Feb 27, 2023 City Council

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I NOW TO DECLARE

[CALL TO ORDER]

TONIGHT'S REGULAR MEETING WITH THE INVOCATION LED BY PASTOR ASHISH MATTHEW WITH COMMISSION CHURCH, AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND TEXAS PLEDGE, LED BY PLANO FIRE RESCUE POST TWO 15.

WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND, LET US PRAY.

FATHER GOD, WE ARE SO GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL EVENING, THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY THAT YOU'VE BLESSED US WITH.

LORD.

I AM GRATEFUL FOR THIS COUNTRY AND THE OPPORTUNITY OF FREE SPEECH WHERE WE CAN OPENLY PRAY FOR OUR LEADERS, OUR CITIES, AND THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY THAT WE LIVE IN.

LORD, WE'RE INSTRUCTED TO PRAY FOR KINGS AND ALL THOSE IN AUTHORITY THAT WE MAY LIVE PEACEFULLY IN THIS LAND AND QUITE LIVES AND GODLINESS AND HOLINESS.

SO TODAY, LORD, AS I'M GIVEN THIS TASK TO BRING THE INVOCATION TO THIS CITY COUNCIL, WE LIFT UP OUR LOCAL LEADERS TODAY.

I THANK YOU LORD FOR THE AUTHORITY OF THE LOCAL LEADERS AND THE OFFICIALS WHO MANAGE THE MAJORITY OF OUR DAILY LIVES.

TODAY, I PRAY FOR OUR MAYORS, OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, OUR CITY COMMISSIONERS, OUR POLICE CHIEFS, OUR CITY MANAGER TODAY, OUR JUDGES, AND ALL THOSE WHO SERVE IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

GOD, I PRAY FOR OUR MAYOR JOHN MUNZ.

I THANK YOU FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND HIS WISDOM OVER THE YEARS, AND I PRAY THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD HIM AND GUIDE HIM.

I PRAY FOR MAYOR PROTE, CASEY PRINCE, DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE MARIA, TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANTHONY ELLI, RICK GRADY, SHELBY WILLIAMS, JULIE HOMER, AND RICK SMITH.

I PRAY GOD, ESPECIALLY FOR CITY MANAGER MARK ISRAELSON AND HIS, HIS AMAZING TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT MAKE THE WHEELS OF THIS CITY TURN DAY AFTER DAY.

I THANK YOU LORD FOR THE DECISION MAKING OF THIS AMAZING COUNCIL THAT MEETS REGULARLY TO SERVE THIS CITY AND THE CITIZENS OF THIS, THIS CITY.

LORD, I THANK YOU FOR A MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES AS WELL.

I THANK YOU FOR POLICE CHIEF ED DRAIN AND HIS, HIS LEGION OF AMAZING, UH, POLICE OFFICERS THAT PROTECT OUR CITY.

AND, UH, LORD, I PRAY THAT YOU WILL STRENGTHEN THEM WITH WISDOM.

YOU WILL GIVE THEM THE GRACE FOR THE HEAVY BURDENS THAT THEY CARRY.

WE PRAY GOD, THAT YOU WILL GIVE THEM THE ABILITY TO MANAGE THEIR TEAMS AND PROJECTS WITH LOVE.

I PRAY THAT YOU WILL KEEP THEIR HEARTS PURE AND THEIR EYES TURN TOWARDS YOUR FACE AS THEY WORK IN THEIR BEST, IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE CALLED TO SERVE.

I PRAY GOD, THAT THEY WILL NEVER FORGET THEY ARE SERVANT LEADERS.

I PRAY GOD, THAT YOU WILL GIVE EVERY LEADER THE STRENGTH SO THEY DO NOT GROW WEARY IN THEIR LEADERSHIP ROLE.

FATHER, THE TASK THAT MAY SEEM OVERWHELMING AND EXHAUSTING, I PRAY THAT EVERY LEADER WILL RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS THAT, THAT THAT THEY ARE ASSIGNED BY YOU TO DO YOUR WILL IN THIS CITY.

THEREFORE, I KNOW GOD AT THE RIGHT TIME THAT YOU WILL, YOU WILL HELP THEM, YOU WILL ENABLE THEM.

I PRAY GOD THAT YOU WILL BE WITH THEM.

I PRAY FOR ALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE, UH, RUNNING FOR REELECTION OR, UH, LORD, I JUST PRAY GOD YOU WILL GIVE THEM GRACE.

YOU WILL GIVE THEM THE STRENGTH THROUGH THE SPIRIT TO SERVE THE CITY AS WELL AS TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THEIR CAMPAIGNS.

THANK YOU LORD.

I PRAY FOR DIVINE'S STRENGTH FOR EVERY LEADER.

AND I PRAY GOD THAT THEY WILL NOT RELY ON THEMSELVES, BUT RELY ON YOU.

WE PRAY THE PRAYER IN JESUS NAME.

AMEN.

PLEASE SAY FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE CALLED BY THE TEXAS FLAG PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, THE UNITED STATES AMERICA REPUBLIC FOR NATION UNDER GOD.

FLAG PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, GOD, ONE AND INVISIBLE.

BE SEATED.

HEY GUYS, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD.

GOOD, GOOD.

THANKS FOR

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE IT.

I DON'T WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE.

COME ON UP HERE.

NO TIME UP.

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

THANK.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE BACK.

OKAY, I WILL.

YOU KNOW, I WANT TONIGHT.

THANKS AGAIN.

[PROCLAMATIONS AND SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS]

OUR FIRST ONE'S THE SALVATION ARMY OF NORTH TEXAS, PRESENTING THE RESULTS OF THE 2022 RED KETTLE CHALLENGE.

I'D LIKE TO CALL FORD MARCO BACA, SALVATION ARMY OF PLANO, LILA BACA, SALVATION ARMY OF PLANO, AND MARY FREEMAN, SALVATION ARMY.

THANK YOU.

STAND OVER HERE.

SO GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS LIEUTENANT MARCO SABA.

I'M WITH THE SALVATION ARMY OF PLANO, AS HE JUST MENTIONED.

UM, HERE WITH ME IS MY COMMUNITY RELATIONS DIRECTOR, MARY FREEMAN OF THE NORTH TEXAS, UM, AREA COMMAND FOR DENTON AND COLLIN COUNTIES.

UM, MAYOR WE CAME TODAY, WE WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE CITY LEADERS FOR PARTICIPATING IN OUR 2022, UH, MAYOR'S RED KETTLE CHALLENGE, UM, THAT HELPED, YOU KNOW, RAISE THE MUCH NEEDED FUNDS IN THE PLANO AREA.

UM, YOUR LEADERSHIP INSPIRED YOUR CITY COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE LUCAS MAYOR MAYOR OAK, UM, TO ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THE 2000, UH, 2022 MAYOR'S RED KETTLE CHALLENGE.

SO TODAY WE ARE HERE AND WE ARE PLEASED TO PRESENT YOU WITH A CERT CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION, UM, ONE FOR YOU AND ONE FOR EACH ONE OF YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, FOR HELPING, UM, YOU KNOW, JOINING THE CHALLENGE AND HELPING US RAISE THE MUCH NEEDED FUNDS, UH, FOR THE SALVATION ARMY'S YEAR ROUND PROGRAMS THAT, UM, HELP ADDRESSING FAMILY FAMILY'S INSTABILITY CAUSED BY HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY AND ADDICTION IN THE PLANO AREA.

SO WE ARE HAPPY TO REPPORT, UM, YOURS AND THE CITY COUNCIL'S VERY SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBER ANTHONY ELLI RANKED FIRST IN TOTAL DOLLARS RAISED, UM, $863 90 91 CENTS FROM TWO DONORS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANTHONY.

UM, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER RICK SMITH , HE'S A YES.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBER RICK SMITH RANKED SECOND IN TOTAL DOLLARS RAISED, UM, $792 AND 99 CENTS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, RICK.

WE APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER JULIE HOMER RANKED FIRST IN TOTAL NUMBER OF DONORS, 11 DONORS TO RAISE $762 AND 34 CENTS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR A TOTAL OF $3,256 AND 47 CENTS FROM THE PLANO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL OF YOU.

THANK YOU.

AND ONE MORE THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD.

UM, IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF YOUR EFFORTS.

UM, WE OWE YOU A DEBT OF GRATITUDE BECAUSE IT INSPIRED THE RECRUITMENT OF 14 VOLUNTEERS AND 20 MORE DONORS TO RAISE A TOTAL OF $3,761 AND 74 CENTS IN DONATION.

SO WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL FOR HELPING YOUR, UH, NEIGHBORS IN NEED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

LET'S GIVE THE SALVATION ARMY A HAND.

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NEXT, THE COLIN COUNTY MASTER GARDNER'S ASSOCIATION IS CELEBRATING ASK A GARDNER MONTH IN MARCH, I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD LINDA WILCOX, THE MASTER GARDENER PROJECT LEAD MEG BELLINGER, MASTER GARDENER PROJECT LEAD MARYANNE WHITE CO-LEADER AND CITY OF PLANO EMPLOYEES WHO ARE MASTER GARDENERS.

I'D WANT TO KNOW WHO THAT IS TOO, CUZ I HAVE SOME WORK FOR Y'ALL TO DO .

SO IT'S A REAL THRILL AND, AND A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO READ AND PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS THE VOLUNTEER MEMBERSHIP OF THE COLLIN COUNTY MASTER GARDENER'S ASSOCIATION AFFILIATED WITH TEXAS A AND M AG AGRILIFE EXTENSION SERVICE OF THE TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM HAS SERVED THE CITY OF PLANO RESIDENCE SINCE 1997.

AND WHEREAS THE MISSION OF THE COLLIN COUNTY MASTER GARDENER'S ASSOCIATION IS TO ASSIST AND SUPPORT THE TEXAS A AND M AGRILIFE EXTENSION HORTICULTURAL AGENT IN PROVIDING OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE RESEARCH-BASED INFORMATION ON SUSTAINABLE HORTICULTURAL PRACTICES ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP.

WHEREAS THE COLIN COUNTY MASTER GARDENER'S ASSOCIATION PROVIDES SCIENCE-BASED HORTICULTURAL INFORMATION AT NO CHARGE TO THE PUBLIC, TO THEIR ASK THE MASTER GARDENER BOOTH, THEIR INFORMATION CENTER, THEIR GARDEN CARETAKING SERVICES AT HERITAGE FARMSTEAD MUSEUM, THE SPEAKERS BUREAU AND SUPPORT FOR THE PLANO WATERWISE LANDSCAPE TOURS, THE GARDEN SHOW, AND MANY OTHER RESOURCES THAT CAN BE ACCESSED FROM THEIR WEBSITE AS WELL AS THROUGH THEIR MANY COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECTS AND VOLUNTEER SERVICES.

NOW, THEREFORE, I JOHN B MINES MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PLANO, TEXAS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITIZENS OF PLANO, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH OF 2023 AS ASK A MASTER GARDENER MONTH IN THE CITY OF PLANO.

AND I DO THEREBY ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO SUPPORT AND UTILIZE THE HORTICULTURAL SERVICES AND ONGOING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS PROVIDED BY THE COLIN COUNTY MASTER GARDENER'S ASSOCIATION.

CONGRATULATIONS LADIES, YOU YOU'RE BACK.

COME ON OVER HERE.

WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE.

COME ON, COME ON.

THIS ALL.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANKS.

YES, THANK.

OKAY, I

[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 ON 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 DO HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.

THE FIRST ONE IS JEREMIAH SMITH.

HE HAD SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ZOOM.

HE'S NOT THERE.

IT'S MR. SMITH IN THE AUDIENCE.

OKAY, WE WILL MOVE ON TO CATHERINE PARKER,

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I'M KATHERINE QUANA PARKER, MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE LIVED IN PLANO FOR EIGHT YEARS.

I DO NOT WANT TO BE HERE TODAY.

NONE OF US IN THE TEXAS NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION WANTS TO BE HERE.

WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO YOU FOR NEARLY A YEAR ABOUT SHORT-TERM RENTALS.

WE KEEP TELLING YOU THAT ON ANY GIVEN DAY, SOMETHING TERRIBLE CAN AND WILL HAPPEN AT ONE OF THE HUNDREDS OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

WELL, THAT DAY HAS COME OUR NEIGHBORS IN OAKWOOD GLEN, AS YOU WILL HEAR TONIGHT, WERE TRAUMATIZED THIS WEEKEND BY WITNESSING MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF GUNFIRE OUTSIDE OF A SHORT-TERM RENTAL.

HERE'S WHAT THAT SOUNDS LIKE.

IT'S SHOCKING, ISN'T IT? ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

ON BEHALF OF THE PLANO CHAPTER OF THE TEXAS NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION, WE ARE DEMANDING AN IMMEDIATE END TO SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.

NOW THE NEXT SPEAKER IS TERRY FRAZIER, WHO WILL BE FOLLOWED BY GEORGIA LANDAUER.

HELLO, MY NAME IS TERRY FRAZIER, AND FORGIVE ME, I'M NERVOUS WITH PUBLIC SPEAKING.

UM, I'VE LIVED IN PLANO ABOUT 10 YEARS AND I LIVE IN A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT'S BEEN QUIET UNTIL LAST FALL WHEN I, UH, BECAME NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS WITH A SHORT-TERM RENTAL.

AND AS MANY OF YOU NOW KNOW, THERE WAS A TERRIFYING INCIDENT OVER THE WEEKEND, BUT I THOUGHT, AND UH, MANY PEOPLE ARE GONNA SPEAK TO THAT TONIGHT, BUT I THOUGHT I MIGHT TAKE A MOMENT AND SPEAK ABOUT WHAT IT'S LIKE EVEN BEFORE WE GOT TO THIS POINT.

SO LIVING NEXT DOOR TO A SHORT-TERM RENTAL IS LIKE LIVING IN A BAR DISTRICT.

THERE ARE PARTIES VERY OFTEN, AND THESE PARTY GOERS LIE IN OUR STREETS WITH THEIR CARS BLOCK.

OUR MAILBOXES PROHIBIT MAIL DELIVERY.

THEY LEAVE, COME AND GO AT ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT.

THE PARTIES THAT DON'T REQUIRE POLICE, UH, ASSISTANCE DO STILL CAUSE NOISE, NO SLEEP LIVING NEXT DOOR.

PARTYGOERS LEAVE THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL TO GO TO THEIR CARS PARKED DOWN THE STREET.

AND AS THEY DO SO, THEY PAUSE.

AND I HAVE WATCHED OUT THE WINDOW AS THESE PARTYGOERS HAVE STOPPED TO ONCE TO VOMIT IN MY YARD.

AND ONCE A MAN PAUSED, UNZIPPED HIS PANTS AND URINATED IN MY YARD.

AND THIS WAS BEFORE THINGS GOT BAD.

AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE LIVING IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA SHOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

I FEEL LIKE I LIVE NEXT TO A BAR.

AND NOW WITH THE EVENTS OF THIS WEEKEND, I'M TERRIFIED BECAUSE ASIDE FROM THE TRASH IN MY YARD, THE CIGARETTES, THE WINE BOTTLES, THE NOISE, NOW WE'RE DEALING WITH GUNFIRE.

AND WHEN THIS HAPPENED, WE DID NOT KNOW IS THERE GONNA BE MORE GUNFIRE? WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN? PEOPLE WERE COWERING IN THEIR HOUSES.

I LIVE IN A RES, QUIET RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND SO I AM ASKING YOU TO BAN SHORT-TERM RENTALS BECAUSE WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO FEEL LIKE WE LIVE NEXT TO A BAR AND WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE

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THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND TO MAYOR JOHNS FOR LETTING US BE HERE.

I LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE I'M GEORGIA LANDAUER.

I LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THIS OCCURRED.

UH, THE PARTY MEMBERS WERE IN CARS AND HANGING OUT OF CARS AND IN OUR FRONT YARD LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, THEY WERE CURSING.

THEY WERE RUNNING BACK AND FORTH.

I STEPPED OUTSIDE AT ONE POINT AND ASKED THEM WHAT WAS GOING ON AND I GOT CURSED AT.

SO I WENT BACK IN MY HOUSE AND I CALLED THE POLICE AT 12:30 AM THE POLICE DID COME BY, BUT APPARENTLY DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING THAT THEY COULD DO ANYTHING ABOUT.

AT THAT TIME, AT ABOUT ONE 30 THINGS ESCALATED AGAIN AND WERE GETTING EVEN WORSE.

THERE WAS A LOT OF ARGUING, EVEN MORE CURSING, MORE PEOPLE RUNNING UP AND DOWN THE STREET.

AND THE PARTY HOUSE, AS I NOW CALL IT, IS TWO HOUSES AWAY FROM ME.

APPARENTLY, THEY WERE YELLING BACK AND FORTH AT EACH OTHER IN DECIDING IF THEY WERE GONNA LEAVE AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

AND BEFORE I KNEW IT, THERE WERE THE MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS GOING ON THAT YOU HEARD ON THE RECORDING.

I HIT THE FLOOR AS FAST AS I COULD AND YELLED AT MY HUSBAND TO DO THE SAME.

IT'S SOMETHING I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE TO DO IN MY HOUSE THAT I'VE LIVED IN SINCE 1998.

IT'S BEEN A VERY SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD, A VERY CALMING PLACE TO LIVE IN.

AND IT'S NOT FAIR THAT WE SHOULD HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THAT.

I DON'T FEEL SAFE IN MY HOUSE ANYMORE.

AND WHEN I WOKE UP THE NEXT DAY AND FOUND OUT MY NEIGHBOR HAD A BULLET THROUGH HER HOME, I'M ACTUALLY SHOCKED THAT THERE WEREN'T MORE.

I'M SHOCKED THAT NOBODY WAS REALLY INJURED OR KILLED WHEN THE SHOTS WENT OFF.

SEVERAL OF THE CARS OF PEOPLE TOOK OFF AT THE SAME TIME.

THERE WERE PEOPLE RUNNING ON THE SIDE OF MY HOUSE SINCE I LIVE ON THE CORNER.

AND THEN PEOPLE RUNNING DOWN THE FRONT.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DID RESPOND VERY QUICKLY.

THERE WERE POLICE ON THE CORNER OF MY HOUSE AND POLICE IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.

THEY WERE RISKING THEIR LIVES TO COME AND RESPOND TO THESE PEOPLE THAT HAD GUNS THEMSELVES.

AND THEY STOPPED AND WERE TRYING TO ARREST SOME OF THESE PEOPLE.

PLEASE STOP THE SHORT-TERM RENTALS THAT HAVE TURNED INTO PARTY HOUSES AND DANGEROUS PLACES FOR US TO LIVE AND TURN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD INTO A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ZOE SANCHEZ REVEAL, FOLLOWED BY CHRIS BRACKMAN, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS MAYOR MUN.

MY NAME IS ZOE SANCHEZ AND MY HUSBAND AND I AND OUR THREE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER LIVE IN PLANO, TEXAS.

SINCE AUGUST OF

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EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, I WOKE UP TO THE SOUNDS OF GUNSHOTS HITTING MY HOUSE.

MY IMMEDIATE REACTION WAS TO REACH OVER TO MY DAUGHTER WHO WAS SLEEPING SOUNDLY AND MAKE SURE THAT SHE WAS SAFE.

I TURNED TO MY HUSBAND AND SAID, THOSE ARE GUNSHOTS.

I IMMEDIATELY TEXTED MY NEIGHBORS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE SAFE AND TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

MY NEIGHBOR, TIM, WHO IS THE HUSBAND OF MS. GEORGIA, TEXTED ME BACK SAYING THAT HE CALLED 9 1 1 AND TO STAY AWAY FROM THE WINDOWS, MY BODY WAS PUMPING ADRENALINE AT AN UNIMAGINABLE RATE.

WHEN I HEARD THE SIRENS, I PEERED OUT THE WINDOW OF MY MASTER BEDROOM, BUT DECIDED TO RETREAT BACK INTO THE SAFETY OF MY DAUGHTER'S ROOM.

UM, IN AN ATTEMPT TO EVADE THE CRIPPLING ANXIETY AND FEAR THAT WAS KEEPING US AWAKE AND FROM SLEEPING.

ALL OF US, ALL THE NEIGHBORS KEPT TEXTING EACH OTHER IN THE MORNING.

MY HUSBAND'S PLAN WAS TO LET ME SLEEP, BUT HE WOKE ME UP AND SAID, I NEED YOU TO GET UP.

AND IN MY DOX AND BATHROBE GLASSES AND MY HAIR IN A MATTED MESS, I WALKED TOWARDS THE FRONT DOOR TO SEE ALL MY NEIGHBORS GATHERED IN FRONT OF THE WINDOW OF MY DAUGHTER'S PLAYROOM, WHICH YOU CAN SEE THERE.

MY HUSBAND RAISED HIS FINGER AND I SAW THE LARGE BULLET HOLD THAT HAD PENETRATED OVER OUR DOUBLE PANE WINDOW THAT WAS RIGHT ABOVE MY DAUGHTER'S DAYBED.

AND THEN HE POINTED TO THE WALL WHERE MY DAUGHTER'S PLAY KITCHEN AND MIRROR WERE, UH, STANDING WITH A BULLET HOLE ABOVE THAT, THAT PENETRATED THAT WALL.

ENR RICO SHADE.

HE HITTING MY SHUTTER BLINDS AND THEN HITTING MY DINING ROOM WALL.

I WAS IN A COMPLETE DAZE YESTERDAY.

HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT MY HOME, MY SANCTUARY, WAS VIOLATED BY A STRAIGHT BULLET? I THEN THOUGHT, AND THANK GOD , WE WERE IN A DIFFERENT PART OF THE HOUSE AND I WAS, AND AS MY MIND BEGAN TO THINK, HAD MY DAUGHTER BEEN PLAYING THERE? HAD WE BEEN SLEEPING THERE WITH HER AS WE OFTEN DO, OR IF MY HUSBAND WOULD'VE BEEN READING A BOOK BY THE DINING ROOM OR CLEANING OUT THE CAT LITTER, WHAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED? UM, MY MIRACLE BABY, MY PERFECT LIFE COULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM ME IN A SPLIT SECOND.

THERE WERE AT LEAST 20 ROUNDS AND MORE THAN 20 INSTANCES WHERE MY LIFE COULD HAVE COMPLETELY CHANGED.

I SPENT ALL OF THE DAY PRAYING AND THANKING THE GUARDIAN ANGELS AND GOD THAT KEPT US SAFE.

COMING TO LEARN THAT THE GUNFIRE STEMMED FROM AN OUT OF CONTROL PARTY AT THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL BEGAN THE ANGER, I'M SORRY, I'M GONNA KEEP GOING.

THE SHORT-TERM RENTALS DO NOT BELONG IN A TIGHT-KNIT FAMILY COMMUNITY.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TYPE OF PEOPLE COME INTO THOSE PARTY HOUSES NOW THAT WE HAVE NAMED.

AND I DON'T EVEN LIVE NEXT TO THE PARTY HOUSE.

I LIVE AROUND THREE DOORS DOWN TO THE LEFT.

UM, YESTERDAY NIGHT I THOUGHT I DID SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER HAVE TO DO.

AS A MOTHER OF A THREE-YEAR-OLD.

I TOLD MY BABY GIRL LUNA, I SAID, IF MOMMY AND OR DADDY EVER SAY DROP TO THE FLOOR, WE GET DOWN LIKE THIS.

WE LAID DOWN WITH OUR HANDS AND FEET APART, FLAT FACING EACH OTHER.

AND THEN I SAID, AND WHEN IT'S OKAY TO GET UP, WE GET UP AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A TICKLE FIGHT.

AND SHE LAUGHED.

I STILL COULDN'T SLEEP LAST NIGHT, AND I'M SCARED OF WHAT THE WEEKEND MIGHT BRING IN THAT HOUSE.

I WANNA CLOSE OFF THAT PART OF THE HOUSE SO WE CAN BE SAFE.

I CAME TO YOU AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY TO ASK FOR AN END TO SHORT-TERM RENTALS TO HELP ME FEEL SAFE IN MY OWN HOME.

AGAIN, PLEASE PUT YOURSELF IN MY SITUATION.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN YOUR DAUGHTER, YOUR SON, YOUR SISTER, YOUR MOTHER.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN YOU.

SO LET'S PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING.

THANKS.

HELLO, COUNSEL.

UH, HELLO MAYOR.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I LIVE IN TO SPEAK WITH YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.

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I HAVE LIVED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 24 YEARS WITH MY WIFE, DEBBIE, ARE YOU THERE? AND MY NEIGHBORS.

RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE MY NEIGHBOR.

RIGHT? I TELL YOU SOMETHING I LEARNED SINCE YESTERDAY IS THAT HAVING A GUNSHOT, A GUN, UH, SHOOTOUT IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS A GALVANIZING EFFECT ON YOUR NEIGHBORS.

YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE.

WE PULL TOGETHER RAPIDLY AS THE 24 YEARS THAT I'VE LIVED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, SIX DOORS, UH, AWAY FROM WHERE THE CRIMES OCCURRED.

I'VE ALSO BEEN AN ENGINEER, UM, FOR 39 YEARS IN THE COMPUTER CHIP INDUSTRY.

I'VE WORKED ON RADARS, SATELLITES, RADIOS, COMPUTER CHIPS FOR CARS, COMPUTER CHIPS FOR CELL PHONES.

AND IN THAT JOB WE WORK VERY HARD TO DRIVE RISK DOWN BECAUSE IF COMPUTER CHIP FAILS IN A CAR OR A SATELLITE HAS VERY DRAMATIC IMPACT.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ENGINEERS DO IS THEY ASSESS RISK.

AND THE CARS, THE STANDARD OF, UM, OF, OF PERFORMANCE IS THAT A CART COMPUTER CHIP SHOULD HAVE LESS THAN ONE FAILURE PER MILLION COMPUTER CHIPS.

AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY DRIVING THAT TO ONE FAILURE PER BILLION COMPUTER CHIPS.

AND WHEN A FAILURE HAPPENS, THE ENGINEERS WORK TO FIND WAYS AROUND ALTERNATIVE PATHS TO KEEP THE DAMAGE FROM GOING ON.

SELF-DRIVING COMPUTER CHIPS HAVE WAYS TO REPAIR THEMSELVES, BUT WE ASSESS, ASSESS RISK, AND WE LOOK FOR ALTERNATIVES.

WHEN WE HAVE A PROBLEM HERE, WE HAVE SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROBLEM IN THE CITY OF PLANO, AND WE NEED TO LOOK FOR ALTERNATIVES.

BUT AS WE'VE ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, LET'S LOOK AT WHERE SHORT-TERM RENTALS ARE APPROPRIATE.

I SAY IT'S APPROPRIATE IN ORLANDO WHERE THERE'S DISNEY WORLD.

I SAY IT'S APPROPRIATE IN BRANSON WHERE THERE'S THOSE MUSIC SHOWS.

I SAY SHORT TERM RENTALS ARE APPROPRIATE IN CORPUS CHRISTI FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO THE BEACH.

THERE'S A PLACE TO GO.

AN ATTRACTION.

WELL, IN PLANO, THE ATTRACTION BECOMES THE HOME.

OH, LET'S HAVE, LET'S GO TO BIG HOME.

THE HOME THAT THAT WAS VI YOU KNOW, THE VICTIM OF THIS IS A LARGE HOME, PROBABLY 3,200 SQUARE FEET, THAT BECOMES THE ATTRACTION.

AND SO IT ATTRACTS PARTIERS.

PEOPLE THAT WANT TO HAVE A GOOD TIME, UM, THE WRONG KIND OF GOOD TIME IS WE FOUND OUT.

SO I WOULD SAY AS WE LOOK AT ALTERNATIVES, WE COULD SAY TO THOSE THAT OWN INVESTMENT PROPERTIES IN PLANO THAT ARE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO LET THEM PUT IN LONG-TERM RENTERS, IS THAT THAT'S AN ALTERN THAT WOULD WORK.

THEY CAN GET THE RETURN ON THEIR INVESTMENT.

AND THAT'S A SOLUTION FOR PEOPLE THAT COME FROM OUT OF OUR AREA THAT NEED A PLACE TO STAY.

WELL, THEY COULD STAY AT A HOTEL OR IF THEY WANNA HAVE A PARTY, THEY COULD RENT A ROOM AT A HOTEL OR A BAR.

SO THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES.

SO WE AS A GROUP DO NOT NEED THIS KIND OF RISK IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE WOULD URGE THAT YOU FIND A WAY IF IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO BAN OUTRIGHT THAT, TO PUT REGULATIONS IN PLACE TO KEEP THIS KIND OF DAMAGING IMPLICATION OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND PLEASE FIND A, A SOLUTION FOR US.

THANK YOU.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS LAUREN D***S, FOLLOWED BY JOHN GREEN.

GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR.

MY NAME IS LAUREN D***S AND I'VE BEEN A PLANO RESIDENT SINCE 2018.

I KNOW THAT'S NOT AS MUCH AS SOME OF THE PEOPLE HAVE REPRESENTED THAT HAVE SPOKEN TONIGHT, BUT I'M NO STRANGER TO PLANO AS MY DAD WAS A PLANO POLICE OFFICER FOR 36 YEARS.

MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE TWO SMALL KIDDOS, AND THEY OFTEN PLAY OUTSIDE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND THEY SCOOTER UP AND, AND DOWN THE STREETS OF MANY OF THE FACES THAT ARE REPRESENTED HERE TONIGHT AS WELL.

MY REQUEST TO YOU SIMPLE IN SHORT TERM RENTALS.

NOW MY REASON IS VERY CLEAR AS WELL.

ALLOW MYSELF AND MY FAMILY TO FEEL SAFE IN OUR HOME.

MLK SAID A MAN DIES WHEN HE REFUSES TO STAND UP FOR THAT, WHICH IS RIGHT.

A MAN DIES WHEN HE REFUSES TO STAND UP FOR JUSTICE.

A MAN DIES WHEN HE REFUSES TO TAKE A STAND FOR THAT, WHICH IS TRUE.

SO HERE WE ARE STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT BOLDLY ASKING WHAT ELSE HAS TO HAPPEN, WHAT ELSE HAS TO HAPPEN ON YOUR WATCH IN OUR CITY FOR CHANGE TO OCCUR? THE TIME IS NOW AND SHORT TERM RENTALS.

THANK YOU,

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UM, THANK YOU FOR WILLING TO SPEAK TONIGHT.

MY NAME IS JOHN GREEN.

I'VE LIVED IN PLANO FOR 27 YEARS, OVER 27 YEARS.

UH, I ACTUALLY FIRST MOVED HERE IN 1991 WITH MY PARENTS AND THE HOUSE THAT THEY STILL OWN, OR MY MOM DOES.

MY DAD PASSED AWAY RECENTLY.

UM, SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH PLANO.

IT'S BEEN A LOT OF MY LIFE HERE.

WITHIN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET FROM US HAS TURNED IN, HAS BEEN TURNED INTO A SHORT TERM RENTAL.

UM, A FEW MONTHS AGO, THERE WAS A PARTY THROWN AT THAT HOUSE THAT GOT OUTTA HAND.

THE POLICE HAD TO SHOW UP.

UH, THE OUT OF HAND WAS THERE WERE, I THINK THE NUMBER WAS ESTIMATED AT THREE DOZEN PEOPLE IN THIS HOUSE HAVING A PARTY.

UM, IT IT WAS ALSO OUTTA HAND BECAUSE OF THE NOISE LEVEL.

NOT ONLY THE MUSIC THAT THEY WERE PLAYING, BUT YELLING, SCREAMING.

AND AS GEORGIA MENTIONED EARLIER, SAME THING HAPPENED THIS PAST WEEKEND.

UH, A LOT OF FOUL LANGUAGE.

UM, EXCUSE ME.

THIS PAST WEEKEND, ANOTHER PARTY WAS HELD IN THE SAME HOUSE, BUT THIS TIME IT MOVED FROM BEING A NUISANCE, WHICH IS WHAT THE LAST ONE WAS.

UH, BECAUSE OF THE NOISE AT APPROXIMATELY 1 45, I WAS AWAKEN BY MULTIPLE BURSTS OF GUNFIRE.

HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW, AFTER TALKING TO MY NEIGHBORS HOW I SLEPT THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE EVENING.

BUT, UM, I WAS WOKEN BY THE GUNFIRE AND I KNEW RIGHT AWAY WHAT IT WAS.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, I'M A BIG GUY.

I JUMPED OUT OUT OUTTA MY BED, LITERALLY JUMPED OUTTA MY BED.

AFTER REVIEWING THE, UH, OUR NEIGHBOR, MY NEIGHBOR'S RING VIDEO, UH, I CONFIRMED MY SUSPICION THAT SOMEBODY EMPTIED PROBABLY TWO FULL MAGAZINES AND ONE GUN AND PART OF A MA MAGAZINE AND ANOTHER GUN.

SO IT WASN'T JUST A COUPLE OF RANDOM SHOTS.

THERE WAS RIGHT AT 30 SHOTS ALL IN 21 SECONDS.

THAT WAS THE VIDEO YOU WATCHED JUST A LITTLE WHILE AGO.

UH, THE POLICE SEEMED TO RESPOND QUICKLY AND THEY PROMPTLY STARTED TRYING TO GET EVERYONE UNDER CONTROL.

INITIALLY, THE OFFICERS I COULD SEE OUT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, WHICH WAS AT ONE POINT ABOUT 12 OFFICERS THAT I COULD ACTUALLY SEE.

THEY HAD INITIALLY, THEY ALL HAD THEIR WEAPONS DRAWN.

SOME OF THEM HAD RIFLES, SOME OF THEM HAD HANDGUNS, BUT THEY WERE, THEY KNEW THEY WERE IN A INTENSE SITUATION.

UM, EVENTUALLY THEY DID GET ENOUGH CONTROL WHERE THEY STARTED RELAXING.

AND AT THAT POINT, I WENT OUT AND STOOD ON MY FRONT PORCH.

I LET THE OFFICERS DO WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO, AND AT 1.1 OF 'EM CAME OVER.

IS THAT MY 12? FINISH YOUR THOUGHT.

OH, UM, THE, HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY NONE OF YOU HAVE ONE OF THESE SHORT-TERM RENTALS NEAR YOUR HOME.

BUT JUST KEEP IN MIND, JUST LIKE US, THAT COULD CHANGE.

SIX MONTHS AGO, WE DIDN'T HAVE ONE.

NOW WE DO.

AND WE HAVE A PROBLEM.

SO I REALLY HOPE THAT, UM, THAT, THAT YOU CAN HELP FACILITATE SOME CHANGES TO ELIMINATE THIS PROBLEM IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND ACROSS THE WHOLE ENTIRE CITY.

THANK YOU.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MELISSA MAYO, FOLLOWED BY DOLLY THOMAS.

THANK YOU FOR HEARING US THIS EVENING.

MAYOR BUNS AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO, SO FAR FOLKS HAVE TALKED ABOUT THEIR DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OF THIS PARTY.

I WAS AWAKENED ABOUT 1:45 AM BY SOMEBODY POUNDING ON MY FRONT DOOR.

LF CATA CORNERED FROM THE PARTY HOUSE, AS WE NOW CALL IT.

AS I PEERED THROUGH MY BEDROOM BLINDS, WHICH BY THE WAY, FACED THE STREET, UH, TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

I HEARD LOUD, ANGRY VOICES.

I SAW TWO VEHICLES OUT THERE, KIDS PILING IN, UH, PEOPLE YELLING AT EACH OTHER, RUNNING ALL OVER.

I LOOKED

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UH, THERE WAS NOBODY THERE, SO I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEBODY WAS IN DISTRESS.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT PERSON OR WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THEM.

UH, I WAITED ABOUT 10 MINUTES AFTER THOSE VEHICLES SQUEALED DOWN THE STREET, YOU KNOW, SCREECHED DOWN THE STREET.

AND, UH, MY DOG NEEDED TO GO OUT IN THE BACK.

SO I THOUGHT, WELL, IT'S PROBABLY SAFE CUZ THIS TIME I THOUGHT WHATEVER IT WAS, WAS OVER.

I JUST OPENED THE BACK DOOR AND HEARD THE GUNFIRE.

SO WE IMMEDIATELY DECIDED NOT TO GO OUT, BUT WE'D FIGURE SOMETHING ELSE OUT.

UH, BY THIS TIME, POLICE LIGHTS WERE FLASHING IN THE FRONT OF MY HOUSE AND OFFICERS WERE OUT THERE BRINGING PEOPLE OUT OF THE PARTY HOUSE.

THERE WERE NUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS OUT THERE.

I CALLED MY SON WHO CAME OVER FROM ALLEN TO BE WITH ME DURING THIS CUZ I'M ALONE.

UH, MY SON WITNESSED THE POLICE BRINGING THE INDIVIDUALS OUT, LINING HIM UP IN FRONT, UH, BREATHALYZER TEST.

UH, THIS WAS LIKE A MOVIE, NOT LIKE WHAT YOU THINK YOUR LIFE IS LIKE.

IT WAS ONLY LATER IN THE MORNING AFTER THE POLICE HAD GONE THAT WE FOUND OUT THERE HAD BEEN NUMEROUS SHOTS FIRED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, RESULTING IN A SHOT THROUGH THE WINDOW OF MY YOUNG NEIGHBORS.

THERE WAS NO REGARD FOR THOSE OF US WHO MAKE THIS OUR HOME, WHO HAVE GROWN TO LOVE THE PEACE AND TRANQUILITY OF A QUIET PLANO NEIGHBORHOOD.

THIS IS MY RETIREMENT HOME.

I DO NOT PLAN TO LEAVE.

I ALSO DO NOT PLAN TO SAY SILENT OR ALLOW OUR HOMES TO BE SUBJECT TO WHOEVER WANTS TO THROW A PARTY OF ANY KIND.

AND I DO NOT HAVE ANY INTENTION OF DEALING WITH THIS TYPE OF THING ON A LONG-TERM BASIS.

SO, YOU KNOW, I WILL BE VOCAL.

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION BECAUSE THESE ARE FOLKS WHO COME FOR ONE NIGHT PARTY.

THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE AFTERMATH.

THEY DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENS.

AND TO THE REST OF US.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MS. THOMAS.

DOLLY, HOLD ON JUST A SECOND.

LET ME GET, UH, CHIEF, WOULD YOU MIND KIND OF JUST GIVING US AN UPDATE ON WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS INCIDENT? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

COUNSEL.

UH, JUST A QUICK UPDATE.

UH, THE, UH, THE HOUSE WHERE THE, THE SHOOTING OCCURRED, IT IS ON BOTH, UH, VRBO AND AIRBNB PLATFORMS. WE MADE CONTACT WITH THOSE, UM, UH, PLATFORMS AND BOTH OF THEM HAVE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED, UH, THIS PARTICULAR RESIDENCE UNTIL THEY CONDUCT THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION TO SEE WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE.

UH, THERE WERE NO ONE WAS INJURED, UH, DURING THIS, UH, PARTICULAR INCIDENT THAT, UH, WE HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE OF.

AND, UH, THIS, IT IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION.

I CAN TELL YOU THOUGH, THAT WE DID MAKE TWO ARRESTS RELATED TO THIS.

AND WE ARE LOOKING, UH, CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE TO LOOK FOR OTHER SUSPECTS.

THANK YOU, SIR.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, FAMILY.

I'M SO GLAD TO HAVE Y'ALL HAVE ME TONIGHT.

AND, UM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO JUST ASK BRIEFLY IS, UH, UPDATE ON WHEN I CAME BEFORE YOU, BEFORE THAT 1.9 MILLION THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SPENT ON HOMELESS PREVENTION.

I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW IF IT HAS BEEN SPENT, WHAT NONPROFIT RECEIVED IT, AND ANY PROGRESS THAT THERE MIGHT BE THAT YOU CAN, YOU CAN SHARE THAT WITH THE PUBLIC.

ALSO, UH, IN SOME RECENT, UH, MONTHS, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A COUPLE OF ELDERLY, UM, RESIDENTS HERE, AND THEY HAVE BEEN, UM, APPLYING FOR HOME REHABS.

AND THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS SO CONVOLUTED THAT IT IS SO DIFFICULT.

SOME OF THEM, WELL, MOST OF THEM BEHAVE EITHER AFTER A LONG PROCESS OF ANYWHERE FROM SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR, HAVE JUST THREW THEIR HANDS AND SAID, I DON'T WANT IT.

OR THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES WILL COME BACK AND TELL THEM THAT THEY DON'T QUALIFY BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LIVE-IN ASSISTANT WITH THEM.

IF THEY'RE ELDERLY, ONE LADY, SHE HAS SEIZURES, SHE HAS SOMEONE LIVING WITH HER, SHE'S GONNA BE DISQUALIFIED BECAUSE THAT PERSON IS LIVING WITH HER.

I AM ASKING THAT THE, UM, THAT US COUNCIL WILL GET TOGETHER WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, GO OVER THE APPLICATION PROCESS TO FIND WAYS WHERE WE CAN HELP THOSE THAT ARE

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UM, I'VE TALKED TO JOHN AND, AND MARK, UH, EXTENSIVELY ABOUT THIS, BUT I JUST WANNA GET SOME COUNCIL SUPPORT BEHIND IT SO THAT WE CAN GET THOSE, UM, HOMES AND THOSE PEOPLE SAFE IN THEIR HOMES.

ONE LADY HAS, HAS BLACK MOLD IN HER HOUSE AND SHE'S, UM, SHE'S HAD A STROKE AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT I'M SURE IS GOING TO BE DENIED BECAUSE SHE HAS A LIVE-IN WITH HER.

AND, UH, JUST GO OVER THE APPLICATION PROCESS, LOOK AT IT AND SEE HOW MANY OF THE HOMES THAT HAVE PUT IN APPLICATIONS HAVE RECEIVED IT, HOW MANY HAVE NOT, AND HOW MANY HAVE JUST GIVEN UP BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO JUST THREW UP THEIR HANDS AND SAID, I DON'T, I I CAN'T, I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE.

SO, UM, I'M JUST ASKING FOR THOSE RESIDENTS, IF YOU WILL JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THAT PROCESS AND MAYBE DEFINE IT OR REFINE IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, DOLLY.

FOR THOSE OF YOU, UH, THAT WEREN'T HERE FOR THE PRELIMINARY OPEN MEETING, WE DID AGENDA, UH, THE SHORT TERM RENTAL, UH, FOR, UH, UH, THE FIRST MEETING IN APRIL.

AND SO WE WILL UPDATE, UH, ALL OF YOU ON WHERE WE'RE AT AND, UH, WHAT WE NEED TO DO, UH, MOVING FORWARD.

SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, WE, UH, UH, WE'RE ON IT AND WE'RE WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY TO, UH, TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT, THAT EVERYONE IS SATISFIED WITH.

SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, UH, WE'RE VERY SORRY, UH, ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, UH, LAST WEEKEND AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO MAKE SURE THAT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.

THANK YOU.

OH, SORRY, SHELLY.

GO AHEAD.

UH, YES, THANK YOU.

UM, MAYOR, THERE WERE TWO ADDITIONAL ITEMS ACTUALLY, IN LIGHT OF THIS.

I ALSO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL REQUEST IN ADVANCE OF OUR NEXT MEETING.

UM, SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST WHEN WE'VE BEEN SHOWN, UH, THE NUMBER OF CALLS FOR SERVICE TO KNOWN SHORT-TERM RENTALS, I'VE ASKED IF WE CAN GET THAT COMPARED TO, UH, CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR OTHER PROPERTY TYPES.

AND I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE NOT HISTORICALLY, UH, BEEN ABLE TO PARSE OUR DATA OUT THAT WAY.

SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR IS IN ADVANCE OF OUR NEXT MEETING WHERE WE'LL DEFINE THE PARAMETERS OF WHAT WE WANT TO COME BACK, UH, REGARDING SHORT-TERM RENTAL RESTRICTIONS AT THE SUBSEQUENT MEETING.

I'D LIKE UPDATED, UM, STATS ON CALLS FOR SERVICE BY YEAR FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS AT WHAT WE KNOW WERE SHORT-TERM RENTALS VERSUS ALL CALLS FOR SERVICE IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

I KNOW WE CAN'T BREAK IT OUT BY PROPERTY TYPE OR SPECIFIC ADDRESS.

WE CAN DO ENOUGH ROUGH MATH TO GET A, TO GET A BAROMETER.

UM, AND I'LL, I'LL SECOND THAT REQUEST, AND THAT'S AGAIN, BY YEAR FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS.

UM, IN ADVANCE OF OUR NEXT MEETING.

GO AHEAD AND FINISH ON HOLD ON COUNSEL.

UM, SO WE HAVE, UH, AND THIS IS COMMENTS OF, OF PUBLIC INTEREST, SO I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M STAYING FACTUAL.

UM, I'LL GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT SPECIFIC REQUEST AND THE TIMELINE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

SO THE, UH, THE ACTUAL THINGS I INTENDED TO SAY HERE ARE, UH, NUMBER ONE THURSDAY MARKS, UH, THE 187TH ANNIVERSARY OF, UH, TEXAS INDEPENDENCE DAY.

UM, I SHOULD SAY IT, COMMEMORATES TEXAS INDEPENDENCE DAY.

UH, LAST YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME, UH, WE HELD OUR, WHAT WAS TO BECOME AN ANNUAL TEXAS FOREVER FEST.

UM, SO EVEN THOUGH TEXAS INDEPENDENCE DAY IS ON THURSDAY, OUR TEXAS FOREVER FEST WILL BE ON SATURDAY, MARCH 25TH AT HAGGARD PARK.

UH, IT'LL BE OUR SECOND ONE.

UH, THE FIRST ONE LAST YEAR, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A FAIRWAYS OUT FROM TEXAS INDEPENDENCE DAY ITSELF WAS A BIG SUCCESS.

UH, LIKE EVERYBODY TO KNOW ABOUT IT.

UH, WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR TEXAS HERITAGE AND HISTORY, AND IT IS, UH, UH, COMPLETELY FULL OF THE TEXAS FOREVER FEST, UH, BASED ON LAST YEAR.

SO I INVITE EVERYBODY TO COME OUT.

SECOND, UH, TOTALLY DIFFERENT MATTER.

TEXANS FOR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY RECENTLY PUBLISHED THEIR, UH, LIST OF WHAT THEY TERMED SINKHOLE CITIES IN, UM, IN TEXAS.

THERE WERE A BUNCH OF THEM, BUT THERE WERE THREE WHAT THEY TERMED SUNSHINE CITIES FOR RESPONSIBLE FISCAL MANAGEMENT.

PLANO TOPPED THE LIST, I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY, UH, DUE TO THE DILIGENCE OF OUR STAFF IN, UH, IN, UH, HANDLING OUR MONEY VERY WISELY.

AND IT'S WORTH MENTIONING THAT IN OUR, THE AUDIT PROCESS, WE GO THROUGH EVERY, NO, UM, I THINK THE SECOND, UH, CITY AND THE ENTIRE COUNTRY TO HAVE EVERYTHING READY FOR THE AUDIT PROCESS.

UH, BUT WE ALWAYS HAVE EVERYTHING BUTTONED UP.

SO I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE OUR CITY STAFF, UH, FOR

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THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

I, I'D, I'D LIKE, UH, IN LIEU OF, UH, COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE AT, UH, UH, PUBLIC INTEREST, UM, I REALIZE THAT WE HAVE A MEETING THAT'S COMING UP THAT'S GOING TO BE DISCUSSING THE COMMENTS OF, UM, HOUSING AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND SOME ASPECTS OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.

I'D LIKE THAT DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE SOME OF THE RULES AROUND, UM, LIVING INDIVIDUALS WITH HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT, THAT THE RULES HAVE DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS AS TO WHAT LIVE-IN INCOME WOULD BE VERSUS A NON-LIVE INCOME INCOME, IN ESSENCE, A CARETAKER'S INCOME NOT, OR NOT BEING COUNTED AS PART OF THE TOTAL INCOME OF THE HOUSEHOLD VERSUS SOMEONE THAT'S A LIVE-IN.

UM, AND I'D LIKE TO GET A CLEARER DEFINITION ON THAT ASPECT.

SECOND, THAT I, I TAKE IT BACK.

WELL, NOT ONLY AM I GONNA SECOND IT, I THINK PROBABLY, UH, I THINK, MARK, YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT, UM, BRINGING NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES INTO THE PICTURE AND, AND, AND TRIED TO WORK OUT SOME SORT OF SOLUTION.

I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT WE WORK TOGETHER ON THIS.

SO, UM, PLEASE INCLUDE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES IN, IN SOME TYPE OF UPDATE AND AND EXPLANATION WITH REGARD TO HOW WE GO ABOUT DEFINING THIS.

COUNSEL, Y'ALL ARE EXPANDING, UH, AGENDA ITEMS PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY HERE.

UM, WE HAVE GONE FROM A HUD DISCUSSION TO EXPANDING NOW WE'RE HAVING NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.

I I'M GONNA ASK THAT, UM, AFTER THIS MEETING THAT EACH OF YOU GET WITH ME ON YOUR LIST OF ITEMS TO BRING BACK TO COUNSEL, AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THOSE THROUGH OUR PROCESS, UH, OF REQUESTS.

UM, THE COMMENTS AND PUBLIC INTEREST, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, ARE, UH, INTENDED TO BE FACTUAL IN THE WAY THAT WE'RE GOING ABOUT THIS.

SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE KEEPING, UM, THE INTENT OF OUR MEETING AND OUR COMMENTS FOCUSED WHERE, UH, OUR INTENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN.

SO I'LL BE GETTING WITH EACH OF YOU AFTER THIS MEETING ON YOUR REQUEST.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

LET'S MOVE

[CONSENT AGENDA]

THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION AND CONTAINS ITEMS WHICH ARE ROUTINE.

AND TYPICALLY NON-CONTROVERSIAL ITEMS MAY BE REMOVED FROM THESE AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION BY A COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE CITY MANAGER OR ANY CITIZEN.

THE PRESIDING OFFICER WILL ESTABLISH TIME LIMITS BASED UPON THE NUMBER OF SPEAKER REQUESTS.

MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, EXCEPT FOR ITEM I AS IN INDIA.

SECOND.

THANK YOU.

I HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM I.

PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES EIGHT TO ZERO.

ITEM

[(i)  To authorize the City Manager to execute an Interlocal Agreement with the Dallas Area Rapid Transit allowing Plano participation in funding for Public Transportation Improvements; and providing an effective date.]

MAYOR AND COUNSEL, I'VE SPOKEN, UM, WITH A NUMBER OF YOU AND WE HAVE HAD, UH, A DISCUSSION WITH DART, UM, WITH REGARD TO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.

THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WAS DRAFTED BY DART, UM, UH, FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE CITY.

UM, AS A WAY OF BACKGROUND, WE DID SUBMIT A RED LINE VERSION TO DART, UH, THAT INCLUDED CHANGES FROM, UH, A NUMBER OF CITIES, INCLUDING PLANO THAT WE THOUGHT WERE IN THE CITY'S INTEREST.

THOSE, UH, RED LINE, UM, SUGGESTIONS WERE REJECTED BY DART.

SO THIS IS, UM, THE VERSION OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT DART IS WILLING TO ACCEPT.

UM, WITH THAT, UH, THE POTENTIAL FOR, UH, JUST OVER 28 MILLION WORTH OF FUNDING IS AVAILABLE BACK TO THE CITY FOR TRANSPORTATION RELATED AND TRANSIT RELATED PROJECTS.

I THINK WE HAVE A SPEAKER.

WE DO IT IS KARA MENDELSON AN HONORARY SPEAKER? WELCOME, KARA.

THANK YOU.

I'M ACTUALLY SPEAKING ON MY OWN ACCORD, NOT FOR THE CITY.

UM, BUT I DO WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

UM, I'LL JUST SAY IT'S HARDER THAN IT LOOKS, RIGHT? SO, UM, I AM TALKING ABOUT THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH DART AND THE RETURN OF YOUR TAXPAYERS SALES TAX TO YOU.

AND THE QUESTION FOR ALL OF THIS THAT, THAT I HAVE ASKED IS WHO IS SETTING THE TERMS OF THIS? I L A? YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZATION OF DART, AND THEY ARE MEANT TO SERVE YOUR AND YOUR RESIDENTS TRANSIT NEEDS.

NOT TO DICTATE THE TERMS TO YOU, BUT TO COLLABORATE WITH YOU FOR A WIN-WIN.

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THE MOST EGREGIOUS OF THE TERMS, IN MY OPINION, ARE SAYING THINGS LIKE ANYTHING THAT'S NOT FEDERALLY REQUIRED, THEY CAN PULL BACK YOUR MONEY.

IN YOUR CASE, YOU HAVE BETTERMENT WALLS, YOU ADDED GRADE SEPARATION STATION UPGRADES.

YOU REOPENED THE F E I S, WHICH SLOWED DOWN THE PROCESS.

ALL OF THOSE MAKE IT SUBJECT TO THOSE DOLLARS BEING RETURNED TO DART, NOT TO YOU.

DART TOLD YOU EARLIER TONIGHT THAT YOU'RE IN GOOD STANDING, THAT'S GREAT, BUT DID THEY SAY CURRENT PAST? BECAUSE THE CONTRACT SAYS PAST, CURRENT AND FUTURE PROJECTS? THE QUESTION IS, WHICH WAS ASKED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PRINCE, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE IN GOOD STANDING THAT WAS PART OF YOUR RED LINE AND IS NOT ANSWERED.

YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO GIVE YOU 10% OF THE PROJECT COST UPFRONT.

SO IF YOU DO A PROJECT FOR 5 MILLION, LET'S JUST SAY 1 MILLION, YOU'RE GONNA GET A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

WHAT IF YOU LOSE THAT GOOD STANDING? HOW ARE YOU GONNA PAY THAT OTHER 900,000? AND IT'S A LOT MORE THAN THAT.

WHO DECIDES THE GOOD STANDING? THEY DO.

THEY'RE THE JUDGE AND THEY'RE THE JURY.

WE NEED AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY THAT CAN MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.

DART LOVES TO TALK ABOUT HOW DALLAS HAS SLOWED DOWN THEIR PROJECT WHEN INVESTIGATED BY THE COG.

IT WAS RATED NOT TRUE.

GOVERNANCE SAYS, YOU MUST SEE THE DETAILS OF THIS DEAL.

IT'S A LOT OF MONEY.

AND WHILE YOU HAVE A VERY NICE, WONDERFUL CITY MANAGER, YOU THIS DESERVES DAYLIGHT FOR YOUR RESIDENTS.

THESE PROJECTS SHOULD BE PART OF THE NOT, SHOULD NOT BE PART OF THE CONSIDERATION OF ONGOING CONSTRUCTION.

THIS RETURN OF SALES TAX IS AN INDEPENDENT ISSUE.