* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] WE'RE GOOD. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. IT IS NOW 5:00 PM I'M MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR, AND I WANT TO CALL OUR SPECIAL MEETING OF THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER, UM, AT 5:00 PM AT THIS TIME, I'M GONNA ASK OUR CITY SECRETARY IF SHE WOULD DO A ROLL CALL FOR US, PLEASE. MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR. HERE, MAYOR PRO. TIM ANDRE BIRD. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PATRICIA LEDBETTER. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER DYNA MARKS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISHOLM. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER LETITIA HUGHES. HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. THOMAS. UH, AT THIS TIME WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA. FIRST OF WE'LL HAVE PRESENTATION TO FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER KAY BROWN. PATRICK, MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS MAYOR PROTI ANDRE BIRD. MAYOR PROTI, WOULD YOU LIKE TO JUST PRESENT OR WE CAN SWITCH THE ORDER? YES. THANK YOU. IF WE [2. Presentation to outgoing Councilmember Patricia Ledbetter] COULD GO TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. NEXT WE'LL HAVE PRESENTATION TO OUTGOING COUNCIL MEMBER PATRICIA LEDBETTER. MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISHOLM. OF COURSE. RIGHT. CLEARLY I HAVEN'T BEEN UP HERE ENOUGH. UM, GOOD EVENING, DESOTO. UH, THIS EVENING I HAVE THE DISTINCT HONOR AND PLEASURE OF THE OUTGO OF PRESENTING TO THE OUTGOING COUNCIL MEMBER. UM, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU MISSED IT, BUT WE, WE RAN INTO A LITTLE ISSUE. WE HAD A VACANT SEAT, UH, AND WE EXERCISED THE RIGHT THAT THE, UH, THE SOTO CITIZENS HAD GI GIVEN US, AND THAT'S THEIR RIGHT TO APPOINT. AND I'M SO EXCITED TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS BECAUSE I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH THROUGH IT. AND AS A RESULT, COUNCIL MEMBER PATRICIA LEDBETTER, WHO WAS NOT A STRANGER TO THE COUNCIL, WAS APPOINTED BY THIS COUNCIL TO FILL THE VACANCY. AND HAVING NEVER SPOKEN TO HER A DAY BEFORE THE DAY OF THE INTERVIEWS OR WHEN BEFORE SHE MET, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE WALKING INTO, HONESTLY. BUT SURPRISE, SURPRISE, SHE ROSE TO THE OCCASION ABOVE AND BEYOND. UM, AS YOUR COLLEAGUE, I WANNA TELL YOU THAT IT HAS BEEN, I, IT HAS BEEN HEAVEN SENT TO HAVE YOU ON THIS COUNCIL THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. YOU CAME IN, YOU IMMEDIATELY KNEW THE AGENDA, YOU KNEW THE RIGHT QUESTIONS TO ASK. IT WASN'T ANTAGONIZING STAFF, BUT IT WAS FACT FINDING QUESTIONS. NOT ONLY THAT, YOU DIDN'T JUST COME HERE ON THE FIRST AND THIRD TO MEET YOUR QUOTA FOR, UH, MEETINGS. YOU ALSO SHOWED UP TO COMMUNITY MEETINGS. YOU ALSO SHOWED UP TO BOARD MEETINGS. UM, YOU HAVE TAKEN THIS ROLE BEYOND MY, MY IMAGINATION THAT YOU COULD HAVE EVER DONE. SO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING A CALL IN THE TIME OF NEED. THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE WHEN WE NEEDED YOU MOST. AND THANK YOU FOR SHOWING US WHAT TRUE ADVOCACY LOOKS LIKE IN THE CITY OF DESOTO. TO SEE A PROBLEM AND GO SOLVE IT. NOT COMPLAIN ABOUT IT, BUT BE THERE TO ACTIVELY HELP US RESOLVE IT. AND SO FOR THAT, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, UM, FOR YOUR TIME AND TENURE HERE ON THE COUNCIL. THIS BELONG. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR THOSE, UH, KIND WORDS. I DID WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE, UH, CITY OF DESOTO AND TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, FOR THEIR, UH, FAITH AND, UH, IN APPOINTING ME. AND I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT PLACE TWO HAD A VOICE ON THE CITY COUNCIL, AND I MOST CERTAINLY WANTED THAT CONTINUITY. SO, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS. I'M SURE I WILL SEE YOU AROUND TOWN. UM, I THINK THAT WE ALL MAKE DESOTO A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL OF US. THANK YOU. SO WE'RE GONNA [00:05:02] COUNCIL NOW, YOU KNOW, WE COULDN'T LET YOU LEAVE WITHOUT YOU SEEING SOME TYPE OF VIDEO OF HER WORK, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE KEEP RECEIPTS AROUND HERE. SO IF YOU TURN TO THE RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE A VIDEO. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILWOMAN LEDBETTER, THE HONORABLE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, PATRICIA LEDBETTER FOR, FOR YOUR SERVICE TO DESOTO. UM, THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, MS. THOMAS, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. WE'LL GO, UH, WE'LL GO BACK AND DO THE PRESENTATION AND HEAR FROM MAYOR PROTE. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE PRESENTATION [1. Presentation to former Councilmember Kay Brown-Patrick] TO FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER K BROWN PATRICK, MAKING THAT PRESENTATION. IS MAYOR PRO TEM ANDRE BIRD. GOOD EVENING, DESOTO. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD EVENING. EVENING. UH, IT IS MY HONOR AND MY PRIVILEGE AND I WANT TO THANK MAYOR PROCTOR FOR ALLOWING US TO DO THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION BECAUSE MS. K BROWN PATRICK HAS BEEN A FORCE FOR DESOTO. UM, WHAT I REMEMBER ABOUT, UM, ABOUT MS. BROWN PATRICK IS THAT EVERY MEETING SHE WOULD COME PREPARED. SHE WOULD COME READY, UH, SHE WOULD'VE DONE HER HOMEWORK AND HER BACKGROUND. UH, WE HAD SOME LEGENDARY FIGHTS, BUT IT WAS ALL ON POLICY. AND, UH, SHE WAS ALWAYS, UM, ALWAYS WILLING TO SHARE HER INFORMATION AS WELL AS SHARE HER PERSPECTIVE BEING, UM, WE DID A STRENGTH FINDERS, UH, EXAMPLE, UH, THE OTHER DAY, UM, DOING ONE OF OUR SESSIONS AND, UH, DOING THE STRENGTH FINDING SESSIONS. UH, WE FOUND OUT THAT, UH, KAY BROWN, PATRICK, HER GIFT WAS WRITING, AND SO SHE WOULD ARTICULATE THROUGH HER WRITING. UH, MINE IS HISTORICAL DATA. SO BEFORE I MAKE A DECISION, I WANTED TO GO BACK TO HISTORY AND SEE WHAT THE PRECEDENTS HAD BEEN SET. AND WHAT WE FOUND OUT DURING THOSE, UM, THAT WORK SESSION IS THAT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER BROUGHT SOMETHING UNIQUE. EACH COUNCIL MEMBER BROUGHT SOMETHING INTRINSIC TO THIS COUNCIL THAT MADE IT WHAT IT IS, AN OPERATING BODY. UM, HER LEGENDARY SIGNATURE, IF YOU WOULD, UM, UH, LEGISLATION WAS THE, UM, IMPACT FEE STUDY. AND SHE AND I WERE AT TOTAL OPPOSITE ENDS OF THAT. UM, AND I REMEMBER TRYING TO, UM, GET TO WHERE I COULD SUPPORT IT. AND FINALLY, AFTER DOING MUCH RESEARCH, I CALLED HER AND SAID, WHERE IS YOUR HEART? AND SHE DIDN'T KNOW QUITE HOW TO TAKE THAT COMMENT, WHERE IS YOUR HEART? BUT I REALLY WANTED TO KNOW, BECAUSE TO REALLY BE BEHIND THIS SACRED DESK TO WORK FOR YOUR PEOPLE, YOU HAVE TO DO IT FROM A STANDPOINT OF HEAD AND HEART. AND SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW WHERE HER HEART WAS IN REGARDS TO THIS IMPACT FEES. AND, AND I ASKED HER A SIMPLE QUESTION, DO YOU BELIEVE IN THIS LEGISLATION? AND SHE WENT, BIRD. ABSOLUTELY. FROM THAT MOMENT, I BEGAN TO LOOK FOR THE POSITIVE WAYS TO SUPPORT IT, BECAUSE IF KAY BROWN, PATRICK BELIEVED IN IT, UH, AND I WAS KIND OF NEUTRAL ON IT, TRYING TO FEEL MY WAY, BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE SOMETHING REALLY GOOD FOR OUR CITY. AND A MATTER OF FACT, ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE WALLS IN DESOTO RESIDES IN PLACE FOUR, UH, BECAUSE OF THIS IMPACT FEES. AND SO WE'RE FOREVER GRATEFUL. THESE LAST FIVE YEARS OR SO OF WORKING WITH HER HAVE REALLY BEEN AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE. I I, WE WILL BE CHALLENGED TO FIND SOMEONE, UH, OF HER CALIBER AGAIN. SO, UH, KAY. UH, WE WISH YOU WERE HERE. WE WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR HEART. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK FOR THIS CITY. WE HOPE THAT YOU HAVE NOT MOVED, UH, THAT YOU'LL CONTINUE TO BE A WORKING PART. UH, AMEN. AND MAYOR PROAM, I'VE ASKED DR. MARKS TO RECEIVE IT ON HER BEHALF. I WANNA THANK THE ACADEMY FOR VOTING FOR ME , I'M SORRY. KAY BROWN. PATRICK COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT, SO I ACCEPT THIS ON HER BEHALF. THANK YOU. [00:10:05] SHE GOT THE . THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR PRO TIM. AND THANK YOU DR. MARKS FOR, UH, RECEIVING THAT ON HER BEHALF. UH, AT THIS TIME, MS. THOMAS, WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. NEXT, WE HAVE [3. Consider a Resolution of the City Council of the City of DeSoto, Texas, canvassing the returns and declaring the results of the Run-Off Election held on Saturday, June 10, 2023, in the City of DeSoto for the purpose of electing a Councilmember for Place 2] CONSIDER A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, CANVASSING THE RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE RUNOFF ELECTION HELD ON SATURDAY JUNE 10TH, 2023, AND THE CITY OF DESOTO FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A COUNCIL MEMBER FOR PLACE TWO. MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS MYSELF. ARTICLE THREE, SECTION FIVE OF THE CITY CHARTER STATES, THE RETURNS OF EVERY MUNICIPAL ELECTION SHALL BE DELIVERED FORTHWITH BY THE ELECTION JUDGES TO THE MAYOR AND CITY SECRETARY. AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, THE COUNCIL SHALL CANVAS THE RETURNS, INVESTIGATE THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE CANDIDATES, AND DECLARE THE OFFICIAL RESOLUTIONS, RE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION IN THE MANNER AND WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW AND DELIVER THE VOTES TO THE CITY SECRETARY. RETURNS OF EVERY MUNICIPAL ELECTION SHALL BE RECORDED IN THE MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL. THE CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR WHO RECEIVES THE MAJORITY OF BALLOT VOTES BY QUALIFIED VOTERS AT THE ELECTION SHALL BE DECLARED THE WINNER, THE CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION. TO THE PLACES OF COUNCIL MEMBER WHO RECEIVE THE MAJORITY OF BALLOT VOTES FOR EACH PLACE CAST BY QUALIFIED VOTERS VOTING AT THE ELECTION, SHALL BE DECLARED ELECTED. THE RESULTS OF SAID ELECTION SHALL BE POSTED IN THE CITY HALL AS SOON AS THEY ARE DECLARED OFFICIAL. THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL BE THE JUDGE OF THE ELECTION AND QUALIFICATIONS OF ITS OWN MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR. BUT THE DECISIONS OF THE COUNCIL, IN ANY CASE, SHALL BE SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY THE COURTS. THE RESULTS FOR COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE TWO, WERE NOT KNOWN UNTIL AFTER ELECTION DAY. AND THE MEETING OF THE EARLY VOTING BALLOT BOARD DECLARATION OF THOSE RESULTS IS THE CANVAS. THE CANVAS IS THE OFFICIAL TABULATION OF THE ELECTION RESULTS AND IS MADE BY THE CITY COUNCIL. AS REFERENCED IN THE TEXAS ELECTION CODE, THE CANVAS IS MADE NO EARLIER THAN JUNE 12TH, 2023, AND NO LATER THAN JUNE 20TH, 2023. THIS ENSURES THE TABULATION OF ALL PROVISIONAL AND ABSENTEE BALLOTS. THE RESULTS ARE CONSIDERED UNOFFICIAL UNTIL THE UNTIL THE CANVAS. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE RESULTS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION. GILBERT GRAHAM PLACED 2 162 VOTES, 23.75%. PERT PARKER PLACED 2 520 VOTES, 76.25%. THERE'S NO FINANCIAL IMPACT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE RESOLUTION TO CANVAS THE RETURNS AND DECLARE THE OFFICIAL RESULTS OF THE RUNOFF ELECTION CONDUCTED ON JUNE 10TH, 2023 FOR THE POSITION OF COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE, TWO, DECLARING PERT PARKER ELECTED AS COUNCIL MEMBER. PLACE TWO FOR A TERM OF THREE YEARS SET TO EXPIRE MAY, 2026. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. UM, COUNSEL, IS THERE A MOTION, MADAM MAYOR MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT AS PRESENTED? SECOND. THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM BY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM TO APPROVE. AS PRESENTED COUNSEL, WE HAVE TO DO A HAND VOTE, UM, AT THIS TIME, MS. THOMAS, COUNCIL MEMBER LETITIA HUGHES. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISHOLM? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER DYNA MARKS MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR. YES. MAYOR PRO TIMM ANDRE BIRD. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. AT THIS [4. Presentation of Certificate of Election to newly elected Councilmember for Place 2 per the Texas Election Code] TIME WE WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. NEXT WE HAVE PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION TO NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBER FOR PLACE TWO PER THE TEXAS ELECTION CODE. MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I'M GONNA ASK COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT MS PER PARKER TO COME AND JOIN ME. CONGRATULATIONS. WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GIVE HER A HAND CLAP IN ADVANCE. THIS IS EXCITING. THIS IS A VERY EXCITING, UM, EXCITING DAY. UM, IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT THING WHEN WE HAVE NEW LEADERSHIP, UM, WHICH REALLY ISN'T NEW LEADERSHIP. MS. PARKER HAS, UM, AS, AS I'M SURE MANY OF US KNOW, UM, HAS BEEN A VERY ENGAGED COMMUNITY MEMBER FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. AND SO WE'RE JUST EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU AND, UH, BRING SOME OF THAT ENERGY TO OUR COUNCIL, UM, AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK TO SERVE OUR CITIZENS. SO I WANNA PRESENT YOU WITH THIS ELECTION OF CERTIFICATE, AND I'M GONNA READ IT IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF DESOTO. THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE RUNOFF ELECTION HELD ON SATURDAY, JUNE 10TH, 2023, PEER PARKER HAVING RECEIVED 76.25% OF THE VOTES. ALRIGHT, FOR A [00:15:01] TOTAL OF 520 VOTES. THAT BEING THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES, CAST AS SAID, ELECTION FOR ANY CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE HEREIN NAMED, WAS DUALLY ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO FOR THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE TWO IN TESTIMONY, WHEREOF I, RACHEL L PROCTOR, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, STATE OF TEXAS, HAVE HERE UNTO SUBSCRIBED MY NAME AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED TO THIS CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION ON THE 20TH DAY OF JUNE, 2023. AND I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A PEN SO THAT I CAN SIGN THAT. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU MS. THOMAS. WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM [5. Conduct Oath of Office for newly elected Councilmember Place 2 per the Texas Consitution] ON THE AGENDA. NEXT, WE HAVE CONDUCT OATH OF OFFICE FOR NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBER PLACEI FOR PER THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION. MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS JUDGE MIKE JONES, DALLAS, DALLAS COUNTY PRESIDING AND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE JUDGE FOR PRECINCT FOUR. OKAY, THAT'S OKAY. SHOULD REACT MORE. YOU CAN'T. YOU HAVE A HOLD. RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER TO ME, PLEASE. I, I, I, YOUR NAME PERT PARKER, DO SO DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR AND AFFIRM. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR AND AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE, THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF COUNCIL MEMBER. PLACE TWO, THE DUTIES OF COUNCIL MEMBER PLACE TWO IN THE CITY OF DESOTO, IN THE CITY OF DESOTO. IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND I WILL DO TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, AND I WILL DO TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PRESERVE, PROTECT, PROTECT, AND DEFEND AND DEFEND TO CONSTITUTION AND LAWS AND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. OF THE UNITED STATES. AND OF THIS STATE. AND OF THIS STATE. SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS. WOO. SO YOU STAND RIGHT THERE. YOU MAY BE SEATED. OKAY. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IF YOU DON'T MIND STANDING YOUR, SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU. I WANNA EXPLAIN WHY JUDGE MIKE JONES IS HERE. HE IS SOMEONE WHO I WORKED WITH AT THE CITY OF DALLAS, AND I SO RESPECTED HIM THAT I'M SO GLAD THAT HE IS SOMEBODY I CAN CALL ON WHEN HE WAS IN, IN THIS TIME. SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE HIM AND HE SHOWED ME THE PATH AND I JUST TOOK IT. . THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. AND ONE LAST THING, LEMME TELL YOU SOMETHING. WE USED TO WORK IN THE SAME FLOOR, SO I KNOW HER PRETTY WELL, SO YOU HAVE A GOOD ONE. CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY. SO FIRST, LIKE I SAID, LET ME SAY THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO HAVE HELPED ME ALONG THIS WAY. AND IF THEY DON'T MIND, IF THEY CAN, I'D LOVE FOR THEM TO STAND BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. UH, THE WOMAN WHO PUT THAT PICTURE TOGETHER, EVERYBODY, IF YOU, IF YOU ENJOYED THAT PICTURE, SHE'S SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE. AND THAT PICTURE WAS OFF THE CHAIN, LET ME SAY THAT. AND THEN, UH, PEOPLE WORKED ON MY CAMPAIGN, GAVE OF THEMSELVES THINGS THAT I NEVER KNEW WOULD HAPPEN, AND THEY DID IT WITHOUT ME HAVING TO DO A WHOLE LOT OF ACCENT. AND THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT I JUST SAY. IT JUST SHOWS YOU THAT EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY STEPPED IN WHEN I COULDN'T, EVEN WHEN I THOUGHT I HAD IT, THEY WERE LIKE, LET ME HELP YOU WITH THAT. AND THAT TO ME IS A TESTAMENT NOT ONLY TO THE CITY OF DESOTO, BUT THE RESIDENTS AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT'S ALL OVER THAT LOVE YOU AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY'RE IN YOUR CORNER. AND I JUST, I CAN SAY FOR THIS ELECTION, I FOUND OUT RIGHT IN THIS ELECTION, HOW MANY PEOPLE JUST TRULY JUST DO AND BE THE BEST THAT THEY CAN BE IN THIS CITY OF DESOTO. AND THEN, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKED ME WHY I CHOSE THE COLOR PURPLE. WELL, FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT'S THE COLOR [00:20:01] OF ROYALTY. I KNOW EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT, BUT IT ALSO REPRESENTS TRUST AND RELIABILITY. AND I USE THAT. AND I, I, THAT'S MY MANTRA THROUGHOUT MY LIFE. AND MANY PEOPLE KNOW ME, KNOW THAT THEY CAN TRUST ME AND THAT I'M RELIABLE. AND I WILL TELL YOU THE TRUTH EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THE TRUTH, . SO PLEASE ACCEPT MY HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO WERE ON THE PURPLE TEAM. THAT'S WHAT I CALL THEM, OKAY? AND SECOND, LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT MAKING OTHERS OR THE SITUATION BETTER AS A RESULT OF YOUR PRESENCE AND MAKE SURE THAT IMPACT LASTS IN YOUR ABSENCE. AGAIN, THAT'S WHY I USE TRUST AND RELIABILITY. 'CAUSE I WANT PEOPLE TO REALIZE WHEN I'VE BEEN THERE, MY IMPACT LASTS LONGER THAN JUST WHILE I'M ON THE SEAT. AND I'M GONNA SAY THIS LAST, THERE'S AN IMPORTANT JOB TO BE DONE. AND EVERYBODY'S ASKED TO DO IT. EVERYBODY WAS SURE SOMEBODY WOULD DO IT. ANYBODY COULD HAVE DONE IT, BUT NOBODY DID IT. SOMEBODY GOT ANGRY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE EVERYBODY, IT'S EVERYBODY'S JOB. EVERYBODY THOUGHT ANYBODY COULD DO IT. BUT NOBODY REALIZED THAT EVERYBODY WOULD DO IT. IT ENDED UP THAT EVERYBODY BLAMED SOMEBODY WHEN NOBODY DID WHAT ANYBODY COULD HAVE DONE. THANKS FOR YOUR VOTES, BECAUSE SOMEBODY CAN NOW DO IT AND HOPE THAT ANYBODY WILL STEP UP THE NEXT TIME THE SPOT OPENS. NOW IT'S TIME TO GET TO WORK OUR COMMUNITY. OH, I'M SORRY. ONE, ONE LAST THING. I DIDN'T TELL Y'ALL. MY DAD AND MY MOM CAME OUT TONIGHT, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM. THEY'VE TAUGHT ME THAT RESILIENCE, THAT TRUST, THAT RELIABILITY, AND THEY'VE SHOWED ME THE WAY. AND I JUST DON'T WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO YOU PUBLICLY. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A PICTURE WITH MY PARENTS ONCE THEY GET OUT THERE, BUT I JUST SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR INVITING ME IN. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. IT'S TIME TO GET TO WORK. CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME TO THE COUNCIL. AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE, UH, A RECEPTION, UH, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THIS FOR THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF THOSE THAT WE HONORED AT TONIGHT'S, UH, TONIGHT'S MEETING, UM, AS WELL AS WE HAVE, I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN PATRICK CAME IN, FORMER COUNCILMAN BROWN PATRICK. SHE DID COME IN. WE DID YOUR PRESENTATION. YOU WERE THE FIRST ON OUR DOCKET. BUT I WANNA, I DON'T KNOW IF MAYOR PRO TEM CAN REGURGITATE ALL THE, ALL THE SWELLING WORDS HE SAID, COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN PATRICK. BUT WE DO HAVE YOUR EAGLE FOR YOU. AS WE PROMISED YOU, WE WILL MAKE SURE YOU GOT YOUR EAGLE. SO, UM, AT THIS TIME, IF YOU WANNA COME UP JUST UP, JUST FOR A MOMENT, YOU AND YOU AND YOUR DAUGHTER, UH, FOR BEING HERE WITH US TONIGHT, AND WE WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE YOU. UH, CAN WE GET THE EAGLE? I BELIEVE IT WAS PLACED IN BEDROOM. I WANT YOU TO, TO REPEAT WHAT YOU SAID, BERT, I WANNA HEAR YOU CAN GO BACK AND WATCH THAT TAPE. YEAH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN PATRICK, THANK YOU. AND, UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERYONE, UH, [00:25:01] COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS, PATRICIA LEDBETTER, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER KAY BROWN, PATRICK, UM, AND ALL OF YOU. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBER. WE ARE JUST EXCITED, UM, THAT DESOTO IS CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD AT THIS TIME. WE DO HAVE A RECEPTION, UH, FOR, UH, SCHEDULES IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THIS. SO I'M GONNA ASK IF OUR CITY SECRETARY HAS ANY INSTRUCTIONS FOR US BEFORE WE GO OUT. UM, IF YOU GO RIGHT OUTSIDE OF OUR COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND HELP YOURSELF, THEY'RE READY FOR YOU. AND PLEASE BE BACK AT 6:00 PM SHARP. WE WILL START OUR NEXT PORTION OF OUR MEETING AT THAT TIME. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. IT IS NOW 6:00 PM I'M MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR, AND I WANNA CALL THE SPECIAL JOINT WORK SESSION OF THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL, THE DESOTO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND THE DESOTO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO ORDER. UM, AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK, UH, OUR CITY SECRETARY TO CONDUCT A ROLL CALL FOR CITY COUNCIL. THEN I WILL ASK THE RESPECTIVE CHAIRS OF EACH OF THOSE BOARDS TO, UH, OPEN THEIR MEETING UP AS WELL. MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR. HERE, MAYOR PER ANDRE BIRD. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PERT PARKER. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL. COUNCIL MEMBER DANIEL MARKS, COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHM. DANIEL MARKS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISHOLM HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER LETITIA HUGHES HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. THOMAS. I'M GOING TO ASK, I SEE CHAIR STONE HERE FROM PLANNING AND ZONING. IF YOU COULD CALL YOUR, YOUR BODY, YOUR BOARD TO ORDER PLEASE. ONE SERGEANT, ONE HOUR SURGEON. TODAY, THE DAY STAFF, [1. Presentation of updates to the Comprehensive Plan project] OH, EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY. MS. WE GOOD EVENING CHAIRMAN. KEYSTONE, VICE CHAIRMAN, THE APPEAL COMMISSIONER PRESTON GILSTRAP. COMMISSIONER COFFEE, CAESAR COMMISSIONER TANYA BROOKS, COMMISSIONER WARNER BELL. COMMISSIONER JERRY RABNER, GET, THEY DO HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU, MS. HILL, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT MICHAEL BALDWIN, VICE PRESIDENT LATASHA HERRON, BUFF SECRETARY TREASURER OF FELICIA PEARSON, DIRECTOR DR. MCKAYLA HERNDON, DIRECTOR MARK JONES, DIRECTOR DR. AHAD. GARRETT, PRICE DIRECTOR AKILA WALLACE. THANK YOU. UM, AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER INTO, UH, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER TO MAKE THE INTRODUCTION OF OUR PRESENTER, AND I'M GONNA THROW THAT OVER TO ELIZABETH ESI, WHO IS OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. THANK YOU, ELIZABETH. GOOD EVENING, MS. ESI. GOOD EVENING. HELLO, COUNSEL. UH, SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH AECOM ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE. WE STARTED LAST YEAR. WE'VE DONE A COUPLE PUB PUBLIC MEETINGS. WE'VE HAVE A STEERING COMMITTEE THAT WE'VE ENGAGED AND WE'VE PRESENTED IN FRONT OF COUNCIL BEFORE. SO THIS IS JUST A CONTINUATION OF THAT PROCESS FOR OUR CON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE. WE HAVE SOME RESULTS FOR THE LAND USE PLAN THAT, UM, AECOM WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU AND WOULD LIKE FEEDBACK OBVIOUSLY FROM, FROM EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT. SO, UM, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, THIS IS CECILIA WITH AECOM. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. UM, BACK AGAIN, APOLOGIES FOR THE CONGESTION. I JUST HAVE REALLY BAD SINUSES. UM, BUT WE ARE HERE TODAY, UM, TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UH, LAST TIME I WAS HERE WAS END OF JANUARY, BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY. UM, AND ONE OF THE MAJOR TAKEAWAYS THAT WE HEARD, UM, FROM THAT MEETING WAS THAT WE NEEDED TO REALLY RE-LOOK AND ENSURE THAT WE WERE DOING THE RIGHT APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. UM, I THINK ALL CITY STAFF HEARD THAT LOUD AND CLEAR. AND SO ONE THING THAT I DID WANNA UPDATE Y'ALL ON IS, UM, SINCE THE LAST TIME WE WENT, WE HAVE ACTUALLY DONE A KIND OF A PAUSE AND WE RE-LOOKED AT THOSE CHAPTERS THAT WE WERE CONSIDERING, OR, UM, THAT WE'RE INVOLVED IN THE SCOPE OF WORK. AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY DONE A, WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE KIND OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REFRESHER, WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE TWO ADDITIONAL, UM, CHAPTERS WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UM, SPECIFICALLY THOSE TWO CHAPTERS WILL BE, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND URBAN DESIGN. UM, AND THE REASON FOR, FOR THOSE TWO ADDITIONAL CHAPTERS IS, UM, ONE, TO ENSURE THAT THE LAND USE AND RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GONNA BE SUPPORTED WITH THE RIGHT OF PRI, RIGHT? APPROPRIATE, UM, POLICIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL ALLOW FOR CHANGE TO OCCUR, UM, AND SECONDARY TO BE ABLE TO BRING IN, [00:30:01] UM, THE EFFORT AND OUTCOME THAT IS CURRENTLY HAPPENING. UM, WITH HAMPTON ROAD. WE KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE A LOT OF CHANGES WITH THAT PROJECT IN ITSELF AND A LOT OF AMAZING, UM, FEEDBACK THAT THEY'VE COLLECTED THROUGH THAT, UM, REPORT OR THROUGH THAT PROJECT ON THE URBAN DESIGN, UH, FRONT. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH IS REALLY THE BLUEPRINT FOR THE FUTURE OF THE CITY, IT CONTAINS THAT INFORMATION. NOW, I KNOW THAT THE HAMPTON ROAD IS NOT THE CITY BE ALL, END, ALL OF CITY OF DESOTO. IT IS A STREET, A SECTION OF IT. SO WITHIN OUR REFRESHER, WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT THE ELEMENTS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS ALREADY GIVEN FEEDBACK ON THE URBAN DESIGN, AND THEN SEEING WHERE THE DELTA IS AND WHAT OTHER, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS AND, UM, UH, UH, IDEAS WE HAVE AS IT RELATES TO URBAN DESIGN. SO, UM, TODAY WANTED TO JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A BACKGROUND AS TO WHERE WE WERE AT, WHERE WE GOT TO, UM, WHAT WE ARE GONNA BE DOING WITH THIS TWO ADDITIONAL CHAPTERS. AND THEN PROVIDING YOU, UM, WHERE WE ARE AT WITH THE LAND USE, KNOWING THAT IT IS NOT DRAFT, IT IS, IT IS DRAFT AS OF TODAY. WE ARE STILL GOING TO BE GETTING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK NEXT THURSDAY AT OUR PUBLIC MEETING. UM, AND SO WITH THAT PUBLIC FEEDBACK, OUR LAND USE OF WHICH I WILL BE SHARING WITH Y'ALL TODAY WILL BE CHANGING, UM, COULD CHANGE BASED ON WHAT THE COMMUNITY, UM, GUIDANCE GIVES US. UM, AND THEN REALLY, UM, OUR GOAL IS TO REALLY HELP AND ENCOURAGE Y'ALL TO HELP US SPREAD THE WORD AND ENSURE THAT NEXT THURSDAY WHEN WE HAVE THAT PUBLIC MEETING, THAT WE ARE GETTING THAT, UM, PARTICIPATION THAT Y'ALL WANTED US TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE. UM, WE HAVE MET WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE. WE MET WITH THEM THREE WEEKS AGO. UM, THEY GAVE US SOME GUIDANCE AS IT RELATES TO THE TWO ADDITIONAL, UM, CHAPTERS. AND, UM, WE WILL BE PRESENTING THAT INFORMATION TO, UM, THE COMMUNITY. Y'ALL KNOW US, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PROJECT TEAM HERE. AGAIN, I WILL BE BACK AGAIN, I THINK TWO MORE TIMES TO GIVE Y'ALL SOME MORE UPDATES. UM, BUT WE ARE SUPPORTED BY PA PIA WHO IS, UM, THE LEAD, UM, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TO HELP US WITH ALL THE COORDINATION AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, EVERYTHING SQUARED AWAY, SQUARED AWAY FOR, UM, THE PUBLIC MEETINGS. UM, SO FOR THOSE THAT WERE NOT HERE, DID NOT, OR HAVE NOT LOOKED AT THE PUBLIC, UM, WEBSITE, AGAIN, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS A LONG RANGE FRAMEWORK PLAN. UM, SO WHEN I'VE, ONE ANALOGY THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING USING WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE IS, IF YOU IMAGINE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO BE IN YOUR HAND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSING ON THE OUTLINE OF YOUR HAND. WE'RE NOT GONNA BE FOCUSING ON THE NAIL BED OR ANYTHING INTO THE WEEDS, REALLY. YOU KNOW, WE, THE CITY OF DESOTO CAN'T GROW, CAN'T EXPAND. SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, DETERMINED IT'S, IT HAS ITS BOUNDARIES. THE ONLY CHANGE WE CAN DO IS HOW WE COLOR IN THE LINES WITHIN THE CITY. UM, AND THOSE CHANGES OF COLORS IS WHAT ALLOWS FOR NEW GROWTH, NEW DEVELOPMENT, AND NEW REVENUE, UM, SOURCES TO BE ABLE TO BE GENERATED SO THAT THE CITY AND Y'ALL CAN BE ABLE TO PAY FOR YOUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND IN ADDITION, BE ABLE TO REALLY PAY AND HELP ACCOMMODATE WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE IN THE FUTURE. UM, AND REALLY WANNA TAKE A MOMENT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE PAUSED AND WE HEARD Y'ALL LAST TIME REGARDING THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS Y'ALL'S, THIS IS Y'ALL'S REPORT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS Y'ALL'S PLAN AND IT'S A REFLECTION OF Y'ALL'S COMMUNITY AND Y'ALL'S DISTRICT. AND SO REALLY, UM, WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, IT'S, WE'RE ALL ONE BIG TEAM. YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, YES, WE'RE WRITING THE REPORTING, PUTTING TOGETHER, BUT, AND WE WILL GIVE Y'ALL OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE FROM OUR ECONOMIST AND ALL THE OTHER SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, WE'LL HAVE TO BE IMPLEMENTED AND, YOU KNOW, IF, UH, ZONING NEEDS TO BE UPDATED OR POLICIES, IT'LL BE, YOU KNOW, HOMEWORK ON Y'ALL ONCE WE SUBMIT THE REPORT. UM, SO REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THAT THE ENGAGEMENT IS HOLISTIC AND THAT IT REALLY IS A TRUE REFLECTION OF THE COMMUNITY. UM, THIS IS JUST AN UPDATE OF THE OVERALL PROJECT TIMELINE OF WHERE WE'RE AT. UM, THE COLOR BLOCKS, THE ORANGE ONE SHOWS, UM, THE TIMES THAT WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE. NOW AGAIN, THE STEERING COMMITTEE WAS HAND SELECTED BY Y'ALL, SO THAT COULD BE A TRUE REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY. UM, ON AVERAGE, I THINK WE'VE BEEN HAVING, I THINK THERE'S 15, 16 STEERING COMMITTEES ON AVERAGE. I THINK THE LAST TIME WE HAD, THERE WAS NINE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY ATTENDED IN PERSON. WE RECORD ALL THE MEETINGS AND WE PROVIDE THEM, UM, THE RECORDING OF THE MEETINGS OR PRESENTATIONS. UM, ANYTHING THAT WE FEEL IS APPROPRIATE IN TERMS OF, UM, EXPLANATION OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE HAVE BEEN POSTING THAT ON THE PUBLIC WEBSITE, UM, SO THAT EVERYONE CAN BE AVAILABLE WITH ALL THE MATERIAL. UM, WE HAVE HOSTED TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS, UM, AND OUR NEXT PUBLIC MEETING IS NEXT THURSDAY. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE ONE FINAL PUBLIC MEETING WHERE WE WILL BE PRESENTING [00:35:01] THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS AS IT RELATES TO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING, UM, THE CITY BE MOVED FORWARD AS IT RELATES TO, UM, WE HEARD WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS, AND THEN HOW ARE YOU REALLY GONNA BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT IT. UM, THE BOTTOM PART OF THE PROJECT, UM, TIMELINE JUST KIND OF SHOWS THE BIG MILESTONES OF WHAT'S TO COME. UM, CURRENTLY WE'RE, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THE IMPLEMENTING OR DEFINING THE DRAFT VISION GOALS AND INTO THE PLAN, UM, DEVELOPMENT. BUT WE HOPEFUL THAT, UM, IF ALL GOES WELL, THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SUBMIT A REPORT, UM, FOR Y'ALL TO REVIEW AND ADOPT BY FALL OF THIS YEAR. UM, SO THIS WAS KIND OF AN OUTLINE, A GRAPHIC TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON AND WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING ON. UM, I THOUGHT I SAW A LITTLE RED MARKER, BUT I, OR DO, BUT I GUESS NOT. UM, SO THE GREEN ONES, THE TOP CHAPTERS THREE FORM FIVE, THOSE ARE THE THREE SUBJECTS THAT WE HAD BEEN, UM, ANALYZING. IF YOU GO ON THE WEBSITE, THOSE ARE WHAT THE BASELINE ANALYSIS HAD BEEN, UM, ORGANIZED BY LOOKING AT THE EXISTING LAND USE, LOOKING AT THE TRANSPORTATION TRA TRENDS, UM, THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND REALLY LOOKING AT THAT, UH, TD TRANSPORTATION DEMAND, UM, MODEL TO SEE WHAT THE FORECAST WOULD LOOK LIKE SO THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY WHAT CHANGES WOULD BE NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO PROPERLY SUPPORT THE THOROUGHFARE WITHIN THE CITY. AND THEN REALLY LOOKING AT THE HOUSING WHERE WE DID A HOUSING MARKET ANALYSIS. NOW, THE TWO ADDITIONAL, UH, CHAPTERS THAT, UM, I HAD MENTIONED THAT WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THEN THE URBAN DESIGN. WE WILL BE INCLUDING CHAPTER FIVE, THE STREET SCAPE GUIDELINES. BUT REALLY IT'S JUST DIGITIZING WHAT Y'ALL HAD CREATED IN 2015 AND PUTTING IT INTO THE SAME, MAKING IT LOOK ALL ONE REPORT. UM, AND THEN ULTIMATELY THE LAST PART IS THE IMPLEMENTATION IS REALLY HOW DO YOU GET THERE? UM, SO YES, OUR PUBLIC MEETING THAT WE ARE HAVING NEXT THURSDAY IS REALLY GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON GETTING CHAPTER SEVEN AND EIGHT UP TO THE SAME AMOUNT OF EFFORT AND INFORMATION THAT CHAPTERS THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE ARE AT CURRENTLY. UM, AND WHEN WE WERE PUT ON, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AND HAVING THE DISCUSSION ABOUT ADDING ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATION, ADDITIONAL CHAPTERS WE REALLY TOOK TO HEART, I VERY, I VERY MUCH TOOK TO HEART ABOUT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND REALLY WORKED WITH THE PLANNING STAFF, UM, THAT WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE AND REALLY LOOKED AT, OKAY, HOW CAN WE REALLY BE ABLE TO GET IN TO THE HOUSEHOLDS THAT WE WANT TO HEAR FROM? AND SO, UM, WE RELOOKED AT OUR, UM, GOALS AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY FEELS TRUSTED THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS, RIGHT? AND SO THAT, AND THAT THEY FEEL UPDATED. UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE COMMUNITY IS ONLY GOING TO TRUST WHO THE INFORMATION IS COMING FROM, RIGHT? AND SO THAT IS WHY, UM, THE STAFF HAS BEEN VERY AMAZING TO WORK WITH AND REALLY HELPING US BE ABLE TO PACKAGE INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN HELP HOPEFULLY RELY ON YOU ALL TO HELP US SPREAD THE WORD. AND ALSO WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE, UM, SO THAT THEY KNOW THE STEERING COMMITTEE, UM, IS AMAZING. I'VE BEEN GIVING THEM HOMEWORK, YOU KNOW, SAYING, HEY, EVERYONE NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY BRING AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE TO THE PUBLIC MEETING, RIGHT? AND WHEN THEY HAVE ON THE SIGN IN SHEET WHO REFERRED YOU, SO THAT WE REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING AS HOLISTIC AS POSSIBLE AND JUST GETTING THEIR INFORMATION, UM, I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO BE ABLE TO GIVE Y'ALL TONIGHT, UM, A SURVEY SO THAT Y'ALL CAN TAKE, UM, BUT WE STILL ARE FINE TUNING THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SURVEY THAT WE ARE DOING, UM, IS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD REALLY BE ABLE TO DIGEST. THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER IS ONE OF PROBABLY A VERY IMPORTANT CHAPTER IN ORDER TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THE LAND FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE REALISTIC AND IMPLEMENTABLE, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FINE TUNING IT. WE'RE SENDING THE SURVEY ALSO TO DIFFERENT STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS SO THEY CAN READ IT FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE IS SOME OF THE NOMENCLATURE. YOU KNOW, I TALK PLANNING EVERY DAY, ALL DAY LONG. AND SO SOMETIMES WHAT I THINK IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND MAY NOT BE EASY TO UNDERSTAND TO, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE THAT ISN'T IN THE PLANNING REALM. SO WE ARE TAKING A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND IT WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM PLANNING STAFF THAT WE TAKE THOSE EXTRA STEPS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SURVEY, UM, AGAIN, IS BEING ABLE TO BE DIGESTED, UM, FROM THE, THE RESIDENTS THEMSELVES. SO AS MUCH AS I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE EVERYONE SOME HOMEWORK, I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THAT. BUT, UM, THE LINK WILL BE LIVE, UM, HOPEFULLY THE DAY BEFORE THE PUBLIC MEETING. UM, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE TO PACKAGE IT ALL TOGETHER AND, UM, SEND IT TO Y'ALL SO THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE THAT INFORMATION TOO, SO THAT IF THE COMMUNITY CANNOT COME TO THE PUBLIC MEETING, THEY STILL HAVE A WAY TO GIVE US THEIR INFORMATION AND THEIR INPUT. UM, AND AGAIN, EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IS BACKED UP BY DATA, IT'S DATA DRIVEN, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THAT REALISM LAYER IN THERE IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO AUGMENT TO [00:40:01] THE INFORMATION BASED ON WHAT THE COMMUNITY'S TELLING US. YOU KNOW, IF THE DATA'S SAYING, HEY, ALL YOUR ROADS ARE IN PERFECT SHAPE, BUT THE SAYING ELSEWISE, THEN IT'S OUR OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY GO OUT THERE AND REALLY DATE, YOU KNOW, CHECK ALL THAT INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GETTING. UM, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, EVERYTHING ON THE, THAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE PROJECT HAS BEEN POSTED ON THE WEBSITE. UM, AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING SOME, UM, VERY SIMPLE VIDEOS IN TERMS OF JUST GIVING THE COMMUNITY AN UPDATE AS TO WHAT IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, AND GIVING THEM SOME OTHER EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS SO THAT THEY FEEL, THEY DON'T FEEL OVERWHELMED WHEN THEY COME TO A PUBLIC MEETING. THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. UM, SO WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE, UM, IS THE DRAFT PLAN ELEMENTS. NOW THESE ARE, AGAIN, AT LEAST FOR THE LAND USE, UM, THESE COULD, THESE WILL MOST LIKELY CHANGE ONCE WE HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY BASED ON THE ECONOMIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER, RIGHT? BUT WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE USE OF Y'ALL'S TIME AND REALLY UPDATE YOU ON WHERE WE'RE AT, RIGHT? 'CAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO DO, UM, AN ANALYSIS IN TERMS OF WHERE WE WOULD THINK THE LAND USE, THE FUTURE LAND USE COULD GO TO. UM, BUT AGAIN, WE STILL NEED TO, UM, VERIFY THAT BASED ON THE OUTCOME OF THE, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER, WE HAVE SOME UPDATES TO THE TRANSPORTATION IN TERMS OF HIGH LEVEL RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL AS HOUSING. NOW, ONE THING THAT WHAT WE DID, UM, TO GET US TO THE POINT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU THIS UPDATE TODAY IS, UM, AFTER Y'ALL GAVE US SOME GUIDANCE IN TERMS OF WHERE YOU FELT, UM, EMPLOYMENT, RETAIL HOUSING COULD OCCUR WITHIN THE CITY BOUNDARY, WE ALSO DID THE SAME EXERCISE WITH ENTIRE STEERING COMMITTEE. THEY ALSO PROVIDED, UM, FEEDBACK. AND WE THEN, UM, COMPILED ALL THAT TOGETHER. WE MET WITH CITY STAFF, WITH DEPARTMENT LEADERS AND SAID, HEY, ONCE YOU LAYER ALL THIS TOGETHER, THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SCENARIOS. UM, AND THEN WORKING TOGETHER IS HOW WE CAME UP WITH, UM, GROWTH PATTERNS AND, AND DEVELOPMENT THAT WE FELT WERE REALISTIC THAT THE CITY SHOULD BE CONSIDERING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. UM, AND SO THIS IMAGE THAT I SHOW IS BASED ON, AGAIN, THE DRAFT LAND USE, UM, BASED ON INPUT RECEIVED AND INPUT RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY, FROM THE STEERING COMMITTEE, AND THEN, UM, WITH THE, UH, CITY STAFF IN TERMS OF WHERE WE FEEL LAND USE PATTERNS COULD GO TO, AGAIN, I, I WANNA CAVEAT EVERYTHING BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN FEEDBACK ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND AGAIN, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CAN DRAMATICALLY CHANGE A LAND USE. UM, SO THIS, SO WE HAVE, AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED WE PUT WATERMARKS ON DRAFT IS, AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT BASED ON EVERYTHING THAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY AND FROM Y'ALL AND FROM THE STEERING COMMITTEE, THE CITY. UM, I WOULD SAY THAT THE COMMUNITY FELT THAT THERE COULD BE AREAS THAT COULD BE CHANGED. AND SOME OF THE BIGGEST CHANGES THAT YOU'LL SEE ARE, UM, I, OH YEAH, THERE'S A POINTER. UM, YOU KNOW, THERE IS SOME MORE MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL THAT ARE ALONG. OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW ABOUT HAMPTON ROAD THAT'S THERE, THERE ARE SOME SLIGHT CHANGES, UM, IN THE UPPER NORTHERN QUADRANT. UM, NOW THIS IS JUST AGAIN, WHERE WE'RE AT. UM, AND I WANNA GO TO THE REST OF THE REPORT AND WE CAN COME BACK IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. UM, BUT IN REGARDS TO HOW DO WE GET TO THIS LAND USE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THE VISION STATEMENT AND THE GOALS THAT WERE CREATED AND FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED, UM, ONE OF THE MAIN OVERARCHING GOAL FOR THE LAND USE MAP, UM, WAS TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE BETTER COMPATIBILITY WITHIN THE LAND USES. AND SO WE CAME UP WITH, UM, FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS. NOW, AGAIN, THIS IS ONE THAT WILL BE UPDATED ONCE WE GET THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION THERE. UM, BUT OUR INTENT IS ONCE WE HAVE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS UPDATED WITH THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE COMMUNITY, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE PUT FORWARD WILL ACTUALLY HAVE MORE LIKE DETAILED STEPS IN TERMS OF HOW DO YOU, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GONNA BE REQUIRED FROM THE ZONING MAP, YOU KNOW, WHICH P AND WHAT, WHAT'S, WHO'S GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT AS IT RELATES TO THE LAND USE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE IT FORWARD INTO IMPLEMENTATION. UM, SO FOR WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW WITH THE LAND USE, AGAIN, AND I, UM, IS ONE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, AS WE'RE UPDATING THE ZONING MAP THAT WE'RE OF LIMITING THE CONFLICTION BETWEEN THE LAND USES, UM, AND ESTABLISHING TRANSITIONAL ZONES, UM, WE NEED TO UPDATE THE PERMIT USES WITHIN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS. UH, WE NEED TO UPDATE THE ZONING REGULATIONS FOR THE NON-RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS SO THAT THERE'S SOME MORE COHESIVE AND THE DEVELOPMENT LOOKS, UM, MORE INTENTIONAL. AND THEN, UM, CREATE COHESION BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORS AND THE [00:45:01] NON-RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORS. UM, GOAL NUMBER TWO, WHERE IT'S TO FACILITATE NEW COMMERCIAL GROWTH THAT ESTABLISHES VIBRANCY AND ATTRACTIVENESS. WE DID, UM, IDENTIFY SIX, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS IN THESE. UM, AND NOW AGAIN, THIS IS ONE WHERE, THIS IS THE HIGH, HIGH LEVEL RECOMMENDATION. ONCE IT'S IMPLEMENTED, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH AND IDENTIFY THOSE, UM, THOSE STEPS THAT ARE GONNA BE REQUIRED. UM, BUT AGAIN, REVIEW THE CITY'S MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THE REGULATIONS WITHIN EACH OF THE ZONING DISTRICTS REALLY ALLOWS FOR MORE OF THAT VIBRANCE AND ATTRACTIVENESS THAT THIS, THAT THE COMMUNITY'S LONGING FOR. UM, REALLY BEING ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH BUSINESSES TO, UM, UNDERSTAND THE TYPES OF HOUSINGS THAT THEY COULD DEVELOP VERSUS WHICH ONES A CITY WANTS AND COME TO AN AGREEMENT. AND WHAT WOULD BE DICTATED, YOU KNOW, NOT DICTATED, BUT WHAT WOULD BE OF, UM, ELIGIBLE IN WHAT AREAS OF THE CITY. UM, REALLY STREAMLINING THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, UM, BY REZONING APPROPRIATE AREAS AS PDS TO RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS SO THAT WE CAN ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL HOUSING TO OCCUR. UM, AND THEN REALLY BE ABLE TO, UM, CARRY IN THE HAMPTON ROAD OUTCOME AND IDENTIFY CERTAIN, UM, GOALS SO THAT WHATEVER THE OUTCOME OF THE HAMPTON ROAD IS, IS ENFOLDED WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, AS WELL AS WITH THE CHARACTER CODE. UM, AND THEN LASTLY, UH, BE ABLE TO SUPPORT A, UM, ACTIVE LIFESTYLES, UM, BY CREATING NEW RESIDENTIAL, UM, ZONING DISTRICTS. UH, GOAL THREE WAS TO PROTECT AND CONNECT RESIDENTS TO NATURAL AREAS AND FEATURES OF DESOTO. UM, NOW HERE WE ALSO IDENTIFIED SIX RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, IN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF IN SUMMATION, EACH OF THESE ARE INDIVIDUAL RECOMMENDATIONS. 'CAUSE WE FEEL THAT THERE'S WAYS THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CITY TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT WHERE THERE'S JUST MORE COHESIVE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN COMMERCIAL AREAS AND NATURAL AREAS. UM, HOPEFULLY BEING ABLE TO TRANSITION THAT BURDEN FROM, UM, THE CITY INTO DEVELOPERS BASED ON, UM, WHAT NEW DEVELOPMENT IS GONNA BE ABLE TO OCCUR. UH, AND THEN ULTIMATELY BEING ABLE TO CONSERVE THE AREAS THAT WE, UM, THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE SO THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN USE THOSE NATURAL AREAS. SO THAT WAS THE LAND USE. UM, THIS NEXT SECTION IS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY RECOMMENDATIONS. NOW, UM, ONE, THE FIRST GOAL WAS TO ENCOURAGE A SAFE AND CLEAN MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION NETWORK THAT SUPPORTS COMMUNITY COM CONNECTIVITY AND WALKABILITY. AND SO FROM THAT, WE DID IDENTIFY, UH, 2, 4, 6, 8, ABOUT 11, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS. AND SOME ARE VERY MORE SPECIFIC THAN OTHERS. UM, BUT THIS IS ONE WHERE WE FELT THAT THERE WOULD BE THE MOST KIND OF ROOM TO BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH SPECIFIC STRATEGIC, UM, IMPLEMENTABLE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WOULD HELP THE OVERARCHING CITY BE, UM, MULTIMODAL. NOW, ONE THING, UM, THAT WE DID WANT TO ENCOURAGE AND SEE IS, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING, UM, THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CURRENT TRANSIT, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE BE ABLE TO EXPAND THAT? UM, ONE THING THAT WE HAVEN'T, YOU'LL NOT SEE ON HERE, UM, AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE RECONSIDERING IS THE, UM, UH, SMART, SMART MOBILITY, RIGHT? THERE'S A LOT OF MOVEMENT TO, UM, ELECTRICAL VEHICLES, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE, YOU KNOW, THIS, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS LONG RANGE AND IS CAPTURING THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE TRANSPORTATION RECOMMENDATIONS. GOAL TWO, UM, IS ABLE TO SUPPORT THE REGIONAL ACCESS AND EFFICIENT MOBILITY TO AND THROUGHOUT DESOTO. NOW THIS ONE, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE IS, UM, QUITE MORE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS. AND REALLY THE, UM, REASON WHY BEHIND THAT IS BECAUSE WE FELT THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF KIND OF LOW HANGING FRUIT THAT IF WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS, Y'ALL WOULD BE ABLE TO BE, BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT. UM, AND STRATEGICALLY THERE'S A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GONNA BE OCCURRING TRANSPORTATION WISE THAT IS REALLY OUT OF Y'ALL'S CONTROL. YOU KNOW, WITH LOOP NINE, THE, THE NEW CONNECTIVITY FOR, FOR DALLAS REGIONAL DALLAS, UM, YOU KNOW, WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CAPTURING ANY, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL'S PART OF THE PIE. YOU KNOW, IF, IF GROWTH IS HAPPENING AND LOOP NINE'S THERE, YOU KNOW, DON'T LET Y'ALL LIKE BE OUTGROWN, RIGHT? WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE CONNECTIONS ARE ESTABLISHED SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT TYPE OF, UM, ATTRACTION INTO THE CITY. UH, SO ALL THESE ARE REALLY BEING ABLE TO A, ACCOMMODATE WHAT WE FEEL WOULD BE THE CHANGES NECESSARY WITHIN THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, BUT ALSO CHANGES THAT WE FEEL WOULD BE COMING IN, YOU KNOW, YEARS TO COME, BUT WANNA [00:50:01] MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOCUMENTING IT, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITHIN THE HOUSING RECOMMENDATIONS. UM, THIS SLIDE HAS TWO MAIN GOALS. ONE IS TO PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN THE EXISTING HOUSING STOCK THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. UH, WE HEARD IT LOUD AND CLEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE NEEDS TO BE A DIVERSITY OF HOMES, UM, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND, AND LARGER SQUARE FOOTAGE IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT IS LONG RANGE, WHAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD LOVE TO SEE, SEE AND NOT, YOU KNOW, GO AWAY. BUT ONE OTHER THING THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE IS THAT THERE WAS A SENSE, UM, OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT COULD REALLY HELP THE LARGER COMMUNITY BE, UM, THE LIVABILITY AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP SO THAT WE CAN ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS CAN GET INTO THE HOUSEHOLD MARKET AS WELL. UM, AND REALLY GOAL NUMBER TWO IS LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE BE PROACTIVE AND LOOK FOR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW, BEING SMART, UM, RESILIENCY, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT DIFFERENT ENERGY, UM, USAGES. AND THEN ULTIMATELY MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CONNECTING NEIGHBORHOODS SO THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, FOR FOLKS TO EITHER USE, UM, BICYCLES OR WALKING TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B. UM, AND THEN LASTLY, UM, GOAL THREE WAS TO ENCOURAGE, YOU KNOW, HIGH QUALITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT SUPPORTS NEW AND ESTABLISHED RESIDENTS. AND THIS ONE WAS ONE THAT THE STEERING COMMITTEE TOOK SOME, UM, DETAILED CARE IN TERMS OF CRAFTING THE GOAL AND REALLY MASSAGING WHAT THEIR MESSAGE WANTED TO BE. UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, I THINK THEIR BIGGEST THING WAS THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO CREATE BARRIERS FOR ANY YOUNGER GENERATION TO REALLY GET INTO THAT HOUSING MARKET. UM, AND SO WITH THAT, OUR GOALS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE RECOMMENDATIONS THERE, THEY FELT WERE HIGH LEVEL ENOUGH, BUT ALSO REALISTIC THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH SOME VERY MORE SPECIFIC BABY, NOT BABY STEPS, BUT STEPS TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHERE NEWER, UM, HOUSING PRODUCTS SHOULD BE, UM, PUT INTO PLACE WITHIN THE CITY. UM, AND SO ONE THING THAT WE WANTED TO SHARE WAS WITHIN THE HOUSING CHAPTER WE DID, UM, ESTABLISH KIND OF HOUSING CHARACTER AREAS. UM, THIS WAS AN OUTCOME OF THE ENGAGEMENT THAT WE RECEIVED. UM, AND SO REALLY THERE WAS FIVE, UM, BIG AREAS KIND OF BUCKETS IF YOU WOULD THINK OF ACTIVE LIFESTYLE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S HAMPTON ROAD THAT'S GONNA HAVE ITS OWN SERIES OF, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS, TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS, TRANSITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THEN NON-RESIDENTIAL AREAS. UM, AND THIS IS AN OUTCOME OF THAT FUTURE LAND USE MAP. AGAIN, THIS ONE COULD CHANGE BASED ON WHAT, UM, WE RE WE HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. UM, AND THE NEXT SERIES OF SLIDES, IT JUST KIND OF GOES INTO WHAT THE DEFINITION IS, UM, THAT WE WILL BE USING, UH, MOVING FORWARD. A LOT OF THE URBAN DESIGN ELEMENTS FOR EACH ONE OF THESE AREAS, UM, AND CATEGORIES, UH, WE WILL BE TAKING, UM, FROM SOME OF THE ENGAGEMENT THAT THE COM THE CITY HAS BEEN DOING. AND THEN AGAIN, JUST MAKING SURE AND VERIFYING WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT IT IS STILL, UM, ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE. SO, TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS, AGAIN, PROMOTE CONTEXT SENSITIVE INFILL, REALLY WANTING TO EXPAND THE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, AND THEN INTEGRATING, UM, STRATEGIC NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. NOW THAT'S ONE THAT AS WE GET INTO IDENTIFYING WHERE THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES ARE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT MAKES SENSE, RIGHT? UM, WE CAN'T JUST SAY SOMEONE WANTS A GROCERY STORE HERE, BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE THE MARKET CAPTURE, THE, IF WE CAN'T CAPTURE THE MARKET AROUND IT, THEN HOW IS THAT GROCERY STORE GONNA BE LI LLL LIVABLE OR LIVELY, SORRY. UM, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY LOOK INTO AS WE'RE DOING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT GROWTH PATTERNS THAT WE'RE CAPTURING, ALL THOSE NEEDS THAT THE COMMUNITIES WILL BE NEEDING SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE NEXT CITY OR HAVE TO DRIVE MORE THAN, YOU KNOW, 10 MINUTES OR WHATEVER THE STANDARD IS THAT I FORGOT AT THE MOMENT. UH, TRANSITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS IS ONE THAT IS KIND OF IN BETWEEN THE SINGLE FAMILY, YOU KNOW, TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND SOMETHING WITH A LITTLE BIT HIGHER OF A DENSITY. UM, SO REALLY IT'S KIND OF THE NEXT NATURAL STEP DOWN, UM, TO BUFFER BETWEEN TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND HIGHER DENSITY. SO A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE TOWN HOMES, UM, NOT COMPLETELY, UM, TOO EXTREME DENSITY, BUT DEFINITELY NOT SINGLE FAMILY. UM, AND REALLY THE POINT OF THAT IS TO IDENTIFY AND ALLOW FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME MAYBE POTENTIALLY MIXED USE, UM, FOR SMALLER UNITS TO OCCUR SO THAT, YOU KNOW, FOLKS CAN GET INTO THE HOME OWNERSHIP IF THAT'S WHAT THEY, UH, THEY, THAT'S WHAT THEY CHOOSE. UM, AND REALLY JUST, UH, PROMOTE HIGHER UNITS PER PER SQUARE ACREAGE WITHIN THESE AREAS. ACTIVE LIFESTYLE. UM, NOW THIS IS ONE THAT'S A NEW KIND OF NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO BE IMPLEMENTED. UM, AND IF [00:55:01] SO, THEN IT WOULD REQUIRE A, YOU KNOW, A NEW ZONING DISTRICT TO BE DEVELOPED. UM, WITH THAT ALSO BEING ABLE TO DEVELOP THE REQUIREMENTS AS IT RELATES TO ZONING AND, AND DESIGN. UH, BUT REALLY THE POINT OF THIS IS, IS THAT WE LET THE MARKET DRIVE THE DENSITY OF THESE AREAS. SO IF THERE IS THE DEMAND AND THE NEED, THEN LET'S MAKE IT AS DENSE AND PO AS DENSE AS POSSIBLE AND LET THE MARKET REALLY DRIVE WHAT IT SHOULD BE, WHAT SHOULD BE OCCURRING THERE. UM, OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD SET PARAMETERS AND FRAMEWORKS IN TERMS OF WHAT Y'ALL DO NOT WANT TO SEE OR HOW, YOU KNOW, THE X AMOUNT OF DIS DENSITY, BUT REALLY IT'S KIND OF MORE OF A MORE MODERN PROACTIVE APPROACH IN TERMS OF IF THE NEED IS THERE, THEN LET'S IN DENSIFY IT AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE POTENTIAL MULTI-USE, UM, FACILITIES AND THERE BE LARGER, UM, UNITS PER SQUARE AREA. UM, AND REALLY THE POINT OF, UM, THE GOAL OF THE LIFESTYLE NEIGHBORHOOD IS TO ALLOW FOR THAT MULTIMODAL FOR FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO JUST GO DOWNSTAIRS AND HAVE ALL THEIR AMENITIES THERE. SO IT'S REALLY MORE OF A ACTIVE LIFESTYLE, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY CAME UP. UM, AND WE FEEL BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAN THE DATA THAT WE ANALYZE THAT THESE AREAS THAT ARE COLORED ORANGE WOULD BE, UM, APPROPRIATE FOR THIS NEW KIND OF ZONING DISTRICT. AGAIN, IT COULD CHANGE BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT? UM, WITH LOOP NINE COMING ON, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL ONES. UM, BUT AS OF WHERE WE STOOD TWO WEEKS AGO, UM, AND WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY, THIS IS KIND OF WHERE WE HAD SEEN ALL THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, AND THEN ULTIMATELY WANTED TO INCUR, NOT ENCOURAGE ADDRESS HAMPTON ROAD. YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT IT IS A HUGE EFFORT OF THE CITY. WE ALSO HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM THE STEERING COMMITTEE THAT IS NOT, IT IS NOT JUST THE WHOLE CITY, YOU KNOW, IT IS ONE PIECE OF THE CITY. UM, BUT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK THAT HAS BEEN GOING INTO IT. SO WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOTHING CONFLICTING AND THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, KIND OF ROLL WITH THE MOMENTUM THAT IS BEING DONE WITHIN HAMPTON ROAD, AND HOW CAN WE CAPTURE THAT TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE OTHER AREAS WITHIN, WITHIN THE CITY. UM, SO NEXT, I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT, AND I'LL STOP NOW, BUT REALLY, UM, IT WAS AN UPDATE TO WHERE WE ARE AT CURRENTLY. IT IS, I WOULD NOT SAY IT IS, IT IS READY FOR YOUR REVIEW AND FOR YOU TO TELL ME, OH, LET'S CHANGE THIS, THIS, THIS, AND THAT IS WHY WE DID NOT ALSO INCLUDE ANY TYPE OF PICTURES, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THE PUBLIC TO THINK THAT WE ARE ALREADY AT THE LAND USE MAP, THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE, WE WERE PROPOSING TO BE IMPLEMENTED. UM, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT IF I DIDN'T HAVE OP IF I WAS, IF I DIDN'T COME TONIGHT, I DIDN'T WANT Y'ALL TO FORGET ABOUT THE PROJECT, AND I WANTED TO REALLY TELL Y'ALL ABOUT THE PUBLIC MEETING THAT IS HAPPENING NEXT WEEK AND REALLY ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY. AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE SEEING THIS ONLINE, THAT THESE MAPS, THESE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BOUNDARIES, THE NEW COLOR LINES THAT WE'RE DEFINING IS WHAT THE CITY SHOULD BE GROWING TOWARDS, RIGHT? UM, AND THAT IS WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SHOW UP, WHETHER IT'S VIRTUAL OR IN PERSON, BUT TO LET US TELL US WHAT THEIR, WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE. SO WITH THAT, I, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, CECILIA. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU AND, AND RECEIVE UPDATES ABOUT THIS VERY IMPORTANT WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING. AND WE WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO, UH, THE COMPREHENSIVE, UH, PLAN STEERING COMMITTEE AS WELL. IF WE COULD GIVE THEM A HAND FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN PUTTING INTO THIS, UM, FOR OUR COMMUNITY. UM, AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO, UM, ASK, ARE THERE QUESTIONS FROM EITHER OUR DESOTO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OR OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION? AND IF THERE ARE COUNCIL, I'M GONNA ASK IF WE COULD DEFER TO OUR BOARDS AND THEN TAKE OUR QUESTIONS LAST, IF THAT'S OKAY. ARE THERE QUESTIONS FROM EITHER BOARD? YES, WE DO HAVE A FEW. SO I'M GONNA ASK IF, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL DO AS, UH, COUNCIL DOES, AND THAT IS ROUNDS, UM, TWO MINUTES. UM, THAT INCLU THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF YOUR QUESTION AND THE RESPONSE SO THAT WE CAN BE COGNIZANT OF THE TIME, UM, ON TONIGHT. FOR THOSE THAT DO HAVE QUESTIONS, UM, I KNOW ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS DID RAISE THEIR HAND IF YOU COULD COME TO, UH, THERE'S A MICROPHONE THERE AS WELL, AND PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND THEN YEAH, STAY CLOSE BECAUSE HE HAS, WE HAVE QUESTION. YES, IT'S GARY RAVENEL PLANNING AND ZONING. UH, I HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS. NUMBER ONE, UM, WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT TRANSITIONAL AND TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS OR ACTIVE LIFESTYLE, HOW DO WE INTERPRET WHEN YOU'VE TAKEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND DIVIDED IT INTO TRANSITIONAL AND TRADITIONAL, HOW DO WE INTERPRET THAT? UM, I WOULDN'T SPEND TOO MUCH TIME. IT WAS MORE BASED ON, YOU KNOW, THE, THE GUIDANCE AND OVERALL, OH, DATA. UM, IT WAS NOT INTENTIONAL IN TERMS OF WE WANNA SEPARATE ANY COMMUNITY. IT WAS JUST BY WHETHER IT'S A NATURAL ROAD OR, YOU KNOW, NATURAL BOUNDARIES THAT WE FELT THAT WE WOULD DRAW THE LINE. OKAY. ON CHAPTER SEVEN AND EIGHT, [01:00:01] THE NEW CHAPTERS, YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE HOPED YOU COULD BRING THEM UP TO SPEED BY YOUR NEXT MEETING. DO YOU THINK THAT'S GOING TO GET, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT? YEAH, AND SO WHAT I MEANT WITH BRINGING UP TO SPEED IS, UM, AS OF A MONTH AGO, WE HAD DONE, AND THE BASELINE ANALYSIS HAS ALL THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IT'S JUST NOT CALLED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE ANALYSIS PART. UM, SO WHEN I SAID UP TO SPEED, IT'S IN TERMS OF OBTAINING GUIDANCE FROM THE COMMITTEE IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY FEEL GROWTH SHOULD GO AS IT RELATES TO REVENUE GENERATION ACTIVITIES. AND THAT IS OUR POINT OF THE NEXT PUBLIC MEETING. THAT'S NEXT THURSDAY. WE WILL ONLY BE TALKING ABOUT, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND URBAN DESIGN. OKAY. AND MY LAST QUESTION WAS RELATIVE TO THE LAST TIME WE MET, WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, PEOPLE RESPONDING TO THE SURVEY AND WE TALKED ABOUT BEING INTENTIONAL. WERE THERE THINGS THAT YOU DID DIFFERENTLY TO INCREASE THE MONTHLY RESPONSES THAT WE RECEIVED? AND IF SO, WHAT WERE THEY? AND STATISTICALLY, HAVE WE RECEIVED ENOUGH INPUT FROM THE CITY, UH, TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE END? YEAH, NO, GREAT QUESTION AND GLAD YOU ASKED THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT DONE A PUBLIC SURVEY SINCE THE LAST TIME. SO WHAT WE DID MAKE SURE IS, ALTHOUGH I WOULD'VE WISHED THAT THIS MEETING TODAY WOULD'VE BEEN, HERE'S A SOMETHING TO REACT TO, REALLY, IT'S A MEETING FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO ADVERTISE, HELP US MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS HELP SPREAD OF THE WORD AS WELL, RIGHT? SO I THINK EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM IS SEEN AS A LOCAL LEADER. UM, AND SO REALLY THE THE CITY STAFF THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH IS LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THIS PUBLIC MEETING IS AFTER A JOINT SESSION SO WE CAN USE A JOINT SESSION SO WE CAN USE COUNCIL, SO WE CAN USE ALL THE DIFFERENT BOARDS TO HELP US DO THAT OUTREACH. AND SO, UM, I'LL GIVE YOU THAT ANSWER IN TERMS OF HOW INTENTIONAL AND HOW DID IT WORK. UM, I KNOW THAT IN ADDITION TO SCHEDULING THIS, UM, THE PUBLIC MEETING AFTER JOINT SESSION, WE HAVE ALSO BEEN INTENTIONAL IN TERMS OF OUTREACHING TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UM, WELL TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SEE IF THEY CAN HELP SPREAD THE WORD. ALSO GETTING TO THE PARENTS. WE ALSO HAVE, UM, LIST ALL THE HOAS THAT WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, EMAILING AND SENDING THE INFORMATION. UM, BUT AGAIN, UM, IT ALSO REALLY DEPENDS ON WHO THAT MESSAGE IS BEING SENT FROM. AND SO, UM, I HOPE, REALLY HOPE THAT THIS NEXT PUBLIC MEETING THAT WILL, UM, AT LEAST DOUBLE, IF NOT TRIPLE THE RESPONDENTS. UM, BUT I'M HOPING EVERYONE HERE TODAY WILL HELP US ACHIEVE THAT GOAL. MM-HMM, , THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU COMMISSIONER RAVENNA FOR YOUR QUESTIONS. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. UH, TANYA BROOKS, PLANNING AND ZONING, JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS SPECIFIC TO THE DRAFT TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY. UM, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS. UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT BE WALKABLE COMMUNITY SO WE ARE NOT RESTRICTING, UM, SIDEWALKS OR INFRASTRUCTURE TO ONLY NEIGHBORHOODS. WE WANT THAT ON OUR MAIN STREETS AS WELL. UH, AND MAKE SURE WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR STREET SCAPE GUIDELINES, I'M NOT SURE WHAT WAS IN 2015, BUT IF THERE'S AN UPDATE THAT'S NEEDED TO INCLUDE MULTIMODAL, UH, TRANSPORTATION ELEMENTS, CAN WE PLEASE LOOK INTO INCLUDING THAT? ON THE SECOND, UM, SLIDE WITH DRAFT TRANSPORTATION RECOMMENDATIONS, THERE'S A COUPLE OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONSIDER DESIGNATING TRUCK AND FREIGHT ROUTES THROUGH THE CITY THAT DO NOT DISRUPT RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND DESIGNATING APPROPRIATE AREAS FOR RIDE SHARE. UM, SPECIFIC TO THE TRUCK AND FREIGHT ROUTES. I WANT READ WHAT THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE SAYS ON THAT. UH, IT SAYS, NO PERSON SHALL OPERATE OR COST TO BE OPERATED ANY MOTOR VEHICLE TRUCK, TRACTOR TRAILER, SEMI TRAILER, OR ANY COMBINATION THROUGH THE CITY IN AN INTERCITY TRAVEL WITHOUT A LOCAL DESTINATION OR A POINT OF ORIGIN, EXCEPT UPON SUCH STREETS AS OUR DESIGNATED AS TRUCK ROUTES. SO THE, THE TRANSPORTATION CODE ALREADY ALLOWS TRUCK TRAFFIC THROUGH THE CITY IF THERE'S A DESTINATION IN THE CITY. UM, I'D LIKE US TO RECONSIDER DESIGNATING TRUCK ROUTES BECAUSE THAT CREATES MORE OF A CUT THROUGH FOR TRUCKS. IF THERE'S A DESTINATION IN THE CITY, THE CODE DOES NOT DISALLOW, UH, THAT TRAFFIC. SO I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DESIGNATE ANY TRUCK TRUCKS TO TRUCK ROUTES TO, UM, INCLUDE THAT CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC FOR TRUCKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BROOKS. EXCELLENT, UH, POINTS TO CONSIDER. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM EITHER OUR PLANNING AND ZONING, UH, COMMISSION OR OUR DESOTA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BEFORE WE MOVE TO COUNCIL QUESTIONS? OKAY. SEEING, UH, YES. [01:05:01] AND PLEASE COME UP, PRESIDENT BALDWIN, UH, JOIN US ON ONE OF THESE FRONT TWO ROWS, PLEASE. OUR PRESIDENT OF OUR DESOTA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, UH, HAS BEEN WITH US, UM, SITTING BACK A LITTLE FAR. SO COME ON UP AND JOIN US. AND HE DOES HAVE QUESTIONS. GOOD MORNING. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH WORKING. IS THAT WORKING? I CAN TALK LOUDER ENOUGH. THANK YOU. UM, FIRST, THANK YOU. GOT MICROPHONE. WE HAVE A SECOND. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS. UH, NOTHING MAJOR, BUT YOU TALKED ABOUT SPENDING TRENDS. I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING THAT TALK, UH, TO THE ESSENCE OF GROWTH TRENDS. SO GROWTH FROM A PERCENTAGE OF FOOD AND BEVERAGE GROWTH FROM A PERCENTAGE OF RETAIL, AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AS IT RELATES TO HAVING THE CAPABILITY OF MORE EXPANSIVE OPPORTUNITIES FROM AN AMENITY STANDPOINT? I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT, IF WE MAY. PLEASE. UM, ANYTHING TO THAT ESSENCE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF PERCENTAGE OF GROWTH TRENDS, OPPORTUNITIES, WE GOTTA LOOK AT THAT. OKAY. UH, THE OTHER, UH, I DO HAVE A, A QUESTION WITH REGARD TO, UM, UH, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE DRAFT HOUSING AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, I WOULD ASK IS, IS THERE ANYTHING RELATIVE TO THE CHARACTER OF SPORTS AND ATHLETIC SERVICES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY? DIDN'T SEE THAT. SO THAT'S AN AREA WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE GROWTH AND WE TALK ABOUT FAMILIES AND THE ACTIVITIES AND THE AMENITIES FOR THEM, I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE ON YOUR RADAR SCREEN, WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, YOU TALK ABOUT THE SMART MOBILITY. HOW EXTENSIVE IS THAT IN RELATION TO THE TRENDS THAT ARE HAPPENING WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT, UM, AI AND EVERYTHING FROM A FUTURISTIC STANDPOINT? WHERE DO WE POSITION OURSELVES SO THAT WE'RE NOT BEHIND, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AHEAD? SO I THINK IF THAT COULD BE A PART OF YOUR, UM, YOUR COMPONENT, WE APPRECIATE THAT. YES, THANK YOU. UM, OH, I KNOW. CAN I RESPOND OR IS OKAY? YES. SO, UM, REGARDING THE GROWTH TRENDS, I DO WANT TO, YOU KNOW, IN OUR, UM, PUBLIC MEETING THAT WE'LL BE HAVING NEXT THURSDAY, THE WAY THAT OUR ECONOMISTS LOOK AT IT IS NOT NECESSARILY GROWTH TRENDS IN TERMS OF RETAIL. UM, BUT WHAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT IS THE KIND OF, WHAT ARE WE MISSING? WHAT, WHAT ARE WE NOT CAPTURING CURRENTLY IN THE CITY? AND THEN ON ADDITION TO THAT, LOOKING AT WHAT, WHAT IS THE MARKET TELLING US IT COULD SUSTAIN? RIGHT? AND SO FROM THERE, BEING ABLE TO, UM, PRESENT TO TO, TO THE SIT TO THE COMMUNITY IS THERE IS THIS POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR, INSTEAD OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO GO TO CITY X, Y, Z TO DO GROCERY SHOPPING, ENTERTAINMENT, X, Y, Z, WE CAN PROVIDE IT HERE. HOWEVER, THING, YOU KNOW, THINGS NEED TO CHANGE WITHIN THE, THE INSIDE OF OUR BOUNDARY. RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHY I KEPT HONING IN TERMS OF THE LAND USE MAP COULD BE CHANGING. UM, BECAUSE WE, WE ORIGINALLY, WE WERE NOT, WE DID NOT ASK THOSE QUESTIONS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 'CAUSE THEY WERE NOT PART OF THE SCOPE. BUT WE ALL WERE AGREE. AND I THINK IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE LAST MEETING, QUITE HONESTLY, THAT Y'ALL KIND OF FORCED US TO RETHINK AND, AND REALLY ASK WHY ARE WE NOT ASKING WHY DO WE NOT HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER IN THERE? RIGHT? 'CAUSE THEY ARE SO TIED. UM, SO ONE OF THE BIGGEST, UM, QUESTIONS THAT WE ARE HAVING TO THE COMMUNITY AND WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR THAT SURVEY IS CURRENTLY WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY IS POSITIONING NOT ONLY TO BE ABLE TO PAY AND, AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR CURRENT AMENITIES AND CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THEN HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE PAYING AND MAKING OPPORTUNITY TO PAY FOR WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE, RIGHT? AND IF WE WANNA BE SMART AND NOT PAY IT FOR OURSELVES, WHICH I'M NOW CONSIDER MYSELF A SOTO, UM, IS HOW CAN WE CHANGE IT AND GET, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPERS TO HELP US PAY FOR THOSE THINGS, RIGHT? AND IF THERE ARE GONNA BE FUTURE GROWTH, AGAIN WITH LOOP NINE AND ALL THESE OTHER EXPANSIONS, THEN HOW CAN WE GET THEM TO DRAW THEM TO, TO COME SPEND THE AFTERNOON IN DESOTO AND CREATE THOSE DESTINATIONS WITHIN THE CITY? SO NOT ONLY ARE WE CAPTURING THE MONEY FROM CURRENT, YOU KNOW, AND SPEND FROM CURRENT, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUT ALSO FROM VISITORS. SO WE ARE GONNA BE LOOKING AT, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL BE ASKING THE COMMUNITY. UM, WE WILL LOOK AT THE SPORTS ATHLETICS. I GUESS I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I'M CONFIRMING THAT'S MORE KIND OF OPEN SPACE WITHIN THE HOUSING. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE JUST WHEN YOU SAY SPORTS, ATHLETICS, IT'S NOT A, UM, LIKE WHERE, SO, SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF IN FACT [01:10:01] YOU GOT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, YOU, I'M SORRY. SO IF YOU HAVE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT MM-HMM. , WHAT ABOUT SOME ATHLETIC, UM, AREAS THAT, UH, CAN BE DEVELOPED SO THAT THE FAMILIES CAN MIGRATE THERE? IS THERE A WEEKEND ACTIVITY THAT CAN OCCUR? UH, THERE'S SOME DEVELOPMENTS WE HAVE, WE'RE HAVING ON 35, BUT WHAT PERMEATES THAT PEOPLE GET TO FEEL AS THOUGH THEY HAVE A HOLISTIC EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY COME TO DE SOTO. NOT JUST SHOPPING, BUT LIFESTYLE AS WELL. MM-HMM. FOR FAMILIES. YEAH. WE WILL DEFINITELY MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE SOME TYPE OF SENSE OF PLACE AND COMMUNITY WITHIN THOSE DEVELOPMENT. AND AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE ONCE THE RECOMMENDATION DONE IS REALLY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION SIDE, HOW CAN WE ESTABLISH KIND OF RULES AND REGULATIONS SO THAT IF DEVELOPMENT OCCURS, THAT HAS THIS TYPE OF RETAIL, WELL, IT'S ALSO COMING WITH THIS AMOUNT OF OPEN SPACE AND GREEN SPACE AND GIVING THE DEVELOPER, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO BE CREATIVE, BUT ULTIMATELY ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT Y'ALL WANNA BE ABLE TO SEE. UM, AND THEN WITHIN THE SMART MOBILITY, YOU KNOW, MAN, THE SPECTRUM IS BIG. I MEAN, IT'S AS BIG AS Y'ALL WANNA GO. SO WHEN WE GET TO THAT AND GET SOME INPUT ON THE COMMUNITY, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE, WE GIVE THE CITY ENOUGH FLEXIBILITY TO BE AS AGGRESSIVE AS POSSIBLE IF FUNDING'S AVAILABLE. BUT ALSO JUST MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL ARE JUST NOT EVEN ON THE SPECTRUM, RIGHT? AND SO WE'LL HAVE TO BE CRAFTY IN TERMS OF HOW WE GET ENOUGH GUIDANCE IN TERMS OF WHAT THE CITY AND COMMUNITY WOULD WANT TO SEE. AND THEN ULTIMATELY IF PROJECTS ARE GOING TO BE CREATED, UM, THAT THERE'S ELEMENTS IN THERE. HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A COST TO IT, YOU KNOW? AND SO AGAIN, EVERY, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIG MESSAGES ON THURSDAY'S, UH, MEETING OR NEXT THURSDAY IS, UM, WE GOTTA CREATE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE SOME MORE REVENUE SO THAT THE CITY HAS MORE, YOU KNOW, A BIGGER POT OF MONEY TO BE ABLE TO NOT ONLY BUILD NEW THINGS, BUT THE MAINTENANCE AND THE EVERYTHING THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH IT AFTER. UM, AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY WILL BE CONSIDERING AND, AND GETTING INPUT FROM. THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU PRESIDENT BALDWIN FOR THOSE QUESTIONS. COUNCIL OVER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE ADJOURN? BEFORE OUR REGULAR MEETING? YES. COUNCILWOMAN CHISHOLM. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, YOU BEAT IT BEFORE I ACTUALLY TOUCHED IT. I, I LOVE IT. UM, I JUST HAVE SOME, UH, REALLY QUICK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION STYLE. 'CAUSE YOU SAID IT IN SO MANY WAYS. UH, I KIND OF SMIRKED WHEN YOU DID, UM, ABOUT THE COUNCIL ASSISTING YOU IN GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT. AND OF COURSE, WE'RE ALL HUGE ADVOCATES IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE'RE GOING TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE. WHAT ELSE ARE WE DOING? BECAUSE I SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE CAN, UM, CREATE EDUCATION AROUND, UM, THIS, THIS COMPREHENSIVE LAND, UH, LAND USE PLAN AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AND COMMON AREAS WHERE FAMILIES ARE TODAY IN OUR PARKS AND OUR RECREATION CENTER AND OUR LIBRARY OR JUST, UM, EVEN WITH NEIGHBORING BUSINESSES, OUR GROCERY STORE OR WALMART, WHERE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY TRAVELING TO CREATING SIGNAGE OR THINGS LIKE THAT TO ENGAGE THEM IN THE PROCESS. UM, AND THEN I THINK I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, WE, WE ALREADY DO MAILERS FOR CERTAIN THINGS. WHY ISN'T THIS CONSIDERED, UH, A BUDGET LINE TO INCREASE, YOU KNOW, AWARENESS AND, AND, AND CREATE MAILERS TO GO OUT FOR, FOR, FOR THIS AND IN THE ENGAGEMENT PIECE? AND THEN SECOND, MY SECOND QUESTION IS, UM, OR ASK, IS THAT FOR THE SURVEY THIS LAST TIME, THE SURVEY HAD, UH, THE DEADLINE FOR IT WAS REALLY CLOSE TO AFTER THE MEETING. AND MY ASK IS THAT IF WE CAN KIND OF SPACE IT OUT IN CASE WE NEED TO DO SOME, UM, RECON IF THERE'S NOT ENOUGH FOLKS AT THE MEETING AND, AND HAVING SOME ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS SO THAT THEY CAN ALSO TAKE THE SURVEY. NO, I 100% AGREE. SO REGARDING THE SURVEY, I KNOW THAT, UM, I THINK WE HAVE IT IN THE SCOPE TO HAVE IT OPEN FOR THREE WEEKS NOW. AGAIN, I REALLY WOULD'VE LOVED TO HAVE IT OPEN TODAY. UM, BUT I'M REALLY HOPING THAT BY, YOU KNOW, THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK IT'LL BE OPEN. AND SO THEN IT WOULD FOR SURE BE TWO WEEKS AFTER THE PUBLIC MEETING AND WE CAN GIVE Y'ALL UPDATES OR STAFF, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE GETTING THOSE VOTES. UM, A COUPLE OF, AND I KNOW THAT LIKE, I CAN'T JUST RELY ON Y'ALL TO HELP US SPREAD THE WORD, RIGHT? THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH, UM, WE HAVE HAD, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GONNA BE HOSTING OFFICE HOURS IN TERMS OF IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS TO JOIN. UM, WE HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT PUTTING, YOU KNOW, BOARDS IN TERMS OF THE, AT THE PUBLIC MEET, UH, PUBLIC LIBRARY, YOU KNOW, JUST TELLING ABOUT THE DESOTO, UM, STATISTICALLY AND REALISTICALLY, THEY SOUND BETTER THAN WHAT IT IS, YOU KNOW? UM, I KNOW WHEN, YOU KNOW, FIRST HANDEDLY WHEN I WALK IN THE GROCERY STORE, I NEVER LOOK AT THE BULLETIN BOARD, RIGHT? UM, BUT ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SEE HOW WE CAN, UM, [01:15:01] LEVERAGE, UM, SOME INTERNS THAT MAYBE THE EDC HAS, UH, THAT THEY SAID WE CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, USE, UM, HIGH SCHOOL INTERNS TO HELP US ALSO SPREAD THE WORD, RIGHT? UM, I THINK THE YOUTH, UM, THE YOUTH ABILITY IS GONNA BE AMAZING, RIGHT? AND SO NOW ALSO WITH WORKING THROUGH, UM, HELP USING THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO SEND OUT THE FLYERS, POTENTIALLY GETTING, UM, THE SCHOOLS ALSO INVOLVED, UM, TO SEE IF THERE'S AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY TO SPREAD THE WORD THAT WAY. UM, AND YEAH, I MEAN, I, AND I TOLD THE STEERING COMMITTEE, I AM OPEN TO WHATEVER IDEAS THEY HAVE TOLD US. UM, YES. AND I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD JUST A COUPLE MORE THINGS. IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING CECILIA HAS SAID. WE DO A, A HUGE FACE FACEBOOK PUSH IN ALL THE ELECTRONIC PLATFORMS. AND I'VE ALSO, LIKE, WE'RE EMAILING HOAS. I'VE ALSO OFFERED TO GIVE PRESENTATIONS TO EACH OF THE HOAS MYSELF. WHENEVER I'M NOT AVAILABLE. I'VE ASKED, UM, AECOM TO PRESENT AS WELL. SO THERE ARE ADDITIONAL FACTORS IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING CECILIA HAS SAID. THANK YOU. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. AND I'LL TAKE YOU UP ON SOME OF THOSE PRESENTATIONS WITH HOAS. . THANK YOU. COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS WE WANNA LEAVE, UH, SOME TIME BEFORE OUR SEVEN O'CLOCK MEETING TO, UH, FOR A RECESS, IF POSSIBLE. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? OKAY, HEARING NONE. UH, THANK YOU AGAIN, CECILIA, FOR THAT PRESENTATION. AND AGAIN, WE WANT TO, UM, AS, AS SHE MENTIONED, UH, UTILIZE OUR PLATFORMS AND, AND, UH, THOSE, THOSE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO INVITE OTHERS OUT TO COME OUT TO THE MEETING ON NEXT THURSDAY AS WELL, SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO EXPAND ON THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, COUNSEL. AT THIS TIME, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, UH, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I MOVE. YES, THAT IS CORRECT. BEFORE WE ADJOURN, COUNSEL, I APOLOGIZE. I, UM, THANK YOU FOR, FOR NOTING THAT. UM, I'M GONNA ASK, UH, OUR BOARDS, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AS WELL AS THE PLANNING AND ZONING TO ADJOURN THEIR MEETINGS. AND THEN WE WILL ADJOURN OURS. FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR DISMISSAL? SO, SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY GOODNIGHT. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, UH, CORPORATION. UH, WE, UH, WE'RE GONNA ADJO THE MEETING AT THIS POINT. HAVE ANY ALL IN FAVORS? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MAY ADJOURN. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER STONE. IF YOU HEAR, HEAR THAT, UM, THAT ADJOURNMENT IN ANY OTHER MEETINGS, I'LL GIVE YOU CREDIT THE FIRST TIME, THEN EVERYTHING ELSE IS, I'LL TAKE CREDIT FOR THAT. I LIKE THAT. UH, AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL, WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. SO MOVE. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARK SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES TO ADJOURN OUR MEETING COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSE. SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. COUNCIL, WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED AT 6:52 PM AT THIS TIME. UH, WE WILL HAVE A BRIEF, UH, RECESS BEFORE OUR 7:00 PM MEETING, AND WE'LL SEE YOU BACK THERE AT 7:00 PM SHARP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. IT IS NOW 7:00 PM I'M MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR, AND I WANT TO CALL THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. AT [E. REGULAR SESSION - CALL TO ORDER] THIS TIME, I'M GONNA ASK MS. THOMAS, OUR CITY SECRETARY, IF SHE WILL START US WITH A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. YES, MA'AM. MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR. HERE, MAYOR PRO. TIM ANDRE, BY HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PERT PARKER. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL. COUNCIL MEMBER. DIANA MARKS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISHOLM HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER LETITIA HUGHES HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A FEW ALTERATIONS TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA. I'M GONNA ASK OUR CITY SECRETARY IF SHE WOULD, UM, UH, DISCUSS THE ITEMS. THERE HAVE BEEN A, THERE'S AND I, THERE HAVE BEEN TWO ITEMS ACTUALLY THAT HAVE BEEN PULLED FROM OUR AGENDA TO BE SCHEDULED AT LATER DATES. UM, I ALSO WANT TO BEGIN BY SAYING OUR LEGISLATIVE UPDATES COUNCIL FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY WILL BE MOVED TO THE END OF OUR MEETING AS WELL. UM, THE MS. THOMAS, THE ITEMS I'M REFERENCING IS ONE OF THE ZONING, UH, ITEMS THAT WAS PULLED AS WELL AS THE, UH, SCHOLAR BEST SOUTHWEST SCHOLAR PRESENTATION? YES, MA'AM. ITEM [1. Presentation of Best Southwest Partnership Scholarship Recipient] I ONE PRESENTATION OF BEST SOUTHWEST PARTNERSHIP SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT HAS BEEN MOVED TO A LATER DATE AS WELL AS [1. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider an Ordinance for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) to allow for a 100-foot Antenna Support Structure on a 0.1291-acre leased portion of Lot 22R-1, Tenderfoot Estates Subdivision. The applicant is Jacobs, representing AT&T Mobility, and the owner is Faith Bible Church of Dallas, Inc. (Case No. Z-1491-23). (This appeal has been officially withdrawn at the request of the Applicant; therefore, the case will not be considered during the City Council Meeting.)] PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER ONE. THAT'S K ONE, UM, AT THE REQUEST OF THE APPLICANT. THANK YOU. SO IF YOU ARE HERE FOR, UM, THE BEST SOUTHWEST SCHOLAR PRESENTATION OR PUBLIC HEARING, K ONE, WHICH IS THE, UH, SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR THE ANTENNA SUPPORT STRUCTURE, UM, CASE NUMBER Z DASH 1 49 DASH, EXCUSE ME, Z DASH 1 49 1 DASH 23. UM, THAT ITEM HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM TONIGHT'S AGENDA. UM, SO IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THOSE ITEMS, UM, THEY HAVE BEEN PULLED FROM TONIGHT'S AGENDA. THANK YOU. AS [01:20:01] WELL AS WE HAD A, UM, THEY WERE KIND OF IN THE, IN THE WRONG LOCATION ON OUR AGENDA. SO I'M GOING TO, UM, ASK COUNCIL IF WE CAN DEFER [1. Review of Master Calendar of Events and Special Meetings] ALSO THE, UH, THE REVIEW OF THE MASTER CALENDAR OF EVENTS AND SPECIAL [2. Review of Regular Agenda items] MEETINGS AND THE REVIEW OF THE REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS. UM, IT'S NOT NECESSARY SINCE WE'RE IN OUR REGULAR AGENDA TO REVIEW THE REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS. HOWEVER, UM, IF THERE SHOULD BE ANY ITEMS IN TERMS OF SPECIAL EVENTS AND SPECIAL MEETINGS THAT WE DO NOT COVER IN OUR ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST, I'M GONNA ASK CITY MANAGER WRIGHT IF HE WOULD, UM, BRING THOSE FOUR FOR OUR ATTENTION AT THAT TIME. UM, AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, MS. THOMAS WILL HAVE THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, PLEASE. FIRST, WE'LL HAVE A INVOCATION BY REVEREND BILL OLSON, WITH ONE MORE TIME MINISTRIES, FOLLOWED BY OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER LETITIA HUGHES. IF EVERYONE CAN PLEASE STAND, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND TO, UH, PRAY A BLESSING OVER THIS GATHERING. WE JUST COUNTED AN HONOR TO, UH, ASK GOD FOR HIS DIRECTION AND HIS KINDNESS TO US. SO LET'S PRAY, SHALL WE? FATHER, I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT I READ A LONG TIME AGO THIS SCRIPTURE, FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE, WE THANK YOU THAT THERE IS A HEAVENLY FATHER THAT IS WILLING TO GIVE, HE'S WILLING TO SHARE, HE'S WILLING TO STRETCH OUT HIS HAND TOWARDS US. AND FATHER, I KNOW THAT IT IS UP TO US TO STRETCH OUT OUR HAND. SOMETIMES THAT WORKS REALLY WELL. AND THEN SOMETIMES, GOD, I'VE GOTTA SAY, SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T WORK ALL THAT WELL BECAUSE OF MY INABILITY. BUT WE STRETCH OUT OUR HANDS TONIGHT TO ASK YOU FOR GUIDANCE, FOR ASK YOU TO ASSIST US IN HOW WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT CITY AND THAT WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER. I LOVE IT, LORD, WHEN YOU SAID HE SOWS THEIR SOMEONE THAT SOWS AND REAP FATHER, THAT'S THE FINANCES OF OUR CITY. LORD, I'M SO THANKFUL THAT YOU SAID THERE'S A BUYING AND A SELLING LORD. THAT'S THE MARKETING THAT'S HAPPENING, THAT THERE'S A BUILDING AND TEARING DOWN, THAT'S THE CONSTRUCTION. SO FATHER, YOU ARE VERY MUCH AWARE OF THE BUILDING OF THE CITY. JESUS, YOU SAID OF YOURSELF, I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE. SO FATHER, WE JUST SUBMIT OURSELVES TO YOU THIS EVENING AND WE SAY, GOD, BUILD THIS CITY FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD. BUILD IT FOR YOUR PURPOSES. BUILD IT LORD, SO THAT PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND YOUR LOVE AND YOUR INTENTIONS FOR THEIR LIVES THAT ARE GOOD. LORD, I PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS THAT WE JUST WON'T BUILD OUR KINGDOMS. BUT LORD, THERE'S A SCRIPTURE THAT SAYS, THY KINGDOM COME AND THY WILL BE DONE. AND WE PRAY THIS IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. THANK YOU. ALLEGIANCE TWO OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL UNDER THE TEXAS FLAG UNDER ONE INDIVIDUAL. THANK YOU REVEREND OLSON FOR THAT, UH, THAT POWERFUL PRAYER THAT YOU RENDERED FOR US TONIGHT. AS WELL AS THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES FOR LEADING US IN OUR PLEDGES. UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT, UM, WE ALLOW SPACE FOR THAT. HOWEVER, WE DO ASK THAT YOU FILL OUT A COMMENT CARD, UM, THAT ARE AT OUR TABLE AS SOON AS YOU WALK IN. UM, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, MR. BRANDON LACEY, IS THERE, UM, AT THE DOOR SO HE CAN ASSIST YOU IF YOU NEED TO FILL OUT A CARD TO SPEAK, UM, SO THAT WE CAN CALL ON YOU AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. UH, THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, MS. THOMAS, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. NEXT WE [ 1. Pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551. 0415 the City Council may report on the following items: ( 1) expression of thanks, congratulations or condolences; ( 2) information about holiday schedules; 3) recognition of individuals; ( 4) reminders about upcoming City Council events; ( 5) information about community events; and ( 6) announcements involving imminent threat to public health and safety. 2. Liaison Updates] MOVE INTO ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.0415. THE CITY COUNCIL MAY REPORT ON THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, EXPRESSION OF THANKS, CONGRATULATIONS OR CONDOLENCES INFORMATION ABOUT HOLIDAY SCHEDULES, RECOGNITION OF INDIVIDUALS, REMINDERS ABOUT UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL EVENTS, INFORMATION ABOUT COMMUNITY EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS INVOLVING IMMINENT THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, AS WELL AS ANY LIAISON UPDATES. THANK YOU, MS. THOMAS. COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY, UM, ANNOUNCEMENTS OR ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE DESOTO SUMMER CAMPS ARE ACTIVELY, UH, GOING. THEY'RE BEING HELD AT DESOTO EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL AT 6 0 1 EAST BELTLINE ROAD. THEY WILL GO UNTIL JULY 28TH, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, ONE TO 6:00 PM AGES 10 TO [01:25:01] 17, MOSLEY POOL, FUN FOR THE SUMMER. THERE'S PLENTY OF FAMILY FUN SWIMMING LESSONS, BIRTHDAY POOL PARTY RENTALS, WATER AEROBICS, AND MORE. LOCATED AT 1300, I'M SORRY, 1300 HONOR DRIVE. PLEASE TAKE YOUR CHILDREN OUT THIS SUMMER. AND LAST, EXCUSE ME, THE FIFTH ANNUAL ULTIMATE HOLISTIC FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD AT THE DESOTO CIVIC CENTER, JUNE 25TH AT THE AMPHITHEATER BETWEEN TWO AND 5:00 PM HERE AT TWO 11 EAST PLEASANT RUN ROAD. UM, AND IT'LL GO FROM 12 TO FIVE. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? YES, MAYOR PRO TE THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UH, WE WANT TO INVITE YOU OUT TO OUR SECOND ANNUAL ICE CREAM SOCIAL WITH FRIENDS. AND IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE 29TH OF JUNE FROM 10 O'CLOCK, UH, AM TO 1:00 PM AT OUR SEN DESOTO SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER AT 2 0 5 LION STREET. UH, THEY'RE PROMISING TO HAVE, UH, GAMES, FUN, UH, FOOD, DANCING, AND OF COURSE ICE CREAM. SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO, PLEASE COME AND, UH, FELLOWSHIP ON THE 29TH OF JUNE FROM 10:00 AM TO ONE. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM. DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS, DR. MARKS? THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, VERY, VERY QUICKLY PRESENTING, PRESENTED BY SNOOP ROBINSON, TRIBUTE TO THE MEN OF SOUL WITH A TASTE OF COMEDY CONCERT BY TWO IN ONE BAND. AND COMEDY SHOWTIME IS AT 7:30 PM UNTIL 9:30 PM EARLY BIRD ADMISSION IS ONLY $25. GENERAL ADMISSION IS $30. I WANT YOU TO GO AHEAD AND GET YOUR TICKETS. THIS IS GONNA TAKE PLACE ON JUNE 24TH OVER AT THE CORNER THEATER, LOCATED RIGHT HERE AT 2 2 11 EAST PLEASANT RUN ROAD. GO AHEAD AND GET YOUR TICKETS AT DESOTO EVENTS DOT EPH EVENT BRIGHTS.COM. MADAM MAYOR, YOU BACK. THANK YOU, DR. MARKS, COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. THANK YOU, MA. MADAM MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, THANK THE, UM, DESOTO VETERAN AFFAIRS COMMISSION LAST MONTH. WE HOSTED A MILITARY 5K, UM, THAT WENT OVER VERY WELL, AS WELL AS THE MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY. UM, THANK YOU FOR THOSE THAT CAME OUT TO THAT. THE DESOTO VETERAN AFFAIRS COMMISSION IS ALSO, UM, UNDERWAY, PLANNING A MILITARY BALL. WE'RE ASKING FOR ANYONE THAT'S INTERESTED IN SPONSORSHIP OR EVEN ATTENDING THE EVENT. IT IS, UH, SET FOR OCTOBER. PLEASE REACH OUT TO KATHY JONES. SHE CAN GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION. AS WELL AS, UM, HOPE YOU CAN DEFINITELY JOIN US, GOING TO BE OUR FIRST MILITARY BALL, AND ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN IN THE SERVICE KNOW HOW, UM, UH, IMPORTANT MILITARY BALLS ARE. SO, UM, WE ARE TRULY EXCITED ABOUT IT AND HOPE TO SEE YOU OUT. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN CHISHOLM. COUNCILOR, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY, HEARING NONE. I WILL. YES. UH, EXCUSE ME, CITY MANAGER, RIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I DO HAVE A COUPLE, UH, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, MAKE EVERYONE AWARE OF, FIRST OF ALL, WE, WE HAD PREVIOUSLY ADVERTISED, UM, THAT THERE WOULD BE A JOINT MEETING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE DESOTO ISD BOARD, UH, FOR TOMORROW. I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT ONE WAS CANCELED. UM, SO THERE IS NO MEETING, UM, FOR THAT TOMORROW. UM, THE, UH, WE DO HAVE A BUDGET TOWN HALL COMING UP. UH, BOTH, THERE'S A BUDGET TRAINING FOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WILL BE AT FIVE 30 ON THURSDAY. UH, AGAIN, THAT'S THIS THURSDAY, FIVE 30 IF THAT'S JUST FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, WHO ARE INTERESTED IN RECEIVING BUDGET TRAINING. AFTER THAT, WE DO HAVE A, UH, BUDGET TOWN HALL AND WE INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO COME DOWN FOR THAT. THAT BEGINS AT SEVEN O'CLOCK HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS. UH, WE ALSO HAVE OUR EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION LUNCHEON COMING UP, UH, LATER THIS WEEK ON THURSDAY, UH, THAT BEGINS AT 11 O'CLOCK IN OUR BLUE BONNET ROOMS. AND THE CITY COUNCIL ALWAYS DOES A GREAT JOB, UH, HELPING TO CELEBRATE OUR EMPLOYEES HERE. AND SO WE, UH, THANK YOU FOR, UH, COMING DOWN AND FOR SPONSORING THAT, UH, LUNCH FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. UM, WE HAVE NEXT THURSDAY COMING UP ON JUNE 29TH AT 6:00 PM HERE. WE TALKED ABOUT IT JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO, BUT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE PUBLIC MEETING NUMBER THREE. UH, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE THIS PLAN FORWARD THAT WE GET PUBLIC, UH, HAVE THE PUBLIC INVOLVED IN PROVIDING US FEEDBACK. AND SO WE, UH, WELCOME YOU HERE FOR THAT PUBLIC MEETING. UM, THAT AGAIN, WILL BE SIX O'CLOCK HERE ON THURSDAY, UH, JUNE 29TH, UH, IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS. UH, THIS YEAR WE, FOR THE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION, WE TRADE IT OFF EVERY YEAR WITH THE CITY OF LANCASTER. UH, WE ARE HAPPY THIS YEAR TO BE IN THE CITY OF LANCASTER FOR THE 4TH OF JULY, AND THAT WILL BE AT THE HELEN GIDDENS AMPHITHEATER. AND THAT BEGINS, UH, ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW THE TIME EXACTLY THE DOOR, THE GATE'S OPEN, BUT, UH, SOMETIME AROUND THE EVENING TIME, YOU CAN CHECK ONLINE, YOU CAN FIND INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. UH, AND THEN, UH, WE DO HAVE ETHICS TRAINING COMING UP IN JULY, UH, JULY 10TH. THAT WILL BE FOR CITY COUNCIL AND I BELIEVE FOR ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSION MEMBERS AS WELL. UM, WE DO HAVE SOME COUNCIL AND MANAGEMENT TEAM PHOTOS THAT ARE ALSO GOING ON IN JULY AND JULY 17TH. SO PREPARE AND LOOK AT YOUR CALENDARS FOR THAT. UH, AND THAT'S ALL THAT I'LL, UH, GO OVER RIGHT NOW. SO THANK YOU. THANK, THANK YOU. SENIOR MANAGER W RIGHT? YES, DR. MARKS. THANK [01:30:03] SO SORRY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE BUDGET TRAINING. UM, THAT'S THE REFRESHER, OR WOULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT, SIR? YEAH, THANK YOU. YEAH, THE BUDGET TRAINING, IT'S A REFRESHER. SO IF, IF YOU'VE, IF YOU'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL FOR A WHILE AND YOU'VE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT THE BUDGET IS AND THAT PROCESS AND WHAT OUR FUNDS ARE, UH, NO NEED TO COME TO THAT. IT WILL JUST BE A REFRESHER. UM, IF YOU'RE NEWER TO THE CITY COUNCIL, WELCOME COUNCILWOMAN, UH, PARKER. AND YOU ARE, UH, LOOKING FOR SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IT, WHAT THE CITY'S, UH, FINANCE IS, HOW IT IS THAT WE STRUCTURE OUR FUNDS. UM, PLEASE COME TO THAT, UH, MEETING. IT'LL BE AT THREE 30 AGAIN, FIVE 30 ON THURSDAY. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER WRIGHT. UM, SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. UM, EXCUSE ME. WE HAVE A, UH, I WANTED TO SAY HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO, UH, ALL OF THE FATHERS, UH, HERE IN OUR CITY AND JUST, JUST WORLDWIDE. UM, AND SO I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT FATHER'S DAY. UM, SO I WANNA GIVE , WE CAN CLAP RIGHT THERE TO ALL OF THE AMAZING FATHERS AND OUR COMMUNITY. UM, ALSO CITY MANAGER, RIGHT? HIT ON IT. BUT I WANNA DO MY PART AS WAS MENTIONED IN OUR PREVIOUS MEETING, IN OUR PREVIOUS JOINT MEETING A MOMENT AGO, AND INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS MEETING. UM, THAT IS GONNA BE NEXT THURSDAY, JUNE 29TH FROM 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM HERE, RIGHT HERE IN CITY HALL. SO PLEASE, UM, PLEASE GO OUT AND, AND LET, AS SHE MENTIONED, INVITE A NEIGHBOR, BRING SOMEONE WITH YOU TO THAT MEETING TO GIVE YOUR INPUTS ON A VERY IMPORTANT, UH, PROJECT THAT THE CITY'S MOVING FORWARD IN TERMS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE VISION FOR OUR COMMUNITY. UM, I WANTED TO ALSO ANNOUNCE THAT WE RECENTLY HONORED ON SATURDAY. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE HONORED FORMER MAYOR BOBBY WADDLE FOR HIS 90TH BIRTHDAY, UH, THAT HE'S, AGAIN, HE'S A FORMER MAYOR HERE IN OUR CITY. HE TURNED 90 AND WE HONORED HIM AND COMMEMORATED THAT DAY AS BOBBY WADDLE DAY HERE IN THE CITY OF DESOTO. WE HAD LOTS OF, UH, FRIENDS, FAMILY, COLLEAGUES, PEOPLE FROM YEARS BACK. THEY CAME TO CELEBRATE WITH HIM. AND SO, UH, WE, WE WANT TO WISH HIM AGAIN, A HAPPY 90TH BIRTHDAY, UH, FROM THE ENTIRE CITY OF DESOTO. UM, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO OUR, OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS, I WANTED TO, Y'ALL KNOW ME AND I'M, I'M, I'M YOU. IF YOU HAVE A BIRTHDAY AND I FIND OUT ABOUT IT, YOU WILL NOT GET PAST ME ON BIRTHDAYS. SO WE HAD, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO BIRTHDAYS. UM, WE HAD A BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY, CITY MANAGER, RIGHT? I'M, I DON'T KNOW HOW, I WON'T, I WON'T TELL YOUR AGE. CITY MANAGER, RIGHT? HIS BIRTHDAY, UH, HE SHARES A BIRTHDAY WITH JUNETEENTH, SO HE HAD A BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY. SO WE HAVE A, UH, WE HAVE SOME ITEMS FOR YOU. YEAH, EXACTLY. IT'S ALWAYS A HOLIDAY, RIGHT? IT'S ALWAYS A HOLIDAY, RIGHT? UM, SO WE HAVE SOME ITEMS FOR YOU. WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THOSE AS WELL AS MS. THOMAS HAS A BIRTHDAY THAT IS COMING UP, AND SO WE DIDN'T WANNA LET TONIGHT PASS WITHOUT CELEBRATING HER AS WELL. NOW, UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, IF YOU DON'T SHARE YOUR BIRTHDAY ANNOUNCEMENT WITH ANYBODY ELSE, YOU GET TO PICK WHICH VERSION OF HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOU WANT. BUT YOU AND, UH, CITY MANAGER WRIGHT WILL HAVE TO COME TO A CONSENSUS ON WHICH VERSION Y'ALL WANT, AND WE CAN DO, UH, WE CAN DO THAT FOR YOU, THE REGULAR. OKAY. SHE SAYS THE REGULAR, HE'S, HE'S GOOD WITH REGULAR AS WELL. SO, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM CHOIR, UH, WE WILL SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY ON THE COUNT OF THREE. ALL RIGHT, , ONE, TWO, THREE. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ALICIA AND BRANDON. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU AGAIN. IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, BIRTHDAYS, UM, ARE, ARE VERY IMPORTANT. AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO CELEBRATE LIFE. SO WE WISH YOU BOTH A VERY, VERY, VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY. UM, AT THIS TIME, MS. THOMAS WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. [ The City Council invites citizens to address the Council on any topic not already scheduled on the agenda. Citizens wishing to speak should complete a "Citizen Comment Card" and present it to the City Secretary or return to the Ambassador table prior to the start of the specified agenda item. In accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, the City Council cannot take action on items not listed on the agenda. However, your concerns may be addressed by City Staff, placed on a future agenda, or responded to by some other course. The standard time limit is 3 minutes per speaker and may be modified at the Mayor's discretion to maintain an efficient flow of the meeting.] NEXT WE MOVE INTO OUR CITIZEN APPEARANCES. THE CITY COUNCIL INVITES CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC NOT ALREADY SCHEDULED ON THE AGENDA. CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK SHOULD COMPLETE A CITIZEN COMMENT CARD AND PRESENT IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY, OR RETURN TO THE AMBASSADOR TABLE PRIOR TO THE START OF THE SPECIFIED AGENDA ITEM. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE CITY COUNCIL CANNOT TAKE ACTION ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA. HOWEVER, YOUR CONCERNS MAY BE ADDRESSED BY CITY STAFF PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA OR RESPONDED TO BY SOME OTHER COURSE. THE STANDARD TIME LIMIT IS THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND MAY BE MODIFIED AT THE MAYOR'S DISCRETION TO MAINTAIN AN EFFICIENT FLOW OF THE MEETING. AND I DO HAVE A COUPLE MAYOR OR A FEW RATHER, CHAITE CLEVELAND SHANITA, PARDON ME. THANK YOU. UH, GIVE US ONE MOMENT, MS. CLEVELAND, IF THEY'RE GONNA GET [01:35:01] A TIMER. UM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND JUST YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. OKAY, AWESOME. HAPPY JUNETEENTH, EVERYONE. UH, I AM SHANITA CLEVELAND. I AM A PROUD RESIDENT OF QUEEN CITY IN SOUTH DALLAS. I MOVED LAST AUGUST FROM CEDAR HILL OF 12 YEARS. AND I, YOU SAY, WELL, WHY IS SHE HERE? SHE LIVES IN SOUTH DALLAS. I CAME TO SAY, CONGRATULATIONS, COUNCILWOMAN PARKER. JOB WELL DONE. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR PRO TIM BIRD. CONGRATULATIONS. MAYOR PROTI, LETITIA HUGHES. THANK YOU TO MY FRIEND CRYSTAL CHISHOLM, FOR DOING SUCH A BEAUTIFUL JOB IN THE CITY OF DESOTO. THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN DYNA MARX FOR BEING A BEAUTIFUL LIGHT IN THE CITY OF DESOTO. MAYOR, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, SAT IN THE VEHICLE TOGETHER RIDING, AND I JUST WANNA SAY THAT YOU'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB IN THE CITY OF DESOTO BRANDON, HAPPY BIRTHDAY. HAPPY JUNETEENTH. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE SOME IMPORTANT THINGS ON THE BALLOT OR, OR WITHIN THE HORSESHOE. WHEN I WAS DOWN AND OUT, I CALLED COUNCILWOMAN MAYOR PROTI, EXCUSE ME, LETITIA HUGHES. I CALLED HER AND SHE DIDN'T HESITATE TO HELP ME, AND I APPRECIATE HER FOR THAT. COUNCILWOMAN, SAME THING, CRYSTAL CHISHOLM. SHE'S BEEN MY SISTER FOR A VERY LONG TIME. YOU DESERVE IT. YOU'RE MEEK, YOU'RE KIND, YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL. COUNCILWOMAN HUGHES, I'M TALKING TO YOU. SO I PRAY THAT YOUR FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS ELECT YOU AS MAYOR PRO TEM. YOU DESERVE IT. YOU REALLY DO. LOOK AT WHAT YOUR SON IS DOING IN AMERICA, IN DC, ALL OF YOUR CHILDREN, BECAUSE WHY? THE MOM IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE. I SEE SOME VERY BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE. MISS EVE, DESOTO LEGEND. MATT, WE LOVE YOU IN THE CITY OF DESOTO. SO I WANNA SAY THAT I HOPE THAT YOU MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION. I PRAY THAT YOU DO THE RIGHT THING. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. WE TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE THAT YOU'RE GONNA, WELL, THAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE FOR THE CITY AND WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO IN THE FUTURE. WE TRULY APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT, I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT. I WILL YIELD BACK THE REST OF MY TIME. AND PRAYERFULLY WE'LL HAVE A NEW MAYOR PRO TIM. THANK YOU, MS. CLEVELAND. NORMA HATCHER. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE TO, UM, BRING UP A FEW ITEMS. MS. HATCHER, IF YOU COULD, I'M YOUR NAME, NORMA CITY, AND I RESIDE PRESENTLY IN THE CITY OF DESOTO, AND PARTLY GLEN HEIGHTS PAYING TAXES TO BOTH . BUT MY CONCERN FOR THE CITY HERE, AND I'M, UM, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF SEVERAL OF, UH, THE NEIGHBORS. WE HAVE REALLY BEEN SORT OF LIKE PUT IN A BIND FOR A MONTH OR MORE WITH WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROJECT OF THE STREETS. AS FAR AS THE BUILD, I'M SORRY. UH, I THINK THEY SAID IT'S LIKE WITH THE SEWER AND EVERYTHING. FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS, OUR TWO FOUR STREETS WERE INVOLVED, TORN UP. IN FACT, BRIA BROOK, GREEN BROOK, SHADY BROOK, AND MEADOWBROOK, WE HAD A TERRIBLE TIME GOING IN AND OUT. OUR CARS ARE PARKED IN THE BACK, COULDN'T GET OUT OF THE ALLEYWAYS. THEY'RE BLOCKED ON ONE END OF THE ALLEY. IT'S JUST RUTS, MUD HOLES AND LARGE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THERE. I UNDERSTAND CONSTRUCTION AND EVERYTHING, BUT WHY BLOCK US IN LIKE THAT OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME? AND THEN WHEN I CALLED TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT, I WAS TOLD THAT, WELL, THAT'S PROGRESS. AND ALSO THAT'S WHAT THE CITY WANTS. AND I EVEN SPOKE TO ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN, I SAID, COULD YOU AT LEAST OPEN ONE END OF, WELL, THE OTHER END OF THE, THE ALLEYWAY SO WE CAN GET OUT INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH, I MEAN, ACTUAL RUTS IN THE STREET, MUD IN THE STREET. AND HE SAID, MA'AM, I'M GOING ACCORDING TO WHAT THE CITY SAID. I SAID, I UNDERSTAND, BUT I DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW. IT'S VERY INCONVENIENT FOR US. OUR CARS ARE GOING OVER THIS LIKE THAT. [01:40:01] I BET YOUR COMMUNITY DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT. WHY, WHY BLOCK US IN LIKE THAT? NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THEN WHEN YOU COME OUT OF MEADOWBROOK HEADED TOWARD HAMPTON, THE TREES OR THE BRUSH THAT'S ON THE SIDE, THAT'S, UH, SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE A BARRIER FOR THE, UM, WHAT DO YOU CALL THEM? THE, THE HOMES THERE. ONCE YOU COME OUT, YOU'RE ALMOST IN THE ROADWAY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE THE TRAFFIC THAT'S COMING. COULD YOU PLEASE GIVE US A LITTLE BREAK? COULD YOU PLEASE HELP US OUT? I'M SURE YOU WOULDN'T LIKE TO BE CAUGHT LIKE THAT, AND IT'S VERY UNFAIR. NOT ALL OF US ARE HERE TONIGHT, BUT I DON'T MIND STEPPING UP WHEN SOMEBODY HAS TO TALK UP. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT, MS. HATCHER. UM, AND WE'LL DEFINITELY BE FOLLOWING UP WITH YOU. SOMEONE FROM STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU BEFORE YOU LEAVE TONIGHT. THANK YOU. VENETTA TURNER. DID YOU SAY TURNER? YES. YES, MA'AM. MS. TURNER, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. UH, MY NAME IS VAN, UH, VINETTA TURNER. UH, I'M A RESIDENT OF, UH, CITY OF DESOTO. UH, I'VE LIVED IN DESOTO FOR OVER 30 YEARS, AND THE REASON WHY I'M STANDING HERE IS BECAUSE OF CODE ENFORCEMENT, UM, THREATENING ME WITH A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR. NOW, THIS IS MY WONDER, THIS THAT I WAS ISSUED AND STATED IF I DIDN'T PAINT IT, THAT I WOULD GET A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR. THE TIME PERIOD THAT I WAS GIVEN WAS ONLY 11 DAYS. NOW I CALLED IN FOR EXTENSION. OF COURSE, I GOT ANOTHER CITATION THREATENING ME WITH A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR BECAUSE I HAD A CAR IN MY DRIVEWAY AND I HAD, I HAVE TO, I WAS TOLD TO PUT IN THE GARAGE. NOW THE FRONT OF MY HOUSE IS NICE. I UNDERSTAND I DON'T HAVE A FENCE, BUT I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN AND ON A FIXED INCOME AND A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. NOW, IF I WAS TO GO AND TRY TO GET A JOB AT MY AGE, THE FIRST THING THEY'RE GONNA ASK IS, UH, TO DO A BACKGROUND CHECK. ANY MISDEMEANOR THAT YOU HAVE, WHETHER A, B OR C WOULD SHOW UP ON YOUR RECORD. THAT'S RIGHT. SO I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT. LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN IN DESOTO FOR 30 YEARS NOW, AND I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN. I'M ON A FIXED INCOME, AND I HAVE A CHILD AT HOME THAT I CARE FOR. NOW, I DON'T KNOW THESE BULLY TACTICS. I'M NOT WITH IT, OKAY? I BARELY DO HAVE MONEY TO TAKE CARE OF THE INSIDE OF MY HOUSE. IN THE MONTH OF MARCH, ALL MY APPLIANCES WERE KNOCKED OUT DUE TO A STORM. NOW I'M HAVING TO HAVE, HAVE TO FIGHT WITH THE CITY. THAT CONCLUDES YOUR TIME, BUT WE WILL, OKAY? SOMEONE FROM STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP. WE HEARD YOUR COMMENTS. ALRIGHT, TWO MINUTES. THREE MINUTES. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THREE. COME BACK UP, MS. TURNER A MINUTE. TOM, CAN YOU MAKE SURE IT'S SET FOR THREE FOR OUR CITIZENS' COMMENTS? MS. CLEVELAND? DID SHE, WELL, SHE YIELDED HER TIME BACK, BUT DID SHE, WAS HERS THREE MINUTES AS WELL? YES. OKAY. YES. I APOLOGIZE. GO AHEAD AND FINISH YOUR COMMENT. OKAY. WELL, DO YOU HAVE AN, THAT WAS MY COMMENT. MM-HMM. , UH, I JUST, IF YOU HAVE CODES FOR THE RESIDENTS, WHY DON'T YOU SEND OUT, MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO SEND OUT A BOOKLET TO ALL THE RESIDENTS. LET US KNOW WHAT YOUR CODE ARE FOR HOMEOWNERS, OKAY? INSTEAD OF ISSUING CRIMINAL, UH, MAKING US HAVE CRIMINAL RECORDS. THAT'S WHAT I GOTTA SAY. HAVE A GOOD DAY. THANK YOU, MS. TURNER. NEXT CARD. QUINCY JAMES. QUINCY JAMES. MR. JAMES, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, UH, AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD. AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. UH, QUINCY JAMES. I LIVE IN DESOTO. UM, I LIVE ON 9 5 5 SILVER CREEK DRIVE. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS. I'VE TALKED TO MS. CHISHOLM ABOUT THIS, BUT CONSTANTLY SPEEDING UP AND DOWN THE STREETS. WE HAVE NO SIDEWALKS. IN THE SIX YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN THERE. MY HOUSE HAS BEEN HIT THREE TIMES BY SPEEDERS. SO IT'S UNSAFE TO WALK DOWN THE STREETS. LIKE I SAID, THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS. UM, YOU CAN'T CUT YOUR GRASS. IT'S UNSAFE. [01:45:01] UM, IT'S UNSAFE TO GO OUT THERE TO YOUR MAILBOX. THIS PAST SUNDAY, HAD A GUY RAN INTO THE, MY MAILBOX SPUN OUTTA CONTROL ACROSS THE STREET AND INTO THE PARK. SO HAD ANYONE BEEN WALKING ACROSS THE STREET DRIVING OR PLANNING THAT PARK, IT WOULD'VE GOTTEN KILLED. SO TALK TO MISS CHISHOLM ABOUT THIS. I'VE EMAILED YOU, UH, MAYOR ABOUT THIS AS WELL. SO I DUNNO WHAT THIS IS GONNA TAKE FOR SOMEBODY TO GET KILLED, FOR YOU GUYS TO ACTUALLY STEPPED UP AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. I PROPOSED THERE'LL BE SPEED BUMPS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS BEFORE. MS. CHISHOLM, YOU SAID YOU'RE AFRAID OF LAWSUITS. I DON'T GET IT. I MEAN, FEET BUMPS ARE, THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S GONNA STOP US. I KNOW YOU GUYS PUT THE STOP SIGNS. IT'S NOT DOING ANY GOOD. I THINK YOU KNOW THAT BY NOW. TAKE A LOOK AT THE POLICE REPORTS TO SEE HOW MANY TICKETS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN ON SILVER CREEK DRIVE. I BET YOU IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO SINGLE DIGITS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. THEY'RE HARDLY EVER OUT THERE. IT'S JUST UNSAFE. NOW, CITIZENS, WE DESERVE MORE TO BE ABLE TO AT LEAST WALK DOWN THE STREET. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY OUT. LIKE I SAID, I HOPE SOMEBODY LOOK INTO THIS AND ACTUALLY TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON. LIKE I SAID, WE AS CITIZENS, WE DESERVE TO BE ABLE TO WALK DOWN THE STREET SAFELY, RIDE YOUR BIKE, OR DO WHATEVER. RIGHT NOW, IT'S NOT SAFE TO DO THAT. IT'S NOT AT ALL. AND I'VE TALKED TO YOU GUYS ABOUT THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND NOTHING'S BEING DONE ABOUT IT AT ALL. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT MR. JAMES. MR. JAMES, I CAN ASSURE YOU, UM, WE THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SHARING YOUR CONCERNS, AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT SILVER CREEK, AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER KEY AREAS ARE A PRIORITY FOR THE COUNCIL. UM, AND SO WE ARE DEFINITELY LOOKING INTO THAT IN TERMS OF, UH, MEASURES TO HELP TO COMBAT THE SPEEDING, UM, WITH THAT, AS WELL AS TO REDUCE ANY LIABILITY ON THE CITY SIDE. I KNOW SOME, AND HERE HERE'S OUR CHIEF, UM, AS WELL. BUT, UM, IF, AS, AS IT PERTAINS TO SPEED BUMPS, AND THIS IS JUST SOME FACTUAL INFORMATION, UM, IT ISN'T NECESSARILY THAT SPEED BUMPS HAVE NOT BEEN CONSIDERED AND HAVE NOT BEEN TALKED ABOUT, BUT ALSO WE HAVE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SPEED BUMPS IN PLACING THEM IN AREAS WE HAVE TO CONSIDER, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS AND EMERGENCY SERVICES. AND IF SPEED BUMPS SLOW CARS DOWN, THEY ALSO SLOW OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES DOWN. AND SO THAT'S MORE SO SOME OF THE REASON WHY WE'VE, UM, NOT NECESSARILY LEANED ON PLACING SPEED BUMPS IN SOME OF THOSE AREAS, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT IT IS A PRIORITY FOR US AS WELL AS, UM, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, AND WE CAN'T GET INTO A BACK AND FORTH CONVERSATION, BUT I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW, UM, THAT WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT AND WE DEFINITELY ARE TAKING IT VERY SERIOUSLY AND LOOKING FOR WAYS TO HELP REDUCE THE SPEEDING THERE. I'VE HEARD THAT ARGUMENT BEFORE AS WELL AS FAR AS FIRST RESPONDERS, BUT WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT? SOMEBODY'S LIFE LOSING THEIR LIFE OR ONE OF YOUR POLICE OFFICERS RESPONDING TO A SCENE. YOU KNOW, IT, I MEAN, TO ME, IT, IT AGREE. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT APPLE AND ORANGES, YOU KNOW. THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. MM-HMM, , UH, AT THIS TIME. NEXT CARD, PLEASE. CY MUREN. GOOD EVENING. MS. MUREN, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD. AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. GOOD EVENING, VERSE C, MUR, DESOTO, TEXAS. I HAVE A QUESTION TO ASK OF EACH OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. I, IT'S IN REFERENCE TO THE MALCOLM X FESTIVAL THAT WAS SCHEDULED, AND I AM REQUESTING AN ANSWER. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER INITIALLY MADE A SUGGESTION. AND I WANT TO KNOW EACH COUNCIL MEMBER THAT VOTED YES FOR YOU TO HAVE IT. I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE DOING OR WHY. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THAT YOU DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY OF MALCOLM X AND WHAT HE STOOD FOR AND THE DIVERSITY AND HATRED OF OTHER CULTURES THAT HE ENCOURAGED AND THAT HE REFERRED TO CAUCASIANS AS DEVILS WHITE DEVILS. UM, YOU NEED TO, UM, DO A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH BEFORE YOU JUST, UM, ARBITRARILY DO THINGS. AND I WANT TO KNOW WHICH OF YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS INITIATED IT FIRST, AND THEN I WANT TO KNOW THE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT VOTED FOR IT. I'M REQUESTING THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED. OKAY. UH, NEXT THING. AND I WANT TO KNOW, UH, IF YOU PLAN ON RESCHEDULING YOUR AMAL X FESTIVAL SINCE IT WAS RAINED OUT, THEY SAID I NEED TO KNOW THAT. OKAY. UM, I WANT TO KNOW WHY YOU HAVE ON YOUR AGENDA IN REFERENCE TO, UH, CONNECTION BETWEEN [01:50:01] DESOTO, ISD AND DALLAS. ISDI LEFT MY NOTES AT HOME. I WAS TRYING TO GET UP HERE AND DALLAS, ISD, UM, BECAUSE WHAT YOU REFERRED TO ON YOUR AGENDA OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS NOT REFERRED TO AT ALL. UH, THE COMMUNITY IS NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING OR ANY CONNECTION THAT YOU HAVE WITH DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THAT. OKAY. AND I WANT TO KNOW WHY YOU WOULD HAVE IT ON YOUR AGENDA. AND DESOTO, ISD KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT IT. I'D LIKE SOME ANSWERS, PLEASE. OKAY. UH, ON YOUR NEW BUSINESS, MS. MURCHISON, THAT CONCLUDES YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. OKAY. RYAN BROOKS. RYAN BROOKS. MR. BROOKS, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE ONLY FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. SURE. MY NAME IS RYAN BROOKS AND I RESIDE IN THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS. UM, GOOD AFTERNOON. I JUST WANTED TO JUST BRING UP SOME CONCERN THAT I NOTICED. THERE'S SOME, I LIVE IN THE MANOR BROOK ESTATES AND IT'S THE AREA CURRENTLY, UH, RECEIVING NEW A DA RAMPS ON THE SIDEWALKS AND CORNERS. HOWEVER, I NOTICED THAT SOME OF THE CURBS LEADING FROM THE ALLEYWAY ARE NOT A DA ACCESSIBLE, SO I JUST, IT WAS JUST A CONCERN THAT I HAD AND JUST WANTED TO BRING IT TO SOMEBODY'S ATTENTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. BROOKS FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT. AND I WILL, UH, MAKE A COMMENT THAT, UM, I BELIEVE, UH, LAST YEAR THE CITY DID CONDUCT A A DA, UM, AUDIT OF OUR ENTIRE CITY. SO IT, WE LOOKED AT AREAS IN OUR CITY FOR IMPROVEMENT AS IT PERTAINS TO SIDEWALKS. THINGS OF THAT NATURE WAS INCLUDED IN THAT, IN TERMS OF WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE TO GET EVERY AREA WITHIN OUR CITY. UM, UH, A DA COMPLIANT, IF YOU WILL. AND, AND LOOKING AT SIDEWALKS AND RAMPS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE WAS EMBEDDED WITHIN THAT PRESENTATION. I, I, I FORGET I'VE SLEPT SINCE THEN. I APOLOGIZE IN TERMS OF WHEN WE DID THAT, BUT HOWEVER, IT IS SOMEWHERE WITHIN OUR CITY, UM, ARCHIVES SO RESIDENTS CAN SEE THAT IN TERMS OF ALL THE AREAS WHERE WE WERE DEFICIENT, IF YOU WILL. AND THEN LOOKING AT WHAT EVEN FINANCIALLY, WHAT IT TAKES TO ACTUALLY BRING THE CITY UP TO SPEED, UH, WITH THOSE AREAS IN OUR CITY THAT ARE NOT A DA COMPLIANT. SO WE DEFINITELY THANK YOU FOR COMING UP AND BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION. AND I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM FOR YOU THAT WE ARE AWARE OF SOME AREAS WHERE WE'RE NOT, UM, COMPLIANT. AND SO THAT IS ON OUR RADAR. WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE CARDS FOR THIS SECTION, MAYOR. THANK YOU MS. THOMAS. WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. NEXT WE MOVE INTO OUR PRESENTATIONS. AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, I ONE HAS BEEN MOVED TO A FUTURE MEETING DATE. NEXT [2. Presentation of proclamation honoring Juneteenth] WE HAVE PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION HONORING JUNETEENTH MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS MAYOR PRO TIM BY RECEIVING IS TANJA FLEMING. MS. TJI, WILL YOU COME AT THIS TIME TO OUR MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR, AND TO OUR COUNCIL? UM, WE ARE EXCITED TO OFFER THIS PROCLAMATION, UM, TO MS. TANGY FLEMINGS ON BEHALF OF, UM, OF THE CITY OF DESOTO. AND WHILE I'M STANDING HERE, MADAM MAYOR, I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WISH MY MOTHER HAPPY 91ST BIRTHDAY. UM, SHE WAS ACTUALLY BORN ON JUNETEENTH, AND SO WE CELEBRATED AND HAD RED SODA, WATER AND WATERMELON YESTERDAY. MAYOR PRO, TIM, IF I COULD INTERRUPT YOU JUST A SECOND. ALSO, TODAY IS, IS, UH, TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY CORRECT. BUSTER, TODAY IS STAND UP SO WE CAN SEE YOU . HAPPY BIRTHDAY. SO WE WANNA WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR PROTE FOR LETTING ME INTERRUPT YOU. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN ISSUED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION ON JANUARY 1ST, 1863, DECLARING ANYONE HELD AS A SLAVE WITHIN THE REBELLIOUS STATES IS AS FREE. AT THE TIME, THE STATE OF TEXAS HOUSED MORE THAN A QUARTER MILLION ENSLAVED AFRICAN AMERICANS. AND ON APRIL, 1865, SURRENDERED TO THE CONFEDERATE ARMY AND THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR OCCURRED. AND [01:55:01] WHEREAS ON JUNE 19TH, 1865, GENERAL GORDON GRANGER ARRIVED IN GALVESTON, TEXAS, ISSUING GENERAL ORDERS NUMBER THREE, WHICH INFORMED THE ENSLAVED PEOPLE OF GALVESTON. THEY WERE FREE. AS THE NEWS QUICKLY SPREAD, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FLOODED THE STREETS OF THIS SMALL ISLAND TOWN, REJOICING IN THEIR NEWFOUND FREEDOM AND CELEBRATING WITH SONG DANCE AND PRAYER SOUND LIKE US, DOESN'T IT? AND HEREBY CREATING GROUNDWORK FOR HOW WE NOW CELEBRATE WHAT IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS JUNETEENTH TO ACKNOWLEDGE AFRICAN AMERICAN FREEDOM IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND WHEREAS DUE TO THE MIGRATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN TEXANS ACROSS THE COUNTY, SINCE THE EMANCIPATION VARIATIONS OF THESE CELEBRATIONS HAVE SPREAD AND EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS, MOST, MOST. NOW TAKE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMEMBER THE PAST, ENCOURAGE AND, AND, UH, RECOGNIZE THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF THOSE WHO ARE AFRICAN DESCENT IN AMERICA. CELEBRATE DIVERSITY IN OUR COMMUNITY AND REINFORCE OUR HOPE FOR TRUE EQUALITY FOR ALL. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF DESOTO IS DELIGHTED TO CELEBRATE THIS JUNE 19TH AND THE YEAR OF 2023 AS JUNETEENTH NATIONAL INDEPENDENT DAY, A UNITED STATES FEDERAL HOLIDAY AND THE OLDEST CELEBRATED COMMEMORATING THE TRUE END OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES. JUNETEENTH IS JUNETEENTH IS THE FIRST NATIONAL HOLIDAY TO BE SIGNED INTO LAW AND OBSERVED SINCE MARTIN MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY IN JANUARY, 1986. IN HONOR OF THIS CELEBRATION, TANGI FLEMING'S, UH, FLEMING HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS THE RECIPIENT OF THIS PROCLAMATION. SHE'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP TRI-CITY BRANCH. SHE'S THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE DESOTO CITIZENS POLICE ADVISORY COUNCIL, A MEMBER OF DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, S-W-D-C-A CHAPTER. SHE'S A LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE FEDERALLY EMPLOYED WOMEN LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NEGRO WOMEN AND THE PRECINCT CHAIR OF DESOTO, DALLAS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY. NOW, THE NOW, THEREFORE, I RACHEL PROCTOR BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS DALLAS COUNTY, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 19TH, 2023 AS JUNETEENTH NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY IN THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS. I URGE ALL OF OUR CITIZENS TO CELEBRATE HONORING THE END OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES. MANY OF US MAY JUST BE LEARNING ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS HOLIDAY. IT'S IMPORTANT TO, IT'S IMPORTANT TO TAKE TIME TO RECOGNIZE ITS PLACE IN AMERICAN HISTORY AND REFLECT ON THE LONG STRUGGLE FOR EQUAL RIGHTS AND OFFICIAL RECOGNITION THEREOF. I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS TO BE AFFIXED THIS 20TH DAY OF JUNE, 2023. RACHEL L PROCTOR, MAYOR ATTESTED, ALICIA THOMAS, CITY SECRETARY. WOW. I WAS LISTENING TO THAT AND I THOUGHT, IS THAT, IS THAT TANGI? ? I JUST WANNA SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, FIRST I WANNA THANK GOD ACTUALLY FOR THE TENACITY THAT HE GIVES ME FOR WHAT I DO EVERY DAY. EVERYONE THAT KNOWS ME KNOW THAT I HAVE A PASSION FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE. SO, UM, I'M ALWAYS FIGHTING. AND WHILE I DON'T DO IT, UM, FOR ACCOLADES OR NOTORIETY, IT'S A BLESSING, UM, TO RECOGNIZED, UM, FOR YOUR EFFORTS. SO FOR THAT, I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL. MAYOR, UM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, I'M HONORED. UH, I'M HUMBLED AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, THIS BLESSES MY WHOLE ENTIRE SOUL, SO THANK YOU. THANK, THANK YOU, UH, MS. FLEMING FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO. IT'S GREAT TO SEE, UH, YOUR HUSBAND OUT HERE WITH YOU TONIGHT AS WELL. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE. NEXT WE HAVE PRESENTATION [3. Presentation of STEP Grant Notification ] OF STEP GRANT NOTIFICATION. MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS CORPORAL KREEL. [02:00:10] GOOD EVENING, CORPORAL. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITIZENS. SO I COME BEFORE YOU TODAY TO TALK ABOUT, UH, AN ISSUE THAT PLAGUES OUR, OUR NATION. OKAY? AND WHAT WE AS Y'ALL'S POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE DOING TO, TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE. SO, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, IN 2020, 11,654 PEOPLE DIED AS A RESULT OF IMPAIRED DRIVING NATIONWIDE. OKAY? THAT'S 32 PEOPLE EVERY DAY, OR ONE PERSON EVERY 45 MINUTES. ACCORDING TO TXDOT, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, 990 PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES IN 2020. THERE'S ALMOST 10% OF THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS 25.1% OF THE STATE CRASH FATALITIES OF 3,896. SINCE NOVEMBER 7TH, 2000, THERE HAVE BEEN ZERO DEATHLESS DAYS ON TEXAS ROADWAYS. SUNDAY, JUNE 21ST, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14TH, AND MONDAY DECEMBER 28TH WERE THE DEADLIEST DAYS IN TEXAS WITH 22 PEOPLE KILLED IN TRAFFIC CRASHES. DECEMBER WAS THE DEADLIEST MONTH WITH 380 PEOPLE KILLED. DESOTO POLICE DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR IS PAIRED UP WITH NITSA AND WITH TXDOT, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER AGENCIES IN THE METROPLEX AND THE STATE TO END THE STREAK OF DEATHLESS DAYS ON TEXAS ROADWAYS. THIS PARTNERSHIP IS GRANT FUNDED BY NITSA AND MANAGED BY TXDOT TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL OFFICERS DURING SPECIFIC TIMES OF THE YEAR TO CONDUCT EXTRA PATROLS IN THE HOPES OF DEFERRING IMPAIRED DRIVING OUTRIGHT. OUR CURRENT PERIOD EXTENDS FROM JUNE 23RD TO JULY 9TH. ADDITIONAL OFFICERS WILL BE WORKING IN THE CITY DURING THE HOURS OF 6:00 AM TO 6:00 PM AND WILL BE HIGHLY VISIBLE, HIGHLY VIGILANT, AND WILL BE CONDUCTING TRAFFIC STOPS FOR ALL LAWFUL TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. THE MAIN LOCATIONS OF OUR ENFORCEMENT WILL BE ALONG THE EASTERN PORTION OF OUR CITY, WHERE IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, DESOTO HAS ACCRUED EIGHT FATAL OR SERIOUS INJURY ACCIDENTS. LAST YEAR IN 2022, DESOTO OFFICERS MADE 62 IMPAIRED DRIVING RELATED ARRESTS. THERE'S NO TELLING HOW MANY COUNTLESS LIVES THAT WE SAVED BY DOING THAT. SO THE MAIN PURPOSE OF OUR STEP PROGRAM, UH, AND JUST TO ADDRESS STEPS, STEP STANDS FOR SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM. AND THIS IS A GRANT PROGRAM THAT PAYS FOR OVERTIME ACTIVITIES BY LAW ENFORCEMENT TO REDUCE INCIDENTS OF SPEEDING AND IT'S ENFORCEMENT ZONES THAT FOCUS ON HIGH VISIBILITY, UH, IN AREAS WITH A HISTORY OF HIGH K AND A, WHICH ARE KILLED AND SERIOUS BODILY INJURY CRASHES. IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OH, OKAY. SO, CONCENTRATING ON ENFORCEMENT AND APPREHENSION OF THESE VIOLATORS, DESOTO POLICE DEPARTMENT HOPES TO NOT ONLY REDUCE MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES, BUT ALSO TO GAIN COMPLIANCE OF STATE LAW. THESE OBJECTIVES CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED BY CONTINUED ENFORCEMENT OF THESE LAWS. DURING TRAFFIC CONTACTS, OUR OFFICERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO TALK TO DRIVERS AND EDUCATE THEM ABOUT THE DANGERS OF IMPAIRED DRIVING, WHILE ALSO BEING HIGHLY VISIBLE IN THEIR ENFORCEMENT ZONES. OFFICERS ARE REQUIRED TO CLEAR A TRAFFIC STOP WITH A WRITTEN WARNING, A CITATION, OR AN ARREST, ALL OF WHICH ARE UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL OFFICER'S DISCRETION. I WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND AS ALWAYS, WE HAVE THE DESOTO POLICE DEPARTMENT. WHAT WE WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY TO PLEASE NOT PUT YOUR LIFE OR SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE AT RISK BY ENSURING THAT YOU HAVE A SOBER RIDE HOME. WE WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY OF THE NUMEROUS RIDESHARE PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO GET EVERYBODY HOME SAFE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CORPORAL. CORPORAL, IF YOU COULD COME BACK TO THE PODIUM, UM, JUST IN CASE THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL, UH, REGARDING YOUR PRESENTATION, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL DO. UM, AS OUR FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE COMMUNITY, WE APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU DO AND, AND THE DILIGENCE IN BRINGING SOMETHING LIKE THIS FORWARD. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, AND THANK YOU CORPORAL. I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION. UM, I HAVE A ASKED 'CAUSE I NOTICED THAT YOU ALL HAVE A TARGET AREA, AND AS WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE WORKED SO CLOSELY WITH CHIEF COSTA TO ADDRESS THE SPEEDING IN PLACE. SIX, BUT IT'S CLEAR THAT I CAN NEVER DO ENOUGH. YES, MA'AM. BUT I WILL MAKE THIS PUBLIC ASK IF YOU CAN NOT JUST CONSIDER THE EAST SIDE OF DESOTO, BUT YOU CAN ALSO CONSIDER PERHAPS LOOKING AT THE DATA FROM THE SPEEDING SI, THE, THE AUTO, THE, THE FIXED SIX SIGNS THAT WE HAVE IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS. YES, MA'AM. TAKE THAT DATA AND MAYBE SPREAD THE LOVE. AND IF I COULD BE VERY SPECIFIC, IF YOU COULD SPREAD THE LOVE IN PLAY. SIX MA'AM. RO HILLS SILVER CREEK DRIVE. YES. ELLERSON ROAD, BELTLINE. IF I LOSE A VOTE BECAUSE I ASK FOR MORE POLICE, I'LL JUST DO THAT. BUT I'M GONNA SPECIFICALLY ASK YOU I NEED IT. YES, MA'AM. SO I JUST TO ADDRESS THAT, THIS IS GRANT FUNDED BY THE STATE. SO THE STATE DETERMINES BASED ON THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF KA CRASHES THAT WE HAVE IN THAT AREA THAT DOES NOT NEGATE THE ABILITY THAT WE HAVE AS POLICE OFFICERS TO GO INTO YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND PATROL YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS IS JUST OVERTIME [02:05:01] THAT'S FUNDED BY THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO WE'RE NOT GONNA LET YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD DOWN, I PROMISE YOU. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. COUNSEL, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AT THIS [4. Presentation of the May 2023 Financial Report] TIME, MS. THOMAS, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. NEXT WE HAVE PRESENTATION OF THE MAY, 2023 FINANCIAL REPORT. MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS LAKITA SUTTON, ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR. GOOD EVENING, MS. SUTON. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. OKAY, THIS EVENING WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT OUR MAY, 2023 FINANCIAL REPORT. AT THIS TIME, WE ARE EIGHT MONTHS INTO THE FISCAL YEAR. SO, UM, IN OUR FIRST SECTION WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND AS IT RELATES TO THE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES THAT HAVE OCCURRED AT THIS POINT IN THE FISCAL YEAR. THANK YOU. UM, SO HERE YOU HAVE, UH, GENERAL FUND REVENUE AND YOU WILL SEE ALL OF OUR MAJOR, UH, SOURCES OF REVENUE THAT COME INTO THE GENERAL FUND. WHAT HAS BEEN BUDGETED, UM, IN THE GRAY AREA, YOU WILL SEE THE 2023 YEAR TO DATE ACTUALS THAT HAS WHAT, THAT IT WILL SHOW YOU WHAT HAS BEEN COLLECTED THROUGH MAY OF 2023. YOU HAVE YOUR ACTUAL YEAR TO DATE, PERCENTAGE OF BUDGET, AS WELL AS WHERE WE LANDED THIS TIME LAST YEAR. SO OVERALL, OUR REVENUE IS AT 87, UH, PERCENT VERSUS 83.5% LAST YEAR. WE HAVE EXCEEDED OUR REVENUE IN SEVERAL CATEGORIES, AND, UH, WE'RE CLIMBING IN OTHER CATEGORIES JUST TO KIND OF, DEPENDING ON, UM, THE TIME OF YEAR AND THE FLOWS OF THE DIFFERENT REVENUE SOURCES. BUT WE ARE AHEAD IN SEVERAL CATEGORIES, SO WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT THAT. TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THIS SHEET, YOU'LL SEE THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES. OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES ARE, UH, CATEGORIZED BY DEPARTMENT, OF COURSE. SO YOU'LL SEE, UH, HOW EACH DEPARTMENT IS ACTUALLY PERFORMING IN REGARD TO WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY BUDGET, UH, ANY REVISED, UH, BUDGET NUMBER AS WELL AS OUR 2023 YEAR TO DATE ACTUALS. UM, IN THE COLUMN, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE ACTUAL, YOU'LL SEE OUR PERCENTAGES, OUR OVERALL PERCENTAGES IS 60.4%, SO WE, WE THINK THAT'S REALLY GOOD SINCE WE'RE ABOUT 66% INTO THE FISCAL YEAR. UM, 64.4% RIGHT NOW. WELL, IT'S, UH, AS OF THE END OF MAY VERSUS 61.5% THIS TIME LAST YEAR. NEXT WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO OUR PUBLIC UTILITY FUNDS, AND HERE YOU'LL SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR WATER AND SEWER REVENUE THAT COMES INTO FUND 5 0 2, WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY BUDGET, ANY BUDGET REVISIONS AS WELL AS OUR 2023 YEAR TO DATE ACTUALS. IN THE GRAY COLUMN THERE, YOU WILL SEE THAT WE ARE AT 62.9%, UH, WITH OUR REVENUE, AND WE'RE A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF LAST YEAR. MOVING DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT PAGE, WE HAVE OUR, UH, PUBLIC UTILITY FUND EXPENDITURES THAT IS BROKEN OUT INTO FOUR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. OUR PUBLIC UTILITY ADMINISTRATION, UTILITY BILLING, FIELD OPERATIONS, AND NON-DEPARTMENTAL. YOU WILL SEE THE DIFFERENT, UM, ACTUALS THERE, AS WELL AS OUR OVERALL PERCENTAGE OF EXPENDITURES YEAR TO DATE, WHICH IS 59.5%. MOVING INTO OUR SANITATION FUND FUND, 5 55 52. UM, AGAIN, AT THE TOP YOU'LL JUST SEE OUR VARIOUS SOURCES OF REVENUE THAT COME INTO THE SANITATION FUND AND WHERE WE STAND YEAR TO DATE, WE ARE AT 67%, RIGHT WHERE WE EXPECT IT TO BE THIS TIME OF YEAR VERSUS 51.8% THIS TIME LAST YEAR WITH OUR EXPENDITURES IN THE SANITATION FUND. UH, WE HAVE THAT BROKEN OUT INTO THE CATEGORIES. THERE ARE PERSONNEL SUPPLIES, SERVICES, AND PROFESSIONAL FEES TRANSFERS, AND, UM, YOU WILL SEE THAT WE ARE AT 56.6% THERE VERSUS 53% THIS TIME LAST YEAR. WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED SOME YEAR TO DATE INFORMATION FOR OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS, SO YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENT CAP, UH, CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS, WHAT WAS BUDGETED THERE, WHERE WE ARE AT, UH, YEAR TO DATE, AS WELL AS OUR EXPENSES IN THE SAME FUNDS. [02:10:02] AND ALSO, UM, LASTLY, AS IT RELATES TO THE FUNDS, UH, YOU HAVE OUR, ALL OF OUR OTHER FUNDS HERE ON THE LAST PAGE FOR THE FUNDS. AND SO, UM, IN THE LEFT COLUMN, YOU WILL SEE THE REVENUE THAT WAS EXPECTED, ACTUAL YEAR TO DATE REVENUE THROUGH MAY, AND THEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE YOU WILL HAVE EXPENDITURES AND, UM, BUDGETED EXPENDITURES AS WELL AS 2023 YEAR TO DATE ACTUALS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE INCLUDED OUR HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESS SPENDING REPORT. AS YOU CAN SEE, YEAR TO DATE, WE ARE AT 5.1%. FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, WE WERE AT 3.9%. WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED OUR PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION REPORT. UM, AS OF NOW, WE HAVE, UH, COLLECTED THROUGH 97.5, 97.45%, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE STATED ON GENERAL FUND REVENUE, WE ARE AHEAD ON PROPERTY TAX AND WHERE WE WERE EXPECTED TO BE ON PROPERTY TAX. SO THAT CONCLUDES THE REPORT, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. THANK YOU, MS. SUTTON, FOR THE PRESENTATION. I SEE YOU ALL HAVE REFORMATTED, UH, THE, THE FINANCIAL REPORTS JAZZED IT UP A LITTLE BIT. UH, MAYOR PROIN HAS A QUESTION. NO, NO QUESTION. I WAS JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE SAME THING. THE, SO CAN YOU TALK TO US, IS SOMETHING NEW HAPPENING? WELL, WE PUT A LITTLE RAZZLE-DAZZLE ON IT. . UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE DID, UM, WE IMPLEMENTED OUR NEW FINANCIAL SOFTWARE IN OCTOBER, RIGHT? SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING SO HARD TO TRY TO PULL THE DATA TOGETHER THE WAY THAT YOU GUYS ARE USED TO SEEING IT. UH, WHEN WE FIRST WENT LIVE WITH THE FINANCIAL SOFTWARE, OF COURSE WE HAD TO BUILD IT, YOU KNOW, IT DIDN'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO DO TO GROUP THE REVENUES AND THE EXPENDITURES THE WAY THAT YOU GUYS ARE, ARE USED TO SEEING IT. SO WE'VE BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO GET IT GROUPED AND SO THAT WE CAN PULL THE DATA UP TO REAL TIME. AND SO WE WERE REAL HAPPY THIS MONTH THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT. YOU WILL SEE A FEW THINGS THAT WERE KIND OF MISSING FROM THIS REPORT, BUT WE'LL BE ADDING ONTO IT EVERY MONTH. LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, SOME OF THE FUN BALANCES THAT YOU, THAT YOU WERE USED TO SEEING WE'RE TRY, WE'RE STILL WORKING TO GET THAT GOING, BUT IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL NOW. IT'S GONNA BE EVEN BETTER ONCE WE, UH, REALIZE, UH, THE SYSTEM'S FULL CAPABILITIES. THANK YOU MAYOR PROAM. THANK YOU MS. SUTTON. DR. MARKS, THANK YOU MAD MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION THIS AFTERNOON. I SEE THAT THERE WAS A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE, UM, UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESSES, THE VENDORS. SO WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE TO THAT? WELL, I KNOW THAT WE HAD, UM, A HIGHER MONTH IN THE PAST, IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. UM, AND THOSE ARE, I THINK ONE MONTH WE EVEN HAD LIKE A 9% THAT WAS DUE TO, UM, ONE OF THE SUBCONTRACTORS THAT WE DON'T NORMALLY HAVE THAT TYPE OF PAYMENT TO COME THROUGH. SO ONE OF OUR SUBCONTRACTORS DID TURN OUT, UM, TO BE A HUB VENDOR, AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT. AND SO, UM, IT WAS, IT WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE, IT LUCK OF THE DRAW THING TO WHERE THAT THAT BUSINESS DID END UP BEING ONE THAT WAS REGISTERED THAT WE COULD COUNT TOWARDS OUR PERCENTAGE. SO, GREAT. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU DR. MARKS. UH, COUNSEL, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM? OKAY. HEARING NONE, MS. THOMAS WILL THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. MS. THOMAS WILL HAVE [J. CONSENT AGENDA Items are listed on the Consent Agenda by the City Manager and are recommended to the City Council for single vote approval. An item( s) may be removed from the Consent Agenda for separate vote at the request of a Councilmember, the Mayor, or the City Manager. ] THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. NEXT WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. ITEMS ARE LISTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA BY THE CITY MANAGER AND ARE RECOMMENDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR SINGLE VOTE APPROVAL. AN ITEM MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE VOTE AT THE REQUEST OF A COUNCIL MEMBER, THE MAYOR, OR THE CITY MANAGER. FIRST, WE HAVE RECOGNITION OF PROCLAMATION HONORING NATIONAL HOMEOWNERS MONTH PARK AND RECREATION MONTH AND GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, AS WELL AS CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT OF BRANDY JOHNSON, MARCHELLO IAN'S, AND MARY KAY DEBERRY TO THE CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION. CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO THE WESTMORELAND PUMP STATION ARPA EMERGENCY POWER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH GARVER LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $39,840, AND RATIFYING THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $73,490. CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH GARVER LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,901,713 AND 25 CENTS FOR THE ENGINEERING AND DESIGN OF THE WESTMORELAND PUMP STATION REHABILITATION PROJECT. CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PURCHASING CONTRACT WITH EAGLE LABS INC. FOR THE PURCHASE OF SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE AND LIQUID AMMONIUM SULFATE FOR THE WESTMORELAND AND HAMPTON ROAD PUMP STATIONS AND THE NOT TOCE AMOUNT OF $100,000. AND CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE [02:15:01] A JANITORIAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH UBM ENTERPRISE INC IN THE AMOUNT OF $208,944. THANK YOU, MS. THOMAS. COUNCIL, IS THERE A MOTION? MADAM MAYOR, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. IT'S BEEN MOVED, UH, MOVED TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARK SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES TO APPROVE HIS PRESENTED COUNSEL. UM, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. WE WILL THANK YOU. OUR CONSENT IS AGENDA TO PASSAGE UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. UM, I HAVE A, WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS AND SO DUE TO, DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF CARDS THAT WE HAVE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM, UH, WE ARE, WE ARE CHANGING THE TIME LIMIT FROM THREE MINUTES TO TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER. SO PLEASE BE AWARE OF THAT IF YOU HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. ALSO, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO YIELD YOUR TIME BACK AND SIMPLY STATE WHETHER YOU ARE OPPOSED, UH, FOR OR AGAINST, UH, A PARTICULAR ITEM, THEN YOU ALSO MAY DO THAT WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED FROM YOUR CARD. UM, AT THIS TIME, MS. THOMAS, WE WILL HAVE THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA. AND COULD YOU PLEASE NOTE AGAIN FOR THE PUBLIC, UH, THE ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED? YES, MA'AM. WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. AS THE MAYOR STATED, THE STANDARD TIME LIMIT IS THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER. HOWEVER, THAT TIME LIMIT HAS MAY BE MODIFIED AND HAS BEEN MODIFIED AT THE MAYOR'S DISCRETION. THE AS ITEM K ONE HAS BEEN REMOVED, UM, OFFICIALLY WITHDRAWN AT THE REQUEST OF THE APPLICANT, AND THAT IS FOR CASE NUMBER Z DASH 14 9 1 DASH 23, THE AT AND T MOBILITY. WE MOVE INTO [2. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider an Ordinance to rezone Lot 1, Block 1 in the Cunningham Addition (1000 W. Wintergreen Road) from existing Single Family-15 (SF-15) to Planned Development (PD) with base zoning of SF-15 and deviations in order to allow for a "Wedding, Banquet and Party Facility (Indoor/Outdoor)." The applicant is Jeff Linder of Bannister Engineering and the property owner is H & H Revocable Trust. (Case No. Z-1490-23)] K TWO, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE LOT ONE BLOCK ONE IN THE CUNNINGHAM EDITION, 1000 WEST WINTERGREEN ROAD FROM EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY 15 TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT WITH BASE ZONING OF SF 15 AND DEVIATIONS IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR A WEDDING BANQUET AND PARTY FACILITY. INDOOR OUTDOOR. THE APPLICANT IS JEFF LINDER OF BANISTER ENGINEERING, AND THE PROPERTY OWNER IS H AND H REVOCABLE TRUST CASE NUMBER Z 14 Z DASH 49 DASH 23. MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS BESTER MAZI PLANNING AND ZONING MANAGER AND I, EXCUSE ME, I'M GONNA TAKE JUST A MOMENT, UM, TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE HAVE SEVERAL OF OUR APPOINTEES, UM, AS WELL AS ONE OF OUR PREVIOUS APPOINTEES, DR. JAMES MCBRIDE, WHO'S APPOINTED TO CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION. UH, I BELIEVE, UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL. BRANDI JOHNSON. UH, IF YOU'RE HERE, PLEASE STAND. MARCELLA ENDS, PLEASE STAND. I SEE YOU AS WELL AS MARY KAY BERRY. SHE IS HERE. WE WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, UH, AND YOUR MANY OF YOU'RE CONTINUED SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. ARE WE GOOD? YES, MA'AM. IT'S ON YOU. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING MY BIRTHDAY TODAY. SEE HOW MUCH I, HOW MUCH I LOVE THE CITY TO HAVE TO COME AND WORK ON MY BIRTHDAY. OKAY, CASE NUMBER Z FOURTEEN NINETY TWENTY THREE IS A PD REQUEST FOR WEDDING BANQUET AND PART FACILITY, INDOOR AND OUTDOOR. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A PD TO ALLOW A WEDDING IN BANQUET AND PART FACILITY IN THE SINGLE, SINGLE FAMILY 15 RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT WITH DEVIATIONS. THE APPLICANT IS MINISTER ENGINEERING AND THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY H AND H REVOCABLE TRUST. THE PROPERTY IS 38.7 ACRES LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WINTERGREEN ROAD, AND ON THE WEST SIDE OF NORTHWEST MOLAND ROAD, IT IS ADDRESSED. THERE'S 1000 WEST WINTERGREEN ROAD. THIS IS THE LOCATION MAP, THE CURRENT ZONING AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES. THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY SOLD, SINGLE FAMILY 15, AND THERE'S A GOLF COURSE ON THE NORTH WITH SOME RESIDENCES. THERE ARE ALSO RESIDENCES TO THE SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIES THIS, THIS PROPERTY SUITABLE FOR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL USES AND THE PROPOSED USES IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE END USE PLAN OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THIS, THIS PROPERTY IS ACCESSED FROM WEST WINTER GREEN ROAD, AND WEST WINTER. GREEN ROAD IS ANTICIPATED TO BE A FALLEN ARTERIAL ROAD WITH CURRENT PD AND REQUEST CONCERNS. THE CURRENT SINGLE FAMILY 15 DOES NOT ALLOW [02:20:01] WAITING BAIT AND PART FACILITIES, THE PROPERTIES IN THE MIDDLE AND IS SURROUNDED BY SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTIES. THE REQUESTED PD INTRODUCES A COMMERCIAL USE IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT AND IS REGARDED AS A A SPORTS ZONING. THE PD IS ALSO IN CONFLICT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. THESE ARE THE DEVIATIONS THAT THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTED. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING FOR TO USE ASPHALT OR GRAVEL OR GRASS AS PACKING PAVEMENT. AND THIS IS CONTRARY TO SECTION 38.2 B, WHICH REQUIRES CONCRETE PACKING. THE APPLICANT IS ALSO REQUESTING TO USE ASFORD DRIVEWAY FOR FIRE LAND, AND THIS CONFLICTS WITH SECTION 5 0 3 0.2 0.3 OF THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE. THE APPLICANT IS ALSO REQUESTING TO USE THE EXISTING VEGETATION IN PLACE OF SCREENING WAR ALONG PROPERTIES, AB BATTING SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTIES. AND THIS WILL PAUSE SECTIONS 14.2 A AND 41.2 A AND 41.2 A TWO THAT REQUIRES WAR INSTALLATION. THIS IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN AND THIS IS THE NOTIFICATION. AND ON SUNDAY, MAY 28TH, 2023, A PUBLIC NOTICE APPEARED IN THE DAILY FOCUS NEWSPAPER STAFF MAILED 80 NOTIFICATION TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 AND 400 FEET OF THE SUBJECT'S SITE, NO LETTERS WE RECEIVED IN FAVOR AND 18 LETTERS. WE RECEIVED INOP IN OPPOSITION TO THE PD REQUEST. AND THE AREA IN BLAKE IS THE, UH, THE SITE AND THE AREA. AREA. IN BLUE IS THE 200 FEET NOTIFICATION AREA, AND THE ONE IN PAPER IS, UH, THE 400 FEET NOTIFICATION AREA. ON APRIL 11TH, 2023, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF THE PD BY A PHOTO OF SEVEN TO ZERO. AND DUE TO THE CO COMMISSION'S DENIAL RECOMMENDATION, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NEED A SUPER MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT IN ORDER TO APPROVE THE PD PER SECTION 10.8 E TWO OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DENY THE PROPOSED PD AS PRESENTED, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. COUNSEL. I'LL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO MOVED. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. COUNSEL, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. UM, AT THIS TIME, WE WILL ALLOW IF THERE IS A PRESENTATION OR ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THAT WERE NOT ALREADY COVERED IN THE PRESENTATION FROM STAFF. IF THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT PRESENTATION, WE'LL WE WILL ALLOW SOME SPACE FOR THAT. HI, AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD. AND YOU HAVE MY, MY NAME IS ANGELA DEFORD AND, UH, DESOTO, TEXAS. AND MY NAME'S HOMER DEFORD, DESOTO, TEXAS. THAT'S DEFORD. D-E-F-O-R-D FORD. D-E-F-O-R-D? YES. OKAY, SURE. THANK YOU. AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT IS REDUNDANT TO WHAT STAFF JUST PRESENTED, WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE ELIMINATE THAT FROM YOUR PRESENTATION. OKAY. AND I'LL, I'LL TRY. I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS. SO BE, LIKE I SAID, MY NAME'S ANGELA FORD. THIS IS MY HUSBAND AND I OWN THE PROPERTY HERE AT 1000 WEST WINTER GREEN AND DESOTO. WE'RE COMING BEFORE THE COUNCIL TODAY REQUESTS A ZONING CHANGE FROM OUR CURRENT CURRENT SF 15 TO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. IT'S OUR DESIRE TO OPERATE AN OUTDOOR WEDDING VENUE IN OUR HOME. THIS PROPERTY IS ON 48 ACRES AND IS TRULY A HIDDEN GEM HERE IN DESOTO. MY HUSBAND AND I ARE LIFETIME RESIDENTS OF THE BEST SOUTH AREA. WE'VE NEVER LIVED ANYWHERE BUT HERE WE KNOW OF THE NEED FOR A BEAUTIFUL AND UNIQUE VENUE LIKE OURS IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR. THE PROPERTY HAS SO MUCH TO OFFER, NOT ONLY TO THE RESIDENTS OF DESOTA, BUT TO THE WHOLE BEST SOUTHWEST AREA. THE COUNTRY LIKE SETTING IN THE CITY MAKES THIS PROPERTY A ONE OF A KIND EVENT. LOCATION. EVENTS OF THE VENUE WOULD BRING PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE METROPLEX STATE OR EVEN NATION TO SEE WHAT DESOTO HAS TO OFFER. LOCAL HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, STORES, PHOTOGRAPHERS, CATERERS, DJ AND EVENT PLANNERS WOULD ALL BE AFFECTED POSITIVELY BY THE OPENING OF THE CHARMING SPACE. THERE IS A NEED FOR AN ELEGANT, UPSCALE VENUE THAT IS SURROUNDED BY NATURE. CLICK AND SEE. SO WE GOT, THAT'S AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, WE'RE REQUESTING A ZONING CHANGE. WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THE PD IS NOT ALLOWED IN THE, THEY DON'T LIKE THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD. GO AHEAD, GO ONE MORE. OKAY. I DON'T HAVE A POINTER, BUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA COMPARE IT TO IS THE NANCE FARM THAT HAS JUST BEEN PASSED BY PLANNING AND ZONING AND CITY COUNCIL. AS Y'ALL KNOW, NANCE FARM IS A TWO ACRE SITE AND IT IS A LITTLE PURPLE SECTION THERE. I DON'T HAVE A POINTER AND OURS IS A BIGGER [02:25:01] SF 15. SOMEBODY. YEAH, THIS IS THE POINTER RIGHT HERE. OKAY. OH, OKAY. ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SEE THAT? THAT'S NANCE FARM. AND SEE, IT'S SURROUNDED BY HOMES IN MANTLE BROOK FARMS. AND IF YOU GO TO OUR SS 15 WHERE WE'RE AT, IS THAT THE LITTLE THING HERE? YEAH, IT'S THIS WHOLE AREA HERE AND WOULD PRETTY MUCH ENCOMPASS ALMOST MOST OF MEADOWBROOK FARMS IF IT COULD BE OVERLAID. SO THAT'S BEEN DONE RECENTLY. UM, IT HAS SAID THAT, UM, EVEN THOUGH NANCE FARM IS GONNA BE A A, A CULTURAL AND EVENT AND A ART CENTER, IT'S ALSO GONNA HOST EVENTS AS WELL. UM, THE DAILY NEWS WAS QUOTED THAT PRIVATE EVENTS WILL BE NANCE FARM'S PRIMARY REVENUE STREAM, INCLUDING LARGE SOCIAL EVENTS SUCH AS WEDDINGS, NONPROFIT GALAS, AND HIGH BUDGET MILESTONE EVENTS OR SMALL EVENTS. CATERING COMMISSIONS AND VENDOR FEES WILL ALSO PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE VENUE STREAM WITH PROGRAMMING ULTIMATELY DRIVING ITS LONG-TERM REVENUE. I CAN GO BACK TO THE OTHER ONE. IT SHOWS SOME OF THE MASS, SOME OF THE EXISTING HOW DANCE FARM IS NOW. BUT, UM, OUR, LIKE I SAID, DANCE FARM IS TWO ACRES. OUR PROPERTY SITS ON 48. STUDIES HAVE BEEN DONE ON NANCE FARM SHOWING THAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE LOW OR NEGLIGIBLE. NEGLIGIBLE, NEGLIGIBLE. THANK, THANK YOU FOR SOUND IN THIS AREA. UM, OURS SITS ON 48 ACRES, SO I DON'T, THERE'S, THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE IN TWO ACRES AND 48. UM, THE CURRENT ZONE, THE CURRENT MASTER PLANS, I KNOW THIS HASN'T BEEN FINALIZED YET, BUT THE CURRENT MASTER PLANS AREN'T SHOWING A MASONRY WALL AROUND THE PROPERTY EITHER. UH, CURRENTLY THE NEIGHBORS OF DANCE FARMS ALL SHARE A WOODEN FENCE AROUND. UM, OUR PROPERTY HAS TREES, NATURAL DIRT WALLS, AND BARRIERS. UH, MUSIC WILL ALSO BE IN THIS COURTYARD AREA. THIS IS ABOUT A 60 BY 40 COURTYARD AND IT IS SURROUNDED ON ALL SIDES BY OUR HOME EXCEPT FOR THIS ONE SPOT HERE. AND WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING ABOUT USING, UM, ACOUSTIC MATERIAL TO PUT UP THERE TO TOTALLY ENCLOSE THE COURTYARD AREA. UM, WE HAVE, WE DON'T SHARE ANY FENCES WITH OUR NEIGHBORS. OUR NEAREST HOME, OUR NEAREST HOME FROM OUR OUR PROPERTY IS ABOUT 700 FEET. UH, THE CURRENT NANCE FARM DOESN'T SHOW A CONCRETE DRIVE OR PARKING AREA. THEY'RE USING A TRUE GRID GRAVEL FIELD THAT'S GONNA BE USED, WHICH WE'RE ALSO REQUESTING TO USE SOMETHING SIMILAR, UH, FOR, FOR GRAVEL, FOR PARKING ALSO, UM, DANCE FARMER HAS ONE ENTRANCE. OUR PROPERTY HAS MS, MR. FORD. I, I'M, I'M, EXCUSE ME FOR INTERRUPTING, BUT COULD YOU PLEASE JUST LIMIT YOUR DISCUSSION TO YOUR PROPERTY AND YOUR PROJECT? WELL, I'M JUST TRYING TO SHOW WHAT WE, WHAT WE'RE ASKING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED AND BEEN ALLOWED FOR THE CITY THAT WE'RE NOT BEING ALLOWED TO DO AND CURRENTLY IT'S NOT BEING USED FOR THAT FOR AN EVENT VENUE. SO, BUT, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF IT THOUGH. AND CURRENTLY MY HOME ISN'T BEING USED FOR IT EITHER, BUT WE WANT IT TO BE, AND WE, WE WERE FINE WITH DOING THE GRAVEL. WE WE'RE FINE WITH DOING SOME ACOUSTIC AROUND, UH, WHEN WE WENT FOR PLANNING AND ZONING, WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO SAY MUCH OR, OR TO ANYTHING REALLY. RIGHT. SO, AND WE'RE HAPPY FOR THE NANCE FARM PROJECT. YEAH, NOTHING, NOTHING ABOUT THAT. BUT WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DO OURS TOO, YOU KNOW, AND SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHERE WE ARE AT ON THAT. AND SO, SO, SO GO BACK TO OURS THEN. WELL, I'M GONNA, I'LL GO TO THE BUSINESS PRACTICES THEN. ALL DJS WOULD BE IN THAT COURTYARD AREA, LIKE WE SAID. AND DID WE HAVE THE, I DUNNO IF WE HAD THE SITE PLAN ON THIS ONE OR NOT, BUT, UM, THE SURROUNDED BY THE HOUSE DECIBEL METERS WOULD BE USED THROUGHOUT THE, THE EVENTS TO MONITOR ANY SOUND LEVELS. ALL MUSIC MUST STOP BY 11. ALL PEOPLE MUST BE OFF THE PROPERTY BY MIDNIGHT. THERE WOULD BE NO SELF PARKING, PARKING ATTENDANTS OR VALETS WILL BE UTILIZED. THIS ENSURES THE SAFETIES OF THE GUESTS AND TO LEAVE A LANE OF TRAFFIC OPEN FOR, UH, EXITS OR EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO A, B, C, BARTENDERS AND SECURITY WILL BE REQUIRED ON PREMISES IF ALCOHOL IS, IS TO BE CONSUMED. AND IT'S OUR DESIRE TO KEEP THE RESIDENTIAL ASPECT OF HER HOME, WHILE ALSO OFFERING THE CITIZENS OF DESOTO IN THE BEST SOUTHWEST AREA AND UPSCALE WEDDING VENUE, THEY'LL BRING A POSITIVE IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY. WELL, I'D LIKE TO SAY A COUPLE THINGS. UM, I MEAN, PRIMARILY I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BRING SOMETHING GOOD TO THE DESO, TO THE DESOTO AREA. UH, WE'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, ALLOW OTHERS TO ENJOY, YOU KNOW, THIS BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY, THIS BEAUTIFUL AREA OF DESOTO THAT IS, YOU KNOW, REALLY UNIQUE AND ONE OF A KIND, IT, IT, IT CAN'T BE REPLICATED ON A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. AND SO, UM, I MEAN, ANY, ANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS THAT ARE UNHAPPY OR DON'T WANT THIS, I MEAN, MOSTLY IT'S BECAUSE THEY, THEY'VE GOT A 48 ACRE NATURE PRESERVE RIGHT BEHIND THEM THAT, THAT WE'RE PAYING FOR. AND SO I CAN SEE THAT THEY'RE RESISTANT TO THAT CHANGE. I MEAN, UM, THE HISTORY'S RIFE WITH EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE BEING RESISTANT TO CHANGE OR RESISTANT TO PROGRESS. BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GONNA SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BRING PEOPLE INTO DESOTO THAT AREN'T ALREADY HERE. IT'S GONNA PUT HEADS IN BEDS IN THE HOTELS AROUND HERE. THEY'RE GONNA BE EATING AND, AND SPENDING MONEY AT DESOTO BUSINESSES. AND SO I, WE JUST CAN'T FIGURE OUT ANY, WHAT, ANY REASON WHY THIS ISN'T A GOOD THING. YOU KNOW, IT, IT MIGHT AFFECT THE TRANQUILITY OF [02:30:01] A HANDFUL OF NEIGHBORS, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MINIMALLY AFFECTING THEM. I MEAN, IF SOMEBODY, IF A DEVELOPER WAS TO BUY OUR PROPERTY, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE KIDS SCREAMING IN BACKYARDS RIGHT ACROSS THE CREEK FROM 'EM. AND, AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, WE'RE 700 FEET, ABOUT AN EIGHTH OF A MILE FROM THE NEAREST HOUSE. SO, I MEAN, I THINK WHEN YOU CONSIDER EVERYTHING, AND IF YOU CONSIDER 'EM FAIRLY, THEN, AND I, I THINK THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT OUGHT TO GO THROUGH. NOT TO MENTION IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF, YOU MIGHT DESTROY THE DREAM OF MY WIFE AND, AND I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THAT EITHER, BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, I'M FORCED TO BE HERE RIGHT NOW AS A MATTER OF FACT. BUT, UM, SO JUST PLEASE, YOU KNOW, PLEASE CONSIDER THE, THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN HERE, THAT IT IS UNIQUE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S AN SF 15 SITUATION, BUT THAT'S 15,000 SQUARE FEET OF PROPERTY, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY A THIRD OF AN ACRE. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE'VE GOT IS 48 ACRES, NOT 38, IT'S 48. YEAH. 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT SHOWING THE BACK 10 ACRE PASTURE WHERE WE HAVE HORSES. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, FURTHERMORE, UM, WE ARE WILLING TO, TO MAKE SOME CONCESSIONS, YOU KNOW, IF WE NEED TO, TO PUT UP THAT SOUND BARRIER, WE WILL. I, I MEAN, WE HAVE EARTH AND WALLS, WHICH WE DON'T REALLY HAVE VERY GOOD PICTURES OF 'EM. YEAH, IT'S, BUT THERE MAY BE ONE IN HERE. I THOUGHT I SAW IT. IF THERE IS AT THE END, YOU KNOW, THE, THAT WALL RIGHT THERE IS, IS PROBABLY 15 FEET HIGH. AND IT'S JUST, I MEAN, IT'S JUST, IT'S EARTHING, IT'S MADE OF DIRT, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA STOP SOUND. NOT TO MENTION WE HAVE A TREE LINE COMPLETELY SURROUNDING THE PLACE THAT'S THICKER AND, YOU KNOW, IN SOME PARTS AND THINNER IN OTHERS. BUT, BUT WE'RE WILLING TO TRY TO WORK, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE SITUATION TO, TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. WE'RE NOT UNREASONABLE, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT PLANNING ZONING COME UP WITH LIKE A CONCRETE, YOU KNOW, DRIVE 26 FEET WIDE WITH A FIRE LANE WHEN WINTERGREEN ROAD'S MADE OF ASPHALT AND SO IS MY DRIVEWAY. SO, I MEAN, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW Y'ALL CAN, YOU KNOW, THE PLANNING ZONING CAN WANT US TO DO THINGS THAT, THAT THAT, THAT THE CITY THEMSELVES DON'T HAVE TO ABIDE BY. SO, I MEAN, AND THEN, AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A WEDDING, IT'S A SITUATION KINDA LIKE A FUNERAL, UNFORTUNATELY, WHERE MOST OF THE PEOPLE THEY COME AT ONE TIME AND LEAVE AT ONE TIME. SO YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TWO-WAY TRAFFIC. AND IF WE DO, WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF SPACE FOR CARS TO GO BY. I MEAN, A LOT OF THE CONSIDERATIONS OR, OR CONCERNS FROM PLANNING AND ZONING CAN EASILY BE ADDRESSED AND, AND THERE REALLY AREN'T EVEN PROBLEMS. SO I JUST, UH, HOPE THAT, THAT Y'ALL CAN CONSIDER ALL THE, ALL THE FACTS OF THE CASE AND, AND, AND HOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY HELPS THE CITY AND DOESN'T HURT IT. AND, UH, WITH THAT, I, I'M FINISHED WITH EVERYTHING I'VE GOT TO SAY. THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR TIME. WE ALSO HAVE A LETTER FROM, UH, THE SETTLE AREA CHAMBER IN FAVOR OF OUR PROJECT. UM, IF Y'ALL TO SEE THAT OR IF WE TO READ IT, OR YOU CAN HAND IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY AND SHE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET THE COPY OF IT. THANK YOU MRS. DEPORT. I THINK THAT'S ALL. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME VERY MUCH WE HAVE COMMENTS. MM-HMM. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. MM-HMM. . UM, WE DO HAVE COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS WHO WISH TO SPEAK. AND AGAIN, THAT TIME HAS BEEN LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER. AND IF YOU WISH TO, UM, AGAIN, YIELD YOUR TIME BACK IN LIEU OF SPEAKING, YOU CAN LET US KNOW ONCE YOUR NAME IS CALLED, WHETHER YOU ARE FOR OR AGAINST THE PROJECT. THANK YOU. JANELLE ALVIS. HELLO, MS. ALVIS, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF, UH, RECORD FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. OKAY. I'M JANELLE ALVES AND I'M A RESIDENT OF DESOTO. UH, GOOD EVENING, UH, MADAM MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. UM, I AM CO-CHAIR OF THE FROST FARMS, HOA. AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF HOMEOWNERS IN FROST FARMS THAT HAD ASKED ME TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS. UM, I, UH, MY PROPERTY BACKS ONTO THE DE FORD'S PROPERTY, AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT, BUT IF I COULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO, TO READ A RESPONSE FROM ONE OF THE, UH, HOMEOWNERS. IS THAT, IS THAT OKAY. FALLS WITHIN YOUR, YOUR TIMEFRAME? OH, OKAY. UM, WELL, I DID WANNA ADDRESS, UM, THAT THERE HAS BEEN A BLATANT DISREGARD FOR WHAT HAS ALREADY, UM, BEEN TAKEN PLACE, UM, IN THE COMMISSION MEETING. UM, THE NUMBER OF HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE HERE TODAY PALES IN COMPARISON TO THE NUMBER OF HOMEOWNERS THAT WERE HERE IN APRIL EXPRESSING THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THIS, UH, REZONING. UM, A NUMBER OF HOMEOWNERS WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE NOISE, THE CONCERNS WITH THEIR PROPERTY VALUES, THE CONCERNS WITH THE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY AND SO ON. AND UNFORTUNATELY, UM, THIS, UH, PROPERTY HAS CONTINUED TO, TO HOLD EVENTS EVERY SINGLE SATURDAY. AND, UM, I RECEIVE [02:35:01] A NUMBER OF TEXTS FROM HOMEOWNERS SAYING WHAT'S GOING ON? AND I HAVE CALLED INTO THE NON-EMERGENCY LINE, I'VE SPOKEN WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT, AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S DISHONEST AND IT'S, AND IT'S UNFAIR TO THE HOMEOWNERS THAT LIVE HERE. YOU KNOW, MR. FORD TALKED ABOUT HER DREAM, BUT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE TRYING TO LIVE THEIR OWN DREAM. WHEN THEY HAVE EVENTS, THEIR, THEIR MUSIC BLAIR'S THROUGH MY HOUSE. MY KIDS ARE LIKE, MOMMY, WHEN'S THE MUSIC GOING TO STOP? YOU CAN FEEL IT. AND SO WHATEVER UM, TREES THEY HAVE IS NOT HELPING. UM, MS. S THAT DOES CONCLUDE YOUR TIME. OKAY. I APOLOGIZE. AND IF YOU, UM, PLEASE NOTE THAT ALSO, IF YOU, UM, WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO US WRITTEN, WE CAN RECEIVE THOSE BY EMAIL. UM, OUR CITY SECRETARY CAN ASSIST IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT AS WELL, SO WE CAN HAVE YOUR COMMENTS IN WRITING. JEFF WENDELL, MY NAME IS, EXCUSE ME. MY NAME IS JEFF WENDELL. I'VE LIVED IN DESOTA HERE FOR 35 YEARS OR SO. UM, BASICALLY I'M HERE, I'LL MAKE IT QUICK TO ECHO, WHAT DID THE FORD SAID? UM, I LIVE IN NANCE FARMS. THEIR 20, THEIR 38 ACRE VENUE IS MUCH BETTER FOR A WEDDING VENUE THAN NANCE FARMS. UM, AND THAT'S, I'LL MAKE MY TIME QUICK, SO MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE CAN TAKE IT UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT, MR. WENDELL KE. KEVIN GRAHAM. MR. GRAHAM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. OKAY. MY NAME'S KEVIN GRAHAM. I'M IN DESOTO, AND I WON'T TAKE THE WHOLE TWO MINUTES. I'M ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CREEK OF THE PROPERTY THAT IS PROPOSED TO BE DEVELOPED. I'VE GOT SOME OF THE THICKEST WOODS SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY, HUNDREDS OF FEET OF FOREST BETWEEN MY HOUSE AND THEIR PROPERTY. ON MAY 22ND, MAY 26TH, I HAVE WINDOWS RATTLING BECAUSE OF THEIR MUSIC, BECAUSE OF THEIR ACTIVITIES CALLED INTO THE NON-EMERGENCY. NO RESPONSE FROM THE CITY. I GET A NOTE SAYING, WE'LL RESPOND WITHIN SEVEN TO 10 DAYS. NEVER HEARD ANYTHING. THEY TALK ABOUT HOW EARTH AND BANKS AND TREES AND IT DOESN'T WORK. THEY CAN SAY ALL THEY WANT, IT DOESN'T WORK. A SOUND WALL WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THE EVENTS THAT THEY'RE HOSTING. THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE I HAVE IS THEY'VE LIED TO YOU REPEATEDLY. THEY DON'T HAVE A PERMIT TO BE A COMMERCIAL, UH, VENUE, BUT THEY KEEP HOSTING COMMERCIAL EVENTS, BIG BAYLOR SIGNS IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE, BIG, UH, PARKING AREAS IN IT. HOW DO YOU TRUST THEM WHEN THEY LIE TO YOU REPEATEDLY? THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT, MR. WILLIAMS E WILLIAMS. EVE WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING, MS. WILLIAMS. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF UH, RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS EVE WILLIAMS. I'M A RESIDENCE OF DESOTO IN FROST FARMS. I'VE LIVED THERE, I DIDN'T COUNT, SO SINCE 1999, AND I'M A MILE AWAY FROM THIS VENUE. SO EVERY WEEKEND I'M WONDERING WHAT'S GOING ON? WHAT IS THIS NOISE? I AM IN MY BACKYARD. I'M DOING WHAT I LIKE TO DO, ENJOYING WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A PEACEFUL LIVING ENVIRONMENT. AND EVERY WEEKEND THERE'S THIS LOUD NOISE, SO I KEPT THINKING, IS IT MY NEIGHBOR? SO I WENT OVER TO THEIR HOUSE AND THEY'RE LIKE, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S COMING FROM, BUT IT'S SOMEWHERE BACK THERE. SO I'M A MILE AWAY AND I CAN STILL HEAR ALL OF THAT MUSIC AND WHATEVER'S PARTYING AND, AND ALL OF THAT. AND I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UM, I'M SURE THAT'S A GOOD VENUE THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT I'M GONNA BE LIKE A NIMBY NOT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I'VE PAID TOO MUCH MONEY TO LIVE WHERE I LIVE. AND THAT VENUE ABUTS BY, UH, BUTTS AGAINST MOST OF THE MOST HIGHLY PRICED REAL ESTATE THAT YOU HAVE IN DESOTO. AND WE PAY OUR TAXES AND WE WANT TO ENJOY PEACEFUL LIVING. THAT'S WHY WE LIVE HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MS. WILLIAMS. NEXT CARD. HOMER DEFORD. MR. DEFORD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. IS THAT YOU AGAIN? YES, SIR. [02:40:01] YOU'RE HOMER. I'M BACK AGAIN. HOMER DEFORD, DESOTO, TEXAS. OKAY. YOU'RE, YOU'RE THE APPLICANT, SIR. SO WE ARE GONNA ASK THAT YOU, WE DEFER THAT, THAT TIME FOR RESIDENTS WHO WISH TO SPEAK. I CAN'T, CAN I NOT USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REBUT SOME OF WHAT'S BEEN STATED? NO, YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKEN, SO YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKEN. YOU'RE THE A SO HAVE A SEAT. OKAY, WELL, THANK YOU. IT IT, IT'S NOT TRUE. ALL THIS STUFF THAT THEY'RE SAYING. JOHNNY KING. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MS. KING, MAYOR COUNCIL PEOPLE. UM, MY NAME IS JOHNNY KING. I LIVE AT 1243 WEST PRESIDENT RUN. I WANT TO THANK OUR COUNCILWOMAN, UH, HUGHES, UH, FOR HAVING A TOWN HALL MEETING. OTHERWISE, I WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS. OBVIOUSLY A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS TODAY. THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, THIS WHOLE CHAMBER WAS FULL OF PEOPLE AND RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN MINNESOTA. I'VE LIVED HERE ALMOST 40 YEARS. YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ME BEFORE, SO THIS IS PRETTY SERIOUS TO US. UM, I THINK THAT THE STAFF DID A FANTASTIC JOB OF TALKING ABOUT OUR ORDINANCES. THIS IS CLEARLY OUTSIDE OF WHAT OUR REGULATIONS SAY SHOULD BE HERE. MORE IMPORTANTLY, UH, IT'S BEEN VERY DISRUPTIVE. I FIRST FOUNDED OUT ABOUT THIS VENUE ON PLEASANT RUN IN MY BACKYARD WHEN THE MUSIC WAS SO LOUD THAT I HEARD 1243 WEST PLEASANT RUN MILES AWAY. AND SO THAT KIND OF GOT US ALL INTERESTED. WHEN I CAME TO THE ZONING MEETING, I FOUND OUT I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE. SO I THINK ZONING, THE UNANIMOUS VOTE OF OUR ZONING COMMITTEE SAYS IT ALL. AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, I THINK THEY HEARD US LOUD AND CLEAR AND THEY VOTED UNANIMOUSLY AGAINST THIS. UH, I JUST SAY TWO THINGS, TWO, THREE THINGS IN REFERENCES THAT I HEARD FROM MY OTHER CITIZENS. THE HISTORY THAT YOU HEAR TALKING ABOUT HERE, THE DANGER AND THE CONGESTION OF THE ENTRY. WE GOT A TWO LANE STREET THAT FEEDS THIS VENUE AND IS FRAUD NOT ADEQUATE? IT'S ALREADY HAVING ACCIDENTS AND SO FORTH ON. AND THEN, UH, THE, THE, THE FACT THAT YOU, YOU'VE HEARD THE REST OF SOME OF MY, THE OTHER CITIZENS TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY. SO I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD VOTE, UH, AS DID THE, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMM. THANK YOU MR. KING FOR COMING OUT. NICOLE MINOR. NICOLE MINOR, MS MINOR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD. AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. MY FAMILY AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE COUNCIL TO DENY THE REQUEST WITHOUT PREJUDICE, WE STILL EXPERIENCE EXCESSIVE NOISE AND LOUD MUSIC, WHICH CAN BE HEARD INSIDE OF OUR HOMES. MY PROPERTY DOES NOT BACK UP TO THEIR PROPERTY. I HEAR THE MUSIC INSIDE MY HOME. THE HOMEOWNER'S BLATANT DISREGARD TO BOTH COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND THE CITY'S PREVIOUS DENIAL OF THIS REZONING REQUEST COULD BE PERCEIVED AS RETALIATORY. AT THE VERY LEAST, IT IS DISRESPECTFUL AND DISRUPTIVE. AS SUCH, PLEASE CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING, OUR CITY'S FIRST RESPONDERS RESOURCES THAT ARE EXPENDED IN RESPONSE TO THE HOMEOWNERS, CONTINUED VIOLATIONS OF OUR CITY'S ORDINANCES, TIME, ENERGY, AND EFFORT IN PROCESSING POTENTIAL CITATIONS FOR CONTINUED VIOLATIONS AND THE CONTINUED SHARED CONCERNS FOR THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU JESSE INGRAM, I'D LIKE TO YIELD MY TIME. OH, YES, I, I OPPOSE, BUT I LIKE TO YIELD MY TIME TOO. UH, THELMA DAVISON, I'M SORRY, BUT WE, WE'VE HAD A, WE WE DON'T NECESSARILY, WE DON'T TYPICALLY WILL, UM, OPERATE LIKE THAT, DEFER TIME TO SOMEONE, UH, FOR THE SAKE OF, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE SEVERAL CARDS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK AT ALL. SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK MR. INGRAM, WE CAN WE WELCOME THAT. IN THAT CASE, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR MR. INGRAM TO STATE THE COMMENTS THAT SHE'S TRYING TO, UH, THAT SHE'S TRYING TO RELAY TO US? I, I DON'T KNOW. IS THAT SOMETHING HE CAN OR, OKAY, BUT WE'RE TOTALLY, I'M OPPOSED TO IT. MY WIFE IS OPPOSED TO IT. UH, PRESIDENT OF, UH, UH, FROST FARMS, UH, HOA AND, UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS THAT ARE OPPOSED THAT NOT MATTER OF FACT, I HAD NO IDEA ON SATURDAY WHEN I WAS IN MY BACKYARD AND I HEARD IT, I [02:45:01] THOUGHT IT WAS COMING FROM A WHOLE DIFFERENT AREA. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. AND IT WASN'T AT 11 O'CLOCK, IT WAS AT TWO O'CLOCK IS WHAT I HEARD IN THE, THE MUSIC. SO IT WAS, YOU KNOW, 1 32 O'CLOCK. SO IT, IT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, COMMERCIAL PROPERTY DOESN'T FIT INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND THE ZONING PLANNING ZONING, UH, YOU KNOW, VOTED IT DOWN. THIS CHAMBERS WERE, WAS PACKED AT THE TIME. AND I, WE EXPECT YOU, AND WE'D LIKE FOR YOU TO VOTE NO TO THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. INGRAM BELLMAN. AND AGAIN, IF WE, IF MS. AL, IF YOU WANNA SEND THAT TO US, OUR CITY SECRETARY CAN HELP YOU TO GET YOUR NEIGHBOR'S COMMENTS TO US SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THOSE COMMENTS AND THEY WILL BE OFFICIAL RECORD FOR US. SO WE APPRECIATE IT AND WE APOLOGIZE, BUT WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE COGNIZANT OF TIME CONSIDERING THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS WE HAVE HERE TO SPEAK. THANK YOU. VELMA. DAVISON. GOOD EVENING. MS. DAVIDSON, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF REC RESIDENCE AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS ALMA DAVIDSON AND I'M A RESIDENT OF DESOTO. AND, UM, ON APRIL THE 11TH, WE DID MEET WITH PLAN AND ZONING AND THEY DID DENY, UH, MR. FORD'S, UH, APPLICATION. AND I DO BUTT UP TO THEIR PROPERTY. I HAVE PICTURES I CAN SEE WHEN THEY PARK CARS. I CAN SEE WHEN THE FOOD TRUCK GOES BY. I CAN SEE ALL OF THE PARTICIPANTS THAT ATTEND. MY CONCERN IS OUR SAFETY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AS YOU KNOW, WINTERGREEN HAS A SHARP TURN TO GET THE 1000, UH, WEST MORELAND. WHEN THEY MISS THAT TURN, THEY ENTER OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SINCE THEY DO NOT KNOW THAT WE ONLY HAVE ONE WAY IN, THEY DRIVE ALL AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD BACK DOWN THE ALLEY BECAUSE THERE IS A GATE THERE, BUT IT'S ALWAYS LOCKED AND BACK OUT TO THE ALLEY. AND THEN BACK TO ON WESTMORE, THAT'S A SAFETY HAZARD, NOT ONLY FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THE, FOR THE TRAFFIC THAT IS TRAVELING THERE. THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY IN. HOW IS THE, UH, EMTS AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SUPPOSED TO SERVICE THEM. IF THERE IS AN INCIDENT ON THAT PROPERTY, IT'S GRAVEL. THEY CAN'T GET IN. THERE'S ONLY ONE LANE. SO THAT MEANS THAT MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH MY HOUSE SITS RIGHT THERE, THERE ARE NO TREES OR WALL THAT IS GOING TO STOP SOUND, UH, THAT SOUND. AND, UM, SO I'M OPPOSED TO THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. DAVIDSON. MARCY WILLIAMS. HI. HI, MS. WILLIAMS, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY OF RESIDENCE AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS MARCY WILLIAMS, CURRENTLY OF MILFORD, BUT SOON TO BE DESOTO. UM, I AM FOR THE VENUE. I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT IMPROVEMENT FOR THE CITY. AND I'VE SEEN THE PROPERTY IN PERSON AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL. IT WOULD BE, I, I'D HAVE A WEDDING THERE. THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES, EXCUSE ME. EXCUSE ME. IF WE COULD KEEP THE VOLUME DOWN. THAT CONCLUDES, UH, ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE CARDS, UH, WHO SUBMITTED CARDS TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM AT THIS TIME, WE WILL ALLOW FOR ONE OF THE APPLICANTS IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A THREE MINUTE REBUTTAL TO ANY OF THE CITIZEN COMMENTS. YOU CAN COME AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK BEFORE WE, UM, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CALL FOR A MOTION. HI, HOMER TO FORD AGAIN. UH, DESOTO RESIDENT. UM, I WON'T, I WON'T NEED THREE MINUTES JUST TO SAY THAT WE'RE BEING BLAMED FOR A LOT OF THE NOISE COMPLAINTS THAT'S NOT ORIGINATING FROM OUR PROPERTY. WE WEREN'T EVEN IN TOWN LAST WEEK. WE WEREN'T IN TOWN LAST WEEKEND. WE WEREN'T. WE WERE NOT. AND WE HAVE NEVER HAD MUSIC PAST 11. AND NOW WE HEAR OUR NEIGHBORS, I GUESS MAYBE SOME OF THE SAME ONES THEY PARTY TOO. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE LOUD PARTIES THAT WE HEAR, BUT WE DON'T CALL THE POLICE OVER IT. UH, ANY GATHERINGS WE'VE HAD, OUR, OUR NIECE GRADUATED FROM BAYLOR, SO WE HAD A GRADUATION PARTY FOR HER. IT'S OUR PRIVATE PROPERTY. WE CAN HAVE GATHERINGS IF WE WANT TO. WE HAVE NOT OPERATED IN ANY COMMERCIAL CAPACITY, UH, AS OF YET. DESPITE WHAT, WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS ARE SAYING, THEY HAVE NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST [02:50:01] OTHERWISE. OKAY. SO THE OTHER THING IS THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WELL, IF WE WERE ABLE TO GO, YOU KNOW, DO THIS TO GO FORWARD WITH IT, WE WOULD HAVE SIGNAGE OUT ON WINTERGREEN SO THE PEOPLE WOULD KNOW WHERE TO TURN IN, YOU KNOW, AS, AS IS WE DON'T, BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S THE CIRCUMSTANCE. SO, UM, I MEAN, A LOT OF THE, A LOT OF THE ISSUES WOULD BE GONE. A LOT OF THEM ARE, ARE IMAGINED OR IT'S SOMEBODY ELSE CREATING THE PROBLEM ANYWAY, SO, UM, AND WE DO HAVE EVIDENCE TO, TO, TO PROVE THAT. BUT GO AHEAD BABE. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY OTHER THAN THAT? UM, OUR, OUR DAUGHTER DID DECIBEL READINGS AT OUR, OUR NIECE'S, UH, GRADUATION FROM BAYLOR. AND THE STATE OF TEXAS IS 85 DECIBELS, AND IT WAS 80 IN THE COURTYARD ITSELF, AND WE WENT OUT TOWARD 50 FEET, 75 FEET, AND IT DROPPED DOWN TO 50 TO 60. THEN BY THE TREE LINE IT WAS DOWN TO 40. AND I HAVE PICTURE PROOF OF THAT TOO. SO AT 40 DECIBELS, I'M SURE YOU CAN STILL HEAR SOME MUSIC. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT DISPUTING THAT THEY'RE, THEY NOT HEARING ANYTHING, BUT, BUT THE COMPLAINTS THAT THEY'RE HAVING ABOUT IT RUNNING LATE, IT BEING ACCESSIBLE LOUD. WE DID HAVE ONE INCIDENT WHERE WE WERE CONSIDERING SOME COMMERCIAL SOUND EQUIPMENT. WE TRIED IT OUT, FOUND OUT THAT, THAT THAT WAS A MISTAKE. AND THAT WAS BACK IN MARCH. THAT THAT'S THE ONE THAT, THAT PACKED THE HOUSE. THAT WAS BACK IN MARCH FOR PLANNING AND ZONING, BECAUSE THEY HEARD THAT. AND I MEAN, SO, SO UNDERSTANDABLY THEY CAME AND IN NUMBERS, SO I MEAN, I, I GET IT. BUT, BUT WE ALL, THERE'S ALSO A LEARNING CURVE TO EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. AND SO THAT WAS OUR, THAT WAS US JUST CHECKING SOMETHING OUT AND WE FOUND OUT WE, YOU KNOW, THAT CAN'T USE THAT, IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE AND WE'VE MOVED ON. BUT ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED SINCE THAT DATE, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT'S NOT NOISE ORIGINATED FROM US FOR THE MOST PART. WE HAVE HAD SOME GATHERINGS SINCE THEN, BUT IT'S OUR PRIVATE PROPERTY AND WE HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO DO SO. BUT, UM, THAT, THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MM-HMM? . MM-HMM. . THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO SPEAK TONIGHT. AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO MOVED. THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED AT THIS TIME. COUNCIL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE DENY THE, UM, OR THE ZONING CASE, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCE FOR THE, EXCUSE ME, FOR THE ORDINANCE FOR REZONE. LOT ONE BLOCK, ONE IN CUNNINGHAM. ADDITION, 1000 WEST WINTERGREEN ROAD FOR THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY. 15 TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT WITH BASE ZONING OF, UH, SF 15 AND DEVIATIONS IN ORDER TO ALLOW WEDDING BANQUETS AND PARTY FACILITIES INDOOR OUTDOOR. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, UH, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM BIRD TO DENY AS, UH, TO DENY UPHOLD, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING'S RECOMMENDATION TO DENY COUNSEL. IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? MAYOR PROCTOR? YES. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE, UM, STAFF DID RECEIVE, UH, 18 WRITTEN NOTICES. REMEMBER YOU HAVE THE POSITION OF WHEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SUPER MAJORITY VOTE OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL AND THE SUPER MAJORITY VOTE OF THE ATTENDEES THAT ARE PRESENT. WE DID DO A NOTIFICATION MAP OF THOSE 18 THAT WE RECEIVED. IT'S WITHIN THAT 200 FOOT RADIUS. IF WE WOULD'VE HAD 20%, IT WOULD'VE TRIGGERED THE FULL COUNCIL. WE DID NOT REACH THAT MARK. THAT MARK WAS ACTUALLY 15.8. SO TONIGHT YOU HAVE THE SUPER MAJORITY OF THE ATTENDEES HERE. YOU HAVE YOUR SIX MEMBERS, SO IF YOU DECIDE TO PASS IT, YOU WOULD NEED FIVE. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU MR. BREWER. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR A COMMENT? I HAVE ACTUALLY ASKED FOR, UH, THE CITY MANAGER. UM, IT WAS STATED SEVERAL TIMES THAT THE RESIDENTS HAD CALLED CODE ENFORCEMENT HAD CALLED NON-EMERGENCY AND HEARD NOTHING. UM, THIS IS KIND OF REDUNDANT. AND SO WHAT I'M ASKING REDUNDANT IS THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HEARD THIS. UM, SO I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IF THAT POST THIS MEETING, IF STAFF COULD PROVIDE THE CITY COUNCIL WITH, UM, THE AMOUNT OF CALLS THAT THEY'VE RECEIVED FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, AND WHAT STEPS HAVE THEY TAKEN TO ADDRESS IT, SUCH AS THE PROCESS ITSELF, BECAUSE I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT, THEY'RE STILL FUNCTIONING AND THE CITY HASN'T DONE ANYTHING. CITY ATTORNEY GUITA, YOU HAVE COMMENTS? I BELIEVE WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE NEED A, WE NEED TO A SECOND ORDER. SO A POINT OF ORDER WE NEED, BECAUSE YOU MADE A MOTION, SO WE NEED TO GET A SECOND. UH, THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY MAYOR PROTI. UH, BY, I WAS SEEING IF THERE WERE ANY FINAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, UH, AT THIS TIME. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY, THERE WAS A REQUEST. YES. [02:55:01] UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, FORGIVE ME. DO I JUST START SPEAKING? OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO, UM, I'M NEW TO THIS AND I WANNA APOLOGIZE IF I'M NOT ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. HOWEVER, UH, YOU TALKED ABOUT EVERYONE WHO'S SPOKEN, TALKED ABOUT NORRIS ORDINANCE ORDINANCES, AND IN THE CITY OF DESOTO, THE NORRIS ORDINANCES IS 10:00 PM AND I HEARD YOU SAY 12, AND I KEPT HEARING THAT. I'M JUST, WE 11 MINUTE. OKAY, COUNSEL. COUNSEL, AT THIS POINT, AT THIS POINT, THE DISCUSSION NEEDS TO BE AMONGST THE COUNCIL. OH, I'M SORRY. OKAY. PUBLIC HEARING IS ALREADY CLOSED. AND THEN, UM, THERE WAS, UH, AN IDEA ABOUT LEARNING CURVES. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT PART. UH, BECAUSE IF YOU ARE WANTING TO PUT TOGETHER A WEDDING VENUE, YOU SHOULD GO OUT AND DO A LITTLE BIT OF THAT HOMEWORK BEFORE THAT'S SOMETHING YOU PUT IN PLACE SO YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT THE LEARNING CURVES ARE. AND THEN IN MOST CASES, WEDDING VENUES ARE, YOU KNOW, WEDDINGS ARE ACTUALLY ONCE IN A LIFETIME THINGS. SO PEOPLE ASK AND DO THINGS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT OUT OF THE ORDINARY. SO I, I AGREE THAT THIS PROBABLY SHOULD BE DENIED AS WELL. I WOULD DENY IT BECAUSE, UM, NINE TIMES OUTTA 10, IF YOU GET THE OKAY TO MOVE FORWARD, THEN YOU HAVE, UM, PEOPLE WANTING TO DO MORE OF THESE OUT OF THE ORDINARY THINGS ON A MORE REGULAR BASIS. AND THAT COULD PUT THINGS IN DANGER FOR THE REST OF THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF DESOTO. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. UM, IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CALL FOR THE READING OF THE ORDINANCE? KAY. HEARING NONE, MS. THOMAS, WE DO HAVE A ORDINANCE TO BE READ. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE AND MAP OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS AS HERETO FOR AMENDED BY CREATING PLAN DEVELOPMENT 1 9 6, CONSISTING OF ONE LOT CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 38.7 ACRES, MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS 1000 WEST WINTERGREEN ROAD, DESOTO, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A. ATTACHED HERE TWO, BY GRANTING A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM SINGLE FAMILY 15 TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT 1, 9 6 WITH A BASE ZONING OF SINGLE FAMILY 15 WITH DEVIATIONS TO ALLOW FOR A WEDDING BANQUET AND PARTY FACILITY. INDOOR OUTDOOR, PROVIDING FOR APPROVAL OF A SITE PLAN, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF $2,000 FOR EACH OFFENSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, UH, COUNSEL, PLEASE, PLEASE, UH, MAKE NOTE AS YOU CAST YOUR VOTES. THAT A VOTE, A YES VOTE IS A VOTE TO DENY. UH, PLEASE USE YOUR VOTING PADS. LET'S SEE. IT'S NOT BLINKING. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN RESTART THAT. OKAY. AT THIS TIME WE'LL SEE. MS. THOMAS, CAN WE DO A HAND VOTE UNTIL WE GET THE UH, VOTING? YES MA'AM. COUNCIL MEMBER LETICIA HUGHES. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISHOLM? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER DINER. MARKS MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR. DR. UP. I'M LOOKING AT DR. MARK SAYING DR. MARKS . YES. I APOLOGIZE. COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR, UH, I'M SORRY. MAYOR PER TIM ANDRE BY YES. COUNCIL MEMBER PER PARKER. YES. THANK YOU. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU COUNSEL. AT THIS TIME MS. THOMAS, WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. YES, MA'AM. [3. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider an Ordinance for the applicant's request to obtain a Specific Use Permit (SUP) to allow for a Crematorium to be constructed and operated on property zoned Light Industrial (LI) and legally described as being Lot 2, Block A in the Lewis Land Addition (1801 Kestrel Ave.). The applicant is New Greater Generation Family Funeral Group, LLC and the property owner is Lewis Land 80, LLC. (Case No. Z-1495-23)] NEXT WE MOVE TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE FOR THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO OBTAIN A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR A CREMATORIUM TO BE CONSTRUCTED AND OPERATED ON PROPERTY ZONE, LIGHT, INDUSTRIAL, AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS BEING LOCKED. TWO BLOCK A IN THE LEWIS LAND EDITION 1801 CASTRELL AVENUE. THE APPLICANT IS NEW, GREATER GENERATION FAMILY FUNERAL GROUP, LLC AND THE PROPERTY OWNER IS LOUIS, L AND A LLC, CASE NUMBER Z DASH 1495 DASH 23. MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS CHARLES BREWER, UH, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. GOOD EVENING, MR. BREWER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, WAITING FOR MY POWERPOINT TO LEARN TO LOAD UP. OKAY. AS AUTHORIZED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER LEWIS LAND 80, APPLICANT PASTOR GERALD WEATHERALL, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF THE NEW GREATER GENERATIONAL FAMILY FUNERAL GROUP, LSE, WHICH ALSO OPERATES UNDER THE NAME OF ETERNAL REST FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF PACIFIC USE PERMIT TO THE CITY ON APRIL 13TH, 2023. THIS REQUEST TO OBTAIN A SCP IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE A CREMATORIUM WITHIN LOT THREE BLOCK A IN THE LEWIS, A LEWIS LAND EDITION ADDRESSES 1801 KESSLER AVENUE. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF KESSLER AVENUE, NORTH OF SEAHAWK DRIVE, SOUTH OF CENTRAL PARK BOULEVARD, AND EAST [03:00:01] OF NORTH HAMPTON ROAD. THE PROPERTY IS ZONED LI LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 2.828 ACRES. I'VE GIVEN YOU A COUPLE OF MAPS FROM D AD I DO WANNA IDENTIFY WHILE WE'RE ON THIS SCREEN, UH, IN RED. THIS IS THE PROPERTY WHERE THE PROPOSED, UH, CREMATORY, UH, IS TO BE LOCATED. UM, WE DID RECEIVE TWO LETTERS OF OPPOSITION UP UNTIL LAST FRIDAY. WE ONLY HAD ONE LETTER OF OPPOSITION. IT WAS FROM THE TRUCK DRIVING SCHOOL TO THE SOUTH. AND JUST TODAY WE DID RECEIVE A LETTER OF OPPOSITION FROM THE SCHOOL. AND I WILL GET INTO THE OPPOSITION MAP BECAUSE ADDING THIS SCHOOL TRIGGERED THAT ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT ON HOW YOU VOTE. AND I'LL EXPLAIN THAT LATER. BUT YEAH, THE PRO UH, PROXIMITY MAP IS SHOWN HERE. UH, AND ON THE RIGHT YOU SEE THE ZONING. THE, UH, LIGHT BLUE IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. UH, THIS PURPLE IS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AND THE GREEN IS GENERAL RETAIL. AND SO THE PARTICULAR PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS GONNA BE AT THIS LOWER END OF THIS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, UH, PROPERTY. SECTION 36.6. EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL AND SPECIAL USE OF THE CITY ZONING ORDINANCE ESTABLISHES THAT A CREMATORY IS ONLY ALLOWED IN A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT WITH AN SUP CITY USE PERMIT. THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN MAP IN THE CITY'S 2015 COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN IDENTIFIES THAT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AS SUITABLE OR INDUSTRIAL USAGES, THE REQUESTED CREMATORY IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, ADJACENT PROPERTY ZONING AND LAND USE. NORTH INDUSTRIAL VACANT LAND SOUTH OF PLAN DEVELOPMENT 1 39, WHICH IS THE COMMERCIAL DRUG TRUCK DRIVING SCHOOL EAST INDUSTRIAL VACANT. AND AS MENTIONED EARLIER, WEST, IT'S COMBINATION OF THAT PD 1 39, WHICH DOES INCLUDE VACANT LAND AND THAT SCHOOL. SOME INFORMATION FROM THE REGULATORY AND PERMIT LANGUAGE, CREMATORIES AND NON-COMMERCIAL INCINERATORS USED TO DISPOSE OF PATHOLOGICAL WASTE CARCASSES ARE PERMITTED BY RULE BY THE STATE OF TEXAS IF DESIGNED AND OPERATED ACCORDING TO THE SPECIFIC CONDITIONS STATED IN TITLE 30, TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE KNOWN AS 30 TAC. THESE TWO SECTIONS, SECTION 1 0 6 0.494 AND MEET THE GENERAL CONDITIONS AS STATED IN 30 T SECTION 1 0 6 0.4. MY NEXT SLIDE WILL ACTUALLY SHOW YOU WHAT THOSE SECTIONS ARE. THE AGENCY THAT REGULATES AND PERMITS CREMATOR AND NON-COMMERCIAL INCINERATORS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS IS THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. THESE, AGAIN, ARE EXACTLY FROM, UH, THE STATE STATUTE TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. THE FIRST ONE IS THE SECTION OF THE RULE, UH, DEALING WITH 1 0 6 4 9 4, WHICH IS FOR NON-COMMERCIAL INCINERATORS AND CREMATOR. AND THIS IS THE POLICY THAT TCEQ ADMINISTERS WITH ALL APPLICANTS. THE NEXT SECTION IS THE SECTION 1 0 6 0.4, WHICH IS THE, UH, RESPONSIBILITIES DEALING WITH PERMITTING RULE, AGAIN ADMINISTERED, ADMINISTERED BY THE TEXAS, UH, TCEQ, A LITTLE MORE REGULATORY AND PERMIT REQUIREMENT INFORMATION. CREMATORY SHALL BE USED FOR THE CREMATION OF HUMAN REMAINS, EMBRYONIC AND FECAL TISSUES REMAINS AS WELL AS THE EMBRYO CORD PLACENTA, UH, JUSTIN, I CAN'T PRONOUNCE THAT SAC, BLOOD OR BODY FLUIDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 6 97 0.004 AND APPROPRIATE CONTAINERS. NON-COMMERCIAL INCINERATORS SHALL BE USED TO DISPOSE OF PATH PATHOLOGICAL WASTE, EMBRYONIC AND FECAL TISSUE REMAINS AND CARCASSES THE PERMIT BY RULE, WHICH ACRONYM PBR. THE FORMS, THE TABLES, THE CHECKLIST AND GUIDANCE AND DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ON TQS AIR PERMITS DIVISION'S WEBSITE AND IT SHOWS SO STATED THERE. THIS IS THE APPLICATION CHECKLIST THAT AN APPLICANT MUST GO THROUGH, UH, IF THEY'RE CONSIDERING A, A CREMATORY OR NON-COMMERCIAL, UH, ACCELERATOR, AND AGAIN SUBMITTED A TCQ AND THEY WOULD GO THROUGH THE REVIEW. THIS IS A FOUR PAGE DOCUMENT DEALING WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING PUBLIC HEARING. ON APRIL THE 11TH, 2023, A PUBLIC HEARING WAS OFFICIALLY CONDUCTED BEFORE THE CITY'S PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, COMMISSIONER BROOKS ASKED STAFF WHETHER THE EPA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, TCQ OR THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN CONTACTED BY STAFF IN ORDER TO INQUIRE ABOUT AIR MONITORING OR REPORTS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN PREPARED FOR THE NORTH TEXAS AREA IN ASSOCIATION WITH CREMATOR. IN ORDER TO ALLOW STAFF TIME TO FORM ADDITIONAL REVIEW FOR THE CRE FOR CREMATOR, THAT MOTION UNANIMOUSLY PREVAILED TO NOT CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING. DURING THE COMMISSION'S MEETING ON A, ON MAY THE 23RD, 2023 [03:05:02] ON MAY THE 23RD, 2023, THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OFFICIALLY CONTINUED. DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING APPLICANT PASSED THE GERALD D WEATHERALL SENIOR INFORMED THE COMMISSION THAT HE OWNS AND OPERATES FUNERAL HOMES IN DESOTO AT 1400 NORTH HAMPTON ROAD AND ALSO IN DALLAS PLANO. AND ENNIS. PASTOR WEATHERALL INFORMED THE COMMISSION THAT TO STAY COMPETITIVE IN A FUNERAL HOME BUSINESS, HE REALIZES THAT OWNERSHIP OF A CREMATORY IS NECESSARY. FOLLOWING DISCUSSION BY THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION, A MOTION WAS MADE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO OBTAIN A PACIFIC USE PERMIT IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE A CREMATORIUM. AT 1801 KESSLER AVENUE, THE MOTION FAILED TO PASS BY A VOTE OF FOUR TO TWO. AND AGAIN, IT LOOKS LIKE IT PASSED, BUT BECAUSE OF THIS NEXT SECTION IS REASON WHY, EXCUSE ME, THREE TO TWO, THE REASON WHY THREE TO TWO ACTUALLY FAILS AND NOT PASS BECAUSE OF WHAT'S WRITTEN IN THE SECTION OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE. SECTION 8.3 OF THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE STATES THAT ALL ACTIONS BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION SHALL BE BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THOSE MEMBERS PRESENT. AND THIS IS THE SECTION HERE. AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF FOUR MEMBERS SHALL BE NECESSARY FOR THE PASSAGE OF ANY RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL. SO AGAIN, WITH THE MOTION ITSELF, NOT PASSING IS JUST BEING BROUGHT TO YOU AND YOU BEING NOTIFIED OF WHAT THAT ACTION IS. IN THAT SENSE, AS OF LAST THURSDAY, YOUR ACTION WOULD'VE BEEN JUST TO ACT ON IT AND THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNSEL, YOUR MOTION WOULD'VE BEEN THE VERDICT FOR THIS CASE. BUT AS I WOULD GET TO NOW, RECEIVING THE UPDATED, UH, NOTICE FROM THE SCHOOL HAS CHANGED THAT. ON THE LEFT YOU WILL SEE THE NOTIFICATION MAP, UH, AS WE ALWAYS IDENTIFY, UM, AND COMPLYING WITH WHAT COUNCIL HAS ASKED US, YOU HAVE ASKED US YOU WANT THE AREA TO KNOW. SO WE COMMUNICATED TO THAT AREA ON A LARGER 200 FOOT RADIUS. SO WE ACTUALLY EXTENDED IT, UH, FROM THE ENTIRE, UH, PROPERTY ALL THE WAY UP TO THE STREET. WE UTILIZED, UH, DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT'S MAP. AND WHILE THE, UM, THE APPLICANT OR PROPERTY OWNER DID REPLANT THAT BLACK AREA TO CREATE TWO SMALLER LOTS, WE ARE ONLY STILL ABLE TO UTILIZE DEC AD'S MAP AND SHOW IT. AND IT SHOWS THE ENTIRE BLACK AREA AS WHAT WE DID. OUR NOTIFICATION. AND AGAIN, BLUE IS 200 FEET, PURPLE IS 400 FEET. SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, AS OF LAST FRIDAY WHEN WE WROTE THE STAFF REPORT, IT WAS ONLY THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH, WHICH IS A TRUCK SCHOOL THAT HAD SUBMITTED A, A, UH, RETURN NOTICE OF OPPOSITION. BUT TODAY, THE SCHOOL OWNS ALL OF THIS PROPERTY THAT GOES FROM THE BLACK LINE ALL THE WAY UP TO HAMPTON ROAD. NOW, THE STATE STATUTE AND OUR LOCAL STATUTE IDENTIFIES THAT CONSI TO CONSIDER WHAT'S AN OPPOSITION. WE'RE ONLY CONSIDERING THE PROPERTY WITH THAT'S WITHIN THE 200 FOOT RADIUS. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE IN SPITE OF THE CH THE SCHOOL'S PROPERTY GOES ALL THE WAY TO HAMPTON, WE'RE ONLY TAKING THE EXCEPTION WITHIN THAT 200 FOOT RADIUS FROM THE PROPERTY. ALSO, IF WE LOOK AT ADDING THESE TWO, WHICH IS THE YELLOW, IT DOES TRIGGER THAT IT'S 31.3%. AND IN THAT FACTOR WITH IT BEING OVER 20%, IT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT STAFF REPORT DID. NOW, IT TRIGGERS THAT IN ORDER TO PASS, UH, THIS CASE IS GONNA REQUIRE A SUPER MAJORITY OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL. YOU ARE SITTING TONIGHT WITH SIX MEMBERS, THE ENTIRE COUNCIL, YOU HAVE SEVEN, WHICH MEANS IF YOU DESIRE TO PASS THAT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A DE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF SIX MEMBERS THAT ARE SEATING TODAY, BECAUSE YOUR FULL COUNSEL IS SEVEN. I'VE INCLUDED, UH, A DISTRICT MAP. UH, THIS PRIVATE IS LOCATED IN MAYOR PRO TEM ANDRE BYRD'S, UH, DISTRICT OR PLACE FOUR, EXCUSE ME. UH, THIS IS THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSED, UH, SITE PLAN. AS YOU SEE, HE ACTUALLY HAD MADE A CORRECTION OR CHANGE. UM, THIS IS KESSLER AVENUE HERE. UH, WHEN IT FIRST TIME IT WENT TO PNZ, HE SHOWED A GARAGE OPENING FOR THE, THE, THE VEHICLE THAT WOULD BRING THE BODY IN, UH, TO THE FRONT. BUT UPON P AND Z'S, UH, COMMENTS, HE DID EXTEND THE DRIVEWAY TO THE BACK. AND AS WE SEE FROM THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS THAT WE'RE GONNA GET TO THE VEHICLE THAT'S BRINGING THE REMAINS IN WILL ENTER THE BUILDING IN THE BACK. UH, HE'S SHOWN A CIRCULAR [03:10:01] DRIVE AND THEN PARKING IN FRONT. UH, THIS IS A LARGER VIEW, BUT THIS WILL BE HIS LANDSCAPE PLAN. UH, AS WE'VE STARTED PRACTICING OVER THE LAST YEAR, THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU ARE CONSIDERING HAS ATTACHMENTS WHERE EXHIBIT A IS THE MEETS AND BOUNDS. UH, B WOULD BE THE CONCEPTUAL SITE. PLAN C WOULD BE THE LANDSCAPE PLAN AND D ARCHITECTURAL VIEW. SO THIS IS A BETTER VIEW TO HELP YOU SEE HOW THE DRIVE APPROACH WOULD TAKE IT TO THE BACK IN ORDER TO ENTER THE, UH, THE FACILITY FROM THE BACK. UH, THIS IS THE ELEVATION REVIEW. UM, THE ONE ON TOP IS LOOKING FROM KESSLER. UM, THERE HAD BEEN A GARAGE OPENING HERE, BUT AGAIN, THIS GOT REMOVED TO THE BACK. AND THERE YOU SEE THE GARAGE, UH, DOOR OPENING IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO GO STRAIGHT INTO THE VEHICLE FROM THE BACK AS REQUESTED BY THE P AND Z OR COMMENTS MADE AT THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING. I, I'VE GONE AND SHARED WITH YOU, WHICH WILL NOT BE A PART OF THE ORDINANCE. A A CONCEPT OF THE, UH, BUILDINGS LAYOUT. UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST TO REALLY GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HAPPENS IN A CREMATORY OR THIS APPLICANT'S PROPOSAL, YOU HAVE AN OFFICE AREA HERE. YOU HAVE AN AREA WHERE THE INCINERATORS ARE, AND THEN YOU HAVE AN EMBALMMENT AREA HERE, AND THEN YOU HAVE A FREEZER. SO, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WITH THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE, ALLOWING CREMATORIES TO BE ESTABLISHED IN THE CITY'S LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING AREA DISTRICT WITH A PACIFIC USE PERMIT AND WITH CREMATOR BEING PERMITTED BY RULE TO THE TEXAS COMMISSION, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY IF DESIGNED AND OPERATED ACCORDING TO THE PACIFIC CONDITIONS STATED IN 30 T SECTIONS 1 0 6 0.4 AND 1 0 6 0.494 STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO OBTAIN A PACIFIC USE PERMIT FOR CASE NUMBER Z 1495 DASH 23 TO CONSTRUCT AN OPERATE A CREMATORY AND LOT TWO BLOCK A IN THE LEWIS LAND EDITION STREET ADDRESS 1801. I'LL ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS NOW OR LATER. THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU MR. BREWER. COUNCIL, IS THERE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVED. SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DR. MARK SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. UH, COUNSEL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. UH, IS THERE ANY, UM, DO WE, I I DO BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS HERE WITH US TODAY. IF THERE'S ANY, UH, COMMENTS OR PRESENTATION FROM THE APPLICANT WILL RECEIVE THAT AT THIS TIME. APPLICANT, APPLICANT, UH, GERALD WEATHERALL, APPLICANT AND CITY RESIDENT. UH, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY COMMENTS. UH, ONLY THING I WANT TO SAY IS THAT, UH, WE'VE MET ALL THE GUIDELINES, UM, THAT HAS BEEN ASKED BY THE CITY, AND WE'VE ANSWERED ALL QUESTIONS THAT WAS ASKED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAD ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. UH, MR. WEATHERALL, UM, AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL IS GONNA DEFER OUR QUESTIONS UNTIL AFTER CITIZENS COMMENTS. SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THE PRESENTATION, WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL HEAR FROM CITIZENS WHO WISH TO SPEAK, AND I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF CARDS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK. YES. AND THEN ONCE THOSE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE, THEN WE'LL ALLOW FOR YOU A CHANCE TO REBUTTAL SO YOU CAN STAY CLOSE AS YOU'RE DOING. UM, STAY CLOSE BY THE PODIUM AND THEN WE WILL, UM, HEAR FROM COUNSEL AFTER THAT. THANK YOU. DARIUS RAYOR. MR. RAYOR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD. AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. OKAY, THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DARIUS RAYOR. I'M A RESIDENT OF DESOTA. ALSO, I'M A HOA PRESIDENT AS WELL AS A COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BROKER FOR 25 YEARS. AND, UH, HAD DONE SITE SELECTION FOR A COUPLE JOBS HERE IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR FOR SOUTHLAND COOPERATE SEVEN 11TH, WELL AS FAMILY DOLLAR, GENERAL DOLLAR. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT WHEN WE DEALING WITH THAT SIDE OF THING, WE DON'T LOOK AT THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE FOR ANY PARTICULAR PROPERTY. ALSO, WHETHER IT HAS ANY EFFECT, UH, VALUE WISE ON THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. AND AFTER, BECAUSE OF MY EX EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE, MR. RO HAD CONTACTED ME AND I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW HIM REAL WELL AS A MAN OF INTEGRITY AND ALL THAT. AND I HAD A CHANCE TO GO VISIT THE SITE AND LOOK AROUND AND SEE. THERE WAS NO RESIDENCE OR ANYTHING REALLY. SECONDLY, IT WAS HIS OWN PROPERTY. BUT ONE OF MY CONCERNS WAS THE VALUE OF THE LAND. SO I WENT TO THE, UH, OTHER PART, OAK CLIFF THERE, THE CREMATORY IN THAT AREA THERE. AND I STUDIED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS WHETHER THE PROPERTY VALUES WENT UP OR DOWN, AND ALL THE PROPERTY VALUES DID GO UP. SO IT DIDN'T AFFECT THAT. SO, UH, BASED ON THE WHERE THIS IS LOCATED AT, I MADE A RECOMMENDATION THAT HE PURSUE PURCHASING [03:15:01] IT. I KNOWING HIM, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT HE, AND HE HAS A FAMILY HERE, HE HAS A BUSINESS HERE, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT HE WOULD BRING ANYTHING INTO OUR COMMUNITY THAT WOULD BE VALUED OR HARM OR AFFECT OUR CITIZEN, OUR CHILDREN. HE'S HAD CHILDREN HIMSELF, AND I HAVE GRANDCHILDREN THAT LIVES HERE. SO MY CONS AT THIS TIME, I WOULD VOTE THAT WE DO ACCEPT THAT IT WAS APPROVED BY PLANNING ZONING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. RAY, NORTH. AMY WEATHERALL, AVERY. EXCUSE ME. AVERY WEATHERALL. GOOD EVENING. MR. WEATHERALL, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD. AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. AVERY WEATHERALL, UH, CITY RESIDENCE TO SALT, UM, FOR CREMATORY. THAT'S ALL. MR. WEATHERALL, COULD YOU REPEAT, REPEAT YOUR COMMENTS TO LET US KNOW IF YOU'RE FOR AGAINST THE PROJECT? OH, I'M SORRY. UH, FOR, FOR CREMATORY, YOU'RE FOR, OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. PASTOR P MCDOWELL. GOOD EVENING. MR. MCDOWELL. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD. AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. GOOD EVENING, PASTOR MCDOWELL. I LIVE IN DESOTO 9 0 8 PINE TREE. UM, I HATE, WE NOW HAVE TWO MINUTES, BUT I WOULD ASK THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER ME VERY BRIEFLY AS A CONSULTANT. I OWN MCDOWELL FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, AND I'M ASSOCIATED WITH ETERNAL REST, OR I AM A FRIEND OF PASTOR WEATHERALL. SO COUPLE OF ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP IN THE PLANNING MEETING THAT I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS, BUT THEN AT THE END, I'D, I, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU CAN ASK ME. THE FIRST THING IS THE CONCERN THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN ON 35 WHERE THEY HAVE SMOKE COMING FROM A CREMATORY, UM, THAT SMOKE IS BECAUSE, UH, TWO OF THE BURNERS, ONE OF THEM, UH, WENT BELOW AS IT RELATES TO THE TEMPERATURE, WHICH CAUSES BLACK SMOKE TO COME OUT. I TALKED WITH MR. WEATHERALL, AND HE'S GOING TO GET THE TOP OF THE LINE CREMATORY IN THAT CREMATORIUM. SO IN OTHER WORDS, HE'S GETTING THE BEST I'M IN THE BUSINESS. I KNOW THAT, UH, TO BE TRUE IN THAT, WHAT IS NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE THAT ISSUE. THE OTHER ONE IS THE CONCERN OF PEOPLE THAT DO NOT KNOW ABOUT THE CREMATORY. THE REALITY IS, IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS, 50% OF THOSE THAT DIE WILL BE CREMATORY, WILL BE CREMATED. AND I WOULD ASK THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER THE FACT THAT, FIRST OF ALL, I'M FROM DESOTA. I DEAL WITH THIS EVERY DAY, AND EVENTUALLY IT'S COMING TO OUR CITY. I GO TO LOUISVILLE TO HAVE MY BODIES CREMATORY, CREMATED. AND I WOULD ASK THAT YOU WOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER PASSING THIS ORDINANCE AS THE PLANNING AND, UH, THE PLANNING BOARD DID, AND ASK THAT YOU WOULD ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO, UH, CREMATORIES. THANK YOU MR. MCDOWELL. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT. THANK YOU, LEONARD LEWIS, I'LL DO IN FAVOR OF IT. CAN YOU PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE? MR. LEWIS STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. MY NAME IS LEONARD LEWIS. I LIVE IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS. I OWN THE LAND THAT THIS IS PRESUMED TO GO ON TOO. UH, I HAD A BUSINESS THAT I WAS GOING TO START HERE, AND I COULDN'T START IT BECAUSE THE CITY COUNCIL TURNED IT DOWN. IT WAS A SCHOOL, JUST LIKE THE SCHOOL. IT'S NEXT TO THE ONE THAT THIS IS GOING INTO. SO I, I AM INTENDING TO PUT SOMEBODY ON THE BUSINESS, ON THE PLAN, ON THE PROPERTY, SO I'M FOR IT TO GO. THAT'S A CREMATORY. THANK YOU. MR. LEWIS. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. THANK YOU. EDDIE BROWN. I BELIEVE MR. BROWN LEFT. YES. DOES IT STATE WHETHER HE'S FOR OR AGAINST ON HIS CARD OR IS IT FOR HE'S FOR IT. TAMARA WALTON. GOOD EVENING. MS. WALTON, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD. AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. OH, TAMARA WALTON, UH, DESOTO. I'M JUST, I'M FOR IT. THANK YOU. TINA PERKINS. [03:20:07] MS. PERKINS, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. AND, HI, I'M TINA PERKINS, AND I LIVE HERE IN THE CITY OF DESOTO. AND I AM FOURTH, A GREEN MORATORIUM. SHERRY FRANKLIN. HELLO, I'M SHEREE FRANKLIN, UM, CITY OF DESOTO. AND AT FIRST I WAS JUST GONNA STAND UP HERE AND SAY I'M ALMOST FOUR, BUT I WANNA KIND OF ADD ONE THING IN. SINCE THE SCHOOL HAS SENT A LETTER IN, A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE OPPOSE WHAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND. AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE FOR EVERYBODY ON THE CITY COUNCIL TO KNOW IS THAT EVERY YEAR, I'M, I'M ALSO THE GENERAL MANAGER OF ETERNAL RICE FUNERAL HOME. EVERY YEAR WE HAVE SCHOOLS AND OTHER PEOPLE COMING TO US REQUESTING THAT WE HELP OUT WITH YOUNG FAMILIES THAT DON'T HAVE INSURANCE, AND THEIR LOVED ONES HAVE PASSED AWAY. ONE THING ABOUT MY BOSS, MR. WEATHERALL, IS THAT WE DON'T TURN AWAY ANYONE. SO CURRENTLY AT THIS TIME, IF WE DO, AND WE ALWAYS DO HELP A FAMILY OUT, THEN WE HAVE TO OUTSOURCE THAT CREMATION. WHEN WE OUTSOURCE THAT CREMATION, SOMETIMES WE'RE TAKING PEOPLE'S LOVED ONES AS FAR AS SEXY, UM, OR FATHER. SO THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE PAYING SOMEONE ELSE TO HELP A FAMILY, SOMETIMES FAMILIES THAT DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO ACTUALLY PAY US. BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER. WE STILL, WE STILL HELP THESE FAMILIES. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THE, THAT THE SCHOOL HAS OPPOSED, BUT YOUNG AS WELL AS OLD I, A LOT OF TIMES, LIKE I SAID, PEOPLE OPPOSE THINGS THAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND. AND GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN A CRE INVENTORY HERE IN DESOTO WOULD HELP OUR, WOULD HELP THE COMMUNITY. IT WOULD ALSO HELP US HELP FAMILIES THAT DON'T, THAT ARE UNDER, THAT ARE, THAT DON'T HAVE MONEY OR UNDERPRIVILEGED TO WHERE WE'RE NOT HAVING TO OUTSOURCE THESE, UM, A CREMATION OF SOMEONE ELSE. WE CAN ACTUALLY HANDLE THAT OURSELVES, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO HELP MORE FAMILIES. SO IF YOU GUYS COULD PLEASE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. UM, AND AGAIN, A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE OPPOSE WHAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. FRANKLIN. WAYNE COOPER. GOOD EVENING. MR. COOPER, IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE ONLY AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. YES, MA'AM. MY NAME IS WAYNE COOPER. UH, I LIVE IN DESOTO, TEXAS. UH, I'VE KNOWN MR. WEATHERALL FOR OVER 25 YEARS. I KNOW HE'S A MAN OF INTEGRITY AND I KNOW THAT THIS CREMATORY WILL WORK IF YOU GIVE IT A CHANCE. THAT'S ALL. MM-HMM. DEE JOHNSON. GOOD EVENING, MR. JOHNSON. I'M D JOHNSON FROM DESOTO, AND I'M FOR THE RUMINATORY. THANK YOU, ELI JACOBS. GOOD EVENING. MR. JACOBS. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. ELI JACOBS. I, I AM A CITIZEN OF DESOTO. UH, I DO WANNA SAY THAT, UH, KNOWING, UH, MR. , I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THE THING THAT HE'S TRYING TO DO. I THINK IT MAKES SENSE IF WE UNDERSTAND THE FACTS ABOUT IT. I LOOKED, AND I DID SOME RESEARCH. IT IS NO HISTORY, NOWHERE AROUND THE WORLD WHERE THIS, UH, PRODUCT WILL AFFECT CHILDREN IN ANY KINDA WAY. AND SO I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S NOT A PROBLEM, WHY WE ARE MAKING IT A PROBLEM. IT DON'T MAKE SENSE TO ME, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT HE IS A MAN WITH INTEGRITY AND HE DO HELP PEOPLE. SO IF Y'ALL GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY, AND I THINK IT WILL, UH, BE A BLESSING TO ALL OF US. BUT THANK YOU. ROLAND SENIOR. YES, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE RECORD. AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. YES, MA'AM. MY NAME IS ROLAND TERRELL, SENIOR. UH, I'M A RESIDENT OF DESOTO, TEXAS. ALSO A LOCAL CHURCH PASTOR HERE IN THE CITY OF DESOTO AS WELL. AND I AM FOR THE CREMATORY. YES, MA'AM. THAT'S ALL. MAYOR. THANK YOU. UM, AND THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO YOU, WHO CAME OUT TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. AT THIS TIME, UH, WE WILL ALLOW THE APPLICANT IF THEY, IF YOU HAVE ANY REBUTTAL TO ANY OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE OR JUST ANY, ANY FINAL COMMENTS BEFORE WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE'LL ALLOW THREE MINUTES FOR YOU TO DO SO. NO, [03:25:01] I PASS. THANK YOU. AND NOT NECESSARY, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE, WE'D ALLOW TIME. THANK YOU. UH, AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO MOVED. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COUNSEL, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. UM, COUNSEL, AT THIS TIME, I'LL CALL FOR A MOTION. MADAM MAYOR, MOVE THAT WE APPROVED AS PRESENTED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TIMM BYRD, AND SECOND BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. UM, COUNSEL, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE HAVE THE READING OF THE ORDINANCE? MADAM MAYOR, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. YES, MAYOR PRO TIMM. THANK YOU. CAN SOMEONE TALK, THE ONLY LETTER OF OPPOSITION THAT I I'VE RECEIVED WAS, WAS NOT, UH, THEY ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH PASTOR, WE, WHETHER ALL AND VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE TUNNEL REST FAMILY AND ALL THAT YOU DO HERE. THE QUESTION WAS IN REGARDS TO THE EPA, UH, HOW, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY DATA ON CREMATOR? UH, YES. I, YES I DO. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT JUST SO THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE, WE WILL ALL KNOW, BECAUSE I, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH CREMATORIES AT ALL, BUT I AM FAMILIAR WITH THE BLACK SMOKE THAT I'VE SEEN OFF OF 35. UM, AND YOU WON'T, YOU WON'T SEE THAT. AND, UM, UH, WHEN, WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT, UM, EXPANDING YOUR BUSINESSES HERE, UM, WE WERE CONCERNED, UM, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, FOR RELOCATING. UH, I KNOW YOU HAVE PROPERTY RIGHT BEHIND YOUR PROPERTY, RIGHT? THAT WE THOUGHT WAS A HORRIBLE IDEA. SO I APPRECIATE YOU. UM, UH, BUT, BUT CAN YOU TALK TO THE EPA AND WHAT CREMATOR, HOW YOU KNOW, THE EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS? OKAY. UNDER THE EPA, UM, GUIDELINES, UNDER THE CLEAR, UM, CLEAN AIR ACT, UM, THE MACHINES THAT WE HAVE PURCHASED AND, UH, IT'S PLACING INTO THAT FACILITY, UH, HAS, UH, LESS, UH, CARBON MONOXIDE, UH, THAT IS RELEASED IN A SCHOOL BUS. AND, UM, IT'S ALSO, UH, NO SMOKE. IT'S A NO SMOKE HIGH TECH MACHINE. UM, UM, GASES, UH, DI UH, DISSOLVED WITHIN TWO SECONDS OF THE AFTERBURNER. UM, AND ALSO THERE WAS A QUESTION, I THINK WHEN WE CAME TO THE COMMISSIONER COURT, UH, THAT WASN'T A BIG FACTOR WITH THE EPA BECAUSE I MEAN, THEY, THEY HAVE RESEARCHED IT AND SAID, EPA APPROVES IT. AND THE MACHINE, WE HAVE BURN HARLEY, NO CALL MONOXIDE. THE BIGGEST QUESTION THEY HAD WAS, UH, MERCURY. AND I'VE DID A LOT OF RESEARCH ON MERCURY SINCE THEN. AND, UM, WE FOUND A, AND THEY, IN THEIR REPORT TO THE COMMISSION, THE, UH, THEY SAID, UNFORTUNATELY, THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY, UH, STUDY. THEY GAVE A WHOLE LOT OF OPINIONATED STUDIES. UH, I DID FIND A LABORATORY STUDY THAT DEALT WITH MERCURY, AND I'LL TELL YOU A, AND THEY DID 30,000 CASES. THIS CASE STUDY WAS DONE, UH, WAS PUBLICIZED BY THE CANADIAN JOUR JOURNAL PUBLIC HEALTH 2020 VOLUME 1 1, 1 0.1 0, 1 1 DASH 1 0 1 9. UM, THIS WAS A, UH, LABORATORY STUDY, UM, THAT WAS DONE BY THE SCHOOL OF POLLUTION, PUBLIC HEALTH UNIVERSITY OF, UM, BRI, BRI BRITAIN, ALSO CONDUCTED BY THE DIVISION OCCUPATION OF ENVIRONMENT HEALTH SCHOOL OF POLLUTION, AS WELL AS HEALTH. UM, THESE, UH, THEY DID 30,000 CREMATIONS. THEY DID A STUDY OF 30,000 CREMATION. AND WHEN THEY GOT THROUGH WITH THE 30,000 CREMATION, UM, THERE WAS ONLY ONE POINT, UH, ONE, 1.20 GRAMS OF MERCURY THAT WAS ADMITTED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. ALSO, LAST WEEK, UH, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO A DENTIST AND, AND, AND EVERYBODY DO UNDERSTAND, THE ONLY WAY THIS MERCURY COMES FROM FILLINGS IN THE TEETH IN THE TOOTH. THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK AND READ ANOTHER STUDY THAT IN 20 20, 20 20 THAT I GOT ALL THESE STUDIES SOMEWHERE HERE, 2020, THE BOARD OF DENTISTS, UH, RECOMMEND THAT THEY STOP USING [03:30:01] MERCURY FILLINGS. AND ALSO, I TALKED TO A DENTIST THE OTHER DAY AND HE SAID, NOW WHEN PEOPLE COME IN WITH THOSE FILLINGS, THEY'LL REMOVE BECAUSE THEY'RE BAD. THEY GIVE YOU BAD HEALTH AS WELL. SO THEY HAVE NOT PUT THOSE IN TWO SINCE 2020. SO, UH, SO EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE DOING AND EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING WITH THIS CREMATORY IS THE STATE OF THE ART. UM, THE PLANNING AND ZONING HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE EQUIPMENT, UH, HAVE TALKED TO THE MANUFACTURING OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE'VE ALREADY PUT IN A PO FOR, AND HAVE FOUND OUT WE'RE PUTTING THE MOST STATE OF THE ART EQUIPMENT, UH, IN THE CITY. AND LIKE I SAID, IT, IT DON'T PRODUCE NO POLLUTION. IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT'S GONNA HURT ANYBODY NEAR IT. IT WOULD NOT AFFECT THE SCHOOL. AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE STUDIES WITH EPA, UM, THAT APPROVES WHAT WE ARE DOING. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MAYOR PROAM. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU PASTOR FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU ALSO FOR BEING, NOT ONLY BEING A RESIDENT OF DESOTO, BUT, UM, A BUSINESS OWNER, BOTH YOU AND YOUR WIFE. UM, SO I DO WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT. I DO HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE I'M IGNORANT TO CREMATOR AS WELL. OKAY. I JUST WAS CURIOUS, UM, AS I WAS READING AND TRYING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT. UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A DISTINCT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOME USING FOSSIL FUEL AND NATURAL GAS. I KNOW YOU'RE USING THE STATE OF THE ART, BUT DO YOU KNOW WHICH ONE YOURS WILL BE FUELED BY? UH, NATURAL GAS. THANK YOU. UHHUH. . THANK YOU DR. MARKS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, UH, MR. WEATHERALL FOR BEING HERE. UH, I TOO WAS AND AM, UM, NOT TO, UM, UH, WISE ON CREMATORY. SO I ACTUALLY PICKED UP THE PHONE AND CALLED AUSTIN MYSELF. OKAY. BECAUSE I WANTED TO TALK TO THEM PERSONALLY, UM, JUST TO SEE WHAT THEY WOULD SAY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SAID, COUNSEL, AND YOU MIGHT KNOW THIS, IS THAT, AND IT'S CONTAINED IN THAT, UH, TCEQ, UH, REGULATION CODE. UH, I THINK THEY SAID 1 0 6 0.494, THAT THE CREMATORY HAS TO BE. AND I'M SURE THAT OUR DEPARTMENT WILL GO THROUGH ALL THESE GUIDELINES. IT HAS TO BE LOCATED 700 FEET AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY LINE WHEN IT COMES TO SCHOOLS. THAT WAS MY DEAL. I WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, PARKS, THOSE AREAS. BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE THIS PROPERTY IS, IT'S OVER THERE. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT CAME UP. OKAY. SO I WANTED TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. SO IF IT'S 700 SQUARE FEET, THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY IS FIVE ACRES, 700 SQUARE FEET, THAT MEANS THAT THERE'S PROBABLY ABOUT, WHAT, 43,000 AND SOMETHING SQUARE FOOTAGE, SQUARE FEET WITHIN THAT TIMES FIVE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT 200, WHAT, 17,000 SOMETHING SQUARE FOOT. SOMEBODY CAN DO THAT MATH. I'M TRYING TO DO IT IN MY HEAD, BUT I THINK I'M PROBABLY CLOSE. SO THAT WILL DISPEL THAT FACT WHEN IT COMES TO BEING NEAR CHILDREN OR IT'S GONNA CAUSE HARM TO CHILDREN. THE OTHER THING I ASKED THEM WAS ABOUT TEMPERATURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IT HAS TO BE A CERTAIN TEMPERATURE, 1600, UM, DEGREES OR SOMETHING. AND OF COURSE THEY HAVE OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THEY SAID THEY WILL GO AROUND AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER. SO YOU REALLY WOULDN'T HAVE THAT MUCH TO WORRY ABOUT WHEN IT CAME, UM, TO THAT. SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE ABOUT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE BECAUSE THE CHILDREN, THAT WAS PROBABLY THE MAIN FACTOR. BUT IF YOU'VE GOT FIVE ACRES OF LAND, I'M SURE THAT YOU WILL LOCATE IT WELL BEYOND THE 700 SQUARE FEET THAT'S REQUIRED TO GET AWAY FROM OUR CHILDREN. MATTER. MAY I YIELD BACK? THANK YOU DR. MARKS. YES, IT DOES. UH, COUNSEL, AT THIS TIME, THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, AND WE DO HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT NEEDS TO BE READ. MS. THOMAS, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE IN MAP OF THE CITY OF DESOTO AS HERETO FOR AMENDED BY GRANTING A CHANGE IN ZONING BY GRANTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A CREMATORIUM ON LAND ZONED AS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL CONSISTING OF 2.828 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED IN A PORTION OF LOT TWO AND BLOCK A OF THE LEWIS LAND ADDITION, MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS 1801 CASTRELL AVENUE, DESOTO, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS. AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A. ATTACHED HERE TO PROVIDING FOR APPROVAL OF THE SITE PLAN ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT B, PROVIDING FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE LANDSCAPE PLAN ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT C, PROVIDING FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE ELEVATIONS PLAN ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT D, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A, PROVIDING [03:35:01] A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF $2,000 FOR EACH OFFENSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, UH, COUNSEL, MADAM MAYOR, ATTORNEY, GO. YES, I'M SORRY. I I A POINT OF INFORMATION. , UM, UM, MR. BREWER STATED THAT THIS, THIS WOULD REQUIRE A SUPER MAJORITY OF THE SETTING COUNCIL OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL, WHICH MEANS THE SUPER MAJORITY OF SEVEN WOULD BE SIX. CORRECT? IS IT PRUDENT FOR US TO WAIT UNTIL THE ENTIRE COUNCIL IS HERE, UH, BEFORE WE VOTE, UH, IN ORDER TO GIVE, UM, THE APPLICANT THE FAIREST OF CHANCES? UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE CHANGED THAT OTHER TO THE SUPER, SUPER MAJORITY OF THE CURRENT COUNSEL. BUT THIS PARTICULAR, BECAUSE OF THE TRIGGER OF THE 20%. SO IS IT PRUDENT, UH, TO, TO, UM, TO DELAY THE VOTE UNTIL THE ENTIRETY OF THE COUNCIL IS HERE? MADAM MAYOR? MAY, MAY I ASK ABOUT THE 20%? IF YOU DON'T MIND? HOW MANY DID YOU SAY WE HAD? YOU RECEIVED SIX? NO, NO, NO. I, I'M, I'M, I WANNA KNOW WHAT TRIGGERED THE 20%. BECAUSE, BECAUSE STATE LAW, THAT PART IS A STATE LAW WHEN IT'S TRIGGERED BY THE 20%. SO WE CAN'T NO, NO, NO, NO. I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT I'M TRYING TO SEE HOW MANY LETTERS OF OPPOSITION THAT WE RECEIVED DURING P AND Z. AND THEN OF COURSE, NOW I THINK HE RECEIVED WHAT, ONE MORE OR HOW MANY MORE DID YOU RECEIVE? ONE MORE ONE. AND THEN MAY 20, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, LET BRING UP, I BELIEVE THERE'RE ONLY THREE PROPERTIES AROUND IT. CORRECT. OR THERE'S A LOT MORE PROPERTIES AND THE NUMBER OF RETURNS THAT WE GET DOES NOT TRIGGER IT. IF YOU LET ME PUT UP THE MAP, I THINK I'LL BE ABLE TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND. OKAY. I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE HOW WE GOT 20%. THAT'S ALL. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILWOMAN, DR. MARKS, IS THIS, UH, DRAWING HERE? MM-HMM. , WE ONLY RECEIVE TWO RESPONSE NOTICES. MM-HMM. . EVERY ONE OF THESE LINES IS A PROPERTY. MM-HMM. . SO EVERYBODY IN HERE, EVEN STRETCHING ALL THE WAY UP TO THIS STREET, EVEN SOUTH SIDE OF OF SEAHAWK, EVERYBODY WITH A PROPERTY LINE GOT A NOTICE. WE ONLY RECEIVED TWO WRITTEN NOTICES BACK. OKAY. ONE FROM THE TRUCK DRIVING SCHOOL TO THE SOUTH AND THE OTHER FOR THE SCHOOL. OKAY. IN DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT THAT 20% NUMBER IS REACHED, WE ONLY COMMUTE THAT PERSON'S PROPERTY THAT WAS IN THE 200 FOOT RANGE, WHICH IS THE BLUE MARK. I WILL USE THE SCHOOL AS THE EXAMPLE. THE SCHOOL OWNS THE PROPERTY, NOT ONLY A ABUTTING, UH, THE PROPERTY, BUT GOING ALL THE WAY TO HAMPTON. YOU SEE THE YELLOW, THE PURPLE, AND THE WHITE. WE DON'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE PERSON'S ENTIRE PROPERTY TO SEE IF THE TRIGGER HAS BEEN HIT. WE STOP AT THE 200 FOOT RADIUS. THAT'S BOTH STATE AND LOCAL STATUE. SO BECAUSE OF OUR GIS SYSTEM HAS MEASURED AND SAYS THE SCHOOL'S PROPERTY HAS THIS MUCH OF ITS PROPERTY WITHIN THAT 200 FOOT BUFFER. AND ACTUALLY THE TRUCK DRIVING SCHOOL, AS YOU SEE, THEIR PROPERTY, I BELIEVE GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE STREET. BUT I COULD BE WRONG, BUT IT ADDS UP BY THE COMPUTER, THESE TWO YELLOW PROPERTIES. AND IT'S SAYING IF THIS ENTIRE BLUE, WOULD YOU SEE OVER HERE, IF THAT ENTIRE BLUE IS A HUNDRED PERCENT THAT THE COMPUTER ADDED UP AND SAID THESE TWO YELLOWS EQUATE TO 31.3%, WHICH IS OVER THE TRIGGER MARK. GOTCHA. SO IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE QUANTITY. GOTCHA. IT'S THE VALUE OF LAND WITHIN THAT 200 FOOT RADIUS. OKAY. GOTCHA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. AND THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. DR. MARKS, UM, COUNSEL MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, WE DO KNOW WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON [03:40:01] THE FLOOR. UM, WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. HOWEVER, MAYOR PRO TEM IS, HE HAS NOT RETRACTED, UH, IT, WELL, THE MOTION HAS NOT BEEN RETRACTED. HOWEVER, THERE WAS A QUESTION POSED, UM, BY MAYOR PRO TEM. SO CITY OF ATTORNEY GARITA, HOW SHOULD WE, HOW SHOULD WE RECTIFY THAT? AND, AND IT WOULD OF COURSE, OBVIOUSLY BE, UM, SOMEONE HAVE BE AMENDED, UM, AT THAT POINT. AND ALSO SEE IF THE APPLICANT WOULD BE BEFORE WE CAN GO. SURE. HAVE, BE COMFORTABLE WITH USABLE US. UM, POSTPONEMENT, WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE PUBLIC HEARING'S CLOSED. THERE'S NO NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING AND NO NEED TO ADVERTISE IT ALL. WE WOULD BE DECIDING CAN YOU CUT YOUR MICROPHONE OFF? SO SECOND. OH, WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING. THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN CLOSED. SO IF THE APPLICANT WOULD WANT US TO CONTINUE IT UNTIL THE ENTIRE COUNCIL'S HEARING, THAT'S ONE ADDITIONAL PERSON. SINCE IT TRIGGERED THE SUPER MAJORITY, THE ONLY THING WE WOULD BE CONSIDERING AT THE NEXT MEETING WOULD BE THE ORDINANCE ITSELF. WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. IT WOULD JUST BE THE ORDINANCE. UM, UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A MOTION. I THINK WE HAD A SECOND. SO I GUESS THE FIRST QUESTION IS, MR. WEATHERALL, COULD YOU YES. MR. WEATHERALL, COULD YOU COME, UH, THIS, THIS QUESTION IS ACTUALLY FOR YOU IN TERMS OF YOUR COMFORTABILITY WITH US, UM, DOING WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED BY MAYOR PRO TIM BYRD, WHICH WOULD BE KEEPING IN PRECEDENT WITH OTHER MATTERS SIMILAR TO THIS IN TERMS OF THE COUNCIL TABLING IT WHEN A COUNCIL MEMBER IS OUT TO ALLOW, UH, FOR, IN FAIRNESS FOR THE ENTIRE COUNCIL TO BE PRESENT WHEN IT'S REQUIRED BY STATE LAW. AND SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH US DOING FIRST? FIRST AND FOREMOST, YES. AND THAT MEANS TABLING IT TO ANOTHER DATE TO ALLOW FOR THE FULL JULY TO, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE OUR JULY, JULY 18TH. UM, TO ALLOW FOR NOW, KEEPING IN MIND THAT THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT WE WILL STILL HAVE A FULL COUNSEL AT THAT MEETING AS WELL. 'CAUSE ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN JUST LIKE IT DID TONIGHT. WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE TONIGHT. OKAY. HE WANTS US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH VOTING TONIGHT. OKAY? YES. THANK YOU. AND SO, KEEPING IN MIND THAT, YOU KNOW, IF IT, IF IT, WHAT, LET, LET ME ALLOW THE ATTORNEY TO, UH, SPEAK TO THAT, TO GIVE, UM, INFORMATION. IF, UH, IF THE MOTION PASSES, OBVIOUSLY IT PASSES. HOWEVER, IF IT FAILS, WHAT, UH, WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT CITY ATTORNEY? IT IT, WELL, IF THE MOTION FAILS AND IT, IT, THE CASE IS OVER, WOULD'VE TO START BACK OVER. START BACK OVER WITH THE, WITH THE ENTIRE PROCESS. AND, AND I'M SORRY. WITH THERE BEING A ABSENCE OF A COUNCIL PERSON, IT CHANGES YOUR OUGHTS OF, AND WE CAN, WE CAN DENY IT WITHOUT PREJUDICE, JUST TO BE CERTAIN. SO IN THAT EVENT, IT COULD COME, IT COULD GO BACK IF THERE WAS A DENIAL, CORRECT? YES. IT WOULD'VE. TO GO BACK ALL THE WAY BACK TO P AND Z, WE CAN MAKE A MOTION TO DENY WITHOUT P. OKAY. HE'S NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY WE'RE ASKING. THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES A SUPER MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL, WHICH IS SEVEN PEOPLE. SEVEN PEOPLE ARE NOT HERE. SO A SUPER MAJORITY WOULD REQUIRE A VOTE OF SIX PEOPLE TO SAY YES AND NO ROOM FOR ANYBODY TO SAY NO. IF THERE'S SEVEN PEOPLE HERE, IT WOULD REQUIRE SIX PEOPLE TO SAY YES. BUT YOU HA YOU HAVE ONE PERSON THAT COULD SAY NO. SO THAT'S WHY WE THINK THE PRECEDENTS HAVE BEEN TO WAIT TILL THE, ALL OF THE COUNCIL HAVE BEEN HERE TO BE FAIR WITH THE APPLICANT, HAVE BEEN THE PRECEDENTS. BUT IT IS YOUR CHOICE. UM, WOULD YOU LIKE A LIFELINE ? I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT'S WHAT, WHAT IT, YOU KNOW, . AND WE WILL ALLOW FOR A MOMENT. 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG DECISION, SO I DON'T WANNA MAKE LIGHT OF IT. UM, I WANNA ALLOW HIM TO A CHANCE TO CONFER. WHAT WE'LL DO, UH, PASTOR WEATHERALL, WE WILL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS, UM, TO ALLOW FOR YOU ALL TO CON TO CONFER. LISA, WHAT? WE WILL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNSEL. PLEASE BE BACK IN YOUR SEATS AT, UH, 9 31. IT IS NOW 9:31 PM EXCUSE ME, IT IS 9:31 PM IF WE COULD HAVE COUNSEL TO COME BACK AND TAKE THEIR SEATS. AND IF WE COULD HAVE QUIET, UM, AND OUR AUDIENCE AS WE RESUME OUR MEETING. AGAIN, WE'RE RESUMING AT 9:31 PM AND SO THE, UH, THE MATTER ON THE FLOOR AT THIS TIME IS TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT ON, UM, YOUR DESIRE. PASTOR WEATHERALL, IF YOU WANT US TO, UM, KEEP IN PRECEDENT WITH WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, WHICH IS TO BRING IT BACK AT OUR, UM, [03:45:01] AT A DATE CERTAIN TO, UM, CONSIDER THE MATTER AGAIN. MAYOR PROCTOR, WE'VE BEEN ON THE, ON, ON THIS JOURNEY FOR TWO YEARS. WE'RE GONNA DO A FAITH WALK AND WE'RE GONNA LET YOU VOTE. AMEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, UM, MS. THOMAS, HAVE YOU READ THE ORDINANCE? YES. YES, MA'AM. YES. EVERYTHING IS, UM, EVERYTHING HAS BEEN DONE. SO AT THIS TIME, WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT BEFORE WE VOTE? Y YES. MAD MAYOR. UM, I, I LOOK OUT OF THE CONCERN THAT WAS PLACED BY MAYOR PRO TEM, JUST WITH HAVING THE EXTRA MEMBER. AND SINCE WE DON'T, AND WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND VOTE, I JUST WANTED TO ASK, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T, WE'VE LIMITED COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL ALL NIGHT. IS IT POSSIBLE TO JUST GET COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS ON HOW THEIR, WHAT ARE THEIR CONCERNS RIGHT NOW ABOUT THIS CASE, IF THERE ARE ANY BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? CERTAINLY. AND WE'VE, WE'VE ALLOWED SPACE FOR COMMENTS. HOWEVER, IF WE WANNA DO ONE ROUND OF COMMENTS, UM, LIMITING OUR COMMENTS TO TWO MINUTES, UM, FROM EACH COUNCILPERSON, UH, TO HEAR THEIR THOUGHTS, OR IF THERE ARE ANY LINGERING CONCERNS, WE WANNA GET THOSE OUT NOW SO THAT THE APPLICANT CAN, IN FAIRNESS, HAVE A CHANCE TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS BEFORE WE VOTE. UM, COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM? YES, MADAM MAYOR. UM, FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I, I INITIALLY HAD CONCERNS, CONCERNS ABOUT THE AIR POLLUTION, BUT I THANK YOU, PASTOR, FOR ANSWERING ALL OF THOSE CONCERNS. I TOTALLY SUPPORT THIS, AND I THINK THAT IT'S AMAZING TO SEE, UM, UM, UH, A A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IN OUR COMMUNITY EXPAND THEIR BUSINESS. AND I HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL SUPPORTS ME IN THAT DECISION AND IN, IN, IN MOVING THIS CASE FORWARD. COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND FOR THE PERSISTENCE. I HATE THAT IT'S TAKEN TWO YEARS. I'M EXCITED THAT YOU ARE HERE IN DESOTO, AND I'M ALSO EXCITED THAT YOU'RE IN ENNIS . DR. MARKS, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I I THINK THEY UNDERSTAND MY SENTIMENT. SO YOU BACK, THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TIM. I HAVE PASTOR, YOU'VE BEEN QUALITY UP UNTIL NOW. WE EXPECT QUALITY, SO WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, I DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, OPPOSITION OR ANYTHING. I, I'M ACTUALLY IN FOR, UH, IN FAVOR OF IT AS WELL. AND, UM, I DID APPRECIATE GOING OUT AND LOOKING WHERE IT IS JUST TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE DISTANCE THAT, UH, DR. MARKS WAS EXPLAINING, I LOOKED FOR THAT AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. UM, I WANNA SAY THAT AGAIN. UM, LIKE MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES, I CAN REMEMBER, UH, WHEN YOU REACHED OUT ABOUT, UM, YOUR, YOUR, UH, YOUR, YOUR GOAL. UM, AND SO JUST TO SEE IT COME THIS FAR AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE PUT IN, AND JUST EVEN, UM, AS YOU HAVE EXPLAINED AND, AND NOT EVEN JUST EXPLAINED, BUT AS YOU HAVE EXHIBITED EVEN WITH YOUR CURRENT BUSINESS AND, AND THE WAY THAT YOU OPERATE, UM, BRINGING US QUALITY. AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT AND I WOULD DEFINITELY SUPPORT IT AT THIS TIME. COUNSEL, WE WILL. UM, BECAUSE OUR VOTING, UH, MACHINE IS NOT, IS NOT, UM, WITH US TONIGHT, . NOW WE GOT ONE PERSON UP HERE THAT HAS ONE JOB, BUT WE DON'T HAVE OUR VOTING, OUR VOTING, UH, OUR VOTING TABULATION MACHINE IS, IS, UH, DECIDED TO, UH, NOT WORK TONIGHT, BUT ALSO WE'LL DO A HAND VOTE. AND WE'LL START WITH, UH, WE'LL START WITH, UH, PLACE SEVEN. COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES. COUNCILMAN. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER DIANA MARKS. YES. MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR. YES. MAYOR PRO. TIM ANDRE BIRD. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ETTE PARKER. YES. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS, PASTOR. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE QUALITY ESTABLISHMENT THAT YOU BRING TO OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL AT THIS TIME, MS. THOMAS. UH, WE'VE ALREADY, I WAS GONNA CALL FOR A RECESS, BUT WE'VE HAD OUR FIVE MINUTES. THANK Y'ALL. YES. IF YOU ALL COULD PLEASE, UH, HOLD IT. HOLD IT DOWN AS YOU LEAVE. WE UNDERSTAND THE CELEBRATION. UM, [1. Consider the selection of a Mayor Pro Tem for a one (1) year term as prescribed by the DeSoto Home Rule Charter] NEXT WE MOVE INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. FIRST, WE HAVE CONSIDERED THE SELECTION OF A MAYOR PRO TEM FOR A ONE YEAR TERM, AS PRESCRIBED BY THE DESOTO HOME RULE CHARTER, PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS IS CITY MANAGER BRANDON WRIGHT. UH, VERY GOOD, UH, MAYOR OF CITY COUNCIL. UH, EVERY YEAR, THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL SELECTS AMONG ITS MEMBERSHIP A, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM TO SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY FOR THE, THE SPACE OF ONE YEAR. UH, THAT TIMEFRAME GOES FROM THE END OF AN ELECTION UNTIL THE, UNTIL ANOTHER ELECTION IS HELD IN THE GENERAL ELECTION. UM, THAT, UH, THE WAY THAT IT WORKS IS THAT AFTER A GENERAL ELECTION AND ANY RUNOFF ELECTION, UH, THE MEETING THAT FOLLOWS THAT IS THIS ELECTION OF THE MAYOR, PRO TEM, UH, MAYOR, PRO BIRD HAS BEEN SERVING IN THAT [03:50:01] CAPACITY OF LAST YEAR. TONIGHT IS THE COUNCIL'S RESPONSIBILITY TO, UH, CONSIDER SELECTION OF THE AMERIPRO TEM, UH, WHO THAT WILL BE FOR THE NEXT YEAR. UH, THE PROCESSES WE'VE USED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, JUST SO THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE PROCESS THAT'S BEING UTILIZED FOR THIS, UM, IS THAT, UH, THERE WILL BE A CALL AND THE MAYOR WILL LEAD THIS PROCESS, BUT THERE WILL BE A CALL FOR NOMINATIONS. UM, AT THAT POINT, IF A COUNCIL MEMBER FEELS THAT SOMEONE, UH, SHOULD BE NOMINATED TO SERVE AS MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, THAT PERSON SHOULD INDICATE SO. AND THEN AFTER THAT, THEN THERE'S A, A SECOND, UH, THAT IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO KIND OF PREPARE THAT PERSON'S NAME FOR, UH, BEING VOTED UPON. UH, SO THERE'S A NOMINATION, A SECOND OF THAT NOMINATION, AND THAT, PER, THAT PUTS THAT PERSON UP FOR NOMINATION FOR MAYOR PRO TEM. UH, AFTER THAT, THEN THE MAYOR WILL CALL FOR MORE NOMINATIONS. SO THEN IF ANYONE ELSE, UH, FEELS THAT SOMEONE SHOULD BE NOMINATED, THAT PERSON WOULD THEN BE, UH, PRESENTED AS A NOMINATION, AGAIN, NEEDS A SECOND. ONCE THAT SECOND IS OCCURRED, THAT PERSON IS PREPARED THEN TO A PERSON PROCEED FORWARD AND THE VOTE FOR NOMINATIONS ON IT. AND THAT WILL PROCEED UNTIL THERE ARE NO MORE NOMINATIONS. UM, AT THE END OF THAT, UH, THE PERSON WHO NOMINATES WILL BE ASKED TO THEN PROVIDE A BRIEF, UH, SYNOPSIS OF WHY IT IS THEY BELIEVE THAT PERSON SHOULD BE NOMINATED OR SHOULD BE, UH, VOTED UPON TO SERVE AS MAYOR PRO TEM. UM, AND THAT WILL BE, AGAIN, IN ORDER OF NOMINATION. THEY, UH, THE PERSON WHO NOMINATED WILL BE ALLOWED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. UH, FOLLOWING THAT PROCESS, UH, THEN IT WILL BE A, THERE WILL BE A VOTE OF THE COUNCIL, AND THAT WILL PROCEED, UH, UH, FOR THE NOMINATED MEMBERS IN THE ORDER OF NOMINATION. SO, COUNCIL MEMBER A IS NOMINATED COUNCIL MEMBER A IS THE FIRST PERSON FIRST. THAT PERSON IS THE FIRST PERSON TO BE VOTED ON, UM, FOR THAT. AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, A, A, UH, MAJORITY OF THE, OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WHICH REQUIRES FOUR, FOUR VOTES. ONCE YOU GET THE FOUR VOTES, THE VOTING STOPS, UH, ON, ON THAT PROCESS. AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PROCESS, I CAN GO AHEAD AND EXPLAIN THAT FURTHER. UM, BUT OTHERWISE, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET BACK OVER TO THE MAYOR TO, UH, GET THIS PROCESS KICKED OFF. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. CITY MANAGER. RIGHT. COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PROCESS BEFORE WE GET STARTED? OKAY, HEARING NONE. UM, I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS. MADAM MAYOR, UM, THROUGH YOU TO COUNCILMAN BYRD. ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BEING A CONTINUING YES OR NO? I, BEFORE I PUT YOUR NAME UP, BECAUSE I HAVE A, ARE YOU INTERESTED? THANK YOU, DR. MARKS, FOR, FOR THE CONSIDERATION. UM, I WOULD, UM, I HAVE ENJOYED VERY MUCH SERVING. UM, I HAVE TRIED TO SERVE WITH LOVE AND COMPASSION, UH, BUT, UH, I'M WILLING TO OPEN IT UP FOR SOMEONE ELSE TONIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE CONSIDERATION, THOUGH. BUT ARE YOU WILLING TO ACCEPT THE NOMINATION, SIR? UH, NO, MA'AM. NOT TONIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, DR. MARKS. IS THERE A NOMINATION ON THE FLOOR? MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO, UM, AGAIN, NOMINATE, UM, UM, THE, EVERYONE AROUND THIS DIOCESE IS VERY CAPABLE OF PERFORMING THIS POSITION. UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, UH, THAT THEY ARE AVAILABLE AND THAT, UH, NOT ONLY REPRESENT THE COUNCIL AND REPRESENT, UH, THE MAYOR. UM, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE AT THIS TIME, MS. LETITIA HUGHES. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU, UM, FOR THAT COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS ON THE FLOOR? OKAY, HEARING NONE, UH, AT THIS TIME, MAYOR PROAM, YOU WERE THE NOMINATOR. AND SO WE'LL TAKE A, UM, BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF WHY YOU, UH, NOMINATED COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND, UM, I WANT TO TELL MY COLLEAGUE, DR. MARKS, UH, THANK YOU FOR EVEN CONSIDERING ME AND THOSE OF YOU AROUND THIS DAIS. UH, AFTER SERVING AS MAYOR PROTE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, IT HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE HONOR TO, UM, TO WORK ALONGSIDE OF THE MAYOR AND TO GO AND REPRESENT THE COUNCIL. UM, I, I DID SO HUMBLY, BUT TRIED TO DO IT WITH SUCH, WITH EXCELLENCE, TAKING INTO THE PERSONALITY OF EACH OF YOU. UM, I BELIEVE THAT, UM, COUNCILWOMAN HUGHES, FIRST OF ALL, HAVE SHOWN SIMILAR TEMPERAMENT. SHE'S BEEN CROSS, UH, SHE'S BEEN FAIR ACROSS THE BOARD. SHE'S BEEN, UH, HAS THE ABILITY TO SPEAK HER MIND WITH KINDNESS AND GENTLENESS. AND SHE'S BEEN, UM, STRONG ENOUGH TO, UM, TO RESCIND WHEN SHE, UH, CHANGES HER MIND. AND I THINK THAT SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE DEALING AND REPRESENTING PEOPLE, THE FLEXIBILITY TO UNDERSTAND A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AND STILL RESPECT THE INFORMATION IS VERY IMPORTANT. UH, COUNCILWOMAN HUGHES, AS WE KNOW, UH, HAS BEEN A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF THE GRAY CITY OF DESOTO. SHE'S AN ENTREPRENEUR, SO SHE UNDERSTANDS THE BUSINESS SENSE, UH, OF THE JOB. UH, SHE'S WELL SPOKEN. SHE'S A, A, A GREAT MOTHER, A WONDERFUL BUSINESS PERSON, [03:55:01] A A I I UNDERSTAND A GOOD SOPRANO IN THE, UH, COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH CHOIR. UM, AND SO I, I AM HONORED AND, AND PRIVILEGED, UH, TO NOMINATE HER FOR THOSE REASONS. I THINK SHE WOULD REPRESENT US WELL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU MAYOR PROTI FOR, UM, FOR THOSE KIND WORDS, UH, REGARDING YOUR COLLEAGUE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME. THERE IS, SEEMS TO BE NO ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS ON THE FLOOR COUNCIL. I'M GONNA DO ONE LAST LOOK TO MY LEFT AND LOOK TO MY RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH VOTING? OKAY. HEARING NONE AT THIS TIME, UM, WE WILL DO A, WE'LL DO, WE'LL DO A HAND, WE'LL JUST DO A, WE'LL DO A HAND VOTE, UM, TO, TO VOTE, UH, FOR THE COUNCIL. UH, FOR COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES. SHE IS THE ONLY NOMINATION ON THE FLOOR. MS. THOMAS, COUNCIL MEMBER PERT PARKER. YES. MAYOR PRO. TIM ANDRE BIRD? YES. MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER DYNA MARKS COUNCIL MEMBER CRYSTAL CHISHOLM? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER LETITIA HUGHES. THANK YOU. THAT MOTION PASSES. UH, FIVE ONE. CONGRATULATIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, AND THANK YOU MAYOR PROTE. THANK YOU EVERYONE THAT VOTED IN YOU, DR. MARKS, I APPRECIATE YOU. UM, I WILL SERVE AND SERVE WELL, I'M HONORED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU MAYOR PROTE FOR, UH, BEING THE ROBIN TO MY BATMAN FOR THE LAST, WHAT, TWO YEARS I GUESS. IT HAS BEEN. IT IS BEEN GREAT. UM, AND NOT THAT YOU'RE GOING ANYWHERE, YOU'RE GONNA BE RIGHT HERE, , UH, UH, THANKS TO THE VOTERS YOU'LL BE HERE FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR ANOTHER TERM. UH, BUT I WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOU BECAUSE, UM, A LOT OF TIMES, AND PEOPLE KNOW, WELL, PEOPLE ASSUME THAT I'M VERY BUSY. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALLY KNOW, UM, JUST ALL THE WORK THAT GOES INTO, UH, INTO THESE ROLES IN GENERAL, NOT JUST SPEAKING OF MYSELF, BUT INTO THESE ROLES. AND SO I APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS, YOUR DILIGENCE, AND YOUR AVAILABILITY TO BE ABLE TO FILL IN SO THAT I CAN, UM, TECHNICALLY BE TWO PLACES AT ONE TIME, . AND SO I APPRECIATE IT. AND COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES, UM, YOU'VE, YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN DOING THE WORK AS WELL AS A LOT OF YOUR COLLEAGUES AS WELL AS FILLING IN, BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT, UM, THE CITY OF DESOTO IS VERY BUSY. AND SO THE JOB, UM, IS, IS ENTAILS A LOT. AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALREADY EXHIBITING THOSE CHARACTERISTICS AND ALWAYS BEING THERE WHENEVER I CALL ON YOU. SO I, I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING WITH YOU AS WELL. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. AT [2. Consider authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute an Interlocal Agreement between the City of DeSoto on behalf of Southwest Regional Communications Center (SWRCC) and the Dallas Independent School District to provide secondary education on behalf of Franklin D Roosevelt High School through their career and technical education program] THIS TIME, UH, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. NEXT, WE HAVE CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AND ENTER LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DESOTO ON BEHALF OF SOUTHWEST REGIONAL COMMUNICATIONS CENTER AND THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PROVIDE SECONDARY EDUCATION ON BEHALF OF FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL, THROUGH THEIR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM. MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS TAM MAYOR BELL, S-W-R-C-C, DIRECTOR. GOOD EVENING, MS. BELLE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. I AM HERE TO PRESENT A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED TO S-W-R-C-C ON BEHALF OF DALLAS ISD FROM ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL. SO CURRENTLY, I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND. THEY HAVE A-A-C-T-E, CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, WHICH OFFERS PUBLIC SAFETY STARTING WITH 10TH GRADE. SO THEY HAVE ASKED S-W-R-C-C, ACTUALLY, UH, SHERIFF BROWN IS THE ONE THAT GAVE THEM S WCCS INFORMATION TO CONTACT ME OVER AT SWRC. THEY'VE ASKED US TO COME IN AND PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL, UH, TRAINING TO THEIR, UM, STUDENTS, STARTING WITH 10TH GRADE TO ALLOW THEM TO SHOW THEM HOW TO BECOME, TEACH THEM HOW TO BECOME 9 1 1 DISPATCHERS. THEREFORE, THEY COULD, UPON GRADUATION, THEY CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A CAREER. SO THEY STARTED OUT IN 21 WITH JUST FIRE AND POLICE. BUT TO BECOME A FIRE POLICEMAN, YOU HAVE TO BE, I THINK AT LEAST 21 YEARS OF AGE DISPATCH 18 YEARS OF AGE. AND SO THEY CAN GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL AND, AND COME RIGHT INTO THE FIELD AND ACTUALLY MAKE IT A, A CAREER. I ACTUALLY HAVE A 19-YEAR-OLD, HAD STARTED OUT, HAD A 19-YEAR-OLD IN OUR DEPARTMENT WHO'S NOW A SUPERVISOR. UH, SO, UH, FINDINGS, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS, UH, IN MY DEPARTMENT OVER AT DALLAS, ISD DISCUSSING HOW WE WOULD ACTUALLY GO INTO THEIR SCHOOL, HOW THEY WOULD COME INTO OUR DEPARTMENT AND SIT KINDA LIKE A RIDEALONG, BUT THEY'LL DO A SIT ALONG, UH, GO THROUGH OUR TRAINING PROGRAM TO BETTER PREPARE THEM. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A, UM, A SIMULATOR THEY PURCHASED AND, UH, PLACED IN THE SCHOOL TO WHERE THEY ACTUALLY CAN TAKE 9 1 1 CALLS, UH, THEIR FAKE CALLS, BUT IT'S AN ACTUAL SIMULATOR, AND WE WOULD HELP, UH, UM, OVERSEE THAT. AND SO, UH, THERE'S NO FINANCIAL IMPACT AND STAFF JUST RECOMMENDS THAT YOU, UH, ALLOW US TO PARTICIPATE, PARTNER WITH DALLAS, ISD, UH, TO SEE WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY LEARN [04:00:01] FROM THIS. AND MAYBE LATER, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO OFFER THIS TO DE SOTO. ISD. THANK YOU MS. BELL. THAT'S, UH, VERY EXCITING TO TO HEAR. UM, COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, UM, QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS, THIS ITEM? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISEL. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, I COULDN'T, I, A PROUD PRODUCT OF DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. LOVE IT. RIGHT? UM, BUT HERE'S WHERE I DID FIND TREPIDATION AS I WAS READING THIS, I DON'T, I KNOW THAT DESOTO, ISD HAS A, A CAREER CENTER AS WELL, AND A A A SAME TYPE OF PROGRAM, TECHNICAL EDUCATION WAS, DID THIS, DID, DID YOUR, DID YOUR DEPARTMENT MAKE ANY EFFORT TO REACH OUT TO DESOTO TO SEE IF THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN A SIMILAR PROGRAM? I MEAN, IT JUST SEEMS KIND OF STRANGE FOR US TO, TO HAVE RESOURCE. 'CAUSE I THINK THIS IS AMAZING, RIGHT? WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO CREATE TRADE JOBS OR OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN TO BE ON SCHOOL, UH, TO HAVE A VIABLE INCOME. HOWEVER, I'M JUST SO DO ISD FIRST ALWAYS. SO IS THERE ANY, WAS THERE ANY TYPE OF TALK ABOUT THAT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE? SO WE WERE ACTUALLY PLANNING, TRYING TO WRITE A PROGRAM, UH, FOR THAT, FOR DE TO PRESENT IT TO DESOTO, ISD, AND THEN DALLAS PRESENTED THEIRS TO US. SO I DON'T BELIEVE DESOTO, ISD HAS THAT IN PLACE RIGHT NOW TO WHERE THEY'RE OFFERING PUBLIC SAFETY AND 9 1 1, UH, DISPATCH EDUCATION. AND SO WHEN DALLAS CAME TO US, PRESENTED THAT, THAT IDEA TO US, I FIGURED IF WE COULD GO AND LEARN THROUGH THIS PROGRAM THAT WAS ALREADY IN PLACE AND JUST, THEY'RE JUST IMPLEMENTING THE, THE 9 1 1 PORTION OF IT. AND THEN I COULD ACTUALLY TAKE SOME OF THAT AND WRITE IT INTO OUR PROGRAM TO PRESENT TO DESOTO, ISD. SO YOU ALL ARE NOT WRITING THE CURRICULUM, UH, UH, AS IT REGARDS TO HOW TO BE A 9 1 1 OPERATOR? IS THAT WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING? RIGHT. SO WE, WE DO, WE WILL, SO WE WILL USE OUR CURRENT TRAINING PROGRAM THAT WE TRAIN, UH, OUR NEW HIRES WITH CURRENTLY. AND THEN THEY, WE ALSO HAVE THE TEXAS, THE STATE LAW IN THAT EDUCATION THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY, UH, USING IN THEIR SCHOOL ALREADY. OKAY. FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. OKAY. SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT EVEN THOUGH THAT THERE'S A CTE PROGRAM IN DESOTO, ISD AND YOU ALL ARE WRITING A CURRICULUM BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T CONNECTED WITH THE STATE TO MAKE IT OFFICIAL. THAT'S THE REASON WHY IT HASN'T STARTED WITH THEM. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT HADN'T STARTED WITH DESOTO. ISD. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY HAVEN'T STARTED A PUBLIC SAFETY CTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I JUST KNOW, I KNOW DALLAS JUST STARTED THEIRS IN 21, SO, AND MAYBE IT'S THE AGE, LIKE I SAID, PUBLIC SAFETY FOR FIRE AND POLICE, YOU HAVE TO BE 21. AND SO THAT'S WHERE IT KIND OF FALLS OFF. YOU GRADUATE, WHAT DO YOU DO AT 18 UNTIL YOU'RE 21? YOU KIND OF FALL OFF AND GO INTO YOUR OWN THING. BUT AT 18, YOU CAN ACTUALLY COME INTO THE 9 1 1 CENTER AND START YOUR CAREER. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CALL FOR A MOTION HEARING? NOTHING, UH, COUNSEL WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME. MADAM MAYOR, MOVE THAT WE, UM, APPROVE AS PRESENTED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMAN BY AND APPROVE A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES. I'M GONNA HAVE TO GET, GET USED TO THE USED TO THE SWITCH, UH, TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. COUNCIL ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. THANK YOU MS. BELL. THANK YOU. WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, HEARING MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND THE SUCCESS OF IT AT [3. Consider authorizing the City Manager to utilize unspent CDBG-CV grant funding for Utilities and Rental Assistance and negotiate and execute a professional services agreement with The Chocolate MINT Foundation for the administration of the program] THIS TIME, MS. THOMAS, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. NEXT, WE HAVE CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO UTILIZE UNSPENT C-D-B-G-C-V GRANT FUNDING FOR UTILITIES AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE, AND NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT. BUT THE CHOCOLATE MINT FOUNDATION FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM MAKING THE PRESENTATION IS ESTHER WILLIAMS, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER. GOOD EVENING, DR. WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UH, SO TONIGHT WE ARE PRESENTING, UM, A PRESENTATION FOR YOU TO CONSIDER, UH, UH, ALLOWING US TO UTILIZE UNSPENT T-D-B-G-C-V GRANT FUNDING FOR A UTILITIES AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. AND IT'S REALLY A BLITZ, AND I'LL EXPLAIN THAT IN JUST A SECOND. SO, UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION. BACK IN 2020 JUNE OF 2020, UH, CITY RECEIVED A CARES ACT FUNDING. UM, WE, WE, UH, SOURCE, UH, FUNDING SOURCE, AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE A BALANCE OF A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN $190,000, UH, FROM THAT FUNDING. AND, UM, SOME OF THE PAST FUND, UH, PROGRAMS THAT WE USED WITH THAT FUND WAS FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE, UTILITIES ASSISTANCE. AND ONE OF THE MAJOR PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAD WAS WITH THE CHILD EQUIPMENT FOUNDATION, WHO HELPED RUN A PROGRAM FOR, UM, THOSE PROGRAMS, UH, RUN THOSE PROGRAMS. SO WITH USING THE 190,000, UH, REMAINING FUNDS, WE WANTED TO, UH, PROVIDE [04:05:01] THE CITIZENS A PROGRAM THAT WILL HELP THEM WITH ANY, UM, UTILITIES AND RENT, UM, FUNDING THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE, AS LONG AS THEY MEET THE CRITERIA THAT IS, UH, SET UP BY THE, UH, THE HUD PROGRAM. AND WE ARE THINKING OF THE PROGRAM TO HAVE A MAXIMUM AMOUNT PER HOUSEHOLD, UH, OF $15,000. THAT CAN BE A COMBINATION OF THE, UM, EITHER RENT OR A COMBINATION OF THE UTILITIES. SO, JUST IN SUMMARY, AND I'LL GO INTO DETAIL OF THE ACTUAL BLITZ EVENT AND, UM, IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES, BUT A SUMMARY, UH, WE WOULD HAVE THIS PROGRAM APPLICATION OPEN FOR TWO WEEKS. AND THE BILLS THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING INTO AS FAR AS APPROVING WOULD BE ELECTRIC, GAS, WATER, AND RENT. AND THE APPROVED APPLICATIONS WILL BE PAID THROUGH THE CHOCOLATE MINT AS WELL AS, UM, BY ATMOS ENERGY. AND I'LL, I'LL SHARE SOME INFORMATION ON THAT AS WELL. AND THE IDEA IS THAT, UM, AS THEIR APPLICATIONS CAN GET APPROVED, THEY WILL BE, UM, UH, CHALK EQUIPMENT, WILL BE CONTACTING THE UTILITIES, UH, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMS AND ORGANIZATIONS AND WILL ACTUALLY PAY THE BILL. AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE A ZERO BALANCE STATEMENT, UM, THAT WE WILL PRESENT TO OUR RESIDENTS OR A APPLICANTS ON THIS BLITZ EVENT. ON THE BLITZ EVENT. UM, AND THEN IF THERE ARE FUNDS REMAINING, WE WILL, UM, WE WILL RECEIVE ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS ON THAT DAY, AND THEN THEY'LL GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS, BUT THEIR, UH, PAYMENTS WILL BE MADE, YOU KNOW, AT A LATER DATE. OKAY. AND THEN, SO TONIGHT I DO WANNA, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE OUR, OUR, UM, PARTNER, THE MINT FOUNDATION. FELICIA, SHE'S STILL HERE, AND HER TEAM. SO, UM, SHE'LL BE HEADING THE MAIN PROGRAM, UM, RECEIVING APPLICATIONS, UH, UH, SPEAKING WITH THE APPLICANTS AND HELPING THEM THROUGH THAT. UM, AS WELL AS THE DAY OF THEY'LL BE, UH, ORGANIZING THE EVENT. AND ALSO, UM, I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, DR. MORGAN AND THE FOUND A WAVE FOUNDATION, WHICH IS A LOCAL, UM, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. AND HE ACTUALLY CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF THE BLITZ EVENT BECAUSE OF A SIMILAR PROGRAM THAT HE'S HELD BEFORE AND HIS PARTNERSHIP WITH ATMOS ENERGY, UM, WHERE THEY'LL ACTUALLY PAY THE GAS BILL, UH, REGARDLESS OF THE CRITERIA. SO IT'LL BE THE SAME APPLICATION PROCESS, BUT IF ALL THEY NEED IS THEIR GAS BILL TO BE PAID, THEY'LL GO THROUGH, YOU KNOW, A SEPARATE CHANNEL AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE, UM, THE CHECKLIST OF ALL THE CDBG TYPE OF CRITERIA THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO MEET. SO THAT WAS A REALLY AWESOME, UM, OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT. OKAY. AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE, UM, SO THE LMI CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE TO UPHOLD WITH ANY, UH, CDBG FUNDING, UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY OLD INFORMATION. UM, WE JUST HAD, UH, NEW NUMBERS, UM, AS OF JUNE, UH, 16TH. AND THOSE NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY, AND I'LL JUST GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF THE HOUSEHOLD JUST SO YOU CAN SHARE INFORMATION TO YOUR RESIDENTS AS WELL. BUT FOR A ONE PERSON HOUSEHOLD, UM, THEIR LIMIT CAN BE UP TO $57,750. AND I CAN SEND THIS TO YOU AS WELL. UM, FOR TWO IN THE HOUSEHOLD IT WOULD BE 66,003 WOULD BE 74,250. AND IT GOES UP A LITTLE BIT MORE IN EACH, UM, EACH STEP. SO, UM, SOME OF THE OTHER CRITERIA WOULD BE THAT THEIR ACCOUNTS MUST BE IN THEIR ARREARS AND MEET INCOME ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, WHICH WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, AND WE CAN QUALIFY UP TO FOUR MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE, UM, AND PAYMENT OF RENT AND UTILITY COSTS NOT TO EXCEED 15,000 MAXIMUM FOR ANY SERVICES. UH, THIS IS THE PROPOSED TIMELINE. UM, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE, UH, ADVERTISING. OKAY, SO I DID CHANGE IT. SO JUNE, UM, 21ST, TOMORROW WE WILL START ADVERTISING THE EVENT. UH, THE APPLICATION WINDOW MAY BE DELAYED A LITTLE BIT JUST BECAUSE OUR APPLICATION PLATFORM IS NOT READY, UM, TO, TO MY STANDARDS YET. SO THAT WILL PROBABLY OPEN BY FRIDAY. UM, AND THEN, BUT WE WILL STILL KEEP THE WINDOW OPEN FOR AT LEAST TWO WEEKS, IF NOT MORE. AND THEN, UM, WE WILL BEGIN THE REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS AS SOON AS THEY COME IN. BUT WE WILL ALSO, UM, CONTINUE IT AS THE PROGRAM NEEDS, UM, BUT IN TIME TO LET OUR RESIDENTS KNOW IF THEY'VE BEEN APPROVED OR DENIED. AND THEN JULY 22ND HAS BEEN, UM, DESIGNATED AS THE BLITZ EVENT, REGARDLESS OF, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING ELSE IN BETWEEN. NOT NOW AND THEN, BUT THAT WILL BE THE ADVERTISED EVENT DAY. SO EVEN IF THEY DON'T GET THEIR APPLICATIONS IN, UM, DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME, AND WE STILL HAVE FUNDS, WE WILL DEFINITELY LET YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY KNOW IF THERE'S STILL FUNDS AVAILABLE, THEY CAN STILL SHOW UP, BRING THEIR BILL, AND ANY OF THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, EITHER SPEAK WITH ATMOS OR SPEAK WITH, UH, CHOCOLATE MINT TO SEE IF THEIR APPLICATION CAN BE APPROVED THAT DAY. OKAY. [04:10:01] UM, JUST SOME DETAILS ABOUT THE FINANCES OF THE REQUESTED AMOUNT OF 190,000. ONE 71,000 WOULD BE FOR THE ACTUAL UTILITIES. AND 19 UP TO 19,000 WOULD BE FOR ANY OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROGRAM, WHICH INCLUDES THE, YOU KNOW, THE APPLICATION REVIEW, UM, THAT THE STAFF WILL BE, UH, GOING THROUGH AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE, UM, ORGANIZATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND APPLICANTS. SO WE RECOMMEND THAT, UH, YOU AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO UTILIZE UNSPENT CDBG CV GRANT FUNDING ON ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES, PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO THE CITY OF DESOTO RESIDENTS AND HOMEOWNERS, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU DR. WILLIAMS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, THANK YOU DR. WILLIAMS. AND THANK YOU TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. THIS WAS AN ASK THAT I MADE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, AND I THINK IT'S RARE THAT YOU SEE THE RESULTS OF IT, THE VERY NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. SO A SHOUT OUT TO Y'ALL. UM, I DID HAVE AN ASK BECAUSE, UM, THE PROCESS, ONE WILL MINT FOUNDATION HAVE, UM, UM, STAFFING AVAILABLE TO HELP WITH SENIORS, UH, DURING THE LAST, UH, CBDG FUNDING FOR THE HOME REPAIRS, I SAT AT A RESIDENCE WHO'S A ELDERLY TECHNICALLY AND, AND THE DOESN'T DEAL IN THAT WORLD, IN THE COMPUTERS, AND FILLED OUT THE APPLICATION WITH HIM. I WAS, I WAS OVERWHELMED WITH THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT WAS REQUIRED. SO WILL WE HAVE A, A REPRESENTATIVE THAT CAN ASSIST WITH THAT? BECAUSE Y'ALL HAD SOMEBODY HERE RIGHT AT CITY HALL. SECONDLY, FOR THE BLITZ EVENT, WILL THAT BE HOSTED HERE IN DESOTO, UM, FOR THOSE, AGAIN, ELDERLY THAT CAN'T TRAVEL OR DON'T HAVE CARS, UM, TO GET TO THE SITE? YES. OKAY. SO FOR THE FIRST QUESTION, AS FAR AS HAVING ASSISTANCE, UM, BETWEEN MINT FOUNDATION AND, UM, THE, OUR CONSULTANTS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE, BUT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH STAR ALSO ALLOWS FOR, UH, THEY'VE ACTUALLY OPENED UP, UM, ASSISTANCE FOR ANYONE WHO NEEDS A RIDE DURING THE TWO WEEK PERIOD THAT THEY'LL GET FREE RIDES TO TOWN HALL TO RECEIVE, TO PICK UP THE, THE APPLICATION. BUT IF THEY WANNA SPEAK WITH SOMEBODY HERE, WE CAN DEFINITELY HAVE THAT ARRANGED AS WELL TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR APPLICATION. AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE APPLICATION FOR THIS IS NOT AS EXTENSIVE AS, UH, THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAM. UM, SO YES, WE'LL DEFINITELY PROVIDE THAT KIND OF, UH, UH, ASSISTANCE AS NEEDED. UM, AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION, I FORGOT ALREADY, WHAT WAS IT? WELL, YOU ANSWERED IT. IT WAS THE TRANSPORTATION. OH, OKAY. WAS THE BLITZ EVENT. SO, AT THE BLITZ EVENT ITSELF, UM, SINCE IT'S A SATURDAY, THEY MAY NOT HAVE, UM, TRANSPORTATION ON THAT DAY, BUT THEY'LL STILL GET THEIR LETTER. IT IS JUST A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, WE'LL JUST BE PRESENTING THAT LETTER ON THAT DAY. BUT IF THEY STILL NEED, UM, YOU KNOW, ASSISTANCE TO LIKE APPLY, THEY CAN STILL COME UP MAYBE, UH, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE EVENT TO, TO FILL OUT AN APPLICATION IF THERE'S FUNDS REMAINING. SO IT'S JUST BECAUSE IT'S A SATURDAY THAT THEY DON'T PROVIDE, UM, TRANSPORTATION ON THURSDAYS, BUT IT'S LOCAL. OH, I'M SORRY. YES, IT IS HERE. IT'LL BE HERE. RIGHT HERE. THANK YOU, DR. MARKS. THANK YOU. UM, MADAM MAYOR, WHEN ARE THESE FUNDS SUPPOSED TO BE EXPEND EXPENDED? GOOD QUESTION. SO ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WE WANTED TO DO A BLITZ WAS AT FIRST TO RESPOND TO OUR, UH, TIMELINESS, UH, EXPECTATIONS. BUT THEY'VE ACTUALLY EXTENDED THAT TO THE END OF THE YEAR. SO THERE IS NO, LIKE, PRESSURE, BUT WE STILL THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO GO AHEAD AND HOST IT FOR THIS SUMMER. SO BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE HAVE TO, UM, EXPEND, I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY THE EXACT DATE, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY'VE EXTENDED IT. OKAY. OKAY. AND THESE, THIS $190,000, I JUST WANTED, WHAT IS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT GOES TO DESOTO RESIDENCE? I MEAN, IS THAT KIND OF THE REQUIREMENT? I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THINGS COULD HAPPEN. SO WHAT'S IN PLACE FOR THAT? SO THE APPLICATION PROCESS WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO HAVE, UH, A FORM OF PROOF THAT THEY LIVE IN DESOTO. SO THEIR ID, UM, THEIR, UM, THEIR BILL WOULD BE IN DESOTO. SO THAT WOULD BE A REQUIREMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER? UH, YES. SO, UM, UH, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE APPLICATIONS, UH, WHO'S ACTUALLY REVIEWING THE APPLICATIONS. THAT'LL BE THE CHOCOLATE MINT FOUNDATION. AND THEN, UM, HOW IS IT BEING ADVERTISED? SO WE ARE GONNA START ADVERTISING AS SOON AS YOU GUYS APPROVE IT, UM, ON SOCIAL MEDIA, ON OUR WEBSITE. IT'S ACTUALLY READY TO GO ON OUR WEBSITE, UM, WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE APPLICATION. JUST NOT, THE LINK WON'T BE LIVE UNTIL IT'S READY. UM, AND, UH, I BELIEVE I'M ALSO GONNA HAVE, UM, SOME TIME WITH OUR DESOTO IN DEPTH TO TALK ABOUT IT AS WELL ON LIVE, UH, TV, I GUESS. UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE INFORMATION THAT WILL SET UP HERE AT THE TOWN HALL, UM, AS FAR AS FLYERS AND, AND, UM, AND APPLICATION [04:15:01] PACKETS. AND AT THE PARKS AND REC, THE LIBRARY AND SENIOR CENTER. OKAY. AND SO WHEN YOU SAY THE PARKS AND RECS, ARE YOU SAYING FOR THE EVENTS OR JUST AT THE PARKS AND RECS? FACILITIES. FACILITIES. OKAY. AND THEN THE LAST THING, I WANT TO KNOW WHO'S PAYING FOR STAR, IF, YOU KNOW, IF THEY MAKE, IF THEY DO THE RIDES, WHO'S PAYING FOR THAT? THEY PROVIDE THAT, THAT'S A PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH STAR. WE DISCUSSED IT AT OUR CO-ED MEETING LAST WEEK WITH MM-HMM, , UM, PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. AND SO THAT'S A SERVICE THAT THEY PROVIDE JUST AS A COURTESY, UM, TO US AS, AS THEY DO WITH, UH, WITH ELECTIONS AND VOTING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. BUT WE DISCUSSED IT WITH KIM BRITTON, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES THERE, UM, LAST WEEK ABOUT, UM, AND WE DID NOT ASK. THEY OFFERED, YEAH. OH, AWESOME. TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR THESE PARTICULAR EVENTS. 'CAUSE WE WERE DISCUSSING SEVERAL EVENTS THAT WERE HAPPENING. UM, AND SO THEY OFFERED TO PROVIDE THE TRANSPORTATION TO THIS, THIS PARTICULAR EVENT. AND SO THAT IS OF NO COST TO THE CITY, UM, AS IT IS IN OTHER INSTANCES WHEN THEY, UM, PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR VOTING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AWESOME. AND SO THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS HOW MANY WILL BE SERVED? AS MANY AS WE CAN. SO WE DON'T REALLY KNOW, UM, DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH THEIR REQUEST IS, UH, WE JUST HAVE TO TACKLE THAT AS THEY COME IN, AS THE APPLICATIONS COME IN. AND WE'LL DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW ONCE THE FUNDS HAVE RUN OUT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. UM, IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED COUNSEL. ALL IN FAVOR? UH, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, DR. WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. WE LOOK FORWARD TO PROVIDING THIS, UH, THIS FUNDING TO OUR RESIDENTS. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MEN FOUNDATION, UH, FOR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, [4. Consider authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a professional services contract with Rogers Architects PLLC in an amount not to exceed $860,475 for the design of improvements to implement the Nance Farm Masterplan] WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. NEXT, WE HAVE CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH ROGERS ARCHITECTS, PLLC, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $860,475 FOR THE DESIGN OF IMPROVEMENTS TO IMPLEMENT THE NANCE FARM MASTER PLAN. THANKING THAT PRESENTATION IS CHRISTOPHE BAUER, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, EVENING MAYOR. AND COUNSEL, UH, THIS IS THE NEXT STEP IN OUR PROCESS OF LOOKING AT IMPROVING N'S FARM. SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE MASTER PLAN PROCESS. THAT PLA PROCESS WAS, UH, STARTED BACK IN MAY AND APPROVED BY COUNCIL IN FEBRUARY. AFTER THAT, WE STARTED AN RFQA REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS PROCESS TO SELECT OUR ARCHITECT FIRM. WE WOULD HAVE FOUR FIRMS THAT APPLIED. WE HAD TWO THAT WE INTERVIEWED INCLUDED MAYOR PROCTOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL IN THAT PROCESS. AND AGAIN, THE, THE SAME FIRM CAME FORWARD AS, AS BEING THE MOST QUALIFIED. AND ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT FACTORS THEY HAVE IS THEY HAVE AS A SUB-CONSULTANT, UH, A FIRM CALLED MCCOY, WHO IS, UH, A DALLAS FIRM THAT SPECIALIZES IN HISTORIC STRUCTURES AND HAS SIGNIFICANT FACTORS. THEY WERE ACTUALLY CONTRACTED TO DO THE REVIEW PROCESS FOR THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION. SO REALLY WELL QUALIFIED IN HELPING US WORK WITH OUR HISTORIC PROPERTY IN THIS CASE. SO WE'VE HAD SOME NEGOTIATIONS WITH THAT FIRM AND WE BRING THAT, UH, PROPOSAL TO YOU. UH, ONE OF THE OTHER BENEFITS OF THIS FIRM, 'CAUSE THEY'VE KIND OF KNOW THIS PROJECT SO WELL, THEY'VE OFFERED A TIMELINE THAT IS ABOUT FOUR MONTHS SHORTER THAN THE NEXT TIMELINE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. SO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD EXPEDITIOUSLY. UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS THAT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER? THANK YOU, MR. BAUER. COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS ITEM? OKAY, HEARING NONE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MADAM MAYOR, MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BUR SECOND BY DR. MARKS TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. COUNSEL, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU COUNSEL. UH, [5. Consider authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute an amendment to the City’s interlocal agreement with DeSoto Independent School District to address educational educational disparities supported by American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding] AT THE TIME WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. NEXT, WE HAVE CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY'S INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH DESOTO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ADDRESS EDUCATIONAL DISPARITIES SUPPORTED BY AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING. MAKING THE INTRODUCTION OF THIS PRESENTER IS CHRISTOPHE BAUER, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. UH, GOOD EVENING AGAIN. WELCOME BACK, . WELL, YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU, YOU, UM, WE RECEIVED A LITTLE OVER $7 MILLION IN AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING, UH, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. AND PART OF THAT FUNDING $1 MILLION WAS ALLOCATED BY COUNCIL TO SUPPORT ADDRESSING EDUCATIONAL DISPARITIES. AND WE ENTERED INTO NO LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO START THAT PROGRAM. AND THEY PUT A PROGRAM IN PLACE AND SPENT SOME OF THOSE FUNDS. UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM ON AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORIGINAL APPROACH PROJECT, OR TO PUT MORE, MORE OF THAT FUNDING BACK TO USE BEFORE WE HAVE A PRESENTATION TO TONIGHT, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY, UH, MS. BOSTIC. YES, SIR. WHO IS THE GRANTS, UH, MANAGER. AND SHE'S GONNA GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION ON THE PROPOSAL TONIGHT. THIS IS THE, [04:20:02] THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNSEL, I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND GO OVER WITH YOU GUYS THE UPDATE THAT WE ARE PROPOSING. ALL RIGHT. AS, UH, AS HE DISCUSSED, WE DID UTILIZE A PROGRAM LAST YEAR WITH THE CITY TUTORING. AND WHEN WE DID THAT, WE UTILIZED $272,786 80 92 CENTS LAST YEAR. HOWEVER, WITH OUR UPCOMING, THE CARRY FORWARD AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE IS A LITTLE OVER $670,000. AND WE KNOW THAT THE AREA THERE IS, WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS LEARNING LOSS FROM THE PANDEMIC. LAST YEAR, WE WENT AHEAD AND WE WERE ADDRESSING OUR THREE FIVE CAMPUSES, WHICH AS FRANK MOATS, AS WELL AS THE MEADOWS ELEMENTARY AND OUR TWO SPECIALTY CAMPUSES, WE STARTED OFF WITH A LITTLE OVER 200 AND WE ENDED WITH 191 STUDENTS THAT WERE SERVED. THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WAS THAT THE, EVEN THOUGH THE ATTENDANCE DID DECREASE, WE ACTUALLY HAD SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN MATH AND IN READING, SO MUCH SO THAT WE HAD 17 GROWTH, 17 POINTS GROWTH IN MATH AND 20 POINTS GROWTH ON AVERAGE. WE ALSO HAD IN MAP, WHICH IS OUR TEST AT BEGINNING, MIDDLE, AND END OF YEAR IN MATH, THEY ACTUALLY CLOSED THE GAP FROM SIX POINTS AWAY TO THREE POINTS AWAY FROM BEING ON GRADE LEVEL. AND FOR READING, THEY ACTUALLY ARE 31 PER POINTS ABOVE THE AVERAGE FOR THE STUDENTS BEING ON GRADE LEVEL. THE INVESTMENT THUS FAR. LAST YEAR WE WENT AHEAD AND IN UTILIZING CONTRACTED SERVICES AND PERSONNEL, WE USED 198,000 409, 20 $9 79 CENTS. AND AS YOU CAN TELL, WE ACTUALLY, UH, UNDER UTILIZE AS MUCH MONEY. HOWEVER, WE HAVE A BETTER PLAN THIS YEAR TO GO DEEPER AND WIDER. TO THAT END, UM, WE ACTUALLY WANT TO GO AHEAD AND TARGET THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE SPECIFICALLY UTILIZING THIS. SO, AS I TOLD YOU OUR, THIS PAST YEAR, WE ACTUALLY UTILIZED SOMETHING CALLED THE MAP PROGRAM. THE MAP TESTING ACTUALLY TARGETS THOSE SPECIFIC STUDENTS WITH WHO ARE NEEDING HELP, THOSE WHO ARE REALLY EXCELLING, AND SO THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO TARGET THOSE NEEDS. THEREFORE, WE FOUND THAT IN LOOKING AT CORRELATION STUDIES, LOOKING AT THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE AT 21% AND BELOW, WE CAN SERVE THOSE STUDENTS. ALSO, WE ALSO KNOW THAT IF WE UTILIZE THAT WITH OUR MASTER TEACHERS AND OUR INTERVENTIONISTS, THEY WILL GET THE MOST, THE, THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF TEACHING THAT WE CAN OFFER. WE ALSO CHANGED SOME OF THE STUDENTS AND THE CLASSES AND THE CAMPUSES THAT ARE BEING USED. SO WITH THE MAP ASSESSMENT, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO OFFER IT TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND TO THE TWO SPECIALTY CAMPUSES. THE BENEFIT IS THAT THIS WILL ACTUALLY COVER MORE STUDENTS STARTING AT ABOUT THIRD GRADE. SO WE WOULD GO ALL THE WAY UP TO 11TH GRADE. OUR NEXT STEPS WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD JUST DELIVER THE SERVICES DURING THE SCHOOL DAY, AND WE WOULD FOSTER THOSE CLOSED STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ADDRESSING THE WHOLE STUDENT, WE KNOW THAT THEY BENEFIT IN DOING SMALLER GROUPS, SMALLER CLASS SIZES, AND THIS WOULD DO THAT . IT WOULD ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE A PART, A PART OF THE MTSS FRAMEWORK, HOUSE BILL 45 45, AND SENATE BILL 1152. UH, IT WOULD CREATE ACCELERATION AND SCAFFOLDING AS WELL. THIS ALSO WOULD MEAN THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO TRACK THESE STUDENTS AND THEIR GROWTH SPECIFICALLY FROM DAY ONE INSTEAD OF FIGURING THAT OUT AS WE WENT, WENT ALONG. OKAY. SINCE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO TRACK THESE STUDENTS THROUGH THESE VARIOUS PLATFORMS, IT WOULD NOT ONLY BE THROUGH MAP, IT WOULD BE THROUGH I READING IT. THEN YOU WOULD ALSO HAVE A SERIES OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO SHOW THE BIGGEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK. . ALSO, THE STUDENTS THAT ARE SYSTEMATICALLY SUPPORTED ARE BASED ON DATA FOR THE BIGGEST IMPACT. AND THE CITY WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO TRAINED INTERVENTIONISTS. SO ONE OF THE OTHER PARTS IS TO ADDRESS OUR NON ISD STUDENTS. THESE, THESE INTERVENTIONISTS THAT ARE TRAINED, THEY ARE TRAINED WITH MORE THAN JUST THEIR CERTIFICATION BECAUSE THEY ARE CERTIFIED TEACHERS. THEY WOULD ALSO BE AVAILABLE FROM, FOR THE CITY FOR NON ISD STUDENTS ONCE A WEEK FOR TUTORING AS WELL. ALTHOUGH IT DOES OF COURSE ENHANCE [04:25:01] THE DISTRICT'S FISCAL POSITION AND COVERING 10 READING AND MATH INTERVENTIONISTS. IT WOULD ALSO SET IN PLACE FOR YOU GUYS TO NOT HAVE TO FIND SOMEONE TO DO THE TUTORING. YOU WOULD KNOW IT WOULD ALREADY BE TOGETHER. IT WOULD ALREADY BE SIGNED OFF. THAT WOULD BE AN AGREEMENT OF THE INTERVENTIONISTS, THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD TAKE PART IN. OKAY. THIS WOULD HAPPEN AT THE CITY LIBRARY, AND IT WOULD BE ONE NIGHT WEEKLY, AND IT WOULD ALSO BE AT THE MULTIPURPOSE. AND THEY'LL PROVIDE THE USE OF THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM IN THE LIBRARY AT NO CHARGE. AND IT WILL BE SCHEDULED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AND GIMME YOUR LAST NAME AGAIN. IS IT BOSNICK BOSTICK. B-O-S-T-I-C? YES, MA'AM. BOSTICK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, MS. BOSTICK. MM-HMM. . UM, AND COUNSEL, AS WE KNOW, UM, THIS PARTICULAR, UM, ENDEAVOR HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN, UM, AT THE HEART OF THE COUNCIL, UM, FOR A WHILE IN TERMS OF JUST MAKING SURE THAT, UM, WITH COVID AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW THAT HAVE IMPACTED OUR STUDENTS, UM, THAT WE AS A CITY, UM, THEY'RE NOT JUST ISD STUDENTS, BUT THEY ARE RESIDENTS, MANY OF THEM OF OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO WE HAVE A BIG RESPONSIBILITY AS A CITY, UH, AS A CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO OUR PART IN MAKING SURE THAT WE CLOSE THOSE GAPS. SO, UM, I'M IN FAVOR OF, UM, YOU KNOW, OF, OF REALLOCATING THESE FUNDS FOR THIS, FOR THIS PURPOSE. AND SO I, I THANK YOU. BUT COUNSEL, IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, UH, FOR MS. BOSTIC OR FOR STAFF REGARDING ALL THESE FUNDS, WE'LL ENTERTAIN THOSE AT THIS TIME. MAYOR? YES, DR. MARKS MADAM MAYOR, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. HOW ARE WE REACHING THE NON-DISTRICT STUDENTS? YES, MA'AM. UM, OH, GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. DID, DID YOU, YOU CAN, I CAN ANSWER, BUT SURE. GO FOR IT. , WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THE SCHOOLS TO DO SOME ADVERTISING, SO WE'LL GO DIRECTLY TO THEM AND MAKE 'EM AWARE OF THE PROGRAM AND WE'LL BE PUTTING UP NOTICES IN THE LIBRARY, LIBRARY AS WELL. AND, AND CERTAINLY IF YOU COUNSEL HAS ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS ABOUT, UH, RESOURCES, WE'LL, GLAD TO HEAR THEM. CERTAINLY. AND MR. MR. BAUER, WILL IT BE OPEN TO, UM, AND I'M NOT, I'M NOT COMPLETELY SURE ON HOW IT NECESSARILY WORKS WITH HOMESCHOOLING, BUT I KNOW DESOTO HAS A BIG HOMESCHOOL COMMUNITY AND A LOT OF THAT FUNNELS THROUGH OUR LIBRARY IN TERMS OF, UM, THE CONTACT POINTS THERE, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF HOMESCHOOL COMMUNITIES THAT, UH, FACILITATE IN AND AROUND OUR LIBRARY. WOULD THAT TUTORING BE OPEN TO THEM AS WELL? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. I THINK THE ONLY, ONLY CHALLENGE WE HAVE IS THAT I THINK, AS ELIZABETH MAY HAVE MENTIONED, WE'LL HAVE LESS DATA ABOUT THEM. SURE. IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO TRACK, BUT WE CERTAINLY MAKE THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO 'EM. CERTAINLY. THANK YOU. COUNSEL, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION? OKAY. HEARING NONE AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL AND THANK YOU. WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MADAM MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENT. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? UH, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DR. MARKS AND SECOND. YES. YOU FEEL FREE TO CUT I THAT LIGHT ON ANYTIME AND JUMP RIGHT ON THERE. THERE WE GO. UH, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DR. MARKS SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER, UH, TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED COUNSEL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU COUNSEL. UM, AT THIS TIME, WE KNOW WE DID MOVE OUR LEGISLATIVE UPDATES, UH, TO THE END OF OUR MEETING TO ALLOW FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, SOME OF THE OTHER PERTINENT BUSINESS THAT WE HAD. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY FOR AN ABBREVIATED VERSION WHILE YOU PACK UP . UM, WHAT, WHAT YOU HAVE HERE, WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR SEATS ARE THE LIST THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING OFF OF FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, UM, WHICH HAS JUST BEEN WHITTLED DOWN TO THOSE BILLS THAT PASSED. PLEASE DON'T FORGET THOSE THAT DID NOT PASS BECAUSE WE COULD PROBABLY USE THOSE, UH, THAT WE HAVE ON THE LIST OF, THAT DID NOT PASS. I'M SURE WE'LL BE AT THE FOREFRONT. UH, NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION. AS YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SOME DOOZIES AND THERE ARE SOME CLOSE ONES THAT, UM, UH, DID NOT PASS THIS SESSION. ALSO, I WENT AHEAD, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW, TO VIEW OR PARTICIPATE IN THE TML WRAP UP, UM, SESSION, BUT I ALSO GAVE TO YOU, UM, UH, THEIR PRESENTATION, WHICH IS A REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION, UH, THAT SHOWS THOSE THAT WERE ALSO PRETTY CLOSE, UM, AS WELL AS LISTING THE ONES THAT, UH, THAT, THAT PASSED THAT HAVE EFFECT ON MUNICIPALITIES. I'M NOT GONNA GO OVER ALL OF THESE ON THE LIST. I DO WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE QUICK POINTS, UM, ON A FEW OF THESE. 'CAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT EV ALL OF THESE, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE A REMINDER ON IF YOU FLIP THE SECOND PAGE OF, UH, THE HANDOUT OF THE 2023 LEGISLATIVE SESSION. JUST A REMINDER ON HOUSE BILL 1819, UM, THAT BASICALLY WE WILL, UM, WE'LL HAVE TO REPEAL OR WE, WE'LL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO ENFORCE OUR ORDINANCE AS IT RELATES TO JUVENILE CURFEWS EFFECTIVE, UM, UH, SEPTEMBER 1ST. UH, SO JUST WE'LL KEEP THAT IN MIND. SO THAT MAY COME BACK BEFORE YOU AS AN, AS [04:30:01] AN AMENDMENT TO OUR ORDINANCE AT SOME POINT IN TIME. UH, SKIPPING DOWN TO THE LAST PAGE, I HAVE SEVERAL BILLS I LISTED ON THERE, AND THAT IS THE HOUSE BILL 1922 WILL REQUIRE MANDATORY, UM, UH, BASICALLY A REVIEW OR RENEWAL OF ALL OF OUR, UH, BUILDING PERMANENT FEES EVERY, EVERY 10 YEARS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE JUST GOTTA KEEP IN MIND AND WE MAY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RENEW IT PROBABLY, PROBABLY WILL BE PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. UM, 34 92 HOUSE WILL 34 92. IT DEALS WITH PERMIT FEES. MANY CITIES SOMETIMES WILL PUT PERMIT FEES THAT ARE MORE, UH, UH, PUNITIVE IN NATURE OR DISCOURAGING IN NATURE. UM, PERMIT FEES, UM, HAVE TO BE VALUE BASED, UH, UH, IS WHAT, AND THAT REALLY JUST FALLS WITH THE COMMON LAW ALWAYS HAS BEEN. IT'S JUST NOW IN A STATUTE. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS OR ISSUES WITH THOSE BECAUSE WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE OUR PERMITS ON A VALUE BASED, UM, SYSTEM AND FOLLOWED THE LAW. UM, HOUSE BILL THREE, WHICH WE'VE DISCUSSED BEFORE, DID PASS THAT DEALS WITH THE SCHOOL SAFETY BILL. UM, IT PUTS IN SOME CRITERIA, UH, FOR WHEN THE CITY IS GONNA BE WORKING WITH THE SCHOOLS AND PROVIDING SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS IN THOSE, IN OUR LOCAL AGREEMENTS AND SOME CRITERIA THAT NEED TO BE IN THOSE IN OUR LOCAL AGREEMENTS. SENATE BILL 29, ALL COVID-19 ORDINANCES ARE DONE OVER WITH MAYOR'S ORDINANCES ARE, ARE RESOLUTIONS, ARE ALL BASICALLY NO MORE. UH, LOCAL COVID-19, UM, ORDERS, UH, FOR, UH, PER SENATE BILL 29, UM, SENATE BILL 12, UH, THAT IS THE, UH, PROHIBITED SEXUALLY ORIENTED PERFORMANCES OF PUBLIC FACILITIES THAT GOT A LOT OF, UM, UH, A LOT OF ATTENTION AND THAT AT THE LAST MINUTE. AND IT WAS, IT WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN, UH, FOR THE PURPOSE OF, UH, I BELIEVE THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN PATTERSON'S BILL, UH, FOR REGULATING BASICALLY DRAG QUEEN PERFORM DRAG QUEEN SHOWS, PERFORMANCES, DRAG QUEEN PERFORMANCES. THANK YOU. UM, SO THAT, THAT PRETTY MUCH GOT ELIMINATED FROM THE BILL. BUT ONE OF THE PORTIONS OF THIS BILL THAT JUST, UM, MUNICIPALITIES NEED TO KEEP IN MIND IS IT PROHIBITS ANY TYPE OF SEXUALLY ORIENTED ORIENTED PERFORMANCE AT A PUBLIC FACILITY. SO FOR INSTANCE, IF MADONNA WANTED TO COME AND PERFORM AT THE BLACK BOX THEATER, SHE PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED UNDER THIS BILL. LITTLE LATE NIGHT JOKE, YOU KNOW, SHOWING MY, BUT I'M, I'M A PRODUCT OF THE EIGHTIES. OKAY? HE'LL BE HERE ALL WEEK, FOLKS. SO, NOT FUNNY JOKE, REMEMBER WE'RE RECORDING THIS AND THEN SENATE BILL 1893. ONE THING ABOUT SENATE BILL 12 IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE DEFINITION OF SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS, IT, IT'S A VERY INTERESTING DEFINITION. UM, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, AND THEN 1893, THIS STUCK BACK IN AT THE LAST MINUTE AND THIS WAS, UH, UH, BECAUSE BEFORE WE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GONNA PASS, BUT THIS PROHIBITS TIKTOK HAVING TIKTOK ON ANY CITY DEVICES. SO COUNCIL MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES, IF YOU GOT TIKTOK ON YOUR CITY ISSUED DEVICES, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REMOVE IT AND WE ACTUALLY WILL HAVE TO HAVE A POLICY, UM, AS IT RELATES TO THIS. SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A WRITTEN POLICY THAT WILL PROHIBIT, UM, TIKTOK BEING ON, UM, BEING ON CITY DEVICE. SO CITY OWNED DEVICES. MM-HMM. . SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF A, A A JUST A QUICK WRAP UP AND WE'RE IN SPECIAL SESSION NOW AND NOT MUCH IS GOING ON . YEAH. AND WE'LL, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THESE UPDATES UNTIL THE DURATION OF THAT, CORRECT. YEAH, I THINK IF, IF ANY, AND, AND THAT'S REALLY UP TO THE COUNCIL. I MEAN, AT THIS POINT, WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING AS IT RELATES TO MUNICIPALITIES, AND WE CAN LEAVE THAT ITEM ON THERE, UH, FOR UPDATE. IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS THE CITIES, THERE MAY BE SOME STUFF ON TA ON, YOU KNOW, ON TAX TAX REFORM THAT COMES PROPERTY TAX. BUT OTHERWISE, IF THERE ISN'T, WE'LL JUST, WE'LL JUST NOT, AND THAT PROPERTY TAX, THE ONLY THING THAT'S KIND OF IN THE SPECIAL SESSION THAT COULD IMPACT US AT THIS POINT. SO REPEAT THAT. I SAID WHAT, WHAT, LET ME SAY, LET ME, THE BETTER QUESTION IS WHAT IS ON THE SPECIAL SESSION AGENDA THAT COULD IMPACT US AT THIS POINT? OR ARE WE KIND OF CLEAR AS A YEAH, WE'RE PAST THAT RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST ALL LIMITED TO, UM, PROPERTY TAX REFORM SO THAT, THAT COULD AFFECT US, THAT COULD AFFECT US. UH, CORRECT. SO, AND THEN THE GOVERNOR COULD ALWAYS CALL ANOTHER SPECIAL SESSION AND ADD SOMETHING TO THAT SPECIAL SESSION, LIKE SHORT TERM RENTALS IF YOU WANTED TO. RIGHT. CAN I ASK A QUICK SURE. LAST I HEARD HE, UH, THE GOVERNOR HAD VETOED LIKE 35 BILLS, CORRECT. AND RETALIATION FOR, WELL, IT WAS VETOED WHAT REMEMBER I'M ALREADY REMEMBER. YEAH, I'M, I'M, I CORRECTED MY, MY STATEMENT I TAKE, I TAKE IT BACK MY MADONNA COMMENT TOO. AND, AND ACTUALLY IF YOU HAVE THIS IN FRONT OF YOU, THE, THE, THE, UH, TML UH, TWO OF THOSE WERE REPEALED REAL QUICK, I KNOW WE WANT TO GO AND I MARKED THEM AND THEY'RE ON THE SLIDES ARE NUMBERED. SLIDE NUMBER 29, WHICH IS SENATE BILL 1916, SLIDE 29, SENATE BILL 1916, WHICH REQUIRED MANDATORY POSTING OF PID SERVICE PLANS. THAT WAS VETOED. AND THERE'S ONE OTHER ONE. AND THEN ON SLIDE 36, WHICH, [04:35:01] UH, A HOUSE BILL 47 59 MAKES DANGEROUS DOG COMPLAINTS, INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL, THAT WAS ACTUALLY VETOED. I DON'T KNOW. SOUNDS LIKE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BIRD MAY HAVE SOME MORE INSIGHT INTO IT. , THANK YOU. CITY ATTORNEY GARITA. UM, AND THANK YOU TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS MYSELF, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BERG, COUNCIL MEMBER HUGHES, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, UH, WENT DOWN TO GEORGETOWN LAST WEEK FOR THE LEGISLATIVE WRAP UP. AND IT WAS VERY INTERESTING. UM, AND IT WAS A, A HALF A DAY SESSION, UM, TO GO OVER THESE. AND WE RECEIVED THESE SLIDES AS WELL. THIS WAS THE PRESENTATION THAT THEY WENT THROUGH WITH US. AND SO IT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO HEAR, ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF THE, UM, BANNING OF SEXUALLY ORIENTED PERFORMANCES. 'CAUSE THAT IS VERY, THAT VERY MUCH SO IS NOW GOING TO, COULD POSSIBLY PUT CITIES IN A POSITION TO POLICE CONTENT, WHICH IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DO WHEN SOMEBODY'S RENTING A FACILITY. I WON'T, I WON'T GO THERE. BUT, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION SPARKED BY THAT ONE, ALONG WITH A FEW OF THE OTHERS. AND SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR KEEPING US UP TO DATE ON THESE, UM, COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CALL FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN? HEARING NONE AT THIS TIME, COUNSEL, WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND, IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY DR. MARK, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BYRD TO ADJOURN. COUNSEL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. IT IS NOW 6 10 20 3:00 PM AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. GOODNIGHT EVERYBODY. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.