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I NOW DECLARED THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL IS RECONVENED INTO OPEN SESSION THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.WE'LL BEGIN TONIGHT'S REGULAR MEETING WITH THE INVOCATION LED BY REVEREND REAGAN GILLAN, PASTOR OF OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT WITH CHRIST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IN TEXAS PLEDGE LED BY THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF COLLIN COUNTY PLANO.
WOULD YOU PLEASE RISE? WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME? GOD OF HOPE, LOVE, AND JUSTICE.
I THANK YOU FOR THOSE HERE THAT HAVE ANSWERED A CALL TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY OF PLANO, TEXAS.
THIS IS NO EASY TASK, AND THE DECISIONS UNDOUBTEDLY WEIGH HEAVY UPON THOSE HERE, THE DOUBTS THAT MAY CREEP IN THE RUSH TO MAKE DECISIONS AT TIMES AND THE ENDLESS WHAT IFS CAN SOMETIMES LEAVE.
WE PRAY THAT WHEN THE MOMENT CALLS FOR A BREATH, THEY WOULD TAKE IT AS THEY DISCERN WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR NEIGHBORS AMONG US.
WE PRAY AS CITIZENS OF PLANO, THAT WE WOULD FEEL BOLD ENOUGH TO VOICE OUR OPINIONS AND PASSIONS WITH A LEVEL OF GRACE AND RESPECT.
WE PRAY THAT OUR LEADERS WOULD HEAR US OUT, ASK QUESTIONS, AND DO THEIR BEST FOR THE INTEREST OF ALL PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY ARE OR WHERE THEY COME FROM.
WE PRAY FOR CLARITY AND THE CHAOS OF LIFE.
AND WE PRAY THAT ALL OF US AS CITIZENS OF PLANO CAN ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT IN ALL THE WAYS WE CAN JOIN IN EFFORTS ACROSS NEIGHBORHOODS OR PARTY LINES OR ANY IMAGINARY LINES.
SOMETIMES WE SET UP TO MAKE THIS THE MOST WELCOMING PLACE FOR ALL PEOPLE.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND YOUR VOICE THAT LEADS US.
YOU GUYS COME UP JUST A LITTLE BIT AND I WANT YOU TO SPEAK REALLY LOUD, OKAY? YES, SIR.
LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
YOU GUYS READY? TURN AND FACE THE FLAG.
TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE STATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE, ALL UNDER THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE.
GOT WE GOT ALL SORTS OF THINGS TO DO.
YOU GUYS HERE? WHICH ONE YOU WANT ICOS? YEAH.
AND THEN I WAS, I WAS OVER AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB THE OTHER DAY.
DID YOU GUYS ALL GET ONE? LET'S ALL COME HERE.
EVERYBODY STAND HERE A PICTURE.
WELL, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S GOOD.
OKAY, YOU GUYS READY? WAIT, WATCH.
WHAT ARE WE DOING? OKAY, WELL HOLD ON.
WE'RE USING LIKE A REAL CAMERA NOW, GUYS.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR DOING THAT.
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Presentation: Teen volunteers are receiving the President's Volunteer Service Award.
]WE HAVE SEVERAL RECOGNITIONS TONIGHT AND THE FIRST ONE I'D LIKE, UH, TO PRESENT IS 15 TEEN VOLUNTEERS ARE RECEIVING THE PRESIDENT'S VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD.[00:05:01]
SO I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD CORINA SADLER, VOLUNTEER RESOURCES SUPERVISOR AND ALL THE TEEN VOLUNTEERS.I'M JOINED, UH, BY MORGAN GREEN GRIFFIN.
WE ARE AT VOLUNTEERS IN PLANO.
UM, WE HAVE 15 INCREDIBLE TEEN VOLUNTEERS TONIGHT RECEIVING THEIR PRESIDENT'S VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD, WHICH MEANS THEY'VE GIVEN OVER 100 HOURS OF SERVICE IN 2023 JUST TO CITY OF PLANO FACILITIES, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES.
OKAY, SO WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU'LL GRAB YOUR CERTIFICATE FROM MORGAN ISHA BANERJEE SAN BANI.
YOU WANNA OPEN YOUR CERTIFICATES? YEAH.
OPEN YOUR CERTIFICATE RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE.
YOU TWO ARE, YOU THREE ARE SO SHY.
I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW YOUR MO I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
GOTTA COME IN A LITTLE BIT RIGHT HERE.
YOU WANT TO, YOU WANNA GO BACK ONE ROW? THIS ONE HERE, THIS SHY ONE THAT REALLY NEEDS TO COME RIGHT UP TO THE FRONT.
[Proclamation: April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month.]
OUR NEXT ITEM IS APRIL IS NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH.SO I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD SARAH AKERS, FOUNDER OF THE PLANO CHILDREN'S THEATER, NORTH TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS.
DAN POWERS, CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF COLLIN COUNTY, TRICIA CLIFTON AND PATRICK WILBUR CASA COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF COLLIN COUNTY, SUE REEVES, FOSTER FRIENDS, DENISE KENDRICK, EMBRACE DEANNA CHENAL AND CURTIS HOWARD, CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES BOARD AND DIRECTIONS 61 3.
SO ALL OF YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE YOU DO SO MUCH FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN.
AND SO, BECAUSE APRIL, WE'RE, WE'RE ALMOST IN APRIL.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET IT GOING.
APRIL IS THE NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH.
SO I'D LIKE TO READ A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS THE MONTH OF APRIL IS NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH.
A TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES WORKING TO PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT THAT OCCUR WHEN PEOPLE FIND THEMSELVES IN STRESSFUL SITUATIONS WITHOUT FRIENDS, FAMILY, OR RESOURCES.
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WHEREAS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY, ALL TEXANS MUST WORK TOGETHER TO STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITIES AND BUILD LOCALIZED SUPPORT NETWORKS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE WELLBEING OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.SO NOW, THEREFORE, I JOHN MUS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PLANO DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL, 2024 IS NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH IN PLANO.
AND I DO THEREBY ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN ME IN THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL, SUPPORTING ALL ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK TIRELESSLY TO ERADICATE CHILD ABUSE IN PLANO SO THAT ALL OF OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ENJOY A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE CITY OF EXCELLENCE.
YOU'LL HAVE TO JUST CUT IT AND SPLIT IT.
YOU SEE WHAT I'M CAPABLE OF? IF YOU, IF YOU KEEP STAYING OFF THERE,
YEAH, WE NEED, WE NEED SOME OVER HERE.
THE BOAT IS, THE BOAT IS LEAN.
[Proclamation: April 1-5, 2024 is National Community Development Week and April marks the 50th Anniversary of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program.]
APRIL 1ST THROUGH FIFTH, 2024 IS NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK AND APRIL MARKS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.SO I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD CURTIS, YOU'RE BUSY TODAY.
CURTIS HOWARD, DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, SHANETTE EDEN HOUSING OF COMMUNITY SERVICES MANAGER, ALDER FLOYD AND KARIMA HERNANDEZ, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICE COORDINATORS.
SANDRA OTTINGER, COMMUNITY GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR, REPRESENTATIVES FROM TEXAS, MUSLIM MU, UH, WOMEN'S FOUNDATION, THE SAMARITAN AND THE FAMILY PLACE AND CITY HOUSE.
SO LET ME READ THE PROCLAMATION.
SO NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK, APRIL 1ST THROUGH FIFTH, WHEREAS SINCE IT BEGAN IN 74, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM HAS PROVIDED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WITH RESOURCES FOR A WIDE RANGE OF UNIQUE NEEDS.
AND WHEREAS CDBG ONE OF THE LONGEST CON, CONTINUOUSLY RUN PROGRAMS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT PROVIDES VALUABLE ASSISTANCE FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES.
AND WHEREAS THE MONTH OF APRIL, MARCH, THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF CDBG, AND WHEREAS NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK IS DESIGNED TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, WHEREAS THE LIES OF OVER 20,000 PLANO RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN POSITIVELY, POSITIVELY AFFECTED BY 35 YEARS OF THESE FUNDS.
NOW, THEREFORE, I JOHN MUS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PLANO, DEAR HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 1ST THROUGH FIFTH 2024, IS NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK IN PLANO.
AND I DO THEREBY ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN ME AND THE PLANO CITY COUNSELING PROVIDING HELP TO COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
ALRIGHT, LET'S TAKE A PICTURE.
[Proclamation: Plano East Senior High School Boys Basketball 6A State Champions will be recognized.]
IS AN EXCITING TIME FOR ME.I DUNNO ABOUT YOU GUYS, BUT I'M PRETTY PUMPED ABOUT THIS.
THIS, I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU GUYS ALL YEAR LONG AND I WENT TO FORT WORTH AND YOU GUYS JUST DOMINATED IN FORT WORTH.
I DIDN'T GO TO SAN ANTONIO, BUT
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I WATCHED IT ON WHATEVER THAT STATION WAS.I'VE BEEN HERE, SO I'VE BEEN HERE LONG BEFORE PLANO EAST WAS, WAS BUILT.
I HATE TO BRAG ABOUT THAT, BUT IT'S, IT'S ALL I GOT.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME INCREDIBLE ATHLETES THAT HAVE COME THROUGH PLANO EAST, WENT ON TO COLLEGE, WENT ON TO THE PROS.
YOU GUYS ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT HAVE A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN YOUR HAND AND THAT IS GREAT.
I WANT THE COACHES, TRAINERS, THE MANAGERS TO COME DOWN PLEASE.
I DO WANT OUR SUPERINTENDENT, DR. THERESA WILLIAMS TO COME DOWN AND DR.
S UH, SELITA FREEMAN, I THE BOARD MEMBERS.
JERRY, NANCY, KATHLEEN, PLEASE COME ON DOWN.
YOU CAN'T SEE ME ANYMORE, CAN YOU?
THIS IS LOOK AT, LOOK, I GOTTA GO TO THE FRONT.
ALRIGHT LADIES, YOU CAN COME UP FRONT WITH ME BECAUSE, UH, WE'LL BE SEEN.
SO LET ME, LET ME READ THIS PROCLAMATION AND, AND I HAVE A COPY FOR ALL OF YOU GUYS OF, OF THIS.
THIS GOES TO, TO COACH WESTER BECAUSE HE DESERVES IT.
SO WHEREAS IN 2024, THE PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL PANTHER BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM WON THE CLASS SIX, A TEXAS STATE TITLE AFTER A 40 GAME UNDEFEATED SEASON.
THIS IS THE FIRST STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP IN SCHOOL HISTORY.
AND WHEREAS THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT IS A RESULT OF THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION OF THE ATHLETES, COACHES, TRAINERS, AND OTHER STAFF ON THE PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL PANTHERS TEAM.
AND WHEREAS THE ATHLETES, COACHES, TRAINERS, AND OTHER STAFF ON PES SCHOOL, PANTHERS TEAM ARE MATT WESTER, THE COACH, MICHAEL GODWIN, ASSISTANT COACH CHAD EVANS, ASSISTANT COACH, GREG THOMAS, ASSISTANT COACH JAMIE SMITH, ASSISTANT COACH, TIFFANY FAN TRAINER SHIRLEY ABREGO TRAINER, EL MADI TRAINER, KINSLEY SLAUGHTER.
GABBY KLINGER MANAGER, KJ CAMPBELL, DJ HALL, REMEMBER THAT NAME? YOU'LL HEAR IT AGAIN.
GRARD ANTON PLAYER RE OH RE GO AHEAD.
I DON'T THINK THE ANNOUNCERS EVER GOT IT RIGHT.
ISAIAH BREWINGTON, JORDAN MAZE, ETHAN MOSS, XAVIER MILLER, CARTER BUCHANAN, JOHN TRAN, MUSTAFA ABU, SETH ROMERO, ISAN QUASI AMANI CUS AND SHIMA SHENIK KEY.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN MUNZ, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PLANO DO HERE PRIVATE PROCLAIM MONDAY, MARCH 25TH, 2024 IS PLANO EAST'S SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PANTHERS BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM DAY.
AND I DO BY ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN ME AND THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL AND CONGRATULATING THEM ON THIS MOMENTOUS ACHIEVEMENT.
ALRIGHT, CONGRATULATIONS GUYS.
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NOW DO WE, WE HAVE, WE.YEAH, SO I I I HAVE A BASKETBALL FOR ALL OF YOU TO SIGN PLENTY OF SHARPIES.
WE'RE GONNA PUT IT IN A CASE AND DISPLAY IT HERE AT CITY HALL FOREVER.
SO, SO ANYWAY, I'M REALLY PROUD OF YOU GUYS.
YOU, YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THE HEROES OF PLANO AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU PUT INTO IT.
WE ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT, THAT THIS WAS A TEAM AND YOU GUYS WERE TOGETHER FOR MANY, MANY YEARS BEFORE NOW.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT YOU GUYS, IS IS PLAYING TOGETHER ALL THESE YEARS AND IT PAID OFF BIG TIME.
AND DON'T FORGET TO SIGN THE BASKETBALL, MR. MAYOR.
MR. MAYOR, ALL THE C CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WANNA BE A PART OF THE PHOTO
WELL, IF WE GO QUICK, GO UP THERE.
SO,
OKAY, LET'S GO, LET'S GO RIGHT BACK HERE.
THAT'S NOT, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE SEEN UP THERE.
COUNCIL
I CAN ALL, CAN Y'ALL SEE ME? YOU.
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ALL RIGHT.[CONSENT AGENDA]
TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION AND CONTAINS ITEMS WHICH ARE ROUTINE AND TYPICALLY NON-CONTROVERSIAL ITEMS MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION BY A COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE CITY MANAGER OR ANY CITIZEN PRESENTING OFFICER WILL ESTABLISH TIME LIMITS BASED UPON THE NUMBER OF SPEAKER REQUESTS.
SECOND, CASEY AND MARIA? THAT'S A GUESS.
RICK, DID YOU BEAT MARIA? I THINK SO.
SORRY, MARIA, YOU'RE LOOK AT THE VIDEO.
SO CASEY AND RICK, I HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, UH, APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[(1) Public Hearing and consideration of an Ordinance as requested in Zoning Case 2024-004 to amend the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City, Ordinance No. 2015-5-2, as heretofore amended, to expand Specific Use Permit No. 660 for Household Care Institution from 0.3 to 0.6 acre of land located on two lots on the north side of 19th Street, 400 feet west of N Avenue in the City of Plano, Collin County, Texas, presently zoned General Office with Specific Use Permit No. 660 for Household Care Institution; 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: Agape Resource & Assistance Center, Inc.]
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 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 WERE RECEIVED UNTIL THE CUMULATIVE TIME IS EXHAUSTED.
ITEM NUMBER ONE, PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AS REQUESTED IN ZONING CASE 2024 DASH FOUR TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY ORDINANCE NUMBER 2015 DASH FIVE DASH TWO AS HERETOFORE AMENDED TO EXPAND SPECIFIC USE PERMIT SIX 60 FOR HOUSEHOLD CARE INSTITUTION FROM 0.3 TO 0.6 ACRE OF LAND, LOCATED ON TWO LOTS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 19TH STREET, 400 FEET WEST OF N AVENUE IN THE CITY OF PLANO, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS.
PRESENTLY OWNED GENERAL OFFICE WITH SPECIFIC USE.
SIX 60 FOR HOUSEHOLD CARE INSTITUTION 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 EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
I'M CHRISTINA DAY DIRECTOR OF PLANNING THE CASE WE HAVE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS A REQUEST TO EXPAND AN EXISTING SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
IT IS, UH, ITEM, UH, SIX 60, LISTED AS SIX 60 WITHIN THE ZONING MAP.
IT IS FOR A HOUSEHOLD CARE INSTITUTION, WHICH IS A FACILITY THAT PROVIDES RESIDENTS AND CARE TO EIGHT OR MORE PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF THEIR LEGAL RELATIONSHIP, WHO ARE ELDERLY, DISABLED, ORPHANED, ABANDONED, OR NEGLECTED CHILDREN.
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CON CONVALESCING FROM ILLNESS OR RENDERED TEMPORARILY HOMELESS DUE TO FIRE, NATURAL DISASTER OR FINANCIAL SETBACK.
SO THAT'S THE USE THAT WE'LL BE CONSIDERING THIS EVENING.
SO THIS IS A MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 19TH STREET.
YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING SUP TO THE RIGHT AND THE EXPANSION TO THE LEFT ON THE SCREEN.
AND THE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH IS JUST A LITTLE BIT, UM, I GUESS MORE ZOOMED IN THAN THE NOTICE AREA.
THIS IS A VERY CLOSEUP VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.
SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THE BUILDINGS SIT ON THE PROPERTY THERE.
THERE IS NOT AN INTENT TO CHANGE THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE PROPERTY.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO USE THE EXISTING BUILDING.
THEY ARE OPERATING OUT OF, UH, THE BUILDING ON THE EAST SIDE AND ARE LOOKING TO DO A SIMILAR OPERATION
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ON THE WEST SIDE.THE EXISTING SUP DOES HAVE A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF 20 RESIDENTS, AND WITH THIS REQUEST, THEY'RE LOOKING TO EXTEND THE SAME STANDARD TO THE ADJACENT BUILDING, WHICH IS A SIMILAR IF NOT EXACTLY THE SAME BUILDING, UM, ON THE ADJACENT PROPERTY.
SO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES SUPPORT THIS CHANGE.
IT IS IN THE DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR, FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION.
IT MEETS THE DESCRIPTION PRIORITY AND MIX OF USES.
SO THE FEEDBACK WE'VE HAD TO DATE, WE HAVE TWO, UH, OF THE PEOPLE WITHIN, OR THE PROPERTY ENTERS, I SHOULD SAY, WITHIN 200 FEET THAT ARE IN SUPPORT.
ONE THAT'S NEUTRAL AND NONE THAT OPPOSE.
AND YOU SEE, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD TO BLOW UP THE OTHER SUPPORT 'CAUSE IT WAS SO TINY, IT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE ON THE MAP.
SO, UH, YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT JUST VERY SLIGHTLY CLIPS THE CORNER OF THAT ONE PROPERTY.
AND THEN CITYWIDE, YOU SEE, WE HAD TO ACTUALLY ZOOM IN TO THE ADDITIONAL PROPERTY.
WE PICKED UP ONE ADDITIONAL COMMENT, WHICH IS A COMMENT IN OPPOSITION WHEN WE WENT CITYWIDE.
UM, AND, BUT IT'S JUST ALONG THE SAME STREET.
SO FOUR TOTAL RESPONSES AGAIN, TWO IN SUPPORT, ONE NEUTRAL, AND ONE IN OPPOSITION.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS CASE BY VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.
AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THIS CASE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THE FIRST SPEAKER IS THE APPLICANT, JANET COLLINSWORTH.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR BUNS AND COUNSEL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME FOR TO HEAR, UH, THIS REQUEST THIS EVENING.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG EVENING AND SO I WILL GET RIGHT TO IT.
UM, I WANNA TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO WE ARE THAT OUR, THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY REQUESTING THIS EXTENSION OF OUR SPECIAL USE PERMIT, SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
WE ARE AGAPE RESOURCE AND ASSISTANCE CENTER.
WE'VE BEEN DOING OPERATIONS IN PLANO FOR, THIS IS GOING ON.
OUR 11TH YEAR AGAPE RESOURCE AND ASSISTANCE CENTER PROVIDES HOUSING AND CRITICAL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR HOMELESS SINGLE WOMEN, SINGLE MOMS AND THEIR CHILDREN.
SO WE PROVIDE, FIRST OF ALL, SAFE, STABLE HOUSING TO HOMELESS SITUATIONALLY, HOMELESS SINGLE WOMEN-LED HOUSEHOLDS.
SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR, UM, GOING ON 11 YEARS.
AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THIS TIME IS THAT THE HOMELESS, UM, POPULATION IS INCREASING.
THESE ARE TAKE THESE PICTURES HAVE BEEN TAKEN VERY CLOSE TO OUR PROPERTY ON 19TH STREET.
IN FACT, UH, THE UPPER RIGHT HAND, UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE WOMAN SLEEPING ON THE STREET IS ON 18TH STREET DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM MINI'S FOOD PANTRY.
THE GENTLEMAN WALKING IN FRONT OF THE, UM, FIRE STATION IS RIGHT AT THE END OF OUR STREET, RIGHT IN FRONT OF FIRE STATION ONE ON AVENUE K.
THE, UH, UM, UH, EXTENDED STAY HOTEL WITH THE SCHOOL BUS IS ACROSS 75.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING.
AND THE GENTLEMAN LOOKING IN THE, IN THE, UM, CLOTHING DONATION BIN IS ANOTHER INDICATION THAT WE REALLY DO HAVE A PERVASIVE AND GROWING HOMELESS PROBLEM.
THE IMPACT ON OUR MOST FRAGILE HOUSEHOLDS, WHICH ARE WOMEN-LED HOUSEHOLDS, IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO COMBAT.
WE'RE TRYING TO HELP THESE WOMEN O OVERCOME HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY THROUGH OUR PILLARS OF SERVICE.
SO I'LL SHOW YOU A FEW ADDITIONAL PILLARS.
UH, A FEW ADDITIONAL, UH, PICTURES THAT INDICATE, UH, SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS. IN JANUARY 14TH TO 2024.
THIS IS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET ON AVENUE K, AN INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS, UM, INVITED TO GO INTO OUR, UH, OVERNIGHT WARMING STATION.
DIDN'T WANT TO BECAUSE OF FEAR THAT WAS 14 DEGREES.
SO IT IS A LIFE THREATENING PROBLEM.
THE HOMELESS SITUATION IS, IS A LIFE THREATENING PROBLEM HERE.
SO OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE HOUSING AND TRANSFORMATIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES TO HOMELESS WOMEN, MOMS AND THEIR CHILDREN THAT EMPOWER THEM TO MOVE OUT OF HOMELESSNESS, CRISIS AND POVERTY AND INTO FULFILLING SELF-SUSTAINING LIVES.
WHAT IS HAPPENING, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS AN INCREASE FOR THE NEED, NOT JUST OF OUR SERVICES FOR, BUT ALSO FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMELESS, UM, UH, HOMELESS SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND THIS, AND PARTICULARLY
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IN, IN PLANO.I WANT TO KIND OF FOCUS ON A FEW STATS THAT MAYBE YOU HAVE HEARD OR, OR HAVE NOT SEEN.
AND THAT IS WHAT'S CAUSING THIS AND WHAT'S CAUSING THIS INCREASE IN HOMELESSNESS, PARTICULARLY ON THIS VULNERABLE POPULATION, IS THE INCREASE IN RENTS.
AND I KNOW THIS IS NOTHING NEW TO YOU, BUT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU JUST A FEW STATISTICS.
IN PLANO, A RENT FOR A ONE TO ONE AND A HALF TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT HAS GONE UP FROM DECEMBER OF 20 19, 50 2%.
THE AVERAGE RENTAL RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT 17, $1,800.
WE SEE THAT SAME INCREASE EXCEPT ACTUALLY HIGHER INCREASES IN MCKINNEY AND IN WILEY UP TO 63%.
THIS INCREASE HAS IMPACTED THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN WE SERVE.
EVEN OUR GRADUATES ARE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME STAYING HOUSED ONCE THEY GRADUATE BECAUSE THE ACCELERATING RENTS IS OUT PASSING THEIR ABILITY TO STAY SAFELY HOUSED, WHICH IS ONE REASON WHY WE WANT TO EXPAND OUR PROGRAM.
SO, UH, IN OUR, IN OUR 10 YEARS, WE HAVE SERVED OVER 270 WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN SAFE, STABLE HOUSING.
UH, OVER 75 FAMILIES WITH 86 CHILDREN HAVE GRADUATED WITH HIGHER INCOME INTO JOBS THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO BE SELF-SUSTAINING.
SO LONG AS THEY CAN KEEP PACE WITH THE INCREASE IN RENTS.
THAT'S A 78% GRADUATION SUCCESS RATE, WHICH IS QUITE, UH, AN ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR OUR WOMEN.
90% OF THE HOUSEHOLDS THAT WE SERVE ARE ABUSE SURVIVORS.
SO IF THE WOMEN ARE ABUSE SURVIVORS, SO ARE THE CHILDREN.
SO WE OFFER A TWO GENERATIONAL PROGRAM TO HELP THE CHILDREN OVERCOME THE ADVERSE CHILDHOOD IMPACT AS WELL.
SO WE'RE NOT ONLY WORKING ON THIS GENERATION OF HOMELESS, BUT WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON FUTURE GENERATIONS OF HOMELESS.
AND THE EXPANSION OF THIS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WILL ALLOW US TO REACH ADDITIONAL FAMILIES.
SO HOW DO WE DO THIS? IT'S A HOLISTIC APPROACH WITH FIVE PILLARS OF SERVICE.
WE PROVIDE HOUSING, BUT WE ALSO FIND OUT WITH EACH AND EVERY WOMAN, WHY ARE YOU NOT ABLE TO BE HOUSED YOURSELF? SO WE ASK ABOUT DO YOU HAVE EVICTIONS? DO YOU HAVE A RECORD? DO YOU NOT MAKE ENOUGH INCOME? UH, DO YOU HAVE POOR CREDIT RATING? SO UNDER THAT PILLAR OF HOUSING, WE NOT ONLY HOUSE THEM, BUT WE HELP THEM OVERCOME THOSE BARRIERS THAT PREVENT THEM FROM BEING HOUSED ONCE THEY GRADUATE FROM US.
SO VERY OFTEN A SINGLE, UH, WOMAN-LED HOUSEHOLD HAS THE, HAS THE DIFFICULTY OF BEING ABLE TO WORK BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T HAVE CHILDCARE.
WE ACTUALLY PAY FOR CHILDCARE AND HELP OUR HOUSEHOLDS, UH, OBTAIN FEDERAL SUBSIDIES SO THAT WHEN THEY GRADUATE FROM US, THEY CAN CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO WORK AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR CHILDREN.
TRANSPORTATION IS A HUGE PROBLEM IN COLLIN COUNTY AND IN AND IN WELL ANYWHERE IN COLLIN COUNTY.
BUT TO OUR WOMEN, IF THEY DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION, THEN THEY CAN'T GO TO WORK, GET THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL, GO TO THE DOCTOR, GO, YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFICULT.
WELL, 50% OF OUR HOUSEHOLDS COME TO US EITHER WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION OR WITH TRANSPORTATION SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN.
AND IT'S NOT SAFE FOR, FOR CHILDREN.
SO WE HELP THEM GET TRANSPORTATION.
WE HAVE A LOANER CAR PROGRAM WHERE WE HAVE CARS THAT WE OWN AND WE LOAN THEM TO THE WOMEN SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE.
AND THEN WE SELL THOSE LOANER CARS TO THE WOMEN FOR A VERY DISCOUNTED RATE WITH 0% INTEREST, SO THAT WHEN THEY GRADUATE, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE, TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.
THE KEY FACTOR IS WILL THEY BE ABLE TO GRADUATE WITH A HIGHER INCOME? WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IN OUR 10 YEARS IS THAT IF THEY JUST CONTINUE AT MINIMUM WAGE OR AT RETAIL OR AT FAST FOOD, THEY WILL NOT.
SO OUR WHOLE PROGRAM, THE SUCCESS OF IT IS BASED ON EDUCATION TO HIGHER INCOME.
AND THAT'S FINANCIAL LITERACY AND VOCATIONAL LITERACY.
SO WE PARTNER WITH COLIN COLLEGE.
WE HELP OUR WOMEN EITHER COMPLETE THEIR ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE OR GET CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER ON THE JOB TRAINING SO THAT THEY CAN GET INTO A JOB THAT'S A VOCATION, NOT AN HOURLY WAGE.
THE LAST AREA IS HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
THAT'S MIND, BODY, AND SPIRIT.
UH, 90% OF OUR HOUSEHOLDS ARE ABUSE SURVIVORS, SO THEY COME TRAUMATIZED AND SO DO THEIR CHILDREN.
SO WE REQUIRE COUNSELING AND OFFER OTHER HEALTH AND WELLNESS, UM, SERVICES THAT WE PAY FOR BECAUSE IF THEY, UH, HAVE IMPACTED WISDOM TEETH, THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO TAKE THEM OUT, BUT THEY CAN'T WORK EITHER BECAUSE OF THE PAIN.
SO WE REMOVE BARRIERS THAT THEY FACE IN EVERYDAY LIFE SO THAT THEY CAN BECOME, UH, FULFILLING SELF-SUSTAINING CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS TO EXPAND.
WE ALREADY HAVE, UH, UH, SUP FOR 1325 ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF OUR PROPERTY.
THESE ARE, UM, WHAT I CALL TWINKIE HOUSEHOLDS.
SO WE IN OUR, UM, 1325 PROPERTY, WE, UH, GOT THE PERMIT IN
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2015 AND THEN WE REMODELED TWO OUR NORTHERN TWO UNITS IN, UH, 2016 AND 17.AND, UH, HOUSED IN, WE ARE A SHARED PRO SHARED HOUSING MODEL.
SO EACH HOUSEHOLD HOLDS TWO FAMILIES, WHICH ALLOWS US, UM, TWO ADULTS WITH ALL THE CHILDREN.
IT ALSO ALLOWS US, UH, SOME ACCOUNTABILITY AMONGST OUR PARTNERS AND IT ALLOWS US TO HAVE A SAFER OVERALL COMMUNITY.
IN 21 AND 22, WE REMODELED THE SOUTHERN TWO UNITS.
AND SO THAT THE WHOLE QUAD, THAT WHOLE BUILDING IS NOW TOWN HOMES THAT LOOK REALLY ACTUALLY VERY NICE SINCE 2016.
UH, THAT PROPERTY, UM, WHICH WAS AN EMPTY, UH, OFFICE BUILDING, UNDERUTILIZED, VACANT FOR QUITE SOME TIME, HAS PROVIDED SAFE, STABLE HOUSING TO 88 WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
46 WOMEN LED FAMILIES WITH 42 CHILDREN.
WE WANT TO DO THE SAME WITH 1315.
IT'S, UM, SHARED HOUSING WITH OUR SHARED SPACE WITH ALL THE COMMON AREAS.
SO THE KITCHEN AND THE LIVING ROOM AND THE OUTDOOR AREAS WOULD ALL BE SHARED SPACE.
AND THEN EACH HOUSEHOLD WOULD HAVE THEIR OWN PRIVATE BEDROOM SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE PRIVATE TIME AND FAMILY TIME.
EACH HOUSEHOLD WOULD BE IN THAT ONE BEDROOM.
IF IT'S A LARGER FAMILY, WE CAN, IN SOME OF OUR UNITS AND SOME OF OUR, UH, BEDROOMS, WE CAN HOUSE UP TO ONE MOM WITH THREE OR FOUR KIDS IF IT'S SMALL KIDS.
AND THEN WE HAVE A SMALLER UNIT THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR SMALLER FAMILIES.
WE HAVE A CHILDREN'S PROGRAM AND A CHILDREN'S PROGRAM COORDINATOR.
WE USE, UH, 40 DEVELOPMENTAL ASSETS AS OUR METRIC TO MEASURE THEIR, UM, EMOTIONAL AND ACADEMIC LEVELS.
AND WE HELP THEM GET UP TO THAT LEVEL.
THE EXPANSION OF THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO HELP EVEN MORE CHILDREN AND MORE FAMILIES.
WE'RE ASKING TO, UM, CONVERT LITTLE BY LITTLE THE UNITS.
THE, UH, OFFICE CONDOS AT 1315, THE SAME WAY WE DID AT 1325 OVER THE NEXT.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO BEGIN THIS YEAR SO THAT BY THE END OF THE YEAR WE WILL HAVE FOUR ADDITIONAL FAMILIES IN THESE TWO UNITS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY REMODEL.
AND THEN OVER THE NEXT TWO TO THREE YEARS, WE WILL REMODEL THE SOUTHERN TWO, UM, OFFICE CONDOS.
AND IN THE MEANTIME, THAT'S WHERE WE WILL OFFICE BECAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD RENTS EITHER.
SHE'S ALREADY SHOWN YOU WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE.
UM, THE TWO UNITS FOR OUR FOUR ADDITIONAL FAMILIES, WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO GET STARTED JUST AS, UH, SOON AS YOU VOTE WITH US.
SO I ALSO HAVE OUR WONDERFUL ARCHITECT HERE, PENNY DIAZ, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WOULD LOVE TO, UM, INVITE YOU TO ASK THEM.
I JUST HAVE, THIS IS OUTTA CURIOSITY.
I I TOTALLY SUPPORT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING FOR, UM, FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
THEY, UM, YOU KNOW, ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS REALLY DO HURT.
UM, IT JUST DOESN'T JUST HURT THE WOMEN, IT HURTS THE CHILDREN AS WELL.
UH, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT HOW YOU QUALIFY AND HOW LONG IS THIS PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE GRADUATION? THANK YOU.
SO, UM, WHEN THEY, WHEN OUR, WHEN OUR FAMILIES COME IN, WE SIT WITH THEM AND WE SET A GRADUATION DATE.
WE WANT THEM TO KNOW WHAT THEIR FUTURE'S GONNA LOOK LIKE AND HOW MUCH TIME THEY HAVE, UH, WITH US.
UH, AND IT'S TYPICALLY SIX MONTHS FOR A SINGLE WOMAN.
'CAUSE WE DO HAVE SINGLE WOMAN WITH NO CHILDREN.
AND THEN A YEAR FOR A MOM WITH KIDS WOW.
AND IF THEY PROGRESS, IF THEY'RE PROGRESSING, THEN AT THE, THE THREE, THE NINE MONTH MARKER, THEY CAN ACTUALLY APPLY, APPLY TO EXTEND THAT STAY.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY'RE TAKING CLASSES AT COLLIN COLLEGE AND THAT EXTENSION WOULD ALLOW THEM TO FINISH THOSE CLASSES AND THEN MOVE INTO THEIR VOCATION, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD GRANT.
SO THAT'S YOUR SECOND QUESTION.
HOW DO THEY QUALIFY? SO WE, YEAH, WHERE DO, WHERE DO YOU GET THEM FROM? I MEAN, THEY, OKAY, SO, UM, NOW IN OUR 10TH AND 11TH YEAR, ABOUT 50% OF THEM COME DIRECTLY TO US EITHER THROUGH OUR WEBSITE OR THROUGH, THEY FIND US ON THE WEBSITE AND THEY CALL US DIRECTLY.
AND THE OTHER 50% ARE REFERRED FROM THE OTHER AGENCIES.
WE, UH, COLLABORATE WITH THE OTHER, UH, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AGENCIES IN, UH, THE PLANO AREA AND END UP INTO COLLIN COUNTY, SAMARITAN IN AND, AND ALLEN, UH, UP IN THAT AREA AS WELL.
AND THEN THE PLANO POLICE HAVE BROUGHT US SEVERAL.
UH, AND THEN, UM, OTHER AGENCIES REFER TO US 'CAUSE WE WANT TO FILL EVERY SINGLE BED.
HOW, HOW MANY BEDS ARE THERE IN, I MEAN, LIKE HOW MANY ROOMS IN THE, THE PROPOSED AREA? I, I HEAR, I HEARD THERE'S FOUR, RIGHT? THAT'S THE FOUR THAT YOU, THERE'S FOUR, UH, TOWN HOMES.
SO OUR TOWN HOMES, THAT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD
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QUESTION.I'M PRETTY SURE I WOULD MESS UP THE SLIDES IF I WENT BACK.
BUT IT'S A TWO STORY OFFICE BUILDING.
SO EACH OFFICE CONDOMINIUM IS TWO STORIES.
UM, IF YOU THINK OF AN ACCOUNTANT'S OFFICE AND THE RECEPTION AREA IS ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE.
AND THEN YOU WALK UP THE STAIRS AND THEN THERE'S BUSINESS ACCOUNTING OFFICES UP THERE.
EACH ONE OF THE FOUR UNITS ARE SEPARATE INDIVIDUAL CONDOMINIUMS, OFFICE CONDOMINIUMS. SO WE'RE JUST GONNA CONVERT THOSE OFFICE CONDOMINIUMS INTO TOWN HOMES.
THEY DON'T HAVE KITCHENS, THEY DON'T HAVE FULL BATHS, THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH BATHS.
SO WE'RE GONNA ADD A FULL BATH UPSTAIRS AND, AND WE'RE GONNA ADD A FULL KITCHEN DOWNSTAIRS AND CONVERT THOSE OFFICES INTO BEDROOMS. SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW IT LOOKS.
AND THEN EACH OFFICE CONDO, WHICH WILL NOW BE A TOWN HOME, THEY LOOK JUST LIKE TOWN HOMES WILL SERVICE TWO FAMILIES, TWO HOUSEHOLDS, TWO FAMILIES.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
DID, DID I ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS? I FEEL LIKE THERE WAS, YES.
ACTUALLY I HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH MORE, BUT I CAN ALWAYS CONTACT YOU.
YOU LATER ON,
WE INVITE YOU ALL TO COME SEE US AND TAKE A TOUR.
WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR WOMEN.
CONFINE THE COMMENTS TO THE COUNCIL.
I'D LIKE TO JUST SAY I, I KNOW MS. COLLINSWORTH AND I KNOW THE GREAT WORK THAT SHE'S DONE OVER THE LAST DECADE HERE IN PLANO.
AND IT'S, UH, WONDERFUL TO, TO HAVE YOU IN OUR COMMUNITY TO HELP THOSE IN NEED, ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO, MR. MAYOR.
UH, AGAIN, I APPLAUD ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING AND I THINK, UH, CLEARLY WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SPACE TO HOUSE THOSE THAT ARE ABUSED.
AND WHEN I LOOK THROUGH THE PACKAGE, IT ADHERES TO THE COMP PLAN.
UH, EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE IN ORDER IT PASSED.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION REAPPROVED AS PRESENTED.
OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND TO APPROVE.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, PLEASE VOTE.
[(2) Presentation and receive Public Comments on proposed revisions to the City of Plano's Drought and Emergency Response Plan and Water Management Plan. ]
ITEM, ITEM NUMBER TWO, PRESENTATION AND RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE CITY OF PLANOS DROUGHT AND EMU EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN AND WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN.I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OVER WATER AND WASTEWATER IN PUBLIC WORKS.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TODAY.
THIS IS GONNA BE MY THIRD TIME TALKING ABOUT THESE PLANS HAVING BEEN WITH THE CITY.
OKAY, SO THE FIRST PLAN IS OUR DROUGHT AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN.
AND BOTH OF THESE ARE REQUIRED BY TEXAS ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION AND QUALITY THAT WE HAVE TO ADOPT AND UPDATE EVERY FIVE YEARS.
UM, WE WORKED IN 2019 WITH THE SURROUNDING CITIES IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE WE ALL MOVE TO THREE DROUGHT STAGES.
UH, WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING ANY CHANGES TO OUR DROUGHT PLAN AT THIS TIME, BUT WE ALWAYS NEED TO PUT THESE OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO THE SECOND ONE IS OUR WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN.
UM, SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS THE CONSERVATION PLAN.
THROUGH THIS ONE WE HAVE TO UPDATE OUR GALLONS PER CAPITA DAILY GOALS.
AND THERE'S ALSO BEEN UPDATES TO THE EDUCATION OUTREACH INITIATIVES THAT OUR EDUC, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY DEPARTMENT PROVIDES.
UM, THEY'VE UPDATED THE REBATES TO HAVE ONLINE APPLICATIONS.
THEY'VE ADJUSTED SOME OF THE FREE CONSERVATION ITEMS THAT THEY OFFER AND UPDATED SOME OF THE EDUCATIONAL CLASSES AND PROGRAMS THAT THEY OFFER AS WELL.
THESE ARE OUR PROPOSED GOALS WITH, OF COURSE, I CAN NEVER DO THIS WITHOUT ONE TYPO.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THE FIVE-YEAR GOAL CURRENTLY SAYS 2024.
AND THEN THE 10 YEAR GOAL WOULD BE 2034.
UM, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE TAKEN THE GOALS FROM OUR PREVIOUS PLAN AND MOVED THEM TO OUR FIVE-YEAR GOAL AND THEN, UH, CONTINUE THAT DOWNWARD TREND FOR 10 YEARS.
UM, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HISTORIC FIVE-YEAR AVERAGE IN THE BASELINE.
AND THE REASON IS THE ORIGINAL PLAN THAT WE ADOPTED IN 2019 WAS ACTUALLY DURING TWO AND A HALF YEARS OF EXTREME DROUGHT WHERE OUR WATER USAGE WAS VERY LOW.
YOU ALL THAT HAVE BEEN HERE, REMEMBER IT HAS BEEN EVERY OTHER WEEK WATERING ONCE A WEEK.
UM, IT WAS VERY ROUGH AND SO OUR USAGE WAS VERY LOW.
AND AFTER ANY DROUGHT YOU'LL ALWAYS SEE, UM, USE COME BACK, BUT USUALLY NOT AT A MUCH HIGHER RATE.
2014, OUR ACTUAL HISTORICAL ADV AVERAGE WAS ALREADY OVER 200.
SO THESE ARE OUR PROPOSED GOALS AT THIS TIME.
UH, THE BASELINE, THE 2019 OR 219 IS BASED ON THE ADOPTED PLAN THAT TEXAS WIRE DEVELOPMENT BOARD HAS, WHERE THEY ESTIMATED OUR USAGE IN 2020 AND THEN CALCULATED THAT OUT TO BE GALLONS PER CAPITA DAILY.
SO WE USE THAT BECAUSE THEY RECOMMEND THAT YOU USE SOME SORT OF ADOPTED BASELINE THAT'S ALREADY OUT THERE.
SO WE TOOK THOSE AND WE CONTINUED OUR DOWNWARD TREND FROM THERE.
ANY QUESTIONS? AND I'M TRYING TO,
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I WOULD JUST ADD IN 2029, WE HAVE A LOT OF INCENTIVE TO BE CONSERVING AT THAT TIME BECAUSE WE WILL BE IN YEAR TWO OF OUR FIVE YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE.SO WE WANT TO SEE THAT GALLONS PER CAPITA PER DAY REALLY, UH, DROP AT THAT POINT.
'CAUSE THAT'LL HELP OUR WATER RATES IN THE FUTURE.
SO JUST PUTTING THAT IN OUT THERE, IS THERE ANY SPECIAL COMMUNICATION THAT THAT WE, THAT WE TRY TO DO TO, TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, USING LESS AND THINGS LIKE THAT SO THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE, TO GET TO THOSE NUMBERS? I MEAN OBVIOUSLY WE, WE WE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
UM, AND I NOTICED THAT OUR WATER CONSERVATION EDUCATION PERSON IS HERE THIS EVENING.
THEY DO A LOT OF ACTIVE OUTREACH.
ACTUALLY MOST OF WHAT WE FOCUS ON IS GONNA BE REDUCTION IN OUTDOOR WATER USE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE SEE THE MOST WASTE OBVIOUSLY.
UM, BUT ALSO WHERE WE JUST FIND THAT'S GONNA BE WHERE YOU'RE BETTER ABLE TO REDUCE.
THEY ALREADY HAVE THE WATER CONSERVATION REBATE PROGRAM FOR WATER EFFICIENT TOILETS.
WE OFFER, UM, IRRIGATION CONTROLLERS AT A DISCOUNT AND PRESSURE REDUCING VALVES WAS ONE THAT WE ADDED FIVE YEARS AGO FOR SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE ON THE HIGHER PRESSURE PLANE.
AND UM, IT LOWERS THE PRESSURE TO AND EXTEND THE LIFE OF THEIR APPLIANCES AND THEIR PLUMBING FIXTURES AS WELL.
BUT YEAH, THERE'S A PRETTY TARGETED OUTREACH.
AND THEN MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT PROVIDES THE, UH, WATER MY YARD TOOL WHERE THEY PUSH OUT WEEKLY REMINDERS ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU SHOULD WATER OR SHOULDN'T WATER.
AND ESPECIALLY ON THOSE WEEKS, LIKE THIS WEEK WHERE IT'S RAINED, YOU REALLY COULD TURN YOUR IRRIGATION CONTROLLERS OFF AND IT'S AMPLE AMOUNT OF WATER.
SO WE PARTNER WITH THEM AND PROVIDE THAT MESSAGING.
SO, SO THERE'S OUR TIMELINE FOR ADOPTION.
UM, ORIGINALLY WE WERE GONNA TRY TO ADOPT ON APRIL 8TH, BUT THE ECLIPSE KIND OF SHIFTED THAT TIMELINE A LITTLE BIT.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH APRIL 1ST AND THAT WILL GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO GET ANY SORT OF FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED AND THEN GET IT PREPARED AND READY FOR THE APRIL 22ND AGENDA.
AND THEN WE CONTINUED FROM LAST YEAR, WE POSTED AN ONLINE FORM WHERE WE NOT ONLY HAVE THE PLANS POSTED ONLINE THAT YOU CAN REVIEW, BUT ALSO THERE'S A COMMENT FORM AND I TRY TO MAKE IT AS SMALL AS I COULD TO FIT ON THIS SLIDE FOR YOU.
BUT YOU CAN GO ON THERE AND FILL OUT YOUR NAME AND INFORMATION AND IT GOES DIRECTLY TO OUR INBOX AND WE'LL CATALOG ALL THOSE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVE TONIGHT.
IN PERSON IS OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT ONLINE AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO MAIL THEM TO THE ATTENTION OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM AND IT'S GONNA BE WATER CONSERVATION PLAN.
IF YOU WANNA GAVEL IT IN, THAT'S GREAT.
WE DO NOT HAVE, DOES ANYONE WANT TO COMMENT ON OUR WATER USE, UH, PLAN OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS, RIGHT? OR MORE? FIVE.
THEN I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND I KNOW, I KNOW WELL, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
AND CITIZENS CAN CONTINUE TO COMMENT THROUGH APRIL 1ST OR APRIL 22ND.
APRIL 1ST, APRIL 1ST USING THAT ONLINE FORM.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FEEDBACK IN REGARD TO THAT.
ALRIGHT, ITEM THREE, ITEM NUMBER
[(3) Presentation of the FY2023-24 Status Report and Three-Year Financial Forecast.]
THREE, PRESENTATION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 20 23, 24 STATUS REPORT AND THREE YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST.GOOD EVENING, KAREN RHODES WHITLEY, BUDGET DIRECTOR TONIGHT IN YOUR PACKET, YOU RECEIVED OUR DOCUMENT, A LOOK AHEAD.
UH, THIS PROVIDES THE CITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AHEAD INTO THE FUTURE FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS TO IDENTIFY ANY CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE FACING THE CITY.
IT ALSO IS THE STARTING POINT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 24 25 BUDGET PROCESS.
UH, WEDNESDAY WE WILL BE ROLLING OUT THE SAME THING.
WE HAVE A BUDGET KICKOFF WITH ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS AND THEY WILL START INPUTTING THEIR BUDGETS.
EVERY ANNUAL BUDGET ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL HAS TO BE, IS REQUIRED TO BE BALANCED.
SO ANY FUND DEFICITS YOU SEE WITHIN THE FORECAST WILL BE RECTIFIED THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE SEVERAL CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES AHEAD.
REVENUES HAVE STABILIZED AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS OF INCREASING SALES TAX, REVENUE BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT RELATED REVENUE.
UH, OUR REVENUES HAVE BEEN INCREASING.
THEY ARE STARTING TO STABILIZE OUT.
UH, WE ARE STARTING TO REACH THE BUILD OUT STAGE.
MOST OF Y'ALL KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON A FISCAL ROADMAP, UH, PLAN RIGHT NOW AND
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THAT WILL BE LOOKING AT ALL OUR DIFFERENT COSTS.RECOVERY, COST RECOVERY AND REVENUE POLICIES.
UH, WE ARE STILL FACING ONGOING INFLATIONARY PRESSURE.
A PRIMARY CONCERN IS STILL OUR COMMODITY COSTS, EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLE COSTS PLUS SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.
WE ORDERED A FIRE VEHICLE THE OTHER DAY.
NOT ONLY DID INFLATION HIT IT ABOUT 50%, IT'S ALSO GOING TO TAKE 72 MONTHS FOR THE VEHICLE TO COME IN.
3% INFLATION RATE HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE FORECAST.
ALSO, OUR COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM IS STILL AT FULL CAPACITY RIGHT NOW.
WE HAD A MEETING THE OTHER DAY.
WE HAVE IN PLAY RIGHT NOW A 500 MILLION IN DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT ARE EITHER AT THE DESIGN STAGE OR CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
WE ARE GOING TO NEED ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL TO HANDLE THE PROJECTS TO MEET THE DEMANDS.
WE ARE TAKING CARE OF 2.8 BILLION IN INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE ALSO HAVE PLANNED NEXT MAY, 2025 A BOND REFERENDUM.
WE ARE STARTING TO RUN OUT OF OUR STREET AUTHORITY FROM WHEN WE DID THE BOND REFER REFERENDUM IN 2021.
THIS IS JUST A LOOK AT THE INFLATIONARY RATES.
UH, BACK LAST YEAR, FEBRUARY IT WAS 6%.
BEFORE I CAME UP HERE, I DID LOOK AT THE MUNICIPAL COST INDEX AND IT ACTUALLY IS LESS THAN THIS AT, THIS IS THE EURO US BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.
THE MCI WAS 2% IN CONSTRUCTION INFLATION ACCORDING TO THE MCI IS 3.1% ON THE GENERAL FUND.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE PROJECTED THREE DAYS OF WORKING CAPITAL FOR 24 25.
AS YOU ARE AWARE, WE HAVE A 30 DAY WORKING CAPITAL BALANCE, SO PUTTING IN OUR REVENUE MODEL AND OUR EXPENDITURE MODELS.
RIGHT NOW, THIS IS VERY PRELIMINARY.
WE ARE LOOKING AT PROBABLY $26 MILLION SHORTFALL BETWEEN THAT THREE DAYS AND 30 DAYS.
UH, FOR 25 26 IT WILL BE 23.9 FOR THE NEXT YEAR, IT'S 18.
NOW WITH THAT BEING SAID, OUR PRIMARY REVENUE SOURCE, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PROJECTIONS FROM THE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICTS.
WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THEM.
THEY WILL BE GIVING US PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES.
COLLIN COUNTY WILL BE APRIL 4TH AND THE DENTON COUNTY'S GONNA BE APRIL 30TH.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO THE SAME THING WE DID LAST YEAR.
ONCE WE RECEIVE THAT DATA, WE WILL SEND YOU OUT A NEW REVISED GENERAL FUND PACKET.
ALSO, WE DO HAVE INCLUDED IN HERE TWO AND A HALF PERCENT SALARY INCREASE.
ALSO, WE ARE FACING CHALLENGES AND OUR HEALTH HEALTH INSURANCE FUND AND WE HAVE INCLUDED A 15% INCREASE ON THE CITY SIDE, 15% ON THE EMPLOYEE SIDE.
MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'VE GOT 3% INFLATIONARY RATE HAS BEEN INCLUDED.
NO NEW PROGRAMS OR SERVICE ENHANCEMENTS ARE INCLUDED.
THE FORECAST DOES MAINTAIN THE TAX RATE, WHICH IS OUR CURRENT TAX RATE OF 41.76 CENTS THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST.
OUR DEBT RATE IS TO REMAIN AT 11.50 CENTS FOR RIGHT NOW AND THE OPERATING RATE AT 30.26 CENTS.
THIS IS INCLUDING IF THE BOND REFERENDUM PASSES IN 2025.
WE HAVE INCLUDED ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY INTO THERE.
THIS IS JUST A LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND SUMMARY, THE NUMBERS THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, THE ADDITIONAL REVENUES OR PROGRAM REDUCTIONS TO MEET THE 30 DAYS.
THAT'S WHAT WE WILL BE WORKING ON, UH, FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
OUR MODELS ARE BASED ON EITHER POPULATION OR ECONOMIC FACTORS.
UH, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT PROVIDES US WITH WHAT THE POPULATION'S GOING TO BE.
THEY ARE ESTIMATING AN INCREASE OF 1.1% TO 296, 800 OR 24 25 A 0.8% INCREASE AT 299,000 AND 0.6 IN 26 27.
COG DOES DO THEIR POPULE POPULATION ESTIMATES AND THEY WILL BE GIVEN TO US IN APRIL.
SO DEPENDING ON WHAT THE REVENUE IS AND IF IT'S DIRECTLY RELATED TO POPULATION, WE HAVE DIRECT AND WE HAVE INDIRECT.
A DIRECT POPULATION WOULD BE LIKE TRASH
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COLLECTIONS, WATER REVENUE, INDIRECT POPULATION MIGHT BE YOUR REC CENTER MEMBERSHIP AND MUNICIPAL COURT FINES.ON THE ECONOMIC BASE, WE ARE ASSUMING 3% RIGHT NOW.
UH, INFLATION'S CURRENTLY AT 3.2%.
A DIRECT ECONOMY EXAMPLE MIGHT BE HOTEL MOTEL TAX RECEIPTS.
INDIRECT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTION WATER REVENUES.
WE ARE PLANNING A BOND SALE RIGHT NOW, $85 MILLION GEO BOND.
UH, WE ARE HAVING RATING AGENCY CALLS IN APRIL FOR THAT AND WE SHOULD RECEIVE THE PROCEEDS BY JUNE.
IN ADDITION, WE ARE ISSUING 7 MILLION IN TAX NOTES.
THAT'S TO REPLACE OUR TELEPHONE SYSTEM, PROVIDE A FIRE STATION ALERTING SYSTEM AND UPGRADE OUR VIDEO STORAGE SYSTEM.
IN ADDITION, IN EACH YEAR OF THE FORECAST, WE ARE ESTIMATING A BOND SALE OF 85 MILLION.
AND OF COURSE, THAT IS CONTINGENT ON THE 2025 BOND REFERENDUM PASSING.
WE ARE DO NOT FORECAST ANY CHANGE AT ALL RIGHT NOW AND THE DEBT SERVICE RATE OF 11.50 CENTS.
THESE ARE VERY PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES.
AS FAR AS ASSESSED PROPERTY VALUE INCLUDED IN HERE, WE HAVE 5% FOR 20 25, 3 0.5, 26, 27, UH, 3.5.
AND OUR NEW PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH PROJECTIONS IS 500 MILLION.
I DID TALK TO THE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT THE OTHER DAY.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE WON'T GET THE FINAL STUFF TILL APRIL 4TH, BUT I THINK WE'RE A LITTLE SHORT ON THAT.
IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE MORE LIKE 700 MILLION.
OUR TAX RATES, THE 41.76 CENTS 1 CENT ON YOUR TAX RATE THOUGH IS EQUAL TO $6 MILLION THIS YEAR.
SALES TAX HAS STARTED FLATTENING UP, UH, FOR 2324.
WE ARE ESTIMATING THAT WE WILL COME IN AT $114.6 MILLION IN FEBRUARY.
WE RECEIVED A CHECK, RECEIVED A CHECK FOR $7.7 MILLION.
THIS WAS A DECREASE OF $1.2 MILLION OR LESS, 13%.
I WILL TELL YOU THIS, THERE WERE SEVERAL AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS INCLUDED WITHIN THAT CHECK AND ACCORDING TO THE STATE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, WE'RE GOING TO BE ISSUED SEVERAL MORE AUDITS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
SO WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE KEEPING SALES TAX FLAT FOR THE REMAINING SEVEN MONTHS.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE ONLY UP $600,000 FOR THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS INCLUDED IN THESE PROJECTIONS, WE ARE MIMICKING EVERYTHING WE DID THE LAST YEAR.
AND OF COURSE, ALL THIS WILL BE UPDATED AS WE GO ALONG.
ACTUAL FOR 2223 WAS 114.2 MILLION.
THIS IS JUST A CHART SHOWING WHERE OUR THREE YEAR AVERAGES EVERY YEAR, THE LAST SINCE 2017 18, YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE BEEN GAINING STRENGTH IN SALES TAX UNTIL 2324.
THIS IS A LOOK AT THE VOLATILITY OF SALES TAX COLLECTIONS RIGHT NOW.
IF WE WERE PROJECTING MAYBE A RECESSION HAPPENING IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS, THIS WILL SERIOUSLY IMPACT SALES TAX.
AS YOU CAN SEE, GOING BACK IN 19 20 15, 16, 12, 13, THOSE WERE RECESSIONS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, 1920 WAS COVID BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT RELATED REVENUES ARE ALSO FLATTENING OUT.
LAST YEAR IN 2223, WE COLLECTED $8 MILLION.
UH, THIS YEAR WE HAD INCLUDED A 20% DECREASE.
UH, IT'S COMING IN A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT.
UH, WE ARE RETIMING AT 6.5 MILLION, WHICH IS A 19% DECREASE FROM THE 2223 ACTUALS FOR 24 25.
WE'RE ESTIMATING GOING DOWN 15% AND THEN CONSTANT THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST.
WE'VE HAD A LEVELING OFF OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS IS EXPECTED INTEREST.
EARNINGS IS PROJECTED AT $2.8 MILLION, WHICH IS WHAT WE ACTUALLY COLLECTED FOR THIS YEAR.
A COUPLE OF ITEMS ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE ARE INCLUDED.
WE HAVE 2.5% INCLUDED FOR CIVIL SERVICE AND NON-CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES TOTALING $6.7 MILLION.
THIS IS ONLY INCLUDED IN 24 25
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IN THE REMAINING TWO YEARS.WE JUST HELD IT FLAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM LAST YEAR DURING THE, WE USED TO GIVE 2 CENTS ON THE TAX RATE LAST YEAR DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, THAT WAS, UH, CUT BACK TO $8.5 MILLION BECAUSE THAT FUND IS DOING VERY, VERY WELL.
UH, THE CAPITAL MAINTENANCE TRANSFER IS ESTIMATED AT $35.3 MILLION THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY GIVING IT.
AND WE HAVE INCLUDED LIBRARY BOOKS TOTALING $1.4 MILLION FOR LIBRARY BOOKS AND DIGITAL MEDIA.
IN ADDITION, THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM, THE CIP OPERATING EXPENDITURES ARE ALREADY INCLUDED AS FUNDED WITHIN THE FORECAST.
THEY TOTAL $1.4 MILLION OVER THE THREE YEARS.
WE HAVE SEVERAL MAJOR PROJECTS COMING UP.
FIRE STATION FIVE IS AN EXPANSION.
WE'RE GONNA BE RENOVATING FIRE STATION NUMBER EIGHT.
WE HAVE THE PARKWAY SERVICE CENTER, FLEET SERVICE CENTER.
ALL OF THEM ARE GONNA BE RE UH, RENOVATED.
AND THEN THE TOM BECK REC CENTER, UH, CONSTRUCTION ON THAT WILL BE BEGIN, BEGIN BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER OF 24.
WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED WITHIN THIS FORECAST ARE ANY PROGRAM ENHANCEMENTS RELATED TO INCREASES FOR MANDATES, GROWTH, INCREASED SERVICES, TECHNOLOGY REQUESTS, OR ANY OTHER CAUSES DURING THE THREE YEAR PORT FORECAST.
ALL DISCRETIONARY ITEMS WILL BE EXAMINED ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL MERIT DURING THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
WE ALWAYS ASK IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY TIMEFRAME WHAT THE DEPARTMENTS ARE THINKING ABOUT AS FAR AS HIRING FULL-TIME, PART-TIME, WHAT THEY THINK THEY'RE GONNA BE REQUESTING.
WE GOT IN THE LIST THE OTHER DAY.
IT'S AROUND 41 FULL-TIME POSITIONS TOTALING $4.2 MILLION.
EIGHT OF THEM ARE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, 12 ARE FOR CIP COMING ONLINE, AND THEN FOUR OTHER POSITIONS.
AND THEN THE WATER AND SEWER FUND.
THERE ARE 17 POSITIONS AND THOSE ARE TIED TO CAPITAL OVER IN THE WATER AND SEWER FUND.
IN 2324, AN ADDITIONAL 38 POSITIONS WERE ADDED TOTALING $4.3 MILLION.
THIS IS THE LOOK AT WATER AND SEWER.
AS EVERYBODY IS AWARE, WE PASS ON THE INCREASES THAT NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT PASSES ON TO US.
ALL THIS INFORMATION IS FROM FALL OF 2024.
UM, SORRY, THAT SHOULD BE FALL OF 2023.
UH, OUR PROJECTIONS INCLUDE A MINIMUM WATER ANNUAL DEMAND OF 25.4.
BEFORE IT USED TO BE 26.7 AND NOW IT'S DOWN TO 25.4.
ALL THE INCREASES ARE SCHEDULED TO BE PASSED ON.
WE GOT WATER AT 12.4%, 11.8%, AND 15% IN 2027.
THEY'RE SAYING OUR SEWER'S GONNA GO UP 7.3% IN 24 25.
UH, 25 26 IS 12.8 AND THEN 26 27 IS NEARLY 14%.
AND THEN UPPER EAST FORK INTERCEPTOR IS 7.9%, 17.5 AND 11.3.
WE DID RECEIVE BACK IN OCTOBER $5.2 MILLION FOR THE 2223 WATER VARIABLE COST REBATE.
AND THEN IN NOVEMBER WE RECEIVED $1.2 MILLION BACK FROM THEM FOR WATER SUPPLY AND MANDATORY CONTRACT SURPLUS FUNDS.
SORRY, THAT WAS IN MARCH 24TH.
WE DO HAVE A RESERVE FUND OVER THERE AT $5.8 MILLION.
WE USE THAT TO COUNTERACT ANY KIND OF INCREASES.
NOW WE NEED TO TALK, WE WILL HAVE ONGOING DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE WATER AND SEWER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THIS THIS LAST YEAR.
UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL VERY LARGE SEWER PROJECTS.
THE DALLAS NORTH TRUNK PHASE TWO IS NOW THE TOTAL FOR THAT HAS GROWN TO $17.8 MILLION.
SPRING CREEK INTERCEPTOR PHASE TWO IS $18.3 MILLION.
AND THEN THE SPRING CREEK INTERCEPTOR PHASE THREE, NOW TOTAL 17.3, ALL OF THOSE ARE EXPECTED TO BE FUNDED OUT OF WATER AND SEWER.
SO HERE'S YOUR WATER FUND RIGHT NOW, FUND 36.
WE ONLY HAVE, WE HAVE $20 MILLION THAT WE CAN GIVE TO WATER AND SEWER FOR THE PAY AS YOU GO.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN 24 25, WE START GOING INTO
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THE RED ON WATER.THE SEWER PROJECTS ARE EVEN WORSE.
WHAT WE ARE THINKING, AND OF COURSE WE'RE GONNA BRING ALL THIS BACK, IS PACKAGING THOSE BIG PROJECTS AND ISSUING REVENUE DEBT FOR THAT.
WE WILL BRING, BE BRINGING ALL THAT BACK JUST ON THE OTHER, UH, FORECASTS.
ALL THE FUNDS ARE DOING, UH, VERY WELL.
THE CONVENTION AND TOURISM FUND, HOTEL MOTEL TAXES HAVE ONCE AGAIN GONE UP AFTER GOING VERY FAR DOWN AFTER COVID, UH, THE MUNICIPAL DRAINAGE FUND.
WE HAVE SOME VERY LARGE PROJECTS THAT ARE GONNA BE COMING UP ON THAT.
WE HAVE BOND COVENANTS THAT WE HAVE TO MEET.
SO MOST LIKELY WE WILL NEED A RATE INCREASE IN 25 26.
SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES HAD RUN DEFICITS FOR THREE YEARS IN A ROW.
WE HIRED A NEW GEN STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS LAST YEAR AND PRESENTED EVERYBODY WITH A PLAN.
WE WENT UP $4 THIS YEAR FOR THE 95 AND WHAT 68 GALLON CART IN THE FORECAST.
YOU WILL SEE A DOLLAR PER YEAR INCREASES.
BUT THIS KEEPS US WITHIN OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES.
ALL THE OTHER FUNDS, REC REVOLVING FUND, GOLF COURSE FUND, ALL DOING GREAT.
WE LIKE TO KEEP $20 MILLION IN THE FUND BALANCE.
IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A GOAL OF 75%.
THE TRANSFER OVER THERE, UM, WE'RE KIND OF SHORT, BUT IN THE MEANTIME IT WILL START GROWING UP.
SO I'M NOT TOO WORRIED ABOUT THIS FUND.
LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR BUDGET CALENDAR REAL QUICK.
JULY 24TH, THE CITY MANAGER WILL BE DELIVERING HIS RECOMMENDED BUDGET AND PROPOSED CIP COPIES WILL BE MADE AT ALL THE LIBRARIES AND WEBSITES.
AUGUST 12TH IS A MONDAY EVENING.
YOU WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THE CIP.
WE ALSO HAVE SCHEDULED PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE OPERATING BUDGET AND COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM.
YOU WILL ALSO BE APPROVING THE TAX ROLE.
AND AT THAT MEETING IS WHEN YOU DISCUSS THE PROPOSED TAX RATE THAT YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT PASSING ON IN SEPTEMBER.
IT HAS TO GO INTO THE PAPER AUGUST 15TH AS A THURSDAY EVENING, WE HAVE A CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION ON THE BUDGET.
ALSO INCLUDED IS GRANT FUNDING ON THAT NIGHT THAT YOU WILL REVIEW THURSDAY NIGHT, AUGUST 22ND, WE HAVE A BUDGET TOWN HALL MEETING.
AND THEN ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE.
AND THE CITY COUNCIL WILL ADOPT THE OPERATING BUDGET, THE CIP, AND ALSO SET THE TAX RATE.
AND THEN MONDAY, OCTOBER 1ST WE BEGIN THE NEW PHYSICAL YEAR.
WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE, MAYOR AND COUNCIL? I WANTED TO GIVE A COUPLE OF OTHER QUICK, UM, ITEMS. UH, I KNOW EVERYBODY'S BEEN WAITING.
THE COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY STUDY.
UH, I ANTICIPATE PROBABLY MAY SOMETIME I WILL HAVE LASHAWN ROSS BRING BACK THE, THE RESULTS OF, OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY STUDY.
SO I WOULD NOTE THAT YOU, I'M USING THE WORD COMPENSATION, NOT JUST SALARY, BUT COMPENSATION, PHILOSOPHY STUDY.
UH, WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT BACK FOR DISCUSSION FOR COUNCIL, UM, AT THAT TIME.
BUT I WANT, I WANT EVERYBODY TO HEAR LOUD AND CLEAR.
ONE THING, REVENUES ARE FLATTENING.
UH, THE EXPLOSIVE GROWTH THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE, UH, SEVENTIES, EIGHTIES, NINETIES, TWO THOUSANDS, UM, IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING ANY LONGER.
WE ARE FLATTENING WITH OUR, OUR GROWTH, WITH OUR REVENUE GROWTH.
UM, SO FINDING SUSTAINABLE METHODS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT, THAT FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST IS GONNA BECOME A CRITICAL, UM, UH, STUDY FOR US.
AND WE ARE IN YEAR ZERO OF THAT.
SO WE ARE STILL DOING OUR HOMEWORK, WORKING ON STRATEGIC PLANS, BUT, UH, AS PLANO ALWAYS DOES, WE PLAN WELL, WE EXECUTE OUR PLANS, UH, YEAR OVER YEAR AND, UH, WE DEVELOP SOLID PATHS FORWARD.
SO THAT FIVE YEAR FISCAL ROADMAP IS SOMETHING SHELLY SEAMER IS HEADING UP FOR US.
AND WE'LL, WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THAT LATER ON THIS YEAR AS WELL.
BUT, UM, THAT FLATTENING, UH, IS OCCURRING.
WE STILL HAVE THE LAST, UH, ELEMENTS OF DEVELOPMENT STILL HAPPENING.
SOME INFILL PROJECTS, SOME REDEVELOPMENT, BUT OVERALL WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THAT FLATTENING, UH, OF THAT REVENUE THAT WE ANTICIPATED.
SO IT'S GONNA BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR US, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UH, WE'RE DOING SO WITH A SUSTAINABLE MIND MINDSET OF, UM, OF WHAT REVENUE GROWTH IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE INTO THE FUTURE.
SO WITH THAT, UH, I'LL GIVE ANY QUESTIONS TO KAREN.
KAREN, THANK YOU FOR THAT SNAPSHOT.
AND WE, WE, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO DIGGING INTO THE DETAILS.
FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, WE'RE GONNA DO A PICTURE REAL QUICK.
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SO SHAUNA, WOULD YOU MIND TAKING A PICTURE OF THIS SCENE AT THE DAAS THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE AFTER TONIGHT? GO DOWN HERE.SO WE, WE ARE, UH, WE'RE ABOUT TO, UH, WE WANT OF US, YEAH, LET'S LOOK.
WE'RE GOING TO A, A NEW, NEW LOCATION FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS WHILE WE RENOVATE THIS I COUNCIL CHAMBERS THAT'S BEEN OVERDUE FOR 40 YEARS.
COMMENTS OF NO COMMENTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST.
THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS TO ALLOW UP TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER WITH THE 30 TOTAL MINUTES ON ITEMS OF INTEREST OR CONCERN AND NOT ON ITEMS ARE ON ON THE CURRENT AGENDA.
THE COUNCIL MAY NOT DISCUSS THESE ITEMS BUT MAY RESPOND WITH FACTUAL OR POLICY INFORMATION.
THE COUNCIL MAY CHOOSE TO PLACE THE ITEM ON A FUTURE AGENDA AND WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, ALEX STEIN.