Jul 24, 2023 City Council

JULY 26TH, 2023 IS THE 33RD ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.

BE SEATED.

SO TONIGHT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ A PROCLAMATION

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Proclamation: July 26, 2023, is the 33rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Presented

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I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD CALEB THORNHILL, WHO'S DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING AND ANDREA PARK, ENGINEERING COMPLIANCE MANAGER AND A D A COORDINATOR.

THE PROCLAMATION READS, AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT 33RD ANNIVERSARY, WHEREAS THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OR THE A D A WAS AN ENACT, WAS ENACTED BY THE HUNDRED FIRST UNITED CONGRESS AND SIGNED INTO LAW IN JULY 26TH, 1990 BY PRESIDENT GEORGE H W BUSH IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH A COMPREHENSIVE AND CLEAR PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY.

WHEREAS THE CITY OF PLANO

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REAFFIRMS ITS ONGOING COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE INCLUSIVE ACCESS TO POLICIES, PROGRAMS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND FACILITIES TO ALL INDIVIDUALS.

IN RECENT YEARS, THE CITY HAS INVESTED NEARLY $20 MILLION ON NEW AND EXISTING PROJECTS TO IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY IN PLANO, IN THE WAY OF SUBSTANTIAL ENHANCEMENTS TO OUR TRAILS, SIDEWALKS, AND RAMPS, PLAYGROUNDS, PROGRAMS, AND CLOSED CAPTIONING SERVICES WHERE WHEREAS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND ON A D A ANNIVERSARY, THE CITY OF PLANO RECOGNIZES AND CELEBRATES THE 33RD ANNIVERSARY OF THIS LANDMARK EVENT AND THE IMPORTANT WORK OF PROMOTING EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

NOW, I THEREFORE JOHN MUS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PLANO DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JULY 26TH, 2023 AS AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT DAY IN PLANO.

I DO THEREBY ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN ME AND THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL AS WE EMBRACE OUR DIVERSITY AND COMMIT OURSELVES TO PROVIDING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WITH EQUAL ACCESS TO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS THE CITY OF EXCELLENCE HAS TO OFFER.

[Presentation: Tom Muehlenbeck Recreation Center staff members are being recognized for their rescue efforts. Presented]

I FORGOT MY MIC.

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, UH, THAT I KNOW ALL OF YOU ARE VERY PROUD OF, AND I CERTAINLY AM VERY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT, UH, THIS HONOR TO THOSE THAT WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND, UH, THE CALL OF DUTY, THE TOM MUUH BECK RECREATION CENTER.

STAFF MEMBERS ARE BEING RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR RESCUE EFFORTS.

I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD TIMOTHY SUTHERLAND, OWEN MCSPADDEN, AMIR AUI, ETHAN LEE, BRIANNA COLEMAN, MARELLA ADELE, MICHELLE ALVAREZ, GRACE FARLEY, NICHOLAS MENDOZA.

IF YOU'LL ALL COME DOWN.

WHILE YOU'RE COMING DOWN, LEMME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, WHAT THESE FINE FOLKS DID.

ON JULY 27TH WHILE EXERCISING IN THE LAZY RIVER AT THE TOM BECK RECREATION CENTER, TIMOTHY SUTHERLAND SUFFERED CARDIAC ARREST AND SLIPPED BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE WATER FACILITY.

AQUA AQUATIC AQUATIC STAFF FOLLOWED THEIR TRAINING PROTOCOL PERFECTLY TO PROVIDE LIFE-SAVING CARE FOR MR. SUTHERLAND STAFF PERFORMED A WATER RESCUE AND REMOVED HIM FROM THE POOL WHERE THEY CONDUCTED A PRIMARY ASSESSMENT AND FOUND NO BREATHING OR PULSE.

STAFF THEN APPLIED AN A E D AND ADMINISTERED C P R C P R CONTINUED UNTIL MR. SUTHERLAND SHOWED SIGNS OF LIFE.

WHEN PLANO E M SS ARRIVED.

WITHIN FIVE MINUTES, MR. SUTHERLAND WAS BREATHING.

PLANO PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF REGULARLY TRAIN AND PREPARE TO RESPOND APPROPRIATELY TO MEDICAL EMERGENCIES IN THE POOLS AND REC CENTERS.

AND THIS POSITIVE RESULT IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT EXTENSIVE TRAINING.

ANOTHER LIFE HAS BEEN SAVED.

LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

YOU STAY RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE HERE.

I'LL STAND NEXT TO YOU.

YOU GOT LOOK.

I JUST NEED ABOUT FOUR, FOUR ON EACH SIDE.

CLOSE.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

ALRIGHT.

BET.

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT.

YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? GO AHEAD.

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HELLO.

THIS IS MY FIRST CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

IS IT ON? IS IT ON? YES, GO AHEAD.

UH, I MOVED TO PLANO IN 84.

THERE WAS NOTHING HERE.

NOW IT'S A CITY.

UH, BUT NO, ME AND MY WIFE LOVE THE REC CENTER, AND I GUESS I GOT SAVED.

I MEAN, THEY, THEY PULLED ME OUT OF THE WATER AND BROUGHT ME BACK TO LIFE AND I'M VERY, VERY GRATEFUL TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED FOR THAT.

UH, I DON'T REMEMBER IT.

I WOKE UP IN THE HOSPITAL, BUT, UH, BUT YEAH, YOU DESERVE THE RECOGNITION.

THAT WAS, UH, QUITE AN EFFORT.

I WAS DEAD , AND HERE I AM BACK IN PLANO AND I, UH, I LOVE IT HERE.

SO THANK YOU.

COMMENTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST, COMMENTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST.

AND I'LL BE BACK AT THE REC CENTER SOON.

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THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS TO ALLOW UP TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER WITH 30 TOTAL MINUTES ON ITEMS OF INTEREST OR CONCERN, AND NOT ON ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE CURRENT AGENDA.

THE COUNCIL MAY NOT DISCUSS THESE ITEMS, BUT MAY RESPOND WITH FACTUAL OR POLICY INFORMATION.

THE COUNCIL MAY CHOOSE TO PLACE ITEM ON A FUTURE AGENDA, AND I DO HAVE FOUR SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.

THE FIRST ONE IS DONNA MACY.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR COUNSEL, DONNA MACY, TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD 2 1 6 8 0 0 DASH 1 4 3 0.

OBJECTIVE TO RECEIVE SUPPORT BY ADDING THIS TOPIC, JUSTICE FOR GABBY COMMUNITY SAFETY AND SECURITY TO THE PLANO COUNCIL AGENDA TO BE FORMALLY DISCUSSED, PLEASE.

GOAL OBJECTIVE, TRANSPARENCY OF THE ANIMAL PLANO, ANIMAL CONTROLLED POLICY, PROCEDURES, AND PROCESS UTILIZED IN THE DECISIONS OF THE ANIMAL BITES DOGS, THE VICIOUS DOGS TO THE PUBLIC.

HOW THIS RELATES TO SERIOUS INJURIES BY ITS HUMANS AND DEATHS OF PETS FROM UNREGISTERED, UNVACCINATED DOGS THAT RUN AWAY AFTER THE ATTACK.

IT HAS BEEN 86 DAYS SINCE MY FAMILY WAS ATTACKED, SERIOUSLY INJURED AND BITTEN BY TWO STRAY DOGS THAT ATTACKED FROM BEHIND, ALSO BITING MY NEIGHBOR AND KILLING MY GABBY GIRL BY UNVACCINATED UNREGISTERED DOGS THAT RAN AWAY.

THE PLANO ANIMAL CONTROL HEARING ON MAY 17TH WAS A REVICTIMIZATION OF MR. STEVE COOKSEY, LIN WILKINS, AND MYSELF.

HOUSE BILL 2 1 2 7 DOES NOT AFFECT THE TEXAS HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE, WHICH CONTAINS THE CHAPTER ON DANGEROUS DOGS, SHELTERS AND RABIES SO THAT THIS CAN BE DISCUSSED.

CAN I SEE A SHOW OF HANDS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CHASED, BITTEN, ATTACKED DOGS KILLED IN THE US 22 CENSUS, 84 PEOPLE WERE KILLED BY ANIMAL BITES IN THE US I'VE SPOKEN TO NUMEROUS VETERINARIANS, ER CLINICS WHO ARE BEGGING FOR THE PLANO ANIMAL CONTROL TO ENGAGE.

HAVING LEARNED THIS CREATE ORDINANCE FOR VETERINARIANS TO REPORT PLANO ANIMAL CONTROL AND ANIMALS BROUGHT IN MAULED.

SO AS PLANO ANIMAL CONTROL CAN RESPOND EXPEDITIOUSLY TO HAVE OWNERS FILL OUT VICIOUS DOG ATTACK AFFIDAVITS AND NOTARIZED TO EXPEDITE, TO OBTAIN RABIES STATUS OF THE VICIOUS DOG FOR HUMAN BITES IN REAL TIME, AS OPPOSED TO HAVE TO WAIT 12 DAYS OR LATER.

THIS IS NOT SUBJECTIVE, AS IT HAS THE PROPENSITY TO BE LIFE OR DEATH OF A HUMAN BITE OR PAINFUL, EXPENSIVE, 38 EXPENSIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES RABIES TO THE HUMANS IN INTERIM, AS WE WAIT, GABBY'S ORDINANCE SOLUTIONS.

SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT INCREASED PENALTIES, FINES FOR IRRESPONSIBLE PET OWNERS.

DOGS ARE CONSIDERED PROPERTY.

SO HOW ABOUT GETTING A CLAIM AGAINST PROPERTY CASUALTY LOSS FOR DOGS OR INJURE PEOPLE BITE KILL PETS AND RUN AWAY.

POLICE REPORT PERSONAL INJURY, HOMEOWNERS INSURERS, RENTERS HOUSE A VICTIM.

CAN WE OBTAIN THE OWNER'S INFORMATION THAT IS HEAVILY PROTECTED BY EMERGENCY VETERINARY CLINICS AND PLANO ANIMAL CONTROL? THERE IS CLEARLY A PROCESS MISSING HERE.

CLEARLY.

GABBY ALERT ON THE NEXTDOOR APP, OR SIMILAR TO THE CITY OF PLANO FIXIT ALERT, FIXIT APP TO ALERT COMMUNITY WHEN AND WHERE LOOSE ANIMALS ARE SPOTTED IN A TIMELY REAL-TIME EFFORT.

GIVE PLANO ANIMAL CONTROL ASSIST ON THIS APP TO DEFINE PROXIMITY OF ANIMAL WITH BETTER EFFICIENCY AND EFFICACY BEFORE HARM OR DEATH OCCURS TO BE PROACTIVE.

NOW THAT WE KNOW WHAT DOES NOT WORK, LET'S PROACTIVELY DEFINE WAYS TO IMPROVE POLICY, PROCESS

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AND TRANSPARENCY TO EFFECTIVELY CREATE POSITIVE CHANGE IN COMMUNICATION TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY.

WHEN I ASK WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE PLANO LAWS IN TEXAS, FROM EVERYONE I'VE SPOKEN TO IN THE LAST MS. MASON, TRICKY MURKY RAY MS. MASON, LET'S EMPOWER PLANO ANIMAL CONTROL TO IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY FOR POLICY AND PROCEDURE.

LET'S EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ON ANIMAL SAFETY, RECORDING AND REASSURING AND GAINING THE TRUST FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT WILL, SOMETHING WILL BE DONE.

PLANO, ANIMAL CONTROL, VISUAL PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY AT THE BEAUTIFUL PARKS, POOLS, AND NATURE PARKS THAT NOW MOST PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO ENJOY.

MS. MACEY, LET THIS MOMENT BE THE CATALYST OF CHANGE SO THAT WE CAN ENJOY OUR PLANO AGAIN, THE CITY OF EXCELLENCE.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME BOB MACY, MAYOR AND COUNCIL BEFORE THE THE NEXT SPEAKER.

UM, THE REFERENCE WAS MADE TO, TO HOUSE BILL 2127.

UM, AND I, THERE IS A LOT, UH, ABOUT THAT BILL THAT IS STILL GOING TO BE RESOLVED WITHIN THE COURTS.

WE ARE ACTIVELY MONITORING, UM, THE IMPACTS OF THAT BILL, BUT IT MAY TAKE SOME TIME TO KNOW THE, THE EXACT IMPACT OF B 2127.

SO JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON YOUR RADAR.

HELLO, MY NAME IS BOB MACY.

UM, I RESIDE IN ZIP CODE 7 5 0 2 3, AND ON APRIL 28TH OF THIS YEAR, MY SISTER'S FAMILY WAS ATTACKED BY TWO VICIOUS PIT BULLDOGS THAT WERE KNOWN TO BE NUMEROUS REP REPORTS AND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS.

THEY WERE UNREGISTERED, THEY WERE UNVACCINATED.

IT RESULTED IN INJURIES, UH, TO, UM, LYNN OF, UH, TWO BROKEN TEETH, UH, REQUIRING, UH, SEVERAL FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION, UM, SURGERIES ON HER FACE.

UM, THE NEIGHBOR RAN OUT TO TRY TO PROTECT HER, UH, WOUND UP GETTING SEVERELY BITTEN AND WAS REQUIRED TO UNDERGO RABIES SHOTS, WHICH HE OPTED TO TAKE THE CHANCE AND DID NOT TAKE THE SHOTS BECAUSE OF THE FEAR OF THE PAIN.

AND HE WAS INVOLVED WITH THE, UH, LOS ANGELES, UH, THE, UH, LAS VEGAS SHOOTING WHERE ALL THE PEOPLE HE WENT WITH WOUND UP GETTING SHOT AND KILLED.

SO HE ALREADY HAS PETE, UH, T S D AND THIS HAS COMPLETELY SET HIM BACK, AND HE HASN'T EVEN LEFT THE HOUSE, WHICH IS THE REASON HE'S NOT HERE BECAUSE OF ALL THIS.

ACCORDING TO Y'ALL'S WEBSITES, THERE'S 500 DOG BITES A YEAR JUST IN THE CITY OF PLANO.

BUT THE, BUT THEY SAY THAT IT'S MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM GO UNREPORTED.

ALTHOUGH IT'S REQUIRED BY SECTION 8 2 6 0 4, 1 OF THE TEXAS HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE TO REPORT A DOG BITE.

A LOT OF THEM ARE NOT REPORTED.

STATE FARM INSURANCE REPORTS JUST IN THE CITY OF PLANO THAT THEY AVERAGE A COST OF $42,000 PER DOG BITE IN, UH, DOG BITES WITH THEIR INSURED PEOPLE.

UM, THE DOGS THAT WERE BIT THEM WERE REPORTED NUMEROUS TIMES, AND WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM IF THEY WERE BEEN REPORTED NUMEROUS TIMES WHY NOTHING WAS DONE UP TO THAT POINT, TO AT LEAST GET 'EM REGISTERED AND AT LEAST GET 'EM VACCINATED.

BUT THAT WASN'T DONE.

UM, THE, UM, THE DOG ATTACKS IN THE CITY OF PLANO WERE JUST REALLY BASICALLY GETTING OUTTA HAND.

NOW.

WE WENT TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT MEETINGS AND IT JUST SEEMED LIKE ALL THE RIGHTS THAT THE PERSON WHO OWNED THE DOG, THE VICIOUS DOGS, THEIR RIGHTS WERE PROTECTED ALL THE WAY.

I MEAN, JUST, JUST LEANING SECONDS IN THAT WAY.

AND WE WERE BASICALLY JUST KIND OF HANGING.

IT'S LIKE THEY CARED SO MUCH FOR THE PERSON WHO OWNED THE DOGS AND US.

WE KIND OF JUST KIND OF LEFT HOLDING THE BAG.

AND, UH, THE ONE THING THAT REALLY, UH, REALLY, UH, WAS THE MOST POIGNANT PART OF IT WHEN I ASKED, SHE WAS TOLD TO GET RID OF THE DOGS WITHIN 30 DAYS.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THAT 30 DAYS.

IS IT GONNA ESCAPE AGAIN AND BITE MORE PEOPLE DURING THAT 30 DAYS? WHO KNOWS? YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS? BUT, UM, THE, THE MOST POIGNANT THING WAS WHEN I ASKED WILL.

SO YOU'RE SAYING AS LONG AS SHE GETS IT OUTTA THE CITY LIMITS, EVEN IF YOU GO THREE MILES UP THE STREET INTO THE CITY OF DALLAS AND IT WINDS UP BITING A KID, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THEN? AND I WAS TOLD NOT OUR PROBLEM.

MR. MACY, YOUR TIME IS UP.

GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND STAFF.

THANK YOU, SUSAN ROSSBACH.

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I'M HERE TONIGHT AGAIN, ADDRESSING YOU AFTER MONTH OF INTENSIVE RESEARCH ON THE LOOSE AND DANGEROUS DOG PROBLEM, YOU MIGHT RECALL 'EM, AN ENGINEER AND AN URBAN PLANNER.

I HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH OVER 50 RESIDENTS ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES KNEELING WITH DOG ATTACKS, DOG BITES, RABIES SHOTS, AND FINDING AND RETURNING LOST PETS.

I AM SADDENED BY THE DAMAGE, PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND FINANCIAL BEING CAUSED BY LOOSE DOGS IN OUR CITY.

WHY IS THE LOOSE AND DANGEROUS DOG SITUATION SO IMPORTANT TO PLANO? NOT JUST INDIVIDUALS, BUT TO THE COMMUNITY? IT IS MORE PREVALENT THAN ANYONE KNOWS.

AS MANY ATTACKS AND LOOSE PETS ARE NEVER REPORTED TO PLANO ANIMAL SERVICES.

LEACHED PETS ARE OFTEN ATTACKED BY, AT LARGE DOGS AND LEASH LAWS SHOULD BE EQUITABLY ENFORCED.

LOOSE DOGS ARE INCREASINGLY THREATENING PEOPLE IN PUBLIC SPACES.

IN THE PAST MONTH, THERE HAVE BEEN INCIDENTS AT THE TEXAS POOL AT RUSSELL CREEK PARK, AND ON THE TRAILS.

IN NO CASE WAS THE OWNER OF POUND.

MOST TIMES WHEN LOOSE DOGS ATTACK, THE VICTIM HAS NO WAY OF FINDING THE OWNER OR THE ADDRESS OF THE DOG.

SO, PLANO ANIMAL SERVICES DOESN'T DO ANYTHING.

MOST OF US CANNOT AFFORD TO BE BITTEN BY AN UNVACCINATED DOG.

RABIES SHOTS START AT $10,000 A SERIES AND MUST BE ADMINISTERED AT THE HOSPITAL.

RABIES VACCINATIONS FOR DOGS ARE WIDELY AVAILABLE AND INEXPENSIVE.

THE CITY HAS A MANDATE, A TEXAS LAW TO CONTROL THE SPREAD OF RABIES, YET NO ONE IS MONITORING THE VACCINATION STATUS OF OUR PETS.

LOOSE DOGS CREATE THE PERCEPTION OF UNSAFE STREETS AND THEY GENERATE BAD PUBLICITY.

QUARANTINING AND BOARDING JET DANGEROUS AND LOOSE DOGS EATS UP VALUABLE SHELTER SPACE FOR ANIMALS THAT ARE TRULY HOMELESS.

NOT ENFORCING OUR ORDINANCES FOR LICENSING, VACCINATION AND CONTROL OF PETS CAN RESULT IN SERIOUS LIABILITY FOR THE CITY.

THERE NEEDS TO BE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON HOW TO REPORT DOGS THAT ARE LOOSE, OR DOGS THAT BITE, AND THE LAWS THAT APPLY TO ALL PET OWNERS.

LOOSE DOGS HURT THE VIBRANCY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

20 SECONDS.

MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, YOUR CONSTITUENTS WANT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS.

I WILL ONCE AGAIN SEND Y'ALL THIS INFORMATION AND MY RESEARCH BY EMAIL USING THE CITY OF PLANO WEBSITE LINK.

PLEASE CHECK YOUR JUNK MAIL.

I LOOK FORWARD TO AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS LOOSENED DANGEROUS DOGS WITH ALL OF THE CITY STAKEHOLDERS AND ANY OF Y'ALL WHO ARE INTERESTED.

AN APPEAL INFORMATIONAL PACKET TO THE CITY COUNCIL LIAISON REPRESENTATIVES TO THE HERITAGE COMMISSION, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM TWO, AND COUNCIL MEMBER RICK ELLI VIA VIEW, UH, VIA ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION IS RECOMMENDED BY CITY STAFF PERSONNEL.

THE LAST SPEAKER IS ROBERT PINNELL.

MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL, PLANO CITY MANAGER, SENIOR ATTORNEY FOR THE RECORD.

I'M ROBERT PINNELL, A 43 YEAR PLANO RESIDENT, AND THE SECRETARY DIRECTOR OF THE NORTH TEXAS MASONIC HISTORICAL MUSEUM AND LIBRARY.

LOCATED IN THE PLANO DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT, HEREAFTER KNOWN AS THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY.

I HAVE PROMISED YOUR CITY SECRETARY THAT I WOULD ONLY GO TWO MINUTES AND FIVE SECONDS IF I COULD STAY ON SCRIPT.

I'M GOING OFF SCRIPT RIGHT NOW.

WHAT I HAVE TO SAY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US IN THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY, BUT IT DOESN'T REACH THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WHAT HAPPENED AT THE MUHLBACH REC CENTER OR DOGS BITING CHILDREN.

HOWEVER, I'M HERE FOR A PURPOSE AND THAT PURPOSE THIS EVENING IS TO INFORM THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF THAT THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY WILL APPEAL A RELEVANT PORTION OF THE HERITAGE COMMISSION'S.

20 23 24 GRANT RECOMMENDATION SCHEDULED TO BE PRESENTED AT THE AUGUST 17TH BUDGET WORK SESSION.

THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY FORMALLY INITIATED THE PROJECT, UH, PROCESS THIS PAST FRIDAY, PROVIDING

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THE CITY COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING MANAGER, BUDGET DIRECTOR, AND EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL WERE SIMULTANEOUSLY PROVIDED THE APPEAL INFORMATION PACKET, MR. MAYOR, MR. CITY MANAGER, THE NORTH TEXAS MASONIC HISTORICAL MUSEUM AND LIBRARY.

NEITHER FALSE NOR CRITICIZES THE CITY PLANNING STAFF FOR EXECUTING THEIR DUTIES AS INSTRUCTED OR CITY ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS THAT VOLUNTEER TO CONDUCT AN OVERSEE CITY AND COMMISSION BUSINESS.

IF ANY ORGANIZATION CAN UNDERSTAND THE OBLIGATION OF RESPONSIBILITY AND VOLUNTARISM, IT'S FREE MASONRY, IT IS INDEED UNFORTUNATE THAT WE MUST BRING THIS APPEAL TO YOUR ATTENTION.

BUT THE PLAINTIFF CITY COUNCIL APPEARS TO BE THE ONLY ELECTED BODY THAT CAN HEAR THE FACTS, 20 SECONDS, DELIBERATE THE MERITS, AND HOPEFULLY RESOLVE THE ISSUE IN A FAVORABLE POSITION.

I MUST BRING YOU UP TO DATE, MR. MAYOR AND MR. UH, ISRAELSON.

SINCE SENDING THIS OUT LAST FRIDAY, I HAVE HEARD PERSONALLY FROM COUNCIL MEMBER RICK ELLI AND MR. BELL, AND WE HAVE, THEY'VE ASKED ME IF I WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO MEET WITH THEM PRIVATELY OR HOWEVER, AND WE SAID CERTAINLY I'M AVAILABLE WILLING AND WILL MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE BETWEEN NOW AND AUGUST THE 17TH, I THINK THE DATE IS, AND WE LEAVE IT IN THEIR HANDS AND SEE WHERE WE GO FROM NOW.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR CONSIDERATION, AND FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR SHA.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

MOVE ON 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.

MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE PASS THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF ITEMS, AB, AD, AE AND AF.

A B TO APPROVE THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE AGREEMENT FOR TAX REBATE FOR CALENDAR YEARS 2024 THROUGH 2031.

I HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE FOUR ITEMS, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES EIGHT TO ZERO ITEM

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BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF PLANO, TEXAS, A HOME RULE, MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND CORE WEAVE, INCORPORATED A NEW JERSEY INCORPORATION AND AUTHORIZING ITS EXECUTION BY THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS AUTHORIZED DESIGNEE.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

A ITEM AD TO APPROVE A CONTRACT WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY FAIRS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 140 CENT $7,475 FOR THE HOMELESS AND HOUSING AND SERVICES, HOMELESS HOUSING AND SERVICES PROGRAM UNDER THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 23 0 6 2 95 85.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

UH, TO APPROVE ITEM A B, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES SEVEN WITH ONE ABSTENTION.

NEXT ITEM ITEM

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DESIGNATING CITY MANAGER AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXECUTING THE CONTRACT CONSISTENT WITH THIS RESOLUTION, GIVING REQUIRED ASSURANCES, ACTING IN CONNECTION WITH SAID CONTRACT AND PROVIDING REQUIRED INFORMATION, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY

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MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

UH, MR. MAYOR, UM, IF IT'S POSSIBLE, WE'RE, I'M HAPPY TO CONSIDER, UH,

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ITEMS AD A

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E AND AF AS A BLOCK SO THAT, UH, LISA DOESN'T HAVE TO READ THEM ALL INDIVIDUALLY, BUT, UH, THE SUGGESTION WAS MADE, AND I AGREE, I'VE EXPRESSED THE SAME DESIRE, UH, PHILOSOPHICALLY BEFORE.

TO ADD THE LANGUAGE, THE CITY SHALL ALLOCATE A MINIMUM OF 95% OF ALL FUNDS RECEIVED FROM THE DEPARTMENT TO A LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL ACT AS THE SUB-RECIPIENTS TO ADMINISTER THE FUNDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ASCRIBED PURPOSES IN THIS SECTION.

UM, AS I'VE BROUGHT THIS UP, UH, HERE AND THERE IN THE PAST, THE IDEA IS TO ENABLE OUR, UH, NONPROFIT COMMUNITY AND NONPROFIT PARTNERS, UH, TO PURSUE THESE THE SAME WAY THAT WE DO.

UM, WITH RESPECT TO THE BUFFINGTON GRANT SYSTEM STAFF IS FINE WITH THAT ADDITION THEN, UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT AS A, UH, MOTION TO AMEND.

DO WE HAVE TO DO THIS INDIVIDUALLY? AE CAN WE DO THESE THREE TOGETHER OR NO, BUT YOU CAN MAKE THE MOTION AND INCLUDE ALL THREE.

THEN I'D LIKE TO FORMALLY MAKE THE MOTION TO ADD TO SECTION ONE OF BOTH OR OF AD AE AND ITEM AF QUOTE, THE CITY SHALL ALLOCATE A MINIMUM OF 95% OF ALL FUNDS RECEIVED FROM THE DEPARTMENT TO A LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL ACT AS THE SUB-RECIPIENTS TO ADMINISTER THE FUNDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ASCRIBED PURPOSES IN THIS SECTION.

THAT WAS A MOTION, RIGHT? YES.

SECOND, THAT MOTION.

EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THE MOTION? OKAY.

I HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA.

A D A E F A E F.

MAYOR BE BEFORE WE CONTINUE, UH, COULD I ASK, UH, CITY MANAGER OLSON, UH, SOMETHING HERE? UH, AS, AS PART OF THESE? I THINK THAT'S GREAT.

ONE THING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY WAS THE PROBLEM WITH NOT HAVING OUR OWN LOCAL CHODA.

UM, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE CAN DO TO, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN? I SEE NOW THAT, UH, SALVATION ARMY HAS STEPPED UP TO, YOU KNOW, TO HELP US WITH, UH, THE ISSUES EXCEPT FOR THAT, PERHAPS WE COULD REACH OUT TO THEM TO SEE IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

AND NUMBER TWO, IT IS FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, I DON'T WANNA SAY FAIL, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO UTILIZE, UTILIZE ALL THE FUNDING THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE, EVEN THOUGH THE, THE, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN NEED CONTINUES TO INCREASE.

SO I, I WOULD LIKE, UH, FOR US TO PUT ATTENTION ON THAT TO SEE WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE COULD DO TO BE CERTAIN THAT WE NO LONGER WE DON'T LOSE THOSE FUNDS BECAUSE I THINK, I BELIEVE WHAT WE HAVE A THREE YEAR, THREE, THREE YEAR, THAT WE DON'T LOSE ANY MORE OF THOSE FUNDS AND THAT WE DO UTILIZE EVERY PENNY THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO, TO HELP PEOPLE IN NEED.

SO, COUNCILMAN, REAL QUICK, I RECEIVED AN UPDATE FROM LORI SCHWARZ JUST, UH, A COUPLE DAYS AGO.

WE, WE STILL HAVE HOUSING CHANNEL, UM, AVAILABLE AS A CHODO, BUT THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT ONE OF OUR OTHER NON-PROFITS IN THE AREA IS EXPLORING BECOMING A CHODO.

UM, SO THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS OF CONSIDERING IT, AND I'LL JUST SHARE ITS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY IS, IS LOOKING AT THAT, UM, IT IS A PROCESS.

IT TAKES SOME TIME FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, BUT AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE IS THAT ROLLOVER EFFECT.

SO, LORI, SORRY, I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR THAT THIS ITEM HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CHODOS.

UM, THAT'S GONNA BE OUR ACTION PLAN ITEM THAT IS UNDER THE INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ON THIS ONE RIGHT HERE.

THIS IS, THIS SALVATION ARMY HAS STEPPED IN AS OUR PARTNER IN THE RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM.

SO THEY'RE JUST TWO SEPARATE POTS OF MONEY.

AND, AND AGAIN, IF, IF WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO BE SURE THAT WE DON'T LO LOSE ANY AVAIL FUNDS THAT WE HAVE TO, TO MAKE THESE THINGS HAPPEN FOR PEOPLE OF OUR NEED.

OF COURSE.

ALRIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AD AE AF PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES.

EIGHT TO ZERO.

WILL ESTABLISH TIME LIMITS BASED UPON THE NUMBER OF SPEAKER REQUESTS, LENGTH OF THE AGENDA, AND TO ENSURE MEETING EFFICIENCY AND MAY INCLUDE A CUMULATIVE TIME LIMIT.

NEXT ITEM, PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS APPLICANTS ARE LIMITED TO 15 MINUTES PRESENTATION TIME WITH A FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL IF NEEDED.

REMAINING SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO 30 TOTAL MINUTES OF TESTIMONY TIME WITH THREE MINUTES ASSIGNED PER SPEAKER.

THE PRESIDING OFFICER MAY AMEND THESE TIMES AS DEEMED NECESSARY NON-PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. PRESIDING OFFICER WILL PERMIT PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA NOT POSTED FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.

THE PRESIDING OFFICER

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SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER, THE REQUESTS WERE RECEIVED UNTIL THE CUMULATIVE TIME IS EXHAUSTED.

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ITEM NUMBER ONE, PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL AND REPLACE THE PARKS, RECREATION TRAILS AND OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN, AND PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.

I'M RON SMITH, YOUR PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.

EARLIER THIS EVENING, DURING PRELIMINARY OPEN MEETING, WE PRESENTED INFORMATION ALONG WITH HALF AND ASSOCIATES, OUR CONSULTANT, AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSED PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN UPDATE.

STAFF AND THE CONSULTANT ARE STILL AT YOUR DISPOSAL TONIGHT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT MAY BE A RESULT OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

THANKS.

THANKS, RON.

COUNCIL MEMBER HOMER HAS A QUESTION.

CAN I GET CLARIFICATION? JUST EAST OF HAGGARD PARK, THERE IS A LITTLE LIGHT BLUE AREA.

IS THAT A PROPOSED PARK? RON? I THINK IT'S AVENUE L, AVENUE L JUST JUST EAST OF CITY HALL HERE.

THE MUNICIPAL CENTER.

THERE'S A SMALL PARCEL THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A PROPOSED PARK.

SO IN THE, IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, IF I'M, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY, UH, JUST NORTH OF WHERE NORTHEAST OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE THREE PARCELS THAT THE CITY OWNS.

TWO OF THOSE THREE, AND WE HAVE THEM IDENTIFIED AS A POTENTIAL PARK LAND FOR DOWNTOWN.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A HUGE NEED FOR MORE PROPERTY IN DOWNTOWN, MORE OPEN SPACE.

A LITTLE OLD HAGGARD PARK IS JUST, UM, DOING THE BEST THAT IT CAN TO MEET THE GROWING NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

BUT WE UNDERSTAND AS A CITY AND AS A DEPARTMENT THAT WE NEED SOME MORE PROPERTY IN DOWNTOWN.

AND THAT IS, UH, THREE PARCELS THAT OUR, UH, INTERNAL STAFF AND OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT WE CONSIDER.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROPOSED PARK LAND AND PRIVATE OPEN SPACE? YEAH, SO, UH, WE HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES MORE FREQUENTLY NOW THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST WHERE A DEVELOPER WILL PROVIDE OPEN SPACE TO, UH, THEIR RESIDENTS, WHETHER THAT'S A COMMERCIAL USE OR RESIDENTIAL USE.

UH, DEVELOPERS ARE LEARNING MORE AND MORE THAT OPEN SPACE IS AN AMENITY, IT'S A BENEFIT.

AND SO, UH, THEY BUILD IN OPEN SPACE IN THOSE DEVELOPMENTS THAT HELP ATTRACT THEIR TENANTS, WHETHER THAT'S A RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL.

AND SO WE HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE, UH, NEGOTIATE OR COMMUNICATE WITH THOSE DEVELOPERS, UH, THAT THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THE DEVELOPER WILL HAVE OPEN SPACE THAT THEY DEEM PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE, AND WE AS A DEPARTMENT MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S CODIFIED IN SOME SORT OF AN AGREEMENT IN THE, UH, THE ZONING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT MAKES SURE THAT THAT PROPERTY OR THAT OPEN SPACE IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

WE DON'T OWN IT.

WE DON'T MAINTAIN IT.

THAT DEVELOPER WILL OR, OR THEIR, UH, WHATEVER THE LAND USE AGREEMENT IS, BUT IT STILL PROVIDES A BENEFIT TO THE PUBLIC.

THERE'S A, AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE, SAY A SPLASH PAD THAT'S BUILT, UH, AS PART OF A DEVELOPMENT OR JUST, UH, OPEN SPACE AROUND A, A POND WITH TRAIL PRIVATELY OWNED, BUT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

SO THIS PIECE OF LAND IS OWNED BY THE CITY, BY PARKS, BY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, IS THAT CORRECT? UM, WHICH THE, THE, THE ONE I WAS ASKING ABOUT IN THE VERY BEGINNING IS, I'M, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD DESIGNATE AS A PROPOSED PARK VERSUS IT, IT, IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PROPOSED PARK AND IT JUST BEING PARK LAND LAND THAT BELONGS TO THE CITY OF P PLANOS PARK DEPARTMENT? I, I JUST WANNA, WHAT I'M GETTING AT, I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT, UM, AND, AND I REALIZE THAT THE PARK WOULD BE VOTED ON LATER ON.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE AREN'T SETTING AN EXPECTATION WITH THE PUBLIC THAT A PARK IS GOING THERE IF THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ALREADY DECIDED.

SURE, I UNDERSTAND.

SO THE, THE, UH, THE MAP, THIS IS, UH, OUR BEST EFFORT TO TRY TO IDENTIFY PARCELS THAT ARE AVAILABLE OR THAT COULD BE IDENTIFIED AS POTENTIAL PARKLAND.

NOTHING IN THIS OBLIG OBLIGATES THE CITY TO ACT ON ANY OF THESE THAT ARE IDENTIFIED AS A POTENTIAL PARK.

AND, AND I WOULD SAY THAT, UM, THESE PARCELS HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED BY THE CITY.

UH, THE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T OWN, UH, LAND.

THE, THE CITY OWNS LAND, BUT

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IT IS DESIGNATED PARK LAND.

YEAH.

WHICH MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO, UM, TO PUT AS A DIFFERENT PURPOSE.

BUT THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD ADD IN, UM, IS THAT THESE LOCATIONS IN SOME WAYS HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY, ESPECIALLY ON THE PROPOSED SIDE OF THINGS.

AND SO STAFF WILL TELL YOU THAT, UM, THIS IS A GENERAL AREA OF NEED, UH, DESIGNED TO FOCUS ON SOME PARCELS, BUT THERE IS ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY ON THE PROPOSED SIDE OF THINGS.

YEAH, AND I'M NOT IN DISAGREEMENT.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT LOCATION FOR, FOR OUR PARK.

I JUST, UH, WANT TO MAKE SURE, I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES ONCE WE PUT THINGS IN WRITING AND PUT 'EM ON A MAP AND PUT IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC, THEN THERE'S THAT EXPECTATION.

IF SOMEONE WAS BUYING PROPERTY OR ANYTHING, THEY WOULD SAY, OH, THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A PARK THERE.

AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE'RE CREATING ANY PROBLEMS FOR OURSELVES DOWN THE ROAD BY DOING THAT.

SO I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANKS RON.

WELCOME.

I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

DO WE ANY SPEAKERS? WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.

ALRIGHT, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

CONFINE THE COMMENTS TO THE COUNCIL.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

ITEM NUMBER TWO, PUBLIC HEARING IN CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AS REQUESTED IN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT 2023 DASH TWO.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE.

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES EIGHT TO ZERO.

NEXT ITEM

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TO AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, THE PARKS MASTER PLAN, MAP AND BICYCLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, MAP OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ORIGINALLY ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE 2021 DASH 11 DASH ONE, INCORPORATING AMENDMENTS RELATED TO THE 2023 UPDATE OF THE PARKS, RECREATION TRAILS, AND OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COUNCIL AND EXECUTIVES.

I'M CHRISTINA DAY, THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING.

I'M HERE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS THAT RELATE TO THE ADOPTION OF YOUR NEW, UH, PARKS, RECREATION TRAILS, AND OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN THAT YOU JUST ADOPTED.

SO I'LL TRY TO KEEP THIS SHORT.

UH, AS YOU KNOW, YOU JUST, UH, ADOPTED A NEW UPDATE TO THE PARKS PLAN FOR SHORT.

UM, THAT HAPPENS EVERY FIVE YEARS, AND THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

UH, THERE IS AN ACTION IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION POLICY THAT TALKS ABOUT NOT ONLY IMPLEMENTING THE PARKS PLAN, BUT UPDATING IT SPECIFICALLY EVERY FIVE YEARS.

AND SO THIS IS WHAT THE PARKS MASTER PLAN MAP LOOKS LIKE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

WE INCORPORATE IT FROM THE PARKS MASTER PLAN INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN VERBATIM.

UM, THIS DOES, UH, THIS SLIDE WAS CREATED AND DRAFTED BEFORE WE HAD THAT SINGULAR UPDATE THAT SHOWS THE SHARED USE PATH MOVING FROM K AVENUE TO, UM, MUNICIPAL AVENUE.

SO NO, WITH THE ORDINANCE, WE'LL NEED TO UPDATE THAT MAP.

UH, THE BICYCLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN MAP ALSO JUST DIRECTLY TRANSLATED FROM THE PARKS MASTER PLAN INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WITH THE COMP PLAN BANNER.

UM, THIS IS THE ONE THING THAT YOU HAVEN'T SEEN SO FAR BECAUSE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS EXCLUSIVELY IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, NOT IN THE PARKS MASTER PLAN.

SO WE'VE SHOWN YOU THE CHANGES HERE BECAUSE THE OPEN SPACE AND SOCIAL NETWORK CATEGORIES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DIRECTLY RELATE BACK TO THE, UH, PARKS MASTER PLAN.

SO YOU SEE THE CORRESPONDING CHANGES HERE.

WE CHANGE PARK BOUNDARIES AND OTHER CONDITIONS TO RELATE TO THE CHANGES IN THE PARKS MASTER PLAN.

THERE ARE 13 ASSOCIATED CHANGES.

THOSE WERE DETAILED IN THE STAFF REPORT, AND SO I WILL NOT GO THROUGH THOSE, BUT WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THIS IS THE WAY THE DRAFT MAP THEN WILL LOOK IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

UM, SO THERE ARE THREE NEW MAPS THAT WILL BE REPEALED AND REPLACED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BASED ON THE UPDATE.

AND, UH, MIKE BELL, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING MANAGER, AND I ARE BOTH AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THIS ITEM.

THANKS, CHRISTINA.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR STILE? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.

I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, CONFINE THE COMMENTS TO THE COUNCIL.

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MOTION TO APPROVE.

UH, IN, IN SOME CONDITION THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE.

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES EIGHT TO ZERO.

[(3) Public Hearing and consideration of an Ordinance as requested in Comprehensive Plan Amendment 2023-003 to amend the Comprehensive Plan, originally adopted by Ordinance No. 2021-11-1, incorporating amendments to the Facilities & Infrastructure Policy and providing an effective date. Conducted and adopted Ordinance No. 2023-7-12,]

ITEM THREE.

ITEM NUMBER THREE, PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AS REQUESTED IN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AMENDMENT 2023 DASH THREE TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ORIGINALLY ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE 2021 DASH 11 DASH ONE, INCORPORATING AMENDMENTS TO THE FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS MIKE BELL, COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING MANAGER IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

THIS ITEM IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

YOU CAN SEE THE POLICY HERE ON THIS SLIDE, WHICH STATES, PLANO WILL STRATEGICALLY PLAN AND IMPLEMENT IMPROVEMENTS TO CITY FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO ENSURE THE NECESSARY NEEDS AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO THE COMMUNITY.

AS YOU'LL SEE THROUGH THE COMING SLIDES, THESE AMENDMENTS ARE NOT SO MUCH TO THE POLICY ITSELF, BUT REALLY TO THE ACTION STATEMENTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

IN ORDER TO GIVE MORE PRACTICAL GUIDANCE, EXCUSE ME, TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AS IT REVIEWS THE C I P EACH YEAR.

THE REASON FOR THIS NEED IS AS CITIES ARE FAST GROWING, THEY'RE OFTEN MA BASED CIPS.

SO FOR INSTANCE, THE, THE ROLE OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS TO MAKE SURE THAT NEW STREETS ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN MAP.

NEW PARKS ARE BEING PLACED, UH, IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE PARKS MASTER PLAN MAP AND, AND SO ON.

HOWEVER, AS, UM, THESE AREAS ARE NOW, THESE MAPS ARE MOSTLY, UH, IMPLEMENTED AND CONSTRUCTED.

UH, THERE'S A NEED TO SWITCH FROM A MAP BASED APPROACH TO MORE OF A MA STRATEGIC MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS PLANNING PERSPECTIVE.

UH, FOR THE C I P REVIEW, IT'S, UH, IT HAS COME UP IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AS, UM, THAT STAFF HAS SOMEWHAT STRUGGLED TO MAKE A, A DIRECT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE C I P AND THE CONFERENCE HAVE PLANNED.

BECAUSE MOST OF THE, UH, MOST OF THE C I P IS REALLY MORE MAINTENANCE AT THIS POINT.

AND THE REALLY ONLY GUIDANCE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS WE'RE GONNA MAINTAIN OUR FACILITIES.

AND SO MORE PRACTICAL GUIDANCE IS NEED NEEDED.

SOME OF THE FEEDBACK FROM P AND Z IS, WELL, THIS, THIS IS GREAT, BUT IT'S NOT TELLING US MUCH.

SO WE'RE, UH, PROPOSING THESE AMENDMENTS IN ORDER TO GIVE THEM BETTER GUIDANCE, UH, INCORPORATE A LOT OF THIS THAT'S ACTUALLY ALREADY ONGOING.

UM, CITY OPERATIONS, UM, AND IN THE, IN AS A RESULT, INCREASED TRANSPARENCY IN THE PROCESS.

SO AMENDMENTS TO THE POLICY ITSELF, IT'S JUST SIMPLY TO ADD THE WORD ASSETS.

THIS WAS REQUESTED FROM THE DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME THINGS COVERED IN C I P THAT MAY NOT NEATLY FALL INTO THE TERM FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO IT JUST GIVES US A BROADER, UH, TERM TO WORK WITH.

AND THEN I'LL START BY SUMMARIZING THE CHANGES SO YOU UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT.

UM, THESE ARE ALL PART OF THE FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY, WHICH IS UNDER THE SAFETY AND SERVICES COMPONENT AND THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT PILLAR OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

UH, IN TOTAL THERE WILL BE NINE ACTIONS, FOUR OF WHICH ARE NEW, ONE IS SLIGHTLY AMENDED, AND THE OTHERS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME, JUST RENUMBERED.

SO STARTING WITH ACTION ONE, THIS IS AMENDED, BUT ESSENTIALLY SAYS THE SAME THING JUST IN DIFFERENT WORDS.

AND THAT IS TO MAINTAIN AN ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO INVENTORY THE LOCATION CONDITION AND ANTICIPATE A LIFESPAN OF CITY FACILITIES, A ASSETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

THE CITY IS ALREADY DOING THIS THROUGH ITS CARDIOGRAPH SOFTWARE, WHICH IS REALLY NEAT.

IT, UM, NOT ONLY DOES THE LOCATION, WE CAN DO THE YEAR INSTALLED ANTICIPATED LIFESPAN CONDITION.

SO WE ALREADY HAVE THIS SYSTEM, UM, IN PLACE TODAY.

ACTION NUMBER TWO IS TO USE THAT DATA FROM THE, UM, ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN THREE WAYS.

ONE IS TO STRATEGICALLY PLAN FOR PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND REPLACEMENT OF CITY INFRASTRUCTURE.

TWO IS TO ADD, ASSESS THE ADEQUACY AND FUTURE NEEDS, UM, IN POTENTIAL GROWTH AND REDEVELOPMENT LOCATIONS.

SO WE'RE NOT JUST REPLACING EVERYTHING WITH WHAT'S ON THE GROUND TODAY.

THERE MAY BE SOME NEED TO UPGRADE BASED ON ANTICIPATED GROWTH.

AND THEN LASTLY, TO DEVELOP LONG-TERM PUBLIC STRATEGIES TO BALANCE THE NEED FOR TIMELY AND COST-EFFECTIVE MAINTENANCE WITH OTHER EFFORTS TO REVITALIZE IDENTIFIED GROWTH AND REDEVELOPMENT LOCATIONS.

NUMBER THREE IS TO MAINTAIN THE C A P AS A FIVE-YEAR GUIDE TO PLANNING, BUILDING, OPERATING AND MAINTAINING CAPITAL PROJECTS AND ADOPT THE FIRST YEAR.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, AGAIN, THAT IS EXISTING PRACTICE WAS FORMALLY AN ACTION IN THE CONFERENCE PLAN.

WE'RE SIMPLY PUTTING IT BACK IN.

AND THAT LEADS TO THE NEXT ACTION, WHICH IS REALLY THE PRACTICAL GUIDANCE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING TOWARDS IS REVIEWING THAT FIVE YEAR C I P ANNUALLY WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO ENSURE THAT PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS ARE ALIGNED WITH THE COMP PLAN AND OTHER MASTER PLANS.

AND IN DOING SO, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PRIORITIES WHICH WILL THIS AGAIN, THIS IS HOW WE CAN TIE THE PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS TO THE, TO THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN.

ONE IS THAT THE PROJECT AD ADDRESSES ISSUES AND ADEQUACY OR NEEDS IN THE FACILITY.

UH, WE'RE IDENTIFIED BY THAT ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

SO WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AREAS THAT ARE,

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B, THAT THEY PROVIDE PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE THAT IF NOT ADDRESSED, WOULD LIKELY RESULT IN MORE COSTLY OR EXTENSIVE REPAIRS IN THE FUTURE.

THIRD, THAT IT CONSTRUCTS, UH, THOSE INCOMPLETE OR NOT YET BUILT ASPECTS OF THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN OR BIKE PLAN.

THERE ARE STILL A FEW OUT THERE D THAT IT PROMOTES SOME STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE OF THE FACILITIES, MASTER PLAN, PARKS PLAN, PUBLIC WORKS, MASTER PLAN, SMALL AREA PLANS SUCH AS ENVISION OF POINT OR OTHER, OR OTHER ADOPTED MASTER PLANS.

E THAT IT PROMOTES AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE AS DEFINED BY CITY PLANS F THAT IMPLEMENTS TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS OR INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO SUPPORT CITY FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS.

AND LASTLY, THAT IT COORDINATES WITH PRIVATE REINVESTMENT AND PREFERRED GROWTH AND REDEVELOPMENT LOCATIONS.

AND THE LAST NEW ACTION IS ACTION FIVE.

AND THIS IS MEANT TO BE MORE HOLISTIC, THAT IN PREPARING THE C I P PROJECT SELECTION SHOULD CONSIDER ASSET CONDITIONS, EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, RESILIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY, LONG-TERM HEALTH AND SAFETY BENEFITS AND COST OF EFFECTIVENESS.

AND THEN THIS IS MEANT TO BE HOLISTIC AND LOOKING AT SURE, WE'RE BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

AND THEN LASTLY, ARE THOSE EXISTING ACTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RENUMBERED.

I WON'T COVER THOSE.

THOSE ARE EXACTLY THE SAME JUST WITH RENUMBERING.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

THERE WAS NO PUBLIC FEEDBACK ON THIS ITEM.

HOWEVER, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL EIGHT TO ZERO.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? THANK YOU.

WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANY SPEAKERS? THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.

I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, CONFINE THE COMMENTS OF THE COUNCIL.

MR. MAYOR, I MOVE, WE APPROVE.

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE 20 23 20 24 ACTION PLAN, INCLUDING THE SUMMARY OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AND HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM ACTIVITIES, AND PROPOSED USE OF FUNDS FOR THE PROGRAM YEAR 20 23, 20 24, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE.

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES EIGHT TO ZERO.

NEXT ITEM

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ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

COUNCIL, CITY EXECUTIVES.

MY NAME IS ETTE EDEN.

I AM THE HOUSING COMMUNITY SERVICES MANAGER HERE TO PRESENT OUR 20 23 24 HUD ACTION PLAN.

HUD, US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ARRAY.

SO WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING, WE AS IN THE CITY OF PLANO, HAS BEEN RECEIVING HUD FUNDS FOR QUITE A WHILE.

AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE'VE RECEIVED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS, UM, FOR GOODNESS, 38 YEARS AND HOME FUNDS.

AS YOU CAN SEE, FOR 20 YEARS, WE HAVE HELPED THOUSANDS OF PLANO RESIDENTS WITH EITHER REPAIRING THEIR HOMES, OBTAINING A NEW HOME, MOVING TO PLANO, AND HAVING A NEW HOME HERE IN PLANO, OR JUST WITH COUNTLESS SOCIAL SERVICE ACTIVITIES THAT HELP THEIR YOUTH OR, UM, SENIORS, JUST GENERAL POPULATION THAT'S IN NEED, LOW TO MODERATE INCOME.

SO THIS SLIDE IS HERE TO EXPLAIN TO YOU HUD'S COMPLICATED PROCESS.

SO EVERY FIVE YEARS WE RECEIVE, UM, FUNDING.

WE RECEIVE FUNDING FROM HUD EVERY YEAR, BUT EVERY FIVE YEARS.

HUD SAYS YOU'VE GOT TO PREPARE A CONSOLIDATED PLAN.

IT'S A FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN THAT DISCUSSES WHAT ACTIVITIES WE THINK WE WOULD LIKE TO DO OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IN ORDER, UM, IN, IN THROUGH THE USE OF THEIR FUNDS.

SO WHAT THE ACTUAL NAME IS, IT'S A FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS.

THE ACTIVITIES IN THAT FIVE-YEAR PLAN ARE OBTAINED FROM COUNTLESS, UM, PUBLIC OUTREACH, PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE, UM, AND JUST SURVEYS THAT WE HAVE TO OUR GENERAL POPULATION.

SO AFTER THAT FIVE-YEAR PLAN IS SUBMITTED, WHAT HUD SAYS IS YOU HAVE TO CREATE AN ANNUAL ACTION PLAN EACH YEAR.

ALTHOUGH THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN ESTIMATES MONEY, THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN SAYS THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HUD'S GONNA GIVE US OVER THE NEXT YEAR.

AND THIS IS HOW WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY USE THOSE FUNDS.

WE ARE CURRENTLY IN YEAR THREE OF THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN.

SO WE'VE ONLY COMPLETED TWO YEARS.

UM, YEAR THREE, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WILL END, UM, ON THE 23RD, I MEAN ON, NOT ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, BUT YEAR FOUR, WHICH IS WHAT THIS ACTION PLAN IS FOR TONIGHT, IS ACTUALLY STARTING ON OCTOBER 1ST.

ALRIGHT, SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR HUD FUNDS, THEY'VE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR C D B G DOLLARS

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INCREASED, UM, THIS YEAR BY ABOUT $32,000, WHEREAS OUR HOME DOLLARS INCREASED OR DECREASED ABOUT $13,000.

BUT OVERALL, WE AVERAGE ABOUT 1.4 MILLION OR SO IN C D B G ANNUALLY THAT WE RECEIVED FROM HUD OR THAT THEY SET ASIDE FOR US AND ABOUT 600 OF LATE, UM, FROM HUD ON HOME FUNDING.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES FOR THIS NEXT YEAR.

THAT STARTS OCTOBER 1ST.

UM, WE'VE GOT THE HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM.

THIS IS A CITY RUN PROGRAM, AND WE ARE PLANNING TO ASSIST PLANOS LOW TO MODERATE INCOME RESIDENTS IN REPAIRING THEIR HOMES.

UM, AS WELL AS THAT INCLUDES TEAR DOWN AND REBUILD AND EMERGENCIES.

SO H V A C, UM, ACTIVITIES SUCH AS THAT OR, OR SEWER LINES.

WE HAVE A LOT OF SEWER LINE ISSUES HERE IN PLANO.

AND SO WE REPLACE CAST IRON PIPES, UM, AND THAT IS CONSIDERED AN EMERGENCY.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR FIRST TIME HOME BUYER PROGRAM AND ASSISTANCE.

I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL SAW WHEN YOU WERE LOOKING AT THIS DOCUMENT, THERE'S ONLY $8,000 ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR THIS YEAR THERE TO BE ANY NEW ALLOCATIONS IN FIRST TIME HOME, FIRST TIME HOME BUYER DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE AND OR CLOSING COSTS BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY LAST YEAR.

SO THAT MEANS WE STILL HAVE THAT ALLOCATION.

SO THE SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS THERE IS TO ASSIST IN TEACHING OUR FIRST TIME HOME BUYER CLASS TO PEOPLE THAT COME, WE HAVE THAT CLASS 11 MONTHS IN A YEAR, OR WE DON'T DO IT IN DECEMBER AS WELL AS IN UNDERWRITING BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE APPROVED SIX APPLICANTS THAT, UM, ARE LOOKING FOR HOMES IN PLANO.

BUT EVEN THOUGH WE'VE APPROVED THEM, DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE GONNA FIND HOMES FOR US TO BE ABLE, THAT THEY CAN AFFORD WITHIN THEIR RANGE FOR US TO APPROVE THEM, UM, AND ACTUALLY GIVE THEM THE MONEY, EITHER THE CLOSING OR THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.

NEXT, UM, WE HAVE UNDER OUR HUD OBJECTIVE OF DECENT HOUSING, WE HAVE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.

THEY CAME AND ASKED FOR $45,000 THIS YEAR TO ASSIST THEM IN, UM, REPAIRING A NEW HOME.

AND THAT IS, UM, THEY RECEIVED ALMOST ALL THE FUNDING, SO THAT'S GONNA ASSIST THEM.

THEN, UM, UNDER THE HUD OBJECTIVE OF PS LIVING, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE STILL PARTNER WITH THE ASSISTANT CENTER OF COLLIN COUNTY.

ALL OF THESE FUNDS GO TO THE ASSISTANT CENTER OF COLLIN COUNTY TO PROVIDE RENT AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE.

C IT'S FUNDED WITH C D B G FUNDS.

HUD REGULATION STATE THAT WE CAN HELP SOMEONE FOR A MAXIMUM OF THREE MONTHS, BUT IT'S THREE CONSECUTIVE MONTHS, UP TO A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THEIR UTILITIES AND OR THEIR RENT.

ALL RIGHT, CITY HOUSE IS HERE AND THEY ARE, UM, THEY ARE COMING TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO OUR, OUR YOUTH.

OUR 18 TO 22 POPULATION YOUTH HERE THAT ARE HOMELESS.

CITY HOUSE HAS THREE TRANSITIONAL HOMES HERE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.

AND SO THIS C D B G FUNDING WILL ASSIST THEM IN HERE.

YOU WILL ALSO SEE THEM AGAIN ON AUGUST THE 17TH BECAUSE THE COMMISSION IS RECOMMENDING THEM FOR ANOTHER SMALL PORTION ABOUT AN EQUIVALENT AMOUNT, UM, OF FUNDING IN THE BUFFINGTON COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANT, WE HAVE TEXAS MUSLIM WOMEN'S FOUNDATION.

UM, THEY ARE A FORMER RECIPIENT FROM LAST YEAR THAT IS TO FUND THEIR PEACE IN THE HOME OPERATIONS.

UM, SO THEY WILL BE PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, BOTH SHELTER COUNSELING SERVICES.

JUST AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE.

THE NEXT PROPOSAL IS TO FUND THE SAMARITAN INN.

YOU ALL HAVE TRADITIONALLY SEEN THEM IN THE BUFFINGTON COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANT AND THE COMMISSION DISCUSSED THIS YEAR OF RECOMMENDING THEM FOR C D B G FUNDING BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE THAT IN OUR ACTION PLAN OR IN OUR WE HAVE THE ACTION PLAN AS WELL, WE HAVE A CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT THAT COMES IN DECEMBER.

THIS REPORT HERE ONLY TALKS ABOUT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND BLOCK GRANT FUNDS.

IT DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT THE CITY USES ITS OWN GENERAL FUND DOLLARS TO FUND SAMARITAN.

AND SO THE ASSISTANCE AT THE SAMARITAN END IS FUNDING WITH B C S G DOLLARS.

IN THE PAST, WE DON'T GET TO COUNT THAT TOWARDS HUD.

SO THEY SAID THIS YEAR THEY'RE GONNA RECOMMEND THAT YOU ALL FUND THEM OUT OF THE HUD FUNDING, UM, TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT WE ASSIST THE, UM, HOMELESS SHELTER.

WE MEET THE HOMELESS SHELTER GOALS SET OUT FAMILY PLACE IS A RETURN, UM, AGENCY.

THEY PROVIDE COUNSELING.

THEY ACTUALLY GO TO HOMELESS SHELTERS AND PROVIDE COUNSELING TO FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY, UM, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

FINAL ONE IS, IS MY POSSIBILITIES.

SO MY POSSIBILITIES IS DOING A PUBLIC FACILITY IMPROVEMENT.

THEY ARE LOCATED HERE IN PLANO.

I BELIEVE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THEY AT.

YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW THEIR LOCATION, BUT THEY'VE COME FOR SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS.

UM, THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS IS THE, THE FUNDING THAT THEY

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ARE USING IS THE PORTION OF C D B G DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF.

SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS AND I CAN ANSWER THIS WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT OUR 1.4 MILLION IN C D B G FUNDS, HUDS SAYS THAT ONLY 15% OF THAT ALLOCATION CAN BE USED ON SOCIAL SERVICES.

IT THEN SAYS 20% CAN BE USED ON ADMIN, BUT THE REMAINING 65% ON MATH IS RIGHT.

THINKING OFFHAND, THE REMAINING 65% IS USED FOR SOME TYPE OF EITHER PUBLIC FACILITY OR HOUSING REHAB.

WE ARE NOT ABLE TO USE THESE FUNDS FOR, UM, JUST DIRECT, UH, NEW, NEW HOUSING.

WE CAN'T CREATE NEW HOUSING WITH THESE FUNDS UNLESS WE HAVE A C B D O AND THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE ONE OF THOSE.

WE HAVE YET TO HAVE ONE IN OUR 38 YEARS.

SO, UM, BUT IT'S GOOD BECAUSE MY POSSIBILITIES BE DOING THEIR PUBLIC FACILITY.

SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING COMING UP NEXT, BUT I'M MOST DEFINITELY AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

SHENETTE, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? THANK YOU.

WELL DONE.

I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANY SPEAKERS? THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.

I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

CONFINE THE COMMENTS TO THE COUNCIL.

NO, GO AHEAD.

COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS. JUST TO, UH, LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHERE I'M COMING FROM IN THE VOTE.

UM, AS LONG AS I'VE SERVED ON THIS COUNCIL, WE'VE, UH, AROUND THIS TIME EVERY YEAR WE'VE LOOKED AT ISSUES PERTAINING TO THE, UH, RECEIPT AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE C D B G AND HOME FUNDS.

UM, AND IN MY ESTIMATION AND BEING A HUD RECIPIENT AT ALL, UM, I I AM TOLD THAT IT WOULD, UM, CAUSE ISSUES IF WE TABLED THIS ITEM TO REVISIT IT.

SO I SIMPLY INTEND ON VOTING, NO, JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE.

MR. MAYOR, I, I KIND OF WANT SOME EXPLANATION OF WHY TABLING IT WOULD, UM, CAUSE A ISSUE.

SO WE HAVE TO SUBMIT A PLAN HUD BY AUGUST THE 15TH, UM, ON AUGUST THE 15TH.

HUD THEN HAS THEIR TIME TO REVIEW.

IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN HAVE FUNDING START OCTOBER 1ST, YOU'D HAVE TO APPROVE IT TONIGHT.

UM, LET'S SAY IF IT WAS TABLED, THEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE THAT FUNDING.

AND WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN IS WE WOULD BE TELLING ANY ORGANIZATION THAT THAT HAS LISTED YOU'VE HEARD TONIGHT OR THAT YOU'VE HEARD ME SPEAK ABOUT TONIGHT, THAT THEY CANNOT START THEIR PROGRAM UNTIL WE GET, UM, UNTIL WE APPLY TO HUD AND THEY ACTUALLY TAKE IT.

HUD NEEDS 45 DAYS FOR THEIR APPROVAL.

STATUTORILY MAYOR PROTO.

SO I, I DO INTEND TO SUPPORT THIS TONIGHT, BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT SINCE I THINK THIS IS MY SIXTH TIME TO, TO VOTE ON THIS.

AND EACH, EACH YEAR WE, WE SEE THAT THERE'S CERTAIN GOALS THAT WE'RE NOT ACHIEVING.

AND I'M A VERY GOAL ORIENTED PERSON AND I LIKE US TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS.

SO AT MY, MY COMMENT ON THAT IS, I KNOW THERE'S SOME REAL CHALLENGES AND REASONS WHY WE CAN'T ACHIEVE THOSE, BUT IF WE CAN'T, I WOULD LIKE US TO COME UP WITH AN ACTION PLAN THAT WE THINK IS ACHIEVABLE.

BECAUSE I STRUGGLE WITH THE FACT THAT WE COME BACK EACH YEAR AND WE HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHY WE AREN'T ACHIEVING OUR GOALS.

UM, AND, AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE KEEP DOING THAT YEAR AFTER YEAR.

AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S HARD FOR ME THAT WE KEEP COMING UP WITH A PLAN THAT'S UNACHIEVABLE.

COULD I ADDRESS IT? UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IS GET SOME, UM, SOME SUGGESTIONS FROM ONE OF OUR C R C MEMBERS TO PURSUE SOME NONPROFITS THAT MAY BE ABLE TO MEET SOME OF OUR GOALS, ESPECIALLY FOR TRANSPORTATION, WHICH IS, UM, A VERY DIFFICULT ONE.

WE HAVE NOT HAD APPLICANTS FOR THAT.

SO JEANETTE AND I INTEND TO GO AND VISIT WITH THESE NONPROFITS AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THEM TO APPLY FOR NEXT YEAR.

MM-HMM.

AND LORI, ON THE THE FIVE YEAR PLAN, I, I WANTED TO JUST DOUBLE CHECK WE BEGIN THAT PROCESS, SINCE IT'S BASED ON FISCAL YEAR, WE'LL BEGIN THAT PROCESS OF DRAFTING AND PUBLIC INPUT.

IS IT, IT'S NEXT YEAR? MM-HMM.

? YES, SIR.

JUST DOUBLE CHECK THIS TIME NEXT YEAR? MM-HMM.

UM, COULD YOU REMIND ME, DOES THAT, DOES THAT CAP ALSO APPLY TO SOMETHING LIKE TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE VERSUS HOUSING REHABILITATION OR, UH, HOW DO WE END UP WITH THE ALLOCATION? UH, THE WAY WE HAVE IT? SO HUD DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO FUND TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE OUT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING.

COUNCIL MEMBER BRIELLA.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

SORRY.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

SO, UH, JUST A QUICK QUESTION AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THIS, THIS GREAT REPORT.

UM, WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION SOME IN THE PAST, AND I KNOW THERE ARE, UH, UH, PERCENTAGES THAT HUD REQUIRES FOR VARIOUS ACTIVITIES.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, A VERY SIGNIFICANT PORTION, MAYBE THE MAJORITY OF THESE FUNDS ARE GOING TO HOUSING, REHABILITATION, UH, VERSUS OTHER TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE VALUABLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

SHANETTE, YOU COVERED, UH, YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT THAT WE CAN USE FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, THE AMOUNT WE CAN USE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,

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GOT BUT THEY, YOU'VE, YOU GOT IT.

YEAH.

THEY ALLOW YOU TO FUND IT OUT OF HOME FUNDS.

AND SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A CURRENT FUNDED TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE FUNDED OUT OF THE HOME AMERICAN, UH, AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS.

SO IT'S STILL IS PART OF HOME, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN FUND IT.

UM, AND SO WHAT HUD CALLS OUR HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION, THEY CALL IT SUBSISTENCE PAYMENTS, AND THEY HAVE STRICT RULES THAT SU SUBSISTENCE PAYMENTS, EXCUSE ME, UM, HAVE TO BE THREE CONSECUTIVE MONTHS.

AND THAT'S IT WITH C D B G.

GOTCHA.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

SO, JUST TO UNDERSTAND, SO I, I UNDERSTAND WE CAN'T, SO FOR C D B G, WE COULD NOT DO THE TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

OBVIOUSLY I KNOW THERE'S THE 15% CAP ON SOCIAL SERVICES, WE HAVE THE CAP ON ADMINISTRATIVE AS WELL.

SO IF WE WERE NOT DOING THE LION'S SHARE OF THIS FOR HOUSING REHABILITATION THE WAY THAT WE ARE, WHAT, WHAT WOULD THOSE FUNDS BE USED FOR? YOU KNOW, WHICH OF THESE OTHER CATEGORIES WOULD WE LEGALLY BE ABLE TO INCREASE IF WE, IF WE WERE TO SAY WE WANNA SHIFT SOME OF IT FROM HERE TO THERE? SO THE CATEGORIES FOR THE AREAS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT, YOU'VE GOT HOUSING REHABILITATION, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU LOOK AT HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION, UH, IS A CATEGORY SUPPLY OF UNITS.

YES.

UH, HOMELESS SHELTER AND SERVICES ALL, ARE ALL OF THOSE WITHIN THAT SOCIAL SERVICES UMBRELLA? THEY ARE.

THE ONLY ONE THAT ISN'T IS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.

UM, YOU ALL LAST YEAR ACTUALLY.

AND THEN THE PUBLIC SERVICES, UH, FACILITIES THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT WITH MY POSSIBILITIES.

RIGHT.

THOSE ALL THOSE, OKAY, PERFECT.

THOSE TWO.

UM, OKAY.

GOTCHA.

IN THE PAST, YOU ALL HAVE FUNDED, UM, YOU ALL HAVE FUNDED PROGRAMS THAT IMPROVED MULTIFAMILY, UM, ELDERLY UNITS MM-HMM.

, SO YOU ALL HAVE DONE THINGS, BUT IT'S ALL BEEN BASED ON WHO, WHAT AGENCIES ARE COMING REQUESTING FUNDS.

AND SO, UM, IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHO'S REQUESTING THE FUNDS.

BUT YES, YOU COULD DO THAT.

YOU ALL HAVE ADDED NEW SHELTER BEDS THROUGH FUNDING AGAPE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES.

THEY DID A CONVERSION, WHICH WAS WONDERFUL BECAUSE IT COMES OUT OF THAT 65% THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

OH, OKAY.

GOTCHA.

YEAH.

WELL THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION, SHENETTE.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF TYPICALLY THE LION'S SHARE GOES TO HOUSING REHABILITATION AND YOU SEE THESE OTHER CATEGORIES GETTING A LOT LESS THAT, THAT ARE ALSO DOING VERY IMPORTANT THINGS.

BUT THAT'S BECAUSE OF HUD REGULATIONS.

AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY? YOU ARE.

AND HOUSING REHAB CAN BE ANY ORGANIZATION.

UM, SO JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST HABITAT, LIKE THEY'VE DONE TODAY, HABITAT CAN DO, UM, HOME REHAB WITH THEIR FUNDING AS WELL AS, UM, YOU ALL HAVE FUNDED OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN PAST THE SAME THING, REBUILDING TOGETHER.

THAT'S WHAT I'M BEING REMISS.

SO, YEAH.

WELL THANK, THANK YOU FOR THOSE REMINDERS.

I FEEL LIKE MAYBE WE'VE HAD THAT DISCUSSION IN PRIOR YEARS, BUT IT'S GOOD TO, GOOD TO GET A REFRESHER ON HOW ALL OF THE HUD REGULATIONS INTERACT WITH HOW WE BREAK DOWN THE FUNDING, YOU KNOW, FOR EACH PROGRAM.

SO THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH.

UH, THANK YOU, UH, ETTE, AS I RECALL WHEN YOU WERE HERE BACK IN MARCH, I BELIEVE, AND WE WERE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS, UH, AND I THINK FOLLOWING UP ON, ON COUNCIL MEMBER KELLI'S STATEMENT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T USE THE FUNDS FOR DIRECT REHAB, YOU KNOW, WHEN OR WAS IT, UH, RENT, UH, ANYWAY, THERE'S ONE THING THAT WE COULDN'T USE IT FOR, FOR ASSISTANCE.

AND I'D ASK ABOUT, WELL, WE CAN'T DO THAT, BUT WHAT ABOUT WE CAN HELP WITH UTILITY PAYMENTS? IS THAT CORRECT? THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT'S DOABLE.

SO, SO MY QUESTION IS WITH, WITH THAT IN MIND, BECAUSE LET'S FACE IT, IT'S NOT GETTING, YOU KNOW, ANY, UH, ANY LESS EXPENSIVE FOR UTILITIES, UH, OF, OF THE GRANT RECIPIENTS THAT WE HAVE LISTED HERE.

WHICH ONE OR, OR ONES WOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, ASSIST WITH, UH, UTILITY, UH, REIMBURSEMENT OR ASSISTANCE FOR PEOPLE AND 'CAUSE SOMETIMES THAT CAN PREVENT HOMELESSNESS AS WELL.

AGREED.

UM, THE ASSISTANT CENTER OF COLLIN COUNTY, UM, THEY RUN THE HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION PROGRAM AND THEY CAN PAY, SOMEONE CAN COME AND ONLY NEED UTILITY ASSISTANCE.

THEY CAN PAY 100% OF THE UTILITY ASSISTANCE FOR THAT RESIDENT THAT'S INCOME ELIGIBLE.

AND WHAT, UH, WHAT LEVEL OF FUNDING ARE THEY RECEIVING FROM FOR THIS PROGRAM? 122,000 BUCKS.

1 21 22.

ASSISTANCE, ESPECIALLY MAYBE, YOU KNOW, FOR, YOU KNOW, SENIOR HOUSING THAT, UH, WOULD BE, I WOULD PRETTY WELL SAY, WOULD BE A HUNDRED PERCENT UTILIZED IF WE COULD REALLOCATE AND BE SURE THAT THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THAT, UH, THAT PURPOSE.

UH, WOULD, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY AT THIS POINT, UH, THAT, UH, OTHER THAN 1 22, COULD FUNDS STILL BE PERHAPS REALLOCATED FROM SOME PLACE THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO UTILIZE ALL THE FUNDS AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, EARLIER FOR ASSISTANCE BEFORE, BEFORE THIS GETS FINALIZED TO READJUST AND PUT SOME OF THE FUNDS FOR SOMEONE THAT COULD PROVIDE UTIL MORE UTILITY

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SO THE PROB THERE'S THE CONCERN WITH REALLOCATING RIGHT NOW, UM, AND IN THIS PROCESS IS THAT WE'VE MAXED OUT THE 15% CAP.

AND SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD MORE FUNDING TO THAT PROGRAM THAT THEY'RE RUNNING, YOU WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT FROM ONE OF THE OTHER SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES LISTED IN THE REPORT.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING YOU.

SO FOR, FOR INSTANCE, I, THAT IS AVAILABLE ONE OF THE, UH, NOT TO PICK, BUT, UH, MY POSSIBILITIES, YOU WERE SAYING THEY, THEY DO SECURITY SOMETHING IMPROVEMENT FACILITIES OR WHATEVER.

I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT, WHAT THAT ENTAILS, BUT YOU KNOW, PERHAPS WE DON'T NEED $116,000 IN SECURITY IMPROVEMENT.

I MEAN, THEY DO GREAT WORK, UH, AND, UH, AND THEY, UH, THEY DESERVE, YOU KNOW, YEAH.

ALL THE HELP THAT WE, THAT WE GIVE 'EM.

BUT I, I'M JUST CONCERNED AGAIN THAT WE MAY NOT BE FULLY UTILIZING TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY, THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE TO HELP PEOPLE.

AND AGAIN, I GET BACK TO UTILITIES, OTHER THINGS THAT WE CANNOT DO, BUT WE CAN HELP, YOU KNOW, WITH, UH, WITH UTILITY PAY, I JUST, UH, I'D LIKE TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE MAX IF WE HAVE TO READJUST SOMETHING HERE OR THERE.

THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.

INPUT IS WHERE, WHERE WE COULD DO THAT.

SO MY POSSIBILITIES IS FUNDED OUT OF THAT 65% MM-HMM.

SO WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ADJUST FUNDING FROM MY POSSIBILITIES AND PUT IT OVER.

I WAS USING OTHER EXAMPLE BECAUSE THEY STAND OUT IN TERMS OF THE, THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS OF THE OTHERS THAT WE HAD THERE.

BUT YOU CAN ADJUST WITHIN THE PUBLIC SERVICE AGENCIES.

MM-HMM.

BUT I, I DO WANT TO UM, REMIND YOU OF TWO THINGS.

ONE, WE HAVE OUR HOME ART PROGRAM PROGRAM RIGHT NOW, WHICH AS I MENTIONED TO YOU ALL BACK IN PROBABLY MARCH, I MENTIONED THAT, UM, YOU CAN'T PAY ONLY UTILITIES, HOWEVER, UTILITIES CAN BE PAID AS A SIDE OF PAYING SOMEONE'S RENT.

AND SO WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT.

UM, THE OTHER THING IS THE BENEFIT OF WORKING WITH THE ASSISTANCE CENTER OF COLLIN COUNTY WITH HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION IS THAT WE KNOW THEY GET A T X U GRANT.

SO AS OUR FUNDING RUNS OUT AND PEOPLE ARE COMING MEETING ELECTRICITY ASSISTANCE, RIGHT.

WE, UM, NOT WE, THEY DO, THEIR CASEWORKER WILL ACTUALLY SEND PEOPLE AND QUALIFY THEM FOR THEIR T X U GRANT.

SO IT'S A GREAT, UM, EXPANSION UTILIZATION OF BOTH RESOURCES.

SO IT'S SUPPLEMENTS OR WILL OFFSET FOR OUR PLANO RESIDENTS A LOT OF TIMES BECAUSE THEY HAVE THAT SEPARATE GRANT.

WELL GOOD.

I WAS, LIKE I SAY, I JUST, I DIDN'T, DIDN'T HEAR OR SEE ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.

I KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IT A PRETTY GOOD LENGTH, UH, AS I'M DOING TONIGHT.

EVERYBODY'S PROBABLY TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT IT, BUT THE UTILITY, TO ME, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE BECAUSE I, I, I KNOW HOW THAT COULD HURT PEOPLE.

UH, AND IT'S, IT'S NOT GONNA GET ANY BETTER.

SO ANY THOUGHT WE COULD DO THAT OR SOMEHOW TO, YOU KNOW, TO HELP WITH THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER WOULD BE, UH, WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

WILL DO.

FUNDING JUST PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES, IT WON'T COME OUT OF THAT.

THANKS.

COUNCILS MEMBER HORNE, THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION.

I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR SUMMARY DOCUMENTS HERE AND IT LOOKS LIKE OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS WE'RE GETTING A BALLPARK BETWEEN THE HOME AND ALSO THE, UM, UM, THE OTHER ACCOUNT ABOUT $2 MILLION A YEAR.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING.

AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO OUR THIRD YEAR.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT HAVING A BALLPARK FI FIGURE ABOUT 6 MILLION WE ACCUMULATED OVER THE, THE THREE YEARS OF THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY.

DO WE HAVE ANYTHING LEFT OVER? HAVE WE SPENT ALL OF IT ACCORDINGLY TO SERVE THE HOMELESS AS BEST WE CAN? UM, CAN YOU GIMME ANY INFORMATION ON THAT? SO WITH REGARDS TO SERVING HOMELESSNESS OR HOME, THOSE THAT ARE HOMELESS, ACTUALLY WE HAVE MAXED OUT EVERY YEAR ON USING THAT SOCIAL SERVICE MONEY.

I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE OF THESE DOCUMENTS.

THE, IN THE MEMO THAT YOU ALL WERE PROVIDED, IT STATES THAT THERE IS $134,974 THAT ARE UNALLOCATED IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS.

BUT THAT FALLS UNDER THAT BIG 65%.

UM, WAYS THAT WE COULD USE THAT FOR THOSE THAT ARE HOMELESS WOULD BE IF WE HAD A NONPROFIT, SAY LIKE THEY DID TWO TO THREE YEARS AGO.

WE WANT TO CREATE NEW BEDS.

WE WANT TO, FOR INSTANCE, SEE THE FORMER AGENCY AGAPE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES.

THEY TOOK TWO OF THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS, THEY OWNED A QUADPLEX, THEY CONVERTED THEM INTO UNITS.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO ADD TO THE NEW BEDS THAT CAN'T COMES OUT OF THAT BIG POT OF MONEY.

UM, WHEREAS, UM,

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ANYTHING THAT'S RELATED TO HOMELESS, THAT'S NOT TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE, BUT IS FOCUSED ON THE CREATION OF ADDING BEDS OR EITHER IMPROVING THEIR PUBLIC FACILITY BECAUSE ALL OF OUR SHELTERS ARE PUBLIC FACILITIES SO THEY CAN COME THROUGH.

IT STILL TAKES OUT OF THE BIG POT THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT AND THAT WE HAVE MONEY IN, UM, THAT'S REMAINING.

SO, SO IN CASE WE HAVE OVER THE COURSE OF FIVE YEARS, WE DIDN'T SPEND ALL THE MONEY.

DO WE HAVE TO RETURN IT BACK TO HUD? SO WE HAVE, WITH HUD FUNDING, WE HAVE 10 YEARS TO SPEND IT.

SO HUD'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN HOME MONEY, HOME MONEY.

WE HAVE FIVE YEARS TO SPEND C D B G.

WE HAVE 10 YEARS.

UM, WE HAVEN'T BEEN IN A SITUATION AS YOU'RE SAYING, WHERE WE WOULD EVEN GET CLOSE TO NEEDING TO, TO SPEND THE MONEY BECAUSE, UM, 'CAUSE WE'VE SPENT IT, HUD SAYS, FOR INSTANCE, THAT AT ANY GIVEN TIME, AND IT'S AUGUST THE 15TH, I BELIEVE THEY DO WHAT THEY CALL A TIMELINESS TEST AT ANY GIVEN TIME IN THE YEAR, THEY CAN DO IT, BUT THEY MAKE SURE THEY DO IT AUGUST 15TH.

WE CANNOT HAVE MORE THAN $1.5 MILLION OF OUR C D B G ALLOCATION RESTING IN WHAT THEY CALL OUR BANK ACCOUNT.

RIGHT NOW OUR PERCENTAGE IS 0.51.

IT'S, IT'S, IT'S VERY SMALL.

UM, SO WE ALWAYS USE THE MONEY.

WE'VE NEVER BEEN IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT.

AND IF YOU ALL, IF I MAY, IF Y'ALL ARE THINKING ABOUT HOME MONIES AND, UM, THE HOME MONEY IS THE SAME THING, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS IS LET'S SAY IT'S YEAR FOUR AND WE HAVE HOME MONIES THAT WE HAVEN'T SPENT, WE WOULD REACH OUT TO HUD AND WE WOULD ASK THEM TO EXTEND THE PERIOD.

AND HUD WILL AND HAS FOR OTHER CITIES, OUR SISTER CITIES, THEY WILL EXTEND THE PERIOD TO USE THE FUNDS AND ALLOW US THE TIME BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO RECAP, ALLOCATE FUNDING THAT THEY'VE ALLOCATED TO US JUST AS MUCH AS WE DON'T WANT THEM.

OH, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

SO AS WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION, I THINK IT'S, IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE COUNCIL, AND I THINK Y'ALL AS WELL WOULD LIKE TO BE DOING MORE OF THE SOCIAL SERVICE ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE CAPPED AT 15% AT, AND YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THEN WITHIN THE 65% WE'RE DOING SOME VERY IMPORTANT THINGS, BUT I THINK WE'RE DOING AN AMOUNT OF, YOU KNOW, SAY HOUSING REHABILITATION, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY YOU, YOU KNOW, DISPROPORTIONATE TO WHAT WE'RE DOING OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES JUST BECAUSE 65% IS SO MUCH MORE THAN 15%.

SO THINKING STRATEGICALLY ABOUT HOW WE CAN HELP THE GREAT SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES IN OUR COMMUNITY, NOW THAT WE KNOW THAT KIND OF CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT LIKE SECURITY AT MY POSSIBILITIES OR ADDING ADDITIONAL BEDS AT A HOMELESS SHELTER CAN GO IN THE 65% RATHER THAN THE 15% FOR SOCIAL SERVICES.

UH, MAYBE NEXT YEAR WE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE CREATE THESE ALLOCATIONS, WE MIGHT WANT TO SURVEY ALL OF THESE GREAT SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES THAT ARE PART OF THE 15% AND SAY, WHAT CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS DO YOU HAVE THAT WE COULD MAYBE PUT IN THE 65% BECAUSE LIKE WE'VE DONE FOR MY POSSIBILITIES.

BECAUSE IF WE CAN DO THAT FOR THEM, THEN THEIR FUNDS ARE NOT RESTRICTED THE WAY FEDERAL FUNDS ARE.

THAT MIGHT FREE UP MONEY THEY WERE PLANNING TO USE FOR A CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT TO PROVIDE SOCIAL SERVICES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND, AND THAT WAY WE MIGHT KIND OF GET AROUND THE 15% CAP, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO YEAH, JUST AN IDEA.

I'D LOVE TO SEE US DO THAT, YOU KNOW, IN PREPARATION FOR NEXT YEAR'S, UH, UH, UH, ITEM.

SO THANK Y'ALL.

COUNCIL MEMBER HOMER.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, I KNOW THESE DOLLARS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT AND I DON'T WANNA HOLD UP GETTING THEM OUT TO, TO SERVE THE PUBLIC.

UH, OBVIOUSLY COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS HAS CONCERNS ENOUGH THAT HE, HE DOESN'T WANNA VOTE TO SUPPORT THIS.

AND, AND MAYOR PRO TEM UH, PRINCE ALSO HAS CONCERNS ABOUT US SETTING SOME GOALS OR ACTION PLANS IN PLACE.

AND I'M WONDERING IF, AND AS DOES DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM TOO, UM, I GUESS I FEEL LIKE WE KEEP HAVING THE SAME CONVERSATION AND IT GIVES ME SOME INDIGESTION TO APPROVE THIS WITHOUT GETTING AN ACTION PLAN AS I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S APPROPRIATE TO MAKE IT AS PART OF THE MOTION TO, TO APPROVE OR IF WE CAN'T TABLE IT.

SO, LORI, CAN YOU DISCUSS THE PROCESS FOR AMENDING THE, UH, ACTION PLAN KIND OF ON A GOING FORWARD BASIS? SURE.

SO IF WE WERE LOOKING AT AMENDING THE FIVE-YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN, UM, THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT.

YOU HAVE DONE A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THIS PLAN ALREADY BECAUSE OF COVID.

UM, SO THAT ENDED UP CHANGING QUITE A FEW PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE GOT ADDITIONAL DOLLARS.

SO WHAT THAT WOULD NEED TO HAVE IS AN OUTREACH OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC.

UM, ALL OF THESE NEEDS WERE

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WRITTEN AS PART OF THAT OUTREACH EFFORT THAT WE DID ORIGINALLY.

UM, AND THEN THERE HAS TO BE A PUBLICATION DATE, SO WE HAVE TO HAVE IT PUBLISHED FOR 30 DAYS.

UM, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING MUCH LIKE WE'VE DONE TONIGHT, BUT THAT WOULD BE FOR THE FIVE-YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN.

I, I'M SORRY, I I'M NOT SURE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I MEANT.

I, I THINK MAYBE I'M LOOKING MORE TO, TO COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS AND, AND PRINCE FOR SPECIFICALLY WHAT, UM, I MEAN I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE NOT IN SUPPORT OF THIS, BUT MAYBE BUT THE GOAL, THE GOAL, THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE SET THAT WE'RE ACHIEVING IN THE ACTION PLAN.

YES.

CAN YOU DISCUSS HOW THAT FALLS IN FOLDS INTO THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND THEN HOW THESE PROCESSES, 'CAUSE WHAT, WHAT I'M HEARING IS THEY WANT MORE TANGIBLE GOALS THAT WE'RE ACHIEVING ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

SO WE DO HAVE THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN THAT HAS THE GOALS THAT ARE ALREADY STATED IN THERE.

UM, AND IF YOU'RE TRYING TO GET MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT TRAINED TO HIT CERTAIN TARGETS, IS THAT WHAT THE UNDERSTANDING IS AS FAR AS THE ACTION PLAN IS CONCERNED? UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE, I, I DON'T KNOW, I'M GONNA HAVE TO LOOK TO SHANETTE FOR THAT, BUT OUR, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION IS THE CONCERNS ABOUT NOT MEETING CERTAIN TARGETS IN PARTICULAR AREAS.

SO BECAUSE WE HAVE PRETTY MUCH MANAGED THROUGH A LOT OF OUR COVID PROGRAMS, WHICH TOOK QUITE A LOT OF STAFF TIME FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, WHAT WE UNDERSTAND FROM COUNCIL, BOTH FROM MARCH AND ALSO FROM THIS EVENING IS, IS THAT WE NEED TO DO A CONCERTED EFFORT FOR OUTREACH.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE STAFF WROTE INTO THE ACTION PLAN THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE APPROACHING NONPROFITS TO HELP US MEET THOSE GOALS.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WAS WRITTEN IN THIS YEAR.

UM, WE DID LISTEN AND WE, WE HEARD THAT THAT IS A CONCERN FROM COUNCIL.

UM, IT'S ALSO A CONCERN FOR US BECAUSE WE DON'T SEE THOSE FOLKS COMING FORWARD.

AND WHAT WE MAY HAVE TO DO IS THOSE, A LOT OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS DON'T EXIST HERE IN PLANO.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO THE METROPLEX TO LOOK FOR SOME OF THESE NONPROFITS TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD COME TO PLANO TO SERVE PLANO RESIDENTS.

SO IF THERE ARE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF THAT IS, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE LOCAL THAT CAN MEET THOSE PARTICULAR NEEDS, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO OUTREACH TO THEM.

UM, I THINK FOR THE BOTH OF US, WE HAD ALREADY DISCUSSED THAT THIS IS A GOAL FOR US BECAUSE WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE HEARD, UH, THE CONCERNS ABOUT NOT MEETING THOSE PARTICULAR GOALS.

IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT SHOWED UP YEAR AFTER YEAR, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY ROUND TABLES THAT WE HAD WHEN WE WERE TALKING TO ALL OF OUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

THESE STILL REMAIN HOLES.

OUR OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS ARE NOT SERVING CERTAIN THINGS, UH, CERTAIN NEEDS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO SEE IF WE CAN GET PEOPLE TO COME TO PLANO TO SERVE THOSE NEEDS.

LORI, UM, I I I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY, UM, NOT A GOOD IDEA NOT TO TAKE FEDERAL FUNDS.