Apr 06, 2026 City Council Work Session

[CALL TO ORDER]

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[A. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS AND VISITORS FORUM ]

MR. MAGNER.

UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

MAYOR, COUNCIL, WE'RE NOT IN RECEIPT OF ANY CARDS IN ADVANCE OF THE 4:00 PM DEADLINE, BUT I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THIS EVENING.

SO, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU HERE TO MAKE COMMENTS, LET ME READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS.

ALL SPEAKERS SHOULD COMPLETE A COMMENT CARD AND SUBMITTED TO THE CITY SECRETARY.

SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THEY'RE RECEIVED.

WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE STEP TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

ALL SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM FIVE MINUTES IS INDICATED BY THE TIMERS.

WHEN THE TIMER BEEPS, THE SPEAKER SHOULD CONCLUDE THEIR COMMENTS PROMPTLY.

SPEAKERS MUST NOT PHYSICALLY APPROACH MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OR STAFF, AND SHOULD REMAIN AT THE PODIUM DURING THEIR COMMENTS.

SPEAKERS WITH HANDOUTS MUST PROVIDE THEM TO THE CITY SECRETARY FOR DISTRIBUTION.

SPEAKER SUBMITTING COMMENTS ON THE SAME TOPIC ARE ENCOURAGED TO REDUCE REPETITIVE REMARKS BY INDICATING THEIR COMMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED.

OR BY SELECTING A REPRESENTATIVE.

SPEAKER, THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT PROHIBITS THE CITY COUNCIL FROM DISCUSSING OR TAKING ACTION ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA.

CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF WILL NOT AFFIRM OR OPPOSE ANY SPEAKER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.

THE MAYOR OR CITY MANAGER MAY RESPOND WITH FACTS OF POLICY OR DIRECT CITY STAFF TO RESPOND TO THE SPEAKER.

AFTER THE MEETING, THE AUDIENCE IS ASKED TO REFRAIN FROM APPLAUDING OR THEIR EXPRESSIONS OF SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION, A COPY OF THE COUNCIL RULES OF ORDER AND PROCEDURE.

AND THESE GUIDELINES MAY BE FOUND ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE TO SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONE FOR THE DURATION OF THE MEETING.

MS. EMER, MAY I HAVE THREE CARDS TONIGHT? THE FIRST ONE IS MANASA DURKIN.

GOOD EVENING, VANESSA DURKIN, UH, 100 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY RICHARDSON.

UH, THANK Y'ALL FOR THE TIME.

I WANTED JUST TO TAKE A MINUTE WITH THE, UH, WITH IT BEING, UH, APRIL VOLUNTEER MONTH.

I WANTED TO DRAW SOME QUICK ATTENTION TO A PROGRAM HERE IN RICHARDSON CALLED, I'M ON THE BOARD OF CALLED RICHARDSON REAL HEROES.

UH, BONNIE KLEI, OUR CHAIR WAS TRAVELING TONIGHT AND COULDN'T MAKE IT.

SO I WANTED TO COME AND JUST SAY A WORD ABOUT RICHARDSON REAL HEROES WE'RE AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S BEEN IN RICHARDSON FOR MANY YEARS, BUT WITH PARTNERSHIP WITH MANY DONORS AND THE SUPPORT FROM THE CITY, WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT WE GET TOGETHER AT THE EISMAN CENTER, AND WE HONOR VOLUNTEERS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT DO AMAZING THINGS.

OUR POINT OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CRUX OF IT IS WE GIVE OUT AN AWARD CALLED THE ANNIE AWARD IN HONOR OF, UH, UH, UH, IN MEMORY OF ANN EISMAN, 'CAUSE SHE STARTED THE PROGRAM MANY YEARS AGO.

BUT IT'S TO GIVE AN AWARD TO PEOPLE THAT VOLUNTEER MANY, MANY HOURS, AND WE NEVER SEE 'EM, HEAR 'EM, OR KNOW WHO THEY ARE.

SO THESE ARE, WE SAY, THE UNSUNG HEROES THAT NONE OF US SEE.

BUT EVERY YEAR THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS, I'M ALWAYS SHOCKED TO SEE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE DOING MORE THAN FULL-TIME JOBS, SERVING PLACES, AND NEVER HEARD OF 'EM BEFORE.

SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION.

UH, THIS YEAR WE'RE LAUNCHING SOMETHING, UH, A, A NEW PROGRAM CALLED THE WINGS PROJECT, IN WHICH WE WILL BE GIVING OUT, UH, A DONATION TO THE TWO, THE TWO HEROES.

WE HONOR THE ORGANIZATION THAT THEY SERVE ON.

WE'LL BE GIVING OUT A DONATION AND PRESENTING IT THAT EVENING TO, I'LL CALL SOME ATTENTION TO THE ORGANIZATION THAT THESE VOLUNTEERS HAVE SERVED FOR AND, UH, AND, AND GIVEN BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH.

SO I WANTED TO, UH, JUST CALL ATTENTION TO IT.

IT'S CALLED RICHARDSON REAL HEROES.

YOU CAN SEE US@RICHARDSONREALHEROES.COM.

OUR EVENT WILL BE, UH, THE CEREMONY WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26TH AT THE EISMAN CENTER.

AND IS WHAT MAKES THIS PROGRAM WORK IS PEOPLE NOMINATING HEROES.

SO IF THERE'S ANYONE IN ANY DEPARTMENTS, ANYWHERE YOU WORK, ANYWHERE YOU VOLUNTEER WHERE THERE'S A HERO, WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A MINUTE, FILL OUT A FORM.

IT MEANS A LOT TO THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE NEVER SEEN OR HEARD FROM, BUT THEY VOLUNTEER EVERY DAY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, MR. DURKIN.

CHARLIE NEWTON.

MY NAME IS CHARLES NEWTON.

I LIVE AT 2106 GOLDEN ROD IN THE BEAUTIFUL DIVISION OF DUCK CREEK.

AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO EXPRESS, UH, SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THE OWL FESTIVAL AND GIVE SOME IDEAS.

AND IN THE HANDOUT THAT I'VE GIVEN THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER AND HIS STAFF, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF SCRIPTURE.

AND I, I UNDERSTAND THAT GOVERNMENT DOES NOT TAKE A STAND SCRIPTURALLY, EVEN THOUGH OUR FOUNDING DOCUMENTS FOR OUR COUNTRY WERE WRITTEN BY MEN WHO DID READ THE BIBLE, LOVED THE BIBLE, USED THE BIBLE TO USE WRITE PRECEPTS AND PRINCIPLES FROM THE BIBLE.

THAT IS THE REASON WHY OUR CONSTITUTION AND FOUNDING DOCUMENTS HAVE LASTED 250 YEARS.

BUT THERE IS SCRIPTURE HERE.

I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO INCLUDE SCRIPTURE IN THE MY RECOMMENDED FOR A CHANGE IN THE WILDLIFE FLOWER FESTIVAL, BUT IT IS GOOD READING IN CASE YOU DIDN'T MAKE

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OKAY? YOU CAN GET BACK IN GOOD STANDING WITH GOD.

BUT I JUST WANNA READ THE BOTTOM PART.

I'M RECOMMENDING THAT WE CHANGE FROM WILDFLOWER FESTIVAL TO SPRING TO LIFE.

THE TAGLINE WOULD BE, PLOW, PLANT, GROW, AND BLOOM.

WE TRANSFER THE EXPENSE OF THE WILDFLOWER FESTIVAL MORE TO THE ORGANIZATIONS, HOMEOWNERS, HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS, CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CITY, ENCOURAGING THEM TO BEAUTIFY THEIR SPACES AND THEIR PROPERTY.

SO THE BOTTOM PARAGRAPH, SPRING TO LIFE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO REPLACE WILDFLOWER FESTIVAL.

THE WILDFIRE FESTIVAL HAS BECOME A BURDEN ON THE CITY BUDGET AND A WASTE OF TAXPAYERS DOLLARS.

THE CITY GOVERNMENT HAS SUBSIDIZED THE LACK OF REVENUE.

THE FESTIVAL NO LONGER IS PRODUCING FROM THE INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN SHARED PUBLICLY.

IT IS CLEAR THE FESTIVAL NO LONGER PROVIDES THE ACTIVITIES, ENTERTAINMENT, AND EVENTS THAT THE CITIZENS OF RICHARDSON DESIRE.

IT IS BECOME MORE OF A DRINKING AND SIN FESTIVAL THAN A WHOLESOME FAMILY ORIENTED EVENT.

IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO BE.

THIS YEAR, 2026 SHOULD BE THE END OF WILDFLOWER AND BE REPLACED BY AN EVENT THAT WILL CREATE UNITY, FELLOWSHIP AND PRIDE IN THE CITY WE LOVE.

SPRING TO LIFE COULD MOTIVATE HOMEOWNERS, BUSINESSES, HOAS, AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS TO CREATE BEAUTY AND CIVIC PRIDE USING THEIR OWN CREATIVITY AND RESOURCES.

AWARDS SHOULD BE GIVEN FOR THE BEST BLOOMING LANDSCAPES.

RICHARDSON HAS ALWAYS BEEN A LEADER AND INNOVATOR.

LET'S CLOSE OUT WILDFLOWER 2026 WITH PRAISE GOD SUNDAY, WHICH WILL BE APPEALING TO MANY CITIZENS OF RICHARDSON AND CITIES BEYOND ATTACHED.

PLEASE FIND THE SUGGESTIONS THAT WERE MADE TO THE WILDFLOWER LEADERSHIP SIX MONTHS AGO FOR AN AMAZING SUNDAY CLOSING OF WILDFLOWER.

SUNDAY COULD STILL BE BIGGER THAN ANYTHING CURRENTLY PLANNED, BUT WE MUST MOVE NOW TO SEE WHAT GOD COULD PROVIDE FOR HIS DAY OF WORSHIP AND REST.

CHARLIE NEWTON, THAT'S WHERE I CAN BE TEXT ON THE BACK OF THE SHEET, OF COURSE, IS THE PRAY RICHARDSON PROPOSAL OF PRAISE GOD.

SUNDAY, ON THE LAST DAY OF WILDFLOWER THAT I GAVE TO THOSE WHO ARE LEADING THE WILDFLOWER FESTIVAL SIX MONTHS AGO.

I DO BELIEVE WE DO NEED A CHANGE, AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND WE DO SOMETHING THAT WOULD DRAW ALL FAMILIES OF OUR CITY AND EVEN SURROUNDING CITIES TO AN EVENT THAT WOULD BE TOTALLY FAMILY ORIENTED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY.

I MEAN, I, I PRAISE EVERY EMPLOYEE I SEE WHEN I DO, ESPECIALLY SANITATION WORKERS FOR THE WAY YOU RUN AND MANAGE OUR CITY.

I LOVE THIS CITY.

I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 40 YEARS AND LIKE IT OR NOT, I'M NOT PLANNING ON LEAVING .

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. NEWTON.

SCOTT BRATCHER.

GOOD EVENING, SCOTT BRATCHER, 35 0 5 DEERWOOD COURT.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO THANK Y'ALL FOR, UM, LOOKING OVER THE DRONES.

UM, THEY ARE BECOMING A NIGHTMARE STILL.

JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL HERE.

WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIND AN ANSWER FOR THAT.

WE KNOW YOU'RE GONNA BE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

Y'ALL HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF EMAILS, UM, ABOUT THE PROPOSALS OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE FOUND, UM, THAT WAS PROMISED TO Y'ALL FROM, UH, SAM AT AMAZON.

AND HE HAS NOT FULFILLED HIS OBLIGATION.

SO WE'D LIKE Y'ALL TO REALLY REVIEW THOSE EMAILS THAT WE SENT.

UM, ALSO, I DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE HERE, UM, THAT JUST WANNA WAVE AND SAY THAT THEY'RE AGAINST THE DRONES.

SO THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAD TO SAY IS, PLEASE LOOK IT OVER.

WE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY, YESTERDAY AT EASTER, COULDN'T REALLY BE IN THE BACKYARD BECAUSE AMAZON WAS FLYING.

UM, CAN'T PICK UP EASTER EGGS.

IT'S, IT'S VERY ANNOYING JUST TO GO OUT THERE AND JUST HEAR THE DRONES EVERY FIVE MINUTES.

IT'S, IT'S JUST NOT A VERY PEACEFUL THING ANYMORE.

UM, AND IN ONE OF MY EMAILS, I SUGGESTED THAT GO TO THE COLLIN COUNTY TO NOW THAT WE HAVE A RUNWAY THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, GONNA START ASKING FOR A REDUCTION IN PROPERTY TAX VALUE,

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UM, AND WE, WE, THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE STATED THE SAME THING ALSO.

BUT I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S TIME AND, UM, PLEASE, UM, UM, FIND A RESOLUTION TO THIS.

SO WE REALLY NEED IT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

NO FURTHER.

DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT CARES TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? ALRIGHT, UH,

[B.REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE MONTH OF VOLUNTEERISM ]

MR. MAGNER.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

OUR ASSISTANT, UH, TO THE CITY MANAGER RILEY THOMASON IS GONNA, UH, LEAD THIS BRIEFING.

UH, AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS IS THE MONTH OF VOLUNTEERISM AND, UH, WANTING TO EXECUTE AND ALIGN WITH ONE OF YOUR TACTICS.

UH, RILEY AND UH, GREG SOUL HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TO, UH, PUT TOGETHER AN EXCITING NEW, UH, WEB RESOURCE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER, UM, IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR MOVING FORWARD TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THAT TACTIC.

SO, RILEY, THANKS TO YOU AND GREG FOR GETTING IT TO, UH, GETTING US TO THIS POINT.

I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR FURTHER BRIEFING.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL HERE TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

SO TODAY I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE MONTH OF VOLUNTEERISM AND RECOGNIZING, UM, SOME OF THE EFFORTS THAT WE'RE TAKING TO IMPROVE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY AWARENESS AND, UM, AND IMPROVE HOW WE ARE RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF VOLUNTEERISM.

SO THIS ALIGNS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL GOAL TO HAVE RESIDENTS AND ALL STAKEHOLDERS CHOOSE RICHARDSON AS THE BEST PLACE TO LOCATE, CONTRIBUTE, AND ENGAGE.

AND THE COUNCIL TACTIC.

CONSIDER WAYS TO MAKE VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES EASIER TO KNOW ABOUT AND UNDERSTAND HOW TO TAKE PART.

SO, AS I MENTIONED THIS APRIL IS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER MONTH.

UM, THIS IS A TIME THAT THROUGHOUT THE NATION, UM, COMMUNITIES LIKE OURS ARE CELEBRATING VOLUNTEERS AND ENCOURAGING MORE PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

SO AGAIN, TO MAKE VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES EASIER TO KNOW ABOUT AND UNDERSTAND HOW TO TAKE PART, THE CITY IS LAUNCHING AN UPDATED VOLUNTEER WEBPAGE.

SO THIS IS THE NEW VOLUNTEER LANDING PAGE.

I'D LIKE TO, UM, DIRECT YOU GUYS TO SPECIFICALLY SOME NEW AREAS.

SO WE ARE ORGANIZING THE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES BY PROGRAM AREA, AS WELL AS SOME NEW FEATURES LIKE THE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES BY SIZE.

SO THIS LOOKS LIKE JUST INDIVIDUALS GROUPS AS WELL AS CORPORATE OPPORTUNITIES.

IT ALSO FEATURES A SIMPLE SIGNUP PROCESS.

SO YOU CAN GO ON THIS WEBPAGE AND FIND EXACTLY HOW TO SIGN UP FOR EACH OF THESE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE WEBPAGE PRETTY SEAMLESSLY.

UM, A CONTACT LIST.

SO YOU CAN SEND ALL YOUR QUESTIONS AND INQUIRIES IF THEY'RE NOT ON THE WEBSITE ALREADY TO THAT SPECIFIC CONTACT LIST, AS WELL AS VARIOUS FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.

SO IF YOU WANNA LEARN MORE ABOUT AN OPPORTUNITY BEFORE YOU GO AHEAD AND SIGN UP, UM, YOU'RE AVAILABLE TO DO THAT.

SO THIS NEW WEBPAGE IS ACCESSIBLE, IT'S A CENTRAL POINT OF ACCESS WHERE RESIDENTS CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT AND IT'S ALL IN ONE PLACE.

SO AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS JUST AS A REFRESHER.

I'M SURE YOU GUYS ALL KNOW, UM, BUT THIS IS SORT OF WHAT THE WEBPAGE LOOKS LIKE BROKEN OUT.

SO OUR FIRST AREA IS THE ANIMAL WELFARE.

UM, AND THIS FEATURES OUR ANIMAL SHELTER.

LOTS OF VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES THERE.

THE DOGGY DAY OUT PROGRAM AND THE FOSTER PROGRAM.

AND WHEN YOU GO ON THE WEBPAGE, YOU CAN CLICK ON EACH OF THESE AND IT WILL EXPLAIN MORE ABOUT WHAT THOSE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES LOOK LIKE.

OUR NEXT AREA IS ARTS CULTURE AND EVENTS FEATURING THE COTTONWOOD ART FESTIVAL, EISMAN CENTER VOLUNTEERS, THE HUFFINES HARVEST, HARVEST FEST, UM, SLASH PTO FEST, SANTA'S VILLAGE, WILDFLOWER ARTS AND MUSIC FESTIVAL, AND VARIOUS PARKS AND RECREATION EVENTS, INCLUDING EVENTS LIKE DADDY, DAUGHTER, DANCE BUNNY, TAIL TRAIL THAT WAS RECENTLY HAD.

ALSO, WE HAVE COMMUNITY SERVICES AND ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES.

SO THE VOLUNTEER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THROUGH THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INVOLVED THROUGH THE NETWORK OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES.

WE ALSO HAVE DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL OPTIONS.

SO THE CORPORATE CLEANUP PROGRAM, STORM DRAIN MARKING INITIATIVE, AS WELL AS TRASH BASH, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THIS SATURDAY.

FINALLY, WE HAVE OUR GOVERNANCE AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION.

UM, ONE, I'M SURE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO YOU ALL HERE.

UM, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, WHICH IS AN EXCELLENT WAY TO GET MORE INVOLVED IN YOUR COMMUNITY.

OUR LIBRARY HAS ADULT VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS TEEN VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES.

UM,

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SO THIS IS A NEW FEATURE OF THE WEBSITE.

I KIND OF JUST LISTED OUT WHAT YOU'LL ALREADY SEE ON THE WEBSITE, BUT THESE ARE SOME GROUP AND CORPORATE VOLUNTEER SPECIFIC OPPORTUNITIES.

SO WE OFTEN GET INQUIRIES ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I'M A BUSINESS IN THE RICHARDSON COMMUNITY, I WANNA GET INVOLVED IN VOLUNTEER.

SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR YOU.

UM, AND THERE'S MORE INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE ABOUT ALL OF THIS, BUT ANIMAL SHELTER, CORPORATE CLEANUP.

UM, BELIEVE THIS PICTURES FROM A CORPORATE CLEANUP ACTIVITY.

UM, COTTONWOOD NETWORK, RICHARDSON, ADULT LITERACY CENTERS, SANTA VILLAGE, THE STORM DRAIN MARKING INITIATIVE, TRASH BASH, VOLUNTEER ASSISTANCE, AND WILDFLOWER, ALL OF THOSE TAKE LARGER GROUPS OR CORPORATIONS.

OKAY, HOW TO SIGN UP.

SO THE CALL TO ACTION HERE.

SO VISIT WWW.CORE.NET OR CITY WEBSITE SLASH I WANT TO SLASH VOLUNTEER, OR YOU CAN JUST DO SLASH VOLUNTEER EITHER WORKS.

UM, AND THEN IT'S REALLY SIMPLE.

AT THE VERY TOP OF THE WEBPAGE, YOU'LL SEE AN FAQS SECTION.

YOU CAN CLICK ON THAT FAQ, IT WILL TAKE YOU TO THIS LONG LIST WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE ANSWERS TO ALL THE QUESTIONS THERE IN THAT, UM, RIGHT SCREEN GRAB.

UM, YOU CLICK ON HOW TO SIGN UP, HOW DO I SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER, AND THAT WILL DIRECT YOU TO WEBSITES WHERE IT'S EITHER A VOLUNTEER FORM, IT MIGHT BE AN EMAIL, UM, BUT IT'S SUPER SIMPLE AND IT'S ALL IN ONE PLACE.

AND THEN I JUST PULLED THIS, THIS IS OUR CONTACT INFORMATION PAGE.

SO AGAIN, ALL IN ONE PLACE, ALL CONDENSED.

SO IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION THAT'S NOT ADDRESSED ON THE WEBSITE, THIS IS A PHONE NUMBER AND AN EMAIL THAT YOU CAN GO TO.

AND THERE ARE VARIOUS STAFF THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO MAN THESE EMAILS.

SO YOU SHOULD RECEIVE A, A RESPONSE.

I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME UPCOMING VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, UM, IN ADDITION TO ONGOING VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

UM, THESE ARE SOME UPCOMING EVENTS THAT WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE VOLUNTEERS COME AND PARTICIPATE WITH.

UM, I MENTIONED THIS SATURDAY, APRIL 11TH IS TRASH BASH.

SO THEY WILL BE, UM, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN HELPING MAKE OUR ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, LOOK BETTER, YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO THAT OR JUST PARTICIPATE IN THE TRASH BASH.

I BELIEVE IT'S AT FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.

UM, RICHARDSON BIOBLITZ, UM, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS ONE, THIS IS A, UM, INITIATIVE THAT THEY INVITE VOLUNTEERS TO COME TAKE PICTURE OF NATURAL ANIMAL SPECIES, FLORA FAUNA, UM, TO HELP OUR, UH, IN PARKS, MAINTENANCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL TEAMS TO WORK ON CONSERVATION EFFORTS.

SO IT'S LIKE DATA TRACKING.

UM, COTTONWOOD ART FESTIVAL, WHICH I'M SURE YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH, UM, THE ELECTRONICS RECYCLING AND PAPER SHREDDING EVENT.

THEY ALWAYS COULD USE EXTRA HANDS TO ASSIST WITH THAT.

AND OF COURSE, WILDFLOWER, WHICH, UM, IS ONE OF OUR LARGEST VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH IS AVAILABLE FOR GROUPS, CORPORATE AND INDIVIDUALS.

SO WE'RE STILL RECRUITING FOR THAT.

AWESOME.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, I'M OPEN TO ANSWER ANYTHING I MIGHT KNOW.

AND YOU CAN ALSO DIRECT YOUR QUESTIONS TO THE ASKRICHARDSON@CORE.GOV.

BUT AT THIS TIME, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

MAYOR PRO TIMM HUTCHIN RIDER.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, RILEY, GREAT PRESENTATION.

JUST A QUESTION SLASH CONCERN AND I I JUST WANNA ASK THE QUESTION AGAIN.

WE HAVE EVERYTHING LISTED FROM A CITY, BUT THEN WE'VE PICKED TWO ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE TECHNICALLY NOT CITY DEPARTMENTS TO HIGHLIGHT ON HERE.

AND I'M JUST, THEY'RE BOTH GREAT ORGANIZATIONS AND IT'S NOTHING AGAINST THEM.

BUT DO WE SEE A CONCERN IN THAT THERE'S A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS, AND SO IF THEY COME AND APPROACH US, DO WE PLAN TO PUT THEM ON THIS WEBSITE? OR DO WE NEED TO RETHINK ABOUT HAVING THE TWO THAT ARE LISTED ON HERE RIGHT NOW? BECAUSE IT, IT, IT APPEARS THAT THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF A, OF A, AT LEAST TO ME, IT WOULD BE A CONCERN IF SOMEONE CAME TO ME AND SAID, WELL, YOU'VE LISTED NETWORK AND RALC, BUT WE ARE THE, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW ALTRUSA, WE HAVE RICHARDSON WOMEN'S CLUB, THERE'S A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE.

SO WE'RE EITHER, I FEEL LIKE WE EITHER NEED TO OPEN IT UP TO EVERYBODY OR WE NEED TO JUST LIST CITY SPECIFIC, UM, VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES.

'CAUSE OTHERWISE IT COULD BECOME VERY UNMANAGEABLE.

AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I THINK IT'D BE GREAT IF WE LISTED EVERYBODY, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT THAT'S DOABLE.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE WHAT I'M SAYING? ABSOLUTELY.

UM, THE REASON THAT WE HAD HIGHLIGHTED THOSE TWO OPPORTUNITIES, THEY WERE ON OUR PREVIOUS VOLUNTEER WEBPAGE AS WELL.

SO THIS IS JUST A REFRESH OF THAT EXISTING, UM, INFORMATION.

UM, THOSE TWO ORGANIZATIONS ARE SUBSTANTIAL PARTNERS OF THE CITY, UM, THAT WE CONTRIBUTE TO FINANCIALLY.

AND SO THAT WAS, UM, PREDOMINANTLY THE, THE RATIONALE TO INCLUDE THOSE.

BUT, UM, CITY MANAGER MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RESPONSE.

YEAH, NO, NO, VERY, VERY, VERY WELL SAID.

UM, UH, MAYOR PRO

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OKAY.

UH, TWO OF THE THREE ARE LISTED.

UM, THE THIRD, UH, DOESN'T HAVE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES.

THAT'S WHY THEY AREN'T LISTED.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE THE, THE CLEAR DISTINCTION OF THE LINE THAT, THAT WE WOULD DRAW IS, UH, THE CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE, THAT WE HAVE WITH RLC AND WITH NETWORK.

OKAY.

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

'CAUSE I CAN SEE GETTING QUESTIONS ALONG THOSE LINES.

SO THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT.

UH, GREAT PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

EXCITED TO SEE IT, UH, COME TO FRUITION.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO

[C.PRESENT AND DISCUSS POTENTIAL UPDATES TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AND COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE RELATED TO VARIOUS TOPICS INCLUDING: ZONING PROTEST CRITERIA, THE DEFINITION OF "FAMILY", REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO FLAGS, AND STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN HOME OCCUPATIONS ]

UH, PRESENT AND DISCUSS POTENTIAL UPDATES TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AND COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE RELATED TO VARIOUS TOPICS, INCLUDING ZONING, PROTEST CRITERIA, THE DEFINITION OF FAMILY REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO FLAGS AND STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN HOME OCCUPATIONS.

MR. MAGNER, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

UH, THIS IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE, UH, HISTORICALLY DONE, UM, ON A PRETTY ROUTINE BASIS, UM, AS WE, UH, UH, FOR VARIOUS REASONS HAVE, UH, CODE, UM, CHANGES THAT ARE KIND OF THRUST UPON US SOMETIMES BY THE LEGISLATURE AND SOMETIMES OTHERWISE, UH, OR CODE CHANGES THAT WE WANNA BRING TO YOU FOR CONSIDERATION.

WE'VE KIND OF GROUPED THOSE TOGETHER, UH, MAYOR, UM, AND COUNCIL, WE ARE GOING TO, UH, NOT COVER THE HOME-BASED BUSINESSES TONIGHT.

UM, I HAD INTENDED TO, UM, INCLUDE THAT.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME OUTSTANDING ISSUES THAT WE'D LIKE TO, UH, RUN A LITTLE BIT, UH, MORE, UH, DEEPER ON.

AND SO WE'LL BRING THAT ONE BACK TO YOU.

BUT ANDREW, UH, IS GONNA RUN, UM, POINT ON THIS.

AND I WANNA THANK ANDREW AND TINA, UH, FOR ALL THEIR WORK, UM, AND GETTING THIS, UH, BRIEFING PULLED TOGETHER FOR TONIGHT.

SO, ANDREW, LEMME TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO COVER THE OTHER THREE TOPICS.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, DON.

AND, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UM, SO, UH, TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS LEGISLATIVE RELATED AMENDMENTS THAT CAME OUT OF THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AS WELL AS SOME, UM, AND NEEDING TO ADDRESS THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE AS IT RELATES TO THOSE ITEMS, AS WELL AS, UH, SOME CODE OF ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS.

SO TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THOSE SPECIFIC TOPICS, UH, THOSE WOULD BE ZONING, PROTEST CRITERIA AND DEFINITION OF FAMILY, BOTH OF WHICH THE STATE HAS PREEMPTED US ON THROUGH LEGISLATION AS WELL AS FLAGS AND FLAGPOLES, WHICH WILL BE ADDRESSED IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.

UM, AND THEN, UH, SO GOING BACK, SO FOLLOWING CONCLUSION OF THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION, UM, STAFF IDENTIFIED SEVERAL CHANGES THAT NEEDED TO OCCUR AS IT RELATES TO OUR, OUR, UM, ZONING ORDINANCE, UH, IN ORDER TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH STATE STATUTE.

UM, WHILE SEVERAL PROCEDURAL ITEMS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED, SUCH AS THE, UH, AGENDA PACKET POSTING, UM, SIGNED DIMENSIONS FOR ZONING, ZONING CHANGE SIGNS, UM, PLAT FILING, SOME OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, THE FOLLOWING NEW LAWS WILL REQUIRE REGULATORY UPDATES TO THE CZO COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE, UH, TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE.

THOSE ARE HOUSE BILL 24, WHICH DEALS WITH ZONING PROTEST CRITERIA, AND SENATE BILL 1567, WHICH DEALS WITH THE DEFINITION OF FAMILY.

SO TO START WITH, UH, ZONING PROTEST CRITERIA, UM, SO PRIOR TO THE PASSAGE OF HOUSE BILL 24, OBJECTION FROM PROPERTY OWNERS COMPRISING 20% OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OR PROPERTY WITHIN THE 200 FOOT NOTICE AREA IN WHICH A ZONING CHANGE IS BEING REQUESTED, UH, COULD TRIGGER A SUPER MAJORITY REQUIREMENT OF COUNCIL IN ORDER TO APPROVE, UM, HOUSE BILL 24, INCREASED THE PROPERTY OWNER PROTEST SPECIAL FROM 20% TO 60% FOR REZONING REQUESTS THAT ALLOW FOR MORE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

UM, AND, UH, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT ONLY REQUIRES A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE, UH, TO OF CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE.

SO FOUR OUT OF SEVEN RATHER THAN SIX OUT OF SEVEN, REGARDLESS OF THE HIGHER 60% THRESHOLD REQUIREMENT.

ESSENTIALLY, THE GOAL OF THIS LEGISLATION, AMONG MANY OTHER BILLS THAT CAME OUT OF THIS SESSION WAS TO PROMOTE AND FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE RESIDENTIAL HOUSING, UH, TO ADDRESS THE AFFORDABILITY ISSUES AND, UM, THE, THE HOUSING SUPPLY ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING IN THE STATE.

ALL OTHER REZONING REQUESTS SUCH AS FOR COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, ET CETERA, WOULD MAINTAIN THE 20% PROPERTY OWNER PROTEST THRESHOLD TO REQUIRE SUPER MAJORITY OF COUNCIL TO APPROVE.

UM, SO SINCE THE CCO CURRENTLY REFERENCES THAT, UM, A, UM, THAT A THREE-FOURTHS OF SUPER MAJORITY BE REQUIRED FOR, UM, FOR THE 20% THRESHOLD, WE ARE NEEDING TO AMEND THE, THE CEO IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THAT, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.

SO WE NEED TO LAY OUT THOSE SCENARIOS FOR THE PUBLIC AND EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

SO THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS OF THE CEO NEED TO BE AMENDED TO COMPLY.

UM, ARTICLE 22 A DEALING WITH SPECIAL PERMITS, AND THEN ARTICLE 24 DEALING WITH, UM, GENERAL ZONING CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS.

UM, STAFF IS PROPOSING TO, UM, TO AMEND THE CEO TO PROVIDE FOR THAT SPECIFIC, UH, LANGUAGE THAT'S IN THE STATE STATUTE, UH, AGAIN, TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE PUBLIC AND EVERYONE IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TO KNOW WHAT IS REQUIRED UNDER THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.

AND I'LL LAY THAT OUT

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UM, SO CURRENTLY, UM, ALL LAND-BASED ZONING CHANGES AND SPECIAL PERMITS, UH, REQUIRE THAT SUPER MAJORITY, UH, VOTE OF COUNCIL TO APPROVE IF A 20% PROTEST, UH, WERE TO OCCUR.

UM, NOW THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THAT, UM, HAVE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS.

SO FOR LAND-BASED ZONING CHANGES AND SPECIAL PERMITS, ALLOWING ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TO OCCUR, A 60% PROTEST IS NOW REQUIRED AND IT ONLY REQUIRES A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF COUNCIL TO APPROVE.

SO ONLY FOUR OUT OF SEVEN.

UM, AND THEN ALL OTHER LAND-BASED ZONING CHANGES IN SPECIAL PERMITS SUCH AS FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL, UM, WOULD STILL MAINTAIN THAT SUPER MAJORITY REQUIREMENT THAT YOU'RE ALL ACCUSTOMED TO.

AND THEN, UM, THE, ANY PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE ZONING CHANGES, SO LARGE SCALE ZONING, ORDINANCE, AMENDMENTS, TEXT AMENDMENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT AFFECT THE ENTIRE ZONING ORDINANCE, THERE'S NO PROTEST ABILITY.

UM, AND SO I CAN STOP THERE FOR QUESTIONS OR I CAN TAKE YOU THROUGH THE NEXT TWO AND, AND WE CAN TAKE ALL QUESTIONS AT THE END.

COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

JUST REAL QUICK, SO THAT 60% PROTEST FOR, UH, INCREASED RESIDENTIAL, THAT'S JUST NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER, ESSENTIALLY, THAT'S JUST NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER COUNCIL VOTE, RIGHT? CORRECT, YES.

YEAH.

SO ANYTIME THERE'S MORE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OCCURRING THAT'S BEING PROPOSED, UM, IT'S, IT WOULD BE TREATED LIKE ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER ZONING CASE AND REALLY NO PROTEST ABILITY.

UH, UH, COUNCIL MAYOR BARRIOS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, ANDREW, CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE ZONING CHANGES? MAYBE GIVE US AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE, UM, FOR THOSE THINKING.

YEAH, SO THAT WOULD BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, A TEXT AMENDMENT, SO ANYTHING THAT'S NOT LAND-BASED.

SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE ZONING CHANGES THAT YOU SEE WHERE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY IS SEEKING TO REZONE A PARTICULAR PROPERTY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEY WOULD STILL HAVE TO, THEY WOULD STILL BE SUBJECT TO THOSE PROTEST, UH, THRESHOLDS AND ALL OF THAT.

BUT IF WE'RE CHANGING A DEFINITION IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE, YOU KNOW, REDEFINING A TERM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR WE'RE MAKING SOME OTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, CHANGING A DESIGN REQUIREMENT OR A PARKING REQUIREMENT OR SOMETHING THAT APPLIES TO, YOU KNOW, MORE LARGELY THROUGHOUT THE CITY OR TO A, YOU KNOW, AN ENTIRE ZONING DISTRICT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO THAT'S, OKAY.

SO IT'S NOT JUST STUFF THAT AFFECTS THE ENTIRE CITY.

IT, IT COULD BE SOMETHING ONLY AFFECTS DOWNTOWN OR SOMETHING ONLY AFFECTS, UM, THE IQ OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

YEAH, REALLY THE, THE, THE PROTEST CRITERIA IS JUST DEALING WITH ANY SORT OF, YOU KNOW, LAND BASE WHERE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY'S SEEKING A REQUEST THAT ZONING ON A, UH, CERTAIN PROPERTY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, IF YOU WANNA MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE.

ALRIGHT.

UM, SO THE NEXT ITEM IS, UH, SENATE BILL 1567 DEFINITION OF FAMILY.

UM, SO THE STATE HAS, UM, HAS PREEMPTIVE PREEMPTED CITIES, UM, OR THAT MEETS CERTAIN, UH, CRITERIA.

UM, AND CITIES MAY NOT RESTRICT THE NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS IN A HOUSING UNIT BASED ON FAMILIAL RELATIONS, AGE OR OCCUPATION, BUT WE MAY CONTINUE TO ENFORCE BUILDING AND FIRE CODE REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS ADOPTED BY THE STATE.

IN ADDITION, IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR DEED RESTRICTIONS TO STILL APPLY AND BE MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN, UM, THE STATUTE FOR THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MAY HAVE DEED RESTRICTIONS.

UM, REALLY IT'S THIS, UH, THIS BILL IS TARGETED AT, UM, SPECIFIC CITIES WITH POPULATION LESS THAN 250,000 WITH A UNIVERSITY WITH A ENROLLMENT GREATER THAN 20,000.

UH, SO THERE'S ABOUT A DOZEN CITIES OR SO THAT, THAT THIS APPLIES TO, UH, RICHARDSON BEING ONE OF THEM, UH, GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF UTD.

UM, SO THE CZO ARTICLE ONE, SECTION TWO DEFINES FAMILY, UM, AND CURRENTLY INCLUDES REFERENCES LIMITING THE NUMBER OF PERSONS AND QUALIFIERS FOR CERTAIN RELATIONS SUCH AS BLOOD ADOPTION OR MARRIAGE.

THEREFORE, THE CZO WILL NEED TO BE AMENDED TO REDEFINE THIS TERM.

UM, WE ESSENTIALLY NEED AN UPDATED DEFINITION THAT REMOVES THOSE LIMITS ON, ON OCCUPANCY AS WELL AS THOSE, UH, THOSE CERTAIN QUALIFIERS.

UM, SO THESE ARE THE, THE PROPOSED CHANGES.

SO IN BLACK IS OUR CURRENT, UM, ZONING ORDINANCE DEFINITIONS.

SO FAMILY MEANS ONE OR MORE PERSONS RELATED BY BLOOD ADOPTION OR MARRIAGE LIVING AND COOKING TOGETHER IS A SINGLE HOUSEKEEPING UNIT, EXCLUSIVE OF HOUSEHOLD SERVANTS AND A NUMBER OF PERSONS, BUT NOT EXCEEDING TWO, LIVING AND COOKING TOGETHER IS A SINGLE HOUSEKEEPING UNIT, THOUGH NOT RELATED BY BLOOD ADOPTION OR MARRIAGE SHALL BE DEEMED TO CONSTITUTE A FAMILY.

UM, SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, UM, BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT, IF YOU BREAK DOWN OUR CURRENT DEFINITION, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT FIRST SENTENCE THAT SPEAKS TO THE RELATIONS QUALIFIER, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND SENTENCE THAT SPEAKS TO THE, UM, THE NUMBER OF PERSONS, SO WE'RE, WE'RE IN VIOLATION OF BOTH PROVISIONS CURRENTLY.

SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS, UM, FOR THE NEW DEFINITION TO READ, FAMILY MEANS ANY NUMBER OF PERSONS OCCUPYING A SINGLE DWELLING UNIT, LIVING AND COOKING TOGETHER AS A SINGLE HOUSEKEEPING UNIT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO.

SO WE'RE,

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AND WE'RE ALSO ADDING GUARDIANSHIP OR DEPENDENCY.

UM, AND THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH A COUPLE OF OTHER NEW, NEW DEFINITIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN CITIES, UM, APPLY IN TEXAS.

SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT TOPIC? OKAY.

UM, AND THE FINAL TOPIC FOR, UM, FOR YOUR, UH, CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING, UH, RELEASE OF FLAGS AND FLAG POLLS.

UM, SO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 18, ARTICLE THREE, UM, CURRENTLY REGULATES FLAGS AS PART OF THE CITY SIGN REGULATIONS.

UM, THE ORDINANCE DEFINES FLAGS AND INCLUDE SIZE AND QUANTITY LIMITATIONS APPLICABLE TO CORPORATE LOGO FLAGS.

UM, HOWEVER, THERE ARE NO REGULATIONS CONCERNING TOTAL NUMBER OF FLAGS OR FLAG POLES, FLAGPOLE HEIGHTS, SETBACKS, UH, FLAG SIZES FOR FLAGS OTHER THAN CORPORATE FLAGS.

UM, IN ADDITION, WHILE SITE PLAN APPROVAL IS REQUIRED, A PERMIT IS NOT.

UM, SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT FLAGS ARE TREATED SIMILAR TO SIGNS BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THE SIGN SECTION OF OUR, OF OUR ORDINANCE, AND THEREFORE THE REGULATIONS NEED TO BE CONTENT NEUTRAL.

SO THAT'S THE OTHER THING THAT WE NEEDED TO ADDRESS IN, IN REVISING THESE REGULATIONS.

AND THIS IS DUE TO CASE LAW, UM, PERTAINING TO SIGNS IN THE PAST.

UM, SO CURRENTLY, UM, I'M GONNA KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT OUR CURRENT REGULATION IS AND THEN WHAT A PROPOSED REGULATION IS FOR EACH OF THE, THE DIFFERENT CRITERIA.

SO FOR DEFINITION OR PURPOSE, UM, CURRENTLY, UH, RESEMBLES AND INSIGNIA OF THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL AGENCIES IN ANY STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL BODY, INCLUDING CORPORATE AND LOGO FLAGS.

AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO A PROVISION IN THERE THAT SAYS DECORATIVE DISPLAYS FOR HOLIDAYS OR LEGAL PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS, WHICH DO NOT CONTAIN ADVERTISING AND ARE NOT USED FOR SUCH.

SO WE REALLY FELT THAT THAT LAST PART WAS NOT REALLY APPROPRIATE FOR THIS SECTION.

UM, PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS ARE ALREADY PROTECTED BY THE CONSTITUTION.

UM, SO WE, WE FELT THAT WAS KIND OF OUT OF PLACE FOR THIS SECTION OF THE ORDINANCE.

AND THEN SAME THING WITH DECORATIVE DISPLAYS FOR HOLIDAYS.

UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S, WE'RE DEALING WITH FLAGS HERE, SO IF WE WANNA, UM, ALLOW FOR THAT OR, YOU KNOW, SPECIFY THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, UM, PUT THAT IN A DIFFERENT PLACE IN THE ORDINANCE.

UM, BUT, UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS THE FIRST PART OF THAT, WE, WE WE'RE NOT BEING CONTENT NEUTRAL IN THAT, IN THAT DEFINITION.

SO AS YOU'LL SEE, THE NEW DEFINITIONS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING ARE INTENDED TO BE MORE CONTENT NEUTRAL.

SO A FLAG WOULD BE DEFINED AS A PIECE OF COTTON, SILK POLYESTER CLOTH OR SIMILAR MATERIAL, TYPICALLY OBLONG OR SQUARE ATTACHABLE BY ONE EDGE TO A FLAGPOLE, AND THEN A CORPORATE FLAG.

IT'S A FLAG BEARING THE EMBLEM AND OR INSIGNIA OF AN ON-PREMISE BUSINESS OR ORGANIZATION.

AND THEN A FLAGPOLE WOULD BE A POLL USED FOR FLYING A FLAG.

UM, AND THEN QUANTITY.

UM, CURRENTLY, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE NO LIMITATIONS OTHER THAN YOU'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO HAVE ONE CORPORATE FLAG WHEN ACCOMPANIED BY A US AND OR STATE FLAG OF EQUAL SIZE OR LARGER.

UM, OUR PROPOSAL IS THAT FOR CERTAIN LARGER PROPERTIES, OVER 10 ACRES, HAVING TWO OR MORE STREET FRONTAGES WITH NON-RESIDENTIAL OR MIXED USE ZONING, UH, ALLOWING FOR UP TO SIX FLAGPOLES AND SIX FLAGS PER PLATTED LOT.

AND THEN FOR ALL OTHER LOTS ALLOWING FOR UP TO THREE FLAGPOLES AND A MAXIMUM OF THREE FLAGS PER PER PLATTED LOT.

FOR FLAGPOLE HEIGHT, WE CURRENTLY HAVE NO REGULATIONS.

THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.

UM, THE, THE MAXIMUM WE'RE PROPOSING, AND THIS, THIS IS GENERALLY IN RANGE WITH WHAT WE'VE, WE FOUND IN A LOT OF THE OTHER CITIES WE SURVEYED OUR, OUR TYPICAL BENCHMARK CITIES AND THEN SOME OTHER ONES THAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE GOOD TO LOOK AT.

UM, SO PROPOSAL FOR A MAXIMUM OF 25 FEET IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS AND A MAXIMUM OF 40 FEET IN NON-RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED USE DISTRICTS.

UM, FOR FLAG SIZE, WE CURRENTLY ONLY APPLY THAT TO CORPORATE LOGO FLAGS, UM, WHERE WE ALLOW FOR, UM, VARYING FLAG SIZES DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY.

UM, AND THEN, UH, LIMITING IT TO 40 SQUARE FEET FOR RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS.

UM, SO WE'RE PROPOSING FOR 25 SQUARE FEET FOR THE FLAG SIZE AND RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS, AND THEN 40 SQUARE FEET IN NON-RESIDENTIAL MIXED USE DISTRICTS.

AND THEN, UH, CORPORATE FLAGS WE'RE ESSENTIALLY ADDRESSING IN A NEW SECTION.

UM, SO FOR PROPERTIES THAT ARE, THAT ARE LARGER AND HAVE TWO OR MORE STREET FRONTAGES THAT ARE COMMERCIAL, ALLOWING FOR A MAXIMUM OF TWO CORPORATE FLAGS OR FLAG POLES, UM, PROVIDED.

UM, AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA NEED TO ADDRESS THIS TO, UM, TO MAKE IT MORE CONTENT NEUTRAL.

UM, BUT, UM, PROVIDED THAT THERE ARE TWO, TWO OR MORE FLAG POLES ON THE SITE AND THEN ALL OTHER LOTS WITH NON-RESIDENTIAL MIXED USE ZONING UP TO ONE CORPORATE FLAG PER PLAID LOT.

AND THIS IS TO AVOID THE PROLIFERATION OF CORPORATE FLAGS, WHICH COULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, DEEMED BUSINESS SIGN, ADDITIONAL BUSINESS SIGNAGE.

UM, SO WE JUST WANTED TO LIMIT THE, THE PROLIFERATION OF ADDITIONAL BUSINESS, UM, SIGNAGE OR FLAGS ON, ON PROPERTIES.

AND THEN FINALLY, UM, MAKING A

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UM, AND, UM, BUT THEY ARE LOCATED WITHIN RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS AND SO ALLOWING FOR A MAXIMUM OF ONE CORPORATE FLAG PER FOR EACH OF THOSE LOTS.

AND FINALLY, UM, AS IT RELATES TO LOCATION, UM, SO KIND OF STRENGTHENING OUR, OUR REQUIREMENTS HERE, UH, EACH FLAGPOLE SHALL BE SET BACK FROM ALL PROPERTY LINES, A DISTANCE EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE HEIGHT OF THE FLAGPOLE.

FLAGPOLE SHALL NOT BE LOCATED IN ANY EASEMENT.

AND THAT SITE PLAN APPROVAL WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR ALL FLAGS, FLAGPOLES AND NON-RESIDENTIAL MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICTS, AS WELL AS THOSE INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE LOCATED IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

AND FINALLY, UM, CURRENTLY WE DO NOT REQUIRE A PERMIT FOR FLAGPOLE.

UM, AND SO WE ARE UM, PROPOSING TO REQUIRE A FLAGPOLE FOR, I'M SORRY, REQUIRING A PERMIT FOR FLAG POLES GREATER THAN 25 FEET IN HEIGHT.

AND SO, UH, WITH THAT, I'LL, I'LL PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, AND YOU'RE ON SLIDE 18.

LOCATION.

FIRST BULLET POINT, UH, GO BACK ONE, SORRY.

18.

YEAH, YOU WERE THERE.

UM, ON THE RIGHT TOP BULLET POINT, EACH FLAGPOLE SHALL BE SET BACK FROM ALL PROPERTY LINES, DISTANCE EQUAL GREATER.

OKAY.

DOES THAT APPLY TO BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL LOCKS? YES, IT WOULD, YES.

OKAY, PERFECT.

UM, NEXT, UH, SLIDE 17, HELP ME UNDERSTAND CORPORATE FLAGS AT THE TOP ON THE RIGHT, OVER 10 ACRES.

TWO STREET FRONTAGES.

OKAY, SO IF I HAVE A 15 ACRE, I DON'T KNOW FOR THE FUN OF IT, LET'S SAY CAR LOT, UH, WE HAVE A 15 ACRE CAR, LOT, TWO STREET SIGN FRONTAGES, BUT I COULD HAVE A TOTAL HELP.

I, I'M TRYING TO PROCESS THIS.

I COULD HAVE, I'M NOT QUITE UNDERSTANDING.

CAN YOU KIND OF RESTATE THIS OR HELP ME UNDERSTAND IF I HAVE A YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY CHURCH.

'CAUSE I THINK, I KNOW THERE'S SOME, WE HAVE SOME LARGE CHURCHES, MINE INCLUDED PROBABLY ARE OVER 15 ACRES.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT, BUT THAT WOULD, THAT'S CONSIDERED RESIDENTIAL.

UM, YEAH.

SO A ANY LARGE COMPLEX, YOU KNOW, THE OLD BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD BUILDING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT'S OVER 10 ACRES.

EXPLAIN HOW THIS WOULD LOOK.

YEAH, SO WE DID A, UM, A CALCULATION.

I THINK WE DETERMINED THERE WAS ABOUT 50 OR 60 PROPERTIES IN THE CITY THAT MET THIS CRITERIA.

OKAY.

THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, NON-RESIDENTIAL OVER 10 ACRES HAD TWO OR MORE STREET FRONTAGES.

UM, IF YOU GO TO THE QUANTITY SECTION, SO YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY ALLOWED TO HAVE MAXIMUM OF SIX FLAG POLES AND SIX FLAGS PER PLATTED LOT.

AND THEN FOR CORPORATE FLAGS, IT WOULD ALLOW FOR TWO OF THOSE, TWO OF THOSE FLAG POLES TO, TO FLY A CORPORATE FLAG.

I GUESS I'M STILL NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE DIF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SIX AND TWO THERE IS.

UM, 'CAUSE SO YOU CAN HAVE UP TO SIX ON THE WHOLE, ON THE WHOLE PROPERTY, A 20 ACRE CAMP CORPORATE CAMPUS.

BUT TWO OF THEM COULD BE ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD, BUT THE OTHER FOUR COULD BE SOMEWHERE IN THE BACK OF THE CAMPUS.

CORRECT.

YEAH.

AS LONG AS IT APPLIED EITHER ON EITHER ROAD AS LONG AS YOU'RE AT THE SETBACKS AND ALL THAT.

YES.

OKAY.

OR AT THE, AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE OF THE ACTUAL BUILDING VERSUS ON THE EDGE OF THE PARKING LOT.

RIGHT.

WE WANTED TO GIVE PEOPLE THE OPTION.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE OFTENTIMES YOU HAVE A CORNER LOT AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANNA PUT ALL SIX OF YOUR FLAGS AT THE CORNER, YOU COULD DO THAT.

OR IF YOU WANTED TO PUT THREE OVER ON THIS STREET AND THREE OVER ON THIS STREET, OR IF YOU WANTED TO PUT THREE UP BY THE BUILDING AND THREE ON THE STREET, YOU KNOW, GIVING PEOPLE THE, THOSE OPTIONS.

UH, COUNCILMAN VARS, THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN THE SIDE ORDINANCE.

THE, THE IDEA IS, YOU KNOW, ON THE, ON A LARGER, I MEAN, THAT'S 10 FOOTBALL FIELDS, MINIMUM 10 FOOTBALL FIELDS THAT YOU'RE GONNA, YOU, YOU VERY WELL COULD HAVE SOME, SOME MAJOR ENTRANCES ON TWO DIFFERENT ROAD FRONTAGES.

AND IF YOU WANTED TO REPRESENT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE US TEXAS FLAG ALONG WITH THE CORPORATE FLAG, THE DISTANCE SEPARATION WOULD LIKELY BE LARGE ENOUGH THAT IT WOULDN'T SEEM YEAH.

SI SIGNS ARE THE SAME WAY.

MONUMENT SIGNS ARE THE SAME WAY AT THESE LOCATIONS.

YEAH.

MAKES SENSE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE SETBACK.

UM, FOLLOWING UP ON COUNCILMAN BAR'S QUESTION, HOW WOULD THIS WORK FOR NEIGHBORHOODS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT HAVE A BOY SCOUT PROGRAM THAT PUT OUT FLAGS? IS THAT SORT OF GRANDFATHERED IN IF THEY'RE ALREADY DOING IT, OR ARE WE NOW GONNA REQUIRE EVERY HOMEOWNER TO GET A PERMIT? OR IS THAT ONLY, HOW, HOW IS THAT AND AND ARE THEY GONNA HAVE TO CHANGE FOR THEY PLACE THEM IN THEIR YARDS? YEAH, SO I THINK, I DON'T THINK WE WOULD VIEW THE, THE INDIVIDUAL FLAGS THAT GO OUT AS MEETING THIS CRITERIA.

THIS IS REALLY INTENDED MORE FOR FLAGS THAT ARE FLYING ON FLAG POLES.

UM, AND, AND THEN WE, WE WOULD NOT REQUIRE A PERMIT FOR ANY FLAG THAT'S, THAT'S LESS THAN 25 FEET IN HEIGHT, WHICH REALLY WOULD NOT REQUIRE PERMIT FOR ANY RESIDENTIAL FLAG BECAUSE WE RE WE WERE GONNA RESTRICT THEM TO NO MORE THAN 25 FEET IN HEIGHT FOR RESIDENTIAL FLAG POLES.

OKAY.

THEY ARE FLYING ON FLAG POLES.

I MEAN, THEY COME IN AND THEY PLACE THEM.

AND SO WHAT, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? HOW ARE WE DISTINGUISHING

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YEAH.

I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO ADD? OTHERWISE, I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ADDRESS THESE GREAT FLAG PROGRAMS WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

UM, YEAH.

I GO, GO BACK ONE ANDREW.

UH, WELL MAYBE ONE MORE.

YEAH.

UM, LET US TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

I, YOU KNOW, I, I, THOSE, THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, I I WOULD CONSIDER THE TEMPORARY, UH, US FLAGS THAT ARE PUT OUT BY NEIGHBORHOODS A LOT LIKE OUR TEMPORARY SIGNS WHERE IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY APPLY, BUT IF, IF YOU, IF YOU GUYS DESIRE THAT CLARITY, WE'LL FIGURE OUT A WAY TO INCLUDE SOMETHING THAT WOULD, UH, EITHER EXEMPT 'EM, UM, AND JUST SAY THAT THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED UNDER THESE REGULATIONS.

WE CAN EASILY ADD A, AN EXEMPTION.

YEAH.

I THINK WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ADDRESS THAT.

I THINK IT COULD CREATE A LOT OF CONFUSION FOR EXISTING PROGRAMS AND WE HAVE A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THAT DO THAT.

SO IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHETHER IT'S MM-HMM .

WE'LL JUST, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL ADD A SOMEWHERE MM-HMM .

WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL JUST ADD A, A, A SECTION THAT SAYS EXEMPTIONS AND WE CAN EXEMPT, YOU KNOW, UH, TEMPORARY FLAGS THAT ARE PLACED OUT, UH, FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS OR SOMETHING.

WE'LL, WE'LL COME UP WITH SOME WORDING.

YEAH.

YEAH.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER GOAN.

THANK YOU.

YEAH, I'M JUST, JUST GONNA ADD, UH, TAG ONTO, UH, WHAT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE SAID, UH, ABOUT THE PERMANENT AND, YOU KNOW, PERMANENT MEANING THAT THESE ARE CON THESE ARE SET IN CONCRETE OF SOME SORT AT A CERTAIN HEIGHT AND, AND THEY ARE PERMANENT, WHETHER THE FLAG COMES DOWN, YOU KNOW, PERIODICALLY OR NOT.

BUT YOU KNOW, THE ROTARY OBVIOUSLY PUTS OUT THE TEMPORARY FLAGS DURING, YOU KNOW, SPECIAL, UH, TIMES OF THE YEAR.

SO, AND I AGREE THOSE ARE TEMPORARY.

THEY JUST SET IN A LITTLE HOLE TEMPORARILY.

BUT, BUT, BUT I, I, UNDER, I JUST UNDERSTAND THE, THE DEFINITION OF PERMANENT, BUT POTENTIALLY SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND PERMANENT IS GENERALLY SOMETHING THAT'S CEMENTED INTO THE GROUND.

THANK YOU.

UM, I GUESS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I WOULD, UH, SO, UH, TOTALLY FINE WITH, UH, EXEMPTING ANY, UH, TEMPORARY FLAGS.

I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE.

I WOULD LOVE FOR US MAYBE AS A COUNCIL TO AT LEAST CONSIDER OR DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER THE IDEA OF SIX FLAGPOLES AT A PARTICULAR SITE.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA THAT YOU COULD HAVE A WHOLE LINE OF FLAGS AS YOU'RE GOING DOWN, UH, 75 ON A, ON A FRONTAGE ROAD THAT LET'S SAY HAPPENS TO HAVE A SECOND STREET ON IT.