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[A. CALL TO ORDER]
AND I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING, THE SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER AND THIS WORK SESSION TO ORDER.DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS? WE DO NOT.
NO COMMENT CARDS. OKAY, THIS IS TIME TO DO ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE IN THIS BIG CROWD? ALL RIGHT. SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR SPECIAL MEETING TONIGHT.
[C. SPECIAL MEETING (1 OF 2)]
WE'RE GOING TO START INTO IN THE CLOSED SESSION.[D. CLOSED MEETING (1 of 2)]
THE TIME IS NOW 5:16.AND THE TOWN COUNCIL IS CONVENING INTO THE CLOSED MEETING PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 551, SECTION 071072074 AND 087.
[E. RECONVENE]
THE TIME IS 6:03.THE TOWN COUNCIL IS RECONVENING INTO AN OPEN SESSION.
THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN FROM THE CLOSED SESSION THAT WE JUST HAD.
[F. WORK SESSION ITEM]
TONIGHT WE ARE DOING ACTUAL REPORTS FROM ALL THE THE TOWN BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.I'VE BEEN PART OF THOSE, AND IT'S GREAT.
IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO GET INVOLVED IN YOUR TOWN.
I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THOSE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
AND SO TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO DO JUST AN ANNUAL REVIEW FROM ALL OF THOSE REPRESENTATIVES EITHER THE CHAIR OR THE VICE CHAIR FROM ALL THOSE BOARDS. WE IN THE PAST HAVE GONE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
SO WE'LL WE'LL GIVE THEM THE BENEFIT OF GOING FIRST.
WHO IS COMING UP FOR THE VETERAN'S LIAISON? OKAY. MANIPULATE THE MOUSE.
I CAN DO THAT. EXIT OUT OF THAT.
AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST YEAR.
SO LAST MEMORIAL DAY, WE HAD GENERAL GARY NORTH AS OUR GUEST SPEAKER.
AND THEN WE HELP COORDINATE THE SPEAKER FOR THE VETERAN'S DAY PARADE AS WELL, HELP SET UP A COUPLE OF THE STATIC DISPLAYS, PARTICIPATE IN THE CEREMONY ITSELF. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL OF THE MEMBERS ALSO HELPED WITH SETTING UP THE FLAG RELAY AND MAKING SURE THAT WAS ALL REAL GOOD TO GO AND SUCH.
SO THANKS FOR GETTING US INVOLVED IN THAT.
WE APPRECIATE THAT. LET US KNOW WHEN THAT'S HAPPENING.
THE BIG THING WE HAVE COMING UP IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS IS WE SHOULD HAVE A MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT.
AND THEN WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR SPEAKER FOR THE VETERANS DAY COMING UP.
AND I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE IT'S A WEEK EARLIER THAN USUAL, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT.
WE GET A COUPLE PEOPLE IN THE WINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
SO THAT'S THE MAIN THINGS THAT THE BOARD HAS WORKED ON COLLECTIVELY, CHARLENE'S DONE A YEOMAN'S JOB AS FAR AS REACHING OUT TO COMMUNITY AND A LOT OF THE RETIREMENT HOMES AND OTHER AREAS. I'M GOING TO LET HER TALK.
WE STARTED REACHING OUT TO INDEPENDENT LIVING, ASSISTED LIVING AND SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES IN FLOWER MOUND TO TAKE INFORMATION TO THE FACILITIES ABOUT THE TOWN EVENTS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET OUT TO US AND HEAR THEIR STORIES AND PASS INFORMATION ON TO THEM.
SO ON MAY 25TH, I DID HOST A VETERAN'S COFFEE AT THE OAKS ASSISTED LIVING DOWN ON 2499.
AND THEN ANOTHER BIG THING WE DID WAS ON NOVEMBER 11TH OF 2023.
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HE'S A CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT, MET GOLD STAR FAMILIES.HE WAS BORN IN AMARILLO, AND HE'S A MEMBER OF THE CHEROKEE NATION.
ON DECEMBER 13TH, 2023, I ATTENDED THE VA CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR THE MEDICAL FOSTER HOME AND THE MENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT AT THE VA IN FORT WORTH, AND I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK EXTENSIVELY WITH THE VETERAN WITH PTSD.
HE WAS FAIRLY YOUNG AND HE BROUGHT HIS LITTLE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT DOG, AND IT WAS EVIDENT EVEN AT THE PARTY THAT HE WAS STILL AND STILL SUFFERING, AND THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR RESOURCES AND SUPPORT FOR THOSE VETERANS.
ON MARCH 4TH, I PUT TOGETHER A PACT ACT SEMINAR WITH THE DENTON COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE PAUL BACICH PRESENTED, AND THAT WAS FOR LOCAL HOME HEALTH AGENCIES.
AND WE HOSTED THAT AT THE TEXAS VETERAN HALL OF FAME IN DENTON.
WE HAVE MR. DE CROW. HE LIVES AT OVERTURE IN LAKESIDE AND HE GREW UP IN HAWAII, AND HE WAS 14 YEARS OLD WHEN HE WATCHED THE JAPANESE BOMBERS FLY OVER HIS HOME TO ATTACK PEARL HARBOR.
SO THIS INTERVIEW IS UPLOADED ON THE TEXAS VETERAN HALL OF FAME YOUTUBE CHANNEL.
AND IF YOU GET OVER TO THE OVERTURE, BY ALL MEANS GO AND TRY TO SAY HELLO TO HIM ON MARCH 21ST.
THEN I ATTENDED A MONTHLY VETERANS COFFEE AT THE OVERTURE IN LAKESIDE, INFORMED THEM OF TOWN EVENTS FOR VETERANS, PASSED OUT INFORMATION, ANSWERED QUESTIONS, AND TOURED THEIR VETERANS GARDEN ON SITE.
ON MAY 9TH, ATTENDED THE RIVERWALK FLATS VETERANS COFFEE WITH DOUG BROWN'S GROUP.
WE SHARED INFORMATION ON THE UPCOMING MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY.
INFORMATION ON THE EXPANDED PACT ACT, WITH THE ADDITIONAL PRESUMPTIVE CONDITIONS ADDED, ENCOURAGED THEM TO REAPPLY FOR BENEFITS IF THEY WERE DENIED IN THE PAST DUE TO THESE EXPANSIONS, LEFT COPIES OF THE VA FORM FOR REQUESTING THEIR DD214 AND THE FORM TO APPLY FOR VA HEALTH CARE, ANSWERED QUESTIONS REGARDING VA BENEFITS AND HOW TO ACCESS THEM, AND WE LEFT HARD COPIES WITH THEIR SOCIAL WORKER ACTIVITY DIRECTOR TO PASS OUT AS REQUIRED.
THAT'S A FEW OF THE THINGS WE WERE DOING.
ANOTHER THING, GOOD THING THAT'S BEEN WORKING OUT, A COUPLE OF PEOPLE, VETERANS COMING INTO TOWN, HAVE REACHED IN AND CONTACTED THE VETERANS LIAISON BOARD, AND I'VE GOT EMAILS. WE'D BE ABLE TO HOOK THEM UP WITH VARIOUS ENTITIES AND SUCH.
WE GET SOME PEOPLE COMING IN JUNE WHO WILL HELP OUT A LOT AS WELL.
SO BASICALLY THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
COLONEL, ARE THERE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS OR DECISION PACKAGES THAT YOU WOULD WANT THE COUNCIL TO SPONSOR IN ORDER TO SUPPORT VETERANS OR SUPPORT THE BOARD? NOTHING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I WILL THINK ABOUT THAT.
YEAH, MAYBE IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS COME BACK AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS SOMETHING.
DON'T WAIT TOO LONG. BUT YEAH, YEAH.
SO. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD GIG FOR MEMORIAL DAY.
YOU'LL HAVE TO TOP THAT FOR VETERANS DAY.
ARE THEY ABLE TO GET TO THE EVENTS OR? YOU KNOW SOME OF THEM HAVE BUSSES TO TAKE THEM? WE GO THERE AND TRY AND TELL THEM WHAT'S GOING ON, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE FROM A COUPLE OF THEM SHOW UP, BUT IT'S NOT.
YEAH, NOT AS MUCH AS WE REALLY WANT.
SO GO AHEAD. OH, WE DID TAKE THE VIETNAM VETERANS NATIONAL DAY PROCLAMATIONS TO ALL THE FACILITIES.
SO I DELIVERED 12 OF THOSE BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T MAKE IT HERE FOR THE READING OF THE PROCLAMATION.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE THOSE RECOGNITIONS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY FOR THOSE THAT CAN'T GET HERE.
YEAH. AND WE'VE REACHED OUT OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS TO THOSE BUT THEIR COORDINATORS, ACTIVITY COORDINATORS AND SEVERAL OF THEM AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT AS GOOD AS WE LIKE, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE'D LIKE TO GET THEM, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE STREET AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, OVER TO THE TO THE EVENTS AND SUCH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I APOLOGIZE, I HAVE YOUR NAME WRITTEN RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF ME.
AND I SHOULD HAVE I SHOULD HAVE SAID YOUR NAME.
SY SIMONSON. THAT'S ALRIGHT. I APOLOGIZE.
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WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO ALPHABETICAL ORDER.ANIMAL SERVICES, WE HAVE CAROL STEPHENS PRESENTING.
I'M THE CHAIR OF THE ANIMAL SERVICES BOARD AND JUST WANTED TO HIT ON A COUPLE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE PAST YEAR.
AND THEN A COUPLE THINGS COMING UP.
SO IT WAS PUT ON WITH TCAP, THE TEXAS COALITION FOR ANIMAL PROTECTION.
AND EVERY YEAR THAT SEEMS TO BE GAINING TRACTION.
SO PEOPLE KIND OF WAIT FOR THAT, IT'S GREAT.
AND THE ADOPTERS COMPLETED CONTRACTS BEFORE TAKING THE ANIMALS HOME.
SO CHRISTINE SAID THAT IT WAS JUST A FUN AND SUCCESSFUL ACTIVITY, YOU KNOW, FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED, I'M SURE A FEW PARENTS THAT WERE RELIEVED TO NOT HAVE TO ACTUALLY CARE FOR.
AND SO WE TALKED ABOUT KIND OF THE PROS AND CONS OF THAT.
IT SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER WITH THE CATS THAT COME INTO THE SHELTER THERE.
BUT TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO DO IT WITH THE DOGS AS WELL.
BUT THERE ARE SOME VERY HIGH ENERGY DOGS THAT, THAT THERE'S MORE, YOU KNOW, COMPLICATIONS FOR THAT.
BUT IT IS GOING TO BE THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OPENING OF THE ADOPTION CENTER IN IT WAS, I GUESS, ESSENTIALLY MARCH OF 2004 WHEN IT OPENED.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A BIRTHDAY PAWTY, AS THEY CALL IT, THE P-A-W-T-Y.
AND SO IT'S GOING TO COINCIDE WITH THAT CELEBRATION, THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY.
SO I DO HAVE A COPY OF THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THAT AS WELL.
JUST TO OUTLINE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY DO PICK UP AN ANIMAL AND HOW LONG KEEP IT AND ALL OF THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS WE KNOW, EVERYONE IS DOING GREAT.
SO. CONCERNING QUESTIONS, CONCERNS.
ARE THERE ANY INVESTMENTS THAT YOU WOULD BE LOOKING FOR THE TOWN TO MAKE TO DO A BETTER JOB SUPPORTING ANIMALS IN OUR COMMUNITY? ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO.
RIGHT. I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, WE DO.
AND I'M ON THE COUNCIL FOR THE LASD COUNCIL AS WELL.
SO WE DO DRIVES AND THINGS FOR, YOU KNOW, EXTRA TOWELS AND JUST THINGS THAT WE CAN HELP WITH THE COMMUNITY AND HELP YOU KNOW, SUPPLEMENT THERE. AND IS THAT FOR LIKE PRIVATE PET OWNERS OR IS THAT FOR.
NO, IT'S REALLY JUST FOR THE SHELTER.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF ANIMAL CARE THEY DO.
AND A LOT OF TIMES EVERY, YOU KNOW, THINGS GET WRECKED.
YEAH. PERMANENTLY PUT OUT OF COMMISSION.
WE HAVE ELIZABETH BRANNAN FROM CULTURAL ARTS.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PRESENTATION, I THINK.
I THINK, YEAH, I JUST MOVE THE MOUSE.
OKAY. SO FIRST OF ALL, WELCOME TO OUR TWO NEW MEMBERS, JANVIER AND MADAM MAYOR.
SO THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION, THERE ARE SIX REGULAR MEMBERS AND TWO ALTERNATE MEMBERS.
AT THE MOMENT, WE ARE MISSING ONE PERSON BECAUSE WE HAD A RESIGNATION BECAUSE OF SCHEDULE CONFLICTS.
WE MEET THE FOURTH THURSDAY OF JANUARY, MARCH, MAY, JULY, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER.
THAT THEY HAVE A GENUINE INTEREST IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE LIBRARY BECAUSE WE SUPPORT THAT, AND IN THE ARTS THEY HAVE TO BE WILLING AND ABLE TO WORK WITH PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE TIME TO DO THIS.
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EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE VERY FEW MEETINGS IN THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, WE STILL HAVE FOLKS THAT END UP WITH SCHEDULE CONFLICTS AND CAN'T ATTEND.AND WE JUST WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE TIME AND KNOW IN ADVANCE THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE COMMITTING TO WHEN THEY SAY THEY WANT TO BE ON THIS COMMISSION. SO WE SERVE IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY TO THE TOWN COUNCIL AND TO THE STAFF ABOUT POLICIES, SERVICES AND PROGRAMS, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE CULTURAL ARTS PROGRAMS, ART AND PUBLIC PLACES, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEING DISCUSSED RIGHT NOW, LIBRARY PROGRAMS AND THE LIBRARY COLLECTION, DEVELOPMENT AND FINES.
AND SO SUE RITENOUR, THE PREVIOUS DIRECTOR, WAS VERY GOOD AT KEEPING US INFORMED ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON AND PREPARING US SO THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE WHAT WOULD BE GOOD DECISIONS.
ONE OF THEM IS THE TOWN HALL ART WALL DISPLAY.
THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL BOX ART PROJECT.
WE DO THREE BOXES A YEAR AND WE HAVE MADE THE SELECTION FOR THIS YEAR, AND VERY SOON WE WILL BE HAVING THREE NEW BOXES WRAPPED. ON A LITTLE SIDE NOTE, WE HAVE 20 BOXES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO WRAP AND WE'RE COMING CLOSE TO LIKE IN A YEAR OR TWO, WE WILL HAVE DONE ALL OF THEM.
PART OF THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS WE WOULD THEN GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE ORIGINAL BOXES THAT WERE WRAPPED, AND SEE IF THE CONDITION OF THE WRAPS WAS SUCH THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.
AND SO WE DO SEE THIS AS AN ONGOING OPPORTUNITY FOR GREAT ART.
AND SO WE'LL BE BACK HERE TO TO HEAR THAT.
SO WE SUPPORT CULTURAL ARTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE VOLUNTEER TO WORK AT SPECIAL EVENTS.
WE HAVE AN ART PARTY AT THE LIBRARY.
THAT'S USUALLY IN CONJUNCTION WITH NOVEMBER WITH THE ARTS MONTH BEING DECLARED.
WE ALSO SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT ENHANCE CULTURAL ARTS IN THE FLOWER MOUND COMMUNITY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S NEW THIS YEAR FOR US IS ARTIST MEET AND GREET SESSIONS.
AND THAT'S A THAT'S A GREAT THING.
WE'VE HAD MEET AND GREETS AT THE LIBRARY, AT THE SENIOR CENTER AND HERE AT TOWN HALL.
SO LOOKING AHEAD KEY INITIATIVES AND AREAS OF FOCUS FOR US FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND THAT'S ASSUMING THERE'S AN APPROVAL IN THE BUDGET GOES THROUGH.
WE'D ALSO WANT TO REVIEW AND RECOMMEND THE ARTIST APPLICANTS TO YOU SO THAT YOU WOULD KNOW WHO WOULD BE BEST TO BE APPROVED. IDEALLY WE WOULD HAVE FLOWER MOUND ARTISTS BE A PART OF THIS, BUT WE DON'T SEE LIMITING IT TO THAT.
AND SO IF WE DO A CALL FOR ARTISTS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES THAT WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T NECESSARILY KNOW, WE WOULD BE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU FOR YOUR FINAL DECISION.
WE DO HAVE TWO SUBCOMMITTEES THAT HAPPEN DURING THE YEAR.
ONE OF THEM IS THE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT SELECTS THE ART THAT IS, THAT APPEARS ON THE TOWN HALL ART WALL, AND ALSO THE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT SELECTS WHAT IS THE ART FOR THE SIGNAL BOXES.
AND WE HOPE TO HAVE ENHANCED SUPPORT FOR CULTURAL ARTS PROGRAMING WITH AN INCREASED PRESENCE WITH VOLUNTEERISM AT THE LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
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QUESTIONS, AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT OUR POWERPOINT WILL PROBABLY BE THE MOST COLORFUL OF ALL THAT YOU WILL SEE TONIGHT.ARE YOU GOING TO REPLACE THEM WITH THE SAME PIECE OF ART, OR IS THAT AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT SOMETHING NEW ON? IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A NEW ARTIST.
VERY GOOD, OKAY, THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING.
YEAH. IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE LET YOU GUYS WORK ON THAT.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN.
SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
I CAN'T SEE WHAT YOU GUYS CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU GUYS COME UP WITH.
AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE IT COME TO PASS.
AND I'M CERTAINLY HOPING WE CAN HAVE MORE LIKE THAT.
YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY. WE HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION NEXT, MARILYN LAWSON.
HELLO. OH, I HAVE TO MINIMIZE THAT.
OKAY, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION COMMISSION.
THE OVERVIEW IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO COVER IS OUR PURPOSE, OUR VISION, OUR RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND OUR OBJECTIVES.
I'M DEFINITELY, IT'S NOT AS ARTISTIC.
OKAY, SO YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW THE THE VISION STATEMENT FOR THE TOWN.
BUILDING AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY.
OUR VISION IS TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THE COUNTRY ATMOSPHERE AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT THAT DEFINE OUR COMMUNITY CHARACTER OF FLOWER MOUND AND MAKE IT UNIQUE AND DESIRABLE.
AND I ADDED SOMETHING TO MY LITTLE NOTE, OF COURSE.
TREE PRESERVATION, RECYCLING, COMPOSTING, AND PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION.
SO OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE LAST YEAR ARE HAVE BEEN, WE THE SEC PROPOSED AN AMENDMENT TO REMOVE THE TREE ORDINANCE EXCEPTION ON MIXED USE PROJECTS, AND IT WAS APPROVED BY TOWN COUNCIL IN APRIL OF 2024. OKAY.
WE'VE REVIEWED OPTIONS AND INITIATED A REQUEST FOR A GREEN WASTE PILOT PROGRAM.
WE'RE STILL WORKING ON ACORNS TO OAKS, BECAUSE POST OAKS, YOU CAN'T BUY IT.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY HOW TO GROW THEM.
WE HAD WORKED WITH PARKS TO IMPLEMENT AT TOWN EVENTS, AND THAT'S FOR FOOD WASTE COMPOSTING.
SO WE DID A PILOT PROGRAM AT THE MUSIC IN THE PARKS CONCERT IN THE PARKS LAST YEAR.
WE WERE GOING TO DO IT, THE ART FESTIVAL, BUT THEN IT WAS RESCHEDULED, SO WE DIDN'T.
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BUT SO FAR THIS YEAR, WE'VE DONE TWO OF THE CONCERT IN THE PARKS AND ALSO AT THE ART FESTIVAL.AND IT'S A LOT OF IT IS PROVIDING EDUCATION ABOUT FOOD, WASTE, COMPOSTING.
AND WE'RE WORKING WITH A COMPOST COMPANY.
SO WE'RE FINDING OUT THE INS AND OUTS AND WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T WORK.
AND TALKING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE ABOUT FOOD WASTE, AND WE'RE TRYING NOT TO BE TOO STERN ABOUT WHEN WE STAND THERE WITH THE COMPOST CONTAINER AND SAY, NO, DON'T PUT THAT IN THERE, OR YES, OR WE ALSO HAVE BEEN BRINGING ALONG SOME RECYCLE CONTAINERS BECAUSE THE TOWN DOES NOT RECYCLE AT EVENTS.
JUST AND WILD HABITAT CERTIFICATION.
SO THE TOWN IS WORKING ON A WILD HABITAT CERTIFICATION.
AND SO FAR THERE ARE 109 HABITAT CERTIFIED IN THE TOWN.
AND THAT WAS INITIATED IN THE YEAR OF 21 TO 22.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF IN THAT HABITAT CERTIFICATION.
IT CAN TAKE A WHILE IN ORDER TO GET THE ACTUAL CERTIFICATION BECAUSE WE ACCORDING TO OUR POPULATION WE HAVE TO HAVE 300 POINTS.
AND SOME OF THE POINTS ARE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IN, IN ORDER TO DO THAT.
SO ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES HAS BEEN WORKING A LOT ON DOING THAT SO.
YOU CAN YOU DIVE INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
THE POINTS, IF A HOMEOWNER APPLIES TO THE AND YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE TOWN AND TOWN WEBSITE.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE, SO COME ON UP JIM.
DID YOU DO THE RESEARCH? I HAVE A THING HERE OF HOW MANY POINTS, BUT A HOME, IF A HOME GETS CERTIFIED, THAT'S ONE POINT.
SO TO GET 300 POINTS, YOU A LOT.
BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO LET ME SEE.
GO AHEAD. YOU WANT TO COME? SURE. GO AHEAD.
I JUST HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH WILDLIFE CERTIFICATION A BIT.
ONE AREA IS CERTIFICATION OF INDIVIDUAL HOMESTEADS, INDIVIDUAL HOUSES.
VERY SIMPLE TO DO IF YOU HAVE SOME HABITAT FOR BIRDS AND ANIMALS AND WATER, SOME TREES AND SO FORTH.
AND WE'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS ON THAT.
AND VERY MINOR FEE TO TO RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE.
OTHER AREAS THAT THE TOWN NEEDS TO WORK IN OUR REGISTRATION, EDUCATION GOALS, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ADMINISTRATIVE CATEGORIES, AND IN PARTICULAR, JOE WHITELY WITH THE TOWN ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON THAT AND MAKING GOOD PROGRESS.
SO HOPEFULLY IN DUE COURSE WE'LL HAVE THAT CERTIFICATION FOR THE TOWN.
AND SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GET 300 POINTS AND THE TOWN IS CERTIFIED AS WILDLIFE HABITAT? NATIONAL WILDLIFE HABITAT TOWN.
I MEAN, THERE'S GOT TO BE 3 OR 4 MORE POINTS WE CAN EARN RIGHT HERE, I WOULD THINK..
WELL, AND IS IT JUST FOR RESIDENTIAL HOMEOWNERS THAT CAN CERTIFY OR IS IT PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AS WELL? YOU ACTUALLY GET MORE POINTS FOR THAT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ENCOURAGING THE ISD TO HAVE IT.
THEIR SCHOOLS GET POINTS, CHURCHES.
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AS WELL CAN PARTICIPATE IN IT, AND THE SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS REACHING OUT TO THE TOWN TO EDUCATE THEM ON ON THOSE THINGS.
FANTASTIC. WHO WOULD WE CONTACT? THERE'S A ON THE THE TOWN WEBSITE.
WHAT'S IT UNDER? OKAY. SO IT'S UNDER THE ENVIRONMENTAL PAGE.
AND AND I HAVE THE THING HERE THAT SAYS FOR EACH HOME IT'S A POINT.
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UNIVERSITIES AND MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS, IT'S THREE POINTS.AND FOR EACH SCHOOL, SCHOOL CERTIFIED AS AN NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION SCHOOLYARD HABITAT PRE-K TO 12 OR NATURE CENTER GETS FIVE POINTS.
SO. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THAT.
THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO KNOCK THIS THING OUT PRETTY QUICK, I WOULD THINK.
ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. VERY GOOD, I LIKE IT.
LET'S DO IT. OKAY. SORRY I DERAILED YOUR PRESENTATION.
LET ME GET LET YOU GET BACK. OKAY, I DON'T MIND.
AND WE STILL. WE'RE STILL A BUTTERFLY TOWN, AREN'T WE, MATT? BECAUSE WE GOT CERTIFIED AS FOR BUTTERFLIES MONARCHS BEFORE.
SO OUR OBJECTIVES FOR THIS YEAR, THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR IS TO REVIEW OPTIONS AND DEVELOP A PLAN TO PRESERVE AND INCREASE THE TOWN'S TREE CANOPY. WE'D LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING OVER THE TREE ORDINANCE EVALUATION AGAIN.
WELL, WE TALK ABOUT IT CONSTANTLY, BUT TO ACTUALLY PRESENT SOMETHING BEFORE TOWN COUNCIL POSSIBLY OF MAYBE CHANGES LIKE CALIPER OF INCH OR SOMETHING WITH THE POST OAK TREES.
AND WE WANT TO DO MORE ADDITIONAL THE TOWN ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, ADDITIONAL TREE GIVEAWAYS AND TREE PLANTING INITIATIVES.
WE'RE PROMOTING THE USE OF NATIVE AND DROUGHT TOLERANT LANDSCAPING.
AND WITH THAT UNDER THAT WOULD BE GIVEN ALSO GIVING AWAY PLANTS IN ADDITION TO TREES AND TOWN PLANTING INITIATIVES, WHICH ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND TYLER HAVE BEEN DOING A REALLY GREAT JOB AT THE NATIVE AREA HERE AT TOWN COUNCIL AND ALSO AT WESTCHESTER PARK.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THE RECENT VIDEOS, WHICH ARE GREAT.
BUT ALL ABOUT TREE PLANTING OR NOT TREE PLANTING, BUT NATIVE PLANTS.
AND THEN EVALUATE OPTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MULTIFAMILY RECYCLING.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN TOWN, AND IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE DID.
SO AND I WANT TO I WANT TO SAY THAT'S THE END OF OUR.
AND I TEND TO FORGET TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM.
SO ESPECIALLY WHEN I COME UP AND GIVE BEFORE TOWN COUNCIL, I SHOULD.
SO I HAVE ESPECIALLY WORKED WITH ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND PARKS AND EVERYONE THAT I'VE WORKED WITH ON TOWN STAFF HAS BEEN WONDERFUL.
THEY'RE PROFESSIONAL, KIND, RESPONSIVE AND CONSIDERATE TO EVERYONE.
AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S REALLY TOUGH AT TIMES.
SO ANY QUESTIONS? CAN YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE FIVE? LIKE THE PREVIOUS ONE AND SPOT ON ABOUT WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT STAFF.
WE'RE VERY LUCKY IN FLOWER MOUND.
OKAY. SO THESE ARE GREAT, GREAT INITIATIVES.
THE MULTI-FAMILY RECYCLING, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES THE TOWN TO DO ANYTHING, OR IS THIS JUST A MATTER OF GETTING MULTIFAMILY TO BUY INTO A PROGRAM THAT IS BEING OFFERED BY IT PROBABLY REQUIRES THE TOWN TO MAKE IT A RULE.
OKAY. THAT ANY NEW, LIKE, APARTMENT COMPLEXES COMING IN, ANY NEW MULTIFAMILY.
AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE BUILT OUT A LOT, BUT AND IT WOULD BE GREAT TO MAKE ALL THOSE AREAS REQUIRED TO DO PROVIDE RECYCLING. BUT ESPECIALLY FOR NEW BUILDINGS IN THAT.
YEAH. SO POSSIBLY A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM, MAYBE AN ORDINANCE CHANGE.
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MAYBE, MAYBE NOT.I KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS OFF AND ON OVER THE YEARS.
I KNOW THAT MARYLAND HAS HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH REPUBLIC ON THIS ISSUE, SO I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF PUT IT ALL ON THE TABLE AND GET DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL ON WHAT DIRECTION THEY WANT TO GO, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN TAKE ACTION ON.
IF WE DECIDE TO CHOOSE THAT, WE CAN REQUIRE IT.
OKAY. COUNCIL, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE TREE ORDINANCE DISCUSSION.
I'D REALLY WANT TO KNOW, ARE WE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION OR NOT? LIKE, I WAS IN DENVER THIS WEEK AND I FLEW AND WE WERE VERY LUCKY.
WE TOOK OFF AND FLEW RIGHT OVER FLOWER MOUND AND I GOT TO LOOK OUT THE WINDOW AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO KNOW THAT IT'S GETTING MORE BEAUTIFUL AND NOT LESS.
SO IT'S REALLY THE MEASURABLES.
IT'S KIND OF WHERE I WANT TO SEE, ARE WE DOING ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TREE CANOPY IS GETTING BIGGER AND NOT SMALLER? SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
THANK YOU. AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DOES A TREE SURVEY EVERY SO OFTEN AND ARE PLANNING TO DO ONE.
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. WHEN'S YOUR NEXT EVENT? YOU'RE DOING? YOU HAVE SOMETHING COMING UP THIS WEEKEND, RIGHT? THERE'S SOMETHING OH.
WE HAVE A TRASH PICKUP THIS WEEKEND.
WE DO IT THE THIRD SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH EXCEPT FOR APRIL AND SEPTEMBER WHEN WE DO THE BIG EVENT.
OKAY, SO EVERYBODY CAN COME OUT SATURDAY, RIGHT.
AND PICK UP TRASH. WE'RE DOING IT PARKER SQUARE.
ALL RIGHT I'M MARKING MY CALENDAR OKAY.
AND WE DID A GREAT JOB IN APRIL.
WE COLLECTED AND THAT'S PART OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES.
WE DID A GREAT JOB IN COLLECTING PLASTIC FOR THE LIONS CLUB.
AND EYEGLASSES AND ELECTRONIC WASTE AND PAPER SHREDDING ARE THE MAIN ONES.
SO. AND WIRE HANGERS AND PENS, PENCILS, MARKERS AND THE TOWN HERE.
AND THERE'S ALSO ONE AT THE LIBRARY.
SO ANY AND EVERYBODY HAS PENS, PENCILS AND MARKERS IN A DRAWER SOMEPLACE.
AND THOSE GET SENT TO TERRACYCLE FOR RECYCLING.
SO TREE CONSERVATION, I THINK THAT WAS ON MY LIST OF TRYING TO REVAMP A SUGGESTION WAS HOW DO WE PROTECT SMALLER TREES? IF WE CAN DO A TIER SYSTEM OF YOU GET A LITTLE LESS CREDIT FOR A SIX INCH CALIPER TREE COMPARED TO 22 INCH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT? I THINK THAT WOULD HELP PROTECT MORE TREES WITHIN THE DEVELOPED AREAS OR UNDEVELOPED AREAS.
ONE THING THAT I'M KIND OF NOTICING, AND SOMEBODY BROUGHT IT UP TO ME, WAS WILDFLOWER PLANTING.
LEWISVILLE IS DOING A LOT OF NOZO.
OH YEAH, GARDEN RIDGE, IF YOU..
ISN'T IT SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOME WAY WE COULD ENCOURAGE THAT WITHIN FLOWER MOUND AND IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE WE COULD DO SOME WILDFLOWER PLANTING OR ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO DO WILDFLOWER PLANTING IN PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
I KNOW THAT THE PARKS DID A TRAIL TYPE WALKING TRAIL ALONG FLOWER MOUND ROAD.
OKAY. THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT.
OKAY. BUT. YEAH, THAT THAT'S REALLY NICE WHAT LEWISVILLE'S DONE.
SO. SO SOMETHING I'D CHALLENGE THE SEC TO LOOK INTO AND SEE IF WE COULD DO HERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION.
WELL, I'VE DECIDED I WISH THAT GUY THAT HAD THE EMOTIONAL DOG WOULD HAVE BROUGHT HIM TONIGHT.
THIS IS KIND OF AN EMOTIONAL A BIG EMOTIONAL EVENT FOR US AT THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION.
GOOD EVENING, ESTEEMED NEW MAYOR CHERYL MOORE.
CONGRATULATIONS, MY DARLING FRIEND.
HELLO. FIRSTLY, I WANTED TO EXTEND ON BEHALF OF THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION, OUR BIGGEST AND BELOVED, MOST BIG HEARTED THANK YOU TO MAYOR DEREK FRANCE.
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FOR HIS UNWAVERING DEDICATION, HIS GRAND VISION, AND HIS PERSONAL GUIDANCE IN CREATING THIS WONDERFUL, EXTRAORDINARY FLOWER MOUND COMMISSION OF FLOWER MOUND.AND IT TOOK US THREE LONG, ARDUOUS YEARS.
BUT BECAUSE OF EVERY ONE OF YOU AND YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE, AND THANK YOU.
I MEAN, WE CAME, WE BECAME A COMMISSION.
YOU SAT RIGHT THERE AT MY FORMAL DINING ROOM TABLE FROM THE GET GO, AND YOU MISS AN.
EVERY ONE OF YOU AND CHRIS WHEN YOU CAME IN, AND OF COURSE, BRIAN.
WE'D HAVE NEVER DONE THIS AND GOTTEN THIS FAR AND MADE HISTORY AS WE'VE DONE.
AND LIL JANVIER OVER THERE, YOU CAME RIGHT IN AS MY BIG CHEERLEADER AND I THANK YOU.
ALSO, SANDEEP SHARMA, HE WAS HE'S BEEN GREAT.
AND OF COURSE, OUR VERY OWN PEGGY RIDDLE.
THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION WAS ACTUALLY AFTER THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION TASK FORCE, AND IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY VOTED ON BY THE TOWN COUNCIL ON MY BIRTHDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH, 2024, ELECTING THE FOLLOWING I BECAME THE CHAIR AGAIN AND ADAM SHEARER WAS PLACED THREE.
KATHY BLAIR, PLACE SIX, TERRA CLARIDGE, PLACE SEVEN, CECILIA HOOD, PLACE EIGHT.
AND OF COURSE, PEGGY RIDDLE, PLACE TEN.
PEGGY IS OUR EX-OFFICIO, SO SHE'S KIND OF OUR OUR LITTLE MOTHER HEN, IF YOU WILL.
TOWN COUNCIL ASSIGNED THE LOVELY SARAH LUXTON, OUR SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST, AS OUR LIAISON, BLAKE MANUEL AS OUR LIAISON ASSISTANT, AND WE HAVE OUR VERY OWN IT GUY FROM THE STAFF, HIS NAME IS JP WALTON, AND HE HAS DONE AMAZING THINGS FOR US RIGHT AFTER GIBSON GRANT.
AND HE'S THE CHIEF STRATEGIC OFFICER.
AND WE'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE TOWN STAFF.
THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE JAMES OVER THERE, BUT HE'S BEEN REALLY GREAT.
THE TOWN COUNCIL VOTED TO ADD TWO MORE TO OUR GROUP.
AND THERE DARLING, WE LOVE THEM JUST AS MUCH AS ALL THE COMMISSIONERS.
WE HAVE DON SHAPLEY AS PLACE TWO.
PARDON ME. AND BRIAN WILLIAMS, AND HE IS PLACE NINE.
THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION HAD OUR FIRST OFFICIAL MEETING ON MARCH 14TH, 2024.
THEY VOTED ME IN AS CHAIR, KATHY BLAIR AS VICE CHAIR AND BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT WE ALL PUT TOGETHER OUR BRAND NEW SUBCOMMITTEES, WHICH ARE JUST INCREDIBLY BUSY, FOCUSED, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO TELL YOU WHAT ALL WE'VE DONE.
WE SET IT UP WITH THE BEGINNING, THE COLLECTIONS, EXHIBITS AND GIBSON GRANT LOG HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE.
I'M CHAIRING THAT ALONG WITH PEGGY RIDDELL, CECILIA HOOD AND KATHY BLAIR.
LANDMARKS NATIVE PRAIRIE MARKER TREES, ARCHEOLOGICAL HISTORIC LANDSCAPE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT'S OUR VERY OWN CINDY CLARK AS CHAIR, ADAM SHEARER, DON SHAPLEY AND MYSELF. CEMETERY SUBCOMMITTEE CECILIA HOOD, SHE'S OUR CHAIR.
MARCIA GAVITT, CINDY CLARK, ADAM SHEARER AND MYSELF, THE COLLECTIONS, EXHIBITS AND GIBSON GRANT SUBCOMMITTEE AND WILL ROTATING SUBCOMMITTEE I WILL ADDRESS LATER, AS I WOULD LIKE TO GO INTO SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED AND THAT WANTED AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF OUR INITIAL PUTTING TOGETHER THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION, WE WANTED TO HAVE AN ORAL SUBCOMMITTEE, ORAL HISTORIES SUBCOMMITTEE, AND WE HAVE ALREADY PUT TOGETHER ON MARCH 21ST, THE ENTIRE COMMISSION HAS MET WITH THE UNT ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM DIRECTOR, SARAH WILSON.
WE LEARNED HOW TO PREPARE AND TAKE ORAL HISTORIES FROM THE TOWNSPEOPLE, AND WE ACTUALLY ARE CERTIFIED NOW WHERE ALL CERTIFIED ORAL HISTORIANS, ORAL HISTORY HISTORIANS. ON APRIL 24TH AT THE GIBSON GRANT LOG HOUSE, MISS SUE MURRAY, A LONG TIME RESIDENT AND A LONG TIME MEMBER OF THE FLOWER MOUND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO EVER BE INTERVIEWED BY THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION FOR AN ORAL HISTORY.
SHE WAS INTERVIEWED BY COMMISSIONER TERRI CLARIDGE, WHO WAS THE PRIMARY INTERVIEWER.
KATHY BLAIR AND PEGGY RIDDLE WERE ALSO PRESENT.
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THIS INTERVIEW COVERED THE LIFE OF MISS MURRAY, AS WELL AS A HISTORY OF THE PRESBY CHURCH AND HER VAST INVOLVEMENT WITHIN IT.SHE IS A VERY FASCINATING WOMAN AND A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE WHOM I'VE KNOWN ALMOST 20 YEARS.
SHE HAS WONDERFUL STORIES TO TELL.
THE RECORDING IS NOW BEING TRANSCRIBED ELECTRONICALLY AND WILL BE EDITED FOR SPELLING AND CLARITY.
THIS WAS THE VERY FIRST OF MANY THAT THE ORAL HISTORY SUBCOMMITTEE PLANS ON UNDERTAKING.
ALL OF THESE HISTORIES WILL BE PUBLISHED AND MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL THE PEOPLE OF FLOWER MOUND, OUR EDUCATION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT, TARA CLARK IS OUR CHAIR.
ON NEXT THURSDAY ON MAY 23RD, THEY WILL GO OVER SEVERAL ASPECTS OF DENTON COUNTY'S EDUCATIONAL AND PUBLIC PROGRAMING, AND A LARGE PART OF THAT IS THEIR TRAVELING MUSEUM PROGRAM.
THIS PROGRAM CATERS MOSTLY TO ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL AGE STUDENTS, BUT THEY ALSO ADAPT THE PRESENTATIONS FOR ADULT AUDIENCES AT LIBRARIES AND RETIREMENT HOMES. SO WE HAVE A LINK THAT WE WILL POST ON OUR PAGE AND IT'S CALLED THE TRAVELING MUSEUM PROGRAM.
AFTER THIS MEETING, TARA HAS ANTICIPATED THE GOALS WITHIN THE EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT SUBCOMMITTEE WITHIN THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION WILL BE DEDICATED TO FORESEEING THE LOVE OF HISTORY, CULTIVATING HISTORY, CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AMONG LEARNERS OF ALL AGES.
THIS MISSION ALIGNS WITH OUR HISTORICAL COMMISSION, AND IT WILL DEVELOP A DYNAMIC EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM WITH RESOURCES THAT WILL INSPIRE CURIOSITY, DEEPEN UNDERSTANDING, AND PROMOTE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN PRESERVING AND INTERPRETING OUR SHARED HERITAGE.
LEADERSHIP BY DESIGNING INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. NUMBER TWO, FOSTERING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND PROMOTING EXPERIMENTAL LEARNING AND HISTORICAL EXPLORATION.
AND MANY MORE DETAILS ARE TO COME.
BY EMBODYING THESE PRINCIPLES AND PRIORITIES, WE WILL EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS OF ALL AGES TO BECOME CRITICAL THINKERS, LIFELONG LEARNERS AND ACTIVE STEWARDS OF OUR FLOWER MOUND HISTORY.
TOGETHER WE WILL INSPIRE A NEW GENERATION OF HISTORIANS, STORYTELLERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT PRESERVING THE PAST AND SHAPING A MORE JUST AND EQUITABLE FUTURE.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A VERY EXCITING GROUP AS PART OF THE LANDMARKS NATIVE PRAIRIE MARKER TREES AND THE ARCHEOLOGICAL HISTORIC LANDSCAPE LANDSCAPES. MY SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT REPORT.
THE GOAL OF THIS SUBCOMMITTEE IS TO HELP BRING HISTORY ALIVE FOR THE CITIZENS OF FLOWER MOUND.
THE PLAN IS TO IDENTIFY AND GEO LOCATE ALL OF THE TREES, THEN OVERLAY THE MAP OF THIS AREA DURING THE TIME OF THE INDIANS AND THE SETTLERS AS THEY WERE MOVING THROUGHOUT OUR SECTION OF THE HISTORIC CROSS TIMBERS FOREST VERY EXCITING.
ADAM SCHERER IS OUR MAP EXPERT AND HE IS TERRIFIC.
HE ACTUALLY HAS A MASTER'S IN THIS.
SO IT'S JUST FASCINATING TO WE'RE JUST EVERYONE JUST HAS BROUGHT SO MUCH TO THIS BUNCH.
THE COMMITTEE CHAIR, CINDY CLARK, HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH A GENTLEMAN NAMED MR. STEVE HAUSER OF THE TEXAS HISTORIC TREE COALITION, AND HE'S IN WYLIE, TEXAS.
HE'S ACTUALLY THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE INDIAN MARKER TREE PROJECT.
HE WILL HELP OUR COMMITTEE FIND TREES THAT MEET THE PARAMETERS AND THE CRITERIA OF THE IMT'S.
AND ONCE WE HAVE THAT, MR. HAUSER WILL BRING THE ELDERS OF THE COMANCHE TRIBE HERE AND THEY WILL CERTIFY THESE TREES LIKE THE REAL DEAL.
THEY'LL BE CERTIFIED, AND I MEAN, WE'LL HAVE OUR OWN.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO ALSO AT THIS POINT, HELP THE TOWN TO PRESENT EACH PROPERTY OWNER WITH A TREE LOCATED WITH A PLAQUE OF CERTIFICATE THAT HAS BEEN MARKED THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO CELEBRATE THE TREE IN ITS HISTORY, AND AT THAT TIME ALSO THE TOWN CAN MAKE A TREE, A PROTECTED TREE, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AT NO TIME WILL WE PUBLISH THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF CITIZENS THAT ARE STEWARDS OF THE TREE.
THIS WILL BE A VERY PRIVATE MATTER.
UNLESS YOU WANT US TO TELL EVERYBODY WE WILL.
IT'S UP TO YOU. ANYWAY, WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE CITIZENS TO JOIN US IN THIS ENDEAVOR.
BY NOMINATING TREES THAT MIGHT BELIEVE, THAT WE MIGHT BELIEVE MEET THIS CRITERIA.
WE WILL WORK WITH THE CITY AND THE STAFF TO COME UP WITH AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO SHARE THIS CRITERIA.
NEXT, WE HAVE THE LOVELY CECILIA HOOD, WHO RUNS OUR CEMETERY SUBCOMMITTEE, AND IT'S VERY EXCITING.
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WE ACTUALLY HAVE SEVERAL CEMETERIES ALL OVER THE PLACE.THE FIRST TASK OF THIS SUBCOMMITTEE WAS TO ESTABLISH CLEAR GOALS.
THIS ALLOWS FOR FULL TRANSPARENCY OF OUR RESIDENTS AND A FOCUSED METHOD TO REFLECT PROGRESS.
THE FOLLOWING ARE CURRENT CEMETERY SUBCOMMITTEE GOALS.
IDENTIFICATION OF ABANDONED OR LESSER KNOWN CEMETERIES WITHIN OUR OWN TOWN LIMITS, WHICH WE'VE HAD.
CATALOGING HEADSTONES AND ADDING ONLINE DATABASES.
FACILITATING THE GATHERING OF RESOURCES FOR CEMETERY MAINTENANCE, AND PROMOTING EDUCATION OF OUR EARLIEST SETTLERS LOCATED IN OUR CEMETERIES THROUGH SPECIAL EVENTS SUCH AS CEMETERY, WALKING TOURS AND SPECIAL EXHIBITS.
WORKING WITH OUR TOWN STAFF ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ONLINE INTERACTIVE MAP AND OR PROMOTING INCREASED WEB PRESENCE OF OUR HISTORICAL, HISTORIC, HISTORIC CEMETERIES WILL BE WONDERFUL.
WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING OUR MEETING TOMORROW HERE AT TOWN HALL.
WE HAVE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO OBSERVE TWO OUT OF FOUR HISTORICALLY DESIGNATED CEMETERIES THAT DO NOT HAVE HISTORICAL MARKERS OR NOTHING OFFICIAL THE LARGE HISTORICAL MEDAL PLAQUES FROM THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION.
THE TEXAS HISTORIC CEMETERY MARKER APPLICATION IS QUITE EXTENSIVE AND IT WILL REQUIRE A DEED INFORMATION, DETAILED RESEARCH OF ALL THE ACTUAL HISTORICAL GRAVES, AS WELL AS PHOTOGRAPHS AND LOGISTICAL DATA.
THANKFULLY, DUE TO ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FLOWER MOUND OWN HISTORICAL COMMISSION, WE WILL HAVE INPUT AND OWNERSHIP OF WHAT GOES ON THESE MARKETS AND WE CAN ALSO HELP ALONG WITH THE COUNTY.
NEXT, WHILE RESEARCHING THROUGH ONLINE DATABASES, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE ATLAS DATABASE, THE MAIN DATABASE USED BY THE HISTORICAL HISTORICAL COMMISSION, DISPLAYED THE WRONG TOWNS FOR TWO OF OUR CEMETERIES.
YES, IN THE STATE THEY WERE WRONG.
SO MISS HOOD HAS GONE AHEAD AND SHE HAS LOCATED THROUGH THE DENIM AND SHILOH CEMETERIES.
IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT THE PLAT ON ENCORE'S PURCHASE OF THE HAINES PROPERTY, THE DENIM CEMETERY WAS EXCLUDED, AND WE'VE ALL BEEN OVER THERE TRAIPSING AROUND AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, GOT A LOT OF HISTORICAL THINGS THERE.
THIS IS REALLY GOOD NEWS AS IT ALLOWS FOR EASIER INGRESS AND EGRESS FOR PUBLIC VISITATION.
ALL PAPERWORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED TO ALTER THIS ATLAS TOWN ERROR.
AND ONCE WE GET A SPECIFIC, SPECIFIC PERSON, WE WILL BE CHANGING THAT AS WELL.
LET ME TELL YOU, THEY HAVE GOT SOME INTERESTING DOCUMENTS.
THERE ARE OVER 175 GRAVES FROM THE 1800S RIGHT HERE THAT WERE CATALOGED.
SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO USE THIS FORMAT TO ADD TO ONLINE DATABASE MORE EASILY IN THE FUTURE.
LASTLY, WE ARE ABLE TO REPORT THAT THE MR. STEVE DOBSON FROM THE BOY SCOUTS ASSISTED US AND WILL BE ASSISTING THE EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT TO FIX THE FENCING AT THE MACOMBS CEMETERY, AND YOU ALL KNOW THAT'S BETH AND RANDY SÖDERBERG, AND THEY HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY OVER THE YEARS PERSONALLY WORKING ON THEIR LITTLE CEMETERY.
AND THESE PROJECTS WILL ALL BE DECIDED WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
THIS IS GOING TO JUST PUT US ON THE MAP AND OUR RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO BE LINED UP.
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FEW REMAINING LOG STRUCTURES OF THE MID 19TH CENTURY STILL STANDING ON ITS ORIGINAL SITE IN DENTON COUNTY.IT'S NESTLED RIGHT HERE IN OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY OF FLOWER MOUND, SITTING IN OUR OWN VERY BACKYARD.
I MEAN, IT'S PRACTICALLY IN MY BACKYARD AND ACROSS THE STREET FROM ADAM.
WE ALL LIVE VERY CLOSE BY, SO IT'S REALLY HANDY FOR US.
THUS, AS CHAIR OF THE HISTORICAL COMMISSIONS GIBSON GRANT LOG HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE, I AM OVER THE MOON TO REPORT TO YOU THIS EVENING THAT WE ARE FORGING FULL SPEED AHEAD IN OUR CHARGE WITH THE EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY OF RECREATING, OH MY GOSH, WE ARE RECREATING A HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION OF WHAT A HOME ON THE RANGE.
A REAL HOME ON THE RANGE LOOKS LIKE.
IT WILL BE SET UP AS A HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION OF WHAT IS CALLED A PERIOD MODEL HOME.
YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A PERIOD MODEL HOMES ALL OVER.
WELL, THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR VERY OWN HISTORICAL PERIOD HOME AS WE WILL BE SHOWCASING AND RECAPTURING THE EVERYDAY LIFE OF THE FAMILIES, RESIDENTS, VISITING NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS OF OH SO LONG AGO.
IT IS, ALAS, NOW IN THE WORKS AND THROUGH THE VALIANT EFFORTS LED BY CHUCK JENNINGS AND MISS AND MR. TRAVIS CONKIT, AND EXCEPTIONAL TEAM OF THE PARKS AND REC, TO THE GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE DENTON COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION, LED BY OUR BELOVED HISTORICAL COMMISSION, EX-OFFICIO MISS PEGGY RIDDLE, AS WELL AS THE TOWN STAFF AND OUR DEDICATED LIAISONS.
WE ARE DELIGHTED TO BRING THIS PROJECT FULL THROTTLE.
EACH AND EVERY ROOM THROUGHOUT ARE FULLY RESTORED.
LOG CABIN WILL MIRROR THE LIFESTYLES OF EARLY PIONEER LIFE, FROM THE PATRIARCH OF THIS FAMILY, TIRELESSLY FARMING IN ITS SURROUNDING BOUNTIFUL FIELDS TO THE LADY OF THE HOUSE, ITS MATRIARCH, ITS MOTHER, PREPARING HER DELICIOUS HOMEMADE COOKED MEALS, BAKING FRESH PIES, CHURNING MILK AND BUTTER, EVEN SPINNING WOOL FOR THE FAMILY'S CLOTHES AND WARES. THE CHILDREN FROM THE BABE IN ARMS UP, THEY WILL ALL BE RECOGNIZED AND FEATURED AS WE WILL HAVE EMBRACED ALL OF THIS.
THEY WILL BE PLAYING GAMES, NAPPING, OR EVEN FALLING ASLEEP AT NIGHT.
YES, LIFE ON THE PRAIRIE WILL BE EMBRACED AS THOUGH IT WAS GOING ON RIGHT HERE TODAY.
AS WE PEEK INSIDE AND BACK IN TIME, MANY EXCITING EVENTS ARE GOING TO COME AS WELL.
WE'LL BE HAVING LITTLE STORY READINGS AT CHRISTMAS.
WE DON'T HAVE A HISTORICAL TOWN.
WE DO. WE HAVE THE OLDEST LOG HOUSE IN THE COUNTY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO ALL GO IN THERE AND HAVE FUN.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE ROTATING EXHIBITS ROOM.
AND THIS WILL ALSO PROUDLY DISPLAY AN ARRAY OF LOCAL ARTIFACTS PORTRAYING HISTORICAL EVENTS AND OR FINDS DISCOVERED THROUGHOUT THE ERAS THAT SHAPE NOT ONLY THE EARLY DAYS OF FLOWER MOUND, BUT ALSO LEADING UP TO ITS PRESENT DAY.
THE CONTINUOUS GATHERING OF ARTIFACTS WHICH I HOPE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU HAVE ANYTHING, ANYONE THAT'S EVEN LISTENING, YOU CAN BRING IT TO US, WE'LL CATALOG IT AND WE'LL SHOW IT BECAUSE WE NEED IT.
SO LOOK OUT, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO CONTRIBUTE AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO DOING THIS.
YOU WILL ALSO FIND A PLACE IN OUR ROTATING EXHIBIT ROOM THROUGH THE DENTON COUNTY LIBRARY, WE HAVE ACQUIRED THE MOST BEAUTIFUL, FANTASTIC OIL PAINTING OF A PORTRAIT OF A LIFELIKE PORTRAIT OF JOHN WAYNE, EDWARD S MARCUS, AND DOC WILKERSON THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES.
YES, HERE WE ARE BLESSED WITH ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS MOVIE STARS IN HISTORY, THOROUGHLY ENJOYING VARIOUS TRIPS AND ACTIVITIES, STANDING TALL SIDE BY SIDE, OUR VERY OWN SUCCESSFUL LOCAL BUSINESSMAN.
EDWARD MARCUS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, HE IS THE.
HE IS THE NAMED, HE IS THE MARCUS HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY NAMED AFTER HIM IN HIS HONOR.
AND NEIMAN MARCUS WELL, NEIMAN MARCUS, THE FAMED NAMESAKE OF THE STORES, IS TO THIS VERY DAY OPEN.
MR. MARCUS WAS A PART OF THAT STILL IN OPERATION AS RENOWNED WORLD FAMOUS SHOPPING HAUNT.
IT REIGNS AS A PART OF OUR HISTORY HERE.
POSTING EVEN A PARK THAT WAS NAMED AFTER HIM.
HIS GIFTS OF DEDICATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE HAVE SURPASSED FEW.
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ALSO, YOU MAY NOT HAVE EVEN REALIZED SOME OF THE OVER THE YEARS WE HAD WORLD CLASS RODEOS, SHOWS, GRAND BALLS, AND SPECTACULAR FUNDRAISERS SUPPORTING YOUTH MEDICINE AND EDUCATION, MARRYING THE GRACIOUS SIDE OF PHILANTHROPY, STILL REIGNING SUPREME THROUGHOUT OUR DEVOTED RESIDENTS ENDEAVORS TODAY.WHAT AN EXCITING FOOD FOR FODDER, REPRESENTING THE FANTASTIC AND FANCY LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS THAT SO MANY FREQUENTED FLOWER MOUND WHILST ENJOYING IT, JUST AS IF IT WERE AS ATTRACTIVE AS A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE SET.
WE'RE ALL QUALIFIED TO BE DOCENT TRAINING, EVEN OUR STAFF.
THEY CAME IN, THEY TOOK IT AND THEY LOVED IT.
AND WE ARE ALL HISTORY TRAINED FOR THE ORAL HISTORY CERTIFICATION.
WE'VE ALREADY GOT THAT BEHIND US.
AND OUR NEXT TRAINING SESSION WILL BE CONDUCTED BY PEGGY RIDDLE.
IT WILL BE THE COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBIT PLANNING TO BE HELD SOON.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE LEARNING MORE ABOUT DEACCESSION AS WE'VE LEARNED BEFORE.
ON DECEMBER 7TH OF THIS YEAR, THE PARKS AND REC CHRISTMAS PARADE OF LIGHTS, WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR OWN TRAILER, OUR LITTLE BUFFALO OR BRONZE BUFFALO, OUR LIGHTS.
ALL OF US ARE GOING TO BE ON THAT.
SO I TELL YOU WHAT, WE JUST WE'VE NOT STOPPED SINCE WE STARTED, AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF ALL OF YOU AND MAYOR MOORE, I TELL YOU WHAT, JUST THEY LOVE IT. I HOPE YOU'LL JUST LOVE EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING.
I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT YOUR ENTHUSIASM, I LOVE IT.
YOU'VE HAD, WHAT, THREE MEETINGS NOW? YEAH. OH, YES. BUT.
WELL, NOT REALLY. I MEAN, WE WELL WE CAN'T TELL IF WE HAVE REALLY.
I'VE NEVER SEEN SOMEBODY SO EXCITED ABOUT HISTORY.
WELL IT'S IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND LET ME TELL YOU, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT, NOBODY WANTED TO DO IT.
WELL, THAT WAS WHAT WE'RE HAVING.
I, I'VE BEEN IN SOCIETIES AND I'VE DONE 501.
WHERE WERE YOU IN MY NINTH GRADE HISTORY CLASS.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, ADAM? I STILL REMEMBER THAT FIRST THAT FIRST INITIAL TIME WE SAT THERE AT MY FORMAL DINING ROOM TABLE, AND IT WAS JUST FILLED WITH ALL OF US.
AND WE WERE GOING TO MAKE HISTORY THEN, WEREN'T WE? WEREN'T WE, BRIAN? AND YOU CAME IN AND YOU CAME IN WITH YOUR BRAND NEW BABY AND CAME UP TO MY LIBRARY, AND WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO WITH THIS.
WE INTEND TO MAKE HISTORY HERE BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT THAT.
AND WAIT TILL YOU SEE OUR PERIOD MODEL HOME.
HOW MANY PERIOD MODEL HOMES ARE IN THIS COUNTRY? NOT MANY. I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, JUST A QUICK QUESTION JACKIE.
WONDERFUL JOB. THIS IS AMAZING.
IT'S EXCITING. I THINK IT BLOWS ALL OF OUR IMAGINATIONS OR OUR EXPECTATIONS AWAY.
SO FOR THE PERIOD MODEL HOME WHAT'S A TIME FRAME THAT YOU'RE LOOKING OKAY.
WELL I WANTED TO START IT LIKE ABOUT A MONTH AGO YOU KNOW.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT DARLING J.P.
WHARTON, HIM AND CHUCK JENNINGS HAVE ALREADY GOT THE SECURITY IN.
SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF ABOUT THREE MORE WEEKS IN JUNE.
WE WON'T BE READY, YOU KNOW, TO SET UP SHOP.
EVERYTHING. BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE ME A WHILE TO PUT IT TOGETHER WITH MY GROUP.
I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE THINKING AROUND THE END OF JULY.
GREAT. SO BY CHRISTMAS, JUST WAIT TILL YOU SEE IT, OKAY? ANYTHING ELSE? I LOVE THE ENTHUSIASM.
JUMP IN AND TELL YOU MY HAT IS OFF TO YOU AND THE COMMISSIONERS.
ALSO THE STAFF WHO'S BEEN SUPPORTING YOU.
YOU JUST WERE OFFICIALLY VOTED IN NOT TOO LONG AGO.
AND LOOK AT WHAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED.
AND I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU'RE GOING TO DO.
WELL, YOU WERE RIGHT THERE AT MY DINING ROOM TABLE TOO, MISS SAM.
SO ANYWAY, I GUESS I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY, BUT I CALL YOU ALL THE TIME.
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I TEXT, I'M TALKING TO YOU GUYS ALL THE TIME, AND I LOVE THAT YOU ALWAYS TELL ME YOU KNOW EVERYTHING.I KNOW. RIGHT? AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A HARD ONE TO FOLLOW.
EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY.
YOU JUST TOOK THE WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH.
I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, MY HAT'S OFF TO YOU.
AWESOME JOB. NO PRESSURE, NO PRESSURE.
DO MY PRESENTATION. YEAH, WELL, TRAVIS HAD TO COME UP HERE AND GET THINGS STARTED FOR ME, SO.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL, THERESA THOMASON, PARKS BOARD CHAIR.
REVIEWING WHAT THE PARKS BOARD DOES AND WHO WE ARE, WE HAVE A SEVEN REGULAR MEMBERS AND THREE ALTERNATES? WE ARE VACANT ONE SPOT, SO THAT'LL PROBABLY BE COMING YOUR WAY SOON.
WE MEET ON THE FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH, AND WE JUST OUR MEMBERS, WE REALLY WANT THEM TO HAVE A GENUINE INTEREST IN PARKS AND HAVE A PASSION FOR, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE PROGRAMING AND THE RECREATION THINGS THAT WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO WORK WITH PUBLIC AND REALLY BE ABLE TO DEVOTE SOME TIME TO SERVICE.
WE ADVISE YOU, OUR TOWN COUNCIL, ON POLICY MATTERS.
THEY COME, THEY PRESENT, WE APPROVE THOSE AND MOVE THOSE FORWARD FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
UPDATE ANY REGULATIONS OR POLICY USAGE, RECOMMENDING YOUTH CONTRACTS, APPROVING THE RENTAL FEES.
AND THEN WE RECOMMEND PARK NAMES.
AND MOST RECENTLY, WE DID THE TOWN PARKS AT FIRST RANCH AND TROTTER PARK.
CONTINUING WITH SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE ASSIST WITH IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MASTER PLANS AND THE STUDIES, THOSE KIND OF ARE OUR LITTLE BIBLE OF DIRECTING WHAT WE WANT TO DO IN THE FUTURE.
WE ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIVIDUAL PARK MASTER PLANS.
WE PROVIDE STAFF SOME DIRECTION AND GUIDANCE ON DESIGNS, AND WE ALSO LISTEN TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY COME AND THEY SHARE WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE IN THOSE DESIGNS.
PETERS COLONY PARK AND RUDACILLE PARK WERE SOME RECENT ONES WE DID.
SO CAC IS ONE AND I'M GOING TO REALLY LIKE PUMP THAT UP.
YOU'RE GOING TO ASK ME WHAT WE WANT YOU TO SUPPORT.
WE WANT YOU TO SUPPORT THE CAC RENOVATION THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO PUT IN FRONT OF YOU.
TEAL OAKS, PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENTS.
WE REALLY TRY TO PROMOTE OUR PROGRAMS. WE APPEAR BEFORE YOU AS CHAMPIONS WHEN PARK DEVELOPMENT IS HAPPENING OR PROGRAMS ARE HAPPENING.
WE PARTICIPATE IN RIBBON CUTTINGS AND, YOU KNOW, GRAND OPENINGS.
SO WE'VE GOT CANYON FALLS ON THE BOOKS JUNE 8TH.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS. ANYBODY WATCHING? WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME OUT.
WE VOLUNTEER AND WORK THE SPECIAL EVENTS.
THERE'S A PHOTO UP THERE OF ALL OF US.
WE PROVIDE STAFF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND TOWN COUNCIL WITH RECOMMENDATIONS, DESIGNING THE PARKLAND DEDICATION OR THE DEVELOPMENTS IN ANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE COMING ALONG. WE CONSIDER POTENTIAL LAND DONATIONS OR PARK CREDIT OPTIONS.
SMITH TRACT, LAKESIDE, EASTON, MONARCH AND LA ESTANCIA WERE MOST RECENTLY DONE.
AND SOME EXAMPLES ARE THERE ON THE SLIDE THAT HAVE RECENTLY BE DONE IN THAT AREA AS WELL.
IN 2022, WE DID A TRAILS AND BIKEWAY MASTER PLAN AND THEN TOWN COUNCIL INITIATIVES.
SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE EITHER DONE OR THEY'RE IN WORKS RIGHT NOW.
TEAL WOOD, OAKS PARK'S IMPROVEMENTS.
WE DID SOME SHADES AND SOME BRIDGES AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS.
JARREAU PARK REINVENTING THE FIELDS AND THE PAVILION OUT THERE.
PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENTS AT CORDERO AND JAKE'S HILLTOP PARKS.
I WILL TELL YOU, THE PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENTS ARE AMAZING.
SO SOME KEY INITIATIVES AND AREAS FOR FOCUS FOR THIS NEXT YEAR.
AND THAT TEN MINUTE WALK TO A PARK FOR ANYBODY IS KIND OF THE GOAL.
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THEM TO ENJOY.COMPLETING THE CAC RENOVATION AND EXPANSION STUDY THAT'S ALMOST THERE.
AND THAT WILL BE A BIG, BIG PROJECT.
AND WE 2009 IS WHEN THE CAC WAS BUILT.
SO IT'S BEEN A MINUTE AND WE'RE READY TO SEE THE GROWTH OF THE TOWN BE MATCHED WITH THE GROWTH OF THE FACILITY, WHERE WE CAN OFFER THOSE OPPORTUNITIES IN RECREATION, AND WANT TO THANK ANNE FOR HER PARTICIPATION IN THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND HAVE ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU ON THAT.
COMPLETING THE MASTER PLAN FOR TROTTER PARK AND LEONARD HILL AND HELEN JOHNS PARK, AND PROVIDING INPUT ON THE DESIGN PHASE, ATTENDING RIBBON CUTTINGS AND CEREMONIES, PARK NAMING FOR NEWLY ACQUIRED PARKLAND, THE WEYBURN AND OAK BRIDGE.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE PETERS COLONY MEMORIAL PARK, WHICH IS GOING TO BE AMAZING.
AS I STATED BEFORE, SOME BIG THINGS COMING ALONG.
SO I WANT TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
DO WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE MISSING THE MARK ON ANYTHING? DO WE? IS OUR TENNIS COURTS AND PICKLEBALL COURTS STILL OUR NUMBER ONE NEED AS WE LOOK AT INVESTING THOSE FOR REFUNDS MOVING FORWARD? I MEAN, I THINK WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY THERE.
THEY DO COME AND THEY DO VOICE THEIR NEED.
AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THAT WITH THE TROTTER PARK, BEING ABLE TO ADD SOME OF THOSE COURTS TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE NEEDS, AND THEY HAVE COME AND PROVIDED SOME FEEDBACK ON THAT AS WELL.
SO I THINK WE'RE JUST A GROWING COMMUNITY WITH A LOT OF SPORTS THAT ARE THERE.
THE TURF FIELDS ARE SOMETHING THAT IS IS BROUGHT UP A LOT.
AND SO I THINK, YES, THE ANSWER TO THAT IS YES.
BUT I ALSO THINK THE RECREATION FACILITIES ARE GOING TO NEED SOME GROWTH AS WELL.
SINCE YOU MENTIONED IT, CAN YOU COMMENT ON THE NEED FOR FOOTBALL FACILITIES? I'VE BEEN HEARING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT LATELY THAT THERE ISN'T MUCH OF A FOOTBALL FACILITY OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE.
THERE'S A LOT OF SOCCER FIELDS, BUT FOOTBALL SEEMS TO BE AN UNMET NEED.
I WOULD SAY IT'S NOT JUST FOOTBALL, RIGHT? I THINK THAT IT IS IS SOMETHING THAT COMES UP WHEN WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY INPUT THAT COMES OVER, BUT WE ALSO HEAR FROM LACROSSE.
WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, A BIKING GROUP SHOWED UP AND BMX BIKES.
SO I THINK FOR EACH GROUP, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A PRACTICE SPACE.
MIGHT OR A COUPLE MORE SPACES THAT COULD SERVE MULTI-USE MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE HELPFUL.
BUT YES, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THAT'S THERE.
I'LL MENTION IT, I DON'T I'VE NOT MENTIONED THIS TO ANYBODY.
I DON'T THINK I EVEN THINK I'VE MENTIONED IT TO STAFF.
BUT THERE IS A LITTLE PARK THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO MY KIDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
IT'S CALLED PRAIRIE TRAIL PARK AND IT'S BIG.
IT'S FLAT. IT'S GOT NOTHING BUT A BACKSTOP FOR BASEBALL.
AND I MEAN, I'VE LAUNCHED MODEL ROCKETS IN THAT PARK.
THERE'S LIKE NO TREES OR ANYTHING.
GREAT LOCATION FOR SOME KIND OF FLAT MIXED, YOU KNOW, MULTI USE FOOTBALL, LACROSSE WHATEVER.
AND MAYBE IT NEEDS IRRIGATION.
THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE ONE THING WHERE I MIGHT SUGGEST THAT WE PUT SOME INVESTMENT INTO IT.
SO JUST SOMETHING TO CHEW ON IF THERE'S SOMETHING IT'S KIND OF IN THE INTERIOR OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
SOUNDS GOOD. WE CAN DEFINITELY BRING THAT UP AND TALK ABOUT IT AS A BOARD.
I'D BE INTERESTED TO IN SEEING ALL THE PARKS THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY, HOW MUCH ARE THEY BEING USED AND WHAT CAN WE DO AS A COUNCIL TO FACILITATE AND PROMOTE GETTING MORE PEOPLE TO GET OUT INTO THE PARKS, WHAT KIND OF ACTIVITIES WE NEED TO PROMOTE TO, TO UTILIZE THAT? BECAUSE WHAT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION IS WE HAVE A LOT OF PARKS, BUT NOT ALL.
YOU DON'T SEE THEM FILLED A LOT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS ON THAT? I WOULD MAYBE DISAGREE A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT YOU'RE USED.
AND IS THERE YOUR BIG PARKS GOING TO GET USED MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THE SMALLER ONES? POSSIBLY. RIGHT. YOUR POCKET PARKS AREN'T ARE REALLY GOING TO BE UTILIZED IN THE SAME WAY A REGIONAL PARK IS GOING TO BE USED.
BAKERSFIELD IS A OBVIOUSLY VERY WELL USED PARK TOO.
I THINK PEOPLE DISCOVERED TRAILS MORE DURING THAT TIME.
BUT COULD THAT BE A METRIC IN THE MASTER PLAN? LIKE SOMETHING WE WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HOW WHAT GETS USED, WHAT DOESN'T.
YEAH, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD JUST TO SEE BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY WONDERFUL PARKS AND JUST SEEING THAT INTERCONNECTIVITY THAT WE HAVE THROUGH THE WHOLE TOWN, IT WOULD BE KIND OF NICE TO FACILITATE REALLY BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND USING ALL OUR PARKS.
YEAH. THE MASTER PLAN, REALLY, THAT THERE'S SHOULD BE A MEASURABLE THAT WE KNOW IF PEOPLE ARE USING IT AND IF NOT, WHY NOT? AND THAT'S A REALLY GOOD OBSERVATION.
IT REALLY IS. YEAH. DEFINITELY.
YEAH. WE CAN WE CAN DO THAT BETTER SOMEHOW.
AND THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
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THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.HELLO. I'M HERE WITH SCHOOL LIAISON.
NOT A PROBLEM. I DO NOT HAVE ONE.
I'M HERE WITH THE SCHOOL LIAISON TODAY, AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY RIGHT NOW TO TRY TO GET A LIST OF VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS IN THE AREA BECAUSE THERE'S MULTIPLE BUSINESSES, MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS, AND ONE THING NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE REALIZE IS OUR KIDS NEED THOSE TO GO TO COLLEGE.
THEY ARE REALLY LOOKING AT THOSE VOLUNTEERS, AND PARENTS ARE A LITTLE BIT LOST.
YOU TRY GOOGLING IT AND YOU WILL FIND EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE AREA BUT FLOWER MOUND.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD A LIST OF COMPREHENSIVELY ON THE WEBSITE FOR PARENTS.
AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN RAISE UP OUR KIDS.
SO OUR KIDS THAT ARE DOING LIKE WE'RE HAVING SIGNING DAY TOMORROW AT FLOWER MOUND HIGH SCHOOL.
THERE ARE NUMEROUS, NUMEROUS CHILDREN IN OUR AREA THAT ARE GOING TO COLLEGES, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GO DUE TO SPORTS, AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS AN EASY FEAT. THEIR GRADES HAVE TO BE GOOD.
THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PUT IN A LOT OF DEDICATION AND TIME, AND WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR KIDS AND SHOW THEM THAT THE TOWN IS INVESTING IN THEM AS MUCH AS THEY'RE INVESTING IN US.
WE'RE A BIG THING THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON TO TRY TO DO FOR THE FUTURE.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LOOKING ALREADY INTO SEPTEMBER AND AUGUST OF HOW WE CAN WELCOME THESE NEW FAMILIES COMING IN, BECAUSE WE HAVE NUMEROUS FAMILIES THAT ARE MOVING IN CONTINUOUSLY INTO THE TOWN. HOW CAN WE HELP THEM MORE THAN JUST GIVE THEM A LIST OF THE AVAILABLE SCHOOLS IN THE AREA? WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY DOING A VOLUNTEER HOURS AND SCHOLARSHIP HOURS FAIR HERE WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE LOCAL BUSINESSES, LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, MEET WITH THE PARENTS AND BE ABLE TO HAVE THE KIDS BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT IS AVAILABLE IN THE AREA, BECAUSE OUR TOWN REALLY DOES INVEST INTO OUR CHILDREN.
BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS.
WE WANT TO BRING AS MUCH EDUCATION AS POSSIBLE.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. WE'RE PRETTY SHORT AND SWEET.
SO ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH. SO WHERE LIKE I HAVE TWO NJHS STUDENTS WHO TEND TO PROCRASTINATE ON THEIR VOLUNTEER HOURS.
AND WHERE DO WE WHERE ARE WE GOING TO HOST THIS INFORMATION? BECAUSE IT SURE WOULD BE GREAT IF I COULD JUST GO AND PICK OUT SOME UPCOMING.
WE'RE TRYING TO PUT THAT TOGETHER RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE OUR LIST IS ABOUT 60 DIFFERENT PLACES, SO WE'RE TRYING TO NARROW IT DOWN AND MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE BY THE AGE GROUPS THAT IT WOULD BE, BUT ALSO AVAILABLE HOURS. WOULD THEY BE WORKING WEEKDAYS? WEEKENDS? WOULD THEY NEED SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS? WE DO HAVE PLACES THAT DO EQUINE HEALTH THAT ACTUALLY ASSIST WITH THE KIDS BEING ABLE TO WALK THE HORSES AND BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM, BUT THEY DO HAVE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS DUE TO AGE.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO NARROW THAT DOWN.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER AS A PARENT RATHER THAN JUST HAVING A LONG LIST.
AND YOU GET TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE YOUR KID WOULD FALL INTO.
DO WE THINK THE TOWN'S WEBSITE WOULD BE THE CLEARINGHOUSE FOR THIS, OR IS THERE SOME OTHER, BETTER LOCATION TO PRESENT ALL THAT TO PARENTS WHO NEED THAT INFORMATION? WE'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW.
YOU START LOOKING OTHER DIRECTIONS TO DO IT.
SO IF WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE ONE ON ONE TIME WITH INDIVIDUALS, AND IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE CAN USE TO HELP BOOST FLOWER MOUND TO SHOW THAT THEY'RE INVESTED IN OUR KIDS. WE HAVE MANY, MANY FAMILIES AND OUR SCHOOLS ARE JUST GROWING BY SIZE.
MINDY, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE ASKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, I KNOW THERE'S AN EFFORT TOWARDS THIS, BUT I KNOW THERE'S HISTORICALLY THE FOCUS HAS BEEN LISD, WE ALSO HAVE AISD, WE'VE GOT PRIVATE SCHOOLS, WE'VE GOT CHARTER SCHOOLS, WE'VE GOT NORTHWEST.
SO CAN YOU TALK ABOUT ANY OF THE POTENTIAL OUTREACH TO THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR SCHOOLS WITHIN OUR TOWN? SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S THREE BOARD MEMBERS ON THE BOARD, MANU, CLAUDIA AND MYSELF.
AND WE'VE ACTUALLY EACH TAKEN ONE OF THE ISDS, AND WE'VE BEEN REACHING OUT TO THE LOCAL BOARD MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN ASSIST THEM MORE AND HOW WE CAN KEEP COMMUNICATION GOING.
AND I'M NOT JUST TALKING THE ISDS, I'M TALKING EVERY SCHOOL.
SO THAT GETS CONFUSING IN ITSELF.
SO WE ARE FINDING WAYS NORTHWEST ISD AND ARGYLE TO GET MORE.
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AND SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR THE 501C3 IN OUR COMMUNITY TO HAVE THIS CLEARINGHOUSE.AND, YOU KNOW, IF THEY LEAVE, RETIRE, WHATEVER, IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHO TO GO FORWARD.
SO I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY HELPFUL FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS.
THANK YOU. LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, IS OUR TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.
CHRIS READ. ALL RIGHT, CHRIS, MY PICTURE IS STILL ON THERE.
YOU NOTICED? YES, I ACTUALLY DID THAT ON PURPOSE.
WE WERE WANTING TO SEE IF YOU ACTUALLY CAUGHT ON TO THAT OR NOT.
OKAY. I'LL START OFF, HONORABLE MADAM MAYOR DISTINGUISHED COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF, I'M CHRIS REED.
I'M THE CHAIR FOR THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COME IN TO KIND OF DO THESE UPDATES AND FEEDBACK SESSIONS.
YOU KNOW, YOU ALL WATCH US, YOU KNOW, EVERY MONTH.
ANYWAY, IF WE DON'T GET TO SEE YOU ALL THAT OFTEN.
SO. OKAY JUST AN UPDATE FOR WHAT WE'VE KIND OF WORKED ON IN THIS PAST YEAR.
THESE ARE JUST THE HIGHLIGHTS.
WE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THOROUGHFARE PLANS.
AND THIS YEAR WE WENT OVER THE KIRKPATRICK THREE, WHICH IS KIND OF POPPED UP A COUPLE TIMES.
AND I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE QUIETENED IT FOR A WHILE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE HAD TIME TO SEE THE MEETING FROM THEN THE, YOU KNOW, SIDEWALKS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS OR SO, SPENDING, I THINK OUR BUDGETS ROUGHLY ABOUT 150,000 A YEAR.
SO WE'RE GETTING IT'S GETTING TOUGH WITH THE SIDEWALK LINKS BECAUSE WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF THE EASY ONES, AND WE'RE RUNNING INTO THE HARD ONES THAT COST MORE THAN THE 150,000.
SO WE'RE STARTING TO EVALUATE WHETHER WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO ADD OR ASK FOR MORE MONEY, OR IF WE NEED TO START COMBINING UP YEARS TYPE OF THING. NEXT ONE IS STREETLIGHT PRIORITY.
WE HAVE THE ONES THAT WE PUT IN THE RESIDENTIAL OR IN THE CRASH LOCATIONS, MAINLY AT THE INTERSECTIONS WHERE WE'VE DECIDED THAT THAT IT'S BENEFICIAL FOR THEM. ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE A BUDGET FOR THAT THAT WE'RE GIVEN, AND WE TRY TO PRIORITIZE BASED ON THOSE THINGS.
I THINK THIS YEAR WE WENT OFF OF THE RESIDENTIAL REQUESTS.
I DON'T THINK WE HAD ANY CRASH LOCATIONS.
WE'VE ASSISTED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE AND THE CROSSING GUARDS.
THE CROSSING GUARD SUPERVISORS CAME IN LAST NIGHT TO ALSO THAT PROGRAM OR THAT THOSE MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE TWICE A YEAR, I THINK THAT'S BEEN REALLY BENEFICIAL, REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE THE BOTH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND I GUESS THEY'RE ALL WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT THE SUPERVISOR COMES IN AND WE'RE GETTING REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK.
I LIKE TO SEE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BE MORE PROACTIVE WITH THE SAFETY WITH THE KIDS.
WE'VE THEY'VE ASKED TO MOVE GUARDS AROUND.
I THINK WE ARE ACTUALLY MAKING ANOTHER CHANGE OR TWO FOR NEXT YEAR.
OBVIOUSLY WE TALKED ABOUT CIP INPUTS.
IF WE'RE, IF IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE PAVEMENT ANALYSIS FEEDBACK IS COMING UP.
I THINK WE'RE WAITING ON THE DATA TO COME IN.
AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THAT, THERE'S I THINK WE'RE ABOUT TIME FOR ANOTHER PAVEMENT ANALYSIS.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG DEAL.
LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR US IS IMPORTANT, AND I KNOW THAT WE NEED TO STAY PROACTIVE.
WE I'VE GOT IT IN AS A AS AN UPDATE.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DOING KIRKPATRICK OVER NEAR GARDEN RIDGE.
I THINK WE NEED TO DO THAT NOT.
YEAH. THE MEETING I THINK THEY DECIDED I THINK WE DECIDED NOT.
THEY WEREN'T GOING TO CHANGE IT I CAN'T REMEMBER.
I THINK WE SAID THAT WE WANTED TO CHANGE THE NAME.
YEAH. AND THAT ONE LITTLE STRIP EAST WEST PART OF IT.
YEAH. JUST THAT ONE LITTLE PIECE.
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RIGHT. BECAUSE IT'S NOT CONNECTED.SO AND THAT CAME OUT OF SINCE NOW THAT WE'RE NOT WANTING TO CONNECT THE PHASE THREE SECTION.
SO AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE INFORMATION WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
WE'RE TRYING, WE'VE BASICALLY WE DISCUSSED IS THERE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE OR ORDINANCES, THOSE AREAS TO HELP KIND OF STAY AHEAD OF IT? IT'S HARD WHEN WE ARE BEING REACTIVE TO CHANGES, BUT OF COURSE, WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE TECHNOLOGY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE NEED TO BE PROACTIVE TOWARDS.
HIGH SPEED ENFORCEMENT AREA FEEDBACK FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF THEM.
I KNOW THAT COLLEGE WEST OF MORRIS WAS UNDER THE NEW UNDER THE NEW ENFORCEMENT.
IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WAS GOOD FEEDBACK THAT WHAT WE RECEIVED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS TO HELP SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN WHEN THERE'S OVERLY, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY BLATANTLY SPEEDING.
SO WE GET AN UPDATE ON THOSE ONCE A YEAR, TWICE A YEAR.
DEPENDS ON WHEN WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT.
ONE THING WE DID DO AS A COMMISSION, NON COMMISSION, NON MEETING WISE IS WE GOT TO TOUR THE NTTA OPERATIONS FACILITY OVER OFF OF GEORGE BUSH AND SEE HOW THEY RUN THE A COUPLE OF HUNDRED MILES OF TOLL ROADS. AND IT WAS A IT WAS INTERESTING TO US.
WE GOT TO SEE A BUNCH OF THINGS.
THEY TIME TOGETHER SO THAT THEY FLASH IN ORDER AND THEIR LITTLE PUCKS, LIKE THAT TYPE OF THING.
SO, SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE PAST YEAR.
ONE OF THE THINGS BEING THE STREETLIGHT PRIORITY.
AND THERE'S WE'RE WONDERING ABOUT IF WE SHOULD START TALKING ABOUT ARTERIAL STREETS FOR THE LENGTH OF THE STREETS, NOT JUST THE INTERSECTIONS OR PRONE AREAS WHERE WE THINK LIGHT LIGHTING IS MORE IMPORTANT.
THIS IS JUST, LIKE I SAID, IN THE PAST, I THINK THERE HAS BEEN THE COUNCIL DECIDED NOT TO WANT TO PURSUE THIS ON NEWER CONSTRUCTION ROADS, BUT, YOU KNOW, IS IT IS IT TIME TO JUST REVIEW AND DECIDE, HEY, IS THIS SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO? I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU MEAN.
SO WE WOULD DO IT DOWN THE ENTIRE QUARTER OR DO WHAT? PUT STREET LIGHTS IN.
OKAY. OH, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOT SIGNALS, BUT LIGHTS.
YEAH. LIGHTING. LIKE WE'RE DOING AT THE INTERSECTIONS WHERE WE DOWN.
MORRIS. WE'VE PUT QUITE A FEW IN.
OKAY. IT WOULD JUST BE AT A MORE REGULAR INTERVAL OR ALL THE INTERSECTIONS.
WE RIGHT NOW ARE KIND OF HITTING THE ONES WHERE THEY'RE HIGHER TRAFFIC.
WE HAVE THE PRIORITY TOWARDS IT BEING IS A SAFETY CONCERN.
IS THERE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS? THOSE TYPES OF THINGS BECAUSE WE WANT TO LIGHT THOSE AREAS UP.
I'M WORRIED ABOUT OVERDOING IT BECAUSE I THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BE LIKE A DARK SKY.
THAT'S I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY THAT BECAUSE WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE DARK SKY COMMUNITY AND BUT WITH THE DARK SKY COMMUNITY IS THE LIGHTING GOES DOWN AT A CERTAIN HOUR, RIGHT. WE CAN BE COMPLIANT WITH DARK SKY AND STILL BE LIT UP.
RIGHT. THE GROUND BE LIT UP RATHER RELATIVELY WELL.
AND THAT'S THAT'S THE CHALLENGE, RIGHT? AND BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THE WHOLE TOWN TO LOOK LIKE A PARKING LOT.
SO IT'S A IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS LET'S DO WE DO IT OR NOT.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE HOW DO WE GET IT RIGHT? AND THAT'S A CHALLENGE. THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING YOU GUYS WILL HAVE TO PUT SOME THOUGHT INTO.
YEAH IT WOULD. IT'S MAINLY GOING TO DO WE DO YOU WANT US TO EVEN LOOK AT IT.
YEAH. WELL IF WE'RE GOING TO GO SAY NO WE DON'T WE.
BUT LOOK AT IT IN THE CONTEXT OF HOW DO WE GET IT RIGHT.
YEAH. YEAH. THAT'S IT'S TOUGH.
YEAH. AND THEN TRAFFIC FLOW STRATEGIES.
THAT'LL TAKE YOU TO THE WEBSITE FOR THAT.
WE'RE IMPLEMENTING PART OF THAT AND WE'VE TESTED WITH IT.
IT'S A PRETTY GOOD APP THAT ALLOWS MOST MOVING PERSONS EITHER PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLISTS, VEHICLES TO HAVE SOME LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION WITH OTHER OTHER TRAVELING PERSONS AROUND YOU.
SO THE WHERE WE NOTICED, WE THINK THAT THE APPLICATION WORKS BEST OR WORKS REALLY WELL IS THE EMERGENCY SERVICE VEHICLES WOULD BE BROADCASTING THEIR LOCATION.
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AND AS I'M AS A DRIVER, I CAN'T SEE WHERE THEY ARE.I MIGHT NOT HEAR THEM, BUT IT WARNS ME THAT ONE IS COMING TOWARDS ME.
IT MIGHT BE COMING TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, AHEAD OF ME OR WHATEVER, BUT I MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT IT YET.
SO IT'S GIVING ME WARNING ON IT.
ANOTHER ONE THAT I THINK WE TESTED WITH WAS ONE OF THE CROSSING GUARDS.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS IS A IS A GUARD.
AND I THINK WE HAD HIM SET UP WITH HIS PHONE WITH IT TURNED ON AND A VEHICLE APPROACHED.
AND THE VEHICLE WAS WARNED THAT THERE'S A CROSSING GUARD.
VEHICLES CAN BE WARNED THAT THERE'S AN UPCOMING RED LIGHT.
VEHICLES CAN BE WARNED THAT THERE'S A SCHOOL ZONE COMING.
SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE NEXT LEVEL OF ADVANCED WARNING FOR MOTORISTS, BUT IT CAN BE USED FOR BICYCLISTS, FOR PEDESTRIANS.
IS THAT ON THOSE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES TOO? I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IN THOSE OR NOT.
AND IT'S THREE YEARS OLD ALREADY AND SO I CAN SEE AHEAD OF ME, YOU KNOW, THE LIGHT, OBVIOUSLY, BUT I HAVE A LITTLE THING ON THE DASHBOARD THAT SAYS 30S 25 SECONDS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF COUNTS IT DOWN.
YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF THAT'S AN AUDI, RIGHT ANN? I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION FOR YOU, CHRIS, AND THAT WAS ABOUT WHEN YOU MENTIONED THE STREET NAME CHANGES, POTENTIALLY.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT, DO WE ALSO EVALUATE THE POTENTIAL COST TO PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS AND OR BUSINESSES WHO ARE LOCATED ON THE STREET WITH THE POTENTIAL NAME CHANGE? BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES THERE CAN BE A LOT OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE CHANGED, LEGAL DOCUMENTS, BANKING STATEMENTS, MAILING ADDRESSES, ALL THOSE THINGS.
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
YES WE DO. I THINK THAT STRIP OF KIRKPATRICK DIDN'T HAVE HOUSES ON IT, THOUGH.
I THINK THERE'S ONLY ONE ADDRESS.
IS IT STILL THERE OR NO? YEAH, THERE'S, I THINK TECHNICALLY THERE'S ONLY ONE ADDRESSED LOT ON THAT SECTION OF KIRKPATRICK.
BUT YES, WE DO CONSIDER IT WHEN WE WHEN WE CHANGED PART OF LONG PRAIRIE DOWN BY THE INTERNATIONAL. YEAH.
DOWN. YEAH. DOWN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN.
AND IT'S LIKE, HOW BIG OF AN IMPACT IS THIS? AND IT'S SOMETHING WE DO, WE, WE BRING INTO CONSIDERATION IF IT I DON'T THINK WE'VE CHANGED THE NAME OR ROAD NAME WHERE IT'S BEEN LIKE, OH, THIS IS GOING TO COST THE RESIDENTS OR THE LANDOWNERS A BUNCH OF MONEY.
AND IT'S LIKE, WELL, OKAY, WE WE'RE TRYING TO DO THIS FOR A GOOD REASON.
OKAY. ONE THING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING AND I'VE BEEN TOSSING AROUND FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, AND I THINK THIS YEAR I'M GOING TO ASK IF YOU WANT US TO LOOK INTO AS THE OFF HIGHWAY VEHICLE/GOLF CART/ELECTRIC VEHICLE NEIGHBORHOOD ELECTRIC VEHICLE ORDINANCES.
THE STATE LAW CHANGED A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
I COME OUT OF THE OFF ROAD COMMUNITY.
AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE TO DO WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING, I KNOW THAT TECHNICALLY IT'S NOT LEGAL.
THE IT THE WAY THE LAW CHANGED, IT ALLOWS THE THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES TO SET THE ORDINANCE THE WAY THEY WANT TO SET IT WITHIN THE RULES THAT THE STATE HAS SET.
RIGHT. THE BIGGEST ONE, I THINK, THAT AFFECTS US AS A COMMUNITY IS GOLF CARTS, MAYBE A NEIGHBORHOOD, ELECTRIC VEHICLES EVEN I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S A TON OF THEM GOLF CARTS.
WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW COURSES.
THEY USE THE GOLF CARTS AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
UNDER STATE LAW, WE HAVE TO ALLOW IT.
IT'S AUTOMATICALLY DISALLOWED.
MEANING IT'S THE STATE SAYS THAT WE CAN ALLOW IT, BUT IT'S NOT AUTOMATICALLY ALLOWED.
SO OUR RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT ALLOWED IN FLOWER MOUND.
WELL I DON'T KNOW. I HAVEN'T LOOKED INTO THE ORDINANCES WELL ENOUGH.
THE ISSUES I'VE HAD WITH THE ORDINANCES IS THEY'RE TOUGH TO SEARCH AND TRY TO GET THE DETAILS OF AND IF I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE I'M LOOKING FOR, I'M IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, THEN IT MIGHT NOT BE THERE.
BUT THERE WAS, I KNOW OF A COUPLE GOLF CART ACCIDENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED.
ONE RECENTLY, WHEN MATT AND I TALKED ABOUT IT, THERE WAS ONE IN THE PAST.
I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THIS RECENT ONE, EXCEPT THAT I KNOW THERE WAS TWO INJURIES..
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NEW STATE LAW. AND IT DOES IT HAVE TO BE IN A SPEED ZONE OF 25MPH OR LESS? THERE'S A WHOLE SET OF RULES, DEPENDING ON THE TYPES OF THINGS.MORE OR LESS, NOTHING CAN BE ON ANYTHING GREATER THAN 35.
ALSO, I WONDERED, WOULD THIS POSSIBLY INCLUDE E-BIKES AND SCOOTERS? NO, THEY DON'T FALL UNDER THE DEFINITION FOR THE FOR THAT PART OF THE STATE LAW.
WE THE ONLY THING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FOR SCOOTERS IS WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING, WHETHER OR NOT WE THINK WE SHOULD TACKLE THE THE SCOOTER RENTAL ELECTRIC RENTAL THING.
BUT WE'RE NOT SEEING ANY INTEREST HERE IN THE TOWN JUST YET.
SO WE'VE JUST BEEN KIND OF PUNTING.
I WAS ONCE A, I WAS APPROACHED A FEW YEARS AGO BY A VENDOR AND ASKED IF I WOULD MEET WITH THEM TO DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, SCOOTERS, AND I JUST POLITELY DECLINED AND I SAID, I'M SORRY, BASED ON THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS AND THE OTHER PROBLEMS, I HAVE NO INTEREST IN THAT AND I'M STILL BELIEVE THE SAME AS FAR AS THE RENTALS GO, BUT I'VE SEEN A NUMBER OF VERY UNSAFE CONDITIONS AND BEHAVIORS OF PEOPLE ON SCOOTERS, AND I JUST WISH WE COULD DO SOMETHING TO ADDRESS IT BEFORE A VERY BAD THING HAPPENS.
YEAH, I MEAN, THAT WOULD THAT WOULD FALL WITHIN US.
SO. DOES ANYONE ELSE ON COUNCIL HAVE FEELINGS ABOUT THE E-BIKES AND THE SCOOTER EXPOSURE POTENTIALLY? I SEE THE KIDS RIDING THEM ALL THE TIME.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE PRIMARY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION FOR, YOU KNOW, TEENAGERS NOWADAYS.
AND THEY'RE ON THE SIDEWALKS AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE I'D RATHER THEY WERE PERSONALLY.
AND IT WASN'T THE CARS FAULT WAS THE DETERMINATION.
WHY ARE WE TREATING THE E-BIKES DIFFERENTLY THAN REGULAR BICYCLES? THEY CAN ATTAIN HIGHER RATES OF SPEED.
SUSTAINED. THAT WAS MY CONCERN PERSONALLY.
OKAY. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE TEXAS LAWS.
AND BASICALLY IT STARTS APPROACHING LIKE A SCOOTER SLASH MOTORCYCLE VERSUS A BIKE.
THEY, IF YOU'RE UNDER A CERTAIN WATTAGE, THEN YOU'RE TREATED AS A CYCLIST.
AND IF YOU'RE OVER A CERTAIN WATTAGE YOU'RE TREATED AS A MOTORCYCLIST.
BUT LIKE I KNOW THAT SOME STATES DO IT THAT WAY.
YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK ENCOURAGING SAFE USE IS A DEFINITELY A PRIORITY.
OKAY. SO IS THAT SOMETHING YOU ALL ARE GOING TO ADD TO YOUR AGENDA? I GUESS IF YOU'RE ASKING US TO DO IT, YES, WE WILL ADD IT.
THAT WOULD BE NICE. YEAH, YEAH, I'D LIKE THAT.
WE WE'VE WE'RE BRINGING UP DRONE DELIVERY.
I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHERE WE'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO IT.
I JUST MY NOTES HERE THAT I WAS KIND OF THINKING ABOUT THIS IT IS A NEAR ISSUE.
IT'S NOT A FAR ISSUE AT THIS POINT.
WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE DOING DRONE DELIVERIES OUT OF WALMART IN LEWISVILLE.
THEY GOT THE LANDING PAD RIGHT THERE IN THE PARKING LOT.
YOU CAN'T MISS IT. I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE IS DOING IT.
I'VE HEARD CVS IS GETTING CLOSE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT HERE OR NOT.
I JUST THIS IS WHAT I'M HEARING.
AND SO WHAT WE IS WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO LOOK INTO IF WE HAVE COMPLIANCE ISSUES, DO WE HAVE ORDINANCES THAT ARE IN THE WAY OF ALLOWING THIS TO OCCUR? AND THEN DO WE HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES, MEANING ARE WE BLOCKING THIS FROM OCCURRING? I KNOW THAT DRONE DELIVERY IS GOING TO BE TRICKY.
I WAS TALKING TO MATT ABOUT IT.
I WAS LIKE, I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY WOULD DELIVER TO MY HOUSE.
MY FRONT TREE COVERS MY ENTIRE DRIVEWAY, YARD, EVERYTHING, AND PART OF THE HOUSE.
SO HOW WOULD THEY DO THAT? DROP IT IN THE BACKYARD.
I'M ON YOUR ROOF, I DON'T KNOW.
YEAH, PUT IT ON THE ROOF ON MY TWO STORY HOUSE.
SO I'LL BE LIKE, WELL, I GUESS I'M GETTING THAT LATER.
SO IT'S, IT'S WE KNOW THAT IT'S COMING AND IT'S PROBABLY CLOSER THAN WE THINK.
I DON'T KNOW THE COMPLIANCE ISSUES WITH THE FAA BECAUSE THE AIRPORT BASICALLY US BEING DIRECTLY UNDER THE FLIGHT PATH FOR MOST OF THE TOWN, BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE MIGHT NEED TO LOOK INTO.
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LAWS. BUT IN THIS CASE, WE COULD ADD SCOOTER SAFETY INTO IT.THE ONES THAT THE THREE TOPICS THAT WE CAME OR THREE TOPICS WOULD BE LIKE CROSSING GUARD SAFETY AND WHAT IS LEGAL AT CROSSING GUARDS OR AT CROSSWALKS.
SO WE KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE OR SOME DRIVERS ARE MISUNDERSTANDING WHEN THEY CAN GO WHEN THE CROSSING GUARDS GOT THE STOP SIGN UP, BECAUSE LEGALLY THERE ARE TIMES YOU CAN GO PAST THEM, BUT NOT IF THEY'RE ON YOUR SIDE OF THE ROAD.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO LEAVE IT OPEN TO SAY, HEY, THERE'S BEEN INSTANCES WHERE THEY THINK, AND I DON'T NEED TO WAIT, AND THEY SHOULD BE WAITING, OR SOME PEOPLE ARE WAITING, WHICH IS ALWAYS THE SAFE SIDE WHEN THEY MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY NEED TO WAIT.
ROAD RAGE, WE SEE IT ALL THE TIME AND THEN TRAVEL SPEEDS, WHICH SEEMS TO BE A HOT TOPIC RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE LAST NIGHT WE TALKED ABOUT TRAVEL SPEEDS ON SOME OF THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
AND IT'S JUST THE WE KNOW THAT WE'VE DONE SOME PSA WORK.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE A FEW FOR EITHER TRANSPORTATION OR WORKS OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT'D BE WE MIGHT MIGHT LOOK INTO THAT AGAIN.
ANOTHER ONE YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER FOR THE PSA VIDEOS WOULD BE RED LIGHT RUNNING.
YOU MEAN HOW TO DO IT OR NOT TO DO IT? HOW TO DO IT AND NOT GET CAUGHT? JUST KIDDING. BUT CAN YOU DO THAT, BRIAN? SO THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
SO IF THERE'S ANY MORE COMMENTS, COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.
SO A COUPLE THINGS THAT I DIDN'T SEE ON HERE.
I THINK LAKE FOREST WAS THE LAST ONE THAT I HAD HEARD ABOUT.
YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
ANOTHER THING THAT WE I'VE HAD SOME FEEDBACK ON IS WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE OUR ROADS LAST LONGER, SO WE'RE RESURFACING THEM, PUTTING LIKE A, YOU KNOW, MAYBE AN INCH OR TWO OF ASPHALT ON TOP. SOME FEEDBACK.
SOME PEOPLE LIKE IT, SOME PEOPLE DON'T.
AND WHAT OTHER OPTIONS DO WE HAVE? IS THAT THE BEST ONE? YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE THE MAXIMUM LIFESPAN OUT OF OUR ROADS.
BUT ALSO WE MAKE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE USING IT HAPPY AS WELL.
AND THE LAST ONE I DIDN'T SEE WAS ADAPTIVE.
IT'S SO MUCH BETTER THAN 2499, IN MY OPINION.
FROM MY EXPERIENCE, SEAT OF THE PANTS.
SO DO WE NEED TO START TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP? IS THERE ANOTHER CORRIDOR THAT WE WANT TO PICK OUT AND IS IT WORKING THE WAY WE THINK? I KNOW IT'S NOT PERFECT, BUT I FEEL LIKE IT'S IT'S A GOOD EXPERIENCE WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING ON MORRIS.
EVEN DURING I ACTUALLY HAD THE SAME QUESTION.
IF YOU WERE GOING TO DO ADAPTIVE SIGNALING, LIKE ON 2499..
SO WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT LET'S SEE WHAT YEAR 25-26.
BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT TIME THAT WE'D HAVE A BUDGET.
OR WE COULD ASK FOR MORE MONEY TO DO IT.
I THINK WE WANT TO HAVE IT AS A DECISION PACKAGE TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THAT INVESTMENT.
AND SO I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY DUE FOR ANOTHER UPDATE ON THAT AND HOW THAT'S GOING.
IT IS A IT'S A IT'S A COMPLEX PROBLEM BECAUSE IT'S YOU GOT TO WORK IT IN LIKE WHEN WE'RE IF WE'RE BUYING NEW EQUIPMENT, WE'RE REPLACING EQUIPMENT, THEN IT'S, IT'S IDEAL THAT WE COULD START TALKING ABOUT HAVING IT ALREADY THERE, BUT PUTTING IT INTO A PLACE JUST BECAUSE WE'RE REPLACING THE INFRASTRUCTURE WHILE WE'RE NOT REPLACING INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND IT, IT'S NOT THE RIGHT PLACE FOR IT.
BUT IT IS IT'S MONEY TO BE SPENT.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO CHALLENGE IT FROM, YOU KNOW, THE ADAPTIVE IS KIND OF THE TRYING TO ADJUST THE TIMING OF THE LIGHT, BUT THE PREDICTIVE, HOW DO WE GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, TRYING TO LEARN FROM WHAT THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS ARE AND ADJUST ITSELF? I THINK THAT'S THE NEXT LEVEL, SINCE I DON'T KNOW MUCH ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
IT'S. YEAH, I MEAN, WE WE IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO BE TO TO START LOOKING INTO THOSE AREAS, WE'VE, WE DABBLED INTO IT A LITTLE BIT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND WE'VE WHERE WE SAID, LET'S LEARN ABOUT IT.
AND THEN WE GO, OKAY, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT SOME FEEDBACK.
AND NOW WE'RE KIND OF GOING, WELL, WE'RE WAITING ON TECHNOLOGY TO CATCH UP.
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YEAH. YEAH OR TO BE DEPLOYED.SO YEAH JUST UNDERSTANDING IT.
AND AS A TOWN IF THERE'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO TAKE.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
OKAY. HEY I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE.
WE HAVE THE SPECIAL THE SECOND SPECIAL MEETING.
I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE A FIVE MINUTE INTERMISSION.
BEFORE THAT, DO I NEED TO? DO A STOP TIME.
YOU COULD JUST ANNOUNCE THAT WE'RE GONNA TAKE A.
YEAH, OKAY. WE'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK, SO WE'LL RESUME AT 7:55. YEAH, 7:55 ROUND NUMBER.
OKAY. THIS IS PART TWO OF OUR SPECIAL MEETING TONIGHT.
[G. SPECIAL MEETING (2 OF 2)]
SO WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR INTERVIEWS FOR PLANNING AND ZONING.AND TONIGHT WE HAVE FOUR PEOPLE SO FAR WHO HAVE CHECKED IN FOR THE THE INTERVIEWS TONIGHT.
AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE HAVING ANOTHER SET OF INTERVIEWS MAY 28TH.
OH, I WANT THIS TO BE COMFORTABLE FOR EVERYBODY.
SO JUST TELL US SOME, SOME THINGS ABOUT WHY YOU WANT TO BE ON PLANNING AND ZONING.
WHAT YOUR BACKGROUND IS SOME GENERAL INFORMATION THAT YOU THINK WE WOULD WANT TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR PASSION FOR BEING ON PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION? THE FIRST ONE FOR FIRST PERSON WILL HAVE COME UP IS MIKE BEAN.
YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO WHY? SO I GREW UP HERE, AND, YOU KNOW, I LIVED HERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL HERE.
OF COURSE, IT LOOKED A LOT DIFFERENT BACK THEN.
THERE WAS LITTLE WHITE BUILDINGS SITTING WHERE WE'RE STANDING NOW.
BUT I WENT AWAY WITH THE MILITARY AND LANDED IN NASHVILLE AND MARRIED MY WIFE.
SO NOW I'M A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER.
I OWN THE STATE FARM OFFICE ON 2499.
SO I HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN THE TOWN.
AND I KNOW SOMEBODY TALKED ABOUT THE COUNTRY ATMOSPHERE HERE.
AND I WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT AS BEST WE CAN AS WE GROW.
STATE FARM ACTUALLY PULLED OUT OF CALIFORNIA BECAUSE OF THAT.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF BRING THAT EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE INTO IT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT IMPEDING OR, YOU KNOW, CAUSING SOMETHING TO HURT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE'S INSURANCE RATES BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO PAY MORE EVERY MONTH.
SO I'D LIKE TO KEEP GOING IN THAT SAME DIRECTION.
I THOUGHT IT WAS HAIL, HONESTLY.
LIKE, BUT WHAT IS IT THAT TOWNS ARE DOING THAT ARE MAKING INSURANCE COMPANIES THINK TWICE ABOUT SERVING? SO IT'S GOT A LOT TO DO WITH THE RESPONSE RATES LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT WITH FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
OTHER THINGS IS WATER HAVING ACCESS TO WATER, FIRE HYDRANTS, STUFF LIKE THAT, SPRINKLER SYSTEM ORDINANCES, THOSE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE BUILDING CODES THAT WILL CAUSE INSURANCE COMPANIES TO NOT NECESSARILY JUST PULL OUT OF AN INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY, BUT WILL CAUSE RATES TO SKYROCKET BECAUSE ALL THAT STUFF'S BASED OFF ZIP CODE.
AND SO WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, THEN THEY'RE SAYING, WELL, MAYBE I WON'T.
EXACTLY. IF WE GO IN AND WE BUILD A NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT WATER SYSTEMS FOR FIRE HYDRANTS OR THE BUILDING CODES ARE LOWER, THEN INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE GOING TO COME IN, AND THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE RATES, NOT ONLY THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE, BUT EVERYBODY WITHIN THAT ZIP CODE, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S CUMULATIVE.
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SO, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIVE IN THAT ONE PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU LIVE IN THAT ZIP CODE.SO THAT WEALTH'S GOING TO GET SPREAD AMONGST THAT WHOLE ZIP CODE.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO, MIKE, CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR VISION FOR HOW THE TOWN SHOULD CONTINUE TO GROW, LIKE, PARTICULARLY OUT WEST? LIKE, WHAT WOULD YOU BE IN FAVOR OF SEEING IF YOU WERE A VOTING MEMBER OF P&Z? WELL, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GROW.
I KNOW YOU KNOW, THAT'S GIVEN, BUT I JUST WANT I DON'T WANT TO.
I LIKE DRIVING DOWN 1171 AND SEEING FARMS. I LIKE THAT COUNTRY ATMOSPHERE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WORK FROM HOME.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DO TRAVEL OUT, YOU KNOW, INTO DALLAS.
BUT BEING ABLE TO KEEP THAT COUNTRY ATMOSPHERE AS BEST WE CAN IN THE AREAS THAT WE TRY TO DEVELOP.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DO. SO.
I WAS WONDERING IF YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND ANY PLANNING AND ZONING MEETINGS? I HAVE NOT YET.
I JUST GOT ON THE BOARD FOR THE VETERANS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, SO I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO YET.
OR WATCH THEM, MAYBE ON RECORDINGS, OR.
WELL, I'LL ASK A FOLLOW UP, THEN.
THE TIME COMMITMENT IS IS PRETTY INTENSE FOR P AND Z, YOU KNOW, MEETING TWICE A MONTH.
AND DO YOU THINK THAT'S SOMETHING ON MONDAY NIGHTS THAT YOU'LL HAVE THE TIME FOR? YEAH, DEFINITELY. YEAH.
I TRY TO BE INVOLVED IN AS MUCH STUFF AS I CAN, SO THAT WOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE.
I OWN MY OWN BUSINESS SO I CAN KIND OF MAKE MY OWN SCHEDULE.
SOME OF THOSE MEETINGS GO UNTIL LIKE, I THINK THAT'S AWESOME.
SO ALL RIGHT. THANKS, I APPRECIATE IT.
YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. I'M SORRY. SORRY, ANN.
YEAH. SOME OF THOSE MEETINGS GO UNTIL ONE IN THE MORNING, 1:30 IN THE MORNING.
YOU'D BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT.
YEAH, I MEAN, I KNOW IT WOULDN'T BE AN EVERY MEETING THING.
NO, NO, IT'S NOT. THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM.
YEAH. I HAVE A WONDERFUL WIFE WHO TAKES CARE OF MY THREE KIDS.
SHE LETS ME DO WHAT I NEED TO DO.
WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE PLANNING AND ZONING VERSUS SOMETHING LIKE ECC? THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWN AND HOW THINGS ARE GOING? YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO SO MANY PEOPLE FROM THE INSURANCE THAT ARE MOVING IN HERE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, FRESH HOME, HOME BUYERS OR THEY'RE LOOKING IN A CERTAIN AREAS.
SO I HEAR A LOT OF THE CHATTER ABOUT WHAT MAKES, YOU KNOW, FLOWER MOUND MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN, YOU KNOW, LIKE A SOUTH LAKE OR A LANTANA, BECAUSE I ENSURE ALL OVER THE, ALL OVER THE STATE. SO I HEAR THIS STUFF ALL THE TIME AND I'M JUST LIKE, MAN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, MY LITTLE PIECE AND HELPING FLOWER MOUND GROW IN THE RIGHT WAY. THANK YOU.
WHAT'S ONE THING YOU'D CHANGE ABOUT THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND IF YOU COULD? I THINK, THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN, I THINK IS IN A LOT OF WAYS NEGLECTED, AND IT FEELS KIND OF SEPARATED FROM THIS SIDE OF TOWN.
AND SOMEHOW TO CONNECT THOSE TWO WERE THAT THAT SIDE OF TOWN DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT'S ANOTHER TOWN.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS ON HOW TO ACCOMPLISH THAT? THAT'S A TALL ORDER.
NO, I MEAN, NOT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
NO. BUT I THINK IT CAN BE DONE.
IT'S JUST HOW WE DO IT WITHOUT HURTING THAT, YOU KNOW, ATMOSPHERE AND DOING IT TACTFULLY.
OKAY, SO YOU MENTIONED PRESERVING THE COUNTRY ATMOSPHERE.
ARE THERE THINGS THAT YOU THINK THE TOWN IS DOING WELL OR COULD DO MORE OF TO, TO PRESERVE? WELL, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT THINGS HAVE BEEN DONE OR, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE A LOT OF THE ZONING SIGNS, YOU KNOW, AS YOU GO DOWN 1171 SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BEEN APPROVED THROUGH THERE YET.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT PROPERTIES, YOU KNOW, ARE STILL IN, YOU KNOW, HANDS OF INDIVIDUAL OWNERS.
DEVELOPER CAME IN, HE BUILT A APARTMENT COMPLEX, SUPPOSED TO BE HIGH END APARTMENTS.
HE SET THE PRICE, THEY COULDN'T BE SOLD.
NOBODY BOUGHT THEM. NOW THEY'RE SECTION EIGHT.
SO NOW EVERYBODY ELSE'S PROPERTY VALUES ARE DROPPING.
SO PEOPLE ARE MOVING OUT OF THERE AS FAST AS THEY CAN.
YEAH. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN MY OPINION, STOPPED.
GOOD NIGHT. AND CONGRATULATIONS, MA'AM.
OKAY THE NEXT INTERVIEW IS CLAIRE HARRIS.
HI. CLAIRE HARRIS, CURRENTLY SERVING ON ECC.
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AND I HAVE BEEN HONORED TO WORK WITH THOSE COMMISSIONERS ON THE EC TO HELP PRESERVE OUR OPEN SPACE AND TREES.IT REALLY HAS BEEN A REALLY DELIGHT.
YOU ATTEND MOST OF OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS TOO.
WELL, OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO, I'VE TRIED TO ATTEND AS MANY P&Z AND COUNCIL MEETINGS AS I CAN.
IT MADE ME MORE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE TOWN AND BEING MORE INVOLVED.
I'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE TREE ORDINANCE, ZONING, SETBACKS, ARTICULATIONS, EVEN ABOUT SHADES OF GRAY, BUT JUST SCRATCH THE SURFACE, REALLY, OF EVERYTHING THAT THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT THE TOWN PLANNING AND ZONING, ECC, ALL THE PIECES THAT WORK TOGETHER.
FLOWER MOUND REALLY IS A SPECIAL PLACE TO LIVE IN THE METROPLEX.
I WANT TO HELP KEEP FLOWER MOUND SPECIAL.
IT ISN'T EASY TO BALANCE ALL THE PIECES.
BUT I WANT TO BE A SMALL PIECE OF OF HELPING US ACHIEVE OUR GOALS TO DO THOSE THINGS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE BEING CONSIDERED FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING IN WHATEVER WAY YOU THINK BEST.
QUESTIONS. WHY DO YOU HAVE TO COMMENT THAT YOU ARE A CONSTANT STAPLE IN OUR AUDIENCE AT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION? SO AND THAT'S BEEN ONGOING.
YOU WERE AT RIGHT OUT HERE WITH US AT ALL HOURS.
SO I'M JUST PUTTING THAT SHOUT OUT OUT THERE.
SO, CLAIRE, KIND OF BUILDING ON THE QUESTIONS WE HAD WE HAD A MINUTE AGO FROM MR. BEAN. DO YOU HAVE ANY VISIONS OR ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN, THAT DEVELOPMENT, TYING THINGS TOGETHER, THE COUNTRY ATMOSPHERE, KIND OF OPEN ENDED QUESTION FOR YOU. TYING THINGS TOGETHER.
I MEAN, I THINK WE'VE PUT SOME REALLY GOOD GUARDRAILS IN PLACE WITH THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT ORDINANCE FOR SOME OF THAT DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WILL HELP MAINTAIN THAT COUNTRY ATMOSPHERE.
BUT I DON'T KNOW, I THINK THE WEST SIDE IS, IS THE WEST SIDE AND THE EAST SIDE.
AND YES, WE'RE ONE TOWN, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU WANT IT TO BE HOMOGENOUS.
I THINK YOU DO WANT TO HAVE THOSE DIFFERENCES IN YOUR TOWN FOR DIVERSITY.
SO YOU HAD YOU HAVE AN INTERESTING PERSONAL HISTORY BECAUSE YOU LIVE IN A MIXED USE AREA.
AND SO HOW CAN YOU TAKE THAT EXPERIENCE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IT RIGHT AS WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING THE SAME THING ON THE WEST SIDE? AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS THE AREA THAT YOU LIVE IN.
WELL, I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE DONE BECAUSE WHAT WORK AND WHAT DIDN'T WORK.
DOES LAKESIDE WORK? I THINK LAKESIDE WORKS FOR THE MOST PART.
DOES THE RIVERWALK WORK? MAYBE NOT AS WELL.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES AS A COMMISSIONER IS GOING TO BE LOOKING AT, OKAY, SO THEY CAME IN WITH THIS PLAN AND THIS GOOD PLAN, AND NOW THEY'RE COMING BACK AND THEY'RE SAYING WE HAVE TO PIVOT.
AND HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHEN IT'S A CORRECT APPROPRIATE TO PIVOT VERSUS HOLDING SOMEONE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE PROMISES THEY MADE? I KNOW THAT'S AN IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION TO ANSWER, BUT I KIND OF WANT TO GET YOUR HOW DO YOU APPROACH A QUESTION LIKE THAT? WHY ARE THEY WHY DO THEY NEED TO PIVOT? I THINK THE UNDERLYING REASON WHY IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT.
WHAT WHO IS AFFECTED BY THE PIVOT, YOU KNOW, ARE THE RESIDENTS GOING TO SUFFER? IS QUALITY OF LIFE GOING TO SUFFER BECAUSE OF THAT PIVOT? IS THE PIVOT ABOUT MONEY? WHAT I THINK, YES.
WHY THEY NEED TO PIVOT AND THEN WHO IS GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY THAT? ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER IDEAS FOR PRESERVATION WITHIN OUR TOWN AND THINGS WE CAN DO BETTER? AND THIS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER WHEN ECC GAVE THEIR PRESENTATION.
I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT POST OAKS IN PARTICULAR.
THE ACORNS TO OAKS PROGRAM IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT.
SO FROM THE ECC POINT OF VIEW AND THE OPEN SPACE, I THINK THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS.
GROWTH IS GOING TO HAPPEN ON THE WEST SIDE,
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IT'S HOW WE MANAGE IT.YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU'VE LEARNED A LOT, AND I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN VERY ENGAGED AND VERY ACTIVE.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT STANDS OUT AS SOMETHING THAT WAS A SURPRISE TO YOU, EITHER IN A GOOD WAY OR A BAD WAY? HMM'HMM. I HONESTLY DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT.
GOOD EVENING GUYS. HOW ARE YOU? THESE ARE TWO TOUGH ACTS TO FOLLOW.
THEY REALLY WELL QUALIFIED PEOPLE.
I THINK THE REASON WHY I'M UP HERE IS VERY SIMILAR TO THEIR REASONS.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE LIVING HERE.
MY HUSBAND AND I BOUGHT OUR HOME 12 YEARS AGO ALMOST.
AND SOME OF YOU GUYS KNOW ME WELL.
AND MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WE ARE VERY, VERY CLOSE.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE RAISING MY KIDS ON THE BLOCK THAT I LIVE ON.
WE ARE SO FAMILY ORIENTED ON OUR STREET.
HALF OF US GO TO THE SAME CHURCH.
WE IT'S ALL ABOUT BEING TOGETHER, BASICALLY.
PEOPLE ARE JUST COMING AND GOING, SIT IN THEIR LAWN CHAIRS OUT.
I MEAN, IT'S OLD SCHOOL NEIGHBORHOOD, LIKE BACK IN THE DAY STUFF.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND THAT IN AN URBAN AREA.
AND I, I THINK WHAT I COULD BRING TO THE TABLE TO PLANNING AND ZONING IS THE PERSPECTIVE OF PEOPLE.
THAT WHY PEOPLE MOVE HERE TO RAISE KIDS THAT ARE IN THE MID PORTION OF THEIR LIFE, WHERE MIDDLE AGED PEOPLE THAT ARE SUBURBAN MOMS AND DADS, WE LOVE THE SCHOOLS. WE'RE ALL ABOUT THE SOCCER MOM LIFE.
WE LOVE THE COUNTRY FEEL WE WANT AMENITIES TO COME TO WEST FLOWER MOUND THAT, YOU KNOW, I'D LOVE TO HAVE AN HEB OR I MEAN, ALL THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE HUMMING ABOUT, BUT YOU HAVE TO BALANCE THAT WITH, HOW DO WE GET ALL THESE THINGS THAT WE WANT AND PRESERVE THE REASON WHY WE MOVED HERE AND WHY WE FEEL SAFE TO RAISE OUR KIDS HERE, AND WHY I PERSONALLY HAVE IT GREAT.
BECAUSE THE POLICE STATION IS LITERALLY AT THE END OF MY BLOCK, AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S THE SAFEST STREET IN THE WHOLE STATE OF TEXAS, BECAUSE THEY RUN IN THE MORNING AND JOG DOWN MY STREET ALL THE TIME AND HIGH FIVE MY KIDS.
I'M THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD CITIZEN WHO LIVES HERE THAT'S RAISING KIDS HERE.
I HAVE KIDS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
I HAVE KIDS THAT HAVE ALREADY GRADUATED FROM MARCUS, AND I'VE SERVED ON TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.
THERE'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED INFRASTRUCTURE, THERE'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED MAINTENANCE.
AND WHATEVER WE BUILD, WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN.
OBVIOUSLY, AS A HOMEOWNER, I DO NOT LIKE THE HIGH DENSITY.
WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR THE GROWTH TO HAPPEN IN A WAY THAT BENEFITS EVERYONE.
OF COURSE, WE WANT TO PROMOTE PEOPLE TO MOVE INTO OUR COMMUNITY BUT WE WANT TO PROMOTE THE COMMUNITY TO GROW IN A CONTROLLED WAY THAT WE CAN SUPPORT IT, THAT WE CAN HAVE ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR THAT GROWTH.
AND LAST OF ALL, I JUST GRADUATED FROM THE CITIZENS ACADEMY AND WHAT I LEARNED IN THE CITIZENS ACADEMY IS JUST SERVING ON TRANSPORTATION IS THAT'S ONE THING.
BUT YOU GET A BEHIND THE SCENES, BEHIND THE CURTAIN LOOK AT WHAT IT TAKES TO ALL THE MOVING PARTS THAT ARE GOING ON, ALL THE BALLS THAT ARE UP IN THE AIR, THAT ARE CONSTANTLY HAVING TO BE BALANCED AND JUGGLED TO GIVE US ALL THIS COUNTRY FEEL THIS FAMILY ENVIRONMENT, THIS KIND OF IDYLLIC CHILDHOOD THAT MY KIDS ARE HAVING.
IT DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN BY MAGIC.
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THAT'S THAT'S SPECIAL.THAT'S NOT TURNING INTO WHAT I THINK PLANO HAS TURNED INTO AN URBAN JUNGLE.
SO SHALL WE. SAW YOU RECENTLY AS A TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONER.
YOU SAT ON THAT COMMISSION AND WITH THE TIMBER CREEK CONNECTION.
SO YOU HAD AN ISSUE WHERE YOU HAD MOBILITY VERSUS QUALITY OF LIFE, RIGHT? SO HOW WHAT'S YOUR PROCESS ON MAKING A DECISION ON WHICH WAY YOU WANT TO FALL ON THAT ON THAT FORK IN THE ROAD.
SO THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION WAS LITERALLY AT THE END OF MY BLOCK AND WAS GOING TO INCREASE TRAFFIC IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SIGNIFICANTLY, WHEN IT'S SUCH A QUIET LITTLE, YOU KNOW, AREA.
I THINK WHAT THAT BOILS DOWN TO IS FOR ME IN THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION WAS DOES THE EXPENSE AND THE BENEFIT TO THE EVERYONE ELSE, LIKE IF I TRY TO TAKE MY OWN PREJUDICE OUT OF IT, WAS EVERYONE ELSE GOING TO BENEFIT A LOT FROM THIS $12 MILLION EXPENDITURE AND COMPLEXITY OF BUILDING A BRIDGE THAT IS AN ENGINEERING FEAT, BECAUSE IT GOES OVER A CREEK FOR A PRETTY GOOD SPAN AND THEN WOULD HAVE TO LATER BE MAINTAINED.
AND SO IF I JUST REMOVE MY GUT REACTION OF NOT WANTING THAT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND JUST TRY TO THINK, IT'S NOT PRACTICAL TO BUILD THESE THINGS THAT DON'T ARE NOT SERVICEABLE TO THE MAJORITY OF THE TOWN, THE SLEEPIEST PART OF TOWN.
SO YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE OVERALL PICTURE OF WHO ALL GETS TO USE IT.
HOW DOES IT MITIGATE ANY TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IF THEY DO OR DON'T EXIST? WHAT'S THE COST OF BUILDING IT NOW AND WHAT'S THE COST OF MAINTAINING IT LATER? THANK YOU. AND YOU'VE BEEN ON TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, WHAT, TWO AND A HALF YEARS, RIGHT? TWO AND A HALF YEARS. I HAVE ONE ABSENCE FOR CHILDBIRTH.
WELL, I WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE LIKE ANN IF I COULD.
MY HUSBAND WOULD HAVE LET ME, I'D HAVE BEEN ON THE SCREEN.
I WAS ON TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION WITH YOU WHEN THAT HAPPENED.
I MEAN, DID YOU SEE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM LIKE SHE'S TEN MONTHS PREGNANT? YEAH. COMING INTO WORK.
HEY, YOU KNOW. SO IDEAS FOR WHAT ARE WE DOING WELL IN THE TOWN, WHAT CAN WE DO MORE OF? WHAT WE'RE DOING WELL IN THE TOWN? WE ARE KNOCKING IT OUT OF THE BALLPARK ON PARKS AND REC.
I MEAN, WE ARE. I HAVE TO SAY, WE ARE CELEBRATED.
I, I'M A PARK CONNOISSEUR NOW.
I MEAN, I LOVE OUR PARKS AND REC, ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER.
I THINK OUR PARKS AND REC IS KNOCKING IT OUT OF THE PARK.
THERE ARE SO MANY PROGRAMS AVAILABLE AT THE CAC.
YOU AND I HAVE DAUGHTERS ABOUT THE SAME AGE.
I MEAN, I LOVE THEM TO GET TO TAKE LITTLE CLASSES AND GET LITTLE TASTERS OF BASKETBALL OR WHATEVER TO SEE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY EVEN LIKE IT OR WANT TO SPEND MORE TIME DOING IT OR THEY DON'T LIKE IT. OKAY, WE'LL SIGN UP FOR SOCCER NEXT.
THAT WE'RE DEFINITELY KNOCKING THAT OUT OF THE BALLPARK.
WHAT? WHAT? I'D LIKE TO SEE IMPROVEMENT.
THE SENIOR CENTER. WE'RE KNOCKING THE SENIOR CENTER.
WE. I DON'T THINK OUR SENIOR CENTER, ANYONE HOLDS A CANDLE TO OUR SENIOR CENTER.
IT'S AWESOME. IT'S SUPER POPULAR.
THERE'S A HUGE LUNCH THERE ON WEDNESDAYS.
WE'RE KNOCKING THEM OUT OF THE PARK.
WHAT? I THINK AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT.
I'D LOVE TO SEE THE RIVER WALK.
I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE CAUSE OF OUR TOWN COUNCIL AND THE CURRENT STAFF THAT WE HAVE, BUT IT'S A SITUATION THAT WE NEED TO NAVIGATE OUT OF. I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT.
WE LAST THING WE WANT IS A DEAD AREA IN TOWN.
AND SO I THINK WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING THE ECONOMIC TEAM SHOULD PROBABLY BE CONSIDERING WHAT WE DO WITH THAT SPACE. I'M NOT LINKING THESE TOGETHER, BUT WHILE I'M ON IDEAS FOR IMPROVEMENT, POTENTIALLY A CULTURAL ARTS SPACE WOULD BE COOL, IF WE HAD THE MONEY.
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IF WE HAD THE TIME AND MONEY TO INVEST IN IT, I KNOW THE CAC IS GOING TO BE PROBABLY GOING TO BE IMPROVED UPON, HOPEFULLY.AND SO THAT'S I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
SO THAT LOOKED REALLY COOL AND EXCITING.
I KNOW, ANN, YOU WERE A PART OF THAT.
SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERED THE QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, THE PREPARATION WORK IN ADDITION TO THE LONG MEETINGS TWICE A MONTH.
IS THAT A CONCERN FOR YOU? NO, I DO A LOT OF PREP WORK TO GO INTO TRANSPORTATION ALREADY.
I READ FOR A FEW HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING.
SHE'S TWO, BUT MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE DISCUSSED IT.
THANKS, MICHELLE. SO I THINK EVERYBODY'S COVERED.
REALLY? ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE QUESTIONS I MIGHT HAVE ASKED.
I APPRECIATE YOU STEPPING UP LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE HAS.
AND I REALLY LIKE A LOT OF WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE TOWN.
SO, YOU KNOW, AND CITIZENS ACADEMY IS A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY.
SO HOPEFULLY EVERYONE ELSE WILL TAKE YOU UP ON THAT GOOD EXAMPLE.
OKAY, WE HAVE ONE MORE INTERVIEW.
I SERVE WITH CLAIRE ON THE ECC, AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.
BUT AS WHEN THE EMAIL CAME THROUGH ABOUT P&Z HAVING AN OPENING I DECIDED THAT INITIALLY I HAD THOUGHT AH P&Z IS NOT MY THING. WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE THE OPEN HOUSE LAST FALL.
BUT AFTER BEING ON ECC, I REALLY FIGURED OUT THAT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT P&Z CAN DO TO WORK MORE HAND IN HAND WITH ECC AND THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE TOWN.
IT'S ALREADY BEEN TALKED ABOUT, BUT RESPONSIBLE GROWTH.
HOW DO WE GROW AS A TOWN RESPONSIBLY? BECAUSE OUR TREE CANOPY IS NOT EXPANDING.
WE CAN WAIT FOR THE OFFICIAL SURVEY, BUT ENVIRONMENTALLY, OUR GROWTH RATE IS HAVING AN IMPACT.
SO HOW CAN WE HOW CAN WE MITIGATE THAT, CONTINUE TO GROW, CONTINUE TO EXPAND AS A COMMUNITY, BUT DO SO IN A WAY WHERE.
WE'RE MAKING A REASONABLE CHOICES FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AS WE GROW, NOT JUST BECAUSE MORE DWELLINGS MEANS MORE WASTE, BUT IT ALSO, LIKE WAS MENTIONED MEANS MORE STUDENTS AND MORE PEOPLE UTILIZING OUR FACILITIES.
AND SO WHAT IS AS A BIG PICTURE, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND THE MORE MEETINGS WE'VE HAD WHERE WE HAVE BEEN TASKED WITH UNDERSTANDING THE POINT OF THE DEVELOPERS COMING IN, THIS IS THEIR BUSINESS.
THEY'VE BOUGHT THIS PARCEL OF LAND, USUALLY FROM A FAMILY THAT IS A FLOWER MOUND GROWN FAMILY THAT IS TAKING CARE OF THIS LAND AND THEIR STEWARDSHIP OF THIS LAND, YOU KNOW, HAS LED TO THEM MAKING THIS SALE, WHICH IS A VERY POSITIVE THING.
BUT FOR THESE BUILDERS COMING IN, WE A LOT OF THE TIME SEE THESE PLANS, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT'S SO FAR ALONG IN THE PROCESS, AND WE'RE TRYING TO REPRESENT THE CITIZENS WHO ARE SAYING, HEY, WAIT, PUMP THE BRAKES, WE'RE GOING TO WIPE OUT ALL THE TREES EXCEPT FOR THESE 15, BECAUSE THESE ARE THE SPECIMEN TREES.
BUT THE MORE WE HEAR ABOUT THOSE MORE PRESENTATIONS WE SEE, THE MORE I STARTED TO THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK I THINK I COULD BRING SOME PERSPECTIVE TO P&Z FROM ANOTHER PART OF, OF A COMMISSION WORKING TO KEEP THE TOWN FUNCTIONING AND, AND BEAUTIFUL AS WE GROW.
BECAUSE IT IS IT IS A COMMUNITY AND WE DO SHINE.
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FOR P&Z TO TO SEE KIND OF WHAT, HOW TO GROW IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY.SORRY. SORRY I GET NERVOUS, SO I TALK VERY QUICKLY.
YEAH. SO SOME OF THE SAME QUESTIONS WE'VE ASKED THE OTHER FOLKS BEFORE YOU.
YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS, ANY IDEAS ABOUT THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE WELL.
THINGS THAT WE COULD DO BETTER.
ANY IDEAS FOR THE WEST SIDE IN PARTICULAR? I THINK THE UP UNTIL THIS POINT, FLOWER MOUND HAS GROWN REALLY WELL, BUT I THINK AS WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD JUST GOING OFF OF SOME OF THE PLANS THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO REVIEW, THE DENSITY IS IS MORE DENSE IN A LOT OF THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS THAN IT NEEDS TO BE.
AND A LOT OF WHAT THAT LEADS TO IS JUST WIPING OUT CLEAR CUTTING THE LAND.
THEY'LL PAY THE FEE FOR THE SPECIMEN TREES BECAUSE AS WAS BRIEFLY TALKED ABOUT ANYTHING THAT'S NOT A SPECIMEN TREE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO REQUEST OUR APPROVAL FOR IT. THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET A TREE REMOVAL PERMIT.
THEY CAN JUST GO IN AND TAKE THOSE OUT.
AND SO I THINK THAT THERE'S SPACE FOR US TO MAYBE IMPROVE ON THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP, BECAUSE THERE JUST DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AS MANY HOUSES AS CAN FIT IN EVERY DEVELOPMENT.
SO, DANIELLE, WHAT MOTIVATED YOU TO GET INVOLVED AND GET ON A COMMISSION IN THE FIRST PLACE? I AM NOT A NATIVE FLOWER MOUNDER.
ACTUALLY, MY EXTENDED FAMILY WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE, SO I WATCHED MY COUSINS JUST LIVE IN WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THIS MOVIE SET OF ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY AND WHAT THAT REALLY MEANT.
AND SO WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I RELOCATED HERE, I WANTED TO GET INVOLVED, BECAUSE IF THERE'S ONE THING THAT I NOTICED, IT'S THAT GOOD COMMUNITIES, NOT GOOD CITIES, BUT GOOD COMMUNITIES DON'T JUST HAPPEN.
AND WHEN PEOPLE ASSUME SOMEBODY ELSE IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT IS WHEN NOTHING GETS DONE, AND THEN EVERYBODY EITHER BECOMES COMPLACENT AND OKAY WITH NOT BEING GREAT, OR EVERYBODY MOVES AND LETS THE TOWN KIND OF DIMINISH.
SO I WANTED TO BE PART OF OF THE GROUP THAT IS WORKING TO, TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY GREAT.
THANK YOU. SO WITH P AND Z FOR TREE REMOVAL PERMITS, ECC'S RECOMMENDATION DOESN'T GO TO P AND Z.
DOES THAT INFLUENCE ANY OF YOUR DECISIONS ON WHAT? AND IF YOU'D WANT TO MOVE FROM ECC TO P&Z AT ALL.
THE ONLY THE ONLY REASON I THINK THE TWO ARE CONNECTED IS BECAUSE WE'RE KIND OF THE FIRST STOP AT OCC TO GET THAT APPROVAL FOR MOST DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, TO THEN GO TO P&Z AND SAY, WELL, WE GOT THE APPROVAL, BUT BY THE TIME IT GETS TO US, THE DEVELOPER'S PLANS HAVE BEEN MADE BASED OFF OF WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR OUR CURRENT ZONING.
AND SO A LOT OF THE TIME, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING WITH AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE PLANNED.
AND SO MY THINKING IS THAT BY BEING PART OF THE P&Z SIDE OF THINGS, ADJUSTING SOME OF THOSE ZONING AND AND PLANNING ORDINANCES OR IDEAS THERE WILL HOPEFULLY INFILTRATE THE DEVELOPERS SO THAT WHEN THEY ARE GOING BEFORE ECC, THEY'VE ADJUSTED SOME OF THOSE DENSITY REQUIRE DENSITY IDEAS IN THEIR PLANS FROM THE GET GO.
THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THAT WAS GOOD. ALL RIGHT.
DOES ANYBODY ON COUNCIL HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT ANY OTHER BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS THAT THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT? NOW, BEFORE WE GO ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS A CLOSED MEETING? NO. OKAY.
[H. CLOSED MEETING (2 of 2)]
OH, GOSH. I CAN'T EVEN SEE AT 8:28.THE TIME IS NOW 8:30, AND THE TOWN COUNCIL IS CONVENING INTO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 551, SECTION 074. TIME
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IS NOW 8:40 AND THE TOWN COUNCIL IS RECONVENING INTO AN OPEN SESSION.[I. RECONVENE]
IS THERE A MOTION BASED ON OUR CLOSED MEETING ON DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM AND MAYOR PRO TEM? YES. I MOVE TO SELECT FOR MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN, FOR DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBER SCHIESTEL. SECOND.OKAY. CAN WE TAKE THE ROLL? YEP, COUNCIL MEMBER SCHIESTEL.
AYE. AND COUNCIL MEMBER TAYLOR.
THE TIME IS NOW STILL 8:40, AND WE'RE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.