I NOW DECLARE THAT THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL NICE IS 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 OH 71 TO CONSULT WITH THE ATTORNEY TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE AND DISCUSS LITIGATION. SECTION FIVE 5187 TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS. >> THANKS FOR YOUR . A NOW DECLARED THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL PRELIMINARY OPEN MEETING IS RECONVENED AND OPEN SESSION AND THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE PRELIMINARY AGENDA IS CONSIDER ACTION AND ACTION RESULTING FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. OUR NEXT ITEM ■IS VIA TRANSPORT ZATION PROGRAM SCOPE OF WORK. >> CURTIS GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL MAYOR. I'M CURTIS HOWARD WITH THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER HERE AT CITY OF PLANO AND I'M REALLY PLEASED TONIGHT TO START TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION SOLUTION THAT WE ARE BRINGING FOR YOU. WE'VE ALREADY SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH HIM AND I'VE GOT TWO GUESTS HERE JUST IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. TRACY THOMAS, DIRECTOR AND AARON GUILBEAULT BOTH FROM VIA . >> SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AS WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS WITH DART AND IF COME UPON A SITUATION THE SITUATION NOW WHERE WE ARE WE STILL HAVE DART HERE IN THE CITY OF PLANO AND WE ARE PROVIDING A SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICE TO DART SO WE HAVE SIGNED A SIX MONTH AGREEMENT WITH THEM RIGHT NOW AND BASICALLY IT'S GOING TO BE TO PROVIDE KIND OF TRANSPORTATION NEEDS IN THOSE AREAS THAT THE DART DOES NOT COVER. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO IMPROVE MOBILITY THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF PLANO AND THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT IS USING A TECHNOLOGY BASED SYSTEM THAT VR OFFERS AND WE'LL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. SO BUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS WILL BE A MORE FLEXIBLE DYNAMIC ROUTING WAY METHOD OF PICKING PEOPLE UP AND GETTING THEM TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. >> SO THE TWO PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE STARTING OFF WITH IS FIRST OF ALL A SENIOR RIDES PROGRAM AND SO THAT SENIOR WHAT RIDES IS GOING TO BE FOR OUR RESIDENTS 65 AND OLDER WE'RE LOOKING AT PROVIDING THEM TRANSPORTATION SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF PLANO INCLUDING A ONE AND A HALF MILE BUFFER OUTSIDE. SO YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE FOLKS THAT NEED TO GET TO DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS OR OTHER SERVICES THAT ARE JUST OUTSIDE OUR CITY LIMITS, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THAT WE'VE GOT A FLEXIBLE SYSTEM SO THE THE THE HOURS AND RATES THAT WE TALK ABOUT ARE PROBABLY GOING TO CHANGE AS WE KIND OF GO AND GET MORE INFORMATION. BUT AT LEAST ESPECIALLY DURING THE WEEKDAYS WE'RE LOOKING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ABOUT A 630 START TO ABOUT 10 P.M. PROBABLY WEEKENDS WILL BE A LITTLE MORE LIMITED IN THAT MAYBE 9 TO 9. BUT AGAIN WE'RE STILL WORKING ON SOME OF THAT STUFF. WE ARE LOOKING AT LAUNCHING THE THE SENIOR RIDES PROGRAM ON MAY 4TH AND AND AND WE'LL GET GOING ON THAT THAT PROGRAM FIRST. SO THE SECOND PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE A CIRCULATOR SYSTEM OR THAT INCLUDES A SHOP'S THE LEGACY LEGACY WEST AND THEN THOSE CORPORATE CAMPUSES IN THAT AREA. SO RIGHT NOW OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOLKS ARE WORKING WITH THOSE CORPORATE CAMPUSES AS WE TRY AND FIGURE OUT THE BEST ROUTES AND PICK UP LOCATIONS AND TIMES FOR THAT CIRCULATOR ROUTE SO WE DON'T HAVE A START DATE FOR THAT YET BUT WE ARE WORKING ON THAT AND ONCE WE GET THAT INFORMATION WE WILL THEN PROVIDE IT TO YOU. SO JUST THE SCOPE OF SERVICES WHEN WE CONTRACT WITH VA SO AGAIN THIS IS GOING TO BE AN APP BASED SYSTEM THAT BOTH DRIVERS CAN USE AND THEN RIDERS CAN USE IF WE HAVE PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S A SENIOR RIDES PROGRAM THAT DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE SMARTPHONES, THEY CAN ALSO GET ONLINE OR ALSO CALL IN AND GET THAT SET UP AND WHETHER IT'S FOR FOR A RIDE THAT THEY NEED TO THE GROCERY STORE OR WHETHER IT'S FOR ONE OF THOSE REOCCURRING MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS THEY CAN SET THAT UP VIA HAS THAT TECHNOLOGY DRIVER RECRUITMENT SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO THEY'RE VERY FOCUSED ON SAFETY SO MAKING SURE THAT THEY GET DRIVERS THAT GO THROUGH BACKGROUND CHECKS AND AND ARE PROVIDING A SAFE SERVICE FOR OUR RESIDENTS IN ADDITION TO THE THE INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS THAT THEY DO. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALL THESE VEHICLES WILL HAVE IS THEY'LL HAVE CAMERAS INSIDE THEM. SO TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THAT STUFF IS VIDEO RECORDED FOR SAFETY PURPOSES, CUSTOMER SERVICE AND OUTREACH THEY HAVE A ROBUST CUSTOMER SERVICE PROCESS IN ADDITION TO WHAT THE CITY OF PLANO WILL OFFER AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM ON THE MARKETING ASPECT AND ALSO THE DATA ANALYTICS AS THAT BECOMES IMPORTANT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. >> THE INITIAL TERM FOR THIS CONTRACT IS SIX MONTHS. WE'VE GOT ANOTHER SIX MONTH OPTION AT THE SAME TERMS AND THEN UP TO 312 MONTHS EXTENSIONS AFTER THAT. THE COST OVERVIEW IS 3.95 IS A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE THE ESTIMATED TOTAL COST OF THIS PROGRAM RIGHT NOW AND IT'S GOING TO CHANGE BASED UPON WHEN WE START THE CIRCULATOR SYSTEM IS ABOUT 2.78 MILLION AND 365,000 APPROXIMATELY THAT STARTUP COST AND THE OPERATIONAL COSTS FOR THIS FIRST SIX MONTH PERIOD WILL BE ABOUT 2.41 MILLION AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE COST HERE FOR BOTH THE ON THE SENIOR ON SENIOR RIDES PROGRAM AND THEN ALSO THE LEGACY WEST CIRCULATOR. AND WHAT WE DO IS WE TRY AND ESTIMATE THE NUMBER OF HOURS AND THAT'S HOW V.A WILL BILL US IS BASED UPON THAT SO THAT COULD CHANGE BASED UPON THE DATA THAT WE RECEIVE AND KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT WHAT THE THE PATTERNS ARE OPERATIONAL INFORMATION IS GOING TO INCLUDE THE FACT THAT NOT ONLY DO DO THEY HAVE A PERSON OVERSEEING THIS PROGRAM HERE BUT I'LL BE THE PERSON WHO WILL BE OVERSEEING IT FOR THE CITY OF PLANO. SO WE'LL WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RESOLVE ANY PROBLEMS AND AND AND WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY AS NEEDED TO CHANGE THINGS AS THAT DATA COMES IN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE UP TO 30 VEHICLES SOME OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE AND THEN WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING IS HAVING THOSE STAGED OVER AT HAGGARD LIBRARY SO ABOUT 30 SPACES OVER THERE THAT AND SO AT NIGHT WHEN THOSE VEHICLES ARE NOT BEING UTILIZED THEN THEY'LL BE OVER THERE AND HAGGARD AND PROVIDING THAT AND ALL THE VEHICLES WILL BE WRAPPED SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT MARKETING THAT WE'RE DOING AS THESE VEHICLES ARE TRAVELING AROUND THE STREETS OF PLANO AND SO THEY'LL THEY'LL BE THERE AT HAGGARD LIBRARY IN THE EVENING AND AGAIN AS A AS I STRESS THE METRICS ARE GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT. WE HAVE THE BILL BE IS VERY FLEXIBLE AND WE WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE CHANGES IMMEDIATELY AS WE SEE FIT BASED UPON TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND OTHER INFORMATION COMING IN THE FARE POLICY IS GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO START OFF THE EACH PROGRAM IT'LL BE 30 DAYS FOR FREE AND WE'RE LOOKING AT KIND OF A BASELINE OF $3 BUT THAT WILL BE FLEXIBLE. WE'RE LOOKING AT IS IS GOING TO BE BASED IN A COUPLE OF THINGS. NUMBER ONE, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING TOGETHER WITH DART TO SEE HOW THAT RELATIONSHIP WILL BE AND AND HOW WE CAN KIND OF MERGE THESE SYSTEMS TOGETHER BUT ALSO WE CAN BE FLEXIBLE ON THE ON THE FARE BASED UPON THE DISTANCE. AND AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE ARLINGTON HAS KIND OF A FARE WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE A $3 FOR THE FIRST FOUR MILES FIVE $4 FOR AN ADDITIONAL MILE UP TO $8 SO YOU KNOW WE HAVE SOME OF SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THAT FARE SYSTEM BASED UPON WHAT WE DECIDE TO DO AND ALSO PASSENGER COUNT. SO IF YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE OF PEOPLE LET'S SAY FROM FROM A AN ACTIVE SENIOR LIVING FACILITY WHO WANT TO GO AND GO SHOPPING, THEN YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ONE PERSON WHO ORDERS THE AIR THE THE VEHICLE AND THEN YOU BRING TO YOUR FRIENDS AND THEN WE'RE THINKING THAT THOSE WILL BE A DOLLAR APIECE. SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THAT RATE LOW SO WE CAN WE WANT TO DO IS GET AS MUCH RIDERSHIP AS POSSIBLE ON THIS SYSTEM AND MARKETING YOU KNOW, A BIG PART OF THIS OF COURSE IS WE WANT TO MARKET THIS SO WE'VE GOT A JOINT STRATEGY WITH VA. THEY ARE THEY ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS FOLKS AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT FOLKS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR FIRST COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM AT 10:00 IN THE MORNING IN THIS CHAMBER ON WEDNESDAY. AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET PEOPLE AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR IT RIGHT NOW BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WERE GOING OUT TO THESE ACTIVE LIVING COMMUNITIES AND VARIOUS PLACES AND JUST THE FEEDBACK WE WERE GETTING WAS SEEM TO BE VERY POSITIVE. THIS IS ALL ANECDOTAL ANECDOTAL AT THIS POINT BUT WE TALKED TO A LOT OF FOLKS WHO YOU KNOW THEY'RE THERE THE FACILITY THEY HAVE THEY DON'T DRIVE YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE TRANSPORTATION TO PLACES 2 OR 3 TIMES A WEEK AND THIS WILL HOPEFULLY GIVE PEOPLE AN OPTION TO GET WHERE THEY NEED TO GO HERE IN PLANO. AND AGAIN, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE MEDIA AND COORDINATING AS AS AS WE AS WE LAUNCH THIS PROGRAM. >> SO THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW. SO AT THIS TIME I'D BE WELCOME. ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE? COUNCILMEMBER LOGAN THANK YOU, MAYOR CURTIS WITH THE 1.5 MILE BUFFER I'M ASSUMING THAT FOLKS WILL BE ABLE TO GET TO SOMEPLACE LIKE STORMBREAKER MALL OR GRAND ESCAPE AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEIR DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS WILL BE BUT IF SOMEONE NEEDS TO RETURN TO PLANO AND THEY BOOK A RIDE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WILL THERE BE SOME KIND OF VETTING TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE PLANO RESIDENTS? >> SO I THINK THE VETTING OCCURS WHEN THEY SIGN UP FOR THE APP AND THEY USE OUR SERVICE. SO THAT'S PART OF THAT PART OF THAT PROCESS. THEN WE'LL VET THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLE THE 65 AND OLDER YOU KNOW THEY'VE GOT TO BE A PLANO RESIDENT AND SO WE GOT TO VET THE FACT THAT THEY'RE 65 OR OLDER AND AND SO THAT WOULD BE ONE WAY OF DOING IT. OKAY. AND I KNOW THERE'S STILL A LOT TO BE DETERMINED ON THE CIRCULATE AIR, BUT ARE WE THINKING THAT THAT'S GOING TO STILL BE A FAIR BASED OR WOULD THAT BE FREE TO ENCOURAGE RIDES? >> WELL, WE'RE WILL AT LEAST START OFF AS A WITH A 30 DAY FARE FREE PROGRAM START UP AND THEN FROM THEN WE CAN CHANGE THE FARE BASED ON WHAT WE NEED AND WE REALLY WANT TO YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TOYING WITH THE IDEA AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT NUMBER ONE, WHAT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY NEEDS OVER THERE AND AND THEN NUMBER AND WHERE WE'RE GOING TO STOP AND AND THEN ALSO YOU KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE AMOUNT OF VEHICLES NEEDED TO TO GET PEOPLE AROUND ESPECIALLY DURING THOSE ACTIVE TIMES LIKE LUNCH HOUR AND THAT SORT OF THING. SO SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE WE'RE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW AND WE DON'T HAVE ANSWERS ON EVERYTHING YET BUT WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT BACK. >> COUNCILMAN FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT OF ACTUALLY ESTABLISHING THE FEES. >> OKAY. AND ON THAT YOU IN THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDED TO US EARLIER YOU MENTIONED A LEGACY TRANSIT MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION . >> COULD YOU AMPLIFY THAT? WHAT THAT IS WHO THAT IS SO MY UNDERSTANDING AND I THINK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS WORKING WITH A MET THE MANAGEMENT TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION MTA LEGACY MTA THAT IS CONSIST OF THE BUSINESSES OVER IN THAT LEGACY AREA AND AND THEY TRY AND DEAL WITH TRANSPORTATION NEEDS SO TRY AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO BEST HOW TO BEST DEAL WITH IT ALTHOUGH IT HAS NOT BEEN OVERLY ACTIVE RECENTLY AND I THINK THAT IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE'RE TRYING TO STAND THAT BACK UP WITH THOSE WITH OUR CORPORATE PARTNERS AND USE THAT AS A WAY OF GETTING OUT THIS INFORMATION, FINDING OUT WHAT THE NEEDS ARE OVER ON THAT WEST SIDE AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN BEST FIGURE OUT THE ROUTES AND OTHER DETAILS FOR THE CIRCULATOR SYSTEM. >> THANK YOU. AND COUNCILMAN, I WOULD JUST ADD ON THE THE LEGACY TRANSIT GROUP LOOKING AT STAGGERED START TIMES, LOOKING AT ALL SOLUTIONS HAS REALLY BEEN KIND OF THE FOCUS OF THAT AND WE'RE KIND OF SHIFTING A LITTLE BIT TO KIND OF FOCUSING ON A SINGLE SOLUTION RIGHT NOW AS AS WELL AS THE STAGGERED START TIMES TO REALLY HELP KIND OF ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC GETTING IN AND GETTING OUT WITH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF STANDARD WORK HOURS AND SO DOING THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD DART IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE WITH THAT GROUP FOR A WHILE. BUT AS CURTIS MENTIONED, IT'S BEEN DORMANT SO WE'RE TRYING TO RESTART THAT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ENGAGING THE RIGHT FOLKS TO NOT ONLY GET WORD OUT BUT TO UTILIZE THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STARTING AS WELL. THANK DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM THANK YOU CURTIS FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THE QUESTION I HAVE I KNOW SEVERAL OF YOUR VANS WERE GOING TO BE ADA COMPLIANT. WOULD THEY BE CONSIDERED LIKE PARATRANSIT VANS OR IS THERE SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT? I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE THAT ARE HAVING TO USE WHEELCHAIRS TO GET ABOUT YEAH SO THIS IS NOT SET UP TO BE A PARATRANSIT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM BECAUSE DART STILL HAS THAT AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING. SO IT IS NOT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PARATRANSIT. IT WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO A DEAL WITH PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE MOBILITY ISSUES BUT WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT THIS AS A PARATRANSIT SYSTEM. OKAY. SO IN OUR DISCUSSION OVER HALF OF THE PUBLIC FORM ON WEDNESDAY WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR. YES SIR. OKAY. SO A SECOND ABOUT THAT NOT ABOUT THAT TOPIC BUT I KNOW SUGGESTED IT WAS A $3 RATE FOR A FOUR MILE RADIUS. CORRECT. AND THEN POTENTIALLY ADDING ON AS AS WE GET FURTHER OUT. MY CONCERN HERE IS IF I HAVE SOMEBODY IN WEST PLANO THAT WANTS TO GO TO THE SAM JOHNSON CENTER THAT SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN FOUR MILES. WOULD THEY HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THAT RATE'S GOING TO BE IF THEY GET I KNOW RIDES TO PICK THEM UP OVER WEST PLANO IT'LL BE BASED ON THE APP SO IT'LL BE SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'D SEE WITH AN UBER OR LYFT. SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT THE RATE IS AND KIND OF ALONG WITH THAT YOU KNOW SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING IS HOW TO DEAL WITH IS IT A $3 ONE WAY OR IS IT YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DART DOES IS THEY HAVE A TIME PASS SO IN A THREE HOUR PERIOD IT MIGHT BE $3. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW REALLY INCREASE THE PRICE OF GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE BY SIX BUCKS OR EIGHT BUCKS OR 12 BUCKS, WHATEVER IT'S GOING TO BE SO SO YES, BUT THAT IS THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. >> OKAY. SO WE'LL HAVE SEVERAL OPTIONS WITH REGARDS TO VARIABLE RATES IF WE HAVE THAT 10:00 TO 3:00 RATE THAT WOULD BE ONE RATE THAT THEY CAN HAVE SEVERAL RIDES OR THEY CAN HAVE JUST A SINGLE RIDE TO POINT A TO BE YEAH AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS TALKED ABOUT IS BECAUSE THIS IS VIA AND YOU KNOW AND HOW IS THAT GOING TO WORK WITH DART SO IF YOU HAD TO GET TO A DART STATION AND GO DOWN TO DALLAS YOU KNOW HOW DO THOSE RATES MERGE TOGETHER? ARE YOU GOING TO BE THERE'S GOING TO BE TWO RATES UNTIL WE UNTIL WE TALK TO DART WE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK YET. SO THAT'S PART OF THE HESITATION ABOUT FIGURING OUT EXACTLY HOW OR WHAT THESE RATES ARE AT THIS POINT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER CARE BECAUSE ACTUALLY YOU'VE ANSWERED SEVERAL MY QUESTIONS. >> YOU MENTIONED THERE'S LIKE 30 VEHICLES TO START WITH UP TO 30 VEHICLES. YES, SIR. ARE THESE OWNED BY THE CITY? SO THESE ARE NOT OWNED BY THE CITY SO THEY WILL BE OWNED BY VILLA AND SO VIA VILLA HAS A LEASE AGREEMENT AND CAN GET THESE VEHICLES AND THEY I'M SURE THEY'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT PROCESS BUT THEY WILL WRAP THEM WITH THE THE THE PLANO RIDE'S LOGO AND SO THEY WILL LOOK LIKE CITY OF PLANO VEHICLES BUT TECHNICALLY THEY'LL BE OWNED BY VILLA. OKAY. VERY GOOD. AND WE WILL BE CHARGED BY THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF RIDES IS THAT THE WAY THAT WORK OURS I BELIEVE IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE? >> YES, SIR. OKAY. SO VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS CURTIS. SO ON THE APP THAT YOU HAVE TO DOWNLOAD, IS THERE ANY TYPE OF UM PROMOTION FROM INFORMATION SESSION TO HELP THE SENIOR CITIZENS AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WORKS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY NOT EVERYBODY IS TECH SAVVY LIKE I AM, RIGHT? SO HOW HOW WOULD THEY KNOW HOW TO MANEUVER THE UM THE APP SO THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO HOW TO GET AROUND AND PLUS WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES THAT WE'RE USING? ARE WE USING GOOGLE TRANSLATE OR WHAT WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THAT? >> SO TO ANSWER YOUR FIRST QUESTION SO THERE IS GOING TO BE A ROBUST COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS IS GOING TO SOME OF THE YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S SAM JOHNSON OR THESE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY THESE SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THAT OUR OUR SENIOR FOLKS HAVE THE ABILITY TO DOWNLOAD THE APP AND UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE IT OR IF THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE THEN THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO DO IT. SO WHETHER IT'S ONLINE OR WHETHER IT'S OVER THE PHONE THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT. SO IT'S GOING TO BE THROUGH THAT THAT THAT COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND I THINK THAT IN TALKING WITH THEM THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU START TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW THAT WILL SPREAD. AND SO I'M CONFIDENT THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN AND THEN LANGUAGES I KNOW THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO TO PROVIDE THAT APP IN A LOT OF LANGUAGES I MAYBE WILL PITCH IT OVER TO YOU TOO IF YOU CAN TALK ABOUT HOW THAT WORKS BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THAT TECHNICAL ABILITY. >> YES, HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT ONE AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BRINGING US IN BY DEFAULT OUR PLAN WAS TO START WITH ENGLISH AND SPANISH BUT WE CAN ALSO UPDATE THAT IF THERE'S WE'LL FOLLOW YOUR POLICY. BUT TO CURTIS'S POINT AS FAR AS HAVING MULTILINGUAL OPTIONS, IT'S PRETTY STANDARD FOR US. SO WE'VE KIND OF FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THE CITY THERE. >> I WOULDN'T MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT PERHAPS THERE ARE SEVERAL NEWSPAPER OUTLETS AND IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES IN IN PLANO THOSE LOCAL YOU KNOW WEEK WEEKLY TYPE NEWSLETTERS OR NEWSPAPERS THAT PEOPLE CAN PICK UP FOR FREE YOU KNOW, TO JUST RUN A LITTLE AD IN THERE WITH YOU KNOW THE THE WITH REGARD TO THAT TO THE APP AND THAT WOULD I THINK THAT WOULD ACTUALLY REACH A LOT MORE OF THE NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING INDIVIDUALS IF THE APP IS LANGUAGE FRIENDLY THAT ALSO WOULD HELP IN GETTING PEOPLE TO START SIGNING UP BECAUSE MY MY CONCERN IS SO THERE'S A LOT OF THE SENIOR CITIZEN POPULATION WHO REALLY DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH AND THEY'RE THE ONE WHO USUALLY ARE THE ONES THAT REALLY NEED THE SERVICE AND WE'RE NOT REACHING THEM. SO YOU KNOW THAT JUST THE SUGGESTION IS IT'S FAIRLY CHEAP BECAUSE THEY'RE USUALLY THESE NEWS THE NEWSPAPER OR NEWSLETTERS ARE YOU KNOW, FREE FOR PUBLIC TO PICK UP SO THEY'RE THEIR ADVERTISEMENT IS IS FAIRLY REASONABLE WHEN IT COMES TO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH TO CHARGE SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I WILL LOOK INTO. >> MAYOR PRO TEM WE'RE HAPPY TO LOOK INTO THAT AND WORK THROUGH AMANDA AND OUR MEDIA RELATIONS GROUP AS FAR AS MAKING CONTACT MAYBE WITH SOME OF THE REPORTERS OR PUBLISHERS TO SEE IF WE CAN PUSH OUT SOME INFORMATION THAT MIGHT BE NEWSWORTHY TO THEM. OKAY. THANKS CURTIS. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU OKAY. >> OUR NEXT ITEM IS DEPARTMENTAL OVERVIEW HUMAN RESOURCES AND RISK MANAGEMENT VICTORIA. >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS VICTORIA WYNNE, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND RISK MANAGEMENT. NOT LONG AGO WORKFORCE STRATEGIES COULD BE COULD TAKE A ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH. EMPLOYEES OFTEN SHARED SIMILAR EXPECTATIONS, CAREER PATHS AND TIMELINES. TODAY THAT CHANGE. >> OUR WORKFORCE NOW SPANS FOUR DISTINCT GENERATIONS EACH BRINGING DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES ,EXPECTATIONS AND PERSPECTIVES TO SUPPORT OUR EMPLOYEES AND MAINTAINING HIGH PERFORMANCE. WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHO OUR WORKFORCE IS NOT JUST IN NUMBERS BUT IN HOW THEY THINK, HOW THEY WORK AND HOW THEY ENGAGE. THE H.R. MISSION IS TO ATTRACT DEVELOP AND RETAIN A HIGH PERFORMING WORKFORCE WHILE PROVIDING STRATEGIC H.R. LEADERSHIP THAT ENABLES TEAM PLANO TO DELIVER EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE DESPITE PROVIDES A BIRDSEYE OVERVIEW OF OUR DEPARTMENT AND HOW WE'RE STRUCTURED. HOWEVER, I'M GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT HAS IT DOES A BETTER JOB OF EXPLAINING OUR CORE SERVICES IN THE H.R. DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE FOUR CORE SERVICES IN THE FIRST AREA IS THE H.R. REWARDS. THE TOTAL REWARDS AREA WHICH OUR TEAM CONCENTRATES ON BENEFITS COMPANIES PATIENT RETIREMENT PLANS AND LEAVE ADMINISTRATION TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE COMPETITIVE BUT WE'RE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AT THE SAME TIME. >> ANOTHER SECOND ASPECT A VERY IMPORTANT KEY ASPECT OF OUR OPERATION IS THE WORKFORCE AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT. >> YOU FIND THAT IN THIS AREA WE CONCENTRATE ON RECRUITING HIRING. WE TAKE CARE OF ONBOARDING AND ORIENTATION OF NEW HIRES. WE ALSO ARE FOCUSED ON COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNICATE AND IT'S NOT ONLY WITH NEW HIRES BUT ALSO EXISTING EMPLOYEES TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES WE RECEIVE TIMELY INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE PLANO CITY PLANNERS DOING AND AS WELL AS ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES IN EMPLOYEE RELATIONS AND RISK MANAGEMENT. THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT AREAS THAT I WANT TO SPEND JUST A LITTLE BIT TIME TO TALK ABOUT IN THE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS AREA OUR TEAM FOCUSES ON HELPING DEPARTMENTS WITH DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS ON SUCH MATTERS AS DISCIPLINE IN PARTNERING WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT WE'D LOOK AT DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS SO TERMINATION SUSPENSIONS, DEMOTIONS PROBATIONARY DOCUMENTS AND WE ASSESS WHAT GRIEVANCES IN TERMS OF PROCESSING THOSE COMPLAINTS. IF THERE ARE COMPLAINTS ON WORKPLACE HARASSMENT FOR EXAMPLE IN RISK MANAGEMENT OUR TEAM DOES A GREAT JOB WITH ASSISTING EMPLOYEES WITH SUCH CLAIMS AS ON THE JOB INJURIES OR OUR TEAM WILL GO OUT AND OFFER SAFETY TRAINING AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE EQUIPPED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT USING OUR SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND THE MEASURES WE CAN TAKE TO PROTECT OUR EMPLOYEES AND PROTECT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR WORK ENVIRONMENT IS SAFE AND SECURE FOR EVERYONE. >> ANOTHER VERY IMPORTANT THING THAT WE CONCENTRATE ON IS CULTURE. >> RECENTLY YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THE ORGANIZATION DNA. WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THAT INITIATIVE THAT ALONG WITH SERVE IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN ROLLING OUT TO ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES RECENTLY AND WITH THAT INITIATIVE OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS CLEAR ABOUT WHAT OUR VALUES ARE AND WHAT THE CITY'S GOAL IS WITH REGARD TO OUR EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE THAT WE WANTED TO DELIVER TO OUR COMMUNITY. >> ANOTHER VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF OUR DEPARTMENT IS TALENT DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TRAIN OUR EMPLOYEES, GIVE THEM THE RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE EQUIPPED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE IN THE JOBS THAT THEY'RE ARE PERFORMING CURRENTLY. WE ALSO WORK WITH DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT PROCESSES ARE PROPERLY DONE. AND THEN IN A FEW MINUTES I'M GOING TO GO OVER TO SUPERVISORY AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE HERE AT THE CITY AS WELL. OUR GOAL THERE IS TO AGAIN ENSURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE FULLY EQUIPPED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THEY PERFORM WELL IN THEIR JOB. >> AND LASTLY WE HAVE THE HUMAN RESOURCES INFORMATION SYSTEM. THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO OUR DEPARTMENT AND TO OUR CITY IN THIS AREA. WE USE REPORTING AND ANALYTICS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DECISION MAKING IS PRECISE, IS CLEAR AND ALLOW OUR LEADERSHIP TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS WITH REGARD TO PERSONNEL AND TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR WHILE TAKING CARE OF THE LOOKING AT THE BENEFITS AND COMPENSATION FOR EMPLOYEES THAT WE'RE ACTING WITHIN BUDGET. WHO DO WE SERVE? THESE ARE THE MAJOR STAKEHOLDERS FOR US FOR GENERAL EMPLOYEES. WE OFFER DAY TO DAY SUPPORT TO DEPARTMENTS. LIKE I SAID, ANYTHING FROM DISCIPLINE TO GRIEVANCES TO BENEFITS COMPENSATION AND QUESTIONS. WE HELP ENSURE THAT FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE SECTOR. >> SO POLICE AND FIRE. WE HELP ADMINISTER PROCESS CITIES THAT ARE GOVERNED BY STATE STATUTES AND LOCAL RULES. WE ALSO HELP ADMINISTER THE AND ANSWER QUESTIONS TO THE PRE 65 AND REGULAR RETIREES. >> AND THEN FOR CANDIDATES AND PRE PRE HIRES WE ASSESS WHAT GETTING THEM ONBOARDED GETTING THEM IN THROUGH THROUGH THE INTERVIEW PROCESS. SO DRUG SCREENING AND BACKGROUND CHECKS. OUR TEAM DOES THAT AS WELL AND THEN FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC. OF COURSE WE RESPOND TO GENERAL INQUIRIES ABOUT OUR PROCESSES OR POLICIES AND PERSONNEL RELATED MATTERS. IN ADDITION TO OUR CORE SERVICES WE ALSO ADMINISTER SEVERAL LARGE PLANS THAT REPRESENT SIGNIFICANT ASSETS AND LIABILITIES FOR THE CITY. >> THE FIRST ONE IS TO SELF INSERT SURE HEALTH PLAN. >> AS YOU CAN SEE IT'S ROUGHLY AROUND $40 MILLION A YEAR TO MAINTAIN OUR HEALTH PLAN. WE ALSO MANAGE THE LOSS FUND WHICH IS AROUND $3.6 MILLION. WE ALSO HELP YOUR RETIREMENT SECURITY PLAN WHICH AS YOU KNOW IS A SOCIAL SECURITY SUBSTITUTION PLAN THAT WE HAVE HERE. THE FUND BALANCE IN THAT PLAN IS $271 MILLION. THAT'S 104% FUNDED WHICH IS EXTREME. >> WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THAT BECAUSE BENCHMARKING DATA SHOWS THAT ANYTHING THAT'S OVER 80% IS CONSIDERED A WELL FUNDED PLAN. AND FOR THE RSP PLAN WE ARE OVER 100% FUNDED. WE ALSO MAINTAINED A 101 15 TRUST WHICH RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ROUGHLY $158 MILLION IN THAT FUND BALANCE AND THAT'S 81.5% FUNDED. >> WE ALSO MAINTAINED A 457 PLAN WHICH IS A TAX DEFERRED RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES. AND WE HAVE ROUGHLY $232 MILLION IN THAT FUND BALANCE. >> OKAY. JUST REAL QUICKLY THIS IS OUR WORKFORCE COMPOSITION AND DEMOGRAPHICS. WE OUR WORKFORCE IS COMPRISED OF ROUGHLY 2800 EMPLOYEES. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, GENERATION X AND MILLENNIALS MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF OUR EMPLOYEE POPULATION. AND THAT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE. BUT WHAT'S EVEN MORE INTERESTING IS THE BOTTOM CHART. IF YOU LOOK AT 0 TO 10 YEARS THAT MAKES UP THE MAJORITY OF OUR EMPLOYEES. WHAT INDICATES TO ME USING THAT CHART IS THAT WE HAVE A STRONG PRESENCE OF NEWER EMPLOYEES. AND WITH THAT OUR FOCUS SHOULD BE TO HOW DO WE TAKE THOSE EMPLOYEES AND HOW DO COME UP WITH DEVELOPMENT PLANS, TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT WE CAN SHARE AND TRANSFER KNOWLEDGE AND ALSO FOR SUCCESSION PLANNING PURPOSES. >> OKAY. AND THEN SPEAKING OF SUCCESSION PLANNING, I LIKE TO GO TO NEXT SLIDE. THIS WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF OUR TRAINING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER IN ADDITION TO 80 COURSES SEPARATE COURSES THAT WE OFFER AND OUR MENU TO ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES. WE HAVE THIS INTENTIONAL LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE, A VERY STRUCTURE PROGRAM FOR SUPERVISORS FOR EMERGING LEADERS TO START WITH. IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM WE HAVE THE MANDATORY SUPERVISOR TRAINING WHICH THE GOAL HERE IS TO ENSURE THAT EXISTING EMPLOYEES ARE EQUIPPED TO HANDLE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS TO MANAGE WITH ACCOUNTABILITY. AND THE COURSES HERE ARE REQUIRED TO BE TAKEN WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF HIRE OR PROMOTION. >> THE NEXT LEVEL IS THE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PATHWAYS. THESE COURSES ARE WERE INTENDED TO EQUIP EXISTING MANAGERS AND EMERGING MANAGERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COMPETENT IN THEIR POSITION AND THAT THEY CAN MANAGE WITH CONFIDENCE AND IMPACT. AND THE FINAL TRAINING PATH IS THE CITY MANAGEMENT TRAINING. AND WITHIN THIS PATH WE HAVE TO EMPOWER THREE PROGRAM AND THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER IMMERSION TRACK. AND OUR GOAL HERE IS TO EQUIP AND TRAIN LEADERS AT THE EXECUTIVE LEVEL TO THINK ENTERPRISE WIDE AND HAVE DEVELOPED LEADERSHIP ABILITY SO THAT WE CAN THEY CAN HANDLE COMPLEX ISSUES THAT ARE WILL AFFECT THE ORGANIZATION AND FOR THE FUTURE TO COME. SO WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF THE CITY MANAGEMENT TRAINING PROGRAM THAT'S JUST BEEN IMPLEMENTED THIS YEAR. IN FACT WITH THESE PROGRAMS WORK WE FEEL EXTREMELY CONFIDENT THAT WE ARE ENSURING THAT FUTURE LEADERS ARE NOW BEING TRAINED AND THAT THEY'LL BE READY TO TAKE OVER WHEN THE EXISTING EMPLOYEES RETIRE. THE ONES THAT MEET THE ELIGIBILITY. LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO END WITH THIS SLIDE. WHY THIS H.R. MATTERS? H.R. MATTERS BECAUSE WE TOUCH ON MANY ASPECTS WITHIN A CITY. WE HANDLE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. WE HANDLE PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY. WE ALSO ARE INTERESTED IN CULTURE AND ENGAGEMENT. AND WE ALSO TEACH COMPLIANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT. WE DO MANY THINGS FOR THE CITY BUT WE'RE VERY PROUD ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO AFFECT EVERYONE IN THE CITY AND THAT'S WHY I'M SUPER PROUD OF THE POSITION THAT I'M IN BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I HAVE THE IMPACT, THE ABILITY TO IMPACT ON A WIDER SCALE. OUR PHILOSOPHY IS STRONG. YOUR DRIVE STRONG PEOPLE STRONG PEOPLE DRIVE STRONG PERFORMANCE AND STRONG PERFORMANCE DELIVERS EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> THANK YOU, VICTORIA. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. OUR NEXT ITEM IS DEPARTMENTAL OVERVIEW FOR OUR LIBRARIES. >> LIBBY HOLMAN. OKAY. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. >> I'M DELIGHTED TO BE HERE TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR LIBRARIES AND TEAM PEOPLE. WE HAVE FIVE LIBRARIES ACROSS PLANO. WE'RE OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FOR 69 HOURS A WEEK. HERE'S OUR HELLO FROM TEAM PPA. THERE'S 185 TEAM MEMBERS WHO SHOW UP EACH AND EVERY DAY WITH JOY IN THEIR HEARTS. THEY BRING THEIR SKILLS OR ABILITIES AND THEIR ENTHUSIASM . AND WE OPERATE FROM A PHILOSOPHY OF ONE LIBRARY FIVE LOCATIONS. I JUST LOVE SEEING THAT THEY'RE AMAZING. SO AS FAR AS OUR STRATEGIC GOALS STAFF HELP CREATE THOSE AND WE'RE REALLY INSPIRED BY COUNCIL'S VISION OF BEING A WELCOMING, ENGAGED COMMUNITY AND EXCELLENT INNOVATIVE GOVERNMENT. AND SO WE START AT THE TOP. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT LIBRARIES AND SPARKING IMAGINATION WHETHER IT'S MATERIALS, IT'S CONNECTING WITH STAFF. IT'S JUST CREATING THAT SENSE OF WONDER. THAT'S WHAT LIBRARIES CAN DO IN OUR COMMUNITY. WHEN IT COMES TO SUPPORTING LIFELONG LEARNING AND ORANGE, OUR STAFF LIKE TO SHARE IMPACT STORIES WITH US EVERY MONTH AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT THE WORK THEY DO IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE IMPACT THEY MAKE. WE RECENTLY HAD A GENTLEMAN COME IN SELF PROCLAIMED 74 YEAR OLD WE DON'T ASK AGE AND HE SAID HE HAD JUST RECENTLY RETIRED AND HE WAS GOING TO PURSUE A LIFELONG GOAL OF GETTING HIS GED. STAFF WERE LIKE LET'S GO. SO THEY CONNECTED HIM WITH RESOURCES. THEY GOT HIM ON THE PATH AND THESE ARE THE TYPES OF STORIES WE HEAR EVERY SINGLE DAY WITH OUR INTERACTIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY. WE BELIEVE IN SUPPORTING ALL OF OUR LEARNERS FROM BEGINNING ALL THE WAY THROUGH OLDER ADULTS. >> AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ENHANCING RELATIONSHIPS TO FOSTER CONNECTION, IT'S KIND OF JUST WHAT WE DO. WE BUILD RELATIONSHIPS. WE'RE NOT ABOUT TRANSACTIONS. WE'RE ABOUT THE PEOPLE WE SERVE. SO WHETHER YOU'RE COMING TO A CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH CLASS OR MAYBE YOU'RE DOING A COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP WE WANT YOU TO CONNECT. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SMILES I JUST LOVE IT. CULTIVATING A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT. THAT'S OUR STAFF. WE HAVE OVER 26 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY STAFF. WE WANT TO CREATE SPACES YOU WANT TO BE IN. WHETHER IT'S TABLES TO STUDY AT OR A PLACE TO BE. AND THEN CONTRIBUTING TO A VIBRANT AND THRIVING COMMUNITY. WE REALLY APPRECIATE OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, OUR OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT WORK WITH US TO PROVIDE EXCELLENT PROGRAMS. >> SO HERE'S JUST A QUICK LOOK AT OUR BUSINESS. AS YOU CAN SEE, LOTS OF PEOPLE COME VISIT US 1.9 MILLION VISITORS A YEAR. WE ARE I THINK IT'S 1.9% IF I DID THE MATH RIGHT. IF KAREN'S HERE SHE CAN CORRECT ME BUT WE'RE ABOUT $15 MILLION OUT OF YOUR GENERAL FUND. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT LIBRARIES AND ALL THAT WE DO WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT CORRINA. CORRINA AND HER TEAM AND VIP ARE SO AMAZING TO US. WE PUT OUT JOB DESCRIPTIONS. THEY FIND AMAZING PLANO RESIDENTS THAT WANT TO CONTRIBUTE AND IT'S LIKE THE PERFECT MATCH. THEIR VOLUNTEER WORK HELPS US BE SUCCESSFUL IN OUR DAILY WORK. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE OUR APPRECIATION FOR THAT. WE ALSO CELEBRATED 60 YEARS OF SERVICE LAST YEAR WHICH IS GREAT TO DO ALL YEAR LONG WE CELEBRATED. THANKS FOR COMING TO SOME OF OUR EVENTS AND WE ALSO HAD 1 MILLION CHECKOUTS ON THE LIBBY APP AS WE WERE TALKING EARLIER WHICH IS ACHIEVEMENT. AND WE LAUNCHED DIGITAL CARDS. DIGITAL CARDS ARE REALLY GREAT BECAUSE IT MEANS WHEREVER YOU ARE YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR A CARD AND GET IMMEDIATE ACCESS. IT REDUCES THE BARRIER TO INFORMATION. SO AWARDS WE'VE BEEN ACCREDITED FROM BY TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES SINCE 1974. EVERY YEAR WE ARE ACCREDITED. WE ALSO SINCE 2005 HAVE RECEIVED THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LIBRARY DIRECTORS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD OF EXCELLENCE. AND THEN THIS ONE AT THE BOTTOM IS PROBABLY OUR MOST RECENT ACCOLADE THAT IS JUST A TRUE HEARTWARMING EXPERIENCE FOR STAFF AND I BELIEVE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. YOU SEE OUR GENTLEMAN ON THE RIGHT WE'RE GRADUATES OF THE PROGRAM. WE RECEIVE THIS LIBRARY CHANGE COMMUNITY AWARD FOR OUR WORK EXPERIENCE PROGRAM. THIS IS LIKE A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN LIBRARY STAFF AND COMMUNITY NONPROFITS. WE HAVE NOT NONPROFIT SORRY PARTNERS. THE SOLOMON CENTER MY POSSIBILITIES AND LIFE PATH. AND IT'S REALLY A TAILORED EXPERIENCE WHERE STAFF WORK WITH THE ADULT TO FIND SOMETHING MEANINGFUL THAT HELPS THEM ON THEIR CAREER JOURNEY. WE JUST GRADUATED THREE COHORTS LAST WEEK AND SOME FAMILIAR FACES ON THAT ONE. SO AGAIN WE RECEIVED TWO GRANTS LAST YEAR FROM TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION. AND THE FIRST ONE WAS TO DIGITIZE THE PLAN OF STAR COURIER FROM 1904 TO 1980. SO IF YOU LIKE HISTORY OR YOU LIKE TO GO ONLINE AND LOOK AT THINGS ABOUT THE CITY OF PLANO, YOU CAN DO THAT NOW FOR THROUGH THE TEXAS PORTAL IT'S AVAILABLE TO ANYONE. AND THEN OUR SECOND ONE WAS THANK YOU TO OUR RECREATION PARTNERS. THEY ARE WILLING TO TRY SOMETHING WITH US AND THAT'S OUR BOOK LOCKER AT SAM JOHNSON RECREATION CENTER. AND THE FEEDBACK FROM THAT BEING THERE HAS BEEN SUPPORT IT TO PEOPLE GO VISIT THEIR THAT'S THEIR REC CENTER THEY GO THERE REGULARLY IF IT'S BINGO BUSINESS A BIG DAY WE LEARNED THAT. SO LIKE GO THERE ON BINGO DAYS BUT NOW THEY CAN ALSO PICK UP THEIR LIBRARY RESOURCES AND THAT MEANS SO MUCH TO PEOPLE. THEY TELL OUR STAFF WHEN THEY'RE THERE I THINK THEY TELL THE RECREATION CENTER STAFF AS WELL. SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEM WORKING WITH US ON THAT. AND THEN JUST AS VICTORIA WAS TALKING ABOUT SUCCESSION PLANNING, WE LAUNCHED A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM INSIDE THE LIBRARY AND IT WAS MENTORS AND MENTEES STAFF ALIKE. IT WAS NOT TITLE BASED. IT WAS SKILLS AND ABILITIES TO GROW. AND THAT PROGRAM WAS SO SUCCESSFUL LAST YEAR OUR STAFF SHARED THE IMPACT FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM TO THE END OF IT HOW MUCH IT MEANT TO THEM TO DEVELOP THEMSELVES AS LEADERS. THEIR FAMILIES COMMENTED ON THEIR PERSONAL GROWTH. I MEAN IT REALLY HAD A GREAT IMPACT AND BUILT OUR CAPACITY IN OUR DEPARTMENT. SO NOW WE'RE IN YEAR TWO AND SOME OF OUR MENTEES ARE NOW MENTORS. IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM. AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAD AN ADAPTED BOOK PROGRAM WHERE THE ONLY LIBRARY, YOU KNOW MIGHT NOT BE THE ONLY ONE NOW BUT WE WERE THE FIRST TO START AN ADAPTIVE BOOK PROGRAM WHICH IS BASICALLY IF YOU DECONSTRUCT A PICTURE BOOK AND YOU ADD TACTILE ELEMENTS TO IT, IT ALLOWS OUR ADAPTED PROGRAMING USERS TO CONNECT WITH THOSE STORIES IN A DIFFERENT WAY. AND PARENTS HAVE SHARED HOW MUCH THEY APPRECIATE THEIR CHILD BEING ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THE LITERATURE AND STAY FOCUSED. SO WE HAVE FIVE FIVE PROGRAM FOCUS AREAS AND THIS IS OUR FIRST ONE. THIS IS KIND OF WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT WHEN THEY THINK OF LIBRARIES. AND WE ARE THERE TO HELP YOU ON YOUR READING JOURNEY FROM THE VERY BEGINNING TO YOU'RE GOING UP TO COLLEGE AND YOU WANT HELP STUDYING ONLINE. WE HAVE RESOURCES AND MATERIALS FOR THAT. WE HAD A PARENT SHARE A STORY. UNFORTUNATELY THEIR CHILD WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND HAD TO BE IN BED FOR THREE MONTHS. WELL DURING THAT THREE MONTH TIME PERIOD THAT CHILD CHOSE TO LEARN FRENCH USING OUR RESOURCES, IMPROVE THEIR MATH SKILLS AND OF COURSE THEY CHECKED OUT STEAM KIDS BECAUSE STEAM KIDS IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THEM ARE A LOT OF FUN. ARTS AND CULTURE IS BIG IN LIBRARIES WE HAVE STORYTIMES WITH ALL DIFFERENT LANGUAGES HINDI, URDU, CHINESE STORYTIME WE JUST KIND OF COVER THE BREADTH OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND THEN IF YOU WEREN'T AWARE YOU HAVEN'T VISITED A LIBRARY LATELY WHICH I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO DO. WE HAVE ART EXHIBIT SPACE SO OUR COMMUNITY CAN REACH OUT, DISPLAY THEIR ART. IT CHANGES MONTHLY. SO ANYTIME YOU VISIT A LIBRARY YOU CAN HAVE AN ART EXPERIENCE STEAM THAT PICTURE ON THE BOTTOM JUST MAKES MY SOUL SMILE . THAT IS ONE OF OUR NEWEST PROGRAMS. IT'S CALLED GOLDEN STEAM EXPLORERS. IT'S FOR OUR OLDER ADULTS. SO WE'VE TAKEN OUR STEAM PROGRAMING AND JUST TRANSITIONED IT TO MEET AN OLDER COMMUNITY AND IT'S GONE QUITE WELL. AT THE TOP WE HAVE PTSD CAME OUT TO DEMONSTRATE THE ROBOTICS AND THEIR TEAMS CAME OUT AND TALKED TO THIS OUR KIDS AND OUR PATRONS ABOUT THEIR PROGRAMS. SO STEAM IS STILL BIG. WE DO A LOT WITH IT AND WE OFFER THE DIGITAL CREATION SPACES IF YOU HAVEN'T VISITED THEM WE HAVE THREE OF THEM ACROSS OUR LOCATIONS. IF YOU CAN IMAGINE A PROGRAM SOMETHING YOU WANT TO CREATE A PODCAST, A MARKETING RESOURCE WE HAVE THE COMPUTERS THAT HAVE THE ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE AND YOU CAN DREAM IT MAKE IT AT THE LIBRARY 3D PRINTING THANKS TO TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS WE CAN NOW OFFER THAT ONLINE SO PEOPLE CAN NO LONGER HAVE TO COME IN WITH THAT THUMB DRIVE AND GIVE IT TO US. THEY CAN SUBMIT THEIR JOB ONLINE, PICK IT UP AND THEN THIS IS AN AREA THAT IS BOOMING THANKS TO NCO AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THEY'VE REALLY HELPED US CONNECT WITH PARTNERS. THEY MARKET US. IF YOU'RE ON LINKEDIN YOU'LL SEE HOW THEY SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR WEEKLY PROGRAMS. WE HAVE A YOUTH ENTREPRENEUR ACADEMY. WE OFFER EVERY SUMMER TO HIGH SCHOOLERS. IT'S A THREE DAY PROGRAM THEY WORK WITH SCORE MENTORS, DALLAS CORE MENTORS AND LIBRARY STAFF AND THEY GET PUT INTO TEAMS. IT'S COMPETITIVE. WE'RE NOT USUALLY COMPETITIVE IN THE LIBRARY BUT IT'S COMPETITIVE AND THEY GET TO LEARN ABOUT BUSINESS IDEAS AND HOW TO WORK THROUGH A PROCESS AND THEN THEY PITCH IT TO A PANEL OF COMMUNITY JUDGES AND AT THE END OF IT THERE'S A WINNER. I'D SAY THEY'RE ALL WINNERS BECAUSE THEY ALL LEARN SOMETHING BUT IT IS COMPETITIVE. SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS AREA AND THAT OUTREACH THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE GROWING FOR US. WE HAVE TWO OUTREACH VEHICLES. ONE OF THEM HAS BUBBLES THAT COMES OUT THE SIDE OF IT. THE OTHER ONE BRINGS THE BUBBLES WITH IT. IF THERE IS A COMMUNITY EVENT, IF THERE IS A SCHOOL EVENT WITH PARENTS, IF THERE'S A CITY EVENT, WE WANT TO BE THERE. WE WANT TO BE THERE WITH OUR STAFF. WE WANT TO BE THERE WITH OUR RESOURCES AND WE WANT TO CONNECT WITH OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO WE RECENTLY HAVE BROADENED OUR SENIOR OUTREACH. THE MORE WE VISIT 20 RETIREMENT HOMES EVERY MONTH IT'S THEIR ROOTS, THEIR VERY COMPETITIVE ROOTS WITH STAFF THEY CAN'T WAIT TO SIGN UP TO GO ON THEM. THEY LOVE CONNECTING WITH OUR RESIDENTS. YOU CAN SEE IN THAT BOTTOM PICTURE IT'S ABOUT BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS. IT'S ABOUT SHARING OUR RESOURCES. IT'S ABOUT BRINGING THE CITY TO THEM. AND SO I UNDERSTAND WE MIGHT BE BROADENING THAT A LITTLE MORE IN THE YEAR TO COME AND THAT MIGHT INCLUDE SOME REHAB REHABILITATION FACILITIES AS WELL. SO AND THEN WHAT'S NEXT? WE'RE ALWAYS THINKING WHAT'S NEXT? SO WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR 2012 2027, 2030 WHICH 2030 SOUNDS WEIRD TO SAY BUT WE'RE GOING THERE SO WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT IN THE YEAR TO COME. THANK YOU TO OUR FRIENDS AND RECREATION. OUR FIRST INSTALLATION WENT WELL SO OUR PLANO LIBRARY FRIENDS HAVE AGREED TO FUND ANOTHER BOOK LOCKER AT LIBERTY REC CENTER. AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A COMMUNITY AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. SO THANK YOU RECREATION AND IN A LIBRARY FRIENDS AND THEN THIS SUMMER WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WORKING WITH CITY HOUSE. WE'LL BE DOING SOME ENRICHMENT CLASSES THIS SUMMER AND THEN COME FALL WE'LL BE DOING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WITH THEM AND WITH THAT MORE FANTASTIC PEOPLE THAT COME TO THE LIBRARY. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. LIBBY THAT'S GREAT. YES, SIR. >> COUNCILMEMBER LE BON COME BACK. COME BACK. I WAS ALMOST GONE, SIR. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, LIBBY. GREAT PRESENTATION. AND I. I HAVE BEEN, AS YOU KNOW, A BIG SUPPORTER OF OUR LIBRARY SYSTEM. BUT EVERY TIME I GO TO A LIBRARY EVENT I SEE THE MAGIC THAT YOUR STAFF PRODUCES WITH FOLKS WHO ARE OF EVERY AGE. KIDS JUST CAN'T HELP THEMSELVES BUT SMILE AND GET INVOLVED IN ALL THE VARIOUS DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AND I THINK OUR LIBRARY SYSTEM TRULY IS A COMMUNITY BUILDER. IT IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE GATHER AND GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER AND GET TO KNOW WHAT OUR CITY CAN DO. AND I WANTED TO OFFER AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> THANK YOU. AND I'LL SHARE WITH TEAM PEOPLE THE SHOUT OUT. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANKS. OKAY. >> OUR NEXT ITEM DEPARTMENTAL OVERVIEW ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SUSTAIN ABILITY. RACHEL PATTERSON HEY GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL EXECUTIVE STAFF I'M RACHEL PATTERSON. I'M A DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY AND I'M GOING TO BE GIVING A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF MY DEPARTMENT SO THIS WILL GO FAST BUT THERE'LL BE TIME FOR QUESTIONS . FIRST OF ALL, LIBRARIES IS CELEBRATING 60 YEARS WE ARE CELEBRATING 50 YEARS THIS YEAR OUR DEPARTMENT WAS FORMED DURING THE 7576 FISCAL BUDGET AND SO OCTOBER 1ST, 1975 WAS THE FIRST DAY OF OUR DEPARTMENT AND WE'RE JUST HAVING FUN CELEBRATING THAT THIS FISCAL YEAR OUR VISION IS HEALTHY PEOPLE, HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY VERY CLOSELY ALIGNS WITH OUR MISSION WHICH IS TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND PROMOTE A SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY. >> WE HAVE THREE DIVISIONS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF EACH OF THOSE SUPPORTED BY A FANTASTIC ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT STAFF, THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION OVERSEES FOOD SAFETY AND SWIMMING POOL POOL SAFETY AND SANITATION FOR THE CITY INCLUDED IN THIS OR PLAN REVIEWS FOR NEW AND EXISTING ESTABLISHMENTS AS NEEDED PLUS ROUTINE COMPLAINT AND FOLLOW UP INSPECTIONS THAT WE CONDUCT. EDUCATION IS CONDUCTED ALONGSIDE EVERY INSPECTION THAT WE DO. WE DO ALSO USE ENFORCEMENT TOOLS WHEN NEEDED AND AS A LAST RESORT OR IF THERE'S A CASE OF AN IMMINENT PUBLIC HEALTH OR ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD WE WILL USE ENFORCEMENT TOOLS. >> REGULATION OF FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS IS CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE PLANO FOOD CODE WHICH WAS MOST RECENTLY REVISED IN 2025 ACTUALLY ABOUT A YEAR AGO. WE BASE INSPECTION FREQUENCY ON RISK CATEGORIES. EACH FACILITY IS INSPECTED BETWEEN 1 AND 4 TIMES A YEAR BASED ON THE CATEGORY THAT THEY'VE BEEN ASSIGNED ESTABLISHMENTS WITH MORE COMPLICATED FOOD PROCESSES OR MENUS OR ESTABLISHMENTS THAT SERVE HIGHER RISK POPULATIONS LIKE SENIORS OR CHILDREN ARE PLACED IN A HIGHER INSPECTION FREQUENCY CATEGORY WHILE WE INSPECT FOR ALL FOOD CODE REQUIREMENTS, THE MAJOR FOCUS OF OUR VIOLATIONS ARE ON THOSE VIOLATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO DIRECTLY AFFECT PUBLIC HEALTH OR MAY CAUSE A FOODBORNE ILLNESS MIGHT BE TEMPERATURE CONTROL ISSUES. IT COULD BE JUST GENERAL SANITATION ISSUES IF WE WALK INTO AN ESTABLISHMENT AND SEE THAT HAPPENING HANDWASHING, LACK OF HANDWASHING OR LACK OF WATER. SO THAT'S OUR MAIN FOCUS ALTHOUGH WE LOOK AT WE LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THERE. I DO WANT TO SHOW A FEW PICTURES. I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO SHOW TOO MANY BUT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES OF SOME ESTABLISHMENTS THAT WE'VE WALKED INTO AND SEEN SPECIFIC VIOLATIONS. AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT MOST OF THE ESTABLISHMENTS HERE IN PLANO ARE VERY HIGH FUNCTIONING AND VERY SAFE. BUT THESE ARE A REAL GOOD SNAPSHOT OF WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO ON A DAILY BASIS. SO HERE WE GO AND WE HAVE ABOUT 1800 FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE CITY AND THIS IS MERCK'S FAVORITE PART I CAN ALREADY SEE HIM SMILING. HE'S SO EXCITED. OKAY SO SOMETIMES WE WALK INTO SITUATIONS LIKE THIS IT'S EXTRA REALLY OVERWHELMING TO THE INSPECTOR AND I'M SURE ALSO TO THE OPERATOR. I MEAN HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THAT? WHERE DO YOU START? >> BUT WHEN WE WALK INTO THESE SITUATIONS HONESTLY IT MAKES US HAPPY THAT WE'RE THERE TO INTERVENE IN THIS SITUATION AND PROVIDE THEM THE GUIDANCE THAT THEY NEED IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION WE MIGHT CLOSE THEM FOR A FEW HOURS SO WE CAN GET THINGS UNDER CONTROL AND THEN GET THEM BACK ON THEIR WAY. THIS IS A POTATO PEELER THAT HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN APART FOR CLEANING IN QUITE SOME TIME. SO OUR INSPECTOR TOOK THAT LITTLE SCREW OUT OF IT, OPENED IT UP AND THIS IS WHAT THEY FOUND ANOTHER SITUATION WE WALK INTO THIS IS THIS IS JUST OBVIOUSLY A FOOD STORAGE AND CLEANLINESS ISSUE. I MEAN THERE'S THERE'S SO MANY ISSUES IN THIS PICTURE I CAN'T GO INTO IT. BUT AGAIN IT'S JUST ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND TO INTERVENE IN A PRETTY TERRIBLE SITUATION. THIS IS THE INSIDE OF TWO DIFFERENT ICE MACHINES ICE MACHINES, OUR FOOD CONTACT SERVICES AND SO OFTEN NOT OFTEN SOMETIMES THEY GET OVERLOOKED IN FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS YOU JUST DON'T THINK ABOUT THE INSIDE OF AN ICE MACHINE. BUT WE DO CHECK INSIDE. THEY'RE PRETTY THOROUGH AND THEN SOMETIMES WE WALK INTO PLACES THAT ARE HAVING SEWAGE BACKUPS IN PROGRESS AND SO IN THESE SITUATIONS WE WOULD CLOSE THEM RIGHT THEN MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET IT ALL FIXED AND THEN REOPEN THEM AS SOON AS THAT'S TAKEN PLACE. I HAVE SO MANY MORE PICTURES BUT I DON'T HAVE TIME SO WE'LL MOVE ON. SWIMMING POOLS ARE REGULATED UNDER THE CITY'S SWIMMING POOL CODE. IT ADOPTS STATE RULES BY REFERENCE WITH A FEW AMENDMENTS HERE FOR PLATO, PUBLIC POOLS ARE INSPECTED EVERY MONTH THAT THEY'RE IN SERVICE AND THEN SOME BY PUBLIC POOLS. AND THIS WOULD BE YOUR APARTMENT'S HOA IS HOTELS. THEY'RE INSPECTED ONCE PER SEASON UNLESS THERE'S A FOLLOW UP INSPECTION NEEDED OR A COMPLAINT IS FILED. THE FOCUS OF OF THESE INSPECTIONS IS SANITATION AND SAFETY. SO WE'RE CHECKING WATER CHEMISTRY WHILE WE'RE OUT. THERE ARE FILTRATION AND PUMPING SYSTEMS AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND SIGNAGE IS ON SITE AND IT'S ALL IT ALL MEETS CODE. WE HAVE ABOUT 429 CURRENT PERMITTED POOLS. >> THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DIVISION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT AND INSPECTION MOSQUITO CONTROL AND IN RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL NUISANCES OUR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS ARE FEDERAL, FEDERAL AND STATE MANDATED PROGRAMS WE OPERATE UNDER A PERMIT WITH THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY THAT OUR DEPARTMENT ADMINISTERS. THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM IS TO REDUCE POLLUTANTS AND ILLEGAL DISCHARGES FROM ENTERING OUR WATERWAYS. >> WE HAVE JUST OVER 3000 STORMWATER OUTFALLS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND WE NEED TO MONITOR ALL OF THOSE SO DURING DRY WEATHER WE CONDUCT OUTFALL INSPECTIONS TO BE SURE NOTHING IS COMING OUT OF THOSE PIPES THAT SHOULD NOT BE COMING OUT OF THOSE PIPES. AND DURING WET WEATHER WE GATHER WATER SAMPLES DURING THE RAIN EVENT TO TEST FOR ILLEGAL DISCHARGES THAT MAY BE CARRIED IN THE STORMWATER. THE INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM ENSURES INDUSTRY IS TREATING ANY DISCHARGE THE REQUIRED STANDARD PRIOR TO THE RELEASE INTO THE SEWER SYSTEM. >> WE CONDUCT EROSION CONTROL INSPECTIONS TO CONSTRUCTION SITES TO ENSURE PROPER PROTECTION IS IN PLACE AND PREVENT SEDIMENT RUNOFF INTO OUR WATERWAYS. AND THEN WE ALSO CONDUCT A LOT OF COMPLAINT RESPONSE TO THESE TYPES OF WATER QUALITY SITUATIONS. WE DID ABOUT 170 THIS PAST THIS PAST YEAR. >> THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY SPECIALISTS THEY INSPECT GREASE AND GRIT TRAPS AS WELL AS THE HAULERS WHO PUMP THOSE FACILITIES. THE TRAPS ARE REGULATED UNDER OUR LIQUID WASTE MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE INSPECTION FREQUENCY IS BASED ON RISK AND A SCORING SYSTEM THAT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE TYPE OF ESTABLISHMENT IS SERVING AND THEIR MENU AND INTAKE CONSTRUCTION AND COMPLIANCE HISTORY AMONG A FEW OTHER FACTORS. THE FOCUS IS ON PROPER MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION TO PREVENT OVERFLOWS LIKE THIS THAT WILL GO INTO OUR STORM DRAINS AND THEN ULTIMATELY INTO OUR CREEKS AND THEY MUST PUMP THESE TRAPS EVERY 90 DAYS. WE HAVE 1465 PERMITTED TRAPS IN THE CITY OF PLANO. SOME OF THOSE ARE SHARED BY MULTIPLE FACILITIES. >> FOR OUR MOSQUITO CONTROL PROGRAM WE CONDUCT SURVEILLANCE AND MONITORING OF MOSQUITO POPULATIONS AND DISEASE DISEASES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WE SET 19 TRAPS EACH WEEK ALTERNATING AT 38 DIFFERENT SITES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. >> WHEN WE GET A POSITIVE MOSQUITO RESULT BACK WE SURVEY THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE LARVICIDE AS NEEDED. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR DRAINAGE ISSUES AND OTHER STAGNANT WATER SITUATIONS LIKE SOMETHING LIKE WHAT YOU SEE HERE IN THIS PICTURE. >> WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS SOME PESTICIDE RESISTANCE IN OUR MOSQUITO POPULATIONS SO WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY SPRAYING FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. WE'RE MONITORING THAT SITUATION. BUT TO SPRAY CHEMICALS WHEN THEY'RE NOT EFFECTIVE IS IS WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE. SO WE'VE BACKED OFF OF THAT. WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE DATA AND THUS FAR WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF MOSQUITOES SAMPLES THAT ARE COMING BACK POSITIVE OR HUMAN CASES. SO WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT PRETTY CLOSELY AND THEN WE DO COMPLAINT RESPONSE TO STAGNANT WATER COMPLAINTS LIKE THIS AND WE WILL LARVICIDE IF THE OWNER ALLOWS US TO AND THEY HAVE TO SIGN A CONSENT FOR THAT. LAST YEAR WE RESPONDED TO ABOUT 121 MOSQUITO RELATED COMPLAINTS AND OTHER NUISANCE COMPLAINTS. >> WE GO OUT ON OUR NOISE LIGHT AND SMOKING COMPLAINTS IN ADDITION TO THE WATER QUALITY AND MOSQUITO COMPLAINTS. SO LAST YEAR TOTAL WAS ABOUT JUST OVER 400 COMPLAINTS. THIS LITTLE GUY WAS THERE. WE RESPONDED TO A WATER RELATED COMPLAINT HAD TO DO WITH AN OIL SPILL THAT MADE ITS WAY INTO A POND AND HIM AND HIS LITTLE BUDDY WERE CAUGHT IN THAT OIL SPILL. WE WE CALLED A WILDLIFE REHABILITATOR AND THEY THEY CAME OUT, GOT HIM CLEANED HIM UP AND RELEASED HIM BACK TO OUR PONDS. SO HE'S OUT THERE SOMEWHERE WITH THIS FRIEND. >> THE SUSTAINABILITY DIVISION EDUCATES AND ENGAGES THE COMMUNITY IN SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. THE DIVISION ALSO OVERSEES THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER, THE PLANO COMMUNITY GARDEN AND ITS VOLUNTEERS AND THE VOLUNTEERS WHO STAFF THE HOUSEHOLD CHEMICAL REUSE CENTER . WE HAVE A BROAD SPECTRUM OF PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS OF DAY TO DAY LIVING INCLUDING WASTE REDUCTION, LITTER REMOVAL ,WATER CONSERVATION, WATER QUALITY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, AIR QUALITY AND SEVERAL OTHER SUBJECTS. BUT ALL OF IT IS PART OF PROMOTING AND MAINTAINING A SUSTAINABLE CITY. TO OUR RESIDENTS WE OFFER CLASSES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SCHOOLS AND WEBINARS THAT RESIDENTS CAN SIGN UP FOR AS WELL AS ONLINE LEARNING MODULES AND TOURS WHICH TEND TO BE PRETTY POPULAR FOR OUTREACH AND EVENTS. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT WE SPONSOR AND WE USE TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. THE GREAT AMERICAN CLEAN UP IS CONDUCTED EVERY SPRING IT RUNS FROM MARCH THROUGH MAY SO WE'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT. RESIDENTS CAN SIGN UP FOR LITTER CLEANUP DURING THIS TIME AS THEY CAN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THIS IS KIND OF THE TIME THAT WE FOCUS ON IT. WE HAVE TEXAS RECYCLES DAY IN NOVEMBER. IT'S A DRIVE THRU EVENT WHERE WE COLLECT THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF RECYCLABLE RECYCLABLE GOODS OVER ABOUT FOUR HOURS ON A SATURDAY MORNING. WATERWAYS LANDSCAPE TOURS. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY IN OCTOBER FOR RESIDENTS TO TOUR SEVERAL YARDS TO GET IDEAS FOR DROUGHT TOLERANT PLANTS THAT THEY CAN USE IN THEIR OWN YARDS. WE OFFER FAMILY EVENTS THAT ARE AN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER. WE HAVE ONE COMING UP IN MAY. SECOND WONDERS OF WILDLIFE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT YOU CAN SIGN UP ON OUR WEBSITE. AND FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS THIS HAS BEEN A FUN EVENT. WE'VE PARTNERED WITH FIRE RESCUE ON A TURKEY FREE FUN EVENT WHERE RESIDENTS CAN LEARN HOW TO SAFELY FRY THEIR TURKEY AND LEARN ABOUT FIRE SAFETY. THEY LEARN ABOUT SAFE FOOD HANDLING FROM ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND ABOUT PROPER GREASE DISPOSAL FROM OUR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY STUFF. IT'S A GOOD DAY. ELECTRON TAX COLLECTION WE DO THIS THREE WEEKENDS EVERY MONTH ON A ROTATING LOCATIONS ACROSS THE CITY. WE HAVE A FOOD SCRAP COMPOSTING PROGRAM AND RESIDENTS CAN SIGN UP TO DROP THEIR FOOD SCRAPS AT ONE OF EIGHT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. FOR COMPOST PROCESSING WE HAVE JUST UNDER A THOUSAND HOUSEHOLDS PARTICIPATING IN THAT PROGRAM AT THIS POINT. WE OFFER WATER CONSERVATION REBATES. THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS RESIDENTS FOR ELIGIBLE WATER CONSERVATION ITEMS SUCH AS REPLACEMENT OF TOILETS WITH HIGHER EFFICIENCY MODELS AND THEN LITTER CLEANUPS AND ADOPT A HIGHWAY PROGRAM THAT ARE BOTH AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. ALL OF THESE YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THE INFORMATION ON THESE GREEN AND PLAIN ON.COM. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES. WE HAVE MANY THE MOST POPULAR PROBABLY ARE THE COMMUNITY CLEAN UP STORM DRAIN LABELING AND OUR PLANO COMMUNITY GARDEN. WE ALSO HAVE MANY VOLUNTEERS AS JUST LIKE LIBRARIES THAT WORK HARD FOR US AT OUR EDUCATION AND OUTREACH EVENTS AS WELL. OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE A HUGE, HUGE PART OF WHAT WE DO. THERE IS NO WAY NO WAY THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE REACH THAT WE HAVE WITHOUT THEM. LAST YEAR THEY DONATED JUST OVER 11,000 HOURS AT A VALUE OF $387,000. >> AND THEN FINALLY WE WERE NOTIFIED AT THE END OF 2025 THAT WE ACHIEVED LEED GOLD AS A CITY FOR A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO SUSTAINABILITY, RESILIENCE AND QUALITY QUALITY OF LIFE HERE IN PLANO. THE PROGRAM EVALUATES HOW LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE PERFORMING IN AREAS LIKE WATER WASTE, ENERGY, EDUCATION AND IN OTHER AREAS THAT AFFECT OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE. IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO CREATE A STRATEGY TO ADDRESS GAPS IN SUSTAINABILITY DURING OUR REVIEW. WE HAD ASSESSMENTS IN 2015 AND 2019 AND UNDER THE STAR COMMUNITIES PROGRAM AND WE SCORED A FOUR OUT OF FIVE STAR EACH TIME. SINCE 2019 STAR COMMUNITIES WAS ABSORBED BY LEED, THE U.S. GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL AND IS NOW KNOWN AS LEED FOR CITIES. SO THIS WILL BE THIS IS OUR THIRD ASSESSMENT AND WE SCORED HIGH IN THE GOLD AREA. WE WERE ABOUT 11 POINTS OFF OF PLATINUM. SO WE'RE HOPING, HOPING, HOPING THAT NEXT TIME WE CAN REACH THAT GOAL. WHILE OUR DEPARTMENT BROADLY OVERSEES SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES BASED ON THE OUTCOMES OF THESE ASSESSMENTS, WE COULD WE DON'T DO THIS ALONE. WE HAVE MANY INTERNAL PARTNERS, MANY EXTERNAL PARTNERS AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO THEM FOR PARTNERING WITH US ON THIS EFFORT. >> I KNOW THAT WAS REALLY FAST BUT IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO RIDE OUT AND SEE THIS STUFF CLOSE UP WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ACCOMMODATE THAT. AND WITH THAT I WILL STAND FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM AND I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT YOUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM. >> SO DO YOU GO TO WHERE DO YOU GO TO GET YOUR VOLUNTEERS? >> WE WE WORK THROUGH VOLUNTEERS IN PLANO. OKAY. AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME PLACES IN COLLIN COUNTY WHERE THEY ACTUALLY WORK WITH UM, YOU KNOW, MINOR INFRACTION TYPE INMATES THAT UM, UM ENDS UP, YOU KNOW, SERVING THEIR TIME DOING SOME TYPE OF COMMUNITY SERVICE. SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS A POSSIBILITY? I MEAN WHERE THEY'RE GETTING INFRACTION WHICH THEY'RE WORKING OFF BY DOING COMMUNITY SERVICE SO. >> MAYOR PRO TEM I THINK WE'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT. THAT'S NOT CURRENTLY OUR PROGRAM SO WE WE COULD DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT BUT I WOULD WANT TO DO A FULL SCALE EVALUATION OF WHAT THAT MEANS. >> YEAH, BECAUSE I HAVE I MEAN OBVIOUSLY I DO A LOT OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE AND A LOT OF TIMES MY CLIENTS ARE LOOKING FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE OR VOLUNTEER POSITION WHICH THEY CAN GET CERTIFIED THAT THEY COMPLETED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE. AND RIGHT NOW THE ONLY PLACE THAT I REALLY REFER THEM TO IS NORTH TEXAS FOODBANK BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONE THAT I KNOW FOR SURE THAT THEY THEY WILL TAKE UM VOLUNTEER AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO YOU KNOW, EXPLORE AS A POSSIBILITY. OKAY. JUST SAYING THANKS. COUNCIL MEMBER QUINTANILLA THANK YOU, MAYOR. YOU MENTIONED WE 11 POINTS AWAY FROM PLATINUM. DO YOU KNOW WHAT AREA THAT WAS OR DURING TO GET THERE? >> WHAT AREA WAS IT? IF YOU DON'T, THAT'S FINE. I THINK IT WAS IN PROBABLY IN OUR AIR QUALITY AREA OF AIR QUALITY AND ENERGY. UM. >> NO, IT'S OKAY. YEAH I'LL JUST FOLLOW VIA EMAIL. YEAH BEFORE TIME I THINK IT WAS I THINK IT WAS IN THOSE AREAS. YEAH. YEAH. THANK YOU. MM. >> SO MAYOR COUNCIL. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND COMPLIMENT ACTUALLY ALL THREE DEPARTMENTS THAT PRESENTED TODAY. VERY WELL DONE. VERY THOROUGH CREATIVE IN THE WAY THAT YOU APPROACHED IT. OBVIOUSLY OPERATING AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL WHICH IS THE EXPECTATION IN PLANO BUT YOU ALL CONTINUE TO TO DELIVER ON THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS AND THE EXCELLENCE. APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE IN ALL THREE DEPARTMENTS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU ALL. >> OKAY. NEXT ITEM CONSENT AND REGULAR AGENDA. IS THERE AN ITEM ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE? >> NEXT ITEM IS ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION ON FUTURE AGENDAS. IF NOT, WE'LL TAKE A RECESS AND RETURN TO 7:00 . DO YOU ? I NOW DECLARE THAT THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL IS RECONVENED AND OPEN SESSION THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. WE WILL BEGIN TONIGHT'S REGULAR MEETING WITH THE INVOCATION LED BY REVEREND DR. MANSEL CARROLL WITH AVENUE PROGRESSIVE BAPTIST CHURCH AND THE PLEDGES LED BY CUB SCOUT PACK 122. OH. WOULD YOU PLEASE RISE GIVEN OUR PRAISE AND GLORY TO GOD. HONOR TO YOU, MAYOR. MAYOR FOR MONTHS AND TO YOU THE CITY COUNCIL TO THE GREAT CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF PLANO AND TO THOSE ASSEMBLED HERE. LET US PRAY ETERNAL GOD OUR FATHER WE COME BEFORE YOU THANKING YOU, LORD, FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN THOSE WHO ARE ASSEMBLED HERE TODAY THANKING YOU FOR THESE GREAT LEADERS WHO ARE STANDING BEFORE YOU LORD SO THAT THEY CAN GO FORWARD WITH THE AGENDA THAT YOU HAVE SET FORTH. WE THANK YOU, FATHER, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE THE ONE THAT'S IN CONTROL OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR LIVES. YOU ARE THE ONE LORD THAT HOLDS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR HANDS. WE PRAY, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD JUST BE IN THE MIDST OF THIS ASSEMBLY SO THAT EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO COME FORWARD WILL COME FORWARD AND PRESENT THIS COMMUNITY AS A GREAT COMMUNITY IN YOUR NAME IN HONOR. WE THANK YOU AND PRAISE YOU AND YOUR HOLY NAME WE PRAY AMEN AND WRITE RIGHT RIGHT FOR YOU LIKE I SAID AND TO WHICH IT SAYS ONE NATION. GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. WOW. WOW. WHAT THE HECK? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD. >> BE SEATED . THANK YOU GUYS FOR DOING THIS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE ONE OF MY LITTLE KEYRINGS YOU CAN PUT ON YOUR BACKPACK. OH YEAH. OKAY. WELL, YOU CAN USE IT AS A BRACELET TO GO. >> OKAY, EVERYBODY GET ONE. YEAH. TAKE A PICTURE REAL QUICK. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. COME ON. COME ON. RIGHT HERE. THE FACE TO FACE DEAL RIGHT THERE. OKAY. YOU GET IN FRONT. YOU NEED TO BE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. ONE, TWO, THREE. 113. THANK YOU. YOU GOT IT. YOU GET IT? OKAY. THANK YOU GUYS. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> APPRECIATE YOU BEING. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE. SO WE HAVE SO WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION TODAY AND WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE THESE VISITORS HERE TODAY WITH US. >> APRIL IS NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH SO I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD SOME FRIENDS. >> KATE BRAND ELLEN BOARD MEMBER WITH FOSTER FRIENDS, TERRI GREEN PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE BOARD WITH FOSTER FRIENDS. SUSAN ETHERIDGE BOARD MEMBER WITH BOSTON FOSTER FRIENDS. JANINE DAVIS, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES. BRITTANY PEARSON VP OF PERMANENCY WITH EMPOWER AND TED YANA STEVENSON CHILD WELFARE WELFARE AND EMPOWER. THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE. >> THANK YOU. SO THE NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH IS APRIL 2026 . SO WHEREAS THE MONTH OF APRIL IS NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH, THE TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND TAKE STEPS TO MAKE A BIG IMPACT ON THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF OUR CHILDREN AND OUR COMMUNITY. OFFERING SUPPORT TO FAMILIES IN CRISIS IS ESSENTIAL TO PREVENT THE ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT MALTREATMENT OF ALL CHILDREN WHEREAS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AWARENESS AND ACTIONS OF MANY IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL TO HELP PREVENT CHILD ABUSE BY BUILDING LOCALIZED SUPPORT NETWORKS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE WELL-BEING OF OUR FAMILIES AND THE CHILDREN ENTRUSTED TO THEM. CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION OCCURS EVERY DAY THROUGHOUT THROUGHOUT CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION OCCURS EVERY DAY THROUGH DILIGENT WORK AND TIRELESS ADVOCACY UNDERTAKEN BY FAMILIES, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, HOUSES OF FAITH ADVOCACY GROUPS, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, SCHOOLS AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS. WHEREAS EACH YEAR THE MONTH OF APRIL IS DEDICATED TO RECOGNIZING THE CRITICAL WORK BEING DONE TO SUPPORT FAMILIES AND MITIGATE THE CHALLENGES THEY FACE THROUGH INITIATIVES LIKE TEXAS GO BLUE DAY AND PINWHEELS FOR PREVENTION. WE STAND TOGETHER TO BUILD A STRONG, SAFE, HEALTHY FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY SETTING UP FUTURE GENERATIONS TO SUCCEED. NOW THEREFORE I JOHN MUNNS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PLANO, TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 2026 AS NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH IN PLANO. AND I DO HEREBY ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN ME AND THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL IN SUPPORTING ALL ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK TIRELESSLY TO ERADICATE CHILD ABUSE IN PLANO SAID ALL CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES ENJOY A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE CITY OF EXCELLENCE. >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HOW ARE YOU? SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. TAKE A PICTURE. ON. MY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW WE HAVE A GREAT PRESENTATION. WE NOTICED A LOT OF BLUE SHIRTS OVER HERE. PLANO CITIZENS GOVERNMENT ACADEMY IS HONORING THE SPRING 2026 GRADUATES. I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD THE SPRING 2026 CITIZENS ACADEMY CLASS MEMBERS. >> SO ALL OF YOU COME ON DOWN. >> AND WENDY LUCAS, LEAD COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST . AND JUST KIND OF STAND OUT IN FRONT OF YOU. WE WANT WE WANT TO SEE ALL OF YOU PERFECT. >> SO GOOD EVENING, CLASS. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF JOINING YOU EARLIER IN THE PROGRAM AND NOW IT'S AN HONOR TO CELEBRATE THE COMPLETION OF THE PLANO CITIZENS ACADEMY. THANK YOU FOR DEDICATING YOUR TIME TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE CITY. >> AND IT'S BECAUSE OF DEDICATED INVOLVED CITIZENS LIKE YOU THAT YOU ARE AND A BIG PART OF WHAT WE ARE ALL ABOUT AND THE CITY OF EXCELLENCE PLANO GOVERNMENT CITIZENS ACADEMY IS ONE OF THREE CITIZEN ACADEMIES THE CITY OF PLANO OFFERS ALL OF OUR ACADEMIES ARE DESIGNED TO GIVE PARTICIPANTS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF CITY OPERATIONS IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY. ALL OF YOU OUT THERE WE HOPE YOU COMPLETE A TRIFECTA ESPECIALLY YOU GUYS RIGHT HERE IN CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY AND CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY. OVER THE PAST TEN WEEKS YOU'VE HEARD DIRECTLY FROM 17 DEPARTMENTS AND OUR CITY MANAGER LEARNING HOW SERVICES ARE DELIVERED, HOW DECISIONS ARE MADE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY HOW EVERY ROLE IN CITY GOVERNMENT CONNECTS TO THE COMMUNITY WE CALL HOME. I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED FROM THIS PROGRAM AND SHARE WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO MIGHT WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR GREAT CITY. >> GRADUATES OF THIS PROGRAM HAVE GONE ON TO CONTRIBUTE IN MANY MEANINGFUL WAYS VOLUNTEERING AT CITY EVENTS, SERVING ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, SERVING AS TRUSTED VOICES IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT A FUTURE CITY MEETING OR PERHAPS EVEN SERVING IN A CIVIC ROLE. PLANO IS BETTER BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU. NOW LET'S ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE YOUR ACHIEVEMENT. >> GIVE ALL OF THESE FOLKS A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. >> THANK YOU. >> OH, THERE YOU ARE. MAN. LET ME JUST SQUEEZE RIGHT IN HERE AND I'LL PUT YOU GUYS WAY UP FRONT SO WE CAN SEE EVERYBODY. OKAY? ONE, TWO, THREE. >> THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. GLAD YOU COULD . >> AND FINALLY WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE AS YOU HEARD EARLIER, IF YOU WERE IN HERE EARLIER, THE CITY OF PLANO HAS ACHIEVED THE LEAD FOR CITIES GOLD DESIGNATIONS AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MIGHT BE A LOT OF US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS, WE'RE GOING TO SEE A VIDEO ABOUT THE LEAD GOALS DESIGNATIONS. >> IT TAKES A COMMUNITY. IT TAKES A COMMUNITY. >> IT IS A COMMUNITY. IT TAKES A COMMUNITY. >> I'M NOT GOING TO LIE. ONE OF THE REASONS WE CHOSE TO MOVE TO PLANO WAS BECAUSE THEY'RE PART OF THE LIVE GREEN IN PLANO PROGRAM. THEY JUST THE COMMUNITY ASPECT COMMUNITY GARDENS, THE CLEANUPS, THE THINGS THAT THEY PROVIDE TO THE CITY. I THINK THOSE ARE ARE PRETTY AMAZING THINGS THAT SAY OUR CITY MATTERS AND SUSTAINABILITY MATTERS TO OUR CITY. I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL THING FOR THE CITY OF PLANO AS WE GROW AND I WASN'T SURPRISED BY THAT QUITE FRANKLY. I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC. IT'S THAT KIND OF CITY. IT'S A FIRST CLASS CITY. IT'S JUST GROWING BIGGER AND BIGGER AND AND BECOMING MORE AND MORE DIVERSE. IT'S A GREAT COMMUNITY TO LIVE IN. IT'S REALLY GREAT TO BE PART OF A COMMUNITY THAT AND BE PROUD OF. AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEY WERE THE GOLD STANDARD FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY BUT IT'S REALLY NEED TO KNOW THAT PLANO IS PART OF THAT PROGRAM AND IS REACHING THAT LEVEL AND MANAGING IT TOOK ALL OF YOU. >> THANK YOU PLANO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> SO I'D LIKE TO CALL RACHEL PATTERSON DIRECTOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY. >> NICOLE WILL SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER AND ANY OF THE SUSTAINABILITY STAFF THIS. THIS IS BEAUTIFUL AND HEAVY AND I'D LIKE TO PRESENT IT TO YOU SO YOU CAN HOLD ON TO IT. >> YOU. BUT NO, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GOING TO HOLD. GIVE ME THE BALL. I'LL MAKE MY COMMENTS. OKAY THEN I'LL LET. >> I'LL LET YOU HOLD IT. WE'LL HOLD IT TOGETHER. >> OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO THIS LEGAL DESIGNATION REPRESENTS OUR COMMITTED TO COMMITMENT TO CREATING A SUSTAINABLE, RESILIENT AND QUALITY CITY FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS. >> THAT'S OUR FOCUS. AND I JUST I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR SUSTAINABILITY STAFF UP HERE. IT WAS A LOT OF WORK TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN LIKE IT ALWAYS IS WHEN WE GO THROUGH THESE ASSESSMENTS AND BUT WE KNOW WE COULD HAVE DONE THAT ALONE. WE HAVE A LOT OF INTERNAL PARTNERS, OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, A LOT OF EXTERNAL PARTNERS, A TON OF VOLUNTEERS AS YOU SAW. IF YOU WERE HERE FOR MY PRESENTATION A LITTLE EARLIER AND WE ARE JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE PARTNERSHIP THAT MADE THIS HAPPEN. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK. THANK YOU. >> YOU TO. US GET IN HERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU . >> OKAY. LET'S GO TO CONSENT AGENDA. >> THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION AND CONTAINS ITEMS WHICH ARE ROUTINE AND TYPICALLY NONCONTROVERSIAL 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. SORRY MR. MAYOR I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. >> MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO SECOND THE MOTION. THANK YOU. >> I HAVE A MOTION A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. >> PLEASE VOTE. >> MOTION PASSES 8 TO 0. THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. >> OKAY. 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 FOR 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 A CUMULATIVE TIME LIMIT. SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THE REQUESTS WERE RECEIVED UNTIL THE CUMULATIVE TIME IS EXHAUSTED. ITEM NUMBER ONE PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AS REQUESTED IN ZONING CASE 2025 DASH 13 TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THIS CITY. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2015 DASH 5-2 AS HERETOFORE AMENDED SO AS TO AMEND PLAN DEVELOPMENT 189 RETAIL GENERAL OFFICE ON 113.9 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF PRESTON ROAD AND PARK BOULEVARD IN THE CITY OF PLANO, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS. TO ADD INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITY AS A PERMITTED USE WITH MODIFIED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR MAXIMUM NUMBER OF UNITS. ADDITIONAL HEIGHT REDUCED SETBACKS AND INCREASED LANDSCAPE EDGES. THE ADDITIONAL PERMITTED USE BEING LIMITED TO A SPECIFIC 6.3 ACRE LOT AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF PARK BOULEVARD AND OHIO DRIVE PRESENTLY ZONED AS PLAN DEVELOPMENT 189 RETAIL GENERAL OFFICE WITH SPECIFIC USE PERMITS 229 FOR PRIVATE CLUB PRESIDENT PARK LIMITED AND PATRICIA LOWE'S RESTAURANTS NUMBER 455 FOR DAYCARE CENTER. NUMBER 601 FOR PUBLIC STORAGE MINI WAREHOUSE NUMBER 649 FOR PRIVATE CLUB AND LOCATED WITHIN THE PRESTON ROAD OVERLAY DISTRICT DIRECTING A CHANGE ACCORDINGLY IN THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE, A REPEAL OF CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A PUBLIC CREATION CLAUSE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL AND EXECUTIVES. I'M CHRISTINA DAY, THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING HERE TO PRESENT YOU ZONING CASE 20 2513. THIS REQUEST AS STATED IS A REQUEST TO AMEND AN EXISTING PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WHILE THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COVERS A LARGE AREA ALMOST 114 ACRES. THE FOCUS IS REALLY ON A SMALLER AREA 6.3 ACRES IN THE NORTH EAST CORNER OF THE LARGER PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. SO THAT IS SHOWN AS THE REDEVELOPMENT SITE ON THE SCREEN. SO YOU SEE THE LARGER PD 189 RETAIL OFFICE TO AND THEN THE THE FOCUS AREA THE AMENDMENTS TO THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AS PROPOSED FOCUS ENTIRELY ON THAT AREA AND DO NOT ACTUALLY AMEND ANY OF THE OTHER PROPERTY WITHIN THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. YOU CAN SEE THE SURROUNDING ZONING IS PRIMARILY RETAIL TO THE NORTH AND WEST AND RESIDENTIAL USES MULTIFAMILY SINGLE FAMILY TO THE SOUTH AND THE EAST. SO THE REQUEST IS AGAIN TO AMEND A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT THAT WOULD ALLOW INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITY WITH MODIFIED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. AGAIN, I'VE STATED IT IS PROPOSED TO LIMIT THE CHANGES TO A 6.3 ACRE PROPERTY AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF PARK AND OHIO. AND IT WAS INITIATED PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER FIRST, 2025 SO IT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE REGULATIONS IN EFFECT AT THAT TIME. SO I'LL BE DISCUSSING THE REGULATIONS REALLY IN EFFECT IN JUNE WHEN THE PRE APPLICATION MEETING TOOK PLACE. >> SO THE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH HERE ZOOMS IN SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE SITE LOOKS LIKE TODAY . THIS IS THE EXISTING BUILDING ON THE SITE AT 4600 WEST PARK BOULEVARD AND THE PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN THAT SHOWS SORT OF A CHANGE IN SCALE AND IN SCOPE AND WHAT MIGHT BE EXPECTED WERE THIS ZONING CASE TO BE APPROVED. THE NEW BUILDING WOULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY LARGER MORE LOT COVERAGE ON THE SITE. THE LOT WOULD NOT THE LOT BOUNDARIES ARE NOT PROPOSED TO CHANGE. SO SOME HISTORY ON THE SITE THE LARGER PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WAS CREATED IN 1981. IT WAS AMENDED IN THE MID-NINETIES TO ALLOW HEALTH AND FITNESS CENTER WHEN THE EXISTING HEALTH AND FITNESS CENTER BUILDING WAS BUILT ON THE SITE. THAT BUSINESS CLOSED IN 2025 AND THAT SAME YEAR WE HAD A PRE APPLICATION MEETING TO TALK ABOUT INDEPENDENT LIVING DEVELOPMENT ON THE PROPERTY SINCE THE BUSINESS HAD HAD CLOSED. AS YOU ARE AWARE SOME REGULATIONS FOR ALLOWING INDEPENDENT LIVING AND MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT CHANGED AT THE SAME TIME. SO THERE WAS SOME DELAY IN WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AS WE WERE LOOKING AT CHANGING THE ZONING ORDINANCE. APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED. WE CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THAT. A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD INITIALLY IN JANUARY PNC TABLE THAT WE WORKED WITH THE APPLICANT OVER A TWO MONTH PERIOD. A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD IN MARCH THAT RESULTED IN A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF 5 TO 2. SO THIS PLAN DEVELOPMENT HAS SOME PRETTY STRICT STANDARDS WITHIN IT WITH REGARD TO HEIGHT AND WITH REGARD TO USE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ON THE CORNER OF PARK BOULEVARD IN OHIO HAS HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS THAT LIMIT IT TO TWO STORIES BOTH THE PINK AREA ON THE SCREEN IS THERE'S A RESTRICTION OFF PARK BOULEVARD AND A RESTRICTION OFF OHIO DRIVE THAT LIMITS ALL USES TO TWO STORIES. SO THAT ALSO RESTRICTS UNDER 840 ALLOWANCES SO THE ALLOWED HEIGHT WOULD BE ONLY UP TO 45FT EVEN AFTER SEPTEMBER 1ST WERE A NEW APPLICATION TO COME IN. >> THERE'S ALSO A 25 FOOT LANDSCAPE AREA REQUIRED ALONG OHIO DRIVE WITHIN THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND EXISTING 50 FOOT SETBACKS FROM THE STREETS AFTER SEPTEMBER 1ST THOSE SETBACKS COULD BE ONLY 25FT IF YOU ARE DEVELOPING A MULTIFAMILY PRODUCT. >> SO WHAT'S PROPOSED IN THE AMENDMENT IS TO CHANGE TO ALLOW A HEIGHT OF FIVE STORIES AND 65FT. THIS WOULD BE FOR A PROJECT ALLOWING UP TO 250 UNITS. THERE WOULD BE A LIMITED NUMBER OF UNITS EXCLUSIVELY ON THE FIFTH FLOOR FACING OHIO DRIVE AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE COMPROMISES THAT HAPPENED BETWEEN JANUARY AND MARCH. THERE ARE ALSO MODIFIED SETBACKS AND LANDSCAPE EDGES ALONG THE PRESTON PARK BOULEVARD SIDE. SO UNDER THE EXISTING ZONING AND THAT'S AGAIN AS OF JUNE 2025 WHEN THIS APPLICATION WAS INITIATED AND INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITY USE WAS NOT PERMITTED, THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT WAS TWO STOREY AND THE MINIMUM SETBACK FROM PRESTON PARK 50FT LANDSCAPE EDGE OF TEN FEET. SO THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE TO EXTEND THE HEIGHT TO FIVE STORIES 65FT, REDUCE THE SETBACK BACK TO 25FT ON PRESTON PARK BOULEVARD BUT GIVE A LARGER LANDSCAPE EDGE ON PRESTON PARK BOULEVARD AND THEN ALSO PROVIDE A LARGER SETBACK FOR BUILDING PORTIONS OVER TWO STORIES NOW CURRENTLY THOSE TWO THAT WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO BUILD OVER TWO STORIES BUT I'LL GET I'LL SHOW A LITTLE MORE DETAIL THERE. SO WHAT THE DEVELOPER IS OFFERING IS TO REQUIRE A SETBACK OF 120FT FROM THE PROPERTY LINE FOR ANYTHING OVER TWO STORIES IN HEIGHT. >> SO THIS WOULD PUSH THE BUILDING BACK FROM OHIO DRIVE AND WOULD PROVIDE SOME BUFFER. NOW IF AN APPLICATION WERE TO COME IN TODAY FOR BY RIGHT DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTIFAMILY PRODUCT THEY COULD BUILD AT THE 25 FOOT LINE. SO THAT'S THE THE DIFFERENTIAL THE ORIGINAL P.D. AGAIN WOULDN'T HAVE ALLOWED TWO STOREY ANYTHING BUT TWO STOREY DEVELOPMENT ON THIS PROPERTY. BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE DEALING WITH THE ORIGINAL PD VERSUS THE ALLOWANCE UNDER STATE LAW, ADDITIONAL PD RESTRICTIONS, ONES THAT WERE ADDED TO LIMIT VISIBILITY TOWARDS NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES INCLUDE A MAXIMUM OF SEVEN DWELLING UNITS ALONG THE FIFTH FLOOR AT THE OHIO DRIVE FACADE. THEN THE CLARK STREET WINDOW LIMITATION FOR NON DWELLING UNITS FOR EXTERIOR WINDOWS AGAIN ALONG THE OHIO DRIVE FACADE AND THEN OUTDOOR SPACES PROVIDING SOLID SCREENING AND THE APPLICANT MAY DISCUSS THIS THE LANGUAGE IN THE PD STATES SPECIFICALLY ALL OUTDOOR SPACES AS THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AS TO THAT BEING ONLY FOR COMMON AREA SPACES BUT IT READS FOR ALL SPACES SO IF THE APPLICANT WANTS THAT TO CHANGE THAT LANGUAGE NEEDS TO BE AMENDED IN THE ORDINANCE. THE APPLICANT PROVIDED THIS DRONE FOOTAGE SHOWING A VIEW FROM 45FT ABOVE THE GROUND AT THE SITE TODAY. SO LOOKING TOWARD THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO TOWARDS THE EAST SO YOU CAN SEE 45FT UP IF YOU WERE LOOKING OUT A WINDOW WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE THIS IS A VIEW MOVING NORTH TO SOUTH SO VIEW ONE THE NORTH MOST VIEW VIEW TO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER SOUTH YOU THREE VIEW FOR AND THEN AT 55FT SO A LITTLE BIT HIGHER AGAIN VIEW ONE VIEW TO THE THREE AND VIEW FOR SO YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT THERE ARE LIMITED THERE'S LIMITED LANDSCAPING WITHIN THE OHIO LANDSCAPE EDGE AND THAT'S BECAUSE IN 2021 STORM DID SOME DAMAGE TO THAT LANDSCAPING IT WAS QUITE EXTENSIVE PREVIOUSLY AND SO THE REQUIREMENT IS INCLUDED IN THIS PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO REPLACE THAT LANDSCAPE EDGE SO IT WOULD REQUIRE A SIX FOOT TALL EVERGREEN LIVING SCREEN ALONG OHIO DRIVE INCLUDING ADDITIONAL SHADE TREES EVERY 50FT. SO THAT WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT EXISTS TODAY AND THE PROPOSAL. THE APPLICANT IS ALSO PROPOSING A 2000 SQUARE FOOT DOG PARK NEAR THE CORNER AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE DRAWING THAT'S ALSO INCLUDED IN ONE OF THE EXHIBITS IN YOUR PACKET THE ADJACENT DAYCARE CENTER TO THE SOUTH HAS EXPRESSED CONCERNS WITH REGARD TO LIMITED ACCESS FROM THE REDESIGN OF THE SITE AS WELL AS THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS AND ANY IMPACT THAT MAY HAVE TO THEIR BUSINESS. THE APPLICANT HAS CONTINUED TO WORK WITH THE ADJACENT OWNER EVEN AFTER THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING AND HAS AN UPDATE FOR THE COUNCIL IN THEIR SLIDE DECK SO THEY WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO YOU WITH REGARD TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE PROPOSAL DOES MEET THE BUILDING HEIGHT STANDARD OF THE SUBURBAN ACTIVITY CENTER AS WELL AS PARKING ORIENTATION AND BLOCK PATTERN. HOWEVER IT DOES NOT MEET DENSITY OR INTENSITY OR OPEN SPACE STANDARDS. HOWEVER THERE WAS SOME MOVEMENT ON OPEN SPACE BY PROVISION OF THE DOG PARK WITH REGARD TO OTHER POLICIES YOU CAN SEE IT DOES MEET SPECIAL HOUSING NEEDS THE HOUSING STUDY AND FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY. IT PARTIALLY MEETS THE PRIORITIES CHARACTER DEFINING ELEMENTS REDEVELOPMENT, GROWTH MANAGEMENT POLICY ACTION EIGHT AND REVITALIZATION OF RETAIL SHOPPING CENTERS POLICY DOES NOT MEET THE DESCRIPTION MIX OF USES OR OUR JIM ACTION ONE SO WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SENATE BILL 840 AND THE DISTINCTIONS THERE AS THE HEIGHT DISTINCTION BETWEEN WHAT WOULD BE CURRENTLY ALLOWED BY A NEW SUBMITTAL VERSUS THE PROPOSAL. ANOTHER CONSIDERATION IS WHETHER A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IS WARRANTED AMENDING THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT SINCE THE USE IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT SO THAT'S A CONSIDERATION FOR THE COUNCIL TO LOOK AT WHETHER THAT IS IS WARRANTED. >> REGARDING FEEDBACK WE'VE HAD A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON THIS CASE FROM THE COMMUNITY. THERE ARE TWO LETTERS IN SUPPORT WITHIN THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ITSELF. WE HAVE 11 LETTERS OF OPPOSITION WITHIN 200FT THAT IS TOTALS 1.7 ACRES OR 3.9% AND NINE LETTERS OR RESPONSES IN SUPPORT ONE NEUTRAL AND 170 IN OPPOSITION FOR 180 TOTAL RESPONSES WITH 15 OTHER LETTERS PLUS THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL LETTER THAT CAME IN LATE THAT I BELIEVE HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED BY MS.. HENDERSON. >> SO IN SUMMARY THIS IS A REQUEST TO AMEND PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 189 TO ALLOW 250 INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITY UNITS AT A HEIGHT OF 65FT FIVE STOREYS WITH REDUCED SETBACK AND LANDSCAPES STANDARDS ALONG PRESTON PARK BOULEVARD AND ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING SETBACK AND FIFTH FLOOR VISIBILITY MITIGATION ALONG OHIO DRIVE. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF 5 TO 2 AND PER THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND FINDINGS POLICY THIS REQUEST MUST BE FOUND CONSISTENT WITH THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND SUBSTANTIALLY BENEFICIAL TO THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS SURROUNDING COMMUNITY IN GENERAL PUBLIC INTEREST TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST I AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE AND I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND DOES HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR YES, THANK YOU CHRISTINE FOR OUR PRESENTATION. APPRECIATE IT. I DO HAVE A QUESTION WITH REGARDS TO THE 55 FOOT DRONE SHOT ALONG OHIO. IS IT MY UNDERSTANDING ALONG THAT TOP FLOOR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE CLEAR STORIES IN THE HALLWAY, IS THAT CORRECT? >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> THERE WILL BE CLERESTORY WINDOWS ALONG THE HALLWAYS. THEY'RE ALL ALONG THE BUILDING AS IT'S FACING OHIO. CORRECT. SO I KNOW ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAD WAS THAT THERE WAS A CONCERN BY THE RESIDENTS ACROSS THE STREET WITH REGARDS TO INVASION OF PRIVACY OF THEIR BACKYARD BY SOMEONE LOOKING OUT A WINDOW. BUT IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, FOR SOMEONE TO LOOK OUT THAT CLEAR STORY WINDOW THEY WOULD HAVE TO STAND ON THAT BENCH AS PROVIDED IN THE CONSENT PLAN TO LOOK OUT OVER THE EDGE OF THAT TO LOOK OUT ANY ANY WELL RIGHT THERE YOU'D HAVE TO STAND ON THAT BENCH TO LOOK OUTSIDE SO I'M THINKING THAT THAT TAKES CARE OF THE THE ISSUE WE HAVE HERE WITH PRIVACY. THE SECOND POINT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS THE TRAFFIC. THERE WAS CONCERN ABOUT ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC HERE. WHAT WE'VE I THINK WE'VE FOUND FROM THE STUDY THAT YOU DIDN'T REALLY MENTION IS THAT THE THIS MODEL THAT THEY'RE USING FOR THIS SENIOR LIVING WOULD HAVE ABOUT THE SAME TRAFFIC AS IT HAD WITH THE OF JIM THE PRIVATE GYM FACILITY IS THAT CORRECT RIGHT ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER 800 SOMETHING RIGHT OR OR LESS THAN A HEALTH FITNESS CENTER IT IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE LOWER TRAFFIC GENERATING USES. >> RIGHT. AND THEN THE THIRD POINT WAS ON THIS PARTICULAR THIS UNIT IT WOULD MY UNDERSTANDING FROM READING THE PACKAGE IS THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE TRAFFIC ON THE SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS AROUND THE LOCAL AREA. >> IS THAT CORRECT? YES. THE OTHER USES LIKE AN OFFICE BUILDING WOULD BE MORE TRAFFIC. THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD BE LESS TRAFFIC WOULD BE A SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED IF THERE WERE 32 HOMES. >> OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CARE CHRISTINA I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. WHO WILL MAINTAIN THAT LANDSCAPE BEING WE WE STAYED YOU KNOW, EXTENDED THE BUFFER INCLUDING OUR TREES WHO MAINTAINS THAT IT WOULD BE THE PROPERTY OWNER THAT WOULD MAINTAIN IT THE INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITY CAN YOU SAY MORE ABOUT YOU MENTIONED THE THE SCREENING FOR COMMON AREA VERSUS OUTDOOR. CAN YOU SAY MORE ABOUT THAT? I DON'T QUITE FOLLOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT SO THE LET ME SO THE SCREENING THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN TODAY SO LET ME GET TO THE THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE THAT'S PROVIDED IN IN THE EXHIBIT. SO IN SECTION EIGHT I BELIEVE IT IS OF YOUR ORDINANCE 83 IT SAYS ANY OUTDOOR SPACES MUST PROVIDE SOLID SCREENING AS APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING. AND SO I THINK THE INTENT THERE IS THAT WOULD ONLY APPLY TO COMMON AREAS NOT TO DWELLING UNITS. SO IF THERE WAS A BALCONY LET'S SAY ASSOCIATED WITH A DWELLING UNIT IT WAS NOT THE APPLICANT OR THE PLANNERS UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT WOULD THAT THAT OUTDOOR SPACE PRIVATE OUTDOOR SPACE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A SOLID SCREEN. BUT THE WAY THE LANGUAGE IS WRITTEN IT SAYS ANY OUTDOOR SPACE SO THAT WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO IT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A SOLID SCREEN SO IF WE WANT IT TO APPLY TO ALL OUTDOOR SPACES SO PRIVATE BALCONIES AND COMMON AREA OUTDOOR SPACES WE SHOULD LEAVE IT THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN SO THAT THERE'S A SOLID SCREEN FOR EVERYTHING BUT IF IT'S ONLY FOR COMMON AREAS WE NEED TO MAKE THAT MODIFICATION TO THE LANGUAGE. >> IF THE LANGUAGE REMAINS THE SAME THEN IT WOULD BE TRUE FOR ANY BALCONY FACING ANY DIRECTION THAT THAT IS WELL IT WOULD BE FOR ANY BALCONY FACING ANY DIRECTION ON THE ONLY FOUR FIFTH STORY FACING OHIO DRIVE SO NOT FACING ANY DIRECTION, ONLY FACING OHIO AND ONLY FIFTH STORY AND ONLY FIFTH STORY. I THANK YOU AND IT WOULD JUST BE FOR SEVEN UNITS BECAUSE THOSE THAT'S ONLY SEVEN UNITS ALLOWED UP THERE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER LEVINE THANK YOU, MAYOR CHRISTINA ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT HAS BEEN VOICED HAS BEEN THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS FACILITY WOULD HAVE SOME IMPACT ON THE SCHOOL THAT IS ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY. >> WOULD YOU SAY THAT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT WAS THIS PROJECT OR A APARTMENT BUILDING OR AN OFFICE BUILDING THAT WOULD BE BUILT ON THE SITE, THERE WOULD BE CONSTRUCTION OF SOME SORT THAT WOULD IMPACT THE ALLEYWAY AT SUCH BETWEEN THE TWO PROPERTIES THAT ANY CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT. I THINK THE QUESTION OF OF THE DESIGN AS FAR AS THE DESIGN REMOVING THE ACCESS THERE ALONG PRESTON PARK BOULEVARD IS SOMETHING THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS NEED TO HAVE JUST HAVE TO NEGOTIATE AMONGST THEMSELVES. BUT THAT IS I THINK A PRIVATE DISCUSSION THAT NEEDS TO BE HAD BETWEEN THE PROPERTY OWNERS BUT THEN THE CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS THAT IS A NORMAL BUSINESS CONSIDERATION AND RELATED TO THE DOG PARK THE DOG PARK IS SECURE GATED RIGHT UP AGAINST OHIO. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT AND I'D BE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE DOG PARK AS A NOISE GENERATOR IF I WERE LIVING ALONG THE OHIO THERE. IS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION THERE? IS THERE AN ORDINANCE THAT IS INVOLVED WITH NOISE IN A DOG PARK TYPE SITUATION? >> I MEAN THERE IS A NOISE ORDINANCE. I MEAN IT WOULD STILL BE IN EFFECT OUR NOISE ORDINANCE AND THEY HAVE PROPOSED A SCREENING WALL IN THAT LOCATION I THINK BECAUSE OF THE GRADE THERE IS A WALL THAT'S PROPOSED THERE AS PART OF THEIR PLAN. I THINK THAT WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S JUST NATURALLY PART OF THEIR DESIGN AND BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY'VE CUT INTO THE GRADE OF THE SITE. SO THEY MAY BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT VERY SPECIFICALLY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CONTINUE. THANK YOU MAYOR CHRISTINA MINE'S MORE OF A FAVOR ON ONE OF YOUR SLIDES ON THE OPPOSITION LETTERS KIND OF MARK THE HOMES. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE REAL QUICK? THE ONLY REASON WHY IS BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT THE AERIAL VIEW OF THE HOMES AND I JUST WANTED TO SEE WHICH ONES WERE THERE. I THINK YOU GUESS THAT WAS THANK YOU. >> CERTAINLY I WILL SAY THAT NOT ALL THESE IF YOU GO THROUGH AND TRY TO COUNT THEM THERE'S SOME VERY SMALL SLIVERS THAT ARE HARD TO SEE SO I WILL NOTE NOTE THAT THEY ARE YOUR IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO COUNT 11 BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHERE THE OTHER ONES ARE IF YOU WANT TO KNOW. >> YEAH AND ONLY SAY THAT BECAUSE THE ONES MEASURING THE ONES THAT HAVE A POOL IN THEIR BACKYARD AND THERE'S ABOUT FIVE HOMES THAT HAVE POOLS AND OR LIGHTS WITH THE LETTERS THAT YOU GOT SO SURE OKAY DOING THAT REVIEW. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THANKS CHRISTINE. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE FIRST SPEAKER WILL BE THE APPLICANTS TREVOR ARMSTRONG AND KENNETH FAMBROUGH . TREVOR ARMSTRONG 31 TEN WEST SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD. >> SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL AND STAFF THANK YOU CHRISTINA FOR THE DETAILED PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU JOHN FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK GETTING US TO THIS POINT. I SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT FOR INTEGRATED REAL ESTATE GROUP. WE WILL ACT AS THE DEVELOPER GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND PROPERTY MANAGER OF OUR PROPOSED WATER MIRROR INDEPENDENT LIVING SENIOR COMMUNITY. WE'VE MADE A LOT OF SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE PLAN SINCE WE BEGAN OUR INITIAL DESIGN AND OUTREACH OVER A YEAR AGO. WE'VE CAREFULLY LISTENED TO THE FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AND MADE INTENTIONAL DESIGN CHANGES PARTICULARLY TO ADDRESS NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY AND WE DISCUSS THOSE IN DETAIL AT OUR PNC MEETING AND CHRISTINA DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF HIGHLIGHTING WHAT WE'VE DONE SINCE OUR INITIAL MEETING IN JANUARY. >> JUST ONE OTHER FOLLOW UP SINCE OUR PNC MEETING WE DID MEET WITH OUR MONTESSORI SCHOOL OWNERS ONSITE THIS WAS A FOLLOW UP MEETING TO DISCUSS WHAT WE COULD DO TO MITIGATE ANY CONSTRUCTION RELATED CONCERNS AND WHAT POTENTIAL IMPACTS WOULD BE TO THEIR BUSINESS. WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS A SLIDE OF WHAT WE'RE COMMITTING TO DO INSTALLING A MULTILAYERED CONTAINMENT SYSTEM WITH SCREENING BETWEEN OUR SITE. AND THERE'S ONE THING I DO WANT TO POINT OUT IS WE ARE MAINTAINING EXISTING DRIVEWAY ACCESS. WE'RE JUST REROUTING THE ENTRANCE ON OHIO. BUT THE PRESIDENT PARK ENTRANCE THAT THEY USE PRIMARILY IS ON THEIR LOT AND WILL BE MAINTAINED AS IS FROM A SCREENING AND DESIGN PERSPECTIVE THOUGH THEY RECOMMENDED US LOOKING INTO THESE ACOUSTIC PANELS TO REDUCE THE SOUND DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD WE'RE PLEASED TO LEARN ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY AND WE'VE AGREED TO USE THAT AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE IN THE GREEN PICTURE THERE. WE ALSO MET ONSITE WITH THE DEMOLITION COMPANY. THEY WERE PRESENT AT THAT MEETING AND TALKED THROUGH WHAT THEY COULD DO FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE TO MITIGATE THE DEMOLITION WHICH IS EXPECTED TO LAST ABOUT FOUR WEEKS AND SOME OF THOSE ISSUES ARE POSTED ON YOUR SLIDE. OVERALL, THE ONE THING WE ARE GOING TO REQUEST TO CHANGE AS CHRISTINA MENTIONED, IS TO MODIFY THAT STIPULATION. IT WAS OUR INTENT FOR THAT TO APPLY ONLY TO NON UNIT AREAS ON THE FIFTH STORY FACING OHIO AND THAT WAS DISCUSSED DURING OUR PNC MEETING JUST TO GET ANY AMBIGUITY OUT OF THE WAY THAT THAT WAS THE INTENT FOR THE NON UNIT AREAS TO HAVE A FULL SCREEN IN TO BE APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING. AND JUST ONE OTHER NOTE TO ADDRESS HERE ON THE DOG PARK. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A TEN FOOT RETAINING WALL GOING ALONG WEST PARK THERE AND THEN SNAKES DOWN ABOUT SEVEN FEET AS YOU GO SOUTH ON OHIO DRIVE. SO THAT SITS BELOW GRADE LEVEL TODAY AND WHAT THAT SERVES IS REALLY AS A PET RELIEF STATION FOR OUR SENIORS. THEY TYPICALLY HAVE SMALL DOGS AND THEY'RE JUST USING THEM TO USING THOSE GRASSY AREAS FOR PET RELIEF NOT NECESSARILY A FULL ACTIVITY DOG PARK WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION. >> LOOK FORWARD YOUR QUESTIONS AND RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL. THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE GENE GOODWIN . >> HELLO. I'M DOING GOOD WHEN IT 4513 FARGO DRIVE IN PLANO I'VE LIVED IN THE ELDORADO PARK NEIGHBORHOOD NOW FOR 25 YEARS. >> I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE BEST FIT FOR THIS PROPERTY AT ALL. I HOME PARK NEXT TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I DO NOT WANT TO SEE A FULL FLEDGED APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT COULD BE FOUR STORIES AND BUILT 25FT OFF THE SIDEWALK AS I READ AND UNDERSTAND THAT SB 840 BILL THAT PAST YEAR OR ANY OTHER RETAIL BUSINESSES THE THEY THE INTEGRATED REAL ESTATE GROUP HAVE WORKED HIGHWAYS PARTIALLY WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW THEY HAVE TAKEN IN SUGGESTIONS FROM THE PLANNING IN ZONING THE NEIGHBORS OF ELDORADO PARK AND OTHERS THAT DO NOT LIVE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY LIKE MOVING THE BUILDING FURTHER TO THE WEST ON THE PROPERTY, LOWERING THE PARKING GARAGE, REDUCING THE TOP FLOOR ON DALE HOUSE AND USING WINDOWS ABOUT THE 6.5FT HEIGHT SO NO VIEWS DIRECTLY OUT ONTO THE HOMES ALONG OHIO. I AM IN FAVOR OF THE WATER METER INDEPENDENT SENIOR LIVING APARTMENTS AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORKING ON THIS ISSUE AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME PLEASE LET ME KNOW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH MARY NELSON THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. HI. MY NAME IS MARY NELSON. I'M A RESIDENT AT THE ELDORADO PARK COMMUNITY. I'M ALSO A REALTOR IN THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT SEVERAL ISSUES. FIVE STORY BUILDING AT THE END OF OUR BLOCK. IT'S A CONGESTED AREA ALREADY ADDING ANOTHER 240 DOORS TO THAT COMMUNITY HAS TO ADD TO THE CONGESTION. OHIO IS RIGHT NOW A MAJOR AIR TRAFFIC AREA. I GUESS SO OUR ROUTE FOR NORTH AND SOUTH BECAUSE THEY'RE AVOIDING PRESTON AND THEY'RE AVOIDING COURT QUITE. THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO MENTION IS THE SAFETY FIVE STORIES FOR SENIOR CITIZENS. WHAT IF THERE IS NO ELECTRICITY? WHAT IF THERE'S NO FIRE? WHAT IF THERE IS A FIRE? HOW COULD SENIOR CITIZENS MY AGE GET UP AND DOWN FIVE STORIES IMMEDIATELY AND BE SAFE ? THE OTHER THING WAS THEY MENTIONED SHOPPING. IN ORDER TO GET TO A GROCERY STORE FROM THAT LOCATION, THESE PEOPLE HAVE TO CROSS SIX LANES OF TRAFFIC. I KNOW HIGH ARE ON PARK. SIX LANES OF TRAFFIC ON PRESTON PRESTON AND PARK IS NOTORIOUS FOR THEIR NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS THAT ARE GOING ON EVERY DAY THERE. THE OTHER THING IS YES, WE DO NEED SENIOR CITIZEN AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I DON'T THINK THESE ARE AFFORDABLE. I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN. I COULDN'T AFFORD $3,000 A MONTH ON SOCIAL SECURITY. I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE COULD BUT FIVE STORIES AT THE END OF OUR STREETS NO MATTER WHETHER THEY CAN SEE INTO MY BACKYARD OR NOT. FIVE STORIES I THINK IS EXCESSIVE FOR THIS LOCATION. THE OTHER SENIOR CITIZEN AREA IN OUR AREA SENIOR CITIZEN FACILITIES ARE 2 OR 3 STORIES. THERE'S SUNRISE CONSERVATORY, THERE'S LEGACY AND AT PRESIDENT PARK THERE'S ANOTHER FACILITY. >> THERE ARE 2 OR 3 STORIES BUT THEY'RE NOT OVER SHADOWING IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR 40 YEARS AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CHOOSING NOT TO HAVE AN HOA IS ONE OF THE REASONS IT'S IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP THAT COMMUNITY AS A RESIDENTIAL AREA ADDING MORE APARTMENTS TO THE CITY OF PLANO I DON'T THINK IS IN OUR BEST INTEREST. THANK YOU FOR THEIR TIME. THANK YOU, BILL LYLE I'M SORRY THERE ARE NO OTHER SPEAKERS. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, CONFINE THE COMMENTS TO THE COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEM CHRISTINE I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU . I KNOW YOU ALREADY DID A COMPARISON, BUT I WANT A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION WITH REGARD TO SB 840 VERSUS THIS PROPOSAL. SO LET'S JUST SAY THAT THIS THIS WAS REJECTED IF PNC HAD REJECTED THIS OF THIS PLAN AND THIS THIS APPLICATION, WHAT CAN THE DEVELOPER DO IN THAT RESPECT WITH THE NEW SB 840 IN PLACE SO THE DEVELOPER CAN BUILD BY RIGHT A MULTIFAMILY PRODUCT UP TO 45FT IN HEIGHT HOW MANY DOORS? I COULDN'T TELL YOU BECAUSE YOU'D HAVE TO MEASURE OUT BUT YOU COULD LIKELY BUILD THE SAME NUMBER OF DOORS THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TODAY JUST WITH MORE LOCK COVERAGE BECAUSE THE SETBACK COULD BE 25FT. YOU COULD YOU KNOW, GARAGE PARK IT SMALLER UNITS I'M I'M CERTAIN YOU COULD YOU COULD BUILD MORE UNITS BECAUSE THEIR UNITS ARE SO LARGE AND HAVE SO MUCH COMMON AREA I'M CERTAIN YOU COULD BUILD MORE UNITS SO 25 FOOT SETBACK AT 45FT IN HEIGHT SO WE'RE TALKING A DIFFERENCE OF I THINK TEN, TEN FEET IT'S IT WOULD BE 20FT SHORTER THAN THEIR PROPOSAL BUT IT WOULD BE EFFECTIVELY IT WOULD BE SO IT'S 122 SO 95FT CLOSER TO OHIO AND THE SETBACK WOULD BE MUCH MORE CLOSER TO THE EDGE OF THE ROAD. THAT IS CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DIFFERENCES THAT IF THEY WERE TO DECIDE NOT TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND JUST GO OUT THERE AND DO THEIR OWN MULTIFAMILY, I MEAN THEY WOULD BE FOLLOWING THE CITY'S NEW REGULATIONS SO THE CITY'S MULTIFAMILY DESIGN GUIDELINES WOULD GO INTO EFFECT. THEY WOULD NEED TO GO THROUGH THE DO A PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING STUDY. SO ALL THOSE NEWER REGULATIONS WOULD ALSO GO INTO EFFECT AND AT THIS POINT IS HAS THERE BEEN AND THIS IS PROBABLY FOR A DEVELOPER QUESTION BUT HAVE WE EVER DONE ANY TYPE OF STUDY TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS A DEMAND FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING FOR SENIOR CITIZENS HERE IN CITY OF PLANO? OBVIOUSLY THERE IS AN AGING POPULATION HERE IN PLANO, RIGHT? >> I THINK OUR HOUSING STUDY INDICATES THAT THERE IS A DEMAND FOR UH FOR SENIOR HOUSING AND IS THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY PNC HAD DECIDED TO GO WITH THIS EVEN THOUGH IT MAY NOT MEET ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? I THINK THAT'S SOME OF THE DISCUSSION THAT OCCURRED. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER LE BON THANK YOU MAYOR. I HAVE A FAMILIARITY WITH THIS PARTICULAR AREA. I LIVED JUST DOWN THE STREET ON PRESTON PARK FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND I LIVED IN AN ADJACENT SUBDIVISION TO ELDORADO PARK AND SO I'VE SPENT A LOT OF MY ADULT LIFE GOING UP AND DOWN OHIO AND PRESTON PARK AND PARK AND SHOPPED IN THOSE AREAS. I THINK THAT AT THE TIME WHEN THE TOM THUMB WAS OPERATING THERE THERE PROBABLY WAS EVEN MORE TRAFFIC AT LEAST IN THAT SHOPPING AREA THAN THERE IS PERHAPS TODAY. >> I I SEE THIS AS A EXCELLENT UTILIZATION OF THE PROPERTY WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE ALTERNATIVES AS YOU WERE DESCRIBING UNDER SB 840 WE COULD SEE A MUCH DENSER COMMUNITY BUILT THERE THAT WOULD IN FACT ADD MORE TRAFFIC AND MORE OVERSIGHT TO THE NEIGHBORS OR OVERVIEW TO THE NEIGHBORS AND I THINK IT WOULD BE MORE OBJECTIONABLE THAN WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED HERE. I, I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA WHO OBJECT TO REALLY THINK THROUGH WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR BECAUSE AGAIN, IF WE WERE TO REJECT THIS PROPOSAL, WHAT COULD BE BUILT THERE COULD BE CONSIDERABLY MORE OBJECTIONABLE . THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CARE I JUST WANT TO SHARE A FEW THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS LOCATION ALONG THE SAME LINES THAT COUNCILMEMBER LEVINE MENTIONED. YOU KNOW IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC YOU KNOW I, I HEAR YOU FROM THE RESIDENTS I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT FOR THE LAST YEAR. I'VE PARTICIPATED IN SOME OF THE ON SITE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE RESIDENTS INCLUDING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE MONTESSORI SCHOOL. AND I THINK THAT THERE ARE THEY HAVE VERY VALID CONCERNS AND I SEE I FEEL LIKE THE DEVELOPER HAS REALLY DONE AS MUCH AS IS POSSIBLE TO IN ORDER TO STILL MAKE SURE THIS PROJECT IS PROFITABLE AND THAT IT MAKES SENSE FOR THEM TO DO IT BUT ALSO THAT IT MAKES SENSE FOR OUR CITY, FOR OUR RESIDENTS, FOR THE OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE AREA OR THE TRAFFIC IMPACT LET'S FACE IT TRAFFIC IS IS BECOMING A BIG DEAL IN PLANO AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE AND I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT A PLACE THAT WILL HAVE LESS THAN ONE CAR PER APARTMENT ON AVERAGE WILL HAVE A MINIMAL IMPACT AROUND THAT. I'M ALSO THINKING ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE TO WEIGH HERE TO THE STATE HAS TOLD US THAT WE IN THE STATE NEED MORE HOUSING. WE KNOW THAT FROM OUR STUDY AND FROM OTHER DISCUSSIONS THAT WE DIVERSITY IN OUR HOUSING NOT JUST MORE OF THE SAME WE DO HAVE TAKE CARE OF OUR NEIGHBORS AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND I THINK THAT THERE HAVE BEEN ONGOING DISCUSSIONS EVEN AFTER PMC AFTER IT'S BEEN IMPROVE APPROVED THE DEVELOPER HAS GONE OUT AND CONTINUED TO MAKE TO HAVE MEETINGS AND HAVE DISCUSSIONS AND MAKE SURE THE CONCERNS ARE UNDERSTOOD AND ADDRESSED AS BEST WE CAN. I WAS PARTICULARLY CONCERNED THAT THE MONTESSORI WOULD BE IN TROUBLE DURING THE DEMOLITION AND CONSTRUCTION PHASES AND I'M PLEASED TO KNOW THAT YOU'VE COME UP WITH AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM THAT YOU'RE FINDING WAYS TO TAKE CARE OF THESE THINGS WHILE YOU HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF ALL THOSE THINGS. THE OTHER THING WITH SB 840 IS IT IT CONTINUES TO TAKE AWAY CONTROL FROM THE CITY, FROM OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR VOTERS HERE. I REALLY WANT TO IF POSSIBLE GO FORWARD WITH ANY PROJECT THAT DOES ALLOW US TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. I THINK THAT THIS DEVELOPER I'VE OBVIOUSLY THEY DO APARTMENTS THEY VERY WELL COULD HAVE JUST SAID WE'RE DONE WITH THIS. WE'RE JUST GOING TO PUT UP APARTMENTS AND WE'RE DONE. I'M I'M PLEASED THAT THEY'VE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH THE CITY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE THE BUSINESSES IN THE AREA TO TRY TO MAKE THIS REALLY A VIABLE PROJECT FOR EVERYBODY AND WITH WITH THAT IN MIND, I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE ACCEPT ITEM ONE WITH THE CHANGES TO THE LANGUAGE AROUND THE ORDINANCE REGARDING THE SCREENING SO THAT IT APPLIES ONLY TO COMMON AREAS. OKAY DEPUTY MAYOR I THANK YOU MAYOR AGAIN LOOKING AT THE CONCERNS THAT CITIZENS HAD PARTICULARLY WITH THE TRAFFIC IF YOU REMEMBER THIS IS AN INDEPENDENT SENIOR CENTER THE ONES I VISITED MORE THAN NOT HAVE VEHICLES BUSSES THAT WILL TAKE THE RESIDENTS TO STORES TO THE SHOPS. BUT IF THEY LIVE RIGHT THERE AND THEY'RE HEALTHY THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO WALK. SHOULD MANY RESTAURANTS A GOOD COULD BE A PLACE WHERE I LIVE IN THE FUTURE WHERE I'D BE ABLE TO VISIT THE KATIE ICE HOUSE. STEVE FIELDS PIE TAP NOT THAT I KNOW ANY OF THE RESTAURANTS OVER THERE BUT AGAIN THE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE LESS THERE THAN IF SBA 40 WAS TO TAKE PLACE AND THEY WOULD PUT JUST STRAIGHT UP MULTIFAMILY. I GUARANTEE IT IT'S GOING TO BE LESS PROBABLY A THIRD LESS. THE OTHER CONCERN WAS THE PRIVACY. THEY ADDRESS THAT WITH HAVING A CLEAR STORY ON THE FIFTH FLOOR WHICH AGAIN A CLEAR STORY WHICH IS AT THE VERY TOP IS JUST ALLOWING DAYLIGHT COMING THROUGH THERE TO LIGHT UP THE HALLWAY. >> IT'D BE VERY HARD FOR SOMEONE TO PEEK OUT THAT WINDOW BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE TO EITHER STAND ON A SOFA OR STAND ON A CHAIR TO LOOK OUT THOSE WINDOWS LAST. THIS MEETS OUR PLANO CITY OF PLANO HOUSING STUDY THAT HAS SHOWN THAT WE ARE SENIOR CITIZENS ARE AGING, POPULATION IS GROWING AND THEY NEED A PLACE TO LIVE BECAUSE THEY LOVE TO LIVE IN THE CITY OF PLANO, THE CITY OF EXCELLENCE. >> SO WITH THAT ALL BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO SECOND THIS MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE ZONING CASE 2020 50-013 THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER QUINTANILLA THANK YOU MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE MY COMMENTS ABOUT THIS ASPECT AND THE WAY OF THINKING I'M GOING WITH THIS IS MORE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. I THINK IT'S A GREAT UTILIZATION OF THAT LAND. WE HAVE TWO HOSPITALS EXTREMELY CLOSE BY AND THEN WE HAVE FIRE STATION FIRE THAT'S ONE BLOCK AWAY WHICH WOULD BE HIGH UTILIZATION OF OUR PARAMEDIC SERVICES WHICH WE'VE SEEN THOSE NUMBERS AND THEN THE BACKUP STATION WILL BE STATION NUMBER TWO WHICH IS BY MY HOME IN MY ENVIRONMENT. SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA AND THINKING FROM AN EMERGENCY STANDPOINT THE PLACE I WOULD LIKE TO LIVE KNOWING THAT A HEART ATTACK IS WITHIN SECONDS. SO ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER ONE PLEASE VOTE . MOTION PASSES 8 TO 0. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL NEED TO FILL OUT THE FINDINGS. OKAY. WE'LL TAKE WE'LL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS AND GO ON TO THE NEXT ITEM . I DON'T KNOW. WE'LL JUST SIGN IT . YOU DIDN'T GET TO GET LONG . GOT KEEP YOU KNOW I YOU'RE AWARE THAT PRIOR TO THE TRIAL SHE JUST SPENT AN HOUR TO CLEAR THE COUNCIL IS RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM COMMENTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS TO ALLOW UP TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER WITH 30 TOTAL MINUTES ON ITEMS OF INTEREST OR CONCERN AND NOT AN ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE CURRENT AGENDA. THE COUNCIL MAY NOT DISCUSS THESE ITEMS BUT MAY RESPOND WITH FACTUAL OR POLICY INFORMATION. THE COUNCIL MAY CHOOSE TO PLACE THE ITEM ON A FUTURE AGENDA AND WE HAVE EIGHT SPEAKERS THIS EVENING. THE FIRST ONE IS LUSTY AND NELSON IS HELLO I SEE TONIGHT THIS COUNCIL OFFICIALLY PROCLAIM APRIL AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH. IT WAS INCREDIBLE INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO SIT HERE AND LISTEN TO THAT BECAUSE FOR MY FAMILY THOSE WORDS ARE COMPLETELY HOLLOW WHILE YOU ISSUE PUBLIC PROCLAMATIONS. MY FAMILY IS LIVING THE DEVASTATING FAILURES AND CONSEQUENCES OF HOW THE CITY OF PLANO ACTUALLY HANDLES THE ABUSE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. >> I AM HERE TO BE THE VOICE FOR MY DAUGHTER CYNTHIA WHILE HER PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WHILE IN HER PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM SHE WAS SUBJECTED TO PHYSICAL ABUSE. THIS WAS CAPTURED ON VIDEO TEXAS ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES INVESTIGATED AND OFFICIALLY SUBSTANTIATED THE FINDINGS OF PHYSICAL ABUSE. >> BUT I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ADDRESS THE PLANO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ROLE AND WHAT HAPPENED NEXT WHEN A DISABLED INDIVIDUAL IS ABUSED ON CAMERA YOU EXPECT SWIFT ACTION INSTEAD THE PLANO POLICE DEPARTMENT SAT ON MY DAUGHTER'S CASE FOR 303 DAYS AND TOLD US IF IT HAPPENED AT KROGER'S THEY WOULD HAVE MADE HER ARREST IMMEDIATELY. >> THAT TEN MONTH DELAY WAS NOT AN ADMINISTRATIVE OVERSIGHT. IT WAS A CALCULATED C Y A MANEUVER COVER YOUR MANEUVER. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S CHOSE TO PROTECT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEMSELVES INSTEAD OF PROTECTING SENIOR THE SYSTEM CLOSED RANKS BY THE TIME THE POLICE FINALLY REFERRED THE CASE TO THE COLLIN COUNTY D.A. THEY HAD MANAGED THE NARRATIVE AND THE TIMELINE TO ENSURE THE GRAND JURY RETURNED A NO BILL BY NOT SHOWING THEM THE VIDEO AND TELLING THEM THAT THE POLICE SAID IT WAS MISHANDLING NOT CRIMINAL. >> THEY'RE 303 DAYS OF INACTION WAS DIRECT INTERFERENCE IN THE OUTCOME OF THAT PRESENTATION. I HAVE A VERY SIMPLE QUESTION FOR THE COUNCIL AND THE POLICE CHIEF IF THE POLICE TRULY BELIEVE NO CRIME WAS COMMITTED. WHY DID THEY WASTE TAXPAYER DOLLARS SENDING IT TO THE D.A. ALMOST A YEAR LATER THE ANSWER IS THAT SENDING IT TO DIA WAS JUST THEATER. IT WAS A WAY FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO WASH THEIR HANDS AND SAY THEY DID THEIR JOB. >> BUT THEY DID IT. THEY SHOWED IT. THE SCHOOL PROTECTED THEMSELVES AND ABANDONED MY DAUGHTER A NON-VERBAL VICTIM. SO NOW I CANNOT SPEAK BUT I CAN. THE RESIDENTS OF PLANO DESERVE TO KNOW THAT WHEN A DISABLED CITIZEN IS HARM, THE CITY'S POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL SPEND CLOSE TO A YEAR MAKING SURE THE TRUTH NEVER SEES THE LIGHT OF DAY. CONGRATULATIONS PLANO THE CITY OF CORRUPTION. >> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS D.J. HORAN . GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS D.J. HORN. >> I STOOD BEFORE YOU RECENTLY TO RAISE CONCERNS REGARDING GHOST OFFICES AND H-1B VISA FRAUD IN OUR COMMUNITY AND I WANT TO BEGIN BY SHARING THE IMPACT OF THAT CONVERSATION THAT I HAD MY SPEECH AND I SHARED IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. I RECEIVED OVER 1 MILLION VIEWS OVER 25,000 LIKES AND OVER 3000 COMMENTS AND I AM NOT A SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER. BEFORE THIS TIME I HAD THREE FOLLOWERS. NOW I'VE GOT THOUSANDS. THESE COMMENTS ON THE VIDEO MADE ONE THING CLEAR THIS ISN'T JUST MY CONCERN IT'S THOUSANDS OF PLANO RESIDENTS THAT FEEL THE SAME WAY. I AM BACK TONIGHT BECAUSE THE ISSUE IS NOT A DISTANT FEDERAL PROBLEM IT'S A LOCAL ZONING AND PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN THAT SITS SQUARELY ON THIS CITY COUNCIL AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT MY INTENT THIS IS NOT ABOUT RACE. I VALUE AND SUPPORT A DIVERSE MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY. IT'S THE ONE THING THAT MAKES PLANO A GREAT CITY TO LIVE IN. MY CONCERN IS ABOUT THE LEGALITY, THE TRANSPARENCY AND THE INTEGRITY OF OUR ZONING AND A BLATANT FRAUD THAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT BEFORE US. WE ARE SEEING A SYSTEM DESIGNED FOR SPECIAL OCCUPATIONS BEING EXPLOITED. THE H-1B PROGRAM IS INTENDED FOR HIGHLY SKILLED STEM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING AND MATH CANDIDATES TO HELP CONTRIBUTE TO OUR ECONOMY. WE DO NOT NEED H-1B CANDIDATES BEING FUNNELED INTO ROLES AS CASHIERS FOR WALMART OR 7-ELEVEN WHEN A BUSINESS CLAIMS TO BE A HIGH TECH FIRM ON A ZONING APPLICATION BUT OPERATES AS A FRONT FOR LOW WAGE LABOR, THIS IS A DIRECT VIOLATION OF PLANO ZONING STANDARDS. I'D LIKE TO MAKE MY REQUEST TO THIS COUNCIL IN THREE SPECIFIC WAYS. FIRST, THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AUDIT DOES THE BUILDING INSPECTORS DEPARTMENT HAVE A MECHANISM TO FLAG HIGH DENSITY APPLICATIONS FOR A SINGLE ADDRESS? THAT SHOULD BE BECAUSE THAT IS A ZONING VIOLATION. SECOND CODE ENFORCEMENT PROACTIVITY IF A RESIDENT'S HOME IS BEING USED AS A COMMERCIAL MAIL DROP FOR INTERNATIONAL VISA APPLICATIONS, THIS IS A VIOLATION OF RESIDENTIAL ZONING. I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL WHAT IS THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT AGENDA IS TO INVESTIGATE THESE PAPERLESS COMPANIES PAPER ONLY COMPANIES THIRD INNER AGENCY TRANSPARENCY AS THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE THE PLANO POLICE DEPARTMENT ESTABLISH A FORMAL LINE OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE TEXAS ATTORNEY ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE OR ANY FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS ARE INVESTIGATING THESE SCAM COMPANIES 20S THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF EYES ON PLANO ON THE CITY COUNCIL. THERE'S A MOMENT TO PROVE THAT WE ARE A LEGITIMATE SOCIETY. I'M NOT ASKING YOU GUYS TO CHANGE THE LAW. I'M ASKING YOU TO FOLLOW THE LAW THAT WE ALREADY HAVE. >> THANK YOU. >> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MOHAMED HUSNI . MY NAME IS MOHAMMED HUSNI. I HAVE LIVED IN PLANO FOR 15 YEARS AND I GREW UP IN THIS COMMUNITY THROUGH THE PLANO ICD SCHOOL SYSTEM ATTENDING AUTO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. THIS COMMUNITY HAS SHAPED ME INTO WHO I AM TODAY AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SPEAK ON SOMETHING THAT HAS RECENTLY AFFECTED MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. >> THERE WAS AN INCIDENT INVOLVING A MUSLIM FATHER AND HIS NINE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WHO WERE HARASSED BY JAKE LANG. JAKE LANG IS A NON PLANO RESIDENT WHO COMES TO OUR COMMUNITY SIMPLY TO HARASS OUR NEIGHBORS. >> WHAT MAKES THIS ESPECIALLY CONCERNING IS THAT IT OCCURRED AT A LOCAL PLANO MOSQUE ON EID, ONE OF THE MOST SACRED AND MEANINGFUL DAYS FOR MUSLIMS A DAY MEANT FOR PEACE, FAMILY AND CELEBRATION. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BAD ENOUGH IF THE SITUATION HAD HAD HAD ENDED THERE BUT IT DID NOT. THE VIDEO OF THIS INTERACTION WAS LATER EDITED AND SHARED ONLINE IN A WAY THAT CARRIED A DEEPLY DISTURBING AND FALSE NARRATIVE. IT CLAIMED WAS FALSELY SPREAD IDENTIFYING THE NINE YEAR OLD GIRL AS THE MAN'S WIFE A MESSAGE AS NOT ONLY OFFENSIVE BUT HARMFUL. THAT VERSION OF THE VIDEO GAINED 2.5 MILLION VIEWS AMPLIFYING MISINFORMATION AND SUBJECTING THIS FAMILY TO WIDESPREAD SCRUTINY AND HARASSMENT. >> THE IMPACT OF THIS GOES FAR BEYOND A SINGLE MOMENT. >> IT HAS CAUSED REAL HARM. IN FACT, THE SITUATION ESCALATED TO THE POINT WHERE THE FATHER FELT HE COULD NO LONGER SAFELY SEND HIS DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL OUT OF FEAR FOR HER WELL-BEING. >> NO PARENT SHOULD EVER HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION AND UNFORTUNATELY THIS SITUATION IS NOT ISOLATED. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY INSTANCES MORE RECENTLY AN INSTANCE WHERE MUSLIM STUDENTS FROM PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL THAT I PREVIOUSLY HAD ATTENDED WERE HARASSED BY AN ADULT AT A CLUB EVENT OUTSIDE OF CAMPUS. >> WHEN SITUATION INS LIKE THIS INVOLVES MINORS AND ADULTS, IT RAISES SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT WE ARE PROVIDING FOR OUR STUDENTS EVEN BEYOND SCHOOL GROUNDS. >> APRIL IS RECOGNIZED AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH. >> DURING A TIME WHEN WE EMPHASIZE PROTECTING CHILDREN IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE SITUATIONS LIKE THIS CREATE A CONSTANT SENSE OF FEAR AND VULNERABILITIES FOR FAMILIES. A CHILD AND HER FATHER WERE DIRECTLY HARASSED AND THAT THAT REALITY SHOULD CONCERN ALL OF US. IF SOMETHING LIKE THIS WERE TO HAPPEN TO THE CHILDREN OR DAUGHTERS OF ANYONE IN THIS ROOM, THERE'S NO DOUBT WE WOULD BE ENRAGED. >> THAT SAME LEVEL OF CONCERN AND 20S SHOULD EXIST HERE AS WELL. >> NO ONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HARASS A LITTLE GIRL IN PLANO TO THE POINT THAT SHE ISN'T ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL OUT OF FEAR FOR HER SAFETY. THAT'S A BASIC STANDARD WE SHOULD ALL AGREE UPON. THIS COMMUNITY HAS ALSO TAKEN STEPS TO RECOGNIZE ISSUES LIKE CHILD ABUSE THROUGH OFFICIAL PROCLAMATIONS. IF WE ARE TRULY SERIOUS ABOUT PROTECTING CHILDREN THEN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS SHOULD BE AN ISSUE THAT HITS CLOSE TO HOME WHEN MINORS ARE BEING TARGETED, HARASSED AND MADE TO FEEL UNSAFE. IT DESERVES THAT SAME LEVEL OF URGENCY AND ATTENTION. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WANT TO WRAP IT UP? IS THAT TIME IT WAS LONG OVER. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> HASAN SAID KRYSTAL CURRY . OH GOSH. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FOLLOW. THE LAST COUPLE COMMENTS BUT I DID HAVE A THOUGHT ABOUT THE LEAD'S DISTINCTION AND I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE THEM BECAUSE I ALREADY LIKE LIVING IN PLANO AND I THINK THAT DISTINCTION IN IS WONDERFUL BECAUSE I DON'T THINK MANY PEOPLE REALIZE HOW MUCH SUSTAINABILITY MATTERS AND HOW MUCH LEAVING THE CONDITION OF OUR PLANET IN A BETTER WAY FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATION MATTERS AND IT'LL IT'LL ATTRACT MORE BUSINESS PEOPLE HAVE A BUSINESS MIND WILL ATTRACT MORE BUSINESS PEOPLE TO THE CITY TOO. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT AND THANK YOU. >> SO MY COMMENT THIS EVENING OF COURSE IS TO CONTINUE TO BRING UP MY ISSUES SO IT DOESN'T GET YOU, YOU KNOW, LEFT BY THE WAYSIDE. AND AS I LOOKED AT SOME OF THE STUDENTS THERE, I THOUGHT ABOUT WE THE PEOPLE, RIGHT. DO YOU GUYS KNOW WHERE WE THE PEOPLE WHERE THAT SENTENCE COMES FROM? ANYBODY? YOU GOT A MISCARRIAGE? WE THE PEOPLE YOU GOT TO ADDRESS. >> ADDRESS US. WE THE PEOPLE COMES FROM THE CONSTITUTION. >> RIGHT. AND SO IT DEFINE US THE WAY THAT WE TALK ABOUT OUR RIGHTS AS CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY. >> AND I FEEL LIKE YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO ALL HAVE RIGHTS THAT SHOULD INCLUDE MY RIGHTS. AND SO I'VE BEEN TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ISSUE INCLUDING UH, YOU KNOW, JUST THE WHOLE AIR ISSUE WITH REGARDS TO, YOU KNOW, THE DATABASE LIVE STREAM OF MY COGNITIVE DATA BY BIOTECHNOLOGY DATA HAS BEEN LIVE STREAM. IT'S BEEN VERIFIED, IT'S BEEN CONFIRMED AND I'VE SAID THAT BEFORE I WENT DIRECTLY TO SENATOR CRUZ'S OFFICE THIS WEEK TO AND I PRESENTED THEM WITH THE SAME DOCUMENT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM HIM. SO AGAIN, I'M APPEALING TO THE THE THE COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY TO HELP ME GET TO CONGRESS AND TO HELP ME SOLVE THIS ISSUE. YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE THE PEOPLE INCLUDES ALL OF US. WE ARE ALL EQUAL THE CONSTITUTION THE BILL OF AMENDMENTS GUARANTEES US INALIENABLE RIGHTS. RIGHT. AND I AM SEEKING HELP TO BE ABLE TO HELP MY FAMILY RETAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THOSE RIGHTS INCLUDING ISSUES WITH MY BLOODLINE, NATIVE BLOODLINE AND OTHER BIOTECHNOLOGY ISSUES THAT I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO. BUT YOU GUYS ARE ALL AWARE OF I'M JUST TRYING TO GET HELP TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE THINGS . THESE ARE VERY REAL ISSUES AND YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD IT AND I JUST WANTED TO KEEP BRINGING IT UP SO THAT IT WON'T GET PUSHED BY THE WAYSIDE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING. THANK YOU. ALVIN NELSON . >> ALL RIGHT. I'M ALVIN NELSON AND I IS FATHER. WAS JUST SITTING OVER HERE AS MY DISABLED DAUGHTER. YOU HEARD MY WIFE LAY OUT A TIMELINE THAT SO TERRIFY EVERY PARENT, EVERY CARE, EVERY CAREGIVER AND EVERY RESIDENT IN THE CITY OF PLANO. WHAT I LIKE TO SAY I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY THIS QR CODE HERE IS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED OR TRANSPIRED. BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE EVERYBODY A VISUAL OF WHAT TRANSPIRED IN THE CLASSROOM AT PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. SHARON ROSEBORO WAS A TEACHER SO NOW YOU CANNOT PROTECT YOURSELF FROM A MOSQUITO. WE HAVE TO PROTECT THEM EVEN FROM MOSQUITOES. SOMETHING AS SMALL AS THAT. SHE CANNOT PROTECT HERSELF. SHE IS CONSTRICTED IN HER MOVEMENTS. SHE CAN'T SHE IS CONFINED WHERE SHE CAN MOVE HER HANDS OR FINGERS AND ARMS. TONIGHT AS HAND WAS TAKEN ABOVE HER HEAD AND HER FINGERS WERE PULLED BEHIND HER HEAD. THIS IS WHERE OUR FINGERS WENT BEHIND MY DAUGHTER OVER HERE IN THIS WHEELCHAIR THEY TOOK HER THE TEACHER TOOK HER FINGERS BEHIND HER HEAD. THE TEACHER ALSO TOOK HER HER TOES WHICH ARE CONFINED. SHE CAN BARELY MOVE THOSE. SHE BENT THEM UP INTO A BALL AND CRACK THEIR TOES. >> SHE PICKS A NAIL BY HER NECK. SHE PICKED UP BY HER NECK TO ADJUST HER IN HER WHEELCHAIR. THIS IS WHAT THE TEACHER DID TO HER. GUESS WHAT? WE BROUGHT THIS TO Y'ALL'S ATTENTION. WE BROUGHT THIS TO THE SCHOOL'S ATTENTION. WE BROUGHT THIS TO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION IN PLANO. IT'S BEEN ESCALATED, OF COURSE, AS MY WIFE HAS ALREADY EXPLAINED TO YOU AND TO WHAT A NO BILL NO BILL MEANS. NOW THAT SAME TEACHER SHE WASN'T CRIMINALLY CHARGED. IT WASN'T EVEN ESCALATE INTO ANOTHER HEARING. SO EVERYBODY ON THIS PANEL, EVERYBODY BEHIND ME THAT TEACHER CAN GO AND TEACH YOUR CHILD THAT TEACHER CAN CRUMBLE YOUR CHILD'S FINGERS UP. THAT TEACHER CAN CRUMBLE YOUR GRANDCHILD TOES THAT TEACHER CAN CHOKE YOUR GRANDKIDS. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE THAT? HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE WHERE I'M STANDING TODAY? I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WANTS TO BE HERE. I'D RATHER BE SITTING AT HOME NOT WORRIED ABOUT MY CHILD THAT I HAVE TO PROTECT FROM A MOSQUITO WHILE SHE'S WITH ME AND THEN WHEN SHE GOES TO SCHOOL SHE'S ASSAULTED AND IT'S ON VIDEO. EVERYBODY'S HEARD OF RODNEY KING. WE SAW THE VIDEO. THE POLICE OFFICERS WERE NOT CRIMINALLY HELD UNTIL LATER. THEY GOT THERE WAS SOME ACCOUNTABILITY. SANAYA HASN'T RECEIVED ANY ACCOUNTABILITY AND ALL OF THIS IS ON VIDEO. SO YES, IT'S LIKE A RODNEY KING VIDEO RIGHT THERE IN HER CLASSROOM IN THE CITY OF PLANO AT PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND AND WHO BEAT HER? THE TEACHER SHARON ROSENBERG. AND GUESS WHAT THE SORROW HE THOUGHT IT ALSO WAS NOT ANYTHING VIOLENT. HE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS ABUSE. HE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS ASSAULT. BUT GUESS WHO WOULD DISAGREE WITH HIM? ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES. SO YES, WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE FOREVER TO SPEAK UP FOR PEOPLE LIKE SANAYA IT HAPPENED TO US. WE CAN'T CHANGE THE OUTCOME BUT WE'RE HERE TO FIGHT TILL EVERYBODY ELSE CAN GET SOME FORM OF ACCOUNTABILITY. >> IT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE AGAIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS HAIL. I RESPECTED MEMBERS OF THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL AS A RESIDENT OF PLANO I'M SPEAKING TODAY OUT OF CONCERN FOR THE SAFETY, UNITY AND INTEGRITY OF OUR CITY. AS MENTIONED EARLIER IN THIS PRESENTATION, IT TAKES A COMMUNITY TO BUILD TRUST, ENSURE SAFETY AND UPHOLD A VALUES THAT MAKE PLANO STRONG WHEN MISINFORMATION AND FEAR ARE ALLOWED TO SPREAD UNCHECKED. IT DOES NOT JUST HARM SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES AS IT ERODES TRUST ACROSS PLANO AS A WHOLE LIES AND HARMFUL NARRATIVES ARE BEING INTENTIONALLY SPREAD ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY IN PLANO WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY THE SITUATION INVOLVING MOHAMMAD DAWOOD AND HIS DAUGHTER IS ONE RECENT EXAMPLE AS OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE ALSO RECENTLY POINTED OUT, MORE CONCERNING STATEMENTS FROM PUBLIC OFFICIALS HAVE ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS HOSTILE CLIMATE. OUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE WITH HIS ENORMOUS ONLINE PRESENCE KEITH SELF STATED AND I QUOTE GIRLS DISAPPEAR AT A CERTAIN POINT AND CALL IN REFERENCE TO THE EAST PLANO MOSQUE THIS IS AN EXTREMELY SERIOUS CLAIM IF IT IS TRUE IT SIGNALS A CRITICAL PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE THAT MUST BE URGENTLY INVESTIGATED IF IT IS NOT THEN IT REPRESENTS DANGEROUS MISINFORMATION THAT UNFAIRLY DAMAGES THE REPUTATION OF OUR CITY. >> I CALL ON THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL TO FORMALLY ADDRESS THIS MATTER EITHER INVESTIGATE AND PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY AROUND SUCH CLAIMS OR PUBLICLY CORRECT MISINFORMATION. IN EITHER CASE, SILENCE ALLOWS CONFUSION, FEAR AND MISTRUST TO GROW. >> THIS IS NOT ABOUT THIS IS NOT ONLY ABOUT PROTECTING ONE COMMUNITY. IT IS ABOUT PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY AND REPUTATION OF THE ENTIRE CITY OF PLANO. IF HARMFUL NARRATIVES CONTINUE UNCHECKED, THEY RISK CREATING DIVISION AND POTENTIAL HARM. AGAIN, I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL AS LEADERS OF THIS COMMUNITY TO TAKE A PROACTIVE STANCE AND ADDRESS THESE ISSUES BEFORE THEY ESCALATE ANY FURTHER. >> THANK YOU. >> THE LAST SPEAKER IS PHIL LYLE. >> GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. APRIL 22ND 2026. NEXT WEEK MARKS THE TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF MY REMOVAL FROM THE PLANO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. TONIGHT I WANT TO BEGIN SOMETHING THAT I HAVE FELT COMPELLED TO DO SINCE THAT REMOVAL. I'M GOING TO SHARE MY PERSPECTIVE AND TELL MY SIDE OF THE STORY. GRANTED THIS WILL BE SEVERAL DAYS IN THE MAKING. I WILL START WITH A BIT OF BACKGROUND. I WAS BORN IN 1976 AND RAISED IN RICHARDSON, TEXAS ALONGSIDE MY TWO SISTERS, MY MOTHER AND FATHER. I'M THE FIRSTBORN SON OF A FIRSTBORN DAUGHTER OF JUNIOR GARDENER WHOLE. HE SERVED OUR COUNTRY AS A BOMBER PILOT IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE FROM AN EARLY AGE I WAS SURROUNDED BY VALUES OF SERVICE, RESPONSIBILITY AND RESPECT. >> IN SECOND GRADE, WHEN ASKED WHAT I WANTED TO BE WHEN I GREW UP, I ANSWERED THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. I WAS SERIOUS THEN AND IN MANY WAYS I STILL CARRY THE SAME BELIEF THAT LEADERSHIP AND PUBLIC SERVICE MATTER. I HAVE LONG ADMIRED PRESIDENT REAGAN THE PRINCIPLES HE REPRESENTED. HIS ABILITY TO TELL A STORY AND A SENSE OF HUMOR. FAST FORWARD TO DECEMBER 2014. AT THAT TIME THERE WAS AN AGENDA ITEM BEFORE THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL THAT DREW SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC ATTENTION. IT WAS THE EQUAL RIGHTS ORDINANCE I ATTENDED THE MEETING AND STOOD AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS LISTENING CAREFULLY AS MANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY SHARED THEIR PERSPECTIVES. I'M NOT HERE TO DEBATE THAT ORDINANCE. HOWEVER, WHAT STOOD OUT TO ME WAS THE EXCHANGE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING. A MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE YELLED OUT TO MAYOR HARRY WE'RE ALL HERE. HE SAID WE'LL SEE YOU IN NOVEMBER. TO WHICH THE MAYOR RESPONDED THE ELECTION IS IN MAY. AS IF TO SAY YOU FOOL. >> IT WASN'T JUST THE WORDS. IT WAS THE TONE OF THE MOMENT THAT LEFT AN IMPRESSION ON ME. I BELIEVE THE ERA WAS INFLUENCED AT LEAST IN PART BY BROADER CONSIDERATIONS INCLUDING THE RELOCATION OF TOYOTA FROM CALIFORNIA TO TEXAS. WHETHER THAT PERCEPTION WAS ENTIRELY ACCURATE OR NOT, IT RAISED IMPORTANT QUESTIONS FOR ME ABOUT HOW DECISIONS ARE MADE AND WHOSE INTERESTS ARE BEING PRIORITIZED. THAT EXPERIENCE LED ME TO TWO REALIZATIONS. >> FIRST, MANY RESIDENTS DON'T PAY ANY ATTENTION TO WHAT HAPPENS IN THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT. SECOND, THE DECISIONS MADE HERE HAVE REAL AND LASTING IMPACTS ON THE COMMUNITY. ON THE COMMUNITY. IT WAS AT THAT POINT THAT I DECIDED TO BECOME MORE INVOLVED AND ULTIMATELY MADE THE DECISION TO RUN FOR COUNCIL. AND I RAN AND I RAN AND I RAN. >> I RAN FOR SIX AND THEN REPLACED ONE AND THEN REPLACED SEVEN. EACH CAMPAIGN WAS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE. AFTER THREE CONSECUTIVE RACES OF COMING IN LAST PLACE AND MAKING THE PERSONAL DECISION NOT TO EVER ACCEPT A CAMPAIGN DONATION, I CAME TO UNDERSTAND BOTH THE CHALLENGES AND REALITIES OF RUNNING FOR OFFICE . >> THAT'S WHERE PART ONE STOPS . BUT I'LL MAKE A COMMENT OR TWO HERE AT THE END. >> IF NOTHING WENT WRONG, MR. HORN, WHY WERE YOU REMOVED AS THE LIAISON UNDER THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION? MARIA, I KNOW YOU MADE THE MOTION TO REMOVE ME. I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT VIDEO. I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT YOU WERE AT MY REMOVAL HEARING AND I'LL NEVER FORGET YOUR KINDNESS. PART TWO WILL BE SOON. >> THANK YOU FOR STATEMENT OF FACT. THAT'S FANTASTIC. OKAY. AS A MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL I WANT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD TODAY IN ARE RELATED TO AN EVENT THAT HAPPENED BEFORE. AND I WANT TO SAY THAT OUR CITY'S STRENGTH IS REALLY ROOTED IN ITS DIVERSITY AND PROTECTION OF ALL ITS RESIDENTS. WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH YOU AND I REJECT ANY ANY RHETORIC THAT TARGETS FAITH OR HERITAGE. THIS BIGOTRY CONTRADICTS THE CORE VALUES OF OUR TEXAS HOSPITALITY AND MUTUAL RESPECT. WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT EVERY NEIGHBOR REGARDLESS OF THEIR BACKGROUND FEELS SAFE AND WELCOME IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE BUILDING TOGETHER. >> THANK YOU SO. >> THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS WE'RE ADJOURNED . >> HIGH SCHOOL GOT HIRED BY THE CITY OF FORT WORTH AND WHAT'S PROVIDER AT THAT TIME? THIS WAS JANUARY OF 1982 AND DID ABOUT FOUR YEARS WHICH PARAMEDIC SCHOOL YEAR LATER AND CONTINUED TO WORK ON THE AMBULANCE AND THEN WAS BLESSED TO GET HOME HIRED BY MY HOMETOWN FORT WORTH IN 1985 AND DID MY 30 YEARS THERE RETIRED AS THE ASSISTANT CHIEF TO COME TO PLANO TO BE THE FIRE CHIEF WHICH WAS A DREAM JOB THAT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW I WANTED BUT WAS RECRUITED BY KARI LITTLE WHO I USED TO WORK WITH IN FORT WORTH TO APPLY AND I'M CERTAINLY GLAD I DID. AND THEN SIX