Plano City Council Meeting - September 26, 2023
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>> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH AND I HAVE CONFERRED AND WE WOULD LIKE TO AOINT CONNOR BARRON, THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPOINT DAVID PETERSON AND JANET PLOTKEN TO THE OPENINGS. AND I WILL SO MOVE. >> Mayor Muns: SECOND. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Muns: I HAVE A MEMBER AND SECOND TO APPOINT THE INTERIM MEMBER AND CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. ALL IN FAVOR? THANKS SHELBY. MOTION PASSES 8-0. BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION. >> OKAY. FOR THE BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS AND I HAVE CONFERRED AND WE WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT BRENT EMKEE AND MARK MALOOF TO THE OPENINGS AND APPOINT ED ACKLIN AND CHAIR, AND I WILL SO MOVE. >> Mayor Muns: YOU SECOND AT SHELBY? >> Williams: YES, SORRY. >> Mayor Muns: NO WORRIES. MOTION AND SECOND FOR THE APPOINTMENTS OF THE BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION. ALL IN FAVOR? >> Williams: YES. >> Mayor Muns: MOTION PASSES 8-O. HERITAGE COMMISSION. >> OKAY. I GUESS I'LL KEEP ON GOING. [LAUGHTER]. I'M ON A ROLL. HERE WE GO. DEPUTY MAYOR MAYOR PRO TEM TUAN DI HAVE CONFERRED ABOUT THE HERITAGE COMMISSION AND WE WOULD LIKE TO TABLE THOSE APPOINTMENTS UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING. SO I WILL SO MOVE. >> Tu: SECOND. >> Mayor Muns: I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO TABLE THE HERITAGE COMMISSION. ALL IN FAVOR? >> Williams: YES. >> Mayor Muns: MOTION PASSES 8-O. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CHAIR. >> MR. MAYOR, WE HAVE -- WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS AND INTERVIEWED WITH THE CURRENT CHAIR DAVID DOWNS AND WE WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER HIM FOR CONSIDERATION AS CHAIR FOR THE NEXT YEAR. I MOVE THAT WE MAKE A MOTION FOR DAVID DOWNS TO BE CHAIR FOR THE NEXT YEAR. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Muns: I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPOINT DAVID DOWNS AS CHAIR OF P AND C COMMISSION. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES 8-O. THANKS SHELBY. ALL RIGHT. PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS. FIRST ITEM IS ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE. MEMBERS AND CHAIR. >> EXCUSE ME WHILE I GET MY NOTES. AUTER]. >> Mayor Muns: OKAY. >> WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS, COUNCILWOMAN PRINCE AND I HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS. WE'VE ALSO HAD INCIDENT INTERVIEWS WITH SEVERAL FOLKS ON -- FOR THIS BOARD. WE'D LIKE TO NOMINATE JOHN SULLIVAN AND CINDY BRADDOCK AS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY. >> Prince: SECOND. >> Mayor Muns: THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND FOR THE APPOINTMENTS FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE. ALL IN FAVO WHAT? >> IS THERE A CHAIR? >> Mayor Muns: OH. WHO IS THE CHAIR? >> [INAUDIBLE]. >> Mayor Muns: THANK YOU. >> Mayor Muns: SO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE CHAIR, S. GO AHEAD AND DO THE TABLE. ARE YOU READY NOW? >> MAKE A MOTION AND WE'LL TABLE THE CHAIR UNTIL A LATER DATE. >> Mayor Muns: I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO TABLE THE CHAIR OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER APPOINTMENT. ALL IN FAVOR? >> YES. >> Mayor Muns: THANKS. MOTION PASSES 8-O. >> Williams: I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT TABLE THE CHAIR IS A FUNNY TURN OF PHRASE. [LAUGHTER]. >> Mayor Muns: IT'S VERY FUNNY. >> SHELBY, YOU WOULD BE THE ONE TO NOTICE THAT. [LAUGHTER]. >> Williams: I'M HERE TO SERVE. >> Mayor Muns: COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION? >> MR. MAYOR, WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH JOHNNIE SAINTS BEING THE CHAIR FOR COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND WE'D LIKE TO NOMINATE RICK GRADY AND RASHON DA THOMAS AS BOARD MEMBERS. >> AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE ONE MORE SPOT. >> I THINK WE HAD TWO. >> I THINK IT'S RICK GRADY FOR THE FULL TERM AND THE TWO -- SORRY, GO AHEAD. >> RICK GRADY FOR THE FULL TERM AND THEN WE HAVE LA SONDRA -- AND KEL ENDESHAW. >> Mayor Muns: SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE -- DID YOU SECOND THAT? >> I'LL SECOND THAT, SORRY. >> Mayor Muns: FOR THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION, THAT WOULD BE THE MEMBER, INTERIM AND CHAIR. CORRECT? >> YES, MAYOR. >> Mayor Muns: ALL IN FAVOR? PLEASE VOTE. OKAY. MOTION PASSES 8-O. LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD. >> SORRY, THAT'S SHELBY AND ME. >> Mayor Muns: YES, IT IS, SORRY. >> SORRY, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS AND I HAVE CONFERRED AND WE WOULD LIKE TO REAPPOINT THE CURRENT CHAIR ADAM GRIFFITH AS CHAIR AND THEN FOR THE VACANCIES APPOINT JUSTIN BENNETT AND SCOTT GOBEL, AND I WILL SO MOVE. >> Williams: SECOND. >> Mayor Muns: THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS AND CHAIR. ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND? >> Williams: YES. >> Mayor Muns: MOTION PASSES 8-O. >> Mayor Muns: DID I SKIP THAT? THAT'S ON ME. ALL RIGHT. CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION. >> SO COUNCIL MEMBER HOLMER STL NEED TO GO THROUGH THE LIST. SO I AM MAKING A MOTION TO TABLE THIS UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Muns: ALL RIGHT. SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO TABLE THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION MEMBERS AND CHAIR. ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND. >> YES. >> Mayor Muns: MOTION PASSES 8-O. NOW, LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD. >> I THINK YOU'RE AT PARKS ANDEC May Mun PAR AND REC. [LAUGHTER]. HERE WE ARE. OKAY. >> MR. MAYOR, WE HAD INTERVIEWS WITH THE CURRENT CHAIR AND HE HAS ONE MORE YEAR LEFT ON HIS TER WE'D LIK TO NOMINATE HAYDEN, WHO IS THE CURRENT CHAIR, AS CHAIR FOR NEXT YEAR. AND NEW APPOINTMENTS WE'D LIKE TO APPOINT MARK FARRIS AND LOIS MANSFIELD. >> Mayor Muns: OKAY. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Muns: SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPOINT THE MEMBERS AND CHAIR OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION PLANNING BOARD. ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. OKAY.N PASSES 8-O. [LAUGHTER]. >> Williams: I THINK YOU TAKE MY QUESTIONS FOR GRANTED. [LAUGHTER]. >> Mayor Muns: OKAY. PLANO HOUSING AUTHORITY. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT JEFF TAYLOR AND KARMA CUNNINGHAM AS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND APPOINT KATHIE HEINZ AS THE CHAIR. >> ACTUALLY, MAYOR, THE BOARD ITSELF APPOINTS ITS CHAIR. >> Mayor Muns: DO THEY? >> YEAH. WE JUST NEED THE TWO MEMBERS. >> Mayor Muns: SO I NEED JEFF TAYLOR AND KARMA CUNNINGHAM. >> Williams: SECOND. >> Mayor Muns: THANK YOU. SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE APPOINTMENTS OF PLANO HOUSING AUTHORITY. ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND? >> Williams: YES. >> Mayor Muns: MOTION PASSES 8-O. THANK YOU. RETIREMENT SECURITY PLAN COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS. >> MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I RECOMMEND THAT WE REAPPOINT KAREN ROSE WHITLEY AND CHAIR FOR ONE MORE YEAR. >> MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT KAREN ROSE WHITLEY TO THE SECURITY RETIREMENT -- VICE-CHAIR. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Muns: I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE RETIREMEN SECURITY PLAN COMMITTEE TO REAPPOINT KAREN ROSE WHITLEY. ALL IN FAVOR? >> Williams: YES. >> Mayor Muns: MOTION PASSES 8-O. SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD. >> MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER HOLMER AND I HAVE DISCUSSED IT. WE'RE NOT PREPARED TO MAKE A FULL APPOINTMENTS YET SO WE'RE GOING TO ASK TO TABLE THAT UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING. >> SECOND. >> Mayor Muns: OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO TABLE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS AND CHAIR APPOINTMENT. ALL IN FAVOR? >> Williams: YES. >> Mayor Muns: MOTION PASSES 8-O. TAX INCREMENT FINANCING REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 2 AND 3 BOARDS. >> SHELBY, DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT? >> Williams: LET ME GET MY NOTES HERE. MAYOR, COUNCILMAN SMITH AND I WOULD LIKE TO REAPPOINT CORRIE -- >> RINEKER? >> YEAH. >> AND APOUNCE NICK [INDISCERNIBLE] AND ROBERT DEVREES. >> I'LL SECOND THAT. >> Mayor Muns: DID YOU GET THAT LISA? OKAY. SO THOMAS MERIT. WHO ELSE? THOMAS MERRITT, NICK MISORE. LON HEATH AND DOUBT DEVRESS. I'LL SECOND THAT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE TAX INCREMENT REINVOLVEMENT ZONE NUMBER 2 AND 3. MOTION PASSES 8-O. TAX INCREMENT FINANCING REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 4 AM CHAIR. >> SO THERE IS NO APPOINTMENT OF THE MEMBERS, BUT THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THE CHAIR. AND ITILL NEED TO SPEAK WITH COUNCILMAN RICCIARDELLI ABOUT THAT, SO I MOVE TO TABLE THIS UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING. >> I'LL SECOND THAT. >> Mayor Muns: ALL RIGHT. SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO TABLE THE APPOINTMENT OF THE CHAIR FOR THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 4. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES 8-O. NEXT ITEM IS THE DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION OF THE DCAD NOMINEE. >>ES,AYOR AND COUNCIL. THE APPOINTMENT OR THE NOMINATIONS FOR BOTH CAD BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL BE COMING TO THE NEXT AGENDA, BUT I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH BASE WITH YOU. DENTON COUNTY WE USUALLY DON'T NOMINATE ANYONE, BUT IF YOU WANT TO I JUST WANTED YOU TO HAVE THAT ON YOUR RADAR THAT THAT WILL BE COMING AT THE OCTOBER 9TH MEETING. AND THEN ON THE 11TH OF DECEMBER YOU'LL ACTUALLY VOTE ON THE NOMINEES. JUST AS A POINT OF INTEREST FOR EVERYONE, SB2 MADE CHANGES TO THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS SO STARTING AFTER THE 24 NOMINATIONS THERE WILL BE NINE MEMBERS ON THE BOARD, THREE OF WHICH WILL BE ELECTED AT A GENERAL ELECTION BY THE COUNTY. AND THE TERMS WILL BE CHANGED TO FOUR-YEAR TERMS THAT ARE STAGGERED. SO JUST TO KIND OF KEEP THAT OUT THERE FOR EVERYBODY. >> Mayor Muns: THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. NEXT ITEM, DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION REGARDING THE FIVE-YEAR FISCAL FORECAST GOALS AND POLICIES. MARK? >> MAYORND COUNCIL, THIS IS JUST MORE OF A SHORT DIRECTION. THE FISCAL ROADMAP THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IS A CRITICAL PIECE OF STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR US. SEVERAL OF THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING BACK IN THE NOVEMBER TIME FRAME ARE A POLICY DISCUSSION AROUND PROPERTY TAX, A POLICY DISCUSSION AROUND FEES, FINES AND OTHERS IN THE COST RECOVERY AROD THOSE AND DEVELOP SOM POCIES AROUND THAT AS WELL. AND ALSO A DISCUSSION AROUND EXPENSES AND A TERM, A FREQUENCY THAT WE WOULD USE TO BRING BACK DEPARTMENTS AND EXPENSES IN A WAY THAT HELP US STRATEGICALLY REVIEW THOSE KIND OF FROM THE GROUND UP ON A PERIODIC BASIS. SO MY REQUEST TO YOU IS THAT YOU ALLOW STAFF TO GO OUT AND DO SOME SURVEYING OF OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES AS FAR AS THEIR POLICIES, BRING THAT BACK FOR Y'ALL AS A WAY OF HAVING A PRIMER NOT NECESSARILY DICTATING THAT WE NEED TO SELECT ANY OF THOSE, BUT REALLY BRING THAT BACK AS A WAY TO START THE CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL OF SHOWING WHAT THEIR POLICIES MIGHT BE TOWARDS PROPERTY TAX, TOWARDS FINES AND FEES AS WELL AS EXPENSES THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE AS A GUIDEPOST FOR THAT FISCAL ROADMAP. BUT OUR GOAL IS TO ACTUALLY BRING THAT BACK, HAVE A WORK SESSION ON THAT AND THEN HOPEFULLY GET DIRECTION THAT WE COULD FORMALLY ADOPT SOME TIME AFTER THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. SO IF COUNCIL IS AMENABLE THAT, WE WILL PROCEED IN THAT DIRECTION, AND BRING BACK SOME OF THE SURVEY INFORMATION HERE IN THE NOVEMBER TIME FRAME. >> May Muns: ALL RIGHT. ANTHONY? >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M CERTAINLY GOOD WITH THAT. I THINK THAT WILL BE A GREAT CONVERSATION STARTER. AS WE'RE DOING THAT SURVEY OF WHAT OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES ARE DOING, I WAS WONDERING IF WE MIGHT ALSO INCLUDE HOW THE STATE OF TEXAS DOES THEIR BUDGET AND THE KIND OF POPULATION GROWTH PLUS INFLATION THAT'S TYPICALLY EVALUATED THERE. JUST THROW THAT INTO THE MIX FOR THE CONVERSATION. >> WE WILL LOOK AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT IN THE STATE. SO WE'LL LOOK AT COUNTIES, CITIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS. WE'LL LOOK AT EVERYBODY TO SEE WHAT SOME OF THAT SURVEY INFORMATION MIGHT BEUST IN CASE THERE'S SOMETHING CREATIVE OUT THERE THAT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO THE COUNCIL. >> I THINK THAT SOUNDS FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. >> Mayor Muns: ALL RIGHT. OKAY. ITEM V, CONSENT AND REGULAR AGENDAS. ANY ITEM A COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE? ITEM VI, COUNCIL ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND FUTURE AGENDAS. >> MR. MAYOR? COUNCIL MEMBER RICCIARDELLI AN I WOULDIKE TO PUT AN AGENDA ITEM ON FOR OUR NEXT MEETING TO HAVE A PERSONNEL DISCUSSION ON BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. >> Mayor Muns: OH, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. >> I'LL SECOND THAT. >> OKAY. APPRECIATE YOU REMINDING US OF THAT. ALL RIGHT. >> [INAUDIBLE]. >> Mayor Muns: NO, SHE'LL HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA. THAT WAS JUST ONE THAT NEEDED TO BE MENTIONED. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL TAKE A RECESS AND RETURN AT 7:00. COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS IS ON ZOOM AND MAYOR PRO TEM IS ABSENT. WE'LL BEGIN THE MEETING WITH THE INVOCATION LED BY DR. GAYLE LANDIS FROM FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH PLANO AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND TEXAS PLEDGE LED BY BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF COLLIN COUNTY, PLANO. WOULD YOU PLEASE RISE. >> LET US PRAY. PRAISE US GOD WE PAUSE IN THE MIDST OF A BUSY DAY TO GIVE YOU THANKS. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THOSE WHO ARE GATHERED HERE FOR THEIR PASSION FOR THE CITY THAT WE SHARE AND FOR THEIR DEEP DEVOTION TO ONE ANOTHER. REMIND US THIS EVENING THAT UNDERNEATH THE MANY WORDS IN BETWEEN THE MANY NUMBERS AND TANGLED UP IN DIFFERENCES OF OPINION, THERE IS ALWAYS STILL THE DEEP DESIRE SHARED BY ALL TO WORK FOR THE COMMON GOOD; THAT WE MIGHT SHOW EVERYTHING WE SAY AND DO OUR LOVE FOR OUR CITY AND OUR LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER. GRANT EACH PERSON GRACE HERE THIS EVENING, TO SEE IN ONE ANOTHER THAT GREAT PASSION. AMEN. [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ] [ TEXAS PLEDGE ]. >> BE SEATED. EVERYBODY GOOD? COME HERE. LET'S TAKE A PICTURE. OKAY? ALL RIGHT. FACE HERE. ALL RIGHT. EVERYBODY -- YOU GUYS ARE SO TALL. COME BACK HERE. THERE WE GO. CAEVERODY CAN WE SEE EVERYBODY? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS FOR DOING THAT. [ APPLAUSE ] >> OKAY. COMMENTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST. >> COMMENTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST, THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS TO ALLOW UP TO 3 MINUTES PER SPEAKER WITH 30 TOTAL MINUTES OF ITEMS OF INTEREST OR CONCERN. THE COUNCIL MAY NOT DISCUSS THESE ITEMS BUT MAY CAUSE TO FACTUAL OR POLICY INFORMATION. THE COUNCIL MAY CHOOSE TO PLACE THE ITEM ON A FUTURE AGENDA. JUST AS A REMINDER, WHEN YOU COME UP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH OR YELL INTO THE MICROPHONE. WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS THIS EVENING. THE FIRST ONE IS JIM MEYER. >> GOOD EVENING, JIM MEYER. THANK YOU ALL FOR LETTING ME BE HERE AND FOR YOUR SERVICE. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF PLANO SINCE THE MID '80s. IT SEEMS TO ME FROM A COUPLE OF EXPERIENCES I'LL SHARE WITH YOU FOLKS THAT THERE MIGHT BE A NEED YOU GUYS MIGHT BE SEEING OR MIGHT BE OVERLOOKING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. SOS I DRIVE AROUND THE CITY, AS YOU GUYS MAY EXPERIENCE, SOMETIMES I COME ACROSS A CORNER WHERE THERE'S SOMEBODY STANDING ASKING FOR MONEY OR HAS A SIGN UP. SOME OF THOSE FOLKS SAY THEY'RE HOMELESS. THAT'S EXAMPLE ONE. EXAMPLE TWO, I RIDE MY BIKE MOST DAYS ON THE PLANO TRAIL SYSTEM, AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF GENTLEMEN I SEE THAT SEEM TO BE HOMELESS. THERE'S ONE I'VE SEEN FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW. THAT'S EXAMPLE TWO. EXAMPLE THREE, I VOLUNTEER FOR AN ORGANIZATION IN CENTRAL PLANO THAT HELPS THE POOR AND THE UNDERPOLICE THE UNDERPRIVILEGED. THEY'LL COME AND ASK US FOR MONEY, BUT WE CAN ONLY GIVE PART OF IT. OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HELP OUT OR THEY HAVE TO HAVE THEIR FAMILIES HELP OUT. IN THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE FOLKS, I TAKE CALLS ON THURSDAYS. IT'S VERY COMMON, VERY FREQUENT THAT ON, YOU KNOW, MY CALL DAY, THERE'S GOING TO BE AT LEAST ONE PERSON CALLING FROM A HOTEL WHO IS HOMELESS. THEY TEND TO BE ALONG 75 BETWEEN PARKER AND SPRING CREEK BASICALLY. BUT THOSE FOLKS ARE IN NEED OF MONEY BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO GO. THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO STAY WHERE THEY'RE AT. THEY DON'T WANT TO BE IN THEIR CAR. SO THAT'S THE THIRD EXAMPLE OF WHAT I HAVE. SO IT SEEMS TO ME THERE'S KIND OF A NEED PLA TO HELP THE HOMELESS THAT WE'RE NOT DOING. WE HAVE WOMEN'S SHELTERS, KIDS SHELTERS, WARMING STATIONS COOLING STATIONS. I KNOW McKINNEY HAS THE SAMARITAN IN. WE DON'T HAVE A GENERAL PLACE THAT FOLKS CAN GO THAT ARE IN NEED. I TALKED TO THE HOUSING COMMUNITY SERVICES MANAGER HERE, AND SHE THINKS THERE WAS A NEED FOR ABOUT COVERING 75 PEOPLE. THAT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, OUT OF CONTEXT CONVERSATION, BUT THA WAS HER IDEA. I'M QUITE WELL AWARE THAT THERE'S A BORDER AND THERE ARE MAYORS OF BIG METROPOLITAN CITIES THAT ARE SANCTUARY CITIES AND THEY ARE LIKE, WE'VE HAD ENOUGH. SO I REALIZE THAT PLANO DOESN'T WANT TO BECOME A DESTINATION FOR FOLKS THAT DON'T LIVE HERE AND WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE A DESTINATION FOR EVEN PEOPLE IN THE METRO FLEX TO GO, HEY, WE WANT TO GO TO PLANO. BUT I THINK THERE'S A NEED IN PLANO FOR FOLKS TT ARE IN NEED OF A PLACE TO GO. THAT'S MY REQUEST THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD CONSIDER, PERHAPS, SOME FUNDING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND IF IT MAKES SENSE AND IF THERE'S A NEED WE CAN FULFILL, LET'S DO IT. THAT'S ALL I ASK. >> THANK YOU, MR. MEYER. APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU. >> PETER FREDERICK. SHARON OBERALL. >> SECONDHAND SMOKE AND THE DAMAGE TO CHILDREN'S GENETIC MARKERS. A STUDY DONE AT THE VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY IS THE FIRST EVIDENCE THAT SECOND HAND SMOKE DURING PREGNANCY CORRELATES WITH CHANGES IN DISEASE-RELATED GENE REGULATION IN BABIES. THESE FINDING SUPPORT THE IDEA THAT MANY ADULT DISEASES HAVE THEIR ORIGINS AND ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES SUCH AS STRESS, POOR NUTRITION POLLUTION OR TOBACCO SMOKE DURING EARLY DEVELOPMENT. NEARLY A QUARTER WOMEN ARE EXPOSED TO SECONDHAND SMOKE WHICH IS LINKED TO GENETIC CHANGES, MEANING CHANGES HOW TO GENES REGULATE RATHER THAN TO GENETIC CODE ITSELF. IN THESE BABIES THAT COULD RAISE THE RISK OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS AND CANCER. THEY RECOMMEND MOTHERS IN GENERAL THAT NO LEVEL OF SECOND HAND SMOKE EXPOSURE IS SAFE. EVEN LOW LEVELS OSECONDHAND SMOKE EXPOSURE AFFECT EP EYE GENETIC MARKS IN DISEASE RE RELATED PATHWAYS. INFANT UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD, EVEN LOW LEVELS OF SECONDHAND SMOKE EXPOSURE DURING PREGNANCY IS RELATED TO ALTERATIONS IN DNA METHYLATION OF UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD. IT WAS MEASURED IN IT MATERNAL PLASMA AMONG A SAMPLE OF NONSMOKING WOMEN. A NUMBER OF THESE WERE FOUND WITHIN GENES IMPLICATED IN NEUROLOGICAL SIGNALING, METABOLIC PATHWAYS, AND CANCER PATHWAYS. WHEN LEVELS WERE HIGHER, THE NEWBORNS WERE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE EP GENERALLIC MARKS THAT CONTROL BRAIN FUNCTION AS WELL AS GENES RELATED TO DIABETES AND CANCER. TO SOLIDIFY THE RESULTS, THEY TOOK ANOTHER SAMPLE OF NONSMOKING WOMEN AND FOUND THE CHANGES TO TWO OF THE SAME DISEASE-RELATED REGIONS THAT REGULATE INFLAMMATION AND DIABETES AND ANOTHER THAT REGULATES CARDIOVASCULAR AND NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTIONS WHICH ARE CORRELATED WITH LEVELS IN THE MOTHERS. RECAP, IT COULD BE FOUND IN THE BLOOD OF PREGNANT WOMEN WITH EVEN BRIEF EXPOSURE TO SECONDHAND SMOKE. TWO, THERE WAS A DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN THE AMOUNT OF LEVELSIN THE MOTHER'S AND EPIGENETIC MARKS ON GENES IN THE UMBILICAL CORD. THE CITY OF PLANO NEEDS TO DO MORE TO PROTECT ITS CITIZENS FROM SECOND HAND SMOKE. THANK YOU. >>THANK YOU. CONSENT AGENDA. PLEASE MARK MAYOR PRO TEM ON ZOOM. >> YES. >> THANK YOU. THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION AND CONTAINS ITEMS WHICH ARE ROUTINE AND TYPICALLY NONCONTROVERSIAL. ITEMS MAY BE REMOVED FOR INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION BY A COUNCILMEMBER, THE CITY MANAGER, OR ANY CITIZEN. PRESIDING OFFICER WILL ESTABLISH TIME LIMITS BASED UPON THE NUMBER OF SPEAKER REQUESTS. >> MR. MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. >> SECOND. >> THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. PLEASE VOTE. >> YES. >> YES. >> THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 8-0. THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS WE'RE ADJOURND.