[CALL TO ORDER]
[A. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS AND VISITORS FORUM]
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THE REMAINING TIME WILL BE PROVIDED AS A VISITOR'S FORUM OPEN TO ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC IN WHICH THE SUBJECT MATTER IS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY. IF THE FULL 30 MINUTES ALLOCATED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS REACHED AND SPEAKERS HAVE SUBMITTED, A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD MAY SPEAK AT THE VISITORS FORUM SCHEDULED AT THE END OF THE MEETING. ALL SPEAKERS 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 UP TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, ALL SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF FIVE MINUTES AS INDICATED BY THE TIMER. WHEN THE TIMER BEEPS, THE SPEAKER SHOULD CONCLUDE THEIR COMMENTS PROMPTLY. SPEAKERS MUST NOT PHYSICALLY APPROACH MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OR STAFF, AND SHOULD REMAIN DURING THE COMMENT, AND SHOULD REMAIN AT THE PODIUM DURING THE COMMENTS. SPEAKERS WILL, WITH HANDOUTS, MUST PROVIDE THEM TO THE CITY SECRETARY FOR DISTRIBUTION. SPEAKER, SUBMITTING COMMENTS ON THE SAME TOPIC, OR ARE ENCOURAGED TO REDUCE REPETITIVE REMARKS BY 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 CITY MANAGER MAY RESPOND WITH FACTS, A POLICY, A POLICY OR DIRECT CITY STAFF TO RESPOND TO THE SPEAKER. AFTER THE MEETING, THE AUDIENCE IS ASKED TO REFRAIN FROM APPLAUDING OR OTHER EXPRESSIONS OF SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION AND COPY THE COUNCIL RULES OF ORDER AND PROCEDURE, AND THESE GUIDELINES MAY BE FOUND ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. AT THIS TIME, I'D ALSO LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE TO SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONE FOR THE DURATION OF THE MEETING. MR. DARRELL DE. HOW Y'ALL DOING? DARRELL? DAVE 1303. CHICKASAW RICHARDSON AND CONGRATULATIONS, COUNCILMAN BURDETT, YOU'RE GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB. WHAT DID. THERE WE GO. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET. AND YOU'RE THINKING, WAIT A MINUTE. YOU MISSED THAT. IT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, THIS TIME ON THE PUBLIC HEARING PART. IT WAS ON THE CITY WEBSITE THAT THERE WAS A PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, AND THEN LATER IN THAT SAME MEETING, APPROVED THE BUDGET. WELL, HOW CAN YOU APPROVE THE BUDGET THE SAME NIGHT THAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC? SO I WOULD SUGGEST NEXT YEAR, AND I KNOW THERE'S OTHER WAYS FOR THE PUBLIC TO GET INVOLVED IN THE WORKSHOP AND THINGS. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING BE THE FIRST STEP OF THE PROCESS. YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC ON GENERAL DIRECTIONS, THAT YOU WANT THE BUDGET TO GO BEFORE YOU WADE IN AND GO THROUGH THE WORKSHOPS AND EVERYTHING. SO, SO THAT'S ONE SUGGESTION. AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WOULD HAVE HEARD FROM 50 PEOPLE THAT NIGHT, HEY, THIS BUDGET IS GARBAGE, TEAR IT UP AND THEN IT'S ON THE AGENDA TO PASS IT THAT NIGHT.
YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S A PROBLEM. SO SO AGAIN, I WOULD JUST SUGGEST THE PUBLIC HEARING BE THE STARTING POINTOR THE BUDGET PROCESS. SECONDLY, ONE OF THE METRICS IN THE BUDGET WAS COMPARISONS OF RICHARDSON PAY TO OTHER CITIES. AND I'D SAY THAT'S A FALSE METRIC FOR A COUPLE REASONS. NUMBER ONE, IT CAN START AN ARMS RACE. SO IF WE WANT TO BE NUMBER ONE IN WHATEVER CATEGORY ADMIN, WELL, HOW DO WE BECOME NUMBER ONE? WELL, RIDICULOUS EXAMPLE, LET'S PAY EVERYONE $1 MILLION A YEAR. AND THEN NEXT YEAR PLANO PAYS THEIR PEOPLE $2 MILLION A YEAR.
SO TO STAY NUMBER ONE, WE'VE GOT TO PAY OUR PEOPLE $3 MILLION A YEAR. OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S RIDICULOUS EXAMPLE, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT COMPARING THAT SKILL SET TO COMPENSATION IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR MAKES A LOT MORE SENSE. SECONDLY, PART OF A GOVERNMENT JOB IS GETTING SOME SECURITY. AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT PERFECT SECURITY. BUT WHEN MY FATHER WAS A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER, HE TOOK $20,000 A YEAR LESS BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT HE HAD JOB SECURITY. HE WORKED FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO I THINK WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT PART OF THAT COMPENSATION IS SOME JOB SECURITY THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T HAVE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
THIRDLY, IT'S A METRIC THAT I THINK THE PUBLIC DOESN'T CARE ABOUT AS THEY'RE BOUNCING THROUGH THE POTHOLES DOWN ARAPAHOE, ARE THEY SAYING, GOSH, THIS ROAD'S A MESS, BUT AT
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LEAST OUR OUR. SECRETARIES ARE IN THE TOP QUARTILE OF, OF, OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES IN THIS AREA.NO, THEY'RE SAYING FIX THE DAMN POTHOLES. SO IT'S A METRIC THAT I WOULD SUGGEST THE PUBLIC DOESN'T CARE AT ALL ABOUT. SO IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AND AND THIS IS MY AREA OF EXPERTISE.
FOR 28 YEARS I HAD AN EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM. SO COMPENSATION AND ATTRACTING TALENT WAS, WAS MY AREA OF EXPERTISE. I WAS AN HR, A SENIOR PROFESSIONAL OF HUMAN RESOURCES. SO PAY IS CONSISTENTLY NUMBER SIX ON WHAT MAKES PEOPLE HAPPY IN THEIR JOBS. AND THAT WOULD SURPRISE A LOT OF PEOPLE. AND IT DEPENDS HOW YOU PHRASE THE QUESTION. SOMETIMES IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S ANYWHERE FROM NUMBER THREE TO NUMBER EIGHT. AND WHAT KEEPS PEOPLE HAPPY IN THEIR JOBS. BUT YOU CAN OVERPAY PEOPLE. AND IF THEY'VE GOT A BOSS THAT'S VERBALLY ABUSIVE OR, OR THEY DON'T HAVE A PATH TO ADVANCEMENT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LOVE THEIR JOBS. SO I WOULD SUGGEST IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, HOW MUCH PEOPLE LOVE THEIR JOBS WOULD BE A MORE IMPORTANT CRITERIA THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT. INSTEAD OF JUST PAY. AGAIN, PAY IS IMPORTANT. WE WANT TO BE FAIR TO OUR EMPLOYEES, BUT IT'S CONSISTENTLY NUMBER SIX, WHAT MAKES PEOPLE HAPPY AND LOVING THEIR JOBS. SO AGAIN, PUBLIC HEARING. FIRST, LOOK AT HOW THAT SKILL SET IS PAID IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AS THE STARTING POINT FOR HOW WE PAY CITY EMPLOYEES. AND AGAIN, THIS IS FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. DE. DON DOWD. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DON DOWD, FOUNDER OF BETTER BUY RX. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT DRUG COSTS ARE NOT HIGH BY ACCIDENT. THEY ARE HIGH BECAUSE OFFICIALS LIKE YOU AROUND THE COUNTRY KEEP SIGNING BLIND CONTRACTS WITH MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR MIDDLEMEN CALLED PBMS, GIVING YOU. THEY'RE BASICALLY YOU GUYS ARE GIVING THEM LEGAL PERMISSION TO ROB YOU AND TAXPAYERS BLIND FROM. FROM MY RESEARCH, YOU ARE SELF-FUNDED THROUGH A CORE PLAN WHERE BLUE CROSS RUNS YOUR MEDICAL. A PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGER RUNS YOUR PRESCRIPTION. RANDOM DESCRIBES WHAT GENERIC DRUG COSTS AND POCKETS A SECRET MANUFACTURER. KICKBACKS COVER BATES. THAT MIDDLEMAN IS NOT EVEN NAMED ON YOUR PUBLIC BENEFIT PAGE. THEIR CONTRACT IS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND, AND WHEN I TRIED TO SUBMIT A REQUEST ON YOUR WEBSITE, IT LED ME TO A THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE VENDOR, WHICH ASKED ME FOR $300 JUST TO VIEW THE PUBLIC DOCUMENT. NOW, FROM WHAT I LOOKED AT, YOU GUYS ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR PBM BEFORE YOU SIGNED ONE. LET ME TELL YOU HOW BADLY THE CITY OF DALLAS GOT RIPPED OFF. BASICALLY, LAST YEAR, THE CITY OF DALLAS SIGNED A PBM WITH BLUE CROSS AND PRIME, AND THEY PROMISED THE CITY THAT THEY WOULD RECEIVE 100% OF DRUG REBATES. BUT THE ACTUAL CONTRACT STATED THAT THE CITY HAS ZERO LEGAL RIGHTS TO ANY MANUFACTURER REBATES, AND THEY GIVE FIXED CREDITS INSTEAD. THE CONTRACT BASICALLY SAID THAT THE SIGNATURE PAGE OVERRIDES EVERY OTHER DOCUMENT, SO THEY'RE LOSING ABOUT 3 TO $9 MILLION EVERY SINGLE YEAR. AND IF THE CITY SUSPECTS FRAUD AND WANTS TO AUDIT THEIR OWN CLAIMS, THEN THE CONTRACT SAYS THAT THEY HAVE TO BASICALLY USE ONE OF THEIR AUDITORS, WHICH ARE HANDPICKED BY THE PBM ALL THE WAY IN SAINT LOUIS, AND PAY A $15,000 FEE JUST TO GET PERMISSION TO SEE WHERE THE MONEY WAS SPENT. SO BASICALLY, THERE'S A TRANSPARENT MODEL CONTRACT PUBLISHED BY MARK CUBAN THAT SOLVES EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE ISSUES, AND IT'S AVAILABLE AT BETTER BY COMMONS. IT BASICALLY SCORES PUBLIC CONTRACTS AGAINST IT. YOU CAN LEARN FROM OTHER CITY MISTAKES AND SEE HOW MUCH YOU CAN SAVE ON THEM. YOU DON'T NEED TO INVENT ANYTHING. YOU JUST HAND THAT CONTRACT TO THE PBM AND YOU TELL THEM TO SIGN IT OR TERMINATE THE PBM AND REBID IT. IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, JUST LOOK AT THE CITY OF FORT WORTH.
THEY FIRED OPTUM RX, WHICH IS ONE OF THE BIG THREE PBMS, AND THEY HIRED RIGHT AWAY AND RIGHT AWAY BASICALLY PLUGGED IN COST PLUS DRUGS DIRECTLY TO THEIR PLAN SO THEIR EMPLOYEES CAN GO TO A LOCAL PHARMACY AND GET LIFE SAVING GENERICS MAINTENANCE MEDICATIONS WITHOUT BEING FORCED TO AN EXPENSIVE PBM MAIL ORDER MONOPOLY. SO YOU HAVE ALL THE LEVERAGE IN THE WORLD. WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THREE THINGS. FIRST, POST YOUR PBM CONTRACT PUBLICLY
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UNCENSORED IF YOU ALREADY SIGNED A DEAL, WHICH I'M NOT SURE IF YOU DID OR NOT, BECAUSE I CAN'T FIND ANY RECORD ON IT. AND IF IT'S FAIR, THEN WHY HIDE IT? SECOND, DEMAND 100% PASS THROUGH PRICING AND CASH. AND THIRD, THIS CITY SHOULD APPROVE BASICALLY A MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE COSTLESS. YOU DON'T LET THE MIDDLEMAN BUILD THE CITY $80 FOR GENERIC. THAT COSTS $4 SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND IF THE BIG THREE PBMS TELL YOU THAT THEY CAN'T DO IT, THEN LET THEM WALK.THEIR ENTIRE BUSINESS MODEL DEPENDS ON KEEPING YOU IN THE DARK AND JUST WORK WITH A MORE TRANSPARENT PROVIDER. THERE'S A BUNCH OUT THERE. I'M NOT A BROKER. I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU WHICH ONE TO USE. I CAN HELP YOU FIND ANOTHER ONE. I CAN GO THROUGH THE CONTRACTS, COMPARE THEM WITH OTHERS. PEOPLE ASK ME WHEN I BUILD BETTER BUY RX. WHAT'S THE SECRET TO THESE LOW PRICES THAT BEAT GOOD RX? THERE'S ONLY ONE WORD. IT'S CALLED TRANSPARENCY.
AND IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS, I'M ABLE TO BEAT TRUMP RX JUST BY WORKING WITH TRANSPARENT PROVIDERS. SO TAKE IT FROM SOMEBODY WHO THERE'S NO BENEFIT FOR ME FOR TELLING YOU HOW TO NEGOTIATE YOUR CONTRACTS. IT'S LITERALLY JUST FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT. AND I'M PLANNING TO TAKE THIS PROPOSAL ALL OVER NORTH TEXAS. I'M GOING THROUGH 14, 15 CITIES IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS JUST SO I CAN TRY TO PUT A DENT IN THESE BIG HEALTHCARE COMPANIES. SO I THINK I HAVE 40S LEFT. SO IF ANYONE OF YOU GUYS LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE PBM CONTRACT, THAT'D BE GREAT. SIR, WE DON'T ACTUALLY GO BACK AND FORTH ON THIS, BUT WE'LL FOLLOW UP IF NEED BE. I DON'T RECALL IF YOU GAVE YOUR ADDRESS AT THE BEGINNING, BUT IF YOU DID NOT, DO YOU MIND ADDING YOUR ADDRESS AT THIS TIME? I DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY OF RICHARDSON. ANY ADDRESS IS FINE. I'LL JUST USE THE CITY'S ADDRESS. I JUST WANT TO KEEP THE ADDRESS ANONYMOUS BECAUSE I POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND STUFF. THAT'S MY APOLOGIES. YEAH, USUALLY. USUALLY WE REQUIRE IT AT THE BEGINNING, AND I SHOULD HAVE. I SHOULD HAVE CUT YOU OFF AT THE BEGINNING FOR THAT. NO PROBLEM SIR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. TAKE CARE.
YEAH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? NO OTHER CARDS. MAYOR. ANYONE ELSE
[B. PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION FOR THE RICHARDSON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE’S 80TH ANNIVERSARY]
IN THE AUDIENCE LOOKING TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM B, WHICH IS THE PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION FOR THE RICHARDSON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE'S 80TH ANNIVERSARY. MR. MAGNER? YES, THANK YOU. MAYOR. AS YOU HEAD TO THE CHAMBER, TO THE PODIUM, WE JUST WANT TO WELCOME OUR CHAMBER GUESTS HERE. FOR OVER 80 YEARS, THE CHAMBER HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY'S GROWTH AND SUCCESS AND BRINGING BUSINESSES AND LEADERS TOGETHER. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TONIGHT TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THIS ANNIVERSARY. I THINK THE BOARD PRESIDENT ROLE IS GOING TO JOIN YOU, MAYOR. AND THEN SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, MAYOR, WE'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR OUR FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS UP FOR A COMMEMORATIVE PICTURE WITH THE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. SO, MAYOR, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU. WELL, IT'S DEFINITELY AN EXCITING TIME CONSIDERING THE OCCASION OF THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY. IT'S ALSO AN EXCITING TIME BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST PROCLAMATION THAT HAS OUR NEWLY MINTED COUNCIL MEMBER ON IT. AND THIS MAY BE A ONE OF A KIND, BECAUSE I THINK AFTER TONIGHT'S PHOTOS, WE'LL BE USING AN OFFICIAL PHOTO. SO YOU'VE GOT A ONE AND ONLY VERSION OF THIS PHOTO THAT WILL PROBABLY EVER BE SEEN IN A PROCLAMATION RIGHT HERE, SO YOU SHOULD FEEL EXTRA SPECIAL. LET ME READ AND SHARE THIS PROCLAMATION WITH ALL SO THAT WE CAN MARVEL AT ALL THE CHAMBER HAS DONE OVER THE YEARS. WHEREAS THE RICHARDSON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WAS FOUNDED IN 1946 BY VISIONARY LOCAL LEADERS WHO RECOGNIZED RICHARDSON'S STRATEGIC LOCATION, PROMISING FUTURE, AND TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH, ESTABLISHING AN ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO STRENGTHENING THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND ADVANCING THE ECONOMIC AND CIVIC PROSPERITY OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON. AND WHEREAS, FOR 80 YEARS, THE RICHARDSON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS PLAYED AN INFLUENTIAL ROLE IN SHAPING THE COMMUNITY, ADVOCATING FOR INITIATIVES THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO RICHARDSON'S GROWTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE, INCLUDING SUPPORTING THE CREATION OF A JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT IN DALLAS COUNTY, HELPING ORGANIZE THE RICHARDSON SYMPHONY, LOBBYING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HOTEL MOTEL TAX, ADVOCATING FOR DART SERVICE IN RICHARDSON AND LEADING EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS.ND WHEREAS, THE RICHARDSON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS CONSISTENTLY CHAMPIONED PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES THAT HAVE TRANSFORMED RICHARDSON INTO A PREMIER DESTINATION FOR BUSINESS, EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE, INCLUDING CREATING THE SH 190 TASK FORCE, PARTICIPATING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHARLES W EISEMANN CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS AND CORPORATE PRESENTATIONS. LEADING EFFORTS TO REZONE PROPERTY ALONG CAMPBELL ROAD FOR RICHARDSON'S FIRST HOSPITAL AND CREATING THE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED TELECOM CORRIDOR BRAND. AND WHEREAS, THROUGH ITS COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION, INNOVATION AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, THE RICHARDSON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS INVESTED IN THE FUTURE OF THE COMMUNITY BY CONSISTENTLY SUPPORTING AND ADVOCATING FOR[00:15:01]
BOTH RICHARDSON AND PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS. RICHLAND AND COLLEGE, COLLIN COLLEGES AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS, CREATING THE ORGANIZATION NOW KNOWN AS TECH TITANS AND ESTABLISHING LEADERSHIP. RICHARDSON. MORE THAN 42 YEARS AGO, A PROGRAM THAT HAS GRADUATED MORE THAN 1400 COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO HAVE GONE ON TO SERVE RICHARDSON AND COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE REGION IN COUNTLESS WAYS. AND WHEREAS THE RICHARDSON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS DEMONSTRATED AN ENDURING COMMITMENT TO RECOGNIZING AND CULTIVATING COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP, HAVING HONORED 62 DISTINGUISHED INDIVIDUALS AS CITIZENS OF THE YEAR WHILE FOSTERING GENERATIONS OF BUSINESS AND CIVIC LEADERS WHOSE VISION, SERVICE, AND COLLABORATION HAVE HELPED MAKE RICHARDSON A VIBRANT AND THRIVING COMMUNITY.NOW, THEREFORE, I, AMIR OMAR, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON, TEXAS, HEREBY EXTEND MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE AND SINCERE APPRECIATION TO RICHARDSON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE'S 80TH ANNIVERSARY AND EXTEND SINCERE APPRECIATION TO ITS MEMBERS, LEADERS, VOLUNTEERS AND SUPPORTERS, PAST AND PRESENT, FOR EIGHT DECADES OF VISION, ADVOCACY, LEADERSHIP, AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE RICHARDSON COMMUNITY. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE RICHARDSON CHAMBER. AND WITH THAT, IF CHAMBER INDIVIDUALS WANT TO COME ON UP AND BE A PART OF OUR GROUP PHOTO, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO
[C. PRESENTATION OF THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION BEST PRACTICES ACCREDITATION CERTIFICATION]
ITEM C PRESENTATION OF THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION BEST PRACTICES ACCREDITATION CERTIFICATION. MR. MAGNUM, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, VERY EXCITED TONIGHT TO WELCOME CHIEF TITTLE, HIS LEADERSHIP TEAM AND SCOTT RUBIN FROM THE TPCA. THERE'S MANY REASONS TO BE PROUD OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE RICHARDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND TONIGHT, CHIEF BEING CHIEF AND HIS TEAM BEING RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR ACCREDITATION FOR THE BEST PRACTICES PROGRAM IS JUST ANOTHER TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT AND CELEBRATE. SO, CHIEF, THANKS FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE TO TO GET THE DEPARTMENT TO THIS PLACE, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR FURTHER BRIEFING. THANK YOU. MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU ALL. AND WITH ME HERE THIS EVENING IS SCOTT RUBIN. SCOTT IS A RETIRED CHIEF OF POLICE OUT OF CENTRAL TEXAS. HE IS ALSO SERVING CURRENTLY AS THE ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION, FROM WHICH THE ACCREDITATION IS IS GIVEN. AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK[00:20:08]
CHIEF RUBIN TO STEP UP AND SHARE SOME COMMENTS, AND I'LL RESERVE MY COMMENTS AFTER HE DOES. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL RESIDENTS, IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION, TO CONGRATULATE CHIEF GARY TITTLE AND THE ENTIRE RICHARDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT ON ACHIEVING RE-ACCREDITATION THROUGH THE TEXAS LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCREDITATION PROGRAM. REACCREDITATION IS AN IMPORTANT ACCOMPLISHMENT BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS AN ONGOING COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE. IT DEMONSTRATES THAT A POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WILLING TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT ITS POLICIES, PROCEDURES, TRAINING AND OPERATIONS AND THEN HOLD ITSELF ACCOUNTABLE TO BE RECORD TO A RECOGNIZED STANDARD OF BEST PRACTICES FOR THE RICHARDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT. THIS ACHIEVEMENT REFLECTS THE PROFESSIONALISM AND DEDICATION OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY EVERY DAY. CHIEF TITLE. WE RECOGNIZE THAT STRONG ORGANIZATIONS BEGIN WITH STRONG LEADERSHIP. YOUR COMMITMENT TO PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT HAS HELPED ESTABLISH A CULTURE WHERE EXCELLENCE IS EXPECTED AND ACCOUNTABILITY MATTERS. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE PROGRAM MANAGER, KAREN PATEL. THE OFFICERS, SUPERVISORS, DISPATCHERS, CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES, AND EVERYONE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS PROCESS. ACCREDITATION IS TRULY A TEAM EFFORT. IT REQUIRES PREPARATION, COOPERATION, COOPERATION, ATTENTION TO DETAIL, AND A WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUALLY IMPROVE. THE TEXAS LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCREDITATION PROGRAM EXISTS BECAUSE TEXAS LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES UNDERSTAND THAT PROFESSIONALISM IS NOT A DESTINATION, IT'S AN ONGOING COMMITMENT. SO ON BEHALF OF THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE RICHARDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT ON A SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE PROFESSION, YOUR DEDICATION TO THE RICHARDSON COMMUNITY, AND YOUR CONTINUED PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE. CONGRATULATIONS, CHIEF TITTLE, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE RICHARDSON POLICE DEPARTMENT. I JUST ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT REAL FAST. RICHARDSON HAS BEEN ACCREDITED SINCE 2009. THEY WERE ONE OF THE ORIGINAL 20 AGENCIES TO BE ACCREDITED.THERE'S OVER 2800 AGENCIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND LESS THAN 300 OF THOSE ARE ACCREDITED. SO IT'S REALLY OUTSTANDING WORK THAT YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT'S DONE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY. SO. I PRESENT YOU WITH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
FANTASTIC. I'M GOING TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS, THOUGH, BEFORE WE GET A PHOTO, IF I MAY. KARAN PATEL, AS WAS AS WAS MENTIONED, IS OUR PROGRAM MANAGER, OUR SUPERVISOR OVER RESEARCH AND PLANNING. SHE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US ACCOMPLISH THIS MISSION. EVERY TUESDAY MORNING SHE IS IN OUR CONFERENCE ROOM HOLDING A 10 A.M. MEETING WITH COMMAND STAFF AND WORK GROUPS AND GOING OVER POLICY. SO AS RIVETING AS THAT SOUNDS, IT IS VERY NECESSARY.
AND SO SHE KEEPS US IN LINE MOVING FORWARD, NOT JUST IN ACCREDITATION YEAR, BUT ALL THE TIME. AND KAREN, I THANK YOU FOR THAT, BUT ALSO COMMAND STAFF MEMBERS, ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT ARE INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT. I ALSO WANT TO REFLECT BACK TO AS WAS REFERENCED AS IT RELATES TO 2009. AND CHIEF JIMMY SPIVEY IS THE ORIGINAL CHIEF WHO GOT US ACCREDITED AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME. BUT IT DIDN'T START JUST WITH HIM. IT STARTED WITH CHIEF LARRY ZACHARIAS GETTING US READY FOR THAT ACCREDITATION.
SO LOTS OF RECOGNITION TO GO AROUND, BUT CERTAINLY WANT TO TO DIP BACK INTO HISTORY AND RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE ME AND CAME BEFORE US AND, AND ACCOMPLISHED THAT. SO A HUGE THANKS TO ALL OF YOU. OKAY, MAYOR, COUNCIL AND CHIEFS LEADERSHIP TEAM. KAREN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN AT THE FRONT OF THE ROOM, GREG'S GOING TO TAKE SOME PHOTOS TO COMMEMORATE THE ACCREDITATION. TO HOW WE DO THAT. YEAH. OVER HERE. ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS, JOE.
HAVE YOU. HERE. THERE YOU GO. THAT'S. OUR NEW. THAT LOOKS A LITTLE TOO. YEAH. THERE YOU GO.
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ALL RIGHT. LET'S SAY AS I START. HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. BIG SMILES. AND ONE MORE TIME.CONGRATULATIONS. OH, WE GOT ONE MORE. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM D, WHICH
[D. REVIEW AND DISCUSS OVERVIEW OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TOWN WATCH’S NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AGAINST CRIME ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2026]
IS TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS OVERVIEW OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TOWN WATCHES NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AGAINST CRIME ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6TH, 2026. MR. MAGNER, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. GARY IS GOING TO LEAD THIS BRIEFING AGAIN. SO EXCITED TO WELCOME YOU TOMORROW TO BE A PART OF THIS REALLY IMPORTANT EVENT. KICKING OFF OVER AT PD EARLY AFTERNOON AND LASTING THROUGHOUT TOMORROW EVENING. GETTING TO SEE OUR NEIGHBORS AND TALK ABOUT WHAT MAKES RICHARDSON SPECIAL, INCLUDING AND IMPORTANTLY, OUR PD. SO GARY, AGAIN, THANKS FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, ALWAYS A GREAT TIME TO LOOK FORWARD TO NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. WE ALL KNOW WHAT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT MEANS TO US AND OUR COMMUNITIES, AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AS WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THAT. JUST TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT THE HISTORY IS OF NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. IT WAS CREATED IN 1984. WE ARE CELEBRATING THE 43RD ANNIVERSARY OF NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. OVER 16,000 COMMUNITIES IN ALL 50 STATES, SOME U.S.TERRITORIES, CANADA AND MILITARY BASES CELEBRATE WITH NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, AND THE GOALS OF NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ARE REALLY TO PULL OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER, MAKING SURE THAT WE EXPRESS THE SPIRIT THAT STRENGTHENS OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, CERTAINLY FIGHTING CRIME TOGETHER, RECOGNIZING THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT AND STANDING STRONG AGAINST THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE STRONG IN CRIME PREVENTION AND PARTNERSHIPS. SO WHAT IS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT? IT'S AN ANNUAL COMMUNITY BUILDING CAMPAIGN THAT PROMOTES COMMUNITY POLICING, PARTNERSHIPS AND NEIGHBORHOOD CAMARADERIE. SO A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY IN RICHARDSON. WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR 37TH YEAR OF PARTICIPATING IN NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. AND THERE ARE CATEGORIES BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE CITY. AND WE ARE IN THE. CURRENTLY WE ARE IN THE SECOND CATEGORY WITH A POPULATION OF 100,000 TO 299,000. WHEN WE WERE IN THE THIRD CATEGORY WITH A SMALLER POPULATION, WE WERE ROUTINELY FIRST AND SECOND PLACE. AND WHEN WE MOVED UP TO THE LARGER CATEGORY BY POPULATION, WE EXPERIENCED A 13TH PLACE FINISH.
BUT THEN WE HAVE QUICKLY ASCENDED INTO POSITIONS OF, AGAIN, FIRST AND SECOND PLACE, ROTATING YEAR BY YEAR, DATING BACK TO PRE-COVID TIME. SO HERE WE ARE, REFLECTING BACK ON LAST YEAR. LAST YEAR WE WERE NUMBER TWO IN THE NATION, THE WOODLANDS IN TEXAS BEAT US.
THAT'S HARD FOR ME TO SAY, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT THIS YEAR IS WE'RE DUE. AND SO THAT IS TRULY OUR EXPECTATION FOR 2026 AS TO RETURN TO THAT FIRST PLACE POSITION, RECOGNIZING WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR IN 2025. YES, WE WERE FIRST PLACE IN NORTH TEXAS, SECOND PLACE NATIONWIDE. BUT LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF PARTIES THAT WERE REGISTERED AND THAT WE SELL OUR COMMUNITIES. 135 PARTIES WERE SITTING FOR THIS YEAR. TOMORROW NIGHT AT 120 PLUS. I BELIEVE THAT LAST NUMBER WAS ABOUT 125 PARTIES OVER 50, I'M SORRY. OVER 5000 RESIDENTS PARTICIPATED LAST YEAR. SO WE'RE CERTAINLY LOOKING TO BETTER THAT THIS YEAR. ALSO, AS
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WE CELEBRATED LAST YEAR'S NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, WE DO A FOOD DRIVE FOR NETWORK MINISTRIES RECEIVING THOSE FOODS. AND WE COLLECTED ALMOST 8,000 POUNDS. SO I THINK THAT IS OUR TARGET GOAL THIS YEAR IS EXCEEDING THAT 8,000 POUND MARK. AND WE'LL BE STRIVING TO ACCOMPLISH THAT TOMORROW NIGHT. SO AS IT RELATES TO PRE NNO EVENTS, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE PHOTOS THERE OF COFFEE WITH COPS THAT WE HAVE CELEBRATED AND GETTING READY FOR TOMORROW NIGHT'S EVENT. BUT ALSO YOU SEE SEVERAL PHOTOS HERE THAT WE HAVE PRE CELEBRATED AND AN EFFORT TO GET READY FOR TOMORROW NIGHT. THAT ONE UP THERE IN THE TOP LEFT IS OUR YOUTH CPA THAT WAS HOSTED THIS SUMMER. AND AGAIN, JUST A GREAT RECOGNITION OF WHAT WE ARE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY AND HOW THE COMMUNITY RESPONDS TO US. SO MORE SHOWING OFF AS IT RELATES TO PUBLIC SAFETY EXPO JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO OVER AT HUFFINES PARK, ANOTHER CELEBRATION WITH PUBLIC SAFETY AND GETTING READY FOR OUR TOMORROW NIGHT'S EVENT. AS WE DO GET READY FOR TOMORROW NIGHT'S EVENT. I'VE ALREADY REFERENCED OVER 120, MAYBE 125 PARTIES THAT WE WILL ALL BE GOING TO IN OUR OWN SEPARATE APPROACHES, AND OBVIOUSLY, WE WOULD ALL LOVE TO MAKE ALL OF THOSE PARTIES, BUT WE WILL BE BREAKING THOSE UP. SOME OF THE LARGER PARTIES ARE GOING TO BE CELEBRATED IN THE PARKS, AND WE'VE GOT EIGHT PARKS THERE THAT ARE HOSTING LARGE PARTIES BEING IN DURHAM PARK, RICHLAND PARK, YALE PARK, GLENVILLE CREEK HOLLOW LOOKOUT, FOXBORO AND TERRACE. AND JUST AS A REMINDER FOR ALL OF US IN THE ROOM, WE WILL BE KICKING OFF AT 5:00 SHARP OVER AT THE PD MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM. WE WILL BE MOVING FROM THAT LOCATION AND LOADING UP AND LINING UP, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A GREAT DISPLAY FOR OUR DRONE TO CAPTURE THAT FOOTAGE AS WE ROLL OUT AND GO INTO THE COMMUNITY AND CELEBRATE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. WITH THAT, MISTER MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM. COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. WONDERFUL JOB. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN TOMORROW AND MAKING WONDERFUL THINGS HAPPEN AGAIN. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM E, WHICH ARE REPORTS ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.[E. REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING INTERESTING THEY DO THIS WEEK? COUNCIL MEMBER RUFFINI THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WHAT DID YOU DO LAST WEEK? WELL, YOU KNOW, TODAY, EARLIER TODAY DURING THE LUNCH TIME, WE HAD EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEETING WITH UTD VICE PRESIDENT DOCTOR RAPHAEL MARTIN.AND WE GET A WHOLE BUNCH OF UPDATES. WHAT'S GOING ON WITH UTD. AND AND OF COURSE THE CONSTRUCTION HAS NOT STOPPED THERE YET. THE UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN I GUESS YOU CAN CALL THAT PRETTY MUCH MATURED. COMPARING WITH ANY OTHER LARGE UNIVERSITIES. DEFINITELY. WE ARE PROUD OF UTD UTD IN RICHARDSON AND AND A COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT I HEARD THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, 30% IS UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT THEY ARE GETTING IS A TRANSFER STUDENT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THEY ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH DALLAS COLLEGE, COLLIN COLLEGE. SO THOSE ARE REALLY, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, WAS REALLY GOOD TO SEE THAT THEY'RE WORKING CLOSELY. AND ALSO THE OTHER THING IS THAT ABOUT 61% UNDERGRAD STUDENT GRADUATED WITHOUT ANY DEBTS. SO NOT HAVING ANY KIND OF STUDENT LOAN, 61% PLUS STUDENTS IS SOMETHING REALLY, YOU KNOW, CAUGHT MY EYE. I THINK I HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER JOE CORCORAN AND MAYOR PRO TEM KEN JOINED ME EARLIER IN THE MEETING, SO MAYBE THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD ON IT. DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? MAYOR PRO TEM JUST WANT TO SAY IT WAS. I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT MEETING TODAY. REALLY APPRECIATE DON AND APPRECIATE RILEY FOR PULLING IT TOGETHER. AND WOW, HAVE THEY GOT SOME VERY LARGE PROJECTS UPCOMING. AND THE OTHER THING THAT WAS VERY EXCITING IS I THINK IT WAS A TOTAL OF ABOUT, AM I RIGHT ON THIS? IT WAS 50 PROFESSORS. THEY'RE PLANNING ON RECRUITING OVER THE NEXT ROUGHLY FOUR
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YEARS, 4 TO 5 YEARS. SO THEY'RE REALLY ADDING QUITE A BIT OVER THE NEXT 4 TO 5 YEARS. SO VERY IMPRESSIVE. YEAH, I WOULD ALSO, I MEAN, SOMETHING THAT IMPRESSED ME AND I THINK IS A BENEFIT TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY IS JUST IN ALL THESE BUILDINGS THAT THEY'RE EXPANDING TO.THERE'S AN ELEMENT OF SOMETHING THERE FOR THE WIDER RICHARDSON COMMUNITY AS WELL, WHETHER IT'S BOARD ROOMS AVAILABLE FOR RENT OR EXPANSIONS TO THE ATHENEUM. IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THE PARTNERSHIP IN OUR CITY CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AND GROW. THANK YOU GUYS. COUNCIL MEMBER BURDETT, I JUST WANT TO EXTEND CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE CITY STAFF FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE COTTONWOOD ARTS FESTIVAL. DESPITE THE WEATHER NOT BEING COOPERATIVE, WE HAD TO DELAY THE START A LITTLE BIT ON SATURDAY, BUT I WAS OUT THERE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON SATURDAY AND WAS SURPRISINGLY OR PLEASANTLY SURPRISED WITH THE NUMBER OF GUESTS WHO WERE THERE OR SHOPPERS THAT WERE THERE, AND SPOKE TO SEVERAL OF THE ARTISTS WHO WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK THAT THE CITY PUT IN TO PREPARING THE GROUNDS AND PROTECTING THE GROUNDS AS MUCH AS THEY COULD TO ALLOW SHOPPERS TO CONTINUE, WENT BACK ON SUNDAY AND THE CROWDS WERE EVEN LARGER. OF COURSE, IT HAD BEEN DRIED OUT A LITTLE BIT AT THAT POINT. SO IT AS SUCCESSFUL THE FESTIVAL, I THINK, AS WE COULD HAVE HAD GIVEN THE WEATHER. AND THEN SATURDAY NIGHT ALSO HAD THE OPENING CONCERT FOR THE RICHARDSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
SO GREAT TO SEE THAT SEASON STARTING UP AGAIN AND ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO LOOK AT THE CALENDAR AND SEE US AT THE NEXT SHOW. GREAT COUNCIL MEMBER JUSTICE, I'LL ECHO ALL THOSE COMMENTS. A GREAT TURNOUT ON SUNDAY AND FANTASTIC CORN DOG AS ALWAYS, BUT TWO FORWARD LOOKING THINGS I WANT TO SAY AN EARLY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR MAYOR TOMORROW AND I WAS HOPING TO GET BEFORE HE LEFT. BUT CHIEF TITTLE'S BIRTHDAY IS LATER THIS WEEK AS WELL, SO CONGRATULATIONS.
CONGRATULATIONS I GUESS ON ANOTHER YEAR. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BOTH OF YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM HUTCHENRIDER. I JUST WANTED TO ADD AS WELL. AND THE THING THAT JUST AMAZED ME WHEN I WENT OUT TO COTTONWOOD YESTERDAY WAS THE WORK THE PARKS DEPARTMENT DID TO MAKE THOSE GROUNDS COMPLETELY CLEAR, CLEAN AND SAFE AND JUST ECHO IN REGARDS TO, I TALKED TO SEVERAL OF THE ARTISTS AND THEY WERE SO APPRECIATIVE. ONE HAD DRIVEN FROM NORTH OF OKLAHOMA CITY, AND THEY WERE SO AFRAID WHEN THEY HEARD WHAT THE WEATHER WAS GOING TO BE, THAT THE WHOLE IT WAS GOING TO GET CANCELED. CANCELED. CANCELED. EXCUSE ME. AND THEY CANCELED. CANCELED.
CANCELED. DIDN'T SAY THAT, RIGHT, DID I? CANCELED, AND THEY WERE SO APPRECIATIVE THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY ALLOW, YOU KNOW, AS THEY SAY, LET THE SHOW GO ON BECAUSE THEY JUST THEY, THEY SAID, THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST THAT THEY ATTEND THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR. SO THANKS AGAIN. HUGE, HUGE THANK YOU TO YVONNE AND THE ENTIRE PARK STAFF FOR MAKING IT HAPPEN.
THANKS. ALL RIGHT. WELL, ON MY END, WE DID HAVE A. SPEAKING OF THE RICHARDSON CHAMBER, A RIBBON CUTTING THIS LAST WEEK FOR BRAD ZEPPELIN. SOME OF YOU MAY BE MUSIC FANS, BUT IF YOU ARE ALSO A SANDWICH FAN, YOU WILL FIND BREAD ZEPPELIN TO BE, I UNDERSTAND, A WONDERFUL SANDWICH, ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO TRY IT. THEY DID TELL ME THE OWNERSHIP GROUP THAT'S OUT OF NORTH TEXAS SAID THAT THEY WERE SO INTIMIDATED BY THE RICHARDSON FOODIE SCENE THAT THEY NEEDED TO MAKE US THE NUMBER TEN LOCATION, SO THAT THEY COULD MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS PERFECTED BEFORE THEY GOT HERE. AND SO I WAS THRILLED TO HEAR THAT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO TASTING THEIR SANDWICHES A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE WEEK, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT ON A PANEL FOR THE ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY RESEARCH PARKS, SPEAKING ON QUANTUM COMPUTING.
THE BIG TAKEAWAY IS IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT QUANTUM COMPUTING, I'M YOUR GUY. APPARENTLY, ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF SMART THINGS TO SAY ABOUT QUANTUM COMPUTING, JUST ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE IN RICHARDSON FOR INNOVATIVE COMPANIES SUCH AS QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES. THURSDAY, I HAD THE GREAT JOY AND FIRST TIME I'VE EVER DONE THIS, OF BEING A PRINCIPAL FOR THE DAY. AT ONE OF THE PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOLS, SPECIFICALLY STINSON ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS RIGHT BESIDE MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WAS REALLY, REALLY COOL TO SEE EVERYTHING THEY WERE DOING FROM KINDERGARTEN ON UP AND FUN TO SEE SELF, NOT SELF PORTRAITS, BUT PORTRAITS OF ME DRAWN IN THEIR HALLWAYS, WHICH I CAN TELL YOU EACH OF YOU WOULD PROBABLY ENJOY BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT WAY TO MAKE FUN OF ME. BUT MOST OF THEM HAD A BALD GUY IN THE IMAGE. SO IT WAS. IT WAS PRETTY COOL, BUT OVERALL JUST A GREAT TIME AT STINSON ELEMENTARY AND THANKFUL THAT THEY GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. AND THEN LAST BUT
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CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, THE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION OF NORTH TEXAS. SPEAKING OF UTD HAD AN EVENT AT UTD FRIDAY FOCUSED ON AI FOR BUSINESS. WAS REALLY, REALLY COOL TO SEE HOW MANY NOT JUST STUDENTS BUT ALSO BUSINESS PEOPLE WERE IN THE AUDIENCE TO KIND OF LEARN FROM A COUPLE PREEMINENT FOLKS IN THE AI SPACE, ONE OF WHICH THAT RUNS ALL OF LOWE'S, THE HARDWARE STORES, RUNS ALL OF THEIR AI TECHNOLOGY. AND ANOTHER GENTLEMAN WHO IS A PROFESSOR AT STANFORD THAT DOES A LOT OF AI RESEARCH. AND THEY SPOKE ABOUT REALLY PRACTICAL THINGS THAT WE COULD DO TO THE POINT THAT Y'ALL WERE MAKING ABOUT UTD EARLIER. JUST SOME, SOME REALLY.GREAT EVENTS GOING ON THERE THAT ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY HAVING A TIER ONE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HERE IN OUR OWN CITY. WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO. ACTUALLY HAVE US GO INTO A BRIEF RECESS ABOUT 15 MINUTES SO THAT WE CAN GET PICTURES AND
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ALL THAT STUFF TAKEN CARE OF. AND THEN FROM THERE WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND I WILL READ FOR YOU THAT IN COMPLIANCE OF SECTION 551.074 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE COUNCIL WILL CONVENE INTO A CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING PERSONNEL MATTERS.EVALUATION OF THE CITY MANAGER.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.