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NOW TO DECLARE THAT THE[PRELIMINARY OPEN MEETING]
P PLANO CITY COUNCIL IS CONVENED AN OPEN SESSION THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.THE COUNCIL WILL NOW RECESS THE EXECUTIVE SESSION IN TRAINING ROOM A TO HOLD A CLOSED EXECUTIVE MEETING PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF VERNON'S TEXAS CODES ANNOTATED GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 5 51.
THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUTHORITY CONTAINED IN SECTION 5 51 0 71 TO CONSULT WITH THE ATTORNEY TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE AND DISCUSS LITIGATION SECTION 5 51 0 87 TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS IN SECTION 5 51 0 72 TO DISCUSS REAL ESTATE MATTERS.
AND NOW DECLARE THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL PRELIMINARY OPEN MEETING IS RECONVENED IN OPEN SESSION THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
OUR FIRST ITEM, UH, ON THE PRELIMINARY AGENDA IS CONSIDERATION IN ACTION RESULTING FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROCESS.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A VERY BRIEF UPDATE TONIGHT ABOUT OUR, UH, STEPS IN GETTING THAT HOUSING TAX CREDIT APPLICATION PROCESS UPDATED.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF NOVEMBER, THERE WAS DIRECTION FROM CITY COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PROCURING A, UM, CONSULTANT THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO ASSIST THE CITY IN REVIEWING OUR HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROCESS.
UM, THAT WAS A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING THAN EXPECTED, BUT WE HAVE PROCURED A CONSULTANT AT THIS POINT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU THE UPDATE ON THAT.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT ABOUT A FOUR MONTH PROCESS.
UM, WE WILL START, UM, VERY, VERY SOON, UM, PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO WITH MEETING WITH THAT CONSULTANT, HAVING THEM REVIEW THE HOUSING TAX CREDIT APPLICATION PROCESS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY.
THEN WE WILL MOVE INTO A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
SO WE WILL BE MEETING WITH VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING ANY OF THOSE HOUSING DEVELOPERS THAT HAVE PROCEEDED THROUGH THE HOUSING TAX CREDIT APPLICATION PROGRAM IN THE PAST, OR ONES THAT HAVE SAID THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN PROCEEDING WITH THOSE IN THE FUTURE.
UM, WE WILL ALSO PROVIDE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU AND ALSO THE CRC TO POSSIBLY PARTICIPATE IF THAT'S THE DESIRE OF THE COUNCIL.
THEN THE PLAN WOULD BE IS FOR US TO LOOK AT BENCHMARKING CITIES.
SO WE ARE GONNA BE HAVING OUR CONSULTANT LOOK AT OTHER CITIES WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT HAVE HOUSING TAX, CREDIT APPLICATION PROCESSES, AND THEN HE WILL FINALLY MAKE RECOMMENDATION, UM, THAT WE WILL BE BRINGING BACK TO CITY COUNCIL, UM, AT THE END OF THAT, THAT PROCESS.
SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE, SEE IF THERE WERE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING, UM, THE PLAN TO PROCEED, UM, AND MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE IF YOU HAD ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO DISCUSS.
ANY, ANY QUESTIONS, UH, FOR LORI? GO AHEAD.
SO, UM, I UNDERSTAND WE'RE GETTING THE CONSULTANT.
WHEN DO YOU THINK, WHEN DO YOU EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN? AND YOU KNOW, WELL, I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO HIM TODAY, SO WE'RE PLANNING TO HAVE OUR KICKOFF MEETING, UM, ON THURSDAY.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET IT REALLY MOVING VERY QUICKLY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
SAVED YOU SOME TIME ON YOUR AGENDA.
NEXT ITEM IS THE UPDATE AND DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION, UH, SHORT TERM RENTAL TASK FORCE, CHRISTINA.
RIGHT, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COUNSEL AND EXECUTIVES.
I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT AN UPDATE ON SHORT-TERM RENTAL TASK FORCE, UH, WHICH IS PART OF THE RECOMMENDED PROCESS FROM OUR, UM, OUTREACH CONSULTANT GAP STRATEGIES.
SO WE WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT HOW THIS MIGHT WORK.
SO I HAVE SOME DETAILS ON FOR THAT, UH, ABOUT THAT THIS EVENING.
SO I'LL START KIND OF AT GROUND LEVEL, UM, WHERE WE ARE WITH SHORT TERM PRO UH, RENTAL PROCESS.
THE ISSUE, UM, WAS INITIATED SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
UM, COUNCIL'S GIVEN DIRECTION, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON OUTREACH AND DATA COLLECTION.
AND THEN MORE RECENTLY, UH, COUNCIL'S DIRECTED INTERIM MEASURES.
WE'VE GOT A JOINT MEETING SCHEDULED ON MAY 8TH.
WE ANTICIPATE OUT OF THAT MEETING WE'LL START COLLECTING ADDITIONAL DATA AND RESULTS ON ANY TOOLS THAT ARE IMPLEMENTED THERE.
THROUGH, THROUGH THAT NEXT STEP WILL OF OUTREACH AND DATA COLLECTION WILL HAVE A PUBLIC PROCESS THAT WILL BE UTILIZED TO DEVELOP SOLUTIONS, ASSESS EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CURRENT TOOLS THAT WE HAVE AND RECOMMEND MORE
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PERMANENT MEASURES THAT'S MODELED OFF OF THE ARLINGTON PROCESS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED EXTENSIVELY.AND THEN AT THE END OF THIS, WE WILL, UH, BE ABLE TO ADOPT SOME PERMANENT MEASURES, UH, BASED ON OUTREACH DATA, RESEARCH AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THOSE MAY REPLACE OR CONTINUE INTERIM MEASURES AS WE SEE FIT.
SO BASED ON THAT, THE GAP STRATEGIES TEAM HAS RECOMMENDED THAT WE UTILIZE A NUMBER OF PUBLIC OUTREACH TOOLS, INCLUDING A COMMUNITY SURVEY, A WEBSITE, A TOWN HALL THAT WILL BE BOTH IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL TO GIVE MORE PEOPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE AS WELL AS MEDIA SUPPORT AND INFORMATION.
AND THAT WILL ALL LEAD TO A PHASE ONE REPORT.
SO THE TIMELINE FOR THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS.
THE COMMUNITY SURVEY WOULD GO LIVE IN MIDDLE OF APRIL AND RUN FOR A MONTH WITH RESULTS COMING OUT IN MAY.
UH, WEBSITE WOULD START THE SAME DATE AS THE SURVEY AND RUN THROUGH THE END OF THE PROJECT, SO IT WOULD BE A UNIQUE WEBSITE TO THE PROJECT, AND THEN THE CITY WOULD TAKE THAT ON AT THE END OF THE PROJECT.
THE IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL TOWN HALL WOULD BE SCHEDULED FOR LATE JULY OR EARLY AUGUST.
AND, UM, IT WOULD BE A THE IN-PERSON.
UM, WE AGAIN HAVE, DON'T HAVE A DATE FOR THAT YET, BUT THEN IT WOULD RUN AFTER THE IN-PERSON MEETING.
IT WOULD RUN FOR ANOTHER WEEK SO PEOPLE WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE ONLINE.
AND THEN FINALLY WE'D BE WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.
WE'VE ALREADY HAD A MEETING WITH THEM ABOUT HOW WE CAN DO SOCIAL MEDIA SUPPORT AND TRADITIONAL MEDIA SUPPORT AND CONTINUE TO GET INFORMATION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
SO THIS IS A LITTLE LESS REFINED, BUT BECAUSE IT'S THE PHASE TWO OUTREACH, I THINK THIS WILL BE INFORMED BY THE PHASE ONE PROJECT.
UM, IT WILL INVOLVE RECONVENING, THE TASK FORCE CONTINUING THE SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH, THE STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH, UM, A SECOND TOWN HALL EVENT, UM, MORE PUBLIC INFORMATION EDUCATION OUTREACH ON POTENTIAL OUTCOMES, AND THEN A FINAL REPORT AND THEN ONGOING UPDATES TO P AND Z AND COUNCIL.
SO WITH THAT GAP STRATEGIES DID RECOMMEND USING A TASK FORCE.
THIS IS A CLIP THAT CAME STRAIGHT OUT OF THEIR PROPOSAL.
IT DOES SHOW THAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN THIS GROUP BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THEY'LL HELP DEFINE THE PROJECT GOALS, UM, GAIN THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND INPUT FROM A GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS.
ALSO, HELP US KIND OF CAREFULLY WALK THROUGH THE ALTERNATIVES AND OPTIONS THAT ARE PRESENTED.
AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT TWO TO THREE MEETINGS OF THE TASK FORCE IN THE FIRST PHASE.
SO NOT A REALLY, UM, SUBSTANTIAL TIME COMMITMENT, BUT STILL SOMETHING THAT, UM, IS MEANINGFUL.
SO THIS PROCESS WOULD WORK WITH A JUNE MEETING OF THE TASK FORCE BASED ON THE INITIAL SURVEY RESULTS, JULY MEETING FEEDBACK ON TOWN HALL CONTENT.
AND THEN IN AUGUST THEY WOULD PARTICIPATE IN A POP-UP MEETING IN TOWN TO HELP GAIN MORE FEEDBACK.
AND THEN YOU SEE WE ALSO HAVE SCHEDULED UPDATES TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL IN JULY AND SEPTEMBER.
SO WHO WOULD BE ON THE S T R TASK FORCE? WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS WITH YOU.
UM, THIS IS A LIST OF POTENTIAL GROUPS THAT WE THOUGHT MIGHT HAVE A STAKE IN THIS PROCESS.
SO YOU SEE WE'VE IDENTIFIED 12 DIFFERENT GROUPS, UH, BASED ON FEEDBACK TO DATE, AND WE, UH, HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR CONSULTANT THAT THE GROUP, UH, BE LIMITED TO, UM, NO LESS THAN 12, BUT NO MORE THAN 20 MEMBERS TO ENCOURAGE, UH, ROBUST CONVERSATION.
SO WE'VE GIVEN JUST A COUPLE OF POSSIBLE, UM, CONFIGURATIONS.
UM, WE THINK THAT A LOT OF THIS, A LOT OF THE INITIAL, UM, GROUPS COULD BE PLANO RESIDENTS.
UM, IN FACT ALL OF THEM COULD POTENTIALLY BE PLANO RESIDENTS.
UM, BUT WE'RE NOT SURE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE, ESPECIALLY, UH, THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, HOTEL ASSOCIATION, WE'RE NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET REPRESENTATIVES FROM PLANO, UM, OR FROM A MANAGEMENT PLATFORM.
UM, BUT WE WILL TRY TO GET PLANO RESIDENTS ON THOSE.
UM, BUT THE REST OF THE GROUP, SUCH AS THE COLLIN COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WE'RE, WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN GET, UH, PLANO RESIDENTS ON THOSE, UH, TO REPRESENT, UH, THE ORGANIZATION ON, UH, THIS STAKE, UH, THIS TASK
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FORCE.SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DECISION POINTS FOR YOU THIS EVENING.
THE FIRST BEING JUST FLAT OUT, DO YOU WANT TO APPOINT A TASK FORCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS? THE BENEFITS BEING THAT WE GAIN A VARIETY OF PERSPECTIVES.
THEY'D HELP, AGAIN, CAREFULLY VET THE ISSUES, MAKE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, WE WANT TO BE UPFRONT THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE CAN GAIN CONSENSUS FROM THE GROUP.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE BENEFITS IS THAT WE WOULD POTENTIALLY HAVE A GROUP OF ADVOCATES FOR ANY COMPROMISE POSITION, UM, THAT IS SUPPORTED BY THE GROUP.
AND, UM, THEN IF NOT, DOES THE WORK OF THE TASK FORCE DEFAULT TASK FORCE DEFAULT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, OR IS THERE SOME OTHER GROUP THAT WOULD DO THE WORK, UM, IF IT IS NOT, UH, DONE BY THE TASK FORCE.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS INITIAL QUESTION.
UM, I, I HAVE, LET ME GET FOUR SPEAKERS IN.
UH, IF, IF YOU DON'T MIND, UM, THIS IS, THIS REALLY A DIRECTION ON THE TASK FORCE.
OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE SEEING THE, THE QUESTION FOR US.
SO, UM, UH, WE HAVE, WE HAVE FOUR SPEAKERS.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND, AND CALL THEM DOWN.
AND IF, IF YOU GUYS DON'T MIND, JUST TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
THE FIRST ONE, UH, THE FIRST SPEAKER IS BILL FRANCE, FOLLOWED BY CINDY PATILLO, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.
THANKS FOR, UH, CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THIS IMPORTANT INITIATIVE.
UH, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE TASK FORCE AT THIS POINT SINCE THIS IS, UH, I THINK MOST CRITICAL, UH, VERSUS THIS, UM, THE TASK, THE IMPORTANCE, UH, OF A TASK FORCE.
THE FIRST QUESTION WE WOULD SAY, WHAT DO WE WANNA ACCOMPLISH WITH A TASK FORCE? AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GAIN LOTS OF DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
HOWEVER, WHAT WE'VE SEEN HISTORICALLY IS THAT TASK FORCES ARE LOADED WITH FOLKS WHO WANT SHORT-TERM RENTALS AND THEY TEND TO BE STACKED.
AND THEN IT TURNS INTO A, A VOTE, AS WE'VE SEEN THIS HAPPEN IN DALLAS, WE'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN IN MANY OTHER CITIES.
SO WHAT I CAUTION YOU AGAINST IS HAVING THE TASK FORCE BE ANYTHING, THEN A COLLECTION OF INFORMATION AND NOT A VOTING MECHANISM.
UH, THE LAW IS CLEAR, UH, ABOUT WHAT, UH, WE EXPECT, UM, THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO DO, WHICH IS YOU ALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY, UM, TO REGULATE HOW WE CONDUCT OURSELVES, UM, AS A COMMUNITY IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND THERE MAY BE AREAS THAT WHERE IT'S APPROPRIATE TO HA TO CONDUCT, UM, A HOTEL OR A SHORT TERM RENTAL, BUT THEY ARE CLEARLY NOT PART OF WHAT WE EXPECT IN A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WE JUST WANNA BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
UM, I APPRECIATE, UH, ALL THE GOOD EFFORTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AND, UH, WE HOPEFULLY EXPECT, UH, A POSITIVE, UH, OUTCOME.
UM, I JUST WANNA CHAT WITH YOU AS I HAVE BEFORE ABOUT THE HOME LOCATED BEHIND MINE.
LITTLE DIFFERENT PRESENTATION THIS EVENING.
THAT HOME WAS RECENTLY LEASED TO A FAMILY WHILE THEIR PERMANENT HOME UNDERGOES RENOVATION.
SO FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVERAL YEARS, I HAVE A NEIGHBOR.
I'VE NOT HAD TO CALL THE POLICE ONCE SINCE THAT FAMILY MOVED IN.
I BARELY HEAR A PEEP OUT OF THEM.
THERE'S NO NOISE, THERE'S NO PARTIES, THERE'S NO PEOPLE SITTING IN THE HOT TUB TALKING AND LAUGHING AT MIDNIGHT.
THERE'S NO TRASH, THERE'S NO PARKING ISSUES.
BECAUSE I HAVE A NEIGHBOR, THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH ANGST AND SO MUCH CONVERSATION ABOUT PROPERTY RIGHTS OF SHORT-TERM RENTAL OWNERS.
AND NOW THAT I DON'T LIVE NEXT TO ONE, I AM REMINDED HOW IMPORTANT MY PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE AND HOW MUCH I HAVE MISSED HAVING THEM.
WHETHER THIS HOUSE IS TEMPORARILY NOT A SHORT TERM RENTAL OR WHETHER WE EVENTUALLY GET OF THESE THINGS IN SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, THERE IS A WAY OUT FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER.
THE HOUSE BEHIND MINE IS LEASED.
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IT HAS AN INCOME.THEY JUST DON'T HAVE IT FROM A SHORT-TERM RENTAL WITHOUT SHORT-TERM RENTALS BEING ALLOWED, THIS OWNER HAS AN OUT ALL SHORT-TERM RENTAL OWNERS HAVE AN OUT.
I DO NOT, I CANNOT PIVOT AND GET MY HOME BACK.
I CAN'T MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT THAT ELIMINATES THE ISSUES OF HAVING THAT SHORT-TERM RENTAL HOUSE BEHIND MINE.
I CANNOT STOP THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE BEHIND MINE FROM ONCE AGAIN CONVERTING IT TO A SHORT-TERM RENTAL.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THE FEW HUNDRED SHORT-TERM RENTAL OWNERS IN THE CITY HAVE 20 SECONDS, WAY MORE PROPERTY RIGHTS THAN I DO.
I CAN'T FATHOM THAT THAT'S RIGHT AND I WANT IT RESOLVED.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MARK CHERNEY, FOLLOWED BY ZOE SANCHEZ, REVEAL.
MY NAME IS MARK CHERNEY LIVE HERE IN PLANO, MAYOR MUNZ AND COUNSEL, THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TONIGHT ON THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL ISSUE.
I'M SORRY FOR AN ANY INCIDENTS THAT EVER HAPPENED, SHORT-TERM RENTAL OR NOT.
WE DON'T HAVE A SHORT-TERM RENTAL IN PLANO, BUT WE DO PLAN TO RE UH, WHEN WE RETIRE, OUR STR IS IN A DIFFERENT STATE AND WE MAINTAIN SUPERHOT STATUS, AND THAT'S FROM BEING A GOOD MANAGER.
THERE IS AN STR R RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM US HERE IN PLANO.
NEIGHBORS AND US HAVE NO COMPLAINTS.
IN FACT, WE'VE MET A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A WEEK OR TWO, OR A MONTH OR TWO.
UH, TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN PAXON DOES NOT WANT TO BAN STR IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND WE ALL PLAY A LOT OF PROPERTY TAXES HERE IN PLANO.
WE'VE WORKED HARD ALL OUR LIVES.
WE CHOOSE TO OWN THIS HOME IN PLANO, NO INA HOA, AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE IT AS WE SEE FIT.
BANNING STR IS AN INFRINGEMENT.
OUR ON OUR PERSONAL FREEDOMS, PROPERTY RIGHTS, AND FUTURE INCOME.
HOW DO YOU LOAD IT? THAT'S ABSOLUTELY A GOOD, GOOD QUESTION.
BUT LIMITED REGULATIONS, LICENSING, AND TAXES, LONG AS OTHER RULES SUCH AS NOISE, PARKING RESTRICTIONS APPLY TO ALL HOMES IN PLANO, I'D SUGGEST DOING A ONE WEEK MINIMUM STAY MAKES IT COST PROHIBITIVE FOR SOMEONE THAT'S BOOKING IT FOR A PARTY ON THE WEEKEND.
AND BY THE WAY, WE'VE NEVER HAD THAT PROBLEM.
WE HAVE A NO PARTY RULE, AGE RESTRICTIONS, MINIMUM STAY OUTSIDE CAMERAS.
WE LET THE GUESTS KNOW WHAT THE RULES AND REGS ARE.
AT A RECENT COUNCIL MEETING, SOMEONE STATED THERE'S ABOUT 600 SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN PLANO.
I WONDER WHERE THAT NUMBER CAME FROM.
THERE'S OVER A THOUSAND ON AIRBNB IN PLANO ALONE, AND THERE'S OTHER 20 SECONDS PLATFORMS. SO THAT NUMBER WAS OFF BY PROBABLY ABOUT 50%.
THIS IS NOT AN SST R ISSUE, IT'S A MANAGEMENT ISSUE.
MAYOR, I HAVE A LITTLE SHORT CLIP THAT I WANT Y'ALL TO LISTEN TO OF MY DAUGHTER MAKE AND A HOUSE SOME DUMMIES.
MAKE WHAT? IN OUR HOUSE? SOME MAKE THE OH, THE HOLE WITH THE BOY.
ALTHOUGH IT'S BEEN OVER A MONTH SINCE A BULLET PIERCED THROUGH MY HOME, WE STILL LIVE WITH THE REPERCUSSIONS OF THE ACTIONS OF THE OWNER OF 2044 CANS DRIVE, WHO WERE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT FINANCIAL GAINS THAN THE ACTUAL WELLBEING OF NEIGHBORS.
AS YOU HEARD, MY DAUGHTER CONTINUES TO SPEAK ABOUT THE INCIDENT, SOMETHING A SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
AT SUCH AN INNOCENT AGE, I CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THE FEAR, ANXIETY, AND UNCERTAINTY THAT BEING IN MY OWN HOME IS NOT SAFE.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M HERE TO HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE AND TO REMIND YOU THAT THE LIVES OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS WHO WILL BE VOTING IN THE CITY, ELECTIONS ARE WORTH THE TAX DOLLARS AND THE LITIGATIONS TO KEEP THEM SAFE.
WE ARE WORTH MORE THAN A PARTY AND A BARBECUE.
I KNOW THAT IF THIS WAS GOING ON BESIDE YOU, OR IF YOUR CHILD'S OR GRANDCHILDREN'S, HOLD ON ONE SECOND HOME WAS VIOLATED, YOU WOULD BE DOING THE SAME THING.
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BUT A PLEA FOR A BASIC RIGHT TO FEEL SAFE IN YOUR OWN HOME.I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO REALLY SUPPORT THIS CAUSE.
UM, NOW WE CAN ASK ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RICK ANELLI.
I WAS JUST GOING TO ADDRESS THE, THE TASK FORCE QUESTION.
AND, YOU KNOW, TO THE POINT THAT, UH, I BELIEVE, UH, UH, BILL FRANCE AND CINDY PATILLO, UH, MADE, UM, I, I THINK A TASK FORCE IS A GREAT IDEA.
LOOKING AT THE, THE, UH, UH, PROPOSED DISTRIBUTION OF MEMBERS, I SAW, YOU KNOW, QUITE A NUMBER OF, UH, BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS, WHICH I THINK SHOULD BE REPRESENTED.
THE, THESE ARE GREAT GROUPS THAT NEED TO HAVE A VOICE.
I ONLY SAW, UH, I BELIEVE TWO, UH, HOA ELECTED BOARD REPRESENTATIVE AND PLAINTIFF NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION THAT WOULD REPRESENT, UH, SINGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNERS IN THE CITY OF PLANO, WHICH IS THE MAJORITY OF OUR HOUSING STOCK.
AND SO FOR ONLY THREE OUT OF 16 SPOTS, I KNOW THIS IS NOT A FINAL DISTRIBUTION, UH, YOU KNOW, TO, TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, TO BE COMPOSED OF, OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN, IN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN PLANO, I THINK WOULD, IT JUST WOULDN'T BE BROADLY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO I THINK IF WE DO DO A TASK FORCE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, THAT IT'S BROADLY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND OWN PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF PLANO.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING THAT I THOUGHT WAS A GOOD IDEA WAS A TASK FORCE FOR COLLECTION OF INFORMATION, BUT NOT FOR DECISION MAKING.
OBVIOUSLY THE PEOPLE HAVE ELECTED US TO, TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT THE ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PLAINO SHOULD BE.
AND I, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE CAPABLE OF MAKING THOSE DECISIONS.
MAYOR AND COUNSEL, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, UM, THIS IS THE, UH, DECISION MAKING BOARD.
SO, UH, RECOMMENDATION WOULD COME THROUGH P THROUGH A COMMITTEE TO P AND Z, AND THEN ULTIMATELY THE DECISION ALWAYS COMES TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO THEY WOULD NOT BE EMPOWERED TO, UH, TO PASS ANYTHING AT, AT THAT POINT.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE, THE NORMAL PROCESS.
ADDITIONALLY, IF, IF COUNSEL, AGAIN, GOING FROM THAT 12 TO 20 RECOMMENDATION, RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE 12 AND 16 UP THERE.
SO IF COUNSEL DID WANT TO ADD, UH, A COUPLE OF POSITIONS TO, TO THOSE CATEGORIES IN ORDER TO, TO, UH, MORE APPROPRIATELY WAIT, THAT, UH, I THINK WE'RE OPEN TO THAT.
AND THE CONSULTANTS, AGAIN, THIS WAS JUST A RECOMMENDATION FROM THEM.
SO IF THAT'S NECESSARY, THAT'S, UH, SOMETHING THAT COULD BE AMENDED, UH, RIGHT HERE.
UM, AS I WAS LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATION, AS I WAS LISTENING TO THE SPEAKERS, UM, I WAS TAKING NOTES, AND THIS IS REALLY KIND OF WHERE I CAME TO A CONCLUSION LOOKING UPON THIS LIST, UM, I, I THINK YOU'LL GET INFORMATION.
UM, I'M NOT SAYING WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE RIGHT INFORMATION, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS YOU'LL GET INFORMATION.
I DON'T SEE THIS PARTICULAR LIST BEING A CONSENSUS BUILDING UNIT THAT'S GOING TO PROVIDE YOU ANY KIND OF GO FORWARD DECISIONS.
BECAUSE WHAT I SEE, AND THIS IS ONLY MY INTERPRETATION, BUT WHAT I SEE IS PROBABLY, UM, THE INSTRUMENT OF DISAGREEMENT COMING THROUGH THE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND HAVING PROBABLY 16 DIFFERENT OPINIONS TO DEAL WITH.
I THINK WE'VE DEALT WITH TASK FORCES IN THE PAST, UM, AND WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THE END RESULTS AND HOW LONG IT CAN TAKE.
SO IF WE APPROACH IT, I BELIEVE, FROM AN INFORMATIONAL GATHERING STANDPOINT, UM, AND GETTING VARIOUS PERSPECTIVES FROM INDIVIDUALS, AND THAT IS THE, THAT IS THE, UM, UH, THE OBJECTIVE.
THEN I THINK THAT WE WILL PROBABLY GET INFORMATION, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL BE OPERATIONAL INFORMATION, BUT WE WILL GET INFORMATION.
THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND WE'LL GET INFORMATION AND WE WILL GET STRONG OPINIONS ON BOTH SIDES.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL EVER MEET IN THE MIDDLE WITH THIS PARTICULAR LIST.
UM, AND SO THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN IS GETTING 16 PEOPLE IN A ROOM, UM, THAT WE HAVE TO THEN, UM, PROVIDE POLICE PROTECTION FOR THEMSELVES.
BUT, BUT I THINK, I THINK PART OF THE, PART OF THE, UM, CONSULTANT'S EXPERIENCE WAS MAKING SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL VOICES HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE FROM ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.
SO TO YOUR POINT OF GATHERING INFORMATION, BUT ALSO, UH, KNOWING THAT, UM, HOPEFULLY WE, WE HAVE THE MAJORITY OF THESE AS RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS IN PLANO.
SO UNDERSTANDING THAT, UH, THE, THE DIFFICULT CHALLENGE, UM, WITH, WITH, UH, A DECISION LIKE THIS, BUT MAKING SURE THAT IT DID REPRESENT THAT FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES WAS EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE LOOKING OR WHAT THE CONSULTANT HAD RECOMMENDED FROM THE, UH, LIST MAYOR PROTON.
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YEAH, I HAVE SOME SIMILAR THOUGHTS TO COUNCIL MEMBER GRADY FROM SOME OF THE OTHER TASK FORCES THAT WE BARELY MADE OUR WAY THROUGH.SO, UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR UPFRONT SO THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE.
UM, AND SO THAT, AND THE COUNCIL'S VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE COMING OUT OF THIS.
I DO THINK THAT FOR THE DOWNTOWN AND LEGACY RESIDENTS, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THE DOWNTOWN RESIDENT WAS A HOMEOWNER AND THE LEGACY RESIDENT.
IF THAT WAS, UM, A LEGACY, LEGACY WEST OR, YOU KNOW, SHOPS OF LEGACY, IF THAT WAS, UH, A HOMEOWNER OR A SOMEONE IN A TOWN HOME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I THINK THAT WOULD HELP WITH OUR, UM, UPPING THE HOMEOWNERS ON THIS LIST.
UM, I DO AGREE THAT HAVING MORE HOMEOWNERS WOULD BE HELPFUL ON THIS LIST.
I DID HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, THOUGH, WITH YOUR CONSULTANT.
IS THEIR WHOLE PURPOSE TO RUN THIS TASK FORCE OR THEIR OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO GET US SOME MORE RESEARCH THAT COULD HELP US IN OUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS? FOR EXAMPLE, DO THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO RESEARCH THINGS LIKE AS WE'RE LOOKING AT ZONING DISTRICTS AND THE IMPACTS OF DOING THAT? SO LOOKING AT ARLINGTON OR OTHER PLACES DOWN IN TEXAS THAT HAVE DONE THAT, WHEN YOU IMPLEMENT A ZONING DISTRICT, UM, WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE SPECIFIC ZONING DISTRICTS? IF YOU MOVE ALL STR TO ONE LOCATIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WILL THEY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE DATA POINTS LIKE THAT TO US? I THINK THEIR FOCUS IS REALLY, THE PUBLIC OUTREACH STAFF HAS DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON VARIOUS ZONING AMENDMENTS AND HAS A WHOLE SPREADSHEET OF SHORT TERM RENTAL, UH, REGULATIONS AND WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
SO WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION TO BRING FORWARD THROUGH THE PROCESS, UM, AS THAT'S NEEDED.
SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU, YOU CAN GET US INFORMATION LIKE THAT FROM ABSOLUTELY.
AND THEY DO HAVE PLANNERS ON, THEY HAVE PLANNERS AND A LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE AS PART OF THEIR TEAM.
SO ABSOLUTELY THE ZONING COMPONENT IS, IS PART OF IT, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE PRIMARY FOCUS.
I THINK IT'S, IT'S REALLY TO HEAR WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY AND GET FEEDBACK, BUT THAT WOULD BE LISTENING TO PEOPLE'S OPINIONS ABOUT ZONING ISSUES.
WELL, I'D LOVE TO, IF, IF WE'RE GOING DOWN THE PATH OF ZONING IS THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED LOOKING AT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE OF INFORMATION FOR ALL OF US TO KNOW AND THE ZONING COMMISSION AS WELL.
JUST GO DOWN THE LIST, CHRISTINE.
SO I, I, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, UM, JUST TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION.
SO AT THIS POINT, THE TASK FORCE DUTY IS SPECIFICALLY JUST TO GATHER ALL THE POTENTIAL ISSUES, COMMENTS AND OPINIONS IN CITY OF PLANO.
AM I CORRECT ABOUT THAT? I THINK THEY'RE GIVING THE CONSULTANTS AND STAFF FEEDBACK ON LIKE, THINGS LIKE THE SURVEY RESULTS AND HELPING US FIGURE OUT, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA DO THIS TOWN HALL.
DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS ON THE CONTENT OF THE TOWN HALL AND HOW YOU THINK THIS SHOULD BE DONE? SO WE MAY PRESENT, OKAY, HERE WE'VE LOOKED AT, UH, STR R PRACTICES IN THE NATION, AND WE THINK THESE ARE MOST APPLICABLE TO PLANO.
DO YOU AGREE? DO YOU HAVE OTHER IDEAS HOW, YOU KNOW, KIND OF VETTING THE CONTENT BEFORE IT GOES OUT TO THE PUBLIC MORE BROADLY? SO THEY'RE SORT OF A, UM, SOUNDING BOARD FOR STAFF THROUGH THE PROCESS.
SO ULTIMATELY THOUGH WE ARE GOING DOWN THE ROAD OF TRYING TO FIND A RE, UH, A SOLUTION TO THE T R ISSUE THAT WE ARE FACING RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT IS, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE TASKFORCE IS DOING, IS PROVIDING WITH, UH, PRO PROVIDING US WITH MORE POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS OR OPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES.
THAT IS CORRECT, BUT THAT DOES NOT DEVIATE FROM WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS TO GO DOWN THE ROAD OF TRYING TO, UM, OBVIOUSLY REGISTER, UM, GETTING LICENSES AND, AND TRYING TO, AND, AND ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, ARE POTENTIAL INTERIM, UM, INTERIM MORATORIUM ON SHORT-TERM RENTAL.
AM I CORRECT ABOUT THAT TOO? THAT IS CORRECT.
DO YOU SEE THE, SO THE INITIAL SLIDE I HAD ABOUT THE KIND OF PARALLEL PROCESSES, IF I CAN GET BACK THERE EFFICIENTLY FOR YOU.
UM, SO THE INTERIM MEASURES WILL STILL GO INTO EFFECT, AND THEN THIS OUTREACH AND DATA COLLECTION THAT'S BEING MANAGED THAT'S SEPARATE, IS SEPARATE? THAT'S CORRECT.
NOW, ANOTHER, UM, UH, I GUESS SUGGESTION THAT I HAVE IS I, I WOULD RECOMMEND JUST LIKE WHAT, UM, UM, COUNCIL AND ELLI SAID, I THINK WE NEED MORE RESIDENTIAL AIR, UH, UH, INPUT FROM DIFFERENT AREAS
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OF PLANO.UM, ALSO DIFFERENT, UM, SOCIOECONOMIC GROUPS AND DIFFERENT ETHNIC CULTURAL BACKGROUND GROUPS.
UM, WE CAN'T JUST HAVE IT FROM, YOU KNOW, WEST PLANO OR JUST FROM EAST PLANO, BUT, BUT RATHER WE NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, INTERMINGLING WITH REGARD TO, UM, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S CULTURAL, RACIAL, UH, RELIGIOUS, UM, SOME SORT OF MIX SO THAT WE'RE GETTING ACTUALLY A WHOLE VER WHOLE VIEW OF, UM, WHAT PLANO IS ALL ABOUT.
UM, IF THERE'S A NEED FOR LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE, I, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER THAT HAS LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE AND, AND THAT'S ALL I REALLY HAVE.
CAN, CAN I CLARIFY SOMETHING BECAUSE YOU SAID INTERIM MORATORIUM AND THAT HAS A VERY SPECIFIC LEGAL DEFINITION AND PRO, UM, PROCESS RELATED TO IT.
AND I THINK WHAT YOU MEANT IS INTERIM BAN, AND I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP.
COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UM, I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT THESE VARIOUS ASSOCIATIONS HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE, BUT IF THIS IS TO BE A DECISION MAKING BODY, THEN I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT, THAT, WELL, DID I, DID I NOT UNDERSTAND THAT THIS BODY WAS TO PROVIDE THE RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH WOULD THEN COME BEFORE US? OBJECTION.
THE PROCESS THAT WE HAD OUTLINED WAS THIS, THIS BODY HELPS ADVISE ON WHAT GOES TO PLANNING AND ZONING AND PLANNING AND ZONING MAKES THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR OUR NORMAL Z ZONE.
IT, IT'S A GATE, BUT IT'S INFORMATION, IT'S DATA GATHERING MORE INFORMATION MORE.
UM, WELL, DOESN'T REALLY CHANGE MY ASSESSMENT.
I THINK THAT THE ULTIMATE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE PASSED ALONG SHOULD BE EXCLUSIVELY BY RESIDENTS OF PLANO.
I THINK THEY SHOULD GET THE FEEDBACK, UM, FROM VARIOUS ASSOCIATIONS, HOTEL ASSOCIATION, UM, APARTMENT ASSOCIATIONS, ET CETERA.
BUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY VOTING TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO PASS ALONG TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION SHOULD BE RESIDENTS OF PLANO.
JUST AS THIS BODY IS, WE'RE ALL REQUIRED TO BE RESIDENTS OF PLANO AND EVERYBODY WE APPOINT TO OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ARE REQUIRED TO BE RESIDENTS OF PLANO, THOUGH WE DO PARTNER WITH ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, OUR, OUR ASSOCIATIONS, BUSINESSES, ET CETERA, BUT THEY AREN'T APPOINTED TO OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
SO I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT THEY SHOULD ALL BE PLANO RESIDENTS AND THAT THAT SHOULD BE THE HAT THEY'RE WEARING.
IF THEY ARE INCIDENTAL MEMBERS OF AN ASSOCIATION, LIKE ANY ONE OF US MIGHT BE.
WE'RE BUSINESS OWNERS IN PLANO.
WHEN WE STEP ONTO THIS DIAS, WE ARE ACTING AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, NOT AS A BUSINESS OWNER OR ASSOCIATION MEMBER.
I FEEL, FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THAT, THAT THIS TASK FORCE SHOULD BE, UH, COMPRISED ACCORDINGLY.
COUNCIL MEMBER, PALMER, ANY THOUGHTS? I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD OTHER THAN THE FACT I FEEL THAT THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN NON HOA NON-MANDATORY HOAS NEED TO BE VERY CAREFULLY WEIGHTED OR MORE, MORE WEIGHTED, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF THE FRUSTRATION.
PEOPLE THAT ALREADY LIVE IN A MANDATORY HOA HAVE SOME, UM, SOME RECOURSE.
THEY HAVE SOME THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO, AND IT'S THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS IN PLANO THAT DO NOT HAVE A MANDATORY HOA.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE PROBABLY EVEN MORE SO REPRESENTED THAN, THAN THE MANDATORY HLAS COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH.
UH, THE FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO ASK CHRISTINA, IS, DO YOU SEE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, IS THERE A WAY TO COMPRESS THIS TIMEFRAME FRAME? I'M JUST, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT WE'RE TALKING, WE'RE HERE, WE ARE IN SPRING OF 23 AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SUMMER OR MID 24, UH, TO GET RECOMMENDATIONS BACK.
AND, AND I KNOW, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE OUR MEETING COMING UP WITH, WITH P AND Z, UH, YOU KNOW, TO DISCUSS SOME OF THESE ISSUES, UH, NEXT MONTH.
BUT DO, DO YOU THINK THIS COULD BE SHORTENED SO WE CAN GET FEEDBACK FROM HOWEVER THIS TASK FORCE IS CONSTRUED TO GET BACK FROM THOSE INDIVIDUALS? UM, I THINK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FOLLOW THE ARLINGTON MODEL OF DOING A DELIBERATIVE PROCESS SO THAT, SO WE HAVE DEFENSIBLE DATA FEEDBACK THAT IT'S VERY, UH, CLEAR AND, UM, JUST CLEAR INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE FOR THE COUNCIL.
SO I THINK THAT WITH THE TEMPORARY MEASURES THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING NEXT MONTH, I HOPE THAT THAT IS HELPFUL TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BUY US SOME TIME TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND GET THE DATA AND THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO MAKE A REALLY FIRM DECISION THAT FOLLOWS THE GUIDANCE OF COUNSEL ON THE ARLINGTON MODEL OF, UM, REALLY A DATA-DRIVEN PROCESS.
SO THAT'S THE WAY IT'S STRUCTURED.
I, I AM CONCERNED IF WE START COMPRESSING IT THAT WE LOSE THE, UM, THE JUSTIFICATIONS THAT WE HAVE THROUGH THAT MODEL.
UM, SO CAN IT BE COMPRESSED? YES.
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DO YOU GET THE SAME OUTCOME? I THINK THE ANSWER IS NO.SO THE TIMEFRAME LOOKS GOOD TO YOU.
SO, UH, BUT IF, IF DURING OUR MEETING, WHEN WE HAVE OUR JOINT MEETING WITH, WITH P N Z, UH, IF WE ARE GET TOGETHER AND WE DO IMPLEMENT AN INTERIM, YOU KNOW, BAN, UH, ON THIS PROCESS, UH, AS DEPUTY MAYOR, UH, WAS, WAS, WAS DISCUSSING THAT YOU DON'T SEE THAT INTERFERING, YOU KNOW, OR TAINTING THE PROCESS WITH THE CITIZEN, UH, TASK FORCE.
IN FACT, I THINK THAT COULD HELP OUR PROCESS BECAUSE IT GIVES US DATA THROUGH THE PROCESS.
SO WE CAN ACTUALLY BE ME MAKING MEASUREMENTS THROUGH A REGISTRATION PROGRAM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IF SPECIFICALLY THE REGISTRATION PROGRAM, I THINK REALLY HELPS US BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE DATA.
NO, I, I, I THINK THIS IS GOOD.
I, I'M NOT EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT GETTING A, A GOOD GROUP OF TASK FORCE PEOPLE TOGETHER.
I KNOW WE WENT THROUGH THE SAME DISCUSSIONS WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER THE COMPREHEN NO, NO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, TASK OR COMMISSIONER THAT TURNED OUT, AND I THINK IT, THAT WORKED OUT VERY WELL.
WE HAD PEOPLE FROM TWO OPPOSITE, YOU KNOW, ENDS OF THE SPECTRUM, AND THEY ALL MANAGED TO COME TOGETHER AND COALESCE AND COME UP WITH, WITH WHAT ENDED UP BEING A GREAT PLAN.
SO I, I THINK THAT THAT WILL, UH, UH, WILL HAPPEN HERE.
BUT, UH, BUT I DO THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THIS CONCURRENCE AT, IN OUR MAY, UH, MAY MEETING THAT WE DO HIT THE PAUSE BUTTON WITH, UH, AT LEAST WITH AN INTERIM, UH, YOU KNOW, BAN TO GIVE, UH, TIME FOR THE FACT GATHERING TO COME TO FRUITION AND GIVE US ALL THE INFORMATION FROM THESE GROUPS AS WELL AS FROM OUR CITIZENS.
AND, AND, AND I DO SUPPORT WHAT COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS SAID IS, I, I REALLY THINK ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS SHOULD BE IF THEY ARE OUR PLANO RESIDENTS, BECAUSE THIS DOES AFFECT PLANO.
IT DOESN'T AFFECT COLIN COUN WELL, IT DOES AFFECT COLIN KEN, BUT IT'S REALLY OUR RESIDENTS THAT, THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT.
SO THAT I, I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
I WISH WE COULD COMPRESS THE TIMEFRAME, BUT I THINK IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO GET IT RIGHT, UH, THAN IT IS TO DO IT, UH, TOO FAST.
SO, I, I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT, UH, THE TASK FORCE NEEDS TO BE A, A, UH, A WIDE ARRAY OF, UH, PLANO RESIDENTS, IF THAT'S AT ALL POSSIBLE.
UH, THE OWNERS, UH, ALL BEING A PART OF PLANO, AND EVEN THE MANAGEMENT, UH, BEING A PART OF PLANO.
WHEN, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, IDENTIFYING THIS TASK FORWARD, IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT? SO, TWO OTHER ASPECTS REAL QUICK.
I HEARD THE, UM, THE DOWNTOWN AND LEGACY BEING PROPERTY OWNERS AS WELL, AND I SAW HEADS NODDING AROUND THE DIAS THAT THAT WAS, UH, AN OKAY SUGGESTION.
I HEARD THE, THE NON HOA REPRESENTATION, I SAW HEADS NODDING AROUND, UH, AROUND THE DIOCESE AS WELL.
SO I TAKE IT THAT THE ADDITION OF A, OF A COUPLE OF POSITIONS WITHIN THAT, UM, FROM THE RESIDENTIAL PERSPECTIVE WAS, WAS, UH, BASICALLY WHERE COUNCIL LANDED, COUNCILMAN? WELL, AND, AND THANK YOU.
SO, JUST TO, TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE I THINK DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS MM-HMM.
ARE WE ENVISIONING THIS BEING MORE LIKE THE ENVISION OAK POINT STEERING COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS A GROUP OF, YOU KNOW, STAKEHOLDERS THAT WEREN'T, YOU KNOW, NECESSARILY MAKING A RECOMMENDATION, JUST PROVIDING FEEDBACK, NOT LIKE THE CPR R RRC, RIGHT? YES.
WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT DOING LIKE A CORRECT.
YEAH, I THINK THIS IS REALLY, REALLY TO GIVE THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION FEEDBACK.
THAT IS, THAT'S A GOOD ANALOGY.
UH, NEXT ITEM DIS DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION OF COMMUNITY RELATION COMMISSION GRANT, PROCESS, AND RELATED POLICIES.
GOOD EVENING AGAIN, COUNCIL MAYOR, AND CITY EXECUTIVES.
UM, WE WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON LAST MEETING, UM, AND PROVIDE YOU SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE CONSOLIDATED GRANT PROCESS THAT IS ADMINISTERED BY THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION.
JOINED WITH ME TONIGHT IS JOHNNY SINGH, WHO IS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION.
SO, HALFWAY THROUGH OUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT, I AM GONNA TURN IT OVER TO HIM.
SO, JUST A LITTLE HISTORY OF THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION.
UM, IT, AS YOU NOTED IN YOUR MEMO, WE DID HAVE, UH, TWO COMMISSIONS THAT WERE JOINED TOGETHER IN 1998, CREATING THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION, UM, PER YOUR ORDINANCE.
UH, THIS COMMISSION REVIEWS HUMAN SOCIAL NEEDS AND RECOMMENDS FUNDING ALLOCATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL IN 2020.
CITY COUNCIL ADMITTED THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES TO INCLUDE THE, UH, LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THEN IN 2022, CITY COUNCIL AMENDED THE BOARD MAKE FOR POSITIONS, UM, THAT WAS SPECIFIC TO THE CONSERVATIVE REVITALIZATION PLAN AREA.
IN ADDITION, CITY COUNCIL POINTS, ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CRC AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES SERVES AS STAFF TO THE C C.
SO, JUST WANTED TO GIVE A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE CONSOLIDATED GRANT PROCESS.
I'M NOT GONNA READ THROUGH ALL OF THIS, BUT,
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UM, ESSENTIALLY, UH, OUR GRANT RECIPIENTS HAVE TO, UH, ATTEND TWO, ONE OF TWO MANDATORY MEETINGS, UM, IN OR IN LATE JANUARY.WE DO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR ONE-ON-ONE WITH STAFF TO HELP THEM WITH THE APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SUBMITTED TO THE C R C.
OUR ONLINE APPLICATION ASK THAT THEY SUBMIT THEIR, UH, APPLICATIONS BY MARCH 1ST EACH YEAR.
SO ALL OF THE NONPROFITS SUBMIT AN ONLINE, UH, APPLICATION.
WE DO THE ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AS REQUIRED.
UH, THE STAFF DOES BY C R C AS PART OF THE, UH, SCORING RUBRIC, AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO REVIEW THAT.
AND, UH, WITH CHEER SING, UM, THE C CRC THEN SPENDS TIME REVIEWING THE APPLICATION AND SCORING THAT.
THEY HAVE A SERIES OF PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT ARE ABOUT SIX OF THEM HELD FROM APRIL THROUGH MAY.
THEY ACTUALLY STARTED THEIR MEETINGS, UM, WITH THE APPLICANTS FOR THIS YEAR LAST WEEK.
UM, AND THEN THERE IS PUBLIC HEARING DELIBERATION BY THE C R C FOR FUNDING, UM, TO RECOMMEND THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO ANNUALLY, THE C R C DOES REVIEW THE CONSOLIDATED GRANT PROCESS, AND THEY MAY MAKE MODIFICATIONS TO THAT.
UM, THEY HAVE TO MAKE ANY MODIFICATIONS ON THE CONSOLIDATED GRANT PROCESS PRIOR TO JANUARY OF THE UPCOMING BUDGET YEAR IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS ENOUGH TIME TO GET THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, AS PART OF THE CITY COUNCIL BUDGET PROCESS JUST NOTED.
UH, THE LAST MAJOR CHANGE TO THIS PROCESS WAS IN 2018, THERE WAS A REMOVAL OF A STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON CONSOLIDATED GRANT APPLICATIONS.
THE C R C DEVELOPED A SCORING RUBRIC FOR THE MEMBERS TO UTILIZE IN REVIEWING BOTH THE SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS AS WELL AS, AS IN-PERSON PRESENTATIONS.
AND THEN THEY CREATED FUNDING CALCULATIONS THAT RELATE TO THE OVERALL APPLICATION SCORE AND THE PERCENTAGE OF FUNDING ALLOCATIONS.
AND I AM GONNA TURN IT OVER TO CHAIR SINGH TO CONTINUE THE PRESENTATION.
C UH, CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR, AND CITY EXECUTIVES.
I AM THE HONOR OF BEING THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION.
AND I'M, I AM ON BEHALF, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THIS, UH, COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION CRC.
WE ARE, AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE, WE ARE A COMMISSION COMPOSED OF NINE MEMBERS APPOINTED BY CITY COUNCIL ON TWO YEAR STAGGERED TERMS. AND FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED AS C R C WITH THE IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITY OF MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ALLOCATION OF, UH, THE GRANT PROCEEDS DOLLAR, UM, TO, TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND, AND, UM, EACH YEAR, WE, THE CRC, WE REVIEW THE PROCESS, UH, THE CONSOLIDATED GRANT PROCESS, AND, UH, WE HAVE CHOSEN TO ADOPT A RUBRIC AS PART OF OUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS.
AND SOMETIMES A PROCESS IS, UH, THE VALUE OF A PROCESS IS BEST UNDERSTOOD AND CONTRAST TO THE ALTERNATIVE.
AND THE ALL'S ALTERNATIVE WAS THAT PRIOR TO 2018, C R C, UH, GOT TOGETHER UPON, UPON, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS FROM THE, THE GRANT APPLICANTS GOT TOGETHER AND DECIDED IN AROUND A ROUND TABLE, UM, HOW MUCH EACH ORGANIZATION WERE, WERE TO GET WITHOUT THE USE OF A RUBRIC.
AND SO, TO THEIR CREDIT, AT SOME POINT IN TIME, THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THE, THE MONEY, THESE ARE CITY MONEY OF THE PLANO CONSTITUENTS, THAT'S, THAT GOES INTO THE FUNDING OF THE GRANT PROCEEDS.
AND THESE ARE FUNDED BY TAXPAYERS, UH, ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY STAFF, AND OVERSEEN BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
UH, THAT'S, THAT'S THEN UTILIZED BY THE, UH, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, UM, IN SERVICE TO THE BENEFICIARIES FOR THE COMMUNITIES.
SO ALL THESE PARTIES, CITY STAFF, UH, CITY COUNCIL BENEFICIARIES, ORGANIZATIONS, THESE ARE ALL STAKEHOLDERS THAT C R C AND THE RECOMMENDATION AND THE GRANT PROCEEDS SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR.
AND THAT'S REALLY JUST THE GENESIS OF WHY THEY CAME UPON THE ADOPTION OF A RUBRIC BASED PROCESS IN THEIR RECOMMENDATION OF GRANT PROCEEDS DOLLAR.
AND SINCE 2018, FOR, FOR CONSECUTIVE FIVE YEARS, INCLUDING THIS YEAR, WE HAVE REVIEWED THE PROCESS AND WE HAVE CONTINUED THE USE OF A RUBRIC AND JUST, JUST FOR BA WE'VE ALL U UTILIZED RUBRICS IN, IN, IN, UM, IN, IN SCHOOLS IN OUR WORK.
AND, BUT JUST IN SIMPLISTIC TERMS, RUBRICS ARE, ARE SENTIMENTS AND EXPECTATIONS PUT INTO WORDS.
AND SO, UM, AND, AND SO I WANNA TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF IN MY TIME WITH YOU TO OUTLINE THE RUBRIC THAT CRC HAS ADOPTED FOR THE CURRENT GREAT YEAR PROCESS.
AND WITH THAT OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO KIND OF EXPLAIN THE RATIONALE AND SOME OF THE, AS MENTIONED IN THE SLIDE, UM, PART OF THE POSITIVES OF THE RUBRIC, THE PURPOSE OF THE RUBRIC IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY TO OUR MANY STAKEHOLDERS THAT THE CRC IS RESPONSIBLE FOR.
IT ALSO ENSURES INTEGRITY PROCESS BY HAVING EX
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BY HAVING STATED GOALS AND EXPECTATIONS, UH, ORGANIZATIONS THAT COME AS APPLICANTS TO CRC FOR THE GRANT, CONSOLIDATED DATA GRANT PROCESS.THEY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT AND WHAT THEY'RE BEING GRADED ON.
UM, LET'S MOVE ON TO NEXT SLIDE.
SO OUR, OUR SCORE IN RUBRIC, UM, IS BASED ON A HUNDRED POINT SYSTEM.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A OVERWEIGHTING ON THE WRITTEN APPLICATION OF 60 POINTS, PUBLIC HEARINGS, 30 POINTS, ADMINISTRATIVE, 10 POINTS.
UM, NOW JUST FOR YOUR REFERENCE, UM, WE SEE, UM, UH, THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION, WE SEE UP TO 30 APPLICATIONS PER YEAR.
AND FOR, FOR, UM, THE RULES OF QUORUM ARE ONLY TWO MAIN TOUCHPOINTS WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE THE WRITTEN APPLICATION AND THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO WE, UM, AND, AND MANY OF OUR COMMISSIONER MEMBERS, OF WHICH THERE ARE NINE, UM, WE COME FROM A BACKGROUND THAT'S NOT WHOLLY FAMILIAR WITH NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
SO, UM, FROM UPON THE RECEIVER WRITTEN APPLICATION, THEY ARE TO GET FAMILIARIZE AND BE ABLE TO SCORE THEM.
SO, UM, AS ANALOG WRITTEN APPLICATIONS, THE EQUIVALENT OF, OF KIND OF THE S A T SCORES AND THE EVALUATION OF THE SUFFICIENCY OF THE APPLICANTS.
SO, UM, SO OUR WRITTEN APPLICATION, IT'S, UH, IT'S A 35 QUESTION APPLIC, UH, 35 QUESTION APPLICATION, AND IT'S SCORED BY THE CRC.
UM, UM, THE PURPOSE OF WRITTEN APPLICATION IS RELATE WHO THE ORGANIZATION IS, WHAT IS THE MISSION THEY'RE SERVING, WHOM THEY'RE SERVING IN THE COMMUNITY, AND ALSO THEIR OPERATING COMPETENCIES ALONG THEIR FINANCIAL WHEREWITHAL.
AND THESE ARE, THESE CRITERION IN EVALUATING IS REALLY JUST BITE SIZE, UM, YOU KNOW, BITE SIZE ATTRIBUTES FOR CRC TO EVALUATE FROM A SCORE PERSPECTIVE.
WE ALSO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH CONSISTS OF A MAXIMUM 30 POINTS.
AND, UM, AND LET ME, LET ME JUST KIND OF U UTILIZE SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS.
DID THE SPEAKER EFFECTIVELY ANSWER THE PUBLIC HEARING QUESTIONS IN THE ALLOTTED TIME? ON THE SURFACE, IT MAY APPEAR, IT MAY APPEAR THAT WE ARE, UM, UH, WE MAY BE, IT MAY APPEAR THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON, UM, YOU KNOW, BEING, BEING STICKLERS ON TIME.
BUT REALITY IS WE ARE TRYING TO, THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING IS THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMISSION TO ASK QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANTS.
SO WE WANT TO, BY PUTTING VALUE WEIGHT WEIGHTED SYSTEM, WE WANT TO INCENTIVIZE THE, UH, ORGANIZATIONS TO BRING THEIR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS TO, TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE ANSWERS TO, UM, THROUGH APPLICATIONS AND TO OUR COMMISSION.
AND THEN LASTLY, THE THIRD COMPONENT OF THE, THE RUBRIC IS, UH, MAXIMUM OF 10 POINTS.
AND THIS IS AWARDED FOR THE, BY THE CITY STAFF.
AND THE, AND THEN AT THE END OF THE PROCESS, ALL THE, ALL THE SCORES FROM THE NINTH COMMISSIONERS ARE AVERAGED, AND WE HAVE CHOSEN TO UTILIZE A CALCULATION, UH, BASED ON THE SCORE OF EACH APPLICANT'S.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE APPLICANT WAS TO SCORE AT 86, WHICH WOULD BE WITHIN A RANGE OF 85 TO 89 POINTS, THEN 90% OF THE APPLICANT'S FUNDING REQUESTS WOULD BE FUNDED.
AND WE, WE THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS, UH, AS OPPOSED TO GETTING TO ROUND TABLE AND DISCUSSING ARBITRARILY HOW MUCH DOLLARS EACH ORGANIZATION SHOULD, SHOULD RECEIVE, WE, WE JUST THOUGHT MORE OF AN AUTOMATED SERVICE WOULD SERVE, UH, FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRANSPARENCY AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF, UM, ENSURING THAT THERE'S EQUAL ACCESS TO A FAIR PROCESS FOR THE APPLICANT ORGANIZATIONS.
WITH THAT, I AM OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS.
SO, FINGER PRO 10, CAN YOU GO BACK TO YOUR PREVIOUS SLIDE? YES.
SO WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF NOT ALLOWING A NEW GRANT APPLICANT TO ACHIEVE THE MAXIMUM 10 POINTS? YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S EVALUATING SYSTEM THAT BASED ON THE DISCUSSIONS BY OUR COMMISSION MEMBERS, WE FELT THAT, UM, TRACK RECORD IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW, FOR THE, FOR THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT COME BEFORE US, THEY DEFINE THEIR, UM, THEIR MISSION STATEMENT, BUT WE ALSO EVALUATE THEM ON OPERATING COMPETENCY AND FINANCIAL, WHERE WHEREWITHAL, AND A BIG COMPONENT OF THAT IS HAVING A TRACK RECORD.
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ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAS RECEIVED PRIOR FUNDING, WE, THE CITY, THE CITY STAFF, HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE WHETHER THEY HAVE MET THE CONTRACT NEEDS OF THE, THE GRANT FUNDING.SO IT'S REALLY JUST TO ENCOURAGE KIND OF ADHERENCE TO A PRIOR CONTRACT REWARDING GRANT PROCEEDS.
SO, BUT COULD THAT SOME, I GUESS AN ORGANIZATION COULD HAVE A GREAT TRACK RECORD OF SERVING PEOPLE, RIGHT? BUT THEY COULD JUST NOT HAVE RECEIVED FUNDING FROM US BEFORE.
SO COULD THAT KEEP US FROM JUST CONTINUING TO GIVE THE SAME MONEY OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO THE SAME ORGANIZATIONS WITHOUT LOOKING TO MAYBE A NEW ORGANIZATION THAT'S HAS A NEW INNOVATIVE WAY TO SERVE PEOPLE? SURE.
AND THEY, AND THEY CERTAINLY COULD, BUT, UH, IF YOU WAIT, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR, UM, RUBRIC CALCULATION FOR THE WAR DOLLARS, THIS IS HELPFUL.
UM, TYPICALLY THAT FIVE POINT IS NOT THE BREAKING POINT FOR THE ORGANIZATION RECEIVING DOLLARS.
TYPICALLY, THE ORGANIZATION IS NOT, UM, THEY'RE GONNA RECEIVE DOLLARS AND THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT FIRST YEAR OF ACCOMPLISHMENT.
BUT WE'RE CERTAINLY OPEN AS A, AS WE DELIBERATE THIS PROCESS EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
SO WE'RE CERTAINLY OPEN TO ANY FEEDBACK IF, IF COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE, YEAH, I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE TO OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY'RE ALREADY AT A DISADVANTAGE SO THAT WE WOULD KEEP PEOPLE FROM EVEN APPLYING IF THEY THINK, OH, WELL, THEY JUST WANNA KEEP THE ORGANIZATIONS THEY HAD.
I DON'T WANT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO THINK, OH, WE SHOULDN'T APPLY TO PLANO BECAUSE THEY GIVE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT TO THE ONES THAT THEY'VE ALREADY GIVEN TO IN THE PAST.
AND I CAN CERTAINLY BRING THAT FEEDBACK BACK TO OUR COMMISSION.
COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS, GO AHEAD.
I DEFER TO, UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE.
I ACTUALLY HAVE A RECOMMENDATION AND, AND A SUGGESTION.
FIRST OF ALL, UH, I THINK TO THE POINT OF MAYOR PROTE, UM, WE, WE REALLY, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE, UM, A VARIETY, A DIVERSE GROUP OF, UM, UH, I GUESS NONPROFITS THAT LIKE TO COME IN AND TRY TO SEEK, UM, OUR FUND AND OUR GRANTS.
BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT, I ALSO DO NOT WANT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, OUR REGULARS, OUR QUOTE UNQUOTE REGULARS TO BE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF OUSTED.
I I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S ANY WAY WHERE WE COULD POTENTIALLY PUT ASIDE A CERTAIN AREA, YOU KNOW, PERCENTAGE OF FUNDING IN WHICH WE COULD FOCUS ON THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE HAVE NEVER, EVER HEARD FROM BEFORE.
NOW, ANOTHER A FEW THINGS THAT I FIND AS A MINORITY IN SOMEBODY WHO'S IMMIGRANT, I HAVE THE FULL INTENTION OF DOING SOMETHING GOOD, BUT I MAY NOT BE THE BEST IN WRITING THE APPLICATION.
AND I MAY NOT BE THE BEST IN ORAL PRESENTATION.
UM, AND THOSE CONSIST OF WHAT 90, 90 POINTS IN, IN A, IN A GRANT, IF I'VE NEVER HAD AN EXPERIENCE IN DOING THIS, I DON'T HAVE A, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, A STAFF THAT COULD HELP ME PUT TOGETHER BROCHURES THAT'S BEAUTIFUL AND PRESENTABLE AND, YOU KNOW, ELOQUENT.
IT IS VERY DIFFICULT BASED ON THIS PROCESS TO GET ANYWHERE.
SO I, I LIKE TO SEE THAT SOMEHOW WE COULD MANEUVER, UM, AND PUT A CERTAIN ASIDE TO DISCOVER NEW, UM, ORGANIZATION THAT WANT TO PARTICIPATE, THAT WANT TO BECOME A PART OF OUR CITY'S, UM, YOU KNOW, GRANT PROCESS AND TO ENCOURAGE MORE OF THESE SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS FROM COMING FROM COMING FORWARD INSTEAD OF BEING SO, YOU KNOW, SO FRUSTRATED OR SCARED OFF.
DID I INCLUDE YOUR PROMISE OR NO? OKAY.
I, AND I CAN CERTAINLY, AND I CAN CERTAINLY ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION, I CAN, UH, BRING THOSE SENTIMENTS BACK.
BUT I CAN ALSO ASSURE YOU THAT THOSE ARE SENTIMENTS MIRRORED IN, UH, BY OUR COMMISSIONERS AND IN OUR DISCUSSIONS AS WE EVALUATE THIS PROCESS EVERY YEAR.
UH, LIKE YOU, I'M THE IMMIGRANT.
ENGLISH IS MY SECOND LANGUAGE, AS YOU CAN TELL.
I'M NOT EQUIPPED WITH PUBLIC SPEAKING.
AND SO THE PROCESS, BUT AS WE EVALUATE THIS PROCESS EVERY YEAR, UH, FOR REFERENCE, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, SOME OF OUR LIMITATIONS IS THAT WE HAVE NINE MEMBERS, VOLUNTEER MEMBERS WHO SERVE ON THE COMMISSION.
WE DO NOT ACTUALLY INTERFACE WITH THE ORGANIZATION PRIOR TO THE WRITTEN APPLICATION.
AND THAT IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAINTAINING, UH, EQUAL ACCESS IN A FAIR PROCESS.
WE DON'T WANT THE PROCESS TO BE INFLUENCED BY
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FAMILIARITY OR PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS OF CERTAIN COMMISSIONERS WITH CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS.AND SO TO, IN, IN, UM, ASSURE FAIRNESS, WE DO NOT, UM, ENGAGE WITH THE ORGANIZATION AS COMMISSION MEMBERS ON BEHALF OF THIS PROCESS, AHEAD OF THE WRITTEN APPLICATION.
NOW THAT BEING SAID, WILL WE BE VERY HAPPY AND WILLING TO EXPLORE WAYS? OF COURSE.
BUT I DO WANT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO UNDERSTAND THE PRAGMATISM OF GETTING UNDER CORN RULES, GETTING NINE COMMISSIONERS TOGETHER WHEN APPLICATIONS WILL RANGE UP TO 30 APPLICANTS PER YEAR.
AND, UM, AND BEING ABLE TO GET THEM IN FRONT OF, UH, THE APPLICANTS AGENCY TO GET TO KNOW THEM.
AND IT'S REALLY BY THE LIMITATIONS OF KIND OF OUR SETUP AND OUR RESOURCES THAT WE ARE SO RELIANT UPON, UM, THE WRITTEN APPLICATION.
AND AGAIN, I UTILIZE THE, UM, THE ANALOG OF THE SATS.
NO ONE IS SAYING THAT THE, AN THAT THE SAT T IS A PERFECT PROXY FOR EVALUATING THE FUTURE PROSPECTS AND TALENTS OF A CHILD, BUT FOR SCALABILITY PURPOSES, FOR ASSURANCE OF FAIRNESS, TRANSPARENCY, THAT IS THE BEST WE'VE GOT SO FAR.
I JUST THINK THAT THAT PROCESS REALLY DOES, UM, HARM AND HURT THOSE, UM, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE STARTING UP.
BECAUSE THE OLDER ONES, THEY ALL, THEY ALL KNOW YOUR PROCESS.
THEY, THEY KNOW HOW TO GET THROUGH IT.
THEY KNOW HOW TO DO THE WRITTEN APPLICATIONS, THEY GOT PEOPLE WORKING ON IT.
IT'S THE SMALLER ONES THAT WE REALLY WANT TO EXPLORE.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE PART THAT I'M, I'M HAVING A LITTLE CONCERN ABOUT THIS BLINDFOLDED SURVEY OR BLINDFOLDED WAY OF LOOKING AT, UM, APPLICANTS AND GRANTS, THAT THAT'S ALL.
AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME WAY OF RESOLVING THAT PROBLEM.
THAT, THAT IS DEFINITELY PROBLEM.
WE'LL, WE'LL, UH, SOLUTION, UH, NOW I'M GONNA START THE REGULAR MEETING.
WE'LL, IF YOU DON'T MIND, WE'RE, WE'LL START THE REGULAR MEETING AND BRING THIS, UH, ITEM BACK SHORTLY.
UM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE A RECESS AND RETURN AFTER WE'VE STARTED THE REGULAR MEETING.