Apr 13, 2026 City Council

YOU THOUGHT YOU SHOW A BRACELET? WELL, YOU CAN USE IT AS BRACELET TOO.

YEAH.

DID EVERYBODY GET ONE? YEAH.

CAN WE TAKE A PICTURE REAL QUICK? YEP.

AND FACE, FACE STILL RIGHT THERE.

HERE YOU GET IN FRONT.

YOU NEED TO, YOU'D BE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.

TWO, THREE.

1, 2, 3.

DID YOU GUYS GET, I DID SOME YOUR PHONE.

DID YOU GET IT? OKAY.

THANK YOU GUYS.

APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

PROCLAMATION, UH, TODAY AND WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE THESE VISITORS HERE TODAY WITH US.

APPRECIATE IT.

SO WE HAVE, SO WE HAVE, UH, A

[Proclamation: April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month]

APRIL IS NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH.

SO I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD, UH, SOME FRIENDS.

KATE BRAND, LAND BOARD MEMBER WITH FOSTER FRIENDS, TERRY GREEN, PRESENT AND EXECUTIVE BOARD WITH FOSTER FRIENDS SUSAN ETHERIDGE, BOARD MEMBER WITH FO FOSTER FRIENDS, UM, JANINE DAVIS, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES.

BRITTANY PEARSON, VP OF PERMANENCY WITH EMPOWER AND TAT, TATIANA STEVENSON CHILD, WE WELFARE AND EMPOWER.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE.

SO THE NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH IS APRIL, 2026.

SO WHEREAS THE MONTH OF APRIL IS NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH, THE

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TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND TAKE STEPS TO MAKE A BIG IMPACT ON THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF OUR CHILDREN AND OUR COMMUNITY.

OFFERING SUPPORT TO FAMILIES IN CRISIS IS ESSENTIAL TO PREVENT THE ABUSE AND MALTREAT MAL MALTREATMENT OF ALL CHILDREN.

WHEREAS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AWARENESS AND ACTIONS OF MANY.

IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL TO HELP PREVENT CHILD ABUSE BY BUILDING LOCALIZED SUPPORT NETWORKS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE WELLBEING OF OUR FAMILIES AND THE CHILDREN ENTRUSTED TO THEM.

CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION OCCURS EVERY DAY THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT.

CHILD ABUSE.

PREVENTION OCCURS EVERY DAY THROUGH DILIGENT WORK AND TIRELESS ADVOCACY UNDERTAKEN BY FAMILIES, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, HOUSES OF FAITH, ADVOCACY GROUPS, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, SCHOOLS AND HEALTHCARE WORKERS.

WHEREAS EACH YEAR, THE MONTH OF APRIL IS DEDICATED TO RECOGNIZING THE CRITICAL WORK BEING DONE TO SUPPORT FAMILIES AND MITIGATE THE CHALLENGES THEY FACE THROUGH INITIATIVES LIKE TEXAS GO BLUE DAY AND PINWHEELS FOR PREVENTION.

WE STAND TOGETHER TO BUILD A STRONG, SAFE, HEALTHY FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY, SETTING UP FUTURE GENERATIONS TO SUCCEED.

NOW, THEREFORE, I JOHN MUS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PLANO, TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL, 2026 IS NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH IN PLANO.

AND I DO HEREBY ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN ME AND THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL IN SUPPORTING ALL ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK TIRELESSLY TO ERADICATE CHILD ABUSE IN PLANOS THAT ALL CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES ENJOY A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE CITY OF EXCELLENCE.

CONGRATULATIONS.

HOW ARE YOU? SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.

CAN WE, CAN WE TAKE A PICTURE? COMMIT EVERYBODY COME ON IN.

SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT.

NOW WE HAVE A GREAT PRESENTATION.

MM-HMM .

[Presentation: 2026 Spring Plano Citizens Government Academy Graduates will be honored. ]

IF YOU NOTICED A LOT OF BLUE SHIRTS OVER HERE.

PLANO CITIZENS GOVERNMENT ACADEMY IS HONORING THE SPRING 2026 GRADUATES.

I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD THE SPRING 2026 CITIZENS ACADEMY CLASS MEMBERS.

SO ALL OF YOU, COME ON DOWN AND WENDY LUCAS, LEAD COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST, AND JUST KIND OF STAND OUT IN FRONT.

THERE'S YOU, WE WANT, WE WANNA SEE ALL OF YOU.

PERFECT.

SO, GOOD EVENING CLASS.

I HAD THE PLEASURE OF JOINING YOU EARLIER IN THE PROGRAM, AND NOW IT'S AN HONOR TO CELEBRATE THE COMPLETION OF THE PLANO CITIZENS ACADEMY.

THANK YOU FOR DEDICATING YOUR TIME TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE CITY, AND IT'S BECAUSE OF DEDICATED INVOLVED CITIZENS LIKE YOU THAT YOU ARE AND A BIG PART OF WHAT WE ARE ALL ABOUT IN THE CITY OF EXCELLENCE, PLANO GOVERNMENT CITIZENS ACADEMY IS ONE OF THREE CITIZEN ACADEMIES.

THE CITY OF PLANO OFFERS.

ALL OF OUR ACADEMIES ARE DESIGNED TO GIVE PARTICIPANTS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF CITY OPERATIONS.

IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY ALL OF YOU OUT THERE, WE HOPE YOU COMPLETE A TRIFECTA, ESPECIALLY YOU GUYS RIGHT HERE IN CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY AND CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY.

OVER THE PAST 10 WEEKS, YOU'VE HEARD DIRECTLY FROM 17 DEPARTMENTS AND OUR CITY MANAGER LEARNING HOW SERVICES ARE DELIVERED, HOW DECISIONS ARE MADE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HOW EVERY ROLE IN CITY GOVERNMENT CONNECTS TO THE COMMUNITY WE CALL HOME.

I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED FROM THIS PROGRAM AND SHARE IT WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO MIGHT WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR GREAT CITY GRADUATES OF THIS PROGRAM HAVE GONE ON TO CONTRIBUTE IN MANY MEANINGFUL WAYS, VOLUNTEERING AT CITY EVENTS, SERVING ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, SERVING AS

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TRUSTED VOICES IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT A FUTURE CITY MEETING, PERHAPS EVEN SERVING IN A CIVIC ROLE.

PLANO IS BETTER BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU.

NOW, LET'S ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE YOUR ACHIEVEMENT.

GIVE ALL OF THESE FOLKS A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

LET ME JUST SQUEEZE RIGHT IN HERE AND I'LL, I'LL PUT YOU GUYS WAY UP FRONT SO WE CAN SEE EVERYBODY.

[Presentation: The Environmental Health & Sustainability Department is receiving a plaque recognizing the City of Plano's LEED for Cities GOLD designation.]

WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE, AS YOU HEARD EARLIER, IF YOU WERE IN HERE EARLIER, THE CITY OF PLANO HAS ACHIEVED THE LEAD FOR CITY'S GOLD DESIGNATIONS.

AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MIGHT BE A LOT OF US, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS, WE'RE GONNA SEE A VIDEO ABOUT, UH, THE LEAD GOALS DESIGNATIONS.

IT TAKES A COMMUNITY, IT TAKES A COMMUNITY, IT TAKES A COMMUNITY.

IT TAKES A COMMUNITY.

I AM NOT GONNA LIE, ONE OF THE REASONS WE CHOSE TO MOVE TO PLANO WAS BECAUSE THEY'RE PART OF THE LIVE GREEN AND PLANO PROGRAM.

THEY JUST, THE COMMUNITY ASPECT, UM, COMMUNITY GARDENS, THE CLEANUPS, THE THINGS THAT THEY PROVIDE TO THE, THE CITY.

I THINK THOSE ARE OUR PRETTY AMAZING THINGS THAT SAY OUR CITY MATTERS AND SUSTAINABILITY MATTERS TO OUR CITY.

I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL THING FOR CITY OF PLANO AS WE GROW.

I WASN'T SURPRISED BY THAT, QUITE FRANKLY.

I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC.

IT'S THAT KIND OF CITY.

IT'S A FIRST CLASS CITY.

UH, IT'S JUST GROWING BIGGER AND BIGGER AND, AND BECOMING MORE AND MORE DIVERSE.

IT'S A GREAT COMMUNITY TO LIVE IN.

IT'S REALLY GREAT TO BE PART OF A COMMUNITY THAT, UH, AND BE PROUD OF.

AND I, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEY WERE THE GOLD STANDARD FOR, UM, THE SUSTAINABILITY.

UH, BUT IT'S REALLY NEAT TO KNOW THAT, UH, PLANO IS PART OF THAT PROGRAM AND, UH, IS REACHING THAT LEVEL.

ANYTIME YOU GOTTA COME HERE TODAY, IT TOOK ALL OF YOU.

THANK YOU, PLANO.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

SO I'D LIKE TO CALL RACHEL PATTERSON UP, DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY.

NICOLE WILKES, SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER, AND ANY OF THE SUSTAINABILITY STAFF.

THIS, THIS IS BEAUTIFUL AND HEAVY AND HEAVY, AND I'D LIKE TO PRESENT IT TO YOU, , SO YOU CAN HOLD ONTO IT.

BUT NO, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA HOLD, GIVE YOU HOW ABOUT, HOW ABOUT, I'LL, I'LL MAKE MY COMMENTS AND THEN I'LL OKAY.

AND THEN I'LL LET, I'LL LET YOU HOLD IT.

HOLD IT.

WE'LL HOLD IT TOGETHER.

UM, SO THIS LEAD GOAL DESIGNATION REPRESENTS OUR COMMIT TO CRE COMMITMENT TO CREATING A SUSTAINABLE, RESILIENT, AND QUALITY CITY FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

THAT'S OUR FOCUS.

UM, AND I JUST, I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE OUR SUSTAINABILITY STAFF UP HERE.

IT WAS A LOT OF WORK TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, LIKE IT ALWAYS IS WHEN WE GO THROUGH THESE ASSESSMENTS AND, BUT WE, WE KNOW WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT ALONE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF INTERNAL PRO UH, PARTNERS, OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, A LOT OF EXTERNAL PARTNERS, A TON OF VOLUNTEERS.

AS YOU SAW, IF YOU WERE HEAR FROM MY PRESENTATION A LITTLE EARLIER, AND WE ARE JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE PARTNERSHIP THAT MADE THIS HAPPEN.

SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

CONGRATULATIONS, ALL OF YOU.

YOU COULD YOU TWO HOLD THIS.

LET'S ALL GET IN HERE.

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UH, LET'S GO TO CONSENT

[CONSENT AGENDA]

AGENDA.

THE CONSENT AGENDA, THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION AND CONTAINS ITEMS WHICH ARE ROUTINE AND TYPICALLY NON-CONTROVERSIAL ITEMS MAY BE REMOVED FROM THIS AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION BY A COUNCIL MEMBER, THE CITY MANAGER, OR ANY CITIZEN.

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

SORRY, MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO SECOND THE MOTION.

IS ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND TO, UH, APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

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ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS, APPLICANTS ARE LIMITED TO 15 MINUTES PRESENTATION TIME WITH A FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL IF NEEDED.

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 PUBLIC 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 CUMULATIVE TIME LIMIT.

SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER.

THE REQUESTS WERE RECEIVED UNTIL THE CUMULATIVE TIME IS EXHAUSTED.

ITEM NUMBER ONE, PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AS REQUESTED IN ZONING CASE 2025 DASH 13 TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY ORDINANCE NUMBER 2015 DASH FIVE DASH TWO AS HERETO FOR AMENDED SO AS TO AMEND PLAN DEVELOPMENT.

180 9 RETAIL GENERAL OFFICE ON 113.9 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF PRESTON ROAD AND PARK BOULEVARD IN THE CITY OF PLANO, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, TO ADD INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITY AS, AS A PERMITTED USE WITH MODIFIED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR MAXIMUM NUMBER OF UNITS, ADDITIONAL HEIGHT, REDUCED SETBACKS AND INCREASED LANDSCAPE EDGES.

THE ADDITIONAL PERMITTED USE BEING LIMITED TO A SPECIFIC 6.3 ACRE LOT AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF PARK BOULEVARD AND OHIO DRIVE, PRESENTLY ZONED AS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.

180 9 RETAIL GENERAL OFFICE WITH SPECIFIC USE PERMITS, 2, 2 9 FOR PRIVATE CLUB PRESTON PARK LIMITED AND PATRIZIO RESTAURANTS NUMBER 4 55 FOR DAYCARE CENTER NUMBER 6 0 1 FOR PUBLIC STORAGE MINI WAREHOUSE, UH, NUMBER 6 49 FOR PRIVATE CLUB AND LOCATED WITHIN THE PRESTON ROAD OVERLAY DISTRICT, DIRECTING A CHANGE ACCORDINGLY IN THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY, PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE, A REPEALS CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A PUBLICATION CLAUSE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COUNSEL AND EXECUTIVES.

I'M CHRISTINA DAY, THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING HERE TO PRESENT YOU ZONING CASE 20 25 13.

THIS REQUEST, AS STATED, IS A REQUEST TO AMEND AN EXISTING PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

WHILE THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COVERS A LARGE AREA, ALMOST 114 ACRES, THE FOCUS IS REALLY ON A SMALLER AREA, 6.3 ACRES IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE LARGER PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

SO THAT IS SHOWN AS THE REDEVELOPMENT SITE ON THE SCREEN.

SO YOU SEE THE LARGER PD 180 9 RETAIL OFFICE TWO, UM, AND THEN THE, THE FOCUS AREA, THE AMENDMENTS TO THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AS PROPOSED, FOCUS ENTIRELY ON THAT AREA AND DO NOT ACTUALLY AMEND ANY OF THE OTHER PROPERTY WITHIN THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

YOU CAN SEE THE SURROUNDING ZONING IS PRIMARILY RETAIL TO THE NORTH AND WEST, AND RESIDENTIAL USES MULTI-FAMILY, SINGLE-FAMILY, UM, TO

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THE SOUTH AND THE EAST.

SO THE REQUEST IS, AGAIN, TO AMEND A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT THAT WOULD ALLOW INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITY WITH MODIFIED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

UH, AGAIN, I'VE STATED IT IS PROPOSED TO LIMIT THE CHANGES TO A 6.3 ACRE PROPERTY AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF PARK IN OHIO.

AND IT WAS INITIATED PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2025.

SO IT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE REGULATIONS IN EFFECT AT THAT TIME.

SO I'LL BE DISCUSSING THE REGULATIONS REALLY IN EFFECT, UM, IN JUNE WHEN THE PRE-APPLICATION MEETING TOOK PLACE.

SO THE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH HERE, IT ZOOMS IN SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE SITE LOOKS LIKE TODAY.

THIS IS THE EXISTING BUILDING ON THE SITE, UM, AT 4,600 WEST PARK BOULEVARD AND THE PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN THAT SHOWS SORT OF A CHANGE IN SCALE AND AND SCOPE AND WHAT MIGHT BE EXPECTED, WHERE THE ZONING CASE TO BE APPROVED.

UM, THE NEW BUILDING WOULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY LARGER, MORE LOT COVERAGE ON THE SITE.

THE, UH, LOT WOULD NOT, THE LOT BOUNDARIES ARE NOT PROPOSED TO CHANGE.

SO SOME HISTORY ON THE SITE.

THE LARGER PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WAS CREATED IN 1981.

IT WAS AMENDED IN THE MID NINETIES TO ALLOW HEALTH AND FITNESS CENTER WHEN THE EXISTING HEALTH AND FITNESS CENTER BUILDING WAS BUILT ON THE SITE THAT, UH, BUSINESS CLOSED IN 2025.

AND THAT SAME YEAR WE HAD A PRE-APPLICATION MEETING TO TALK ABOUT INDEPENDENT LIVING DEVELOPMENT ON THE PROPERTY SINCE THE BUSINESS HAD HAD CLOSED.

AS YOU'RE AWARE, UM, SOME REGULATIONS, UH, FOR ALLOWING INDEPENDENT LIVING AND MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT CHANGED AT THE SAME TIME.

SO THERE WAS SOME DELAY IN, UM, WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

AS WE WERE LOOKING AT CHANGING THE ZONING ORDINANCE, A APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED, WE CONTINUED TO WORK THROUGH THAT.

A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD INITIALLY IN JANUARY P AND Z TABLED THAT WE WORKED WITH THE APPLICANT OVER A TWO MONTH PERIOD.

A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD IN MARCH THAT RESULTED IN A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF FIVE TO TWO.

SO THIS PLAN DEVELOPMENT HAS SOME PRETTY STRICT, UH, STANDARDS WITHIN IT.

WITH REGARD TO HEIGHT AND WITH REGARD TO USE.

THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ON THE CORNER OF PARK BOULEVARD IN OHIO HAS HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS THAT LIMIT IT TO TWO STORIES BOTH.

UM, THE PINK AREA ON THE SCREEN IS THERE'S A RESTRICTION OFF PARK BOULEVARD AND A RESTRICTION OFF OHIO DRIVE.

UM, THAT LIMITS ALL USES TO TWO STORIES, SO THAT ALSO RESTRICTS UNDER EIGHT 40 ALLOWANCES.

SO, UM, THE ALLOWED HEIGHT WOULD BE ONLY UP TO 45 FEET EVEN AFTER SEPTEMBER 1ST, WERE A NEW APPLICATION TO COME IN.

THERE'S ALSO A 25 FOOT LANDSCAPE AREA REQUIRED A LONG OHIO DRIVE WITHIN THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND EXISTING 50 FOOT SETBACKS FROM THE STREETS AFTER SEPTEMBER 1ST.

THOSE SETBACKS COULD BE ONLY 25 FEET IF YOU ARE DEVELOPING A MULTIFAMILY PRODUCT.

SO WHAT'S PROPOSED IN THE, UM, AMENDMENT IS TO CHANGE, UH, TO ALLOW A HEIGHT OF FIVE STORIES AND 65 FEET.

THIS WOULD BE FOR A PROJECT ALLOWING UP TO 250 UNITS.

THERE WOULD BE A LIMITED NUMBER OF UNITS EXCLUSIVELY ON THE FIFTH FLOOR FACING OHIO DRIVE.

UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THE COMPROMISES THAT HAPPENED BETWEEN JANUARY AND MARCH.

THERE ARE ALSO MODIFIED SETBACKS AND LANDSCAPE EDGES ALONG THE PRESTON PARK BOULEVARD SIDE.

SO UNDER THE EXISTING ZONING, AND THAT'S AGAIN, UH, AS OF JUNE, 2025 WHEN THIS APPLICATION WAS INITIATED, AN INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITY USE WAS NOT PERMITTED.

THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT WAS TWO STORY AND THE MINIMUM SETBACK FROM PRESTON PARK, 50 FEET LANDSCAPE EDGE OF 10 FEET.

UM, SO THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE TO EXTEND THE HEIGHT TO FIVE STORY 65 FEET.

UM, REDUCE THE SETBACK TO 25 FEET ON PRESTON PARK BOULEVARD, BUT GIVE A LARGER LANDSCAPE EDGE ON PRESTON PARK BOULEVARD, AND THEN ALSO PROVIDE

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A LARGER SETBACK FOR BUILDING PORTIONS OVER TWO STORIES.

NOW, CURRENTLY THOSE TWO THAT WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO BUILD OVER TWO STORIES, BUT I'LL GET, I'LL SHOW A LITTLE MORE DETAIL THERE.

SO, WHAT THE DEVELOPER IS OFFERING IS TO REQUIRE A SETBACK OF 120 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE FOR ANYTHING OVER TWO STORIES IN HEIGHT.

SO THIS WOULD PUSH THE BUILDING BACK FROM OHIO DRIVE AND, UH, PROVIDE SOME BUFFER.

NOW, IF AN APPLICATION WERE TO COME IN TODAY FOR BUYRIGHT DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTIFAMILY PRODUCT, THEY COULD BUILD AT THE 25 FOOT LINE.

SO THAT'S THE, THE DIFFERENTIAL.

UM, THE ORIGINAL PD, AGAIN, WOULDN'T HAVE ALLOWED TWO STORY, ANYTHING BUT TWO STORY DEVELOPMENT ON THIS PROPERTY.

BUT, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE DEALING WITH, UH, THE ORIGINAL PD VERSUS THE ALLOWANCE UNDER STATE LAW.

ADDITIONAL PD RESTRICTIONS, UM, THAT WERE ADDED TO LIMIT VISIBILITY TOWARDS NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES INCLUDE A MAXIMUM OF SEVEN DWELLING UNITS ALONG THE FIFTH, UH, FLOOR AT THE OHIO DRIVE FACADE.

THEN THE CLEAR STREET WINDOW LIMITATION FOR NON DWELLING UNITS, UM, FOR EXTERIOR WINDOWS, AGAIN, ALONG THE OHIO DRIVE FACADE.

AND THEN OUTDOOR SPACES PROVIDING SOLID SCREENING.

UM, AND THE APPLICANT MAY DISCUSS THIS, THE LANGUAGE IN THE PD STATES SPECIFICALLY ALL OUTDOOR SPACES.

UM, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AS TO THAT BEING ONLY FOR COMMON AREA SPACES, BUT IT READS FOR ALL SPACES.

SO, UH, IF THE APPLICANT WANTS THAT TO CHANGE, THAT LANGUAGE NEEDS TO BE AMENDED IN THE ORDINANCE.

THE APPLICANT PROVIDED THIS DRONE FOOTAGE SHOWING A VIEW FROM 45 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND AT THE SITE TODAY.

SO LOOKING TOWARD THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO TOWARDS THE EAST, SO YOU CAN SEE 45 FEET UP.

IF YOU ARE LOOKING OUT A WINDOW, WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE, THIS IS A VIEW MOVING NORTH TO SOUTH.

SO VIEW ONE, THE NORTH MOST VIEW, UM, VIEW TWO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER SOUTH.

VIEW THREE, VIEW FOUR, AND THEN AT 55 FEET.

SO A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.

AGAIN, VIEW ONE, VIEW TWO, VIEW THREE, AND VIEW FOUR.

SO YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT THERE ARE LIMITED, UH, THERE'S LIMITED LANDSCAPING WITHIN THE OHIO LANDSCAPE EDGE, AND THAT'S BECAUSE IN 2021, UM, STORM DID SOME DAMAGE TO THAT LANDSCAPING.

IT WAS QUITE EXTENSIVE PREVIOUSLY.

AND SO THE REQUIREMENT IS INCLUDED IN THIS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO REPLACE THAT LANDSCAPE EDGE.

SO IT WOULD REQUIRE A SIX FOOT TALL EVERGREEN LIVING SCREEN ALONG OHIO DRIVE, UM, INCLUDING ADDITIONAL SHADE TREES EVERY 50 FEET.

UM, SO THAT WOULD BE A, A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT EXISTS TODAY AND THE PROPOSAL.

UH, THE APPLICANT'S ALSO PROPOSING A 2000 SQUARE FOOT DOG PARK, UH, NEAR THE CORNER.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE DRAWING.

UH, THAT'S ALSO INCLUDED IN, IN ONE OF THE EXHIBITS IN YOUR PACKET.

THE ADJACENT DAYCARE CENTER TO THE SOUTH, UM, HAS EXPRESSED CONCERNS, UH, WITH REGARD TO LIMITED ACCESS FROM THE REDESIGN OF THE SITE, AS WELL AS THE CONSTRUCTION, UM, PROCESS AND ANY IMPACT THAT MAY HAVE TO THEIR BUSINESS.

THE APPLICANT HAS CONTINUED TO WORK WITH THE ADJACENT OWNER, EVEN AFTER THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, AND HAS AN UPDATE FOR THE COUNCIL IN THEIR SLIDE DECK.

SO THEY'LL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO YOU WITH REGARD TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THE PROPOSAL DOES MEET THE BUILDING HEIGHT STANDARD OF THE, UH, SUBURBAN ACTIVITY CENTER, AS WELL AS PARKING ORIENTATION AND BLOCK PATTERN.

UM, HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT MEET DENSITY OR INTENSITY OR OPEN SPACE STANDARDS.

HOWEVER, THERE WAS SOME, UM, MOVEMENT ON OPEN SPACE BY PROVISION OF THE DOG PARK.

WITH REGARD TO OTHER POLICIES, YOU CAN SEE, UM,

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IT DOES MEET SPECIAL HOUSING NEEDS, THE HOUSING STUDY AND FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY.

IT PARTIALLY MEETS THE PRIORITIES.

CHARACTER DEFINING ELEMENTS, REDEVELOPMENT, GROWTH MANAGEMENT, POLICY ACTION EIGHT, AND REVITALIZATION OF RETAIL SHOPPING CENTERS.

POLICY, UM, DOES NOT MEET THE DESCRIPTION MIX OF USES OR RGM ACTION ONE.

SO WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, SENATE BILL EIGHT 40 AND THE DISTINCTIONS THERE, THE HEIGHT DISTINCTION BETWEEN WHAT'S WOULD BE CURRENTLY ALLOWED BY A NEW SUBMITTAL, UH, VERSUS THE PROPOSAL.

UM, ANOTHER CONSIDERATION IS WHETHER A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IS WARRANTED, UM, AND AMENDING THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT SINCE THE USE IS ALLOWED BY.

RIGHT.

SO THAT'S A CONSIDERATION FOR THE COUNCIL, UH, TO LOOK AT WHETHER THAT IS, IS WARRANTED.

REGARDING FEEDBACK, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON THIS CASE FROM THE COMMUNITY.

THERE ARE TWO LETTERS IN SUPPORT WITHIN THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ITSELF.

WE HAVE 11 LETTERS OF OPPOSITION WITHIN 200 FEET.

THAT IS TOTALS 1.7 ACRES, OR 3.9% AND NINE LETTERS, UH, OR RESPONSES IN SUPPORT, ONE NEUTRAL AND 170 IN OPPOSITION FOR 180 TOTAL RESPONSES WITH 15 OTHER LETTERS.

PLUS, THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL LETTER THAT CAME IN LATE THAT I BELIEVE HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED, UH, BY MS. HENDERSON.

SO IN SUMMARY, UH, THIS IS A REQUEST TO AMEND PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 180 9, UH, TO ALLOW, UH, 250 INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITY UNITS, UM, AT A HEIGHT OF 65 FEET, FIVE STORIES WITH REDUCED SETBACK AND LANDSCAPE STANDARDS ALONG PRESTON PARK BOULEVARD AND ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING SETBACK IN FIFTH FLOOR VISIBILITY MITIGATION ALONG OHIO DRIVE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF FIVE TO TWO.

AND PER THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND FINDINGS POLICY, UH, THIS REQUEST MUST BE FOUND CONSISTENT WITH THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND SUBSTANTIALLY BENEFICIAL TO THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AND GENERAL PUBLIC INTEREST TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST.

I AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, AND I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND DOES HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU.

DEPUTY MAYOR? YES.

UH, THANK YOU, CHRISTINA, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

APPRECIATE IT.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION WITH REGARDS TO, UH, THE THE 55 FOOT DRONE SHOT YES.

ALONG OHIO.

IS IT MY UNDERSTANDING ALONG THAT TOP FLOOR, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE CLEAR STORIES IN THE HALLWAY, IS THAT CORRECT? UH, THAT IS CORRECT.

THERE'LL BE CLEAR STREET WINDOWS, UH, ALONG THE HALLWAYS THERE, ALL ALONG THE, THE BUILDING AS IT'S FACING, UH, OHIO.

CORRECT.

SO I KNOW ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAD WAS THAT THERE WAS A, A CONCERN BY THE RESIDENTS ACROSS THE STREET WITH REGARDS TO INVASION OF PRIVACY OF THEIR BACKYARD BY SOMEONE, UM, LOOKING OUT A WINDOW.

BUT IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, FOR SOMEONE TO LOOK OUT THAT CLEAR STORY WINDOW, THEY WOULD HAVE TO STAND ON THAT BENCH AS PROVIDED IN A CONCEPT PLAN TO LOOK OUT OVER THE EDGE OF THAT TO LOOK OUT ANY, ANY, ALL RIGHT.

THERE, YOU WOULD'VE TO STAND ON THAT BENCH TO LOOK OUTSIDE.

SO, UM, I'M THINKING THAT THAT TAKES CARE OF THE, THE ISSUE WE HAVE HERE WITH PRIVACY.

THE SECOND POINT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS THE TRAFFIC.

THERE WAS CONCERN ABOUT ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC HERE.

WHAT WE'VE, I THINK WE FOUND FROM THE STUDY THAT YOU DIDN'T REALLY MENTION IS THAT, UH, THE, THIS MODEL THAT THEY'RE USING FOR THIS SENIOR LIVING WOULD HAVE ABOUT THE SAME TRAFFIC AS IT HAD WITH THE, UH, GYM, THE, THE PRIVATE GYM FACILITY.

IS THAT CORRECT? RIGHT.

ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER, 800 SOMETHING RIGHT.

OR OR LESS THAN A HEALTH FITNESS CENTER.

IT IS, UM, ACTUALLY ONE OF THE LOWER, UH, TRAFFIC GENERATING USES.

RIGHT.

AND THEN THE THIRD POINT WAS ON THIS PARTICULAR, UH, THIS UNIT, IT WOULD, MY UNDERSTANDING, UM, FROM READING THE PACKAGE IS THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE TRAFFIC ON THE SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS AROUND THE LOCAL AREA.

IS THAT CORRECT? UM, YES.

THE OTHER USES LIKE AN OFFICE

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BUILDING WOULD BE MORE TRAFFIC.

THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD BE LESS TRAFFIC WOULD BE A SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED IF THERE WERE 32 HOMES.

COUNCILMAN CARE.

HEY, CHRISTINA, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

UM, WHO WILL MAINTAIN THAT LANDSCAPING OR, YOU KNOW, EXTENDED THE, THE BUFFER, INCLUDING ALL THE TREES? WHO MAINTAINS THAT IT WOULD BE THE PROPERTY OWNER THAT WOULD MAINTAIN IT, THE INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITY? UM, CAN YOU SAY MORE ABOUT, YOU MENTIONED THE, THE SCREENING FOR COMMON AREA VERSUS OUTDOOR.

CAN YOU SAY MORE ABOUT THAT? I DON'T QUITE FOLLOW WHAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

UM, THE, SO THE, LET ME, UM, SO THE SCREENING, THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN TODAY, SO LET ME GET TO THE, THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE THAT'S PROVIDED IN, IN THE EXHIBIT.

SO IN SECTION EIGHT, I BELIEVE IT IS, OF YOUR ORDINANCE, UM, EIGHT E THREE.

IT SAYS ANY OUTDOOR SPACES MUST PROVIDE SOLID SCREENING AS APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING.

AND SO I THINK THE INTENT THERE IS THAT WOULD ONLY APPLY TO COMMON AREAS, NOT TO DWELLING UNITS.

SO IF THERE WAS A BALCONY, LET'S SAY, ASSOCIATED WITH A DWELLING UNIT, IT WAS NOT THE APPLICANT OR THE PLANNER'S UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT WOULD, THAT THAT OUTDOOR SPACE, PRIVATE OUTDOOR SPACE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A SOLID SCREEN.

UM, BUT THE WAY THE LANGUAGE IS WRITTEN, IT SAYS ANY OUTDOOR SPACE.

SO THAT WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO, IT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AN, A SOLID SCREEN.

SO IF WE WANT IT TO APPLY TO ALL OUTDOOR SPACES, SO PRIVATE BALCONIES AND COMMON AREA OUTDOOR SPACES, WE SHOULD LEAVE IT THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN SO THAT THERE'S A SOLID SCREEN FOR EVERYTHING.

BUT IF IT'S ONLY FOR COMMON AREAS, WE NEED TO MAKE THAT MODIFICATION TO THE LANGUAGE.

IF THE LANGUAGE REMAINS THE SAME, THEN IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE TRUE FOR ANY BALCONY FACING ANY DIRECTION THAT THAT IS.

WELL, IT, IT WOULD BE FOR ANY BALCONY FACING ANY DIRECTION ON THE, UH, ONLY FOR FIFTH STORY FACING OHIO DRIVE.

SO NOT FACING ANY DIRECTION, ONLY FACING OHIO.

AND ONLY FIFTH STORY.

IT, AND IT WOULD JUST BE FOR SEVEN UNITS.

'CAUSE THOSE, THAT'S ONLY SEVEN UNITS ALLOWED UP THERE.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

COUNCIL MEMBER LABINE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, CHRISTINA, I, I, ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT HAS BEEN VOICED HAS BEEN THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS FACILITY, UH, WOULD HAVE SOME IMPACT ON THE, UH, SCHOOL THAT IS ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY.

UM, WOULD YOU SAY THAT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT WAS THIS PROJECT OR A, UH, APARTMENT BUILDING OR AN OFFICE BUILDING THAT WOULD BE BUILT ON THIS SITE, THERE WOULD BE CONSTRUCTION OF SOME SORT THAT WOULD IMPACT, UH, THE ALLEYWAY AND SUCH BETWEEN THE TWO PROPERTIES? ANY CONSTRUCTION IS GONNA HAVE AN IMPACT.

I THINK THE QUESTION OF, OF THE DESIGN, UM, AS FAR AS THE DESIGN, REMOVING THE ACCESS THERE ALONG PRESTON PARK BOULEVARD IS SOMETHING THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS NEED TO HAVE, JUST HAVE TO NEGOTIATE AMONGST THEMSELVES.

BUT THAT IS, I THINK, A PRIVATE DISCUSSION THAT NEEDS TO BE HAD BETWEEN THE PROPERTY OWNERS.

UM, BUT THEN THE CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS, THAT IS A NORMAL BUSINESS CONSIDERATION.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.

I'D BE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE DOG PARK, UH, AS A NOISE, UH, GENERATOR.

UH, IF I WERE LIVING ALONG THE OHIO THERE, IS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION THERE? IS THERE A, AN ORDINANCE THAT, UH, IS INVOLVED WITH, UH, NOISE IN, IN A DOG PARK TYPE SITUATION? I MEAN, THERE IS A NOISE ORDINANCE.

I MEAN, IT WOULD STILL BE IN EFFECT OUR NOISE ORDINANCE.

AND THEY HAVE PROPOSED A SCREENING WALL IN THAT LOCATION.

I THINK BECAUSE OF THE GRADE, THERE IS A WALL THAT'S PROPOSED THERE AS PART OF THEIR PLAN.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S JUST NATURALLY PART OF THEIR DESIGN BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY'VE CUT INTO THE GRADE OF THE SITE.

SO THEY MAY BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT VERY

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SPECIFICALLY.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION.

COUNCIL MEMBER CAN THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, CHRISTINA, MINE'S MORE OF A FAVOR.

ON ONE OF YOUR SLIDES ON THE OPPOSITION LETTERS KIND OF MARKED THE HOMES.

CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE REAL QUICK? THE ONLY REASON WHY IS, 'CAUSE I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT THE ARROW VIEW SURE.

OF THE HOMES, AND JUST WANTED TO SEE WHICH ONES THERE WERE.

CERTAINLY, I WILL SAY THAT NOT ALL THESE, IF YOU GO THROUGH AND TRY TO COUNT THEM, THERE'S SOME VERY SMALL SLIVERS THAT ARE HARD TO SEE.

UM, SO I WILL NOTE, NOTE THAT THEY ARE, YOU'RE, IT'S GONNA BE HARD TO COUNT 11, BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHERE THE OTHER ONES ARE IF YOU WANT TO KNOW.

YEAH.

AND I ONLY SAY THAT BECAUSE THE ONES MIRRORING THE ONES THAT HAVE A POOL IN THEIR BACKYARD, AND THERE'S ABOUT FIVE HOMES THAT HAVE POOLS AND IT CORRELATE WITH THE LETTERS THAT YOU GOT.

I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

UM, THE FIRST SPEAKER WILL BE THE APPLICANT'S TREVOR ARMSTRONG AND KENNETH FABRO.

TREVOR ARMSTRONG, 31 10 WEST SOUTHLAKE BOULEVARD, SOUTH LAKE, TEXAS.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COUNCIL AND STAFF.

THANK YOU, CHRISTINA, FOR THE DETAILED PRESENTATION.

AND THANK YOU, JOHN, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK GETTING US TO THIS POINT.

I SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT FOR INTEGRATED REAL ESTATE GROUP.

WE WILL ACT AS THE DEVELOPER, GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND PROPERTY MANAGER OF OUR PROPOSED WATER MIRROR INDEPENDENT LIVING SENIOR COMMUNITY.

WE'VE MADE A LOT OF SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE PLAN SINCE WE BEGAN OUR INITIAL DESIGN AND OUTREACH OVER A YEAR AGO.

WE'VE CAREFULLY LISTENED TO THE FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AND MADE INTENTIONAL DESIGN CHANGES, PARTICULARLY TO ADDRESS NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY.

AND WE DISCUSSED THOSE AT DETAIL AT OUR P AND Z MEETING, AND CHRISTINA DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF HIGHLIGHTING WHAT WE'VE DONE SINCE OUR INITIAL P AND Z MEETING IN JANUARY.

JUST ONE OTHER FOLLOW UP.

SINCE OUR P AND Z MEETING, WE DID MEET WITH OUR MONTESSORI SCHOOL OWNERS ON SITE.

THIS WAS A FOLLOW UP MEETING TO DISCUSS WHAT WE COULD DO TO MITIGATE ANY CONSTRUCTION RELATED CONCERNS AND WHAT POTENTIAL IMPACTS WOULD BE TO THEIR BUSINESS.

WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS A SLIDE OF WHAT WE'RE COMMITTING TO DO, INSTALLING A MULTI-LAYERED CONTAINMENT SYSTEM WITH SCREENING IN BETWEEN OUR SITE AND THEIRS.

ONE THING I DO WANNA POINT OUT IS WE ARE MAINTAINING EXISTING DRIVEWAY ACCESS.

WE'RE JUST REROUTING THE ENTRANCE ON OHIO, BUT THE PRESTON PARK ENTRANCE THAT THEY USE PRIMARILY IS ON THEIR LOT AND WILL BE MAINTAINED AS IS FROM A SCREENING AND AND DESIGN PERSPECTIVE.

THOUGH THEY RECOMMENDED US LOOKING INTO THESE ACOUSTIC PANELS TO REDUCE THE SOUND DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD.

WE'RE PLEASED TO LEARN ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY AND WE'VE AGREED TO USE THAT, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE IN THE GREEN PICTURE THERE.

WE ALSO MET ON SITE WITH THE DEMOLITION COMPANY.

THEY WERE PRESENT AT THAT MEETING AND TALKED THROUGH WHAT THEY COULD DO FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE TO MITIGATE THE DEMOLITION, WHICH IS SUSPECTED TO LAST ABOUT FOUR WEEKS.

AND SOME OF THOSE, UH, ISSUES ARE, ARE POSTED ON YOUR SLIDE OVERALL.

UM, THE ONE THING WE ARE GONNA REQUEST TO CHANGE, AS CHRISTINA MENTIONED, IS TO MODIFY THAT STIPULATION.

IT WAS OUR INTENT FOR THAT TO APPLY ONLY TO NON UNIT AREAS ON THE FIFTH STORY FACING OHIO.

AND THAT WAS DISCUSSED DURING OUR P AND Z MEETING JUST TO GET ANY AMBIGUITY OUT OF THE WAY THAT THAT WAS THE INTENT FOR THE NON UNIT AREAS TO HAVE, UM, FULL SCREENING TO BE APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING.

AND JUST ONE OTHER NOTE TO ADDRESS HERE ON THE DOG PARK.

SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A 10 FOOT RETAINING WALL GOING ALONG, UM, WEST PARK THERE, AND THEN SNAKES DOWN ABOUT SEVEN FEET AS YOU GO SOUTH ON OHIO DRIVE.

SO THAT SITS BELOW GRADE LEVEL TODAY.

AND WHAT THAT SERVES IS REALLY AS A PET RELIEF STATION FOR OUR SENIORS.

THEY TYPICALLY HAVE SMALL DOGS AND THEY'RE JUST USING THEM TO USING THOSE, THOSE GRASSY AREAS FOR PET RELIEF, NOT NECESSARILY A, A FULL ACTIVITY DOG PARK.

LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR QUESTIONS AND RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

YES, DONE.

LIVED IN THE EL DORADO PARK NEIGHBORHOOD NOW FOR 25 YEARS.

THE NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE JEAN GOODWIN.

HELLO, I'M GENE GOODWIN AT 45 13 FARGO DRIVE IN PLANO.

I'VE

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UM, I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE BEST FIT FOR THIS PROPERTY AT OHIO PARK NEXT TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

I DO NOT WANT TO SEE A FULL FLEDGED APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT COULD BE FOUR STORIES AND BUILT 25 FEET OFF THE SIDEWALK.

AS I READ AND UNDERSTAND THAT SB EIGHT 40 BILL THAT PAST YEAR OR ANY OTHER RETAIL BUSINESSES, THE, THEY, THE INTEGRATED REAL ESTATE GROUP, HAVE WORKED TIRE TIRELESSLY WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW, THAT HAVE TAKEN IN SUGGESTIONS FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING, THE NEIGHBORS OF EL DORADO PARK AND OTHERS THAT DO NOT LIVE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, LIKE MOVING THE BUILDING FURTHER TO THE WEST ON THE PROPERTY, LOWERING THE PARKING GARAGE, REDUCING THE TOP FLOOR ON OHIO SIDE, AND USING WINDOWS ABOVE THE SIX AND A HALF FOOT HEIGHT, SO NO VIEWS DIRECTLY OUT ONTO THE HOMES ALONG OHIO.

I AM IN FAVOR OF THE WATER MIRROR INDEPENDENT SENIOR LIVING APARTMENTS, AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORKING ON THIS ISSUE.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MARY NELSON.

GOOD EVENING.

HI, MY NAME IS MARY NELSON.

I'M A RESIDENT AT THE EL DORADO PARK COMMUNITY.

I'M ALSO A REALTOR IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT SEVERAL ISSUES.

FIVE STORY BUILDING AT THE END OF OUR BLOCK.

IT'S A CONGESTED AREA ALREADY.

ADDING ANOTHER 240 DOORS TO THAT COMMUNITY HAS TO ADD TO THE CONGESTION.

OHIO IS RIGHT NOW A MAJOR TRAFFIC AREA, I GUESS, OR ROUTE FOR NORTH AND SOUTH BECAUSE THEY'RE AVOIDING PRESTON AND THEY'RE AVOIDING COURT QUITE.

THE OTHER THING THAT I WANNA MENTION IS THE SAFETY FIVE STORIES FOR SENIOR CITIZENS.

WHAT IF THERE'S NO ELECTRICITY? WHAT IF THERE'S NO FIRE? UH UH.

WHAT IF THERE IS A FIRE? HOW COULD SENIOR CITIZENS MY AGE GET UP AND DOWN FIVE STORIES IMMEDIATELY AND BE SAFE? THE OTHER THING WAS THEY MENTIONED SHOPPING.

IN ORDER TO GET TO A GROCERY STORE FROM THAT LOCATION, THESE PEOPLE HAVE TO CROSS SIX LANES OF TRAFFIC ON OHIO OR ON PARK, SIX LANES OF TRAFFIC ON PRESTON.

PRESTON AND PARK IS NOTORIOUS FOR THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS THAT ARE GOING ON EVERY DAY THERE.

THE OTHER THING IS, UM, YES, WE DO NEED SENIOR CITIZEN AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

I DON'T THINK IT'S A, THESE ARE AFFORDABLE.

I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN.

I COULDN'T AFFORD $3,000 A MONTH ON SOCIAL SECURITY.

I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE COULD.

BUT FIVE STORIES AT THE END OF OUR STREETS, NO MATTER WHETHER THEY CAN SEE INTO MY BACKYARD OR NOT.

FIVE STORIES I THINK IS EXCESSIVE FOR THIS LOCATION.

THE OTHER SENIOR CITIZEN AREA IN OUR AREA, SENIOR CITIZEN FACILITIES, ARE TWO OR THREE STORIES.

THERE'S SUNRISE CONSERVATORY, THERE'S LEGACY, AND UM, AT PRESTON PARK, THERE'S A, ANOTHER FACILITY.

THERE ARE TWO OR THREE STORIES, BUT THEY'RE NOT OVERSHADOWING A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR 40 YEARS.

AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CHOOSING NOT TO HAVE AN HOA IS ONE OF THE REASONS.

IT'S, IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP THAT COMMUNITY AS A RESIDENTIAL AREA.

ADDING MORE APARTMENTS TO THE CITY OF PLANO 22ND, I DON'T THINK IS IN OUR BEST INTEREST.

THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.

BILL LYLE, I SIGNED UP FOR .

IF I GET THIS ONE.

I DIDN'T INTEND TO.

I'M SORRY.

THERE ARE NO OTHER SPEAKERS.

I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, CONFINE THE COMMENTS TO THE COUNCIL.

MAYOR PRO TIMM.

CHRISTINA, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

UM, I KNOW YOU ALREADY DID A COMPARISON, BUT I WANT A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION WITH REGARD TO SB EIGHT 40 VERSUS

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THIS PROPOSAL.

SO LET'S JUST SAY THAT, UM, UM, THIS, THIS WAS REJECTED.

IF PNZ HAD REJECTED THIS OR, UM, THIS PLAN AND THIS, UM, THIS APPLICATION, WHAT CAN THE DEVELOPER DO IN THAT RESPECT WITH THE NEW SB 40 IN PLACE? SO THE DEVELOPER CAN BUILD BY RIGHT.

A MULTIFAMILY PRODUCT UP TO 45 FEET IN HEIGHT.

HOW MANY DOORS? UM, I, I COULDN'T TELL YOU, UH, BECAUSE YOU'D HAVE TO MEASURE OUT, BUT YOU COULD LIKELY BUILD THE SAME NUMBER OF DOORS THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TODAY JUST WITH MORE LOCK COVERAGE, BECAUSE THE SETBACK COULD BE 25 FEET.

UM, YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, GARAGE PARK IT, SMALLER UNITS.

UM, I'M, I'M CERTAIN YOU COULD, YOU COULD BUILD MORE UNITS BECAUSE THEIR UNITS ARE SO LARGE AND HAVE SO MUCH COMMON AREA.

I'M CERTAIN YOU COULD BUILD MORE UNITS.

SO 25 FOOT SETBACK, UM, AT 45 FEET IN HEIGHT.

SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING A DIFFERENCE OF, UM, I THINK 10, 10 FEET IS THAT IT'S, IT WOULD BE 20 FEET SHORTER, UM, THAN THEIR PROPOSAL.

UM, BUT IT WOULD BE EFFECTIVELY, UH, AL IT WOULD BE, SO IT'S 120 TO, SO 95 FEET CLOSER TO OHIO AND THE SETBACK WOULD BE, UM, MUCH MORE CLOSER TO THE EDGE OF THE ROAD.

THAT IS CORRECT.

IS THAT RIGHT? ANY OTHER DIFFERENCES THAT, UM, IF THEY WERE TO DECIDE NOT TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND JUST GO OUT THERE AND DO THEIR OWN MULTIFAMILY, UM, I MEAN, THEY WOULD BE FOLLOWING THE CITY'S NEW REGULATIONS.

SO THE CITY'S MULTIFAMILY DESIGN GUIDELINES WOULD GO INTO EFFECT.

UM, THEY WOULD NEED TO GO THROUGH THE, DO A PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING STUDY.

SO ALL THOSE NEWER REGULATIONS WOULD ALSO GO INTO EFFECT.

AND, AND AT THIS POINT, HAS THERE BEEN, AND I, THIS IS PROBABLY FOR A DEVELOPER, UM, QUESTION, BUT, UM, HAVE WE EVER DONE ANY TYPE OF STUDY TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS A DEMAND FOR INDEPENDENT, UM, LIVING FOR SENIOR CITIZENS HERE IN CITY OF PLANO? OBVIOUSLY THERE IS AN AGING POPULATION HERE IN PLANO, RIGHT? I THINK OUR HOUSING STUDY INDICATES THAT THERE IS A DEMAND FOR, UH, FOR SENIOR HOUSING.

AND IS THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY PNC HAD DECIDED TO GO WITH THIS, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY NOT MEET ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? I THINK THAT'S, UH, SOME OF THE DISCUSSION THAT OCCURRED.

I, OKAY.

PROPOSAL, UH, WHAT COULD BE BUILT THERE, UH, COULD BE CONSIDERABLY MORE OBJECTIONABLE.

COUNCILMAN MAYOR LABINE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, I HAVE A, UH, UH, FAMILIARITY WITH, UH, THIS PARTICULAR AREA.

I LIVED JUST DOWN THE STREET, UH, ON PRESTON PARK, UH, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

AND I LIVED IN, UH, AN ADJACENT, UH, SUBDIVISION TO EL DORADO PARK.

UM, AND SO I'VE SPENT A LOT OF MY, UH, ADULT LIFE, UH, GOING UP AND DOWN, UH, OHIO AND, UH, PRESTON PARK AND, UH, PARK, UH, AND, UH, SHOPPED IN THOSE AREAS.

UH, I THINK THAT AT THE TIME WHEN THE TOM THUMB WAS OPERATING THERE, THERE PROBABLY WAS EVEN MORE TRAFFIC, UH, AT LEAST, UH, IN THAT SHOPPING AREA THAN THERE IS PERHAPS TODAY.

UH, I, I SEE THIS AS A, UH, EXCELLENT UTILIZATION OF THE PROPERTY.

WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE ALTERNATIVES, UH, AS YOU WERE DESCRIBING UNDER SB EIGHT 40, WE COULD SEE A MUCH DENSER COMMUNITY BUILT THERE THAT WOULD IN FACT ADD MORE TRAFFIC, UH, AND, UH, MORE OVERSIGHT TO, UH, THE NEIGHBORS, UH, OR OVERVIEW TO THE NEIGHBORS.

AND I THINK IT WOULD BE MORE OBJECTIONABLE THAN WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED HERE.

I I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT, UH, IT IS, UH, IMPORTANT FOR THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA WHO OBJECT TO REALLY THINK THROUGH, UH, WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR.

BECAUSE AGAIN, IF WE WERE TO, UH, REJECT THIS

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COUNCIL MEMBER CARE.

I JUST WANT TO SHARE A, A FEW THOUGHTS, UH, ABOUT THIS LOCATION.

UM, ALONG THE SAME LINES THAT COUNCIL MEMBER LEVINE MENTIONED.

YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, I, I HEAR YOU RE UH, FROM THE RESIDENTS.

UM, I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT FOR THE LAST YEAR.

I'VE PARTICIPATED IN SOME OF THE ONSITE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE RESIDENTS, UM, UH, INCLUDING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE MONTESSORI SCHOOL.

AND I THINK THAT THERE ARE, THEY HAD VERY VALID CONCERNS.

AND I FEE, I FEEL LIKE THE DEVELOPER HAS REALLY DONE AS MUCH AS, AS POSSIBLE TO, IN ORDER TO STILL MAKE SURE THIS PROJECT IS PROFITABLE AND THAT IT MAKES SENSE FOR THEM TO DO IT, BUT ALSO THAT IT MAKES SENSE FOR OUR CITY, FOR OUR, OUR RESIDENTS, FOR THE OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE AREA, OR THE, THE TRAFFIC IMPACT.

UM, LET'S FACE IT, UM, TRAFFIC IS, IS BECOMING A, A, A BIG DEAL IN PLANO.

AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE, AND I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT A PLACE THAT WILL HAVE LESS THAN ONE CAR PER APARTMENT, UH, ON AVERAGE WILL HAVE A, A MINIMAL IMPACT AROUND THAT.

I'M ALSO THINKING ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT HA WE HAVE TO WEIGH HERE.

THE STATE HAS TOLD US THAT WE IN THE STATE NEED MORE HOUSING.

WE KNOW THAT FROM OUR STUDY AND FROM OTHER DISCUSSIONS THAT WE NEED DIVERSITY IN, IN OUR HOUSING, NOT JUST MORE OF THE SAME.

UM, WE DO HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR NEIGHBORS AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

AND I THINK THAT, UM, THERE'S BEEN ONGOING DISCUSSIONS EVEN AFTER PNZ, AFTER IT'S BEEN IMPROVED, APPROVED.

UH, THE DEVELOPER HAS GONE OUT AND CONTINUE TO MAKE, UM, TO HAVE MEETINGS AND HAVE DISCUSSIONS AND MAKE SURE THE CONCERNS ARE UNDERSTOOD AND ADDRESSED AS, AS BEST WE CAN.

UH, I WAS PARTICULARLY CONCERNED THAT THE MONTESSORI, UH, WOULD BE IN TROUBLE DURING THE DEMOLITION AND CONSTRUCTION PHASES.

AND I'M PLEASED TO KNOW THAT YOU'VE COME UP WITH AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM, THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE FINDING WAYS TO TAKE CARE OF THESE THINGS, UH, WHILE YOU HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF ALL THOSE THINGS.

UM, THE OTHER THING WITH SB EIGHT 40 IS IT, IT CONTINUES TO TAKE AWAY CONTROL FROM THE CITY, FROM OUR, OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR, OUR VOTERS HERE, I REALLY WANT TO, IF POSSIBLE, GO FORWARD WITH ANY PROJECT THAT DOES ALLOW US TO MAINTAIN CONTROL.

I THINK THAT THIS DEVELOPER OB OBVIOUSLY THEY DO APARTMENTS, THEY VERY WELL COULD HAVE JUST SAID, WE'RE DONE WITH THIS, WE'RE JUST GOING TO, TO PUT UP APARTMENTS, AND WE'RE DONE.

UM, I'M, I'M PLEASED THAT THEY'VE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH THE CITY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THE, UM, THE BUSINESSES IN THE AREA TO TRY TO MAKE THIS REALLY ABOVE A VIABLE PROJECT FOR EVERYBODY.

AND WITH, WITH THAT IN MIND, I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE, UM, ACCEPT ITEM ONE WITH THE CHANGES TO THE LANGUAGE AROUND THE ORDINANCE REGARDING THE SCREENING, SO THAT IT APPLIES ONLY TO COMMON AREAS.

IN THE CITY OF PLANO, THE CITY OF EXCELLENCE.

UM, DEPUTY MAYOR, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE, UM, CONCERNS THAT THE CITIZENS HAD, PARTICULARLY WITH THE TRAFFIC.

IF YOU REMEMBER, THIS IS A INDEPENDENT, UH, SENIOR CENTER.

UH, THE ONES I VISITED MORE THAN NOT HAVE VEHICLES.

BUSES.

THAT'LL TAKE THE RESIDENTS TO THE STORES.

TO THE SHOPS.

BUT IF THEY LIVE RIGHT THERE AND THEY'RE HEALTHY, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO WALK TO MANY RESTAURANTS.

IT COULD, COULD BE A PLACE WHERE I, UH, LIVE IN THE FUTURE WHERE I'D BE ABLE TO VISIT THE KD ICE HOUSE.

UH, STEVE FIELDS PTAP, NOT THAT I KNOW ANY OF THE RESTAURANTS OVER THERE, BUT AGAIN, UH, THE TRAFFIC'S GONNA BE LESS THERE THAN FSB EIGHT 40 WAS TO TAKE PLACE, AND THEY WOULD PUT JUST STRAIGHT UP MULTIFAMILY.

I GUARANTEE IT.

IT'S GONNA BE LESS, PROBABLY A THIRD LIST.

THE OTHER CONCERN WAS THE PRIVACY.

THEY ADDRESSED THAT WITH HAVING A CLEAR STORY ON THE FIFTH FLOOR, WHICH AGAIN, A CLEAR STORY.

WIND IS AT THE VERY TOP.

IT JUST ALLOWING DAYLIGHT COMING THROUGH THERE TO LIGHT UP THE HALLWAY.

IT'D BE VERY HARD FOR SOMEONE TO PEEK OUT THAT WINDOW 'CAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE TO EITHER STAND ON A SOFA OR STAND ON A CHAIR TO LOOK OUT THOSE WINDOWS.

LAST, THIS MEETS OUR PLANO CITY OF PLANO HOUSING STUDY THAT HAS SHOWN THAT WE, OUR SENIOR CITIZENS, OUR, OUR AGING POPULATION IS GROWING AND THEY'D NEED A PLACE TO LIVE BECAUSE THEY LOVE TO LIVE

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SO WITH THAT ALL BEING SAID, I'M GONNA SECOND THIS MOTION TO APPROVE.

UH, ITEM ONE, ZONING CASE 20 25 0 DASH 0 1 3.

COUNCIL MEMBER NIA.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, I JUST WANNA PROVIDE MY COMMENTS ABOUT THIS ASPECT AND THE WAY OF THINKING I'M GOING WITH THIS IS MORE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.

UM, I THINK IT'S A GREAT UTILIZATION OF THAT LAND.

WE HAVE TWO HOSPITALS EXTREMELY CLOSE BY, AND THEN WE HAVE FIRE STATION FIVE THAT'S ONE BLOCK AWAY, WHICH WOULD BE HIGH UTILIZATION OF OUR PARAMEDIC SERVICES, WHICH WE'VE SEEN THOSE NUMBERS.

AND THEN THE BACKUP STATION WILL BE STATION NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS BY MY HOME AND MY ENVIRONMENT.

SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA AND THINKING FROM AN EMERGENCY STANDPOINT, IT'S A PLACE I WOULD LIKE TO LIVE, KNOWING THAT A HEART ATTACK IS WITHIN SECONDS.

SO, ALL RIGHT.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND, UH, TO APPROVE.

ITEM NUMBER ONE, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES EIGHT TO ZERO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, WE'LL NEED TO FILL OUT THE FINDINGS FOR QUICKLY.

ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, COMMENTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST.

WE'LL TAKE, UH, WE'LL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS AND, AND GO ONTO THE NEXT ITEM.

AND OUTTA CLEAR, THE COUNCIL IS RECONVENED IN OPEN SESSION.

ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

MOVING

[COMMENTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST]

THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS TO ALLOW TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER WITH 30 TOTAL MINUTES ON ITEMS OF INTEREST OR CONCERN, AND NOT ON ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE CURRENT AGENDA.

THE COUNCIL MAY NOT DISCUSS THESE ITEMS, BUT MAY RESPOND WITH FACTUAL OR POLICY INFORMATION.

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

AND WE HAVE, UH, EIGHT SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.

THE FIRST ONE IS LUTIA NELSON.

HELLO.

UM, I SEE TONIGHT THIS COUNCIL OFFICIALLY PROCLAIMED APRIL AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH.

IT WAS IN INCRE.

INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO SIT, SIT HERE AND LISTEN TO THAT, BECAUSE FOR MY FAMILY, THOSE WORDS ARE COMPLETELY HOLLOW.

WHILE YOU ISSUE PUBLIC PROCLAMATIONS, MY FAMILY IS LIVING THE DEVASTATING FAILURES AND CONSEQUENCES OF HOW THE CITY OF PLANO ACTUALLY HANDLES THE ABUSE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

I AM HERE TO BE THE VOICE FOR MY DAUGHTER, SONIYA.

WHILE HER PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, WHILE IN HER PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM, SHE WAS SUBJECTED TO PHYSICAL ABUSE.

THIS WAS CAPTURED ON VIDEO.

TEXAS ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES INVESTIGATED AND OFFICIALLY SUBSTANTIATED THE FINDINGS OF PHYSICAL ABUSE.

BUT I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ADDRESS THE PLANO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ROLE IN WHAT HAPPENED NEXT.

WHEN A DISABLED INDIVIDUAL IS ABUSED ON CAMERA, YOU EXPECT SWIFT ACTION INSTEAD, THE PLANO POLICE DEPARTMENT SAT ON MY DAUGHTER'S CASE FOR 303 DAYS AND TOLD US IF IT HAPPENED AT KROGER'S, THEY WOULD'VE MADE AN ARREST IMMEDIATELY.

THAT 10 MONTH DELAY WAS NOT AN ADMINISTRATIVE OVERSIGHT.

IT WAS A CALCULATED CYA MANEUVER COVER YOUR ASS MANEUVER.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS CHOSE TO PROTECT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEMSELVES.

INSTEAD OF PROTECTING SANAYA, THE SYSTEM CLOSED RANKS.

BY THE TIME THE POLICE FINALLY REFERRED THE CASE TO THE COLLIN COUNTY DA, THEY HAD MANAGED THE NARRATIVE AND THE TIMELINE TO ENSURE THE GRAND JURY WOULD RETURN A NO BILL.

BY NOT SHOWING THEM THE VIDEO AND TELLING THEM THAT THE POLICE SAID IT WAS MISHANDLING NOT CRIMINAL, THEIR 303 DAYS OF INACTION WAS DIRECT INTERFERENCE.

IN THE OUTCOME OF THAT PRESENTATION, I HAVE A VERY SIMPLE QUESTION FOR THE COUNCIL AND THE POLICE CHIEF.

IF THE POLICE TRULY BELIEVE NO CRIME WAS COMMITTED, WHY DID THEY WASTE TAXPAYER DOLLARS SENDING IT TO THE DA ALMOST A YEAR LATER? THE ANSWER IS THAT SENDING IT TO THE DA WAS JUST THEATER.

IT WAS A WAY FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO WASH THEIR HANDS AND SAY THEY DID THEIR JOB, BUT THEY DIDN'T.

THEY SHIELDED THE SCHOOL PROTECTED THEMSELVES AND ABANDONED MY DAUGHTER A NONVERBAL VICTIM.

SONIYA CANNOT SPEAK, BUT I CAN.

THE RESIDENTS OF PLANO DESERVE TO KNOW THAT WHEN A DISABLED CITIZEN IS HARMED, THE CITY'S POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL SPEND CLOSE TO A YEAR MAKING SURE THE TRUTH NEVER SEES THE LIGHT OF DAY.

CONGRATULATIONS, PLANO, THE CITY OF CORRUPTION.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS DJ HORN.

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GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS DJ HORN.

I STOOD BEFORE YOU RECENTLY TO RAISE CONCERNS REGARDING GHOST OFFICES AND H ONE B VISA FRAUD IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I WANT TO BEGIN BY SHARING THE IMPACT OF THAT CONVERSATION THAT I HAD MY SPEECH, AND I SHARED IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

I RECEIVED OVER 1 MILLION VIEWS, OVER 25,000 LIKES, AND OVER 3000 COMMENTS.

AND I AM NOT A SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER.

BEFORE THIS TIME, I HAD THREE FOLLOWERS.

NOW I'VE GOT THOUSANDS.

THESE COMMENTS ON THE VIDEO MADE ONE THING CLEAR.

THIS ISN'T JUST MY CONCERN.

IT'S THOUSANDS OF PLANO RESIDENTS THAT FEEL THE SAME WAY.

I AM BACK TONIGHT BECAUSE THE ISSUE IS NOT A DISTANT FEDERAL PROBLEM.

IT'S A LOCAL ZONING AND PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN THAT SITS SQUARELY ON THIS CITY COUNCIL.

AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT MY INTENT.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT RACE.

I VALUE AND SUPPORT A DIVERSE, MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

IT'S THE ONE THING THAT MAKES PLANO A GREAT CITY TO LIVE IN.

MY CONCERN IS ABOUT THE LEGALITY, THE TRANSPARENCY, AND THE INTEGRITY OF OUR ZONING, AND A BLATANT FRAUD THAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT BEFORE US.

WE ARE SEEING A SYSTEM DESIGNED FOR SPECIAL OCCUPATIONS BEING EXPLOITED.

THE H ONE B PROGRAM IS INTENDED FOR HIGHLY SKILLED STEM SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH CANDIDATES TO HELP CONTRIBUTE TO OUR ECONOMY.

WE DO NOT NEED H ONE B CANDIDATES BEING FUNNELED INTO ROLES AS CASHIERS FOR WALMART OR SEVEN 11 WHEN A BUSINESS CLAIMS TO BE A HIGH TECH FIRM ON A ZONING APPLICATION, BUT OPERATES AS A FRONT FOR LOW WAGE LABOR.

THIS IS A DIRECT VIOLATION OF PLANO ZONING STANDARDS.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE MY REQUEST TO THIS COUNCIL IN THREE SPECIFIC WAYS.

FIRST, THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AUDIT.

DOES THE BUILDING INSPECTOR'S DEPARTMENT HAVE A MECHANISM TO FLAG HIGH DENSITY APPLICATIONS FOR A SINGLE ADDRESS? THAT SHOULD BE, BECAUSE THAT IS A ZONING VIOLATION.

SECOND CODE ENFORCEMENT PROACTIVITY.

IF A RESIDENCE'S HOME IS BEING USED AS A COMMERCIAL MAIL DROP FOR INTERNATIONAL VISA APPLICATIONS, THIS IS A VIOLATION OF RA RESIDENTIAL ZONING.

I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL, WHAT IS THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT AGENDAS TO INVESTIGATE THESE PAPERLESS COMPANIES? PAPER ONLY COMPANIES.

THIRD, INTERAGENCY TRANSPARENCY HAS THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

THE PLANO POLICE DEPARTMENT ESTABLISHED A FORMAL LINE OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE TEXAS UR ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, OR ANY FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS THAT ARE INVESTIGATING THESE SCAM COMPANIES.

20 SECONDS.

UH, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF EYES ON PLANO IN THE CITY COUNCIL.

THERE'S A MOMENT TO PROVE THAT WE ARE A LEGITIMATE, UH, SOCIETY.

I'M NOT ASKING YOU GUYS TO CHANGE THE LAW.

I'M ASKING YOU TO FOLLOW THE LAW THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.

NO LONGER SAFELY SEND HIS DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL OUT OF FEAR FOR HER WELLBEING.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MOHAMMED HASNI.

MY NAME IS MOHAMMAD HUSNEY.

I HAVE LIVED IN PLANO FOR 15 YEARS, AND I GREW UP IN THIS COMMUNITY THROUGH THE PLANO ISD SCHOOL SYSTEM, ATTENDING AUTO MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

THIS COMMUNITY HAS SHAPED ME INTO WHO I AM TODAY, AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SPEAK ON SOMETHING THAT HAS RECENTLY AFFECTED MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THERE WAS AN INCIDENT INVOLVING A MUSLIM FATHER AND IS NINE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WHO WERE HARASSED BY JAKE LANG.

JAKE LANG IS A NON PLANO RESIDENT WHO COMES TO OUR COMMUNITY SIMPLY TO HARASS OUR NEIGHBORS.

WHAT MAKES THIS ESPECIALLY CONCERNING IS THAT IT OCCURRED AT A LOCAL PLANO MOSQUE ON EID, ONE OF THE MOST SACRED AND MEANINGFUL DAYS FOR MUSLIMS A DAY MEANT FOR PEACE, FAMILY, AND CELEBRATION.

IT WOULD'VE BEEN BAD ENOUGH IF THE SITUATION HAD HAD ENDED THERE, BUT IT DID NOT.

THE VIDEO OF THIS INTERACTION WAS LATER EDITED AND SHARED ONLINE IN A WAY THAT CARRIED A DEEPLY DISTURBING AND FALSE NARRATIVE.

A CLAIM WAS FALSELY SPREAD.

IDENTIFYING THE 9-YEAR-OLD GIRL AS THE MAN'S WIFE, A MESSAGE AS NOT ONLY OFFENSIVE BUT HARMFUL.

THAT VERSION OF THE VIDEO GAINED 2.5 MILLION VIEWS, AMPLIFYING MISINFORMATION AND SUBJECTING THIS FAMILY TO WIDESPREAD SCRUTINY AND AND HARASSMENT.

THE THE IMPACT OF THIS GOES FAR BEYOND A SINGLE MOMENT.

IT HAS CAUSED REAL HARM.

IN FACT, THE SITUATION ESCALATED TO THE POINT WHERE THE FATHER FELT HE COULD

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NO PARENT SHOULD EVER HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, THIS SITUATION IS NOT ISOLATED.

THERE HAVE BEEN MANY INSTANCES MORE RECENTLY, AN INSTANCE WHERE MUSLIM STUDENTS FROM PLANO, EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL THAT I PREVIOUSLY HAD ATTENDED, WERE HARASSED BY AN ADULT AT A CLUB EVENT OUTSIDE OF CAMPUS.

WHEN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS INVOLVES MINORS AND ADULTS, IT RAISES SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT WE ARE PROVIDING FOR OUR STUDENTS EVEN BEYOND SCHOOL GROUNDS.

APRIL IS RECOGNIZED AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH DURING A TIME WHEN WE EMPHASIZE PROTECTING CHILDREN.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE SITUATIONS LIKE THIS CREATE A CONSTANT SENSE OF FEAR AND VULNERABILITIES FOR FAMILIES.

A CHILD AND HER FATHER WERE DIRECTLY HARASSED, AND THAT RE THAT REALITY SHOULD CONCERN ALL OF US.

IF SOMETHING LIKE THIS WERE TO HAPPEN TO THE CHILDREN OR DAUGHTERS OF ANYONE IN THIS ROOM, THERE'S NO DOUBT WE WOULD BE ENRAGED THAT SAME LEVEL OF CONCERN AND URGENCY, 20 SECONDS SHOULD EXIST HERE AS WELL.

NO ONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HARASS A LITTLE GIRL IN PLANO TO THE POINT THAT SHE ISN'T ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL OUTTA FEAR FOR HER SAFETY.

THAT'S A BASIC STANDARD WE SHOULD ALL AGREE UPON.

THIS COMMUNITY HAS ALSO TAKEN STEPS TO RECOGNIZE ISSUES LIKE CHILD ABUSE THROUGH OFFICIAL PROCLAMATIONS.

IF WE ARE TRULY SERIOUS ABOUT PROTECTING CHILDREN, THEN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS SHOULD BE AN ISSUE THAT HITS CLOSE TO HOME.

WHEN MINORS ARE BEING TARGETED, HARASSED, AND MADE TO FEEL UNSAFE, IT DESERVES THAT SAME LEVEL OF URGENCY AND DETENTION.

YOU WANNA WRAP IT UP? IS THAT TIME? IT WAS LONG MOWER.

ALRIGHT.

FACE ON SED CRYSTAL CURRY.

OH GOSH.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FOLLOW THE LAST COUPLE COMMENTS, BUT I DID HAVE A THOUGHT ABOUT THE, UM, LEADS DISTINCTION.

AND I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE THEM BECAUSE I, I ALREADY LIKE LIVING IN PLANO.

AND I THINK THAT DISTINCTION IS WONDERFUL BECAUSE, UM, I DON'T THINK MANY PEOPLE REALIZE HOW MUCH, UM, SUSTAINABILITY MATTERS AND HOW MUCH LEAVING THE CONDITION OF OUR PLANET IN A BETTER, YOU KNOW, WAY FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATION MATTERS.

AND IT'LL, IT'LL ATTRACT MORE BUSINESS PEOPLE HAVE A BUSINESS MIND, WE'LL ATTRACT MORE BUSINESS PEOPLE TO THE CITY TOO.

SO, UM, CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT AND THANK YOU.

SO, UM, MY COMMENT THIS EVENING, OF COURSE IS TO CONTINUE TO BRING UP MY ISSUE SO IT DOESN'T GET, UH, YOU KNOW, LEFT BY THE WAYSIDE.

AND AS I LOOKED AT SOME OF THE STUDENTS THERE, I THOUGHT ABOUT, UM, WE, THE PEOPLE, RIGHT? DO YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT WE, THE PEOPLE, UH, WHERE THAT SENTENCE COMES FROM? ANYBODY? YOU GOTTA, MS. CURRY, YOU GOTTA, WE, WE, THE PEOPLE YOU GOTTA ADDRESS, ADDRESS US.

GET HELP TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE THINGS.

WE, THE PEOPLE COMES FROM, UM, UH, THE, THE CONSTITUTION, RIGHT? AND SO IT DEFINES THE WAY THAT WE TALK ABOUT, UM, OUR RIGHTS AS, UH, CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY.

AND I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, UM, IF WE'RE GONNA ALL HAVE RIGHTS, THAT SHOULD INCLUDE MY RIGHTS.

AND SO, UM, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ISSUE INCLUDING, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST THE WHOLE AI ISSUE WITH REGARDS TO, YOU KNOW, THE DATABASE LIVESTREAM OF MY COGNITIVE DATA, BIO BIOTECHNOLOGY DATA, UM, HAS BEEN LIVE STREAMED.

IT'S BEEN VERIFIED, IT'S BEEN CONFIRMED.

I'VE SAID THAT BEFORE.

I WENT DIRECTLY TO SENATOR CRUZ'S OFFICE THIS WEEK TO, AND I PRESENTED THEM WITH THE SAME DOCUMENT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM HIM.

SO AGAIN, I'M APPEALING TO THE, THE, THE COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY TO HELP ME GET TO CONGRESS AND TO HELP ME, UM, SOLVE THIS ISSUE.

UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE, THE PEOPLE INCLUDES ALL OF US, WE ARE ALL EQUAL.

THE CONSTITUTION, THE BILL OF AMENDMENTS, GUARANTEES US IN INALIENABLE RIGHTS, RIGHT? AND, UM, I AM SEEKING HELP TO BE ABLE TO HELP MY FAMILY RETAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THOSE RIGHTS, INCLUDING, UM, ISSUES WITH MY BLOODLINE, UM, UH, NATIVE, UH, BLOODLINE AND OTHER BIOTECHNOLOGY ISSUES THAT I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO, BUT YOU GUYS ARE ALL AWARE OF.

I'M JUST TRYING 15.

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UM, THESE ARE VERY REAL ISSUES, AND YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD IT, AND I JUST WANTED TO KEEP BRINGING IT UP SO THAT IT WON'T GET PUSHED BY THE WAYSIDE.

HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING.

ALVIN NELSON.

ALL RIGHT.

I AM ALVIN NELSON, SONIA'S FATHER.

SHE WAS JUST SITTING OVER HERE.

THIS IS MY, UH, DISABLED DAUGHTER.

UH, YOU HEARD MY WIFE LAY OUT A TIMELINE THAT SHOULD TERRIFY EVERY PARENT, EVERY CARE, EVERY CAREGIVER IN EVERY RESIDENT IN THE CITY OF PLANO.

UM, WHAT I LIKE TO SAY, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY, THIS, UH, QR CODE HERE IS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED OR TRANSPIRED, BUT I'M GONNA GIVE EVERYBODY A VISUAL OF WHAT TRANSPIRED IN THE CLASSROOM AT PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, SHARON ROSEBORO WAS A TEACHER.

SONIYA CANNOT PROTECT HERSELF FROM A MOSQUITO.

WE HAVE TO PROTECT SONIYA, EVEN FROM MOSQUITOES, SOMETHING AS SMALL AS THAT.

SHE CANNOT PROTECT HERSELF.

SHE IS CONSTRICTED IN HER MOVEMENTS.

SHE CAN'T, SHE IS CONFINED WHERE SHE CAN MOVE HER HANDS, HER FINGERS AND ARMS. SONIA'S HAND WAS TAKEN ABOVE HER HEAD, AND HER FINGERS WERE PULLED BEHIND HER HEAD.

THIS IS WHERE HER FINGERS WENT BEHIND HER HEAD, MY DAUGHTER OVER HERE IN THIS WHEELCHAIR.

THEY TOOK HER, THE TEACHER TOOK HER FINGERS BEHIND HER HEAD.

THE TEACHER ALSO TOOK HER HER TOES, WHICH ARE CONFINED.

SHE CAN BARELY MOVE THOSE.

SHE BENT 'EM UP INTO A BALL AND CRACKED HER TOES.

SHE PICKS NIA UP BY HER NECK.

SHE PICKED HER UP BY HER NECK TO ADJUST HER IN HER WHEELCHAIR.

THIS IS WHAT THE TEACHER DID TO HER.

GUESS WHAT? WE BROUGHT THIS TO Y'ALL'S ATTENTION.

WE BROUGHT THIS TO THE SCHOOL'S ATTENTION.

WE BROUGHT THIS TO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION IN PLANO.

IT'S BEEN ESCALATED AS, OF COURSE, AS MY WIFE HAS ALREADY EXPLAINED TO YOU, AND TO WHAT A NO BILL.

A NO BILL MEANS.

NOW, THAT SAME TEACHER, SHE WASN'T CRIMINALLY CHARGED.

IT WASN'T EVEN ESCALATED UNTIL ANOTHER HEARING.

SO EVERYBODY ON THIS PANEL, EVERYBODY BEHIND ME, THAT TEACHER CAN GO AND TEACH YOUR CHILD.

THAT TEACHER CAN CRUMBLE YOUR CHILD'S FINGERS UP.

THAT TEACHER CAN CRUMBLE YOUR GRANDCHILD'S TOES.

THAT TEACHER CAN CHOKE YOUR GRANDKIDS.

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE THAT? HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE WHERE I'M STANDING TODAY? I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WANTS TO BE HERE.

I'D RATHER BE SITTING AT HOME NOT WORRIED ABOUT MY CHILD, THAT I HAVE TO PROTECT FROM A MOSQUITO WHILE SHE'S WITH ME.

AND THEN WHEN SHE GOES TO SCHOOL, SHE'S ASSAULTED AND IT'S ON VIDEO.

EVERYBODY'S HEARD OF RODNEY KING.

WE SAW THE VIDEO.

THE POLICE OFFICERS WERE NOT CRIMINALLY HELD UNTIL LATER.

THEY GOT, THERE WAS SOME ACCOUNTABILITY.

SONIYA HASN'T RECEIVED ANY ACCOUNTABILITY, AND ALL OF THIS IS ON VIDEO.

SO YES, IT'S LIKE A RODNEY KING VIDEO RIGHT THERE IN HER CLASSROOM.

20 SECONDS IN THE CITY OF PLANO AT PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

AND, AND WHO BEAT HER? THE TEACHER, SHARON ROSENBERG.

AND GUESS WHAT? THE SRO, HE THOUGHT IT ALSO WAS NOT ANYTHING VIOLENT.

HE DIDN'T THINK HE WAS ABUSE.

HE DIDN'T THINK HE WAS ASSAULT, BUT GUESS WHO DISAGREED WITH HIM? ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES.

SO YES, WE'RE GONNA BE HERE FOREVER TO SPEAK UP FOR PEOPLE LIKE SONIYA.

IT HAPPENED TO US.

WE CAN'T CHANGE THE OUTCOME, BUT WE'RE HERE TO FIGHT UNTIL EVERYBODY ELSE CAN GET SOME FORM OF ACCOUNTABILITY THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE.

AGAIN, THANK YOU.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS HALE.

I RESPECTED MEMBERS OF THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL AS A RESIDENT OF PLANO.

I'M SPEAKING TODAY OUT OF CONCERN FOR THE SAFETY, UNITY, AND INTEGRITY OF OUR CITY.

AS MENTIONED EARLIER IN THIS PRESENTATION, IT TAKES A COMMUNITY TO BUILD TRUST, ENSURE SAFETY, AND UPHOLD THE VALUES THAT MAKE PLANO STRONG.

WHEN MISINFORMATION AND FEAR ARE ALLOWED TO SPREAD UNCHECKED, IT DOES NOT JUST HARM SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES.

IT ERODES TRUST ACROSS PLANO AS A WHOLE.

LIES AND HARMFUL NARRATIVES ARE BEING INTENTIONALLY SPREAD ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY IN PLANO WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY.

THE SITUATION INVOLVING MOHAMMAD OU AND HIS DAUGHTER IS ONE RECENT EXAMPLE.

AS OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE ALSO RECENTLY POINTED OUT MORE CONCERNING STATEMENTS FROM PUBLIC OFFICIALS HAVE ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS HOSTILE CLIMATE.

OUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE WITH HIS ENORMOUS ONLINE PRESENCE, KEITH SELF STATED, AND I QUOTE, GIRLS, DISAPPEAR AT A CERTAIN POINT IN REFERENCE TO THE EAST PLANO MOSQUE.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY

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SERIOUS CLAIM.

IF IT IS TRUE, IT SIGNALS A CRITICAL PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE THAT MUST BE URGENTLY INVESTIGATED.

IF IT IS NOT, THEN IT REPRESENTS DANGEROUS MISINFORMATION THAT UNFAIRLY DAMAGES THE REPUTATION OF OUR CITY.

I CALL ON THE PLAINTIFF CITY COUNCIL TO FORMALLY ADDRESS THIS MATTER, EITHER INVESTIGATE AND PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY AROUND SUCH CLAIMS OR PUBLICLY CORRECT MISINFORMATION.

IN EITHER CASE, SILENCE ALLOWS CONFUSION, FEAR, AND MISTRUST TO GROW.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT, THIS IS NOT ONLY ABOUT PROTECTING ONE COMMUNITY.

IT IS ABOUT PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY AND REPUTATION OF THE ENTIRE CITY OF PLANO.

IF HARMFUL NARRATIVES CONTINUE UNCHECKED THEIR RISK CREATING DIVISION AND POTENTIAL HARM.

AGAIN, I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL AS LEADERS OF THIS COMMUNITY TO TAKE A PROACTIVE STANCE AND ADDRESS THESE ISSUES BEFORE THEY ESCALATE ANY FURTHER.

FAST FORWARD TO DECEMBER, 2014.

THE LAST SPEAKER IS BILL LYLE.

GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.

APRIL 22ND, 2026.

NEXT WEEK MARKS THE TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF MY REMOVAL FROM THE PLANO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

TONIGHT, I WANT TO BEGIN SOMETHING THAT I HAVE FELT COMPELLED TO DO SINCE THAT REMOVAL.

I'M GONNA SHARE MY PERSPECTIVE AND TELL MY SIDE OF THE STORY.

GRANTED, THIS WILL BE SEVERAL DAYS IN THE MAKING.

I WILL START WITH A BIT OF BACKGROUND.

I WAS BORN IN 1976 AND RAISED IN RICHARDSON, TEXAS.

ALONGSIDE MY TWO SISTERS, MY MOTHER AND FATHER, I'M THE FIRSTBORN SON OF A FIRSTBORN DAUGHTER OF JUNIOR GARNER HOLE.

HE SERVED OUR COUNTRY AS A BOMBER PILOT IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE.

FROM AN EARLY AGE, I WAS SURROUNDED BY VALUES OF SERVICE, RESPONSIBILITY, AND RESPECT.

IN SECOND GRADE, WHEN ASKED WHAT I WANTED TO BE, WHEN I GREW UP, I ANSWERED THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES .

I WAS SERIOUS THEN, AND IN MANY WAYS, I STILL CARRY THE SAME BELIEF THAT LEADERSHIP AND PUBLIC SERVICE MATTER.

I HAVE LONG ADMIRED PRESIDENT REAGAN, THE PRINCIPLES HE REPRESENTED HIS ABILITY TO TELL A STORY AND HIS SENSE OF HUMOR.

AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS AN AGENDA ITEM BEFORE THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL THAT DREW SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC ATTENTION.

IT WAS THE EQUAL RIGHTS ORDINANCE.

I ATTENDED THE MEETING AND STOOD AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS, LISTENING CAREFULLY, AS MANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY SHARED THEIR PERSPECTIVES.

I'M NOT HERE TO DEBATE THAT ORDINANCE.

HOWEVER, WHAT STOOD OUT TO ME WAS THE EXCHANGE.

AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING, A MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE YELLED OUT TO MAYOR HARRY, LAURA OSER.

HE SAID, WE'LL SEE YOU IN NOVEMBER.

TO WHICH THE MAYOR RESPONDED, THE ELECTION IS IN MAY AS IF TO SAY, YOU FOOL.

IT WASN'T JUST THE WORDS, IT WAS THE TONE OF THE MOMENT THAT LEFT AN IMPRESSION ON ME.

I BELIEVE THE ERO WAS INFLUENCED, AT LEAST IN PART, BY BROADER CONSIDERATIONS, INCLUDING THE RELOCATION OF TOYOTA FROM CALIFORNIA TO TEXAS.

WHETHER THAT PERCEPTION WAS ENTIRELY ACCURATE OR NOT, IT RAISED IMPORTANT QUESTIONS FOR ME ABOUT HOW DECISIONS ARE MADE AND WHOSE INTERESTS ARE BEING PRIORITIZED.

THAT EXPERIENCE LED ME TO TWO REALIZATIONS.

FIRST, MANY RESIDENTS DON'T PAY ANY ATTENTION TO WHAT HAPPENS IN THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SECOND, THE DECISIONS MADE HERE HAVE REAL AND LASTING IMPACTS ON THE COMMUNITY.

ON THE COMMUNITY.

IT WAS AT THAT POINT THAT I DECIDED TO BECOME MORE INVOLVED AND ULTIMATELY MADE THE DECISION TO RUN FOR COUNCIL.

AND I RAN AND I RAN, AND I RAN .

I RAN FOR PLACE SIX, AND THEN FOR PLACE ONE, AND THEN FOR PLACE SEVEN.

EACH CAMPAIGN WAS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE.

AFTER THREE CONSECUTIVE RACES OF COMING IN LAST PLACE AND MAKING THE PERSONAL DECISION NOT TO EVER ACCEPT A CAMPAIGN DONATION, I CAME TO UNDERSTAND BOTH THE CHALLENGES AND REALITIES OF RUNNING FOR OFFICE.

THAT'S WHERE PART ONE STOPS 20 SECONDS.

BUT I'LL, I'LL MAKE A COMMENT OR TWO HERE AT THE END IF NOTHING WENT WRONG, MR. HORN, WHY WERE YOU REMOVED AS THE LIAISON TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION? MARIA, I KNOW YOU MADE THE MOTION TO REMOVE ME.

I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT.

VIDAL, I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT YOU ARE AT MY REMOVAL HEARING AND I'LL NEVER FORGET YOUR KINDNESS.

PART TWO WILL BE SOON.

RHETORIC THAT TARGETS FAITH OR HERITAGE.

YEAH.

STATEMENT OF FACT.

IT HAS, IT HAS TO BE A STATEMENT OF FACT.

OKAY, GO AHEAD.

AS A MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I, I WANT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE, THE COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD TODAY THAT ARE RELATED TO AN, AN EVENT THAT HAPPENED BEFORE.

AND I WANNA SAY THAT OUR CITY'S STRENGTH IS REALLY ROOTED IN ITS DIVERSITY IN PROTECTION OF ALL ITS RESIDENTS.

WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH YOU.

UM, I REJECT ANY, ANY

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UH, THIS BIGOTRY CONTRADICTS THE CORE VALUES OF OUR TEXAS HOSPITALITY IN MUTUAL RESPECT.

WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT EVERY NEIGHBOR, REGARDLESS OF THEIR BACKGROUND, FEEL SAFE AND WELCOME IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE BUILDING TOGETHER.