Jul 22, 2024 City Council

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I NOW DECLARE THAT THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL IS RECONVENED IN OPEN SESSION, THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

WE'LL BEGIN TONIGHT'S REGULAR MEETING WITH THE INVOCATION LED BY RABBI BLOCK WITH CHABAD PLANO, COLLIN COUNTY.

PLEASE JOIN THE COUNCIL RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AFTER THE OPENING PRAYER.

IF YOU DON'T MIND, PLEASE STANDING.

DEAR GOD, WE GATHER TODAY AS MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF THIS CITY COUNCIL, UNITED IN OUR SHARED COMMITMENT TO BUILD A COMMUNITY THAT VALUES GOODNESS, GRACE AND THE WELL-BEING OF ALL.

MAY OUR COLLECTIVE PURPOSE GUIDE US, AND MAY WE ENGAGE IN RESPECTFUL DIALOG THAT FOSTERS UNDERSTANDING AND COLLABORATION.

MAY OUR WORDS BE INSTRUMENTS OF INSPIRATION, HOPE, AND ENCOURAGEMENT, AND MAY THEY HAVE A LASTING IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF THOSE WE SERVE. AS WE WORK TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES BEFORE US MAY WE SEEK WISDOM, JUSTICE, AND COMPASSION.

MAY GOD BLESS OUR EFFORTS AND THE FRUITS OF OUR LABOR, AND MAY OUR WORK BE A BLESSING TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AMEN. 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.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

BE SEATED. THANK YOU, RABBI BLOCK, FOR LEADING THE INVOCATION.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION AND CONTAINS ITEMS WHICH ARE ROUTINE AND TYPICALLY NONCONTROVERSIAL.

ITEMS MAY BE REMOVED FROM THIS AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION BY A COUNCIL MEMBER, THE CITY MANAGER, ANY CITIZEN.

THE PRESIDING OFFICER WILL ESTABLISH TIME LIMITS BASED UPON THE NUMBER OF SPEAKER REQUESTS.

THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION? MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM H FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AND E AND REMOVAL OF ITEM.

REMOVING OF ITEM.

OKAY, I SECOND IT WITH THE REMOVAL OF E AND THE TAKING OFF THE CONSENT FOR C.

H. THANK YOU.

I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES.

[(h)  

To approve an increase to the current awarded contract amount of $0 by an estimated amount of $270,000 for a six (6) month contract for management of all secondary employment activities of Plano Police Officers from Extra Duty Solutions (EDS) for the Police Department; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. (City of Plano Contract No. 2023-0243-OA, Modification No. 2) Approved with amendment to background information

ITEM H TO APPROVE AN INCREASE TO THE CURRENT AWARDED CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $0 BY AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $270,000 FOR A SIX MONTH CONTRACT FOR MANAGEMENT OF ALL SECONDARY EMPLOYMENT ACTIVITIES OF PLANO POLICE OFFICERS, FROM EXTRA DUTY SOLUTIONS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'VE SPOKEN WITH COUNCILMAN HORNE, AND I BELIEVE THAT IF WE REMOVE THE LAST SENTENCE IN THE BACKGROUND, WHICH IS FAILURE TO APPROVE THIS MODIFICATION WILL CAUSE AN INTERRUPTION IN POLICE SERVICES CURRENTLY BEING PROVIDED TO OUTSIDE EMPLOYERS, WHICH IS VITAL TO OUR AGENCIES EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE CITIZENS OF PLANO, THAT THIS BACKGROUND WILL BE ACCEPTABLE AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AT THAT POINT.

SO WITH THAT, WE WOULD ACTUALLY STRIKE THAT ONE SENTENCE FROM THE BACKGROUND.

THAT IS CORRECT. THANK YOU.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I MEAN ITEM H, YOU'RE CONFUSING ME.

[LAUGHTER] WITH STRIKING THAT LAST SENTENCE IN THE PARAGRAPH.

OKAY. SECOND.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM H.

ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES.

ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS.

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Public Hearing and consideration of an Ordinance as requested in Zoning Case 2024-010 to amend the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City, Ordinance No. 2015-5-2, as heretofore amended, increasing the maximum number of children allowed under Specific Use Permits No. 550 for Day Care Center and No. 551 for Private School on 7.5 acres of land located at the southeast corner of Legacy Drive and Ohio Drive in the City of Plano, Collin County, Texas, presently zoned Single-Family Residence-7 with Specific Use Permits No. 550 for Day Care Center and No. 551 for Private School; 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: Montessori New Beginnings Academy, Inc. Conducted and adopted Ordinance No. 2024-7-4

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. THE PRESIDING OFFICER WILL PERMIT 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

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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 2024-10 TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY ORDINANCE NUMBER 2015-5-2 IS HERETOFORE AMENDED, INCREASING THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CHILDREN ALLOWED UNDER SPECIFIC USE PERMITS NUMBER 550 FOR DAYCARE CENTER AND NUMBER 551 FOR PRIVATE SCHOOL ON 7.5 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LEGACY DRIVE AND OHIO DRIVE IN THE CITY OF PLANO, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS.

PRESENTLY ZONED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE WITH SPECIFIC USE PERMITS 550 FOR DAYCARE CENTER AND 551 FOR PRIVATE SCHOOL, DIRECTING A CHANGE ACCORDINGLY IN THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE, A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A PUBLICATION CLAUSE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC.

THIS IS ZONING CASE 2024-10.

IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING, AND THE REQUEST IS TO AMEND TWO SUPS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THE BOOKS 550 FOR DAYCARE CENTER AND 551 FOR PRIVATE SCHOOL.

THE MAPS IN FRONT OF YOU SHOW THE LOCATION.

THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LEGACY AND OHIO DRIVE THERE IS AN EXISTING SCHOOL THAT IS CONSTRUCTED.

WE'VE NOTICED WITHIN 200 AND 500FT OF THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY.

SO A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT THIS SITE.

THE SUP FOR DAYCARE CENTER WAS APPROVED BACK IN 2004, AND THERE WERE NO RESTRICTIONS INCLUDED AT THAT TIME.

SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PROPERTY DEVELOPED WITH A ONE STORY BUILDING AND A LITTLE LESS THAN 15,000FT².

THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED WITH THE ZONING CASE, BUT NOT AS PART OF THE ZONING CASE, DID SHOW FUTURE BUILDING EXPANSION.

IN 2018, THE BUILDING EXPANSION WAS APPROVED.

IT CAME IN AS TWO STORIES AND THEN INCLUDED 31,883FT².

CONSTRUCTION COMMENCED.

THE CITY THEN CONSIDERED AN SUP TO ALLOW EDUCATION OF PRIMARY SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN.

IN 2019 THAT WAS APPROVED.

IT DID AMEND THE CURRENT DAYCARE SUP TO INCLUDE A CAP ON ENROLLMENT, AND THE PRIVATE SCHOOL WAS APPROVED WITH A NUMBER OF RESTRICTIONS.

ONE OF THOSE WAS TIME RELATED, AND SO THAT CAME BACK IN IN 2020 TO BE AMENDED FOR THE TIME RESTRICTION TO BE REMOVED.

THE MAXIMUM NUMBER WAS INCREASED AT THAT TIME FOR PRIVATE SCHOOL TO ALLOW 80 STUDENTS.

THAT'S WHAT STANDS TODAY, AND THERE WERE ALSO STIPULATIONS ON INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTING INCLUDED AT THAT TIME.

SO THE REQUEST BEFORE US THIS EVENING INCLUDES A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE DAYCARE SUP TO ALLOW A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CHILDREN OF 360. THE CURRENT MAXIMUM IS 304.

THAT IS ALSO A CROSS REFERENCE WITH SUP 551 FOR THE PRIVATE SCHOOL, BECAUSE THAT'S A COMBINED TOTAL OF NUMBER OF CHILDREN ON THE SITE. 551 FOR PRIVATE SCHOOL.

AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE SAME NUMBER RESTRICTION 360 AND THE SAME ABILITY TO COMBINE IT WITH THE PREVIOUS SUP FOR DAYCARE CENTER. NONE OF THE OTHER STIPULATIONS ARE PROPOSED TO CHANGE.

THESE ARE ALL ATTACHED TO THE PRIVATE SCHOOL SUP STATING THE AGE OF CHILDREN, LANDSCAPE EDGE, SOLID WASTE ENCLOSURE LOCATIONS AND EXTERIOR LIGHTING AND INTERIOR LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS SO THOSE REMAIN UNCHANGED.

BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN STUDENTS THAT'S PROPOSED WE LOOKED VERY SPECIFICALLY AT TRAFFIC.

THE PLANNER WHO'S WITH US THIS EVENING, JOHN KIM, WENT OUT TO THE SITE AND ACTUALLY DID SITE VISITS WITH OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING TEAM.

SO WE'VE ESTIMATED AN 18% INCREASE IN THE TRAFFIC GENERATED.

BUT IT DID APPEAR TO US THAT THERE WAS ADEQUATE STACKING ON SPACE.

AND THEY DO HAVE MULTIPLE DROP OFF LOCATIONS.

SO I'VE GOT SOME PHOTOS OF THOSE THAT YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT.

THERE IS STAGGERED DROP OFF TIME IN THE MORNING THAT LASTS FOR 45 MINUTES, AND THAT'S TYPICALLY DONE PER THE DRAWING AT THE FRONT OR THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING.

THEN IN THE EVENING, THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO PICKUP LOCATIONS, BOTH IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING AND IN THE REAR OF THE BUILDING ON THE SOUTH SIDE IN THE FIRE LANE

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SO YOU CAN SEE THE STACKING AS IT GOES DOWN THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING.

IT DOESN'T FULLY WRAP AND UTILIZE THE AVAILABLE SPACE.

AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, YOU CAN SEE AT 3:15 AND 3:20 WHAT THE TRAFFIC IS LOOKING LIKE ON SITE.

THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL BY 3:35, IS EMPTY.

THE BACK OF THE SCHOOL, YOU CAN SEE AT 3:25 AND 3:30 THERE ARE LIMITED NUMBERS OF CARS IN THE TURNAROUND LANE.

SO HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? THIS IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY.

THE REQUEST TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS DOES MEET THE FUTURE LAND USE POLICIES OF THE CITY.

WE DID HAVE ONE LETTER WITHIN THE 200 OR THE ONE LETTER ON THE RESPONSE OF THE PROPERTY ITSELF IN SUPPORT.

THEN WE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE WRITTEN WITHIN THE 200 FOOT BUFFER, ONE IN SUPPORT AND FOUR IN OPPOSITION.

THAT DOES NOT REACH THE 20% OPPOSITION THRESHOLD FOR A SUPERMAJORITY BECAUSE IT IS 6.1%.

THEN THE ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK WE'VE HAD IN THE COMMUNITY, 134 IN SUPPORT AND NINE IN OPPOSITION.

THESE ARE UNDUPLICATED RESPONSES.

17 OF THESE UNIQUE RESPONSES, ALL IN SUPPORT, WERE OUTSIDE THE CITY OF PLANO.

SO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID CONSIDER THIS CASE AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF 5 TO 0.

AND SO THAT ENDS MY PRESENTATION.

BUT THE APPLICANT DOES HAVE A PRESENTATION AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS, CHRISTINA.

I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THE FIRST SPEAKER IS THE APPLICANT, BETH TUTTLE.

HI THERE. CAN I ADJUST THIS? SURE. OKAY. I'M BETH TUTTLE.

I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ARCHGATE TODAY AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD, BUT ALSO AS A PARENT.

I HAVE TWO CHILDREN THERE CURRENTLY.

THEY'VE BEEN THERE EIGHT YEARS.

I HAVE ONE GOING INTO FIFTH GRADE AND ONE GOING INTO FIRST GRADE.

I AM ALSO HERE AS AN ALUMNI.

MY PARENTS WERE PART OF THE GROUP THAT FOUNDED THE SCHOOL BACK IN 1986, WHICH IS WILD, AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THERE FOR THREE YEARS BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO PISD.

SO WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY WITH THE SCHOOL AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR FAMILY.

SO I WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SCHOOL, OF COURSE ESTABLISHED IN 1986, WE ARE AN AMS CERTIFIED MONTESSORI SCHOOL, AND WE ARE A 501C3 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.

CURRENTLY, WE SERVE STUDENTS FROM 16 MONTHS TO 14 YEARS OF AGE.

WE WENT OVER THE REQUESTED MODIFICATIONS TO THE CURRENT SUPS, SO I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE LATE FOR THAT.

BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING TODAY IS REALLY JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY ON HOW WE CAN OPERATE OUR BUSINESS AND USE OUR CAMPUS.

SO WE LEARNED VERY QUICKLY DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC THAT SOMETIMES YOUR POPULATION CAN SHIFT DRAMATICALLY.

WE SAW A HUGE INCREASE IN PRIVATE SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN THAT WERE LOOKING FOR A SMALLER ENVIRONMENT, AND WE SAW A DROP OFF OF TODDLERS AND PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN WHO COULD STAY HOME WITH THEIR FAMILIES.

IT BECAME IMMEDIATELY RELEVANT THAT WE BE ABLE TO HAVE FLEXIBILITY IN WHAT PROGRAMS WERE AVAILABLE AND WHAT CLASSROOMS. SO LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE.

WE HAVE OUR TODDLER PROGRAM, WHICH IS 16 MONTHS TO THREE YEARS OF AGE.

THOSE CLASSROOMS HAVE 12 TO 15 CHILDREN PER CLASSROOM.

OUR PRIMARY IS THREE YEARS TO KINDER, AND THOSE ARE 22 TO 24 STUDENTS PER CLASSROOM.

THAT IS THE MOST LIKE STUDENT PER CLASSROOM RATIO.

OUR LOWER ELEMENTARY PROGRAM IS FIRST THROUGH THIRD.

THOSE HAVE 20 TO 22 CHILDREN PER CLASSROOM.

UPPER ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS FOURTH THROUGH SIXTH GRADE, HAS 18 TO 20 PER CLASSROOM.

AND OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM, WHICH IS SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE, CAN HAVE UP TO 18 PER CLASSROOM.

SO OUR YOUNGEST CLASSROOMS AND OUR OLDEST CLASSROOMS HAVE THE LOWEST RATIOS THE CURRENT NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS WOULD ONLY ALLOW FOR 225 STUDENTS IF WE WERE ALL TODDLER AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.

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IF ALL OF THOSE 15 CLASSROOMS WERE FULL OF PRIMARY AGE STUDENTS.

SO WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE, A LOT OF US, AND WE'RE REVISITING IT THIS TIME WITH A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.

SO LAST TIME WE WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THE NEIGHBORS DID NOT FEEL THAT WE COLLABORATED WITH THEM.

AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COLLABORATED IN THIS.

I WOULD EVEN CALL IT A PROBATIONARY PERIOD WITH TRYING OUT OUR PRIVATE SCHOOL SUP.

SOME OF THE MAIN FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVE FROM OUR NEIGHBORS ARE THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, WHICH WE TOTALLY UNDERSTAND, AND WE'LL GO INTO THAT IN DEPTH.

WE HAVE LOTS OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, SLIDES, LIGHTS, PRIVACY, HOME VALUES, AND THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WHICH HAS COME UP SEVERAL TIMES. SO WE'LL DIVE INTO THAT IN DEPTH AS WELL.

SO THESE WERE THE MAIN CONCERNS THAT WE HEARD FROM THE NEIGHBORS.

AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO DETAILS ON HOW WE'VE TRIED TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE REQUESTS AND THOSE NEEDS.

SO TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ON THIS MAP, YOU CAN SEE ALL THREE OF THE DIFFERENT PATHS THAT OUR FAMILIES TAKE TO DROP OFF AND PICK UP THEIR CHILDREN.

THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT TRAFFIC PATHS THE YELLOW, BLUE AND RED.

WE HAVE A STAGGERED DROP OFF WINDOW FROM 7:00 A.M.

UNTIL 8:45 A.M..

PARENTS CAN DROP OFF THEIR CHILDREN EARLY FOR EARLY CARE, WHICH A LOT DO.

THEN WE HAVE STAGGERED PICKUP WINDOWS FROM 3:00 UNTIL 6:00 P.M..

WE HAVE ABOUT A THIRD OF OUR FAMILIES PICK UP IN AFTER CARE HOURS, WHICH WOULD BE FROM 3:30 UNTIL THAT 6:00 P.M.

WINDOW. WE ALLOW FOR FAMILY DROP OFFS, SO EVEN THOUGH DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS HAVE DIFFERENT TIMES TO START THEIR DAY, WE HAVE FAMILY DROP OFFS SO THAT THE FAMILY ONLY HAS TO MAKE ONE TRIP TO THE SCHOOL, EVEN IF THEY HAVE THREE DIFFERENT CHILDREN IN THREE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. WE ALSO HAVE ON SITE SECURITY WHO HELPS DURING THE DROP OFF PICKUP AND ANYTIME DURING THE DAY WINDOWS TO MAKE SURE THAT TRAFFIC IS MOVING AND IF ANYTHING STARTS TO BACK UP, THEY CAN INTERVENE.

SO OUR PRIVATE SCHOOL DROP OFF, THAT WOULD BE OUR FIRST GRADE THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE.

THAT IS FROM 8:00 A.M.

UNTIL 8:30 A.M..

THIS IS THE BLUE LINE ON THIS MAP.

WE HAVE A SEVEN CAR ACTIVE QUEUE MANNED BY SEVEN DROP OFF COORDINATORS.

SO THOSE ARE OUR, YOU KNOW, TEAM MEMBERS.

THE ON SITE SECURITY IS PRESENT AND THERE IS 1081FT IN THIS BLUE LINE HERE, WHICH ALLOWS FOR 54 CARS AT ANY GIVEN TIME.

HAVING THOSE SEVEN COORDINATORS DOES EXPEDITE THAT LINE, SO IT MOVES PRETTY QUICKLY, ESPECIALLY FOR THE PRIVATE SCHOOL DROP OFF BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE CAR SEATS.

THEN WE HAVE THE TODDLER AND PRIMARY DROP OFF WINDOW, WHICH IS 8:30 TO 8:45.

IT'S THIS YELLOW LINE AND IT ENDS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER IN BETWEEN THE OLDER BUILDING AND THE NEWER BUILDING, WE HAVE AN EIGHT CAR ACTIVE QUEUE, AGAIN MANNED BY OUR COORDINATORS TO KEEP THAT LINE MOVING ON SITE SECURITY IS THERE IN CASE WE HAVE ANY BACKUPS.

AND THE 929FT ALLOWS FOR 46 CARS AT ANY GIVEN TIME.

AGAIN, KEEP IN MIND THAT STUDENTS IN THIS WINDOW MAY HAVE OLDER SIBLINGS, AND SO THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN DROPPED OFF.

THEN WE GET INTO PICKUP.

SO THIS IS THE SAME LINE AS YOU SAW LAST TIME.

THIS IS FROM 3:00 UNTIL 3:20 IN THE AFTERNOON.

SAME COORDINATORS, SAME SPACE.

I DO HAVE SOME PICTURES AND FUTURE SLIDES WHICH AS I'VE INDICATED, THESE TWO STARS.

SO THE STARS ARE WHERE THE FUTURE PICTURES ARE TAKEN.

SO THE ONE IS TAKEN RIGHT BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS ON THE LEFT.

THAT'S AT 3:07 ON AUGUST 29TH.

SO THIS IS DURING SCHOOL? NOT SUMMER SCHOOL.

AND THEN ON THE RIGHT, THAT ONE IS AT 3:07.

AND YOU CAN SEE HOW FAR THE CARS ARE BACKED UP.

SO I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE TWO STARS.

SO THE STAR BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS IS WHERE THE LINE STARTS.

THE STAR UP THERE AT THE TOP IS WHERE THE LINE ENDS IN THOSE IMAGES.

SO WE STILL HAVE QUITE A BIT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE TO ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC HERE.

AGAIN, WE ARE A PRIVATE SCHOOL, SO IF WE NOTE THAT THE TRAFFIC HAS INCREASED AND THAT WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE AND IT'S BACKING UP, WE CAN ALWAYS CHANGE THESE TRAFFIC WINDOWS, RIGHT? WE CAN ADD ADDITIONAL COORDINATORS.

THERE ARE WAYS THAT IF THE TRAFFIC DOES START TO BACK UP, WE CAN MODIFY OUR POLICIES IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THAT ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC.

SO PRIVATE SCHOOL PICKUP HAS THE LONGEST LINE.

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AS THIS PICKUP WINDOW GOES ALL THE WAY FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACK AND WRAPS AROUND.

THERE'S A FIVE CAR ACTIVE QUEUE MANNED BY FIVE COORDINATORS BACK THERE, AND IT ALLOWS FOR 73 CARS AT ANY GIVEN TIME.

SO THIS ONE SHOWS THE STACKED PICKUP MAP WITH THE OVERLAPPING GROUPS OF LOWER SCHOOL AND UPPER SCHOOL.

AND YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THEM WRAPS ALL THE WAY AROUND.

THE OTHER ONE MAKES A TIGHTER U.

SO THE ENTRANCE FOR PRIVATE PICKUP ON LEGACY IS CONED OFF AT OHIO AS WELL, SO WE DON'T BACK UP ONTO OHIO.

AND THEN AFTER CARE PICKUP WHICH IS OUR LONGEST WINDOW, THAT'S A 2.5 HOUR WINDOW.

IT ALLOWS FOR 46 CARS AT ANY GIVEN TIME AND 50 OF OUR 153 TOTAL PICKUPS OCCUR DURING THIS 2.5 HOUR WINDOW, WHICH HELPS TO REDUCE ALL OF THOSE OTHER LINES.

ALL RIGHT. SO THEN WE CAN GET INTO THE NEXT CONCERN NOISE, LIGHTS AND PRIVACY FOR THE NEIGHBORS.

SO WE HAVE GREAT FACILITIES.

WE HAVE A GREAT CAMPUS.

WE HAVE A GYM, BUT WE DO NOT RENT OUT ANY OF OUR FACILITIES TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF ARCHGATE, INCLUDING THE GYM.

SO THERE'S NOT BASKETBALL GAMES IN THE EVENINGS.

THERE'S NO YOU KNOW, SOCCER GAMES ON THE WEEKENDS.

IT'S LITERALLY JUST A SCHOOL DURING SCHOOL HOURS.

WE RECENTLY ADDED AUTOMATED SHADES TO OUR GYM JUST IN CASE THE CLEANERS, YOU KNOW, LEAVE THE LIGHTS ON OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACHIEVING THAT 9:00 RESTRICTION.

ADDITIONALLY, ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS RECENTLY LET US KNOW THAT THE LIGHTS IN THE GYM WERE DISTURBING AFTER 6:00 P.M., SO WE INVESTED IN $10,000 WORTH OF SHADES THAT AUTOMATICALLY GO DOWN AT 6:00 P.M., SO NO MORE LIKE CONCERNS.

WE ONLY HAVE TWO ANNUAL FULL SCHOOL ARCHGATE EVENTS AT THE CAMPUS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF BUSINESS HOURS.

THAT WOULD BE OUR FALL FESTIVAL AND OUR INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL.

WE RECEIVED FEEDBACK THAT OUR OUTDOOR INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL, WHICH WAS RIGHT TOWARDS THE END OF THE PANDEMIC.

AND SO WE WANTED TO HAVE IT OUTSIDE.

BUT WE RECEIVED FEEDBACK THAT THAT WAS A DISTURBANCE FOR NEIGHBORS.

SO WE HAVE MOVED THAT EVENT INDOORS AND WE HAVE PLENTY OF SPACE IN THE GYM.

IT WORKED OUT GREAT.

WE HAVE LANDSCAPE TREES AND SHRUBS ON THE EASTERNMOST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.

AS A SOUND BARRIER AND TO ADD PRIVACY FOR THOSE NEIGHBORS.

AND THEN THERE'S NO WASTE ENCLOSURES OR ANYTHING ON THAT EASTERNMOST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.

SO WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO TRY TO REDUCE ANY NOISE, LIGHT OR PRIVACY ISSUES.

AND ANY TIME WE'VE RECEIVED FEEDBACK, WE TRY TO BE REALLY COLLABORATIVE AND SOLVE THE PROBLEM IF IT'S SOLVABLE.

ONE OF THE OTHER CONCERNS WAS THAT THE SCHOOL OR HAVING PRIVATE SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN WOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT HOME VALUES.

AND SO WE DID A ZILLOW ZESTIMATE ANALYSIS OF THE CLOSEST ADJACENT HOMES AND WE SAW AN INCREASE IN VALUE OF 59%, 62%, AND 67%, RESPECTIVELY.

THE ADDRESSES ARE LISTED IN CASE YOU GUYS WANT TO FACT CHECK.

BUT THAT OUTPACES THE OVERALL ZILLOW'S ESTIMATE INCREASE OF 55% THAT THE CITY OF PLANO SAW.

SO IN ACTUALITY, MAYBE THE SCHOOL IS HELPING TO BOOST THE PROPERTY VALUES.

WE KNOW WE HAVE HAD FAMILIES MOVE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFICALLY SO THAT THEIR STUDENTS COULD ATTEND.

AND THEN THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT.

I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A POINT OF CONTENTION IN THE PAST, AND SO FORGIVE ME IF THESE DRAWINGS ARE SO TINY.

I HOPE YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO REVIEW IN PRINT OR SOMETHING ANOTHER WAY.

BUT THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT PLAN, WHICH IS ON THE LEFT, INCLUDED 22,600FT OF BUILDING AND THEN 25,900FT FOR THE FUTURE BUILDING FOR A TOTAL OF 48,500 TOTAL SQUARE FEET.

THE CURRENT CONCEPT PLAN, WHICH IS NOW BUILDINGS, SHOWS CURRENT 14,790 FOOT BUILDING ONE AND THEN 31,883 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING TWO, FOR A TOTAL OF 46,673FT², WHICH IS 1,827FT² SMALLER THAN OUR ORIGINAL AGREEMENT.

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YOU CAN SEE THE SECOND BUILDING IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT SHAPE.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO ADD THE ROUNDABOUT IN THE BACK.

BUT THE OVERALL SQUARE FOOTAGE IS SMALLER.

AND YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S LESS THAN WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY AGREED UPON.

AND THEN IN THESE FUTURE SLIDES, WE HAVE SOME OF THE LETTERS FROM THE ORIGINAL ZONING BACK IN 2004, WHERE BOTH THE WELLINGTON AND DEERFIELD HOAS WROTE LETTERS IN SUPPORT OF THE ORIGINAL PLAN IN 2004 WITH THAT LARGER TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE.

AND THEN THERE WERE ALSO SOME NEIGHBORS THAT SUBMITTED LETTERS AS WELL.

SO NOW THAT WE'RE DONE TALKING ABOUT NEIGHBOR CONCERNS, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THE SCHOOL WANTS TO CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CITY OF PLANO.

WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE LOCAL HOAS.

WE'VE REACHED OUT TO NEIGHBORS VIA EMAIL.

WE'VE OFFERED OPEN HOUSE MEETINGS.

WE HAVE COMMUNICATED THROUGH MAILED LETTERS.

WE'VE TRIED TO REACH OUT AND REPAIR THOSE DAMAGED RELATIONSHIPS FROM FIVE YEARS AGO.

HERE IS A DETAILED ACCOUNTING OF ALL OF THE OUTREACH.

AND I THINK SEVERAL OF YOU GUYS WERE ALSO COPIED ON SOME OF OUR EMAILS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT WE'VE BEEN REACHING OUT, YOU KNOW, AS EARLY AS FEBRUARY OF 2023 AND HAVE CONSISTENTLY TRIED TO REACH OUT TO LOOP THEM IN ON OUR PLANS, ON WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE SCHOOL AND TRY TO BRIDGE THE GAP.

HERE'S SOME OF THE LETTERS THAT WE SENT ONE OF THE EMAILS REGARDING THE BLACKOUT SHADES, AND THEN MOVING THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL INTO THE GYM.

WE WANTED TO LET THEM KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HEARD THEM AND THAT WE WERE WILLING TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES FOR THEM.

THE MIDDLE ONE WAS TO LET THEM KNOW IN ADVANCE THAT WE WERE HOSTING OUR FALL FESTIVAL OUTSIDE IN THE GREEN SPACE, AND WE ALSO SENT THEM A STARBUCKS GIFT CARD TO BUY THEM BREAKFAST SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO US.

AND THEN ONE OF THE OPEN HOUSE INVITATIONS TO SOLICIT FEEDBACK IN ADVANCE OF THE SUP PROCESS.

COMMUNITY SERVICE, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE'RE A GREEN BUSINESS CERTIFIED BY THE CITY OF PLANO.

ON EARTH DAY, OUR CHILDREN AND OUR PARENTS GO AND WE CLEAN UP THE CREEK WITH DOZENS OF BAGS OF TRASH.

IS THAT MY TIMER? OKAY, WELL, I MEAN, YOU GUYS HAVE THE DECK.

THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT STUFF IN HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THE FIRST SPEAKER IS REBECCA BERNARD.

HELLO. I'M REBECCA BERNARD.

I'M A RESIDENT OF PLANO FOR 26 YEARS.

WE HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU NOT ONLY FOR YOUR VALUABLE TIME, YOUR DEDICATION AND COMPASSION FOR WHAT YOU DO AS LEADERS OF OUR CITY. BUT AS AN EDUCATOR, I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR TEACHERS THROUGHOUT ALL OF THIS.

ULTIMATELY, YOU'VE GIVEN INSIGHT TO OUR CHILDREN WHO HAVE WATCHED THESE MEETINGS SINCE 2019, AND FIVE YEARS IS A LIFETIME TO A CHILD.

THEY HAVE LEARNED HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE A VOICE, TO LISTEN TO OTHERS, AND TO SHARE AND COMPROMISE.

WE DIDN'T WIN OVER ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS.

BUT NOT ONLY ARE SOME THAT WERE OPPOSED IN 2019 STAYING NEUTRAL, MANY OF THOSE RED PROPERTIES HAVE EVEN TURNED GREEN.

WE'RE ASKING TO HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY TO PROVIDE THE QUALITY EDUCATION THAT WE DO FOR 16 MONTHS TO 14 YEARS OF AGE, IN 15 CLASSROOMS ON OUR SEVEN AND A HALF ACRES OF PLANO PARADISE.

IT'S THE SAME MISSION CRAFTED BY PLANO PARENTS IN 1986, THE SAME MISSION SHARED WITH THE NEIGHBORS IN 2004.

NEITHER OF THE DEFINITIONS COMPLETELY FIT WHAT WE DO DAYCARE OR PRIVATE SCHOOL, BUT TOGETHER, I THINK THEY CAN ADEQUATELY DESCRIBE THE FOUNDATION THAT WE PROVIDE.

WE'RE PROUD OF OUR HISTORY AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR OUR BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO OUR NEIGHBORS AND MITIGATE THEIR CONCERNS, WHICH WE HAVE DONE BY INSTALLING ALL OF THE THINGS THAT BETH MENTIONED.

IF THEY HAVE SHARED A CONCERN WITH US, WE'VE ACKNOWLEDGED IT AND WORKED TO FIND A SOLUTION.

I ASKED THEM TO CONTINUE TO SHARE AND TO OFFER SUGGESTIONS IF THEY HAPPEN WERE VERY OPEN.

A PARENT WHO'S MOVING TO MASSACHUSETTS SENT ME A NOTE ABOUT HER SON, WHO LAST ATTENDED ARCHGATE IN 2017.

MAX'S TIME AT ARCHGATE WILL BE ONE OF OUR TREASURED MEMORIES OF PLANO.

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IN A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS GET ALONG LET US CONTINUE TO HELP OTHERS, TO SMILE AT STRANGERS, TO OFFER GRACE TO EACH OTHER, AND TO BE KIND. THANK YOU.

LETICIA. BARABARRA.

BARABBA.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE DON'T WORRY.

IS IT ON? YES.

SO GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS LETICIA BARABBA AND I AM PROUDLY RESIDE AT THE DEERFIELD COMMUNITY IN PLANO.

SO I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY AS A DEVOTED PARENT AND A PASSIONATE ADVOCATE FOR ARCHGATE MONTESSORI ACADEMY, A SCHOOL THAT REALLY EMBODIES THE VERY BEST OF OUR COMMUNITY VALUES. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, ARCHGATE IS MORE THAN JUST AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION IS A VIBRANT COMMUNITY WHERE KINDNESS, RESPECT, AND COLLABORATION FLOURISHES. IT'S NESTED RIGHT ACROSS MY HOME, AND I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE REMARKABLE IMPACT THAT THIS SCHOOL HAS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND ON MY FAMILY.

SO THE VERY WELL ORGANIZED ACTIVITIES THAT BRING FAMILIES TOGETHER TO INITIATIVES THAT REALLY ENCOURAGE OUR CHILDREN TO CARE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.

ARCHGATE REPRESENTS THE HEART AND SOUL OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AS MY OWN DAUGHTER THAT IS SITTING HERE, BELLA, THAT IS NINE YEARS OLD SAY MY SCHOOL IS SPECIAL AND IT'S MAGICAL AND I COULDN'T AGREE MORE.

AND SO WE MOVED FROM GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT IN 2019 AND ARCHGATE WAS OUR VERY BEST KEPT SECRET.

IT'S OUR TRUE GEM, THE UNIQUENESS OF ALL FAMILIES THAT COME TOGETHER AT ARCHGATE IS ROOTED IN A MUTUAL RESPECT AND SHARED VISION FOR A HOLISTIC EDUCATION.

SO WE TAKE PRIDE ON HOW OUR COMMUNITY TREATS EACH OTHER AND OUR SURROUNDINGS.

SO TODAY I'M HERE AS A PARENT AND AS A NEIGHBOR OF ARCHGATE TO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THE SIGNIFICANCE OF OUR REQUEST.

BY SUPPORTING THIS, YOU'RE INVESTING IN THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN OF BELLA THAT IS GOING TO FOURTH GRADE AND WOULD BE WILLING TO STAY WITH HER FRIENDS, HER TEACHERS, AND IN THIS COMMUNITY THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ALSO AS A DEERFIELD RESIDENT.

I'M JUST EXCITED TO SEE ARCHGATE GROW AS THEY ARE DEDICATED TO MAINTAINING A PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT THAT WE ALL VALUE.

AND HAVE YOU SEEN HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE GARDENS THAT WE KEEP? AND THEY'RE VERY WELL MAINTAINED PROPERTIES AROUND? AS A LOCAL HOMEOWNER, IT ONLY MAKES OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND CITY EVEN MORE ATTRACTIVE.

SO IN CLOSING, I ASK YOU TO LISTEN TO WHAT IS IN MY HEART AND IN THE VOICES OF SO MANY OTHER FAMILIES THAT ARE HERE TODAY THAT BELIEVE IN THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS CASE. BY APPROVING THIS REZONING, YOU'RE NOT ONLY SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOL, YOU'RE CHAMPIONING A COMMUNITY ROOTED IN LOVE, RESPECT, AND COMMITMENT TO NURTURING FUTURE GENERATIONS.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERING THE IMPACT OF YOUR DECISION THAT WILL HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

NIHAL SAMIR.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS NIHAL SAMIR AND I'M A RISING SOPHOMORE.

I SPOKE IN FRONT OF YOU FIVE YEARS AGO TO ADVOCATE FOR THE MATTER OF FURTHER EDUCATION OF FELLOW STUDENTS LIKE MYSELF.

I FEEL IT IS UNIVERSAL IN THE NATION WE LIVE IN THAT ALL DESERVE AN EDUCATION WHERE ONE CAN EXPLORE, DELVE, INTERACT AND TRULY THRIVE IN AN ENVIRONMENT WITH THOSE AROUND THEM.

ARCHGATE MONTESSORI ACADEMY PROVIDED ME WITH THESE TRAITS AND BEYOND, AND I COMMEND THE EXPANSION FROM THE CORE OF MY HEART, AS I BELIEVE ALL STUDENTS NEED INTERACTION IN ORDER TO DEVELOP REAL WORLD SKILLS TO MAKE OUR NATION SIMPLY A MORE SOCIALLY FRIENDLY PLACE.

ARCHGATE IS A PLACE LIKE NO OTHER.

IT IS A SPOT WHERE I CAN OPENLY BE WHO I AM TO ME.

ARCHGATE SERVES AS A SECOND HOME EVEN AFTER MY GRADUATION.

SUCH POSITIVE AFFIRMATION UPON THE ORGANIZATION SPEAKS MORE THAN WORDS ITSELF, RATHER A MIX OF ABSTRACT EMOTIONS SUCH AS THRILL AND REJUVENATION.

TO OUTSIDERS MANY WOULD VIEW ARCHGATE AS SIMPLY A STANDARD SCHOOL.

TO [INAUDIBLE] ANY WOULD VIEW ARCHGATE AS A SCHOOL WITH HANDS ON MATERIALS.

HOWEVER, ONLY THOSE WHO ARE WILLING TO BE OPEN MINDED COULD SEE THE TREASURES ARCHGATE PROVIDES, AND TO THOSE WHO ARE WILLING TO BE OPEN MINDED TO SEE THE TREASURES ARCHGATE PROVIDES, AND THE LOVE THEY SHOW TO THEIR CHILDREN.

FROM THE SOPHISTICATIONS OF DIFFERENT CULTURES DURING THE SCHOOLS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS TO THE HANDS ON EXPLORATIONS AT THE CREEK.

FROM THE LESSON OF GENEROSITY AND AID FOR ONE ANOTHER TO THE PLANTING OF RIPE TOMATOES, THESE ARE ONE OF THE FEW TREASURES ONE CAN DEPICT FROM THEIR TIME AT ARCHGATE.

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HER DEDICATION TOWARDS HER STUDENTS AND PASSION FOR TEACHING HAS ALWAYS INSPIRED ME.

SEEING HER JOY AND COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION AT ARCHGATE ULTIMATELY REINFORCES MY BELIEF IN THE IMPORTANCE OF A NURTURING AND DYNAMIC LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.

AS WE LOOK TOWARDS THE FUTURE, IT'S CLEAR THAT THE EXPANSION OF ARCHGATE MONTESSORI ACADEMY IS NOT JUST A BENEFIT, BUT A NECESSITY FOR THE BETTERMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING.

I HOPE TO ENVISION THAT ALL PARENTS, EDUCATORS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND POLICYMAKERS SUPPORT THIS IDEA WITH THEIR HEARTS RATHER THAN THEIR HEADS.

BY EXPANDING THE SCHOOL'S NUMBER OF STUDENTS, WE CAN INVEST IN A BRIGHTER, MORE INCLUSIVE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND FUTURE WHERE STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND CULTURES CAN ACCOMPLISH THEIR GOALS TOGETHER.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, AS DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND CULTURES CAN ACCOMPLISH THEIR GOALS TOGETHER.

AS A COMMUNITY, WE MUST TAKE ACTION NOW TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD HAS THE OPPORTUNITY AND EXPERIENCE AS I HAD THE SAME INCLUSIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. TOGETHER WE CAN BUILD A STRONGER, MORE SOCIALLY FRIENDLY COMMUNITY THAT VALUES THE IDEAS AND EDUCATION AND EMBRACING OTHERS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

ANJALI JAKARTA.

HI, MY NAME IS ANJALI JAKARTA.

I AM 15 YEARS OLD GOING INTO MY SOPHOMORE YEAR.

I WAS ORIGINALLY AT NEW BEGINNINGS BEFORE IT BECAME ARCHGATE MONTESSORI ACADEMY.

TODAY I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU MY EXPERIENCE AT ARCHGATE.

BEING THERE WAS AN EXTREMELY JOYFUL EXPERIENCE FOR ME.

I ALWAYS LOVED THE ACTIVITIES WE DID, AND I LOVED HOW I LEARNED SOMETHING NEW EVERY SINGLE DAY.

I HAD TWO FAVORITE THINGS THERE.

THE FIRST ONE WAS THE TEACHERS.

THEY ALWAYS HELPED US WITH WHATEVER WE NEEDED AND WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR US.

THEY CREATED CONNECTIONS AND HELPED US CREATE CONNECTIONS WITH OTHER PEOPLE, AND JUST MADE A LEARNING, A MORE POSITIVE EXPERIENCE FOR US.

AND SOMETHING A BIT MORE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IS WHEN I WAS IN MONTESSORI, I HAD A BIT OF A SPEECH DELAY, BUT MY TEACHER, MRS. KHAN, SHE HELPED ME GET THROUGH IT AND WAS REALLY PATIENT WITH ME.

AND MY SECOND FAVORITE THING IS OUTDOORS.

WE WERE ABLE TO GO OUTDOORS EVERY SINGLE DAY AND BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH NATURE, AND IT JUST MADE US BE OURSELVES AND LET US BE FREE.

AND EVEN WHEN WE'RE IN THE CLASSROOM, WE WERE ALWAYS HAVING HANDS ON EXPERIENCE WITH WHATEVER WE WERE DOING.

BEING THERE HELPED ME GROW AS A PERSON AND MADE ME WANT TO BECOME A BETTER PERSON MYSELF.

AND WHEN I CAME BACK HOME, I WAS ALWAYS EXCITED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL THE VERY NEXT MORNING.

AND I'M ALL FOR THE SCHOOL GROWING AND HAVING MORE KIDS GO THERE, AND I WANT THAT BECAUSE I WANT KIDS TO HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY I DID AND BE ABLE TO CREATE CONNECTIONS WITH THEIR FELLOW PEERS AND TEACHERS AND BE ABLE TO GROW.

ARCHGATE IS A UNIQUE SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THE OUTDOORS AND THE PEOPLE THERE, AND I'M EXCITED TO CONTINUE SEEING THE GROWTH OF THIS SCHOOL.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] ALEJANDRA VELASQUEZ.

GOOD EVENING.

THIS IS MY DAUGHTER, ELENI.

MY NAME IS ALEJANDRA VELASQUEZ, AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF OUR VILLAGE OF TEACHERS AT ARCHGATE MONTESSORI ACADEMY.

MY ARCHGATE JOURNEY BEGAN IN 2018 WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS 21 MONTHS OLD.

PRIOR TO THAT, I WORKED AT MULTIPLE SCHOOLS WHERE TEACHERS WHO WERE ALSO PARENTS, WERE NOT ALWAYS TREATED FAIRLY, AND CORNERS WERE CUT TO MAXIMIZE PROFIT.

ARCHGATE IS NOT THIS WAY.

ARCHGATE IS THE HEART CENTERED HAVEN I SOUGHT OUT AS BOTH A SOLO PARENT AND AN EDUCATOR.

IT IS AT ARCHGATE THAT I DISCOVERED WE CULTURE, WHERE TEACHERS WORK TOGETHER TO BEST MEET THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER DURING BRIGHT AND DARK TIMES. TAKE THE PANDEMIC, FOR EXAMPLE, ARCHGATE CARRIED US THROUGH THE LONG MONTHS OF UNCERTAINTY AND CHAOS AS HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD. THE SECURITY THIS SCHOOL PROVIDED DURING THAT TIME CANNOT BE QUANTIFIED.

WE SUPPORTED ONE ANOTHER AND COLLECTIVELY FIGURED OUT CREATIVE WAYS TO TEACH TODDLERS OVER ZOOM.

SIMILARLY, I AM HUGELY GRATEFUL FOR THE VILLAGE OF TEACHERS THAT HAVE HELPED ME RAISE MY DAUGHTER OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS.

AT ARCHGATE, SHE IS NURTURED BOTH EXTERNALLY AND INTERNALLY.

HER TEACHERS HAVE HER BEST INTEREST IN MIND AND NURTURE HER ESSENCE.

I TRUST THEM.

I SEE THE FRUITS OF HER, OF THEIR LABOR IN MY DAUGHTER'S CONFIDENCE, HER INDEPENDENCE, HER ABILITY TO HANDLE CONFLICT WITH GRACE,

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I WANT TO ALSO INCLUDE THAT IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, ARCHGATE IS INTENTIONAL ABOUT HELPING TEACHERS FLOURISH.

WE APPRECIATE THESE INVESTMENTS THAT GRANT US THE ABILITY TO FURTHER OUR EDUCATION BY SPONSORING TRIPS TO TRAININGS AND CONFERENCES, FAR AND NEAR. I BEGAN AS AN INTERN IN 2018, AND IN MY COMPARATIVELY SHORT SPAN AT ARCHGATE, I CAN NOW PROUDLY SAY I HOLD MULTIPLE CERTIFICATES 0 TO 6 AND HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO TEACH BOTH GARDENING, ART AND CERAMICS.

ALL THANKS TO THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARCHGATE HAS PROVIDED FOR ME.

ARCHGATE, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IS TRULY A HAVEN FOR EDUCATORS TO GROW AND TO SHARE THE SKILLS THEY LOVE.

IN CLOSING, AS WE PETITION FOR OUR SCHOOL TO GROW, I THINK OF CATIA WHO HAS A LITTLE TODDLER SCREAMED AT THE SIGHT OF INSECTS AND NOW IS A PROUD FIRST GRADER, TAKES THE ROLY POLIES BACK OUTSIDE, FEARLESS AND UNAFRAID.

I THINK OF OLIVIA, WHO ONLY CRIED IN MANDARIN WHEN SHE ENTERED OUR CLASSROOM AT THREE YEARS OLD AND NOW TEACHES US TO COUNT TO 31 IN CHINESE AT CALENDAR TIME.

AND I ALSO THINK OF LANEY, MY 11 YEAR OLD ART STUDENT WHO TRANSFERRED MID FOURTH GRADE EARLY ONE MORNING CAN. OKAY.

GO AHEAD. OKAY. EARLY ONE MORNING SHE SAID I LOVE ARCHGATE.

I GET TO TOUCH THINGS I NEVER GOT TO TOUCH IN PUBLIC SCHOOL.

AND I ASKED HER, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? SHE REPLIED, I GET TO TOUCH THINGS LIKE BUGS, DIRT AND FEEL THE WATER BENEATH MY FEET AT THE CREEK.

ON BEHALF OF ALL THE TEACHERS, TEACHER MOMMIES, AND STUDENTS WHO ARE OUR GREATEST TEACHERS WE KINDLY ASK FOR THIS EXPANSION TO MOVE FORWARD SO THAT WE MAY CONTINUE TO CULTIVATE OUR FUTURE STEWARDS OF THE EARTH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

CONFINE THE COMMENTS TO THE COUNCIL.

ANTHONY. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. WELL, I FIRST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR ALL OF THOSE WONDERFUL PRESENTATIONS.

ARCHGATE IS CLEARLY A WONDERFUL SCHOOL, AS I'VE BEEN LEARNING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW GOING BACK TO THE MEETINGS WE HAD DURING THE PRIOR PROCESS FIVE YEARS AGO.

SPEAKING OF THAT PROCESS I'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT MANY TIMES IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS AS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF HOW THINGS GO RIGHT IN THE CITY OF PLANO THROUGH COLLABORATION AND COMPROMISE.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW REBECCA BERNARD AND OTHERS AT ARCHGATE MONTESSORI WORKED WITH THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORS.

AS EVERYONE MAY REMEMBER FIVE YEARS AGO, WE APPROVED THIS SUP TO ALLOW PRIVATE SCHOOL WHERE PREVIOUSLY THERE HAD ONLY BEEN THE DAYCARE SUP.

I'VE SPOKEN WITH MISS BERNARD RECENTLY AND LEARNED THAT THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT AT ARCHGATE IS 270.

SO THE IDEA THAT EVEN THOUGH THE NUMBER 360 IS IN THIS ZONING CASE, THAT THERE WOULD, YOU KNOW, OVERNIGHT BE 360 STUDENTS AT ARCHGATE MONTESSORI, I THINK IS PROBABLY NOT REALISTIC, BUT BASED ON THE TRAFFIC STUDY OF POTENTIAL 18% INCREASE, I THINK THAT'S CAUSING SOME CONCERN WITH THE IMMEDIATE, ACROSS THE STREET NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT THIS ZONING CASE.

SO IN THE SPIRIT OF KEEPING THIS, YOU KNOW, A GREAT STORY OF COMPROMISE AND COLLABORATION AND TRYING TO GIVE SOMETHING TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS, I WOULD MOVE THAT WE AND ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT THE 360 LIMIT COULDN'T BE REACHED AS MISS TUTTLE'S PRESENTATION TALKED ABOUT WITHOUT CHANGING THE MODEL TO A TOTALLY PRIMARY SCHOOL THAT IS PRESCHOOL, BUT NOT INCLUDING TODDLERS MODEL.

I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THAT WE PASS THIS ZONING CASE, BUT WITH A MODIFICATION IN BOTH SUP 550 AND 551 OF THE NUMBER 360 TO 330 INSTEAD, WHICH I SUSPECT WILL PROBABLY NOT EVEN BE REACHED BASED ON THE NUMBERS THAT JUST THE CLASSROOM NUMBERS FOR THE VARIOUS AGE GROUPS IF ARCHGATE MONTESSORI CONTINUES TO OPERATE UNDER THIS CURRENT MODEL, BUT I THINK MAY GIVE ADDITIONAL COMFORT TO THE ACROSS THE STREET NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE EXPRESSED TRAFFIC CONCERNS.

SO I THINK THAT WOULD KEEP THIS, YOU KNOW, A SHINING STORY OF COLLABORATION AND COMPROMISE THAT I ALWAYS LOVE TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT, ABOUT HOW WE WORK TOGETHER IN THE CITY OF PLANO WOULD ALLOW FOR GROWTH OF THIS WONDERFUL SCHOOL ARCHGATE AND ELIMINATE THE SITUATION WHERE SOME KINDERGARTNERS CAN'T CONTINUE TO FIRST GRADE, WHICH AS A PARENT OF THREE CHILDREN MYSELF, I CAN IMAGINE IS HEARTBREAKING AND PROVIDE SOME INCREASE IN FLEXIBILITY WHILE HAVING A SAFEGUARD FOR THE ACROSS THE STREET NEIGHBORS.

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I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT, BECAUSE THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A REASON THEY REQUESTED THIS NUMBER.

AND FOR THEIR BUSINESS MODEL THEY WANT TO GO THIS DIRECTION.

SO OKAY.

HOLD ON. FOR WHOM? BEFORE WE JUST CUT IT DOWN TO 330 I WANT TO.

WE'RE DISCUSSING.

OKAY. YEAH, BUT I CAN'T MAKE THAT DECISION WITHOUT KNOWING THE ANSWER.

NO, YOU'RE. THAT MAKES SENSE.

NO. MS. TUTTLE. HOW GOING DOWN THAT.

I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR SHELBY, THAT'S ALL.

LET ME HEAR FROM MISS TUTTLE FIRST.

HI THERE. SO WE CAME WITH THE 360 NUMBER BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE THE MAXIMUM THAT WE WOULD EVER ALLOW AS A BUSINESS IN EACH CLASSROOM.

SO OUR PRIMARY THE THREE TO KINDER.

THAT'S 24 STUDENTS PER CLASSROOM AT 15 CLASSROOMS. THAT'S HOW WE COME TO 360.

THAT GIVES US THE FLEXIBILITY TO HAVE ANY OF OUR PROGRAMS IN ANY OF OUR CLASSROOMS. YOU KNOW, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, IF ALL OF A SUDDEN WE ONLY HAVE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO DO PRIMARY, THEN WE COULD STILL FILL ALL 15 OF OUR CLASSROOMS. OKAY, OKAY, SO IF WE DID GO DOWN TO 330, HOW WOULD THAT IMPACT YOU? IT WOULD REQUIRE US TO MAINTAIN OUR TODDLER AND MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAMS BECAUSE THOSE HAVE THE LOWER STUDENT COUNT PER CLASSROOM.

SO OUR TODDLER CLASSROOMS ONLY GO UP TO 15.

SO AS LONG AS WE HAD TWO TODDLER CLASSROOMS, THEN WE WOULD REALLY ONLY BE AROUND 340, RIGHT? AND THEN IF WE HAD ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL CLASSROOM, THAT'S ANOTHER 15 TO 18 STUDENT CLASSROOM.

SO THAT WOULD GET US DOWN TO THE 330.

BUT IF FOR SOME REASON THERE WAS ANOTHER PANDEMIC, TODDLERS STOP COMING, MIDDLE SCHOOLERS GO BACK TO DOING ZOOM.

THEN AGAIN, WE'D HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU GUYS IN ANOTHER FIVE YEARS AND DO THIS ALL AGAIN.

OKAY, SO THE 360 GIVES US THE FLEXIBILITY TO HOPEFULLY NOT COME BACK EVERY FIVE YEARS.

SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR COUNCILMAN WILLIAMS IN THAT THREE.

I'M SORRY, I WANTED TO CLARIFICATION BECAUSE I REMEMBER THAT YOU AND I WERE PRETTY ENGAGED IN THE DISCUSSION BACK IN 2019, AND I THINK YOU ACTUALLY WERE THE ONE WHO ACTUALLY MEDIATED AND, YOU KNOW, SORT OF COLLABORATED OR ASSISTED IN COLLABORATING THE COMPROMISE THAT ULTIMATELY RESULTED IN THIS, THE RESOLUTION BEING PASSED FIVE YEARS AGO.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU REFRESH MY MEMORY WHAT WAS SAID AND WHAT WAS THE COMPROMISE AT THAT TIME? WELL, COUNCILMAN RICCIARDELLI FIRST PROPOSED THE COMPROMISE IN 2019, WHICH LED TO A TEMPORARY SUP, WHICH WAS KIND OF UNPRECEDENTED AT THE TIME.

BUT THEN BOTH HE AND I ENGAGED WITH THE SCHOOL AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO TRY TO MEDIATE A RESOLUTION SO THAT WHEN THE SUP CAME BACK FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, IT WAS PASSED AND BASICALLY MADE PERMANENT.

SO THERE WERE SEVERAL NUANCES TO THE COMPROMISE AT THE TIME.

AND MOST OF THOSE THE APPLICANT TONIGHT IS NOT REQUESTING BE CHANGED.

THE BIGGEST PIECES ARE TO INCREASE THE TOTAL CAP OF STUDENTS.

AND AT THE TIME THERE WAS A CAP OF 60 PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS.

AND ONE OF THE STIPULATIONS WAS THAT THEY WOULDN'T REQUEST ANY CHANGES FOR FIVE YEARS.

BUT FIVE YEARS GOES FAST.

I'M SORRY. I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.

I'M SORRY. WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YOUR FAMILIES HAVE MULTIPLE STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL VERSUS JUST SINGLE SINGLE STUDENTS? THAT WOULD BE BRINGING A CAR PER STUDENT.

YEAH. WHEN WE COUNTED LAST YEAR, WE HAD 153 PICKUPS.

SO OF THE 247 STUDENTS, WE HAD MULTIPLE FAMILIES THAT WERE PICKING UP MORE THAN ONE CHILD.

DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER? FOR HOW MANY? THERE WERE 130 FAMILIES.

130 FAMILIES.

SO MOST OF 30 FAMILIES HAVE 247.

YEAH. SO IT'S.

YEAH. OKAY.

AVERAGES OUT TO ABOUT TWO PER HOUSEHOLD.

YEAH. I ACTUALLY DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT SINCE FOLLOW UP ON COUNCILMEMBER PRINCE'S.

SO UNDERSTANDING THAT SITUATION MAY CHANGE IN THE FUTURE AND THAT YOU MAY HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE US ASKING TO INCREASE THAT UPPER THRESHOLD AGAIN UNDER THE CURRENT SITUATION, IF YOU WERE TO BE GRANTED THE SUP MODIFICATION AS REQUESTED TONIGHT, HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE BEFORE YOU DO REACH THAT 360 STUDENT CAPACITY LIMIT? SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE WOULD EVER REACH THE 360 CAPACITY BECAUSE OF OUR PROGRAMS AND THE STUDENT COUNT PER GRADE LEVEL.

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SO I DON'T THINK WE WOULD EVER HIT THE 360 CAPACITY.

WE HAVE HARD CAPS ON HOW MANY STUDENTS WE ALLOW PER CLASSROOM.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND, MAYOR, IF I MAY, JUST A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT TO CONFIRM.

WHEN I SPOKE WITH MISS BERNARD EARLIER, WHO WAS VERY NICE TO SPEND TIME WITH ME WHEN I CALLED THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT AT ARCHGATE MONTESSORI IS ABOUT 270 STUDENTS OF WHOM 80 ARE PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS, WHICH IS THE CURRENT CAP.

AND THAT'S KIND OF THE MOST TIME SENSITIVE NEED BECAUSE THERE ARE CURRENTLY 42 KINDERGARTNERS, BUT ONLY 30 SPOTS AVAILABLE IN FIRST GRADE BECAUSE OF THE CAP OF 80 PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS.

CORRECT. THE SUP IS.

THAT ALL CORRECT? IT IS CORRECT.

AND THAT MEANS THAT IN SOME CASES, WE HAVE SOME STUDENTS THAT ARE ENROLLED THAT THEIR YOUNGER SIBLINGS CANNOT MOVE UP IN THE PRIVATE SCHOOL PROGRAM.

SO WE'RE HAVING TO SPLIT FAMILIES OR TURN FAMILIES AWAY THAT HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR SOMETIMES FOUR YEARS.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS A PARENT OF THREE CHILDREN MYSELF, I JUST FIND THAT HEARTBREAKING, THAT.

IT'S TERRIBLE. THAT CHILDREN WHO HAVE GONE FROM, YOU KNOW, TODDLER TO KINDERGARTEN AT ARCHGATE AND MAY HAVE OLDER SIBLINGS IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRIVATE SCHOOL PROGRAM, ARE NOT ABLE TO CONTINUE.

SO I'M ABSOLUTELY IN FAVOR OF CHANGING THAT SO THAT SO THAT EVERYONE CAN CONTINUE.

BUT I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY THAT IT WOULD TAKE A WHOLESALE CHANGE IN ARCHGATE'S EDUCATIONAL MODEL TO LIMIT IT TO ELIMINATE NOT JUST THE OLDER PRIVATE SCHOOL AGE GROUP, BUT ALSO THE YOUNGER TODDLER AGE GROUP TO ACTUALLY HIT THAT NUMBER OF 360.

YES, TO REACH THREE 60, WE WOULD HAVE TO ELIMINATE THE TWO ENDS OF THE SPECTRUM THAT HAVE SMALLER UNIT OR STUDENT COUNTS.

WELL THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT INFORMATION, MISS TUTTLE.

AND THANK YOU AGAIN THAT WAS THE REASON I OFFERED THIS MOTION.

YOU KNOW, I CAN TELL YOU, SHELBY AND I WERE IN A LOT OF MEETINGS WHERE REBECCA AND OTHERS FROM THE SCHOOL, ALONG WITH NEIGHBORS, YOU KNOW, REALLY WORKED HARD TO HASH OUT A COMPROMISE FIVE YEARS AGO.

AND IT WAS AN UPLIFTING PROCESS BECAUSE BOTH SIDES, YOU KNOW, CAME TO THE TABLE AND COMPROMISED.

AND WHAT YOU ALL MAY REMEMBER WAS A VERY CONTENTIOUS ZONING CASE THE FIRST TIME.

AFTER ALL OF THESE MEETINGS AND COMPROMISES, NOBODY SPOKE AGAINST IT THE SECOND TIME.

AND I'LL TELL YOU KNOW, NOBODY'S SPEAKING AGAINST IT HERE TONIGHT.

BUT I'VE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS WHO, YOU KNOW, LIVE ACROSS FROM THE SCHOOL WHO I GUESS DIDN'T SHOW UP TONIGHT.

BUT THEY'RE CONCERNED AND FEEL LIKE THIS IS KIND OF UNDOING THAT GREAT PROCESS.

AND I JUST THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THAT THE 360 NUMBER IS UNLIKELY TO BE REACHED ANYWAY WITHOUT A WHOLESALE CHANGE IN THE EDUCATIONAL MODEL, THAT WOULD BE A WAY TO PROVIDE ASSURANCE OF EVEN FURTHER MITIGATION OF THE TRAFFIC IMPACT.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I OFFERED THE MODIFIED MOTION.

I THINK THAT WOULD CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS SUCH A POSITIVE STORY AND ALLOW THIS WONDERFUL SCHOOL TO GROW.

CAN YOU RESTATE YOUR YOUR MOTION, PLEASE? CERTAINLY. SO MY MOTION IS TO PASS THIS ZONING CASE BUT CHANGING THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF COMBINED PRIVATE SCHOOL, PRIMARY AND TODDLER STUDENTS, THAT IS 360 IN BOTH OF THESE SUPS 550 AND 551 TO INSTEAD BE 330 INSTEAD OF 360.

THAT'S THAT'S THE MOTION.

AND I THINK IT WOULD IS THERE A IS THERE A TIME FRAME IN WHICH THEY COULD COME BACK AGAIN LIKE THE PREVIOUS ONE? WELL, I THINK THEY COULD COME BACK AT ANY TIME IF NEEDED.

I UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT FUN TO GO THROUGH THE ZONING PROCESS, SO HOPEFULLY THAT WON'T BECOME NECESSARY.

BUT AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IF THE EDUCATIONAL MODEL STAYS THE SAME, THAT NUMBER WOULD NOT BE LIKELY TO BE EXCEEDED IN ANY EVENT.

IS THAT? IF YOU KNOW THERE ARE NO EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE A PANDEMIC.

YEAH, AND I UNDERSTAND.

YEAH, I WOULD SECOND THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.

I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO ANY OPPOSITION PERSONALLY.

HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO ANYONE AND PROPOSED THIS COMPROMISE? AND DO YOU THINK THAT.

I MEAN, I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THIS IS A COMPROMISE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED, THAT THE OPPOSITION IS IS HAPPY WITH? YOU KNOW, I HAVE NOT DISCUSSED I HAVE TALKED WITH THEM ABOUT THEIR OPPOSITION.

I HAVE NOT TALKED WITH THEM ABOUT THIS COMPROMISE.

THIS IDEA CAME OUT OF A CONVERSATION THAT I HAD WITH MISS BERNARD THIS AFTERNOON AS I WAS PREPARING FOR TONIGHT, AND SO I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO RUN IT BY THE OPPOSITION.

BUT I DO THINK IT WOULD CUT THE, THE INCREASE OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, THAT THEORETICALLY COULD BE THERE ABOUT IN HALF AND THEREBY MITIGATE THE MAXIMUM TRAFFIC IMPACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEEN CALCULATED.

AND SO I THINK IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE, I THINK, A TOKEN OF GOOD FAITH TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND MY HOPE IS THAT IT WOULD ALSO, WHILE HELPING THE NEIGHBORHOOD NOT HURT THE SCHOOL.

AND SO BE A POSITIVE ALL THE WAY AROUND THE WAY THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

[00:55:02]

I JUST HATE THE THOUGHT THAT THEY MAY HAVE TO COME AGAIN.

SO I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S WORTH IT'S A BIG ENOUGH DIFFERENCE THAT WE'RE MAKING.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THE MOTION.

I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S THANK YOU. I WANT YOU TO KNOW IT WAS VERY COMPREHENSIVE AND I THINK IT HELPED ME UNDERSTAND TRAFFIC ISN'T GOING TO BE THE PROBLEM.

I MEAN, THEY HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM FOR THE EXTRA 73 CARS, AND PLUS THERE'S OVER 50% OF FAMILIES THAT THE KIDS ARE IN ONE CAR.

SO SO I REALLY I REALLY AM SENSITIVE TO THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS ARE COMING BACK AND, I REALLY THINK YOU'RE ALL BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU BACK HERE AGAIN.

SO I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER PRINCE.

I REALLY THINK THIS IS JUST A VERY CONSERVATIVE STOPGAP THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO FALL WITHIN THAT NUMBER. MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY, I WAS ON P&Z WHEN YOU FIRST CAME UP HERE.

I WAS TOO. [LAUGHTER] AND YOU WERE TOO.

AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, IT WAS EXCITING.

IT WAS A GREAT MEETING.

AND I REMEMBER IT.

IT PASSED AND WENT TO COUNCIL.

WHAT I AM ABSOLUTELY MISS TUTTLE PROUD OF IS THE WORK YOU'VE DONE WITH COLLABORATION WITH THE NEIGHBORS, THE TRAFFIC STUDY.

I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN THAT DONE BY A PRIVATE ENTITY, EVER.

I MEAN, YOUR COLLABORATION, YOU TAKING YOUR INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL INDOORS BECAUSE OF SOME COMPLAINTS OF NOISE? YOU'RE MITIGATION PUTTING TREES OUT THERE.

THE SHADES FOR LIGHTS, I MEAN, EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE IT WAS TO COLLABORATE AND WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS.

I HAVE TO AGREE WITH COUNCILWOMAN PRINCE ON THIS.

15 CARS ON LEGACY IS NOTHING, ESPECIALLY WITH A LANE CLOSED WINK WINK NUDGE NUDGE.

[LAUGHTER] BUT SORRY, BUT I CAN'T GO ALONG WITH THE REDUCTION TO 330.

I JUST CANNOT, SO I APPROVE.

I LIKE TO SEE. WHAT SOME OF YOU SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR YOUR MOTION.

CAN I EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT? YEAH, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD ON THIS.

YEAH. I AGREE, I THINK THEY'VE BEEN GREAT CITIZENS AND NEIGHBORS.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

I THINK BACK AGAIN EITHER.

IT'S NOT A LOT OF FUN FOR THEM.

I'M SURE. I WOULD PUT IN A BACKUP MOTION THAT IF THIS DOESN'T GO TO APPROVE THE MOTION AS REQUESTED, WE GOT A VOTE ON THIS ONE FIRST.

BUT HANG ON TO THAT.

I'LL. JUST GETTING YOU READY.

I KNOW. JUST SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHY I SUPPORT ANTHONY'S MOTION.

THE CONCERN FIVE YEARS AGO WAS EXACTLY THIS, IN WHICH THE SCHOOL WAS GOING TO COME BACK AND INCREASE THE POPULATION OF STUDENTS.

I THINK THAT WAS THE MAIN CONCERN.

IT WASN'T JUST TRAFFIC.

IT WAS THAT EVENTUALLY YOU WILL CONTINUE TO COME BACK.

AND DUE TO THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOLS RUN VERY POPULAR, THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND THEN YOU WOULD EXPAND AND THEN AND THEN EVENTUALLY IT WOULD CAUSE MORE SERIOUS ISSUES.

AND I THINK THE COLLABORATION WHICH RESULTED FROM COUNCILMAN RICCIARDELLI AND WILLIAMS WAS, OKAY, LET'S CAP IT.

AND THEN NOT ONLY DO WE CAP IT, DON'T COME BACK FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS.

IS THAT IS THAT WHAT I UNDERSTAND? AND I STILL REMEMBER THE GALLERY BEING PACKED WITH PEOPLE WHO WERE IN OPPOSITION.

AND I ALSO REMEMBER COMPLIMENTING Y'ALL ONCE YOU GUYS CAME BACK WITH A COLLABORATION IN WHICH EVERYBODY WAS OKAY WITH.

I MEAN, NOBODY WAS HAPPY, BUT EVERYBODY WAS FINE.

SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I'M WILLING TO GO WITH COUNCILMAN RICCIARDELLI'S PROPOSAL.

BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE GOING AGAINST OUR PROMISES, YOU KNOW, AND GOING AGAINST THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT COMPROMISE IN WHICH WE'RE SAYING, OH, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO EXPAND TO THAT.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT CONTINUING TO GOING TO EXPAND AND ALLOWING SOME BUFFER IN WHICH IT WILL ALLOW THE NEIGHBORS TO RESPOND

[01:00:01]

I HAVE NO PROBLEM IF THERE IS NO RESPONSE AND NO MAJOR OBJECTIONS THAT LATER ON THERE WOULD BE NO CAP AND THERE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU KNOW, IT'S NECESSARY. BUT AT THIS JUNCTURE, IT'S ONLY BEEN FIVE YEARS AND WE JUST FINISHED THAT COLLABORATION.

I JUST DON'T WANT THE NEIGHBORS TO COME JUMPING BACK AND SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, SEE, I TOLD YOU, I TOLD YOU IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

THAT'S WHY. OKAY, WE HAVE WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR FOR THE 330.

ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

OKAY. ALL OPPOSED.

ALL RIGHT. MOTION FAILS.

MAYOR, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST AS REQUESTED.

OKAY. SECOND.

OKAY. AND, MAYOR, JUST A POINT OF FURTHER DISCUSSION.

SINCE MY MOTION FAILED, I'M GOING TO VOTE YES ON THIS MOTION.

I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED TO, YOU KNOW, LAND SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN TO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE THE, I GUESS, THE THEME OF COMPROMISE AND MEETING SOMEWHERE, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY AND THE MAXIMUM.

BUT THE STATUS QUO WOULD HAVE AT LEAST 12 KINDERGARTNERS NOT ABLE TO CONTINUE TO FIRST GRADE NEXT YEAR.

AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T AS A PARENT MYSELF, I DON'T WANT THAT SITUATION.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT MAYOR PRO TEM SAID AND OTHERS, WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS HAS TALKED ABOUT BOTH IN THE MEETINGS, THE NUMBER, THE SERIES OF MEETINGS THAT WE HAD FIVE YEARS AGO AND IN THE INTERVENING YEARS.

I REALLY APPLAUD THE EFFORTS OF ARCHGATE MONTESSORI TO COLLABORATE AND SERIOUSLY ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORS.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN REALLY INTENTIONAL ABOUT THAT AND PROVIDE A WONDERFUL EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT FOR YOUR STUDENTS.

SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE COLLABORATION.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING CONCERNS SERIOUSLY.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL VOTE YES.

SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE 360 CAP.

OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES 7 TO 1.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT ITEM.

[(2)  

Public Hearing and consideration of a Resolution to adopt the 2024-2025 Action Plan, including the summary of Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnerships Program activities and proposed use of funds for program year 2024-2025 and providing an effective date. Conducted and adopted Resolution No. 2024-7-5(R)

PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE 2024 2025 ACTION PLAN, INCLUDING THE SUMMARY OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AND HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM ACTIVITIES AND PROPOSED USE OF FUNDS FOR PROGRAM YEAR 2024 2025 AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS THEY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

BUT SO I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR ACTION PLAN AND ADOPTION OF OUR CRC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FEDERAL FUNDING.

SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY HERE.

WE'VE HAD THE CDBG FUNDING SINCE 1985 AND OUR HOME IMPROVEMENT FUNDS SINCE 2003.

I JUST GOT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FORMULAS TO THE CDBG, AND IT PROVIDES A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY ON DOING THINGS.

OF COURSE, IT'S BENEFITS MODERATE TO LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.

MOST OF THE FUNDS, 65% OF THE FUNDS MUST BE SPENT ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES THAT ARE NOT PUBLIC SERVICES.

THERE IS A CAP ON PUBLIC SERVICES HOME FUNDS AGAIN, A LITTLE MORE A LITTLE MORE DETAIL IN DEALING WITH THOSE FUNDS.

THEY MUST BE SPENT ON ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH CREATING OR PROVIDING A HOME.

SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE ESPECIALLY MORE DIFFICULT TO SPEND ON.

15% SET ASIDE IS GOING TO BE FOR CHDO AND INDUSTRY CAP ON THAT.

10%. BUT WE ARE IN CURRENTLY IN YEAR FOUR OF A FIVE YEAR PLAN.

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS NOW OF SCHEDULING MEETINGS AND GETTING COMMUNITY INPUT AS WE START THE PROCESS TO DEVELOP OUR NEXT FIVE YEAR ACTION PLAN.

SO THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE TODAY WOULD BE FOR THE YEAR 25.

I JUST GOT A LITTLE BRIEF OVERVIEW OF HOW MUCH WE GOT.

SO LAST 2023, WE GOT A LITTLE MORE HOME MONEY THAN WE DID THIS YEAR.

BUT IN 2023 WE GOT A LITTLE LESS CDBG MONEY THAN WE DID THIS YEAR.

[01:05:01]

IF MY MATH IS CORRECT, DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, BUFFINGTON IS NOT ON THIS SLIDE.

BUT THE CRC GOT TOGETHER IN APRIL.

THEY HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS THE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY PRESENTED, AND THE CRC PROVIDED THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO FOR PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS, WE HAVE GOT THESE VARIOUS NONPROFITS HERE AND FOR OUR NON PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS.

A LOT OF THOSE ARE GOING TO BE RUN OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DIVISION, LIKE OUR EMERGENCY REPAIR PROGRAM, OUR HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM, OUR FIRST TIME HOME BUYER PROGRAM.

AND THEN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY IS ALSO AN AWARD RECIPIENTS THERE.

AND SO WITH THAT I WILL TAKE QUESTIONS AND ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, CURTIS. ANY QUESTIONS? SHELBY. YES.

THANK YOU CURTIS. AS THIS HAS COME BEFORE US OVER THE YEARS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT FREQUENTLY IS THE USE OF THE CDBG FUNDS.

PRIMARILY. AND I'M TRYING TO PULL THE CHART BACK UP FROM THE ACTION PLAN.

PRIMARILY IT'S TOWARD HOUSING REHABILITATION AND FIRST TIME HOMEBUYER ASSISTANCE.

AND I HAVE CHALLENGES WITH, I GUESS, THE AMOUNT THAT WE SPEND ON HOUSING REHABILITATION AND THAT WE'RE USING IT FOR FIRST TIME HOMEBUYER ASSISTANCE AT ALL.

IN HUD'S GUIDANCE, I'M LOOKING AT IT NOW.

THERE ARE NEVER MIND HOME FUNDS FOR THE SECOND FOR CDBG FUNDS.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS WE CAN SPEND THE MONEY ON LEGITIMATELY, THAT I THINK HAVE A BETTER EFFECT FOR A COMMUNITY LIKE OURS. AND AS I'VE SAID FOR A LONG TIME, WHERE IT COMES TO ISSUES OF HOMELESSNESS, I THINK AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS REALLY WORTH A POUND OF CURE. AND SO HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD REALLY WANT TO SEE THE LION'S SHARE, IF NOT ALL OF THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE PUT TOWARD IT.

RATHER THAN REHOUSING FIRST TIME HOME BUYER, ETC..

YES, SIR. I THINK WE PROBABLY GET YOUR INPUT ON THAT SORT OF THING.

THE FIRST TIME HOME BUYER.

RIGHT NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE IS A CAPACITY ISSUE, BECAUSE JUST GENERALLY THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE, WE'RE NOT USING IT FOR FIRST TIME HOME BUYER BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO QUALIFY ARE NOT FINDING YES AND I WOULD SAY WE HAVE NOT OH, I GOT YOU. YEAH.

SO YEAH.

BASED ON THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO, CURTIS, WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS IS ASKING FOR, CAN WE JUST ADD THAT TO THE LIST OR IS THAT SOMETHING WE'D HAVE TO COME BACK TO AS FAR AS HOMELESSNESS? HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION? I THINK PROBABLY WHAT WOULD I LIKE TO DO IS SIT AROUND AND SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND SEE KIND OF WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO SPEND IT ON, AND PROVIDE YOU PROBABLY MORE DETAILS ON WHAT WE ARE SPENDING IT ON AND JUST UNDERSTANDING KIND OF NEW TO CDBG AND HOME AND HOW THIS IS USED.

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME RESTRICTIONS AND SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH TO DO THAT.

BUT WE'D CERTAINLY BE OPEN TO THAT ACTION.

SO I'D BE GLAD TO THANK YOU.

AND CURTIS, WE ARE REACHING THE END OF THE ACTION PLAN.

SO WE'RE GETTING READY TO START THE STRATEGIC PLANNING AND DISCUSSION FOR A NEW PLAN.

AND THAT MIGHT BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE SOME MORE OF THAT STRATEGIC THINKING.

BUT AS IT AS IT GOES TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU WERE MENTIONING THAT A LOT OF THAT ISN'T USED FOR FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS, IT WOULD STILL BE APPROPRIATE TO PASS THIS TONIGHT AND STILL BE ABLE TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS.

YES, SIR. OKAY. WHAT IS THE DEADLINE FOR THE SUBMISSION OF THIS ACTION PLAN? I BELIEVE IT'S AUGUST 15TH.

OKAY, SO WE'RE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.

WE'RE KIND OF AT THAT LIMIT RIGHT NOW.

OKAY, SO WE HAVE TO PASS THE FINAL THING AUGUST 15TH.

I'M SORRY. WELL, WE HAVE TO SUBMIT OUR REPORTS TO HUD BY THAT DATE.

GOT IT. SO WE'VE ONLY GOT ONE MORE MEETING AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A BUSY ONE.

WELL, IT'S A PROPOSAL I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE TO.

I'M SORRY. LET ME OPEN YEAH. HOLD ON. HOLD ON.

IT WAS ACTUALLY. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

[LAUGHTER]. IT WAS.

IT WAS ACTUALLY A QUESTION FOR FOR HIM.

EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T NOT SOUND LIKE A QUESTION, BUT BASICALLY THIS IS JUST A PROPOSAL OF A PLAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO ADOPT FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING THE GRANT, RIGHT.

[01:10:02]

YES. FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO THIS PLAN INCLUDES ALL THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.

BUT ULTIMATELY WE DON'T HAVE TO USE THE MONEY FOR FIRST TIME HOME BUYER IF AT A LATER TIME WHEN WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DISTRIBUTING THE FUNDS.

SO AS FAR AS THE PROGRAMS LIKE THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE COMING THROUGH, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES INCLUDE FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS.

SO JUST FOR EXAMPLE YOU KNOW, I'M NOT AWARE IF I THINK WE LOOKED AT I DON'T THINK WE'VE BEEN HELPING PEOPLE TO BUY HOMES FOR THE FIRST TIME.

WELL, IT'S ONLY $8,000.

WELL, AND SO HERE'S THE $8,000.

A PORTION OF THAT IS FOR THE LITERATURE AND THE CLASSES THAT WE PUT ON FOR PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE TRYING TO GET MONEY FOR FIRST TIME HOMEBUYER PROGRAM, BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF FIRST TIME HOMEBUYER IS MUCH MORE THAN THAT, RIGHT? THE PROBLEM IS, IS RIGHT NOW, IF SOMEBODY'S COMING IN AND QUALIFYING, THAT THE INCOME LEVELS NEEDED TO BE THAT THEY NEED TO BE AT, THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY HOUSING STOCK IN PLANO.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE NOT JUST HAVE NOT SEEN THAT.

AND CURTIS IT'S NOT DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.

IT'S EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR SOMEBODY TRYING TO GET INTO A HOUSE.

THAT'S THAT'S HOW I UNDERSTOOD IT.

YEAH OKAY. THAT'S WHY IT'S ONLY $8,000 OKAY.

AND TO BE CLEAR THE LION'S SHARE OF THIS IS THE REHABILITATION.

SO IT'S ESPECIALLY ACQUIRING A PROPERTY, REHABBING IT AND BASICALLY FLIPPING IT AND HELPING.

YEAH. SO SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO BE EMERGENCY REPAIRS ELDERLY PEOPLE WITH ACS THOSE PEOPLE WHO MEET THOSE INCOME LIMITS.

AND WE'RE GOING OUT AND WE'RE DOING A LOT OF REHABILITATION, AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.

WE AREN'T ACQUIRING LAND.

WE'RE JUST DOING REHABS.

RIGHT. AND FOR THOSE INSTANCES OF REHABS, LIKE CRITICAL REPAIRS ON A HOME LIKE THAT FOR ELDERLY, THAT'S THE SORT OF THING THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED REGARDING THE GREAT UPDATE REBATE PROGRAM FOR APPLYING TO CRITICAL THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT THIS THE WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE, RIGHT? THERE WAS ONE COMMENT ABOUT FLIPPING.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT ENTERTAINING THIS FOR SPECULATIVE BUYERS AND THAT SORT OF.

NOT AT ALL. OKAY, JUST.

YEAH. OKAY. YOU HAVE TO QUALIFY.

SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE CLOSE.

WE'RE THE.

AND SO WE HAVE A RESOLUTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND.

EXCUSE ME. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL OPPOSED? OKAY, SO MOTION PASSES 7 TO 1.

NEXT ITEM IS SIMILAR.

[(3)  

Public Hearing and consideration of a Resolution to authorize a Substantial Amendment to the 2019-2020 Action Plan for the use of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant funds; and providing an effective date. Conducted and adopted Resolution No. 2024-7-6(R)

PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE 2019 2020 ACTION PLAN FOR THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

ALL RIGHT. THIS GOES HAND IN HAND WITH THAT.

AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WE GOT SOME FUNDING THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE CORONAVIRUS.

AND SO AND WE HAD A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.

AND WHAT HAPPENED IS, IS WE HAVE ABOUT $865,000 LEFT OF THAT MONEY AS REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS IS THIS HAS TO BE FOR TO MITIGATE CORONAVIRUS PROBLEMS. AND SO IN THIS CASE, YOU KNOW, OUR THEY CALL IT THE ASSISTANT CENTER WHO WAS DOING OUR RENTAL ASSISTANCE ON THIS.

THEY WERE NOT GETTING ENOUGH PEOPLE COMING IN THAT WERE QUALIFIED FOR THIS MONEY.

SO THIS MONEY IS LEFT OVER.

SO IN MEETINGS THAT WE HAD WITH COUNCILMAN AND COUNCILMAN HORNE THAT CAME UP WITH A WAY, HOW ARE WE GOING TO SPEND THIS? AND SO HUD HAS PROVIDED EDUCATION TO CITIES TO GIVE THEM IDEAS ON HOW TO DO THAT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IS TO PROVIDE THIS FUNDING TO SOME OF OUR NONPROFITS.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, IS AMENDING THIS TO INCLUDE TRANSITIONAL LIVING, RESIDENTIAL HOUSING.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR NONPROFIT HOMES.

AND THAT WAY THEY CAN PUT IN AIR CONDITIONING, VENTILATION STUFF THAT WILL HELP MITIGATE THE CORONAVIRUS THAT WE HAVE.

AND SO THAT QUALIFIES UNDER THE REQUIREMENTS FOR USING THIS.

[01:15:03]

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. ANY ANY QUESTIONS FOR CURTIS? GO AHEAD ANTHONY. MAYOR.

THIS THIS IS NOT A QUESTION.

I JUST WANT TO SAY COUNCIL MEMBER HORNE AND I WERE IN THESE MEETINGS AND THE STAFF DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF KIND OF PIVOTING AND SAYING, OKAY, HOW CAN WE PUT THESE FEDERAL FUNDS TO GOOD USE IN THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST FIND A WAY TO SPEND THEM SOMEHOW, BUT ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE THAT'S REALLY CONSTRUCTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THAT'S WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THIS FEDERAL LEGISLATION THAT WAS YOU KNOW, TIED TO THE CORONAVIRUS, WHICH, AS WE ALL KNOW, IS STILL AROUND, BUT NOT THE SAME AS IT WAS A FEW YEARS AGO. AND SO, ANYWAY, THE STAFF JUST DID AN EXCELLENT JOB ON THIS.

I WANTED TO COMMEND DIRECTOR HOWARD ALSO MANAGER EDEN AND EVERYONE WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.

JUST REALLY GREAT STUFF.

PERFECT. YEAH.

I JUST WANNA SAY, GO, HOWARD.

SPEND THE MONEY WISELY.

[LAUGHTER] YEAH. YES, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS, CURTIS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS.

I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

CONFINE THE COMMENTS TO THE COUNCIL.

I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. THANK YOU.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER THREE.

ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

MOTION PASSES 8 TO 0.

ALL RIGHT. ITEM FOUR.

[(4)  First Reading of an Ordinance to grant to Denton County Electric Cooperative, Inc., d/b/a CoServ Electric, a Texas electric cooperative corporation, its successors and assigns, a non-exclusive franchise to use the present and future streets, avenues, alleys, roads, highways, sidewalks, easements and other public rights-of-way in the City of Plano, Texas for the purposes of constructing and operating an Electric Distribution System; setting forth terms and conditions to govern the franchise; providing a repealer clause, a severability clause, a savings clause, a publication clause, and an effective date.  First reading complete.

FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO GRANT DENTON COUNTY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INCORPORATED, DOING BUSINESS AS COSERV ELECTRIC, A TEXAS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS, AND ASSIGNS A NON-EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE TO USE THE PRESENT AND FUTURE STREETS, AVENUES, ALLEYS, ROADS, HIGHWAYS, SIDEWALKS, EASEMENT, AND OTHER PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY IN THE CITY OF PLANO, TEXAS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING AND OPERATING AN ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION CENTER OR SYSTEM.

EXCUSE ME, SETTING FORTH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS TO GOVERN THE FRANCHISE, PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, SAVINGS CLAUSE, PUBLICATION CLAUSE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

ANDREW FORTUNE, DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS.

THIS IS A RENEWAL OF OUR REALLY NOT A RENEWAL, BUT A RENEGOTIATION OF OUR EXISTING COSERV ELECTRIC AGREEMENT FOR THE FIRST PERIOD OF TEN YEARS, WITH OPTIONAL RENEWALS FOR FIVE YEAR INCREMENTS.

WITHIN THIS AGREEMENT, WE WILL RECEIVE FEE PAYMENTS BASED ON 4% OF GROSS REVENUES FOR EACH OF THOSE CUSTOMERS.

JUST FOR PERSPECTIVE, COSERV COVERS ABOUT 10% OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, WITH ONCOR COVERING THE OTHER 90%.

THIS AGREEMENT HAS BEEN NEGOTIATED OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL MONTHS WITH OUR EXCELLENT LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THIS, OF COURSE, WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU FOR THE SECOND READING AT A FUTURE MEETING.

OKAY. AND I THINK THIS IS A UNIQUE ONE THAT THAT'S REALLY ALL THAT'S REQUIRED.

CORRECT. ALL RIGHT.

OH GOOD. THANK YOU ALL.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

PUBLIC INTEREST. COMMENTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST.

THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS TO ALLOW UP TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.

WITH 30 TOTAL MINUTES ON ITEMS OF INTEREST OR CONCERN AND NOT ON ITEMS ON THE CURRENT AGENDA.

[COMMENTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST]

THE COUNCIL MAY CHOOSE TO PLACE THE ITEM ON A FUTURE AGENDA.

WE DID HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL SIGN UP.

BUT THEY ARE NOT ON ZOOM.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER BUSINESS MEETING'S ADJOURNED.

IT'S BEEN LOVELY.

GOODBYE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.