[PRELIMINARY OPEN MEETING] [00:00:03] I NOW DECLARE THAT THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL HAS CONVENED AN OPEN SESSION THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. THE COUNCIL WILL NOW RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND TRAINING ROOM 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 551-071, TO CONSULT WITH THE ATTORNEY TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE AND DISCUSS LITIGATION. AND SECTION 551-087 TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS. THANK YOU. I NOW DECLARE THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL PRELIMINARY OPEN MEETING IS RECONVENED IN OPEN SESSION THAT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE PRELIMINARY AGENDA IS CONSIDERATION AND ACTION RESULTING IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. OUR SECOND ITEM IS COLLIN COUNTY CONNECTS COMMITTEE PRESENTATION. ANDREW FORTUNE, DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS. ANDREW. ANDREW FORTUNE, DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS. SO, THIS EVENING WE WANTED TO FIRST START JUST WITH A RECAP OF SOME OF THE COUNCIL OBJECTIVES AS STAFF INTERPRETED FROM THE LAST MEETING WHERE WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION. CERTAINLY, AT THE TOP CONTINUITY OF SERVICE, COMMUNITY INPUT, THE CONNECTIVITY INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF PLANO. A PRIORITIZED SCHEDULE, MODERNIZED OPTIONS, AND FINALLY, EDUCATION AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR AN ALTERNATIVE TRANSIT SOLUTION. REGARDLESS OF ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS AND WHERE WE MAY END UP, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING STOOD UP AND READY TO GO. SO WITH THAT WE MOVED FORWARD PUTTING TOGETHER THE STRUCTURE OF THE COLLIN COUNTY CONNECTS COMMITTEE. INITIALLY, YOU KNOW, STAFF HAD SUGGESTED AN EIGHT MEMBER APPOINTED BOARD. SHOULD COUNCIL WANT TO CHANGE ANY OF THESE ASPECTS? IT IS, OF COURSE, YOUR PREROGATIVE. WE THOUGHT THAT IT'D BE IMPORTANT, AND WE PLAN TO HAVE STAFF LIAISONS FROM ACROSS THE CITY WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS REPRESENTED IN THOSE MEETINGS. NOT TO HAVE OUR FINGER ON THE SCALE, BUT RATHER JUST TO BE A RESOURCE. SO IF ANY REPORTS FROM THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS NEED TO BE COMPILED, RESEARCH, ETC., WE CAN HANDLE THAT. THE COMMITTEE THEMSELVES IDEALLY ARE LOOKING TO REVIEW THE VENDORS AND POSSIBLE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR CONTINUITY OF SERVICE AND ULTIMATELY WILL PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THIS BODY. SO TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TIMELINE, AGAIN, YOU SEE UP THERE, COUNCIL DIRECTION WAS GIVEN ON THE FIFTH OF THIS MONTH. WE HAD APPLICATIONS OPEN. WE HAD NEARLY 100 APPLICANTS. SO A LOT OF INTEREST AND WE WERE EXCITED TO SEE THAT INTEREST ON THIS ISSUE. TONIGHT WE'LL BE CONSIDERING THE APPOINTMENTS. TOMORROW WE WILL SEND THE APPOINTEES A PACKET WITH INFORMATION ON THE ROLES, THE COMMITTEE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, THE DIFFERENT VENDORS, AS WELL AS A SURVEY THAT WE HOPE TO RECEIVE RESULTS BACK FROM HELPING THE COMMITTEE GET STARTED WITH A RANKING OF PRIORITIES. SO WHETHER THAT BE COST, SAFETY, EQUITY, WHATEVER THOSE ELEMENTS ARE, THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT THOSE AND PRIORITIZE THEM. WE HAVE SUGGESTED THAT THE MEETINGS TAKE PLACE FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF DECEMBER, AND THAT THE 16TH OF DECEMBER, AT THE COUNCIL MEETING BE THE REPORT OUT DATE. HOWEVER, UNDERSTANDING THIS IS A VERY CONDENSED TIME FRAME. WE'VE BUILT IN ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS SHOULD THE COMMITTEE WISH TO WORK A LITTLE BIT LONGER. OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THE LONGER THAT WE WAIT, THE LESS TIME WE'LL HAVE TO STAND UP AN OPTION, SO WE WANTED TO PROVIDE AT LEAST A PRIORITIZED SCHEDULE ON THE FOREFRONT. SO YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT DATES FOR A POTENTIAL START DATE FOR THIS ALTERNATIVE. WE ENVISION BECAUSE DART SERVICES WILL MAINTAIN UNINTERRUPTED BETWEEN NOW AND THE ELECTION, WE ANTICIPATE PHASING IN THIS ALTERNATIVE, BUT HAVING IT READY TO GO THE NEXT DAY AFTER THE ELECTION, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THOSE RESULTS MIGHT BE. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THERE THE, THE TIMELINE AS WE'VE ANTICIPATED IT. AND SO JUST ONCE AGAIN, I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE HERE OF THE CURRENT DART SERVICE AREA AND AREAS IN TOWN THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNSERVED. BUT WITH THAT, I JUST AM HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THE COMMITTEE STRUCTURE OR APPOINTMENTS, HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ANDREW. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANDREW? ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM IS PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS TO THE COLLIN COUNTY CONNECTS COMMITTEE MEMBERS CHAIR. I THINK ALL OF YOU HAVE A COLLIN COUNTY CONNECTS COMMITTEE NOMINEE LIST. AND WHAT WE HAVE HERE, AND THE RECOMMENDATION HAS BEEN EIGHT ON THAT COMMITTEE. AND AGAIN, THIS IS HELPING US IN QUITE FRANKLY, SIX DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF [00:05:09] DISABILITY SENIOR TRANSIT RIDER UNDER REPRESENTATIVE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS OWNER. THESE CATEGORIES WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET THE INFORMATION THAT THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO REALLY MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT LEAVING ANY GAPS ON SERVICE NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF PLANO. SO BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS OKAY WITH THE NUMBER. BECAUSE WE IT AGAIN, IT'S EITHER EIGHT OR, YOU KNOW, COULD BE SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE 10 TO 12 OR 16. BUT ANYTHING ABOVE THAT, I THINK WE'VE ALL HAD EXPERIENCE WITH 16 MEMBERS BEING VERY DIFFICULT TO GET A WHOLE LOT DONE. SO I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO GO ANY DIRECTION YOU WANT TO GO. AND I'LL BE GLAD TO TAKE YOUR THOUGHTS. MAYOR PRO TEM. SO, I'M, I AM ASKING THAT WE BE ALLOWED TO APPOINT TWO. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE THAN 100 APPLICANTS IN, IN THIS YOU KNOW, THAT SHOWS THAT A LOT OF INTEREST IN WANTING TO PARTICIPATE IN PLANNING OUR NEW TRANSIT SYSTEM. AND I THINK HAVING EIGHT WOULD BE REALLY DIFFICULT TO GET THIS WHATEVER THE COMMITTEE DECIDES AND GET THAT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. BUT WHEREAS IF WE HAVE TWO FROM EACH OF THE CATEGORIES LIKE DISABILITY, SENIOR, BUSINESS, DOWNTOWN, UNDERREPRESENTED, TRANSIT, RIDERS, AND JUST PLAIN OLD RESIDENTS, THEN THEY COULD SORT OF HELP EACH OTHER IN TRYING TO COMMUNICATE OR BE THE LIAISON TO COMMUNICATE WHAT IS BEING DISCUSSED AND WHAT IS THE REASON RATIONALE FOR WHATEVER DECISION THAT THEY MAKE. SO THAT WOULD THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE 12 PLUS ONE, WHICH WOULD BE THE CHAIR. SO IT'D BE 13. WELL WE HAVE OH YOU KNOW, YOU OH YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO EACH ONE OF US. WELL YOU SAID TWO PER CATEGORY. WELL THAT'S TRUE. YOU'RE RIGHT. BUT I WAS HOPING FOR TWO PER COUNCIL PERSON. I THINK THAT WOULD BE FAIR. I MEAN, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW. OKAY, LET ME GET SOME MORE INPUT. COUNCIL MEMBER HORNE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANT TO KIND OF MIRROR MAYOR PRO TEM TU'S REMARKS IN THAT THE NUMBER OF RESPONSE, THE NUMBER OF COMMENTS WE RECEIVED WITH OVER 100 PEOPLE, THAT SHOWS THAT THERE'S CERTAINLY A CIVIC INTEREST HERE, BUT I'M SOMEWHAT ONE OF THOSE FOLKS THAT I THINK AFTER HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND A NUMBER OF FOLKS WE HAD ON THAT, THAT 16 IS VERY DIFFICULT TO MANAGE AND GET TO GET WELL ON THAT ONE. WE HAD TO GET CONSENSUS ON THIS ONE. AGAIN, I LOOKED AT THE SCOPE OF SERVICES THAT WE'RE ASKING THEM, AND THAT CAN BE MANAGED FAIRLY WELL WITH A STRONG MANAGER OF THE GROUP. BUT I THINK, AGAIN, 16 IS REALLY TOO MUCH TO ASK. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING ALONG REPRESENTATION OF TWO PER CATEGORY THAT WILL REDUCE THE NUMBER TO SOMEWHAT MANAGEABLE. AND THAT'S PLUS THE CHAIR. THAT'D BE A TOTAL OF 13. BUT I THINK IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE AT LEAST GET TWO PER CATEGORY. AND THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF MEETINGS IN DECEMBER, AND AS WE HAD WITH THE BOND REFERENDUM COMMITTEE, WHERE WE SOUGHT CITIZENS INPUT, WE HAD ABSENCES. AND I THINK DURING THESE UPCOMING MONTHS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ABSENCES. AND SO THAT'S WHY I KIND OF LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING TWO PER CATEGORY AND GOING WITH A SINGLE CHOICE AS A MANAGER. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER LAVINE. I TEND TO AGREE WITH THE IDEA OF TWO PER CATEGORY AND COMING TO A TOTAL OF NO MORE THAN 12 OR 13. AND I SAY THERE'S FLEXIBILITY THERE BECAUSE THERE WE MAY WISH TO STACK ONE OF THE GROUPS EVEN A LITTLE MORE THAN TWO. BUT DEFINITELY TWO PER WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION. AND IF, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A NEED TO ADD MORE CERTAINLY WITH THE CHAIR AND SUCH THEN WE DO THAT. OKAY. MAYOR, CAN I GET SOME CLARIFICATION? SO, WHEN WE SAY TWO PER CATEGORY, I COUNTED THERE'S SEVEN CATEGORIES. [00:10:09] ARE WE JUST HAVING 6 CATEGORIES? GIVE ME THOSE LISTS BECAUSE I'VE ONLY GOT SIX. OKAY. SO RESIDENT DOESN'T COUNT. SO DISABILITY. WELL, THEY'RE ALL RESIDENTS. WE HAD A SEPARATE CATEGORY FOR PLANO RESIDENT. SO DISABILITY, SENIOR, BUSINESS OWNER, DOWNTOWN, UNDERREPRESENTED AND THEN RIDERS. AND THEN THERE'S A SEPARATE CATEGORY FOR PLANO RESIDENT. THE RESIDENTS WERE ONLY TWO PEOPLE. CORRECT. AND THE REASON WHY WAS THEY DIDN'T PUT ANY CATEGORIES DOWN. SO THEY DIDN'T CHARACTERIZE THEMSELVES IN ONE OF THE OTHER CATEGORIES. THEY LEFT THOSE COMPLETELY BLANK. SO THAT'S JUST HOW WE CAPTURED THAT. THAT'S NOT ITS OWN CATEGORY. I THINK THE SIX ARE APPLICABLE TO HAVING EXPERIENCE IN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER WITH TRANSIT, WITH MASS TRANSIT AUTHORITY THROUGH DART. AND SO THAT THAT WOULD BE SIX CATEGORIES. AND THEN WE'D ADD THE CHAIR AND THAT'D BE 13. IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START WITH THE CHAIR, I'M GOING TO. AND WHAT WE'LL DO IS ONCE WE GET THROUGH AND WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSIONS ON ANY OF THESE PEOPLE, IF YOU'D LIKE, WE'LL GET THE 13 RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN WE'LL VOTE ON ALL OF THEM, OKAY. SO AND I'LL JUST GO DOWN THIS LIST. SO I AM RECOMMENDING PHIL DYER AS THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE. MAYOR PRO TEM. I ONLY RECOMMEND ONE, IS THAT THE WAY IT WORKS? YEAH. YOU CAN MAKE, YOU CAN MAKE A. LET'S, DO YOU WANT TO GO DOWN THE CATEGORIES? SO, LET'S START WITH THE DISABILITY CATEGORY. AND AGAIN, I DON'T WE'LL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE TWO. BUT ANYBODY THAT HAS A RECOMMENDATION. FOR A DISABILITY CATEGORY GO AHEAD AND ASK FOR THE MIC AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MAKE YOUR MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION ON THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER KEHR. YES. FOR THE DISABILITY, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE TODD MARVIN FROM MY POSSIBILITIES. OKAY. OKAY. HOLD ON. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. I'D LIKE TO APPOINT CHRISTINA RANNABARGAR. SHE IS THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR FRESENIUS, IT'S A KIDNEY DIALYSIS CENTER. ANY OTHER. ANY OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DISABILITY? COUNCIL MEMBER LAVINE. I'D LIKE TO PUT IAN SMITH INTO THE HOPPER. OKAY, SO WE HAVE 3 IN THE DISABILITY CATEGORY. ANY THOUGHTS ON THOSE THREE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER? I KNOW WE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE MORE IN ONE CATEGORY THAN OTHER, BUT JUST TO BE SAFE, I THINK WE SHOULD LIMIT IT TO TWO PER CATEGORY. SO, MR. MAYOR, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE JUST GO DOWN AND PUT ALL THE NAMES DOWN AND THEN MAYBE TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS AND DETERMINE WHAT WE YOU KNOW, WHAT WE ULTIMATELY WANT TO VOTE ON SO THAT WE COULD GET ALL THE NAMES DOWN FIRST. ALL RIGHT. YEAH, WE CAN'T DO THAT, BUT IAN SMITH. IF I COULD MAKE A SUGGESTION. CHRISTINA COULD BE IN THE BUSINESS OWNERS CATEGORY. [00:15:03] AND WHAT IS, I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME. WHAT IS CHRISTINA'S. OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SHE IS WITH A DIALYSIS FACILITY. OKAY. SO WE COULD HAVE HER IN THAT OTHER CATEGORY. IS THERE. IS EVERYBODY OKAY? EXCUSE ME. SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER. DOWNS. GO AHEAD. IT'S FINE. HE WAS SAYING WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. MAYOR. OKAY. SO IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH PUTTING CHRISTINA IN A BUSINESS OWNER CATEGORY AND LEAVING TODD MARVIN AND IAN SMITH IN THE DISABILITY? I JUST I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE THE OPTIONS ARE, BUT THIS IS KIND OF HARD FOR ME. YEAH. MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO HEAR EVERYBODY'S NAMES. NO, NO NO, NO, I'M JUST, WE'RE JUST MOVING HER OVER TO BUSINESS OWNER RIGHT NOW. THAT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE VOTING ON IT. OKAY. SO IN THE NEXT CATEGORY IS SENIOR. I'M GOING TO PUT EVERYBODY UP SO YOU CAN JUST DISCUSS IT WITHOUT ME DOING. THERE YOU GO, MR. MAYOR. YEAH. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE JOY HINKELMAN FOR THE SENIOR. OKAY. SHE WORKS AT OUR WELLNESS CENTER NOW, AND SHE CERTAINLY KNOWS ALL THE SENIORS THAT ARE COMING IN. AND, MAYOR, I CONCUR WITH THAT. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER HORNE JUST BEAT ME TO THAT. SORRY. OKAY. I WAS GOING TO INCLUDE JUNE JENKINS. THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY NOMINATION TOO. IN THAT CATEGORY. ANY ANYONE ELSE IN THE SENIOR CATEGORY? I THINK THOSE ARE TWO GOOD CHOICES. OKAY. LET'S GO TO TRANSIT RIDER. THANK YOU. MR. MAYOR. YES. ON TRANSIT. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE BRETT COOPER. OKAY. BRETT. I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HORNE. OKAY. MR. MAYOR. YES, GO AHEAD. I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND NATHANIEL ADAM. OKAY. AND I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO CONCUR WITH COUNCIL MEMBER LAVINE ON THAT ONE. NATHANIEL ADAM. ADAM. TRANSIT RIDER. ANYONE ELSE IN THE TRANSIT RIDER CATEGORY? I ALSO HAVE AS A POSSIBILITY ADAM KOLODNY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE HAVE CATEGORY. WHAT? CATEGORY 4 IS UNDERREPRESENTED. MR. MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND JOHN YANG. MR. MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND DAVID EVANS. OKAY. IS IT DAVID EVANS? WOULDN'T HE BE, LIKE, IN DOWNTOWN? HE'S NOT. I'M GOOD WITH EITHER ONE. WE CAN PUT HIM EITHER UNDERREPRESENTED OR DOWNTOWN. BUT THAT WAS MY NOMINATION. OKAY. ANY ANYBODY ELSE IN UNDERREPRESENTED. OH, OKAY. YEAH. SO SORRY. NO. DOWNTOWN. I THINK ONE OF THEM WOULD BE COREY REINECKER. RIGHT. WE OKAY WITH THAT? I'M GOOD WITH THAT. I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST CATHERINE WALSH. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE IN DOWNTOWN? I THINK AS A POSSIBILITY FOR DOWNTOWN AND BUSINESS OWNER WOULD BE PIERCE CRAVENS. OKAY. BUSINESS OWNER AND I PUT CHRISTINA BURGER IN BUSINESS OWNER. [00:20:05] SO THAT COVERS. YEAH. PIERCE. COULD PIERCE COULD BE THAT ONE. PIERCE COULD ALSO BE THAT INSTEAD OF DOWNTOWN MR. MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST MICHELLE BRUBAKER FOR BUSINESS OWNER. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. AND EVERYBODY OKAY WITH PUTTING PIERCE CRAVENS AT BUSINESS OWNER OR. I MEAN, THERE'S THREE. THERE'D BE THREE IN EITHER OF THOSE CATEGORIES. I THINK IF WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP OUR COUNT DOWN AND NOT TWO PER PERSON, AND IT'S GREAT WHEN WE'VE GOT CROSSOVER WITH LIKE THE DOWNTOWN AND THE BUSINESS OWNER. YEAH. OR DOWNTOWN AND RIDER BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THAT WITH LIKE COREY REINECKER AS WELL. HE'S A RIDER AND DOWNTOWN JUST A JUST A THOUGHT. I THINK SOME OF THOSE CROSSOVERS HELPS US. OKAY. MEMBERS DOWN. AND THEN FINALLY OR NO, THAT WAS IT. THAT'S IT. OKAY, SO I HAVE THREE CATEGORIES THAT JUST HAVE TWO. WE HAVE UNDERREPRESENTED, JOHN YANG AND DAVID EVANS. DISABILITY, TODD MARVIN AND IAN SMITH. SENIOR, JOEL HINCHMAN AND JUNE JENKINS. SO WE HAVE TO DETERMINE. AND DOWNTOWN HAS COREY REINECKER AND KATHRYN WALSH. IS IT IS THAT OKAY? DID WE HAVE TWO FOR TRANSIT? WE HAVE THREE. THREE. WHO WAS THE THIRD ON TRANSIT? ADAM KOLODNY. OKAY. IS THAT THE RIDER? TRANSIT. RIDER? YES. THANK YOU. SO, WE HAVE JUST TWO CATEGORIES. ONE BUSINESS OWNER. WE HAVE CRYSTAL RANNABARGAR AND MICHELLE BRUBAKER. IS THAT RIGHT? AND PIERCE CRAVENS. I'M SORRY. SO, PIERCE CRAVEN. THIS WOULD BE BUSINESS OWNER. OKAY. PIERCE CRAVEN AND COREY REINECKER. THEY. NO, NO. THEY CROSSED TWO. NO, NO. COREY IS IN DOWNTOWN. OKAY. PIERCE, WE MOVED OVER TO BUSINESS. OKAY. OWNER I HAVE THAT, SO IT WOULD BE PIERCE CRAVENS. CHRISTINA ROSENBERGER AND MICHELLE. BRUBAKER. BRUBAKER. ANY. I THOUGHT. ANY RECOMMENDATION? I THOUGHT DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM WAS TALKING ABOUT IN ORDER TO REDUCE, WE COULD USE THE PEOPLE WHO CAN CROSS OVER BETWEEN BUSINESS. AND WE DID, WE MOVED PIERCE FROM DOWNTOWN OVER TO BUSINESS OWNER. BUT THEY BOTH ARE THREE OR. WELL, THEY'RE NOT NOW. SO BUSINESS OWNER HAS THREE AND SO DOES TRANSIT RIDER. WE'LL GET TO THAT LAST. EVERYBODY ELSE, I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE. EXCEPT FOR. THERE'S THREE IN BUSINESS OWNER AND THREE IN TRANSIT RIDER. MR. MAYOR. YES. I'D LIKE TO ENDORSE CHRISTINA. BECAUSE I THINK SHE BRINGS UP A VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF FIRMS THAT SCHEDULE PARATRANSIT. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE A VERY IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION. I'D ALSO LIKE TO ENDORSE MICHELLE BRUBAKER. SHE HAS EXPERIENCE IN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND IS A LONG TIME RESIDENT HERE WITH A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN TRANSIT AGENCIES. I THINK THAT HER EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE WOULD BE VERY VALUABLE. OKAY. ANYBODY THIS IS REALLY NOT A MOTION AND A SECOND, BUT IT'S REALLY KIND OF A MAJORITY. IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT? IT'S. SO I'M SORRY, ARE WE. WHICH ONE? WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE BUSINESS OWNER CATEGORY RIGHT NOW. CHRISTINA AND. CHRISTINA AND MICHELLE. AND MICHELLE. [00:25:07] I'M OKAY WITH THAT. I DO APPRECIATE WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER LAVINE SAID ABOUT MICHELLE AND HER EXPERIENCE IN TRANSPORTATION. I'M OKAY WITH CHRISTINA AND MICHELLE, SO I'LL SUPPORT. YES. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN FINALLY, ON TRANSIT RIDER BRETT COOPER, NATHANIEL ADAM, AND ADAM KOLODNY. I'D LIKE TO ENDORSE BRETT COOPER. OKAY. LIKEWISE. I WOULD LIKE TO ENDORSE BRETT BECAUSE OF HIS HISTORY OF RIDING BUSSES AND TRANSIT SERVICE WHEN HE WAS LIVING IN PLANO AND WORKING IN SOUTHWEST RESEARCH. OKAY. SO HE CERTAINLY KNOWS THE INS AND OUTS OF THE TRANSIT SYSTEM AS IT IS TODAY. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN I BELIEVE NATHANIEL ADAM HAD. NATHANIEL HAS EXPERIENCE WRITING THE SYSTEM FROM THE LEGACY AREA, WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM THE DOWNTOWN AREA. I BELIEVE HE WORKS FOR USAA, RIGHT? CORRECT. AND HE IS SOMEONE WHO, AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO I THINK WILL BE REPRESENTING THE DOWNTOWN AREA. I THINK THAT THE AREA AROUND LEGACY IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL FOR US TO HAVE GOOD REPRESENTATION. I AGREE WITH THAT. I WOULD AGREE TO THOSE WERE THE REASONS THAT MR. ADAM WAS ON MY LIST. OKAY, I AGREE TOO. SO LET ME SEE IF I CAN GO DOWN THIS LIST. WE WOULD HAVE PHIL DYER AS THE CHAIR OF THE COLLIN COUNTY CONNECTS COMMITTEE. TODD MARVIN AND IAN SMITH ON THE DISABILITY. CHRISTINA RANNABARGAR AND MICHELLE BRUBAKER AND BUSINESS OWNER. JOEY HINKLEMAN AND JUNE JENKINS AND SENIOR. BRETT COOPER AND NATHANIEL ADAM AND TRANSIT RIDER. JOHN YANG AND DAVID EVANS AND UNDERREPRESENTED. AND COREY REINECKER AND CATHERINE WALSH AS DOWNTOWN. I'M NOT SURE IF EVERYONE THAT NOMINATED HAD ACTUALLY CHECKED WITH PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AVAILABLE FOR THE MEETING. SO IF POSSIBLE, I WOULD LIKE TO AT LEAST PUT AN ALTERNATE IF SOMEBODY IS NOT ABLE TO MAKE THE MEETING TIMES. DO WE KNOW WHEN THE MEETING TIMES ARE? HAS THAT BEEN ESTABLISHED? SO I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO STILL LIKE TO KEEP ADAM KOLODNY ON THE LIST AS MAYBE AN ALTERNATIVE. AND PEARCE CRAVEN AND PIERCE CRAVENS. YEAH, THOSE ARE TWO. IS THAT. YEAH. OKAY. IS THAT EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THOSE TWO ALTERNATES? YES, YES, YES. SO THOSE ARE OUR 13. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. DO YOU NEED CLARIFICATION? YOU WANT A MOTION? OKAY. CATEGORIES? DO YOU WANT ME TO READ THEM OFF AGAIN? NO. OKAY, I'LL DO A MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY. I SECOND IT. THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE. THE COLLIN COUNTY CONNECTS COMMITTEE. ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 8 TO 0. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MR. MAYOR. IF I CAN MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT, PLEASE. AND THAT IS I BELIEVE WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE EACH OF THESE MEMBERS TO REACH OUT TO THE OTHER FOLKS WHO HAVE APPLIED AND YOU KNOW, TRY TO GET THEIR OPINIONS AND THOUGHTS AS THE PROCESS MOVES FORWARD. SOUNDS GREAT. ALL RIGHT. UPDATE REGARDING REMAINING HERITAGE PRESERVATION FUNDS. CHRISTINA. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M DREW BRAWNER, COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING MANAGER, AND I'LL BE PROVIDING THE UPDATE TONIGHT ON THIS YEAR'S HERITAGE PRESERVATION GRANT FUNDS. SO TO RECAP, FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 2526 1.5 MILLION IN HOTEL MOTEL TAX REVENUE WAS ALLOCATED FOR HERITAGE GRANTS. AT THE AUGUST GRANT WORKSHOP, OUR HERITAGE COMMISSION CHAIR PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW THAT THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED JUST OVER 1.1 MILLION TO BE ALLOCATED TO SEVEN NONPROFIT [00:30:07] ORGANIZATIONS FOR PROJECTS AND EVENTS THAT PROMOTE TOURISM. THE REMAINING FUNDS WERE RECOMMENDED TO BE USED FOR OTHER HERITAGE PROJECTS, INCLUDING CITY INITIATED PROJECTS AND THE EMERGENCY HERITAGE GRANT FUND. THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE SUPPORTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL DURING THE AUGUST 14TH, 2025 GRANT WORKSHOP AND APPROVED AS PART OF THE 2025-26 BUDGET. SINCE THEN, FOR THE CITY INITIATED PROJECTS, PLANNING AND SPECIAL PROJECT STAFF WORK TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY ELIGIBLE PROJECTS THAT WOULD PROMOTE HERITAGE TOURISM. RECOMMENDED PROJECTS WERE PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION AT THEIR OCTOBER 22ND MEETING AND INCLUDE TWO DOWNTOWN ACTIVATION PROJECTS, WHICH INCLUDE RECURRING HISTORIC WALKING TOURS IN DOWNTOWN PLANO TO BE LED BY STORYTELLERS, AND AN EVENT TO PROMOTE THE COMPLETION OF TWO UPCOMING STREETSCAPE PROJECTS, THE J PLACE PEDESTRIAN ALLEYWAY IMPROVEMENTS AND STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS, AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF K AVENUE AND 15TH. NEXT IS A ROTATING MURAL PROJECT, WHICH WILL PROVIDE FUNDING FOR ARTISTS TO CREATE AND DISPLAY ROTATING MURALS. AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF K AND 15TH, AND THIRD IS A WELCOME ART PROJECT, WHICH WILL PROVIDE FUNDING FOR ARTISTS TO CREATE AND DISPLAY ROTATING MURALS AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER. EXCUSE ME. AT THE CORNER. THE ROTATING MURAL PROJECT AT K AND 15TH AND THE WELCOME ART PROJECT WILL REPLACE THE CURRENT MONUMENT SIGN AT THE CORNER OF G AVENUE AND 15TH STREET. THE HERITAGE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THESE ITEMS BY A VOTE OF 5 TO 0, AND IF SUPPORTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, STAFF WILL BEGIN TO PLAN AND IMPLEMENT THESE ITEMS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. CONSENT AND REGULAR AGENDAS. IS THERE AN ITEM A COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE? ALL RIGHT. ANY COUNCIL ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION ON FUTURE AGENDAS? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL TAKE A TWO MINUTE BREAK AND RETURN AT 7:00. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.