May 12, 2026 Special Meeting

WE'LL MOVE RIGHT INTO OUR AGENDA.

GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

[1. Call Meeting to Order and Announce that a Quorum is Present]

WELCOME.

WE'LL CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING OF THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL ON MAY 12TH, 2020 SIXTH IS A SPECIAL MEETING, AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF THE COUNCIL PRESENT WITH, UH, SIX MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE IN THE ROOM THIS EVENING.

AND WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER LISIO IS JOINING US ONLINE VIA ZOOM.

AND, UH, NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.

AS ALWAYS, WE'D LIKE TO START OUR MEETINGS WITH THE PLEDGE TO BOTH OF OUR FLAGS.

IF YOU'LL PLEASE RISE AS YOU'RE ABLE.

I PLEDGE, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY.

AND JUST FOR ALL HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, A PLEDGE TO ALLEGIANCE TO THEE TEXAS.

ONE STATE UNDER GOD.

ONE AN INDIVISIBLE.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH,

[3. Present, discuss, and consider action on a Resolution canvassing and declaring the results of a Bond Election held in the Town of Addison, Texas on May 2, 2026.]

UH, WE HAVE ITEMS THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE.

I'M GONNA READ EACH OF THOSE ITEMS ALL, ALL AT ONCE HERE.

AND THEN WE'LL GET, UH, SINGLE PRESENTATION FROM VALENCIA ON THAT.

SO ITEM THREE, PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A RESOLUTION, CANVASSING AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF A BOND ELECTION HELD IN THE TOWN OF ADDISON, TEXAS ON MAY 2ND, 2020 SIXTH.

ITEM

[4. Present, discuss, and consider action on an Ordinance canvassing and declaring the results of a Special Election held in the Town of Addison, Texas on May 2, 2026.]

THREE, PRESENT DISCUSSING, CONSIDER ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE, CANVASSING AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF A SPECIAL ELECTION HELD IN THE TOWN OF ADDISON, TEXAS ON MAY 2ND, 2026.

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[5. Present, discuss, and consider action on an Ordinance canvassing the returns of the May 2, 2026 General Election for the Offices of three (3) City Council Members. ]

FIVE, PRESENT DISCUSSING CONSIDER ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE CANVASSING THE RETURNS OF THE MAY 2ND, 2026 GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE OFFICES OF THREE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, VALENCIA EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF LENCIA GARCIA, CITY SECRETARY HERE TO CANVAS THE RESULTS OF OUR THREE ELECTIONS FROM MAY, 2026.

CAN YOU HIT THE, OKAY, SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS ITEM.

THE ADDISON CITY COUNCIL ORDERED THREE ELECTIONS FOR MAY, 2026.

UH, BOND ELECTION, UH, SPECIAL ELECTION REGARDING DART AND THE GENERAL ELECTION TO ELECT THREE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

EARLY VOTING FOR THE MAY, 2026 ELECTIONS WAS HELD APRIL 20TH THROUGH THE 28TH.

ELECTION DAY WAS ON MAY 2ND, 2026.

SO RESULTS FROM THESE ELECTIONS HAVE NOW BEEN RECEIVED FROM DALLAS COUNTY, AND AS REQUIRED BY LAW, THE CITY COUNCIL MUST MEET FOR THE PURPOSES OF CANVASSING THE RE RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTIONS.

SO WE WILL START WITH THE CANVAS OF THE MAY, 2026 BOND ELECTION.

UM, THE OFFICIAL TABULATION OF RETURNS FOR THIS ELECTION, UH, REGARDING THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS, UH, 1,166 VOTES WERE RECEIVED FOR THIS PROPOSITION, UH, COMING IN AT 55% OF THE VOTE.

AND THEN 923 VOTES WERE RECEIVED AGAINST COMING IN ABOUT 44%.

UM, FOR A TOTAL VOTE CAST OF 2089 VOTES, THE TABULATION RETURNS FOR THE MAY, 2026 SPECIAL ELECTION.

REGARDING DART, UH, 1,500 VOTES WERE RECEIVED FOR YES TO CONTINUED DART, UH, COMING IN FOR 70% OF THE VOTE.

UM, 642 VOTES WERE RECEIVED FOR NO, UM, COMING IN AT ABOUT 29.97% OF THE VOTE FOR A TOTAL OF 2,142 VOTES.

CAST CANVASSING FOR THE MAY, 2026 GENERAL ELECTION TO ELECT THREE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, THE OFFICIAL TABULATIONS ARE HERE.

DARREN GARDNER RECEIVING 933 VOTES, CHANEL BLANTON RECEIVING 1059 VOTES.

HOWARD FREED RECEIVING 752 VOTES, TRISH STEWART RECEIVING 761 VOTES.

CHRISTIE FRANCISCO RECEIVING 1071 VOTES FOR A TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES CAST OF 4,576.

I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR PROCEED WITH CANVASSING THE RESULTS.

THANK YOU, VALENCIA, ANY QUESTION FROM COUNSEL IN THAT CASE? I WOULD, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM THREE.

MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE.

THANK YOU, MARLON.

I SECOND THE MOTION.

THANK YOU, DARREN, FOR THE SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

THE OPPOSED? AYE.

ALL ITEM THREE IS APPROVED.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM FOUR.

MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE.

THANK YOU, MARLON.

I'LL SECOND.

I'LL A SECOND FROM DAN.

UH, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ITEM NUMBER SIX, PRESENTATION TO OUTGOING CITY COUNCIL MEMBER HOWARD FREE.

ANY OPPOSED? AYE.

ALL RIGHT.

ITEM FOUR IS APPROVED.

UH, AND MOTION FOR ITEM FIVE.

MOTION APPROVE.

ITEM FIVE.

SECOND.

THANK YOU DARREN AND MARLON FOR THE SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

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[6. Presentation to outgoing City Council Member Howard Freed.]

AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, EXPRESS SOME, UH, REMARKS TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FREE, WHO'S, UH, WORKED REALLY HARD THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.

AND, UH, I, I'VE GOT SOME COMMENTS THAT I, THAT I WILL MAKE, UH, BUT I'LL, UH, OPEN IT UP TO THE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS FIRST TO MAKE ANY REMARKS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE.

ANYBODY HAVE SOMETHING? SURE.

HOWARD, I ENJOYED WORKING BESIDE YOU.

LITERALLY BESIDE YOU HERE.

YOU KNOW, UM, WE, WE DON'T ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, GET THINGS RIGHT.

UH, I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR TENACITY AND BRINGING, UH, A DIFFERENT, UM, CONVERSATION TO A LOT OF THE TOPICS.

AND FOR YOUR, UH, YOUR LOVE FOR ADDISON.

UM, YOUR, UM, REALLY JUMPING IN AND, UH, INVESTIGATING ALL THE, ALL THE DIFFERENT AGENDA ITEMS THAT WE HAD.

UH, GOING OUT, LOOKING AT SIGNS, FIGHTING FOR THE BUSINESS OWNERS.

UH, IT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTS.

SO, UH, I'VE ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU.

THANK YOU, HOWARD.

THANK, THANK YOU DARREN.

RANDY, THANK YOU, SIR.

UM, I WON'T BE AS BRIEF AS DARREN.

UH, I'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE TO SAY.

UH, I THINK I'VE KNOWN HOWARD A LITTLE BIT LONGER, SO I WANNA, IT'LL BE KIND OF THREEFOLD.

FIRST, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS HOWARD FREED THE COUNCIL PERSON.

AS A COUNCIL MEMBER.

I TRULY APPRECIATE THE PROFESSIONALISM YOU SHOWED ON THIS DAIS, THE WORK THAT YOU PUT IN TO UNDERSTAND AND, AND, AND DIG INTO THE ITEMS EACH AND EVERY ONE THAT WE, THAT WAS BROUGHT BEFORE US IN MY YEAR ON COUNCIL, THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE LISTENED TO PEOPLE AND GIVEN CITIZENS A VOICE, I THINK I KNOW THAT'S THE REASON.

I FEEL LIKE THAT'S THE REASON YOU INITIALLY GOT ON, WANTED TO BE A COUNCIL PERSON TO GIVE SOME PEOPLE A VOICE.

AND I THINK YOU'VE DONE THAT.

I, I APPRECIATE THAT.

AS A, AS A CONSTITUENT OF YOURS, I WANT TO THANK, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE EFFORT THAT YOU HAVE PUT IN ON THE THINGS THAT MEAN SO MUCH TO ALL OF US.

AS ADDIS, AS RESIDENTS OF ADDISON AND BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE TOWN OF ADDISON.

YOU HAVE REALLY PUT US AND THEM FIRST.

AND THIRDLY, JUST AS A FRIEND.

WE'VE BEEN FRIENDS FOR 25 YEARS.

YOU ARE PROBABLY THE BEST HUMAN BEING.

I KNOW THE THE WAY YOU APPROACH LIFE AND YOUR FRIENDS IS ABOVE REPROACH.

I FEEL LIKE I'M A BETTER HUMAN AND A BETTER MAN AND A BETTER HUSBAND.

THE MORE I'M AROUND YOU TO SEE THE WAY THAT YOU TREAT OTHERS AND RESPECT ALL'S OPINION AND GOING, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN DO, I CAN DO THAT.

BUT I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR, FOR THE CARE THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS AND TO THE, AND, AND TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT WE ARE WITH WITNESSING DEMOCRACY HERE TONIGHT.

THIS IS WHAT OUR COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED ON, 250 YEARS AGO.

THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO GET TOGETHER AND MAKE DECISIONS THROUGH A DIP, DIPLOMATIC AND, UH, AT THE BALLOT BOX RATHER THAN IN BACK ALLEYS.

AND I WANNA THANK ALL OF THE WORKERS, WHATEVER YOUR OPINION ON ANY TOPIC THAT WE ARE CANVASSING TONIGHT.

I JUST WANNA AGAIN, SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT HELPED ANYONE, OR ANY AGENDA THAT YOU WANTED TO HELP.

WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU.

YOU'RE THE REASON THE COGS FIT IN THE WHEEL, AND IT, IT, IT KEEPS GOING.

WHETHER WE AGREE OR WHETHER WE DISAGREE, AS LONG AS WE RESPECT EACH OTHER'S OPINIONS AND MOVE FORWARD.

I CONGRATULATE THE WINNERS AND I CONSOLE, I DON'T WANT TO USE THE WORD LOSERS, THE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T GET AS MANY VOTES AS THE OTHERS.

UH, AND I ALMOST WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM, HOWARD.

I HOPE YOU CAN GET BACK TO YOUR VERY NICE, RELAXING LIFE AND LOVE YOUR FAMILY.

YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL FAMILY.

LOVE YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR FRIENDS AS YOU'VE ALWAYS DONE.

AND THIS WORLD WILL BE A BETTER PLACE.

THANK YOU, MY FRIEND.

THANK YOU, RANDY.

CHRIS.

WELL, HOWARD, I JUST, MY HAT'S OFF TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO TAKE ON THIS ROLE.

AS YOU PROBABLY LEARNED, IT'S NOT EASY.

UM,

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NOT EVERYONE AGREES WITH OUR OPINIONS, BUT, UM, YOU'VE ALWAYS SERVED VERY WELL.

UH, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU, CHRIS.

MARLIN, UH, HOWARD, WE, WE KNEW EACH OTHER BEFORE YOU GOT ON COUNCIL, BUT WE WEREN'T THAT CLOSE.

AND, AND OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE, WE'VE BECOME GREAT FRIENDS.

AND, UH, I APPRECIATE YOUR FRIENDSHIP.

UH, I APPRECIATE THE LEVEL OF DETAIL IN WHICH YOU BROUGHT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.

UM, IT WAS AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH YOU.

AND I'LL ADMIT YOU WERE RIGHT ON THE CHICK-FIL-A SIGN.

SO, IN, IN, IN SOME ADVICE, IT WAS ONCE GIVEN TO ME FROM PAUL WALDEN.

HE SAID THAT IF YOU'RE GONNA BE A PART OF COUNCIL, YOU'RE ALSO GONNA BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND YOU'RE GONNA GET TO MEET, UM, MORE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS, MORE OF THE PEOPLE.

YOU WILL NOT WALK UP AND DOWN THEIR STREETS, UM, ON ANY GIVEN DAY, BUT YOU MAY RECOGNIZE THEM NOW IN A GROCERY STORE, MAY GET TO RECOGNIZE 'EM IN A RESTAURANT.

THAT CERTAINLY HAS HAPPENED FOR ME.

UM, THE YEAR OF WHICH I'VE JUST COME OUT OF, CERTAINLY THERE WERE CERTAIN PEOPLE THAT CERTAINLY REACHED OUT.

AND HOWARD, YOU WERE DEFINITELY ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW, YOU DIDN'T KNOW ME FROM YOUR LEFT SHOE TO THE RIGHT SHOE, AND YOU CERTAINLY TREATED ME LIKE I WAS A WORN IN PAIR.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOUR FRIENDSHIP CERTAINLY MEANS TO ME, AND ESPECIALLY THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF WHICH WE BECAME FRIENDS.

UM, YOU SERVING ALONGSIDE US IN COUNSEL AGAINST THE SAME THING WHERE CHRIS HAD REITERATED, OR, YOU KNOW, DON'T ALWAYS AGREE ON EVERY POINT, UM, OR COUNTERPOINT.

BUT CERTAINLY YOU'RE ALWAYS WILLING TO LISTEN AND HAVE DIALOGUE, GOOD, BAD, OR INDIFFERENT.

UM, I, I CAN HAVE MADE MY OWN MISTAKES THROUGH THE COUNCIL PROCESS.

YOU'VE MADE SOME MISTAKES, BUT YOU'VE OWNED EVERY SINGLE PART OF IT, WHICH IS ADMIRABLE.

UM, AND JUST WISH YOU, AS YOU, AS YOUR GRANDKIDS, CALL YOU SOUTH PAW.

I JUST ADMIRE YOUR FAMILY.

AS RANDY SAID, YOU'VE, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY INVITED ME INTO YOURS AND WE'LL ALWAYS CHERISH THAT AND LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING MORE, UM, CONVERSATION, EXCUSE ME, CONVERSATIONS OFF RECORD, UM, OFF CAMERA AND JUST BEING TWO GUYS.

SO CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING FUTURE COUNCIL MEETINGS AS A, AS A CONSTITUENT.

THANK YOU, DAN HOWARD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

IT'S, UH, IT'S NOT EASY.

IT IS, UH, IT IS SACRIFICIAL SERVICE.

IF ANYBODY EVER IS WONDERING, IT IS SACRIFICIAL SERVICE.

AND, AND HOWARD, I REMEMBER WHEN YOU FIRST GOT ON AND YOU SHARED WITH US THAT YOU WERE SURPRISED THAT YOU WERE ON THE CITY COUNCIL 'CAUSE YOU REALLY DIDN'T THINK YOU WOULD BE.

BUT, UH, BUT WHEN YOU GA, WHEN YOU CAME, WHEN YOU GOT ON THE COUNCIL, UH, YOU, YOU WENT TO, YOU WENT TO WORK AND YOU GOT, YOU HIT THE STREETS AND YOU STARTED TALKING TO PEOPLE AND LEARNING ABOUT THE TOWN AND, AND, UH, LEARNING WHAT WAS IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE.

AND THAT'S IMP THAT'S THE IMPORTANT PART OF THIS JOB, IS LISTENING.

AND YOU DID A WHOLE LOT OF THAT.

YOU DID A LOT OF HARD WORK.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, FORMER MAYOR, UH, JOE CHOW HAD A THEME SONG THAT I THINK I'D LIKE TO TRANSFER THE THEME SONG TO YOU.

AND THE THEME SONG WAS MY WAY.

THAT'S NOT BECAUSE YOU DID IT YOUR WAY.

AND, UM, AND I, AND I RESPECT THAT.

I RESPECT, UH, THE WORK THAT YOU DID AND THE INTENTION THAT YOU DID IT WITH, BECAUSE YOU DID EVERYTHING YOU DID.

YOU DID IT WITH GOOD INTENTION FOR WHAT'S BEST FOR THE TOWN, FOR THE PEOPLE OF ADDISON.

AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY GREAT AND THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT LEGACY TO HAVE.

AND SO, AND WHAT I ALSO GOT TO KNOW ABOUT YOU WAS TO RANDY'S POINT THE KINDNESS THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR HEART.

YOU ARE, UM, A VERY THOUGHTFUL, KIND PERSON AND YOU CARE ABOUT OTHERS.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

IT'S, UH, IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT YOU AND SAYS A LOT THAT YOU WOULD, UH, SACRIFICE FOR, FOR ADDISON.

SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OKAY, SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T HEARD, ADDISON HAS A NEW RESIDENCE.

AND WITH THAT, UM, YOU MIGHT HAVE A FEW WORDS TO SAY, HOWARD.

WELL, I'VE BEEN TOLD I'M LONG-WINDED.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

SO SOME PEOPLE SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, LESS IS MORE.

SO I CUT THE SPEECH DOWN FROM TWO HOURS TO ABOUT 45 MINUTES.

, IT'S THE LAST TIME YOU'LL HAVE MORE THAN THREE MINUTES, SO ENJOY IT.

QUIT STEALING MY THUNDER.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS.

I, I'M BLOWN AWAY.

I APPRECIATE IT.

I, UH, I ACTUALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT SONG TO DESCRIBE THE WAY THIS WENT FOR ME BECAUSE, WELL, I DON'T WANNA BLOW MY SPEECH.

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I'D LIKE TO WELCOME IRENA THEODORA, AND I DON'T HOW TO PRONOUNCE THE LAST NAME.

KUKA, DAUGHTER OF ELENA AND LUKE LUCA, GRANDDAUGHTER OF, UM, ELENA AND LUCA'S PARENTS, NICK, TEDDY AND SABA, AND THE LITTLE SISTER OF ALEXANDER.

SO IRENA IS NOW SIX DAYS OLD, BORN ON MAY THE SIXTH.

WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST RESIDENT.

AND SINCE THIS MAY BE THE LAST TIME I GET TO SPEAK FOR LONGER THAN THREE MINUTES, I, I'M GONNA MAKE THE MOST OF IT.

UM, YOU KNOW, GETTING FIRED REALLY SUCKS, BUT IT DOES BE GOING TO A FUNERAL.

SO I'M LOOKING AT THE BRIGHT SIDE.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL, OUR CITY MANAGER, DAVID GAINES, ALONG WITH OUR INCREDIBLE STAFF RESIDENTS OF ADDISON FOR THE AMAZING HONOR THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO ME TO SERVE OUR TOWN, UH, FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.

AND MY WIFE ALWAYS SAID, I CRY COMMERCIAL, SO IF I GET BROKEN UP, THAT'S WHY.

UM, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I RAN FOR COUNCIL IN 2024 BECAUSE I WAS MAD OVER A ZONING ISSUE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

NO ONE ON THE COUNCIL AT THAT TIME LIVED IN OR NEAR MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THE COUNCIL VOTED SEVEN OH TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, UH, ON A PROPERTY ON MY STREET IN SPITE OF A PETITION WITH 286 OPPOSING NEIGHBORS.

UM, HAVING NO EXPERIENCE IN CITY GOVERNMENT, I DID NOT EXPECT TO GET ELECTED.

BUT RUNNING UNOPPOSED DEFINITELY INCREASES ONE'S CHANCES OF SUCCESS.

ACTUALLY, I NEVER KNEW.

UM, I NEVER KNEW HOW MUCH I LOVED ADDISON UNTIL I GOT ON THIS COUNCIL.

UM, DURING MY TIME ON COUNCIL, I TOOK EACH AND EVERY ISSUE.

THEY CAME BEFORE US VERY SERIOUSLY TRYING MY BEST TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS AT STAKE AND DEVOTE TO SUPPORT WHAT THE RESIDENTS WANTED FOR OUR TOWN AND FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.

UH, WHETHER IT WAS MOVING TWO DART BUSES, TWO ROUTES FROM QUORUM DRIVE BACK TO ADDISON ROAD BECAUSE 200 RESIDENTS WHO SIGNED A PETITION THAT THEY COULDN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT, OR WHETHER IT WAS PREVENTING THE REMOVAL OF TWO VIC VEHICULAR LANES ON QUORUM DRIVE IN FAVOR OF BIKE LANES, SAVING THE TOWN ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, OR WHETHER IT WAS APPROVING A STEP PLAN FOR OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS SO WE COULD ATTRACT AND RETAIN THE BEST CANDIDATES, OR CREATING AN OVERLAY TO OUR ZONING MAP IN THE U NEW UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE TO PROTECT ADDISON'S PARKS, FINDING A CONTRACTOR TO REBUILD A PERIMETER WALL BEHIND ONE OF OUR RESIDENT'S HOMES, SAVING THE TOWN $40,000 OR EVEN VOTING TO CALL FOR THE DART EXIT ELECTION SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS COULD VOTE ON HOW OUR TAX TAX DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT.

I TRIED TO REPRESENT THE RESIDENTS AND THE BUSINESSES AND THE TOWN OF ADDISON TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.

ALONG THE WAY, I'VE MET SOME INCREDIBLE PEOPLE, PEOPLE WHO WORK TIRELESSLY TO MAKE OUR TOWN BETTER.

TRICIA STEWART, WHO HAS, SORRY, TRICIA STEWART, WHO HAS BEEN A HOMEOWNER IN ADDISON CIRCLE FOR 20 YEARS, HAS BEEN ADVOCATING FOR HER NEIGHBORS AND HER NEIGHBORHOOD FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER.

SHE HAS FOUGHT WITH PASSION AND CONVICTION TO SAVE DOZENS OF TREES AND ADDISON CIRCLE FOR THE SAFETY OF HER NEIGHBORHOOD.

WHETHER THAT WAS LOWERING SPEED LIMITS OR ELIMINATING CRIME IN THE CIRCLE FOR THE WESTWOOD SCHOOL NOW LOCATED IN ADDISON BY SERVING ON THE POLICE BOND COMMITTEE LAST FALL, ADVOCATING FOR THE POLICE TO HAVE A SAFE, EFFICIENT HOME FOR THE NEXT 40 YEARS.

TRICIA WOULD MAKE AN AMAZING COUNCIL MEMBER ON OUR CITY COUNCIL IF SHE SHOULD DECIDE TO RUN AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.

IN RECENT WEEKS, DOZENS OF CONCERNED RESIDENTS HAVE SPENT SO MUCH OF THEIR TIME AND EFFORT TRYING TO EDUCATE ADDISON RESIDENTS WITH THE FACTS REGARDING THE PROS AND CONS OF REMAINING IN OR EXITING FROM THE DART TRANSIT SYSTEM.

YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND I'M SO PROUD TO BE ABLE TO CALL ALL OF YOU MY FRIENDS.

IN ADDITION TO MORE THAN 700 PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR TRICIA AND ME, ALONG WITH THE EFFORTS OF OUR TOWN STAFF AND OUR TOWN WEBSITE, YOU'VE DONE AN AMAZING JOB EDUCATING THE ADDISON RESIDENTS WITH THE CURRENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN DART AND THE MEMBER CITIES AND HOW A CITY CAN EXIT THE SYSTEM IF VOTERS CHOOSE TO LEAVE IT AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.

AS I LEAVE MY POST ON OUR CITY COUNCIL, I HOPE THAT MY EFFORTS HAVE MADE SOME IMPROVEMENTS FOR OUR TOWN.

AND I HOPE AND PRAY THAT OUR COUNCIL AND STAFF WILL

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CONTINUE TO HAVE THE WISDOM TO MAKE ADDISON THE BEST IT CAN BE GOING FORWARD.

CONGRATULATIONS TO CHANEL, DARREN AND CHRIS, AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE HONOR OF SERVING ON OUR AMAZING TOWN FOR ON, ON OUR BOARD FOR THE, FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.

ALL RIGHT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

NO, WE'LL FINISH ITEM NUMBER SIX, SORRY.

UM, AND HOWARD, YOU'VE GOT A PRESENTATION? YES, YES.

THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA GO DO RIGHT NOW.

YES.

UM, WOULD YOU JOIN ME IN FRONT OF THE DICE PLEASE? WE NEVER WANT ANYBODY TO LEAVE EMPTY HANDED.

AND YOU WANT, WE HAVE SOMETHING TO REMEMBER IS BY NOT JUST THE FACT THAT YOU GET TO SEE YOURSELF.

I'LL REMEMBER YOU.

I KNOW YOU WILL.

I'LL REMEMBER WE HAD SOME GREAT TIMES.

WE DID.

AND, UH, VALENCIA'S BRINGING YOUR UP.

SO, SO WE HAVE A NICE LITTLE, UH, MEMENTO THERE.

COOL.

AND YOU SHOULD PROBABLY OPEN THAT NOW, DON'T YOU THINK? OH, WOW.

NOW I'LL REMEMBER Y'ALL.

HERE WE GO.

NICE.

SOMETHING ELSE OVER HERE.

SORRY.

WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE? I DUNNO.

I GET A PICTURE OF A DARK BUS , I THINK YOU WERE HOPING FOR.

IT'S ALL GOOD.

I LOVE THE SILVER LINE.

WOW.

OH, WOW.

UM, IT SAYS HOWARD CREED, COUNCIL MEMBER ADDISON CITY COUNCIL 24 26.

SO WHERE DO I GO SIT.

SEVEN, UH, UH, ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE TO THE THREE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ELECTED IN THE MAY 2ND, 2026 GENERAL ELECTION.

ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD.

UM, NOW ITEM NUMBER

[7. Administer the Oath of Office to the three (3) City Council Members elected in the May 2, 2026 General Election.]

SO I WILL ASK, UH, FOR DARREN, CHRIS AND SCHNELL TO MAKE HER WAY TO THE FRONT OF THE DIOCESE, PLEASE.

WHERE VALENCIA WILL DO THE, UH, HONORS.

AFTER ME IN THE NAME AND BY THE NAME AND I, THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

WE ARE GOING TO ADMINISTER YOUR OATH OF OFFICE AND GET YOU SWORN IN AS OFFICIAL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR YOUR NEW TERM.

OKAY? SO IF YOU CAN RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND THEN REPEAT

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I STATE YOUR NAME.

HEY, CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME.

DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR? DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE, THAT I'LL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF ADDISON CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AS AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND WILL DO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, WILL DO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE AND PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, THE CONSTITUTIONAL LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, OF UNITED STATES, AND OF THIS STATE.

SO HELP ME GOD.

SO HELP ME GOD, CONGRATULATIONS.

YOU STAY UP.

[8. Present Certificates of Election to the three (3) City Council Members elected in the May 2, 2026 General Election.]

CONGRATULATIONS.

AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THAT AGENDA ITEM SO I DON'T GET IN TROUBLE WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY.

UH, ITEM MAY PRESENT CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION TO THE THREE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ELECTED INTO MAY 2ND, 2026, GENERAL ELECTION.

ALRIGHT,

[9. Present, discuss, and consider action on the nominations and appointments of the Mayor Pro-Tempore and Deputy Mayor Pro-Tempore.]

OUR FINAL ITEM FOR THE EVENING.

ITEM NINE, PRESENT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON THE NOMINATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS OF THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM.

AND THIS IS, UH, SOMETHING WE DO EVERY YEAR.

WE, UH, APPOINT OUR PRO TEMS AND IN ADDISON WE HAVE A KIND OF A CUSTOM REALLY, I SUPPOSE, OR TRADITION THAT WE SHUFFLE THE DECK A LITTLE BIT.

SO TO GIVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN THESE LEADERSHIP ROLES.

AND, UH, BEFORE I MAKE THE, UH, NOMINATIONS, UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK MARLON WILLISON WHO SERVED AS THE MAYOR PROM FOR THIS PAST YEAR.

AND, UH, AND, AND HE DID IT IN A, IN A FINE FASHION.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU'VE DONE AND THE SUPPORT YOU'VE GIVEN ME AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME GOOD CONVERSATIONS ALONG THE WAY AND YOU'VE REPRESENTED ADDISON, UH, VERY WELL.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANKS FOR THE KIND WORDS.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.

ALRIGHT, THEN I WOULD, IN THE FORM OF A MOTION, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE, UH, AS MAYOR PRO TEM CHRIS D FRANCISCO AND AS DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DARREN GARDNER SECOND.

I SECOND WAS A SECOND.

GOTTA BE QUICK.

ALRIGHT.

AND MARLON, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL GIVE THAT SECOND TO CHANEL.

ALL RIGHT.

VERY GOOD.

THAT'S OUR FIRST OFFICIAL ACTION.

AND IS THERE, UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.