[PRELIMINARY OPEN MEETING]
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COUNCIL MEMBER PRINCE WILL BE HERE MOMENTARILY.
OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE PRELIMINARY AGENDA IS CONSIDERATION AND ACTION RESULTING FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM WOULD BE PERSONNEL REAPPOINTMENTS BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION.
THANK YOU MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS AND I HAVE CONFERRED AND WE WOULD MOVE THAT WILLIAM CLAY BE REAPPOINTED AS A REGULAR MEMBER AND DARYL BOWEN BE ELEVATED FROM AN ALTERNATE MEMBER TO A REGULAR MEMBER, LEAVING THREE REGULAR VACANCIES AND TWO ALTERNATE VACANCIES.
YES. THERE WERE SOME WHO HAD REAPPLIED GREAT MEMBERS BUT WERE AT TERM LIMITS.
AND SO WE APPLIED TERM LIMITS.
APPRECIATE IT. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPOINT WILLIAM CLAY AND DARYL BOWEN.
ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
SO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL YOU WERE PROVIDED A LIST OR.
SORRY ABOUT THAT. WRONG BUTTON.
SO YOU HAVE THAT LIST IN FRONT OF YOU.
AND SO THIS IS A UNIQUE COMMITTEE THAT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER APPOINTS AN INDIVIDUAL ALONG THOSE LINES.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN APPOINTMENT BY EACH PERSON IN THERE.
AND WE COULD JUST HEAR YOUR NAME OF WHO YOU'D LIKE TO APPOINT.
IT'D BE GREAT. COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH.
MAYOR. YES. I WOULD APPOINT JIM REYNOLDS TO THE CITIZEN'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS. I'D LIKE TO APPOINT CONNOR BARRON.
I'D LIKE TO APPOINT ELLE COLE.
I'D LIKE TO APPOINT ANDREW SCHIMENTI.
OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER RICCIARDELLI.
I'D LIKE TO APPOINT GARY CARY.
GARY HAD REACHED OUT TO ME DIRECTLY TO INDICATE HIS INTEREST IS I GUESS, DOES HE HAVE TO BE ON THE LIST TO BE APPOINTED OR? WE CAN JUST HAVE HIM APPLY AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE.
OKAY. GOTCHA. WELL, SORRY FOR THE HICCUP THERE.
I'D LIKE TO APPOINT STEVE LAVINE.
OKAY. AND I WILL APPOINT BRETT COOPER.
DID YOU GET THAT? ALL RIGHT, I THINK WE DID.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR APPOINTMENTS.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDERATION OF 2025 COUNCIL MEETING DATES.
MARK. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, VERY QUICKLY WE PASSED OUT AHEAD OF THE MEETING.
AND SO WE HAVE ADJUSTED SLIGHTLY ONE MEETING FROM MARCH 10TH TO MARCH 4TH.
AND THEN WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN ADJUSTMENT AS WELL IN, IN JULY DUE TO THE SUMMER BREAK SHIFTING TO THE MIDDLE OF JULY AND THEN LAST BUT NOT EXCUSE ME, LAST BUT NOT OR SECOND TO LAST.
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SO THE COVER SHEET DIDN'T LIST OUT ALL THE RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS WE WERE TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE FOR.OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS CURTIS HOWARD.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, AND I AM HERE TO TELL YOU OR TO APPEAR BEFORE YOU TALK ABOUT THE GREAT UPDATE REBATE PROGRAM AND SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE MADE TO IT, ARE WE PROPOSING TO MAKE TO IT BASED UPON OUR DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD LAST MAY? SO GREAT UPDATE REBATE PROGRAM.
THIS IS BASED ON CHAPTER 380 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
IT HAS TO DO WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO KIND OF THE REASON THAT WE'VE GOT THIS PROGRAM INTACT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE SOME METHOD FOR HOMEOWNERS TO KEEP THEIR HOUSINGS THAT KEEP HOUSING LOOKING GOOD AS IT CONTINUES TO AGE HERE IN PLANO.
AT LAST, DURING THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS, AND SOME OF THE DIRECTION THAT YOU PROVIDED US IS YOU WANTED TO SEE THIS PROGRAM BE FOR OWNER OCCUPIED HOMES, AS OPPOSED TO MAYBE A CORPORATION COMING IN AND BUYING SOMETHING.
FOCUS ON THE EXTERIOR GENERALLY, ESPECIALLY THOSE BIG TICKET ITEMS. SO CAST IRON PIPES AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER ISSUES.
BUT IN ADDITION, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HELP WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO MAY BE AGING IN PLACE, MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ADA COMPLIANT OR MOBILITY COMPLIANT, AND ALSO KIND OF OVERVIEW WITH ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
AND THEN FINALLY, ONE OF THE THINGS IS TO HAVE A PURPOSE, HAVE A MISSION STATEMENT.
AND WE'VE BROUGHT THAT TO YOU TODAY.
SO THE MISSION STATEMENT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALWAYS LIKE TO HAVE A MISSION STATEMENT KIND OF HELPS US MESSAGE THIS PROGRAM, BUT IT IS TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION THAT BENEFITS THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE EVOLVING NEEDS OF OF RESIDENTS.
AND THEN ALSO AS KIND OF A SUBSET OF THAT IS TO DEAL WITH RESIDENTS AND WHAT THEY NEED.
AND SO LOOKING AT THIS, AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, WE USED THE REPAIR TYPES.
WE HAD BOTH INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR.
AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE EXTERIOR ONLY.
AND IN ADDITION TO MOBILITY ACCESSIBLE TYPE CHANGES THAT WE MIGHT HAVE.
THE REBATE THAT WE HAD FOR 10% FOR INTERIOR, 25% FOR EXTERIOR.
AS WE AS I SAID BEFORE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCIL REQUESTED IS THAT IT BE OWNER OCCUPIED.
SO THAT WILL NOW BE A PROPOSED REQUIREMENT.
THE MINIMUM PROJECT INVESTMENT, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS YOU HAVE TO PUT IN AT LEAST $20,000, AND THAT WAY YOU'D GET UP TO THE MAXIMUM REBATE IN THIS CASE IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE $5,000.
AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS KIND OF THE EXAMPLE OF THE EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS BASED UPON YOUR DIRECTION ARE THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, THOSE BIG TICKET ITEMS, CAST IRON PIPES AND THOSE PROBLEMS, WATER LINES, FOUNDATION REPAIRS, AND THEN SOME THINGS, YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE GOT THAT ENERGY EFFICIENT COMPONENT WHICH ARE GOING TO BE FOR THINGS LIKE WINDOWS, DOORS, ROOFS AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS.
AND SO WITH THAT, IF YOU ARE HAPPY WITH THAT, WE WILL GO FORWARD OR IF YOU WANT ANY YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS WE WILL CERTAINLY INCORPORATE THOSE INTO THIS PROGRAM.
ANTHONY? CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE LAST SLIDE? THAT ONE OR THAT ONE? YEAH. I HAVEN'T FINISHED LOOKING.
AND WHILE WE'RE REVIEWING THAT JUST A QUICK QUESTION AND THANK YOU.
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THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, CURTIS, FOR THAT GREAT PRESENTATION.YES, SIR. SO I NOTICED IN WELL, NOW I DON'T WANT TO CAUSE YOU TO MOVE OFF OF THIS ONE, BUT ON THE SLIDE BEFORE THIS ONE, WHEN MAYOR PRO TEM IS DONE REVIEWING THAT I SAW WHERE IT SAID NONE FOR THE REBATE PERCENTAGE CRITERIA IN THE MEMO.
AND SO I WAS CURIOUS WHY? WHY EXACTLY? BECAUSE I'M A LAWYER AND I CAN'T DO MATH.
HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M IN THE SAME BOAT WITH YOU, SO, YOU KNOW, OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD, RIGHT? BUT NO, BUT SO THE.
[LAUGHTER] ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
THERE WE GO. BUT SO BUT THAT SHOULD THAT SHOULD SAY 30% LIKE IN THE MEMO.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT UNCAPPING.
IF IT'S THE PROBLEM IS, IS IF YOU LOOK AT IT AND WE'VE GOT A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF $20,000 THEN THE REBATE MAXIMUM REBATE IS $5,000, WHICH WILL BE 25%. SO WE CAN'T HAVE A 30,000 OR A 30% REBATE ON A MAXIMUM OF.
OKAY. SO OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO ESSENTIALLY THAT THE NOW I'M WITH YOU, THE REBATE PERCENTAGE IS NOT NECESSARY BECAUSE THE MAXIMUM REBATE BEING $5,000 AND THE MINIMUM IMPROVEMENT VALUE BEING $20,000 MEANS THAT THE MAXIMUM REBATE IS 25%.
OKAY. YEAH. YEAH. [LAUGHTER] WELL, CLEARLY I'M RIGHT THERE WITH YOU.
NOW IT MAKES SENSE, SO THANK YOU.
CURTIS. MR. MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT.
AND IT'S NOT SUCH A, YOU KNOW, A MAZE WHERE YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS, WHAT IS APPROVED AND WHAT IS NOT GOING TO BE APPROVED, WHAT IS REBATED, WHAT IS NOT.
ALL RIGHT. AND IF I MAY, JUST KIND OF SHARE SOMETHING AS I WAS GETTING IN KIND OF SERENDIPITOUSLY, AS I WAS GETTING READY TO COME OVER HERE, I DID GET AN EMAIL FROM SOMEBODY WHO BASICALLY JUST RECEIVED THEIR FUNDING FOR THE GREAT UPDATE REBATE, AND THEY SAID, WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR HOMEOWNERS.
THE DIRT WAS PUT BACK IN BY THE END OF THE WEEK AND OUR PROJECT WAS DONE ON JULY 12TH.
THAT SORT OF TESTIMONIAL GOES A LONG WAY.
WE OUGHT TO THINK ABOUT GETTING THAT PERSON ON VIDEO.
[LAUGHTER] ANY OTHER COMMENTS? EVERYBODY OKAY? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
THANKS, CURTIS. THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
NEXT ITEM IS CONSENT AND REGULAR AGENDAS.
I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM H FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
I THINK I THINK WE HAVE TO PULL E AS WELL.
YES. WE'RE NOT PULLING E, WE'RE REMOVING E SO IT WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
COUNCIL ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION ON FUTURE AGENDAS.
ALL RIGHT. WE'LL TAKE A RECESS AND RETURN AT 7:00.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.