[Call to Order/ Roll Call.]
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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. WELCOME TO THE PROSPER TOWN COUNCIL MEETING.
TODAY IS TUESDAY, JUNE 23RD, 2026 AT 6:15 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 OR PRESIDING OFFICER, AND THAT PERSON SHALL BE BARRED FROM FURTHER AUDIENCE BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
FOR CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL, WE HAVE AN ATTENDANCE.
OUR MAYOR, PRO TEM AMY BARTLEY, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM CHRIS KERN, COUNCIL MEMBER CHARLES COUNCIL MEMBER REEVES, COUNCIL MEMBER. ANDRES COUNCIL MEMBER. RAY, OUR TOWN ATTORNEY, IS LISTENING ONLINE TODAY.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK JEREMY MEISTER WITH GATEWAY CHURCH TO PROVIDE OUR INVOCATION, FOLLOWED BY THE RECITING OF OUR PLEDGES, IF YOU PLEASE, STAND. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THANK YOU, EVERYONE THAT SERVES.
WE ALWAYS WANT TO TELL YOU HOW APPRECIATIVE WE ARE FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR TOWN. WOULD YOU JOIN ME IN PRAYER? HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS TOWN.
WE'RE SO GRATEFUL. THANK YOU FOR THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU HAVE PUT IN PLACE.
YOUR WORD SAYS IN PROVERBS THAT WE CAN MAKE OUR PLANS, BUT THE LORD DETERMINES OUR STEPS.
AND SO WE ASK THIS EVENING THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE US.
THIS EVENING, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR BLESSINGS AND YOUR PROVISION, AND WE ASK THAT YOU HELP US STEWARD THE RESOURCES AND THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE ENTRUSTED WITH. WE ASK THAT YOUR KINGDOM COME, YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN DURING THIS COUNCIL MEETING.
AND WE WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO REMEMBER ALL OF OUR TROOPS THAT ARE SERVING ALL OVER THE WORLD.
WE ASK FOR THEIR SAFETY AND THEIR PROTECTION.
GOD, AS WE ARE COMING UP ON 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF CELEBRATING THIS GREAT NATION.
LORD, ALL THE PLANS AND THE CELEBRATIONS, ALL THAT ARE TAKING PLACE HERE AND ALL OVER THE US.
GOD, WE ASK FOR YOUR PROTECTION, YOUR SAFETY.
GOD, WE ASK THAT YOU WATCH OVER THIS COUNCIL EVERYONE THAT SERVES THE TOWN OF PROSPER.
AND WE PRAY THIS IN FAITH. IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
AMEN. AMEN. 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.
AND NOW, THE HONOR OF PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AT THIS TIME.
[Announcements of recent and upcoming events.]
I'LL ASK COUNCIL MEMBER REAVES TO GO OVER OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS. GOOD EVENING.THE PROSPER COMMUNITY LIBRARY WILL HOLD ITS ANNUAL JULY 4TH PARADE ON THURSDAY, JULY 2ND.
MEET ON THE NORTH LAWN OF TOWN HALL AT 9:30 A.M..
DRESSED IN YOUR FESTIVE RED, WHITE AND BLUE ATTIRE.
THE EVENT IS OPEN TO FAMILIES OF ALL AGES. COME JOIN IN ON THE FUN WHILE THE.
WITH THE LIBRARY. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT PROSPER TX.GOV.
BACKSLASH AMERICA 250 THE ANNUAL PRIDE IN THE SKY INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION HELD BY CEDARBROOK MEDIA WILL TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY, JULY 2ND AT FRONTIER PARK. FESTIVITIES BEGIN AT 5 P.M.
AND WILL INCLUDE LIVE MUSIC, KIDS ZONE FOOD, GAMES AND FIREWORKS SET TO MUSIC.
COME OUT FOR A NIGHT OF CELEBRATION AND FUN! THE COMMUNITY IS INVITED TO A LIBERTY TREE DEDICATION CEREMONY BEGINNING BEING HELD BY THE SHAWNEE TRAIL CHAPTER ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 8TH AT FRONTIER PARK, WHICH WILL INCLUDE A SPECIAL DEDICATION BY MAYOR DAVID BRISTOL, AS WELL AS PATRIOTIC READING PLANT CEREMONY AND REMARKS BY THE CHAPTER OFFICERS.
THERE WILL BE NO DELAYS IN TRASH SERVICE AND WILL RUN AS NORMALLY SCHEDULED.
HOWEVER, SATURDAY BULK COLLECTION DROP OFF WILL BE CLOSED ON JULY 4TH.
THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE? OKAY.
ALL RIGHT THEN. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST ITEM.
[1. America 250. (GL)]
THAT IS A PRESENTATION. THAT IS THE AMERICA 250.AND THIS IS I'M GOING TO GO OVER EPISODE 24. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T BEEN HAVE NOT BEEN WITH US BEFORE, WE'VE DONE 24 EPISODES OF A SIGNIFICANT EVENT IN THE FOUNDING OF AMERICA.
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TODAY'S WILL BE BROADCAST. MARISSA. I THINK IT'S NEXT FRIDAY, RIGHT BEFORE OR EVEN BEFORE THE 4TH OF JULY.IF YOU HAVEN'T GONE IN, YOU CAN GO TO THE TOWN'S WEBSITE AND LOOK AT ALL THE YOUTUBE VIDEOS AND YOU GET SOME STUNNING PERFORMANCES FROM OUR TOWN MANAGER, OUR DEPUTY, OUR, OUR MAYOR, PRO TEM, OUR PARKS BOARD WILL BE COMING UP AND OUR LIBRARY FOLKS.
SO SO THIS IS THE CELEBRATION OF THE BIRTH OF OUR COUNTRY.
IT WILL CONTINUE HERE WITH OUR PRIDE IN THE SKY EVENT AT FRONTIER PARK ON JULY 2ND.
THIS WILL BE A GREAT PARTY FOR ALL OF YOU TO COMMEMORATE THE FOUNDING OF THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, AND HOW WE CAN LIVE UP TO THE CHARGE THAT OUR FOUNDERS GAVE US HERE IN PROSPER, TEXAS EVERY DAY. SO OVER 23 PREVIOUS EPISODES, WE'VE WALKED THROUGH ONE OF THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY STORIES EVER TOLD.
WE STOOD WITH COLONIAL FARMERS ARGUING FOR THE RIGHT TO GOVERN THEMSELVES.
WE SHIVERED AT VALLEY FORGE. WE DEBATED IN PHILADELPHIA.
WE WATCHED HAMILTON BUILD A FINANCIAL SYSTEM.
LIBERTY. EVERY PERSON POSSESSES RIGHTS THAT NO GOVERNMENT CAN TAKE AWAY.
SELF-GOVERNANCE. FREE PEOPLE, GIVEN THE TOOLS AND KNOWLEDGE, CAN BUILD COMMUNITIES THAT WORK.
PERSEVERANCE. THE WILLINGNESS TO ENDURE VALLEY FORGE AND STILL KEEP ON GOING.
THESE ARE NOT ABSTRACT VALUES. THESE ARE LIVING VALUES.
HERE IN PROSPER, THOSE VALUES LIVE HERE. LIBERTY LIVES HERE IN THE FREEDOM TO BUILD BUSINESSES, PRACTICE FAITH, RAISE FAMILIES, AND SPEAK AT EVERY TOWN HALL AND SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
SELF-GOVERNANCE LIVES HERE. IT LIVES IN EVERY VOLUNTEER WHO SERVES ON A BOARD.
EVERY NEIGHBOR WHO SHOWS UP AFTER A STORM. PERSEVERANCE LIVES HERE.
IT WAS SHOWN IN THE FAMILIES WHO BUILT THIS COMMUNITY THROUGH DECADES OF QUIET, HARD FARMING WORK.
COME WITH YOUR CHILDREN. COME WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS. INVITE YOUR FRIENDS.
COME WITH GRATITUDE FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO MADE THIS COUNTRY POSSIBLE.
SO FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK SOME OF OUR GUEST PRESENTERS. TOWN MANAGER MARIO CANNIZZARO, MAYOR PRO TEM BARTLEY, DEPUTY TOWN MANAGER BOB SCOTT, LIBRARY DIRECTOR GARY LANDEK, THE LIBRARY BOARD AND THE PARKS BOARD FOR ALL SHARING THEIR VOICES AND PASSION FOR THIS STORY. I ALSO WANT TO THANK EVERY RESIDENT OF PROSPER FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING YOU.
I AM TRULY HONORED TO BE YOUR MAYOR. AMERICA'S STORY IS OUR STORY.
IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN, AND I FEEL THAT THE BEST CHAPTERS ARE STILL AHEAD.
I LOOK FORWARD TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM.
SO WITH THAT, THAT WILL BE OUR FINAL EPISODE IN THE AMERICA 250 SERIES.
BUT TO REMIND EVERYONE, IT DOES NOT END ON THE 4TH OF JULY.
[2. Hometown Heroes. (RB)]
AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN. SO HANG ON. I'M GOING TO COME DOWN TO THE FRONT.ALL RIGHT, SO THE HOMETOWN HEROES, LET'S SEE, JOHN, I PICKED ON YOU LAST TIME.
YOU WANT TO TELL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HOMETOWN HEROES AND HOW YOU'VE PREPARED YOUR SPEECH? DO YOU HAVE A MIC? I MEAN, I'LL I'LL STAND CLOSER ON THE PODIUM.
HELLO? OKAY. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS AS A COMMITTEE, IT'S BEEN IT'S BETWEEN TOWN COUNCIL ROTARY, WHICH IS WHAT I'M PART OF AS WELL AS PROSPER HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
RIGHT. SO WHAT WE DID IS WE GOT TOGETHER SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND TALKED ABOUT HOW WITH, WITH THE 250 CELEBRATION, HOW CAN WE HONOR OUR VETERANS AND OUR HOMETOWN HEROES? SO AS A RESULT, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED. SO I THINK WE RECOGNIZE SEVERAL OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE TURNOUT BECAUSE OUR HOMETOWN HEROES, THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE.
THEY ARE HOMETOWN HEROES WHO PEOPLE LOOK UP TO, PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE MILITARY, PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED OUR COMMUNITY, AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AND ARE OUR EMPLOYEES.
AND TONIGHT, WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR EMPLOYEES WITH HOMETOWN HEROES.
SO ALL OF US HAVE BEEN DEDICATED TO ENSURE THAT WHAT WE DO RESONATES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
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AND I FEEL THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED THAT. I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MAYOR ALL OF OUR PARTNERS BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SET OUT.WE DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GOING TO TURN OUT AND I THINK IT TURNED OUT PRETTY WELL. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? COUNCIL. COUNCIL MEMBER REEVES IS UP HERE BECAUSE THIS IS ALSO PART OF HIS BRAINCHILD, ALONG WITH THE REST OF YOU. SO YOU'VE GOT COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU'VE GOT THE PROSPER ROTARY, YOU'VE GOT PROSPER HISTORICAL SOCIETY. I THINK THAT'S THE THREE.
YEAH. OKAY, SO YOU'VE GOT EVERYBODY. IT'S A COMBINED EVENT.
SO TODAY AS ROBIN AND ROBIN, ROBIN'S BEEN LEADING THE CHARGE ON THIS.
SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO HONOR FOUR OF THE FIVE PEOPLE WE'RE IN HONOR ARE ACTUALLY TOWN EMPLOYEES.
SO OUR FIRST IS CAPTAIN RANDY BREEDING RANDY COMING FORWARD.
THANK YOU. WOULD YOU GRAB HIS PLAQUE ALSO? THANK YOU.
AND WHILE WE'RE GETTING HIS PLAQUE FORM. I'LL READ THE PRESENTATION. CAPTAIN RANDY BREEDING SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY FROM 2006 TO 2014 AS PART OF THE 18TH ENGINEER BRIGADE. HE COMPLETED BASIC COMBAT TRAINING AT FORT LEONARD WOOD, MISSOURI, IN 2006 AND WAS PROMOTED TO SERGEANT IN 2008.
HE GRADUATED OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL AT FORT BENNING, GEORGIA, IN 2009.
HE CURRENTLY SERVES IN THE TOWN OF PROSPER AS OUR PARK PLANNING MANAGER.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ANOTHER HOMETOWN HERO. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. AND IF WE CAN HAVE YOU STAY, STAY UP HERE FOR THE OTHER ONES.
STAY UP HERE. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER RICHARD HATHAWAY.
WHERE ARE YOU, SIR? COME FORWARD, PLEASE.
SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. LIEUTENANT.
COMMANDER HATHAWAY HAS SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY SINCE 2006.
HE HAS BEEN DEPLOYED TO MULTIPLE LOCATIONS AROUND THE WORLD, SERVING HIS COUNTRY IN THE FIELD OF INTELLIGENCE. HIS COMMENDATIONS INCLUDE THE DEFENSE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, THE JOINT SERVICE COMMENDATION MEDAL, AND MANY OTHERS.
HE CURRENTLY SERVES THE TOWN OF PROSPER AS CRIME ANALYST FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND CONTINUES TO SERVE AS A RESERVIST, AS THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE AND SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU DON'T YOU DON'T MIND ME.
YEAH. THANK YOU. JOEY. JOEY. JOEY STINSON.
SPECIALIST JOEY STINSON SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY FROM 1985 TO 2005.
HE WAS DEPLOYED TO KUWAIT IN 1999 AND THEN TO BAGHDAD IN 2004.
HE CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE TOWN OF PROSPER FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION MANAGER.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. NEXT IS RYAN.
RYAN. I'M GOING TO READ THIS WHILE YOU SHAKE HANDS WITH EVERYBODY.
RYAN PASKO SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY AS A HOSPITAL CORPSMAN FROM 2011 TO 2016.
HE WAS ASSIGNED AS A BEHAVIORAL TECH HEALTH TECH, PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AT WALTER REED NATIONAL MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER AND LATER IN GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA. HE RECEIVED A CHIEFS COIN DURING HIS LAST DEPLOYMENT IN RECOGNITION FOR EXEMPLARY SERVICE.
RYAN CURRENTLY SERVES THE TOWN OF PROSPER AS AN IT SPECIALIST.
TWO CONGRATULATIONS TO ANOTHER HOMETOWN HERO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE CAN GET. HOW DO YOU WANT TO STEP IN FRONT OF THE PODIUM? YEAH, YEAH. THERE WE GO. HOW DO YOU WANT. COME ON.
I'M SCREWED UP BESIDE YOU. MAKE SOME ROOM. THERE WE GO.
IT'S OKAY. ONE. TWO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS.
THIS ISN'T. THIS IS THE LAST ONE OF THESE. WE'RE DOING ALL RIGHT.
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THIS IS THE VERY LAST ONE. PERIOD. OKAY. OKAY.ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ONE MORE TO GIVE. AND THIS ONE IS KIND OF SPECIAL TO ME.
IT IS THE LAST ONE OF THESE WE'RE GOING TO GIVE OUT FOR THIS YEAR. I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THIS JUDGE WALKER, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? MASTER SERGEANT BARNETT WALKER SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE FROM 1979 TO 2001.
FOLLOWING HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE MILITARY, HE SERVES NOW AS A JUDGE FOR COLLIN COUNTY.
COLLIN COUNTY COURT AT LAW NUMBER TWO. CONGRATULATIONS, SIR, YOUR HONOR.
IN ONE. TWO. JUDGE, SINCE YOU WERE LAST. ANY COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE ON YOUR SERVICE, TIME AND SERVICE? I JUST THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. VERY BRAVE OF YOU TO GIVE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL A MICROPHONE ON A SHORT SCHEDULE.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SERVING IN THE MILITARY, RECOGNIZING OUR VETERANS AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE HOME, YOU KNOW, IN THE MILITARY TO BE A HOMETOWN HERO.
THAT'S MY HOMETOWN HERO RIGHT THERE ALONG WITH YOU, MAYOR.
AND I THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THIS AWARD. THANK YOU.
WHAT'S THE NEXT? OKAY. THANK YOU. LET ME JUST BORROW IT FOR ONE SECOND.
OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH. NO. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. WE HAVE MORE AWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS TO GIVE OUT HERE IN JUST A SECOND.
SO AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK. CAPTAIN REEVES OF THE CIVIL AIR PATROL AND HIS TEAM TO COME FORWARD.
[3. Presentation of a Certificate of Appreciation from Captain Reeves of the Civil Air Patrol. (MLS)]
I'M SORRY. DID NOT MEAN TO DO THAT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR BRISTOL.MEMBERS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL, STAFF AND CITIZENS OF PROSPER.
MY NAME IS CAPTAIN JIM REEVES, AND I'M THE PRIVILEGE OF RUNNING SERVING AS A SQUADRON COMMANDER OF THE 295 THUNDERBOLT COMPOSITE SQUADRON OF THE CIVIL AIR PATROL, THE OFFICIAL AUXILIARY OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE. I RESIDE HERE IN NORTH PROSPER OR AS THE NATIVES CALL IT, SALINA. I'M. I'M HONORED TO BE HERE THIS EVENING TO RECOGNIZE A PUBLIC SERVANT, COMMUNITY LEADER, AIR FORCE VETERAN, AND FRIEND OF THE CIVIL AIR PATROL.
MAYOR BRISTOL AND I FIRST MET ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IMMEDIATELY STOOD OUT TO ME WAS THAT, UNLIKE MANY ELECTED OFFICIALS, I DIDN'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE CIVIL AIR PATROL WAS.
BECAUSE OF HIS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, HE ALREADY UNDERSTOOD OUR MISSIONS, OUR HISTORY, AND THE IMPACT WE HAVE ON COMMUNITIES ACROSS AMERICA FOR NEARLY 85 YEARS, THE CIVIL AIR PATROL HAS SERVED OUR NATION THROUGH THREE CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED MISSIONS EMERGENCY SERVICES, AEROSPACE EDUCATION, AND CADET PROGRAMS. WE ARE CONGRESSIONALLY CHARTERED ORGANIZATION UNDER TITLE 36 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE AND SERVE UNDER TITLE TEN AS THE OFFICIAL AUXILIARY OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE HERE IN COLLIN COUNTY. OUR SQUADRON PROVIDES LEADERSHIP, DEVELOPMENT, AEROSPACE EDUCATION, STEM OPPORTUNITIES, PHYSICAL FITNESS, AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT TO YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN THROUGHOUT NORTH TEXAS.
AS OUR COMMUNITIES CONTINUE TO GROW, PROGRAMS LIKE THE CIVIL AIR PATROL HELP PREPARE FUTURE LEADERS, AVIATORS, ENGINEERS, PUBLIC SERVANTS, AND ENGAGED CITIZENS.
SINCE OUR FIRST MEETING MAYOR, BRISTOL, IT'S BEEN.
HE HAS BEEN A LONG ADVOCATE FOR THE CIVIL AIR PATROL.
HE HAS ALSO BEEN A PASSIONATE SUPPORTER OF OUR EFFORTS TO EXPLORE PARTNERSHIPS WITH COLLIN COLLEGE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR FUTURE AVIATION EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT COLLIN COUNTY. WHAT MAKES THAT SUPPORT ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL IS THAT IT COMES FROM SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS AVIATION AND SERVICE FIRSTHAND.
MAYOR BRISTOL GRADUATED FROM THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY AND SERVED OUR NATION AS AN AIR FORCE FIGHTER PILOT, FLYING BOTH THE F-111 AND THE F-15. THROUGHOUT EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST.
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HIS COMMITMENT TO SERVICE DID NOT END WHEN HE LEFT THE COCKPIT.MAYOR BRISTOL AND HIS WIFE HELPED BUILD SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES THAT CREATED THOUSANDS OF JOBS FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES, HE HAS BEEN A DEDICATED SERVANT TO MAKING PROSPER ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL AND RESPECTED COMMUNITIES IN TEXAS.
WHETHER SERVING ON TOWN COUNCIL, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES, OR. NOW AS MAYOR, HE HAS CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED A COMMITMENT TO INVESTING IN PEOPLE AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
MAYOR, YOUR ADVOCACY HAS HELPED US ADVANCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGHOUT COLLIN COUNTY.
YOUR SUPPORT FOR AEROSPACE EDUCATION, YOUTH LEADERSHIP, DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICE HAS MADE A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE, AND FOR THAT WE ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL. AT THIS TIME, MAYOR BRISTOL, WOULD YOU PLEASE CARE TO JOIN ME? ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICERS, ENLISTED AND CADET MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL AIR PATROL.
CITIZENS OF CHARACTER DEDICATED TO SERVING THEIR COMMUNITIES, STATE AND NATION.
BRISTOL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO YOUR NATION, YOUR LEADERSHIP WITHIN THE TOWN OF PROSPER, AND YOUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WE ARE PRIVILEGED TO SERVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
BUT JUST FOR THE RECORD, I WAS UNAWARE OF THAT ENTIRE I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A PRESENTATION.
I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS FOR ME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU.
AND THE CIVIL AIR PATROL IS SOMETHING THAT I DID NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHEN I WAS A KID.
AND SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE AND TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.
[4. Recognize the Town Secretary's Office with the Texas Municipal Clerks Achievement of Excellence Award. (MLS)]
ACHIEVEMENT OF EXCELLENCE. TINA STEWART, ARE YOU HERE? YES, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR BRISTOW AND TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS.MY NAME IS TINA STEWART, CITY SECRETARY FOR THE CITY OF THE COLONY AND TRUSTEE OF THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL CLERKS ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE BOARD ON BEHALF OF THE TMK EXECUTIVE BOARD, I AM HONORED TO BE HERE TO PRESENT THE ACHIEVEMENT OF EXCELLENT AWARD TO THE TOWN SECRETARY'S OFFICE OF PROSPER.
IT REFLECTS THE UNWAVERING DEDICATION, PROFESSIONALISM AND HARD WORK DEMONSTRATED BY THE TOWN'S SECRETARY'S OFFICE, LED BY MICHELLE LOUIS SIRIANNI. THE TOWN OF PROSPER HAS EARNED THIS RECOGNITION NOT JUST ONCE OR TWICE, BUT THIS IS THE THIRD TIME. FIRST IN 2022, THEN IN 2024, AND AGAIN IN 2026.
THIS IS A CLEAR TESTAMENT TO THEIR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE.
TO GIVE SOME PERSPECTIVE, THERE ARE CURRENTLY 1224 ACTIVE MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL MUNICIPALITIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS IN 2026. ONLY 42 OF THOSE EARNED THIS DISTINCTION IN THE TOWN OF PROSPER PROUDLY IS AMONG THEM.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING MICHELLE LOUIS SIRIANNI AND HER TEAM ON THE WELL-DESERVED HONOR.
CONGRATULATIONS, MICHELLE AND TEAM. TRULY A BRIGHT SPOT FOR THE TOWN OF PROSPER.
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CONGRATULATIONS. NOW WE GET TO DO ANOTHER FUN THING.[5. Recognition of the 2026 Mayor's Teen Government Academy. (MP)]
AND WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE THE MEMBERS OF THE 2026 MAYOR'S TEAM GOVERNMENT ACADEMY.I'LL ASK THE MAYOR PRO TEM TO HELP ME WITH THIS. WE HAVE ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THAT TEAM, GOVERNMENT ACADEMY COME FORWARD, AND WE'RE GOING TO GRAB YOUR YOUR PLAQUE, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE YOU ALL.
IT WAS AN INTENSE TWO WEEK SERIES OF LEARNING ABOUT MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
THE IDEA OF THIS IS TO EXPOSE OUR YOUTH TO OTHER AREAS OF POTENTIAL CAREERS, AND TO EXPOSE THEM TO THE WORKINGS OF THE TOWN THAT THEY LIVE IN, AND TO TRY AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, UNCOVER SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MOST CITIZENS DON'T ACTUALLY GET A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF.
MARISSA, WHAT ELSE DOES A MUNICIPAL COURT? OH, YEAH, MUNICIPAL COURTS.
THEY GOT TALKED TO BY OUR JUDGE EVERY DAY FOR TWO TALK.
NO, THEY GOT THEY GOT VISITED WITH THE JUDGE. THEY DIDN'T GET. SORRY.
JUST BEING HANDS ON AND GETTING TO SEE ALL THE MACHINES WORK.
I THINK THAT WAS FUN. ONE FOR CARRIE BACK THERE.
ALL RIGHT, SEE THAT? SEE? IT WORKED. ALL RIGHT.
IT WORKED. MY NAME IS WILLIAM SCHAEFER, AND MY FAVORITE PART WAS THE PUBLIC WORKS.
MY NAME IS IN. MY FAVORITE PART WAS THE FIRE, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE I'M A REALLY ACTIVE PERSON, I LOVE THE FACT THAT I GOT TO DESTROY A CAR. 3 TO 2.
AND MY FAVORITE PART WAS PUBLIC WORKS. WOW. FOUR.
FOUR. TWO, PLEASE. MY NAME IS RONNIE, I'M RON.
MY FAVORITE PART WAS OKAY. FOUR THREE GOING TO BE TOUGH.
MY NAME IS AISHA FAHAD AND MY FAVORITE PART WAS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
FOUR. FOUR. MY NAME IS SAMYUKTHA AND MY FAVORITE PART WAS ALSO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
MY NAME IS ANIKA AND MY PART WAS. MY FAVORITE PART WAS PROBABLY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
OH, THERE YOU GO. OKAY. FUTURE POLITICIAN. FUTURE POLITICIAN IN THE MAKING.
OH, THERE YOU GO. WOO! OKAY. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH.
ALL RIGHT. ONE OF THE THINGS I FORGOT. I ALSO JUST RIGHT DOWN THE LINE.
WHAT HIGH SCHOOL DO YOU ATTEND? I GO TO WALNUT GROVE HIGH SCHOOL AND I'M A RISING SENIOR.
YEAH. PROSPER HIGH SCHOOL. I GO TO WALNUT GROVE AND I'M GOING TO BE A JUNIOR.
I GO TO WALNUT GROVE AND I'M GONNA BE A BE SOMETHING I WOULD WANT TO GO.
I'M GONNA BE A SOPHOMORE IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO BE AFRAID.
I'M GOING TO WARDROBE AND I'M INCOMING SOPHOMORE.
I GOT A FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY AND I'M AN INCOMING SOPHOMORE.
I GO TO PROSPER HIGH SCHOOL AND I'M AN INCOMING SOPHOMORE. A SENIOR AT PROSPER HIGH SCHOOL.
I GO TO WALNUT GROVE AND I'M GOING TO BE A SENIOR.
I GO TO PROSPER HIGH SCHOOL AND I'M GOING TO BE A SENIOR. OKAY.
SO PART OF THE REST OF THIS IS BRINGING TOGETHER THE IS BRINGING TOGETHER THE COMMUNITY.
SO PART OF WHAT WE HAD HERE WAS PROSPER, THAT MY KIDS GREW UP IN WAS ONE HIGH SCHOOL.
ACTUALLY, WHEN WE STARTED, IT WAS ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ONE HIGH SCHOOL. SO NOW WE HAVE A VERY DIVERSE SET OF HIGH SCHOOLS WHERE SOMETIMES THE COMMUNITIES DON'T MIX, AND THERE'S NO REASON FOR THEM TO INTERACT BECAUSE THEIR ENTIRE BEING IS ALL AT THEIR PARTICULAR HIGH SCHOOL.
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THE OTHER IS THIS IS HOPEFULLY AND HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS HEARD ABOUT THIS.THIS IS A PIPELINE FOR THE MAYOR'S YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR INCOMING JUNIORS TO SENIORS.
SO THAT IS THE NEXT THING. AND THAT IS A YEAR LONG, TWO SEMESTERS LONG ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR ME AS THE MAYOR, WHERE WE LEARN AND WE TAKE ADVICE FROM OUR YOUTH.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS ARE NOW MOTIVATED. AND WHAT'S THE OTHER THING? I TOLD YOU ALL I WANT YOU TO BE THE BETTER INFORMED CITIZENS.
OKAY, SO HOPEFULLY YOU NOW ARE YOU'RE THE SPOKESPEOPLE FOR THE TOWN OF PROSPER.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SCOOT, SCOOT FORWARD JUST A LITTLE BIT SO WE CAN SO I CAN SEE.
THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. THERE WE GO. GET EVERYBODY IN HERE.
OH, YEAH. SCOOT, SCOOT DOWN. THERE WE GO. THERE WE GO.
CAN YOU GET EVERYBODY MARISSA. ALRIGHTY, GUYS.
AND ONE, TWO, THREE AND WE'LL PAUSE FOR PARENTS IF THEY WANT TO PAUSE FOR PARENTS.
OKAY. THERE WE GO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. ITEMS PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE IN NATURE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL.THE CONSENT AGENDA CAN BE ACTED UPON IN ONE MOTION NON-CONTROVERSIAL ROUTINE PLANNING AND ZONING ITEMS WHERE THERE WAS NO OPPOSITION AND WERE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION, AND WHERE NO COMMENTS IN OPPOSITION HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
FIVE THROUGH 14. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SIX THROUGH 14.
OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION SECOND BY CHRIS KERN. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO CITIZENS COMMENTS. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC.
[CITIZEN COMMENTS]
HOWEVER, THE COUNCIL IS UNABLE TO DISCUSS OR TAKE ACTION ON ANY TOPIC NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA.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 SOME SPEAKER REQUEST FORMS. AND THE FIRST ONE IS MELISSA THOMPSON. MELISSA, ARE YOU HERE? HELLO, MELISSA.
GOOD EVENING. TOWN OF PROSPER COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR BRISTOL.
MY NAME IS MELISSA THOMPSON AND I LIVE AT EIGHT SEVEN, ONE WHITE RIVER DRIVE.
FOR THE RECORD, I WILL NOT BE BEFORE YOU LONG.
I'M A PROUD AMERICAN, A PROUD TEXAN, A PROUD RESIDENT OF PROSPER AND A PROUD AFRICAN AMERICAN.
MY DAUGHTER JUST COMPLETED A TERM WITH THE MAYOR'S YOUTH COUNCIL, AND MOST RECENTLY I SERVED ON THE PROSPER EXCHANGE COMMITTEE, WHERE WE SOUGHT TO PROMOTE CIVIC PARTICIPATION THROUGH HONEST DIALOG, OPEN DISCUSSION, AND CIVIL DISCOURSE REGARDING CHALLENGING SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES.
I'VE ALWAYS TAUGHT MY CHILDREN TO BE THE CHANGE THEY WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD. SO HERE I AM TO ADDRESS SOMETHING THAT QUITE SIMPLY, HURT MY FEELINGS JUST A LITTLE BIT. WE CELEBRATED JUNETEENTH LAST WEEK, AND I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT, AS I THINK THE TOWN OFFICES WERE CLOSED. WHILE I'M NOT EXPECTING THE TOWN TO DEDICATE A BUDGET TO A CELEBRATION, ALTHOUGH I KIND OF WOULD LIKE A MOTOWN KIND OF HITS EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
I WAS HOPING FOR SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT SIMPLER.
JUST A SOCIAL MEDIA POST ACKNOWLEDGING THE DAY.
ALL DAY I WAITED. I SAW ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FROM FRISCO, MCKINNEY AND EVEN MY DAUGHTER'S FUTURE UNIVERSITY, THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS. I EVEN SAW SOMETHING FROM PROSPER FORD AND I DRIVE A TOYOTA.
YET NOTHING FROM THE TOWN I'M PROUD TO CALL HOME.
IT WAS DISHEARTENING NOT TO SEE ANY ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF JUNETEENTH. AGAIN, I'M A PROUD AMERICAN, AND PART OF BEING A PROUD AMERICAN IS ACCEPTING IS ACCEPTING THE TRUTHS ABOUT OUR NATION.
WE ARE A GREAT COUNTRY, YET WE ARE NOT WITHOUT FLAWS.
AND IN ORDER TO HEAL AND GROW, WE MUST BE WILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR HISTORY.
IT HELPS US UNDERSTAND WHERE WE HAVE COME FROM AND WHERE WE ARE GOING.
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INTERESTS AND EXPERIENCES OF OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.STEPHANIE. RYAN IS. ABIGAIL, ARE YOU HERE? OKAY.
AND THEN STEPHANIE. RYAN. AND SHE IS GOING TO YIELD HER TIME TO ABIGAIL ALSO.
AND YOU ARE ABIGAIL. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING COUNCILORS.
I AM 17 YEARS OLD AND INCOMING SENIOR AT WALNUT GROVE HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'M A PROUD RESIDENT OF PROSPER, AND I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF PROSPER'S MAYOR'S YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, AND I'VE BEEN ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE POLITICALLY AND TO EXPRESS MY VIEWS, REGARDLESS OF IF OTHERS MAY DISAGREE WITH ME.
TODAY I WISH TO SPEAK ON THE ISSUE OF FLOCK CAMERAS.
THIS TECHNOLOGY OF AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS, ALSO REFERRED TO AS ALPR, HAS ONLY CONTINUED TO GROW IN PROMINENCE BOTH HERE IN PROSPER AND AROUND THE NATION. DE FLOCK, A NATIONAL ONLINE PLATFORM WHERE AMERICANS UPLOAD LOCATIONS OF FLOCK CAMERAS, HAS REPORTED MORE THAN 106,000 CAMERAS NATIONWIDE.
THIS MAKES THE ISSUE IMPERATIVE AND CRITICAL.
HE WRITES YOU HAD TO LIVE DID LIVE FROM HABIT.
THAT BECAME INSTINCT IN THE ASSUMPTION THAT EVERY SOUND YOU MADE WAS OVERHEARD. AND EXCEPT IN DARKNESS, EVERY MOVEMENT SCRUTINIZED. WHILE THIS MAY SOUND SURREAL, IT'S NOT FAR FROM THE TRUTH OF TODAY.
I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY DESCRIBING WHAT A FLOCK CAMERA IS.
HOWEVER, THIS TECHNOLOGY HAS PROVEN TO BE SOMEWHAT INACCURATE.
THEY ALSO REPORT THAT LESS THAN 1% OF CARS SCANNED ARE EVER CONNECTED TO CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
AN ARTICLE BY COMMUNITY INSIDER IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024 REPORTED THAT IN OUR TOWN OF PROSPER, NEARLY 7.9 MILLION CARS WERE SCANNED, WITH ONLY 9000 POTENTIALLY FLAGGED.
OF THIS FRACTION OF A PERCENTAGE, ONLY 22% OF THESE CARS EVEN RELATED TO PROSPER.
INACCURACIES IN TECHNOLOGY MAY BE DETRIMENTAL IN OUR NEIGHBORING CITY OF FRISCO.
THE METCALF FAMILY WAS HELD AT GUNPOINT WITH THEIR CHILDREN HANDCUFFED AFTER A FLOCK OF.
AFTER A FLOCK CAMERA INCORRECTLY MARKED THEIR CAR AS STOLEN AND.
THIS INCIDENT IS NOT ISOLATED. AN OHIO MAN WAS ARRESTED WHEN A FLAT CAMERA MISREAD HIS SEVEN AS A TWO, MATCHING HIM TO A WANTED VEHICLE. A COLORADO FATHER ARRESTED WHEN FLOCK MISTOOK HIM FOR HIS SON, A WANTED FELON. AND THESE EVENTS HAVE REAL CONSEQUENCES.
EVEN LOOKING BEHIND SYSTEM ERRORS, THE POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE OF THESE CAMERAS IS INCREDIBLY HIGH.
THE INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE REPORTS 16 OFFICERS ARE FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES AFTER USING THESE CAMERAS TO TRACK AND CYBERSTALK EX-PARTNERS AND EX-SPOUSES CYBERSTALK THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY TO STALK VICTIMS IN AN UNSOLICITED FASHION.
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS STALKING IN THE SUPREME COURT CASE, UNITED STATES VERSUS MARTIN, IT WAS RULED THE USE OF FLOCK SAFETY DATABASE WITHOUT A WARRANT DOES NOT VIOLATE THE FOURTH AMENDMENT.
THIS MEANS ANY OFFICER OF ANY JURISDICTION HAS AUTHORITY TO ACCESS ANY FLOCK CAMERA.
THE LINE BETWEEN TRACKING AND STALKING IS THIN, AND I FEAR WE MAY BE APPROACHING THE THRESHOLD.
FLOCK TECHNOLOGY ALSO ALLOWS POLICE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE NATION TO ACCESS EVERY LOCATION YOU FREQUENT CHURCH, WORK, SCHOOLS AND MORE. FOR POLICE TO TRACK YOUR CELL PHONE, A WARRANT IS REQUIRED.
HOW IS TRACKING A PHONE DIFFERENT FROM TRACKING A CAR? WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN ACCESS BILLIONS OF RECORDS, EVERYBODY IS TREATED AS A SUSPECT, AS GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT.
THE GEORGIA, TEXAS POLICE DEPARTMENT ILLEGALLY ACCESSED FLOCK CAMERAS IN SAN FRANCISCO TO RUN NEARLY 1.6 BILLION ILLEGAL SEARCHES THROUGH THEIR DATABASE, ACCORDING TO ACLU OREGON. HOWEVER, THE REALITY OF THESE CAMERAS GOES MUCH DEEPER.
FLOCK SAFETY, WHO DEVELOPED AND SELLS THESE CAMERAS, HAS STARTLING ROOTS.
THEIR PRIMARY INVESTOR, A VENTURE CAPITAL FIRM KNOWN AS FOUNDERS FUND, WAS FOUNDED BY PETER THIEL, THE SAME PETER THIEL WHO HAD OVER 2000 COMMUNICATIONS WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN, MAKING HIM THE FOURTH MOST MENTIONED PERSON IN THE EPSTEIN FILES.
DO NOT ALLOW A COMPANY BASED ON SINISTER VALUES TO RECORD WHERE YOU ARE.
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THE SITUATION IS NOT HYPOTHETICAL. IN DUNWOODY, GEORGIA, FLOCK SECURITY EMPLOYEES ACCESS CAMERAS INSIDE A LOCAL REC CENTER DURING A SALES PITCH. THESE EMPLOYEES SHOWCASE LIVE FOOTAGE OF CHILDREN SWIMMING IN POOLS AND PRACTICING GYMNASTICS IN THE GYM.BEN JORDAN, A FAMOUS CYBER SECURITY EXPERT, REFERRED TO FLOCK CAMERAS AS NETFLIX FOR STALKERS, WHERE LIVE FOOTAGE IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE, FLOCK SAFETY HAS DEVELOPED OTHER TECHNOLOGIES, SUCH AS DRONES USED BY PROSPER PD OR CANDOR CAMERAS, WHICH TRACK THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE. CAMERA CAMERAS IS A MUCH LARGER ISSUE.
COUNSELORS, TODAY I COME BEFORE YOU AND I ASK A SIMPLE QUESTION WHY SHOULD WE ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE STALKED? I PROMPT FOR YOUR RECONSIDERATION OF THESE CAMERAS IN OUR TOWN OF PROSPER.
FLOCK CAMERAS COMPROMISE PUBLIC SAFETY RATHER THAN IMPROVING IT.
71 COMMUNITIES HAVE CANCELED THEIR FLOCK SAFETY CONTRACTS.
AND PLEASE, LET'S MAKE PROSPER THE 72ND. I THANK YOU, AND I SEIZE ANY REMAINING TIME TO THE COUNCIL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR CITIZENS? COMMENTS? OKAY. THEN WE WILL MOVE ON AT THIS TIME TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.007 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
[15. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider and act upon a request for a rezoning from Agricultural to a Planned Development for Event Center, Hotel, Office, Restaurant, Retail, and Tennis Club uses on Parvin 1385 Addition, Block A, Lot 1, and a portion of Lot 2, on 54.2± acres, located on the south side of Parvin Road and 930± feet east of FM 1385. (ZONE-26-0003) (DH)]
INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL FOR ITEMS LISTED AS PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL BE RECOGNIZED WHEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 15 IS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN ACT UPON A REQUEST FOR A REZONING FROM AGRICULTURAL TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR EVENT CENTER, HOTEL, OFFICE, RESTAURANT, RETAIL AND TENNIS CLUB USES ON PARVIN 1385 EDITION BLOCK A LOT ONE AND A PORTION OF LOT TWO ON APPROXIMATELY 54.2 ACRES.LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF PARVIN ROAD AND APPROXIMATELY 930FT EAST OF FM 1385.
MR. HOOVER, THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCIL. EXCUSE ME.
AS YOU STATED, THIS IS ITEM TO REZONE OR POTENTIALLY REZONE FROM AGRICULTURE ZONING TO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS THE LOCATION BASICALLY ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF TOWN.
PARVIN AND 1385. SEE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN ODD SHAPE.
THE CURRENT ZONING IS IS AG. THE SURROUNDING ZONING IS EITHER ZONING, EXCUSE ME, RESIDENTIAL ZONING OR EARMARKED FOR RETAIL AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE ZONING MAP. THE, THE RED IMMEDIATELY WEST IS THE RETAIL PORTION.
YOU CAN SEE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS IS RETAIL BANKS, NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE, SMALL MEDICAL OFFICE, ETC.. THIS IS THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, WHICH WHICH HIGHLIGHTS WHAT I JUST SAID.
THE PROPOSAL IS TO REDUCE THE SIDE YARD SETBACKS TO 30FT FROM 40FT, TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT FOR THE HOTEL TO 55FT FROM 40FT, AND TO DECREASE THE MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE FROM 50% TO 40%.
SO A LIST OF PERMITTED USES, I'M NOT GOING TO READ THEM ALL OUT TO YOU.
THEY'RE WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT TO FIND IN IN THE RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL USES.
THESE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUIREMENT IS BEING PROPOSED FOR CHILD CARE CENTERS.
THE MOBILE FOOD VENDORS. CONVENIENCE STORES, RESTAURANTS WITH DRIVE THRU PET DAYCARE PRETTY SYNONYMOUS WITH WHAT IS UTILIZED IN OUR OTHER ZONING DISTRICTS. THERE'S A PROPOSAL FOR SHARED PARKING, WHICH WOULD HAVE SOME LIMITATIONS ON IT.
THE SHARING WOULD HAVE TO BE WITHIN 600FT. AND ONE LOT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE IN EXCESS OF WHAT THE REQUIRED SPACES ARE TO BALANCE FOR THE ONE WHO NEEDED THE EXTRA ONES.
AND THEN THERE'S A PARKING RATIO FOR THE SPORTS COURT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY HAVE A PARTICULAR COUNT FOR PARKING AND THOSE AND, AND WE'RE UTILIZING EIGHT SPACES PER COURT, KIND OF BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE ON THE COURT SCREENING THAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
PROSPER OAKS IS, IS IMMEDIATELY OR WILL BE IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST.
IT WILL HAVE BOARD ON BOARD WOOD FENCING. AND SO THE PROPOSAL FOR THE SCREENING IS IN LIEU OF PUTTING A MASONRY WALL RIGHT UP AGAINST THE BOARD ON BOARD TO HAVE TWO SETS OF EVERGREEN PLANTINGS. ONE WOULD BE FOR SHRUBS KIND OF AT A LOWER LEVEL THAT WOULD BE UP
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AGAINST THE FENCE AND THEN AT A HIGHER LEVEL TO HAVE EVERGREEN TREES ON 30 FOOT CENTERS.SO IT ACTUALLY MAKES A TWO TIERED SET OF, OF NATURAL LANDSCAPING.
AND THAT'S WHAT WOULD ALLOW ACCESS ALONG A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY FRONTAGE FOR THE INTERIOR LOTS.
THE ONE TO THE LEFT IS, IS THE PIECE THAT IS ON THE WESTERN EDGE.
AND THEN THE ONE TO THE RIGHT IS THE LARGER PIECE, WHICH IS WHERE THE EXCUSE ME, TENNIS FACILITY AND SEVERAL OF THE OTHER USES WOULD BE. THIS SHOWS THE PHASING PLAN THAT'S BEING PROPOSED NOW.
IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO TO MAKE IT OUT, BUT IT'S PRIMARILY THE ROAD THAT GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH FROM PARDON IN 1385, WHICH WILL BE NEEDED AGAIN FOR THE ACCESS, BUT ALSO FOR THE TWO POINTS OF ACCESS THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WANTS ON, ON DEVELOPMENT NEEDS, ON DEVELOPMENTS. AND THEN THE ENTIRE AREA WHERE THE TENNIS CENTER IS WOULD WOULD BE PART OF THAT PHASE ONE.
ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS THAT ARE PROPOSED ARE GENERALLY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT OUR NORMAL MASONRY CONSTRUCTION IS AT THE 80% PLUS, AND THEN THE NON MASONRY, WHICH ARE THE SECONDARY MATERIALS WHICH WOULD WOULD NORMALLY BE ABOUT 20%, BUT THEY WOULD START OR HAVE TO START ABOVE TEN FOOT ON ANY OF THE FACADES ON ANY OF THE BUILDINGS.
THESE ARE JUST REPRESENTATIVE PICTURES OF WHAT THE BUILDINGS AND THE DEVELOPMENT WILL LOOK LIKE.
MOST OF THESE WILL LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU BECAUSE THEY COME FROM THE TOWN OF PROSPER.
THERE ARE FACILITIES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE HERE BUSINESSES, HOTELS AND AND SO FORTH.
THIS IS A DEPICTION OF OF WHAT THE TENNIS CENTER WILL ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE WITH THE OUTDOOR COURTS AND HOW THE BUILDING WILL, WILL FIT IN PLACE. OPEN SPACE IS THAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS A MINIMUM OF 5% ON EACH LOT, BUT A MINIMUM OF 20% AGGREGATE ACROSS THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT. AMENITIES WOULD BE PLACED IN THESE OPEN SPACE AREAS.
THIS IS A LIST OF THE TYPES OF AMENITIES THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THESE VARIOUS AREAS.
THIS IS A PICTURE THAT SHOWS WHERE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF AMENITIES WILL GO.
THEY'RE PRIMARILY ALONG THE SPINE IN THE CENTER OF THE ROADWAY THAT GOES THROUGH AGAIN, STREET A FOR NOW, BUT IT'S DISPERSED ALONG THAT STRETCH. BUT IT'S DESIGNED TO GIVE A MORE OF A, AN INTEGRATED FEEL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT THE VARIOUS OPEN SPACES AND ART FEATURES WOULD LOOK LIKE. THE WAY THAT THE SPACE IS BEING DESIGNED, IT WOULD ALLOW FOR THESE TYPES OF EVENTS.
THAT COULD BE ANY NUMBER OF THINGS, SMALL FESTIVALS SHOWS WHAT HAVE YOU.
AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST REPRESENTATIONS OF WHAT COULD GO THERE.
THE TOWN STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS.
THEY DID HAVE A STIPULATION THAT THAT SECOND ROW OF EVERGREEN TREES THAT I MENTIONED.
IN THE AGENDAS AND STAFF REPORTS GOING OUT IN IN TODAY AND IN SPECIFICALLY WHAT THEY ARE IN EXHIBIT C, THE PD STANDARDS. THE SCHEDULE OF USES OVER THREE THAT WERE BROUGHT UP FOR.
FOR QUESTIONS AND POSSIBLE DIFFERENT CONSIDERATION.
ONE IS A BANK. IF IT HAS A DRIVE THROUGH REQUIREMENT TO HAVE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WANTED TO POTENTIALLY CHANGE THE COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY TRADE OR PRIVATE BOARDING SCHOOL TO REQUIRE AN SUP AND THEN REQUIRE AN SUP FOR
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COMMUNITY CENTER. SECOND THING I COMBINE ALL THOSE TOGETHER IS ONE.SECOND THING WAS THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. THE REQUEST WAS TO CONSIDER EXCLUDING THE USE OF THE CEMENTITIOUS FIBERBOARD HARDIPLANK WHAT HAVE YOU EIFS AND STUCCO AS A PERMITTED BUILDING MATERIAL.
THIRD WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THE PHASING, HOW THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO WORK WITH THE TIMING FROM THE FIRST PHASE, WHICH IS THE ROAD AND THE TENNIS FACILITY ITSELF.
AND THEN LAST WAS THE PROHIBITION OF THE USES THAT THAT WE CALL THE UNFRIENDLY FAMILY LIST THAT IS TYPICALLY FOUND IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
I SPOKE WITH THE APPLICANTS ABOUT THIS BOTH YESTERDAY AND TODAY.
THE COLLEGE UNIVERSITY TRADE PRIVATE BOARDING SCHOOL AS YOU P.
EXCUSE ME. WAS WAS FINE. THE PROHIBITED LIST IS FINE.
AND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, THE PHASING. THEY'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO EXPLAIN WHAT THEIR PROPOSAL IS IN THAT PHASING AND HOW THAT WILL WORK, AND SEE IF THAT THAT ADDRESSES THE CONCERNS THAT WERE IN PLACE.
AND THEN THE FIBERBOARD AND THEY WERE FINE TO ELIMINATE.
BUT THEY LIKE TO TO TALK ABOUT THE STUCCO PIECE.
AND SO WE'RE CLEAR. THE STUCCO IS THE THREE STEP PROCESS.
AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S FAIRLY COMMON IN COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE, AS YOU ALL KNOW.
BUT THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. AND UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
OTHERWISE, IF IT'S ALL RIGHT, I DO HAVE I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND.
YES, SIR. I'M SORRY WHAT YOU SAID ON THE PHASING SECTION.
SO I THINK ARE THE ARE THESE THINGS AGREED TO ALREADY BY THE APPLICANT.
PARTS OF THEM ARE AGREED TO THE THE AS YOU EXCUSE ME.
YEAH. THE SUB THE COLLEGE UNIVERSITY USE IS SO SO CENTER IS AGREED TO THE BANK.
THEY WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE DRIVE THROUGH AND WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS.
IF IT'S NO ATMS OR WHAT THAT THAT ACTUALLY IS, IS GEARED TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, THEY'VE AGREED TO NOT USING FIBERBOARD AND EFIS, BUT THEY'D LIKE TO, TO TALK ABOUT THE STUCCO, THE PHASING. THEY WANT TO EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS.
THE COMMENT THAT I GOT WAS TO HAVE A TRIGGER, IF YOU WILL, THAT THE ROADWAY AND THE TENNIS CENTER HAD TO BE COMPLETE IN THE TENNIS CENTER, HAD TO HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR ANY OF THE OTHER USES TO START.
AND THEN THEY WILL DO A BETTER JOB OF EXPLAINING THEIR THOUGHT PROCESS.
EXCUSE ME, THOUGHT PROCESS ON IT, BUT BASICALLY WHAT THEIR THE POINT IS WHAT, WHAT THEIR CONCERN IS, IS THAT COULD BE A YEAR AND A HALF TO TWO YEARS WHILE THE TENNIS FACILITY IS IN THE PROCESS AND GETS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND SEVERAL OF THE OTHER USES, INCLUDING THE HOTEL, COULD BE BEING BUILT AT THE SAME TIME.
SO PERHAPS THERE'S A DIFFERENT MECHANISM THAT COULD BE USED FOR FOR THAT PHASING THERE.
FINE. THE FIRST PHASE IS GOING TO BE THE TENNIS AND THE ROADWAY, BUT THEY'RE WAITING UNTIL IT GETS A COE IS KIND OF A LONG WAIT OF OF TIME. AND SO THEY WANT TO DISCUSS THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT.
AND THEN THEY'RE FINE WITH WITH ADDING THE UNFRIENDLY FAMILY USES IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HOOVER. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. HOOVER? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND JUST MOVE TO THE PUBLIC HEARING, IF THAT'S OKAY.
THIS ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
I HAVE ONE SPEAKER, MR. BILL DAHLSTROM. WELCOME.
MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL. MY NAME IS BILL DAHLSTROM.
2323 ROSS AVENUE. I'M THE APPLICANT IN THIS CASE.
IT'S REALLY A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE TONIGHT. THIS IS A GREAT, UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR US ALL.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK DAVID AND HIS TEAM. THEY'VE BEEN TREMENDOUSLY HELPFUL IN HELPING US MOVE THIS PROCESS ALONG AND THINK ABOUT THINGS THAT WE REALLY DIDN'T THINK ABOUT DURING THE PROCESS. AND I THINK WE'VE GOT A MUCH BETTER PROJECT NOW THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DAVID AND HIS STAFF, BUT THIS IS REALLY AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR US ALL.
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WE HAVE OUR ARCHITECTS HERE. OUR LEADER OF THE TENNIS FACILITY IS HERE.OUR ENGINEERS ARE HERE FOR ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
BUT AS DAVID SAID, WE'RE PROPOSING A FACILITY THAT WOULD BE FOCUSED ON THIS TENNIS CLUB AND A BASICALLY MIXED USE SURROUNDING IT WITH THE EVENT CENTER, THE HOTEL, ALL CATERING FOR CATERING TO THE TENNIS CENTER.
YOU SAW THE LOCATION MAP AGAIN? PART OF IT ON THE TOP AND 1385 AT THE WEST.
I WANTED TO SHOW THIS BECAUSE THIS IS IMPORTANT AS FAR AS THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOES. YOU KNOW, THERE IS A STATEMENT IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO LOCATE COMMERCIAL USES OUT ON THE EDGES OF THE CITY TO TO BRING IN REVENUE TO THE TO THE CITY.
AND THAT'S, AGAIN, WE'RE COMPLYING WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS FAR AS THAT GOES.
AGAIN, THE, THE REQUEST IS BASICALLY A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, NO RESIDENTIAL, A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT FOCUSING ON THE TENNIS CENTER WITH A HOTEL, EVENT CENTER, RETAIL, RESTAURANTS AND OFFICES ACTIVE GREEN, OPEN GREEN SPACES.
WE BELIEVE THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT. AS DAVID SAID, THAT WILL BE A DESIGN FEATURE AS FAR AS COORDINATING THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT AND THE EXTENSION OF STREET A BOTHWELL. AGAIN, IT'S A WORLD CLASS INDOOR OUTDOOR RACQUETBALL CLUB AND TENNIS CENTER.
PICKLE BALLS. WE PROPOSE A TENNIS ACADEMY AS WELL.
FITNESS CENTER. RECREATION CENTER. SO ALL THIS WOULD BE UNDER THE GUISE OF A OF A HEALTH AND FITNESS CENTER UNDER THE ZONING ORDINANCE AS WELL AS THE ACADEMY TENNIS, WE'D HAVE TENNIS, TENNIS, TENNIS COURTS, INDOOR TENNIS COURTS, 14 OUTDOOR TENNIS COURTS, TEN INDOOR COURTS, A 500 ZERO SQUARE FOOT GYM, FOUR LANE 25 METER LENGTH POOL AND A SNACK BAR.
WE HAVE AN INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED COACH AND TENNIS EXPERT, J.
D LOUIS, HELPING US WITH THE TENNIS ACADEMY, THE TENNIS CENTER.
AND HE'S HELD, AS IT SAYS ON THE BOARD, LEADERSHIP ROLES WITH THE UNITED STATES TENNIS ASSOCIATION, THE GREAT BRITAIN LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATION, WAS A HEAD COACH AT SMU, FORMER 100 TOP 100 WORLD PROFESSIONAL AND THREE TIME NCAA DIVISION ONE ALL AMERICAN. AS YOU CAN SEE, USTA NATIONAL JUNIOR CHAMPION, TEXAS STATE JUNIOR CHAMPION.
HE'S GOT A PROVEN TRACK RECORD. HE KNOWS TENNIS.
HE KNOWS WHAT NEEDS TO GET DONE IN THIS FACILITY.
AND HE BRINGS IN A. SKILLS OF DOING SITE PLANNING AS WELL AS LOOKING AT THE ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS.
SO HE'S LOOKING AT TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONAL DESIGN AT THE SAME TIME.
GREG HSU IS WITH OPEN STUDIO ARCHITECTURE AND IS A TREMENDOUS ADDITION TO OUR TEAM AS WELL AS HAVING KIMLEY-HORN, WHICH WHO WE ALL KNOW, IN THIS REGION DOING OUR ENGINEERING.
WELL, PROSPER IS THE PERFECT TOWN FOR THIS FACILITY.
YOU KNOW, THE FAST GROWING CITY. YOUNG FAMILY ORIENTED POPULATION.
THIS IS A FAMILY ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO KEEP OUR RESIDENTS AND PROSPER HERE.
WE DON'T WANT THEM GOING TO OUTSIDE COMMUNITIES.
SO AGAIN THIS IS A FACILITY THAT WILL BRING RESIDENTS IN.
IT WILL BE DESTINATION. AND IT'S AT THE NORTH WEST PART OF THE TOWN.
THE LOCATION IS GREAT. YOU KNOW, RIGHT ALONG 1385.
GREAT ACCESS TO 380 THE TOLLWAY. BUT AGAIN, WE THINK THIS PROPOSED USE FROM A MACRO POINT OF VIEW SPECIFICALLY PURPOSELY ALIGNS WITH THE HIGH QUALITY, FAMILY ORIENTED, LIFESTYLE, LIFESTYLE DRIVEN GROWTH IN THE TOWN.
AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS. SO AS FAR AS THE COMMUNITY GOES, WE ARE PROPOSING A, AGAIN, A YEAR ROUND TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL DESTINATION, WHICH WILL HELP IN THE SECONDARY EFFECT, FEED OFF OF THE SECONDARY FOR RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL IN THE AREA.
THIS IS THE SITE PLAN WITH A LITTLE COLOR THROWN ON IT.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPING AND THE LOCATION OF THE BUILDINGS AND HOW THIS WORKS TOGETHER WITH THAT MAIN STREET, A BEING A SPINE THROUGH THE SITE AND HAVING A DIRECT IMPACT ON HOW THIS IS DESIGNED.
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YOU CAN SEE THE TENNIS CLUB OVER ON THE EAST SIDE EVENT CENTER AND THE HOTEL AGAIN, ALL CATERING TO THE TO THE TENNIS FACILITY.AN AERIAL PERSPECTIVE FROM SOUTHEAST LOOKING NORTHWEST YOU'RE LOOKING AT TOWARDS PARVIN AND 1385 AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE HOW THESE BUILDINGS AND IN THIS FACILITY WORKS TOGETHER.
YOU SAW THIS EARLIER. IT'S THE BASICALLY THE OPEN SPACE PLAN THAT SHOWS THE LOCATION BEING A DESIGN ELEMENT, BEING AN ORGANIZING ELEMENT WITH THE OPEN SPACE AND THE AMENITIES THAT MR. HOOVER SHOWED. YOU SAW MOST OF THESE. SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE FAIRLY QUICKLY.
THESE ARE THE TYPES OF ENVIRONMENT WE WILL CREATE ON THIS PROPERTY.
WE WANT TO REPLICATE WHAT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL HERE IN THE TOWN, BRING IN HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, A FULL SERVICE HOTEL ON THE SITE YOU KNOW, THE GREAT TENNIS FACILITY EVENT CENTER.
AND AGAIN, AS FAR AS THE CITY'S PLAN GOES, WE'RE IN DIRECT CONFORMANCE WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, WHICH AGAIN, I'LL NOTE WHAT IT'S STATED THAT IT'S TO PROMOTE RETAIL AND THEY INCLUDE RETAIL SALE BANKS, NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE AND SMALL MEDICAL OFFICES.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF MEETINGS WITH THE CITY STAFF.
WE'VE FOLLOWED ALL THEIR COMMENTS. WE'VE BASICALLY COMPLIED WITH WHATEVER THEY'VE REQUESTED.
THIS IS THIS IS A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF US, FOR ALL OF US.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE, I'D LIKE TO, MR. MAYOR, ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE ADDITIONAL CONCERNS OR ADDITIONAL ISSUES THAT MR. HOOVER RAISED. SURE. PLEASE, AS IT RELATES TO THE USES, THE BANK, WE'D LIKE TO RETAIN THE ABILITY TO HAVE THE BANK WITH DRIVE THRUS AS A USE BY. RIGHT. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT BANKS WITH DRIVE THRUS DON'T REQUIRE ESSER ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE TOWN.
AND BY STRAIGHT TO ZONING. AND WE'VE GOT RETAIL RIGHT NEXT TO US.
SO IT PUTS US AT A COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGE. IF WE HAVE TO TELL A BANK ON OUR SITE, THEY HAVE TO GO BACK, GO THROUGH AN SCP PROCESS WHEN RIGHT NEXT DOOR AT THE CORNER, HARD CORNER.
IT'S PERMITTED BY. RIGHT. SO WE THINK THAT JUST MAKES SENSE.
THE COLLEGE UNIVERSITY TRADE OR PRIVATE BOARDING SCHOOL.
WE AGREE. SUP IT'S THE REASON I ASKED FOR THAT TO BE IN THERE.
I, I WAS THINKING MORE IN TERMS OF THE TENNIS ACADEMY AND THOUGHT THAT THIS MIGHT FIT UNDER THE TENNIS ACADEMY, BUT IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THE TENNIS ACADEMY FITS UNDER THE HEALTH AND FITNESS USE AND AS AN ACCESSORY USE TO OUR OTHER.
SO WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT. THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ISSUE THERE IS, BUT IF THAT'S IF WE HAVE TO HAVE AN SUP FOR A COMMUNITY CENTER, IT'S A GOVERNMENTAL OR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FACILITY.
THAT'S FINE. THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AGAIN, CONCUR WITH MR. HOOVER, THE CEMENTITIOUS FIBERBOARD. WE'RE OKAY WITH REMOVING THAT.
WE'RE OKAY WITH REMOVING THE, THE STUCCO P AND Z LIMITED US TO 20%.
AND THAT'S NOT JUST THE, THE ARTIFICIAL STUCCO.
THIS WOULD BE THE THREE STEP PROCESS, WHICH IS A REALLY STURDY, HARDY MATERIAL.
THAT IS, AS MR. HOOVER SAID, QUITE COMMONLY USED IN RETAIL DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO RETAIN THAT ABILITY TO HAVE THE THE THREE STEP PROCESS STUCCO, WHICH AGAIN, IS A PERMITTED USE UNDER THE UDC AS A MASONRY PRODUCT.
SO AGAIN, WE JUST WANT TO BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT'S ALREADY PERMITTED IN THE TOWN.
AS FAR AS THAT GOES, WE'RE ACTUALLY FURTHER LIMITING IT WITH THE 20% THAT THE P AND Z RECOMMENDED.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE PROHIBITED USE. LIST OF UNFRIENDLY FAMILY USES.
THE FIRST EIGHT. ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH THOSE.
YOU KNOW, THE PACKAGE LIQUOR STORE WE UNDERSTAND IS MORE DIFFICULT.
SO WE'RE WE'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT. PHASING IS ONE THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US, YOU KNOW. YES, SIR. SORRY. THERE'S ONLY EIGHT OF THEM.
YOU SAID YOU AGREE WITH THE FIRST EIGHT. THERE WERE I THOUGHT THERE WERE EIGHT.
AND THEN THERE IN THE PARAGRAPH, FURTHER PARAGRAPH, THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE.
THE IT'S A YEAH. YES A NINTH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
YES, SIR. OKAY. PLEASE. THANK YOU. IT'S OUR INTENTION THAT THE TENNIS CENTER AND STREET A ARE PART OF OUR FIRST PHASE. ABSOLUTELY. WE WANT WE WANT TO GET STARTED ON THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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AS MR. HOOVER SAID, I'M ACTUALLY REPEATING WHAT WE SAID AFTER VISITING WITH OUR TEAM, IT COULD TAKE 18 MONTHS TO TWO YEARS.BY THE TIME WE DO FINAL DESIGN, FINAL DESIGN, DRAWINGS, PERMITTING, FINANCING, IT COULD TAKE A LONG TIME TO ACTUALLY START DEVELOPING THOSE THOSE COMPONENTS TO COMPLETION.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE LOSING THE ABILITY TO MARKET THE SITE OR ACTUALLY FOR SOMEBODY TO COME IN AND USE THE REST OF THE SITE FOR SOME OF THESE OTHER USES, LIKE THE RETAIL, THE RESTAURANTS, THE OFFICES.
AND MIND YOU, THOSE USES ARE ALL SUPPORTED, ACTUALLY PROMOTED UNDER THE CITY'S FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, WHICH STATES THAT THESE TYPES OF USES SHOULD BE IN A RETAIL DISTRICT, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMP PLAN, AND WE DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD REALLY HINDER THE ABILITY TO MARKET AND DEVELOP THE REST OF THE PROPERTY. WHILE WE'VE GOT THIS 18 MONTH TO 24 MONTH LAG FOR DESIGN, PERMITTING AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROADWAY AND THE TENNIS FACILITY AS IT RELATES TO THE RETAIL AND PARVIN ROAD THAT REALLY ISN'T DEPENDENT ON STREET A. NEITHER IS THE TEN ACRES AT THE SOUTHWEST SIDE.
THAT LITTLE RECTANGLE AT THE BOTTOM THAT REALLY ISN'T DEPENDENT ON EITHER THE TENNIS OR THE OR.
1385 SO WHY, WHILE WE ARE ABSOLUTELY FOCUSING ON THE TENNIS CENTER AND STREET A AS OUR FIRST IN OUR FIRST PHASE, WE DO WANT THE FLEXIBILITY AND THE ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO MARKET AND DEVELOP THE REST OF THE SITE IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE PLAN AND CONFORMANCE WITH THE CITY'S FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. OTHERWISE, WE'RE HOLDING UP THE HOTEL, THE EVENT CENTER POTENTIAL RETAIL POTENTIAL RESTAURANTS AND POTENTIAL OFFICES.
SO OUR REQUEST IS ALLOW US TO DO THE USE, DO THE DEVELOPMENT AS P AND Z RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AND ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGAIN.
THE TENNIS CENTER AND STREET A WOULD BE OUR IN OUR FIRST PHASE, BUT WE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO MARKET AND DEVELOP THE REST OF THE PROPERTY AT THE SAME TIME. THAT WAY WE'RE NOT DEFERRING USES AND HINDERING GOOD DEVELOPMENT, GOOD SOUND DEVELOPMENT.
OUR TEAM IS HERE. MR. SCHOLZ HERE. THANK YOU.
SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME.
SO WE HAVE A, A SERIES OF ITEMS OF DISCUSSION FOR THE APPLICANT I THINK.
SO I'M GOING TO GO FIRST. SO MAYOR PRO TEM BARTLEY AND THEN DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM KERN.
YEAH. SO I WAS THE IMPETUS FOR THE TRIGGERS THERE OR FOR THE PHASING.
BECAUSE IN THE PACKET IT DOES TALK ABOUT AND YOU STATED IT AS WELL.
PHASE ONE WOULD BE THE TENNIS CENTER. THAT WAS THE INTENTION.
HERE'S MY, HERE'S MY HESITATION TO NOT HAVE A, A PHASING PLAN THAT IN THIS PD AND THAT IS, AS YOU SAID, YOU DON'T NEED THE INTERIOR ROAD FOR PARVIN ON FOR ALL THE PAD SITES ON PARVIN, YOU DON'T NEED THE INTERIOR ROAD FOR THE SECTION ALONG 1385.
THOSE ARE VERY ALREADY CONGESTED AREAS. SO STREET A HELPS TRAFFIC FLOW ALSO.
WHAT I DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN IS THAT WE GET THOSE LITTLE ANCILLARY PAD SITES FOR RETAIL, AND THEN THE TENNIS CLUB DOESN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE MARKET CHANGES. THINGS CHANGE IN FINANCING. YOU CAN'T GET THE FINANCING.
I KNOW THAT'S TOUGH RIGHT NOW TOO. WHICH WHICH PRECLUDES YOU FROM THEN THE HOTEL AND THE EVENT CENTER, SINCE IT GOES ALONG WITH THE TENNIS CENTER. AND THEN WE'VE GOT PAD SITES ON PARVIN PAD SITES ON 1385 AND NO TENNIS CENTER, WHICH IS WHICH IS THE WHOLE SORT OF SELLING POINT FOR THE REZONE.
SO THE TENNIS CLUB IS THE DRAW. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT.
AT LEAST THE, THE, THE TENNIS COURTS AND PICKLEBALL COURTS, NOT NECESSARILY ANCILLARY SWIMMING POOL AND RESTAURANTS AND THINGS HAVE A CEO AS LONG AS ALONG WITH THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE STREET COMPLETED BEFORE ALL OF THE OTHER ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS CAN START.
AND AGAIN, THAT IS BECAUSE THE RISK WE TAKE IS REZONING THIS.
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AND THEN IT. THAT PART CAN'T HAPPEN. AND THEN WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, EMPTY SPACE.NO THROUGH ROAD. AND SO AGAIN, THE DRAW IS THE TENNIS CLUB.
SO THAT WAS THAT'S WHY I HAVE THE OBJECTION. I DO UNDERSTAND.
AND IT'S AN ISSUE WHERE WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE TENNIS CENTER.
WE'VE GOT THE FULL TEAM HERE. IF THE ROAD IS AN ISSUE, WHAT IF WE WERE TO POST A BOND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD TO SECURE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD. SO WE TAKE CARE OF THAT TRAFFIC ISSUE. THAT'S A MOBILITY ISSUE.
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD COMPROMISE BECAUSE IT DOES SPECIFICALLY TAKE CARE OF THAT ISSUE.
AND THAT WAS YOUR OWN PHASING IN THE PACKET THAT WAS SUBMITTED.
SO I, YOU KNOW, DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD BE GOING AGAINST THE PHASING YOU PRESENTED TO US.
AND AGAIN, I THINK WE, AT LEAST FOR ME, I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF, FEEL LIKE WE COULD GET PAD SITES ON PARVIN IN 1385 WITH NO DRAW AND HAVE THE TAX REVENUE AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE RETAIL.
THE REASON WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE TENNIS CLUB AND THE DRAW, THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO POTENTIALLY HAVE A HOTEL AND AN EVENT CENTER, WHICH IS GREAT. IT'S A IT'S A GREAT PLAN. I'M MET WITH YOUR TEAM, THE TENNIS TEAM.
THEY HAVE A GREAT VISION. I MET WITH THE TENNIS PRO WONDERFUL MEETING.
AND SO I. I HATE TO SEE US HAVE A BUNCH OF PAD SITES HOPING FOR THIS TENNIS CENTER AND THE STREET, AND THEN THAT PROPERTY SITS THERE FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE SOMETHING HAPPENS WITH THE TENNIS.
IT JUST THINGS DO HAPPEN. WE'VE SEEN I MEAN, WE'VE SEEN IT.
YEAH, THINGS DO HAPPEN. I MEAN, I'VE BEEN AT THIS A LONG TIME.
THE LAND USE PLAN, THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. SO IF WE WERE COMING HERE WITH A STRAIGHT ZONING REQUEST WITH JUST THE RETAIL, THAT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THOSE, THOSE SPECIFIC USES.
AND AGAIN, IT DOES HINDER OUR ABILITY TO BEGIN THE DEVELOPMENT.
YOU KNOW, THEY WILL, THOSE ELEMENTS ARE INTEGRAL AS PART OF THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT.
SO THEN WHY WASN'T THAT IN THE PHASING PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE PHASING PLAN WAS INTENDED TO BE SEQUENTIAL PHASING PLAN.
I DON'T RECALL THAT EVER BEING. YEAH. IT SAYS IT.
IT'S EXHIBIT E PHASE ONE TENNIS CLUB, INDOOR AND OUTDOOR TENNIS COURTS, INDOOR PICKLEBALL COURTS, YEAR ROUND AQUATIC AMENITIES, FULLY EQUIPPED FITNESS CENTER, YOGA AND CYCLING STUDIOS.
SUPPORTING AMENITIES SUCH AS PRO SHOP AND FOOD AND BEVERAGE OFFERINGS INCLUDING ALCOHOL SERVICE.
STREET A OPEN SPACE ON BLOCK A. LOT ONE CONSTRUCTION IS ESTIMATED TO TAKE 12 TO 18 MONTHS.
SUBSEQUENT PHASES SHALL FOLLOW BASED ON MARKET CONDITIONS.
FULL BUILD OUT IS ESTIMATED TO BE ACHIEVED IN 3 TO 5 YEARS.
SO WHEN I READ THAT, THAT SAYS TO ME, YOU'RE DOING THE TENNIS CLUB FIRST.
IT JUST DOESN'T HAVE A TRIGGER FOR STARTING THE OTHER SUBSEQUENT.
WE HAD TO GET THIS BUILT FIRST BEFORE WE COULD GET TO THE OTHER AS AS STATED IN THEIR SUBSEQUENT PHASES, THE SUBSEQUENT PHASES COULD START AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE DOING CONSTRUCTION.
SO I KNOW WE'RE THE MAYOR PRO TEM IS GOING TO HELP ME TO HELP YOU GUYS ON THIS.
WE DON'T WANT YOU TO BUILD THE PAD SITES AND NOT BUILD THE TENNIS CENTER.
SO HOW DO YOU PROPOSE WE FIX THAT? YOU KNOW, AND IF YOU NEED TIME, WE CAN TABLE THIS AND GIVE YOU TIME, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR WHOLE THING, OF MORE OF A I OFFERED THE I SUGGESTED THE BOND FOR THE FOR THE STREET WHICH WOULD SECURE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE STREET. IF WE DO A YOU KNOW.
YEAH, I'M NOT SURE. FINAL SITE PLAN FOR OR EVEN TENNIS COURTS.
THAT WOULD STILL SAVE US. SAVE US SOME TIME. I'LL ASK MR. HSU. MAYOR. RACHEL. RACHEL WITH KIMLEY-HORN. I'LL JUST LET ME JUST ADD ON, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK IT'S JUST ONE. I MEAN, I'M NOT SURE WHO ELSE WANTS TO TALK TO, BUT IT'S A SIMILAR CONCERN, AND I JUST I MEAN, WE CAN GIVE LIKE A TENNIS CLUB EXAMPLE THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT.
AND BECAUSE WE, WE HAD TRIGGERS AND WE MADE A LOT OF EXCEPTIONS.
THERE ARE DEVIATIONS FROM THE FROM THE REGULATIONS HERE.
SO IT'S NOT JUST STRAIGHT LAND PLAN, YOU KNOW, USES.
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THERE ARE SOME DEVIATIONS HERE. SO I'M NOT AGAIN, I'M ALL FOR THIS.IT LOOKS AMAZING. BUT OFTEN WE DEAL WITH THIS AND IT'S A DIFFICULT POSITION FOR US.
AND LIKE WE BELIEVE IN YOUR PLAN AND OR MAKING OTHER EXCEPTIONS, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S A LIVING SCREENS OR SETBACKS OR WHATNOT, BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO WHAT YOU FULLY INTEND TO DO.
IT'S JUST THAT WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD ONES THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT BECAUSE WE HAD TRIGGERS EXACTLY AS WE PLANNED, AND WE'VE HAD OTHERS THINGS THAT HAVE MOVED FORWARD WITH LESS THAN DESIRABLE THINGS.
BECAUSE THEN YOU HAVE THE ZONING, YOU COME BACK TO US TO, YOU KNOW, GET THINGS THAT CAN WORK.
I'M JUST LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVES. HI, RACHEL CRUZ WITH KIMLEY-HORN.
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE BE ALLOWED TO CONSTRUCT THEM CONCURRENTLY.
SO NOT TIE IT TO THE CEO, BUT MAYBE TIE IT TO BREAKING GROUND OR WHATEVER THAT OFFICIAL WOULD YOU TIE? WE COULD TIE IT TO A FOUNDATION AND A PERMIT TO HAVE HAVE VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION.
AND THE TENNIS CENTER IS THE DRAW. I MEAN, YOU'VE SAID THAT.
AND SO IF YOU JUST DO THE PAD SITES AND THEN, OH, WELL, WE CAN'T DO THE TENNIS CENTER NOW WE'VE GOT THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY WITH A STREET, WITH A BOND FOR A STREET RUNNING THROUGH IT.
YOU'RE LIMITED ON, YOU'RE PIECING IT TOGETHER AND YOU'RE SELLING IT OFF IN PARTS.
AND WE'VE HAD THAT SO MANY TIMES. I'D RATHER JUST HAVE SOMETHING THAT WORKS OR DOESN'T WORK.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT WE'VE RETAINED THE WHOLE PROPERTY FOR THE NEXT ITERATION.
THERE MAY BE A SCENARIO WHERE REVENUE FROM SELLING OFF THE PAD SITES FUNDS THE TENNIS CENTER OR A PORTION OF. BUT THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE WANT.
YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. YEAH. BUT WE CANNOT MARKET THE PAD SITES IF WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO.
NOBODY WILL PURCHASE THE PAD SITES IF THEY CAN'T DO SOMETHING FOR TWO YEARS.
YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT. SO I'M LOOKING FOR ANOTHER SOLUTION.
SO NOW I THINK THERE'S ALSO OTHER ITEMS ON THE MAYOR PRO TEM LIST.
DID WE WANT, LET'S MAYBE JUST SET THAT ONE ASIDE FOR RIGHT NOW AND LET'S WORK THROUGH THE OTHER.
IT'S JUST HAVING YOU COME BACK WITH AN S P AND THE REASON IS JUST TRAFFIC FLOW.
AS I SAID, PAVON ROAD IN 1385 ARE SO CONGESTED IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG TIME BEFORE 1385 IS EXTENDED.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE ENGINEERING ON IT.
AND THAT'S WHY I SAID THAT FOR THE SUP. SO IT'S THE LOCATION UNDERSTOOD.
ON THAT WE TO FOR PEACE OF MIND WE ARE SUBMITTING AND GETTING A TIA REVIEWED WITH THE CURRENT USES THAT ARE SHOWN ON THE PLAN WITH THE PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN PROCESS. LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
DO YOU THINK IN THIS ODD CORNER HERE ON THE ONE THAT ABUTS 1385 AND THEN THE STREET A COMES THROUGH ON THE NORTH SIDE IS ENOUGH TO FUND THE TENNIS CENTER. IT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF A TOWN THOROUGHFARE. WE HAVE NOT RUN THE FULL ANALYSIS ON THE TRAFFIC.
WELL, I'M SAYING THE PAD SITES, IF WE LET YOU GO AHEAD AND DEVELOP THAT SECTION ALONG WITH THE TENNIS CENTER PORTION, THE 1385 PORTION. BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CO IN THE TENNIS CENTER TO DO EVERYTHING IN.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LOT NUMBERS ARE. I'D HAVE TO LOOK IT UP. BUT TO THE WEST OF STREET A, IS IT ENOUGH TO. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE FUNDING, I JUST, I AM I AM VERY NERVOUS.
EXPAND THE PHASING PLAN TO INCLUDE THE PADS OR THE AREA ALONG 1385 AND PHASE ONE.
YEAH, YEAH. THE HOTEL, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET A HOTEL WITHOUT THE TENNIS CENTER.
SO IT DOES. OKAY. SO AGAIN. YES, SIR. I'M SORRY.
IT WOULD BE THE TWO PAD SITES ON 1385 PLUS THE OTHER OTHER I MEAN.
OKAY. THE ENTIRE SECTION. AND AS FAR AS THE TENNIS CLUB GOES, COULD WE COULD WE MAKE THE TRIGGER?
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THE FOUNDATION. CONSTRUCTION OF THE FOUNDATION.THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FOUNDATION. MR. HOOVER, CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THE WORDING WE HAD ON THE OTHER CASE THAT WE HAD? IT WAS CONSTRUCTION OF THE FOUNDATION AND PERMITTING TO CONTINUE CONSTRUCTION.
I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW WE WORDED IT. I WISH TERRY WAS HERE.
IS THERE SOMEWHERE? EXCUSE ME, SIR. THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT IT WAS.
IS THAT THE FOUNDATION? THEY GET THE PERMIT FOR THE BUILDING, BUT THE FOUNDATION WOULD HAVE TO BE COMPLETE AND STARTING TO GO VERTICAL IN ORDER TO MOVE ON TO THE THE NEXT SET AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REQUIRES THE ROAD TO BE IN PLACE BEFORE THEY'LL LET THEM GO VERTICAL. SO THE TWO KIND OF TIE TOGETHER WITH THE ROAD AND THE FOUNDATION.
I'M GOING TO TAKE A RECESS. OKAY. HERE'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO.
I'D LIKE TO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS. GATHER ALL THE THOUGHTS BACK TOGETHER, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AT OUR TIME NOW IS LET'S DO 745. THAT'S EIGHT MINUTES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR ALLOWING US AT RECESS.
WE ARE NOW BACK IN REGULAR SESSION. WE ARE ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 15.
WE HAVE COMPLETED THE PUBLIC HEARING. THERE HAS BEEN SOME DISCUSSION.
AND MAYOR PRO TEM BARTLEY, DO YOU WANT TO COVER THE THOUGHTS THAT WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT? OKAY. DO YOU WANT ME TO GO MAKE A MOTION. OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE MY MOTION, AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS IT OR. SO I'M GOING TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR REZONING FROM AGRICULTURAL TO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR EVENT CENTER, HOTEL, OFFICE, RESTAURANT, RETAIL AND TENNIS CLUB USES ON 1385 ADDITION BLOCK A LOT ONE AND A PORTION OF LOT TWO ON 54.2 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES. LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF PARVIN ROAD AND 930 PLUS OR MINUS FEET EAST OF FM 1385, SUBJECT TO THE ADDITION OF EVERGREEN TREES WITHIN THE LIVING SCREEN ALONG THE EAST BOUNDARY AND SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CHANGES ON EXHIBIT C, WHICH IN OUR PACKET FOR OUR COUNCIL ONE PAGE 174 AND 175.
THE USES THE USE CHANGES WOULD BE B COLLEGE UNIVERSITY TRADE OR PRIVATE BOARDING SCHOOL BE SUBJECT TO AN C P COMMUNITY CENTER WOULD SEE COMMUNITY CENTER WOULD BE SUBJECT TO AN SEPQ. THE BANK IS FINE, BUT THE DRIVE THROUGH WOULD BE SUBJECT TO AN SUP ON E DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. THAT'S PAGE 177, NUMBER 11, AND IT SAYS EACH BUILDING FACADE SHALL CONSIST OF A MINIMUM OF 80% MASONRY MATERIALS, AS DEFINED IN THE TOWN'S ZONING ORDINANCE, EXCLUDING THE USE I'M ADDING, EXCLUDING THE USE OF STUCCO E, I S OR CEMENTITIOUS FIBERBOARD.
AND THEN ON THE PHASING, I WAS A POINT OF DISCUSSION HERE.
THE PHASING WOULD BE PHASE ONE WOULD BE BLOCK D, WHICH IS A BUDDING 1385 AND STREET A, THE TENNIS CENTER WHICH IS BLOCK A LOT ONE WOULD BE, WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AN ACCEPTED FOUNDATION AND PERMITS TO GO VERTICAL BEFORE BLOCK C AND D, WHICH IS THE REMAINDER OF THE.
THAT THAT SITE WEST OF WEST AND NORTH OF THE OF THE ROAD CAN BEGIN.
AND THEN THE OTHER CHANGE WOULD BE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, EXHIBIT B, WE WOULD REMOVE STUCCO AS A PRIMARY USE AND AS P AND Z RECOMMENDED. IT COULD BE A 20% USE AS AN ANCILLARY MATERIAL, EXCLUDE THE USE OF E, I, F OR CEMENTITIOUS FIBERBOARD. AND THEN ADDING IN OUR CERTAIN BUSINESS ESTABLISHES THAT ARE PROHIBITED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
AND THAT LANGUAGE INCLUDES CREDIT ACCESS BUSINESSES, BODY ART FACILITIES, SMOKE OR VAPE SHOPS.
ANY BUSINESS ENTITY THAT SELLS DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, ANY BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT OFFERING GAMING OR SLOT MACHINES, SEX SHOP SEX SHOPS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BUSINESS ENTITIES WHOSE PRIMARY PURPOSE IS THE SALE OF MERCHANDISE, PAWN SHOPS, BUSINESS ENTITIES WHICH PRIORITIZE WHICH PRIMARILY UTILIZE OUTDOOR STORAGE OR DISPLAYS, AND PACKAGED LIQUOR STORES. SO I HAVE A MOTION.
I HAVE A SMALL CLARIFICATION ON YOUR STUCCO. DO YOU DO YOU NEED TO CLARIFY THE THREE STEP STUCCO? YES. MR. HOOVER. YES. AS AS WAS STATED, IS THE THREE.
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AND I THINK IT SAYS THAT ACTUALLY IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ON EXHIBIT B, BUT WE'RE JUST LIMITING IT TO 20%.ALL RIGHT. SO I HAVE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND OF THE MOTION.
MOTION FROM CAMERON REESE. OKAY. MR. DALTON, YOU HAD.
YES. I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THE STUCCO WAS 20%, LIKE, RECOMMENDED.
OKAY. THANK YOU. YES. THREE STEP, THREE STEP.
OKAY. OKAY. DOES EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THE MOTION AS PRESENTED? AND THEN IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OF THIS? WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU TO THE APPLICANT FOR YOUR WORK.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
[16. Consider and act upon a Resolution of the Town Council of the Town of Prosper, Texas, declaring the necessity to acquire certain properties for right-of-way and easements for the construction of the First Street (Coleman – Craig) project; determining the public use and necessity for such acquisition; authorizing the acquisition of property rights necessary for said Project; appointing an appraiser and negotiator as necessary; authorizing the Town Manager to establish just compensation for the property rights to be acquired; authorizing the Town Manager to take all steps necessary to acquire the needed property rights in compliance with all applicable laws and resolutions; and authorizing the Town Attorney to institute condemnation proceedings to acquire the property if purchase negotiations are not successful. (AT)]
TEXAS, DECLARING THE NECESSITY TO ACQUIRE CERTAIN PROPERTIES FOR RIGHT OF WAY AND EASEMENTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF FIRST STREET FROM COLEMAN TO CRAIG PROJECT DETERMINING THE PUBLIC USE AND NECESSITY FOR SUCH ACQUISITION.AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY RIGHTS NECESSARY FOR SAID PROJECT.
APPOINTING AN APPRAISER AND NEGOTIATOR AS NECESSARY.
AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO ESTABLISH ESTABLISH.
JUST COMPENSATION. PARDON ME. JUST COMPENSATION FOR THE PROPERTY RIGHTS TO BE ACQUIRED.
AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO TAKE ALL STEPS NECESSARY TO ACQUIRE THE NEEDED PROPERTY RIGHTS IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS, RESOLUTIONS AND AUTHORIZING THE TOWN ATTORNEY TO INSTITUTE CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY IF PURCHASE NEGOTIATIONS ARE NOT SUCCESSFUL.
MR. TURNER, HI. HOW ARE YOU DOING? HELLO. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL AND TOWN MANAGER.
SINCE THIS IS MY FIRST TIME PRESENTING TO YOU GUYS, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.
SO JUST LETTING YOU GUYS SEE WHO WE ARE. NICE TO MEET YOU GUYS.
YES. SO THE DESIGN OF THE FIRST PROJECT HAS ADVANCED TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE IDENTIFIED APPROXIMATELY 20 PARCELS THAT WILL NEED TO REQUIRE A RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITIONS AND VARIOUS EASEMENTS. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THIS.
LIKE FOR THE LOCATION MAP. THERE WE GO. THANKS.
SO YOU GUYS CAN SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S ALSO IN YOUR PACKETS AS WELL.
SO JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE ACQUISITION PROCESS.
THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS 30 DAYS TO REVIEW AND RESPOND TO THAT INITIAL OFFER LETTER.
THE PROPERTY OWNER THEN HAS 15 DAYS TO REVIEW AND RESPOND TO THAT FINAL OFFER LETTER.
SO NEGOTIATIONS MAY RESULT IN A DONATION, OBVIOUSLY A NEGOTIATION OF A PURCHASE.
IF THE AGREEMENT CANNOT BE REACHED, THE TOWN MAY NEED TO PURSUE CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS.
THIS ALLOWS US TO MOVE FORWARD QUICKLY IF NECESSARY AND HELPS TO KEEP THE PROJECT ON SCHEDULE.
SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU, ARE THERE QUESTIONS OF STAFF? WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS PROJECT FOR MORE THAN THREE YEARS.
SO IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? OKAY. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION DECLARING THE CITY TO ACQUIRE CERTAIN PROPERTIES FOR RIGHT OF WAY AND EASEMENTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRST STREET COLEMAN TO CORRECT PROJECT, WITH SUCH PROPERTIES BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION, DETERMINING THE PUBLIC USE AND NECESSITY FOR EACH ACQUISITION.
AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY RIGHTS NECESSARY FOR SAID PROJECT.
APPOINTING AN APPRAISER AND NEGOTIATOR AS NECESSARY.
AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO ESTABLISH JUST COMPENSATION FOR THE PROPERTY RIGHTS TO BE ACQUIRED.
AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO TAKE ALL STEPS NECESSARY TO ACQUIRE THE NEEDED PROPERTY RIGHTS IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS AND RESOLUTIONS, AND AUTHORIZING THE TOWN ATTORNEY TO INSTITUTE CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY.
IF PURCHASE NEGOTIATIONS ARE NOT SUCCESSFUL PURSUANT TO SECTION 2206.053 C OF THE TEXAS OH, NEVER MIND. I DON'T HAVE TO READ THAT PART. NEVER MIND. THAT'S MY MOTION. THAT WAS ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM KERN. WE WILL GO IN ORDER. ROLL FOR. ROLL CALL.
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FOR FOR. FOR FOR. CRAIG. FOR. AND THEN MARCUS FOR.AND I AM FOR IT. ALSO. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY SEVEN ZERO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GREAT. FIRST TIME AT THE PODIUM.
I'M BACK AGAIN FOR THE NEXT ONE. SO OKAY. YEP.
THIS ONE'S EASY. I WAS LIKE, I'M NOT GOING TO MOVE.
[17. Consider and act upon authorizing the Town Manager to execute a Professional Service Agreement between PAS Property Acquisition Services, LLC, and the Town of Prosper, Texas, related to land acquisition services for the First Street (Coleman – Craig) project, in the amount of $215,000. (AT)]
LLC. TOWN OF PROSPER RELATED TO THE LAND ACQUISITION SERVICES FOR FIRST STREET COLEMAN CRAIG PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $215,000.THAT IS THE PROJECT WE JUST AUTHORIZED. YES. SO IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY SIMPLE.
IT GETS REALLY TIME CONSUMING ON OUR END. AND ALSO WE HAVE USED THEM TO ON OTHER PROJECTS.
AND THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION THERE TOO. SO THANK YOU.
CRAIG DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 17 AGREEMENT BETWEEN A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN PAS PROPERTY ACQUISITION SERVICES, LLC AND THE TOWN OF FOSTER, TEXAS, RELATED TO ACQUISITION SERVICES FOR FIRST STREET COLEMAN CRAIG PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $250,000.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. I WASN'T IN MY MICROPHONE ON.
ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY ALSO.
MAN, YOU ARE TWO FOR TWO. YEAH. I'M DONE. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 18 IS DISCUSSING.
[18. Discuss and consider Town Council Subcommittee reports. (DFB)]
CONSIDER TOWN COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS. THE ONLY SUBCOMMITTEE THAT MET IS THE CIP COMMITTEE.YES. WE MET BRIEFLY, JUST BRIEFLY, ON A ZOOM CALL ABOUT THE PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS CHANGE ORDER.
THAT WOULD BE COMING TO US NEXT MONTH. AND AND TALKING THROUGH FUNDING FROM CAPITAL DEDICATED FUNDS.
JUST DUE TO THE BOND FAILURE, WE, WE HAVE TO USE CASH.
THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON CIP COMMITTEE? SORRY ABOUT THAT. YES. WE JUST HAD TO WE WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT EXACTLY HOW MUCH BECAUSE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE BUDGETING PROCESS FOR CIP. SO WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT EXACTLY HOW MUCH CAPITAL DEDICATED FUNDS WE NEEDED OUT OF THIS YEAR'S, YOU KNOW, FISCAL YEAR TO, TO PAY FOR THE DIFFERENCE FOR THE SHOP.
[Possibly direct Town staff to schedule topic(s) for discussion at a future meeting.]
MAYOR PRO TEM BARTLEY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? YES. I JUST WANT TO IN LIGHT OF THE GUESTS THAT WE HAD TONIGHT ABOUT JUNETEENTH AND PROMOTING THAT, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING FOR CSC TO TAKE UP MAYBE IN THEIR NEXT AGENDA. SO JUST DIRECTING STAFF TO PUT IT ON THEIR NEXT AGENDA SO THAT WE CAN JUST DISCUSS HOW BETTER TO PROMOTE THAT AND MAYBE DO SOME VIDEO SERIES OR SOME, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE CREATIVE, THEY'LL THINK OF SOMETHING. AND I DID PASS TWO EMAILS ON TO THE MAYOR, PRO TEM AND DEPUTY THAT I RECEIVED ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM ALSO.SO CSC BELONGS TO CSC FOR FOR THEIR EFFORTS. THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE? YES, SIR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE FOR FOR COUNCIL TO GET AN UPDATE ON GLENBROOK ON THE LANDSCAPING ISSUES THEY'VE HAD AS WELL AS THE, THE HYDRANT FLUSHING THAT IS GOING ON OUT THERE ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN. AND, AND THEN ALSO JUST TALK ABOUT THE, THE 1385, THE SOUND BARRIER AND, AND JUST AN UPDATE ON 1385 AS WELL FOR THE HYDRANT FLUSHING. WOULD YOU ACCEPT A NOTE IN THE WEEKLY UPDATE? I THINK BOB SCOTT HAD A PRETTY GOOD. WE CAN DO THAT.
HE HAS A GOOD ANSWER FOR THAT. SO THANK YOU. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT THEN WE HAVE NO ITEMS FOR OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION TONIGHT.
SO I WOULD SUPPORT A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION TO ADJOURN.
AMY, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM AMY BARTLEBAUGH. WE HAVE A SECOND FROM CAMERON REESE.
ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE ARE OUT OF SESSION.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.