[I1. 2026-184 Presentation by Lisa Montgomery of Collin County Toys for Tots recognizing the City of Princeton for winning last year’s Toys for Tots Challenge and presenting the City with the traveling T4T train.]

THANK YOU.

THIS WILL TAKE US TO I1.

I1 2026-184. PRESENTATION BY LISA MONTGOMERY OF COLUMBIA COLLIN COUNTY TOYS FOR TOTS RECOGNIZING THE CITY OF PRINCETON FOR WINNING LAST YEAR'S TOYS FOR TOTS CHALLENGE AND PRESENTING THE CITY WITH THE TRAVELING T4T TRAIN.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. WE HAVE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS, BUT FIRST, ON BEHALF OF TOY SWITOTSON, THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION IN QUANTICO, VIRGINIA, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALLOWING US TO REPRESENT AND BE A PART OF YOUR COUNTY AS WELL AS YOUR CITY. LAST YEAR IN OCTOBER, SOMEONE HAD THE NERVE TO CHALLENGE ME. SO I CALLED IN THE BIG DOGS OVER IN PRINCETON TO REPRESENT COLLIN COUNTY AND WE WON. COLLIN COUNTY HAD OVER 137,000 TOYS THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED AND WE ASSISTED OVER 33,000 YOUNG PEOPLE OUT OF THAT ON DECEMBER 23RD THROUGH 25TH, MY BIRTHDAY. THROUGH CHRISTMAS, WE SERVICED 2,729 OF PRINCETON RESIDENTS IN THOSE THREE DAYS AT THE REQUEST OF MAYOR ESCOBAR. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK PRINCETON POLICE

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DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR SUPPORT DURING THE KICKOFF. THE POLICE CHIEF REALLY GAVE A GOOD SPILL DURING THAT TIME. HE CHALLENGED THEM AND HE WON. THEIR FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD WAY LESS THAN OURS. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PARTICIPATED IN CRAM THE CRUISER IN DECEMBER. NOW I'M GOING TO TELL YOU HOW THE WINNER WAS SELECTED. SO THIS YEAR, DO NOT SEND A CAR, SEND A COUPLE OF SUVS TO BRING TOYS BACK. SO YOU GO IN CRAM THE CRUISER. PRINCETON ISD TRANSPORTATION TEAM, THEY ARE NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT THEY PROVIDED THE SCHOOL BUS FOR THE THREE DAY STUFF A BUS HOSTED BY IHEARTRADIO, BILLY THE KID, CANDICE AND POOH MORNING TEAM AND THE ZAN AFTERNOON COMMUTE SHOW. WITH THAT, WE RAISED OVER 6,000 TOYS. WITH THE HELP OF THE TRANSPORTATION, WE LITERALLY STUFFED THE BUSES.

SO NOW BACK TO CHRISTMAS. WE WANT TO PRESENT TO MAYOR ESCOBAR. MAJOR GARY BILLINGS, UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS, RETIRED, IS PRESENTING THE TOYS FOR TOTS CRYSTAL. THE CITY OF PRINCETON IS THE FIRST CITY TO EVER RECEIVE THIS FROM THE FOUNDATION. SO THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE STANDING WITH ME, THEY ARE ALL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT RECEIVE AND DISTRIBUTE TOYS THROUGHOUT COLLIN COUNTY. THEY'RE FROM FRISCO, WILEY LUCAS, PRINCETON, PLANO, MCKINNEY AND RIGHT ON THE BORDER, LITTLE AM PROSPER. SO THEY ARE ALL RECIPIENTS THAT REPRESENTED YOU GUYS WELL. SO AS WE SAY, THEY HAVE BACK TO SCHOOL, WE HAVE BACK TO CHRISTMAS. SO COLLECTION BOXES ARE BEING DELIVERED THIS WEDNESDAY AT 4 O CLOCK. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STOP BY AND PICK UP YOUR COLLECTION BOXES. STORE HOURS ARE BY APPOINTMENT UNTIL OCTOBER 1ST. WE ARE LOCATED RIGHT IN FAIRVIEW AT 183 TOWN PLACE, RIGHT DOWN FROM FAIRVIEW CITY HALL. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

AND I WANTED TO GIVE ANOTHER. I DON'T SEE HER HERE. BUT MS. AARON, WITHOUT MARKETING, SHE ALSO PLAYED A BIG, BIG, BIG PART OF THE TORCH FOR TOTS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD EVERYTHING IN THE BOX AND EVERYTHING. SO I WANTED TO JUST THANK MISS, MS. AARON FOR, FOR GETTING THIS STUFF TOGETHER FOR US, TOO. SO THANK YOU ALL.

[H. CONSENT AGENDA]

THIS WILL TAKE US TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEM H.

CONSENT AGENDA. ALL CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS LISTED ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION. THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS THE COUNCIL MEMBER SO REQUESTS, IN WHICH EVENT THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDERED IN ITS NORMAL SEQUENCE.

ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE ITEMS H1 THROUGH H24.

YOUR HONOR, I AM REQUESTING. WELL, I'LL BE MAKING A MOTION TO REMOVE ITEMS H18 THROUGH H24.

I WOULD SECOND.

HOLD ON. THERE'S MORE ITEMS TO REMOVE.

WHOSE MIC IS ON.

THERE'S MORE ITEMS TO REMOVE.

SO HOLD ON. AND THERE WAS, THERE WASN'T A MOTION YET, BUT GIVE ME JUST A SECOND. SO ITEM H18 THROUGH WHAT, 24.

AND I'M HOPING TO MAKE A MOTION TO DETERMINE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE REMOVED OUTSIDE OF THOSE.

I WOULD LIKE TO ADD H2 THROUGH H17.

WE WERE GOING TO SAY THAT HAVING H18 PULLED WILL ALLOW KELLY THE OPPORTUNITY TO DESCRIBE THE NEW PROCESS WHICH WILL RESPOND

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TO THE QUESTION THAT RELATES TO EACH ONE OF THOSE.

BUT I'M GOING TO PULL THEM ALL.

OKAY. AND I'M GOING TO PULL H23.

I'LL RETRACT AND THEN I'LL MOVE ALONG WITH H18.

OKAY.

CAN WE HAVE A NEW MOTION AND SOMEBODY SECOND? SO WE HAVE H18 THROUGH 24 AND H23. IF I CAN GET A NEW MOTION.

ALL RIGHT, SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDAS WITH THE REMOVAL OF H18 THROUGH H24.

I'LL SECOND.

ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A SECOND.

ALL RIGHT, ITEM PASSES 7-0. AND I'M GOING TO GO INTO. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO PUBLIC HEARING. WE'RE GOING TO SKIP OVER EXECUTIVE. I WILL MOVE EXECUTIVE TO THE END RIGHT BEFORE ITEM FOR THE LAST ITEM BECAUSE THEY

[L1. ORD-2026-08-10-28 Conduct a public hearing, receive public testimony, discuss the Draft Comprehensive Plan; and take appropriate action.]

RELATE TO EACH OTHER. BUT AT THIS TIME, WE'LL GO INTO PUBLIC HEARING L1.

PUBLIC HEARING L1 ORDINANCE 2026-08-10-28, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, RECEIVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY, DISCUSS THE DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS PRETTY EXCITING FOR ANY CITY TO GET A NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DONE. ON FEBRUARY 10, 2025, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A CONTRACT TO HIRE A CONSULTANT TO DO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS WELL AS THE MASTER TRAIL, PARKS AND TRAILS PLAN.

TOGETHER, THESE TWO DOCUMENTS ARE CALLED PRINCETON PLAYBOOK. AND TODAY WE HAVE OUR CONSULTANT WITH US THAT HAS WORKED FOR THE WHOLE YEAR, LAST YEAR AS WELL AS EARLY THIS YEAR, TO COMPLETE THIS. WHO WE'D LIKE FOR HIM TO PRESENT THE PROCESS THEY WENT THROUGH, WHAT THEY HEARD AND HOW THEY REACHED THE CONCLUSIONS, WHICH IS NOW OUR DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE KEN BOONE WITH OLSON AND ASSOCIATES.

MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO DO A PRESENTATION ON THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH YOUR COMMUNITY FOR THE LAST 18 MONTHS NOW, ACTUALLY. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE AT THIS PLACE.

SO I'M GOING TO GO OVER SORT OF WHAT THE PLAN IS AND HOW WE DEVELOP THE PLAN AND THEN HIGHLIGHTS OF EACH ONE OF THE SORT OF LAYERS OF THE PLAN AND THEN FINALLY GET TO IMPLEMENTATION WITH THE ACTION MATRIX AND WHAT WE CALL INTERNALLY THE HOT LIST, WHICH ARE THESE 10 THINGS ARE YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT STARTING THEM RIGHT NOW AND TO MOVE THE COMMUNITY FORWARD.

AND SO WITH THAT, ALL OF THIS IS THE MATERIAL THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED BOTH AT A TOWN HALL MEETING AND AT PLANNING COMMISSION. AND SO WHAT ARE THE PLANS THEMSELVES? WELL, THE COMP, THE PLANS ARE A COMP PLAN AND A PARKS AND TRAILS MASTER PLAN. WE RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH THROUGH THE PROCESS. COMP PLAN IS REALLY TO ESTABLISH A LONG TERM VISION FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND THIS HELPS GUIDE POLICY. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS A POLICY DOCUMENT. SO YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN SORT OF SITS AT THE TOP OF THAT PYRAMID. THEN YOU GET TO THE POLICY DOCUMENT WHICH IS THE COMP PLAN. AND THEN YOU GET TO YOUR REGULATORY DOCUMENTS, WHICH ARE YOUR CODES AND ORDINANCES AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. SO THIS SETS FULLY IN THE MIDDLE. IT IS THAT BACKSTOP FOR YOU TO USE EVERY DAY. THE FOCUS OF IT IS ON GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT, TRANSPORTATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, LAND USE AND PARKS. AND AGAIN, THAT DECISION MAKING TOOL THAT WE KNOW THAT STAFF HAS NEEDED, WHICH IS WHY WE WERE HIRED IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND A DECISION MAKING TOOL TO ASSIST YOU WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF THE DIFFICULT THINGS THAT YOU LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFICULTIES, DIFFICULT CASES THAT YOU LOOK AT SO THAT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THIS IS WHAT THE, THE COMMUNITY HAS SAID. THIS IS WHAT THE OPPORTUNITY LOOKS LIKE. THIS IS THE, THE DIRECTION FOR THE FUTURE

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OF PRINCETON. AND SO WE'RE DOING TWO FULL PLANS HERE. ONE IS THE UMBRELLA PLAN, THE CITYWIDE PLAN. THE SECOND ONE IS THE PARKS AND TRAILS MASTER PLAN. THAT IS A FULL PLAN AS WELL. AND SO IN ORDER TO BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE, WE COMBINED THE TWO PROCESSES WHEN IT CAME TO ENGAGEMENT. SO EVERY TIME WE DID AN ENGAGEMENT EVENT FOR THE CITYWIDE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WE WERE ALSO DOING AND SOLICITING FEEDBACK FOR THE PARKS AND TRAILS MASTER PLAN.

AT THE SAME TIME, PARKS AND TRAILS MASTER PLAN HAS GONE TO THE PARKS BOARD AND HAS RECEIVED A RECOMMENDATION AS WELL. AND SO THAT PARALLEL GATHERING OF DATA, ANALYZING DATA, AND THEN LOOKING AT THE CITYWIDE AND THEN LOOKING AT THE SPECIFIC STRATEGIES FOR PARKS AND TRAIL WAS OUR CHARGE. SO HOW DID WE DO THIS? WELL, SIMPLY PUT, WE GATHERED DATA, WE ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS, WE LISTENED A LOT TO WHAT PEOPLE HAD TO SAY. WE LOOKED FOR COMMON THREADS AND THEMES THROUGHOUT ALL OF IT.

AND WE PRESENTED A WHOLE BUNCH OF IDEAS AND CONCEPTS, SOME OF WHICH WERE LEFT BEHIND. AND THE ONES YOU SEE IN THE DRAFT PLAN YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU ARE THE ONES THAT WERE MOVED FORWARD. WE REFINED THOSE IDEAS THROUGH MULTIPLE ENGAGEMENT EVENTS, AND THEN FINALLY WE DEVELOPED THE DRAFT THAT SITS IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY. SO WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? WELL, IT HELPS YOU UNDERSTAND THE CITYWIDE VIEW OF WHAT THE FUTURE MIGHT LOOKS LIKE. WE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF EFFORT TRYING TO IDENTIFY NOT ONLY A VISION, BUT ALSO THE VALUES OF YOUR COMMUNITY, THE THINGS THAT YOU HOLD DEAR, THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU AS YOU LOOK TO THE FUTURE. AND THAT ULTIMATELY, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS AN AGREEMENT. IT'S AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THE COMMUNITY AND THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE.

AND THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT DOCUMENT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE.

IT'S ALSO A BACKSTOP FOR EVERYONE ON THAT DAIS TO SAY, LOOK, WE LOOKED AT THIS, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS. WE HAVE ALL OF THIS INFORMATION ABOUT THE FEEDBACK WE GOT IN THE APPENDICES. SO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO KNOW THAT YOUR DISTANCE DECISION MAKING IS BACKED UP BY THE PLAN, AND IT WILL IMPACT THE GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT, ET CETERA. I ALSO WANT TO MENTION HERE THAT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS A LIVING DOCUMENT. IT'S NOT STATIC, IT'S NOT WRITTEN IN STONE, AND IT'S NEVER INTENDED TO BE. YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T, WE DON'T HAVE A MAGIC BALL. WE CAN'T DETERMINE THE NEW THINGS THAT HAPPEN OR, OR THE MARKET EFFECTS THAT AFFECT YOUR COMMUNITY IN THE FUTURE.

WHETHER THAT'S SHORT TERM OR LONG TERM. NEW THINGS HAPPEN, CHANGES HAPPEN. SO EMBRACE THE IDEA THAT IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT. IT IS A SNAPSHOT AND A GUIDE FOR WHERE WE STARTED.

BUT ANNUALLY, LOOK AT IT, SEE IF IT'S THE TOOL THAT YOU NEEDED, SEE IF IT'S ALLOWING YOU TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE WAY THAT THE COMMUNITY SAID THEY WANTED TO, THE DECISIONS THAT, THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE, AND THAT THE MARKET IS RESPONDING TO IT. AND IF IT'S NOT, MAKE SURE ALONG THE WAY YOU'RE DOCUMENTING ALL THOSE THINGS THAT SEEM TO NOT QUITE ALIGN YET SO THAT YOU CAN DO AN UPDATE OF IT ANNUALLY, YOUR STAFF CAN HANDLE THOSE UPDATES.

AND THEN IN FIVE YEARS, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT LOOK AT HOW DO WE DO JUST AN UPDATE, NOT A TOLL REWRITE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. RIGHT. SO THINK OF IT AS A LIVING DOCUMENT.

MAKE SURE IT'S RESPONDING TO YOUR COMMUNITY, WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE, AND IT CAN RESPOND TO THE MARKET AND THE CHANGING NATURE OF YOUR COMMUNITY. OKAY, SO OUR PLANNING GROUP TAKES COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO HEART. IT IS THE PLACE THAT WE START. IT IS THE PLACE THAT. IT IS THE PLACE THAT INFUSES ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE DO. IT IS NOT THE ONLY DECISION MAKER.

IT'S THE THING THAT INFORMS US AND HELPS US UNDERSTAND BETTER SO THAT THEN WE CAN LEVERAGE OUR EXPERTISE AND OUR EXPERIENCE TO CREATE YOUR PLAN.

BUT IT NEEDS TO REFLECT YOUR COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S WHAT ALL OF THE ENGAGEMENT WORK DOES.

SO IT'S VERY ROBUST. THERE WAS A WHOLE VARIETY AND OPPORTUNITY OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO ENGAGE WITH US ALONG THE WAY. AND IT INFORMS THE PLANS WITH THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS, AND IT HELPS IDENTIFY THE THINGS THAT ARE WORKING AND THE THINGS THAT AREN'T. WE HAVE TO BE VERY HONEST ABOUT WHAT'S WORKING, BUT ALSO WHAT'S NOT WORKING.

HOW CAN WE CHANGE THOSE THINGS TO HELP IMPROVE, IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY? SO THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE EVENTS THAT WE HELD AND THE, THE DATES

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IN WHICH WE DID THAT. SOME OF THEM ARE STARTING THINGS LIKE THE PROJECT WEBSITE THAT IS STILL LIVE TODAY. AND IT'S REALLY BEEN THE PORTAL FOR THE PROJECT FOR PEOPLE TO GET INFORMATION ONLINE.

IT'S THE EASIEST WAY.

IN ADDITION TO STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS, PUBLIC SURVEYS, WORKSHOPS, OPEN HOUSES, ET CETERA. SO GREAT EFFORT WAS MADE TO DO THAT. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT, AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS INTERESTED IN THE DATA AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WELL, THESE ARE THE NUMBERS. THESE ARE THE NUMBERS FROM THE SESSIONS. AND WE RECORD THOSE COMMENTS, THOSE ENGAGEMENTS, THOSE RESPONSES, THE NUMBER OF TIMES PEOPLE CLICK ON THE WEBSITE TO READ A PIECE OF THE DOCUMENT, DOWNLOAD THE DOCUMENT, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. SO HOW ARE WE REACHING OUT TO YOUR COMMUNITY? AND HOW ARE THEY REACHING BACK? HOW DO THOSE RESPONSES INFORM THE PLAN? AND IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AND OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF INFORMATION, ALL OF WHICH IS SUMMARIZED IN THE APPENDICES. EVERY COMMENT THAT SOMEONE MADE, IF THEY MADE A COMMENT ON A POST IT AT ONE OF OUR EVENTS, IT'S IN THE BACK OF THE DOCUMENT.

WE TRULY BELIEVE IN THAT KIND OF TRANSPARENCY. WE TRULY BELIEVE THAT THAT HAS TO BE A PART OF THE AGREEMENT FROM US TO YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO TOOK THE TIME TO COME AND GIVE US THAT INFORMATION THAT IT WAS CONSIDERED AND THEY CAN SEE THAT IT WAS CONSIDERED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN. SO A COMMUNITY VISION STATEMENT WAS DEVELOPED.

I HOPE YOU'VE ALL SEEN THIS. I WON'T, I WON'T WAX ELOQUENT ON THE STATEMENT ITSELF, BUT IT'S A SUMMARY OF. AND YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT THIS, THIS MORPHED OVER TIME. IT WAS PUT UP EVERY SINGLE TIME WE HAD AN EVENT. WE ASKED PEOPLE TO WORDSMITH, WE ASKED PEOPLE WHAT FIT, WHAT DIDN'T TAKE OUT WHAT YOU DON'T LIKE. YOU KNOW, HELP US ADD WHAT YOU DO SO THAT IT'S A SUMMARY OF THAT. AND REALLY THE IDEA OF WE'RE GOING TO MEET OUR DAILY NEEDS HERE AND WE'RE GOING TO LIVE IN A GREAT COMMUNITY ARE REALLY THE HEART OF WHAT THESE THINGS ARE. AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THOSE THINGS COME THROUGH. AND I THINK YOU SEE THAT IN THE PLAN. SO WHAT CAME OUT OF ALL OF THAT? WELL, WE HAVE SOME GUIDEPOSTS HERE, RIGHT? WE HAVE SOME, WHAT WE CALL VALUES, COMMUNITY VALUES. AND THOSE ALLOW US TO CREATE A SERIES OF ANCHOR POINTS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS SAID THESE ARE OUR IMPORTANT THINGS. WE DON'T WANT YOU TO FORGET THEM. SO THEY BECOME ANCHOR POINTS IN THE PLAN. AND SO WE START WITH INFRASTRUCTURE FIRST.

THAT WE WANT TO BE RESPONSE.

WE HAVE, WANT TO HAVE RESPONSIBLE AND BALANCED GROWTH. THAT WE NEED ACCESS TO OUR DAILY NEEDS. WE ARE LEAVING TOO MUCH TO GO SATISFY THOSE NEEDS.

THAT WE WANT TO HAVE A CONNECTED, SAFE COMMUNITY. THAT PARKS, REC AND YOUTH AMENITIES ARE IMPORTANT TO US AS A COMMUNITY AND OUR FUTURE GROWTH. BUT OUR SMALL TOWN CHARACTER IS IMPORTANT. IT'S A PART OF OUR IDENTITY. EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT SEE IN A LITTLE BIT, PEOPLE CAN'T REALLY DEFINE WHAT THAT IDENTITY IS, BUT THEY KNOW HOW IT FEELS AND THEY KNOW HOW THEY WANT IT TO FEEL. AND SO THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT LOST. AND THEN FINALLY THE TRANSPARENCY, TRUST AND A COMMUNITY VOICE THAT THE DECISIONS ARE TRANSPARENT AND GROUNDED. SO THESE ARE OUR ANCHOR POINTS AS WE GO THROUGH THE DOCUMENT. AND I HOPE YOU SEE THAT AS YOU GO THROUGH. SO AGAIN, I WANT TO REINFORCE WHAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS HERE.

THE COMP PLAN IS THAT CONNECTING DOCUMENT THAT TIES THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO THE REGULATORY DOCUMENTS.

BUT I WANT TO REINFORCE THIS IS NOT A REGULATORY DOCUMENT.

THIS IS NOT ZONING. THIS IS NOT CODE. RIGHT. THOSE ARE LAW.

THIS IS NOT LAW. THIS IS POLICY. SO THIS IS HERE TO HELP YOU MAKE DECISIONS, BUT IT IS NOT A LAW. IT IS NOT A REGULATORY MANDATORY DOCUMENT IN THAT WAY. SO AGAIN, WHO SHOULD USE IT AND HOW IT SHOULD BE USED. POLICY AND FUNDING PRIORITIES. THAT WAS ACTUALLY MENTIONED IN YOUR BUDGET TODAY WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES IS IMPLEMENTING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. I THINK THAT'S A CRITICAL THING. PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION ZONING AND PLANNING DECISIONS CITY STAFF TO REVIEW DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS DEVELOPERS SEEKING CLARITY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE COMP PLAN HOPEFULLY CAN DO IS TO LET THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, WHAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, WHAT IS YOUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE SO THEY CAN UNDERSTAND IF THEY FIT INTO IT OR NOT.

HOW LONG DO THEY WANT THAT SLOG

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TO GO ON IF IT DOESN'T ALIGN WITH WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY SAYS IS WHAT THEY NEED AND THEN SO THAT RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LONG TERM VISION IS. SO HERE'S SOME IMPORTANT TERMS HERE IN THE, IN THE DOCUMENT ITSELF.

VISION, THAT ASPIRATIONAL STATEMENT VALUES REALLY THE THINGS THAT ARE THE THEMES THAT THE COMMUNITY FEELS AND ARE CRITICAL TO THEM. GOALS, RIGHT.

SO NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO MOVE US FORWARD.

STRATEGIES. STRATEGIES ARE THINGS THAT ALLOW YOU TO IMPLEMENT YOUR GOALS AND ULTIMATELY YOUR VISION. AND YOU, YOU WEIGH THEM AGAINST THE VALUES. AND THEN FINALLY THE IMPLEMENTATION TASKS AND ACTIONS. AND YOUR ACTIONS HERE ARE REALLY THOSE, THOSE STEPS ON, ON HOW WE DO WHAT WE DO. IF THE STRATEGY, THE GOALS AND STRATEGIES ARE THE WHAT, THE IMPLEMENTATION IS THE HOW.

OKAY, SO THERE'S THE, THE OVERVIEW OF THE PLANNING AREA WITHOUT THE ATJ. THERE IT IS WITH THE ATJ. ATJ IS SIGNIFICANT. AND KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU BUTT RIGHT UP TO MCKINNEY'S ON THE, ON THE WEST SIDE. AND SO YOUR PRIMARY GROWTH AREAS ARE TO YOUR EAST, NORTH AND SOUTH. SO IN THE PLAN YOU HAVE A SERIES OF WHAT WE CALL FRAMEWORKS, RIGHT? AND THOSE FRAMEWORKS ARE LAYERS. AND A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITH THE LAYERS REALLY TAKE, TAKES WHAT YOUR CITY IS AND THEN WHAT THE CITY WANTS TO BE AND IT EXPLODES THEM INTO A SERIES OF LAYERS THAT ARE UNDERSTANDABLE WHEN THEY'RE PULLED APART. BUT THE PLAN IS EVERYTHING LAID TOGETHER. AND SO THE LAND USE, THE TRANSPORTATION, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ALL OF THOSE SORT OF LIVE TOGETHER, THEY'RE JUST PULLED APART. SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES FOR EACH LAYER IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE LAND USE. SO HERE'S THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY. THAT WE HAVE AN URGENT NEED FOR GROCERY AND MEDICAL SERVICES, THAT THERE'S STRONG SUPPORT FOR MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. BUT AT KEY LOCATIONS THERE'S A DESIRE TO KEEP SPENDING LOCAL THROUGH RETAIL, ENTERTAINMENT AND DOWNTOWN ACTIVITY. AND THAT THERE'S MIXED OPINIONS ON RESIDENTIAL DENSITY AND HOUSING TYPES. WE PRESENTED A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS ABOUT TYPES OF RESIDENTIAL AND WHAT THEY MIGHT BE AND WHERE THEY MIGHT GO. AND REALLY WE GOT A SORT OF RAN THE GAMUT.

WHAT YOU SEE, THE RECOMMENDATION IS, IS WHAT YOU SEE IN THE PLAN EARLIER IT WAS MENTIONED SOME, SOME ADDITIONAL ESTATE HOUSING AREAS AND, AND THOSE THINGS AND, AND THE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD INCLUDE DENSER RESIDENTIAL BECAUSE THEY'RE A PART OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS. AND SO WHEN YOU GET TO LAND USE, YOU GET TO THE LAND USE GOALS.

I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL OF THESE HERE UNLESS YOU WOULD LIKE FOR ME TO. BUT THE IDEA OF CREATING SOME DIVERSITY OF LAND USES SO WE'RE NOT JUST RESIDENTIAL THAT OUR PLANNING IS LOOKING AT, HOW DO WE INCREASE THAT, THAT DIVERSITY OF WHAT WE ARE AND CREATING MIXED USE NODES AGAIN AT CRITICAL INTERSECTIONS. WE ONLY GET ONE TIME TO GET THE HIGHEST, BEST, MOST PRODUCTIVE USE OUT OF SOME OF THOSE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS.

AND IF WE LOSE THOSE, WE DON'T EVER GET THEM BACK.

THOSE DON'T EVER COME BACK.

AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND YOU CAN SEE THE 380 BYPASS HERE AND QUITE A BIT OF THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR STUFF THAT SURROUNDS IT, THE IDEA WITH THAT IS SOME OF THAT OR A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THAT'S IN YOUR ATJ. AND IF THOSE TURNING INTO RESIDENTIAL, THEN YOU'VE LOST A BRAND NEW COMMERCIAL ENGINE FOR THE COMMUNITY. IT GETS DIRECTLY ABOUT WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER IS HOW DO WE FIND A WAY TO CREATE ADDITIONAL HORSEPOWER FOR THE ECONOMY. ONE OF THE WAYS THAT YOU DO THAT IS TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T LOSE THOSE FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE THERE WAS A QUICKER, EASIER DEVELOPMENT TRIGGER THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED. AND SO YOU SEE THAT REFLECTED IN THE, IN THE LAND USE PLAN IN THE IDEA OF HOW DO WE CREATE DIVERSITY SO WE CAN CREATE ENTERTAINMENT AND DESTINATION USES THAT DRIVE PEOPLE INTO THE COMMUNITY TO SPEND DOLLARS AT GREAT PLACES THAT WE'RE PROUD OF AND THEN THEY LEAVE.

RIGHT. THAT'S THE GREAT EQUATION. WE ONLY HAVE TO PAY FOR THEIR SERVICES WHILE THEY'RE HERE, NOT 24, SEVEN.

AND SO THAT IDEA, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE

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TO EXPERIENCE PRINCETON, BUT ALSO TO LEAVE. RIGHT.

THAT'S A, THAT'S SOMETHING WE HEARD OVER AND OVER DURING THE PROCESS. AND IT BECOMES FOUNDATIONAL TO IMPROVED ECONOMICS WITHIN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY.

OKAY. THE OTHER THING THAT WE HEARD QUITE A BIT AGAIN IS TO THIS DISTRICTS AND DESTINATION IDEA, WHICH IS A LOT ABOUT WHAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT, ABOUT THE IDEA THAT WE NEED TO HAVE PLACES FOR OUR OWN RESIDENTS TO COME AND HAVE A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND SPEND THEIR MONEY SO THAT, THAT LEAKAGE SO THEY'RE NOT GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE TO DO THOSE THINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T GIVEN THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND THOSE DOLLARS HERE, CREATING A WHOLE BUNCH OF LEAKAGE THAT, THAT SHOULD OCCUR IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE WANT TO CREATE GREAT PLACES THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO COME IN AND EXPERIENCE THOSE AS WELL. AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE LARGE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, WE TALK ABOUT DOING A DOWNTOWN PLAN SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A DOWNTOWN THAT IS UNIQUE AND IS A PART OF THE CHARACTER AND QUALITY OF PRINCETON. THAT'S ONE OF THOSE DESTINATIONS THAT THAT IS REALLY CERTAINLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE WAY THAT IT IS RIGHT NOW. AND SO THERE WAS PEOPLE PRETTY STRONG SUPPORT FOR CREATING SOME DESTINATIONS ABOUT THAT DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION. WE HAVE A LOT OF GAPS IN THINGS, AGAIN THAT WE WANT TO SPEND MONEY ON HERE.

RETAIL, DINING, HEALTHCARE, HOSPITALITY, THOSE ARE KEY GAPS THAT WE SEE.

AND THEN CONSISTENT SUPPORT FOR BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT AND 380 GROWTH, WHICH MAY ALSO LOOK LIKE REDEVELOPMENT AS WELL.

AND SO HERE YOU SEE WHAT THOSE DESTINATION OR DISTRICTS MIGHT BE. SO WE'RE INCLUDING SOME EMPLOYMENT AREA, WE'RE INCLUDING CORRIDOR AREAS, WE'RE INCLUDING KEY MIXED USE OR LARGE FORMAT COMMERCIAL AREAS WHERE THERE'S ENOUGH LAND TO CREATE SOME SIGNIFICANT CRITICAL MASS. AND THEN CERTAINLY DOWNTOWN AS WELL.

AND THEN THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT THAT'S SHOWN THERE ON THE LAKE. OKAY.

ECONOMIC VITALITY, GROWTH AND INFRASTRUCTURE. WE NEED SOME EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. YOU SAW THE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED EARLIER.

ABOUT 65% OF THE FOLKS ARE LEAVING FOR THEIR JOBS. SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IF WE CHANGE THAT EQUATION? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IF WE START TO PULL IN MORE PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY WORK HERE? HOW DO WE PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE OF VALUE, THAT HAVE JOBS OF VALUE, THAT THEY CAN THEN STAY HERE, SPEND DOLLARS HERE, BE ABLE TO NOT HAVE TO GET IN THEIR CAR AND DRIVE FOR 45 MINUTES, ET CETERA? IT'S NOT GOING TO SOLVE EVERYTHING, BUT CERTAINLY THERE'S A PLAN TO PUT TOGETHER FOR ALL OF THAT, FILL THE GAPS AND NEEDS.

GROWTH IN THE ATJ IS IMPORTANT TO THE FUTURE. YOU KNOW, YOU ARE SIGNIFICANTLY ENTITLED.

THERE IS SOME, BUT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF LAND LEFT IN THE EXISTING CITY LIMITS.

AND SO UNLOCKING THAT POTENTIAL IN THE ATJ IS A CRITICAL THING.

AND THEN SOMETHING WE HEARD REALLY FROM DAY ONE, BOTH FROM STAFF AND CERTAINLY FROM THE COMMUNITY, IS THIS IDEA THAT INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO KEEP PACE WITH DEVELOPMENT, THAT WE CAN'T KEEP GETTING STRETCHED OUT ON ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE, THAT ARE OCCURRING. AND SO HERE YOU SEE SOME OF THOSE. WE SAW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY MISSING IS NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL. VERY SMALL SCALE, SINGLE STORY PROVIDES SOME LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AT A, AN INTERSECTION THAT SUPPORTS THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. SO THEY ALWAYS DON'T HAVE TO GO TO 380 TO GET THAT. THAT THEY ALWAYS DON'T HAVE TO GO TO 380 JUST TO GET SOME SIMPLE NEEDS OR, YOU KNOW, TO GET A LOAF OF BREAD FOR THAT NIGHT. AND SO THAT, THAT INDICATES THIS. AGAIN, SOME OF THE DISTRICTS AND OTHER THINGS ARE INCLUDED THERE. AND THEN REALLY LOOKING AT THE EXISTING 380 CORRIDOR, THERE'S A QUARTER PLAN THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE DONE TO LOOK AT HOW DEVELOPMENT, REDEVELOPMENT AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT TXDOT'S DOING TO SORT OF TIE ALL OF THOSE PIECES TOGETHER. IT'S YOUR FRONT DOOR AND HOW MOST PEOPLE INTERACT WITH YOUR COMMUNITY IS ON THAT ROADWAY. AND SO WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE? HOW IS IT? THERE'S OBVIOUSLY WITH ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON IN THE IMPROVEMENTS, THAT'S GREAT, BUT WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN THE LONG TERM? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN 10 YEARS? HOW DO WE SET OURSELVES UP FOR SUCCESS ON OUR, REALLY, OUR LARGEST

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ECONOMIC ENGINE THAT WE HAVE? AND THEN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ATJ. WE LOOKED AT THE ATJ AS I MENTIONED, YOU REALLY ARE MORE CONSTRAINED THAN WHAT IT SEEMS LIKE BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE LAND THAT'S ENTITLED.

SOMEONE MENTIONED EARLIER THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD, YOU CAN BE BUILDING HOUSES FOR YEARS WITH WHAT'S ENTITLED. AND THAT'S TRUE. BUT WHAT THAT ALSO MEANS IS THOSE ENTITLEMENTS HAVE LOCKED UP ALL OF THAT LAND. AND SO YOUR GROWTH OF THE COMMUNITY, WHILE IT IS IN PIECES INTERNALLY, FOR SURE, FUTURE GROWTH, LARGER GROWTH, IS REALLY IN YOUR ATJ. AND WE KNOW THAT THAT'S A DIFFICULT EQUATION WITH RECENT CHANGES, HOW DEVELOPMENT WORKS IN THE COUNTY AND IN YOUR ATJ.

BUT YOU DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO PUT A PLAN TOGETHER THAT FOCUSES ON SOME OF THOSE PLACES, LIKE I SHOWED ON THE LAND USE AND DISTRICT MAPS, ABOUT THOSE PLACES THAT ARE MOST VALUABLE TO THIS COMMUNITY, THOSE PLACES THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T LOSE TRACK OF, THOSE PLACES THAT ARE TOO IMPORTANT TO THE FUTURE ECONOMIC ENGINE OF THIS COMMUNITY AND ITS GROWTH. AND SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT YOU NEED TO BE PLANNING NOW, REGARDLESS OF IF SOMEONE IS LOOKING AT DEVELOPING ANY OF THOSE AREAS OR HOW THEY'RE LOOKING AT DEVELOPING THOSE AREAS.

LOOK NOW, MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT A PLAN TOGETHER. MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE IN CONTACT WITH BOTH THE COUNTY IN VERY GOOD TERMS SO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING, BUT ALSO WITH LANDOWNERS SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR NEEDS AND DESIRES MIGHT BE AND HOW YOU CAN ENCOURAGE THE IDEA OF VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION, THE VALUE PROPOSITION THAT REPRESENTS TO BECOME A PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE SERVICES THAT YOU PROVIDE IN DOING SO. BECAUSE IT REALLY IS THE, AS FAR AS GEOGRAPHIC GROWTH, IT REALLY IS THE FUTURE OF THE COMMUNITY. OKAY. PLACE MAKING IN PUBLIC SPACES.

RIGHT. THIS IS HOW WE LOOK.

THIS IS OUR CHARACTER. THAT'S ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF. AND SO I MENTIONED EARLIER THE IDEA OF IDENTITY, THAT THERE'S A DESIRE FOR A DISTINCT, AUTHENTIC PRINCETON IDENTITY. WHEN YOU TRIED TO GET A SORT OF FINER POINT ON WHAT THAT MEANT, THAT WAS A LITTLE MORE CLOUDY, I GUESS, OR AMORPHOUS, I GUESS I WOULD SAY. AND SO SOME WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE HERE FOR SURE ON WHAT SEEMS AUTHENTIC TO WHO PRINCETON IS THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN ALL OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES THAT YOU'RE COMPETING WITH. AND WHAT DOES THAT BRING TO NOT ONLY THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, BUT TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO COME HERE OR VISIT HERE OR PASS THROUGH HERE. AND SO THAT THEY CAN SAY, HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT THESE.

WHAT THEY'RE DOING? HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT THEY DID HERE? LOOK AT. THIS IS AMAZING. DID YOU KNOW THIS ISN'T WHAT. WHAT WE USED. THEY USED TO BE OR WHAT THEY, THEY USED TO SHOW. RIGHT? SO. SO THAT PLAN NEEDS TO BE WHO WE ARE, WHO WE WANT TO SHOW THE REST OF THE WORLD WHO WE ARE IS CRITICAL. THAT THIS WAS REALLY IMPORTANT AS WELL. THAT FUNCTIONALITY AND MAINTENANCE WERE CRITICAL WAY MORE THAN DECORATION. RIGHT? NOT PRETTY FOR PRETTY SAKE. WE WANT IT TO BE AUTHENTIC. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN IT AND WE WANT IT TO LOOK GOOD, BUT NOT AT SACRIFICING SUPER LARGE BUDGETS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. THAT THERE WAS NO, THERE WAS NOT A VALUE PROPOSITION FOR MOST OF THE FOLKS IN TALKING ABOUT THAT. SO SUPPORT AESTHETIC IMPROVEMENTS AND ENHANCE DAILY EXPERIENCE. AND SO FOR THOSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, THOSE AT THE BUSINESSES, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN. STREET CHIEFS FOR SHADE, CONNECTING SIDEWALKS FOR NEIGHBORHOODS TO YOUR COMMERCIAL AREAS, ET CETERA. RIGHT. SOME GATEWAYS AND MONUMENTATION THAT ALLOW PEOPLE TO KNOW WHEN YOU ENTER INTO THE COMMUNITY OR WHEN YOU ENTER INTO A DISTRICT AND THAT BRAND AND THEN MIXED REACTIONS TO DESIGN REQUIREMENTS AND NEW DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE HASHED OUT AT A PODIUM LIKE THIS. RIGHT? YOU MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN YOU HEAR IT. BUT THE IDEA OF WHETHER YOU HAVE THEM OR NOT REALLY WAS ABOUT WHAT LEVEL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, HOW MUCH RESTRICTION OR REQUIREMENT IS THERE. AND SO AGAIN, THIS LOOKS AT THOSE GATEWAYS, THE CORRIDORS, THE CRITICAL PLACES, THE MAJOR TRAIL CORRIDORS, SIDEWALKS, ET CETERA, AS THEY CONNECT TO THE COMMUNITY AND THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. I WILL SAY ONE THING HERE, AND IT'LL COME UP LATER.

IN PARKS, YOU HAVE SOME REALLY

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AMAZING NATURAL ASSETS OF THE COMMUNITY. YOU HAVE THESE TWO AMAZING FINGERS OF GREEN THAT COME UP FROM THE LAKE RIGHT THROUGH YOUR COMMUNITY.

LEVERAGING THOSE FOR COMMUNITY QUALITY AND CHARACTER ARE HUGE.

THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE. AND SO THAT HOW THEY INTERACT WITH THE LAKE, HOW THEY INTERACT WITH YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS, HOW THEY CROSS YOUR MAJOR COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE CRITICAL COMPONENTS TO ELEVATING THE OVERALL STORY OF CHARACTER AND PLACE IN THE CITY OF PRINCETON. SO I WOULD TELL YOU, NEVER FORGET THAT YOU HAVE THOSE REALLY AMAZING ASSETS AND HOW VALUABLE THEY ARE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE. OKAY, LET'S TALK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION. STRONG PRIORITY ON IMPROVING US380 OVERALL ROADWAY CONNECTIVITY.

SOME OF THAT WORK'S ALREADY CLEARLY BEEN BEING DONE WITH THE TEXTILE IMPROVEMENTS.

CERTAINLY THERE ARE MORE PROJECTED IN THE WAY, WAY FUTURE, AT LEAST WE'VE HEARD.

AND THAT ROAD AS YOUR FRONT DOOR, IT NEEDS TO BE BETTER THAN IT IS RIGHT NOW. AND I THINK THERE'S STEPS THAT ARE, THAT ARE BEING TAKEN TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. PLAN FOR GROWTH, STAY AHEAD OF GROWTH. DON'T BE REACTIONARY TO IT. HAVE A PLAN. MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH. WHEN SOMEBODY WALKS IN YOUR DOOR AND SAYS, HEY, THIS EMPHASIS ON PRACTICAL SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS FOR EVERYBODY. IF WE'RE GOING TO ASK PEOPLE TO BE CONNECTED AND NAVIGATE AND EXPERIENCE THESE PLACES, IT'S GOT TO BE SAFE. AND THEN TRANSPORTATION IS A TOOL THAT SUPPORTS QUALITY OF LIFE AS WELL AS ECONOMIC GROWTH. AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, THIS IS REALLY A CAPTURE OF SOME INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT PRIORITIES. WHICH ARE THE CIRCLES? THOSE ARE NOT ROUNDABOUTS, I PROMISE, THOSE ARE NOT ROUNDABOUTS. IT ALSO INCLUDES THE RED LINE AS THE 380 BYPASS THAT IS PLANNED BUT NOT FULLY FUNDED. AND THEN YOU SEE THE GREEN DASH LINES, THOSE ARE THE TRAILS THAT ARE CONNECTING TO THOSE. THOSE GREEN FINGERS THAT COME UP FROM THE LAKE. AND THEN AT THE TOP, YOU CAN SEE THE NORTHEAST FREEWAY CONCEPTUAL IDEAS ABOUT HOW THAT'S GOING TO CONNECT. AND REALLY WAS THE IDEA WAS THE COUNTY, AT THE TIME THAT WE DID THIS, THIS MAP, THE COUNTY HAD NOT DECIDED ON A CLEAR DIRECTION.

THEY WERE GIVING US FOUR OPTIONS. AND SO WE WANTED TO CAPTURE THOSE OPTIONS ON THIS PLAN. KNOWING THAT THERE IS A FUTURE NORTH SOUTH ROUTE THAT IS GOING TO OCCUR.

IT'S GOING TO OCCUR IN SOME LOCATION GENERAL TO SOME OF ONE OF THOSE, WHICH AGAIN, OPENS UP OPPORTUNITY ON THE ECONOMIC SIDE, ON THE EMPLOYMENT SIDE, QUALITY LIFE SIDE, AND TO DRAW PEOPLE INTO YOUR COMMUNITY. OKAY, PARKS AND TRAILS. SO KEEPING IN MIND THAT WE DID AN ENTIRE PLAN THAT WAS THE PARKS AND TRAILS MASTER PLAN. WE JUST WANTED TO SUMMARIZE WHAT THE MASTER PLAN SAYS AND PROVIDE SOME HIGHLIGHTS, BUT REALLY DIRECT PEOPLE TO THAT PLAN BECAUSE THAT PLAN HAS QUITE A BIT OF DEPTH OF THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF PARKS IN PRINCETON. AND SO THIS IS REALLY THAT, THAT CITYWIDE OVERVIEW. AND THEN THERE'S A REALLY PRETTY GREAT DETAIL IN THE OVERALL PLAN ITSELF. SO PARKS FOR EVERYONE SUPPORT WALKABILITY, THAT BETTER CONNECTIONS ARE NEEDED, EXPANDING TRAILS AND MOBILITY OPTIONS, AND THEN PROTECT OPEN SPACE, PRESERVE THOSE NATURAL AREAS AND ALSO CREATE RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS SUMMARIZES A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WAS DONE. AND SO IT LOOKS AT CONNECTING THOSE TRAILHEADS, THOSE INTERSECTIONS, THOSE CROSSINGS TO SIDEWALKS AND TRAIL SYSTEMS, IDENTIFYING YOUR MAJOR PARKS, AND THEN THE FUTURE PARK OPPORTUNITIES ARE INDICATED THAT YOU HAVE ALONG THE LAKE, ETC. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU THAT IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE PARKS AND TRAILS MASTER PLAN, THAT IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT AND WE'RE GOING TO PUSH YOU TO THAT PLAN BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY THOROUGH ON WHAT IT IDENTIFIES MOVING FORWARD. OKAY, SO WE GET THROUGH ALL OF THOSE LAYERS.

WE PUT ALL THOSE LAYERS TOGETHER AND WE HAVE THE PLAN.

OKAY, GREAT. I WALK AWAY AND IT'S JUST A BUNCH OF STUFF.

NOW I WOULD TELL YOU WE HAVE ALL THOSE GOALS AND WE HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF STRATEGIES THAT

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SUPPORT THOSE GOALS IN THE DOCUMENT AND QUITE A BIT OF DESCRIPTION ABOUT WHAT ALL OF THOSE ARE.

BUT THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO YOU MOVE TO ACTION? AND SO THE ACTION PLAN IS REALLY A MATRIX ABOUT WHO ARE THE OWNERS OF THESE STRATEGIES AND THESE, THESE GOALS AND HOW DO WE MOVE THEM FORWARD. AND SO WE HAVE DEVELOPED A MATRIX THAT INCLUDES OWNERSHIP AND PARTNERS. A RELATIVE COST IMPACT, RIGHT? SO THE RELATIVE COST IMPACT IS, IS IT 1, 2, 03, 4, $5 SIGNS? BECAUSE WE DIDN'T DO COST ESTIMATES.

THAT'S NOT THE LEVEL THAT YOU DO A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AT THE ACTION TYPE. SO WHAT IS IT? IS IT A PROGRAM, IS IT A PROJECT, ET CETERA? SO YOU HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT TYPE IT IS. AND THEN THE TIME FRAME, IS THAT A NEAR TERM OR IS IT A VERY LONG TERM? AND THE IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW ABOUT THOSE ARE THE SHORT AND THE MEDIUM IS WHERE A LOT OF WORK GETS DONE. AND OFTENTIMES THE LONG TERM ONES REQUIRE QUITE A BIT OF POLITICAL WILL, OR THEY REQUIRE QUITE A BIT OF TIME, OR THEY REQUIRE QUITE A BIT OF FUNDING. AND SO IF YOU START AT THAT, THEN THE COMMUNITY DOES NOT SEE ANYTHING FOR A LONG TIME AND THEY'VE EARNED THE RIGHT TO GET STUFF DONE.

RIGHT. AND SO THINK IT IN, THINK OF IT IN TERMS OF SOME PEOPLE USE LOW HANGING FRUIT. I DON'T LIKE THAT BECAUSE THAT IMPLIES THAT IT'S EASY. YOU JUST GOT TO REACH UP AND GRAB IT, RIGHT? THESE ARE, THESE ARE EARLY VISIBLE WINS.

THINGS THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT WILL BUILD MOMENTUM. THINGS THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT ARE A BENEFIT TO YOUR COMMUNITY. ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO IN THE SHORT AND MEDIUM TERM THAT REALLY HELP YOU ACCELERATE TO DO THE HARD THINGS.

RIGHT.

THAT'S WHAT THIS REALLY IS.

AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE MATRIX.

IT'S SEVERAL PAGES. BUT WHAT YOU SEE IS YOU SEE THE SO FUTURE LAND USE ONE, RIGHT? THERE'S THE GOAL AND THEN THERE'S STRATEGIES WHICH ARE THE 1.1, 1.2, ETC. THAT'S THE DETAIL, THAT'S THE WHAT AND THEN THE 1.1.1, THAT'S THE HOW. HOW DO WE DO THIS? WHAT ARE THE STEPS WE TAKE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT STRATEGY SO THAT ULTIMATELY WE CAN ACCOMPLISH OUR GOAL. SO IT'S BUILT ON EACH OTHER. IT'S BUILT ON EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THE PLAN SO THAT IT GOES THROUGH IN A MEANINGFUL WAY THAT YOU CAN GRAB ONTO IT, YOU CAN IDENTIFY. THAT IS THE THING WE WANT TO DO. LET'S DO THAT AND THEN ASSIGN PEOPLE AND RESOURCES. SO I WANTED TO MENTION, I MENTIONED THE HOT LIST. THE PLAN CALLS IT THE NEXT STEP LIST. AND IT'S REALLY 10 THINGS. IT'S REALLY 10 THINGS THAT LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING FIRST? WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE THE MOST IMPACT? WHAT ARE THE ONES WHERE YOU CAN EARN SOME EARLY VISIBLE WINS? AND THEY ARE SUPPORTING, SUPPORTED BY THE STRATEGIES AND THE VALUES AND THE GOALS AND THE ACTIONS. AND SO UPDATE. I WILL READ THROUGH THESE THROUGH THE LIST. SO THE FIRST ONE IS UPDATING KEY INFRASTRUCTURE MASTER PLANS AND ALIGNING THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WITH THEM. AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT OR MASTER PLANS, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT TODAY. THAT'S A CRITICAL THING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UPDATING CODES AND ORDINANCES IN THE UDC, THAT'S SOMETHING CRITICAL THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE SO THAT WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH THE COMP PLAN, YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR REGULATORY DOCUMENTS ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THAT. SO THOSE FOLLOW TOGETHER. IMPROVING MOBILITY AND CONGESTION ALONG 380.

THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY TXDOT THINGS THAT ARE DO THAT ARE GOING ON THERE, BUT THERE ARE OPERATIONAL AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS THAT COULD BE MADE BASED ON THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN THAT HAS RECENTLY BEEN COMPLETED AS WELL. DEVELOP AND ADOPTED UPDATED DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PLACES, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DESTINATIONS AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PLACES THAT ARE UNIQUE TO PRINCETON, NOBODY HAS A DOWNTOWN. THAT'S PRINCETON'S DOWNTOWN. SO IF YOU WANT TO ADVANCE THAT, IF YOU WANT SOME PLACE TO CREATE AND MAKE SURE THAT YOUR RESOURCES ARE GOING TO BE THERE FOR THE LONG TERM, YOU SHOULD PROBABLY DO AN UPDATED DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN THAT ALLOWS YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE POTENTIAL IS AND HOW THE NEIGHBORHOODS

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FIT IN AND HOW TOURISM AND VISITORS FIT IN. PRESERVE AND RECRUIT COMMUNITY SCALE RETAIL INCLUDE GROCERY AND DAILY NEEDS WE HEARD OVER AND OVER AND OVER WE GOTTA HAVE OUR NEEDS MET.

I'M TIRED OF DRIVING OUT OF TOWN TO MAKE ALL THIS STUFF HAPPEN. I WANNA SPEND MY DOLLARS HERE. AND CERTAINLY WE KNOW THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE GROCERY HAS RECENTLY HAPPENED.

AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY SCALE RETAIL, WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT AGAIN THAT IDEA THAT THERE ARE CRITICAL INTERSECTIONS, CRITICAL NODES THAT ARE GOING TO OCCUR IN YOUR COMMUNITY THAT YOU NEED TO PRESERVE FOR THAT KIND OF, CREATING THAT KIND OF CRITICAL MASS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE YOUR ENGINES ARE GOING TO COME FROM. ATJ GROWTH MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION TOOLS A PLAN FOR, FOR MAKING SURE THAT YOUR, YOUR VOICE IS IN THE MIX FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE ATJ SO THAT, THAT YOU CAN HOPEFULLY MAKE SOME OF THOSE CRITICAL AREAS A PART OF THE COMMUNITY MOVING FORWARD. PRIORITY SIDEWALKS, TRAILS AND CONNECTIONS THERE'S MISSING CONNECTIONS ALL OVER THE PLACE AND JUST NEED TO PUT A PLAN TOGETHER THAT SHOWS THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO FILL THOSE HOLES. ACTIVATE IMPROVE PARKS GREENWAYS AND LAKE LAVON ACCESS. SO IF WE CONNECT, IF WE CONNECT THE FINGERS AND WE CONNECT THEM DOWN TO THE LAKE AND THEN WE HAVE SOMETHING AROUND THE LAKE AND THEN WE CONNECT THEM WITH THE PARKS ON THE LAKE THAT STARTS TO BECOME SOMETHING VERY POWERFUL AND SOMETHING VERY UNIQUE TO YOUR COMMUNITY. AND SO WE SEE THAT AS A POWERFUL OPPORTUNITY.

THERE IS A LACK OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY AND THAT PEOPLE ARE LEAVING FOR. AND SO HOWEVER YOU PUT A PLAN TOGETHER TO START TO BRING MORE CONCENTRATED, FOCUSED HEALTHCARE MEDICAL SERVICES INTO THE COMMUNITY WILL ONLY BENEFIT IT. THIS ONE CAME DIRECTLY FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO TOLD US AT LENGTH THAT THERE'S JUST NOT MUCH HERE.

AND ESTABLISHING THE UNIFIED BRANDING GATEWAYS WAYFINDING AGAIN HOW YOU'RE PRESENTING YOURSELF TO THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY AND THEN UPDATING POLICIES TO ALIGN WITH CURRENT GROWTH CONDITIONS.

AGAIN THIS ALSO GOES BACK TO THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, THE UDC, A 380 CORRIDOR PLAN, A DOWNTOWN PLAN, ALL OF THOSE PIECES THAT SHOW POLICY AND SHOW ALIGNMENT MOVING FORWARD.

OKAY, THERE IS, SO TO COUNCILPERSON TODD, YOU HAD MENTIONED IN YOUR EARLIER DISCUSSION ON THE BUDGET, THE IDEA HOW CAN WE CREATE MORE COMMERCIAL? HOW DO WE CREATE MORE REVENUE? AND REALLY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LOOKS AT THAT A LOT. IT LOOKS AT IT FROM A DESTINATION STANDPOINT.

IT LOOKS AT FROM A DIVERSITY OF LAND USE STANDPOINT. IT LOOKS AT IT AS TO HOW DO YOU DRIVE PEOPLE INTO YOUR COMMUNITY FOR THEM TO SPEND THEIR DOLLARS IN A MEANINGFUL WAY AND THEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO LIVE THERE TO DO THAT. AND SO THE PLAN REALLY GETS AT QUITE A BIT OF THAT, INCLUDING SOME IDEAS FOR ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT AREAS, ET CETERA. SO WE THINK THAT'S A REAL STRONG POINT OF THE PLAN. I WANT TO ADDRESS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP MULTIPLE TIMES. IT WAS BROUGHT UP IN OUR TOWN HALL.

AND BEFORE I SORT OF FINISH THIS IDEA THAT IT WAS BROUGHT UP THAT, THAT MY STAFF WAS MOVING THINGS AROUND ON MAPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU HEARD TONIGHT HOW WE FOCUS AND CONSIDER ENGAGEMENT THE HEART OF WHAT WE DO, THAT WE'RE NOT SERVING ANY AGENDA OTHER THAN CREATING A GREAT PLAN FOR YOUR COMMUNITY. AND SO BESIDES BEING COMPLETELY TAKEN ABACK THAT THAT WAS EVEN MENTIONED THAT WE HAD DONE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I WANT TO CLEAR IT UP IN THE SIMPLEST OF TERMS. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AN OCCUPANCY RAZOR THING. THERE'S NO CONSPIRACY HERE. THERE'S NO ANYTHING ABOUT SWITCHING DOTS AND MOVING STUFF AROUND. ONE OF MY STAFF MEMBERS POSTED UP A DAY TWO PHOTO WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A DAY THREE PHOTO.

THAT'S ALL. THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT HAPPENED. SO IF YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE DIALOGUE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THESE PHOTOS AND THEY LOOK DIFFERENT AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IS MY STAFF HAD HUNDREDS OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE EVENT. AND SO WE MESSED UP. WE PUT POSTED THE WRONG PHOTOGRAPH. SO WHAT WE DO EVERY ONE OF OUR SESSIONS IS WE

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PHOTOGRAPH EVERYTHING THAT GOES UP ON THE WALL THAT HAS ANY RESPONSE ON IT. THAT'S HOW WE CAN WRITE EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID. AND WE DID THAT. WE DO THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND SO IN DOING SO, THEY JUST SIMPLY POSTED THE WRONG PHOTOGRAPH IN THE APPENDIX. I ACTUALLY TEXTED SOMEBODY TO SEND. IF THAT'S BEEN UPDATED, WE'VE UPDATED ON THE INTERNAL FILES ON THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SITE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BEEN UPDATED ON THE PUBLIC SITE, BUT IF IT'S NOT, IT CERTAINLY WILL BE TOMORROW.

BUT I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW, WE TAKE THAT THOSE KIND OF GOSH I DON'T WANT TO CALL THEM ACCUSATIONS, BUT ACCUSATIONS SERIOUS, THAT WE WERE MONKEYING AROUND WITH THIS. WE DIDN'T SPEND ALL THE 18 MONTHS TRYING TO ENGAGE WITH YOUR COMMUNITY TO FOSTER SOME DIRECTION THAT WE WANTED TO TAKE IT IN. DIDN'T HAPPEN. IT'S SIMPLY A MISTAKE ON A PHOTOGRAPH THAT GOT POSTED. SO I WANTED EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS. WE WORKED REALLY HARD FOR YOUR COMMUNITY AND WE DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.

CAN I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION? YEAH.

I'M JUST GOING TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU HAVE TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED BEFORE YOU SPEAK, BUT GO AHEAD.

ARE YOU SAYING YOU USE THE SAME MAP ALL THREE DAYS? YEP. SO THAT. SO THE MAPS STAY ON THE WALL AND THEN PEOPLE COMMENT ON THEM AND THEY JUST STAY UP.

AND THE REASON THAT WE DO THAT IS SOME OF THESE EXERCISES.

IT'S KIND OF HARD TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO THEM AS THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. AND SO THEY VISUALLY CAN SEE IT. OH, OKAY. AND THEN IT BUILDS ON EACH OTHER AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL PUT STUFF ON TOP OF OTHER STUFF, BUT THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS. AND SO WE LEAVE THEM UP THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE EVENT AND THEN WE PHOTOGRAPH THEM EVERY DAY. SO WE HAVE A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE EVERY DAY. AND THEN WE INCLUDE THE LAST ONE, I THINK, IS WHAT WE WERE INCLUDING IN THE THING.

SO.

OKAY, THAT'S INTERESTING. I'VE SEEN THE PICTURES AND IF YOU POSTED A PICTURE PRIOR TO THE FINAL PICTURE, THEN THE DOTS ON YOUR PICTURE SHOULD ALSO BE ON THE FINAL PICTURE. BUT I'VE SEEN THE FINAL PICTURE AND THE DOT ALIGNMENT DOES NOT. SO IT IS VERY CURIOUS.

I'VE CHECKED IT AND I'M STILL WAITING TO SEE WHICH ONES DON'T ALIGN BECAUSE I HAVEN'T FOUND ANY THAT DON'T ALIGN.

SO.

AND THEY CAN ALSO. PART OF THE OPEN COMMENTING IS SOMEBODY CAN PUT A DOT ON TOP OF ANOTHER DOT AND YOU CAN'T SEE THE DOT BELOW IT. THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THEM, WE CAN TELL WE STILL HAVE ALL THE ORIGINALS AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF. SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS IT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE BROUGHT UP, BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT MAKING SURE THAT THIS WAS A TRANSPARENT PROCESS THROUGH THE ENTIRE THING.

OKAY. THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

YEAH.

I ALWAYS WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND, AND THE EFFORT THAT. THAT YOU PUT ON THIS. AND I'M GONNA APOLOGIZE JUST FOR YOU BEING ACCUSED OF SOMETHING THAT YOU DID NOT DO JUST ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. SO I KNOW THAT THAT'S, IT WAS A LONG DISCUSSION BEHIND THAT, BUT I WANT TO APOLOGIZE AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED THERE.

AND I THINK MR. RUTLEDGE HAD A QUESTION.

YEAH, THANKS, MAYOR. SO I LOVE HOW YOU KIND OF BROKE THAT OUT, AND THERE'S TONS OF VISUALS TO GO THROUGH. I HAVE A SPECIFIC, SPECIFIC QUESTION JUST BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS COME ACROSS MY MIND AND I'VE HEARD FROM OTHER RESIDENTS AS I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS DIFFERENTIATING, YOU KNOW, AS PRINCETON KIND OF GROWS.

RIGHT. YOU HAD THAT GRAND BOULEVARD.

RIGHT.

COMING DOWN 380.

BUT WE CAN'T CONTROL MCKINNEY AND WE CAN'T CONTROL, LIKE, THE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE BACKED UP. SO DO YOU HAVE ANY LIKE, RECOMMENDATIONS INSIDE HOW TO KIND OF DIFFERENTIATE PRINCETON VERSUS. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, EVERY CITY HAS ITS GREAT AREAS, AND THEN THEY'RE NOT SO GREAT AREAS. SO HOW DO WE DIFFERENTIATE OURSELVES FROM, YOU KNOW, BEING BACKED UP TO MAYBE A NOT SO GREAT AREA OF A.

SURE. I THINK ONE OF THE CRITICAL THINGS YOU NEED TO DO IS ESTABLISH YOUR BOUNDARY.

RIGHT.

IT'S REALLY HARD TO TELL WHEN YOU GET INTO PRINCETON. YOU JUST KIND OF FALL INTO PRINCETON AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT OCCURRED, BUT YOU JUST START SEEING SIGNS THAT SAY, PRINCETON, WHATEVER.

PRINCETON, THIS. YOU NEED TO ESTABLISH THAT. THAT EDGE, THAT BOUNDARY THAT SAYS YOU ARE NOW HERE. AND THEN YOU NEED TO BACK IT UP WITH WHAT IT LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE AS YOU GO DEEPER INTO THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S A ESTABLISHING THOSE EDGES ARE REALLY IMPORTANT,

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AND IT STARTS TO LET YOUR OWN COMMUNITY RECOGNIZE. I'M BACK HOME NOW. AND I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT THING.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU'VE SEEN WORK WELL TO KIND OF.

IN DOING SO, LIKE COMING DOWN A HIGHWAY, LIKE 380, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU'D RECOMMEND THAT WE KIND OF LOOK AT? WELL, I THINK AT A MINIMUM, AND I KNOW THAT MAYBE THERE WERE SOME GATEWAYS OR MONUMENTS OR SOME OTHER STUFF THAT WAS UP PREVIOUSLY, AND THAT CONSTRUCTION HAS REALLY PUSHED THAT STUFF OUT. YOU NEED TO HAVE WHATEVER WELCOMING WELCOME YOU HAVE INTO THE COMMUNITY OF A SCALE THAT FITS THE 380 IS HUGE, AND IT'S GOING TO GET HUGER. RIGHT. AND SO HAVING SOMETHING THAT IS EITHER IN THE MEDIAN OR AT THE EDGES IN THE MEDIUM, WHATEVER THAT IS, TO MAKE IT FEELS LIKE YOU CROSS OVER A THRESHOLD IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

NOW, THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE TXDOT ENTRIES INTO THEIR COMMUNITIES AND THEY WORK WITH TXDOT SO THAT THEY CAN PUT SOMETHING IN THE MEDIA IN ITSELF. SO IT'S RIGHT THERE. AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET OVER THE SCALE ISSUES ON THE SIDE, BUT IT'S SUCH A CRITICAL THING TO SAY, WELCOME TO PRINCETON.

SURE.

AND THEN TO BACK IT UP WITH, YOU KNOW, FURTHER DOWN WHEN YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTROL.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

YEAH, YOU BET. JUST A LITTLE FOLLOW UP ON THAT, STEVE, IF YOU GO. SAME THING.

JUST REMEMBERING NEXT TIME.

THANK YOU. NO, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT. JUST TURN, TURN YOUR MIC SO I CAN ACKNOWLEDGE YOU BEFORE YOU SPEAK. BUT, NO, YOU GOOD? YOU GOOD.

GO AHEAD.

THE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS OR NOT ONE COMMENT I HAVE IS WHENEVER YOU'RE GOING WEST, MUCH OF THE PROPERTY THAT'S ON THE SOUTH SIDE THAT YOU ACTUALLY THINK YOU'RE IN PRINCETON IS ACTUALLY LARRY CROSSING. AND THEN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD, IT'S PRINCETON.

SO IT'S KIND OF HARD TO PUT A SIGN UP THERE.

YEAH.

YEP.

YOU KNOW, TO ACTUALLY IDENTIFY EXACTLY WHERE PRINCETON STARTS AT. AND SO, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE.

YEAH. THE OTHER THING THAT GOES INTO THAT. RIGHT. IS, IS WHEN DO YOU SEE IT, WHEN DO YOU FIRST INTERACT WITH IT, WHEN, HOW LONG AWAY IS IT? RIGHT. SO YOU GOT TO DO SOME VISUALS AND SOME VIEW SHED STUDIES TO UNDERSTAND. OKAY, THIS IS HERE. SO WHAT FEELS LIKE THE ENTRY TO THE COMMUNITY MAY NOT BE AT THE CORPORATE BOUNDARY OF THE COMMUNITY. AND IT COULD BE SIMPLE AS THERE'S NO ROOM THERE'S NO LAND THERE, THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT. RIGHT. AND SO INSTEAD OF DOING A MEASURE, A HALF MEASURE OR A SMALL MEASURE OR SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T FIT, YOU LOOK FOR THE BEST PLACE TO DO IT ON THAT EDGE. AND THAT MAY BE JUST INSIDE, OUTSIDE, OR INSIDE A LITTLE BIT. AND BY THE WAY, YOU PULL THAT THREAD THROUGH THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY. RIGHT.

THROUGH MATERIAL OR SHAPE OR LOGO OR WHATEVER, SO THAT IT JUST KIND OF REINFORCES THE OVERALL BRAND OF THE COMMUNITY AS YOU GO.

MS. DAVID-GRAVES? THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST JOINED, WHEN I FIRST WAS ELECTED TO COUNCIL UNDER PREVIOUS MAYOR CHACON AND THEN CITY MANAGER MASHBURN, WE DISCUSSED THIS AND IT TALKED ABOUT HOW WILL WE DIFFERENTIATE PRINCETON FROM THE REST OF OUR NEIGHBORS. AND THEY DID COME UP WITH A CONCEPT OF LIKE A GATE COMING INTO PRINCETON THAT SAYS WELCOME YOU TO PRINCETON. AND WORKING WITH TXDOT.

BUT NOT ONLY THAT, JUST A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ENCAPSULATING WHAT PRINCETON CAN BECOME. WHEN I SPEAK OF PRINCETON, FOR ME PERSONALLY, I TELL PRINCETON, I TELL PEOPLE THAT PRINCETON IS THE PEARL OF NORTH DALLAS. AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS THAT RESIDENTS FROM FRISCO, PLANO, MCKINNEY, ALLEN AND ALL THE OTHER CITIES WILL BE COMING INTO PRINCETON BECAUSE WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S DIFFERENT, WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S UNIQUE.

THEY CAN GET ONTO I75, THE SUMMER RAYBURN TOLLWAY QUICKLY. WE CAN'T. SO WE HAVE TO BRING THEM IN. AND SO TOURISM WILL BE WHAT DRIVES PRINCETON. AND IF WE UTILIZE, AS YOU SAID, WE HAVE TWO BEAUTIFUL ARMS OF GREENERY COMING THROUGH PRINCETON. AND IF WE UTILIZE THAT AND IF WE SELL IT AND WE PLAN WELL, PRINCETON COULD BE THE WEEKEND DESTINATION OF CHOICE FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS. AND THEN AS WE GROW ECONOMICALLY, THAT WILL ALSO BE A MEANS OF ATTRACTING PEOPLE INTO PRINCETON, HAVING RESIDENTS STAYING AND WORKING IN PRINCETON, KEEPING OUR TAX DOLLARS IN PRINCETON, AND HAVING PRINCETON BECOME THE TRUE PEARL OF NORTH TEXAS.

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THANK YOU, MS. TODD.

SO WITHOUT HAVING A THOROUGHFARE PLAN, CURRENTLY WE ARE, WE HAVE THAT POTENTIAL OF NOT HAVING THE RIGHT OF WAYS THAT WE NEED FOR SOME OF THIS GROWTH THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO THE COMP PLAN. OUR CAPITAL ALLOCATIONS FOR OUR TRAFFIC STUDIES CAN BE UNDERFUNDED AND RESULTING IN US HAVING TO USE MORE TAXPAYER DOLLARS FOR THE GROWTH THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE IF WE HAD A THOROUGHFARE PLAN ALIGNED WITH THE COMP PLAN.

ADDITIONALLY, THE MASTER DRAINAGE STUDY IS SO OUTDATED THAT WE ALSO RUN THE RISK OF HAVING UNDERSIZED DETENTION STRUCTURES AND RISKING ZONING LAND FOR HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT INSIDE UNMAPPED FLOOD RISK ZONES. WE HAVE ONE AREA THAT HAS OVER 900 APARTMENTS THAT ARE LOOKING AT BEING DONE AND YOURS, YOUR COMP PLAN SHOWED OVER 02,000, SO BETWEEN 21, SO 2134 TO 2,494 POTENTIAL MULTIFAMILY UNITS. SO KNOWING ALL OF THOSE RISKS, IS IT NORMAL FOR A CITY TO HAVE GONE THIS ROUTE? KNOWING THAT THOSE TYPES OF RISKS EXIST WHEN YOU DON'T PUT THEM TOGETHER, WHEN WE DON'T FOLLOW THAT PROCEDURE OF HAVING ALL THREE OF THESE UNITED AND WE PUSH ONE FORWARD BEFORE WE DO THE OTHERS. IS THAT A NORMAL THING THAT YOU SEE? SO MOST COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY CAN'T STAY IN SEQUENCE, RIGHT. AND SO THEY'RE TRYING TO UPDATE THIS PLAN TO GET TO THIS PLAN, TO GET TO THIS PLAN. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOUR COMP PLAN 10 YEAR CLOCK IS ALREADY BEEN TICKING AND THEN YOU GOT TO UPDATE HERE. AND MAYBE THIS IS TWO YEARS OR THREE YEARS OR SIX YEARS OR YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS OLD. AND SO YOU'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO PLAY CATCH UP AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW IS AGAIN, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS A VISION PLAN. IT IS A POLICY DOCUMENT, AND IT REFERENCES OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS THAT YOU'RE. YOU'RE DOING NOW OR HAVE JUST RECENTLY FINISHED, LIKE YOUR WATER AND YOUR SEWER PLANS. AND SO THOSE PLANS, BECAUSE THEY'RE MORE TECHNICAL IN NATURE ARE REFERENCED IN THE COMP PLAN. AND WITHOUT HAVING TO SPEND MONEY ON DOING THOSE INTERNAL TO THE COMP PLAN. AND SO WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN WITH STAFF ABOUT WHAT WAS BEING DEVELOPED.

WE WERE IN CONTACT. YOU HAD A SAFETY ACTION PLAN THAT WAS BEING DEVELOPED AS WELL, TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ACTION PLAN THAT WAS BEING DEVELOPED AT THE SAME TIME. AND SO ALL OF THOSE ARE BY REFERENCE IN THE DOCUMENT. NOW, KNOWING THAT A FULL THOROUGHFARE PLAN NEEDS TO BE DONE, YOU CAN DEVELOP THE FULL THOROUGHFARE PLAN, KNOWING WHAT THE VISION IS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND THEN IF YOU NEED, AGAIN, IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT, SO IF YOU, IF YOU NEED TO MAKE ANY TWEAKS BECAUSE OF TRANSPORTATION, YOU CAN DO THAT. BUT I WOULD ALSO TELL YOU THAT ALL OF THE BIG MOVES ARE KNOWN AT THIS POINT AS FAR AS THE LARGE INFRASTRUCTURE PIECES THAT ARE OUT THERE ON THE ROADSIDE, ON THE 380 BYPASS, ON THE NORTH SOUTH CONNECTOR.

THOSE BIG PIECES ARE WELL KNOWN. AND QUITE HONESTLY, THEY WERE COORDINATED WITH THE FOLKS DOING YOUR SAFETY ACTION PLAN AS WELL. AND SO NOW YOU'RE OKAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH YOUR THOROUGHFARE PLAN, WHICH YOU'VE SHOWN TONIGHT THAT YOU'RE PUTTING IT IN THE BUDGET. SO I THINK YOU'RE OKAY. WE HAVE NOT DONE, HONESTLY, I HAVE NOT WORKED ON A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN ABOUT 20 YEARS WHERE WE SAID, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO DO LAND USE AND WE'RE GOING TO DO A THREE FULL TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WE'RE GOING TO DO A FULL WATER AND SEWER PLAN. ALL OF THOSE MAJOR PIECES ALL TOGETHER, THAT'S WHERE WE USED TO DO THEM. AND THEY WOULD ALL BE ONE THING. AND IT WOULD, YOU KNOW, IN TODAY'S DOLLARS, IT'D PROBABLY BE A MILLION DOLLARS JUST TO DO ONE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AND SO NOW WHAT'S HAPPENED IS THOSE HAVE BECOME UNDERNEATH REALLY THE UMBRELLA,

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THE COMP PLAN HAVE BEEN, OKAY, WE NEED TO DIVE INTO THIS ONE BECAUSE IT'S OUT OF DATE, OR WE NEED TO DO THIS ONE. IT'S OUT OF DATE WITH THE COMP PLAN SORT OF LEADING THE WAY ON THE FRAMEWORKS. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE CALLED FRAMEWORKS, NOT PLANS, BY THE WAY, IS SO THAT THERE IS ROOM TO FIT THOSE OTHER PIECES INSIDE OF THEM AND BE REFLECTED BY THOSE PIECES. SO THAT'S THE STRATEGY AND HOW THIS MOVE FORWARD.

AM I ALLOWED TO ASK A FOLLOW UP QUESTION? ASK A WHAT? A FOLLOW UP QUESTION.

YEAH, USED TO HAVE THE FLOOR.

SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT FOR YOUR COMP PLAN THE DATA YOU USE TO MAKE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS IS BASED OFF A 2017, 2018 DRAINAGE STUDY THAT OUR OWN ENGINEERS IN 2024 PRESENTED ABOUT STATING SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF CONCERN FOR DRAINAGE. AND WE ARE USING THAT DATA, NOT UPDATED DATA, TO SEE THE IMPACT AND GROWTH OF THOSE PROBLEMS TO CREATE THIS PLAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO FORWARD WITH AND BE LIKE WE'RE GOING TO THROW SOME BUILDINGS OVER HERE.

SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS YOUR STAFF INDICATED THAT THEY HAD ALREADY HIRED PEOPLE TO DO A STORMWATER PLAN AND A SEWER PLAN, A WATER PLAN, SO THAT THOSE PIECES OF THE PUZZLE WERE BEING TAKEN CARE OF AND THAT WE WOULD COLLABORATE WITH THEM OR CONNECT WITH THEM ON THOSE PIECES, KNOWING FULL WELL THAT LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT, REDEVELOPMENT DRIVES HOW WATER AND SEWER WORKS IN A COMMUNITY. RIGHT.

AND SO WE HAD TO COMPLETE THE LAND USE STUFF SO THAT THEY COULD MOVE FORWARD TO FINISH THOSE OTHER COMPONENTS. THOSE OTHER COMPONENTS AREN'T MINE. I DON'T OWN THOSE OTHER COMPONENTS. AND SO WHAT WE DECIDED, OTHER THAN MULTIPLE MEETINGS AND INTERVIEWS WITH YOUR STAFF ABOUT WHAT THE CRITICAL ISSUES WERE, THE THINGS THEY WERE STRUGGLING WITH, ET CETERA, SO WE COULD INFUSE OUR PLAN WITH THOSE ISSUES AND YOU SEE THEM SHOW UP IN THE STRATEGIES AND THE GOALS OF THE PLAN ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND ETC AND LAND USE, WHATEVER THAT THOSE INFORMED THAT. AND WE ALSO WERE COORDINATING WITH YOUR CONSULTANT FOR THOSE OTHER PLANS THAT THEY DID, INCLUDING THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN, INCLUDING THE WATER PLAN, INCLUDING THE SEWER PLAN.

WE DON'T HAVE A WATER PLAN IN MOTION AT THE MOMENT.

YEAH, YEAH, BUT I DON'T KNOW.

BUT THAT'S.

IT WAS IN THE WORKS. I KNOW IT WAS IN THE WORKS. WE WERE COORDINATING WITH THEM. THE SAME COMPANY DOING ALL THREE.

YEAH, SURE, THERE. YEAH.

OKAY. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE ON COUNCIL THAT HAS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, THANK. THANK YOU SIR. THE TIME IS 9:32 AND THIS WILL OPEN UP PUBLIC HEARING.

DOES ANYBODY SPEAK ON THIS? MS. ELLIS, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COUNCIL.

COMP PLAN IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

I'M NOT. I WAS FULLY PART OF IT FROM BEFORE IT EVEN STARTED. I DID ONE ON ONE IN INTERVIEWS, GAVE INFO. ONE OF THE IDEAS I PUT UP ON THE BOARD ABOUT GIVING PRINCETON WAS AN IDENTITY, IF I'M CORRECT. I THINK I PUT A LITTLE STICKY NOTE SAID IDENTITY WALLS AT EACH END OF 380. CEMENT IDENTITY WALL WITH OUR TREE LOGO. SOMETHING GENERAL AND BASIC LIKE THAT COULD TELL PEOPLE, HEY, YOU'RE IN PRINCETON NOW.

COULD HAVE THE GREEN TREE ON A WALL, BUT THAT'S DIFFERENT. THE ONLY THING WITH THE COMP PLAN, AND I HAD ASKED THIS THROUGH THE PNZ AS WELL AS THE PARKS AND RECS. TAKE THE PRIOR COMP PLAN, TAKE YOUR NEW COMP PLAN AND COMPARE THEM. WHAT DID WE ACCOMPLISH FROM THE FIRST COMP, THE PRIOR COMP PLAN TO NOW THE COMP PLAN NOW, WHAT IS STILL THERE? WHAT ISN'T THERE? JUST SHOW HOW WE'VE IMPROVED FROM HERE TO THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT A NEW COMP PLAN AND THAT'S GREAT, BUT WHAT DID WE IMPROVE ON? UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT INFORMATION. IT WAS REQUESTED FOR A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT IN THIS COMP PLAN, WHICH I DON'T. I WAS PART OF, SO I SHOULD. I'M FULLY

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ON BOARD. BUT TELL ME WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED AGAIN, SHOW THE RESIDENTS WHAT HAS HAPPENED.

THANK YOU.

MAYOR COUNCIL. FIRST, THANKS TO OLSON. THANKS TO OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TEAM FOR PUTTING THIS COMP PLAN TOGETHER. FOR THE RECORD, I SPOKE ON THIS ON JUNE 20 AT THE PNZ MEETING. I WANT TO REITERATE THOSE FOUNDATIONAL CORRECTIONS REGARDING THE DRAFT COMP PLAN. FIRST, ENSURING THE COMPLETE REMOVAL OF THE PHRASE DATA CENTER FROM PAGE 36. AND SECOND, REMOVING THE WORD PROPOSED FROM FIRE STATION 2 IN FIGURE 13 ON PAGE 115 TO ACCURATELY REFLECT ITS CURRENT EXISTENCE.

AS THIS PLAN NOW COMES BEFORE CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL ADOPTION, WE MUST RECOGNIZE THAT UNLIKE PNZ, THIS COUNCIL HOLDS THE ULTIMATE LEGISLATIVE AND OPERATIONAL PURVIEW OVER THE CITY. YOU POSSESS THE DIRECT AUTHORITY TO TURN THIS DOCUMENT FROM A THEORETICAL GUIDE INTO A FUNCTIONAL REALITY.

HOWEVER, WE MUST ADDRESS THE FISCAL ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.

WITHOUT A TAX RATE BEING STRUCTURED PROPERLY, THIS PLAN, FOR THE MOST PART, CANNOT BE PUT INTO IMPLEMENTATION.

COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING WITHOUT DEDICATED FINANCIAL BACKING IS JUST AN EXPENSIVE WISH LIST.

TO FULFILL THE VISION OF INFRASTRUCTURE, FIRST, THE FUNDING MUST MATCH AMBITION. TO ENSURE THIS PLAN DOES NOT SIT GATHERING DUST ON A SHELF, I URGE THE COUNCIL TO INSTITUTIONALIZE FIVE CORE ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS. 1, ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORTING.

ESTABLISH EXPLICIT MEASURABLE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS. MPIS TO REPORT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY ANNUALLY TO ENSURE THE PARKS AND TRAILS MASTER PLAN IS SYNCHRONIZED UNDER THIS EXACT SAME REVIEW CYCLE. 2, CROSS DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTABILITY FORM A UNIFIED PROJECT MANAGEMENT DASHBOARD.

BRIDGING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES EDC, CDC FINANCE, PARKS AND REC TO PREVENT IMPLEMENTATION GAPS IN THE CRITICAL 0 TO 3 YEAR WINDOW. 3, CIP SYNCHRONIZATION.

SET STRICT TIMELINES FOR UPDATING WATER, SANITARY, SEWER MOBILITY MASTER PLANS, ENSURING THE CIP IS AUTOMATICALLY SYNCHRONIZED WITH THEM. 4, IMPACT FEE RECALIBRATION UNDER ACTION GR 2.1.1 CONDUCT AN IMMEDIATE PEER CITY COMPARISON TO ENSURE OUR IMPACT FEES ARE HIGH ENOUGH TO FUND NECESSARY SYSTEM EXPANSIONS WITHOUT OVERBURDENING TAXPAYERS.

05, IMMEDIATE ECONOMIC ACTIVATION.

USE THE POWERFUL DATA IN APPENDIX D IMMEDIATELY TO EMPOWER THE EDC IN RECRUITING COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS, MEDICAL FACILITIES AND BUSINESSES TO PRINCETON.

UNLIKE ADVISORY BOARDS, YOU HOLD THE LEVERS OF POWER.

I GAVE YOU 30 MORE SECONDS.

IT IS YOUR DUTY NOT JUST TO ADOPT THIS PLAN, BUT TO MANDATE THE CADENCE FOR ANNUAL METRICS, DEPLOY MARKETING RESOURCES NOW AND DIRECT STAFF ACROSS EVERY DEPARTMENT TO FULFILL THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE.

THANK YOU.

KEVIN HIS.

COUNCIL BEFORE I HAD A SPEECH WRITTEN TO KEEP WITHIN TIME I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON SOMETHING ELSE FIRST. I HAVE A LOT OF NOTES, SOME ISSUES THAT I PROBABLY CAN'T GET INTO BECAUSE I'LL PROBABLY RUN OUT OF TIME. BUT I DID WANT TO NOTE THE THAT I CLARIFY I WAS THE ONE WHO HAD TAKEN THE PHOTOS NOTICED SOME THINGS I'VE SPOKEN TO DIFFERENT RESIDENTS ABOUT IT. I WAS AT THE TOWN HALL AND POINTED IT OUT AT WHICH TIME I ALSO POINTED OUT THAT I WASN'T MAKING ANY ACCUSATIONS TOWARDS THE THE OLSON ALSO SPOKE WITH HIM PRIVATELY AFTERWARD MADE CLEAR, I THINK VERY ABUNDANTLY CLEAR I WASN'T MAKING ANY ACCUSATIONS TOWARD THEMSELVES. VERY SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT. BUT WHAT WHAT DID GET DISCUSSED IS THAT SOME INFORMATION WAS GOING TO BE PROVIDED TO TO KIND OF EXPLAIN AND SUPPORT WHAT I HAD SEEN AND I HAVE STILL NOT SEEN THAT. AND THE EXPLANATION THAT YOU GUYS GOT WITHOUT SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME BEING VERBOSE

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ABOUT IT DOES NOT ANSWER WHAT I'VE SEEN. AND I MATTER OF FACT WHEN HE WAS SPEAKING I SENT YOU GUYS ALL THE EMAIL THAT I HAD EXCHANGED WITH THE CITY. SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND GO BACK TO MY SPEECH BEFORE I RUN OUT OF TIME. I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO POSTPONE ADOPTION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TONIGHT.

NOT TO KILL IT, BUT TO GET IT RIGHT. STATE LAW ALLOWS YOU TO ADOPT THIS PLAN BECAUSE IT IS SUPPOSED TO REFLECT THE INPUT OF THE PEOPLE OF PRINCETON.

NOW TONIGHT THAT FOUNDATION IS IN QUESTION. AT THE JULY 11TH TOWN HALL I RAISED DOCUMENTED CONCERN PHOTOS RESIDENTS TOOK IN ADDITION TO MINE. THE PUBLIC INPUT THAT MAPS AT THE JULY 2025 COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE DO NOT MATCH THE PHOTOS PUBLISHED IN APPENDIX C OF THIS PLAN.

STICKERS WHICH REPRESENT RESIDENTS INPUT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN BOTH ADDED AND REMOVED. I WAS TOLD THIS AFTERNOON THAT THESE WERE SIMPLY DIFFERENT MEETINGS BUT THE PHOTOS SHOW THE MAJORITY OF THE STICKERS.

SORRY THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE STICKERS IN IDENTICAL POSITIONS OVERLAPPING STICKERS STACKED IN THE IDENTICAL ORDER AND THE SAME COLORED POST IT NOTES WITH THE SAME COMMENTS IN THE SAME HANDWRITING.

DIFFERENT GROUPS ON DIFFERENT DATES DO NOT PRODUCE IDENTICAL MAPS. NOW OLSON'S REPRESENTATIVE TOLD ME A MONTH AGO THAT TIMESTAMP PHOTOS EXIST EXIST THAT WOULD RESOLVE THIS AND COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THEM. I RECEIVED NOTHING. A PLANNING AND ZONING MEMBER AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER RECEIVED NO ANSWER EITHER. INSTEAD, THREE HOURS BEFORE THIS HEARING I RECEIVED TWO PARAGRAPH EXPLANATION IN THE EXPLANATION AND STILL NO PHOTOGRAPHS. LET ME BE DIRECT ABOUT WHAT'S AT STAKE. IF RESIDENT INPUT WAS ALTERED IN THE OFFICIAL ENGAGEMENT RECORD OR COUNCIL ADOPTS THIS PLAN TONIGHT WITH A QUESTION UNRESOLVED, YOU'RE NOT JUST OVER OVERLOOKING.

I'LL GIVE YOU 33 MORE SECONDS TO FINISH UP.

WAS THAT THREE MINUTES INSTEAD OF FIVE? ALMOST.

PROBABLY CARRYING IS THREE MINUTES, SIR.

INTERESTING. OKAY. AND IF COUNCIL ADOPTS THE PLAN TONIGHT WITH THAT QUESTION UNRESOLVED, YOU ARE NOT JUST OVERLOOKING RESIDENTS INPUT, BUT YOU'RE RATIFYING WHATEVER HAPPENED TO IT. SO THE OTHER MAIN CONCERN I HAVE I'M NOT BE ABLE TO GO OVER IN 3 MINUTES IS. IS THE TRANSPORTATION. THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN. THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN IS GOING TO DICTATE WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.

AND YOU GUYS HEARD A LOT ABOUT IT THROUGH. THANK YOU.

KEN SELIGMAN, IS YOU STILL HERE? I SAW HIM LEAVE OUT MAYOR. I SAW HIM LEAVE.

ALL RIGHT, THERE'S NOBODY HERE FOR PUBLIC HEARING. THE TIME IS 09:42. AND THIS WILL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING. AND AT THIS TIME I ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I WOULD MOTION TO TABLE THIS TO A FUTURE MEETING.

ALL RIGHT, THERE'S NO SECOND AT THIS TIME. THE MOTION FAILED. I WILL ENTERTAIN A NEW MOTION.

YOU DIDN'T EVEN GIVE IT TIME FOR SOMEONE TO RESPOND.

OKAY, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? ALL RIGHT, WE DON'T HAVE A SECOND. SO THAT MOTION FAILS AT THIS TIME I CONTAIN A NEW MOTION.

OKAY, THEN I'LL INTRODUCE A DIFFERENT MOTION. I WOULD MOTION TO ADD THE FIVE POINTS THAT SHARAD BROUGHT UP FOR THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW, THE CROSS DEPARTMENT ACCOUNTABILITY UPDATE TIMELINES AND AUTO SYNCING IMPACT FEES REVIEW AND THE IMMEDIATE ECONOMIC. I FORGET THE LAST WORD THERE. I CAN'T EVEN READ MY HANDWRITING.

ALL THOSE ALONG WITH THE REMOVAL OF THE DATA CENTER ON PAGE 36 AND THE REMOVAL PROPOSED FOR FIRE STATION ON PAGE 115.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD AN OVERLAY FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL OVERLAY OVER FROM MONTE CARLO TO COLLEGE ON LONGNECK ALONGSIDE THE PARK. BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF THE GREENERY AREAS MENTIONED.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE DO NOT HAVE A SECOND MOTION.

YOUR HONOR.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE REMOVAL OF THE DATA CENTER PORTION OF IT.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND?

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I SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. MS. DAVID-GRAVES SECOND.

[L2. ORD-2026-08-10-27 Conduct a public hearing, receive public testimony, discuss, and consider recommending amendments to Chapter 82 of the Princeton Code of Ordinances to limit data center location to the M-2 Heavy Manufacturing District with a Specific Use Permit, 08.10.20261.pdf SECOND AMENDMENT TO INTERLOCAL NON-STANDARD AGREEMENT REGARD.pdf CC Memo - Collin County_Princeton Road & Bridge ILA - 08.10.2026.pdf Attachment A - Interlocal Cooperation Agreement Between the City of Princeton and Collin.pdf Attachment B - Collin County Roadway Policy (Court Order No. 2021-109-02- 01).pdf CC Memo - Princeton Police RISE Awards - 08.10.2026.pdf Executive Session: Under terms of Chapter 551 of Texas Government Code the City Council may enter into Closed Session or Executive Session to discuss the following: Section 551.071 (2) Texas Government Code. Consultation with the City Attorney on pending or contemplated litigation, a settlement offer, or on a matter in which the duty of the attorney to the governmental body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with this chapter on any agenda item listed elsewhere within this agenda, and/or the subject matter listed below: North Collin Special Utility District v. City of Princeton, Texas CC Memo - Comprehensive Plan - 08.10.2026.pdf Exhibit A - Draft Comprehensive Plan.pdf Exhibit B - Appendix A and B - Existing Conditions Report and Existing Plans Review.pdf Exhibit C - Appendix C - Public Engagement Summary.pdf Exhibit D - Appendix D - Economic and Market Analysis.pdf Ordinance No. 2026-08-10-28.pdf adopt a revised definition for data centers, and establish usespecific development standards for data center use; and take appropriate action]

ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES 5-2. TO TAKE US TO ITEM L2, MS. FOWLER? ITEM L2, ORDINANCE 2026-08-10-27 CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, RECEIVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER RECOMMENDING AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 82 OF THE PRINCETON CODE OF ORDINANCE TO LIMIT DATA CENTER LOCATION TO THE M2 HEAVY MANUFACTURING DISTRICT WITH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, ADOPT A REVISED DEFINITION FOR DATA CENTERS AND ESTABLISH USE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR DATA CENTER USE AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THIS IS THE DATA CENTER AMENDMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. YOU ALL APPROVED US BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAS APPROVED IT UNANIMOUSLY.

WHAT THIS DOES IS CURRENTLY IN OUR CODE IN THE USE CHART, DATA CENTER IS ALLOWED BY WRITE IN C1, C2, M1 AND M2. WHAT THAT MEANS IS IF ANYBODY COMES TO BUILD ONE IN THESE FOUR DISTRICTS, PLANNING HAS TO GIVE OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WILL HAVE TO GIVE THEM A PERMIT TO DO IT IF THEY MEET EVERYTHING IN OUR CODE, WHICH IS NOT MUCH. SO WITH THIS, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE REMOVE THE DATA CENTER FROM C1, C2 AND M1, AND IN M2, ALLOW IT WITH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT THAT GIVES STAFF, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND THE COUNCIL THE RIGHT TO LOOK AT EACH DATA CENTER ON ITS OWN WITH WHETHER IT'S APPROPRIATE OR NOT, WHERE IT'S LOCATED, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

AND SO THAT'S ONE CHANGE.

THAT'S THE USE. SECOND CHANGE IS THE DEFINITION. CURRENTLY, OUR DEFINITION OF DATA CENTERS IS PRETTY LOOSE. IT'S OPEN TO INTERPRETATION. WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS WE NOT ONLY LOOK AT THE DATA CENTER BY SIZE, BUT WE ALSO LOOK AT IT BY INFRASTRUCTURE, THE COOLING STACKS THAT IT NEEDS, AND ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ACCESSORY SERVER ROOM IS NOT GOING TO NEED. SO RIGHT NOW, THAT'S THE CONFUSION. PEOPLE COULD JUST SAY, OH NO, IT'S NOT A DATA CENTER, IT'S AN ACCESSORY SERVER ROOM.

AND WE'D HAVE TO TAKE IT. SO THAT DEFINITION REALLY STRENGTHENS IT AND ALLOWS STAFF TO LOOK BETWEEN WHAT THE USE REALLY IS.

AND THEN THE THIRD CHANGE IS RIGHT NOW, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE DON'T HAVE TOO MANY RESTRICTIONS, TOO MANY REGULATIONS THAT DATA CENTERS HAVE TO FOLLOW. AND SO WE'VE LOOKED AT ADDING A SECTION IN THE SPECIAL USE AREA, WHICH IS THERE'S 19 POINTS HERE. I WON'T READ THEM ALL, BUT WHAT THEY DO IS THEY TALK ABOUT THE DISTANCE FROM RESIDENTIAL SOUND AND THEN HOW DO YOU PUT LANDSCAPING, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE LIGHTING? ALL OF THOSE ISSUES THAT DATA CENTERS CAN CREATE AROUND NEIGHBORHOODS AND IN CITIES. THOSE ARE THE ONES WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS WITH THESE REQUIREMENTS ON TOP OF IT. WE'VE ALSO ADDED IN THERE WHAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL SHOULD CONSIDER WHILE EVALUATING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THIS SO THAT IT'S VERY CLEAR TO EVERYBODY THAT ALL THE DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE PER THE ORDINANCE AND EVERYONE CAN SEE WHAT THE BASIS OF IT IS.

IT GIVES OUR RESIDENTS PEACE OF MIND AND IT ALSO GIVES DEVELOPERS UP FRONT WHAT THE CITY REQUIRES BEFORE THEY COME TO US. SO THOSE ARE THE THREE CHANGES THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING FOR THIS DATA CENTER AMENDMENT.

HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT THANK YOU, MR. WASHINGTON.

YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THANK YOU FOR DOING THE RESEARCH AND BRINGING THIS BACK TO US. THIS HAS CERTAINLY BEEN A HOT TOPIC HERE RECENTLY,

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SO WE WANTED TO DO WHAT WE COULD TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF OF IT.

SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS.

MR. JOHNSON? THANK YOU SIR FOR BRINGING THIS TODAY AND GETTING THIS OVER AS QUICK AS QUICKLY AS YOU DID. I KNOW A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO THIS. I DID HAVE A QUESTION AFTER LOOKING AT THE DOCUMENT THOUGH. AND SECTION 4 IN THE CONFLICTS CLAUSE IS SPECIFICALLY REFERENCED PROPERTY WITHIN THE C2, A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. BUT THE ORDINANCE IS CHANGING DATA CENTER REGULATIONS THROUGH C1, C2, M1 AND M2. SO I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM IF THAT WAS THERE INTENTIONALLY OR SHOULD WE MENTION ALL THOSE OR? I'M TAKING A LOOK AT IT. HANG ON JUST A SEC.

OH, SO I ACTUALLY CAN ANSWER THAT, BUT IT'S AN ATTORNEY.

IF YOU CAN GET THE ANSWER, THEN SHE CAN FOLLOW UP.

YEAH, KELLY, I THINK WE SHOULD ADD ALL THE DISTRICTS IN THERE, NOT JUST C2.

BUT ONCE SHE RESEARCHES IT, WE'LL LET YOU ALL KNOW.

YEAH, I'M GOING TO READ IT AND THEN I'LL GET BACK TO YOU.

OKAY, THANKS, MR. JONATHAN. SO IF WE APPROVE IT TONIGHT, WILL WE BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT EXCEPTION IN THERE TO ADD THE ADDITIONAL AND WE CAN CONDITIONALLY TO MAKE SURE IT'S IN THERE. OKAY.

THE ONE THING YOU CAN DO IS MAKE SURE THAT SECTION 4 ADDRESSES ALL THE DISTRICTS.

OKAY.

SORRY, IT TOOK A SECOND TO READ IT.

ALL RIGHT.

I WOULD ADD ALL OF THE DISTRICTS DOWN IN SECTION FOUR.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS. I'LL DETAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME. OH, NO, SORRY.

SORRY THERE'S ANY MORE QUESTIONS. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO THE TIME IS 9:51 AND THIS WILL OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING. MS. ELLIS, SHERROD, CAN ANYBODY ELSE HERE FOR PUBLIC HEARING.

I LIKE TALKING TONIGHT. SO I WAS AT THE TOWN HALL FOR THE DATA CENTER AND IT WAS SAID PRINCETON'S NOT GETTING A DATA CENTER. I HAD HEARD THAT A STAFF MEMBER MENTIONED THAT IT WOULD BE IN THE CENTER CITY'S BEST INTEREST TO GAIN MONEY BY DOING A DATA CENTER. OKAY.

NOT A COUNCIL MEMBER, A STAFF MEMBER. OKAY. DATA CENTERS ARE NOT GOOD FOR ANYWHERE. DATA CENTERS AFFECT OUR WATER, IT AFFECTS OUR POWER, IT AFFECTS WILDLIFE, IT AFFECTS AIR POLLUTION.

I MEAN I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING A LOT ABOUT DATA CENTERS LATELY. AND IF WASHINGTON D.C. IS LOOKING AT BANNING THEM ON GOVERNMENT LAND, WHY WOULD WE WANT TO PUT ONE ON OUR LAND AND AFFECT MY WATER, AFFECT MY POWER? SO PLEASE STICK TO WHAT YOU SAID AT THE TOWN HALL, THAT PRINCETON WILL NOT DO A DATA CENTER. THERE'S PLENTY OF OTHER COMMERCIAL THAT WILL COME TO PRINCETON THAT'LL ACTUALLY DO US GOOD AND IT'LL ACTUALLY GIVE JOBS. DATA CENTERS DON'T GIVE JOBS. THEY HIRE ABOUT 20 PEOPLE. I MEAN BRAHMS HAS MORE THAN 20 PEOPLE. SO, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

SHARAD, ARE YOU SPEAKING ON THIS ISSUE? OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS 9:53 AND THIS WILL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND AT THIS TIME I CONTAIN A MOTION AND THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. MS. DAVID-GRAVES? MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM L2ORD2026 81027 WITH THE RESTRICTING DATA CENTERS ONLY TO M2,

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CHANGING THE DEFINITION AS PROPOSED, ADDING SPECIAL USE PROVISION FOR DISTANCE AND CONSIDERATION FOR PERMIT ISSUANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR ORDINANCES AND WITH COUNCIL'S VOTE. ALL OF THIS WITH ENSURING THAT SECTION 4 OF THE ORDINANCE INCLUDES ALL OF THE DISTRICTS REGISTRATION AREAS.

ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION.

I'LL SECOND.

I JUST WANT TO THANK SHAI FOR PUTTING IN ALL OF THE PROVISIONS THAT I BROUGHT UP.

I MISS SECOND.

POINT OF INFORMATION.

YEAH.

IN THAT MOTION, WOULD THAT KELLY, WOULD THAT MOTION SUFFICE IN TERMS OF ADDING THE DISTRICTS SINCE SHE DID NOT NAME THEM OUT INDIVIDUALLY? SHE SAID ALL DISTRICTS, BUT YEAH. ALL RIGHT, MOTION PASSES 7-0. THIS MOVES

[L3. 2026-191 Conduct a public hearing, receive public comments on the proposed FY2026-2027 Annual Budget for the City of Princeton; and take appropriate action.]

TO ITEM L3.

ITEM L3 2026-191, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON A PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2026, 2027 ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON AND TAKE APPROPRIATE REACTION.

JUST REAL QUICK BEFORE YOU START, JUST FOR COUNCIL TO THINK ABOUT. IS IT 10:30, IS IT 11:30 WE HAVE TO DECIDE ON TO MOVE. OKAY, SO WE'RE GOOD. WE GOT PLENTY OF TIME. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU. MAYOR AND COUNCIL AGAIN OPENING UP THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

AGAIN, THIS GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE RESIDENTS TO APPROACH COUNCIL ABOUT THEIR PROPOSED BUDGET.

GIVE THE FEEDBACK TO COUNCIL.

AGAIN, WE ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REFLECTING YOUR GOALS AND YOUR PRIORITIES IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

MAINTAINING OUR SERVICE LEVELS, INVESTING IN THE FUTURE AND PROTECTING THE FINANCIAL STABILITY. WE ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO HAVE THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

SO AGAIN TO ALLOW THE RESIDENTS THIS BUDGET IS FOR THE COMING YEAR FOR OPERATING INVESTMENTS MADE IN PRIVATE PRIORITIES TO BE FUNDED. AND AGAIN THE BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THIS EVENING WAS PUBLIC SAFETY, STREETS GROWTH, PLANNING, PARKS OPERATIONS AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

GROWTH IS INCREASING SO THE DEMAND IS FASTER THAN THE REVENUE THAT'S SUPPORTING IT.

BUT AGAIN, WE ARE TRYING TO MAINTAIN OUR CURRENT LEVEL OF SERVICE WITHIN PRINCETON AS WE GROW FUND COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES AS WELL AS SUPPORT THE RESERVES, THE BOND CAPACITY FOR THOSE GEO BONDS AND FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. SO HERE'S SOME KEY POINTS. REOCCURRING INVESTMENTS, OBVIOUSLY PERSONNEL. WE SEE THAT AS WE PROJECT OUT WITH THE POLICE STAFFING THAT WILL BE A REOCCURRING COST. STREETS INFRASTRUCTURE, PARKS MAINTENANCE, FIRE TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICE SUPPORTS, SOME GUARDRAILS, PROTECTING THE GENERAL FUND RESERVES, MAINTAINING OUR WORKING CAPITAL WITHIN THE UTILITY FUND THAT I TALKED ABOUT AND PRESERVE THAT BOND CAPACITY. I KNOW THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS PRESENTED BY A RESIDENT THAT WE DIDN'T PRESENT ANY BOND GROWTH.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT IS OUR BOND CAPACITY. WHAT CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP INTACT WITH OUR CURRENT DEBT OBLIGATIONS AS WELL AS WHAT IS AVAILABLE FOR THE FUTURE. SO THOSE ARE SOME GUARDRAILS THAT I THINK WE PRESENTED TONIGHT AS WELL.

AND THIS ALSO REAL QUICK, THIS. LET'S SAY WE DO THIS PROPOSED. THIS ACTUALLY OPENS UP OUR BOND CAPACITY. THIS DOESN'T. WE'RE NOT MAXING IT OUT. THIS WILL ACTUALLY OPEN IT UP FOR FUTURE PROJECTS AND FOR, FOR THE CITY. SO WE, WE WOULDN'T BE MAXED OUT AT.

AT THAT POINT IN TIME LIKE WE ARE CURRENTLY.

YES, WE ARE DEFINITELY MAXED OUT CURRENTLY WITH THE 17 CENTS BASED ON OUR MINIMUM. THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR THE INCREASE IN THE DEBT SERVICE RATE TO 20 CENTS AND THEN LOOKING AT GROWTH FOR THE NEAR FUTURE AS WELL FOR OTHER CAPACITY NEEDS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE. SO HERE'S THE BUDGET AS IT WAS PRESENTED.

I KNOW WE HAVE SOME CHANGES. I APPRECIATE ALL THE FEEDBACK AND WE WILL TAKE THAT BACK. NEXT WEEK WE WILL PRESENT YOU WITH THOSE CHANGES AS WELL AS A MEMO FROM STAFF STAFF STATING THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE.

AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THE SAME THINGS HERE, OUR FOUR PRIORITIES. NEXT WEEK WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF THINGS BUT YOU STILL HAVE SOME THINGS ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT TO SETTING THE PROPERTY TAX RATE AND SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL AS SOME OTHER REQUIREMENTS BY LAW. SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.

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HEY, AMBER. THAT WAS ME. I HIT A BUTTON. IF YOU CAN FIX THAT.

YEAH, I APOLOGIZE. I SEE. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? IF NOT, THEN WE'LL OPEN UP THIS TO PUBLIC HEARING. THE TIME IS 09:59, SHEROD? FIVE OBSERVATIONS. ONE EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATION, PAGE 19. THE PROPOSED BUDGET FUNDS TWO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS.

IN A CITY OF OUR SCALE, ONE CITY MANAGER, ONE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ARE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT. WE SHOULD ELIMINATE THE SECOND ASSISTANT MANAGER POSITION AND REALLOCATE THOSE TAXPAYER DOLLARS INTO PUBLIC SAFETY LIKE FIRE OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. 2, FIRE DEPARTMENT OVERTIME, PAGE 33. FLSA OVERTIME FOR FIRE BUDGETED AT $400,000. WHILE I RECOGNIZE THE DEPARTMENT IS NOT REQUESTING ADDITIONAL HEADCOUNT THIS YEAR, MAKING OVERTIME TOUGH TO CURB, STAFF AND COUNCIL MUST KEEP A RELENTLESS EYE ON THIS FIGURE AND CAPTURE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO DRIVE IT DOWN.

03, UTILITY FUND SUCCESS, PAGE 55. THE UTILITY FUND IS HEALTHY TODAY BECAUSE COUNCIL LOOKED AT THE HARD DATA AND IMPLEMENTED WQA. YOU PROVE PAST STAFF WRONG WHO INSISTED WE WAIT FOR THE STARS TO ALIGN. THAT WAS THE RIGHT CALL AND DATA DRIVEN COURAGE WORKS. 4, WATER AND WASTEWATER RATES, PAGE 58.

THE PROPOSAL PAUSES RATES PAUSES RATE INCREASES THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR ONLY TO SLAP RESIDENTS WITH A MUCH LARGER JUMP IN FISCAL 27-28.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY MADE A DECISION ON THIS. BUT RESIDENTS PREFER PREDICTABLE INCREMENTAL YEAR OVER YEAR ADJUSTMENTS RATHER THAN A FALSE PAUSE FOLLOWED BY A SUDDEN STICKER SHOCK. 5, EDC MARKET MARKETING ALLOCATION, PAGE 75. I KNOW JIM HAD REACHED OUT ME. I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO RESPOND. LOOK AT HIS EMAIL BACK TO ME.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING MY OBSERVATION HERE TO THE COUNCIL. THE EDC BUDGETED $226,500 FOR MARKETING THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. YET PROJECTIONS SHOW ONLY $28,242 WILL BE SPENT. SPENDING BARELY 12% OF A MARKETING BUDGET SHOWS A LACK OF AGGRESSIVE COMMERCIAL PURSUIT. WE MUST DOUBLE DOWN IMMEDIATELY TO BRING COMMERCIAL GROWTH TO PRINCETON AND DIVERSIFY OUR TAX BASE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

IF YOU DON'T MIND, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE FIRST COMMENT THAT HE MADE ABOUT THE FTES. THAT IS AN ERROR. WE ARE ONLY BUDGETING FOR ONE ACM NEXT YEAR.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. ELLIS.

SO I TOLD YOU I WANTED TO SPEAK TONIGHT, RIGHT? SO ONE OF THE ITEMS I WANT TO BRING UP. SO FIRST, KELLY, I HAVE TO THANK YOU. THE DETAIL YOU PUT INTO THIS BUDGET IS PHENOMENAL. I WAS ACTUALLY IN ACCOUNTING FOR 18 YEARS BACK IN FLORIDA AT THE CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS FOR OFFICE DEPOT. THE WAY YOU DID A BUDGET WAS THE WAY WE'VE DONE BUDGETS. IT WAS PHENOMENAL HOW YOU DETAILED. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR DETAILING OUT IN THAT REGARDS. IN THE PAST, WHEN CHIEF CAME TO YOU ASKING FOR SOMETHING, HE SAID, I NEED THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY.

AND HE EXPLAINED TO YOU EXACTLY IN DETAIL HOW MUCH EVERY DOLLAR WAS GOING TO BE SPENT. RIGHT. HE DIDN'T JUST SAY, HEY, I NEED $50,000.

HE TOLD YOU HOW TO SPEND.

PUBLIC WORKS WOULD DO THE SAME THING EVERY DEPARTMENT. AND THIS IS WHY I'M IFFY ON THE TAX RATE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE DEPARTMENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, PARKS AND REC. IT

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WAS ASKED ABOUT WHERE. TELL ME HOW THAT MONEY SPENT. IF YOU'RE TELLING ME YOU'RE SPENDING 424,000 ON EVENTS, TELL ME HOW MUCH OF THAT 424,000 IS FOR PUMPKIN PALOOZA, FOR FOOD, HOW MUCH IS FOR SAFETY, HOW MUCH IS FOR ADVERTISING. THAT'S THE WAY KELLY WROTE A BUDGET, THE WAY THE CHIEF ASKED FOR MONEY, THE WAY THAT PUBLIC. THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT. YOU DETAIL DOWN TO THE DOLLAR OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY ON. AND I SUPPORT A LOT OF EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY WANTS TO DO, BUT IT'S HARD TO SUPPORT WHEN YOU CAN'T.

SHOW ME QUOTE FROM JERRY MAGUIRE, SHOW ME THE MONEY.

SHOW ME WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THE MONEY. YOU'RE TELLING ME YOU'RE SPENDING $25,000 A YEAR TO MAINTAIN THE ARCADIA FARMS T BALL FIELD. SHOW ME HOW THAT MONEY SPENT. SHOW ME THE MONEY. LET'S GO BACK TO THE BUZZWORD TRANSPARENCY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. KELLY, CAN YOU ADD THAT TO YOUR BUDGET WHEN YOU PRESENT IT TO US NEXT WEEK? OR JUST. JUST PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF DOCUMENT? SURE.

I CAN OUTLINE THAT FOR SPECIAL EVENTS AND PARKS OVERALL.

YEAH, THAT WORKS.

IS ANYBODY ELSE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? ALL RIGHT, THE TIME IS 10:06. THIS WILL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME. ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

THERE'S.

IT SAYS TAKE ACTION.

YEAH, IT'S L3. YEAH. SO. SO THIS IS JUST SETTING THE RATE. THEY WILL PRESENT IT TO US NEXT WEEK WHERE WE CAN EITHER THIS WOULD BE THE MAX. IT WILL BE. WE CAN DROP IT DOWN, KEEP IT THE SAME.

BUT THIS IS JUST ALLOWING THEM TO HAVE THE. THE MEETING NEXT WEEK ON THIS RATE THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. SO AT THIS TIME, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

POINT OF INFORMATION. SO THIS LINE ITEM IS NOT TO APPROVE THE RATE INCREASE, IS TO APPROVE THE REQUEST TO HAVE THE MEETING FOR NEXT WEEK TO PRESENT THE RATE INCREASE.

YES. CORRECT, KELLY. WELL, KELLY'S.

IT'S ACTUALLY TO APPROVE.

APPROVE THE TAX RATE, NOT TO ADOPT THE TAX RATE, IMPROVING THE CEILING, NOT ADOPTING THIS AS YOUR TAX RATE.

THANK YOU.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM L3, 2026, 191 TO APPROVE. APPROVE THE TAX RATE AS PROPOSED.

ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

MR. WASHINGTON, SECOND. ALL

[H18. ORD-2026-08-10-17 Consider Ordinance No. 2026-08-10-17 authorizing the 2026- 2027 annual update to the service and assessment plan and assessment roll for Windmore Public Improvement District (Improvement Area 1 Project, Improvement Area 2 Project, and Improvement Area 3 Project) including the collection of the 2026- 2027 annual installments; and take appropriate action.]

RIGHT, MOTION PASSES 5-2.

THIS WOULD TAKE US TO THE ITEMS THAT WAS PULLED FROM OUR CONSENT, STARTING WITH. IT'S GOING TO BE H18, ITEM H18, ORDINANCE 2026-08-10- 17. CONSIDER ORDINANCE CONSIDER ORDINANCE NO.

2026-08-10-17 AUTHORIZING THE 2026- 2027 ANNUAL UPDATE TO THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN AND ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR WINDMORE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (IMPROVEMENT AREA 1 PROJECT, IMPROVEMENT AREA 2 PROJECT, AND IMPROVEMENT AREA 3 PROJECT) INCLUDING THE COLLECTION OF THE 2026- 2027 ANNUAL INSTALLMENTS; AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

IS THIS ON THE PITS? SORRY, WAS TALKING TO SOMEONE ELSE.

OKAY, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I. I FEEL LIKE THERE'S BEEN A LOT DONE SINCE UNICAP HAS COME ON BOARD THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD FROM COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTS IS HOW HOW MUCH TRANSPARENCY

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WITH A DASHBOARD. SO A DASHBOARD IS IMMEDIATELY BEEN DONE FOR ALL THE PARCELS SO ANY RESIDENT CAN GO ONLINE AND LOOK EXACTLY AS TO WHAT THEIR SAP FEES ARE BROKEN DOWN FOR EACH PARCEL. WE ALSO DEVELOPED A PID POLICY THAT OUTLINES THE FRAMEWORK OF A PID. WE ALSO HAVE MADE SURE THE FIRST THING UNICAP DID WAS MAKE SURE WE WERE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL REPORTING SO THEY ADDRESS THAT FIRST OFF THE BAT. ANOTHER THING THAT WE'VE DONE IS REQUISITIONS THAT REQUIRES SEVERAL STEPS OF APPROVAL BEFORE WE ISSUE A PAYMENT TO THE DEVELOPERS FOR THOSE PID FEES, SUCH AS IT GOES THROUGH OUR ENGINEERING SERVICES. THEY LOOK AT ALL OF THE PID QUALIFIED EXPENSES, THEN PUBLIC WORKS, WE GET BOOTS ON THE GROUND, MAKE SURE THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE AS TO THE SPECIFICATIONS THAT PUBLIC WORKS BEFORE FINANCE SIGNS OFF ON THAT. ALSO WITHIN THE SAPS, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT ABOUT THE PID ADMINISTRATIVE FEES.

THERE IS A TABLE IN EVERY SAP THAT SHOWS A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THOSE PID ADMINISTRATIVE FEES ARE, AS WELL AS A COMPARISON TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT PIDS.

MS. TODD? I JUST. THE REASON THIS WAS GETTING PULLED WAS BECAUSE WE DID HAVE THE EMAIL FROM SHERROD THAT HAD PHENOMENAL IDEAS. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THOSE AND IMPLEMENTING THEM SO THAT GOING FORWARD WE CAN HAVE THAT LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY FOR THE RESIDENTS. AND WHAT I REALLY WANTED WAS TO MAKE SURE YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND HIM BECAUSE YOU CAN'T WHEN HE'S AT THE PODIUM FOR, YOU KNOW THAT LIKE WHEN IT'S PUBLIC APPEARANCE SO YOU COULD EXPLAIN EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO PLACE AND YOU KNOW, ASSURE THE OTHER RESIDENTS THAT THE IN DEPTH INFORMATION HE GOT IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE. AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THAT, MR. JOHNSON.

YEAH, I SECOND THAT. AND I THINK THAT'S WHY WE PULLED IT JUST BE SO THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE THINGS HAPPEN BEHIND THE SCENES LIKE WHEN THE RESIDENTS SEND THE EMAILS, THEY IMMEDIATELY GET, GET RESOLVED OR ADDRESSED IN THAT MANNER. SO THIS JUST GAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. I KNOW COUNCILMAN RUTLEDGE WANTED TO REMOVE A FEW OF THEM BECAUSE OF THAT, JUST TO ADDRESS THOSE, BUT YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR CLEARING THAT UP AND CLARIFYING IT.

YEAH, I WOULD ECHO WHAT'S BEEN STATED BY THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS EXACT EMAIL. AND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE RECOGNIZE HOW BUSY YOU ARE. LIKE I KNOW THAT I'VE EMAILED QUITE A BIT AND YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, PRETTY ON TOP OF IT AND SO, AND ALL OF THE RESPONSES THAT YOU'VE SENT OVER, I WAS ABLE TO REVIEW THAT AND I THINK IT LOOKS GOOD. THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS THE DASHBOARD THAT YOU MENTIONED, YOU SAID THEY CAN SEE THE CURRENT YEAR VERSUS THE PREVIOUS YEAR. AND SO THAT IS FOR EVERY RESIDENT THAT IS IN APID, THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO. SO DOES IT GO BACK JUST THAT ONE YEAR OR DOES IT HAVE ANY OTHER FURTHER LOOK BACK? I'LL LET ABDI DISCUSS THAT.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

GOOD EVENING. ACTUALLY COUNCIL AND MAYOR, THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE IN THERE IS THE INFORMATION FROM THE TIME WE TOOK OVER.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL NOTICE IN THE REPORTS THAT WE HAVE IN THERE IS IN THE PREVIOUS UPDATES THAT WERE APPROVED PREPARED BY OUR PREDECESSOR, THE INFORMATION WAS VERY CONDENSED. SO IN THE ASSESSMENT ROLE YOU ONLY HAVE TWO COLUMNS THAT SHOWS THE ASSESSMENT, THE PARCEL AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT.

SO THE FIRST THING THAT WE HAD TO DO WAS BREAK IT INTO ABOUT 11 COLUMNS.

SO UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE THOSE, YOU KNOW, THAT INFORMATION FOR ALL THE PREVIOUS YEARS.

BUT FROM 25, 2025 ON THAT WE'VE, WE'RE WORKING ON THIS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR, FOR ANYONE.

IT'LL CONTINUE GOING FORWARD.

YES SIR, THAT'S PERFECT.

ALL RIGHT, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, I ENTERTAIN MOTION AT THIS TIME.

YOUR HONOR LIKE TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM H8, ORDINANCE 2026-08-10-17.

AND YOU SAID H18.

RIGHT.

OKAY. AND MS. DAVID-GRAVES SECOND. ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES TO TAKE US TO H19 ITEM H19 2026-189 CONSIDER THE SUBMISSION OF THE 2026 NO-NEW REVENUE TAX RATE OF $0.445102 PER $100 TAXABLE VALUE AND THE

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VOTER-APPROVAL TAX RATE OF $0.441143 PER $100 TAXABLE VALUE; AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

THIS IS ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS STATE LAW TO SUBMIT THE CERTIFIED TAX RATES THAT HAVE BEEN CALCULATED THE NO NEW REVENUE AS WELL AS THE M AND O NO NEW REVENUE AND THE VOTER APPROVAL M AND O REVENUE AS WELL AS THE VOTER APPROVAL REVENUE. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I WILL TAKE THIS TIME THOUGH AS WELL TO TELL COUNCIL THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING AGAIN I'M PROPOSING OBTAIN TAX RATE THAT'S GOING TO BE FOR HIGHER THAN YOUR SUBMITTED VOTER APPROVAL RIGHT HERE. BECAUSE THAT EQUATES TO THE 17 CENTS AND WE ARE REQUESTING TO GO TO 20.5 CENTS SO THAT VOTER APPROVAL. I'M SORRY TAX RATE WILL CHANGE.

OKAY, MS. TODD? SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE OF APPROVING OR NOT APPROVING THIS IF YOU'RE BRINGING SOMETHING DIFFERENT AT THE NEXT MEETING.

STIPULATIONS OF THE THE AGENDA WAS POSTED.

WE ARE GOING TO WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATION IF YOU WANT TO PROCEED FORWARD WITH THE DEBT RATE AT 20 CENTS WE WILL BE RECALCULATING THAT.

I'VE ALREADY DONE THAT. AND WE'LL PRESENT YOU WITH A A NEW VOTER APPROVAL RATE. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT. IS GOING TO BE ON THE 17TH.

CAN THIS BE TABLE TO THE 17TH? I THINK THAT IS DEFINITELY A GREAT SUGGESTION.

UNLESS THERE'S STATE LAW MIXES HAVE TO APPROVE IT OR NOW BUT LET CAN WE DOUBLE CHECK THE DEADLINE AND THEN I'LL WE'LL COME BACK TO THIS.

YEAH, SO I WILL. OKAY.

I I GUESS WE MOTIONED A TABLE TO A LATER TIME IN THIS AGENDA.

YEAH.

AT THIS TIME SO I'LL BRING THIS UP LAST MS. DAVID GRAVES A SECOND I GUESS ALL IN FAVOR OF TABLE IN IT.

YEAH, WE COULD. WE CAN ACTUALLY DO A A ROLL CALL VOTE MR. GRAVES HERE? NO, NOT HERE BUT YES.

[H20. 2026-190 Consider the scheduling of a public hearing regarding the 2026 City of Princeton Property Tax Rate on Monday, August 17, 2026, at 6:30p.m. at Princeton Municipal Center, 2000 E. Princeton Drive, Princeton, Texas 75407; and take appropriate action.]

MR. LONG.

YES.

ALL RIGHT. SO THIS WILL BE.

THIS IS GOING TO BE MOVING TO THE END OF THE MEETING.

ALL RIGHT.

THIS WILL TAKE US TO H20 OR.

YEAH.

H20 ITEM H20, 2026-190 CONSIDER THE SCHEDULING OF A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE 2026 CITY OF PRINCETON PROPERTY TAX RATE ON MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2026, AT 6:30P.M. AT PRINCETON MUNICIPAL CENTER, 2000 E.

PRINCETON DRIVE, PRINCETON, TEXAS 75407; AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

SO THIS AGENDA ITEM IS SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE ARE TAKING ANOTHER FORMAL ACTION ON AGENDA ITEM M4, WHICH IS AGAIN, SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARING. I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF STEPS. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE GOT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE COMPLYING WITH. AND THEN THE TAX RATE, THE PROPOSED CEILING TAX RATE.

NOT ADOPTING A TAX RATE, JUST PROPOSING IT. SO THAT'S M4, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

SO THIS ONE GOES TO H19. SO DO WE NEED TO WAIT UNTIL WE GET THE ANSWER ON H19? OH, SORRY.

YOU GOOD? GO.

I WOULD SAY NO, BECAUSE THIS IS JUST SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARING.

YEAH.

SO YEAH, WE DON'T SET THIS, THEN WE WON'T HAVE A MEETING NEXT WEEK.

SO.

AND A LOT OF THIS TOO, JUST FOR TIMELINE PURPOSES. AUGUST 17TH IS THE DEADLINE TO ORDER FOR AN ELECTION. IF THAT IS THIS THE ROUTE COUNCIL TAKES.

SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE UNDER A TIGHT, TIGHT TIMELINE.

I WOULD JUST THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND ON THAT.

ALL RIGHT, THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS. WHAT WHILE ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME? YOUR HONOR, MOTION FOR US TO APPROVE ITEM H20, 2026,190.

I'LL SECOND.

MR. WASHINGTON, SECOND. ALL RIGHT, MOTION PASSES 6-1.

THIS WOULD TAKE US TO ITEM H 21.

KELLY, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO LET

[H19. 2026-189 Consider the Submission of the 2026 No-New Revenue Tax Rate of $0.445102 per $100 Taxable Value and the Voter-Approval Tax Rate of $0.441143 per $100 Taxable Value; and take appropriate action.]

YOU KNOW, MR. MAYOR, THAT WE DO NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON H19 TONIGHT.

OKAY.

WE CAN BRING H19 BACK UP ITEM H19, 2026-189.

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AT THIS TIME, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

THAT WE APPROVE ITEM H19, 2026 189 AS PROPOSED.

SECOND, MR. RUTLEDGE SECOND.

[H21. 2026-191 Consider the infrastructure installed within Eastridge Phase 8; and take appropriate action.]

THE MOTION PASSES 5-2. THIS WILL TAKE US TO H21.

ITEM H21, 20,26-191. CONSIDER THE INFRASTRUCTURE INSTALLED WITHIN EAST RIDGE PHASE 8 AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. A WHILE AGO WE HAD COME TO YOU ALL FOR WITH THE FINAL PLAN. IF YOU REMEMBER, WE'VE MOVED THESE TWO SEPARATE FINAL PLAN INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT COUNCIL IS NOT PRESSURED INTO ACCEPTING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT MAY NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH. SO SINCE THEN WE HAVE BEEN ON SITE WITH OUR ENGINEERS AND LOOKED AT ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

IT MEETS OUR REGULATIONS AND WE HAVE A BOND ON ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

CURRENTLY, OUR PROCESS IS THAT BEFORE WE GO OUT ON SITE FOR OUR LAST WALK TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO COUNCIL, WE ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'VE SUBMITTED THE DEVELOPER SUBMITTED A BOND WITH THE PAY APP SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THE BOND IS ACTUALLY CORRECT AND WILL HELP PAY FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS. SO WE HAVE A TWO YEAR BOND ON ALL THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING TODAY FOR APPROVAL.

THERE'S NO QUESTION, MR. JOHNSON.

OKAY, THANKS, I JUST BASICALLY WANTED TO CONFIRM.

YOU CONFIRMED ONE OF MY QUESTIONS WAS THAT WE PHYSICALLY LOOKED AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE DEFICIENCIES THERE TO CONFIRM THAT WE'RE GOOD TO GO.

ABSOLUTELY. WELL, I DIDN'T MYSELF, BUT OUR ENGINEER AND CIVIL INSPECTOR DID WALK THROUGH AND I'VE BEEN SEEING IMAGES, PHOTOS COMING BACK AND FORTH, SO I KNEW WHAT HAD TO BE CORRECTED THROUGH THE IMAGE AND THEN FINAL IMAGES OUR INSPECTOR DID SEND TO THE THE WHOLE TEAM.

PERFECT. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PUNCH LIST WAS VIEWED PHYSICALLY AND WE'RE GOOD TO GO. SO WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT TWO YEAR MAINTENANCE BOND? YES, SIR.

MS. TODD? OKAY, AT THIS TIME I OBTAIN A MOTION. A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM H21 202-191.

[H22. 2026-192 Consider a Non-Standard Wastewater Service Agreement ("NSSA") between the City of Princeton, Texas (the "City"), and D.R. Horton Texas, LTD (the "Owner") for the Suncrest Development; and take appropriate action.]

I'LL SECOND. MR. WASHINGTON SECOND MOTION PASSES. 7 0.

THIS WILL TAKE US TO ITEM H22.

ITEM H22, 2026-192.

CONSIDER THE NON STANDARD WASTEWATER SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PRINCETON, TEXAS AND DR.

HORTON TEXAS LTD FOR THE SUNCREST DEVELOPMENT AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. MAYOR AND COUNCIL CHAIR SHARITA SWEET ODAME, INTERIM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

I KNOW THERE WAS A CONCERN SPECIFICALLY ABOUT ADDING 300 ADDITIONAL HOMES TO THE CAPACITY OF THE WASTEWATER AGREEMENT THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE WITH DR. HORTON. WE ALSO HAVE THE ENGINEER FOR THAT PROJECT HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

IS THIS GOING TO MUD? IT'S NOT.

OKAY, SO. SO THEY'RE GETTING THE 1.5 TIMES THAT RATE FOR THE ADDITIONAL HOMES, I GUESS. IS IT A MUD OR IS THIS A PROPERTY? OKAY.

OKAY.

BUT THE CONTRACTOR IS PAYING ALL CONSTRUCTION FEES AS WELL AS AID TO CONSTRUCTION FEES, SO ALL OF THAT STAYS WITH THE DEVELOPER PART.

OKAY.

SO WE'RE JUST AMENDING TO ADD MORE HOMES INTO A MUD THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON.

OKAY.

YEAH. THAT WE SERVICE. AND I THINK THAT CCN REQUIRES US TO SERVICE IT ANYWAY IT DOES.

YEAH. SO. YEAH, AT THIS TIME, THERE'S NO QUESTIONS. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION YOUR HONOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM H22, 2026-192 AS PROPOSED.

I'LL SECOND.

MR. WASHINGTON, SECOND. MOTION

[H23. 2026-193 Consider a Second Amendment to the Interlocal Non-Standard Wastewater Service Agreement ("NSSA") between the City of Princeton, Texas (the "City"), and the City of Lowry Crossing, Texas ("Lowry Crossing"); and take appropriate action.]

PASSES 7-0. THIS WILL TAKE US TO ITEM H3 AND I'M GOING

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TO ASK COUNCIL TO TABLE THIS ITEM TILL THE 17TH. KELLY, IS THAT.

WOULD WE BE READY BY 17 FOR THIS ITEM.

YES, WE WILL.

OKAY, SO I'M ASKING COUNCIL TO TABLE THIS ITEM TO 17.

THERE'S SOME CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO THIS AGREE AGREEMENT FOR H23.

YOU MEAN H23.

FOR H23, YEAH.

I'LL MOTION TO TABLE H23 TO THE NEXT MEETING ON THE 17TH. AND JUST THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE THE LINK DID NOT WORK AND MR. RUTLEDGE SECOND? YES.

[H24. 2026-194 Consider an Interlocal Cooperation Agreement ("ILA") between the City of Princeton, Texas (the "City"), and Collin County, Texas ("County"), for roadway and bridge maintenance and improvement services, and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement; and take appropriate action.]

MISSING ONE VOTE. MOTION PASSES 7-0. THIS WILL TAKE US TO H 24.

ITEM H24.

2026-194 CONSIDER AN INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PRINCETON, TEXAS AND COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, FOR ROADWAY AND BRIDGE MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT SERVICES, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT; AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

SO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS IS AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT RENEWAL. IT'S A RENEWED EVERY FOUR YEARS. THE LAST ONE THAT I FOUND WAS BETWEEN 2022 AND 2026 THAT WAS SIGNED AND IT DID GO THROUGH OUR LEGAL TEAM LEGAL PROCESSES. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS ILA.

MISS TODD. OKAY.

WE'RE GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE, LIKE THE LABOR, MATERIALS, LIKE EQUIPMENT EXPENSES AND STUFF FOR THIS.

WHEN YOU'RE SAYING FOR THIS.

DO YOU MIND? I'M SORRY.

WELL, WITHIN OUR THIS AGREEMENT, THE RESPONSIBILITIES WE'RE TAKING ON, WE'RE PAYING FOR THE DIRECT LABOR, MATERIALS AND ALL THAT, AND THOSE EXPENSES WILL BE THEN PASSED ON.

SO THE SPECIFIC. I'M SORRY, THE SPECIFIC ILA IS NOT SPECIFIC TO ONE PROJECT. IT'S TO SAY IN THE FUTURE IF WE NEED TO COLLABORATE WITH COLIN COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS, THAT WE WOULD DO OUR PART AND THEN THEY WOULD THEN DO THEIR PART. WE WOULD JUST BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE PORTION THAT WE AGREED TO COVER AT THAT TIME FOR THAT PROJECT.

THAT PROJECT. SO THIS DOESN'T JUST COVER ONE.

IT JUST.

IT'S REQUIRED.

SO IT'S INDIVIDUALIZING IT.

ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S THE PART THAT I NEED. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.

I ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT ITEM WE APPROVE ITEM H24 2026-194 AS PROPOSED.

SECOND.

ALL RIGHT, MR. JOHNSON.

SECOND.

NO.

DID WE TAKE VOTE? DID WE VOTE ON THAT? YEAH.

OKAY. THAT WAS FAST. OKAY.

PAST SEVEN. THE SCREEN DIDN'T CHANGE. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

THIS WILL TAKE US TO NOW TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEM STARTING WITH M1.

DO WE NEED TO GO BACK TO H 18? NO, WE ALREADY DID. YEAH.

LET'S TAKE IT TO M1. AND WE STILL HAVE EXECUTIVE MAYOR WE ARE TRYING TO SEE IF WE ARE ON A TIME CRUNCH WITH ONE OF THE AGENDA ITEMS BEFORE WE MOVE INTO M1.

[M3. ORD-2026-08-10-18 Consider Ordinance No. 2026-08-10-18, Establishing the 2026 Certified Appraisal Roll; and take appropriate action.]

OKAY. WHICH ONE? SO IT'S GOING TO BE M3.

OKAY.

WE CAN.

WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GO OUT OF ORDER. WE CAN START WITH M3.

OKAY.

ITEM M3, ORDINANCE 20260810 18. CONSIDER ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026081018 ESTABLISHING THE 2026 CERTIFIED APPRAISAL ROLE AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

THANK YOU. MAYOR AND COUNCIL APPRECIATE YOU BEING FLEXIBLE TOO WITH THE TIME CRUNCH WE HAVE GOING ON.

BUT HERE IS THE SUBMISSION

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OF THE 2026 CERTIFIED APPRAISAL ROLL. THIS IS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT AS THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT ASSESSES THE ROLE JANUARY 1ST AND UNDER THE TEXAS CODE MUST SUBMIT IT TO THE GOVERNING BODY BY AUGUST 1 OR AS SOON AS PRACTICAL. THE ROLE INCLUDES ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY AND VALUES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND IS CONSIDERED CERTIFIED WHEN IT IS LESS THAN 5% OF THE PROPERTIES ARE UNDER PROTEST STATE. HERE IS THE COMPOSITION OF THE CITY WHERE RESIDENTIAL IS AT 86%, ALMOST COMMERCIAL 06, MULTIFAMILY AT 6 AND THEN OTHER. PRINCETON IS AT 9.63 PROTEST AT THIS TIME. BUT AS THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE THEY WERE ABLE TO CERTIFY BECAUSE IT IS UNDER 5% AS A WHOLE. HERE IS YOUR CERTIFIED VALUES. AGAIN, BEFORE THE FREEZE, WE'RE AT 5.3 BILLION, WHICH IS SHOWING ALMOST A 9% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR. AND THEN AFTER THE FREEZE WE'RE AT 5.05 BILLION, 9% INCREASE. AND THEN I'LL SHOW YOU AS WELL, THE MEDIAN TAXABLE HOME VALUES DID DECREASE BY 5.81% TO AN AMOUNT OF 307,881. SO HERE'S THE TIMELINE THAT WE ARE MEETING WITH IN COMPLIANCE. WE WILL BE POSTING THIS IN THE PAPER AS WELL TOMORROW. I'VE MADE SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THAT TO BE POSTED IN THE CCR AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC. I MEAN, I'M SORRY. THE PRINCETON HERALD WILL BE POSTING IT ON THURSDAY. SO I'M HITTING BOTH NEWSPAPERS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE AND THE ADOPTION.

AGAIN, THIS IS ACCEPTING THE CERTIFIED TAX RULE. JUST YOUR NEXT STEPS TO ACCEPT THIS ORDINANCE.

ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

MISS TODD. OKAY, IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME? A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM M3, ORDINANCE 2026-08-10-18.

[M4. 2026-08-10-R02 Consider Resolution No. 2026-08-10-R02, Setting the Proposed Tax Rate and Establishing Public Hearing Date; and take appropriate action.]

I'LL SECOND, MR. WASHINGTON SECOND. ALL RIGHT, MOTION PASSES7-0.

TAKE THIS ITEM M4, ITEM M4 2026-08-10-R02 CONSIDER RESOLUTION NO. 2026-08-10-R02, SETTING THE PROPOSED TAX RATE AND ESTABLISHING PUBLIC HEARING DATE; AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

WE'RE GETTING THE PRESENTATION UP. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO SET THE PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX RATE CEILING. WE'RE JUST SETTING IT, WE'RE NOT ADOPTING IT. AND TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING AGAIN, THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS 44 5 THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE OF 44, WHICH WE WILL TALK ABOUT NEXT WEEK ABOUT THAT CHANGING PROPOSED RATE IS A 0.10 INCREASE 54,999 THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO COUNCIL AS WELL AS IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. THESE ARE ALL THE DATES AND THE TIMELINES AND EVERYTHING IS IN COMPLIANCE. IF WE ARE TO HIT AN INCREASE IN THE PROPERTY TAX RATE, WE NEED TO GET ALL OF THIS DONE BY AUGUST 17TH, WHICH IS THE DEADLINE TO CALL FOR AN ELECTION. THIS ITEM DOES REQUIRE AN INDIVIDUAL VOTE OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL.

INCLUDING THE MAYOR.

YEAH.

I GUESS SOMEBODY GOT THEIR WISH. AT THIS TIME. ENTERTAIN A MOTION. OH, CAN I, CAN I EVEN MOTION? I MEAN, I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE, BUT I'M SORRY, MAYOR, BEFORE WE, I, GO AHEAD.

SORRY. QUESTION, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

SO, AND THIS JUST MAY BE. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS MATTERS OR NOT, BUT IN THE, MEMO THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE DOCUMENT, IT HAD OUR PROPOSED RATE AT 0.549999 AND THE NNR RATE AT 0.445102. BUT IN THE RESOLUTION IT SAYS 0.54999 AND IDENTIFIES THE NNR RATE AS 0.420121. SO I WAS WONDERING, WITH THAT NNR RATE DIFFERENT IN THE RESOLUTION VERSUS THE MEMO IN THE PRESENTATION, DOES THAT DISTINCTION MATTERS OR SHOULD THEY MATCH? THEY SHOULD MATCH. SO VERY, VERY GOOD CATCH. I'M SO SORRY IF THEY DO NOT. SO WE WILL NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT RESOLUTION REFLECTS THE CORRECT NNR RATE OF 44 5.

OKAY, SO WHEN THEY MOTION FOR THIS, THEY HAVE TO MOTION FOR THAT CORRECT RATE.

CORRECT. AND THE INDIVIDUAL VOTE WILL BE PUT ON THE PUBLIC HEARING IN THE NOTICE FOR THE PAPER SO THEY CAN SEE THE CONSTITUENT HOW COUNCIL VOTED.

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AND THAT'S ZERO POINT. WHAT? I'M SORRY, THE CORRECT RATE.

44514 FOR. I'M GOING OFF OF MEMORY.

0.445102.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT AGAIN? BECAUSE I KNOW ONE IS TWO DIFFERENT RATES.

THAT'S NNR RATE, NNR.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, I'M A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM M4, 2026 608-10-OR02 WITH THE CORRECT NNR RATE OF 0.445102.

I'LL SECOND.

MR. WASHINGTON. SECOND. AND I'M A MOTION FOUR. SO. ALL RIGHT, MOTION PASSES 6-2. DO WE HAVE TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE? OKAY.

OKAY.

BECAUSE WE DID IT HERE. OKAY.

OKAY. MS. DAVID GRACE.

MAYOR ESQUIRE? YES. MR. RUTLEDGE.

YES.

MR. DEFFIBAUGH? YES.

MR. LONG? NO. ALL RIGHT, MOTION PASSES 6-2. THIS

[M6. ORD-2026-08-10-26 Consider an Ordinance No. 2026-08-10-26 ordering and calling the City of Princeton General Election to be held on November 3, 2026, for the purpose of electing two Council Members for Places 6 and 7; providing for polling locations, election officials, early voting, voting by mail, a runoff election, candidate filings, and other procedures necessary to conduct the election; and take appropriate action.]

WOULD TAKE US ANY MORE ELSE THAT'S TIME SENSITIVE? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO TO M6, ITEM M6 2026-08-10-26 CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE NO. 2026-08-10-26 ORDERING AND CALLING THE CITY OF PRINCETON GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 3, 2026, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR PLACES 6 AND 7; PROVIDING FOR POLLING LOCATIONS, ELECTION OFFICIALS, EARLY VOTING, VOTING BY MAIL, A RUNOFF ELECTION, CANDIDATE FILINGS, AND OTHER PROCEDURES NECESSARY TO CONDUCT THE ELECTION; AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME.

MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM M6, ORDINANCE 2026-08-10-26.

SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. MR. JOHNSON.

SECOND.

ALL RIGHT.

MOTION PASSES 7-0. ALL RIGHT,

[M1. 2026-08-10-R01 Consider Resolution No. 2026-08-10-R01 to authorize a contract with Peachtree Recovery Services, Inc., for property damage recovery services; and take appropriate action.]

THIS WILL TAKE US TO ITEM M1.

ITEM M1, 2026 08, 10R01.

CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 202608 10R01 TO AUTHORIZE A CONTRACT WITH PETRIE RECOVERY SERVICES, INC.

FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE RECOVERY SERVICES AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

KELLY WILSON, CFO. I THOUGHT I'D TAKE ONE FOR THE TEAM AND LET MY PURCHASING MANAGER NOT COME TONIGHT. I WAS LIKE, IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG NIGHT. SO I SAID, I GOT THIS. I GOT THIS FOR YOU. SHE OWES ME.

SHE OWES ME.

BUT, NO, SHE DOES ALL THE HEAVY LIFTING ON THIS. THIS IS A PROPERTY DAMAGE RECOVERY AGAIN.

THIS STARTED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SEEKING THIS INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE SOME EFFICIENCIES IN COLLECTING FOR CLAIMS ON DAMAGES OF THE CITY PROPERTIES. SO SUCH DAMAGES COULD BE FROM THE MEDIANS, THE LIGHT POLES, TRAFFIC LIGHTS. THERE'S A LOT OF DAMAGE THAT WE CAN HAVE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFF.

AS YOU CAN TELL IN THE BUDGET, WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO HANDLE THESE TYPE OF CLAIMS. THIS THIRD PARTY COULD HANDLE THOSE CLAIMS FOR US AND BE OUR REPRESENTATIVE IN MITIGATING ANY OF THOSE LOSSES THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR PROPERTY DUE TO THE DAMAGES THAT TAKE PLACE.

SO WE WENT OUT FOR A PROPOSAL. MAY 14, WE RELEASED THIS PROPOSAL. WE GOT BACK SEVERAL BIDS ON THIS, WHICH WAS RECEIVED BY MAY 28TH.

AND WE ALL POSTED EVERYTHING IN THE PAPER, OF COURSE, AS TO THIS PROPOSAL. AND WE RECEIVED FOUR RESPONSES. SO HERE ARE THE FOUR VENDORS THAT RESPONDED TO THIS RFP PEACHTREE COMING IN AT 82% AS A SCORING BASED ON THE INTERNAL DEPARTMENT THAT REPRESENTED THE POLICE FIRE.

WE HAD HR FINANCE AS WELL ON THAT THAT SCORED THESE VARIOUS VENDORS. SO AGAIN, THE PROPOSED RECOVERY FREE WITH PEACHTREE IS 19% FOR THEIR FEE. HERE'S SOME OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT USE

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THEIR SERVICES AS WELL. AND YOU CAN SEE THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGES AND HOW MUCH THEY'VE RECEIVED BACK FOR THOSE DAMAGES. SO THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES AS WELL. SO WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL FOR RESOLUTION 226-08-R01 TO AUTHORIZE AUTHORIZE A CONTRACT WITH PEACHTREE RECOVERY SERVICES. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, MR. JOHNSON.

OH, MS. DAVID-GRAVES.

YOU MAY HAVE MENTIONED THIS, BUT IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO GO BACK AND SEE RETROACTIVELY FILE SOME OF THESE CLAIMS? MR. GRACE? SO YES MA'AM THEY'RE GOING TO APPROXIMATELY GO BACK ABOUT 10 YEARS AND GO BACK AND LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE ACCIDENT REPORT THAT WE HAVE THAT'S FILED. AND THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO GO BACK AND COLLECT.

BUT NOT ONLY THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT MAN HOURS TOO AS WELL. SO WE DO HAVE TO BREAK DOWN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS AND POLICE DEPARTMENT TOO TO TRY TO RETROFIT THAT WITHIN THE FP SCHEDULES.

MR. JOHNSON.

SO KELLY, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND MEG.

MAGGIE.

RIGHT, MAGGIE. FOR PUTTING THE OTHER PROPOSALS IN THE PRESENTATION SO WE CAN SEE THE.

ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO IT AND WHY THESE DECISIONS WERE MADE. THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO GO THROUGH THESE. SO I APPRECIATE YOU. I KNOW WE MENTIONED IT LAST TIME AND SHE WAS ABLE TO PUT IT IN HERE. I NOTICED TOO IN THE EXHIBIT A WHERE IT SAYS THE STATEMENT OF WORK AND THEN THE PROCESS DEVELOPMENT, IT BASICALLY SAYS THAT THE CONTRACTOR IS TASKED WITH MONITORING THE STATS, THE STATUSES OF LIMITATIONS.

BUT THERE'S A PROVISION IN THERE THAT STATES THAT THE CONTRACTOR HAS NO LIABILITY FOR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS OR NOTIFICATION ISSUES. SO THAT'S KIND OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, RIGHT? LIKE HOW CAN THEY BE IN CHARGE OF THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS? AND THEY'RE ALSO MONITORING IT, BUT THEN THERE'S NO RECOURSE IF THEY MISS THAT NOTIFICATION OR LIKE IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ADDRESS? THERE IS THAT NORMAL LANGUAGE? IT'S NORMAL.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD TRACK.

BUT THERE'S NOT ANY GOING TO BE ANY LIABILITY IF THEY'VE MISSED ONE.

LIKE YOU SAID, THERE'S GOING BACK 10 YEARS. SOME OF THOSE ARE ALREADY GOING TO BE MISSED WHEN THEY GO BACK.

GOTCHA. OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE.

MR. RUTLEDGE? I WAS GONNA MAKE A MOTION. MS. DAVID-GRAVES, WHERE YOU GOING TO ASK QUESTIONS. I KNOW YOU WAS LOOKING.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION.

ALL RIGHT.

AT THIS TIME I ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEM M1 2026 0810R01 AS PROPOSED.

ONE SECOND MR. RUTLEDGE SECOND.

ITEM PASSES 7-0. I WANT TO THANK CHIEF FOR THIS ITEM AGAIN BECAUSE I KNOW HE BROUGHT THIS UP ABOUT A YEAR AGO BUT THEY PUT IN ALL THE WORK TO GET IT DONE. KELLY'S DEPARTMENT. BUT I WANT TO SAY ME AND CHIEF SPOKE ABOUT THIS A WHILE AGO. SO I KNOW THAT THIS SOMETHING HE'S BEEN, HE'S BEEN PUSHING ON. SO

[M2. 2026-182 Consider the establishment of a non-resident library card fee; and take appropriate action.]

THANK, THANK YOU ALL. SO. THIS WILL TAKE US TO ITEM M5. SORRY M2.

ITEM M2 CONSIDER. I'M SORRY 2026-182.

TO CONSIDER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NON RESIDENT LIBRARY CARD FEE AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

GLENDA PUCKETT LIBRARY DIRECTOR. I AM BACK TONIGHT WITH THIS ITEM.

ORIGINALLY IT WAS BROUGHT TO BROUGHT UP BY COUNCILWOMAN DAVID-GRAVES. AND SO WHEN I PRESENTED IT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO I WAS ASKED TO BRING BACK SOME MORE INFORMATION. SO TONIGHT I AM BRINGING BACK A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION. WHAT I WAS ASKED TO BRING BACK WAS THE ASSOCIATED STAFF COSTS EXEMPTIONS AND SPONSORSHIPS.

BUT ALSO JUST AS A BRIEF REFRESHER, I LEFT THE INFORMATION IN THERE ABOUT THE FEES TO FOR THE OTHER LIBRARIES THAT WE COMPARE OURSELVES TO SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE COST THAT THEY ARE CHARGING THEIR RESIDENTS THAT ARE, I MEAN SORRY, THE NON RESIDENT FEES. I ALSO LEFT IN THE INFORMATION FOR THE PROS AND CONS AND THE CHALLENGES THAT WE MAY SEE HAPPEN GOING TO ADOPTING THIS NEW FEE FOR THE NON RESIDENTS. HERE IS ANOTHER ONE THAT IS JUST BASICALLY TELLING THE FEES FOR THE DIFFERENT ONES, FARMERS BRANCH, FRISCO PROSPER, GREENVILLE MCKINNEY

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AND WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR WHEN OR WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR WHEN THEY'RE CHARGING THOSE FEES. I WENT BACK IN, I ADDED THIS SLIDE.

THIS IS THE SLIDE FOR THE REVENUE THAT I REACHED OUT TO THE DIRECTORS OF EACH OF THESE LIBRARIES TO FIND OUT HOW MUCH MONEY THEY'RE ACTUALLY GENERATING FOR NON RESIDENT FEES.

SURPRISINGLY, EVEN THOUGH FARMER'S BRANCH HAS THE HIGHEST FEE, THEY COLLECT NO MONEY BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE, THEY HAVE NOT HAD ANY NON RESIDENT USERS. I'M ASSUMING IT'S BECAUSE OF THE COST.

BUT I WAS REALLY SHOCKED TO FIND OUT THAT NONE. I MEAN HE WAS LIKE NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANY.

MCKINNEY IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE KIND OF SHARE A LOT OF OUR PATRONS WITH. THEY DO NOT CHARGE PATRONS OUTSIDE OF THIS COLLIN COUNTY. SO IF IT'S AS LONG AS THEY'RE IN COLLIN COUNTY. THEY DO NOT CHARGE THEM. THEY ONLY CHARGE A FEE FOR THOSE PATRONS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF COLLIN COUNTY.

LET'S SEE. BUT AS YOU SEE THE OTHERS THAT DO CHARGE THEIR NON RESIDENTS, SOME OF THEM DO REALLY WELL, SUCH AS FRISCO. BUT OF COURSE THEY, GIVEN THE FACT THAT FRISCO IS ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING LIBRARIES IN THE AREA, YOU KNOW THAT I'M NOT REALLY SURPRISED ABOUT THAT. PROSPER DOES REALLY WELL. THEY DO 30 TO $35,000 A YEAR. GREENVILLE SO FAR THIS YEAR HAS ONLY DONE $2,480.

THEY'VE COLLECTED $2,480. SO FOR US THE EXEMPTIONS THAT WE WOULD APPLY WOULD BE FOR PISD EMPLOYEES WITH A VALID WORK IDENTIFICATION, THEIR BADGE, ANY CITY OF PRINCETON EMPLOYEE WOULD ALSO BE EXEMPT.

AND THEN ALL OTHER NON RESIDENTS, ALL OTHER NON RESIDENTS WILL BE SUBJECT TO A NON RESIDENT FEE. SO THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THERE BUT SO I DID GO IN AND CALCULATE BASED UPON THE NUMBER OF ACCOUNTS THAT WOULD BE EXPIRING HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO ACTUALLY GO IN AND UPDATE ALL OF THESE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE BEING CHARGED CORRECTLY OR NOT BEING CHARGED THAT THEY DIDN'T NEED TO BE. IN 2027, WE HAVE 782 ACCOUNTS THAT WILL BE EXPIRING JUST I PUT IN 30 MINUTES.

THAT'S WITH A PHONE CALL, EMAIL AND THEN UPDATING THE INFORMATION GOING INTO THE. WE DO HAVE A, A NEW SYSTEM THAT WE USE TO BE ABLE TO DOUBLE CHECK THOSE EMAIL, I MEAN THOSE ADDRESSES. SO AT 391 HOURS WITH AN AVERAGE HOURLY RATE OF 2189 WHICH IS WHAT THE TECHS MAKE FOR NEXT YEAR WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT ABOUT $8,558 AND $8,559 IN 2028. YOU'LL SEE THAT COSTS WILL GO UP BECAUSE THERE ARE 901 ACCOUNTS EXPIRING IN 2028 AND THEN THAT COST COSTS WILL GO UP A LITTLE BIT MORE AS WE ARE HAVING 1000 ACCOUNTS EXPIRING IN 2029. SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE CAN HELP OFFSET THE COST FOR WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WERE STUDENTS OR FAMILIES THAT COULD NOT AFFORD THE PROPOSED $35 ANNUAL FEE IS SPONSORSHIPS. AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE AS A CITY ARE GOING ARE WORKING ON SPONSORSHIPS FOR OUR VARIOUS ACTIVITIES. SO ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING AT THE LIBRARY TO HELP THOSE FAMILIES IS BY REACHING OUT TO LOCAL BUSINESSES, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE WILLING TO MAYBE ADOPT A, A FAMILY OR A STUDENT. AND WE'LL BE SENDING OUT THOSE LINKS LETTERS TO THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE, WHETHER THEY'RE ORGANIZATIONS OR PATRONS THAT ARE WILLING TO ADOPT THOSE FOR SOLICITATION OF A NON RESIDENT FEE TO SEE IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO DO THAT. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MS. TODD, WE'RE GOING TO CHARGE CHILDREN TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE LIBRARY TO HAVE A LIBRARY CARD.

SO FOR NON RESIDENTS,

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IF THERE ARE NON RESIDENT...

BUT THEY ATTEND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND AREN'T WE SUPPOSED TO BE PROMOTING LITERACY? I UNDERSTAND THAT. I AM JUST GIVING YOU THE FACTS OF WHAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY, WHICH IS IF THEY ARE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS, WE ARE NO LONGER RECEIVING FUNDS FROM COLLIN COUNTY. SO THEREFORE ANYTHING THAT THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY ARE PAYING FOR, THEY'RE PAYING FOR THOSE THINGS THAT PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY ARE NOT PAYING FOR.

SO ANY OF THOSE THINGS THAT OUR CITY RESIDENTS ARE BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN, THE NON RESIDENTS ARE RECEIVING THOSE THINGS FOR FREE, ESSENTIALLY WHICH I GET THAT ARE RESIDENTS PAY PER PROPERTY TAX. SO ONE THING.

AND IF FOUR PEOPLE LIVE IN A HOUSE IN THE ATJ THEN FOUR INDIVIDUALS ARE MAKING THAT PAYMENT, WHICH IS NOT BALANCED. ALSO FOR $15 MORE YOU CAN GET A LIBRARY CARD IN PLANO AND ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO ALLEN, THE COLONY, FRISCO, GARLAND, MCKINNEY, RICHARDSON, WY AND FREE ROOMS THAT YOU CAN RENT TO DO THINGS. WHAT DO THEY GET FOR $35? IS IT JUST ACCESS TO BOOKS? DO THEY GET A ROOM TO RENT FOR FREE AS WELL? DO WE HAVE A RECIPROCAL FREE ACCESS WITH NEIGHBORING CITIES? LIKE WHAT ALL IS IN THIS $35 THAT WE'RE CHARGING ADULTS AND CHILDREN.

SO FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE NOT CHARGING ADULTS AND CHILDREN. WE'RE CHARGING PER FAMILY. SO THAT IS NOT. SO IT'S NOT EACH INDIVIDUAL PERSON.

RIGHT. SO IF YOUR FAMILY HAS SIX MEMBERS, IT IS A FLAT $35 FEE FOR THE SIX MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD. SO BUT THEY ARE, THEY ARE RECEIVING THE SAME THINGS THAT ANYONE INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS WOULD BE RECEIVING. SO THAT WOULD BE ANY DIGITAL RESOURCES, ANY PROGRAMMING THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO ATTEND, ANY SPECIAL. ANY CLASSES THAT ARE HELD, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO STILL PARTICIPATE IN THOSE. SO THAT'S. THEY'RE RECEIVING THE SAME THINGS.

ONCE AGAIN, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS PROPOSED BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF FUNDS FROM COLLIN COUNTY. AND THAT WAS BROUGHT UP INITIALLY AT OUR LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING.

AND THEN MRS. DAVID GRAVES BROUGHT IT UP AT THE COUNCIL MEETING BACK IN. I THINK IT WAS JUNE.

CAN I JUST ONE FOLLOW UP.

WOULD WE CONSIDER STUDENT LIBRARY CARDS SO AT LEAST THE CHILD CAN GET A BOOK OUT OF THE LIBRARY IF THE FAMILY CAN'T AFFORD IT AND WE CAN'T GET ALL THESE SPONSORS TO SPONSOR THEM SO THAT, THAT THE LITERACY PART FOR THE CHILDREN CONTINUES TO BE LIKE PROMOTED. IS THAT A CONSIDERATION THAT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE? WELL, I AM OPEN TO DO YOU ALL NEED FOR OUR COUNCIL.

IT COSTS TO FIX THAT. REMEMBER THAT ROOF YOU BROUGHT UP EARLIER? IT COSTS TO FIX IT.

EXACTLY.

AND WE GOTTA, WE GOTTA START BY CHARGING SOMETHING TO GET THAT STUFF FIXED.

RIGHT? WE CAN'T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY FOR FREE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I MEAN.

YEAH, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN DEBATE ONCE THERE'S A MOTION, BUT. MS. DAVID GRAVES.

YEAH. I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR, THE ASSOCIATED STAFF COST AND I WAS JUST WONDERING IF INSTEAD OF ADDRESSING ACCOUNTS WHEN THEY EXPIRE, JUST ALLOW THEM TO EXPIRE WITHOUT NOTIFYING THE INDIVIDUALS. AND IF THEY COME FOR, IF THEY COME BACK WHEN THEY EXPIRED, THERE'S REACTIVATION, THEN WE'LL KNOW THAT THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF. SO WE WILL NOT BE EXPENDING ANY RESOURCES TO DEAL WITH THE EXPIRATIONS.

RATHER, WHEN THEY COME BACK TO THE LIBRARY, THERE'LL BE A REACTIVATION AND THEN THEY'LL BE CHARGED THE $35 THEN. I'M SAYING THAT ALSO BECAUSE WE ARE, WE EARLIER JUST VOTED TO MAKE, TO MAKE THE TECH, TO INCREASE, MAKE THE TECH FULL TIME AND THEN PROMOTE SOMEONE TO MANAGER. SO THAT'S RESOURCES THAT'S GOING TO BE NEEDED AND I BELIEVE THAT THESE RESOURCES COULD BEST BE UTILIZED ELSEWHERE RATHER THAN JUST LOOKING AT THE EXPIRATIONS.

ALSO, I THINK $35 IS REASONABLE. I LIVED IN PLANO, HAD A LIBRARY COLLECTION IN PLANO GOING BACK TO PLANO. I HAD TO PAY BECAUSE I LIVE IN PRINCETON. SO YES, IT IS TRUE THAT WHEN YOU ARE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY AND NOT EVEN SO MUCH THE COUNTY, SOMETIMES YOU DO HAVE TO PAY FOR ACCESS. AND I DON'T THINK PRINCETON SHOULD DO ANY LESS.

MR. JOHNSON. OKAY. MR. RUTLEDGE?

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YOU GONNA NOW I'LL JUST SAY THAT I, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY UNDERSTAFFED. I KNOW WE'RE GETTING CREATIVE AND I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, WITH WHAT YOU'RE OFFERING HERE SEEMS REASONABLE. AND OBVIOUSLY THE LIBRARY IS GOING TO BE GOING UNDERGOING RENOVATIONS AND WE'RE GOING TO BE OFFERING ADDITIONAL THINGS. SO I THINK THAT THIS IS DEFINITELY ON PAR TO ME TO WHERE THE CITY IS HEADED.

SO I SHARE THE SAME SENTIMENTS AS COUNCILWOMAN TODD. YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A TOUGH THING BUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN THERE'S THESE TOUGH DECISIONS ARE NEEDED AND WE HAVE TO KIND OF WHAT'S THE PUT ON YOUR OWN MASK WHEN YOU'RE ON AN AIRPLANE RIGHT BEFORE YOU.

YOU KNOW, SO IT'S UNFORTUNATELY THE WAY IT IS. SO I THINK THAT I, I WOULD SAY THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. AND I THINK THIS IS GOOD.

THANK YOU.

MR.DAVID-GRAVES? YEAH.

ARE THERE ANY GRANTS THAT WE CAN WRITE? I'M WILLING TO DONATE MY SERVICES TO HELP WRITE A GRANT THAT WE CAN UNDER. WE CAN SUPPORT CHILDREN WHO DO NOT HAVE ACCESS OR WOULD NOT HAVE FUNDING, BUT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD UNDERCUT OURSELVES FOR GETTING FUNDS THAT OTHER LIBRARIES ARE GETTING.

SO YOU MENTIONED THE $35 FLAT FEE COVERS A FAMILY.

I DON'T SEE THAT WRITTEN ANYWHERE. SO IT COVERS THE ENTIRE FAMILY.

YES, THAT'S WHAT WE DISCUSSED LAST WHEN I WAS BACK, WHEN I WAS HERE LAST MONTH IS THAT THE $35 FEE WOULD COVER THE WHOLE FAMILY AND NOT JUST AN INDIVIDUAL CHILD. MAINLY BECAUSE THE MOST OF THE KIDS, THE STUDENT CARDS THAT WE HAVE ARE ATTACHED TO AN ADULT ACCOUNT. SO UNLESS THEY, IF YOU'RE 13 OR OLDER, YOU HAVE A LIBRARY CARD, IT HAS TO BE SIGNED OFF ON BY YOUR PARENT. SO WE, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY THAT ARE JUST A CHILD BY THEMSELVES. USUALLY IT'S A PARENT ATTACHED TO THAT ACCOUNT. SO IT WOULD BE A FLAT FEE. SO I CAN ALSO COME BACK WITH THAT WORDING WHEN, IF, IF WE DO DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, THEN WE WILL DEFINITELY ADD THAT TO THE LANGUAGE THERE.

AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THIS ASSOCIATED STAFF COST.

SO IS THIS COST ANTICIPATED TO BE INCURRED BECAUSE OF THIS FEE? IF WE DON'T IMPLEMENT THIS FEE, WE WILL NOT BE SPENDING THAT MONEY TOWARDS THOSE STAFF HOURS.

THAT IS CORRECT.

BECAUSE CURRENTLY THEY JUST WHEN THE WE HAVEN'T HAD TO. WE DO KEEP A RECORD OF IN, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. HOWEVER WE'RE NOT CHARGING. SO WITH THIS WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK IN AND MAKE SURE THAT EACH OF THOSE ACCOUNTS IS BEING PROPERLY TAGGED FOR THE WHETHER THEY'RE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. SO THAT IF, YOU KNOW, AND EVEN EACH YEAR WE KNOW THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE MOVE YEAR TO YEAR. SO SOME ONE YEAR THEY MAY BE INSIDE, THE NEXT YEAR THEY MAY BE OUTSIDE. SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS KOSHER ON THAT END. WE DEFINITELY WILL SEE THAT CHANGE BECAUSE ALSO WE'LL BE GOING TO FOR YEAR TO YEAR VERSUS EVERY THREE TO FOUR, FIVE YEARS EXPIRING.

SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A DIFFERENCE TOO. BUT I TO MISS CAROLYN DAVID GRAVES POINT. IT IS A GOOD PRACTICE, I GUESS TO LET IT JUST EXPIRE AND PEOPLE WHO ARE, WHO WANT TO, YOU KNOW, GET THEIR LIBRARY CARD, THEY WILL CALL BACK BECAUSE THEY'LL TRY TO USE LIBBY OR THEY'LL TRY TO USE CLOUD LIBRARY AND IT'S GOING TO LOCK THEM OUT. SO THEY, THEY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, UPDATE THAT INFORMATION.

ANYWAY, BECAUSE WHAT I SEE IS I SEE ROUGHLY $30,000 WORTH OF COST FOR STAFF OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS AND THAT EQUATES TO 857 NON RESIDENT LIBRARY CARD FEES. SO IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A GOOD BALANCE.

MS. TODD.

WOW, THERE'S A LOT HERE.

MCKINNEY CHARGES $10 AND THEY GET A LOT MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER. WHEN WE'RE ASKING FOR $35. I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A LITTLE EXCESSIVE WHEN WE ARE NOT ABLE TO OFFER. I MEAN, IF WE'D RENOVATED AND THEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS AND WE HAVE OTHER STUFF GOING ON, I CAN MAYBE BE MORE OPEN TO TALKING ABOUT IT.

I HAVE REALLY HARD TIME BECAUSE, LIKE, I FEEL LIKE EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE LIBRARY. BUT FOR $35 FOR WHAT WE HAVE COMPARED TO 15 MINUTES DOWN THE ROAD,

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I CAN GET PAID 10 BUCKS AND THEN HAVE ACCESS TO OTHER CITIES. IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM EQUITABLE. ALSO, DID WE NOT LEARN OUR LESSON DURING THE FIRE SERVICES WHEN WE DIDN'T TELL THEM WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND THEN WE'RE LIKE, WHOOP, NO FIRE SERVICES. AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE LIKE, WHOOP, NO LIBRARY ACCESS. DID WE NOT LEARN OUR LESSON ABOUT NOT BEING DECENT HUMANS AND INFORMING PEOPLE OF STUFF LIKE THIS IS WILD THAT IT'S EVEN A CONVERSATION.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY THIS. I DIDN'T BRING IT TO COUNCIL. IT WAS ACTS OF ME TO BRING IT TO COUNCIL. SECOND OF ALL, LET ME SAY THIS. I DID NOT PROPOSE THE AMOUNT. IT WAS PROPOSED.

IT WAS A DISCUSSION. YOU, IT WAS THE TIME THAT YOU AND MRS. DAVID-GRAVES WERE BOTH ABSENT. SO THAT IT, THAT WAS THE FEE THAT WAS LANDED ON.

SO.

YEAH, YEAH, YOU CAN, YOU CAN MOTION. BUT YEAH, HOLD ON, MR. RUTLEDGE.

OH, I'M SO SORRY. NO, YEAH, I JUST, THAT MAIL LOST TRAIN THOUGHT THE IDEA WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT SPONSORSHIPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND I THINK THIS IS RIGHT FOR THE CDC. I THINK IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, AVENUES THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, I WOULD DEFINITELY RECOMMEND THAT WE GET THIS IN FRONT OF THE CDC BECAUSE THIS IS ABSOLUTELY QUALITY OF LIFE AND YOU KNOW, TO THE POINT OF, AND I'M NOT LOCKED IN ON THE AMOUNT, I'M HOPING TO ADJUSTING IT IF THAT'S REALLY KIND OF A CLIFFHANGER.

BUT LOOKING AT THE AMOUNT OF ACCOUNTS AND I JUST DID SOME QUICK NUMBERS AND THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE CHARGING, LIKE THE COST FOR, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COST THAT'S GOING TO BE ASSESSED FOR US HAVING TO GO IN AND UPDATE THE ACCOUNTS, LIKE IT'S.

TO ME IT LOOKS PRETTY COMPARABLE LIKE A THIRD OF IT. IT'S GOING TO, YOU KNOW, IF WE, IF WE DID A THIRD OF THOSE ACCOUNTS, WE WOULD, WE WOULD RECOVER THOSE THAT COST.

FROM WHAT I'M SEEING. THE OTHER THING I WOULD STATE IS ALSO THIS ALSO SEEMS RIGHT FOR FUTURE TECHNOLOGY LIKE EFFICIENCIES.

RIGHT.

SO THAT, THAT MANUAL PROCESS DOESN'T HAVE TO REMAIN MANUAL AND THAT WILL EVENTUALLY REDUCE THAT COST AS WELL. SO.

YEAH. AND ALSO THOSE, THOSE FEES GO RIGHT BACK INTO LIBRARY. SO THAT WOULD HELP US AFFORD THINGS THAT WE MAYBE DON'T HAVE CURRENTLY.

SOME TECHNOLOGY THAT WE WON'T HAVE THAT WE DON'T HAVE CURRENTLY. ALSO WE ARE, YOU KNOW, IN THE RENOVATION THERE ARE PLANS TO HAVE LIKE THOSE, THOSE MEETING ROOMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO AS WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO BE AS CREATIVE AS WE CAN WITH WHAT WE HAVE AND I AGREE WITH MR. RUTLEDGE, I EVEN DID SOME OF THE NUMBERS EVEN AT.

IF WE HAD A QUARTER OF THOSE THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS THAT PAID FOR THEIR, FOR THE NON RESIDENT FEE, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $26,950 FOR A QUARTER OF THOSE PEOPLE, WHICH IS ONLY 770 OF THE OVER 3,000 OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS PAYING FOR THOSE. SO I MEAN THERE'S, IT'S THE DECISION OF COUNCIL.

WE WILL FOLLOW YOUR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU DECIDE, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO.

ALL RIGHT. MR. WASHINGTON.

NOT, I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN RUTLEDGE. I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CDC CAN, YOU KNOW, EASILY PICK UP, MAYBE EVEN ADD TO THEIR BUDGET TO HAVE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, ALLOCATED FOR, I DON'T KNOW, NON RESIDENTIAL LIBRARY, SCHOLARSHIP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT FROM THIS, TODD, I DON'T THINK FOR THOSE THAT USE THE LIBRARY, I DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE WILL JUST STOP USING THE LIBRARY BECAUSE THERE'S A FEE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. I HONESTLY DON'T THINK THAT THAT'LL HAPPEN. I THINK THAT PEOPLE WHO USE THE LIBRARY AND WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PAY THAT FEE.

YEAH.

AND I THINK ALSO, SORRY, I KIND OF JUMPED IN WHERE I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO.

BUT ALSO FOR THOSE THAT DO THEY REALLY PATRONIZE THE LIBRARY AND THEY WILL FOR THE MOST PART.

I MEAN THEY'RE USED TO IT. EVEN IN FARMERSVILLE THEY CHARGE $25 A YEAR FOR ONE PERSON, $40 A YEAR FOR A FAMILY. AND FARMERSVILLE IS SMALLER THAN US AND YOU KNOW, AND THEY HAVE FEWER PROGRAMS THAN WE DO. SO I, THAT IS JUST HOW IT IS RIGHT NOW, REALLY. I MEAN IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT EVEN I HAD SOME RESERVATION ABOUT IT WHEN IT CAME UP AT THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING, TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST, BECAUSE I TOO BELIEVE THAT LIBRARY SERVICES SHOULD BE FREE FOR ALL.

BUT WHEN WE ARE DEALING WITH A SHORTFALL AND WE ARE HAVING TO FIGURE

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OUT CREATIVE WAYS TO, YOU KNOW, GET SOME REVENUE, THIS IS ONE WAY THAT JUST MAKES SENSE.

YEAH.

AND I HAVE TO AGREE. I THINK THAT THIS IS NEEDED JUST IN THE MEANTIME, I THINK THAT CITIES COMPARING US TO CITIES LIKE PLANO, MCKINNEY, THEY HAVE OTHER REVENUE SOURCES THAT ARE QUADRUPLE WHAT, WHAT WE'RE. I'M BRINGING IN.

SO YOU WILL SEE THAT TYPICALLY IN THOSE CITIES THEY CAN PROBABLY OFFER IT TO GIVE IT AWAY FOR FREE INSTEAD OF COVID AND STILL HAVE MONEY LEFT LEFT OVER. I THINK MOST OF YOUR SMALL CITIES, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, FARMERSVILLE, IS GOING TO HAVE A HIGHER FEE BECAUSE IT JUST.

THE COST FOR US IS A LOT DIFFERENT. WE DON'T HAVE A MIX OF REVENUE COMING IN. WE DON'T HAVE SOME OF THE OTHER DEALS.

BUT I DO WANT TO, I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF THE CDC POTENTIALLY JOINING IN BECAUSE IT SELLS TAXES COVERED BY WHOEVER TRAVELS THROUGH PRINCETON. SO I THINK THAT THAT'S AN AVENUE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE TO EVEN NON RESIDENTS.

BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT. ONE OF MY POINTS THE LAST MEETING WAS MAKE SURE THAT WE NOT RESTRICTING NOBODY EITHER. SO IF WE DO HAVE A FUNCTION, I THINK JIM CAN, CAN POTENTIALLY HELP US WITH THIS. BUT. YEAH, BUT I THINK THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT SOURCE THAT MAKE SURE THAT NO CHILD IS LEFT OUT OF THIS. BECAUSE THAT WAS MY BIGGEST CONCERN BECAUSE I SAID, I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS AFTER SCHOOL WHO GO THERE AND I KNOW NOT EVERY ONE OF THEM IS, IS PROBABLY IN THE CITY LIMITS. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE KIDS STILL CAN ACCESS THE LIBRARY AND, AND DO WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO BECAUSE THOSE ARE PROBABLY MORE CHALLENGING KIDS THAT PROBABLY NEED THESE FEW SERVICES.

RIGHT. AND I AGREE.

I DEFINITELY DO NOT WANT ANYONE TO BE WITHOUT LIBRARY SERVICES IF WE CAN AVOID IT.

LIKE I SAID, THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE ONES THAT WAS JUST FOR ME PERSONALLY GAVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF HEARTBURN. BUT LIKE I SAID, WE'RE AT YOUR, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY UP TO YOU ALL AS A COUNCIL WHERE WE GO WITH THIS.

HAVE TO BE RECOGNIZED.

WHAT? SO I HAVE TO BE RECOGNIZED.

I KNOW.

WAIT, YOU'RE PRO TEM.

ALL RIGHT.

NO, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THIS IS MY LAST LITTLE POINT JUST IN SUPPORT OF THIS. AS CITIES AROUND US START TO CHARGE, THEN IF WE'RE THE ONLY LIBRARY THAT'S NOT, THEN EVERYONE COMES TO US. AND IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING, YOU KNOW, SMART ABOUT OUR RESOURCES, THEN WE'RE, YOU KNOW, GONNA BURN THROUGH OUR BOOKS, WE GOING TO BURN THROUGH ALL OF OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR EQUIPMENT, FURNITURE, SO ON AND SO FORTH, BECAUSE WE'RE THE ONE CITY THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, THE FREE ACCESS. SO I THINK IT IS. IT IS A SMART THING TO DO, AND THAT'S THE ONLY LITTLE TWO CENTS I HAD, AND I'M READY TO MOVE ON.

MS. DAVID GRAVES? YEAH, I THINK WE NEED TO START THINKING IN TERMS OF MOVING FORWARD AND NOT JUST WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. THE ARGUMENT AS IT HAS BEEN PRESENTED IS, IN A SENSE, SAYING IF YOU ARE A COUNSELOR HERE IN PRINCETON, AND IF YOU ARE A COUNSELOR IN PLANO, MCKINNEY, ALLEN, OR FRISCO, YOU CANNOT CHARGE THE SAME.

ALTHOUGH YOU'RE PROVIDING THE SAME SERVICE, YOU CANNOT CHARGE THE SAME FEES BECAUSE YOU'RE IN PRINCETON. NO, IT IS TRUE THAT WE MAY BE LIMITED IN SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT WE CAN PROVIDE NOW, BUT AS YOU'VE INDICATED, WITH THE RESTRUCTURING, WE ARE LOOKING AT PROVIDING MORE. THERE ARE ALSO THE ELECTRONIC SERVICES.

WE CAN HAVE AGREEMENTS WITH THOSE LIBRARIES THAT PROVIDE MORE. SO I'M IN PRINCETON, BUT I CAN BORROW A BOOK FROM PLANO, I CAN BORROW A BOOK FROM FRISCO WITHOUT LEAVING PRINCETON. AND SO IT'S NOT TO LOOK AT LOCATION OR THINK ABOUT SIZE, BUT ALSO THINK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES. AND JUST AS MR. RUTLEDGE SAID, AS WE GROW, WE HAVE TO BE COMPETITIVE, AND WE CANNOT FUND. WE ARE NOT IN A PLACE WHERE WE CAN SUPPLEMENT ALL THE TIME. AND I THINK THIS IS JUST ONE AREA THAT WE CAN CHARGE FEES, AND IT'S USED TO HELP DEVELOP THE LIBRARY.

IT'S NOT BEING USED FOR ANYTHING ELSE, BUT JUST GOING BACK INTO MAKING RESOURCES MORE AVAILABLE. SO I THINK IT MAKES SENSE. THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD SAY IS INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON LOOKING AT THE EXPIRATION AND EXPENDING RESOURCES THERE, JUST ALLOW THEM TO EXPIRE. AND WHEN PEOPLE COME TO USE THE LIBRARY AGAIN, IF THEIR CARDS EXPIRE, IT WILL BE REACTIVATED AT A COST OF $35.

WITH A SMILE, MS. TODD. AND AFTER THIS, I WOULD SAY THAT IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CDC POSSIBLY GETTING INVOLVED, I WOULD LIKE THEM TO DISCUSS THIS BEFORE WE VOTE ON IT AND HEAR FROM THEM WHAT THEY CAN BRING

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TO THE TABLE. AND SO WE CAN SEE ALL ASPECTS PRIOR TO PUTTING THIS IN PLACE, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT RESOURCES MAY OR MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR THIS.

HOLD ON REAL QUICK. YEAH, OKAY.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. BUT I GUESS AT THIS TIME, I'M GONNA I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD IN THIS ITEM AS FAR AS SETTING THE FEE. IF IN THE CDC, WHENEVER THEY CAN GET TO IT, WE CAN DISCUSS IT THEN. I THINK THAT THERE'S MORE THAN MORE OPTIONS THAN THE CDC. MAYBE WE DEVELOP A WAIVER FROM.

FROM COUNCIL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO SET THIS FEE REGARDLESS TODAY, AND THEN WE CAN GET THIS PROCESS STARTED. AND THEN ANY AMENDMENTS, WE CAN ALWAYS BRING IT BACK.

OKAY, BUT LIKE I SAID, IT'S UP TO COUNCIL. THEY CAN MAKE THE MOTION FOR IT. AT THIS TIME, I ENTERTAIN MOTION.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM M2 2026, 182 AS PROPOSED.

I SECOND. MR. JOHNSON SECOND.

A MOTION PASSES 6-1.

THANK YOU.

AND AT THIS TIME, WE NEED TO.

TO MOTION TO CONTINUE. NOT CONTINUE, BUT TO EXTEND THE MEETING PAST THE 11:45 IF WE GO THERE, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE. SO RIGHT NOW I'LL DO A ROLL CALL TO. TO PASS THE 11:45 TIMELINE AND MS. DAVID GRAVES? YES.

OH, SORRY, I NEED A MOTION FIRST. I APOLOGIZE.

I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO EXTEND OUR MEETING DEADLINE PAST 11:45PM ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION.

I SECOND.

MS. DAVID GRAVES SECOND. AND I'LL DO A REBEL ROLL CALL.

MR. DAVID-GRAVES? YES.

[M5. ORD-2026-08-10-25 Consider Ordinance No. 2026-08-10-25 amending Chapter 22, “Courts,” Article I, “In General,” Section 22-7, “Imposition, Collection, and Enforcement of Costs and Fees,” of the City of Princeton Code of Ordinances by authorizing convenience, service, or processing fees for municipal court obligations paid by credit card, debit card, or other electronic payment methods and an administrative fee related to deferred disposition of a judgment; and take appropriate action.]

ALL RIGHT, MOTION PASSES 6-0 AND THIS WILL TAKE US TO ITEM M5. I'LL READ IT. M5 ORDINANCE. THAT'S 2026 08, 1025.

DID YOU SAY IT WAS 6 0? IT WAS 6-1.

6-1.

MS. TODD.

OKAY, HOLD ON.

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT FOR THE ROLL CALL FOR THE.

NO, NO. EVERYBODY.

SORRY.

IT WAS 7 0. YEAH, I APOLOGIZE.

ALL RIGHT, THIS WILL TAKE US TO M5.

ITEM M5 CONSIDER ORDINANCE NO. 2026-08-10-25 AMENDING CHAPTER 22, "COURTS," ARTICLE I, "IN GENERAL," SECTION 22-7, "IMPOSITION, COLLECTION, AND ENFORCEMENT OF COSTS AND FEES," OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AUTHORIZING CONVENIENCE, SERVICE, OR PROCESSING FEES FOR MUNICIPAL COURT OBLIGATIONS PAID BY CREDIT CARD, DEBIT CARD, OR OTHER ELECTRONIC PAYMENT METHODS AND AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE RELATED TO DEFERRED DISPOSITION OF A JUDGMENT; AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS IS THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT THAT I DISCUSSED AT OUR BUDGET MEETING ABOUT HOW TO 1 INCREASE OR UPDATE OUR FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THE COURT.

CURRENTLY LOOKING AT THE OTHER COMPARABLE CITIES, THEY ALL CHARGE THE CONVENIENCE FEE AND DEFERRAL FEE OR ADMIN FEE.

WE DO NOT. RIGHT NOW, MUNICIPAL COURT ANY PAYMENTS THAT ARE MADE ONLINE POINT OF SALE AT THE WINDOW WE ARE ABSORBING THAT COST FOR CREDIT CARD FEES, CONVENIENCE FEES,

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WHICH IS TOTALING ABOUT 16, 17,000 A YEAR.

SO WITH AMENDING THIS ORDINANCE, IT WILL ALLOW THE CUSTOMER, THE DEFENDANT, TO HAVE TO PAY THAT FEE ASSOCIATED.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S DONE AT ALL THE OTHER MUNICIPAL COURTS, JUSTICE COURTS.

WE'RE JUST THE ONLY COURT THAT'S NOT DOING THAT CURRENTLY.

AS WELL AS THE ADMIN FEE.

THAT'S BASICALLY.

IF SOMEONE WAS TO KEEP A VIOLATION OFF OF THEIR RECORD, THEY PAID FINE POST THE ADMIN FEE WITH THE PROBATION PERIOD.

AGAIN, WE'RE ON THE CURRENT COURT. WE'RE THE ONLY COURT CURRENTLY THAT'S NOT CHARGING THAT FEE.

SO THIS AMENDMENT WILL CHANGE THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

THERE'S ANY QUESTION. NO, AT THIS TIME, I ENTERTAIN.

OH, NO, NO, NO, NO. THE ORDINANCE THAT'S A ATTACHED TO IT. IT HAS THE ORDINANCE NUMBER AS 202-60727. SHOULDN'T THAT ORDINANCE NUMBER MATCH WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON TODAY WITH THE CORRECT ORDINANCE NUMBER.

260727? IT SAYS ORDINANCE NUMBER 202-60727. SEE IT THERE? GO.

GO BACK, GO BACK, GO BACK.

RIGHT THERE UNDER THE TITLE.

SO SHOULDN'T THAT REFLECT THE ORDINANCE NUMBER OF TODAY? IT SHOULD.

YEAH, IT SHOULD.

ALL RIGHT, WE CAN.

YEAH, WE CAN APPROVE WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA. AND WHEN YOU GUYS WILL FIX THE ORDINANCE NUMBER, WE CAN MAKE THAT CORRECTION TO THE RESOLUTION NUMBER. THE ORDINANCE NUMBER.

YEAH, YEAH, I'M READY. I'M READY FOR THE MOTION.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, I MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM M5, ORDINANCE 208, 10, WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT THE ORDINANCE NUMBER WILL BE AMENDED ON THE DOCUMENT.

I'LL SECOND.

MR. WASHINGTON, SECOND.

THANK YOU.

[J. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

I'M MISSING ONE VOTE. I MOTION PASSES 7 0. THANK YOU. AND AT THIS TIME, WE WILL BE ENTERING EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THE TIME IS 11:16. EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE CHAPTER.

ON THE TERMS OF CHAPTER 551, THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 6.

CITY COUNCIL MAY ENTER INTO A CLOSED SESSION OR EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING SECTION 551071 CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY. THIS WILL BE FOR NORTH CAROLINA SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT VERSUS THE CITY OF PRINCETON. ALL RIGHT.

[M7. 2026-08-10-R03 Consider approving Resolution No. 2026-08-10-R03, a Resolution accepting and acknowledging the terms and conditions of the Settlement and Release Agreement between North Collin Special Utility District and the City of Princeton, Texas; authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute the Agreement; and providing an effective date, and take appropriate action.]

THE TIME IS 11:28. THIS WOULD TAKE US OUT OF EXECUTIVE.

THERE IS NO ACTIONS TO TAKE OUTSIDE OF EXECUTIVE.

THIS WOULD TAKE US TO ITEM M8. WELL, ACTUALLY, SORRY. M7 CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER 202608 10R03 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SETTLEMENT AND RELEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN NORTH CARLIN SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT IN THE CITY OF PRINCETON TEXAS AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE THIS AGREEMENT AND PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

YEAH, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM M7, 2026-08-10-RO3, ONE SECOND.

[M8. 2026-181 Consider approving a request for items to be placed on a future agenda and NOT for discussion of these requests.]

ALL RIGHT, MR. RUTLEDGE, THIS SECOND.

ALL RIGHT.

MOTION PASSES. 7 0. THIS WILL TAKE US TO M8, 2026-181.

CONSIDER APPROVING A REQUEST FOR ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA AND NOT FOR DISCUSSION OF THESE REQUESTS. MS. TODD? I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TWO THINGS TO FUTURE AGENDA. THE FIRST IS TO REVIEW THE PUBLIC HEARING TIME. I THINK THAT IF PUBLIC APPEARANCE IS FIVE MINUTES, PUBLIC HEARING SHOULD ALSO BE FIVE MINUTES. AND MY SECOND ONE IS TO DISCUSS AN ENVIRONMENTAL OVERLAY OVER LONG NECK BETWEEN MONTE CARLO AND COLLEGE.

MR. JOHNSON? I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE BRING BACK THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FEE SCHEDULE. AND THE OTHER ITEM IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION FOR FINANCE, BUDGET, PERFORMANCE AND EFFICIENCY AUDIT.

MR. RUTLEDGE? I'D LIKE TO HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE HOMEWARD CHARTER COMMITTEE FINAL MEETING AND UPDATES. AND THEN ALSO AN UPDATE REGARDING COUNCIL AS A WHOLE AND THE INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER RECOGNITION AND COMMUNICATION PROCESS.

ALL RIGHT.