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UH, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR MEETING.
I NOW DECLARE THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL'S CO CONVEN, AN OPEN SESSION THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT WILL BEGIN.
TONIGHT'S REGULAR MEETING WITH THE INVOCATION LED BY MAYOR PRO, TIM CASEY PRINCE AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND TEXAS PLEDGE, LED BY OUR ONE AND ONLY COUNCILMAN GRADY.
FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, WE COME TO YOU TONIGHT AND WE ASK YOU JUST TO BRING YOUR PEACE AND COMFORT TO ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE LOST FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES, FAMILY MEMBERS, COWORKERS IN THE TRAGIC INCIDENT IN ALAN.
WE ASK THAT YOU JUST COME ACROSS THE COMMUNITY AND WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND PEOPLE TODAY AND SHOW THEM THAT YOU'RE NEAR.
WE THANK YOU, LORD, THAT YOU'RE BRINGING, UM, PEACE AND HOPE IN A PLACE AND A TIME WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S NONE.
AND WE ASK YOU, LORD, JUST TO BRING PROTECTION UPON OUR COMMUNITIES, GIVE PEOPLE A SENSE OF PEACE AND SAFETY, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THIS NIGHT TONIGHT.
GIVE US WISDOM AS WE CONTINUE TO SERVE AND TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
FOR ALL, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
[COMMENTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST]
WE HAVE COMMENTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST? I DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER THIS EVENING.UH, 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 ON THE CURRENT AGENDA.
THE COUNCIL MAY NOT DISCUSS THESE ITEMS, BUT MAY RESPO RESPOND WITH FACTUAL OR POLICY INFORMATION.
THE COUNCIL MAY CHOOSE TO PLACE THE ITEM ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
AND THE SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS ALEX STEIN.
WHAT? I SAID QUIT MOVING THE MIC.
AM I ON THE SCREEN? AM I ON THERE? YOU KNOW HOW TO WORK IT.
HEY, COUNSEL, UM, GUYS, GALS AND ALL MY NON-BINARY PALS.
I'M AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NURSE AT BARKSDALE ELEMENTARY.
AND LET'S BE HONEST, THESE KIDS ARE DOING TERRIBLE, PAIGE.
I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES, THESE KIDS IN SIXTH GRADE, THEY'RE TESTING AT A FIRST GRADE LEVEL AND I'M IN THE NURSE'S OFFICE.
I'M GIVING THEM PUBERTY BLOCKERS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
I'M GIVING THEM ADDERALL EVERY SINGLE DAY.
WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION.
THESE KIDS ARE TIRED AND I'M SICK.
HOW ARE THESE KIDS GONNA LEARN IF THEY HAVE NO ENERGY? SO I COME HERE WITH SOLUTIONS COFFEE, WE NEED TO START GIVING KIDS COFFEE, BUT NOT JUST ANY COFFEE.
WE NEED TO GIVE THEM THE ONE, THE ONLY CAST BREW COFFEE.
NOW, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH CAST BREW COFFEE, IT IS SOLD BY A GUY NAMED TIM POOL WHO YOU KNOW IDEOLOGICALLY, SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, HE LEANS RIGHT, BUT LET'S BE REAL ENERGY DOES NOT HAVE A POLITICAL PARTY.
AND THESE CHILDREN ARE BASICALLY ALL AUTISTIC THESE DAYS.
AND SO A LITTLE BOOST OF CAFFEINE, A LITTLE JAVA NEVER HURT ANYBODY.
LET'S HONESTLY JUST TAKE A SELF-REFLECTIVE MOMENT.
ARE THESE PARENTS THAT GOOD? NO.
I HAVE STUDENTS THAT COME IN ALL THE TIME AND THEY TELL ME, OH, MY DAD DOESN'T WANT ME TO DRESS IN A DRESS.
AND SO WHAT DO I DO? I GIVE THEM A DRESS AND I LET THEM DRESS HOWEVER THEY WANT BEHIND THEIR PARENTS' BACK.
SO WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE NON-BINARY KIDS, THEY'RE THE MOST TIRED.
THEY'RE THE ONES GETTING LITERALLY THE MOST HATE FROM THEIR CLASSMATES.
SO MAYOR MUNZ, IF WE CAN JUST GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT OF CASPER COFFEE A LITTLE, LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE HALF THESE KIDS AFTER THEIR GENDER REASSIGNMENT SURGERY, THEY'RE ON FENTANYL, THEY'RE ON PAIN PILLS.
HAVE YOU, COULD YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GET A MASTECTOMY? COULD YOU IMAGINE? AND WE'RE GIVING MASTECTOMIES AT A RATE TO CHILDREN THAT WE'VE NEVER GIVEN IN RECORDED HISTORY.
SO IMAGINE YOU GET A CHILD GETS A MASTECTOMY IN, YOU'RE ALL TIRED IN YOUR CLASSROOM.
YOU DON'T WANNA DO YOUR MATH, YOU DON'T WANNA DO YOUR MATH, AND YOU'RE TOO TIRED.
WE HAVE THE SOLUTION ESPRESSO IN THE CHOCOLATE MILK.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE RISE OF ROBERTO JR.
I MEAN, HALF THESE KIDS ARE VAPING ON THE SIDE.
THEY NEED TO JUST THROW AWAY THAT VAPE, GIVE 'EM LITTLE CAFFEINATION AND WE'LL GET 'EM HIGHER THAN THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
SO I'M HERE TRYING TO FIND SOLUTIONS AND THE SOLUTION IS CAST BREW COFFEE.
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AS A MATTER OF FACT, I ACTUALLY BROUGHT THESE ROSES 20 SECONDS AS A SYMBOLED OF MY LOVE FOR THE COUNCIL.AND I TAKE THESE ROSES AND I GIVE THEM TO EACH OF YOU AS A SYMBOL OF MY LOVE ME MONS, BECAUSE KISS FROM A ROSE ON A GRAVE SEAL SAID IT BEST.
AFTER THE MASTECTOMIES, THEY GET TIRED.
LITTLE CUP, LITTLE ESPRESSO, CASPER COFFEE.
ITEMS FOR END VIGIL CONSIDERATION.
WELL, WE NEED TO DO CONSENT FIRST.
UM, THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY IS ALWAYS OF UTMOST IMPORTANT, WHICH IS WHY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH AND TOMORROW, MAY 9TH, 2023 IS THE SECOND ANNUAL NATIONAL FENTANYL AWARENESS DAY.
NATIONAL FENTANYL AWARENESS DAY IS AN ACTION THAT AIMS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT AN URGENT NATIONAL PROBLEM.
PEOPLE ARE DYING AT ALARMING RATES DUE, TOIC ILLICITLY MANUFACTURED FENTANYL, A DANGEROUS SYNTHETIC OPIOID.
WE WANNA DO OUR PART TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT AN URGENT PROBLEM.
WE INVITE YOU TO TAKE ACTION WITH US TODAY TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD AND SAVE LIVES.
HERE'S SIX KEY FACTS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS CRISIS.
IIC ILLICIT FENTANYL IS BEING USED TO MAKE FAKE PRESCRIPTION PILLS AND IS ALSO FOUND IN COMMON STREET DRUGS LIKE COCAINE AND HEROIN, OFTEN CONSUMED UNKNOWINGLY BY USERS.
ILLICIT FENTANYL IS DRIVING THE RE RECENT INCREASE IN US OVERDOSE DEATHS.
FAKE PILLS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN ALL 50 STATES.
ASSUME ANY PRESCRIPTION PILL YOU SEE ONLINE IS FAKE, INCLUDING OXY, PERCOCET, ADDERALL, AND XANAX.
FAKE PILLS ARE THE MAIN REASON FENTANYL INVOLVED.
DEATHS ARE FASTEST GROWING AMONGST YOUTH.
FENTANYL IS INVOLVED IN MORE AMERICAN YOUTH DEATHS THAN HEROIN, METH, COCAINE, BENZOS, AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS COMBINED.
FENTANYL IS INVOLVED IN MORE DEATHS OF AMERICANS UNDER 50 THAN ANY OTHER CAUSE OF DEATH, INCLUDING HEART DISEASE, CANCER OR HOMICIDE, SUICIDE, AND ALL OTHER ACCIDENTS.
UH, SECONDLY, PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD.
THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS CAN INCREASE AWARENESS AND HELP SAVE LIVES.
KNOW THE SIGNS OF AN OVERDOSE, LOCATE NARCAN NEAR YOU AND LEARN HOW TO ADMINISTER IT AND POST ABOUT THIS ISSUE ONLINE.
LASTLY, NATIONAL FENTANYL AWARENESS DAY WAS FOUNDED BY PARENTS WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES TO THIS CRISIS.
THIS INCLUDES PRECIOUS LIES LOST RIGHT HERE IN THIS CITY.
I'D LIKE TO READ A SHORT STATEMENT FROM THE PARENTS OF SIENNA VAUGHN.
TOMORROW MAY 9TH IS NATIONAL FENTANYL AWARENESS DAY, A DAY DEDICATED TO RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE DANGERS OF FENTANYL.
THE DAY WAS CREATED TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE GROWING OPIOID EPIDEMIC AND THE DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF FENTANYL ON INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES.
FENTANYL HAS BECOME A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO OVERDOSE DEATHS ACROSS THE US AND THE GOAL OF NATIONAL FENTANYL AWARENESS DAY IS TO ENCOURAGE EDUCATION, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT EFFORTS TO COMBAT THIS CRISIS.
THE DAY ALSO AIMS TO REDUCE THE STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS AND TO PROMOTE COMBUSTION AND SUPPORT FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY ADDICTION.
FENTANYL CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM IN THE NORTH TEXAS COMMUNITY, AND NOBODY IS IMMUNE TO THIS PRO, THIS POISON.
WE TALKED TO OUR KIDS ABOUT DRUGS AND EVEN FENTANYL, BUT WE WEREN'T AWARE THAT IT WAS BEING SOLD IN OUR SCHOOLS.
AS PERCUSS SAID, THERE ARE SO MANY STRESSES ON OUR CHILDREN THESE DAYS, AND IT'S EASY TO UNDERSTAND WHY THEY MIGHT WANT TO FORGET ABOUT THEIR TROUBLES FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME.
UNFORTUNATELY, OUR DAUGHTER, SIENNA MADE THIS MISTAKE AND DIED IN HER BEDROOM WHILE WE WERE JUST A FEW FEET AWAY.
SHE DIDN'T GET TO LEARN FROM THIS EXPERIENCE.
WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN TO OTHER FAMILIES IN PLANO.
OUR ASK OF COMMUNITY LEADERS IS TO TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO INFORM THE CI CITIZENRY OF THIS THREAT, HAVE OPEN HONEST CONVERSATIONS WITH CHILDREN, AND LOOK FOR MORE WAYS TO PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION.
PLEASE HONOR SIENNA BY SHARING HER STORY IN ORDER TO SAVE OTHER LIVES.
SIGNED RYAN AND SIENNA, EXCUSE ME.
SIGNED RYAN AND STEPHANIE VAUGHN.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER PALMER.
WE APPRECIATE THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN, UH, TO PREVENT THESE OVERDOSES CERTAINLY IN OUR CITY.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
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LET'S MOVE ON TO 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 THIS AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION BY A COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE CITY MANAGER, ANY CITIZEN.
THE PRESIDING OFFICER OFFICER WILL ESTABLISH TIME LIMITS BASED UPON THE NUMBER OF SPEAKER REQUESTS.
MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
AND SECOND, TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE VOTE.
[(1) Consideration of RFB No. 2023-0164-B for Hoblitzelle Park Trail Extension at Hedgcoxe Road - Phase 2, Project No. 6039.3, for the Parks and Recreation Department to North Rock Construction LLC in the amount of $988,777; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. ]
ITEM NUMBER ONE, CONSIDERATION OF R F B NUMBER 2023 DASH 1 64 DASH B FOR HOLI TRAIL TRAIL, EX HOLII'M THE PARK PLANNING MANAGER WITH PARKS AND RECREATION.
ALL RIGHT, TO ORIENT YOU TO THIS PROJECT, THIS TRAIL SEGMENT IS THE DARK LINE SHOWN ON THIS MAP ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF HEDGE COOK'S WEST OF ELMA.
THIS PROJECT REPRESENTED IN GREEN ON THIS SLIDE IS SOMETHING REFERRED TO AS PHASE TWO.
THE PORTION IN GRAY, PHASE ONE IS ALREADY UNDERWAY.
THIS TRAIL SEGMENT HAS BEEN PLANNED IN OUR PARK MASTER PLAN SINCE 1981.
IN 1999, WHEN THE CITY EXPANDED HEDGE COKES ROAD, A PEDESTRIAN TUNNEL WAS SET UNDER THE ROAD TO ACCOMMODATE IT.
IN THE ENLARGEMENT CIRCLE, YOU'LL SEE THE YELLOW SQUARES, WHICH INDICATE CONNECTION POINTS BETWEEN THE CITIES OF ALLEN AND PLANO.
THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES THE TRAIL GRAB GAP ON THE PLANO SIDE.
ALAN IS WORKING TO ADDRESS THE GAP ON THEIR SIDE FOR COMPLETE CONNECTION IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
THEY PLAN TO ENTER INTO DESIGN CONTRACT OCTOBER ONE.
SO WE'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU A FEW RENDERINGS, UM, ON THIS PROJECT.
THIS IS AN OVERHEAD VIEW OF THE TRAIL BEHIND TWO PROPERTIES, ONE BEING VACANT AND ONE BEING DEVELOPED.
HERE IS AN ON TRAIL VIEW ADJACENT TO UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY FACING NORTHWEST.
AND FINALLY, HERE'S ANOTHER VIEW FACING SOUTHEAST NEAR ONE OF THE DEVELOPED PROPERTIES.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? DO WE HAVE A SPEAKER? OKAY, WE DO.
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, YOU GUYS HAD NO COMMENT.
SO THIS IS, UH, AN ITEM, UH, UH, FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW, UH, THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT.
BUT DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE IS PRESENTED.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION PASSES EIGHT TO ZERO BEFORE WE SAY GOODBYE.
UH, ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS HAS BEEN A LOYAL, COMMITTED COUNCIL MEMBER FOR EIGHT YEARS, WHO HE'S, HE'S ON HIS WAY TO BE COMMITTED, BUT HE'S WORKING ON IT.
BUT RICK, WE HAVE A LOT OF CELEBRATIONS UPCOMING.
BUT TONIGHT, UH, WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR PLANO, FOR THIS CITY.
UH, AS, AS YOU KNOW, A LEADER IN, IN IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT RICK GETS HIS WAY.
SO WE CAME UP WITH A GRADY WAY.
WHO'S GOTTA HOLD IT? DOESN'T, HE DOESN'T NOBODY MEAT.
IS THAT GONNA BE PLACED ON A DEAD END STREET? WE FIGURED, WE FIGURED THE HALLWAY BETWEEN YOUR OFFICE AND YOUR BEDROOM.
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IS, THAT IS GREAT.SHOULD WE, ARE WE ALL GETTING IN THIS OR WHAT'S GOING? OH YEAH.
NO, I'LL JUST STAND RIGHT OVER HIM.
WELL, THERE'S A REAL CAMERA OVER THERE.
IT'S ACTUALLY A REAL SIGN OVER HERE.
WE HAVE A REAL SURELY WE LOOK INTO ONE OF THOSE.
ARE WE FINISHED THE NEXT THANK YOU.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS.