May 11, 2026 City Council

[CALL TO ORDER ]

[00:00:07]

RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER AT 6 P.M. I'LL NOW ASK COUNCIL MEMBER ARFEEN TO LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGES. PLEASE JOIN ME FOR THE INVOCATION. DEAR GOD, MOST GRACIOUS AND THE MOST MERCIFUL, WE THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSINGS OF THIS DAY AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. GRANT US WISDOM IN OUR DECISIONS, COMPASSION IN OUR ACTION, AND UNITY IN OUR PURPOSE. PROTECT OUR CITY. BLESS OUR FAMILIES AND NEIGHBORS, AND GUIDE US TO LEAD WITH FAIRNESS, HUMILITY, AND RESPECT. BRING FAMILIES CLOSER TOGETHER. FILL OUR HEARTS WITH LOVE, UNDERSTANDING, AND CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER. GRANT PEACE AND WARMTH IN THE HEARTS OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN. WHEN THEY SEE AND EMBRACE EACH OTHER.

HELP US BECOME BETTER AND MORE EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATORS TO LISTEN WITH PATIENCE, SPEAK WITH KINDNESS, AND UNDERSTAND ONE ANOTHER WITH OPEN HEARTS. HEAL THE SICK. COMFORT THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING AND GIVE STRENGTH AND HOPE TO THOSE FACING HARDSHIP. MAY ALL THAT WE DO BRING PEACE, UNDERSTANDING AND GOODNESS TO TH WE SERVE. 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. COUNCILMAN. BEFORE WE MOVE ON, JUST FOR THE RECORD, WE HAVE MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER WHO WILL BE JOINING US REMOTELY, AND WILL BE TAKING PART IN THE MEETING

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

SPEAKERS MUST NOT PHYSICALLY APPROACH MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OR STAFF, AND SHOULD REMAIN AT THE PODIUM DURING THEIR COMMENTS. SPEAKERS WITH HANDOUTS MUST PROVIDE THEM TO THE CITY SECRETARY FOR DISTRIBUTION. SPEAKERS SUBMITTING COMMENTS ON THE SAME TOPIC ARE ENCOURAGED TO REDUCE REPETITIVE REMARKS BY INDICATING THAT COMMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED OR BY SELECTING A REPRESENTATIVE SPEAKER. THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT PROHIBITS THE CITY COUNCIL FROM DISCUSSING OR TAKING ACTION ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA. CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF WILL NOT AFFIRM OR OPPOSE ANY SPEAKER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. THE MAYOR CITY MANAGER MAY RESPOND WITH FACTS, POLICY OR DIRECT CITY STAFF TO RESPOND TO THE SPEAKER. AFTER THE MEETING, THE AUDIENCE 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 WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE TO SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONE FOR THE DURATION OF THE MEETING. MISS NEMER MAYOR, MISS CAMPBELL INDICATED SHE WANTED TO SPEAK IN PERSON, SO I'LL CALL HER NAME, ELAINE CAMPBELL. IS IT ON? CAN YOU HEAR ME? THANK YOU. HI.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ELAINE CAMPBELL. I RESIDE AT 1501 HINSDALE HERE IN RICHARDSON, TEXAS. AND I'M ACTUALLY HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF. I'M THE CHAIR OF THE COMMUNITY ELECTIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND I WANT TO I WANT TO BEGIN BY ACKNOWLEDGING

[00:05:04]

AND WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO ELIMINATE THAT. WHATEVER GAPS THERE ARE BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER. SO THAT IS THAT IS MY ASK. AND I WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN TOUCH. AND I REALLY, REALLY HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE AS RICHARDSON TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE AND FOLLOW THROUGH ON THAT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MISS CAMPBELL. DOUGLAS. MALCOLM. MY NAME IS DOUGLAS MALCOLM. I LIVE AT 327 HILLSIDE AVENUE, RICHARDSON, TEXAS. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF RICHARDSON OVER 25 MAYBE MAYBE 30 YEARS. DON'T KNOW EXACTLY. AND I'VE ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH. UP UNTIL MID 2025.

WHERE I STARTED GETTING NOTICES FROM THE CODE ENFORCEMENT AND BUILDING INSPECTION DEPARTMENT.

A LOT OF NOTICES. AND I'VE ALREADY GIVEN TO THE SECRETARY HERE A 22 PAGE OUTLINE. OF WHAT THE WHAT PROBLEMS NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. AND THE PROBLEMS. IS THE CONDUCT. OF RICHARDSON CITY PERSONNEL IN THE RICHARDSON COURT. THE BUILDING INSPECTION DEPARTMENT, AND THE CODE

[00:10:06]

[4. CONSENT AGENDA]

[00:15:01]

[5. RECOGNITION OF THE HEALTHIER TEXAS COMMUNITY CHALLENGE – 1ST PLACE AWARD ]

WE COMPETED AGAINST 110 OTHER COMMUNITIES AND THIS YEAR WE ENDED THE CHALLENGE WITH 2,000,390 000 POINTS. PRETTY INCREDIBLE. WE HAD 278 PARTICIPANTS THIS YEAR. COMPARE THAT TO LAST YEAR, WHICH HAD 219 PARTICIPANTS. SO WE DID INCREASE OUR OVERALL NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS. DEFINITELY INCREASED OUR OUR ENGAGEMENT AND LEVEL OF POINTS CONTRIBUTED.

I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME STAFF MEMBERS BECAUSE THIS WAS DEFINITELY A STAFF LED PROGRAM WITH OUR PARTNER GROUP UTD. SO TO START WITH ASHLEY WAKEFIELD, WHO LED THE CHARGE OF THIS, SHE'S OUR CORPORATE RECREATION MANAGER, SPENCER SPENCER DOYLE, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, AND THEN CHRIS COTTONE, WHO'S OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF ATHLETICS AND AQUATICS, AND THEN COORDINATING OUR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND ALL THE PARTICIPATION THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY. WE HAVE TAYLOR TRAN, WHO WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE TODAY. SHE IS THE UTD WELLNESS PROGRAM MANAGER AS WELL AS SOFIA CORA, WHO IS HERE. SHE IS THE UTD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF RECREATIONAL SPORTS. SO WE ALSO, AS DON HAD MENTIONED, HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM HEALTHIER TEXAS HERE TONIGHT WHO IS GOING TO PRESENT THAT BEAUTIFUL TROPHY TO US. BUT SHE'S ALSO GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS. SO JUST AS A REMINDER FOR EVERYBODY, HEALTHIER TEXAS IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WORKING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF PREVENTABLE DISEASE BY EMPOWERING TEXANS TO LIVE A HEALTHIER LIFE THROUGH CONNECTION, EDUCATION, AND ACTION. SO AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO BRING TO CAMPUS OUR PROGRAM MANAGER WITH THE HEALTHIER TEXAS ORGANIZATION TO THE PODIUM. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY. ON BEHALF OF HEALTHIER TEXAS, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE TODAY AS WE CELEBRATE THE INCREDIBLE EFFORTS OF THE RICHARDSON COMMUNITY DURING THE 2026 COMMUNITY CHALLENGE. THE COMMUNITY CHALLENGE IS MORE THAN POINTS OR RANKINGS. IT'S ABOUT TEXAS COMING TOGETHER TO PRIORITIZE HEALTH, ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER, AND CREATE MEANINGFUL PROGRESS THROUGH SMALL, CONSISTENT ACTIONS. THIS YEAR, RICHARDSON DEMONSTRATED EXACTLY WHAT THAT COMMITMENT CAN LOOK LIKE. YOUR COMMUNITY EARNED MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION POINTS AND LOGGED OVER 5.3 MILLION STEPS THROUGHOUT THE CHALLENGE, EARNING RECOGNITION AS THE LARGE DIVISION FIRST PLACE WINNER. THOSE NUMBERS REPRESENT EARLY MORNINGS, EVENING WALKS, HEALTHIER CHOICES, COMMUNITY ENCOURAGEMENT, AND PEOPLE SHOWING UP FOR THEMSELVES FOR ONE ANOTHER AFTER DAY. BUILDING HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES TAKES ONGOING EFFORT, LEADERSHIP AND CONNECTION, AND RICHARDSON TRULY EMBODIED THE SPIRIT THROUGH THIS CHALLENGE. ON BEHALF OF HEALTHIER TEXAS, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE RICHARDSON ON THIS ACHIEVEMENT, AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING BUILD A HEALTHIER TEXAS FOR ALL. THANK YOU. HAVE ANY MORE

[00:20:16]

[6. CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT]

EACH EVERY TWO YEARS, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER REAPPOINTMENT OR APPOINTMENT AS APPROPRIATE TO THE NORTH TEXAS WATER DISTRICT. WE HAVE TWO SEATS ON A BOARD OF 25 THAT REPRESENT THE DISTRICT AND ITS GOVERNANCE MODEL. AND RANDY ROWLAND, WHO WOULD BE SERVING HIS THIRD TERM WITH THIS APPOINTMENT, IS ON YOUR CONSENT, YOUR AGENDA FOR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT FOR REAPPOINTMENT. WONDERFUL. COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A DISCUSSION OR JUST A MOTION? IF WE NEED TO DISCUSS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. IF YOU DON'T NEED TO DISCUSS, WE CAN JUMP RIGHT INTO WHAT YOU WERE PROBABLY PLANNING ON DOING. I DON'T THINK SO. YES, I'LL MOVE ON TO A MOTION. I MOVED TO REAPPOINT RANDY ROWLAND TO THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT BOARD FOR THE TERM BEGINNING JUNE 1ST, 2026 AND ENDING MAY 31ST, 2028.

COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED EFFORTS ON OUR BEHALF WITH THE WATER DISTRICT, MR. ROWLAND. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH

[7. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT (DART) SILVER LINE AESTHETIC IMPROVEMENTS AND COTTON BELT TRAIL UPDATES ]

SO EXCITED TO HAVE MARK NELSON, OUR DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY, AND DANIEL HERRIG, OUR MOBILITY PROGRAM MANAGER, HERE WITH US TONIGHT, WE SEE THE SILVER LINE NOW, THE TRAIN IN FULL OPERATION. BUT THERE'S TWO VERY IMPORTANT PIECES TO THIS PROJECT STILL TO COME TO FULL FRUITION. AND DANIEL IS GOING TO SHARE TONIGHT WITH US AN UPDATE ON BOTH THE ARCHES

[00:25:04]

SO OVER TIME THOSE CAN BE MAINTAINED FROM FROM INSIDE PEOPLE CAN ACCESS THAT. BUT AGAIN, THE FOUR COLUMNS ACROSS AT NIGHT, THERE'S ALSO A LIGHTING ELEMENT AND A THREE MAIN LIGHTING ELEMENTS TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT THE ARCHITECTURAL FORM. AGAIN CREATE THAT GATEWAY FEATURE DURING THE NIGHT. SO KIND OF THREE ELEMENTS. I'LL START ON THE TOP RIGHT THERE. SO AT THE TOP OF EACH COLUMN, THERE'S THREE RINGS ON EACH COLUMN, KIND OF AN EDGE LIT RING THAT WILL BE LIGHTED BLUE ALONG EACH COLUMN. THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE KIND OF AN UP LIGHT POINTING UP AT THE COLUMNS TO LIGHT THOSE BLUE. AND THEN FROM THE

[00:30:04]

AND NOW WE'RE REALLY EXPECTING OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS IN IN MAY, WE'LL BE GETTING DELIVERY OF THE FIRST SOUTHERN ARCH. AND SO THAT'LL BE THE FIRST ELEMENT ONCE THEY ONCE IT GETS ARRIVES IN RICHARDSON, YOU KNOW, THEIR STORAGE YARD HAS BEEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE DOG PARK ON THE WEST SIDE OF 75. AND SO THAT'S WHERE ALL THOSE PIECES WILL GET DELIVERED. THEY'LL DO A LITTLE BIT OF FINAL ASSEMBLY. AND THEN KIND OF THE BIG PIECE COMES OF ACTUALLY GETTING THOSE ARCHES SET ON TOP OF THE COLUMNS, THE NIGHTLY CLOSURES. SO IT TAKES FOUR NIGHTS TO SET EACH OF THOSE ARCHES. SO OVERALL KIND OF TWO LONG WEEKENDS TO GET BOTH ARCHES SET.

THE SOUTHERN ARCH AGAIN IS THE FIRST ONE. SO LOOKING AT FIRST WEEKEND IN JUNE, SO JUNE 4TH, WHICH IS A THURSDAY THAT NIGHT. SO THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT OR THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING, AND THEN ALL THE WAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. BEING THAT KIND OF LONG WEEKEND TIMELINE FOR THE SOUTHERN ARCH. AND THEN THERE'S SOME BLACKOUT DATES FROM TXDOT RELATED TO THE WORLD CUP, WHERE THE NORTHERN ARCH REALLY WON'T BE UNTIL MID-JULY.

ALL THOSE 75 CLOSURES ARE APPROVED BY TXDOT. THAT'S THE ONE THAT REALLY HAS A SAY OF HOW DO YOU CLOSE IT? AND WE'LL GET INTO THOSE CLOSURES ON THE NEXT SLIDE. AND THE OTHER PIECE BEING PART OF WITH THE RAIL BRIDGE OPERATIONAL NOW, THEY DO HAVE TO SHUT DOWN THE RAIL OPERATIONS DURING THAT CONSTRUCTION. AND SO THERE'LL BE A BUS BRIDGE. SO SILVER LINE UP TO CITY LINE AND THEN UP TO CITY LINE STATION. SO UT AND THEN UP TO CITY LINE STATION.

THOSE WILL BOTH BE OPERATIONAL KIND OF OUTSIDE OF THAT. AND THEN THEY'LL JUST DO A BUS BRIDGE BETWEEN UTB STATION AND CITY LINE TO MAINTAIN TRANSIT ACCESS DURING THIS CLOSURE TIME, WALKING THROUGH EACH NIGHT. SO NIGHT ONE IS KIND OF ONE OF THE LIGHTER ONES. SO THAT ONE, THEY'RE REALLY JUST REPOSITIONING A FEW OF THE PIECES, GETTING IT SET UP FOR THE ACTUAL RAISING THE PIECES. SO NIGHT ONE IS REALLY LOOKING ONLY AT THE FRONTAGE ROADS.

THEY DO HAVE TO TAKE SOME PIECES TO THE EAST SIDE OF 75, WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE 75 AND REENTER INTERSECTION. AND SO THERE ARE SOME KIND OF TEMPORARY CLOSURES IN THERE. THEY'RE EXPECTING, YOU KNOW, THE CLOSURES SAYING 9 P.M. TO 4 A.M. THEY'RE REALLY THINKING PROBABLY BY MIDNIGHT, EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE CLEAR ON THIS. THEY'RE JUST GIVING THEMSELVES A LITTLE BIT OF KIND OF WIGGLE ROOM ON, ON THE DURATION OF THAT. BUT SOMETHING LIKE CLOSING 75 AND RENNER IS REALLY PROBABLY A 15 MINUTE OPERATION OR SO TO MOVE IT THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION. IT'S MORE SO ON THE FRONTAGE ROADS WHERE THEY'LL BE CLOSED. BUT ONCE THEY GET THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE SOUTHBOUND FRONTAGE ROAD OR THROUGH THE INTERSECTION, THEY'LL REOPEN THOSE KIND OF AS THEY GO. NIGHT TWO FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SO 9 P.M. TO 6 A.M. THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPACTFUL THERE'S GOING TO BE TO 75. SO THE NORTHBOUND MAIN LANES, SOUTHBOUND MAIN LANES ARE ALL CLOSED. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE BIGGEST ONE AS WELL AS THE GEORGE BUSH TRAFFIC TRYING TO GO SOUTHBOUND ON 75. THOSE DIRECT CONNECTS ARE ALSO GOING TO BE FULLY CLOSED AND BE DETOURED. AND THEN THE SOUTHBOUND FRONTAGE ROAD WILL ALSO HAVE A PARTIAL IMPACT. AND SO ALL THIS HAS TO DO WITH TO RAISE THE THE ARCH, WHICH YOU CAN SEE. SO NIGHT TWO KIND OF ON THE GRAPHIC TO THE RIGHT THERE. SO IT'S REALLY THE ONES OVER THE SOUTHBOUND MAIN LANES IS WHAT IS WHAT'S GOING TO BE ON NIGHT TWO. AND THAT'S THE PIECE THAT'S GOING TO GET SET UP FIRST. BUT THE WAY THE CRANES GET SET UP, ONE CRANE IS OVER THE SOUTHBOUND LANES. ONE CRANES ON THE NORTHBOUND LANES OF 75. AND SO THAT'S HOW THAT'S WHY YOU END UP WITH SO MUCH OF AN IMPACT ON BOTH OF THOSE.

NIGHT THREE, YOU GET THE MIDDLE SPANS, KIND OF THE GREEN ONE THERE. THE THE PICTURE OVER OVER THE NORTHBOUND LANES. THAT ONE'S MORE IMPACTING. IT'S A MAJOR IMPACT TO THE NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC. SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC IS NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY CLOSURES, BUT IT IS, YOU KNOW, ALL THE NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC OF THE MAIN LANES, AS WELL AS THE MAIN LANES FROM 75 ON TO GEORGE BUSH.

THOSE ALSO BE CLOSED BECAUSE OF THAT DIRECT CONNECT RAMP THAT'S UNDERNEATH THE ARCH THERE. AND THEN A PARTIAL CLOSURE OF THE NORTHBOUND FRONTAGE ROAD. THIS IS ONE THAT BOTH WHEN THOSE MAIN LANES ARE CLOSED, ALL THE TRAFFIC IS ABLE TO DETOUR ONTO THE FRONTAGE ROAD, WHETHER IT'S SOUTHBOUND OR NORTHBOUND. AND WE ACTUALLY DON'T IMPACT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE RAMPS ARE CONFIGURED. THEY'LL BE ABLE TO EXIT AND GET BACK ON BEFORE THEY GO THROUGH ANY OF RICHARDSON'S SIGNALS. AND SO A LOT OF THAT BACKUP IS GOING TO BE MORE SO ON TEXAS FACILITIES.

NIGHT FOUR. SO SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING, THIS IS 8 P.M. TO 5 A.M. THIS IS AGAIN

[00:35:01]

AS FAR AS COMMUNICATIONS, THERE WILL BE A LOT OF ADVANCED NOTICING. AND SO YEAH, MESSAGE BOARDS WILL BE PLACED TWO WEEKS PRIOR. AND THEN YEAH, WE'RE WORKING WITH COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT ON ALL KIND OF THE MESSAGES AS FAR AS SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE, WEEKEND REVIEW, AND ANY MESSAGING THROUGH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, WE GET PUSHED OUT AND THEN NIGHTLY COMMUNICATION. SO TXDOT AND NTTA, THEY BOTH HAVE THOSE DYNAMIC MESSAGE BOARDS ALONG THE FREEWAYS THAT THEY'LL HELP PEOPLE, KIND OF WARN THEM OF THE MAJOR CLOSURE AND TO START DETOURING, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S SOUTH OF 635 SO THAT THEY CAN HELP PULLING THEM OVER TO D AND T OR OTHER FACILITIES TO REALLY HELP AVOID KIND OF MINIMIZE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY TRAVELING THROUGH THESE CLOSURES. A FEW PICTURES HERE FOR AS FAR AS THE ARCH FABRICATION. SO THESE ARE FROM THE FACTORY KIND OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. SO YOU CAN GET A LITTLE BIT OF IDEA HERE. AGAIN, THESE ARE FIVE FEET TALL ON THE TOP 12FT WIDE VERSUS ON THE BOTTOM TEN FEET WIDE. YOU CAN SEE KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE ON THE BOTTOM WHERE IT'S GOT THAT FINAL FINISH, WHERE IT'S A WHITE PAINTED. SO IT'S FOLLOWING A TXDOT PAINT SYSTEM. SO IT'S GOT A PRIME COAT WITH A WHITE PAINT THAT YOU CAN SEE AT THE END THERE. GETTING INTO COTTON BELT TRAIL. THAT'S THE OTHER ELEMENT. YOU KNOW, THAT WAS AGAIN PART OF THAT 2018 ILA WITH DART RELATED TO THE SILVER LINE, WAS ALSO DART'S MANAGEMENT OF THE COTTON BELT TRAIL. AND THAT CONSTRUCTION, ULTIMATELY, THIS IS A REGIONAL TRAIL THROUGH THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS. THEY. WITH THE VISION FROM KIND OF DOWNTOWN FORT WORTH AREA ALL THE WAY INTO PLANO AROUND SHILOH ROAD OF HAVING A CONTINUOUS TRAIL, WHICH IS ABOUT 51 MILES IN TOTAL. AND SO IT'S GETTING SPLIT INTO THREE PHASES. PHASE THREE IS REALLY GOING TO HAVE MULTIPLE SUBPARTS TO IT. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S GETTING KIND OF BROKEN UP AS THE COUNCIL GOVERNMENT LOOKS FOR MORE FUNDING FOR PHASE ONE, WHERE PIECES THAT WERE BUILT AS PART OF SILVER LINE. AND SO THINGS LIKE JUPITER ROAD, THERE'S A BRIDGE TRAIL BRIDGE OVER JUPITER ROAD THAT WAS PART OF THE SILVER LINE, SIMILAR SOME KIND OF AT D.A. DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY, THERE WERE PIECES THAT NEEDED TO GET BUILT WITH THE SILVER LINE, JUST BECAUSE ONCE THE RAIL'S ACTIVE, THERE COULD BE PIECES THAT ARE REALLY HARD TO BUILD AFTERWARDS. PHASE TWO, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, IS KIND OF AN EASTERN SECTION OF THE CORRIDOR FROM ADDISON INTO PLANO. AND YES, CONSISTING OF 11 MILES OF TRAILS AND BRIDGES. AND THAT'LL CREATE A CONTINUOUS TRAIL THROUGH RICHARDSON. AND THEN PHASE THREE IS LOOKING AT FUTURE FUNDS FROM ADDISON WEST TO DFW AIRPORT. AS A PIECE OF THIS. ALSO, AS THIS STARTS GETTING CONSTRUCTED, THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS IS INITIATING A BRANDING AND WAYFINDING STUDY JUST TO REALLY CREATE A LOT OF CONTINUITY ACROSS THE COMMUNITIES. SIMILAR. THERE'S A DFW DISCOVERY TRAIL THAT'S FROM DALLAS TO FORT WORTH. THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR. HOW DO WE KIND OF BRAND IT, POINT PEOPLE

[00:40:01]

CONSTRUCTION BEGAN IN 2025. A LOT OF THAT CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON THE UTD AREA, THE SPRING CREEK BRIDGE AND THEN THE CITY LINE AREA AS WELL. WE'RE WORKING NOW IN THE ENCORE AREA, WHICH IS BETWEEN RENNER NEAR GREENSIDE, ALL THE WAY UP TO ALMA, SO THEY START MOBILIZING IN THAT AREA WHERE THEY'RE THINKING KIND OF END OF 2027, EVERYTHING WILL BE COMPLETE. THAT CUSTER BRIDGE IS REALLY THE CRITICAL ELEMENT IN THE SCHEDULE. THAT WILL PROBABLY BE ONE OF THE LAST ELEMENTS OF THE OVERALL PHASE TWO CONSTRUCTION. TO FINISH UP, WE DO HAVE MONTHLY CONSTRUCTION UPDATES AVAILABLE. SO AS PART OF THE CONTRACT, THE CONTRACTOR TAKES KIND OF DRONE PHOTOS OF THE FULL CORRIDOR AND PROVIDES UPDATES OF WHAT WORK ARE THEY DOING, WHEN DO THEY EXPECT TO FINISH FOR? FOR EVERY ELEMENT THAT'S AVAILABLE AT WWW.NET/COTTON BELT TRAIL, AND WE UPDATE THOSE MONTHLY AND EVERY NEWSLETTER IS AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE ALL THOSE IMAGES AND UPDATES, A FEW PICTURES OF IT. SO YOU GOT ON, ON THE LEFT HERE YOU HAVE SYNERGY PARK BOULEVARD. YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE TRAIL THERE ON THE LEFT SIDE, AND THEN KIND OF THE TOP END. YOU SEE THERE'S A GAP THAT'S APPROACHING THE SILVER LINE BRIDGE NEAR POINT NORTH PARKWAY. AFTER UTD'S GRADUATION. THEY'RE GOING TO BE STARTING IN THAT AREA TO REALLY START WORKING UNDER THE BRIDGES. THERE'S A RETAINING WALL, SO A BIT MORE INTENSE WORK TO GET THAT UNDER. THERE WAS SOME PERMITS THEY'RE WAITING ON THROUGH THE FREIGHT RAILROAD THERE. BUT THAT WORK IS COMING TO KIND OF COMPLETE THAT GAP ALONG SYNERGY. RUTHERFORD YOU KNOW, NEAR NEAR UTD STATION, YOU CAN SEE THAT'S SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE AT THIS POINT. SIMILAR SPRING CREEK BRIDGE. THERE'S A FEW PIECES WAITING NEAR RED MOON. AND THAT'S REALLY ASSOCIATED WITH GETTING THE ARCHES UP JUST WITH WHERE THEY HAVE TO PUT ONE OF THE CRANES AND SOME OF THAT, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO FINISH THAT WORK, AND THEN THEY'LL COME BACK IN ONCE THE ARCHES ARE UP AND BE ABLE TO FINISH THIS SECTION NEAR SPRING CREEK. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT THERE AT CUSTER, THEY'RE STARTING TO MOBILIZE, GET SOME UNDERGROUND WORK IN. THEY'VE HAD SOME SEWER RELOCATIONS AND SOME STORM DRAIN WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON IN THAT AREA NOW. SO NEXT STEPS. SO THE CONTRACTORS REFINING THEIR PICK PROCEDURES. SO HOW THEY'RE GOING TO ERECT THE ARCHES, GET ALL THOSE PROCEDURES IN PLACE, AS WELL AS WAITING ON THE THE FINAL DELIVERY OF IT. WE'LL BE COORDINATING WITH THE PROJECT PARTNERS ON THE ARCHES AND THE TRAIL. AND PART OF THAT IS WITH THAT COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTSSTUDD WAYFINDING, WORKING WITH THEM AND ON THAT INITIATIVE, AND THEN WORKING ON THE ADVANCING THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATION STRATEGY, JUST SO THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF THESE CLOSURES AND HOPEFULLY DOESN'T TRY TO DRIVE ON 75 THAT WEEKEND. AND THEN, YEAH, WE'LL BE TAKING ANY FEEDBACK OR QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ON ON THIS PROJECT THEN.

[00:45:02]

YES, YES. OH I'M SORRY. I SHOULD HAVE LOOKED UP THERE AS WELL. GO AHEAD. MAYOR PRO TEM, NO PROBLEM. WHEN YOU START TO WHEN YOU START TO PUT OUT THE COMMUNICATIONS, THERE'S A FEW OTHER EMERGENCY SERVICES BESIDES RICHARDSON THAT MAY VERY WELL BE IMPACTED BY THE 75 CLOSURES. SO COULD YOU SEND THAT TO ME SO THAT I CAN GET THAT TO THE VARIOUS EMERGENCY SERVICES THAT MAY BE IMPACTED BY THE BY THE CLOSURES? YES, YES, WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU.

OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO

[8. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE SECOND QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FY 2025-2026 OPERATING BUDGET]

THIS FY 26 SECOND QUARTER REPORT IS ALWAYS AN IMPORTANT ONE, NOT JUST TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THIS IMPORTANT REQUIRED UPDATE, BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A PREVIEW OF THE IMPENDING BGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. AND SO, BOB, WE'LL WRAP UP WITH THOSE KIND OF CONCLUDING THOUGHTS, BUT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO BOB NOW TO TAKE US THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. AS DON MENTIONED, WE WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE ON THE CITY'S MAIN OPERATING FUNDS THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, WHICH WOULD WOULD BE THE END OF MARCH. GENERAL FUND TOTAL REVENUE OF 124.3 MILLION, COMPARED TO 120.5 MILLION LAST YEAR. SO CURRENTLY JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOVE LAST YEAR'S PACE. WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS PROPERTY TAXES AND FRANCHISE FEES ARE PARTICIPATE OR ARE PERFORMING AS ANTICIPATED, SALES TAX THROUGH THE END OF THE THIRD OR FIRST SECOND QUARTER. I'LL GET THIS RIGHT HERE. OUR 941,000 ABOVE OUR BUDGET, WHICH IS ROUGHLY ABOUT 20,000 BELOW LAST YEAR AT THIS POINT OR AT THAT POINT, AFTER CONTROLLING BOTH YEARS FOR STATE AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS, WE WERE UP YEAR TO YEAR ABOUT 523 000. NOW, SINCE THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER, WE HAVE RECEIVED TWO MORE REMITTANCES. WE GOT THE APRIL AND IN MAY REMITTANCES. NOW WE DID GET A PLEASANT SURPRISE IN APRIL, WHERE APRIL EXCEEDED OUR TARGET BY ALMOST $5 MILLION. WE INITIALLY HAD SOME CONCERNS THAT THAT MIGHT BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO AN AUDIT ADJUSTMENT. WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE STATE AND HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THAT IS AN ACCURATE NUMBER, ROUGHLY 4.7 OF THAT APRIL REMITTANCE IS RELATED TO A COMPANY'S INITIAL INVESTMENT IN A DATA CENTER HERE IN THE CITY. AGAIN, THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ONE TIME.

WE'LL CONTINUE WITH OUR CONSERVATIVE APPROACH TO REVENUES, SPECIFICALLY THIS REVENUE, BECAUSE OF HOW VOLATILE IT CAN BE AS WE DEVELOP OUR EXPECTATIONS FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR, THIS SUMMER, YEAR TO DATE LICENSE AND PERMITS ARE OUTPACING LAST YEAR, BUT ARE IN LINE WITH WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER. FINES AND FORFEITURES AND INTEREST EARNINGS ARE TRENDING ABOVE EXPECTATIONS. OUR ORIGINAL FORECAST FOR INTEREST EARNINGS INCLUDED A COUPLE RATE REDUCTIONS BY THE FED. THOSE HAVE NOT HAPPENED. SO THAT'S LEADING TOWARDS ADDITIONAL REVENUE. THE OTHER REVENUE CATEGORY IS BEING IMPACTED BY STATEWIDE DEPLOYMENTS OR REIMBURSEMENTS FOR STATEWIDE FIRE DEPLOYMENTS. WE NEVER INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF OUR BUDGET. WE'RE NOT YOU KNOW, WE NEVER KNOW WHEN THOSE ARE GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT THAT OTHER REVENUE CATEGORY IS WHERE WE RECORD THOSE. THE REMAINING CATEGORIES ARE PERFORMING AS ANTICIPATED. TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF 73.7 MILLION COMPARED TO 76.3 MILLION. EVERYTHING'S CURRENTLY TRACKING, AS ANTICIPATED. ANY VARIANCES THAT WE ARE SEEING ARE FOR JUST RELATED TO TIMING OF THE PAYMENT OF VARIOUS PLANNED FOR AND BUDGETED EXPENDITURES. SO AGAIN, NOT REALLY SEEING ANYTHING AT THIS TIME. WATER AND SEWER FUND 53.6 MILLION COMPARED TO 53.1 MILLION, AS WE SAW IN THE FIRST QUARTER, WATER REVENUES ARE TRAILING OUR EXPECTATIONS THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER. WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF OUR RATE STRUCTURE. WE PLAN TO COME BACK TO YOU IN JUNE WITH AN UPDATE ON THAT, THAT EFFORT. THE OTHER REVENUE CATEGORY YOU'LL SEE IS IS KIND OF UP FROM LAST YEAR. THERE IS ROUGHLY $159,000 REVENUE THAT

[00:50:01]

SOLID WASTE PERFORMING SPLENDID THROUGH THE FIRST SIX MONTHS, 10.1 MILLION COMPARED TO 9.8 MILLION LAST YEAR, ROUGHLY ABOUT 50% IN BOTH YEARS. ONE AREA THAT WE ARE SEEING A VARIANCE IT'S IN BURIED IN IN THE RESIDENTIAL CATEGORY, WE ARE SEEING REVENUE FROM THE SALE OF RECYCLABLES FROM THE RESIDENTIAL RECYCLING PROGRAM BEING DOWN. IT'S RELATED TO BOTH THE COST OF THOSE OR THE PRICE OF THOSE COMMODITIES, AS WELL AS JUST AN OVERALL DECREASE IN THE TONNAGE THAT'S BEING RECYCLED. TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF 6.5 MILLION COMPARED TO ROUGHLY 6.4 MILLION LAST YEAR. SO ROUGHLY THE SAME PACE AS WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. THIS FUND TRADITIONALLY PERFORMS ALMOST 1/12 A MONTH. SO IT'S PROBABLY OUR MOST CONSISTENT FUND MONTH TO MONTH. ALL THE CATEGORIES ARE PERFORMING AS WE ANTICIPATED. ANY VARIANCES WE ARE SEEING ARE RELATED TO TIMING OF SOME OF THOSE EXPENDITURES. THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CATEGORY IS WHERE WE ARE SEEING A VARIANCE, AND THAT IS RELATED TO THE PROCESSING OF THOSE RECYCLABLE MATERIALS. AND WITH THE TONNAGE BEING DOWN, NOT ONLY DOES IT IMPACT THE REVENUE, IT ALSO IMPACTS THE EXPENDITURE SIDE OF THAT GOLF 2.1 MILLION COMPARED TO 1.1 MILLION LAST YEAR. AND THIS IS A FUND THAT'S HARD TO COMPARE YEAR TO YEAR BECAUSE, OF COURSE, TWO WAS CLOSED THROUGH ROUGHLY MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY LAST YEAR.

SO WE DO HAVE SOME ROUND COMPARISONS THAT WE'LL SHOW YOU ON THE NEXT SLIDE. BUT IT IS PERFORMING OR OUTPERFORMING OUR EXPECTATIONS SO FAR THIS YEAR. OTHER REVENUE CATEGORY IS BEING IMPACTED BY 180 000 OF ONE TIME REVENUE FOR RECOVERY OF PRIOR YEAR EXPENSES. THAT WOULD EXPLAIN THE VARIANCE IN THAT CATEGORY. TOTAL ROUNDS PLAYED 52,106 THROUGH THE END OF MARCH.

THAT IS 18,732 ABOVE OUR TARGET THROUGH MARCH. AGAIN, WITH LAST YEAR BEING KIND OF, YOU KNOW, ODD WITH THE CLOSURE, OF COURSE. TWO, WE COMPARED IT TO THE LAST TWO YEARS THAT THE COURSE WAS FULLY OPEN, 16,844 ABOVE THE ROUNDS PLAYED THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER AND 24, AND A LITTLE OVER 14,000 THROUGH THE END OF MARCH OF 23. SO WE'RE SEEING REALLY RECORD ROUNDS EACH MONTH EVER SINCE. COURSE TWO IS REOPENED, TOTAL EXPENDITURES 1.3 MILLION COMPARED TO 1.3 LAST YEAR. AGAIN, NOT SEEING ANYTHING OUT OF THE NORM THROUGH THE FIRST SIX MONTHS. STAFF OVER THERE IS CONTINUING TO, YOU KNOW, MAINTAIN THAT FUND IN BETWEEN THAT STRONG PLAY. BUT WE'RE NOT CURRENTLY SEEING ANYTHING THAT WOULD STAND OUT AS A AS A POSSIBLE CONCERN AT THIS TIME. HOTEL MOTEL TOTAL OF 4.1 MILLION IN REVENUE COMPARED TO 4.0 LAST YEAR. BOTH YEARS, ROUGHLY ABOUT 48%. SO ABOUT ON THE SAME PACE AS LAST YEAR.

HOTEL MOTEL TAXES, WHICH IS THE LARGEST CATEGORY IN THE FUND. THAT'S ABOUT 55,000 ABOVE LAST YEAR AND ROUGHLY 6000 ABOVE OUR TARGET THROUGH THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS SINCE THE FIRST ONE RECORDED THIS YEAR AS NOVEMBER, THE REVENUE BY DEED, BY THE DETAIL BY HOTEL CAN BE FOUND IN THE FUND SUMMARY PACKET THAT WE INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA PACKET. SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT FOR

[00:55:01]

AND THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF MAY, WE STARTED OUR BUDGET MEETINGS WITH THE DEPARTMENTS TODAY, AND WE'LL BE WORKING THROUGH THOSE THROUGH THE REST OF THE MONTH. WE'LL WE SHOULD GET CERTIFIED VALUES IN LATE JULY. THEN THE ACTUAL BUDGET WORKSHOP WILL BE THERE EARLY AUGUST. THIS SLIDE HERE WILL GIVE YOU SOME MORE DETAIL ON THE ACTUAL DATES. WE ARE SCHEDULED TO GET CERTIFIED TAX ROLLS BY JULY, MONDAY, JULY 27TH BEFORE THE COUNCIL WORKSHOP IS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 3RD AND FOURTH, WITH THE BUDGET REQUIRED TO BE FILED BY AUGUST 15TH, WHICH IS A SATURDAY. SO AUGUST 14TH THIS YEAR WITH THE PRESENTATION ON THE FILED BUDGET ON THAT FOLLOWING MONDAY, AUGUST 17TH. AT THIS POINT, I'LL STOP AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE. COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. BOB, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ON YOUR BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ON YOUR BIRTHDAY TO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT, BECAUSE I DEFINITELY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. SURE. JUST, YOU KNOW, I THINK ONE, IT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE THE, I GUESS, LET ME SAY, LIKE WHEN WE SAY, YOU KNOW, INTEREST EARNINGS ARE ABOVE OUR EXPECTATIONS. YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER HAVING READ THE PACKET, RIGHT, THAT WE, WE HAVE A NEW STRATEGY AS WELL WITH HOW WE EXPENSE THINGS IN THE GENERAL FUND DESIGNED TO INCREASE OUR INTEREST EARNINGS. AND SO ARE WE SAYING THAT THEY'RE TRACKING ABOVE OUR EXPECTATIONS EVEN WITH THAT PLAN OR BECAUSE OF THAT? WELL, I THINK IT'S MOSTLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE RATE CUTS. OKAY. JUST KIND OF IN, IN, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, PRIOR, SOME OF OUR CASH FUNDED CAPITAL INITIATIVES, WE MADE THAT TRANSFER ALL IN OCTOBER. THE POSITION, THE CASH, CASH POSITIONS OF THOSE FUNDS ARE VERY HEALTHY. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR IS TO MAKE THAT TRANSFER 1/12 A MONTH, WHICH ALLOWS THE GENERAL FUND TO MAXIMIZE ITS. INTEREST EARNINGS. IT'S A RESIDUAL OF THE OF THE OVERALL PLAN, BUT MOST OF IT IS JUST DUE TO THE RATES NOT COMING DOWN. WHAT WE KIND OF ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR. OKAY, GREAT. AND THEN WHAT ALWAYS MAKES WHAT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING TO ME IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE DOING FREEZING POSITIONS OR REWORKING THE SEMEN PROGRAM WITH WATER RATES GOING DOWN. AND I ALWAYS, I GUESS, JUST AM THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE TONE OF IT BECAUSE DON'T WE WANT TO USE LESS WATER FOR THAT ROLLING, SORT OF THAT ROLLING AVERAGE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO GE DOWN SO WE BUY LESS LONG TERM? I MEAN, OR IS IT JUST KIND OF THIS DOUBLE EDGED SWORD THAT WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE TO PLAY? I MEAN, I THINK IT IS PART OF THAT DOUBLE EDGED SWORD.

NOW, WE OUR PROJECTIONS ARE ARE TYPICALLY PRETTY CONSERVATIVE ON OUR GROWTH. WE DID MAKE SOME SOME ASSUMPTIONS AROUND SOME MANUFACTURING USE THIS YEAR THAT HASN'T FULLY CAUGHT UP YET, BUT WE DID SEE JUST A, AN ABNORMALLY LARGE DECREASE STARTING JULY OF LAST YEAR IN CONSUMPTION. WE'RE TRYING TO FACTOR THAT IN OUR OUR THINGS GOING FORWARD, BUT WE TRY TO NEVER OVERHEAT OUR EXPECTATIONS AS FAR AS CONSUMPTION GOES, JUST FOR THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE A WET YEAR AND, YOU KNOW, AND IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE WET ALL THE TIME. IT'S JUST WHEN THAT HAPPENS. AND THAT COULD REALLY DRASTICALLY DECREASE OUR SUMMER SALES BECAUSE OF IRRIGATION. BUT YEAH, IT'S KIND OF A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD. THE MORE WE, WE ASK OUR CITIZENS AND OUR COMPANIES TO DO SOME CONSERVATION, THEN WE HAVE TO BALANCE THAT OUT WITH THE RATES.

[01:00:01]

YEAH, LET ME LET ME JUST KIND OF BUILD ON THAT. SO WE ALWAYS KNEW WHEN WE NEGOTIATED THE NEW RATE METHODOLOGY, THAT THE UNIT PRICE WAS GOING TO BE THE KEY DRIVER. TRUE. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE DECREASES IN CONSUMPTION. AND OUR MINIMUM ANNUAL TAKE WILL BE ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY BASED ON A FIVE YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE. ONCE THAT'S FULLY IMPLEMENTED, THAT'S STILL A COUPLE OF YEARS AWAY. WE'RE JUST INTO, I THINK, YEAR ONE OF THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE. SO WE'RE STILL IN A HISTORIC FOUR YEARS OUT OF THE FIVE. BUT THE THE WATER, THE TOTAL SPEND ON WATER IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO UP. IT'S ONLY GOING TO GO UP SLOWER BECAUSE WE ARE ABLE TO REDUCE THE ANNUAL MINIMUM. TAKE THE INCREASES THAT YOU'VE SEEN FROM THE WATER DISTRICT AND THE WHOLESALE RATES. AND WHAT WE'RE LIKELY TO HAVE TO DO ON THE RETAIL SIDE IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO NECESSITATE MORE AND MORE RESOURCES, BE DEVOTED TO WATER, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE TAKING LESS OVERALL. SO THE NEW RATE, THE NEW RATE METHODOLOGY THAT DOES INCENT AND AND INCENTIVIZE CONSUMPTION IS A MITIGATING FACTOR. IT'S DEFINITELY NOT A BALANCING FACTOR. AND I THINK THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS JUST IT'S, I FEEL LIKE THE MESSAGING THAT I'M HEARING IS THAT THIS IS LIKE, THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE WE'RE GOING TO, I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS I'M JUST CONFUSED. DO WE LONG TERM? DO WE WANT TO USE LESS WATER? YES, ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. AND SO SORT OF THE WE WANT OUR MINIMUM TAKE TO, TO, TO, TO BE REDUCED YEAR OVER YEAR AND TO THE POINT THAT THE TAKE IS ACTUALLY WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY CONSUMING. OKAY. AND ONCE THAT BALANCES OUT, BUT ALL THE WHILE, THE UNIT COST FOR 1000 GALLONS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE, YOU KNOW, TO THE TUNE OF 8 TO 10% PER YEAR FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, LIKELY ON THE WHOLESALE SIDE AND MAYBE THAT ON THE RETAIL SIDE. AND SO WHAT, WHAT THE REAL QUESTION IS A GOOD QUESTION. IT'S LIKE IF WE'RE IF WE'RE UNTIL WE HIT THE SWEET SPOT OF THE MINIMUM ANNUAL TAKE ACTUALLY IS A LOT CLOSER TO THE CONSUMPTION THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY USING. DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO, TO CONSUME LESS? THAT WAS THE WHOLE UNDERLYING QUAGMIRE OF THE OLD TAKE OR PAY SYSTEM. WHY WOULD YOU WHY WOULD YOU CONSERVE IF YOU WERE REQUIRED TO? WHY WOULD YOU CONSERVE A MILLION, A BILLION GALLONS IF YOU WERE REQUIRED TO BUY 11 BILLION GALLONS? RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.

SO THE TRUE UP WILL COME. WE DO BENEFIT FROM THE NEW METHODOLOGY ALREADY BECAUSE OUR TAKE, OUR MINIMUM ANNUAL TAKE HAS BEEN REDUCED, BUT THE TRUE UP WILL COME WHEN OUR OUR TAKE IS REDUCED SO MUCH THROUGH THIS NEW METHODOLOGY THAT IT ACTUALLY IS AS CLOSE TO CONSUMPTION FOR ANY GIVEN YEAR AS POSSIBLE. BUT IT'S THE UNIT COSTS THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO, TO NECESSITATE THE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT WE'LL HAVE TO RAISE, EVEN WHILE THE TAKE COMES DOWN. I GUESS JUST LOOKING AT THIS PRESENTATION, WHAT I THINK, AND THIS WARRANTS FURTHER DISCUSSION DURING THE ACTUAL BUDGET PROCESS, BUT JUST THINKING THAT AS EVEN IF PRICES ARE GOING UP, IF WHEN WE SELL US WATER, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, SMALL CUTS OR SMALL CHANGES TO SORT OF EITHER OUR SEAMEN PROGRAM OR STAFFING, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING WE PLAN FOR AND BUDGETS LONG TERM, RIGHT? YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY HAVE MORE OF A CONVERSATION WITH THIS. BUT LET ME THERE'S ONLY THERE'S, I REALISTIC. THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH OF THAT YOU CAN DO THOUGH. AND IN REALITY, THE, THE DIFFERENCE IS WHAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO RECOMMEND TO YOU FOR A RETAIL RATE, BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO MAKE, WE STILL HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE PIPE. WE STILL HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE PUMPS, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, THE WATER DISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUCTURE, WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO MAINTAIN. SO WE AGAIN, I THINK THIS DOES WARRANT A MUCH, MUCH DEEPER DISCUSSION. WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS A WITHIN BUDGET STRATEGY THAT IS NOT A LONG TERM STRATEGY THAT I THINK WE WILL BE ABLE TO RECOMMEND TO YOU. THIS IS A YEAH, THIS IS THIS IS A REACTIVE STRATEGY.

WHAT WOULD BE PRESENTING TO YOU IS MORE OF A PROACTIVE STRATEGY THAT SAYS, IF WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN OUR DISTRIBUTION CENTER, I MEAN, OUR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, INFRASTRUCTURE, THIS IS THE REVENUE WE'LL HAVE TO RAISE TO BE DEDICATED TO THAT. YOU'LL HAVE THE NEW REVENUE THAT YOU HAVE TO RAISE TO PAY FOR THE WHOLESALE COST. IT'S A YOU KNOW, I'LL BE HONEST, THERE'S NOT THERE'S NOT A GOOD PATH FORWARD. IF IF THE IF THE IDEA IS TO TRY TO KEEP THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE WE NEED YEAR OVER YEAR STEADY, IT'S. THERE AREN'T MANY GOOD OPTIONS. AND I THINK WHAT WE'LL HAVE TO DO IS STRATEGICALLY TRY TO REDUCE THE ANNUAL REQUIRED TAKE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE DO BALANCE CONSUMPTION WITH WHAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR. BUT ALWAYS BE MINDFUL. WE STILL HAVE A DISTRIBUTION CENTER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, EXCUSE ME, THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN. AND WHAT WHAT BOB HAS JUST DESCRIBED IS NOT WILL NOT BE THE LONG TERM SOLUTION TO DO THAT. THIS IS A REACTIVE WITHIN ONE BUDGET YEAR SOLUTION. IF WE DID THAT YEAR AFTER YEAR AS A BUDGETING METHOD, WE WOULD WE WERE GOING TO BE IN A REAL DIFFICULT POSITION WHEN IT COMES TO THE THE CONDITION OF OUR PUMPS AND OUR, OUR, OUR

[01:05:01]

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WELL THANK YOU. I LOVE ONE SLIDE THAT YOU HAVE LIKE THAT SPIKE BLUE SPIKE ON THIS GRAPH. SALES TAX FOR APRIL. YEAH, JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT. AND YOU KNOW, I'D LOVE TO SEE ANOTHER SPIKE IN THE FUTURE. YOU CAN CLARIFY THAT. IS THAT GOING TO HAVE ANY IMPACT ON OUR BUSINESS PROPERTY TAX DOWN THE ROAD. ESPECIALLY WHEN SOME BUSINESS THEY INVEST SO MUCH ON THEIR CENTER. AND THAT GIVES YOU GIVES US THIS NICE SALES TAX.

BUT HOW ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY BUSINESS PROPERTY TAX FOR THAT KIND OF BUSINESS? WELL, I MEAN, AS FAR AS THE CITY GOES, I MEAN, WE NEED TO CONSIDER THAT AS A AS A ONE TIME REVENUE.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR EVERY YEAR. BUT I THINK BUT I THINK WHAT HE'S SAYING IS THERE WAS GEAR AND EQUIPMENT AND SERVERS THAT WERE, THAT WERE PURCHASED, THAT GENERATED THAT SALES TAX. WHAT WILL BE THE IMPACT OF ALL THAT EQUIPMENT ON BPP? I MEAN, WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL WE SEE THE THE CERTIFIED RULE. NOW THIS COMING YEAR, WE HAVE THAT NEW THE NEW RULE ON ON THE EXEMPTION ON BPP. SO A LOT OF THAT COULD BE MUTED BY THAT ADDITIONAL EXEMPTION. ALL RIGHT 250,000. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE HAVE NO OTHER QUESTIONS. SO WITH THAT THANK YOU BOB. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU. AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO

[9. PUBLIC HEARING, ZONING FILE ZF 26-02, AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS, AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE AND ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, AS PREVIOUSLY AMENDED, BY AMENDING THE REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE USE AND DEVELOPMENT OF 4.747± ACRES OUT OF THE JOHN EDMONDS SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 249, DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT “A” HERETO, BY CHANGING THE ZONING FROM LR-M(2) LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT WITH SPECIAL PERMIT FOR A NURSING HOME/RETIREMENT CENTER TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT WITH A BASE ZONING OF R-1100-M RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. ]

HERE ARE PHOTOS OF THE SITE. SO THIS WAS FORMERLY THE COTTONWOOD NURSING HOME AND RETIREMENT CENTER. THIS IS A VIEW OF THE PROPERTY FROM WEST SHORE. AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM IS A VIEW OF THE PROPERTY FROM THE SENIOR CENTER TO THE SOUTH. AND THEN HERE'S A VIEW OF THE WEST ELEVATION OF THAT PROPERTY. AND HERE'S THE PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN. SO THIS IS 40 HOMES PROPOSED ON 4.75 ACRES. THAT COMES OUT TO A DENSITY OF 8.5 UNITS PER ACRE. THIS IS MORE AKIN TO A TOWNHOME STYLE OF DEVELOPMENT. BUT AGAIN, THESE ARE DETACHED, DETACHED HOUSES.

THIS IS A COMPACT URBAN INFILL TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT. SO NOT YOUR STANDARD SUBURBAN TYPE OF

[01:10:02]

YOU'LL NOTICE IN YELLOW DEDICATED VISITOR PARKING SPACES, AND I'LL GET MORE INTO THOSE LATER IN THE PRESENTATION. THE HOUSES ARE GOING TO BE AT MINIMUM 11,000FT■S, AND THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE R 1100 M SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH IS ALSO THE ZONING DISTRICT FOR THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTH THAT BORDERS THIS PROPERTY. THE HOMES ARE GOING TO BE AT MAXIMUM TWO STORIES OR 40FT TALL AT MAXIMUM. AGAIN, THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE R 1100 M BASE ZONING DISTRICT AND CONSISTENT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE NORTH OF THE SITE HAVE THE SAME HEIGHT LIMITATIONS. HERE'S A COMPARISON OF THE STANDARDS AS COMPARED TO THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT COMPARED TO THE MODIFIED STANDARDS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. SO THERE WILL BE A REDUCTION IN LOT AREA FROM 8000FT■!S TO 2000FT■!S. THERE WL BE A REDUCED LOT WIDTH AND DEPTH, AN INCREASE IN LOT COVERAGE, AND THEN REDUCED SETBACKS ON THE REAR, SIDE AND FRONT. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO BE EXEMPT FROM THE MANEUVERABILITY REQUIREMENTS. THOSE ARE RELATED TO HOW MUCH SPACE YOU HAVE OR HOW MUCH LENGTH OF SPACE YOU HAVE BETWEEN THE DRIVEWAY AND THE STREET BEHIND THE DRIVEWAY. FOR A CAR TO GET INTO AND OUT OF A GARAGE. THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED TURNING TEMPLATES, THOUGH, THAT DEMONSTRATE THAT A CAR CAN GET INTO AND OUT OF ALL OF THE GARAGES ON SITE, AND THE PHOTO YOU SEE HERE IS A IT'S NOT ACTUALLY A PHOTO. THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL RENDERING. THIS IS JUST SHOWING THE THE MASSING OF THE BUILDINGS. THIS IS SEEN FROM THE PEDESTRIAN POINT OF VIEW. SO YOU HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS AND THE STREET. YOU'LL SEE THEY'RE PULLED CLOSER TO THE STREET, WHICH MAKES FOR A BETTER PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT. AND THIS PHOTO, AS I MENTIONED, IS CONCEPTUAL. SO THESE AREN'T THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLES NECESSARILY OF THE HOMES, BUT IT'S THERE TO DEMONSTRATE THE FORM OF THE BUILDINGS. AS I MENTIONED, THE SITE WILL PROVIDE OPEN SPACE COMMON AREAS FOR ITS RESIDENTS. YOU'LL SEE THE LARGE ONE IN THE CENTER AND THEN A SMALLER ONE SOUTH OF STREET A. THE SITE WILL ALSO BE SCREENED FROM WEST SHORE DRIVE BY A SIX FOOT TALL MASONRY SCREENING WALL, WHICH WILL ALSO FEATURE A LANDSCAPE BUFFER THAT WILL BE PLANTED WITH STREET TREES. THERE'S AN EXISTING MASONRY SCREENING WALL ALONG THE NORTHERN PROPERTY LINE THAT WILL BE REMOVED. THERE'S AN EXISTING SCREENING ALONG WALL ALONG THE WESTERN PROPERTY LINE, WHICH WILL REMAIN, AND A NEW EIGHT FOOT TALL WOODEN FENCE WILL SCREEN THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE. THE HOUSES WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH A STANDARD TWO CAR GARAGE, AND I WILL SPEAK HERE TO, AS I MENTIONED, MANEUVERABILITY EARLIER, AND THESE DIAGRAMS HERE SHOW THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DRIVEWAY OPTIONS. THE HOUSES MAY BE CONSTRUCTED WITH. SO TYPICALLY DRIVEWAYS ARE LONG ENOUGH FOR TWO CARS TO PARK THERE, OR THEY'RE SHORT ENOUGH TO PREVENT CARS PARKING THERE. SO THE CODE IS WRITTEN TO ALLOW A HYBRID OR EITHER OPTION. THE SHORTER DRIVEWAYS THAT TRADE OFF IN GETTING A SHORTER DRIVEWAY, AS OPPOSED TO A STANDARD DRIVEWAY, ALLOWS FOR A LARGER HOUSE ON THE GROUND FLOOR. SO MORE LIVABLE AREA ON THE GROUND FLOOR. AND THIS IS A COMMON APPROACH FOR INFILL DEVELOPMENT. I'LL GO THROUGH THE DIFFERENT STANDARDS HERE. SO THE CITY WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE APPLICANT TO DESIGN EACH OF THESE STANDARDS TO ENSURE THAT THE INTENTION IS MET AND TO ENSURE THAT CARS AREN'T PARKING IN DRIVEWAYS WHERE THEY SHOULDN'T BE, PARKING AND BLOCKING THE SIDEWALK. SO AN ALLEY SERVED GARAGES, THEY SHALL HAVE THEIR GARAGE, THE FACE OF THEIR GARAGE AT MAXIMUM FOUR FEET FROM THE ALLEY, OR ALTERNATIVELY, AT MINIMUM, 20FT FROM THE ALLEY TO PROVIDE A FULL SIZED DRIVEWAY FOR FRONT FACING GARAGES. THEY MAY HAVE A SHORTER DRIVEWAY BEING A MAXIMUM OF 13FT FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY, OR MINIMUM OF 25FT FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY TO PROVIDE A FULL SIZED DRIVEWAY AND TO ENSURE CARS DO NOT BLOCK THE SIDEWALK. ALSO, THE CITY WORKED WITH THE APPLICANT TO DESIGN THE SIDEWALKS TO BETTER DELINEATE THE PEDESTRIAN AREA TO PREVENT CARS FROM BLOCKING THE SIDEWALK. SO SIDEWALKS WILL HAVE THIS UNIQUE PAVER BAND ON EITHER SIDE, AND THAT WILL BE CARRIED ACROSS ALL OF THE DRIVEWAYS TO CLEARLY DELINEATE BETWEEN THE PAVEMENT FOR THE DRIVEWAY AND THE PAVEMENT FOR THE SIDEWALK. THE SITE WILL PROVIDE 52 PARKING SPACES, VISITOR PARKING SPACES. THOSE ARE SHOWN IN YELLOW. 44 OF

[01:15:05]

SO CARS THAT ARE PARKED IN THESE PARALLEL SPACES AREN'T REALLY PARKED ON STREET IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. THEY'RE IN THESE DEDICATED SPACES TO LEAVE THE TRAVEL LANES FREE AND CLEAR.

AND HERE'S ANOTHER CONCEPTUAL RENDERING OF THE DEVELOPMENT. AND FINALLY, THE CITY HAS RECEIVED FIVE PUBLIC STATEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST AND THREE STATEMENTS NEUTRAL TO THE REQUEST. THE CPC VOTED 6 TO 1 TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST AS PRESENTED. THE CITY COUNCIL MAY APPROVE THE ZONING FILE. AN ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS AMENDED CONDITIONS OR DENY THE REQUEST. THE SITE SHALL BE ZONED PD VAN DEVELOPMENT WITH A BASE ZONING DISTRICT OF R 1100 M RESIDENTIAL EXCEPT FOR PROVIDED IN EXHIBIT B, AND SHALL BE DEVELOPED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONCEPT PLAN AND THE FENCE EXHIBIT. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. AND THE APPLICANT HAS A SHORT PRESENTATION AS WELL. COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS. THANK YOU, MAYOR DEREK, ON SLIDE NINE, WHICH ARE THE PROPERTIES? IS IT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE YOU HAD SHOWN US IN POSSIBLE ALLEY ENTRANCE, BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE UP TO EACH INDIVIDUAL OWNER AND THE DESIGN THEY CHOOSE. CORRECT. SO WE'RE NOT SAYING, HEY, ALL THESE THAT BACK UP TO THE ALLEY, THEY WILL ALL BE ALL THOSE THAT BACK UP TO THE ALLEY. ALL OF THOSE ALONG THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN LINE WILL HAVE ALLEY ENTRANCE. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO TEAM, WHAT'S YOUR BEST GUESS ON THE NUMBER OF POTENTIAL INFILL SITES? BEST ESTIMATE THE NUMBER OF POTENTIAL INFILL SITES SIMILAR TO THIS REMAINING IN THE CITY. ANYONE'S. YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN CORCORAN, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO DESCRIBE. I THINK THE CURRENT INFILL SITES THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, VACANT PARCELS LIKE WE'VE SEEN SEVERAL COME BEFORE YOU RECENTLY. YOU KNOW, THIS PROBABLY TWO YEARS AGO WASN'T CONSIDERED A INFILL SITE. AND SO WE DID DO I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE EXERCISE CHARLES. WE WENT THROUGH WITHIN THE LAST SAY YEAR TO 18 MONTHS. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN LESS THERE WERE DEFINITELY LESS THAN TEN SITES THAT WE HAD IDENTIFIED THAT WERE VACANT GREENFIELD SITES. THAT WOULD BE POTENTIAL INFILL SITES. SURE. THIS ONE'S JUST A LITTLE MORE TRICKY TO, TO, TO PREDICT. SO OKAY, SO THAT'S, I MEAN, LESS THAN TEN GREENFIELD. BUT AS FAR AS REDEVELOPMENT OF OLDER BUILDINGS, POTENTIALLY ANY, ANY NUMBER OF THEM. YEAH. I MEAN, OKAY. YEAH. I MEAN, EVEN, YOU KNOW, I EVEN THINK INTO THE IQ WHERE ALONG, YOU KNOW, ALONG DUCK CREEK, FOR INSTANCE, THAT ZONING WOULD ALLOW A PROJECT LIKE THIS. IT JUST IS GOING TO BE A SITUATION WHERE THE MARKET, YOU KNOW, CAN FINALLY DEMAND THE KIND OF RENTS OR SALE PRICES THAT WOULD MAKE THE, YOU KNOW, A PRO FORMA WORK FOR A DEVELOPER LIKE, LIKE THIS ONE HAS. SO THAT'S NOT A GOOD ANSWER, BUT IT'S, IT'S JUST NOT. YEAH, I GUESS THE, I GUESS THE REAL QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO OR THE REAL ANSWER I'M LOOKING FOR IS SORT OF LIKE A YES NO ON. THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF SITES POTENTIALLY LIKE THIS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

I THINK THAT'S VERY ACCURATE. YEAH. WITH THE WITH THE RIGHT UNDER THE RIGHT MARKET CONDITIONS AND WITH THE RIGHT DEVELOPER, I THINK THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD BE REPLICATED IN MANY DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. ALL RIGHT. I SEE THE REST OF THE STAFF NODDING THEIR HEADS. SO SOUNDS GOOD. THANKS, STEPH. ALL RIGHT. IF WE'VE GOT NO OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF, PERHAPS WE CAN HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT. WELL, GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS BEN CALDWELL. I LIVE AT 1436 CHEYENNE DRIVE IN RICHARDSON, TEXAS. I HAVE

[01:20:06]

FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS IN THAT HOME HAD JUST FAILED TO PERFORM FOR THEM FOR ABOUT A DECADE.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY HIT A POINT TO SAY THEY WANTED TO DIVEST OF THAT, AND FURTHERMORE, THAT THEY PLANS THEN TO WHAT'S CALLED DECOMMISSION THAT, WHICH IS WHERE THE RESIDENTS GET MOVED OUT TO OTHER HOMES, WHERE THEY CAN BE TAKEN CARE OF. AND THEN, AND THEN THEY'RE ABLE TO, TO SELL THE REAL ESTATE ASSET. AND THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I HAD WITH THEM WHEN WE WERE CONNECTED, I SHARED WITH THEM THAT I FELT THAT REALLY THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF THIS TRACT IS A BOUTIQUE INFILL RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY. AND AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE, THERE'S THERE AREN'T A LOT OF NEW CONSTRUCTION OPPORTUNITIES FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL IN RICHARDSON. CERTAINLY THIS AREA OF RICHARDSON IS HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER. THIS PARTICULAR SITE FEEDS INTO MOHAWK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND AS WAS SHARED EARLIER, THIS SITE IS IS SHOWN IN THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN TO BE RESIDENTIAL. SO WITH THOSE CONVERSATIONS, THEY GAVE ME THE GREEN LIGHT TO TO MOVE FORWARD. AND I'VE CONTRACTED TO PURCHASE THAT SITE FROM THEM PREDICATED ON BEING ABLE TO GET THE ZONING THAT'S NECESSARY FOR THE PROJECT THAT WE ENVISION ON IT.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE THAT I'D SHARE WITH YOU. ONE IS THAT IN THE PAST, SO 2023, THIS COUNCIL APPROVED THE GREENWOOD SQUARE DEVELOPMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR GREENWOOD PARK ARE ALMOST IDENTICAL. THEY'RE VERY SIMILAR FROM A DENSITY AND COVERAGE STANDPOINT, BUT A COUPLE OF WAYS THAT REALLY SOUGHT TO TAKE STEPS FORWARD AND MAKE IT EVEN BETTER. AFTER LISTENING TO FEEDBACK FROM THE SALES AGENTS SELLING RIGHT NOW AND WHO THE BUYERS ARE, ONE OF THOSE IS TO HAVE A TRUE KIND OF HEARTBEAT OF THE COMMUNITY, A COMMUNAL GREEN SPACE, SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE ATTRACTIVE FOR YOUNG FAMILIES BECAUSE OF THE ATTENDANCE AREA THAT THIS FEEDS INTO, WHERE CURRENTLY, THE FEEDBACK THAT I'M GETTING ON BUYERS IN GREENWOOD SQUARE ACROSS THE STREET, IS THAT THAT YOUNG FAMILY, EXCUSE ME, THAT YOUNG FAMILY PIECE JUST ISN'T THERE RIGHT NOW. AND SO INITIAL CONCEPTS WE CONCEPTED. AND LET ME GET A PICTURE IN FRONT OF Y'ALL HERE. SEE IF LET'S GET AN AERIAL HERE TO GIVE YOU A SENSE FOR, FOR THINGS INITIALLY WHERE YOU SEE THE GREEN SPACE AND THE HEART OF THIS, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN FOR ADDITIONAL HOME SITES, BUT IN CONVERSATIONS AND EVALUATION REALLY FELT LIKE THIS NEEDED THAT GREEN SPACE IN THE AND I WOULD SAY HAVING POTENTIALLY A PARK AREA WHERE YOU HAVE LIKE A PLAYSET, SOMETHING WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOUNG MOMS CAN BRING KIDS AND PLAY OUT THERE AND NEIGHBORS COULD COME AND BE TOGETHER IS, IS SOMETHING THAT MAKES IT UNIQUE. THE SECOND THING THAT WE DID WITH THIS IS THE DEDICATED PARKING IS JUST, IS JUST A STEP ABOVE WHAT WE DID PREVIOUSLY ON GREENWOOD SQUARE. SO GREENWOOD SQUARE 21 DEDICATED PARKING SPACES WHERE WE HAVE 44 IN THIS. PLUS THE ON STREET IS 52 I BELIEVE IS THE NUMBER. AND SO THE SPIRIT OF THAT IS FOR IT TO ACTUALLY WORK. SO NOT JUST LOOK PRETTY AND NOT JUST BE EFFICIENT, BUT TRULY FUNCTION WELL FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT WOULD LIVE THERE. THROUGH THIS PROCESS, I GET THE PRIVILEGE OF GETTING TO REACH OUT TO SURROUNDING HOMEOWNERS.

IN THAT PROCESS. LOOKED LIKE SITTING DOWN WITH THE HOA BOARD FOR FOR GREENWOOD HILLS, THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY'RE HAVING GOOD, PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM THAT WERE VERY POSITIVE. THEN HAVING A WIDER MEETING WHERE I INVITED THE GREATER GREENWOOD HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD TO COME AND TO GET TO HEAR ABOUT THE PROJECT, TO SHARE FEEDBACK. AND FOR THOSE THAT CAME TO THAT MEETING, ALSO RECEIVED GOOD POSITIVE FEEDBACK. IN ADDITION, I'VE REACHED OUT TO EVERY COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNER THAT I COULD GET CONTACT INFORMATION FOR AND HAD SEVERAL PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS WHERE THEY WERE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE PROJECT AS WELL. AND SO OVERALL, I'VE BEEN REALLY ENCOURAGED BY FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED ON IT. I THINK

[01:25:05]

COUNCILMEMBER DORAN. THANK YOU, MR. CALDWELL. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I HONESTLY, I, I DO LIKE THIS INFILL. AND I HONESTLY, I KNOW THESE WERE CONCEPTUAL, BUT I DO LIKE THE STYLE OF THE ARCHITECTURE. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THAT STYLE THROUGHOUT. RICHARDSON. I KIND OF IT'S MORE OF A TRANSITIONAL MODERN FEATURE. I DO LIKE HAVING THE TWO COMMON SPACES.

ARE THOSE GOING TO BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE EITHER SOME PERGOLAS OR SOME AREAS WHERE FAMILIES CAN GET TOGETHER AND, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY HAVE A, YOU KNOW, PICNIC OR BARBECUE.

IT'S JUST GOING TO BE SOLID GREEN SPACE TO TAKE YOUR DOG OR PLAY SOCCER OR DO WHATEVER. SO IN THE PD AS WRITTEN, I BELIEVE IN STAFF. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IT'S A MINIMUM OF THREE.

AND WE'VE GOT A LIST OF THINGS THAT WOULD BE ON THAT LIST THAT WE'RE COMMITTING TO. EITHER IT WOULD BE LIKE A SHADE STRUCTURE OF SOME KIND, BENCHES, TREES AT A CERTAIN DENSITY, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. THERE'S A HANDFUL OF OTHER THINGS THAT ARE ON THAT LIST THAT I MAY BE MISSING SOME THINGS. THE IDEA IS FOR IT TO BE AMENITIZED MY PERSPECTIVE ON THAT, IT'S ABOUT, I THINK IF TODAY, IF I WAS CALLING THE SHOT, I WOULD GO. I THINK IT'S A SMALL PLAYGROUND THAT NEEDS TO BE THERE, BUT YOU NEED TO PRESERVE ENOUGH GREEN SPACE SO PEOPLE CAN STILL THROW A FRISBEE, HAVE THE DOGS RUN AROUND AND NOT FEEL CRAMPED IN WHETHER THERE'S A SHADE STRUCTURE IN COMBINATION OR JUST SOME BENCHES. I THINK IT JUST NEEDS MORE STUDY TO GO.

WHAT'S THE EQUIPMENT? HOW IS IT GOING TO RELATE? AND THEN HOW'S THE SPACE GOING TO TRULY FUNCTION AT THE END OF THE DAY? YEAH. BUT THE GOAL BEING FOR IT TO FUNCTION, NOT JUST BE, NOT JUST BE GREENFIELD. NO, I AGREE, I NEED YOU NEED SOME OPEN SPACE. I MEAN, POTENTIALLY IF THERE WAS A PERGOLA OR A SHADE, SOME TYPE OF SHADE STRUCTURE, BENCHES, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE ON ONE SIDE OF IT, STILL LEAVING ENOUGH SPACE TO DO SOME OF THOSE FAMILY ACTIVITIES. AND YOU ALSO ALSO HAVE THE SECONDARY OPEN SPACE, WHICH I GUESS COULD BE UTILIZED FOR SMALLER EVENTS OR TYPICALLY PROBABLY A DOG, PROBABLY A DOG RUN. YEAH. I THINK THAT'S WHAT PROBABLY MAKES THE MOST SENSE FOR IT. RIGHT. MY SECOND QUESTION IS, I NOTICED ON THE WEST SHORE SIDE THERE IS A IS IT CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IS THAT A SCREENING WALL? AND IS THERE ALSO LANDSCAPING ON THIS SIDE OF WEST? YES, SIR. LET ME LET ME LOOK AND SEE. OH, THERE'S A THERE IS A SHOT OF A CONCEPTUAL OF HOW THINGS COULD BE IN THAT GREEN SPACE. OKAY.

YEAH. THERE WE GO. AND THEN LET ME GO TO THE ENTRANCE. IT LOOKS LIKE WE MAY NOT HAVE THAT SHOT.

FORGIVE ME, BUT YES, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THIS. I MEAN, I NOTICED IN THE PRESENTATION PRIOR, THERE WAS A THERE'S A SCREENING WALL ON ONE SIDE, A NEW FENCE ON THE OTHER. AND I WASN'T QUITE SURE ABOUT THE WEST SHORE SIDE, THE WEST. SO ALONG WEST SHORE WILL BE SIX FOOT MASONRY SCREENING WALL. OKAY WITH LANDSCAPING THEN TO THE EAST OF THAT. AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 15FT, GIVE OR TAKE. I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE EXACT DIMENSIONS ON IT FOR LANDSCAPING AND SIGNAGE. THIS THE IMAGE YOU SEE HERE LOOKS LIKE ACTUALLY WAS INCORRECTLY RENDERED BECAUSE IT'S RENDERING A LOOKS LIKE A FENCE ALONG IT. AND THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT ACCURATE. OKAY. YOU KNOW THE GREEN SPACE. WELL, AGAIN, THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL THE GREEN SPACE THERE. I MEAN, IN THE EVENT THAT SINCE. WELL, LET ME REPHRASE THIS. EACH HOME HAS TWO CAR GARAGE. SOME POTENTIALLY WILL BE ABLE TO PARK ANOTHER CAR OR TWO IN THE DRIVEWAY IF NECESSARY. AND FOR, FOR FAMILIES THAT ARE HAVING A FUNCTION OF SOME SORT, WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO PARK? ARE THEY GOING TO PARK IN THE LOT BACK HERE, OR IS IT POTENTIALLY OPEN WHERE THOSE GREEN SPACES ARE TO HAVE SOME SIDE SIDEWAY PARKING ON THE END OF THAT ON

[01:30:02]

AND I GRANTED, I REALIZE THIS IS ALMOST A ZERO LOT LINE CONCEPT AND I DO LIKE IT. A COUPLE OTHER QUESTIONS. THE AS FAR AS THE LANDSCAPING GOES, I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO KEEP AS MANY TREES AS YOU CAN, ALTHOUGH MOST OF THIS IS ALL GOING TO BE FILLED UP WITH HOUSING. BUT ARE YOU GOING TO INFILL SOME TREES DOWN THE THE CORRIDORS OF THE STREETS? AND HOW'S THAT GOING? GREAT QUESTION. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'M ALSO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. I DID, I FORGOT TO MENTION IT. SO GREAT QUESTION IS, IF WE LOOK OVER AT GREENWOOD SQUARE, THE WAY THAT THAT STREETSCAPE WORKED, WHERE WE HAD PARALLEL WAS YOU HAD SIDEWALK DIRECTLY ABUTTING BACK OF CURB, WHICH TOOK AWAY ON THAT PROJECT THE ABILITY TO HAVE STREET TREES ON THIS ONE, PARTICULARLY ON STREET A, IS THAT WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY A FOUR ISH FEET OF, OF PARKWAY THAT'S GREEN, WHERE WE CAN DO STREET TREE PLANTINGS AND PLAN TO DO SO ALONG STREET A, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF STREET B, THE ABILITY TO DO IT AS WELL. AND SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE MEANINGFUL PLANS FOR STREET TREES SO THAT AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD MATURES, WE CAN GET THOSE BEAUTIFUL CANOPIES. BUT THAT IS THAT PART OF THE THE INTENTION THERE. AND WILL THERE BE LIGHTING INCORPORATED? YES. YEAH. SO WE HAVE A PRELIMINARY LAYOUT FOR STREET LANTERNS. THAT'S ALL THOSE FOR IT. AND WE'RE WORKING WITH ENCORE RIGHT NOW ON THE INITIAL DESIGN FOR INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT ALL OF THAT THAT'S NOT IT'S NOT FIRM YET. SO WE'VE GIVEN THEM, HEY, HERE'S WHERE WE THINK IT MAKES SENSE AND WE'LL LOOK ESTHETICALLY PLEASING, WHICH GENERALLY IS AT WEST SHORE, KIND OF AT THE MIDPOINT NEAR WHERE THE PARK IS. THEN BACK AT THE CORNER WHERE STREET C IS. SO YOU'LL HAVE I HAVE TO PULL UP OUR PLAN. AND LOOK, I WANT TO SAY WE ARE AROUND THREE LIGHT STANDARDS PER SIDE ALONG KIND OF STREET A AND B, NOT A BARE MINIMUM. SO THE CONCEPTUAL EARLIER THAT THERE WAS SOME STANDARD LIGHTING, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S GOING TO BE ANY IN-GROUND LIGHTS, WHICH REALLY PULLS TO. MY NEXT QUESTION TOO IS THIS IS THIS CONSIDERED HOA OR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. AND HOA WILL THEY'LL CARRY THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF BOTH THE MASONRY SCREEN WALL AS WELL AS THE OPEN SPACES. RIGHT. PERFECT. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, CONSIDERING THIS IS A ALMOST A ZERO LOT LINE, BUT THERE IS, I'M GUESSING AROUND FIVE FEET BETWEEN EACH OF THE BUILDINGS. IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION FOR MANY PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE PAST FEW YEARS ABOUT LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR STANDARDS, BUILDING STANDARDS, AND SOME OF THE COMMENTS MADE WHEN THEIR HOUSES ARE CLOSE TOGETHER ARE EVEN IF THEY HAVE A TEN OR A 15 FOOT SETBACK, IT'S THE AMOUNT OF WINDOWS FACING ONE ANOTHER, ONE FOR PRIVACY. ARE YOU. I KNOW THIS IS NOT DESIGNED AT THE MOMENT, BUT DURING THAT PROCESS, I THINK RESIDENTS CONSIDER THAT SORT OF A VIOLATION OF OF PRIVACY. AND IT'S BEEN ASKED POTENTIALLY IF THERE ARE GOING TO BE ANY FACING WINDOWS NEXT TO EACH FACILITY OR EACH BUILDING THAT MAY BE OBSCURED OR SOME TYPE OF WITH EITHER GLASS BLOCK OR SOMETHING OR STAGGERED AND OBSCURED. ARE YOU PUTTING ANY THOUGHT INTO THAT? I KNOW THAT'S A LITTLE DEEPER INTO IT, BUT IT IS A CONCERN. I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, A CHILD'S BEDROOM FACING THE OTHER. YEAH. SO THOSE ARE THINGS I'M LOOKING AT AND SEEING IN THIS DESIGN. YEAH. WONDERFUL THOUGHTS. A COUPLE OF THINGS IN THAT ONE IS THAT THE SIDE SETBACKS ON THIS ARE THREE FEET ON EACH SIDE. SO THAT LEAVES SIX FEET IN BETWEEN. AND

[01:35:03]

I KNOW. THANK YOU FOR THAT, COUNCILMEMBER JUSTICE. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I HAVE JUST A QUESTION ON THE ON THE PARKING, AS YOU'LL RECALL, I THINK BOTH TIMES YOU WERE IN FRONT OF US FOR THE OTHER CASE, WE DID A LOT OF BELLYACHING OVER THE PARKING. I THINK THERE WERE SHARED DRIVEWAYS AT ONE POINT. AND, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS COULD PARK IN THEIR DRIVEWAY. AND OBVIOUSLY THIS DOES NOT ACHIEVE THAT. I KNOW YOU'VE TRIED TO ACHIEVE PART OF IT WITH WITH ON STREET PARKING, BUT FOR ME, WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THIS, THAT'S A GLARING ISSUE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. AND IT'S ONE OF THE ISSUES WE FACE WITH THE OTHER CASE IS, YOU KNOW, I GUESS IF YOU'RE BUYING A HOUSE THAT ONLY HAS GARAGE PARKING, THEN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A THIRD VEHICLE POTENTIALLY. AND YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW THAT GOING IN. BUT I HAVE A CONCERN THAT WE'RE SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR SORT OF ENFORCEMENT ISSUES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BECAUSE FOLKS ARE GOING TO BE PARKING ACROSS THE SIDEWALK WHERE THEY SHOULDN'T PARK. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND THE SPIRIT OF WHERE I'M GOING, SO I'LL ALLOW YOU TO ADDRESS THAT. BUT I, YOU KNOW, I'M CONCERNED FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, I APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK THAT IS AN. SO I DO THINK THAT PHILOSOPHICALLY IT IS A SELF-SELECTION. AND SO IN THE BUYER UNDERSTANDING EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE BUYING INTO WITH REGARD TO BOTH GUEST PARKING AND THEN THEIR PARKING ON THEIR SPECIFIC PROPERTY. I DO LIKE WITH THIS THAT TO YOUR, I MEAN, YOU SHARED THAT AS WE, WE'VE BEEN REALLY INTENTIONAL TO PUT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL PARKING ON THE STREET HERE IN ORDER TO GIVE FLEXIBILITY WITH WHERE GARAGE PLACEMENT IS ON THIS. THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE MASTER DOWN PRODUCT WHILE STILL HAVING SOME OF THAT GREEN SPACE.

IT'S SO IMPORTANT IN THE BACKYARD FOR PETS, SPECIFICALLY FOR FOLKS, IT'S STILL A DESIRE, EVEN IN HIGHER DENSITY LEVEL PROJECTS. AND THEN THE OTHER ISSUE THAT YOU RAISED IS WITH REGARD TO REGARDING PARKING ACROSS THE SIDEWALK IN, AND WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS AROUND THAT WITH STAFF. AND THAT'S WHERE THE ACTUAL SIDEWALK ON THIS IS A, IT'S A WIDER. YOUR STANDARD CITY SIDEWALK IS FOUR FEET WIDE. THIS ONE WILL BE FOUR FOOT EIGHT IN THAT BEING FOUR INCHES ON EITHER SIDE IS THE PAVERS THAT ARE THE RIBBON THAT REALLY DEFINE THAT IN A COMBINATION OF THAT BEING CONTIGUOUS DRIVEWAYS AS WELL AS IN FRONT OF THE HOMES. TWO TWO HAVING THE GARAGES EITHER BE CLOSE OR FAR BACK. TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR, THIS ISN'T WHERE YOU PARK. AND THE THIRD PIECE I'D SHARE IS THAT THAT WILL BE CLEARLY LAID OUT IN THE HOA RESTRICTIONS THAT YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PARK IN AND BLOCK THE SIDEWALK LIKE IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND SO RECOGNIZE THE TENSION THERE. I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT THIS IS A A REALLY WELL PARKED COMMUNITY THAT WILL FUNCTION WITH EXCELLENCE AND. BUT I BUT RECOGNIZING THAT THOSE THAT THAT LIVE THERE, THEY GO IN WITH EYES WIDE OPEN TO GO. THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY THE SAME AS YOUR STANDARD RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY. YEAH. I MEAN, MY STRUGGLE IS, YOU KNOW, SUDDENLY AN AGING PARENT NEEDS TO MOVE IN WITH YOU. AND THEY, THEY ARE STILL DRIVING. NOW THERE'S A THIRD CAR YOU WEREN'T EXPECTING WHEN YOU SORT OF SELF-SELECTED THIS, YOU KNOW, SMALLER, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ANY NUMBER OF THINGS CAN HAPPEN. SO TWO QUESTIONS, ONE TO, TO STAFF ABOUT ENFORCEMENT. WHILE IT WILL BE IN THE HOA COVENANTS ULTIMATELY, WOULD PARKING ENFORCEMENT BE ON THE CITY AT THAT POINT? NO. THE COMPLAINTS WOULD WOULD LIKELY BE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY, BUT IF IT WAS ONLY IN THE HOA COVENANTS, IT WOULD BE ON THE HOA. AND AGAIN, THESE OBVIOUSLY THESE ARE THESE ARE THIS IS NOT YOUR STANDARD

[01:40:05]

OTHERWISE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A HOUSE THAT HAS THE FULL LENGT SO THAT INITIA BUILDER THAT'S SELECTING THE LOT WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT IS. BUT THEN SUBSEQUENT HOMEOWNERS WILL SEE THAT NOT ALL OF THESE HOUSES HAVE A FULL STANDARD DRIVEWAY. I THINK, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY THAT MIGHT DRIVE A MINI COOPER OR A FIAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO TRY AND WEDGE IN THERE, BUT THE LIKELIHOOD I THINK IS, IS, IS MUCH LESS INTO. AND I KNOW DEREK ADDRESSED THIS IN HER PRESENTATION, AND I THINK BEN SPOKE TO THIS AS WELL. YOU KNOW, WE WE WORKED THROUGH HOW COULD WE PUT SOME DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS IN PLACE TO HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WOULD SEE AND VISUALLY MAKE THAT DRIVEWAY LOOK SHORTER. SO HENCE THE DECORATIVE TREATMENT ON THE SIDEWALK AS WELL. YEAH, I DO LIKE THE DECORATIVE TREATMENT, YOU KNOW, REGARDLESS OF WHAT IT'S SIGNALING TO FOLKS, I THINK IT'LL JUST THAT WOULD LOOK NICE. I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT SORT OF DECIDED EXACTLY WHAT EACH OF THESE WOULD BE, BUT HOW MANY DO YOU ANTICIPATE WOULD HAVE THIS SHORT DRIVEWAY? LET ME LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET A GO BACK TO THE PICTURES. I'M HERE.

I, I WOULD SAY IT IS HARD TO SAY HONESTLY. SO OUT OF 40 HOMES, HALF CAN YOU SAY, OH, OUT OF 40, YOU'VE GOT 22 HOMES THAT ARE 55 FOOT WIDE FRONT ENTRIES, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT 18 THAT ARE REAR ENTRIES. SO TAKE THOSE 18 OUT. SO NOW YOU HAVE 22. AND WHAT REALLY I THINK WILL DRIVE THAT IS GOING TO BE WHETHER A PERSON WANTS A MASTER DOWN. I THINK THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE GOING TO WANT THAT. AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO NOT GIVE, THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO GIVE PRIMACY TO THE LIVING SPACE AS OPPOSED TO ADDITIONAL PARKING. BUT I JUST IT'S IT'S HARD FOR ME TO PREDICT. SOMETIMES YOU GET SURPRISED AND YOU GO, OKAY, WELL, THAT PEOPLE WANTED THIS AND IT WAS DIFFERENT THAN WE THOUGHT. SO WHEN WE DEVELOPED MIMOSA PLACE, WE THOUGHT THAT THAT PROJECT WAS GOING TO BE LIKE AN EVEN MIX BETWEEN EMPTY NESTER AND YOUNG FAMILY. IT WAS IT WAS 17 OUT OF 18 WERE YOUNG FAMILIES. AND WE WE GOT SURPRISED BY THAT.

AND THAT WAS GREAT. BUT THAT WAS WHAT THE MARKET SHOWED US. AND SO THAT'S SO IT'S HARD. I DON'T THINK I HAVE A FIRM ANSWER FOR YOU ON WHAT THAT WOULD BE. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR NOW. THANK YOU. LET ME JUST ADD SO SO THE, THE CLOSEST PROJECT THAT WE HAVE TO THIS IN THE CITY, IN MY OPINION, IS TWO CREEKS. NOW THERE IS AN IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE. TWO TWO CREEKS IS A GATED COMMUNITY, BUT TWO CREEKS HAS APPROXIMATELY THE SAME NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS AND LESS PARKING, ACTUALLY QUITE A BIT LESS PARKING. ALL OF THE HOMES IN TWO CREEK HAVE THIS ABBREVIATED OR SHORTENED DRIVE. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT I THINK THAT FOLKS THAT HAVE MOVED IN HAVE LEARNED HOW TO ADAPT AND THEY'VE LEARNED HOW TO KIND OF COEXIST. IT MAY BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT STORY BECAUSE IT IS A GATED COMMUNITY, BUT I THINK IN A, IN A, IN A DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, THE LIKELIHOOD THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, RANDOM PEOPLE AND PARKING IS, IS PROBABLY UNLIKELY. AND SO THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HAD LIKE THIS WHERE THE, THE MAJORITY, IF NOT ALL OF THE HOMES IN THE, IN THE TWO CREEKS DEVELOPMENT HAVE THIS EXACT CROSS SECTION THAT YOU SEE HERE. THEY HAVE THE THEY HAVE THE AMENITY ZONE AND, AND THE ONLY

[01:45:04]

COUNCILMEMBER BARRIOS. QUICK QUESTION. ARE THESE PUBLIC ROADS OR THESE PRIVATELY MAINTAINED THEIR PUBLIC. THESE ARE PUBLIC. OKAY. AND IT IS NOT GATED. RIGHT. BUT IT IS IT IS MANDATORY HOA BUT NOT GATED. YES, SIR. THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RUFFINI.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I SEE THAT YOU HAVE A THANK. BY THE WAY, THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING RICHARDSON FOR THIS INVESTMENT. WELCOME ALL THE BUSINESS. BUT WE NEED TO JUST UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT. I SEE THAT YOU HAVE MINIMUM HOUSE FOOTAGE IS LIKE 1100 SQUARE FOOT. AND WHAT'S THE. CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE MORE MIN MAX. YEAH. SO THE DEMAND IN AN EFFORT TOWARDS SIMPLICITY, WE CHOSE TO BASE THE ZONING FOR THIS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OFF OF THE R 1100 M ZONING CLASSIFICATION, WHICH IS WHAT GOVERNS THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL. AND THAT'S WHY 1100 IN THE R 1100 M 1100FT■S IS THE MINIMUM. IT WOULD DEEPLY SURPRISE ME IF ANY HOUSE. THE ECONOMICS JUST DON'T WORK TO BUILD A HOUSE THAT SMALL. IN THIS I WOULD. I WOULD SAY THAT HAVING ANYTHING LESS THAN 2000FT WOULD REALLY SURPRISE ME.

I THINK THE MARKET IS CLOSER TO 3000FT■!S OF AIR CONDITIONED SPACE, BUT REALLY OUR PERSPECTIVE ON IT WAS SEEKING TO MATCH EVERYTHING WE COULD IN THE. IT'S MAKE IT AS SIMILAR AS POSSIBLE TO THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL WITH THAT AS THE BASE ZONING, AND ONLY CHANGE THINGS THAT WERE NECESSARY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT. I'M TRYING TO STILL UNDERSTAND THAT HOW THAT WORKS. YOU KNOW WHY SOMEBODY WOULD NOT WANT TO PUT 1100FT■S HOUSE THERE. AND OF COURSE, THERE'S SOME MATH INVOLVED. SO IF YOU CAN HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE MATH, WHEN YOU. SO BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE SITE BEING INFILL, WHERE IT'S PURCHASING A 90,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, RAISING THAT BUILDING AND ALL THE DEVELOPMENT COSTS THAT'S MEANINGFUL COSTS ARE INCURRED JUST IN THE BASIS TO, TO BUY THE LAND AND DEVELOP IT, WHICH DRIVES A MEANINGFUL LOT PRICE PER UNIT. AND WHEN YOU HAVE A MEANINGFUL LOT PRICE PER UNIT, AND IF YOU TRY TO PUT A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF AIR CONDITIONED SQUARE FOOTAGE ON IT, IT CREATES AN AGGREGATE PRICE PER FOOT. THAT IS KIND OF THAT IS UNTENABLE FOR THE MARKET. AND SO FROM AN INVESTMENT STANDPOINT, YOU NEED SOME MINIMAL AMOUNT OF FOOTAGE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPREAD THAT LAND BASIS AND THAT VERTICAL COST TOGETHER IN ORDER FOR THE ECONOMICS TO WORK. AND SO IT'S A BIT OF A NATURALLY MARKET CORRECTING SCENARIO. SO IF I UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY THAT YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE A LAND PRICE LOT PRICE, INDIVIDUAL CAN CHOOSE A SPECIFIC LOT. YES. AND AND THEN THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD HAVE A PRICE. AND THEN THEY WILL CHOOSE THEIR SQUARE FOOT MORE PRACTICAL. WELL, MORE PRACTICALLY, IT WOULD BE THAT I CHOOSE A BUILDER PARTNER IS WHO WOULD DO THE VERTICAL TRANSACT WITH THEM. THEY THEN OWN THE LOTS. THEY WILL. THEY COULD CHOOSE TO BREAK THOSE APART AND SELL THE LOT AND THEN BUILD THE UNIT. BUT TYPICALLY FOR THE BUILDER PROFILE THAT I THINK THIS PROJECT FITS BETTER FOR YOUR, YOUR TOLL BROTHERS, YOUR HIGHLAND HUNTINGTON'S OF THE WORLD, YOUR HOMES, YOUR LIKE THOSE TYPE OF ORGANIZATIONS AND THERE SET UP TYPICALLY WHERE THEY'RE NOT BREAKING THOSE APART. LIKE IT'S JUST LIKE, HERE'S THE DESIGN OF THE HOUSE, HERE'S WHAT THE COST IS, HERE'S THE SPECIFICATIONS CONTRACT ON THAT. AND THAT, THAT THEN GIVES THEM THE ABILITY TO, TO REALLY JUST MOVE THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD MORE QUICKLY, MORE EFFICIENTLY SELL IN A MORE SIMPLISTIC WAY TO A BUYER. OKAY.

GOT IT. SO EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A ABILITY TO PUT SMALLER ONE, BUT BECAUSE EACH LOT WOULD COST SO MUCH. I MEAN, OF COURSE, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU BUY A LOT FOR $300,000, I'M JUST THROWING A NUMBER. I'M PUTTING A HOUSE FOR $100,000 DOESN'T ADD UP. SO YOU HAVE TO PUT PROPORTIONATELY. I GUESS THAT'S THE MATH WORKING HERE. YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO

[01:50:01]

SO I THINK THAT THE PRODUCT. SO PERSONALLY, IF I WAS GOING VERTICAL, I THINK THAT THE FINISHED PRODUCT IS 800 K PROBABLY 1,000,001. DR. HORTON WHO'S DOING THE VERTICAL ON GREENWOOD SQUARE, HAS SHOWN THAT FOR A LARGE, REALLY EFFICIENT NATIONAL BUILDER, THEY'VE DRIVEN THEIR PRICES DOWN TO $600,000. AND WHEN THEY HIT THAT PRICE POINT, THEY JUST STARTED REALLY MOVING THROUGH PRODUCT. AND THERE'S. THEIR SALESWOMAN TOLD ME THAT THEIR GOAL IS TO BUILD TO BE COMPLETELY BUILT OUT OF GREENWOOD SQUARE BY THE END OF.

SHE SAID OCTOBER, WHICH IS WOULD AMAZE ME IF THAT HAPPENED. BUT YOU CAN. IF YOU DRIVE BY, YOU'LL SEE JUST THE LEVEL OF ACTIVITY AND HOW QUICKLY THEY'RE MOVING. I. I CANNOT IMAGINE A SCENARIO WHERE ANYBODY COULD GO LOWER THAN THAT $600,000 PRICE POINT THAT WOULD JUST IT WOULD REALLY SURPRISE ME IF THAT HAPPENED. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE LOOKING AT ACTUALLY 3000FT■S HOUSE. MOST LIKELY IT COULD BE. RIGHT NOW ACROSS THE STREET, HORTON IS HITTING THE MARKET WITH 2500 SQUARE FOOT HOUSES TODAY. I THINK THAT APPROXIMATELY 3000 SQUARE FOOT, WITH THE ROOM SIZES IN THE FUNCTIONALITY THAT THAT CREATES, I THINK I THINK THAT IS A MORE DESIRABLE PRODUCT TO HIT THE PRICE POINT. AND INTERESTINGLY, IF YOU JUST GO TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD, IF YOU JUST IN THAT SAME ATTENDANCE AREA OF RISD THAT FEEDS INTO MOHAWK FOR TEARDOWNS, PEOPLE ARE PAYING. SO ON MY STREET, A GENTLEMAN'S HOUSE JUST BURNED DOWN. AND HE HAS AN OFFER THAT HE REJECTED FOR HIS LOT OF $575,000. 585 I THINK IT WAS THAT THAT'S HOW STRONG THE MARKET IS RIGHT NOW AND A TEARDOWN SCENARIO. AND SO PEOPLE ARE SPENDING IN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS IN THAT ATTENDANCE AREA FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SPENDING FIVE, 50, $600,000 FOR HOMES THAT MIGHT BE SUB 2000FT, JUST ABOVE 2000FT. IN DOING THEN MEANINGFUL IMPROVEMENTS ON THEM.

AND THEN FOR HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN EVEN EXISTING HOMES WHERE THEY'VE MODIFIED IN ADDED FOOTAGE TO GET CLOSER TO THAT 3000 OR 3200, THEN YOU'RE YOU'RE PAST $1 MILLION. AND I AGREE WITH YOU. I WOULD, I REMEMBER WHEN I BOUGHT MY FIRST HOUSE IN RICHARDSON IN HEIGHTS PARK, AND I GOT A THREE, TWO, 1800 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE FOR $170,000 IN JUST THOSE. THE MARKET'S CHANGED SO DRAMATICALLY ON US OVER THAT TIME PERIOD. YEAH. I MEAN, I DO UNDERSTAND, I MEAN, NOTHING I CAN DO OR WE CAN DO ABOUT THE PRICE. IF THE DEMAND IS THERE, PRICE WILL GO UP, SUPPLY LIST PRICE GOES UP MORE. THIS IS JUST THE NATURE. SO SO THERE IS A DEMAND FOR THIS KIND OF HOUSE. I GUESS THAT'S I DON'T YOU KNOW, YOU ARE IN THE BUSINESS, SO YOU CAN TELL ME MORE THAN WHAT I HEAR FROM OUTSIDE. SO I THINK THAT WITH ALL THE THINGS GOING ON RIGHT NOW, I SEE PRICES. OTHER PLACES HAS GONE DOWN. BUT IN RICHARDSON IT LOOKS LIKE THE WEST RICHARDSON MARKET, PARTICULARLY IN THESE MOST SOUGHT AFTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

IT IS IT IS A REALLY TIGHT MARKET. AND HONESTLY, A LOT OF HOUSES TRANSACT ON THE MOMS FACEBOOK PAGE, OFF MARKET, AND PEOPLE EXPERIENCED A LOT OF INTEREST. AND SO IT'S A IT'S A VERY STRONG POCKET IN OUR COMMUNITY AND DO BELIEVE THAT THAT THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT DRAWS IN MORE GREAT FOLKS THAT WANT A QUALITY PRODUCT IN A GREAT AREA WITH GREAT ACCESS TO GEORGE BUSH OR DOWN TO 635 OVER TO THE TOLLWAY. YEAH. THIS IS THE SIDE EFFECT THAT WE HAVE.

IF YOU MAINTAIN THE CITY REALLY WELL. AND MAKE THIS PLACE MORE LIVABLE. UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY PLACES LIKE THIS. SO PRICE IS GOING TO GO UP. LIKE IT OR NOT, THIS IS THE FACT THIS IS HAPPENING. SO I LOVE THIS. YOU KNOW, THE DESIGN MORE COMPACT. I THINK THIS WILL BRING PEOPLE CLOSER TO EACH OTHER MORE. INSTEAD OF LIVING LIKE SCATTERED FURTHER AWAY. DEFINITELY THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. TYPICALLY IN OTHER PLACES. BUT YOU KNOW, THE PARKING COULD BE AN ISSUE IF, IF SOMEONE DOESN'T HAVE EXPERIENCE OR IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT. NEIGHBORHOOD, IF THEY GO SHOW UP, THEY WERE

[01:55:27]

COULD BE LIKE THE AMBULANCE OR THE FIRE TRUCK. YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE PARKS ON BOTH SIDES AND WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE BOTH SIDE PARKING. AND THAT'S WHEN LIKE NARROW ROAD, THE EMERGENCY PERSONNEL. FORGIVE ME. I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU. YEAH, YEAH, PLEASE. SO THE STANDARD STREET SECTION IN A NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE CITY OF RICHARDSON IS 27FT BACK TO BACK, BACK OF CURB TO BACK OF CURB. THAT'S 26FT FACE TO FACE OF PAVING. AND INITIALLY, WHEN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WAS INITIALLY, I LAID IT OUT AT ALL OF THOSE STREETS WERE PLANNED AS THE STANDARD STREET SECTION. AND. AND AS WE AS I HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF AND STAFF, HAD CONVERSATION WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SPECIFICALLY, THAT'S WHEN WE TOGGLED TO HAVING DEDICATED PARALLEL PARKING. BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE THE STANDARD STREET SECTION, YOU CAN PARK ANYWHERE YOU WANT ON BOTH SIDES. THAT REALLY JUST LEAVES ONE LANE IN THE MIDDLE. AND THAT THROUGH EXPERIENCE FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT CAN BE PROBLEMATIC IN OUR EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS. AND SO BY CHOOSING TO HAVE THE DEDICATED PARKING THERE, THAT'S CLEAR. AND THEN THE NO PARKING CLEARLY MARKED THAT MAINTAINS THAT 20 FOOT DRIVE LANE, WHICH GIVES THE FIRE TRUCKS AND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ACTUALLY CONSISTENTLY BETTER MANEUVERABILITY AND ACCESS IN THIS DEVELOPMENT THAN JUST THAN WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE IN A STANDARD RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO, SO THAT WAS WHAT DROVE THAT PUSH TO DEDICATE THOSE, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING THE STANDARD STREET SECTIONS. NO THANK YOU. I THINK THE DESIGN COMPARED IT'S IT'S DEFINITELY YOU DID, YOU KNOW, WITH A SMALL, SMALLER LOT LIKE YOU HAVE LIKE LESS THAN FIVE ACRE AND YOU ARE ABLE TO PUT 40 HOUSES THERE. THAT'S, YOU KNOW.

THIS, YOU KNOW, IT DID GOOD JOB BY LOOKING AT THIS. SO BUT PRICE WISE, NOTHING WE CAN DO.

I THINK THIS IS A GOOD THING OR BAD THING DOESN'T YOU KNOW DEPENDS WHICH WAY YOU LOOK AT THIS DOES NOT REALLY ANSWER THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME PEOPLE THIS IS AFFORDABLE AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOME HOUSES AND THEY CAN BUY ANYTHING. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THE MONEY, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE HOUSE THEY CAN BUY. SO THIS IS AT LEAST OPENING UP SOME MORE MARKET FOR THEM. ANYWAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. MR. MECHNER, I'M GOING TO ADDRESS THIS TO YOU. GIVEN THE THAT THESE WILL BE ZERO LOT LINE HOMES AND THE PROXIMITY.

WILL THESE HOMES BE REQUIRED TO BE SPRINKLERED OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF FIRE MITIGATION BUILDING STANDARD? THAT WOULD BE AS A PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS, THERE ARE SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE BUILT INTO THE RESIDENTIAL, THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE. BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THERE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE SPRINKLED TO MEET THAT CODE. THEY'LL BE THINGS LIKE FIREWALLS, AND IT'LL REALLY JUST BE DEPENDENT ON THE DISTANCE THAT ARE BETWEEN THE THE TWO STRUCTURES. BUT I DON'T THINK I DON'T THINK SPRINKLING IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED, BUT THERE WILL BE CERTAIN OTHER FIRE MEASURES.

AGAIN, FIREWALLS, FIRE BLOCKING, MAYBE EVEN LIMITED OPENINGS IN CERTAIN WALLS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, CLOSE OR WITHIN PROXIMITY TO OTHERS, BUT NOT NOT SPRINKLING. OKAY. THANK YOU

[02:00:07]

SO LET ME JUST JUST STATE FOR THE RECORD. SO TO TO BE CONSIDERED PRESENT, THE THE VIDEO AND AUDIO MUST BE ON FOR THE FULL TIME. AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE, I WAS EITHER ANSWERING A QUESTION OR RESEARCHING. I DIDN'T SEE THAT. MAYOR. IF THERE IS UNCERTAINTY, WHETHER THAT WAS THE CASE, WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS PERHAPS A RECESS SO THAT I CAN ATTEMPT TO CONFIRM THAT WITH OUR WITH OUR. YOU SAY THE FULL TIME. YOU MEAN THE FULL TIME OF THIS PARTICULAR ITEM BEING UP. OKAY. YEAH. I HAVE A CLARIFICATION FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY. HE WOULD ONLY BE COUNTED ABSENT DURING THAT TIME, BUT IF HE'S BACK ON, HE IS ALLOWED TO VOTE.

OKAY. SO AS LONG AS HE'S HERE DURING THE DISCUSSION MOTIONS, ALL THAT SORT OF THING, THEN WE'RE GOOD. OKAY, OKAY, PERFECT. JUST TO TO THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. DISCUSSION.

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I THINK THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT IF THIS PASSES, IT WILL BE A QUALITY BUILD OUT AND QUALITY PRODUCT. I THE PRICING, SUPPLY AND DEMAND, AS STATED PREVIOUSLY, THAT CONTROLS MOST OF THAT. I KNOW WHAT HOUSES ARE GOING FOR.

WHILE MOST. MOST OF US CANNOT AFFORD THAT ENTRY LEVEL TYPE HOME, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A MARKET FOR IT. IF NOT, OUR APPLICANT WOULDN'T BE HERE. HE'S A SMART BUSINESSMAN. HE KNOWS THERE'S A DEMAND FOR IT. THE QUESTION FOR ME IS WHETHER IT'S THE RIGHT ITEM IN THE RIGHT LOCATION. I HAVE HEARD FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE NORTH OF IT.

THEY WERE BUILT OUT IN THE 1950S. THEY'RE ON AVERAGE 12 TO 1300 1400 SQUARE FOOT AT THE MOST HOMES. BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S WHERE MY FAMILY STARTED. I KNOW MOST OF THE HOMEOWNERS THAT WOULD BE NEIGHBORS TO THIS TO THIS DEVELOPMENT. AND I ASSURE YOU THAT I HAVE HEARD FROM A BUNCH OF THEM. THE CONCERNS ARE HOW CLOSE THEY ARE. THE CONCERNS ARE WHETHER IT'S THE RIGHT BUILD ADJACENT TO THE RIGHT NEIGHBORHOOD. AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY. TWIN, IS IT TWO CREEKS OR TWIN CREEKS? TWO CREEKS? THAT'S A BUILD UP LIKE THAT. NEXT TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, I THINK IS A LOT MORE APPROPRIATE. THE THE BUILD OUT.

OVER CLOSER TO UTD OFF CAMPBELL THAT I THINK IS A LITTLE CLOSER TO BEING MORE APPROPRIATE. THIS IN ITS CURRENT LOCATION, I DON'T THINK IS APPROPRIATE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. OBVIOUSLY, AS A COUNCIL WE NEED TO LOOK AT THINGS FROM A FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT ANGLES. I JUST DON'T SEE WHERE IT'S THE RIGHT FIT FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. I DON'T. I THINK THAT ADDING MORE TRAFFIC TO WESTSHORE, THEY'RE ADDING IT SO CLOSE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE NORTH, IT DOESN'T BLEND IN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I THINK THAT JUST ADDING MORE PUBLIC ROADS AND MORE COST OF MAINTAINING. WHEN THIS COUNCIL GOT A PRESENTATION NOT TOO LONG AGO FROM THE STUDY

[02:05:05]

IF THERE IF THERE IS A HOUSE THAT'S ONLY 1200 OR EVEN 2000FT■!S HOUSE THEIR OLD HOUSE, IF SOMEBODY DECIDES TO GO AND BUY THAT AND REBUILD WITH ANOTHER 5000 OR 6000FT■S, CAN WE STOP THEM? NOT AS LONG AS THEY MEET ALL THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS, LIKE COVERAGE, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. IF THEY D THEY MET THE. SO TECHNICALLY CHANGE OVER TIME, NOT THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, BUT SURROUNDING PROPERTY COULD CHANGE OVER TIME. SURE. I MEAN, THESE NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THIS WITH LOTS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT ON THE LARGER SIDE, HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE A LARGER FOOTPRINT, STILL MEET THE LOT COVERAGE AS WELL AS GO, YOU KNOW, TWO STORIES, PROBABLY UP TO 40FT OR SO. SO. ABSOLUTELY. SO THE CHANGE WOULD BE THERE.

SOMETIMES IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE TIME THAT HOW FAST, HOW SLOW. THAT'S THE THING, THAT ONLY THING UNKNOWN. BUT WITH THE AGE OF THE HOUSE AND ALL THIS, THAT'S PROBABLY COMING UP IN THE FUTURE. IT DEPENDS HOW LONG WE CAN STOP IT. THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION. I THINK THAT'S WHAT I SEE THAT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER DORAN. I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE DISCUSSION IN CASE THERE IS SOME. I'VE GOT SOME, BUT I JUST WANTED TO WAIT UNTIL THERE WAS SOME BEFORE A MOTION IS TAKEN. THAT'S FINE. I GUESS I'LL MAKE AN ADDITIONAL COMMENT. SURE. I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, TO THE POINT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING ENVIRONMENTS MOVING FORWARD. I THINK FOR THIS AREA, THIS IS THE RIGHT PRODUCT FOR THIS AREA. IT IT IT TAKES THIS AREA. IT ELEVATES A LITTLE MORE.

I THINK IT KIND OF CLEANS UP THE, THE, THE PROPERTY AND INCREASES THE PROPERTY VALUE IN THIS AREA. I THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT PRODUCT FOR THIS AREA. THAT'S MY COMMENT. PERFECT.

COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN BARRIOS, I SHARED SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS OVER THE WEEKEND. I THINK THAT ULTIMATELY THIS PROJECT MAKES SENSE HERE, BUT IT BUT IT BROUGHT TO THE SURFACE FOR ME A FEW THINGS THAT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT. ONE THAT WAS SORT OF BELLYACHING OVER THE FACT THAT WE WERE LOSING SORT OF THIS SENIOR COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, 35% WE KNOW ABOUT A THIRD OF OUR CITY QUALIFIES FOR THE SENIOR TAX EXEMPTION. SO THOSE FOLKS AREN'T NECESSARILY READY TO GO TO NURSING HOMES PER SE. BUT WE NEED TO HAVE THAT PRODUCT FOR PEOPLE AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH THEIR, YOU KNOW, RETIREMENT AND NEED THOSE SERVICES. YOU KNOW, IF THAT PARTICULAR PRODUCT FAILED THERE, MAYBE THERE'S A REASON AND WE NEED TO LOOK ELSEWHERE. BUT IT RAISED FOR ME THAT WE AS A COUNCIL, NEED TO REALLY BE THINKING ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR PRODUCT AND, AND FIGURE OUT WHERE WE CAN PUT THAT IN OUR CITY AND BE VERY PROACTIVE ABOUT THINKING, AGAIN, THAT A THIRD OF OUR COMMUNITY IS GOING TO NEED THAT SERVICE. THAT HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY FOCUS ON GOING FORWARD. AND IN ADDITION, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING. AND, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? AND I THINK THIS IS PART OF OUR USING NEEDS ASSESSMENT. MR. MAGNER, LIKE, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO INCENTIVIZE GETTING THE BUNGALOW COURT HOMES OR COTTAGE HOMES AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS? I THINK COUNCILMAN SHAMSUL SORT OF HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD ABOUT HOW THIS PARTICULAR PLOT ISN'T GOING TO PAPER FOR ONE OF THOSE. RIGHT. YOU TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE FINANCING FOR THIS PROJECT AND HOW, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU TEAR DOWN A BUILDING AND START BUILDING HOMES, YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY CHARGE $1 MILLION FOR A BUNGALOW COURT HOME, RIGHT? SO IT'S GOT TO BE THE RIGHT PRODUCT ON THE RIGHT PROPERTY. BUT I THINK IT'S, I'LL SAY IT'S STILL IMPORTANT FOR ME AS PART OF THE PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH AS PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE CAN PUT THOSE. I THINK MAYBE THE IQ IS AN INTERESTING PLACE THAT IT COULD HAPPEN FOR SURE. BUT AGAIN, WITH WITH REALLY THINKING ABOUT A THIRD OF OUR COMMUNITY NEEDING THE TYPE OF HOUSING THAT WOULD BE TORN DOWN BECAUSE OF THIS AND, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT COMES TO FRUITION, WE NEED TO REALLY BE THINKING ABOUT HOW CAN WE INCENTIVIZE AND REALLY RECRUIT TO GET THE TYPE OF SMALL STARTER HOME THAT WE WANT FROM A BUNGALOW COURT OR A COTTAGE COURT HOME. SO I WILL SAY ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, I

[02:10:01]

SUDDENLY THEM BEING PRICED OUT OF THEM BEING TORN DOWN, REDEVELOPED. IT HASN'T BEEN THAT. AND FOR BETTER OR WORSE, HOW YOU LOOK ON IT, I GUESS QUITE THAT CATALYST FOR SUDDEN CHANGE THAT I THINK PEOPLE ARE FEARFUL OF. SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY ISSUE FROM THAT END VOTING FOR THIS PROJECT BECAUSE I WE LOOK AT TWO CREEKS. WE JUST MADE THAT AS LIKE OUR BIG COMPARISON. AND THAT HASN'T HAPPENED RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THEM. AND IT'S BEEN THERE FOR TEN PLUS YEARS. YEAH, I JUST, I WANT TO WEIGH IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. I THINK MIMOSA PLACE WAS KIND OF AN INTERESTING THING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP. AND IF YOU WOULD HAVE ASKED ME, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD THAT HAVE ATTRACTED, ESPECIALLY WITH KIND OF ZERO LOT LINE SITUATION AND THAT SORT OF THING AS WELL? I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN RETIREES THAT HAD THE MEANS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE KIND OF A ZERO LOT LINE OF THAT QUALITY. AND I THINK THE ONE THING THAT ISN'T BEING TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH IS THAT YOUR PROXIMITY TO MOHAWK AND THE FACT THAT YOU FEED INTO MOHAWK, I MEAN THAT AS MANY GREAT THINGS AS WE'RE DOING IN OUR CITY, WHAT'S REALLY DRIVING A LOT OF THIS IS AN EXCEPTIONAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT PEOPLE WANT TO DO ANYTHING THEY CAN TO LIVE BY. AND SO FROM FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WHAT THIS DOES IS CREATE MORE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY WANT TO CHOOSE MOHAWK. THERE IS THE CHANCE THAT SOME PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD, PERHAPS NEARBY, AND COULD AFFORD MOVING TO THIS, THIS PROPERTY, AND BY NEARBY I MEAN JJ PIERCE RESERVATION. SOME OF THOSE HOUSES ARE ALSO BEING SOLD AT ASTRONOMIC NUMBERS. SO SOMEONE WHO HAS A FULL YARD THERE THAT WANTS TO MOVE TO ZERO LOT LINE COULD DO SO STILL BE CLOSE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND CREATE PROXIMITY TO THE TO THE ELEMENTARY. BUT I THINK MOHAWK IS MOHAWK IS REALLY THE TAIL THAT'S WAGGING THE DOG ON THIS THING. AND IT'S JUST CREATING SO MUCH ENERGY THERE THAT THAT IT'S DRIVING THAT KIND OF VALUE. THE OTHER THING THAT IS PROBABLY WORTH NOTING, AND ONLY BECAUSE AT SOME POINT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AS WELL, IS AT SOME POINT WE'RE GOING TO BE ADJUSTING OUR ZONING WITH FUTURE LAND USE IN MIND. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS DISCUSSED WAS THAT THE FUTURE LAND USE FOR THIS SPACE IS GOING TO BE HOUSING. AND SO THERE IS A SCENARIO HERE WHERE IF WE GET WHAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING STAFF TO DO FOR US, WHICH IS TO REZONE A BUNCH OF OUR AREAS TO WHATEVER IT'S GOING TO EVENTUALLY BE, THIS WOULD NOT EVEN BE A DISCUSSION NECESSARILY. THIS WOULD BE ALREADY ZONED FOR HOUSING AND WOULD ONLY BE A DISCUSSION AROUND WHATEVER SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS THERE MAY BE. THE THIRD THING I'M GOING TO SAY IS, AS IT RELATES TO BLENDING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR IT, I, I PERSONALLY FEEL IT'S, IT'S GOING TO DO FINE. YOU KNOW, THE WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE WAS SENIOR HOUSING AND ESSENTIALLY A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE TO SOME DEGREE. AND I THINK SOME WOULD SAY THAT A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE RIGHT NEXT TO A NEIGHBORHOOD MAY NOT BLEND, BUT IT BLENDED FINE. THEY WERE GOOD NEIGHBORS, AND I SUSPECT THIS WILL BE AS WELL. AND THEN THE LAST THING I'LL SAY AS FAR AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO BE ABLE TO FIND THESE ADDITIONAL HOUSING TYPES, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE, BUT ENTERPRISE ZONES ARE VERY POSSIBLY GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE ON OUR LIST OF TOOLS THAT WILL HAVE, DEPENDING ON HOW THE GOVERNOR SELECTS THINGS HERE IN THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS. AND THAT MAY OPEN UP A WHOLE LOT OF OPPORTUNITY WHERE, WHERE WE CAN REALLY SEE

[02:15:03]

FUTURE ZONING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE. WOULD THIS BE ABLE TO BE BUILT BY RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, THERE'S SOME YEAH, I THINK IT'S I THINK I THINK WHAT I MEAN, I'M NOT TRYING TO SPEAK FOR YOU, BUT I THINK THE MAYOR'S FOCUSING MORE ON THE USE THAN COULD THE UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS DEVELOPMENT BE. I WOULD SAY THIS PROBABLY COULDN'T BE BUILT BY. RIGHT. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WAS THE POINT. I THINK THE POINT MORE WAS THE USE, THE USE OF IT THAN THE UNIQUE, YOU KNOW, CHARACTERISTICS OF A DEVELOPMENT VERSUS A DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT. BUT ABSOLUTELY, I MEAN, DEREK, IT WAS THE IT WAS THE ENVISION RICHARDSON PLAN THAT IDENTIFIED THIS AS RESIDENTIAL. RIGHT? RIGHT. SO WHAT WE'LL BE DOING, AS A MATTER OF FACT, YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THIS NEXT WEEK IS, YOU KNOW, IF WE GO THROUGH THIS, THIS PROCESS TO, TO UPDATE OUR, THE SUBDIVISION PLAN AND OTHER PLANNING DOCUMENTS AND CREATE A UNIFIED CODE. A VARIATION OF THIS WOULD BE ALLOWED BY. RIGHT. AND DEFINITELY THE USE WOULD BE ALLOWED BY RIGHT. OKAY. I'M STILL PROCESSING THAT. THAT MAY HAVE SOME EFFECT ON IF I CHANGE MY VOTE. SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT UP. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. THE THE RM 1100, IS THAT WHAT THIS ONE WAS OR THIS IS BASED ON THE RM 1100. IS THAT RIGHT. IS THAT THE. YES. THAT'S CORRECT. AND THAT WOULD HAVE POTENTIALLY BEEN A HOUSING TYPE WITH WITH THE WITH THE EXCEPTIONS THAT WERE BUILT IN HERE, WHICH IS WHY IT BECAME A PD. RIGHT, RIGHT. OKAY. SO SO YEAH, IF SOMEONE JUST WANTED TO BUILD LIKE A NORMAL NEIGHBORHOOD THERE.

COUNCILMEMBER BARRIOS YOU KNOW, MAYBE NOT AS TIGHT A FIT, BUT, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THAT, WHERE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED BY RIGHT BASED ON KIND OF THE FUTURE ZONING. SO ALL RIGHT, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, BUT I DO SEE A LIGHT ON. SO COUNCIL MEMBER DORIAN. YES. AND BEFORE AND BEFORE I APPROACH A MOTION, I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE OTHER COMMENT. I AGREE WITH COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THAT WE DO NEED SOME MIDDLE GROUND HOUSING. WE NEED FOURPLEXES. WE NEED SOME COTTAGE HOMES, WE NEED SOME TYPE OF AFFORDABLE HOME FOR THE FOR THE ELDERLY. SO AND I DON'T WANT ANYONE THINKING THAT WE'RE WALKING AWAY FROM THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS THE RIGHT PRODUCT FOR THIS PARTICULAR AREA. BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, WE DO NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON SOME OF THAT INFILL AS AS IT PRESENTS ITSELF. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT THAT IS THE OBJECTIVE ACCORDING TO OUR ENVISION PLAN. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. GO AHEAD. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ZONING FILE. ZF26-2. ADOPTION OF A ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON OF TEXAS.

AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE AND ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, AS PREVIOUSLY AMENDED, BY AMENDING THE REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE USE AND DEVELOPMENT OF 4.747 ACRES OUT OF THE JOHN EDWARDS SURVEY. ABSTRACT NUMBER 249, DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A HERETO BY CHANGING THE ZONING FROM LRM2 LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT WITH SPECIAL PERMIT FOR A NURSING HOME RETIREMENT CENTER TO PLANT TO A PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT WITH A BASE ZONING OF R11M RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER DORIAN COUNCIL MEMBER SERAFINI. I'LL SECOND IT. ALL RIGHT. AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SERAFINI. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR. ANY OPPOSED THAT APPEARS TO HAVE PASSED UNANIMOUSLY SEVEN

[10.A. RESOLUTION CANVASSING THE RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE BOND ELECTION HELD MAY 2, 2026. ]

[02:20:06]

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE SO MOVED. ALL RIGHT.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THAT PASSES

[10.B. RESOLUTION CANVASSING AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON HELD MAY 2, 2026, REGARDING ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY CHARTER OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON.]

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RUFFINI. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 11, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER

[11. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON ADOPTING THE AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME RULE CHARTER APPROVED BY THE VOTERS OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON AT AN ELECTION HELD ON MAY 2, 2026.]

COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE MOVE TO APPROVE. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER DORIAN. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DORIAN. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE SHALL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 12, WHICH IS

[12. REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST ]

RICHARDSON, CLASS 41. AND LAST FRIDAY WAS OUR GRADUATION. I ATTENDED AS AS I WAS A PART OF THAT. SO THANK YOU TO THE CITY AND RESIDENTS WHO SUPPORT, WHO SUPPORTED IN IN ALLOWING ME TO BE A PART OF THAT. IT'S ALWAYS AMAZES ME HOW NOW, OVER THREE YEARS ON THE COUNCIL, JUST OVER THREE YEARS, AND EVERY DAY I CONTINUE TO LEARN MORE AND MORE. SO IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL MY CLASSMATES AS WELL. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AS WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE LINEBARGER RECEPTION LAST WEEK. THEY THEY HELD A RECEPTION JUST SORT OF CELEBRATING, I GUESS, THEIR ANNIVERSARY AS A LAW FIRM. AND I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THEM. YOU KNOW, YOU'D THINK THAT A FIRM FOCUSED ON COLLECTIONS WOULD BE KIND OF HAVING A BORING AND STUFFY HISTORY, BUT THEY ACTUALLY HAD THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSON TO BECOME PARTNER IN THE NORTH TEXAS REGION, WHICH I KNOW WE ALL USE THEM AS MUNICIPALITIES, BUT IT STILL MAKES ME PROUD TO HAVE THEM AS THE ONES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE GIVING OUR BUSINESS TO SO GREAT, GREAT, STORIED HISTORY THERE WAS HAPPY TO LEARN ABOUT IT. WONDERFUL COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE. THIS PAST THURSDAY, WE HAD THE ICEMAN CENTER PRESENTS 2627 SEASON REVEAL, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT. MAYOR AND I ATTENDED AND IT WAS A REALLY EXCITING. WE GOT JUST A SORT OF BITE SIZED CHUNK OF THE MEETING LAST WEEK, BUT THIS WAS A FULL PRESENTATION OF ALL THE AMAZING SHOWS THAT ARE COMING, SOME REALLY EXCITING ONES THAT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T GET TO GO TOO IN DEPTH WITH THE MEETING LAST WEEK, BUT I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, OPENING THE SEASON WITH A GREAT SORT OF 80S TRIBUTE AND MTV VIDEOS IN THE BACKGROUND, SOME REALLY INTERESTING GLOBAL PERFORMANCES AS WELL, WITH UNIQUE INSTRUMENTS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST MASTERS IN THEIR INSTRUMENT COMING TOGETHER FROM ACROSS ASIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST TO CREATE A REALLY INTERESTING ENSEMBLE. AND SO I THINK REALLY, REALLY GREAT PROGRAMING, TONS OF JAZZ, BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE VERY POPULAR IN ALL DIFFERENT TYPES. AND AS ALI HAYNES HAMLIN POINTED OUT LAST WEEK, MOSTLY LED BY WOMEN OR DIRECTED BY WOMEN, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING AS WELL. SO KUDOS TO TO ALI. SEASON TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE SO YOU CAN GO ONLINE RIGHT NOW AND BUY THEM.

AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T YET, YOU CAN ALSO STILL BUY YOUR TICKETS TO THE WILDFLOWER ART MUSIC FESTIVAL THAT'S COMING UP THIS WEEKEND. AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE THE PRAYING KIND, PRAY FOR GOOD WEATHER LIKE WE HAD FOR COTTONWOOD BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WE, WE CHALLENGED, WE WERE CHALLENGED WITH SOME, SOME RAIN.O HOPEFULLY WE DON'T HAVE THAT THIS YEAR. OKAY, I'VE GOT A LONG LIST. I APOLOGIZE. FIRST OF ALL, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY FOR ALL WHO GET TO CARRY THAT TITLE. THE WIFE AND I GOT AN

[02:25:03]

AND SO GREAT JOB TO THE TEAM. THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO WITH THE BIKE RODEO AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS THAT WERE THERE. COUNCILMEMBER BARRIOS AND I GOT TO GO TO LA SOMBRA. THERE WAS AN OPENING FOR ANOTHER WONDERFUL NEW RESTAURANT AND A RIBBON CUTTING THERE OVER ON THE EAST SIDE. BUT A PRODUCT OF THAT TWO CREEKS AREA, I GOT A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A TOUR OF UT D UT DALLAS BEACONS LAB. I THINK MAYBE SOME OF Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT, MAYBE IN YEARS PAST, BUT I GOT A CHANCE TO DO IT WITH A FEW BUSINESS LEADERS FROM THE REGION THAT WERE REALLY INTERESTED IN, IN POSSIBLE ENGAGEMENT ON NEXT GENERATION BATTERIES. AND IT'S SO INTERESTING THAT THAT'S BECOME SUCH A NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE.

AND THE FACT THAT WE'VE GOT LEADING RESEARCH GOING ON RIGHT THERE AT UT D ON THAT FRONT IS PRETTY EXCEPTIONAL. AND THEN THE LAST THING WAS SOMETHING THAT I HAD, YOU KNOW, WE GET THESE LAST MINUTE INVITES SOMETIMES. AND OFTENTIMES YOU WONDER WHY YOU SAID YES, BECAUSE THIS ONE INCLUDED A 5:00 WAKE UP. BUT TO BE AT HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY TO GO OUT AND CYCLE WITH A HANDFUL OF PARENTS, AND WHAT ENDED UP BEING A FEW DOZEN STUDENTS THAT WERE RIDING THEIR BIKES TO SCHOOL, I THINK THEY CALLED THE PROGRAM THE BIKE BUS. AND IT BASICALLY HAD TO DO WITH JUST GETTING KIDS, GIVING KIDS AN EXCUSE TO RIDE TO SCHOOL.

REALLY JUST A FUN EVENT. I, I'M FALLING MORE AND MORE WITH CYCLING, FALLING IN LOVE MORE AND MORE WITH CYCLING THAN THAN I HAVE BEFORE. AND A LITTLE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THAT WERE JUST REALLY AN EXCEPTIONAL WAY TO KIND OF GET YOUR FEET ON YOUR BIKE AGAIN AND GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO, TO DO THOSE THINGS. SO REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THE VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE ARE DOING TO TRY AND CONTINUE TO PROMOTE BIKE RIDING.

[EXECUTIVE SESSION ]