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[PRELIMINARY OPEN MEETING]
THE COUNCIL WILL NOW RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN TRAINING ROOM A TO HOLD A CLOSED EXECUTIVE MEETING PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF VERNON'S TEXAS CODE 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 AND SECTION 551087 TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS.THANK YOU. I NOW DECLARE THAT THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL PRELIMINARY OPEN MEETING IS RECONVENED IN OPEN SESSION, THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE HOUSING TAX CREDIT RESOLUTION PROCESS UPDATE.
DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CURTIS HOWARD.
GOOD EVENING. MAYOR COUNCIL. CURTIS HOWARD, DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
AND HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE PROCESS OF REINSTITUTING OUR HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROCESS THAT WE HAVE, AND IT HAS BEEN ON HIATUS FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
SO JUST JUST A BRIEF HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROCESS IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM DESIGNED TO FUND TO FUND DEVELOPERS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO TRY AND PROMOTE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHIN VARIOUS AREAS.
THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS IS THE STATE AGENCY THAT GOES THROUGH THE PROCESS AND OVERSEES THAT PROCESS HERE IN TEXAS. SO FOR CITIES, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE IS WE'RE ONE STEP IN THIS PROCESS FOR HOUSING TAX CREDITS.
AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS, IS THE CITY WILL HAVE A A PROGRAM OR A PROCESS IN PLACE, AND DEVELOPERS WILL COME IN AND PROVIDE THEIR IDEAS ON WHAT'S GOING ON. AND THEN IT BECOMES A COMPETITIVE PROCESS, AND CITIES WILL HAVE TO MAKE A DETERMINATION OF WHETHER THERE IS A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT, A RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION OR NO RESOLUTION GRANTED.
THAT CAN BE VERY LUCRATIVE. AND SO IT BECOMES VERY IMPORTANT ON HOW WE DO THAT PROCESS.
MOST OF THEM, I THINK EIGHT OF THEM ARE APPROXIMATELY, THEY CATER TO THE ELDERLY POPULATION.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT FOUR THAT CATER TO THE GENERAL POPULATION.
AND THEY PROVIDE THAT TO THAT AFFORDABILITY THAT WE NEED DESPERATELY HERE IN PLANO.
AND WHAT THE PROCESS WAS, IS WE HAD MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF PLANO STAFF WOULD EVALUATE APPLICATIONS AND THEN GO TO COUNCIL WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT SHOULD BE WHAT SHOULD BE DONE IN 2021, BASED ON COUNCIL'S ADVICE.
WE CHANGED THAT. AND SO WE USED OUR CRC, THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION, AND THEY WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS SORT OF LIKE WE DO RIGHT NOW WITH THE NONPROFITS AND THAT FUNDING MODEL THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE.
AND THAT WENT ON FOR TWO YEARS, 2021, 2022. AND THEN WE DECIDED TO HIRE A CONSULTANT.
THE CITY DID TO OVERSEE AND LOOK AT THAT PROCESS AND SEE IF WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER.
SO THE CONSULTANT AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE'D HIRE A CONSULTANT TO DO OUR HOUSING STUDY.
AND SO WITH THOSE IN PLACE WITH THE CONSULTANTS RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH WAS THAT, THAT THIS REVERT BACK TO CITY EMPLOYEES TO DO THIS, TO DO THIS PROCESS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL.
IN JULY LET ME GO BACK IN JULY. WHAT WE DID IS WE TOOK THAT TO THE CRC, AND THEY RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUSLY THAT WE GO BACK TO THE WAY WE DO THINGS, THAT WE HAVE BASICALLY A BOARD OF OF CITY EMPLOYEES FROM VARIOUS FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT WILL MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.
AND THEN THAT WILL BE THEN THEN SUBMITTED TO COUNCIL FOR FINAL DETERMINATION.
AND SO THE TWO DECISIONS THAT THE CRC MADE IS THEY HAD OPTION ONE, WHICH IS THE BOLDED OPTION HERE, WHICH IS WHAT THEY DECIDE. AND THE SECOND OPTION WAS TO BASICALLY BRING IT BACK TO THE CRC AND HAVE THE CRC DO IT.
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LIKE I SAID, THE CRC SAID, HEY, WE WANT STAFF TO TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROCESS.AND SO AND THAT WILL BE THE QUESTION THAT I ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE ON TODAY IS WHAT PROCESS DO YOU WANT TO PUT IN PLACE? WE'VE GOT AN APPLICATION THAT WE HAVE THAT WE'VE BEEN EDITING THAT BASED UPON THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CONSULTANT BACK IN 2023, AND THEN WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS WE'RE GOING TO PUT THAT APPLICATION ON OUR WEBSITE AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO DEVELOPERS AT THE END OF NOVEMBER.
THAT THOSE APPLICATIONS WILL BE DUE IN JANUARY OF 2026, AND THEN THEY'LL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF BEING EVALUATED, IF THAT'S THE GUIDANCE COUNCIL GIVES US BY THE THE MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL TEAM, AND THEN CITY COUNCIL WILL PRESENT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL, AND THE DEVELOPERS WILL BE ABLE TO PRESENT TO YOU THEIR IDEAS TOO, ALONG WITH THAT.
AND THEN JUST JUST FOR PURPOSES OF THE REST OF THIS PROCESS AND IN FEBRUARY, H THE APPLICATIONS, I THINK IT SHOULD BE A 2026 RIGHT THERE. THEY SHOULD GO TO TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, AND THEN THE REST OF THE PROCESS WILL CONTINUE ON UNTIL TDC MAKES THEIR FINAL DETERMINATION.
SO WITH THAT AT THIS TIME, I GUESS THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS IF I IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M JUST LOOKING FOR GUIDANCE ON WHICH OPTION AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
ALL RIGHT. DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CURTIS? COUNCIL MEMBER HORNE. THANK YOU, CURTIS, FOR TERRIFIC PRESENTATION.
YES, SIR. JUST WANTED TO KNOW WE STARTED OFF REALLY WHEN WE HAD THESE EVALUATIONS.
WHY DID WE MAKE THOSE CHANGES FROM WHAT WE DID ORIGINALLY TO THIS NOW CRC REVIEW.
DO YOU RECALL WHY WE MADE THOSE CHANGES? I WASN'T PART OF THAT DECISION MAKING.
AND THEY THOUGHT MAYBE THE CRC MAY BE A BETTER BODY TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.
AND DID THE CRC IMPROVE THE PROCESS? YOU KNOW, IF, IF I UNDERSTAND AND I'VE GOT MR. EDEN HERE TO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I THINK THE PROBLEM WITH THE CRC IS, YOU KNOW, THIS THERE'S A LEARNING CURVE WITH THIS.
AND WHEN YOU DON'T DO A LOT OF THEM TO GET A BODY LIKE THE CRC TO LEARN HOW TO DO IT AND THEN TO PROPERLY SCORE THEM AND MAKE THESE DETERMINATIONS, I THINK IS A DIFFICULT PROPOSITION, AND I THINK THAT MAY BE WHY THE CONSULTANT MADE THE DETERMINATION TO TO BRING THAT BACK AND HAVE STAFF DO IT.
SO GOING BACK TO OPTION ONE, THAT WOULD REDUCE THE LEARNING CURVE.
YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. DEPUTY MAYOR.
YES. SO THE COUNCIL OR THE STAFF WOULD MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WOULD GO TO YOU.
THEN THOSE WOULD BE PRESENTED TO YOU FOR FINAL DETERMINATION.
AND THEN YOU YOU'D MAKE THE DETERMINATION WHICH ONE OF THESE OPTIONS.
WHICH ONE OF THESE OPTIONS WOULD BE AVAILABLE.
SO RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT. AGAIN. AND EACH ONE OF THESE HAS POINTS THAT THAT ARE ATTACHED TO IT.
AND SO BECAUSE OF THE COMPETITIVE NATURE OF THIS IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR THOSE DEVELOPERS.
SO THE STAFF WOULD MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION, THEN THE COUNCIL WOULD VOTE.
YES. FOR WHAT THEY WOULD CHOOSE. BUT THE APPLICATION THAT WE'RE GIVING TO THE DEVELOPERS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY FINISHED AND APPROVED, OR WOULD WE SEE THAT IN ADVANCE OF IT BEING MADE AVAILABLE? THE APPLICATION IS WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF FINISHING OF DOING A FINAL EDIT ON THAT, AND WE CAN CERTAINLY MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO YOU ONCE BEFORE WE PUT IT, BEFORE WE POST IT, IF THAT WOULD BE GOOD. YEAH.
OKAY. THANK YOU. SO IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH OPTION ONE? IS THAT ALL RIGHT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS EASY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU CURTIS. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER THREE.
ACCEPTANCE OF DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM HOLMER RESIGNATION.
OKAY, HERE, LET ME GET YOU ON. THANK YOU. MAYOR.
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IT'S NOT SOMETHING I EVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE DOING, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO.AS MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS KNOW, I SUBMITTED MY LETTER OF RESIGNATION LAST TUESDAY OR TWO TUESDAYS AGO AFTER OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING, AND I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD BE ON THE RECORD AND GO AHEAD AND SHARE IT WITH EVERYONE TONIGHT.
DEAR MAYOR MUNS AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I'M WRITING TO INFORM YOU OF MY DECISION TO RESIGN FROM THE CITY COUNCIL TO RUN FOR COUNTY OFFICE. I BELIEVE GOVERNMENT WORKS BEST WHEN PEOPLE HAVE CHOICES AND FAIR REPRESENTATION ON THEIR BALLOTS.
THE PEOPLE OF PLANO TRUSTED ME TO REPRESENT ALL OF THEM.
HONORING THAT TRUST IS AT THE HEART OF THIS DECISION.
I'M DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THE TRUST OUR COMMUNITY HAS PLACED IN ME, AND PROUD TO HAVE WORKED ALONGSIDE PAST AND PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OUR DEDICATED CITY STAFF TO KEEP PLANO A SAFE, VIBRANT, AND FORWARD THINKING CITY.
OUR RECENT DECISION TO ADOPT THE 2472, EXCUSE ME, TO ADOPT THE NEW 2472 FIREFIGHTER SCHEDULE REFLECTS WHAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT THIS CITY OUR SHARED COMMITMENT TO THOUGHTFUL, COMPASSIONATE LEADERSHIP, AND TO DOING WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO SERVE AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY EVERY DAY.
AND I WILL BE STICKING AROUND, I UNDERSTAND, UNTIL MY SEAT IS FILLED, AND I PLAN TO CONTINUE TO TO SERVE THE CITY FAITHFULLY MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. WELL, DEPUTY MAYOR, WE ARE.
WE ARE TOTALLY DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU'RE LEAVING OUR DAIS.
BUT WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU. AND BEING ABLE TO STEP UP AND CONTINUE TO SERVE IN A CAPACITY THAT WILL, WILL BE VERY MEANINGFUL TO THE COUNTY. UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ACCEPT DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM HOLMER RESIGNATION. SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND ALLOW YOU GUYS TO DO THAT, IF YOU'D LIKE. MR. MAYOR I DON'T WANT TO ACCEPT HER RESIGNATION, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
EVERYBODY ON THIS DAIS EXCEPT ONE WERE OVER HERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS ONE QUADRANT, AND WE HAD THIS ONE SHINING STAR ON THE OTHER SIDE THAT ALWAYS PROVIDED OUTSIDE THE BOX THINKING. AND THAT PERSON IS OUR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM, JULIE HOLMER.
I WOULD SAY SHE'S GOING TO BE MISSED. I'LL MISS HER.
HER EXPERTISE. I'LL MISS HER INSIGHTFUL QUESTIONS.
AND I'LL WELL, I'M NOT I WILL SAY I'LL MISS HER FRIENDSHIP, BUT I'M SURE WE'LL STAY CONNECTED.
SO THIS IS REALLY AWKWARD FOR ME, JULIE. YOU'RE SORT OF IN MY CLASS, SO EVERYBODY IN MY CLASS OF ELECTION MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE NOW GONE. ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
SO, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S REALLY BUT I THINK IT REALLY DOES SAY SOMETHING ABOUT PLANO THAT WE REALLY HAVE EXCELLENT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WILLING TO DEDICATE THEIR LIFE TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND CONTINUE TO DEDICATE THEIR LIVES TO PUBLIC SERVICE, WHETHER IT'S IN THE CITY OF PLANO OR IN THE ENTIRE COLLIN COUNTY, OR MAYBE TO THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO I ABSOLUTELY AM HONORED THAT WE HAD A CHANCE TO SERVE TOGETHER FOR HOW MANY YEARS NOW? SEVEN, FOUR YEARS. [LAUGHS] IT FELT LIKE NINE.
BUT ANYWAYS, JUST KIDDING. FOUR YEARS. I AM HONORED TO HAVE SERVED WITH YOU FOR FOUR YEARS, AND AND I WISH YOU THE BEST IN EVERYTHING YOU DO.
AND I KNOW THAT WHATEVER YOU TOUCH WILL BE TURNING INTO GOLD.
SO WITH THAT, I SECOND THE MOTION. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT JULIE MAKES ME SO PROUD. I, I WAS HELPFUL IN GETTING HER
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ELECTED TO THIS COUNCIL. AND FROM THE MOMENT WE FIRST SET OUT TO TO DO THAT, AND AND SHE HAS MADE ME PROUD. SHE'S MADE ME PROUD OF THE WAY SHE HAS POURED HER HER TIME AND HER HEART INTO THIS POSITION. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYONE HAS EVER PUT AS MUCH TIME AND EFFORT INTO THIS AS AS SHE HAS. WE'RE GOING TO MISS THAT. WE ARE GOING TO FEEL THAT VOID. SHE'S NOT GOING TO BE REPLACED. SHE'S GOING TO BE YOU KNOW, THE ROLE WILL BE FILLED, BUT I'M ALSO STILL PROUD THAT THAT YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE IT UPON YOURSELF TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THE EFFORT TO SERVE OUR PEOPLE, OUR PLANO.AND I KNOW THAT YOU WILL PUT THAT SAME EFFORT IN TO WHATEVER YOU DO IN THE FUTURE.
COUNCIL MEMBER QUINTANILLA. THANK YOU. MAYOR.
I RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE JULIE FOR HER INCREDIBLE SERVICE ON PLANO CITY COUNCIL.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE ALWAYS ACKNOWLEDGED AND RESPECTED ABOUT YOU. JULIE HAS ALWAYS LED WITH HEART AND A DEEP COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND HER IMPACT WILL BE FELT LONG AFTER HER TIME HERE ON COUNCIL.
SO I'LL BE STARING AT THAT CHAIR. AND SO, JULIE, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR FRIENDSHIP, AND YOUR UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO PLANO.
AND I WISH YOU NOTHING BUT THE BEST ON YOUR NEXT CHAPTER. THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER DOWNS. THANK YOU MAYOR. EVERYONE HERE HAS ARTICULATED HOW I FEEL ABOUT JULIE, SO I WON'T SAY ANYTHING OTHER THAN FROM THE DEPTHS OF MY HEART.
JULIE, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE FOR PLANO EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
FROM THE MOMENT YOUR PARENTS MOVED HERE AND YOU GREW UP HERE, AND YOU EMBRACED EVERYTHING ABOUT PLANO, AND YOU CONTINUE TO DO THAT. SHINE BRIGHTLY, MY FRIEND, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHERE YOUR PATH TAKES YOU.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KEHR. TO WRAP IT UP.
JULIE, I'VE WATCHED YOU FOR A LOT OF YEARS AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP, THE WAY YOU SHOW UP, THE WAY YOU'RE THERE FOR ALL OF THE CITIZENS, FOR EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, FOR EVERY BUSINESS. I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU FOR A LONG TIME, AND I ASPIRE TO BE THE SAME KIND OF COUNCIL PERSON THAT YOU HAVE BEEN.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. AND THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU.
AND WE'LL DO THIS BY HAND. ALL NOT IN FAVOR? ALL ACCEPTING IT? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. OKAY. MOTION PASSES 8 TO 0.
THE NEXT ITEM IS RELATED. IT'S A SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL A VACANCY UPDATE.
LISA, COULD YOU KIND OF GO OVER THE IMPORTANT DATES? I WILL, OKAY, HERE WE GO. THE IMPORTANT DATES.
HERE WE ARE. WE WILL BE CALLING THE ELECTION ON THE 10TH, YOUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
AND THAT WILL CREATE THE VACANCY. SO PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO START GATHERING THEIR SIGNATURES.
AT THAT POINT, 103 SIGNATURES WILL BE NEEDED ON THE PETITION.
NOVEMBER 11TH THROUGH DECEMBER 1ST IS THE FILING PERIOD.
DECEMBER 31ST IS THE LAST DAY FOR PEOPLE TO REGISTER TO VOTE.
THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD IS JANUARY 14TH THROUGH 27TH, AND JANUARY 31ST IS THE ELECTION DAY, AND IF WE NEED A RUNOFF, IT IS NOT UNTIL APRIL DUE TO THE PRIMARY.
SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE UPCOMING ELECTION? SO YOU THEY NEED 103 SIGNATURES. 103 SIGNATURES AND THE PACKET WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE ON NOVEMBER. ON NOVEMBER 10TH, WE'LL HAVE IT OUT THERE FOR THEM.
GOT IT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM.
CONSENT AND REGULAR AGENDAS. ANY ITEM COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE THAT.
THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST TO REMOVE ITEM H. THERE'S A SPEAKER FOR THAT.
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ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. COUNCIL ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION, ACTION OR FUTURE AGENDAS. YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF GETTING THROUGH PRELIMINARY SO FAST THAT WE WILL TAKE A RECESS AND RETURN AT 7:00.THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.