE HOME FOR SHORT TERM RENTAL, THEREFORE OPENING UP TO EITHER THREE, FOUR, OR FIVE BEDROOMS, WHICH I HEARD MENTIONED EARLIER TONIGHT, WHICH ALLOWS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN ONE HOME FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS A STANDALONE STRUCTURE, WHETHER IT BE BACK IN THE DAY, SOMEONE BUILT MAYBE A GARAGE APARTMENT ABOVE THE GARAGE, YOU KNOW, FOR A STUDIO OR, UM, AN OFFICE AND NOW IS USING IT FOR A RENTAL OR AN APARTMENT OR SHORT TERM RENTAL.

AND THERE'S ALSO FREESTANDING STRUCTURES OUT IN THE BACKYARDS.

UM, WHETHER IT COULD BE ANYTHING, AGAIN, FROM LIKE A TOUGH SHED TO A STRUCTURE THAT HAS A, UH, KINDA LIKE A STUDIO, UM, APARTMENT THAT AN AN, AN INDIVIDUAL REALLY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE IN THAT PARTICULAR, UH, BUILDING NOT FIVE OR SIX INDIVIDUALS, THEREFORE, ADDING MORE, UH, LESS VALUE TO THE HOMES.

YOU, YOU HAVE ALL THE TRAFFIC BACKUP, WHICH I KNOW WAS DISCUSSED EARLIER, AND THAT'S ALL, THAT'S BEEN A BIG, THAT'S BEEN A BIG ISSUE.

THE PEOPLE I'VE MET WITH AND THE FEEDBACK I'VE GOTTEN, IT'S THE SAME THINGS WERE DISCUSSED TONIGHT, AND I WON'T REPEAT ALL OF THEM, BUT TRAFFIC IS OBVIOUSLY NUMBER ONE.

UM, THE TRASH AND THE NOISE CONTROL IS, IS, UH, ALL TOP THREE, I THINK.

AND THE OTHER THING IS, UH, PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO DEVALUE THEIR HOMES.

THEY WANT TO KEEP UP THE VALUES IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH I COMPLETELY GET THAT AND, AND AGREE WITH THAT AND SUPPORT IT.

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STR.

AND HONESTLY, I'M LOOKING AT THESE AS TWO SEPARATE THINGS.

I'M LOOKING AT A, YOU KNOW, A SHORT TERM RENTAL BEING AN INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURE AND A, ON THE PREMISES OF THAT PROPERTY, AGAIN, WHETHER IT BE AN ADD-ON TO THE HOME OR A SECOND, UH, GARAGE APARTMENT, OR A STANDALONE UNIT THAT HAS AN ACCESS OF SOME SORT, WHETHER IT'S FROM THE FRONT OR FROM THE ALLEY.

AND THEN I'M LOOKING ALSO AT, HEY, WE HAVE AN INVESTOR HERE, INVESTORS COMING IN AND PURCHASING PROPERTIES, AND THEY'RE USE UTILIZING THE ENTIRE, UH, HOME AS A STR, WHICH AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE I FEEL LIKE WE NEED MORE CRITICAL REGULATIONS, ONLY BECAUSE THE FACT IS, TO EVERYONE'S POINT TONIGHT, THERE'S PEOPLE OUT IN THE FRONT YARD TILL TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, THE MUSIC'S LOUD, THERE'S TRASH, UH, PEOPLE DON'T REALLY CARE.

AND THEN OF COURSE, IT, IT, IT FALLS BACK ON THE HOMEOWNER.

WELL, THE HOMEOWNER, OBVIOUSLY, IF THEY'RE NOT HERE, THEY'RE GONNA ONLY BE ABLE TO DO SO MUCH UNLESS THEY HIRE A MANAGEMENT COMPANY THAT'S THERE AVAILABLE AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE AVAILABLE DURING THAT WHOLE ENTIRE PROCESS.

SO, AND THE ENTIRE TIME THEY'RE STAYING.

SO THAT PART, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO REGULATE AND HOW THAT'S GONNA BE AFFECTED.

OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, UH, CHIEF TILL HAD MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, UH, THE CALLS HE DID, THEY STRATEGICALLY LOOKED AT, UH, WHAT'S COMING IN CURRENTLY.

AND ALL THOSE THINGS HAVE TO CONTINUE BEING RAN THROUGH OUR, OUR POLICE SERVICE AND, AND FIRE SERVICE, YOU KNOW, THE SAFETY ISSUES.

BUT AGAIN, SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP IS THE DENSITY, UM, UH, THE VALUE OF HOMES, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IS THE FEE BASE GOING TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE IN A HOME OR AN STR, WHETHER IT BE STANDALONE.

AND TWO, HOW DO WE HANDLE THE, UM, HOW DO WE MONITOR THAT? HOW DO WE HANDLE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE? DO WE BASE IT ON SQUARE FOOTAGE? THOSE ARE SOME OTHER QUESTION.

DO WE BASE THE AMOUNT OF OCCUPANCY BASED ON A SQUARE FOOTAGE? IF YOU HAVE 200 SQUARE FEET, OR IF YOU HAVE A FOUR BEDROOM HOME, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE REGULATE THAT? I THINK THESE ARE JUST ALL QUESTIONS THAT ARE GONNA GET BROUGHT UP TONIGHT.

I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF PUT AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TONIGHT AND HAVE EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE ISSUES THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CONTINUE TO EARN OUT.

AND, UH, AND THERE'S MORE HERE, AND I'LL, I'LL LEAVE, I WON'T TAKE UP ALL THE FLOOR, BUT, UH, AND WE'LL CIRCLE BACK TO THIS, BUT JUST WANT TO CONVEY THAT THOUGHT OF WHAT EVERYONE IS ACTUALLY THINKING AT THE MOMENT.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, MR. ER, YOU MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CAP OCCUPANCY.

DO, WHAT DO WE DO NOW WITH RESPECT TO S STRS? WHEN SOMEONE SUBMITS AN APPLICATION, DO WE GO IN AND ACTUALLY PROVIDES A CO OF SORTS SAYING HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN BE AT THAT PROPERTY, OR HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE HANDLE THAT? OR DO WE SO IT, IT BEING AT THE PROPERTY IS DIFFERENT THAN OCCUPYING THE PROPERTY, RIGHT? HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING THERE, RIGHT? RIGHT, EXACTLY.

AND SO WHAT THE RE OUR, OUR CURRENT MINIMUM PROPERTY STANDARD IS, UH, MINIMUM PROPERTY STANDARDS ALLOWS US TO, UH, LIMIT THE NUMBER OF, UH, UH, PEOPLE THAT OCCUPY THE HOME, UM, BASED ON EVERYTHING THAT WE DESCRIBED EARLIER.

AND SO, UM, WE, UH, WE DO NOT DO THAT PRO, I MEAN, WE DID NOT DO THAT ON EVERY HOUSE.

UH, THAT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN DOING, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE US A FLOOR PLAN.

AND SO WE COULD CALCULATE HOW MANY OCCUPANTS WOULD BE ALLOWED TO, UH, RESIDE IN THE HOME OVERNIGHT.

YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING INTERESTING THAT WE SHOULD EXPLORE POTENTIALLY ADDING IT.

WE HEARD ONE OF THE SPEAKERS TONIGHT SAY, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WAS ADVERTISING 24 PEOPLE SLEEPING IN A FOUR BEDROOM HOUSE.

THAT'S PROBABLY MORE THAN WE WOULD SAY COULD OCCUPY THAT HOUSE.

AND SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN EXPLORING THAT, UM, HOW WE MIGHT BUILD THAT INTO THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I, I GET THAT IT WOULD BE REALLY HARD ON OUR END, UM, TO MONITOR, UM, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY STAYING THERE, BUT PERHAPS IT WOULD DISCOURAGE LISTINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, IF WE REQUIRE THAT AS PART OF OUR APPLICATION, IT WOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THOUGH, YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, UM, IF YOU HAD 150 SQUARE FOOT ROOM AND YOU SAW FOUR BEDS, THAT WOULD BE A CLEAR VIOLATION SO WE CAN ADDRESS IT EVEN, UM, YOU KNOW, IN ADVANCE OF SOMEONE OCCUPYING THE HOME.

AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE BEDS, THEN, YOU KNOW, PRESUMABLY THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SLEEP ANYONE.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, I MEAN, IT'S, UH, JUST, AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE WE RUN INTO ON SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, UH, RENTAL PROPERTIES OR MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES.

AND, UM, AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE PROBABLE CAUSE TO, TO FORCE SOMEONE TO LET YOU COME IN AND INSPECT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND SO, UM, IT IS A, IT IS AN ENFORCEMENT CHALLENGE, BUT HAVING, UM, HAVING THESE KIND OF, UH, THAT, THAT TYPE OF A RESTRICTION AS PART, UH, OR THAT KIND OF A CHECKOFF AS PART OF THE, UM, APPLICATION PROCESS WOULD BE SOMETHING WE COULD DEFINITELY EXPLORE AND, AND LIKELY IMPLEMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, RELATIVELY EASILY.

YEAH, I THINK WE SHOULD ADD THAT TO THE LIST.

'CAUSE I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A FEW HOUSES I THINK THAT WOULD, UM, LEGITIMATELY BE ABLE TO OCCUPY 24 PEOPLE OR WHATEVER THE, I THINK MAYBE 26, WHATEVER THE NUMBER WAS.

UM, CLEARLY THAT'S BEING ADVERTISED FOR PURPOSES OF THE EXACT ACTIVITIES THAT THESE NEIGHBORHOODS

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DON'T LIKE.

AND SO IF WE CAN ADD THAT AND, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS DISCOURAGE IT, UM, AGAIN, I THINK WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE ENFORCEMENT LOOKS LIKE.

WE WON'T BE ABLE TO INSPECT, BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME REASON WE'RE REVIEWING THE, UM, LISTINGS ONLINE AND WE SEE THAT IT'S IN VIOLATION THEN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ADDRESS IT THAT WAY.

UM, UH, MR. GRITA, CAN WE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF FOLKS ASKED ABOUT THE DENSITY RESTRICTION, AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THE STUDIES AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, THE FINDINGS.

CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT PROCESS WOULD LOOK LIKE IF, IF THE CITY DECIDED TO GO THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE THAT? YOUR MIC'S UP.

OH, SOMEBODY'S GONNA HAVE TO TURN THEIR MIC OFF.

TRY IT AGAIN.

LOOKING AT THE CITY, LOOKING AT THE CITIES THAT HAVE PUT THE RESTRICTIONS, UM, UH, ON DENSITY, UH, I THINK LEWISVILLE IS AN EXAMPLE.

PLANO, UH, IS AN EXAMPLE.

THEY, THEY HAVE DONE, UM, THEY HAVE DONE STUDIES AND USUALLY THE STUDIES, I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DIFFERENT.

LIKE ARLINGTON DID A VERY, VERY IN DEPTH STUDY.

THEY WERE REGULATING 'EM.

'CAUSE THEY HAVE, OBVIOUSLY ARLINGTON HAS A BIG ENTERTAINMENT, THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S LOOKING AT PUBLIC INPUT.

UM, WHAT, WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS IT DOING TO THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS? YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IF YOU HAVE A CLUSTERING OF, OF, OF THEM IN, IN ONE AREA, UM, WHAT DOES THAT DO TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD? THE INTEGRITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD? YEAH.

UH, SO IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST LOOKING AT ALL THE DIFFERENT, ALL THE TRAFFIC, UM, POLICE REPORTS.

UH, IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THIS, UH, REC THE FINDINGS IN SOME OF THESE CITIES, I'LL TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC, THE POLICE REPORTS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE NUMBER OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS AND IN PARTICULAR AREAS.

SO, SO, AND, AND, AND KEEP IN MIND THE COURTS YET HAVE ADDRESSED, UH, THE COURTS HAVE REALLY, THE COURTS HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON WHETHER OR NOT, WE CAN RESTRICT SHORT TERM RENTALS AND RESIDENTIALS.

THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE, THE CASE LAW HAS BEEN FOCUSED.

UM, AND WE'VE GOT KIND OF THE TARRANT COUNTY, LIKE I SAID, COURTS RULING ONE WAY WITH FORT WORTH.

OBVIOUSLY DALLAS ARE RULING ANOTHER WAY, BUT YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF, UM, UH, GUIDANCE ON ALL THESE DIFFERENT OTHER TYPES OF REGULATIONS WHEN IT COMES TO THE DENSITY.

SO OF COURSE WE CAN LOOK AT THOSE, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CAVEAT, THEY COULD ALWAYS BE CHALLENGED.

SO I MEAN, I GUESS A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS PART OF THOSE STUDIES WOULD BE LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, SOME OF WHICH WE SAW TONIGHT.

I WOULD GUESS LOOKING AT THOSE NUMBERS MAY OR MAY NOT JUSTIFY SOME SORT OF RESTRICTION BASED ON THE, WHETHER WE WANT IT OR NOT.

AND SO I'M MAKING THAT COMMENT FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE.

UM, ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT I REALLY STUCK OUT TO ME TONIGHT, I THINK IT WAS MS. EPSON THAT SAID IT, UM, THAT IT, THAT IT'S BECOME REALLY A BURDEN FOR THE RESIDENTS TO HAVE TO CALL IN AND REPORT THIS AND BE A SQUEAKY WHEEL ALL THE TIME.

UM, AND SO I, I WOULD JUST SORT OF SAY BASED ON WHAT WE SAW TONIGHT, IF WE WERE TO DO A STUDY, MY GUESS IS WE COULD NOT PROBABLY RESTRICT THEM.

SO MY ENCOURAGEMENT IS PLEASE BE THE SQUEAKY WHEEL SO THAT WHEN WE GET THE NUMBERS IN THE FUTURE, OR DECIDE POTENTIALLY TO DO A STUDY, THE NUMBERS JUSTIFY US BEING ABLE TO DO THIS.

BECAUSE I, I DON'T THINK, BASED ON WHAT WE SAW TONIGHT, AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THAT, IF, IF YOU THINK THAT THE NUMBERS WERE HIGH ENOUGH, NO, I MEAN, THE TEST IS A LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENTAL INTEREST.

WHAT IS A LEGITIMATE RIGHT.

GOVERNMENTAL INTEREST IN THE REGULATIONS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE PUT, THAT YOU'RE GONNA PUT IN PLACE.

SO I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S, AGAIN, I, I'M GONNA LET SOME OTHERS SPEAK, BUT I WOULD JUST SORT OF CAUTION ALL THE NEIGHBORS TO, TO CALL IN AS OFTEN AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN AND REPORT THIS SO THAT WHEN WE GET THE NUMBERS, IT REFLECTS A LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT INTEREST IN US NEEDING TO REGULATE IN SOME WAY TO, TO ENFORCE THESE IN NEIGHBORHOODS.

I'LL LET SOMEBODY ELSE GO.

COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN.

OH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S INTERESTING.

I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS HERE.

THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE HEARD ABOUT A LOT THE PAST COUPLE YEARS.

UM, I MEAN, MR. WEEL, I MEAN, I'M NOT SURPRISED.

I WAS NOT SURPRISED TO SEE YOU HERE.

UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, I I FEEL LIKE, AND I MENTIONED HIM SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THIS WAS, I THINK THAT UNREGISTERED ST ARE A HUGE, HUGE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE.

UM, YOU KNOW, ONE I'LL JUST START OFF BY SAYING I'M FINE WITH EVERYTHING IS DRAFTED.

I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT THAT NEEDED CLARIFICATION AND IT'S GOOD, BUT UNREGISTERED ST ARE A HUGE PROBLEM.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE SOFTWARE THAT WE'RE GONNA GET TO IDENTIFY THAT, UM, I THINK THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE A PRIORITY IN THE NEXT BUDGET.

I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, USING THAT SOFTWARE, UH, I, I WOULD HOPE, OR I WOULD IMAGINE POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, THIS KINDA LEADS INTO MY NEXT QUESTION.

UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.

MY NEXT QUESTION, JUST ON PAGE FOUR OF THE PACKET THAT WE'RE ALL HANDED, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, A SECTION SAYING, WE ADDED A SECTION HERE SAYING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, A LIST OF ALL SHORT-TERM RENTAL LISTING SERVICES THAT THE APPLICANT WILL USE TO ADVERTISE THE STR AND A LINK LISTING, UM, FOR EACH LISTING ON THE STR IS GONNA BE PART OF THAT PERMIT, I GUESS THAT PERMIT PACKET.

REGISTRATION PACKET.

AND IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT CHANGES, UM, IS THAT WHAT WE CONSIDER A MATERIAL CHANGE? IT WOULD BE IF YES, THEY WOULD'VE TO UPDATE THEIR APPLICATION, OR THEY WOULD'VE TO UPDATE THEIR REGISTRATION IF THEY CHANGED THE PLATFORMS THAT THEY WERE LISTING, UH, THE PROPERTY WITH.

AND THE REASON THAT'S BEING OR ADD TO IT, RIGHT? OR ADD YEAH.

OR IF THEY, IF THEY ADDED

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TO IT.

THE REASON THAT'S PART OF THE, THAT THE REASON THAT'S AN ADDITION IS BECAUSE OF THE SOFTWARE THAT IS, BY THE WAY, THE SOFTWARE HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED AND IT'S IN PROCUREMENT, SO THAT'S EXCELLENT.

IT'S, IT'S, IT'S EMINENT, BUT THAT IS BEING ADDED TO THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THAT VERY REASON.

THIS NEW SOFTWARE IS MUCH MORE ROBUST AND WILL ALLOW US TO IDENTIFY, UM, SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN, IN, IN, IN, IN VERY EFFECTIVE WAY.

UM, SO THAT'S THAT.

BUT THAT'S PRECISELY WHY WE WANNA KNOW EVERY PLATFORM THAT SOMEONE IS LISTING YEAH.

THEIR, UH, THEIR, THEIR SHORT TERM RENTAL ON, BECAUSE, UH, THE SOFTWARE IS GOING TO, IS GONNA BE ABLE TO SEARCH DOZENS AND DOZENS OF PLATFORMS, UM, VERY EASILY AND, AND COMPILE THAT LIST FOR US.

I MEAN, THAT'S GONNA BE EXCELLENT BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YES.

STEP ONE IS IDENTIFYING EVERYTHING.

AND THEN STEP TWO IS HAVING AN EFFICIENT WAY TO KEEP UP WITH THEM AS THEY EXPAND THEIR OPERATIONS, AS THEY DO THINGS THAT THEY SHOULD BE UPDATING US ON.

AND HAVING A WAY TO GO AND GET THEM FOR AN INFRACTION IF THEY DON'T UPDATE US APPROPRIATELY IS EXCEPTIONALLY IMPORTANT.

SO, AND THEN AGAIN, THE REASON I BROUGHT THAT UP IS JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST KIND OF FUNNY.

ONE OF THE, THE MOST EGREGIOUS THING I'VE HEARD WHERE THERE WAS THIS HUGE PARTY AND EMT HAD TO BE CALLED EXTREMELY LATE IN THE NIGHT, GO IN THERE, ALL THIS STUFF, ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THAT PROPERTY WASN'T EVEN REGISTERED AS AN STR.

AND IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR YOU SAID FOUR YEARS IN YOUR EMAIL.

I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT WE HAVE TO CRACK DOWN ON.

I MEAN, MORE THAN IF PEOPLE ARE REGISTERED AND FOLLOWING THE LAW.

I MEAN, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT GETTING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE LAW MM-HMM .

SO, YOU KNOW, FROM MY END, THAT'S, THAT'S SORT OF SECTION ONE, I MEAN, SECTION, YOU KNOW, SECTION TWO IS JUST THE FINES AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED.

AND, YOU KNOW, I I WILL SAY, LOOKING THROUGH A LOT OF OUR OTHER FEES AND FINES ON THE SCHEDULE, I MEAN, THE A HUNDRED DOLLARS FEE IS PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH THINGS LIKE THE, YOU KNOW, CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FEE OR RENTAL REGISTRATION FEE.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I, I DO WONDER, I DO WONDER IF THOUGH, I MEAN, MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING Y'ALL CAN OPINE ON.

I MEAN, WOULD THE COST OF THE NEW SOFTWARE OR COST OF ANY ADDITIONAL EFFORT, ONCE WE DO GET ALL THESE ST REGISTERED WITH US, UM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE IMPOSED ONTO THE FEE OR WE CAN INCREASE THE FEE TO SORT OF COVER WHATEVER COST OF THE SOFTWARE OR LABOR THAT WOULD BE? ABSOLUTELY.

AND AS PART OF OUR ALREADY, UH, PREPARING FOR THE UPCOMING UPCOMING BUDGET PROCESS, WE ARE LOOKING, UH, DOING A, A COMPLETE FEE SURVEY AS WELL AS LOOKING AT OUR COST RECOVERY, UM, STRATEGY MM-HMM .

TO DETERMINE IF THIS FEE, THE SHORT, I MEAN THE RENTAL REGISTRATION FEE, UH, ALL OF OUR BUILDING, UH, INSPECTION FEES MM-HMM .

UH, WARRANT ADJUSTMENT.

AND SO, UM, WE WILL BE PRESENTING THAT TO YOU AS PART OF, UNLESS YOU, UNLESS YOU THINK IT NEEDS TO COME SOONER.

UM, WE, THE PLAN I SHOULD SAY, WAS TO PRESENT THAT TO YOU HOLISTICALLY, OF COURSE, AS PART OF THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

SO YOU COULD LOOK ACROSS ALL THE DIFFERENT REALMS AND, AND, BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, A LOT OF THESE FEES ARE KIND OF, UM, KIND OF CALIBRATED WITH OTHER FEES MM-HMM .

UM, AND AGAIN, THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, YOU KNOW, BE FAIR AND REASONABLE IN THE WAY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO RECUPERATE THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING THESE SERVICES.

WELL, NO, THAT, AND I, I UNDERSTAND THAT, WHICH IS WHY I LOOKED UP THOSE OTHER FEES TO SEE, BUT YEP.

I MEAN, IT MAY BE WORTH IT, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THE PENALTY, UH, I, I'VE ASKED JOE TO REFER TO THIS, THE PENALTY, THE $500 MAXIMUM $500 PENALTY, UM, YEAH.

THAT, THAT'S SET BY STATE LAW.

THAT'S GOOD.

THAT WAS A QUESTION I HAD, SO I WILL SKIP THAT ONE THEN.

YOUR MUNICIPAL JUDGE ACTUALLY SETS A RANGE.

SO THEY WERE FROM $1 UP TO $500.

WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T SAY IT'S LIKE A THOUSAND DOLLARS OR 1500 OR YOU CAN'T SAY THAT.

IT'S JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST KIND OF CRAZY.

I, I WAS LOOKING AT IT.

I MEAN, I REMEMBER LINDSAY, WHENEVER I WAS A RENTER, WHEN I FIRST MOVED BACK TO RICHARDSON, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE BAIC SYSTEM.

I LEFT MY BACKPACK OUT A COUPLE TIMES AND I WAS SLAPPED WITH A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR FOR THAT.

THAT, SO IT SEEMS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST KIND OF FUN.

KEEP IN MIND THERE ARE SOME THINGS, UH, HEALTH AND SAFETY, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE HEALTH AND SAFETY RELATED THAT MM-HMM .

YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY THE APPLY TO YEAH.

SHORT TERM RENTALS, BUT ALSO TO THE RESIDENTIALS THAT CAN GO UP TO $2,000 MM-HMM .

IF THEY'RE HEALTH AND SAFETY RELATED.

SO, SO IN VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE IS UP TO 500, IF LET'S SAY A MM-HMM .

SHORT TERM RENTAL OPERATOR DECIDES THAT YOU'RE GONNA PULL OUT ALL OF THEIR, UH, REQUIRED SMOKE DETECTORS.

THAT'S A, THAT COULD BE UP TO 2000.

SO THERE ARE MANY MINIMUM PROPERTY STANDARDS THAT CODE ENFORCE EVERY DAY THAT COULD GO UP TO 2000.

THAT MAKES SENSE.

A LOT OF TIME OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS REALLY TRYING TO GET THE WORDING OF THIS ACCURATELY.

UM, YOU KNOW, REAL QUICK, I JUST HAD SOME, UH, THE LAST THING, THE LAST SORT OF BROAD TOPIC I HAVE ON THIS THAT I WANTED TO COVER WAS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL YOU GUYS ARE, ARE REALLY DOING A GOOD JOB ENHANCING AND DEFINING THE, UH, REVOCATION PROCEDURES.

I'D SAY FOR THE PERMITS.

WHAT YOU LOOK AT THE MATH THOUGH, AND, YOU KNOW, 46 UNIQUE PROPERTIES, 78 CALLS TO POLICE, THAT MEANS A LOT OF THESE WERE MULTIPLE CALLS, BUT THE CALLS AND THE, THE ISSUES THEMSELVES, I GUESS, ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE WASN'T ENOUGH TO WARRANT IT GOING BEFORE SOMEONE TO REVOKE THE PERMIT.

WELL, LET ME, SO, SO THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTION, AND WE, WE SPENT, UH,

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IF YOU'RE ASKING ME IF A, A, UH, A PUTTING A TRASH OUT EARLY VIOLATION, UM, IN FEBRUARY MM-HMM .

FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER ONE IN NOVEMBER, AND THAT WAS THE ONLY BY A TOTALLY DIFFERENT MM-HMM .

USER, AND THAT WAS THE ONLY ACTION WE EVER HAD AGAINST THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY.

IF THAT'S ENOUGH TO REVOKE A PERMIT, I WOULD, I, I WOULD SAY NO.

SURE.

UM, IF THAT OCCURS ON A ROUTINE AND REGULAR BASIS, EVEN IF IT'S JUST TRASHED OUT EARLY, I WOULD SAY YES.

AND SO EVERY EVERY ENFORCEMENT ACTION A POLICE OFFICER TAKES A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, TAKES A HEALTH ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, TAKES, DOESN'T MATTER WHAT KIND OF ENFORCEMENT IT'S, THERE HAS GOT TO BE SOME DISCRETION PERMITTED.

THE CONTEXT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

AND SO THIS NEW ORDINANCE, THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE IF IT'S ONE ISSUE, AND IT'S NOT EVEN, I SAW THAT IT'S NOT EVEN A CONVICTION, WE WILL REVOKE THE PERMIT.

FIREARM OFFICERS.

AND THAT'S THE KIND OF THINGS, THAT'S THE KIND OF THINGS THAT PLANO HAD EXPERIENCED THAT RESULTED IN THEM TAKING THIS ADDITIONAL STEP TO HAVE THIS STUDY.

AND SO, UH, COUNCILMAN, I WOULD SAY IT'S CONTEXTUAL.

UM, WE GET THE SPIRIT OF HOLDING VERY MUCH GET THE SPIRIT OF HOLDING THESE OPERATORS, UH, FEET TO THE FIRE AND MAKING SURE THAT, UM, THEY ARE, UH, RESPECTFUL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO OPERATE IN RICHARDSON.

BUT, BUT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO, TO, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO HAVE A ORDINANCE THAT SAYS WHEN THIS HAPPENS, UM, THIS, THIS IS EXACTLY GONNA BE THE CONSEQUENCE BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY FACTORS THAT GO INTO, UH, UM, MM-HMM .

AND, UH, UH, THE ENFORCEMENT OF THESE, UH, DIFFERENT ISSUES.

UM, I WOULD SAY THAT THIS IS FROM, FROM MY STANDPOINT, ULTIMATELY BEING THE PERSON THAT WOULD EITHER UPHOLD OR REVERSE THE, THE, THE REVOKING OF THE PERMIT.

THIS IS, THIS, JOE HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB.

THIS IS VERY, VERY TIGHT, AND IT PROVIDES, UH, A CLEAR SET OF GOALPOSTS THAT, UM, THAT WE DIDN'T PREVIOUSLY HAVE, AS WELL AS VERY ARTICULATELY OUTLINING, UM, WHAT A VIOLATION CONSISTS OF.

AND THERE'S WHAT IT DOES IN OUR 15 OF THEM IN HERE, JOE.

AND SO IT'S GONNA MAKE ENFORCEMENT, UM, BY OUR OFFICERS MUCH, UM, MUCH EASIER, AND IT'LL MAKE IT MUCH EASIER FOR US TO DO OUR JOB WHEN WE GET TO COURT.

WELL, JUST TO COME FULL CIRCLE, ONCE WE DO FIND EVERY SINGLE STR IN RICHARDSON THAT'S OPERATING ILLEGALLY RIGHT NOW, I'M GONNA BE VERY CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THE NEW NUMBERS ARE.

WELL, THANK YOU.

UH, I, I HAVE FEW QUESTIONS.

HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN CLARIFY THOSE.

MAYBE THE, THOSE WILL HELP THE OTHERS HERE, UH, EVEN THOUGH I PROBABLY KNOW A FEW OF THE ANSWER.

BUT I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND.

UH, AND SOME OF THE THINGS I FOUND AFTER SOME CONVERSATION WITH SOME, UH, RESIDENTS HERE, UH, NOW I HEARD THAT THERE WERE SOME INCIDENT THAT THEY WERE BLOCKING THE ALLEY FROM BOTH SIDE OF THE ALLEY OR MAYBE ONE SIDE OF THE ALLEY BY PARKING.

IS THAT SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, ALLOWED? LIKE IF IT IS ONE SIDE OF THE ALLEY, ANOTHER SIDE OF THE ALLEY IS OPEN, UH, IS THAT ALLOWED THAT BLOCKING ANY ALLEY? NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT.

ALL THEY NEED TO DO IS CALL THE POLICE.

THEY CAN ADDRESS THAT IMMEDIATELY.

AND IF WE COMMUNICATE WITH OUR, ALL OUR POLICE OFFICER THAT THAT'S NOT ALLOWED, THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY HELPFUL, UH, BECAUSE I HEARD THAT THERE WAS AN INCIDENT, IT WAS, POLICE WERE CALLED, AND THEY WERE TOLD THAT OTHER SIDE OF DALI IS OPEN.

SO NO PROBLEM.

COUNCIL MEMBER, CAN YOU DROP YOUR MIC OR PULL IT CLOSER TO YOU? SO I'M HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING YOU AND I, I DIDN'T HAVE FOOD ALL DAY, A LITTLE CLOSER AS WELL.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES.

PERFECT.

I CAN HEAR ME MYSELF TOO.

SO, YEAH, SO IF SOMETHING COULD BE CLARIFIED, YOU KNOW, IF ALLIE COULD NOT BE BLOCKED OFF EVEN ON ONE SIDE, ANYTIME, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE.

SO, AND, AND, AND GARY, PLEASE JUMP IN HERE.

SO IF SOMEONE IS TEMPORARILY BLOCKING AN ALLEY TO UNLOAD SOMETHING, FOR INSTANCE, AGAIN, CONTEXT MATTERS.

ABSOLUTELY.

I'M, I'M NOT GONNA ANSWER ANYTHING UN UNILATERALLY OR SAY THIS IS THE WAY IT ALWAYS IS.

NO, NO.

PARKING A CAR.

PARKING A CAR IN THE ALLEY AND BLOCKING THE ALLEY IS 100% ILLEGAL.

CODE AND ALL THIS EVEN BLOCKING, UH, THE RADIOS THAT, YOU KNOW, DRIVEWAY FLARE UP FIVE FEET RADIUS SO THAT CAR CAN TURN EASILY, SAFELY.

NO, NO, JUST, JUST THAT PARTICULAR THING, GARY.

AND OF COURSE, UNLOADING, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THINGS, YOU WILL BE, UH, YES, WITHOUT A DOUBT.

UM, THAT IS SOMETHING WHERE THEY ABSOLUTELY NEED TO CALL 9 1 1.

WE GET OUT THERE, WE TAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTION ON THAT, IDENTIFY WHO THE, UH, THE, THE CAR BELONGS TO, WHO PARKED IT THERE, AND, UH, AND GO FROM THERE.

UM, WHETHER THAT'S EDUCATIONAL ON OUR END OR, UM, MAKING, MAKING SURE THAT WE ALL ARE ON THE SAME PAGE AS YOU'VE REFERENCED, BUT, UM, ABSOLUTELY THEY NEED TO CALL.

AND NOW, SECOND QUESTION.

BLOCKING A DRIVEWAY IS NOT ALLOWED EITHER TEMPORARY, I UNDERSTAND LOADING, UNLOADING MM-HMM .

BUT CORRECT.

CANNOT PARK THERE.

NOW, PARTIALLY BLOCKING IS NOT ALLOWED EITHER, RIGHT? CORRECT.

OR EVEN, I WAS LOOKING AT THE STATE LAW

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EVEN BLOCKING THAT PORTION PARTIALLY IS NOT ALLOWED EITHER.

THAT'S WHAT I, I WAS READING MYSELF, EDUCATING MYSELF THAT WAY, I THINK.

IS THAT THE CASE IN RECESSION? THAT, THAT IS CORRECT.

UM, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT IN THAT THERE IS, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A DISTANCE LIKE THERE WOULD BE FOR A FIRE PLUG OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.

SO THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME BIT OF OPINION ON THAT, UH, AS IT RELATES TO THE OFFICER COMING OUT AND MAKING SURE THAT, UM, YES, UH, A NORMAL DRIVER SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET A NORMAL VEHICLE OUT OF THAT DRIVEWAY SAFELY.

YEAH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS AN ENGINEER, WE DESIGNED THAT FIVE FEET RADIUS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR HABIT.

WHEN YOU DRIVE THINGS OUT AND IN, WE CAN LAUGH ABOUT IT, BUT THIS IS THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR, MOST OF THE LIFE DUTY THERE THINGS THAT WE DO IS BASED ON OUR HABIT.

IF YOU GET YOUR, YOU KNOW, GET OUT FROM YOUR HOUSE, YOU WANTED TO GO TO WALMART, YOUR PROGRAM IS ALREADY THERE, I'M GOING TO THE WALMART, I'M GONNA GO THIS ROUTE.

YOU DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.

BUT WHENEVER YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT, CERTAIN NEW, THAT'S WHEN YOUR HEAD GETS SPINNED.

SO THAT'S WHY THAT FIVE FEET RADIUS, WHEN YOU TRY TO GET IN, GET OUT, BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT HOW TO GET IN, GET OUT, AND IF, IF YOU HIT THAT RADIUS, THAT MEANS THE RADIUS IS NOT FIVE FEET, THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE BECAUSE YOUR PRACTICE IS FIVE FEET.

SO IF SOMEONE BLOCKED THAT DRIVEWAY A LITTLE BIT, EVEN SIX INCHES, YOU COULD HIT THE CAR, OTHER CAR BY HITTING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOME OF THE THINGS, YOU KNOW, LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE SHORT TERM RENTAL PEOPLE, SOMETIMES THEY WOULD COME AND PARK SOMEONE'S AND THE HOMEOWNER'S NOT USED TO DRIVE OUT NORMALLY, AND THEY CAN HIT THAT CAR, YOU KNOW, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THAT'S, THAT'S A, THAT'S A PROBLEM SOMETIMES.

UH, BUT HOA CAN, THIS IS A LEGAL QUESTION.

HOA CAN ACTUALLY TOTALLY BLOCK THE SHORT TERM RENTAL FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD REGISTER, HOA, RIGHT? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.

IF, IF THERE, THERE'S A CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT HOAS NEED TO MEET IN ORDER TO HAVE IT IN THEIR, IN THEIR, IN THEIR DEED RESTRICTIONS.

BUT THE ANSWER IS YES.

CT DOESN'T HAVE TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE HO FOR THAT.

NO.

THAT'S, UM, UH, NOW HOW ABOUT THE POOL? HAS THERE BEEN ANY ISSUE LIKE POOL RENTAL? HAVE WE HEARD ABOUT THAT ANYWHERE? LIKE JUST THE, INSTEAD OF A HOUSE, SHORT TERM RENTAL, SOMEONE IS RENTING THEIR POOL.

SO NOT NECESSARILY RENTING THE, THE IMPROVEMENT ITSELF, BUT JUST RENTING OUT THE YARD IN THE POOL YARD IN THE POOL, YEAH.

I, THERE'S A PLATFORM FOR THAT WHERE YOU CAN RENT A POOL.

SAME EXACT GOAL AS IT, BECAUSE I MEAN, LONG TERM RENTAL, I THINK THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS VERY SIMPLE.

I, I, I WAS, I'M NOT DISAGREEING WITH THAT.

WE DON'T HAVE, I'M SAYING I'M LOOKING TO LINDSAY OR TO CHIEF TO SEE IF THAT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR US.

IS THAT SOMETHING? I DON'T KNOW.

IF WE, SOMETHING, CAN WE, IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WE BAN THAT THING OR THAT'S THE STATE, IT'S NOT GONNA ALLOW US TO BAN.

JUST, JUST A QUESTION, JERRY.

HAVE ANYTHING, YOUR HONOR.

NORMAL, NORMALLY, UM, UH, THOSE THAT RENT OUT, LIKE JUST THEIR POOL, IT IS COVERED.

UM, OR THERE'S A PROVISION FOR IT IN THE SHORT TERM RENTAL DEFINITION.

SO WHETHER YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING A PORTION OF YOUR HOUSE OR YOUR ENTIRE PROPERTY, IT WOULD BE, YOU'D STILL HAVE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OVER THE SHORT TERM RENTAL.

SO HYPOTHETICALLY, THEY WOULD HAVE TO REGISTER.

CORRECT? THEY'D HAVE TO BE REGISTERED.

I THINK, UH, NOW LIMITING THE NUMBER OF OCCUPANT, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING I GUESS IF WE USE, UH, COS OR C CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, THAT COULD MENTION CLEARLY, CLEARLY THAT HOW MANY PEOPLE COULD BE IN THAT HOUSE BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE HOUSE STATE.

YOU KNOW, I THINK WE TALK ABOUT THAT.

UH, YOU KNOW, EVEN FOR LONG-TERM RENT RENTAL, UH, WE CAN'T LIMIT, YOU KNOW, THE, WHO CAN LEASE OR RENT THE HOUSE, BUT WE CAN LIMIT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO CAN, CAN OCCUPY LEGALLY THE HOUSE PROPERTY.

SO I THINK BASED ON THAT, IF IT IS, IF WE ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND THEY HAVE TO POST IT ON THERE, EACH PROPERTY, THAT COULD BE CLEARLY MENTIONED.

THE HOW MANY? YEAH, I THINK, I THINK WE'LL, UM, SO I'LL HAVE TO LOOK AGAIN.

PREVIOUSLY, LEGAL HAS ADVISED THAT IF YOU ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF OCC OF OCCUPANCY FOR A RENTAL, THEN YOU ALSO HAVE TO ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR SINGLE FAMILY, ALL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

OH, OKAY.

BUT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THE SAME THING BY, UM, PUTTING IT ON THE REGISTRATION FORM AND HAVING THEM POST THE REGISTRATION FORM THAT THAT ACCOMPLISHES THE SAME,

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UH, BUT SHORT TERM IT HAS A LOT MORE CRITERIA, I GUESS.

UM, THERE'S, THERE'S CERTAIN, UM, YEAH, I THINK WE DON'T, FOR INSTANCE, WE DON'T REQUIRE A, A LOCAL CONTACT BE, YOU KNOW, AVAILABLE WITHIN AN HOUR.

BUT, UM, BUT A SHORT TERM RENTAL, I MEAN A, UH, PERMANENT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL RENTAL APPLICATION DOES INCLUDE, UM, OTHER INFORMATION THAT THAT'S APPLICABLE AS WELL.

I MEAN, RIGHT.

SO YEAH, IT'S, IT'S NOT EXACT, BUT IT'S SIMILAR.

BUT I THINK IF, IF THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THEM POST SOMETHING IN THE HOME THAT HAS AN OCCUPANCY LIMIT, YES, WE CAN ACHIEVE THAT THROUGH THE REGISTRATION, NOT OPENING UP THE HOST CO E FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.

UM, ALRIGHT.

I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE RIGHT NOW.

COUNCILMAN BARRIOS.

MAYOR.

UM, I HAVE QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS.

I'M GONNA STICK TO A COUPLE AND THEN SURE.

PASS IT AND WE'LL, WE'LL COME BACK.

ASK FOR THE MIC LATER SO I DON'T TAKE EVERYBODY'S TIME.

UM, JOE, JUST TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT, UM, COUNCILMAN SHAEL WAS ASKING ABOUT THE CO PIECE, THIS WASN'T ON MY LIST, BUT I JUST THOUGHT OF IT AS HE WAS SPEAKING.

AND WHEN WE, WHEN WE TAKE A HOT TAX, WE'RE TREATING IT LIKE A HOTEL IN A HOTEL OF TIMES.

I KNOW IT'S REQUIRED TO SHOW HOW MANY ON THE BACK OF A DOOR, HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN BE IN THAT ROOM WITH THE MAX CHARGES, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD CHARGE AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.

WOULD THAT, WOULD WE NOT IF THAT, IF THE LAW IS ALLOWING US TO TREAT 'EM LIKE A HOTEL ROOM, WHICH IS WHY WE COULD COLLECT THE HOT TAX, WOULD WE NOT BE ABLE TO DO A CO IN THE SAME WAY? THE LAW, THE LAW HAS BEEN, UM, PRETTY CLEAR AS FAR AS WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH RESIDENTIAL AND EVEN WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH LIKE RENTAL REGISTRATION.

AND WE, AND WE'LL LOOK AT RENTAL REGISTRATION AND, AND THE INABILITY TO, TO DO A CO.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT OUR REGISTRATION PROCESS, IT'S ACTUALLY MORE ENCOMPASSING THAN A CO YEAH.

THERE'S MORE, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT MORE INFORMATION WE'LL HAVE IN OUR REGISTRATION THAN WE WOULD HAVE JUST FROM THE SIMPLE CO.

UM, AND BECAUSE AGAIN, THE COURTS HAVE BEEN RELUCTANT SO FAR TO CALL THIS A BUSINESS, IT, IT IS A BUSINESS, BUT THE COURTS HAVE BEEN RELUCTANT TO CALL IT A BUSINESS.

COUPLE, UM, SOMEBODY EARLIER ASKED ABOUT AGE REQUIREMENTS, AND I KNOW AS A FORMER TEACHER, I'VE HEARD AND SEEN WAY TOO MANY PICTURES AND HEARD TOO MANY STORIES OF WHAT HAPPENS IN THESE BY SOME OF MY FORMER SENIORS.

UM, DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAY IT'S A 21 AND UP ONLY REQUIREMENT? IS THAT ALLOWABLE BY LAW? THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO.

WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER QUESTION THAT WAS POSED THIS EVENING BY A RESIDENT WAS LIMIT NUMBER OF RENTALS.

UH, CAN WE SAY X AMOUNT OF, COULD WE CREATE SOME KIND OF RULE THAT ADDRESSES MAYBE IN A DENSITY FORMAT SAYING ONLY X AMOUNT PER THE CITY, OR X AMOUNT PER MILE RADIUS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTROL 'EM BY DENSITY? YOU, AGAIN, YOU HAVE THE, THERE ARE, THERE ARE, I MEAN, THE SPS THAT HAVE PUT REGULATIONS IN AS FAR AS, UM, SPACING REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS SO MANY, SO MANY UNITS PER BLOCK, UH, AGAIN, THOSE HAVE NOT, THOSE HAVE NOT BEEN CHALLENGED.

SO YES, I MEAN THAT, THAT'S ON THE TABLE THAT YOU CAN PUT IN YOUR ORDINANCE, BUT IT'S NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY IT'S 100%, UH, GUARANTEED THAT IT WOULDN'T BE CHALLENGED, BUT YES.

FROM RENTERS IN THE COMMUNITY, DECIDED THAT THEY NO LONGER WANTED TO DO THAT.

UH, DON, YOU MENTIONED A MINUTE AGO WHEN SOMEBODY ELSE QUESTIONED ABOUT THE, USED, THE EXAMPLE WHEN WE WERE, I THINK, I BELIEVE IT WAS COUNCILMAN CORCORAN WAS ASKING ABOUT THE FINES AND YOU SAID, WELL, SOMETHING LIKE A FIRE ALARM REMOVAL HAS A HIGHER FINE.

SO HOW WOULD WE GO ABOUT KNOWING IF THEY REMOVE THEIR FIRE ALARM REMOVAL IF WE DON'T HAVE INSPECTION UNLESS THEY INVITE US TO, LIKE, THERE'S NO PROCESS FOR EVEN US TO DISCOVER THAT, RIGHT? WELL, IT'S, IT'S NO DIFFERENT.

IT, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE RIGHT.

AND IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN IN A RENTAL, A PERMANENT, UH, SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL OR IN A MULTI-FAMILY.

UM, THERE HAS TO BE JUSTIFICATION FOR US OBTAINING, UH, AN INSPECTION WARRANT TO GO IN AND, AND TO, TO VIEW IT.

UNLESS SOMEONE STAYED THERE, FOR INSTANCE, AND SAID, I'M IN A SHORT TERM RENTAL, THERE'S NO SMOKE DETECTORS, YOU KNOW, I WANNA FILE A COMPLAINT.

THAT PERSON CAN ALLOW US TO GO IN.

OR IF, LET'S SAY THE OWNER, UM, UM, INVITED US IN BECAUSE A TENANT HAD DAMAGED THAT, THAT, THAT, UM, THAT SAFETY, UM, SYSTEM.

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, AT ONE, JUST AS A REMINDER, AT ONE TIME IN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, WE REQUIRED ANNUAL INSPECTIONS TO, WE REQUIRED HOMEOWNERS, I'M SORRY, EXCUSE ME.

WE REQUIRED TENANTS AND RENTAL PROPERTIES TO ALLOW US INTO THEIR HOME EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

UH, THE COUNCIL AT THAT TIME, AFTER MUCH, MUCH PUSHBACK, UM,

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AND SO WE'VE BEEN THE DOWN, WE'VE KIND OF BEEN DOWN THE, THE, THE ROAD BEFORE OF, OF REQUIRING, UM, OCCUPANTS TO ALLOW US IN THEIR HOME WITHOUT OBTAINING, YOU KNOW, THE APPROPRIATE, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANTS TO, TO DO IT AGAINST THEIR WILL.

AND, UM, THAT WAS A, THAT WAS A DECISION THAT A PRIOR COUNSEL MADE TO NOT DO THAT ANY LONGER, UH, TO, UH, BOTH ON, ON THE, THE RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROGRAM AND ON THIS PROGRAM, UM, TO EITHER BE INVITED IN BY A PARTY THAT HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT OR TO GATHER EVIDENCE AND THEN TO OBTAIN AN INSPECTION WARRANT TO ENTER THE HOME UNDER THOSE, UNDER, UNDER THOSE, UH, GUIDELINES.

NEXT IS A COMMENT SLASH QUESTION.

DAWN, I KNOW EARLIER YOU SAID YOU WERE GONNA LOOK AT THE, YOU AND STAFF WERE LOOKING AT THE FEES THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS WE, YOU KNOW, IN THE COMING MONTHS.

I'M ASSUMING THAT GONNA COME TO US AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS? YES OR YES.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE A HUNDRED DOLLARS, YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE RECOUP OF THAT IS.

I HAVE OUR TUMBLING, 'CAUSE THAT'S PROBABLY TWO MAN HOURS FOR, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT EXACTLY OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MAKE, BUT THEN ONCE YOU ADD BENEFITS AND STUFF, THAT'S PROBABLY ABOUT TWO, TWO MAN HOURS.

IF IT'S AN OFFICER RESPONDING, THAT'S EVEN LESS THAN TWO HOURS.

'CAUSE THEY, THEY'RE HIGHER PAID, UH, INDIVIDUAL.

SO I HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING THE A HUNDRED DOLLARS RECOUP WHAT SOME OF THE, THE FEES GO INTO THAT.

BUT I, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT.

UM, CHIEF LAST QUESTION, AND LINDSAY, THIS IS, I DON'T KNOW IF CHIEF LINDSAY, YOU PROBABLY BOTH HAVE A PIECE OF THIS.

UM, CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND? SO, UM, I HAVE A NEIGHBOR, IT'S A SHORT-TERM RENTAL.

I CALL THE POLICE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER 'CAUSE IT'S JUST NOISE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

HOW IS THAT, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND FROM THE CALL TAKER'S PERSPECTIVE, HOW DOES LINDSAY END UP WITH THAT INFORMATION? IS THERE, DOES IT POP UP ON THE DISPATCHER'S PHONE THAT THIS IS A SHORT TERM RENTAL? IS THERE A SPECIFIC CODE? IS IT HANDLED BY THE OFFICER ON SCENE AND THE, I GUESS THE SECOND QUESTION TO THE SECOND HALF LINDSEY'S PART, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT ONCE A WEEK YOU GET DATA? LIKE HOW IS THAT, I GUESS, COMPILED AND TRACKED AND WHAT'S THE PROCESS THERE? WHEN IT'S REGISTERED, IT'LL POP UP, BUT AGAIN, GOING BACK TO EARLIER COMMENTS TONIGHT, IT'S GOTTA BE REGISTERED.

BUT ALSO THIS NEW SOFTWARE IS GOING TO HELP US IMMENSELY ON THAT.

UM, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UM, MORE REAL TIME INFORMATION INTELLIGENCE ON THAT.

UM, BUT ONCE WE DO GET SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE AND, UH, THE CALL TAKE PUTS IT IN TO THE DISPATCH TO INITIATE THE CALL FOR SERVICE, UM, WE GET OUT THERE, WE DO, UM, WHATEVER ENFORCEMENT ACTION OR, OR JUST COMPLIANCE ACTION THAT WE NEED TO TAKE.

UM, AND THEN WE, UM, WILL FOLLOW UP WITH LINDSEY IN HER SHOP AS IT RELATES TO, UM, THE COMPLAINT OR THE ISSUE.

SO, SO THE OFFICERS, YOU KNOW, OFFICER SMITH SHOWS UP TO 1, 2, 3, YOU KNOW, MAIN STREET FOR THIS, THIS HOUSE.

AND THEN, SO THEY'RE THEN ABLE TO KIND OF, THROUGH THE CHAIN OF COMMAND, COMMUNICATE THAT OVER TO, IN THEIR, I GUESS, END OF SHIFT REPORT OR SOMETHING.

AND THAT'S COMPILED IT, IT, IT WOULD BE, UM, AND I WILL TELL YOU THIS THOUGH, IF IT'S A ONE-OFF THAT IS GOING TO HAVE LESSER VALUE TO IMMEDIATELY PICK UP THE PHONE AT 8:00 AM IN THE, THE NEXT DAY AND, AND GET IN TOUCH WITH LINDSEY ON THAT.

BUT, UM, SOMETIMES THOSE WILL GO TO, AS WE'VE ALREADY HEARD TONIGHT, THOSE WILL GO TO ED COLEMAN, UM, WHO IS PHENOMENAL IN WHAT HE DOES.

AND, UH, HE'LL DO SOME FOLLOW UP AND THEN HE'LL COORDINATE WITH, WITH LINDSEY'S OFFICE AS WELL.

LINDSEY, DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT? NO.

LEGAL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE AS MUCH TEETH TO IT WITHOUT CROSSING ANY LINES AND, UH, TO PUT OUR CITY IN JEOPARDY.

UM, THANK YOU CHIEF, THAT'S, UM, DON, I, I LIKE WHAT THIS DOES.

THIS GIVES YOU ALL A LOT MORE TEETH.

UH, LINDSEY, I THINK THIS GIVES YOU A LOT MORE ABILITY TO DO WHAT I KNOW YOU HEAR FROM PEOPLE EVERY DAY.

UM, AND, UH, SO I'M, I'M SURE YOU APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO DO THIS TO HELP YOU DO YOUR JOB AND, UM, AS YOU RESPOND TO PEOPLE'S NEEDS AND CALLS, UM, AND CHIEF, I HOPE THIS GIVES YOU ALL SOME ABILITY AS WELL TO YOUR DEPARTMENT.

UH, SO I LIKE WHAT IT IS ON A PERSONAL LEVEL.

I, I, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK WE ALWAYS NEED TO DO MORE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, HEARING FROM LEGAL, AND I'M, I'M PERSONALLY TORN BECAUSE I'M NOT A FAN OF THEM.

I KNOW I, I, IF I LIVED IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS, I WOULD BE UP IN ARMS, UM, AND I WOULD BE VERY, VERY UPSET.

AND, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I DO KNOW THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE ON MY BLOCK WITH A SHORT-TERM RENTAL.

SO I, I FEEL YOU, UH, THIS PAST YEAR I HAD AN ISSUE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL, UH, ABOUT FIVE DOORS DOWN FROM ME.

BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT BASED ON WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM

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SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

AND IN, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR NOW.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHEN MATTER.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, DON AND JOE, I'M, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED.

WHEN WE SPEAK OF CERTIFICATE OF, OF OCCUPANTS, OR NO, I'M SORRY, NOT CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, BUT WE TALK ABOUT OCCUPANCY.

WHEN YOU SPEAK OF OCCUPANCY, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SLEEPING THERE AT NIGHT, WHICH IS A FAR CRY DIFFERENT FROM SOMEONE OPENS UP THEIR HOUSE.

BECAUSE I'LL MAKE, I, I MEAN, AND AGAIN, I'M JUST, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, BUT WE'VE ALL BEEN TO EVENTS AT PEOPLE'S RESIDENCES THAT I PROMISE YOU HAVE A WHOLE LOT MORE PEOPLE IN THERE THAN WHAT YOU COULD SLEEP IN.

WELL, I, I WOULD THINK THAT YOU COULD, COULD SLEEP IN THE HOMES.

SO I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED WHEN WE SPEAK OF OCCUPANCY, WHAT ARE, 'CAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE MESSAGE OUT CLEARLY THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SLEEP, LET'S SAY IT'S A FOUR BEDROOM HOME, MAKE THE ARGUMENT, TWO PEOPLE CAN SLEEP IN A, YOU KNOW, A GIVEN SIZE BEDROOM.

SO IT'S FOUR BED.

SO YOU MAYBE SAY EIGHT PEOPLE CAN SLEEP THERE.

BUT YOU COULD CERTAINLY HAVE MORE PEOPLE IN THERE.

AND PROBABLY EVERY ONE OF US IN OUR OWN RESIDENCES.

AND GIVEN THAT, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, AND, AND JOE PLEASE CORRECT ME ON THIS, THE LEGISLATURE STILL VIEW THESE AS A RESIDENCE.

THEY DO NOT SEE, THEY'RE NOT VIEWED CURRENTLY AS A BUSINESS.

SO THERE'S A DIFFERENCE THERE.

EVEN THOUGH WE CAN CHARGE HOTEL, UM, OCCUPANCY TAX, THEY STILL, OVERALL, THE DEFINING, IF YOU WILL, RULE OF LAW IS THAT IT'S A, IT'S STILL SEEN AS A RESIDENCE.

IS THAT, IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT? CORRECT.

AS AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE ANALYSIS IS STILL THAT THESE ARE, THESE ARE RESIDENTIAL, UH, YOU KNOW, DWELLING UNITS.

UM, THE OWNERS HAVE A PROPERTY PROPERTY RIGHT.

TO LEASE TO LEASE THEM.

AS OF AS OF NOW.

THAT'S THE WAY THAT THE COURTS ARE VIEWING THOSE.

SO, SO IN ESSENCE, IF CURTIS DECIDES TOMORROW TO HAVE A BIRTHDAY PARTY AND HE INVITES 50 PEOPLE TO THAT PARTY, WHETHER HE'S IN A SHORT-TERM RENTAL OR HIS OWN RESIDENCE, THE LAW WOULD BE THE SAME FOR BOTH OF THOSE, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND.

'CAUSE I THINK PEOPLE GET CAUGHT UP ON OCCUPANCY A LOT OF TIMES.

AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PERFECTLY CLEAR.

'CAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYBODY WALKING OUTTA HERE SAYING, HEY, I SAW 14 PEOPLE IN THIS AND I KNOW THEY COULD ONLY SLEEP 12.

SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, 'CAUSE I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ON WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT.

AND, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SHORT TERM RENTALS AND, AND THE WAY THAT THEY, THEY, THEY DO THE ENFORCEMENT ON OCCUPANCY, IT GOES BACK TO, IT GOES BACK TO THE, THE, THE NUMBER OF BEDROOMS, SLEEPING UNITS IN THE HOUSE.

THAT'S HOW YOU DETERMINE THE OCCUPANCY FOR THOSE PURPOSES.

THERE'S ALSO OCCUPANCY AS IT RELATES TO ASSEMBLY USE.

SO FOR INSTANCE, YOU KNOW, IF I'M GONNA HAVE A WEDDING IN MY HOUSE, THAT, THAT I'M ALLOWED TO DO THAT IN MY RESIDENTIAL, RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, OBVIOUSLY WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THE SECONDARY EFFECTS OF, UH, HAVING A WEDDING IN MY HOUSE, AS LONG AS I'M NOT GETTING MARRIED, IT'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, THE SECONDARY EFFECTS, THE NOISE, UH, PARKING AND SO FORTH.

WE HAVE OTHER ORDINANCES IN PLACE THAT DEAL WITH THOSE SECONDARY EFFECTS.

PEOPLE FOR A PARTY AT YOUR HOME.

NO, NO.

AND I UNDERSTAND THE SECRETARY OF EFFECTS AND CERTAINLY SO ASSEMBLY.

SO WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ON PROHIBITING, YOU KNOW, PUTTING REGULATIONS IN PLACE THAT WOULD PROHIBIT AN ASSEMBLY USE.

UM, WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE MADE THAT OBVIOUSLY WITH THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL, UM, THEY MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF THEIR, OF THEIR SHORT-TERM RENTAL AGREEMENT, BUT NOT NECESSARILY IN VIOLATION, IN VIOLATION OF OUR, OF OUR ORDINANCE.

SO IT'S DIFFICULT.

AND JUST, I WANNA BE VERY CLEAR, WHEN YOU SAY A VIOLATION OF THEIR SHORT-TERM RENTAL AGREEMENT, THAT'S BETWEEN THE HOMEOWNER CORRECT.

AND WHO'S NOT ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE CITY OR ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, I JUST FEEL LIKE WE GOTTA BE CRYSTAL CLEAR AS WE GO THROUGH THESE DIFFERENT POINTS SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND 100% WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

AND THERE AND THERE, THERE'S A, THERE'S A FINE BALANCE OF OF, OF PUTTING THAT OCCUPANCY NUMBER IN THERE.

AND, AND AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, THEY'VE ALL, SOME OF SOME HAVE GONE WITH THE OCCUPANCY, SOME HAVEN'T.

SOME OF THE CHALLENGED, SO AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE CHARTERED, WE'RE CHARTERING IN NEW TERRITORY WHEN IT COMES.

RIGHT, I UNDERSTAND.

COMES TO THOSE.

BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S VIEWED AS THIS IS A, IS STILL A HOME WITH A PROPERTY AND NO DIFFERENCE THAN, AGAIN, I'M JUST, 'CAUSE CURTIS SITS NEXT TO ME, HE GETS TO ALWAYS BE MY, MY PERSON.

BUT IF HE DECIDES TO THROW A PARTY TOMORROW NIGHT, HE CAN HAVE 50, 75.

NOW, IF HE CREATES A NUISANCE FROM NOISE, FROM PARKING, PEOPLE PARKING INAPPROPRIATELY FOR PUTTING HIS TRASH OUT TOO EARLY, WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO.

BUT THE FACT THAT HE THROWS A PARTY TOMORROW NIGHT, IF THEY'RE IN THE HOUSE, EVERYONE PARKS APPROPRIATELY.

THEY'RE QUIET, IF YOU WILL.

AND THEY HAVE, AND THEY HAVE THAT PARTY.

HE HAS THE RIGHT, HE COULD HAVE 50, 75.

HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE COME INTO COME INTO HIS HOME AND HAVE A PARTY? AND WE HAVE, THERE'S, THERE'S NO, BASED ON CURRENT STATE LAW, THERE'S NO ABILITY TO, WE, WE CAN'T SAY IT TO CURTIS.

CURTIS, OH, SORRY.

YOU ONLY CAN HAVE 25

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AND, AND RIGHT NOW, RIGHT, WRONG OR INDIFFERENT, AND I'M NOT, I'M NOT, I'M NOT MAKING AN ARGUMENT, I'M JUST TRYING TO BE PERFECTLY CLEAR.

SHORT TERM RESIDENTS ENJOY, IF YOU WILL, THE SAME RIGHTS CURTIS HAS AS A HOMEOWNER.

SO DOES THE SHORT TERM RENTAL.

RIGHT NOW, THE WAY THE LEGISLATURE AND THE WAY THE STATE LAW LAW IS SET UP, REMEMBER THE LEGISLATURE HAS BEEN SILENT.

THE LEGISLATURE, THEY'VE BEEN SILENT.

BUT, SO THERE'S NO, BUT, BUT IN ESSENCE THAT THOSE ARE THE SAME AT THIS POINT IN TIME, PULLING THESE DIFF THESE DIFFERENT COURT RULINGS TOGETHER AND TRYING TO INTERPRET, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, THERE'S NO CLEAR 100% GUIDANCE WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE QUESTIONS, RIGHT.

BUT, BUT RIGHT NOW, BEST GUIDANCE IS, OR YOU STILL BEST INTERPRETATION MAYBE OF ALL THE, YOU STILL TREATED YOU, YOU STILL APPLY THE SAME RULES THAT YOU APPLY TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AS YOU APPLY TO THE SHORT TERM RENTALS.

THAT THAT'S THE SAFEST GUIDANCE.

SO AGAIN, I KNOW, KNOW, I KNOW SOMEWHERE, SOMEWHERE IN AN UPDATE COMING MEETING, DON, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, ARE HOPEFULLY GONNA BE ABLE TO PUT OUR LEGISLATIVE UPDATE OR NOT UPDATE, I'M SORRY MM-HMM .

LEGISLATIVE, UM, AGENDA.

AGENDA.

SO ONE THING THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT IS I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY MAKE SURE WE HAVE ON THAT AGENDA TO OUR LEGISLATORS TO SAY, PLEASE GIVE US GUIDANCE IN THE REALM OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS.

AND I WOULD ALSO SAY TO EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM, AND EVERYONE THAT'S LISTENING TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR, BUT ALSO PLEASE NOT, NOT ONLY COME HERE, BUT GO AND TALK TO YOUR LEGISLATORS AT THE STATE LEVEL AND ASK THEM, PLEASE PUT IN, PUT IN LAW, PUT IN GUIDANCE INTO THE LAW, OR CREATE A LAW AND PUT IN THE GUIDANCE.

SO, SO THAT WE HAVE MORE, MY WORDS, MORE TEETH AS TO WHAT WE WE CAN AND CAN'T DO.

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, AS YOU'VE HEARD, WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT IS KIND OF COME BASED ON A COURT CASE OR A COURT CASE, OR A COURT CASE.

AND IT WAS POINTED OUT BY SOMEONE WHO SPOKE TONIGHT, ONE OF THE SPEAKER, MAYBE A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS AND SEVERAL PEOPLE UP HERE HAVE SPOKE ALREADY ON IT, IS THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, TO TO, TO TRY AND GET UBER AGGRESSIVE AND GET INTO A, A LAWSUIT AND THEN HAVE TO DEFEND THAT IS A COSTLY PROPOSITION.

I THINK THAT'S A PROBABLY A FAIR STATEMENT, JOE.

AND WE'RE, WE'RE, SO WE'RE TRYING TO STRIKE A BALANCE HERE, SO I HOPE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT AS WELL.

SO, AND, AND, AND THERE'S A DISTINCTION OBVIOUSLY FROM A, FROM AN ENFORCEMENT STANDPOINT, IF SOMEBODY IS RENTING A SHORT TERM RENTAL, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S FLYERS GOING AROUND TOWN OR BEING POSTED THAT THEY'RE HOSTING SOME TYPE OF PARTY, THEY'RE COLLECTING MONEY SELLING ELK.

NO, NO, NO.

I AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.

YEAH, NO, NO, THAT'S CLEARLY A VIOLATION, RIGHT? IT DOES HAPPEN.

BUT IF, BUT IF SOMEBODY, IF, YOU KNOW, THE, THE WHAT WHAT I'VE, WHAT I'VE UNDERSTOOD A A COUPLE OF THEM HAVE BEEN IS PEOPLE WILL GET A SHORT TERM RENTAL, THEY'LL HAVE A GRADUATION PARTY THERE, EVERYONE COMES THERE TO HAVE THE GRADUATION PARTY, AND THERE, SO THERE'S 50, 60 PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE.

AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, SO I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND, AND EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE DISTINCTION AS TO WHAT CAN AND CAN'T HAPPEN.

BECAUSE AGAIN, I KNOW THERE'S LOTS OF HOMES THAT HAVE LOTS OF MY WORDS PARTY, I GUESS PARTIES IS THE RIGHT WORDS, OR HAVE EVENTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE, THAT ARE NOT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT CAN SLEEP THERE, BUT KIND OF MORE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO CAN, WHO CAN COME AND BE IN THE, BE IN THE HOME.

AND I GUESS I'LL SAY COMFORTABLY BE IN THE COMFORTABLY IS A DEFINED WORD, BUT, OR NOT A DEFINED WORD, BUT THEY CAN BE IN THE HOME AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE WILLING TO BE THERE.

SO, OKAY, I JUST WANTED TO BE VERY CLEAR ON THAT.

UM, AGAIN, I, I AGREE.

I THINK IT WAS COUNCILMAN BARRIOS WHO SAID, YOU KNOW, I CERTAINLY AGREE, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CODIFY AS ABSOLUTELY AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, AND AGAIN, WOULD AGREE WITH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE.

PLEASE CALL.

BECAUSE AGAIN, I THINK WE'D BE VERY, VERY HARD PRESSED, ESPECIALLY SHOWING IF, IF I SAW THE NUMBERS CORRECTLY, WE WENT ALMOST IN HALF THE NUMBER OF, OF OF CALLS THAT WERE MADE FROM 24 TO 25.

I THINK WE'D BE HARD PRESSED TO TRY AND SAY, I UNDERSTAND IN A SMALL SPACE, YES, BUT TO TRY AND PASS SOMETHING CITYWIDE IS, IS GONNA BE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT BASED ON THE FACT THAT THE NUMBERS ACTUALLY DROPPED.

IF I, IF I REMEMBER THE NUMBERS CORRECTLY.

AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG BY HALF ONE YEAR TO THE, TO THE NEXT.

SO HELP US, I GUESS IS WHAT I WOULD SAY.

FOR THOSE THAT WERE EXISTING AND OPERATING LEGALLY, BUT IT WAS FOR ANY NEW, UH, UH, ANY NEW, UM, APPLICATIONS BEING SUBMITTED.

THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TIM.

UH, WE'RE GONNA GO BACK AROUND, UH, JUST I'VE GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS MYSELF AND, UH, LOVE TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY AND THEN WE'LL KIND OF MOVE BACK TO OTHER COUNCIL UH, COMMENTS.

UM, JOE, I AM CURIOUS FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, UM, THE SCENARIO OF CALLING A MORATORIUM WHILE WE EVALUATE OR WHATEVER THE RIGHT WORDING IS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE SEEN PEOPLE DOING? IS THERE A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE SOMETHING LIKE THAT MIGHT BE DEFENSIBLE? AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'D HAVE TO BE SOME SORT OF STUDY OR SOMETHING ON THE OTHER END OF IT, BUT JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.

THERE ARE STUDIES THAT DID CALL THAT HAVE CALLED FOR MORATORIUM WHILE THEY, WHILE THEY, WHILE THEY STUDIED THIS ISSUE, UM, SOME THAT CALLED FOR THE MORATORIUM WERE CHALLENGED ON IT, OTHERS WERE NOT CHALLENGED ON IT.

UM, SO AND THE MORATORIUM WAS FOR NEW OR, OR WAS IT LIKE A MORATORIUM LIKE YOU, IT IT WAS FOR, IT WAS FOR ANY, IT WAS FOR ANY, IT WAS NOT

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AND, AND SO WE HAVE SEEN, UH, ALREADY A CHALLENGE ON THE MORATORIUM TYPE OPTION.

YEAH, THERE WAS ONE THAT I CAN THINK OF OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT ACTUALLY WASN'T EVEN IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, BUT OKAY.

UM, YOU KNOW, I I, I'D LOVE SOME LEVEL OF A RISK ASSESSMENT ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT OBVIOUSLY HIT HOME AS I WAS LISTENING TO, UM, UH, THE SPEAKERS.

BUT, UH, BUT ONE OF THEM THAT DEFINITELY HIT HOME, UH, WAS THE IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, THAT KNOWLEDGE THAT WE ALL HAVE THAT FIFA'S AROUND THE CORNER AND, UM, I IMAGINE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL GET SUCKED INTO THE OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO RENT THEIR HOME OUT FOR $2,000 A NIGHT OR WHATEVER THE NUMBER ENDS UP BEING.

UM, SO I, I WONDER WHETHER OR NOT A MORATORIUM LIKE THAT, I'D LOVE TO JUST KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT KIND OF RISK WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT AND WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO SUGGEST WE WERE DOING ON THE OTHER SIDE.

UM, UH, FROM A, FROM A STUDY PERSPECTIVE, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE AN ONGOING HOUSING STUDY TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY OF THAT, OR MAYBE THE STUDY IS GOING OVER ALL THESE CODE VIOLATIONS AND, AND OTHER THINGS, BUT WHENEVER WE KIND OF PROCEED WITH THIS SOME MORE, I'D LOVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE BIT.

UM, I, I WANNA SECOND OR THIRD OR FOURTH, THE, UM, UH, THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF LOOKING AT, UM, HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN OCCUPY OVERNIGHT THE PROPERTY, UM, AND, AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT COMFORTABLE CONSTRAINTS WE CAN PUT THERE.

UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING, WHICH I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT, BUT I, I MAY NOT HAVE CAUGHT THE ANSWER AND I APOLOGIZE, UH, BUT ON THE DENSITY QUESTION, UM, AGAIN, I'D LOVE SOME FEEL FOR HOW RESTRICTIVE WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN BE WITHIN REASON.

UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT IS A RADIUS, WHETHER IT IS A CITY BLOCK, UH, OR IF EITHER OR BOTH OF THOSE COULD WORK.

UM, BUT AGAIN, AT LEAST DURING THIS TIME, EVEN IF WE CAN'T DO A MORATORIUM, IF, UH, BECAUSE WE THINK IT MIGHT BE TOO RISKY FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE, IT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD TO KNOW, UM, THAT HEY, THIS, THIS OTHER THING MIGHT BE, UH, AN AVENUE, UH, THAT COULD HELP US MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT GO 50% SHORT TERM RENTAL, ESPECIALLY DURING FIFA, RIGHT? OR WHATEVER THE SCENARIO IS.

UM, NOT TO JUST POUND ON THEM TOO MUCH, BUT, BUT IT, BUT IT IS A RISK.

UM, I THINK THE ONLY COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT I WANNA SAY ARE MORE KIND OF DIRECTED AT, AT THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING AT HOME AND, AND HERE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, WE AS A CITY ARE TRYING TO BE AS CONSERVATIVE AS POSSIBLE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF GETTING OURSELVES SUED BECAUSE LAWSUITS ARE INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE.

BUT WE ALSO ARE TRYING TO DO OUR BEST TO BE AS AGGRESSIVE AS WE CAN WITHOUT GETTING SUED.

AND SO JUST UNDERSTAND, PLEASE THAT THERE IS A BIT OF A BALANCE GOING ON.

THE OTHER THING, YOU'VE HEARD IT A FEW TIMES, I'LL SAY IT AGAIN.

UM, AND CHIEF, YOU'LL HAVE TO CORRECT ME IF, IF IT'S OKAY FOR THEM TO CALL 9 1 1, BUT I KNOW A LOT OF THINGS DON'T FEEL LIKE AN EMERGENCY, UH, BUT IF THERE'S A LOT OF LOUD NOISE OR IF THERE APPEARS TO BE A PARTY AND THERE'S STUFF GOING ON THERE THAT YOU THINK NEEDS ATTENTION, UH, CHIEF, YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH PEOPLE CALLING 9 1 1, IS THAT RIGHT? YES, SIR.

MAYOR.

AND, UM, JUST TO BE SPECIFIC ON THAT, VERY COMFORTABLE WITH PEOPLE CALLING 9 1 1 ON A PERCEIVED, UM, UH, VIOLATION ORDINANCE, VIOLATION, CRIMINAL ACT, THAT SORT OF THING.

LET'S NOT CALL 9 1 1 SIMPLY, UM, TO BUILD THE NUMBERS.

UH, BUT, BUT, BUT IT CERTAINLY MAKES SENSE YEAH.

THAT WE NEED THEM TO CALL SO THAT WE DO KNOW YEAH.

UM, WHAT IS GOING ON OUT THERE AND AND WE CAN ADDRESS THAT.

YEAH, VERY FAIR.

WE WON'T DOUBLE COUNT YOUR CALLS .

UH, SO IF YOU HAVE SEVEN PEOPLE CALLING THE SAME ISSUE, IT PROBABLY WON'T COUNT SEVEN TIMES, BUT, UH, BUT WE DO NEED TO MAKE SURE, UM, YOU KNOW, IF IF THE NUMBER THAT WAS PORTRAYED, UH, BY ONE OF THE SPEAKERS OF 300 SHORT TERM RENTALS IS ACCURATE, UM, AND IF THE NUMBER THAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF CALLS THAT CAME IN IN 2025 WAS 38, THAT MEANS THERE'S LESS THAN, OR THERE'S JUST BARELY OVER ONE CALL FOR EVERY 10 SHORT TERM RENTALS IN AN ENTIRE YEAR.

AND MY SUSPICION IS THERE WOULDN'T BE AS MANY PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE RIGHT NOW IF THAT WAS THE WAY YOU FELT ABOUT IT.

SO SOMETHING'S NOT CONNECTING, UH, BETWEEN THE NUMBERS, UM, AND, AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE STATS.

SO IT IS IMPORTANT, EVEN IF YOU THINK, HEY, I CALLED IN YESTERDAY, THEY WERE ALLOWED YESTERDAY, NOW THEY'RE ALLOWED AGAIN TODAY.

UH, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, OVER THE TOP, YOU JUST NEED TO MAKE THAT SECOND PHONE CALL, UM, OR THIRD OR FOURTH, DEPENDING ON HOWEVER MANY TIMES YOU'VE GOT THAT KIND OF NUISANCE GOING ON.

IT'S, IT'S A TEAM EFFORT HERE.

AND, AND WITHOUT THE NUMBERS, IT'S HARDER AND HARDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THE REGULATING WE NEED TO DO.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE.

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YEAH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

I JUST WANNA FOLLOW UP ON, ON YOUR, UH, REQUEST TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.

UH, IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO UNDERSTAND THE STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE IN ARLINGTON AND PLANO AND OTHER PLACES, JUST SO THAT IF WE WANNA GO THAT ROUTE, WE KNOW WHAT, WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

UM, I, I WOULD, YOU KNOW, THE DENSITY RESTRICTION IS PARTICULARLY INTERESTING TO ME.

I THINK THAT THAT STRIKES A REALLY GOOD BALANCE, UM, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO HERE.

BUT IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, SAY THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE PER BLOCK OR WHATEVER THE DENSITY IS, I THINK IT, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT A STUDY WOULD LOOK LIKE IN ORDER TO BE IN TO, TO IMPLEMENT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO, I, I ECHO THAT.

I MEAN, WE, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD INTEGRITY AND VITALITY AND HOW IMPORTANT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE.

WE MEET WITH THEM EVERY MONTH.

AND SO I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS, UH, INGRAINED IN THE DNA OF RICHARDSON.

AND SO WE, IT WILL BE VERY INTERESTING TO KNOW HOW WE CAN, UM, SORT OF LEAN INTO THAT, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THIS ENTIRE COUNCIL, I THINK, UM, AND, AND IMPLEMENT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

UM, AND THEN I HAD ONE OTHER THAT I'VE COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN, BUT THAT'S, FOR ME, THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT.

I LIKE WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE.

LET'S LOOK AT THE OVERNIGHT OCCUPANCY AND THEN I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING ABOUT THE STUDY.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS.

THE BACK NUMBER OR THE 9 1 1 NUMBER, IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE CAPTURED IN OUR DATA.

UM, I, I AGREE WITH WHAT, UH, COUNCILMAN CORCORAN SAID EARLIER, I THINK A MAJORITY OF OUR ISSUES ARE THE UNREGISTERED ONES, SO I'M EXCITED TO HEAR THAT THAT'S SOMETHING I KNOW, UM, STAFF IS WORKING ON TO CAPTURE THOSE.

I DO WANNA PIGGYBACK OFF A QUESTION 'CAUSE CHIEF JUST ADDRESSED SOMETHING I WAS GONNA ASK.

SO I WANNA KIND OF GO BACK ON THAT AND IT, BUT IT'S DIRECTED TO MR. MAGNER.

UM, OBVIOUSLY AS A COUNCILMAN, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO EMPOWER PEOPLE TO SAY, OKAY, THIS IS THE RESIDENCE, THIS IS HOW WE'RE GONNA ADDRESS THIS, THIS IS HOW WE TRACK IT.

I'VE BEEN A HUGE CHEERLEADER OF, SINCE I'VE JOINED THE COUNCIL OF TELLING EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, WE NEED DATABASE DECISIONS, CALL THE 24 HOUR RESPONSE LINE, CREATES A DATA POINT, THEREFORE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, PUT RESOURCES WHERE WE NEED TO AND WE HAVE ACCURATE DATA.

OBVIOUSLY THIS IS INTERESTING BECAUSE IT REQUIRES A LOT OF THESE ISSUES THEY'RE CALLING POLICE.

NOW, FROM A PROFESSIONAL PERSPECTIVE, OFFICERS NEED THAT PROFESSIONAL DISCRETION AND THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO DECIDE, OKAY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ONE-OFF SITUATION, WE DON'T WANT OFFICER NOT RESPONDING TO OTHER CALLS 'CAUSE HE'S SPENDING 45 MINUTES ON PAPERWORK OR SENDING EMAILS TO RESPOND TO THAT ONE NUISANCE CALL.

WE WANNA BE RESPECTFUL IN OFFICER'S TIME TO ALLOW HIM TO HIM OR HER TO RESPOND TO OTHER CALLS.

SO FROM A COUNCILMAN'S PERSPECTIVE, LIKE, OKAY, DO I TELL PEOPLE, CALL THE OFFICER, CALL POLICE, OBVIOUSLY EMERGENCY, THIS IS BARRING EMERGENCY SITUATION.

THE ANSWER THERE IS ALWAYS CALL 9 1 1.

I'M TALKING JUST FROM A TO UH, RAISE THE NUMBER SO THAT WE HAVE ACCURATE DATA.

UM, BECAUSE IF WE CALL, IF WE CALL THE 24 HOUR RESPONSE LINE, WE HAVE 1 4, 1 DATA ACCURACY.

IF I TELL 'EM, CALL THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER FOR A NON-EMERGENCY BECAUSE WE WANNA BE RESPECTFUL OF, YOU KNOW, OFFICER'S, UH, ABILITY TO MAKE A DECISION THERE ON, ON IN THE FIELD AND HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY, WE MAY NOT GET AS ACCURATE NUMBERS.

UH, SO MR. MAGNER, WHAT DO YOU, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE OR WHAT DO YOU THINK FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST SUGGESTION TO THOSE IN THE ROOM AND FOR US AS A COUNCIL TO COMMUNICATE TO RESIDENTS? BECAUSE WE WANT THE ACCURATE NUMBERS.

WE WANNA BUILD NUMBERS, BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO BURDEN POLICE OFFICERS IN THE SENSE OF, AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT A BURDEN THE OFFICERS 'CAUSE THEY'RE HERE TO SERVE, BUT I MEAN, I DON'T ALSO WANT TO TAKE OFFICERS TIME TO WHERE THEY'RE HAVING TO SPEND A BUNCH OF TIME ON THESE TYPE OF SITUATIONS WHEN IT'S BETTER TO REPORT 'EM TO OUR 24 HOUR RESPONSE LINE.

SO DO YOU HAVE SOME KIND OF GUIDANCE THERE FOR COUNSEL AND FOR THOSE IN THE ROOM, THOSE WHO MAY BE WATCHING TO THE BEST.

SO, SO WE CAN HAVE ACCURATE NUMBERS, WE CAN LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME DRAW THAT BALANCE BETWEEN OFFICERS TIME AND BEING RESPECTFUL OF THAT.

DEFINITELY.

I MEAN, I, I THINK RIGHT NOW, EVEN ON OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES, UH, WEB WEBPAGE, UM, THERE'S A, A, A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF, UH, OF VIOLATIONS THAT WOULD FALL UNDER COMMUNITY SERVICES OR NUISANCE OR EVEN HEALTH, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

UM, UM, AND SO WE CAN, WE CAN BETTER PROMOTE THOSE, THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO CALL 4 1 1, UM, ONE FOUR ONE, ONE ONE, UM, UH, 24 7, YOU KNOW, HOT OR A RESPONSE CENTER.

BUT AS THE CHIEF MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, I MEAN IF THERE'S A, IF THERE'S A, UH, A, YOU KNOW, A SIGNIFICANT DISTURBANCE OCCURRING, UM, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S A INCONVENIENCE FOR PD FOR AS MANY PEOPLE TO CALL AS, AS NEED FEELS THE NEED TO REPORT IT.

AND THAT'S HOW YOU'LL GET THE ACCURATE NUMBER.

AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE NON-EMERGENCY EMERGENCY NUMBER.

I THINK YOU GUYS ARE GONNA LOG IT AND BE ABLE TO TRACK IT, EITHER, WHETHER IT'S ON, YOU KNOW, 4,800 OR 9 1 1, RIGHT? NO, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, MR. MAGER ON THAT.

AND, UH, IF, IF THAT CALL FOR SERVICE IS DISPATCHED, WHICH IS GOING TO BE, UM, WHETHER YOU CALL

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UM, AND IT'S GOING TO TO REFLECT IN NUMBERS AS, AS WE RUN THAT, UM, THAT RECORD.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

SO, SO IF I CALL MY NEIGHBORS BEING LOUD, IT'S MY NEIGHBOR TURNS INTO AIRBNB AND THEY'RE BEING LOUD, UM, IF I CALL THE 4,800 MM-HMM .

OFFICER GETS DISPATCHED, OFFICER GOES AND DOES THE, YOU KNOW, GUYS, JUST KEEP IT DOWN, BREAK IT UP, IT'S LATE, GO HOME, YOU KNOW, UH, AND THEN IT'S JUST A ONE OFF SITUATION THAT STILL GETS CAPTURED.

IN THE DATA UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM OR CURRENTLY? CURRENTLY, YEAH.

I DON'T THINK THAT WAS WHAT WE UNDERSTOOD EARLIER.

AT LEAST I DIDN'T.

NO, NO.

CURRENTLY IF AN OFFICER IS DISPATCHED, THAT'S THE CALL FOR SERVICE RIGHT THERE.

NOT THE PHONE CALL COMING IN, BUT IT'S THE CALL FOR SERVICE THAT THE OFFICER IS RESPONDING TO.

AH, SO THAT GENERATES THE NUMBER, THE REPORT NUMBER, IF YOU WILL, THE INCIDENT NUMBER.

AND THAT IS WHAT, UM, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE TRACKING HERE, AND THAT WILL BE REFLECTED IN THE NUMBER.

SO THOSE KIND OF CALLS WERE REFLECTED IN NUMBERS YOU SHOWED US THIS EVENING.

SO IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HOW THE OFFICER HANDLES THE CALL ON THE BACK END, OR IT'S NOT SLOWING DOWN AN OFFICER TO RESPOND AS FAR AS TO THE NEXT CALL, CORRECT.

AS FAR AS PAPERWORK OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO WE'RE NOT SAYING PAPERWORK'S GETTING IN THE WAY OF TRACKING NUMBERS.

THAT'S, WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT, CORRECT? WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, CHIEF.

'CAUSE WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT THAT, SO APPRECIATE IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER INE.

WELL, GOOD THING THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR COUNCILMEN, IAN, OR EVEN MYSELF, HAVE JUST ONE BIRTHDAY EVERY YEAR SO WE DON'T HAVE TO CELEBRATE EVERY WEEK.

UH, BUT THE SHORT TERM RENTAL, THE ISSUE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, CELEBRATION HAPPEN FREQUENTLY.

I THINK THAT'S THE ISSUE.

HAVING LIKE ONCE IN A WHILE PARTIES IS NOT AN ISSUE.

UH, BUT, UH, HOW DO WE MANAGE THIS? IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE COULD MANAGE THOSE PARTY LIKE EVERY WEEK, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A SHORT TERM RENTAL, LIKE HAVING 45 PEOPLE IN ONE HOUSE.

UM, SO MOVING FORWARD UNDER THE NEW REVOCATION GUIDELINES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING THAT YOU CONSIDER, IF THERE WAS A HOME THAT HAD A PARTY EVERY WEEK THAT WAS A DISTURBANCE, WE COULD REVOKE THE, WE COULD REVOKE THE, UH, REGISTRATION IN SHORT TIME.

UM, I THINK IT'S, IT'S MUCH CLEARER.

IT GIVES US A MUCH MORE ARTICULATE PROCESS.

IT PROVIDES THE HOMEOWNER DUE PRO OR THE PROPERTY OWNER DUE PROCESS AND ULTIMATELY WOULD COME TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR FINAL DETERMINATION.

SO I THINK, I THINK, UM, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I THINK MOVING FORWARD WHAT WE'VE SUGGESTED, THE CHANGES WE'VE SUGGESTED IN THIS ORDINANCE POSITION US IN A MUCH MORE, UH, ADVANTAGEOUS, YOU KNOW, WAY TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THOSE KIND OF SITUATIONS, BUT TO, TO PREVENT SOMEBODY FROM BEHAVING BADLY, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW, .

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN SPEEDING OR ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT THESE GUYS HAVE TO DEAL WITH EVERY DAY.

I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE BEHAVING BADLY, RIGHT? AND, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY, THE ONLY WAY WE CAN, THE ONLY WAY WE CAN ADDRESS THAT IS, UH, RESPOND TO THAT INCIDENT.

BUT AS WE'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT, BUILD A CASE THAT THE HOME SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE ANY LONGER OR SHORT TERM RENTAL PURPOSE ANY LONGER.

AND THEN, AND THEN USE THE PROCESS NOW THAT WE'VE OUTLINED IN THE ORDINANCE TO, TO ADDRESS IT.

IF THEY, IF THEY, IF THE QUESTION IS, DO I FEEL LIKE WE'RE BETTER PREPARED IF YOU GUYS, IF YOU GUYS AGREE TO THIS, THESE CHANGES, YES, WE WILL BE BETTER PREPARED AND, AND MORE EFFECTIVE AT DEALING WITH THAT SITUATION MOVING FORWARD.

THANK, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

AND, UH, THE OTHER QUESTION IS THAT NOISE? MM-HMM .

CAN YOU CLARIFY THE NOISE ORDINANCE A LITTLE BIT THAT TIME? THAT WHAT THE TIME FROM WHAT TIME TO WHAT TIME? IF, IF SOMEONE IS, IF SOMEONE IS CREATING A NUISANCE, UM, WITH NOISE, THERE'S REALLY NO TIME.

I THINK YOU, YOU, THERE ARE, THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS AROUND NOISE RELATED TO THINGS LIKE CONSTRUCTION HOURS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

BUT, UM, IF SOMEONE WAS PLAYING A, A, A, YOU KNOW, A A, UM, STEREO SYSTEM OR REVVING A A, A VEHICLE AT, AT AN, IN AN UNREASONABLE, YOU KNOW, UM, DECIBEL, IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER ON THE TIME.

ON THE, ON THE TIME.

SO THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION AGAIN, BECAUSE I THINK IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FROM 11:00 PM TO 6:00 AM IT COULD BE LIKE 6:00 PM IF SOMEONE, THERE'S A PARTY GOING ON HUGE NOISE AND ANYONE CAN CALL 9 1 1, UH, TO DO THAT.

THAT WOULD BE TAKEN FIRST AND THEN THIS WOULD BE DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION, I GUESS.

THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

AND, YOU KNOW, CALLING 9 1 1, I DON'T MY FEELINGS AGAIN, CLARIFYING THIS THING THAT, YOU KNOW, IS MUCH SIMPLER TO REMEMBER THAT NUMBER AND IT'S NOT GOING TO SLOW DOWN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IF THEY HAVE SOME OTHER PRIORITY CALL, THE ONLY THING WOULD COULD HAPPEN THAT THEY WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT LATE COMING TO THE SCENE.

OTHERWISE, I THINK THEY'LL BE CALLING, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A CRIME GOING ON,

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CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT? YEAH, SO REGARDLESS OF WHICH NUMBER YOU CALL 9 1 1 OR THE 4,800 NUMBER, THAT CALL TAKER AND DISPATCHER WILL PRIORITIZE THAT CALL BASED ON THE CONTENT FROM THE CALLER.

AND SO THEY WILL PRIORITIZE THAT AND THEN THE CALL WILL BE DISPATCHED BASED ON THAT PRIORITY.

AND SO IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE INFORMATION THAT IS SHARED FROM THE CALLER TO THE NINE ONE ONE OPERATOR, UM, OR CALL TAKE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

I THINK THEN THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY HESITATION CALLING 9 1 1 IF FEEL LIKE.

AND WELL, I THINK OVERALL, I THINK I'M HAPPY WITH THE ORDINANCE AMENDMENT THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING.

THAT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION.

HAVING, YOU KNOW, ADDING THE TAX ON THIS SHORT TERM RENTAL, THAT WILL DEFINITELY, UH, PEOPLE WILL, YOU KNOW, NOT ENCOURAGED TO START SHORT TERM RENTAL BECAUSE IT'S NOT TAX FREE THINGS.

SO THAT'S A GOOD THING.

AND ALSO ANY OTHER THINGS, I THINK THOSE ARE ALL POSITIVE.

I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT AGAIN NEXT YEAR, UH, JUST ON THE SCHEDULES NEXT YEAR, IF WE CAN DO ANYTHING BETTER OR HOWEVER IN THE COUNCIL, THEY WILL LOOK AT IT AND, UH, THEY'LL ADD OR MODIFY THINGS AS WE GO.

I THINK THIS IS A GOOD APPROACH SO FAR.

UM, WHO JUST DRIVING THE, UH, POWERPOINT, IF WE CAN MOVE IT TO, UH, SLIDE NINE.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

UM, SO I'M GOING TO SLIDE NINE JUST AGAIN, AS A VISUAL REMINDER.

THE LEFTMOST ITEM IS HOW MANY DISTURBANCE CALLS, NOT CITATIONS, NOT ANYTHING ELSE, BUT HOW MANY PHONE CALLS THAT WENT INTO THE POLICE IN ORDER TO GO AND HANDLE OR LOOK AT OR INVESTIGATE A DISTURBANCE IN ALL OF LAST YEAR ACROSS ALL SHORT TERM RENTALS, AT LEAST THE ONES THAT WERE REGISTERED.

16.

SO WE WILL, WE APPRECIATE YOUR HELP, UH, WHEN THERE'S THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP, UH, UH, AS, AS CITIZENS, OBVIOUSLY DON'T, DON'T DO ANYTHING THAT'S FRIVOLOUS, BUT, UH, BUT IF YOU'RE BOTHERED, IT'S PROBABLY NOT FRIVOLOUS.

SO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

UH, I DON'T, I DIDN'T HEAR ANY OBJECTIONS ABOUT MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS.

IS THERE, UH, DOES ANYONE WANNA CLARIFY? THEY HAVE AN OBJECTION WITH SOME OF THE STUFF THAT'S ALREADY BEEN OKAY, EVERYONE'S FINE WITH THAT.

JUST A FEW REQUESTS FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON OCCUPANCY ON DENSITY, AND I THINK THOSE WERE THE, UH, AND THEN EVENTUALLY WE'RE GONNA DO A COST ASSESSMENT ON THE FEES, UH, THAT'LL COME DURING THE BUDGET PERIOD.

AND, AND, AND ALSO, UM, JUST TO CLARIFY, I THINK, UM, MAYBE SOME EXAMPLES OF OTHER CITY STUDIES AND WHAT KINDS OF CRITERIA THEY USED, WHAT KINDS OF, UM, UM, UM, CONCLUSIONS THEY WERE, WERE ABLE TO ARRIVE AT.

AND THEN WHAT THAT LED TO IN TERMS OF, AND HE SAID HE IS GONNA LOOK INTO THE AGE AS WELL, IF THERE WAS SOME FLEXIBILITY, WE MOVE THAT TO 21 VERSUS 18.

OKAY, PERFECT.

OKAY, WE GOOD WITH ALL THAT? YEP.

ON TO ITEM E, WHICH IS TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE RICHARDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT 2025 ANNUAL REVIEW.

ALRIGHT, AWESOME.

ALRIGHT, UH, WE WILL MOVE

[E. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE RICHARDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT 2025 ANNUAL REVIEW ]

UM, IF YOU STILL HAVE TIME IN YOUR EVENING, THIS IS THE GOOD NEWS PORTION THAT WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO LISTEN TO AS WELL, IF YOU WERE INTERESTED.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

UH, I WANNA, AGAIN, ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, CHIEF TITTLE.

I'M GONNA LET HIM INTRODUCE, UH, HIS COMMAND STAFF THAT'S HERE WITH HIM TONIGHT.

BUT THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ANNUAL BRIEFING, UM, THAT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE PLEASED TO SCHEDULE EACH YEAR AROUND THIS TIME.

UM, THERE'S, UH, SO MANY, UH, DIFFERENT DYNAMICS THAT GOES INTO POLICING NOWADAYS.

AND, UH, WE HAVE ONE OF THE VERY BEST DEPARTMENTS, IF NOT THE BEST DEPARTMENT HERE IN, IN, UH, NORTH TEXAS.

AND SO IT'S ALWAYS A, A PLEASURE TO GET TO HEAR, UM, NOT ONLY ABOUT THE PAST YEAR AND THE GREAT WORK THAT OUR, UH, RPD OFFICERS HAVE HAVE DONE, BUT ALSO, UH, IMPORTANTLY ASKING CHIEF TITTLE TO LOOK OUT NOT ONLY TO THIS YEAR, UH, BUT, UM, BUT UH, IN, INTO THE COMING YEARS.

UH, OBVIOUSLY THE, THE WORLD OF POLICING, UH, IS A VERY COMPLICATED, UH, WORLD NOWADAYS, UH, HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.

AND, UM, I THINK THAT, UM, OUR, OUR DEPARTMENT DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB OF, UH, MANEUVERING THAT BY ENGAGING, UH, OUR COMMUNITY, UM, AND, UH, AND REALLY BEING THOUGHTFUL IN THE WAY THAT THEY APPROACH, UH, OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER.

AND SO CHIEF, UH, APPRECIATE YOU AND, AND YOUR WHOLE TEAM FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR FURTHER BRIEFING.

THANK YOU, MR. MAGNER.

AND, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

IT'S ALWAYS, UH, A GREAT TIME TO COME AND, AND, AND BRAG ABOUT THE OFFICERS AND, AND THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE OLD DEPARTMENT AND, AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

UH, TONIGHT WITH ME IS FIRST ASSISTANT CHIEF MIKE BUSIER, UM, ASSISTANT CHIEF KEITH COLER, ASSISTANT CHIEF JAMIE GERHARDT.

AND BACK IN THE, UH, THE CROWD IN UNIFORM IS

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CAPTAIN STEVE MOORE AND CAPTAIN DANIEL SIDLE.

UM, ALSO I SEE BACK IN THE, UH, THE GROUP IS, UH, SOME INVITED MEMBERS THAT, UH, ARE GREAT TEAM MEMBERS FOR US AND WITH US AS WELL.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT ALSO.

SO, AS WE DELVE INTO THIS, UM, JUST LOOKING AT THE FOUR AREAS OF FOCUS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'LL LEAD OFF WITH MANY TIMES, AND IT'S STAYING TRUE TO WHAT MY BELIEFS ARE AS IT RELATES TO THOSE FOUR AREAS OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, COMMUNICATION, PARTNERSHIPS, MANAGEMENT AND EFFICIENCIES, AND CERTAINLY COACHING AND PERFORMANCE.

UM, ORG CHART.

VERY BUSY DOCUMENT HERE, BUT WHAT I WANNA FOCUS ON RIGHT HERE IS TWO THINGS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED THERE WITH THE, UH, RED TRIM.

UM, ONE IN THAT IS GOING TO BE THE CREATION AND HIRING OF A CRISIS INTERVENTION PROGRAM MANAGER.

I'LL GET MORE INTO THAT LATER, BUT ALSO IN THE NIGHT SHIFT SECTION IS, UM, BRINGING ON THAT SECOND CANINE, UM, UH, SERVICE ANIMAL THAT, UM, HELPS US OUT TREMENDOUSLY WITH SUCCESS THAT WE'VE HAD ON THE, UH, THE SINGLE, UM, K NINE.

UM, JUST JUMPING RIGHT INTO IT AS IT RELATES TO, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY AND OUR STAFFING.

UM, AS WE ALL KNOW IN THIS ROOM AND, UH, UH, ACROSS THE METROPLEX AND THE POLICING PROFESSION, UM, HIRING IS A CHALLENGE, UH, AND RETENTION IS, IS JUST AS MUCH OF A CHALLENGE.

UM, TAKING A LOOK AT THAT DISPATCHER ROLE, UM, WE ARE SITTING AT 22 FIELD, UH, 25 AUTHORIZED.

MOVING TO THE SWORN WE ARE 10 OFFICERS DOWN.

UM, AUTHORIZED STRENGTH IS 1 73, CURRENT STREET STRENGTH OF 1 63.

AND, UM, WE HAVE 17 IN SOME FORM OF, OF TRAINING.

AND SO YOU TAKE THAT ONE, UM, 63 NUMBER OF ACTUAL FIELD, YOU REDUCE THE 17, WHO IS SITTING IN, WHO ARE SITTING IN TRAINING OF SOME SORT OF, UM, BEING MINDFUL THAT THE TRAINING PROCESS LASTS FOR AT LEAST 11 MONTHS.

UM, VERY KEY.

SO WE CAN HIRE, BUT WE REALLY DON'T GET THE BENEFIT OF THAT OFFICER BEING OUT THERE, UM, BY HIM OR HERSELF FOR AT LEAST 11 MONTHS.

UM, MOVING OVER TO DETENTION, UM, WE HAVE ACTUALLY AN OVERFILL, UM, VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THAT.

UH, SOMETHING CAME UP ON, ON ONE OF OUR, UM, UM, SWORN PERSONNEL AND WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE A SPOT IN DETENTION AND, UM, THAT WAS A WIN FOR US.

BUT WE ARE ALSO ANTICIPATING, UM, LOSING ONE OF THOSE, UH, UM, ACTUAL FIELD.

AND SO WE SHOULD BE EVEN, UM, IN THE NEAR FUTURE AS IT RELATES TO DETENTION PERSONNEL, TAKE A LOOK AT OUR STAFFING, UH, NUMBERS AS IT RELATES TO DISPATCHERS.

THE INTERESTING NUMBER THERE, AS YOU SEE AT THE TOP ON 2025, ALMOST 900 PEOPLE APPLIED, FANTASTIC WORK BY RECRUITING AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

BUT JUST SKIPPING OVER EVERYTHING ELSE AND GOING DOWN TO THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS HIRED SEVEN.

AND SO DESPITE THE HIGH NUMBER OF APPLICANTS COMING IN THE DOOR, UM, JUST STILL SEVEN HIRED, UH, JUST IN CORRESPONDENCE, UH, VISITING WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER ASKED CRYSTAL, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE ISSUE IS THERE? AND SHE WAS VERY FRANK AND SAID, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST PUTTING IN AN APPLICATION TO MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.

AND SO, UM, CHECKING THE BOX THERE AND MOVING ALONG.

BUT, UM, AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT DISPATCH IS ONE OF, I, I BELIEVE THAT'S THE ONLY JOB THAT I COULDN'T DO ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

JUST SUCH A CHALLENGING JOB.

AND, UM, THEY GET IN THERE AND, UM, IT IS, IT IS JUST A DIFFICULT, DIFFICULT TASK.

SWORN STAFFING, UM, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT TOP NUMBER IN 2025 ON APPLICANTS APPLIED, WE ARE DOWN, UM, BY, BY ROUGHLY, UH, 85 THERE.

AND SO, BUT YOU CONTINUE TO GO ON DOWN AND LOOK AT THE NUMBER TESTED OF 1 67.

UM, LITTLE BIT OF A REDUCED NUMBER FROM THAT 1 95 IN 2024, APPLICANT'S, UH, PASSING THAT TEST OF 108, UH, 20, PASSING THE ORAL INTERVIEW BOARD.

AND THEN OF THAT 2016, UM, MOVING THROUGH THE BACKGROUND PROCESS WITH 15 BEING HIRED, UM, FIVE, UH, FEWER THAN WHAT WE HIRED LAST YEAR.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE CHALLENGED OUR TEAM WITH IS THEY HAVE BEEN, UM,

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GROUPING, UM, APPLICANTS AND TESTING AND BACKGROUNDS AND, AND ORAL BOARDS INTO CLUMPS OF, OF THREE BASED ON OUR THREE, UM, OUR THREE ACADEMY CLASSES.

AND SO I'VE CHALLENGED THEM TO DO A, A TOTAL OF FIVE A YEAR, NOT THE ACADEMY CLASS ITSELF, BUT MOVING THEM THROUGH AND DON'T BE STUCK SIMPLY ON THE ACADEMY CLASS, BUT DO AS MUCH AS THEY CAN IN BETWEEN THAT, SO THAT IF WE NEED TO DO SOME PRE-HIRE AND GET 'EM INTO THE ORGANIZATION, UM, PUT THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE TEMPORARILY AND THEN GET 'EM INTO THAT ACADEMY CLASS.

BUT WE'LL SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT FOR US IN 2026.

SO TAKING A LOOK AT OUR, UM, SWORN ATTRITION NUMBERS, UM, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT BOTTOM, UH, CHART.

AND IN 2025, WE HIRED 15, AS I MENTIONED, JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO, BUT WE LOST 23.

AND SO THAT DELTA OF EIGHT, UM, TO THE NEGATIVE IS WHAT REALLY HURT US.

BUT THEN YOU LOOK AT THAT 2024 COMPARISON, UM, ALSO A DELTA OF EIGHT, BUT THAT TO THE POSITIVE.

AND SO CERTAINLY A CHALLENGE THERE.

BUT, UM, YOU LOOK AT THE 23 NUMBER AND THE 22 NUMBER OF, UM, REALLY GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO 21 OF 12, 13 AND 17 AS IT RELATES TO, UM, LEAVING THE DEPARTMENT IN SOME FORM, UM, OR ANOTHER.

SO THIS IS VERY INTERESTING SLIDE.

IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND LOOK AT OUR, UM, ONE THROUGH 10 YEARS, 58% OF OUR SWORN PERSONNEL AT RPD IS ONE THROUGH 10%.

NOW, ADMITTEDLY, THAT INCLUDES ME, UM, BECAUSE OF JUST MY, MY TIME IN COMING IN AS A LATERAL.

THAT INCLUDES SEVERAL OF US.

BUT, UM, AT THE SAME TIME, JUST PUTTING THAT IN CONTEXT OF HAVING A VERY, UH, YOUNG DEPARTMENT LOOKING ON THE BACK END OF THAT.

AND LOOKING AT THE, UM, AT THE, UH, REALLY THE 26, OR I'M SORRY, 21 YEARS ON JUST 17, JUST 17, UH, PERCENT IN THAT CATEGORY, THAT SWEET SPOT BETWEEN, UH, 10 AND 20 YEARS IS, IS RUNNING AT 25% OF THE ORGANIZATION'S SWORN STAFFING.

UM, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A PERSPECTIVE OF THE TENURE AS IT RELATES TO RPD, JUST, UH, CELEBRATING A FEW PROMOTIONS IN 2025, UH, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, JAMIE GERHARDT PROMOTED HIM TO ASSISTANT CHIEF STEVE MOORE THERE, WE PROMOTED HIM TO CAPTAIN.

UM, ALSO WE HAVE THREE LIEUTENANTS THAT WE PROMOTED.

CAMERON SMITH, ROMAN VALENCIA, AND ERIC CORLEY.

AND THEN, UM, SERGEANT BORIN.

AND, UM, GALLOWAY ALSO PROMOTED, UM, TO SERGEANT.

AND THEN A COUPLE OF OUR NON-SWORN SUPERVISORS, ERIC GIA, UM, PROMOTED TO DETENTION SUPERVISOR AND PAIGE MCCORT, UM, MCCARTER, UH, PROMOTED TO CRIME SCENE SUPERVISOR.

ALSO SOMETHING WE'RE PROUD OF.

WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF, UH, UH, UM, BRAND NEW OFFICERS HERE FROM THE SAME BASIC POLICE OFFICER COURSE.

UH, UH, OFFICER JERRY GEORGE WAS SELECTED AS OUR VALEDICTORIAN.

AND IN THAT SAME CLASS WE HAD, UM, MITCH, UH, ST.

IAN WHO WAS IDENTIFIED AND, UH, ACCOMPLISHED THE SALUTATORIAN AS WELL AS VICE PRESIDENT OF CLASS.

SO ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE SOMEBODY REPRESENTED AT THE VERY TOP.

AND, UH, WE CERTAINLY REPRESENTED VERY WELL IN THAT PARTICULAR CLASS AT NUMBER ONE AND TWO AS WELL AS VICE PRESIDENT.

SO ALL THE GOOD STUFF RIGHT HERE.

UM, CRIME NUMBERS, HOW DID WE LOOK IN 2025 COMPARED TO 2024? UM, 11% REDUCTION IN VIOLENT CRIME, INCREDIBLE NUMBERS.

UH, AND IF WE LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DOES JUMP OUT AT ME IS OUR AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS.

UH, WE INCREASED IN THE AGGRAVATED ASSAULT NUMBER.

UM, I'LL GET INTO THOSE HERE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.

AS IT RELATES TO OUR FIVE YEAR, UM, OVERVIEW, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR PROPERTY CRIME AND ALMOST A 25% REDUCTION IN PROPERTY CRIME, OUTSTANDING WORK BY THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO OUTSTANDING WORK BY THE COMMUNITY.

UM, THIS IS DEFINITELY A PARTNERSHIP, JUST AS I SAID AT THE VERY BEGINNING ON OUR AREAS OF FOCUS, COMMUNICATION

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AND PARTNERSHIPS, FANTASTIC PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DRIVE THAT, UM, INTO THE FUTURE.

BUT TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS ON BUILDING, UM, HABITAT BURGLARY OF HABITATION, UH, OF 49 THERE.

UM, BURGLARY OF A BUILDING HAD, UH, HUNDRED AND 52 AUTO THEFTS DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY FROM 3 81 TO 1 68.

AND I'M GONNA BRAG ABOUT DUSTIN PENLAND FOR JUST A MINUTE ON THAT.

UM, DUSTIN IS A, UH, BEEN, HAS BEEN A DETECTIVE, BUT HE MOVED INTO A NEW ROLE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS AGO AS IT RELATES TO THE PRIMARY AUTO THEFT DETECTIVE.

AND, UM, HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB BEING SOMEWHAT THE HUB OF SEVERAL, UM, APPROACHES WITH SOME AREA ORGANIZED AUTO THEFT, UM, UM, SUSPECTS.

AND, UM, AGAIN, JUST DOES FANTASTIC WORKFORCE ON THAT.

UH, NETTING SEVERAL ARRESTS, SIGNIFICANT ARREST AND RECOVERY OF, UH, SOME, SOME EXPENSIVE, UH, VEHICLES.

UM, ALSO TAKING A LOOK AT OUR THEFT FROM VEHICLE AND THEFT, UH, FROM VEHICLE, VEHICLE PARTS.

UH, RE WE REMEMBER BACK IN THE DAY AS IT RELATES TO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS AND, UM, OH MY, HOW, HOW THE PRICE OF OF SPECIAL METALS CHANGE THINGS.

BUT, UM, WE CAN'T SIT ON OUR LAURELS TOO MUCH RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE PRICE OF THAT METAL IS COMING BACK UP.

AND SO THAT IN COPPER IS, UH, BECOMING A, A TREND AGAIN.

UM, BUT JUST LOOKING AT THAT OVERALL, UM, OVERALL REDUCTION IN CRIME OF 23.5%.

SO PROUD OF THE MEN AND WOMEN, BUT SO PROUD OF THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, HELPING US WITH THAT.

THIS REALLY GIVES US THAT FIVE YEAR, UM, SNAPSHOT.

WHAT IS INTERESTING HERE, AND I TALKED ABOUT THE AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS EARLIER, IF YOU'LL GO TO THAT 2025 NUMBER OF 92, I WANNA POINT OUT A FEW THINGS AS IT RELATES TO THAT.

UM, 60 OF THOSE 92 WERE KNOWN SUSPECTS TO ONE ANOTHER, UH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, COMING OUT OF COVID, A LOT OF ROAD RAGE IS WHAT WE WERE CAPTURING AS IT RELATES TO THE, UM, THE AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS.

UH, WE ONLY HAD FOUR ROAD RAGE OUT OF THOSE 92.

I'M GOING TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU AS WELL.

43 POINT A HALF PERCENT WERE FAMILY VIOLENCE OFFENSES.

UM, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MAKES UP OVER ALMOST HALF OF, OF THAT PARTICULAR NUMBER, ADDING TO THAT, UM, THREE OFFENSES RELATED TO INJURY TO A CHILD OR INJURY TO AN ELDERLY OR INJURY TO A DISABLED.

SO JUST A, A CONCERNING NUMBER ON THAT.

BUT IT TRULY RECOGNIZES THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS REAL AND WE NEED TO BE SO AGAINST THAT.

AND AT THE PD, WE ABSOLUTELY ARE.

I WANNA DRAW ATTENTION THOUGH, TO THE BOTTOM LEFT NUMBER OF 26 63, MOVE THAT TO THE BOTTOM NUMBER OF 2025 OF 1260.

THAT'S OUR OVERALL VIOLENT AND PROPERTY CRIME REDUCTION FROM THE 2,600 TO THE 1200, MARKING ABOUT A 52.5% REDUCTION.

NOW, I'M GONNA TELL YOU THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE TO RICHARDSON.

THERE IS A NATIONAL TREND OF REDUCING CRIME, BUT I'M GONNA TELL YOU NOT TO THIS MAGNITUDE, AND AGAIN, I GO BACK TO THE MEN AND WOMEN AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO, BUT ALSO IT'S THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND EVERYTHING THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS DOING, OUR OUTREACH THAT, UM, OUR, OUR COMMUNITY RELATIONS DOES A FANTASTIC JOB IN SO MANY WAYS, AND WE'LL GET TO SOME OF THAT HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT AS WELL.

JUST SOME VISUAL CHARTS TO REFLECT ON THE NUMBERS THAT I'VE JUST TALKED ABOUT.

WON'T SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON THOSE VISUALS, BUT I JUST CAN'T BREAK AWAY FROM SHOWING THIS SLIDE EVERY YEAR.

UM, CAN YOU IMAGINE IN 2009, 500 RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES, AND WE WERE LESS THAN 50 THIS YEAR.

UM, FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC WORK.

SO WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, UM, CURRENT CRIME TRENDS.

UH, JUST MENTIONED,

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UH, A FEW MINUTES AGO ABOUT ON THE UPWARD RISE IS COPPER THEFT AS WELL AS CATALYTIC CONVERTERS.

UM, WE CAN'T LET HER GUARD OFF, UM, OR DOWN ON BOTH OF THOSE.

BUT ALSO LOOKING AT BEING, THESE WERE THE MOST WIDESPREAD OFFENSE, MOST, UM, OFFENSES OCCURRED IN HOTEL PARKING LOTS OR APARTMENT COMPLEXES.

APPROXIMATELY 57% OF THOSE BMVS WERE UNLOCKED VEHICLES.

NOW, LET'S REMEMBER THE FIREARMS 43 FIREARMS TAKEN FROM VEHICLES IN 2025.

UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS VERY CONSISTENT WITH 24.

AND AS MY RECOLLECTION FROM 23, BOTH OF THOSE YEARS, 23, 24, AND NOW 25, ALL THREE YEARS IN THE FORTIES AS IT RELATES TO FIREARMS STOLEN FROM VEHICLES.

AND GUESS WHAT, IF THEY'RE STOLEN FROM VEHICLES AND 57% OF OUR VEHICLES ARE UNLOCKED, THEN ODDS ARE THERE'S A BIG NUMBER OF GUNS LEFT IN CARS THAT ARE UNLOCKED.

SO AGAIN, GETTING THAT MESSAGE OUT THERE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE PUT A STOP TO THAT.

WE'VE GOT AN INCREASE IN ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT.

UM, GROUPS ARE OPERATING IN THE METROPLEX, UH, A FEW YEARS BACK.

UM, ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT WAS A CONCERN THEN, BUT IT WAS RELATED TO FORM BABY FORMULA AND, UM, AND, UH, TIDE PODS AND, UH, CLOTHING DETERGENT.

AND IT WAS EASILY MOVED, UM, IN, IN THAT SENSE.

RIGHT NOW, THE HOT ITEMS ARE CLOTHING AND THEY'LL GO IN AND GRAB ARMFULS OF CLOTHING AND, AND, AND GET OUT.

BUT ALSO, UM, THE ORGANIZED THEFT SIDE OF IT IS IN, UM, POWER TOOLS FROM YOUR, YOUR LOWE'S, YOUR, YOUR HOME DEPOTS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

AND EASILY, UH, SOLD AFTER THAT.

UM, MOST COMMON TARGET OF AUTO THEFTS REMAINS GMC PRODUCTS.

UH, ONE THING THAT HAS JUST POPPED UP OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS IS, UM, AND PROPERTY CRIME.

AND THAT IS TAGGING GRAFFITI.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING.

AND WE HAD SOME THINGS ON THE EAST SIDE, AND WE PUT OUT SOME NOTIFICATION THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA TO A COUPLE OF OUR SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND THROUGH THAT NOTIFICATION, WE GOT FEEDBACK REGARDING SOME, UH, AND, AND OUR, OUR ASK WAS, CAN WE GET VIDEO IF YOU HAVE IT? AND WE, WE WERE SHARED SOME VIDEO AND WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY, UM, ONE JUVENILE SUSPECT.

WE'VE MADE THAT ARREST, AND WE'VE GOT A SECOND ONE THAT IS IDENTIFIED NOW THAT WE HAVE NOT ARRESTED YET.

UM, SO I GUESS I JUST TIPPED THAT PERSON OFF, DIDN'T I? UM, BUT AT ANY RATE, WE'LL, WE'LL GET 'EM, WE'LL GET 'EM.

UM, BUT I WILL, I WILL TELL YOU ALSO, WE'VE JUST HAD A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, OF TAGGING CREEP UP ON, UM, OUR WEST SIDE IN THE LAST, UM, WEEK AS WELL.

GOING TO BE DIFFERENT SUSPECTS, BUT GUESS WHAT, WE'LL GET THEM ALSO, UM, CALLS FOR SERVICE.

THIS KIND OF GOES INTO A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE TALKED, UH, ON SHORT TERM RENTAL, BUT EVEN THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

BUT, UM, TAKING A LOOK AT OUR CITIZEN INITIATED CALLS FOR SERVICE, YOU SEE THAT HIGH NUMBER IN 2023 OF 64,000 REDUCED LAST YEAR BY A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT, AND THEN CONTINUED TO REDUCE BY, UM, ABOUT 2000, UM, 3000, UM, FROM 24 TO 25.

SO, UM, ANSWERING 52,000 CALLS, UM, FOR SERVICE AS IT RELATES TO CALLS FROM THE COMMUNITY OFFICERS INITIATED, UM, ANOTHER 30,000, THAT NUMBER DOWN FROM 2024, BUT ALSO, UM, THAT NUMBER, UM, UP JUST A TAD FROM 2023.

THIS KIND OF GETS BACK TO WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER ON THE SHORT TERM RENTAL AND, AND JUST CALLS, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT THE EMERGENCY LINE THERE, BUT ALSO LOOK AT THE NON-EMERGENCY.

AND SO YOU, YOU SEE THE VOLUME DIFFERENCE ON THE NON-EMERGENCY, AND YOU ASK YOURSELF WHY SUCH HIGH NUMBERS IN BOTH, BUT ONLY 52,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE ON THAT EMERGENCY NUMBER.

A LOT OF THOSE COULD BE DUPLICATES.

UM, YOU MAY HAVE FIVE, SEVEN CALLS FOR SERVICE ON A COMING IN AS

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AN EMERGENCY CALL, UH, AS AN EMERGENCY TELEPHONE CALL, UM, COMING IN FROM A CRASH, AND WE'RE ONLY GOING TO DISPATCH ONE CALL FOR SERVICE TO THAT.

SO THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THE, UM, REPLICATED EMERGENCY CALLS.

AND THEN, UM, OUR DISPATCHERS MAY HANDLE SOME OF THE NON-EMERGENCY CALLS, AND SO, UH, THAT MAY NEVER GET DISPATCHED, BUT THEN ALSO TAKE A NOTE OF OUR TEXT TO 9 1 1, UM, RUNNING OVER 200, UM, TEXT TO 9 1 1 WITH THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE, THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT VEHICLE PURSUIT.

YOU SEE A UP AND DOWN THERE.

UM, IN 21 WE HAD, UH, 68 MOVING TO 70, AND, UH, 22 HAD A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION MOVING DOWN TO, TO 36, UM, AND THEN IT, IT BUMPED UP TO 59 PURSUITS IN 24, AND WE'RE BACK DOWN TO 28.

THERE IS AN EBB AND FLOW THERE AS IT RELATES TO, UM, UH, SWINGS AND, UM, PRESSURES IN THE DEPARTMENT AND WHAT WE, UM, PROMOTE AND WHAT WE, UH, DISCOURAGE.

AND WE HAVE HAD SOME POLICY CHANGE, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE VERY DILIGENT AND GOOD JUDGMENT AS IT RELATES TO OUR POLICY.

UM, YOU WILL LOOK AND SEE THAT 28 OF THOSE PURSUITS, ABOUT 29% WERE RELATED TO DWI, ABOUT 35% ORIGINATED FROM, UM, STOLEN VEHICLES, BUT ALSO NOT, UM, NOT HAVING AN, AN, UM, EXACT NUMBER ON WHICH IS, WHICH AS IT RELATES TO THE NINE PURSUITS WERE TERMINATED BY A SUPERVISOR.

AND SO THAT'S A KEY POINT.

AND IN MY MIND, NINE OF THOSE 28 PURSUITS, A SUPERVISOR OR EVEN SOMETIMES THE OFFICER, HIM OR HERSELF, SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? THE RISK ISN'T WORTH THE REWARD, AND THAT'S WHY THAT PURSUIT WAS TERMINATED.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ENCOURAGING SUPERVISORS, BUT ALSO OFFICERS TO HAVE A GREAT UNDERSTANDING ON IS THE DANGERS, THE RISK OF PURSUITS BOTH TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, BUT ALSO TO THE OFFICERS IS, IS VERY HIGH.

AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE CHASING FOR THE RIGHT REASON, BUT WE'RE ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE DO NOT TAKE AWAY THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR AN OFFICER TO CHASE WHEN HE OR SHE, UM, HAS THAT GOOD JUDGMENT TO DO THAT.

I GO BACK TO, UM, WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT CRIME IN RICHARDSON, TEXAS, AND I STAND FIRM ON THAT.

AND, UM, AND THAT'S WHY WE DRIVE THOSE NUMBERS DOWN.

AND THE MEN AND WOMEN DO A GREAT JOB OF, OF THAT ON THE JOB INJURIES.

UH, WE HAD 17 ON THE JOB INJURIES.

ALL 17 WERE SWORN OFFICERS.

UM, SEVERAL OF THOSE, UH, FOUR OF THEM WERE STRUGGLING WITH A SUSPECT.

UM, THE FOUR OFFICERS THAT WERE STRUGGLING WITH THE SUSPECT ATTRIBUTED TO ABOUT 24% OF ALL INJURIES.

UM, A TOTAL OF, UH, INJURIES BY THE DEPARTMENT DECREASED FROM 2025 BY SEVEN, UM, FROM, UH, FROM THAT 24 AND 2024, UH, 24 INJURIES IN 2024, UH, DOWN TO THAT 17 NUMBER INJURIES SUSTAINED BY PERSONNEL DURING TRAINING EXERCISES DECREASED TO TWO INJURIES COMPARED TO NINE IN 2024.

I'LL TELL YOU A COUPLE OF THINGS ATTRIBUTE TO THAT, AND ONE, WE CHANGED SOME OF OUR CURRICULUM, BUT WHEN THE MEN AND WOMEN DO THEIR DEFENSIVE TACTICS, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS ARE.

THEY ARE FULL STEAM AHEAD AND THEY'RE ROUGH ON ONE ANOTHER.

UM, AND THAT IS FANTASTIC, BUT NOT TO THE EXTENT OF GETTING OURSELVES HURT.

AND SO WE, THERE, THERE'S A UNIQUE BALANCE THERE.

WE WANT 'EM TO, TO ABSOLUTELY HAVE GREAT TRAINING ON DEFENSIVE TACTICS, BUT LET'S NOT BEAT EACH OTHER UP.

COMMUNITY RELATIONS, UH, COFFEE, ANYONE.

UM, WE'VE GOT OUR OWN IN-HOUSE, UH, UH, COFFEE BARISTA THERE.

AND, UH, UH, BUT AT, AT THE SAME TIME, THIS JUST REALLY MAGNIFIES, UH, THE FACT OF US GETTING OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, SERVING WITH THE COMMUNITY, SERVING FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND, UM, HAVING A GREAT TIME WHILE WE'RE DOING IT.

SOME COMMUNITY RELATIONS UPCOMING EVENTS.

UH, NOT ALL INCLUSIVE, BUT CERTAINLY SOME OF OUR HIGHLIGHTS.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE A, UH, CPA CLASS GOING ON, UH, 22 STUDENTS IN THAT,

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THAT WRAPS UP, UH, MID-APRIL.

WE'VE GOT A SECURITY DIRECTOR AND FACILITY MANAGER MEETING THAT'S IN MARCH.

OUR, UM, SUMMER SAFETY KICKOFF.

THAT'S, UH, HISPANIC OUTREACH.

THAT'LL BE AT COTTONWOOD PARK AT THE END OF, UM, END OF SCHOOL, MAY 22ND, UM, KICKING OFF THE SUMMER UCPA.

THAT'S ALWAYS A FUN ONE.

RUNNING THAT SECOND WEEK IN, UM, IN JUNE, RELIGIOUS LEADERS MEETING IN JUNE.

ALSO PUBLIC SAFETY EXPO.

UM, ALWAYS A GREAT TIME IN SEPTEMBER.

UH, WE HAVE COFFEE WITH COPS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS EVERY TWO TO THREE MONTHS.

AND, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED LAST YEAR WITH COPS AT, UH, REC CENTERS AT BOTH HUFFINES AND, UM, HEIGHTS REC CENTERS, DOING THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UM, A FEW TIMES AS WELL.

EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS GROUP, OUR COMMUNITY RELATIONS UNIT, UM, BRIAN ALCO, SUPERVISORS SUPERVISES, UH, THE THREE THERE.

DAVID, UH, AZI, UM, TOMMY DAVIS, AND OF COURSE, JERRY CHILDRE LOOKING AT OUR VOLUNTEERS AND POLICE SERVICE.

THIS IS A NUMBER WE'RE PROUD OF.

WE INCREASED OUR, OUR VOLUNTEERS BY 12 IN 2025.

UM, NOW HAVE 116 ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS ALWAYS, UH, CONTRIBUTING AND HELPING, UM, TO THE TUNE OF 65, ALMOST 6,600 HOURS OF SERVICE DONATED TO US.

UM, FANTASTIC APPRECIATION.

AND AGAIN, WHAT A GREAT PARTNERSHIP.

YOU CITIZEN POLICE ACADEMY.

UH, WE BUMPED THAT NUMBER UP TO 53 IN 2025 IN CREDIBLE NUMBER THERE.

UM, UP FROM 40, UP FROM, UH, 31 IN 2023.

UH, THAT NUMBER WAS DOWN JUST A TAD FROM THE 2022 NUMBER, BUT, UM, FULL STEAM AHEAD AND SEEING WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH, UH, FOR THIS 2026 YEAR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

I KNOW WE DROPPED THE BALL JUST A TAD THERE, BUT, UM, I THINK WE WILL REBOUND PRETTY WELL AND, UH, SEE WHAT 2026 BRINGS US.

SPOKE ABOUT, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IN OUR COMMUNITY RELATIONS GROUP.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE WE RETURNED IT RIGHT ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND HAVE HAD JUST SIGNIFICANT SUCCESS WITH WOMEN'S SELF DEFENSE CLASS.

THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT RUNS ABOUT FOUR WEEKS, UM, HELPS WOMEN REALIZE THEIR STRENGTH AWARENESS, AND IT ACTUALLY SHOWS THEM A AND PROVIDES THEM A, A, A SENSE OF CONFIDENCE.

UM, THEY ALL TALK ABOUT THE RED MAN EXPERIENCE, WHICH IS THE GRADUATION TO WHERE, UM, THEY COME OUT AND, AND FIGHT WITH A, UH, DEFENSIVE TACTICS PERSON IN THE, IN THE BIG RED SUIT.

AND SO, UM, THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD TIME FOR THEM.

BUT AGAIN, WE OFFER THAT ABOUT EVERY, UM, TWO TO THREE WEEKS, I'M SORRY, TWO TO THREE MONTHS.

CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM.

UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HAD GOING FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, UH, NEAR AND DEAR TO, TO MANY OF US.

CERTAINLY OUR NUMBERS AS IT RELATES TO OFFICERS, AS THEY HAVE MOVED AROUND AND WE HAVE NEW OFFICERS COMING IN, THOSE NUMBERS HAVE HAVE REDUCED AS IT RELATES TO, UH, MEMBERS OF THE TEAM.

UM, TAKING A LOOK AT OUR STATISTICS SHOWING, UM, UH, 273 APPREHENSIONS WITHOUT WARRANT AS IT RELATES TO MENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL CRISIS, UH, ALMOST 500 CALLS FOR SERVICE.

BUT AGAIN, THAT PARTNERSHIP THAT WE MAINTAIN WITH METHODIST, UM, THE BEHAVIORAL ON HEALTH, UM, UH, UNIT OVER THERE HAS, HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE.

I'LL GET TO ANOTHER SLIDE, UM, IN, IN JUST JUST A FEW SLIDES, UH, RELATED TO THIS, UM, HOMELESS ENGAGEMENT LIAISON PROGRAM.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF 17, UM, HUNDRED HOMELESS CONTACTS OR CALLS FOR SERVICE.

SOMETHING THAT JEREMY SAVAGE HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL WITH.

UM, RILEY HERE SHE HAS HAS BEEN WORKING ON SOMETHING VERY, UM, CITY OF RICHARDSON CENTRIC AS IT RELATES TO PULLING, UM, DIRECTORS FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER AND SHARING WHAT MAY BE GOING ON IN THEIR SHOP, WHETHER IT'S PARKS, WHETHER IT'S LIBRARY, WHETHER IT'S EISMAN CENTER, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND, AND COMMUNICATING ON WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP ONE ANOTHER OUT AS IT RELATES TO, UM, HOMELESS ENGAGEMENT.

UM, CRIME SCENE.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE LOST IN 2025 WAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TENURE, UH, WITH JEFF CRAIG, AND TWO, AS AS OUR SUPERVISOR, BUT ALSO TWO OF OUR LONG TIME, UM, CRIME SCENE CRIMINALIST.

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AND AS YOU SEE THERE, THOSE THREE RETIREMENTS, 17 YEARS EXPERIENCE, 27 YEARS EXPERIENCE, AND 32 YEARS OF SERVICE ALL TOGETHER WALKING OUT THE DOOR IN ONE YEAR.

UM, PAIGE HORTER STEPPED UP.

UM, SHE WAS SELECTED AS SUPERVISOR OF THE UNIT.

WE ARE, UM, HIRING ASHLEY HAVE HIRED A LATERAL FROM CARROLLTON, UM, BRINGING SOME EXPERIENCE IN WITH HIM, SO WE'RE NOT LOSING TOO MUCH.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YES, WE, WE HAVE LOST QUITE A BIT, AND, AND THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE TO, TO OVERCOME, BUT, UH, FANTASTIC WORK BY, BY PAIGE AND HER TEAM.

AND, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD THERE.

PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE, SOMETIMES THIS IS A GROUP THAT GETS LOST, NO PUN INTENDED ON THE EVIDENCE OR, OR THE PROPERTY, BUT ON A SERIOUS NOTE, LOOKING AT 82,000 PIECES, 82,000 PIECES OF PROPERTY AND OR EVIDENCE, AND WE DO AN ANNUAL AUDIT ON THEM, NOT OF ALL 82,000, BUT IT'S A SPOT CHECK, AND THEY PASS IT, UM, A HUNDRED PERCENT EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

AND IT'S AN INCREDIBLE JOB, INCREDIBLE CHALLENGE.

UM, AS WE, RIGHT BEFORE WE MOVED INTO THE NEW BUILDING IN DECEMBER OF 2017, THEY WERE RUNNING ABOUT 110,000, UM, PIECES OF, OF PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE.

AND SO THEY PURGED AND DID A BIG PURGE THAT YEAR PRIOR TO MOVING IN.

THEY GOT THAT NUMBER DOWN TO ABOUT THAT 82 NUMBER, AND IT CONTINUES TO BE RIGHT AROUND THAT 82, 85, UM, THOUSAND PIECES.

BUT AS YOU SAW, AS YOU SEE HERE IN THIS SLIDE, UM, 18,000 WERE DESTROYED AFTER FINAL ADJUDICATION, PARDON ME, FINAL ADJUDICATION IN THE COURTS, OR, UM, PEOPLE SIMPLY NOT RECOVERING PROPERTY THAT WAS LOST OR, OR FOUND, SO TO SPEAK.

SPECIAL OLYMPICS.

UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WHEN I CAME OVER IN 2018, THAT I TRIED TO MAKE A BIT OF A PUSH, UM, BASED ON MY OWN EFFORTS.

UH, WE JUST WEREN'T THAT SUCCESSFUL.

SO IT COOLED OFF JUST A TAD.

AND, UM, A FEW YEARS BACK, UH, CHALLENGED SERGEANT KELLY PAGLE WITH THIS, AND SHE HAS STEPPED UP AND HAS REALLY RAN WITH IT.

UM, SHE'S VOLUNTEERED AT THE WINTER OLYMPICS AND B CAVE.

WE'VE EMCEED A SPECIAL OLYMPICS GAMES IN MELISSA IN 2025.

WE'VE DONE TOP GOLF, UH, WITH, UM, RPD, UM, PLAYING IN A UNIFIED GAME WITH AN ATHLETE, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ATHLETES, UH, ATTENDED AND PARTICIPATED WITH US IN THAT.

UM, WE HOSTED A FIRST RICHARDSON PD VERSUS RICHARDSON FD UNIFIED SOCCER GAME OVER AT THE SPECTRUM.

UH, THAT WAS AN INTERESTING ONE, I BELIEVE.

UM, AND THEN WE, WE ARE DOING A VARIETY OF THINGS, BUT THIS COMING YEAR, UM, SERGEANT PAGEL HAS BEEN SELECTED TO REPRESENT ALL OF TEXAS LAW ENFORCEMENT AT THE, UM, SPECIAL, UH, OLYMPIC GAMES FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

AND THAT WILL BE HOSTED IN MINNESOTA IN JUNE.

SO, UM, TRYING TO, TO REALLY REPRESENT, AND KELLY'S DOING A FANTASTIC JOB OF THAT AS WELL.

AS I MENTIONED, UH, OFFICER BOOKER, UM, MICAH BOOKER WAS SELECTED TO BE OUR SECOND CANINE, UM, HANDLER WITH A NEW DOG, COLT.

AND SO HE IS TRAINING, UM, COLT UP WELL, AND, UM, WITH OUR PRIMARY OR OUR FIRST, UH, CANINE.

UM, AND SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT.

CRISIS INTERVENTION MANAGER, UH, PROGRAM MANAGER.

THIS IS THE ONE THAT I'D REFERENCED THAT I TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

SO INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR US.

UM, YOU AS COUNSEL, UM, MR. MAGNER, UM, UH, YOU APPROVED THE BUDGET TO HIRE THIS POSITION, AND THIS POSITION IS GOING TO BE INSTRUMENTAL.

WE HAVE NARROWED IT DOWN TO A SINGLE FINAL APPLICANT.

WE'LL BE MOVING THE APPLICANT THROUGH THE, UM, STRINGENT BACKGROUND PROCESS, UH, TO COME TO WORK FOR THE PD, BUT LOOK AT THE, THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS 82 APPLICANTS APPLIED FOR THAT JOB.

UM, NARROWING IT DOWN, UH, I THINK WE ARE GOING TO BE INCREDIBLY, UM, IT'S GOING TO BE INCREDIBLY BENEFICIAL FOR THE ORGANIZATION, FOR THE PD, FOR THE DEPARTMENT, FOR THE CITY, OR, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

AND THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS OF HIRING THIS INDIVIDUAL, OR I SHOULD SAY INTERVIEWING THIS INDIVIDUAL, WE WANTED TO MAKE A POINT OF TALKING

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ABOUT THE CRISIS INTERVENTION PROCESS, BUT ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE WITH METHODIST, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT THROUGH MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS COMES THE COMPONENT OF THE UNHOUSED AND RECOGNIZING THAT WHOMEVER IS SELECTED FOR THIS POSITION MUST MAKE THE CONNECTION AND BE WILLING TO WORK OUT IN THE FIELD, AND TO HAVE A BROAD ARRAY OF, OF DESIRE TO WORK WITH EVERYONE IN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON.

AND SO, UM, I THINK WE HAVE THAT AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT, UM, THIS WILL CERTAINLY NOT TAKE PLACE OF THE VICTIM'S OUTREACH THAT WE HAVE WITH COUNSELING PLACE.

THEY DO A FANTASTIC JOB FOR US, BUT WE BEING PROACTIVE IN SEEING HOW WE CAN PARTNER, UM, WITH COUNSELING PLACE AND THIS POSITION, WE WILL CERTAINLY MAKE THOSE INTRODUCTIONS WHEN WE GET THIS PERSON ON BOARD AND SEE IF WE CAN, UH, FURTHER, UM, THAT RELATIONSHIP ON DOWN THE ROAD.

RE-ACCREDITATION, UH, WE WERE FIRST ACCREDITED IN 2009 THROUGH THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION.

UM, WE ARE ABOUT TO GO THROUGH OUR, UM, NEXT ACCREDITATION, UH, THAT WE, UM, ACCOMPLISHED, UH, ACCREDITATION PROCESSES IN 20 13, 20 18, AND 2022.

UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT NUMBER OF 190 MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENTS IN THE STATE WHO ARE ACCREDITED, UM, THERE ARE PROBABLY ABOUT 225 DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE ACCREDITED.

THOSE OTHER 35 INCLUDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTS, UM, ISDS, UM, THOSE TYPES OF, OF DEPARTMENTS, NOT MUNICIPAL, BUT HERE'S THE INTERESTING NUMBER.

THERE ARE OVER 2,500 POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND ONLY 190 MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE ACCREDITED.

AND WE'VE BEEN ACCREDITED SINCE 2009.

UM, INCREDIBLE WORK BY, UM, THE DEPARTMENT, INCREDIBLE WORK BY THOSE WELL BEFORE ME.

UM, BUT INCREDIBLE WORK FOR CONTINUING THAT CULTURE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING BEST PRACTICES IN SO MANY WAYS.

HERE IS SOMETHING THAT CHIEF GERHARDT, UH, HAS, HAS WORKED ON.

UM, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY INTERESTING.

I THINK IT'S A FANTASTIC PIECE OF, OF SOFTWARE WILL BE IN COORDINATION, UM, WITH THIS SOFTWARE, WITH OUR, UM, TOWING CONTRACTOR SIGNATURE TOWING.

ULTIMATELY WHAT IT IS, IT IS TOWING UBER FOR US.

AND SO WE WILL HAVE A PHONE APP THAT WE CAN ORDER THE WRECKER OURSELF SO THAT WE'RE NOT TYING UP THE AIRWAVES OR THE, UM, DISPATCHER TO ORDER THAT WRECKER FOR US.

WE WILL BE ABLE TO ORDER THAT WRECKER ONLINE THROUGH OUR PHONE APP AT THE SCENE.

UM, WE CAN TRACK THAT WRECKER, WE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THAT WRECKER DRIVER, UM, AS HE OR SHE COMES TO THE LOCATION, IT WILL BE MUCH MORE EXPEDIENT.

UM, WE HOPE THAT THIS WILL INCREASE, UM, OR I SHOULD SAY, DECREASE OUR TIME ON SCENE.

IT SHOULD MAKE IT SAFER FOR US.

IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO CLEAR THE ROADWAYS FASTER.

SO MANY POSITIVES TO ACCOMPLISH THIS ACADEMY TRAINING.

AS WE TALK ABOUT THE CULTURE, AS WE TALK ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, I CAN'T HELP BUT FOCUS ON THE SLOT OR ON THE, UH, THE SQUARE TO THE LEFT AND THE T COLE REQUIRED HOURS FOR AN OFFICER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS GOING THROUGH THE BASIC POLICE OFFICER COURSE.

THEY REQUIRE 736 HOURS OF TRAINING.

AND WHAT DO WE REQUIRE AT THE RICHARDSON POLICE, UM, ACADEMY? WE REQUIRE 1,138 HOURS.

THE MEN AND WOMEN GOING THROUGH OUR ACADEMY TRAINING ARE TRAINED EXTREMELY WELL, AND THAT SHOWS WHEN THEY GET OUT ON THE STREETS OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS.

TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER.

OUR INCUMBENT TRAINING, T COLE MANDATES 40 HOURS EVERY TWO YEARS

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HERE AT RPD.

WE DOUBLE THAT AND WE GO 40 HOURS EVERY YEAR.

AGAIN, JUST RECOGNIZING WHAT OFFICERS GO THROUGH, UM, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING THE STANDARDS AND THEIR CAPABILITIES, AS YOU ALL KNOW.

UM, WE HAVE THAT, I'M GONNA HAVE TO CHANGE THAT SLIDE THAT IS REALLY SUPPOSED TO BE RICHARDSON PLANO POLICE ACADEMY.

UM, BUT WE HAVE THAT RICHARDSON PLANO ACADEMY AR ARRANGEMENT IN WHICH WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FUNDING OF 30%, ROUGHLY TO THEIR 70%.

UM, CURRENT TRAINING WAS BUILT IN 1990.

IT'S NEVER BEEN RENOVATED.

AND, UM, LAST YEAR IN MAY, PLANO VOTERS, UM, APPROVED A, A BOND AMOUNT FOR A NEW TRAINING FACILITY OF, UH, $51 MILLION.

UM, THEY IN THE MIDST OF MAKING A SELECTION ON THE ARCHITECT, UM, WE'VE BEEN, UM, SLIGHTLY INVOLVED IN THAT.

UH, AS THEY SELECT THAT, UM, ARCHITECT AND MOVE FORWARD, WE WILL BE EVEN MORE INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS.

BUT, UM, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

THEY ARE ESTIMATING THAT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE ABOUT A FOUR YEAR, UH, TURNAROUND TO COMPLETE.

BUT AS MANY OF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT, UM, PIECE OF PROPERTY, YOU'VE GOT THE ACADEMY OUT FRONT, YOU'VE GOT THE DRIVING TRACK AND BACK.

WE'RE GOING TO BUILD THE NEW ACADEMY WHERE THE DRIVING TRACK SITS WHILE WE'RE STILL OCCUPYING THE EXISTING ACADEMY.

AND WE'LL USE A, A DRIVING TRACK AND ALLEN, UM, WHEN THAT TRACK IS, IS DOWN, AND THEN WE WILL FLIP FLOP, UM, CLEAR OFF THE EXISTING ACADEMY AND BUILD A DRIVING TRACK RIGHT THERE WHERE THAT IS.

SO, UM, AGAIN, LOOKING AT THAT FOUR YEAR TURNAROUND AND, UH, MOVING FORWARD IN THAT, YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY SEEN THIS.

UM, NO, NO REAL NEW INFORMATION, BUT I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THAT, UM, ON WEDNESDAY MIDDAY, I WILL BE JOINING THE FBI AND SOME OTHER AREA, UM, PARTNERS AND, UM, ATTENDING AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT.

AND HOPEFULLY I WILL HAVE SOME, UM, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO PREPARATION FOR, UH, FIFA, UM, AT, AT THAT TIME.

UM, STILL CONTINUE TO HONE IN ON THAT, UH, 1994 EXPERIENCE.

A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ROLE, BUT, UM, CERTAINLY, UH, REFLECTING ON, ON THAT, ALSO TOUCHING ON PUBLIC ORDER MANAGEMENT.

AND, UM, I'LL SHARE A LITTLE BIT ON THAT.

AS YOU SEE SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT, THE NEW EQUIPMENT THAT I REFERENCED, UM, ON THE WORLD CUP PRESENTATION, BUT, UM, PULMA IS A PUBLIC ORDER MANAGEMENT ACADEMY MODEL.

IT'S INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN.

WE, UH, ARE, ARE USING THIS AND, AND HAVE MOVED TO IT AS IT RELATES TO A MORE PROFESSIONAL APPROACH, MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE AS IT RELATES TO SOME OF THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CROWD MANAGEMENT.

UM, IT'S EVIDENCE-BASED, BUT ALSO, UM, IT HELPS EMPOWERING, UM, OUR OFFICERS TO MANAGE COMPLEX EVENTS.

BUT DOING THAT WITH DEESCALATION AND INTEGRITY AND PROFESSIONALISM.

WE HAVE ALSO GONE THROUGH SOME JOINT TRAINING WITH SOME OF OUR AREA DEPARTMENTS.

SO, UM, JUST IN THE CASE OF ANY TYPE OF MUTUAL AID, UH, WHETHER IT'S FIFA RELATED OR NOT, UM, WE WILL HAVE SOME UNDERSTANDING AND SOME FAMILIARITY WITH ONE ANOTHER ON HOW, HOW WE DO THINGS AND JUST THE, THE MUTUAL TRAINING THERE.

BUT AGAIN, THEY HAVE ALSO MOVED TO THIS PMA MODEL AS WELL.

AND SO I THINK IT WILL SERVE US WELL FOR, UM, MANY YEARS IN THE FUTURE.

OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH ADDISON AS IT RELATES TO OUR DETENTION FACILITY.

YOU SEE ON THAT FAR LEFT THAT WE, UM, RPD, UM, IN 2025, UH, PLACED 31,000, I'M SORRY, 3,100, UM, ARRESTEES INTO OUR DETENTION FACILITY.

THE NUMBER THAT ADDISON PLACED IN OUR DETENTION FACILITY FOR OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER OF 2025 WAS 241.

UM, I BELIEVE OUR NUMBER AVERAGES OUT TO ABOUT, UM, JUST UNDER NINE ARREST, UM, OR, OR DETENTION, UM, ENTRIES INTO THE, THE JAIL FOR RICHARDSON.

WHEREAS THERE'S IS, UH, JUST UNDER THE THREE PER DAY.

UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT MOVING THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND AGREEMENT WITH THEM AND WORKING OUT SOME OF THE, UH, LOGISTICS, UH, WE PROJECTED BASED ON THEIR NUMBERS THAT IT WOULD BE JUST RIGHT AT THREE.

AND SO, UM, THERE IS NO SURPRISE, UM, WHATSOEVER WITH THE

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NUMBERS THAT THEY ARE BRINGING OVER.

VERY MUCH EXPECTED.

THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH RISD ON, AND IT IS HANDLED WITH CARE.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY NEW FOR US, BUT IT IS, UM, A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.

AND IT IS A PROGRAM THAT WHEN WE ENCOUNTER A STUDENT, UH, ON A COMPLETELY NON-SCHOOL RELATED CALL, THAT IF WE BELIEVE THAT THAT STUDENT HAS EXPERIENCED SOME TYPE OF TRAUMA, UM, IN HIS OR HER LIFE EXPERIENCE BASED SPECIFICALLY ON THAT CALL, THEN WE CAN USE AN APP TO MAKE AN ENTRY.

AND ONCE WE MAKE THAT ENTRY, UM, FOR THAT STUDENT, THAT THAT WILL GO THEN TO THE CAMPUS.

UM, IT WILL GO TO AN SRO, IT WILL ALSO GO TO OUR RPD, YOUTH CRIME SERGEANT, UM, WHO IS ALSO OUR SRO SERGEANT.

UM, AND THEN IT WILL GO TO A CAMPUS ADMINISTRATOR, MOST PREFERABLY, UH, MOST LIKELY THE PRINCIPAL.

AND THEN IT WILL ALSO GO TO THAT CAMPUS, UM, COUNSELOR.

AND WHAT THEY DO WITH IT IS, UM, IS, IS ON THEM AT THAT TIME.

BUT WHAT WE ARE DOING IS MAKING A NOTIFICATION, HEY, JUST HANDLE WITH CARE.

WE'RE NOT GETTING INTO THE DETAILS OF THE CHILD'S LIFE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT IF THE KID IS ACTING OUT, IF THE KID IS STRUGGLING, UM, JUST HANDLE WITH CARE.

AND SO WE BELIEVE THIS WILL SERVE US VERY WELL IN THE FUTURE.

AND AGAIN, UM, AS I TALK ABOUT FIGHTING CRIME, BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO FIGHT CRIME, AND WE'RE GONNA DO IT WITH COMPASSION IN RICHARDSON, TEXAS.

SO I WANNA TALK ABOUT THESE NUMBERS.

UM, IN 2025, A YEAR END OFFICER FATALITIES REPORT REVEALED WE HIT AN 80 YEAR LOW ON LINE OF DUTY DEATHS, YEAR END, 80 YEAR LOW, GOING BACK TO 1943.

YET IN 2025, WE HAD 111 DEATHS IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN OUR NATION.

AND YET I PRESENT THIS SLIDE TO YOU LIKE WE'RE CELEBRATING.

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY ONE OF THE MAJOR PROBLEMS WHY ALL POLICING HAS CHALLENGES IN RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION, BUT LET'S ADD ANOTHER LINE.

TAKE A LOOK AT THAT LAST BULLET POINT, 94 SUICIDES BY POLICE OFFICERS IN 2025.

THOSE ARE ACTIVE POLICE OFFICERS.

THOSE ARE NOT RETIREES.

THOSE ARE ACTIVE POLICE OFFICERS, AND IT ALMOST SURPASSES THE LINE OF DUTY DEATHS.

AND I WOULD VENTURE TO GUESS THAT THAT 94 IS NOT ACCURATELY REPRESENTED.

AND SO IF IT'S NOT ACCURATELY REPRESENTED, THEN I BET THAT IT SURPASSES THE LINE OF DUTY DEATHS.

I CAN'T HELP BUT BRING THAT TOPIC UP, WHICH BRINGS ME, QUITE FRANKLY, TO MY LAST SLIDE.

AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN POLICING, REFLECT BACK ON THE MANY SLIDES THAT I PRESENTED TO YOU TONIGHT.

WE HAD CRIME FIGHTING SLIDES, WE HAD CRIME SCENE SLIDES, WE HAVE DETENTION, WE HAVE COMMUNICATION, WE HAVE HANDLE WITH CARE, WE HAVE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

WE HAVE ALL OF THESE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THE MEN AND WOMEN IN A MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENT MANAGES THEIR JACK OF ALL TRADES.

IN ALL OF IT, WE TALK ABOUT IT, WE'RE GONNA FIGHT CRIME, AND WE'RE GONNA DO IT WITH COMPASSION.

I THINK THE SLIDES THAT I'VE PRESENTED TO YOU TONIGHT

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REFLECT JUST THAT WE IN RICHARDSON, TEXAS ARE FIGHTING CRIME, AND WE'RE DOING IT WITH COMPASSION THROUGH THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT WE CURRENTLY OPERATE.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, THE REALITY OF 111 LINE OF DUTY DEATHS IN OUR NATION IS UNACCEPTABLE.

THE 94 REPORTED SUICIDES BY ACTIVE DUTY OFFICERS IS ATROCIOUS.

THE MEN AND WOMEN HAVE A TOUGH JOB.

WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM, HAVE TO CONTINUE TO EMBRACE THEM, BUT LOOKING AT THAT DOT, DOT, DOT, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD AND WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON THE FUTURE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DRIVE THOSE NUMBERS DOWN IN CRIME, BUT ALSO DRIVE THOSE NUMBERS DOWN IN LINE OF DUTY DEATHS AND SUICIDES.

SO AS WE MOVE INTO THIS NEXT BUDGET YEAR, WE KNOW IT'S A CHALLENGE, BUT SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IS STANDING UP A REAL TIME CRIME CENTER TO BE MORE EFFICIENT IN MANY THINGS THAT WE DO.

THERE IS TECHNOLOGY THAT IS OUT THERE THAT IS WELL BEYOND SOME OF THE PRICE TAGS THAT WE'RE NEEDING TO SPEND, BUT THERE IS TECHNOLOGY OUT THERE AS IT RELATES TO DRONES AS FIRST RESPONDERS, HUGE PRICE TAG.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE DILIGENT ON OUR END AND RECOGNIZE WHERE WE'RE AT.

BUT ALSO, WE CAN'T PAUSE AND SLIDE BACKWARDS BECAUSE TECHNOLOGY IS LEADING THIS PROFESSION.

IT'S A SHAME TO SAY, WHEN I STARTED, THE ONE PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY THAT I HAD, UM, WAS, WAS THE MDT IN THE, IN THE CAR.

THAT WAS A SMALL SCREEN I'M REALLY TELLING ON MYSELF NOW, GUYS, Y'ALL DON'T REPEAT THIS AT ALL, BUT, UM, ON A SERIOUS NOTE, TECHNOLOGY IS MOVING THIS PROFESSION FORWARD.

UM, I WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THOSE MANY OPTIONS AND UM, AND AT, AT SOME POINT WE WILL PRESENT THEM THROUGH, UM, MR. MAGNER AND, AND VARIOUS SAINTS, BUT ALSO DOING THAT IN A VERY RESPONSIBLE WAY.

THAT BEING SAID, UM, I WILL CLOSE MY PRESENTATION AND, UH, UH, CERTAINLY TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR ANY, UM, QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, CHIEF TITTLE, UH, UH, AMAZING PRESENTATION.

VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.

UH, JUST KIND OF MORE, I GUESS POINT OF ORDER.

WE HAD A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT HAD TO, UH, LEAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT EARLY UNEXPECTEDLY, UH, GAVE HIS REGRETS, OF COURSE, WANTED TO BE A PART OF, UH, OF THIS MEETING ALSO, UH, BEING COUNCIL MEMBER DORIAN, UH, THAT SAID, UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO COMMENTS.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS.

CHIEF, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

ALWAYS FULL, UH, FASCINATING INSIGHTS AND WE APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE, UH, COMMAND STAFF'S ATTENTION AND TIME TO THIS.

UM, I HAVE THREE QUESTIONS.

SLIDE SIX.

WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, THE PROCESS OF WHICH, YOU KNOW, APPLICANTS VERSUS PASS NOTE, ORAL REVIEW AND BACKGROUND CHECK AND THAT KIND OF STUFF, UM, OBVIOUSLY THE BIG DROP OFF THERE IS THE ORAL BOARD INTERVIEW.

DO YOU, AND I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY YOU GO FROM 108 TO 20, DO YOU KIND OF GO IN SAYING, LOOK, WE KIND OF WALK, WANNA WALK OUT WITH 20, OR IS THIS KIND OF A, I GUESS IS THAT COMMON FOR THAT BIG OF A DROP? I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S THE NARROWING POINT.

IS THAT NO, THAT THAT'S COMMON IN THE, IN THIS YOUR WORK? YES.

IT'S, IT'S, UM, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON.

AND I, I SEE CHIEF GERHART, UH, O OVER THERE.

I THINK HE'S CHOMPING AT THE BIT.

JAMIE, CAN YOU HELP ME OUT? I, I THINK I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT I BET YOU CAN ANSWER IT BETTER.

THE APPLICANTS THAT PASSED THE TEST, THAT'S THE WRITTEN TEST.

WE LOSE A NUMBER ON THE PHYSICAL AGILITY THAT GOES AFTER THAT.

SO THAT'S NOT A TRUE REPRESENTATION.

I SEE.

UH, SO THERE, THERE'S A GOOD DROP OFF.

OKAY, SO NOW I GO BEFORE THE BOARD AND BOARD SAYING, UH, WE DON'T LIKE MOST OF THESE GUYS.

AND THEN IMMEDIATELY WE GO INTO THE, THE ROW.

SO FROM THE, THE PASSING OF THE TEST, WE DO THAT FIRST

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AND A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE NEVER DONE IT BEFORE, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS BECOMING KIND OF AN INDUSTRY STANDARD.

UM, BUT IT, IT'S DIFFICULT AND IT'S CHALLENGING AND SO YOU LOSE A GOOD NUMBER THERE AND THEN YOU GET TO THE BOARD AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE.

I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION THERE.

UM, CHIEF ON SLIDE 13, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, UM, I APPRECIATE ONE OF THE INSIGHTS I GOT WHEN YOU DISCUSSED AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WAS A DIFFERENT KIND OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS AND WHAT MIGHT BE INCLUDED.

'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY SOMEBODY WHO'S NOT AN ATTORNEY OR A LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONAL, I MEAN, I DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THAT, BUT SIMILAR, THE WAY YOU GAVE US INSIGHTS, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, SEXUAL ASSAULTS.

WHEN I THINK OF THE WORD SEXUAL ASSAULT, I THINK RAPE.

ARE THERE OTHER CATEGORIES? I MEAN, DOES THAT INCLUDE LIKE CHILD PORN? DOES IT INCLUDE A GUY MAYBE EXPOSING HIMSELF AT THE, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? OR IS THAT PURELY RAPES THAT IS GOING TO BE, UM, AND, AND WITHOUT GETTING TOO GRAPHIC, RIGHT, THAT IS GOING TO BE EVERYTHING FROM RAPE TO SODOMY TO, UM, ANY TYPE OF PENETRATION.

SO THAT'S OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UH, SO THINGS LIKE CHILD PORN IS A WHOLE NOTHER CATEGORY THERE.

I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE PRESENTATION WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THIS PAST WEEK IN ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S QUICK WORK ON THAT.

UM, CAN YOU, WITHOUT GIVING OPERATIONAL DETAILS THAT YOU CANNOT SHARE AT THIS POINT, UM, CAN YOU GIVE ANY INSIGHT? WAS THAT PART OF ORGANIZED, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED SOME OF THE ORGANIZED TENDENCIES.

WAS THAT GANG ACTIVITY, WAS THAT PART OF ANYTHING ORGANIZED WITHIN SOME OF THE ROBBERIES THAT HAPPENED? UM, ANY INSIGHT TO THAT? 'CAUSE I KNOW ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WAS BROUGHT TO ME LAST FRIDAY NIGHT WAS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE GANGS INCREASING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT.

AND I DID GROW UP IN AN AREA WHERE THERE WERE GANGS AND I HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF THAT, BUT I HAVE SEEN SOME TAGGING, OBVIOUSLY THE GREENWOOD HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THEN A MONTH OR SO AGO IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL.

I KNOW THAT THOSE WERE LOCAL STUDENTS.

I DO NOT BELIEVE THEY WERE GANG RELATED.

KEITH, CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT? I'M, THAT I'M RIGHT.

UH, I WOULD NOT CALL IT AN OFFICIAL GANG.

THEY'RE PROBABLY GANG LIGHT.

UH, A SMALL GROUP OF YOUNG MEN THAT WANTED TO, UH, TAG THEMSELVES AS, I FORGOT WHAT THE INITIALS WERE.

SURE.

SOMETHING NEIGHBORHOOD.

UH, BUT IT WAS A VERY SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE.

AND THE PERSON WHO WAS ARRESTED WAS ACTUALLY ARRESTED FOR A ROBBERY, AND THEN WE ADDED THE, UH, GRAFFITI CHARGES AS WELL.

MAKES SENSE.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, JUST CLARIFICATION.

'CAUSE I LIKE THE IDEA, BUT I'M NOT SURE WALKING, WALKING AWAY ON SLIDE 44, THE HANDLE WITH CARE.

UM, IF SOMEBODY ASKS ME ABOUT THIS TOMORROW, I'M NOT SURE I CAN FULLY EXPLAIN THIS, SO MAYBE IT'S NOT SO CLEAR TO ME.

UM, WHO, IF I'M A TEACHER IN A CLASSROOM AND I THINK MAYBE A STUDENT NEEDS EXTRA HELP, I REPORT THIS TO AN SRO, HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT I, I GUESS I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING HOW THEY BECOME, UH, HOW, HOW DOES A NOTIFICATION HAPPEN? 'CAUSE THE FIRST POINT SAYS DETERMINING AN HWC NOTIFICATION.

HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? THIS IS GOING TO BE INITIATED BY POLICE.

IT WILL BE INITIATED BY POLICE.

WE THEN ENTER THAT INTO A, A DATABASE, UM, IN AN APP THAT IS THEN, UH, TRANSFERRED THAT INFORMATION TO THOSE FOUR INDIVIDUALS BEING OUR, UM, RPD, UH, YOUTH CRIME SERGEANT ALSO, AND SRO IF THAT PARTICULAR CAMPUS HAS AN SRO.

BUT THEN FROM THE SCHOOL SIDE, THAT NOTIFICATION THAT WE ENTER IN, THAT WE POLICE ENTER IN, THAT WILL SEND A NOTIFICATION TO THE PRINCIPAL, UM, OR DESIGNATED ADMINISTRATOR AND TO THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR OF, OF THAT CAMPUS.

SO, AND GO AHEAD.

AND THEN THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IS THEN THEIRS ON THAT BACK END FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

UM, AND THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD MAKE NOTIFICATION TO THE, UM, TEACHERS OF THAT PARTICULAR STUDENT.

AND THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO TELL THEM WHAT IS WHAT WE HAVE SHARED WITH THEM.

AND WE WILL NOT GET INTO, UM, THE, THE FINE DETAILS AS TO WHY WE BELIEVE WHAT WE BELIEVE.

SO, SO IF OFFICER CORCORAN WERE ON A CALL AND IT INVOLVED, YOU KNOW, A A PARENT BE DE DETAINED, A PARENT BEING, YOU KNOW, A, A SUBJECT OF INVESTIGATION OR, OR A, A VICTIM OF A HOMICIDE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S TRAUMA.

SO THEN THE OFFICER WOULD SAY, LOOK, THERE ARE KIDS INVOLVED.

LET'S KEEP AN EYE SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE

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THE SUPPORTS.

IS THAT WHAT THE PURPOSE YOU, YOU'VE GOT IT.

YES SIR.

THAT SOUND, THANK YOU CHIEF.

AND I, I, I LOVE THE IDEA.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND CHIEF.

AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU ENDING, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A, A LOT OF REALLY GOOD NEWS HERE, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU ALSO ENDING THE PRESENTATION.

I ALSO WANT SOMBER NOTE WITH POLICING IN GENERAL.

AND, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY I KNOW YOU HAVE ALL OF OUR SUPPORT IN ANY SORT OF MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS THAT YOU NEED TO NEED TO IMPLEMENT WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OR BEEF UP OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

UM, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO ASK JUST A COUPLE OF UNRELATED QUESTIONS.

UH, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, SOME OF THE STUFF THAT YOU MENTIONED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TRENDS AND HIRING AND TRENDS AND JUST PEOPLE WANTING TO ENTER THE POLICING PROFESSION IN GENERAL AND HOW SORT OF A TOUGH TIME IT IS FOR THAT AND HOW IT CONTINUES TO BE.

UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK IT'S, IT'S INTERESTING 'CAUSE AT FIRST I WAS FRUSTRATED ABOUT THE SORT OF TREADING WATER ON THE HIRING, BUT AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH, I JUST, AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE YEARS AND, YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE YEAR, IT'S KIND OF THE SAME THING.

I JUST, I'VE, I'VE SEEN YOU AND AND YOUR WHOLE TEAM KIND OF TRY DIFFERENT TACTICS AND, YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT IT IS SOMETIMES, RIGHT? YES, SIR.

SO, UM, I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT, BUT WHAT IS GOOD IS THE REDUCTION IN CRIME, UH, AND THE REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF CALLS.

I MEAN, HOW DOES THAT, HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THE WORK THAT YOU AND THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENT HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND, AND OUR NEED FOR STAFF, ADDITIONAL SWORN OFFICERS SPECIFICALLY? WELL, THAT, THAT'S A FANTASTIC, UM, RECOGNITION IF, IF YOU WILL.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CONTINUE AND TO PUSH MM-HMM .

AND WE CONTINUE TO PUSH THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE HERE DOING THE JOB.

LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'RE 10 OFFICERS DOWN, BUT THEN WE'RE REALLY ADD ANOTHER 17 TO THAT BECAUSE RIGHT.

17 OF THEM ARE NOT OUT THERE.

THEN ADD ANOTHER TWO OR THREE WHO MAY BE OFF ON MILITARY LEAVE, UM, INJURY TIME, SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.

DIRECTLY IN TIME TO AN ACADEMY CLASS.

AND SO THAT SIGNIFICANT NUMBER, IF WE WERE EVER TO BE, IF 1 73 COMPLETELY OFF TRAINING MM-HMM .

PHENOMENAL, PHENOMENAL.

BUT I THINK IT REALLY JUST SPEAKS TO THE QUALITY OF MEN AND WOMEN THAT WE ARE HIRING, AND THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE HERE.

AND THE, THE FACT THAT THEY GO IN AND DO THE JOB DAY IN AND DAY OUT, UM, WITH SOME OF THE SHORTAGE ON MM-HMM .

ON HUMAN RESOURCES.

AND, UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO, TO TRY AND DO NEW THINGS, TO TWEAK NEW THINGS AS IT RELATES, UM, TO HIRING TRENDS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

BUT ON THE FLIP SIDE, WHEN YOU HAVE, WHEN YOU HAVE 23 PEOPLE LEAVE THE ORGANIZATION, RIGHT.

MANY OF THEM, UM, THROUGH RETIREMENTS, UH, NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT MANY OF THEM, THROUGH RETIREMENTS, YOU, YOU HAVE TO RECOGNIZE ALSO THEY'VE EARNED THAT.

OF COURSE, THEY'VE EARNED THAT CHANCE TO RETIRE.

SEVERAL OF THEM GOING TO OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITIES, WHETHER IT'S, WHETHER IT'S, UH, AS SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS OR DA'S OFFICE AS BEING INVESTIGATORS.

BUT THEY WILL GO AND THEN START WORKING, UM, ON A, ON A SECOND, SECOND PENSION.

UM, BUT THEY HAVE EARNED THAT WITH THAT TIME HERE.

SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW.

I HOPE, HOPE THAT ANSWERED PART OF YOUR QUESTION THERE.

I MEAN, IT ACKNOWLEDGED THE REALITY THAT, THAT WE'RE IN.

BUT I, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK REALLY MY, MY MAIN QUESTION HAD TO DO WITH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THIS IS SORT OF, LET ME REPHRASE IT.

UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS EVERY YEAR YOU'VE COME BEFORE US, RIGHT? YOU'VE HAD A NEW STRATEGY FOR RECRUITING.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST, I WANNA SAY I APPRECIATE THAT AND THAT THIS IS SORT OF THE FIRST YEAR WHERE I DON'T SEE, YOU KNOW, A WHOLE SLIDE OR TWO SLIDES ON SORT OF NEW STRATEGIES, RIGHT.

BUT I ALSO SEE THE TREND WHERE THERE'S LESS CALLS.

WE HAVE THE FLOCK CAMERAS NOW, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LESS, LESS CRIME IN GENERAL.

AND I WAS JUST SORT OF HOPING THAT THAT TREND COULD MITIGATE SOME OF THE IMPACTS THAT WE SEE IN THE MARKET FOR, FOR HIRING.

DOES THAT SORT OF MAKE SENSE AS FAR AS THE STATEMENT GOES? NO, IT, IT DOES.

LET ME, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT IN A SLIDE, LET ME TOUCH ON, OKAY.

AND I JUST BRIEFLY TOUCHED ON IT IN, IN THE PRESENTATION THAT, YOU KNOW, WE RUN THREE ACADEMY CLASSES MM-HMM .

UM, WHAT, FEBRUARY, JUNE, AND, AND, UH, OCTOBER.

AND SO WE TAILOR OUR TESTING, UH, AROUND THOSE TIMES.

MY CHALLENGE TO THE TEAM NOW HAS BEEN, INSTEAD OF JUST DOING THREE PRIMARY, UM, UM, GROUPS OR CLUSTERS, IF YOU WILL, LET'S ADD TWO MORE IN IT THAT MAY NOT BE RELATED

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AND IF WE MOVE THEM THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIRE THEM BEFORE, BEFORE AN ACADEMY CLASS, AND GUESS WHAT, WE'RE STILL GONNA HOOK 'EM.

AND WE MAY HAVE THEM DOING SOME OTHER THINGS THAT ARE NOT SPECIFIC, UH, TO THE TRADITIONAL POLICING ROLES, BUT LET'S NOT JUST BOX OURSELVES IN I ON THREE ACADEMY CLASSES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

IS THAT, I GOTCHA.

YEAH, THAT HELPS.

SO THAT HELPS.

AND WE'LL SEE HOW IT WORKS.

YOU KNOW, ON THE TOPIC OF, OF FLOCK CAMERAS, I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE SORT OF A BRIEF UPDATE FOR HOW THEY'VE, I MEAN, THEY'VE HELPED YOUR DEPARTMENT SO FAR, AND CAN YOU JUST KIND OF MAYBE EVEN TIE IT INTO SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT YOU PRESENTED TO US WHEN, WHEN WE, WHEN WE LOOK AT TECHNOLOGY, AND I TALKED ABOUT IT, AND I'M GONNA PITCH IT TO CHIEF COLER HERE IN JUST A MINUTE, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT FLOCK CAMERAS AND THE BENEFITS OF REDUCING CRIME, I THINK THEY HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY HELPED US ACHIEVE SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT WE'VE ACHIEVED.

ABSOLUTELY.

KEITH, DO YOU WANT TO TOUCH ON YEAH, I WOULD COMPLETELY AGREE.

UH, ESPECIALLY ON THAT AUTO THEFT NUMBER.

OF LOCK CAMERAS HAS BEEN CRITICAL.

FLOCK HAS RECENTLY CHANGED SOME OF THEIR BACK OFFICE STUFF SO THAT WE CAN GET MORE INFORMATION OUT OF IT THAN WE USED TO AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE GETTING.

UH, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THE ABILITY RIGHT NOW TO CAPTURE HOW MANY CASES WERE CLEARED BY FLOCK HITS.

UH, THEY'RE ROLLING SOMETHING OUT THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET THAT IN THE FUTURE, UH, BY ADDING SOME MORE INFORMATION THERE.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU WITH THE CAMERAS WE HAVE IN THE CITY, UH, WE HAD 528 ALERTS ON STOLEN VEHICLES.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN 528 SEPARATE VEHICLES.

IT COULD BE THE SAME VEHICLE HITTING FIVE OR SIX DIFFERENT CAMERAS OR HITTING A CAMERA ONE DAY AND HITTING AGAIN.

A WEEK LATER, UH, WE HAD, UH, 54 HITS ON MISSING PERSONS.

UH, WE HAD 2,859 HITS ON SEX OFFENDERS.

RUNNING THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

UH, PROTECTIVE ORDERS 3,598.

NOW, AGAIN, THESE COULD BE THE SAME PEOPLE GETTING HIT MULTIPLE TIMES, PARTICULARLY IF THE SEX OFFENDER LIVES IN THE CITY AND DRIVING AROUND.

UH, AND EVEN LIKE ON THE STOLEN VEHICLES, 528 HITS, THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE GOT THERE IN TIME TO FIND THAT CAR, BUT IT DOES GIVE US A BACK OFFICE INVESTIGATIVE TOOL ALSO TO SEE WHERE THAT STOLEN CAR CONTINUES TO HIT AND FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY MIGHT BE GOING AND FOLLOW UP LATER.

SO THEY'VE BEEN, THEY'VE BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL BOTH FOR INVESTIGATIONS AND FOR PATROL.

AND I THINK A LOT OF OUR CRIME MEMBERS CAN BE ACCREDITED TO THAT.

THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.

I MEAN, I, YOU KNOW, IT'S OBVIOUSLY FLOCK CAMERAS ARE A DIVISIVE TOPIC FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT IF THEY'RE HELPING US OUT AND REALLY CAUSING A DENT IN SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT WE SAW ABSOLUTELY.

AND THE RETAIL THEFT NUMBERS THAT HELP US TREMENDOUSLY THERE AS WELL, BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONLY OUR CAMERAS, DIFFERENT BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CITY CAN BUY THEIR OWN FLOCK CAMERAS AND SEND THAT DATA TO US.

UH, AND A LOT OF BIG BOX STORES FOR, UH, HOME DEPOT, LOWE'S.

UH, IT'S BEEN TREMENDOUS IN SOLVING SOME OF THEIR OFFENSES AS WELL.

WELL, AND IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN INCREASE IN ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW.

THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE, SO.

NO, IT'S GOOD.

UM, MY LAST QUESTION REAL QUICK WAS JUST ON, UH, YOU KNOW, THE 1000 PLUS SORT OF HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL CALLS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S OVER ONE A DAY.

I MEAN, WHAT ARE PEOPLE CALLING ABOUT? IT CAN BE A VARIETY OF THINGS.

ALMOST ANYTHING.

IT CAN BE A VARIETY OF THINGS.

WE, WE SEE THIS PERSON AND THEY NEED HELP.

WE SEE THIS PERSON, THEY'RE IN THE STREET.

UM, WE SEE THIS PERSON AND I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT 'EM 'CAUSE IT'S COLD OUTSIDE MM-HMM .

UM, IT, IT REALLY, THE GAMUT.

UM, CER CERTAINLY IS, BUT WE CERTAINLY RESPOND TO THOSE AND, UM, AND CERTAINLY ADDRESS THEM WHERE WE CAN.

WE HAVE SOME NEEDS AND IF THEY PERCEIVE SOME NEEDS, THAT THEY WILL CERTAINLY, UM, SHARE THAT WITH ME.

WELL, THANK YOU CHIEF FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

YOU KNOW, AS YOU ARE GOING THROUGH THE SLIDE, I WAS VERY HAPPY AND EXCITED AND, BUT UNTIL YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE ON THE SECOND SLIDE FROM THE LAST, UH, NOW IS THERE, I MEAN, THE MENTAL HEALTH IS A REAL ISSUE.

I MEAN, IT'S LIKE, BUT LOOK, I WAS SURPRISED THAT IT AFFECT ALSO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ALSO INDIVIDUAL.

UH, IS THERE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE LIFE A LITTLE BETTER ADDITIONAL PROGRAM, ADDITIONAL, UH, FOR THE, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ASKING THAT.

UM, I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THAT I HAVE A SCHEDULED MEETING.

UM, IT'S EITHER TOMORROW AFTERNOON OR UM, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH OUR TWO PEER SUPPORT SUPERVISORS.

AND, UM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AND, UM, WE'RE GONNA SEE WHAT IT IS THAT WE AS A DEPARTMENT CAN DO BETTER.

AND I, UM, AND VERY CONFIDENT THAT IF

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AND I WILL CERTAINLY PASS THAT ALONG.

NO, THAT'S GREAT.

I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE ACTIVELY LOOK FOR DIFFERENT THINGS TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT.

I MEAN, CERTAIN THING THAT WE CAN DO, CERTAIN THING WE CAN'T DO.

I MEAN, OUTSIDE THE REAL WORLD, THAT'S DIFFERENT THINGS.

WE DON'T HAVE MUCH CONTROL OVER THAT, BUT AT LEAST THEIR EXPERIENCE WORKING, WE CAN MAKE SOMETHING BETTER ON THAT.

AND WITH THAT, I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU WOULD BE BRINGING SOME SUGGESTION, RESPONSIBILITY.

UH, I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, DO SOMETHING WITH IRRESPONSIBILITY TOO.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT WILL MAKE REALLY GOOD LIFE BETTER, UH, WHY NOT PUT THAT ON THE TABLE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER? I CAN TELL YOU THAT I WOULD NOT KNOW IF YOU DON'T BRING ANYTHING.

SO, SO WOULD LIKE TO HEAR SOMETHING AND MAYBE THAT MIGHT BE WISHFUL THING FOR THE FUTURE, BUT AT LEAST WE CAN, WE CAN SEE SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, OUT THERE THAT THAT WILL BE BIG DIFFERENCE.

AND SOMETIMES IT CAN REALLY COMPARE THINGS WITH THE MONEY INVESTMENT.

YOU HAVE TO SEE BENEFIT AND EVERYTHING.

IF WE CAN SAVE ONE LIFE VERSUS, IT CAN REALLY PUT THAT DOLLAR FIGURE WITH THE LIFE.

SO THAT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT THINGS.

UH, SO, SO I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST MY OPINION, MY SUGGESTION THAT BRING EVERYTHING THAT OUT THERE, WE, WE CAN AT LEAST EDUCATE OURSELF AND MAKE GOOD DECISION AND ALSO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

UH, AND UH, NOW, NOW I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTION ON THE, SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SHOWED.

ALL THOSE NUMBERS LOOKS GREAT.

IT IS DROPPING.

I MEAN, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT LIKE TO SEE THAT DROPPING.

UH, AND IF IT GOES TO ZERO, PROBABLY NOT GONNA HAPPEN.

WE'RE NOT IN HEAVEN.

UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF IT DROPS, THAT'S THE MAIN THING THAT WE'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS, BUT IT DROPPED REALLY SIGNIFICANTLY BEYOND EVEN I WAS EXPECTING THAT COULD BE DROPPED.

UH, NOW IS THERE ANY REASON THAT'S THIS THING DROPPING? I SHOULD NOT BE ASKING QUESTION THAT WHY IS DROPPING, BUT STILL I'M ASKING THAT, IS THERE ANY TREND THAT WHY THIS THING DROPPING? AND, UH, ANYTHING THAT WE MIGHT SEE THAT IS POPPING UP? AGAIN, I, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE SEEING THIS TREND NATIONWIDE, UH, BOTH IN VIOLENT CRIME AS WELL AS PROPERTY CRIME.

UM, ADDITIONALLY THOUGH WE ARE EXCEEDING WHAT THE NATIONAL TREND IS AS IT RELATES TO THE REDUCTION IN OVERALL CRIME, BOTH PROPERTY AND VIOLENT.

UM, I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE A GREAT TECHNOLOGY AS WE'VE JUST TALKED ABOUT, FLOCK.

UM, WE'VE GOT GREAT TRAINING AS I REFERENCED IN, UM, SOME OF THE TRAINING THAT, UH, THE ADDITIONAL TRAINING THAT WE GO WELL ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THE STATE REQUIRES.

AND IN ADDITION, WE GO WELL AND, UM, ABOVE, UH, AND BEYOND WHAT THE STATE REQUIRES AS IT RELATES TO ACTIVE IN SERVICE TRAINING.

UM, THE MEN, WOMEN OF THE RICHARDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE EXTREMELY, UM, UM, COMPETENT.

THEY'RE EXTREMELY, UM, UM, MOTIVATED AND THEY KNOW WHAT THE GOAL IS, AND THAT IS TO REDUCE CRIME.

AND SO I THINK THERE'S A TOTALITY OF TRAINING EQUIPMENT, TECHNOLOGY, CULTURE THAT ALL, UM, REALLY MOLDS.

UM, WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE NUMBERS REDUCING THE WAY THEY HAVE.

SO WOULD THIS BE TOO MUCH IF I SAY THAT IN THE FUTURE, IF YOU COULD BRING SOMETHING, THE NATIONAL TREND VERSUS I THINK YOU HAVE IN THE PAST, YOU HAVE SHOWED US YES.

NATIONAL VERSUS OURS.

UH, MAYBE THAT WOULD WE, WE CERTAINLY WILL.

UM, WHAT'S UNFORTUNATE SOMETIMES IS THAT NATIONAL TREND, THEY'RE STILL SHOWING 20, 24 NUMBERS AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 20, 25 NUMBERS.

AND SO, UM, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT AND WE WILL DO THAT.

BUT, UM, AND WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE THAT THAT NOTE THAT, UM, ON THAT NATIONAL TREND, WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT, UH, A YEAR AND A HALF AGO INSTEAD OF JUST LAST YEAR.

THAT MAKES SENSE.

I THINK THAT'S, UM, THAT'S REALLY MAKES SENSE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE BEHIND AND WE ARE LOOKING AT AS DATA IS COMING.

NOW, YOU KNOW, I WOULD JUST FINISH THIS.

THE, MY MY TALKING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL DO.

UH, THE CREDIT DEFINITELY GOES TO RPD.

YOU ARE VERY HUMBLE, GIVING CREDIT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

UH, IT'S A PARTNERSHIP DEFINITELY.

BUT YOU KNOW, IT NEEDED TO START FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT AND YOU DO THE INITIATION.

VERY GOOD.

AND THAT'S HOW THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY GETS INVOLVED AND RESPECT BUILT.

IT'S NOT JUST ONE DAY THINGS.

IT'S HAPPENING SLOWLY.

YOU KNOW, IT'S HAPPENING EVERY DAY.

AND IT, IT, IT'S A GOOD EXPERIENCE

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FOR EVERYONE.

SO THAT'S WHY THE TRUST IS BUILDING SO FAR.

AND, UH, I THINK THAT'S THE OVERALL, OVERALL OVERALL RESULT I THINK BECAUSE OF THAT.

SO I THINK RP IS ONE OF THE BEST I SEE THAT IN THIS REGION.

HEY CHIEF, GREAT PRESENTATION.

I APPRECIATE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR PER HUTCHIN MATTER.

APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH.

AND YES, SIR, WOULD ADD ON IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP Y'ALL, PLEASE LET US KNOW.

TWO QUICK QUESTIONS AND ONE THOUGHT, UM, NUMBER ONE, ON YOUR, YOUR STATISTIC ON SEXUAL ASSAULTS, DO YOU HAVE THE BREAKDOWN OF KNOWN ASSAILANT VERSUS UNKNOWN ASSAILANT? IT WAS SLIDE 13, IF THAT HELPS.

YOU BROKE IT DOWN FOR, FOR, UM, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT BUT NOT SEXUAL ASSAULTS OUT OF THE 18.

GIVE ME JUST ONE SECOND, SIR.

OF THAT 18, 14, WERE ACQUAINTANCES.

EIGHT OF THEM BEING FAMILY MEMBERS.

HM.

NOT A GOOD STATISTIC, BUT HELPFUL.

SO THANK YOU.

UM, SECOND QUESTION.

LOVE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THE, UM, UM, WOMEN'S SELF DEFENSE CLASS.

HAVE WE ALSO THOUGHT ABOUT PUTTING TOGETHER AN ELDER SELF-DEFENSE CLASS? NO, WE HAVE NOT.

WE HAVE DONE SOME ELDER FRAUD AND THAT TYPE OF RIGHT.

UH, STUFF.

BUT, UH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

I JUST, I JUST THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT, GIVEN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED, HAPPENED NATIONALLY AND SEEING WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY OUR ELDERS ARE RUN THE SAME, MAYBE NOT THE SAME RISK.

THEY JUST HAVE A RISK THEMSELVES OF, OF BEING, UH, POTENTIALLY, UM, AFFECTED BY, OR NEEDING, NEEDING THE ASSISTANCE OF A SELF-DEFENSE CLASS.

AND I THINK, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE REALLY HELPFUL IF, IF, AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK TO, TO, UH, MAYBE OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR SO.

NO, I, I, ON THAT, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.

SO, UH, THE DIRECTOR OF THE SENIOR CENTER REACHED OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERGEANT.

THEY WERE FAMILIAR WITH THE RAD CLASS.

UM, IT'S PROBABLY TWO PHYSICAL FOR SOMEBODY 'CAUSE THEY TAKE EACH UTILITY TO THE GROUND AND THEY GET INJURED.

BUT THEY ARE GONNA MAKE A PRESENTATION ON SOME SELF-AWARENESS, NOT QUITE SELF-DEFENSE, BUT SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME TIPS THEY CAN GIVE THAT WOULDN'T BE, UM, YOU, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE IMPACT.

BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST A CLASS, NOT A, NOT A HANDS-ON THING.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WITH OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND SEE IS THERE, IS THERE SOME WAY TO CREATE SOME KIND OF A PIPELINE OF POLICE OFFICERS, UM, FOR THE FUTURE? AND MAYBE IF, IF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT EVEN MORPHS INTO NOT ONLY POLICE OFFICERS, BUT YOU TALKED ABOUT THE, THE CRIME LAB SPECIALISTS AND EVEN DISPATCHERS.

AND, AND MAYBE THERE'S A, A GROUP, YOU KNOW, 55 TO 70 THAT MIGHT WANT TO HAVE MORE OF A, A HANDS-ON.

SO MAYBE THERE'S SOME STRATIFICATION THAT WE COULD LOOK AT AS WELL.

I'M, I'M JUST THINKING OUT LOUD.

I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND.

NO, I, YOU KNOW, FROM A HEALTHCARE PERSPECTIVE, PLEASE, LET'S NOT HAVE, YOU KNOW, OUR OUR ELDER ELDERS OUT THERE DOING SUPER PHYSICAL THINGS, BUT MAYBE THERE'S A STRATIFICATION THERE THAT, THAT'S WITHIN MAYBE 55, 65, 55 TO 70, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT COULD BE HELPFUL.

LAST THING, AND I JUST WANNA THROW THIS OUT.

IT, IT CAME TO ME TONIGHT AS YOU WERE TALKING THROUGH, AND THEN ESPECIALLY WHEN, WHEN COUNCILMAN CORCORAN BROUGHT IT UP.

YOU KNOW, I'M, I GET ASKED A LOT FROM OUR, FROM OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGES, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT CAN THEY DO TO HELP US? AND I, AND I'M JUST GONNA THROW OUT FOR A SECOND, YOU KNOW, NUMBER OF YEARS AGO WE STARTED WORKING WITH THE HIGH SCHOOLS ON THE HEALTH SCIENCES ACADEMIES, UH, ACADEMY, EXCUSE ME.

UM, YOU KNOW, NOW SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS THE, WITH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH CREDIT UNION OF TEXAS, WHERE THEY'RE CREATING THE, YOU KNOW, THE BANKERS OF TOMORROW, WE'RE CREATING THE HEALTHCARE PEOPLE OF TOMORROW.

I'M WONDERING, AND AGAIN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO RESPOND, JUST A THOUGHT, A THOUGHT, IS THERE SOME KIND OF A PROGRAM THAT WE COULD PUT THAT, THAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE PUT TOGETHER WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOLS THAT, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I KNOW, I KNOW, I'VE HAD CONVERSATION IN THE PAST THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT, THAT THINK THEY WANNA BE POLICE OFFICERS.

THEY, THEY START THE, THE, THE, THEY, THE PROCESS, THEY GET INTO THE, YOU KNOW, THE THE QUESTION ANSWER.

AND, AND THEY'RE REALLY NOT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN, BEEN, THEY'RE NOT A GOOD FIT, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WAY TO SAY THAT.

AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE, WOULD THERE BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND, AND CREATE A, YOU KNOW, LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY, LIKE WHAT WE HAVE? AND I'M NOT TALKING ACADEMY AS FAR AS YOUR TRAINING ACADEMY.

I'M NOT TALKING THAT WAY, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE CALL IT THE HEALTH SCIENCES ACADEMY.

I THINK THEY'RE NOW CALLING IT THE FINANCE ACADEMY, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.

AND WITHIN OUR ISD, AND I MAY BE SLIGHTLY OFF ON THAT, BUT THEY'VE COME UP AND EVEN, YOU KNOW, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, PLANO NOW HAS A COSMETOLOGY ACADEMY.

SO, UM, FOR STUDENTS WHO WANT TO LOOK TO THE WORLD OF THE PROFESSIONAL WORLD OF COSMETOLOGY.

AND SO I JUST THROW THAT OUT THERE THAT IT MAY BE WORTH, UH, A DISCUSSION WITH

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I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THERE, MAYBE THERE'S OPPORTUNITY THERE.

I KNOW BACK WHEN I FIRST GOT APPROACHED, HOW MANY EVER YEARS AGO, IT WAS WHEN, WHEN, UM, UM, OUR SUPERINTENDENT JEANIE APPROACHED ME AND SAID, HEY, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS THING CALLED THE HEALTH SCIENCES ACADEMY.

AND I'M LIKE, GREAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT COULD WE DO? AND IT'S MORPHED AND YOU KNOW, NOW WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE WHO STARTED IN HIGH SCHOOL COME BACK AND BE OUR EMPLOYEES IN, IN THE HEALTHCARE WORLD.

SO I JUST THROW IT OUT AS A, AS MAYBE AN IDEA, MAYBE A BAD IDEA.

I DON'T KNOW.

I'LL JUST LEAVE IT IN YOUR VERY YOURS AND YOUR COMMAND STEPS, VERY, VERY CAPABLE HANDS AND THROW IT OUT THERE AS MAY, MAYBE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE WORTH LOOKING AT.

NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

I THINK, UH, FOR, FOR MANY YEARS WE HAVE RELIED ON OUR, UH, EXPLORER PROGRAM AND CADET PROGRAM, BUT I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS WELL BEYOND THAT.

UM, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT IDEA AND WE'LL, WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN, UH, GO AND, AND DO FROM THAT.

NO, THANK YOU.

OVERALL THOUGH, GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU AND, AND YOUR ENTIRE, ENTIRE STAFF DO FOR OUR CITY.

THANK YOU, SIR.

COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS.

CHIEF, DON'T, I KNOW WHEN I WAS TEACHING AT LAKE HIGHLANDS FOR A FEW YEARS, THEY HAD LIKE A 9 1 1 PARTNERSHIP.

DO WE STILL HAVE THAT WITH THAT, THE, WHERE THEY DO THE DISPATCHER TRAINING? 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT'S ONE OF THE CTE CERTIFICATIONS THE STATE HAS BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAD A PARTNERSHIP AT ONE POINT.

I KNOW THEY HAVE THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GETTING ANY BENEFIT FROM THAT.

I KNOW WE'RE NOT GETTING BENEFIT FROM THAT.

YOU CAN REPHRASE THAT.

FAIR ENOUGH.

UH, CHIEF, UH, YES SIR.

IT'S VERY RARE THAT I'M EVER GONNA START ANY STATEMENT IN THIS DIOCESE WITH THIS, BUT I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE COUNCIL, UH, AND SAY THAT WE ARE ALL SO EXCEPTIONALLY PROUD OF YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE TEAM.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK, ALL THE GOOD WORK, AMAZING RESULTS, AND EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO, UH, WHEN YOU PUT YOURSELVES ON THE LINE.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT.

THANK YOU MAYOR, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION.

ON TO ITEM F, WHICH IS A REPORT ON COM ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.

UH, WE WILL MOVE

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UH, YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE, THAT ENTIRE PRESENTATION WAS AN ITEM OF COMMUNITY INTEREST FOR SURE.

UM, JUST A FEW THINGS.

UH, ONE THIS PAST FRIDAY, UH, DRUM TOWER AT THE EISMAN WAS AN AWESOME SHOW.

IF YOU MISSED IT, YOU REALLY MISSED IT BECAUSE THEY WERE THE MOST ENTHUSIASTIC GROUP I THINK I'VE EVER SEEN PERFORM.

AND IT WAS REALLY, REALLY NEAT.

UM, LOOKING FORWARD, THERE ARE THREE OPPORTUNITIES.

ONE FOR THE HEALTHIER TEXAS COMMUNITY CHALLENGE THAT'S STILL GOING THROUGH THE END OF MARCH.

SO KEEP LOGGING YOUR POINTS.

YOU CAN GO TO A FREE FITNESS CLASS ON SATURDAY AT HUFFINES AT NOON.

UM, AND THEN THE EISMAN ALSO ON SATURDAY, UH, FRIDAY, EXCUSE ME.

UM, THERE'S JAZZ, GREAT AMERICAN CROONERS THAT, UM, YOU CAN GET TICKETS FOR OR THE SYNCOPATED LADIES ON SUNDAY.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO ALL THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.

AWESOME.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN.

OH, THAT'S RIGHT.

THIS, UH, PAST WEDNESDAY WE HAD A WONDERFUL GRAND OPENING FOR MANNY'S TEX-MEX RIGHT THERE IN CITY LINE.

UM, IT IS GONNA BE GREAT.

I HAVE SAMPLED THEIR MARGARITAS A COUPLE TIMES, , AND I CAN CONFIRM THAT THEY'RE FANTASTIC.

SO EVERYONE GO AND ENJOY.

WONDERFUL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS.

UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

SECOND, UM, COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE'S COMMENT, DRUM TOWEL WAS, IN MY OPINION, ONE OF MY TOP TWO OR THREE FAVORITE SHOWS I'VE SEEN AT THE ICEMAN OVER THE YEARS.

SO GREAT JOB TO THAT.

AND, UH, A, UH, QUICK HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY MOM.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

UH, MAYOR TIM HUTCHIN MATTER.

UH, SAID, HAD TO LEAVE EARLY, BUT HE ASKED ME IF I WOULD JUST MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY MANAGER RECEIVED THE OFFICIAL RICHARDSON ADULT LITERARY MURDER MYSTERY TEAM CHAMPION THAT THE CITY OF RICHARDSON WON ON SATURDAY NIGHT.

UM, ON WEDNESDAY EVENING RIGHT AFTER MANNY'S, UM, OPEN HOUSE, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE CANYON CREEK, HOA COFFEE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.

UM, I WANNA THANK EVERYONE THAT WAS THERE, AND ESPECIALLY THANK OUR CITY MANAGER FOR A GREAT, UM, UPDATE.

UM, ON, UM, UH, THURSDAY EVENING WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PM PINTS.

UM, AND AGAIN, ANOTHER OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION THAT WAS DONE OVER AT OUR IQHQ.

UM, SO APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL.

AND THEN ON SATURDAY, UM, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT, UM, THE CITY AND THE COUNCIL AT THE AHAD MUSLIM COMMUNITY, INTERFAITH IFTAR PROGRAM.

IT WAS AT THE, UH, MOSQUE IN ALLEN.

UM, BUT THE CITY OF ALLEN WAS THERE, CITY OF PLANO, CITY OF RICHARDSON, UM, SEVERAL CONSULATES.

AND, UH, ONCE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, AS I SAID, THAT EVENING, THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND SPEND TIME WITH DIFFERENT FAITHS AND DIFFERENT CULTURES JUST CREATES A KNOWLEDGE BASE THAT CAN ONE DAY, I BELIEVE RESOLVE OUR WORLD INTO A MORE PEACEFUL SITUATION.

AND, UH, COUNCILMAN DORIAN AS, AS THE MAYOR,

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SO THERE IS YOUR, I I KNOW THAT WE'LL GO MIGHTILY SOMEWHERE IN YOUR OFFICE, UM, AND BE DISPLAYED, BUT, UH, I THINK EVERYONE HAD FUN AND, UM, IT WAS A GREAT, GREAT EVENING FOR, FOR EVERYONE.

AND THEN, UM, I JUST WANNA ALSO SAY, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, UM, THIS COMING, UH, IS IT, NO, IT'S TWO WEEKS AWAY COMING UP THE, UH, RICHARDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET.

UM, ALWAYS ENJOYED COMING OUT ON THE 14TH AND SPENDING TIME, UH, CHIEF WITH YOU AND YOUR OFFICERS AND THE COMMAND STAFF, UM, CELEBRATING ALL THE OFFICERS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COUNCIL MEMBER MURPHY.

WELL, UH, ANY ADDITION TO THOSE, ALL THOSE EVENT THAT YOU JUST HEARD, THERE WERE LIKE TWO OTHER, IF THIRD DINNER, UH, WAS HELD, ONE WAS AT MASS AND THEN OTHER ONE WAS, UH, DIALOGUE CENTER INSTITUTE.

UH, WONDERFUL EVENTS.

UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, THIS MURDER MYSTERY.

I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE ONE IN CITY'S HISTORY.

I THINK THAT TEAM DID REALLY GREAT JOB.