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P M THIS MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER. CITIZENS AND OTHER VISITORS ATTENDING TOWN COUNCIL MEETINGS SHALL OBSERVE THE SAME RULES OF PROPRIETY, DECORUM, AND GOOD CONDUCT APPLICABLE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL. ANY PERSON MAKING PERSONAL, IMPERTINENT, PROFANE OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS, OR WHO BECOMES BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL OR ATTEMPTING THE MEETING, SHALL BE REMOVED FROM THE ROOM, IF SO, DIRECTED BY THE MAYOR PRESIDING OFFICER, AND THAT PERSON SHALL BE BARRED FROM FURTHER AUDIENCE BEFORE THE COUNCIL DURING THAT SESSION. DISRUPTION OF A PUBLIC MEETING COULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF SECTION 42.05 OF THE TEXAS PENAL CODE. FOR OUR ROLL CALL, WE HAVE A DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BARTLEY. COUNCIL MEMBER. HODGES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KERN. COUNCIL MEMBER. REEVES IS IN THE BACK. HE IS HERE. AND THE
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OTHERS WILL BE JUST A LITTLE BIT BEHIND. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 551.001 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, AS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, TO DELIBERATE REGARDING SECTION 551.074 TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PERSONNEL MATTERS, INCLUDING THE ANNUAL EVALUATION OF THE TOWN MANAGER, THE TOWN ATTORNEY, THE MUNICIPAL JUDGE, AND ALL MATTERS INCIDENT RELATED THERETO. TIME NOW IS 532.615, 615 ISH. 618. ALRIGHT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THE TOWN COUNCIL HAS BEEN IN EXECUTIVE
[Reconvene into Regular Session and take any action necessary as a result of Closed Session. (Part 1 of 2)]
SESSION AND THE TIME NOW IS 618. AND WE ARE RECONVENED BACK INTO REGULAR SESSION. MAYOR PRO TEM RAY, DO YOU HAVE ANY ACTIONS TO TAKE AS A RESULT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO, SIR.OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THEN WE WILL THEN MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEMS. AND THAT IS GOING TO BE A THE INVOCATION, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND PLEDGE TO THE TEXAS FLAG. MR. JEREMY MEISTER WITH THE GATEWAY CHURCH WILL PROVIDE THE INVOCATION WITH THE RECITING OF THE PLEDGES, AND THEN VENKAT MAGA WITH SCOUT TROOP 365 WILL DO OUR PLEDGES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS EVENING. LET'S PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING WITH SURRENDERED HEARTS. AND WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR KINGDOM TO COME AND YOUR WILL TO BE DONE.
IN THIS MEETING AND THE DECISIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE, WE ASK FOR YOUR WISDOM AND YOUR GUIDANCE. AND WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS INCREDIBLE TOWN THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US, GIVEN US, HELP US TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF EVERYTHING THAT'S BEFORE US. AND LORD, I ALSO WANT TO PRAY OVER THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THOSE WHO SERVE THIS TOWN, THE ONES THAT ARE HERE, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, THOSE WHO ARE SERVING IN JUST UNSEEN ROLES. GOD, I PRAY YOUR BLESSING OVER THEIR FAMILIES HEALTH AND PROVISION, GRACE, MERCY AND PEACE OVER THEM.
AGAIN, WE ASK YOUR WILL TO BE DONE. YOUR KINGDOM COME. PRINCE OF PEACE, WOULD YOU EXTEND YOUR PEACE FROM HERE INTO THE ENTIRE WORLD? IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS? AMEN. THANK YOU BROTHER.
AND GARAGE FOR EVERYTHING THAT. AND PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE FACE OF PLAY. HONORS AND I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU FOR. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME COUNCIL MEMBER REEVES
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BACK TO THE PODIUM TO RECITE OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. JOIN THE JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILES COMPETITION BETWEEN PROSPER AND THE CITY OF LITTLE ELM. SIGN UP FOR SPRING SEASON OF THE MAYOR'S FITNESS CHALLENGE AND TRACK YOUR STEPS. WALK STEPS WALKED EACH DAY THROUGH APRIL 20TH FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS, INCLUDING HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR TRACKING SHEETS, VISIT PROSPER EX-GOVERNOR BACKSLASH. MAYOR FITNESS CHALLENGE THE ANNUAL PROSPER SPRING CLEANUP IS SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, MARCH 29TH FROM 8 A.M. TO 12 P.M. AT TOWN HALL. RESIDENTS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISPOSE OF VARIOUS ITEMS TO ENTER THE EVENT. PLEASE BE PREPARED TO SHOW YOUR UTILITY BILL AND A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE. VISIT THE TOWN'S WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING A LIST OF ACCEPTABLE, ACCEPTABLE ITEMS. JOIN US FOR A DAY OF FUN, FOOD AND FESTIVITIES AT THE DOWNTOWN BLOCK PARTY ON SATURDAY, APRIL 5TH IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN PROSPER AT ONE 116 WEST BROADWAY STREET. PROSPER LIVE MUSIC BEGINS AT 5 P.M. THERE WILL BE ALSO FOOD TRUCKS, LOCAL VENDORS, AND EXCITING ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGES. THE EVENT IS FREE, BUT RSVP'S ARE REQUESTED BY VISITING THE TOWN'S WEBSITE AND CLICKING[00:05:05]
ON THE EVENTS. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? I DO HAVE ONE. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL AND THE RESIDENTS TO MAKE SURE TO GO CHECK OUT OUR CELEBRITIES FOR THE DAY. OUR TOWN MANAGER MARIO CAZARES AND OUR HR MANAGER TONY LUTON, WHO ARE FEATURED ON THE BOOMTOWN SERIES ON WFAA TODAY. HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BE SHOWING AT 6 P.M. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR SCHEDULE IS, BUT THEY SHOWED ON THE MORNING SHOW, SO GREAT JOB REPRESENTING ALL OF US. THANK[1. Recognition to member of Scout Troop 365 on receiving their Eagle Scout designation. (MLS) ]
YOU. SO WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE TO OUR FIRST ITEM WHICH IS A PRESENTATION. AND IT'S A RECOGNITION TO A MEMBER OF SCOUT TROOP 365 ON RECEIVING THEIR EAGLE SCOUT DESIGNATION. AND THAT IS VENKAT MEGA IF YOU'D STEP FORWARD. SO I HAVE TWO THINGS HERE FOR YOU A LETTER AND THEN A CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT. AND THIS CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT IS FOR VENKAT MEGA. IN RECOGNITION OF THE EXCEPTIONAL DEDICATION, LEADERSHIP AND ACHIEVEMENT DEMONSTRATING IN EARNING THE PRESTIGIOUS EAGLE SCOUT AWARD. YOUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO SERVICE, COMMUNITY AND PERSONAL GROWTH SERVES AS AN INSPIRATION TO OTHERS AND EXEMPLIFIES THE HIGHEST IDEALS OF SCOUTING. THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING WHILE THE FAMILY IS COMING UP? WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT. SO FOR THE COUNCIL, THE MOST DIFFICULT BADGE THAT VENKAT HAD TO EARN WAS COMMUNICATIONS GETTING OUT OF HIS COMFORT ZONE IN FRONT OF PUBLIC AUDIENCES. SO YOU'VE DONE WELL. SO CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. AND I ALSO HAVE A TOWN OF PROSPER PIN FOR YOU. SO YOU CAN ADD THAT TO YOUR BADGES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY BROTHERS.THANK YOU THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
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ITEMS PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE IN NATURE. NON-CONTROVERSIAL. THE CONSENT AGENDA CAN BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION. NON-CONTROVERSIAL. ROUTINE PLANNING AND ZONING ITEMS WHERE THERE IS NO OPPOSITION, AND WERE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY THE PNC COMMISSION, AND WHERE NO COMMENTS IN OPPOSITION HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE MEETING, MAY BE ACTED UPON DURING THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING, ITEMS MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCIL MEMBERS OR STAFF. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? YES, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, PLEASE. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? COULD I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS TWO THROUGH SEVEN? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS TWO THROUGH SEVEN. THANK YOU. AND I SAW CHRIS AND CHRIS KERN SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, MR. HOOVER. SO THE ONE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE ONE IN LA CIMA. IT'S THE SITE PLAN FOR LA CIMA CROSSING. AND I DIDN'T, UNFORTUNATELY. I'M SO SORRY. I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO LISTEN TO THE P AND Z. HEARING, BUT NOTICE THAT IT DID NOT PASS UNANIMOUSLY. AND I UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE SOME TRAFFIC CONCERNS, SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF HEAR FROM STAFF ON THAT. AND THEN I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ON THE USE AND SOME OF THE ELEMENTS HERE.SURE. YOU'RE RIGHT. THERE WERE LOTS OF QUESTIONS. I THINK THE COMMUNITY CAME OUT FOR THIS ONE TOO. SO YEAH, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. LOTS OF HAPPY LETTERS THAT WOULD PREFER THAT THIS WOULD NOT GO AT THIS LOCATION. THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION. MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS A ZONE CHANGE REQUEST. AND THAT, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WAS WAS KIND OF THE DRIVING FORCE BETWEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT. WE HAD, I THINK, LAST COUNT, 30 LETTERS, EMAILS THAT THAT WERE SENT TO US AND BOTH OR TWO OF OUR PLANNING COMMISSIONERS, DAMON AND JOSH, BOTH LIVE IN LA CIMA. ONE OF THEM WAS THE PAST HOA PRESIDENT. ONE OF THEM IS THE CURRENT HOA
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PRESIDENT. SO THEY RECEIVED A FAIR AMOUNT OF EMAILS AND TEXT FROM THEIR NEIGHBORS AS WELL.LIKE I SAID, PRIMARY CONCERN WAS PEOPLE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THE ZONING WAS ALREADY IN PLACE AND THEY DIDN'T WANT REALLY ANYTHING THERE. THERE'S RIGHT ON THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY THERE ABOUT WHERE THE EL IS ON ON LA CIMA. THAT'S A DAYCARE. RIGHT ABOVE THAT IS THE AMENITY CENTER FOR THE CIMA NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THEN THE SITE OBVIOUSLY IS THE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW. AND THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN THAT THAT IT'S RETAIL THAT WAS GOING TO GO. THERE WAS IN A BAD LOCATION FOR IT, BUT IT WAS ZONED FOR IT. IT'S PART OF THE OLD PD TWO. THE USE IT'S ABOUT A 30 ZERO ZERO ZERO SQUARE FOOT LITTLE LESS FACILITY. ABOUT 20,000 OF IT IS A GROCERY STORE. IT'S ACTUALLY SPICE HUT, WHICH IS KIND OF A BRANCH OF A GROCERY CHAIN. AND THEN THE OTHER 10,000 IS RETAIL, AND WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS YET. IT'S JUST LIKE A NORMAL GROCERY KIND OF ANCHOR FACILITY. THE INS AND OUTS OF THIS RIGHT UP. LET ME SEE IF I HAVE. YEAH. THIS SHOWS ON THE NORTHERN TOP RIGHT CORNER IS THE IN AND OUT ON LASEMA. AND THEN DOWN IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER IS THE IN AND OUT ON RICHLAND. AND TRAFFIC WAS WAS REALLY THE DRIVING FACTOR IN. I THINK ASIDE FROM THE ZONING ISSUE BEING INCORRECT, BUT THAT THAT CLEARLY DROVE A LOT OF THE PEOPLE. BUT THE TRAFFIC WAS A CONCERN BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC GOING IN AND OUT AT THE INTERSECTION OF LA CIMA AND 380, AND THEN THE INTERSECTION OF LA CIMA AND RICHLAND, AND THE CONCERN WAS THAT ANY DEVELOPMENT AT THIS SITE WAS GOING TO EXACERBATE THOSE INTERSECTIONS AND MAKE THINGS WORSE. LA CIMA IS FOUR LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAY, AS YOU ALL KNOW, AND IT WAS PRIMARILY BUILT TO ALLOW TRAFFIC TO GO FROM 380 UP TO FIRST STREET. AND THAT WAS PART OF THE CONCERN RESIDENTS HAD IS THAT THIS WAS GOING TO ATTRACT PEOPLE GOING UP AND DOWN THIS, THIS ROAD. AND THEN SECONDLY, RICHLAND IS NOT COMPLETE YET. THERE'S A GAP. AND SO THERE'S ONLY TWO LANES. THE SOUTHERN TWO LANES ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE THERE OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT THAT'S IN PLACE. THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAVE TO BUILD THE NORTHERN TWO LANES GOING TO THE EDGE OF THEIR PROPERTY, AND THEN A LITTLE BIT FROM THERE GOING WEST, ARE THE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE'VE SEEN RECENTLY COMING THROUGH THE 380. THE TESLA AND THE OTHER PLACES. AND THEY'LL BE BUILDING THE ROAD THE THE WAY. BUT THE TIMING IS NOT NECESSARILY IN SYNC TO WHERE IT'LL ALL BE DONE AT THE SAME TIME. AND SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE SITE PLAN. IT REALLY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE ZONING SINCE IT WAS ALREADY ZONED BUT TO APPROVE THE SITE PLAN. BUT THEY ADDED A CONDITION THAT A PROFESSIONAL TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE TO DETERMINE, AND THAT WOULD BE BEFORE CONSTRUCTION WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE TO DETERMINE WHEN IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO OPEN.
MEANING WOULD ALL OF RICHLAND HAVE TO BE BUILT AND COMPLETED AND OPENED BEFORE THE ROAD OPENED, BEFORE THE FACILITY COULD OPEN? AND THAT IS THE PURPOSE FOR THE TIA. AND SO THE VOTE WAS WAS 3 TO 1. AND I, I WOULD SAY I MEAN, I WAS THERE, I HEARD WHAT THEY WERE SAYING, BUT I THINK THE ONE AGAINST WAS PRIMARILY THEY WANTED THE TIA DONE. NOW, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE SITE PLAN WAS APPROVED AS OPPOSED TO BEFORE THE BUILDING PERMIT WAS ISSUED. AND I THINK THAT WAS THE CONCERN BECAUSE, AGAIN, THEY COULDN'T REALLY VOTE AGAINST THE ZONING THAT WAS THAT WAS ALREADY GIVEN. SO WOULD RICHLAND HAVE TO BE BUILT BEFORE THIS? THEY COULD GET A CO FOR THIS BUILDING? WE BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT AT LEAST THEIR PORTION OF IT THEIR PORTION FOR SURE. OKAY.
BUT WE THINK THE CONNECTION WOULD HAVE TO BE THERE. THAT MAY ONLY BE TWO LANES ALL THE WAY ACROSS OR MAYBE FOUR LANES ALL THE WAY ACROSS, DEPENDING UPON, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TRAFFIC, THAT 30,000 SQUARE FOOT OF RETAIL WOULD GENERATE. OKAY. AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I HAVE A COUPLE OF SORT OF NITPICKY THINGS, I THINK. SO IN THE TOP. RIGHT HAND CORNER. SO TOWARDS THE SEMA BOULEVARD TO THE NORTH, THERE IS A LITTLE COVERED OUTDOOR DINING AREA. ON THERE.
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IT'S RIGHT HERE ON THIS LITTLE SQUARE. YEAH, I DON'T HAVE A POINTER. I KNEW THAT POINTER. UP HERE. OH, OKAY. GOT IT. RIGHT OKAY. RIGHT. SO MY QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THAT. AND THE REASON WHY I ASK IS BECAUSE IF IT'S A GROCER, WE'VE HAD OTHER GROCERS IN THE PAST BE ALLOWED TO HAVE A LITTLE PATIO. AND WE ALSO HAVE THAT IN A CONVENIENCE STORE TOO, THAT HAS A LITTLE RESTAURANT, AND IT IS A CODE ENFORCEMENT DISASTER BECAUSE IT DOESN'T STAY PICKED UP, IT DOESN'T STAY CLEAN, AND IT DOESN'T STAY FREE OF TRASH. SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THAT? AND IS IT SOMETHING THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE ZONING? I MEAN, CAN WE ELIMINATE THAT AS PART OF THE SITE PLAN? BECAUSE IT JUST FOR A RESTAURANT, THAT MAKES SENSE.BUT FOR A GROCER, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. IT IS SOMETHING AS PART OF THE PROCESS ITSELF, FROM THE ZONING PERSPECTIVE, IT IS PERMITTED. OKAY. TYPICALLY IN AN ENVIRONMENT, WE'VE DONE A COUPLE OF THESE DOWNTOWN WHERE THE SIDEWALKS THAT RUN ALONG ADJACENT TO A PARTICULAR, WHETHER IT'S A RESTAURANT OR WHAT HAVE YOU, THEY NEED A LICENSE TO USE THOSE COME TO THE COUNCIL BECAUSE THOSE SIDEWALKS ARE PUBLIC SIDEWALKS. THERE ARE CITY BASICALLY PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. AND SO PEOPLE NEED PERMISSION TO DO THAT. SOMETHING LIKE THIS. IT'S A PRIVATE SIDEWALK, AND AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T BLOCK THE SIDEWALK, YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE. EVEN THOUGH IT'S PRIVATE, YOU STILL HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GO BY IT. ADA REQUIREMENTS AND ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. THEN IT FOR IT TO BE OPEN AND ACTUALLY FUNCTION THAT WAY. YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE THE SIDEWALK AND SUCH. BUT COULD WE TELL THEM NO. WOULD IT BE IN A PERMITTED USE? I WOULD SAY NO. MR. WELCH MAY HAVE SOMETHING. I DON'T WANT TO PUT HIM ON THE SPOT. I WOULD JUST I WOULD JUST I JUST THINK IT'S A CODE ENFORCEMENT PROBLEM TO COME. AND THAT IS THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY I WAS ASKING. AND AS YOU KNOW, CODE IS IN MY DEPARTMENT.
SO I KNOW FULLY AWARE I DO KNOW. OKAY, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS FOR ME. I AGREE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FROM P AND Z ABOUT DOING THE TRAFFIC STUDY. I'M CONCERNED TOO, THAT THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT CRAZY. YEAH, WE DID TOO. AND I HATE FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE TO BE BACKED UP THERE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO GET IN AND OUT. YES, MA'AM. ANYBODY ELSE? YES. SO LOOKING AT THE SAME CHART, BUT MAYBE A CLEARER COPY AND NOTATES PARKING REQUIRED 119. PARKING PROVIDED 120. CAN WE CLARIFY TWO THAT IS FOR JUST RETAIL OR IS THAT FOR LIKE A GROCERY STORE? AND THEY'RE HARD TO IT'S THE SAME FOR BOTH. SO I MEAN THAT'S WHAT IT COMES OUT TO. THERE WAS COULD YOU GO TO YOUR NEXT SLIDE I THINK IT SAYS YEAH THAT'S WHAT THAT ONE. JUST TO NOTE THE YEAH, THAT'S JUST THE HISTORY OF THE ITEMS. SO YEAH I SHOULD HAVE POINTED THAT OUT. I'M SORRY. BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PD TWO WAS WAS FROM 2000. AND THEN THE PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN FOR THIS WAS 2018. THE CONVEYANCE PLAT WAS 21. THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS THE NEIGHBORHOOD STARTED IN 2003. SO THE ZONING WAS THERE BEFORE THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I MEAN, NOT THAT PEOPLE WOULD KNOW THAT 23 YEARS AGO, BUT IT WAS THEIR FIRST. I THINK THE OTHER CONCERN, JUST TO MAKE SURE IT'S ON RECORD THAT FROM PLANNING AND ZONING WAS CONCERNED WITH THE 18 WHEELER TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, ENTERING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOT HAVING A RESTRICTION OR RESTRICTION ON THAT. IS THAT ACCURATE? YES, SIR. THAT WOULD BE THAT IS ACCURATE AND THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE RESULTS OF THE TIA, THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT'S DONE. THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO USE 18 WHEELERS. IT MAY HAVE TO BE SMALLER TRUCKS THAT THAT COME IN, WHICH IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR SMALLER STORES. AND AGAIN THE STORE PART IS JUST UNDER 20,000FT■!S, WHEREAS EVEN SMALL GROCERY STORES ARE 35 TO 40,000FT■!S. THE LARGER ONES ARE 8000, 120,000. SO THIS IS PRETTY SMALL. SO IT WOULD NOT BE ODD AT ALL FOR THIS ONE NOT TO EVEN HAVE 18 WHEELERS COME IN. BUT BUT THE TIA COULD COULD LIMIT THAT VERY EASILY. THANK YOU. OKAY. YEAH. HAVE THEY IDENTIFIED AS A USER. IDENTIFIED HOW MUCH OF THAT GROCERY STORE WOULD BE USED AS A RESTAURANT, OR IS THERE ANY SENSE OF THAT? NO, IT'S A IT'S A VERY SMALL PIECE. LIKE I SAID, THE FACILITY ITSELF IS ACTUALLY CALLED SPICE HUT. SO IT'S A SPECIALTY TYPE STORE. AND I WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE. BUT MY ASSUMPTION, BASED ON WHAT I DO KNOW, IS IT WOULD BE A VERY SMALL PIECE OF, OF THE STORE
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ITSELF, IF ANY. THEY MAY NOT ACTUALLY EVEN HAVE IT. YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY MAY DECIDE NOT TO DO IT. I DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY HAD SHOWN ANYTHING THAT SAID THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE X NUMBER OF TABLES INSIDE, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE THE OUTDOOR, BUT THEN I WOULD ASSUME YOU'D HAVE SOME INDOOR. WELL, WE WOULD TYPICALLY SEE THAT WHEN IT COMES THROUGH FOR THE ACTUAL BUILDING PERMIT STAGE, BECAUSE IF THERE IS SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT HAS TO GO THROUGH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, OBVIOUSLY, BUT IT ALSO GOES THROUGH HEALTH BECAUSE THEY'LL NEED HEALTH CODE REQUIREMENTS. THEY MAY NEED A GREASE TRAP IF THAT'S WHAT THEY DECIDE TO DO. DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY HAVE, THEY MAY HAVE REFRIGERATION. I MEAN, ALL OF THOSE THINGS COME INTO PLAY, AND IT'S A LITTLE EARLY FOR US TO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU'RE PARKING RATIOS CHANGE AS WELL. BUT LET'S SAY THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THEIR, THEIR FLOOR AREA WAS RESTAURANT. WOULD THAT CHANGE? YES. IT COULD CONCEIVABLY OKAY OKAY. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I WAS DOING OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR.ONE MORE. I NOTICED THE OTHER OPPOSITION WAS DUE TO PROXIMITY OF STORAGE TANK TO LAKEWOOD. I'M SORRY. OKAY. SORRY. I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE SAME GENERAL. I'M SORRY. THEY WANTED A TIA ON THAT ONE TOO. JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, THEY WANTED TO FOR THE. YEAH, I KNOW IT'S A DIFFERENT ONE THAN YOU ASKED FOR, BUT THEY WANTED THE STORAGE TANK MOVED AND THEY WANTED A TIA. SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM. OH, SORRY. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS BY P AND Z FOR THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? OKAY. SECONDED BY MARCUS RAY. ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU DAVID. APPRECIATE YOUR HELP. APPRECIATE IT. THE PUBLIC OUR NEXT ITEM IS CITIZENS COMMENTS.
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PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC. HOWEVER, THE COUNCIL IS UNABLE TO DISCUSS OR TAKE ACTION ON ANY TOPIC NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA. PLEASE COMPLETE A PUBLIC COMMENT REQUEST FORM PRESENTED TO THE TOWN SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE MEETING. PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. IF MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS WISH TO SPEAK ON A TOPIC, THEY MAY YIELD THEIR THREE MINUTES TO ONE INDIVIDUAL APPOINTED TO SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF. ALL INDIVIDUALS YIELDING THEIR TIME MUST BE PRESENT AT THE MEETING, AND THE APPOINTED INDIVIDUAL WILL BE LIMITED TO 15 MINUTES. IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? THEN WE WILL MOVE TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. AND BEFORE I DO THAT, I WANT TO WELCOME OUR ASSISTANT CHIEF OF POLICE, BREWER, BACK TO WORK. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU IN PERSON, SIR. SO THANK YOU. AND I DO NEED TO GET A PAIR OF THOSE SKECHERS. YES. THANK YOU. WE'RE GLAD TO SEE YOU. OUR REGULAR AGENDA IS PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.007 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO ADDRESS[9. Consider and act upon a resolution accepting the Independent Audit Report, Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2024, and Single Audit Report Related to Grant Activities Under Uniform Guidance, as audited by Weaver and Tidwell LLP, Certified Public Accountants. (RBS) ]
THE COUNCIL FOR ITEMS LISTED AS PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL BE RECOGNIZED WHEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE IS THE TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE INDEPENDENT AUDIT REPORT, THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024 AND THE SINGLE AUDIT REPORT RELATED TO GRANT RELATED TO GRANT ACTIVITIES UNDER UNIFORM GUIDANCE AS AUDITED BY WEAVER AND TIDWELL LLP, CPAS AND BOB SCOTT IS GOING TO DO THE STAFF PRESENTATION. AND JUST BEFORE WE GO INTO THAT, I'LL MENTION THAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE DID MEET ON MONDAY MORNING ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM AND HAS APPROVED THE PRESENTATION AS AS BOB IS GOING TO GIVE IT. SO AND IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE FINE PRINT ON IT, THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY GOOD DETAILS IN THE ENTIRE REPORT. MR. MAYOR HAS READ THE FINE PRINT ON IT, BY THE WAY. SO I'VE GOT MY LITTLE HE CAN FILL YOU IN ON IT. ONE OF MY FAVORITE RITES OF SPRING IS OBVIOUSLY THE ISSUANCE OF THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. I MEAN, HOW DOES IT GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT? SO I WILL MOVE VERY QUICKLY THROUGH THIS ITEM. THERE IT IS. YOU ALL HAVE RECEIVED COPIES OF IT. IT IT REALLY REPRESENTS A MILESTONE WHICH I'LL GO INTO IN JUST A SECOND. BUT IT'S A WHEN IT SAYS COMPREHENSIVE, IT'S VERY MUCH COMPREHENSIVE. IT INCLUDES THREE SECTIONS. IT'S PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NATIONAL GUIDELINES. THAT MAKES IT COMPARABLE TO GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL REPORTS AROUND THE COUNTRY. IT HAS THE THREE SECTIONS INTRODUCTORY, FINANCIAL AND STATISTICAL. THE STATISTICAL IS REALLY PRETTY INTERESTING. WHEN YOU LOOK AT A BOOMTOWN LIKE PROSPER, BECAUSE IT SHOWS NINE YEAR TRENDS, AND SO YOU CAN REALLY SEE HOW MUCH WE'VE CHANGED OVER THOSE NINE YEARS.[00:25:01]
HERE'S WHAT'S IN THE INTRODUCTORY SECTION. IF THERE WERE ANY TWO THINGS I WOULD ENCOURAGE EITHER CITIZENS OR COUNCIL TO READ, IT WOULD BE THE TRANSMITTAL LETTER AND THE MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS AND THE MDNA POINTS OUT, IT GIVES YOU TWO YEARS OF COMPARATIVE DATA, AND IT TALKS ABOUT ALL THE MAJOR FINANCIAL EVENTS DURING THE YEAR AND DISCUSSES THAT THOSE FINANCIAL IMPACTS, AS WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE COMMITTEE, THE WATER AND SEWER REVENUES ARE GOING TO BE A LOT MORE VOLATILE BECAUSE OUR EXPENSES ARE MUCH MORE FIXED THAN OUR REVENUES. AND SO WE EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN. AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT IN THE TREND ANALYSIS. AND THEN THE STATISTICAL LOOKS AT VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE TOWN'S FINANCES.WE HAVE TWO NEW TABLES THIS YEAR. WE HAVE PRINCIPAL WATER CUSTOMERS. AND SPOILER ALERT, THE TOWN IS THE NUMBER TWO LARGEST WATER CUSTOMER. SO WE ARE A MAJOR USER OF OUR OWN WATER AND THEN REVENUE BOND COVERAGE. WE ISSUED WATER AND SEWER REVENUE BONDS FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS LAST YEAR. AND SO WE'RE ADDING DISCLOSURES. AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, WE HAD A FINANCE A RIVETING FINANCE COMMITTEE DISCUSSION WITH THE AUDITORS. WE WENT THROUGH EVERYTHING WE OFFERED TO LET THE COMMITTEE MEET ALONG WITH THE AUDITORS, WHICH HAS BEEN OUR TRADITION. BUT THEY DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS NECESSARY. AND THEN THEY VOTED TO TAKE THE ACT FOR TO YOU TONIGHT, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT SOME OF THE MILESTONES, AND I WILL BE QUICK TO POINT OUT SITTING IN THE BACK ROW OR NEAR THE BACK ROW, WE HAVE ONE ENGINEERING INFILTRATION, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE HAVE THE FIRST ROW FROM RIGHT TO LEFT. COLIN ASHBY, WHO IS OUR NEW MANAGEMENT ANALYST AND STARTED AS A SENIOR ACCOUNTANT, YVONNE RUIZ, WHO HANDLES ALL THE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND A LOT OF THE AUDITOR INQUIRIES. OUR NEWEST ADDITION, ASHLEY FANNING, WHO COMES FROM WICHITA FALLS AND WILL BE OUR NEW SENIOR CAPITAL PROJECTS ACCOUNTANT. SO YOU WILL BE GETTING TO KNOW ASHLEY WELL. AND THEN MARCUS NORTHCUTT AS OUR ACCOUNTING MANAGER. YOU KNOW HIM. HE WAS THE SENIOR ACCOUNTANT OVER CIP AND HE PULLED IT ALL TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. TOWN STAFF ACTUALLY PREPARED THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, RATHER THAN HAVING THE AUDITOR OR AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT DO IT FOR US. SO THIS IS A BIG YEAR FOR US. AND THEN IN THE VERY BACK, SITTING NEXT TO THE ENGINEERING INFILTRATOR, WE HAVE RYAN PATTERSON, OUR ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR, AND THEY REALLY DESERVE A BIG SHOUT OUT BECAUSE WE HAVE MADE SO MUCH PROGRESS IN TERMS OF BEING MUCH MORE SELF-RELIANT THAN WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WATER AND SEWER REVENUE BONDS ISSUED FOR THE FIRST TIME.
WE DID A COMPREHENSIVE BOND RATING BOOK, AND WITH THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DONE, WE'RE STARTING THAT UPDATE PROCESS. WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN. WE WENT LIVE WITH TYLER MUNIZ.
OCTOBER 1ST CREATED A NEW CHART OF ACCOUNT, WHICH I THINK WILL HELP US TRACK OUR FINANCES MUCH MORE CLOSELY. THE 2025 BUDGET PROCESS WENT SMOOTHLY, AND WE'RE BEGINNING THAT PROCESS AGAIN. WE HAD BUDGET KICKOFF YESTERDAY AND WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THE 2025 BOND ELECTION PROCESS. SO A LOT GOING ON IN THE FINANCE AREA. THE AQUIFER DOES DEMONSTRATE OUR TRANSPARENCY AND COMPLIANCE WITH TOWN POLICIES. WE DID PAUSE THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO PUT FULL EMPHASIS ON THE ANNUAL.
WE'LL BE STARTING THAT UP AND YOU WILL SEE SEVERAL MONTHS WORTH NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. WE ALSO WILL CONTINUE TO SEE LARGE DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTIONS AND JUST THE IMPACTS OF THE GROWTH. TWO
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THINGS WE POINTED OUT TO THE COMMITTEE. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE STORMWATER UTILITY FEES FOR NEXT YEAR AND ALSO THE HEALTH FUND. SO THOSE WILL BE TWO AREAS OF EMPHASIS FOR THE 2026 BUDGET.AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE. BOB, DID YOU HAPPEN TO MENTION OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR'S NAME? ALSO, CHRIS, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, WAS SITTING OVER ON THE TABLE AWAY FROM THE STAFF, SO I COMPLETELY FORGOT TO MENTION CHRIS LANDRUM, MAYOR PRO TEM RAY NOTICED THAT HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT. NO, THAT WAS A NOTABLE ABSENCE. I JUST FOCUSED ON, AND I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY ON EARTH PETE WAS OVER THERE WITH FINANCE. YEAH. SO THAT WAS A DISTRACTION. BUT NO. CHRIS IS THE LEADER OF THE LEADER OF THE GANG, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR MISSING HIM. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO, CHRIS, AS A MEMBER OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD ON THIS? YEAH, JUST I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO YOU GUYS. ALL ALL OF THE STAFF AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WERE UNDERTAKEN THIS YEAR FROM FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING ON OUR OWN NOW, PICKING UP A LOT OF STAFF CHANGES. AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE ON YOUR TEAM, BOB AND YOURSELF AND CHRIS AS WELL, FOR PAYING ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND GETTING US ALL THE WAY THROUGH AN AUDIT HERE THAT MOST OF US, EVEN ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, PROBABLY HAVE A HARD TIME FULLY COMPREHENDING. BUT THAT'S WHY WE HIRE AN AUDIT FIRM, AND IT'S EXCITING TO BE PART OF A TOWN WHERE WE CAN GET THESE KIND OF FEET. THIS FEEDBACK, WHICH IS BASICALLY ALL CLEAR AT THIS JUNCTURE IN OUR GROWTH WITH EVERYTHING, ALL THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING.
AND YOU GUYS SHOULD BE COMMENDED. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS. YEAH. WHILE I WAS ABSENT ON YESTERDAY'S MEETING, I WANT TO SAY HOW PROUD I AM OF THIS TEAM. YOU GUYS HAVE COME A FANTASTICALLY LONG WAY IN A ONE YEAR TIME FRAME FOR US TO BE ABLE TO BE WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
OBVIOUSLY, TOWN LEADERSHIP WITH MARIO AND BOB AND CHRIS AND TEAM. JUST SUPER PROUD OF YOU ALL. I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF WORK. IT IS NOT SMALL INCREMENTS. IT'S SUPER, SUPER SMALL INCREMENTS TO GET US TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE. AND YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB. SO WELCOME THOSE TO THE TEAM. GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE. AND WE HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY SMALLER. SO THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MARCUS. SO I DO WANT TO POINT OUT SO THIS NEW TEAM THAT WE'RE GIVING THESE ACCOLADES TO IT IS DESERVED ALSO BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE WON THE GFOA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE FOR THE 13TH YEAR IN A ROW. YES, SIR. HOWEVER, WE OUTSOURCED ALL THAT WORK PRIOR TO THIS YEAR. SO THIS IS TRULY A STAFF ACCOMPLISHMENT. AND FOR THAT IT'S A SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENT. SO WELL DONE BY YOUR TEAM. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? OKAY, THEN IF I COULD ASK COUNCIL MEMBER KERN FOR A MOTION ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. SO I MOVED TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE INDEPENDENT AUDIT REPORT, ANNUAL COMPENSATION FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024, AND THE SINGLE AUDIT REPORT RELATED TO THE GRANT ACTIVITIES UNDER THE UNIFORM GUIDANCE AS AUDITED BY WEAVER AND TIDWELL, CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION BY CHRIS KERN, SECOND BY AMY BARTLEY. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES
[11. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider and act upon a request for a Specific Use Permit for a Drive-Through Restaurant on Frontier Retail Center Revised, Block A, Lots 1-2, on 2.8± acres, located on the east side of Dallas Parkway and 800± feet south of Frontier Parkway. (ZONE-24-0021) (DH) ]
UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE NEXT ITEM. I'D ASK THE COUNCIL'S INDULGENCE TO ALLOW ME TO MOVE ITEM 11 IN FRONT OF ITEM TEN, WHICH IS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A REQUEST FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A DRIVE THRU RESTAURANT ON FRONTIER RETAIL CENTER. REVISED BLOCK EIGHT LOTS ONE THROUGH TWO ON APPROXIMATELY 2.8 ACRES. LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF DALLAS PARKWAY AND APPROXIMATELY 800FT SOUTH OF FRONTIER PARKWAY, MR. DAVID HOOVER, THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME. HELLO AGAIN. HELLO. THIS IS THE LOCATION OF THIS SITE. IT'S FOR A CHICK FIL A. SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW THIS IS ALSO THE SITE WHERE THE HEB REST GROCERY STORE IS GOING IN. IT'S UP ON THE NORTH EAST CORNER OF THE TOLLWAY AND FRONTIER. THIS JUST SHOWS WHAT THE USES ARE AROUND IT. FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S VACANT BECAUSE IT'S A SHOPPING CENTER.THAT'S THAT'S GOING THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. THIS JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE THIS PARTICULAR TRACT IS AND HOW IT FITS IN THE REST. YOU CAN'T REALLY TELL MUCH BECAUSE IT'S ALL RED, I REALIZE THAT, BUT FROM A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, THE PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN WAS
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APPROVED BACK IN JUNE OF 23. AT THE TIME, IT HAD TWO STANDALONE RESTAURANTS. THERE WAS THE BANK AND THERE WAS HEB, AND THERE WAS A MCDONALD'S, WHICH WERE ALL IN TRACT ONE. THIS SHOWS THE MCDONALD'S IS AT THE TOP RIGHT AND THE BANK IS AT THE TOP LEFT. WHAT YOU SEE, ALL THOSE PARKING SPACES ARE FOR THE HEB, WHICH IS THERE. AND THEN TO THE LEFT OF THAT IN RED IS THE SITE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW, WHICH IS THE CHICK FIL A SITE. THIS IS JUST A CLOSE UP OF THE TWO SITE PLANS THAT WERE APPROVED FOR THE MCDONALD'S ON THE RIGHT AND THE CHASE BANK ON THE LEFT. AND THEY'RE REAL BUSY, AND THEY'RE REALLY ONLY HERE JUST TO SHOW YOU THAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS AND THEY'RE MOVING ALONG, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. DRIVE THRU STANDARDS, WHICH IS A PART OF THE REASON WHY WE REQUIRE THE SPECIFIC USE PERMITS FOR FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RECOMMENDED THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT DRIVE THRUS AND THE STANDARDS REGULATIONS WE HAD ON THOSE. WE DID. WHAT CAME FROM THAT WERE SOME ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY THE COUNCIL, AND THEN THEY WERE APPROVED IN JANUARY OF 24. THEY INCLUDED PROHIBITING THE STACKING AND DRIVE THROUGH LANES, BASICALLY ADJACENT TO A THOROUGHFARE. SO TO HAVE THE BUILDING HIDE THE DRIVE THRUS, IF YOU WILL. THIS IS THE SITE PLAN FOR THE CHICK FIL A, AND YOU CAN SEE THE DRIVE THRUS, BOTH THE SERVICE LANES AND THE BAILOUT LANE. ALL THREE ARE IN BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND THE SERVICE ROAD. THEY'RE ON THE TOLLWAY, WHICH OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T CONFORM TO WHAT OUR REGULATION IS. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT BETTER.VIEW SHOWS YOU WHAT'S GREEN YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE VERSUS ALL THE BUSY WORK SO TO SPEAK. AND AS IT WAS GOING THROUGH THE STAFF PROCESS, STAFF WAS HAD ASKED SEVERAL TIMES, COULD WE JUST FLIP THE DRIVES AND PUT THEM ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING, MEANING THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN, WHICH WOULD BE THE EAST SIDE, AND THEN JUST SLIDE THE BUILDING DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND STILL USE THE SAME TWO IN AND OUTS THAT YOU SEE AT THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN, GOING INTO AND OUT OF THE DRIVES AND THE PARKING LOT FOR THE HEB AND FOR VARIOUS REASONS THAT WAS NOT DEEMED WORKABLE BY CHICK FIL A. AND SO THEY CAME BACK AND SAID, NO, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO, AND WE WANT TO ASK TO HAVE THIS DONE. AND SO WE TOLD THEM AT THE TIME, BECAUSE IT WAS IN VIOLATION OF OUR ORDINANCE, WE WOULD NOT BE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. AND WE DID. WE RECOMMENDED AT THE STAFF LEVEL DENIAL WHEN IT WENT THROUGH. LET'S SEE WHAT THE NEXT SLIDE IS. LET ME BACK UP TO THIS. WHEN IT WENT THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT. WHY IT WAS THIS WAY AND WHAT THE CONCERN WAS FROM THE STAFF PERSPECTIVE, AND WHAT THE CONCERN WAS FROM THE APPLICANT'S PERSPECTIVE AND WHAT WE WOUND UP WITH THE NIGHT OF THE MEETING. AND STAFF DID NOT SEE THIS BEFORE THE MEETING. THIS IS ENHANCED LANDSCAPING. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCED LANDSCAPING FROM WHAT WOULD BE THE NORMAL REQUIREMENT.
AND THE CHICK FIL A IS BEHIND ALL THIS LANDSCAPING. SO YOU REALLY DON'T SEE THE BUILDING AND YOU REALLY DON'T SEE THE DRIVE, DRIVE AISLES OR THE DRIVE THRUS. AND SO THE DECISION THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MADE WAS THAT THEY BELIEVED THAT THE INTENT AND WE DIDN'T DISAGREE AT THE TIME, WE MEANING STAFF THAT THE INTENT OF WHAT THE PURPOSE OF HAVING THE DRIVE THRUS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING, AWAY FROM THE THOROUGHFARES OR ROADWAYS, WAS TO HIDE THEM. AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION FELT THAT THIS ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING AND ENHANCED LANDSCAPING ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHED WHAT THAT GOAL WAS. AND AT THE STAFF LEVEL, WE DIDN'T DISAGREE. WE HAVEN'T CHANGED OUR RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE OUR RECOMMENDATION IS BASED ON THE
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ORDINANCE. BUT P AND Z AND COUNCIL OBVIOUSLY HAS THE ABILITY TO MAKE OTHER DECISIONS.AND THIS IS JUST WHAT THE BUILDING WILL LOOK LIKE WITH THE FACADE, THE DIFFERENT SIDES. AND THIS IS WHAT THE CRITERIA IS. WE GO THROUGH SOME AND YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, THE ANSWERS TO MOST OF THESE ARE NO, BECAUSE THE DRIVE THROUGH DOESN'T FOLLOW WHERE THE ORDINANCE IS. BUT THE CRITERIA ISN'T REALLY BASED ON EXCEPTIONS. IT'S BASED ON REALITY, SO TO SPEAK. SO ANYWAY, NOTICES WENT OUT, WE GOT NONE RETURNED. SO ADD NO COMMENTS. AGAIN, HERE'S JUST WHAT I TOLD YOU PNC RECOMMENDED APPROVAL SEVEN ZERO. SO THANK YOU. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. I KNOW THERE'S SOME MEMBERS FROM THE APPLICANTS HERE IF YOU WANT TO ASK THEM. THE APPLICANT DOES HAVE A PRESENTATION. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF RIGHT NOW I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR STAFF IN OUR ORDINANCE. WHAT DOES IT DOES THE LANDSCAPE EASEMENT THERE ALONG THE TOLLWAY HAVE TO BE BERMED. IT DOES NOT IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE BERMED ON THE TOLLWAY. OKAY, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. IS THERE AN APPLICANT PRESENTATION? YES. THANK YOU. THERE'S NO ONE. HERE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M PRIYA ACHARYA WITH WEIR AND ASSOCIATES. I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE TO GIVE MY ADDRESS, BUT I WILL. 2201 EAST LAMAR BOULEVARD, SUITE 200 E, ARLINGTON, TEXAS, 76 006. WE'RE HERE DISCUSSING THE PROPOSED CHICK FIL A, SO I REALLY HAVE TO THANK DAVID FOR THAT EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. AND EVEN AT PNC DAKARI'S PRESENTATION, REALLY HIGHLIGHTED WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO TALK ABOUT WITH THIS CHICK FIL A. AND IT'S BEEN GREAT WORKING WITH THE PLANNING AND ENGINEERING STAFF HERE. SO THIS IS AN AERIAL OF WHERE THE PROPOSED CHICK FIL A IS LOCATED.
AND IN THIS AERIAL IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE HEB IS LOCATED. SO ON THIS SCREEN CHICK FIL A IS OUTLINED WITH THE RED RECTANGLE. AND EAST OF THE CHICK FIL A SITE IS THE PROPOSED HEB SITE.
THERE'S TWO ITEMS, TWO YELLOW CIRCLES, AND THOSE ARE INDICATIVE OF THE TWO ACCESS POINTS THAT WILL BE FOR THE CHICK FIL A SITE. NOW, AS I PROGRESS THROUGH THESE SLIDES, MY ORIENTATION OF THE SITE IS GOING TO TURN. SO IN THIS VERSION THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE, NORTH IS TOWARDS THE TOP OF THE PAGE. SO THIS IS A SITE PLAN THAT DAVID PRESENTED EARLIER, JUST A LITTLE BIT CLEANER SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHAT OUR OVERALL LAYOUT LOOKS LIKE.
IN THIS VERSION HEB IS TOWARDS THE TOP OF THE PAGE, AND NORTH DALLAS PARKWAY IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE. AND HERE YOU CAN SEE HOW OUR DRIVE THROUGH STACK IS INTENDED TO BE LAID OUT. WHAT WE'RE REPRESENTING HERE ARE THE VEHICLE STACK FROM THE ENTRANCE POINT UP TO THE ORDER POINT.
THIS VIEW THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE WOULD BE THE BUILDING FACADE AS IT FACES NORTH DALLAS PARKWAY. WE DO HAVE ENHANCED ARTICULATION. WE HAVE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL ARTICULATION. WE HAVE INCREASED GLAZING, SPANDREL GLASS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING. WE HAVE AWNINGS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, TALLER PARAPETS ALONG THE BUILDING. AND REALLY THE INTENT OF THIS IS BECAUSE THIS IS THE VIEW THAT'S FACING NORTH DALLAS PARKWAY. WE ARE PRESENTING IT AS THOUGH IT WAS THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING. SO YOU'RE NOT LOOKING ALONG THE SIDE OF A BUILDING. YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING AT A MUCH MORE ENHANCED FACADE OF THE BUILDING. HERE IS A VIEW OF A RENDERING OF OUR PROPOSED LANDSCAPING. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH LANDSCAPING WE ARE INTENDING TO PROVIDE ON THE SITE. AND THIS IS AN IMAGE THAT'S IN SHOULD BE IN YOUR PACKET. AND DAVID JUST PRESENTED ON IT. SO THIS IS THE VIEW. IF YOU ARE IN NORTH DALLAS PARKWAY LOOKING TOWARDS THE CHICK FIL A SITE, WHAT YOU WOULD BE LOOKING AT, WE DO HAVE TALLER AND MORE DENSE EVERGREEN SHRUBS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING. WE'RE PROPOSING. LIVE OAKS. AND IN THIS VIEW THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, IF I CAN HOVER, OH, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN HOVER ON THIS. OH, I CAN USE THE MOUSE. I'LL USE THE MOUSE. BUT IF YOU NEED ME TO USE THE POINTER, I WILL. SO IN THIS AREA RIGHT HERE IS ACTUALLY
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WHERE THE DRIVE THROUGH CANOPY IS LOCATED. THE DRIVE THROUGH CANOPY IS GOING TO BE THE VEHICLES WITHIN THE DRIVE THROUGH CANOPY AND ALONG THE ENTIRE DRIVE THROUGH LANE ARE INTENDED TO BE SCREENED BY SIX FOOT TALL EVERGREEN SHRUBS. SO THE CANOPY IS ACTUALLY GENERALLY IN THIS LOCATION WHERE THE MENU BOARDS ARE LOCATED. AND THE SIX FOOT EVERGREEN SHRUBS ARE THE HEIGHT AT THE TIME OF PLANTING, NOT AT MATURE HEIGHT, BUT WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY PLANTED. IN FACT, THE ENHANCED LANDSCAPE PLAN IS GOING TO BE THE MINIMUM STANDARD THAT WE'RE PROVIDING FOR THIS CHICK FIL A LOCATION. SO I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE PD PACKAGE. OH, SORRY. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. IN FACT. ALSO, CHITRA SANDERS FROM CHICK FIL A CORPORATE CAME IN FROM ATLANTA IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM HER. BUT AS THE APPLICANT, I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. SAY YOU THINK IT WILL BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE PD PACKAGE OR IT WILL BE INCLUDED? I THINK IT WILL BE. IT WILL BE, YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OH SORRY A COUPLE QUESTIONS. WILL YOU GO BACK TO THE GREEN THE GREEN SITE PLAN I'LL CALL IT THAT ONE RIGHT THERE. OH GO BACK GO BACK ONE. THAT RIGHT THERE WORKS ONE QUESTION I'VE GOT. SO WHERE IN THIS IN THIS PLAN WOULD DELIVERY TRUCKS COME IN TO DELIVER. SO DELIVERY TRUCKS WOULD PROBABLY ENTER I'M TRYING TO FIND MY CURSOR. DELIVERY TRUCKS WOULD PROBABLY ENTER FROM THIS DRIVEWAY HERE AND PROBABLY BE EITHER IN THIS AREA MOST LIKELY. I ASK THE QUESTION BECAUSE THE ONE IN ON ON PRESTON, IT CAN BECOME A NIGHTMARE ON THE INGRESS AND EGRESS WHEN THEY PARK. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT JUST NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED IN THIS IN THIS PLAN. YES, SIR. FOR PATRONS, THE OTHER THING ON THE GO BACK TO THE LANDSCAPING DESIGN FOR ME, IF YOU WOULD. THERE WE GO. YOU SAID THOSE ARE EVERGREENS AND LIVE OAKS. DID YOU SAY LIVE OAKS? YES, SIR. IT IS A COMBINATION. SO THE SHRUBS ARE EVERGREEN SHRUBS, EVERGREEN SHRUBS. AND THE TREES ARE LIVE OAKS AND CEDAR ELMS, LIVE OAKS, CEDAR ELMS, TEDDY BEAR, MAGNOLIA. WHAT ARE THE. WHAT ARE THE PROPOSED SIZES OF THE LIVE OAKS? THE LIVE OAKS ARE PROPOSED TO BE SIX INCH CALIPER, AND AT THE TIME OF PLANTING, 16FT TALL. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THIS ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING. THEREFORE I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? I RECOGNIZE MATT MOORE AS COMING TO SPEAK.GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. COUNCIL MATT MOORE, 301 SOUTH COLEMAN PROSPER, TEXAS 75078. I'M ACTUALLY HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF DNA FRONTIER LP, WHICH IS THE MASTER DEVELOPER OF THE HEB CENTER THERE AT THIS LOCATION. WE'VE WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH CHICK FIL A OVER THE LAST YEAR TO COME TO THIS POINT. THIS PLAN WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE TOOK LIGHTLY. AS PART OF OUR DEVELOPMENT. WE HAVE TO HAVE HEB SUPPORT AND APPROVAL ON THIS LAYOUT, AND THIS WAS THE ONLY LAYOUT THAT WE COULD WORK OUT WITH HEB THAT THEY WOULD SUPPORT. THIS PREVENTS ACCESS OFF THOSE CRITICAL DRIVES COMING IN OFF THE TOLLWAY, WHICH ARE OBVIOUSLY MAIN ARTERIES INTO THAT SHOPPING CENTER. WE FEEL LIKE THIS PLAN PROVIDES EVERYBODY THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE SUCCESSFUL, KEEP TRAFFIC FROM CLOGGING THOSE MAIN ARTERIES. AS CHICK FIL A HAS INDICATED, THEY ARE DOING A TON TO TRY AND, YOU KNOW, MITIGATE THE CONCERN OF THE DRIVE THROUGH ALONG THE TOLLWAY WITH THE LANDSCAPING, AS YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, VERY MATURE SHRUBS AT THE TIME OF PLANTING SIX INCH TREES INSTEAD OF THREE INCH TREES, WHICH ARE THE TOWN ORDINANCES. SO WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE SHOPPING CENTER, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT. SO WE ARE IN SUPPORT. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT MAYOR THE COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU MATT. OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE WE ENTER INTO COUNCIL DISCUSSION. I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM CHICK FIL A CORPORATE HERE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. WE THIS WILL IF THIS IS APPROVED IN ITS FORMAT, THIS WILL BE THREE CHICK FIL A'S IN THE TOWN OF PROSPER. SO WHEN I MOVED HERE, WE HAD NONE. WE HAD TO DRIVE DOWN TO 121 AND PRESTON ROAD TO GET, WHICH IS PLANO TO GET TO CHICK FIL A. SO WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN
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IT UP TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION. OKAY. YOU WANT TO START OFF? YEAH. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO REALLY COMPLIMENT OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, WATCH THE VIDEO OF THEIR WORK. AND I THINK THEY ASKED A LOT OF VERY THOROUGH QUESTIONS AND KIND OF KIND OF BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH. A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS, I REALLY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS TONIGHT. I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR WHY THIS DRIVE THROUGH NEEDS TO BE ORIENTED THE WAY IT DOES. AND WHILE I DO OBVIOUSLY HAVE STRONG SUPPORT FOR OUR ORDINANCES, I THINK WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THIS SITE AS A WHOLE WITH THE HEB AND REALLY WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT CHICK FIL A, BUT NEEDING TO GET TRAFFIC IN AND OUT TO PATRONIZE THE HEB AND THE REST OF THE SITE. I THINK THIS THIS PLAN PROBABLY MAKES THE MOST SENSE. I'VE I'VE THOUGHT I'VE PLAYED WITH IT IN MY HEAD A LITTLE BIT, AND I DON'T THINK YOU CAN REALLY. IT'D BE VERY DIFFICULT, I THINK, TO MOVE AND REORIENT DRIVEWAYS WHERE IT WOULD HAVE LESS IMPACT. AND KNOWING THAT PARTICULARLY, I THINK, ON PRESTON ROAD, I THINK CHICK FIL A HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB WITH WITH THAT FLOW, CONSIDERING HOW MUCH TRAFFIC FLOWS THROUGH THERE. I'M MOST FAMILIAR WITH THAT ONE. I THINK THE, THE, THE WEST SIDE HAS DONE WELL AS WELL, BUT I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PLAN. I THINK THE ONLY COMMENT I HAVE, I ECHO EVERYTHING COUNCILMAN ANDRUS MENTIONED ABOUT PNC. THEY DID A GREAT JOB.I HAVEN'T BEEN TO ONE CHICK FIL A THAT'S NOT MAINTAINED WELL, SO I EXPECT THE SAME HERE. THE COMMENT THAT COUNCILMAN BARTLEY RAISED ABOUT THE BERMS, I KNOW THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT ALONG THE DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR. I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO CONSIDER THAT FOR MAYBE THE RISE AND RUN OF WHERE THOSE TREES ARE, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE ALL THE WAY ACROSS BECAUSE THE LIVE OAKS WON'T LAST IF THEY HAVE BERMS THERE. BUT THERE'S ANY CONSIDERATION OF THAT, THAT THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY ASK. BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH LANES, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. YOU'RE GOING TO NEED PROBABLY A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY TO GET ALL THE CHICK-FIL-A PEOPLE COMING FROM THAT PARK. SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE BUSY AND I'M EXCITED FOR IT. THANK YOU. MY ONLY COMMENT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS DOING THIS ENHANCED LANDSCAPING FOR SURE. I AGAIN, I AGREE, I SUPPORT OUR ORDINANCES AND I THINK WE PASSED THAT ORDINANCE FOR A REASON. I THINK IT'S A GOOD ORDINANCE, BUT SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T WORK OUT IN REAL LIFE. AND SO FOR THIS SHOPPING CENTER, IT'S GOING TO BE WILD WITH HEAVY AND CHICK FIL A. SO I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS DOING THAT TO SCREEN THE CARS. AND THEN ALSO AS ALWAYS, JUST BEING ABLE TO GET PEOPLE THROUGH QUICKLY AND MITIGATE THE TRAFFIC AND HAVING THE DOUBLE LANES IS GREAT TOO. SO APPRECIATE IT AND SUPPORT SUPPORT IT. YEAH, MY BIGGEST CONCERN WAS TRAFFIC TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. BUT I KNOW HOW EFFICIENT CHICK FIL A'S ARE AND GETTING PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF THERE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. THERE ARE OTHER CHAINS THAT I DON'T THINK PAY AS MUCH ATTENTION TO THAT, SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT THE LANDSCAPING IS GREAT. I THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO DEFINITELY HELP AS FAR AS, AS HIDING, YOU KNOW, THE TRAFFIC AND THE UNSIGHTLINESS.
SO NO, I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S A GREAT ADDITION. I THINK IT'LL BE GREAT FOR THE TOWN. I THINK IT'LL BE BUSY TOO. I ECHO MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS. I REALLY LIKE THE CHANGES WITH THE LANDSCAPING THAT THAT Y'ALL DID. I THINK THAT IT IT DOES. WHAT WHAT THE OUR ORDINANCES ARE INTENDED TO DO. SO I APPRECIATE APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT THERE. I'M EXCITED TO HAVE A THIRD CHICK FIL A. I ECHO WHAT THE MAYOR WAS SAYING AND THAT THAT FOR US TO HAVE THREE HERE IN PROSPER IS, IS REALLY EXCITING. AND I'M WE'LL, WE'LL GO GO HAVE SOME CHICK FIL A WHEN IT, WHEN IT OPENS. SO THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU. SO MY COMMENTS ARE THE I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE STAFF'S WORK IN SUPPORTING THE ORDINANCES AND IN THE RECOMMENDATION. SO WE AS THE PNC ACKNOWLEDGED, WE RECOGNIZE THE LIMITATIONS. AND YOU GUYS ARE DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. I ALSO APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS TO REVIEW THIS PARTICULAR THING AND COME TO A CONCLUSION THAT WAS HELPFUL FOR EVERYBODY. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE RECOGNIZE THIS IS NOT A MARKER THAT'S GOING TO BE LAID DOWN FOR EVERY ENTITY ALONG THE TOLLWAY. I WANT TO MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR. THIS IS A SINGLE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT BASED ON THE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED LANDSCAPING, THE SIZE OF THE TREES AND THE EVERGREENS THAT ARE BEING PUT IN. AND SO THIS THIS IS A SPECIFIC ONE OFF TYPE OF DEAL, NOT A NEW TREND ALONG THE TOLLWAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO SET FORWARD. SO. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO STAFF. THANK YOU TO PNC. THANK YOU TO COUNCIL
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MEMBERS. WITH THAT BEING SAID, IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE A REQUEST FOR PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR EXISTING PROFESSIONAL OFFICE ON ROCK. WE DID. I'M SORRY. YEP. WRONG. LET ME LET ME TRY IT AGAIN. SORRY. MY APOLOGIES. I MOVED TO APPROVE A REQUEST FOR A PLAN. DEVELOPMENT OF EXISTING IS THE SAME THING. LOOK. YEAH, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. MR. MAYOR. MAKE A MOTION? DO YOU MEAN TO SAY YOU MEAN TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANT ON FRONTIER RETAIL CENTER? REVISED BLOCKADE LOTS ONE TWO ON APPROXIMATELY 2.8 ACRES. LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE OF THE DALLAS PARKWAY, 800FT SOUTH OF THE DALLAS FRONTIER PARKWAY. I'LL SECOND IT. OKAY. GOOD JOB.MARCUS AND SECOND BY CHRIS. ALL IN FAVOR? THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE EFFORT TO GET US THIS FAR. MARIO. THE NEXT ITEM IS GOING TO BE ITEM NUMBER TEN, WHICH IS SO. AND THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF FOR INDULGING THE MOVE
[10. Consider and act upon authoring the Town Manager to execute an agreement for additional equipment and services from Flock Inc. to include the expansion of the Drone as First Responder (DFR) program for $307,133. (DK)]
ON THAT ONE AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER TEN IS TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT FOR AN ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES FROM FLOCK, INC. TO INCLUDE THE EXPANSION OF THE DRONE AS THE FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM FOR $307,133. OUR CHIEF OF POLICE, DOUG KOWALSKI, PLEASE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL, MR. MANAGER, STAFF AND WHATEVER CITIZEN MAY BE LEFT IN THE ROOM. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS LISTENING IN ON ZOOM, AND I WANT TO APPRECIATE YOU. I'M ACTUALLY VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THIS. THIS IS PHASE TWO OF OUR DRONE FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM. A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY IS BACK THERE. IN THE DESCRIPTION OF THE AGENDA ITEM. WE'VE GONE THROUGH PHASE ONE, RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM THE COUNCIL, RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM GRANTS. AND WE HAVE THAT INITIATED. AND WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS A DRONE FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM. AND IT STARTED. IT'S IN THE INFANCY. WE'LL GET IT OFF LITERALLY OFF THE GROUND, NO PUN INTENDED. NEXT MONTH AND ABOUT AS WE GO ALONG, WE HAVE TO HAVE A PILOT THAT GETS UP ON THE ROOF AND WATCHES IT AND THE CURRENT STATE. BUT LET ME INTRODUCE JOHN CUNDICK IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH HIM, HE'S OUR GRANT MAN, AND HE'S FOUND A GRANT FOR US TO GO OUT THERE AND FIND. I DON'T WANT TO STEAL TOO MUCH FROM THE PRESENTATION, BUT WE CAN GET ANOTHER DRONE AS PART OF THE GRANT AND GET IT UP THERE, AND WE CAN HAVE TWO OUT THERE AT THE SAME TIME. AND GROUND BASED RADAR AND THE GROUND BASED RADAR MEANS WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE PALLETS ON THE ROOF ALL THE TIME. WATCHING IT AND OBSERVER, WE DO HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY FLYING IT THOUGH, BUT THEY CAN. THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE ON THE ROOF WATCHING IT. THE. SO WHEN WE EXPAND TO PHASE TWO, BASICALLY THIS IS THE FUTURE OF POLICING AND THE FUTURE IS HERE TODAY AND PROSPER. AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT BECAUSE WE HAD A.DISPLAY INTRO TO A LOT OF THE OTHER POLICE AGENCIES IN THIS AREA AND LITERALLY PROSPER LEADS THE WAY AND THEY THEY ARE WANTING TO GET INVOLVED AND DO MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS WITH US, PARTICULARLY OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, AND GET INVOLVED WITH THAT. THE GRANT THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS AN 8020 SPLIT THAT WILL COME UP LATER WHEN JOHN GETS OVER THAT PAPERWORK IN. WE HAVE A WONDERFUL PARTNER IN FLOCK. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE ARE LEADING WITH TECHNOLOGY, WITH FLOCK, THE FLOCK COMPANY, THE LICENSE PLATE READERS. WE ALSO HAVE THE CONDOR CAMERAS, PORTABLE CAMERAS OUT THERE. THEY'RE HELPING US EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. THIS IS THE NEXT PHASE.
AND WHAT WE'RE HOPING IS THAT WHEN WE GET THAT COMPLETE COVERAGE, WE'LL HAVE 100% COVERAGE IN THE TOWN. WE'LL GET A RESPONSE TIME OF 90S. AND ALTHOUGH I'M THE ONE PRESENTING IT, IT WILL HELP POLICE AND FIRE. WE WERE LAUNCHING FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ALSO TO GET THE EYES IN THE SKY RIGHT ON THE SCENE AND THE FLOCK. THE BEAUTY ABOUT THIS IS FLOCK IS WILLING TO GO AHEAD AND RUN WITH THE EQUIPMENT, AND IF WE DON'T GET THE GRANT, ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS RETURN THE EQUIPMENT BACK TO THEM IN 90 DAYS. BUT WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT WE'RE GOING TO GET THE GRANT, BECAUSE THE FOLKS THAT ARE GIVING THESE GRANTS TO US, THEY LITERALLY LIKE US. AND JOHN'S DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB. AND SO TODAY, TONIGHT, YOU HAVE ME. I'VE INTRODUCED YOU TO JOHN.
MY ASSISTANT CHIEF WILL COME UP AND DO THIS PRESENTATION. AND THAT'S IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW HIM, THAT'S ASSISTANT CHIEF SCOTT BAT MASTERSON BREWER. HE'LL BE UP HERE MOMENTARILY.
I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT REMEMBERS THE TV SHOW BAT MASTERSON. OKAY? HE WORE A KANE AND DERBY HAT.
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SO. AND ALSO LISTENING IN FROM FLOCK ON THE MODERN TECHNOLOGY. JAMES ALLEN AND BRETT CANADA. IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS. THEY'RE THEY'RE HERE TO ANSWER THEM. SO THEY'LL ALL BE HERE TO ANSWER THEM. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SCOTT BECAUSE WE WANT TO THANK CHIEF MAYOR COUNCIL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE WELCOME BACK. I'M ALWAYS PLEASED TO BE HERE. I'M GOING TO GO A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY AND SOME MORE IN DEPTH TO WHAT CHIEF HAS TOUCHED ON, BUT PROJECT HORIZON IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING MOST OF ALL OF OUR INITIATIVES RIGHT NOW, AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE DF, R TONIGHT, PROJECT HORIZON IS SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF YEARS AGO. IT'S EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TITLE, MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS CRYSTAL CLEAR. THIS IS LONG TERM STRATEGIC PLANNING THAT NOT ONLY ELEVATES CRIME FIGHTING, IT'S HOW WE MAXIMIZE HOW WE DO OUR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. WHEN IT COMES TO STAFF. LATER, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING CALLED THE DF R IMPACT. WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW BY ADDING A NON-HUMAN ASSET, WE CAN SAVE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY. I WON'T HAVE YOUR NUMBERS TONIGHT. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE. IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT WOULD BE THE RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT FOR WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT? SO FIRST THING WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY UNDER PHASE ONE IS CHIEF KOWALSKI TALKED ABOUT, IF YOU WILL LOOK AT THE DIAGRAM HERE, WE HAVE A THREE AND A HALF MILE RADIUS WHERE THAT CURRENT BFR IS HOUSED OUT, IS HOUSED OUT THAT IS ON TOP OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW. REASON WHY WE CHOSE THAT IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT MAP AND YOU WERE TO LOOK AT OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE, THE MAJORITY OF OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE CURRENTLY FALL WITHIN THAT THREE AND A HALF MILE RADIUS. WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT PHASE TWO, WE TALK ABOUT THE OVERLAP. YOU'LL SEE WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET THAT SECOND DRONE. BUT AGAIN, JUST TO RECAP, CURRENT BFR THAT WE HAVE THAT IS GRANT FUNDED THROUGH THE GRANT THAT CHIEF KOWALSKI HAS HAS REFERENCED. IT DOES RECALL, IT DOES REQUIRE THE VISUAL OBSERVERS AS A PART OF OUR CURRENT CONTRACT WITH FLOCK.FLOCK DOES PROVIDE US WITH A VISUAL OBSERVER FOR 40 HOURS A WEEK. BUT IT'S REAL IMPORTANT TO KNOW IS THAT WE USE OUR OWN PILOTS. EVERYONE IS GETTING SPUN UP. EVERY EVERYONE IS GETTING TRAINED FOR THAT RIGHT NOW. WE GOT SIX IN THE PIPELINE TO BE TO BE FULLY TRAINED. THEY SHOULD BE DONE BY THE MIDDLE OF APRIL. WE ALSO GOT SIX MORE THAT ARE IN THE PROCESSING. SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TOTAL ABOUT 12 PILOTS THAT WILL BE IN-HOUSE, AND THEY'LL BE ON STAFF. AND I'LL EXPLAIN MORE OF THAT MODEL AS WE KIND OF MOVE THROUGH THIS TONIGHT. SO AGAIN, BUT BFR FOR THE PHASE ONE GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF LIMITED COVERAGE, GIVES US LIMITED FLIGHT TIME BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT GROUND BASED RADAR THAT CHIEF KOWALSKI WAS, WAS REFERENCING. AS WE LOOK AHEAD AND WE START GETTING INTO THAT PHASE TWO OF IT AND WE GET THE SECOND BFR, PAY CLOSE ATTENTION. YOU STILL HAVE THAT CURRENT THREE AND A HALF MILE RADIUS, BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW THAT GETS BETTER AS TECHNOLOGY GETS GETS MORE ADVANCED AS WELL.
RIGHT NOW, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS IF WE ADD THE SECOND BFR, WE WILL CURRENTLY LEAVE THE FIRST ONE FOR THE NEXT YEAR ON TOP OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO YOU'LL STILL HAVE THAT SAME RADIUS, WHICH DOESN'T QUITE GET US ALL THE WAY OUT TO CUSTER. THERE WILL BE SOME COST TO ASSOCIATED MOVING THAT FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OVER TO FIRE STATION THREE. IF YOU REMEMBER, BACK IN THE DAY, FIRE STATION THREE HAD A PORTABLE BUILDING SITTING ON THE BACK OF THEIR PROPERTY. IT'S A PERFECT FRAMEWORK FOR US TO PUT A PAD DOWN, ERECT SOME FENCING AROUND THERE, AND WE CAN LAUNCH THE BIRD STRAIGHT OFF OF THAT AREA THERE. ROOF LINE ALLOWS FOR PLENTY OF ALTITUDE FOR US TO GET THE ANTENNAS UP. NO PROBLEM THERE. CHIEF LARSON GAME IS 100% ON ON ON BOARD WITH THAT. WHEN WE ADD THE SECOND BFR, THE SECOND BFR IS GOING TO RESIDE ON TOP OF FIRE STATION TWO. FIRE STATION TWO HAS PLENTY OF FLAT SURFACE AGAIN, MEETS ALL THE CRITERIA. PERFECT PLACE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO LAUNCH THAT SECOND BFR. BUT WHAT I WANT YOU TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS IS I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THE COVERAGE. WE HAVE 100% ZERO ON TARGET WITH A D OF R, RIGHT? THAT IS THAT IS OUTSTANDING. ALSO GOES OUTSIDE OF OUR JURISDICTION JUST A LITTLE BIT.
CHIEF REFERENCED THOSE MOUS. AND I'LL ECHO WHAT HE SAID WHEN WE DID THAT BFR AS A FIRST RESPONDER. IT WAS STANDING ROOM ONLY. THERE WERE 80 AGENCIES THAT WERE REPRESENTED THERE. AND ALL OF THEM WALKED OUT OF THERE AND SAID, HEY, HOW DID YOU DO IT? HOW DID YOU FUND IT? HOW WERE YOU MAKING IT WORK? AND THAT GOT US SPURRED UP TO START THINKING ABOUT WE NEED TO GET AHEAD OF THE GAME SO WE CAN GET INTO BFR. NUMBER TWO. FOR US, WE ARE THE FIRST ONES TO LAUNCH THE BFR IN NORTH TEXAS. IF WE HAVE A SUCCESSFUL PRESENTATION TONIGHT AND EVERYBODY IS ON THE SAME PAGE, YOU WILL BE THE FIRST MUNICIPALITY IN NORTH TEXAS TO LAUNCH THE BFR AND IN LESS THAN 18 MONTHS HAVE 100% DF COVERAGE. IT'S THE UNIQUENESS THAT WE ARE AND IT REALLY IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. SO ANYWAYS, WHEN WE GET TO THAT BFR, WE WILL HAVE THE SECOND BFR. WE WILL GET THE GROUND BASED RADAR. IT ALSO GIVES US WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE OBSERVERS THAT CHIEF KOWALSKI WAS ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT. THAT ALLOWS US TO MAXIMIZE 24 HOURS A DAY, YOU KNOW, OVER THE NEXT 6 TO 12 MONTHS. AS WE OPERATIONALIZE THIS, WE'RE GOING TO BETTER
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UNDERSTAND WHAT THE REALIZATIONS ARE AND WHAT WE REALLY NEED IN TERMS OF PILOT, WHAT SCHEDULE THAT WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY DO. BUT I CAN GIVE YOU JUST A REAL QUICK GLIMPSE. WE'RE GOING TO START OFF BETWEEN ABOUT 1400, WHICH IS 2:00 PM, AND WE'RE GOING TO RUN INTO ABOUT ZERO 200. THOSE ARE REALLY THE PEAK TIMES FOR OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE RIGHT NOW. AND AS WE GO ON FROM THERE, WE MAXIMIZE THE TECHNOLOGY THAT IS ON BOARD THE DRONE START TO REALIZE WHAT THAT DFR IMPACT IS. AND EVENTUALLY WE'LL JUST RUN THIS THING 24 HOURS A DAY. SO A COUPLE LITTLE NUANCES, IF YOU WILL, JUST A LITTLE BIT STUFF YOU CAN PUT INTO YOUR HIP POCKET. A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, HEY, WHERE DOES THAT THREE AND A HALF MILE RADIUS COME FROM? IT'S NOT. A PIECE OF LEGISLATION HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYBODY THAT GOVERNS THE AIRSPACE. IT STRICTLY COMES DOWN TO THE CURRENT BATTERY LIFE. SO WHILE WE'VE GOT SOME SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ON THE ZOOM LINE, IF THEY WANT TO CHIME IN, THEN WE CERTAINLY CAN IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM. BUT I'LL SPEAK IN BROAD TERMS. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 55 MINUTES FLIGHT TIME FOR OUR IFR, WHETHER WE HAVE ONE, WHETHER WE HAVE TWO. THAT BATTERY LIFE FOR EACH BIRD IS RIGHT AT ABOUT 55 MINUTES. A LOT OF CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THAT. IF WE HAD A MAJOR INCIDENT OR A MAJOR CRASH SCENE THAT ARE SERVED AT PRESTON AND SAY APPROX. PORTRAYAL, THAT'S A SHORT FLIGHT TIME, RIGHT? WE CAN HAVE THAT DRONE THERE QUICKLY. WE CAN ASSESS THAT THAT THAT SITUATION. AND IF WE NEED TO ASSESS THE TRAFFIC FLOW AROUND IT, WE HAVE OVERWATCH, WE HAVE SOME SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF FLIGHT TIME WITH THAT BATTERY TO DO THAT VERY SIMPLE THING. BUT WHAT'S NOT BAKED IN THIS PRESENTATION IS WHAT'S ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE LAUNCHING THE BFR THIS YEAR, WE'RE BRINGING THE DME, THE DRONES THAT ARE IN THE FIELD. SO REMEMBER, DFR IS DESIGNED TO GET TO THE SCENE, ASSESS THE SITUATION, GET REAL TIME DATA BACK TO THE RESPONDING OFFICERS. ONCE WE GET THERE, WE CAN TAKE THAT BFR. IF IT'S NOT NEEDED FOR OVERWATCH, WE BRING IT BACK TO THE NEST. IT'S READY TO GO TO THE NEXT CALL. THEN WE DEPLOY DRONES FROM THE BACK OF OUR TAHOES TO MANAGE THAT IMMEDIATE SCENE. SO THERE'S A LOT OF SYNERGY BETWEEN BETWEEN ALL THE TECHNOLOGIES THERE. LESS THAN ABOUT TWO MINUTES TO DO A BATTERY CHANGE. WHILE THERE'S A SHORT VIDEO OF THIS, I PROMISE YOU IT DOESN'T GET INTO THE TECHNICAL SIDE, BUT IT'S A REALLY NEAT THING. THAT BIRD LANDS IN THAT NEST. A MECHANICAL ARM COMES UP, PULLS THE BATTERY OUT, PUTS IN A NEW ONE, PUTS IT RIGHT BACK INTO SERVICE. SHE FLIES ABOUT 3055 LIKE MILES AN HOUR DEPENDING ON WHAT THE WEATHER IS. MAYBE YOU'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF THIS AVIATION LIKE TERMINOLOGY FAR GREATER THAN I AM. SO IF I BUTCHERED UP AND I ASK FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS NOW. BUT I KNOW THAT DECONFLICTION WAS ONE OF YOUR CONCERNS WHEN WE FIRST STARTED GOING DOWN THIS CONVERSATION. THAT'S WHY THAT'S WHY AERODOME IS ON THE IS ON THE PHONE FOR US. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF ONBOARD TECHNOLOGY THAT ALLOWS US TO HAVE TOTAL AIRSPACE AWARENESS WITH THE GROUND BASE, THE GROUND BASED RADAR, PLUS THE SENSOR THAT'S ON THERE. THE DRONE IS GOING TO SENSE ANY OTHER AIR OBJECTS THAT CAUSE ANY OTHER CONCERNS FOR US, AND WE CAN ADJUST ACCORDINGLY. IT'S GOING TO GIVE ALERTS TO OUR PILOTS. BUT I WANT YOU TO HAVE A HIGH DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE IN THERE. AS DRONES BECOME MORE AND POPULAR, MORE AND MORE POPULAR HERE IN NORTH TEXAS, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TRAVEL THAT AIRSPACE SAFELY AND WE CAN TRAVEL IT SMARTLY. I ALSO LIKE THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, TOP TOWN OF PROSPER, WE ARE EXTREMELY CLOSE TO THE DFW AREA. ANY OTHER AIRCRAFT THAT'S AROUND THIS AREA, IT'S MOST PROBABLE THEY'RE GOING TO BE USING THAT SAME ADS-B. CORRECT BOSS. SO WE SHOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. THE THING ABOUT THE GROUND BASED RADAR IS EVEN THOUGH OUR WAIVERS ALLOW US TO FLY AT 400FT RIGHT NOW, I'M GOING TO FEEL MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE WITH HAVING THAT GROUND BASED RADAR.THAT TOTAL AIR AWARENESS IS GOING TO BE VERY INSTRUMENTAL FOR US THERE. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS SO FAR? I DO, I DO HAVE ONE. SO LET'S SAY YOU'RE IT'S FLYING AROUND FOR WHATEVER REASON. I MEAN I KNOW YOU SAID IT HAS THE ABILITY TO NAVIGATE AND AVOID OTHER DRONES, BUT LET'S SAY IT DOES. IS THERE LIABILITY INVOLVED IN THAT AT ALL IN TERMS OF IF WE WERE TO HAVE WHAT ARE YOU REFERRING TO IF WE WERE TO HAVE CRASH, IF I'M OUT FLYING A DRONE MYSELF, MY PERSONAL AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HERE COMES THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS BIG POLICE DRONE AND JUST TAKES MINE OUT, RIGHT? YEAH. IS THERE ANY I MEAN, I GUESS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY COULD COME BACK AND AGAINST THE TOWN ON? I DON'T HAVE A REAL READY ANSWER FOR THAT. BUT I WILL WORK WITH AERODOME AND FLOCK ON THEIR THROUGH ALL THE CONVERSATIONS, THROUGH ALL THE IMPLEMENTATION.
THAT'S NOT BEEN A CONCERN. WE FEEL REALLY CONFIDENT IN HOW THAT TECHNOLOGY IS ACTUALLY SET UP. BUT I'LL GET YOU AN ANSWER FOR THAT. YEAH, YEAH, I'D SAY YEAH, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER IT. ALSO, BEING USED IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, WE HAVE PROTECTION UNDER STATE LAW.
OKAY. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF A CAR IF A POLICE CAR IS IN A PURSUIT AND THERE'S SOME PROTECTION FROM LIABILITY AS A, AS A CONSEQUENCE, THE SAME THING HERE IF, IF THE DRONE IS GOING OVER FOR IS BEING USED IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION HITS SOMETHING, WE STILL HAVE THAT
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PROTECTION UNDER STATE LAW. EMERGENCY SITUATION, EMERGENCY SITUATION JUST BEING THE OVERWATCH FOR A TRAFFIC. WE'RE RESPONDING TO AN EMERGENCY SITUATION OR WHATEVER. IT WOULD BE COVERED BY THAT. A LAW ENFORCEMENT EXCEPTION, SO TO SPEAK. OKAY, GREAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE ADSB THAT CHIEF IS TALKING ABOUT THERE, BASICALLY, IF THERE'S TWO AIRCRAFT APPROACHING EACH OTHER, THEY'RE GOING TO AUTOMATICALLY AVOID EACH OTHER. IT'LL IT'LL FORCE IT'S LIKE IF YOU THINK OF A MAGNETS. YEAH. THAT FORCE THEM TO GO APART. SO THAT'S NOW THAT'S ASSUMING THE ADS-B IS WORKING CORRECTLY AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF. BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHAT SHOULD BE PREVENTING IT. SO OKAY. SO TERRY MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION. I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. THE IFR IMPACT, I THINK, I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PRESENTATION. SO CHIEF TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE LOCATION IS, YOUR RESPONSE TIMES ARE ARE GOING TO GO DOWN DRASTICALLY. IN THIS SHORT VIDEO. YOU WILL YOU WILL SEE AT THE END THE BFR IS LEVERAGING EVERY LAYER OF TECHNOLOGY THAT FLOCK HAS RIGHT DOWN TO THE ALPR. SO WE GET A FLOCK OUT THERE. NOW WE CAN LAUNCH THAT DRONE TO GO AND TRY TO CHASE DOWN THAT STOLEN VEHICLE, WHATEVER THAT INCIDENT IS. REPEAT OFFENDER. ALL THAT TECHNOLOGY IS LAYERED TOGETHER. DRONE PILOT CONNECTS WITH THAT, AND WE GET THE INFORMATION TO OUR OFFICERS WITH THE REAL TIME ROUTING. IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO ACTUALLY SEE THAT WHEN WE GET A FLIGHT KIT FOR A STOLEN VEHICLE, THE REAL TIME ROUTING USES ALL THE TECHNOLOGY YOU USE WHEN YOU'RE USING YOUR WAVES MAP. IT TELLS US MOST LIKELY WHERE THAT SUSPECT IS GOING TO BE GOING BASED OFF CONSTRUCTION, BASED OFF TRAFFIC, BASED OFF, YOU KNOW, PATTERNS OF LIFE.THERE'S A LOT OF CONTRIBUTING DATA IN THAT. NOW THAT'S AIRBORNE ASSET WILL BE ABLE TO STAY RIGHT ON TOP OF THAT FOR US AS WELL. THE OTHER REALLY NEAT THING AND CHIEF TALKED ABOUT THIS IS THIS CAN BE USED IN ANY OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY SECTORS. IT CAN BE USED FOR POLICE. IT CAN BE USED FOR FIRE. IT CAN BE USED FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. AGAIN, THE SYNERGY BETWEEN THE BFR TO PROVIDE SOME OVERWATCH AND THEN TRANSITION TO YOUR REGULAR DRONE IS REALLY GOING TO BE AWESOME.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THIS RIGHT HERE, BECAUSE IN TALKING WITH MARCUS RAY AND WITH TALKING WITH MANY OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'RE LOOKING AT, HEY, WE'RE INVESTING A LOT OF MONEY IN TECHNOLOGY. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO START TO GET TO THAT POINT TO WHERE TECHNOLOGY STARTS TO REPLACE PEOPLE? WELL, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE ARE HERE NOW. SO LET ME TELL YOU HOW WE'VE DONE THESE CALCULATIONS RIGHT HERE FOR YOU. AND I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHENEVER I CHANGE THIS SLIDE. WE'RE CALLING THIS THE DSR IMPACT DRONE IS A FIRST RESPONDER REPLACES ONE POLICE OFFICER THAT WORKS 24 HOURS A DAY. THAT NEVER TAKES ANY PTO. CORRECT. WE HAVE FOUR SHIFTS. SO IF YOU EXTRAPOLATE THAT OUT, THAT MEANS THAT WE CAN REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF OFFICERS ON EACH AND EVERY SHIFT WITH ONE BFR BY ONE. THUS, ONE BFR IS THE EQUIVALENT OF FOUR POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS. WHEN YOU ADD THE SECOND BFR. NOW WE'RE GOING TO DOUBLE THAT IMPACT, CORRECT.
SO NOT ONLY DO YOU GET THE IMPACT OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE DOWN HERE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH YOU ALL IS TRYING TO TARGET THAT 1.5 SWORN PERSONNEL P THOUSAND. WATCH THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN HERE. WHEN WE FACTOR IN THE DFR FACTOR, WE GO FROM THAT 1.48 ROUGHLY WHERE WE'RE SITTING RIGHT NOW. IF WE WERE 100% OPERATIONAL TODAY AND MAXIMIZING ALL THE REALIZATIONS OF WHAT THAT DFR CAN CAN OFFER US, WE'RE NOW AT 1.56. AS WE MOVE THROUGH TIME AND OUR POPULATION GROWS, WE GET THAT SECOND DRONE. I'LL TELL YOU WHY.
I THINK ONLY TWO DRONES ARE GOING TO BE NECESSARY, ARE GOING TO BE NECESSARY FOR US. NOW, IF WE ONLY ASK FOR TWO SWORN POSITIONS THIS NEXT YEAR, JUST TWO HUMAN ASSETS WITH THE BFR THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN PLACE, WE'RE ALREADY AT 1.58. WE'RE SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR SUCCESS ON MULTIPLE FRONTS. WHAT I DON'T HAVE FOR YOU TODAY, AND I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, IS I WORK WITH FINANCE FOR IT, BUT I WANT TO SEE WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE WHEN WE TAKE THOSE HARD COST SAVINGS ASSOCIATED TO PERSONNEL. WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? CAN WE EXTRAPOLATE THAT OVER A TEN YEAR TIME FRAME? I WOULD SUBMIT TO YOU IT WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL. I KNOW ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THE MAYOR HAS TALKED ABOUT IS, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO START SEEING THE REALIZATION OF HAVING TO PAY FOR THE PILOTS? SO LET'S TOUCH BASE ON THAT IN JUST A HOT MINUTE. REAL QUICK. WE ARE TRAINING IN-HOUSE STAFF TO DO JUST THAT THING. WE'LL HAVE THEM ON DUTY FOR THE MOST PART. WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THEM ON DUTY, WE'LL SCHEDULE A PILOT TO BE THERE OVER ABOUT 6 TO 12 MONTHS.
WE'LL FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO OPERATIONALIZE THAT, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND SAY, HEY, HOW DO WE START SUPPLEMENTING OUR ON DUTY PILOTS WITH NON-SWORN PERSONNEL? IDEALLY, WE'RE GOING TO TARGET THAT RETIRED POLICE OFFICER WHO HAS A DESIRE TO GET BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE, WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE SEEING, AND THEN WE CAN NOW HIRE STAFF AT A MUCH LOWER COST TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM. BUT YOU'RE LOOKING AT 12 TO 18 MONTHS OUT BEFORE WE EVEN GET TO THAT POINT. YOU'RE ALREADY GOING TO START EXPERIENCING SAVINGS OR SAVINGS BY THEN FOR A SALARY AND STAFF. SO I THINK WE'RE POSITIONING OURSELVES WELL THERE, BUT REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. DFR IMPACT. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? BEFORE I GO TO THE LAST SLIDE. SO MY
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QUESTION WOULD BE WHAT IS THE LIFESPAN OF THESE THESE DRONES WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SAVINGS.YEAH, OBVIOUSLY AT SOME POINT THEY HAVE TO BE REPLACED. I KNOW THERE'S PROBABLY MAINTENANCE AND ALL THAT, BUT WHAT WHAT IS YOUR I DON'T HAVE THE LIFE CYCLE ON THEM. BUT I WILL TELL YOU, IT'S ONE OF THE MANY THINGS I LIKE ABOUT THE WAY FLOCK IS DEPLOYING THIS TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY. WE ARE NOT PURCHASING. WE ARE LEASING 100% LEASING. A COUPLE THINGS HAPPEN THERE. WHATEVER THAT LIFE CYCLE IS THAT'S BAKED INTO THE LEASE. SECONDLY, WHATEVER THE ADVANCES ARE IN THAT TECHNOLOGY THAT'S BAKED INTO THE LEASE. AND I'M GOING TO ECHO WHAT CHIEF KOWALSKI SAID. AND IF YOU BROUGHT JAMES ON BOARD, OR IF YOU BOUGHT BRETT ON BOARD, THEY'D SAY THE SAME THING. WE ARE ONE OF THEIR NUMBER ONE PARTNERS. MOST AGENCIES DON'T GET THE LATITUDE THAT WE DO TO SECURE A CONTRACT THIS FAR OUT IN ADVANCE. FOR THESE TYPES OF OPPORTUNITIES. WE WORK HARD WITH THEM. THEY WORK HARD WITH US. BUT THE SHORT ANSWER IS ALL THAT WILL BE BAKED INTO THAT LEASE, SIR. SO THAT SO THERE WILL BE REPLACED THAT DRONE IF IT EITHER BECOMES OBSOLETE OR CORRECT, WHATEVER THE SCENARIO IS THAT WILL BE WORKED INTO THE LEASE LANGUAGE. OKAY. YES, SIR. YEP.
THANK YOU. ANY MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS TFR IMPACT? OKAY. WELL I DON'T HAVE A LOT FOR YOU, BUT I HOPE I'VE ANSWERED MOST ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS. SO THE NEAT THING IS THERE ARE 101 DIFFERENT VIDEOS OUT THERE THAT THAT THAT FLOCK OFFERS. BUT LET ME JUST SHOW YOU THIS. I PUT THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER WITHOUT LOOKING AT THIS VIDEO IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. I WANT YOU TO ASK ME, TELL ME AT THE END, DO YOU SEE THE IRONY OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND WHAT THEY PUT INTO THIS VIDEO? WELL, SOUND. ANYBODY HELP ME WITH THE SOUND? OKAY. SORRY, I THINK I SHOULD HAVE ASKED YOU THAT IN ADVANCE, I APOLOGIZE. OKAY, IF YOU HAVE TO DO IT ON THE LECTURE. SO THE IDEA IS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THAT IS IRONIC. WHY DON'T WE DO THIS FOR THE SAKE OF TIME? WE'LL JUST FOREGO IT. IF WE CAN'T PLAY IT, IT'S OKAY. WE CAN PLAY. IT WILL DO. THAT'S OKAY. ABBY, LET'S JUST. LET'S JUST GO, OKAY? I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. SEND US A LINK TO WHERE WE CAN GO LOOK AT IT. YEAH, YEAH, I WILL ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO LOOK AT IT. SO. BUT BUT THE SHORT OF IT IS IT'S GOING TO TOUCH ON EVERYTHING THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT AND THE SUCCESS OF THE AGENCIES FROM THE CALIFORNIA THAT HAVE PIONEERED THIS. SO WE WILL ABSOLUTELY LIKE IT TO YOU THAT, THAT THAT LINK. WITH THAT SAID, WE HAVE SOME SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS THAT ARE ONLINE. MAYBE YOU MAY HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DECONFLICTION. I'M CONFIDENT THAT THEY CAN ANSWER IT, AND MYSELF AND CHIEF KOWALSKI WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE THIS EVENING. OKAY, I'M NOT GOING TO ASK THE EXPERTS BECAUSE THE ADSB TAKES CARE OF MOST OF THAT, SHOULD TAKE CARE OF ALL TOGETHER. I WILL. I BELIEVE WE HAVE HAD A BRIEF EXAMPLE OF THIS IN USE ONCE ALREADY, I DON'T KNOW, SO IT'S ALREADY COME IN HELPFUL FOR A TRAFFIC STOP WITHOUT THIS WHOLE PROGRAM PUT TOGETHER EVEN IN ITS CURRENT INFANCY FORM. SO I'LL JUST FOR THE COUNCIL'S BENEFIT. IT HAS ALREADY BEEN DEPLOYED AND HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THE WAY IT'S BEEN USED. SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND. SO THE $307,000 IS TO FULLY TAKE CARE OF THE COSTS, OR IS THAT THAT'S THE COST OF THE GRANT THAT IF WE HAD TO PAY IT BACK WOULD IS WHAT IT WOULD BE. THAT IS THAT IS THE FULL COST OF US ADDING TO OUR THAT'S THE FULL COST OF US ADDING TO OUR EXISTING CONTRACT WITH WITH FLOCK. WE'LL ADD THAT ADDITIONAL DRONE WHICH WILL BE AROUND THE 150, AND YOU'LL ADD THE GROUND BASED RADAR, WHICH WILL BE THE 150, THE INCIDENTAL COST THAT EQUATE TO THE 7000. I DON'T HAVE A READY ANSWER FOR YOU, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE ADDITIONAL COST. AND SHORTLY WITH THIS VIDEO WE CAN SET IT UP WITH THE OFFICERS, CAN LOOK AT IT ON THEIR COMPUTERS, IN THEIR CARS, OR THEY CAN LOOK AT IT ON THEIR PHONES. IT'S HOWEVER WE SET IT UP. WE'VE ALSO REPURPOSED IN OUR BUILDING. IT'S STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT WE'RE GOING THROUGH IT. THE PROPERTY EVIDENCE ROOM, WHERE WE WOULD MEET WITH PEOPLE AND SAY, HERE'S YOUR IT WAS VERY UNDERUTILIZED.
IT'S NOW A DRONE OBSERVER ROOM WHERE THEY CAN DO THE REAL CRIME CENTER AND LOOK AT THE VIDEOS THAT ARE GOING ON AND FEED THAT INFORMATION TO THE OFFICERS. OKAY. SO THAT'S THE ONLY AND THE REAL CRIME CENTER WILL BECOME PART OF DISPATCH. OR IS THIS GOING TO BE SEPARATE? YES. OKAY.
YEAH. YEAH. IT'S NOT PART OF DISPATCH AT THE MOMENT BECAUSE OF THE, THE CONSTRAINTS WE HAVE IN THE CURRENT BUILDING. BUT IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THE BOND
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PROPOSAL TO FOR THE FUTURE EXPANSION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GET IT ALL INTO ONE PLACE. AND I'D BE NEGLIGENT IF NOT. AND FIRE DEPARTMENT IS PERFECTLY FINE WITH GIVING UP THEIR PROPERTY FOR DRONES. I WILL TELL YOU THAT I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED STUART BLOSSOMGAME DIDN'T. I'M NOT SAYING HE DOESN'T PAUSE WHEN HE HAS CONVERSATIONS, CONFIDENT IN SPEAKING, RIGHT? BUT ZERO HESITATION. HE SEES THE VALUE IN. THE FIRST THING HE SAID WAS, SCOTT, I'M TRACKING YOU. WE'RE IN. OKAY, GOOD. AND THEN THE LAST COMMENT IS JOHN HASN'T HASN'T SPOKEN. BUT I KNOW THAT YOU'RE THE BRAINS BEHIND THE GRANT PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. SO THANK YOU. AND I HOPE I HOPE YOU'RE SUCCESSFUL. SO WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL. I DO HAVE ONE MORE THING THAT THAT I WANT TO ADD. I LEARNED THIS LANGUAGE FROM BOB SCOTT. SO THANK YOU IN ADVANCE, BOB. BUT I REFERENCED EARLIER THAT THE SUCCESS OF THAT BFR PROGRAM WE HAVE SPURRED US ON. WE ARE AN INCUMBENT FOR THIS GRANT. WHEN WE GO BACK, WE ARE FIRST IN LINE TO GIVE THE ADDITIONAL MONIES. THAT'S THE KEY REASON WHY WE'RE ELEVATING PHASE TWO OF THIS PROGRAM UP. I STILL SEE IT AS A WIN WIN, BUT JUST TO KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE COMPETING FOR THIS TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY AND WE ARE POSITIONED VERY WELL. SO THANKS, BOB. I'VE GOT TWO QUICK QUESTIONS, ONE OF WHICH IS THE SECURITY OF HOW IT'S CONTROLLED FROM EITHER LINE OF SIGHT OR FROM THE CONTROL ROOM. AND I KNOW THOSE ONLINE FROM FLOCK AND MAYBE SPEAK TO HOW WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, INFRARED OR HOW IT'S CONTROLLED TO PROTECT IT FROM BEING HACKED. BRETT, CAN YOU TAKE THAT QUESTION FOR COUNCILMAN RAY, PLEASE, REGARDING THE SECURITY OF THE SOFTWARE AND THE HARDWARE RELATED TO THE BFR? OF COURSE.YEAH. THANKS. ASSISTANT CHIEF MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO WHAT WE USE THROUGH OUR SOFTWARE IS A MULTI-LAYER, MULTI-LAYERED SECURITY APPROACH. AND IF YOU HEAR ANY BACKGROUND NOISE, I APOLOGIZE. I AM AT MY SON'S BASEBALL GAME, BUT WE RUN ALL OF OUR SOFTWARE ON AWS GOVCLOUD. IT IS CJIS COMPLIANT AND FEDRAMP AS WELL. SO WE TAKE CYBER SECURITY VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY. AND THEN I BELIEVE THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THERMAL IMAGING. IS THAT CORRECT OR INFRARED? YEAH.
INFRARED. YES. SO THE DRONE PAYLOAD DOES HAVE A THERMAL CAMERA AS WELL AS A NIGHT VISION CAMERA FOR 24 OVER SEVEN 365 OPERATIONS. OKAY. IS THAT CLEAR? YES, SIR. OR SIMILAR? OKAY. THE SECOND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SECOND QUESTION I HAD WAS THE OFFSET. THIS IS FOR A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT. WHILE WE DON'T HAVE THE GRANT MONEY YET, THIS WOULD COME OUT OF GENERAL BUDGET WITH THE REALLOCATION. OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PURCHASE FROM THE SPECIAL DISTRICT FUNDS? I'M HAPPY TO STEP IN TO REACH ON THAT ONE. GO AHEAD. I KNOW, CHIEF KOWALSKI JUST HOW PASSIONATE I AM ABOUT THIS TECHNOLOGY. WHETHER WE GET IT FROM THE SPECIAL DISTRICT FUNDS OR WE HAD TO GO IN AND WE HAVE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE BUDGET, I THINK THOSE ARE BOTH REALLY VIABLE OPTIONS. AGAIN, THIS IS JUST AN OUTSTANDING WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY. SO I GUESS LAST QUESTION. I'M SORRY I GOT ONE MORE. HOW MANY OTHER FOR THOSE ON ON HOW MANY OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HAVE 100% COVERAGE. HOW MANY OTHER CITIES, HOW MANY OTHER TOWNS IN THE COUNTRY ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT? ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT TEXAS SPECIFICALLY OR ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY TEN AGENCIES THAT HAVE FULL JURISDICTION COVERAGE WITH BFR PROGRAM WITH US. OKAY, WE'D BE THE FIRST IN TEXAS, FIRST IN TEXAS. OKAY. FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THAT'S CORRECT. FIRST IN TEXAS. OKAY. SO OTHER COMMENTS HERE. YEAH I DO. IS THERE IS THERE ANY TYPE OF WEATHER RESTRICTIONS. IS IT RAIN, SNOW, WIND, HIGH WINDS OR ANYTHING THAT PROHIBITS THIS FROM GETTING UP IN THE AIR? YEAH, SURE. SO HAPPY TO HAPPY TO HELP ANSWER THAT QUESTION. AND THE SHORT ANSWER IS THE DOCKING STATION HAS A WEATHER THRESHOLD OF ABOUT -20 FAHRENHEIT TO 120°F. SO IN YOUR SUMMERS, IT DOES HAVE INDUSTRIAL HVAC TO MAINTAIN THE HEALTH OF THE BATTERIES AS WELL AS THE DRONE ITSELF. IN TERMS OF RAIN, IT CAN ABSOLUTELY FLY IN A RAIN.
REALLY, WIND IS MORE OF THE CONCERN. WE TYPICALLY HAVE A GO NO GO AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR, 30MPH. BUT OUR POLICY IS TO ADHERE TO MANUFACTURER STANDARDS IN TERMS OF WEATHER.
AND ULTIMATELY THE FAA DOES LIKE THE PILOT IN COMMAND TO HAVE THE ULTIMATE GO NO GO. BUT WE DO PROVIDE ROBUST SOPS FOR THE PROGRAM THAT YOU CAN START TO WORK FROM, BUT ABOUT 35 MILES, 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR, WHERE WE WOULD PROBABLY CAUTION THE PILOTS NOT FROM. OKAY, GREAT.
YEAH, I THINK THIS IS EXTREMELY EXCITING. IN FACT, I WAS THINKING BACK, I MEAN, I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL ALMOST EIGHT YEARS NOW, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING THINGS, I THINK, THAT WE'VE HAD COME DOWN THE ROAD. SO YEAH, THIS IS THIS IS FANTASTIC. WE ARE NOT ONES TO TOOT OUR OWN
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HORN. BUT NEXT MONTH WE'VE BEEN ASKED BY THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE DOWN IN GALVESTON TO DO A PRESENTATION ON HOW THE TOWN OF PROSPER WITH FLOCK HAS LEVERAGED TECHNOLOGY IN THE CRIME FIGHTING. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THAT PRESENTATION TO ALL THE CHIEFS ACROSS THE STATE. SO IT'S EXCITING. OF COURSE, WE KNOW WE CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. I'VE GOT ONE. ONE QUICK QUESTION, AND I MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE SLOW WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE 300,000 THAT IS FOR INITIAL UPFRONT COSTS OF THE, THE SUVS AND JUST INITIAL COST. BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO A LEASE IS THAT CORRECT OR IS THAT PART OF THE. NO SIR I APOLOGIZE I WASN'T CLEAR ON THAT. SO THAT THAT ADDITIONAL 300,000, JUST THINK OF IT AS TWO DIFFERENT PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT INTO PLACE. THAT IS THE SECOND BFR, AN ESTIMATED 150,000. AND THAT IS A GROUND BASED RADAR AT $150,000. EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE'RE DOING THAT WE THAT WE CHARACTERIZE AS AS BOOTS ON THE GROUND WAS ROLLED MOSTLY INTO OUR BUDGET. SOME OF THAT IS ALSO GRANT FUNDED, BUT THOSE MONIES ARE ALREADY SECURED AND THEY'RE ALREADY IN PLACE FOR THE REST OF THE DRONE PROGRAM. OKAY. AND WITH THE GROUND BASED RADAR, WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE THE OBSERVERS OUT THERE WATCHING IT AS IT FLIES. RIGHT? RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND WE'LL GET YOU THAT VIDEO. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO, I DO HAVE A QUESTION AND I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE DOCUMENTATION. THE MANUFACTURER, BECAUSE I HEARD THE FLOCK PEOPLE SAY THAT THEY ADHERE TO THE MANUFACTURER'S GUIDELINES. WHO IS THE MANUFACTURER OF THE DRONE ITSELF? NOT THE TECHNOLOGY, BUT THE DRONE. RIGHT. CAN YOU ANSWER THAT, PLEASE? SURE. YEAH. IT IS A DRONE MANUFACTURER BY A COMPANY CALLED DJI AND IT'S CALLED THE M350. BUT WE ACTUALLY DEPLOY A FLEET OF DRONES THAT'S DEPENDENT ON GEOGRAPHY AND THE SIZE OF AREA THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO COVER, BUT THAT IS THE MANUFACTURER. SO A I'M NOT GOING TO DISRUPT THE PROGRAM. BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY US BASED DRONE MANUFACTURERS? YES, SIR. WE DO. AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN INSURANCE POLICY FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT SHOULD THERE BE ANY PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT IMPACT THE DRONES THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY USING, WE HAVE AN INSURANCE PROGRAM TO WHERE WE WILL SWAP OUT THAT THAT DRONE AND REPLACE IT WITH AN MDR COMPLIANT VERSION FREE OF CHARGE WITH NO, NO QUESTIONS ASKED. SO WE DO HAVE AN INSURANCE POLICY SHOULD ANY LEGISLATIVE ACTION BE TAKEN. BUT THAT IS OUR OUR CURRENT PLAN AS WELL AS AN ACQUISITION A FEW MONTHS AGO OF ANOTHER AMERICAN DRONE COMPANY.SO WE TAKE THE APPROACH OF HAVING MULTIPLE TYPES OF PLATFORMS DEPENDING ON THE CUSTOMER. THAT'S NOT WORKING OUT FOR. YEAH, OKAY. YEAH. YOU HIT THE NEEDED ITEMS THAT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT. SO IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS THEN FOR ANYBODY, I APPRECIATE THIS. I'VE BEEN A STRONG SUPPORTER OF THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM. I'VE CONTINUED. WE AS A COUNCIL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS. AND IT'S NOT ABOUT BEING FIRST, BUT IT'S ABOUT BEING EFFICIENT WITH OUR TAXPAYERS FUNDS. AND THIS IS A METHOD OF BEING EFFICIENT. AND I DID DRIVE BY THE POLICE STATION ON THE DAY YOU ALL WERE DOING YOUR TRAINING FOR THE LOCAL AREAS, AND THERE WAS NO PLACE TO PARK ALL THE WAY DOWN, SAFETY WAY OR UP AND DOWN. MIKE HOWARD. SO CLEARLY THE SURROUNDING AGENCIES ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO CONSIDER A MOTION ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TEN. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES FROM FLOCK, INC TO INCLUDE THE EXPANSION OF THE DRONE AS A FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM FOR $307,133. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM RAY, SECOND BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BARTLEY. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU TO OUR
[12. Discuss and consider Town Council Subcommittee reports. (DFB) ]
FLOCK REPRESENTATIVES ON THE CALL. THANK YOU. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12, TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER TOWN COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS.
THE FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE MET YESTERDAY. YOU HEARD ALL OF THE FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEES REPORTING ON THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE. PLAN. YEAH, F F F WHAT WAS THE PROPER NAME OF IT? EXPERT. YES.
AND THE REMINDER IT WAS ACTUALLY THE ACT FOR AND THE SINGLE AUDIT USE OF THE FEDERAL COVID FUNDS WAS AUDITED AND FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. SO, CHRIS, ANYTHING YOU WOULD ADD TO THAT? NO. THANK
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YOU. I DON'T BELIEVE ANY OTHER SUBCOMMITTEES MET DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME. NOPE. OKAY. IN[Possibly direct Town staff to schedule topic(s) for discussion at a future meeting. ]
THAT CASE THEN OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS TO POSSIBLY DIRECT TOWN STAFF TO SCHEDULE TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION IN A FUTURE MEETING. DOES ANY COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE BROUGHT[EXECUTIVE SESSION (Part 2 of 2)]
FORWARD? NO, WAIT. OKAY. SEEING NONE, THE TOWN COUNCIL WILL NOW RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 551.001 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE IS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT TO DELIBERATE REGARDING SECTION 551.087 TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES AND ALL MATTERS INCIDENT RELATED THERETO. SECTION 551.072. TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES AND ALL MATTERS RELATED THERETO. SECTION 551.074. TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PERSONNEL MATTERS, ALL MATTERS RELATED THERETO. SECTION 551.071. TO CONSULT WITH THE TOWN ATTORNEY REGARDING LEGAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES, SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURES, LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES, ALL MATTERS INCIDENT RELATED THERETO. SECTION 551.074 TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PERSONNEL MATTERS, INCLUDING THE ANNUAL EVALUATION OF THE TOWN MANAGER, THE TOWN ATTORNEY AND THE JUDGE. ALL MATTERS INCIDENT RELATED THERETO. THE TIME NOW IS* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.