[A. CALL TO ORDER]
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>> GOOD EVENING. THE TIME IS NOW SIX O'CLOCK, AND I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
PLEASE RISE FOR THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGES.
CHAPLAIN BRADLEY VINSON, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND LEAD US.
>> PLEASE REMOVE ALL NON-RELIGIOUS HEADWEAR AND JOIN ME IN PRAYER.
GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER, BOTH AS CITIZENS AND OFFICIALS TO SHARE IN THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS.
I ASK THAT ALL THAT IS SAID AND DONE HERE TONIGHT HONORS YOU.
LET THERE BE OPEN MINDS AND CLEAR HEARTS FOR ALL AND COMFORT FOR THOSE THAT NEED IT.
I ASK FOR A SPECIAL BLESSING FOR OUR NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS CHOSEN TO REPRESENT US.
KEEP YOUR HEDGE OF PROTECTION AROUND THEM AS THEY TAKE ON THE DUTIES OF MOVING THIS ALREADY GREAT TOWN FORWARD WITH WISDOM, DIGNITY, AND INTEGRITY.
INSPIRE THE NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS WITH THE SPIRIT OF SERVICE AND THE DETERMINATION TO ENHANCE THE WELL-BEING OF EVERY CITIZEN.
WE LOVE YOU, GOD. IT IS IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY. AMEN.
>> WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
[D. PUBLIC COMMENT]
NO PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS. THAT'S FINE.IS ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT TIME? IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE ALONG.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
>> [INAUDIBLE] 2120 HELMSFORD DRIVE, FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS.
IN PREVIOUS ELECTIONS, WE HAD MASTER CHIEF THAT WAS THERE WITH US AND WE DON'T HAVE HIM IN THIS ELECTION, AND IT IS SOMEWHAT POIGNANT THAT HE'S NOT HERE TODAY.
MASTER CHIEF THOUGHT A LOT OF DEREK FRANCE, AND MASTER CHIEF AND I DISAGREED ABOUT EVERYTHING, EXCEPT FOR THE SECOND AND FIRST AMENDMENT, AND THEN WE WERE PRETTY MUCH IN LOCKSTEP.
BUT MASTER CHIEF THOUGHT A LOT OF DEREK, AND DEREK HAS GROWN ON ME OVER TIME.
WE DIDN'T START OFF ON A GOOD FOOT, BUT ANYHOW, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO DEREK.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO JIM ENGEL.
JIM AND I GO WAYS BACK WHEN HE FIRST GOT ELECTED, ON THE [INAUDIBLE] BOARD HE'S BEEN VERY GRACIOUS AND KIND TO ME, SHOWING ME THE ROPES.
I APPRECIATE ALL THAT HE'S DONE.
HE HAS BEEN VERY MUCH ON PEOPLE THAT DON'T SHOW UP FOR THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO CROSS JIM AS FAR AS NOT BEING THERE, MAKING A DETERMINATION WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO A BOARD OR COMMISSION, IN THEIR MIND, THEY'RE SAYING, BUT I'M GOING TO MAKE JIM MAD AT ME.
I WANT TO PARTICULAR THANK YOU FOR THE WAREHOUSE VOTE, JIM.
WE HAD THIS PLACE PACKED, AND THE PEOPLE YOU HELPED, THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, SIR.
>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] IF THAT'S THE END OF PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'LL BE MOVING ALONG TO CONSENT ITEMS.
[E. CONSENT ITEM(S)]
DOES ANY MEMBER OF COUNSEL WISH TO REMOVE A CONSENT ITEM, PUT IT TO REGULAR? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.>> I MOVE TO APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS AS WRITTEN.
>> TERESA, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> DEPUTY MAYOR PRO-TEM MARTIN.
MOVING ALONG, WE HAVE RECOGNITION AND REMARKS FROM DEREK FRANCE,
[F. RECOGNITIONS OF AND REMARKS FROM MAYOR DEREK FRANCE AND COUNCILMEMBER JIM ENGEL]
WHO'S UNFORTUNATELY NOT WITH US TONIGHT AND MYSELF.AMANDA FRANCE, I UNDERSTAND YOU'LL BE OFFERING A STATEMENT AND REMARKS ON BEHALF OF DEREK.
>> WELL, HI, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS AMANDA FRANCE.
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AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED, DEREK IS NOT HERE TONIGHT.ON WEDNESDAY, HE DEPLOYED TO HAITI.
HE'S WITH THE UNITED NATIONS ON A PEACEKEEPING MISSION.
HE WROTE DOWN A FEW THINGS FOR ME TO SAY FOR YOU GUYS TONIGHT. THIS IS DEREK.
GOOD EVENING. FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MANY THANKS TO THE STAFF OF FLOWER MOUND FROM PULLING ME BACK FROM TOO MUCH EXCITEMENT OF A NEW PROSPECT OR CONFIDENTLY NUDGING ME AHEAD WHEN I NEEDED IT.
YOUR SUPPORT FOR ME AS I HAVE NAVIGATED MY ROLE AS MAYOR WAS APPRECIATED.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK ALL THE ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH, A QUIET HEAD NOD OR A QUICK CHAT DURING AN EVENT, THESE WERE SMALL GESTURES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SACRIFICE TO SERVE OUR TOWN AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE EACH OTHER'S BACK.
MANY THANKS TO THE COURAGEOUS FIRST RESPONDERS OF FLOWER MOUND.
YOUR ENDLESS PURSUIT OF JUSTICE, SAFETY, AND HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY FILLS ME WITH AWE AND PRIDE.
MAY THE CITIZENS OF OUR TOWN ALWAYS HAVE YOUR BACK.
SPECIAL THANKS TO THE VOTERS WHO TRUSTED ME TO BE AN ADVOCATE OF OUR TOWN.
I WAS COMPLETELY COMMITTED TO BEING TRANSPARENT ON THE COMPLEX ISSUES THAT CAME OUR WAY.
ALTHOUGH I WON'T SEE YOU AS MUCH, I WILL BE ENJOYING SOME MUCH-NEEDED TIME OFF.
MY HOPE IS THAT YOU SAW ME DURING THIS TIME AS A GOOD CHRISTIAN MAN, ONE WITH INTEGRITY AND GOOD MORALS.
I WANT TO LEAD BY AN EXAMPLE AND SHOW YOU THE IMPORTANCE OF A SERVANT'S HEART, AND PLEASE STAY INVOLVED IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK MY WIFE, AMANDA, YOUR ENDLESS SUPPORT AND BELIEF IN ME MADE THIS ALL POSSIBLE.
AS WE REFLECT ON THE GOOD TIMES WE HAD DURING THIS ADVENTURE, WE DO IT WITH PRIDE AND A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE EVER BEEN TO ANY OF HIS EVENTS WHERE HE GOT TO SPEAK, BUT HE ALWAYS STARTED WITH, HELLO, FLOWER MOUND.
MY NAME IS DEREK FRANCE AND IT IS MY HONOR AND PLEASURE TO BE YOUR MAYOR.
PLEASE JUST THINK OF EMMA'S SILLY LITTLE HAT, HIS FUNNY LITTLE SHIRTS, DINOSAUR COSTUME.
I KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE LAST THINGS HE WOULD HAVE WANTED TO SAY TO YOU GUYS.
GOODBYE, FLOWER MOUND. MY NAME IS DEREK FRANCE, AND IT WAS MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO SERVE AS YOUR MAYOR. [APPLAUSE].
[LAUGHTER] IT'S MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU.
THIS IS DEREK'S [INAUDIBLE] GAVEL.
I WANT TO PRESENT IT TO YOU [INAUDIBLE].
IT WAS TRULY AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH HIM.
>> THANK YOU, JIM. [APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER]
>> [APPLAUSE] BACK WHEN WE GO IN THE BACK ROOM FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION, SOMETIMES THEY'RE LENGTHY BACK THERE.
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WE'VE BEEN KNOWN TO BE BACK THERE FOR AN HOUR PLUS.DEREK HAD A FAVORITE CANDY THAT HE WOULD RIFLE THE BOWLS OF CANDY IN THE BACK IN THE PRE-COUNCIL ROOM, AND IT WAS KIT KAT AND SO THIS IS TO TIE HIM OVER A LITTLE BIT.
[LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] AND THIS IS FOR YOU AS WELL.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO NEED MORE ARMS OR SOMETHING.
[LAUGHTER] THIS IS FOR YOU FOR GIVING HIM FOR OUR THREE YEARS OF SERVICE THAT [APPLAUSE] THE MAN WAS INCREDIBLE ON THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND EFFORT THAT HE SPENT ON BEING MAYOR, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW HE DID IT, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF TIME THAT HE WAS AWAY FROM YOU AND THE KIDS AND SO FORTH AND SO JUST A LITTLE THANK YOU FOR THAT.[APPLAUSE] SURE. AMANDA, BEFORE YOU LEAVE, I THINK A COUPLE OF COUNCIL PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT DEREK AS WELL.
>> NO MORE TEARS I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY ALREADY TO EXPRESS MY WORDS OF GRATITUDE TO OUR MAYOR FRANCE DIRECTLY AND TO MAYOR PRO TEM ANGLE.
I WANT TO DIRECT MY REMARKS TONIGHT TO ANNETTE AND AMANDA AND JENNA TOO AND ANY OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO SERVE PROBABLY CAN'T DO IT.
I'M JUST GOING TO SAY CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF LOVED ONES AT HOME WHO ARE THE ROCK.
WHEN WE TRY TO BE THE ROCK AND WE'RE THE ROCK IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA.
BUT THEN WHEN WE COME HOME, SOMETIMES IT'S HARD.
WHEN WE'RE PREPARING, IT'S HARD.
WHEN WE'RE MISSING YOUR BIRTHDAYS OR YOUR DANCE RECITALS OR OTHER THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU ALL, WE FEEL BAD.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU TAKE IT IN STRIDE AND I KNOW THE TWO OF YOU DID.
I WANTED TO EXPRESS JUST A DEPTH OF GRATITUDE FOR ALL THE LOVE AND SUPPORT YOU HAVE ALL GIVEN TO YOUR FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN UP HERE AND TO THE REST OF US TOO AND I DON'T WANT TO MISS YOU BECAUSE I WANT TO KEEP SEEING YOU OUT THERE, SO DON'T RUN AWAY ANYWHERE.
DEREK, YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT TO COUNCIL AND YOUR PASSION FOR THIS TOWN IS CONTAGIOUS.
I'VE TRULY APPRECIATED WORKING WITH YOU OVER THE LAST YEAR.
YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT ALLY TO THIS TOWN, AND I APPRECIATE YOU.
I WISH YOU THE BEST IN WHATEVER ENDEAVORS YOU GO TO NEXT.
>> YEAH, SO THIS IS TO DEREK AND TO AMANDA AND JENNA AS WELL.
DEREK HAS BEEN A PHENOMENAL AMBASSADOR FOR THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND, AND I THINK HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB REPRESENTING US.
HE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB AS A LEADER.
WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS AGREED IN PUBLIC, IN EXECUTIVE SESSION BUT DEREK DID A WONDERFUL JOB OF BRINGING US TOGETHER EVEN WHEN WE COULDN'T AGREE, WE KEPT IT CIVIL, WE FOCUSED ON FINDING A SOLUTION THAT WAS BENEFICIAL.
FOR THAT, FOR THE DECORUM HE BROUGHT FOR THE LEVEL HEADEDNESS FOR THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY, THE BRAND AMBASORSHIP FOR THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND.
SUPPORT OF THE RESIDENTS, SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL.
IT WAS SECOND TO NONE. HE WILL BE MISSED.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING HIM WITH US.
IT'S BEEN GREAT WORKING WITH HIM, GETTING TO KNOW DEREK FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.
>> BEFORE DEREK WAS ELECTED, I DIDN'T KNOW HIM AT ALL AND THE ONE THING THAT IMPRESSED ME IN
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HAVING MY FIRST CONVERSATION WITH HIM AFTER HE WAS ELECTED WAS BASICALLY HIS ENTHUSIASM FOR THIS TOWN AND HE TOOK A LOT OF GRIEF IN A LOT OF WAYS.BUT HE AS CHRIS SAID, IT WAS CONTAGIOUS AND IT WAS AN ENTHUSIASM FOR THIS TOWN AND A HEAD CHEERLEADER LIKE WE'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE AND HE'S GOING TO BE MISSED.
CHERYL, YOU GOT BIG SHOES TO FILL.
LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE MAN DID IT WITH ALL THE COMMITMENTS.
I KNOW FROM SPEAKING TO HIM ON SOME DAYS, HE WOULD TELL ME HE WAS IN LIKE EVENT NUMBER 7 OR EIGHT FOR THAT DAY AND IT'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME AWAY FROM THE HOUSE AND FAMILY AND SO FORTH.
BUT WHENEVER IT WAS, DEREK DID IT, I SERVED HIS PRO TEM FOR THIS LAST YEAR AND I FILLED IN A SMIDGEN OF THE NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT HE JUST COULDN'T DO WITH HIS SCHEDULE AND SO FORTH, BECAUSE IF YOU'VE GOT A REAL JOB AND SO FORTH, IT'S HARD.
ANYWAYS, I'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH HIM SINCE HE LEFT A LITTLE BIT, AND I HOPE TO SEE HIM WHEN HE RETURNS.
SO ANYWAYS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THIS IS KIND OF UNUSUAL A LITTLE BIT.
FIRST THINGS IS I HAVE TO THANK MY WIFE, ANNETTE.
I'VE SERVED UP HERE ON COUNCIL FOR SIX YEARS, BUT IN REALITY, THIS STARTED ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO.
IN SEPTEMBER OF '14 WHEN I STARTED COMING TO EVERY P&Z AND COUNCIL MEETING, AT THAT POINT.
I HAD ALREADY PUT IN ABOUT THREE-AND-A-HALF YEARS OF MONDAY NIGHTS BEFORE GETTING ELECTED.
WE WERE BASICALLY NEWLY WEDS WHEN I STARTED THIS WHOLE DEAL.
WE HAD BEEN MARRIED FOR LESS THAN A YEAR AT THAT POINT.
SHE GAVE UP A LOT OF SEEING ME AROUND MONDAY NIGHTS FOR AN AWFUL LOT OF TIME.
ONE TIME I ACTUALLY LEFT HER ON VACATION AND FLEW HOME FOR 24 HOURS SO I COULD MAKE A MEETING BECAUSE WHAT MR. WIZNAT SAID IS ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE IF YOU'RE SIGNING UP FOR THIS, YOU'RE SIGNING UP TO SERVE.
DURING MY THREE YEARS OF SERVING ON BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS BEFORE I WAS ELECTED, AND THEN MY SIX YEARS HERE, I'VE MISSED A TOTAL OF TWO WORK SESSIONS, AND THAT'S IT, OUT OF THAT ENTIRE TIME.
IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME. SOMEBODY HIT THE LIGHTS. I'M GOOD.
ANYWAYS. THERE WAS A LOT OF TIME THAT I LEFT, AS ANNE SAID.
MY APOLOGIES FOR COMING HOME AT MIDNIGHT ONE O'CLOCK BECAUSE WE GOT OUT OF A LATE SESSION AND KEEPING HER AWAKE UNTIL ONE 1:30 OR TWO O'CLOCK BECAUSE I WAS WOUND UP FROM THE COUNCIL MEETING AND COULDN'T SLEEP AND SO FORTH.
THAT ALL HAPPENS, SO GET READY FOR THAT FOR THOSE NEW SPOUSES. IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
I LOST IN 2016 AND I WAS ELECTED IN 2018.
DESPITE MY COMING TO COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR THREE YEARS BEFORE THAT AND TRYING TO LEARN EVERYTHING I DID, AND I TOOK CITIZENS ACADEMY AND I TOOK THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY AS WELL, ONCE YOU GET ELECTED, YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW.
I WANT TO THANK TOWN STAFF FOR THE EDUCATIONAL LESSON THAT THEY GAVE ME,, WHETHER IT BE MR. CHILDERS HIS PREDECESSOR, JIMMY STEFADOS.
DEBORAH WALLACE, WHO WAS OUR FORMER CFO.
TAUGHT ME PUBLIC FINANCING VERSUS WHAT I WAS USED TO WITH PRIVATE FINANCING BUDGETS AND SO FORTH.
TOMMY AND ALSO LEXIN, THEY'VE HELD MY HAND FOR EVERY DEVELOPER MEETING GENERALLY THAT I HAD AND IMPARTED SO MUCH KNOWLEDGE TO ME THAT YOU CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MUCH THERE IS TO LEARN.
TIFFANY AND PREVIOUSLY KEN PARR, WARNING ABOUT PUBLIC WORKS THAT YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU WOULD EVER WANT TO KNOW.
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JOHN, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN AROUND VERY LONG, BUT I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO BE A GREAT PERSON FOR THE TOWN.IT ALSO GOES GARY SIMS AND CHUCK JENNINGS IN PARKS AS WELL.
TERESA SCOTT IS PHENOMENAL AS A TOWN SECRETARY.
SHE SERVED A LONG TIME AND SHE'S EXCELLENT AT IT.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY IN TOWN STAFF, INCLUDING THE POLICE AND FIRE AND EVERYBODY IN THE ENTIRE GROUP.
SOMEBODY UP HERE IS GOING TO HAVE TO START GOING TO POLICE AND FIRE CEREMONIES AND SO FORTH.
JUST SAYING FOR GUYS, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHOW THE RECOGNITION.
THESE GUYS PUT OUT THEIR LIFE ON THEIR LINES EVERY DAY FOR US AS RESIDENTS, AND WE NEED TO SHOW A LITTLE APPRECIATION FOR THAT.
THAT'S ABOUT IT. I DID WANT TO SAY ONE MORE THING THOUGH.
A FEW WEEKS AGO, I GOT AN EMAIL MESSAGE ABOUT A FRIEND OF MINE HAD POSTED SOMETHING ON LINKEDIN.
THIS INDIVIDUAL, I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR 43 YEARS AND HE'S A VERY DISTINGUISHED GUEST SPEAKER.
HE'S IN HIS MID TO LATE 70S, BUT HE IS A GUEST SPEAKER THAT KNOCKS IT OUT OF THE PARK.
HE'S SO BRILLIANT THAT HE EVEN CREATED BASICALLY THE ONLINE TRAVEL BUSINESS.
BECAUSE HE INITIATED TRAVELOCITY AND THEN WENT ON TO START KAYAK.
HE HAD THIS POST ON HERE, WHICH I THINK IS APPLICABLE WHEN YOU RELATE IT TO THE APPREHENSION ON THE FUTURE FOR TOWN RESIDENTS, AND SO YOU CAN USE IT HERE.
THE FUTURE IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY.
THEY MAY DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY THERE BY ARTHUR CLARK.
TERRY GOES ON TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE.
I THINK CLARK'S ANALOGY IS THE PERFECT WAY TO LOOK AT THE FUTURE.
WHEN WE LAND IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY, WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.
THERE WILL BE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, CUSTOMS, FOOD, CURRENCY, AND THEY MIGHT EVEN DRIVE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD.
WE ARE PREPARED, THOUGH, BUT WHY IS IT THAT SOME LOOK AT TOMORROW LIKE THEY EXPECT IT TO BE THE SAME AS TODAY? THERE'S NO WAY.
IN THE PAST, IT WAS POSSIBLE TO BE AN ISOLATIONIST ABOUT THE FUTURE.
THE PACE OF CHANGE WAS SLOW ENOUGH THAT PERHAPS YOU COULD IGNORE IT, OUTLIVE IT.
TODAY THAT SIMPLY ISN'T POSSIBLE.
IT TOOK 75 YEARS FOR THE TELEPHONE TO REACH 50 MILLION USERS, EXCUSE ME.
THE CONNECTED WORLD DOESN'T ALLOW FOR ISOLATIONISM.
YOU ARE GOING TO A FOREIGN COUNTRY WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT.
IF YOU DON'T LEARN THE LANGUAGE AND UNDERSTAND THE CURRENCY, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME, SO GET OUT YOUR PASSPORT AND GO EXPLORE.
THAT'S BASICALLY SAYING IS MANAGE THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.
THE CAST WAS SET FOR THE TOWN IN 1968 WHEN DALLAS AND FORT WORTH DECIDED TO BUILD AN AIRPORT SEVEN MILES TO THE SOUTH OF US.
WITH DFW PROJECTED TO BE LARGER THAN THE NEW YORK METROPOLITAN AREA, IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF TRYING TO STOP IT.
IT'S A QUESTION OF MANAGING IT.
THAT IS WHAT I'M GOING TO IMPART FROM MY WORDS OF WISDOM TONIGHT.
I HAVE USED UP MORE THAN MY THREE MINUTES BECAUSE IN THE FUTURE, I WILL ONLY GET THAT AMOUNT OF TIME IF I COME AND VISIT YOU, AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR HONORING BY COMING TONIGHT.
>> IF YOU-ALL WANTED TO OFFER REMARKS BEFORE WE OFFER PARTING GIFTS, THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
>> I'VE ALREADY SHARED MY REMARKS.
I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE AND I'LL ALWAYS LOOK TO THE EXAMPLE.
YOU'RE FASTIDIOUS ABOUT READING EVERY SINGLE PAGE AND EVERY WORD, AND I THINK THAT'S A FANTASTIC EXAMPLE.
I HOPE OUR NEW FOLKS WILL FOLLOW THAT LEAD AS WELL.
I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING.
>> JIM, I THINK WE MET PROBABLY BACK IN 2022 WHEN YOU WERE SUPPORTING MY NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH A TOUGH DEVELOPMENT AND YOU ENDED UP SUPPORTING US IN THE RIGHT WAY.
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NO MATTER WHAT, I THINK THROUGHOUT THE TIME THAT I'VE WORKED WITH YOU, WE MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE, BUT YOU'RE ALWAYS FIGHTING FOR THE QUALITY OF FLOWER MOUND TRYING TO KEEP FLOWER MOUND FLOWER MOUND, AND MAKE IT A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND I APPRECIATE YOU AND APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS.
I APPRECIATE AS I'VE COME TO TOWN COUNCIL AND STARTED SERVING, YOU MENTORING ME AND HELPING ME THROUGH LEARNING ALL THE DIFFERENT RULES THAT WE HAVE BEHIND THE BENCH, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
JIM, IT'S BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH YOU.
I WISH YOU THE BEST IN THE FUTURE AND ON THE NEXT ENDEAVORS YOU GO TO.
>> JIM, REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THE TOWN AS A RESIDENT, ON THE BOA, ON THE COUNCIL.
I THINK YOU'VE BEEN A GOOD BEACON FOR OUR TOWN.
ONE OF THE THINGS AS I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW YOU OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS SERVING WITH YOU IS YOUR LEVEL-HEADEDNESS ON APPROACHING ANYTHING CHALLENGE THAT COMES BEFORE US, WHETHER IT'S A DEVELOPMENT, WHETHER IT'S TAXES, WHETHER IT'S AN ORDINANCE, YOU NAME IT.
I'VE ALWAYS APPRECIATED THE RESEARCH YOU'VE PUT INTO IT.
I'VE ESPECIALLY APPRECIATED THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE FROM GOING BACK IN TIME.
BEFORE SOME OF US WERE ON COUNCIL, YOU KNEW WHAT HAD HAPPENED FOR A PREVIOUS COUNCIL BECAUSE YOU WERE ON THAT COUNCIL AND THEN ALSO BEFORE AS WELL.
BUT YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT LEADER.
YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT MENTOR AND WISH YOU NOTHING BUT THE BEST.
NAT, THANK YOU FOR SHARING JIM WITH US FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS AND WISH YOU BOTH THE BEST. THANK YOU.
I GUESS IT'S MY TURN TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION AS DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM. GOOD IDEA.
HELLO. [LAUGHTER] IT IS MY GREAT HONOR TO PRESENT TO YOU, JIM ENGLES, FROM THE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM TO THE MAYOR PRO TEM, THE KEY TO THE CITY TOWN.
CONGRATULATIONS, AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR MANY YEARS OF SERVICE, AND YOU TOO SHOULD NOT BE A STRANGER.
WE HAVE [LAUGHTER] YOUR VERY OWN, LET'S SEE IF I CAN TWIST IT AROUND, JIM ENGLES, WAY.
ANNETTE FOR YOUR DECORATING PLEASURE.
[BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER] THESE ARE FOR YOU, ANNETTE.
ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN, WE THANK YOU FOR PUTTING UP WITH ALL OF US AND SUPPORTING HIM ALONG THE WAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. TEN YEARS, RIGHT? THANK YOU.
[G. OATH OF OFFICE FOR NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS]
>> NOW WE'RE GOING TO ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE.
THEY WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY THE TOWN SECRETARY, AND I'LL BE PRESENTING EACH NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIAL WITH THE CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.
>> THANK YOU, AND WE'LL START WITH PLACE 4.
>> I THINK YOU CAN GET OVER JUST A LITTLE BIT I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE TAKING PICTURES.
TEST 1, 2. CAN YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME? I, STATE YOUR NAME.
>> THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES,
>> THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES,
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>> ON THE TOWN COUNCIL FOR THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS.
>> ON THE TOWN COUNCIL FOR FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS.
>> AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY,
>> AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY,
>> PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND,
>> PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND,
>> THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
>> THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
>> AND ORDINANCES OF THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS,
>> AND THE ORDINANCES OF FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS.
>> CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE]
>> AND JANVIER. I WANT TO PRESENT YOU THE CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION FOR JANVIER WERNER, TOWN COUNCIL PLACE 4.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SO MUCH.
>> NEXT WE'LL HAVE CHERYL MOORE AND YOUR FAMILY.
>> WHOEVER WANTS TO GO FIRST. PRESENT YOU WITH A CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION FOR YOUR ELECTION AS MAYOR OF TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND ON MAY 4. THANK YOU.
>> YOU ALL CAN STAND NEXT TO HER.
IT'S FINE. INSTEAD OF BEHIND. IT'S ALL GOOD.
WE HAVE LOTS OF SUPPORT LEFT AND RIGHT.
IF YOU WOULD JUST RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
>> THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES,
>> THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES,
>> ON THE TOWN COUNCIL FOR THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS,
>> ON THE TOWN COUNCIL FOR THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS,
>> AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY,
>> AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY,
>> PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND,
>> PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND,
>> THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
>> THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
>> AND ORDINANCES OF THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS.
>> AND THE ORDINANCES OF THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS.
>> CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE]
>> WE'RE GOING TO TAKE JUST A TWO MINUTE BREAK JUST TO CHANGE NAMES. ALL PLEASE STAY.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO CHANGE OUT THE NAMES, GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO BE SEATED WHERE THEY CAN OFFER SOME REMARKS, SO PLEASE STAY.
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>> HELLO FLOWER MOUND. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE REMARKS
[H. REMARKS FROM MAYOR CHERYL MOORE AND COUNCILMEMBER JANVIER WERNER]
NOW FROM ME AND [INAUDIBLE] I'M GOING TO LET [INAUDIBLE] GO FIRST.>> I AM HUMBLED AND HONORED TO BE SITTING IN THIS CHAIR.
I DO NOT TAKE THIS JOB LIGHTLY.
MY WIN IS LESS ABOUT ME, AND MORE AN AFFIRMATION OF THE TOWN COUNCILS DIRECTION THAT RESIDENT QUALITY OF LIFE MATTERS.
THANK YOU TO ALL THE RESIDENTS WHO TRUSTED ME AND PUT YOUR FAITH IN ME WITH YOUR VOTE.
I OWE MY SUCCESS IN THIS FIELD OF FOUR TO MY INCREDIBLE FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND SUPPORTERS.
MY FAMILY, PARTICULARLY MY AMAZING HUSBAND, JOHN, AND MY MOTHER, SHARON, THEY WERE WITH ME EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, YET THEY WERE STILL TAKING UP THE SLACK WITH MY HOME AND FARM DUTIES, AND I'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH.
I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO GIVE THANKS TO BARBARA, JUSTIN, AND ROB FOR RUNNING A CLEAN CAMPAIGN.
I BELIEVE THAT WE ALL STUCK TO OUR OWN MESSAGES AND DIDN'T RESORT TO PERSONAL ATTACKS AS FAR AS I KNOW.
I'M EXCITED TO WORK WITH YOU OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
I AM SAD TO SEE DEREK GO, AND I LET HIM KNOW THIS LAST WEEK, AND HE WAS A GREAT AMBASSADOR FOR OUR TOWN AND HE WILL BE MISSED.
WE'VE ACTUALLY KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A LONG TIME, AND I THINK HE WILL PROBABLY REMAIN A FIXTURE IN TOWN HALL FOR A WHILE.
I HOPE TO HAVE HIS ATTENDANCE RECORD.
I'M CERTAINLY GOING TO STRIVE FOR THAT.
LET US CONTINUE TO BUILD A FLOWER MOUND THAT IS PROUD OF ITS HERITAGE, EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE AND WHERE EVERY RESIDENT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE OUR HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE.
THANK YOU AGAIN, AND I AM READY TO GO TO WORK.
LAST NIGHT, I WAS REFLECTING ON THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND AN ELECTION IS HARD, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.
THERE'S NO WAY TO EASILY PUT IT.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT GO INTO IT THAT PEOPLE DON'T SEE.
BUT I HAD A LOT OF OBSTACLES OUTSIDE OF THE ELECTION.
MY SON IS GRADUATING THIS YEAR, SO WE WERE PLANNING THE SENIOR GRADUATION.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PARTY OF ABOUT 50 PEOPLE COMING OVER THIS SATURDAY, SO I'VE BEEN TRYING TO PLAN ALL OF THAT STUFF.
THEN IN THE COURSE OF THIS WHOLE ELECTION, I HAD A WRECK, I SMASHED INTO HIS CAR BACKING UP JUST BECAUSE OF THE STRESS OF EVERYTHING, I THINK. I DON'T KNOW.
I WAS DOING STUFF AT WORK, I WAS TRYING TO GET AN ACCREDITATION GOING AT OUR WORK AND THE SURVEY CAME RIGHT DURING THE ELECTION.
THE SURVEYORS CAME, IT WAS A STRESSFUL TIME, BUT YOU JUST GO THROUGH IT.
THEN IN THE PROCESS, I WOKE UP ONE MORNING AND I HAD NO VISION IN MY LEFT EYE.
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JASON WAS OUT OF TOWN, KIDS WEREN'T AVAILABLE.I HAD SOMEBODY AT WORK, TAKE THE WHOLE DAY OFF TO TAKE ME DOWN TO DALLAS, ALL THIS STUFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ELECTION, I THOUGHT, MAN, WHAT ELSE IS GOING TO HAPPEN? WHAT POSSIBLY COULD HAPPEN? IT DOESN'T MATTER IT DIDN'T MATTER.
YOU JUST STEP RIGHT UP, YOU BRUSH YOURSELF OFF, AND YOU DON'T WORRY ABOUT THOSE THINGS.
I WANT YOU TO TRUST THAT WITH THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND, WITH THE RESIDENTS, I'LL DO THE SAME THING.
WHEN THINGS COME MY WAY, I'LL BRUSH THINGS OFF AND WE'LL GET THINGS DONE AND I WANT YOU TO BELIEVE IN ME BECAUSE THAT'S WHO I AM.
YOU JUST HAVE TO KEEP MOVING NO MATTER WHAT THE OBSTACLE IS.
I WANT TO THANK SO MANY PEOPLE.
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TIME IN THIS EVENING TO THANK EVERYBODY, BUT JASON, MY HUSBAND, MY ROCK, THE MAN I LOVE, I'VE BEEN MARRIED TO 25 YEARS.
HE WAS THERE THROUGH THIS WHOLE THING.
THANK YOU. MY KIDS, LUCAS AND AVERY, I'M GOING TO CRY.
SOMEBODY RAISED THEM RIGHT, I DON'T KNOW WHO.
BUT THEY GOT SOME WONDERFUL TRAITS.
THEY'RE THE SWEETEST KIDS AND VERY SUPPORTIVE.
EVEN LUCAS, BEFORE THIS ALL STARTED, I ASKED LUCAS, THIS IS YOUR SENIOR YEAR.
I WANT YOU TO BE OKAY WITH ME GOING THROUGH THIS BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT THIS TAKES FOR ME TO DO IT HE SAID, YEAH, I STAND BESIDE YOU, WHICH IS WONDERFUL.
YOU WERE OUTSTANDING SUPPORT TO ME.
IF YOU SPEED THROUGH FLOWER MOUND, I CANNOT GET YOU OUT OF A TICKET.
ABOUT 25 PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME THAT AND I JUST CAN'T DO THAT, I'M SORRY.
I WANT TO THANK THE RESIDENTS.
IT WAS INCREDIBLE TO TALK TO EVERYBODY AT THE POLLS TO GET EVERYBODY'S PERSPECTIVE.
I WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT, TO TALK TO OUR RESIDENTS.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
I WENT THERE LAST NIGHT TO SAY GOODBYE TO EVERYBODY.
I STILL GET TO WORK WITH [INAUDIBLE] EVERY OTHER WEEK SO IT'LL BE A GREAT THING, BUT I'M GOING TO MISS ALL THE GUYS ON PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
JIM MINGLE, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
NOW I KNOW WHEN I DO INTERVIEWS FOR ANY BOARD OR COMMISSION, I'M GOING TO ASK THEM WHAT THEIR ATTENDANCE RECORD WAS BECAUSE THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO YOU.
I WAS JUST THINKING, I GOT TO FIND OUT WHAT EVERYBODY'S ATTENDANCE RECORD IS BECAUSE HE FOUND OUT WHAT MINE WAS.
HE WAS AN INCREDIBLE PART OF THE TOWN COUNCIL AND HE WILL BE MISSED, I KNOW.
THEN I CAN'T END WITHOUT SAYING THANK YOU TO DEREK FRANCE.
I WILL HAVE BIG SHOES TO FILL.
HIS TIME, HIS COMMITMENT WAS COMMENDABLE, IT REALLY WAS.
AND I HOPE I CAN EARN THE RESPECT THAT HE GAINED FROM ALL THE RESIDENTS HERE.
DURING MY CAMPAIGN, I SPOKE TO A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS, AND I FEEL THERE'S A GENUINE LOVE FOR THIS TOWN AND THE COMMONALITY FOR GROWING OUR TOWN IN A REASONABLE WAY AND STILL PRESERVE OUR COUNTRY ATMOSPHERE, BUT TO MAKE OUR BUSINESSES THRIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
ANY SOLUTION TO OUR DIFFERENCES IN OPINION AND ANY OBSTACLES OUR TOWN FACES CAN BE ADDRESSED THROUGH TEAMWORK AND IMPROVING OUR RESIDENT ENGAGEMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THIS PROCESS AND I WILL CONTINUE TO HELP GET THAT ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
LET'S COME TOGETHER, LET'S WORK TOGETHER AND JUST RESPECT ONE ANOTHER.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT WORKING WITH THIS TOWN COUNCIL, THE STAFF AND ALL OUR RESIDENTS HERE.
I WANT TO BE A FACILITATOR AND AN AMBASSADOR FOR OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES TO THRIVE TO BE CONSIDERATE OF PRESERVING OUR COUNTRY ATMOSPHERE WHILE GROWING REASONABLY AND SMART.
I'M GOING TO BE AN AMBASSADOR AND FACILITATOR FOR OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AND FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS JOURNEY IN THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.
I THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.
I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT AND THE LOVE. THANK YOU.
SO TONIGHT, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO A CLOSED MEETING, AND THIS IS TO DISCUSS THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND THE DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.
BUT WE DO HAVE ONE MEMBER MISSING TONIGHT.
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SO I WANTED TO POSTPONE THAT.WE DON'T NEED TO DO A VOTE IF EVERYBODY'S OKAY WITH POSTPONING THAT.
SO WE'LL DO THAT AT THE NEXT REGULAR SESSION, IF WE CAN PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA.
THEN COORDINATION OF CALENDAR.
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WE HAVE A MAY 16 WORK SESSION AND MAY 20 IS OUR REGULAR SESSION AND THAT IS IT? IT IS 6: 46. GOOD NIGHT.