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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 FLAG HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CORCORAN. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE ON TO
[3. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS AND VISITORS FORUM ]
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS AND VISITORS FORUM. MR. MAGNER. THANK YOU MAYOR. WE HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TONIGHT. SO LET ME READ THE INSTRUCTIONS AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CITY SECRETARY FOR INTRODUCTIONS FOR EVERYONE HERE DURING THIS PORTION OF THE COUNCIL MEETING. 30 MINUTES IS ALLOCATED FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE COMMENTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON AGENDA ITEMS. IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE WAIT UNTIL THAT PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN. IF THERE'S TIME LEFT DURING THE INITIAL 30 MINUTES ALLOCATED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, THE REMAINING TIME WILL BE PROVIDED AS A VISITOR'S FORUM OPEN TO ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC IN WHICH THE SUBJECT MATTER IS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY. IF THE FULL 30 MINUTES ALLOCATED FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT IS REACHED, THEN SPEAKERS WHO HAVE SUBMITTED A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD MAY SPEAK AT THE VISITORS FORUM SCHEDULED AT THE END OF THE MEETING. ALL SPEAKERS SHOULD PROCEED. SHOULD COMPLETE A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD SUBMITTED TO THE CITY SECRETARY. SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THEY ARE RECEIVED. WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE STEP TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, ALL SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF FIVE MINUTES AS INDICATED BY THE TIMERS. WHEN THE TIMER BEEPS, THE SPEAKER SHOULD CONCLUDE THEIR COMMENTS PROMPTLY. SPEAKERS MUST NOT PHYSICALLY APPROACH MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OR STAFF, AND SHOULD REMAIN AT THE PODIUM DURING THEIR COMMENTS. SPEAKERS WITH HANDOUTS MUST PROVIDE THEM TO THE CITY, TO THE CITY SECRETARY FOR DISTRIBUTION. SPEAKERS SUBMITTING COMMENTS ON THE SAME TOPIC ARE ENCOURAGED TO REDUCE REPETITIVE REMARKS, INDICATING THEIR COMMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED OR BY SELECTING A REPRESENTATIVE SPEAKER. THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT PROHIBITS THE CITY COUNCIL FROM DISCUSSING OR TAKING ACTION ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA. CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF WILL NOT AFFIRM OR OPPOSE ANY SPEAKER, COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. THE MAYOR OR CITY MANAGER MAY RESPOND WITH FACTS, A POLICY OR DIRECT CITY STAFF TO RESPOND TO THE SPEAKER. AFTER THE MEETING, THE AUDIENCE IS ASKED TO REFRAIN FROM THEIR APPLAUDING, FROM APPLAUDING OR OTHER EXPRESSIONS OF SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION. A COPY OF THE COUNCIL RULES OF ORDER AND PROCEDURE, AND THESE GUIDELINES MAY BE FOUND ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE TO SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONE FOR THE DURATION OF THE MEETING. MISS NEMER. I HAVE FOUR SPEAKERS. THE FIRST IS MELISSA WALK. HI, MY NAME IS MELISSA WALK. MY ADDRESS IS 3500 NORTH STAR ROAD, RICHARDSON, TEXAS, 75082. ON JANUARY 8TH, 2024, THIS COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A CONTRACT WITH FLOCK SAFETY FOR 20 CAMERAS IN THE AMOUNT OF $74,900. SINCE THEN, THERE HAS BEEN NO MENTION OF FLOCK SAFETY IN ANY OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES, AND ALSO SINCE THEN, AT LEAST 52 FLOCK CAMERAS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, INCLUDING AT LEAST FIVE THAT ARE INSTALLED OUTSIDE THE CITY OF RICHARDSON BUT FILMED WITHIN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON. THIS IS A BIPARTISAN ISSUE THAT SUBJECTS RICHARDSON RESIDENTS TO A SURVEILLANCE STATE. FLOCK CAMERAS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, AND POLICE CAN USE THEM WITHOUT WARRANTS OR INVESTIGATIONS TO TARGET PROTESTORS, IMMIGRANTS OR EVEN ROMANTIC INTERESTS. POLICE HAVE ABUSED FLOCK CAMERAS MANY TIMES OVER. THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE DOCUMENTED CASES. A KANSAS POLICE CHIEF USED FLOCK 164 TIMES TO TRACK HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND IN WISCONSIN, OFFICER CHRISTIAN MORALES ALLEGEDLY USED FLOCK TO TRACK HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND, WHICH WAS REVEALED AFTER SHE FILED A COMPLAINT. IN IDAHO, SHERIFF GEORGE OPDYKE USED A FLOCK SYSTEM TO SEARCH FOR HIS WIFE'S VEHICLE HUNDREDS OF TIMES IN GEORGIA, SHERIFFS DEPUTY CHRIS ROSAR WAS CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE CRIMINAL OFFENSES AFTER ALLEGEDLY USING THE DEPARTMENT'S FLOCK SYSTEM. THE STOCK, A WOMAN HE WAS ROMANTICALLY INTERESTED IN IN WISCONSIN, OFFICER AYALA ALLEGEDLY USED THE DEPARTMENT'S NETWORK OF FLOCK LPRS TO TRACK A WOMAN HE WAS DATING AND HER EX-PARTNER NEARLY 180 TIMES OVER A TWO MONTH PERIOD. AND IN FLORIDA, SHERIFF'S DEPUTY LAMAR ROMAN ALLEGEDLY USED AN ALPR SYSTEM TO TRACK AND EVENTUALLY PULL OVER A WOMAN HE HAD MET WHILE PROVIDING SECURITY ON A TV SET. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FLOCK SAFETY HAS BEEN BLATANTLY[00:05:05]
UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, AND HERE ARE SOME OF THOSE EXAMPLES. JACOB ROCKWELL WAS FINED FOR RUNNING A RED LIGHT IN PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, BASED ON AN ALPR CAMERA USED TO IDENTIFY HIM. HE WASN'T EVEN IN THE STATE AT THE TIME. AN OHIO MAN WAS PULLED OVER, INJURED BY A POLICE DOG AND ARRESTED AFTER FLOCK SAFETY CAMERAS MISREAD THE SEVEN ON HIS LICENSE PLATE AS A TWO. ALL OF THESE CASES ASSUME INDIVIDUALS TO BE GUILTY, AND THEN THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE TO PROVE THEMSELVES INNOCENT, WHICH IS INCONGRUOUS TO THE VERY PRINCIPLES OF THE UNITED STATES JUSTICE SYSTEM. FLOCK SAFETY CAMERAS OPERATE USING ANDROID EIGHT, WHICH IS A VERSION OF ANDROID THAT HASN'T HAD SECURITY UPDATES SINCE 2021 AND IS MISSING ALL ANDROID SECURITY FEATURES ADDED SINCE 2017, WHICH LEAVES THEM HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO CYBER ATTACKS. A GROUP OUT OF DUNWOODY, GEORGIA, HAS IDENTIFIED 60 VULNERABILITIES WITHIN THE FLOCK ECOSYSTEM. THEY WERE. THEY WERE ABLE TO EASILY TAKE CONTROL OVER THE CAMERAS, WHICH INCLUDED VIEWING OR MODIFYING FOOTAGE, INSTALLING MALWARE AND VIEWING HARD CODED CREDENTIALS. POLICE LOGINS HAVE BEEN SOLD ON THE INTERNET AND CAN BE USED TO ACCESS FLOCK CAMERAS. BECAUSE FLOCK SAFETY DOES NOT REQUIRE MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION, DHS DHS HAS EVEN CITED MANY OF THESE VULNERABILITIES AS HIGH CYBER SECURITY THREATS, AND THIS UNSUPERVISED ACCESS DOES NOT STOP AT COPS. DOZENS OF FLOCK CAMERAS HAVE BEEN ACCESSED BY COMMERCIAL WEB BROWSERS, WHICH HAVE BROADCASTED LIVE VIDEO FEED.ONE EXAMPLE INCLUDED LIVE VIDEO FEED OF A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND. FURTHER, DESPITE FLOCK SAFETY'S CLAIM. OTHERWISE, FLOCK EMPLOYEES HAVE ACCESS CAMERAS AS WELL. BOB CARTER, VICE PRESIDENT OF STRATEGIC RELATIONS AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AT FLOCK SAFETY, ACCESS TO CAMERA AND THE CHILDREN'S GYMNASTICS ROOM OF A COMMUNITY CENTER IN GEORGIA.
RANDY GLUCK, ALSO AN EMPLOYEE AT FLOCK SAFETY, ACCESSED CAMERAS TO VIEW FOOTAGE WITHIN THE SAME COMMUNITY CENTER ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS ON THREE SEPARATE DAYS. FOOTAGE ACCESSED BY THESE INDIVIDUALS INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, THE POOL, FITNESS CENTER LINE, STUDIO AND PRESCHOOL DAYCARE CENTER. THE CEO OF FLOCK HAS WEAPONIZED POLITICAL TALKING POINTS AND PARTIZAN DIVIDES TO CLAIM THAT THOSE RAISING CONCERNS ARE PART OF TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS WHO SUPPORT LAWLESSNESS. HIS COMPANY STANDS TO PROFIT HUGELY FROM THE OVER COMPLIANCE OF CITIES LIKE RICHARDSON. TO BELIEVE HIM, 80 PLUS CONTRACTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN CANCELED SO FAR IN LIGHT OF THESE REVELATIONS. MOST RECENTLY, THE LAPD CHOSE NOT TO RENEW THEIR CONTRACT WITH FLOCK SAFETY. I'M REQUESTING THE COUNCIL TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS IMMEDIATELY HALT ANY NEW FLOCK SAFETY CAMERA INSTALLATIONS IN RICHARDSON.
REMOVE ALL EXISTING FLOCK CAMERAS CURRENTLY OPERATING IN THE CITY. REFUSE TO ENTER INTO ANY FUTURE CONTRACT WITH FLOCK SAFETY OR ANY COMPARABLE MASS SURVEILLANCE ALPR VENDOR AND COMMIT PUBLICLY TO PROTECTING RESIDENTS FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS AGAINST WARRANTLESS TRACKING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MISS WARD. ALFREDO GRANADOS. HELLO. MY NAME IS ALFREDO GRANADOS. I LIVE AT FIVE TWO, THREE EAST POLK STREET, RICHARDSON, TEXAS, 75081. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR OMAR AND ALL MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY. MY NAME IS ALFREDO GRANADOS. I AM A 17 YEAR OLD RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON ATTENDING RICHARDSON HIGH SCHOOL. ME AND MY FAMILY HAVE BEEN CALLING THIS CITY HOME FOR OVER TEN YEARS NOW. AND FOR EVERY ONE OF THESE YEARS I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE CITY FROM ENJOYING OUR PARKS, POOLS AND REC CENTERS WHEN I WAS LITTLE TO VOLUNTEERING AND WORKING FOR THE CITY. AS I GOT OLDER WITH MY INVOLVEMENTS, I'VE SEEN ALL THE CITY HAS TO OFFER AND I'VE NOTICED A LACK. I BELIEVE THAT THE CITY OF RICHARDSON LACKS SPACES FOR TEENAGERS TO ENGAGE WITH THE CITY IN SIMILAR WAYS THAT THE CITY HAS SET UP FOR OTHER RESIDENTS, BE THAT YOUNGER OR OLDER. I BELIEVE THAT NOT HAVING THESE SPACES FOR TEENAGERS IS DOING A DISSERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND IS MISSING IS MISSING OUT ON POTENTIAL MAJOR BENEFITS FOR IT. NOW, WHY IS THIS A DISSERVICE? WHAT DO TEENAGERS DO WHEN THEY AREN'T SPENDING THEIR TIMES ENGAGING IN SPACES DESIGNATED FOR THEM? WELL, EVEN WITH JOBS OR THINGS LIKE SPORTS. TEENAGERS HAVE A LOT OF FREE TIME ON THEIR HANDS, AND THEY SPEND THIS TIME ON THE PHONE, ON A SCREEN, WHETHER IT'S INSIDE OR OUTSIDE, THEY'RE ON THE PHONE. AND WHAT ABOUT THE KIDS WHO AREN'T ON THEIR PHONES? WELL, THEY'RE EITHER GOING OUT WASTING MONEY THAT THEY OR THEIR PARENTS DO NOT HAVE. THEY'RE AT A PLACE THAT THEY AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE A TARGET OR A WALMART, WASTING THE ENERGY AND TIME OF THE EMPLOYEES WHO WORK THERE, OR WHICH IS WHAT I TAKE THE MOST ISSUE WITH, THEY TURN TO EVENTS THAT ARE POORLY ORGANIZED AND RUN BY SHADY PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT ONLY IRRESPONSIBLE, BUT THAT WE CANNOT HOLD RESPONSIBLE. WHEN TEENAGERS HAVE NOWHERE TO GO, IT AFFECTS EVERYBODY. I THINK
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TEENAGERS DESERVE A SPACE TO SPEND THEIR TIME AND HAVE FUN, AND I BELIEVE THAT PARENTS SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MONEY OR SAFETY, AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT THEIR KIDS ARE GOING OUT SOMEWHERE THAT IS ORGANIZED BY PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN TRUST. HAVING TEEN SPACES ISN'T JUST ABOUT KEEPING TEENAGERS FROM BEING BORED, AS SOME OF YOU MAY FEEL, IT'S ABOUT SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. I'VE SPOKEN WITH FRIENDS AND I'VE COME UP WITH A FEW IDEAS THAT WE BELIEVE WOULD BE WELL RECEIVED BY THE TEENS IN OUR CITY. I THINK THAT WE COULD HAVE OPEN SOCCER TOURMENTS AT OUR FIELDS OUT IN BRECKENRIDGE. WE COULD HAVE SOME OPEN BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS AT OUR REC CENTERS, OPEN FLAG FOOTBALL TOURNAMENTS AT SOME OF OUR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS OR PARKS. WE COULD HAVE WATCH PARTIES FOR SPORTS, GAMES, MOVIES, OR SOME TV SHOWS. WE COULD COLLABORATE WITH SOME LOCAL BUSINESSES TO CREATE THINGS LIKE TEEN NIGHTS OR TEEN DAYS AT PLACES LIKE TRAMPOLINE PARKS OR MOVIE THEATERS AT A DISCOUNTED RATE. AND I THINK WE COULD HAVE DESIGNATED TIMES FOR TEENAGERS AT THE POOL, SIMILAR TO HOW THE CITY HAS FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN. NOW, THESE ARE ALL GREAT, BUT I'D LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT TEENS ARE NOT CHILDREN. THEY DON'T JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN ALL THE TIME.TEENAGERS WANT TO WORK REGARDLESS OF WHAT ANYBODY WANTS TO SAY. TEENAGERS WANT TO WORK. AND THIS IS WHERE I BELIEVE THAT THE CITY WOULD GREATLY BENEFIT FROM PROVIDING TEEN SPACES, SPECIFICALLY SPACES THAT WOULD HELP DEVELOP OUR YOUTH SO THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL AS THEY ENTER YOUNG ADULTHOOD. AGAIN, HERE ARE A FEW MORE IDEAS. JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, WE COULD CREATE WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS FOR COLLEGE ESSAY WRITING, RESUME DEVELOPMENT OR INTERVIEW DEVELOPMENT, OR PROFESSIONAL SKILLS LIKE NETWORKING OR PUBLIC SPEAKING AT PLACES LIKE THE LIBRARY. IN A SIMILAR VEIN, WE COULD HAVE CLASSES AT THE REC CENTER FOR GETTING CERTIFICATIONS LIKE OUR FOOD HANDLERS LICENSE, TEXAS ALCOHOL AND BEVERAGE, FIRST AID, CPR, ETC. NOW, MAYOR OMAR, TO YOUR CREDIT, I'VE SEEN YOU AT MY LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL MULTIPLE TIMES, SO I UNDERSTAND YOUR COMMITMENT TO BEING ENGAGED WITH THE YOUTH WHO LIVE IN THIS CITY. I'VE SEEN YOU AT OUR FOOTBALL GAMES. I'VE SEEN YOU AT OUR PEP RALLIES, AND I'VE SEEN YOU SPEAK TO A FELLOW CLASSMATE OF MINE HEARING OUT HIS IDEA ON A SKATE PARK. AND I APPRECIATE THE INITIATIVE THAT YOU TAKE WITH TRYING TO ENGAGE WITH THE YOUTH. AND I KNOW THAT WE CAN BETTER SUPPORT THE TEENAGERS IN OUR CITY. IMAGINE A FUTURE WHERE THE TEENS IN THIS CITY AREN'T WASTING THEIR LIVES COOPED UP ON THEIR PHONE, OR ACTING A FOOL ON A TARGET. IMAGINE A FUTURE WHERE OUR TEENS HAVE PLACES TO HAVE FUN SAFELY WITHOUT RISK OF ALTERCATIONS. IMAGINE A FUTURE WHERE TEENS ARE WELL INFORMED AND PREPARED FOR THE WORKPLACE. IN AN ERA WHERE EMPLOYMENT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY MORE COMPETITIVE IN A DAY AND AGE OF FEAR AND WORRY, IF THE CITY WERE TO WERE TO PROVIDE SPACES FOR TEENAGERS TO NOT ONLY HAVE FUN AND LEARN, BUT TO BE PREPARED FOR WHAT'S TO COME, THESE SPACES WILL NOT ONLY BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY OR THE TEENAGERS WHO WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES, BUT THEY COULD POTENTIALLY BENEFIT THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE, WITH THE TEENS TAKING THE SKILLS THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP AND LEARN FROM THE CITY AND BEING ABLE TO GO DO GOOD SOMEWHERE ELSE. I AM NOT ASKING FOR THE CITY TO TAKE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY SUGGESTIONS. I'M SIMPLY ASKING FOR THE CITY TO CONSIDER TEENS A BIT MORE IN SHOWING WHAT CAN HAPPEN IF THEY DID. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MR. GRANADOS. ALEX STEIN. LAUREN PECKA. I HAVE DOCUMENTS, SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER. HELLO, MY NAME IS LAUREN PECKA AND I LIVE AT 3009 SUN VALLEY DRIVE, RICHARDSON, TEXAS, 75082. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT A STORMWATER FLOODING ISSUE THAT IS HAPPENING IN MY MY SUBDIVISION OF BRECKENRIDGE AND THE NEIGHBORING SUBDIVISION, GREENFIELDS. I'VE PROVIDED DOCUMENTS THAT I BELIEVE PROVIDE A PRETTY GOOD SUMMARY OF ALL OF THE RELEVANT CITY ORDINANCES AND SOME OF THE KEY DOCUMENTATION FOR THIS SCENARIO. I AM HERE BECAUSE I AM TRYING I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THIS ISSUE FIXED FOR ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF NOW, AND WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME BITS OF PROGRESS, I'M STARTING TO WORRY THAT THIS PROBLEM MAY NEVER BE RESOLVED WITHOUT HAVING SOME KIND OF ESCALATION POINT. AND WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT FROM ALL MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS ENGINEERING, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE STORMWATER DEPARTMENT THAT THE CITY MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH ALL OF
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THE PROBLEM AREAS PERTAINING TO THIS ISSUE. THE CITY DOES ACTUALLY HAVE AN ACTION THAT THEY CAN POTENTIALLY TAKE, WHICH IS THERE IS A PROVISION IN THE CITY ORDINANCES AND THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS THAT ALLOWS THE CITY TO INTERVENE. IN THE CASE OF A SUBDIVISION NOT MAINTAINING A COMMON AREA OR DRAINAGE EASEMENT. IN A CASE WHERE IT VIOLATES SOME MANNER OF THE CITY REGULATION. AND I HAVE PROVIDED GRANTED A A GREATLY REDACTED VERSION OF THE CITY ORDINANCE THAT APPLIES HERE. TO KIND OF ILLUSTRATE MY POINT, THERE'S ALSO SOME MAPS IN THERE OF THE DIFFERENT DIAGRAMS. AGAIN, THEY ARE VERY SMALL, BUT THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS BIGGER ONES AND I AM MOSTLY HERE TO JUST EMPHASIZE THAT I HAVE READ ALL OF THIS DOCUMENTATION OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BUT UNFORTUNATELY I BECAUSE IT DOES NOT GIVE ANY KIND OF SPECIFIC LEGAL TERMINOLOGY FOR WHAT IS MEANT BY CERTAIN STATEMENTS IN IT, I AM RELIANT ON THE CITY TO CLARIFY THOSE TO KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT MEETS THE CRITERIA OF A FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A COMMON AREA AND WHAT PERIOD OF TIME SUFFICES FOR DUE NOTICE TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO INITIATE THIS PROCESS. AND HOW DO I INITIATE THIS PROCESS THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL? IF IT COMES TO THAT? AND I, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT I DO NOT WANT TO DO THIS, AND I WOULD MUCH RATHER JUST COOPERATE, COOPERATIVELY SOLVE THIS PROBLEM WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS AND THE ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED. AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT I HAVEN'T GOTTEN A LOT OF HELP ALREADY FROM A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, BUT THE CORE ISSUE IS SOMETHING THAT IS REQUIRING THE COORDINATION OF TWO DIFFERENT HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS. AND NECESSARILY FALLS INTO SOMEWHAT OF THE CITY'S JURISDICTION BECAUSE IT CONCERNS A ESTABLISHED CITY, COMMON AREA AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT. WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT COMMON AREA. FROM WHAT I CAN GATHER FROM BOTH HISTORICAL SATELLITE FOOTAG AND ALSO HISTORICAL CONTOUR MAP GRADING MAPS HAS NEVER BEEN CONSTRUCTED TO ALLOW STORMWATER TO FLOW IN THE WAY THAT IT IS INTENDED TO, FOR IN A WAY THAT HAS CAUSED THE COMPLETE DEGRADATION OF THE ENTIRE STORMWATER SYSTEM. IN THIS SUBSECTION OF THE AREA.AND SO THERE ARE ASPECTS OF THE GEOGRAPHY THAT PEOPLE THINK HAVE KIND OF ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY, BUT IT HAS REALLY ONLY BEEN THAT WAY BECAUSE THERE ARE LIKE 25 YEARS OF DAMAGE FROM IT, THIS NEVER HAVING BEEN BUILT TO THE SPECS THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY. AS FAR AS CONSTRUCTION OF THE THAT INTERVENING COMMON AREA DRAINAGE EASEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO SUBDIVISIONS. SO I'VE ALREADY SENT AN EMAIL TO SOME OF YOU THAT I FEEL LIKE ARE IN THE KIND OF THE DISTRICTS, BUT I'M JUST ASKING FOR JUST KIND OF SOME CLARIFICATION THERE SO I CAN UNDERSTAND LIKE, WHAT ARE MY AVAILABLE OPTIONS HERE IN CASE NOTHING ELSE WORKS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS BECCA. WE DO HAVE YOUR EMAIL AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET A RESPONSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NO FURTHER CARDS. MAYOR, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE CARING TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER
[4. CONSENT AGENDA]
FOUR, WHICH IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PUBLISHED. COUNCIL MEMBER DORIAN, I'LL SECOND THAT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DORIAN. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO[5. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE FY 2026-2027 STREETS AND ALLEYS MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES ]
ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027. STREETS AND ALLEYS MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES. MR. MAGNER. THANK YOU, MAYOR, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. CHARLES GOUGH IS GOING TO LEAD THE NEXT TWO BRIEFINGS. THIS IS ONE OF OUR FINAL DEEP DIVES, THE STREETS AND ALLEYS MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES FOR PREPARATION IN ADVANCE OF OUR BUDGET RETREAT ON AUGUST 3RD AND FOUR. AND SO CHARLES IS GOING TO KIND OF GIVE A QUICK UPDATE HERE ON THE FY 26 MAINTENANCE PROGRAM AND THEN LAY OUT A PLAN FOR FY 27 AS WELL. SO, CHARLES, THANKS FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR FURTHER BRIEFING. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.[00:20:03]
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. HAPPY WITH YOU THIS EVENING. AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, THE PURPOSE OF TONIGHT'S BRIEFING IS TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON BOTH THE MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL INVESTMENT INITIATIVES RELATED TO STREETS, ALLEYS AND SIDEWALK PROGRAMS, AND ANTICIPATED PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 27. JUST A QUICK NOTE, TYPICALLY, WHEN WE DO THESE ANNUALLY, THERE'S ALSO A KIND OF A FUTURE LOOKING CAPITAL SLIDE FOR EACH OF THESE PROJECTS. JUST KNOW THAT WE'RE PUSHING THAT INTO THE NEXT PRESENTATION TO TALK ABOUT THAT HOLISTICALLY WITH THE REST OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THIS YEAR, BUT THEN IT'LL GO BACK INTO THIS PRESENTATION IN FUTURE YEARS. SO STARTING WITH THE STREETS PROGRAM, WE'VE SHOWN VERSIONS OF THIS SLIDE IN THE PAST. YOU'LL PROBABLY RECOGNIZE THE TRIANGLE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN THERE AND ILLUSTRATES HOW OUR STRATEGIES EVOLVED THROUGHOUT THE LIFE CYCLE OF PAVEMENT, BEGINNING WITH YOUR MORE PRIMITIVE MAINTENANCE TYPES OF OF APPLICATIONS. WHEN YOUR STREETS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION AND ARE RELATIVELY NEW AND THEN SHIFTING TO KIND OF ANNUAL MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS FOR OVERLAYS AND LOCALIZED REPAIRS ON STREETS. AND THEN MORE RECENTLY, WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS UTILIZING BOND PROGRAM FUNDS FOR CONCRETE PANEL REPLACEMENTS, ALSO ON FAIR STREETS, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY USING BOND PROGRAM DOLLARS FOR YOUR TRADITIONAL RECONSTRUCTION OF YOUR YOUR POORER STREETS AND ALLEYS. BUT, BUT STARTING TO USE BOND PROGRAM DOLLARS IN ADDITION TO THE STREET AND ALLEY REHAB FUND ON, ON CERTAIN STREET REHAB WHERE IT MEETS THE CRITERIA. SO THIS IS THE CURRENT STREET REHAB PROGRAM STATUS. THESE ARE ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR. WE'VE COMPLETED QUITE A FEW. WE'VE DONE PANEL REPLACEMENTS ON RENNER, MELROSE AND FLOYD AND COMPLETED OVERLAYS ON COIT BELTLINE, WATERVIEW AND DOWNING. WORK IS NEARLY COMPLETE ON THE BELTLINE PANEL, REPLACEMENTS ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN, AND STARTING WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, THAT CONTRACTOR WILL ACTUALLY MOVE UP TO THE THE RED AREA NEXT TO UTD ON WATERVIEW TO DO PANEL REPLACEMENT THERE AND HAVE THOSE COMPLETED PRIOR TO UTD STARTING THIS THIS FALL. AND THEN IN THE THE RED KIND OF LINE IN THE IN THE MIDDLE THERE IS WE'RE GOING TO START AN OVERLAY ON THAT STREET IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. AND THEN LASTLY THE THE RED AREAS YOU SEE ARE NEIGHBORHOOD ZONES. WE'VE COMPLETED SOME OF AREA 29 A. THOSE ARE SHOWN IN THE GREEN. AND THEN WE'RE BOUNCING AROUND A LITTLE BIT RIGHT NOW TO DO SOME OF THE STREETS THAT ARE AROUND SCHOOLS TO GET THOSE DONE BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS, BUT THEN WE'LL KIND OF METHODICALLY WORK THROUGH 29 A, 29 B, AND THEN START IN AREA 30. THAT LEAVES THE TWO BLUE SEGMENTS THAT ARE SHOWN ON THE MAP THAT ARE STILL IN DESIGN. SO THE ONE ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN, THAT'S PRESIDENTIAL, YOU MAY RECALL, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS IN THE NEXT PRESENTATION. THAT PRESIDENTIAL IS ONE OF THE STREETS THAT WE ULTIMATELY ELECTED TO PUT IN THE BOND PROGRAM, NOT THIS SECTION, BUT THE SECTION FURTHER SOUTH. SO JUST FOR ECONOMIES OF SCALE, WE'RE GOING TO COMBINE THOSE TWO PROJECTS INTO ONE PROJECT. SO THAT'S WHY THAT ONE IS A LITTLE BIT ON PAUSE UNTIL WE GET RAMPED UP ON THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE AREA FURTHER SOUTH. AND THEN THE THE BLUE SEGMENT ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN, THAT'S SAINT LUKE'S. AS WE WERE STARTING THAT PROJECT, WE DETERMINED THAT THE WATER LINE UNDERNEATH THE STREET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.SO WE PAUSED THAT, AND THAT'S CURRENTLY IN DESIGN AND WILL GO OUT TO BID THIS FALL TO START CONSTRUCTION. SO JUST SLOWED THAT ONE DOWN TO, TO PICK UP THE WATER LINE UNDER THE STREET.
AS FAR AS THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING FOR NEXT YEAR UNDER THE ARTERIAL ASPHALT STREET REHAB PROGRAM, THAT'S THE THE ORANGE LINE ON THE FAR WEST SIDE OF THE CITY. THAT'S COYOTE ROAD. THE PLAN IS TO PICK UP WHERE THE LAST OVERLAY STOPPED AT ROUND ROCK AND EXTEND THAT UP TO AROUND MELROSE. WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND EXTEND THAT AS FAR NORTH AS WE CAN, DEPENDING ON THE VARIABILITY OF BID PRICES WITH WITH KIND OF A STRETCH GOAL TO GET ALL THE WAY TO CAMPBELL AGAIN, WE'LL SEE HOW THE PRICES COME IN. BUT BUT CERTAINLY UP THROUGH MELROSE AND THEN THOSE PINK STREETS KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE, THOSE ARE NEIGHBORHOOD ASPHALT OVERLAYS. SO TAKING NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ASPHALT MILLING THAT OFF AND DOING A NEW OVERLAY, THAT'S WESTWOOD DRIVE FROM CUSTER TO LYNDALE, THEN LYNDALE FROM BELTLINE TO RIDGEDALE, AND THEN LOCKWOOD FROM CUSTER TO LYNDALE. SO THAT GROUPING OF THREE STREETS THERE. AND THEN YOU MAY RECALL THAT IN THIS BOND PROGRAM, WE SET ASIDE DOLLARS FOR THE CONCRETE PANEL REPLACEMENT. THOSE ARE THE PURPLE STREETS THAT ARE INTERNATIONAL SECURITY, ROW EXCHANGE COMMERCE AND PORTIONS OF BOWSER AND THEN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PANEL REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. SO FINISHING AREA 30 AND THEN MOVING TO AREA TEN ON THE MAP RIGHT THERE. AND THEN THE CURRENT CAPITAL PLAN STATUS. SO THIS IS PRIMARILY 2021 BOND
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PROGRAM PROJECTS. THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER FUNDING SOURCES IN THERE AS WELL. BUT AGAIN, PRIMARILY THAT'S THE FUNDING SOURCE. WE'VE COMPLETED SEVERAL PROJECTS THIS YEAR. WE HAVE GLENVILLE LAKESIDE, LONGVIEW EAST, PRAIRIE CREEK, NANTUCKET, JOHNSON AND TATUM. ALL THAT ARE COMPLETED ARE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE AS OF TODAY. THOSE ARE ALL SHOWN IN GREEN. THEN IN YOUR YOUR RED SEGMENTS. THERE YOU HAVE MAIN STREET PHASE TWO. THIS IS THAT AREA EAST OF GREENVILLE. WE'RE WRAPPING THAT UP. THAT SHOULD BE DONE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS OR SO.WE'RE JUST DOING SOME OF THE BACK OF CURB STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS THERE AT THIS TIME.
SHERMAN LINK SHOULD BE COMPLETE LATER THIS MONTH. AND THEN CUSTER, THE THE KIND OF LARGEST RED SECTION THERE. WE COMPLETED ALL THE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES AND PAVING ACTIVITIES ARE GOING ON THERE THAT SHOULD BE WRAPPED UP THIS FALL AS PLANNED. AND THEN YOU HAVE RICHLAND PARK WHERE UTILITY WORK IS COMPLETE. AND WE SHOULD START PAVING SOON WITH THAT TO BE COMPLETED LATER THIS FALL AS WELL. AND THEN THE OTHER LINE ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN IS WESTSHORE AND FONTANA.
THAT'S A LITTLE BIT LARGER, MORE COMPLICATED PROJECT THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW AND SHOULD BE WRAPPING UP NEXT SUMMER, WHICH LEAVES THE FOUR BLUE PROJECTS IN DESIGN. THAT'S CAMPBELL JUPITER AND CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY, WHICH TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY TALKED ABOUT IN THEIR DEEP DIVE. BUT THOSE ARE SHOULD BE GOING OUT TO BID SOMETIME THIS FALL AND STARTING CONSTRUCTION SOON AFTER THAT. THEN GREENVILLE, THAT'S A PROJECT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, HOW WE HAD TO PAUSE THAT. WHILE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT COMPLETED SOME UPGRADES ON THEIR TREATMENT PLANT DOWN THERE SO THEY COULD SET SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE WERE THEN TRYING TO, TO HIT WITH SOME OF OUR NEW INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THAT'S PROGRESSED ENOUGH TO WHERE THAT'S NOW IN DESIGN AND SHOULD START CONSTRUCTION SOMETIME NEXT YEAR. AND THEN THAT LAST LITTLE BLUE DOT KIND OF IN THE SOUTH WEST CORNER OF TOWN IS A SMALL SECTION OF SAINT PAUL, WHICH WE'RE CURRENTLY COORDINATING WITH DALLAS WATER UTILITIES ON WATERLINE REPLACEMENTS ON THERE. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THAT ILA THAT WAS APPROVED FOR THAT PROJECT. SWITCHING TO THE ALLEY PROGRAM. THIS IS THE ALLEY MAINTENANCE PLAN. SO ALL OF THE GREEN ALLEYS ARE PROJECTS THAT WE COMPLETED THIS YEAR. WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF CATCHING UP TO DO THIS YEAR. SO THERE'S QUITE A FEW THAT THAT WE'VE DONE. WE RECENTLY STARTED CONSTRUCTION IN THE RED AREA AND THEN ARE STARTING TO LOOK AT THE BLUE AREA FOR DESIGN THAT WILL THEN GO INTO CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR. SO THOSE THAT'S OUR PLAN FOR THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR. AND THEN THE CAPITAL PLAN STATUS. THIS IS JUST TO SHOW THAT WE COMPLETED THE FINAL ALLEY GROUP WITH THE 2021 BOND PROGRAM THIS YEAR. SO ALL OF THE ALLEYS ARE COMPLETED FOR THE 2021 BOND PROGRAM. AND THEN LASTLY, SIDEWALKS. WE COMPLETED RESIDENTIAL AREA ARE TO BE OUT IN THE PANHANDLE AND ARE CURRENTLY WORKING IN R1, B, AND R2. SEE, THOSE ARE THE CHANGE ORDERS THAT YOU JUST APPROVED ON THE AGENDA EARLIER TODAY. SO THAT'LL GIVE US THE FUNDING NEEDED TO COMPLETE THOSE AREAS, AND THAT SHOULD BE WRAPPED UP SOMETIME THIS FALL AS WELL. SO LASTLY, JUST NEXT STEPS. AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH THE BUDGET CYCLE, GET CERTIFIED PROPERTY VALUES AND KIND OF HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF REVENUES, WILL FINALIZE THE WORK PLAN. AND YOU'LL SEE THAT WHEN WE PRESENT THE BUDGET LATER THIS SUMMER. AND THEN WE WILL PROVIDE PERIODIC UPDATES AS WE BEGIN IMPLEMENTATION AFTER BUDGETS ADOPTED. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL.
COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. HEY, THANKS FOR YOUR, YOU KNOW, NICE PRESENTATION. I APPRECIATE THAT ONE QUESTION. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE SEE THAT LOTS OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON EVERYWHERE. I MEAN, AS AN ENGINEER, I THINK THAT IS A GOOD THING. BUT GOING THROUGH THROUGH THE PROCESS IS NOT ALWAYS GREAT THINGS. BUT ALSO THE OTHER UTILITY COMPANY THEY DO THEIR CONSTRUCTION REPAIR. HOW DO WE MONITOR OR COORDINATE THAT WITH THEM? BECAUSE THERE COMES WE DO OUR THINGS AND THAT SOMETIMES COMES AND DO CONSTRUCTION IN THE AREA THAT WE HAVE ALREADY DONE CONSTRUCTION. SO HOW DO WE MONITOR THAT? SO WE WE HAVE MONTHLY COORDINATION MEETINGS WITH ALL THE FRANCHISE UTILITIES. AS PART OF THOSE MEETINGS. WE GIVE THEM UPDATES SIMILAR TO THIS ON OUR CAPITAL PLAN OF WHERE WE'RE PLANNING TO BE OVER THE NEXT YEAR. ANY UPDATES ON CURRENT PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN BE MORE COORDINATED, THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE GOING AND GO AHEAD AND MAKE WHATEVER IMPROVEMENTS THEY NEED TO MAKE.
AND THEN AND THEN KIND OF LEAVE THOSE AREAS ALONE FOR A LITTLE WHILE. IT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK
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OUT THAT WAY, BUT THE GOAL IS, IS THROUGH THOSE MEETINGS TO DO THAT KIND OF COORDINATION SO THAT THEY AREN'T IMMEDIATELY COMING IN AFTER US AND TEARING UP NEW PAVEMENT. THERE'S ALWAYS A ONE OFFS WHERE THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, A LINE BREAK OR SOMETHING. THEY HAVE TO GET IN AND DO THAT.THERE'S REALLY NO CHOICE. BUT WHERE IT'S IT'S MORE PLANNED. WE ARE TRYING TO COORDINATE SO THAT WE'RE NOT COMING IN RIGHT AFTER EACH OTHER. I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION, BUT I'LL ASK IF ANYBODY ELSE AFTER THAT. I'M GOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE GREENVILLE PROJECT, IT'S A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE. SO NEXT YEAR, THE CONSTRUCTION. HAVE YOU. I'M SURE THERE IS PLENTY OF TIME RIGHT NOW TO LOOK AT THAT, HOW THAT WOULD IMPACT THE TRAFFIC IN THE AREA. SO THAT I MEAN, I THINK I'M SURE IF IT IS NOT DONE, IT WILL BE DONE, I GUESS, RIGHT? YES. WE'RE STILL RELATIVELY EARLY IN THE DESIGN OF THAT PROJECT, BUT THAT IS THAT IS A CONSIDERATION, GIVEN THE VOLUMES ON THAT STREET AND THE RELATIVELY CONSTRICTED RIGHT OF WAY. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK INTO. BUT THAT'S GOOD IF WE CAN REDUCE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC THROUGH THAT. OTHERWISE 75 SHUT DOWN, PEOPLE GO THROUGH. GREAT DEAL. SO THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. OF COURSE. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO
[6. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE 2026-2031 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN OVERVIEW]
ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS 2026 THROUGH 2031. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN OVERVIEW. MR. MAGNER, THANK YOU, MAYOR, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. CHARLES IS GOING TO LEAD THIS BRIEFING AGAIN. I, I HOPE YOU TAKE AS MUCH PRIDE AS IN WHAT CHARLES IS ABOUT TO PRESENT, AS WE DO AS A CITY STAFF, NEVER IN THE CITY'S HISTORY. AND I SAID THIS LAST YEAR, BUT IT'S TRUE AGAIN THIS YEAR. NEVER IN THE CITY'S HISTORY HAVE WE INVESTED MORE IN CAPITAL PROJECTS, NOR HAVE WE HAD AS MANY PROJECTS. AND SO, COUNCILMAN, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT DRIVING AROUND AND SEE A LOT OF WORK, CHARLES IS ABOUT TO DESCRIBE JUST HOW MUCH HE. AND CAPITAL PROJECTS AND TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY AND WATER WASTEWATER ARE, ARE DOING TO KEEP OUR CORE INFRASTRUCTURE IN AS GOOD A SHAPE AS POSSIBLE. SO, CHARLES, AGAIN, THANKS FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. I'LL TURN IT OVER YOU FOR SURE. AS WE'VE SAID IN OTHER VENUES, I HOPE YOU LIKE THE COLOR ORANGE BECAUSE WE'LL BE SEEING A LOT OF IT, BUT I'M PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT WILL COVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, AND DISCUSS SPECIFICALLY HOW WE'LL START TO IMPLEMENT THE 2026 BOND PROGRAM. SINCE IT WAS APPROVED EARLIER THIS YEAR.THIS DOES DIRECTLY CORRELATE TO COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC PLAN BECAUSE THERE IS A COUNCIL TACTIC IN THERE ABOUT MAINTAINING A MULTI-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. SO NOW THAT WE HAVE A BIG PIECE OF THE PUZZLE WITH THE 2026 BOND PROGRAM, THIS KIND OF SHOWS HOW IT ALL ALL COMES TOGETHER. THE OVERVIEW OF THIS PRESENTATION WILL WALK US THROUGH AT A HIGH LEVEL, THE VARIOUS ELEMENTS THAT MAKE UP THE WORK PLAN FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OR SO, AND THEN TALK NEXT STEPS AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE. SO THIS IS KIND OF A SUMMARY SHEET OF WHAT MAKES UP THE FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND SAY THAT WE SAY FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. THERE'S A COUPLE OF CAVEATS TO THAT. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE BOND PROGRAM, HOW THERE'S FIRE STATION SEVEN, WHICH WILL ACTUALLY BE YEAR SIX. WE'RE JUST GOING AHEAD AND INCLUDING THAT IN HERE FOR FOR PURPOSES AS WELL AS THE DART GMP PROGRAM. THAT'S ACTUALLY A SIX YEAR PROGRAM. BUT JUST FOR SIMPLICITY'S SAKE, WE'RE SHOWING THAT IN HERE IN THESE NUMBERS. IN TOTAL, IT ACTUALLY EQUATES TO ABOUT 175 PROJECTS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. AND THOSE ARE BROKEN UP INTO THESE CATEGORIES. WE HAVE THE 2021 AND CITY HALL BOND PROGRAM. WE HAVE SOME REMAINING PROJECTS IN THERE THAT EQUATE TO ABOUT $77.5 MILLION OR SO THAT THAT COST IS ABOUT HALF THE LIBRARY IN CITY HALL, AND THEN ABOUT HALF OF SOME OF THE REMAINING STREETS PROJECTS THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IN THE LAST PRESENTATION. WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WATER AND WASTEWATER IN THE CAPITAL PLAN ON THAT SIDE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE RECENT RATE STUDY THAT WAS PRESENTED A FEW WEEKS AGO. AND LOOKING AT IT IN THIS WINDOW, THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT $110 MILLION IN VARIOUS PROJECTS. YOU HAVE YOUR DRAINAGE UTILITY PROJECTS.
THAT'S THE ALLOCATION THAT WE PUT TO CAPITAL PROJECTS FROM THE DRAINAGE UTILITY FUND EVERY YEAR FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. YOUR DART INITIATIVES I JUST MENTIONED, THAT ARE ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT $26.5 MILLION. THEN YOUR SPECIAL MAINTENANCE INITIATIVES, WHICH ARE VARIOUS PROJECTS THAT WE DO THAT WE LIKE TO LEVERAGE GRANT FUNDS WITH THAT TOTAL, ABOUT $44 MILLION. THEN YOUR ANNUAL STREET AND ALLEY MAINTENANCE FUNDS AT ABOUT $22.5 MILLION.
AND THEN WE GET INTO THE 2026 BOND PROGRAM, ALL TOTALED. THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT $528 MILLION SPENT OVER THE NEXT ROUGHLY FIVE YEARS. I WON'T GO THROUGH THIS MAP IN DETAIL, BUT IT IS INTENDED TO CONVEY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE VISUALLY. AND BASICALLY, WE HAVE A LOT OF INVESTMENT GOING ON ALL OVER THE CITY IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF QUICK
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SUMMARY OF, OF HOW ALL THOSE PROGRAMS LAY OUT ACROSS THE CITY. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR REFERENCE IF WE NEED TO LATER ON. THIS IS A KIND OF STATUS UPDATE OF THE 2021 AND CITY HALL BOND PROGRAM. WE JUST DISCUSSED HOW WE'VE COMPLETED A LOT OF THE STREETS PROGRAMS, AND I GAVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE STREET PROJECTS THAT ARE STILL IN DESIGN OR CONSTRUCTION, SO I WON'T GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN AGAIN. BUT BY THE END OF THE YEAR, BASICALLY WE'LL ONLY HAVE THOSE THAT ARE IN DESIGN AND AND WEST SHORE IN REMAINING UNDER CONSTRUCTION. EVERYTHING ELSE WILL BE COMPLETED. WE'RE CONTINUING TO MAKE PROGRESS ON LIBRARY AND CITY HALL. I MENTIONED OUR SIDEWALKS SHOULD BE DONE THIS FALL. AND THEN WE'VE ALREADY COMPLETED THE DRAINAGE AND THE PARKS PROPOSITION. SO MAKING GOOD PROGRESS TOWARDS WRAPPING THOSE UP. WATER, WASTEWATER. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT MAKES UP THAT $110 MILLION. MOST OF THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS ARE ABOUT UPSIZING CAPACITY TO ACCOMMODATE GROWTH. THAT'S THE WE TALKED ABOUT THE GREENVILLE AVENUE PROJECT. UNDERNEATH THAT, WE'RE UPGRADING THE SEWER TO HANDLE ADDITIONAL GROWTH IN THE AREA ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY. TALKING ABOUT UPGRADING SEWER TRUNK MAIN THAT GOES ALONG COTTONWOOD CREEK FOR THE SAME PURPOSE TO TO ACCOMMODATE GROWTH ON THAT PART OF TOWN. AND THEN YOU SEE IN THE NOTES, THERE ARE SEVERAL PRIORITY PROJECTS THAT CAME OUT OF THE WATER MASTER PLAN THAT WE MENTIONED WHEN WE DID THE WATER WASTEWATER DEEP DIVE THAT WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED THAT ARE INTENDED TO ADD CAPACITY ON THE WATER SIDE OF THINGS. AND THEN THE REST OF THOSE ARE JUST ANNUAL PROJECTS THAT WE SET ASIDE FUNDING FOR TO UPGRADE AND REHAB VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEM. SO THERE ARE MANY PROJECTS THAT MAKE UP THOSE, THOSE NUMBERS.BUT FOR, FOR SUMMARY SAKE, JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHTING THOSE IN, IN BY CATEGORY. I MENTIONED THE SPECIAL MAINTENANCE INITIATIVES. THESE ARE WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO LEVERAGE GRANT DOLLARS. WE'VE DISCUSSED MANY OF THESE AGAIN, IN THE TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY DEEP DIVE, AS A LOT OF THEM ARE EITHER CROSSING OR SIGNAL OR CORRIDOR UPGRADES TO IMPROVE VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IF YOU COMPARE OUR LOCAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE ESTIMATED COST OF THESE PROJECTS, WE'RE BASICALLY DOUBLING OUR DOLLARS THROUGH THE USE OF GRANT DOLLARS ON ON MANY OF THESE PROJECTS, FOR A TOTAL OF LOCAL SPENT OF ABOUT $19 MILLION TO GET ABOUT $44 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS COMPLETE. SIMILARLY, DART PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS. YOU MAY RECALL A COUPLE YEARS AGO, DART HAD THE PTI. THAT'S THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS THAT THEY PROVIDED CERTAIN MEMBER CITIES WITH. WE GOT ABOUT $14 MILLION. AT THE END OF THE SUMMER. WE'LL HAVE SPENT ALL OF THOSE FUNDS ON THE PROJECTS THAT WE MENTIONED TO YOU PREVIOUSLY. THOSE ARE LISTED THERE. AND THEN AS WE SHIFT AND START TO LOOK AHEAD TO THE GENERAL MOBILITY PROGRAM FUNDS THAT THEY WILL CONTRIBUTE OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS, WE'VE IDENTIFIED A FEW OF THE EARLY PROJECTS. AGAIN, THAT'S THAT COYOTE ROAD PROJECT THAT WE MENTIONED IN THE LAST PRESENTATION, AS WELL AS AN OVERLAY OF ABRAMS AND AN OVERLAY OF FLOYD, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL OF NEW BIKE LANES ON FLOYD AS WELL. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE EARLY PROJECTS. AND THEN WE'LL PRIORITIZE ADDITIONAL PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE TO SPEND THE REMAINING ABOUT $21 MILLION OF THAT. AND NOW WE GET TO THE 2026 BOND PROGRAM. AS A REMINDER, THAT PROGRAM CONSISTED OF FIVE PROPOSITIONS TOTALING ABOUT $223 MILLION, STREETS BEING MORE THAN HALF OF THAT AT A 132 MILLION, FOLLOWED BY THREE FIREFIGHTING FACILITIES AT 36 MILLION, VARIOUS PARK IMPROVEMENTS AT ABOUT 22 MILLION, AND THEN 16.5 MILLION EACH FOR SIDEWALKS AND DRAINAGE. THEN WHEN WE WE TAKE THAT AND WE THINK ABOUT, OKAY, HOW ARE WE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THIS? WHAT ARE WE GOING TO PRIORITIZE? WE LOOK AT A VARIETY OF CONSIDERATIONS, STARTING WITH THE DESIGN STATUS. IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE ALREADY HAVE DESIGN STARTED OR MAYBE NEARING COMPLETION OR IT'S A SIMPLE DESIGN THAT WE CAN GET DONE QUICKLY. WE MAY PRIORITIZE THOSE IF THERE'S SOME SORT OF FUNDING DEADLINE THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING, OR JUST GENERALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE SPENDING FUNDS THAT WE HAVE ISSUED IN A TIMELY MANNER, LOOKING FOR PROJECTS THAT WILL HELP US ADVANCE THAT, THEN JUST YOUR TYPICAL KIND OF CONDITION ASSESSMENT, WHAT WHAT CAN HOLD LONGER TO PERHAPS DELAY UNTIL LATER IN THE PROGRAM VERSUS WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE SOONER? OBVIOUSLY, STAKEHOLDER INPUT IS IMPORTANT, AS WELL AS COORDINATION WITH OTHER REGIONAL PROVIDERS. I MENTIONED THE MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT COORDINATION THAT WE DO, AND THEN JUST GENERAL STAFF WORKLOAD CAPACITY. SO TAKING ALL THAT INTO ACCOUNT, THIS IS THIS IS JUST THE BOND PROJECTS
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BY YEAR IN THIS PRESENTATION. SO STARTING IN FY 27 WITH, WITH THE BLUE AREAS AND BLUE PROJECTS, THEN FY 28 AND THE GREEN, THEN ORANGE, THE DARKER BLUE, PURPLE COLOR GRAY, AND THEN THE ONE PINK PROJECT IN FY 32. AND YOU'LL NOTE THAT GENERALLY SPEAKING. THIS IS THE YEAR THAT WE START DESIGN. SO I CAUTION ANYONE TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THIS MAP AND SAY, OH, THIS, THIS IS ON HERE FOR A PARTICULAR YEAR. THAT MEANS I'M GOING TO LOOK OUT MY FRONT DOOR THAT YEAR AND SEE IT STARTED. THAT'S WHEN WE START DESIGNING. SOME OF THESE DESIGNS CAN TAKE MANY MONTHS UP TO A YEAR. SO IT MAY ACTUALLY BE THE FOLLOWING YEAR BEFORE YOU SEE ANY CONSTRUCTION STARTED. BUT JUST FOR FOR THIS, WE LAID IT OUT BY WHEN WE START DESIGN OF THE PROJECT AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS TRAIL OFF AS YOU GET FURTHER INTO THE BOND PROGRAM. JUST BECAUSE WE'RE INITIATING PROJECTS, MANY PROJECTS EARLY ON. BUT AGAIN, AS YOU WORK THROUGH DESIGN, WHEN YOU GET INTO THE OUTER YEARS, FY 3531, THAT'S SOME SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING THAT WE'RE DOING JUST TO FUND UP CONSTRUCTION, NOT TO LAUNCH NEW PROJECTS NECESSARILY. SO THOSE PROJECTS ARE ALREADY ACCOUNTED FOR KIND OF EARLIER IN, IN, IN THE, IN THE MAP. SO THIS IS JUST A TABLE THAT SHOWS, AGAIN, THAT ISSUANCE AMOUNT ESTIMATED BY YEAR FOR THE FIVE AND THEN SIX YEARS, IF YOU INCLUDE FIRE STATION SEVEN. AND AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT EVERY YEAR. WE'LL OBVIOUSLY ASSESS BASED ON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, FINANCIAL CONDITIONS, STATUS OF PROJECTS, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT THIS IS THIS IS OUR PLAN. AND WE'LL ADJUST AS AS NECESSARY. SO WHAT PROJECTS ARE THOSE SPECIFICALLY ON PROP A FOR STREETS. WE HAVE OUR COMMERCIAL STREETS. THAT'S THE RESIDENTIAL SECTION THAT I MENTIONED AS WELL AS COLLECTORS WATER VIEW DRIVE AND SOUTH OF WEATHER DRIVE AND THEN GETTING INTO RESIDENTIAL STREETS, YOUR MARTHA MANOR, FRANCIS WAY, HIDDEN DRIVE, RIDGE HAVEN AND CANYON CREEK PLAZA, AND THEN YOUR 5 MILLION FOR THE CONCRETE PANEL REPLACEMENT TOTALING ABOUT $13 MILLION. THE OTHER PART OF THE PROP A YOUR ALLEYS. THAT'S THE FIRST COUPLE ALLEY GROUPS THERE, TOTALING JUST SHY OF $1 MILLION, I THINK. AND THEN TRAFFIC WILL START TRAFFIC KIND OF FRONT LOADS SOME OF THEIR EQUIPMENT PURCHASES JUST BECAUSE THOSE ARE LONGER LEAD TIME ITEMS. SO WE'LL, WE'LL DO THAT AND THEN START DESIGN ON THE TWO NEW INTERSECTIONS OF SHARP AND RENNER AND BELTLINE WEATHERED, AS WELL AS DESIGN ON PLANO, GREENVILLE AND BELTLINE AND SAINT JOHN'S, AS WELL AS START ON THE TRAFFIC ZONE FLASHER PROJECT. SO ADDING OR REPLACING THE FLASHERS WHEREVER THERE ARE FLASHERS CURRENTLY. ON PROP B, WE'LL START DESIGN AND PROBABLY CONSTRUCTION ON BOTH THE FIRE APPARATUS BUILDING BEHIND FIRE STATION FIVE AND THE REMODEL. IN ADDITION ON ON FIRE STATION SIX, WE'RE CONSIDERING TRYING TO COMBINE THOSE PROJECTS INTO ONE PROJECT JUST TO GET A HIGHER CALIBER OF OF CONTRACTOR HAVEN'T FINALIZED THAT DECISION YET, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THINKING. SO WE'RE KIND OF TAKING THOSE FORWARD IN TANDEM TO LEAVE THAT OPTION OPEN. THEN FOR PARKS, STARTING THE DESIGN OF THE CANYON CREEK POOL, AS WELL AS THE BRIDGE AND TRAIL CONNECTION AND BRECKENRIDGE PARK, AND THEN STARTING THE FIRST THREE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRST THREE PLAYGROUNDS UNDER THAT PROPOSITION FOR HUFFINES, WOODS CREEK HOLLOW AND THE RICHLAND PARK PLAYGROUND. AND THEN WE'LL START THE FIRST RESIDENTIAL AREA FIRST UNDER SIDEWALKS, AS WELL AS ISSUE SOME FUNDING FOR STARTING TO FEEL SOME OF THOSE SIDEWALK GAPS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED. HAVEN'T SELECTED THOSE AREAS YET. WE'LL BE DOING THAT IN COORDINATION WITH TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY OVER THE COMING MONTHS. ALSO, LOOKING AT WHAT ARE SOME OF UPCOMING GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE TO TO FURTHER THOSE DOLLARS. SO SEEING WHAT WOULD MAKE THE MOST SENSE AND GIVE US THE BEST CHANCE FOR, FOR OBTAINING THOSE GRANTS. AND THEN LASTLY, UNDER FLOOD PREVENTION, ADVANCING THE DESIGN, WE'RE AT 30% DESIGN NOW, BUT ADVANCING IT TO 100% FOR THE LOWEST BRANCH, PHASE ONE AND TWO, AND THEN AN EROSION CONTROL PROJECT NEAR THE SPRING CREEK NATURE AREA TO PROTECT AN AERIAL SANITARY SEWER CROSSING OVER OVER THAT CREEK. SO THAT'S WHAT JUST YEAR ONE OF OF THE BOND PROGRAM LOOKS LIKE, JUST TO KIND OF SIMPLIFY THE MAP A LITTLE BIT. AND THEN THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT EXCEPT ANY FEEDBACK YOU HAVE. AND THEN COMMENCE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE YEAR ONE PLAN. COUNCIL MEMBER DORIAN THANK YOU CHARLES. THANK YOU. GREAT PRESENTATION. AND BY THE WAY, THERE'S QUITE A BIT ON HERE FOR THE FIRST YEAR THAT THAT LOOKS GOOD. AND I THINK[00:45:03]
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE REAL HAPPY TO HAVE SOME NICE UPGRADED INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT THE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. YES. I MIGHT HAVE A QUESTION ON WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR MCKINNEY SPRINGS? THE, THE, THE PLAYGROUND IS THAT IS THAT WHAT IT IS? IT'S GOING TO BE THE NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. YES. THERE'S THERE'S A NEW PLAYGROUND PLANNED FOR THAT PARK. SO IT HASN'T BEEN DESIGNED YET. BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE INTENT. IS THERE GOING TO BE POTENTIALLY IN THE IN THE FUTURE, MAYBE EXCAVATING SOME OF THE, I GUESS THE CREEK AREA AND CREEK BED AND MAYBE POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT SOME DESIGN OPTIONS THERE. WE CAN TALK ABOUT PARKS WITH THAT. I DON'T THINK THEY'VE GOTTEN THAT FAR INTO THEIR THINKING, BUT WE CAN WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH IS TO REVIEW AND[7. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE KEY TO THE CITY NOMINATION FOR THE HONORABLE RAY NOAH ]
DISCUSS THE KEY TO THE CITY NOMINATION FOR THE HONORABLE RAY NOAH, JUST BEFORE HANDING IT OFF TO OUR CITY MANAGER. YOU KNOW, I THINK TO SOME DEGREE, THIS KEY TO THE CITY RE REDO WAS A BIT MOTIVATED BY KIND OF SEEING WHAT PLANO WAS DOING IN TERMS OF THE WAY THEY WERE HONORING INITIALLY SOME OF THEIR FORMER MAYORS. THE ONE I GOT TO BE THERE FOR WAS FOR MAYOR LAROSILIERE THAT I THINK MAYBE A COUPLE OTHER FOLKS WERE AT AS WELL. AND SO, YOU KNOW, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, KIND OF THE OBVIOUS STARTING POINT WOULD BE OUR OLDEST LIVING MAYOR AND ONE WHO SERVED FOR QUITE SOME TIME. SO WITH THAT, MR. MAGNUM, I'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU KIND OF TAKE IT FROM HERE AND MAYBE GIVE US A RUNDOWN. WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I NEGLECTED TO RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE TAHMEED RAHMAN TAHMEED IS ONE OF OUR PROGRAM MANAGERS. HE WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING CHARLES PUT TOGETHER THE PROGRAM. AND SO TO ME, THANKS. I THINK THIS IS YOUR FIRST COUNCIL MEETING. WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND GREAT WORK ON THE CAPITAL PLAN. SO I APOLOGIZE FOR FOR MISSING THAT.SO, MAYOR, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS JUST SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT RAYMOND NOAH.
WE ALL KNOW HIM VERY WELL, BUT JUST AS CONTEXT, THEN I WOULD TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU, MAYOR, FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. BUT JUST FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY NOT KNOW, RAYMOND NOAH SERVED AS THE MAYOR OF RICHARDSON FROM 1968 TO 1983. HE LED THE CITY THROUGH APPROXIMATELY APPROXIMATELY 73% OF ITS POPULATION GROWTH WHILE EMPHASIZING QUALITY PUBLIC SERVICES FISCAL STEWARDSHIP, WHICH WE STILL STAND FOR TODAY. RAY SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS FROM 1971 TO 1972. HE CHAIRED THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL FROM 1974 TO 1975, AND SERVED ON BOTH THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL. HE PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE CREATION AND LONG TERM SUCCESS OF DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT. AS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE BOARD IN 1984. HE SERVED IN THAT ON THE BOARD FOR 16 YEARS. HE PROVIDED LEADERSHIP AT DARPA FOR PROVIDING. BY CHAIRING THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, NUMEROUS KEY TASK FORCE. HE CHAMPIONED REGIONAL MOBILITY AND HELPED LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE SUCCESSFUL ESTABLISHMENT OF DART. AS ONE OF THE EARLIER REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVES, HE WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING RESTRUCTURE US 75 THE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT INTO MULTIPLE PHASES, ACCELERATING COMPLETION BY AN ESTIMATED 5 TO 10 YEARS. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN PLANNING, PLANNING AND ADVANCING STATE HIGHWAY 190 PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE BY PROMOTING THE OUTER LOOP CONCEPT, IDENTIFYING VIABLE CORRIDORS, AND THEN LEADING THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION EFFORTS. HE CONSISTENTLY ADVOCATED FOR REGIONAL SOLUTIONS TO LOCAL CHALLENGES, INCLUDING BEING A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT. THE JOINT PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING BY ESTABLISHING THE TRI-CITY POLICE ACADEMY, WHICH SERVED US UP FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, DEVELOPED A. THE RICHARD RUSSELL FIRE TRAINING CENTER, WHICH NOW IS OUR FIRE TRAINING CENTER IN EOC AND DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL FISCAL STEWARDSHIP, HELPING RICHARDSON MAINTAIN ONE OF THE LOWEST TAX RATES FOR NEARLY THREE DECADES. HE CONTINUED PUBLIC SERVICE AFTER SERVING AS MAYOR BY ACTING AS A MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE. WORKING WITH KENT VERY CLOSELY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. HE WAS ALSO AN ASSOCIATE JUDGE FOR THE CITY OF PARKER, AS WELL AS MUNICIPAL JUDGE FOR DESOTO AND MURPHY. HE WAS VERY, VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS TO HE RICHARDSON. SUPPORTED HIGHER EDUCATION BY HELPING SECURE THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS BOARD OF REGENTS. APPROVAL FOR THE EXPANSION OF UT DALLAS INTO A FOUR YEAR. FOUR YEAR AND GRADUATE INSTITUTION. AND THEN HE WAS VERY, VERY, VERY INVOLVED LOCAL WITH THE YMCA RICHARDSON FAMILY OUTREACH PROGRAM, THE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. AND I COULD GO ON AND ON AND ON, BUT I'LL STOP THERE, MAYOR, AND
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TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU. HOPEFULLY, THAT CONTEXT WILL BE HELPFUL FOR THE CONVERSATION TONIGHT. YES. SO DEFINITELY WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO COUNCIL, SEE WHAT THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS, ITEMS OF CONSIDERATION. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE. YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK WHEN WE CREATED THIS PROGRAM RIGHT NOW AS THE REASON WE CREATED A PROGRAM LIKE THIS, I MEAN, YOU HEARD THE RESUME THERE, AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF SERVICE STUFF THAT WE COULD ONLY ASPIRE TO AS FOLKS THAT LIKE TO SERVE THIS CITY AND THIS REGION. SO I THINK THAT HE MEETS THE EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT ESTABLISHING THIS PROGRAM. SO I'M IN SUPPORT OF IT. COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MAYOR, I AGREE WITH A LOT. A LOT OF WHAT COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE JUST SHARED. THE WHAT AM I KIND OF, I GUESS, RED FLAGS OR CONCERNS WHEN WE FIRST INITIATED THIS IS THAT WE WOULD COME THROUGH AND JUST GIVE A KEY TO THE CITY, TO EVERY MAYOR. AND WHILE I DON'T THINK THAT EVERY ELECTED PERSON SHOULD GET A KEY, I DO THINK THAT RAY NOAH STANDS IN A CLASS OF HIS OWN. I THINK THAT PREVIOUS COUNCILS HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT BY NAMING OUR MUNICIPAL COURTS AFTER HIM. AND IT'S NOT JUST THAT HE IS HIS SERVICE AS MAYOR, BUT OBVIOUSLY WITH DART AND IN THE COURTS AS WELL. SO I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THIS. I MAY NOT SAY THE SAME GOING FORWARD WITH OTHERS, BUT IN THIS CASE, RAY NOAH IS IN A CLASS OF HIS OWN. MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER. I 100% AGREE. I JUST HAVE A PROCESS QUESTION. SO WILL THIS WILL THIS BE A MOTION, AN APPROVAL TONIGHT OR BECAUSE IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY LISTED THAT WAY ON THE AGENDA? SO I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE PROCESS.YES, MAYOR, WITH THE CONSENSUS OF COUNCIL, YOU CAN DIRECT ME TO PROCEED AND I WILL. WE HAVE SOME INITIAL IDEAS AND TIMING THAT I'VE BEEN CONSIDERING, SO I CAN GO AHEAD AND FINALIZE THOSE AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO YOU AS A PLAN. AND I GUESS I'M JUST ASKING IN THE FUTURE FROM A PROCESS PERSPECTIVE, SHOULD IT ACTUALLY BE A MOTION AND APPROVAL IN THAT IN THAT RESPECT, I'M JUST 100% SUPPORT, RAY. I'M NOT I'M NOT QUESTIONING THAT. I'M JUST ASKING THE PROCESS BECAUSE I KIND OF THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. WE PUT IT AS AN AGENDA ITEM. WE WOULD THEN FORMALLY TAKE A VOTE TO APPROVE IT BECAUSE THERE MAY BE AGAIN, I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT WORDS IN IN COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS MOUTH, BUT HE THERE MAY BE THERE MAY BE SOME THAT COME DOWN THAT IT'S NOT UNANIMOUS. I MEAN, I'M MY SENSE IS PROBABLY THIS ONE WILL BE. I THINK THAT'S VERY APPROPRIATE. BUT THERE MAY BE SOME IN THE FUTURE. SO I JUST I'M JUST ASKING THE PROCESS. IT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND I'LL LOOK FOR SOME DIRECTION FROM YOU. SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THAT VOTE JUST ON, ON THE WHETHER WE DO IT OR NOT, OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THAT VOTE, HAVING SOME OF THE DETAILS OF THE EVENT AND AND, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THAT WERE MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY. SO I'M OPEN TO IT EITHER WAY. YOU TELL ME IF YOU IF YOU'D LIKE TO JUST TAKE THE VOTE AND LEAVE IT AND DIRECT ME TO FACILITATE IT, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT. OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR SOME OF THE DETAILS OF, OF THE ASSOCIATED EVENT AND THOSE KIND OF CONSIDERATIONS, HOWEVER YOU PREFER TO DO IT IS ABSOLUTELY OKAY WITH US. WE'LL FINISH THE CONVERSATION AND DIRECT YOU ONE DIRECTION OR THE OTHER. BUT I THINK THAT'S FAIR AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD POINT. OKAY. THANKS, COUNCILMEMBER GRIFFIN. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WELL, I MEAN, MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS WOULD BE A VOTE BECAUSE WE WANTED LIKE SUPERMAJORITY. SO WITHOUT HAVING A VOTE MOTION, WE'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW THAT. I THINK THAT WAS NOT A QUESTION. I THINK IT'S PRETTY MUCH UNDERSTOOD MY PART, I CAN TELL YOU, AND I WAS HOPING THAT I WOULD GET SOME PRESENTATION, MORE DETAIL ABOUT CANDIDATE, THIS CANDIDATE. DEFINITELY UNQUESTIONABLE. WE ALL KNOW THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT ANYONE CAN RAISE FLAG EVEN IF THEY WANT TO. SO I WOULD SUPPORT THIS ONE DEFINITELY WITHOUT HESITATION. BUT EVEN FOR THE FUTURE, I WOULD NOT REALLY HESITATE TO SUPPORT OTHER MEMBERS, OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS CONTRIBUTION BECAUSE WHENEVER THEY DO THOSE THINGS, THESE ARE ALL PRETTY MUCH VOLUNTEER TIME AND SIGNIFICANT HOURS HAS BEEN SPENT. AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF THE PAST CONTRIBUTION. SO I WOULD NOT REALLY HOLD MY VOTE NOT TO GIVE SOMEONE SOMETHING RECOGNIZING THOSE. SO. BUT YES, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME PRESENTATION. I KNOW THAT WILL BE A LITTLE MORE EXTRA WORK. I THINK IT WAS UNDERSTOOD THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THAT MANY CASES. EVEN IF WE GIVE CASE, IF WE SEE SOME PRESENTATION THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IN THE FUTURE. THAT'S GREAT FEEDBACK. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER DORIAN. THANK YOU. I AGREE, I THINK THIS IS THE MAIN REASON WHY WE DECIDED TO CREATE THIS PROGRAM, AND I CAN'T AGREE MORE. AND I SUPPORT 100% FOR FOR RAY NOAH TO
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RECEIVE THE KEY OF THE CITY. WONDERFUL. COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU MAYOR, MAYOR AND DON TO TO COUNCILMAN SAMUELS POINT FOR ME. I DON'T I THINK THE DISCUSSION OF ONE WE DID DISCUSS THE SUPERMAJORITY. SO I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE A VOTE. AND THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM, FOR BRINGING THAT UP. THAT PROCEDURAL QUESTION. THE DETAILS OF THE PRESENTATION TO ME ISN'T AS IMPORTANT BECAUSE I THINK THE INSTRUCTION DISCUSSION WAS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS KIND OF WE'RE NOT CREATING A WHOLE WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO SOMETHING THAT BANK OF AMERICA THEATER TO DO THIS. THIS IS AS PART OF SOMETHING ELSE OR, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK THE BUDGET WAS A BIG CONSIDERATION. AND ALSO WE DON'T WANT TO DO A BIG THING FOR ONE PERSON AND A SMALLER THING FOR THE NEXT. AND THEN YOU RUN INTO, WHY WAS THIS BIGGER THAN MY CELEBRATION TYPE SITUATION? NOT THAT I THINK RAY OR ANYBODY RELATED RAY WOULD EVER BRING THAT UP, BUT DOWN THE ROAD, AS MORE OF THESE ARE GIVEN OUT. SO THAT PIECE IS AS IMPORTANT TO ME ON THE VOTE. I THINK IT'S MORE ABOUT THE PRESENTATION THERE ON WHO THE PERSON WAS. OBVIOUSLY, WE ALL KNOW RAY AND BUT FOR THOSE MAYBE YOUNGER OR THOSE WHO AREN'T HAVEN'T BEEN AROUND AS LONG. YOU KNOW, HAVING A PRESENTATION ON A BOARD AND SOMETHING THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. SO WHEN THEY GO BACK AND REVIEW, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BUT THE DETAILS OF THE ACTUAL EVENT, NOT AS IMPORTANT TO ME PERSONALLY. COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE. YEAH. I MEAN, I ANTICIPATE THERE WOULD BE A VOTE TO I ASSUMED WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING TONIGHT AND THEN IT WOULD BE ON THE AGENDA NEXT WEEK, CONSENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, UNLESS THERE WAS A CONCERN ABOUT SUPERMAJORITY, WE CAN MAKE IT AN ACTION ITEM. SO I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE THAT WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT A PROCEDURE AND I THINK WE SHOULD FOLLOW IT. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'RE HEARING UNANIMOUS SUPPORT, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD FOLLOW THAT PROCEDURE. YEAH. SO, MR. MAGNER, I THINK OVERALL IT SOUNDS LIKE NOT FOR THIS ONE SINCE WE'RE ALL COMFORTABLE AND FAMILIAR, BUT PERHAPS THIS WORK SESSION ITEM IN THE FUTURE MIGHT BE A POWERPOINT OR SOMETHING THAT HAS SOME OF THESE POINTS ON IT.AND FOR THE SAKE OF MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A SUPERMAJORITY AND IT'S OFFICIALLY VOTED ON, HAVING IT BE AN ACTION ITEM, IT SOUNDS LIKE WILL BE A GREAT WAY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND SO FOR IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THAT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. I KNOW THERE WERE A COUPLE OTHER DETAILS THAT YOU WANTED TO SHARE WHILE WE ARE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION, AT LEAST YOU GUYS CAN CONSUME THIS OR AT LEAST BEGIN TO CONSIDER IT AS WELL. SO DO YOU WANT TO YEAH, YEAH. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO WE WE HAVE TARGETED A DATE OF AUGUST 20TH TO TO HOLD THE EVENT. IT WOULD BE HELD AT THE MUNICIPAL COURT, VERY APPROPRIATE. AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PAINTING THAT RAY HAS PASSED ON TO US, AND WE MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE UNVEILING OF THAT IN THE COURT AS WELL. THAT WOULD BE A REALLY NEAT, I THINK, A REALLY NEAT ADDITION TO, TO THE TO THE EVENT. AND WE HAVE A COMMITMENT FROM THE RICHARDSON ROTARY TO SPONSOR THE RECEPTION FOR THE EVENT AS WELL. AND SO DOING IT AT THE COURT WITH THE SPONSORSHIP FROM THE ROTARY, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE A VERY MINIMAL IMPACT, IF ANY, TO, TO THE CITY FINANCIALLY. AND SO, MAYOR, I'LL TAKE THAT GUIDANCE. WE CAN EASILY PUT THIS ON AS AN ACTION ITEM, BUT I'LL CONTINUE TO WORK THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST MAYBE ABOUT 5 OR 6 WEEKS OUT FROM THAT, THAT TIME.
SO SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET GET ALL THAT CONFIRMED UP AND, AND GET IT PLANNED. THANK YOU,
[8. CONTINUATION OF PUBLIC HEARING, ZONING FILE ZF 26-09, 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, FAMILY), ARTICLE XXII-A, SEC. 4 (SPECIAL PERMITS, PROPERTY OWNER PROTEST), AND ARTICLE XXIX, SEC. 6 (CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS, PROPERTY OWNER PROTEST). ]
MR. WAGNER. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH IS CONTINUATION OF PUBLIC HEARING ZONING FILE 2609. AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE TO GRANT APPROVAL OF CITY INITIATED AMENDMENTS TO APPENDIX A COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE. ARTICLE ONE, SECTION TWO, ARTICLE 22 A, SECTION FOUR AND ARTICLE 24, SECTION SIX. MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR.MAYOR, AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS A CONTINUATION. I WANT TO THANK KEVIN LOUGHLIN, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. YOU WERE PROVIDED A MEMORANDUM FROM KEVIN ADDRESSING SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE RAISED, BOTH BY LETTER AND DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE PRIOR PUBLIC HEARING. MAYOR, I WILL TELL YOU, IN THE COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE LATITUDE, IF YOU WISH FOR LEGAL CONSULTATION WITH WITH MR. LAUGHLIN TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THAT, OR IF YOU WOULD HAVE MORE GENERIC QUESTIONS FOR KEVIN, THAT WOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED LEGAL CONSULTATION PER SE. YOU CAN YOU CAN ASK THOSE OF KEVIN BEFORE YOU INVITE ANYONE BACK TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU TONIGHT. TINA, OUR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, IS GOING TO LEAD. JUST A RECAP OF THE ISSUES AT HAND, AS WELL AS THE ACTION THAT'S BEEN TAKEN TO DATE. AND THEN MAYOR WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO CONTINUE. THANKS, DINA. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU, JOHN, AGAIN, TINA
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FERGUSON, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. SO I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY PRESENT BOTH AGENDA ITEMS EIGHT AND NINE TO YOU FOR THIS EVENING SINCE THEY ARE RELATED TO EACH OTHER. SO JUST A QUICK BACKGROUND. THE REASON WHY COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE COMPREHENSIVEONING ORDINANCE, AS WELL AS THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, IS TO ALIGN THESE ORDINANCES WITH CHANGES THAT WERE THAT OCCURRED IN THIS PAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION WITH OUR STATE LAWS. SO WE CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS THIS EVENING TO SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON OUR ZONING PROTEST PROCEDURES AND THE DEFINITION OF FAMILY. IN THE FIRST CASE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING WILL BE ZONING FILED 26-09. SO AT YOUR COUNCIL MEETING ON JUNE 15TH, COUNCIL DID VOTE TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING IN THIS AGENDA ITEM TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. THIS WAS IN LIGHT OF DUE TO SOME COMMENTS THAT WERE RECEIVED FROM A RESIDENT. WHILE THEY INDICATED THAT THEY WERE NEUTRAL, THEY DID PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME WRITTEN COMMENTS AND YOU REQUESTED FURTHER REVIEW AND GUIDANCE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY. SO WE CIRCLED BACK WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY, MR. LAUGHLIN, AND REGARDING OUR PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS, AND EVALUATE IT IN TANDEM WITH THE WRITTEN COMMENTS THAT WERE RECEIVED AT THE CONCLUSION OF OUR EVALUATION, WE DETERMINED THAT NO CHANGES WERE NECESSARY.AND AS DON POINTED OUT, MR. LAUGHLIN IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. IF YOU HAVE ANY RELATED TO THIS. SO JUST REAL QUICK, A RECAP OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO OUR DEFINITION. SO THE DEFINITION THAT'S AT THE SHOWN IN BLACK TEXT, THAT'S CURRENTLY WHAT'S WITHIN OUR COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE. AND THE BLUE IS OUR PROPOSED DEFINITION OF FAMILY. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE REWORDED THE DEFINITION STILL KEEPING SOME OF THE SAME ASPECTS OF THE CURRENT DEFINITION, BUT REALLY THAT FOCUS ON SINGLE HOUSEKEEPING UNIT, BUT REMOVING THE REQUIREMENTS OF FAMILIAL RELATIONSHIPS, SINCE THAT'S NO LONGER UNDER THE STATE STATUTE.
AND WE'RE PREEMPTED FROM THAT ASPECT. BUT THEN BUT ALSO PROVIDING SOME INDICATION OF, IDEALLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WOULD TYPICALLY BE CONSIDERED? WE DO HAVE THE LANGUAGE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO AS IT RELATES TO THE VARIOUS POTENTIAL RELATIONSHIP TYPES.
BUT, BUT AGAIN, THAT BUT LIMITED OR THAT INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DOES GIVE US THAT FLEXIBILITY IN OUR DEFINITION. SO AGAIN, IF YOU RECALL FROM OUR APRIL WORK SESSION DISCUSSION IN OUR JUNE PRESENTATION, WE ARE PRESENT. WE ARE PREEMPTIVE, EXCUSE ME, BECAUSE WE DO MEET THE CRITERIA THAT WE'RE PROVIDED FOR IN THE STATE STATUTE, HENCE WHY WE'RE HAVING TO MAKE THIS CHANGE. SO AGAIN, WE CANNOT RESTRICT THE OCCUPANTS IN TERMS OF THEIR FAMILIAL RELATIONSHIP, THEIR AGE, OCCUPATION. BUT I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THAT WE ARE STILL ABLE TO ENFORCE BUILDING AND FIRE CODES. AND THAT IS REAFFIRMED IN SENATE BILL 1567 THAT WAS PASSED. SO WHILE THIS ZONING CHANGE DOES NOT HAVE A LIMITATION ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS RESIDING WITHIN THE HOUSE, IT, THE BUILDING CODE AND FIRE CODE REQUIREMENTS DO KICK IN. AND SO WE. ALL OF OUR CODES, THEY WORK TOGETHER TO PROVIDE THAT ENFORCEMENT OPPORTUNITY AS IT RELATES TO ZONING PROTEST CRITERIA. AGAIN, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE COMING OUT OF THIS STATUTE, AND THIS WAS RELATED TO HOUSE BILL 24, IS PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO LAND BASED ZONING CHANGES AND SPECIAL PERMITS THAT ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. SO THE GOAL OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, OR AT LEAST THE PAST REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION, I THINK THERE WAS A COMMON THEME ON PROMOTING ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. AND THIS IS ONE AREA WHERE THEY DID MAKE SOME TWEAKS TO THE THRESHOLD. CRITERIA FOR THAT WOULD NORMALLY TRIGGER A SUPERMAJORITY VOTE, BUT IN THIS CASE, THE THE LEGISLATURE, WHILE THEY INCREASED THE THRESHOLD FROM 20% TO 60%, IF WE RECEIVE WRITTEN OPPOSITION IN THE AREA THAT'S NOTIFIED, THEY STILL KEPT THE SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE REQUIREMENT INSTEAD OF HAVING THE SUPERMAJORITY. SO IT REALLY EFFECTIVELY RESULTS IN REALLY NO CHANGE FROM THAT ASPECT. BUT AGAIN, I THINK TRYING TO FURTHER ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, THEY TRIED TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS OR I GUESS I SHOULDN'T SAY THEY TRIED TO. THEY DID MAKE CHANGES TO THE STATUTE THAT INCREASED THAT WRITTEN PROTEST PROCEDURE, BUT STILL MAINTAIN THAT SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE. OTHERWISE, THE REST OF WHAT WE'RE ACCUSTOMED TO STILL REMAINS THE SAME. SO AS OF TO DATE, WE DID RECEIVE THE ONE ITEM IN FROM THE RESIDENT THAT WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET. THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID CONSIDER THIS AGENDA ITEM BACK ON MAY 5TH.
THEY DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL UNANIMOUSLY. AND OF COURSE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED, APPROVE IT WITH MODIFICATIONS OR DENY THE REQUEST. SO THE SECOND ITEM THAT I'M PRESENTING TO YOU IS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCE AMENDMENT AS IT RELATES TO OUR PROPERTY MAINTENANCE REGULATIONS. SO AGAIN, THIS AGENDA ITEM WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AT YOUR MEETING ON JUNE 15TH. HOWEVER, COUNCIL TOOK NO ACTION AS A RESULT OF CONTINUING THE PUBLIC HEARING OF THE COMPANION ZONING FILE.
SO AGAIN, THE DEFINITIONS THAT WE WERE PROPOSING IN WITH THIS CODE OF ORDINANCE AMENDMENT ARE THE SAME AS WHAT WE WERE INCLUDED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT, AND SO WE HAVE NOT MADE ANY CHANGES AS PRESENTED IN YOUR DRAFT ORDINANCE. I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS BECAUSE THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, SPECIFICALLY OUR PROPERTY MAINTENANCE REGULATIONS, A PUBLIC HEARING IS NOT REQUIRED, WHEREAS IT WAS ON THE ZONING CASE THAT WE WHICH I. MY APOLOGIES. I SHOULD HAVE NOTED.
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WE DID LEAVE OUT PUBLIC HEARING OPEN. AND OF COURSE, WITH WITH THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM, YOU'RE WELCOME TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED, MAKE MODIFICATIONS OR DENY. SO THIS SLIDE DOES SHOW THE DEFINITIONS. AGAIN THIS MIRRORS WHAT WE HAD, WHAT I JUST PRESENTED TO YOU A MOMENT AGO WITH THE ZONING FILE. AGAIN FOR CONSISTENCY PURPOSES IT'S IMPORTANT THAT OUR DEFINITIONS MATCH UP BOTH IN OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES, BUT AS WELL AS OUR COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE. SO HENCE WHY WE PROPOSE THE SAME DEFINITION FOR BOTH ORDINANCES. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. AND AGAIN, MR. LAUGHLIN IS AVAILABLE AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, IT IS STILL AN OPEN HEARING. AND IF THERE ARE ANY PEOPLE HERE WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THAT. WE HAVE NO CARDS, MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO SPEAK? OKAY. SEEING NONE. COUNCIL MEMBER. JUSTICE MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. RIGHT.MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER. SECOND THAT MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE, A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE. YES, MAYOR. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ZONING FILE 2609 AND ADOPT THE ASSOCIATED ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED. ALL RIGHT, MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE, A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. AND WE'LL MOVE ON
[9. CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS, CHAPTER 6 "BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS", ARTICLE VIII. "PROPERTY MAINTENANCE", SECTION 6.311. "DEFINITIONS" BY AMENDING THE DEFINITION FOR "FAMILY".]
TO ITEM NUMBER NINE, WHICH I KNOW WE JUST HAD THAT PRESENTATION. MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS. CHAPTER SIX BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS. ARTICLE EIGHT PROPERTY MAINTENANCE. SECTION 6.311 DEFINITIONS. BY AMENDING THE DEFINITION FOR FAMILY COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE. SECOND, A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THAT PASSES[10. REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST ]
UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TEN, WHICH IS REPORTING ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS. MAYOR. THANK YOU. I HAVE TWO THINGS THIS EVENING. ONE, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE EVERYBODY INCLUDED OVER AT UTD, INCLUDING ANGELA MARIN, WHO IS THE HEAD OF THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENTS FOR RECEIVING THE FINAL APPROVAL TO JOIN DIVISION TWO OF THE N DOUBLE AND CAA. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY AT UTD. I KNOW THAT'S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY. LOTS OF PEOPLE WORKING ON THAT AND GREAT TO HEAR THAT THEIR HARD WORK IS REWARDED AND UTD CONTINUES TO GROW. AND OF COURSE RICHARDSON ALONG WITH THAT MAYOR EXCUSE. MY VOICE ON THIS, BUT THIS EVENING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, I SUBMITTED TO YOU ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND SENIOR STAFF, MY LETTER OF RESIGNATION. THIS WAS NOT AN EASY DECISION TO MAKE. IT WAS ONE THAT I KNEW WOULD EVENTUALLY COME. BUT IN THAT AND IN OBVIOUSLY IT'S PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO READ THE LETTER, WHICH I'VE SUBMITTED TO EVERYBODY HERE. AND OUR CITY SECRETARY HAS A COPY, AND IT'S AVAILABLE TO ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO TO TAKE A LOOK, BUT I WILL READ THAT FOR THE RECORD. DEAR MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL SERVING THE PEOPLE OF RICHARDSON AS A MEMBER OF THE RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN ONE OF THE GREATEST HONORS OF MY LIFE. AFTER THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION, I HAVE DECIDED TO RESIGN FROM THE. FROM THE CITY COUNCIL SO THAT I MAY DEVOTE MY FULL TIME AND ATTENTION TO MY CAMPAIGN FOR THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF RICHARDSON AND COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE REGION. ACCORDINGLY, I HEREBY SUBMIT MY RESIGNATION TO BECOME EFFECTIVE UPON THE APPOINTMENT AND QUALIFICATION OF MY SUCCESSOR BY THE CITY COUNCIL. I'VE STRUCTURED MY RESIGNATION THIS WAY TO ENSURE CONTINUITY DURING THE COUNCIL'S WORK ON THE UPCOMING BUDGET AND TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT TIME FOR THOUGHTFUL APPOINTMENT PROCESS THAT ALLOWS FOR PUBLIC INPUT AND CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL WHO WILL FILL THE VACANCY. I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, OUR OUTSTANDING CITY STAFF AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE RESIDENTS OF RICHARDSON FOR THE TRUST THEY HAVE PLACED IN ME. SERVING THIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ONE OF THE GREATEST PRIVILEGES OF MY LIFE.[01:10:02]
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR WORK IN THE WEEKS AHEAD AND TO SHARING MORE BEFORE MY SERVICE ON THE COUNCIL CONCLUDES. UNTIL THEN, THANK YOU FOR THE TRUST YOU HAVE PLACED IN ME AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THIS REMARKABLE CITY. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. AND TO CLARIFY, OBVIOUSLY, THERE WAS A LOT OF TIMING AND THOUGHT THAT GO INTO THIS, BUT MY INTENTIONS AND MY DESIRES TO CONTINUE TO SERVE AND HELP US GET THROUGH THIS BUDGET AND ALLOW THE COUNCIL TIME TO DO WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO AND TO LOOK FORWARD AS THIS, AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO DO GREAT THINGS EVERY DAY. SO THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. ANY OTHER ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST? YES. MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER, JUST A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE FROM PARKS TO CITY MANAGEMENT, POLICE, FIRE EVERYONE FOR AN AMAZING 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION. EVERYTHING WENT OFF EXTREMELY WELL AND JUST EXTREMELY APPRECIATIVE FOR EVERYONE'S EFFORT BECAUSE I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK TO PULL THAT EVENT OFF. SO JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO EVERYONE THAT WAS INVOLVED AND HOPE THAT YOU DON, YOU'LL CONVEY THAT TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER SERAFINI. YEAH, I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD A COUPLE MORE THINGS WITH MAYOR PRO TEM. COMMENTS THAT THAT THE ENERGY FROM THE COMMUNITY WAS HUGE. IT'S AS USUAL, SO GOOD TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE COMING OUT AND CELEBRATING 4TH OF JULY. BUT ALSO I'D LIKE TO I DIDN'T PREPARE ANYTHING FOR OUR COUNCIL MEMBER, DAN BARRIOS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WISH YOU THE BEST. AND I'M SURE HE MADE A VERY THOUGHTFUL DECISION. I THINK JUST LIKE TO PUT IT LIKE, KEEP IT THAT THAT MUCH TONIGHT, BUT I WILL HAVE SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE FOR YOU. I'LL GO AHEAD AND GO NEXT. DEFINITELY.COUNCIL MEMBER BARRIOS, THANK YOU OBVIOUSLY, FOR YOUR SERVICE. I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A NUMBER OF WEEKS AS WE GO THROUGH OUR PROCESS, NOT ONLY THROUGH BUDGET, BUT BUT THROUGH THE REPLACEMENT PROCESS THAT WE'VE DEFINED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I'M SURE WE'LL WE'LL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO SAY MUCH LONGER AND LONGER WINDED THINGS ABOUT ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GET THAT OPPORTUNITY LATER. SPEAKING OF NEW MEMBERS OF DIFFERENT COUNCILS, I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE SWEARING IN OF FRISCO'S NEW MAYOR, MARK HILL. IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING SEEING HOW ANOTHER CITY DOES WHAT THEY DO AND THE OUTPOURING OF OF SUPPORT BY THAT COMMUNITY WAS, WAS ALSO KIND OF INTERESTING TO WATCH, CAME BACK WITH ALL SORTS OF NOTES FOR CONSIDERATION FOR FUTURE FUTURE COUNCIL MEETINGS AND THAT SORT OF THING, MOST OF WHICH I PROBABLY MEAN TONGUE IN CHEEK. LAST WEEK I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO. MEET WITH OUR CITY MANAGER, THE CEO OF LENNOX, A LONG TIME, AMAZING CORPORATE PARTNER, AND GETTING A CHANCE TO TO GET TO KNOW HIM AND THE ORGANIZATION THERE BETTER WAS WAS REALLY JUST A GREAT TO SEE THE AMOUNT OF THINGS THEY'RE DOING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH SCHOOLS AND OTHER STUFF WAS REALLY GREAT. AND THEN LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, DART HAS NOW GOTTEN TO THREE FINALISTS. HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF A PANEL THAT WAS DOING A ROUND OF INTERVIEWS THAT INCLUDED CITY MANAGERS AND MAYORS. ON FRIDAY. REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES OF WHAT WHAT COULD COME FOR DART. AND I KNOW THEY DID A WHOLE OPEN HOUSE. I'VE NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING. AN OPEN HOUSE WITH THREE FINALISTS VERSUS AN OPEN HOUSE WITH THE NEW CEO. BUT INTERESTING WAY TO, TO TAKE THINGS AND, AND TO DO THINGS ON THE DART SIDE, A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT. SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, REALLY, REALLY GREAT. ALL RIGHT. IF
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THERE ARE NO OTHER ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST, WE WILL MOVE ON INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION & 551.0711 AND TWO OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING RAILROAD OPERATIONS. THE TIME IS 714, AND LET'S JUST RECONVENE AT 720.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.