* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] I NOW DECLARE THAT THE P PLANO CITY [CALL TO ORDER] COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED AN OPEN SESSION AND THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. MAYOR PROTO PRINCE WILL BE ON ZOOM. WE'LL BEGIN TONIGHT'S REGULAR MEETING WITH THE INVOCATION LED BY REVEREND DEANNA GOLDSON WITH DISCIPLES CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND I WILL LEAD THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IN THE TEXAS PLEDGE. PLEASE STAND LOVING AND GRACIOUS GOD, WE GIVE YOU THANKS AND PRAISE FOR ALL WHO ARE GATHERED HERE. FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ELECTED, WHO GO ABOUT THE WORK OF GOVERNMENT FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY, FOR CITIZENS WHO C ARE CONCERNED ENOUGH TO COME AND GIVE OF THEIR TIME, WE ASK YOU TO BE WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM GUIDING THEIR HEARTS, THEIR MINDS AND ACTIONS. LEAD THEM TO DO WHAT IS GOOD AND RIGHT FOR ALL. THEY'RE SWORN TO SERVE. LORD, BE WITH THEM IN AGREEMENT AND DISAGREEMENT, INACT, ACTIONED AND IN THOUGHT, OPEN EARS, MINDS, AND HEARTS THAT WHAT IS HEARD WILL BE TRULY WHAT WAS SAID. AND LORD, IN ALL THINGS WE WILL REMEMBER TO GIVE YOU ALL THE HONOR AND GLORY IN YOUR HOLY NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE. 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. THANK YOU. BE SEATED. SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF [PROCLAMATIONS AND SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS] PROCLAMATIONS. MAY IS NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION MONTH A TIME TO ENCOURAGE THE SAVING OF AMERICAN HISTORIC TREASURES. SO ON PLANO IS VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THOSE WHO WORK SO HARD. TO PUT OUR HONOR AND HONOR OUR PAST, I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD CHRISTINA DAY, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING, MIKE BELL, COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING MANAGER, STEVE SIMS, LEAD PLANNER, BOB ISH, AL, HERITAGE PRESERVATION OFFICER HAROLD SICKLER, CHAIR OF THE HERITAGE COMMISSION. NANCY BALDWIN, VICE CHAIR OF THE HERITAGE COMMISSION, NAYER ALE, RAUL HERITAGE COMMISSION MEMBER JANET MOOSE, THE TEXAS POOL FOUNDATION, MALU HEEN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HERITAGE FARMSTEAD MUSEUM, CHARLOTTE LU TEENS PLANO, CONSERVA CONSERVANCY FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION. AND ROBERT PINNELL, NORTH TEXAS MASONIC HISTORICAL MUSEUM AND LIBRARY. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. SO IT'S MY HONOR TO READ THE NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION MONTH PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR REVITALIZING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, FOSTERING LOCAL PRIDE AND MAINTAINING COMMUNITY CHARACTER WHILE ENHANCING LIVABILITY. IT HAS THE POWER TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE SOCIETY'S AND NEIGHBORHOODS BY SAVING AND CELEBRATING AMERICA'S HISTORIC TREASURES. WHEREAS PEOPLE SAVING PLACES IS A THEME FOR THE 2023 NATIONAL PRESERVATION MONTH AND IS SUPPORTED BY THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION, HERITAGE FARMSTEAD MUSICIAN MUSEUM, HERITAGE COMMISSION, THE TEXAS POOL FOUNDATION, PLANO ART ASSOCIATION, PLANO CONSERVANCY FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION, NORTH TEXAS MASONIC HISTORICAL MUSEUM AND LIBRARY NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION. COLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION AND HISTORIC DOWNTOWN PLANO ASSOCIATION. WHEREAS PRESERVATION HAS WORKED AND IS WORKING AND WILL CONTINUE TO WORK FOR PLANO BECAUSE OUR CITY LEADERS, NONPROFIT, NONPROFIT LEADERS, BUSINESS OWNERS AND CITIZENS RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE AND HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND ADAPTIVELY REUSE THESE FOUNDATIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. NOW, I THEREFORE JOHN MUNNS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PLANO, TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM [00:05:02] MAY, 2023 AS NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION MONTH IN PLANO. AND I DO THEREBY ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN ME AND THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL IN CALLING UPON THE PEOPLE OF PLANO TO JOIN THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. IN RECOGNIZING AND PARTICIPATING IN THIS SPECIAL OBSERVANCE, WE ALL BENEFIT FROM BEING AWARE OF OUR HERITAGE AND HISTORY. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU. MAY 29TH IS A, IS OBSERVED AS MEMORIAL DAY A DAY TO HONOR ALL WHO DIED WHILE SERVING OUR COUNTRY IN THE ARMED FORCES. THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO HONOR THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIES FOR OUR COUNTRY. SO IT'S MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO READ A PROCLAMATION REGARDING MEMORIAL DAY. MEMORIAL DAY 2023. WHEREAS MEMORIAL DAY, FIRST KNOWN AS DECORATION DAY BECAME AFTER THE CIVIL WAR, WAS CEREMONIES FOR SOLDIERS WHO HAD FALLEN IN BATTLE AND IS OBSERVED ON THE LAST MONDAY OF MAY, HONORING THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE DIED WHILE SERVING THE US MILITARY. WHEREAS IN 1985, PLANO MEMORIAL PARK WAS CREATED AS A PERMANENT LOCATION TO HONOR PLANOS MORE THAN 12,000 VETERANS, A PLACE WHERE ALL CAN VISIT AND REFLECT ON THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH SO THAT WE CAN LIVE IN FREEDOM AND PROSPERITY AND ENJOY THE BLESSINGS OUR COUNTRY HAS TO OFFER. AND WHERE IN 2021, PLANO CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED FUNDING FOR THE DONOR RECOGNITION PLAZA AT MEMORIAL PARK, CREATING A SPACE FOR DONORS TO HONOR MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS THROUGH THE INSTALLATION OF PERSONALIZED BRICK PAVERS, CREATING A MORE LASTING TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHOM WE SEEK TO HONOR. NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN MUNNS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PLANO, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MONDAY, MAY 29TH, 2023 AS MEMORIAL DAY IN PLANO. AND I DO THEREBY ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN ME AND THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL IN RECOGNIZING THE SACRIFICE OF THOSE WHO HAVE DIED FOR THIS COUNTRY IN EXPRESSING OUR MOST HEARTFELT APPRECIATION FOR THEIR STRENGTH AND VALOR IN DEFENDING OUR NATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE FAMILIES OR MEMBERS, UH, THAT WE HONOR TO, UH, ON MONDAY THE 29TH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. COMMENTS OF [COMMENTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST] PUBLIC INTEREST, 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 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 I DO HAVE TWO SPEAKERS THIS EVENING. THE FIRST ONE IS JAMES RUSSELL. GOOD EVENING. IT'S STEVE MAYOR AND OUR WONDERFUL COUNCIL. I'M COMING TO YOU TONIGHT AS THE OWNER OF A BUSINESS IN DOWNTOWN PLANO, PLANO BARBERS. I'VE BEEN A BARBER IN DOWNTOWN FOR 43 YEARS AND HAVE GIVEN MY WHOLE ADULT LIFE CONTRIBUTING TO THE SU SUCCESS OF DOWNTOWN. I DON'T COME HERE TO GRIPE TONIGHT, BUT JUST TO ASK YOU FOR HELP. THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, WHICH CHANGES THE TRAFFIC PATTERN IN DOWNTOWN PLANO, WILL SLOW THE TRAFFIC AND CO CAUSING AVOIDANCE TO THE AREA. MANY YEARS AGO, WE WIDENED THE AREA BETWEEN G [00:10:01] AND DART. WHEN I SAY WE, I MEAN THE MERCHANTS. THE CITY OF PLANO, THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTIES IN DOWNTOWN WIDENED THE AREA TO TWO LANES EACH WAY. TRAFFIC. AT THE TIME, THERE WERE MANY VACANCIES IN DOWNTOWN AND DOWNTOWN WAS STRUGGLING LESS THAN TWO YEARS AFTER, AFTER ALL THE BUILDINGS WERE FULL AND DOWNTOWN RETURNED TO ITS VIBRANCY. WE HAVE GONE THROUGH MANY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PARKING SPACES AWAY THROUGH THE YEARS, BUT AFTER COVID, AFTER LOSS OF PARKING, AND FINALLY THE COMPLETION OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES, WHICH SURROUND US ALL IN DOWNTOWN. DOWNTOWN IS A BUSTLING AND WONDERFUL PLACE TO DO BUSINESS. ABOUT 95% OF OUR CUSTOMERS DRIVE TO DO BUSINESS IN DOWNTOWN. SLOWING THE TRAFFIC BY REDUCING EACH SIDE TO ONE LANE AND INSTALLING JUST 12 PARKING SPOTS ALONG THOSE WILL MAKE THE TRAFFIC BACK UP BEFORE, AS IT DID MANY YEARS AGO. I ASKED YOU AND A LOT OF OTHER BUSINESSES IN IS BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN ASK YOU TO LEAVE THIS AREA AS IT IS, NOTIFY ALL THE PROPERTY AND BUSINESS OWNERS THAT THIS IS HAPPENING AND HAVE A MEETING WITH THE WHOLE GROUP TOGETHER. I LOVE MY CITY. WE JUST WANT OUR STREETS LEFT AS THEY ARE. WE, WE HAD THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FOR TEXAS FEST THIS YEAR. STILL OUR SHOPS WERE FULL WITH ALL THE PEOPLE DOWN THERE. AND WE ARE ON THE NATIONAL DOWNTOWN REGISTRY AND THE TOURIST DESTINATION, AND WE ARE PROUD OF THAT. I ASK YOU TO LOOK AT THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN ON 15TH FROM G TO DART AND 14TH FROM MUNICIPAL TO R AND LEAVE THIS AREA AS IT IS. WE HAVE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF STRIFE WITH NO INPUT INPUT BEFORE, MOST OF US NOT, NOT MEMBERS OF THE H D P A AND NOT APPRISED OF THE INFORMATION GIVEN TO THE CITY, FROM THE CITY TO THEM. WE'RE A DIVERSE GROUP AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH. SO IN THE FUTURE, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AS A WHOLE, NOT A HALF. IN CLOSING FOR ONCE I COME TONIGHT TO ASK YOU TO DO SOMETHING FOR US, LEAVE IT AS IT IS AND HOPEFULLY AS IT WILL BE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CONNOR CHADDICK. HI, I'M CONNOR CHADDICK. GOOD. OKAY. , UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT. UH, THE SUBJECT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS IS DOWNTOWN PLANO, DOWNTOWN BUSINESS REDEVELOPMENT AREA IN CORRIDOR. PRESENTLY WITH WHAT I'VE SEEN, I THINK WE'RE KIND OF PUTTING THE HORSE BEFORE OR THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE. ON MARCH 31ST, I WENT TO, UH, THE MEETING AND I WAS EXPECTING TO SEE A MASTER PLAN OF DIVISION FOR DOWNTOWN, UH, AND THE EAST SIDE. THAT DID NOT OCCUR. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT WAS ABOUT THE STREETS AND THE TH AND FUTURE DESIGNS FOR THE EAST SIDE STREETS AND THOROUGHFARE SEEMS TO BE THE PRESENT FOCUS. HOWEVER, TOO MANY QUESTIONS GOING ANSWER AS AN EXAMPLE ON 15TH STREET FROM MUNICIPAL TO R, MAKING DECISIONS WITHOUT KNOWING THE CHANGES TO 14TH STREET WOULD BE IRRELEVANT. I KNOW THIS FIRSTHAND BECAUSE I'VE GOT A BUILDING AT MUNICIPAL AND 15TH AND IF THERE'S AN ACCIDENT ON 14TH, EVERYTHING JUMPS TO 15TH STREET AND IT GETS CONGESTED AND PEOPLE DRIVE THROUGH MY PARKING LOT TO MAKE A RIGHT ONTO MUNICIPAL. I'M MAKING THESE STATEMENTS BECAUSE THIS IS LOGIC AND I'VE SEEN IT. TWO OTHER THINGS CONCERN ME. ONE IS A MEN SNOWER REGARDING COMMUNITY COM COMMUNITY INPUT. AND THIS WAS A DOCUMENT THAT CAME OUT FROM LIZ PERKO REGARDING THE PARKS PLAN. AND I SENT THIS OUT TO A NUMBER OF NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND MARK, I THINK YOU WERE GONE AT THE TIME, BUT WHAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT IN THIS DOCUMENTATION [00:15:01] IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, MR. RUSSELL SAID, UH, SENDING STUFF TO H D P A. OKAY? AND THE PIT, H D P A IS A MERCHANT'S MARKETING GROUP. SOME OF THIS INFORMATION ISN'T DISSEMINATED TO ITS MEMBERS OR TO THE DOWNTOWN OWNERS. AND WHEN I SEE, AS IN MS. TURK'S DOCUMENT, WELL, WE SENT THIS OUT FOR COMMUNITY INPUT. WELL, UNFORTUNATELY IT ISN'T DISSEMINATED, AND I'VE BEEN ON BOTH BOARDS, SO I KNOW THIS IS TRUE STATEMENTS. SO I'M SAYING THIS TO MAKE YOU ALL AWARE THAT WHEN YOU SEE THIS 20 SECONDS, BE AWARE OF IT. THE OTHER THING TOO IS I'VE ALSO HEARD IN THE PAST THAT IT'S JUST ME BRINGING THIS AWARENESS, UH, TO COUNSEL. I GOT THIS FROM, UH, MYRNA LYNCH THANKING ME FOR THIS. SHE DIDN'T GET THE INFORMATION. I'VE HAD THE SAME SITUATIONS COME OUT OF RON PIERCE. I'VE ALSO OUTTA BONNIE SHEA. SO LET'S SEE IF WE CAN FIND AN ALTERNATE MEANS OF DISSEMINATING THIS INFORMATION BECAUSE I'M INVESTED IN HERE LIKE YOU ALL ARE, AND THE OTHER OWNERS MERCHANT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHATTING. MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO, UM, MAKE A COMMENT. UM, AS, UM, YOUR NEWLY APPOINTED DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM IN 2023, I WANTED TO EXPRESS MY, UM, APPRECIATION, MY GRATITUDE AND HOW HONOR AND PROUD I AM THAT YOU APPOINTED ME AGAIN AS A DEPUTY MAYOR PROTE FOR THE CITY OF PLANO, UM, FOR THE ASIAN COMMUNITY CONSISTING OF 22% OF OUR POPUL, OUR CITY POPULATION OF 200, NEARLY 290,000 PEOPLE. UM, I BELIEVE THE ASIAN COMMUNITY, UM, ALSO RECOGNIZES THAT. AND THEY'RE ALSO VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT ONE OF THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE BEING APPOINTED AGAIN. UM, WITH THAT SAID, I HAVE MADE SOME, UM, GRIPES AND COMPLAINT THAT I'M THE DESIGNATED ASIAN, BUT MAYOR FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, YOU HAVE PROVED ME WRONG. IN, IN ADDITION TO ALL JOHN MU'S MAYORAL DUTIES THAT HE'S DONE, HE HAS ATTENDED MULTIPLE AND I MEAN MULTIPLE, UM, EVENTS THAT CONCERNS ASIANS, UM, CELEBRATION OF RAMADAN, UM, INDIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UM, ASIAN PACIFIC HERITAGE CELEBRATION, LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION. AND BY THE WAY, LAST YEAR'S NEW, NEW LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION CONSISTS OF 15 DIFFERENT EVENTS IN THREE WEEKS. AND, UM, SO THE MAYOR ATTENDED AT LEAST ONE THIRD OF THAT. OF COURSE, I ATTENDED 15, BUT , UM, MOST RECENTLY THOUGH, UM, OUR MAYOR, UH, FOR THE SAKE OF CITY OF PLANO AND THE PLANOS INVESTMENT TRAVELED TO JAPAN AND KOREA TO SEAL SOME BUSINESS DEAL. THIS IS NOT A PLEASURE TRIP. THIS IS TO SEAL THE DEAL THAT IS REQUIRED BY MANY OF THE ASIAN BUSINESSES. AND FOR, UH, THE PERSONAL TOUCH REALLY DID AFFECT A LOT OF THE BUSINESS THAT, UM, AND BASICALLY SEALING THE DEAL, UM, SO THAT THEY WILL BE MOVING TO PLANO AND INCREASING OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, GOALS. SO I WANTED TO SAY THAT, UH, MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU HAVE BEEN AN INSPIRATION. YOU HAVE OUTDONE ME IN MANY RESPECT, AND I BELIEVE THAT, UM, UM, AS THE YEAR GOES ON, YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA OUTDO ME. , REGRET IT. , YOU'LL BE THE REAL ASIAN . THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET'S MOVE [CONSENT AGENDA] TO THE 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 THIS AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION BY A COUNCIL MEMBER, THE CITY MANAGER, OR ANY CITIZEN. THE PRESIDING OFFICER WILL ESTABLISH TIME LIMITS BASED UPON THE NUMBER OF SPEAKER REQUESTS. DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA? MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA OTHER THAN ITEMS N AND O. THANK YOU. SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION, UH, TO [00:20:01] APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM N AS IN NANCY AND O, PLEASE VOTE. HOW DO YOU VOTE? MAYOR PROTE? I'M MAYOR PRO TEM. YES. OKAY. AND I APOLOGIZE MR. HORN. WE DIDN'T GET YOU CORRECTED, BUT HE WAS HERE. ALL RIGHT. GRADY'S STILL HERE. GRADY, THE GHOST, THE GHOST OF GRADY IS STILL, UM, MOTION PASSES EIGHT TO ZERO. AND, UH, LET'S LOOK AT, UH, LET'S START WITH [(n)  To authorize and establish precedent in harmony with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990; creating a standard for closed captioning for public facing televisions at City facilities; and providing an effective date. ] ITEM N. ITEM N, CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE AND ESTABLISH PRECEDENT IN HARMONY WITH AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990, CREATING A STANDARD FOR CLOSED CAPTIONING FOR PUBLIC FACING TELEVISIONS AT CITY FACILITIES AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MAYOR AND COUNSEL, I'M PLEASED TO BRING THIS BEFORE YOU REALLY JUST ENSHRINING A PRACTICE THAT THE CITY ALREADY, UH, DOES. AND UNDERTAKES WAS HIGHLIGHTED BY, UH, A MEMBER OF, UH, THE PLANO CITIZENRY. UM, THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA FOR ALL OF OUR PUBLIC FACING, UM, UH, SCREENS, TVS, ET CETERA, UH, TO HAVE CLOSED, CAPTIONING INCLUDED. AND SO I THINK WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS TONIGHT, UM, UH, ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, BUT WE'RE PLEASED TO BRING THAT BEFORE Y'ALL. THANKS, ANDREW. COULD WE HEAR FROM THE SPEAKERS? WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS. THE FIRST ONE IS MERRILL EVANS. HOW DO MAYOR? MY NAME IS ME, EVAN. I'VE BEEN PROUD. IN 19 96, 1 DAY I WENT TO DINNER ON THE G BUENA PARK BOARDWALK. THERE WERE TVS IN THE RESTAURANT, BUT THE ONE WE WERE IN DID NOT HAVE CAPTION ON WHAT THE OTHERS DONE. SHORTLY AFTER I STOP WHAT WAS POSSIBLE WHEN THE MAYOR OF BIRTH AND SIGNED AN ORDER INTO LAW TO REQUIRE BALLS AND WHAT WRONG, TO HAVE CLOSED CAPTIONING ON THE ORDINANCE APPLIED TO ANY PUBLIC FAITH IN TELEVISION, INCLUDING , JIM BANKS, , WHEN I WALK OUT, I MOVE THEM BACK. I KNOW I CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON THE TV TO HAVE CLOSED CAPTION. THANK GOODNESS WALKING OUT, NO CAPTION. DR. IT'S TIME TO APPLY TO OUR PUBLIC PLACES, ESPECIALLY THAN MANY PEOPLE USE GRO CAPTION. IN FACT, AN OUTCOME REPORT HAS FOUND 80% OF THE PEOPLE WHO USE GRO CAPTION ARE NOT DEAF OR HEART OF HEARING. WHEN I GO OUT IN PUBLIC, NO SUDDEN MAKE IT HARD FOR ME TO JOIN CONVERSATION. I APPRECIATE WHEN TV WITH CLOSED CAPTION TO HELP ME TAKE A BREAK FROM THE DRAFT OF FOLLOWING A CONFRONTATION. THE BIGGEST BARRIER FOR ME AT THE DEATH IS COMMUNICATION. WHILE I'M A GOOD ON AVERAGE, ONLY CATCH ONE THIRD OF WAS SAID. BUT FOR MORE DETAILS, YOU'LL HAVE TO REFER TO MY PLANO TEDX PLANO TALK ANYWAY, HAVING CLOSE CAPTION IN PUBLIC SPACES, IMPROVED COMMUNICATION AND INCLUSION. THEY'RE DETECTIVE. WE KNOW THE WEATHER CAN TURN ON A DYING. IF THERE WAS A STORM WARNING AND THE CAPTION ON, ON, WE COULD LOSE PRECIOUS TIME IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING SOMEONE TO TURN THEM ON. DID YOU KNOW THAT THE CITY OF PLANO IS NUMBER 35 IN WALLET HEMS BEST STUDIES IN THE US FOR PEOPLE WITH THEIR ABILITY AS THE INFO, BUT THERE'S MORE. PLANO IS NUMBER ONE OUT OF ALL THE STUDIES IN TEXAS, LOOK, KEEP IT THAT WAY AND MAKE PROGRESS IN CREATING A CULTURE OF INCLUSION AND A STEADY TO RETAIN A WELL-EARNED NICKNAME. THANK YOU. AND I WILL LEAVE A COPY OF MY OWN CAPTION WITH THE SECRETARY. AND THANK YOU TO THE CAPTION OF THIS MEETING. DYLAN RAFFY, [00:25:05] GOOD EVENING. HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING TODAY? HELLO MAYOR. HELLO CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL. UH, LAST WEEK, LAST THURSDAY, WE RECOGNIZED GLOBAL ACCESSIBILITY AWARENESS DAY AND THAT DAY IS IT TO PROMOTE DIGITAL INCLUSION FOR, FOR EVERYONE. AND LAST, UH, THURSDAY OR LAST TUESDAY, WE PRESENTED MERRILL SPOKE IN FRONT OF A PANEL IN FRONT OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE AND OUR NEIGHBORING CITY OF RICHARDSON. UM, I WANNA RECOGNIZE MERRILL BECAUSE OF HER ADVOCACY EFFORTS SIMPLY BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO CITY MANAGER MARK IRESON. HE DID THE RESEARCH ALONG WITH ANDREW FORTUNE, MY FELLOW LEADERSHIP, NOR TEXAS CLASSMATE BEST CLASS EVER. BUT BOTH OF THEM WORK TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS NEEDED AND IT IS NEEDED. AND THANK YOU GUYS BOTH FOR PRESENTING THIS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL. IT IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR OUR CITY. IT IS A LITTLE THING THAT WE COULD DO TO IMPROVE ACCESS AND INTENTIONAL INCLUSION FOR ALL. LIKE MERRILL SAID, WE'RE NUMBER ONE IN TEXAS. LET'S CONTINUE TO MAKE IT THAT WAY. LET'S CONTINUE TO MAKE CITY A CITY OF CITY OF PLANO AS A CITY OF EXCELLENCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO I HAVE ITEM N WE NEED TO, UH, VOTE FOR. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, THINK YOU HAVE A MOTION. WHAT? OH, I'M, I'M, I'M HURRYING, I'M HURRYING JASON . I HAVE A, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM N, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES EIGHT TO ZERO ITEM ZERO [(o)  To appoint an Associate Judge of the Municipal Court of Record of the City of Plano, setting the term of office and compensation for the Judge; and providing  an effective date.] OH THE LETTER O ITEM O ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE TO APPOINT AN ASSOCIATE JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF RECORD OF THE CITY OF PLANO, SETTING THE TERM OF OFFICE AND COMPENSATION FOR THE JUDGE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I, UH, PULLED THIS ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA BECAUSE, UH, CONSIDERING THE NUMBER OF OF RESIDENTS WHO INTERACT WITH THE MUNICIPAL COURT, UH, AN AN ASSOCIATE JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT IS A, A VERY IMPORTANT POSITION WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. SO I THOUGHT THIS APPOINTMENT, UH, DESERVED TO BE INDEPENDENTLY RECOGNIZED AS ITS OWN VOTE. UH, SO I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT, UH, UH, AS I'M SURE WE'VE ALL SEEN THAT MARK LEDBETTER HAS THE, UH, BOTH THE, THE DEPTH AND BREADTH OF EXPERIENCE WEARING SO MANY DIFFERENT HATS THAT WILL, UH, UH, OF, OF, YOU KNOW, ROLES THAT WILL INTERACT WITH THE MUNICIPAL COURT AS HE'S AN ASSOCIATE JUDGE OF IT, THAT I BELIEVE HE'S PERFECTLY SUITED FOR THIS POSITION. AND OBVIOUSLY CHIEF JU, CHIEF JUDGE MCNULTY'S RE UH, RECOMMENDATION CARRIES A TON OF WEIGHT. SO, UH, WITH ALL OF THAT SAID, I MOVE THAT WE APPOINT MARK LEDBETTER TO THE VACANCY FOR ASSOCIATE JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT. SO I SECOND AND I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT, UH, MARK. UM, SO MARK AND I GO WAY BACK AND, AND I WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ABOUT MARK THAT HE IS TOO, UH, MODEST TO TALK ABOUT. FIRST OF ALL, HE IS A RETIRED PLANO POLICE OFFICER. AND, UM, AND THEN HE ENTERED INTO THE LAW PRACTICE. HE WAS A PROSECUTOR IN COLLIN COUNTY, UM, DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR A FEW YEARS PRIOR TO, UM, COMING INTO THE PRIVATE WORLD. I'VE MET HIM WHEN HE WAS A, UH, A PROSECUTOR IN, IN COLLIN COUNTY BECAUSE HE'S MANY, MANY YEARS BEHIND ME. I WAS, UH, BY THAT TIME I'VE ALREADY RETIRED FROM THE COLLIN COUNTY DA'S OFFICE, BUT HE WAS THERE. UM, WE HAD MULTIPLE, UM, UH, UM, CASES TOGETHER, UM, IN FRONT OF THE JUDGE. AND, UM, AND HE'S ALWAYS PRESENTED HIMSELF IN THE MOST, UM, MOST HONORABLE WAY, UM, AS A PROSECUTOR SHOULD SEEK JUSTICE, NOT WIN. AND THAT'S EXACTLY THE MODEL THAT HE'S ALWAYS CARRIED WITH HIM AFTER HE CAME OUT TO THE PRIVATE PRACTICE. UM, HE THEN SERVED AS A, UH, CITY PROSECUTOR FOR FRISCO, UM, WILEY. I MEAN, THERE'S SOME OTHER CITIES THAT, MULTIPLE CITIES AROUND THE COLLIN COUNTY AREA, AND HE'S ALWAYS BEEN VERY KIND AND VERY POLITE WHEN I WENT TO HIM WITH MY, UM, WITH MY KNEES ON THE GROUND BEGGING. UM, BUT HE'S ALWAYS BEEN VERY GRACIOUS, UM, WITH, UM, HIS RECOMMENDATIONS AND HIS WAY OF, UH, DEALING WITH CASES ALWAYS BEEN VERY FAIR. AND I, WHEN I HEARD, UM, THAT HE WAS, UM, COMING TO CITY OF PLANO, THE FIRST PERSON I SAID TO EVERYBODY WAS, OH MY GOD, THIS IS GREAT. UM, SO I HAVE NOTHING [00:30:01] BUT THE BEST, UM, WISHES FOR, UM, MARK LEDBETTER. AND I HAVE NOTHING BUT GREAT THINGS TO SAY ABOUT YOU, AND I HOPE THAT YOU'LL BE HERE FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. DO YOU HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND TO APPROVE, UH, ITEM O PLEASE VOTE. MAYOR PROTO? YES. OKAY, THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES EIGHT TO ZERO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JUDGE. APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. [(1)  Second Reading and consideration of an Ordinance to amend Section 3 of Ordinance No. 2003-6-3, Section I of Ordinance No. 2008-4-42, Section I of Ordinance No. 2015-10-17 and Section I of Ordinance No. 2019-11-15 to extend the non-exclusive franchise granted to Denton County Electric Cooperative, Inc., d/b/a CoServ Electric, a Texas electric cooperative corporation, to use the present and future streets, avenues, alleys, roads, highways, sidewalks, easements and other public rights-of-way in the City of Plano, Collin County, Texas, for the purposes of constructing and operating an electric distribution system in the City of Plano; and providing a repealer clause, a severability clause, a publication clause, and an effective date. (First reading was held at the April 10, 2023, City Council meeting.)] ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. ITEM NUMBER TWO. ITEM NUMBER ONE, SECOND READING AND CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION THREE OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 20, THE TWO THREE DASH SIX DASH THREE SECTION ONE OF ORDINANCE 2008 FOUR DASH TWO, UH, 42, SECTION ONE, 2015 DASH 10 DASH 17, SECTION ONE, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2019 DASH 11 DASH 15, TO EXTEND THE NON-EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE GRANTED TO DETON COUNTY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INCORPORATED, DOING BUSINESS AS COSER ELECTRIC, A TEXAS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION TO USE THE PRESENT AND FUTURE STREETS, AVENUES, ALLEYS, ROADS, HIGHWAYS, SIDEWALKS, EASEMENTS, AND OTHER PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY IN THE CITY OF PLANO, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, FOR THE PURPOSES OF CONSTRUCTING AND OPERATING AN ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IN THE CITY OF PLANO, PROVIDING A REPEAL CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A PUBLICATION CLAUSE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THE FIRST READING WAS HELD AT THE APRIL 10TH, 2023 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY EXECUTIVES. MY NAME IS MICHELLE WARNER. I'M THE SENIOR POLICY AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS ANALYST. SO THIS IS THE SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE CURRENT FRANCHISE AGREEMENT BETWEEN KOSER OF ELECTRIC AND THE CITY OF PLANO. AND THE FIRST READING WAS HELD ON AT THE APRIL 10TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING. KOSER OF ELECTRIC PROVIDES APPROXIMATELY 10% OF PLANOS ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE LOCATED IN THE FAR NORTH AND FAR WEST SECTIONS OF PLANO. THE OTHER 90% IS WITH ENCORE. THIS FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH COSTER OF ELECTRIC IS EXTENDED FOR ONE YEAR AND WILL EXPIRE ON JUNE 9TH, 2024, WHILE CITY STAFF NEGOTIATES A NEW FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH COSERV ELECTRIC. AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MICHELLE? DO I HAVE A MOTION? MAYOR, I'LL MOVE TO, UM, UH, PASS THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED. THANK YOU. SECOND. THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND TO APPROVE. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE. ANY COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE. YES. THANK YOU, CASEY. MOTION PASSES. MOTION PASSES EIGHT TO ZERO. THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS. WE'RE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.