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I NOW DECLARE THAT THE P PLANO CITY COUNCIL HAS CONVENED AN OPEN SESSION THAT ALL COUNCIL
[PRELIMINARY OPEN MEETING]
MEMBERS ARE PRESENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MARIA TWO DE, UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TE MARIA, TWO WHO WILL BE ON ZOOM.THE COUNCIL WILL NOW RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND TRAINING ROOM A TO HOLD A CLOSED EXECUTIVE MEETING PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF VERN TEXAS CODE'S 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 E ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS AND SECTION 5 51 0 74 TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS.
I NOW DECLARE THAT THE PLAINTIFF CITY COUNCIL PRELIMINARY OPEN MEETING IS RECONVENED IN OPEN SESSION, THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM MARIA, TWO IS ON ZOOM.
OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE PRELIMINARY AGENDA IS CONSIDERATION ACTION RESULTING FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.
FIRST ITEM IS PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS ITEM A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
DO YOU WANNA TAKE THAT OR IT'S ALRIGHT.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH AND I HAVE CONFERRED.
WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, REAPPOINT REGULAR MEMBER CONNOR BARON, UH, AND, UM, REGULAR MEMBER, UH, MANSOOR KARIMI, UH, AS WELL AS ALTERNATES, KAREN ESA AND JOSE FIGUEROA, UH, LEAVING ONE VACANCY.
UH, SO I'LL MAKE THAT A MOTION.
WE'RE GONNA DO HAND VOTING NOT ONLY FOR P O M, BUT FOR THE REGULAR MEETING TOO.
WE'RE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, SO I HAVE A MOTION.
DID YOU SECOND THAT, RICK? SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE REAPPOINTMENTS, UH, FOR THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
ALL IN FAVOR, MARIA, YOUR HAND.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS AND I HAVE CONFERRED.
WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, DEFER, UH, THESE REAPPOINTMENTS TO OUR NEXT MEETING.
I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED TO MOVE.
SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO, UH, DEFER OR TABLE THE, UH, REAPPOINTMENTS FOR BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION.
MOTION PASSES EIGHT TO ZERO HERITAGE COMMISSION.
UH, WELL, I GUESS, UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TE TWO AND I HAVE CONFERRED AND, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, REAPPOINT NANCY BALDWIN, UH, LEAVING THREE VACANCIES.
I HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND TO, UH, REAPPOINT NANCY BALDWIN TO THE HERITAGE COMMISSION.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
COUNCIL MEMBER HORN AND I HAVE, UH, SPOKEN ABOUT THIS, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO DEFER, UH, THIS UNTIL THE FIRST MEETING IN AUGUST.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO DEFER, UH, P AND Z'S, UH, REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE AUGUST 14TH MEETING.
ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS PERSONNEL REAPPOINTMENTS, UH, ANIMAL SHELTER AT AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
MR. MAYOR, ON THIS PARTICULAR ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WE WOULD LIKE TO RETAIN MADELINE NORRIS ON THE COMMITTEE, AND WE WILL HAVE TWO OPENINGS.
AND SECOND FOR THE REAPPOINTMENT OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
MOTION PASSES, EIGHT TO ZERO CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'D LIKE TO REAPPOINT PENNY ROB AS CHAIR I, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT KENNY R TO THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
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EVEN CLOSE, BUT WHATUH, ALL IN FAVOR OF, UH, REAPPOINTING PENNY ROBE FOR CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
COMMUNITY COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION.
UM, SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HORN AND I HAVE CONFERRED ABOUT THIS, AND, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, TO DEFER THESE APPOINTMENTS TO THE FIRST MEETING IN JULY.
SO, UH, I WILL, UH, MOVE TO TABLE AUGUST.
OH, IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING? SO WE'RE NOT, NOT THE JULY 24TH.
SO I HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND TO DEFER COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION, REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE AUGUST 14TH MEETING.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TWO, AND I HAVE CONFERRED ON THIS, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO DEFER TO, UH, OUR DECISION TO THE AUGUST 14TH MEETING.
MAKE A MOTION, UH, MARIE, YOU SECOND.
I GOT A MOTION, A SECOND TO DEFER THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS.
UH, UH, LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD.
UH, I BELIEVE, UH, THAT, THAT MAY BE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS AND, AND MYSELF.
I'D LIKE TO DEFER THAT TO, UH, TO THE NEXT.
UH, IS IT, IS THAT WILLIAMS? I MAY, I MAY HAVE THAT WRONG.
UH, I THOUGHT, UH, FOR LIBRARY ADVISORY, WE WERE GOING TO, UH, APPROVE ALL OF THE, UM, UH, RE APPLICANTS.
IT WAS, UM, IT, IT WAS, UH, BUILDING STANDARDS THAT WE WERE GOING TO DEFER.
I'VE GOT SO MANY PIECES OF PAPER HERE.
I, UH, LO LOST SOMETHING IN THE SHUFFLE, BUT
OKAY, LET, LET ME TAKE A SHOT AT THIS.
UM, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, UH, REAPPOINT, UH, JESSICA BARNICK, YOU DONG ADAM GRIFFITH AND, UH, CAROL SEWELL, UH, LEAVING ONE OPENING.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND TO REAPPOINT, UH, BARNICK DON GRIFFITH AND SEWELL.
IS THAT, DID I, AM I RIGHT ON? NO.
THE CITY MANAGER HAS JUST POINTED SOMETHING OUT AS I, AS I WAS, UH, SHUFFLING THOSE PAPERS AROUND.
I ACCIDENTALLY READ OFF A NAME IN THERE THAT IS NOT REQUESTING REAPPOINTMENT.
I GUESS I, I WILL MOVE TO MODIFY.
UH, THE MOTION THAT WE JUST, UH, PASSED, I GUESS, UH, SO THAT WE ARE REAPPOINTING JESSICA BARNICK, ADAM GRIFFITH AND CAROL SEWELL LEAVING TWO OPENINGS.
UH, AND MY APOLOGIES FOR THE, UH, FOR THE MISTAKE.
SECOND TO AMEND THE, UH, THE MOTION FOR BARNICK GRIFFITH AND SEWELL.
UH, MR. MAYOR, WE WANT TO, UH, RETAIN, UH, JUSTIN ADCOCK, BRIAN CHAAT, AND HAYDEN PAGEANT.
AND WE HAVE TWO OPENINGS FOR THIS AWARD.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE.
ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
I WILL DEFER THOSE UNTIL AUGUST 14TH.
I HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND TO DEFER PLANO HOUSING AUTHORITY UNTIL AUGUST 14TH.
P PLANO IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION.
YEAH, I'D, I'D LIKE TO, UH, REAPPOINT JACK CARR, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AS THE COUNCIL APPOINTED DIRECTOR.
AND SECOND, UH, TO, UH, REAPPOINT JACK CARR IN THE, UH, PLANO IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION.
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ALL IN FAVOR.RETIREMENT SECURITY PLAN, COMMITTEE, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'D LIKE TO DEFER, UH, ACTION ON THIS UNTIL THE AUGUST 14TH MEETING.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, LAURA AND I HAVE, UH, CONFERRED ON THIS, AND WE WILL BE REAPPOINTING, UH, SHERRY, UH, SMAR.
AND WE HAVE, UH, THREE MEMBERS THAT, UH, ARE REQUESTED NOT TO BE REAPPOINTED.
THAT WOULD BE, UH, BOLAND,
SO THAT WILL LEAVE US WITH THREE OPENINGS.
SO I HAVE A, UH, MOTION, A SECOND FOR THE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD, REAPPOINTMENT FOR SHERRY S SCARMOTO.
MOTION PASSES EIGHT TO ZERO TAX INCREMENT FINANCING AND REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWO AND THREE BOARDS.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS AND I HAVE CONFERRED.
AND, UH, WE WILL BE, UH, UH, LET'S SEE, REAPPOINTING, UH, THE CHAIR, UH, COREY RONER AND MEMBER JASON TYRA.
AND WITH, UH, LET'S SEE, LIZ LANSING AND TRACY MCDANIEL.
AND THAT WILL LEAVE US WITH, UH, FOUR VACANCIES ON THIS, UH, BOARD AND MAKE THAT A MOTION.
SO I, OKAY, SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO REAPPOINT THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWO AND THREE BOARD FOR THE FOUR PEOPLE THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED.
ALL IN FAVOR, MOTION PASSES EIGHT TO ZERO.
WE HAVE JUST ENOUGH TIME TO GET TO THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORT BY CARRIE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR I, I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE.
UM, SO WE WILL GO THROUGH THIS QUICKLY BECAUSE I KNOW WE ARE IN A TIME CRUNCH.
I AM HERE TONIGHT TO GIVE Y'ALL A VERY BRIEF UPDATE ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN UP TO, UM, IN OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE IN 2022, AND A LITTLE SNIPPET ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO THIS YEAR.
SO WE HAVE A BRIEF MISSION STATEMENT, A BRIEF, BUT LOFTY MISSION STATEMENT FOR OUR OFFICE.
UM, THE MISSION OF THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE IS TO RESTORE COMMUNITY SAFETY AND CONFIDENCE BY BRINGING ORDER TO THE CHAOS FOLLOWING DISASTER.
SO WE DO THAT IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.
WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE A RELATIVELY LARGE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STAFF.
WE ARE FUNDED FOR NINE POSITIONS.
TWO OF THOSE ARE PART-TIME POSITIONS.
UM, ALTHOUGH I HAVE ASKED FOR ONE OF THOSE PART-TIME POSITIONS TO BECOME A FULL-TIME POSITION BECAUSE OF CHANGES TO WORKLOAD AND SOME OF, UM, THE EXPECTATIONS THAT HAVE COME TO OUR OFFICE AND, AND CHANGES IN SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR OUR OFFICE, ESPECIALLY POST COVID.
UH, WE ORGANIZE OUR FUNCTIONS AROUND THREE MAIN THEMES TO DEVELOP READINESS, TO COORDINATE RESPONSE, AND TO EXPEDITE RECOVERY.
AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT ALL OF THESE VERY, VERY BRIEFLY, UM, VERY QUICKLY, OUR 2022 YEAR END REVIEW.
SO I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE, BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE.
UM, BRIEFLY AT THE BEGINNING OF 2022, OUR, UM, FRIENDS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE TRAINING WAS CO-LOCATED IN OUR OFFICE.
OUR OFFICE WAS ACTUALLY DESIGNED TO HOUSE, UM, 10 STAFF MEMBERS.
WE HAD 16 IN OUR OFFICE, WHICH MEANT, UM, WE WERE DOUBLED UP.
WE WERE USING CONFERENCE ROOMS AS OFFICES, AND WE HAD TWO PEOPLE, UM, IN OFFICES.
AND, UM, SO WE WERE SNUG IN OUR LITTLE OFFICE.
BUT JANUARY, WE STARTED WITH OUR E O C HOSTING, THE FIRST OUT OF 63, UM, OUTSIDE TRAININGS AND MEETINGS IN FEBRUARY.
WE RESUMED CLASSES FOR OUR BOY SCOUTS.
WE OFFERED SEVEN CLASS CLASSES OVER THE YEARS, BUT, UM, WE OFFER A CLASS WHERE THE SCOUTS ACTUALLY GET THE MAJORITY, THE BULK OF THE, THEIR REQUIREMENTS FOR THEIR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS BADGE.
WE ALSO PUBLISHED THE WINTER STORM URI AFTER ACTION REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL.
EVERY MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY, WE WORKED TO RUN
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ALL OF OUR, UM, POLICE FIRE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL THROUGH ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILLS.WE HAD GONE TO TRAINING IN OCTOBER OF 2021, WHERE THE ACTIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT RAPID RESPONSE TRAINING OUT OF SAN MARCOS, UM, ACTUALLY HAD DONE A STUDY SHOWING THAT THE MOST HAZARDOUS, UM, UH, HAZARDOUS RESPONSES FOR POLICE AND FIRE PERSONNEL WERE ACTUALLY OUTDOOR EVENTS, UM, DURING ACTIVE SHOOTER EVENTS.
SO WE CONDUCTED A DRILL AT THE RED TAIL PAVILION AND RAN EVERY POLICE AND, UM, FIREFIGHTER THROUGH THAT DRILL.
IN MAY, WE KICKED OFF OUR HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN MEETING.
UM, WE'RE BRINGING THAT PLAN TO YOU FOR ADOPTION.
UH, IN JUNE OF 2022, WE HAD THE HAZMAT OR THE H MAP CITIZEN AND INTERESTED PARTY SURVEY GO OUT IN JULY.
WE HAD, UM, SOME UPGRADES TO OUR E O C TO ALLOW VIDEO TELECONFERENCING AND ALL OF OUR ROOMS. WE HAD DONE A LARGE UPGRADE IN, UM, IN 2017 AND 2018 DID NOT ALLOW VIDEO TELECONFERENCING IN EVERY SINGLE ROOM.
WE REALIZED DURING COVID THAT WAS A MISTAKE AND WE NEEDED TO CORRECT THAT.
IN SEPTEMBER, WE BROUGHT OUR COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN TO COUNSEL FOR ADOPTION IN SEPTEMBER.
WE ALSO SUBMITTED OUR HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN TO TT IM FOR THE INITIAL REVIEW.
SO OUR INITIAL REVIEW WENT TO T IM IN SEPTEMBER.
IT'S JUNE, WE'RE FINALLY BRINGING IT TO Y'ALL FOR ADOPTION BEFORE SENDING IT BACK TO T IM AND FEMA FOR FINAL APPROVAL.
UH, IN OCTOBER, WE HOSTED SOME ADDITIONAL CLASSES AND TRAINING.
AND THEN IN NOVEMBER, WE, UM, HOSTED TRAINING FOR THE TEXAS HIGHWAY PATROL.
THAT WAS FIRST TIME WE HAD HOSTED TRAINING.
WE HOSTED FOUR CLASSES FOR THEM.
WE HAD 50 TROOPERS IN OUR BUILDING.
LIKE I MENTIONED, WE HAD 63 TRAININGS IN OUR BUILDING FOR, UM, OUTSIDE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES.
FIRE TRAINING MOVED OUT OF OUR BUILDING IN SEPTEMBER.
I KNOW, UM, CHIEF BIGGERSTAFF TALKED TO YOU ABOUT HOW EXCITED HE WAS.
UM, WE WERE ALSO EQUALLY EXCITED, UM, THAT THEY MOVED OUT AND THAT WE WENT BACK TO, UM, USING OUR BUILDING JUST FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT BECAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF TRAINING THAT WE DID.
UH, WE ALSO HOSTED, UH, ABOUT 15 OUTSIDE AGENCIES FOR TOURS OF OUR BUILDING.
WE USED AV IN A UNIQUE WAY IN OUR E O C.
AND SO A LOT OF PEOPLE COME TO SEE HOW THAT, UM, IS USED UNDERDEVELOPED READINESS.
SOCIAL MEDIA HAS BEEN A, UM, VERY BIG TOOL FOR US.
THESE ARE A COUPLE OF THE MORE FUNNY AND POPULAR SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS OR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS.
UM, ONE IS HOW WE EXPLAIN A WATCH VERSUS A WARNING.
UM, ONE IS TRYING TO EXPLAIN THAT WE HAVE OUTDOOR WARNING SIRENS AND NOT JUST TORNADO SIRENS.
AND THEN ONE WAS DURING THE WINTER STORM, UM, INSIDE IT'S WARMING COZY OUTSIDE.
THERE COULD BE BEARS, WE DON'T KNOW.
UM, BUT WE HAVE SEEN A HUGE INCREASE, UM, HUNDREDS PERCENT IN INCREASE IN BOTH TWITTER AND FACEBOOK SINCE WE HAVE, UM, TAKEN A MORE HUMOROUS APPROACH TO THAT COMMUNITY CONTACT HOURS IN 2022, WE WERE JUST COMING BACK, UM, AND THINGS WERE BECOMING MORE NORMAL.
WE, WE WERE AT 20, WE DID 26 DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS AND FESTIVALS AND EVENTS.
THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 115 CONTACT HOURS IN 2023.
WE'VE ALREADY DONE 30 EVENTS FOR A HUNDRED CONTACT HOURS.
UM, THAT'S HOW LONG AS IN, THAT'S NOT TOTAL HOURS OF STAFF.
THAT'S JUST, UM, HOW LONG EACH OF THE EVENTS WHEN YOU ADD THEM UP.
WERE, UM, I HAVE A VERY SHORT VIDEO THAT WE'RE GONNA PLAY ABOUT CERT.
THE CONFIDENCE THAT SHOULD A SITUATION ARISE, THAT YOU HAVE THE CAPABILITIES TO REACT TO THAT SITUATION.
IT'S REALLY EMPOWERING TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE WHAT'S GONNA BE THERE FIRST, YOU'RE WHAT'S GONNA COMFORT THE PEOPLE.
OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE MADE UP OF REALLY EVERYONE.
THEY ARE SOME OF THE MOST AMAZING PEOPLE THAT YOU'LL EVER MEET.
THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT AND THEY ALL WANT TO BE PART OF OUR CERT PROGRAM FOR MANY DIFFERENT REASONS.
IT'S, UM, AND IT STARTED AGAIN IN THE FALL.
UM, BUT WE STARTED THAT BACK UP AGAIN.
PREVIOUSLY IN THE FALL OF 2022.
WE'VE SHORTENED IT TO WHERE IT'S A THREE-DAY COURSE.
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OFFERING.UM, BUT WE'VE TRAINED OVER 300 PEOPLE, UM, IN CERT, UM, SINCE ITS INCEPTION HERE IN PLANO.
AS I MENTIONED, WE STARTED THE SCOUT EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS BADGE, UH, BASICS BACK UP.
LAST YEAR WE OFFERED SEVEN COURSES AND TRAINED OVER, UM, 100 SCOUTS.
THIS YEAR WE'VE OFF ALREADY OFFERED THREE COURSES AND TRAINED ABOUT, UM, 60 SCOUTS.
LAST YEAR, WE UPDATED OUR COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN.
WE'VE DONE AN EXTENSIVE REWRITE TO OUR HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN.
WE DEVELOPED FACILITY EMERGENCY PLANS, UM, AND THEN WE'VE DONE AN UPDATE HER ACTIVE THREAT, UM, PROGRAM GUIDANCE.
WHILE WE'VE LED THESE EFFORTS, THESE EFFORTS ARE, UM, TRULY GROUP EFFORTS.
WE DEAL WITH ALL OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS.
UM, IN THIS PROCESS, WE'RE COORDINATING THE EFFORTS WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT, UM, DEPARTMENTS AND OUTSIDE AGENCIES FOR OUR HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT ADMINISTRATION.
OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, WE'VE MANAGED, UM, ABOUT 2.5 MILLION WORTH OF GRANTS.
WE USED THESE GRANTS TO EQUIP PRIMARILY OUR POLICE AND FIRE, UM, SPECIALIZED UNITS WITH, UM, EQUIPMENT.
WE COORDINATE RESPONSE THROUGH DIFFERENT TRAINING.
LAST YEAR WE OFFERED TRAINING ON SOME INSTANT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE, SOME OF OUR NIMS TRAINING, VARIOUS, UH, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS. THIS YEAR WE'RE, UM, ROLLING OUT OUR FACILITY EMERGENCY PLANS.
WE'RE CONDUCTING SOME TRAINING, BRINGING SOME OUTSIDE AGENCIES IN TO HELP US WITH THAT.
UPCOMING, WE'RE DOING AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UH, ACADEMY, HELPING PEOPLE BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THEIR ROLES IN THE E O C AND THEN ALSO OFFERING TRAINING ON, UM, OUR, OUR INSTANT MANAGEMENT TOOL WITHIN THE E O C.
WE CONDUCT DRILLS AND PARTICIPATE IN DRILLS WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS AND OUTSIDE AGENCIES.
WE CONDUCT THAT LARGE ACTIVE THREAT EXERCISE WITH OUR POLICE, FIRE AND DISPATCH, UM, DEPARTMENTS EVERY OTHER YEAR.
AND THEN, UM, THIS NOVEMBER WILL BE GOING UP TO EMMITSBURG TO THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TRAINING ACADEMY TO DO A WEEK LONG DRILL AS WELL.
UM, WE DO WEATHER WARNINGS AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THIS BRIEFLY.
IT'S HOW WE DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO, UM, UH, SOUND.
THE OUTDOOR MORNING SIRENS IN 2022, THERE WERE 24 DIFFERENT, UM, DAYS THAT WE HAD TO WATCH STORMS. UM, IN 2023.
WE'VE HAD A BANNER YEAR THERE.
THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN 21 DAYS WHERE WE HAD TO WATCH STORMS. UM, AND SAYING THAT WE HAVE TO WATCH STORMS, THAT IS, UM, STORMS THAT COME THROUGH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
UM, THERE ARE SOME DAYS WHERE WE MIGHT BE WATCHING A STORM AT TH AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, AND THEN, UM, AGAIN AT 10:00 PM THAT NIGHT.
JUST BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE WEATHER IS SETTING UP, I COULD NOT GIVE A PRESENTATION WITHOUT MENTIONING OUR OUTDOOR WARNING SIRENS.
ONE, WE HAVE A CONFIRMED TORNADO IN THE CITY OF PLANO.
TWO, WE HAVE A TORNADO WARNING THAT IS NAMING PLANO THREE.
WE HAVE, UH, HAIL THAT IS AN INCH AND A HALF OR GREATER, OR FOUR.
WE HAVE A WARNING WITH THE CRITERIA OF DESTRUCTIVE WINDS 70 MILES PER HOUR OR GREATER.
HOWEVER, THE SIRENS ONLY MEAN ONE THING, AND THAT IS TO GO INSIDE AND GET MORE INFORMATION.
UM, WE EXPEDITE RECOVERY BY ASSISTING WITH THE REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS.
SOME NUMBERS REAL QUICK, COVID EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE.
WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 1.6 MILLION WORTH OF FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN REIMBURSED THAT WE SUBMITTED FOR AND WAS REIMBURSED.
WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 1.4 MILLION THAT HAS BEEN REIMBURSED FROM THE COVID VACCINATION CLINICS THAT WERE RUN ANOTHER ALMOST HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
AND THEN FROM WINTER STORM URI, THERE WAS, UM, A LITTLE UNDER, OR A LITTLE OVER $200,000 THAT WAS SUBMITTED FOR, AND THAT HAS BEEN REIMBURSED, UH, FOR MITIGATION.
OUR HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN WILL COME UP, UM, FOR, UH, ADOPTION, UH, LATER ON TODAY.
AND THEN THEIR HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAMS THAT WILL BE OPEN UP NOW THAT OUR HAZARD MITIGATION, UH, ONCE OUR HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN RECEIVES FINAL APPROVAL FROM BOTH TM AND FEMA.
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AND THOSE ARE PRE-DISASTER MITIGATION.UM, GRANT FUNDS, A HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM, AND THEN A FLOOD MITIGATION ASSISTANCE AND A BUILDING RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITY GRANT OR BRICK GRANT.
SO, UM, THAT WAS A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING.
UM, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK ME.
WE'LL GATHER ANY QUESTIONS AND CIRCLE BACK WITH YOU, CARRIE.
BUT, BUT I THINK EVERYBODY WILL GET A, A MUCH DEEPER UNDERSTANDING IN NOVEMBER.
WE, UM, WE'RE GONNA, I'M GONNA COME BACK TO YOU, ANDREW, WHEN WE, UH, START THE REGULAR MEETING.
BUT I DO WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GET THE CONSENT AND AGENDAS, UH, TAKEN CARE OF.
ANY ITEM, UH, SOMEONE WANTS TO PULL A CONSENT AGENDA, THE ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS.
WE WILL START THE REGULAR MEETING.