Jun 01, 2026 City Council Work Session

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RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER AT 601. WE HAVE ALL BUT COUNCIL MEMBER DAN BARRIOS HERE

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

SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THEY ARE RECEIVED. WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE STEP TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, ALL SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF FIVE MINUTES AS INDICATED BY THE TIMER. WHEN THE TIMER BEEPS, THE SPEAKER SHOULD CONCLUDE THEIR COMMENTS PROMPTLY. SPEAKERS MUST NOT PHYSICALLY APPROACH MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OR STAFF, AND SHOULD REMAIN AT THE PODIUM DURING THEIR COMMENTS. SPEAKERS WITH HANDOUTS MUST PROVIDE THEM TO THE CITY SECRETARY FOR DISTRIBUTION. SPEAKERS SUBMITTING COMMENTS ON THE SAME TOPIC ARE ENCOURAGED TO REDUCE REPETITIVE REMARKS BY INDICATING THEIR COMMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED, OR BY SELECTING A REPRESENTATIVE. SPEAKER OF 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 AND STAFF WILL NOT AFFIRM OR OPPOSE ANY SPEAKER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. THE MAYOR CITY MANAGER MAY RESPOND WITH FACTS, A POLICY OR DIRECT CITY STAFF TO RESPOND TO THE SPEAKER. AFTER THE MEETING, THE AUDIENCE IS ASKED 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. SARRAJ, ACTOR. GEORGE AND RICHARDSON. OUR FAMILY HAS BEEN PROUD TO CALL RICHARDSON OUR HOME FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS. MONDAY, MAY THE 18TH MARKED THE START OF THE FIRST TEN DAYS OF THE MUSLIM HOLY MONTH OF. THAT CULMINATED WITH THE HAJJ PILGRIMAGE LAST TUESDAY AND THE FEAST OF THE SACRIFICE, WHICH COMMEMORATES ABRAHAM'S WILLINGNESS TO SACRIFICE HIS SON LAST WEEK. ON WEDNESDAY, SADLY, ON MONDAY, ON MONDAY, MAY THE 18TH, WE WITNESSED THE HORRIFIC, RACIST, HATE FILLED SHOOTINGS AND KILLINGS IN SAN DIEGO THREE YEARS AGO, MY FAMILY AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF VISITING THE ISLAMIC CENTER OF SAN DIEGO, AND WHILE WE WERE THERE, WE HAD THE ABILITY, THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO GO TO A SHOP OVER THERE WHERE A KIND GENTLEMAN GAVE US INFORMATION ON STORES THAT WERE AROUND THE MOSQUE. I WAS HORRIFIED WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT ONE OF THE PERSONS WHO WAS KILLED IN THAT SHOOTING WAS MANSOOR KARZAI, WHO WAS ONE OF THE PERSONS WHO WAS THE CARETAKER IN THAT FACILITY. TWO OTHER PEOPLE, NADIA AWAD AND AMIN ABDULLAH, WHO WHO STEPPED IN AND PREVENTED A FURTHER MASSACRE FROM TAKING PLACE, GAVE THEIR LIVES IN ORDER TO SAVE OTHER PEOPLE.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE SPREAD OF ISLAMOPHOBIA AND HATE HAS REACHED UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS THROUGHOUT OUR NATION. RIGHT HERE IN NORTH TEXAS, WE ARE WITNESSING AN UNPRECEDENTED RISE WHERE WE HAVE POLITICIANS WHO ARE PEDDLING HATE AS A MEANS OF WINNING VOTES. IN FRISCO, THE DEBATE ON HOUSES OF WORSHIP FOR MUSLIMS AND HINDUS HAS REACHED ALARMING PROPORTIONS. WE HOLD OUR BREATH WAITING FOR WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN ON JUNE 13TH, RIGHT HERE AT OUR OWN LOCAL MOSQUE IN RICHARDSON, WE HAVE WITNESSED PROTESTERS AND DEMONSTRATORS SCREAMING ON MEGAPHONES WHILE PEOPLE ARE COMING IN FOR FRIDAY SERVICES, HOLDING SIGNS THAT READ ALLAH IS SATAN AND JESUS IS GOD. HOW IRONIC. FOR IF THEY WERE TO OPEN ARABIC BIBLE, THEY WOULD FIND THE WORD ALLAH ALL OVER BECAUSE THAT IS SIMPLY THE ARABIC WORD FOR GOD. WE ARE SEEING IN GRAND PRAIRIE, WHERE GOVERNOR ABBOTT FORCED THE GRAND PRAIRIE CITY TO CANCEL THE EID CELEBRATIONS, A PRIVATE EVENT WHERE MUSLIMS HAD RESERVED THE WATER PARK AND THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE. THIS WAS CANCELED BECAUSE OF PRESSURE FROM THE VERY TOP. IT'S IRONIC THAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS THE ABILITY TO RENT THE WATER PARK FOR THEIR OWN PRIVATE FUNCTIONS, BUT FOR MUSLIMS, THEY ARE DIFFERENT ROLES. IN FORT WORTH. JUST LAST LAST WEEK, THE FORT WORTH INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT RESCINDED THE APPOINTMENT OF SIMCHA AL-ZUBI,

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MAY GOD BLESS THE SOULS OF THOSE THREE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN SAN DIEGO. MAY GOD GIVE PATIENCE AND COURAGE TO THEIR FAMILIES. MAY GOD GIVE SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE TO THE FAMILIES OF THE SHOOTERS. MAY GOD ALMIGHTY BLESS OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE NORTH TEXAS REGION, AND MAY GOD UNITE US ALL TOGETHER IN THE COMMON BOND OF HUMANITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. DOCTOR. FREDERICK MILLER FROM FREDERICK MILLER. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 9242 DOUBLE MEADOW DRIVE. AND I'M HERE BECAUSE I WANT I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHY BUILDING A SKATE PARK IN RICHARDSON IS A HIGH PRIORITY. I IT'S HIGH PRIORITY.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE PROVIDE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY, REGARDLESS OF HOW. REGARDLESS OF INTERESTS AND AGE, A SKATE PARK WOULD BE VALUABLE TO OUR CITY AND WOULD MEET A NEED THAT GOES LARGELY UNADDRESSED. SKATEBOARDING AND BMX PROMOTE PHYSICAL FITNESS, BALANCE, DISCIPLINE, PERSEVERANCE AND SELF-CONFIDENCE. YET MANY PARTICIPANTS MUST TRAVEL TO OTHER CITIES TO FIND SAFE PLACES TO SKATE, WHICH ARE OFTEN 2030 MINUTE DRIVES FROM RICHARDSON AND THOSE WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO DRIVE MUST FIND UNSAFE AND ILLEGAL PLACES TO SKATE WHERE THEY ARE KICKED OUT AND. WHICH LEADS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE NOT BEING ABLE TO SKATE. A SKATE PARK AT COTTONWOOD PARK WOULD PROVIDE A SAFE AND SUPERVISED ENVIRONMENT WHERE RESIDENTS COULD ENJOY THE SPORTS THEY LOVE, WHILE REDUCING CONFLICTS AROUND SKATING IN THE AREA. IT WOULD BRING A LOT OF ACTIVITY TO THE YOUTH AND GIVE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WHO USUALLY DO NOT HAVE A PLACE TO GO AFTER SCHOOL, A PLACE TO GO AFTER SCHOOL, OR INSTEAD OF BEING OUT ON THE STREETS, THEY COULD BE AT THE SKATE PARK HAVING FUN WITH THEIR FRIENDS. ON TOP OF THAT, SKATE PARKS HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO LOWER THE RATE OF CRIME IN THE AREAS AROUND THEM. THE TONY HAWK FOUNDATION INTERVIEWED OVER 100 OFFICERS IN 30 DIFFERENT STATES, AND 90% SAID THAT THE SKATE PARK WAS A VITAL PUBLIC ASSET. VITAL PUBLIC ASSET, AND 85% OF THE OFFICERS STATED THAT SINCE THE PUBLIC SKATE PARK HAD BEEN OPEN IN THEIR COMMUNITY, THEY HAVE NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN COMPLAINT CALLS FROM BUSINESSES AND PEOPLE AROUND THE COMMUNITY AND PROPERTY OWNERS REGARDING SKATE RELATED CRIMES. BEYOND RECREATION, A SKATE PARK WOULD OFFER BROADER BENEFITS TO RICHARDSON AS IT WOULD ATTRACT MEMBERS FROM SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND CAN BE USED FOR OTHER PUBLIC EVENTS. BASH HELD AT THE SKATE PARK AND THE FRISCO SKATE PARK, WHICH WAS WHICH BROUGHT IN OVER, BROUGHT IN HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TO CELEBRATE THE SACRIFICES PEOPLE HAVE MADE FOR OUR FREEDOM. MODERN SKATE PARKS ARE CAREFULLY DESIGNED, VISUALLY APPEALING AND CAN BE USED AS COMMUNITY ASSETS. THE PARK WOULD SERVE JUST NOT JUST THE PARK COULD SERVE NOT JUST AS A RECREATION SPACE, BUT ALSO AN ART SPACE, AS MANY COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE US HAVE USED IT TO ALLOW STREET ARTISTS TO PAINT ON A CANVAS OTHER THAN

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RICHARDSON HAS BEEN RENTING A ROOM AT THE HEIGHTS RECREATION CENTER ON SATURDAY MORNINGS FROM 815 TO 9:15 A.M. TO PRAY FOR EVERYTHING ABOUT RICHARDSON. THIS MONTH, A MEMBER OF OUR GROUP BROUGHT SOME SMALL FIGURES OF JESUS AND GAVE THEM TO THE ATTENDEES. THERE WAS ONE LEFT OVER AND THEY GAVE IT TO ME. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PRAYER TIME, I WAS LEAVING AND ASKED A LADY AT THE FRONT DESK OF THE HEIGHTS RECREATION CENTER IF SHE WAS A BELIEVER AND WOULD LIKE A FIGURE OF JESUS. HER REACTION AND COMMENTS WERE SURPRISING. GET THAT AWAY FROM ME. I AM NOT TO TALK ABOUT RELIGIOUS THINGS AT WORK. MY COMMENT WAS YOU ARE NOT IN IRAN. THIS IS AMERICA, THIS IS RICHARDSON MUHAMMAD WHO WORKS THE FRONT DESK. A LOT OF SATURDAYS WITNESSED THE WHOLE SITUATION. I TOLD EVERYONE TO HAVE A BLESSED WEEKEND AND LEFT LATER. THE FOLLOWING WEEK, I STOPPED BY THE REC CENTER TO RESERVE AND PAY FOR THREE MORE SATURDAYS, TAKING US TO THE END OF THE MONTH. MUHAMMAD WAS WORKING THE DESK AND SAID, LET ME CHECK ON THIS WHETHER OR NOT I COULD RENT THREE MORE WEEKS. IN MAY, HE WENT INTO THE BACK OFFICE AND CAME BACK WITH A CELL PHONE AND TOLD ME, HEIDI, THE MUSLIM HEIGHTS RECREATION MANAGER, WANTED TO TALK TO ME. I WAS TOLD BY HEIDI, IF I CONTINUED TO TALK AND HARASS

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YOU'RE INTERRUPTING A PRAYER TO GOD. YOU'LL HAVE TEN MORE SECONDS, SIR. FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME. I PRAY FOR AMIR OMAR AND IRFAN SHAMSUL AND ALL THE REST OF THOSE IN THIS ROOM, THAT THEY CANNOT SLEEP UNTIL THEY SEE DREAMS AND VISIONS OF JESUS CHRIST. I PRAY THESE THINGS IN THE HOLY NAME OF YOUR SON JESUS. AMEN. THANK YOU, MR. NEWTON. THANK YOU.

RICHARD ALEXANDER. COUNCIL, I'M RICHARD ALEXANDER. MY ADDRESS IS 433 LAKEHURST DRIVE, MURPHY, TEXAS. I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE EAST PLANO MURPHY AREA FOR THE LAST 16 YEARS. AMONG MY OCCUPATIONS, I AM A FREELANCE PHOTOJOURNALIST, A COMPUTER TECHNICIAN, AND AN FAA. PART 107 PART 135 COMMERCIAL DRONE PILOT. I HAVE MORE THAN A YEAR OF EXPERIENCE AS A VISUAL OBSERVER OR GROUND SUPPORT OPERATOR FOR TWO LOCAL COMMERCIAL DELIVERY DRONE COMPANIES. I NOTICED A FEW MONTHS AGO THAT MANY PEOPLE IN THE RICHARDSON AREA ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SEVERAL DELIVERY DRONE ISSUES, PARTICULARLY NOISE SAFETY AND PRIVACY ISSUES. TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS, I AM PREPARING A REPORT TENTATIVELY TITLED COMMERCIAL DELIVERY DRONE NOISE AND SAFETY. I USE A CLASS TWO INDUSTRIAL NOISE METER AND CALIBRATOR, A 32 BIT STEREO FIELD RECORDER, SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS SOFTWARE AND AI, MULTIPLE 360 DEGREE CAMERAS AND A DSLR TO CAPTURE AND ANALYZE DATA UNDER SEVERAL REAL WORLD CONDITIONS. BECAUSE MOST OF THE PUBLIC'S CONCERN RELATES TO AMAZON AIR DELIVERY DRONES, THESE DRONES ARE MY PRIMARY FOCUS FOR COMPARISON, I ALSO INCLUDED SIMILAR MEASUREMENTS OF WING AND ZIPLINE DELIVERY DRONES. I HAVE PROVIDED THE COUNCIL WITH COPIES OF MY DELIVERY HERE. I'M NOT GOING TO READ IT. I DON'T HAVE TIME IN FIVE MINUTES TO GO OVER THE WHOLE THING. BUT TO MAKE IT BRIEF, I HAVE PREPARED A REPORT THAT COVERS THESE AREAS NOISE AND SAFETY, WHICH I HAVE RECORDED AND. THE NOISE LEVELS SOMETIMES EXCEED WHAT I UNDERSTAND ARE THE ALLOWABLE LIMITS, THE SAFETY ISSUES, THE ONE THAT CONCERNS ME MOST.

THESE DRONES DELIVER AT DIFFERENT HEIGHTS, DIFFERENT ALTITUDES. THEY HAVE DIFFERENT DELIVERY MECHANISMS. DIFFERENT COMPANIES DO THINGS DIFFERENT WAYS. AMAZON COMES DOWN TO WITHIN TEN FEET OF THE GROUND, DROPS IT DROPS THE PACKAGE OUT AND GOES ON ITS WAY. THE AMAZON DRONE IS AN 83 POUND DRONE, THE LIGHTEST DRONE OF THESE THREE IS THE WING HUMMINGBIRD DRONE, THE 7000 WHISKEY BRAVO, WHICH HAS A MAXIMUM TAKEOFF WEIGHT OF ABOUT 14 POUNDS AND TWO AND A HALF POUND PAYLOAD. IT DELIVERS FROM A HEIGHT OF ABOUT 30FT ABOVE GROUND, USING A WINCH TO LOWER THEIR PACKAGE DOWN, THE ZIPLINE DRONE IS A 52 POUND DRONE THAT DELIVERS FROM A

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THERE ARE SOME SIGNIFICANT CONSEQUENCES. OR BECAUSE BASED ON THESE DIFFERENT DELIVERY METHODS, ONE THAT CONCERNS ME IS THE AMAZON DRONE COMING SO CLOSE TO THE GROUND. I ORDERED SOME PACKAGES FROM AMAZON SO THAT I COULD GET MY MEASUREMENTS, GET MY READINGS FROM BOTH IN ON THE PARKING LOT, OUT ON THE SIDEWALK, AND AS WELL AS INSIDE MY HOUSE. I TOOK SOUND READINGS INSIDE THE HOUSE AND OUTSIDE THE HOUSE. AND WHILE I WAS DOING THAT, THE NEIGHBOR NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN SAW THE DRONE COMING DOWN. ONE OF THEM STARTED RUNNING OVER TO IT. SO IT'S LIKE THERE'S AN 83 POUND DRONE COMING DOWN WITHIN TEN FEET OF THE GROUND, AND THERE'S A YOUNG CHILD, ABOUT NINE YEARS OLD RUNNING OVER TO IT. IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WELL, MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE TOLD THEM NOT TO DO THAT. FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS AN OLDER BOY WITH HIM THAT STOPPED HIM BECAUSE I HAD ASKED THEM TO PLEASE MAINTAIN SILENCE SO THAT I COULD GET MY NOISE READINGS. DIDN'T THINK ABOUT OTHER FACTORS. THE THE. BUT THE NOISE OBVIOUSLY IS GOING TO BE LOUDER. A LARGER DRONE IS GOING TO HAVE MORE POWER GOING BE LOUDER, AND THE CLOSER YOU ARE TO THE GROUND, THE MORE NOISE, MORE INTRUSIVE THAT NOISE IS GOING TO BE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE ZIPLINE DRONES ARE SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE NOISE THAT THEY PRODUCE, AND THEY'RE 300FT IN THE AIR. THEY ONCE THEY TAKE OFF FROM THE DOCKING STATION, THEY GO STRAIGHT UP. THEY'RE 300FT ACROSS TOWN. THEY STOP. THEY DROP THEIR LINES DOWN 300FT. SO YOU HARDLY. I HARDLY NOTICE THEM. ANYWAY. I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT WING SPECIFICALLY, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO COMPLAIN ABOUT AMAZON. ANYWAY, I HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS OR SOME SUGGESTIONS THAT I MAKE, SOME OBSERVATIONS THAT I MAKE. THEN YOU'RE FREE TO CONTACT ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE. AND I'M STILL PREPARING THIS REPORT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SIR, NO FURTHER CARDS. MAYOR.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE CARING TO SPEAK TODAY? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WE ARE

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

[RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION]

[B. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE FY 2026-2027 WATER/WASTEWATER MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES]

ONE THING I'M EXCITED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IS OUR WATER MODEL AND MASTER PLAN UPDATE HAS BEEN COMPLETE. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE KICKED OFF IN AUGUST OF 2023. SO IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS. THIS THESE MODELS INCLUDE THINGS LIKE POPULATION DEMAND PROJECTIONS, SYSTEM DEFICIENCIES, AND FUTURE NEEDS THAT YOU MIGHT NEED. IT LOOKS AT THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM AND ANALYSIS OF WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE CALIBRATED, BUILD OUT BASED ON PROJECTIONS. AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT A LOT OF THIS WAS TIED TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO A LOT OF THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT IT TOOK TO COMPLETE THIS, THIS PROJECT WAS REALLY

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SO IF YOU CAN SEE THIS CHART STARTS ABOUT 2012, 2013. THIS WAS ABOUT THE TIME THAT THE CITY REALLY STARTED FOCUSING ON MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS AND EFFORTS ON, YOU KNOW, GOING TOWARDS STREETS, ALLEYS, WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE. AND IF YOU CAN SEE, SINCE 2013, WE'VE GRADUALLY SHOWN A REDUCTION IN OUR RESIDENTIAL GPCD WE'RE AT ABOUT 86 CURRENTLY, WHICH PUTS US ABOUT MID LEVEL WITH OUR MEMBER CITIES. SO IT REALLY SHOWS US THAT MAYBE OUR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS LIKE OUR WATERLINE REPLACEMENTS, OUR TANK AND VALVE REHABS ARE REALLY BEING A GOOD BENEFICIAL USE OF THOSE DOLLARS AND ALSO OUR PARTNERSHIPS FOR OUR RESIDENTS. THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, WE PARTNERED WITH THEM IN 2005 OR SPRING OF 2025 TO START DOING IRRIGATION EVALUATIONS. WE'VE DONE 309 IRRIGATION EVALUATIONS WITH THE DISTRICT FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO LOOK AT THEIR HOME IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. SO THAT'S A REALLY UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP WHEN WE LOOK AT WATER USE. AND THEN TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE IS ANOTHER PARTNERSHIP THAT WE USE TO UTILIZE FOR WATER CONSERVATION AND EFFICIENT USE WATER USE WORKSHOPS. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE RESOURCES AND TOOLS THAT WE'VE USED TO REALLY NOT ONLY OUR WATER MODEL, BUT OUR WATER USE AND INITIATIVES. AS WE LOOK AT OUR CIP AND OUR BUDGET OPERATIONAL PLANNING. SPEAKING OF THAT PLANNING, WHEN IT GOES INTO HERE'S THE WATER SYSTEM THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, HERE'S THE WATER SYSTEM HIGHLIGHTS. WE'VE GOT ABOUT 585 MILES OF WATER MAIN THAT CONSISTS OF 15,000 VALVES, 4800 HYDRANTS, SIX PUMP STATIONS WITH 100 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY, FIRM CAPACITY AND FIRM CAPACITY MEANS IF YOU TOOK YOUR LARGEST PUMP OUT OF EVERY PUMP STATION, WHAT WOULD BE THE CAPACITY YOU WOULD HAVE TO PUMP? AND THAT'S 100 100 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY CURRENTLY. NOW, WITH ALL THE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT 16 WATER STORAGE FACILITIES AND 5150 CALLS FOR SERVICE, 235 OF THOSE ARE WATER LEAKS THAT COULD BE SERVICE LINE LEAKS, WATER MAIN BREAKS, THAT SORT OF THING. I DIDN'T SKIP THE SERVICE CONNECTIONS. I THINK IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO POINT OUT. SO WE HAVE 37,000 SERVICE CONNECTIONS, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A REALLY GOOD LEAD IN TO A BRIEFING THAT YOU ALL ARE GOING TO HAVE NEXT WEEK. WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT WATER RATE AND THE RATE SURVEY, ONE OF THOSE KEY COMPONENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT, OR THAT THE CONSULTANT IS GOING TO BE TALKING WITH YOU ABOUT IS OUR METER SUMMARY AND OUR IN OUR METER INVENTORY, IF YOU WILL, WHAT MAKES UP THAT 37,000 SERVICE CONNECTIONS? WELL, THIS TOTAL HERE IS AROUND CLOSE TO 35,000. AS YOU CAN SEE, DEPENDING ON THE METER SIZE REALLY DEPENDS ON THE METER COST. SO ANYWHERE, YOU KNOW, ALMOST 99% OF OUR SYSTEM IS GOING TO BE TWO INCH AND SMALLER WITH, YOU KNOW, REASONABLE COSTS, $631 IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SMALLER PERCENTAGE OF OUR METERS ARE LARGE, LARGE METERS. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE COST TO REPLACE THOSE METERS GROWS ASTRONOMICALLY. SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT LEADING INTO YOUR BRIEFING NEXT WEEK. WHEN THEY START TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE MAYBE METER EQUIVALENCY OR HOW WE'RE GOING TO BASE RATE CERTAIN METERS, THIS WILL KIND OF PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT INTO THAT TOPIC. SO I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD SLIDE TO STOP DOWN AND JUST GIVE YOU THAT, THAT CONTEXT BEFORE YOU GET YOUR BRIEFING NEXT WEEK. SO NOW I'LL GO INTO JUST WHAT OUR WATER MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL STRATEGIES ARE. OUR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 26 MAINTENANCE PLAN UPDATE. SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF WATER FACILITY MAINTENANCE PROJECTS. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT A LOT OF THESE ARE COMPLETE. WE HAD SOME WORK AT OUR WESTSIDE PUMP STATION, JUST SOME VALVE WORK AND SOME GRADING REPLACEMENTS. OUR NORTH SIDE, WE HAD SOME VALVE VALVES, SOME PUMPS AND MOTORS. AND I WILL SAY THIS IS NOT THE NEW NORTH SIDE. SO WHEN YOU SEE NORTH SIDE PUMP STATIONS, REMEMBER WE NOW HAVE TWO. SO THIS IS THE NORTH SIDE ONE THAT'S BEEN EXISTING CURRENTLY. THEN WE HAVE SOME VALVES TO REBUILD ON NORTH STAR AND SOME MORE NORTH SIDE PUMP ROOM WORK THAT'S CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS. AS I JUST SHOWED YOU THE SUMMARY OF THE METERS, ONE OF THE MAINTENANCE COSTS THAT GOES INTO THIS IS TESTING OF ALL OF OUR METERS THAT ARE THREE INCH AND LARGER. WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING THAT. WE DO THAT ANNUALLY. SO THERE'S ABOUT 290 ISH, ALMOST 300M THAT WE TEST ANNUALLY. SO THAT GOES INTO OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS DOLLARS AS WELL. AND THEN HYDRANTS WE TEST AND SERVICE ABOUT 1600 HYDRANTS A YEAR. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN. THAT'S

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SO WE'RE CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS DOING THAT. AND ANYTIME WE COME ACROSS ONE THAT NEEDS REPAIR REPLACEMENT, EITHER THROUGH THIS MAINTENANCE PROJECTS OR JUST THROUGH DAY TO DAY MAINTENANCE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE FIND, WE'VE COMPLETED 230 REPAIRS SO FAR THIS YEAR. AND THEN ANOTHER IMPORTANT TOPIC THAT WE HAD TO REALLY INVEST IN THIS YEAR WAS OUR LEAD AND COPPER RULE IMPROVEMENTS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER, LAST YEAR WE BRIEFED ON THE EPA, CAME DOWN WITH HOW WE HAD TO IDENTIFY THE SERVICE LINE MATERIAL ON THE PUBLIC SIDE AND THE PRIVATE SIDE THROUGH MEANS OF EITHER CITY STANDARD DETAILS AS BUILTS OR PHYSICAL IDENTIFICATION. AND IF WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY RECORDS OF THAT, WE HAD TO LIST THAT SERVICE LINE UNKNOWN, IF YOU WILL. SO WE STARTED THIS YEAR WITH APPROXIMATELY 11,000 OF THOSE METERS LISTED AS UNKNOWN. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE'RE DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY 2000 UNKNOWN SERVICE SERVICE LINES REMAINING, AND TO DATE, WE HAVE NOT FOUND ANY LEAD OR ANY OTHER LINES THAT ARE BEING CAUSED TO BE REPLACEMENT. SO THAT'S A GOOD, GOOD NEWS STORY THERE. SO THAT WAS A BIG PIECE OF THIS YEAR'S CURRENT UPDATE, OUR PROPOSED MAINTENANCE PLAN. THERE'S SOME MORE WORK WE'VE GOT PLANNED AT OUR EAST SIDE PUMP STATION. SOME VALVE AND PIPE WORK, SOME PUMP ROOM WORK. WE'VE GOT SOME VALVE IMPROVEMENTS AND REPLACEMENTS WE NEED TO DO TO OUR RENTER, RENTER, ELEVATED STORAGE TANK. AND THEN WE'VE GOT SOME ENGINEERING EVALUATIONS AT LOCKWOOD AND CENTENNIAL. AND ENGINEERING EVALUATIONS IS A IS A DRY ENGINEERING INSPECTION. THE TANKS WILL BE DRAINED. THEY'LL LOOK AT THE STEEL, THEY'LL LOOK AT THE PAINT, THEY'LL LOOK AT EVERYTHING. AND THEN THEY'LL PROVIDE A MAINTENANCE PLAN WHETHER IT NEEDS. EVERYTHING'S GOOD TO GO. YOU CAN REINSPECT IN 3 TO 5 YEARS OR THEY'LL PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, A PLAN MOVING FORWARD OF ANY REHAB OR REPAIRS THAT ARE NEEDED. OUR WATER MAIN AND VALVE REPAIR. SO WE WE DO A LOT OF LARGE VALVE PROJECTS THAT IF THEY OCCURRED OR IF WE HAD A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH A LARGE VALVE, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT IN INVENTORY.

THESE 20 INCH VALVES AND 60 INCH VALVES, THEY'RE REALLY EXPENSIVE AND THEY HAVE LONG LEAD TIMES. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL DO NEXT YEAR IS WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START REBUILDING THAT INVENTORY AND BUYING SOME 20 INCH AND 16 INCH VALVES AS LONG AS OUR VARIOUS 2 TO 12 INCH VALVES AND THEN VARIOUS REPAIR PARTS AND PAVEMENT REPLACEMENT ON WATER MAINS REPAIRS AND THEN SPOILED AS WELL, IT ALL GOES INTO THAT CONTRACT NUMBER. AGAIN, THERE'S YOUR FIRE HYDRANTS. WE'RE GOING TO TEST ANOTHER 1600 NEXT YEAR AND REPAIR AND REPLACE ANY IDENTIFIED ISSUES THAT WE FIND IN THE SYSTEM, THE METER MAINTENANCE THAT'S TESTING OF ALL THE THREE INCH AND LARGER METERS. THAT ALSO INCLUDES ALL THE BRASS FITTINGS AND REGISTERS OR GASKETS THAT GO WITH REPAIRS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WITH THOSE METERS AND THEN CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, YOU SEE JUST OUR SCALE AND PUMP MAINTENANCE STUFF, OUR GENERATOR MAINTENANCE. AND THEN AGAIN, YOU SEE THE LETTER AND COPPER RULE COMPLIANCE AS WE'LL CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY THOSE 2000 LINES UNTIL WE HAVE ZERO UNKNOWN LINES IN OUR SYSTEM IS THE TARGET. SO HERE'S THE UTILITY FUND OPERATIONS. YEAR OVER YEAR. WE'RE PROJECTING 2.2 THIS YEAR. AND JUST A VERY NOMINAL INCREASE OF 2.28 NEXT YEAR AS OUR PROPOSED OPERATIONS COST. SO NOW WE'LL GO INTO OUR CAPITAL STRATEGY. SO THIS IS OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS OUR CIP PROJECTS UPDATES. SO IN FISCAL YEAR 26 WE'VE GOT SOME WATER MAIN REPLACEMENTS. WE'VE GOT THREE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMPLETE. THAT'S DUNBARTON, STILLMEADOW AND PROMENADE ARE ALL WATER LINES THAT HAVE BEEN BEEN COMPLETED. WE'VE GOT THREE MORE PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING DESIGNED THIS YEAR AND THEIR VALVE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. WE HAVE A 24 INCH VALVE THAT WAS OUR WATER TOWER AT COLLINS THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND DEPENDING ON HOW YOU CAME TONIGHT, YOU MIGHT SEE THE 20 INCH VALVE AT WINTER AND REDMAN BEING REPLACED BECAUSE IT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. HOPEFULLY GET THAT DONE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO MINIMIZE ANY MORE OF THE IMPACTS. AND THEN THE METER REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, WE'LL COMPLETE THE METER, THE REMAINING METER REPLACEMENTS, THESE ARE IN PROGRESS. THESE ARE THE METERS THAT ARE EITHER ENCASED IN CONCRETE OR THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, WRAPPED IN TREE ROOTS AND JUST TAKES THIS IS A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY BE AN INCH AND A HALF METER, IT'S A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT TO GET THESE METERS REPLACED. SO THAT'S THOSE ARE STILL IN PROGRESS. AND THEN WE HAVE A METER AUDIT THAT'S CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS RELATED TO OUR METER REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. AND THEN OUR UPDATE ON OUR WATER FACILITIES. WE, OUR EASTSIDE 5 MILLION GALLON GROUND STORAGE TANK. THOSE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETE. IT WAS TAKEN DOWN AND REHABBED AND IS BACK ONLINE. WE HAVE A GENERATOR STORAGE FACILITY AT OUR EAST SIDE PUMP STATION. IT'S NEARING THE END OF CONSTRUCTION, BUT IT'S CURRENTLY IN CONSTRUCTION.

AND THEN WEST SIDE PUMP STATION, GLENVILLE AND NORTHSIDE ARE ALL CURRENTLY IN DESIGN, AS WELL AS SOME PERMANENT GENERATORS AT EAST SIDE. WEST SIDE AND SHILOH ARE ALL UNDER DESIGN CURRENTLY.

HERE'S KIND OF THE A MAP OF WHERE OUR CURRENT PROJECTS ARE. SO THE BLUE RIDGE DESIGN, THE REDS IN CONSTRUCTION AND THE GREEN ARE COMPLETE. THE KIND OF MAPS IT OUT ON WHERE THESE PROJECTS ARE LOCATED. OUR PROPOSED CAPITAL PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 27. AGAIN, IT'S WATER MAIN REPLACEMENTS. IT'S THE ONES THAT ARE IN DESIGN CURRENTLY WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR AT BISHOP BEL AIR AND SAINT LUKE'S. OUR COPPER RIDGE 16 INCH

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AND THEN HERE'S THE UTILITY DOLLARS FOR THIS ONE. YOU SEE THAT THE SPIKE THIS YEAR, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT A LOT OF THIS IS FINISHING UP THE 825 PROJECT. A LOT OF THAT WAS LUMPED INTO THIS YEAR'S FUNDING. AND AS WE GO INTO NEXT YEAR, THAT FUNDING IS NOT THERE. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALSO POINT OUT THIS 5.1 MILLION FOR NEXT YEAR IS YEAR ONE OF A FIVE YEAR PLAN FROM OUR CIP. THAT'LL ALSO KIND OF GO INTO THAT CONVERSATION Y'ALL HAVE NEXT WEEK WITH YOUR BRIEFING ON THE ON THE METHODOLOGY BEHIND THE WATER RATE AND THE WATER RATE STUDY. SO WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT.

GREAT JOB. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO KATIE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ERIC. EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS WILL PROBABLY BE, AS ERIC ALLUDED TO THE LAST TIME YOU GET TO HAVE AN UPDATE ABOUT THE 800 825 PRESSURE ZONE IMPROVEMENTS AS WE ARE WRAPPING THIS PROJECT UP, AS HE MENTIONED. LET ME PULL THIS UP. EXCUSE ME. SO JUST AN OVERALL SUMMARY OF OUR 825 IMPROVEMENTS.

THE OVERALL GOAL OF THIS WAS TO IMPROVE THE PRESSURE ZONE OF 825, WHICH IS IN THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT OF TOWN, SHOWN THERE IN THE PINK, THE BLUE AREA THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED. YOU CAN ALSO SEE THERE'S A PORTION OF THAT OF THIS PROJECT THAT'S BRINGING ANOTHER SECTION OF TOWN INTO THE 825 PRESSURE PRESSURE ZONE. THERE'S A SEVERAL IMPROVEMENTS ON THE RICHARDSON SIDE, A LARGE 15 MILLION GALLON PER DAY NORTH SIDE PUMP STATION TWO, NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH NORTH SIDE ONE, AN EXPANSION OF THAT. WE HAVE A 5 MILLION GALLON GROUND STORAGE TANK AND SOME WATERLINE IMPROVEMENTS FROM NORTH SIDE PUMP STATION TO ALMA AND THEN UP TO GEORGE BUSH. THAT'S ON THE CITY SIDE. YOU CAN SEE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS IN RED ON THE MAP. AND WE PARTNERED THIS PROJECT WITH NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT. THEY HAD A COUPLE OF PROJECTS AS WELL, A NEW MAJOR STATION AND THEIR OWN WATERLINE IMPROVEMENTS FROM THE NORTH CENTRAL PUMP STATION. TWO SORRY, NORTH SIDE PUMP STATION TWO OVER TO CUSTER ROAD. ALL OF THOSE, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT, ARE PRIMARILY COMPLETE. IN FACT, WE'VE GONE FROM A VERY LARGE WATER, A VERY LARGE PROJECT TO WE'RE ALL IN ONE BUILDING NOW.

SO ALL OF THE PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE COMPLETE. ALL OF NORTH TEXAS IMPROVEMENTS ARE COMPLETE, ALL OF THE MEDIAN LANDSCAPING AND EVERYTHING INSIDE RENNER AROUND RENNER IS COMPLETE. THE PUMP STATION WAS INSTALLED IN LATE 25, AND THE GENERATOR WAS DELIVERED EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND THE WORK IS IN PROGRESS TO DO ALL THE TESTING. SO WE'VE EFFECTIVELY HANDED THIS PROJECT OVER TO PUBLIC SERVICES TO DO ALL THE TESTING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

IT TAKES A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO DO THAT, TO BRING THE WHOLE SYSTEM ONLINE, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO CLOSE OUT THIS PROJECT. FINGERS CROSSED. BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, EVERYTHING WILL BE RUNNING SMOOTHLY AND WE'LL HAVE THAT ONLINE. SO NOW SWITCHING GEARS TO WASTEWATER, THE MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL STRATEGIES. AND I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH A COUPLE OF THINGS. JUST BRIEFLY TOUCH ON THE CITY COUNCIL GOAL TO VALUE, PROTECT AND CREATE A POSITIVE RETURN ON CITY RESIDENT AND OTHER STAKEHOLDER INVESTMENTS IN THE CITY. WE HAVE SOME GUIDING PRINCIPLES AS WELL, FEDERAL AND STATE AND LOCAL REGULATIONS. WE WANT TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL OF THOSE, PROVIDE ADEQUATE CAPACITY, REDUCE INFLOW AND INFILTRATION, AND MITIGATE ANY OVERFLOWS THAT WE HAVE. A LARGE PORTION OF THIS IS CONTINUING OUR INITIATIVE, WHICH IS CAPACITY MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE. AND I'M GOING TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THAT HERE IN JUST A SECOND. AND WE ALSO CLOSELY, CLOSELY PARTNER WITH NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF DALLAS AND THE CITY OF GARLAND AS THEY TREAT ALL OF OUR WASTEWATER, AND WE PAY THEM TO DO THAT FOR US. SO JUST A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS ABOUT THIS. WE HAVE FOUR, 430 MILES OF WASTEWATER MAIN. WE HAVE JUST SHY OF 5500 MANHOLES, 2200 MAINLINE CLEANOUTS, FIVE LIFT STATIONS, TEN WASTEWATER PUMPS, AND WE

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WE TRY TO FOCUS ON AREAS THAT WERE NOT PREVIOUSLY INSPECTED. AND WE WE WILL PIVOT EASILY TO TO GO TO LOCATIONS WHERE PUBLIC SERVICES HAS IDENTIFIED A PRIORITY OR A NEED. ALL OF THIS WE USED TO UPDATE THE WASTEWATER MODEL TO ALIGN WITH SOME OF OUR PROJECTIONS. AND FOR LONG TERM PLANNING, WE COLLABORATE A LOT WITH NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, OF COURSE, TO HELP FROM FUNDING AND OVERALL GROWTH OF THE AREA. AND JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A MAP OF THESE PIECES. THE BLUE AREA AT THE TOP THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED, THAT'S THE THAT IS THE SECTION ON THE THE PIPE, THE SPRING CREEK REHAB THAT'S COMING NEXT, AND THE PIPE REHAB AND DOWN IN THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT AS WELL. SO JUST A MAP SHOWING YOU WHERE ALL WE HAVE BEEN FROM A UTILITY FUND PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE HANGING TIGHT VERY, VERY CLOSELY TO WHAT WE WERE LAST YEAR. JUST A COUPLE OF ADJUSTMENTS HERE AND THERE, PRIMARILY RELATED TO SOME STAFFING THAT IS PAID FOR OUT OF OUT OF THIS FUND AS WE MOVE FORWARD. BUT NO, NO MAJOR CHANGES THERE. AND OUR MAINTENANCE PLAN MOVING FORWARD IN FY 27. SO AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTING THE REHAB PROGRAM FROM THIS YEAR. BUT THEN WE'RE GOING TO START THE FY 27 PIPE REHAB PROJECT, WILL INITIATE THE DESIGN AND THE FIRST PART OF THE YEAR, DECEMBER, JANUARY TIME FRAME, WITH THE INTENT OF STARTING CONSTRUCTION LATER AND WRAPPING ALL THAT UP. SO WE GET KIND OF BACK IN THE REGULAR FLOW OF AN ANNUAL PROGRAM AS WE MOVE FORWARD. DATA COLLECTION WILL CONTINUE WITH ALL OF OUR SEWER MAIN AND MANHOLE INSPECTIONS.

WE WE'RE STARTING TO LOOK AT SOME RISK BASED INSPECTION AND DOING A SCHEDULE OF THAT CITYWIDE. WE'RE GOING TO START LOOKING AT THAT THIS FISCAL YEAR AS WELL. AND OF COURSE, CONTINUE OUR COLLABORATION WITH THE DISTRICT. SO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, THE PROJECTS, THE FUN STUFF. SO OUR GRAVITY MAINS WE HAVE TWO. THE TWO THAT ARE UNDER DESIGN ARE THE ONLY TWO ON THIS LIST THAT ARE, ARE WASTEWATER DRIVEN PROJECTS. EVERYTHING ELSE ON THE LIST THAT'S EITHER COMPLETE OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION. IT WAS PART OF A PROJECT THAT IS COMPLETE OR IS PART OF A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. ALTHOUGH SOME OF THESE PROJECTS ARE COMPLETE, THE WASTEWATER SECTION IS COMPLETE. WE'RE STILL WRAPPING UP A LITTLE BIT OF CONSTRUCTION ON SOME OF THESE OTHERS, BUT SO YOU'RE LIKE, THAT'S LIKE SUTTON AND LONGVIEW IS NOT COMPLETE, BUT

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SO WE HAVE BEEN PLANNING FOR THIS WORK AND THAT THIS WAS NOT A SURPRISE FROM PAST PRESENTATIONS AS WELL. JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN THAT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SITTING WITH THIS. OUR PROPOSED PN AS VERY CLEAR, WE'RE WORKING ON THE COTTONWOOD CREEK TRUNK MAIN AND THE GREENVILLE AVENUE PHASE TWO. PHASE ONE HAS BEEN THE DESIGN HAS BEEN COMPLETED, PHASE TWO IS COMPLETE AS WELL. AND WE'LL START CONSTRUCTION ON BOTH OF THOSE HERE RELATIVELY SHORTLY.

FROM A NEXT STEPS ALSO FROM ERIC'S SIDE AS WELL. WE'LL WE'LL FINALIZE THE WATER AND WASTEWATER MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS AS THE WATER AND SEWER RATES ARE DEVELOPED AND FINALIZED, AND THE CITY MANAGER PREPARES TO FILE THE BUDGET, WE WILL UTILIZE CONDITION ASSESSMENTS FINDINGS TO IMPROVE OUR WASTEWATER SYSTEM FOR SIMON PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION AND CONTINUE CAPITAL PROGRAMS FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER, ACCORDING TO OUR ANNUAL CO INCE. AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ONE I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS. I I'M LIKING THE STACKED BAR CHARTS FOR THE BUDGETS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF GETTING USED TO. BUT NOW WITH TWO PRESENTATIONS BACK TO BACK, I KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHERE IT'S GOING. AND IT DOES ACTUALLY, I THINK IT DOES ACTUALLY HELP IN CONVEY THE BUDGET PROPOSAL IN A MUCH MORE, I GUESS, VISUALLY CONDUCIVE WAY FOR US. MY ACTUAL QUESTION IS JUST ON THE SORT OF IN ADVANCE OF OUR NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT BRIEFING, ARE THERE ANY YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE WE JUST SAY THAT WE WE COLLABORATE WITH THEM FOR LONG TERM PLANNING. AND IT'S KIND OF A BULLET POINT ON, ON EVERY PRESENTATION. BUT, YOU KNOW, IS THERE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR THAT WE'RE COLLABORATING ON THEM WITH THIS TIME AROUND? AGAIN, JUST THAT WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IN ADVANCE OF OUR MEETING WITH THEM LATER THIS YEAR? AND NO, IS AN ACCEPTABLE ANSWER. I JUST I THINK THE BEST WAY TO ANSWER THAT IS WE'RE ALWAYS IN COLLABORATION, WHETHER IT'S PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING, PROJECTS THEY'RE DOING. WE CERTAINLY COLLABORATE ON PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO IMPACT OUR SUPPLY OR IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO DELIVER WASTEWATER. SO IT'S THAT TYPE OF COORDINATION THAT WE WORK THROUGH, BECAUSE CERTAINLY WITH THE LARGE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE HAD MOST RECENTLY WITH THE 825, THAT'S TAKEN A LOT OF INTEGRAL COLLABORATION SO THAT THE SYSTEMS NEVER PUT IN ANY JEOPARDY TO MAKE SURE WE GET THESE PROJECTS SUCCESSFULLY PUT FORTH. SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE MEAN. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S LIKE A PROJECT NECESSARILY THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT THAT WE ARE DIRECTING, COORDINATING WITH, BUT I THINK HAVING TO COLLABORATE WITH THEM ON ALL OF OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE IS JUST KEY FOR US HAVING A SUCCESSFUL DELIVERY FOR OUR SERVICES. NO, I AGREE, I JUST JUST MAKING SURE THERE WASN'T ANY SORT OF SPECIAL PROJECT THIS TIME AROUND THAT WE ALL NEED TO BE AWARE OF. YEAH, I WOULD, I WOULD JUST ADD TO THAT. I MEAN, I THINK THE, THE WORK THAT WE DO AS A MANAGER IS WORKING GROUP OR BREAKOUT GROUPS THAT THEY DO AT THE, AT THE OPERATIONS LEVEL ON THINGS LIKE LONG TERM WATER SUPPLY, THE, THE ADVOCACY THAT WE DO AT THE LEGISLATURE, WORKING THINGS LIKE THE CUSTOMER PREMIUM. SO, SO IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A DAILY OPERATIONS AND PROJECT BASED, COLLABORATIVE, COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP, BUT IT'S, IT'S ALSO ON SOME OF THE MORE REGIONAL NEEDS AS WELL. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM D. THAT IS

[C. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE FY 2026-2027 DRAINAGE UTILITY PROGRAM STRATEGIES]

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DRAINAGE UTILITY PROGRAM UPDATES. I'M GOING TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND OF KIND OF WHERE WE ARE, HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, SOME OF THE FUNDING PIECES, JUST HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE TOUCHING BRIEFLY ON THE ON THE RATE ITSELF, WHAT SOME OF OUR WORK PLAN PIECES ARE, SOME OF THE PROGRAM ELEMENTS. WE'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT, SOME UPDATED INFORMATION WITH THAT AND JUST SOME NEXT STEPS FOR YOU ALL. SO WE HAVE 12 WATERSHEDS IN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON. SOME OF THEM ARE MUCH LARGER THAN OTHERS, AND WE FEED WHITE ROCK LAKE AND LAKE RAY HUBBARD. AND THEN DUCK CREEK ACTUALLY ENDS UP DOWNSTREAM OF LAKE RAY HUBBARD, SO THAT EVERYTHING ENDS UP NOT IN THE LAKE, BUT ACTUALLY, I THINK IN THE TOWN OF SUNNYVALE NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT. BUT OUT OF THAT, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO WITH IT. AS YOU WILL SEE, SOME OF THE BACKGROUND BEHIND OUR DRAINAGE UTILITY PROGRAM. IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2011 WITH THE INTENT OF MEETING ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS FROM THE TEXAS COMMISSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND EPA'S REGULATIONS. IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH PUBLIC OUTREACH. WE USE THIS FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT AS PART OF THAT, WE HAVE AN ESTABLISHED DRAINAGE RATE. TO MR. WAGNER'S POINT, DISCUSSIONS TONIGHT IS SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE RICHARDSON CITY OF RICHARDSON RATE IS ACROSS THE BOARD. IT'S $6.25 FLAT RATE.

BUT SPECIFICALLY IT'S A FEE CHARGE TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. THE RESIDENTIALS ARE ALL THE SAME. COMMERCIAL IS ON A SQUARE FOOT, IMPERVIOUS COVER BASIS, BUT IT'S PER STATE LAW. AND THE FEE? IT'S BY STATE LAW. THE FEE MUST BE NONDISCRIMINATORY, EQUITABLE AND REASONABLE. YOU CAN SEE FROM OUR RATE SCHEDULE. HERE WE ARE RIGHT IN A LITTLE BIT BELOW THE AVERAGE FROM WHAT OUR SISTER PARTNER CITIES ARE AROUND THE AREA. YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCES THERE, BUT WE ARE RIGHT IN LINE WITH WHERE WE HAVE BEEN WITH OUR SURROUNDING MUNICIPALITIES AS WELL. AND AS MR. MAGNER MENTIONED, ANY RATE CHANGES FOR NEXT YEAR WILL BE PRESENTED DURING THE BUDGET WORKSHOP. SO THIS IS JUST MORE OF AN OVERVIEW FROM WHERE WE ARE NOW FOR THE DRAINAGE UTILITY WORK PLAN. SO WE HAVE THREE PIECES THAT WE REALLY FOCUS ON CONTRACT SERVICES, CITY OPERATIONS, AND OUR CIP. ALL OF THE PROJECTS EFFECTIVELY CONTRACT SERVICES IS EFFECTIVELY ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN'T DO IN-HOUSE. AND WE DO HAVE SOME CITY OPERATIONS THAT HELP MANAGE SOME OF THOSE OTHER PIECES. AND OF COURSE, THE, OUR CAPITAL PROJECT, OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS ALL THE PROJECTS, AS I MENTIONED, I'LL BE GOING THROUGH SOME OF THOSE. SO FROM A FUNDING PERSPECTIVE, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR IS THE THE TOP BLUE BAR. THE LIGHT BLUE BAR IS THE, IS THE LARGER PORTION THAT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR CONTRACT SERVICES. THAT'S WHAT WE PAY FOR OUR WATERSHED STUDIES OUT OF. WE WILL NOT BE DOING THOSE NEXT YEAR. WE'RE GOING TO I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN A MINUTE, BUT WE'RE PUTTING A PAUSE ON THOSE. SO THAT FUNDING IS ACTUALLY JUST BEING SHIFTED DOWN TO DO TO ACTUALLY EXECUTE THE PROJECTS. SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE THAT HAVE COME OUT OF THE WATERSHED STUDIES, AND THAT'S THAT DARK BLUE FOR FY 27 THAT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THOSE. AND SO THAT THE, THE SWITCH BETWEEN THOSE TWO IS EFFECTIVELY THE MAIN CHANGE BETWEEN THESE BETWEEN THESE TWO YEARS AS PART OF THIS.

SO CHANNEL MAINTENANCE, WE JUST YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICTURES, THIS IS ACTUALLY AT ARAPAHO, JUST EAST OF WEST SHORE, THE BEFORE AND AFTER OF THE CLEANING OUT AND WHY WE DO IT SO THAT THE CHANNEL CAN FLOW. WE REMOVE ALL THE DEBRIS AND ALL OF THE TREES AND ALL THE STUMPS. IF IT'S A PAVED CHANNEL, WE PRESSURE WASH IT, GET ALL THE DEBRIS OFF OF THERE. THESE ARE THE FOUR THAT WE COMPLETED THIS YEAR. WE HAVE PROPOSED CHANNEL MAINTENANCE SPECIFICALLY TO ADDRESS SOME EROSION ISSUES, BUT ALSO JUST TO KIND OF CLEAN IT OUT AS WELL.

PRAIRIE CREEK AND IT'S THE SECTION OF PRAIRIE CREEK THAT IS FROM CAMPBELL UP TO LOOKOUT

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IT WAS REALLY LOW AND WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE NUMBERS FOR THAT. SO WE'VE COMBINED THEM INTO THIS YEAR'S FISCAL YEAR PROJECTS TO HOPEFULLY GET ATTRACT SOME MORE CONTRACTORS TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY BID ON THAT WORK AND GET THAT DONE. AND WE'VE GOT, YOU'LL SEE ON THE MAP NEXT THE NEXT MAP, THIS IS KIND OF WHERE THEY ALL ARE WITH WHERE THEY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING OUR EFFORTS ON THAT. AND THAT'LL COME OUT TO BID LATER THIS SUMMER, I BELIEVE. CAPITAL PROJECTS, SOME OF THE EXCITING STUFF, THE WATERSHED PROJECTS, ALL OF THE THAT THE WATERSHED STUDY PROJECTS THAT ARE BOND FUNDED PROJECTS ARE ALL COMPLETE. WE'VE DONE WE'VE COMPLETED THE LOWEST BRANCH FLOOD PREVENTION, 30% DESIGN AND ADVANCE OF THE BOND PROGRAM. SO WE WOULD HAVE SOME DOLLARS WITH THAT. SO THAT 30% IS FOR PHASES ONE THROUGH FOUR WITH THE INTENT OF CONSTRUCTING PHASES ONE AND TWO AND FINISHING OUT THE DESIGN FOR PHASES ONE AND TWO, THAT THAT EFFORT IS COMPLETE. HUNT BRANCH AND LONGMEADOW WERE ALSO PREVIOUSLY FUNDED. BOND PROGRAM. YES. BOND PROGRAM PROJECTS.

BELTLINE AT HUNT BRANCH FINISHED UP. THAT'S THE TOP PICTURE UP THERE WITH A LOVELY NEW BRIDGE RIGHT BY COTTONWOOD PARK. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT ONE. AND LONGMEADOW IS COMPLETE AS WELL. THE WATERSHED STUDY PROJECTS THAT COME OUT OF THE DRAINAGE FUND, ALL OF THESE PROJECTS ARE ACTUALLY LUMPED TOGETHER. THEY'RE ALL IN ONE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, WHICH IS WHY THEY ALL SHOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION EXCEPT FOR ONE. SO WE'RE THE CONTRACTORS FINISHED UP LAGUNA AND IS CURRENTLY WORKING IN EDITH CIRCLE. ONCE THEY'RE DONE WITH EDITH CIRCLE, THEY'LL EITHER GO TO WESTWOOD OR TAM O'SHANTER, DEPENDING ON WHO GETS THEIR UTILITIES CLEARED FIRST, BECAUSE THOSE OTHER THREE ARE WORKING ON FRANCHISE UTILITY CLEARANCE.

AND WE'RE JUST THE CONTRACTOR IS REALLY GREAT, AND THEY MOVE WHEREVER WE NEED THEM TO GO.

AND BUT ALL OF THOSE ARE TECHNICALLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL ONE PROJECT.

BUT THAT PROJECT'S GOING VERY WELL. THOSE WERE IDENTIFIED OUT OF THE WATERSHED STUDIES FOR EROSION CONTROL PROJECTS. WE'VE GOT TWO COMPLETE CHESTNUT CREEK AND HUFFINES CREEK. MOHAWK CREEK IS UNDER DESIGN, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY OUT FOR BID RIGHT NOW. THAT WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION LATER THIS SUMMER OR EARLY FALL, PENDING APPROVAL AWARD, I THINK IN JULY. AND CHEYENNE AND WATER VIEW THOSE LAST TWO. THEY'RE ACTUALLY REALLY CLOSE TOGETHER. THEY JUST HAVE DIFFERENT ADDRESSES. BUT THOSE ARE UNDER DESIGN TOGETHER TO BE PACKAGED TOGETHER AS ONE PROJECT FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO TAKE CARE OF, AS WELL. JUST A MAP OF WHERE THOSE ARE, THE COMPLETED PROJECTS.

LONGMEADOW IS UP BY CUSTER PARKWAY, KIND OF ALONG THE ALONG THE RAILROAD THERE AND THEN HUNT BRANCH AND THE DUCK CREEK AREAS TOO. SO MOVING FORWARD FOR OUR CIP, THE CAPITAL NEEDS FOR THE DRAINAGE FUND ARE REALLY WE WE GET THESE PROJECTS IN IN ONE OF TWO WAYS

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IT'S EASIER TO HAVE ONE CONTRACTOR IN ONE SPOT THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT WORK TOGETHER SIMULTANEOUSLY. AND NEXT STEPS, FINALIZE THE UTILITY PROGRAMS AS WE PREPARE.

AS THE CITY MANAGER PREPARES TO FILE THE THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR AND UTILIZE A LOT OF OUR ASSESSMENT FINDINGS TO START TO INFORM SOME OF THOSE FUTURE LONG RANGE PLANS AND HOW WE CAN DO MORE WITH OUR FUNDING AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROGRAM. AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

COUNCILMEMBER CORCORAN. SO CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT OR JUST GO OVER AGAIN? WHAT OR WAS IT WHAT? SO A WATERSHED, A WATERSHED STUDY PROJECT. AND, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY THE ONE AT TAM O'SHANTER. CAN YOU JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT WHAT THAT IS? BECAUSE I SEE, I UNDERSTAND, I SEE THE CRITERIA FOR THE CREEK BANK EROSION, AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF THOSE HOMES REALLY TOUCH OR ARE CLOSE TO CITY OWNED LAND. SO I CAN UNDERSTAND HOW ACCORDING TO THAT SLIDE, RIGHT, THERE'S HOW THE PRIORITIZATION WENT. BUT I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT THE WATERSHED STUDY PROJECT IS AND MAYBE HOW IT RELATES OR PROVIDES COULD PROVIDE SOME RELIEF TO THOSE THOSE HOMEOWNERS. YEAH. I'M GOING TO DEFER TO MR. GOUGH ON THIS ONE. HE HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THAT ONE. SO I THINK THERE'S I THINK I THINK THE QUESTION IS THE ON THE LIST OF WATERSHED STUDIES, ONE OF THEM WAS THE TAM O'SHANTER LANE. SO I THINK THE QUESTION IS WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED AS PART OF THAT THAT PROJECT. SO I THINK THAT'S JUST UPSIZING OF THE LINE TO GET IT TO THE CREEK. YES. I'M SO SORRY.

SO THE THE DRAINAGE PROJECT THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THAT'S AN UPSIZING OF A OF AN EXISTING DRAINAGE PIPE. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY TO DO WITH ANY OF THE EROSION ASSESSMENT PIECES. SORRY, I MISUNDERSTOOD THE AND THOSE WERE ESTABLISHED FROM THE FROM THAT SPECIFIC WATERSHED STUDY WITH A HIGH PRIORITY. IT TYPICALLY HAD TO DO WITH FLOODING IN THE AREA AND TRYING TO REDUCE THAT AMOUNT OF FLOODING. THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT IS TO UPSIZE THE THE OUTFALL PIPE. SO IT'S TO GET THE WATER OUT OF THE STREET AND KIND OF IN FRONT OF THE HOUSES TO THE CREEK BEHIND THE HOUSES. OKAY. YEAH. WELL, THAT'S THAT'S INTERESTING. OKAY.

YEAH. MOST OF OUR, A LOT OF THE WATERSHED STUDIES FOCUS ON TRYING THE 100 YEAR FLOODPLAIN AND THE WATER THAT'S IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AND NEEDING TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO REDUCE THAT AND GET IT OFF OF THE STREET. SO LET ME JUST TAKE IT TO MAYBE A HIGHER LEVEL QUESTION. SO FOR FOR INDIVIDUALS, NOT JUST IN THE TAM O'SHANTER AREA, BUT IN ANY CREEK THAT SORT OF HAVE A HOME THAT IS IN SOMETHING THAT WOULD FALL IN THAT HIGH SEVERITY BUCKET. BUT THEIR CREEK, YOU KNOW, THEIR BACKYARD WHERE IT TOUCHES A CREEK DOESN'T NECESSARILY TOUCH OR ISN'T ADJACENT TO PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. SO THEY MAY NOT FALL HIGH ON THAT PRIORITIZATION LIST. WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD WE HAVE FOR HOMEOWNERS IN THOSE SITUATIONS TO HELP ADDRESS EROSION CONCERNS? EVEN IF IT'S JUST TOUCHING A DECK OR KIND OF CREEPING UP SLOWLY TO THE HOUSE? CERTAINLY, I I'LL JUST STOP THE QUESTION THERE AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU GO AHEAD. WELL, SO I APPRECIATE THE SPIRIT OF THE QUESTION. YOU KNOW, LIKE MANY PRIVATE PROPERTY RESPONSIBILITIES, YOU

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GOSH, IT'S PROBABLY DATES BACK TO THE LAST TIME WE HAD A PROGRAM OF THIS NATURE WAS PROBABLY AROUND 2010. WITH THAT BOND PROGRAM PROJECT, WE DID HAVE A PROJECT, A PROGRAM WHERE WE WOULD SHARE IN THE COST OF A GABION WALL. IF THE PROPERTY AND THE CREEK IN QUESTION WAS ON, IF THE CREEK QUESTION WAS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, BUT IT DID HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO TO DAMAGE OR DESTROY IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY, BECAUSE EVEN WHEN THAT PROGRAM WAS IN PLACE, THE RESOURCES WERE STILL FAIRLY LIMITED, THE NEED MUCH LARGER THAN THE RESOURCES. WE FOCUSED ON PRIMARY RESIDENCE AS THE FIRST TIER OF IMPROVEMENT THAT WOULD BE AT RISK. YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE A DECK OR SOMETHING STILL RATED, YOU KNOW, FAIRLY LOW. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT I THINK THAT THE ADVICE OR THE GUIDANCE THAT WE WOULD GIVE SOMEONE LIKE THAT IS, YOU KNOW, TO, TO TRY TO WORK WITH AN INDEPENDENT, YOU KNOW, ENGINEER TO DESIGN THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE STRATEGY THAT THEY COULD. BUT AGAIN, ULTIMATELY, WHEN THE PROPERTY LINE GOES TO THE CENTER OF THE CREEK OR AND THE BANK IS PART OF THE PRIVATE PROPERTY, WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE A PROGRAM NECESSARILY WITHOUT THIS MEETING THIS CRITERIA. WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A PROGRAM TO ADDRESS THAT. NOW, I WILL TELL YOU THE CRITERIA IS, IS, IS, YOU KNOW, A RECOMMENDATION IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE CRITERIA AS A COUNCIL, THAT'S YOUR RIGHT TO SET THAT POLICY. AND, YOU KNOW, WE COULD WE COULD RETHINK THE PROJECTS BASED ON A SET OF CRITERIA. BUT THIS SEEMS TO, YOU KNOW, THIS CRITERIA IS, I THINK MEETS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE FIND IS BEST PRACTICES AND ULTIMATELY ENSURES THAT OUR CITY RESOURCES ARE GOING TO BE UTILIZED, YOU KNOW, TO PROTECT AND WHEN, IN OUR OPINION, IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE TYPES OF IMPROVEMENTS. NO, I MEAN, I GET IT. I MEAN, GENERALLY WE WANT TO SPEND THE PUBLIC'S TAX DOLLARS TO PROTECT PUBLIC PROPERTY THAT EVERYBODY BENEFITS FROM. SO I, I UNDERSTAND I'M THERE'S NOT A GOOD ANSWER. THERE ISN'T A GOOD. THAT'S RIGHT. I MEAN, LET ME JUST SAY THAT THERE'S YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT A GOOD ANSWER. I MEAN, WE SEE THESE, YOU KNOW, THE BENEFIT OF LIVING IN A GREAT CITY LIKE RICHARDSON IS WE HAVE THESE BEAUTIFUL CREEKS.

BUT AS YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT HAS CHANGED OVER THE LAST FOUR DECADES. THE CREEKS HAVE CHANGED. AND OFTENTIMES IMPROVEMENTS THAT 20 YEARS AGO MADE SENSE IN TERMS OF PLACEMENT OR, YOU KNOW, THE TYPE OF IMPROVEMENT MAYBE DON'T NO LONGER MAKE SENSE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THE CREEK HAS EVOLVED AS WELL. IT'S, IT'S JUST TOUGH BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENTS WOULD WHO LIVE BACKED UP TO CREEKS WOULDN'T HAVE ARGUED THAT. WELL, IT'S CONSTRUCTION THAT Y'ALL APPROVED OR TOOK PART IN THAT IS NOW CAUSING THE WATER TO FLOW INTO MY BACKYARD AND ERODE MY BACKYARD. YEAH. IT'S, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S, I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S NOT TO YOUR POINT, THERE'S NOT A GOOD ANSWER. BUT I THINK THE AREA IN QUESTION, IT'S ACTUALLY PROJECTS THAT PLANO APPROVED PROBABLY ACTUALLY. FAIR ENOUGH. I MEAN, IT REALLY IS. YEAH. NO, ABSOLUTELY. WELL, AND JUST TO CLARIFY AND ADD ON TO THAT. SO THERE'S TWO THE CREEK BANK EROSION IS WHAT IDENTIFIED A LOT OF THOSE. THE WATERSHED STUDY SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED FLOODING LOCATIONS FOR US TO IMPROVE UPON. SO THE TAM O'SHANTER PROJECT IS PART OF THAT WATERSHED STUDY. THAT'S A THAT'S ONE ARM OF THE TWO TO HELP US DETERMINE HOW WE'RE GOING TO PROGRAM PROJECTS. SO JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.

THAT'S MY MISTAKE. NO, NOT TO BELABOR THE POINT. I MEAN, I I THINK WE'D ALL RATHER HAVE AN EXCESS OF WATER IN A CREEK THAN FLOODING A STREET. BUT EVEN STILL, IT'S STILL A TOUGH SITUATION FOR RESIDENTS THAT BACK UP TO STREETS THAT ARE IN A SITUATION THEY WEREN'T IN TEN YEARS AGO. COUNCIL MEMBER DORIAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU MAYOR. GREAT PRESENTATION AND THANKS FOR BRINGING US UP TO DATE. YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYONE LIKES TO SEE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION, BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME POSITIVE FEEDBACK. ACTUALLY, I'VE HAD RESIDENTS, HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THE INFRASTRUCTURE. SO AND YOU DON'T NORMALLY HEAR THAT. YOU NORMALLY HEAR THE OPPOSITE, BUT I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK. I THINK IT'S GREAT. AND, AND FOR ONE, I'M GLAD TO SEE IT AS WELL. MY STREET JUST WAS RECENTLY REPAIRED AND I'M JUST GLAD TO GET THE MANHOLE COVERS DOWN AND GET THE STREET, YOU KNOW, BACK TO NORMAL. SO BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS THAT I'VE BEEN ASKED FROM RESIDENTS. WHAT'S THE ETA ON RICHLAND PARK AND THE ETA ON WESTWOOD? AND I THINK THAT'S RIDGEDALE TO THOMPSON AT THOMPSON. KIND OF A BALLPARK TO RICHLAND IS I'M THINKING GOING TO BE DONE BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR. IT. WE WERE SHOWING THAT IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION AS MORE OF FINISHING UP CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR, BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE EARLY FY 27. AND I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE THAT IT'S WEST

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ATMOS IS ALSO IN THE WAY. WE TRY TO GET THOSE CLEAR BEFORE WE START THAT ALL THREE OF THOSE LAST LOCATIONS HAVE. THOSE HAVE SOME UTILITY. TYMOSHENKO'S ACTUALLY DOES NOT HAVE AS MUCH AS THE OTHER TWO DO, SO IT REALLY IS DEPENDENT ON WHO GETS TO GO FIRST. AS TO WHETHER WHO'S NEXT IN LINE FOR THAT. SO I CAN'T NECESSARILY GIVE YOU A GOOD TIME FRAME FOR THAT ONE. I'M SORRY, BUT THE GOAL WAS TO HAVE THIS PROJECT DONE BY IN A YEAR AND WE STARTED IT IN APRIL. IS THAT RIGHT, CHARLES? MAYBE FEBRUARY, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT. CAN THEY GO ONLINE TO JUST KIND OF SEE THE PROGRESS AND POTENTIALLY. YES, SIR. SO WE ON, ON OUR WEBSITE, WE ACTUALLY IDENTIFY SOME ROUGH TIMEFRAMES FOR WHEN THOSE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS WILL BE. IT JUST AGAIN, IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON WHEN WHO'S CLEAR FIRST. AND UNFORTUNATELY, I, I TOTALLY GET HOW IT WORKS WAYS WAVE MY MAGIC WAND AND IT WOULD BE FASTER, BUT I THINK IT'S JUST GOOD FEEDBACK TO GIVE THE PUBLIC SO THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, I CAN SEND A LINK OUT TO. YES, SIR. ABSOLUTELY. MONITOR, JUST KEEP THEM EDUCATED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. YES, SIR. IT'S ALL ON OUR PROJECT TRACKER. IF THEY JUST CLICK ON THOSE, THEY'LL GET IT. THANK YOU. SURE. COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. GOT A QUESTION REGARDING THE WATER THAT YOU SAID THAT YOU'RE UPSIZING THE STORM SYSTEM TO TAKE IT DOWN TO THE CREEK FASTER OR FASTER OR, YOU KNOW, EASIER WAY, AS I ALWAYS SAID, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T REALLY CONTROL THE WATER. WE MANAGE THE WATER. SO DO YOU LOOK AT THE DOWNSTREAM EFFECT THAT IF YOU TAKE THE WATER DOWN THERE, WHAT THAT WOULD CREATE DOWNSTREAM CONDITION THAT RISE WATER, FASTER WATER, ANY EROSION COULD HAPPEN BECAUSE OF THAT. WE DO WHEN WE ARE WHEN WE'RE WORKING THE DESIGN ON IT, WE ACTUALLY SET THE, THE TAIL WATER AT THE 100 YEAR HYDRAULIC GRADE LINE FOR AND WITHIN THE CREEK FOR ALL OF THOSE OUTFALLS.

AND THAT TYPICALLY IS WELL ABOVE WHERE THE TOP OF THE PIPE IS. SO IT'S ALREADY KIND OF UNDER PRESSURE. BUT WE DO LOOK AT WHAT THAT LONG TERM EFFECT WOULD BE. IT'S ON THE DRAINAGE, THE DRAINAGE MAPS. WHEN WE GET THE DESIGN. AS FAR AS A CUMULATIVE EFFECT, I, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION RIGHT NOW FOR YOU, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ANTICIPATE AND IT'S A IT'S CONVERSATIONS THAT I WOULD LIKE US TO CONTINUE TO HAVE OF THE DOWNSTREAM IMPACTS FOR THOSE THINGS. OKAY. YEAH. YES. THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THAT. AND IF YOU SEE CERTAIN THINGS THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED AT, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO. OTHERWISE, WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME THING THAT IT WILL HAPPEN. SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN. IF IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.

NOW MY SECOND QUESTION IS THAT IS THE QUESTION THAT CAME FROM COUNCIL MEMBER JOE JOE CORCORAN, AND ANSWER WAS FROM DON. CITY MANAGER DON MAGNER. YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LITTLE TRICKY QUESTION.

IF IT WAS A STRAIGHTFORWARD, I WOULD SAY PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, LIKE CITY SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THOSE EROSION BECAUSE THE WATER IS, IS NOT JUST WATER COMING FROM THE PROPERTY. IT'S COMING.

IT'S A CREEK, MAJOR CREEK. WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY IN RICHARDSON. I THINK WE DO HAVE SOME. BUT FOR SOME OTHER CITY, THOSE ARE BIGGER ISSUE. AND CITY BASICALLY TAKE CARE OF THOSE ISSUES BECAUSE VARIATION, DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION. LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS A DEED RESTRICTION THAT, OKAY, THERE IS AN EASEMENT AND PRIVATE OWNER IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF THE DRAINAGE EASEMENT, THAT'S DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT IF IT IS NOT THERE THE MOST OF THE TIME, THE EROSION IS BASICALLY HAPPENING BECAUSE OF UPSTREAM CONSTRUCTION, DOWNSTREAM CONSTRUCTION. SO IT'S COMPLICATED. AND IF EACH HOMEOWNER REALLY TRIED TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN PROPERTY, THEY ARE GOING TO BE CREATING ISSUE FOR THE NEIGHBORS. BECAUSE IF YOU FIX ONE SIDE, YOU'RE JUST BLOCKING THE WATER, ONE SIDE, THE WATER IS NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO YOU. IT'S GOING TO TRY TO TAKE OUT THE SAME SPACE FROM THE EASIER SIDE. SO IT'S A RIPPLE EFFECT. SO THIS IS AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T WANT THE, YOU KNOW, ONE INDIVIDUAL TO TAKE CARE OF HIS OR HER PROPERTY RATHER THAN LOOKING AT THE WHOLE THING AS ONE PICTURE. OTHERWISE IT'S GOING TO BE

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THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN ARFIN. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR A GREAT

[D. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE CITY COUNCIL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES RELATED TO RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS]

YOU DID ASK US TO GO BACK TO THEM TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION, BECAUSE AT THAT TIME, WE HAD ALSO DISCUSSED THAT THEY WANTED TO FURTHER FURTHER TALK ABOUT SOME IDEAS THAT THEY HAD HAD.

AND SO THAT WE HAD BROUGHT TO YOU, YOU HAD ASKED THEM TO GO AHEAD AND FLESH THOSE OUT. AS YOU START TO LOOK AT THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY TO MAKE A FINAL DETERMINATION ON MAY 21ST, THE CIC DID REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE QUESTION ONE MORE TIME. WE PROVIDED FURTHER RESEARCH THAT WAS PRESENTED. YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THAT HERE THIS EVENING. AND IN A VOTE OF 8 TO 1, IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION TO OMIT RELIGION RELATED TOPICS FROM CITY OUTREACH. THEY HAD REAFFIRMED THAT RECOMMENDATION FROM THE FIRST, FIRST TIME. SO WE'D GONE FROM THE FOUR THREE TO THE EIGHT ONE. THEIR RATIONALE IN CONTINUING WITH THAT POSITION WAS REALLY FOCUSED ON AVOIDING UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, OF WHICH YOU'LL SEE AN EXAMPLE HERE IN A FEW SLIDES, AS WELL AS POSSIBLE LITIGATION THAT COULD ARISE OUT OF DOING BEING INVOLVED. AND SO THAT WILL KIND OF LEAD TOWARDS OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND ANY SUCH RELATED MATERIAL TO, TO TAKING PART IN THIS KIND OF OUTREACH. SO TO UPDATE YOU ON THE CITY'S CURRENT POLICY, WE DO HAVE A DAYS OF RECOGNITION POLICY BASED ON FEDERAL AND STATE RECOGNITION RECOGNITION PRACTICES. IT WAS USED TO CREATE A SECULAR LIST OF CULTURAL HERITAGE AND CIVIC OBSERVANCES DESIGNED TO ENHANCE ENGAGEMENT AND RECOGNITION, REALLY BASED MORE ON ETHNIC, CULTURAL, CIVIC AND HISTORICAL OBSERVANCES. REMOVING THE RELIGION COMPONENT OUT. AND YOU'LL SEE IN THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ON WHY, BUT ESSENTIALLY IT COMES DOWN TO A CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION. THE CURRENT POLICY EXCLUDES RELIGION, RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS FROM THE FORMAL APPROVAL LIST. HOWEVER, IT DISTINGUISHES BETWEEN OTHER THINGS. SO WHILE WE HAVE A ACTUAL LIST, WHICH YOU'VE SEEN AND HAVE RECENTLY ADDED SOME DAYS OF RECOGNITION TO, IT DOESN'T PREVENT OR PROHIBIT OTHER DAYS OR OTHER THINGS OCCURRENCES FROM BEING ADDED TO RECOGNITION ON THE CITY'S OUTREACH. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE OTHER OFFICIAL OBSERVANCES, SUCH AS THE HEALTHIER TEXAS COMMUNITY CHALLENGE THAT CAME ALONG AFTER WELL, AFTER THE POLICY WAS SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL HAD BEEN INVOLVED WITH. WE ADDED THAT OUTREACH TO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, TO OUR PRINT MEDIA, OTHER FORMS THAT WE HAD HAD, AND PROCLAMATION. I THINK THERE WAS EVEN INCLUDED WITH THAT. AND SO THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AS WELL AS SERVICE IMPACT POSTS. SO FOR INSTANCE, LABOR DAY, NEW YEAR'S, THOSE ARE ALSO NOT WRITTEN IN THE POLICY, BUT WE ARE PROMOTING SERVICE IMPACTS THAT WE HAVE BASED ON THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. AND THEN EVENT PROGRAMING, COMMUNICATIONS, LUNAR NEW YEAR, COMMUNITY AND CORE THINGS THAT MAY COME ALONG AFTER THE FACT. AGAIN, IT ALLOWS US TO EXPAND THAT OUTREACH. SO YOU'D ASKED, WHAT HAVE WE DONE AND WHAT WOULD IMPACT SHOULD WE IMPLEMENT THIS POLICY AS AS STAFF RECOMMENDS? AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE. EACH ONE OF THESE POSTS THAT YOU SEE IS SOMETHING FROM THE CITY'S PAST SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, ALL POSTS AND PROCLAMATIONS ARE

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THIS ONE DEALS WITH THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH. AND SO CITY SOCIAL MEDIA IS DEFINED AS A LIMITED PUBLIC FORUM. JUST AS THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS A LIMITED PUBLIC FORUM, SOMEBODY CAN COME UP AND PRESENT TO YOU ON ANYTHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO. IT'S A LIMITED PART OF BEING A LIMITED PUBLIC FORUM, AND SO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA IS CONSIDERED THAT AS WELL. AND THAT PROHIBITS US FROM DELETING ANY COMMENTS THAT PEOPLE MAY FIND OBJECTIONABLE. SO UNDER MOST CIRCUMSTANCES, AND THAT'S UNDER MOST CIRCUMSTANCES. NOW, WHEN I SAY MOST CIRCUMSTANCES, IF SOMEBODY WERE TO GET ONTO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND SAY, RUN DOWN TO CITY HALL, BURN THAT PLACE DOWN, CREATING A IMMINENT THREAT THAT IS DIFFERENT, WE CAN DELETE THOSE KINDS OF COMMENTS. THERE ARE CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH WE ARE ABLE TO REMOVE, BUT FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IS NOT ONE OF THEM. IT'S PROTECTED BY FREE SPEECH ON EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. AND SO A COMMENT CANNOT BE DELETED FOR CRITICISM OR EXPRESSING AN UNPOPULAR VIEWPOINT. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A POST FROM A NORTH TEXAS CITY SAYING HAPPY EASTER. AND THEY PUT A COMMENT WITH THAT. AND WITHIN AFTER THEY HAD PLACED THIS ON IN THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, YOU MAY RUN INTO TIMES WHEN YOU COULD FIND SOMETHING OR OTHERS MAY FIND SOMETHING TO BE OBJECTIONABLE. SO FOR INSTANCE, AND THIS REALLY STARTS ON THE SENATE'S PRIOR, BUT IT SAYS WE LOOK FORWARD TO AND THIS IS THE PERSON'S COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HIS SECOND COMING TO ESTABLISH HIS KINGDOM ON EARTH. BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND YOU WILL BE SAVED. THERE IS NO OTHER NAME UNDER HEAVEN GIVEN TO MANKIND BY WHICH WE MUST BE SAVED. AND YOU COULD WELL UNDERSTAND HOW THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER VIEWPOINTS THAT MAY DISAGREE WITH THAT. SO IT'S UNDERSTANDING THAT WHEN WE START THIS, IT'S NOT JUST WHAT WE PLACE, BUT WHAT IT OPENS UP FOR OTHERS TO PLACE AS WELL. SO HERE'S A LIST OF SECULAR HOLIDAYS I'M GOING TO GET TO CHRISTMAS IN A SECOND. IT'S NOT UP HERE, BUT ESSENTIALLY WE HAVE A LIST OF FEDERALLY OBSERVED HOLIDAYS THAT ARE OFFICIAL. IT'S AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, STATE LEVEL, AND WE REALLY HAVE THAT AS WHAT WE WERE LEADING FOR OUR LOCAL LEVEL OF MAKING OUR LIST. AND SO CHRISTMAS IS DEFINED IN TWO WAYS, AND IT'S BEEN DEFINED FROM THE SUPREME COURT AS WELL AS WELL LOWER COURTS ALL THE WAY UP TO THE SUPREME COURT. AND SO CONGRESS DECLARED DECEMBER 25TH A FEDERAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN 1870 AS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL FOUR, MAKING CHRISTMAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL FOUR FEDERAL HOLIDAYS ALONGSIDE NEW YEAR'S DAY, INDEPENDENCE DAY, AND THANKSGIVING. CHRISTMAS IS A CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY IN ORIGIN, BUT IT IS ALSO LISTED AS A US FEDERAL LEGAL PUBLIC HOLIDAY UNDER FEDERAL LAW, ALONG WITH OTHER FEDERAL HOLIDAYS AND WIDELY CELEBRATED

[01:30:05]

OTHER RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS MAY BE RECOGNIZED OR ACCOMMODATED, BUT THEY USUALLY REMAIN IDENTIFIED AS RELIGIOUS OR CULTURAL OBSERVANCES RATHER THAN SECULAR. US PUBLIC HOLIDAYS. IT WAS BROUGHT UP AT THIS MEETING ESPECIALLY WELL, WE SEE OTHER CITIES DOING THIS. HOW DO THEY DO THIS? WHAT DO THEY DO NOW? AND SO WE DID A LOOK. WE WENT OUT TO ALL THESE CITIES THAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT HERE, AND THE MAJORITY OF TEXAS CITIES THAT WE REVIEWED HAVE, AT LEAST AS OF RECENTLY, DON'T CURRENTLY POST RELIGIOUS CONTENT. NOW, AMARILLO AND DALLAS, AS FAR AS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TELL, HAVE NEVER POSTED THAT ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA. THESE OTHER CITIES THAT YOU SEE HAVE, AT SOME TIME OR ANOTHER POSTED SOMETHING RELATED, BUT IT'S NOT CONSISTENT AND IT'S ACROSS THE BOARD. IT'S NOT EVERY EVERYBODY. THERE'S ONE CITY IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA, CITY OF PLANO, WHICH HAS CURRENTLY MOST RECENTLY THEY POSTED ON RAMADAN, YOM KIPPUR. THEY HAD POSTED ON DIWALI, THOUGH FOR WHATEVER REASON, IN 2022, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING ON DIWALI SINCE THEN. SO AGAIN, IT'S INCONSISTENT WITH HOW THEY'RE DOING IT, BUT THEY. CITY OF PLANO IS REALLY THE ONLY ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND THAT CONSISTENTLY POSTS RELIGION RELATED INFORMATION LIKE THIS. AND OF COURSE, THIS SHOWS THAT INCONSISTENCY, WHICH ALSO CREATES EXPOSURE TO THE LITIGATION. SO WE WENT TO OUR LEGAL TEAM AND WE ASKED FOR AN OPINION SO THAT THEY COULD TELL US WHAT WHAT ARE THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE AS YOU GO INTO THIS TOPIC? THE CITY IS PROHIBITED FROM USING GOVERNMENT RESOURCES TO REASONABLY APPEAR TO ENDORSE A RELIGION. THIS APPLIES TO SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, RESOLUTIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS ALIKE. RELIGIOUS REFERENCES MAY BE PERMISSIBLE WHEN A LEGITIMATE SECULAR RATIONALE CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THEM. HOWEVER, IT IS BEST FOR THE CITY TO REMAIN NEUTRAL AND ENSURE THERE IS NO ENDORSEMENT OF ANY ONE RELIGION OVER ANOTHER. AND THIS IS REALLY, AGAIN, THE KEY AREA OF CONCERN. ONCE YOU ENDORSE ONE TO AVOID CHALLENGES, YOU WILL THEN HAVE TO GIVE AN OPEN FORUM TO ALL. WE DO NOT GET TO DECIDE WHAT DEFINES A RELIGION. IF SOMEBODY COMES TO THE DOOR AND SAYS, THESE ARE MY BELIEFS, THIS IS. I LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY. I'VE SEEN THAT YOU'VE BEEN POSTING, THIS IS MY RELIGION. THEN WE WE DON'T GET TO TELL THEM HOW TO BELIEVE OR WHAT WHAT THAT IS FOR THEM.

ADDITIONALLY, THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, WHICH I BELIEVE ALL OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH, ALSO, THEIR LEGAL TEAM HAS LOOKED AT THIS QUESTION BEFORE. THEY SAY THE ONLY WAY TO ENSURE SAFETY FROM LITIGATION IS FOR CITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT DISPLAYS INFORMATION ARE STRICTLY STRICTLY SECULAR IN NATURE. SO THAT LEADS TO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, WHICH IS CITY STAFF RECOMMENDS A STRICTLY SECULAR POLICY OF RECOGNITION THAT NO CITY RECOGNITION OF RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES IN ANY FORM, ALL MEDIA PROGRAMING PROCLAMATIONS WOULD BE LIMITED TO THE APPROVED SECULAR CALENDAR. AGAIN, WE HAVE HEALTHIER TEXAS CHALLENGE, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT COULD COME ALONG. IT'S NOT LIMITED ONLY TO, BUT THAT ESSENTIALLY THE POLICY WOULD OUTLINE THAT ANYTHING OF A RELIGIOUS CONNOTATION WOULD BE REMOVED. EXISTING TRADITIONS WITH A CULTURAL CIVIC DIMENSION. FOR INSTANCE, THE CHRISTMAS PARADE, NEW YEAR, LUNAR LUNAR NEW YEAR EVENTS WOULD BE REVIEWED INDIVIDUALLY TO CONFIRM THAT THEY ARE FRAMED IN SECULAR TERMS, MEANING THE CHRISTMAS PARADE. IF YOU LOOK AT IT, THERE ARE NO CROSSES, THERE ARE NO NATIVITY SCENES. IT IS PURELY THE SECULAR COMPONENT OF THE EVENT. SANTA'S VILLAGE IS THE SAME AGAIN, NO, NO

[01:35:02]

OH, COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE. NO, I MEAN, NO QUESTIONS. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE ABOUT THE DISCUSSION THAT THE CAC HAD. AS MR. SOL POINTED OUT, IT WAS AN 8 TO 1 VOTE. AND AND HE CAPTURED, WELL, SORT OF THEIR FEEDBACK AND THEIR CONCERNS.

THEY REALLY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE EXPOSURE TO THE CITY. THEY ARE INTERESTED IN CONTINUING THE DISCUSSION ABOUT WAYS. AGAIN, MAYBE THERE'S WAYS TO WORK WITH THE RICHARDSON INTERFAITH ALLIANCE, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. THAT WOULDN'T BE, YOU KNOW, OFFICIAL CITY FUNDING USED FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES. SO THEY ARE THEY WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE DISCUSSION. I THINK THEY WILL CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION AND, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY MAKE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT WHERE THERE MAY BE SIMILAR SITUATIONS WITH LIKE LUNAR NEW YEAR AND THE CHRISTMAS PARADE, WHERE THERE ARE SECULAR COMPONENTS OF THOSE OF THOSE THAT ALLOW US TO, TO DO THOSE FESTIVITIES. PERHAPS THERE ARE OTHERS THAT WE COULD DO AS WELL.

AND SO I THINK THEY WANT TO EXPLORE, CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND SEE IF THERE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS THEY CAN MAKE TO US ABOUT OTHER WAYS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE SECULAR COMPONENTS OF, OF OTHER RELIGIONS AS WELL. SO THEY WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. BUT, YOU KNOW, A PRETTY STRONG MESSAGE FROM THEM 8 TO 1 THAT THEY THOUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, IF ALTHOUGH THE DOOR IS CURRENTLY A LITTLE BIT CRACKED WITH SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST THAT WE SHOULD CLOSE IT TO AVOID SORT OF ANY, ANY LITIGATION RISK GOING FORWARD. AND I AGREE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. MR. MAGNUM, DO YOU NEED ANYTHING FROM US OR. NO. NO, I APPRECIATE IT. WE'LL WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPERATIONALIZE THIS WITH SOME OF THE OTHER POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING BACK TO YOU IN YOUR UPDATED RULES OF ORDER AND

[E. REVIEW AND DISCUSS DESIGNS FOR THE KEY TO THE CITY]

AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU WITH SOME TIMELINES WITH RESPECT TO NEXT STEPS, IN TERMS OF BEING PREPARED TO ENTERTAIN NOMINATIONS. SO, GREG. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. AND OF COURSE, THIS GOES IN WITH YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN HAVING CLEAR, EFFECTIVE, EFFICIENT, CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVED, IMPROVED WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO INTERACT WITH THE CITY. OF COURSE, ALSO TYING IN WITH A FEW OF YOUR TACTICS. SO FOR THIS POLICY REVIEW, WE'VE MADE SOME EDITS BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU PROVIDED LAST TIME AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE CAPTURED THIS FOR FOR YOUR REVIEW, THE KEY TO THE CITY OF RICHARDSON MAY BE BESTOWED UPON OR BESTOWED BY THE CITY COUNCIL UPON DISTINCT OR UPON DISTINGUISHED INDIVIDUALS OR HONORED GUESTS IN RECOGNITION OF EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE OR CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY.

WHEN LOOKING AT SERVICE OR CONTRIBUTION, IT'S ESSENTIALLY OUTLINING THAT IT COULD BE SERVICE, PRESUMABLY SOMETHING OVER A DURATION OF TIME OR A CONTRIBUTION, MAYBE SOMETHING THAT'S A LOT MORE SHORT LIVED, BUT SOMETHING THAT RECOGNIZES THE EQUIVALENCY OF SOMETHING LARGE FOR BOTH THE MAYOR OR A COUNCIL MEMBER, MAY PRESENT THE KEY TO THE CITY AT A CIVIC OR CEREMONIAL EVENT DEEMED APPROPRIATE FOR THE PRESENTATION. AGAIN, THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HAD HEARD THAT THE OUTLINE FOR THESE PRESENTATIONS WOULD BE SOMETHING ELEVATED, PERHAPS MORE THAN AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THAT IT WOULD BE SOME KIND OF SPECIAL EVENT OR SOMETHING COINCIDING, PERHAPS, WHERE THESE WOULD BE PRESENTED AS THE CITY'S HIGHEST SYMBOLIC HONOR. AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE WORDING HERE WAS CHANGED LAST WHEN WE HAD BROUGHT THIS BEFORE YOU. IT'S WELL, I THINK IT WAS A BRIDGE THAT HAD BEEN NAMED THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL ACTUAL HIGH HONORS THAT WE CAN BESTOW ON PEOPLE. SO WHAT WE HAD DONE IS PUT IN THE WORD SYMBOLIC THAT THE KEY IS SYMBOLIC. IT'S NOT A THING NECESSARILY THAT'S BEEN BUILT AND THAT YOU'RE FOCUSING ON. IT'S A SYMBOL OF THIS HONOR, AND THAT THE KEY SHOULD BE RESERVED FOR INSTANCES OF EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE, ACHIEVEMENT OR CONTRIBUTION. THE KEY SHALL NOT BE ISSUED IN RECOGNITION OF IDEOLOGICAL, POLITICAL, OR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS. THE THAT ESSENTIALLY SECULAR AND THEN THINGS AGAIN OF THE

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WE'RE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR BRANDING THAT IS ADDED TO THIS.

SO IN THE MIDDLE AND ON THE KEY SECTION, AND I'LL SWITCH OVER HERE. THIS IS A VERSION WITHOUT THE FLOWERS. AS YOU'LL RECALL, WE HAD A VERSION OF FLOWERS. THERE WAS A QUESTION RELATED TO WHICH FLOWERS WERE APPEARING MORE. SO WHAT WE HAD DONE IS WE ESSENTIALLY TOOK OUR SEED PACK THAT WE DO FOR THE PLANTINGS AND THE COLORING. WE BASICALLY BASICALLY MADE IT EQUIVALENT IN EACH OF THOSE AREAS. AND THAT THAT'S THE COLORING THAT YOU SEE IN THE REPRESENTATION THAT YOU SEE IN THIS VERSION OF THE KEY. IF WE WERE TO FILL IN THAT AREA, IT WOULD HAVE ESSENTIALLY WHAT OUR WILDFLOWER PLANTING MIX IS. AGAIN, KEEPING THE CERTAIN ELEMENTS. THE CHANGE THAT YOU SEE ON THIS, THOUGH, IS ON THE LOCKING MECHANISM PART, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT FOR THE KEY. IT'S IN THIS THE SHAPE OF THE CITY'S CITY LIMITS. AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD INCORPORATE INTO THE KEY. ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON THIS ONE FOR A SECOND TOO. THIS DOESN'T HAVE IT. BUT ADDITIONALLY ON THAT LOCKING MECHANISM WHERE YOU SEE THE THE CITY LIMITS ABOVE IT, YOU'LL SEE THE PIANO KEYS FOR ARTS AND CULTURE, BUT ADDITIONALLY AROUND THE CIRCLE. AND I DON'T HAVE IT HERE, BUT WE CAN PUT LITTLE PAINT BRUSHES SO THAT THAT COULD BE INCLUDED AS WELL. SO WE WANT TO HAVE THAT IN YOUR MINDS AS YOU START TO DISCUSS PIECES THAT YOU LIKE ABOUT THE KEY DESIGNS. THEN THERE IS THE CONCEPT OF REMOVING THE COLORS IN GENERAL AND GOING WITH SOMETHING THAT COULD LOOK LIKE THIS. AGAIN, THE LOCKING MECHANISM CAN BE CHANGED EACH OF THE ELEMENTS, BUT YOU SEE KIND OF THE DIRECTION. AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE SEEKING NOW THIS EVENING IS WHAT YOUR DISCUSSION RELATED TO THE POLICY. AND THEN OF COURSE, YOUR DECISION ON WHICH DESIGN BEST YOU FEEL BEST MEETS THIS NEED. SO ONCE WE HAVE YOUR FEEDBACK, WE'LL GO TO THE DESIGN AND WE'LL PRESENT THAT TO THE COMPANY THAT WE'VE REACHED OUT TO TO START HELPING US TO PUT THIS TOGETHER. WE'LL INCORPORATE THE POLICY INTO THE CITY COUNCIL RULES OF ORDER AND PROCEDURE, AND THE RESOLUTION WILL COME TO YOU AT A LATER TIME FOR ADOPTION. GREG MENTIONED ON THE DESIGN WITH THE COLOR. SO SO STAY THERE FOR A SECOND. OKAY, SO EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE ON HOW THAT WOULD BE CAST THE FLOWERS IN THAT VERSUS THE VERSION WITH THE COLOR, WHICH WOULD BE A MUCH DIFFERENT APPLICATION BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THIS IS MORE SUBSTANTIAL AND IS GOING TO BE A HIGHER QUALITY TO GET THE COLORS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE KIND OF A YEAH. SO THIS IS BASICALLY A BRASS MOLD. AND AS YOU SEE THE ENTIRE, PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE KEY IS, IS, IS DONE IN THE METALLIC WITH THE METAL

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THANK YOU. NUMBER THREE WITH THE BORDER COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE. YEAH I AGREE THREE HANDS DOWN, HUGE IMPROVEMENT FROM THE LAST ONES THAT WE SAW. I, I THINK THAT THE THE CIRCUIT ON THREE LOOKS COOL, BUT I THINK THE THE RICHARDSON SORT OF TEETH IS, IS REALLY, REALLY NEAT. IF WE CAN MAKE IT LOOK NICE AS IT LOOKS AS NICE AS THE CIRCUIT BOARD HERE IS THAT THAT WOULD BE MY VOTE IS TO ADD THAT TO THIS. AND THEN IT'LL BE, I THINK, REALLY SPEAK TO WHAT RICHARDSON'S ABOUT NUMBER THREE PLUS BORDER THERE. COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER I WOULD SAY DITTO. THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD, GREG, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING THROUGH IT, IS YOU MENTIONED THAT WE PUT THINGS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE KEY. IF I'M UNDERSTANDING HOW THIS WOULD BE DONE, THIS WOULD BE IN A CLOSED. I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU CALL THAT BOX, IF YOU WILL. SO YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO SEE THE BACKSIDE. IS THAT CORRECT. BECAUSE I MEAN, YOU'RE IT'S GOING TO BE PERMANENTLY MOUNTED IN THIS BOX WITH A FLAG. I'M ASSUMING IF I'M UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. SO. I'M NOT SURE. YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT WE COULD PUT PAINT BRUSHES OR SOMETHING ON THE BACKSIDE, BUT WE'RE NEVER GOING TO SEE THEM. IS THAT CORRECT? ACTUALLY THAT WAS FOR THE FRONT. SO THE BACK BACK DOESN'T REALLY. OH I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT YOU SAID BACK.

YEAH. NO IT'LL BE ACTUALLY IN THIS VERSION IT WOULD BE IN THE CIRCULAR CIRCULAR AREA. THERE WOULD BE PAINT BRUSHES. OF COURSE THEY WOULD BEND TO THE CIRCLE, BUT ESSENTIALLY YOU'D SEE PAINT BRUSHES ON THE FRONT SIDE OF THIS WHERE, YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY. I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING EXACTLY, I APOLOGIZE. OH THAT'S OKAY. NO, I DIDN'T GET THAT AT ALL. YEAH.

I SO WE KIND OF WOULD CAN DO THAT. BUT I KIND OF WANT TO SEE A MOCK UP OF THAT BECAUSE I JUST LIKE THE, I LIKE HOW IT IS RIGHT NOW THAT TO ME THAT'S VERY STRIKING. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD ADD. I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, IT'D BE HARD. I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT. LET ME PUT IT THAT WAY. SO I LIKE I LIKE IT AND I AGREE WITH PUTTING THE CITY BORDER, BUT I WOULD AGREE WITH COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE IF WE COULD UPGRADE, IF YOU WILL, THE CITY BORDERS TO MAKE IT LOOK MORE LIKE THE CIRCUIT BOARD HERE. OKAY, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S THREE OF A KIND SO FAR, COUNCIL MEMBER.

FINE. I'LL MAKE YOUR LIFE EASIER. IT'S GOING TO BE FOUR OF A KIND. FOUR OF A KIND. GOOD.

YES. NUMBER THREE IS GREAT. CHANGE THAT CITY BORDER WITH THAT. BUT MORE LIKE, YOU KNOW, RAISE THAT UP THE CITY, YOU KNOW, THE SOME OF THE AREA AND GIVE A LOOK LIKE NOT A FLAT.

IT'S LIKE GIVE A LOOK LIKE MORE LIKE A CIRCUIT. SOME OF THE ELEMENT I GUESS YOU CAN MAKE CIRCUIT. I THINK THAT WOULD LOOK GOOD. MAYBE MAYBE WORK IN 75 TERM, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

LET'S NOT LET'S NOT GO CRAZY. RAISE IT UP. I MEAN SORRY. YEAH. THANK YOU. I THINK I THINK I'M GOING TO DITTO EVERYONE ELSE'S. I THINK IF IF WHAT WE DID IS YOU JUST KEPT THE CIRCUIT THE WAY YOU HAVE IT ON THE END OF THIS KEY, BUT INSTEAD OF WHAT'S BEHIND THE CIRCUIT, YOU'VE GOT THAT THAT IT'S PLASTERED ON. I THINK YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH THERE AT THAT POINT. SO I THINK KEEP THE CIRCUIT, JUST MAKE THE BACKING INSTEAD OF IT BEING THAT PIECE OF METAL. IT'S THE OTHER PIECE OF METAL THAT'S SHAPED LIKE THE CITY. AND THEN WE'RE GOOD. RIGHT? AND I THINK WE'VE GOT A WINNER. NO CURVY PAINT BRUSHES. NO. AS FAR AS THAT'S CONCERNED, I DO HAVE JUST ONE CLARIFICATION, JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION WITH ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO'S NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY. BUT I WANT TO JUST CLARIFY. SO ON THE KEY TO THE CITY DRAFT POLICY, I THINK IT WAS SLIDE NUMBER FIVE. I KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT A FEW

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UNDERSTAND? UNDERSTOOD. I DON'T HAVE A STRONG FEELING ABOUT THAT. I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S NECESSARY. IT'S YEAH. YOU WERE JUST EXPLAINING THE OTHER POSITION. COUNCIL MEMBER. YEAH.

I THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN VERY OFTEN. SO HAVING THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS OR TOTAL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS COULD BE AN EXCEPTION. TO ANY OTHER. SO I THINK, I THINK THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED LIKE AS IS THAT. THREE COUNCIL MEMBER.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER DORAN YES. THANK YOU. AND I AGREE WITH THE SAME. IT'S. I JUST AGREE WITH THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS, INCLUDING THE MAYOR OUT OF SEVEN. COUNCIL TO GET THREE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT. AND AND YES, THE SIX FOR FULL VOTES. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS CLEAR SO THAT WE COULD ALL HAVE THE SAME EXACT RULES OF ORDER DIGESTED. AND I JUST HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION. LET ME LET ME JUST ASK AMY, JUST, JUST SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE IS NUMBER TWO. THE WAY I'M TRYING TO RECALL IS NUMBER TWO, THE WAY THE NAMING IS PROPOSED, OR IS THAT THE WAY WHAT IS PROPOSED? I'M SORRY. WELL, WE HAVE WE HAVE THE KEY TO THE CITY POLICY AND THEN WE HAVE THE NAMING POLICY. SO I JUST I'M BEFORE WE I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL SAYING THE SAME THING BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO HAVE THIS ONE WAY. AND SO IF THE IF THE MAYOR CAN DO THE. WE WERE GOING TO MIRROR. AND IT WOULD BE THE. WHAT DID WE PRESENT THE SAME. THIS THREE. THREE. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCILMAN DORIAN? YES, I JUST HAD ONE. GREG ON THE FINISH. ON THE THIRD KEY, IT LOOKS TO BE A LITTLE DARKER, WHICH I LIKE. IS IT A DIFFERENT TYPE OF MATERIALS? IT'S JUST THE THE ARTWORK ITSELF. IT'S JUST THE WAY THAT WE'VE CONCEPTUALLY PLACED IT HERE WHEN WE GO TO PRINT. AND THAT THE METALS CAST, I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT IT'S. BUT THERE'S NOT PURPOSEFULLY A COLOR CHANGE WITH THE METAL. IT'S SIMPLY AN ARTIST'S RENDERING BECAUSE IT LOOKS MORE ANTIQUE BRONZE, YOU KNOW, OPPOSED TO THE OTHERS. THEY LOOK A LITTLE MORE ON THE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, SATIN GOLD BRUSH GOLD. BUT ANYWAY, I LIKE THE DARKER. OKAY, I'M JUST SAYING, I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR. I JUST WANTED TO JUST GET SOME CLARITY ON THAT. I DO, I DO LIKE THE DARKER GOLD BRONZE COLOR. WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL. OKAY, GREAT. MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER. SO GOING BACK TO TWO QUESTIONS. IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE TO THE TO THE FIVE. SLIDE FIVE. SO GOING BACK TO THE QUESTION, DOES THAT MEAN WE HAVE THE OVERALL LISTED THAT RIGHT NOW THE MAYOR AND AND CITY MANAGER CAN PLACE THINGS ON THE AGENDA. DOES THIS DO WE CREATE A CONFLICT BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT POLICIES OR TWO. I MEAN, IS THIS GOING TO CAUSE A PROBLEM DOWN THE ROAD BASED ON THIS BEING THE ONE THING THAT AT LEAST I'M AWARE OF? AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE OUT THERE, I'M JUST NOT REMEMBERING THAT THE MAYOR, BECAUSE I MEAN, THIS, THIS WOULD BE THE ONE AND ONLY TIME THAT THE MAYOR CANNOT PUT SOMETHING ON AN AGENDA. IF THAT'S THE COUNCIL'S WISH, I, I WILL STATE, I KNOW YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF ASKING A QUESTION, BUT I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND JUST STATE MINE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. JUST BECAUSE. NO, GO AHEAD. I'LL WAIT TILL THE VERY END. BUT NO, NO, GO AHEAD AS

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THIS IS NOT ABOUT AN ACTUAL COUNCIL APPROVAL. AND IN THIS CASE IT'S ACTUALLY A SUPERMAJORITY. SO SIX OUT OF SEVEN OF US HAVE TO AGREE, WHICH MEANS WAY MORE THAN THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD HAVE TO AGREE. SO IT WOULD BE MY PERSONAL PREFERENCE THAT WE KEPT THIS IN LINE WITH EVERY OTHER WAY THAT WE SET THE AGENDA, WHICH IS ALSO THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS OR THE MAYOR. BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ALL CLEAR ON WHAT IT WAS WE WERE DOING, BECAUSE I KNOW OUR ABSENT COUNCIL MEMBER HAD A CONCERN ABOUT THIS, AND I WANTED TO AT LEAST ADDRESS THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. OKAY. YES.

YEAH. AND I, I JUST, I JUST HATE TO SEE CONFLICTING, CONFLICTING POLICIES. DO I MAYOR PRO TEM AND SO THAT, THAT, THAT THAT'S WHY I WOULD SAY AGAIN, THE, THE I DON'T WANT TO SAY SAFETY VALVE, BUT IF IF A MAYOR IN THE FUTURE, I JUST ALWAYS PUT IT THAT WAY, WANTED TO THROW SOMEBODY ON THERE THAT THE REST OF THE COUNCIL IS LIKE, THERE'S NO WAY. I MEAN, IT'S NOT JUST JUST BECAUSE A MAYOR PLACE ISN'T ON THE COUNCIL DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S, IT'S EVER GOING TO SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY. SO I GUESS I WOULD, I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S THE USUAL THAT THE MAYOR OR THREE CITY COUNCIL COULD COULD SUPPORT TO HAVE IT PLACED ON THE AGENDA.

THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I WOULD COME DOWN. I, I DON'T I JUST DON'T I DON'T I DON'T SEE A LARGE ISSUE WITH SAYING THE MAYOR CAN PLACE IT ON THE AGENDA. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN KIND OF IN THE IN THE HISTORY, IF I CAN USE THAT TERMINOLOGY OF EVERYTHING. SO THAT WOULD BE WHERE I'D SAY, YEAH. SECOND QUESTION I HAVE IS, AND AGAIN, I'M JUST I'M TRYING AND I'M NOT TRYING TO GET CAUGHT UP ON WORDING, BUT WHEN IT SAYS THAT AN APPROPRIATE CIVIC OR CEREMONIAL EVENT, I'M JUST, I'M THINKING OUT LOUD FOR A MINUTE, SAY THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME LARGE COMPANY WHO HAS WHO HAS THE CEO OF THAT COMPANY HAS DONE AMAZING THINGS FOR THE CITY. IF THEY WERE HAVING A RETIREMENT PARTY, WOULD THAT COUNT AS A CEREMONIAL EVENT OR DOES THIS ARE WE BOXING OURSELVES IN AS IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE DEFINED AS A CITY CEREMONIAL EVENT? THAT'S WHAT I'M JUST NOT CLEAR ON THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN IS PURPOSEFULLY TO ALLOW FUTURE DISCOUNTS ON FUTURE COUNCILS TO INTERPRET WHAT THAT MEANS. SO I WOULD SAY IF IF SIX OF YOU SAID THE THE SITUATION YOU DESCRIBED WAS A CEREMONIAL EVENT, THEN THAT WOULD BE TOTALLY APPROPRIATE. LIKE A RETIREMENT.

YEAH, YEAH, LIKE A RETIREMENT PARTY, YOU KNOW, AND I'M JUST THINKING, AND AGAIN, I MEAN, IT WAS A CITY EVENT WHEN, WHEN, WHEN OUR FORMER CITY MANAGER. BUT I WAS JUST TRYING TO TAKE IT. I WAS THINKING OF THAT. BUT IN A, IN A NON CITY RELATED RETIREMENT IS WHAT I WAS, WHAT I WAS THINKING OF. IF, IF YEAH. I MEAN, I CAN'T THINK OF ANYBODY OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

SO I WON'T USE AN EXAMPLE, BUT I'M JUST SAYING, IF IT WAS SOMEBODY THAT WAS INCREDIBLY IMPACTFUL TO THE CITY AND THE CITY COUNCIL THAT WAS IN, IN PLACE AT THAT TIME SAID, WOW, WE WANT TO GIVE THIS PERSON A KEY TO THE CITY. COULD WE DO IT AT SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT AN OFFICIAL CITY SANCTIONED EVENT? I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M THAT'S WHAT I INTERPRET IT. YES, BECAUSE THAT'S JUST MY INTERPRETATION IS IT WOULD BE UP TO THAT COUNCIL. OKAY. YEAH.

THANK YOU. THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTION. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I WAS CLEAR ON THAT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN. I GUESS I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHERE THIS CONVERSATION IS GOING WITH THE THE THREE ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, BUT I'M I'M ACTUALLY I MEAN, I'M OPEN TO UNDERSTANDING MAYBE REMOVING THAT REQUIREMENT AS WELL, JUST IN THE INTEREST OF KEEPING THINGS CONSISTENT. AND I GUESS THE ONLY REASON I WOULD THINK OF US TO, TO KEEP THAT REQUIREMENT THERE WOULD BE TO SORT OF PREVENT THE MAYOR FROM FORCING EVERYONE TO VOTE AGAINST A SERIES OF PEOPLE AND PREVENTING THAT SORT OF PUBLIC DISPLAY. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE WE THE MAYOR, HAS THE POWER TO SORT OF SET THE AGENDA AT LARGE. THEY CAN DO THAT FOR ANY TOPIC AT ANY TIME. YEAH. SO WHY MAKE AN EXCEPTION? I MEAN, I'M OPEN TO HEARING A COUNTERARGUMENT, BUT MY INITIAL THOUGHT IS LIKE, WHY? WHY MAKE AN EXCEPTION FOR THIS ONE TOPIC? MAYOR, IF I COULD CLARIFY A CORRECT MY EARLIER STATEMENT, I JUST LOOK BACK AT THE PRESENTATION. WHAT WE PRESENTED WAS THAT MAYBE NAMING ASSET MAY BE SUBMITTED BY THE MAYOR OR ANY MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL, AND THEN THAT'S WHEN YOU ALL DISCUSS THE THREE MEMBERS. YEAH. SO SO THANK THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE I WAS, I WAS I'M GLAD YOU WERE ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT. SO THE, THE, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THE ORIGINAL STAFF PRESENTATION WAS EXACTLY WHAT AMY SAID FOR BOTH. OKAY. IT WAS COUNCILMAN AND COUNCILMAN BARRIOS THAT TALKED ABOUT THE ELEVATED IF I IF I MAY, I. AND MAYOR, IF LOOK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE ON THIS. BUT SO

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[F. REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]

YOU WERE I THINK YOU WERE A FEATURED SPEAKER, BUT THE DISABILITY CHAMBER WAS HELD IN THE ISEMAN CENTER. AND IT WAS JUST A REALLY COOL, REALLY GOOD EVENT. I'M SO HAPPY AND PROUD THAT RICHARDSON WAS ABLE TO BE A MAJOR PARTNER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. WHAT A GOOD GROUP OF PEOPLE. YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE. YEAH. SO SATURDAY NIGHT, MAYOR, YOU WERE ONE OF THE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS AT THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF RICHARDSON'S GALA SUPPORTING WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF RICHARDSON. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT THAT THE TWO OF US WERE ABLE TO ATTEND. THEY GAVE OUT AMAZING SCHOLARSHIPS. A REALLY BRIGHT YOUNG WOMAN WAS GIVEN A SCHOLARSHIP. HER GPA, I THINK, WAS 4.94, AND WE WERE SITTING AT A TABLE WITH SUPERINTENDENT TABITHA BRANHAM, AND I SAID, HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? THAT'S THAT'S INCREDIBLE. IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING, IT'S AP CLASSES AND DUAL CREDIT CLASSES AND ALL THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. BUT REALLY, REALLY, IN ADDITION TO, TO THAT PARTICULAR YOUNG WOMAN AND ANOTHER, THEIR RESUMES WERE JUST, I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO DESCRIBE, YOU KNOW, STARTING CLUBS AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE

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HOPEFULLY YOU WILL MENTION THAT. BUT I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO LIKE YOU TO MENTION THAT THING.

SO THAT WAS A GREAT THING THAT HAPPENED THAT DAY. AND THEY DO LOTS OF GOOD THINGS AROUND THE AROUND THE GLOBE, I WOULD SAY. YEAH, I'LL PIGGYBACK ON THAT OR START THERE. IT'S THE PHILIPPINE COMMUNITY CENTER INTERNATIONAL, AND THEY WROTE US A LETTER OR WROTE ME A LETTER. BUT ONE PART OF THE LETTER I'M GOING TO READ, WHICH IS IN RECOGNITION OF THE VALUABLE ROLE THE RICHARDSON PUBLIC LIBRARY PLAYS IN EXPANDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. THE PCC BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS APPROVED A DONATION OF $1,000 FROM ITS EDUCATION FUND TO SUPPORT THE LIBRARY'S MAKERSPACE RESOURCES PROGRAM.

THIS CONTRIBUTION ALIGNS WITH OUR MISSION OF PROMOTING EDUCATION AND EMPOWERING FUTURE GENERATIONS THROUGH ACCESS TO LEARNING, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION. PLEASE ACCEPT THE ENCLOSED CHECK WITH OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK BEING DONE TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF RICHARDSON CHILDREN AND TNS. MABUHAY OR MABUHAY, I BELIEVE IS THE WAY YOU SAY IT. AND THAT MEANS CHEERS. AND THIS ENVELOPE AND CHECK WILL GO OVER TO MR. MAGNER. BUT THEY GAVE US A CHECK FOR $1,000 FOR THE LIBRARY, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL. ALSO, A COUPLE OTHER ITEMS I'LL TOUCH ON REAL QUICK. SATURDAY, I THINK IT WAS SATURDAY, ACTUALLY, IT WAS SUNDAY. HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WERE MENTIONED, BUT I'LL SKIP PAST THOSE SINCE THEY WERE MENTIONED.

THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THEM. DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO MEET YET ANOTHER. AND I'M STARTING TO LIKE KIND OF AMASS THIS NUMBER OF LOCAL ARTISTS THAT ARE NATIONALLY AND SOMETIMES INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED THAT LIVE IN RICHARDSON, WHICH IS KIND OF COOL. THIS LADY'S NAME IS EVITA TIZZANO. SHE'S A GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENT, AND SAMUEL JACKSON AND DENZEL WASHINGTON ARE TWO OF THE OWNERS OF HER PIECES OF ART.

BUT SHE DID A A LITTLE OPENING AT HER RICHARDSON STUDIO, BUT THEN WILL BE SENDING ALL OF THOSE PIECES OFF TO LA TO BE SHOWN AND SOLD THERE. SO JUST AMAZING TO FIND ALL THESE INTERESTING AND ACCLAIMED LOCAL ARTISTS HERE IN TOWN. I ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO MOON WOLF, THE COFFEE SHOP, AND THEY HAD SOMETHING THEY CALLED. IT WASN'T THE MOST APPETIZING NAME, BUT HEY, IT WORKS. IT WORKS BECAUSE IT WAS A FULL HOUSE. HAIR OF THE WOLF SYMPOSIUM HAPPENED ON SUNDAY FROM 8 TO 11. THEY CLOSED DOWN THEIR PARKING LOT AND IT WAS FILLED WITH LITTLE VENDORS, AND THERE WERE PEOPLE CRAWLING ALL OVER THE PLACE. THERE WAS A LINE THAT APPARENTLY LASTED FOR THREE HOURS, CONSTANTLY MOVING, BUT ALSO CONSTANTLY LONG TO GET INTO THIS COFFEE SHOP. JUST A REALLY COOL OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT BY THE BY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD THERE FOR THE MOON WOLF COFFEE SHOP. I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT. AND IF THERE ARE NO OTHER LIGHTS ON WHICH THERE ARE NONE, WE WILL ADJOURN WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.