May 18, 2026 City Council Work Session

[CALL TO ORDER ]

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RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER AT 6 P.M. WE'LL START OFF WITH ITEM A, WHICH ARE PUBLIC

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

MISS NEMER. STEPHANIE GRIFFIN. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS STEPHANIE GRIFFIN. I LIVE AT 2672 POINSETTIA DRIVE. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.

MY FAMILY AND I RELOCATED TO THE CITY OF RICHARDSON TWO YEARS AGO FOR MY JOB. WE PURCHASED A HOME IN THE CROWLEY PARK AREA. WHEN WE PURCHASED OUR HOUSE, WE WERE PLANNING TO EXPAND OUR EXISTING COVERED PATIO TO INCLUDE AN OUTDOOR KITCHEN AND DINING AREA. THE EXISTING COVERED PATIO IS ONLY SIX FEET DEEP AND DOES NOT PROVIDE USABLE SPACE FOR A STANDARD FOUR FOOT PICNIC TABLE, CHAIRS AND A GRILL. MY COMMENTS PERTAIN TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA ITEM C AND INCONSISTENCIES WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL SETBACKS THAT SHOULD BE REVIEWED AND POTENTIALLY REVISED AS PART OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, OR UDC EFFORT. SPECIFICALLY, THE CITY OF RICHARDSON'S CODE OF ORDINANCES. ARTICLE SEVEN, SECTION FOUR G REGARDING THE 25 FOOT REAR SETBACK. WHEN WE SUBMITTED OUR BUILDING PERMIT IN NOVEMBER 2025, WE LEARNED THAT THE CITY OF RICHARDSON HAS A CITY WIDE 25 FOOT REAR SETBACK. WE WERE NOT AWARE OF THAT AS IT DID NOT SHOW UP ON OUR SURVEY. WE ONLY SAW THE FIVE FOOT EASEMENT AND SO WE WERE TAKEN BY SURPRISE. OUR HOUSE IS SITUATED SUCH THAT THE CORNER OF THE PATIO IS AT THE 25 FOOT SETBACK ALREADY, MEANING WE DO NOT HAVE ROOM TO EXTEND THE PATIO WITHOUT ENCROACHING INTO THAT SETBACK AREA. THUS, WE CANNOT EXTEND THE ATTACHED COVERED PATIO OR ADD OUR DESIRED OUTDOOR KITCHEN. THE CITY'S UDC HAS MULTIPLE SETBACKS WITHOUT EXPLANATION OR JUSTIFICATION. SIDE YARD SETBACKS ARE SEVEN FEET. REAR SETBACKS FOR ATTACHED COVERED PATIOS IS 25FT, AND IF YOU HAVE AN UNATTACHED COVERED PATIO, IT IS 18IN. WHY DOES THE REAR SETBACK FOR A COVERED PATIO HAVE SUCH A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ATTACHED AND UNATTACHED STRUCTURE? IN. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS OF GREAT INTEREST TO TO MY FAMILY AND MYSELF. THE 25 FOOT REAR SETBACK WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1956. HOWEVER, THE RATIONALE FOR THE SETBACK IS UNKNOWN. I ANTICIPATE THAT THE WAYS RICHARDSON RESIDENTS USE THEIR BACKYARDS NOW HAS DIFFERED AND EVOLVED GREATLY OVER THE LAST 70 YEARS. I REQUEST THAT THE UDC REVIEW ADDRESS THE DISCREPANCIES AND SETBACKS ON THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. THE PURPOSE, INTENT AND APPROPRIATENESS OF THE SETBACKS SHOULD BE SPECIFIED AND SHOULD ACCOMMODATE THE WAYS THAT PROPERTY OWNERS USE THEIR BACKYARDS TODAY. IF A COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF REPRESENTATIVES IS DESIRED AS PART OF THE UDC UPDATE, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SERVE AS A VOLUNTEER ON SUCH A COMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND A COPY OF MY NOTES OR MY COMMENTS ARE PROVIDED. THANK YOU, MISS GRIFFIN. THANKS. NO OTHER CARDS, MAYOR. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT'S WANTING TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? OKAY. SEEING NONE, I

[B. RECOGNITION OF PUBLIC WORKS WEEK ]

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THOSE ARE THE TEAM THAT TAKES THE CALLS 24 HOURS A DAY, 365 DAYS A YEAR FOR OUR RESIDENTS IF THEY'RE EVER IN NEED OF SERVICE. WE HAVE OUR STREETS GROUP, WHICH IS STREETS AND ALLEY MAINTENANCE, STORM DRAINAGE, REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE. AND THEN ANYTIME THERE'S INCLEMENT WEATHER, WHETHER THAT'S SANDING UNITS ARE NEEDED OR IF THE TREES ARE DOWN, BLOCKING RIGHT OF WAYS, THEY RESPOND AND, AND GET THOSE TREES CLEARED SO THAT WE HAVE PATHWAYS FOR NOT ONLY PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT FOR RESIDENTS AS WELL. YOU KNOW, AFTER STORM AND THEN OUR BELOVED GROUP, OUR SOLID WASTE, OUR RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL BABIC AND RECYCLING GROUP MAKES UP ONE OF OUR PUBLIC SERVICES TEAM HERE IN RICHARDSON. SO WHAT IS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK? SO IN 1960, AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION STARTED SPONSORING THIS WEEK EVERY YEAR TO RECOGNIZE THE PUBLIC WORK PROFESSIONAL THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA, BUT IN THROUGH CANADA. AND THEY CREATE A THEME EACH YEAR. AND THIS YEAR I THINK IS APPROPRIATE. IT'S ROOTED IN SERVICE AND POWERED BY COMMUNITY. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SERVICES, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DOING YOUR JOB WHEN YOU'RE INVISIBLE, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE VISIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE, WE HAVE INVISIBLE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING THAT, YOU KNOW, POTHOLES THAT YOU SEE REPAIRS OR THE TRASH BEING COLLECTED. RIGHT? BUT THERE'S STUFF THAT WE SEE THAT YOU DON'T SEE, WHICH IS YOUR WATER AND SEWER SERVICES THAT, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS YOU GET UP IN THE MORNING AND YOUR WATER IS COMING THROUGH, WHEN YOU TAKE A SHOWER AND YOU KNOW YOUR SEWER GOES AWAY, THEN ALL IS GOOD. SO THAT'S WHEN WE KNOW THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THE AND MAINTAINING A THRIVING COMMUNITY WITH THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE. SO I THINK IT'S A REALLY COOL, COOL THEME THIS YEAR TO REALLY, REALLY TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE ROOTED IN SERVICE AND WE PROVIDE THAT LEVEL OF CONTINUITY WITHIN A COMMUNITY. SO I THOUGHT IT WAS A REALLY, REALLY NEAT THEME THIS YEAR FOR PUBLIC WORKS WEEK. AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO RECOGNIZE IT? WELL, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH A COUNCIL BRIEFING HERE TONIGHT, A VERY BRIEF BRIEFING, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME FOR YOU ALL TO COME HERE AND RECOGNIZE OUR TEAM DURING PUBLIC SERVICES WEEK AND THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT WE PROVIDE. WE WILL DO OUR ANNUAL EQUIPMENT RODEO WHERE OUR STAFF CAN CAN SHOW THEIR SKILLS AND THEIR ABILITIES WITH SOME CERTAIN CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE GOING TO PERFORM USING USING HEAVY EQUIPMENT, WHICH WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A LUNCH.

AND THEN SOMETHING AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS PUT OUT THIS YEAR, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A REALLY NICE GESTURE, IS IT'S I LOVE PUBLIC WORKS CAMPAIGN. SO YOU CAN SEE THESE LITTLE FLIERS THAT WE SENT OUT AND PUT OUT AT ALL PUBLIC FACILITIES A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. SO THE COMMUNITY COULD REALLY GIVE US NOTES AND SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH DO THEY APPRECIATE AND LOVE THE VALUE OF THE SUPPORT OF THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE? AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT WE GOT QUITE A BIT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HANG THESE UP THROUGHOUT THE SERVICE CENTER SO OUR TEAMS CAN SEE HOW THE COMMUNITY RECOGNIZES THEM AS WELL. VERY FOR VERY IMPORTANT JOBS AND ROLES THAT THEY PLAY.

AND A VERY IMPORTANT WEEK LIKE PUBLIC SERVICES WEEK OR PUBLIC PUBLIC WORKS WEEK. SO WITH THAT, I JUST THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING MY TEAM OUT AND BE RECOGNIZED FOR THIS IMPORTANT WEEK. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO, AND I'M SURE I'LL BE SAYING MANY KIND WORDS WHILE I'M READING THAT PROCLAMATION. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ANYONE WANTS TO ADD FOR NOW? ALL RIGHT, I'LL BE RIGHT UP. YEAH. OKAY. I WILL READ OFF THIS PROCLAMATION, AND THEN WE'LL HOPEFULLY ALL GET TOGETHER AND TAKE A PHOTO TOGETHER. WHEREAS PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES AND SERVICES THAT ARE OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND TO PUBLIC HEALTH, HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELL-BEING OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON. AND WHEREAS, THESE INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES AND SERVICES COULD NOT BE PROVIDED WITHOUT THE DEDICATED EFFORTS OF PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE ENGINEERS, MANAGERS AND EMPLOYEES AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REBUILDING, IMPROVING AND PROTECTING OUR NATION'S TRANSPORTATION, WATER SUPPLY, WATER TREATMENT AND SOLID WASTE SYSTEMS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES ESSENTIAL FOR OUR CITIZENS. AND WHEREAS IT IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST FOR THE CITIZENS, CIVIC LEADERS AND CHILDREN IN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF AND MAINTAIN AN ONGOING INTEREST AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS IN THEIR

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ALL RIGHT. GOOD, GOOD. ACTUALLY YOU'RE RIGHT THERE. PLEASE. RIGHT OVER HERE. YOU'RE GOOD.

RIGHT HERE. PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. HOLD THOSE SPOTS. RIGHT. ALL SMILES, BIG SMILES. ALL THOSE SPOTS. THERE WE GO. AND THEN BIG SMILES. ONE MORE TIME. JUST IN CASE SOMEBODY BLINKS. WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO I JUST DO A HIGH FIVE FOR YOU GUYS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. I KNOW WE

[D. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM ]

MR. MAGNER THANK YOU MAYOR, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, COMING OUT OF THE HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT, THERE WERE FOUR ACTION ITEMS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED FOR TO BE ACTED ON HERE IN 2026. ONE WAS TO MAP OUT A PLAN FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CDBG PROGRAM, STARTING WITH FISCAL YEAR 28, OUR FISCAL YEAR 28, WHICH STARTS ON OCTOBER 1ST OF 2027. AND SO WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE MAUREEN MILLIGAN, OF IS DIRECTOR OF GROW AMERICA AND ALSO A DOING A FINE JOB REGIONALLY AS WELL, BUT VERY WELL TO HAVE HER BACK TO PRESENT THAT PLAN TO YOU. AND SO AT THE END OF THE BRIEFING, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A THUMBS UP THAT YOU'D LIKE US TO LAUNCH ON THE STEPS THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO POSITION OURSELVES FOR THAT PARTICIPATION. SO, MAUREEN, AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND EXPERTISE ON

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SO THE MOST IMPORTANT IS ANY OF YOUR ACTIVITIES HAVE TO MEET ONE NATIONAL OBJECTIVE, THE PRIMARY ONE BEING BENEFIT TO LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PERSONS, BUT ALSO ERADICATING BLIGHT AND SLUMS OR AN URGENT NEED. AND THAT'S USED VERY RARELY. IT WOULD BE A FEW SUFFERED A FLOOD OR A TORNADO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO ADDITIONAL DISASTER FUNDING. YOU COULD USE YOUR CDBG FUNDING. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, 70% OF YOUR EXPENDITURES HAVE TO BENEFIT LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PERSONS. SO AS WE TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT PROGRAM MODELS THAT YOU COULD ADOPT, THE FOCUS ON BENEFITING SPECIFIC LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PERSONS OR BENEFITING AREAS WHERE THERE ARE LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PERSONS WHO ARE CONCENTRATED, ARE GOING TO BE THE TWO WAYS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE YOUR CDBG PROGRAM. AND THEN CDBG IMPOSES TWO OTHER MAJOR CAPS. ONE IS IF YOU WANT TO FUND YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY BASED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, ONLY 15% OF YOUR CDBG ALLOCATION ANNUAL ALLOCATION CAN SUPPORT THOSE ACTIVITIES. AND THEN ONLY 20% OF THE FUNDING CAN BE USED ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND PLANNING ACTIVITIES. AND ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL REVIEW WHAT WE DEFINE OR WHAT HUD DEFINES AS LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PERSONS. BUT JUST TO NOTE THAT THOSE ARE

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THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO SERVE FAMILIES THAT ARE AT THAT HIGH HIGHER INCOME, RIGHT? THAT'S ALMOST $100,000. YOU COULD CHOOSE TO SET YOUR YOUR PROGRAM LIMITS LOWER, BUT YOU COULDN'T SET THEM ANY HIGHER THAN THAT 80% AMI THRESHOLD. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE OF A FLAVOR OF WHAT CDBG CAN FUND. SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOUSING, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT HOME REPAIR, BUT THAT CAN BE ON THE SINGLE FAMILY SIDE THAT CAN ALSO BE ON THE MULTIFAMILY SIDE. IT CAN ALSO FUND ENHANCED CODE ENFORCEMENT. SO NOT YOUR BASIC CODE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM, BUT IF YOU WERE CHOOSING TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CODE ENFORCEMENT SERVICES, IT COULD FUND THAT AS LONG AS IT'S PAIRED WITH SERVICES FOR HOUSEHOLDS THAT CAN'T MAKE THOSE CODE VIOLATION REPAIRS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED THROUGH YOUR CODE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM. AND THEN YOU COULD ACQUIRE VACANT. VACANT BUILDINGS THAT WOULD BE REHABILITATED FOR HOUSING PURPOSES. YOU CAN INVEST HEAVILY IN PUBLIC FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE. SO THAT CAN BE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING FACILITIES LIKE A SENIOR CENTER OR A PARK AND RECREATION CENTER, AS WELL AS STREET REPAIRS, WATER AND SEWER. SIDEWALKS AND PARKS CAN ALSO BE FUNDED THROUGH CDBG. AS LONG AS AS WE REMEMBER, THEY'RE BENEFITING PRIMARILY LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PERSONS. AS I'VE MENTIONED, YOU CAN FUND LOCAL AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE SOCIAL SERVICES, AND HUD REALLY HAS A REALLY BROAD DEFINITION OF WHAT PUBLIC SERVICES CAN BE, BUT IT CAN BE EVERYTHING FROM HOMELESS, SERVING HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, SENIORS, YOUTH WORKFORCE TRAINING AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ARE SOME OF THE KEY ONES. AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO ENGAGE IN SPECIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. SO YOU COULD PROVIDE LOANS OR GRANTS TO SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. YOU COULD FUND INFRASTRUCTURE IN A BUSINESS PARK IF YOU'RE TRYING TO ATTRACT MORE BUSINESSES, BUT YOU DON'T SEE A WHOLE LOT OF JURISDICTIONS FUND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH CDBG BECAUSE THERE ARE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU HAVE TO MEET. SO IT CAN BE A BIT COMPLICATED TO FUND SOME SOME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. NOT IMPOSSIBLE, JUST A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED. SO I WANTED TO JUST WALK YOU THROUGH HOW CDBG FUNDING FLOWS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOWN TO YOUR COMMUNITY, JUST SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE THOSE KIND OF DECISION POINTS ARE MADE OF, HOW MUCH FUNDING YOU'RE GOING TO RECEIVE. SO THE PRESIDENT WILL SUBMIT HIS HIS BUDGET, AND THEN CONGRESS WILL PASS A SERIES OF APPROPRIATION BILLS THAT EITHER ACCEPT THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET OR MAKE CHANGES. BUT THEN THE THE PRESIDENT CAN EITHER SIGN THOSE APPROPRIATION BILLS OR VETO THOSE BILLS. SO THERE'S SO THERE'S SOME BACK AND FORTH.

AND CERTAINLY WE'VE SEEN WITH SOME AGENCIES THAT THAT CAN REALLY BE DELAYED. SO ONE OF THE RISKS WITH ACCEPTING FEDERAL FUNDING IS YOU COULD HAVE YOUR FUNDING ALLOCATION BE DELAYED. SO YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING UNTIL LATER IN YOUR YEAR. AND IT'S JUST HARDER FOR YOU TO PLAN. BUT AS WE'VE SEEN WITH CDBG, THE FUNDING EVENTUALLY WILL COME THROUGH, AND IT USUALLY DOESN'T GET CAUGHT UP IN SOME OF THE MORE CONTROVERSIAL BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS. ONCE THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS SIGNED THE APPROPRIATIONS BILL, THEN HUD WILL SEND OUT AN ALLOCATION NOTICE TO EVERY COMMUNITY TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT. YOUR FUNDING AMOUNT IS GOING TO BE IN THE NEXT YEAR. THEN THE WORK REALLY STARTS AT

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PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT CODE VIOLATION ISSUES, THEY SEE THE REPAIRS SO IT CAN BE VERY VISIBLE THROUGHOUT NEIGHBORHOODS. THE DOWNSIDE IS YOU'RE SERVING INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE RATHER THAN MAKING INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIRS THAT REALLY CAN SERVE THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS. IF IT'S REPAIRING A STREET OR PUTTING IN A NEW PARK.

AND SO IT'S THE OPPOSITE FOR YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE HEAVY MODEL. PEOPLE SEE A STREET REPAIRED, BUT THEN THEY SEE THEIR NEIGHBOR STRUGGLING WITH HOME REPAIRS, RIGHT. AND SO THEY DON'T THEY DON'T SEE THAT INDIVIDUAL LEVEL BENEFICIARY. AND THEN GARLAND, BECAUSE OF GARLAND'S POPULATION, ESPECIALLY ITS LOW AND MODERATE INCOME POPULATION, IT JUST RECEIVES MORE CDBG FUNDING. IT ALSO RECEIVES ADDITIONAL GRANTS, THE HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM GRANT AND THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT THAT FOCUSES ON HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS. AND SO THEY CAN JUST THEY CAN OPERATE A VERY ROBUST, DIVERSIFIED CDBG PROGRAM JUST BECAUSE THERE'S MORE FUNDING TO ADMINISTER, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO SPIN UP A PROGRAM THAT'S ONLY GOING TO SERVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE A YEAR, IT'S GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO END UP SPENDING MORE ON ADMIN THAN YOU DO ON, ON YOUR ACTUAL BENEFICIARIES.

SO, YOU KNOW, MADE THIS NOTE WITHIN THE STRENGTHS AND THE TRADE OFFS THAT BECAUSE

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AND SO YOUR REAL STRATEGIC QUESTION THAT STAFF WILL START WORKING THROUGH ONCE YOU GIVE THEM THE THE THUMBS UP IS WHAT SHOULD BE OUR PROGRAM MODEL? WHAT ARE THE NEEDS IN THE CITY THAT WE'RE NOT CURRENTLY FUNDING? WHAT COULD WE USE CDBG FOR? WHAT'S THE CAPACITY OF THE THE LOCAL NONPROFIT COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO ADMINISTER SOME OF THIS FUNDING? SO JUST TO, TO CIRCLE BACK TO THIS THEN. SO HELPING AGING HOMEOWNERS AGE IN PLACE IS A GREAT FIT FOR CDBG BECAUSE HOME REPAIR IS AN ELIGIBLE ACTIVITY FOR THE OTHER TWO BECAUSE THEY CONSIDER NEW CONSTRUCTION, NEW FOR SALE HOUSING UNITS FOR FAMILIES, NEW RENTAL HOUSING FOR LOWER WAGE WORKERS. CDBG DOESN'T ACTUALLY, IN MOST INSTANCES ALLOW YOU TO FUND NEW CONSTRUCTION. IT FOCUSES ON REPAIR AND SO CDBG IS NOT NECESSARILY A GOOD FIT FOR NEEDS TWO AND THREE. BUT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED WITH OPPORTUNITY ZONES AND WITH YOUR HFC AND YOUR PFC, OTHER WAYS THAT YOU COULD TRY TO MEET THOSE NEEDS WITH DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES. AND THEN JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT YOUR HOUSING STRATEGY IS NOT THE ONLY PLAN. IT'S NOT THE ONLY ASSESSMENT THAT'S BEEN DONE RECENTLY. YOU ALWAYS, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, ARE LOOKING AT YOUR CAPITAL, YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT NEEDS. YOU HAVE A RECENT PARK RECREATION, OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN, AS WELL AS AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. AND ALL OF THEM HAVE RECENTLY ASSESSED THE NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY AND ALL OF THOSE, WHETHER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PARK AND REC, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, OR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, WHICH REALLY ARE PART OF YOUR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE TOO, ARE ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES AS LONG AS THEY'RE PRIMARILY BENEFITING LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PERSONS. SO YOU, YOU HAVE THE FRAMEWORK ALREADY TO START TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT COULD WE FUND WITH CDBG? SO THESE NEXT TWO SLIDES I'LL GO THROUGH REALLY QUICKLY BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THEM IN EARLIER PRESENTATIONS, BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO RAMP UP A CDBG PROGRAM. SO ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FOCUS ON IS PREPARING DOCUMENTS. THERE'S A FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN, AS WELL AS

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ARE WE GOING TO FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE? ARE WE GOING TO FOCUS HEAVILY ON HOUSING? BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO YOUR PLANNING PROCESS, WHICH WILL START EARLY 2027, YOU NEED TO OBTAIN CITIZEN INPUT, RESIDENT INPUT ON YOUR PROGRAM. SO YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE YOUR PLAN FULLY BAKED, BECAUSE YOU DO NEED TO HEAR FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT WHAT THEY THINK YOU SHOULD SHOULD PRIORITIZE. SO THE TIMELINE AND NEXT STEPS, AND THIS IS OUR LAST SLIDE, IS TO GIVE DIRECTION IN TERMS OF PURSUING THE CDBG PROGRAM. AND THEN ONCE WE RECEIVE THE THUMBS UP TONIGHT, STAFF WILL SEND THE FORMAL NOTIFICATION NOTIFICATION TO HUD. WE'LL START CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN EARLY 2027. AND THEN IN AUGUST, YOU WOULD SUBMIT YOUR CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND YOUR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. HUD WOULD PROVIDE THE FUNDING TO YOU, AND YOU COULD ROLL OUT YOUR PROGRAMS IN OCTOBER OF 2027. SO WITH THAT, TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER, COULD YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE. JUST SOMETHING CAUGHT MY EYE THAT I. AT THE VERY BOTTOM IT SAYS SEVERAL BILLS ARE PENDING IN CONGRESS THAT MAY ALTER CDBG ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES AND CROSSCUTTING REQUIREMENTS. CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT? YES, ABSOLUTELY. AND SORRY SIR, I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT IT'S ALL SO FAR. AT LEAST IT'S ALL GOOD. SO AS I MENTIONED, CDBG DOESN'T ONLY IN LIMITED INSTANCES CAN YOU FUND NEW CONSTRUCTION. SO THERE ARE BILLS THAT ARE PENDING IN CONGRESS THAT WOULD ALLOW CDBG TO FUND NEW CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES. AND THEN THERE'S DEFINITELY A A PUSH AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO REDUCE THE CONSTRAINTS TO BUILDING ADDITIONAL HOUSING. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED AS WHAT CAN REALLY SLOW THINGS DOWN. NOT AS CH IN TEXAS, BUT CERTAINLY HEAR ABOUT IT IN CALIFORNIA. RIGHT. AND SO THERE ARE SOME BILLS PENDING THAT WOULD REDUCE THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE SUBJECT TO REALLY LENGTHY ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS WITH THE WITH THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF LET'S GET MORE HOUSING BUILT, LET'S GET MORE HOUSING CONSTRUCTED. AND SOME OF THESE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW REQUIREMENTS WEREN'T REALLY. WEREN'T REALLY PROTECTING EITHER PEOPLE FROM ENVIRONMENTAL HARM OR PREVENTING HOUSING CONSTRUCTION FROM HARMING THE ENVIRONMENT. SECOND QUESTION IS IF FOR SOME REASON CONGRESS DECIDED TO STOP FUNDING THIS FOR WHATEVER REASON, JUST KNOWING THAT SOMETIMES WE NEVER. YEAH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WE COULD GET WE COULD STOP. WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO COME UP WITH LOCAL FUNDS TO, TO COVER THE ROUGHLY $700,000. RIGHT. YOU WOULDN'T CONGRESS WOULD NEVER CLAW BACK FUNDING THAT THEY'VE ALLOCATED TO YOU. IT WOULD JUST BE YOU WOULD KNOW THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO CEASE OPERATING ANY OF THOSE ACTIVITIES MOVING FORWARD. AND YOU WOULD NEVER OBLIGATE. YOU WOULD NEVER SIGN CONTRACTS THAT WERE ABOVE WHAT YOU KNEW YOU WERE GETTING FROM HUD. SO IT'S, IT'S PART JUST GOOD FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. AND THEN JUST KNOWING THAT YOU MAY HAVE TO DELIVER HARD NEWS IF FOR SOME REASON FUNDING WAS CUT. OKAY.

THANKS, COUNCILMEMBER JUSTICE. THANK YOU. MAYOR, CAN YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE 16 FOR ME? YES. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT WE HAVE BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT, WE GET A BRIEFING ON EXACTLY WHAT STEP FOUR WOULD MEAN FOR US. I'M A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ALL ARE AND WHAT WE MIGHT BE AGREEING TO COMPLY TO OR BE OBLIGATED BY.

THAT CAUGHT MY EYE AND JUST WAS SORT OF IMMEDIATE GUT CONCERN ABOUT WHAT WHAT IS WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I THINK IT'S GREAT. I CAN THINK OF A MILLION PLACES WE COULD USE THIS MONEY, BUT I DON'T WANT TO PUT OURSELVES IN A POSITION WHERE WE TAKE MONEY AND THEN UNKNOWINGLY PUT OURSELVES IN A WORSE POSITION BY HAVING AGREED TO SOMETHING WE DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE GETTING INTO. YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD WE HAVE TO GET RID OF A BOARD OR A COMMISSION OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES? AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING I'D LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT BEFORE I WOULD COMMIT TO, TO THIS PROCESS, I THINK, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S VERY PRUDENT TO REVIEW THAT. YOU KNOW, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT, BUT IT'S NOT JUST WHAT'S EXISTING TODAY.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, THIS THIS OBLIGATION TO COMPLY WITH EXECUTIVE ORDERS COULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S COMPLETELY, YOU KNOW, UNFORESEEN AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BUT THAT, YOU

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SO YEAH, I'M INTERESTED TO SEE WHERE THIS GOES. I LOOK FORWARD TO IT MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN DORAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR YOU ALWAYS DELIVER THE INFORMATION SO WELL AND AND HELP US UNDERSTAND IT. I JUST WANT TO SAY, ONE, I I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. I KNOW A LOT OF CITIES SURROUNDING CITIES THAT WE HAVE HAVE PROVIDE RFQS OR RFPS, YOU KNOW, TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THE PROCESS WORKS. AND SOME CITIES HAVE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, BUT WITH THE WITH THE FEDERAL FUNDED PROGRAM, I WOULD TO LIKE TO SEE IT GOING INTO SOME HELPING REPAIR THE HOMES AND, YOU KNOW, TO KEEP THE NEIGHBORHOODS INTACT. I THINK THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT AS, AS SENIORS AGE IN PLACE AND AS YOU KNOW, FAMILIES, YOU KNOW, LARGER FAMILIES OR SMALLER FAMILIES, YOU KNOW, REQUIRE SOME OF THIS ASSISTANCE. I'M SEEING A LOT OF IT FILTERING A LOT IN GARLAND. I KNOW MCKINNEY HAS A PROGRAM AND DALLAS HAS A PROGRAM. SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ADOPTING SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TO THIS TO, TO HELP WITH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. AND CONSIDERING WE ARE SO LANDLOCKED AND WE DO HAVE A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE GOING TO REQUIRE THAT, AND WE HAVE AN AGING POPULATION, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD TIME FOR COUNCIL TO BE LOOKING AT HOW THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT THE CITY MOVING FORWARD. AND I KNOW THAT I KNOW THE STAFF AND EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE I PROVIDE A LOT OF INFORMATION, AND I DO LIKE YOUR IDEA, TOO, ON PROVIDING SOME KIND OF COMMISSIONER OR COMMITTEE OF SOME SORT TO HELP ELEVATE THAT. MY QUESTION IS, IS WITH WHEN THE PROGRAM, WHEN IT'S DEVELOPED IS DO THE RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, WITH SOME OUTREACH PROGRAMS, DO THEY SUBMIT LIKE AN APPLICATION OR IS THIS GOING TO BE BASED ON PUBLIC INFORMATION WE GET FOR HOUSEHOLD INCOME? HOW DOES THAT PROCESS WORK? YEAH. THE DATA THAT YOU COULD FIND, YOU WOULD USE FOR OUTREACH PURPOSES, BUT NOT REALLY FOR SCREENING PURPOSES, RIGHT? BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THE THE FUNDING EVEN IF THEY QUALIFY FOR IT. SO YOU WOULD HAVE SOME KIND OF AN APPLICATION PROCESS THAT PEOPLE WOULD FILL OUT, AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO GIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR INCOME AND THEIR ASSETS SO THAT YOU CAN KNOW THAT THEY ARE LOW AND MODERATE INCOME AND THEY QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM. AND THEN CITIES USUALLY DO IOSE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE HOME AND THE OWNERSHIP OF THE HOME. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE A TANGLED TITLE AND YOU CAN'T SHOW THAT YOU OWN THE HOME OUTRIGHT, OR IF YOU HAVE A MORTGAGE DELINQUENCY OR THINGS LIKE THAT, SOMETIMES CITIES WILL SAY YOU'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAM. THEY MIGHT FUNNEL YOU INTO ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT TRIES TO HELP YOU WITH THOSE ISSUES, OR YOU COULD OPERATE AN EMERGENCY HOME REPAIR PROGRAM. YOU KNOW, THE WATER HEATER GOES OUT AND WE GET SOMEBODY OUT THERE QUICKLY.

YOU'VE GOT TO BE REALLY EFFICIENT. IF YOU'RE GOING TO CALL AN EMERGENCY, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT THERE IN AN EMERGENCY, OR SOME CITIES WILL HAVE CAPS ABOUT EITHER WHAT

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WELL, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S HELPFUL TIMING FOR SURE. WE COULD DECIDE BEFORE, I GUESS WE HIRE THE CONSULTANT THEN AND DIDN'T EXPEND THE FUNDS. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. YES, COUNCILMEMBER MURPHY. THANK YOU. MR. I JUST HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. YOU KNOW THAT WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IF SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, LMI, LOWER INCOME AREA AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING A CLEAN WATER IS IMPORTANT. SO IF WE CAN REPAIR THOSE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, LINE TO GIVE THEM CLEAN WATER, THAT'S SOMETHING REALLY WE DON'T SEE THAT LIKE ONE ON ONE BENEFIT, BUT IT BENEFITS THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND ALSO THE SERVICE CONNECTION COULD BE THIS FUND COULD BE USED FOR THE RESTORING OR REPAIRING THE SERVICE CONNECTION FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN THE PRIVATE SIDE, NOT THE PUBLIC SIDE. IF INDIVIDUAL HOUSE, LOW INCOME, YOU HAVE THE WATER LINE BREAKAGE. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I THINK YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WOULD BE A THEN THAT INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNER WOULD NEED TO BE LOW AND MODERATE INCOME. IYOU WERE REPAIRING THE SERVICE, THE PRIVATE PART OF THE SERVICE CONNECTION, THE PUBLIC SIDE WOULD BE MORE BENEFITING A SPECIFIC LOW AND MODERATE INCOME AREA. I WILL LOOK INTO THAT JUST TO MAKE SURE, BUT I THINK YOU COULD FUND IT EITHER WAY. RIGHT. I THINK THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE SINCE WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, IT'S

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[C. PRESENT AND DISCUSS A PROPOSED APPROACH FOR A NEW UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE (UDC) AND FOR ADDRESSING PLANNING AND ZONING RELATED COUNCIL TACTICS]

WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS BE ABLE TO KIND OF GO OUT AND HEAR FROM SOME OF THE CONSULTANTS THAT MIGHT WORK ON THIS PROJECT FOR US TO SEE HOW WE COULD POTENTIALLY BUILD A PLAN THAT WOULD BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO, TO BOTH THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND ENERGY YOU WANT US TO COMMIT TO THIS, AS WELL AS THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO COMMIT AS WELL. AND SO TINA AND ANDREW HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF PUTTING THIS, THIS MENU TOGETHER. AND SO I'M REALLY CURIOUS AND ANXIOUS TO HEAR SOME OF YOUR FEEDBACK ON THAT. SO, TINA, LET ME TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR FURTHER BRIEFING. THANK YOU DON. SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, TINA FERGUSON'S DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. SO IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS PROPOSED APPROACH FOR NEW UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, BUT ALSO ADDRESSING YOUR VARIOUS PLANNING TACTICS. SO THIS SLIDE SHOULD LOOK VERY FAMILIAR TO YOU. SPEAKING OF THOSE TACTICS. AND SO WE ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON PARTICULARLY ITEMS TWO THROUGH FIVE IN FOCUS. OUR DISCUSSION IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA THIS EVENING. SO JUST A QUICK RECAP.

IF YOU RECALL, IT WAS BEFORE YOU BACK ON FEBRUARY 2ND AND WE HAD A DISCUSSION REGARDING OUR CITY'S CURRENT APPROACH TO HOW WE REGULATE ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT HERE WITHIN THE CITY. WE ALSO HAD A DISCUSSION RELATED TO YOUR DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES, BUT AT THE END OF THE CONCLUSION OF THE DISCUSSION, COUNCIL WAS SUPPORTIVE OF CONSIDERING THOSE NEXT STEPS FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH ADOPTING A NEW COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE.

SO WE COMMITTED TO DOING A FOLLOW UP PRESENTATION. SO HENCE WHY I'M BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. ALSO, FAST FORWARD A LITTLE BIT TO APRIL 27TH, WHEN MR. MAGNER GAVE A PRESENTATION OVERVIEW OF THE VARIOUS TACTICS IN THEIR STATUS. AT THAT TIME. HE PLANTED THE IDEA OR PRESENTED THE IDEA, I SHOULD SAY, TO CREATE A MODERN COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE WITH ALL OF OUR ORDINANCES BEING WITHIN ONE CONSOLIDATED DOCUMENT. AND THAT APPROACH COULD ALLOW US TO ALSO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE FIVE SPECIAL ENHANCEMENT AREAS. AND THEN ALSO THIS APPROACH COULD POTENTIALLY ADDRESS SOME OF THE EXISTING ENHANCEMENT REDEVELOPMENT AREAS THAT EXIST WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT REALLY LEADS THEN TO WHERE WE ARE THIS EVENING. AND SO OUR OBJECTIVE THIS EVENING IS TO DISCUSS OUR PROPOSED APPROACH FOR THAT NEW UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, AND HOW IT ALIGNS WITH ADDRESSING YOUR TACTICS, PARTICULARLY TACTICS TWO, THREE, AND FIVE, AND THEN ALSO DISCUSSING OUR PROPOSED APPROACH FOR ADDRESSING YOUR REMAINING COUNCIL TACTIC NUMBER FOUR, AS IT RELATES TO THE EXISTING ENHANCEMENT DEVELOPMENT AREAS. SO UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, THIS IS A NEW TERM THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ME REFERRING TO. AGAIN, MR.

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A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO THIS PROJECT REQUIRES CONSULTANT SUPPORT. THE THE CONSULTANT SUPPORT REALLY AUGMENTS OUR CURRENT TEAM, SO OUR TEAM NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO BE FOCUSED ON OUR OTHER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, ASSISTING THE COMMUNITY APPLICANTS AS THEY. AS WE WORK THROUGH HAVING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE STILL

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AND ON THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, I WOULD ANTICIPATE THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FOR THIS TYPE OF PROJECT WOULD BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE DID ON ENVISION RICHARDSON, ESPECIALLY FROM A STANDPOINT, AGAIN, THAT THIS IS A TECHNICAL DOCUMENT. SO WE WOULD BE ASKING THE PUBLIC, DOES THIS PROPOSE UNIFIED, UNIFIED, EXCUSE ME, UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE ALIGN WITH THE VISION AND THE GOALS THAT ARE SET FORTH AND THE ACTION ITEMS THAT WE PUT FORTH IN THE ENVISION RICHARDSON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND LASTLY, YOU'LL SEE THE BUDGET RELATED TO THIS, WE ANTICIPATE TO BE APPROXIMATELY 900,000 TO $1.1 MILLION ASSOCIATED WITH IT. THE REASON FOR THE LARGE PRICE TAG ASSOCIATED WITH THIS IS PROCESS DRIVES BUDGET. WITH THESE KIND OF PROJECTS. AND FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE NUMBER OF TOUCH POINTS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE COMMUNITY, THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT WE MEET WITH COUNCIL, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, ANY OTHER BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS THAT WE MIGHT BE INVOLVED IN MEETING ON THIS PROJECT, JUST THE OVERALL SIZE AND SCALE ASSOCIATED WITH GATHERING ALL OF OUR ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OR SIGN CODE AND BE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THE VOLUME OF DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE THERE, MAKING SURE THAT AS WE ARE WRITING NEW, NEW DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, THEY ARE WORKING IN TANDEM WITH EACH OTHER AND NOT CONFLICTING WITH EACH OTHER. ALSO, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ASPECT IS AS WELL. SO BECAUSE OF THE MULTIFACETED ASPECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT, HENCE THE LARGER PRICE TAG THAT COMES ALONG WITH IT AND THE CONSULTANT ASSISTANCE.

OF COURSE, WE COULD ALSO LOOK AT FUNDING THIS OVER MULTIPLE FISCAL YEARS IF WE NEEDED TO AS WELL. SO WHAT WE ACCOMPLISH, IF WE DECIDE TO SAY YES TO THIS PROJECT, WE BEGIN WORKING ON IMPLEMENTING IMPLEMENTING THE ENVISION RICHARDSON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 18 ACTION ITEMS THAT ARE CENTERED AROUND BEING ABLE TO ADVANCE OR ADDRESS HOW WE DO DEVELOPMENT HERE WITHIN OUR CITY. OUT OF THOSE 18 ITEMS, 11 OF THEM ARE A HIGH PRIORITY ITEMS. THE ONE WAY TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS MULTIPLE HIGH PRIORITIES AT ONE TIME IS TO DO A PROJECT THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO ADDRESS MANY OF THOSE ASPECTS. BEFORE THE MEETING, I CIRCULATED TO YOU A HANDOUT THAT IDENTIFIES THOSE HIGH PRIORITY AND MEDIUM PRIORITY ACTION ITEMS. I COUNTED THROUGH THEM EARLIER TODAY. I BELIEVE ABOUT 5 TO 7 OF THEM ACTUALLY MAKE REFERENCE TO EITHER ZONING OR REQUIREMENTS OR REGULATIONS WITHIN THEM. SO HENCE WHY THIS PROPOSED UDC COULD ASSIST US IN BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE ITEMS. ALSO, A NEW UDC WOULD ASSIST US WITH ADDRESSING YOUR COUNCIL TACTICS THAT I SHARED WITH YOU ON THAT FIRST SLIDE.

THOSE ITEMS TWO THROUGH FIVE. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I WOULD EXPECT THAT WE WOULD COME OUT OF THIS WITH AN ORDINANCE THAT ALIGNS WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IS ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF A MORE MODERN ERA. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT OUR CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE, ORIGINALLY BEING WRITTEN IN 1956, THIS NEW ORDINANCE WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP ADVANCE US, ADVANCE US FOR THE DECADES OF THE FUTURE. ALSO, IT WOULD BE ABLE TO ASSIST US WITH OUR REDEVELOPMENT AND ADAPTIVE ADAPTIVE REUSE OBJECTIVES AND OUR NEW DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE WITH THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS ADDRESSING THE RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY CONCERNS.

AND I KNOW THAT WAS A CONCERN THAT WAS EXPRESSED BACK WHEN WE MET IN FEBRUARY. OF COURSE, THE ALTERNATE OPTION IS IF WE WERE TO SAY NO TO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, THEN HERE'S I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE COMMUNITY AND YOU ALL WILL BE CONTINUE TO BE CHALLENGED WITH. FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT'S THE ENVISION RICHARDSON IMPLEMENTATION WOULD BE DELAYED, THUS REQUIRING THE CITY TO REPRIORITIZE ITS HIGH PRIORITY ACTIONS AND TAKING A LONGER TERM PHASED APPROACH TO IMPLEMENTATION, SUCH AS IMPLEMENTING, YOU KNOW, 2 OR 3 ACTION ITEMS PER YEAR AS WE WORKED ON THIS. THIS WOULD ALSO AFFECT THE FIVE ENHANCEMENT AREAS NOT ALLOWING US TO ADVANCE OUR REDEVELOPMENT ADAPTIVE REUSE INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE AREAS OR IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE PLAN. ADDITIONALLY, IT WOULD AFFECT US BEING ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH YOUR TACTICS THAT YOU'VE LAID OUT BEFORE US. SO THOSE WOULD BE DELAYED AND WE WOULD LIKELY NEED TO PRIORITIZE THE THE INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL TACTICS TO FOCUS THE STAFF RESOURCES ACCORDINGLY. OF COURSE, WHEN WE DO PROJECTS INDIVIDUALLY AND NOT BUNDLING THEM, WE FIND THAT WE HAVE AN INCREASE IN COSTS. AND THIS IS JUST BECAUSE WE LOSE ECONOMIES OF SCALE WHEN WE'RE WORKING ON PROJECTS OF THIS NATURE, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, AND THAT FACTORS IN TIME OVERALL PROJECT MANAGEMENT, THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE BENEFIT FROM WHEN WE ATTACK, WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO TACKLE MULTIPLE ITEMS TOGETHER INSTEAD OF DOING PROJECTS INDIVIDUALLY. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO OFFER AS A COMPARISON, I THOUGHT THIS WAS KIND OF SOME INTERESTING DATA. SO WE LOOKED BACK AT THE CONTRACTS THAT WERE DONE ON WEST SPRING VALLEY, MAIN STREET CENTRAL, BOTH BOTH PHASES OF ZONING ENTITLEMENT, AS WELL AS THE COLLINS ARAPAHO REZONING EFFORTS. SO OVER TEN YEARS, THE CITY COLLECTIVELY SPENT APPROXIMATELY $1.1 MILLION. SO THOSE PROJECTS WERE FOCUSED ON SPECIFIC TARGETED AREAS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. SO I OFFER THIS AS A COMPARISON BECAUSE THE MONIES THAT WERE SPENT WITHIN THESE THREE PROJECT SPECIFIC AREAS FOR A SIMILAR AMOUNT OF MONEY, WE COULD WRITE A NEW UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT WOULD ACTUALLY APPLY CITYWIDE.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE 28MI■S WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. LASTLY, THAT REMAINING CITY COUNCIL

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ANYTIME, YOU KNOW, TO GO THROUGH SUCH A LENGTHY PROCESS THAT WILL POTENTIALLY AFFECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES FOR DECADES TO COME, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET CITIZEN FEEDBACK AND DEVELOPMENT ENTIRE, ENTIRE, THE ENTIRE PROCESS. SO WHILE IT'S TECHNICAL, GOOD THING WE LIVE IN RICHARDSON, TEXAS, WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF RETIRED ENGINEERS, A LOT OF ENGINEERS, AND WE ARE A CITY BUILT ON BRAINS, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WE HAVE A GOOD POOL OF CITIZENS TO FIND, TO, TO PULL FROM FOR, FOR A SOLID CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COULD YOU I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT HOW LONG THE PROCESS WILL TAKE. COULD YOU REPEAT THAT OR JUST CLARIFY THAT AGAIN, APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS, 24 MONTHS, 24 MONTHS, AND HOW THAT WILL TAKE CARE.

LIKE THREE BUDGET CYCLE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE TWO BUDGETS, DEPENDING ON THE TIMING. IT DEPENDS ON THE TIMING. AND AGAIN, SO WE'RE NOT PROPOSING THAT TO LOAD THIS INTO THE OPERATING BUDGET. WE'RE PROPOSING TO USE RESERVES PRIOR YEAR SAVINGS TO FUND THIS. AND WE OFTEN DO THAT. THAT'S HOW WE FUNDED THE COMP PLAN, THE ENVISION RICHARDSON COMP PLAN.

AND SO THIS WOULD JUST BE BRIDGING IT OVER. YOU'RE PROBABLY TALKING JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS OF FY 26. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MOST OF FY 27 INTO FY, THE START OF FY 28. THAT'S WHY IT'S KIND OF BRIDGE LIKE THAT. NO THAT'S GREAT. I THINK THIS IS I MEAN AS PRESENTED THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE THINGS VERY EFFICIENT. I AGREE THIS WILL, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN BRING EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE AND UPDATE THAT WILL SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS. AND ALSO, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS IS VERY TECHNICAL. AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IN THE

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THAT'S MY OPINION, YES, COUNCILMAN BARRIOS? YEAH, TO TO ANSWER DON'S QUESTION, I DO. I AM SUGGESTING A COMMITTEE COMPLETELY SEPARATE THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. ASIDE FROM THAT, I WOULD ASSUME IT'S SOMETHING LIKE SOME KIND OF FEEDBACK SESSION. I KNOW IN THE PAST WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH ENVISION RICHARDSON, YOU KNOW, WE SET UP LIKE THE HEIGHTS, YOU KNOW, AREA AND PEOPLE CAME IN AND PROVIDED SOME FEEDBACK. I THINK WE DID THAT. HUFFINES AND HEIGHTS REC CENTERS, I THINK SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON THE TAIL END OF IT, JUST TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT WE DIDN'T MAKE AND TO KIND OF PROVIDE THAT, I GUESS, PUBLIC INFORMATION PIECE OF IT.

BUT I THINK HAVING A, AN ADVISORY COMMISSION COMMITTEE, WHATEVER IT ENDS UP GETTING CALLED, I THINK IS, IS IMPORTANT. SO TO RESPOND TO YOUR THAT'S JUST RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION. MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER YEAH, I'M GOING TO DISAGREE. I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE THE CPC. I THINK WE HAVE THE SIGN CONTROL BOARD. THOSE COMMITTEES ARE SPECIFICALLY SET UP TO DEAL WITH WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH WITH THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT THAT WE'VE ALWAYS DONE. I DON'T SEE THE NEED AND THE I DON'T I DON'T SEE THE NEED FOR THAT ADDITIONAL COMMITTEE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD SET THAT UP THAT WAY. SO I'LL, I WOULD I WOULD DISAGREE WITH WITH THAT THOUGHT. SO I'LL JUST WEIGH IN A COUPLE, A COUPLE THOUGHTS. I'M I'M ALWAYS HESITANT ON THE CONSULTING ENGAGEMENTS, ESPECIALLY OF THE SIZE AND SCALE. AND I SUSPECT MAYBE THE OVERALL BUDGET THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE COULD POTENTIALLY BE MAYBE MULTIPLE CONSULTANTS, I DON'T KNOW, FOR DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE PROJECT OR, OR PERHAPS IT'S JUST ONE OVER OVERARCHING ONE, BUT I, I'M HESITANT TO GET SUPER EXCITED ABOUT A CONSULTING ENGAGEMENT OF THAT SIZE, PARTLY BECAUSE I'M, I HAVEN'T NECESSARILY BEEN JUST SUPER BLOWN AWAY BY WHAT WE HAVE HAD FROM CONSULTANTS IN THE PAST.

AND I, I'D WANT TO MAYBE AT LEAST UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE JUST WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO DIFFERENTLY THIS GO ROUND IN A CONSULTANT SELECTION THAT WOULD HELP US MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PICKING SOMEONE WHO'S ACTUALLY GOING TO DO SOMETHING THAT, THAT IT'S GOING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE FOR OUR CITY. AND JUST AS I WAS SAYING, WHAT'S THE BEST OF THE BEST? I'D LOVE TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALSO DOING THAT ON THE CONSULTANT SIDE. SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF COMMENT NUMBER ONE. AND I DON'T EXACTLY KNOW OR FEEL LIKE THERE'S AN EXACT RESPONSE TO THAT OTHER THAN JUST SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE PERHAPS IN THE FUTURE. SEPARATELY ON THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE QUESTION, THE I DID A

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THERE ARE MORE VARIATIONS ON HOW WE COULD APPROACH THIS. SO WE WOULD HAVE SEVERAL OPTIONS, AND YOU WOULD GET TO SEE HOW DIFFERENT CONSULTANTS PROPOSED APPROACHING THOSE THINGS. AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL WOULD HAVE MORE INPUT AND MORE SAY AROUND AROUND THE CONSULTING. LET ME LET ME GO BACK TO THE QUESTION I ASKED COUNCILMAN. AND I'M I'M NOT I'M NOT DISAGREEING NECESSARILY WITH THE ADVISORY COUNCIL. I'M JUST SAYING WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE ADDING A WHOLE NOTHER LAYER OF ENGAGEMENT FROM THE CONSULTANT THAT IS GOING TO IMPACT THE BOTTOM LINE. AND SO MY CLARIFICATION I WAS ASKING WAS, IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, ARE YOU GOING TO BE OKAY REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT? I HEARD COUNCILMAN BARRIO SAY, YES, I JUST WANT TO SAY, IF YOU BRING IN IF YOU BRING IF COUNCILMEMBER, WHAT YOU SAID WAS YOU WERE OKAY, LETTING THE ADVISORY COMMISSION DO WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO. AND THEN AT THE END HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE. IF THAT'S WHEN WE FIND OUT THAT THE COMMUNITY ISN'T ALIGNED WITH WHAT WE'VE DONE. THAT'S, IN MY OPINION, TOO LATE. AND SO I'M TRYING TO TRIANGULATE AMONGST YOU. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME LEVEL OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WE'VE HAD, WHICH HAS BEEN TRADITIONALLY ON AN ENVISION RICHARDSON IN ALL THREE OF THE STUDIES THAT THAT TINA MENTIONED, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS IN ADDITION TO THE ADVISORY COMMISSION, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT COST, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERATION. THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT FROM THE CONSULTANTS WITH WITH THE ADVISORY COMMISSION. SO I'M THE CLARIFICATION I'M ASKING FOR IS IF WE'RE GOING TO DO AN ADVISORY COMMISSION, ARE YOU WILLING TO REDUCE THE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PUBLIC IN THE TRADITIONAL WAY THAT WE HAVE PERFORMED, THAT THROUGH THESE OTHER STUDIES? YOU KNOW, AND I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION BECAUSE I THINK THE COMMUNITY IS ACCUSTOMED TO THAT TYPE OF ENGAGEMENT. COUNCILMAN MORRIS OKAY, I SEE THE CLARIFICATION IN WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ASK. I THINK IT'S GOING TO COME BACK TO. I DON'T I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, IT'S HARD TO CALL SOMETHING A REDUCTION WHEN WE DON'T KNOW THE STARTING POINT. SO ARE YOU SAYING, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S HARD TO TELL WITHOUT EVEN BEGINNING THAT PROCESS WITH THE CONSULTANT? FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE SAYING, LOOK, WE'RE GOING TO DO SIX ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REDUCE THAT TO TWO IF WE CREATE A COMMISSION, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A VALUE TRADE OFF AND A COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT, THEN THAT'S, I THINK, THE VALUE PROPOSITION THIS OR THE NEXT COUNCIL HAVE TO MAKE, DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT TIMING IS. BUT TO SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE IT WHEN WE DON'T KNOW A STARTING POINT IS A IS TOUGH. UNDERSTAND? I THINK THERE'S GOING TO THERE'S A. I GUESS, HAPPY MEDIUM SOMEWHERE IN THERE WHAT THE NUMBER IS. I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER BECAUSE I DON'T I DON'T SEE, YOU KNOW, BREAKOUT COSTS RIGHT NOW. BUT I DO THINK THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE FIGURED OUT WAYS TO DO IT. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY FOR DECADES TO COME, SHOULD ABSOLUTELY HAVE RESIDENT INPUT OTHER THAN EVERY STEP OF THE WAY OUTSIDE OF OUR REGULAR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. OTHER CITIES HAVE FIGURED TO DO IT.

I'M SURE WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO IT. CAN I, COUNCILMAN, LET ME JUST THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WELL, THIS IS YOU KNOW, THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE ON THE ENVISION RICHARDSON OR OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE. I WOULD NOT REDUCE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT WE HAVE, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EXACTLY THE SAME. COPY AND PASTE WHAT WE HAVE

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THESE ARE ALL FORMALITY THAT'S GOING THROUGH. AND I THINK THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MUCH CLEANER, BETTER PRODUCT THAN THAN ANY OTHER THING. SO BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY MORE, YOU KNOW, AFFECTING US MANY MORE YEARS GOING FORWARD. AND IT WILL SIMPLIFY LOTS OF PROCESS THAT IT COMES TO THE COUNCIL. WE DON'T HAVE TO SEE MANY THINGS THAT COMES TO THE COUNCIL. HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY IT'S GOING TO BE ALL AUTOMATED. MOST OF THE THINGS IS GOING TO BE SIMPLIFIED AND DEVELOPER CAN COME AND DO THINGS MUCH MORE EASIER. I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT. SO MAKING LIFE EASY, BUT STILL NOT SACRIFICING THE BENEFIT OF ALL THE THINGS THAT WE COULD HAVE. SO I THINK THIS IS THIS IS ANOTHER LAYER I DO UNDERSTAND, BUT I DO FEEL THAT THIS IS GOING TO HELP US MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM DON, TO SPECIFIC ANSWER. I, I DON'T WANT TO TRADE. I WANT ALL THE COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WE HAD, LIKE WE DID FOR ENVISION RICHARDSON. I HEARD A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WERE VERY, VERY POSITIVE. BY HAVING AS MUCH ENGAGEMENT AS WE HAD. SO AGAIN, I DON'T MEAN TO PUT THIS IN THE HANDS OF I DON'T KNOW WHAT EVEN NUMBER ANYBODY'S THINKING ABOUT DOWN AT THE OTHER END OF THE DAIS, BUT SIX, EIGHT PEOPLENOW I WANT I WANT THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES I MEAN, WE HEARD SOMEONE TONIGHT. I DON'T RIGHT, WRONG OR INDIFFERENT. I'M NOT SAYING I'M NOT COMMENTING ON THAT, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE I CAN'T, BUT I'M JUST SIMPLY SAYING I WANT ALL THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY GET. SO I'M I'M NOT WILLING TO TRADE OUT, YOU KNOW, AND REDUCE THE NUMBER, THE AMOUNT OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

BUT I AM I'M VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY HEARD, YOU KNOW, 300,000 THAT IF FOR WHATEVER REASON, A, A THERE'S SOME TYPE OF EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT COMES THROUGH THAT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE THAT'S A NEW EXPENSE. I MEAN, WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO BE VERY, VERY CONSCIOUS GOING INTO THIS NEXT BUDGET CYCLE FROM A, FROM A, FROM A, FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE SAYING $300,000 THERE AND YES, WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME OF THAT BACK. BUT IF I DID MY MATH RIGHT, IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE ABOUT HALF. SO THAT'S ABOUT 150,000 NEW EXPENSE. NOT OPPOSED TO THAT AT ALL. BUT, YOU KNOW, THEN WE'RE GOING TO SPEND IF WE'RE SAYING 1.1 MILLION. BUT IF WE IF WE'VE GOT TO DO IF WE'RE GOING TO DO MORE, ETC. ETC. THAT THAT JUMPS UP TO 1.5, 1.6 MILLION, WHATEVER THE CASE MIGHT BE. I MEAN, I JUST I DON'T I DON'T UNDERSTAND, WE'VE GOT A CPC, WE'VE GOT A SIGN BOARD. WE'VE, WE'VE VETTED THOSE PEOPLE. WE'VE ASKED THEM TO, TO DO THIS TYPE OF WORK. BUT I WANT I WANT ALL THE, YOU KNOW, I VERY MUCH WANT THE TRANSPARENCY, WHICH I THINK I THOUGHT IN THE PAST WE'VE WE'VE ALL BEEN VERY UNIFIED ON THAT.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW IT'S LIKE, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO HAND THIS OFF TO SIX SPECIAL PEOPLE OR EIGHT SPECIAL PEOPLE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE. I WON'T SAY A NUMBER BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE HAD A NUMBER. BUT YOU KNOW THAT. AND HOW DO WE EVEN DEFINE THAT? I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME IN WITH THEIR BIASES. ET CETERA. ET CETERA. VERSUS IF WE HAVE THE COMPLETE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST, TO ME, THAT'S SO MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN HAVING SOME SMALL BODY WORK ON IT, YOU KNOW, BEHIND THE SCENES. ET CETERA.

ET CETERA. THAT THAT'S BEEN AT LEAST WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM MY EIGHT YEARS ON COUNCIL IS THAT THE CITIZENS DON'T WANT THEY WANT A LOT MORE TRANSPARENCY. AND THAT'S HOW I THINK WE GET THAT BY HAVING ALL THE PUBLIC TYPE OF ENGAGEMENT THAT WE HAD FOR ENVISION, RICHARDSON AND SEVERAL OTHER PROCESSES. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY MY PIECE ON THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE.

THANK YOU. YEAH, I MEAN, I'M I'M COMFORTABLE EITHER WAY. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE. IF YOU COME BACK TO US AND IT'S GOING TO BE $1 MILLION EXTRA TO DO AN ADVISORY COUNCIL COMMISSION, I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT TONE ON THE DAIS. RIGHT. SO I THINK BRING US BOTH OPTIONS AND WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION LATER. AND I AGREE THAT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IS IMPORTANT. I AM VERY CURIOUS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR THIS PROCESS. SO ARE WE JUST GOING TO BE ASKING VERY HIGH LEVEL QUESTIONS LIKE, DO YOU SUPPORT REDUCING PARKING MAXIMUMS, YOU KNOW, OR, YOU KNOW, ARE WE GOING TO BE ASKING THEM, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THREE FOOT SETBACKS? BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THE QUALITY OF FEEDBACK WE MAY GET WILL BE VERY DIFFERENT. AND THAT'S WHERE THE VALUE OF A PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEE COULD COME INTO PLAY TO PROVIDE US THAT MORE TECHNICAL FEEDBACK. BUT I, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SUPPORT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. YOU KNOW THAT. SO I'M IN FAVOR OF THAT. AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO

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AND THEN THE LAST THING AS FAR AS THE TRANSPARENCY IS CONCERNED, YOU KNOW, IF WE DECIDE THAT WE WANT, LIKE WE DO WITH CPC AND OTHERS TO DO TELEVISED OR RECORDED MEETINGS, I'M SURE THAT'S ALL CAN BE A PART OF WHAT WE WANT TO DO. IF WE HAVE ANY CONCERN ABOUT TRANSPARENCY BEING AN ISSUE THERE. FOR NOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO GO ASK FOR A NUMBER OF RFPS AND SEE WHAT KIND OF NUMBERS WE COME BACK WITH, AND THEN PERHAPS JUST REASSESS. AT THAT TIME. I DO THINK, AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT SEPARATELY, BUT BUT BASED ON EVEN SOME OF THE COMMUNICATION BACK AND FORTH, THIS PROJECT IS DIFFERENT THAN A NUMBER OF OUR OTHER VISIONING PROJECTS WHERE IT REQUIRED A TON OF INPUT FROM THE RESIDENTS.

THAT'S NOT TO SAY WE WOULD DO LESS INPUT, BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT KIND OF PROJECT. SO IT MAY BE THAT THIS TYPE OF PROJECT DOESN'T REQUIRE AS MUCH INPUT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, TO

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SO I JUST LOVE TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE EXPERTS GUIDING US ON THAT. SO. ALL RIGHT. AND JUST TO OFFER CLARIFICATION, OUR INTENTION IS TO ISSUE AN RFQ, RFQ FOR QUALIFICATION. I KNOW WE'VE BEEN KIND OF THROWN OUT RFP ALSO. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THAT, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S ALL ABOUT FINDING THE RIGHT PARTNER WITH US FOR THIS

[E. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE CITY COUNCIL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES RELATED TO KEY TO THE CITY AND NAMING POLICIES]

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THESE ASSOCIATED TACTICS THAT GO ALONG WITH YOUR PLAN, STARTING FIRST WITH THE KEY TO THE CITY POLICY AND DESIGN REVIEW. SO WE'LL LOOK AT THE POLICY SOME BULLET POINTS ON IN FOR YOUR DISCUSSION ON FEEDBACK ON WHAT THAT POLICY SHOULD ENTAIL, OR SOME IDEAS THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING FOR YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK. AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT SOME DESIGNS THAT WE'VE DRAWN UP JUST TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE DIRECTION THAT THAT IS GOING AS WELL. SO LOOKING AT THE POLICY ITSELF AND FINDING A WAY TO FORMALIZE THIS APPROACH AND HOW WE MOVE FORWARD, ONE IS DEFINING THE KEY TO THE CITY AS THE HIGHEST HONOR FROM THE CITY GOVERNMENT. AND THAT THAT IS HOW THIS WOULD BE DEFINED GOING FORWARD. WE WOULD PUT THAT WITHIN POLICY, THAT THAT'S HOW THIS POSITION WOULD BE, OR THIS THIS AWARD WOULD BE DESIGNED FOR EITHER INDIVIDUALS OR ORGANIZATIONS. AND IN RECOGNITION OF THAT, THERE ARE TWO MECHANISMS HERE, ONE FOR EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE, AND THEN THE OTHER WOULD BE FOR EXCEPTIONAL CONTRIBUTION THINKING THAT SERVICE MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE MORE IN DURATION, SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT LONGER, BUT NOT LIMITING IT TO THAT, BECAUSE IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE EXCEPTIONAL IN SOME CONTRIBUTION, SOMETHING THAT IS DONE THAT YOU, AS THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD DETERMINE IS IS WORTHY OF THIS STATE. THE KEY TO THE CITY RECOGNITION THEN GOING ON WOULD BE IT WOULD BE PRESENTED AT A CIVIC CEREMONY OR SOME KIND OF EVENT, SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE NOT NECESSARILY A CITY COUNCIL MEETING. PROCLAMATIONS ARE WELL KNOWN FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND THIS KIND OF FORUM, BUT THE THOUGHT WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD PUT IN POLICY THAT SHOULD THE THE KEY TO THE CITY BE PRESENTED, THAT IT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITHOME KIND OF CEREMONIAL EVENT OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE ABOVE AND BEYOND JUST A NORMAL WEEKLY EVENT. AND ALSO WITHIN THIS POLICY, THE LAST BULLET POINT THAT YOU SEE IS IT WOULD BE SOMETHING RARE AND RESERVED THAT THE FREQUENCY OR THE CADENCE AT WHICH THESE WOULD BE PRESENTED, THAT THERE AT LEAST WOULD BE A IDENTIFICATION OF HOW HOW FREQUENTLY THOSE ARE GOING. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE CREATED FOR YOUR DISCUSSION SO THAT AS YOU ARE SELECTING THESE, THAT THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING IN POLICY THAT WOULD BE IDENTIFIED AS HOW OFTEN IT AGAIN, TO GO WITH YOUR DISCUSSION THAT WHEN YOU'RE DECIDING TO, TO PRESENT A KEY TO THE CITY. AND FINALLY, HERE, THE KEY SHALL NOT BE ISSUED IN RECOGNITION OF IDEOLOGICAL, POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.

AGAIN, JUST SEPARATING OUT THE SERVICE AND THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY ITSELF, NOT BASED ON SOME OTHER RELATED ITEM AS YOU SEE THERE. THE BULLET POINT YOU SEE AT THE TOP ON THIS PAGE THAT IT WOULDN'T BE THAT THE KEY TO THE CITY WOULD BE BASED ON JUST AN INDIVIDUAL. IT COULD GO TO AN ORGANIZATION OR AN ENTITY THAT IT ALLOWING THE POLICY THAT IT BE DEFINED AS

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BUT EITHER THE MAYOR OR DESIGNEE WOULD PRESENT OVER TO THE ENTITY OR TO THE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS SELECTED. SO NOW WE GET INTO THE DRAFTS OF THE KEY TO THE CITY. WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES THAT YOU WILL SEE. ONE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE TRADITIONAL, ONE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE. PERHAPS YOU MAY SEE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE MODERN. THE TRADITIONAL GOES WITH THE TYPICAL BRASS KEY, WITH THE THE DESIGN HAVING, OF COURSE, JUST COMING OFF THE HEELS OF THE WILDFLOWER FESTIVAL WILDFLOWER DESIGN BUILT INTO IT. OF COURSE, THE STAR. WE'RE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND SO THAT BUILT IN THE SYMBOLISM BUILT IN WITH THE KEY.

AND WITH THAT, OF COURSE, GOES OUR CITY BRANDING, OUR ESTABLISHMENT DATE. AND THEN AS YOU GO OVER, YOU SEE WE'RE WORKING WITH SOMETHING. I MEAN, IT'S ALMOST A TAGLINE OR SO THAT YOU MAY SEE. ONE OF THE OPTIONS HERE WOULD BE INNOVATION WITH A BEAT, WHICH LEADS INTO OUR CULTURAL ARTS ASPECTS OF THE COMMUNITY. AND SO THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE PIANO KEYS AT THE END. AND SO WHEN THE THE KEY IS PRESENTED, IT WOULD BE IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS. NOW THIS IS AN AI GENERATED IMAGE THAT YOU SEE. THE AREA THAT YOU SEE AT THE TOP, THE TRIANGLE WOULD BE A CITY FLAG. AND SO THIS LOOKS VERY, YOU KNOW, THE CITY LOGO DIRECTLY ON IT. BUT THINK MORE. ONE OF OUR CITY FLAGS LIKE ONE BEHIND ME, THAT WOULD BE, AS YOU'VE SEEN, FOLDED INTO A TRIANGLE AND PLACED IN THIS AREA. AND THEN OF COURSE, THE KEY WITH A PLAQUE AT THE BOTTOM THAT WOULD HAVE THE NAME OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR TO, OR THE ENTITY, THE DATE AND THE RECOGNITION, WHAT IT'S TIED TO FOR FOR THE PRESENTATION. NEXT OPTION WOULD BE SOMETHING PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT MORE UPDATED FEEL OR LOOK, WE'D HAVE AN ACRYLIC KEY IN THE HANDLE AREA. WE WOULD HAVE SOMETHING THAT LOOKS ALONG THE LINES OF A COMPUTER CHIP SYMBOL SYMBOLIC OF OUR TECHNOLOGY, TECHNOLOGICAL HERITAGE, AND OF COURSE, WITH THE CITY LOGO THERE, ETCHED DETAILS HERE COULD BE A CREATIVE PULSE OF PROGRESS. AND THEN, OF COURSE, AS WITH THE OTHER KEY LEADING INTO THAT CULTURAL ARTS CONNECTION THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. AND SO THOSE ARE, OH, SORRY, THIS ESSENTIALLY WOULD BE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, THIS SAME SAME LAYOUT AND DESIGN, JUST A DIFFERENT TYPE, TYPE, TYPE AND STYLE OF KEY.

AND SO WITH THAT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON. YEAH, I BET YOU THERE WILL BE A FEW QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON. COUNCILMEMBER BARRIOS. THANK YOU, GREG, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS. A COUPLE CLARIFICATION QUESTIONS. SORRY, ARE YOU SUGGESTING WE PICK ONE OR THE OTHER, CREATE OR CREATE SOMETHING DIFFERENT OR. I MEAN, IT'S ONE I GUESS I'M STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND. ARE YOU SUGGESTING TWO DESIGNS, ONE FOR MORE TECH FOCUSED TYPE OF RECIPIENTS AND MORE ART FOCUSED RECIPIENTS? I'M I THINK WE WANT ONE. AND WE JUST THEY'RE ASKING FOR OUR INPUT. YEAH. FOR WHICH ONES WE SEEM TO LIKE BETTER, OR IF WE'D LIKE TO TWEAK ONE OR THE OTHER. ARE THEY MORE OR LESS SIMILAR COSTS? I'M GUESSING ROUGHLY THE MOST EXPENSIVE ITEM ON THIS SETUP THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS REALLY THE BOX. THE BOX, YEAH.

WAS NOW WITH THE, THE ACRYLIC, THAT'LL BE THE LESS, LESS EXPENSIVE VERSION OF THE KEY ITSELF, HAVING THE ACRYLIC AS OPPOSED TO THE BRASS. I THINK IT'S NEGLIGIBLE. I WOULDN'T CONSIDER COST. YEAH. IT'S NOT A BIG DIFFERENCE. OKAY. THE YOU MENTIONED CIVIC CEREMONIAL EVENT. SO WHEN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, LUNAR NEW YEAR OR SOME KIND OF EVENT, WE WOULD PRESENT THESE IN THOSE TYPE OF SITUATIONS WHERE WE ALREADY HAVE, WE'RE NOT CREATING WHOLE NEW EVENTS AT THE ISEMAN EVERY FEW MONTHS TO PRESENT THE KEY. IS THAT WHAT THAT'S UP TO? THE

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IS THERE ANY WAY TO INCORPORATE IT? I KNOW WE ALREADY HAVE A LOT GOING ON WITH THE KEY ABOVE, BUT I WONDER IN THE THE KEY ITSELF IS POTENTIALLY COULD THAT BE LIKE A CHIP? YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT TRYING TO ADD MORE COST TO IT, OF COURSE, BUT I KNOW THAT JUST BECAUSE I WE'RE A TECH, WE'RE A TECHNOLOGY CITY. AND I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE TECHNOLOGY THERE RIGHT IN THE ON THE STEM OF THE KEY, BUT I DO LIKE WHAT'S ACTUALLY ON THE ACRYLIC.

SO I MEAN, IT'S JUST A THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, TO MAYBE PLAY AROUND WITH IT TO SEE IF IT'S EVEN AN OPTION. BUT I DO, I DO LIKE THAT KEY. THE BOX ITSELF LOOKS LOOKS GOOD. MY ONLY COMMENT ON THAT WOULD BE INSTEAD OF HAVING THE ARCH, WOULD IT, COULD IT BE AROUND, YOU KNOW, LIKE THIS, A ROUND PIECE THAT SITS ON TOP, POTENTIALLY NOT ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE EDGE, BUT JUST LIKE A CIRCLE WITH THE RICHARDSON, YOU KNOW, CIRCLE AND LOGO INSTEAD OF ONE, YOU KNOW, THAT COMES TO LIKE KIND OF LIKE A HOUSE POINT. IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A FOLDED FLAG. OH, OH, IS THAT WHAT IT IS? OKAY, SORRY ABOUT THAT. IT WOULD BE HARD TO FOLD. OKAY. WELL, YEAH, THAT WOULD BE KIND OF DIFFICULT, WOULDN'T IT? THAT WOULD BE A NEW FOLD FOR US. YES. SO IS THE SUGGESTION TO TAKE TO TRY TO ACHIEVE THE COMPUTER CHIP SOMEWHERE IN THE KEY. BUT TO REPLACE THE. ARE YOU ARE YOU SUGGESTING TO REPLACE THE FLOWERS AND THE STAR? BECAUSE THAT WHERE ELSE WOULD YOU CHOP OFF THE THE TEETH OF THE KEY THERE AT THE BOTTOM AND MAKE THAT A CHIP? I THINK THAT'S YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF I MEAN, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE SHAPE AND THE SIZE OR WHATEVER, AND IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE PART OF THE, THE KEY ITSELF. SO NOT, NOT HAVE THE MUSIC, NOT HAVE THE MUSIC NOTES. YEAH. HAVE THE CHIP. YEAH. EITHER WAY, I'M JUST SUGGESTING, I MEAN, I LIKE IT AS IS. I MEAN, IT'S FINE. I'M JUST THROWING OUT A COUPLE OTHER SUGGESTIONS IN CASE, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD TO KIND OF JUST PLAY AROUND WITH WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. YEAH, I LIKE, I LIKE THAT YOU SAID YOU LIKE IT AS IT IS. ACTUALLY, THAT WAS A FAVORITE. THAT WAS MY OPTION. THAT'S ALL I HEARD. THAT WAS OPTION ONE. ANYWAY, THAT'S MY COMMENT. I MAY NOT HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF EXPLAINING IT. IF YOU NOTICE, IN THE. SO IT SAYS TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICAL. THERE. THERE'S A CIRCUIT BOARD DESIGN AROUND THE INNOVATION WITH A.

WITH A BEAT, I SAW THAT. YEAH. OKAY. I DIDN'T KNOW IF I KNOW I DIDN'T REALLY IT'S FINE. I JUST THOUGHT I WAS JUST TRYING TO BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT. BUT I ONLY HAVE TWO QUESTIONS WHEN WE'RE NOMINATING AN INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATION OF SOME SORT, DO WE DOES THAT STANDARD PROTOCOL WHERE WE PROVIDE THAT TO THE CITY MANAGER OR WHO DO WE WHO DO WE SUBMIT THAT INFORMATION TO OR REQUEST YOU? WOULD ANY MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL COULD NOMINATE AN INDIVIDUAL OR ORGANIZATION TO RECEIVE THE. THE KEY TO THE CITY THAT WOULD GO TO CITY MANAGER, WHO WOULD THEN PUT THAT ON TO A FUTURE ITEM FOR THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE ON. OKAY, YEAH, THAT WAS MY QUESTION. I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHO TO REPORT IT TO. AND THE SECOND THING, SINCE THIS IS KIND OF REALLY MORE OF A, I DON'T KNOW, SPECIAL AWARD, IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD DISCUSS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO, YOU KNOW, APPROVING IF WE WANT TO KNOW. PARDON. NO, THIS WE WERE IN ANTICIPATION OF PERHAPS A QUESTION ALONG THOSE LINES. WE CONFIRMED THAT THIS NOR ANY NAMING CONSIDERATIONS WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. OKAY. SO IT WOULD BE IN PUBLIC. THANK YOU. I THINK I'M JUST GOING TO I DON'T REMEMBER WHO I'VE CALLED ON, BUT I'LL CALL YOU NEXT. COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE. THANK YOU. YEAH. JUST A TECHNICAL QUESTION. IN THE POLICY, YOU SAID THIS IS FOR THE THIS IS THE HIGHEST HONOR THAT A MUNICIPALITY CAN MAKE INFER. WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE NAMING POLICY NEXT. I WOULD THINK THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE JUST NEED TO TWEAK THE LANGUAGE TO MAKE CLEAR. I THINK THAT YOU MEAN FOR LIKE A SYMBOLIC THING, LIKE A KEY, POTENTIALLY. BUT THAT LANGUAGE IS CONCERNING BECAUSE I THINK NAMING BALL FIELDS OR SOMETHING AFTER SOMEBODY IS A HIGHER HONOR THAN A KEY AND A LITTLE MORE PUBLIC. SO I WOULD JUST. CAN WE FIX THAT LANGUAGE SOMEHOW SO THAT WE'RE NOT

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NO, I COULDN'T, I COULDN'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE TO CALL NEXT. IT WASN'T THE NAME PART. YEAH.

NO THANK YOU. YEAH. NO IT'S IT'S ALL GOOD. BUT YOU KNOW. I DON'T KNOW IF WE SHOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ANY CRITERIA THAT. I DON'T, I DON'T LIKE TO PUT A CONDITION THERE.

OKAY. YOU HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN THINGS BEFORE SOMEONE CAN NOMINATE SOMEONE. OTHERWISE, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS COUNCIL, BUT IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE JUST. OKAY, I'M GOING TO PUT HIM. PUT HER ON THE ON THE COUNCIL MEETING. YOU KNOW, IF IT DOESN'T GO THROUGH, DOESN'T GO THROUGH LIKE IT COULD BE. I HOPE THIS DOESN'T BECOME LIKE ANOTHER. POLITICAL GAMES LIKE IN THE FUTURE. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE SOMETHING, SOMETHING SPECIAL.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO. BUT THIS BUT AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE TO THINK ABOUT.

BUT MUCH EASIER POINT IS HERE, LIKE THE DESIGN THAT'S MORE COMPLICATED. BUT IF WE LOOK FOR THE YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, ARE YOU INTERESTED IN A HIGHER BAR OF APPROVAL OR BEING ABLE TO CONSIDER A NOMINEE? BECAUSE, I MEAN, YOU COULD YOU'LL SEE IN THE NAMING FOR THE EXACT POINT THAT COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE MADE, WE'RE RECOMMENDING A SUPERMAJORITY. SO YOU COULD YOU COULD RAISE THE BAR, BUT IT DEPENDS ON DO YOU WANT TO RAISE THE BAR FOR APPROVAL, OR DO YOU WANT TO RAISE THE BAR FOR THE CONSIDERATION? BOTH. OKAY. WELL, THAT'S YOUR PREROGATIVE AS WELL. IT'S BOTH. BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ANOTHER THING THE COUNCIL TO DECIDE, I THINK. I'M NOT SURE WHAT IF WE LIMIT THE NUMBER WE DO PER YEAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO IT DOESN'T TURN INTO WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. COULD WE HAVE LIKE 30 OF THEM EVERY YEAR? AND IT'S A BUDGET IMPACT. SO MAYBE THAT COULD. YEAH, I DON'T THINK THAT BUDGET IMPACT IS GOING TO BE THAT BIG DEAL. YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY INSIGNIFICANT. WE CAN RAISE THE FUNDS EVEN FROM THE COMMUNITY SPONSORSHIP. WELL, IF WE DO ALL THESE EVENTS AT THE ISEMAN OR. THEN THERE'S ALL KINDS OF. BUT AS LONG AS IF WE DON'T CREATE ANOTHER EVENT FOR THIS, THEN MUCH CHEAPER. BUT YEAH, OF COURSE WE CAN RAISE THE BAR LIKE SUPERMAJORITY AND OTHER THINGS. SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, DETAIL. BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THOSE TWO DESIGN THAT YOU HAVE. CAN YOU BRING THOSE FLOUR AND CHIP? YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, BRASS, IT LOOKS BETTER, BUT NOT ALL THE DESIGN THERE. EVEN THE THE NEXT DESIGN THAT YOU HAVE, I THINK THAT THAT CIRCUIT THING HAS CHANGED. IT HAS IT IS LIKE OLD CIRCUIT. WE CAN WE CAN THINK ABOUT SOMETHING NEWER CIRCUIT, NEWER CHIP, MAYBE SILICON WAFER, SILICON WAFER, SILICON WAFER, MAYBE. YEAH, YEAH. OR MAYBE EVEN THERE'S SOMETHING BETTER THAN THAT. IT'S NOT EVEN SILICON WAFER THAT'S EVEN PASSED SOMETHING. YOU CAN GO MORE ADVANCED THAT, BUT MAYBE THE OTHER KEY COULD BE LIKE ONE OF THE CHIP COULD BE INTO THAT ONE FLOWER. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT AI CAN AI CAN GENERATE A BUNCH OF OPTION INSTEAD OF HAVING FIVE FLOWER, YOU COULD HAVE ONE CHIP THERE, FOUR FLOWER THERE AND DIFFERENT THINGS, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE YOU COULD. I THOUGHT ABOUT LIKE PUTTING THIS THING INTO USB DRIVE. YOU CAN GET SOMETHING OUT OF IT. BUT AGAIN, THAT TECHNOLOGY CAN. WHAT IF WE REMOVE THE INNOVATION WITH A BEAT TEXT? AND JUST THE WHOLE RAP OF THAT SECTION WAS MORE OF A CHIP SO THAT IT WAS MORE PROMINENT. THERE YOU GO. THAT'S ANOTHER YEAH, THAT'S ANOTHER COULD BE ANOTHER GOOD OPTION.

BUT ANYWAY, I DON'T LIKE TO SEE THAT REALLY KEY. IT'S BETTER TO HAVE THE BRASS. THIS IS MORE.

BUT YOU KNOW, HAVING IF THIS THIS STARTED 20 YEARS AGO, THIS WAS FINE. I THINK WE ARE 20 YEARS BEHIND THIS SCHEME. SO WE NEED TO MAKE IT MORE ELEVATED. WOW. FOR 2026. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A FEW MORE DESIGN BEFORE MAKING EVEN ANY RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCILMAN BORIS, THANK YOU. MAYOR DON, I LIKE YOUR SUGGESTION BECAUSE I WAS STRUGGLING WITH THE PHRASE AND I WAS STRUGGLING TO COME UP WITH ANOTHER PHRASE. SO I LIKE YOUR SUGGESTION ON THE, I DON'T KNOW, THE SHAFT OF THE KEY. FORGIVE ME FOR THIS MAY BE IGNORANCE, BUT THE RED FLOWER IS THAT. OR DO WE HAVE AN OFFICIAL CITY FLOWER? AND IS IT THAT FLOWER? NO, THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE. IT'S. IT'S ONE OF THE DESIGNS FROM THE THE SOMETHING THAT WILDFLOWER SEED MIX THAT WE USE FOR THE PLANTINGS ACROSS THE CITY. OKAY. HOW MANY OF THESE BECAUSE WE

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I'M AWARE OF TWO. TWO. YEAH. OKAY. SO THE DESIGN THE I I'M KIND OF WITH COUNCILMAN SHAMSUL WITH THE DOUBLE WITH RAISING THE BAR ON BOTH OF THOSE. DEFINITELY WITH HOW MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS IT TAKES TO GET ON IT. BECAUSE I KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO GET SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA, BUT YET IT'S GOING TO TAKE ONE TO GIVE A KEY TO THE CITY. LIKE IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A WEIRD RATIO THERE. OUR COMPARISON. SO I THINK WE NEED TO RAISE THE BAR ON BOTH OF THOSE. SO SO 3 TO 3 COUNCILMAN BORROWS THREE TO GET IT ON FOR DISCUSSION AND THEN A SUPERMAJORITY TO APPROVE IT. I WOULD SAY, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. I MEAN, I'M OPEN TO DISCUSSION, BUT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, AS OF RIGHT NOW, THAT'S WHERE I THINK I AM.

THE CONCERN ABOUT COSTS ASSOCIATED, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, IF WE SAID THINKING ABOUT COSTS AND AND WHAT ARE THESE GOING TO LOOK LIKE AS A, AS A BUDGET LINE ITEM? I DON'T THINK IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY IT'S $700 FOR THE BOX AND THE FLAG AND, OR, YOU KNOW, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S SAY $1,000 JUST TO MAKE IT ROUND. EVEN THEN THAT WILL COMPARE. THAT WOULD BE SMALL COMPARED TO THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH STAFF CLEANUP, YOU KNOW, A DESSERT RECEPTION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH AN EVENT AT THE ICEMAN. IF WE WERE TO DO AN EVENT LIKE THAT, I THINK THAT'S WHERE THOSE COSTS BECOME BIGGER. SO THAT TO ME IS A BIG RED FLAG AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS. I LOVE THE IDEA OF THE OF THE KEY I LOVE. I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THAT ASSOCIATED COSTS AND MAKE SURE WE TAKE THOSE INTO CONSIDERATION. DON, A SECOND AGO, I THINK IT WAS COUNCILMAN DORIAN, MAYBE IT WAS MAYOR PRO TEM ASKED A QUESTION AND YOU RESPONDED SOMETHING ABOUT EXECUTIVE SESSION. I DIDN'T CATCH ALL THAT. DO YOU MIND REPEATING THAT? SO I MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU SAID. YES. JUST JUST IN ANTICIPATION OF BOTH THE KEY TO THE CITY DELIBERATIONS AS WELL AS POTENTIAL NAMING, WE JUST RAN SOME TRAPS TO MAKE TO WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO ASK POSED THE QUESTION OF, COULD EITHER OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS BE ELIGIBLE FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE? AND ESSENTIALLY THE ANSWER WAS NO. AND SO THAT THAT WAS THE THE THE FEEDBACK, COUNCILMAN. THE OTHER THING IS, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD, IF YOU WERE GOING TO CAP THE NUMBER OF KEYS TO THE KEYS TO THE CITY THAT COULD BE GIVEN OUT IN ANY GIVEN YEAR, WE WOULD AT LEAST HAVE A CEILING IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THREE A YEAR OR FIVE A YEAR, I MEAN, WE WOULD KNOW ESSENTIALLY THE COST OF THE KEY TO THE CITY IN THE BOX. AND, AND THEN IF WE WERE GOING TO HAVE ANY RECEPTIONS, WE COULD WE COULD ACCOUNT FOR THAT. BUT SO I THINK THERE'S A WAY, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD AND TO, TO, TO MANAGE THAT EFFECTIVELY FROM A BUDGET. AND, YOU KNOW, WORST CASE, YOU WOULDN'T GIVE OUT AS MANY. AND, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE A SAVINGS ACTUALLY. AND PERHAPS WE CAN DO IT ALL AT ONCE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S NOT THE ONLY AWARD WE GIVE OUT. I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S A AT LEAST A WORTHY CONVERSATION. I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULD COMBINE IT WITH THIS STUFF, BUT I THINK AT LEAST I'M JUST THINKING OUT LOUD. I'M THINKING, OKAY, WHAT'S WHAT'S THAT LOOK LIKE STAFF BECAUSE I KNOW STAFF IS, IS A LOT OF TIMES WHERE THOSE HIDDEN COSTS ARE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

MAYOR PRO TEM, I WAS JUST GOING TO THROW OUT THE IDEA OF RATHER THAN HAVING A SEPARATE RECEPTION. WE HAVE STATE OF THE CITY, WE HAVE 4TH OF JULY AND WE HAVE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

COULD WE NOT, YOU KNOW, IF WE SAID, GIVEN THAT, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE, I DON'T KNOW, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, WHATEVER THE NUMBER IS, IF WE KIND OF SAID, OKAY, FIRST QUARTER, WE DO IT AT STATE OF THE CITY, SECOND, THIRD QUARTER, WE DO IT 4TH OF JULY. AND LAST QUARTER OF THE YEAR WE DO AT BOARDS AND COMMISSION. THEN THEN THERE'S WE'RE AT LEAST THEN WE'RE ONLY REALLY INCURRING THE COST OF THE, OF THE KEY ITSELF AND THE, AND THE FLAG AND THE, AND THE BOX. BUT WE'RE NOT COMING. WE'RE NOT HAVING TO SPEND AN ADDITIONAL.

AND I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT A RECEPTION COSTS SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS, I'M GUESSING.

I DON'T KNOW THAT NUMBER, BUT IF WE JUST DID IT ALREADY WITH SOMETHING ELSE, COULD WE NOT DO.

COULD WE NOT PROPOSE IT THAT WAY? SURE. YEAH. YES. I THINK FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, AT LEAST, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR JUMPING IN, BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE BUDGET YEAR WHERE WE ARE UP AGAINST THE LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION THAT'S ALREADY KIND OF GONE ON AROUND THIS THUS FAR HAS BEEN, LET'S JUST PIGGYBACK IT ON ANOTHER EVENT. YEAH. WHAT

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IF WE ARE IN THE CURRENT YEAR THAT WE'RE IN, YOU KNOW, WE MAY SAY, HEY, LET'S LET'S LOOK AT THE 4TH OF JULY, FOR EXAMPLE. THAT'S COMING UP AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ONE OF THOSE KEYS TO THE CITY. SO I THINK WE CAN HOPE THAT BOTH THIS COUNCIL AND FUTURE COUNCILS WILL ALWAYS KIND OF KEEP IN MIND THE BUDGET WHENEVER THEY'RE MAKING EACH OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS.

THERE MAY BE YEARS WHEN THERE'S NO KEY TO THE CITY, AND THERE MAY BE YEARS WHERE THERE'S MULTIPLE, AND YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT THE CONDITIONS ARE THAT COULD THAT COULD COME UP, THAT MIGHT CREATE IT. SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY $0.02 ON THAT PART. BUT COUNCILMAN DORIAN. YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR, I AM AND I KIND OF AGREE WITH THAT AS WELL. AND WE DON'T HAVE TO SPECIFICALLY, I LOVE TYING IT INTO AN EXISTING EVENT, THOUGH, TO SAVE COST, BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT ON EVERY SINGLE EVENT. AND TO YOUR POINT, YES. I MEAN, I SAID THIS I THINK A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THIS, THAT THE KEY TO THE CITY SHOULD BE SOMETHING EXTREMELY SPECIAL AND WE SHOULD NOT JUST GIVE IT OUT ALL THE TIME. AND, YOU KNOW, I, I HAD IN MY HEAD, I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE GOING TO DO ANYTHING AT ALL A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR, MAYBE, BUT, BUT TO YOUR POINT, YOU, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE A SPECIAL SITUATION ONE YEAR WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE TO MAKE AN ALTERNATE DECISION. AND I THINK THAT'S FINE. BUT I MEAN, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE GAVE A KEY TO THE CITY? YOU SAID THERE'S BEEN ONLY TWO GIVEN IN THE HISTORY OF APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AGO. ABOUT TWO. OKAY. SO YEAH, I THINK IT SHOULD BE VERY, VERY SPECIAL. BUT YEAH, THAT'S I AGREE. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN JUSTICE. YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO CHIME IN ON THAT. I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO THAT. THREE NEED TO GET THIS ON THE AGENDA. I THINK THAT ADDRESSES SOME OF WHAT COUNCILMAN WAS TALKING ABOUT AND TAKES OUT SOME OF THE POLITICS FROM THAT FOR SURE.

AND WE'RE NOT HAVING A DISCUSSION JUST BECAUSE ONE PERSON THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT IDEA. AND I'M OKAY WITH THE SUPERMAJORITY AS WELL, RIGHT? THIS IS A VERY HIGH HONOR IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE. ARE WE SAYING SUPERMAJORITY IS FIVE, SIX, SIX? OKAY, COOL. IT'S FINE BY ME. SO I THINK WHAT WE'VE I THINK WE'VE GENERALLY AGREED, AT LEAST ON SOME OF THE PROCESS POINTS, WHICH MAKE IT KIND OF AS A. AS ROBUST AS YOU WOULD WANT FOR SOMETHING THAT'S THIS KIND OF AN HONOR ON THE DESIGN. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE GIVEN ENOUGH OR HAVE WE FEEDBACK. I REALLY LIKE THIS DESIGN. I DO UNDERSTAND AND YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST STARTED TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THIS STUFF, I WANTED THERE TO BE A COMPUTER CHIP OR SOMETHING BECAUSE I WANTED SOMETHING TO DESIGNATE THAT INNOVATION PART. THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THIS THAT FEELS TRADITIONAL, BUT TRADITIONAL IN A GOOD WAY. I, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE A CITY FLOWER, OR AT LEAST NOT THAT I KNOW OF. AND SO TO HAVE FIVE OF SOMETHING THAT ISN'T EXACTLY THE CITY FLOWER WOULD PROBABLY BE A LITTLE BIT SOMETHING. IT'S NITPICKY, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD THINK WE MAY WANT TO KIND OF CONSIDER IF WE WENT THIS DIRECTION. WHAT IF WE, WHAT IF WE COME BACK WITH MAYBE TWO OR MAYBE THREE OPTIONS WHERE WE ELIMINATE THE WORDING AND CREATE A MORE PROMINENT TECH FEEL TO THAT PART OF THE KEY? WE'VE GOT THE MUSIC FOR THE HEISMAN CENTER AND THE WILDFLOWER FESTIVAL, AND THEN MAYBE GREG, WE COULD LOOK AT SOME OTHER FLOWERS THAT ARE IN THAT MIX THAT THAT WE'VE USED NOW FOR 25 YEARS. AND MAYBE IT COULD BE DIFFERENT COLOR, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT FLOWERS. BUT IF THAT SOUNDS LIKE A OKAY, NEXT STEP, WE'LL, WE'LL, I THINK SO, GREG. I CAN'T TELL IF GREG THINKS THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. YEAH, NO, I'M WRITING IT DOWN. I'M WRITING IT NOW. THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S GOOD. WE'LL LOOK INTO WHAT OPTIONS WE CAN DO. OKAY. YEAH. AND WE'LL BRING BRING BACK TO MAYBE THREE VARIATIONS.

BUT IS THAT HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION OVERALL? YES. HOW FAST CAN THEY MAKE ONE OF THESE? LIKE, LET'S SAY WE DID LOVE IT EXACTLY AS IT WAS. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO CREATE ONE? SO I HAD OUR THE PERSON LOOKING INTO THAT AND WE'D HAVE TO HAVE A DIE CAST. AND HE HASN'T GOTTEN BACK TO ME. IT'S BEEN I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A FEW WEEKS, SO I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S HAVING A DIFFICULTY TRYING TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT CAN EVEN DO IT. SO I WOULD HOPE THAT. WELL, TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, WHEN WE DO THE MEDALLIONS FOR THE BOND PROGRAM, THAT'S ABOUT A THREE MONTH TURNAROUND. WE HAVE TO GET THE DIE CAST. AND THEN IT'S A LONG PROCESS. I DON'T KNOW

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I MEAN, WE WERE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WE NEEDED TO DRILL DOWN A LITTLE. SO. WE'RE OFF NEXT WEEK.

WE'RE GOING TO SHOOT TO HAVE THOSE DESIGNS BACK TO YOU BY JUNE 1ST. AND THEN ALSO IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, SHOP AROUND TO SEE IF THERE ARE OTHER VENDORS THAT CAN PERHAPS TURN IT AROUND QUICKER. SO BY JUNE 1ST, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER ANSWER ON THAT. AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GUYS CAN SELECT SOMETHING ON JUNE 1ST, THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG HELP IN TERMS OF IN TERMS OF, YEAH, YEAH, I'D LOVE TO SEE US BE ABLE TO AT LEAST BEGIN THE PROCESS WITH OUR FIRST. BUT THE FIRST OF THIS NEXT GENERATION OF KEYS TO THE CITY. SO YES, COUNCILMAN, JUST THE LAST THING. YEAH. I MEAN, SO YOU'RE BRINGING A FEW MORE DESIGN JUST TO SEE. WELL, BUT BUT IT'S GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO BE VERY SPECIFIC TO THE CHANGES I MENTIONED. SO IT'S GOING TO BE THIS KEY WITH A MORE ENHANCED TECHNOLOGY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF DESIGN IN THE CENTER OF THE KEY WHERE THE WORDING CURRENTLY IS. AND THEN A VARIATION ON TRYING TO DEPICT THE FLOWERS THAT WE'RE ALL THE COLORS OF, AND THE KINDS OF FLOWERS WE'RE ALL ACCUSTOMED TO SEEING AS WE DRIVE AROUND. THAT WAS GOING TO BE THE EXTENT OF THE CHANGES. OKAY, NO, THAT'S FINE. AND THE OTHER THING IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ONLY THE KEY, YOU HAVE TO KEEP THIS THING IN THE STOCK BECAUSE THAT'S A SPECIAL, THE BOX COULD BE ORDERED DIFFERENT TIMES. SO THOSE ARE LIKE THE BULKY THINGS AND MOST EXPENSIVE ONE. ANYWAY, SO THANK YOU. JUST WANTED TO GET THAT CLARIFICATION. COUNCILMEMBER BARRIOS MAYOR, I APOLOGIZE, I JUST CAUGHT SOMETHING, GREG, ON THE IT SAYS KEY TO THE CITY OF RICHARDSON. I WOULD HOPE THAT EITHER ON THAT PLAQUE OR SOMEWHERE WOULD SAY MAYBE THE RECIPIENT'S NAME AND THE DATE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YEAH, IT'S RIGHT THERE. PERFECT. YEAH. WELL, THAT SAYS KEY TO THE CITY. OH, NO, IT'LL IT'LL SAY WHATEVER WE WANT IT TO SAY. RIGHT. CORRECT. YEAH. PERFECT. CUSTOMIZABLE. YEAH.

GOOD CATCH THOUGH. OKAY. A FEW MORE DESIGNS AND THEN HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY THAT CAN TURN IT AROUND IN THREE WEEKS FROM THE TIME THAT WE SAY YES TO A DESIGN. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE GOT 4TH OF JULY COMING UP. YOU NEVER KNOW. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS IS GOING TO SOUND VERY SIMILAR. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE NAMING ASSETS.

AND AS DON MENTIONED, WE PREVIOUSLY DID TALK ABOUT THIS BACK IN 2024. WE GAVE YOU SOME GUIDELINES, BUT WE NEVER ADOPTED A FORMAL POLICY. SO SINCE WE HAVE PROVIDED YOU WITH THE KEY TO THE CITY POLICY, WE WANTED TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY SO THAT YOU HAVE A SIMILAR FRAMEWORK FOR MAKING THESE DECISIONS. OBVIOUSLY, NAMING A CITY ASSET IS AN IMPACTFUL AND LONG LASTING DECISION. SO THESE GUIDELINES ENSURE THAT CITY COUNCIL MAINTAINS THAT AUTHORITY, THAT RECOGNITION IS FOR EXCEPTIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY AND IS ALIGNED WITH THE CEREMONIAL RECOGNITION POLICY. THE TYPES OF ASSETS COVERED INCLUDE PUBLIC BUILDINGS, INFRASTRUCTURE, CITY PROGRAMS, PROJECTS AND SERVICES. HERE WE SHOW THE HIERARCHY OF CEREMONIAL RECOGNITION, WITH THE KEY TO THE CITY AND THE ASSET NAMING AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF RECOGNITION, AND USED ONLY ON RARE OCCASIONS FOR EXTRAORDINARY COMMEMORATION. SO AN HONORARY OR LEGACY NAMING RECOGNIZES INDIVIDUALS OR ORGANIZATIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO RICHARDSON. IT IS RESERVED FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY INDIVIDUAL OR ORGANIZATION THAT HAS PROVIDED A LASTING IMPACT ON THE CITY, AND AGAIN, IS A RARE AND HIGHLY SELECTIVE PROCESS. THIS WOULD REQUIRE A FORMAL NOMINATION BY THE MAYOR OR COUNCIL MEMBER, AND WE COULD INCREASE THAT THRESHOLD, AS Y'ALL MENTIONED, FOR KEY TO THE CITY. AND THEN APPROVAL WOULD REQUIRE A SUPERMAJORITY VOTE, WHICH IS SIX OUT OF SEVEN. IN GENERAL NAME SHOULD REFLECT COMMUNITY VALUES, LOCAL HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, OR INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS WITH MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS TO RICHARDSON. THE POLICY ALSO SEEKS TO AVOID DUPLICATION OR CONFUSION AND ENSURES THAT NAMES REMAIN APPROPRIATE FOR LONG TERM PUBLIC USE. FOR NAMING CONSIDERATIONS, THE INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATION SHOULD DEMONSTRATE SIGNIFICANT SERVICE LEADERSHIP OR MEASURABLE COMMUNITY IMPACT. ALONG WITH THE DIRECT CONNECTION TO RICHARDSON TO MAINTAIN NEUTRALITY AND PUBLIC TRUST NAMES BASED ON PRIMARILY POLITICAL, IDEOLOGICAL OR RELIGIOUS POSITIONS WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE. THE POLICY ALSO GENERALLY DISCOURAGES NAMING AFTER CURRENTLY SERVING ELECTED OFFICIALS WITH A PREFERENCE FOR A POSTHUMOUS RECOGNITION OR RECOGNITION AFTER A SUBSTANTIAL PERIOD OF SERVICE. A NOMINATION

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AND TRADITIONALLY THE DEVELOPERS ARE ALLOWED TO NAME THE ROADS IN THEIR IN THEIR, IN THEIR PROJECT. BUT WE COULD, YOU COULD, YOU COULD DEFINITELY CONSIDER THAT TO BE A INFRASTRUCTURE PIECE IF YOU WANTED TO RENAME A ROAD AFTER SOMEBODY, YOU COULD FOLLOW THIS EXACT PROCESS. BUT, BUT NEW ROADS ARE GENERALLY THE NAMING IS A LOT TO TO BE DONE BY THE DEVELOPER. OKAY, I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE NAMED THEM OR HOW THAT WAS DONE. OKAY. THANKS, COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I DO LIKE THAT SOME OF THE BULLET POINTS THAT YOU HAVE, THE RESTRICTIONS, IT CLARIFIES SOME OF THE THINGS. SO, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK OVERALL, I THINK THIS IS GOOD. COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS THANK YOU, MAYOR, I DON AND. AMY, I HAVE CLARIFICATION BECAUSE I HAD A SIMILAR CONCERN AND QUESTION AS AS MAYOR PRO TEM. SO LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ROAD THAT GOES ALONG METHODIST, IF WE WANT TO RENAME IT HUTCHENRIDER WAY AND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT LET'S SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT. DOES THIS ALLOW FOR THAT? OR BECAUSE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT NAMING, I THINK IT WAS THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IT WAS WE WERE ONLY NAMING NEW ASSETS, THE NEW BRIDGE, THE NEW PAVILION, STUFF LIKE THAT IS THAT IS THIS CHANGING THAT AND HELP CLARIFY. IT JUST PROVIDES THE EXCUSE ME, IT PROVIDES THE COUNCIL WITH THAT LATITUDE. IF YOU CHOSE TO DO THAT, IT IT'S USING THE SAME PROCESS, THE SAME CRITERIA, AND THE SAME CLASS OF ASSETS WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO BE RENAMED IN THE EVENT THAT THE COUNCIL FELT THAT THAT WAS PRUDENT. SO EVEN EXISTING STRUCTURES AND ROADS, NOT JUST NEW, RIGHT, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, RIGHT? WE YEAH. I MEAN, IF YOU, IF YOU, IF YOU AS A BODY, YOU DON'T WANT THE ABILITY TO RENAME THEM. WE OKAY.

WE COULD TAKE THAT OUT. I WASN'T SURE IF THAT RENAMING REFERRED TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S IN THE LAST FEW YEARS THERE'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, CESAR CHAVEZ, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH SOME OF THE STUFF THAT'S HAPPENING, A LOT OF CITIES HAVE CHOSEN TO RENAME THAT TO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. IT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE. YEAH. AND PROBABLY THE MOST RECENT BIG ONE THAT WE HAVE, I WASN'T SURE THIS RENAMING POLICY, LIKE FIX THOSE KIND OF EXAMPLES. IF WE HAD A CESAR CHAVEZ BOULEVARD AND WE NEEDED TO RENAME IT IF THAT ALLOWED FOR THIS OR THIS ALLOWED FOR, I DON'T KNOW, ROSE DRIVE TO BE RENAMED, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING OVER AFTER SOMEBODY. IT WOULD PROVIDE THE COUNCIL THE LATITUDE TO RENAME ANYTHING THAT THAT YOU KNOW, THAT THAT YOU WOULD NAME. AND UNDER THOSE ASSET CATEGORIES. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THIS. I'M I TO BE HONEST, I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. I REMEMBER THIS BEING SUCH AN EXTENSIVE CONVERSATION THE LAST TIME WE LOOKED AT THIS. I'M CURIOUS TO HEAR WHAT OTHERS SAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE. THANK YOU. YOU'VE TOUCHED ON IT A COUPLE TIMES, BUT I THINK IT SHOULD BE A MINIMUM THAT WE NEED TO TAKE IT TO THE CITY MANAGER. SO I'M IN FAVOR OF UPDATING THAT. AGAIN, THIS SHOULD BE EVEN MORE RARE THAN THE KEY TO THE CITY. SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST I THINK WHATEVER ASSETS THE CITY OWNS, THAT'S FINE. WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, AND IT JUST SHOULD BE SO EXCEPTIONALLY RARE THAT I DON'T THINK, TO YOUR POINT, DOES IT MATTER IF WE WANT TO NAME A CURRENT GAZEBO OR A FUTURE GAZEBO? PROBABLY

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SO, SO ANYTHING WITHIN A PARK WOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO THIS BECAUSE THERE'S A POLICY THAT'S SET ASIDE FOR THAT ALREADY. BRIDGES, GAZEBOS, ANYTHING PARK RELATED. OKAY, GOOD. GREAT.

GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION ON THAT. SO THIS WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING MORE MONUMENTAL HERE. WE'RE LOOKING AT, AS YOU SAID EARLIER, BUILDINGS AND OR A STREET OR MAYBE A NEW DEVELOPER COMES IN AND POTENTIALLY THAT BUILDING, I DON'T KNOW, WE SUGGEST IT BEING CALLED SOMETHING DIFFERENT. THE ONE THING I DON'T WANT TO SEE IS JUST MORE FEEDBACK FOR EVERYONE, IS TO SEE SOME OF OUR SIGNIFICANT NAMED BUILDINGS AND OR STREETS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND THAT PART OF THE HISTORY OF RICHARDSON. AND THERE'S A THOUGHT BEHIND HOW THAT CAME TOGETHER FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY HAVE A SMALLER LATITUDE OF, OF DOING THAT. IT TAKES AWAY IT JUST TAKES AWAY THE HISTORY OF HOW THE CITY WAS DESIGNED AND DEVELOPED. BUT YEAH, SO I JUST WANT TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE VERY CLEAR ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY LOOK AT NAMING. AND I KNOW WE CAN'T MAKE A FULL LIST HERE, BUT I MEAN, IT REALLY COULD INCLUDE QUITE A BIT, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT.

ANYWAY, THAT'S MY COMMENT. YEAH, I THINK, I THINK MAYBE THE GOOD NEWS IS BY AS A POLICY SAYING THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE SIX OUT OF SEVEN. I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S A PRETTY HIGH BAR AND IT DOESN'T TAKE A LOT TO OPPOSE SOMETHING IF IT'S GOING AGAINST A CITY HISTORICAL, WHATEVER CONCERN THAT MIGHT BE. SO I THINK THE ONLY, THE ONLY THING THAT I SEE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN I'VE SEEN WITH SOME OTHER CITIES, AND I'D LOVE THOUGHTS ON IT, BUT I DON'T NECESSARILY FEEL SUPER STRONGLY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. THE CONCEPT OF THE POSTHUMOUS WHEN IT COMES TO NAMING ROADS AND BUILDINGS AND THAT SORT OF THING. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF CITIES USUALLY WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE HAS PASSED ON. SO THERE'S ALMOST THIS POSSIBILITY THAT THE KEY TO THE CITY IS SOMETHING THAT YOU GET WHILE YOU'RE ALIVE. AND POTENTIALLY THE THE NAMING OF SOMETHING MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS AFTER, AFTER YOUR DEATH. BUT I'D BE I'D LOVE TO HEAR. YES, COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE. I THINK ORDINARILY THAT'S TRUE. I MEAN, AGAIN, I THINK IT'S THE PARKS, IT'S SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, BUT LIKE KEPLER BALL FIELDS, RIGHT? WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S HAD AN INCREDIBLE TENURE IN THE CITY, WHO'S STILL LIVING AND DESERVES AN HONOR LIKE THAT. SO I THINK THAT I LIKE THE WAY THAT IT'S WRITTEN WHERE IT'S USUALLY POSTHUMOUS. BUT IF YOU'VE HAD SOMEONE WITH A SIGNIFICANT TENURE, THEN YOU CAN STILL RECOGNIZE THEM AS WELL. SO I LIKE HOW IT'S, IT'S WRITTEN THERE. OKAY.

COUNCILMEMBER. YEAH, I LIKE THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN. SO NOTHING WRONG TO LEAVE LONGER. SO YEAH.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR ANY OTHER ADDITIONS WE WANT TO MAKE TO ANY OF THIS THOUGHT PROCESS. REALLY? OH YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. I DON'T WANT TO KEEP I DON'T WANT I DON'T WANT TO DRAG IT OUT. I JUST IT'S JUST A THOUGHT WHEN WHEN SOMETHING IS SUGGESTED FOR NAMING ARE, I MEAN, I GUESS EACH PIECE OF THAT COULD, COULD EVENTUALLY BE A DIFFERENT COST DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS. CORRECT. IF WE'RE GOING TO USE SIGNAGE ON A BUILDING, WHICH THAT DEPENDS ON SIZE, IS IT GOING TO BE LIT? I MEAN, HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS OR STAFF GOING TO. WE'LL PROVIDE YOU WE'LL PROVIDE THE COUNCIL THAT INFORMATION SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU'RE KIND OF DECIDING ON IF THIS, YOU KNOW, THE APPROPRIATE WHETHER THE NAMING IS APPROPRIATE AS WELL AS THE STRATEGY. SO WE'LL PROVIDE THAT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. WELL, ANOTHER POINT TOO IS, AS I WAS MENTIONING, NOT TO POTENTIALLY TAKE AWAY, YOU KNOW, NAMES THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND, YOU KNOW, SINCE DAY ONE OR, OR HAVE SIGNIFICANT BALANCE FOR THE CITY IS, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY THAT COULD BE A SIGN TOP OR TWO, BUT THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED NAMING. BUT WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE STREET. WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE CAMPBELL, YOU KNOW, CAMPBELL

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AND SOMETHING TELLS ME THAT AS SOON AS A SECOND THING IS BEING PROPOSED FOR THE SAME PERSON, EITHER THEY'LL BE A RENAMING OF THE FIRST OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT ALREADY SAYS AVOID DUPLICATION UP THERE. OH, THERE WE GO. DONE, DONE AND DONE. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE ARE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT ONE. AND THERE'S NO MAJOR REDESIGN REQUIRED. LOVELY. OKAY. WOW.

[F. REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST ]

AND I KNOW SHE WAS EXTREMELY HAPPY FOR THAT PARTICIPATION, PARTICIPATION. AND THEN OF COURSE, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAD WILDFLOWER THIS WEEKEND AND THE WEATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL. I THINK WE HAD AN EXCELLENT TURNOUT. AND IT WAS I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST REALLY ONE OF THE BETTER ONES THAT WE'VE HAD. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER. THANK YOU MAYOR DITTO ON ON THE WILDFLOWER FESTIVAL. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, IF YOU DIDN'T STICK AROUND FOR THE SUNDAY EVENING BAG OF DONUTS, YOU MISSED SOMETHING INCREDIBLE. I JUST WILL SAY THAT. BUT THE SECOND THING IS, IS I, I WAS VERY YEAH, IT'S A BAND. YES. WASN'T JUST A BAG OF DONUTS I GOT TO EAT. YEAH. THAT'S A GOOD POINT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT THE CITY ON THE COLLIN COLLEGE. THEY'RE CALLING IT THE COMMITTEE OF 100 MASTER PLAN STEERING COMMITTEE AND THE WORK. AND AGAIN, REMEMBERING THAT ONE THIRD OF OUR CITY SITS IN COLLIN COUNTY AND COLLIN COLLEGES, THE COLLEGE THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR IT, THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE, THE WORK THAT IS BEING PROPOSED, THE SERVICES, THE. THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT THEY'VE PUT TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL THAT THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT, THEY'RE WORKING WITH UNT, THEY'RE WORKING WITH UTD, THEY'RE WORKING WITH TEXAS A&M. THERE'S JUST TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAVE PUT TOGETHER. AND THEY'RE ALSO PLANNING ON TO BRING ABOUT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. AND THAT WAS A MEETING THAT LASTED FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. THERE'S TWO MORE MEETINGS COMING UP THAT I'VE BEEN INVITED TO, AND SO JUST WANTED TO REPORT OUT ON THAT, THAT JUST REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF WHAT THE COLLIN COLLEGE IS DOING. YOU CAN NOW GO AND RECEIVE FIVE DIFFERENT BACHELOR'S DEGREES IN AT COLLIN COLLEGE AT, AT VERY, VERY, VERY INEXPENSIVE RATES AS COMPARED TO A STANDARD FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY. SO I JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF COLLIN COLLEGE OR SORRY, COLLIN COUNTY WHO CAN GO TO COLLIN COLLEGE. ALTHOUGH IF YOU'RE NOT IN COLLIN COUNTY, YOU STILL CAN GO TO COLLIN COLLEGE. YOU CAN GO TO ANY ONE OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES. SO I WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT AS WELL. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU. OF COURSE, COUNCILMAN GRIFFIN. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WELL, I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE VOLUNTEERS, FIRST RESPONDERS, POLICE, FIRE AND CITY STAFF FOR AND ESPECIALLY OUR CITY MANAGER, DON MAGNER, TO KEEP THE TEMPERATURE AND THE WEATHER PERFECT. SO EVERYTHING WENT

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SO EVERYTHING WENT PRETTY GOOD. AND ALSO, I SHOULD HAVE SAID THIS THING WHEN THEY WERE HERE, OUR PUBLIC WORKS STAFF. BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO PERSONALLY THANK OUR PUBLIC WORKS STAFF FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THEIR WORK MAY OFTEN HAPPEN BEHIND THE SCENES, BUT RESIDENTS BENEFIT IT EVERY SINGLE DAY, FROM SAFE STREETS AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM TO RELIABLE WATER AND INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES. WE TRULY APPRECIATE THEIR HARD WORK, DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO SERVING THE CITY OF RICHARDSON. THANK YOU EVERYONE THAT THEY DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS. THANK YOU. MAYOR. LAST WEEK WE HAD A LIBRARY BOARD MEETING. SO IT WAS WE GOT AN UPDATE ON THE RENOVATION OF THE LIBRARY. AND IT'S LOOKING BETTER AND BETTER BY THE DAY. AND SO GREAT JOB.

JENNY AND HER ENTIRE STAFF AS THEY ARE GETTING EXCITED ABOUT MOVING IN SOON. AND AS THEY FINISH UP THAT THAT PROJECT, I KNOW IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS IN WAITING AND EVERYBODY'S EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO THIS SUMMER, THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT PROGRAMS PLANNED FOR ADULTS AND KIDS OF ALL AGES. SO KEEP AN EYE OUT ON THE LIBRARY WEBSITE FOR ALL THE EXCITING THINGS THAT THEY HAVE PLANNED THIS SUMMER. AND DITTO EVERYTHING SAID ABOUT ABOUT WILDFLOWER AND THE AMOUNT OF VOLUNTEERS IT TAKES IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. FROM VOLUNTEERS. THAT KIND OF FROM CORPORATE GROUPS TO CIVIC GROUPS. ROTARY LEADERSHIP, RICHARDSON. THERE'S SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE MANY, MANY VOLUNTEERS INVOLVED TO MAKING THAT EVENT A SUCCESS. AND IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO GET OUT THERE AND SEE THEM, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THEIR DEDICATION AND STAFF. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. DITTO. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SD TRUSTEE, DEBBIE RENTERIA ON ON HER LAST BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK. AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING SHE DID TO OUR FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING SHE DID TO BRING A VOICE TO TO MANY. AND SO SHE'S SHE'S BEEN A LONG TIME PARENT AND VOLUNTEER IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THEN WENT ON TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. AND SHE'S MAY SHE ENJOY HER, I GUESS, RETIREMENT OF THE TRUSTEE BOARD. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORD THAT. AND LOOKING FORWARD, I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE RCSD GRADUATES THAT WILL BE WALKING THE STAGE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THEY'RE. MY SON IS A SENIOR, ALTHOUGH NOT IN RCSD, BUT MANY OF HIS FRIENDS AND KIDS HE GREW UP WITH. AND OUR FRIENDS KIDS WILL BE GRADUATING OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, SO I PLAN ON ATTENDING SEVERAL GRADUATIONS. MAY THEY ALL HAVE A GREAT WEEK. MAYBE THEY HAVE GREAT CELEBRATIONS AND MAY THEY STAY SAFE AND WE WISH THEM ALL THE BEST. MAY THEY RETURN TO RICHARDSON SOMEDAY AND BRING BACK EVERYTHING THAT THEY GAINED FROM THEIR CONTINUED EDUCATION. AND IN PISD WILL BE GRADUATING NEXT NEXT WEEK. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM AS WELL AS WE LOOK FORWARD. JUNE 1ST, I BELIEVE, IS OUR NEXT MEETING, AND I WILL BE MISSING THAT DUE TO SOME. SOME PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED THINGS WITH MY CHURCH. SO I APOLOGIZE AHEAD OF TIME, BUT I WILL BE GONE ON SOME CHURCH BUSINESS THAT DAY. IS IT ALL RIGHT? I WILL JUST HIT ON A COUPLE THINGS. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE MENTIONED IT, BUT DEFINITELY WORTHY OF MENTIONING.

WE CELEBRATED THEIR 20TH ANNIVERSARY. I KNOW A NUMBER OF US WERE THERE FOR THAT. THEY DID A RIBBON CUTTING, WHICH SEEMS ODD AFTER 20 YEARS, BUT IT WAS STILL IN CELEBRATION OF OF THE THE SUCCESS THEY'VE HAD OVER THESE 20 YEARS. WE ALSO, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS BROUGHT UP, BUT IT WAS POLICE WEEK LAST WEEK AND WE DID HAVE THE PEACE OFFICER MEMORIAL DAY. A NUMBER OF US WERE A PART OF THAT RECOGNITION. TRULY AN AMAZINGLY SOLEMN OCCASION IN A MEANINGFUL ONE, AND JUST A GREAT WAY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE THAT REALLY LAY IT ON THE LINE EVERY DAY FOR US. I DO WANT TO SAY IT WAS IT WAS REALLY INSPIRING TO WATCH THE BODY OF WORK BEING

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SO NOT SEEING ANYTHING ELSE AND WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS. OH, I SHOULD SAY WE DID HAVE A COMMENT CARD COME IN THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ACKNOWLEDGE WE MISSED EARLIER KIND OF FELL THROUGH THE CRACKS. MR. MAGNER, YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT IT? YES, SIR. THANK YOU.

MAYOR, I WANT TO EXTEND OUR APOLOGIES TO MISS LAURA MURRAY OF 927. SHE DID SUBMIT A COMMENT CARD REGARDING A STORAGE BUILDING, AN ACCESSORY BUILDING AT HER HOME, AND SOME PERMITTING CONSIDERATIONS. AND SO I WANT TO ASSURE MISS MURRAY THAT THE COUNCIL WILL BE HERE SHORTLY, PROVIDED A COPY OF THAT COMMENT CARD FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND FOR YOUR AWARENESS. THANK YOU, MR. MAGNER.

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