Jun 15, 2026 City Council

[CALL TO ORDER ]

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CALL THIS MEETING OF THE RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER AT 6 P.M. ON OUR AGENDA.

IT HAS THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE BEING GIVEN BY COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE. SHE ENDED UP HAVING A EMERGENCY IN THE FAMILY AND WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND TODAY. SO IN HER PLACE, WE WILL HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER JOE CORCORAN LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU EVERYONE. I LIKE MY INVOCATION. JUST TO BE A QUICK READING FROM ECCLESIASTES. TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE BECAUSE THEY HAVE GOOD RETURN FOR THEIR LABOR. IF EITHER OF THEM FALLS DOWN, ONE CAN HELP THE OTHER UP. SO MAY WE ALL WORK AND HELP EACH OTHER UP WHEN WE HAVE DIFFICULT TIMES. AMEN. AMEN. NOW, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. NOW, THE TEXAS PLEDGE HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM

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

MY FAVORITE PART OF THAT PRESENTATION WAS SLIDE TEN, WHICH SHOWS THAT RESIDENTS CONSUMED 36% OF THE CITY'S WATER. I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO SEE HOW THAT COMPARES TO RESIDENTIAL WATER SALES REVENUE. THIS YEAR'S BUDGET SHOWS THAT RESIDENTS WILL BE PAYING ROUGHLY 39.4% OF WATER SALES REVENUE IN THE CURRENT BUDGET, SINCE RESIDENTS USE 36% OF THE CITY'S WATER, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER PROTECT RESIDENTS FROM INCREASING COSTS? BY ADOPTING A RATE STRUCTURE AND BUDGET THAT HAS RESIDENTS ONLY PAYING 36% OF WATER SALES REVENUE? IF RESIDENTS ONLY PAY 36% OF THIS CURRENT BUDGET YEAR'S WATER REVENUES, THAT WOULD BE A DIFFERENCE OF OVER $2.4 MILLION. IF YOU DIVIDE 2.4 MILLION BY THE 29,600 RESIDENTIAL WATER ACCOUNTS, EACH ACCOUNT COULD SAVE ALMOST $82 FOR THE YEAR, OR ABOUT $6.83 ON EVERY MONTH'S BILL. IF THIS IS FEASIBLE, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONSIDER ADOPTING RATES THAT ENSURE THAT WATER REVENUES BY CUSTOMER TYPE ARE PROPORTIONATE TO THEIR WATER CONSUMPTION, AS PRESENTED LAST WEEK. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT TWO DETAILS FOR YOU TO CONSIDER. SLIDE 16 SHOWED THE FORECASTED COST OF PROVIDING SERVICE. IT BREAKS IT DOWN INTO A FEW CATEGORIES. ONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES IS OPERATING EXPENSES. THIS CHART ON SLIDE 16 SHOWS ZERO OPERATIONAL EXPENSE INCREASE BETWEEN 2029 AND 2030. I JUST WANT TO DOUBLE

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[4. CONSENT AGENDA]

[5. RECOGNITION FOR THE WINNERS OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL BOX ART CONTEST ]

SO, MARK, WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. THE ROTARY HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER TO THE CITY ON THIS PROGRAM HERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. AND SO, MARK, WE'RE PLEASED THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO JOIN US. TO ALL THE WINNERS AFTER MISS THOMASON PRESENTS A COUPLE OF SLIDES HERE, WE'RE GOING TO ASK EACH OF YOU TO JOIN INDIVIDUALLY. AND OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, MICHAELA DOLLAR, WILL PRESENT YOU WITH YOUR RECOGNITION. AND THEN MAYOR, AT THE END, WE'D LIKE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH EVERYBODY IN THE COUNCIL TO KIND OF COMMEMORATE THE THE EVENING. SO THAT'S HOW WE'LL APPROACH THIS. RILEY, LET ME TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR FURTHER BRIEFING. THANK YOU, MR. WAGNER. WELCOME, EVERYONE, AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO TONIGHT WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL ART BOX CONTEST AND THE WINNERS.

JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS FALLS INTO THE CITY COUNCIL GOAL TO HAVE RESIDENTS IN ALL STAKEHOLDERS CHOOSE RICHARDSON AS THE BEST PLACE TO LOCATE, CONTRIBUTE AND ENGAGE AND ALIGNS TO THE CITY COUNCIL STRATEGY TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN RESIDENTS IN ALL STAKEHOLDERS. JUST AS SOME BACKGROUND, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT MANY CITIES ENGAGE WITH THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND IT INVOLVES REQUESTING PROPOSALS FROM ARTISTS. AFTER A THEME IS SELECTED, THE CITY WAS APPROACHED BY THE FORMER KIWANIS CLUB IN 2021 TO CREATE THE CONTEST, WHICH IS NOW SPONSORED BY THE RICHARDSON ROTARY CLUB. THE PROPOSALS ARE REVIEWED AND EVALUATED BY A SELECTION COMMITTEE COMPRISED OF THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE RICHARDSON ROTARY CLUB, AND THEN THE CITY WORKS WITH THE WINNING ARTIST TO FINALIZE THE PROPOSALS AND CREATE THE FABRICATION. WHICH ARE THE VINYL WRAPS THAT YOU SEE THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY TODAY? SO FOR THIS YEAR, OUR APPLICATION WAS PUT LIVE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE IN THE END OF FEBRUARY, AND SUBMISSIONS WERE DUE AT THE END OF APRIL. THE FINALISTS WERE DETERMINED BY A SELECTION COMMITTEE BASED ON THE ADHERENCE TO OUR THEME, WHICH THIS YEAR'S THEME WAS COMMUNITY. THE CREATIVITY OF THE PIECE AS WELL AS THE ARTISTIC MERIT. THE WINNING

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NO COPYRIGHT OR TRADEMARKED IMAGES, AND NO COMMERCIAL LOGOS, ADVERTISEMENTS OR REPRESENTATION OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS, SIGNALS OR SIGNS. SO FOR THIS PROGRAM, IT HAS BEEN PROMOTED WIDELY THROUGH ALL OF OUR CITY OF RICHARDSON COMMUNICATION CHANNELS, INCLUDING RICHARDSON CITY, THE CITY'S WEBSITE, AND OUR VARIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE RICHARDSON ROTARY CLUB TO PUSH THIS OUT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS WORKED WITH OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS AT RISD, PISD AND OUR OTHER SCHOOL PARTNERS, AND THEN ALSO WORKED WITH OUR LOCAL ARTS GROUPS TO PROMOTE THIS PROGRAM. AND AS I MENTIONED, THE SELECTION COMMITTEE IS COMPRISED OF THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION AND THE RICHARDSON ROTARY CLUB REPRESENTATIVES. SO THIS IS WHERE THE ART PIECES WILL BE LOCATED FOR THIS COMING YEAR. THOSE SIGNALS ARE ABRAMS AND BUCKINGHAM, ARAPAHO AND GLENVILLE, ARAPAHO AND WEST SHORE. RENNER AND SHILOH AND RENNER AND WATER VIEW. AND AS A REMINDER, THESE BOXES ARE ON A FIVE YEAR ROTATION PLAN TO ADHERE TO THE NECESSARY MAINTENANCE FOR THE BOXES THEMSELVES. ALL RIGHT, AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE UP OUR FIRST WINNER. SO, MISS ARDENT LEE. AND HER PIECE WAS CALLED THE VIBRANT RICHARDSON COMMUNITY COMIC. OUR NEXT WINNER IS MR. OWEN CRAVEN, WITH HIS PIECE GROWING TOGETHER AFTER THE STORM. OUR NEXT WINNER IS MISS EMILY ADAMS FOR HER PIECE GOOD NEIGHBORS. OUR NEXT WINNER IS MISS KATHERINE WEBER FOR HER PIECE MOMENTS IN SPRING CREEK NATURE TRAIL. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MISTER FRED LOCKWOOD FOR HIS PIECE ROOTED. OKAY, AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD LIKE TO DO A GROUP PHOTO. SO WE'LL HAVE THE WINNERS COME UP. AND IF COUNCIL IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND COMING UP AS WELL. THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT CHANGE. GREAT JOB, GREAT JOB. CONGRATULATIONS. YOU'RE HOLDING UP. YOU'RE STILL HOLDING. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. YOU GUYS. THANK YOU GUYS. SO WE HAVE.

YEAH YOU GOT IT. AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO SCOOT OVER JUST A LITTLE BIT RIGHT HERE. RIGHT HERE. BUT I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU STAND RIGHT HERE. JUST GET OVER THERE YOU GO. THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO GO. ALRIGHT EVERYBODY. HERE WE GO. OH YOU'RE FINE. AND BIG SMILES, BIG SMILES. KEEP THEM. SMILES. WE GET SEVERAL JUST IN CASE SOMEBODY POINTS. THERE WE GO. THE FIRST ITEM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH. IT WAS LIKE YEAH YOU GUYS, YOU'LL BE. REMEMBERED JUSTICE I'M SURE.

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[6. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT (DART) PROGRAMS AND TOPICS OF INTEREST ]

HERE IS AGAIN THE INTERIM PRESIDENT AND CEO OF DART. DAVID HAS BEEN SUCH A VALUABLE RESOURCE TO TO DART OVER THE YEARS, BUT ALSO TO THE TO THE CITY OF RICHARDSON IN MANY REGARDS. AND THEN FINALLY, TREY WALKER, WHO IS THE INTERIM CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER. TREY WAS A REAL PLEASURE TO WORK WITH THROUGHOUT THE THE SILVER LINE PROJECT AND JUST DID A GREAT JOB GETTING THAT ACROSS THE GOAL LINE. AND SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT BRIEFING EVERY YEAR. BUT PROBABLY IN THINKING BACK TO RECENT YEARS, NEVER MORE IMPORTANT THAN NOW, DART OBVIOUSLY AT THE CROSSROADS IN MANY REGARDS. AND SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE DAVID, CHAIRMAN BRYANT AND IN OUR BOARD REP, GARY SLAGLE, BEING HERE TONIGHT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AND TO SHARE ANY INSIGHTS THAT THEY MAY HAVE WITH YOU ON SOME PRETTY IMPORTANT TOPICS THAT WE'VE ASKED THEM TO ADDRESS. SO, DAVID, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR FURTHER BRIEFING. AND THEN, MAYOR, WE CAN HAVE COMMENTS FROM FROM OUR OTHER GUESTS.

MAYOR SLAGLE, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, I WAS GOING TO GO AN OPENING AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE. SURE. BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US AND REALLY APPRECIATE. THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, AS DON MAGNER SAID, TO TO SHARE WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION REGARDING DART OVER THE LAST YEAR OR TWO. AND THIS THIS IS AN UPDATE THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND HAVE EVOLVED. BUT WE WANT TO GO THROUGH JUST A JUST GIVE YOU SOME RIDERSHIP INFORMATION, HOW THE SILVER LINE'S DOING SOME KEY INITIATIVES WE HAVE WHERE WHAT ARE WE PLANNING ON DOING REGARDING GNP AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO PLAY IN? AND THEN THE GOVERNANCE UPDATE, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE AN AGENDA THAT WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE CITY'S TO DEVELOP AS WE ENTER OR GET CLOSE TO OUR LEGISLATIVE SESSION. DAVID WILL COVER A LOT OF THIS, AND I'M SURE THAT CHAIRMAN BRYANT WILL HAVE A LOT TO INPUT ON AS WELL, BECAUSE HE'S BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN MOVING US BEYOND WHERE WE WERE WHEN RIGHT AFTER THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE MADE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PROGRESS.

DAVID'S DONE A FANTASTIC JOB OF MOVING IN BECAUSE HE'S FAMILIAR WITH THE ENVIRONMENT. IT MADE IT A LITTLE EASIER FOR HIM, FOR TO CHOOSE DAVID TO DO THIS, BUT WE'RE STILL ULTIMATELY, AND RANDALL MAY WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THIS IN TERMS OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THE SEARCH.

SO IF IT'S IF THAT WILL WORK OUT, DAVID, I'M GOING TO MOVE IT OVER TO YOU, SIR. GOOD EVENING. I SHOULD START WITH DAVID WEININGER RICHARDSON, RESIDENT FOR 24 FALL CREEK. AND SO TELLING DON AND THE MAYOR THAT THIS IS A RECIPROCAL PRESENTATION. SO I CAN LISTEN TO WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR MY FOR MY TOWN. AND I CAN WE CAN TALK ABOUT DART. I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS, NOT NECESSARILY IN THE ORDER OF THE SLIDES THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED TO YOU. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'M GOING TO STEAL A LITTLE BIT OF TREY'S THUNDER.

HE DESERVEDLY SHOULD GET TO TALK ABOUT THE SILVER LINE. HE REALLY BROUGHT IT INTO REVENUE SERVICE. AND SO A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS ABOUT RIDERSHIP AND THE SILVER LINE REALLY ARE RIGHTLY HIS TO TALK ABOUT. BUT I AM GOING TO STEAL ONE THING. WE HAD THE FIRST MATCH OF FIFA THAT YOU MAY KNOW YESTERDAY. IT WENT VERY WELL. WE HAD A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS, BOTH VOLUNTEERS AND DART VOLUNTEERS DISTRIBUTED ALONG THE SYSTEM. AN INTERESTING THING THAT OCCURRED THAT WE HADN'T ANTICIPATED WAS THAT PEOPLE FOUND A NEW ROUTE THAT WE HADN'T THOUGHT THROUGH, AND THAT WAS THE SILVER LINE GOING OUT TO THE AIRPORT AND THEN CATCHING THE TREY LINK DOWN TO CENTREPORT. AND THEN FROM THERE, DOWNS, WHICH, IF YOU'RE COMING FROM THIS AREA, ACTUALLY MAKES A GREAT DEAL OF SENSE. SO IT WAS SO WE FACTORED THAT INTO OUR PLANNING. AND THE NEXT MATCH IS WEDNESDAY. IN CASE YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ALL THAT, THE. I WILL SAY THAT IN

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SO THE ELECTION WAS OVER. FIFA IS A GOOD NEWS DISCUSSION. THE STAFF HAS REALLY BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE AND THE BOARD'S BEEN VERY ACCOMMODATING. I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK, AND I STILL REMEMBER MOST OF MY WAY AROUND DART. SO IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN USEFUL AND STAFF'S BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE. BUT WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS, OF COURSE, WITH ALL THE CITIES. BUT I WANTED RANDALL TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK THROUGH THE GOVERNANCE SITUATION, POST PULLOUT DISCUSSIONS AND SOME OF HIS PRIORITIES THAT HE'S BEEN ARTICULATING IN THE MONTH OR SO SINCE RANDALL. THANK YOU. DAVID. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL.

DON, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. THIS DO WE HAVE THE SLIDES AVAILABLE? THAT'S A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR ME. 13 ALL RIGHT. OKAY. LET ME GO TO THE SLIDE AND THEN HOPEFULLY YOU ALL HAVE A COPY. IF NOT, WE'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH ONE AS WELL AS. LET ME FIRST BACK UP JUST A SECOND. IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL. WE'VE BEEN WORKING GREAT TOGETHER THROUGHOUT MY TENURE AS AS CHAIR, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK DON AGAIN FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS, BUT FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS STRAIGHT, EVERY TWO WEEKS ON A WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 7 A.M. YOUR CITY MANAGER WAS IN IRVING, TEXAS, MEETING WITH OTHER CITY MANAGERS AND DART AND THE NTC, THE NORTH TAS COMMISSION, TO TRY TO HELP US BRING RESOLVE TO SOME OF THESE ISSUES THAT, QUITE FRANKLY, HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS. AND WE HAVE REALLY LOCKED ARMS TOGETHER FOR ABOUT A SIX MONTH DURATION TO GET SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT TODAY. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS STILL ROOM FOR US TO PROGRESS TOGETHER AND CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE'RE HERE. SO ON THE ELECTION OUTCOME SPECIFICALLY, OBVIOUSLY GOING INTO IT ON OCTOBER 29TH, WE CAN KIND OF GO BACK TO THAT. TO THAT DAY IN PARTICULAR, WAS WHEN SOME OF OUR CITIES STARTED MAKING THE CALLS THAT THEY WERE LOOKING TO WITHDRAW FROM, FROM OUR SYSTEM. THIS ACTUALLY WOULD HAVE BEEN THIS ACTUALLY HAS NOW BEEN THE FOURTH TIME THAT DART HAS GONE THROUGH SOME WITHDRAWAL ELECTIONS. IT HAPPENED IN 1989, 1996, AND MOST RECENTLY THIS YEAR AS WELL.

AND SO WHILE SIX CITIES DID CALL FOR IT, WE THEN WORKED TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH SOME OF THESE PILLARS OR ANSWERS TO THE PILLARS OF SERVICE, GOVERNANCE AND FUNDING WERE THE THREE THINGS WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO WORK TOWARDS TO SOLVE. AND SO OBVIOUSLY, THREE CITIES DID MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR ELECTIONS. ADDISON UNIVERSITY PARK AND HIGHLAND PARK. AND OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW THE RESULTS OF THOSE ELECTIONS, THE IMPLICATIONS. WE'VE ALREADY MOVED FORWARD WITH THIS, SOME OF THESE WE'VE BEEN USING WITH OTHER CITIES. AND SO IT KIND OF PREDATED THE MAY 14TH. BUT ON MAY 14TH, WE DID END SERVICES IN THE CITY OF HIGHLAND PARK.

WE REMOVED ALL OF THE BUS INFRASTRUCTURE AND AND DISCONTINUED OUR PARATRANSIT AND GOLDLINK SERVICES. OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S NO LIGHT RAIL OR COMMUTER RAIL SERVICES IN THEIR CITY. BACK TO KIND OF SOME OF THE FRAMEWORKS ON THE GOVERNANCE ITSELF AND HOW IT WOULD BE IMPACTED, THE GOVERNANCE PACKAGE THAT WE PUT TOGETHER, WHERE EACH CITY KIND OF KNEW WHAT THE BILL THAT WE INTEND TO FILE NEXT SESSION WOULD RESULT. OBVIOUSLY, THERE

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AND WE ACTUALLY DISCUSSED THAT ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO AT OUR FIRST MEETING SINCE THE WITHDRAWAL ELECTIONS WITH WITH ALL OF OUR CITIES, THE THREE CITIES THAT DID MOVE FORWARD WITH WITHDRAWAL ELECTIONS WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE GMP, WHICH I'LL COVER ON THE NEXT SLIDE. RICHARDSON NEVER GOT INTO THE WITHDRAWAL ELECTION PROCESS. AND SO THEREFORE, YOUR ILA AGREEMENT THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO EXECUTE DID NOT PRECLUDE YOU FROM TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT. BUT THE THREE CITIES THAT DID WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE, AND THAT WILL NOT AFFECT IN ANY WAY YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS OR REALLOCATIONS. FOR THE GMP ITSELF. JUST WANTED TO FIRST HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS WILL NOW BE THE FIFTH REALLOCATION OF SALES TAXES.

BACK TO OUR MEMBER CITIES. WE'VE DONE FIVE OVER THE PAST 40 SOME ODD YEARS IN TOTAL. NOW, I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE CLOSE TO $900 MILLION AT THE END OF THIS. SIX YEARS THAT WE HAVE WOULD HAVE REALLOCATED BACK TO OUR MEMBER CITIES THROUGH MULTIPLE FUNDING PROGRAMS. JUST KIND OF PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, IT'S $900 MILLION OVER WHAT WILL BE ABOUT 50 YEARS IN THE NEXT SIX YEARS, 450 WERE IN THE FIRST 42 YEARS. WE'RE GOING TO DO ABOUT ANOTHER 450 IN 6 YEARS. OKAY.

AND SO I THINK IT'S GREAT FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND DART WITH OR WITHOUT AN EY STUDY OR WITH OR WITHOUT MULTIPLE CITIES, YOU KNOW, HAVING ANY ANGST ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF SERVICES THAT THEY'RE GETTING OUT OF THE SYSTEM, CONSUMMATE TO THE SALES TAXES THAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN. DART HAS ALWAYS BEEN COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT THERE'S EQUITY WITHIN THE SERVICES THAT WE DELIVER. SO THE GMP THAT WE HAVE ALL AGREED TO STARTED WITH THE 5% BASE THAT WE ORIGINALLY INTENDED FOR THE SEVEN DONEE CITIES OR DONOR CITIES, ACCORDING TO THE STUDY. HOWEVER, BECAUSE NONE OF THEM TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT, THAT LEFT US WITH A POOL OF ABOUT $42.5 MILLION TO START AS A BASELINE FOR THE FOR THE CURRENT GMP THAT IS APPLICABLE TO ALL NINE CITIES, IT STARTS AT 5%. IT THEN GROWS 1% ANNUALLY YEAR OVER YEAR. AND THAT'S COMPOUNDED UP TO THE SIXTH AND FINAL YEAR TO EQUATE TO 10% OF THE SALES TAXES THAT YOU ALL COLLECT AND SEND TO THE COMPTROLLER, THAT WE THEN RECEIVE. 10% OF THAT IN THE FINAL YEAR WOULD BE A RETURN. WE DO HAVE A MATCH. I DON'T THINK THERE ARE ANY RTC MEMBERS HERE OTHER THAN MYSELF PRESENT, BUT WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF OUR NEW CHAIR AND THANK THANK YOU TO HER FOR FOR THAT SERVICE. AND SO THE COG MATCH OR THE RTC MATCH FOR THOSE DOLLARS IS 25% STARTING NEXT YEAR. AND THEN, OF COURSE, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IS THAT ALL PARTIES AGREE TO ABSTAIN FROM ANY ADVERSE LEGISLATIVE ACTION. THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR FOR DART AND FOR MEMBER CITIES THAT DID NOT CALL FOR WITHDRAWAL ELECTIONS. YOU KNOW, THIS PROCESS HAS KIND OF PUSHED US AND PULLED US INTO DIRECTIONS WHERE WE PUT A LOT OF FOCUS ON THE CITIES THAT ARE CALLING FOR WITHDRAWAL ELECTION OR THE SQUEAKY WHEEL, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET THE OIL. AND SO WE CAN'T NEVER FORGET THE IMPACTS ON THE CITIES THAT DID NOT CALL FOR WITHDRAL ELECTIONS. RIGHT.

AND SO THIS HOPEFULLY WILL KIND OF GIVE US A LEVEL SET FOR THE NEXT SIX YEARS TO BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER, NOT ONLY TO FIND SOLUTIONS FOR THE GOVERNANCE, BUT HOPEFULLY THE FUNDING AS WELL. HERE'S A A TABLE OR A CHART FOR THE CITIES SPECIFICALLY. I THINK THAT RICHARDSON'S TOTALS WOULD THEY'RE NOT CLEARLY IDENTIFIED HERE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT'S ABOUT $26.1 MILLION THAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO REALLOCATE BACK TO YOU ALL.

OBVIOUSLY, THOSE PROJECTS HAVE TO BE SUBMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 452 STANDARDS.

DART HAS NEVER DENIED A REQUEST OR A PROJECT. AND SO, SO LONG AS YOU ALL MAINTAIN THOSE HIGH QUALITY STANDARDS, WE LOOK FORWARD TO KEEP PUTTING THINGS IN YOUR CITY. I THINK THAT'S

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CURRENTLY, WE HAVE 15 SEATS. EIGHT OF THEM ARE DIRECTLY APPOINTED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS.

SO THAT'S ABOUT 52%, A FRACTION OF THE BOARD THAT DALLAS DOES CONTROL. DALLAS DID AGREE TO IN THIS NEW GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE, REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY BOARD MEMBERS THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DIRECTLY APPOINT, THAT THEY COLLECTIVELY WOULD SPLIT 45%. EACH CITY WOULD HAVE AT LEAST ONE MEMBER APPOINTED TO THE BOARD. SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE NOW BUILDING UP TO THE 21 NUMBER.

IT WOULD CALL FOR THE CITIES OF IRVING, PLANO AND GARLAND TO BE ABLE TO DIRECTLY APPOINT TWO.

AND THEN AGAIN, YOUR CITIES, AS WELL AS ALL THE REMAINING CITIES, WOULD DIRECTLY APPOINT ONE, AND THE CITY OF DALLAS WOULD DIRECTLY APPOINT SEVEN MEMBERS. AND SO AGAIN, THE THE NUMBER OR THE PERCENTAGE THAT THE WEIGHTED VOTE WOULD BE, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A LITTLE TINKERING WITH. BUT I BELIEVE THE MOST RECENT VERSION OF IT, PRIOR TO HIGHLAND PARK SUCCESSFULLY WITHDRAWING, WAS 6.5% FOR THE CITY OF RICHARDSON. AND THEN WHAT'S NEXT? A LOT OF THINGS, OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE GOING THROUGH PROCESSES LIKE THIS AND IN MY EXPERIENCE, TAKING OVER AS CHAIR BACK IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO. TO BE SUCCESSFUL WAS TO COME BEFORE YOU ALL AND BE ABLE TO HAVE A GOOD, OPEN DIALOG ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AT, THE AGENCY, AND WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT FOR YOU ALL, NOT JUST IN PROJECTS AND ROUTES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT MORE LONG TERM PLANNING AND SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT THAT WE, THAT WE HONESTLY NEED WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. WE HONESTLY HAVE AT THIS POINT, SIX YEARS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HOPEFULLY CAN BE A BETTER GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, I BELIEVE A BETTER FUNDING MODEL THAT KEEPS US AS WHOLE AS POSSIBLE TO RETAIN THE PENNY. AS FAR AS WHAT REVENUE IS. BUT TO BE ABLE TO MAYBE DECREASE THAT BURDEN AND FIND NEW REVENUE STREAMS, NEW FEES OR REGISTRATION FEES, OR THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN THEORY, BUT WE ESSENTIALLY HAVE THREE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS IN SIX YEARS TO FIGURE THAT OUT. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY BE MOST CONCERNED WITH ADVANCING THE GOVERNANCE BILL THIS SESSION, AND THEN UTILIZING THE FOLLOWING TWO TO DETERMINE SOME ALTERNATIVE FUNDING PROGRAMS. WE'VE BEEN, OF COURSE, CONTINUOUSLY WORKING WITH THE NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION AS KIND OF OUR. CENTRALIZED HUB. AND AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING GREAT WORK IN KEEPING US KIND OF MOTIVATED AND ON TASK WITH, WITH SOME OF THE OUTCOMES THAT THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR. OBVIOUSLY, ALL WORK STILL HAS TO BE COORDINATED WITH OUR GREAT PARTNERS AT TRINITY METRO AND DC TO. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE PROPOSED BUDGET CYCLE AND LOOK FORWARD TO SUBMITTING THAT TO YOU ALL. MR. CITY MANAGER, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 452, I'LL PAUSE FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? NONE THINK OF THEM. WE'RE GOING TO GO BACKWARDS NOW. BEFORE WE GET INTO THIS, A COUPLE OF THINGS. I JUST WANT TO MENTION. ONE OF MY ASSIGNMENTS HAS BEEN TO DO A

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IT WILL PICK UP ALL THE GO LINK INFORMATION. IT WILL PICK UP RIDERSHIP DATA THAT WE CAN CAPTURE ON THE PLATFORMS AND SO FORTH. BUT IT'S A IT'S A COMMON INTEREST. IT'S A REASONABLE THING TO PRODUCE, AND WE WANT TO DO THAT. THE OTHER THING THAT CAME OUT OF THAT WAS THAT EVERY CITY HAD A HAD A CONTINUING AND GROWING INTEREST IN ON DEMAND SERVICES AND, BUT SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FLAVORS DEPENDING ON WHICH CITY YOU'RE IN AND WHAT THEIR SPECIFIC INTERESTS WERE. IRVING HAD A SPECIFIC INTEREST IN THE URBAN CENTER ON A CIRCULATOR. PLANO SENIOR RIDES ADDISON, GETTING PEOPLE FROM THE HOTELS OVER TO THE RESTAURANTS AND SO FORTH.

AND WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT OUR LINK SERVICE AND WE'VE ASKED THE QUESTION, WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE IT MORE FLEXIBLE TO ACCOMMODATE THESE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS, WORK WITH THE CITIES AND THAT. AND SO TO THAT END, I'VE ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER A TASK FORCE LED BY A LADY BY THE NAME OF TINA MORRIS PIERRE, WHO ACTUALLY WAS THE PERSON WHO IMPLEMENTED GO PASS BACK IN 2012, 2013. AND WE'RE PULLING ALL THAT TOGETHER TO KIND OF DO A GO PAST TWO OR REALLY A GO LINK 2.0 AND GENERATE UPDATE IT, FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT CONTEMPORARY AND MEET THE MARKET, SO TO SPEAK. SO THAT'S ANOTHER AREA THAT WE'LL BE FOCUSED ON. AND YOU'LL SEE SOME NEAR-TERM RESULTS ON THAT. ONE OTHER COMMENT ON THE BUDGET ITEM THAT RANDALL MENTIONED, AND THAT IS THAT A GOOD WAY TO THINK ABOUT THE SERVICE PLANNING AND THE BUDGET FORMATION THIS YEAR? IS THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR, IN OTHER WORDS, THAT THE SERVICE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WERE DONE BY THE BY THE BOARD WORKING WITH THE CITIES LAST YEAR, AND THERE WERE REDUCTIONS, AS YOU'RE AWARE, THERE ARE NO OTHER REDUCTIONS. THE SERVICE LEVELS, THE PROGRAM OF SERVICES ARE REALLY GOING TO BE LOCKED IN AND CARRIED FORWARD. EVERYTHING'S BNG COSTED OUT IN THAT BASIS. THE CAPEX PROGRAM IS BEING STRUCTURED AROUND BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE LONG RANGE FINANCIAL PLAN, AND THAT WILL BE REALLY THE WAY IT WILL BE PRESENTED. SO IF YOU THOUGHT ABOUT IT AS THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR, IT'D BE A FAIRLY GOOD WAY TO ADDRESS IT CAPITAL WISE. THERE'S A THERE'S A BEGINNING OF A OF A REFRESHMENT PROGRAM, SO TO SPEAK, ON THE, ON THE RAIL FLEET, THE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK SERVING THE RAIL AND A CONTINUING WORK ON THE BUS. SO THERE'S A LOT OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND REINVESTMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE PLANNED. BUT THE MAIN THING IS TO SAY THAT IT'S ALL WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE PLAN. THAT WAS LARGELY REVIEWED LAST YEAR AND IS CONSISTENT. SO WITH RESPECT TO RIDERSHIP, SOME OF THIS IS REALLY JUST CONFIRMING THINGS, YOU KNOW, BUT WHAT SERVICES YOU

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THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENT IS REALLY THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE FROM ANY FIXED ROUTE SERVICE.

SO THAT WOULD LEAVE ABOUT HALF OF THE AREA WITHOUT PARATRANSIT. IF YOU REALLY TOOK THAT FEDERAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENT. SO THAT YEARS AGO SAID, NO, PARATRANSIT IS A CRITICAL SERVICE. WE NEED TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO VIRTUALLY EVERYBODY. ONE OTHER THING. SO THIS IS NEWS THAT'S IN THE NEWS IS THAT WE DO HAVE A DISPUTE IN A LABOR NEGOTIATION GOING ON BETWEEN TRANSDEV, WHO OPERATES OUR PARATRANSIT AND GO LINK AND THE UNION THAT'S GOING THROUGH SOME EXTENDED DISCUSSIONS. AND IT HAS BEEN SAID AND ANNOUNCED THAT THEY THE UNION HAS AUTHORIZED A STRIKE. THAT MEANS THEY'RE NOT PROCEEDING WITH THE STRIKE, BUT THEY'RE PREPARED TO.

WE'LL KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT TOMORROW. BUT THE MESSAGE TO YOU ALL IS THAT TRANSDEV HAS AN OBLIGATION FOR CONTINUITY OF SERVICE. WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE BACKED THAT UP. IN THE EVENT THAT THEY STUMBLE, THEY WILL. IF IF A STRIKE WERE TO OCCUR, THEY WOULD END UP SUBSTITUTING DRIVERS FROM OTHER AREAS. OUR PRIORITY, OF COURSE, WILL BE OUR RIDERS AND PARTICULARLY FOREMOST, OUR PARATRANSIT WRITERS. THOSE ARE THOSE ARE CRITICAL SERVICES THAT WE HAVE TO BE PROVIDED. AND WE'VE THOUGHT THROUGH THIS. WE'VE WE'VE BEEN AWARE OF THIS DISCUSSION FOR THE LAST MONTH OR SO. WE'VE LOOKED AT BACKUP PLANS, AND WE'RE PREPARED TO ADDRESS THAT IN THE EVENT THAT IT DOES COME TO PASS. SO WE'LL PROBABLY KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER TOMORROW, NO LATER THAN WEDNESDAY, I SUSPECT. THIS COLORED AREA HERE SPEAKS TO THE GO LINK. AND AS I MENTIONED, THE ONE AREA OF INTEREST CONSISTENTLY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE CITY'S IS ON DEMAND SERVICES FLEXIBILITY. AND SO THERE'LL BE A LOT MORE DISCUSSED ABOUT THAT OVER TIME. THE YOU'VE SEEN THE FIFA ADJUSTMENTS WHERE WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT. OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE WE'VE AS I SAY, WE'VE WE'VE PUT $23 MILLION IN FOR SECURITY AND SERVICE ENHANCEMENTS CHANGING TO 20 MINUTE LIGHT RAIL SERVICE, ALL LINES, ALL DAYS. ORANGE LINE EXTENDED UP TO PARKER ROAD AS OPPOSED TO MIDDAY STOPPING AT LBJ SUNDAY SERVICE AND TREE. ET CETERA. SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF UPGRADING OF SERVICE TO ACCOMMODATE THIS. AND WE REALLY HAD A NICE GOOD DAY. THE WEATHER WAS GOOD, PEOPLE WERE VERY FRIENDLY. THEY WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE COVERAGE THAT WAS PROVIDED. AND THAT WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR. ON THE RIDERSHIP TRENDS. THE YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE HAD SOME TRENDING DOWN. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THINGS ARE CHANGING RIGHT NOW. AND SOME OF THIS IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO A SERIES OF CONDITIONS, ONE OF WHICH WE NEVER ASKED FOR, WHICH IS RISING GASOLINE PRICES. THAT ALWAYS HAS A CORRELATION TO RIDERSHIP. BUT OF COURSE, FIFA AND TREY WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS AND HOW IT'S IMPACTING RIDERSHIP PROJECTIONS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. IT'S NEVER GOOD. EVEN IN SOME OF THIS. RIDERSHIP DECREASES DUE TO TO ADJUSTMENTS IN SERVICE LEVELS THAT WERE MADE LAST FALL. SO SOME OF THE RIDERSHIP IS BECAUSE WE HAVE LESS SERVICE ON THE STREET, BUT IT'S NEVER GOOD WHEN YOU SEE RIDERSHIP TRENDING DOWN. THAT'S GOT TO BE A FOCUS OF THE SYSTEM. WE'VE GOT TO GET MORE RIDERS ON AND ALL THE MODES. NOW I'M GOING TO STOP HERE AND LET TREY TAKE OVER. AS I SAID, HE DESERVES TO SPEAK TO TO SILVER LINE. HE CAN TALK ABOUT A LOT OF THE THINGS THEY'RE DOING. AND OF COURSE, HE'LL GET TO THE VERY SIGNIFICANT, MONUMENTAL CHANGES OCCURRING OVER 75 AT THE PRESENT TIME. THANK YOU, DAVID. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO UPDATE YOU THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING. AGAIN, TREY WALKER, INTERIM CHIEF OFFICER WITH DART. I DO WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ON SILVER LINE RIDERSHIP AND THE TRENDS THAT WE'RE SEEING SINCE THE CORRIDOR OPENED. AS YOU RECALL, WE CELEBRATED THE OPENING OF THE CORRIDOR IN OCTOBER 24TH AND 25TH WEEKEND ALONG THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR. AND SO THAT OPENING WEEKEND, WE DID SEE A HIGH INTEREST IN RIDERSHIP EVER AVERAGING, OR WITH A TOTAL RIDERSHIP OF OVER 15,000 TRIPS ON THAT WEEKEND. AND THEN, IF YOU RECALL, WE DID AN

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THIS HAS BEEN SORT OF A TARGET ITEM FOR THE CITY OF RICHARDSON AND A COMMITMENT BETWEEN DART AND THE CITY TO DELIVER THESE ESTHETIC ENHANCEMENTS TO THE BRIDGE, AND WE REALLY THANKFUL TO CITY STAFF FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP AS WE CONTINUE TO TO NAVIGATE NOT ONLY THE DESIGN ELEMENT OF THIS, BUT THEN THE CONSTRUCTION AND BRINGING IT TO FRUITION. MARK AND HIS TEAM, THE PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM AT CITY OF RICHARDSON, OUR TXDOT PARTNERS, AND DART AND OUR CONTRACTORS HAVE BEEN SORT OF HAVING A WORKING GROUP FOR SEVERAL MONTHS IN MAKING THESE A REALITY AND WORKING THROUGH SORT OF A THREE NIGHT WEEKEND CLOSURE SCENARIOS TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THEM. SO WE LIFTED ONE OF EACH SEGMENT EACH ONE NIGHT. SO WE HAVE ONE SEGMENT ON FRIDAY NIGHT, ONE SEGMENT ON SATURDAY NIGHT, ONE SEGMENT ON SUNDAY NIGHT. AND RIGHT NOW WE'LL PROBABLY BE HAVING SOME LIGHT, YOU KNOW, 1 TO 2 LANE CLOSURES OVERNIGHT TO INSTALL THE LIGHTING ELEMENTS ON EACH OF THE FOUR COLUMNS THAT FLANK THE RAIL BRIDGE. AND THEN OUR FOCUS WILL SHIFT TO THAT NORTHERN ARCH OF FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF THE WORLD CUP IN AT THE LAST WEEKEND OF JULY, WILL BE SETTING THE BEAMS ON THE NORTHERN ARCH. AND GOT A.

GOT AN ACTION SHOT OF THE SILVER LINE TRAIN COMING THROUGH ON THAT MONDAY.

FOLLOWING THAT LAST. THE LAST BEAM SET THERE. AND LIKE I SAID, REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF OUR CONSTRUCTION TEAM AND JUST OUR PARTNERSHIPS. WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD WITH THE CITY AND BROADER STAKEHOLDERS TO BRING THIS, BRING THIS TO LIFE SHIFTING FOCUS A LITTLE BIT AND SPEAKING ON SORT OF THE CAPITAL INITIATIVES THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDERTAKEN BY THE AGENCY. WE HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY IN THE LAST, LAST, LAST FEW MONTHS AND EVEN KIND OF YEAR LEADING UP TO THIS, BUT WE ARE NOW REACHED AN AGREEMENT WITH A NEW VENDOR TO PROVIDE A NEW BUS STOP AMENITIES THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE SYSTEM. SO WE'VE BEEN IMPROVING BUS STOPS THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM OVER THE LAST 2 TO 3 YEARS. ABOUT 185 STOPS OVER OUR 7000 BUS STOPS IN THE SYSTEM WERE IMPROVED FOR PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS AND AMENITY IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS THE SYSTEM LAST YEAR. AND NOW WITH RECENT BOARD ADOPTION OF THIS CONTRACT, WE HAVE A PLAN IN OUR FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PLAN TO REPLACE EVERY ON STREET AMENITY THROUGHOUT OUR PROGRAM. THESE NEW SHELTERS INCLUDE REAL TIME INFORMATION. IF YOU'VE SEEN THEM ALONG RENNER, YOU CAN SEE SORT OF THE

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WE JUST RECENTLY COMPLETED INSTALLATION OF A NEW TICKET VENDING MACHINES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DART SYSTEM. SO THESE ARE NOW THESE ARE NOW MODERN AND BEEN REHABBED AND ARE AVAILABLE AT ALL OF OUR FACILITIES. AND THEN WE'RE CURRENTLY IN PROCESS OF REPLACING ALL OF OUR REAL TIME INFORMATION SIGNAGE. THE SYSTEM AT DART BEING BUILT OUT. WE'RE CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF LIGHT RAIL SERVICE THIS WEEK. AND SO THE REAL TIME INFORMATION THAT'S PRESENTED AT STATIONS IS SORT OF A VINTAGE OF THE CORRIDOR OPENING AND, AND BUILD OUT THAT'S BEEN WITNESSED ACROSS THE SYSTEM. SO THERE ARE SIX, SEVEN DIFFERENT VINTAGES, AND SOME OF THEM ARE APPROACHING ABOUT 30 YEARS IN USE. SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING THOSE THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM AND PROVIDING NOT ONLY REAL TIME INFORMATION, BUT SORT OF EMERGENCY AND PUSH INFORMATION, BOTH ON AN AUDIO AND VISUAL SCALE. AND THEN LOOKING AT OUR ROLLING STOCK, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING OUR ROLLING STOCK, BOTH ON THE BUS SIDE AND ON THE FLEET SIDE, AND WE CONDUCTED A BUS PURCHASE FOR A FULL FLEET REPLACEMENT OF ABOUT 470 VEHICLES LAST FALL. AND WE TODAY, WE HAVE ABOUT 175 OF THOSE VEHICLES ON PROPERTY. WE'RE RECEIVING ABOUT SIX OF THOSE A WEEK AND COMMISSIONING THEM OVER ABOUT A 2 TO 3 WEEK PERIOD AND GETTING THEM ON THE STREET. AND THEN WE'RE CURRENTLY IN PROCUREMENT FOR A REPLACEMENT LIGHT RAIL FLEET, AGAIN, SORT OF PRESENT FLEET REFLECTS SORT OF THE MID 90S VINTAGE OF WHAT THE ROLLING STOCK WAS AND THE PURCHASE THAT WAS MADE WITH THE GREEN LINE IN 2008 LARGELY MIRRORED THAT FLEET PURCHASE. AND SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE A LARGE PURCHASE IN SORT OF THE MARKETPLACE AND HAVE REALLY GOOD COMPETITION AMONGST WE'RE ANTICIPATING 4 TO 5 PROPOSERS. AND SO THOSE THOSE SOLICITATIONS WILL CLOSE HERE IN JULY. AND WE'LL BEGIN EVALUATING THE, THE RESPONSIVENESS OF, OF HOPEFULLY THE MARKETPLACE ON A ROLLING STOCK REPLACEMENT ON THE RAIL SIDE. I WANT TO FOCUS A LITTLE BIT ON JUST THE PARTNERSHIP AND JUST REALLY PLEASED THAT WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH CITY STAFF QUITE FREQUENTLY, PARTICULARLY HERE IN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON. BUT BUT AMONGST ALL OF OUR CITIES, WITH THE CITY STAFF, WE'VE COMPLETED AN AREA PLANNING PROCESS. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THE THE AGENCY INITIATED AN AREA PLAN PROCESS TO BEGIN LOOKING AT INDIVIDUAL MOBILITY NEEDS OF OUR INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES THAT MAKE UP THE DART SERVICE AREA. KNOWING THAT THE MOBILITY NEEDS IN RICHARDSON MAY LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE MOBILITY NEEDS IN GLENN HEIGHTS, AND BEING ABLE TO TAILOR OUR SERVICES AND OUR AMENITIES TO FIT THE NEEDS OF THOSE CITIES.

RICHARDSON'S WE COMPLETED LAST YEAR. AND IN GENERAL, WE'RE FOCUSING ON SORT OF FIVE BIG AREAS THAT DART HAS SOME RESPONSIBILITY IN IN SOME AREAS WHERE WE CAN COLLABORATE TOGETHER. FIRST AND FOREMOST IS OUR SERVICE AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR THE WAY THAT WE MOVE PEOPLE IN AND THROUGH YOUR COMMUNITIES MATCHES THOSE NEEDS AND DESIRES. THE SECOND IS WHAT OUR DART FACILITIES DO AND HOW THEY INTERFACE WITH THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY SERVE.

THE THIRD, TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR BUS STOP IMPROVEMENTS ARE SORT OF OUR PEDESTRIAN AND MULTIMODAL ACCESS POINTS THROUGHOUT THE THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM, UNDERSTANDING THAT EVERY BUS RIDER, EVERY EVERY RAIL PASSENGER AT SOME POINT KIND OF BECOMES A PEDESTRIAN OR AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION USER FROM EITHER THEIR PERSONAL VEHICLES OR HOWEVER THEY GOT TO THE STATION. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BUILDING SAFE AND INVITING ENVIRONMENTS FOR FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS AND REALLY PROUD OF SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE, IN PART WITH THE CITY OF RICHARDSON ON THAT SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, AT ARAPAHO STATION, MAKING PEDESTRIAN AND BIKING IMPROVEMENTS THAT LEAD PEOPLE TO THAT FACILITY SAFELY. THEN WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON SOME EFFICIENCY AND RELIABILITY INITIATIVES ON OUR BUS CORRIDORS. AND THEN LASTLY, REAL ESTATE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND WE DID IMPLEMENT A AN ILA WITH THE CITY OF RICHARDSON LAST YEAR FOR TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONES AND THE CITY AND DART'S PARTNERSHIP IN THOSE AS WE MOVE FORWARD ON ADDITIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SITES, I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT COLLABORATION ON A COUPLE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. BEFORE CLOSING, DART AND THE CITY RECENTLY PARTNERED ON SOME PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS AT SPRING VALLEY AND ESPERANZA RICHARDSON WORKED ON LAYING OUT SOME SAFER CROSSINGS, ALLOWING FOR PARTIAL CROSSING OF ONE DIRECTIONAL TRAVEL. DART WAS ABLE TO RELOCATE A FEW OF OUR BUS STOPS TO MAKE IT MORE TO ALIGN BETTER WITH THOSE CROSSING SAFE CROSSING LOCATIONS AND COORDINATING THAT WITH THE DELIVERY OF THAT PROJECT. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE CITY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES GRANT THAT'S AIMED AT CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS ALONG RENNER,

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RIGHT. AND SO SEEING THAT YOU GUYS ARE INVESTING IN THE NECESSARY UPGRADES FOR JUST THE BASICS, THERE IS, IS SOMETHING THAT EVERY SINGLE CITY SHOULD BE SUPER HAPPY ABOUT. AND I KNOW I AM. SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL, ALL THAT. AND THEN MY ONLY ACTUAL, MY ONLY ACTUAL QUESTION, I GUESS WAS JUST REALLY FOR OUR OWN STAFF ON THOSE THAT GRANT FOR ALL THOSE CROSSINGS ALONG RENNER EAST OF GREENSIDE. I MEAN, DO WE HAVE ANY SORT OF LIKE GRAPHICS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT FOR, FOR OUR RESIDENTS OR FOR UTD? I MEAN, MAYOR, I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF CONNECTIONS WITH STUDENT LEADERS AT UTD THAT I'M SURE WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN ALL THE SAFETY INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE PUSHING. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE THAT WE COULD GET OUT TO THEM? YEAH, WE DO HAVE SOME GRAPHICS. WE JUST NOT IN OUR PRESENTATION FOR THIS EVENING, BUT WE CAN GET THOSE OUT. YEAH, THAT'D BE AWESOME. THANK YOU. KEEP AN EYE ON RICHARDSON TODAY. THANKS, GUYS. YOU'RE ALL KILLING IT. COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU MAYOR.

I HAVE A QUESTION. I KNOW IT'S PRETTY EARLY IN THE PROCESS, BUT I'M SURE YOU GUYS ARE JUST STARTING TO THINK ABOUT IT. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT PROJECTIONS OF BUDGET AND RIDERSHIP, OBVIOUSLY NOT TOO LONG AGO, IT WAS JUST MENTIONED THAT THE MAVS WILL BE MOVING RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER TO PRETTY CLOSE TO, I THINK SPRING VALLEY MIGHT BE THE CLOSEST STATION TO WHERE THE NEW MAVS ARENA IS GOING TO BE AT THE OLD MALL LOCATION. AS YOU GUYS GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, AND I'M ASSUMING SO EARLY, YOU ALL HAVEN'T EVEN BEGUN. YOU'RE JUST STARTING TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, I'M SURE. SO I DON'T EXPECT ANY. BUT AS YOU GO THROUGH THAT, I DID HAVE WITHIN 24 HOURS OF THAT ANNOUNCEMENT, HAVE TWO RESIDENTS REACH OUT AND WITH A WONDERING, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF BURDEN THAT'LL PUT ON OUR OWN PD BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED TRAFFIC THROUGH THE AREA DUE TO THE DECISION TO MOVE THE MAVS NEARBY. BUT AS YOU GO THROUGH THAT, YOU KNOW, IF Y'ALL WOULD JUST KEEP US IN THE LOOP AND I KNOW GARY, YOU WILL DEFINITELY OBVIOUSLY BE THERE. AND DAVID, I KNOW OBVIOUSLY AS A RICHARDSON RESIDENT, YOU'LL YOU'LL BE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AS WELL. BUT JUST, JUST KEEP US IN THE LOOP. IF YOU AS YOU HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PROJECTIONS, WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOW WHAT IS THAT SECURITY FROM WHAT DART IS GOING TO PROVIDE? AND HOW IS THAT GOING TO PARTNER WITH PD? AND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO BE VERY INTERESTED IN AS THAT BECOMES, AS THEY START TO BUILD THAT OUT AND FINALIZE THE PLANS FOR THAT.

YEAH. THANKS, COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE QUESTION OR THE STATEMENT. AND AS YOU PUT, WE ARE DEFINITELY IN THE EARLY STAGES OF IT. WE ARE APPROACHING THOSE CONVERSATIONS

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AND SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE DEFINITELY WILL BE IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH YOU ALL. COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR VERY INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION.

APPRECIATE FOR COMING. THANK YOU. FIRST, YOU KNOW, I HAD A FEW WONDERFUL FEEDBACK FROM SOME RESIDENTS THAT THEY USED TO LIVE IN RICHARDSON. BUT AFTER THE SILVER LINE STARTED, THEY MOVED TO PARKER AND THEY ENJOYED THE SILVER LINE. AND THEY SAID THEY LOVE USING THAT SERVICE GO, YOU KNOW, WORK. SO IT'S WORKING OUT GREAT FOR THEM. BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY USED TO LIVE IN RICHARDSON. NOW THEY MOVE TO PARKER BECAUSE OF THE OPTION. THEY HAVE TO USE SILVER LINE. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THE MATH WORKS FOR RICHARDSON. BUT ANYWAY, AND THAT'S NOT JUST ONE FAMILY. FEW FAMILIES. NOW YESTERDAY I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO OR I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH A GAME IN ARLINGTON AND I WAS GOING TO TAKE THE DART, BUT EVENTUALLY I. WE DROVE. I TOOK MY SON BECAUSE HE WANTED TO SEE SOME OF THE PLACES THAT HE WAS LIKE GROWING UP, HE WAS BORN IN ARLINGTON. SO. BUT ONE THING I WAS I WAS SURPRISED. I WAS MENTALLY PREPARED FOR HUGE TRAFFIC JAM AND IT WAS NOT. AND THE PARKING WAS VERY EASY THERE. ALL THIS TRAFFIC WAS GREAT. SO SOME OF THE HUGE LOAD WAS TAKEN OUT FROM THE SYSTEM ROAD SYSTEM. AND I DON'T HAVE CLEAR ANSWER FOR THAT, BUT I WOULD ASSUME THAT'S PROBABLY DART AND THE TRAIN SYSTEMS THAT THEY HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, FIFA HAS ARRANGED WITH WITH DART AND OTHER PLACES. SO SO THAT WAS GREAT. THAT TRAFFIC. ABSOLUTELY. ARLINGTON POLICE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB AND MANAGEMENT WAS REALLY GREAT. SO THAT'S TWO WONDERFUL THINGS THAT I HAD GOOD EXPERIENCE. BUT I HAVE A QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS APPROPRIATE TO ASK HERE OR MAYBE DOWN THE ROAD WE COULD GET SOME ANSWER THAT, YOU KNOW, THE HIGHLAND PARK IS NOT IN THE SYSTEM ANYMORE. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FINANCIALLY FOR US OR ANY OTHER CITIES IF THERE IS ANY IMPACT ON THE SERVICES? I THINK THIS IS NOT THAT SIGNIFICANT BUDGET FROM THEM. BUT AGAIN, THEY WOULD BE WOULD BE ANOTHER PARKER. THEY WOULD BE USING THE SYSTEM, BUT NOT IN THE SYSTEM. HIGHLAND PARK. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR US. ANY ANY ANYTHING. YEAH. I THINK FROM A MATHEMATICAL PERSPECTIVE, I THINK IT WAS A LITTLE LESS THAN 1% WAS THE THE EFFECT AS FAR AS WHAT THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS WERE.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU BELIEVE IN THE E REPORT, THEY WERE A DONOR CITY, BUT ALSO WITH THE MOST RECENT TRIP FUND THAT WE HAD. REMEMBER I TOLD YOU WE HAD FIVE REALLOCATION FUNDS THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED NOW. SO THE TRIP FUND THAT WAS IN PLACE FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS WITH THE CITY OF HIGHLAND PARK AND THREE OTHERS, BUT HIGHLAND PARK IN PARTICULAR, REALLOCATED ABOUT 37% OF THEIR DOLLARS BACK TO THEM. AND SO WE WEREN'T REALLY EVEN GETTING THE FULL 1%. IT WAS EVEN LESS. IT WAS 1% IN REVENUE, BUT WE WERE STILL AVERAGING ABOUT 37% BACK TO THEM AS A CITY. AND SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A BOTTOM LINE NUMBER, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT THAT MUCH OF AN EFFECT ON US. OKAY. YEAH, I THINK I'LL BE LOOKING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SMALL, INSIGNIFICANT OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THAT. SOMETHING HAPPENED THERE AND WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN FOR THEM, YOU KNOW, DID THEY GET ANY BENEFIT OUT OF IT GETTING OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING THEIR SERVICE WITHOUT PAYING ANYTHING NOW BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY ALREADY HAVE THE RAIL SYSTEM THE WAY THEY WANT IT. IT'S NOT PROBABLY WITHIN THE CITY LIMIT. IT'S JUST OUTSIDE IN THE BORDER THAT ENJOYING THE AIR, BUT NOT, I THINK THERE WAS AN ARTICLE THAT CAME OUT THAT STATED THAT THE RIDERSHIP WAS MORE THAN WHAT THEY EXPECTED. OKAY. AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS OF HAVING LIMITATIONS ON OUR ABILITY TO KIND OF CAMPAIGN OR

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COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. SORRY. I MEAN, I HAVE ONE MORE ONE MORE ANECDOTE I WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE LEADERSHIP WHILE THEY'RE ALL HERE. I ACTUALLY HAD A COWORKER FROM NEW YORK MOVED DOWN HERE, SPECIFICALLY MOVED TO RICHARDSON AT THE SPRING VALLEY AREA BECAUSE AGAIN, GREW UP IN NEW YORK, DIDN'T HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE BECAUSE DART WAS THERE. SO SORRY. I KNOW JOE LOVES DART, WATER IS WET, WHATEVER. BUT BUT I JUST WANTED YOU ALL TO HEAR. I MEAN, THESE ARE REAL STORIES THAT I HAVE THAT ARE REAL POSITIVE IMPACTS THAT Y'ALL ARE MAKING EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR PEOPLE. AND IF I COULD, MAYOR, REAL QUICKLY, I THINK THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE TALK ABOUT A LOT AT DART. WE KNOW TWO THIRDS OF OUR RIDERS ARE AT OR BELOW THE POVERTY LINE. SO THOSE THAT DEPEND ON DART, THOSE THAT HAVE NO OTHER TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS, WE WILL ALWAYS BE THE FIRST LINE OR THE FIRST OPTION FOR THEM, OR THE FIRST THOUGHT OR THE FIRST PROVIDER. HOW WE MOVED TO THAT. OBVIOUSLY, ONE THIRD OF OUR POPULATION AND BE FORWARD THINKING FOR THEM AND ENSURE THAT THEIR EXPERIENCE IS IS TOP LEVEL BECAUSE THEY OBVIOUSLY HAVE OPTIONS, WHETHER THAT'S UBER, WHETHER THAT'S DRIVING THEMSELVES OR, YOU KNOW, CARPOOLING OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. AND SO I THINK WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS THOUGHT OF THEM AS A TOP LINE. AND THAT'S WHERE SOME OF OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN SHIFTED TO RIGHT NOW. WELL, I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR SOME REALLY GREAT PRESENTATIONS. I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. I THINK FIRST, ON THE GMP, I KNOW THAT IT WAS MENTIONED THAT ADDISON AND UNIVERSITY PARK ESSENTIALLY FORFEIT THEIR ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GMP. HOW LONG IS THAT FOR? IS THAT A ONE YEAR FORFEIT? IS THAT FOR ALL SIX YEARS? THAT'S FOR ALL SIX YEARS. OKAY. AND DOES IT RESET AT THAT POINT? OR WHAT IS YOUR WHAT IS YOUR WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR FOR THOSE GUYS AFTER THAT, THOSE THREE CITIES IN PARTICULAR, THOSE TWO CITIES, I GUESS SINCE THE OTHER ONES ALREADY OUT. RIGHT. SORRY. SO FOR, BUT FOR ALL CITIES, THE GMP WOULD END AFTER YEAR SIX. OKAY, SO CITIES THAT PARTICIPATED OR CITIES THAT DIDN'T OR CITIES THAT THERE'S STILL A DISQUALIFICATION PERIOD THAT STILL EXISTS. IF A CURRENT CITY THAT DID NOT CALL FOR WHICH RICHARDSON. I'M JUST NOT I'M NOT TRYING TO PICK ON YOU, BUT YOU, YOU FIT IN THAT CATEGORY. SO CITIES THAT HAVE NOT CALLED FOR WITHDRAWAL ELECTIONS YET STILL HAVE A NOVEMBER OPTION. AND IF YOU ELECTED TO DO THAT, YOU WOULD FORFEIT THEN AT THAT TIME AS WELL. SO THERE'S STILL A CATEGORY OF SOME CITIES THAT COULD ESSENTIALLY. DEFAULT ON THAT AGREEMENT AS WELL. RIGHT. OKAY. SO, SO KIND OF THEIR, THEIR RECOURSES FOR ALL SIX YEARS. I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT, BUT THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. I GUESS THE OTHER, THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD ASK, AND I SENSE THAT WE'RE STARTING TO MOVE MORE IN THIS DIRECTION, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY, ESPECIALLY AT MEETINGS LIKE THE METROPLEX, MAYORS MEETINGS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I FIND THAT. DART DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AS DATA FORWARD AS, LET'S SAY, A COUPLE OF THE OTHER TRANSIT AGENCIES THAT SPEAK THERE SPECIFIC ABOUT RIDERSHIP, RIDERSHIP TRENDS, PERCENTAGES, KIND OF EXACT NUMBERS. AND, AND I WANT TO KIND OF CONTINUE TO JUST PUT THAT IN YOUR EAR SO THAT BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING KIND OF POWERFUL THAT HAPPENS WHEN THOSE OTHER AGENCIES ARE TALKING ABOUT THOSE NUMBERS, THAT REALLY HELPS CRYSTALLIZE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE VALUE OF WHAT'S GOING ON. AND BEING A MEMBER CITY, I WANT TO OBVIOUSLY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THAT SAME SORT OF THING. YOU HAVE A COMMENT, SIR? SO DAVE AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS THIS MORNING.

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ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU BOTH. THANK YOU ALL FOR FOR BEING HERE, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK

[7. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE FY 2026-2027 TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY WORK PLAN ]

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH YOU THIS EVENING ON THE TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY DEPARTMENT. AS DON SAID, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR WORK PLAN AND OUR BUDGET, A HANDFUL OF PROJECTS. SO QUICK OVERVIEW, JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF THE DEPARTMENT, THEN OUR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES, AS WELL AS KEYING IN ON A FEW CAPITAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DANIEL, AND THEN HE'LL CLEAN US UP WITH THE MOBILITY

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THAT'S CHANGED A LITTLE BIT FROM WHEN WE TALKED LAST WEEK. WE TOOK INTO ACCOUNT DID SOME AUDIT INFORMATION ON THE SPRING VALLEY TUNNEL. WE REALLY DID NOT INCLUDE THAT IN SOME OF OUR PAST BRIEFINGS. SO YOU SEE, THERE'S ABOUT 1500 OF THOSE IN THE SPRING VALLEY TUNNELS. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE'RE COMING UP WITH THAT 2800 NUMBER. MOST OF THOSE ARE MOST OF THOSE ARE THE TEXTS, OBVIOUSLY, IN TEXDOT CORRIDOR ALONG 75. AND THEN QUITE A FEW OF THOSE THAT ARE CITY OWNED AND OPERATOR OUT IN THE PANHANDLE WITH A COUPLE OTHER POCKETS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE. AGAIN, I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME NOTIFICATION OUT THERE THAT ENCORE IS MOVING FORWARD WITH WITH THE LED CONVERSION OF THE OLD HIGH PRESSURE SODIUM LIGHTS.

SO THEY ARE AS THOSE BURN OUT, THEY'RE REFRESHING THOSE WITH THE LED GOT 180 DIFFERENT SCHOOL ZONES. WE TRY TO GET TO THOSE TO THOSE VARIOUS SCHOOL ZONES ON A TWO YEAR, TWO YEAR ROTATION TO UPGRADE THE PAVEMENT MARKINGS, IF NOT MORE FREQUENTLY THAN THAT. AND ALSO AS PART OF THE 2026 BOND PROGRAM, WILL BE UPGRADING SOME OF THE BEACONS OR THE BEACON SYSTEM WIDE START THAT IN THE COMING YEAR AT 22,000. SIGNS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY, THOSE ANYWHERE FROM REGULATORY SIGNS SUCH AS SPEED LIMIT AND STOP SIGN TO CAUTIONARY SIGNS SUCH AS A CURVE OR A DIP SIGN, AS WELL AS THOSE LOCATION SIGNS THAT YOU SEE UP AND DOWN PLANO AND THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY. IDENTIFYING VARIOUS LOCATIONS SUCH AS CITY HALL, HUFFINES REC CENTER, EISEMANN CENTER, 400 LANE MILES THAT WE HAVE PAVEMENT MARKINGS ON, AND WE TRY TO HIT THOSE WORKING ON A 7 TO 8 YEAR ROTATION THERE. AND THEN WITH THE 28 MILES OF BIKE LANE, WE'RE WORKING ON ABOUT A 5 TO 7 YEAR TRYING TO AUGMENT THAT OR WORKING TO AUGMENT THAT WITH THE VARIOUS GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. A COUPLE OF KEY KEY ACCOUNTS WITHIN OUR WITHIN OUR TRAFFIC OPERATIONS, OUR SIGNALS, OUR SIGNS AND MARKING AND OUR STREET LIGHTING STAYING PRETTY CONSISTENT THERE. HOWEVER, THERE'S A NOMINAL THREE, 3.5% INCREASE TO THAT, TO THAT SIGNALS LINE ITEM. WE'RE JUST WE'VE KIND OF MOVED SOME OTHER FUNDING AROUND WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT AND FOUND SOME CUTS ELSEWHERE TO BACKSTOP THAT. BUT PRETTY MUCH IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST YEARS, JUST TRYING TO HOLD THAT THAT NUMBER DOWN. SO AS FAR AS THE TECHNOLOGY FUND, THIS WAS ESTABLISHED BACK IN 2020 TO HELP US AS WELL AS IT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH DEPLOYMENT OF NEW SOFTWARE AND TECHNOLOGY. IT'S FUNDED THROUGH WATER FUND AND GENERAL FUND, SO WE CAN CREATE A CONSISTENT PAY AS YOU GO APPROACH, AS WE AS WE DEPLOY NEW TECHNOLOGY AND DO VARIOUS UPGRADES AND WORKING WITH RESERVING THAT CAPITAL FUNDING AS WE TRANSITION TO THAT CLOUD, CLOUD BASED SOFTWARE. SO AT THE END OF THE IMPLEMENTATION, THEN WE DO PULL THOSE BACK, PULL BACK THE OPERATING COSTS INTO THE GENERAL FUND OR OUR OPERATING BUDGET. SO SPEAKING OF THAT, HERE'S A QUICK TABLE OF THE VARIOUS PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITHIN THE FY 26 YEAR. AND THEN AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO FY 27, AS FAR AS THE AS FAR AS THE 26 PROJECTED COSTS GO, WE'RE LOOKING TO REFRESH OUR CRADLE TO CRADLE POINTS AS WE WERE ON A 4G NETWORK. WE'RE MOVING TO A 5G NETWORK. AND, AND THOSE CRADLE POINTS WERE PUT IN ABOUT FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO NOW. AND THEY HAVE ROUGHLY ABOUT A 5 TO 6 YEAR LIFESPAN. SO WE'RE UPGRADING THOSE AS WE MOVE FORWARD. OUR CENTRAL SYSTEM SOFTWARE THAT SHOWING THAT FOR NEXT YEAR AS A AS AN UPGRADE THAT THAT LICENSE FEE IS, HAS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY FROM, FROM OUR, OUR PROVIDERS. SO

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THAT IS AN ITEM THAT POPPED UP DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR WORKING WITH OUR IT DEPARTMENT IDENTIFIED SOME CYBERSECURITY CONCERNS THAT THEY HAD. WE'VE WORKED WITH A CONSULTANT TO CREATE A THREE YEAR PLAN. SO UPFRONT PAYMENT OF THAT FUNDS THAT FOR OUR CONTROLLERS, THAT'S OUR CONTROLLERS OUT IN THE FIELD AT EACH OF OUR 134 SIGNALS. AND THOSE TRAFFIC SIGNAL BOXES YOU SAW THE TRAFFIC ART ON EARLIER THIS EVENING. SO MOVING TO OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT QUICK GRAPHIC HERE, REALLY AGAIN, TAKING A LOOK AT OUR 135 ISH.

THAT'S A TECHNICAL TERM THAT ISH THERE BECAUSE OF THE ONE PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACON. SO AGAIN 135 SIGNALS. BUT THE HYBRID BEACON THERE ON THE, IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT THERE AT COIT AND SPRING VALLEY, THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE ONE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT TREY HAD REFERENCED AS PART OF HIS PRESENTATION EARLIER THIS EVENING, THAT PARTICULAR WHAT WE CALL PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACON IS, IS COUPLED WITH THE PRIMARILY WITH SPRING VALLEY AND COYOTE INTERSECTION. SO IT'S, IT'S TIED IN. SO THE PROGRESSION WORKS SO THAT WE DON'T END UP WITH A FULL STOP AT THAT CROSSWALK WITH VEHICLES THAT MAY BACK UP INTO THE SPRING VALLEY AND COYOTE INTERSECTION. SO SAW THE ENTIRE SYSTEM THERE OF THE 134 OR 135 SIGNALS. THIS REALLY JUST PROVIDES AN IDEA OF SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH THE GREAT FUNDING AND SUPPORT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED. SO CURRENTLY WE'VE GOT ABOUT 43 SIGNALS EITHER FUNDED RIGHT NOW OR WILL BE PLANNED OR PLANNED TO BE FUNDED THROUGHOUT THE THROUGH THE 2026 BOND PROGRAM. WE'VE ADDRESSED 84 OF THOSE SIGNALS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY WITHIN THE LAST 20 YEARS. AND SO WE'RE REALLY DOWN TO JUST ABOUT A DOZEN OR LESS SIGNALS THAT WE NEED TO BE WORKING ON. WE'VE GOT THREE FUNDED. YOU CAN SEE THOSE AT THE ALONG RENTER. I BELIEVE TREY MENTIONED THOSE AS PART OF HIS PRESENTATION. YOU CAN SEE TWO OF THEM ON RENTER. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER. THERE'S ANOTHER ONE ON SYNERGY, WHICH IS RIGHT THERE AT POINT NORTH PARK THAT'S BEING CONSTRUCTED AS PART OF AS PART OF THE COTTON BELT TRAIL. SO AS FAR AS OUR 2027 TRAFFIC WORK PLAN GOES, YOU SEE WE ARE CURRENTLY OR ABOUT TO GO INTO CONSTRUCTION ON EACH ONE OF THESE PARTICULAR PROJECTS. THE US 75 PROJECTS, ARAPAHOE AND RENNER ARE THROUGH THE TEXDOT HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. THOSE ARE STARTED PRIMARILY UNDERGROUND WORK. I THINK THERE ARE SOME SOME FOUNDATION WORK BEING COMPLETED OVER ON THE OTHER END AT PGE AND RENNER, BUT CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY, WE HAD THAT IN FRONT OF COUNCIL FOR A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT ABOUT 4 OR 5 WEEKS AGO. WE'RE WORKING ON ESTABLISHING A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING TO MOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION HERE WITHIN THE WITHIN THE COMING WEEKS ON THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT. AND THEN LIKEWISE, THE LAST THE LAST THREE INTERSECTIONS THERE PGB, JUPITER, JUPITER, JUPITER, ARAPAHO, AND JUPITER BELTLINE ARE ALSO CIP PROJECTS THROUGH TEXDOT. SO WE'RE KIND OF AT THEIR AT THEIR WILL TO DO THAT, BUT WE DO A LOT OF COORDINATION WITH THEM, AND THEY'VE INDICATED THAT THEY'LL BE MOVING FORWARD WITHIN THE NEXT 60 DAYS ON CONSTRUCTION WITH THOSE. AND THEN THE SYNERGY PED SIGNAL. THAT'S ALTHOUGH IT'S BEING CONSTRUCTED THROUGH THROUGH THE COTTON BELT TRAIL, THERE'LL BE A COORDINATION PROCESS THAT COMES THROUGH OUR, OUR TRAFFIC OPERATIONS AND ENGINEERING SIDE. SO IN FY 27, YOU SEE, WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS THERE. I REALLY LIKE TO JUST CALL OUT AGAIN, THE RENNER RENNER PED SIGNALS THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON. AND THEN BELTLINE AND WEATHERHEAD AND RENNER AND SHARP ARE TWO OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS TO BE DESIGNED.

THOSE ARE THE TWO INTERSECTIONS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMING OUT OF THE BOND FUND. AND THEN

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THIS IS THROUGHOT. THIS WAS A COVID 19 PROJECT THAT WE SUBMITTED BACK IN 2020 AND HAVE MOVED IT THROUGH THEIR PROCESS. NOW TO GET IT TO CONSTRUCTION AGAIN, WE'VE GOT WORKING ON GETTING THE PRECONSTRUCTION MEETING AND ACTUALLY TURNING DIRT HERE WITHIN THE NEXT 30 TO 45 DAYS. WITH CAMPBELL JUPITER. THIS TOO IS A A COVID 19 GRANT FUNDING THAT WE SUBMITTED FOR IN 2020 TIME FRAME. WE ALSO HAVE SOME DALLAS COUNTY MONEY ON IT. AS FAR AS A CAPACITY IMPROVEMENT, ONE OF THE PRIMARY ISSUES WAS TRYING TO IMPROVE THAT SOUTHBOUND RIGHT TURN LANE FROM FROM JUPITER, JUPITER TO CAMPBELL. BUT WE ALSO LOOKED AT IMPROVING AND ADDING A NORTHBOUND LEFT TURN ON JUPITER AND THEN A THROUGH THROUGH LANE OR A RECEIVING LANE BACK ON THE OTHER SIDE WITH WITH GARLAND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION. AND THEN WITH, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, WITH ALL OF OUR SIGNAL RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, WE LOOK AT WE LOOK AT THE ADA AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS AROUND THE ENTIRETY OF THE THE INTERSECTION. SO THAT PROJECT IS UNDERWAY WITH RESPECT TO WITH UTILITIES BEING RELOCATED, WE'RE WAITING ON A FINAL RELOCATION OF ONE OF THE COMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES. AND THEN THEN WE'LL LOOK TO SEE TO, TO ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR CONSTRUCTION SIDE OF IT. AS WE TALK ABOUT RECONSTRUCTION OF OUR SIGNAL SYSTEM, THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS OUT THERE.

WE'VE BEEN ASKED WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT, INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY ABOUT THE BLACK SIGNAL POLES THAT WE HAVE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, AND SOME OF THE NEW ONES THAT WE'VE GOT DOWN ON THE NEW GLENVILLE PROJECT. REALLY WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. OUR STANDARD IS A IS A GALVANIZED. ROUGHLY 87% OF OUR SYSTEM IS IN GALVANIZED. AND THEN WE'VE GOT AS FAR AS ENHANCED, WHETHER IT'S A POWDER COATED OR PAINTED ABOUT 13%. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? ROUGHLY ABOUT 16 SIGNALS ARE NOT GALVANIZED. SO A COUPLE OTHER COLORS THAT YOU MIGHT SEE OUT THERE OUT IN THE PANHANDLE OR INNER NORTH STARS GOT A BROWN PAINT ON IT. AND THEN OVER HERE, JUST UP THE ROAD AT PLANO, PLANO AND STATE IN THE CITY LINE AREA, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A KIND OF A BLUISH GRAY COLOR TO THOSE. SO AGAIN, ENHANCED VERSUS VERSUS OUR STANDARD. AND THEN SO TAKING A LOOK AT OUR TAKING A LOOK AT OUR KIND OF A PROS AND CONS OF WHAT WE, WHAT WE LOOK AT, GENERALLY SPEAKING, ON AVERAGE, DEPENDING ON WHAT SIZE MAST ARM THAT YOU HAVE, THE LARGER THE MAST ARM, THE MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE IT BECOMES IN TERMS OF POWDER COATING OR PAINTING THEM. SO GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE'RE LOOKING AT ROUGHLY ABOUT AN EXTRA $20,000 PER INTERSECTION. SHOULD WE MOVE FROM THE GALVANIZED TO TO THE POWDER COATED. AND THEN OF COURSE, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER MAINTENANCE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE. IF THEY GET THEY GET KNOCKED DOWN, SCRATCHED OR BEAT UP JUST FOR WHATEVER REASON. WE FROM TIME TO TIME, WE HAVE VEHICLES THAT MISS THE ROADWAY AND FIND ONE OF OUR SIGNAL POLES OR ONE OF OUR OTHER PIECES OF INFRASTRUCTURE. SO REALLY JUST KIND OF TAKING A LOOK AT IN A COMPARISON BETWEEN OUR STANDARD AND ENHANCED. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE DANIEL HEROD UP TO FINISH OUT WITH OUR MOBILITY PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS THE MOBILITY. WORK PLAN FOR 2027. THANK YOU MARK. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I KNOW DART

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SO REALLY, EVALUATION AND PLANNING IS THE FOUNDATION OF THAT. IT'S BASED ON THAT 2023 ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHERE IT'S CREATED A SHORT TERM WORK PLAN, AS WELL AS A MID-TERM AND LONG TERM WORK PLAN. THE SHORT TERM WAS A 1 TO 2 YEAR. AND SO WE'VE REALLY WORKED THROUGH THAT SHORT TERM WORK PLAN. AND NOW MOVING INTO THAT MID-TERM WORK PLAN NOW AND CREATED A LOT OF SUPPORTING POLICIES AND KIND OF PLANNING OUT OF THAT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. SO, YOU KNOW, THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE'VE SEEN THE COMPLETE STREETS POLICY, WE'VE SEEN BIKE PARKING REGULATIONS, A LOT OF THINGS HELPING SUPPORT THAT OVERALL ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, THE THE ADA TRANSITION PLAN AS WELL. AND THEN YOU'VE SEEN THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN, THE SAFER STREETS.

RICHARDSON, WHICH YOU'VE HEARD KIND OF UPDATE EARLIER THIS YEAR ON SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS.

ANOTHER BIG ONE WHERE, YEAH, WE'RE TRYING TO GET EDUCATION AND REALLY THAT FOUNDATIONAL UNDERSTANDING AT AN EARLY AGE KIND OF GOING THROUGH SCHOOL WHERE A LOT OF THE KIDS, ESPECIALLY IN NEIGHBORHOODS, ARE WALKING, BIKING, AND GETTING THAT EDUCATION IN THERE.

OTHER ELEMENTS LOOKING AT THIS IS REALLY HOW DO WE EVALUATE LOOKING AT PERFORMANCE MEASURES THROUGH THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS REALLY COUNTING THE PROGRAM, SOMETHING WE STARTED IN 2025 OF DOING KIND OF AN ANNUAL COUNT OF TO GET AN IDEA OF WHERE IS THE HIGHER AND LOWER USAGE AND HOW DO WE TRACK IT YEAR TO YEAR OF HOW MANY USERS ARE REALLY OUT THERE ON OUR TRAILS AND OUR BIKE LANES? AND IN THAT EVALUATION, WE REALLY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE GAUGE FROM A NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE? SO LOOKING AT THE BIKE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND GETTING THAT RENEWED IN 2024, AND THEN LOOKING AT HOW DO WE LOOK AT THAT IN THE FUTURE TO CONTINUE BUILDING THAT PROGRAM AND THAT RECOGNITION IN EDUCATION ENCOURAGEMENT? EARLIER THIS YEAR, IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE CITY WAS AWARDED A SILVER LEVEL BICYCLE FRIENDLY BUSINESS. SO WE ARE A BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY.

ANOTHER ELEMENT THROUGH THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN BICYCLISTS IS THE BIKE FRIENDLY BUSINESS, WHICH JUST MEANS THAT US AS AN ORGANIZATION, OUR. THEY'RE AWARDING US AS BEING BIKE FRIENDLY. SO AS A ORGANIZATION, YOU KNOW, GETTING TO CITY HALL, GETTING TO THE LIBRARY IS GOOD FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO THOSE FACILITIES, AS WELL AS HAVING DIFFERENT PROCESSES AND ITEMS IN PLACE FOR EMPLOYEES TO BE ABLE TO BIKE TO WORK OR GET THE EDUCATION, AS WELL AS EVEN BEING EDUCATED AS EMPLOYEES OF. HOW DO YOU DRIVE IN THE COMMUNITY TO BE AWARE OF BICYCLISTS AND LOOK AT THAT SAFETY ELEMENT EDUCATION. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE BIKE, THE CITYWIDE BIKE RODEO, WHICH WE HOLD TWICE A YEAR. ALSO, THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM, WHERE WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING WITH BIKE DFW TO HOLD THOSE IN SCHOOLS WHERE WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL OF THOSE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS IN SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS PARTNERING WITH PTAS TO HOST THOSE AS WELL, AND THEN THROUGH GRANT FUNDING, LOOKING TO BUILD THAT PROGRAM FURTHER, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT HERE IN A FEW MINUTES. ANOTHER ONE HERE, THEY HOST THEIR ANNUAL BIKE TO WORK DAY, ANOTHER KIND OF COMMUNITY EVENT THAT'S HOSTED AT CITY LINE STATION, JUST LOOKING AT BIKE TO WORK AND THEN BIKE PARKING AT COMMUNITY EVENTS, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AT EVENTS LIKE WILDFLOWER AS WELL AS COTTONWOOD ARTS FESTIVAL, ADDING BIKE PARKING. AND THEN I KNOW THIS YEAR, LOOKING AT ENHANCING IT, WORKING WITH KIND OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHERE THEY DID THE BIKE VALET THIS YEAR THROUGH BIKE DFW AND THE RICHARDSON BIKE COALITION TO REALLY ENHANCE THAT EXPERIENCE, TO PROMOTE ARRIVING BY BIKE TO THESE COMMUNITY EVENTS. ENGINEERING'S ONE, YOU PROBABLY HEAR ABOUT THE MOST IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS. WHEN WE DID THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, THAT WAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST KIND OF NEEDS THAT WE HEAR, AS WELL AS WITH THE BIKE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY. THEY ALSO HAD A PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS THROUGH THAT AWARD APPLICATION, AND IT WAS KIND OF REITERATED THROUGH THAT PROCESS WHERE REALLY EXPANDING THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, AS WELL AS KIND OF UPGRADING WHAT WE HAVE TODAY, WHERE BOTH HIGH PRIORITIES AND THOSE PUBLIC INPUT SURVEYS. AND SO SINCE THE 2023 ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN,

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AND SO LOOKING AT US 75 AND ARAPAHOE, ANOTHER PROJECT CREATING A TRAIL ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ARAPAHOE TO CONNECT FROM ARAPAHOE STATION IN THAT AREA OVER TO THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX ON THE WEST SIDE, AS WELL AS THE THE CUSTER BIKE LANES TO AGAIN ENHANCE BOTH THE LIBRARY AND CITY HALL. BEING ABLE TO ARRIVE BY BIKE OR WALK, AS WELL AS THE TRANSIT ROUTE ALONG ARAPAHOE THERE AND THEN THE OTHER ON COLLINS OVERPASS, WHERE WE HAVE BIKE LANES KIND OF ON EITHER SIDE HERE FOR NORTH COLLINS AT CAMPBELL, AND THEN KIND OF COLLINS AT ALMA, EXTENDING THOSE BIKE LANES TO CONNECT THE TWO, AS WELL AS CREATING SIDEWALKS ACROSS COLLINS BRIDGE AT 75. SO YOU HAVE BOTH PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FACILITIES THERE. AS WE GET INTO 2026 BOND PROGRAM, THERE'S ALSO SEVERAL INVESTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED THERE THROUGH THE ADA AND SIDEWALK INVESTMENTS, AS WELL AS SEVERAL OF THOSE COLLECTOR ROADWAYS ON THE ON THERE ARE ON THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. AND SO KIND OF THE SCOPING OF THOSE PROJECTS WILL INCORPORATE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. A FEW PROJECTS TO HIGHLIGHT FIRST WILL BE THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM. THIS IS A. TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES FUNDING THROUGH THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS. SO YOU CAN SEE ABOUT $400,000 FROM TXDOT, WITH ANOTHER $100,000 OF LOCAL MATCH FROM THE CITY OF RICHARDSON. BUT THIS IS A KIND OF A PRIORITY OUT OF THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. BUT LOOKING AT HOW DO WE BUILD BUILD ON THESE CITIES AS SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM? AND SO LOOKING AT REALLY A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF THAT.

SO ONE KIND OF WHAT IS THE VISION? HOW DO WE CREATE KIND OF A WORK STAKEHOLDER GROUP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS? TO, TO BUILD OUT THAT PROGRAM AND EXPAND IT OVER TIME, DEVELOPING A TRAFFIC SAFETY EDUCATION CURRICULUM THAT'S REALLY TAILORED TO THE CITY AND JUST THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS WE HAVE HERE, AS WELL AS TO HELP ADDRESS ANY SAFETY ELEMENTS WE HAVE AND ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THINGS LIKE E-BIKES OR THE E MOTOS AND SAFETY ELEMENTS THERE, ESPECIALLY WITH CHILDREN, AS WELL AS OVERALL KIND OF BIKE SAFETY THAT WE WORK WITH. THEN DEVELOPMENT OF WITHIN THAT PROGRAM OF MULTIPLE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, WHERE WE'LL WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO, TO FINALIZE THOSE DECISIONS ON WHICH SCHOOLS, BUT ABOUT SEVEN SCHOOLS WILL REALLY LOOK AT SPECIFIC GOING INTO THE INFRASTRUCTURE, EDUCATION, ENCOURAGE ENCOURAGEMENT, ELEMENTS TO CREATE A KIND OF SCHOOL SPECIFIC PLAN SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE AT DOVER ELEMENRY AND MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY. THE MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS REALLY FOCUSED ON SYNERGY FROM WATERVIEW OVER TO FLOYD, BUT LOOKING AT UPGRADING SOME OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS ALONG THERE, UPGRADING THE BIKE LANES AND BUS STOPS AND REALLY ENHANCING THE CONNECTIVITY FROM KIND OF THE CENTRAL CAMPUS OF UTD UP TO THE SILVER LINE. AS UTD ALSO CONTINUES TO LOOK AT EXPANDING THE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE STATION AT SILVER LINE AND THEN ALONG WATER VIEW. THERE'S SOME SIDEWALK GAPS, AND SO COMPLETING SOME OF THOSE SIDEWALK GAPS TO CONNECT INTO THE COTTON BELT TRAIL THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION TODAY. US 75 AND ARAPAHOE. THIS ONE'S UNDER DESIGN TODAY. AND SO THIS HAS SOME LOCAL FUNDING AS WELL AS FUNDING FROM DALLAS COUNTY AS WELL AS TXDOT FOR THE SIGNAL ELEMENT OF THIS. BUT REALLY

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INSTALLATIONS. I THINK THEY'RE REALLY LOOKING VERY NICE. AND I, THEY, THEY, THEY ADD SUCH GREAT TEXTURE AND, AND VISIBILITY TO THE, TO THE CORNERS OF THE STREET. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THE POWDER COATING VERSUS POWDER COATING ARE THOSE ARE THOSE JUST IS THE PLAN JUST TO PUT THOSE THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND HIGH PROFILE AREAS OR SLOWLY BUT SURELY TRANSITION TO POWDER COATING. SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. WE'D LIKE TO GET A CONSENSUS ON DIRECTION. WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE SEVERAL 21 BOND PROGRAM PROJECTS THAT WE COULD APPLY THIS TO. BUT ABSOLUTELY, AS WE MOVE INTO THE 26 BOND PROGRAM, WE'D REALLY LIKE TO GET SOME CLARITY AROUND THAT. GOOD. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I LIKE IT. I THINK THE, THE BLACK POWDER COATING VERSUS THE PAINTING, I THINK IS BETTER. I THINK POWDER COATING IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE MORE DURABLE THAN PAINT. I UNDERSTAND IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE TO DO THAT, BUT I THINK THE LONGEVITY OF THAT AND THE ESTHETICS, THE WAY IT IS GOING TO BE PERCEIVED THROUGHOUT THE CITY, I THINK IS A VERY NICE PIECE. I THINK IT'S VERY NICE ELEVATED AREA. SO I'D LIKE TO I'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW,

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WE WANTED TO REFLECT THAT SAME MATERIAL. AND SO, YEAH, IT WOULD BE USING THAT SAME ONE.

AND YEAH, THIS IS KIND OF A DAYTIME VERSUS NIGHT TIME JUST TO BE ABLE TO SHOW OFF THAT LIGHTING ELEMENT. OKAY. WELL, THAT MAKES SENSE, OF COURSE. SO ANYWAY, I LIKE IT LOOKS GOOD.

THANK YOU. TO CLARIFY, THE NIGHTTIME JUST FOR SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, THE LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE A CUTOUT ON THE LEFT SIDE WHERE YOU CAN JUST SEE THROUGH IT. I'M ASSUMING. I DON'T KNOW, BUT ON THE RIGHT SIDE, BECAUSE IT'S NIGHTTIME, I'M WONDERING, IS THAT BACKLIT THERE OR IS IT BACKLIT? IN BOTH CASES, THE INTENSE AND SOME OF IT, I THINK IS KIND OF THE GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF IT. NO PROBLEM. IS THAT YEAH, IT WOULDN'T BE KIND OF A BACKLIT OR IT'LL JUST BE A CUTOUT INSET. YEAH, IT'D BE MORE KIND OF A CUTOUT. OKAY. IS THERE A LIGHT BEHIND IT THOUGH? I MEAN, INSIDE THE, THE STRUCTURE ITSELF, OR IS IT JUST GOING TO BE, IS THE LIGHT GOING TO CATCH IT? IT'S GOING TO BE ILLUMINATED. LIKE THE SIGNAGE IS GOING TO HAVE A MATERIAL WHERE IT'S ILLUMINATED, KIND OF LIKE A REFLECTIVE MATERIAL. YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THOSE FINAL DETAILS OF KIND OF WHAT IS TEXDOT ALLOWING BECAUSE TEXDOT HAS THEIR OWN KIND OF LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS ON THAT, BUT THE INTENT IS KIND OF THE LOOK AND FEEL WOULD BE TO REFLECT WHAT'S BEING USED ON THE, THE MONUMENT SIGNAGE FOR CITY HALL. WELL, I DO, I DO LIKE OUR MAYOR'S COMMENT ON IF IT'S A CUTOUT. I THINK THE CUTOUT ACTUALLY A LITTLE NICER PROCESS. AND THEN POTENTIALLY UP TOP, YOU KNOW, SOME LED LIGHTS COULD BE PUT IN TO ALLOW THAT TO BE BACKLIT AT NIGHT. ALONG WITH THE UP LIGHTING, I'M ASSUMING THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME TYPE OF, WELL, LIGHTS IN THE GROUND. SO BUT I THINK THAT THAT LOOKS THAT LOOKS GOOD. IF IF WE COULD BACK LIKE THAT, THAT ARE OKAY. I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER. THANK YOU. I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY PEOPLE PAID ATTENTION TO THE AGENDA.

SO I GOT A LOT OF A LOT OF COMMENTS THIS WEEKEND WHEN I WAS OUT AND ABOUT ABOUT THIS TOPIC. SO I'VE GOT SEVERAL QUESTIONS THAT I PROMISED PEOPLE I WOULD BRING UP AGAIN.

MESSENGER. OKAY, FIRST OFF, MARK, IN REGARD TO THE LED LIGHTING THAT'S BEING BEING

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BUT SHOULD THERE BE A DISCUSSION FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE? SO I'VE GOT TO ASK AGAIN, JUST BECAUSE IF I DON'T AND SOMEONE ASKS ME, YES, WE CAN DEFINITELY PUT THAT ON THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE AGENDA AS A DISCUSSION OF HOW DO WE EVALUATE THE SAFETY OF THOSE, AND ARE THERE WAYS TO ENHANCE SAFETY OF THOSE THOSE GROUP RIDES WHO ARE OUT THERE? THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CORKRAN. OH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'LL GO PRETTY FAST. JUST AS FAR AS FEEDBACK ON THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. MY FEEDBACK IS, IF YOU WERE TO ASK ME THE TOP THINGS THAT I WOULD WANT TO DO, THOSE, THAT IS THE LIST. SO THAT'S GREAT. KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF CURIOUS. THE TRAIL EXTENSION GOING ALONG, ARAPAHOE, MAYBE I MISSED IT IN YOUR PRESENTATION. IS THAT WHAT'S THAT GOING TO BE? IS THAT GOING TO BE LIKE A PROTECTED BIKE LANE? IS IT KIND OF CUTTING INTO, I GUESS, THAT EXISTING GREEN SPACE TO MAKE IT? HOW IS THAT GOING TO WORK? YES, WE'LL BE OFF STREET TRAIL SO SIMILAR. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE START OF IT FROM KIND OF THE EAST SIDE OF 75 OVER TO GREENVILLE, OKAY, NEXT TO THE BIKE SHOP AND SOME OF THAT DEVELOPMENT ON THE NORTH SIDE, IT'S ABOUT A TEN FOOT WIDE OFF STREET TRAIL. OKAY. THAT'LL BE A FOR A FEW FEET BEHIND THE CURB, JUST TO CREATE A LITTLE BIT OF SEPARATION BETWEEN THE TWO USERS. BUT YEAH, IT'LL, IT'LL GO THROUGH KIND OF THAT GREEN SPACE ON THE NORTH SIDE THERE. AND ESSENTIALLY THERE'S AN EXISTING SIDEWALK TODAY THAT THAT'LL GET REMOVED AND WIDENED TO GET A FULL TEN FOOT MULTI-USE PATH THERE. THAT SOUNDS GREAT. AND I'LL GO CHECK OUT THE ONE YOU YOU MENTIONED. IT'S JUST KIND OF FUNNY. I MEAN, I VERY COINCIDENTALLY, I ACTUALLY BIKED ALL OF CENTRAL TRAIL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME THIS WEEKEND. SO I HAVE A REALLY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT ALL THIS LOOKS LIKE. AND I THINK THE SORT OF THE ARTISTIC STRUCTURES WITH THE RICHARDSON LOGO ARE GOING TO FIT REALLY NICELY WITH THE STRUCTURES AT NORTH GLENVILLE. OR MAYBE IT'S JUST ONE STRUCTURE THAT NORTH GLENVILLE AND SPRING CREEK SORT OF CROSSING THERE. I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO ALL TIE IN TOGETHER REALLY NICELY FOR CONSISTENCY. SO I LOVE IT. I ALWAYS LOVE THE GREEN BICYCLE TRAFFIC LIGHTS THERE AS WELL. I THINK THAT'S GOOD. SO IF YOU EVER HAVE A CHANCE TO PUT MORE OF THOSE IN AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MY OTHER QUESTION JUST ON THOSE. ON WHETHER IT'S JUST THE SORT OF STRAIGHT METAL SIGN FOR THE LIGHT POLES OR THE ENHANCED, I FORGET WHAT IT SAYS IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT WHAT DO YOU WHAT DO YOU CALL IT, STANDARD GALVANIZED OR THE POWDER COATED? ENHANCED. YES. OKAY. THE STANDARD GALVANIZED OR POWDER COATED? ENHANCED. WHICH ONE? I MEAN, IS THERE ANY BENEFIT TO THE POWDER COATED ENHANCED ASIDE FROM ESTHETICS, OR IS IT JUST ESTHETICS? JUST ESTHETICS, YOU KNOW, I GUESS I GUESS I, I AGREE THAT IT LOOKS, I MEAN, IT DOES LOOK SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER. I THINK SORT OF ALONG OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT DIFFERENT TOD SPACES AND SORT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, JUST GIVEN, GIVEN THAT EXPENSE, RIGHT, OF DOING THEM INDIVIDUALLY, I'D SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, SINCE YOU'RE ASKING FOR MY OPINION ON IT, JUST SORT OF A MEASURED APPROACH, RIGHT? FOCUSING ON THE AREAS WHERE PEDESTRIANS ARE THE MOST OR WHERE WE HAVE PLANNED TRAILS, THINGS LIKE THAT BEFORE EXPANDING OUT TO SORT OF, I WOULD SAY, FOR EXPANDING OUT TO INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE JUST BUSY BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC AND VEHICLE VOLUME WOULD BE THE WAY THAT I WOULD I WOULD APPROACH IT.

COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I WOULD AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN CORCORAN ON THAT. I LIKE IT 20,000. WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT. IT'S A VERY SMALL COMPARED TO WHAT AN INTERSECTION COSTS.

SO I THINK IT'S A IT'S A SMALL COST FOR A NICE UPGRADE, BUT DEFINITELY I WOULD FOCUS ON WHERE YOU DO HAVE PEDESTRIAN, YOU KNOW, DOWNTOWN, YOU KNOW, CITY LINES, SOME OF THOSE AREAS

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I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE ANSWER OR NOT. I SHOULD HAVE ASKED THAT EARLIER. DO YOU KNOW THE SPACING REQUIREMENT TO HAVE A LIGHT FROM ONCOR IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD? IS THAT 500FT? SOMETHING LIKE THAT. TYPICALLY, IT'S I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S FROM ONCOR. IT'S THROUGH OUR POLICY, WHICH IS. NO, NO LESS THAN 900FT, NO LESS THAN 900, NO LESS THAN 900FT.

AND TYPICALLY WHERE WE HAVE STREETLIGHTS, THEY'RE EITHER GOING TO BE AT INTERSECTIONS OR AT A AT A HORIZONTAL CURVE FOR SAFETY PURPOSES OR A VERTICAL, YOU KNOW, A HILL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHERE THERE MIGHT BE SOME TYPE OF A VISUAL LACK OF LACK OF VISUAL CLARITY IN THE EVENING OR MID-BLOCK ON A LONG STRETCH, LIKE YOU SAY AGAIN, I SAID, OR MID-BLOCK ON A LONG STRETCH, CORRECT? YEAH. YOU HAVE A LOT OF THAT IN THE HEIGHTS AND SOME OF THE OLDER.

YEAH. BUT ARE THOSE I SAID THOSE ARE FROM ONCOR, THOSE LIGHTING. RIGHT. MANY OF MANY OF THOSE ARE WHEN WE ASK FOR THERE'S CERTAIN PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT OUR ONCOR. AND THERE ARE CERTAIN PARTS TYPICALLY OUT IN THE PANHANDLE THAT THAT WE OWN OUR OWN AND OPERATE. NOW, IF SOME STREETS THAT DON'T HAVE LIGHT, BECAUSE I HEARD SOME OF THE COMPLAINT THAT AND SOME OF THE CITIES AND THEY DID FIND OUT THAT REQUIREMENT THAT THEY DID FIND 900FT OR SOME SPACING. SO IF THEY WANTED TO HAVE SOME LIGHT, WHAT CAN THEY CAN DO? WELL, THEY CAN THEY CAN CONTACT US HERE AT THE CITY WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. AND THEN WE CAN, THEY SHOULD GO THROUGH, VERIFY, VERIFY THE SPACING OR WHETHER THERE'S A SAFETY ISSUE FOR, FOR NIGHTTIME VISIBILITY DUE TO ONE OF THOSE ISSUES AND INTERSECTION OR CURVATURE OF THE ROADWAY. YEAH. BUT THERE ARE SOME NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE ARE SOME RESIDENTS THAT WALK AT NIGHT, AND THEY DID MENTION SOME OF THE THINGS PROBABLY THEN I'LL DIRECT YOU.

I'LL DIRECT THEM TO CONTACT YOU WITH YOUR DEPARTMENTS. SURE. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND MORE CLARIFIED, THAT'S STILL ON YOUR DECISION. ALL YOU'RE GOING TO DO IS PROVIDE THEM THE INFORMATION. WE WE DON'T WE CAN'T DIRECT ONCOR TO PUT A LIGHT. WE CAN WE CAN REQUEST THEM TO DO THAT. IT WILL COST. IT WILL COST US. BUT WE REFERENCE OUR OUR POLICY IN TERMS OF HOW THAT. SO SO, COUNCILMAN, I JUST SAY THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU'RE. IT'S NOT CALLED TRAFFIC AND TRAFFIC IS GOING TO PUT IN THE LIGHT. IF IF IT MEETS ONE OF THOSE STANDARDS, ULTIMATELY ENCORE HAS TO MAKE THAT DECISION. AND IT'S ENCORE EXPENSE TO ACTUALLY REVIEW IT AGAINST OUR CITY POLICY. AND THEN IF IT MEETS OR IF THERE'S A SAFETY ISSUE AS DETERMINED BY OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERS, THEN WE WE MAKE THAT REQUEST TO, TO ENCORE. I UNDERSTAND THAT I'M MAKING THE POINT THAT IT'S NOT OUR DECISION WHETHER THE LIGHT GOES IN OR NOT. ULTIMATELY, IT'S ON COURSE. RIGHT? OKAY. I JUST WANT, I DON'T WANT, I DON'T

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THAT'S THE MAIN THING. IT'S NOT THAT, YOU KNOW, MAGIC. ANYBODY WANTS A LIGHT, YOU GOT THE LIGHT. IT'S NOT THAT NOBODY WANTS THAT. I DON'T THINK I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS LOOKING FOR THAT. NOW, REGARDING THE POWDER COATED VERSUS ZINC, THERE IS THE LIFE EXPECTANCY IS IS SIMILAR ON BOTH POWDER COATED VERSUS ZINC COATED, PRETTY MUCH OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT YOU DO END UP WITH SOME FADING OF THE UV FADING, FADING WITH POWDER COATED OR THE PAINT PAINTING ONE WITH THE POWDER COATING POWDER COATING WE WOULD NOT RECOMMEND OR GO FORWARD WITH WITH THE PAINTING ANYMORE, BECAUSE THOSE ONLY REALLY LAST ABOUT TEN YEARS AND WE END UP WITH SOME REALLY BAD, REALLY BAD. RIGHT? OF COURSE, THAT WITH THAT POWDER COATED, IT LOOKS GREAT INITIALLY. BUT AGAIN, OVER THE TIME, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO LIKE WHAT COLOR. AND THAT $20,000 IS SIGNIFICANT FOR EACH POLE, RIGHT? IT'S FOR A FULL INTERSECTION. SO FULL INTERSECTION WOULD BE ABOUT FIVE ON AVERAGE, ABOUT 5000 PER LEG OF THE INTERSECTION. OKAY, ABOUT 4 TO 5000 ONLY FOR POLE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OKAY.

IT'S NOT THAT ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL. SO YEAH, I MEAN, IF AGAIN, IF THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT PEDESTRIAN THAT THE PEOPLE WALK AROUND, PEOPLE LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, SEE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, NICER. SO THAT'S ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO WALK. AND IF THERE IS NOBODY WALKING AROUND AND NOTHING, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT COLOR THEY ARE BEFORE SOMEONE CAN SEE IT'S GOING TO BE FADED.

AND THEN SOMEBODY WILL SAY, WHY EVEN WE HAVE THAT FADED POLE THERE. SO I THINK IT'S THE BEST JUDGMENT CALL. I'M SURE OUR DEPARTMENT HAS LOTS OF EXPERTISE. THEY CAN LOOK AT EACH CASE INDIVIDUALLY, AND YOU GUYS CAN MAKE SOME GOOD CALL ON THOSE SITUATION. THAT WOULD BE MY OPINION. OKAY. JUST MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR CITY IS NICE. I THINK EVERYONE HAS THE SAME, SAME GOAL, SAME THING IN THEIR MIND. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

GREAT JOB OVERALL. REALLY LIKE IT. THIS IS A ONE OF MY HOT BUTTON ISSUES, BUT I KNOW WE'LL HAVE A FUTURE CONVERSATION AROUND THE ESTHETICS OF OF THESE INTERSECTIONS AND THAT SORT OF THING. I WILL SUGGEST, AND EVERYONE CAN HAVE THEIR OWN OPINION, AND WE CAN HOPEFULLY HAVE A MORE ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS IN THE FUTURE. THAT ESTHETICS MATTER IN THESE DETAILS MATTER. WE ARE WE ARE IN COMPETITION WITH 100 OTHER CITIES IN THE METROPLEX, AND WHAT WE LOOK LIKE FROM ONE END OF OUR CITY TO THE OTHER END OF THE CITY. I ACTUALLY DON'T LOVE THE IDEA OF MAYBE WE'LL DO THIS ONE, BECAUSE PEOPLE WALK BY THIS ONE AND WE DON'T DO THAT ONE BECAUSE PEOPLE DRIVE BY IT. IT'S STILL EYEBALLS AND THEY'RE MAKING A DECISION OR A JUDGMENT OF OUR CITY. AND SO WHATEVER WE DO, I WOULD LOVE IT TO BE AS, AS CONSISTENT AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I THINK CONSISTENCY MATTERS AS WELL. BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE'S A PHASED APPROACH OVER TIME AS NEW POLES ARE DONE, FOR US TO SWITCH TO SOME SORT OF. STANDARD THAT WE AS A COUNCIL CAN AGREE ON, AND WE CAN DECIDE AT A LATER DATE WHETHER OR NOT ESTHETICS ARE

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APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU ALL. ALL RIGHT. I BELIEVE WHAT WE HAVE NEXT IS A PUBLIC HEARING

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I'M SORRY. EIGHT. THE NEXT THREE ITEMS. I'M SORRY. MY AGENDA IS WRONG. I THINK THESE ARE CITY INITIATED ACTIONS THAT WE BRIEFED YOU ON. TWO OF THE THREE WERE BRIEFED ON PREVIOUSLY THAT ARE COMING OUT OF THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION. THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMPLIANT WITH THE NEW STATE LAWS. AND SO ANDREW AND TINA'S TEAM HAVE TAKEN THE EFFORT TO TO TAKE SOME FEEDBACK FROM OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE THAT THE STRATEGIES WE'RE RECOMMENDING ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR OPERATIONS AND OUR ENFORCEMENT INITIATIVES, TOOK IT TO THE CPC. AND SO NOW WE'RE BRINGING IT TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. AGAIN, WE'VE GOT 2609, THOUGH SUBSEQUENT TO THIS, THE NEXT ACTION WILL BE AN ITEM TO AMEND THE CODE OF ORDINANCES ON THE SAME TOPIC. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE 2610, WHICH WILL BE A DISCUSSION AROUND HOME BASED BUSINESSES. SO ANDREW, THANKS FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO AS DON MENTIONED, THESE ARE LEGISLATIVE RELATED AMENDMENTS THAT WE ARE NEEDING TO MAKE TO THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE, AS WELL AS THE CODE OF ORDINANCES IN RESPONSE TO STATE LEGISLATION ADOPTED LAST YEAR. SO WHILE SEVERAL PROCEDURAL ITEMS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED, THE FOLLOWING NEW LAWS WILL REQUIRE REGULATORY UPDATES TO THE CEO AS WELL AS THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE.

SO THE FIRST COUPLE COVERED BY 26-09 DEAL WITH THE DEFINITION OF FAMILY IN RESPONSE TO SENATE BILL 1567, AS WELL AS ZONING PROTEST CRITERIA IN RESPONSE TO HOUSE BILL 24. THERE'S ALSO A COMPANION CODE OF ORDINANCES AMENDMENT THAT WE'LL NEED TO MAKE IN RELATION TO SENATE BILL 1567. THOSE YOU SHOULD ALL BE SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR WITH, BASED ON THE WORK SESSION THAT WE HAD BACK IN APRIL. AND THEN HOUSE BILL 2464 DEALS WITH HOME OCCUPATIONS AND NO IMPACT HOME BASED BUSINESSES. SO TO START WITH SENATE BILL 1567, THIS PERTAINS TO THE DEFINITION OF FAMILY. AND SO, AS YOU MAY RECALL, THE STATUTE IS PREEMPTIVE ON CITIES THAT MEET CERTAIN THRESHOLD CRITERIA SUCH THAT CITIES MAY NOT RESTRICT THE NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS IN A HOUSING UNIT BASED ON FAMILIAL RELATIONS, AGE OR OCCUPATION, BUT MAY CONTINUE TO ENFORCE BUILDING AND FIRE CODE REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS ADOPTED BY THE STATE. THIS THIS STATUTE APPLIES TO RICHARDSON BASED ON OUR POPULATION AS WELL AS THE PRESENCE OF UTD. IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR DEED RESTRICTIONS TO APPLY AND BE MORE RESTRICTIVE. SO THIS IS THE CURRENT DEFINITION IN THE CODE FOR FAMILY IN BLACK. AND SO THE FIRST PART OF THE DEFINITION, WE'RE IN VIOLATION BECAUSE WE'RE RESTRICTING IT BASED ON RELATIONS. AND THEN THE THE SECOND PART OF THE DEFINITION WE ARE WE ARE CURRENTLY IN VIOLATION OF THE NEW BILL BASED ON RESTRICTING THE NUMBER OF UNRELATED PERSONS. SO THE PROPOSED DEFINITION IS FAMILY MEANS ANY NUMBER OF PERSONS OCCUPYING A SINGLE DWELLING UNIT. SO WE'RE NOT RESTRICTING THE NUMBER OF PERSONS LIVING IN COOKING TOGETHER A SINGLE HOUSEKEEPING UNIT. WE'RE RETAINING THAT LANGUAGE TO ENSURE THAT A HOUSING UNIT ISN'T ILLEGALLY SUBDIVIDED AND INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE RELATED BY BLOOD MARRIAGE, ADOPTION. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO ADDED GUARDIANSHIP OR DEPENDENCY. SO SPEAKING TO THE THINGS THAT TYPICALLY CONSTITUTE A FAMILY, BUT NOT EXPRESSLY LIMITING IT. THE NEXT ONE, HOUSE BILL 24, DEALS WITH ZONING PROTEST CRITERIA. SO PRIOR TO PASSAGE OF HOUSE BILL 24, OBJECTION FROM PROPERTY OWNERS TO A ZONING CASE OR SPECIAL PERMIT COMPRISING 20% OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OR THE PROPERTY WITHIN THE 200 FOOT NOTICE AREA, WOULD HAVE TRIGGERED A SUPERMAJORITY REQUIREMENT OF COUNCIL IN ORDER TO APPROVE THE GOAL OF THIS LEGISLATION, AMONG MANY OTHER

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THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS. MISS NEIGHBOR. YES, MAYOR. I HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP, COURTNEY BARKER. HI. GOOD EVENING. I AM THE PERSON THAT SUBMITTED THE COMMENT OVER THE WEEKEND. MY NAME IS COURTNEY BARKER. I LIVE AT 2503 HONEYSUCKLE AND CROWLEY PARK. I'VE LIVED IN CROWLEY PARK SINCE 2016 AND I'M HERE ABOUT ITEMS EIGHT, NINE AND TEN. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO STATE LAW COMPLIANCE. I'M ASKING FOR PRECISION BECAUSE IN LAND USE LAW, VAGUE LANGUAGE IS NOT NEUTRAL. IT'S AN INVITATION. SO ON ITEMS EIGHT AND NINE, THE DEFINITION OF FAMILY, THE PROPOSED DEFINITION REPLACES RICHARDSON'S CURRENT STANDARD WITH ANY NUMBER OF PERSONS, AND BEFORE THIS, COUNCIL ACCEPTS THAT AS A. REQUIRED BY SENATE BILL 1567, I WOULD NOTE THAT NO TEXAS COURT HAS YET INTERPRETED WHETHER SENATE BILL 1567 CONSTITUTIONALLY OVERRIDES THE HOME RULE AUTHORITY THE CITY HOLDS UNDER ARTICLE 11, SECTION FIVE OF THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION.

THE LEGISLATURE PASSED SENATE BILL 1567. THAT DOES NOT MEAN IT'S BEEN VALIDATED, AND UNTIL A COURT RULES, THE NARROWEST POSSIBLE COMPLIANCE PATH IS THE PRUDENT CHOICE, NOT THE BROADEST. THE MINIMUM REQUIRED CHANGE IS TO REMOVE THE FAMILIAL RELATIONS RESTRICTION, SO ANY NUMBER OF PERSONS GOES FAR BEYOND THAT AND PROVIDES NO LIMITING PRINCIPLE WHATSOEVER.

SO CONSIDER AN INVESTOR FILLS A RICHARDSON HOUSE WITH 15 PAYING OCCUPANTS AND CALLS THEM A FAMILY, AND AN OFFICER RESPONDS AND UNDER THE QUOTE, ANY NUMBER OF PERSONS LANGUAGE, WHAT DOES THAT OFFICER CITE? THE LEASE IS ONE DOCUMENT UTILITIES IN ONE NAME. IT QUALIFIES ON PAPER AND THE OFFICER GOES HOME EMPTY HANDED. I HAVE SUBMITTED PROPOSED REPLACEMENT LANGUAGE IN WRITING TONIGHT. IN SUMMARY, I'M ASKING THAT THAT ANY NUMBER OF PERSONS BE REPLACED WITH LANGUAGE REQUIRING PRIMARY RESIDENCY, A SINGLE LEASE OR OWNERSHIP ARRANGEMENT, AND SHARED HOUSEHOLD EXPENSES, AND THAT THE LANGUAGE SINGLE HOUSEKEEPING UNIT, WHICH IS ALREADY IN THE DEFINITION THAT IT BE DEFINED TO REQUIRE THAT OCCUPANCY DECISIONS ARE MADE COLLECTIVELY BY THE RESIDENTS THEMSELVES, NOT BY AN OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION OR OPERATOR. SO BOTH DEFINITIONS COMPLY WITH SENATE BILL 1567 AND GIVE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OBSERVABLE ENFORCEABLE CRITERIA TO APPLY IN THE FIELD. I ALSO ASK THE COUNCIL TO RESTORE A CLAUSE FROM YOUR OWN WORKING DRAFT THAT DOES NOT APPEAR IN THE FINAL ORDINANCE LANGUAGE, EXCLUDING, QUOTE, AN ORGANIZATION OR INSTITUTIONAL GROUP THAT RECEIVES FEDERAL OR

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APPROVING BROADER LANGUAGE IN THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE THAN IN THE CREATES AN INTERNAL CONSISTENCY. AND ON ITEM TEN, THE HOME BASED BUSINESS HOUSE BILL 2464 REQUIRES THE CITY TO ALLOW NO PERMIT. HOME BASED BUSINESSES IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS THAT SAME HOUSE, WITH ANY NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS UNDER A VAGUE FAMILY DEFINITION, COULD SIMULTANEOUSLY OPERATE IN UNLICENSED, UNLICENSED BUSINESS. THIS I MEAN, JUST LIKE THAT LADY WHO WAS HERE WHO HAD HER MECHANIC SHOP ACROSS THE STREET, YOU COULD SEE UNUSUAL DELIVERIES, UNFAMILIAR VEHICLES, NO PERMIT ON FILE. WHEN OFFICERS RESPOND. THE ORDINANCE OFFERS SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN TRAFFIC AND COMPATIBLE WITH RESIDENTIAL USE AS THE ENFORCEABLE STANDARDS NEITHER DEFINE WITH MEASURABLE CRITERIA SO THAT VAGUENESS PROTECTS THE OPERATOR, NOT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

NINE OFFICERS, THREE ORDINANCES, NO ADDITIONAL BUDGET. THE MATH ONLY WORKS IF THE LANGUAGE IS PRECISE. SO IN CLOSING, THIS COUNCIL HAS TWO EXAMPLES OF DECISIONS THAT PROVED IMPOSSIBLE TO REVERSE. FRISCO DOCUMENTED WHAT HAPPENS WHEN DENSITY OUTPACES A COMMUNITY'S RULES. ROADS, SCHOOLS AND NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERS STRAINED WELL BEYOND CAPACITY, WITH REBUILDING PROVING FAR HARDER THAN PRESERVATION WOULD HAVE BEEN CLOSER TO HOME. LAST YEAR'S DRONE APPROVAL LEFT CROWLEY PARK RESIDENTS UNABLE TO ENJOY THEIR YARDS IN PEACE.

WHEN THE COUNCIL SOUGHT TO REVISIT THAT DECISION, IT WAS ADVISED THAT THE LEGAL EXPOSURE WAS TOO GREAT TO REVERSE. THANK YOU, MISS BARKER. THANK YOU. SO I WOULD JUST HOPE THAT WE COULD BREAK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. AND I DO APPRECIATE IT, THOUGH.

THANK YOU. AND WE DO HAVE YOUR WRITTEN NOTES AS WELL. THANK YOU. MISS NEMER. IS THERE NO OTHER CARDS, MAYOR? OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE LOOKING TO SPEAK? OKAY.

MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER MAYOR. I'D MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC. I'LL JUST LOST THE WORD. PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU. JUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF IF. IF WE DID WANT TO CONTEMPLATE FURTHER DISCUSSION AND OR POTENTIALLY PUSHING THIS OUT, DISCLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING, CLOSE THAT DOOR. YES, I WOULD. IF YOU WANT TO POTENTIALLY CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION, THEN I WOULD NOT CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. SO I'D LOVE TO HAVE DISCUSSION.

I MEAN, IF THERE MAY BE A SECOND AND I SHOULD LEAVE IT OPEN FOR THAT. BUT EITHER WAY, I'D LOVE THERE TO BE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION IF THERE IS NO SECOND YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN, I JUST I THINK I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND STAFF'S RESPONSE TO SOME OF THESE BEFORE BEFORE CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING. PERFECT. I KNOW THE MICROPHONES WERE SUPER LOUD EARLIER, BUT THEY'RE BACK TO NORMAL. SO. AND I COULD HEAR YOU THAT TIME. OKAY. I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS, I KNOW THERE WAS ONE REQUEST OF SOME STAFF INPUT, WHICH I'M NOT SURE IF YOURS IS ALONG THAT SAME LINE. ABSOLUTELY. I WOULD AND THEN HAVE DISCUSSION BEFORE CLOSING AS WELL. FAIR ENOUGH. THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO TWO PRIMARY ISSUES REGARDING THE DEFINITION OF FAMILY. IN THE EXAMPLE, GIVEN THE WORDING AROUND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIVE IN A HOME, IT WOULD NOT BE AN UNLIMITED NUMBER. YOU HAVE TO READ TWO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE ORDINANCE TOGETHER. THE MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY OF ANY DWELLING IS LIMITED BY THENTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, WHICH WE ADOPT LOCALLY IN CHAPTER SIX. AND SO REGARDLESS OF THE WORDING OR THE SEMANTICS OF OF THE WAY IT'S DESCRIBED, THE OCCUPANCY IS GOING TO BE LIMITED BY THE NUMBER OF LIVING, DINING, SLEEPING SQUARE FOOT.

THAT'S PROVIDED THE NUMBER, THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT THAT'S, THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THE HOUSE. AND SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A SERIES WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS PREVIOUSLY, THERE'S A SERIES OF

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WELL, AS YOU KNOW, WE'LL WE REGULARLY COME BACK WITH CODE ENHANCEMENTS. WE TRY TO DO THEM AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR. AND SO IF THERE IS A, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS A NEED TO AMEND A CODE TO DEAL WITH A, YOU KNOW, AN UNFORESEEN ISSUE THAT WE'RE NOT EFFECTIVELY ADDRESSING OR ABLE TO ADDRESS, THEN WE WOULD CERTAINLY BRING THAT, BRING THAT BACK TO YOU. BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T ADDRESSED THE HOME BASED BUSINESS BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A DIFFERENT PUBLIC HEARING. BUT WITH WITH RESPECT TO THE OCCUPANCY. YEAH. HOW THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE PHRASED IN THE DEFINITION ARE NOT GOING IS NOT GOING TO IMPACT HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN LIVE IN A HOME. IT'S NOT AN UNLIMITED NUMBER OF PEOPLE BECAUSE THE PHRASING IS THE WAY IT IS. IT'S THE CONCRETE, VERY SPECIFIC STANDARDS AROUND THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF SQUARE FOOT, THE LIGHTING THAT'S REQUIRED, THE VENTILATION THAT'S REQUIRED, THE TYPES OF EGRESS THAT ARE REQUIRED, THAT ARE FOUND IN CHAPTER SIX OF THE CODE AND ORDINANCE, CHAPTER SIX OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES THAT ARE GOING TO ALLOW US TO LOOK AT A SITUATION AND PUT PUT VERY DEFINABLE STANDARDS TO THAT SITUATION AND SAY WHETHER IT COMPLIES OR NOT. AND AGAIN, THOSE STANDARDS ARE ADOPTED LOCALLY HERE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, WHICH IS A, YOU KNOW, AN INTERNATIONALLY ACCEPTED CODE. THANK YOU. THE QUESTION I'VE GOT AND AND MAYBE, MAYBE IT'S JUST ONE PERSON'S INTERPRETATION. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT. I THINK THE THING THAT I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT WAS THIS IDEA OF LANGUAGE THAT GOES FURTHER THAN IS NECESSARY BASED ON, YOU KNOW, THE STATE'S REQUIREMENTS. SO LET ME MAYBE ASK TWO QUESTIONS FIRST. IS THERE A SPECIFIC DEADLINE FROM AN AGENCY PERSPECTIVE OF APPROVING THIS? AND THEN SECOND, DO WE FEEL BASED ON ESPECIALLY

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YES. AND IF AND ON TOP OF THAT, WILL YOU KIND OF RESPOND TO THE SPEAKER'S RATIONALE HERE? BECAUSE THIS IS I KNOW THAT'S BEEN A TOPIC IN THE PAST WITH VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE LIKE THAT'S WHAT'S POPPING OUT THE MOST TO ME. SO. RIGHT. SO YES, THE, THE CHANGE AT THE STATE LAW DID IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO REGULATE GROUP HOMES OR COMMUNITY GROUP HOMES. AGAIN, GROUP HOMES ARE NOT REGISTERED AND LICENSED WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS. THOSE ARE GROUP HOMES LIKE THE OXFORD HOME, FOR INSTANCE. RIGHT. COMMUNITY GROUPS, HOMES ARE REGISTERED WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS. THE WAY IT CHANGED. WHAT COMMUNITY GROUP HOMES IS THAT LIKE A SENIOR LIVING? IS THAT WHAT THAT IT COULD BE ANY.

ESSENTIALLY, THE DEFINITION IS THERE'S A CAREGIVER THAT PROVIDES GENERALLY CARE AND MEDICINE TO THE OCCUPANTS. OKAY. THAT'S THAT'S THE DISTINGUISHING FACTOR. IT DID CHANGE OUR ABILITY TO REGULATE THOSE BECAUSE PREVIOUSLY OUR CODE SAID NO MORE THAN FOUR NON-RELATED INDIVIDUALS COULD OCCUPY A HOME. AND SO A SOBER LIVING HOME OR A COMMUNITY GROUP HOME, IF THEY WANTED TO OPERATE, WOULD HAVE TO COME TO THE CITY AND REQUEST A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION UNDER UNDER THE FEDERAL FAIR HOUSING ACT, IN COMBINATION WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACT. AND SO WE CAN NO LONGER REQUIRE THAT A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE LIKE WE HAVE IN MANY CASES, 6 OR 8 INDIVIDUALS LIVING TOGETHER, ESSENTIALLY FUNCTIONING AS A HOUSEHOLD UNIT, RECOVERING FROM DRUG ABUSE OR ALCOHOLISM, THAT THERE THERE IS NO LONGER OUR REQUIREMENT THAT SAYS THAT THAT'S LIMITED TO FOUR BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT RELATED. AND SO THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY FOR EITHER A GROUP HOME OR COMMUNITY GROUP HOME, A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR OCCUPANCY WILL NOT BE REQUIRED UNLESS THE STATE LAW CHANGES AND WE CHANGE OUR LOCAL LAW. THAT WAS THE ONLY REASON. THAT WAS THE ONLY ABILITY THAT OF OURS, TO REQUIRE THE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR OCCUPANCY STANDARDS. OTHERWISE THEY ONLY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE STANDARDS THAT ARE IN CHAPTER SIX. NOW, THERE COULD BE A SITUATION AGAIN WHERE THERE'S ANOTHER REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION THAT MIGHT BE REQUIRED FOR THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A PAVEMENT IN THE FRONT YARD BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY NEED TO HAVE ACCESS TO, TO MOVE THE PATIENTS BACK AND FORTH, FOR INSTANCE. AND SO THERE MAY BE PHYSICAL THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE REQUIRED, BUT WE NO LONGER CAN LIMIT THE NUMBER OF NON-RELATED INDIVIDUALS BASED ON FAMILY.

AND THAT'S WHY PREVIOUSLY REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS WERE REQUIRED. THAT WAS THE SOLE REASON REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS WERE REQUIRED WHEN IT CAME TO OCCUPANCY. OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. JUST ONE MORE QUESTION. SURE. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THE

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THANK YOU. YEAH. SO I'M GOING TO MAKE ONE OTHER STATEMENT AND THEN I'LL, I'LL, WE DO HAVE A MOTION THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO DO SOMETHING WITH ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M, I'M INCLINED TO DO ONE OF TWO THINGS. EITHER TRY TO. WELL, IF WE DID DO ANY WORDSMITHING OF WHAT THE CURRENT PROPOSED LANGUAGE IS, ARE WE ABLE TO DO THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED, OR DOES THIS SOMEHOW BRING THINGS BACK OVER TO THE CPC, OR IS IT LIKE OTHER JUST LIKE ANYTHING ELSE, WE CAN MAKE FINAL ADJUSTMENTS AND DECISIONS. YES, SIR. YOU CAN MAKE. ULTIMATELY, IF YOU WANTED TO, TO CHANGE SOMETHING, YOU JUST KIND OF MAKE A MOTION AND THEN AND THEN NOTE THAT IN YOUR MOTION. OKAY, SO THE FINAL THING I'LL SAY JUST MAYBE MORE TO COUNCIL IS DEPENDING ON HOW CERTAIN WE ARE ABOUT, WE DO OR DON'T WANT TO MOVE FORWARD. WE DID HAVE, OBVIOUSLY, THE UNEXPECTED DROP OUT OF ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS. ALWAYS, WHENEVER I THINK OF SOMETHING LEGAL, I ALWAYS. NOT THAT SHE'S OUR ATTORNEY, BUT SHE PROBABLY HAS A PERSPECTIVE ON IT AS WELL. BUT THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS. BUT WE'VE GOT A WE'VE GOT A MOTION.

I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION? IF THERE IS NOT, THEN WE CAN ENTERTAIN A SEPARATE MOTION. SO WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN. MR. MAYOR, I THINKING THROUGH THE FRAT HOUSE BILL AND WHAT CITY MANAGER SAID, I'M COMFORTABLE SECONDING THE MOTION. OKAY. SO I'M HAPPY TO THIS IS TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. YES, SIR. OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION OR ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? WE KIND OF HAD IT EARLIER, BUT COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS. OKAY. SO WE CAN EITHER VOTE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING OR TO NOT CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THERE IS A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT.

SO THAT DOES NOT PASS OR FAILS. 4 TO 2, IS THERE WOULD YOU ASK FOR A RECOUNT ON THAT, PLEASE.

YEAH. I'M SORRY. LET'S CLARIFICATION. YES, PLEASE. CAN YOU CLARIFY WTHE VOTE IS JUST FOR THIS THIS THIS IS A VOTE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF WE DO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, THEN WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REOPEN IT. AND THEREFORE WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PUSH IT TO A DIFFERENT DATE. TO REOPEN IT AT THAT TIME IS MY UNDERSTANDING. THAT'S RIGHT. SO ONCE JUST CLARIFICATION, THAT'S ONLY TO PUSH. BUT BUT IF WE WANT TO MAKE SOME TYPE OF BACK TO YOUR FIRST POINT, THAT DOESN'T PRECLUDE MAKING SOME TYPE OF MODIFICATION. WE CAN STILL MAKE SOME MODIFICATIONS TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT. SO THE ONLY, THE ONLY THING THAT THAT CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING IS THAT WOULD PRECLUDE US FROM MOVING IT TO A DIFFERENT DATE. IT WOULD NOT PRECLUDE US HAVING FURTHER DISCUSSION. THAT'S RIGHT. WORDSMITHING, ETC. ETC. JUST TO MAKE SURE THIS IS JUST TO CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING.

THAT'S A GREAT, GREAT CLARIFICATION AND WORTHWHILE. SO WE DID HAVE A MOTION. AND A SECOND WE DID HAVE MY UNDERSTANDING, ALTHOUGH I WOULD LOVE CLARIFICATION IF I GOT IT WRONG, WE DID HAVE TWO MEMBERS THAT VOTED FOR WHICH WERE MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER AND

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COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MAYOR PRO TEM VALID QUESTION. SIMILAR TO THE MAYOR, I, I DIDN'T COME IN TODAY WITH ANY CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, BUT I WILL SAY IN FOUR YEARS OF SERVING ON THE COUNCIL, I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE EVER HEARD SUCH A CONVINCING SPEAKER AT THAT PODIUM. AND THE WAY SHE SHE DID DEFINITELY ALLOWS ME TO. THE SPEAKER CAUSED ME TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS IN WHICH I'D LIKE TO, AS SIMILAR MAYOR, RUN SOME OF THIS THROUGH OUR ATTORNEY AND WRAP MY HEAD AROUND THIS MORE. THEREFORE, THE, YOU KNOW, PUSHING IT TO A FURTHER DATE, I THINK IS ESTABLISHED IS WHAT I WOULD PREFER. BECAUSE WHILE I DON'T WANT TO VOTE SOMETHING DOWN, I THINK I WOULD HAVE I WOULD REALLY STRUGGLE TO, TO APPROVE THIS. AND IT'S WORTH GIVING PETE AND HIS TEAM A CHANCE AND MAYBE STAFF A CHANCE TO ALLOW US TO WRAP OUR HEADS AROUND SOME OF THESE ARGUMENTS, WHICH ARE VERY WELL POSITIONED TODAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER GRIFFIN. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I MEAN, THIS IS, YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TWO THINGS ON THIS THAT THIS IS NOT THAT CRITICAL, THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS THING TODAY.

THAT'S NUMBER ONE. AND NUMBER TWO IS THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH I UNDERSTAND THAT CHAPTER SIX WOULD REALLY CONTROL OTHER THINGS, THAT'S NOT WRITTEN THERE. BUT ALSO SOMETIMES I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IF PEOPLE DOES NOT HAVE CLEAR UNDERSTANDING, SOMETHING CAN HAPPEN. I KNOW THAT CITY CAN GO BACK AND ENFORCE THE CODE BECAUSE IT'S NOT PER CODE NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS, BUT TO IF WE CAN AVOID THOSE KIND OF SCENARIO, THAT WOULD BE BEST.

SO IF CITY ATTORNEY CAN LOOK AT THOSE THINGS THAT IF THERE IS ANY WAY WE COULD ADD SOME OF THE LANGUAGE TO, TO THIS THAT SAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD BE COMPLY THE SOME OTHER FACTORS THAT WILL ENFORCE THIS. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S LEGALLY THAT'S MAKES SENSE OR NOT. I THINK SOME OF THE THINGS PROBABLY WE CAN DISCUSS. ARE YOU ASKING IF THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS REVIEWED THIS? I MEAN, MAYBE I DIDN'T MAKE MYSELF CLEAR EARLIER. THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS REVIEWED THIS AND HAS RECOMMENDED NOT INCORPORATING THESE CHANGES. SO IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? YES. OKAY. SO WE CAN THIS. YES, YES. OKAY. THAT WAS THE POINT. I'M SORRY IF I DIDN'T MAKE THAT CLEAR EARLIER, BUT WHEN I SAID THE CITY ATTORNEY REVIEWED IT, THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS REVIEWED THIS. AND THEN AND HIS ADVICE WAS THAT THERE IS NO NEED TO MODIFY ANY WORDING. THERE IS NO HIS RECOMMENDATION DID NOT CHANGE THAT FROM THE FROM THE

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I MEAN, I, I WANT TO BE AS LEGALLY COMPLIANT. AND SO WE WOULD HAVE THE, THE STANDING OF OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO SAY IT WAS HIS RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS WAS THE WORDING THAT IT SHOULD BE, WHICH I THINK IS AN IMPORTANT POINT. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE WE ENCAPSULATE.

COUNCIL MEMBER DORAN. THANK YOU. I, I GUESS I'LL TRY TO MAKE THAT SAME POINT. I SPENT ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR, MAYBE A LITTLE LONGER ON THIS TODAY, GOING THROUGH AND READING ALL THE, THE SB BILLS AND JUST TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND IT MORE. SO. AND, AND I CAME IN HERE TODAY THINKING THAT I WOULD LIKE MORE TIME TO, TO, TO THINK ABOUT THIS. AND OF COURSE, ONCE WE RECEIVED THE COMMENTS FROM THE SPEAKER MADE ME WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT EVEN FURTHER, BUT WITH CLARIFICATION AND WITH CITY STAFF AND THE ATTORNEY ALREADY APPROVING THIS, I FEEL LIKE THAT MOST OF THAT DUE DILIGENCE HAS BEEN DONE. NOW, IN THE EVENT THAT WE POTENTIALLY WANT TO PROVIDE SOME WORDSMITHING, IF ANY, AT ALL AT THIS POINT, SINCE IT'S ALREADY BEEN, YOU KNOW, REVIEWED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S NECESSARY ANY LONGER. I WASN'T QUITE SURE IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD HAD RECTIFIED IT AGREED UPON. BUT AGAIN, I DID. I DID WANT TO AS I WAS DOING MY RESEARCH TODAY, I ACTUALLY WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED ON HOW TO APPROACH THIS BECAUSE THIS IS, YOU KNOW, I HAVE MY OWN OPINIONS ABOUT HOW MANY FAMILY MEMBERS OR MEMBERS CAN RESIDE IN A HOUSEHOLD. I WAS NEVER REALLY HAPPY WITH THE LEGISLATIVE AGREEMENT BEFORE, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY THAT NOW AND, AND MOVE FORWARD. SO I WOULD, YOU KNOW, I'D BE CLEAR. I'M OPEN IF THERE NEEDS TO BE ANY WORDSMITHING. BUT I ALSO AM CLEAR WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND I'M SORRY, THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE CITY STAFF APPROVING THIS AND OPEN FOR OTHER SUGGESTIONS ON ANY WORDSMITHING, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. FAIR ENOUGH. SO I'M JUST GOING TO ADD ONE OTHER THING AND THEN I'LL GO TO COUNCILMAN CORCORAN. MY ONLY MY ONLY FEAR OF WORDSMITHING AGAIN, WHEN THE WHEN THERE ISN'T A CITY ATTORNEY HERE TO ASK US OR FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CLARIFY IF SOMETHING'S GOING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, JUST FEELS LIKE I MIGHT BE WORDSMITHING SOMETHING THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE LEGAL PROBLEMS WITH IT. I'M. I'M OF THE OPINION THAT IF WE WAITED ONE WEEK, WE'D HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE HERE. WE'D HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO DIGEST THIS. AND WE MIGHT HAVE A CITY ATTORNEY HERE TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON THE WORDSMITHING. AND WE DON'T HAVE AN URGENCY AT THIS MOMENT OTHER THAN IT'S ON THE AGENDA. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M GOING TO BE SITTING ON. THIS IS WHERE I BELIEVE I'LL END UP, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT PART CLEAR. COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN, I MEAN, SO. LIKE I SAID EARLIER, I'M FINE PASSING THIS NOW AS IS. I MEAN, THIS IS YOU CAN THANK OUR STATE LEGISLATURE FOR THE WONDERFUL CONFUSION THAT WE'RE ALL GOING THROUGH NOW WITH THIS.

THAT'S RIGHT. RIGHT. BUT I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, AT THE END OF THE DAY, UNRELATED PEOPLE CAN LIVE IN A HOME AND WE CAN'T REGULATE IT EXCEPT FOR THAT INTERNATIONAL CODE, WHICH PROVIDES THE SAME STANDARD THAT WILL APPLY EITHER WAY. RIGHT. AND SO A LOT OF THESE MODIFICATIONS ARE LESS SIGNIFICANT TO US BECAUSE WE'RE A CITY THAT'S SUBJECT TO THAT.

THAT ASIDE, IF WE TABLE THIS, IF WE MOVE IT BACK, I MEAN, WE'VE GOT A BREAK AFTER THE NEXT MEETING. WE'VE GOT A LOT ON OUR PLATE. I WOULD JUST ASK EVERYBODY WHO HAS WORDSMITH A SMALL DEFINITION TYPE QUESTIONS, PLEASE JUST ASSEMBLE THAT STUFF AHEAD OF TIME. SO WE DON'T SPEND AN HOUR DEBATING THE MEANING OF FAMILY AND ALL THESE OTHER LITTLE WORDS IN HERE.

THAT WOULD BE MY REQUEST. IF PEOPLE REALLY DO WANT TO TABLE THIS AND MOVE IT FOR A DISCUSSION, OKAY, LET'S BE EFFICIENT WITH IT. I AGREE, I FULLY AGREE ON THE EFFICIENCY.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND DO WE NEED A. IF WE DID HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE, WOULD WE NEED WEEK SPECIFIC LIKE JULY 13TH WOULD BE THE SOONEST WE COULD BRING IT BACK AND JULY 13TH. HOW DOES THAT WHAT DO WE HAVE? I MEAN, WE'RE ABOUT TO GET INTO BUDGET SEASON, OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO I'M I'M I'M CONCERNED ABOUT OUR TIME AT ALL OF OUR MEETINGS. YEAH. THAT THAT IS DEFINITELY KIND OF LEADING UP TO THE BUDGET RETREAT. BUT WE'LL, WE'LL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL MAKE,

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OKAY. OKAY. YES. IF THERE WAS INTEREST IN CONTINUING, THEN THE MOTION NEEDS TO BE MOTION TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND AGENDA ITEM TO JULY 13TH AT 6 P.M. SO THAT WAY IT'S SPECIFIC FOR THE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT. AND JUST TO REAFFIRM, IF I COULD, DON IS CORRECT. WE DID REVIEW THIS WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY. THE STATUTE REAFFIRMS THE COMPLIANCE WITH BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS, WHICH THE STATUTE REAFFIRMS THE 70FT■S FOR THE INITIAL PERSON, THE 50FT■S, SQUARE FEET FOR SUBSEQUENT OCCUPANT PER BEDROOM. IT HAS THOSE PROVISIONS WITHIN THERE.

THE STATUTE IS VERY CLEAR THAT YOU CANNOT REQUEST A LEASE TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW. SO HENCE WHY, YOU KNOW, WE MADE SURE WE REVIEWED THIS WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY THIS MORNING TO SEE IF ANY ADDITIONAL CHANGES NEEDED TO BE MADE. SO THE DON IS CORRECT WITH THE PROVISIONS AS IT RELATES TO PERSONS OF SOBER LIVING HOUSES. THE COURTS HAVE ALSO RULED WITH OXFORD HOUSE THAT THEY ARE LIVING TOGETHER AS A SINGLE HOUSEHOLD UNIT. SO THE COURTS HAVE ALREADY WEIGHED IN ON THAT ASPECT. SO THE ORDINANCE AMENDMENT AS PRESENTED, DOES COMPLY. IT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THOSE LEGAL ASPECTS AS WELL. WONDERFUL. THERE IS A VERY GOOD CHANCE THAT WHETHER WE DO IT RIGHT NOW OR WE DO IT LATER, THAT THIS ENDS UP BEING A FIVE MINUTE ITEM IN A FUTURE MEETING OR A FIVE MINUTE ITEM LATER TODAY. BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT NECESSARILY MEANS IT'S GOING TO EAT UP A WHOLE LOT OF TIME IN THE NEXT IN THE NEXT MEETING.

COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YEAH, I DO BELIEVE THAT. I THINK MOST LIKELY IT'S GOING TO BE FIVE MINUTES THINGS, BUT STILL, THERE ARE A FEW THINGS. PROBABLY WE CAN LOOK AT THIS THING MORE CLOSELY. SO IN THAT I WOULD I WOULD PUT A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND THIS ZONING UNTIL JULY, JUNE 30TH, JULY 13TH, 6 P.M. ZONING FILE ZF26-09. ALL RIGHT, WE'VE GOT A MOTION. COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS I. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? OKAY. OH, ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. AND THAT OH AND ALL OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT PASSES 5 TO 1 WITH COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE OUT. AND MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER VOTING AGAINST. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TEN, PUBLIC HEARING

[10. PUBLIC HEARING, ZONING FILE 26-10, AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS, TO GRANT APPROVAL OF CITY-INITIATED AMENDMENTS TO APPENDIX A (COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE) OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON’S CODE OF ORDINANCES: ARTICLE I., SEC. 2 (DEFINITIONS) TO AMEND THE DEFINITION FOR "HOME OCCUPATION" AND ADD A DEFINITION FOR "HOME-BASED BUSINESS (NO-IMPACT)"; AMENDING ARTICLE IV. R-1500-M RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS, SEC. 1. “USE REGULATIONS”; ARTICLE IV-A. R-2000-M RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS, SEC. 1. “USE REGULATIONS”; ARTICLE IV-B. R-1800-M RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS, SEC. 1. “USE REGULATIONS”; ARTICLE VI. R-1250-M RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS, SEC. 1. “USE REGULATIONS”; ARTICLE VII. R-1100-M RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS, SEC. 1. “USE REGULATIONS”; ARTICLE VIII. R-1000-M RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS, SEC. 1. “USE REGULATIONS”; ARTICLE IX. R-950-M RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS, SEC. 1. “USE REGULATIONS”; ARTICLE XI. R-850-F RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS, SEC. 1. “USE REGULATIONS”; AND ARTICLE XII. R-850-M RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS, SEC. 1. “USE REGULATIONS” BY ADDING THE USE "HOME-BASED BUSINESS (NO-IMPACT)" TO EACH OF SAID SECTIONS; AND AMENDING ARTICLE XXII-E. SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS FOR CERTAIN USES BY ADDING SECTION 10. “HOME OCCUPATIONS AND HOME-BASED BUSINESSES (NO-IMPACT)”. ]

ALL RIGHT. WE DON'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. OKAY. AND WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TEN, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING ZONING FILE 2610 AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE TO GRANT APPROVAL OF CITY INITIATED AMENDMENTS TO APPENDIX A COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE. ARTICLE FOUR, ARTICLE SIX, ARTICLE SEVEN, ARTICLE EIGHT, ARTICLE 11, AND ARTICLE 12. MR. MAGNER, THANK YOU, MAYOR. MY. MY EARLIER COMMENTS APPLY HERE AS WELL.

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SO WHAT CHANGED WITH HOUSE BILL 2464 IS THAT THE STATUTE PREEMPTS CITIES SUCH THAT IT BLOCKS CITIES FROM PROHIBITING NO IMPACT, HOME BASED BUSINESSES, AND IT REMOVES ANY REQUIREMENT FOR PERMITS OR LICENSES FOR A NO IMPACT, HOME BASED BUSINESS, WHICH THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE ANY PERMITS OR LICENSES FOR. THE STATUTE IDENTIFIES A NO IMPACT, HOME BASED BUSINESS AND PROVIDES SOME DEFINING CRITERIA FOR IT THAT IF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AND CLIENTS DOES NOT EXCEED THE OCCUPANCY LIMIT FOR THE PROPERTY. SO IT EXPANDS THE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT CAN BE EITHER EMPLOYED AT THE RESIDENCE AS PART OF THAT HOME BASED BUSINESS OR CLIENTS OF OF THE BUSINESS WHO MAY BE PATRONIZING IT. AND IT DOES NOT GENERATE ON STREET PARKING. SO THIS IS MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN WHAT WE CURRENTLY ALLOW IN THE CO OR SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN TRAFFIC THROUGH THE AREA, OR OPERATES IN A MANNER IN WHICH NONE OF ITS ACTIVITIES ARE VISIBLE FROM THE STREET AND DOES NOT SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE THE NOISE OR VIOLATE A MUNICIPAL NOISE REGULATION THE STATUTE REQUIRES ALSO REQUIRES COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAWS SUCH AS BUILDING FIRE, HEALTH AND SANITATION CODES AND DOES NOT PROHIBIT PRIVATE DEED RESTRICTIONS. SO BASED ON ON THIS AND WHAT THE STATE HAS LAID OUT FOR US THROUGH HOUSE BILL 2464, THIS IS OUR PROPOSED APPROACH TO TO ENSURING COMPLIANCE. SO THE HOME OCCUPATION USES CURRENTLY ALLOWED WITHIN THE TODAY. AND AS I MENTIONED, THE CITY DOES NOT ISSUE LICENSES OR CODES FOR THIS USE. THEREFORE, WE DO NOT KNOW WHERE HOME OCCUPATION USES ARE OCCURRING TODAY. BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT POTENTIALLY MAKING HOME OCCUPATION USES NON-CONFORMING. IF WE DO NOT PROVIDE A CALL OUT FOR PRESERVING THOSE HOME HOME OCCUPATION CRITERIA, LARGELY AS WE HAVE THEM TODAY, THERE ARE ALSO ADDITIONAL LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS WHEN IT COMES TO NONCONFORMING USES, AS PROVIDED FOR IN SENATE BILL 929, ADOPTED IN 2023. THAT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO TO MAKE A POTENTIAL USE NON-CONFORMING. SO THEREFORE, WE'RE PROPOSING A TWO PRONG APPROACH WHERE WE'RE GOING TO RETAIN THE HOME OCCUPATION USE WITH THE CRITERIA OF REFINEMENTS IN ORDER TO BETTER ORGANIZE SOME OF THE CRITERIA WHILE MAINTAINING USE, USE CONFORMITY.

IN ADDITION, WE ARE GOING TO INTRODUCE THE NEW USES PROVIDED FOR IN THE STATUTE, THE NO IMPACT HOME BASED BUSINESS, AND STRICTLY WITH THE CRITERIA AS PROVIDED FOR BY THE STATE. SO THE OUTCOME WILL ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE OR COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE BILL 2464, AND IT WILL PRESERVE THE EXISTING CONFORMING HOME OCCUPATION USES, AND THE PROPERTY OWNER CAN CHOOSE WHICH USE AND RELATED PERFORMANCE CRITERIA TO COMPLY WITH. AND I'LL I'LL KIND OF POINT OUT THOSE KEY DIFFERENCES. AND THAT WILL GUIDE A, A HOMEOWNER WHEN THEY'RE SEEKING TO DO A HOME BASED BUSINESS. SO THESE ARE THE PROPOSED CHANGES THAT WE'LL NEED TO MAKE AS A RESULT OF THAT TWO PRONG APPROACH TO THE C, Z O. SO WE'LL NEED TO AMEND THE DEFINITION SECTION. SO WE HAVE THE HOME OCCUPATION USE. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO REFINE THAT. AND THEN WE HAVE THE NO IMPACT HOME BASED BUSINESS USE AS PROVIDED FOR BY THE STATE. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO DEFINE THAT AS WELL. IN ADDITION THE USE REGULATION SECTION OF EACH INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT, THE LIST HOME OCCUPATION IS ALLOWED USE. WE'LL NEED TO AMEND THAT TO ALSO PROVIDE FOR NO IMPACT HOME BASED BUSINESS AS A PERMITTED USE. IN ADDITION, WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADD A NEW SECTION TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS FOR CERTAIN USES.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS FOR AUTOMOTIVE TYPE USES, CHILDCARE FACILITIES, THINGS LIKE THAT. IT'S GENERALLY BEST PRACTICE IN A ZONING ORDINANCE TO HAVE THE PERFORMANCE CRITERIA IN A SECTION LIKE THIS, RATHER THAN BURIED IN THE DEFINITIONS SECTION FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL USE. AND SO AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THE HOME OCCUPATION CRITERIA TO THAT SECTION, AS WELL AS PROVIDE CRITERIA FOR THE NO IMPACT HOME

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AND SO AND THEN THESE ARE THE REVISED DEFINITIONS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR HOME OCCUPATION AS WELL AS THE NEW DEFINITION FOR NO IMPACT HOME BASED BUSINESS. AS YOU'LL SEE, THEY'RE LARGELY SIMILAR EXCEPT ONE POINTS TO TEN A OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS, AND THEN ONE POINTS TO TEN B OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS FOR THE DIFFERENT CRITERIA. HOME OCCUPATION MEANS A BUSINESS OPERATING IN COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE CRITERIA. HOWEVER, THE KEY DIFFERENCES HERE IS WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING. SO FOR HOME OCCUPATION YOU CAN ONLY HAVE IT WITHIN THE HOUSE. THAT'S WHAT WE CURRENTLY PROVIDE FOR CONDUCTING, CONDUCTED BY THE OWNER OR TENANT OF THE PROPERTY AS AN ACCESSORY USE TO THE PRINCIPAL RESIDENTIAL USE FOR THE PURPOSE OF MANUFACTURING, PROVIDING OR SELLING A LAWFUL GOOD OR PROVIDING A LAWFUL SERVICE, AND THEN FOR NO IMPACT. THE KEY DIFFERENCE IS THAT THEY CAN USE THE WHOLE PROPERTY. SO THAT IS OPERATED FROM A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY BY THE OWNER OR TENANT OF THE PROPERTY AS AN ACCESSORY USE FOR THE PURPOSE OF MANUFACTURING, PROVIDING OR SELLING OR PROVIDING LAWFUL SERVICE IS FURTHER DEFINED IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. AND THEN THESE ARE THE KEY DIFFERENCES THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT TO YOU. AS YOU'LL AS YOU'LL FIND, AS YOU REVIEW THE PROPOSED CODE AMENDMENTS IN YOUR IN YOUR PACKET, YOU'LL SEE THAT YOU'LL FIND THAT A LOT OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS ARE VERY SIMILAR. IT'S JUST DIFFERENT WORDING IS PROVIDED BECAUSE THE STATE HAS SPECIFIC WORDING AS IT RELATES TO A NO IMPACT HOME BASED BUSINESS THAT WE'VE WE'VE TRIED TO CLOSELY FOLLOW AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. AND THEN FOR THE HOME OCCUPATION USE CRITERIA, WE'VE TRIED TO STICK TO WHAT OUR ORDINANCE PROVIDES, AS I OUTLINED IN THAT TWO TWO PRONG APPROACH. SO. BUT THE MAIN THREE DIFFERENCES ARE THE AREA OF USE EMPLOYEES AND OCCUPANCY AND PARKING. SO FOR HOME OCCUPATION USE FOR HOME FOR AREA OF USE SHALL NOT EXCEED 20% OF THE TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF THE PRINCIPAL BUILDING AND SHALL BE CONDUCTED ENTIRELY WITHIN THE ENCLOSED PRINCIPAL BUILDING. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TODAY. AND THEN FOR A NO IMPACT HOME BASED BUSINESS, THEY MAY USE THE ENTIRE PROPERTY SO LONG AS NONE OF THE ACTIVITIES ARE VISIBLE FROM THE STREET FOR EMPLOYEES AND OCCUPANCY. SO FOR HOME OCCUPATIONS, WE'VE WE'VE MODIFIED THIS A LITTLE BIT FROM WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. SO CURRENTLY IT'S RESTRICTED TO THE LAWFUL OCCUPANTS OF OF THE PREMISES. WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING A PROVISION TO ALLOW FOR ONE PERSON WHO IS NOT AN OCCUPANT OF THE RESIDENCE, MAY BE EMPLOYED AND WORK AT THE RESIDENCE. AND THEN FOR NO IMPACT, THE IT'S MUCH MORE PERMISSIVE. SO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AND CLIENTS OR PATRONS SHALL NOT EXCEED THE OCCUPANCY LIMIT FOR THE PROPERTY AS ESTABLISHED BY THE FIRE CODE AND THEN PARKING.

THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO BE VERY RESTRICTIVE AND LIMITING FOR SOMEONE WHO'S WANTING TO DO A NO IMPACT HOME BASED BUSINESS. SO AS WE CURRENTLY HAVE PROVIDED FOR FOR HOME OCCUPATION, ALL PARKING MUST BE ACCOMMODATED WITHIN THE REQUIRED OFF STREET PARKING FOR THE RESIDENTS, OR THEY CAN ALSO USE THE STREET FRONTAGE ALONG THEIR PROPERTY FOR NO IMPACT.

HOME BASED BUSINESS ALL PARKING FOR EMPLOYEES, PATRONS CLIENTS MUST BE ACCOMMODATED WITHIN THE OFF STREET PARKING ON THE PROPERTY SO THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC.

THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE PARKING ALONG THE STREET IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE NO IMPACT HOME BASED BUSINESS. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY LIMITING FOR FOR MOST PEOPLE WANTING TO DO SUCH A, SUCH A USE. SO TO CONCLUDE, STAFF HAS RECEIVED THE SAME ITEM OF CORRESPONDENCE THAT YOU HEARD WITH THE LAST CASE THAT WAS NEUTRAL TO THIS REQUEST. AND THEN IN ADDITION, THE CPC UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE LAST CONDITION FOR NO IMPACT HOME BASED BUSINESS BE REVISED TO ONLY INCLUDE THE FIRST SENTENCE AND STRIKE THE REST OF THE PARAGRAPH. AND THIS IS RELATED TO A STAFF PROPOSED ADDITION THAT RELATED TO THE ALLOWANCE FOR AN ADDITIONAL PAVED PARKING SPACE IN THE REAR YARD. FOR A NO IMPACT HOME BASED BUSINESS. SO STAFF HAD RECOMMENDED THIS TO ENSURE COMPATIBILITY OF OF THE USE AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE STATUTE. BECAUSE THE STATE STATUTE ALLOWS US TO REGULATE RESIDENTIAL COMPATIBILITY. AND SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE SINCE WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE A REAR YARD PAVING LIMITATION, PEOPLE CAN PAVE THEIR ENTIRE REAR YARD, UNLIKE THE FRONT YARD WHERE WE DO HAVE A PAVING LIMITATION. WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT NOBODY PAVED OVER THEIR ENTIRE BACKYARD AND USED THAT ENTIRE AREA FOR PARKING, SO STAFF HAD RECOMMENDED ONLY ALLOWING FOR ONE ADDITIONAL SPACE IN ADDITION TO THE PAVED AREA IN

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SO, SO I'M WONDERING IF THEY TOOK FROM US OR WE TOOK FROM THEM 50 YEARS AGO. AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, BUT, BUT BUT ANYWAYS, THE, THE TWO PRONG APPROACH THAT, THAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT PLANO HAS PROPOSED. AND I THINK IT'S WORKING WELL FOR THEM. WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THEM AND, AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION. SO THEY'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THIS SPECIFIC PROCESS SINCE THE LATEST CHANGES. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER DORIAN. YEAH. THANK YOU. MAYOR, THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY QUESTION ALSO IS ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF WHAT OTHER FEEDBACK HAVE WE RECEIVED? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR ON THIS AGAIN. I SPENT SOME TIME ON THIS AGAIN TODAY. I JUST WANT TO BE CERTAIN I UNDERSTAND. SO ANY RESIDENTS IN ANY NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT ANY NOT A SPECIFIC AREA THAT HAS A ROW OF HOMES THAT COULD BE TURNED INTO OFFICES THAT ARE RESIDENT RESIDENTIAL HOMES THAT COULD BE USED AS OFFICES, BUT ANY HOME IN ANY NEIGHBORHOOD CAN BE UTILIZED AS A OF THE ENTIRE PROPERTY COULD BE UTILIZED AS A BUSINESS. IS ONE OPTION, CORRECT. AND THAT WOULD ALSO ALLOW THEM ALLOW THE HOMEOWNER TO EXPAND ONE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACE IN THE BACK. SO IF YOU HAD A TWO CAR GARAGE AND YOU HAD, YOU KNOW, A TEN FOOT SETBACK OR WELL, YEAH, LET'S JUST SAY A FIVE FOOT SETBACK, YOU POTENTIALLY COULD EXPAND THAT TO, TO ALLOW THREE VEHICLES IN THE BACK, BUT NOT ALLOWING THE ENTIRE BACKYARD TO BE. YEAH, THAT IS WHAT STAFF HAD ORIGINALLY PROPOSED WHEN BUT THEN CPC RECOMMENDATION WAS TO STRIKE THAT REQUIREMENT SO THAT THEY COULD STILL USE THEIR ENTIRE BACKYARD FOR PAVING IF THEY WANTED TO. REALLY? YEAH. THEY WERE CONCERNED WITH THE THAT REQUIREMENT THAT STAFF HAD PROPOSED BEING NOT MEETING THE SPIRIT OF THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE, SORRY, NOT MEETING THE SPIRIT OF THE INTENT OF THE STATUTE, WHICH WOULD WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO USE THE ENTIRE PROPERTY SO LONG AS NONE OF THE ACTIVITIES ARE VISIBLE FROM THE STREET. AND WHEN YOU SAY ACTIVITY, WOULD THAT BE EXPOSURE TO ALL THE VEHICLES PARKED IN THE BACK WITHOUT ANY GATE CLOSURE OF ANY KIND? SO YOU JUST BASICALLY BE THAT WOULD BE THE PARKING LOT IN THE BACK. YEAH. OF ANY, ANY, ANY RESIDENT IN ANY NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. AS LONG AS IT'S NOT VISIBLE FROM THE STREET. YEAH. OKAY. I'M SORRY, I JUST I HAVE A HARD TIME. I HAVE A HARD TIME AGREEING WITH THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY I DON'T HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING ADDING THAT THIRD PARKING SPACE BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ALREADY DO THAT ANYWAY.

AND, AND POTENTIALLY AT A CARPORT OR NOT AND ALLOWS YOU TO HAVE THREE VEHICLES OF SOME SORT, WHETHER YOU HAVE A BOAT OR TWO VEHICLES OR SOME SORT. BUT, BUT THAT'S ONLY IF THEY OCCUPY THE ENTIRE HOME. AND THE OTHER SCENARIO, SOMEONE CAN RUN A BUSINESS OUT OF THEIR HOME, OF COURSE, WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE DO HAVE A HOME PAGE, HOME BASED BUSINESS THAT WOULD YOU COULD UTILIZE ANY ROOMS, CORRECT? ANY AMOUNT OF ROOMS, A COUPLE OF BEDROOMS OR SO TO TURN THOSE INTO OFFICES. AND YOU CAN HAVE POTENTIALLY ONE EMPLOYEE. YEAH. SO FOR THE HOME

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BUT AGAIN, I SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES BECAUSE I AM A SMALL BUSINESS AND I DO SUPPORT WORKING OUT OF YOUR HOME. BUT HOW MUCH OF THAT AND HOW MUCH PARKING IS GOING TO BE ALLOWED FOR THAT? I MEAN, I KNOW THERE'S A FINE LINE, YOU KNOW, BUT GROWING UP IN HOUSTON, YOU KNOW, WE HAD AREAS WHERE, YOU KNOW, SINCE THERE'S THERE'S ZONING THERE, YOU HAD ROWS OF OLD HOMES AND YOU STILL HAVE THAT HERE. PLANO HAS THAT ACTUALLY. AND THEY'RE ALLOWED TO TURN THOSE RESIDENCES INTO, WELL, ANYTHING A RESTAURANT OR A BUSINESS. AND I, AND I SUPPORT THAT. I THINK THAT'S GREAT, BUT I'M HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME UNDERSTANDING THAT ANYBODY CAN HAVE IN ANY RESIDENCE OR ANY SUBDIVISION IN RICHARDSON AND HAVE HAVE THAT OPERATIONAL AT THAT CAPACITY, AT THAT LEVEL FOR, FOR. THAT'S IT. OKAY, COOL. YEAH. RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST ASKING QUESTIONS. YEAH. WELL, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE, MAKE MENTION OF SOMETHING TO THAT, THAT STAFF DID REVIEW THAT PROVISION THAT STAFF HAD ORIGINALLY PROPOSED ABOUT THE LIMITATION ON REAR YARD, YARD, PAVING, REAR REAR YARD PARKING. AND THIS THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DID DID CONCUR WITH STAFF THAT THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE. SO IF YOU IF YOU WANTED TO GO BACK WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO ADD THAT RESTRICTION, IF WE WANT TO DO THAT. BUT BUT LET'S BE CLEAR, IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP THEM FROM PARKING 3 OR 4 VEHICLES.

THEY'RE GOING TO PARK THE SECOND AND THE THIRD AND THE FOURTH VEHICLE ON THE GRASS ON GRAVEL, I MEAN, WHICH WHAT YOU'RE UNDERSTANDABLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU'RE HAVING A HARD TIME WRAPPING YOUR MIND AROUND THAT IS THE STATE LAW. YEAH. SO THAT IS THE EXACT THAT IS EXACTLY IF WE WANT TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE LAW, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO ADOPT. SAYING THAT THEY CAN THEY CAN ONLY PUT ONE ADDITIONAL PARKING PAD IN THE BACK YARD IS NOT WE CANNOT STOP THEM FROM PARKING ON THE GRASS IN THE BACK YARD. OR IF THEY PUT, YOU KNOW, DEEP DECOMPOSED GRANITE DOWN AND PARKING MULTIPLE VEHICLES. THE KEY IS IF THEY'RE GOING TO IF THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT OPTION AND BE A LOW IMPACT OR NO IMPACT BUSINESS, WHATEVER IT IS, THEN THEN THEY, THEY, THEY CAN'T ALLOW ANYTHING TO BE VIEWED FROM THE STREET. THAT'S THE ONLY, THAT'S THE ONLY ADVANTAGE TO THEM. IF THEY CAN SOMEHOW CREATE A SITUATION WHERE NOTHING IS VISIBLE FROM THE STREET, THEN THEY HAVE THAT OPTION. OTHERWISE THEY'LL HAVE TO BE A HOME OCCUPATION. YEAH. IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS OF STAFF, WHAT WE CAN WE CAN GO INTO OUR THOUGHTS WHEN WE DO OUR DISCUSSION IF WE WANT TO GO THAT WAY. BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE STILL AT QUESTIONS OF STAFF. SO MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU. MAYOR, CAN YOU GO BACK WHERE YOU LISTED OUT? IT WAS ABOUT TEN DIFFERENT. YEAH. OKAY. RIGHT THERE. SO MY QUESTION IS, IS IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO LICENSE THESE OR.

SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO KNOW. BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT LINE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, FOR EXAMPLE.

AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF BUSINESS THAT YOU COULD HAVE THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE TOXIC, EXPLOSIVE, FLAMMABLE, PROBABLY NOT RADIOACTIVE, BUT COMBUSTIBLE CORROSIVE. I MEAN, IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE DOING. I'M SORRY, ALLERGIES ARE KILLING ME TONIGHT. YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE DOING, IF YOU'RE WORKING WITH WOODWORKING, IF YOU'RE WORKING WITH METAL, IF YOU'RE DOING, I MEAN, A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE CHEMICALS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE GOING TO BE LISTED ON NUMBER SEVEN. BUT IF WE'RE NOT GOING IN AND DOING ANY TYPE OF INSPECTION OR ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES, HOW WILL WE HOW WILL WE KNOW THAT? YEAH. SO WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE, SOMEBODY APPROACHED THE CITY AND SAID THEY'RE WANTING TO DO A CERTAIN USE, WE COULD STAFF COULD GUIDE THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AS FAR AS WHAT USE, WHAT THE DIFFERENT USES ARE WITH THE TWO USES ARE WHAT THOSE CRITERIA ARE, WHAT

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AND THEN IT'S KIND OF KIND OF A TOO LATE THING. OR IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE, IF THEY UPSIZE, WOULD THEY BE LET ME, LET ME ASK, ASK IT A DIFFERENT WAY. WOULD THEY BE ALLOWED TO UPSIZE, FOR EXAMPLE, THEIR NATURAL GAS LINES AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT TO, TO BRING ON LARGER EQUIPMENT AND PUT IT IN, IF THEY MADE THE DETERMINATION TO PUT IT INTO 20% OF THEIR THEIR HOUSE, WHICH AGAIN, COULD BE THEIR GARAGE, IS THAT OR COOKING? I MEAN, YOU COULD UPSIZE THE NATURAL GAS LINE ON THAT IS THERE DO WE HAVE DO WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN. SURE.

YEAH. I MEAN, THAT WOULD THAT WOULD REQUIRE PERMITS. AND SO THEY WOULD THAT THE THE REASON WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GO IN AND REVIEW IT. YEAH. WE WOULD REQUIRE A PERMIT BEFORE THE CONSTRUCTION. AND SO WE WOULD, WE WOULD DETERMINE WHAT THE PURPOSE WAS FOR. OKAY. THANKS, COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU MAYOR. DON E I'M TRYING TO COMPARE THIS TO I KNOW YOU AND I TALKED, I GUESS A YEAR OR SO AGO, OR MAYBE IT'S PROBABLY BEEN TWO YEARS NOW. THERE WAS A HOME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD JUST TO THE EAST OF ME. THERE WERE SOME COMPLAINTS OF MAYBE SOME DRUG DEALING HAPPENING. WHEN STAFF LOOKED FURTHER INTO IT, WE REALIZED IT WASN'T DRUG DEALING.

IT WAS A FAMILY FACTORY IN THE BACKYARD. SOMEBODY WAS THEY HAD A COMMERCIAL TAMALE PRODUCTION, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR BACKYARD. SO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THERE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THEY PUT UP LIKE A GREEN THING ON THE FENCE TO WHERE YOU IF YOU DRIVE BY, YOU CAN'T SEE IT. WHEN MAYOR PRO TEM BROUGHT UP NUMBER SEVEN, I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT, WELL, OBVIOUSLY THEY ALL RUN OFF OF PROPANE NOW. SO BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I HAVE TWO SMALL PROPANE TANKS THAT I KEEP IN MY IN MY GARAGE FOR GRILLING AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. I GUESS I'M TRYING TO WRAP IT AGAIN, TRYING TO LOOK AT IT, HOW STUFF LIKE THAT WILL BE AFFECTED AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE CAPTURED.

AND THEN A BIT AGO, YOU MADE A COMMENT ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN PARK ON THE GRASS IN THE BACKYARD. SO IS OUR CODE DOES NOT ALLOW ME TO PARK ON THE GRASS IN MY FRONT YARD, BUT IT ALLOWS ME TO PARK ON THE GRASS IN THE BACKYARD. OKAY, SO THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT, I'M JUST TRYING TO I'M THINKING OUT LOUD. I'M TRYING TO PROCESS THIS. WHAT'S GOING TO KEEP ME FROM PAVING OVER MY BACKYARD AND PUTTING, I DON'T KNOW, SOUTHWEST RICHARDSON'S FIRST FOOD TRUCK, YOU KNOW, PUT A PARK IN MY BACKYARD IN MY BACKYARD IS TINY. BUT IF I HAD A BIGGER BACKYARD, YOU KNOW? RIGHT. SO UNDER THE NO IMPACT RULE, I MEAN, UNDER THE NO IMPACT DEFINITION, YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T HANDLE THE CUSTOMERS ON SITE. I MEAN, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE CUSTOMERS PARKING. SO UNDER THE HOME OCCUPATION RULE, THAT SCENARIO WOULDN'T WORK AGAIN BECAUSE IT'S. RIGHT. AND SO SO THAT'S AN AREA UNDER BOTH CASES WOULD BE WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED. WE WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTION. WHAT WOULD BE THE BENEFIT? I GUESS I'M TRYING TO SEE THE BAD SIDE OF.

I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE CPC WAS GOING WITH THIS AND WHAT WOULD BE THE DOWNSIDE FROM ONLY ALLOWING THAT EXTRA PARKING SPOT VERSUS ALLOWING THEM TO PAVE THEIR ENTIRE

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THAT WOULD NOT I MEAN, IT WOULD REQUIRE PERMIT OR THEY JUST WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT AT ALL. I DON'T THINK IF UNDER YOUR CIRCUMSTANCE, WOULD THEY BE LIVING THERE POTENTIALLY I GUESS. YEAH. OKAY. I MEAN, YES, I'M IF SOMEONE WERE TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY AND THEY'RE LIVING THERE, BUT THEY'RE USING THE ENTIRE PROPERTY AS A BUSINESS, WOULD THAT POTENTIALLY WOULD WE BE ABLE TO POTENTIALLY ASK FOR PERMITTING FOR THAT SITUATION, FOR THAT CIRCUMSTANCE? WELL, WE'LL CONFIRM, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU CAN I DON'T THINK YOU CAN BIFURCATE A HOME OCCUPATION.

I THINK EITHER WE NEED TO WE NEED TO REGULATE AND REQUIRE PERMIT OF ALL OF THEM OR NOT REQUIRED. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTION. GOOD QUESTION. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN, I'D LIKE TO MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I THINK FIRST WE NEED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN ASK IF THERE ARE ANY SPEAKERS. SO WE'LL JUST DO THAT NEXT, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WE CAN CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. BUT THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND MISS NEMER. MAYOR, MISS BARKER HAD SIGNED UP PREVIOUSLY FOR THIS ITEM AS WELL, BUT I BELIEVE SHE ALREADY MADE HER COMMENTS, SO I DON'T KNOW IF SHE WANTS TO SPEAK AGAIN. MISS BARKER, YOU DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AGAIN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE. I DIDN'T GET TO FINISH. LET ME SEE. SO I DIDN'T GET TO FINISH MY STATEMENT. SO BEFORE I CLOSE, I

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS PARKER. THAT WAS ONE QUESTION THAT I HAD THAT I SUPPOSE WOULD FALL UNDER STAFF QUESTIONS, WHICH IS THIS CONCEPT OF BEING ABLE TO SEE IT FROM THE STREET.

SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT ONE, TWO, THREE MAIN STREET, ASSUMING THAT'S A HOME, WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT THAT, IT CAN'T BE SEEN FROM THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE. IS IT SPECIFICALLY THAT HOUSE OR IS IT ANY OF THE HOUSES THAT YOU CAN'T SEE IT FROM, FROM THE FRONT OF ANY HOUSE OR FROM THE FRONT ONLY OF THAT HOUSE? DID YOU WANT TO CLOSE THE MAYBE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? OH, I WAS JUST OKAY, SURE WE CAN. I DIDN'T KNOW JUST IN CASE WE GET OTHER QUESTIONS. YEAH, SURE.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SURE. AND SECOND, YOU HAVE A SECOND THERE. MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN. OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION. AGAIN, IF YOU'RE CONSIDERING TABLING THIS. I IF YOU'RE CONSIDERING TABLING THIS ITEM, THEN YOU WOULD NOT CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. YEAH. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. SO THE PUBLIC HEARING CLOSES. IT'S A SIX ZERO VOTE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE BEING OUT. OKAY. SO I NOW HAVE THAT QUESTION. YES. SO I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. YEAH. SO WE WOULD USE THE SAME STANDARD THAT WE USE FOR OTHER CODES THAT REQUIRE ITEMS LIKE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, TRAILERS, SECOND, BUSINESS VEHICLES TO BE SCREENED FROM THE ADJACENT STREET. AND SO I THINK IN THE CASE THAT THE SPEAKER DESCRIBED, IF YOU WERE ON A STREET, BUT LOOKING DOWN AN ALLEY, IF YOU COULD, 2 OR 3 HOUSES DOWN, IF YOU COULD STILL SEE THAT FROM THAT STREET THAT RAN, LET'S SEE, PERPENDICULAR TO THE STREET THAT THE HOUSE WAS LOCATED ON, THAT STILL COUNTS FROM THE STREET. THAT'S THE STANDARD THAT WE USE FOR RVS, FOR BOATS, FORRAILERS, ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT HAVE THIS VERY SIMILAR REQUIREMENT TO SAY THAT IT MUST BE SCREENED FROM PUBLIC VIEW, FROM A FROM AN ADJACENT STREET. AND SO EVEN IF IT'S, LET'S SAY, A STREET THAT'S RUNNING PARALLEL AND THERE IS AN ALLEY IN BETWEEN, HYPOTHETICALLY, YOU CAN'T SEE IT FROM ANY OTHER PLACE, BUT YOU HAPPEN TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT FROM THE OPPOSITE STREET. AS LONG AS YOU'RE SAYING AS LONG AS IT CAN BE SEEN FROM ANY CITY STREET PERIOD, IT BECOMES A VIOLATION. HYPOTHETICALLY, AN ADJACENT STREET. SO IF I'M ON, YOU KNOW, IF I'M ON A STREET THAT'S THAT RUNS PARALLEL WITH THE STREET WHERE LET'S SAY YOU USE AN RV, FOR INSTANCE, AN RV IS PARKED ON A STREET JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THAT. AND I CAN LOOK THROUGH THE SIDE YARD OF THIS HOME TO SEE THE BACK THAT IS NOT CONSIDERED FROM THE STREET. IT HAS TO BE AN ADJACENT STREET TO THE, TO THE, TO THE, TO THE PROPERTY. OKAY. I MEAN, BUT THERE'S NOTHING I MEAN, FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE,

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LEAVE THAT OVERNIGHT. LEAVE THAT OVERNIGHT. YEAH. BECAUSE THESE ARE THESE ARE ESSENTIALLY PASSENGER VEHICLES THAT JUST HAVE SIGNAGE ON THEM THAT SAY, YOU KNOW, A, B, C PLUMBING.

IT'S AGAIN, IT'S NOT AN OVERSIZE VEHICLE. OKAY. NOW THE OVERSIZE VEHICLE, CAN YOU PUT LITTLE DEFINITION ON IT? I MEAN, I'M SURE THERE IS A BOX TRUCK, A LARGE, YOU KNOW, A VEHICLE LIKE THAT, A BOX TRUCK. THOSE ARE STANDARD DEFINITION, WHATEVER THEY'RE DEFINED IN CHAPTER 13 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. OKAY, GOOD. YEAH. GOOD. THANK YOU. AND BUT AGAIN, THOSE CANNOT BE PARKED ON THE STREET OVERNIGHT. THEY CAN BE PARKED AT A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, BUT THEY HAVE TO BE PARKED IN A WAY THAT'S NOT VISIBLE FROM THE STREET. OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER BARRIOS. THANK YOU. MAYOR, AS PART OF THE DISCUSSION, I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT OUT THERE THAT I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF THE IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO PAVE OVER ENTIRE BACKYARD. SO I WOULD LEAN TOWARDS SUPPORTING GOING WITH STAFF AS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN, I WOULD JUST COUNTERPOINT TO THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THE QUESTION REALLY IS WHAT BEHAVIOR DO WE WANT TO MANAGE? THIS IS WHAT THIS COMES DOWN TO. YOU HAVE HEALTH, SAFETY, OTHER CODES TO MANAGE ALL SORTS OF OTHER BEHAVIOR THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. I THINK THAT THE ON STREET, ON STREET PARKING IS AN ISSUE. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE HAVE A HARDER TIME REGULATING THAT IN MANY WAYS AND DETERMINING WHETHER IT'S A RESIDENTIAL VEHICLE, A VEHICLE USED FOR BUSINESS, WHATEVER, THAN WE DO, WHETHER PEOPLE HAVE A BUNCH OF VATS OF OIL SITTING AROUND THEIR BACKYARD. SO I'M ACTUALLY FOR ALLOWING PEOPLE TO PAVE EVERYTHING NOW, LEAVE IT THAT WAY. AND THEN LIKE WE SAID, WE CAN REEVALUATE IT LATER AS PART OF A BROADER, A BROADER SORT OF SWEEP. BUT AT LEAST THAT WAY WE CAN MANAGE THE BEHAVIOR THAT COMES WITH SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES WITH ON STREET PARKING. UNDERSTOOD. CAN I ASK A CLARIFICATION TO THAT, PLEASE? IF WE WERE TO READDRESS IT, THOUGH, WOULD THEY NOT BE? IF SOMEONE'S ALREADY GONE IN AND PAVED OVER THEIR WHOLE BACKYARD, WOULD THEY NOT BE GRANDFATHERED IN? THEY WOULD BE, YEAH. SO JUST JUST REMEMBER THAT JUST ONE, ONE, ONE, ONE NOTE ON THAT THOUGH. SO REALIZE THE RESIDENT WHO'S NOT OPERATING A NO IMPACT BUSINESS CAN DO EXACTLY WHAT WE JUST WHAT YOU DESCRIBED, WHICH IS PAVE THE WHOLE BACKYARD. THEY CAN TODAY. THEY CAN TODAY. YEAH. I MEAN, THERE'S NO THERE'S NO REGULATION THAT PROHIBITS SOMEONE FROM PAVING THEIR BACKYARD. AND SO, SO THAT'S, I THINK PROBABLY WHERE THE CPC MIGHT HAVE GOT A LITTLE BIT SAYING, THE STATE LAW SAYS YOU CAN USE YOUR WHOLE PROPERTY. AND WE'RE PUTTING A REGULATION ON ANYONE WHO HAS A NO IMPACT HOME BUSINESS THAT ISN'T ON THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY. OKAY. YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE DEBATING, COUNCILMEMBER? YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION. I MEAN, WITHIN RICHARDSON, I MEAN, HOW MANY NEIGHBORHOODS ARE, ARE, ARE HOMES? DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT BACKUP THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE? I MEAN, MOST OF THESE ARE ALL ALLEY. AND MOST OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT RICHARDSON ARE ALL ALLEY BASED. SO JUST TRYING TO SEE WHERE THIS WOULD BE NOTICEABLE. I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT, HOW IT WOULD BE NOTICEABLE BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE DO HAVE UP IN THE PANHANDLE SOME LARGER PROPERTY THAT POTENTIALLY GETS USED, BUT

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I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OF WHAT IT'S NOT LIKE WHEN YOU GO UP GARLAND ON BUCKINGHAM, YOU'VE GOT HOUSES THAT. THEIR BACKYARD, THEIR FENCES, BUT UP, YOU KNOW, FIVE FOOT FROM THE CURB AND THEY ENTER THEIR HOMES. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THAT IN RICHARDSON THAT I'M AWARE OF.

SO I'M JUST WONDERING, HOW MUCH WOULD IT REALLY AFFECT? I MEAN, DOES DOES SOMEONE WANT TO HAVE MY HOUSE AND TEAR THE POOL OUT OF THE BACKYARD AND ALL THE LANDSCAPING AND PUT A PARKING LOT? I DON'T KNOW, NOT ME PERSONALLY, BUT YOU KNOW WHERE THE THE COMPLAINTS ARE GOING TO.

THE COMPLAINTS ARE GOING TO THE SOURCE OF THE COMPLAINTS. AND THIS IS IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY DIFFERENT THAN PEOPLE DOING IT NOW. IT'S GOING TO BE FROM NEIGHBORS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THEM, THAT MAYBE NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE ALLEY, MAYBE THEY HAVE A TWO STORY AND, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S NOT VISIBLE FROM THE STREET. SO IF I HAVE A HOME THAT I CAN PARK THREE, YOU KNOW, DON'S HVAC VANS BEHIND. AND BECAUSE THE BUILDING, THE STRUCTURE ITSELF SCREENS IT FROM THE STREET, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT MY SIX FOOT FENCE IS GOING TO SCREEN THAT FROM MY NEIGHBOR AND THE 3 OR 4 NEIGHBORS BEHIND ME AND THE NEIGHBOR TO THE OTHER SIDE.

AND SO THE SOURCE OF THE COMPLAINTS ARE GOING TO COME FROM NEIGHBORS THAT ARE ADJACENT OR DIRECTLY BACK UP TO THESE PROPERTIES, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE SCREENED FROM THEM, RIGHT? THEY ONLY HAVE TO BE SCREENED FROM THE STREET. AND BY RIGHT, THEY CAN DO THAT NOW. THEY CAN DO. I'VE NEVER HAD SOMEONE REQUEST THAT I'M JUST BECAUSE I SHOULD KNOW THAT ANSWER, BUT I'VE NEVER HAD A REQUEST TO TEAR UP SOMEONE'S BACKYARD, PUT A PARKING LOT IN.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I. RIGHT. THEY COULD DO THAT NOW. OKAY, THANKS. ALL RIGHT. MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER, IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, I'D LIKE TO PUT A MOTION OUT TO MOVE THIS ALONG. GO AHEAD. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ZONING FILE 2610 AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON TO GRANT APPROVAL OF CITY INITIATED AMENDMENTS TO APPENDIX A OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON'S CODE OF ORDINANCES.

ARTICLE ONE, SECTION TWO, TO AMEND THE DEFINITION DEFINITION FOR HOME OCCUPATION AND ADD A DEFINITION FOR HOME BASED BUSINESS AS OCCUPIED. REJECTING THE CPCS ADDITION TO SECTION TEN. I'LL AT LEAST PUT THAT OUT THERE AS A. TO START, COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS, I SECOND THAT.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER. MAYOR. YES, MAYOR. SO THE I JUST WANT THE MOTION WAS REJECTING THE CPCS ADDITIONS. YES. OKAY. SO THE CPC REJECTED STAFF'S ADDITIONS. SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE WANT TO INCLUDE. SO SHALL WE REDO THAT MOTION? I WANT TO REJECT THEIR ACTION IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO. OKAY. ACCEPTING THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. OKAY. SO YEAH, MAYBE. SO TO CLARIFY, I WANT TO REJECT CPCS ACTION AND ACCEPT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. OKAY, I SECOND THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ARE WE ARE WE EVERYBODY'S COOL AND COMFORTABLE WITH THAT MOTION. AND SECOND, BEFORE I MOVE ON TO TAKE A VOTE. YEAH. I MEAN, EFFECTIVELY EVERYTHING THAT WAS STRUCK THROUGH BY THE CPC WILL BE, WILL BE, IT WILL BE OPERATIONALIZED IN THE ORDINANCE. FAIR ENOUGH. OKAY. DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION. I SEE A COUPLE LIGHTS ON. SO, MR. MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND. YEAH. SO HOLD ON.

IS THE MOTION TO APPROVE IT WITH THE ALLOWANCE TO PAVE YOUR BACKYARD OR NOT? THE ALLOWANCE TO PAVE YOUR NOT THE ALLOWANCE TO PAVE YOUR BACKYARD. GOTCHA. COUNCIL MEMBER GRIFFIN, WAS THAT THE SAME CLARIFICATION YOU WERE LOOKING FOR? CLARIFICATION. OKAY, SO UNDER UNDER WHAT WE'RE DOING OR SUGGESTING HERE, THE MOTION. AND THE SECOND IS TO APPROVE EVERYTHING, ONLY ALLOWING ONE ADDITIONAL SPACE BUT NOT ALLOWING THE FULL REPAVE OF A BACKYARD COUNCIL MEMBER. ADDITIONAL. YEAH. ADDITIONAL QUESTION. YEAH. SO NOT ALLOWING THE FULL BACKYARD.

THAT'S RIGHT. NOW, HOW DO YOU DEFINE WHAT ONE ADDITIONAL SPACE IS, HOW IT'S ONE ADDITIONAL SPACE? HOW DO YOU DEFINE THAT ONE ADDITIONAL SPACE? BECAUSE I, I, I JUST NEED A SMALL SEAT, BUT SOMEONE BIG WILL NEED A BIGGER SEAT. ANDREW. WHAT WAS THE SIZE? YES, NINE BY 18, WHICH IS A STANDARD PARKING SPACE. AND THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE AREA REQUIRED FOR MANEUVERABILITY IN AND OUT OF A DRIVE IN AND OUT OF A GARAGE. NINE BY 18 THAT'S THE MIDSIZE CAR, NOT EVEN A FULL SIZE TRUCK. SO YEAH, LIKE A REGULAR SIZED CAR. CAN YOU DO THAT? CAN YOU RESTRICT THAT? STILL COMPLY WITH THE STATE LAW? WELL, YES. I MEAN, STAFF AFTER VISITING WITH THE WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, BELIEVE THAT THIS PROVISION WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY TOO RESTRICTIVE. I THINK I DON'T KNOW IF IF YOU ARE CALLING FOR YOU CAN ALWAYS VOTE AGAINST IT. NO, I UNDERSTAND, BUT I'M JUST SAYING

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I'M NOT I'M NOT A LAWYER. THE STATE ALLOWS YOU TO USE YOUR ENTIRE PROPERTY. YOU COULD HYPOTHETICALLY PARK ON THE GRASS OR DO WHATEVER THE HECK YOU WANT TO. AND WE WE'RE JUST NOT ALLOWING THEM TO PAVE BEYOND THE PAVING OF THE NINE FOOT BY 16. SO WHAT THIS MEANS IS THEY CAN PARK WHEREVER THE HECK THEY WANT. THAT'S STILL THE SAME RULE. IT JUST WE JUST CAN'T PAVE OTHER THAN THE NINE BY 16. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER. WE HAVE A SECONDY COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. SO THAT PASSES 4 TO 2 WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN VOTING AGAINST COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS, COUNCIL MEMBER DORIAN MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER AND MAYOR OMAR VOTING FOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE OUT. IS THAT CLEAR ENOUGH? EVERYBODY GOOD WITH

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MAYOR, YOU WERE THERE TOO. HAPPY TO ATTEND THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR CLEARWATER PAIN SOLUTIONS. SO WELCOME DOCTOR HASHIMI TO RICHARDSON. YEAH, THAT WAS A GOOD ONE. ALL RIGHT.

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