Mar 24, 2026 Town Council

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WELCOME TO THE PROSPER TOWN COUNCIL MEETING. TODAY IS TUESDAY, MARCH 24TH, 2026 AT 6:17 P.M. AND THIS MEETING IS NOW 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 ATTENDING 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. WE HAVE AN ATTENDANCE. MAYOR PRO TEM BARTLETT, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM KERN, COUNCIL MEMBER HODGES, COUNCIL MEMBER REEVES AND COUNCIL MEMBER RAY SLIDING IN UNDERNEATH THE. AND COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS. SO THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND HAVE OUR INVOCATION, OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND PLEDGE TO THE TEXAS FLAG. PASTOR JASON MCCONNELL WITH PROSPER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WILL PROVIDE THE INVOCATION. PLEASE STAND. THANK YOU. MAYOR, LET US PRAY.

HOLY GOD, AS WE COME INTO THIS SPACE AND AS WE GATHER AS COMMUNITY, WE BRING OUR INDIVIDUALITY INTO A PLACE WHERE WE BECOME ONE. AND THAT'S HARD BECAUSE WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE ON EVERYTHING. WE DON'T ALWAYS SEE EYE TO EYE ON EVERYTHING, BUT WE CAN LOVE THE SAME. WE CAN SHARE IN THIS BEAUTY OF A COLLECTION THAT IS A CITY THAT WE LIVE IN AND A COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE APPRECIATED. AND SO I PRAY THAT WE COME PEACEFULLY, THAT WE COME WITH HOPE, THAT WE COME WITH A SENSE OF PATIENCE AS WE GATHER HERE. WE KNOW, LORD, THAT NOT JUST IN THIS COMMUNITY BUT BEYOND, AROUND THE WORLD, THERE IS A LOT OF STRUGGLE THAT THERE IS A LOT THAT IS LONGING FOR PEACE. AND SO LET US BE INSTRUMENTS OF YOUR PEACE.

WHERE THERE IS HATRED, LET US, LIKE A FARMER, SOW SEEDS OF LOVE. WHERE THERE IS INJURY, HELP US TO OFFER PARDON. WHERE THERE IS A DOUBT. CAN WE COME IN WITH FAITH? WHERE THERE IS A SENSE OF DESPAIR? CAN WE BE A PEOPLE THAT SHARE HOPE? WHERE THERE IS DARKNESS, LET US SHINE BRIGHTLY WITH LIGHT. AND WHERE THERE IS ANY SENSE OF SADNESS. HELP US TO BE A PEOPLE OF JOY.

WHERE THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW THAT ARE IN HARM'S WAY. LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU SURROUND THEM, THAT YOU PROTECT THEM, THAT YOU HELP TO HOLD THEM IN A PLACE OF UNDERSTANDING, THAT WE APPRECIATE THEM AND THAT WE SEE THEM. WE REMEMBER THEM, THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE. AND GOD, AS WE ARE HERE IN THIS TIME, WE PRAY FOR OUR LEADERS. WE APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT THEY PUT IN THE ENERGY, THE THE ABILITY TO LOOK OVER MANY DIFFERENT PIECES AND TO LISTEN DEEPLY. I PRAY FOR MERCY AND I PRAY FOR JUSTICE TO BE HAPPENING HERE TODAY. WE GIVE YOU THE GLORY AND THE HONOR AND ALL THAT WE DO TODAY. IN CHRIST'S NAME. AMEN. AND.

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. NOW LET HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS. ONE STATE, UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK COUNCIL MEMBER REEVES TO READ OUR

[Announcements of recent and upcoming events. ]

FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT PROSPER TX.GOV BACKSLASH SPRING CLEANUP. THE TOWN OF PROSPER HAS LAUNCHED THE HOMETOWN HEROES PROGRAM, A SPECIAL INITIATIVE RECOGNIZING LOCAL VETERANS AS PART OF THE UNITED STATES 250TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. RESIDENTS ARE

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[1. America 250. (DB) ]

WE SAW A RAGGED MILITIA TRANSFORMED BY VON STEUBEN'S DRILLING AND WASHINGTON'S IRON RESOLVE INTO A TRUE FIGHTING FORCE. BUT VALLEY FORGE WAS ONLY PART OF THE STORY. A FEW MONTHS BEFORE THAT TERRIBLE WINTER BEGAN, SOMETHING HAPPENED IN UPSTATE NEW YORK THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING, AND THE WORLD TOOK NOTICE. IN THE AUTUMN OF 1777, BRITISH GENERAL JOHN BURGOYNE LED A FORCE OF NEARLY 8000 SOLDIERS SOUTHWARD FROM CANADA. HIS PLAN WAS TO SPLIT THE COLONIES IN TWO, CUT OFF NEW ENGLAND AND CRUSH THE REBELLION. HE NEVER MADE IT NEAR THE SMALL FARMING TOWN OF SARATOGA, NEW YORK. THE CONTINENTAL ARMY, AIDED BY LOCAL MILITIAS AND THE REMARKABLE BATTLEFIELD INSTINCTS OF GENERAL BENEDICT ARNOLD. YES, THAT ONE MET GENERAL BURGOYNE'S FORCE WITH FIERCE RESISTANCE. AMERICAN SHARPSHOOTERS PICKED OFF OFFICERS FROM THE TREE LINES FLANKING MANEUVERS, CUT OFF BRITISH SUPPLY LINES SURROUNDING WITH NO ESCAPE ROUTE. ON OCTOBER 17TH, 1777, BURGOYNE SURRENDERED HIS ENTIRE ARMY OF MORE THAN 6000 MEN. IT WAS THE SINGLE MOST DECISIVE VICTORY OF THE WAR, AND IT'S ECHOED ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. IN PARIS, KING LOUIS XVI HAD BEEN WATCHING THE AMERICAN REBELLION WITH GREAT INTEREST. FRANCE AND BRITAIN WERE BITTER RIVALS, AND THE IDEA OF BACKING A SUCCESSFUL AMERICAN REVOLT WAS DEEPLY APPEALING. BUT THE KING NEEDED PROOF THAT THE COLONISTS COULD ACTUALLY WIN BEFORE HE WOULD RISK WAR WITH BRITAIN. SARATOGA WAS THAT PROOF. WITHIN MONTHS, FRANCE HAD FORMALLY RECOGNIZED THE UNITED STATES AS AN INDEPENDENT NATION AND ENTERED THE WAR AS AMERICA'S ALLY, PROVIDING DESPERATELY NEEDED MONEY, WEAPONS, NAVAL POWER AND TRAINED TROOPS. SPAIN AND THE NETHERLANDS WOULD FOLLOW. WHAT HAD BEEN A COLONIAL UPRISING WAS NOW A WORLD WAR, AND BRITAIN'S SUDDENLY FOUND ITSELF FIGHTING ON MULTIPLE FRONTS ACROSS THE GLOBE. AMERICA DID NOT WIN A INDEPENDENCE ALONE. IT WON IT TOGETHER WITH ALLIES, WITH STRATEGY AND THE WILLINGNESS TO FIGHT ON WHEN ALL SEEMED LOST. HERE IN PROSPER, WE ARE A TOWN THAT KNOWS THE POWER OF THAT KIND OF PARTNERSHIP. WE BUILD GREAT THINGS HERE, NOT BY GOING IT ALONE, BUT BY WORKING ALONGSIDE OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS. THIS INCLUDES THE PROSPER ISD, THE PROSPER EDC AND PROSPER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

THE PATRIOTS AT SARATOGA SHOWED THAT WINNING SOMETIMES MEANS KNOWING WHEN TO ASK FOR HELP AND BEING WORTH HELPING. WE ARE ALL PARTNERS IN THE SUCCESS OF PROSPER, AND THIS IS AS TRUE FOR OUR TOWN AS IT WAS FOR OUR NATION. SO AS WE CONTINUE ON WITH THE AMERICA 250 SERIES, I'LL SIMPLY ASK THAT WE HAVE A WHOLE VARIETY OF EVENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING UP. OUR CITIZENS ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE HAS DESIGNATED THE 40 DAYS FROM THE MEMORIAL DAY TO THE 4TH OF JULY AS DAYS OF SERVICE. AND SO I'D ASK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO FIND A WAY TO SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY AND OUR ENTIRE TOWN. SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PAYING ATTENTION. YOU CAN SEE THE VIDEO SERIES EVERY FRIDAY AS RELEASED, AND I THINK IT'S ALSO ON THE TOWN WEBSITE

[2. Recognize members of the Prosper Independent School District Resource Center. (KS) ]

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COLLEEN IS KNOWN FOR BUILDING STRONG CONNECTIONS, CREATING MEANINGFUL, MEANINGFUL PROGRAMS, AND INSPIRING OTHERS TO SEE WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR EVERY CHILD. SHE ALSO IS THE AUTHOR OF BE THE ONE, A REFLECTION OF HER BELIEF IN KINDNESS, ENCOURAGEMENT, AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN EVERYDAY MOMENTS. WHILE SHE MAY BE RETIRING FROM PUBLIC EDUCATION, SHE IS NOT SLOWING DOWN, JUST REDIRECTING HER ENERGY INTO NEW ADVENTURES, INCLUDING HER NONPROFIT SPECIAL EDUCATION EXCHANGE TRAVEL AND SPENDING MORE TIME WITH THE PEOPLE SHE LOVES. HER IMPACT WILL CONTINUE TO SHINE IN THE LIVES OF THE MANY FAMILIES SHE HAS SUPPORTED. AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR VOLUNTEERS AS WELL. WHEN DAN AND I FIRST JOINED THE TOWN, ONE OF THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION WAS THE IMPORTANCE OF INCLUSION, SPECIFICALLY CREATING MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE TOWN. EVENTS AND PROGRAMS FOR FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. SHORTLY AFTER WE WERE INTRODUCED TO THE FAMILY SUPPORT SPECIALIST AT THE PISD FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER, COLLEEN KUGLER AND SHANNON TIBBETTS.

THROUGH THAT PARTNERSHIP, WE BEGAN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE RESOURCE CENTER TO EXPAND OUR OUTREACH AND ENSURE WE WERE TRULY LISTENING TO AND MEETING THE NEEDS OF THESE FAMILIES. AS A RESULT, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO INTRODUCE IMPACTFUL PROGRAMS SUCH AS SENSORY SANTA, A SENSORY FRIENDLY, OUR CELEBRATE PROSPER AND SPECIALIZED COMMUNITY EVENTS, AS WELL AS A SUMMER CONTINUATION OF THE RESOURCE CENTERS GAME ON. THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO YOU SEE TONIGHT HAVE VOLUNTEERED COUNTLESS HOURS TO SUPPORT THESE INITIATIVES. THEIR COMPASSION, DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT HAVE MADE A LASTING DIFFERENCE FOR MANY OF OUR FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK EACH ONE OF THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE, AND FOR HELPING TO MAKE OUR TOWN A MORE INCLUSIVE AND WELCOMING PLACE FOR ALL. I PARTICIPATED ALONG WITH MANY OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, JUST TO SAY, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOU GUYS BEING VOLUNTEERS AT THE AT THE EVENT. IT MADE IT A COMPLETE SUCCESS. SO I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH ALL OF YOU FOR SPENDING YOUR TIME WILLINGNESS TO SERVE OTHERS. SO THAT FITS INTO THAT SERVICE. 40 DAYS OF SERVICE THAT YOU GOT TO GET IN 40 DAYS FOR MEMORIAL DAY. BUT SINCE, SINCE CAITLIN DID SUCH A GOOD JOB OF TELLING ME STUFF AWAY, I DO WANT TO PRESENT A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION TO THE TOWN COUNCIL HEREBY RECOGNIZES COLLEEN COOPER FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND SERVICE TO THE TOWN OF PROSPER. YOUR WORK, COMMITMENT, AND LOVE FOR THIS COMMUNITY ARE DEEPLY APPRECIATED AND HAVE A LASTING AND MEANINGFUL IMPACT ON GENERATIONS TO COME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, YOU GUYS ALL TURN AROUND RIGHT HERE. PUT THE POLKA DOT LADIES IN THE MIDDLE. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ONE, TWO, THREE. THANK YOU. TELL ME WHAT YOU LEARNED OR WHAT YOU THOUGHT WERE THE MOST SPECIAL ABOUT THAT NIGHT.

WHAT TO TALK WITH US FOR MANY, MANY, MANY. THEY HAVE OVER TEN HOURS OF VOLUNTEER TIME WITH US, RIGHT? IT'S YOUR CHANCE. FROM GAME ON, I LEARNED THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE YOU INCLUDE EVERYBODY AND THAT YOUR YOUR ACTIONS REALLY DO MAKE AN IMPACT IN THE KIDS LIVES AND THAT IT REALLY MATTERS HOW YOU ACT AND WHAT YOU DO AND THE WORDS YOU SAY TO THEM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DIDN'T HEAR WHAT COLLEEN SAID, SHE SAID, THIS IS THE FUTURE OF OUR TOWN AND I'M SO APPRECIATIVE OF THAT LEVEL OF

[3. Recognize members of the Prosper Fire and Rescue Department for their Life Saving efforts. (SB) ]

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WE ARE VERY BLESSED. I BELIEVE THEY'RE IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT, BUT I, IF I COULD, IF I COULD BRING UP PATRICK ROBERTS, MISTER ROBERTS, SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. IF YOU WANT TO COME OVER HERE. MISTER ROBERTS IS ACTUALLY OUR PATIENT, SO WE ARE. THIS IS A, A THIS IS A HUGE BLESSING FOR EVERY ONE OF US TO GET TO SEE MISTER ROBERTS THIS EVENING. AND IN ADDITION TO HIM, NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE. JAMIE FITZGERALD, WOULD YOU COME UP, PLEASE? ALSO, WILL AUSTIN AND CHAD SIMMONS. SO THE THREE THAT I JUST CALLED UP WERE BYSTANDERS THAT WERE THERE THAT EARLY THAT MORNING. AND WHAT YOU SEE FROM EVERYONE THAT'S STANDING UP IN FRONT OF YOU WITHOUT THE HELP AND WITHOUT THE TEAMWORK OF EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT'S STANDING HERE. TO BE HONEST, I DON'T BELIEVE YOU WOULD STILL BE HERE ON THE MORNING OF JANUARY 12TH.

MISTER ROBERTS WAS WORKING OUT. I ALWAYS TELL YOU, YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE, WORKING OUT TO KILL YOU. AND THAT MORNING IT CAME AWFUL CLOSE. MISTER ROBERTS WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST. AND IMMEDIATELY SOMEONE CALLED 911. AND THE PEOPLE THAT YOU SEE STANDING TO MY LEFT, YOUR RIGHT STARTED CPR AND THEY GOT US IN ROUTE. THEY DID CPR UNTIL WE GOT THERE AND APPLIED A AN AED. OUR UNITS GOT THERE FAIRLY QUICKLY AND WHEN THEY GOT THERE, THEY, THEY RELIEVED THEM. STARTED CPR ON MISTER ROBERTS AND THEN THEY FOUND HIM. HE WAS STILL PULSELESS AND HE HAD WHAT WE CALL AGONAL RESPIRATIONS, BUT HE WAS IN V-FIB, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS HIS HEART'S JUST FLUTTERING. IT'S NOT BEATING. IT'S NOT PERFUSING BLOOD THROUGH HIS BODY. THEY IMMEDIATELY DEFIBRILLATED HIM AT THE HIGHEST JOULES THAT WE HAVE, 360. AND THEN THEY PLACED HIM ON A LUCAS DEVICE WHICH DOES THE CHEST COMPRESSIONS FOR US.

THEY'RE ON ALL OF OUR AMBULANCES AND THEY'RE AMAZING TOOL BECAUSE THEY DON'T GET TIRED. AND THEY THEY KEEP THE THE BLOOD PUMPING THROUGH THROUGH HIS BODY WHILE WE WERE GIVING HIM MEDICATIONS. INTUBATIONS THEY GAVE HIM MULTIPLE MEDS, INTUBATED HIM DURING TRANSPORT. AND I'M LUCKY TO SAY THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO GET WHAT WE CALL ROSC, WHICH IS RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION, WHICH MEANS HIS HEART'S ONCE AGAIN BEATING AND IT'S PUTTING BLOOD THROUGHOUT HIS SYSTEM. WITH THAT, I BELIEVE HE WAS. WE TOOK HIM TO BAYLOR PG. IT WAS A PRETTY QUICK LOAD AND GO, AND BETWEEN THAT AND VENTILATING WITH HIGH FLOW OXYGEN. AFTER HE WAS INTUBATED, THEY GOT HIM TO BAYLOR PGY A WITH A PULSE AND TRANSFERRED CARE. AND THEN I BELIEVE IT WAS THE SECOND DAY. IS THAT CORRECT THAT YOU WERE THERE, THAT THEY DID THE THAT THEY WENT IN AND DID THE CATH AND. IT'S SUCH A SPECIAL MOMENT FOR US. AND I ACTUALLY HAVE CHILLS BECAUSE WE'RE STANDING NEXT TO SOMEBODY THAT PROBABLY MOST OTHER AREAS IN THE WORLD WITHOUT THESE THREE DOING WHAT THEY WERE DOING, WITHOUT THE REST OF THE CREWS AND DISPATCH ANSWERING THE PHONE AND GIVING INSTRUCTIONS AND GETTING US OUT THE DOOR EARLIER. WE DON'T GET TO CELEBRATE THIS ENOUGH. WE'RE BLESSED THAT I BELIEVE THIS IS OUR THIRD TIME IN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS. AND I HAVE TOLD THEM, AND I MEAN THIS FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. THIS NEVER GETS OLD. THIS PART IS MY FAVORITE THING TO DO, IS TO RECOGNIZE THE OUTSTANDING CREWS THAT WE HAVE AND THE TRAINING AND HOW HARD THEY WORK. AND I HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT TO OUR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF. CHIEF BILL BONNEY, WHO OVERSEES OUR EMS, IS INCREDIBLE. AND AS YOU KNOW, HE WAS UNABLE TO BE WITH US TONIGHT. HE WAS OUT OF TOWN.

AND ALSO THE SAME WITH DOCTOR JACKSON, OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR WHO LIVES HERE LOCAL, AND WHO'S THE BEST MEDICAL DIRECTOR AROUND. AND OUR TRAINING IS SECOND TO NONE. AND IT SHOWED.

AND IT'S LIKE I TELL EVERYBODY, IF YOU GIVE US A VIABLE CHANCE, WE'RE GOING TO GET THEM BACK.

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APPRECIATE IT. THANK. JAMIE FITZGERALD, THANK YOU SO MUCH. GREAT JOB. AND WILL AUSTIN.

THANK YOU WILL. AND NOW TO SOME OF THE BEST CREWS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND IN DISPATCH. AND IN ANY FIRE DEPARTMENT, THERE IS CAPTAIN JUSTIN SMITH. AND I GUESS I COULD READ THIS ONE TOO, IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONALISM, SWIFT ACTION, AND EXCEPTIONAL LIFE SAVING EFFORTS DISPLAYED ON THE EVENING OF JANUARY 12TH, 2026. I BELIEVE THAT SHOULD BE MORNING. WE'LL FIX THAT. RESPONDING TO A MEDICAL EMERGENCY INVOLVING A PATIENT IN CARDIAC ARREST, YOU PROVIDED CRITICAL ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT CARE, INCLUDING MULTIPLE DEFIBRILLATIONS AND ADVANCED INTERVENTIONS THAT SUCCESSFULLY RESTORED THE PATIENT'S PULSE AND STABILIZED HIS CONDITION. YOUR DECISIVE ACTIONS, CLINICAL EXPERTISE, AND DEDICATION TO DUTY EXEMPLIFY THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF PROSPER, FIRE, RESCUE AND REFLECT CREDIT UPON YOURSELF, YOUR DEPARTMENT, AND THE TOWN OF PROSPER. THANK YOU. IF I COULD. DYLAN, COME ON UP.

CALEB ROBERTS, PLEASE COME UP. MEASURING. SHANE YOUNGBLOOD. NIKKI WALLACE, COME ON UP. WITH

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YOU GOT.

ONE, 2362.

EVERY TIME. GREAT JOB. GREAT. OH I FORGOT, I THOUGHT I. KNOW I APPRECIATE YOU FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN. I APPRECIATE THAT. I APPRECIATE YOU RECOGNIZE THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SHARING THE STORY. YOU KNOW WE LIVE IN THE BEST. I DON'T EVEN KNOW EXACTLY. AND WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE TOO. THAT'S AWESOME. YEAH. NO, I APPRECIATE YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH. APPRECIATE. THANK YOU GUYS. NEXT TIME YOU CAN JUST CALL OR COME BY TO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH. WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS. WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU FOR ALL. YOU.

THANK YOU. YEAH. NO. YEAH I CAN GET IT OUT IN THE LETTER. SO THE CHIEF JUST KIND OF LET ME IN ON A LITTLE BIT THERE. SO FROM THE TIME OF THE CALL COMING IN, THIS IS THE EXAMPLE OF THE TEAM WORKING TOGETHER. DISPATCH, DISPATCH, THE UNIT IS APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES TO THE ARRIVED ON SCENE. SO THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT.

THAT'S BY GOOD TRAINING BOTH IN THE DISPATCH FROM THE DEPARTMENT. SO THANK YOU CHIEF.

THANK YOU, CHIEF MEYERS. ALSO BECAUSE THE DISPATCH THAT'S UNDERNEATH YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN TODAY. WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. WITH THAT, WE WILL

[CONSENT AGENDA]

NON-CONTROVERSIAL ROUTINE PLANNING AND ZONING ITEMS WHERE THERE WAS NO OPPOSITION AND WERE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY THE PNC COMMISSION, WHERE NO COMMENTS IN OPPOSITION HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE MEETING, ALSO 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 THAT WOULD LIKE TO PULL AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY. SEEING NONE, I WILL. I WILL POINT OUT THAT THE FINANCIALS ARE ON HERE AND OUR FINANCE TEAM DID A EXCELLENT JOB OF ANSWERING, I THINK, MY ENTIRE SERIES OF QUESTIONS. SO WITH THAT, I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE

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[CITIZEN COMMENTS ]

THANK YOU MAYOR. RECENTLY, A QUESTION WAS RAISED WAS ASKED ABOUT WHETHER CITIZEN COMMENT SECTION OF OUR TOWN COUNCIL AGENDA AND INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT SPEAKERS CONDUCT DURING SUCH CITIZEN COMMENTS IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. THE COUNCIL REQUESTED THAT I REVIEW THIS ISSUE, AND I'VE DONE SO WITH THE EMPHASIS ON CASE LAW FROM. YEAH, OKAY, I'LL TRY THAT. THANK YOU. THE COUNCIL REQUESTED THAT I REVIEW THE ISSUE, AND I'VE DONE SO WITH EMPHASIS ON CASE LAW FROM FEDERAL COURTS IN NORTH TEXAS AND NEIGHBORING STATES AND THE FEDERAL FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS. FEDERAL COURTS HAVE CLEARLY DETERMINED THAT THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTIONS OF PUBLIC MEETINGS ARE CATEGORIZED AS A LIMITED PUBLIC FORUM, WHICH MEANS THAT A GOVERNMENTAL BODY IS NOT REQUIRED TO AND MAY NOT ALLOW PERSONS TO ENGAGE IN EVERY TYPE OF SPEECH.

GOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS OF SPEECH ARE PERMITTED IF THE RESTRICTIONS ARE REASONABLE AND VIEWPOINT NEUTRAL. FURTHER, IN A LIMITED PUBLIC FORUM, A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY IS JUSTIFIED IN LIMITING ITS MEETING TO THE DISCUSSION OF SPECIFIED AGENDA ITEMS AND IN IMPOSING REASONABLE RESTRICTIONS TO PRESERVE THE CIVILITY AND DECORUM NECESSARY TO FURTHER THE FORUM'S PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING PUBLIC BUSINESS, BUT OF COURSE HAVE ALSO DETERMINED THAT IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FIRST AMENDMENT FOR A GOVERNING BODY TO RESTRICT SPEAKERS TO THE SUBJECT AT HAND, IMPOSE TIME LIMITS ON SPEAKERS AND PREVENT DISRUPTIONS OF A MEETING, THE TOWN OF PROSPER TAKES THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF ITS CITIZENS VERY SERIOUSLY, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENDEAVOR TO ACT IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH AND RESPECT OF OUR CITIZENS FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. THANK YOU, MR. WELCH. MISTER, DO YOU HAVE ANY CHANGES TO OUR PROCEDURES? YES, SIR. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AFTER REVIEWING OUR PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING, I DID NOTICE THAT THERE HAD BEEN SOME INCONSISTENCIES IN THE WAY WE WERE VIDEOING CITIZENS AS THEY CAME PRESENTED TO COUNCIL, AND SO HUDDLED UP WITH OUR STAFF, WE DID DETERMINE TO COME UP WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFICS ON HOW WE WERE GOING TO CREATE SOME PROCEDURES FOR THOSE INSTANCES. AND SO THE FIRST ONE IS IF WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, IN OTHER WORDS, AN ORDINANCE OR A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A ZONING CHANGE, WHEN WE WHEN WE RECORD THE RESIDENTS OR THE PEOPLE THAT COME TO SPEAK, WE WILL SEE THEIR FULLL FRONTAL VERSION OF THEIR FACE AT THE AT THE PODIUM AND ALLOW THEM TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS. OCCASIONALLY WE DO HAVE. AND THAT'LL BE THAT FIRST THAT FIRST PROCEDURE. SECOND ONE IS OCCASIONALLY WE DO HAVE IMPROMPTU SPEAKERS THAT MAY COME TO TO INTRODUCE A GROUP OR MAKE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT A SPECIFIC GROUP THAT MAY BE PRESENTING TO COUNCIL. WHAT WE'LL DO WITH THAT PROCEDURE. WE WILL TAKE A A HAND OUT VIEW OF THE ENTIRE DAIS OF THE COUNCIL, INCLUDING THE, THE, THE BACKSIDE OF THE SPEAKER. AND THEN FOR CITIZENS COMMENTS OR CITIZENS CITIZENS COMMENT SECTION. WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE WILL, ONCE THE PERSON COMES TO THE PODIUM TO GIVE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS, WE WILL SHOW THE PERSON'S. THE FRONT PORTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL. AND THEN ONCE THEY COMPLETE THE RECITATION OF THEIR ADDRESS, WE WILL GO TO THE TIMER AND GIVE THAT PERSON THE THREE MINUTES. SO WE WILL APPLY THAT CONSISTENTLY ACROSS THE BOARD STARTING TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE ON OUR PROCEDURES. SO WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE CITIZEN'S COMMENTS. THE 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 AND PRESENT IT 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 A TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES. I DO HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT CITIZEN'S COMMENT FORM AND IS MONIQUE PADULA. ARE YOU PRESENT THIS EVENING? NO. OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR CITIZEN'S COMMENTS?

[17. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider and act upon a request for a Planned Development for an Indoor Sports Facility and Medical Offices on Middle School No. 9 Addition, Block A, Lot 5, on 18.9± acres, located on the east side of Denton Way and 480± feet north of Fishtrap Road. (ZONE-25-0007) (DH) ]

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NUMBER NINE ADDITION BLOCK A LOT FIVE ON APPROXIMATELY 18.9 ACRES LOCATED IN THE EAST SIDE OF THE DENTON WAY AND APPROXIMATELY 480FT NORTH OF FISHTRAP ROAD. MR. HOOVER. IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT WITH THE BASE ZONING OF OFFICE ON TWO LOTS. THE. ONE OF THE LOTS, 9.7 ACRES, HAVE ROUGHLY 30,000FT■!S OF A SPORTS FACILITY. THE SECOND LOT HAVE 11 OFFICE BUILDINGS TOTALING ABOUT 62,000FT■!S. APOLOGIZE FOR THIS SLIDE HAS TO FIT ON HERE. IT WON'T FIT THE OTHER WAY WITHOUT BEING ON TWO SEPARATE PIECES.

BUT THE NORTH IS REALLY TO YOUR RIGHT, AND DENTON WAY WOULD RUN UP AND DOWN TO YOUR LEFT. AS FAR AS THE PICTURE IS CONCERNED. SO AGAIN, IT'S JUST A LOCATION WHERE IT IS SURROUNDING ZONING CAN SEE IS IS PARTIALLY FLOODPLAIN. PARTLY. SEVERAL OF THE PIECES ARE VACANT PART OF IT'S PARK. AND THEN THERE'S A MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT'S THERE AS WELL. EXCUSE ME. SO ELEVATION OF WHAT THE SPORTS FACILITY WILL LOOK LIKE WEST, SOUTH, EAST AND NORTH ELEVATIONS OF WHAT THE PROPOSED OFFICE BUILDINGS WILL LOOK LIKE. THIS IS HOW IT LAYS OUT. YOU CAN SEE WITH WITH ROUGHLY WHERE THE LANDSCAPING IS GOING. THIS GIVES YOU A LITTLE BETTER FEEL FOR WHERE THE LANDSCAPE GOES. FROM THE GREEN PERSPECTIVE. YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM AND TOWARDS THE LEFT IS WHERE THE FLOODPLAIN IS. AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S ALL KIND OF SQUISHED UP, IF YOU WILL, TO TO ONE SIDE SENT OUT NOTICES FRIDAY, MARCH THE 6TH. THEN WE GOT NO RESPONSES, NO COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION APPROVED IT AT THEIR MEETING. 502 MEMBERS ABSENT AT THE TIME STAFF'S RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. THERE WAS ONE COMMENT THAT WE GOT FROM COUNCIL, AND THERE ARE AND I DON'T HAVE IT AS THE EXCUSE ME, GOSH, AS ONE OF THE SLIDES. BUT ON THE PERMITTED USES, THERE ARE A FEW IN THERE THAT ARE UNDER PERMITTED BY. RIGHT. THAT IT CAME UP THAT PERHAPS AS A SUGGESTION THAT PERHAPS SOME OF THEM SHOULD BE MOVED TO SPECIFIC USE PERMITS, THOSE THREE WERE BANKS WITH, BECAUSE OF THE THE DRIVE THRUS AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE FRATERNITY SORORITY LODGE OR CIVIC CLUB. AND THEY'D STILL BE ALLOWED. BUT THE IDEA OF MOVING THEM INTO THE SPECIFIC USE CATEGORY WOULD ENSURE THAT WHATEVER THE PARTICULAR TYPE IS, MIGHT HAVE SOME MORE COMPATIBLE REQUIREMENTS THAT WOULD GO WITH IT. THAT WOULD REQUIRE, IF COUNCIL'S SO INCLINED TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS, YOU HAVE TO ADD THAT OR MAKE THAT THAT COMMENT. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. UNLESS YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU MISTER. QUICK QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. I FAILED TO ASK THIS IN ADVANCE.

I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE I JUST THOUGHT OF IT. SO ON THE BIG BOX, WHICH IS ON THE EXHIBIT, A INDOOR SPORTS FACILITY IN THIS PD, IS THAT THE ONLY THING IS IT SPELLED OUT IN THE PD THAT LOT FIVE COULD ONLY BE THAT. OR IS COULD IT BE ANY KIND OF BIG BOX IF, LET'S JUST SAY A SPORTS FACILITY DIDN'T WORK OUT, BUT THEY WANTED TO PUT A GROCER THERE OR SOMETHING, WE WOULD REQUIRE IT BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT'S IT'S STRUCTURED AND WRITTEN. WE WOULD REQUIRE IT TO COME BACK THROUGH OUR SYSTEM FOR AN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE IT TO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. OTHER THAN THE SPORTS FACILITY. NO, WE DON'T HAVE THE REGULATION OF WHAT IT IS. IS IT BADMINTON? IS IT BASKETBALL? IS IT? BUT OTHER THAN SPORTS FACILITY, WE WOULD REQUIRE IT TO COME BACK AS AN AMENDMENT. OKAY. AND THEN THAT WAS MY COMMENT. MY ONLY OTHER COMMENT IS JUST TO MOVE SOME OF THOSE ITEMS. A COMMUNITY CENTER, THE FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION LODGE, CIVIC CLUB, FRATERNITY,

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THANK YOU, MR. HOOVER. THIS ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO THEREFORE I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COUNCIL. ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. CAMERON.

ANYTHING. OH, OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION WITH YOUR CHANGES IN IT? SO I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGES. AND THAT WOULD BE THAT THE BANK SAVINGS AND LOAN OR CREDIT UNION, IF IT WERE TO HAVE A DRIVE THROUGH, WOULD BE THE DRIVE THROUGH WOULD BE COMING BACK AS AN S U P MOVING THE COMMUNITY CENTER, THE FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION LODGE, CIVIC CLUB, FRATERNITY OR SORORITY USES FROM PERMITTED TO US S P AND REMOVING THE TELEPHONE EXCHANGE AS A PERMITTED USE, AND THEN CLARIFYING THAT LOT FIVE WOULD BE AN INDOOR SPORTS FACILITY AS A BIG BOX, AND WOULD NEED TO COME BACK THROUGH IF IT WERE TO BE SOMETHING ELSE. ANOTHER USE. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY CHRIS KERN? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

[18. Discuss and consider Town Council Subcommittee reports. (DFB) ]

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

SECTION 551.071 CONSULTATION WITH TOWN ATTORNEY REGARDING PENDING OR ANTICIPATED LITIGATION. SECTION 551.071 CONSULTATION WITH THE TOWN ATTORNEY TO DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH ANY WORK SESSION OR COUNCIL MEETING. AGENDA 837. YOU

[Reconvene in Regular Session and take any action necessary as a result of the Closed Session. ]

RECONVENE BACK INTO REGULAR SESSION. MAYOR PRO TEM BARTLEY, ANY ACTION AS A RESULT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO, SIR. CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION SECONDED BY JEFF HODGES. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES

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