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A. WORK SESSION
Mayor Waddle called the Work Session to order in the Council Conference Room at 6:00 p.m.
Roll Call: 7 members present, 0 members absent, 0 members excused.
1. Review of Master Agenda by City Manager.
City Manager Baugh reviewed the Master Agenda.
2. Discussion of Regular Agenda items.
No discussion.
3. Discussion of Interim Management of Youth Football for the Fall 07 Program.
Chris Glover, Recreation Manager, provided a PowerPoint presentation that inclulded categories of: Overview, Deviation from the Original Plan, Revised Plan, Long Term Goal, and Conclusions. Discussion followed with Council and Staff.
Click Here to View PowerPoint Presentation
Mayor Waddle recessed the Work Session at 6:47 p.m. The Council will reconvene in the Council Chambers for the Regular City Council Meeting.
B. REGULAR SESSION - CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Waddle called the Regular Session to order in the Council Chamber at 7:00 p.m.
Roll Call: 7 members present, 0 members absent, 0 members excused.
1. Invocation by: Jerry Raines, Hampton Road Baptist Church
2. Pledge of Allegiance led by Councilmember Carl Williams
3. Ambassador: Linda Sharp, Finance:
Linda has been with the City of
DeSoto
Finance Department since 1998.
Linda was born and raised in
Dallas
. She moved to
Duncanville
when she married her husband in 1989.
She came to the City of
DeSoto
from Occidental Chemicals, where she was employed in the Finance Department for 12 years.
Linda’s primary responsibility for the City of DeSoto consists of False Alarm monitoring, Alarm permits, Administrative Assistant duties for the Finance Director and Payroll for 300+ employees.
In her spare time, she loves to bowl, has two management positions with the Girl Scouts, and has a troop of her own.
But most of all, in her spare time she loves spending time with her grandkids and family.
C. PRESENTATIONS
1. Presentation of Certificate recognizing Matthew Webb’s (9th Grade) appointment as a U.S. Sports Goodwill Ambassador - one of 17 U.S. players named to the International Soccer Team.
Councilmember Sherman read and presented the City of DeSoto Certificate of Achievement to Matthew Webb. Mayor Pro Tem Clardy read a Resolution from State Representative Helen Giddings issued in recognition of his appointment. Mayor Waddle presented Matthew with a City of DeSoto Commemorative Coin and a United States Flag lapel pin.
Mayor Waddle stated there will be a Gun Buy Back program at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday morning at the Community Missionary Baptist Church and introduced Peter Johnson who spoke about the project saying he grew up hunting and fishing on a farm and guns were in his house. He continued by saying that today, it is dangerous to have guns in our homes and something must be done about guns in our society. He asked the audience to bring in guns and ammunitions to sell or bring a gun they would want to keep and they will give the person a trigger lock for free.
2. Recognition of Curtistene McCowan’s receipt of a 2007 Outstanding Texan Award from the Texas Legislative Black Caucus.
This item will be postponed until the next meeting.
3. Presentation of May 2007 Financial Report.
Click Here to View May 2007 Financial Report
Patrick Harvey, Assistant Finance Director, presented the report.
D. CONSENT AGENDA
1. Approval of City Council Minutes
a. Regular Meeting - 06-05-07
Click Here to View 06-05-07 City Council Meeting Minutes
b. Special Meeting - N/A
2. Acceptance of Board and Commission Minutes
a. Board of Adjustment - N/A
b. Building and Standards Commission - N/A
c. Civil Service Commission - N/A
d. DeSoto Economic Development - 04-23-07
Click Here to View 04-23-07 DEDC Meeting Minutes
e. Library Board - 05-03-07
Click Here to View 05-03-07 Library Board Meeting Minutes
f. Park Development Corporation - 05-07-07
Click Here to View 05-07-07 Park Development Board Meeting Minutes
g. Planning and Zoning Commission - N/A
h. DeSoto Arts Commission - N/A
i. Keep DeSoto Beautiful - 04-05-07, 05-03-07
Click Here to View 04-05-07 KDB Meeting Minutes
Click Here to View 05-03-07 KDB Meeting Minutes
j. Zoning Board of Adjustment - N/A
3. Ordinances and Resolutions No items scheduled for this Agenda.
4. Contracts and Agreements No items scheduled for this Agenda.
5. Other Consent Items No items scheduled for this Agenda.
Motion to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. Moved by Councilmember Sherman, seconded by Councilmember Williams.
Vote to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. (Approved)
E. PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. Consider Case Z-1104-07; S-219; an SUP request for a 400 square foot Cabana at 1704 Tenderfoot Lane in Single Family Country Estates (SF-CE) Zoning District. The property in question consists of 1.115 acres and 1 lot. Applicant/Owner: Ronda Loyd; and adopting Ordinance.
Click Here to View E.1. Management Report
City Secretary Shipman read the Public Hearing caption into the public record and introduced Linda Zombeck, Senior Planner, to provide the staff report.
Motion to open this Public Hearing. Moved by Councilmember Sherman, seconded by Councilmember Williams.
Vote to open this Public Hearing. (Approved)
Linda Zombeck, Senior Planner, presented the report with a PowerPoint presentation.
City Secretary Shipman read the caption of the Ordinance into the public record.
Motion to to close this Public Hearing. Moved by Councilmember Sherman, seconded by Councilmember Williams.
Vote to to close this Public Hearing. (Approved)
Motion to approve item as presented and adopt Ordinance 1729-07. Moved by Councilmember Sherman, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Clardy.
Vote to approve item as presented and adopt Ordinance 1729-07. (Approved)
F. REGULAR AGENDA - New Business
1. Consider approval of an Emergency Purchase Order in the amount of $121,343.63 for the emergency repair of the sanitary sewer siphon located at Pleasant Run Road and Polk Street.
Click Here to View F.1. Management Report
City Secretary Shipman read the caption of Regular Agenda Item F.1. into the public record and introduced Allen McDonald, Interim Water Superintendent, to present the report.
Allen McDonald, presented excerpts from the Staff Mangement Report.
Motion to approve the item as presented. Moved by Councilmember Williams, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Clardy.
Vote to approve the item as presented. (Approved)
2. Consider approval for the Procurement of Alarm Monitoring Equipment from Convergint Technologies LLC, not to exceed $14,808 for Hardware and Engineering Services associated with the installation of a Backup Alarm Monitoring Receiver to support the Southwest Regional Communications Center Alarm Monitoring Program that serves DeSoto, Cedar Hill, and Duncanville.
Click Here to View F.2. Management Report
City Secretary Shipman read the caption of Regular Agenda Item F.2. into the record and introduced Tim Smith to present the report.
Tim Smith, Manager of the SWRCC, provided brochures to Councilmembers, and presented excerpts from the Staff Management Report.
Motion to approve the item as presented. Moved by Councilmember Helm, seconded by Councilmember Valentine.
Vote to approve the item as presented. (Approved)
3. Consider appointing Councilmembers to Housing Finance Corporation, Industrial Development Authority, and Health Facilities Development Corporation.
Click Here to View F.3. Management Report
City Secretary Shipman read the caption of Regular Agena Item F.3. into the record and introduced Finance Manager Camelia Browder to present the report.
Camelia Browder, Finance Director, presented excerpts from the Staff Managment Report.
Motion to approve the item as presented. Moved by Councilmember Valentine, seconded by Councilmember Respess.
Vote to approve the item as presented. (Approved)
4. Consider a Resolution authorizing the Mayor and City Manager to execute an Agreement of Cooperation with Dallas County for Participation in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program.
Click Here to View F.4. Management Report
City Secretary Shipman read the caption of Regular Agenda Item F.3. into the record.
City Manager Baugh reviewed the process and stated funding would be available in 2008. July 3, 2007 is the deadline for the agreement to be presented to County Commissioners. The Cities of Duncanville and Cedar Hill have been in the program for several years and each receive approximately $90,000 annually that can be used for streets, water and sewer lines in the area, or a Code Official. DeSoto has areas in which the funds could be used. An application would be submitted to Dallas County with funding available in October 2008. Rick Loessberg, Director of Planning & Development for Dallas County, addressed Council and introduced his colleague Rachel Brown, CDBG Coordinator, who will oversee the administrative matters for the City such as environmental clearance reviews that are required, and Davis-Bacon monitoring compliance for construction projects, etc.
Mayor Pro Tem Clardy questioned that since this is at the end of a three-year cycle, would DeSoto be allowed to apply again. Mr. Loessberg said everyone in the program will have the opportunity to re-enlist for an additional three-year cycle per HUD. Councilmember Respess asked for confirmation of his understanding that if the City elects to join this consortium of cities under 50,000 (population), this election would be for three-years and gives the City the right, but not the obligation, to participate in funding that may come from this through the County. Mr. Loessberg confirmed that the City would be eligibe but under no obligation to accept the money if the City so desires. Councilmember Valentine asked who determines whether or not a project is eligible? Mr. Loessberg said the Federal regulations spell it out very carefully and it must meet one of three national objectives: (1) eradicates blight, (2) eliminates a community threatening condition, (3) or principally serves low to moderate income people. It is not subjective and very straight forward. Funding is determined by a HUD formula. Councilmember Sherman said he read that economic development was a part of the scope. Mr. Loessberg said it is an eligible activity but qualifying economic development projects, unfortunately, is a little more complicated than trying to do a more traditional code enforcement or neighborhood revitalization project. Federal funding received for the home program is $500,000 per year for housing assistance. A housing block grant and can be used for housing replacement for a dilapidated single family, owner occupied structure, occupied by a low to moderate income family household that has owned it for at least 5 years and the house is not economically feasible to repair, the structure would be demolished and replaced with 1,000 sq. ft. or 1,100 sq. ft. structure in its place. The average construction contract for that right now is $65,000. Mayor Waddle asked what percentage is low to moderate income. Mr. Loessberg said HUD calculatetd that DeSoto is 30.8% low to moderate income and Cedar Hill is comparable at 29.8%.
Motion to approve the item as presented. Moved by Councilmember Sherman, seconded by Councilmember Helm.
Vote to approve the item as presented. (Approved)
G. REGULAR AGENDA - Old Business
No items scheduled for this Agenda.
H. CITIZEN APPEARANCES
Edwin Drayden, 509 Summertree, DeSoto, addressed Council regarding the City's operation of Youth Football.
I. ANNOUNCEMENTS
No announcements made.
J. EXECUTIVE SESSION AND RESULTING POTENTIAL ACTION
No Executive Session scheduled or conducted.
K. ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Waddle adjourned the meeting at 8:08 p.m.
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A. WORK SESSION
Mayor Waddle called the Work Session to order in the Council Conference Room at 6:00 p.m.
Roll Call: 7 members present, 0 members absent, 0 members excused.
1. Review of Master Agenda by City Manager.
City Manager Baugh reviewed the Master Agenda.
2. Discussion of Regular Agenda items.
No discussion.
3. Discussion of Interim Management of Youth Football for the Fall 07 Program.
Chris Glover, Recreation Manager, provided a PowerPoint presentation that inclulded categories of: Overview, Deviation from the Original Plan, Revised Plan, Long Term Goal, and Conclusions. Discussion followed with Council and Staff.
Click Here to View PowerPoint Presentation
Mayor Waddle recessed the Work Session at 6:47 p.m. The Council will reconvene in the Council Chambers for the Regular City Council Meeting.
B. REGULAR SESSION - CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Waddle called the Regular Session to order in the Council Chamber at 7:00 p.m.
Roll Call: 7 members present, 0 members absent, 0 members excused.
1. Invocation by: Jerry Raines, Hampton Road Baptist Church
2. Pledge of Allegiance led by Councilmember Carl Williams
3. Ambassador: Linda Sharp, Finance:
Linda has been with the City of
DeSoto
Finance Department since 1998.
Linda was born and raised in
Dallas
. She moved to
Duncanville
when she married her husband in 1989.
She came to the City of
DeSoto
from Occidental Chemicals, where she was employed in the Finance Department for 12 years.
Linda’s primary responsibility for the City of DeSoto consists of False Alarm monitoring, Alarm permits, Administrative Assistant duties for the Finance Director and Payroll for 300+ employees.
In her spare time, she loves to bowl, has two management positions with the Girl Scouts, and has a troop of her own.
But most of all, in her spare time she loves spending time with her grandkids and family.
C. PRESENTATIONS
1. Presentation of Certificate recognizing Matthew Webb’s (9th Grade) appointment as a U.S. Sports Goodwill Ambassador - one of 17 U.S. players named to the International Soccer Team.
Councilmember Sherman read and presented the City of DeSoto Certificate of Achievement to Matthew Webb. Mayor Pro Tem Clardy read a Resolution from State Representative Helen Giddings issued in recognition of his appointment. Mayor Waddle presented Matthew with a City of DeSoto Commemorative Coin and a United States Flag lapel pin.
Mayor Waddle stated there will be a Gun Buy Back program at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday morning at the Community Missionary Baptist Church and introduced Peter Johnson who spoke about the project saying he grew up hunting and fishing on a farm and guns were in his house. He continued by saying that today, it is dangerous to have guns in our homes and something must be done about guns in our society. He asked the audience to bring in guns and ammunitions to sell or bring a gun they would want to keep and they will give the person a trigger lock for free.
2. Recognition of Curtistene McCowan’s receipt of a 2007 Outstanding Texan Award from the Texas Legislative Black Caucus.
This item will be postponed until the next meeting.
3. Presentation of May 2007 Financial Report.
Click Here to View May 2007 Financial Report
Patrick Harvey, Assistant Finance Director, presented the report.
D. CONSENT AGENDA
1. Approval of City Council Minutes
a. Regular Meeting - 06-05-07
Click Here to View 06-05-07 City Council Meeting Minutes
b. Special Meeting - N/A
2. Acceptance of Board and Commission Minutes
a. Board of Adjustment - N/A
b. Building and Standards Commission - N/A
c. Civil Service Commission - N/A
d. DeSoto Economic Development - 04-23-07
Click Here to View 04-23-07 DEDC Meeting Minutes
e. Library Board - 05-03-07
Click Here to View 05-03-07 Library Board Meeting Minutes
f. Park Development Corporation - 05-07-07
Click Here to View 05-07-07 Park Development Board Meeting Minutes
g. Planning and Zoning Commission - N/A
h. DeSoto Arts Commission - N/A
i. Keep DeSoto Beautiful - 04-05-07, 05-03-07
Click Here to View 04-05-07 KDB Meeting Minutes
Click Here to View 05-03-07 KDB Meeting Minutes
j. Zoning Board of Adjustment - N/A
3. Ordinances and Resolutions No items scheduled for this Agenda.
4. Contracts and Agreements No items scheduled for this Agenda.
5. Other Consent Items No items scheduled for this Agenda.
Motion to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. Moved by Councilmember Sherman, seconded by Councilmember Williams.
Vote to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. (Approved)
E. PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. Consider Case Z-1104-07; S-219; an SUP request for a 400 square foot Cabana at 1704 Tenderfoot Lane in Single Family Country Estates (SF-CE) Zoning District. The property in question consists of 1.115 acres and 1 lot. Applicant/Owner: Ronda Loyd; and adopting Ordinance.
Click Here to View E.1. Management Report
City Secretary Shipman read the Public Hearing caption into the public record and introduced Linda Zombeck, Senior Planner, to provide the staff report.
Motion to open this Public Hearing. Moved by Councilmember Sherman, seconded by Councilmember Williams.
Vote to open this Public Hearing. (Approved)
Linda Zombeck, Senior Planner, presented the report with a PowerPoint presentation.
City Secretary Shipman read the caption of the Ordinance into the public record.
Motion to to close this Public Hearing. Moved by Councilmember Sherman, seconded by Councilmember Williams.
Vote to to close this Public Hearing. (Approved)
Motion to approve item as presented and adopt Ordinance 1729-07. Moved by Councilmember Sherman, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Clardy.
Vote to approve item as presented and adopt Ordinance 1729-07. (Approved)
F. REGULAR AGENDA - New Business
1. Consider approval of an Emergency Purchase Order in the amount of $121,343.63 for the emergency repair of the sanitary sewer siphon located at Pleasant Run Road and Polk Street.
Click Here to View F.1. Management Report
City Secretary Shipman read the caption of Regular Agenda Item F.1. into the public record and introduced Allen McDonald, Interim Water Superintendent, to present the report.
Allen McDonald, presented excerpts from the Staff Mangement Report.
Motion to approve the item as presented. Moved by Councilmember Williams, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Clardy.
Vote to approve the item as presented. (Approved)
2. Consider approval for the Procurement of Alarm Monitoring Equipment from Convergint Technologies LLC, not to exceed $14,808 for Hardware and Engineering Services associated with the installation of a Backup Alarm Monitoring Receiver to support the Southwest Regional Communications Center Alarm Monitoring Program that serves DeSoto, Cedar Hill, and Duncanville.
Click Here to View F.2. Management Report
City Secretary Shipman read the caption of Regular Agenda Item F.2. into the record and introduced Tim Smith to present the report.
Tim Smith, Manager of the SWRCC, provided brochures to Councilmembers, and presented excerpts from the Staff Management Report.
Motion to approve the item as presented. Moved by Councilmember Helm, seconded by Councilmember Valentine.
Vote to approve the item as presented. (Approved)
3. Consider appointing Councilmembers to Housing Finance Corporation, Industrial Development Authority, and Health Facilities Development Corporation.
Click Here to View F.3. Management Report
City Secretary Shipman read the caption of Regular Agena Item F.3. into the record and introduced Finance Manager Camelia Browder to present the report.
Camelia Browder, Finance Director, presented excerpts from the Staff Managment Report.
Motion to approve the item as presented. Moved by Councilmember Valentine, seconded by Councilmember Respess.
Vote to approve the item as presented. (Approved)
4. Consider a Resolution authorizing the Mayor and City Manager to execute an Agreement of Cooperation with Dallas County for Participation in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program.
Click Here to View F.4. Management Report
City Secretary Shipman read the caption of Regular Agenda Item F.3. into the record.
City Manager Baugh reviewed the process and stated funding would be available in 2008. July 3, 2007 is the deadline for the agreement to be presented to County Commissioners. The Cities of Duncanville and Cedar Hill have been in the program for several years and each receive approximately $90,000 annually that can be used for streets, water and sewer lines in the area, or a Code Official. DeSoto has areas in which the funds could be used. An application would be submitted to Dallas County with funding available in October 2008. Rick Loessberg, Director of Planning & Development for Dallas County, addressed Council and introduced his colleague Rachel Brown, CDBG Coordinator, who will oversee the administrative matters for the City such as environmental clearance reviews that are required, and Davis-Bacon monitoring compliance for construction projects, etc.
Mayor Pro Tem Clardy questioned that since this is at the end of a three-year cycle, would DeSoto be allowed to apply again. Mr. Loessberg said everyone in the program will have the opportunity to re-enlist for an additional three-year cycle per HUD. Councilmember Respess asked for confirmation of his understanding that if the City elects to join this consortium of cities under 50,000 (population), this election would be for three-years and gives the City the right, but not the obligation, to participate in funding that may come from this through the County. Mr. Loessberg confirmed that the City would be eligibe but under no obligation to accept the money if the City so desires. Councilmember Valentine asked who determines whether or not a project is eligible? Mr. Loessberg said the Federal regulations spell it out very carefully and it must meet one of three national objectives: (1) eradicates blight, (2) eliminates a community threatening condition, (3) or principally serves low to moderate income people. It is not subjective and very straight forward. Funding is determined by a HUD formula. Councilmember Sherman said he read that economic development was a part of the scope. Mr. Loessberg said it is an eligible activity but qualifying economic development projects, unfortunately, is a little more complicated than trying to do a more traditional code enforcement or neighborhood revitalization project. Federal funding received for the home program is $500,000 per year for housing assistance. A housing block grant and can be used for housing replacement for a dilapidated single family, owner occupied structure, occupied by a low to moderate income family household that has owned it for at least 5 years and the house is not economically feasible to repair, the structure would be demolished and replaced with 1,000 sq. ft. or 1,100 sq. ft. structure in its place. The average construction contract for that right now is $65,000. Mayor Waddle asked what percentage is low to moderate income. Mr. Loessberg said HUD calculatetd that DeSoto is 30.8% low to moderate income and Cedar Hill is comparable at 29.8%.
Motion to approve the item as presented. Moved by Councilmember Sherman, seconded by Councilmember Helm.
Vote to approve the item as presented. (Approved)
G. REGULAR AGENDA - Old Business
No items scheduled for this Agenda.
H. CITIZEN APPEARANCES
Edwin Drayden, 509 Summertree, DeSoto, addressed Council regarding the City's operation of Youth Football.
I. ANNOUNCEMENTS
No announcements made.
J. EXECUTIVE SESSION AND RESULTING POTENTIAL ACTION
No Executive Session scheduled or conducted.
K. ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Waddle adjourned the meeting at 8:08 p.m.
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