AMANDA CLARE THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL'S CONVENED AN OPEN SESSION THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. THE COUNCIL WILL NOW RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND TRAINING ROOM TO HOLD A CLOSED EXECUTIVE MEETING PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF VERNON'S TEXAS CODES ANNOTATED GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551 THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUTHORITY CONTAINED IN SECTION 551 071 TO CONSULT WITH THE ATTORNEY TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE AND DISCUSS LITIGATION SECTION 551 ALREADY SEVEN TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS AND SECTION 551 OH 72 TO DISCUSS REAL ESTATE MATTERS. >> THANK YOU FOR THE HEARING YOU KNOW AND AND AND AND AND AND AND AND AND AND AND AND AND AND AND AND AND AND AND AND AND AND AND AND YOU AND AND AND YOU. YOU REALLY DIDN'T COME I I NOW DECLARE THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL PRELIMINARY OPEN MEETING IS RECONVENE AND AND OPEN SESSION THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE PRELIMINARY AGENDA IS CONSIDERATION AND ACTION RESULTING FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. >> OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM TWO TOURISM MASTER PLAN PRESENTATION MICHAEL TALLY GOODY AND MARK THOMPSON. >> MARK, GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL MICHAEL TALLEY DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO INVITE MARK THOMPSON FROM VISIT PLANO UP TO INTRODUCE OUR SPEAKER ON THE TOURISM MASTER PLAN MARK AND I THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING ME JUST A MINUTE. AS SOME OF YOU KNOW DURING THE PAST YEAR WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR VISIT PLANO. >> A NUMBER OF YOU WERE ACTUALLY PART OF IT. WELL, WE HAVE JUST FINISHED THE RESEARCH PART OF THAT PLAN AND WE PARTNERED WITH THE EXCUSE ME CSL INTERNATIONAL AND WE'VE ASKED PETER EXCUSE ME, I'LL START WE ASKED RICHARD MILLER TO COME AND JOIN US TODAY FROM CSL. HE WAS THE LEAD CONSULT AND I'M PUTTING THIS PROJECT TOGETHER AND HE WANTS TO GIVE YOU A HIGH LEVEL LOOK AT THE PROJECT AND KIND OF LOOK AT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE RECOMMENDING AND WHAT CAME OUT OF THIS. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO PETER. GREAT. THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING. I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR WORK TO YOU TODAY. I'M HERE TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE TOURISM GROWTH STRATEGY FOR THE CITY OF PLANO A FORWARD LOOKING FRAMEWORK DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN PLANO POSITION THE FIRST TIME. THERE WE GO. PLATO'S POSITION AS A COMPETITIVE, COMPETITIVE HIGH QUALITY DESTINATION WITHIN NORTH DALLAS AND NORTH TEXAS AND BEYOND. THIS STRATEGY IS GROUNDED IN RESEARCH STAKEHOLDER INPUT AND A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE TOURISM CAN SUPPORT BROADER ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY GOALS. THE AT ITS CORE THIS INITIATIVE IS ABOUT ALIGNMENT AND OPPORTUNITY. TOURISM IS NOT JUST ABOUT ATTRACTING VISITORS. IT'S ABOUT SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES IS ENHANCING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS AND REINFORCING PLATO'S BROADER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. WHAT I'M PRESENTING TODAY IS A ROADMAP THAT ENSURES TOURISM GROWTH IS INTENTIONAL, SUSTAINABLE AND BENEFICIAL TO BOTH VISITORS AND THE COMMUNITY. >> THIS STRATEGY IS BUILT ON A COMPREHENSIVE AND HIGHLY ENGAGED PROCESS. WE STARTED WITH A DETAILED TOURISM MARKET ASSESSMENT TO UNDERSTAND WHO'S VISITING PLANO TODAY AND WHERE OPPORTUNITIES EXIST. WE CONDUCTED MORE THAN 60 STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY CITY LEADERSHIP BUSINESSES, ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND RESIDENTS TO ENSURE THIS PLAN REFLECTS LOCAL PRIORITIES. WE ALSO EVALUATED PLANO ASSETS ON THE GROUND FROM HOTELS AND RETAIL TO PARKS, SPORTS FACILITIES AND EVENT VENUES AND REVIEWED CURRENT MARKETING EFFORTS. ALL OF THIS CULMINATES IN AN ACTION PLAN THAT IS BOTH DATA DRIVEN AND COMMUNITY INFORMED. THE VISION IS INTENTIONALLY AMBITIOUS BUT GROUNDED IN REALITY. PLANO IS POSITIONED TO BECOME A MODERN, INCLUSIVE AND INNOVATION DRIVEN DESTINATION. ONE THAT REFLECTS ITS DIVERSITY, QUALITY OF LIFE AND EVOLVING IDENTITY. THIS IS NOT ABOUT BECOMING SOMETHING NEW. IT'S ABOUT ELEVATING WHAT PLANO ALREADY DOES WELL ITS GLOBAL CULINARY SCENE, ITS VIBRANT DISTRICTS, ITS FAMILY FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT AND ITS STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY. TOURISM WHEN DONE RIGHT BECOMES A TOOL TO ENHANCE LIVABILITY, SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES AND CELEBRATES PLATO'S UNIQUE CHARACTER. THIS SLIDE OUTLINES OUTLINES HOW THE FULL REPORT IS STRUCTURED. IT BEGINS WITH FOUNDATIONAL RESEARCH AND UNDERSTANDING OF PLANO AS A DESTINATION. IT THEN MOVES INTO STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT FOLLOWED BY A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND IMPORTANTLY A DETAILED IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK. A KEY POINT HERE IS THAT THIS IS NOT JUST A VISION DOCUMENT. IT IS IT IS DESIGNED TO BE IMPLEMENTABLE, MEASURABLE AND ACTIONABLE. >> THESE ARE THE MARKET SEGMENTS THAT PLANO ALREADY PERFORMS WELL WITH TODAY AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE GOING FORWARD. THEY INCLUDE AFFLUENT SUBURBAN TRAVELERS MULTIGENERATIONAL FAMILIES CULTURALLY ENGAGED VISITORS AND YOUNGER EXPERIENCE DRIVEN TRAVELERS. THESE SEGMENTS ALIGN DIRECTLY WITH PLANO, THE EXISTING STRENGTHS RETAIL DINING FESTIVAL STORES AND COMFORTABLE ACCOMMODATIONS. AND THEY FORM THE FOUNDATION AND FOR REPEAT VISITATION AND BRAND LOYALTY. THE STRATEGY RECOMMENDS MAINTAINING AND STRENGTHENING THESE CORE AUDIENCES. >> IN ADDITION TO MAINTAINING YOUR CORE STREET STRENGTHS, THERE IS A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND INTO NEW HIGH POTENTIAL SEGMENTS. THESE INCLUDE YOUNGER URBAN PROFESSIONALS WELLNESS FOCUSED TRAVELERS, ACTIVE RETIREES AND AFFLUENT YOUNG FAMILIES. WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT THESE ARE NOT ENTIRELY NEW MARKETS. THEY OVERLAP WITH PLANO EXISTING APPEAL BUT REPRESENT AREAS WHERE THE CITY IS CURRENTLY UNDER LEVERAGING ITS POTENTIAL. THIS IS WHERE TARGETED GROWTH CAN OCCUR. >> TO TRANSLATE THOSE MARKET OPPORTUNITIES INTO ACTION WE'VE IDENTIFIED FIVE PRIORITY EXPERIENCE THEMES. THESE INCLUDE FAMILY EXPERIENCES, CULTURAL AND CREATIVE PROGRAMING, CULINARY TOURISM, WELLNESS AND REGIONAL GETAWAYS. THESE THEMES ARE CRITICAL BECAUSE THEY GUIDE BOTH MARKETS AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ENSURING THAT WHAT PLANO PROMOTES ALIGNS WITH WHAT VISITORS ARE ACTUALLY SEEKING. THEY ALSO HELP UNIFY THE CITY'S DIVERSE ASSETS INTO A MORE COHESIVE VISITOR EXPERIENCE. >> THIS STRATEGY IS ALSO GROUNDED IN BROADER TRAVEL TRENDS. WE'RE SEEING STRONG GROWTH IN AREAS LIKE CULINARY TOURISM, WELLNESS, TRAVEL AND EXPERIENTIAL TRAVEL WHERE VISITORS ARE SEEKING MEANINGFUL AUTHENTIC EXPERIENCES. THERE'S ALSO INCREASING IMPORTANCE PLACED ON TECHNOLOGY SUSTAINABILITY AND FLEXIBLE TRAVEL PATTERNS SUCH AS REMOTE WORK AND LEISURE. >> PLANO IS WELL-POSITIONED TO RESPOND TO THESE TRENDS BUT DOING SO REQUIRES INTENTIONAL STRATEGY. ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE SEEN TO DATE RESEARCH, STAKEHOLDER INPUT AND MARKET ANALYSIS AND TREND EVALUATION COMES TOGETHER HERE. THE PROCESS RESULTED IN 34 SPECIFIC ACTIONABLE RECOMMENDATIONS. THESE ARE NOT ABSTRACT IDEAS. THEY'RE GROUNDED IN WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY. WHAT THE DATA TELLS US AND WHAT IS REALISTIC ACHIEVABLE. >> FOR PLANO, THESE 34 RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE ORGANIZED INTO SEVEN STRATEGIC CATEGORIES. THEY COVER EVERYTHING FROM INFRASTRUCTURE AND VISITOR EXPERIENCE TO ARTS AND CULTURE, WELLNESS BRANDING GOVERNANCE AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. IMPORTANTLY, THIS IS A BALANCE PORTFOLIO. SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NEAR TERM AND ACHIEVABLE WHILE OTHERS ARE LONGER TERM AND MORE TRANSFORMATIONAL. TOGETHER THEY CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO TOURISM DEVELOPMENT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITY DEVELOPMENT. THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOCUS ON STRENGTHENING PLANO, THE PHYSICAL FOUNDATION FOR TOURISM EXPANDING CONVENTION CAPACITY, ADDING DISTINCTIVE BOUTIQUE LODGING AND LEVERAGING TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT TO CREATE MORE VIBRANT CONNECT DISTRICTS. AT THE SAME TIME THEY EMPHASIZE ACTIVITY AS EXISTING ASSETS FROM CIVIC VENUES LIKE RED TAIL PAVILION TO PARKS AND TRAILS. SO PLANO CAN DELIVER HIGHER QUALITY EXPERIENCES, ATTRACT MORE OVERNIGHT VISITORS AND BETTER COMPETE FOR MEETINGS, EVENTS AND LEISURE TRAVEL. FOR VISITOR EXPERIENCE AND AS DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOCUS ON CREATING A MORE COHESIVE AND VIBRANT VISITOR EXPERIENCE. BY STRENGTHENING DOWNTOWN, PLANO IS A TRUE CULTURAL CORE. ESTABLISHING CLEARLY BRANDED DISTRICTS AND IMPROVING WALKABILITY AND CONNECTIVITY ACROSS THE CITY. THEY ALSO ELEVATE PLAYING THOSE IN EXPERIENTIAL APPEAL PARTICULARLY THROUGH ITS GLOBAL CULINARY IDENTITY. FOOD AND BEVERAGE TRAILS AND MORE ACTIVE NIGHTLIFE HELPING THE CITY ATTRACT NEW AUDIENCES . EXTEND VISITOR STAYS AND COMPETE MORE EFFECTIVELY IN THE REGIONAL MARKET FOR ARTS, CULTURE AND CREATIVE ECONOMY. THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOCUS ON STRENGTHENING PLATO'S ARTS AND CULTURAL ECOSYSTEM BY ESTABLISHING CENTRALIZED LEADERSHIP ENCOURAGING ADAPTIVE REUSE OF HISTORICAL ASSETS AND SUPPORTING ARTISTS AND CREATIVE ENTREPRENEURS. >> TOGETHER THEY AIM TO ELEVATE PLATO'S CULTURAL IDENTITY. ANCHORED BY A SIGNATURE FESTIVAL OR MARQUEE EVENT WHILE CREATING MORE DISTINCTIVE AUTHENTIC EXPERIENCES THAT ATTRACT VISITORS AND ENRICH COMMUNITY LIFE FOR WELLNESS, SPORTS AND RECREATION. THE RECOMMENDATIONS POSITION PLANO TO EXPAND ITS APPEAL THROUGH WELLNESS, SPORTS AND OUTDOOR RECREATION BY DEVELOPING HIGH END WELLNESS EXPERIENCES. ENHANCING SPORTS FACILITIES AND INVESTING IN THIS AND EMERGING ACTIVITIES. THEY ALSO EMPHASIZE ACTIVATING PLAYING THOSE NATURAL ASSETS TO CONCRETE TO CREATE COMPELLING ECO TOURISM EXPERIENCES DRIVING OVERNIGHT STAYS, ATTRACTING NEW VISITOR SEGMENTS AND REINFORCING THE CITY'S IDENTITY AS A HEALTHY, ACTIVE AND INNOVATIVE DESTINATION FOR BRANDING, MARKETING AND MARKETING AND MESSAGING. THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOCUS ON STRENGTHENING PLATO'S BRAND AND MARKETING EFFECTIVENESS BY REASSESSING ITS IDENTITY ENHANCING DIGITAL PERFORMANCE AND ALIGNING MESSAGING WITH HOW AND WHEN PEOPLE TRAVEL. THEY ALSO EMPHASIZE USING TECHNOLOGY VISITOR TOOLS AND TARGETED INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH TO IMPROVE, DISCOVER ABILITY, CREATE MORE CONNECTED VISITOR EXPERIENCES AND CONVERGE CONVERT INTEREST INTO OVERNIGHT STAYS. FOR GOVERNANCE PARTNERSHIPS AND WORKFORCE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOCUS ON STRENGTHENING GOVERNANCE AND PARTNERSHIPS BY BETTER INTEGRATING TOURISM WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOSTERING REGIONAL COLLABORATION AND ESTABLISHING ONGOING LEADERSHIP AND STAKEHOLDER ALIGNMENT. THEY ALSO PRIORITIZE BUILDING LONG TERM CAPACITY THROUGH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND AN INNOVATION FUND ENSURING PLANO CAN CONTINUOUSLY INVOLVED EVOLVE ITS TOURISM OFFERINGS AND SUSTAIN SUSTAINED GROWTH OVER TIME. LAST FOR COMMUNITY INCLUSION AND STEWARDSHIP. THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOCUS ON BUILDING A MORE INCLUSIVE, SUSTAINABLE AND COMMUNITY DRIVEN TOURISM MODEL BY INVESTING IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SUPPORTING INNOVATION AND IMPROVING ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL VISITORS. THEY ALSO EMPHASIZE ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS AS AMBASSADORS, ENGAGING RESIDENTS AS AMBASSADORS. EMBEDDING SUSTAINABILITY INTO TOURISM PRACTICES AND USING TRANSPARENT DATA AND PERFORMANCE TRACKING TO ENSURE LONG TERM ACCOUNTABILITY AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. >> EACH RECOMMENDATION IS SUPPORTED BY A DETAILED ACTION PLAN THAT INCLUDES A CLEAR GOAL DEFINED STEPS PERFORMANCE METRICS RESPONSIBLE PARTIES TIMELINES AND COST CONSIDERATIONS. >> THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL ENSURES THAT THE STRATEGY CAN MOVE FROM CONCEPT TO EXECUTION AND THAT PROGRESS CAN BE TRACKED AND MEASURED OVER TIME. >> TO HELP PRIORITIZE IMPLEMENTATION WE DEVELOPED A STRUCTURED EVALUATION FRAMEWORK. THIS INCLUDES FACTORS SUCH AS ECONOMIC IMPACT COST RETURN ON INVESTMENT FEASIBILITY AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT. IT ALSO CONSIDERS ELEMENTS THAT ARE INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT LIKE CULTURAL VALUE SEASONALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY. THIS ENSURES THAT DECISIONS ARE NOT JUST STRATEGIC BUT ALSO BALANCED AND RESPONSIBLE. AS WE MOVE FORWARD AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THE FOCUS SHIFTS TO IMPLEMENTATION. THAT BEGINS WITH IDENTIFYING QUICK WINS INITIATIVES THAT CAN BE ADVANCED IN THE NEAR TERM. THIS ALSO INCLUDES ALIGNING THE STRATEGY WITH THE CITY'S BUDGETING PROCESS CONTINUING TO ENGAGE RESIDENTS AND DEVELOPING SPECIFIC PROGRAMS TIED TO PRIORITY EXPERIENCE THEMES. >> WE SEE THIS AS AN ONGOING PARTNERSHIP WITH FUTURE UPDATES AND REFINEMENTS AS THE PLAN IS IMPLEMENTED. I'LL PAUSE HERE AND OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS, COMMENTS AND DISCUSSIONS. I AM PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN YOUR FEEDBACK ON PRIORITIES IMPLEMENTATION AND HOW THIS STRATEGY ALIGNS WITH BROADER CITY GOALS. >> THERE'S A LOT TO DIGEST WITH WHAT I JUST PRESENTED. >> COUNCIL MEMBER LAVON THANK YOU. LOOKS LIKE A VERY THOROUGH EXAMINATION. WHEN WILL WE BE GETTING THIS DOCUMENT? YOUR YES BECAUSE I THINK TO GIVE YOU FEEDBACK ON SOME OF THIS I THINK WE NEED A LITTLE WHILE TO DIGEST IT. YEAH, I AGREE. YEAH. DEPUTY MAYOR YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AGAIN GREAT PRESENTATION THERE IS QUITE A BIT THERE TO DIGEST . ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAD HERE AND YOU SAID YOU HAD SOME OUTREACH ON THIS IS THERE'S A CERTAIN SECTOR WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AT LEAST PLANO IS STILL A SLEEPY LITTLE TOWN, YOU KNOW, AND PARTICULARLY WHERE I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS IS WHEN WE ONE OF YOUR POINTS YOU BROUGHT UP WITH WITH REGARDS TO CULTURE WAS HAVING MUSIC FESTIVALS ETC. OF THE LIKE AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE IF YOU'RE WANTING TO DRAW THAT TYPE OF I MEAN WE'VE GOT CERTAIN POCKETS WHERE THAT WILL WORK SUCH AS WHAT YOU PRESENT RIGHT HERE ON GRAND PARK AND ALSO DOWNTOWN. YOU KNOW WE NEED TO EXPAND THIS TO MAKE IT INCLUSIVE TO EVERYBODY WITHIN OUR 72MI2. I'M JUST A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT IF WE START HAVING THESE FESTIVALS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DRAW PEOPLE IN TO COME VISIT PLANO ABOUT HOW OUR CITIZENS WHO STILL BELIEVE IT'S A SLEEPY LITTLE COMMUNITY, DO YOU THINK THEY'LL BE DISTURBED BY ANY OF THE TRAFFIC BY THAT NOISE? I MEAN IT'S ALMOST LIKE A CONFLICT HERE. I KNOW WE'RE NO LONGER THE BEDROOM COMMUNITY AND WE'RE STILL TRYING TO STAY VIBRANT BUT DID YOU GET ANY FEEDBACK ON THAT WHEN YOU DID YOUR OUTREACH? >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THE THE MESSAGE THAT WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR IS WHAT YOU DO IN THIS TOURISM GROWTH STRATEGY FIRST OF ALL AND AND TO THE HIGHEST DEGREE HAS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMUNITY VALUES INHERENT IN PLANO. THAT'S WHERE IT STARTS. SO MUSIC FESTIVAL OR OR ANY OTHER EVENT OF THAT NATURE NEEDS TO BE SORT OF A EVOLVE FROM PLAYING THOSE OWN DNA THEN WITH SUCCESS. YOU CAN YOU CAN INVITE VISITORS IN AND YOU CAN BROADEN THE REACH AND YOU CAN INCREASE THE THE EXPOSURE AND VISIBILITY. BUT FIRST OF ALL IT MUST START WITH COMMUNITY VALUES AND DELIVER FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE HERE. THAT WAS FRONT AND CENTER. >> ALL RIGHT, GREAT. THEN WHEN WE TIE INTO WELLNESS TOURISM, I SEE A LOT OF WELLNESS FACILITIES INDIVIDUALLY LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY IN THE SEVERAL WITH REGARDS TO RIBBON CUTTINGS. BUT WAS WAS THERE ANY TYPE OF STRATEGY ON HOW WE CAN COORDINATE ALL THESE WELLNESS CENTERS TO PRESENT THAT AS PART OF OUR TOURISM PACKAGE TO SAY COME TO PLANO, WE CAN HAVE AROMATHERAPY THERAPY HERE, YOU CAN HAVE WHATEVER ELSE IS HAPPENING THERE. IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT OR WHAT TYPE OF APPROACH? YEAH, THE WELLNESS ISSUE IS TWO SIDED. ONE IS IT'S A PROMOTIONAL ISSUE SORT OF PACKAGING ALL OF THOSE ACTIVITIES AND EXPERIENCES TOGETHER. SO PLANO BECOMES KNOWN AS THE CENTER FOR WELLNESS AND AND SECONDLY FROM A PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY. LOOKING AT WHERE ARE THE GAPS, WHERE ARE THE WHERE WHERE ARE THE TRENDS MOVING FOR FROM WELLNESS WHETHER IT'S YOU KNOW, AS YOU SAY AROMA THERAPY OR OR MASSAGE THERAPY OR YOU KNOW THERE'S THERE'S AN ENDLESS LIST OF ACTIVITIES AND EXPERIENCES THAT ARE SORT OF DRIVING THIS SEGMENT OF THE TOURISM INDUSTRY AND MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THOSE SOURCES AS THOSE RESOURCES TO TO DELIVER ON THOSE THAT POTENTIAL. AT THE SAME TIME AS FAR AS RAISING THE VISIBILITY OF WHAT WE DO HAVE, OKAY, I ALMOST SORT OF SEE THIS AS SOMETHING AS A PAMPHLET WE WORK WITH THOSE THAT WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN WELLNESS CENTER THAT WE PUT A PAMPHLET TOGETHER AND EDUCATE THAT THROUGH VISIT PLANO. WELL I THINK I THINK WE'D ALSO INCLUDE YOU KNOW, CREATING FIVE K TEN KS LIKE YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHATEVER THEY MAY BE THAT REALLY DRAW PEOPLE IN. >> EXACTLY. WELL THANK YOU. GREAT PRESENTATION FOR THE QUESTIONS I GOT YOU'RE ON. >> OH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS. I I THIS IS A LOT TO PROCESS AND I APPRECIATE YOU OFFERING THE SLIDES SO THAT WE CAN PROCESS IT A LITTLE BIT MORE. I'M NOT SURE IF I MISSED IT OR NOT BUT I WAS QUITE INTERESTED IN THE WAY YOU MEASURE THE SUCCESS WHEN AND THE AREAS FOR GROWTH AS IT RELATES TO TOURISM HERE IN PLANO. DID YOU HAVE IN MIND WHERE THIS WOULD BE HOUSED IN WHO WOULD COLLECT THIS DATA? >> WELL, NATURAL REALLY THE THE ANALYSIS AND THE THE PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT OF TOURISM ACTIVITIES USUALLY RESIDES WITH THE DMO, THE DESTINATION MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION WHICH WOULD BE VISIT PLANO BUT THERE ARE SOME YOU KNOW, THERE ARE DEFINITELY SOME MEASURES OF ECONOMIC IMPACT MEASURES OF OF TRAFFIC. MM HMM. MEASURES OF RESIDENT FEEDBACK THAT BELONGS TO ANOTHER AREAS OF A CITY OR COMMUNITY GOVERNMENT SO IT IS A SORT OF VILLAGE ACTIVITY TAKING EVERYONE INTO CONSIDERATION AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THOSE PLACES, THOSE KPIS AND AND HOW THAT PERFORMANCE WILL HELP THIS STRATEGY EVOLVE AND MOVE FORWARD. SO IT IS IT'S A BIG JOB IN AND OF ITSELF. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. AND JUST ONE LAST THING BEFORE WE SIT DOWN IS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO LEAVE YOU HANGING. OUR GOAL IS TO COME BACK. MAYBE SIX MONTHS, EIGHT MONTHS FROM NOW AND GIVE YOU KIND OF A STATUS UPDATE OF THE SUCCESSES THAT WE'VE DONE AND ALL OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED. >> THIS IS A 20 PLUS YEAR PLAN THAT WAS PUT IN FRONT OF YOU. THIS IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT BUT WE DO WANT TO KEEP YOU INFORMED ON A REGULAR BASIS ON ALL OF THE SUCCESSES OF THE PROGRAM. >> THANKS, MARK. I DIDN'T I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WANTED TO START WITH LIKE A COACHELLA NEXT YEAR OR SOMETHING? >> SURE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE ITEM THREE DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION REGARDING THE ARTS SUBCOMMITTEE . ANDREW, IF YOU'LL KICK US OFF. ABSOLUTELY. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL ANDREW FORTUNE, DIRECTOR, POLICY AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AT THE BODY. AS JUST AS A REFRESHER FOR THE COMMUNITY TASKED TO MEMBERS TO COME AND COLLABORATE WITH STAFF ,WE HAD REPRESENTATIVES FROM ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION AND WE'VE WORKED FOR MANY MONTHS NOW ON REVIEWING OUR EXISTING ARTS PLAN AND GRANT PROCESS. THE GENERAL DIRECTION WAS TO EVALUATE AN EVENTS BASED PROCESS IDEALLY DOING A PHASED IN APPROACH TO AVOID HARSH IMPACTS WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION. WE WERE LOOKING TO STANDARDIZE THE PROGRAM AND THE PROCESSES AS WELL TO ENSURE THAT WE MAINTAINED HOT TAX ALIGNMENT AND WE WANTED TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW THE ARTS IN PLANO. SO RUNNING THROUGH THIS I WANT TO JUST GIVE A BRIEF HIGHLIGHT OF SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO BOTH OF OUR COUNCIL LIAISONS. WE ARE LOOKING AT PUBLIC AUDIENCE BASED EVENTS. AGAIN, PERFORMANCE EXHIBITS ETC. HAVING DEFINED START IN DATES HAS TO BE WITHIN PLANO. >> THE GROUP IS RECOMMENDING SOME LIMITED EXCEPTIONS IN THE EVENT THAT THERE ARE TRUE LIMITATIONS IN TERMS OF SPACE. THIS IS NOT MEANT TO, YOU KNOW, ACCOMMODATE THINGS YOU KNOW, CONFLICTING DATES OR PREFERRED DATES BUT TRULY IF THERE STAGE SPACE IS NOT AVAILABLE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACCOMMODATE THAT. WE ARE LOOKING TO CHANGE THE FORMAT TO HAVE ONE CONTRACT PORT PER ORGANIZATION SO YOU MAY HAVE MULTIPLE EVENTS BUT THAT WILL BE HOUSED IN ONE CONTRACT JUST FOR EASE FROM ADMINISTRATIONS STANDPOINT AND ALSO FROM A LOGISTICS STANDPOINT. ON THE FUNDING SIDE THE GROUP IS PROPOSING UP TO 50% OF THE EVENT BUDGET IN TERMS OF WHAT WILL BE FUNDED. THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF APPLICATIONS THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTED IN THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE TEN. NOW I DON'T WANT THE COMMUNITY TO TO MISTAKE THIS AN EVENT COULD ALSO INCLUDE A SERIES SO IF YOU HAVE A THREE WEEK PRODUCTION OF THE NUTCRACKER FOR INSTANCE OR SCROOGE AND THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED ONE EVENT. FUNDING CAPS ARE THE ORGANIZATION AGAIN THIS GOAL FROM THIS GROUP HAS BEEN TO GROW THE ARTS AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR EXISTING FUNDING CAP WHICH CURRENTLY SITS AT 1.5 MILLION AND NO ORGANIZATION WOULD RECEIVE MORE THAN 35% OF THAT TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT. WE'RE LOOKING TO PHASE IN OVER TIME A REDUCTION TO HOPEFULLY SPREAD OUT MORE OF THOSE FUNDS . SO ON THE APPLICATION AND PAYMENT DETAILS OF COURSE WE'D WANT BUDGETS YOU KNOW MINIMUM OF 70% SCORE REQUIRED FOR FUNDING. THESE ARE SOME PRETTY STANDARD REQUIREMENTS. WE ARE LOOKING AT A 25% UPFRONT PAYMENT WITH REMAINING FUNDS REIMBURSED QUARTERLY AND SO THE THOUGHT PROCESS THERE IS SOME OF THESE GROUPS ARE SMALLER. THEY MAY NOT HAVE CAPACITY BUT STAFF WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE AND REGULAR REPORTING AND RECEIPTS. THE GOAL IS AS WELL FOR THESE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME SO WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE 50% BUT AT THE END OF THE YEAR THERE IS A TRUE UP AND IF AN ORGANIZATION IS TRULY NOT PROVIDING THAT 50% MATCH THAT MAY RISK FUTURE INELIGIBILITY IN THE PROGRAM. >> AS I'VE MENTIONED, WE'VE TEN APPLICATIONS ALLOWED IN THE EVENT SERIES. WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FOR SOME OF THESE THINGS TO FOCUS ON THE ARTS AND SO HERITAGE COMMISSION GRANTS IF YOU'RE GOING TO APPLY FOR ONE YOUR ORGANIZATION WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR ANOTHER. ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO HELP MITIGATE WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR IS A PLUS OR -20 5% CAP. >> THE WAY THAT WOULD WORK IS AS ORGANIZATIONS USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REFOCUS AND APPLY FOR THESE GRANTS WITHIN THAT FIRST YEAR WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE AN ORGANIZATION SHIFT MORE EITHER TO THE GOOD OR TO THE NEGATIVE OF 25%. SO WITH THAT WAS A BRIEF HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW. I HAVE KAREN HERE WITH OUR LIAISON TO THE STAFF IS UNDER THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION AND MYSELF TO ANSWER DETAILS BUT I'D LOVE TO TURN OVER TO BOTH COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THEIR THOUGHTS. >> THANK YOU ANDREW. AS WE GET STARTED ON THIS DISCUSSION MARION COUNCIL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING THIS SUBCOMMITTEE TOGETHER TO ALLOW THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY TO COME TOGETHER AND REALLY ADDRESS AND RE-ENVISION THE NOTION OF OUR CULTURAL ARTS FUNDING HERE WITHIN THE CITY OF PLANO. OVER THE COURSE OF OUR TIME THAT WE HAVE MEANT WE'VE DELVED INTO HOW OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE THEIR FUNDING AND REALLY TOOK A LOOK AT HOW WE'RE DOING IT TOO. AND WE FEEL ALIGNED ON THIS COMMITTEE OF SHIFTING TO EVENTS BASED FUNDING AND WE BELIEVE BY DOING THAT THAT IT IS A STRUCTURAL SHIFT FROM HOW IT IS DONE NOW BUT WE THINK IT BETTER ALIGNS WITH THE PURPOSE OF HOTEL MOTEL TAX FURTHERING CULTURAL ARTS AND ALLOWING MEASURABLE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND AND REALLY JUST BEING MORE TRANSPARENT AND EQUITABLE TO GROW THE ARTS HERE IN PLANO. SO COUNCILMEMBER LEVINE, I'LL LET YOU ADD TO THAT IF YOU'D LIKE. >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER DOUBT I, I WANT TO JUST ADD THAT WE REALIZE THAT THERE WILL BE SOME EXTRA EFFORT OF THAT'S REQUIRED BY SOME OF THE ARTS GROUPS AS THEY PREPARE FOR JUST ANOTHER FORMAT FOR PRODUCING THEIR GRANT APPLICATIONS. AND AS AS ANDREW WAS SAYING, WE'VE PUT CERTAIN CAPS AND SUCH ON THE DOWNSIDE AND THE UPSIDE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE ARTS ORGANIZATION LOSES A VERY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUNDING THROUGH THIS SHIFT ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRST YEARS WHILE THINGS ARE BEING TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AND CHANGES ARE BEING MADE. >> I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT THERE'LL BE OTHER THINGS THAT BE GOING ON DURING THIS TIME WHERE WE'LL BE DOING EVALUATION OF VENUES THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR ARTS ORGANIZATIONS TO GROW AND FLOURISH ARE GOING TO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL VENUES AND A REALIGNMENT OF OF HOW THOSE VENUES MAY BE USED SO THAT WE'RE GETTING BETTER USE OUT OF VENUES LIKE THE COURTYARD. WE HAVE ORGANIZATIONS THAT DON'T REALLY UTILIZE ALL 300 AND SOME ODD SEATS THERE. THEY NEED SMALLER VENUES AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT NEED LARGER VENUES AND THEY'RE RIGHT NOW CAPPED OUT AT THE LIMITATIONS OF SAY ST ANDREWS AND SUCH. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT ALL OF THAT AND I THINK THERE'LL BE ADDITIONAL INVOLVEMENT AND INFORMATION THAT WE CAN PROVIDE TO THE COUNCIL AS THIS MOVES FORWARD. >> MAYOR PRO TEM SO LET ME UNDERSTAND IN GENERAL AT THIS POINT WE ARE TRANSITIONING FROM GRANTS PROVIDED BY ORGANIZATION TO GRANTS FOR EVENTS PER ORGANIZATION. IN MY ANSWER WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THAT? YOU COULD PROBABLY SAY THIS MUCH CLEANER THAN I COULD. >> YEAH, NO, ABSOLUTELY. SO OUR CURRENT PROCESS JUST AS A REFRESHER FOR EVERYONE WE CURRENTLY AWARD FUNDING BASED ON THE EXPENSES THAT AN ORGANIZATION HAS INCURRED TO FURTHER, YOU KNOW, HEADS AND BEDS AND THE ARTS IN PLANO FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. WE ARE LOOKING TO SHIFT TO PURELY FUNDING EVENTS. >> 50% OF AN EVENT AND SO RATHER THAN A AN ANNUAL BUDGET OF EXPENSES THESE ORGANIZATIONS WOULD REALLY BE FOCUSED IN ON THOSE EVENTS. >> SO THEY WOULD SO THESE ORGANIZATIONS WOULD PRESENT AN APPLICATION BASED ON EVENTS SPECIFIC LIKE FILM FESTIVAL OR ASIA FEST OR. >> CORRECT. AND THEN NOT REALLY ABOUT WHAT THIS ENTIRE ORGANIZATION HAS EXPENDED. >> I MEAN IS THAT HOW WE USED TO DO IT? >> YES. SO IT IT AS I MENTIONED, IT'S IT USED TO BE YOU KNOW, IF AN ORGANIZATION SPENT $1 MILLION LAST YEAR THAT WOULD BE FACTORED INTO THE FORMULA IN WHAT WAS POTENTIALLY AWARDED TO THAT ORGANIZATION BASED ON WHAT THEY WERE DOING TO FURTHER THE ARTS AND HAD SOME PLANS IN PLANO. NOW WE WE'VE SUGGESTED THAT TO MAKE IT A LITTLE CLEANER, A LITTLE MORE STANDARD ACROSS THE BOARD TO REALLY FOCUS IN ON THOSE EVENTS AND SO AN ORGANIZATION AS I MENTIONED MIGHT DO OF THEIR TEN APPLICATIONS ONE APPLICATION MAYBE A THREE WEEK, YOU KNOW, PRODUCTION OF THE SCROOGE OR PERHAPS THEY'RE GOING TO DO A FESTIVAL DOWNTOWN. BUT THIS ALSO WILL OPEN UP CAPACITY AND BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EMERGING ARTISTS FOR OPPORTUNITIES THAT WANT TO COME TO PLAY ANOTHER NEW. YEAH I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THAT IDEA. >> I ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO SPREAD OUT THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE TO ENCOURAGE SMALLER OR DEVELOPING ORGANIZATIONS WHO WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN PLANO BUT THEY'RE JUST TOO SMALL. THEY DON'T GET ANY SAY IN ANY OF THE THE GRANT APPLICATIONS AND THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO FILL A GRANT APPLICATION. SO YES, I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THAT DIRECTION. >> OKAY. CAN I JUST. YEAH, GO AHEAD. JUST TO TO AMPLIFY ON THAT A LITTLE BIT. MAYOR PRO TEM I THINK THIS WILL ALSO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IN MORE ADULT ORIENTED PROFESSIONAL UH, THEATER AND BY PROFESSIONAL I MEAN THINGS LIKE THE REPERTORY COUNCIL OF REPERTORY THEATER AND AND I THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO ENABLE US TO NOT JUST GET IN THOSE SMALLER GROUPS BUT MAYBE SOME LARGER GROUPS TOO. DEPUTY MAYOR. OH YES. >> JUST REAL QUICK. AGAIN THIS IS FOR EVENTS ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS. SO I JUST WANT A LITTLE CLARITY HERE WITH REGARDS TO THE FUNDING. DOES THAT FUNDING ALSO INCLUDE IN-KIND SERVICES OR ARE WE STRICTLY TALKING ABOUT THE REAL DOLLARS PERSPECTIVE ON THIS? SO WE PASSED OUT SOME OF THE IN-KIND DONATIONS. WE REALLY ARE LOOKING FOR THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO AS I MENTIONED HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME. NOW AS WE LOOK THROUGH SOME OF THESE, THERE MAY BE SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TO LOOK AT WHEN YOU LOOK AT EVENT RENTALS AND THINGS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD ON ON THAT? >> SO I'M DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT AS THIS COMMITTEE IS IS THAT THE NOTION OF EQUITY SO WE HAVE SOME ORGANIZATIONS THAT MIGHT BE IN A CITY FACILITY RIGHT NOW AND SO WE DID TALK A LOT ABOUT HOW OVER TIME THAT WOULD BE CALCULATED INTO THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT THEY RECEIVE. >> SO SO THAT THERE WAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPREAD THAT DOLLARS OUT FURTHER. >> SO WE ARE LOOKING INTO THAT AND WE DO RECOMMEND DOING THAT. WELL AGAIN GO BACK AND LOOK AT OUR ONE OF OUR PREMIER EVENTS OF COURSE IS A PLANO BALLOON FESTIVAL AND PLANO HAS A BALLOON IN THAT FESTIVAL AND WE USE THE PARKS AND WE USE THESE PROVIDED ENORMOUS SUPPORT FIRE AND RESCUE, ENORMOUS SUPPORT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ALSO ENORMOUS SUPPORT. SO THOSE IT'S HARD TO PUT A DOLLAR AMOUNT ON THAT BUT THEY ALSO GET SOME CASH TO HELP RUN THE FACILITY TO PAY FOR CERTAIN THINGS. >> SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET AT BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE LIKE THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL WE CERTAINLY HAVE FIRE AND RESCUE THERE AND WE ALSO HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A PRESENCE THERE SO THAT'S WHY I'M JUST TRYING TO KIND OF GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE WERE GOING TO MANAGE THIS THIS FUNDING WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO BRING IN MORE SMALLER VENUES AND THOSE ARE BIG AND EVERYBODY SEES THOSE. BUT I ENCOURAGE BRINGING THE SMALL ARTISTS IN. I ENCOURAGE BRING IN A SMALL THEATER TROUPES IN. >> SO THAT'S WHY I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET MY ARMS AROUND HERE AND TRYING TO GET SEE HOW WE WERE GOING TO FUND THAT PART. AND I SHOULD ALSO NOTE THAT BOTH COUNCILMEMBER BERS AND STAFF ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTING TO THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION AND PROVIDE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO THE GROUP AND THE ARTS GROUPS TO COME IN AND DO A Q&A AND REALLY DIVE INTO THOSE DETAILS AND RECEIVE FEEDBACK. BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD TO THE FULL BODY TO UNDERSTAND THE DIRECTION AND MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE GOING THE RIGHT WAY. COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS SO I GUESS TO PAINT A PICTURE FOR EVERYONE I'M ASSUMING THAT THE FORMULA WILL HELP YOU IDENTIFY WHO TO HOW MUCH TO GIVE TO WHATEVER ORGANIZATION APPLIES FOR THIS. SO I THINK THAT WOULD HELP US SEE AND UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW THIS WORKS. PERHAPS MAYBE AT A LATER TIME THAT PICTURE CAN BE PAINTED FOR US BUT I THINK THAT WOULD HELP A LOT TO SEE THE FORMULA AND UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS. >> BE HAPPY TO AND YOU KNOW TO ILLUSTRATE THAT JUST BRIEFLY AS WE MENTIONED WE HAD CAPS AND THINGS THAT ARE SET INTO PLACE. THEY LARGELY MIRROR WHAT WE HAVE TODAY. THE SHIFT REALLY IS ON THE EVENT SIDE AND SO YOU KNOW EVERY ORGANIZATION WOULD BE ELIGIBLE IN THE FIRST YEAR TO APPLY FOR UP TO I THINK IT'S 375,000 THAT'S THE 35% OF 1.5 MILLION. NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN EVERY ORGANIZATION IS GOING TO PUT ON EVENTS THAT WOULD GET THEM THERE. RIGHT. AND ONE MITIGATING FACTOR THAT WE DID TO THE COUNCILMEMBERS POINT ABOUT A GROUP PERHAPS THAT THE CITY IS COVERING THEIR RENT TODAY WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT DOING IS DEDUCTING IT FROM THE 375 SO THERE'S NOT A TRUE FINANCIAL HIT BUT IT DOES PROVIDE SOME MORE EQUITY AND YOU KNOW IT'S CLEAR BUT WE WILL GET YOU AT SEVERAL EXAMPLES SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT. >> AND IF I MAY, I'M COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS. WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE THAT PART OF THIS COMMITTEE'S WORK AS WE DID ASK FOR ALL OF THE NUMBERS TO BE RUN. WE WERE NOT PREPARED TO BRING THAT TO YOU FORWARD TONIGHT AND INSTEAD WE WERE SEEKING DIRECTION ON WHETHER OR NOT THE DIRECTION WE WERE GOING WAS WHAT COUNCIL WANTED OVERALL AND IF IN FACT IT WAS THEN AS WE SEEK ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK AND INFORMATION THE NUMBERS ARE DONE. >> OUR FABULOUS LIAISON THERE HAS SPREADSHEETS THAT SHE HAS SHARED WITH US THAT WE'RE READY TO SHARE WIDER. WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, ANDY. SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL THIS IS OBVIOUSLY BUDGET SEASON. IT IS IMPACTFUL TO SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY GROUPS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS OKAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS DIRECTION THAT IT'S MORE OF THE EVENTS BASED FOCUS AND I SEE HEAD NODS THAT I THINK FOLKS ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT BUT THEY WANT ADDITIONAL DETAIL ON THE FORMULAS AND OTHER ELEMENTS TOO TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL AS WELL. IS THAT CORRECT? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE FORWARD. ALL RIGHT. >> THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM ITEM FOUR CONSENT AND REGULAR AGENDAS AS ANY COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE ANY ITEM THEY'D LIKE TO REMOVE. >> NEXT ITEM IS COUNCIL ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION ON FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ANY AND SPECIFICALLY IF NOT WE WILL TAKE A RECESS AND RETURN IN THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU . THE I NOW DECLARE THAT THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL IS RECONVENE AND IN OPEN SESSION THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT WILL BEGIN TONIGHT'S REGULAR MEETING WITH THE INVOCATION LED BY REVEREND CHRIS DOWD WITH CHRIST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND THE PLEDGES LED BY BOY TROOP 198 AND GIRL TROOP 198. >> WOULD YOU PLEASE RISE? LET US PRAY GRACIOUS GOD WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THE BLESSINGS OF CALLING THIS COMMUNITY OUR HOME WHEN TIMES ARE ANXIOUS, WHEN TROUBLES BREW, WHEN WAR RAGES AND CONFLICTS ABIDE. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY WITH STRONG CIVIC VALUES AND A COMMITMENT TO THE COMMON GOOD ESPECIALLY GOD WOULD GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THOSE WHO ARE CALLED TO ELECTED LEADERSHIP FELLOW CITIZENS WHO ARE WILLING TO SERVE IN THE PUBLIC EYE AND TO WORK FOR THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF THOSE WHO CALL PLANO HOME. WE PRAY THAT AS WE LIVE TOGETHER IN THIS WONDERFUL PLACE YOU WOULD INSPIRE US TO WORK TOGETHER TO HOLD EACH OTHER IN ESTEEM AND TO BE THE PEOPLE YOU CALL US TO BE IN OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOU AND WITH EACH OTHER. WE ASK YOU GOD THAT YOU WOULD BLESS OUR MAYOR, OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND THEY WOULD GIVE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT AS THEY MAKE DECISIONS FOR OUR CITY. WE ASK ALSO EVERY DAY FOR YOUR PROTECTION AND CARE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT FIREFIGHTERS FIRST RESPONDERS AND ALL WHO DEVOTE THEIR PROFESSIONAL LIVES TO SERVING THIS COMMUNITY AND ALL THESE PETITIONS GRACIOUS AND LOVING GOD WE OFFER YOU OUR THANKS, OUR PRAISE AND OUR FAITH. AMEN. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL UNDER THE TEXAS FLAG I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. >> BE SEATED PLEASE. ON THAT. NO, DON'T DON'T GO WRONG ON ME . I DID NOT HOLD YOU. BUT THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD ON THAT THAT I WOULD SAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. I'LL STAY HERE. STAY HERE. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE. OKAY, EVERYBODY GET ONE CHICKEN. OH, YOU GUYS ARE ALL OKAY. COME HERE. LET'S TAKE THAT. ALL RIGHT, TURN AROUND. THERE YOU GO. PERFECT. ARE YOU TALL GUYS? GET BACK HERE WITH ME. OH, WELL, YOU JUST GOT COME HERE. YOU'RE YOU'RE TALL. YOU'RE THE WINDOW PEOPLE HAVE YOU SEE EVERYBODY OKAY? ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. HOLD ON MY MOMS AND DADS ARE TAKING PICTURES. HERE WE GO. THANK YOU. THANKS, GUYS. THANKS FOR DOING THIS. WHAT A GREAT GROUP. APPRECIATE IT FOR THAT. WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. SO TONIGHT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PROCLAMATIONS TO PRESENT AND IT'S GETTING THAT TIME OF THE YEAR SO WE ARE PRESENTING OUR FIRST PROCLAMATION. IS IT IS BYTE MONTH IN MAY OF 2026. I AM A RECOVERING CYCLIST AND SINCE I'VE BEEN MAYOR I HAVEN'T REALLY RIDDEN THAT MUCH BUT THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO DO. SO I'M I'M REALLY DELIGHTED TO BE A PART OF THIS. >> SO WHEREAS FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY THE BICYCLE HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR LIVES MOST MOST FOR ALL AMERICANS BICYCLING IS AN ECONOMICAL, HEALTHY AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE FORM OF TRANSPORTATION THAT ENHANCES THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND CONNECTS OUR COMMUNITY. PLANO HAS AN ACTIVE BIKING COMMUNITY WITH INDIVIDUAL US OF VARYING SKILL LEVELS COMPRISED OF OVER A THOUSAND MEMBERS WHO EMBARK ON AS MANY AS 30 WEEKLY RIDES PARTICIPATE IN SPECIAL BIKING EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND ENJOY NEARLY 100 MILES OF PAVED TRAILS IN THE CITY OF PLANO. >> AND. WHEREAS, CREATING A BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY IMPROVES OUR CITIZENS HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE ATTRACTS TOURISM AND REDUCES POLLUTION IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. >> NOW THEREFORE I JOHN MUNNS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PLANO, TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MAY 2026 IS BIKE MONTH AND MAY 15TH, 20 26 AS BIKE TO WORK DAY IN PLANO AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO RIDE SAFELY, PARTICIPATE IN LOCAL EVENTS AND ENJOY BICYCLING THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF EXCELLENCE. >> THANK YOU AND THANK OUR SECOND. OUR SECOND PROCLAMATION IS BUILDING SAFETY MONTH MAY 2026. SO WHEREAS THE CITY OF PLANO RECOGNIZES THAT THE STRENGTH, RESILIENCE AND CONTINUED GROWTH OF OUR COMMUNITY DEPEND ON THE SAFETY, INTEGRITY AND SUSTAINABLE AGILITY OF OUR HOMES, BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURES THAT MUST SERVE AND PROTECT US IN BOTH EVERYDAY LIFE AND IN TIMES OF DISASTER OR. AND. WHEREAS OUR CONFIDENCE IN THE RESILIENCE OF THESE STRUCTURES IS MADE POSSIBLE BY DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS BUILDING SAFETY AND FIRE PREVENTION OFFICIALS, ARCHITECTS ENGINEERS BUILDERS ,TRADESPEOPLE DESIGN PROFESSIONALS LABORERS PLUMBERS AND OTHERS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WHO WORK YEAR ROUND TO TO ENSURE THAT OUR BUILDINGS ARE CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS. AND. WHEREAS, THE 2002 THEME BUILT TO LAST HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR CONSTRUCTING AND MAINTAINING BUILDINGS THAT STAND THE TEST OF TIME PROMOTING DURABILITY, RESILIENCE AND LONG TERM INVESTMENT IN THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. WHEREAS EACH YEAR IN OBSERVANCE OF BUILDING SAFETY MONTH THE CITY OF PLANO IS ASKED TO CONSIDER THE COMMITMENT TO IMPROVE BUILDING SAFETY RESILIENCE, ECONOMIC INVESTMENT AT HOME AND IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ESSENTIAL SERVICE PROVIDED TO ALL OF US BY LOCAL BUILDING AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN PROTECTING LIVES AND PROPERTY. NOW THEREFORE I JOHN MUNNS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PLANO, TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY OF 2026 AS BUILDING SAFETY MONTH IN THE CITY OF PLANO. AND I DO THEREBY ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN ME AND THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL IN COMMENDING OUR DEDICATED STAFF IN THEIR VIGILANT EFFORTS TO UPHOLD BUILDING CODES TO ENSURE PLANO REMAINS THE CITY OF EXCELLENCE. >> THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH . OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. >> THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION AND CONTAINS ITEMS WHICH ARE ROUTINE AND TYPICALLY NON-CONTROVERSIAL. ALL ITEMS MAY BE REMOVED FROM THIS AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION BY A COUNCIL MEMBER, THE CITY MANAGER OR ANY CITIZEN. THE PRESIDING OFFICER WILL ESTABLISH TIME LIMITS BASED UPON THE NUMBER OF SPEAKER REQUESTS. >> THANK YOU MAYOR. I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. >> SECOND THANK YOU. >> I HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES 8 TO 0. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. APPLICANTS ARE LIMITED TO 15 MINUTES PRESENTATION TIME WITH A FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL IF NEEDED. >> REMAINING SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO 30 TOTAL MINUTES OF TESTIMONY TIME WITH THREE MINUTES ASSIGNED PER SPEAKER. THE PRESIDING OFFICER MAY AMEND THESE TIMES AS DEEMED NECESSARY. NON PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS THE PRESIDING OFFICER WILL PERMIT PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA NOT POSTED FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. THE PRESIDING OFFICER WILL ESTABLISH TIME LIMITS BASED UPON THE NUMBER OF SPEAKER REQUESTS LENGTH OF THE AGENDA AND TO ENSURE MEETING EFFICIENCY AND MAY INCLUDE ACCUMULATED TIME LIMIT. SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THE REQUESTS ARE RECEIVED UNTIL THE CUMULATIVE TIME IS EXHAUSTED. ITEM NUMBER ONE PUBLIC HEARING IN CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AS REQUESTED IN ZONING CASE 2025 DASH TEN TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY ORDINANCE NUMBER 2015 DASH 5-2 AS HERETOFORE AMENDED. >> REZONING 14.1 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF LOS RIOS BOULEVARD 1115FT NORTH OF MERRIMAN DRIVE IN THE CITY OF PLANO. COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS FROM PLAN DEVELOPMENT 173 ESTATE DEVELOPMENT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT 44 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. DIRECTING A CHANGE ACCORDINGLY IN THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY. PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE A REPEAL OR CLAUSE. A SAVINGS CLAUSE. A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE A PUBLICATION CLAUSE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR. COUNCIL AND EXECUTIVES. I'M CHRISTINA O'DAY, THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING HERE TO PRESENT ZONING CASE 2025 TEN TO YOU THIS EVENING. HAD OUR FIRST SLIDE I HAVE FOR YOU THIS EVENING IS A DEMONSTRATES THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND IT IS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF A PROPERTY THAT'S DEVELOPED TODAY WITH A RELIGIOUS FACILITY AT THE CORNER OF LOS ROSE BOULEVARD AND MERRIMAN DRIVE. YOU CAN SEE THE DESIGN FOR A SUBDIVISION ON THAT KIND OF REMAINDER TRACT OF THE MEADOWS BAPTIST CHURCH ADDITION. SO TODAY THIS IS PART OF AN EXISTING PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT THAT IS MUCH LARGER THAT EXTENDS TO THE WEST THAT CURRENT PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT HAS AN ESTATE DEVELOPMENT BASED ZONING THAT REQUIRES A MINIMUM LOT SIZE OF TWO ACRES WITH FENCING STANDARDS THAT ALLOW SOME ADDITIONAL HEIGHT AND A HORIZONTAL RAIL TYPE FENCING THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE SUBDIVISION AGAIN TO THE WEST THAT IS AGAIN LARGER LOT SIZES . >> SO THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING WOULD ALLOW SMALLER LOTS 7000 AND 9000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS FOR STREETS WOULD COME OFF OF LOS RIOS BOULEVARD AND EXTEND TO THE WEST. HOWEVER, NONE OF THOSE STREETS WOULD EXTEND INTO THE SUBDIVISIONS TO THE WEST. SO THIS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN IS THE NORTHERNMOST PORTION OF THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION. THEN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE SUBDIVISION IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A PROPOSED 20 FOOT STRIP ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE SUBDIVISION THAT IS A LANDSCAPE BUFFER THAT'S REQUIRED IN THE PROPOSED PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. IT ALSO INCLUDES AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE THAT IS AN OPEN FENCE. THIS DESIGN IS ALSO PART OF SOMETHING THAT CAME THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT THAT WENT THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND THE DRAINAGE AS YOU CAN SEE IS LIMITED TO THE RELIGIOUS FACILITIES PROPERTY ON THE NORTH END OF THEIR PROPERTY. YOU CAN SEE THE STREET ACCESS ALSO INCLUDES FRONTAGE ON THE RELIGIOUS FACILITY PROPERTY AS WELL COMING OFF OF LOS RIOS BOULEVARD. SO THIS IS JUST THE FULL EXTENT OF THE PROPERTY EXTENDING DOWN TO MERRYMAN DRIVE SO YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING PARKING LOT AS IT EXISTS TODAY. >> SO THE CASE HISTORY THIS DID HAVE A LONG HISTORY WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. IT STARTED OUT IN NOVEMBER OF 2025 WITH A PROPOSAL FOR SINGLE FAMILY SIX LOTS. THOSE WOULD BE 6000 SQUARE FOOT LOT. SO AT A MINIMUM IT BECAME APPARENT AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING THAT THERE NEEDED TO BE MORE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER, THE OWNER AND THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD STAKEHOLDERS. SO THE ITEM WAS TABLED AT THAT TIME. IT CAME BACK IN MARCH WITH A REQUEST FOR SINGLE FAMILY SEVEN THOSE ARE 7000 SQUARE FOOT LOT. THERE WAS A MODIFIED DESIGN THAT INCLUDED THE 20 FOOT BUFFER THAT YOU SAW WITH THE STREET ON THE WEST SIDE THE LARGER LOTS ON EACH END OF THE BLOCK. HOWEVER THOSE WEREN'T TIED DOWN BY ANYTHING IN THE ZONING SO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REQUESTED THAT A PLAN DEVELOPMENT BE BROUGHT FORWARD SO THAT THOSE COULD BE TIED DOWN TO THE ZONING AND A COMMITMENT COULD BE MADE THAT THE CITY COULD ENFORCE. SO WE'RE NOTICE THE ZONING CASE AND BROUGHT FORWARD A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IN APRIL AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY PLAN DEVELOPMENT 44 SINGLE FAMILY SEVEN. SO THOSE PREVIOUS COMMITMENTS THAT WERE MADE BOTH AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION THROUGH THE PLAN TO THE NEIGHBORS ARE INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. IT INCLUDES ALL THE COMMITMENTS THAT WERE MADE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO OUR KNOWLEDGE AND OTHER LOT OF MODIFICATIONS SUCH AS LOCK CUPBOARDS AND SETBACKS THAT WERE PART OF THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST. SO THESE ARE THE STIPULATIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL LOTS, SOME MINIMUM FRONT YARD AND SIDE YARD SETBACKS LACK COVERAGE STANDARDS AS WELL AS THE DESIGN STANDARDS THAT WERE PART OF THE PROPOSAL THAT YOU SAW IN THE CONCEPT PLAN WHERE THERE ARE LARGER LOTS REQUIRED ON THE EAST AND WEST ENDS OF THE BLOCK, THEY ALSO REQUIRED A THREE CAR GARAGE WITHIN THE PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE THAT WAS AGAIN SOME OF THE NEGOTIATION WITH THE ADJACENT HOMEOWNERS AND THEN THAT MINIMUM 20 FOOT WIDE LANDSCAPE EDGE ALONG THE WESTERN PROPERTY LINE. >> SO SOME OF THE DESIGN STANDARDS THAT YOU SEE WITH REGARD TO LOT COVERAGE AND FRONT YARD SETBACK ARE SUPPORTED BECAUSE THEY ALIGN WITH THE CITY'S NEW PROPOSED ZONING DISTRICT IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT THE DEVELOPER WANTED TO DO AND THEY DO ALIGN WITH THE R.D.N. STANDARD TO STANDARDS WHICH HAVE YOU'VE SEEN THROUGH MODULE ONE OF THE UDC THOSE ARE NOT ADOPTED STANDARDS BUT THEY ARE THINGS THAT ARE PROPOSED FOR THE FUTURE. SO TO ALIGN BETTER WITH FUTURE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR WHAT IS CURRENTLY THE S.F. SEVEN DISTRICT TODAY WE THINK THESE LOT COVERAGE AND SETBACK STANDARDS ARE APPROPRIATE SO THE EFFECT ON THE EXISTING PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WE BELIEVE BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF ACCESS TO THE WEST AND ESPECIALLY DUE TO THE ADDITION OF THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER THERE'S NO ADVERSE IMPACT ADVERSE IMPACT TO THE REMAINING LOTS TO THE WEST AND THE FENCE RESTRICTIONS ARE REALLY INTENDED TO MAINTAIN THE CHARACTER OF THAT RANCH. THEY REACH A STATE SUBDIVISION SO AGAIN NO ADVERSE IMPACTS TO THE SUBDIVISION TO THE WEST. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SHOWS THIS AS A NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND THIS REQUEST FULLY MEETS THE INTENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITH REGARD TO PUBLIC INPUT. THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS SUBMITTED A LETTER OF SUPPORT AND AGAIN BECAUSE THEY OWN BOTH THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH THIS IS REPRESENTING A SINGLE LETTER THAT THEY'VE SUBMITTED AND THEN THIS IS THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FOR THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 66 LETTERS OR 66 RESPONSES IN SUPPORT THREE IN OPPOSITION FOR A TOTAL OF 69 RESPONSES WITH 13 OTHER LETTERS IN EMAILS. I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THIS REQUEST. THE DEVELOPER IS ALSO HERE AND HAS A PRESENTATION COUNCIL MEMBER CARE CHRISTINE I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS TO MAKE SURE I'M REALLY FOLLOWING EVERYTHING HERE. SO THE APPLICANT ACTUALLY CAME TO US IN 2025 WITH THE INTENT OF DEVELOPING AND BASICALLY WE'RE ASKED TO GO BACK AND REALLY MEET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND MAKE SURE THEY'VE HAD AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT AND THERE'S BEEN SOME CHANGES BACK AND FORTH A LITTLE BIT. AND THEN EARLIER THIS YEAR THEY CAME TO US AND SAID HEY, WE WANT TO DO A SINGLE FAMILY SEVEN AND IN ORDER TO REALLY HONOR THE CONVERSATION BACK FROM NOVEMBER OF 2025 THAT THE APPLICANT ACTUALLY SAID HEY, LET'S LET'S DO A PLAN DEVELOPMENT SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY CODIFY THE DISCUSSION WE'VE HAD WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND THAT'S WHAT BRINGS US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, RIGHT? >> I BELIEVE THE PLAN OF THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT WAS AT THE REQUEST OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. THEY ASKED US TO GO AHEAD AND NOTIFY THAT AND BRING IT FORWARD AND THE APPLICANT AGREED OKAY. AND THEY BROUGHT IT FORTH BECAUSE THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ZONING NOT BEING TIGHT ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY I GUESS ADHERE TO THE AGREEMENT WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. >> THAT'S RIGHT. OTHERWISE IT WOULD END UP BEING A PRIVATE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND THE CITY COULDN'T ENFORCE THE AGREEMENT . WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY BE ABLE TO ENFORCE THAT AGREEMENT? >> IT'S ABOUT SETTING EXPECTATIONS. OTHERWISE WE CAN ONLY ENFORCE THE SINGLE FAMILY SEVEN SUBDIVISION STANDARDS SO THINGS LIKE THAT 20 FOOT LANDSCAPE EDGE IF LET'S SAY THE PROPERTY WERE TO BE SOLD TO A DIFFERENT DEVELOPER AND THEY DID NOT WISH TO HONOR THAT STANDARD, THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE COULD DO TO PREVENT THEM FROM DEVELOPING WITHOUT THAT 20 FOOT BUFFER. >> IT'S REALLY ABOUT HONORING I GUESS THE AGREEMENT WITHIN THE NEIGHBORS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHERE THEY WERE EXPECTING THINGS TO GO SO THAT IT WOULD NOT BE ANY OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY VARY FROM THAT. DOES THAT SOUND ACCURATE? THAT IS CORRECT. AND CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THIS THREE CAR GARAGE REQUIREMENT? >> WHAT RIGHT. I THINK PERHAPS THE DEVELOPER CAN SPEAK TO THAT BETTER THAN I CAN BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT IS WAS AGAIN A CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER AND THE NEIGHBORS THAT THEY COMMITTED TO THAT AS A COMMITMENT TO QUALITY FOR THE PRODUCT THEY'RE GOING TO TO PROVIDE AND SO THEY WANTED TO INCLUDE AGAIN TO MEET THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. THEY WOULD INCLUDE ALL THE COMMITMENTS THEY'D MADE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. >> VERY GOOD. AND THEN MY FINAL QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH AN EIGHT FOOT ORNAMENTAL FENCE IS ON THE WEST SIDE IS THAT CORRECT? >> IT IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY I BELIEVE IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE LANDSCAPE EDGE. BUT THAT'S A SMALL DETAIL I THINK IN THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IT'S JUST REQUIRED TO BE IN THAT LANDSCAPE EDGE AND IT'S ORNAMENTAL SO THAT YOU CAN THERE'S FREE VISION. I GUESS BUT IT JUST SOME SEPARATION BETWEEN THE TWO PARTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. >> THAT'S RIGHT. AND BECAUSE IT'S FAIRLY NARROW THERE'S FENCES ON THE PROPERTY LINE TODAY SO IN ORDER TO CREATE A KIND OF A HEALTHY LIVING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PLANTS THAT WILL BE THERE, WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE SOMETHING WHERE THERE'S SOLID FENCING SO THAT WILL CREATE A NICER ENVIRONMENT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU, JULIE. I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU, CHRISTINA. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS JIM DOUGLAS. GOOD EVENING JIM DOUGLAS DOUGLAS PROPERTIES 23 09K AVENUE PLANO. >> I APPRECIATE PNC AND THE HOMEOWNERS AND CERTAINLY STAFF FOR WORKING WITH US. WE STARTED OFF AS SHE MENTIONED S.F. SIX. WE HAD DONE S.F. SIX BEFORE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'RE NOT NEW TO EAST PLANO OBVIOUSLY. MY OFFICE IN EAST PLANO WE DID MERRIMAN ESTATES WHICH IS JUST ACROSS LOS RIOS BORDERS THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL. >> WE DID BUILDS UP OF CONCRETE WHICH IS RIGHT THERE AT PARKER AND JUPITER ROAD AND OUR LARGE SUBDIVISION IN EAST PLANO WITH TIMBER BROOK WHICH IS IN THE FAR NORTHEAST CORNER OF PLANO AT THEY'RE JUST SOUTH OF CHAPARRAL. WE OWN BOTH SIDES OF JUPITER ROAD. AND OF COURSE WE LIVE ON THE EAST SIDE SO AGAIN I FELT FORTUNATE THAT I GOT WITH THE CHURCH THEY WERE WILLING TO SELL THE 14 ACRES TO DEVELOP A SUBDIVISION BECAUSE EAST PLANO IS SORT OF BEEN FORGOTTEN. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS SO FORTH MOVE OUT, PULL OUT SOME NEW ACTIVITY TAPE LEAD ACTIVITY BREEDS ACTIVITY. SO HOPEFULLY BRING SOME NEW HOMES OVER TO THE EAST SIDE WILL HELP OUT. CERTAINLY IT BLENDS IN WITH WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. STONY HOLLOW IS A MIXTURE OF SEVEN THOUSANDS AND NINE THOUSANDS. SO WE FIT IN WITH THAT. WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD WITH THE HOMEOWNERS. WE'VE TRIED WE'VE GONE THROUGH TWO MAJOR REVISIONS SEVERAL MINOR REVISIONS REDUCE THE COUNT FROM 58 LOTS TO 250. THE THREE CAR GARAGE WAS BROUGHT UP IS SET OUT FOR THAT AS A AS PROOF THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO QUALITY SUBDIVISION. SO ON THE 9000 FOOT LOTS IT HAS A SEPARATION BACK FROM THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE RANCH ESTATES. THEY'RE THE ONES JUST RIGHT NEXT TO US. BUT THOSE HOMES BACK TO US WE HAVE THE 20 FOOT OPEN SPACE. IT'LL BE A METAL FENCE LIKE THE OLD WROUGHT IRON TYPE FENCE BUT IT'LL BE ALUMINUM SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ALL PAINTED AND IT GIVES THAT SEPARATE TO WHERE YOU KNOW SEVERAL THE HALLMARK PARTICULARLY RIGHT THERE CONCERN ABOUT YOU KNOW, KIDS OR WHATEVER WE MIGHT COME RIGHT UP TO THEIR FENCE AND THEY'VE GOT HORSES AND ANIMALS. SO WE AGREED TO DO THE FENCING OFF TO WHERE YOU HAVE THE NICE LOOK WITH THE TREES PLANTED ON IT BUT NOT NECESSARILY GOING RIGHT TO THOSE PEOPLE'S FENCE. THE ALLIANCE, THE DRAINAGE AS CHRISTIANE MENTIONED, IT WILL BE HANDLED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CHURCH. THERE'S ALREADY A DRAINAGE DETENTION AREA THERE. WE WILL SIMPLY ENLARGE IT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THAT WATER BECAUSE IT GOES UNDER THE ROAD TOWARD THE HIGH SCHOOL. SO WE DO HAVE TO MAINTAIN THAT. I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I MEAN STAFF AND PNC HAS GONE THROUGH APPROVAL YOU KNOW, THOROUGHLY ANALYZED THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY. WE REALLY WANT TO OBVIOUSLY BE HERE. THE PD FITS WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO BECAUSE WE DO MAKE COMMITMENTS TO THE HOMEOWNERS. I CAN SEE THEIR POINT FOR SOME REASON IF WE DIDN'T DEVELOP IT SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT HAVE THAT FEELING. BUT I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 47 YEARS AND I UNDERSTAND MY REPUTATION SO ALL I'VE GOT AND I STAND BEHIND WHAT I SAY I'LL DO AND I WILL DO THIS AND BE A GOOD LOOKING SUBDIVISION AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. >> OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. DOUGLAS. I'LL WILL WE HAVE A FEW MORE SPEAKERS AND IF ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAS A QUESTION I'LL CALL YOU BACK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS MICHAEL. >> BOTH MICHAEL. WE'LL MOVE ON TO SCOTT FENTON . HELLO. I'M DR. SCOTT FENTON RESIDING AT 4017 KATE MEADOW DRIVE HERE IN PLANO. I WASN'T BORN IN EAST PLANO BUT I GOT HERE AS THEY SAID AS FAST AS I COULD. I'M DEEPLY VESTED IN THE EAST PLANO COMMUNITY. I'VE BEEN AN ENTHUSIASTIC RESIDENT OF EAST PLANO FOR THE PAST 36 YEARS. MY THREE CHILDREN HAVE GONE TO EAST SIDE SCHOOLS FROM GRADE SCHOOL THROUGH SENIOR HIGH. MY FIVE GRANDCHILDREN ARE FOLLOWING IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS. MY WIFE IS A RETIRED TEACHER FROM PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WAS TEACHER OF THE YEAR AND ONE OF OUR EAST SIDE SCHOOLS WHERE SHE DEVELOPED AWARD WINNING SPEECH AND THEATER PROGRAMS. FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS I'VE SERVED AS THE CHAPLAIN FOR THE PLANO POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS ASSISTING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. THIS SERVICE HELPS PLANO FAMILIES FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS, RELIGIONS AND ETHNICITIES TO DEAL WITH THE MOST TRAUMATIC CRISIS IMAGINABLE THE UNEXPECTED DEATH OF A LOVED ONE. I'VE BEEN AN EYE WITNESS AND PARTICIPANT IN THE GROWTH OF OUR EAST PLANO COMMUNITY OVER THE PAST QUARTER OF A CENTURY. I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST HOMEOWNERS OF THE STONY HOLLOW NEIGHBORHOOD AND I'M A PROUD AND VERY PROUD RESIDENT AND PROUD OF THE BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS, THE SCHOOLS AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED OUT OF THE AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF OUR PAST. RECENT YEARS HOWEVER, IN EAST PLANO HAVE SEEN THE CLOSING OF MAJOR CHANGE LIKE TOM THUMB AS WELL AS SCHOOL CLOSURES DUE TO DECLINING ENROLLMENT. THE REALITY IS IN MY OPINION WE NEED MORE FAMILIES, MORE HOMES, MORE CHILDREN, MORE NEIGHBORHOODS TO KEEP OUR EAST PLANO SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES VIBRANT AND STRONG. MR. DOUGLAS, THE LOCAL DEVELOPER LOCATED RIGHT HERE IN EAST PLANO, HIS DEMONSTRATED CONSISTENT EFFORT TO MEET WITH LISTEN TO AND RESPOND TO THE CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD IS HIS WILLINGNESS TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD MULTIPLE TIMES TO WORK TOWARD COMPROMISE AND CONSENSUS. IT'S COMMENDABLE AND EVIDENCE THAT HE'S CONCERNED EAST PLANO RESIDENT AND NEIGHBOR HIMSELF AND NOT JUST A CORPORATE DEVELOPER FOR EAST PLANO HAS A REAL NEED IN DOUGLAS PROPERTIES HAS GIVEN US A GREAT PLAN IN THIS PD PROPOSAL FOR THE MEADOWBROOK ADDITION. SO I URGE YOU TO VOTE YES TONIGHT FOR THIS REZONING PROPOSAL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. BRIAN EPLEY . GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS BRIAN EPLEY. I LIVE AT 4324 PEGGY LANE. I HAVE NOT BEEN HERE AS LONG AS DR. SCOTT. WE MOVED HERE IN THE SUMMER OF 2021. WE WERE LOOKING FOR A BETTER PLACE TO FINISH RAISING MY FAMILY AND PROVIDE THEM THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR FOR A FRUITFUL LIFE. MY OLDEST CHILDREN JUST GRADUATED FROM PLANO EAST LAST SUMMER. MY YOUNGEST SON IS STILL AT MCMILLAN. MY OLDEST SON JUST GRADUATED. I JUST GOT HIS EAGLE FROM TROOP 198 WHO WHO DID THE OPENING HERE? WE ARE WE LIKE BEING HERE. THIS IS A GOOD PLACE AND I'M THE KIND OF PERSON THAT WOULD BE LOOKING TO GET ONE OF THESE HOUSES. I HAVE FAMILY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE HERE THAT ARE STILL STILL BACK IN WHERE WE CAME FROM. AND THE TRUTH IS WE COULD USE MORE HOUSES TO BRING IN MORE PEOPLE LOOKING FOR A PLACE LIKE PLANO TO LIVE. SO I ALSO ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE AND BRING MORE PEOPLE LIKE ME HERE TO PLANO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHARLES, WHAT'S. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. UNLIKE DR. SCOTT, I HAVE LIVED HERE LONGER THAN HE HAS. >> I GREW UP IN PLANO. MY NAME IS CHARLES WATTS. I LIVE AT 7204 CLOVERLEAF DRIVE IN PLANO A TIMBER BROOK ESTATE THAT WAS BUILT HERE. MY WIFE AND I ARE LIFELONG MEMBERS RESIDENTS OF PLANO AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE REZONING OF THIS LAND ADJACENT TO MEADOWS BAPTIST CHURCH FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. I GREW UP IN PLANO. I ATTENDED PLANO SCHOOLS. I'M A 3838 YEARS AGO. I MET MY WIFE AT PLANO EAST. WE STARTED HERE BECAME A LIFELONG WE HAVE A LIFELONG MARRIAGE A FAMILY RAISED ON THE EAST SIDE AND A DEEP AND PERSONAL INVESTMENT IN THIS COMMUNITY. >> EAST PLANO IS MORE THAN JUST WHERE WE LIVE. IT IS WHERE FAMILIES TAKE ROOT . RELATIONSHIPS ARE FORMED IN A TRUE SENSE OF COMMUNITY IS BUILT. PLANO IS THAT COMMUNITY. >> FAITH. FAMILY SERVICE. RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR NEIGHBORS. OUR VALUES THAT WE DO LIVE BY. THESE PRINCIPLES HAVE LONG DEFINED TO PLANO ESPECIALLY IN PLANO EAST WHERE MULTIPLE GENERATIONAL FAMILIES AND CLOSE KNIT NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE CREATED A STRONG SENSE OF BELONGING. >> THOUGHTFUL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS SUCH AS THIS SUCH AS WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN FROM HERE AND IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING HURDLES THAT HAVE BEEN OVERCOME. IT IS TO WELCOME NEW FAMILIES WHO WILL INVEST IN THIS COMMUNITY, SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS AND BUILD MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS. APPROVING THIS REQUEST IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN EACH PLANO BY ENCOURAGING FAMILIES CENTERED GROWTH PROMOTING RESPONSIVE STEWARDSHIP OF THE LAND AND REINFORCING A KIND OF COMMUNITY THAT MAKES A NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL LIKE HOME. >> FOR THESE REASONS I FULLY SUPPORT THE REZONING OF THIS LAND AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE HOMES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND I AM HERE TO MAKE PLANO PROUD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TIM RICHARDS . GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS TIM RICHARDS AND I RESIDE AT 4300 PEGGY LANE IN PLANO WHICH IS WITHIN THE CREEKSIDE OF STATE'S NUMBER TWO NEIGHBORHOOD. I HAVE LIVED THERE FOR 33 YEARS. MY WIFE CINDY AND I RAISED OUR FAMILY IN EAST PLANO. OUR CHILDREN ATTENDED ALL THE EAST SIDE PLANO HIGHEST SCHOOLS SOME OF WHICH ARE NOW CLOSED AS WAS MENTIONED BY PREVIOUS SPEAKERS. WE ARE DEEPLY ROOTED IN LOVE THE EAST SIDE OF PLANO. OUR HOME IS IN VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE LAND SUBJECT OF THIS REZONING PETITION. FOR REFERENCE PURPOSES I RECENTLY RETIRED FROM THE TITLE INSURANCE BUSINESS AFTER 42 YEARS IN THAT INDUSTRY AND I'VE ALSO HELD AN ACTIVE REAL ESTATE LICENSE FROM THE TEXAS REAL ESTATE COMMISSION SINCE 1985. AS SUCH I CAN APPRECIATE PROPERTY OWNERS WANTING TO PROTECT BOTH THE VALUE AND ESTHETICS OF THEIR PROPERTY. AS IT'S BEEN PREVIOUSLY STATED ,THE PROPOSED LOT SIZES ARE NOW COMMENSURATE AND PROPORTIONAL WITH THE LOT SIZES IN THE STONEY HOLLOW EDITION AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO LARGER THAN THE MERRIMAN ESTATES EDITION. BASED ON THE CONFIGURATION OF THE PROPOSED PLAT, THE DEVELOPER SEEMS TO HAVE MADE MANY CHANGES TO APPEASE THE HOMEOWNERS AND RANCHERS STATES IN STONY HOLLOW SOME OF WHICH WERE TO HIS DETRIMENT FINANCIALLY AS THERE ARE NO STREETS CONNECTING TO OR GOING THROUGH RANCHO STRAIGHT ESTATES FROM THE PROPOSED ADDITION. I FAIL TO SEE HOW THIS REZONING WILL HAVE ANY NEG NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THAT SUBDIVISION AND I BELIEVE THE UNIQUE CHARACTER OF RANCH ESTATES WILL BE PRESERVED. I ALSO BELIEVE IN THE DEVELOPER DOUGLAS PROPERTIES WHOSE LONGEVITY AND EXCELLENT REPUTATION CAN EASILY BE RESEARCHED AND CONFIRMED. >> IN CLOSING I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS REZONING APPLICATION IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE ENTIRETY OF EAST PLANO. THIS NEEDS TO BE VIEWED IN LIGHT OF THE MANY NEW FAMILIES IT WILL PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED GROWTH AND SUPPORT BOTH ECONOMIC AND OTHERWISE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOSE IN ATTENDANCE TO SUPPORT THIS REZONING APPLICATION TO PLEASE STAND. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE TO OUR GREAT CITY. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MR. RICHARDS. THE LAST SPEAKER IS COREY RIKER . >> COREY RIKER. 1814 NW PLACE PLANO, TEXAS. >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. >> I'M GENERALLY IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS LOCATION AND I REALLY AGREE WITH A LOT OF WHAT ALL OF THE OTHER SPEAKERS HAVE JUST SAID. I WANT TO COMMEND THE EFFORTS OF THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE DEVELOPER AND ALL THE EFFORTS THAT THEY'VE DONE TO REACH A COMPROMISE WITH THE WITH THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS. >> I AM HOWEVER I DO HOWEVER HAVE REAL RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE ZONING THAT'S BEFORE YOU. THIS PROJECT SHOULD PROPERLY BE A SIMPLE CASE OF STRAIGHT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING. THE CITY IS CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN A LENGTHY PROCESS TO REWRITE THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND REDUCE THE RELIANCE ON PDS. FROM MY OBSERVATION, THE ONLY REASON THIS CASE HAS ARRIVED BEFORE YOU AS PD IS BECAUSE THE Z COMMISSION REQUESTED IT AS THE ONLY VIABLE MECHANISM TO FORCE THE DEVELOPER TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE PRIVATE AGREEMENTS MADE TO THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS. YOU SHOULD ASK IF THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE EXERCISE OF THE CITY'S ZONING AUTHORITY. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE PD IS TO CODIFY A LANDSCAPE SCREENING BUFFER ON THE WESTERN PROPERTY LINE OF THE SITE. THE 20 FOOT LANDSCAPE SCREENING ACCOUNTING FOR AROUND 20,000FT2 OF LAND IS IS TO BE OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY THE NEW HIGHWAY. THE PD REQUIRES A GATED IRON FENCE OR ALUMINUM ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER. THIS FEATURE IS AN ACCOMMODATION TO THE JUST EXISTING ADJACENT PROPERTIES AND IS FOR THEIR BENEFIT. THE COST AND RESPONSIBILITY OF MAINTAINING THIS FEATURE INTERPRET TO CITY WILL BE BORNE BY THE FUTURE HOMEOWNERS WHO HAVE NO VOICE IN THIS CONVERSATION AND ARE BARRED FROM ACCESSING THE AMENITY THAT THEY MUST MAINTAIN. YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY CONSIDER IF THIS ARRANGEMENT IS EQUITABLE TO ALL INVOLVED AND IF IT ADVANCES THE CITY'S INTEREST IN PROMOTING HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF ALL RESIDENTS. AS THE SAYING GOES, GOOD FENCES MAKE GOOD NEIGHBORS BUT WE SHOULD BE WARY WHEN THE GOVERNMENT IS USED FORCE ONE GROUP OF NEIGHBORS TO PAY PAY FOR AND MAINTAIN THEIR NEIGHBORS FENCE. THANK YOU. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. CONFINE THE COMMENTS TO THE COUNCIL. DEPUTY MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. MISS DE IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I LOOKED AT THIS SEVERAL TIMES OVER. >> I WATCHED THE PNC MEETING AND IT'S MY OPINION THAT THE REASON WE WENT WITH THE PD IS BECAUSE OF SEVERAL REASONS. ONE WE HAVE MIXED ZONING. >> IF ALL THESE UNITS WERE SAY S.F. SIX OR S.F. SEVEN, IT WAS A STRAIGHT UP ZONING CASE. BUT ALSO WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE LOCAL NEIGHBORS THAT WERE ON THE ESTATES AND THEREFORE THAT'S WHY THEY PUT IN THE DESIGN STANDARDS WITH REGARDS TO THE FENCING AND THE GREEN SCAPE. I TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF OPPOSITION TO MR. LINEKER'S POINT. I WRITE A POINT ABOUT IF THE HOMEOWNER DID NOT WANT TO BE BURDENED WITH THAT FENCING IN THAT GREEN SCAPE THEY WOULDN'T MOVE THERE. OKAY SO BY THEM JUST COMING IN AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WILL BE AN HOA TO PAY FOR THAT THEN THAT'S IN CASE THEY SHOW THAT THEY WOULD BE SUBJECT TO PUT IN THAT EXTRA FEE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT THAT GREEN SCAPE. CLEARLY THERE IS SUPPORT FOR THE SUBDIVISION. CLEARLY THE SUPPORT FROM THE LOCAL BUSINESSES, THE SCHOOLS. I THINK THIS IS A GOOD PLAN A GOOD STEP MOVING FORWARD. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ZONING CASE 2025 DASH TEN DOING OKAY? >> I WANT TO SECOND IT. I ACTUALLY WANTED TO BE THE ONE THAT MOVE IT BECAUSE I AM ACTUALLY FROM DISTRICT ONE AND I'M FROM THE EAST SIDE AND I WAS SO MOVED BY ALL THE SPEAKERS THAT CAME UP AND TALK ABOUT THE EAST SIDE BECAUSE EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER HERE COULD VOUCH FOR ME. I DON'T RECOGNIZE HOW TO GET TO THE WEST SIDE OF PLANO EVERY TIME WHEN I GO THERE I HAVE TO USE GPS AND I ALWAYS GET LOST BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT TRUE PLANO IS REALLY ON THE EAST SIDE. >> WOULD YOU GUYS AGREE? >> SO I LOVE THE FACT THAT ALL THE SPEAKERS THAT CAME UP TALKED ABOUT THE ESSENCE AND THE QUALITY OF THE EAST SIDE AND WHY PLANO EAST IS SO IMPORTANT AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT THE DEVELOPER TALKED TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM AND THOUGHT ABOUT HOW TO MAKE PLANO IS A BETTER DISTRICT. AND I JUST I MEAN I WAS SO MOVED AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU AND I REALLY WANTED TO BE THE ONE THAT MOVED FOR THE PARK. MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY ASK THE CITY SECRETARY, CAN WE CHANGE THAT? I'D BE GLAD TO SECOND IF SHE WANTS TO TAKE THE TIME, I WANT TO TAKE THE MOVE. >> I WANT TO MOVE TO ACCEPT THIS. >> WHAT IS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING PUBLIC ZONING CASE 2025 010 AND MOVE TO APPROVE. >> ONE LAST COMMENT. WE DO HAVE SOME LOVELY RESTAURANTS ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN IF YOU GUYS EVER KNOW I'M IN THE CENTER SO I GO BOTH WAYS PRETTY. >> OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION A SECOND. UNBELIEVABLE. BUT COUNCILMEMBER LEVINE, DO YOU WANT TO FOLLOW THAT OR. >> I DON'T THINK I CAN FOLLOW THAT. >> SO I HAVE A MOTION A SECOND TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE. PLEASE VOTE YES. >> MOTION PASSES EIGHT TO ZERO . MR. DOUGLAS, CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU FOR THE INTEGRITY YOU HAD TO WORK WITH ALL OF THESE PEOPLE. IT'S IT WARMS THIS COUNCIL'S HEART TO SEE THE WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS THE SUPPORT THAT THE NEIGHBORS HAVE FOR THIS. WE WE I FRANKLY DON'T SEE THAT A LOT SO IT'S IT'S REFRESHING TO SEE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOU BEING HERE. WITH THAT BEING SAID, THOUGH, NO FURTHER BUSINESS. WE ARE ADJOURNED . >> COUNTRY