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NOW DECLARE THAT THE PLANO[CALL TO ORDER]
CITY COUNCILS RECONVENED IN AN OPEN SESSION THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.WE'LL BEGIN TONIGHT'S REGULAR MEETING WITH THE INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND TEXAS PLEDGE LED BY CUB SCOUT PAC ONE 12 WITH GLI ELEMENTARY, FOLLOWED BY THE HOLIDAY MUSIC PROVIDED BY LEGACY OF HARMONY CHORUS, WOULD YOU PLEASE RISE? DEAR LORD, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY.
WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT.
WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS THEM AND WATCH OVER THEM.
WE ASK THAT YOU BE WITH THIS COUNCIL, THAT YOU'LL WILL MAKE DECISIONS, UH, FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WE PRAY THAT WE, UH, ALWAYS LOOK TO YOU FOR STRENGTH.
WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE ALL OF US PEACE AND LOVE AND HARMONY TONIGHT AND THROUGHOUT ALL YEAR LONG.
AND WE PRAY THAT YOU BE WITH US IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
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.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE TEXAS PLEDGE.
YOU GUYS WANNA TAKE A PICTURE? COME HERE, COME REAL QUICK.
DID YOU GET ONE? OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU GUYS COMING RIGHT HERE? STAND RIGHT HERE IN FRONT BECAUSE YOU, YOU'RE, YOU NEED TO BE IN THE PICTURE.
THOSE CAMERAS TURN AROUND GUYS.
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OR ARE YOU GONNA, YOU SING FROM THERE? PERFECT.BATTLE SPRING, SINGING ONE BETTER SANTA SPRING.
SO ALL THE TEMP IS DROPPING FAMILIES OUT TOGETHER, HIP, THE WARM, AND, AND THOSE ON ALL THE ROOF FOR GOOD BIG GOLD CUPS.
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IT AND FUZZY.[
Presentation: Plano's Parks and Recreation Department was chosen for the 2023 National Recreation and Park Association Gold Medal for the fifth time.
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OKAY.I WAS GONNA PUT THIS OVER MY NECK, BUT, UH, KIND OF WHERE IT IS A MEDALLION, BUT I'M GONNA LET DR.
SO ON OCTOBER 11TH, THE PLANO PARKS AND RECREATION WAS AWARDED THE 2023 GOLD MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE BY THE NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARKS ASSOCIATION, THE HIGHEST HONOR WITHIN THE PARKS AND REC INDUSTRY.
AND TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD, THIS MARKS THE FIFTH TIME, THE PLANO PARKS AND RECREATION HAS WON THIS NATIONAL GOLD MEDAL.
LET'S, LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND, 'CAUSE WE ALL KNOW HOW MUCH OUR PARKS.
SO I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD DR.
RON SMITH, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC.
DAVE ANGELS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, SUSAN HERGAN, RADER, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, RECREATION.
RENEE JORDAN PARK PLANNING MANAGER, MARK GERALD PLANO, EVENTS CENTER MANAGER, CHRIS GKE, BUSINESS MANAGER, AND ALL OTHER PARKS AND RECREATION EMPLOYEES WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT.
OKAY, I'M GONNA LET YOU HOLD THIS BECAUSE MY ARM'S GETTING REALLY TIRED.
MAYOR MU, THANK YOU FOR GIVING, UH, US THIS BIT OF RECOGNITION.
IT GOES WITHOUT BEING SAID THAT WE WOULD NOT BE EARNING THIS AWARD WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF OUR CITY COUNCIL, OUR EXECUTIVE STAFF, AND OF COURSE, THE CITIZENS OF PLANO.
THIS AWARD REPRESENTS THE COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION OF ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT, OFTENTIMES UNSEEN, BUT WE DO WHAT WE DO SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS OF PLANO CAN ENJOY AND BENEFIT FROM THE VERY BEST PARKS AND RECREATION SERVICES THE COUNTRY HAS TO OFFER.
WELL, YOU'RE ALREADY ALL SET UP THERE.
I'LL JUST, WE'LL JUST COME IN HERE.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM.
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OF OFFICE TO, TO GIVE TO SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER, UH, FRA GIDOT.THIS IS SPECIAL BECAUSE I'M ONLY GIVING AN OATH OF OFFICE TO YOU AND I'M USUALLY GIVING IT TO VERY MANY PEOPLE.
SO I'M GOING TO READ THE CEREMONIAL OATH OF OFFICE, AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR SERVING ON OUR SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD.
DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT YOU WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD OF THE CITY OF PLANO, STATE OF TEXAS, AND WILL TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE AND THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES OF THIS CITY? AND YOU, FURTHERMORE, SOLEMNLY SWEAR, AFFIRM THAT YOU HAVE NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PAID, OFFERED OR PROMISED TO PAY, CONTRIBUTED NOR PROMISED TO CONTRIBUTE ANY MONEY OR VALUABLE THING OR PROMISED ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR AN EMPLOYMENT AS A REWARD TO SECURE YOUR EMPLOYMENT APPOINTMENT.
CONGRATULATIONS, AND THANK YOU FOR SERVING.
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TO, UH, COMMENTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST.THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS TO ALLOW UP TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER WITH 30 TOTAL MINUTES OF ON ITEMS OF INTEREST OR CONCERN AND NOT ON ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE CURRENT AGENDA.
THE COUNCIL MAY DISCUSS THESE ITEMS BUT MAY, EXCUSE ME, BUT MAY RESPOND WITH FACTUAL OR POLICY INFORMATION.
THE COUNCIL MAY CHOOSE TO PLACE THE ITEM ON A FUTURE AGENDA, AND WE DO HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKERS.
OKAY? SO, UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING
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HERE, AND WE, WE ALL WANT TO HEAR, UH, WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.THE PROBLEM IS WE ONLY HAVE 30 MINUTES FOR COMMENTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST AND WE HAVE MORE SPEAKERS.
SO I'M, I'M GOING TO CUT IT DOWN TO ONE MINUTE EACH SO EACH OF YOU WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK AND, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR EVERYONE THAT HAS SIGNED UP.
SO IF WE CAN GET STARTED, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MUNZ AND ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE, ASUM, PEACE AND BLESSINGS ON ALL OF YOU GATHERED HERE TODAY.
I'M SABA SAYED AND I'M A PLANO RESIDENT RESIDING RIGHT HERE IN EAST PLANO, UH, AT 47 36 RABBIT TRAIL.
I'VE BEEN A PLANO RESIDENT FOR 15 YEARS NOW WITH, UH, MY THREE KIDS GOING TO ALL THE PLANO SCHOOLS.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M ALSO A PART OF THE PLANO, UH, ISD DIVERSITY ADVOCACY COMMITTEE HERE IN PLANO, SD AND I HAVE MET SO MANY AMAZING ADMINISTRATORS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, CITY LEADERS THROUGH THAT.
UM, I'M HERE TODAY, ESPECIALLY, UH, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME, BUT I'M HERE, ESPECIALLY TODAY TO TALK ABOUT, UM, A PUSH FOR AN IMMEDIATE AND, UH, IMMEDIATE AND COMPLETE CEASEFIRE IN GAZA.
WE ALL KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING OVER THERE.
WE ALL KNOW THE CONDITIONS OF THE PEOPLE OF PALESTINE, AND I'M HERE SPECIFICALLY TO, UH, AR UH, TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
AND YOU MAY ARGUE THAT, YOU KNOW, AS A CITY COUNCIL, WHAT DOES THIS, UH, HAVE TO DO WITH OUR CITY POLITICS? BUT I WOULD ARGUE THAT, UH, CITY CO UH, WE AS CITY RESIDENTS, WE ARE FACING DIRECT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IMPACT OF THIS CONFLICT.
I WANT YOU TO, I WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO FINISH YOUR POINT, BUT WE, WE CAN ONLY DO ONE MINUTE.
AND YOU'VE, YOUR TIME HAS BEEN, BEEN UP.
UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC JUST ONE LAST THING.
I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, ALL LIVES MATTER AND ALL LIVES ARE PRECIOUS, AND I WOULD REALLY REQUEST OUR, OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR MONTHS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE IN DEZA.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JEAN SWAN AND THAT, AND OBEY SIDIKI WILL BE THE ONE FOLLOWING.
CAN, CAN THE TIME BE RESTARTED? I'M HERE AS PART OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE IN GAZA AND ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO CALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE.
THE ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY KNOWS THE PAIN OF FOREIGN POLICY INFLUENCING DOMESTIC POLICY.
SO THERE WAS THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS AGAINST JAPANESE AMERICANS DURING WORLD WAR II.
THERE WAS 26 VINCENT CHEN WHO WAS KILLED BECAUSE OF TOYOTA CAR MANUFACTURING.
AND MOST RECENTLY, WHILE TRUMP WAS SAYING KONG FLU KONG VIRUS, MANY PEOPLE WERE KILLED.
AND THIS IS ALL FOREIGN POLICY.
AND SO THE COMMUNITY IS IN DANGER ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, AND THESE ARE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
SO IF THE RHETORIC IS SO INFLAMMATORY AGAINST PALESTINIANS, DEMONIZING THOSE PEOPLE, OKAY, THEN IT IS VERY HARD FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY TO MAINTAIN THEIR SAFETY.
AND THAT INCLUDES THE CITIZENS OF PLANO.
LOT OF PEOPLE WE'RE IN, WE'RE IN OUR BUSINESS MEETING RIGHT NOW, SO THIS IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, SO WE'RE
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TRYING TO ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN, BUT WE ONLY HAVE 30 MINUTES FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.SO I WAS THINKING THAT SAME 30 MINUTES, THREE MINUTES.
WHICH, WHICH, WHICH FIVE SPEAKERS, WHO WHICH SPEAKERS WOULD YOU LIKE TO, TO HAVE SPEAK? I THINK THAT SHE ORGANIZES SPEAKERS SO CHAMBERS WOULD SUFFICE.
DO LIKE MAYBE EIGHT MORE SPEAKERS? YEAH, LET'S DO, LET'S DO EIGHT MORE SPEAKERS.
SHE ALREADY GIVE THREE MINUTES.
I'M A RESIDENT OF RI RICHARDSON AND I AM A MEMBER OF THE EAST PLANO ISLAMIC CENTER HOME TO THOUSANDS OF MUSLIM AMERICAN WORSHIPERS.
I GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY TEXAS SCHOOL OF LAW, AND I AM A PROUD MEMBER OF THE TEXAS STATE BAR.
THE SAME ZEAL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND JUSTICE THAT LED ME TO PRACTICING LAW IS THE SAME ZEAL THAT COMPELLED ME TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU TODAY, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WOULD SAY GOOD EVENING, BUT IT IS IN FACT NOT A GOOD EVENING.
IT IS NOT A GOOD EVENING FOR THE THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIANS INZA TRAPPED IN BLEEDING OUT UNDER THE RUBBLE.
IT IS NOT A GOOD EVENING FOR THE MILLIONS OF PALESTINIANS DISPLACED IN ZA WHO ARE BEING BOMBED.
AND IT IS NOT A GOOD EVENING FOR PEOPLE OF CONSCIOUSNESS ACROSS THE GLOBE WHOSE HEARTS ACHE FOR THE OVER 18,000 PALESTINIAN HEARTS THAT ARE NO LONGER BEATING.
OUR US AND STATE LEADERS HAVE ABANDONED THEIR CONSTITUENTS.
WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL NOT ABANDON US.
68% OF AMERICANS SUPPORT THE CALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE, YET THE US WAS THE ONLY COUNTRY TO VETO THE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION AT THE UN.
CITIES ARE TELLING MY COMMUNITY THAT THEY DO NOT SEE THE LOCAL RELEVANCE HERE, BUT MAYOR NUNS, I KNOW THAT YOU DO.
YOU RELEASED A STATEMENT ON OCTOBER 9TH CONDEMNING THE ATTACK IN ISRAEL.
YOU RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE MEMBERS OF A GLOBAL COMMUNITY AND WE MUST EXTEND OUR HUMANITY WHEREVER IT IS NEEDED.
THE PALESTINIANS NEED YOU, WILL YOU CONDEMN THE GENOCIDE OF INNOCENT PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS? OUR HUMANITY CANNOT ONLY EXTEND ACROSS THE GLOBE FOR WHITE LIVES, BUT STOP AT THE BORDERS OF PLANO WHEN IT COMES TO BROWN ONES.
FOR DECADES, WE HAVE BEEN BOXED INTO TROPES AND STEREOTYPES OF THE ARAB SAVAGE AND THE MUSLIM TERRORIST, WHICH ARE THE SAME STEREOTYPES, ENABLING THIS GENOCIDE THAT LED TO 6-YEAR-OLD WITH BEING STABBED IN CHICAGO 26 TIMES.
THAT LED TO THREE MUSLIM COLLEGE STUDENTS TO BE SHOT IN VERMONT, WHICH ARE THE SAME STEREOTYPES THAT LED A 2018 MEMBER OF THIS CITY COUNCIL TO CALL FOR ISLAM TO BE BANNED FROM SCHOOLS ACROSS AMERICA.
THIS CITY COUNCIL SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE HATE AND BIGOTRY CALLING FOR HIS RESIGNATION.
WILL, WILL YOU SPEAK OUT AGAINST HATE AND BIGOTRY TODAY? THIS IS NOT SOLELY AN INTERNATIONAL ISSUE.
SINCE OCTOBER 7TH, TEXAS COMPTROLLER HAGGAR USED 65 MILLION OF OUR TAX DOLLARS TO PURCHASE ISRAELI BONDS TO INCREASE ISRAEL'S LIQUIDITY TO FUND THIS GENOCIDE.
ON NOVEMBER 2ND, AFTER APPROXIMATELY 10,000 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED, GOVERNOR ABBOTT USED OUR TAX DOLLARS TO VISIT ISRAEL, AFFIRMING HIS SUPPORT AND RUBBER STAMPING THIS GENOCIDE.
HE ALSO SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER, PROHIBIT PROHIBITING STATE AGENCIES FROM PURCHASING PRODUCTS FROM GAZA.
WHEN OUR FEDERAL AND STATE LEADERS FAIL TO REPRESENT THE VALUES OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS, IT BECOMES OUR CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO BE OUR VOICE AND HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR HOW THEY USE THEIR PLATFORMS AND SPEND OUR TAX DOLLARS.
SPONSORING AND AFFIRMING THE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION WILL SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE TO OUR US AND STATE LEADERS THAT PLANO DOES NOT SUPPORT THIS GENOCIDE.
PLEASE SPONSOR AND AFFIRM THIS RESOLUTION.
I STATED IT BEFORE AND I WILL STATE IT AGAIN.
TONIGHT IS NOT A GOOD EVENING, BUT YOU MAYOR MONTHS AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT A BETTER ONE.
GREETINGS OF PEACE AND BLESSING TO ALL OF YOU.
I LIVE IN AT HARBOR LANE IN EAST SIDE OF THE PLANO.
UH, WE CONCERNED CITIZENS OF, UH, PLANO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CITY OF EXCELLENCE THROUGH POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND SOCIAL SERVICES.
I'VE BEEN PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN AND HOSTED VOTER MOBILIZATION EFFORTS, CANDIDATE FORUMS, MEET AND GREETS, AND MANY OF YOU HAVE ATTENDED THAT.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE MAJOR ISLAMIC CENTERS LIKE EPIC AND IACC AS POLLING STATIONS.
THESE EFFORTS HAVE RESULTED, HAVE RESULTED IN HIGHER VOTING TURNOUTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS EVEN MORE THAN THE JOURNAL COMMUNITY.
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AND DIVERSITY INITIATIVES SUCH AS INTERFAITH DINNERS, POLICE AND FIRE FIREFIGHTER APPRECIATION EVENTS, AND HEAVILY CONTRIBUTE TO THE SOCIAL SERVICES PROGRAM.JUST ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY, EPIC, UM, SERVED 1.1 MILLION MEALS LAST YEAR.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, THEY SUPPORT 300 FAMILIES THROUGH FINANCIAL AID EVERY MONTH AND DISTRIBUTE OVER A THOUSAND BLANKETS IN WINTER SEASON.
AND AS PART OF THE EFFORT AND YOU'RE ALL INVOLVED, OUR EAST PLAN ISLAMIC CENTER IS BE BECOMING A WINTER SHELTER, UH, THIS SEASON AS WELL AS A CITIZENS OF THIS GRAY CITY.
WE ARE HERE TODAY TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE TREMENDOUS LEVEL OF SUFFERING AND COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT PHASED BY PALESTINIANS IN GAZA, KILLING OF CIVILIANS AND CHILDREN, BOMBING OF HOSPITALS AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND MASS EXPULSION FROM HOMES, WHICH IS ALL LIVE STREAMED.
SO YOU CAN CHOOSE TO IGNORE IT, BUT NO ONE CAN DENY IT.
WE AS A PLANO CITIZENS ARE AGAINST KILLING OF ANY INNOCENCE, WHETHER BY A GROUP OR A STATE DE 1200 INNOCENT PEOPLE MURDERED ON OCTOBER 7TH OR 20,000 IN INNOCENT CIVILIANS KILLED IN CARPET BOMBING OF 2.5 MILLION DOZENS, I'M SURE THAT YOU WILL AGREE THAT THE TREATMENT OF CIVILIAN DOES NOT ALIGN WITH OUR CITY'S COLLECTIVE SENSE OF JUSTICE AND NON-VIOLENCE.
WE ALL KNOW TOO WELL THAT VIOLENCE AND INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO THE PEACE AND JUSTICE EVERYWHERE.
WHEN WE BECOME DESENSITIZED TO THE OPPRESSION AND INJUSTICE, WE SUPPRESS OUR CONSCIOUS, WHICH WILL INEVITABLY HAUNT US BACK SOONER OR LATER, AND WE'LL FAIL TO RECOGNIZE OUR RESPOND TO IT WHEN WE SEE IT WITH OPEN EYES.
WE URGE THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SPONSOR AND ADOPT RESOLUTION AND REQUEST THE CITY OF PLANO TO SUPPORT US CONGRESS RESOLUTION, HR 7 86, AND JOIN OTHER CITIES IN CALLING ON OUR CONGRESS MEMBERS TO DEMAND AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE RELEASE OF ALL HOSTAGES FOR RESOLUTION THAT PROTECTS THE SECURITY OF ALL INNOCENT CIVILIANS.
OUR CITY AND COUNTRY HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO USE EVERY DIPLOMATIC EFFORT TO PREVENT GENOCIDE, ETHNIC PLEAING, ILLEGAL SETTLEMENTS AND APARTHEID SYSTEM WILL NOT BRING PEACE, EQUALITY, AND FREEDOM WITH THOUSANDS OF LIES LOST AND MILLIONS MORE AT STAKE.
I LIVE AT 4 3 3 2 CHECKER DRIVE IN EAST PLANO.
I'M HERE WITH MANY OF MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ALSO ASK YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR THE, UM, THE RESOLUTION CALLING FOR CEASEFIRE.
UM, ASK FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
UM, THE REASON I LIVE IN PLANO IS BECAUSE WHEN I WAS OFFERED A JOB IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE METROPLEX OR DALLAS AND UH, BUT I WAS TOLD THAT, UM, PLANO WAS, UH, THERE WAS A VIBRANT CHINESE COMMUNITY IN PLANO.
UM, SO I SOMEWHAT ARBITRARILY CHOSE TO LIVE HERE.
AND, UH, BECAUSE MY, MY WIFE AND THEN ONE DAUGHTER FROM CHINA, IT'S WORKED OUT REALLY WELL.
WHAT, UM, WHAT I DIDN'T EXPECT AND HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL SURPRISE WAS THE ADDITIONAL DIVERSITY IN PLANO AND IN PARTICULAR THAT OF, OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY.
UM, AFTER WE BOUGHT OUR HOME IN EAST PLANO, THE THE FIRST PEOPLE TO INVITE OUR FAMILY OVER TO EAT WERE OUR NEIGHBORS.
SONYA AND SULEMAN, THE FIRST, AND, UM, ACTUALLY THE ONLY PEOPLE TO COME TO OUR DOOR AND WELCOME US TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, WAS MY NEIGHBOR, NASIR.
AND SO IT'S JUST, IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS SPECIAL AND AND WONDERFUL IN PLANO IS, IS THE DIVERSITY.
AND IN PARTICULAR, UM, THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY IS, IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THAT, THAT THAT REALLY DEFINES WHAT PLANO IS.
SOMETHING ELSE WONDERFUL ABOUT PLANO THAT I LOVE LIVING ABOUT HERE IS THAT WHEN YOU SEE PLANO CITY OF EXCELLENCE, IT REALLY, IT REALLY DOES MEAN SOMETHING BEYOND A SLOGAN.
AND WHAT I'VE FOUND THAT THAT MEANS IS THAT REGARDLESS OF THE, UM, POLITICS AND HEADLINES OF THE WIDER WORLD, THAT THE CITY OF PLANO REALLY IS A BEACON OF CIVILITY, INTELLIGENCE, UM, FRIENDSHIP AND, AND KINDNESS AND, YOU KNOW, ANY OTHER PLATITUDE YOU CAN THROW AT IT, BUT IT'S, IT'S REALLY SOMETHING REAL HERE.
IT'S REAL IN AT THE LEVEL OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT, UM, IN THE KINDS OF CONVERSATIONS WE CAN HAVE HERE AND THAT I'VE HAD PERSONALLY WITH MANY OF YOU, AND THAT I APPRECIATE.
AND I THINK THAT THAT ALSO, IT'S NOT JUST IN THE CITY GOVERNMENT THAT SETS A TONE FOR HOW WE ALL RELATE TO EACH OTHER THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN THAT SPIRIT.
COMING BACK TO WHY I AM STANDING HERE, UM, PLANO IS RECOGNIZED FAR AND WIDE TO MY RELATIVES IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
THEY KNOW THAT PLANO IS A, THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT PLANO, REGARDLESS OF THE POLITICS AND THE HEADLINES, THAT PLANO IS A EMINENTLY RESPECTED INSTITUTION.
WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING
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THAT WOULD BE, YOU DON'T NEED ME TO TELL YOU, IT WOULD BE CONTROVERSIAL AND UNEXPECTED, 20 SECONDS.BUT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING, SOMETHING VERY POSITIVE AND RESPONSIBLE THAT WILL BE MEANINGFUL NOW AND BE REMEMBERED INTO THE FUTURE, THAT DESPITE WHATEVER OTHER PREVAILING HEADWINDS, PLANO DID THE RIGHT THING WHEN IT WAS CLEARLY THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
MY NAME IS AMI BILAL AND I'VE BEEN PART OF THE EAST PLANO COMMUNITY FOR THE BETTER PART OF THE LAST DECADE.
I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH AN URGENT APPEAL THAT ALIGNS WITH THE WISHES AND HOPES OF OUR FELLOW AMERICANS.
JUST IN THE LAST MONTH, A REUTERS POLL REVEALED A COMPELLING TRUTH.
68% OF AMERICANS SUPPORT A CEASEFIRE IN RZA.
THIS IS NOT JUST A STATISTIC, IT IS A CLEAR EXPRESSION OF THE COLLECTIVE WILL OF OUR NATION, TRANSCENDING POLITICAL DIVISIONS AND AFFIRMING OUR SHARED COMMITMENT TOWARDS PEACE.
THE CITIZENS OF PLANO, LIKE MILLIONS ACROSS THE WORLD, HAVE VOICED THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THE RELENTLESS VIOLENCE AND ITS TOLL ON INNOCENT LIVES.
AS STEWARDS OF THIS COMMUNITY, WE ARE ENTRUSTED WITH A SACRED DUTY TO AMPLIFY THE VOICES OF OUR PEOPLE AND ADVOCATE FOR POLICIES THAT ALIGN WITH THE COLLECTIVE WILL.
IN SPONSORING AND AFFIRMING A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING A CEASEFIRE AND RZA, THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL HAS THE POWER TO HARMONIZE WITH THE PROVI, WITH THE PREVAILING SENTIMENT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
THIS GOES BEYOND A MERE ENDORSEMENT OF PEACE.
IT IS A DECLARATION THAT OUR COMMUNITY STANDS SHOULDER TO SHOULDER, A UNITED FRONT URGING THE US GOVERNMENT TO WIELD ITS DIPLOMATIC IN INFLUENCE FOR THE GREATER GOOD.
I IMPLORE EACH OF YOU TO RECOGNIZE THE WEIGHT OF THIS MOMENT, TO HEEDED THE RESOUNDING VOICE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND TO STAND AS ADVOCATES FOR A WORLD THAT STRIVES FOR PEACE, SPONSOR AND AFFIRM OUR RESOLUTION AND LET PLANO SHINE AS A BEACON, A COMMUNITY THAT REVERES COMPASSION, UPHOLDS JUSTICE, AND TIRELESSLY PURSUES A WORLD FREE FROM THE SHADOWS OF CONFLICT.
I APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION AND DEDICATION TO OUR COMMUNITY.
LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO MOVE BOLDLY TOWARDS THE FUTURE FILLED WITH PEACE.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND ALL THE TEAM MEMBERS OF THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS AZAR AZIZ, I ON GIBRALTAR STREET IN PLANO, TEXAS.
UH, ACCORDING TO UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS, OCHA, 1.9 MILLION PEOPLE INSIDE RAZA ARE INTERNALLY DISPLACED.
OVER 10, 20,000 PEOPLE ARE KILLED IN RAZA, UH, OUT OF WHICH 66% ARE WOMEN, CHILDREN, MOSTLY BABIES.
OVER 50,000 PEOPLE ARE REPORTED TO BE SERIOUSLY INJURED.
43 HOUSING UNITS ARE COMPLETELY DESTROYED IN INCLUDING SEVERAL PLACES OF WORSHIP.
AND LAST TWO WEEKS ALONE, 18 HOSPITALS IN ZA HAVE STOPPED OPERATING AND EVERYONE OVER THERE HAS BEEN REMOVED AND EVACU EVACUATED.
I HAVE BEEN GOING TO THIS PLACE, UH, TO THIS VERY BLESSED LAND FOR THE PAST TWO DECADES AS AN INTERNATIONAL AID WORKER.
MY LAST VISIT TO WEST BANK, JERUSALEM AND RAZA WAS JUST FEW MONTHS BACK.
I KNOW THE ENTIRE LENGTH AND BREADTH OF RAZA.
SO TODAY I JOIN HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF MY FELLOW CHRISTIAN AND JEWISH FRIENDS FROM ACROSS THE NATION AND MAKE THIS HUMBLE APPEAL TO EACH ONE OF YOU AS THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THIS GREAT CITY TO DO THE RIGHT RIGHT THING AND TAKE ACTION AND ACT, ACT NOW, AND PASS A RESOLUTION FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE.
THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
THIS WILL BE THE MOST AMERICAN THING TO DO.
I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION AL MAI.
INSIDE ZA IS THE PLACE WHERE ALL S HAVE BEEN GATHERED NOW, WHICH IS ALMOST THE SIZE OF DFW AIRPORT, WHERE THESE ARE AROUND 2 MILLION PLUS.
PEOPLE ARE ASKED TO STAY WITH NO FOOD, NO RUNNING WATER, NO SANITATION, NO ELECTRICITY, NO INTERNET ACCESS, AND THEY DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THEY WILL BE STAYING OVER HERE, RAZA FROM BEING THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED PLACE ON EARTH AND FROM BEING THE LARGEST OPEN AIR PRISON, IS NOW BECOMING THE LARGEST GRAVEYARD ON THIS EARTH.
ANYONE WHO HAS A HEART CANNOT BE SILENT TO WITNESS WHAT'S HAPPENING OVER THERE.
WE ALL HAVE TO SPEAK FOR THEM AND DRAW THE ATTENTION.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HAVE LOST THE MORAL COURAGE TO ASK AND PUSH FOR A CEASEFIRE.
PLEASE JOIN OTHER CITIES ACROSS AMERICA BY PASSING A RESOLUTION, ASKING FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE.
THE WORLD IS WATCHING AND WE NEED TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HISTORY.
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CONTINUE TO BLESS THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY OF PLANO AND, AND MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS OUR BELOVED NATION, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR MUNZ, ESTEEMED COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I LIVE OVER AT 65 0 4 BAKERSFIELD STREET, RIGHT HERE AT EAST PLANO.
I HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE HAD THE UTMOST PLEASURE OF CALLING MYSELF A RESIDENT OF PLANO AND A RESIDENT OF THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF MY LIFE.
I HAVE COME HERE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION A MATTER THAT HAS CAUSED AN AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF TRAUMA, STRESS, AND ANXIETY TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
THE WORSENING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN GAZA, WHILE HALF THE EARTH AWAY HAS HAD VISIBLE IMPACTS RIGHT HERE IN PLANO ACCORDING TO UN SECURITY GENERAL.
ON AVERAGE, ONE CHILD IS KILLED AND TWO ARE INJURED.
EVERY 10 MINUTES DURING THIS WAR TURNING GAZA INTO QUOTE, A GRAVEYARD FOR CHILDREN.
AS HE STATED IN HIS ADDRESS, MORE THAN 17, IN HIS MOST RECENT ADDRESS, MORE THAN 17,000 PALESTINIANS HAVE REPORTEDLY BEEN KILLED, INCLUDING 4,000 WOMEN, 7,000 CHILDREN, AND TENS OF THOUSANDS MORE ARE INJURED AND MANY ARE MISSING.
SOME 339 EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, 26 HOSPITALS, 56 HEALTHCARE FACILITIES, 88 MOSQUE AND THREE CHURCHES HAVE BEEN HIT.
WHILE THESE NUMBERS MAY SEEM LIKE STATS TO US, FIGURES ON A PAPER NUMBERS, THEY'RE ACTUALLY THE FAMILY MEMBERS, FATHERS, MOTHERS, AUNTS, NIECES, UNCLES OF RESIDENTS OF THIS VERY CITY.
PEOPLE RIGHT HERE LIVING IN OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD.
I PERSONALLY, AS A STUDENT KNOW PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECEIVED WORD, THAT FAMILY MEMBER OF THEIRS HAS LOST THEIR LIFE IN GAZA.
SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY DOUBT IN MY WORD, I INVITE YOU TO SPEAK TO ANY OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE TODAY AND THEY'LL AFFIRM WHAT I'M SAYING IS A TRUTH WITH THEIR OWN FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE.
THIS IS LEADING TO A MAJOR PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA AMONGST THEIR OWN RESIDENTS, A CONSTANT SENSE OF FEAR AND ANXIETY FOR THEIR LOVED ONES.
AND THESE PEOPLE, OUR OWN NEIGHBORS AND AND OUR OWN COMMUNITY MEMBERS NEED TO KNOW THAT THEIR CITY SEES THEM AND THEIR CITY WEEPS ALONG WITH THEM.
ON TOP OF THE WORRY IN THE HEARTS OF PLANO RESIDENTS, THERE IS A VERY REAL CONCERN OF ANTI-SEMITIC ISLAMOPHOBIC RACIST ATTACKS THAT MAY, THAT THESE RESIDENTS MAY HAVE TO DEAL WITH, AS SHOWN BY THE SENSELESS KILLING OF, OF A 6-YEAR-OLD BOY IN CHICAGO IN THE, IN THE SHOOTING OF THREE STUDENTS OVER IN VERMONT.
I SHOULD, MY WORDS AS A STUDENT, AS A RESIDENT OF PLANO, HAVE ANY WEIGHT.
I URGE YOU, MR. MAYOR, I URGE YOU RESPECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PLEASE NOT TURN THE BLIND EYE TO THE WORRY AND CONCERN OF YOUR PEOPLE.
I URGE YOU TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION THAT HAS BEEN DRAFTED AND PROPOSE AND CALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE IN GAZA.
THIS IS THE BARE MINIMUM WE CAN DO TO LET RESIDENTS, RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY KNOW THAT WE STAND WITH HUMANITY, AND THAT WE STAND WITH PEACE.
WE STAND WITH PEACE AS THE CITY OF PLANO LET US LIVE, LIVE UP TO OUR NAME.
AS THAT VERY SLOGAN SAYS, AS THAT VERY FLAG STATES, WE ARE THE CITY OF EXCELLENCE.
LET US LIVE UP, LIVE UP TO OUR NAMES.
LET US NOT LET HISTORIANS WRITE THAT THIS CITY OF PLANO STOOD SILENTLY.
AS THAT, AS THIS ONSLAUGHT CONTINUED, THE CITY HAS NEVER FAILED ME IN THE PAST AND THIS TIME AND IN THIS TIME OF GREAT WORRY AND GRIEF, FOR SO MANY OF OUR OWN NEIGHBORS, OF OUR OWN COMMUNITY MEMBERS, I TRUST AND I PRAY THAT MY CITY WILL NOT FAIL ME IN SUCH A MOMENT.
RESPECTED MAYOR, ESTEEMED COUNCIL MEMBERS, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND COMMITMENT TO THE BETTER BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY AND SAFETY OF OUR PEOPLE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, ELECTED OFFICIALS.
MY NAME IS ADO AND I WAS RAISED IN THIS GREAT CITY OF PLANO.
I WENT TO DULY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ARMSTRONG MIDDLE SCHOOL, MCMILLAN HIGH SCHOOL.
AND I ALWAYS TOOK PRIDE IN THE FACT THAT I LIVE IN A CITY WHICH IS THE SAFEST CITY, ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN AMERICA, YEAR BY YEAR AND ONE OF THE MOST PEACEFUL CITIES YEAR BY YEAR AND TAKE, AND I TAKE PRIDE IN THE SERVICES THAT THIS CITY OFFERS.
SERVICES SUCH AS THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, THE REC CENTERS, PLANO CARES, THE PLANO OVER OVERNIGHT.
WEL, UH, WARMING SHELTER, WHICH I ACTUALLY VOLUNTEERED FOR.
I TAKE PRIDE IN THIS COUNTRY AS A FOUNDATION, WAS BUILT ON THE CONCEPT OF PEACE, JUSTICE, AND HUMAN RIGHTS.
AND YET PEACE AND THAT WE HAVE, AND THESE RIGHTS THAT WE HAVE, THESE HUMAN RIGHTS THAT WE HAVE, THESE RIGHTS ARE NOT BEING EXTENDED TO THE PEOPLE OF GAZA.
THESE RIGHTS THAT WE TAKE PRIDE IN NOW, WE ARE TAKING AWAY FROM THE PEOPLE OF GAZA, OUR OWN TAX DOLLARS, OUR TAX MONEY THAT WE GIVE IS BEING USED TO MASSACRE THE PEOPLE OF GAZA.
OVER 17,000 PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY DIED INNOCENT LIVES.
AND, AND SO AS THEY'RE PEOPLE OF GAZA, THEY'RE BOMBS ARE APPLYING THROUGH, THEY'RE LOSING THEIR HOMES, THEY'RE LOSING THEIR SHELTERS.
THEY DON'T HAVE FOOD, THEY DON'T HAVE WATER, THEY DON'T HAVE ELECTRICITY.
EVERYTHING IS BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM.
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A U UN CAME TOGETHER AND AS THEY WANTED, AND THEY HAD A RESOLUTION FOR PEACE, FOR A CEASEFIRE WHO DENIED IT, OUR OWN GOVERNMENT, AMERICA SAID, NO, THEY VETOED IT.THIS IS NOT THE AMERICA THAT WE LOVE.
THE AMERICA THAT WE LOVE IS WHAT THE GREAT PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN SPOKE OF WHEN HE SAID, AND I QUOTE, I AM IN FAVOR OF ANIMAL RIGHTS AS WELL AS HUMAN RIGHTS.
THAT IS A WAY OF A WHOLE HUMAN BEING.
EVERYBODY DESERVES THEIR RIGHTS.
EVERYBODY DESERVES THE RIGHTS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN AMERICA AND IN PLANO.
SO I URGE OUR GREAT CITY OF PLANO IN WHICH WE HAVE HUMAN RIGHTS AND WHERE WE HAVE PEACE.
TO EXTEND THIS PEACE TO THE RIGHTS AND THE RIGHTS TO THE PEOPLE OF GAZA, I URGE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO SPONSOR AND PASS A RESOLUTION THAT ADVOCATES FOR A PERMANENCY FIRE.
TO END OFF, I WANNA END WITH THE REFLECTION POINT.
THINK ABOUT IF YOU HAD YOUR, IF YOU HAD FAMILY IN GAZA, IF YOU HAD CHILDREN IN GAZA, AND ONE DAY YOU SEE THE NEWS AND BOMBS START FLYING THROUGH AND YOU SEE, AND YOU, YOU TRY TO CONTACT YOUR FAMILY, BUT YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH, YOU FIND OUT ELECTRICITY IS GONE 20 SECONDS, YOU FIND OUT THEY DON'T HAVE FOOD, WATER, GAS.
WOULD YOU DO NOTHING? WOULD YOU STAND AROUND AND SAY IT'S A COMPLICATED SITUATION, OR WOULD YOU TRY AND TAKE ACTION? WOULD YOU USE A POWER AND AUTHORITY THAT YOU HAVE TO TRY AND ADVOCATE FOR A CEASE FIRE? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
WE BEGIN WITH THE NAME OF GOD AND IN GOD WE TRUST.
MY NAME IS ESTI AND I AM A TEACHER HERE.
I TEACH IN RICHARDSON ACTUALLY.
SO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US WANTS TO BE A HERO IN THE EYES OF OUR CHILDREN.
AND WE'RE ALL HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
WHAT DOES IT EVEN MEAN? IN ISLAM, WE LEARN THAT IF WE SEE EVIL IN THE WORLD, WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST IT.
IF WE CAN'T TAKE ACTION, THEN WE ARE TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST IT.
AND IF WE CAN'T EVEN DO THAT, THEN WE HATE IT IN OUR HEARTS.
AND THAT IS THE LEAST THAT WE CAN DO.
SO WE ARE HERE TODAY BECAUSE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN PALESTINE RIGHT NOW IS EVIL.
I WAS THERE THIS PAST SUMMER AND THOSE 20,000 PLUS LIVES THAT WE LOST WERE HUMAN BEINGS WHO LOVED AND LAUGHED AND LIVED JUST LIKE US.
SO IT HURTS US AND WE HATE IT IN OUR HEARTS BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING THE PICTURES AND THE STATISTICS, AND NOW WE CAN HARDLY SLEEP AT NIGHT BECAUSE WE HAVE NIGHTMARES THINKING ABOUT WHAT IF THOSE WERE OUR OWN CHILDREN? BECAUSE THE CHILDREN ZA, THOSE ARE OUR CHILDREN.
AND SO WE HATE IT IN OUR HEARTS.
AND WE ARE HERE TODAY TO SAY THAT WE ALSO WANT TO SPEAK OUT.
WE'LL SPEAK IN WHATEVER WAY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO, WHETHER IT BE OVER SOCIAL MEDIA IN CITY HALL, IN OUR SCHOOLS, IN OUR HOMES, WHEREVER WE CAN, WE WANT TO SPEAK OUT UNTIL THE WORLD IS A BETTER PLACE FOR IT.
AND LASTLY, WE WANT TO TAKE ACTION.
WE NEED TO MAKE MOVES IN LIFE SO THAT WE CAN END UP ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY.
BECAUSE THE ACTION OF INDISCRIMINATELY BOMBING A POPULATION THAT IS OVER 50% UNDER THE AGE OF 18, IS NOT GONNA HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON HISTORY.
BUT WE BELIEVE THAT A PROPER SOLUTION COULD BE PUSHING FOR THE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION, SO THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY BUILD THE TYPE OF WORLD THAT WE WOULD LIKE OUR CHILDREN TO GROW UP IN.
SO IN CLOSING, KNOW THAT FOR EVERY SUFFERING, THERE'S ALSO THE OVERCOMING OF SUFFERING.
AND SO THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO BE A HERO, NOT ONLY IN THE EYES OF YOUR CHILDREN, BUT IN THE EYES OF AN ENTIRE GENERATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND GOD WE TRUST.
I LIVE ON 2 0 7 SOUTH TRENTON DRIVE.
LAST WEEK IN MY US HISTORY CLASS, WE WERE COVERING AN ERA KNOWN AS THE CENTURY OF DISHONOR.
WE WERE COVERING THE INDIAN WARS THAT OCCURRED IN THE GREAT PLAINS OF THIS COUNTRY, ROUGHLY 180 YEARS AGO.
BUT AS THE TEACHER PRESENTED THE SLIDES, MY HANDS STARTED TO QUIVER.
THE SLIDES DEMONSTRATED PICTURES OF MASS GRAVES PICTURES IDENTICAL TO THOSE COMING OUT OF PALESTINE FOR THE PAST 66 DAYS.
THESE DEMONSTRATED THE NATIVE AMERICAN CASUALTIES FROM THE MASSACRES COMMITTED BY THE UNITED STATES, AND THE VILE LANGUAGE USED TO JUSTIFY THE KILLING AND DISSIMILATION OF THE NATIVES.
THEN I LOOKED AROUND ME AND SAW MY CLASSMATES CASUALLY WRITING DOWN THE NUMBER OF THOSE KILLED AS A POSSIBLE TEST QUESTION.
AND AS THE LUMP IN MY THROAT FELT BIGGER, I BEGAN TO SHED TEARS AT THE BLATANT REPETITION OF HISTORY.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THIS COUNTRY.
I DO NOT KNOW OF FRIENDS OR A LIFE OTHER THAN THE ONES I HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PROUD TO SAY THAT I AM AN AMERICAN MUSLIM,
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AND I HAVE BEEN PROUD TO LIVE IN A CITY THAT IS COMPOSED OF SO MANY DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS, BUT NOW I SIMPLY CANNOT.NOW ALL I CAN FEEL IS UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS OF UNSAFETY AND FEAR, FEAR OF SIMPLY WALKING DOWN THE STREET, FEAR AS I WAIT FOR MY SCHOOL BUS AND FEAR OF BEING THE TARGET OF THE NEXT ISLAMOPHOBIC ATTACK.
I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THE PAIN AND THE FEAR OF YOUR CITY MEMBERS WHO WATCH IN HELPLESSNESS AS THEIR FAMILIES ARE RUTHLESSLY KILLED IN PALESTINE AND AS ISLAMIC AND AS ISLAMOPHOBIC ATTACKS STRIKE ACROSS OUR COUNTRY AND CALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE IN GAZA.
PLAN, PLANO, COUNCIL MEMBERS, OFFICIALS, AND STAFF.
MY NAME IS BUSCHER HAMID AND I'M A PROUD RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF PLANO.
I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THIS CITY.
I ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS, AND I CONTINUE AS AN ACTIVE MEMBER GROWING MY CAREER HERE AS A YOUNG PROFESSIONAL.
THE CITY OF PLANO IS RANKED THE TOP 100 SAFEST CITIES IN AMERICA, THE DIVERSE COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTS OF PLANO, WHICH FOR SAFETY FOR EVERYONE AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE LIVING IN AN ACTIVE GENOCIDE WITHIN OUR OUR COM, WITHIN AN WITHIN OUR OWN COMMUNITY, WE HAVE PALESTINIAN NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE LOST MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES IN RAZA.
STANDING HERE TODAY AS A PROUD MUSLIM AND AS A PROUD RESIDENT OF PLANO.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT THIS GENOCIDE IS NOT A RELIGIOUS ISSUE.
IT IS A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS THAT HAS GONE UNCHECKED FOR MORE THAN 75 YEARS.
ACCORDING TO THE US CAMPAIGN FOR PALESTINIAN RIGHTS, THE STATE OF TEXAS ALONE GIVES $298,367,616 PER YEAR TO THE ISRAELI MILITARY.
AND FROM THAT, THE CITY OF PLANO GIVES $3,878,956.
I WOULD RATHER HAVE PLANO PARKWAY ROAD BE FIXED THAN HAVE OUR HARD EARNED MONEY BE USED TO FUND A GENOCIDE THAT WE AS PEOPLE DO NOT WANNA PARTICIPATE IN.
THAT BEING SAID, THAT BEING SAID, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT AT A LOCAL LEVEL, WE USE OUR VOICES TO STAND UP AND CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE.
BECAUSE YEARS FROM NOW, OUR CHILDREN WILL READ IN THEIR TEXTBOOKS ABOUT THE GENOCIDE OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AND THEY WILL LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY THAT IS BEING MADE TODAY.
AS MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, YOUR GRANDCHILDREN AND YOUR FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL ASK IN THIS MOMENT, WHAT ACTIONS DID YOU TAKE? SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM TO STAND ON THIS SIDE OF HISTORY THAT FOCUSES ON HUMANITY AND AS LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
NOW LET'S CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE, BECAUSE THIS GENOCIDE DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE VALUES AND MORALS OF TEXAS, AND IT DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE VALUES AND MORALS OF THE CITIZENS OF PLANO.
SPONSORING A RESOLUTION IN WHICH WE CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL.
DOING SO WILL CREATE A PUSH ON THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DO THE SAME.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS MATTER.
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST MERCIFUL AND THE MOST COMPASSIONATE, MAY GOD'S PEACE BE UPON ALL OF YOU.
MY NAME IS RIAS LIF AND I'M A PROUD MUSLIM AMERICAN AND A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF PLANO.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE ORGANIZATION, ICNA COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR JOHN MONTHS AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS GAZA CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION.
LIKE MANY MUSLIMS ACROSS THE WORLD, THE MUSLIM RESIDENTS OF PLANO AND PEOPLE OF CONSCIENCE ARE GRIEVING THE LOSS OF COUNTLESS LIVES IN PALESTINE.
ACCORDING TO A RECENT AP REPORT, ISRAEL HAS KILLED MORE THAN 17,700 PALESTINIANS AND GAZA.
AROUND TWO THIRDS OF THEM ARE WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
ABOUT 90% OF GAZA'S 2.3 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DISPLACED WHERE YOU AND AGENCIES SAY, THERE IS NO SAFE PLACE TO FLEE.
THE RUSSIA, UKRAINE WAR AFTER 650 DAYS, OR ALMOST AFTER TWO YEARS, HAS RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF 545 CHILDREN COMPARED TO THE DEATH OF 7,112 CHILDREN IN JUST TWO MONTHS.
IN PALESTINE, THE SHEER DIFFERENCE IN DEATH TOLLS ILLUSTRATE THE INDISCRIMINATE AND BRUTAL ACTION OF A POWERFUL AND WELL-FUNDED OCCUPIER.
WE SHOULD NOT AND MUST NOT CONDONE UNJUST KILLING OF EVEN A SINGLE CHILD ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
THE CONFLICT HALFWAY ACROSS THE WORLD HAS EXACERBATED
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THE RISE OF ISLAM, ISLAMOPHOBIA, AND ANTISEMITISM IN OUR LAND.WADI ALFA, A 6-YEAR-OLD PALESTINIAN AMERICAN BOY, WAS STABBED 26 TIMES TO DEATH IN HIS HOME IN ILLINOIS.
AND THE COUNCIL ON AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATIONS CARE SAID IT RECEIVED REPORTS OF 774 BIAS INCIDENTS IN AMERICA.
A 400 PERSON JUMP IN INCIDENTS FROM LAST YEAR FOR THE SAME PERIOD.
I HAVE FOUR CHILDREN, AND AFTER SEEING THE INCESSANT KILLING OF CHILDREN IN GAZA, THEY ASK, WHY AREN'T OUR LEADERS, WHY AREN'T THEY STEPPING FORWARD TO STOP THIS ATROCITY AGAINST A POPULATION WHOSE LANDS HAVE BEEN STOLEN ILLEGALLY.
IT IS VERY HARD TO PROVIDE THEM AN ANSWER WHEN OUR COUNTRY AND THE ONE LEAGUE COUNTRY VETOES THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION, CALLING FOR A HUMANITARIAN CEASEFIRE.
NOT ONLY OUR COUNTRY VETOED THE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION, BUT ARE NOW PUSHING THROUGH AN EMERGENCY SALE OF OVER A HUNDRED MILLION WORTH OF WEAPONS TO ISRAEL, WHICH ARE COMING OUT OF OUR HARD EARNED TAX DOLLARS.
DURING THESE DIFFICULT TIMES, WE LOOK TO OUR LEADERS, WE LOOK TO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO SET THE TONE, TO SET THE RIGHT TONE AT THE TOP, THE TONE OF PEACE AND TOLERANCE, THE TONE OF MERCY AND COMPASSION.
61% OF US VOTERS SUPPORT CALLS FOR PERMANENCY, FIRE, AND A DEESCALATION OF VIOLENCE.
WE SINCERELY REQUEST ALL OF YOU TO DISCUSS THIS GAZA CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION AND TO SPONSOR AND ADOPT THEM.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND GOD BLESS.
WE, WE'VE GONE OVER 30 MINUTES WAY, WAY PAST.
CAN I SPEAK? NO, WE'RE, WE'RE DONE.
MY, MY MOM IS A COUNCIL MEMBER.
I, I I UNDER I UNDERSTAND, BUT WE WE'RE DONE.
I, I I, I APOLOGIZE, BUT WE, WE CAN'T KEEP GOING.
WE, I CAN MAKE THIS, THIS IS COM THIS IS COMMENTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST.
WE'RE GONNA, I'M GONNA HAVE, I'M GONNA HAVE TO MOVE ON.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO SPOKE THIS EVENING ON THE ONGOING CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
THE PRIORITY OF THE CITY OF PLANO CONTINUES TO BE KEEPING ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS SAFE.
I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK YOU CRUSHED THE, BECAUSE RECESS.
I NOW DECLARE THAT THE PLAINTIFF CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED AN OPEN SESSION THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT WILL
[CONSENT AGENDA]
BEGIN.TONIGHT'S MEETING WITH THE CON CONSENT AGENDA.
THE CONSENT AGENDA, THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION.
IT CONTAINS ITEMS WHICH ARE ROUTINE AND TYPICALLY NON-CONTROVERSIAL ITEMS MAY BE REMOVED FROM THIS AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION BY A COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE CITY MANAGER.
ANY CITIZEN PRESIDING OFFICER WILL ESTABLISH TIME LIMITS BASED UPON THE NUMBER OF SPEAKER REQUESTS.
LISA, IF YOU DON'T MIND THE, UH, THE, THE BOARD IS A DIFFERENT COMMISSION, I BELIEVE.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLI REQUESTED, UH, WELL, LET'S GO AHEAD AND, AND PASS, UH, THE REST OF THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA.
I WILL MOVE, UH, THAT WE PASS THE CONSENT AGENDA, EXCEPT FOR ITEMS D AND H OKAY.
YEAH, WE'LL JUST DO HAND UH, VOTING.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
[(d) To approve an expenditure for Advertising Agency Services contract effective December 13, 2023 through September 30, 2024 in the estimated amount of $1,032,914 with five (5) one-year automatic renewals in the estimated annual amount of $1,289,409, for an estimated total amount of $7,479,959 over the duration of 5 years and 9 months, from Atkins International, LLC for Visit Plano; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. ]
ELLI REQUESTED CONSENT ITEMS D AND[00:55:01]
H TO BE PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.FIRST ON ITEM D, I ONLY PULLED THAT ONE BECAUSE WE HAD GOTTEN SOME RESIDENT EMAILS ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF IT.
AND YOU KNOW, I, I LOOKED INTO THIS AND JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY FOR ANYBODY WHO MIGHT BE WATCHING OR MIGHT HAVE BEEN WATCHING LAST NIGHT, THAT, UH, THE AMOUNT PAID TO THE ATKINS GROUP IS, IS ACTUALLY LESS THAN 10% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT.
MOST OF THAT AMOUNT IS GOING TO THE ACTUAL AD BUYS THEMSELVES.
SO IT'S NOT AS LARGE OF A CONTRACT AS I THINK SOME PEOPLE WERE THINKING IT MIGHT BE.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM D.
I HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM D, PLEASE VOTE WITH YOUR HAND, PLEASE.
[(h)
To approve an Economic Development Incentive Agreement between the City of Plano, Texas, and A&M Peak LTC, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Company”), providing an economic development grant to the Company; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents.
AND SO THIS IS ONE, I'VE HAD GREAT CONVERSATIONS WITH THE STAFF ABOUT THIS.
UM, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING WE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND, UH, UM, I'M GOING TO BE CIRCUMSPECT IN MY COMMENTS ABOUT THIS SO AS NOT TO TO, YOU KNOW, DELVE INTO THINGS THAT WE TYPICALLY DISCUSS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT, UH, OF COURSE, UH, AS Y'ALL PROBABLY REMEMBER, I, I RAISED THE ISSUE THAT, UH, THIS DEVELOPER BOUGHT THIS, THIS PROPERTY KNOWING THAT THEY NEEDED TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT RENOVATIONS TO IT TO MAKE IT MARKETABLE.
THAT'S PART OF THEIR BUSINESS PLAN.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO ANYWAY.
UH, IN THE TYPICAL CONTEXT OF CORPORATE RELOCATIONS, WE HAVE, UH, TYPICALLY ONCE SOMEBODY IS, IS ALREADY, YOU KNOW, GONNA BE DOING SOMETHING ANYWAY, WE DON'T INCENTIVIZE THAT BECAUSE OF COURSE, THE POINT OF AN INCENTIVE IS TO CAUSE, UH, SOMEBODY TO TAKE AN ACTION, YOU KNOW, NOT TO, NOT TO PAY THEM FOR SOMETHING THAT THEY WERE ALREADY GOING TO DO ANYWAY.
SO THERE WAS AN EXAMPLE WHERE, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THERE, THERE WAS, UH, A, AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, INCENTIVE UNDER CONSIDERATION.
AND IT TURNED OUT THAT THE, UH, THAT THE COMPANY HAD ALREADY SIGNED A LEASE.
AND SO WE DID NOT INCENTIVIZE THAT BECAUSE THE INCENTIVE WOULDN'T HAVE CAUSED THEM TO DO ANYTHING.
THEY, THEY HAD ALREADY SIGNED THE LEASE HERE.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO BACK TO, TO EVEN JANUARY, ALMOST A YEAR AGO.
AND THERE ARE PRESS RELEASES ABOUT THE THINGS THAT, THAT THIS DEVELOPER IS GOING TO DO, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.
I APPRECIATE THE INVESTMENT IN THE CITY OF PLANO, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE OF, UH, FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES, BECAUSE OF INTEREST RATES, BECAUSE OF CONSTRUCTION COSTS, THERE ARE THINGS THAT WOULD BE COMING OUT OF THE PROJECT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT WE WANT TO GO BACK INTO THE PROJECT TO MAKE THIS AS HIGH QUALITY AS IT CAN BE.
BUT IN THE TAX IMPACT ANALYSIS, I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE SENSIBLE TO LOOK AT THIS AS JUST, UH, GIVING IT CREDIT FOR THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THE DEVELOPER WOULD BE DOING, UH, IN THE ABSENCE OF THE INCENTIVES AND WHAT THEY WILL DO IF WE GIVE THEM THE INCENTIVES.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS WE KNOW THIS, THIS, UH, UM, IS ESSENTIALLY A BREAK EVEN, UH, TAX IMPACT ANALYSIS EVEN WITH, UH, UH, GIVEN CREDIT FOR THE ENTIRE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE, THE STATUS QUO TODAY AND EVERYTHING THE DEVELOPER IS PLANNING TO DO.
BUT IF WE ONLY GIVE CREDIT FOR THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THEY WOULD DO WITHOUT OUR INVOLVEMENT AND WHAT THEY WILL DO WITH OUR INVOLVEMENT, WHICH I THINK IS THE RIGHT WAY TO LOOK AT THIS, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL THAT WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING WITH THE INCENTIVES, IS GETTING THEM FROM WHAT THEY WOULD DO ANYWAY TO WHAT THEY WILL DO WITH OUR INVOLVEMENT, THEN THE TAX IMPACT ANALYSIS WOULD LOOK VERY DIFFERENT AND WE WOULD BE NOWHERE NEAR RECOVERING THE AMOUNT OF OUR INVESTMENT THROUGH ADDITIONAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUE GOING FORWARD.
UH, AGAIN, THERE, THERE'S MUCH MORE I'D LIKE TO SAY, BUT BOTH BECAUSE OF SMART BREVITY AND BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, RESPECTING THAT THESE ARE MATTERS WE TYPICALLY DISCUSS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, I WILL, I'LL PROBABLY END THERE AND JUST SAY, I THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT THIS INCENTIVE, UH, WHILE THIS PROJECT IS APPROPRIATE FOR AN INCENTIVE, I THINK THE AMOUNT OF THE INCENTIVE IS, UH, TOO LARGE IN THIS CASE.
AND THAT THE ROI WOULD NOT JUSTIFY THIS AMOUNT OF AN INCENTIVE.
SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL REAL QUICK, AND, UH, I, I'VE HAD EXTENSIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH COUNCILMAN RICK ELLI, UH, ABOUT THIS.
AND THIS IS, THIS IS THE NEW BUILDING MODERNIZATION PROGRAM THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND THE, THE, UM, GOAL OF THE BUILDING MODERNIZATION PROGRAM IS TO, TO INVEST IN REAL PROPERTY IN A WAY THAT HELPS MAKE THE, UM, THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE MARKET IN, IN PLANO, UM, MORE ROBUST, MORE ATTRACTIVE TO, UH, THE NEEDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE, THE ENVIRONMENT FOR, UM, FOR LEASING.
SO THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM THAT WE'VE HAD, THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE OF WHEN WE STARTED IT.
THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO PROJECTS THAT HAVE, HAVE BEEN ONGOING THAT APPLIED FOR THE PROGRAM, UH, AFTER WE HAD ACTUALLY CREATED, UM, THE INCENTIVE.
SO THE, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE, UM, WHAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO WITH THE INCENTIVE IS TO, UM, ENSURE THAT THE PROJECT IS FULFILLED IN A WAY THAT WILL MAKE IT THE MOST ATTRACTIVE.
AND UNFORTUNATELY THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT WAS FACING CUTS TO THE, THE PROJECT THAT, THAT, UM, WOULD IMPACT THE, THE OVERALL APPEAL IN, IN OUR OPINION, UM, TO BE ABLE TO, UH, TO BE IN THE MARKET.
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WE, UH, PROPOSED IT THE WAY THAT WE, UH, HAVE PROPOSED IT, UM, USING THEIR, UM, THEIR SPECIFIC ITEMIZED, UM, UH, ELEMENTS AS FAR AS WHAT WOULD BE COMING OUT OF IT.SO THAT'S, THAT'S HOW THOSE NUMBERS CAME TO, CAME TO FRUITION.
UM, AS THE COUNCILMAN SAID, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU START LOOKING AT JUST THE, THE IMPROVEMENT THAT WE'RE INCENTIVIZING THERE, THERE DOES BECOME SOME OTHER PHILOSOPHICAL DISCUSSIONS THAT I'LL, I'LL REFRAIN FROM TALKING ABOUT AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT FURTHER IF WE NEED TO HAVE A POLICY DISCUSSION.
BUT THAT'S THE BACKGROUND AND, AND DOUG'S NODDING HIS HEAD, SO IF I MISSED ANYTHING, DOUG, PLEASE CHIME IN.
OTHERWISE I'LL LEAVE IT TO COUNCIL.
MR. MAYOR, AFTER HEARING, UM, BOTH SIDES OF THE ARGUMENTS HERE, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION BE APPROVED.
AGENDA ITEM H SECOND CAN NOW VOTE ON THE BOARD, SO PLEASE VOTE.
[(1)
Public Hearing and consideration of an Ordinance as requested in Zoning Case 2023-015 to amend the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City, Ordinance No. 2015-5-2, as heretofore amended, so as to amend Urban Mixed-Use-3 to modify development standards on 103.6 acres of land located on the east side of Alma Drive, 760 feet south of 15th Street in the City of Plano, Collin County, Texas; directing a change accordingly in the official zoning map of the City; and providing a penalty clause, a repealer clause, a savings clause, a severability clause, a publication clause, and an effective date. Petitioners: MM CCM 48M, LLC, VM Fund 1, LLC, Mattamy Homes, Ashton Dallas Residential, LLC, and Brightland Homes, Ltd.
]ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS, APPLICANTS ARE LIMITED TO 15 MINUTES PRESENTATION TIME WITH A FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL IF NEEDED.
REMAINING SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED THIR 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. THE PRESIDING OFFICER WILL PERMIT PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA NOT POSTED FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
THE PRESIDING OFFICER 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.
SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER.
THE REQUESTS ARE RECEIVED UNTIL THE CUMULATIVE TIME IS EXHAUSTED.
ITEM NUMBER ONE, PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AS REQUESTED IN ZONING CASE 2023 DASH 15 TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2015 DASH FIVE DASH TWO IS HERE TO FOR AMEND IT SO AS TO AMEND URBAN MIXED USE THREE TO MODIFY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ON 100.6 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF ALMA DRIVE, 760 FEET SOUTH OF 15TH STREET IN THE CITY OF PLANO, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS.
DIRECTING A CHANGE ACCORDINGLY IN THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY, PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE, A REPEAL CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A PUBLICATION CLAUSE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, COUNCIL AND EXECUTIVES.
I'M CHRISTINA DAY, THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING.
SO WE HAVE, UH, TWO ZONING CASES FOR YOU THIS EVENING.
THE FIRST OF WHICH IS A, UH, PUBLIC HEARING, UH, TO AMEND THE URBAN MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICT NUMBER THREE FOR COLLIN CREEK.
SO I BELIEVE YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA, BUT THERE ARE GRAPHICS BEFORE YOU THAT SHOW, UM, REALLY MODIFICATIONS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED, THE LOTTING HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN OUR GIS SYSTEM.
UH, YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE PROGRESS TO DATE ON THE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH ON, UH, THE RIGHT SIDE.
SO, UM, QUITE A BIT OF OF PROGRESS THAT'S MOVING ALONG ON THIS PROJECT.
SO WITH THAT A LITTLE HISTORY, YOU KNOW, THIS ZONING DISTRICT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2018.
THE FIRST PHASE OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT INCLUDES MANY SINGLE FAMILY AND DUPLEX HOMES.
SO BUILDING PERMITS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED.
AND UPON REVIEW OF THOSE, WE FOUND THAT THE BUILDING PLANS DID INCLUDE SOME ROOF PROJECTIONS THAT, UH, IN THAT WERE PART OF THE CITY'S RIGHT OF WAY.
SO SOME PROJECTIONS ARE ALLOWED UNDER THE ZONING, THINGS LIKE AWNINGS, CANOPIES, GUTTERS, ANYTHING THAT'S DETACHABLE.
AND THERE IS ALSO A HUNDRED PERCENT LOCK COVERAGE THAT IS ALLOWED UNDER THE ZONING DISTRICT.
SO AS FAR BACK AS THE ORIGINAL ZONING, THIS IS ACTUALLY A STREET SECTION SAMPLE THAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE.
UM, SO I THINK STAFF WAS VERY FOCUSED ON THE STREET SECTION, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE ROOF LINE PROJECTIONS AT THE TOP.
UM, THERE WAS SOME MISUNDERSTANDING I THINK BETWEEN THE, UM, DEVELOPER AND AS FAR AS WHAT PROJECTIONS MIGHT BE ALLOWED.
UM, SO ANYWAY, THE BUILDING PLANS CAME IN AND THERE WERE SOME PROJECTIONS, RATHER THAN HAVING THEM GO BACK AND REDESIGN ALL OF THE UM, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PRODUCT, UH, THE ZONING AMENDMENT IS COMING BEFORE YOU TO ALLOW THAT TO PROCEED.
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IT ALSO WILL REQUIRE APPROVAL OF A CITY ISSUED LICENSE AGREEMENT, UM, ON THOSE LOTS THAT DO INCLUDE UP TO A TWO FOOT PROJECTION.SO THIS IS THE LANGUAGE THAT IS RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
YOU SEE, THEY ADDED AN ADDITIONAL SENTENCE OF BUILDING PROJECTIONS ARE INTENDED TO BE DECORATIVE IN NATURE AND SHALL NOT BE USED TO CREATE ADDITIONAL BUILDING SQUARE FOOTAGE.
SO, UM, BOTH LANGUAGE PROPOSED BY THE DEVELOPER AND, UH, AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE ADDED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THERE ARE TWO OTHER AMENDMENTS THAT STAFF, UM, AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED.
THESE ARE REALLY, I WOULD SAY CLEANUP ITEMS, UH, INTENDED TO CLARIFY THROUGH THE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS.
ONE IS, UH, ABOUT CLARIFYING THE INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITIES ARE PERMITTED ON BLOCK S AND THE OTHER IS ABOUT THE FLOOR AREA RATIO.
THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS, AGAIN, VERY COMPLICATED.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE GRAPHIC ON THE RIGHT SIDE, MAYBE YOU CAN'T BECAUSE IT'S VERY SMALL, BUT THERE'S INDEPENDENT LIVING IS SHOWN ON BLOCK S AND MULTIPLE LOCATIONS ON THE DOCUMENT.
HOWEVER, THERE'S ALSO A TABLE FOR THE UMU DISTRICT WHERE THAT'S OMITTED.
SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S SHOWN IN ALL LOCATIONS.
AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, THE BLOCK AA THAT INDICATES THE STREET BECAUSE OF THE BUILDING PROJECTION THAT GOES OUT OVER THE STREET THAT YOU CAN SEE IN THIS RENDERING.
I COULD SEE HOW THAT, UH, BUILDING EXTENDS OVER THE STREET.
FAR IS FLOOR AREA RATIO AND THAT IS INTENDED TO REGULATE LOCK COVERAGE.
UM, THAT WAS NOT EVER ANTICIPATED IN A STREET LOT, BUT, UM, BECAUSE OF THIS UNIQUE BUILDING PROJECTION OVER THE STREET, THAT'S PART OF THEIR DESIGN, WE DO NEED TO INCORPORATE THAT ONTO THE, AN EXCEPTION FOR THE STREET LOT.
SO WE WANNA ADD THAT IN TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT WE'RE NOT REGULATING FLOOR AREA IN THE STREET LOT.
SO THAT, WITH THAT I WILL BRIEFLY MENTION THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THIS IS COMPLIANT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
IT MEETS THE DESCRIPTIONS AND PRIORITIES.
UM, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY LETTERS WITHIN 200 FEET AND WE DID RECEIVE ONE RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION, UH, WITHIN THE CITY AS A WHOLE WITH THAT.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDING APPROVAL EIGHT TO ZERO.
THE APPLICANT IS HERE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF REAL QUICK? CAPTAIN AVI IS HERE.
OF COURSE, THE OVERHANGS WERE REVIEWED BY PUBLIC SAFETY, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
AND THEY HAVE FOUND NO ISSUES AT ALL WITH THE FIRE TRUCKS, ET CETERA? THAT'S RIGHT.
WE, THIS HAS BEEN THROUGH THE FULL DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.
I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, CONFINE THE COMMENTS TO THE COUNCIL.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, PLEASE VOTE.
[(2)
Public Hearing and consideration of an Ordinance as requested in Zoning Case 2023-025 to amend the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City, Ordinance No. 2015-5-2, as heretofore amended, granting Specific Use Permit No. 73 for Tattooing and Permanent Cosmetics on 0.1 acre of land located 125 feet east of U.S. Highway 75 and 125 feet south of Parker Road in the City of Plano, Collin County, Texas, presently zoned Corridor Commercial, directing a change accordingly in the official zoning map of the City; and providing a penalty clause, a repealer clause, a savings clause, a severability clause, a publication clause, and an effective date. Petitioner: Wentwoods Retail Center Incorporated and Remarkable Ink Studio
]ITEM NUMBER TWO, PUBLIC HEARING IN CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AS REQUESTED IN ZONING CASE 2023 DASH 25 TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY.ORDINANCE NUMBER 2015 DASH FIVE DASH TWO IS HERE TO, FOR AMENDED GRANTING SPECIFIC USE PERMIT 73 FOR TATTOOING AND PERMANENT COSMETICS.
I'M 0.1 ACRE OF LAND LOCATED 125 FEET EAST OF US HIGHWAY 75 AND 125 FEET SOUTH OF PARKER ROAD IN THE CITY OF PLANO, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, PRESENTLY ZONED CORRIDOR COMMERCIAL, DIRECTING A CHANGE OF ACCORDINGLY IN THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY AND PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE, A REPEAL CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A PUBLICATION CLAUSE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ALRIGHT, THIS REQUEST IS FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT THAT WOULD ALLOW TATTOOING AND PERMANENT COSMETICS AS AN ADDITIONAL USE IN A LEASE SPACE.
IT IS IN A MULTI-TENANT BUILDING THAT IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF PARKER ROAD AND US 75.
YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION ON THE AERIAL MAP PROVIDED ON THE SCREEN, AS WELL AS THE NOTICE BOUNDARIES.
UH, ON THE GIS MAP ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN,
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THIS IS THE ZONING EXHIBIT THAT, AGAIN DEMONSTRATES THE LEASE SPACE AREA.SO THERE IS A SEPARATION REQUIREMENT, UH, FOR THIS SPECIFIC USE IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
IT IS PROHIBITED WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF A RELIGIOUS FACILITY, A RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT, OR A PUBLIC OR PAROCHIAL SCHOOL.
AND THIS LOCATION DOES MEET ALL THOSE SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS.
UH, WE DID NOTE IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT THE SHOPPING CENTER SPECIFICALLY HAS A CONCENTRATION OF HIGHLY REGULATED USES.
UH, BUT THERE ARE NO SPECIFIC POLICIES, UH, SPECIFICALLY DISCOURAGING SUCH CONCENTRATION.
BUT, UM, WE DID MENTION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION THAT WE WA WE MAY WANT TO LOOK AT SUCH A POLICY IN THE REWRITE OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
UH, THIS IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH IS DOWNTOWN CORRIDORS.
UM, IT WOULD BE A RETAIL TYPE LAND USE.
IT DOES MEET THE DESCRIPTION AND PRIORITIES AND, AND IS NEUTRAL TO THE REDEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR'S POLICY.
THERE WERE NO COMMENTS IN THE 200 FOOT BUFFER AND TWO LETTERS OF OPPOSITION WERE RECEIVED CITYWIDE.
WITH THAT, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY EIGHT TO ZERO, AND THE APPLICANT DOES HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU THIS EVENING.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? HOLD ON JUST A SEC.
AGAIN, WE, WE'D LIKE TO APOLOGIZE FOR PUSHING THIS TILL TODAY.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RESCHEDULING WHEN YOU DID.
SO WE, WE, WE TRY TO GET BUSINESS DONE HERE.
UM, I WANTED TO START OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
I RESIDE AT 35 51 WILSHIRE WAY, RICHARDSON, TEXAS.
AND, UH, I'M HERE, UH, IN HOPES TO GET AN APPROVAL FOR REMARKABLE INK STUDIO.
SO, THE MISSION STATEMENT FOR REMARKABLE INK WOULD BE TO PROVIDE AN ABOVE AVERAGE TATTOO EXPERIENCE WHILE PRIORITIZING SANITATION, SIMPLICITY, CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND QUALITY.
UM, THIS IS THE INSPIRATION BEHIND, UM, THE NAME REMARKABLE INK.
UM, THIS STUDIO WAS NAMED IN HONOR OF MY LATE GRANDMOTHER, CATHERINE DAVIS HOME.
UM, SHE WAS TRULY REMARKABLE IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD.
UH, SHE CONTINUES TO INSPIRE ME DAILY.
UM, THIS IS, THESE ARE SOME PICTURES OF HER, UM, ON HER ENTREPRENEURIAL ENDEAVOR.
UM, SHE HAD A STOREFRONT OF HER OWN.
SHE WAS A MINISTER, A SPEAKER, UM, AN AUTHOR.
AND, UM, SHE WAS MY BIGGEST SUPPORTER.
MY BIGGEST SUPPORTER, MY BIGGEST ENCOURAGER.
UM, SHE'S THE REASON WHY I HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO STAND HERE BEFORE YOU ALL TODAY.
THE STUDIO WOULD BE MORE THAN JUST A BUSINESS, BUT IT WOULD BE AN EXTENSION OF A LEGACY THAT IS MY GRANDMOTHER, AND, UM, A CONFIRMATION, IF YOU WILL, THAT EVERYTHING THAT SHE BELIEVED ABOUT ME AND FOR ME IS, UM, TRUE.
SO, UM, DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS FOR MY STUDIO, UH, STUDIO, UM, I WOULD HAVE AN EARLIER OPENING AND CLOSING TIME.
UH, THAT WAY I CAN GET MY CLIENTS, UH, IN AND OUT AT AN EARLY TIME.
THEY CAN STILL HAVE SOME TIME LEFT IN THE DAY.
UM, I FIND THAT THEY LIKE THAT BETTER THAN LIKE COMING LATE TO A TATTOO SHOP.
SO, UM, CUSTOMER SERVICE WOULD BE TOP-NOTCH.
I TAKE PRIDE IN CUSTOMER SERVICE CONNECTING WITH, UH, EACH INDIVIDUAL.
UM, SHOP DESIGN WOULD BE CLEAN, UM, SLEEK, UM, WELCOMING, LIKE A BRIGHT FEEL.
UM, UM, AND IT'S APPOINTMENT BASED.
UM, THAT'S ANOTHER DIFFERENTIATING FACTOR BETWEEN MY SHOP AND MANY OTHER STUDIOS, IS THAT IT'LL BE APPOINTMENT BASED, WON'T BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC IN AND OUT OF THE STUDIO.
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JUST A BRIEF FUN FACT THAT, UM, THE TATTOO INDUSTRY IS GROWING.UH, IT'S CONTINUING TO GROW, UM, AT A PRETTY GOOD RATE.
THE, THE GLOBAL TATTOO MARKET SIZE WAS VALUED AT $1.8 BILLION IN 2022, AND IT'S PROJECTED TO GROW FROM 2.04 BILLION THIS YEAR TO 3.93 BILLION BY THE YEAR 2030.
UM, THE TATTOO INDUSTRY HAS BEEN INCREASING NEARLY BY 10% EVERY YEAR FOR MORE THAN A DECADE NOW.
UM, WHY DO PEOPLE GET TATTOOS? IF YOU'VE EVER WONDERED THAT, UM, TO COMMEMORATE A LOVED ONE, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD REASON.
SOME PEOPLE, WHETHER THEY'VE LOST SOMEONE OR, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT WANT TO GET THEIR NAME AND MEMORY OF, UM, THAT'S KIND OF LIKE THE TOP REASON.
ALSO, IT'S THERAPY FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
IT'D BE LIKE GOING TO THE GYM OR SOMETHING, UH, TURNING THE PAIN INTO SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.
UM, CELEBRATE A MILESTONE, JUST HAD A CHILD.
UM, MIGHT WANNA GET THEIR BIRTHDAY TATTOOED OR SOMETHING.
UM, AND OVERALL JUST TO EXPRESS ONESELF, UM, COMMUNITY BENEFIT.
SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO DO MY PART IN UPLIFTING, UM, THE CITY OF PLANO BY OFFERING, UM, TOY DRIVES ACTUALLY.
UM, THAT'LL BE ONE OF THE WAYS I WILL GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE'LL TIE IT INTO, LET'S SAY IF YOU BRING A TOY, YOU CAN, UM, GET $50 OFF YOUR NEXT TATTOO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, COUPLE OF FUN WAYS TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY ENGAGED, UM, AND ALSO GIVE BACK.
UM, THIS IS WHAT I CALLED A SPACE WITH A NAME.
UM, THIS GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THE SHOP LOOKS LIKE AS OF RIGHT NOW.
UM, VERY SMALL SPACE, EASY FOR ME TO MANAGE.
UM, IT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT IT.
UM, HERE'S SOME ARTWORK FROM ME.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? ANY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING CONFINE THE COMMENTS TO THE COUNCIL.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEASE VOTE.
[(3) Consideration of a Resolution to authorize a funding agreement between the City of Plano and Habitat for Humanity of Collin County in an amount not to exceed $368,431 in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development HOME Investment Partnerships funds for the acquisition, rehabilitation, and resale of single-family homes for low to moderate income households; authorizing the City Manager, or his authorized designee, to execute all necessary documents; and providing an effective date.]
NUMBER THREE, CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE A FUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PLANO AND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF COLLIN COUNTY IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $368,431 IN US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP FUNDS FOR THE ACQUISITION, REHABILITATION, AND RESALE OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES FOR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.ALL RIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCIL.
I'M THE HOUSING COMMUNITY SERVICES MANAGER.
IN AUGUST OF 2024, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF COLLIN COUNTY SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION TO CITY STAFF TO BE APPROVED AS A CITY COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION THAT, I'M GONNA SAY CHODO FROM HERE ON OUT.
THAT CERTIFICATION WENT THROUGH IN AUGUST, WHICH MADE THEM BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT IS UNDER THE POT FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING URBAN DEVELOPMENT CALLED HOME FUNDS.
BUT IT'S SPECIFICALLY SET ASIDE FOR A CHODO.
SO ON NOVEMBER THE 10TH, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION TO ACTUALLY APPLY FOR THOSE CHOTO FUNDS, AS WELL AS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF HOME FUNDS TO PROVIDE TWO NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO A LOW TO MODERATE INCOME RESIDENT.
SO AT THEIR NOVEMBER 30TH MEETING, THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION LISTENED TO THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION, UM, ASKED A LOT OF CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AND THEN VOTED TO APPROVE THE PROJECT FOR RECOMMENDATION TO YOU ALL, EIGHT TO ZERO.
THE APPLICANT IS HERE BEHIND ME, HABITAT FOR HUMIDITY IS HERE.
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THEIR HANDS.UM, IF YOU ALL APPROVE THIS ITEM TONIGHT, THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO GO AHEAD FORTH WITH THEIR GOAL OF PRODUCING, OF ACQUIRING, REHABBING, AND RESELLING TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES FOR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES.
AND THEY'RE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AS WELL AS THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR SHANETTE OR, OR THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU.
SO WE NEED AN APPROVAL, UH, OF THE RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE FUNDING AGREEMENT.
MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION, UH, AND A SECOND TO APPROVE.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, PLEASE VOTE.
[(4)
Public Hearing and Comment: Review of the Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report describing the use of federal funds. This report details how the City used U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development funds during the 2022-23 grant year. The public will be given an opportunity to speak on the report during the public hearing.
]PUBLIC HEARING AND COMMENT REVIEW OF THE CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION REPORT DESCRIBING THE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.THIS REPORT DETAILS HOW THE CITY USED US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FUNDS FOR THE DURING THE 2023, EXCUSE ME, 20 22 23 GRANT YEAR.
THE PUBLIC WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THE REPORT DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ALRIGHT, WE ARE HONOR THE CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION REPORT THAT I'M GONNA REFER TO AS THE CAPER FROM HERE GOING FORWARD.
THIS REPORT IS AN ANNUAL REPORT THAT HUD REQUIRES ANY ENTITY RECEIVING DIRECT FUNDING FROM THEM TO UTILIZE.
IT IS A HISTORICAL REPRESENTATION OF EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PREVIOUSLY, UM, COMPLETED 12 MONTHS OF THE PROGRAM YEAR.
SO FOR US HERE AT THE CITY OF PLANO, IT GOES FROM OCTOBER THE FIRST, 2022, AND IT ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023.
SO I'M GOING TO GO ON AND TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT WE DID WITH THOSE FUNDS.
I ALSO WANNA ADD HERE THAT THIS REPRESENTS YEAR THREE OF OUR FIVE YEAR 2020 TO 2024 CONSOLIDATED PLAN.
ALRIGHT, SO LET'S LOOK AT THESE ACTIVITIES.
WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT 'EM, UM, BY THE HUD NATIONAL OBJECTIVE, WHICH THIS ONE IS UNDER DECENT HOUSING.
THE CITY'S THE CITY OF PLANOS HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM IS AN INTERNALLY RUN PROGRAM BY CITY STAFF AND IT PROVIDES BOTH EMERGENCY AND NON-EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO LOW-INCOME HOMEOWNERS.
SO LAST YEAR, 20 HOMEOWNERS RECEIVED EMERGENCY REPAIRS.
THE TOP THREE EMERGENCY REPAIRS THAT WE, UM, MADE ON HOMES HERE IN PLANO WERE HVAC, PLUMBING AND BROKEN WINDOWS.
AN ADDITIONAL EIGHT LOW-INCOME HOME BUYERS HERE IN PLANO RECEIVED A MORE SUBSTANTIAL HOUSING REHABILITATION.
THOSE THE TOP THREE, THERE WERE FOUNDATION SEWER LINE REPLACEMENT, AND WINDOWS FOR THE ENTIRE HOUSE.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO TELL YOU BEFORE I MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THE AVERAGE AGE OF THOSE THAT ARE, OF THIS, THESE HOUSEHOLDS, THESE 28, THE AVERAGE AGE OF THE HOUSEHOLD HOMEOWNER IS 69.
SO WE ARE SEEING THAT AGE BE CONSISTENT.
I'M ALMOST CERTAIN I SAID SOMETHING SIMILAR LAST YEAR WHEN I SPOKE TO YOU ABOUT THIS.
SO LET'S MOVE ON TO THE HUD OBJECTIVE OF SUITABLE LIVING ENVIRONMENT.
I JUST WANT YOU TO THINK OF IT AS IMPROVING THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF A PLANO LOW INCOME RESIDENT.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS HERE, UM, THEY ARE FUNDS THAT THE CITY OF PLANO RECEIVES FROM HUD AND WE PASS IT THROUGH.
WE DON'T TAKE ANY FUNDS OUT OF THIS.
SO WE HAVE TEXAS MUSLIM WOMEN'S FOUNDATION, THEY PROVIDED COUNSELING, CASE MANAGEMENT AND SHELTER SERVICES TO 37 SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
THEN WE HAVE THE HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION PROGRAM, WHICH IS RUN BY THE ASSISTANCE CENTER OF COLLIN COUNTY.
AGAIN, I JUST, ONCE AGAIN, I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THAT PROGRAM IS FUNDED TO THE ASSISTANCE CENTER.
THE CITY OF STAFF, CITY OF PLANO STAFF DOESN'T RECEIVE ANY ADMIN FUNDED FUNDING OR ANYTHING FROM THAT PROGRAM, BUT THEY PROVIDED 116 PLANO RESIDENTS WITH RENT UTILITY ASSISTANCE TO KEEP THEM HOUSED INSTEAD OF BECOMING HOMELESS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF COLLIN COUNTY, THEY PROVIDED AFTER SCHOOL AS WELL AS SUMMER TRAININGS AND CLASSES TO 42 OF OUR AT-RISK YOUTH HERE IN PLANO.
AND FINALLY, I'M GONNA END HERE WITH, UM, THE FAMILY PLACE WHO PROVIDED COUNSELING TO OUR YOUTH THAT ARE SURVIVORS OF FAMILY VIOLENCE, SOME OF THEM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
SO YOU ALL HAVE BEEN GRACIOUS AS A CITY COUNCIL TO ALWAYS SET ASIDE $2 PER CAPITA IN THE FORM OF A BUFFINGTON COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANT FUNDS.
IN THIS CAPER REPORT, WE ALWAYS WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HIGHLIGHT TO HUD THAT WE DO SPEND OUR OWN MONEY TO HELP PLANO RESIDENTS AS WELL.
SO WE, UM, WERE ABLE TO ASSIST OVER 3,800 HOUSEHOLDS.
OVER 3,800 PEOPLE THROUGH 18 ORGANIZATIONS.
WE PROVIDED THEM WITH ANYTHING
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FROM, FROM SENIOR SERVICES TO TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, TO YOUTH PROGRAMS, COUNSELING, MEALS, EDUCATION, A LAUNDRY LIST OF SERVICES WERE PROVIDED THROUGH THE BUFFINGTON COMMER COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANT FUNDS.THEN YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY HEARD THIS, WE ASSISTED 31 PEOPLE WITH OUR H-H-S-P-L HOMELESS HOUSING AND SERVICES PROGRAM THIS PAST YEAR.
UM, AND THAT IS FUNDED THROUGH THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
THE REASON IT'S IN THIS CAPER REPORT IS BECAUSE IT DOES HELP US FURTHER THE CONTINUUM OF CARE.
WHEN I MENTION THE CONTINUUM OF CARE, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE CONTINUUM OF CARE TO ASSIST THOSE THAT ARE HA UNHOUSED.
I AM AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE AS WELL AS THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHANEL? ALRIGHT, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.
I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND COMBINE THE COMMENTS TO THE COUNCIL.
I DON'T THINK THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM FOR US, RIGHT? IT'S NOT AN ACTION ITEM.
[(5)
Consideration to approve an expenditure for the Fire Station 5 Renovation Project in the amount of $10,102,511 from Pogue Construction Company, LP; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents.
]FIVE, CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE AN EXPENDITURE FOR THE FIRE STATION FIVE RENOVATION PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,102,511 FROM POGUE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LP AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.ALL RIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON, CALEB THORNHILL, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING.
UH, TONIGHT AS LISA JUST READ, I'M ASKING FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRE STATION.
NUMBER FIVE RENOVATION PROJECT.
UH, THE TWO PICTURES THERE, THE LEFT IS THE EXISTING FACILITY.
IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR, IT'S, UH, ON PARK BOULEVARD, JUST WEST OF PRESTON ROAD, ACTUALLY JUST WEST OF VENTURA.
UH, THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT ARE, THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT IS A RENDERING OF WHAT THAT, UH, BUILDING WILL LOOK LIKE WHEN IT'S COMPLETE FOR A PROJECT SUMMARY.
FROM A HISTORY STANDPOINT, THIS WAS, UH, THE RENOVATION OF THIS WAS APPROVED WITH THE 2021 BOND REFERENDUM.
UH, THE SCOPE ITSELF, UH, INCLUDES THE EXPANSION OF THE APPARATUS BAY AND STORAGE.
THAT'S THE LARGE BLOCK OF RED THAT YOU SEE ON YOUR LEFT.
UH, IT ALSO INCLUDES ADDITIONAL EXTERIOR VEHICLE PARKING, UH, RENOVATION OF THE INTERIOR, UH, DUE TO SIZE CONSTRAINTS.
UH, THE APPROXIMATE SQUARE FOOTAGE IS INCREASING BY OVER 6,000 SQUARE FEET.
UH, TONIGHT THE CONSIDERATION IS TO AWARD THE CONSTRUCTION.
THIS IS A CMAR AND GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE, UH, JUST OVER $10 MILLION.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THE DATE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE YESTERDAY, BUT THE CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO START IN JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR AND RUN UNTIL THE, UH, APRIL, 2025.
UH, OBVIOUSLY THE DESIGN HAS BEEN COMPLETE.
UH, THERE ARE SOME OTHER DESIGN COMPONENTS LIKE MATERIAL TESTING, UH, ASBESTOS, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE INCLUDED WITH DESIGN.
AND THEN THERE WILL BE SOME OTHER ADDITIONAL COSTS.
UH, WE HAVE TO TEMPORARY RELOCATE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT STAFF THAT WILL BE IN THAT BUILDING.
THERE'S SOME UTILITIES THAT HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED, UH, AS WELL AS SOME TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT, UH, AND FURNITURE.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
CALEB, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I, I HAVE VISITED THIS ONE.
AND THIS IS, THIS IS GREAT BECAUSE IT'S GONNA ALLOW MORE EQUIPMENT ON THAT FACILITY.
THEY DID MAKE ME LUNCH THAT DAY AND WE HAD TO OPEN ALL THE DOORS BECAUSE THE, THE
AND SO WE, WE GOT SMOKED OUT OF, OF OUR OWN FIRE DEPARTMENT.
BUT THIS IS, THIS IS A REAL NEED.
AND I, I'M, I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT, UH, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
THIS, THIS WAS, UH, UH, THIS WAS ONE OF OUR OLDER, UH, STATIONS.
SO IT'S, IT'S EXCITING TO SEE WE'RE, WE'RE IMPROVING IT.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN, IT WORKED.
MR. MAYOR, UH, CALEB, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THE RENDERING LOOKS FANTASTIC, MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, UH, THIS, UH, STATION WILL NOT BE OCCUPIED DURING THE CONSTRUCTION.
IS THAT CORRECT? SO IT WILL NOT BE OCCUPIED, UH, BUT IT'S GONNA BE A, UH, A MOVING AROUND GAME.
THEY'RE GONNA BRING TEMPORARY TRAILERS TO THE SITE.
SO THERE WILL BE STAFF AT THE LOCATION.
UH, AND THEN OF COURSE THE BAY, THE MAJORITY OF THAT EXPANSION WILL BE TO THE FURTHEST WESTERN PORTION.
SO THEN SOME OF THE BAYS WILL BE OCCUPIED.
SO IT'LL BE A FUNCTIONING FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT IT'LL BE TEMPORARILY LIMITED.
SO WE'RE NOT GONNA BE AFFECTING THE RESPONSE TIMES, NO.
THAT WAS THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD.
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MOTION TO APPROVE.AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PLEASE VOTE.
NO FURTHER BUSINESS, WE'RE ADJOURNED.