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I NOW DECLARE THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL.
[PRELIMINARY OPEN MEETING]
RECORDING IN PROGRESS, AND THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COUNCIL MEMBER RICCIARDELLI.THE COUNCIL WILL NOW RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THE CHILDREN'S PROGRAM ROOM TO HOLD A CLOSED EXECUTIVE MEETING PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF VERNON'S TEXAS CODES ANNOTATED GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 551, THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUTHORITY CONTAINED IN SECTION 551071, TO CONSULT WITH THE ATTORNEY TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE AND DISCUSS LITIGATION.
THANK YOU. I NOW DECLARE THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL PRELIMINARY OPEN MEETING IS RECONVENED IN OPEN SESSION THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
A PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION INTERIM MEMBER.
[INAUDIBLE]. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT BEN [INAUDIBLE] WITH A TERM EXPIRING IN 2026.
I. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND TO APPOINT THE INTERIM MEMBER [INAUDIBLE].
ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND, PLEASE.
REAPPOINTMENTS. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT OR. OKAY, MR. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER HORNE AND I HAVE CONFERRED, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FOR THE REAPPOINTMENT OF SAM JOHNSON, DAVID PETERSON, JANET PLOTKIN, DOUG SHOCKEY, AND JAN TRUE.
LEAVING ONE VACANCY FOR AN ALTERNATE.
DID YOU SAY ONE? YES. ONE VACANCY AND IT'S AN ALTERNATE VACANCY.
FOR REAPPOINTMENT OF BOARD ADJUSTMENT.
THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION.
SO WE WOULD MOVE TO TABLE THAT TO OUR NEXT MEETING.
I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO TABLE.
BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION.
ALL IN FAVOR? THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES.
MR. MAYOR, WE I MAKE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT.
[INAUDIBLE] AND THAT LEAVES TWO VACANCIES AND I WILL SECOND THAT.
ALL RIGHT, SO I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND FOR REAPPOINTMENT TO THE HERITAGE COMMISSION.
ALL IN FAVOR? THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES AND THEN PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
ITEM D. OKAY, SO YOU WANT TO DO IT.
SURE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT MICHAEL BRUNO AND THAT WILL LEAVE US WITH TWO VACANCIES.
ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU.
ITEM A, THE 2025 BOND REFERENDUM.
CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE ARE CURRENTLY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS RIGHT NOW FOR BOARD MEMBERS.
SO IF YOU CAN, PLEASE REACH OUT TO THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE INTERESTED, AS WELL AS ANYBODY ELSE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO'S INTERESTED, IF YOU WILL, PUT IN YOUR APPLICATION SO THAT THEY CAN BE REVIEWED A LITTLE BIT IN ADVANCE OF THAT MEETING.
KAREN. SO IF THERE'S ANYBODY INTERESTED, PLEASE MAKE APPLICATION FOR THAT AND WE'D APPRECIATE IT.
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COMMITTEE AT THE END OF JULY.EACH COUNCIL MEMBER HAS AN INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENT WE [INAUDIBLE].
CORRECT. OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION.
WHEN DOES IT ACTUALLY START MEETING? IN AUGUST.
ALL RIGHT. LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD INTERIM MEMBER.
[INAUDIBLE]. MAYOR, CASEY AND I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT ABBY ALTER FOR THE INTERIM POSITION. OKAY.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, FOR THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD.
YEAH. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES.
THANK YOU. REAPPOINTMENTS ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER OR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM HOLMER AND I HAVE TALKED AND WE WOULD LIKE TO REAPPOINT BRENDA BEARD, JAMIE CANTRELL AND TAMMY CHOW HAYES LEAVING TWO VACANCIES.
NO, BECAUSE THIS ONE RESIGNED.
OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY.
I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND FOR REAPPOINTING ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
ALL RIGHT. MOTION TO APPOINT JACKIE BILLINGS TO THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO REAPPOINT CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION APPOINTEE.
COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION.
[INAUDIBLE]. TURN YOUR MIC ON.
COUNCIL MEMBER PRINCE AND I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS, AND WE WILL REAPPOINT TOM ADAIR AND CALL IT A SHOT TO ANOTHER TERM, LEAVING TWO VACANCIES.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, TO REAPPOINT THOSE TWO MEMBERS WITH TWO AVAILABLE SLOTS THIS FALL.
SO WE WILL HAVE THREE VACANCIES.
SO I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND FOR THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD WITH THREE VACANCIES.
PARKS AND RECREATION PLANNING BOARD.
MR. MAYOR WE WOULD LIKE TO REAPPOINT PATRICIA JOHNSON AND GREG, A MILLER WITH TWO VACANCIES.
SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO REAPPOINT 2.
TWO AND LEAVING TWO VACANCIES FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION PLANNING BOARD.
YEAH. DO YOU STILL HAVE A QUESTION? WELL, IT WAS ABOUT WHO'S GOING TO MAKE THIS APPOINTMENT, BECAUSE TRADITIONALLY, THIS HAS BEEN A MAYORAL APPOINTMENT.
YEAH. SO I WILL REAPPOINT RON JOHNSON AND JAN RUG, BUT JAN IS, THAT'LL BE A HALF A TERM.
THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND TO APPOINT RON JOHNSON TO THE PLANO HOUSING AUTHORITY.
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WITH ONE AVAILABLE.RETIREMENT SECURITY PLAN COMMITTEE.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'D REQUEST THAT YOU REAPPOINT CHIEF CHRIS BIGGERSTAFF FOR AN EMPLOYEE SLOT AND SUSAN HOLTMANN FOR A CITIZEN SPOT, LEAVING ONE CITIZEN AND ONE EMPLOYEE SPOT ON THE RETIREMENT SECURITY PLAN.
OKAY, SO I GUESS I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.
EXACTLY WHAT? CITY MANAGER ISRAELSON.
OKAY, SO I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND FOR REAPPOINTMENT OF RETIREMENT SECURITY PLAN COMMITTEE WITH ONE EMPLOYEE AND ONE VOLUNTEER TO COME. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES.
DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM AND I HAVE DISCUSSED IT, AND WE WILL REAPPOINT PAULA BOUDREAU, EFRAIN GERARDO AND DEBBIE WEINER TO THE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD AND THAT WILL LEAVE US WITH TWO VACANCIES.
SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO REAPPOINT THREE MEMBERS LEAVING TWO AVAILABLE SLOTS.
BOARD. MR. MAYOR. CURRENTLY THERE ARE WELL, THERE WERE 12 MEMBERS.
WE ARE NOW REQUESTING THE REAPPOINTMENT OF CATHERINE CASAVANT, JOHN DONOVAN, AND THE CURRENT CHAIR, BRIAN DUCHOUQUET.
JONATHAN HETZEL, DOUGLAS REESE AND THEN WE WILL OPEN UP THREE VACANCIES FOR THIS BOARD AND I WILL SECOND THAT.
OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES.
COME BACK TO CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION.
REAPPOINTMENTS. MAYOR, WE'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT RITA COSGROVE AND ALISA KLEIN.
LEAVING US WITH ONE OPENING OR ONE VACANCY.
OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION A SECOND TO REAPPOINT COSGROVE AND KLEIN, LEAVING ONE AVAILABLE SLOT.
ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU.
NEXT ITEM IS ITEM THREE, THE ZONING SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE, MEMBER APPOINTMENTS STEERING COMMITTEE, AND CRISTINA SEBASTIAN, LAND RECORDS PLANNING MANAGER.
CRISTINA. SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS WAS ACTUALLY SENT OUT EARLIER TODAY FOR YOUR REVIEW.
IT SHOWS THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT'S BEEN MADE THROUGH THE SUBCOMMITTEE WE HAD, WHICH WAS THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR OF PLANNING AND ZONING, AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL LIAISONS TWO PLANNING AND ZONING.
THIS IS ON THE STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE FOR THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE.
OKAY? CORRECT. I JUST WANTED TO CHECK THERE ARE 1 OR 2 RECOMMENDATIONS ON HERE.
WHO PRESENT ZONING CASES BEFORE THE CITY OF PLANO.
DO WE KNOW IF THEY'LL CONTINUE TO PRESENT ZONING CASES IN FRONT OF THE P&Z AND THE COUNCIL DURING THEIR SERVICE ON THIS COMMISSION? I THINK WE ANTICIPATE THAT THEY MAY WE ARE GOING TO HAVE EVERYONE FILL OUT A FORM IN REGARDS TO POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND WE'LL DEFER TO OUR ATTORNEYS IF THERE IS A NEED TO RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM ANYTHING.
BUT THE IDEA IS THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING THEIR TECHNICAL EXPERTISE FROM DOING THIS SO MUCH AND IT WOULD BE FOR, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE THE FUTURE THE CASES THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING DURING THE PROCESS WOULD BE UNDER THE CURRENT ORDINANCE.
SO IT WOULD BE FOR THE FUTURE ORDINANCE THAT THEY'D BE DISCUSSING THINGS SO THEY WOULD NOT I GUESS, BE REPRESENTING ANYBODY WITH RESPECT TO THE NEW ORDINANCE UNTIL AFTER THEIR SERVICE ON THIS COMMISSION ENDS.
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OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT AND SO JUST TO WRAP THAT UP, SO THAT WHAT WE JUST HEARD DOES NOT GIVE US ANY CONCERNS OKAY.I'M GOOD WITH THAT THEN. THANK YOU.
CHRISTINE. SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ORIGINALLY WE THOUGHT MAYBE TRY TO RECOMMEND 12 MEMBERS.
IS THAT AROUND 12 WAS THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CONSULTANT? SO I THINK DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ALSO PROVIDED A NAME.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WE'RE NOT EXCEEDING THE NUMBERS.
BUT RIGHT NOW THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE VETTED AND THAT WE HAVE COME TO A CONCLUSION.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO WE KNOW AND BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE QUALIFIED TO SIT TO HELP CONSULT WITH P&Z, WITH THE REVISION OF THE ORDINANCES.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH. WE JUST NEED A MOTION.
THE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NAMED IN THE RECOMMENDATION, THE 11 MEMBERS.
SHOULD I PUT OUT ALL THE NAMES? NO. OKAY. SORRY.
AS SPECIFIED BY OUR STATEMENTS.
OKAY. ANYONE WANT TO SECOND ME? I'LL SECOND IT. ALL RIGHT.
FOR APPROVAL OF THE MEMBERSHIP STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE.
ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
I CAN READ THE NAMES REAL QUICK.
HI, CURTIS. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE TEAM.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND SO I AM HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE CRC FUNDING FOR THIS YEAR AND ALSO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO UPDATE THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.
SO, FIRST OF ALL THE CRC RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE THIS IN APRIL, I HAD FIVE MEETINGS, AND THEY LISTENED TO OUR NONPROFIT COMMUNITY WHO WERE GIVEN PRESENTATIONS ON FOR GRANT FUNDING AND SO THEY EVENTUALLY CAME UP WITH A RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH I WILL BE PRESENTING HERE TONIGHT AND I PROBABLY JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND RECOGNIZE THE CRC FOR ALL THE GOOD WORK THAT THEY DID AND THE STAFF THAT WAS PART OF THAT PROCESS, BECAUSE IT WENT THROUGH WITHOUT WITHOUT A HITCH. SO IT'S A LOT OF WORK, A LOT OF TIME, LOT OF EFFORT.
SO I ALSO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING THIS, BRINGING THIS BEFORE YOU TO GIVE YOU SOME TIME TO LOOK OVER THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE NEXT MONTH, NEXT MONTH, WE'LL PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA AT THAT POINT AND GET YOUR FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO IS BECAUSE WE ARE UPDATING OUR REPORT, WE WANT TO WE ARE MAKING SOME CHANGES TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO USE SOME OF THE COVID RELIEF FUND MONEY AND SO WE'RE GOING TO JUST WRAP THAT ALL UP IN ONE.
SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION.
SO IF YOU LOOK SO THE GRANT ALLOCATIONS THAT WE RECEIVED WE GOT 521,594 THAT 521 $594,000 FOR HOME FUNDING, WHICH WAS ABOUT $83,000 LESS THAN WE GOT LAST YEAR, AS YOU CAN TELL BY THE GRAPH. CDBG WE GOT 1.1 MILLION 557,300, AND THAT WAS ABOUT 77,000 MORE.
SO WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT WE GOT LAST YEAR AND OF COURSE, OUR BUFFINGTON COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANT INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE THERE AND SO AS YOU ARE ALL AWARE, WE HAVE TO DO A FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN.
SO WE ARE GETTING READY TO START THE FIFTH YEAR OF THIS.
THAT WILL START ON OCTOBER 1ST AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE GOING TO START THE PROCESS FOR DOING OUR NEXT FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN.
THAT'S GOING TO PROBABLY START KICKING OFF IN AUGUST RIGHT THERE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THERE WAS PROBABLY AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE'S SOME CONCERN ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO MAYBE MEET ALL THE GOALS THAT WE'VE HAD IN OUR CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND I CERTAINLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE THIS AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND WE START THE PROCESS FOR DOING OUR NEXT CONSOLIDATED PLAN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT STUFF
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INTO ACCOUNT. I'M KIND OF A GUY THAT LIKES TO HAVE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ATTAINABLE GOALS AND SO WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CAPACITY WE HAVE HERE WITHIN OUR NONPROFIT SECTOR, WILL ALLOW US TO MEET THE GOALS THAT WE COME UP WITH AND SO FOR OUR BUFFINGTON COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANT.SO HERE IS A LIST OF ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CRC AND I'M CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO READ IT OFF TO YOU, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CDBG AND OUR HOME FUNDING.
SO AS DETAILED HERE, THIS IS WHAT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE CRC AND INCLUDING FUNDING FOR THE CITY OF PLANO. NOT ONLY FOR OUR REHABILITATION PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE, BUT ALSO FOR THE ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM AND I JUST WANT TO KIND OF DISCUSS KIND OF THE ADMINISTRATION FUNDING.
SO, YOU KNOW, BOTH CDBG AND HOME FUNDING PROVIDE THE ABILITY FOR US TO USE SOME OF THAT GRANT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES, 20% FOR CDBG, 10% FOR HOME.
AND SO WE USE THAT SO BASICALLY THE AMOUNT MONEY THAT WE USE THAT TO PARTIALLY PAY FOR SEVEN EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE CITY FOR FIVE OF THOSE ARE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
SO IN ADDITION TO THAT ADMINISTRATIVE FUND ALSO PROVIDES FUNDING FOR SAMARITAN INN AND THAT PART TIME EMPLOYEE WORKS FOR THE WORKS, PUTTING IN DATA INTO HIMS, WHICH IS THE HOMELESS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT WE USE.
ALSO, WE'VE GOT REHABILITATION FUNDING.
THAT'S OUR PROGRAM THAT WE USE FOR EITHER EMERGENCY FUNDING OR REHABILITATION OR FULL, YOU KNOW, OR FULL, GUT REHABILITATION. SO WE WILL GO IN AND BASICALLY REDO, DO A HOUSE.
SO YOU GUYS APPROVED THE USE OF CDBG CORONAVIRUS FUNDING FOR CERTAIN THINGS AND WE FOUND WE'VE GOT $865,000 LEFT OVER THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO USE BASED UPON THE REQUIREMENTS OF THAT GRANT FUNDING AND SO BASED UPON DISCUSSIONS WITH COUNCILMEMBERS HORNE AND RICK KELLY, WE'VE COME UP WITH SOME OPTIONS AND THAT IS WE HAVE 17 TRANSITIONAL HOMES HERE IN PLANO THAT ARE RUN BY SIX NONPROFITS AND SO WE WANT IS WE WANT TO NOW EARMARK OR USE THAT MONEY TO PROVIDE REHABILITATION SERVICES OR REHABILITATION ON THOSE HOMES WITH AN EMPHASIS ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
AND THE NEXT STEP IS, AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR JULY 22ND OF NEXT MONTH AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT AFTER CONSIDERATION, THEN WE WILL CERTAINLY REDO OUR PLAN WHICH IS DUE BY AUGUST 15TH.
SO WITH THAT, QUESTIONS? I DO. CURTIS.
SO WITH THE ALLOCATIONS THAT YOU HAVE WITH THE RECOMMEND RECOMMENDED DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS? YES. DID YOU REVIEW THE PREVIOUS YEAR ALLOCATION OR DID YOU JUST I MEAN, WHAT IS THE PRIORITY AND WHAT ARE THE PROCESS THAT YOU USE IN COMING UP WITH THE AMOUNT? SO WE DID THESE ARE RECOMMENDED BY FROM THEY COME FROM THE CRC.
OKAY. SO THESE ARE NOT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
THESE YOU KNOW THEY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
SO THE CRC MEETS SO AND DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME THEY GET THE APPLICATIONS THEY BRING IN THOSE NONPROFITS THEIR NONPROFITS GIVE THEIR SPIEL AND THEN THE CRC MEETS WITH THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
IS THERE ANY WAY YOU COULD PROVIDE ME WITH THE PREVIOUS YEARS SO THAT I COULD DO IT, SORT OF A COMPARISON WITH IT? YES, MA'AM. YEAH, I CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.
YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THE APPLICATIONS ARE ALWAYS THE SAME.
IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW THESE ARE ALL THE NAMES THAT I'VE SEEN MANY TIMES.
OKAY. AND IF YOU'D LIKE, I CAN WORK WITH YOU AND FOLLOW UP AND PROBABLY GET A LIST OF ALL ORGANIZATIONS AND THAT MIGHT KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA AS FUNDED, NOT FUNDED, THAT SORT OF THING.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THAT'D BE GOOD.
IF YOU WANT TO ADD TO YOUR TO MY JOB, WORKLOAD.
YES, MA'AM. WORK. YES, I WILL DO IT.
THANK YOU. YES, SIR AND BEFORE WE WRAP UP, I JUST MAYBE THIS WILL HELP WITH MAYOR PRO TEM.
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ONE OF THE THINGS WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT, I THINK MAYBE AT LEAST TWO YEARS AGO, WAS TRYING BECAUSE I HAD SOME OF THE SAME CONCERNS, IS TRYING TO EXPAND THIS AND LET LITTLE GUYS, LITTLE SMALLER GROUPS GET INVOLVED AND I KNOW AT LEAST ONE OF THE GROUPS THAT I FOLLOW THAT STARTED ONLY ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO AND SO WHEN THEY WERE REALLY STRUGGLING AND WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, WORKING ON JUST INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS, WE TALKED ABOUT GRANTS ONE TIME AND THEY SAID, WELL, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST IT'S TOO MUCH TROUBLE AND WE JUST DON'T HAVE ANYBODY TO DO IT.THEY FOUND OUT WE HELPED THEM AND THEY APPLIED AND THEY GOT A SMALL GRANT.
THIS IS HOPE RESTORED MISSION, WHICH WE SAW LAST WEEK THAT THEY'VE DONE THEY DO A GREAT JOB IN HELPING THE HOMELESS, YOU KNOW, GET REHABILITATED AND GET OFF, YOU KNOW, OFF THE STREETS AND THEY'RE NOW UP TO I THINK IT WAS LIKE 33,000 OR SOMETHING.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THESE ARE PLANO BASED? AND DO THEY GET HIGHER PERCENTAGE POINTS FOR BEING LOCAL TO PLANO? YOU KNOW, I DO NOT KNOW.
NUMBER ONE, I DO NOT KNOW HOW MANY OF THEM ARE PLANO BASED.
I KNOW WE DO HAVE SOME COMMISSION MEMBERS HERE, SO THEY MAY BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE ACTUALLY NEED $360,000 BETWEEN THE HOME FUNDS AND THE CDBG FOR OUR OWN ADMINISTRATION WHEN WE'RE NOT EXECUTING ANYTHING.
RIGHT AND SO FOR EXAMPLE, OUR REHAB PROCESS.
BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR PROJECT COORDINATORS AND SO THEY GO OUT AND THEY'RE MAKING SURE THAT THE WORK IS DOING THAT THE WORK IS BEING DONE ACCORDING TO SPECS SPECIFICATIONS AND THAT SORT OF THING. BUT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, OVERALL, WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, YOU AS A COUNCIL WANT US TO USE THESE FUNDS OR COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
I MEAN, THAT IS CERTAINLY A DECISION THAT I THINK THAT IS UP TO YOU AND YOU WERE SPEAKING OF THE HOUSING REHABILITATION, RIGHT? YES, SIR. OKAY.
WHICH IS HAVE WE EXPLORED OTHER PERMISSIBLE USES OF THAT? WE'VE SPOKEN BEFORE, ON AND OFF ABOUT THE UTILITY OF SPECIFICALLY HOUSING REHABILITATION OF THE HOME FUNDS.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR? YEAH AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
SO THE I KNOW THAT THERE IS THE HOME FUNDING, IT IS MORE DIFFICULT.
THERE ARE MORE REQUIREMENTS FOR HOME FUNDING, MORE RESTRICTIVE.
SO AND I KNOW WE'RE CERTAINLY TRYING TO GET AND WORK WITH LIKE HABITAT IS ONE OF OUR PARTNERS AND THERE IS YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THOSE AREAS IN PLANO THAT WE JUST HAVE A CAPACITY ISSUE.
AND SO WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE OTHER NONPROFITS OR OTHER WAYS WE CAN DO IT BECAUSE WE ARE DOING SOME OF THAT, HABITAT'S DOING SOME AND SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO DO MORE WITH THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A TOUGH ENVIRONMENT.
SO CURTIS IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY, OF THE $1.644 MILLION OF CDBG FUNDS THAT WE HAVE, WE USE MORE THAN HALF OF THAT FOR THE CITY OF PLANO'S HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM.
SO THAT AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE ADMINISTERING INTERNALLY, AS I UNDERSTAND IT.
SO, IT WOULD BE ACCURATE TO SAY THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE CDBG FUNDS ARE INTERNALLY OR SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT ARE INTERNALLY ADMINISTERED WITHIN NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. THAT YEAH, THAT REHAB PROGRAM IS ADMINISTERED WITHIN NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE.
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ON PROPERTY TAXES.AND, YOU KNOW, I PERSONALLY THINK THAT AS LONG AS WE ARE DOING THAT WORK IN-HOUSE, YOU KNOW, TO PROVIDE THOSE CDBG SERVICES OR FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY CDBG FUNDS, THAT THE ADMINISTRATION OF THAT IS AN APPROPRIATE USE FOR THOSE FUNDS AND THEN I ALSO JUST HAD AN UNRELATED QUESTION ON THE BUFFINGTON COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANTS FUNDS.
AT THE RECENT RETREAT, WE DISCUSSED SLIGHTLY ALTERING THE METHODOLOGY FOR THAT.
IS THAT REFLECTED IN THESE NUMBERS? I KNOW, DIRECTOR HOWARD, YOU WERE NOT AT THE RETREAT.
SO I GUESS IS THAT GOING TO BE REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET THAT IS NOT REFLECTED IN THESE NUMBERS? WE GOT THAT INSTRUCTION AFTER THE CRC HAD DONE SO.
IT WOULD BE PART OF THIS BUDGET PROCESS.
OKAY. PERFECT. WELL THANK YOU ALL ON BOTH OF THOSE THINGS.
ALL RIGHT. YES SIR. THANK YOU CURTIS.
THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM IS ITEM FIVE DART SALES TAX PRESENTATION.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
ANDREW FORTUNE, DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS.
ALL RIGHT. THIS EVENING WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THE DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM.
IT IS COMPRISED OF 13 MEMBER CITIES.
EACH OF THOSE CITIES PAYS IN $0.01 OF THEIR SALES AND USE TAX.
BASED ON THEIR RECENT 2024 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET AND THEIR 20 YEAR PLAN, THEY'RE ANTICIPATING A TOTAL COLLECTION OF $870.8 MILLION IN TOTAL SALES TAX REVENUE ACROSS ALL 13 CITIES TO GIVE YOU PERSPECTIVE, THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS THEY RECEIVE FROM FEDERAL DOLLARS AND UNDER OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.
SO THEIR BUDGET IS ACTUALLY QUITE LARGER THAN THAT.
SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE A BACKGROUND THAT'S PROBABLY NOT NEW TO ANYONE HERE AROUND THE TABLE.
BUT IN 2020, WE HAD MEMBERS OF THIS BODY REQUEST MORE FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FROM DART THAT CULMINATED INTO A BILL FILED IN THE 87TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
LOOKING TO ENSHRINE THAT WITHIN STATUTE.
FAST FORWARD TO THE MOST RECENT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
WE STILL DID NOT HAVE THE REPORT.
WE DID HAVE SOME ELEMENTS OF DATA THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US, BUT IT DID NOT SATISFY THIS BODY OR REALLY ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD BEEN ASKING AND SO WE INTRODUCED BOTH THE SENATE AND HOUSE COMPANION.
THE BILL DID PASS THROUGH THE SENATE.
NOW, AS OF MARCH OF THIS YEAR, DART DID ENGAGE A CONSULTANT, ERNST AND YOUNG, TO WORK ON A VALUE OF TRANSIT ANALYSIS TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS IN RELATION TO INVESTMENT.
HOWEVER, WE STILL DO NOT HAVE A REPORT TO DATE AND AS A REFRESHER FOR EVERYONE ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS, IF YOU'RE NOT CURRENTLY WORKING ON YOUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND PRIORITIES LIKE WE ARE NOW, YOU ARE BEHIND, IF NOT TOO LATE AND SO WAITING ANY LONGER FOR A REPORT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I WOULD SAY IS ADVISABLE FOR THE BODY. NOW, THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SLIDES I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT FOR EVERYONE.
THIS WAS PULLED FROM DART'S ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTS.
IT IS A FIVE YEAR LOOK BACK OVER IN THE LEFT COLUMN.
I LOOK AT THEIR SALES TAX COLLECTIONS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
HOWEVER, UNFORTUNATELY, IN THE TABLE TO THE RIGHT, RIDERSHIP TELLS A VERY DIFFERENT STORY AND WHILE WE ARE EXCITED, THE LATEST NUMBERS I'VE HEARD IS RIDERSHIP IS TO RETURN TO ABOUT 80% PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS, EVEN THE PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS.
SO EVEN WITH THESE RECORD INCREASES, OUR RIDERSHIP REMAINS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER.
AND SO IT DOES POSIT THE QUESTION, WHY DO WE CONTINUE SPENDING AT THESE LEVELS WHEN WE DON'T HAVE MAXIMIZED RIDE RIDERSHIP AND USAGE OF THE EXISTING SERVICES THAT WE ALREADY PROVIDE COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM? SO SOME OF THE SHARED CONCERNS, AGAIN, THIS IS FEEDBACK WE'VE HEARD FROM MULTIPLE MEMBER CITIES AS WELL AS MEMBERS AROUND THIS TABLE SAFETY, CLEANLINESS, RELIABILITY, QUALITY AND THEN YOU KNOW, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.
FROM WHAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING, WE CONTRIBUTE AND SALES TAX IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT.
IT'S AN ESTIMATED $115 MILLION.
I'M SURE THE ACTUAL NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THAT.
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BUT JUST PLANO CONTRIBUTES THAT ANNUALLY TO THE DART SYSTEM.SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE FOUR QUESTIONS THAT IN OUR DISCUSSIONS HAVE REALLY COME UP.
ARE OUR TAXPAYERS RECEIVING A VALUE COMMENSURATE TO THEIR INVESTMENT? ARE WE SUBSIDIZING THE SYSTEM FOR OTHER CITIES? WHY HAS DART OPPOSED FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY LEGISLATION FOR TWO SESSIONS NOW AND THEN? DID THE LEGISLATURE 40 YEARS AGO REALLY INTEND FOR DART TO RECEIVE THIS UNCHECKED FULL PENNY STREAM OF SALES TAX REVENUE? EVEN AS WE NOW MOVE INTO A SITUATION WHERE THE 20 YEAR PLAN AND THE SHIFT ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN REALLY FOCUSES MORE ON REPLACEMENT RATHER THAN BUILDING OUT MORE OF THE SYSTEM, REPLACING TRAINS, REPLACING BUSSES AND SO LEADING FROM THAT QUESTION ABOUT LEGISLATIVE INTENT INTO THE PROCESS THE RESOLUTION YOU'RE CONSIDERING TONIGHT IS NOT DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY AUTHORITY FOR YOU TO ACTUALLY REDUCE THAT PENNY TODAY.
THE DART BOARD ACTUALLY HAS THAT AUTHORITY RESERVED FOR THEM WITHIN STATUTE.
THEIR EXISTING STATUTE ALLOWS THEM TO MOVE UP AND DOWN IN QUARTER CENT INCREMENTS.
WE WOULD SAY, THOUGH SHOULD THE COUNCIL DECIDE TO GO THIS DIRECTION, THAT EXISTING DEBT OBLIGATIONS FOR FUTURE DEBT ISSUANCES SHOULD BE PLEDGED AT THREE QUARTERS OF A CENT? EVEN IF THE DART BOARD WERE TO MOVE FORWARD TOMORROW TO REDUCE THE QUARTER CENT, THERE IS THE QUESTION OF THE DEBT AND WE DO BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT THE BOND SHAREHOLDERS NEED TO BE KEPT WHOLE AND NOT THREATENED BY ANY CHANGE IN THAT AND SO WE ALSO THINK THAT DART SHOULD REALLY EVALUATE THE EXTENT OF THE CAPACITY THAT EXISTS TO AUGMENT ANY IMPACT OF A REDUCTION.
SO WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? IF A REDUCTION WERE TO OCCUR BY A VOTE OF THE DART BOARD, AN ELECTION WOULD BE CALLED AND EACH OF THE MEMBER CITIES TO ALLOW TAXPAYERS TO ULTIMATELY DECIDE HOW TO REALLOCATE THE QUARTER CENT SALES TAX.
IT'S NOT DART'S MONEY, IT'S THE TAXPAYERS MONEY AND SO IF A REDUCTION WERE TO BE PHASED IN AND WE ARE LOOKING AT A PROPOSAL CURRENTLY TO PHASE IN THIS REDUCTION, A QUARTER CENT WOULD BE EQUIVALENT TO ROUGHLY $30 MILLION ANNUALLY FOR THE PLANO TAXPAYERS TO BE THE ONES TO REINVEST IT IN ANOTHER PURPOSE, WHETHER THAT BE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE, ETC..
IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IN SOME COMMUNITIES, IF THEY ARE TRULY BOUGHT INTO CONTINUING TO PAY A FULL PENNY INTO THOSE, TAXPAYERS COULD VOTE IN THAT COMMUNITY TO REDEDICATE IT TO DART.
I WANT TO STATE THIS AND FOR IT TO TRULY BE HEARD.
WE ARE INVESTED IN THE SUCCESS OF DART.
WE HAVE INVESTED SINCE INCEPTION 1.7 GOING ON $1.8 BILLION INTO THE SYSTEM.
WE'VE NOT BEEN YET TOLD EXACTLY HOW THAT VALUE IS REALLY DEPLOYED ACROSS OUR CITY.
WE ALSO THINK THAT THE MEMBERSHIP SHOULD GROW.
WE SHOULD BE ADDING NEW CITIES.
IT'S BEEN 40 YEARS AND WE'VE NOT ADDED CITIES AND EXPANDED TO THE REGION AND REALLY LOOKING AT LESS THAN THAT PENNY OUTDATED MODEL OF CONTRIBUTION AND WE ALSO BELIEVE TRANSIT NORTH TEXAS NEEDS TO BE EVALUATED STRATEGICALLY TO SERVE OUR GROWING POPULATION AND THAT'S WHY OUR MAYOR, ALONG WITH THE MAYORS OF FORT WORTH AND DALLAS AND SEVERAL OTHERS ACROSS THE REGION, WORKED WITH THE RTC TO MOVE FORWARD WITH REGIONAL TRANSIT 2.0, WHICH WE REALLY THINK IS GOING TO BE THE VEHICLE FOR ENVISIONING AND MAKING SURE TRANSIT ACTUALLY WORKS IN NORTH TEXAS THROUGH ALL THE TRANSIT AGENCIES GOING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE AND JUST ANOTHER NOTE, I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IS PLANO LOOKING TO REDUCE SERVICES? WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A REDUCTION OF SERVICES.
WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS CAPPING REVENUES TODAY.
WE ALSO BELIEVE IT'S TIME FOR DART TO REALLY LOOK AT CAPPING THE REVENUE, CURBING THOSE EXPENDITURES ON NEW THINGS, AND FOCUSING ON INCREASING RIDERSHIP FOR WHAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE AND SO THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE TAKE PLANO, WHERE ARE YOU DEPLOYING THOSE RESOURCES? HOW CAN WE DEPLOY THEM BETTER? WE'VE HAD AN ENTIRE PANDEMIC.
HYBRID WORK IS NOW A PLAYER THAT WASN'T BEFORE.
A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS ARE IN PLAY.
SO ACTION ITEMS TODAY YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL ITEM LATER ON, A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE REDUCTION OF THE SALES AND USE TAX CONTRIBUTION BY A QUARTER CENT, AGAIN, WITH THE CAVEAT THAT WE DON'T WANT TO REDUCE EXISTING SERVICES.
WE WANT THIS TO BE A PHASED IN APPROACH.
ANY QUESTIONS? SHELBY, JUST A COMMENT.
GOOD JOB ANDREW. THANK YOU SIR.
I'LL SECOND THAT COMMENT. THANK YOU ANDREW.
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APPRECIATE IT. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I DID WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE CHIEF OF STAFF FOR DART IS ACTUALLY BACK HERE.SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE RECOGNIZE OUR PARTNER AGENCY IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL.
THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM IS UPDATE ON THE USE OF RAINY DAY FUNDS FOR STORM DEBRIS.
ONE WAS FOR PARKS OF 500,001 WAS FOR RIGHT OF WAY AND STREETS, WHICH WAS 100,000, WHICH WAS PRETTY MUCH GROSSLY UNDERESTIMATED BASED UPON THE DEBRIS THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED. SO THUS FAR.
SO, FAR WE'VE HAD ON SUNDAY ALONE, WE HAD 16 LOADS FROM TRUCKS, AND WE'VE HAD 810 LOADS TOTAL FROM TRUCKS DELIVERED TO BOTH OUR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SITES. TOTAL VOLUME IS OVER 33,400YD³.
A CUBIC YARD IS BASICALLY THE SIZE OF A WASHING MACHINE.
SO BOTH OF THOSE CONTRACTS WERE GOING TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR RATIFICATION AT THE END OF JULY.
MY INTENT OR MY REQUEST WOULD BE THAT COUNCIL ALLOW ME TO CONTINUE ON WITH THAT RIGHT OF WAY SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRACT TO CONTINUE AN EXPEDITED REMOVAL OF THE DEBRIS, WE WOULD NEED AN ADDITIONAL $354,000.
WE THINK THAT WOULD COVER UP TO 21 DAYS.
IF WE'RE ABLE TO STOP EARLY, WE WILL STOP EARLIER THAN THAT.
SO THEY HAVE NOT DONE WORK TODAY.
SO THE THAT'S QUITE A BIT OF MONEY, I UNDERSTAND, BUT COUNCIL, THIS IS YOU KNOW, A RAINY DAY FUND.
IT WASN'T RAINY, BUT WELL, IT WAS RAINY.
EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT? SHELBY AND MR. MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT.
MY NEIGHBOR WHO WAS ACTUALLY HIT REALLY HARD, AND THERE WERE A LOT OF HUGE TREES AND THEY WERE DOWN, AND IT CAUSED PROBLEM WITH TRAFFIC.
BUT THEY CAME THROUGH A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE IT NEVER HAPPENED AND I JUST WANTED TO YOU KNOW, REALLY THANK THE STAFF FOR WORKING SO HARD AND GETTING IT CLEANED UP.
SO NOW IT'S NOW WE'RE BACK TO THE REGULAR NEIGHBORHOOD.
OKAY, SHELBY, I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE ON THIS.
I DID WANT TO SAY THAT IN A TWIST OF AN IRONIC TWIST THAT MANY FOLKS I'VE HEARD FROM IN WEST PLANO FEEL UNDERREPRESENTED BECAUSE WE'RE ESSENTIALLY MOVING FROM EAST TO WEST.
I RECOGNIZE THAT SOMEBODY, SOMEWHERE HAS TO BE LAST.
MY EMAIL INBOX ALSO LETS ME KNOW THAT THEY KNOW THAT WE HAVE NOT VISITED YET.
BUT WE ARE WORKING IN A SYSTEMATIC WAY TO MAKE SURE WE DO THAT.
BUT I WANT THEM TO KNOW, I TRUST ME, WE ARE WORKING SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
WE ARE TRYING TO GET THERE AS FAST AS WE POSSIBLE, BUT WE WILL NOT FORGET.
SO WE'LL GET THERE AS SOON AS WE DO, AND WE'LL DO A GREAT JOB.
HELP IS ON THE WAY. I'D LIKE TO MAKE ONE COMMENT AS WELL.
I THINK OUR COMMUNICATION STAFF HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH MODIFYING OUR WEBSITE NOW.
PEOPLE JUST THEY DIDN'T KNOW WE STARTED BECAUSE THE DAMAGE WAS IN EAST SIDE AND NOW THOSE NUMBERS YOU PUT UP THERE ARE JUST ARE STAGGERING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE ALL HAVING TO PICK UP OUT THERE AND FOR THOSE OF US WHO LIVE ON THE WEST SIDE AND THERE ARE PEOPLE COMPLAINING TO US, WE LIVE ON THE WEST SIDE ALSO.
OURS HASN'T BEEN PICKED UP EITHER.
SO WE FEEL YOUR PAIN, BUT WE UNDERSTAND YOU'VE GOT TO START SOMEWHERE AND IT'S A HUGE EVENT.
SO I THINK WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
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THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM IS CONSENT AND REGULAR AGENDAS.ANY ITEM COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE? I NEED TO REMOVE [INAUDIBLE]. MANAGER.
I NEED TO REMOVE ITEM A FOR A QUICK ADJUSTMENT AND EDIT.
ANY ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS? ALL RIGHT. WE WILL TAKE A TWO MINUTE BREAK AND BE READY TO GO AT 7:00.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.