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OF THE RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER AT 6 P.M. AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER TO LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE. IF YOU PLEASE, STAND AND JOIN ME IN PRAYER. HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AS A CITY COUNCIL, TO ONCE AGAIN COME TOGETHER AND DISCUSS AND DEBATE THE GOOD WORKS IN ORDER TO MOVE OUR CITY FORWARD. LORD, GIVE US PATIENCE, GIVE US KNOWLEDGE AND GIVE US THE GIFT OF MOVING OUR CITY FORWARD. IN CHRIST'S NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS
[3. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS AND VISITORS FORUM]
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS AND VISITORS FORUM. MR. MAGNER, THANK YOU, MAYOR, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE ARE IN RECEIPT OF ONE SPEAKERS CARD TONIGHT. SO FOR THAT SPEAKER AND FOR ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, I'LL READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS. DURING THIS INITIAL PORTION OF THE COUNCIL MEETING, 30 MINUTES IS ALLOCATED FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE COMMENTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON AGENDA ITEMS. AGAIN, IF YOU'RE HERE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE WAIT UNTIL THAT PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS.IF THERE'S TIME LEFT DURING THIS INITIAL 30 MINUTES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, THE REMAINING TIME WILL BE PROVIDED AS VISITORS FORUM OPEN TO ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC WHICH IS IN THE SUBJECT MATTER OR THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY. IF THE FULL 30 MINUTES ALLOCATED FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENTS IS REACHED, THEN SPEAKERS WHO HAVE SUBMITTED A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD MAY SPEAK AT THE VISITORS FORUM SCHEDULED AT THE END OF THE MEETING. ALL SPEAKERS SHOULD COMPLETE A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD AND SUBMIT IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY. SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THEY ARE RECEIVED. WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE STEP TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, ALL SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF FIVE MINUTES, AS 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 PRO THEM TO THE CITY SECRETARY FOR DISTRIBUTION. SPEAKERS SUBMITTING COMMENTS ON THE SAME TOPIC ARE ENCOURAGED TO REDUCE REPETITIVE REMARKS BY INDICATING THEIR COMMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED OR BY SELECTING A REPRESENTATIVE SPEAKER. THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT PROHIBITS THE COUNCIL FROM ADDRESSING OR TAKING ACTION ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA. THE CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF WILL NOT AFFIRM OR OPPOSE ANY SPEAKER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. THE MAYOR CITY MANAGER MAY RESPOND WITH FACTS, A POLICY OR DIRECT CITY STAFF TO RESPOND TO THE SPEAKER.
AFTER THE MEETING, THE AUDIENCE IS ASKED IS ASKED TO REFRAIN FROM APPLAUDING OR OTHER EXPRESSIONS OF SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION. A COPY OF THE COUNCIL RULES OF ORDER AND PROCEDURE, AND THESE GUIDELINES MAY BE FOUND ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. AT THIS TIME, I'D ALSO LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE TO SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONE FOR THE DURATION OF THE MEETING.
MISS NEMER, MAY I HAVE TWO CARDS FOR SPEAKERS TONIGHT? MATT. PEYTON. MR. PEYTON.
HELLO. SORRY, MATT. PEYTON 3521 WILSHIRE WAY, RICHARDSON, TEXAS, 75082. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGEMENT. I'M AN 18 YEAR RICHARDSON RESIDENT, AND I LEAD THE RICHARDSON BICYCLE COALITION, A NONPROFIT WORKING TO ADVANCE SAFE, CONNECTED AND ACCESSIBLE BY BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON. FIRST, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR OFFICIAL RECOGNITION OF BIKE MONTH. THIS PROCLAMATION MATTERS. IT AFFIRMS THAT SAFE CYCLING AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ARE COMMUNITY PRIORITIES. I ALSO APPRECIATE THE CITY'S WORK TO DEVELOP A SAFE ACTION PLAN AND A SHARED UNDERSTANDING THAT TRAFFIC DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES ARE PREVENTABLE. I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE ALL AWARE THAT WE HAD A TRAGIC DEATH IN OUR CITY, AND I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY IS. TAKES IT SERIOUSLY. AND I WANT TO SAY THAT PUBLICLY, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A MISCONCEPTION THAT THE CITY SOMEHOW DOESN'T TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY. I KNOW THERE'S
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PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM THAT CARE VERY MUCH ABOUT BEING BIKE FRIENDLY AND. OUR TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR HIMSELF HAS BEEN HIT BY A MOTOR VEHICLE. HE'S A CYCLIST. HE UNDERSTANDS WHAT IT'S LIKE. AND, AND I, I, SO I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY HERE AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO.PHIL BAILEY WAS SOMEBODY THAT PARTICIPATED IN A WEEKLY POP RIDE. IT'S ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR CYCLING RIDES IN RICHARDSON. IT TAKES PLACE ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAY NIGHTS OVER AT CUSTER PARK. THEY MEET IN THE PARKING LOT, AND THEN AS A TEAM, THEY GO AND THEY CYCLE LIKE 36, 39 MILES, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. DOCTOR GEORGE MARCUS RUNS THAT RIDE AND AND YOU KNOW, IT IT IMPACTED THIS COMMUNITY. IT IMPACTED THAT COMMUNITY A LOT. I DON'T USUALLY HEAR FROM ROAD CYCLISTS, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, FROM THE WORK THAT WE DO, WE WE DEAL MORE WITH TRYING TO GET EVERYDAY PEOPLE ON BIKES. BUT YOU KNOW, THE RIGHTS, THE ROAD CYCLISTS ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED THE MOST SINCE DECEMBER. WE HAD THE ONES, THE THE FATALITIES THAT HAPPENED UP IN PILOT POINT. WE HAD PHIL BAILEY AND THEN DORIE SALLINGER, WHO'S A THREE TIME PARALYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST. AND SO WHAT WE'VE RECOGNIZED IS THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE THAT'S ISOLATED TO RICHARDSON. THIS IS A STATEWIDE ISSUE. SO. WE WE REACHED OUT TO A. A PROFESSOR AT TWU WHO RUNS A DUE DILIGENCE COLLECTIVE, A NONPARTISAN, INDEPENDENT POLICY RESEARCH INITIATIVE, AND CONVENED A COALITION OF NONPROFITS AND CYCLING LEADERS TO INCLUDE BIKE, DFW, PLANO BICYCLE ASSOCIATION, DALLAS BICYCLE ASSOCIATION, FRISCO TRIATHLON CLUB, TEXAS STREETS COALITION PRO CYCLIST AND COACH RYAN CHRISTIE WAS FRIEND OF DORIE SALLINGER AND DOCTOR GEORGE MARCUS, WHO RUNS THE POP. RYAN RICHARDSON AND WE MET WITH THE OFFICE OF SENATOR PAXTON AND SENATOR BOOTH THIS MORNING TO REQUEST THEIR SUPPORT FOR ADVANCING COMMON SENSE STATEWIDE PROTECTIONS FOR CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS TO INCLUDE RESTORING THE VULNERABLE ROAD USER STATUTE, ADOPTING A STATEWIDE THREE FOOT PASSING, MINIMUM, STRENGTHENING DPS DRIVER EDUCATION, AND SUPPORTING A FOUR PART SAFETY PACKAGE TO INCLUDE EXPANDING LOCAL AUTHORITY TO SET 25 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMITS ON OUR LOCAL STREETS WITHOUT TXDOT DELAY. THIS IS SOMETHING I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT, ESPECIALLY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. YOU KNOW, OUR OUR PARENTS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PUT GO AND USE THEIR HARD EARNED MONEY ON, YOU KNOW, SIGNS THAT SAY SLOW DOWN FOR MY KIDS. AND. REQUIRING SAFETY BY DEFAULT, STATE FUNDED PROJECTS, CREATING A QUICK BUILD SAFETY FUND FOR PAINT POSTS, SIGNAL TIMING CHANGES, AND OTHER INTERIM TREATMENTS DEPLOYABLE IN WEEKS RATHER THAN YEARS, AND ESTABLISHING A 30 TO 60 DAY POST-CRASH REVIEW STANDARD, WHICH WE SHOULD BE DOING. IF THIS WAS AN FAA CRASH, THERE WOULD BE INVESTIGATORS ALL OVER THE PLACE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT DOESN'T EVER HAPPEN AGAIN. AND WE ARE SO REACTIVE AS A SOCIETY. I JUST HOPE THAT YOU GUYS, I KNOW MY TIME'S UP. I HOPE YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THAT WE SUPPORT YOU, THAT WE'RE HERE TO PARTNER WITH YOU AND THAT WE DON'T VILIFY THE CITY. WE WANT TO MAKE THIS A SAFER PLACE FOR EVERYONE, WHETHER YOU DRIVE, WHETHER YOU RIDE BIKES OR WHETHER YOU WALK. AND JUST ONE QUICK THING. I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE MISTER PEYTON. YOUR TIME IS UP. I'M SORRY. WE CAN ALWAYS HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER COME UP AND DO THE INTRODUCTIONS, OKAY. I APOLOGIZE. GREAT, GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS GREGORY MASON. MY NAME IS GREGORY MASON. I'M NOT A CITIZEN OF YOUR WONDERFUL CITY. I'M WASHINGTON DC, BUT I HAPPEN TO TRAVEL ACROSS AMERICA ON A BICYCLE. AND I ARRIVED TODAY IN RICHARDSON, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE ARRIVING IN YOUR CITY. AND FOR THE RECORD, MY ADDRESS IS 4334 36TH STREET, NORTHWEST WASHINGTON, DC. SO, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THIS GREAT CITY AND DISTINGUISHED GUESTS. MY NAME IS GREGORY MASON AND I'M REPRESENTING THE MERCHANT CENTER OF JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY INALTIMORE. AND I'M PART OF A NATIONWIDE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN FOCUSING ON THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTH,
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EXERCISING, AND SAFETY. SO FOLLOWING THE INTRODUCTION BY MATT, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU AND SHARE MY EXPERIENCE TRAVELING THROUGH TEXAS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, ARRIVING TODAY AFTER 2700 MILES ON THE BICYCLE ALREADY IN YOUR CITY.SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAND BEFORE YOU AS YOU PROCLAIM MAY AS BICYCLE MONTH FOR WELL, I'M ARRIVING, SO TIMING IS PERFECT. SO IT'S REALLY AN HONOR TO BE WITH YOU HERE TODAY AND TALK TO YOU ON BEHALF OF THE MERCHANT CENTER OF JOHNS HOPKINS. AND IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO SHARE MY STORY AS WELL. AND WE WILL BE DOING THAT TOMORROW IN THE MOVIE THEATER, WHERE WE ARE SHOWING A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT OUR STORY, AND IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND EVERYONE CAN ATTEND. AND IT'S ORGANIZED TOGETHER WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS. SO MY STORY IN MANY WAYS IS A PERSONAL STORY BECAUSE, YEAH, WHY WOULD I OTHERWISE GO ACROSS AMERICA ON A BICYCLE? YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S QUITE AN ADVENTURE. AND LIKE WITH SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE, I WAS CONFRONTED WITH A HEALTH ISSUE, A CHRONICLE ISSUE, AND I WAS SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS LIKE MANY PEOPLE DO WITH A CHRONICLE HEALTH CONDITION. AND SURPRISINGLY, THE ANSWER CAME WITH TWO WHEELS. ALTHOUGH YOU CAN HEAR FROM MY ACCENT THAT I AM NOT BORN IN THE COUNTRY. I'M DUTCH AND WE LOVE BICYCLES. I LOVE CARS AS WELL. AND WHEN THE NEUROLOGIST OF JOHNS HOPKINS TOLD ME YOU NEED TO EXERCISE, I WAS THINKING, REALLY? I WAS TOO ILL TO EVEN THINK ABOUT IT. I WAS THINKING ABOUT CARS AND CERTAINLY ABOUT BICYCLES. BUT YEAH, THE NEUROLOGIST SAID I HAD TO EXERCISE AND THAT REALLY CHANGED MY MIND. AND. I HAD TO EXERCISE BECAUSE I HAD TO COMBAT A PARTICULAR NEUROLOGICAL CONDITION. AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE CYCLING FOR.
IT'S CALLED PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY, AND I HAVE IT. AND CYCLING MADE MYSELF CYCLING GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO GET A, YEAH, A NEW CHAPTER IN MY LIFE. NOW, WHY IS THIS SO IMPORTANT TO ME TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY? BECAUSE WHEN I LEARNED ABOUT THE PROCLAMATION, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT YOUR PROCLAMATION MATTERS. IT'S NOT A SYMBOLIC ISSUE. IT IS A STATEMENT ABOUT THE KIND OF CITY THAT YOU ARE BUILDING TOGETHER. WHAT I SAID I PASSED 2700 MILES NOW, AND I HAVE 3000 MORE MILES TO GO ALL THE WAY TO LOS ANGELES. BUT I CAN TELL YOU, THE MOMENT I ARRIVED IN YOUR CITY, WHEN I SAW THIS HUGE WATER TOWER, WHEN I CAME FROM THE SOUTH. FROM WHITE ROCK CREEK, I CAME FROM THE SOUTH. I CAME FROM THE FROM FROM ARLINGTON, FROM AWAY NORTH. I SAW A CITY THAT REALLY VALUES ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, A CITY THAT CARES ABOUT MULTI USE, TRAFFIC SAFETY. AND VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AND TO ALL OF YOU. HEALTH AS ONE CANNOT EXERCISE IF IT'S NOT SAFE TO EXERCISE. AND I MUST TELL YOU I FELT EXTREMELY SAFE CYCLING IN YOUR CITY. I HAVE CYCLED FOR AN HOUR. I THINK IN YOUR CITY.
THAT'S WHAT IT TOOK ME TO GET TO MY HOTEL. BUT WITH YOUR PERMISSION, WHILE YOU PROCLAIM MAY TO BE THE BICYCLE MONTH, MAY YOU ALLOW ME TO PROCLAIM THE CITY OF RICHARDSON AS THE MOST BIKE FRIENDLY CITY ON MY E-BOOK, AS THE MOST BIKE FRIENDLY CITY ON MY E-BIKE TOUR.
AND ALTHOUGH I HAVE BEEN ONLY ONE HOUR HERE, I WAS TAKEN AWAY BY HOW WIDE THE SHOULDERS ARE.
THE CYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE, THE BIKING LANES. SO TO CONCLUDE, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, FOR KEEPING ME AND YOURSELF SAFE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I LOOK AT THIS. I HAVE ONE SECOND TO GO. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. NO FURTHER CARDS. MAYOR, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT CARES TO SPEAK? IF YOU DO PLAN TO SPEAK, JUST PROMISE ME THAT YOU'LL FILL OUT ONE OF THOSE. YOU GOT ONE ALREADY. WAY TO GO. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING HAVING ME AND LETTING ME SPEAK FOR JUST A FEW SECONDS. I CAN BARELY I CAN'T FOLLOW THAT, BUT MY NAME IS JEFF DAVIS, 101 NORTH GENERAL DRIVE, RICHARDSON, 75080. EXCUSE ME. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF RICHARDSON. REAL
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HEROES. BONNIE KADLEC, THE BOARD CHAIR IS IN A BOARD MEETING TONIGHT. HARD, HARD, HARD WORKING. BECAUSE THIS IS THE NOMINATION PERIOD. AND SHE ASKED ME TO COME AND JUST REMIND EVERYBODY LISTENING AND THE COUNCIL THAT THERE ARE ONLY FOUR DAYS LEFT FOR THE NOMINATION OF FOR RICHARDSON, REAL HEROES. APRIL 30TH IS THE LAST DAY OF NOMINATIONS.RICHARDSON REAL HEROES IS THE ONLY CITYWIDE NONPROFIT PROGRAM THAT CELEBRATES AND HONORS SOME OF THE OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEERS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY AND HELP MAKE OUR CITY RUN AND BENEFIT OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THE CELEBRATION THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE AT THE EISMANN CENTER ON AUGUST 26TH, WHICH SURE LOOKS LIKE AT THIS POINT, GOING TO BE A FUN FILLED, EXCITING EVENING FULL OF INSPIRATION AND CELEBRATION FOR THE HARD WORKING VOLUNTEERS THAT MAKE UP THIS VIBRANT COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE. BUT I JUST WANTED TO TO REMIND EVERYBODY THERE'S FOUR DAYS LEFT. SO IF YOU HAVE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER THAT YOU'D LIKE TO NOMINATE. RICHARDSON REAL HEROES.COM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. MR. DAVIS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? COME ON UP.
AND IF YOU'LL JUST MAKE SURE TO HAND THAT CARD OVER TO THE CITY SECRETARY WHEN YOU'RE DONE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MARCUS BATSON 3474 HERITAGE PLACE, RICHARDSON, TEXAS 75082. SO FIRST OFF, I JUST WANT TO ALSO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE BIKE BIKE MONTH PROCLAMATION. AND ALSO I SEE ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT CITY IS DOING. AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING A BICYCLE COALITION AS A BOARD MEMBER. AND I BASICALLY JUST WANT TO AGAIN HIGHLIGHT THE SAFETY. SO THE SAFETY IS LONG TERM IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP PEOPLE OUTSIDE RIDING. AND THREE SPECIFIC SAFETY TOPICS THAT I'D JUST LIKE TO BRING UP ARE FLASHING LEFT TURN YELLOW ARROWS, BYPASS SLIPPAGE LANES, AND THEN ALSO THE VISION ZERO SAFETY PLAN THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY BROUGHT WITH THE LEFT TURN ARROWS. RECENTLY, WE'VE HAD SOME SUCCESS TALKING WITH THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT TO. WE REALIZED THAT THERE WAS A POTENTIAL CONFLICT WITH THE CURRENT PROGRAMING OF SOME OF THE INTERSECTIONS THAT.
VEHICLES TURNING LEFT HAVE A FLASHING YELLOW ARROW, WHILE THERE IS ALSO A WALK PHASE DURING THE PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL. SO WE'VE ASKED THE CITY TO START REVIEWING THOSE INTERSECTIONS AND ALSO LONG TERM TO CHANGE THE CHANGE IT. SO THAT DEFAULT PROGRAMING IS THAT IF SOMEONE GOES OUT OF THEIR WAY TO PRESS A BUTTON TO WALK AND CROSS, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT CARS TURNING LEFT. IT SHOULD JUST BE A RED LEFT TURN. LET THE CARS TURN LEFT EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER. BUT DON'T. DON'T CONFLICT WITH THE PEDESTRIAN PHASE. WITH THE SLIPPAGE OF BYPASS LANES, THE THE CONCERN THAT WE HAVE THERE IS THAT WE'VE NOTICED AND WE'VE HEARD WE'VE HEARD COMPLAINTS FROM SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT EVEN THOUGH LEGALLY, VEHICLES TURNING IN THOSE BYPASS LANES, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE AT A RENNER AND PLANO, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO YIELD TO PEDESTRIANS IN THE CROSSWALK, OR IF THEY SEE A PEDESTRIAN APPROACHING, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO YIELD AND LET THEM CROSS.
THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN AS OFTEN AS IT SHOULD. SO THE SPECIFIC ASK THAT WE THAT WE ASK IS TO CONSIDER HAVING SOME OF THOSE LANES CLOSED. SO EVEN IF ONLY ON A TEMPORARY BASIS, TO JUST COLLECT THE DATA AND SEE DOES IT MAKE A LARGE DIFFERENCE DURING THE PEAK TRAFFIC HOURS VERSUS THE SAFETY GAINS THAT ARE THERE? AND THEN THE LAST ONE WITH THE VISION ZERO SAFETY PLAN IS COALITION IS ASKING FOR A STRONGER COMMITMENT. SO THE CURRENT COMMITMENT OF 50% BY 2050 IS NOT BEST IN CLASS. SO AND WHAT I'VE SEEN FROM RICHARDSON IS THAT WE ARE EASILY A TOP TIER CITY. SO WE CAN ACHIEVE SOMETHING MORE COMPETITIVE, SUCH AS 0% BY 2035 IN A DECADE, OR MAYBE NOT EVEN 2035, BUT 2036 OR 27 A DECADE. CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES, SUCH AS HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY HAVE ACHIEVED THIS. THE HARD THING IS THAT, YES, IT DOES REQUIRE COMMITMENT. IT REQUIRES COMMITMENT THAT WHENEVER A SERIOUS INJURY OR FATALITY HAPPENS, WE GO INVESTIGATE IT. WHENEVER WE GET CONCERNS ABOUT WHENEVER WE GET CONCERNS ABOUT NEAR MISSES, WE GO AND LOOK AT THE DATA OR START REVIEWING CAMERAS AND SEE LIKE, HOW OFTEN ARE THESE HAPPENING? BUT OVERALL, THOSE WERE THE THREE SAFETY CONCERNS THAT OR TOPICS I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP AS WE APPROACH BIKE MONTH. SO AND PREVIOUSLY BIKES COALITION, WE ALSO BROUGHT THESE UP THROUGH THE BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SO THAT WAY WE GET WE COVER ALL ANGLES. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MR. BATSON. ANY OTHER SPEAKERS?
[4. CONSENT AGENDA]
ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER. MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS FILED. COUNCILMEMBER JUSTICE. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL MOVE ON TO[5. PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL BIKE MONTH]
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ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL BIKE MONTH. MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU, MAYOR, AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM TO PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION, I'LL JUST PROVIDE SOME INSTRUCTIONS TO OUR GUEST. WE ARE HAPPY THAT MEMBERS OF THE RICHARDSON BICYCLE COALITION ARE HERE TONIGHT, AS WELL AS OUR BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMISSION. AFTER THE MAYOR READS THE PROCLAMATION, WE'D LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE HERE FROM ONE OF THOSE GROUPS UP TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL TO KIND OF COMMEMORATE THE EVENING. AND AND SO, MAYOR, I'LL HAND IT BACK OFF TO YOU. AND THEN COUNCIL, AS MAYOR CONCLUDES, YOU CAN JOIN THEM AT THE FRONT OF THE ROOM HERE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. BEFORE I GET STARTED, IT ALWAYS FEELS NECESSARY TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN FOR ALL THE WORK HE DOES ON ON THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC, I KNOW HE'S THE CROWD'S FAVORITE. IF THE CROWD IS MADE UP OF BICYCLISTS, BUT. BUT IN AN EFFORT TO BECOME YOUR SECOND FAVORITE, I'VE WORN BICYCLE SOCKS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON WITH THIS PROCLAMATION.AND IT STARTS WITH WHEREAS MAY IS NATIONAL BIKE MONTH, RICHARDSON WILL BE CELEBRATING THE JOYS AND BENEFITS OF BICYCLING. AND WHEREAS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF MAY, THE RESIDENTS OF RICHARDSON AND ITS VISITORS WILL EXPERIENCE THE JOYS OF BICYCLING THROUGH COMMUNITY EVENTS LIKE THE THIRD ANNUAL CITYWIDE BIKE RODEO EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, OR BY SIMPLY GETTING OUT AND GOING SOMEWHERE BY BIKE. AND WHEREAS BICYCLING HAS BEEN SHOWN TO IMPROVE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, WELL-BEING AND QUALITY OF LIFE, SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES AND REDUCE POLLUTION AND TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON OUR STREETS. AND WHEREAS, RICHARDSON IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING BICYCLING AS A SAFE, CONVENIENT AND ENJOYABLE OPTION FOR EVERYONE, AND WHEREAS, I ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON TO EMBRACE BICYCLING DURING MAY AS BOTH A MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION AND RECREATION TO ENJOY OUR LOCAL PARKS AND TRAIL SYSTEMS, AS WELL AS RESTAURANTS, HOTELS, RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS AND CULTURAL AND SCENIC ATTRACTIONS. NOW THEREFORE, I, AMIR OMAR, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 2026 AS BIKE MONTH IN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN US IN CELEBRATING, PROMOTING BICYCLING THROUGHOUT THE MONTH.
LET US WORK TOGETHER TO BUILD A SAFER, HEALTHIER, AND MORE BIKE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY FOR EVERYONE.
CONGRATULATIONS! SO IF YOU'RE WITH THE COALITION OR OUR ADVISORY COMMISSION AND YOU'D LIKE TO COME BE PART OF THE PICTURE, NOW'S THE TIME TO HEAD HEAD TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM.
IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A PICTURE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN. AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE. THANK YOU ALL. YEAH. GREAT. AFTER THIS, WE STAY FOR THE WHOLE. SQUEEZE IN. OKAY. HEALING IS NOT. MANY PEOPLE. THERE YOU GO. IT'S THE OLD TRUCKER RULE. YOU CAN'T SEE ME. I CAN'T SEE YOU. SO JUST GET YOUR HEAD INTO WHERE YOU CAN SEE ME. I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU. THIS IS ALL WE'RE GOING TO GET BIGGER. ONE, TWO, THREE. AND LET ME TAKE ONE DOWN HERE. LET ME ZOOM OUT. LET ME TRY. IT ZOOMED OUT AGAIN. LET ME MAKE SURE I. DO THAT. JUST LET ME TRY ONE MORE. LET ME SEE. MAKE SURE I HAVE SOMETHING THAT WORKS THERE. AND YEAH, I THINK I HAVE ONE. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. WHERE I GO TO WHERE I WORK.
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THAT. SORRY. IS THAT A CHOKE POINT RIGHT THERE? I WANT TO GIVE YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. WELL, NOW I KNOW WHERE THE NON CYCLISTS ARE. I'M NOT LOOKING AT YOU IN JUDGMENT. I'M JUST LOOKING AT YOU. ALL RIGHT.[6. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE 2026 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND AND CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION SALE]
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE 2026 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND AND CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION SALE. MR. MAGNER THANK YOU, MAYOR, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. TONIGHT'S THE CULMINATION OF MANY, MANY MONTHS OF WORK, BEGINNING ALL THE WAY BACK DURING OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS LAST YEAR WHEN WE PRESENTED YOU WITH SERIES 26. I WANT TO WELCOME BACK BOB DRANSFIELD, NICK BULLOCK AND A NEW FACE, STEPHEN MURRAY. BUT STEPHEN, WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE GEORGE WILLIFORD FOR ALL OF HIS WORK. THIS HAS BEEN AN AMAZING TEAM TO PARTNER WITH OVER THE YEARS, AND I'M VERY, VERY PLEASED TO HAVE HIM HERE TONIGHT TO MAKE THIS REPORT. SO NICK, IF YOU WANT TO START OFF TONIGHT AND THEN BOB, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ADD AS WELL. WELL, NICK IS MAKING HIS WAY TO THE PODIUM. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE TODD GASTHOF AND AMY FERGUSON, WHO HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB HELPING US PREPARE FOR OUR BOND RATING MEETINGS AND ALSO JUST THE GOOD WORK THAT THEY DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT. BECAUSE, AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS YEAR ROUND EFFORT TO TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THIS. NICK. THANK YOU. MEMBERS. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS NICK BULLOCK FROM HILLTOP SECURITIES, THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL ADVISOR. AND AS MR. MAGNER INTRODUCED, BOB DRANSFIELD IS HERE FROM NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT. HE IS THE ONE WHO PUT IN THE FINAL PRICING INFORMATION THAT I'M ABOUT TO GO THROUGH INTO THE ORDINANCES FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.JUST LOOKING AT THE FRONT COVER, WE SOLD THESE BOTH OF THESE BOND ISSUES COMPETITIVELY THIS MORNING. WE TOOK BIDS ON THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AT 10 A.M. THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AT 1030. AND I'LL JUST BEFORE I GET INTO THE PRESENTATION IN DETAIL, THESE.
THE RESULTS I'M VERY PLEASED OF WITH THESE RESULTS. AND YOU'LL SEE WHY HERE IN A MINUTE. AND WE ENDED UP WELL BELOW OUR PROJECTIONS OF WHAT WE PUT INTO THOSE PRICING BUDGET PLANNING SPREADSHEETS. SO BOTH RATINGS HAVE BEEN AFFIRMED TRIPLE A S AND P AND TRIPLE A MOODY'S. AND IF YOU TURN TO THE NEXT PAGE, NOT TAB, JUST PAGE, THERE IS A MEMO FROM GEORGE WILLIFORD AND I SUMMARIZING THE CELL AND AND TALKING ABOUT THE VARIOUS RATINGS. BUT IF YOU LOOK ON THE SECOND PAGE OF THAT MEMO, WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE EXCERPTS THAT STANDARD AND POOR'S AND MOODY'S SAID, AND THE RATING REPORTS IN THEIR ENTIRETY ARE IN THE LAST TAB IN THE IN THE CELL BOOK. BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY BOTH COMPLEMENT THE CITY'S TAX BASE, THE CITY'S ECONOMY. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT THE CITY CAN CONTROL IN TERMS OF THE SOPHISTICATED FINANCIAL POLICIES AND PRACTICES BY S&P, CONSISTENTLY POSITIVE OPERATING PERFORMANCE, MOODY'S EXCELLENT FISCAL MANAGEMENT, AND THEN VERY STRONG FINANCIAL RESERVES AND A LONG RECORD OF PRUDENT FISCAL MANAGEMENT. I, I LIKE TO SAY ONE BAD YEAR DOESN'T CAUSE A RATING DOWNGRADE, BUT ONE GOOD YEAR ALSO DOESN'T CAUSE A RATING UPGRADE. THIS IS WELL ESTABLISHED FINANCIAL POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT THE CITY HAS ADHERED TO. THE CITY IS ONE OF 11 CITIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS WITH THIS RATING COMBINATION, TRIPLE A BY BOTH S&P AND MOODY'S. AND BY THE WAY, THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IS RATED AA+ BY STANDARD AND POOR'S. SO YOU'RE RATED ABOVE THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, AND YOU CAN AND THE GOVERNMENT CAN PRINT ITS OWN CURRENCY. I WANTED TO ALSO NOTE THAT THAT LAST BULLET POINT FROM MOODY'S, THEY DID ACKNOWLEDGE THE CITY'S RAPID PRINCIPAL AMORTIZATION. AND WE ALWAYS ACCELERATE MORE PRINCIPAL WHEN WE CAN. AND YOU'LL SEE IN THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, WE DID THAT AS WELL HERE. SO JUST TURNING TO TO TAB A A QUICK MARKET UPDATE. YOU KNOW, THERE IS SOME
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UNCERTAINTY GOING ON WITH THE CONFLICT IN IRAN. BUT I WILL SAY IF IF YOU LOOK AT THIS CHART AND WHAT THIS CHART REPRESENTS IS THE LONG TERM MUNICIPAL BOND INDEX, IT'S NOT THE AA INDEX, BUT IT'S THE A RATED OR ABOVE INDEX. AND THE BLUE INSET CHART IS WHAT THIS INDEX HAS DONE OVER THE PAST YEAR. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE BETTER THAN WE WERE AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR. AND THOSE RESULTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. AND THE WAY THAT THE CITY'S BONDS PRICED EARLIER. THE WHITE INSET CHART IS WHAT THIS INDEX HAS DONE SINCE 1981. AND IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING TO SEE. YOU CAN SEE DURING 2021, 2022 WHEN THIS INDEX WAS SO LOW. THAT'S THE COVID ERA WHEN RATES WERE SO INCREDIBLY LOW. AND THEN WE CAME FIRING OUT OF THAT AS THE AS THE FED STARTED TAPERING THEIR PURCHASES AND RAISING RATES. TURNING TO TAB B, THIS IS THE BID TABULATION AND GOING THROUGH THE FINAL PRICING RESULTS OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. THE FINAL PAR AMOUNT WAS 25,810,000. AND THAT IS GOING TO FUND. EXCUSE ME.I'LL GET TO THAT HERE IN A MINUTE. WE DID RECEIVE 14 BIDS ON THIS, WHICH IS AN INCREDIBLY LARGE NUMBER OF BIDS. I USUALLY IF WEECEIVE SIX OR 6 TO 8 BIDS, WE'RE DOING VERY WELL. SO AND I'M NOT JUST SITTING UP HERE TELLING YOU THIS, THIS IS REALLY AN ABNORMALLY LARGE AMOUNT OF BIDS THAT THE CITY RECEIVED. THE WINNING BIDDER WAS B OKAY, FINANCIAL SECURITIES AT 3.739%. AND THEN IF YOU TURN TO THE NEXT PAGE. THIS IS THE FINAL DEBT SERVICE SCHEDULE. AND I'LL JUST SPEND A MINUTE ON THIS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE PRINCIPAL INTEREST AND TOTAL KNEE COLUMN, THESE ARE TYPICALLY STRUCTURED AS LEVEL, PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, KIND OF LIKE MORTGAGE STYLE. BUT YOU CAN SEE IN THAT FIRST YEAR WE'VE ACCELERATED PRINCIPAL ON A GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS WHERE WE COULD. AND THAT'S KIND OF SPEAKS TO THAT COMMENT THAT MOODY'S PROVIDED THE THE PURCHASER BID A PREMIUM, ALONG WITH PURCHASING THE BONDS OF ONE POINT A LITTLE OVER 1.5 MILLION. SO PUT A DIFFERENT WAY, THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU PLUS 1.5 MILLION OF A CASH, PREMIUM TO ACCOMPANY THOSE BONDS. AND ONCE YOU FACTOR IN THE CASH PREMIUM, THAT TRUE INTEREST COST IS 3.74%. THAT'S OUR THAT'S OUR FANCY WAY OF SAYING THAT AVERAGE INTEREST RATE OF THE TRANSACTION. AND AND SO THAT 25,000,008, TEN WILL FUND $27,175,000 OF PROJECTS BECAUSE WE'RE USING THAT PREMIUM TO HELP FUND THE PROJECTS OF THE TRANSACTION. SO TURNING TO THE NEXT PAGE, THIS IS THE PRICING SUMMARY, SOMEWHAT THE GENESIS OF WHERE THAT PREMIUM COMES FROM. AND I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO A LOT OF THIS BECAUSE THIS IS SOME DETAILED BOND MATH. BUT I WANTED TO POINT OUT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE COLUMNS, COUPONS, YIELD AND PRICE ANYWHERE, THE COUPON RATE IS GREATER THAN THE YIELD. THOSE BONDS SELL AT MORE THAN 100 PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR RIGHT NOW. INVESTORS, AND SIMILARLY TO THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS OF TRANSACTIONS WE'VE HAD WITH THE CITY, INVESTORS WANT PREMIUM BONDS, ESPECIALLY INVESTORS OF MUNICIPAL BONDS. THEY WANT THAT INCOME, AND THEY'RE WILLING TO PAY THE CITY MORE THAN 100 PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR TO RECEIVE THOSE COUPON RATES. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO DOWNSIZE THE ISSUE, SELL LESS PA BECAUSE LESS PRINCIPAL, BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE SOME CASH PREMIUM. AND SO THAT'S AGAIN, I JUST REALLY WANTED TO PUT THIS IN THERE TO FOR MORE OF AN ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES. SO YOU DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS JUST VOODOO MATH, SO TO SPEAK. TURNING TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THE SOURCES AND USES. THIS SHOWS EFFECTIVELY HOW THAT PREMIUM AND THE PA AMOUNT WILL FUND THE ISSUANCE COST AND THEN THE DEPOSIT TO THE CONSTRUCTION FUND, WHICH IS THE VOTER AUTHORIZATION ISSUANCE FROM FOR THE GEO BONDS. AND THIS IS THE REMAINING AMOUNT OF THE VOTER AUTHORIZATION FROM THE 2023 CITY HALL AUTHORIZATION AND THE 2021 AUTHORIZATION AS WELL. FOR A MOVE TO THE CEOS. COULD I ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, SO THE THE CO ISSUANCE IS ON THE NEXT TAB, TAB C, AND SO THIS ONE RECEIVED 16 BIDS. AND I'M SORRY IT'S SO SMALL. MY COLLEAGUE THAT I WORK WITH, WE HAVE TEMPLATES THAT WE USE TO PUT TOGETHER THESE BID TABS.
AND SHE SAID SHE HAD TO ADD SEVERAL ROWS BECAUSE OUR TEMPLATE DIDN'T GO OUT THIS FAR.
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AND SO AND I APOLOGIZE, MY APOLOGIES FOR THE SMALL FONT, BUT YOU BE OKAY. FINANCIAL SECURITIES ALSO WON THIS TRANSACTION AT 3.676%. THE FINAL PAR AMOUNT WAS THREE 34,695,000. AND SIMILARLY, AS THE GEOS, THIS WAS ALSO SOLD AT A PREMIUM. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT PAGE, THE DEBT SERVICE SCHEDULE, AND MORE OR LESS TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION ON THE FAR RIGHT HAND SIDE, THE TOTAL P AND I, YOU SEE IT'S AT AROUND 2.9 MILLION FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS, AND THEN IT DROPS TO 2.475 MILLION IN TOTAL PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST. AND THEN IT GOES ON A LITTLE FURTHER. THEN IT DROPS DOWN TO ABOUT 2.2 MILLION AND DEBT SERVICE. SO THIS IS WE'RE ROLLING UP SOME SHORT TERM ASSETS, SOME 15 YEAR AMORTIZATION ASSETS, AND SOME 20 YEAR AMORTIZATION ALL INTO ONE BOND ISSUE. AND WE'RE TRACKING THEM SEPARATELY. SO THAT'S WHY THAT THAT P AND P LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, NOT JUST STRAIGHT LEVEL. THE CASH PREMIUM FOR THE PURCHASER. AND AMONG THE THE BOTTOM PART OF THE PAGE, IT WAS 2,453,000. AND ONCE YOU FACTOR THAT IN IT'S 3.676%. TRUE INTEREST COST.THE NEXT PAGE VERY SIMILAR. IT'S THE PRICING SUMMARY. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE COUPONS ARE GREATER THAN THE YIELDS. AND THE PRICE IS MORE THAN 100 PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR. THAT'S WHERE THAT PREMIUM IS GENERATED. AND THEN PAGE THREE UNDER THAT TAB IS THE SOURCES AND USES OF THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. WE'RE USING THAT CASH PREMIUM TO NOT ONLY FUND PROJECTS, BUT TO ALSO PAY THE COST OF ISSUANCE, OF ISSUING THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.
BEHIND TAB D. I DIDN'T, RATHER THAN PUT THE ENTIRE PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENT IN THIS AND REALLY WEIGH IT DOWN, I PRINTED OFF THE FIRST FOUR PAGES JUST SO YOU CAN SEE, GET AN IDEA OF WHAT WAS SENT OUT AND DISTRIBUTED TO POTENTIAL INVESTORS. THESE ARE THE PRELIMINARY PAR AMOUNTS THAT ARE SHOWN. ONCE, YOU KNOW, ASSUMING THE COUNCIL APPROVES A TRANSACTION, WE WILL UPDATE THE THIS OFFICIAL STATEMENT TO WHAT'S CALLED A FINAL OFFICIAL STATEMENT AND INCLUDE ALL OF THE FINAL PRICING INFORMATION AND DISTRIBUTE THAT TO THE PURCHASER OF THE BONDS. AND THEN FINALLY, BEHIND TAB E ARE THOSE DETAILED RATING REPORTS THAT I HAD PULLED SOME EXCERPTS FROM IN THAT MEMO. AND AGAIN, BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO BOB DRANSFIELD, I JUST WANTED TO SAY I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS. AND I'M REALLY NOT JUST SAYING THIS. IT'S NOT NORMAL TO SEE THAT MANY BIDS, WHICH IS A TESTAMENT TO THE CITY. AND SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THE GREAT RESULTS. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS BOB DRANSFIELD WITH NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT, YOUR BOND COUNCIL. AND JUST JUST TO REMIND YOU, THE ORDINANCES THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY ARE PARAMETERS, ORDINANCES. SO WITHIN THE PARAMETERS THAT ARE SPECIFIED IN THERE, THEY WENT OUT THIS MORNING AND SOLICITED THOSE BIDS AND OBTAINED THOSE BIDS. SO THE FINANCING THAT THAT NICK HAS JUST GONE OVER WITH IS WITHIN THE PARAMETERS THAT THIS ORDINANCE IS AUTHORIZED IN THAT ORDINANCE.
AND EACH ONE CASE THEY AUTHORIZED THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO GO AHEAD AND ACT AND EXECUTE A PRICING CERTIFICATE WITHIN THE PARAMETERS THAT ARE OUTLINED. SO BY ADOPTING THESE ORDINANCES, YOU ■AUTHORIZE THAT PROCESS TO CONTINUE. IT'LL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, AS YOU TYPICALLY DO. IN ABOUT A MONTH FROM NOW, YOU'LL END UP WITH MONEY IN THE BANK ON BOTH THESE TRANSACTIONS. BUT I'LL JUST CONCUR WITH WHAT NICK IS SAYING, THE NUMBER OF BIDS THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED, AND WHAT I'M SEEING MOST RECENTLY IN THE MARKETPLACE IS REALLY A TRIBUTE TO YOU. AS I TOLD SOMEBODY EARLIER, IT'S A FLIGHT TO QUALITY. YOU HAVE VERY QUALITY ORIENTATION HERE IN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON. SO WITH THAT, I'M SURE NICK AND I BOTH ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. GREAT JOB PRESENTING. THANK YOU GUYS. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER
[7.A. CONSIDER ALL MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF “CITY OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, SERIES 2026,” INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS, ESTABLISHING PARAMETERS FOR THE SALE AND ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS.]
SEVEN. AND WE'LL START OFF WITH SEVEN A, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER ALL MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF CITY OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS. GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS SERIES 2026, INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS, ESTABLISHING PARAMETERS FOR THE SALE AND ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS. MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER. MAYOR, I MOVE TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE NUMBER 4581 AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF CITY OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS SERIES 2026, SPECIFYING THE TERMS AND FEATURES OF SAID BONDS. LEVYING A CONTINUING DIRECT ANNUAL AD VALOREM TAX FOR THE PAYMENT OF SAID BONDS, RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS AND RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE, SALE, PAYMENT AND DELIVERY OF SAID BONDS, ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES FOR THE SALE AND DELIVERY OF SAID BONDS, AND DELEGATING MATTERS RELATING TO THE SALE AND ISSUANCE OF SAID BONDS TO[00:40:01]
AN AUTHORIZED CITY OFFICIAL. ENACTING PROVISIONS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE PURPOSES AND SUBJECT OF THE ORDINANCE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. COUNCIL MEMBER I SECOND IT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ARIFFIN. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN B, WHICH[7.B. CONSIDER ALL MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF “CITY OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 2026,” INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, ESTABLISHING PARAMETERS FOR THE SALE AND ISSUANCE OF SUCH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.]
IS TO CONSIDER ALL MATTERS INCIDENT RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS. COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS SERIES 2026, INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, ESTABLISHING PARAMETERS FOR THE SALE AND ISSUANCE OF SUCH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. COUNCIL MEMBER DORIAN. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I MOVE TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE NUMBER 4582 AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF CITY OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION SERIES 2026, PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF SAID CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION BY THE LEVY OF AN AD VALOREM TAX UPON OUR TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY, AND A LIMITED PLEDGE OF THE NET REVENUES DERIVED FROM THE OPERATIONS OF THE CITY'S WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM, PROVIDING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SUCH CERTIFICATES AND THE RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE, PAYMENT, SECURITY AND DELIVERY OF SUCH CERTIFICATES OF THE OBLIGATION, DELEGATING MATTERS RELATED TO THE SALE AND ISSUANCE OF SUCH CERTIFICATES TO OTHER AUTHORIZED CITY OFFICIAL AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. COUNCIL MEMBER FINE, I'LL SECOND IT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER DORIAN, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RUFFINI. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 800. THANK YOU GUYS. GREAT WORK. I'VE NEVER SIGNED MY NAME TO SUCH LARGE NUMBERS. SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THAT EXPERIENCE. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER[8. REVIEW AND DISCUSS AN UPDATE ON THE CITY COUNCIL TACTICS]
EIGHT, WHICH IS TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS AN UPDATE ON THE CITY COUNCIL TACTICS. MR. MAGNER.THANK YOU, MAYOR, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IT'S MY PLEASURE TONIGHT TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF PROVIDE A MID-TERM UPDATE ON YOUR TACTICS. EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE SOME PROGRESS.
JUST AS A REMINDER, WE DID HAVE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER START LAST SUMMER TO THE TACTIC DEVELOPMENT. IT WAS IN JULY WHEN YOU CAME TOGETHER TO INITIALLY REVIEW THE STATEMENT OF GOALS. ON AUGUST 25TH, YOU ADOPTED THAT STATEMENT OF GOALS AS REVISED WITH YOUR INPUT. AND THEN ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, I WAS ABLE TO PRESENT A LIST OF TACTICS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THAT YOU CONCURRED WITH, AND WAS THAT THAT LAUNCHED US INTO IMPLEMENTATION? WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO TONIGHT IS PROVIDE A STATUS REPORT ON THOSE TACTICS. BUT LET ME FIRST JUST PROVIDE A COUPLE OF REMINDERS ABOUT HOW THE TACTICS WERE DEVELOPED. FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE WERE REALLY SEEKING TMAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS A BALANCE OF PRIORITIES FROM ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO, IMPORTANTLY ENSURE THAT THE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS WERE BOTH PRACTICAL AND ACHIEVABLE. SOME OF THE TACTICS, AS I DESCRIBED, ARE DESIGNED TO HELP ACHIEVE MULTIPLE STRATEGIES, AND THEN MANY OF THE TACTICS ARE ONGOING EFFORTS THAT SPAN SEVERAL COUNCIL TERMS BECAUSE OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TACTIC, OR THEY'RE JUST GOOD THINGS TO DO ON AN ONGOING BASIS. TACTICS DON'T NECESSARILY REPRESENT A COMPLETE WORK PLAN. AS WE DESCRIBED, MANY TACTICS DEVELOPED ORGANICALLY THROUGHOUT YOUR TERM OR IN RESPONSE TO A SPECIFIC NEED. AS I COUNT UP HERE, AS YOU'LL SEE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PRESENTATION, THE ADDITIONAL TACTICS OR NEW TACTICS, WE'VE INCREASED THE NUMBER WE STARTED WITH BY RIGHT AT 20% IN LESS THAN ABOUT NINE MONTHS OR SO SINCE THAT SEPTEMBER TIME FRAME.
SO THAT THAT POINT IS ESPECIALLY TRUE. NOT ALL TACTICS REQUIRE COUNCIL ACTION OR BRIEFING. SOME ARE JUST PART OF THE THE GOOD WORK THAT WE DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT. THEY SHOULD BE PART OF OUR DNA AS AN ORGANIZATION. AND THEN FINALLY IN. AGAIN, PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANTLY, TACTICS WERE DEVELOPED DURING THE CURRENT BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS AND EVEN STAFFING CONSTRAINTS. I'VE GOT FIVE CATEGORIES FOR YOU HERE. YOU CAN SEE OBVIOUSLY THOSE ARE THE COMPLETE NOW COMPLETED TACTICS MEAN WE COMPLETED THE ASSIGNMENT THAT YOU GAVE US INITIALLY. ONE EXAMPLE, THE HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT. WHILE WE COMPLETED THAT TACTIC, THERE WERE ACTUALLY SEVERAL MORE TACTICS BORN OUT OF THAT STUDY THAT WERE GOING TO ADD TO OUR LIST. TACTICS THAT ARE UNDERWAY ARE THINGS THAT WE'VE LAUNCHED ON THE ONGOING TACTICS I'VE MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE SEVERAL TACTICS THAT REMAIN IN THE PLANNING STAGE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, SEVERAL TACTICS WOULD BE PART OF OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THIS SUMMER DUE TO THEIR NATURE. WE'LL START WITH WITH ONE OF THOSE, OF COURSE, THE COMPREHENSIVE
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COMPENSATION ANALYSIS THAT'S SO IMPORTANT IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY REALM ARE HARD TO FILL.POSITIONS IN IT AND ACCOUNTING AND ENGINEERING. AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR FRONT LINE POSITIONS WHERE WE ARE MUCH ABOUT THAT WORK RIGHT NOW. HR WRAPPING THAT UP, AND WE'LL PRESENT THAT TO YOU THIS SUMMER IN TERMS OF CUSTOMIZED RETMENT STRATEGIES AND RETENTION STRATEGIES. REALLY PROUD OF HR AND THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE THIS PAST TEN MINUTES OR SO. THEY'VE REALLY EXPANDED THEIR RECRUITING EFFORTS, REALLY INCORPORATING NOW REGIONAL JOB FAIRS AND UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS, ESPECIALLY, FOR INSTANCE, AS WE'VE CHARLES AND HIS TEAM'S BEEN ABOUT RECRUITING ENGINEERS, REALLY DOING OUTREACH AND ATTENDING, FOR INSTANCE, THE SMU ENGINEERING CAREER FAIR. AND SO REALLY TARGETING OUR OUR RECRUITMENT. IN ADDITION, HR IS REALLY STRENGTHENED. THE PIPELINE. I THINK DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS FOR INTERNSHIPS, COLLEGE PARTNERSHIPS, AND OUTREACH FOR A LOT OF OUR ENTRY LEVEL POSITIONS, WHICH, AS YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO BE SOME OF THE MOST HARD TO FILL OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR MSD, WHERE I THINK WE HAVE MAYBE 6 OR 8 INTERNS WITH US THIS SEMESTER. AND LITERALLY ACROSS ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT REALMS OF OPERATION. ONE OF THE THINGS I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT IS HAVING AN ADVISORY ROLE ON THE NEW OUR SD CTE COMMITTEE.
AND WE REALLY BELIEVE WORKING WITH TABITHA, I THINK WE HAVE SOME EXCITEMENT AROUND THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING ONE OF THE FIRST CTE PROGRAMS THAT DEAL WITH WATER AND WASTEWATER OPERATIONS. AND SO MORE TO COME ON THAT, BUT REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THEN FINALLY REALLY ENABLING DEPARTMENTS IN THIS REGARD TO PARTICIPATE IN DIFFERENT KINDS OF SPECIALTY JOB BOARDS IS A NEW STRATEGY OF OURS. AND SO THAT WITH THE MAKE A DIFFERENCE CAMPAIGN, THE HEAVY PUBLIC SAFETY, SOCIAL MEDIA AND RECRUITMENT EFFORTS, I THINK WE REALLY ARE LIVING THIS ONE THROUGH. NEXT ONE I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT TWO IS EXPANDING OUR CROSS TRAINING AND PROMOTIONAL PATHWAYS. WE REALLY BASE THIS ON SOMETHING THAT MARK NELSON AND THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT DID SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND I'LL USE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE. SO HISTORICALLY WE'VE HAD SIGN SIGN TECHNICIANS AND WE HAVE SIGNAL TECHNICIANS. AND SO THIS BULLETS ALL ABOUT LOOKING AT OUR OPERATIONS AND DECIDING ON AND DECIDING WHAT OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE TO CROSS TRAIN. SO YOU CAN HAVE A SIGN AND SIGNAL TECHNICIAN THAT THAT CAN FILL MULTIPLE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, BUT ALSO HELP ON THINGS LIKE ON CALL DUTY OR CALLED UP FOR, YOU KNOW, WEEKEND WORK OR EMERGENCIES. WHEN YOU HAVE ONE PERSON THAT CAN COME IN AND DO SEVERAL THINGS, IT'S A LOT MORE EFFICIENT. AND SO ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, PUBLIC, PUBLIC SERVICES IN THE WATER, WASTEWATER REALM, PARKS, MAINTENANCE FLEET AND AND FACILITIES ARE ALL LOOKING AT THIS. THERE'S A DOLLAR SIGN BY THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE IS SOME THERE IS SOME COMPENSATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVANCED TRAINING AND SKILL SET THAT WE'RE HELPING TO DEVELOP FOR OUR, OUR STAFF. BUT IN THE END, I BELIEVE IT'LL BE EFFICIENT AND IT'LL PROVIDE MANY OPERATIONAL BENEFITS TO DOING THAT. AND THEN AGAIN, REALLY PROUD OF OUR EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE WHO CONTINUE TO BE VERY INNOVATIVE IN TERMS OF FINDING WAYS TO RECOGNIZE AND REWARD OUR EMPLOYEES. I THINK WE DO THAT WELL. WE'LL BE DOING THAT HERE IN JUST TWO WEEKS WITH OUR PUBLIC SERVICES LEADERSHIP TEAM AND FRONTLINE WORKERS FOR PUBLIC SERVICES WEEK, SOMETHING THAT I KNOW YOU'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT SUPPORT AS WELL.
WE ALSO APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF OUR PARTNERS ROTARY CLUB, FOR INSTANCE, WHO DOES A SUPERVISOR AND EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR, OUR CPAAA AND C, C, FAAA, WHO SUPPORT OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETINGS. AND SO A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS WE TRY TO LEVERAGE THIS IN TERMS OF EXPLORING STRATEGIES TO MAXIMIZE THE IMPACT OF OUR POTENTIAL CENTERS, FACILITIES, AND EVENTS. WE'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT PRE-BUDGET PRE DEEP DIVES, IF YOU WILL, WITH THE ICEMAN CENTER AND WITH THE WILDFLOWER FESTIVAL. THERE'S MORE OF THAT TO COME AS PART OF THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. SO PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR THAT.
A BIG PART OF REVIEWING OUR EXISTING MASTER PLANS AND TRYING TO PRIORITIZE ACTION ITEMS FROM EACH OF THOSE ACROSS MULTIPLE REALMS WAS WAS DONE WITH OUR BOND PROGRAM. AS WE SEE THE RESULTS OF THE BOND PROGRAM, WE'LL RETOOL, IF YOU WILL RECONVENE AS WE BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT'S APPROVED AND WHAT WE WILL BE LAUNCHING ON AS PART OF THE BOND PROGRAM. WELL, NEXT, TURN OUR ATTENTION TO OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, AND I'M GOING TO KIND OF PUT A PIN ON THAT, BECAUSE THERE'S A WHOLE TACTIC AROUND THAT THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT AS WE GET TO THAT. BUT I'LL COME BACK TO THAT, EVALUATING EXISTING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO ASSURE THE ALIGNMENT OF THEIR SCOPE AND BUDGET ALLOCATION MEET YOUR PRIORITIES. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS DURING THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. I'VE TRIED TO PREVIEW
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THAT WITH YOU, AND BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE OF THAT THIS YEAR THAN PROBABLY EVER BEFORE.AND THEN, OF COURSE, I THINK WE'RE OFF TO A GOOD START LEVERAGING A LOT OF OUR CVB WORK, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORK, OUR CHAMBER PARTNERSHIP AND OTHER BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN THE CITY TO TO TRY TO BE A PREMIER DESTINATION WHEN THE WORLD CUP ARRIVES HERE. NEXT UP TO ADVANCE THE ARAPAHO STATION MASTER PLAN NEXT MONDAY NIGHT.
ACTUALLY, WE'LL BE HAVING A ANOTHER SESSION ON THIS. IT'LL BE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION IS STILL PROPRIETARY, PROPRIETARY, AND A LOT OF THE NEGOTIATION WORK IS STILL VERY MUCH UNDERWAY. BUT TELL YOU AND I'LL TELL THE PUBLIC TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN, WE ARE PLEASED WITH THE PROGRESS WE'RE MAKING ON THAT. WE'RE CURRENTLY FINALIZING A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO HELP US WITH THIS NEXT TACTIC, WHICH IS TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES. AND THIS INCLUDES BOTH COMMERCIAL AS WELL AS OUR HOME IMPROVEMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM. AND SO WE WANT TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THE INVESTMENT THAT WE'VE MADE THROUGH CERTAIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES AND STRATEGIES. AND WHAT ARE WE WHAT ARE WE GETTING IN RETURN FOR THAT? EXPANDING OUR SUPPORT FOR SMALL AND MID TERM MIDSIZE BUSINESSES? AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT'S AN ONGOING EFFORT. I DON'T THINK WE'LL EVER KIND OF CHECK THAT OFF AS COMPLETED, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A FLAVOR OF WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST NINE MONTHS AS WE'VE REALLY WORKED TO LOWER BARRIERS TO ENTRY AND GROWTH FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. WE HAVE PROGRAMS FOR FEE WAIVERS, EXPEDITED PERMITTING, OTHER CREATIVE INCENTIVES DEPENDING ON THE REALM THAT THOSE BUSINESSES ARE. WE'VE PROVIDED TAILORED RESOURCES. WE HAVE A NOW A CUSTOMIZED DATA AND WORKFORCE CONNECTIONS HANDOUT AND ONLINE RESOURCE INCLUDES A SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCE AS WELL AS PARTNERING WITH OUR LOCAL COLLEGES TO PROVIDE DATA THAT'S UNIQUE TO THOSE PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES. AND THEN EXCITINGLY, COMING UP HERE IN JUST A FEW WEEKS, A SMALL BUSINESS WEEK THAT A WHOLE WEEK OF PROGRAMING AROUND SMALL BUSINESS AT THE IQ, BUT ALSO OUR ONGOING NETWORKING EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEEDBACK LOOPS. WE ALSO HAVE A PROGRAM NOW WHERE WE'RE PROVIDING COMPLIMENTARY CHAMBER MEMBERSHIPS IN LIEU OF, OR AS I SHOULD SAY, AS A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, WHEN WHEN THE PROJECT OTHERWISE WOULDN'T BE ELIGIBLE FOR ONE BECAUSE OF ITS SIZE. AND SO A LOT GOING ON FOR SMALL BUSINESS IN TERMS OF STRENGTHENING OUR RETAIL ATTRACTION, REALLY, AGAIN, FOCUSING ON INCREASING INCREASING VISIBILITY AND PROMOTION HERE USING OUR COORDINATED MARKETING EFFORTS FROM OUR DEPARTMENT, OUR CVB, OUR PLACEMAKING, ALL TO DRAW ATTENTION TO CERTAIN DISTRICTS.
BUT EVEN ON A MORE MICRO LEVEL, ON CERTAIN PROJECTS, WE'RE WORKING WITH BROKERS. WE ARE CREATING A CLEAR VISION OF THE KINDS OF USERS THAT WE WANT TO SEE IN DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTS, AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO EMPOWER THEM TO GO OUT AS THEY EVALUATE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ALIGN WITH THOSE USERS. AND WE THEY KNOW WHAT WE'RE WILLING TO, HOW WE'RE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE, AND WHAT WE CAN BRING TO THE TABLE TO HELP LAND A TENANT THAT WE OTHERWISE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO LAND IF IT WAS JUST LEFT UP TO MARKET REALITIES.
AND SO VERY STRATEGIC IN THAT WAY. AGAIN, ACTIVATING OUR, OUR VIBRANT DESTINATIONS THROUGH OUR PLACEMAKING EFFORTS AND OUR EVENTS. AND, YOU KNOW, THOSE THE CULTURE AND THE CORE OF THE LUNAR NEW YEAR. AND THEN FINALLY, AS I MENTIONED, ONE OF THE EASIEST STRATEGIES TO ATTRACT THE KINDS OF BUSINESSES THAT WE ALL WANT TO SEE IS TO PROVIDE THEM WITH PHYSICAL PLACES TO GO. AND SO OUR INVESTMENT IN FACADE IMPROVEMENTS AND SITE IMPROVEMENTS, AND EVEN SIGNAGE AT PLACES LIKE THE HEIGHTS AND EAST SIDE ARE STRATEGIC TO SETTING A TO, T TO CREATING A, A PICTURE OF THE KIND OF PLACE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT CAN BE. SO THAT THOSE BUSINESSES THAT WE ALL WISH TO SEE WILL LOCATE HERE. AND SO BOTH OF THOSE CONTINUE TO BE STRONG ONGOING EFFORTS IN TERMS OF ADVANCING OUR PHASED REPLACEMENT OF OUR LEGACY SYSTEMS. THIS HAS BEEN A TACTIC FOR THREE YEARS, AND IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A TACTIC FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER TWO YEARS, BECAUSE OUR SEVEN YEAR PLAN THAT WE ORIGINALLY ROLLED OUT TO YOU IS REALLY PROBABLY NOW MORE OF A NINE YEAR PLAN FOR SEVERAL REASONS. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS TAKING A ABOUT A EIGHT LEGACY SYSTEMS, LEGACY SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARES AND TRANSITIONING THEM ALL INTO TO ONE CONTEMPORARY AND MODERN SYSTEM THAT'S BEEN BUILT AROUND TYLER SYSTEMS. AND SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL, YOU'LL GET BRIEFED ON THIS HERE JUST IN A FEW WEEKS. OUR PROGRESS ON THE LATEST FACETS OF THIS, AS DAN AND HIS TEAM COMES IN TO DO A DEEP DIVE FOR THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, OUR UPGRADES. THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT EACH AND EVERY YEAR THROUGH OUR IT REPLACEMENT FUND, AS WELL AS THROUGH OUR OPERATING DOLLARS.
BUT THIS IS HOW YOU'RE ABLE TO WITHSTAND AN ATTACK. IF YOU DON'T DO THIS BULLET, YOU DON'T FIND SOMETHING IN LESS THAN A MINUTE AND YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO RECOVER FROM IT. LIKE WE WERE ABLE TO RECOVER FROM THE CYBERSECURITY ATTACK. REMEMBER, IT'S NOT IF, IT'S WHEN AND WHEN
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WHEN IT HAPPENS. THESE ARE THE KINDS OF INVESTMENTS THAT ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND. AND I'M NOT GOING TO SHARE ANYTHING ON OUR CYBER SECURITY, IF YOU DON'T MIND. THE NEXT TACTIC IS TO MAINTAIN A MULTI-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. THIS HAS GOT THE DOLLAR SIGN ON IT.BUT I'LL TELL YOU, THIS IS HIGHLY DEPENDENT, OF COURSE, ON THE OUTCOME OF OUR BOND PROGRAM.
OUR OUR FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN COULD CHANGE VERY QUICKLY FROM ABOUT THE $400 MILLION MARK THAT IT'S KIND OF AVERAGED OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS TO OVER $600 MILLION, DEPENDING ON THE OUTCOME OF THE BOND PROGRAM. SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT. WE'VE GOT MUCH MORE TO COME THAT WAY. KENT AND HIS TEAM AND TODD AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS. AND OF COURSE, OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES ARE SOMETHING THAT WE SHARE WITH YOU ON A REGULAR BASIS. TO CONFIRM YOU JUST HEARD, NICK AND THE TEAM TALK ABOUT THE GOOD WORK THAT'S CONSTANTLY BEING DONE IN OUR MODELING FOR REFUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. AGAIN, WHILE FEW AND A FEW, FEW AND FAR BETWEEN NOWADAYS ARE FEWER AND FAR BETWEEN THAN IN THE PAST, SOMETHING STILL VERY IMPORTANT. AND THEN ALWAYS, ALWAYS MINDFUL OF THE BEST PRACTICES TO SAFEGUARD OUR TRIPLE A BOND RATING. I WAS EXTREMELY ENCOURAGED COMING OUT OF THE TWO RATING MEETINGS WITH THE S AND P AND MOODY'S THIS YEAR, AND KENT AND TODD AND THE WHOLE TEAM COMMITTED TO TAKING ANY FEEDBACK WE RECEIVE, BUT ALSO WORKING WITH THE OTHER TEN CITIES THAT CAN CLAIM THEY HAVE THOSE AA RATING OR THOSE TRIPLE-A RATINGS, EXCUSE ME, FROM BOTH OF THOSE AGENCIES. WHAT ARE THEY DOING? AND SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY MONITORING WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING AND SHARING INFORMATION IN TERMS OF REVIEWING CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES AND ASSESSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDITIONAL INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS. I'VE GOT THIS SCHEDULED FOR A FALL BRIEFING. YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALL SEEN RECENTLY HERE SOME OF THE INNOVATIVE WORK THAT JADE AND OUR PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS DOING. FOR INSTANCE, IN JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH WITH THE WOMEN'S CLUB, THE, THE GARDEN TOUR. AND SO I WANT TO LET A FEW MORE THINGS MATURE. AND WHAT WE'D LIKE TO REALLY DO ON THIS IS BRING IT BACK TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF OUR OF OUR STAFF, OF THE VOLUNTEERS THROUGH THE THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE. THE VOLUNTEERS ARE SO IMPORTANT TO THAT. AND THEN REALLY COMPARE AND CONTRAST TO THAT, TO HOW OTHER CITIES ARE USING A COMMISSION AND TO SEE IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO RETHINK, RETHINK THE TOTALITY OF THE WAY THAT WE'RE APPROACHING THESE INITIATIVES.
AND SO MORE TO COME ON THAT HERE IN THE FALL, EXPLORE STRATEGIES TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR STAKEHOLDERS TO PROVIDE INPUT TO THE CITY. REALLY EXCITED. GREG, DENNIS, GREG AND HIS TEAM HAS DONE A GREAT JOB ON THE ASK RICHARDSON CAMPAIGN. AND SO WE HAVE A NEW WEBSITE.
WE HAVE NEW COLLATERAL THAT WE'VE BEEN SHARING. EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT NOW HAS A A ASK CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, ASK THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS THAT EMAIL ADDRESS THAT HAS A CARETAKER THAT'S GOING TO RESPOND TO THAT EMAIL WITHIN 24 HOURS. WE HAVE A PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN THAT WILL BE LAUNCHING ON THROUGH OUR CITY PUBLICATIONS AND SOCIAL MEDIA. AND SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, A, AN INITIAL STEP. WE'LL KIND OF EVALUATE HOW THIS GOES. AND THAT'S WHY IT HAS THE ONGOING SYMBOL THERE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, RILEY THOMPSON WAS HERE NOT THAT LONG AGO, JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, SHARED OUR NEW APPROACH TO PROMOTING VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CITY.
CURRENTLY, WE'RE WRAPPING UP THE MONTH OF VOLUNTEERISM, AND WE'VE TAKEN EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. THIS IS A THIS IS AN INTERESTING SLIDE WHEN WE WHEN WE PUT THESE BULLETS TOGETHER, I SHARED WITH YOU THAT THIS WAS A MOUNTAIN OF, OF WORK. THE FIRST WAS TO FACILITATE THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION FOR ALIGNMENT ON CURRENT DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES. WE DID THAT. AND OUT OF THAT, TINA FERGUSON AND, AND CHARLES CAME UP WITH A REALLY GOOD IDEA OF IF WE WERE GOING TO APPROACH THE REMAINING TACTICS ON THESE ON THIS PAGE, AS WELL AS TRY TO LEVERAGE ANY EFFORT THAT WE WOULD UNDERTAKE TO ALSO TO TRY TO ACCOMPLISH AS MANY OF THE ACTION ITEMS AS WE COULD COMING OUT OF THE ENVISION RICHARDSON PLAN, WHAT WE'D REALLY NEEDED TO THINK ABOUT DOING WAS A, A OVERHAUL OF OUR SEASON AND OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE. AND SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING YOU HERE, I THINK, AND WITHIN 2 TO 3 WEEKS, IT'S ON THE AGENDA, IS A PLAN THAT WOULD OUTLINE. IT'S A IT'S A IT'S A PLAN THAT WOULD WOULD ACCOMPLISH THESE FOUR TACTICS AS WELL AS ONE OF THE TACTICS THAT CAME OUT OF THE HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT, WHICH WAS TO MAXIMIZE AND FIND WAYS TO ENCOURAGE MIDDLE MISSING HOUSING. AND THIS PLAN MUCH, MUCH MORE TO COME ON THIS. BUT ESSENTIALLY THE PLAN IS TO, AGAIN, CREATE A MODERN, USER FRIENDLY ZONING AND SUBDIVISION SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE WHILE CONFIRMING THE VISION FOR THE FIVE NEW STUDY AREAS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE ENVISION RICHARDSON PLAN. AND INSTEAD OF HAVING COMPLETELY SEPARATE
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STUDY AREA STUDY EFFORTS FOR THOSE TO TAKE THE GOOD WORK THAT WE WOULD DO ON A BASE ZONING AND TO ENTITLE THOSE FIVE NEW STUDY AREAS THROUGH AN OVERLAY STRATEGY, ALL THE WHILE VALIDATING THE THE VISION FOR THE THREE EXISTING STUDY AREAS THE WEST SPRING VALLEY PD, THE US 75 MAIN STREET PD, AND THEN THE COLLINS ARAPAHO PD. AND THEN IF YOUR DESIRE IS TO.AFTER CONFIRMING THOSE THREE. IF YOUR DESIRE IS JUST TO KIND OF TWEAK IT BY ADDRESSING SOME OF THE MINOR INCONSISTENCIES, WRAP THAT INTO THIS PROJECT. IF YOUR DESIRE IS TO GO A LITTLE DEEPER AND WIDER, THAT DEEPER AND WIDER THAN THAT, AND, AND TO ACTUALLY START TWEAKING STANDARDS AND RECONSIDERING STANDARDS, WE WOULD ACTUALLY PROPOSE THAT THAT BE A SEPARATE INITIATIVE. AND SO AGAIN, MUCH MORE TO COME ON THIS, BUT THIS I WANT TO SPEND JUST A SECOND HERE BECAUSE THIS IS THIS IS FIVE REALLY IMPORTANT TACTICS THAT I BELIEVE WE HAVE A, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD PLAN FOR. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING THOSE WITH YOU. OF COURSE, WE DID WRAP UP FIRE STATION FIVE AND THE ANIMAL SHELTER CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
WE'RE GOING TO CUT THE RIBBON ON THE RENOVATED HEIGHTS AQUATIC CENTER ON MAY 19TH HERE IN JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS, MAKING GREAT PROGRESS ON THE LIBRARY AND CITY HALL. AND OF COURSE, THE SHOW PARK TITLE FITTING CENTER, AS WELL AS THE MAINTENANCE BARN, THE LIBRARY, AND THE CENTRAL PARK PROJECT PLAN TO BE DONE BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR AND THEN HOPEFULLY MOVING INTO THE CITY HALL THERE IN QQ1 OF 2027. WE'RE OBVIOUSLY DID ADDRESS THE CALLING OF THE BOND PROGRAM AND AND WRAPPED UP HERE THIS WEEKEND. I THINK MOST OF OUR EDUCATION AND OUTREACH AND NOW JUST KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF EARLY VOTING AND THE ELECTION DAY REMAINING HERE, I WISH OUR FRIENDS WOULD HAVE STAYED FROM BACK IN, IN THE BIKE BICYCLE COALITION, BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO WORK VERY HARD ON ACHIEVING THE SILVER LEVEL BIKE FRIENDLY DESIGNATION. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A COUPLE OF REALLY, I THINK, NOTEWORTHY THINGS HERE.
OF COURSE, WE'VE COMPLETED THE GLENVILLE SEPARATED BIKE LANES WITH THE GLENVILLE ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ADDITION TO THE IQ FOR MOBILITY. WE'RE REALLY LEADING THE REGION HERE IN TERMS OF A PROTECTED INTERSECTION. PROJECTS OUR GREENVILLE AND ARAPAHOE PROJECTS IN THE GLENVILLE COLLINS PROJECTS ARE TWO OF ONLY THREE PROTECTED INTERSECTION PROJECTS IN NORTH TEXAS RIGHT NOW, THE OTHER BEING IN IN FORT WORTH. AND SO AGAIN, LEADING THE WAY. THAT WAY. ONE OF THE SPEAKERS EARLIER MENTIONED THE SAFER STREETS PLAN THAT WE'VE LAUNCHED. WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING THAT BACK TO YOU IN AUGUST TO HAVE THAT PLAN FINALIZED. WE DID EARN THE SILVER BICYCLE FRIENDLY BUSINESS DESIGNATION THAT'S FOR OUR ORGANIZATION, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER IMPORTANT CHANGE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO REPORT WHEN WE GO BACK TO REAPPLY FOR THE SILVER SILVER LEVEL BIKE FRIENDLY DESIGNATION. AND THEN FINALLY, WE'VE GOT A SERIES OF JUST ONGOING PROGRAMS, THE BIKE MONTH, THE BIKE RODEOS THAT WE DO BIKE TO WORK DAY, ALL THOSE THINGS. AND SO REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ON CONTINUING ALL THESE EFFORTS AND, AND LOOK FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY ONE DAY SOON ACHIEVING THAT SILVER LEVEL. WE DID PARTNER WITH DART TO ENSURE THE SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF THE SILVER LINE. YOU KNOW, I GUESS YOU COULD HAVE A CHECK WITH AN ASTERISK ON THAT ONE BECAUSE IN ABOUT 90 TO 120 DAYS, WE'RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY RAISE THE ARCHES, WHICH IN MY MIND WILL FINALLY REALLY FINISH OUT THE SILVER LINE PROJECT. BUT THE TRAIN IS MOVING LEFT AND EAST AND WEST. AND SO THAT'S A BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT. AND WE WERE WE WERE A BIG PART OF THAT. PARTNERING WITH DART AND THE COMPLETION OF THE COTTON BELT TRAIL TO ENHANCE CONNECTIVITY ACROSS THE COMMUNITY. OF COURSE, WE WERE ABLE TO COORDINATE WITH DART ON CONSTRUCTION OF ABOUT 90% OF THE OF THE TRAIL BETWEEN WATERVIEW AND RENNER. AND SO, RENNER, WHEN YOU THINK OF RENNER, YOU THINK, WELL, DOESN'T THE TRAIL RUN PARALLEL? AND IT DOES, BUT THE TRAIL ACTUALLY CROSSES RENNER AS WELL.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF THAT EASTERN BOUNDARY AS WE TALK ABOUT IT HERE. THE TEAM, MARK AND DANIEL HAVE ALSO BEEN REALLY WORKING VERY HARD. WE FINALLY GOT ALL THE EASEMENT EASEMENT ACQUISITIONS THAT WE NEEDED FROM ENCORE TO ALLOW FROM THAT RENNER CROSSING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ALMA TO BE CONSTRUCTED. AND A LOT OF THAT IS THROUGH THAT ENCORE EASEMENT BETWEEN THE SOUTH OF THE RAIL AND NORTH OF THE RAIL, WHERE YOU SEE A LOT OF THE A LOT OF THE MULTIFAMILY. AND THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE CONTINUED COLLABORATION THROUGHOUT THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD HERE ON SEVERAL OTHER KEY PIECES. IF YOU HAVEN'T YET, THE NEXT TIME YOU'RE DRIVING ON THE SERVICE ROAD JUST NORTH OF RENNER, JUST GAZE TO THE EAST AND YOU'LL SEE ONE AMAZING PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AS PART OF THIS COTTON BELT TRAIL. AND IT'LL BE ONE OF THE, I THINK, ONE OF THE REAL REGIONAL KIND OF LANDMARKS ON, ON THE, YOU KNOW, NEARLY 30 PLUS MILES OF TRAIL. WE JUST DISCUSSED THE STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. WE'VE GOT SOME HOMEWORK TO DO ON THAT. WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU AS PART OF OUR ANNUAL DEEP DIVE ON, ON OUR TO PRESENT OUR STREET MAINTENANCE PLAN TO YOU, COUNCIL RULES OF ORDER AND PROCEDURE. YOU DID. YOU DID REVIEW THOSE. AND THERE WERE SOME ADDITIONS AND, AND TWEAKS
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MADE TO THAT AS YOU CONSIDERED YOUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS APPOINTMENTS LAST YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO REVIEW CURRENT BOARD AND COMMISSION ASSIGNMENTS. AND THESE TWO ARE ACTUALLY INTERRELATED, AS YOU WELL KNOW, AS WE ALSO CREATED SOME JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND A GREAT NEW RESOURCE ONLINE FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSION. THOSE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON A BOARD AND COMMISSION TO, TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. THIS IS DEFINITELY AN ONGOING TACTIC AS WE ARE BRINGING YOU NEW CONSIDERATIONS FROM AN ENTITLEMENT STANDPOINT OR OR OTHER LAND USE, JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE ALSO BRING THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED TO REALLY HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR IMPACTS.AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE VERY MINDFUL OF AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AND THEN JUST THIS LAST THURSDAY, I'VE GOT MY FIRST FULL VIEW OF WHICH WOULD BE PROBABLY THE LAST 7 OR 8 YEARS, OUR FIRST COMPREHENSIVE WATER AND WASTEWATER RATE ANALYSIS STUDY.
I'M GOING TO HAVE OUR TEAM, THE WILL WILLDAN TEAM, WHO'S DONE THIS STUDY FOR US. BY THE WAY, THEY WERE OUR CONSULTANTS THROUGH THE PUC CASE AND DID AN AMAZING JOB FOR US. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THESE IN THESE GUYS. THIS PLAN IS GOING TO INCLUDE TWO FIVE YEAR MODELS THAT WILL FACTOR IN THE WHOLESALE COST INCREASES THAT WE KNOW WE'RE ENTITLED, THAT WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE OUR OWN DISTRIBUTION AND CONVEYANCE SYSTEM, CAPITAL, DEBT SERVICE NEEDS, AND THEN OUR OUR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE NEEDS AND THE INFLATIONARY PRESSURES THAT WE'RE LIKELY GOING TO SEE OVER THESE FIVE YEARS. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO MODELS FOR YOU, ONE THAT ESSENTIALLY KIND OF KEEPS THINGS AS IS, BUT KIND OF SHARES THE LIKELY INCREASES OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. EACH OF THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE ON, AND THEN ONE, WHICH IS GOING TO FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THE STRUCTURE OF THE MODEL AND, AND THEN HOW THOSE RATES WOULD LOOK AS A RESULT OF THAT. AND SO MORE TO COME ON THAT. BUT JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS HERE IN JUNE 8TH. AND BOB KLEINMAN, OUR BUDGET OFFICE, HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF OF SHEPHERDING THAT STUDY. NEXT TACTIC IS TO REVIEW THE CITY'S REGIONAL INVOLVEMENT IN HOUSING INITIATIVES. AND OF COURSE, AGAIN, RILEY THOMASON, ALONG WITH CHIEF TITTLE, HAS HAS BRIEFED YOU ON THAT. RILEY REMAINS VERY ACTIVE IN BOTH THE COLLIN COUNTY AND DALLAS COUNTY UNHOUSED COALITIONS, AND HAS RECENTLY EVEN BEGUN TO WORK WITH RPD AND THE NETWORK ON SOME STRATEGIES TO POTENTIALLY ENHANCE THE NETWORK'S INVOLVEMENT. LINDSAY THURMAN AND BRANT TIGNOR HAVE GONE THROUGH THOROUGHLY THE INTERNATIONAL CODES. THAT'S THE BUILDING CODES AS WELL AS THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODES TO ENSURE THAT OUR LOCAL CODE OF ORDINANCES HAVE ALL OF THE MOST UP TO DATE REGULATIONS, PARTICULARLY REGARDING THINGS LIKE HOME OCCUPANCY OR BUSINESSES IN THE HOME. RECALL, THAT WAS KIND OF WHERE THIS TACTIC WAS BORN OUT OF THE OCCUPANCY QUESTION. AND SO WE'RE WE'RE VERY COMFORTABLE. WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE THERE. ENHANCED ENGAGEMENT WITH NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIPS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP. EXCUSE ME FOR INSIGHT AND BEST PRACTICES. WE JUST LAUNCHED ACTUALLY KIND OF COINCIDENTALLY, I GUESS TODAY ON A SURVEY FOR OUR RESIDENTS, ASKING THEM TO KIND OF EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CURRENT MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS THAT WE PROVIDE, ASKING THEM, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THEIR NEEDS AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO SUPPORT THEM AND, AND BETTER MANAGING, IMPROVING PARTICIPATION AND, AND IN CREATING SUSTAINABLE HOMEOWNERS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. AND THEN FOR THE MANDATORY ASSOCIATIONS ACTUALLY INCLUDING A PIECE A, A LOT OF THEIR CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS FOR THINGS LIKE COMMON AREAS, HOPING THAT MAYBE WE CAN HELP THEM LEVERAGE THROUGH SOME, SOME SCALING, SOME BETTER ECONOMICS FOR SOME OF THEIR WORK. AND SO MORE TO COME ON THAT AS WE WORK THROUGH THAT. I MENTIONED THE HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT. I'M GOING TO AGAIN, PUT A PIN ON THAT JUST FOR A SECOND. WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO THAT. BUT THAT WAS SOME REALLY NICE WORK THAT WAS DONE IN TERMS OF EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND COLLABORATION AND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN CONTINUING ON WITH OUR SMART CITY INITIATIVES. LET ME TAKE THE FIRST TWO INITIALLY HERE AND AGAIN, ALL OF THESE VERY MUCH ONGOING INITIATIVES. BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'VE ADDRESSED THIS PREDOMINANTLY IN FOUR WAYS ONE, TRYING TO POSITION RICHARDSON AS A HUB FOR EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, YOU KNOW, AND AS A AS AN EXAMPLE, THE MAYOR AND MYSELF HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE THE TEXAS QUANTUM CONSORTIUM AT THE AT UTD, WORKING WITH RASHMI VARMA ON AND REALLY IMMERSING OURSELVES IN THIS OPPORTUNITY. THIS ISN'T A THIS PROBABLY IS NOT A NEAR-TERM ACTION ITEM, BUT ONE DAY. THIS COULD BE A REALLY BIG DEAL FOR RICHARDSON AND THE REVERSE PITCH SESSIONS THAT WE'RE DOING WITH UTD AND STARTUP RUNWAY AND JUST REALLY CONTINUING TO PROVE UP THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, THE PREMIER INNOVATION HUB IN TEXAS WITH WITH OUR PROGRAMING, WE
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CONTINUE TO EXPAND CONNECTIONS BETWEEN STUDENTS AND LOCAL EMPLOYERS. WE HAD A GREAT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT AT THE IQ WHERE I DE DALLAS COLLEGE, COLLIN COLLEGE, UT DALLAS. EVERYONE WHO YOU WOULD WISH WOULD BE THERE WAS INVOLVED, BUT WE'RE ALSO EXPANDING THOSE PARTNERSHIPS TO, TO PRIVATE ENTERPRISE AND TO OUR CORPORATE CITIZENS THROUGH CTE, CTE PARTNERSHIPS. AS I MENTIONED WITH BOTH RISD AND PISD, I KNOW THE MAYOR RECENTLY HAD A CHANCE TO TOUR ISD'S NEW CTE CENTER. AND WAYNE CORUM, WHO IS OUR DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES AND FLEET, IS ACTUALLY ON AN ADVISORY ROLE THERE WITH PISD BECAUSE, AS I'VE TOLD YOU FOR MANY YEARS NOW, MECHANICS ARE ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TRADES TO AND PROFESSIONS TO RECRT FOR. AND SO REALLY IMMERSING OURSELVES IN THE, IN THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, CONTINUING TO TRY TO DRIVE OUR GLOBAL BUSINESS ATTRACTION. OF COURSE, WE'VE GOT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH STARTUP RUNWAY, BUT CHRIS AND HIS TEAM MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THE INTERNATIONAL DELEGATION FRONT. WE HAVE IT'S A VERY DYNAMIC AND ACTIVE PLACE, THE IQ HQ, WHEN IT COMES TO & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIP BUILDING. AND THAT IS THE FIRST STEP IN BUSINESS ATTRACTION ON AN INTERNATIONAL FRONT. AS AS THE MAYOR CAN TELL YOU, THESE FOLKS WANT TO FIRST AND FOREMOST GET TO KNOW YOU AND WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU STAND FOR BEFORE, THEY WOULD CONSIDER MOVING THEIR BUSINESS HERE. AND SO THIS IS A THIS AGAIN, IS ONE OF THOSE LONGER TERM STRATEGIES. AND THEN FINALLY, THROUGH BUILDING OUR, OUR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AND TALENT PARTNERSHIPS, WE'VE HAD WORKING WITH, FOR INSTANCE, DALLAS COLLEGE RECENTLY TO FACILITATE A, A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AROUND DRONE OPERATION FOR ZIPLINE AS JUST ONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES. AND SO AGAIN, I COULD GO ON AND ON HERE, BUT, BUT, BUT THE POINT HERE IS THAT THIS WORK IS NEVER DONE, BUT THAT I THINK WE HAVE A VERY GOOD PLAN AND WE'RE ON A REALLY NICE TRAJECTORY WITH RESPECT TO THE WORK THAT THAT WE ARE DOING, THE HOW EXPLORE HOW COUNCIL CAN ENGAGE WITH STATE AND FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES IN A MORE DIRECT AND INTENTIONAL MANNER. WE'VE GIVEN A LOT OF THOUGHT ABOUT THIS AND, YOU KNOW, HAD A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK. AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL WOMAN JUSTICE FOR BEING A SOUNDING BOARD FOR ME ONE MORNING ON THIS. AND BUT I THINK WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE WE'RE DEVELOPING A PLAN TO BRING BACK WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER COUNCIL COMMITTEE THIS. WHAT. BUT THAT WE WOULD THAT WE WOULD PROPOSE, ALONG WITH THE START OF OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA HERE IN JUST A FEW MONTHS, WHERE WE COULD MORE EASILY CONVENE, BE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBLE, A LITTLE BIT MORE ADAPTABLE, A LITTLE BIT MORE NIMBLE WHEN WE NEEDED TO HAVE A DELEGATION AVAILABLE TO MEET WITH A WITH A REPRESENTATIVE. OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE OTHER FORMS THAT THE COUNCIL COULD POTENTIALLY ENGAGE IN THOSE KIND OF DISCUSSIONS. BUT AS WE ALL KNOW, WHEN WE'RE IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, EVERYTHING IS LAST MINUTE AND YOU HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO BE READY TO GO IMMEDIATELY, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT REALLY THINKING OF ANYBODY ELSE DOWN THERE. BUT BUT THEMSELVES WHEN IT COMES TO SCHEDULING AND CALENDARING. AND SO MORE TO COME ON THIS AGAIN, I JUST KIND OF, I JUST KIND OF ASK YOU TO KIND OF BE PATIENT AS WE ROLL THIS OUT, BUT SEVERAL, SEVERAL CHANGES TO THE WAY THAT I'M GOING TO PROPOSE WE ADDRESS THE 90TH SESSION AND MAYBE EVEN LEAN ON SOME OF OUR PARTNERS A LITTLE BIT MORE. I WON'T SPEND ANY TIME ON THE ENGAGEMENT REGIONAL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, THE COUNCIL YOU REPRESENT THE CITY HEADS, HEADS AND SHOULDERS ABOVE SO MANY OF YOUR COUNTERPARTS IN IN THE REGION. AND I LIKE TO THINK OUR STAFF DOES THAT AS WELL. EXAMINING OPPORTUNITIES TO STRENGTHEN PROPOSED ENGAGEMENT WITH FRANCHISEES. KENT AND TODD HAVE BEEN BEEN BEEN REALLY HELPFUL IN THIS REGARD. WE ARE PROPOSING TO SCHEDULE SOME ACTUAL ON SITE VISITS AT ATMOS AND ENCORE. I'M STILL TRYING TO DRILL DOWN EXACTLY, BUT I'M GOING TO TRY TO USE SOME OF THE TIME WE'RE OFF FOR A SUMMER BREAK, BUT THIS WOULD ALLOW YOU TO KIND OF GET SOME FIRST HAND DISCUSSION WITH SOME OTHER LEADERS IN THOSE ORGANIZATIONS OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, JUST GENERALLY THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS PEOPLE. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TRY TO ORGANIZE SOME TOURS SO WE CAN GET SOME BEHIND THE SCENES UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT EXACTLY THEY'RE WORKING ON, BUT ALSO GET SOME EXPOSURE TO SOME ADDITIONAL LEADERSHIP. WE DID THIS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO AND IT WAS VERY EFFECTIVE. IT'S REALLY I THINK EVERYBODY THERE LEARNED A LOT AND APPRECIATED. SO AGAIN, MORE TO COME ON THAT JUST HERE SHORTLY. AND THEN FINALLY, I WON'T READ THESE THREE, BUT I'LL LET YOU LOOK AT THEM AS I'M KIND OF TALKING HERE. BUT ALL THREE OF THESE WE HAVE AGAIN, TAKEN A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO AND REALLY WRAPPED UP. WE'RE CURRENTLY EXPLORING ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES, A GRANTS, PARTNERSHIPS, PHILANTHROPY, OBVIOUSLY TO REDUCE OUR RELIANCE ON OPERATIONS OR EVEN EVEN EVEN DEBT. WE HAVE A LOCAL PARTNER[01:15:08]
HERE, RISE 360 RICHARDSON RESIDENT A REAL A REAL SUCCESSFUL HISTORY IN THIS PARTICULAR REALM. WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH WITH THEM TO DEVELOP A STRATEGIC FUNDING STACK PLAN THAT WOULD ALIGN MULTIPLE FUNDING STRATEGIES. AND INITIALLY, WHILE WE BELIEVE THERE ARE SEVERAL REALMS THAT THIS WOULD BE FERTILE GROUND FOR, INITIALLY, WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. AND THE REASON WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT IS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, COMING OUT OF A POTENTIAL $235 MILLION BOND PROGRAM OR POTENTIALLY A $600 MILLION, FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PLAN, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES, AND INFRASTRUCTURE STILL SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS STILL INTERESTED IN, AND EVEN THE STATE GOVERNMENT TO SOME EXTENT. AND SO THIS EFFORT WILL LOOK AT TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC SAFETY, UTILITIES, AND EVEN INCLUDE SOME WORK THAT THIS IS KIND OF THAT ONE LITTLE OUTLINE OR ASSIGNMENT FOR THE INITIAL PHASE EVEN INCLUDES SOME WORK TO HELP US APPLY FOR SOME GRANT FUNDING TO HELP US BRING ON THE 15 FIREFIGHTERS THAT WE NEED TO ACTIVATE TRUCK THREE. AND SO THERE ARE STILL SOME FEDERAL PROGRAMS WHERE THAT MAY BE THE DELIVERABLE RE, YOU MIGHT ASK. WE'LL HAVE WHAT WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR HERE WILL BE A COMPLETE INVENTORY OF GRANTS THAT WE COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR. IT'LL BE INSTRUCTION, IF YOU WILL, TO THE BEST WAY TO APPROACH THOSE GRANTS. AND THEN ULTIMATELY, IN KIND OF A TURNKEY STYLE, WE WOULD LOOK TO RISE 360 FOR SOME HELP APPLYING FOR THOSE GRANTS. AS YOU WELL KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A GRANT COORDINATOR OR MANAGER, AND A LOT OF THAT WORK IS DONE BY DEPARTMENTS. AND IF WE'RE GOING TO REALLY MAXIMIZE OUR OPPORTUNITY, I BELIEVE IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THIS PROCESS, IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO KIND OF SHOW US BEST PRACTICES AND HELP US, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY BE MOST EFFECTIVE EARLY ON. AND SO MORE TO COME ON THAT WE'RE FINALIZING THAT ENGAGEMENT NOW. AND, AND WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL BRIEFINGS FOR YOU HERE. FINALLY, LET ME JUST WRAP UP, OBVIOUSLY, IN TERMS OF I'VE GOT A CHECK BY THIS FIRST ONE, BUT IN REALITY, THAT WAS FOR THE 89TH SESSION.WE WILL NEED TO DO THIS FOR THE 90TH SESSION, BOTH IN ADVANCE OF DURING AND AFTER AND, BUT I DO FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A VERY GOOD HANDLE ON WHAT OCCURRED IN THE 90TH. WE HAVE MITIGATED ALL OF OUR RISKS TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN. YOU KNOW, TINA WAS HERE JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WITH.
ANDREW AND TINA WERE HERE JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, PRESENTING SOME OF THE LAST ITEMS OUT OF THE 90TH THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS. WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT. I AM PLEASED TO REPORT TO YOU THAT THE WATER DISTRICT WILL BE HERE ON JUNE 22ND TO PROVIDE THEIR ANNUAL BRIEFING. IN ADVANCE OF THAT, YOU'LL HAVE YOUR DEEP DIVE FROM OUR WATER. YOU'LL HAVE OUR DEEP DIVE. YOU'LL HAVE YOUR DEEP DIVE FROM OUR FROM ERIC ROBERSON AND OUR PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS THE WATER AND WASTEWATER RATE STUDY. AND SO ALL OF THAT BUILDING TO THIS, THIS IMPORTANT BRIEFING SO THAT WE CAN CONTEXTUALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE DISTRICT AND HOW THAT'S EVOLVING, HOW THAT'S IMPACTING OUR LOCAL WORK PLAN AS WELL AS OUR RATES. AND THEN FINALLY, ONE OF YOUR ONE OF OUR TACTICS WAS TO SUPPORT THE DESIGN OF A MODERN GOVERNANCE MODEL. I THINK WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED THAT. AND ALSO TO COLLABORATE ON A SUSTAINABLE, YOU KNOW, REGIONALLY VIABLE FUNDING PLAN. WE'VE DONE THAT, IN MY OPINION, FOR THE SHORT TERM. AND WE'RE ALREADY CONVENING TO BEGIN THAT THAT LONG TERM WORK AS WELL. SO AS I MENTIONED TO YOU, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL ADDITIONAL TACTICS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE LIST. THE FIRST FOUR TACTICS HERE, ALL OUT OF THE HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT, YOU ASKED TO EXPLORE PARTICIPATION IN THE CDBG PROGRAM. WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT BACK TO YOU HERE JUST IN A FEW WEEKS. AND ESSENTIALLY, THAT FIRST BRIEFING WILL BE A ROADMAP TO WHAT THAT WHAT THAT PROCESS INVOLVES, SO THAT WE CAN GET YOUR CONFIRMATION THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO LAUNCH. OUR EARLIEST ELIGIBILITY WILL BE FOR FY 28. IT'LL BE FY 28. SO WE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE $27 THAT WOULD BE PAID IN SUBSEQUENT OCTOBER OF 27. SO THAT WOULD ROLL INTO OUR FY 28.
SO WE HAVE SOME TIME ON THIS, BUT WE'RE LIKELY GOING TO NEED IT HAVING TO DO A FIVE YEAR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND AND A LOT OF OTHER CONSIDERATIONS, BUT MORE TO COME ON THAT. CHRIS AND THE TEAM ACTIVELY ADVOCATING AND APPLYING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE THROUGH THE THROUGH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, OF COURSE, THIS SUMMER IS WHEN HE'S GOING TO MAKE HIS DECISIONS ON WHAT HE'LL RECOMMEND, BUT WE HAVE CREATED A PLAN AROUND THAT. WE HAVE SUBMITTED THAT INFORMATION. THIS IS A BIG ONE. AND AND POTENTIALLY EVEN THE
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ESTABLISHMENT ONE THAT COMES WITH SOME PRETTY GOOD COST CONSIDERATIONS. AND SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FIRST IS PUT TOGETHER THAT PLAN. AND, AND HILLTOP IS ACTUALLY WHO WE'RE USING. NOT NOT THIS HILLTOP, BUT ANOTHER, ANOTHER ARM OF HILLTOP IS WHO WE'RE ACTUALLY USING. BUT WE'RE GOING TO BRING YOU A PLAN THAT WOULD OUTLINE THE LEGAL STEPS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH A HFC OR PFC, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME PRETTY GOOD LEGAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. AND BEFORE WE, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE A POTENTIAL EXPANDED PROGRAM THAT WE THROW IN SO THAT YOU CAN CONSIDER IT IN CONTEXT OF OTHER THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT PRIORITIZE AS WELL. I MENTIONED THAT THE MIDDLE HOUSING WOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE PROJECT. WE ARE WELL ON OUR WAY. AND RILEY THOMASON, AGAIN, HER NAME TONIGHT IS LEADING THE WAY ON THE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. PROJECT. JUST IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO, I'LL BE BRINGING YOU BACK SOME OF THE FOLLOW UP INFORMATION YOU ASKED FOR YOUR FOR YOUR KEY TO THE TO THE CITY PROGRAM. AND OF COURSE, WE DID THE INTERNATIONAL FLAG WALL POLICY AS WELL AS THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR WHEN A VACANCY OCCURS ON THE COUNCIL DUE TO RESIGNATION. THE CI. THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION IS SCHEDULED ON MAY 28TH TO RECONVENE AROUND RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS AND EVENTS. THAT DISCUSSION AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THAT FOR YOU EITHER ON THE 1ST OF JUNE OR THE 8TH OF JUNE, SO THAT YOU CAN QUICKLY ARRIVE HERE AT AT YOUR POSITION. AND THEN FINALLY, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TEMPORARY BAN ON SHORT TERM RENTALS, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW TRACKING SYSTEM, THE EVALUATION OF THE NEED OF FURTHER STUDY, AND THEN, OF COURSE, A FURTHER STUDY, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU DETERMINE WE SHOULD DO. THOSE ARE ALL NEW KIND OF ACTION ITEMS OR TACTICS, IF YOU WILL, THAT HAVE THAT HAVE COME OUT OF THIS, THIS LAST TEN MONTHS OR SO. AND SO, MAYOR, I WILL STOP THERE. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK. OBVIOUSLY, I WANT TO THANK WE HAVE A GREAT LEADERSHIP TEAM. GREAT. SO MANY STAFF AND SO MANY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR EXECUTING ON THIS WORK PLAN AND FOR, YOU KNOW, MOVING THESE TACTICS FORWARD. AND WE'VE GOT ONE YEAR LEFT, ESSENTIALLY ONE YEAR LEFT IN THIS TERM. AND SO YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF A LOT OF GOOD, IMPORTANT WORK TO DO AS WE AS WE CONCLUDE THE SECOND PART OF YOUR TERM, REALLY THOROUGH REVIEW. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MECHNER? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER DORAN, I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK IF I CAN OFFER YOU A GLASS OF WATER, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU.[9. PUBLIC HEARING, ZONING FILE ZF 26-03, AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS, AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE AND ZONING MAP BY GRANTING A SPECIAL PERMIT FOR A PRIVATE UNIVERSITY FOR LOT B, BLOCK 10, MEADOWGLEN ADDITION LOCATED AT 1202 RICHARDSON DRIVE, RICHARDSON, TEXAS, AND PRESENTLY ZONED O-M OFFICE DISTRICT.]
ALL RIGHT. YEAH. GREAT JOB. WONDERFUL. WE WILL MOVE ON TO A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER NINE, PUBLIC HEARING ZONING FILE 26-03. AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIAL PERMIT FOR A PRIVATE UNIVERSITY LOCATED AT 1202 RICHARDSON DRIVE. MR. MAGNER. OH, GREAT. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I SEE OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICE TEAM MOVING UP AND THE APPLICANT AS WELL. I WANT TO JUST GO AHEAD AGAIN, ACKNOWLEDGE TINA AND ANDREW FOR BEING HERE WITH US TONIGHT ALSO. YEP. OKAY, GREAT. YEAH. SO LET ME TURN IT OVER AND WE WILL BEGIN THE BRIEFING. AND I THINK THE APPLICANT IS HERE AS WELL AND HAS A SHORT PRESENTATION, MAYOR AND COUNCIL THAT AND THEN THEY'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AS WELL. THANK YOU.YES. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. MY NAME IS CHRISTINE. I'M A PLANNER HERE IN THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. SO THIS IS ZONING FILE 2603 A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL PERMIT FOR A PRIVATE UNIVERSITY NAMED CASA LOMA COLLEGE, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 1202 RICHARDSON DRIVE. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF RICHARDSON DRIVE AND MONOPLANE LANE AND IS ZONED OM OFFICE. THE SITE IS SURROUNDED BY COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE USES.
CASA LOMA OFFERS ACCELERATED HYBRID PROGRAMS IN NURSING, MEDICAL IMAGING, PHYSICAL THERAPY, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, AND HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT THAT STUDENTS CAN EARN IN AS LITTLE AS TWO YEARS OR EVEN AS LITTLE AS TEN MONTHS. THEY OFFER ACCREDITED DEGREES RANGING FROM ASSOCIATE'S TO MASTER'S. THEY HAVE THREE EXISTING LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND THIS WILL BE THEIR FIRST LOCATION IN TEXAS. TOTAL ENROLLMENT IS EXPECTED TO BE 450 STUDENTS, SUPPORTED BY 30 STAFF MEMBERS. STUDENT ATTENDANCE WILL BE STAGGERED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK DUE TO THE HYBRID NATURE, AND THE ESTIMATED DAILY ONSITE POPULATION IS APPROXIMATELY 150 STUDENTS. THE SITE IS ACCESSED FROM RICHARDSON DRIVE AND MONT BLAINE LANE, AND NO CHANGES ARE PROPOSED TO THE EXISTING ACCESS POINTS. THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE OFFICE BUILDING IS APPROXIMATELY 79,400FT■!S, AD THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO LEASE APPROXIMATELY 31,000FT■!S. DISTRIBUTED, DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THREE FLOORS. A SPECIFIC
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PARKING RATIO FOR A PRIVATE UNIVERSITY IS NOT IDENTIFIED IN THE CITY'S REGULATIONS. HOWEVER, THE NEAREST COMPARISON WOULD BE A TECHNICAL TRAINING SCHOOL, WHICH IS ONE SPACE FOR EVERY 100FT■!S OF CLASSROOM AREA. THIS MEANS THAT THE APPLICANT MUST PROVIDE 173 PARKING SPACES.THIS LEAVES 162 PARKING SPACES FOR REMAINING OFFICE USES, AND A SURPLUS OF 64 PARKING SPACES ON SITE. A TRIP GENERATION MEMO WAS COMPLETED AND INDICATES THAT THE PROPOSED USE IS COMPARABLE TO A TYPICAL OFFICE TENANT AND WILL NOT IMPACT SURROUNDING ROADWAYS. HERE ARE SOME SITE PHOTOS. THESE ARE THE SOUTH AND EAST ELEVATIONS TAKEN FROM THE PARKING LOT. AND HERE ARE THE WEST AND NORTH ELEVATIONS TAKEN FROM RICHARDSON DRIVE AND MONT BLAINE LANE. ENVISION RICHARDSON DESIGNATES THIS AREA AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL, PLACE, TYPE. PUBLIC AND INSTITUTIONAL FACILITIES ARE IDENTIFIED AS SECONDARY USES. THEREFORE, THIS REQUEST IS CONSISTENT. AND TO DATE, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. AND AT THE APRIL 7TH CPC MEETING, THE COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST. AND THERE ARE THREE CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH TONIGHT'S REQUEST. THE FIRST CONDITION LIMITS THE OPERATOR AND REQUIRES CONFORMANCE WITH THE CONCEPT PLAN. THE SECOND CONDITION LISTS TERMS FOR EXPIRATION AND TERMINATION, AND THE THIRD ESTABLISHES THAT PARKING RATIO. AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TONIGHT. BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE.
LOVE TO HAVE THE APPLICANT UP. JUST USE THIS. YEAH THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL SCOTT THIBODEAU WITH MISSION RIDGE CONSULTANTS. WE OFFICE RIGHT HERE IN RICHARDSON, TEXAS OFF 1900 FURMAN DRIVE. WE JUST OPENED OUR OFFICES EARLIER THIS MONTH AND VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE. AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE MR. SCOTT SANDS WITH WITH CASA LOMAS COLLEGE AS WELL. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AFTER AFTER THIS PRESENTATION. SO TO REVIEW THE SITE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, CHRISTIE DID A GREAT JOB. SHE ALWAYS DOES. BUT TO RECAP, THE THE EXISTING BUILDING IS 79,400FT■!. IT'S A FOUR STORY STRUCTURE ZONED OM OFFICE AND THE SURROUNDING USES. WE ALSO HAVE A AUTO SALES TO THE EAST OF US. AND THEN AS YOU GO ACROSS TO THE WEST OF THE OFFICE TENANT, THERE'S SOME RESIDENCES AS WELL IN THE NORTH RIDGE COMMUNITY.
OUR PROPOSED USE IS A SPECIAL PERMIT FOR A PRIVATE UNIVERSITY. AGAIN, LOOKING TO OCCUPY APPROXIMATELY 31,000FT■!S WITHIN WITHIN THE EXISTING BUILDING, THE REMAINING TO REMAIN AS OFFICE ABOUT 48,000FT■!S. AND THERE ARE NO EXTERIOR SITE IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR REQUEST. THE OPERATIONS. IT'S AN INDOOR USE ONLY DAYTIME HOURS MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
THE COLLEGE WILL HAVE STRUCTURED CLASS SCHEDULES AND STAGGERED ATTENDANCE, AND IT WILL FUNCTION SIMILAR TO AN OFFICE TENANT. ABOUT THE COLLEGE. IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1966 AS A NONPROFIT POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTION FOCUSED ON HEALTH CARE EDUCATION. IT COMBINES CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION WITH HANDS ON LAB AND SIMULATION TRAINING. SOME OF THE ACADEMIC PROGRAMS INCLUDE NURSING, MEDICAL IMAGING AND RADIOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL THERAPY RELATED FIELDS, HEALTH CARE, ADMINISTRATION, AND BUSINESS WITH EXISTING CAMPUSES. AS KRISTI MENTIONED IN CALIFORNIA, IN LOS ANGELES, TENNESSEE, AROUND NASHVILLE, AND IN AURORA, COLORADO. SO THERE IS A THREE PHASE PLAN DUE TO OCCUPY THE. THE SPACE GETS A LITTLE CONVOLUTED AND MAKE IT SIMPLE. THE TOP FLOOR, THE FOURTH FLOOR IS GOING TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR SOME TIME. THAT'S GOING TO BE DEDICATED TO KIND OF THE SIZABLE ACTIVITY OF THE COLLEGE AT ABOUT 20,000FT■!S, WORKING FROM THIS SUMMER TO 2028. TO GET THERE, THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS WILL BE DEVELOPED AS OFFICE, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE, MAINLY ON THE FIRST FLOOR, AND THEN THE SECOND FLOOR WILL BE USED TO PUT A SPEC CLASSROOMS AND LABS FOR TUTORING STUDENTS WHO ARE LOOKING TO POSSIBLY GO TO THE COLLEGE AND ENROLL THEIR.
SO WE DID DO A TRIP GENERATION MEMO WITH KIMLEY-HORN, AND IT WAS TO EVALUATE THE CONVERSION OF THE VACANT OFFICE SPACE TO UNIVERSITY WITHIN THE EXISTING BUILDING, AND WE DETERMINED 521 ADDITIONAL DAILY TRIPS WOULD AMASS FROM. FROM THE OCCUPATION OF THE COLLEGE WITH 50. BOTH AM AND PM PEAK HOUR ADDITIONS AND TRAFFIC, WHICH IS PRETTY CONSISTENT. IF YOU WERE TO HAVE A OFFICE TENANT COME IN TO THE AREA UTILIZING THE SAME SPACE AGAIN, THIS. THE MEMO TALKS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC BEING DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY DUE TO STAGGERED CLASS SCHEDULES AND HYBRID PARTIAL ATTENDANCE MODEL. THERE WILL BE ONLINE CLASSES OFFERED TO STUDENTS AS WELL, SO THAT ACTIVITY WILL TAKE PLACE AS WELL AS KIDS OR KIDS. STUDENTS BEING ON THE CAMPUS IN PHYSICAL FORM, THE SURROUNDING ROADWAY NETWORK. THERE REALLY ISN'T
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GOING TO BE ANY MAJOR IMPACT ON THE NETWORK OR ON THE ROADWAY NETWORK. AS THE TRIP GENERATION MEMO ESTABLISHED, AND THERE WILL BE NO OFFSITE IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED TO THE RIGHT OF WAYS.WE. DURING REVIEW, WE DID TALK ABOUT PARKING AND WHAT THAT RATIO MIGHT BE. WE EXPLORED A LESS INTENSIVE PARKING RATIO, BUT WE ASKED OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER, KIMLEY-HORN TO. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, STILL MEET COMPLIANCE WITH THE 1 TO 100 RATIO, WHICH WAS SUGGESTED BY STAFF. AND WE FOUND THAT WE ACTUALLY WILL MEET THAT REQUIREMENT, AND THERE WILL BE A SURPLUS OF PARKING AT THE END OF THE DAY AS WELL. AND THEN PUBLIC OUTREACH. WE WORKED WITH STAFF EARLY ON BEFORE WE EVEN SUBMITTED, AND THEY REALLY STRONGLY SUGGESTED WE GO OUT AND REACH OUT TO THE DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER, WHICH WE DID. AND WE ALSO SENT LETTERS AND EMAILS TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS AND THEN THE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES AS WELL, AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS. WE EMAILED THE HOA LEADERSHIP, THE NORTHRIDGE HOA, AND WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY OPPOSITION CONCERNS. REALLY, ANY QUESTIONS IS PRETTY QUIET EXERCISE AS IT RELATES TO PUBLIC OUTREACH. COMPATIBILITY WITH ENVISION RICHARDSON. SO, AS CHRISTY SAID, THE PROPERTY IS DESIGNATED AS A COMMERCIAL COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL PLACE TYPE, AND WE'RE CONSISTENT WITH THE SECONDARY INSTITUTIONAL USE WITHIN THE PLACE TYPE. THIS REQUEST REPRESENTS CONTEXT APPROPRIATE ADAPTIVE REUSE OF AN EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING. WE ALL KNOW OFFICE IS KIND OF IN A STRANGE PLACE, YOU KNOW, IN THESE TIMES. SO WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS A GREAT ADAPTIVE REUSE OF VACANT SPACE IN AN OFFICE BUILDING. IT MAINTAINS THE AREA'S COMMERCIAL CHARACTER AND EMPLOYMENT BASE, AND IT SUPPORTS THESE SPECIFIC PLAN GOALS. THAT IS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES, EXPANDING ACCESS TO CAREER FOCUSED TRAINING, THAT BEING HEALTHCARE AND TECHNICAL FIELDS, AND UTILIZING THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE EFFICIENTLY IS SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE PLAN AS WELL AS WE FUNCTION AS A LOW IMPACT DAYTIME USE, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA. WE DID RECEIVE OR I GUESS WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE WITH THE COMMISSION THAT WE'RE A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE OF LAND USE. A QUESTION CAME UP ABOUT PLAN SITE SECURITY. SO THAT'S STILL BEING ASSESSED AS TO HOW THAT WILL ACTUALLY OPERATE ON SITE. BUT THE COLLEGE DOES HAVE AN EXISTING EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN, AN EXISTING SECURITY PLAN, AND AN INSTITUTIONAL INJURY AND INCIDENT RESPONSE PLAN AS WELL. SO THEY HAVE ALL THIS KIND OF BAKED INTO THEIR EXISTING CAMPUSES, AND THEY'LL BE BRINGING THIS OVER TO THIS CAMPUS AS WELL. THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THE LENGTH OF THE PENDING LEASE TERM, WHICH IS NOW SET AT TEN YEARS WITH TWO FIVE YEAR OPTIONS. TUITION COSTS CAME UP, AND THOSE ARE APPROXIMATELY $40,000 FOR A TWO YEAR DEGREE. AND THEN THETHER EXISTING TENANTS, THE COMMISSION WANTED TO KNOW WHO THOSE WERE. AND THERE ARE 22 OFFICE TENANTS RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY IN THE IN THE BUILDING. AND THE COMMISSION FELT LIKE THIS WAS A GOOD ADAPTIVE REUSE OF THE OFFICE SPACE. THEY RECOGNIZED THE DEMAND FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS. THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. DURING THE MEETING. WE DID SOME FURTHER RESEARCH INTO THAT. AND PER THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH STUDY SHOWS. AND THIS IS A STATEWIDE FIGURE, THAT THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF 57000 REGISTERED NURSES BY 2030. THERE WAS A SPECIFIC TO THE METROPLEX DFW METROPLEX STUDY BY THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES COLLEGES OF NURSING THAT SHOWED A 15 TO 16% SHORTAGE BY 2036 IN THE DFW METROPLEX. SO HOPEFULLY THIS REQUEST WILL HELP FACILITATE THAT. THAT LACK OF PROFESSIONALS. AND THAT'S BASICALLY IT. AGAIN, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. AND ALSO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE COLLEGE AS WELL. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THAT, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. COUNSEL. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. THIS IS AN OPEN OR THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. AND SO WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS. I HAVE NO CARDS, MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE CARE TO SPEAK? RIGHT.
SEEING NONE, MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL RIGHT. GOT A MOTION? COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN. SECOND, HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER. MAYOR. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ZONING FILE ZF26-03 AND ADOPT AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE AND ZONING MAP BY GRANTING A SPECIAL PERMIT FOR A PRIVATE UNIVERSITY FOR LOT B, BLOCK TEN, MEADOW GLEN ADDITION, LOCATED AT 1202 RICHARDSON DRIVE, RICHARDSON, TEXAS, AND PRESENTLY ZONED O DASH M OFFICE DISTRICT. ALL RIGHT, WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER COUNCILMEMBER ORFINI. I'LL SECOND IT. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ORFINI. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL
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RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. I[10. REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
BELIEVE WE ARE AT ITEM NUMBER TEN, WHICH IS A REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING INTERESTING? YES. MAYOR PRO TEM MAYOR. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE. INC.RICHARDSON OFFICE RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY AND RECEPTION. IT WAS DOWN IN DALLAS. WHAT MADE THIS REALLY SPECIAL IS THIS IS A NEW AI TYPE OF ADVENTURE THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED HERE IN DALLAS, IN RICHARDSON, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD THE RIBBON CUTTING UP IN DALLAS, DOWN IN DALLAS, WHAT MADE IT REALLY SPECIAL WAS THE OWNER WHO MOVED HERE FROM INDIA, AND HIS PARTNER, WHO MOVED FROM ENGLAND, WENT ALL OVER THE DFW AREA. AND AFTER TALKING TO SEVERAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOLKS, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, TALKING TO THE ACTUAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS FAR AS DETERMINING HOW THEY COULD ESTABLISH THEIR OFFICE. ET CETERA. ET CETERA. THEY CHOSE RICHARDSON BASED ON THE EASE OF OUR PERMITTING, THE WORKABILITY OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOLKS, THEY ESPECIALLY, ESPECIALLY CALLED OUT CHRIS AND REALLY MADE A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT DON MAGNER AND THE TEAM THAT THEY INTERACTED WITH. AND THIS WAS NOT SOMEONE WE NECESSARILY WENT OUT AND RECRUITED, BUT JUST BASED ON ALL OF OUR WORKS OF OUR CITY, THEY CHOSE US. SO IT WAS A REALLY NICE RIBBON CUTTING. THE MOST I CAN EXPLAIN ABOUT IT IS BASICALLY THIS IS AN AI PRODUCT THAT WORKS BEHIND SPREADSHEETS, CONSTANTLY PULLING DATA, CONSTANTLY UPDATING SPREADSHEETS AS A PART OF THEIR BUSINESS. SO IT WAS FASCINATING. I LEARNED AS FAST AS I COULD, AND I STILL DON'T THINK I KNOW ENOUGH, BUT IT WAS A IT WAS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO SEE BUSINESSES THAT ARE COMING HERE JUST BASED ON THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS. SO THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. COUNCILMEMBER DORIAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I, I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO SATURDAY NIGHT'S FINALE AT THE RICHARDSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. AND I HOPE I PRONOUNCE THIS CORRECTLY, BUT IT'S RAVEL AND RACHMANINOFF PIANIST. ACTUALLY, IT WAS HAD A LITTLE SPIN ON IT THIS EVENING OR SATURDAY EVENING. THEY KIND OF MADE IT A LITTLE MORE ON A MODERN VERSION, SO I, I PERSONALLY LIKED THE THAT ELEMENT. SO IT'S A VERY NICE EVENING, A GOOD TURNOUT, A NICE RECEPTION AFTERWARDS. SO I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, CONGRATULATE THEM ON A GREAT SEASON. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JUSTICE. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THIS PAST TUESDAY, WE HAD THE SPRING NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP AT THE SENIOR CENTER REALLY WELL ATTENDED. A BIG THANKS TO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT CAME OUT AS PART OF THAT. THE NEXT NIGHT WE HAD THE JJ PEARCE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING A GOOD TURNOUT FOR THEM, THEIR ANNUAL MEETING. MR. MAGNER DID AN EXCELLENT JOB. I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN HIS 11TH OR 12TH TIME PRESENTING ON THE BOND AND THE CHARTER PROVISIONS. SO HE HAD IT DOWN PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD THAT NIGHT. AND THEN LAST NIGHT I ATTENDED AN EAGLES TRIBUTE BAND CONCERT AT THE EISMANN CENTER. IT'S NOT PART OF EISEMANN CENTER PRESENTS. IT'S JUST ONE OF THE MANY PROGRAMS THAT COME THROUGH THE EISMANN CENTER. SO I JUST REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE AND GO SEE SHOWS. THEY WERE FANTASTIC. I MEAN, MY HUSBAND AND I WENT AND SAW THE EAGLES IN VEGAS AND, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T THE SAME VENUE, BUT THEY WERE REALLY GOOD. I MEAN, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, NO OFFENSE TO JOE WALSH, BUT THE GUY LAST NIGHT MAYBE WAS A BETTER JOE WALSH THAN JOE WALSH. SO IT WAS FANTASTIC. REALLY, REALLY HIGH QUALITY. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO, TO, TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO GO TO THE EISMANN, INCLUDING THIS COMING WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR THE UKULELE UKULELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN, WHICH IS PART OF THE EISMANN CENTER PRESENTS SERIES. SO IT'S ANOTHER GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GO VISIT THAT VENUE. AND TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY OF EARLY VOTING. GO VOTE IF YOU HAVEN'T. IF YOU'RE IN COLLIN COUNTY, PAY ATTENTION. THERE'S ONLY ONE PLACE IN RICHARDSON WHERE YOU CAN VOTE, AND IT'S AT THE METHODIST HOSPITAL ON CAMPBELL. WONDERFUL COUNCIL MEMBER DORIAN. I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MAYOR, AS YOU KNOW, YOU AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN THE RICHARDSON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, ALONG WITH SOME OF OUR PARTNERS AT UTD, DALLAS COLLEGE. WE HAD A LENNOX, TEXAS INSTRUMENTS AND WE. WE HAD A TRIP TO DC FOR THE FOR THE FLY IN THIS PAST WEEK WHERE WE GOT A CHANCE TO MEET WITH THE US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, SENATOR CORNYN, CONGRESSMAN PETE SESSIONS, CONGRESSWOMAN BETH VAN DYNE, CONGRESSWOMAN JULIE JOHNSON AND I DON'T KNOW IF I MISSED ANOTHER ONE, BUT I KNOW AND MANY OTHER OFFICES, REPRESENTATIVES OF VARIOUS OFFICES. SO THANK YOU TO ALL OUR PARTNERS AND A LOT OF GREAT
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CONVERSATIONS. THIS WAS NOW MY SECOND ONE. I WILL SAY THAT ALTHOUGH THIS WAS A SMALLER GROUP, THERE WAS A LOT OF MUCH MORE INTERACTION AND I WOULD CONSIDER SUCCESS. I THINK SEVERAL PARTNERS GOT TO ASK SOME KEY QUESTIONS, IMPORTANT THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM, AND LEGISLATION. I PERSONALLY, I WOULD SAY IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL TRIP, AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL SEE THE FRUITS OF THAT OF THAT TRIP FOR YEARS TO COME. ON A PERSONAL NOTE, AS EVERYBODY ON THIS DAIS KNOWS, WHEN WE RUN FOR COUNCIL, WE OFTEN MISS A LOT OF EVENTS AND MISS OUT ON A LOT OF THINGS AND DO THE OUR COMMITMENT. AND I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE HERE TO WISH MY SON LEO A HAPPY 18TH BIRTHDAY TODAY BECAUSE HE IS OUT CELEBRATING OR DOING SOMETHING I'M SURE WHILE I'M HERE. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY SON. I KNOW HE LIKES TO WATCH A LOT OF THESE MEETINGS, SOMETIMES LIVE, SOMETIMES AFTER THE FACT, BUT HE OFTEN WATCHES THESE MEETINGS. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HIM. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THE CATALYST PHYSICIAN GROUP HAD THEIR RIBBON CUTTING LAST TUESDAY. NOW THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR QUITE A WHILE. I THINK THEY HAD TO MOVE IT AROUND A COUPLE TIMES. BUT JUST LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY FROM THE DAIS TO FORMALLY CONGRATULATE THEM ON OPENING AND WELCOMING THEM HERE. AND WE ALWAYS NEED GOOD PHYSICIANS HERE, GOOD PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND I HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR COMMUNITY. COUNCILMEMBER MURPHY, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WELL, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LEO, YOUR SON, 18, AND THREE OF MY CHILDREN HAS ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE 18 WAITING FOR THE OTHER 18, SOME FEW MORE YEARS. ANYWAY, LAST SATURDAY, MOST OF THE COUNCIL AND MAYOR, YOU ATTENDED THE HIGHLAND TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SPRING MEETING. IT WAS A WONDERFUL WEATHER. LOTS OF HAPPY FACES. ENJOY MEETING THAT AND AND OF COURSE, OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. DON MAGNER, PRESENTED THE BOND AND CHARTER AMENDMENT PRESENTATION. HOPEFULLY THAT'S THE LAST ONE HE PRESENTED. AND HE DID A GREAT, GREAT JOB OF DOING THAT. BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL WOMEN, JENNIFER JUSTICE ALREADY MENTIONED THAT TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY OF EARLY VOTE, AND YOU WILL HAVE LAST OPPORTUNITY DURING THE EARLY VOTE TO CIRCLE THOSE 50 CHARTER AMENDMENT, NOT MANY, JUST 50. THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST ONE. WE'LL HAVE THIS BIG NUMBER. AND THEN FIVE, YOU KNOW, BOND PROPOSITIONS. SO AND OF COURSE, THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS ON THE BALLOT, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CIRCLE THOSE 55 TOTAL FROM THE CITY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU GUYS DID COVER A FEW THINGS FOR ME. I'LL JUST SAY QUICKLY ABOUT THE DC TRIP THAT IT WAS REALLY A FANTASTIC TRIP. AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE DONE IT BEFORE, AND I WAS REALLY HONORED TO BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF THAT. YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFICULT TO BE AWAY AND MISS AS MANY THINGS AS WE MISS WHEN WE'RE OUT OF TOWN FOR A TRIP LIKE THAT. BUT I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WHO STEPPED UP AND STEPPED IN TO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ROLES WHILE WE WERE OUT. WE DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY EARLIER, I GUESS, LAST WEEK WITH THE ZHENGZHOU INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL. THEY WERE A SCHOOL THAT I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WHILE I WAS IN TAIPEI. THEY WERE BACK OVER HERE JUST THIS LAST WEEK.REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE OUR IQC AND A PHENOMENAL JOB BY CHRIS AND THE ED TEAM, WHO REALLY KNOW HOW TO HANDLE INTERNATIONAL DELEGATIONS AND DID A REALLY GREAT JOB, HELPED US REPRESENT OURSELVES REALLY, REALLY WELL. YOU MENTIONED HIGHLAND TERRACE.
RIGHT AFTER THAT EVENT, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO WITNESS SOMETHING THAT I HAD NOT HAD A CHANCE TO DO UP TILL THEN, BUT THERE ARE A GROUP OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AT OUR ISD THAT HAD DECIDED TO START A PROGRAM CALLED BRIDGE THE GAP FOR KIDS, AND THEY HAD A READING EVENT.
THEY'VE BEEN READING TO PEOPLE WITH DIFFICULTY READING AT DOVER ELEMENTARY AND HAVE BEEN DOING THAT FOR THE GREATER PART OF THIS. LAST SCHOOL YEAR. REALLY IMPRESSIVE WORK BY OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO CREATED THIS PROGRAM ON THEIR OWN, AND SOMETHING THAT WAS JUST REALLY COOL TO, TO SEE, AND SOMETHING THAT I'M HOPING TO BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF IN THE FUTURE. BUT THE PRINCIPAL THAT WAS THERE TALKED ABOUT HOW SCORES WERE ALREADY IMPROVING, BECAUSE THOSE THAT WERE HAVING THE HARDEST TIME READING WERE ALSO HAVING A HARD TIME WITH MATH BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T READ THE QUESTION AND EVEN SCIENCE. AND ONCE THE READING IMPROVED, EVERYTHING ELSE IMPROVED. SO REALLY COOL PROGRAM AND GREAT TO SEE THE INNOVATION BY OUR
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YOUNG PEOPLE TAKING THAT OPPORTUNITY. I ALSO HAD A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO AN EAGLE SCOUT EVENT FOR NICHOLAS ENSMINGER. HE IS A PART OF TROOP 263, AND I ACTUALLY GOT TO SIT WITH OUR FORMER CITY MANAGER, WHO KNEW NICHOLAS PERSONALLY. TROOP 263, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THEM, ARE A SPECIAL NEEDS TROOP. AND IT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE THREE DIFFERENT EAGLES BE HONORED THAT DAY FROM THAT TROOP. IT TAKES A LOT MORE TIME AND A LOT MORE EFFORT FOR THOSE SCOUTS TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE EAGLE DESIGNATIONS. AND SO IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON SUNDAY. AND THEN LASTLY, EARLIER TODAY, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN MY TIME, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN THE COLLIER CARES LUNCHEON. WE GOT A CHANCE TO GO TO THE COLLIER CENTER WHEN WE GOT A CHANCE TO MEET WITH PRESIDENT MCGHEE OVER AT UTD. BUT TO HEAR SOME OF THE TESTIMONIALS OF HOW PEOPLE ARE IMPACTED BY WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT HERE IN RICHARDSON. REALLY COOL STUFF. AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT THEY RAISED JUST A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY AND DID A GOOD JOB WITH TODAY'S LUNCHEON. SO THAT IS ALL I'VE GOT TO[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
SHARE, AND I'M GOING TO GET US MOVING ON TO OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 551.074 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO A CLOSED SESSION CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING DELIBERATION REGARDING PERSONNEL MATTERS. DISCUSSION REGARDING APPOINTMENTS REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT BOARD. THE TIME IS 746, AND WE'LL GIVE OURSELVES MAYBE A FOUR MINUTE RECESS AND START AT* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.